Rev. C. L. Woodworth, D.D., died in Amherst, Mass., May 23, 1898, on the day after the 78th anniversary of his birth. He was born in Somers, Conn., was graduated at Amherst College in 1845, at East Windsor Theological Institute in 1848, and was ordained to the ministry in the Second Church in Amherst and became its pastor Nov. 7, 1849. He remained there till September 2, 1863 when he resigned to become chaplain to the Twenty-seventh Massachusetts Regiment. In this service he remained nearly a year, and in 1865 was appointed general agent of the American Missionary Association for Massachusetts, and in 1866 its District Secretary for New England, with office in Boston, which position he occupied till 1888. In June, 1893, he returned to his pastorate in Amherst where he labored with much earnestness till his death.
RECEIPTS FOR FEBRUARY, 1898.
THE DANIEL HAND FUND
For the Education of Colored People.
| Income for February | $5,037.35 |
| Previously acknowledged | 29,295.00 |
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| $34,332.35 | |
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Note.—Where no name follows that of the town, the contribution is from the church and society of that place. Where a name follows, it is that of the contributing church or individual. S. means Sunday-school; C. means Church; C. E., the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor; S. A. means Student Aid.
CURRENT RECEIPTS.
| MAINE, $224.03. | |
| Augusta, Joel Spalding, 5. Baldwin, 2.85, Bangor. Stearns Circle K.D., for S. A., Dorchester Acad., Ga., 4. Bath, Central, 33.34.Castine, J. W. Dresser, for S. A., Dorchester Acad., Ga., 5. EastOrington, 3.90. Farmington, S., for Meridian, Miss., 22.43. Hampden,First, 5.22. Harpswell Center, Aprons, for Blowing Rock, N. C.Limington, C., 9.15; C. E., 2. Little Deer Isle. Silas Hardy, forBuilding, Tougaloo U., 1. Machias, Clothing, Freight, 2, for BlowingRock, N. C. Pownal, "Friends," for Marion, Ala., 25, Scarborough,S., 4.75. Skowhegan, L. S., Clothing, Freight 2.29. for Blowing Rock,N. C. South Freeport, Miss Fannie E. Soule, for S. A., A. G. Sch.,Moorhead, Miss., 45. South Brewer, 3.60. Waterford, Miss H. C.Douglas, for Freight, 2; "Memorial of a deceased Friend," 50 cts.Waterville, C. E., for S. A. Dorchester Acad., Ga., 5. WestBrooksville, C., 2.50; S., 75 cts.; C. E., 75 cts. West Newfield, 3.Windham, C., by Miss S. S. Varney, for Mobile, Ala., 18. Woodfords,Clothing, for Andersonville, Ga. Woodfords, L. S., Clothing, forBlowing Rock, N. C. | |
| Maine Woman's Aid to A. M. A., by Mrs. Ida V. Woodbury, Treas.,$15.00: | |
| Ashland, Agnes R. Mitchell Memorial, 5. Portland Second Parish, S.,Miss Conley's Class, for Mountain Work, 10. | |