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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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The Home Missionary
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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May, 1894
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
CITY HALL, OMAHA
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
May, i{
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OMAHA IN 1854
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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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
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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
UNION STOCK YARDS, SOUTH OMAHA
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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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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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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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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.
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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
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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-
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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
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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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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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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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-
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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
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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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May, 1894
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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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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May, 1894
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
May, 1894
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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
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00
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May, 1894
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°
May, 1894
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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 $3
special
Mendon, Miss M. C. Bray's S. S. class,
special
Morrison, Robert Wallace
158 76
54 69
I 50
15 76
10 00
7 00
12 00
100 00
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May, i8g4
Oneida, Y. P. S. C. E., by Mrs. W.
Clifford
Rockford, Mrs. A. H. Van Wie
Seward, by W. M. Neely
Sterling, Y. P. S. C. E., by W. M.
Watson
MISSOURI-$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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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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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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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
ill
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, VANCKIiORO, ME.
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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.
Kansas.
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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
COWBOYS AT MESS
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
COWBOY ON HIS PONY
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
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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,
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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.
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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 ?
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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 ?
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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350
00
15
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25
00
12
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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
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16 14
2 50
7 00
3
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3
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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
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12
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25
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8 00
10 00
4
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13
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1
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5
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3
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5
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I
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3
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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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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
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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.
June, 1894
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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
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$2,054 50
For Westmore Ch. Building :
Providence, R. I., S. S. of Beneficent
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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
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6c
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4
9
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39 28
24 00
40 00
10 00
so 00
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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
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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
June, 1894
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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
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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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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
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3 50
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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
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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
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5 46
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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
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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.
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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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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.
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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,
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.]
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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
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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
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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
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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 ?
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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,
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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,
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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
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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.
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
DISTRIBUTION OF MISSIONARIES BY STATES
V bti
Eastern States.
82
64
Middle
States.
3
3
6
5
6_.
7|29l
S 41
h\
35
49 i
47
44
51
6,53
7,47
4'45
4,49
6
42
44
45
44
49
48
46
49
53
48
47
4
5
5
6
1
5
7
7
7
7
5
5
8
9
6
6
9
'3
to
7
4
5
5
7
5j'5
423
Southern States
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4
5
13
16
16
15
19
16
21
26
32
33
13I14
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
Society's
Year,
beginning
1826.
3-
4—
5—
6-
7—
8-
9—
lo-
ll—
12—'
13—
14-
15-
16-
17—
18-
19-
20 —
21 —
27—
28
29
30—
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40—
41—
42
43
44—
45
46-
47—
48-
49-
50—
51 —
52—
53
54—
55—
56
57—
58-
59-
60—
61—
62—
63-
64-
65-'
66
67
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64
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33
65
20
46
28
16
4
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91
36
87
21
63
30
29
3
7
99
46
95
20
65
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51
59
98
92
25
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52
51
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59
63
58
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114
119
117
21
25
33
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3
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5
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102
102
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68
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7
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75
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89
2
71
100
127
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5
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82
103
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86
32
85
68
125
41
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2
3
26
5
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9
72
36
77
76
124
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10
71
42
67
77
112
40
60
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66
40
69
77
112
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9
59
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78
70
100
48
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69
100
49
70
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6
51
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67
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56
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72
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75
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69
83
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67
10
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26
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85
66
89
55
91
52
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56
86
55
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59
85
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54
76
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20
15
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27
93
57
67
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10
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9
45
36
112
57
62
71
89
61
17
38
26
3
4
6
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36
10
2
41
13
51
45
130
51
62
98
102
83
37
65
25
2
10
7
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2
45
13
2
39
13
60
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135
64
74
87
105
91
28
82
24
5
6
12
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54
54
126
46
78
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87
33
77
26
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38
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60
54
123
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102
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86
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131
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74
29
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20
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25
63
56
148
83
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34
92
36
7
5
9
2
86
20
2
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46
31
68
56
149
89
105
133
79
90
39
90
43
7
6
II
4
96
18
I
2
49
40
72
62
124
87
108
121
78
89
36
93
61
10
11
13
6
94
22
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41
36
76
64
126
100
114
141
65
97
38
99
49
8
10
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6
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2
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44
26
86
58
126
91
123
108
67
104
42
93
42
12
13
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8
104
30
4
47
34
79
46
119
82
114
112
61
108
40
96
37
12
14
9
2
7
99
28
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 —
26-
27
I
129
33
I
169
2 —
27-
28
5
130
c
) 56
20I
3—
28-
29
72
127
2;
80
2
304
4—
29-
30
107
147
i;
122
3
392
5-
30-
31
144
160
li
145
2
463
6-
31-
32
163
169
ic
) 166
I
509
7-
32-
33
239
170
c
) 185
3
606
8-
33-
34
287
201
I
169
6
676
9-
34-
35
289
216
li
i 187
9
719
10—
35-
36
319
219
1
191
15
755
II —
36-
37
331
227
I
195
22
786
12—
37-
38
288
198
i
i 166
24
684
13—
38-
39
284
198
c
) i6o
14
665
14-
39-
40
290
20s
<
5 167
12
680
15—
40-
41
292
215
; 169
9
690
16—
41-
42
305
249
; 222
10
791
17—
42-
43
288
253
1 291
9
848
18-
43-
44
268
257
IC
365
7
907
19-
44-
45
285
249
(
> 397
6
943
20 —
45-
46
274
271
c
J 417
•
971
21 —
46-
47
275
254
IC
5 433
972
22—
47-
48
295
237
if
5 456
I,CX56
23—
48-
49
302
239
I
5 463
I,ci9
24-
49-
50
301
228
I
; 488
1,032
25—
5°-
51
3"
224
I,
; 515
1,065
a6—
51-
52
30s
213
1.:
t 530
:,o6s
27—
52-
53
313
215
I'
! 547
1,087
28—
53-
54
292
214
I
530
1,047
29—
54-
55
278
207
IC
^ 537
1,032
30—
55-
56
276
198
i
! 504
986
31—
56-
57
271
191
(
'■) 506
974
32—
57-58
291
197
J 521
1,012
33—
58-' 59
319
201
534
1,054
34—
59-60
327
199
581
1,107
35—
60-
61
308
181
573
1.062
36-
61-
62
295
87
481
863
37—
62-
63
281
48
40s
734
38-
63-
64
289
44
423
756
39—
64-
65
293
58
451
802
40-
65-
66
283
64
\ 467
818
41-
66-
67
284
66
> 491
846
42
67-
68
307
73
1 521
.
908
43—
68-
69
327
73
3 564
.
972
44—
69-
70
3"
71
3 556
944
45—
70-
71
296
6g
5 570
940
46-
71-
72
308
62
3 588
961
47—
72-
73
312
49
5 587
951
48-
73-
74
3io
58
1 594
969
49-
74-
75
292
67
1 586
952
50-
75-
76
304
72
3 595
1 979
51—
76-
77
303
70
5 617
! 996
52-
77-
78
316
70
5 604
996
53—
78-
79
312
57
I
567
946
54—
79-
80
327
57
J 622
1.015
55-
80-
81
321
62
J 640
1.032
56-
81-
82
328
56
I
7 669
7,070
57—
82-
'83
326
68
6
I 695
1. 150
58-
83-
84
334
77
6
3 868
1,342
59—
84-
85
349
93
12
} 882
1,447
60—
85-
86
368
99
13
\ 868
1.469
61—
86-
87
375
103
14
3 950
1,571
62—
'87-
'88
387
no
14
♦ 979
1,620
63-
'88-
'89
414
leg
12
7 1. 109
1,759
64-
89-
'90
441
121
15
D 1,167
1,879
65-
90-
'91
446
141
18
5 1-193
1,966
66—
91-
92
437
151
19
5 1,202
1.986
67-
92-'93
437
153
20
3 1,209
2,002
68-
93-
94
458
167
23
J 1,174
2,029
GENERAL COMPARATIVE RESULTS
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Society's
it
0
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beginning
Receipts.
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'27
$18,140 76
$13,984 17
169
68
196
no
not rep.
not rep.
127
38
2 —
27-
'28
20,035 78
17,849 22
201
89
244
133
1,000
■ 306
134
89
3—
28-
'29
26,097 31
26.814 96
304
169
401
186
1,678
423
144
88
4—
29-
30
33,929 44
42,429 50
392
166
500
274
1,959
572
155
108
5—
30-
'31
48,124 73
47,247 60
463
164
577
294
2,523
700
160
102
6-
31-
32
49.422 12
52,808 39
509
158
745
361
6,126
783
146
104
7-^
32-
33
68,627 17
66,277 96
606
209
801
417
♦,284
„ ''.'48
159
109
8-
33-
34
78.911 44
80,015 76
676
200
899
463
2,736
Pupils.
172
n8
9—
34-
35
88,863 22
83,394 28
719
204
1,050
490
3,300
52,000
170
ii6
10 —
35-
36
101.565 IS
92.188 94
755
249
1,000
545
3,750
65,000
169
122
Il-
36-
37
85.701 59
99,529 72
786
232
1,025
554
3.752
80,000
180
123
ia—
37-
38
86,522 45
85,056 20
684
123
840
438
3,376
67,000
194
124
13—
38-
39
82.564 63
82.655 64
665
201
794
473
3.920
58,500
175
124
14—
39-
40
78.345 20
78.533 89
680
194
842
486
4,750
6c,ooo
162
"5
15-
40-
41
85,413 34
84,864 06
690
178
862
501
4,618
54, 100
169
123
16-
4'-
42
92,463 64
94.300 14
791
248
987
594
5,514
64.300
159
119
17—
42-
43
99,812 84
98,215 II
848
225
1,047
657
8,223
68,400
149
116
18-
43-
44
101,904 99
104,276 47
907
237
i'245
665
7,693
60,300
157
115
19-
44-
45
121,946 28
118,360 12
943
209
1,285
736
4,929
60,000
160
126
20-
"^l"
46
125,124 70
126,193 15
971
223
1,453
760
5,311
76,700
166
130
21—
46-
47
116,717 94
119,170 40
972
189
1,470
7>3
4.400
73,000
167
123
22—
47-
48
140,197 10
139,233 34
1,006
205
1,447
773
5, 020
77,000
i8o
138
23~
48
49
145.925 91
143,771 67
1,019
192
1,510
808
5,550
83,500
178
141
24—
49-
50
157,160 78
145,456 09
1,032
205
1,575
812
6,682
75.000
179
141
25—
50-
51
150,940 25
123,817 90
1,065
211
1.820
853
6,578
70,000
180
144
26-
51-
52
160,062 25
162,831 14
1,065
204
1,948
862
6,820
66,500
189
153
27—
52-
53
171,734 24
174,439 24
t,o87
213
2,160
878
6,079
72,500
199
160
28-
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
3°—
55-
S6
193,548 37
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.
July, 1894
The Home Missionary
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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
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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
8S
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cx>
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00
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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 '.
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10
00
100
00
2
6
15
28
5
10
00
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61
25
00
00
36
25
51
00
5
00
10
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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
July, 1894
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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
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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
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10 00
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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
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14
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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
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30
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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60
00
7
00
3
00
2
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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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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
$40
66
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70
29
50
26
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4
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53
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43
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23
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I
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84
65
4
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13
26
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81
18
19
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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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
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$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
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59
70
56
60
3
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25
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5 00
7 38
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5 55
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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
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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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10 00
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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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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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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
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$73
82
$5
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4
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3
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3
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2
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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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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.
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Major-General Oliver O. Howard
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Rev. David B. Coe, D.D., Honorary Secretary
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Secretaries for Correspondence
Rev. Joseph B. Clark, D.D.
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Rev. Washington Choate, D.D.
Mr. William B. Rowland, Treasurer
Executive Coni^nittee
Wm. Ives Washburn, Esq., Chairman
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Rev. William M. Taylor, D.D.
Mr. Charles H. Parsons
Rev. James G. Roberts, D.D.
Rev. Samuel H. Virgin, D.D.
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Mr. Herbert M. Dixon
Rev. Robert R. Meredith, D.D.
Rev. Charles H. Richards, 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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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."
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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,
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" 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
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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
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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-$824.25.
Woman's H. M. Union of N. J. Assoc.
Mrs. J. H. Denison, Treas.:
Chatham, Stanley Ch
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East ()ranj,'f, O. H. Kelsey, for Sal
ary Fund S'oo o"
Montclair, First, by F. T. Bailey 368 00
Patcrson, Auburn Street Ch.. by J.
Chase, throuj^li Rev. E. H. Palmer. 26 25
Summit. N. Iv M 10 00
Westlicld, by ]. R. Connolly 308 00
r)K-LAHOMA-$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
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5
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5
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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, '^\\'^. 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.
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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.
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kev. Scandinavian Department,
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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
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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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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
Septeml)er, 1894 The HoHic Missionary 267
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.
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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.
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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.
September, 1894 The Home Missionary 275
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.
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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.
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" 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
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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 :
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" 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
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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 ?
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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.
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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
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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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September, 1S94
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
September, 1894
The Home Missionary
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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
3o8
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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.
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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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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.
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in Drafts, Checks, Regi-tered Letters, or Post-Oflfice Orders may be addressed to Wm. B. Howland,
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Prcsidoit.
Rev. David B. Coe, D.D., Honorary Secretary
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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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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
October, 1894 The Home Missionary 319
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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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"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
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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
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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."
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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 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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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
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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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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.]
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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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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-
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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-
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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-
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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
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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
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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 ?
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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.
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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. 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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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.
Rev. J. H. M OR LEV Mmneapolis, Minn. Denver, Col.
Rev. Alfrko K. VVrav Springfitild, Mo. Rev. W. S. Hawkes Salt Lake City, Utah.
Rev. I,. P. Broad Topeka, Kan. Rev. J. K. Harrison San Francisco, Cal.
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,
,. . . Tj * Black Hills and Wyoming. Kev. 1 . vv. jones, u.u. . . . -^ Philadelphia, Pa.
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.
Rev. S. E, Bassett (Supt, Alabama). ...Ft. Valley, Ga. Rev. J. Homer Parker Kingfisher, Okl.
Secretaries and Treasurers
of the Auxiliaries
Rev. Jonathan R. Adams, D.D. , Se'.-retary. . .Maine Missionary Society Bangor, Me.
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.
Wm. C. Tyler, Treasurer " " " " St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Rev. Joshua CoiT, Secretary Massachusetts Home " " . . . . I g Cong'I House,
Rev. Edwin B. Palmer, Treasurer " " " " ....1 Boston, Mass.
Rev. Alexander McGregor, Secretary Rhode Island " " Pawtucket, R. I.
Jos. Wm. Rice, Esq., Treasurer " " " Providence, R. 1.
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. 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.
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
Donations and Subscriptions
in Drafts, Checks, Registered Letters, or Post-Oflfice Orders may be addressed to Wm. B. Howland, Treasurer,
Bible House, Astor Place, New York.
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I bequeath to my executors the sum of dollars, I'/i irrtsf, 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.
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
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 O. 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 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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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.
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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3 00
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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
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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
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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
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00
5
00
5
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206
704
55
152
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20
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10
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24
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80 77
18 00
62 50
8 47
278 19
136 84
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6
25
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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
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00
32
00
I
53
20
97
9
00
26
00
14
42
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86
80
00
50
87
20
00
6
75
25
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5
00
6
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18
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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
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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
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41
42
6
00
16
00
13
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12
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28
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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
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12
00
41
09
2
12
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7
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5
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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
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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
Wyandotte, W. M. S 5 00
YOUNG people's
WORK.
Almont.
V.
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Y.
L.
M. S
15
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Mattawan,
S.
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3
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Wayne,
V.
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S. C. E
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Wyandotte
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2
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$426 92
26 41
$453 33
^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.
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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
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 January, 1895
PAGE
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
PAGE
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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Is published monthly, at sixty cents a year, postage paid. It is sent without charge, on
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Monthly Concert and among their people.
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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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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
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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.
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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,
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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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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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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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 ?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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" 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
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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.]
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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
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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
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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
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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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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.
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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
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100
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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
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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
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4
60
5
24
50
85
963
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30 35
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2
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2
30
12
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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
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00
5
50
2
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16
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44
12 35
2 07
496
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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
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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
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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
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SO'
47
00
25
00
100
00
170
00
85
24
55
00
35
00
279
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Rev. Robert J. Kent
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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
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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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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.
February, 1S95 The Homc Missionary 513
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
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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-
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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."
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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
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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
The Home Missionary
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
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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
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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
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4
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18
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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
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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
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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
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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
}. 8 50
2 50
4 00
5 00
15 38
t6
75
7
00
20
4S
14
80
^
00
•7
00
4
42
I
00
I
69
2
00
5
00
5
45
3
30
I
25
12
39
10
00
■;
12
8
00
17
62
3
27
8
88
2
15
I
57
10
00
73
20
10
00
10
16
2.5
00
5
00
13
8
17
00
2
19
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
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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
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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
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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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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.
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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.
Press of J. J. Little & Co., Astor Place, New York
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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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The Home Missionary
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.
The Home Missionary
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
WILTON CKKMAN-ENULISII COLLEGE — U.
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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559
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 !
March, 1895 The Homc Missionary 561
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
March, 1895 Tlic Homc Missionary 563
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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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— 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
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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.
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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
March, 1S95
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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
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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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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..
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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
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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— $88.43.
Chattanooga, Central Ch., and East
Lake, by Rev. E. A. Berry
74 40
6 50
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The Home Missionary
58:
Knowillr. S. S. ■'Company A" Ten-
ncsstc R<-'Kt., by S. C. Roney
Memphis, Mission Soc. of Stranjjer's
Ch.by J. G. Boch
KRNTUCKY-$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
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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
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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
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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
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6 25
16 65
5 00
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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, $2, by
Rev. W. H. Thrall
Duncan, Gann Valley, and Pleasant
Valley, by Rev. F. L. Drew
Emery, by Rev. H. Gregory
Erwin. by Miss E. K. Henry
Glenview, by Rev. M. Doty
Hot Springs, First, by Rev. E. E.
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Howard, by Rev. D. R. Tomlin f6 70
Mission Hill, by Rev. D. B. Nichols.. 7 75
Powell, Welsh, by Rev. J. T. Lewis.. i 10
South Shore, by Rev. D. E. Armitage 6 66
Spring Hill, by Rev. G. L. Helms.... i 00
Springfield. Running Water, and Wa-
nari, by Rev. C. Seccombe 3 00
COLORADO-$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
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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
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3
00
2
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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
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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
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65
00
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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
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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
00
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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
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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
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$10,073 76
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third line, under Boston, for " Boylston " read
'■ Brighton."]
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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
00
15
8
5°
00
10
00
10
00
7
29
36
00
65
58
24
6q
86
70
27
88
21
84
10
00
12
77
14
29
50
88
7
00
.3
00
.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
00
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.
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Wm. ft. HowLAND, Treasurer " " " " New York City.
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Aaron B. Mead, Esq., Treasurer " " " " \ Chicago, 111.
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Lewis E. Snow, Treasurer " " " " St. Louis, Mo,
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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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The Home Missionary
Vol.. LXVII
APRIL, 1895
No. 12
KEV. UAVIU B. CUE, D.t).
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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
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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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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.
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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
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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.
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
April, 1895
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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
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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
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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
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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
$5 00
2 77
2 00
I '5
10 50
7
20
10
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NEBRASKA-$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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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84
10
00
20
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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
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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
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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
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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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Somerset. W. H. M. S
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West Adrian, W. M. S....
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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
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^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.
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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.
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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.
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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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