,the ,american ,missionary ,,january1 #ahhi4 ,,vol4 ,,xliii4 ,,no4 #a4 ,,contents ,,picture ,,of ,,mr4 ,,daniel ,,hand ,,editorial4 ,,new ,,year',s ,,greetings ,,financial--,,large ,,gifts ,,of ,,the ,,wealthy ,,the ,,southern ,,situation ,,paragraphs--,,items ,,from ,,the ,,field ,,death ,,of ,,mrs4 ,,geo4 ,a4 ,,woodard ,,systematic ,,spending4 ,,rev4 ,c4,j4 ,,ryder ,,the ,,chinese4 ,,scraps ,,from ,,correspondence ,,bureau ,,of ,,woman',s ,,work4 ,,state ,,organizations ,,annual ,,meeting ,,mountain ,,white ,,work4 ,,mrs4 ,a4,a4 ,,myers ,,needs ,,of ,,colored ,,women ,,and ,,girls4 ,,mrs4 ,g4,w4 ,,moore ,,receipts 99 99 99 99 99 ,,new ,,york3 ,,published ,,by ,,the ,,american ,,missionary ,,association1 ,rooms1 #ef ,reade ,street4 99 99 99 99 99 ,price1 #ej ,cents a ,year1 in ,advance4 ,entered at the ,post ,office at ,new ,york1 ,n4,y41 as second-class matter4 99 99 99 99 99 ,american ,missionary ,association ,,president1 ,rev4 ,,wm4 ,m4 ,,taylor1 ,d4,d41 ,,lld41 ,n4,y4 ,vice-,presidents4 ,rev4 ,a4,j4,f4 ,,behrends1 ,d4,d41 ,n4,y4 ,rev4 ,,alex4 ,,mckenzie1 ,d4,d41 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,f4,a4 ,,noble1 ,d4,d41 ,ill4 ,rev4 ,d4,o4 ,,mears1 ,d4,d41 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,,henry ,,hopkins1 ,d4,d41 ,mo4 ,corresponding ,secretaries4 ,rev4 ,m4,e4 ,,strieby1 ,d4,d41 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,n4,y4 ,rev4 ,a4,f4 ,,beard1 ,d4,d41 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,n4,y4 ,recording ,secretary4 ,rev4 ,m4,e4 ,,strieby1 ,d4,d41 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,n4,y4 ,treasurer4 ,h4,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,esq41 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,n4,y4 ,auditors4 ,,peter ,mc,c,a,r,t,e,e4 ,,chas4 ,p4 ,,peirce4 ,executive ,committee4 ,,john ,h4 ,,washburn1 ,chairman4 ,,addison ,p4 ,,foster1 ,secretary4 ,for ,three ,years4 ,j4,e4 ,,rankin1 ,,wm4 ,h4 ,,ward1 ,j4,w4 ,,cooper1 ,,john ,h4 ,,washburn1 ,,edmund ,l4 ,,champlin4 ,for ,two ,years4 ,,lyman ,,abbott1 ,,chas4 ,a4 ,,hull1 ,j4,r4 ,,danforth1 ,,clinton ,b4 ,,fisk1 ,,addison ,p4 ,,foster4 ,for ,one ,year4 ,s4,b4 ,,halliday1 ,,samuel ,,holmes1 ,,samuel ,s4 ,,marples1 ,,charles ,l4 ,,mead1 ,,elbert ,b4 ,,monroe4 ,district ,secretaries4 ,rev4 ,c4,j4 ,,ryder1 #ba ,cong'l ,house1 ,boston4 ,rev4 ,j4,e4 ,,roy1 ,d4,d41 #aea ,washington ,street1 ,chicago4 ,financial ,secretary for ,indian ,missions4 ,rev4 ,,chas4 ,w4 ,,shelton ,field ,superintendents4 ,rev4 ,,frank ,e4 ,,jenkins4 ,prof4 ,,edward ,s4 ,,hall4 ,secretary of ,woman's ,bureau4 ,miss ,d4,e4 ,,emerson1 #ef ,reade ,st41 ,n4,y4 ,,communications ,relating to the work of the ,association may be addressed to the ,corresponding ,secretaries2 letters for ,,the ,,american ,,missionary1 to the ,editor1 at the ,new ,york ,office4 ,,donations ,,and ,,subscriptions ,in drafts1 checks1 registered letters1 or post-office orders1 may be sent to ,h4,w4 ,hubbard1 ,treasurer1 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,new ,york1 or1 when more convenient1 to either of the ,branch ,offices1 #ba ,congregational ,house1 ,boston1 ,mass41 or #aea ,washington ,street1 ,chicago1 ,ill4 ,a payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a ,life ,member4 ,,notice ,,to ,,subscribers4--,the date on the address label1 indicates the time to which the subscription is paid4 ,changes are made in date on label to the #ajth of each month4 ,if payment of subscription be made afterward1 the change on the label will appear a month later4 ,please send early notice of change in post-office address1 giving the former address and the new address1 in order that our periodicals and occasional papers may be correctly mailed4 ,,form ,,of ,a ,,bequest4 ,i bequeath to my executor 7or executors7 the sum of ---- dollars1 in trust1 to pay the same in ---- days after my decease to the person who1 when the same is payable1 shall act as ,treasurer of the ',american ,missionary ,association1' of ,new ,york ,city1 to be applied1 under the direction of the ,executive ,committee of the ,association1 to its charitable uses and purposes4 ,the ,will should be attested by three witnesses4 ,illustration3 ,daniel ,hand ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 ,,vol4 ,,xliii4 ,,january1 #ahhi4 ,no4 #a4 99 99 99 99 99 ,american ,missionary ,association4 99 99 99 99 99 ,we present to our readers1 on the opposite page1 a picture of ,mr4 ,daniel ,hand from a photograph taken some time ago4 ,it presents the likeness of a man of fine physical proportions and with energy and intelligence impressed on the features4 ,the signature at the bottom of the picture is copied from one of ,mr4 ,hand's recent letters1 and shows the remarkable physical vigor of a man in his #hhth year4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,new ,,year',s ,,greetings4 ,the ,new ,year opens upon us auspiciously1 and we send forth our joyous greetings to our patrons at home1 and to our fellow workers in the field4 ,above all we thank ,god for putting us into this ministry for the poor and the ignorant1 and for the success granted to us in prosecuting it4 ,we have had sorrows and anxieties1 but they have been followed by consolations and deliverances4 ,the hand that penned the ,happy ,new ,year in our ,,missionary for last ,january1 is now silent in the grave1 but the memory of ,brother ,powell's life and character is so precious that it mitigates our loss4 ,the yellow fever prevented the opening of many of our schools1 and awakened fears of widespread hindrance to our work throughout the ,south2 but the scourge was restrained1 and the work now goes on prosperously4 ,our last fiscal year drew towards its close with the cloud of a large debt looming up1 but our friends responded so generously to our appeals1 that the year ended with a debt so small as to be only a salutary warning4 ,but the crowning mercy of the year came at our ,annual ,meeting1 when we were able to announce the gift of over a million of dollars from that generous friend of the poor ,negro1 ,mr4 ,daniel ,hand4 ,it is a wonderful gift1 and comes in a good way4 ,the income only can be used1 and that will do just so much more for the ,negro1 and will not be applied to work now in progress4 ,we are tempted to fear that our patrons will diminish their gifts because ,mr4 ,hand has been so liberal4 ,but we will have faith in ,god1 who has entrusted us with this great work1 and we will enter upon our new year with the full confidence that every friend of the ,association who appreciates our responsibilities to ,christ and the ,nation1 will decide that his gifts to us shall be increased and not diminished in this year of grace #ahhi4 99 99 99 99 99 ,financial4 ,emphasis is added to the closing words of the preceding article by the report of our ,treasurer for the first two months of our fiscal year1 ,october and ,november4 ,the receipts for those two months were1 from donations1 #ca1bfa4ii2 from estates1 #c1ifa4bi2 from income1 #a1hbb4gb1 making a total for current work of #cg1jdf4 ,the ,association needs #fb1ejj for these two months4 ,let us remind our patrons that ,mr4 ,hand's gift will do its own work and not theirs4 ,we think they will feel that it is only honorable to let ,mr4 ,hand's benefaction add so much new work1 and that it should not be used simply to relieve others4 ,the great1 pressing1 and stupendous work which rests upon this ,association as the representative of the churches1 must not stand still4 ,patriots and statesmen are becoming alarmed at the ,southern situation1 and while they will do what they can to meet the emergency1 we believe that the grand solution of the problem is in the ,christian enlightenment and the industrial progress of the ,negro4 ,may ,god grant that the ,christians of this land may not fail to see their special responsibilities and to meet them in the spirit of ,christian liberality and self-sacrifice4 99 99 99 99 99 ,large ,gifts of the ,wealthy4 ,it is refreshing to find in this grasping1 selfish and money-making world that there are wealthy men who amass fortunes and use them for noble purposes4 ,it is said that growing wealth only tightens the grip on the money and hardens the heart against the calls of benevolence4 ,but the examples are accumulating that give shining evidence that there are noble exceptions4 ,mr4 ,hand has added his name to the number4 ,he knows the needs of the colored people1 and he devotes a vast fortune to their benefit4 ,but ,mr4 ,hand has not exhausted the opportunities1 even in the range of the work of this ,association1 for blessing needy races of men1 or of aiding in the varied forms of effort for the colored people4 ,the mountain regions of the ,south present an unique and promising field of effort4 ,the inhabitants are a noble people1 descendants of some of the best races that settled ,america4 ,their mountain isolation separated them from the people around them4 ,the want of schools and churches left them ignorant1 their thin mountain lands kept them poor2 but they never held slaves and they were loyal to the ,union in the war4 ,railroads now penetrate their mountains and valleys1 and the hitherto unused wealth of mines and timber is brought to light4 ,a new future opens out to these people1 and the question is1 ,shall that future be one of prosperity and piety1 or one of intemperance and infidelity8 ,some other man wise and wealthy can do for these people what ,daniel ,hand has done for the primary and industrial education of the ,negroes4 ,but this does not exhaust the opening for large investments in the work of the ,association4 ,the ,indians are fewer in number than the blacks or whites of the ,south1 and their future will sooner be determined by their being incorporated into the national life as citizens1 yet that problem is not settled1 and a large fund could be wisely used for their benefit4 ,then1 too1 our higher schools and colleges need endowment1 and our church work should be indefinitely expanded4 ,if this review does not succeed in drawing large gifts for these several objects1 it may at least serve to show that our wants are not all provided for1 and that smaller contributors have still the duty and the privilege of aiding by gifts and prayer this good work of patriotism and ,christianity4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,southern ,,situation4 ,the position of the ,south is becoming once more clearly defined4 ,before the war1 it was fully formulated thus3 ,the ,negroes are an inferior race1 and slavery is their divinely ordained condition4 ,to this was added3 ,the ,negro question is purely local1 and with it no one outside of the ,south has any right to interfere4 ,to these axioms agreed the press1 the pulpit and the politician4 ,but the war came as an earthquake1 with the utter upheaval of these firm foundations4 ,during the years of reconstruction and political agitation1 uncertainty prevailed1 but now again the ,southern position is becoming settled4 ,it is the old position with a variation4 ,it runs3 ,the ,negroes are an inferior race1 and must be held as a peasant class in subjection to the superior white race4 ,to this the warning is again added3 ,this is purely a domestic affair1 and all outsiders must keep tongues and hands off4 ,this revised version of the old theory is proclaimed by ,senator ,eustis in his now somewhat famous article in the ,forum4 ,more recently it has been re-affirmed in the fervid eloquence of ,mr4 ,grady1 of ,atlanta1 in his address at ,dallas1 ,texas4 ,this is the same orator 7he is an orator7 who a few years since electrified the whole country by his speech at the ,new ,england dinner1 on the ,new ,south4 ,but the logic of ,southern events has driven him down again to the platform of the ,old ,south4 ,more recently still1 the ,governor of ,south ,carolina1 in his message to the ,legislature1 has taken the same position4 ,these three gentlemen1 representing the press and the politician1 are sustained by the pulpit in the ,south4 ,for example1 the ,presbyterian church ,south repels all overtures for re-union with the ,presbyterian church ,north1 because such a re-union would involve a practical recognition of the equal manhood of the inferior race4 ,the ,presbyterian church ,south does not stand alone on this platform4 ,other denominations are arrayed side by side with it1 and we fear that even the ,congregationalists in the ,south1 with two ,conferences in the same ,state1 one white and the other black1 are in danger of being numbered with them4 ,this is the ,southern position4 ,it portends the renewal of the old antagonism4 ,it repels the ,north1 denying its right to interfere1 and thus draws again the sectional line2 and above all1 it sets up sharply the antagonism of races1 consigning the ,negro permanently to an inferior place4 ,this implies1 of course1 that if the ,negro will not quietly accept this place1 he must be compelled to do so by force of arms1 and in this struggle the ,north is notified that it has no right to interfere4 ,we can only express our amazement at this theory6 ,with the memory of the war so fresh1 when the ,north broke over all warnings against interference1 and stepped in to aid the helpless slave1 can the ,south now hope to make these warnings any more efficacious8 ,can it hope that the ,north will acquiesce in a quasi slavery1 that sets aside substantially all that it gained and established by the long war8 ,and if the struggle comes again1 what hope of success can the ,south cherish8 ,if in the last national struggle1 it was overpowered when the slave1 as ,mr4 ,grady acknowledges1 guarded the house while his master fought for his perpetual enslavement1 what can it do when the ,negroes have tasted freedom for a quarter of a century1 and now number nearly as many as the whites in the ,south8 ,it is for the white people of the ,south to say whether that struggle shall come4 ,the ,north does not desire it1 the ,negro does not desire it1 and we sincerely believe that a large share of the people of the ,south do not want it4 ,rev4 ,dr4 ,haygood1 the efficient agent of the ,slater ,fund1 in a recent article in ,the ,independent1 in reply to ,senator ,eustis1 voices1 as we hope1 the sentiments of thoughtful and influential ,southerners4 ,but it remains to be seen whether these wise counselors will be heard4 ,such voices were uttered before the war1 but they were drowned in the noise of sectional hatred and the imperious demands of slavery4 ,god grant that the sad lesson of the past may be heeded4 ,in the meantime1 the ,a4,m4,a4 will continue its efforts at what it believes to be the true solution of the ,southern problem--the ,christian1 educational and industrial advancement of the colored people4 ,with the help of the great benefaction of ,mr4 ,hand1 whose money was made in the ,south1 and is now consecrated to the ,south1 we shall go forward with greater zeal and encouragement4 ,we are not partizans2 we are not sectionalists4 ,we are working for the good of both whites and blacks1 and for the peace and prosperity of our common country4 ,the election of ,benjamin ,harrison as ,president of the ,united ,states1 and the restoration of the ,republican party to power1 awakens special attention to the probable attitude of both towards the great ,southern problem4 ,we have no opinion to express on the subject1 and we have no interest in it as a mere party question1 but only as it may lead to the sober and earnest investigation of that transcendently important problem which requires the unbiased and honest consideration of the patriot1 the statesman and the ,christian4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the combination of the ,christian powers of ,europe for the suppression of the nefarious ,african slave-trade is a measure sanctioned by ,christianity and humanity1 and is in the interest of the world's commerce4 ,the effort can be hopefully undertaken4 ,the abolition of slavery in the ,western ,hemisphere--once the great slave mart--confines the outlet of the traffic to the eastern coast of ,africa1 and the blockade can be made more effective than when both sides of the great continent had to be guarded4 99 99 99 99 99 ,an esteemed ,christian brother1 who made his wife a ,life ,member of the ,association in #ahed1 and who has added a member to the list each year since by his personal gift1 speaks of the pleasure he finds in thus contributing to our treasury1 and at the same time enlisting others in our work4 ,we commend to our patrons this helpful and agreeable way of doing good4 ,try it4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,items ,,from ,,the ,,field4 ,from a teacher in one of our schools in the mountain country3 ,as ,i go among the homes ,i continually see something new which shows me how great are the needs of the people here4 ,the primitive ways and simplicity of the mountain people strike me and ,i sometimes imagine that ,i am in a country a century behind the times4 ,last week ,i made a call at the home of one of my pupils whose mother was sick4 ,as ,i entered the room ,i could not distinguish the faces of those who sat about the fire1 for the room had no windows4 ,the only light that came in was through a door in an outer room1 and it seemed to let in more cold than light4 ,i wondered how much work or enjoyment could be got out of such dark1 small quarters1 while the sick woman told of her struggle with sickness and poverty4 ,she also gave me some history of her early life1 which showed a great lack of necessary instruction in what are the best things4 ,the children of this home look like sickly plants which have always lived in the dark and which have never felt the invigorating influence of ,god's beautiful sunshine4 ,we are praying that the sunshine of ,god's love may be felt in the hearts of this people1 even if there are no windows in their homes to let it in4 ,from a pastor in ,kentucky3 ,we are busily at work in this mountain country1 and as we think of wider possibilities for the mountain boys1 you cannot imagine our gratitude in view of our hopes that a new industrial department will be opened4 ,it has been the subject of many a prayer in the closet and in teachers' meetings1 and we feel that all that is needed will be supplied according to ,his riches who gave himself for us4 ,he has heard our united petitions for a pastor to gather the straying flock and relieve our overworked missionaries4 ,we held our weekly teachers' meeting on ,friday4 ,last evening as we were sitting together as usual1 one spoke of the coming pastor1 when lo1 he was ushered in4 ,he has really come4 ,we rejoice in our work1 but we see so much just ahead4 ,i long for the time to come when this interesting people shall be a 'peculiar' people in the better sense4 ,from a teacher at ,jonesboro1 ,tenn43 ,each week brings new accessions to the school3 there are now nearly a hundred enrolled4 ,all the seats in the primary room are in use1 so that when ,miss ,smith has a full school she has to seat some of her scholars in chairs4 ,the seats in ,miss ,page's room are also full4 ,we have eight pupils who room here and board themselves4 ,four of them come from ,scott ,co41 ,va41 coming ninety miles4 ,they are young men and women1 but they have had very little opportunity for education4 ,they are anxious to learn and try to carefully obey the rules of the school4 ,we hope they will gain much from church and ,sunday-school and the influences thrown around them here1 as well as the lessons from the school room4 ,yesterday we had applications from four others from the same region for accommodations--a young married man and his little daughter1 seven years old--a young man and a young woman4 ,we said1 ',come and we will do our best for you2' but if others apply we shall have to tell them we are full4 ,these are just the kind of people we want2 eager to learn and willing to do the best they can4 ,from a school in ,north ,carolina3 ,your letter of the #bhth1 informing us that we can have assistance from the ,hand ,fund for a certain number of pupils1 is received1 and we have had a continual thanksgiving ever since4 ,if ,i could tell you how the mothers looked when ,i told them1 and if ,i could put down the tones of their voices as well as their words1 you would be sure that the help is appreciated4 ,the pastor of the church and teacher of the ,theological ,department of ,straight ,university writes us3 ,the religious interest has so deepened that for several weeks ,i have been preaching three times a week4 ,four or five prayer meetings have been started by the students of their own accord in each other's rooms4 ,eleven united with us on profession of faith at our last communion1 and as many more have made a start at different meetings1 and will unite with us at the next communion4 ,a remarkable feature about the work is the fact that numbers of the older students who are most deeply interested are ,roman ,catholics4 ,one young man who united with us is a ,spaniard from ,matamoras1 ,mexico1 and has been educated as a ,roman ,catholic4 ,i believe he may be counted on to do loyal service in his native city4 ,in this way the ,a4,m4,a4 is ever doing 'foreign work1' and work which ,i believe will tell in ,mexico1 ,cuba1 and the ,central ,american ,states4 ,if some benevolent friend in the ,north would send us twenty-five copies of ,stalker's ,life of ,christ1 it would be of great help in this work4 ,information respecting a very interesting revival of religion comes to us from ,sherwood1 ,tenn4 ,increased religious interest is reported from ,fisk ,university1 ,nashville1 ,tenn4 ,the teachers in the ,normal ,school at ,lexington are taking new courage in their work in view of their increasing facilities4 99 99 99 99 99 ,one of our young men who expects to take up missionary work this fall thus expresses himself3 ,i don't suppose that ,i know very much2 but one thing ,i know1 and that is the ,dakota ,bible4 ,i can read that to the people and talk about it in my own language1 and they can understand me1 and that is what they need2 they need the ,bible4--,word ,carrier4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,chinaman',s ,,view ,,of ,a ,,familiar ,,text4--,the writer was for a time a pupil in the ,white ,street ,mission ,school in ,new ,york1 but he is now a prosperous laundryman at ,kingston1 ,n4,y4 ,in a recent letter to one of his former teachers1 he gives the following bit of ,new ,testament exegesis3 ,i led the ,young ,men's ,christian ,association meeting on the ,sunday before ,january #aath4 ,the subject which ,i gave out3 ',the ,christian must be born twice2' and also read the ,scriptures in chapter iii of the ,gospel ,st4 ,john1 and explain to them4 ,i said if a man in this world born twice1 he only die once1 and if a man born once he die twice4 ,i mean if a man born twice he must born again of the spirit2 his soul shall save2 that is1 he only die once4 ,if a man born once his body shall die and his soul also perish2 that is1 he die twice4 ,after the meeting was pass one of the old gentleman came to me and said1 ',are you a missionary8' ,i answered him ',no4' ,i said ',i am a laundryman4' ,and good people thought ,i was missionary4--,the ,foreign ,missionary4 ,full of encouragement to the workers for the ,chinese here in ,america is the fact that most of the students entering the new ,christian college in ,canton were formerly ,sunday-school scholars in ,america4 ,most of these converted ,chinamen who return to their own country are said to take their part in various forms of ,christian work4 ,what an inspiration to the patient teacher1 who spends an hour or more every ,sunday in trying to ,christianize a single ,chinaman1 to think that1 in this indirect way1 he1 or more frequently she1 may be helping on the conversion of ,china4--,the ,congregationalist4 ,these very just remarks are equally applicable to the work the ,american ,missionary ,association is doing so largely and effectively among the ,chinese on the ,pacific coast4 ,a letter from ,mr4 ,pond gives us this corroborative item3 ,on ,monday evening1 ,november #bf1 we expect to hold a farewell meeting for ,joe ,jet1 once one of our missionary helpers1 who is going back to ,china to superintend missionary operations for our ,chinese ,missionary ,society4 ,he takes over #a1ajj with him1 contributed for this purpose by the ,chinese connected with our mission4 ,to this ,missionary ,society1 our ,christian ,chinese contribute regularly each month1 from twenty-five to fifty cents4 ,they aim to do quite a large work1 which they hope that the representatives of the ,board will superintend1 but the whole expense of which they mean to bear4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,american ,missionary ,association has been greatly afflicted in the death of ,mrs4 ,george ,a4 ,woodard1 the wife of the ,principal of ,gregory ,institute1 ,wilmington1 ,n4,c4 ,she was a most devoted missionary1 consecrating her earnestness and fidelity to the cause of ,christ4 ,she will be sadly missed by the colored people of ,wilmington1 and by those who are inmates of the ,teachers' ,home at ,gregory ,institute4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,systematic ,,spending4 ,,by ,,rev4 ,c4,j4 ,,ryder4 ,the pastor of a ,boston church recently handed to the ,district ,secretary of the ,a4,m4,a4 #a1 saying as he did so3 ,that one dollar is really more than some hundreds of dollars4 ,it is the gift of a poor woman in my congregation who depends upon her own labor for support4 ,she gives this dollar to the ,a4,m4,a4 from her hard economy4 ,it may be that ,god's decimal pointing is not the same as ours in many cases4 ,on a table of the same district office of the ,a4,m4,a41 there stands a little brown pasteboard box4 ,in it are some tracts offered for sale4 ,all the proceeds from their sale go into the treasury of the ,association4 ,these tracts were printed at the expense of a poor woman who has spent a long and useful life in service for others4 ,she comes into that office now and again to see if her gift is increasing4 ,she is not fashionably dressed4 ,no6 ,she never drives to the ,congregational ,house in a carriage4 ,i doubt if she often enjoys the luxury of a street-car ride1 although she is upward of seventy years of age2 and yet she never comes through that office door but she brings with her the bright glory of spiritual sunshine1 and the wealth of her ,lord's own presence4 ,she is pinching herself in almost painful economy that she may have #ajj to give to this great mission work before she dies1 and ,her great ,redeemer shall call her to inherit ,the heaven of wealth long garnered up for her4 ,now let us turn a moment to the other side of the ,a4,m4,a4 work4 ,i hold in my hand a letter written upon this scrap of paper by a colored boy in the ,south and sent to one of our missionaries who had come ,north3 ,oct4 #ba4 ,my ,dear ,friend1 ,mr4 ,brown--,i wish you would if you please if you please send me three dollars and a half now if you please send it ,i want to buy a good little shot gun please send it4 ,these facts present the double responsibility which the ,a4,m4,a4 sustains to its constituency in this vast and complex missionary work4 ,none of these facts are exceptional in character4 ,the ,association must so present its work to the churches as to constrain them to give2 drag them by the chains of ,christian duty to give2 those who can of their abundance abundantly2 those who must of their penury1 with this tremendous self-sacrifice4 ,an old colored preacher in ,georgia1 in my hearing1 preached on ,pasteboard ,christians4 ,he said3 ,brethren1 did you neber see a pasteboard box8 ,it's mighty nice2 maybe all covered with gilt paper2 looks right stiff and stout1 but you just set it out in the rain and see it when it goes 'pooh1' and am all omnatiously busted4 ,it am jest so with some ,christians4 ,they comes to meetin' with good clothes on2 they looks drefful fine6 ,but you just pass the contribution box 'round1 da goes 'pooh6' and dar ain't nothin' left of 'em4 ,it has not been my experience that there are many pasteboard ,christians in the district of ,new ,england4 ,systematic giving1 giving constantly1 giving because the safety of our country requires it1 and the kingdom of ,christ demands it2 this is the sort of giving which ,i have found to be the rule4 ,but there must be systematic spending as truly as systematic giving4 ,the gifts of the churches must be husbanded1 and the churches must be warned from time to time against wasteful and unwise efforts1 by which others are seeking to do the work1 which is being done systematically through your agent1 the ,american ,missionary ,association4 ,my personal experience as ,field ,superintendent1 has pressed upon me the imperative importance of this side of the responsibility which this ,association holds to the churches4 ,one must pass back and forth often1 and become personally familiar with this great field1 before he can understand the importance of the systematic spending of this ,association4 ,wrecks of schools and churches are not few in the ,southland4 ,godly men and women and godless adventurers have experimented in many places4 ,money has been and is being wasted1 that might be used to great and permanent advantage if contributed through the ,a4,m4,a4 and disbursed according to the principles which long experience has proved to be sound4 ,it is the purpose of this paper to emphasize some of the facts concerning this great missionary field1 and to point out the advantages of systematic spending1 which you secure when you commit your funds to this society rather than to the hap-hazard efforts which you have no power to supervise and no control over4 ,an organized society controlled and directed by those who contribute is the surest possible way of securing this systematic spending4 ,this method has both negative and positive advantages3 ,i4 ,it prevents waste4 7a47 ,waste in administration of funds4 ,its accounts are open to and audited by those whose money is being spent4 ,reports of the financial standing1 receipts and expenditures to the half-penny are presented every year4 ,look them over and note how minutely your accounts are kept4 ,officers and missionaries are held by you to strictest responsibility4 ,this is sound business sense applied to missionary work4 ,but one naturally asks why1 when such absolute safeguards are thrown around the administration of the funds committed to the ,a4,m4,a41 some of those who established those safeguards give a considerable portion of their money to individuals over whose expenditure they have absolutely no control1 and where funds may be1 and often are1 wasted8 ,and in this way the percentage of the cost of administering the funds committed to the ,a4,m4,a4 is also increased4 ,this can scarcely be called sound business wisdom4 7b47 ,waste in field work4 ,it requires wide experience and knowledge of the whole field in order to adjust and direct1 without waste of laborers1 the force of missionaries4 ,those who know only one locality cannot do this4 ,it is often remarked that each missionary thinks his particular field the most important1 and the one especially needing help and enlargement4 ,this is a grand tribute to their faithfulness and ,christian enthusiasm4 ,but the systematic investigation of the whole field1 constantly and patiently carried on as it is by the ,a4,m4,a41 determines with larger wisdom whether work should be strengthened and developed in ,tennessee1 or ,georgia1 or ,texas4 ,gen4 ,grant was familiar with the whole field1 and placed his men according to the varying exigencies of the campaign4 ,just so the systematic methods of this ,association place these noble missionaries where there will be least waste of labor4 ,but there are also positive advantages secured by the systematic methods of the ,a4,m4,a4 in expending the money committed to its treasury4 ,,ii4 ,it secures proportion in different parts of the work4 7a47 ,in appeal4--,this ,association1 constituted1 as it is1 the immediate agent of the churches1 ought to be your watchman on the tower4 ,every pastor is crowded with parish duties4 ,few intelligent laymen can give time enough to study thoroughly the whole field covered by the missions of the ,a4,m4,a4 ,it is now an enormous field4 ,representatives of five distinct races1 ,japanese1 ,chinese1 ,indians1 ,mountain ,whites and ,negroes wait for ,christian instruction very largely upon the missionaries you are sending out4 ,now1 no one who is not compelled by official duties to do it can find time1 nor has he the information at hand1 to investigate thoroughly each department of this missionary work4 ,the ,a4,m4,a4 is your agent to discover1 through careful and patient investigation1 the exact facts1 and so to direct its appeals to the churches that the department of work which is especially pressing may be given due prominence4 ,systematic spending involves this4 7b47 ,greatest care is required and exercised in planting new work4 ,let us in fancy plant a new school in the ,south1 as the ,association does it4 ,exhaustive correspondence is of course1 the first step4 ,then the ,field ,superintendent visits the field4 ,he gathers every possible fact bearing upon the question3 ,the population2 schools1 if any2 the opinions of white and colored citizens2 the religious complexion of the community1 etc41 etc41 etc4 ,now this ,field ,superintendent has studied maps and statistics and school reports1 and been back and forth until the whole field is in his mind1 not simply this one locality4 ,these facts in extenso are reported to the officers in ,new ,york4 ,conferences many and patient are held over them until finally it is settled that this place rather than some other shall be selected for the new school4 ,now such care as this would be impossible except as the ,a4,m4,a41 through its officers and teachers1 knew the whole field4 ,by independent or individual effort this could not be done4 ,it is not the absolute1 but the comparative need and hopefulness that determine the wisdom of fixing upon a certain place for a school or church4 ,this comparative need can only be known by an organized society which has frequent and abundant communication with the whole field1 and has officers whose business it is to know that field4 ,the experiments being tried in different places have already been made by the ,a4,m4,a41 and proved to be either absolutely failures or relatively an uneconomic use of funds4 ,the saving to you who furnish the money is very great by this method of systematic spending4 ,let me illustrate by a single example which occurred only a few months ago4 ,two towns1 only a few miles apart1 were clamoring for help in school work4 ,we opened a school tentatively in one of these places1 as we had one missionary there already1 and ,i visited the other place4 ,this is what ,i found3 ,a teacher independent of any society1 and consequently knowing only a small part of the ,south1 had opened a school4 ,she had labored very faithfully1 but very unwisely1 putting money and years of hard work into a field which1 from its very conditions1 could not be largely successful4 ,she had a poor building for teachers' home1 a rough school-house with no desks1 a narrow strip of land1 and an enrollment of about eighty pupils4 ,she was anxious to have the ,a4,m4,a4 take the work4 ,she informed me that in order to secure it1 it would be necessary to pay out from #b1ejj to #c1jjj in paying debts and putting the buildings in shape for advantageous use4 ,this was the case then3 ,a fairly good house1 a rough school-house1 a bit of land1 and a school of less than one hundred pupils1 costing at least #b1ejj4 ,at the other point under discussion1 there were five acres of land1 five buildings1 an enrollment of about #bej pupils1 and the whole property could be secured for #fjj6 #b1ejj vs4 #fjj4 ,these are not very exceptional cases4 ,it is only fair to the generous constituency of this ,association to know that their funds are being thus guarded1 and that those who give through independent agencies may have their funds squandered because they cannot hold those doing this independent work to strict account as they do the ,association1 nor can these independent missionaries know the whole field as the ,a4,m4,a4 knows it4 ,here are nearly #ejj missionaries in constant correspondence with this office1 besides the field officers appointed especially to gather information4 7c47 ,again1 this systematic method of disbursing funds secures a methodical arrangement of field work4 ,take the mountain field as an illustration of this4 ,this field has been divided into two general districts2 one having for its base the ,l4,n4,r4,r41 the other lying along the ,cincinnati ,southern ,railroad4 ,each department has its general missionary1 who goes back and forth in his district to lay out new work1 and to superintend the old4 ,the missionaries1 pastors and teachers are all busy in their own places4 ,here then is systematic development of this whole work4 ,these noble missionaries in this way form a well-organized army1 and are not guerrillas fighting behind trees and stones1 and scattered hap-hazard over the mountains4 ,we shall hold these lines of railroad in the name of the ,lord4 ,churches and missions and ,sunday-schools will supplant the saloons and gambling hells if you as churches generously support this painfully urgent work4 ,but when school-houses shall stand in all their fertile coves and church bells shall call to intelligent ,christian worship on all those mountain sides1 and the people shall be lifted up into spiritual citizenship1 it will simply be the victory under ,god of the systematic planning and execution possible only when funds are disbursed on the sound principles of this ,association4 ,,iii4 ,this systematic spending of benevolent funds also secures permanency4 ,how few deaths there are in the family of ,a4,m4,a4 schools and churches6 ,why8 ,because these missions are born through wisdom and sound judgment4 ,these schools and churches are not only permanent but they will also perpetuate the great fundamental principles of the churches whose prayers and money have gone into their establishment4 ,these missions cannot become ,roman ,catholic or infidel4 ,they cannot drift away from the safe moorings of evangelical truth1 unless the churches to which they are tied up give way4 ,the churches control these missions forever4 ,local management in this work often means mismanagement1 on account of the peculiar surroundings in which these schools are placed4 ,they differ radically from schools and colleges planted among the new settlers in the ,west4 ,here in the ,south there is no considerable intelligent ,christian constituency to direct their work1 manage their affairs and keep them in close connection with ,congregational conferences and councils4 ,,iv4 ,lastly4 ,by means of this systematic spending you keep step with the grand onward movement of ,god's providence in the marvelous openings of this great missionary field4 ,how wonderfully this work develops6 ,the primary schools of the early period have grown into normal and preparatory institutes and colleges and theological seminaries1 although the primary work is still being done and well done6 ,new schools are being planted4 ,enter the mountains with your mission host1 came the command1 and it was done4 ,industrial training became necessary to the best furnishing of these young people for their life-work and their largest intellectual development1 and now thorough training in these departments is furnished by the schools of the ,american ,missionary ,association4 ,the grand work has kept step with the developing needs4 ,i asked one of the most experienced teachers and missionaries in the ,south what feature of the ,a4,m4,a4 especially impressed him4 ,he replied at once1 ,the wonderful and consummate statesmanship displayed in its management4 ,the wisdom manifested in planting schools and churches1 and in keeping pace with the new and constantly changing conditions of this great and perplexing field1 absolutely astounds me4 ,this is no tribute to those of us who have recently entered this service4 ,to sum up this argument1 then3 ,by the systematic method of spending through the ,a4,m4,a41 you avoid-- ,i4 ,waste1 7#a47 ,in administration4 7#b47 ,in field work4 ,,ii4 ,you secure the wisest apportionment of the work1 7#a47 ,appeals are systematic4 7#b47 ,the work is developed proportionately4 7#c47 ,and each department is systematically conducted4 ,,iii4 ,you can secure permanency in the work1 7b47 ,and perpetuate the principles you believe to be of fundamental importance in uplifting these races4 ,,iv4 ,you keep step with ,god's providence in the development of these fields4 ,it is told us that during the days that immediately preceded the capture of ,richmond1 ,sheridan was in hot pursuit of ,lee's retreating troops4 ,he telegraphed to ,grant1 ,i think if the thing is pushed ,lee will surrender4 ,there came flashing back this laconic message from that silent soldier1 ,push things4 ,they were pushed1 and within a few weeks ,lee's army was annihilated1 and the sword of the haughty rebel was in the hands of the loyal ,grant4 ,the ,union army had pushed through the broken fortifications around ,richmond and planted the grand old stars and stripes1 battle-stained and bullet-torn1 above the dome of the rebel capitol1 never1 never1 never to be pulled down again by disloyal hands4 ,my brethren1 there comes flashing to us to-day from this army of ,christ-like men and women away out yonder in front of us1 from out the heat of battle against ignorance1 and prejudice1 and misery1 and sin1 these stirring words3 ,we can take these lowlands and mountains and prairies and ocean coasts for our ,lord1 and for his ,christ1 now if the thing be pushed4 ,what message shall we send back to them1 ,o people of ,god8 ,shall it not be this8 ,we pledge you our prayers1 our sympathy1 our best sons and daughters and five hundred thousand dollars in consecrated money this year2 and in the great name of the ,lord our ,god let the thing be pushed4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,chinese4 ,,scraps ,,from ,,my ,,correspondence4 ,,by ,,rev4 ,w4,c4 ,,pond4 ,our limited space forbids the publication of extended correspondence2 and yet1 often1 in the familiar and unstudied letters which ,i receive from our workers1 there are paragraphs or sentences which ,i greatly desire that our ,eastern friends and helpers might share with me4 ,the following are a few of these4 ,mrs4 ,carrington1 our very faithful and efficient teacher at ,sacramento1 writes as follows3 ,our school seems in better condition than for many months4 ,chin ,toy missionary helper is true and watchful4 ,two joined the church at the last communion1 one has given his name to join the ,association1 and others seem almost ready4 ,our school at ,oroville has been for a year past in the hands of two quite young1 but true hearted and enthusiastic teachers1 from one of whom ,i hear in this way3 ,we have had a very good school this month4 ,the attendance has been very good2 the scholars seem to feel better1 and ,i think the teachers do too4 ,we had quite a re-union one evening last month4 ,there was one brother who had just returned from ,china1 and another from away out in the country4 ,the former had not been here for years1 nor the latter for more than twelve months4 ,it would have done any one good to see how glad they were to meet each other4 ,i never saw so much hand-shaking1 and talking1 and laughing4 ,both these are good scholars and will help us much4 ,we have the ,bible lessons twice a week1 and they are very interesting to us both4 ,we have nearly finished the ,gospel of ,mark1 and it gets more interesting towards the last4 ,other extracts shall be from letters of our ,chinese brethren4 ,here is one who has evidently gotten over into an ,american way of thinking4 ,he is so much in earnest that his ,english is badly wrenched in the effort to convey his views1 but ,i give his words very nearly as he wrote them4 ,what ,i think and what often ,i observed is that the ,chinese very meanness and sordidness1 just exactly what were the ,jews4 ,scatter all round the world1 and still they feel very proud of their country1 despise the foreigners1 close all their sea-ports1 would not allow the poor celestial to go out or have civilized men to enter the happy country4 ,on account of their ignorance of ,christ1 unhappy1 miserable1 wretched4 ,some of them think good deal of their improvement1 national1 naval1 but if the ,government will not adopt the ,christianity and put behind their ancestor and evil ways and the wicked custom1 they will not be very flourishing what they look for4 ,for himself he says1 ,i hope ,i will have a good opportunity while ,i am working for the ,lord and looking for some souls to bring to the ,lord1 as ,his will be done4 ,another writes3 ,i speak in ,chinatown yesterday4 ,then we had very good singers of ,american ,christian young men 7they were five7 and ,chinese brethren 7they were eight474 ,all go on to sing with me4 ,then ,i have a good chance4 ,i pray ,god to help and hope our countrymen immediately come to repent and follow ,christ and worship ,him4 ,and again1 ,i thank ,god for ,his blessing4 ,this school now is increasing4 ,last evening we had twenty-three scholars4 ,six new ones came in this month4 ,i like stay here two or three months more and talk this gospel of ,christ4 ,another translated for me a letter just received from his father-in-law in ,china--a letter which gives him great joy4 ,dear ,son-in-law3--,your letter was reached me some ten days ago1 and glad to read it and that you are all right in ,california1 doing ,jesus work4 ,but there was a fellow named ---- ---- who had come back from ,san ,francisco last year4 ,this fellow came to me with some news to tell me1 so he said4 ,so ,i asked him to sit down and gave him a cup of tea4 ,then he commenced his false story about you being poisoned by the ,jesus doctors1 and that your heart had been poisoned so that you don't want to come back any more4 ,after the length of his false talks1 ,i commenced to ask him questions which he cannot answer4 ,i told him that ,i had known my son-in-law too much about his faith in ,jesus4 ,people with the same report came to me from time to time1 before you i4e41 the son-in-law addressed in the letter1--,w4,c4,p4 came back the last time4 ,at first ,i have faith in their talks1 but since you came home1 ,i have found you all right4 ,now a mission is near my house1 and ,i have time to talk and to read the ,jesus books1 and have found that ,jesus is like our ,confucius1 and ,i believed ,jesus words all right and so my son-in-law all-right too4 ,thus ,i have told the dog1 i4e41 the tale-bearer to get off from my door and not call on me again4 ,i hope there may yet be space for this extract from a letter from ,jee ,gam1 who took a vacation of two weeks1 spending it not far from a ,chinese fishing village near ,monterey4 ,sunday morning1 accompanied by about ten ,american friends1 ,i went to ,chinatown to hold a preaching service4 ,after singing several times and offering prayer1 ,i took the stand and preached to a large crowd of my countrymen1 of both sexes and all ages1 drawn by our loud invitation and our songs4 ,before ,i began my sermon ,i told them what we had been singing about1 also what we prayed for1 and to whom we prayed1 and asked them to see the difference between these ,christian ,americans who sang and prayed for us1 and those who would crowd us out ,then ,i preached on ,gal4 #f3g1 for nearly an hour1 and all listened attentively4 ,not one of the hearers said anything against us4 ,i was told that two years ago a ,chinaman had tried to preach there1 but the people drowned his voice by beating their tin cans1 and drove him off with various missiles4 ,when ,i heard this ,i said1 ',i am not afraid1 ,god will go with us2 with his help ,i will preach ,christ to them4' ,and he did help1 and oh1 may he bless the seed sown6 ,on ,sunday evening one of the ,chinese came out decided as a ,christian1 and one other seemed almost persuaded4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,bureau ,,of ,,woman',s ,,work4 ,,miss ,d4,e4 ,,emerson1 ,,secretary4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,woman',s ,,state ,,organizations4 ,,co-,,operating ,,with ,,the ,,american ,,missionary ,,association4 ,,me--,woman's ,aid to ,a4,m4,a41 ,chairman of ,committee1 ,mrs4 ,c4,a4 ,woodbury1 ,woodfords1 ,me4 ,,vt4--,woman's ,aid to ,a4,m4,a41 ,chairman of ,committee1 ,mrs4 ,henry ,fairbanks1 ,st4 ,johnsbury1 ,vt4 ,,vt4--,woman's ,home ,miss4 ,union1 ,secretary1 ,mrs4 ,ellen ,osgood1 ,montpelier1 ,vt4 ,,conn4--,woman's ,home ,miss4 ,union1 ,secretary1 ,mrs4 ,s4,m4 ,hotchkiss1 #aga ,capitol ,ave41 ,hartford1 ,conn4 ,n4,y4--,woman's ,home ,miss4 ,union1 ,secretary1 ,mrs4 ,william ,spalding1 ,salmon ,block1 ,syracuse1 ,n4,y4 ,,ala4--,woman's ,missionary ,association1 ,secretary1 ,mrs4 ,g4,w4 ,andrews1 ,talladega1 ,ala4 ,,ohio4--,woman's ,home ,miss4 ,union1 ,secretary1 ,mrs4 ,flora ,k4 ,regal1 ,oberlin1 ,ohio4 ,,ind4--,woman's ,home ,miss4 ,union1 ,secretary1 ,mrs4 ,w4,e4 ,mossman1 ,fort ,wayne1 ,ind4 ,,ill4--,woman's ,home ,miss4 ,union1 ,secretary1 ,mrs4 ,c4,h4 ,taintor1 #aea ,washington ,st41 ,chicago1 ,ill4 ,,minn4--,woman's ,home ,miss4 ,society1 ,secretary1 ,miss ,katharine ,plant1 #bfea ,portland ,avenue1 ,minneapolis1 ,minn4 ,,iowa4--,woman's ,home ,miss4 ,union1 ,secretary1 ,miss ,ella ,e4 ,marsh1 ,grinnell1 ,iowa4 ,,kansas4--,woman's ,home ,miss4 ,society1 ,secretary1 ,mrs4 ,g4,l4 ,epps1 ,topeka1 ,kan4 ,,mich4--,woman's ,home ,miss4 ,union1 ,secretary1 ,mrs4 ,mary ,b4 ,warren1 ,lansing1 ,mich4 ,,wis4--,woman's ,home ,miss4 ,union1 ,secretary1 ,mrs4 ,c4 ,matter1 ,brodhead1 ,wis4 ,,neb4--,woman's ,home ,miss4 ,union1 ,secretary1 ,mrs4 ,l4,f4 ,berry1 #gbd ,n ,broad ,st41 ,fremont1 ,neb4 ,,colorado4--,woman's ,home ,miss4 ,union1 ,secretary1 ,mrs4 ,s4,m4 ,packard1 ,pueblo1 ,colo4 ,,dakota1--,woman's ,home ,miss4 ,union1 ,president1 ,mrs4 ,t4,m4 ,hills1 ,sioux ,falls2 ,secretary1 ,mrs4 ,w4,r4 ,dawes1 ,redfield2 ,treasurer1 ,mrs4 ,s4,e4 ,fifield1 ,lake ,preston4 ,we would suggest to all ladies connected with the auxiliaries of ,state ,missionary ,unions1 that funds for the ,american ,missionary ,association be sent to us through the treasurers of the ,union4 ,care1 however1 should be taken to designate the money as for the ,american ,missionary ,association1 since undesignated funds will not reach us4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,annual ,,meeting4 ,the public meeting of the ,woman's ,bureau was held ,thursday afternoon1 simultaneously with the business meeting of the ,a4,m4,a4 in ,providence1 and was conducted by ,mrs4 ,c4,a4 ,woodbury1 of ,portland1 ,me4 ,the report of the ,secretary1 ,miss ,d4,e4 ,emerson1 of ,new ,york1 was presented1 and then missionary addresses were delivered by ,mrs4 ,a4,a4 ,myers on ,mountain ,work2 by ,mrs4 ,geo4 ,w4 ,moore on the ,colored ,people2 and by ,miss ,collins on ,indians1 all of which were listened to with deep interest4 ,mrs4 ,woodbury1 on taking the chair1 said3 ,the object of this meeting is well understood4 ,it is to decide what the women of the ,congregational ,churches shall do in connection with woman's work--that part of the ,association's work which is designed to be among women4 ,it is woman's work among women4 ,it is designed at this time to hear from those fields in which the speakers are especially interested4 ,we shall hear from the ,mountain ,work1 from the ,negroes in the ,south1 and from the work among the ,indians in the ,west4 ,like a very close man who1 to the surprise of those who approached him1 gave money enough to purchase a town clock1 who explained by saying he liked to hear his money tick1 so it is meant here this afternoon that the women shall hear the tick of their work from all these fields to which ,i have referred1 and may the sound of it reverberate all down through the ages4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a special meeting for ladies was held on ,thursday morning1 at which there was a full attendance4 ,brief remarks1 interspersed with song and prayer1 made the occasion an enjoyable one4 ,miss ,plimpton1 of ,mc,intosh1 ,ga41 gave bits of her experience among the colored people1 and ,miss ,haynes described her work for the ,indians at ,santee ,agency1 ,neb4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the annual report made by the ,secretary was given in full in our ,november ,magazine1 and is also published in leaflet form for free distribution to those desiring it4 ,we give below extracts from the addresses of the missionaries4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,mountain ,,white ,,work4 ,,by ,,mrs4 ,a4,a4 ,,myers4 ,in my younger days ,i never remember looking at the forests that skirt the horizon without an indefinable questioning as to what lay beyond4 ,it was easy to picture stretches of landscape and quiet homes like our own1 but the query was ever the same1 what is still beyond8 ,the first ,sabbath ,i attended church in the mountains of ,kentucky1 having listened to the quaint singing before entering the rough-board building1 seating myself on one of the slab benches near a box stove1 which had but one length of pipe1 out of which the smoke was pouring towards an opening in the roof1 glancing around on the women in their sun bonnets1 the babies in their little calico caps and the men in homespun1 then out of the open door into a ravine where the tops of the tall trees were beneath us1 ,i said to myself1 ,i've reached that beyond4 ,the undefined has taken shape and ,i have reached the place of which ,i could never formulate a picture4 ,seven years' acquaintance in this mountain country has not changed my opinion4 ,we are in another world1 and if ,i could describe that world so you could see it as it is1 could feel its needs as we feel them day by day1 it is all ,i could ask4 ,philosophers might describe it as the dead centre of motion2 at least it has remained seemingly unmoved1 while all the world around it has been moving forward4 ,here in these mountains live over two million people1 two-thirds of whom have never written nor received a letter1 could not read one if printed and sent them4 ,they take no newspapers1 and the great events of nations or discoveries of science have been nothing to them4 ,questions of vital importance to our country have never troubled them4 ,they knew there was a war1 for contending armies met on their grounds4 ,with few exceptions their sympathies were with the ,union4 ,too poor to own slaves to any extent1 they had no motive for seceding1 and many of them joined our army and were faithful soldiers4 ,at the close of the war1 they went back to their secluded homes1 and between them and the world the curtain fell again4 ,we very well know that mortals cannot rise above their surroundings only within defined limits4 ,alas6 for the defeated manhood and blasted womanhood in our land1 held down to earth by unfortunate surroundings4 ,they are looking to you for help4 ,you have done nobly in sustaining a work in their midst4 ,besides what you have done at ,pleasant ,hill1 ,grand ,view and other points1 you have enabled us to organize eight churches and build one academy and eight houses of worship4 ,you have sent among us most efficient teachers4 ,besides their school duties they have taken upon themselves to visit the homes1 to pray with the sick1 to distribute clothing among the needy1 to go to the homes of the students1 to share their humble fare and sleep in their crowded rooms4 ,they have spared neither time nor strength to carry the uplifting word to those needy souls4 ,from the better classes we have been fortunate enough to draw a nucleus for each of our churches4 ,we have some ,sunday-school superintendents that for zeal and tact are models in their work and many a ,northern school might rejoice in the possession of such officers4 ,they are not so well versed in ,scripture as we could wish1 but they spare neither time nor expense to prepare themselves for their work4 ,this class of people responds quickly to the new life that comes to them by the school1 the railroad or the business man4 ,if we could find as ready response in the masses as we find in the individuals1 our work in the mountains would be quickly done4 ,but1 alas6 what of these hundreds of thousands who seemingly have no more aspiration than the brute in their field8 ,they are wedded to the customs of their ancestors1 and they rebel at any innovation4 ,give them tobacco1 and whiskey1 and pistols1 a little meal and bacon and coffee1 a crude bed and a roof1 and that1 to them1 is living4 ,oh1 those purposeless lives6 ,they exist simply because they are in the world and cannot help it4 ,with the girls especially1 marriage is the chief aim1 and what should be the holy relation is entered upon almost in childhood4 ,as soon as they begin to lisp they are talking of their lovers4 ,a little wee girl came to a teacher's home1 and after answering in monosyllables the common questions as to schools and ,sunday-schools1 there was a lull in the conversation1 when she spoke up3 ,i hain't got no sweetheart4 ,for all marriage is the chief aim1 it is surprising how little preparation they make for it4 ,no bridal trousseau is ever thought of2 not even a new dress is made for the occasion4 ,i have seen many a bride in calf-skin shoes1 old calico dress1 long apron1 with no cuffs nor collar1 and her hair falling from her comb1 while the groom appeared with uncombed hair1 stogy shoes1 jean pants and in shirt sleeves4 ,we have no rollicking girls or boisterous boys2 we never see a crowing1 cooing baby4 ,the children are born old4 ,the babies have a sad and dejected look1 as if this world were a dreary wilderness of woe1 and they grieve they were ever born4 ,poor little ones in the ,southland6 how many are gathered home ere a twelve months' stay on earth4 ,besides this weary1 aged look of the children1 we frequently find those who look like walking corpses4 ,a little inquiry reveals the fact that they are clay eaters4 ,we have them in our schools4 ,in our ,jellico school1 we have children whose elder sisters had to sprinkle pepper around the hearthstones to keep them from digging out the clay and eating it4 ,the habit once formed1 it seems to last them during life2 where it ever originated ,i don't know1 but have no doubt it was from lack of proper nourishment4 ,our women6 how shall ,i describe them8 ,i wish ,i might picture them before you as they ride into town with their babies in their arms and a child or two on their horses with them1 or as they walk in with heavy1 dragging gait1 loaded with some produce for sale1 or as they stand for hours open-eyed and open-mouthed around the counters of some country store4 ,i wish you could see them in their cabin homes1 as bare of comfort as a wild desert waste1 or at work in the field with the family1 but always and everywhere with a chew of tobacco or a snuff stick in their mouths4 ,they never express a desire for what they have not1 nor a murmur at what they have1 but their very movements are a complaint--a wail4 ,on their face is ever seen that weary1 resigned1 passionless look4 ,they never lighten with joy or surprise4 ,if you could manage to fire a ,vesuvius before their eyes you would never know by any outward expression but that they had seen volcanoes every day of their lives4 ,there is no imagery1 no ideality4 ,the world to them is a humdrum routine1 a common-place affair4 ,they have no heroes1 and they look upon all men1 not as protectors1 but seducers1 not as beings formed in the image of a pure and holy ,god1 but in the image of a ,god of lust and debauchery4 ,when first going among these people1 the ludicrous or comical keeps presenting itself1 but as you stay year by year the terrible reality of their lives presses sore upon you4 ,you are cramped by their narrowness2 you are depressed by their lack of buoyancy2 you grow distrustful because of their perfidy2 you become sharer of their woes1 but they have no joys to share4 ,our work among them was begun none too soon4 ,the eye of the speculator is being turned to our mineral and timber resources1 and with unscrupulous money-makers for a centre and a demoralized people to gather round them1 and no ,christ in their midst1 what strongholds of ,satan would be formed4 ,when we commenced our work seven years ago the field was open to the ,congregationalists4 ,if we could have had means to have secured helpers we could have planted ourselves largely1 for we had continuous calls to come and organize churches4 ,the people of better minds are sick and tired of the church life around them2 they cannot indorse it and so are called infidels4 ,but we have found no infidels there2 still it takes no prophet to see that the reaction from this demoralized church life all through the mountains is going to create a great wave of infidelity unless real ,christians come to the rescue very soon4 ,how these things nerve us to increased efforts to save the children and youth from these ways of death4 ,our hope for the land is in saving them1 and our work is largely for them4 ,we have many ,sunday-schools connected with our churches and many others where we furnish some helps and where our students teach4 ,our ,bands of ,hope are encouraging4 ,our ,christian ,endeavor ,society has a large membership1 and is a power for good4 ,but while we rejoice over these places that have these helps we think of the hundreds of counties along this mountain range that have no such helps4 ,senator ,plumb has stated that the assessment in ,alabama for pistols1 guns and dirks is four times that on farming implements1 and ,kentucky's record of crime is far worse than ,alabama's4 ,who of us can say that he is innocent of this shed blood1 unless he is doing something toward sending the only cure--a ,christian civilization8 ,because the work has many discouragements1 are we excused8 ,because the people are prejudiced against us and our principles1 shall we withdraw1 and let them sink lower and lower8 ,but the question is asked3 ,have you no public schools or churches in this large section of the country8 ,yes1 schools for a few months in the year1 taught in little log school houses1 some with floors and some with none2 some with a tiny window and some without2 some have doors and some haven't4 ,very few have desks2 in most there are but slab benches4 ,but worse than the school house and its surroundings is the illiterate1 immoral teacher who attempts to teach the children4 ,as for church organizations they are numerous1 and a large majority are church members2 but alas for the ,christianity taught and practiced4 ,religion and morality are divorced4 ,with most of them1 religion is the thing of a moment and not of a life4 ,meetings once a month during the summer1 and that is all the ,christian institution the people have1 and we call it instruction4 ,we are inclined to smile at the thought of a preacher prefacing his sermon with the boast that he has no learning2 that his jeens coat has never brushed the chalk off college walls1 and what he has to say is no fixup of his own1 but direct from sac-rid writ or an inspiration of the ,speret4 ,but our smiles end with a sigh when we see that there is not only ignorance1 but the poison of asps is under their lips4 ,their hatred for all other churches than their own is intense4 ,they have no charity for any religion outside of their own church4 ,the excitement and strife for membership is unequalled even in the craze of their political wars4 ,they are bigoted and intolerant1 they have no idea of practical ,christianity4 ,they have no prayer-meeting1 no family prayers1 no ,sunday-schools4 ,one minister living near where we have recently planted some ,sunday-schools gave a whole sermon to talking against them1 and said if any one would show him from the ,bible where ,sunday-schools were taught he'd believe they were right2 but a few weeks later1 pressed by seeing our schools drawing so largely from the community1 he thought something must be done1 so with a few of his leading members they announced the organization of a school near ours4 ,they sent to ,jellico on ,saturday and bought two gallons of whiskey in order to draw the crowd4 ,of course1 such a school lasted but a few days1 but their hatred doesn't die so easily4 ,we could help many churches if it were not for this jealousy among their ministers4 ,the people are our friends1 and our growing churches are a stimulant to them4 ,paul said3 ,what matter if ,christ were preached through envy1 only so he were preached1 and if we can provoke them to good works1 will not the children be blessed8 ,whatever cause prompts them to church building1 to prayer or outward ,christian living1 they must be bettered by it4 ,and so1 slowly1 but steadily1 this great mass is going to be leavened4 ,it may not come in your day or mine1 but come it will1 and happy will we be in that far-off time to know that we had something to do in bringing about such needed results4 ,we are confident of success4 ,right must win since ,god is ,god1 and the day is coming when the great ,i ,am will dwell in all these churches4 ,then the bigot will say1 my brother2 the intolerant will grasp hands in loyal fellowship1 and ,christian hearts will pulsate in one common rhythm4 ,then will our mountains and hills break forth into singing1 and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,needs ,,of ,,the ,,colored ,,women ,,and ,,girls4 ,,by ,,mrs4 ,g4,w4 ,,moore4 ,i have been asked to speak to you on the needs of four millions of women and girls4 ,the time allotted for this paper is far too limited for me to give more than a glimpse of their real condition4 ,in considering the needs of the colored women and girls of the ,south1 you must bear in mind their past condition1 present status and future prospects1 together with the forces that have contributed to each1 before you can know and feel the heart yearnings and struggles of my sisters4 ,no human lips can tell the story of that dark night that has left its impress upon the habits1 customs and life of a whole race of people4 ,the crudest results of that iniquitous system fell heaviest upon the colored woman4 ,from childhood1 no matter how favorably situated1 she was liable to become the doomed victim of the grossest outrages4 ,there was no assurance that she would not be a constant associate in the field with the coarsest and most ignorant men of both races1 or at any moment1 at the caprice of the master1 be sold4 ,swayed1 body1 mind and spirit1 by a master class who found it necessary to close every avenue of intelligence in order to accomplish his fiendish purposes1 this creature1 made in the image of ,god1 was often taught that there was no ,god of justice for her4 ,her body1 instead of being a fit temple for the indwelling of the ,holy ,spirit1 was subject to the foulest demands of sensuality4 ,no wonder they sang1 ,nobody knows the trouble ,i see1 ,lord1 ,nobody knows but ,jesus4 ,these slave songs1 born of agony1 might well be called ,the ,passion ,flowers of the slave cabin4 ,thank ,god that all of my sisters were not thus brutalized1 and even to those who were1 ,god was merciful4 ,deep down underneath the lacerated and bruised heart1 rested the ,shekinah of the ,lord1 preventing the wholesale transmission of vice4 ,two hundred and fifty years of such tuition gave her but little chance to develop her womanhood4 ,intuitively she knew that there was a living ,god1 and she sought ,him in visions1 and listened for ,his voice1 and looked forward and persevered for that home not made with hands1 and from her heart were wrung these words3 ,o ,lord1 ,o my ,lord1 ,o my good ,lord1 ,keep me from sinking down4 ,and then comforted1 she cried out triumphantly-- ,didn't my ,lord deliver ,daniel1 ,then why not every man8 ,many have told me their struggles1 and ,i know of others who even suffered death rather than submit to the outrage of chastity4 ,one poor mother with three beautiful baby girls1 driven to despair by realizing their probable doom if allowed to live1 sent them back to the ,god who gave them and then took her own life4 ,thus the colored women and girls lived before the war4 ,how have they fared since ,freedom8 ,have they had a fair chance in the race of life8 ,no4 ,they have met caste-prejudice1 the ghost of slavery1 at every step of their journey during these years of freedom4 ,they have been made to feel that they are a separate species of the human family4 ,the phrases ,your people and ,your place1 do not so much designate their race identity1 as the fixed status in the sisterhood of races4 ,this idea1 as harmless as it may appear1 or as much as it is used1 with varied phrases of meaning1 according to the attitude of the speaker1 has been one of the greatest barriers to the progress of the ,negro1 especially of the women and girls4 ,it has colored everything they have to do4 ,their place1 like the ebony of their skin1 is a dark place4 ,in the home1 and in social life1 their place is confined to colored society1 colored schools and colored churches4 ,be it understood1 ,i am not reflecting upon colored society1 but am pointing out the limitations that no other race in this country has to contend with1 in its efforts to rise4 ,the higher the plane of culture the colored women and girls reach1 the more sensitive they become1 and the more keenly the effects of ostracism are felt4 ,in wages it does not matter how capable she may be1 she must not aspire4 ,i have asked several persons1 ,what is the greatest need of the colored woman and girl8 and many have replied1 ,to be good servants4 ,assuming that this is her highest need1 can good servants be had without good wages8 ,in education1 her place is the colored school1 if there is one far or near1 and if there is no school for colored youth1 7as is sometimes the case7 the no-school is her place4 ,in religious life1 her place is the colored church4 ,no matter how her soul may long for a more intelligent ,gospel than perchance surrounds her1 she must find it there4 ,her place in the work of reform1 if she has fallen or desires to reform1 is the public street4 ,i could relate many incidents which have come under my personal observation in ,washington1 7and ,washington is far ahead of many places in the ,south7 to illustrate how our fallen sisters have suffered worse than death1 because doors have been shut against them4 ,several cases have been brought to me this year1 one since writing this paper1 but my sisters1 the sad fact is like the advent of our blessed ,lord1 there is no room in the inn for her4 ,what is the true place of our women and girls8 ,it is that place which is not circumscribed by the mere accident of birth and race1 where she can rise just as high as she has the ability to reach and sustain4 ,my five years' experience in ,europe as a ,jubilee ,singer gave me a taste of the sweets of true womanhood1 unfettered by caste-prejudice and by a low estimate of my position4 ,there my complexion was not a target for insult and ostracism4 ,our needs are not only those common to other races1 but are in a vast measure greater1 because of the past and present difficulties4 ,the masses furnish the most difficult problem to solve4 ,how can we rescue them from poverty and illiteracy1 and not pauperize them8 ,how can we prevent crime1 check immorality and decrease mortality8 ,the answer lies in giving to them better home life1 more elevating social surroundings1 better educational advantages in school and industries1 and a higher type of ,christian life and worship4 ,my first introduction into an intelligent idea of practical ,christianity was at ,fisk ,university4 ,there1 and at many similar institutions under the ,a4,m4,a41 may be found the epitome of a ,christian home4 ,such schools furnish potent object lessons2 such are the factors of the problem in answer to the question of how to meet the needs of the colored women and girls1 who are to preside over the homes of eight millions of people1 who had no home twenty-three years ago4 ,washington1 alone1 has a population of eighty thousand colored people1 and more than forty thousand of these are women and girls4 ,it is said that the hand that rocks the cradle1 rules the world4 ,it matters not whether that hand be black or white1 but it does matter whether that hand be intelligent or ignorant4 ,they not only need the education of the schools to develop their minds1 and industrial training to prepare their hands for the practical duties of life1 but ,christian education1 such as is given in the schools of the ,association4 ,more than three thousand women and thousands of men have gone out under the ,a4,m4,a41 in school1 home and church1 for the uplifting1 ,christianizing and elevating of our people4 ,eternity alone will reveal the work that these ,christian heroines and heroes have done in the ,master's name4 ,the eleventh chapter of ,hebrews would need be extended to give to them their rightful place in the role of achievements of faith4 ,we need not wait for eternity1 we now see some of the grand results2 their memory is already engraven upon the hearts1 and their spirit infused into the life of thousands of educated colored young men and women1 who have gone out among their people1 carrying educated minds1 trained hands and warm hearts1 as an outgrowth of that labor which has not been in vain4 ,this magnificent record of ,christian endeavor and conquest has largely been made possible by the foresight1 energy and fidelity of the many who have been and are at the head of the different departments of the ,a4,m4,a4 ,how can the ,association more fully meet these needs8 ,by continuing woman's work for woman1 through their ,woman's ,bureau4 ,through this agency1 ladies of the churches can furnish volunteers for the work and the base of supply4 ,while we at the front are in the heat of the battle1 you at home1 through your missionary societies1 young people's meetings1 and ,sunday-schools1 can aid us with your prayers1 your sympathy1 your gifts and service4 ,those in the larger churches can sustain a missionary in the field1 and may it be said of all1 both large and small1 ,they have done what they could4 ,then we can sing1 ,march on1 and you shall gain the victory1 ,march on1 and you shall gain the day4 ,my sisters1 we must first be touched by the ,spirit of the ,master1 and through him touch them4 ,this work cannot be done perfunctorily or professionally4 ,and now in conclusion allow me to thank you in behalf of the millions whom ,i represent1 for the faithful work and practical sympathy already given1 and appeal to you in his name1 and through you to the thousands whom you represent1 for a continuation of your ,christian efforts and support1 also for greater supplies and larger gifts to the treasury of the ,a4,m4,a41 that it may be able to furnish the laborers according to the demands of the growing needs of more than four millions of colored women and girls1 who are trying to help themselves4 ,our lamented ,president ,garfield said to the ,jubilee ,singers during their visit to ,mentor3 ,ethiopia is not only stretching out her hand unto ,god1 but ,god is stretching out his hand unto ,ethiopia4 ,we believe this1 and that the time is coming when all races shall sing3 ,o1 brethren1 rise and shine and give ,god the glory1 ,for the year of ,jubilee4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,receipts ,,for ,,november1 #ahhh4 ,,maine1 #ahf4if4 ,augusta4 ,north ,parish ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #c4fj ,bangor4 ,w4,s4 ,dennett1 for ,pleasant ,hill1 ,tenn4 #bj4jj ,bangor4 ,y4,m4,c4,a41 #i4ff2 ,miss ,mary ,f4 ,duren1 #a1 for ,pleasant ,hill1 ,tenn4 #aj4ff ,bath4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,central ,ch41 for ,mountain ,white ,work #bc4jj ,bluehill4 ,a ,friend #a4jj ,brewer4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ae4jj ,brunswick4 ,marshall ,cram #aj4jj ,falmouth4 ,ladies of ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,freight to ,williamsburg1 ,ky4 #j4ej ,gorham4 ,a ,friend1 bal4 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,,henry ,j4 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,cong4 ,ch41 #f4fc2 ,sab4 ,sch41 #c4cf2 ,dr4 ,w4,j4 ,wright1 #b4ja1 for ,student ,aid1 ,straight ,u4 #ab4jj ,ipswich4 ,first ,ch4 #aj4jj ,lakeville and ,taunton4 ,precinct ,ch4 and ,soc4 #fj4jj ,lanesville4 ,william ,l4 ,saunders1 for ,pleasant ,hill1 ,tenn4 #e4jj ,lawrence4 ,j4,h4 ,eaton1 for ,talladega ,c4 #e4jj ,leverett ,y4,p4,s4,c4,e41 for ,grand ,view1 ,tenn4 #ac4jj ,littleton4 ,a ,friend #ej4jj ,lowell4 ,r4 ,stevens #e4jj ,lynnfield ,center4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #cc1 to const4 ,,rev4 ,,harry ,l4 ,,brickett ,l4,m42 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #e4aj #ch4aj ,ludlow4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,malden4 ,mrs4 ,mary ,d4 ,convers1 for ,laundry1 ,talladega1 ,tenn4 #ejj4jj ,maplewood4 ,infant ,s4,s4 ,class1 for ,wilmington1 ,n4,c4 #a4jj ,marblehead4 ,j4,j4,h4 ,gregory1 for ,pleasant ,hill1 ,tenn4 #ff4jj ,melrose4 ,ortho4 ,cong4 ,ch4 ad'l4 #ea4fi ,monson4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,wilmington1 ,n4,c4 #ab4jj ,newburyport4 ,prospect ,st4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #bgc4be1 to const ,,charles ,h4 ,,coffin1 ,,mrs4 ,,frances ,e4 ,,coffin1 ,,rev4 ,p4,s4 ,,hulbert1 ,,mrs4 ,p4,s4 ,,hulbert and ,,kate ,,campbell ,,hurd1 ,m4,d41 ,l4,m4's43 ,north ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #cj #cjc4be ,new ,marlboro4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,newton4 ,eliot ,mission ,circle1 for ,rosebud ,indian ,m4 #e4jj ,north ,adams4 ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ej4jj ,northampton4 ,a4 ,lyman ,williston #cjj4jj ,northampton4 ,a4 ,lyman ,williston1 for ,pleasant ,hill1 ,tenn4 #ba4jj ,northampton4 ,geo4 ,w4 ,cable's ,sab4 ,sch4 ,class4 ,edwards ,ch4 #ge4db ,north ,billerica4 ,mrs4 ,e4,r4 ,gould1 for ,sherwood1 ,tenn4 #c4jj ,north ,brookfield4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,pleasant ,hill4 ,tenn4 #be4jj ,northfield4 ,trin4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ab4jj ,north ,weymouth4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 #h3 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 #g1 for ,pleasant ,hill1 ,tenn4 #ae4jj ,north ,weymouth4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,pilgrim ,ch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,gregory ,inst4 #h4jj ,norton4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,trin4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,pepperell4 ,friends1 #b ,bbls4 ,c41 etc41 for ,greenwood1 ,s4,c4 ,phillipston4 ,d4 ,l4 ,mixter #b4jj ,pittsfield4 ,a4,a4 ,mills1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ac4ie ,plainfield4 ,mrs4 ,albert ,dyer #e4jj ,randolph4 ,rev4 ,j4,c4 ,labaree1 for ,pleasant ,hill1 ,tenn4 #aj4jj ,reading4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ah4jj ,reading4 ,miss ,e4,a4 ,white1 ,freight for ,sherwood1 ,tenn4 #b4jj ,rehoboth4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,salem4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,tabernacle ,ch4 #be4jj ,salem4 ,friends1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #b4jj ,southampton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ej4jj ,south ,natick4 ,john ,eliot ,ch4 #ad4fc ,south ,weymouth4 ,union ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,wilmington4 ,n4,c4 #ej4jj ,spencer4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,pleasant ,hill1 ,tenn4 #dj4jj ,sudbury4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #eb4db ,townsend4 ,ladies' ,soc41 bbl4 of ,c41 etc41 for ,sherwood1 ,tenn4 ,townsend ,harbor4 ,by ,helen ,e4 ,haynes1 for freight to ,greenwood1 ,s4,c4 #b4jj ,uxbridge4 ,wm4 ,h4 ,seagrave #be4jj ,ware4 ,young ,men's ,class1 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,east ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,indian ,scholarship #ce4jj ,walpole4 ,mr4 ,mrs4 ,loring ,johnson1 for new building1 ,mc,intosh1 ,ga4 #fj4jj ,waltham4 ,trin4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ba4bg ,wendell4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #f4ee ,wellesley4 ,wellesley ,college1 ,woman's ,christian ,ass'n1 for ,library ,fund1 ,macon1 ,ga4 #dj4jj ,wellesley ,college4 ,miss ,marion ,metcalf1 for ,indian ,m4 #e4jg ,westfield4 ,mrs4 ,m4,a4 ,shurtleff4 #e2 ,miss ,elizabeth ,phelps1 #e1 for ,jewett ,hall1 ,grand ,view1 ,tenn4 #aj4jj ,westfield4 ,mrs4 ,c4,w4 ,fowler1 ,box of ,c41 for ,sherwood1 ,tenn4 ,westford4 ,a ,friend #e4jj ,west ,medway4 ,dorcas ,soc4 ,third ,cong4 ,ch41 #aj3 ,ladies' ,char4 ,soc4 ,third ,cong4 ,ch41 #e1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #ae4jj ,west ,springfield4 ,miss ,mary ,w4 ,southworth1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ej4jj ,whitinsville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 7#cjj of which for ,mountain ,work1 ,tenn47 #a1jgg4gc ,whitinsville4 ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,pleasant ,hill1 ,tenn4 #ae4jj ,williamstown4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,fisk ,u4 #bj4jj ,williamstown4 ,south ,cong4 ,ch4 #ae4ej ,winchendon4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #aa2 and ,sab4 ,sch41 #bj4gi #ca4gi ,winchendon4 ,y4,p4,s4,c4,e4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 7#c of which for freight to ,grand ,view1 ,tenn47 #g4hb ,winchester4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 7#be4jh of which for ,indian ,m47 #eb4fh ,wollaston4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #af4ce2 ,friend1 #ej cts #af4he ,worcester4 ,central ,ch41 #ada4ce2 ,summer ,st4 ,mission ,chapel ,ch41 #f4dj #adg4ge ,worcester4 ,piedmont ,ch41 for ,paris1 ,tex4 #fa4hf ,worcester4 ,primary and ,intermediate ,depart's4 ,piedmont ,sab4 ,sch41 for church building1 ,roxton1 ,texas #ej4jj ,worcester4 ,union ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,indian ,m4 #ge4jj ,worcester4 ,ladies of ,union ,ch41 for ,indian ,scholarship #bj4ej ,worcester4 ,infant ,class of ,central ,ch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,lincoln ,normal ,inst41 ,marion1 ,ala4 #h4jj ,worcester4 ,friend1 for ,rev4 ,j4,r4 ,mc,lean1 ,paris1 ,texas #e4jj ----4 ,a ,friend1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #ej4jj ,hampden ,benevolent ,association1 by ,charles ,marsh1 ,treas43 ,east ,granville #aj4jj ,ludlow #ag4fd ,monson #ce4db ,south ,hadley ,falls #ca4bi ,springfield4 ,first #bj4jj ,westfield4 ,second #ai4bj ,west ,springfield1 ,park ,st4 #ah4jj -------- #adf4ee --------- #e1hcb4if ,,estates4 ,medfield4 ,estate of ,mrs4 ,abigail ,cummings1 for education1 instruction and improvement of the ,colored population of the ,south #a1jjj4jj ,phillipston4 ,estate of ,trowbridge ,ward1 by ,james ,watts1 ,ex4 #ejj4jj --------- #g1ccb4if ,,clothing1 ,,books1 ,,etc4 ,,received ,,at ,,boston ,,office4 ,falmouth1 ,me4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 ,bbl41 for ,williamsburg1 ,ky4 ,south ,berwick1 ,me4 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 ,bbl41 for ,wilmington1 ,n4,c4 ,new ,ipswich1 ,n4,h4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 and ,mrs4 ,l4,a4 ,obear1 ,case1 for ,straight ,u4 ,pittsfield1 ,n4,h4 ,by ,s4,g4 ,french1 ,bbl4 and ,box1 for ,marion1 ,ala4 ,auburndale1 ,mass4 ,mrs4 ,johnson1 #b ,packages4 ,cambridgeport1 ,mass4 ,pilgrim ,ch41 ,case ,comfortables1 ,val4 #bj1 for ,pleasant ,hill1 ,tenn4 ,dorchester1 ,mass4 ,ladies of ,harvard ,ch41 #b ,bbls41 for ,selma1 ,ala4 ,ipswich1 ,mass4 ,ladles' ,benev4 ,soc4 of ,first ,ch41 ,bbl41 ,val4 #be4 for ,oaks1 ,n4,c4 ,marshfield ,mass4 ,ladies' ,benev4 ,soc4 of ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #b ,bbls41 ,val4 #dh4be ,millbury1 ,mass4 ,miss ,emily ,s4 ,ewell1 ,box1 for ,mrs4 ,j4,t4 ,ware1 ,atlanta1 ,ga4 ,phillipston1 ,mass4 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 and ,mrs4 ,annie ,s4 ,sawyer1 #b ,boxes4 ,reading1 ,mass4 ,e4,a4 ,white1 ,bbl41 for ,sherwood1 ,tenn4 ,somerville1 ,mass4 ,young ,people's ,miss4 ,circle of ,day ,st4 ,ch41 ,bbl41 val4 #ib4ge1 ,box4 val4 #ge1 for ,pleasant ,hill1 ,tenn4 ,townsend ,harbor1 ,mass4 ,by ,helen ,e4 ,haynes1 ,bbl41 for ,greenwood1 ,s4,c4 ,winchendon4 ,mass4 ,y4,p4,s4,c4,e41 ,case1 for ,grand ,view1 ,tenn4 ,,rhode ,,island1 #ebe4ed4 ,bristol4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #de4ia ,east ,providence4 ,s4 ,belden4 #ge4jj ,hughsdale4 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,williamsburg1 ,ky4 #d4bh ,kingston4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #cf4bb ,providence4 ,beneficent ,cong4 ,ch4 #ge4jj ,thornton4 ,union ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,williamsburg1 ,ky4 #b4ge ,westerly4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #cc4if ,providence4 ,churches1 by ,g4,e4 ,luther3 ,beneficent ,cong4 ,ch4 #dh4dj ,central ,cong4 ,ch4 #he4ge ,union #gj4hj ,pilgrim #ae4fe ,north #g4hj ,plymouth #e4bb ,park ,place1 ,pawtucket ,cong4 ,ch4 #h4ae ,pawtucket4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ae4fe ------ #beb4db ,,connecticut1 #b1bci4ai4 ,abington4 ,cong4 ,ch41 to const4 ,,miss ,,althea ,m4 ,,lord ,l4,m4 #ce4ej ,canaan4 ---- #a4jj ,chester4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #cg4jj ,clinton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #eg4dg ,east ,hampton4 ,philo4 ,bevin1 #be2 ,dea4 ,s4 ,skinner1 #aj2 ,a4,h4 ,conklin1 ,e4,c4 ,barton and ,h4,h4 ,abbe1 #fe1 for ,talladega ,c4 #ajj4jj ,ellsworth4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #i4ej ,granby4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #c4ge ,guilford4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 to const4 ,,miss ,,callie ,f4 ,,davis ,l4,m4 #cj4jj ,guilford4 ,wigwam ,club1 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,indian ,sch'p1 and to const4 ,,catharine ,l4 ,,griswold1 ,l4,m4 #cj4jj ,haddam ,neck4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4jj ,hartford4 ,pearl ,st4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #gb4dh2 ,asylum ,hill ,cong4 ,ch41 ,a ,friend1 #aj2 ,a ,friend1 #a #hc4dh ,hartford4 ,c4,a4 ,jewell1 #be2 ,roland ,mather1 #be2 ,john ,c4 ,parsons1 #e2 ,j4,s4 ,wells1 #e2 ,r4,d41 #e2 ,amicus1 #e2 ,a ,friend1 #e2 ,a ,friend1 #e2 ,a ,friend1 #ej cts41 for ,jewett ,hall1 ,grand ,view1 ,tenn4 #he4ej ,kensington4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 #cj1 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,,george ,l4 ,,taylor ,l4,m42 ,mayflower ,mission ,circle1 #e1 for ,tougaloo ,u4 #ce4jj ,mansfeld4 ,mrs4 ,n4,j4 ,stevenson1 for ,indian ,m4 #e4jj ,meriden4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,jewett ,mem4 ,hall1 ,grand ,view1 ,tenn4 #be4jj ,middlebury4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4eg ,middletown4 ,first ,ch41 #aaf4ej2 ,south ,cong4 ,ch41 #eb4ei #afi4ji ,middletown4 ,benj4 ,douglass1 for ,jewett ,mem4 ,hall1 ,grand ,view1 ,tenn4 #aj4jj ,milton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ac4jj ,mount ,carmel4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ce4cf ,new ,britain4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,jewett ,mem4 ,hall1 ,grand ,view1 ,tenn4 #ej4jj ,new ,britain4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,south ,ch41 for ,indian ,m4 #be4aj ,new ,canaan4 ,woman's ,home ,miss'y ,soc4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,conn4 ,ind'l ,sch41 ,ga4 #bf4jj ,new ,haven4 ,mrs4 ,e4,g4 ,cady1 #cj1 to const4 ,,miss ,,mary ,,lucy ,,jewett ,l4,m42 ,howard ,ave4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #g4ff1 for ,jewett ,hall1 ,grand ,view1 ,tenn4 #cg4ff ,new ,haven4 ,miss ,fannie ,skinner1 #f ,silver ,forks1 for ,teachers' ,home1 ,macon1 ,ga4 ,newington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #dj4ej ,north ,branford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #af4fh ,norwich4 ,mrs4 ,mary ,b4 ,holyoke1 for ,jewett ,mem4 ,hall1 ,grand ,view1 ,tenn4 #be4jj ,norwich ,town4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #ag4ij2 ,rev4 ,w4,b4 ,clark4 #ej cts41 for ,jewett ,mem4 ,hall1 ,grand ,view1 ,tenn4 #ah4dj ,old ,lyme4 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,conn4 ,ind'l ,sch41 ,ga4 #bj4jj ,plainville4 ,king's ,daughters1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #d4jj ,plantsville4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,atlanta ,u4 #cb4jf ,plymouth4 ,george ,langdon1 for ,jewett ,mem4 ,hall1 ,grand ,view1 ,tenn4 #aj4jj ,salisbury4 ,proceeds of ,fair by the ,king's ,daughters1 by ,mrs4 ,john ,c4 ,goddard1 for ,decatur1 ,ala4 #be4jj ,southington4 ,geo4 ,b4 ,finch #a4jj ,southport4 ,friends in ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,out-,station1 ,grand ,river1 ,indian ,m4 #ahf4jj ,southport4 ,friends1 #ij2 ,friends1 #ge1 for ,grand ,river1 ,indian ,m4 #afe4jj ,stonington4 ,miss ,anne ,williams ,hill's ,s4,s4 ,class1 for ,talladega ,c4 #h4jj ,stratford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #be4ab ,thomaston4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ce4aj ,thomaston4 ,h4,m4 ,soc4 of ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,conn4 ,ind'l ,sch41 ,ga4 #cj4jj ,thompson4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ag4je ,thompson4 ,cong4 ,ch41 collected by ,miss ,julia ,shaw1 for ,conn4 ,ind'l ,sch41 ,ga4 #cj4ge ,torringford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aa4jj ,vernon4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ac4ee ,washington4 ,cong4 ,ch41 by ,s4,j4 ,nettleton1 for ,student ,aid1 ,santee ,normal ,sch4 #be4jj ,wauregan4 ,ladies' ,miss'y ,soc41 by ,carrie ,fellows1 for ,conn4 ,ind'l ,sch41 ,ga4 #h4jj ,westminster4 ,rev4 ,s4,b4 ,carter and ,wife4 #aj4jj ,winsted4 ,david ,strong1 for ,theo4 ,dept41 ,talladega ,c4 #be4jj ----4 ,a ,friend #ejj4jj ----4 ,a ,conn4 ,friend #hj4jj ,,new ,,york1 #d1hbf4dc4 ,alfred ,center4 ,mrs4 ,ada ,f4 ,kenyon #e4jj ,amsterdam4 ,d4 ,cady #aj4jj ,ashland4 ,rev4 ,o4,b4 ,hitchcock #e4jj ,binghamton4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ec4jh ,blodgett ,mills4 ,miss ,e4,c4 ,nason1 ,bbl4 of ,papers1 for ,savannah1 ,ga4 ,brooklyn4 ,stephen ,ballard1 for ,ballard ,sch4 ,building1 ,macon1 ,ga4 #b1jfj4jj ,brooklyn4 ,stephen ,ballard1 for ,student ,aid #add4jj ,brooklyn4 ,stephen ,ballard1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #dj4jj ,brooklyn4 ,miss ,j4,e4 ,prentiss' ,sab4 ,sch4 ,class1 ,ch4 of ,pilgrims4 for ,indian ,scholarship #gj4jj ,brooklyn4 ,lee ,ave4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ac4ge ,brooklyn4 ,lee ,ave4 ,cong4 ,ch41 ,infant ,class ,birthday offerings1 for ,williamsburg1 ,ky4 #aj4jj ,brooklyn4 ,mayflower ,mission ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,williamsburg1 ,ky4 #e4jj ,brooklyn4 ,rev4 ,t4,l4 ,cuyler1 for ,jewett ,mem4 ,hall1 ,grand ,view1 ,tenn4 #aj4jj ,elmira4 ,park ,ch41 for ,grand ,view1 ,tenn4 #ej4jj ,fredonia4 ,miss ,mary ,f4 ,lord #e4jj ,ithaca4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,indian ,sch'p4 #bg4gj ,marion4 ,friend4 #a4jj ,massena4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #ah4jj ,medina4 ,m4,p4 ,lyman #a4ej ,mexico4 ,e4 ,wheeler #a4jj ,new ,haven4 ,cong4 ,ch41 to const4 ,,dea4 ,,edward ,w4 ,,robinson ,l4,m4 #cd4jj ,new ,york4 ,gen4 ,wager ,swayne4 #ej2 ,ralph ,wells1 #be1 for ,talladega ,c4 #ge4jj ,new ,york4 ,h4,p4 ,van ,liew1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #aj4jj ,orient4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch4 #ab4ej ,schenectady4 ,mrs4 ,j4,w4 ,chute1 for ,pleasant ,hill1 ,tenn4 #e4jj ----4 ,a ,friend1 for ,jenkins ,chapel1 ,talladega1 ,ala4 #f4jj ,woman's ,home ,missionary ,union of ,n4,y41 by ,mrs4 ,l4,h4 ,cobb1 ,treas41 for ,womans' ,work3 ,churchville4 ,ladies' ,aux4 #aj4jj ,homer4 ,mrs4 ,coleman ,hitchcock #e4jj ,homer4 ,ladies' ,aux4 #a4jj ----- #af4jj --------- #b1fhc4dh ,,estates4 ,brooklyn4 ,estate of ,alfred ,s4 ,barnes1 for ,fisk ,u4 #ibe4jj ,new ,york4 ,estate of ,w4,e4 ,dodge1 for ,theo4 ,student ,aid #aej4jj ,ransomville4 ,estate of ,john ,powley #a1jfg4ie --------- #d1hbf4dc ,,new ,,jersey1 #bbb4ii4 ,arlington4 ,arlington ,mission ,band1 for ,savannah1 ,ga4 #a4jj ,chester4 ,a ,friend of ,missions1 for ,mountain ,white ,work #cj4jj ,east ,orange4 ,grove ,st4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ai4aj ,montclair4 ,d4,o4 ,eshbaugh1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #cj4jj ,montclair4 ,young ,ladies ,miss'y ,soc41 ,bbl4 of ,c41 for ,meridian1 ,miss4 ,morristown4 ,woman's ,indian ,ass'n1 for ,indian ,m4 #bj4jj ,newark4 ,belleville ,ave4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ajg4hi ,newark4 ,rev4 ,j4,m4 ,whitin1 for ,prize in ,english ,composition1 ,talladega ,c4 #ae4jj ,,pennsylvania1 #bi4jj4 ,franklin4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,m4,e4 ,ch41 for ,wilmington1 ,n4,c4 #h4jj ,guy's ,mills4 ,mrs4 ,f4 ,maria ,guy #b4jj ,lansford4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,montrose4 ,mrs4 ,d4,t4 ,brewster1 for ,jewett ,mem4 ,hall1 ,grand ,view1 ,tenn4 #a4jj ,new ,milford4 ,h4,a4 ,summers #e4jj ,philadelphia4 ,a4,l4 ,elwyn1 for ,jewett ,mem4 ,hall1 ,grand ,view1 ,tenn4 #a4jj ,saire ,oaks4 ,miss ,jane ,wilson #b4jj ,,ohio1 #fab4ah4 ,alexis4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #f4jj ,canfield4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4aj ,claridon4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #cc4fe2 ,l4,t4 ,wilmot1 #aj #de4fe ,claridon4 ,ladies' ,benev4 ,soc42 ,pkg4 sheets and quilts1 for ,tougaloo ,u4 ,cincinnati4 ,walnut ,hills ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,sab4 ,sch4 #hf4fc ,cleveland4 ,in ,memory of ,j4,m4,f4 and ,h4,b4,f41 #ej2 ,cong ,ch4 and ,sab4 ,sch41 #ba4ij2 ,union ,cong4 ,ch41 #b #gc4ij ,hampden4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #c4jj ,hicksville4 ,e4,m4 ,ensign #aj4jj ,lenox4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #c4jj ,napoleon4 ,mrs4 ,n4,b4 ,palmer #a4jj ,new ,richland4 ,mrs4 ,elizabeth ,johnston #b4jj ,north ,bloomfield4 ,f4,o4 ,reeve #e4jj ,oberlin4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #he4bj ,oberlin4 ,rev4 ,c4,v4 ,spear1 for ,pleasant ,hill1 ,tenn4 #e4jj ,parisville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,sab4 ,sch4 #bg4je ,radnor4 ,edward ,d4 ,jones #e4jj ,ruggles4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ah4fe ,wauseon4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #be4jj ,ohio ,woman's ,home ,missionary ,union1 by ,mrs4 ,phebe ,a4 ,crafts1 ,treas41 for ,woman's ,work3 ,harmar4 ,ladies' ,oak ,grove ,miss4 ,band #e4jj ,hudson4 ,w4,h4,m4,s4 #e4jj ,ravenna4 ,cong4 ,ch4 ,miss4 ,band4 #cj4jj ------- #dj4jj ------- #deb4ah ,,estate4 ,tallmadge4 ,estate of ,rev4 ,john ,seward1 by ,wm4 ,h4 ,upson1 ,ex4 #afj4jj ------- #fab4ah ,,indiana1 #i4jj4 ,fort ,wayne4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #i4jj ,,illinois1 #gbd4jf4 ,aurora4 ,mrs4 ,j4,l4 ,greenfield1 for ,chinese ,m41 and to const4 ,s4,h4 ,,sherwood1 ,,mrs4 ,h4,h4 ,,bonslough and ,,mrs4 ,j4,e4 ,,greenfield ,l4,m4's #ajj4jj ,camp ,point4 ,mrs4 ,s4,b4 ,mc,kinney #ab4jj ,chicago4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #adi4hh2 ,o4,b4 ,green1 #abe2 ,rev4 ,arthur ,little1 ,d4,d41 #be2 ,e4,f4 ,parr1 #ae #cad4hh ,chicago4 ,bethany ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,printing ,dept1 ,santee ,ag41 ,neb4 #h4aj ,chicago4 ,estate of ,dea4 ,philo ,carpenter1 by ,rev4 ,j4,e4 ,roy1 ,trustee1 ,box of books etc41 for ,talladega ,c4 ,danville4 ,first 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