CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
ME.—Woman's Aid to A.M.A.,
Chairman of Committee, Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, Woodfords, Me.
VT.—Woman's Aid to A.M.A.,
Chairman of Committee, Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
VT.—Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. Ellen Osgood, Montpelier, Vt.
CONN.—Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss, 171 Capitol Ave., Hartford, Conn.
MASS. and R.I.—Woman's Home Miss. Association,
Secretary, Miss Natalie Lord, Boston, Mass.[2]
N.Y.—Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. William Spalding, Salmon Block, Syracuse, N.Y.
ALA.—Woman's Missionary Union,
Secretary, Miss S.S. Evans, Birmingham, Ala.
MISS.—Woman's Miss. Union,
Secretary, Miss Sarah J. Humphrey. Tougaloo, Miss.
TENN. and ARK.—Woman's Missionary Union of Central South Conference,
Secretary, Miss Anna M. Cahill, Nashville, Tenn.
LA.—Woman's Miss. Union,
Secretary, Miss Jennie Fyfe, 490 Canal St., New Orleans, La.
FLA.—Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. Nathan Barrows, Winter Park, Fla.
OHIO.—Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin, Ohio.
IND.—Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. W.E. Mossman, Fort Wayne, Ind.
ILL.—Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. C.H. Taintor, 151 Washington St, Chicago, Ill.
MINN.—Woman's Home Miss. Society,
Secretary, Miss Katharine Plant, 2651 Portland Avenue,
Minneapolis, Minn.
IOWA.—Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Miss Ella E. Marsh, Grinnell, Iowa.
KANSAS.—Woman's Home Miss. Society,
Secretary, Mrs. G.L. Epps, Topeka, Kan.
MICH.—Woman's Home Miss, Union,
Secretary, Mrs. Mary B. Warren, Lansing, Mich.
WIS.—Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. C. Matter, Brodhead, Wis.
NEB.—Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. L.F. Berry, 724 N Broad St., Fremont, Neb.
COLORADO.—Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. S.M. Packard, Pueblo, Colo.
DAKOTA.—Woman's Home Miss. Union,
President, Mrs. T.M. Hills, Sioux Falls;
Secretary, Mrs. W.B. Dawes, Redfield;
Treasurer, Mrs. S.E. Fifield, Lake Preston.
[2] For the purpose of exact information, we note that while the W.H.M.A. appears in this list as a State body for Mass. and R.I., it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere.
We would suggest to all ladies connected with the auxiliaries of State Missionary Unions, that funds for the American Missionary Association be sent to us through the treasurers of the Union. Care, however, should be taken to designate the money as for the American Missionary Association, since undesignated funds will not reach us.
Ladies upon whom the duty devolves to plan and lead missionary meetings, will welcome the suggestions in the following paper by Mrs. Regal, Secretary of the Woman's Home Missionary Union of Ohio, which paper was read at the recent Annual Meeting of the Officers of Woman's State Organizations.
THE LOCAL SOCIETY—ITS MEMBERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT.
BY MRS. FLORA K. REGAL, OBERLIN, OHIO.
The local society will always have its active and its passive membership. How to increase the latter from without, and how to transfer recruits from the passive to the active list, are problems that have taxed the ingenuity of not a few and have not infrequently been abandoned as insoluble. It has so long been said, "This missionary work always has to be carried on by a few," that the expression has come to have something of the force of axiomatic truth which, of course, no one dares assail. And so the missionary society lives on, decade after decade, with less than a quarter of the women of the church on its list, and of that quarter not more than one-fourth active members. How to change these conditions, is the problem which confronts us.
I.—It has not always been clear who should be included in the membership, but with the broad scope given to our Home Missionary Unions, its auxiliaries should include:
First.—Every woman who thinks that if she were living on some lonely frontier and had for years heard no sermon, no public prayer, no songs of praise, had no communion service, no Christian fellowship, she would welcome the home missionary and all the sweet influences of the Gospel.
Second.—Every woman who thinks we owe it to the Freedwoman to put into her life and home something of the sweetness and purity of our own; to the Indian woman a sympathetic effort for her uplifting, in atonement for a "Century of Dishonor."
Third.—Every woman who thinks that if she, or her sister or daughter, were heroic enough to share the labors and sacrifices of a home missionary, she ought to have some better place to live in than an old grocery, a room over a saloon or the basement of a church.
Fourth.—Every woman who thinks that if she were an inmate of a Mormon home she might not have grace to welcome the companionship of the second, third or tenth woman who might be sealed by celestial marriage to her husband.
Fifth.—Every woman who thinks there are worthy young men trying to prepare themselves for ministerial or missionary work whose struggle with poverty ought to be relieved.
Sixth.—Every woman who would welcome for her own children, if she were living in some Godless community, the Sunday-school missionary and the books, papers, lesson helps, prayers and Christian songs which make the Sunday-school a place of blessed influences.
If there be in any Christian church a woman who will respond to none of these calls for service to the extent of a moderate annual membership fee, say twenty-five cents, she has missed the true import of the Gospel and has never entered into its most blessed privileges. Let us assume that there is no such, but that rightly approached, every woman worthy a place in the church will be willing to enroll herself into at least the passive membership of the local society.
II.—The management of this new membership, presumably uninformed, indifferent, possibly prejudiced, will require familiar acquaintance with our six benevolences, sympathy with them all, much practical wisdom, good courage, and the spirit of I Corinthians, 13th chapter.
The President must do more than preside at the meetings. She must plan every detail; must know beforehand what hymns, what Scripture lesson, who shall lead in singing and in prayer, what reports, what letters, what original papers, what selections, what business. Everything must be carefully planned and written down, yet there must be withal a certain amount of elasticity of management, so that the timid question may be answered, the objection removed, the enthusiasm expressed. The President will welcome strangers and greet the diffident and neglected. She will not be surprised at seeing anybody at the meeting. It was reasonably to be expected.
The Secretary will do more than keep the minutes of the meetings. She will not forget the proper public announcement of the meetings and will add special invitations to such as may not feel themselves included in the general. She will send for such printed helps as are needed for use. She will fill out distinctly and promptly such blanks as are needed for Conference, State or other Reports, and her quarterly and annual reports will be helpful from their information and their inspiration.
The Treasurer will do more than passively receive what is brought to her hands. She will see that no one is overlooked when a canvass is made for any object; that pledges are redeemed; that the way is made easy for the poor to give without embarrassment and the rich without ostentation. She will see that all moneys are forwarded as designated and that they go through the State Treasury.
But the highest qualification any local officer can possess, is the ability to transfer members from the passive to the active list. Some practical hints toward this result maybe gathered from the following suggestions:
Aim at unity of effect for each meeting. Make some one of the six benevolences the subject, and center everything—Scripture, hymn, prayer, letter, paper, leaflet, about the single topic. Suppose it be "Missions on our Western frontier." Ask some lady to prepare a fifteen minutes' paper. Give out in addition six back numbers of the Home Missionary to as many ladies, asking each to select a paragraph or short article bearing directly on the subject and which she thinks will, or ought to, interest the meeting. Let several of these ladies be chosen from the passive list—the diffident or even the indifferent.In making their selections, they will perhaps have made their first acquaintance with missionary magazines and will have learned something about the heroism of our home missionaries. Moreover, they will have participated in the exercises. This, repeated with variations, will give them courage to speak, and intelligent thoughts to express. They are on the way to active participation. Crown the exercises with a collection. The leader must know how to kindle enthusiasm and put it to the tangible proof.
The subject for the next meeting may be some branch of the work of the American Missionary Association, as "Indian Missions in Dakota." Assign to some one a paper, an historical sketch. She will need books from the missionary library. "Ten years among the Dakotas," and "Mary and I; or, Life among the Sioux," (to which she would never think of going for help unless informed that the Dakotas and Sioux are one.) She may also send to Miss Emerson for further helps. Then, in addition, give out back numbers of the American Missionary to two or three passive ladies, asking them to make short selections concerning Indian missions—or let one read Prof. G.F. Wright's leaflet—"Indian Missions as seen upon the ground"—and another some missionary's letter. Call out expressions of interest in the work—proofs of its success—etc., and ask if we ought not to do something for its support. Give to everyone present a small envelope with the request that it be brought to the next meeting with a free will offering for Indian missions.
The next meeting may be devoted to "Christian work among the Mormons," using the "New West Reports," "The Gleaner," newspaper extracts, missionary letters and, if possible, have the experience of some one who has visited the schools and the homes of sin-cursed Utah. Having awakened deep interest, the proposition to procure a lecture or a musical entertainment and devote the proceeds to the New West Commission will probably find favor and be carried on to success.
For the next meeting, choose another object, as "Parsonage Building." Distribute copies of the Church Building Quarterly and again the indispensable back numbers of The Home Missionary, and have extracts read which show the discomfort, and even distress, which come to the family of the home missionary. Propose aid in the form of a birthday offering, in which every member brings in an envelope as many cents as she is years old. The result may be surprising.
For other objects other plans, but in every case the way should be prepared for intelligent giving.
It has sometimes resulted favorably to secure, at the beginning of the year, pledges for some definite, well understood object, as a teacher's or missionary's salary, or a share in one, which should apparently but not really exhaust the resources of the society, and have the payments made as early in the year as practicable. Then pursue intelligent study of the other fields until the time is ripe for proposing generous aid to the one which appeals most strongly to the combined judgment and sympathy. And so on through the year, in which time the six benevolences can all be reached. This somewhat irregular method of procedure has perhaps no better defence than that it has been known to produce good results. A society the intelligence and consecration of whose members could be relied upon would doubtless find the plan of monthly pledges, to be divided according to some accepted schedule, much easier. No special labor would have to be expended to make the need apparent, or to awaken sympathy for the object, or to choose the best means of attaining it. Gifts would be systematic and uniform throughout the year and could be counted upon.
The machinery, well oiled at the start, would run smoothly and quietly, and woman's work would not be made unpleasantly prominent. But it seems doubtful whether as many gifts would flow into the treasury and whether the gifts would be accompanied by as much interest, sympathy and prayer.
The hints concerning management thus far presuppose a Home Missionary Society organized on the modern basis of a programme of devotional exercises and various mission studies, and do not apply to those cases in which such exercises have been engrafted upon a sewing society with a long line of Dorcases as Presidents, and antecedents too respectable to be ruthlessly set aside. How shall a sewing society be so modified as to best subserve the present home missionary needs? Do not create friction by attempting a sudden and complete revolution. Propose that the brief devotional exercises with which such gatherings sometimes close be placed a little earlier than usual, that there may be time for some interesting missionary letter or some inspiring leaflet, or other selection, or better still, an original paper on some live topic. When about the usual season for beginning the missionary box arrives, prepare a symposium on the subject of boxes. Select and distribute brief paragraphs from the magazines concerning missionary debts, from missionary letters concerning unpaid salaries, and lead gradually up to the question whether if we were missionaries we would rather receive a box or a check for an unpaid salary. Which would best enable a minister to look his creditors, who are also his parishioners, in the face—the new pulpit suit or cash to pay off accumulated bills? In trying to decide between box and salary, the society may decide for both, and a point is gained. When box preparations begin, assign them a proper place in the meeting. Do not permit papers and addresses to be sandwiched between rolling quilt frames and turning down refractory hems, or punctuated by requests or signals for scissors, thread, and bits of gingham; and do not spoil garments by working with divided attention. Give each its hour or its day. Best of all, when a box is in preparation, sew early, late, and often, till it is despatched. Then resume the studies, being especially careful to have their first resumption provided with an attractive programme. In all cases when studies have been grafted upon sewing, encourage the graft. It ought to yield better fruit than the original stock.
It should be the constant aim of those in charge of local societies to inspire in the membership intelligent interest in the six branches of our work—to cultivate a spirit of liberality toward them all—to create in every member a desire to aid them all. Only with such an aim can the local society achieve its highest usefulness.
RECEIPTS FOR JUNE, 1889.
MAINE, $123.20. | |
| Augusta. Joel Spalding, to const. MISS NETTIE R. SPALDING L.M. | $30.00 |
| Bangor. Central Ch. Sewing Circle, for Freight to Pleasant Hill, Tenn. | 1.53 |
| Bethel. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch. | 5.00 |
| Castine. "Rainbow Band," for Tougaloo U. | 5.80 |
| Castine. Trin. Cong. Sab. Sch. | 5.00 |
| Gorham. J.H. Hinckley, Papers and Cards, for Meridian, Miss. | |
| Hiram. Mrs. Moore. S.S. Papers, for Meridian, Miss. | |
| Limerick. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 8.00 |
| Machias. Centre St. Cong. Ch. | 7.87 |
| Portland. Second Parish Chinese Class, by H. Mabel Leach, Sec., for Chinese M. in Cal. | 50.00 |
| Rockland. "The King's Daughters," by Mrs. D.P. Hatch, for Woman's Work | 10.00 |
NEW HAMPSHIRE, $1,169.97. | |
| Brookline. Cong. Ch. | 6.05 |
| Concord. "Friend" | 5.00 |
| Derry. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. | 16.00 |
| Dover. First Ch. | 140.65 |
| Exeter. Second Cong. Ch. 10. for Chinese M. in Cal., 10. for Miss Collin's Work | 20.00 |
| Great Falls. First Cong. Ch. | 15.00 |
| Henniker. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30.50, L.W. Preston, 3 | 33.50 |
| Jaffrey. "Lillies of the Field," for Storrs Sch. | 9.00 |
| Keene. "S." 20; Primary Dep't Second Cong. Sab. Sch., 5 | 25.00 |
| Keene. Mrs. M.E. DeBevoise's S.S. Class, for Oaks, N.C. | 20.00 |
| Keene. P'k'g Papers. for Savannah, Ga. | |
| Littleton. "Mrs. B.W.K." | 5.00 |
| Nashua. Ladies' Circle of Pilgrim Ch., Bbl. and Box C., for Storrs Sch. | |
| Penacook. Cong. Ch. | 23.00 |
| Plaiston and North Haverhill, Mass. Cong. Ch. 130.88; Mrs. Eliza W. Merrill, 50. | 180.88 |
| Plymouth. Cong. Ch. | 6.10 |
| Portsmouth. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 134.79 |
| Rye. Cong. Ch. | 30.00 |
| ———— | |
| $669.97 | |
ESTATE. | |
| Allenstown. Estate of Jabez Green, by Mrs. Elsie G. Green, for Green Memorial Ch., Bending Oaks, Ala. | 500.00 |
| ———— | |
| $1,169.97 | |
VERMONT, $498.33. | |
| Burlington. "Tithes" | 1.00 |
| Barton Landing. Children's Miss'y Soc., by Kate B. Joslyn, Treas., for Indian Sch'p. | 10.00 |
| Chester. Cong. Ch. | 2.75 |
| Coventry. Ladies of Cong. Ch. and Soc., for McIntosh, Ga. | 12.70 |
| Fair Haven. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Storrs Sch. | 6.00 |
| Manchester. Miss E.J. Kellogg | 10.00 |
| Middlebury. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. | 19.53 |
| Montpelier. Bethany Cong. Ch. | 37.65 |
| New Haven. Cong. Ch. ad'l to const. REV. W.B. HAGUE L.M. | 25.50 |
| Newport. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 5.00 |
| Putney. "A few members Cong. Ch." by Mrs. A.C. Shattuck, for McIntosh, Ga. | 9.00 |
| ——. "A Friend" | 20.00 |
| Woman's Home Missionary Union of Vermont, by Mrs. W.P. Fairbanks, Treas., for McIntosh, Ga.: | |
| Bridport. Ladies | 10.00 |
| Brookfield. Ladles' H.M. Soc. of Second Ch. | 6.20 |
| Burlington. Ladies' H.M.S. of College St. Ch. | 20.00 |
| Charlotte. Ladies. | 13.75 |
| East Burke. W.H.M.U. Aux. | 5.00 |
| Enosburg. Ladies of Cong. Ch. | 9.00 |
| Fairlee. Ladies. | 5.25 |
| Franklin. Ladies. | 2.30 |
| Greensboro. Ladies of Cong. Ch. | 13.28 |
| McIndoes Falls. Mrs. W.R. Monteith | 1.00 |
| Middlebury. Ladies. | 20.25 |
| Montpelier. W.H.M.S. | 5.00 |
| Saint Johnsbury. Ladies. | 100.00 |
| Waitefield. Ladies of Cong. Ch. | 8.22 |
| Woodstock. Ladies. | 20.00 |
| ——— 239.25 | |
| ——— | |
| $398.38 | |
ESTATE. | |
| Post Mill. Estate of Eliza R. (Heaton) Dodge, by Edward N. Heaton, Ex. | 100.00 |
| ——— | |
| $498.38 | |
NEW YORK, $15,858.76. | |
| Brooklyn. Stephen Ballard, for Chandler Sch. Building, Lexington, Ky. | 375.00 |
| Brooklyn. Puritan Cong. Ch. | 45.89 |
| Brooklyn, E.D. New England Cong. Ch. | 20.00 |
| Canandaigua. First Cong. Ch. | 11.30 |
| Crown Point. "A Friend," to const ELMER J BARKER L.M. | 30.00 |
| Fairport. Cong. Ch., to const A. WORTH PALMER L.M. | 47.40 |
| Jamaica. "S.G.A." for Chinese Work in Cal | 5.00 |
| Marion. "A Life Member." | 1.00 |
| New Lebanon. Cong. Ch. | 22.50 |
| New York. Gen'l Clinton B. Fisk, to const. Miss ALMIRA MARSHALL L.M. | 30.00 |
| New York. John Gibb, for Talladega C. | 25.00 |
| Owasco. Anice Stewart | 2.00 |
| Sherburne. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. | 20.83 |
| Troy. "Cash," for Indian Work | 0.10 |
| Warsaw. Cong. Ch. | 24.29 |
| Warwick. "A Friend," for Chinese M. in Cal. | 2.00 |
| Yaphank. Mrs. Hannah M. Overton, for Chinese M. in Cal. | 5.00 |
| ———— | |
| $667.31 | |
ESTATES. | |
| Homer. Estate of Elias Root, by Vernon F. Stone, Ex. | 841.45 |
| New York. Trust Estate of W.E. Dodge, for Theo. Dep't, Talladega C. | 100.00 |
| Shushan. Estate of William Law, by John F. Day, Ex. | 14,250.00 |
| ————— | |
| $15,858.78 | |
NEW JERSEY, $243.25. | |
| Arlington. Herbert Overacre, on True Blue Card | 5.00 |
| Arlington. Mission Band, for Savannah, Ga. | 0.75 |
| Bound Brook. M.H. Roundey and G.A. Roundey, for Chinese M. in Cal. | 10.00 |
| East Orange. B. Van Wagenen, for Student Aid, Marion, Ala. | 8.00 |
| Plainfield. Mrs. Mary E. Whiton, bal. to const. MARY KNOWLTON WHITON L.M. | 5.00 |
| Upper Montclair. Cong. Ch. | 214.50 |
PENNSYLVANIA, $20.00. | |
| Marshalfield Valley. Geo. A. Marsh's S.S. Class for Boys, for Student Aid, Fisk U. | 15.00 |
| Scranton. "F.T.," for Chinese M. in Cal. | 5.00 |
INDIANA, $30.00. | |
| Bloomington. Mrs. A.B. Woodford, for Student Aid, Fisk U. | 30.00 |
ILLINOIS, $1,012.83. | |
| Camp Point. Mrs. S.B. McKinney | 15.00 |
| Chicago. Union Park Cong. Ch., 272.63; New England Cong. Ch., 49.62; Plymouth Cong. Ch., to const. JOHN R. LAING L.M., 30.36; Leavitt St. Cong. Ch., 3.36 | 355.97 |
| Earlville. "J.A.D." | 25.00 |
| Elgin. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., for Athens, Ala. | 15.21 |
| Glencoe. Cong. Ch., to const OTIS McGAW HOWARD, U.B. KLETZING, BENJ. F. NEWHALL, JAMES K. CALHOUN and MISS LAURA STAR L.M.'s | 150.00 |
| Hyde Park. South Park Cong. Ch. | 10.00 |
| Hyde Park. "Olin Family," 2; A.W. Cole, 1—Bbl. C., for Student Aid, Marion, Ala. | 3.00 |
| Ivanhoe. Fremont Cong. Ch. | 23.00 |
| Lewistown. Mrs. Myron Phelps | 50.00 |
| Mendon. Cong. Ch. | 18.00 |
| Oak Park. Cong. Ch. | 178.38 |
| Peoria. Miss Ruthford's S.S. Class, Cong. Ch., for Mobile, Ala. | 5.00 |
| Princeton. Mrs. Polly B. Corss | 10.00 |
| Quincy. Joshua Perry | 10.00 |
| Rockford. Sab. Sch. Second Cong. Ch. | 30.00 |
| Rockland. Y.L.M. Soc. Second Cong. Ch., for Sch'p End't Fund, Fisk U. | 17.68 |
| Sycamore. First Cong. Ch. | 68.59 |
| Wilmette. Cong. Ch. | 27.00 |
| ——. "A Friend." | 1.00 |
MICHIGAN, $283.81. | |
| Calumet Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Talladega C. | 50.00 |
| Detroit. First Cong. Ch., 131.89; Woodward Ave. Cong. Ch., 75.27 | 207.16 |
| East Gilead. Rev. L. Curtiss | 2.65 |
| Kalamazoo. Mrs. J.A. Kent | 10.00 |
| Richmond. First Cong. Ch. | 14.00 |
WISCONSIN, $90.82. | |
| Delevan. Cong. Ch. | 23.20 |
| Grand Rapids. Cong. Ch. | 27.22 |
| Milwaukee. Grand Ave. Cong. Ch. | 30.40 |
| Sheboygan. Woman's Miss'y Soc., for Tillotson C. and N. Inst. | 10.00 |
IOWA, $282.60. | |
| Bear Grove. Cong. Ch. | 10.00 |
| Clear Lake. Christian Endeavor Soc., by Miss Mary Thompson, for Woman's Work | 4.00 |
| Council Bluffs. For Tillotson C. and N. Inst. | 3.00 |
| Davenport. Edwards Cong. Ch., to const. REV JULIUS A. REED and REV. CARL HESS L.M's | 70.00 |
| East Des Moines. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. | 7.65 |
| Eldora. First Cong. Ch. | 2.60 |
| Garwin. Talman Dewey | 3.25 |
| Genoa Bluffs. Rev. James Rowe, for Ch. Building, Nat, Ala. | 1.00 |
| Grinnell. Cong. Ch. | 18.39 |
| Iowa City. Cong. Ch. | 40.00 |
| Kelley. Rev. and Mrs. S.A. Arnold | 4.00 |
| McGregor. J.H. Ellsworth | 10.00 |
| Olds. Jason H. Martin | 5.00 |
| Sawyer. Francis Sawyer | 20.00 |
| Tipton. Woman's M. Soc., Bbl. C., for Savannah, Ga. | |
| Victor. Mrs. C.L. McDermid, 3; Friends, 1., for Church Building, "Nat," Ala. | 4.00 |
| Iowa Woman's Home Missionary Union, for Woman's Work: | |
| Ames. L.A. Soc. | 5.00 |
| Charles City. L.M.S. | 25.00 |
| Chester Center. W.H.M.U. | 4.75 |
| Durant. Mrs. S.M. Dutton. | 3.00 |
| Grinnell W.H.M.U. | 9.96 |
| Marion. "Busy Gleaners," for Santee Sch. | 20.00 |
| Osage. Y.P.S.C.E. | 4.25 |
| Sheldon. W.H.M.U. | 4.00 |
| Sioux City. L.M.S. | 1.00 |
| Webster City. Y.P.S.C.E. | 2.75 |
| ——— 79.71 | |
MINNESOTA, $185.91. | |
| Saint Paul. Plymouth Cong. Ch. | 23.20 |
| Saint Charles. First Cong. Ch. | 1.50 |
| Waseca. I.L. Claghorn, Box Papers, for Thomasville, Ga. | |
| Winona. Second Cong. Ch., 3.81, and Sab. Sch., .71 | 4.52 |
| Zumbrota. Cong. Ch. | 17.67 |
| Minnesota Woman's Home Missionary Society, by Mrs. M.W. Skinner, Treas., for Woman's Work: | |
| Alexandria. L.M.S. | 20.00 |
| Austin. W.M.S. | 6.27 |
| Duluth. Friends in Council | 13.74 |
| Elk River. W.M.S. | 7.00 |
| Marshall. W.M.S. | 5.00 |
| Minneapolis. Plymouth L.M.S. | 28.19 |
| Minneapolis. Park Ave. L.M.S. | 15.00 |
| Minneapolis. Lyndale W.M.S. | 13.30 |
| Minneapolis. Open Door Mission Band | 3.00 |
| Northfield. Special | 2.00 |
| Rochester. Sab. Sch., for Santee Agency | 3.51 |
| Saint Paul. Plymouth L.M.S. | 20.00 |
| Saint Paul. Plymouth Y.L.M.S. | 5.00 |
| Springfield. "Cheerful Givers." | 3.00 |
| ——— | |
| $145.01 | |
| Less for Expenses | 5.99 |
| ——— 139.02 | |
MISSOURI, $56.00. | |
| Kansas City. M. Marty | 10.00 |
| Webster Groves. Cong. Ch. | 46.00 |
KANSAS, $42.01. | |
| Alma. Cong. Ch. | 3.30 |
| Kirwin. First Cong. Ch. | 10.00 |
| Manhattan. Cong. Ch. | 28.71 |
DAKOTA, $14.00. | |
| Castlewood. Mrs. Geo. Allen | 5.00 |
| Vermillion. First Cong. Ch. | 9.00 |
COLORADO, $2.50. | |
| Denver. Miss Clark's S.S. Class, First Cong. Ch., for Tillotson C. and N. Inst. | 2.50 |
CALIFORNIA, $25.00. | |
| Los Gatos. Mrs. H.G. Noyes and L.E. Agard | 20.00 |
| Saratoga. Sarah Brown, for Student Aid, Fisk U. | 5.00 |
OREGON, $13.00. | |
| East Portland. Mrs. Anna M. Bancroft | 3.00 |
| Forest Grove. Cong. Ch. | 10.00 |
WASHINGTON, $2.50. | |
| Skokomish. "Little Workers," by Rev. M. Eells | 2.50 |
KENTUCKY, $1.66. | |
| Woodbine. Rev. E.H. Bullock | 1.66 |
NORTH CAROLINA, $54.25. | |
| Chapel Hill. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. | 5.00 |
| McLeansville. Rev. A. Connet, for Student Aid, Talladega C. | 12.50 |
| Nalls. "Friends," 2.50; Cong. Ch., 50c. | 3.00 |
| Oaks. Miss E.W. Douglas | 30.00 |
| Pekin. Cong. Ch. | 1.00 |
| Troy. "Friends," 2; Y.P.S.C.E., 50c.; Ch., 25c. | 2.75 |
TENNESSEE, $10.99. | |
| Glenmary. Cong. Ch. | 0.64 |
| Sunbright. Cong. Ch. | 0.35 |
| Nashville. W.R. Morris of Fist University, for Sch'p End't Fund, Fisk U. | 10.00 |
ALABAMA, $3.00 | |
| Mobile. First Cong. Ch., for Mobile, Ala. | 3.00 |
TEXAS, $3.00. | |
| Austin. W.M.S. of Tillotson Inst., for Fort Berthold Indian M. | 3.00 |
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| Donations | $12,023.19 |
| Estates | 23,591.45 |
| ————— | |
| $35,614.64 | |
INCOME, $1,835.50. | |
| Avery Fund. for Mendi M. | 196.75 |
| DeForest Fund, for President's Chair, Talladega C. | 481.25 |
| Graves Sch'p Fund, for Talladega C. | 125.00 |
| Haley Sch'p Fund, for Fisk U. | 50.00 |
| Hammond Fund, for Straight U. | 62.50 |
| Hastings Sch'p Fund, for Atlanta U. | 12.50 |
| Howard Theo. Fund, for Howard U. | 650.00 |
| Le Moyne Fund, for Memphis, Tenn. | 75.00 |
| Luke Memorial Sch'p Fund, for Talladega C. | 10.00 |
| Stone Fund, for Talladega C. | 25.00 |
| Straight University Sch'p Fund, for Straight U. | 47.50 |
| Tuthill King Fund, for Berea C. | 50.00 |
| Plumb Sch'p Fund, for Fisk U. | 50.00 |
| ———— 1,885.50 | |
TUITION, $4,155.41. | |
| Lexington, Ky., Tuition | 257.13 |
| Williamsburg, Ky., Tuition | 70.65 |
| Woodbine, Ky., Tuition | 7.00 |
| Beaufort, N.C., Public Fund | 154.60 |
| Wilmington, N.C., Tuition | 166.60 |
| Charleston, S.C., Tuition | 216.00 |
| Deer Lodge, Tenn., Tuition | 37.75 |
| Grand View, Tenn., Tuition | 35.25 |
| Jellico, Tenn., Tuition | 41.40 |
| Jonesboro, Tenn., Tuition | 12.70 |
| Nashville, Tenn., Tuition | 510.54 |
| Pleasant Hill, Tenn., Tuition | 24.20 |
| Sherwood, Tenn., Tuition | 400.00 |
| Atlanta, Ga., Storrs Sch., Tuition | 222.69 |
| Macon, Ga., Tuition | 233.45 |
| Savannah, Ga., Tuition | 170.50 |
| Thomasville, Ga., Tuition | 65.00 |
| Athens, Ala., Tuition | 79.55 |
| Marion, Ala., Tuition | 76.78 |
| Mobile, Ala., Tuition | 210.20 |
| Talladega, Ala., Tuition | 283.86 |
| New Orleans, La., Tuition | 652.75 |
| Meridian, Miss., Tuition | 79.20 |
| Tougaloo, Miss., Tuition | 24.05 |
| Austin, Texas, Tuition | 183.56 |
| ———— 4,155.41 | |
| United States Government Appropriation for Indians | 5,678.50 |
| ———— | |
| Total for June | $47,284.05 |
SUMMARY. | |
| Donations | $147,213.31 |
| Estates | 50,121.54 |
| ————— | |
| $197,334.85 | |
| Income | 8,117.96 |
| Tuition | 30,289.62 |
| United States Government appropriation for Indians | 15,219.37 |
| ————— | |
| Total from Oct. 1 to June 30 | $250,911.80 |
| =========== | |
FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. | |
| Subscriptions for June | 25.05 |
| Previously acknowledged | 687.57 |
| ——— | |
| Total | $712.62 |
ENDOWMENT FUND. | |
| Rockford, Ill. Estate of Rev. Benjamin Foltz, by Charles G. Foltz, Ex. | $500.00 |
DANIEL HAND EDUCATIONAL FUND FOR COLORED PEOPLE. | |
| Income for June, 1889, from investments | $2,325.00 |
| Previously acknowledged | 28,144.86 |
| ————— | |
| Total | $30,469.86 |
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H.W. HUBBARD, Treasurer,
56 Reade St, N.Y.