The American Missionary — Volume 39, No. 03, March, 1885

by Various

It was a simple message and a simple offering, and the giver was a poor little black girl; but behind the gift was sincerity and love, and the heart of the poor, sorrowing mother was touched and comforted.

And Vic's lilies had a mission of which she knew not. They preached a lovely sermon on the high privilege and duty of comforting others. We may be poor, and very humble may be our station in life; but if we try, we may make life brighter and sweeter to someone. What a glad surprise it will be to Vic when the Saviour honors her many kind acts by the words—"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me."

E. E. B.

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RECEIPTS FOR JANUARY, 1885.

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MAINE, $714.22.
Andover. "Friends"	$9.50
Bangor. "Little Women" and "Busy Bees" of Bangor, and Ladies ofHampden, Bbl. of Christmas Presents, for Wilmington, N. C.
Bath. Central Ch. and Soc., 32.50; Winter St. Ch., 47.15	79.65
Brunswick. 2 Bbls. and 1 Box of C., for Selma, Ala.
Centre Lebanon. "A Friend"	10.00
Cumberland Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	21.00
Cumberland Mills. Warren Ch. to const. Stephen A. Cordwell and PeterW. Files, L. M's	68.31
Elliot. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	3.50
Ellsworth. Cong. Ch.	34.47
Farmington. Rev. C. E. Pope's S. S. Class, for Student Aid,Talladega C.	5.00
Gardiner. Bbl. of C., for Selma, Ala., 3.20 for Freight, by MissS. E. Adams	3.20
Gorham. Bbl. of C., for Selma, Ala., 2 for Freight, by Miss M.E. Smith	2.00
Limington. "A. B."	2.00
New Castle. Mrs. Chas. D. Crane, for Student Aid, Fisk U.	30.00
New Castle. Mrs. C. D. Crane, for Selma, Ala.	8.00
North Bridgeton. By Miss Proctor's Sch., for Student Aid,Wilmington, N. C.	1.00
Orland. Mrs. S. T. Buck and Daughters	35.00
Orono. Bbl. and Box of C., for Wilmington, N. C.
Portland. High Street Ch.	90.50
Portland. Brown Thurston's Class, High St. Sab. Sch., for StudentAid, Hamilton N. & A. Inst.	25.00
Portland. Miss A. Partridge, Bbl. of C., for Wilmington, N. C., 59c.for freight	.59
Searsport. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.	11.00
Searsport. 2 Bbls of C., for Selma, Ala., 4 for freight, by Mrs.C. T. Hawes	4.00
South Berwick. Mrs. Matilda Burleigh to const. herself L. M.	30.00
Union. Bbl. of C., for Selma, Ala.
Woolwich. Mrs. E. M. Gardner.	.50
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	$474.22
LEGACY.
Castine. Estate of Mrs. Lucy S. Adams, by Rev. Geo. M. Adams, Ex.	$240.00
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	$714.22

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $755.21.
Alstead Centre. Cong. Ch.	12.24
Antrim. "Friends" by John E. Hastings	26.50
Candia. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	15.00
Candia. Frank E. Page	5.00
Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	20.00
Concord. South Ch. Sab. Sch.	8.99
Derry. Woman's Miss'y Soc. (one share)	20.00
East Alstead. Cong. Ch.	13.63
Exeter. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., 20 for Student Aid, Talladega C.;Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C. for Talladega C., 1 for freight	21.00
Exeter. Mary E. Shute	15.00
Exeter. Miss A. E. McIntire, Bbl. of C. for Wilmington, N. C.,50c. for freight	.50
Farmington. Cong. Ch.	14.28
Francestown. Cong. Ch.	25.00
Hampstead. Cong. Sab. Sch.	12.20
Hanover. Cong. Sab. Sch. (one share)	20.00
Harrisville. Mrs. L. B. Richardson	10.00
Hillsborough Bridge. Mrs. J. Gerry	1.00
Hollis. "A Friend"	1.00
Hudson. Bbl. of C., for Dudley, N. C.
Keene. First. Cong. Sab Sch., for Student Aid, Atlanta U.	70.00
Keene. Second Cong. Sab. Sch.	46.30
Keene. Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Second Ch., for freight	2.50
Lebanon. Cong. Soc., for Atlanta U.	40.00
Lisbon. "A Friend"	2.00
Londonderry. Chas. S. Pillsbury	1.00
Lyme. Cong. Ch., to const. Dea. W. S. Balch L. M.	30.00
Manchester. Franklin St. Church	70.50
Mason. Box of C., for Dudley, N. C.; 1.60 for freight	1.60
Milford. "Willing Workers," for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.	50.00
Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	25.96
Nashua. Bbl. of C., for Dudley, N. C.
New Boston. Presb. Ch. and Soc.	6.75
New Ipswich. Leavitt Lincoln	50.00
Newport. Cong. Ch.	42.52
Pembroke. Mrs. Mary W. Thompson	5.00
Penacook. Jeremiah C. Martin, to const. himself L. M.	30.00
Salisbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	5.30
Temple. Cong. Sab. Sch., 28.03; Rev. Geo. Goodyear, 5	33.03
Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ad'l	1.41

VERMONT, $678.67.
Barnet. Cong. Ch.	72.00
Bennington. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. Dea. G. A. Wattles, Henry G.Root and Miss E. M. Hubbard L. M's	53.20
Bennington Centre. First Cong. Ch.	16.25
Cambridge. Madison Safford	5.00
Chester. Cong. Sab. Sch.	30.62
Hartford. Cong. Sab. Sch.	14.06
Ludlow. "A Friend"	5.00
Manchester. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., for Atlanta U.
Marshfield. Lyman Clark	20.00
Montpelier. Mrs. L. C. Bowen	10.00
New Haven. "P. M."	100.00
New Haven. Ladies' Aid Soc., 2 Bbls. C., for Oaks, N. C.
Quechee. Cong. Sab. Sch.	9.36
Saint Albans. Henry E. Seymour	5.00
Saint Johnsbury. South Cong. Ch., 54.72; "A Colored Man," 2	56.72
Saint Johnsbury. Mrs. Franklin Fairbanks, for Student Aid, Fisk U.	50.00
Springfield. Mrs. F. Parks	100.00
Stowe. Cong. Sab. Sch. (Part share)	8.00
Wallingford. Cong. Sab. Sch.	10.00
West Randolph. Miss B. Nichols	.50
West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch.	11.69
West Randolph. Susan E. Albin	7.00
West Randolph. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Woman's Work	5.00
Williston. Cong. Ch.	16.00
Woodstock. Cong. Ch.	19.00
By Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, for McIntosh, Ga.; Johnson, Sab. Sch.,$13.67; Chelsea, Ladies' Soc., $10; Pittsford, Cong. Sab. Sch., 20;Montpelier, Ladies, $10	53.67

MASSACHUSETTS, $5,202.67.
Amherst. William M. Graves, 20; "A Friend," 10	30.00
Amherst. Young People of Cong Ch., 10; Mrs. T. P. Huntington, 2,for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.	12.00
Andover. Free Christian Ch. and Soc., 80.82; "A Friend," 30	110.82
Andover. Ladies' Union H. M. Soc. (70 of which for Student Aid,Talladega C.)	72.00
Andover. Mrs. Blake, for Fort Sully, Dak.	5.00
Andover. West Parish Juv. Miss'y Soc. (One share)	20.00
Ashburnham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., bal. to const. Clifton E.Stowe L. M.	10.00
Ashland. Cong. Sab. Sch.	10.56
Boston. Mount Vernon Ch. and Soc., 279.14; Rev. Morton Dexter, 40,to const. himself L. M.; Mrs. E. C. Parkhurst, 20; Mrs. M. B. Adams(one share), 20; Miss Harriet N. Kirk, 15; "Mrs. W.," 1.—Brighton.Cong. Ch. and Soc., 50.—Brookline. Harvard Ch. and Soc.,88.48.—Cambridge. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., for Student Aid, Fisk U.,6.25.—Cambridge. "A Friend," 4.—Cambridgeport. Prospect Ch. andSoc., 87.55.—Cambridgeport. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of Pilgrim Ch. toconst. Mrs. E. D. Leavitt L. M., 30.—Dorchester. Young People'sMission Circle of Second Ch., by Edith L. Mansfield, Treas., 40, forTwo shares, and 8 for Student Aid, Wilmington, N. C.—Dorchester.Mrs. Wm. Wales, 6.—South Boston. Phillips Ch. and Soc., 68.29	763.71
Bedford. "M. E. R."	5.00
Braintree. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.	22.53
Brimfield. Benev. Soc. of First Cong. Ch. to const. Miner H. CorbinL. M.	37.77
Brimfield. Second Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Chattanooga, Tenn.	31.12
Campello. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	50.00
Charlton. Cong. Ch., 12.26 and Sab., Sch., 1.64	13.90
Chelsea. Ladies' Union Home Mission Band, for Missionary,Chattanooga, Tenn.	60.00
Chelsea. Central Ch. and Soc., 21.24; Miss E. Davenport, 5	26.24
Chicopee Falls. Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., for Talladega C.
Clinton. Woman's Home Miss'y Ass'n, to const. Mrs. Julia M. Dakin L.M.	30.00
Clinton. Mrs. R. N. Ingalls, for Student Aid, Talladega C.	25.00
Clinton. By Marion E. McPhail, Treas., for Student Aid, TalladegaC.	20.00
Clinton. Miss'y Soc., for Talladega C., freight	2.40
Clinton. 2 Bbls. of C., for Kittrell, N. C.
Cotuit. Union Ch.	14.25
Curtisville. Frances M. Clarke	3.00
Dalton. Mrs. James B. Crane	100.00
East Bridgewater. Union Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Talladega C.	25.00
East Bridgewater. Union Sab. Sch., Bbl. of C., for Talladega C.; 2for Freight	2.00
East Douglas. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. Miss Nelly M. Kemp L. M.	41.90
Easthampton. ——, for Reading R., Talladega C.	4.00
East Medway. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	8.00
East Weymouth. Cong. Soc.	16.00
Edgartown. Cong. Ch.	10.00
Fall River. First Cong. Ch., 80.70; Third Cong. Ch., 10.20	90.90
Falmouth. First Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Atlanta U.	10.00
Fitchburg. Rollstone Ch. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U.	40.50
Framingham. Plym. Ch. and Soc., 48.86; and Sab. Sch., 13.19; Mrs. S.N. Brewer, 10; "G. N.," 5; "A Friend," 10	87.05
Gardner. First Cong. Ch.	19.31
Globe Village. Union Ch. Sab Sch.	25.00
Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. And Soc., 98; Mrs. Nancy E. Brooks, 10	108.00
Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch. (Bal. Share)	5.00
Grafton. Bbl. of C., for Dudley, N. C.
Granby. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. Chester Kellogg L. M.	30.00
Hadley. First Ch. and Soc., 12.37; and Sab. Sch., 9.48	21.85
Hardwick. E. B. Foster	5.00
Haverhill. West Cong. Sab. Sch., Dea. Ebenezer Webster's Class, toconst. him L. M., 30; Mrs. Appleton's Class, for Student Aid,Talladega C., 5; Perry Elliott's Class, 3.41	38.41
Holliston. Ladies' Soc. of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., for Talladega C.
Huntington. Second Cong. Ch.	6.37
Ipswich. Linebrook Cong. Ch. and Soc.	5.69
Lawrence. Lawrence St. Cong. Ch.	176.95
Lee. Elizur Smith	100.00
Leeds. E. L. Clark	5.00
Lenox. F. Augustus Schemerborn, 25; Richard Goodman, 15; HenrySedgewick, 10	50.00
Lowell. Kirk St. Cong. Ch. (2 of which for Indian M.), to const.Rev. C. A. Dickinson and Mrs. C. A. Dickinson L. M's	200.00
Lowell. John St. Cong. Ch	41.62
Lowell. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., for Wilmington, N. C.
Malden. "Two Friends," 2; "A Friend," 1	3.00
Maplewood. Bbl. of C., for Wilmington, N. C.
Marblehead. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	7.00
Marlborough. Young People's Mission Circle of Union Ch., forTillotson C. & N. Inst.	25.00
Matfield. Mrs. W. S. E. Shaw, Box of C., for Macon, Ga.; 5 forFreight	5.00
Merrimac. Cong. Ch.	25.00
Methuen. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U.	30.00
Middlefield. "A Friend"	5.00
Milford. Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C., forTalladega C.; 2.50 for Freight	2.50
Millbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	58.45
Millbury. Second Cong. Ch., 12.36; First Cong. Sab. Sch., 20, forStudent Aid, Atlanta U.	32.36
Monson. Miss Sarah E. Bradford	4.00
Natick. First Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Straight U.	50.00
Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	20.00
Needham. Evan. Cong. Ch.	3.50
New Bedford. Mrs. I. H. Bartlett, Jr.	30.00
New Bedford. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U.	25.00
Newton. Eliot Ch. and Soc.	123.85
Newton. "A Friend," for Talladega C.	3.00
Newton. Ladies' Aid Soc., Box of C., for Macon, Ga.
Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	94.26
Norfolk. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	5.15
North Billerica. Mrs. E. R. Gould, for Macon, Ga.	4.00
Northbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	10.00
North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., bal. to const. WilliamWright and Luther K. Snell L. M's	45.00
North Brookfield. Mrs. W. H. Montague, for Student Aid, Fisk U.	5.00
North Hadley. Mt. Holyoke Sem., Miss L. W. Shattuck, 5; Miss Anna C.Edwards, 5, for Student Aid, Straight U.	10.00
Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. Mrs. Davis Gregory andEdwin Freeman L. M's	71.31
Oxford. First Cong. Sab. Sch.	20.33
Oxford. Ladies' Miss'y Circle, for Kittrell, N. C.	6.00
Palmer. Second Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U.	25.00
Pepperell. 2 Bbls. of C., for Dudley, N. C.
Petersham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	2.59
Pittsfield. James H. Dunham, 50; First Cong. Ch., 25; Second Cong.Sab. Sch., 5	80.00
Raynham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	14.64
Reading. Bethesda Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U.	40.00
Rockland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	75.00
Royalston. First Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.	15.00
Royalston. Mrs. H. M. Estabrook	5.00
Salem. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.	86.28
Salem. Crombie St. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Talladega C.	25.00
Somerville. E. Stone, for Student Aid, Fisk U.	50.00
Somerville. "M"	50.00
Southbridge. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C., for Wilmington, N. C.; 3.05for Freight	3.05
South Wellfleet. "A Life Member"	1.00
South Weymouth. Sec. Cong. Ch., Miss Grover's S. S. Class, forStudent Aid, Atlanta U.	10.00
Spencer. Mrs. G. P. Ladd's S. S. Class, for Student Aid, TalladegaC.	2.01
Springfield First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., 20; "Friends" 5.60, forOaks, N. C.	25.60
Stockbridge. Cong. Ch.	48.96
Stoneham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	23.00
Sunderland. Cong. Sab. Sch.	40.39
Sunderland. "The Acorns," for Student Aid, Fisk U.	7.73
Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	53.39
Walpole. Or. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 43; Mrs. C. F. Metcalf, 1; Miss L.J. Gould, 1	45.00
Walpole. Mr. Johnson, for Student Aid, Fisk U.	1.00
Watertown. Mrs. M. Fuller, for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.	10.00
Watertown. Phillips Ch. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.	10.00
Watertown. Mrs. J. Q. A. Pierce	1.00
Wayland. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Kittrell, N. C.	5.50
Wellesley. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	100.46
Wellesley Hills. Cong. Ch.	74.75
West Attleborough. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	9.78
Westborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	12.54
West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	30.25
West Dennis. Mrs. Sarah S. Crowell	1.50
Westfield. Miss E. B. Dickinson, 50.10; Mrs. C. W. Fowler, 5	55.10
Westfield. Ladies' Benev. Soc., Second Ch., Bbl. of C., val. 66,for Straight U.; 1.65 for Freight	1.65
West Newbury. J. C. Carr	1.00
West Springfield. First Cong. Sab. Sch., for Atlanta U.	10.00
Williamsburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (5.20 of which for Hampton N andA. Inst.)	95.20
Winchester. First Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U.	55.00
Woburn. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U.	75.00
Woburn. William Temple	5.00
Worcester. Union Ch. and Soc., 209.16; Piedmont Ch. (ad'l), 50.77;Rev. C. M. Lamson, 5; "A Friend," 2 Dictionaries (Greek and Latin)	264.93
Worcester. Collected by Mrs. C. M. Lamson, of Salem St. Ch., forStudent Aid, Fisk U.	25.00
Worcester. "A Friend," for Kindergarten, Storrs Sch., Atlanta, Ga.	25.00
Worcester. Ladies' Miss'y Circle, by Mrs. H. B. Merriman (one share)	20.00
Worcester. Mrs. H. L. Stearns' S. S. Class, for Student Aid,Talladega C.	5.00
——. "Mount Holyoke," for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.	8.00
——. "A Friend"	2.00
By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass'n: Springfield, First,26.96; South, 81.81; Blandford, 6; Palmer, Second, 50; Mittineague,28	192.77
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	$5,198.63
LEGACY.
Lancaster. Estate of Miss Sophia Stearns, by Wm. W. Wyman, Ex.	4.04
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	$5,202.67
Clothing, Etc., Received at Boston Office: New Hampshire, KeeneLadies' Benev. Soc. of Second Ch., 1 Bbl., for McIntosh, Ga.;Walpole, Ladies of Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl. for Dakota Home.Massachusetts, Dorchester, Mrs. James Foster, "The Family Library,"etc.; Mrs. R. L. Prouty, Pkg. "Congregationalists"; Fitchburg,Herbert H. Dole, Pkg. "Youth's Companion"; Harvard, Woman's Benev.Soc. of Ev. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. C., for Wilmington, N. C., val. 35;Lawrence, Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Lawrence St. Ch., 1 Bbl., val. 75,for Talladega C.; Templeton, Elizabeth C. D. Shattuck, Bundle, val.(in part) 3.16, for Chattanooga, Tenn.; Revere, Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls.,for Chattanooga, Tenn.; Watertown, Ladies of Phillips Ch., 1 Bbl.Rhode Island, Westerly, Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl., for Savannah, Ga.