I had proposed to write a thought or two about recent anti-Chinese legislation; but I fear I have trespassed too much on your space already; and I am sure that if Congress and the country can bear the sin and shame such laws involve, our work can bear whatever of hindrance it may bring to us. It isn’t the first time that King Canute has tried by his royal chair to breast a rising tide; but I have been slow to think such folly was reserved for my own country and this nineteenth century after Christ.

RECEIPTS

FOR FEBRUARY, 1879.

MAINE, $223.90.
Augusta. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $27.50;——$10$37.50
Bath. “Cash”100.00
Falmouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.7.40
Hampden. H. S. and J. L.1.00
Limington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.6.00
Newport. M. S. N.1.00
Norridgewock. S. D. and J. S. B.1.00
North Bridgton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.5.00
Orland. Mrs. Buck and daughter30.00
Scarborough. “A Friend”30.00
Winthrop. C. Fairbanks5.00
NEW HAMPSHIRE, $1,174.67.
Bedford. Presbyterian Church for Wilmington, N. C.11.60
Brookline. Cong. Ch. and Soc.15.96
Center Harbor. Cong. Ch. and Soc.17.61
Colebrook. E. C. $1.; J. A. H. 50c.1.50
Concord. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. $38.94;—W. H. Pitman, $2 for Mendi M.40.94
Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.9.15
Hillsborough Bridge. J. D., Mrs. J. G., Mrs. E. T., and Mrs. D. W. $1. ea.4.00
Hillsborough Centre. John Adams, $5; O. C. $16.00
Keene. Sec. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $50,; “A Friend,” $56.24; Mrs. N. R. C., 60c.; Mrs. E. A. W., 25c.106.99
Manchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $59.99;—Ladies of First Cong. Ch., bbl of C. for Talladega, Ala.59.99
New Ipswich. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $4.69; Ladies of Cong. Ch., box of C. and $2 for freight; Mrs. Dr. G., $17.69
Orford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.18.00
Pelham. “Friend”15.00
Rindge. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $4.14; H. E. W., 35c.4.49
Sullivan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.8.00
Swanzey. Cong. Ch. and Soc.12.00
Temp e. Cong. Sab. Sch.14.00
Walpole. Cong. Ch. and Soc.13.00
Wilton. A. B. C.0.50
——“A Friend”803.25
—— Geo. Cook5.00
VERMONT, $208.46.
Barre. Cong. Ch. and Soc.18.33
Bennington. Second Cong. Ch.66.62
Berlin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.3.61
Burlington. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.50.00
Cambridge. A few Ladies, Box of C., by Mrs. Madison Safford; Cong. Ch., Communion Set.
Castleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $16.10; Mrs. L. G. S. $117.10
East Poultney. A. D. Wilcox5.00
Fayetteville. A. Birchard, $5; Mrs. L. C. C. and Mrs. A. E. K. H. $16.00
Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.14.26
Pittsfield. Cong. Ch.5.00
Quechee. Cong. Sab. Sch.13.04
Waitsfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc0.50
West Brattleboro. Mrs. F. Gaines5.00
Weston. Mrs. C. W. Sprague, $2; Lucy P. Bartlett, $24.00
MASSACHUSETTS, $977.42
Abington. Mrs. S. B. F1.00
Acton. Mrs. H. C. L. for Student Aid, Atlanta U.1.00
Andover. Misses McKeen, for Student Aid, Atlanta U.2.00
Ashfield. Mrs. G. B. Hall5.00
Auburndale. Cong. Sab. Sch., $28.75, for Tougaloo;—Mrs. D. W. Scott, $5; Mrs. D. W. Scott and Friends, bbl. of C., for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.33.75
Barnstable Co. “A Friend”20.00
Bedford. M. E. R. 0.50
Beechwood. Cong. Ch. and Soc.1.45
Belchertown. D. B. B.0.50
Billerica. H. B. S1.00
Boston Highlands. E. E. B.1.00
Braintree. J. M. L.0.12
Cambridgeport. Mrs. L. D. C.1.00
Campello. Cong. Ch. and Soc.104.65
Charlestown. Winthrop Cong. Ch.56.11
Danvers. First Cong. Ch. $6.25, and 10 bbls. apples, for Atlanta, Ga.6.25
Harvard. Mrs. C. S.0.50
Haverhill. R. S. C.0.50
Holbrook. Miss Sarah J. Holbrook, for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.25.00
Hyde Park. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid. Hampton Inst.70.00
Lowell. L. Kimball, $25; H. M. Hunt, $530.00
Millbury. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Atlanta U.25.00
Milford. Mrs. B. H.0.50
Middletown. Mrs S. Fuller, 3 bbls. apples; Mrs. W. W. Fuller, 2 bbls. apples, for Atlanta Ga.
Natick.—— 0.10
Northampton. “A Friend”100.00
Oakham. Cong Ch. and Soc.65.00
Reading. “A Friend”2.00
Rockland. Cong. Ch. $50 for Missionary Work;—Elijah Shaw, $2070.00
Salem. J. H. T.0.60
Sharon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.12.00
South Boston. Miss J. A.0.50
Southbridge. “A Friend”3.00
South Deerfield. Mrs. Mary C. Tilton2.00
Springfield. South Ch., “E. M. P.,” $10; Mrs. R. K., $111.00
Sunderland. Dorcas Soc., bbl. of C. for Atlanta, Ga.
Topsfield. Ladies of Cong. Ch., box of C.
Watertown. Mite Box, $2.50; Mrs. E. S. P., 60c.3.10
Webster. Rev. B. F. P.0.50
Westborough. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $119.63; Freedmen’s Mission Ass’n, bbl. of C.119.63
Went Cummington. Rev. J. B. B.0.50
West Medway. Cong. Ch. and Soc.27.87
Westminster. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.67.00
West Newton. J. H. P.0.50
West Stockbridge. Geo. W. Kniffin10.00
Whitinsville. Cong. Sab. Sch.28.00
Williamstown. Rev. Mark Hopkins, D. D.5.00
Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., bbl. of C., for Atlanta, Ga.
Worcester. Union Ch., $60.29; M. F. W., $1; G. M. P., 50c.61.79
Wrentham. J. M. P.0.60
RHODE ISLAND, $32.00.
Newport. Rev. T. Thayer10.00
Providence. Charles St. Cong. Sab. Sch.22.00
CONNECTICUT, $2,292.90.
Bozrah. Miss H. Maples. $5; S. A., $16.00
Bristol. Cong. Ch., to const. John A. Way, Miles L. Peck and W. H. Nettleton, L. M.’s94.26
Collinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.23.00
Cornwall Bridge. Geo. H. Swift10.00
Cromwell. Mrs. S. Topliff5.00
Derby. First Cong. Ch.25.00
Greenville. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Atlanta U.31.95
Haddam Neck. Cong. Ch.2.69
Hadlyme. R. E Hungerford, $50; Jos. W. Hungerford, $50100.00
Hartford. Mrs. Lawson B. Bidwell, $30, to const. Samuel Nott, L. M.; Mrs. P. Johnson (of which $1 for Mendi M.), $1.5031.50
Huntington. Cong. Ch. and Friends7.50
Kensington. Mrs. M. Hotchkiss10.50
Litchfield. First Cong. Ch.17.90
Meriden. The Chas. Parker Co., 9 doz. tea-spoons and 6 doz. forks, for Atlanta, Ga.
Middletown. Estate of Mrs. Anna H. Phillips, by J. M. Hubbard300.00
Naugatuck. Cong. Ch.130.00
New Haven “A Lady Friend,” $5; “A Friend,” $5; M. N., $1; Rev. S. W. Barnum, 6 copies “Romanism As It Is”11.00
New Milford. Miss Susie F. Nettleton, $5; Mrs. F. G. B., 50c.5.50
Norwich. Park Ch. (of which $30 from Mrs. Chas. Lee, to const. Rev. Leonard W. Bacon, L. M., and $30 from Miss S. M. Lee, to const. Edward T. Clapp, L. M.)694.76
Norwich. Broadway Cong. Ch. (ad’l), $250; Buckingham Sab. Sch., $20; Second Cong. Ch., $128.22; S. H., $1399.22
Norwich Town. Samuel Case10.00
Old Lyme. Miss E. M. P.1.00
Plymouth. Cong. Sab. Sch., for College Farm Talladega, Ala.100.00
Prospect. B. B. Brown10.00
Stamford. J. A. Rockwell, M. D., for Student Aid, Atlanta U.20.00
Stanwich. William Brush100.50
Thomaston. Cong. Ch.27.37
Unionville. First Cong. Ch., for Talladega C.36.73
Wapping. Second Cong. Ch.20.26
Washington. Cong. Ch.14.65
West Haven. Cong. Ch.20.61
Windsor Locks. Mrs. L. P. Dexter6.00
Winsted. Dr. Lyman Case10.00
Woodbury. Mrs. E. L. Curtis10.00