CHILDREN’S PAGE.

LITTLE SALLIE.
PROFESSOR A. K. SPENCE, OF FISK UNIVERSITY.
(Written from Dundee, Scotland.)

Little Sallie was born a slave, but became free through the Emancipation Proclamation of Abraham Lincoln. She had learned to read elsewhere, but came to the school connected with Fisk University to pursue her studies still further. There she soon saw she was a sinner, and needed a Saviour. She sought long, but did not find peace to her soul. She was very sorrowful, and her trouble appeared in her down-cast face. She often sighed and sometimes wept. She prayed much and read her Bible. Her teachers felt sad for poor little Sallie.

At last light came. The Bible says, “Sorrow continueth for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” Her joy was great. Any one could see that she had met a change. Her countenance was all aglow. A sweet smile played on her lips. Her voice was full of music as she told what God had done for her. Her eye kindled as she spoke of her dear Saviour. All the affection of her young heart was given to him. It was sweet to listen to her prayers, in which she often said, dear Jesus.

But Sallie wished to do something for Him who had done so much for her. All young converts feel in that way. Old Christians feel so, too. Paul says, “The love of Christ constraineth us.” But what could she do? She was so young, and only a girl. Even if she were a woman, she could not go into the pulpit and preach. Only men do that. What could she do! This perplexed little Sallie.

One of her teachers, knowing her trouble, said to her, “Well, Sallie, you can read, can you not?” “Oh, yes!” she replied, for she was a good reader. “There are many colored people who were long slaves, and cannot read, are there not? Would not you like to read the Bible to some of them?”

This thought pleased little Sallie. Soon after she put on her hat, took her Bible, and went out, Christ’s little missionary. She stood erect, she stepped light, she looked happy; she was going out to do good for Jesus. No doubt His love was warm in her heart just then. We always feel love to God when for His sake we try to do good to men.

She did not know it, but the teacher who suggested her mission followed to see what she would do. When she turned a street corner, he turned it soon after her. At last she entered a little house, such as many of the colored people live in. It was made of boards, one story high, and had only one room. The day was warm. The door was open. He went to it and looked in. I will try to tell you what he saw.

Sallie sat in a chair with her Bible in her lap, reading. One colored woman was, seemingly, busy at a table, ironing clothes. But her iron went back and forth nearly in the same place, while she looked away, eyes and mouth open, to little Sallie, to whom she listened attentively. Another had ceased from her work, and, leaning against the wall, looked down upon our little missionary in a most loving, motherly way. A third was sitting at her feet and gazing with her great, dark face into the face of Sallie, who, in a low, sweet voice, was reading: “He was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.” Was it not beautiful? You know this is a prophesy of Christ, written many hundred years, before the sufferings it describes, which Jesus bore for us. Find the fifty-third chapter of Isaiah and read it for yourselves, my young friends, and think that Sallie read it to those poor colored women; and as you go over these verses, may the same love and joy fill your hearts as filled hers.

Remember, also, that you, too, may be workers for Christ in some way. It may not be in Sallie’s way. She used to sing “There’ll be something in Heaven for children to do.” There is something for them to do on earth, too. Seek God’s guidance and He will show you what. Christ says that if we give even a cup of water to any one, for His sake, we shall not lose our reward. Sallie did not work for pay, but she had her reward in the consciousness that she was pleasing Jesus and doing good to those women.

Many years have passed since the time of this narrative. Little Sallie is now a young woman. Through the aid of kind friends she completed the course of studies in the Normal department of Fisk University, and is now teaching colored children in the far-off State of Texas. The freed people of the South need such teachers; they need also ministers of their own race; and many missionaries are needed for Africa.

One way, my dear young friends, in which you can serve the Lord, is this: Help us to educate these young people. When you put a little piece of money into the box for this cause and for Jesus’ sake, He sees it and will say to you in the last day: “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”

RECEIPTS
FOR JANUARY, 1879.

MAINE, $749.02.
Bangor. Hammond St. Ch. (bal.) $34.41; Hammond St. Sab. Sch. $15$49.41
Brownville. Hon. A. H. Merrill, $100; Cong. Ch. and Soc. $15115.00
Buxton. Rev. Joseph Kyte3.00
Gorham. First Cong. Ch. to const. SamuelT. Dole, Moses Fogg and John S. LeavitL. M.’s83.21
Hallowell. Emma French, half bbl. of C
Machins. “A Friend.”3.00
Monson. Rev. R. W. Emerson20.50
North Dixmont. Mrs. M. E. K.1.00
Norway. Mrs. Mary K. Frost5.00
Portland. State St. Ch., $344.90; High St. Cong. Ch., $100444.00
Searsport. J. Y. B.1.00
Skowhegan. Mrs. L. W. Weston, $5; Miss S. A. T., $16.00
South Bridgton. Mrs. R. Hale;3.00
Wells. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l)0.50
Winthrop. Mrs. E. H. N.1.00
Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.12.50
NEW HAMPSHIRE, $10,653.97.
Amherst. Ladies’ Benev. Ass’n $2 and box of C.,for Wilmington, N. C.2.00
Antrim. “Friends,” by Imla Wright110.00
Alstead. Third Cong. Ch. and Soc.14.00
Boscawen. Cong. Ch. and Soc.17.08
Bristol. Cong. Ch. and Soc.4.15
Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.10.00
Concord. Miss F. A. G. and Mrs. A. F., $1;Mrs. C. L. G. 60c.1.60
Derry. Mrs. H. T.0.50
Dover. M. A. L.1.00
Exeter. “A Friend,” $30; Mrs. A. C. Perkins bbl. of C.30.00
Fitzwilliam. Dea. Rufus B. Phillips5.00
Franceston. Joseph Kingsbury, $10; A. F. $1.11.00
Gilmanton Iron Works. Moses P. Page, for futurework of the Association10,000.00
Greenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.7.00
Harrisville. Mrs. Lucy B. Richardson10.00
Hebron. Rev. J. B. Cook2.00
Hopkinton. Cong. Ch.10.00
Keene. First Cong. Sab. Sch. $12.33; Mrs. Samuel Towne, $5; G. C., $1.18.33
Lebanon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.32.75
Londonderry. C. S. P.1.00
Manchester. Franklin St. Ch. and Soc.70.41
Meredith Village. Mrs. C. S.0.50
Milford. Cong. Ch.33.70
Monroe. Cong. Ch. and Soc.1.50
Nashua. Cong. Ch. and Soc.10.24
New Ipswich. “Hillside Gleaners,” for Wilmington, N. C.4.00
New London. Estate of Eliza S. Trussell150.00
New London. Miss M. K. T.0.50
Peterborough. Cong. Ch.25.46
Pittsfield. John L. Thorndike10.00
Rochester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.25.00
Salem. Individuals in Cong. Ch. and Soc.6.00
Shelburne. Mrs. M. C. Ingalls3.00
Temple. Mrs. W. K.1.00
Warner. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l)9.25
West Campton. T. J. Sanborn5.00
Wilton. Mistletoe Band, for Wilmington,N. C., $10; J. T. H., $1.11.00
VERMONT, $779.62.
Bristol. Cong. Ch. and Soc.24.00
Brookfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.16.00
Cambridge. Dea. S. Montague5.00
Castleton. Cong. Sab. Sch.11.90
Chelsea. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l)4.00
Chester. G. H. C.0.50
Dorset. I. N. Sykes5.00
Essex Junction. Elizabeth T. Macomber5.00
Granby and Victory Cong. Ch. and Soc.3.00
Marshfield. Lyman Clark10.00
McIndoe’s Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc.12.00
Morrisville. “A Friend.”5.00
North Bennington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.16.00
Pittsford. Henry Sherman30.50
Randolph. Mrs. I. Nichols2.00
Royalton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $15; —— First Cong. Ch.,for Student Aid, Atlanta U., $13.51.28.51
Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.5.89
Saint Albans. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.50.77
Saint Johnsbury. North Ch., $464.83; North Ch. Sab. Sch., $50.514.83
Waitsfield. G. I. B. and A. M. B., $1; S. H. Robinson, bbl. of C.1.00
West Brattleborough. Cong. Ch.10.22
Williston. C. A. Seymour.5.00
Windsor. Cong. Ch.13.50
MASSACHUSETTS, $4,308.38.
Acton. Mrs. M. F., for Student Aid, Atlanta U.1.00
Amherst. First Cong Ch. and Soc.,$79.43; North Cong. Ch. and Soc., $24.86;Prayer Meeting, Ag. College, by E. D. Howe, $1.50.105.79
Andover. Peter Smith500.00
Andover. Ladies’ Aux. Miss. Soc. of Free Ch., $25;John Smith, $10; Francis H. Johnson, $5; M. C. Andrews, $2; Mrs. David Gray, $2; D. C., $1;J. W. P., $1; G. F., $1, for Student Aid, Straight U.47.00
Andover. Estate of Mrs. Caroline P. Taylor,by James C. Taylor, Ex.200.00
Arlington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.25.00
Ashby. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., $25,for Student Aid, Atlanta U. —— G. S. S., 50c.25.50
Ashfield. Cong. Ladies10.26
Attleborough. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l)8.00
Auburndale. Miss Emma Warren, for Tougaloo U.2.00
Ballardvale. W. C. C., for Student Aid, S. U.0.50
Boston. Mrs E. C. Parkhurst of Mt. Vernon Ch., $20; Mrs. Livermore, $2;Mrs. A. C. S. $1; —— “Friends” Christmas Box, for Wilmington, N. C.23.00
Boston. Mrs. Samuel A. Bradbury, $25; incorrectly ack. in Feb. number.
Boxford. Rev. W. S. Coggin, $5; Mrs. J. K. Coles’ Sab. Sch. class, $2,for Student Aid, Straight U.; —— F. C., 50c.7.50
Boylston. Ladies, for Freight1.00
Bradford. S. W. Carleton, for Student Aid, Straight U.5.00
Brocton. Joseph Hewitt, $10;—— Mrs. Barzilla Corey. $5; Miss Lizzie Kingman and Sch., $1.96, for Tougaloo U.16.96
Brookline. Harvard Cong. Ch.67.75
Cambridge. Mrs. C. A. W.0.50
Cambridgeport. Prospect St. Ch. and Soc., $195.75;Pilgrim Cong. Ch., $62.39;Mrs. E. K., 60c.;N. H. H., 50c.;A. A. P., 50c.259.74
Centerville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.6.67
Charlestown. First Ch. and Parish50.00
Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.7.50
Clinton. Mrs. C. R. Sawyer10.00
Coleraine. Miss E. McG.1.00
Cotuit. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc.9.30
Dalton. Hon. Z. M. Crane100.00
Danvers. C. W. L.0.50
Douglass. A. M. H.0.70
East Douglass. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const.Thomas H. Meeksand Clara B. Simmons, L. M’s.65.91
Easthampton. First Cong. Sab. Sch25.00
East Longmeadow. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $30; E. M., $1.31.00
East Medway. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.10.00
East Woburn. Wm. Temple3.00
Enfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.110.41
Fall River. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $83.34; M. E. $1.84.34
Fitchburg. Miss C. S. D.1.00
Framingham. Plymouth Cong. Ch. and Soc. $26.27;Young Peoples Mission of Plymouth Ch. $11.35and bbl. of C.;Mrs. Maria Fay, $5;Mrs. S. N. Brewer, $2;“A Friend,” $1.45.62
Georgetown. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.28.40
Gilbertville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.10.50
Gloucester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.50.00
Goshen. Cong. Ch. and Soc.8.45
Great Barrington. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $70;James Bird $12.5082.50
Grafton. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.33.14
Greenwich. Cong. Sab. Sch.18.00
Groton. Union Cong. Ch.18.09
Hadley. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $6.10;Sab. Sch. $8.6714.77
Hatfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.46.00
Haverhill. North Cong. Ch. and Soc.($100 of which from Mrs. Theodore Noyes), $203.39;C. C. and D. E. $1.00204.39
Harwichport. Leonard Robbins10.00
Hingham. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.23.10
Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. box of books
Hyde Park. Cong. Ch. and Soc.24.80
Hubbardston. A. G. D.0.51
Ipswich. Linebrook Cong. Ch.6.30
Lawrence. Lawrence St. Ch. and Soc. $62.07; —— Coll. UnionMeeting, $21.70, for Student Aid, Straight U.83.77
Lee. M. A. H.1.00
Leominster. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc.13.18
Lexington. Hancock Ch. and Soc.13.54
Littleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.10.50
Lowell. High St. Ch. and Soc. $83.73;First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $78.90;Mrs. E. M. Buss. $30. to const herself L. M.;Mrs. E. J. Donnell, $5197.63
Ludlow. Cong. Ch.27.00
Malden. Mrs. M. L. B.1.00
Manchester. Bbl. of C.
Mansfield. P. M. E.1.00
Mattapoisett. A. C.1.00
Medfield. F. D. E.0.50
Merrimac. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. I.B. Battles, L. M.50.00
Middleton. Ladies of Cong. Ch. bbl. of C. and $2.26 for freight;Cong. Ch. and Soc. $1416.26
Millbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $58.50; —— Cong. Ch.and Soc. $21.50, for Student Aid, Atlanta U.80.00
Monson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $26.49; —— Sunbeam MissionCircle, for Chinese M. $2046.49
Newburyport. J. D.1.00
Newton. Eliot Ch. $137.41;Mrs. E. R. M. 50c.137.91
Newton Centre. First Cong. Ch. $29.96;J. W. 50c.;S. A. E. 50c.30.96
Newtonville. Central Cong. Soc.20.89
Newton Falls. Ladies, bbl. of C.
North Amherst. H. S.1.00
North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch.12.66
North Chelmsford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.22.51
North Hadley. Ch. and Sab. Sch. for StudentAid, Tougaloo U. $10; —— Cong. Sab. Sch. $4.5514.55
Norwood. Mrs. H. N. Fuller, bal. to const.B. W. Fuller, L. M.4.75
Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $20.28;L. W. 50c.20.78
Peabody. T. S.1.00
Phillipston. A. and T. Ward5.00
Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch. to const. Rev.Samuel Harrisonand Theo. Bartlett,L. M’s100.00
Plymouth. Ch. of Pilgrimage43.99
Reading. Mrs. Mark M. Temple2.00
Rehoboth. Cong. Ch. S. S. box of Books.
Rochester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.5.00
Rockland. Miss S. M. Bailey, for StudentAid, Atlanta U.18.00
Salem. Joseph H. Towne, $10 for Student Aid,Straight U.; —— South Cong. Ch., M. C. Coll., $5.80;M. W., 50c.16.30
Sandwich. H. H. Nye2.00
South Attleborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc.3.33
Southborough. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., $8.93;M. A. E., 50c.9.43
South Hadley. Teachers and Students ofMt. Holyoke Fem. Sem., for Tougaloo U.16.80
South Royalston. Cong. Ch. Soc., $10;Mrs. S. N., 50c.10.50
Springfield. South Cong. Ch., $27.22;First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $20.61;Mrs. A. C. H., $1.10;A. A. H., $149.93
Sterling. Cong. Ch. and Soc.23.73
Stoneham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.21.56
Stow. Mrs. M. W. for Tougaloo U.0.25
Taunton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.40.80
Tewksbury. George Lee, $10;Rev. S. F. French, $5;Wm. H. Lee, $5, for Student Aid, Straight U.20.00
Warren. Mrs. Joseph Ramsdell ($5 of whichfor Chinese M.)6.00
Watertown. Miss L. P. Auld, $15, for Booksfor Mrs. Mather; —— Mrs. J. A., 50c.15.50
West Boxford. Cong. Ch., for Student Aid,Straight U.7.54
West Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $12.47;D. S. Stebbins, bbl. of C.12.47
Westfield. Second Ch. and Soc.19.57
West Springfield. Park St. Ch. $46.15;First Ch., $1561.15
Whitinsville. Rev. J. R. Thurston30.00
Williamstown. Miss Emily Beckwith10.00
Wilmington. Cong. Sab. Sch., $30. for Student Aid,Talladega C. —— J Skilton, $1040.00
Winchester. “A Friend,”2.00
Woburn. First Cong. Sab. Sch. $150;Cong. Ch. and Soc. (in part), $40.94;Mrs.G. A. B., 50c.191.44
Worcester. Central Cong. Ch., $149.48;Salem St. Ch. and Soc., $64.08;Old South Cong. Ch. and Soc., $51.25;A. M. C., 50c.;Rev. W. J. W., 50c.265.81
RHODE ISLAND, $431.33.
Bristol. Mrs. R.1.00
Little Compton. United Cong. Ch. and Soc.62.00
Pawtucket. Cong. Ch. and Soc.30.00
Providence. Beneficent Cong. Ch. $235.33; —— Young Ladies’ Soc.of Beneficent Ch., $100, for Student Aid, Fisk U. —— Miss E. A.Linsley $3338.33
CONNECTICUT, $2,863.41.
Black Rock. Cong. Ch.7.80
Bloomfield. Cong. Ch.7.34
Bridgeport. Second Cong. Ch., $49.35;J. B. $150.35
Broad Brook. Cong. Ch. and Soc.14.00
Bristol. Cong. Sab. Sch.20.00
Cheshire. Rev. I. H. I.1.00
Chester. Cong. Ch.15.00
Cromwell. Cong. Ch.8.00
Durham. Miss A. P. C.1.00
Essex. First Cong. Ch.14.12
Farmington. Cong. Ch., quar. coll.($100 of which from Henry D. Hawley.)167.95
Glastonbury. First Cong. Ch., $156.16;G. M. J. 60c.156.76
Griswold. Mrs. E. B.1.00
Guilford. Mrs. Lucy E. Tuttle, $103.50;First Cong. Ch., $24127.50
Haddam. Cong. Ch.5.00
Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Ch., $152.55;South Cong. Ch., $100;Mrs. M. C. Bemis, $20.50;Mrs. W. T., 50c.; “A Friend,” 50c.;Mrs. A. E. C., 25c.274.30
Kensington. Cong. Ch and Soc., to const.Leander A. Bunce, L. M.31.57
Jewett City. Cong Ch. and Soc.13.60
Manchester. E. S. and E. A. B.1.00
Montville. First Cong. Ch.6.50
Moose Meadow. Mrs. H. L. E.0.50
New Britain. South Cong. Ch.(of which $5 “special from a member,”) $76.94;“South Ch. A Friend,” $20;Mrs. S. 50c.97.44
New Haven. O. A. Dorman, $100;F. C. Sherman, $100; Amos Townsend. $50; Henry Johnson, $5; —— Delia C. Davis,for Student Aid, Atlanta U. $5; —— P. P. $1; W. A. L. $1;Mrs. S. P. C. 50c.262.50
New London. Second Cong. Ch.(of which $300 from Trust Estate of the late H. P.Haven)819.62
New London. “A Friend”1.00
Norfolk. Cong. Ch. to const. Miss SarahCurtiss, L. M.30.00
North Guilford. A. E. Bartlett, $15.50;“A Friend,” $5;M. L. C. 50c.21.00
Norwalk. Mrs. Wm. B. St. John3.00
Norwich. Miss. Ass’n of Second Cong. Sab. Sch. $50,for Student Aid, Atlanta U. —— Miss S. M. Lee, $555.00
Old Lyme. Miss Mary Sill, bdl. of C. forTalladega C.
Orange. Cong. Ch.10.80
Plymouth. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Ag’l Dept.Talladega, Ala.100.00
Roxbury. Cong. Ch.17.75
Salisbury. Cong. Ch.65.25
Stamford. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.50.00
Stratford. “A. S. C.”5.00
Terryville. Cong. Ch., M. C. Coll’s.15.00
Thomaston. Cong. Ch.23.51
Warren. First Ecclesiastical Ch. and Soc.28.20
Washington. “A few Friends,” by HenryS. Nettleton6.00
Waterbury. First Cong. Ch.125.61
Watertown. Cong. Sab. Sch. to const. AnnaH. Scott and George N. Griswold,L. M.’s69.00
West Chester. Cong. Ch.11.00
West Meriden. E. K. Breckenridge5.00
West Safford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.2.75
Willimantic. Cong. Sab. Sch. for StudentAid, Straight U.25.00
Winsted. Mrs. M. A. Mitchell, $10;Elias E. Gilman, $10;First Cong. Ch. (ad’l) $6.1926.19
Woodbridge. Cong. Ch. $9.69;Cong. Sab. Sch. $6.31, (of which $6 for Student Aid,Atlanta U.)16.60
Woodstock. Cong. Sab. Sch. to const. DoraA. Lindeman, L. M.30.00
—— “A Friend”17.50
NEW YORK, $991.03.
Antwerp. Two S. S. Classes and a few Ladies,by Mrs. Kate C. Abell,pkg. of C. and$1 for Talladega C.1.00
Aquebogue, L. I. Sab. Sch. and Friends forStudent Aid, Straight U.38.00
Brooklyn. Mrs Lewis Tappan10.00
Brooklyn. E D. Estate of Mary Withington,by J. N. Stearns, Ex.315.45
Evans. Mrs. R. P. B. Camp5.00
Camden. S. Sperry2.00
Champlain. H. H.1.00
Chestertown. R. C. C.1.00
Churchville. Caroline Town, for StudentAid, Atlanta U.5.00
Cohoes. Mrs. I. Terry5.00
Coxsackie. Mrs. E. F. Spoor, $5;and Miss A. G. Fairchild, $5;Rev. M. Lusk, $313.00
East Avon. Mrs. F. D.1.00
East Bloomfield. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.31.40
Fredonia. Mrs. E. S Kellogg, box of C.
Fulton. J. C. Galispe, $7;Almon Bristol, $5;T. W. Chesebro, $5;Dea. F. S. 50c.;Mrs. I. C. $118.50
Greigsville. Mrs. S. J. Child, Mrs. F. A.Gray and Miss L. A. Gray3.00
Hudson. Mrs. D. A. Jones, $10;A. S. P. 50c.10.50
Kiantone. Mrs. E. C. Hall’s S. S. Class7.00
Lebanon. M. Day, $5;Thomas H. Hitchcock. $5;A. Seymour, $5;S. H., $1;J. H. W., $117.00
Le Roy. Mrs. Sarah Covert, $6;Mrs. Dea. McEwein, $511.00
Lima. Mrs. Mary Sprague, for Student Aid,Hampton Inst.5.00
Locust Valley. Mrs. Sarah Palmer5.00
Lockport. First Cong. Ch.63.92
McGrawville. H. D. Corey2.00
Middleport. G. J. H.1.00
Mount Sinai. Cong. Ch.8.00
Newark Valley. Cong. Ch.16.23
Newfield. Rev. Chas. Willey10.00
New York. Mrs. Parker, $100;Mrs. C. Tappan Lewis, $5;“A Friend,” $5; —— S. S. Class (“Pilgrim Band,”) Broadway Tab. Ch., $15.60for Student Aid, Hampton Inst.125.60
North Walton. Union Miss. Soc., $14.87;Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., $8.21;“A Friend,” $124.08
Orwell. “Friends” by Rev. F. N. Greeley,box of C
Oswego. J. G.0.50
Paris Hill. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.26.00
Pekin. Miss Abigail Peck10.00
Penn Yan. W. W. Taylor2.10
Riverhead. Mrs. Eliza Miller, $20;Miss Knowles, $525.00
Rochester. A. Hubregtse2.50
Smyrna. First Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.Miss. Soc.20.00
Tarrytown. “A Friend”60.00
Tompkinsville. Mrs. Maria Snyder2.00
Troy. Mary and Margaret J. Cushman1.00
Walton. First Cong. Ch.79.75
West Chazy. Daniel Bassett5.00
West Farms. J. A.0.50
NEW JERSEY, $209.50.
Belleville. Mrs. J. B.0.50
Bricksburgh. Mrs. G. L.1.00
Jersey City. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. forStudent Aid, Fisk U.50.00
Jersey City. “D. D. A.”5.00
Morristown. Mrs. R. R. Graves, $100;W. B., $1101.00
Newark. J. H. Denison30.00
Paterson. Benj. Crane, $20;P. Van Houten, $222.00
PENNSYLVANIA, $42.00.
Philadelphia. W. P. F., $1;Rev. C. E. B., 50c.;Mrs. J. R. McC., 50c.2.00
Pittsburgh. Third Presb. Sab. Sch. for StudentAid, Talladega, Ala.25.00
Washington. Mrs. M. H. McFarland10.00
West Alexander. John McCoy and Wife5.00
OHIO, $350.42.
Alliance. J. S. Thomas2.00
Ashland. J. Thompson2.28
Belpre. Cong. Ch.5.20
Chardon. Sab. Sch. Class, (“CheerfulWorkers”)10.00
Claridon. Cong. Ch.45.01
Cincinnati. Rent, for the poor in New Orleans,La.18.15
Cleveland. Euclid Av. Cong. Ch. $21.10;Franklin Av. Cong. Ch., $8.8229.92
Geneva. Mrs. S. Kingsbury, bal. to const.herself, L. M.10.00
Hudson. Ladies’ Union Miss. Soc., bbl. of C.for Colored poor of N. O.
Kingsville. Myron Whiting10.00
Madison. M. B. H.1.00
Marietta. Mrs. E. W. B.1.00
Marysville. R. S. Wilcox, for Student Aid,Selma, Ala.20.00
Medina. Cong. Ch. and Soc., adl. for Tougaloo U.5.00
Moss Run. M. B. F.0.50
Newark. Welsh Cong. Ch.9.30
North Bloomfield. Friend, for Ind. Dept. Talladega C.36.63
Norwalk. First Cong. Ch.7.30
Oberlin. First Cong. Ch., $20;Harris Lewis, $5;J. S. McClelland, $2;H.R. $1;Ladies’ Soc. of 2d Cong. Ch. 2 bbls. of C.,for Colored poor of N. O.28.00
Orrville. Chas. S. Strong5.00
Painsville. First Cong. Ch., (of which $2.50from Mrs. Morley forStraight U.,) $26.07;First Cong. S. S., $25;C. R. Stone, $556.07
Ruggles. Mrs. J. T.0.50
Sharonville. J. H.1.00
Springfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.7.56
Tallmadge. Mrs. Harriet Seward, $5; —— Mrs. A. F., 50c.,for Tougaloo U.5.50
Toledo. Mrs. Eliza H. Weed10.00
Twinsburgh. J. R. Parmalee3.00
Unionville. M. W.1.00
Wellington. E. W.0.50
Windham. First Cong. Ch.19.00
INDIANA, $17.
Elkhart. First Cong. Ch.6.00
Madison. G. W. Southworth10.00
Newville. A. D.1.00
ILLINOIS, $2,277.53.
Aurora. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. for StudentAid, Fisk U.25.00
Chicago. New Eng. Ch., $16.39;New Eng. Ch. Sab. Sch., $65.1681.55
Delavan. Mrs. R. Houghton2.00
Downer’s Grove. J. W. Bushnell5.00
Elgin. Mrs. C. C. B.1.00
Galena. Mrs. Anne Bean2.00
Galesburg. First Ch. of Christ34.60
Geneseo. Cong. Ch. (in part)15.00
Glencoe. Cong. Ch.54.42
Greenview. H. W. W.0.50
Hutsonville. C. V. N.0.50
Kings. Cong. Ch.3.00
Lamoille. Cong. Ch.3.95
La Salle. W. E. T.1.00
Lewistown. Estate of Myron Phelps, byMary P. Phelps,Henry Phelps, and Stephen Phelps, Ex’s.1,000.00
Lombard. First Cong. Ch.7.75
Macomb. G. H. S.1.00
Millington. Mrs. D. W. J.0.50
Owosso. Mrs. E. H. A.1.50
Payson. Cong. Sab. Sch.20.00
Polo. Robert Smith500.00
Port Byron. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., $4.25; —— Mrs. E. L. H.,55c. for Tougaloo U.4.80
Princeton. Benj. Ferris10.00
Rockford. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., $13; —— Mrs. Penfield, $10,for Student Aid, Talladega, Ala.23.00
Stillman Valley. Cong. Ch.22.74
Tilden. Mrs. A. E. A.1.00
Waukegan. Miss E. D., for Tougaloo U.0.33
Wyoming. Cong. Ch.4.39
York Neck. A. R.1.00
—— “Friends”450.00
MICHIGAN, $139.38.
Alpena. Julia F. Farwell, for Student Aid,Atlanta U.10.00
Armada. Miss Lydia A. Jackman5.00
Birmingham. Mrs. A. D. S.1.00
Chelsea. John C. Winans10.00
Clinton. Mrs. S. R.0.50
Detroit. “A Friend”1.50
Edwardsburg. U. E.1.00
Galesburg. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. for StudentAid. Fisk U.17.40
Grand Rapids. E. M. B.0.50
Grass Lake. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.,$25 for Student Aid,Fisk U.; —— Cong. Ch. and Soc. $10.2335.23
Homer. Mrs. C. C. Evarts1.25
Jackson. Mrs. Eliza Page, $15;B. T. $116.00
Romeo. Mrs. A. B. Maynard, $10;Mrs. S. L. Andrews, $10;Miss T. S. Clark, $5,for Lady Missionary, Memphis, Tenn.; —— M. A. J. $1;Miss T. S. C. 50c.26.50
Saint Johns. Mrs. D. B.1.00
Stanton. Mrs. J. M. W.0.50
Stockbridge. Mrs. B. and Mrs. C.1.00
Traverse City. S. A.1.00
Union City. Andrew Lucas4.00
Warren. Rev. J. L. Beebe5.00
—— “Ex Teacher”1.00
WISCONSIN, $144.85.
Appleton. “G. W. P.” $26;Cong. Ch. $11.9037.90
Beloit. Prof. W. P.0.50
Delavan. Cong. Ch.11.50
Fort Atkinson. Mrs. Caroline Snell5.00
Geneva. Presb. Ch.22.04
Green Bay. A. Kimball and Others, $5, forStudent Aid, Atlanta U.; —— R. M. 20c.5.20
La Crosse. Mrs. W. W.0.50
Mazomanie. R. L.1.00
Oshkosh. Col. C. R. H.0.50
Racine. Rev. C. N.1.00
Sheboygan. Mrs. L. H. Chase, $10.50;D. B. 50c.; A. D. 50c.11.50
Whitewater. First Cong. Ch.48.21
IOWA, $146.06.
Algona. Cong. Ch.9.00
Anita. Cong. Ch.1.00
Burlington. Cong. Ch. (ad’l)38.90
Clay. Cong. Ch.5.00
Davenport. Capt. E. A. Adams, for StudentAid, Talladega, Ala.50.00
Dunlap. Cong. Ch.8.11
Grinnell. A. A. Murch2.00
McGregor. Woman’s Miss. Soc., bal. toconst. Mrs. A. B. Pearsall, L. M.16.80
Osage. Woman’s Miss. Soc.7.25
Parkersburg. Rev. A. P.1.00
Tabor. Miss Julia E. Williams, $6, for StudentAid, Fisk U.; —— J. E. W. $17.00
MINNESOTA, $138.09.
Excelsior. Cong. Ch.10.00
Hamilton. Cong. Ch. $9;Sab. Sch. $514.00
Lake City. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid,Straight U.25.00
Minneapolis. Plymouth Cong. Ch., $24.24; —— Mrs. P. L.Van Vleck, $10 for Student Aid, Atlanta U.; —— Pilgrim Ch. $2.7536.99
Northfield. First Cong. Ch.37.10
Spring Valley. Cong Ch. Quar. Coll.0.15
KANSAS, $10.51.
Meriden. J. Rutty10.00
Wellsville. E. F. S.0.51
NEBRASKA, $51.00.
Camp Creek. G. F. L.0.50
Nebraska City. Mrs E. S.0.50
—— “A Friend”50.00
COLORADO, 50c.
Canyon City. D. L.0.50
MONTANA, $1.50.
Camp Baker. “A Friend”1.50
MISSOURI, $10.
St. Louis. Miss Clara M. Janes, for StudentAid, Hampton Inst.10.00
OREGON, 50c.
Forest Grove. Mrs. M. R. W.0.50
CALIFORNIA, $27.50.
Rohnerville. Mrs. Mary A. Brown, $2;Mrs. A. B., 50c.2.50
San Francisco. Mrs. N. Gray25.00
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $10.40.
Washington. Mrs. A. N. Bailey. $10;M. S. C., 40c.10.40
WEST VIRGINIA, $1.50.
Elm Grove. H. M. Atkinson, for StudentAid, Atlanta U.1.50
TENNESSEE, $382.93.
Chattanooga. Miss Blanche Curtis, for StudentAid, Tougaloo10.00
Memphis. Le Moyne Sch.261.28
Nashville. Fisk University111.65
NORTH CAROLINA, $138.52.
McLeansville. Rev. Alfred Connett, $3.20;Cong. Ch. $1.805.00
Raleigh. Washington Sch. $15;Miss E. P. Hayes, $1025.00
Wilmington. Normal Sch. $102.39;First Cong. Ch. $6.13108.52
SOUTH CAROLINA, $278.00.
Charleston. Avery Inst. $276;A. W. Farnham, $2278.00
GEORGIA, $297.70.
Atlanta. Storrs Sch.207.85
Atlanta. Rent36.00
Macon. Lewis High Sch.53.85
ALABAMA, $429.28.
Marion. Girl’s Sewing Class, for Mendi M.21.00
Maryville. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. forStudent Aid, Selma, Ala.10.00
Montgomery. Public Fund350.00
Talladega. Talladega C. $47.28;J. W. R. 50c.;G. N. E. 50c.48.28
FLORIDA, $5.00.
Jacksonville. C. B. Wilder5.00
LOUISIANA, $80.00
New Orleans. Straight University80.00
MISSISSIPPI, $30.00.
Natchez. Rev. C. A.0.50
Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., $19.50;Rev. G. S. Pope, $9.45;E. E. S., 55c.29.50
————— $1.19.
—— “Friends,” for Tougaloo U.1.19
PERSIA, $30.00.
Oroomiah. Mr. and Mrs. B. Labaree, Jr.30.00
INCOME FUND, $150.00.
Graves Library Fund, Atlanta U.150.00
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Total26,177.62
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Total from Oct. 1st to Jan. 31st$55,924.08

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RECEIVED FOR DEBT.
Wells, Maine. Rev. B. Southworth5.00
Francestown, N. H. Cong. Ch.12.00
Cambridge, Vt. Madison Safford10.00
Hardwick, Vt. A. M. Amsden, $20;Mrs. Mary B. Amsden. $525.00
Ludlow, Vt. Mrs L. Martin5.00
Abington, Mass. Mrs. H. P.1.00
Bridgewater, Mass. M. S. Dunham5.00
Easthampton, Mass. Mrs. Emily G. Williston50.00
Fall River, Mass. Rev. Wm. W. Adams25.00
Florence, Mass. A. L. Williston500.00
Georgetown, Mass. —— 10.00
Monson, Mass. Cong. Ch. $9.73;Mrs. C. O. Chapin’s Class, $5.5015.23
Newtonville, Mass. Mrs. J. W. Hayes25.00
North Brookfield, Mass. First Cong. Ch.50.00
South Weymouth, Mass. “Friends,” by Rev.G. F. Stanton25.00
Ware, Mass. First Cong. Ch., M. C. Coll.8.31
Winchendon, Mass. Rev. D. Foster andWife25.00
Worcester, Mass. “M. A. T.”7.50
Colchester, Conn. Collected by Mrs. S. E.Ransom27.00
Easton, Conn. Mrs. R. H. Wheeler25.00
Cromwell, Conn. Cong. Ch.2.50
Hartford, Conn. Centre Ch., by Mrs. J. W.Cooke100.00
Middlefield, Conn. “Friends in Cong. Soc.”by Rev. A. C. Denison16.00
Middletown, Conn. A few ladies in First Cong. Ch.,by Mrs. E. Tesey25.00
Newtown, Conn. Cong. Ch.5.00
Unionville, Conn. “Friends,” by Mrs. T.E. Daviess25.00
Waterbury, Conn. Young Ladies’ MissionCircle of First Cong. Ch, by Mrs. E. A.Morris25.00
Binghamton, N. Y. “Friends,” by Mrs.Edward Taylor57.00
New York, N. Y. Chas. L. Mead100.00
New York, N. Y. Mrs. L. Smith Hobart, toconst.
Mrs. Mary B. Coatesworth L. M.30.00
Oneida County, N. Y. “A Friend”100.00
Rochester, N. Y. A. Beebe3.00
Walton, N. Y. Collected by Mrs. Wm. A.White25.00
West Winfield, N. Y. Mrs. Luna Bucklen, $3;Rev. L. W. C., $14.00
Irvington, N. J. Rev. A. Underwood25.00
Morristown, N. J. E. A. Graves500.00
Willoughby, O. —— 10.00
Chicago, Ill. Mrs. L. A. Walker5.00
Elgin, Ill. “A Friend”10.00
Geneseo, Ill. Mrs. L. B. Perry10.00
Millington, Ill. Mrs. D. W. J.0.50
Winnebago, Ill. N. F. Parsons10.00
York Neck, Ill. Anna Reynolds20.00
—— , Ill. “A Friend”5.00
Detroit, Mich. Rev. Frank T. Bayley15.00
Jackson, Mich. Miss Eliza Page10.00
College Springs, Iowa. J. G. Laughlin, $5;F. A. Noe, $510.00
Osage, Iowa. Children’s Mission Circle,(“Cheerful Givers”)5.00
Meriden, Kans. J. Rutty10.00
Wild Cat, Kans. S. D. Pierce10.00
Palataka, Fla. Mrs. E. Baldwin25.00
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Total2,054.04
Previously acknowledged in Decemberreceipts9,533.15
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Total$11,587.19
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Exeter, N. H. Mrs. Augusta F. Odlin$100.00
Hanover, Conn. David A. Allen.250.00
Oberlin, O. Mrs. Wheat1.00
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Total351.00
Previously acknowledged in Decemberreceipts946.00
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Total$1,297.00

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2. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.