Often the little brown head dropped on the desk before her, and for a few moments she was very still—then, when she lifted her face, the soft eyes always sought her teacher’s face, and a loving look was exchanged. The teacher knew that little Lady had been given a victory over some temptation that had beset her childish heart. At such moments she was very beautiful, perhaps it was the beauty of Heaven shining in her small, dark face.

But she did not die because she was so good, as is sometimes said of good children. It is a blessed truth that many good children live long lives of usefulness, in which they are able to do greater things for the Master, because they began to love and serve Him when they were little children. Lady Agnes Hamilton was for many years a student in one of the institutions of the South, and is now the wife of a minister of the gospel, leading a happy and useful life.

RECEIPTS FOR. JANUARY, 1883.

MAINE, $562.66.
Andover. Mrs. E. Poor$5.00
Bangor. Cen. Cong. Ch., for Dakota M.5.50
Brewer. M. Hardy to const Daniel S.Tibbets, L. M.50.00
Castine. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.5.00
Cornish. Cong. Ch.12.41
Cumberland Mills. Warren Ch. to const.William L. Longley and Ervin B.Newcomb L. Ms76.50
Dennysville. Cong. Ch.10.90
Falmouth. Second Cong. Ch.7.70
Farmington. Cong. Ch.4.75
Gardiner. Bbl. C., for Selma, Ala.
Norridgewock. Cong. Ch.40.00
North Yarmouth. Cong. Ch.6.95
North Yarmouth. “Cash,” for Selma,Ala.3.00
Orland. Mrs. S. T. Buck and daughters,35; Mrs. O. B. Trott, 742.00
Portland. State St. Cong. Ch., 150; HighSt. Ch., 112.45262.45
Portland. Brown Thurston’s Sab. Sch.Class, High St. Ch., for Student Aid,Hampton N. & A. Inst.25.00
Skowhegan. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc.3.00
South Bridgton. Mrs. J. O. K., for JohnBrown Steamer1.00
Union. Cong. Ch., for freight, for Selma,Ala.1.50
Woolwich. Cong. Ch., 4 Bbls. C., forMemphis, Tenn.
NEW HAMPSHIRE $562.69.
Alstead Centre. Cong. Ch.11.67
Amherst. Cong. Ch.13.48
Amherst. Ladies’ Soc., Box of C., forRaleigh, N.C.
Antrim. “Friends”26.00
Concord. South Cong. Ch.56.00
Concord. W. H. Pitman, for Mendi M.2.00
Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.10.00
Dover. John Mack, for Dakota M.2.00
East Alstead. Cong. Ch.13.86
Epping. S. T. Billson, for maps forAthens, Ala.10.00
Exeter. First Cong. Ch.34.00
Farmington. Cong. Ch.15.00
Fitzwilliam. L. Hill10.00
Harrisville. Mrs. L. B. Richardson10.00
Hillsborough Center. Cong. Ch.5.00
Hollis. Cong. Ch.9.56
Keene. First Cong. Sab. Sch., for StudentAid, Talladega C.47.04
Lebanon. First Cong. Ch.40.00
Manchester. Franklin St. Ch.30.00
Marlborough. Ladies’ Freedmen’s AidSoc., for Student Aid, Talladega C.10.00
Mason. Ladies, for Memorial Inst.,Wilmington, N.C.5.00
Milford. Cong. Ch.14.30
Nashua. Cong. Ch.74.92
New Boston. Presb. Ch.22.00
New Ipswich. Cong. Ch.9.16
Northwood. Cong. Soc.12.00
Orford. Mrs. Myra B. Pratt, 10; JohnPratt, 515.00
Pembroke. Mrs. Mary W. Thompson12.00
Peterborough. Ladies’ Circle, forFreight, for Tougaloo U.3.20
Portsmouth. Rev. W. W. Dow3.00
South Weare. Cong. Ch.10.00
Stratham. Cong. Ch., 21.50, and Sab.Sch., 526.50
VERMONT $2,027.86
Bennington Center. Cong. Ch.19.00
Brattleborough. Dr. C. S. Clark, forTalladega C.25.00
Cabot. Mrs. S. S. H.1.00
Chester. Cong. Sab. Sch., Penny Contributionsfor 1882, 52; “A Friend,” 860.00
Craftsbury. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., Bbl. ofC. and Bedding, for Atlanta U.
Danville. Cong. Ch.26.00
East Hardwick. Cong. Sab. Sch., 32.58to const. Ancil Babbit Bunt L. M.;A. H. Jordan, 5; O. P., 50c.; C. M. B., 139.08
Enosburgh. “The Widow of Enosburgh”2.00
Essex Center. Cong. Ch.10.00
Essex Junction. Cong. Ch.21.00
Hartland. Cong. Ch.5.25
Holland. Cong. Ch., 4; Rev. J. Fraser, 48.00
Jericho. Second Cong. Ch.6.22
Jeffersonville. “A Friend”25.00
Milton. Cong. Ch.2.36
Newbury. Hon. P. W. Ladd5.00
North Thetford. Cong. Ch.8.50
Pittsford. “D.”1.00
Saint Albans. A. O. Brainerd to const.Mrs. Fidelia G. B. Hatch, L. M.30.00
Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch.,$211.62; South Cong. Ch., $52.94264.56
Sharon. Cong. Ch., $16.60; Miss S. P. F.and Mrs. A. F., $1 each18.60
Springfield. “A Friend of Missions,” toconst. Augusta G. Haywood L. M.33.81
Stowe. Cong. Ch., to const. Rev. W. S.Anderson L. M.48.48
West Westminster. “Mission Band”18.00
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$677.86
LEGACY.
Grafton. Estate of Caroline B. Akin, byWilliam Hastings, Ex.1,350.00
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$2,027.86
MASSACHUSETTS, $11,656,72.
Acton. Cong. Ch. to const. C. A. HarringtonL. M.30.00
Amherst. Miss I. G Jewett1.50
Andover. Calvin E. Goodell, 26; “AFriend,” 10; “A Friend,” 440.00
Andover. Mrs. Sophia K Tuffts, forStudent Aid, Talladega C.5.00
Ashby. Cong. Ch.11.15
Ashburnham. First Cong. Ch. to const.Augustus A. Chamberlain L. M.33.17
Ashfield. Ladles of Cong. Ch. Bbl. C.and 2, for Freight, for Chattanooga,Tenn.2.00
Auburn. Cong. Ch. (ad’l)2.00
Barre. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch.17.90
Beverly. Washington St. Sab. Sch., forJohn Brown Steamer10.00
Beverley. Dane St. Ch. Sab. Sch., forStudent Aid, Fisk U.50.00
Bolton. “A Friend,” for Student Aid,Atlanta U.10.00
Boston. Mount Vernon Cong. Ch., 287.85;Charles Nichols 30, to const. Mrs.Sarah J. Biggs L. M.; Union Ch. 20337.85
Boston. Cong. Pub. Soc., Pkg. Books,for Macon, Ga.
Boston. Hon. T. W. Bicknell, Books andPictures; Hon. Hiram Orcutt, Books;for Library, Straight U.
Braintree. First Cong. Ch. bal. to const.Rev. Thomas A. Emerson L. M.8.54
Brimfield. Benev. Soc., First Cong. Ch.34.04
Brookline. Harvard Ch.118.65
Brockton. Mrs. B. Sanford, Bbl. C., forTougaloo, Miss.
Cambridgeport. Prospect St. Ch.80.38
Canton. Elijah A. Morse200.00
Chelsea. First Cong. Ch.5.00
Chicopee. Third Cong. Ch.23.37
Conway. Mrs. Wm. Tilton2.00
Cummington. “Friends,” by Mrs. C. E.Porter6.25
Curtisville. Rev. A. G. Beebe, for Tillotson,C. & N. Inst.5.00
Dalton. Hon. Z. M. Crane, 100; Mrs.James B. Crane, 100200.00
Easthampton. Payson Sab. Sch.50.00
East Longmeadow. Cong. Ch.24.00
East Weymouth. Cong. Ch.51.00
Enfield. Cong. Ch.44.29
Fairhaven. First Cong. Ch.10.00
Fall River. First Cong Ch.85.35
Fitchburg. Ladies of Rollstone Ch., forFurnishing Room, Straight U.28.00
Framingham. Plymouth Ch. and Soc.110.40
Freetown. Cong. Ch. and “A Friend.”20.00
Gardner. J. B. Drury to const. Mrs. L.M. Drury L. M.30.00
Georgetown. First Cong. Sab. Sch.14.07
Gloucester. Evan Cong. Ch. to const.Mrs. Eliza G. King, D. O. Marshalland William T. Fisher L. Ms.110.00
Grafton. Sewing Circle of Cong. Ch.,Bbl. Bedding, for Atlanta U.
Granby. Cong Sab. Sch.25.83
Great Barrington. First Cong. Ch. (24of which for Hampton N. & A. Inst.)124.00
Great Barrington. Mrs. L. M. Chapin5.00
Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch.47.33
Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch., 25 andSab. Sch., 25, for Memorial Window;Miss E. F. Osgood’s Class, 25, for aDoor, Tillotson C. & N. Inst. (Building)75.00
Greenfield. Miss Jeanette Thompson,in memory of Jennie Thompson, deceased,for John Brown Steamer100.00
Groton. Miss Elizabeth Farnsworth20.00
Groton. “Mother and Daughter,” (10 ofwhich for Chinese, and 10 for Indian M.)30.00
Hardwick. First Cal. Ch.11.00
Harwich. Cong. Ch.16.66
Harwichport. Pilgrim Cong. Ch.20.00
Haverhill. North Ch. and Soc., 50;Fourth Cong. Ch., 555.00
Hopkinton. First Cong. Ch., 50.46, andSab Sch., 69.96120.42
Ipswich. Linebrook Cong. Ch.5.27
Ipswich. South Cong. Ch.35.00
Lawrence. Lawrence St. Ch., 147.16;“E. F. E.,” 2149.16
Leeds. “E. L. C.”5.00
Leominster. Bible Class, by Rev. G. H.De Bevoise, for Student Aid, Fisk U.25.00
Lexington. Hancock Ch.25.11
Lowell. First Cong. Ch., to const. EdwardW. Fletcher, Jacob Murphyand Leonard H. Hartley L. Ms.97.86
Ludlow. Mrs. M. E. Jones, Box C. and4, for Macon, Ga.4.00
Melrose. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc.6.25
Millbury. First Cong. Ch.60.01
Millbury. Ladies’ Soc., Case C. and Beddingfor Atlanta U.
Monson. Cong. Ch., 20; Mrs. Dewey’sS. S. Class, 828.00
Monson. Cong. Sab. Sch., for JohnBrown Steamer10.00
Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.10.00
New Braintree. “H. D. R.”1.00
Newton. Eliot Ch.210.73
Newton. W. H. Wardwell, for StudentAid, Theo. Dept., Talladega C.36.00
Newton. Ellen D. Jackson, Bbl. C. andBooks, for Macon, Ga.
Newton Center. First Cong. Ch.61.10
Newburyport. “A Friend,” for DakotaM.25.00
Newburyport. Miss T., 1; Freedmen’sAid, Bbl. of C., for Washington, D.C.1.00
Northbridge Center. Cong. Ch.5.00
Northfield. Trin. Cong. Ch.5.00
Norfolk. Cong. Ch.11.50
Norfolk. Cong. Sab. Sch., for StudentAid, Atlanta U.12.00
Northampton. Cong. Sab. Sch., for StudentAid, Atlanta U.48.39
Northampton. Wm. K. Wright30.00
North Adams. Cong. Ch.65.52
North Brookfield. Union Cong. Ch.9.50
North Brookfield. By S. F. Fairbanks,Bbl. C.
North Falmouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc.25.00
North Rellionse. Mrs. E. R. Gould, forMacon, Ga.3.00
Oxford. First Cong. Ch., 21.50, andSab Sch., 16.6638.16
Palmer. Second Cong. Ch.13.15
Paxton. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.22.28
Prescott. First Cong. Sab. Sch.6.25
Pittsfield. James H. Dunham100.00
Pittsfield. “Friends,” by Mrs. Mary B.Davis. Box C. and Bedding, Val. 70,for Atlanta U.
Quincy. Evan. Cong. Ch.75.00
Reading. Bethesda Sab. Sch., for StudentAid, Fisk U.50.00
Revere. “A Friend.”1.00
Rockland. Elijah Shaw, to const. WarrenLane L. M.50.00
Salem. Henry D. Sullivan. for Ind. Dept.Atlanta U.20.00
Salem. ——, Box C. and Toys, forWashington, D.C.
Sharon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.110.00
Sherborn. “A Friend.”3.00
Somerville. E. Stone, for Student Aid,Fisk U.50.00
Southbridge. Cong. Ch., 3 Bbls. C., forTalladega C.
Spencer. Cong. Ch. and Soc.195.33
Spencer. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Library,McIntosh, Ga.10.05
Spencer. Primary Dept. Cong. Sab.Sch., for Student Aid, Talladega C.7.00
Springfield. First Cong. Ch., 139.73;South Cong. Ch., 76.40216.13
Springfield. Morgan Envelope Co., 5000Envelopes, Val. 4.50, for Atlanta U.
Stoughton. Mrs. B. E. C.1.00
Sunderland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ofwhich 13.58 for Memphis, Tenn.)37.13
Sutton. “Friends” in Cong. Ch., Bbl. C.and Bedding, 1 for Freight, for Atlanta U.1.00
Swampscott. Cong. Ch. and Soc., toconst. Barnett W. Redfern L. M.30.00
South Amherst. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.33.45
South Braintree. Rev. J. B. Sewall9.50
South Framingham. Cong. Sab. Sch.,for Student Aid, Atlanta U.20.00
South Sudbury. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc.,Bbl. C., for Atlanta U.
South Weymouth. Miss Grover’s S. S.Class, Second Ch., for Student Aid,Atlanta U.6.00
Taunton. Union Cong. Ch.12.92
Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.55.16
Watertown. Collected by Mrs. C. L.Woodworth, 4 Bbls. C., for Savannah,Ga.
Watertown. Phillips Mission Band, forMcIntosh, Ga.1.00
Wellesley. Cong. Ch.78.00
Wellesley Hills. Grantville Ch. and Soc.36.00
West Boylston. Cong. Ch.51.00
West Brookfield. First Cong. Ch.7.62
West Cummington. J. B. B.0.50
West Dennis. Mrs. S. S. C.1.00
West Newbury. First Cong. Sab. Sch.,6, for Student Aid, Atlanta U.; FirstCong. Ch., Bbl. C., val. 25, and 1 forFreight, for Atlanta, Ga.7.00
West Springfield. Second Cong. Ch.11.88
Westport. Pacific Un. Ch. and Soc., 7,and Sab. Sch., 29.00
Williamsburgh. Cong. Ch. and Soc.92.00
Williamstown. First Cong. Ch.19.02
Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.4.10
Woburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 144.20;H. Whitford, 5; Wm. Temple, 5154.20
Worcester. Union Ch., 301.24, to const.Francis E. Kimball, Miss Harriet T.Boardman, John W. Follett, FrancisA. Gardner, Orange S. Gordon, EdwardB. J. Norman, Edward W. Vaill,Charles A. Vaughan, Warren Williamsand Mrs. Henrietta A. Wakefield,L. Ms.; Central Ch., 70.16; OldSouth Ch., 40; Salem St. Ch., 6; “AFriend,” 2.50419.90
Worcester. Central Ch. (80c. of whichfrom 4 little children for two brickseach) for Tillotson C. & N. Inst. (Building)2.80
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$5,540.08
LEGACIES.
Acton. Estate of Mrs. Harriet Davis, byMoses Taylor, Ex.112.60
Holbrook. Estate of Mrs. Prudence D.Holbrook ($800 of which for supportof two teachers)1,000.00
Lancaster. Estate of Miss Sophia Stearns,by Wm. W. Wyman, Ex.4.04
Salem. Estate of John Bertram, byJames B. Curwen5,000.00
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$11,656.72
RHODE ISLAND, $598.30.
Providence. Union Cong. Ch.574.30
Little Compton. Union Ch.24.00
Westerly. Women’s Benev. Soc., Box ofC. for Raleigh, N.C.