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Eoard  of  Hoin«  Mittlons.~TIie  X^>ek  of  Prayer— Death  of  Ififrsionarieff  and  thefr  WItot— 

Reports  from  Mia»«ioDarie8— Home  Miseioo  AppoiBtmeDts  io  Norember— Pinaocial  CoDdition 

of  the  Board— Receipts...... ».........»..^» ......... .^. a 1 

Board  of  Edacatlon.— The  Wor1d*a  Need  of  Men  to  Preach  Salratioo— Time);  Notice— Ad Doonoe- 

ment  to  StudeDla  coDcerDiog  payroeDts  falliog  due  aAer  January  1, 1873— Receipts. ». 9 

Board  of  Foreign  Miaaioiia.— Recent  Inte)ligeDce— A.  D.  1832— 1972— *' Look  oo  the  FieMa**- The 

Communion  Service  at  Canton  in  September— Chippewa  Indian  Mission— Donatk>ns.............M.  15 

Board  of  Pnblication.— "  The  Presbyterian  at  Work  •»- Visiting  the  Neglected— Presbyterian  Tracts 

—Thanks  from  California— A  Oood  liook— For  the  Littie  Ones— ^  Love  Berealed  **— I>onatk>n8..  21 

Board  of  Ch«rch  Erection.— State  of  the  ease— Dooatioos.^.^.^^ ..^.........^.  -....  28 

Relief  Fond  for  Dieabled  Ministers.— Receipts «.^......«^....^.....«>.......^.....^....^...  28 

Oeneral  Assembly's  Oommittee  on  Freedmen.—Eneoumged— Africa  for  tiie  Freedmen— From  a 

Teacher  io  Tennessee — From  Professor  Shedd,  Biddle  Memorial  Institute— Receipts... »«  90 

Committee  on  Snatentation.— Sliall  we  prorison  our  Men?— Receipts • 92 

General  Assembly's  Conunittee  on  Benerolenoe  and  Finance.— The  Committee's  Finn  Reviewed 

—Letters  from  the  Churches— Church  Resuscitated  by  Adopting  the  Committee's  Plan— Re. 

ct>ipt4» ......M^.......... 34 


^^Offerhigs  of  Ood/'— Lxtkb  xxi.  4. 
THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON  BENEVOLENCE  AND  FINANCE 
hnve  recommended  to  all  of  the  churches  systematic,  prayerful,  weekly  or  monthly  offerings  for 
the  whole  work  of  itie  Church  as  a  part  of  the  worship  of  God's  house;  and  regular  monthly 
remittances  for  all  of  ti^  Boards.  Also,  that  churches  which  prefer  annual  collections  should 
not  fail  to  take  them  up  at  the  times  heretofore  designated  by  the  General  Assembly,  vis: 

January  6 For  Foreign  Missions. 

Fel>ruary  2 For  Snstentation. 

March  2 For  Edacation. 


May  4 ..For  FnbUcaUon. 


July  6 For  Ohorch  Erection. 

September  7...  For  Ministerial  BeUsf. 
For  Home  Missions. 
December....  .For  Freedmen. 


4^  "No  church,  not  complying  with  the  directions  of  the  Assembly  to  make  colleetions  for 
the  several  Boards,  shall  receive  aid  f^om  the  funds  of  the  Church."- AfiiNi<«a  (/187i,  page  661. 


FORM  OF  BEQUEST  TO  ANY  OF  THE  BOARDS. 

The  State  laws  di^er  so  much  that  no  one  form  will  answer  in  all  the  States^  but  in  every  ease 
it  is  essential  to  give  the  aioiiT  coepokatb  rami. 

Bequests  for  Home  Missions  should  be  made  to  **  The  Board  of  Home  Mluione  of  the  Preebyterian 
Church  in  the  United  State*  of  Ameriea,**  which  is  now  the  corporate  title. 

Of  the  Board  of  Education  the  corporate  name  Is  **  The  Board  qf  Education  of  the  Preel^terian 
Church  in  the  United  Stateeof  Ameriea."* 

The  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  New  York,  nnder  the  style  of 
**  The  Board  of  Foreign  ^tseione  of  the  Preebi/terian  Church  in  the  United  Statee  of  America,^ 

The  Board  of  Publication  is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Pennsylvania,  under  the  style  of 
**  The  TruBtees  of  the  Preebyierian  Board  of  Pubtieation/* 

The  Board  of  Ohorch  Erection  is  incorporated  under  the  style  of  **  The  Truiteee  of  the  Church 
Erection  Fund  of  the  General  Auembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  Statee  of  Anierica^** 
incorpf 'rated  March  31, 1865,  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  Yorlc 

Bequests  that  have  been  made  to  the  **  Trueteee  of  the  General  Aeeembty^**  or  io  the  **  Trueteee  of 
the  Freebyterian  tioueCf*  for  Church  purposes,  will  be  valid. 

All  Bequests  m<ide  to  the  incorporated  Boards  or  Committees  of  the  two  late  Assemblies  are 
valid  and  will  be  reoeived  by  the  Boards  which  are  their  legal  successors. 

The  Belief  Fond  ior  Disabled  MlnisterS|  and  the  Widows  and  Orphans  of  Deceased  BCinisters 
requires  the  following  form : 

"  I  give  and  k>equeath.to  my  executors  hereinafter  named, dollars  in  trust,  nevertheless, 

that  they  shall,  within months  after  my  decease,  pay  the  same  to  the  Trueteee  of  the  General 

Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  Statu  of  America,  for  the  use  of  the  Fond  for  Dis- 
abled Ministers  and  their  Families." 

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PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES 

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THE  BOARDS  OF  HOME  MISSIONS,  EDUCATION,  FOREIGN  MISSIONS, 

PUBLICATION,  CHURCH  ERECTION,  RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS. 

AND  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEES  ON  FREEDMEN. 

8USTENTATI0N,  AND  BENEVOLENCE 

AND  FINANCE. 


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PRESBYTERIAN    BOARD    OF   PUBLICATION, 
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BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 


Appointments,  5,  42,  78,  lUO,  145,  182, 
216,  250,  287,  319,  355,  386. 

California,  Reports  from,  106,  354. 

Child's  Contribution,  182. 

Christian  Union,  349. 

Colorado,  Reports  from  Missionaries 
in,  317. 

Death  of  Missionaries  and  their  wives, 
2. 

"Dreadful  Mistake,"  245. 

General  Assembly,  Action  of,  209. 

Germans,  The,  352. 

Giving  largely  to  Home  Missions  pro- 
motes large  Giving  to  all  the  Boards, 
382. 

Great  Work  of  the  Church,  37. 

Hone  Missions,  314,  381. 

Illinois,  Reports  from  Missionaries  in, 
75,  142,  382. 

Indiana,  Reports  from,  181,  384. 

Iowa,  Reports  from  Missionaries  in,  76. 

Kansas,  Reports  from  Missionaries  in, 
77,  316,  385. 

Ladies'  Home  Missionary  help,  313. 

Maryland,  Reports  from,  39,  355. 

Mary's  dying  gift,  77. 

Michigan,  Reports  from,  179,  247,  353. 

Minnesota,  Reports  from  Missionaries 
in,  4,  249. 


Missionary's  wife,  141. 

Missouri,  Reports   from    Missionaries 

in,  76. 
New  York,  Reports  from,  40,  41. 
Nevada  and  California,  106,  317. 
Oregon,  Reports  from  Missionaries  in, 

143,  286,  315. 
Past  and  Present,  383. 
Pennsylvania,  Reports  from,  78. 
Receipts,  6,  42,  78.  Ill,  146,  183,  215, 

251,  287,  320,  356,  387. 
Revival,  145. 
Self-help,  281.     ' 
Tennessee,    Reports   from,  37,  38,  39, 

249. 
Texas,  Wants  of,  5. 
Treasury,  State  of,  313. 
Two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  supports 

a  Missionary,  283. 
Vacant    Churches    and    Unemployed 

Ministers,  318. 
Washingtbn  Territory.  Reports  from, 

177,  285. 
Week  of  Prayer,  1. 
Wisconsin,  Reports  from  Missionaries 

in,  4,  74,  181,  386. 
Women's  movement,  284,  313. 
Year,  Close  of,  105,  141. 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 


"Angel  of  the  Chuitsh,"  357. 
Annual  Collections,  47,  81, 113,  322. 
Annual  Report,  185. 
Annual  Statement,  149. 
Appeals,  Specimens  of,  83. 
Appropriations  for  May  1873, 186. 
Board  of  Education  indispensable,  324. 
Candidates,  our  method  ot  selecting  and 

aiding,   186 ;  Number  who  finished 

their  course,  185 ;  Renewals,  322. 
Capital  Sy nodical  Report  from  Indiana, 

391. 
Come  and  he1f>  ns,  359. 
Cooperation  of  Presbyterial  and  Synod- 

ioal  Committees,  84. 


Cooperation  of  the  Church  with  the 
Holy  Spirit,  391. 

Evangelical  Convention,  357. 

Evangelist,  the  highest  office  of  the 
Christian  Ministr;^,  113. 

Failures  in  the  Ministry,  256. 

General  Assembly,  its  action  on  Edu- 
cation, 218;  its  special  Committee, 
322. 

Good  Testimony,  47. 

Encouragement  from  the  West,  360. 

Have  we  too  many  Ministers?  289. 

Help  of. Christian  friends,  84. 

Increase   of    Contributing    Churches, 

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Index. 


Indebted nesR  of  the  Board,  255. 

Lessons  of  Death,  149. 

Letters  from  Professors,  82 ;  Students, 
82;  from  a  Minister  as  to  his  son, 
359 ;  from  a  Christian  lady,  360. 

Love  brin^  honor,  321. 

Needs  of  the  Board,  81,  82. 

Our  help,  and  the  men  we  help,  323. 

Outlook  for  Winter,  359. 

Payments  to  Students,  10. 

Popular  Paper  for  the  Boards,  187. 

Poverty  of  Students,  291. 

Privilege  of  Preaching  the  Gospel  just 
now,  389. 

Progress,  253. 


Receipts,  12,  48,  84,  115, 150,  188,  220, 
256,  292.  324,  360,  392. 

Receipts  of  the  year,  185. 

State  of  our  Funds,  389. 

Summer,  its  benefits,  217. 

Sympathy  of  Ministers  who  had  been 
aided,  83. 

Synodical  accounts,  46,  82. 

Those  aided  by  the  Board,  255. 

Timely  notice,  10. 

War,  Its  cost,  45. 

"What  can  I  do?"  219. 

World's  need  of  men  to  preach  Salva- 
tion, 9. 


BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


Ability  of  the  Church  to  enlarge  the 
Missions,  395. 

A.  D.  1832—1872. 

Africa.  Slow,  but  hopeful  work,  88  ; 
JBncouragement  at  Gaboon,  157;  Loss 
of  the  Elfe,  ^61  j  The  station  of  Nen- 
genenge,  3*29. 

California,  Chinese  in.  Happy  death 
of  a  Chinese  Colporteur,  52;  Meet- 
ings for  Chinese  women  in  San  Fran- 
eisco,  260 ;  Chinese  Colporteur's  Jour- 
nal, 296. 

China.  Communion  Service  at  Canton 
in  September,  1872, 16 ;  Death  of  Mrs. 
Corbett,  223 ;  The  Sabbath  difficulty, 
297 ;  Progress  in  China,  364 ;  AVork 
of  grace  at  Canton,  366. 

Debt  of  the  Board.  222. 

Denominational  Element  in  Missions, 
50. 

Expensirenees  of  Foreign  Missionary 
work,  297. 

Frequent  Church  gifts  to  Missions,  119. 

India  Missions.  The  Ratnagiri  Collec- 
torate  as  a  Missionary  field,  328. 

Indian  Missions.  Chippewa  Mission, 
16 ;  Seneca  Mission  work,  154 ;  Work 
for  the  Dakbtas,  156 ,  Enlarged  work 
for  them,  190 ;  Visit  to  the  Chippewa 
Mission,  363 ;  Visit  to  the  Sissiton 
Dakotas,  364. 

Jtaly,  State  of  the  case  in,  398. 


Japan.    Missionary  work,  53;  Present 

state  of  Japan,  258. 
Jong  Chuo's  story,  54. 
Lenox,  James,  his  resignation,  190. 
"  Look  on  the  field,"  15. 
Minor  matters,  295. 
Missionary  Lectureship,  190. 
Mission  House  items,  222. 
Missions  in  the  Church  session,  326. 
New  Missionaries  to  be  sent  out,  362. 
Persia,  Notices  of  the  Missions  in,  157 ; 

Astrology  in,  260. 
Practical,  258. 
Reasons  of  '^  Church'^  work  in  Missions, 

86. 
Recent  Intelligence,  13,   49,   85,   117, 

153,  189, 221,  257,  293, 325,  361,  393. 
Receipts,  19,  55,  90,  121, 158,  193,  227, 
\  263,  299,  331,  399. 
Recollections  and  Comments,  397. 
Remarks  oa  an  article  of  the  Record, 

294. 
Sabbath-schools  and  Missions,  87. 
Secret  Inquirers,  262. 
Saving  Souls,  331. 
Siam.     Interesting  visits  to  Laos  towns, 

191 ;  Convert  at  Petchaburi,  259.  ^ 
Syria.    Encouragement  in  the  region 

about  Mount  llermon,  89. 
The  Situation,  394. 
*'  AVho  wiU  go  for  us?"  367. 


BOARD  OP  PUBLICATION. 


Annual  Collection,  161. 

'*Bible  Workin  Bible  Lands,"  23,  59, 

371. 
Board  of  Publication,  testimony  to  its 

Usefulness,  93,  94,  126,  266,  333. 
Colporteur  Notes,  126,  301,  333,  337. 
Colporteurs,    59;    not    Book-peddlers, 

401. 


Crosby,  Dr.,  his  "  Thoughts  on  the  Deca- 
logue," 334. 

Expiring  Subscriptions,  402. 

Forms  furnished  by  the  Board,  129. 

General  Assembly  and  the  Board  of 
Publication,  229. 

Help  greatly  needed,  125, 127. 

Indians,  Books  for  the  Lapwai,  302. 

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Japan,  ^ar  Books  in,  266. 

New  Books,  25,  94.  129,  164,  231,  268, 

403. 
Our    Colporteurs    not    Book- peddlers, 

401. 
Our  Missionary  Fund,  57. 
Our  New  Hymn  Book,  370. 
Past  Year,  197. 
Patton  on  Inspiration,  336. 
*•  Presbyterian  at  Work,"  21,  58,  265. 
Presbyterian  Tracts,  22. 
Publican  and  his  wife,  267. 
Receipts,  25,  60,  95,  129,  164,  200,  231, 

269,  303.  337.  371,  404. 
Renew  early,  370. 


Sabbath-school  Libraries,  128. 

"  Sabbath-school  Visitor,"  24,  129,  369, 
403. 

Sargent,  Winthrop,  Esq.,  205. 

Scatter  the  Sabbath- school  Visitors,  402. 

Songs  versus  Laws,  335. 

Special  Notice,  199. 

Thanks  from  California,  23  ;  from  Hol- 
land Church,  Milwaukee,  59;  from 
Kansas,  93. 

Teacher's  Commentary,  336. 

Tracts  for  Summer  use,  167. 

Visiting  the  neglected,  22. 

Warm  Words,  337. 

Westminster  Lesson  Leaf,  302. 


BOARD  OF  CHURCH  ERECTION. 


Church  Erection  overtaking  Church 
Organization,  96. 

Churches  without  Buildings,  166. 

Contrast,  271. 

Effects  of  the  Panic,  404. 

General  Assembly,  Report  of  Commit- 
tee upon,  233 :  effect  of  the  estimates, 
304. 

Grateful  acknowledgments  from  Church- 
es, 130,  131,  201. 


How  to   receive  aid  from   the  Board, 

372  ;  how  it  works,  404. 
Increase  of  Contributing  Churches,  201. 
Receipts,  27,  62,  97.  131,  167,  201,  234, 

271,304,  339,373.405. 
Sensible  letter  from  the  West,  372. 
Sowing  and  gathering,  61. 
Special  Contributions,  26,  338. 
Wants  of  Western  Virginia,  61. 
Working  Church,  270. 


RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS. 


Appeal  for  help.  272. 

Circular  Appeal,  340. 

Contributions  and  Disbursements  from 
1849  to  1873,  235. 

Hope  deferred,  63. 

General  Assembly,  Report  of  Commit- 
tee of.  272. 

Liabilities  of  the  Fund,  98,  132,  203. 


Receipts,  28,  63,  98,  133,  168,  203,  236, 

273,  306,  340,  374,  407. 
Scene  in  a  Manse,  374. 
Twenty-five  thousand  dollars  wanted, 

407. 
Thankfulness,  28. 

Winter  approaches,  and  no  coal,  407. 
Who  receive  aid  from  the  Fund,  306. 


GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN. 


Africa  for  the  Froedmen,  30. 

Aunt  Hannah,  275. 

"Blessed  is  he  that  considereth  the 

poor,''  307. 
Close  of  the  financial  Year,  100,  170. 
Communion  under  the  Oaks,  343. 
General  Review  of  the  Work  and  its 

Wants.  409. 
Encouraged,  30. 

General  Assembly,  Action  of,  237. 
Good  Management,'  376. 
Notes  from  the  field,  134,  307. 


Openings,  377. 

Receipts,  31,  65,  100,  135.  170,  206,. 
237,  275,  308,  343,  377,  410. 

Scotia  Seminary,  65.  206. 

Shedd,  Prof.,  Interesting  Labors  of,  31, 
342. 

Statistics,  205. 

St.  Simon's  Island,  Ga.,  274. 

Summer,  274. 

Views  of  a  lady,  307. 

Work  in  September,  October,  and  De- 
cember, 342,  376,  40?.^  , 

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GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON  SUSTENTATION, 


Action  of  the  General    Assembly  on 

Su8tentation..239. 
Appeals  to  the  churches,  136,  309. 
Conditions  of  aid,  276. 
Congregational  Movement,  411. 
Cry  of  the  laborers,  67. 
Hffects  of   the    Sustentation    Scheme, 

102,136.  172,344,378,411. 
New  applications  reluctantly  refused, 

411. 


Receipts,  33,  68,  102,  137,  172,  207^ 
240,  277,  310,  344,  378,  411. 

Report  on  Sustentation  to  the  General 
Convention  of  Congregational  Minis- 
ters of  Vermont,  277,  309. 

Shall  we  provision  onr  men?  32. 

Sustentation  Scheme  of  the  Established 
Church  of  England,  276. 

Testimonies  from  different  fields,  102, 
136,  172,  344,  378. 


GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON  BENEVOLENCE 

AND  FINANCE. 


Committee^  plan  reviewed,   34,   139; 

advantages  of  the  system,  175. 
Church  resuscitated   by  adopting  the 

Committee's  plan,  36. 
General  Assembly,  Resolution  of,  241 ; 

New  Schedule,*243. 
Giving  for  Church- work,  138. 
Great  encouragement,  243. 
History  of  the  Scheme,  278. 
Hudson  Presbytery,  Report  of,  71. 
Illustrations  of  the  working  of  the  plan, 

241. 
Letters  from  the  Churches,  35. 
Monthly  remittances  for  the  benefit  of 

the  whole  work,  379. 
Notes  regarding  the  action  of  Churches, 

103. 
Prayer  and  Benevolent  Work,  345. 


Progress  of  the  Committee's  work,  311. 

Publication  and  republication  of  Re- 
ceipts, 174. 

Receipts  of  the  Boards,  379. 

Receipts,  36.  72,  104,  140,  176,  208, 
244,  280,  312,  348.  380,  412. 

Special  Offerings,  174. 

Supervision  of  the  Benevolent  work  of 
the  Church,  242,  311. 

Systematic  Beneficence,  Importance  of, 
130. 

Systematic  circulation  of  information, 
69. 

Yindication  of  the  work  of  the  Com- 
mittee, 346. 

Voluntary  Weekly  Offerings,  279. 

Thrift— Economy — Relief  to  Ministers, 
103. 


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RECORD. 

Vol.  XXIV.  PHILADELPHIA,  JANUARY  1873.  No.  1. 

BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 

THE  WEEK  OF  PRAYER. 

The  Week  of  Prayer  is  at  hand!  What  a  hlessed  conception  was  it — 
inspiration,  perhaps  some  would  call  it — that  a  few  solitary  missionaries  in 
the  heart  of  India  should  have  asked  the  whole  Christian  world  to  spend  the 
first  week  of  the  year  in  prayer  to  Almighty  Ood  for  the  conversion  of  men  ! 

The  season  was  so  profitable,  and  became  at  once  so  hallowed,  that  it  ha» 
been  repeated  every  year  since,  and  the  "  Week  of  Prayer"  has  now  appar- 
ently become  one  of  the  standing  observances  of  the  Church,  anticipated  by 
the  people  with  growing  interest,  and  attended  by  increasing  numbers  year  by 
year.  ^ 

Daring  the  last  quarter  the  Home  Missionaries  have  frequently  given 
utterance  to  their  longing  for  a  great  work  of  the  Spirit  among  their  people 
and  their  anticipations  of  the  Week  of  Prayer. 

Last  year,  their  reports  after  that  period  were  full  of  the  record  of  abun- 
dant labors,  protracted  meetings,  revivals,  addition  to  their  churches,  growth 
in  grace  and  great  success. 

It  has  usually  been  found  that  a  larger  per  cent,  of  additions  to  the 
churches  have  been  made  in  the  missionary  than  the  salf-sustaiiiing  fields  in 
our  Church.  The  West  seems  full  of  worldly  men — men  who  have  gone 
west  not  for  the  sake  of  the  Church,  but  wholly  for  gain,  and  yet  many  of 
them  have  gone  out  from  Christian  homes,  or  they  have  left  praying  friends 
in  the  East,  and  in  their  new  surroundings  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  may  find 
them  out  and  lead  them  to  Christ.  There  are  hundreds  of  instances  ia 
which  Christian  parents  have  lamented  that  their  children  must  go  west, 
and  go  away  from  accustomed  religious  privileges ;  but  in  the  infinite  good- 
ness of  God,  they  have  found  Chrbt  in  their  new  homes.      ^^  , 

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There  are  thousands  of  the  children  of  the  covenant  settled  throughout 
the  West.     Some  are  communicants  and  some  are  not.     But  they  all  need  • 
the  prayers  of  the  Church. 

And  besides,  there  are  great  multitudes  who  are  without  the  preaching  of 
the  gospel  or  religious  privileges — sheep  scattered  in  the  wilderness,  without 
any  shepherd.     Our  Missionaries  are  waking  them  up  every  week. 

Let  prayer,  importunate  and  effectual,  be  made  for  all  our  Home  Mission- 
aries during  the  Week  of  Prayer,  and  for  all  our  feeble  churches  and  all  the 
unevangelized  portions  of  the  country. 

A  great  revival  would  lift  many  a  feeble  church  up  to  self-support.  It 
would  cheer  the  hearts  of  the  missionaries  whose  members  are  few  and  weak, 
and  perhaps  worldly;  and  it  would  save  many  souls  for  whom  Christ  died. 

Let  us  prepare  ourselves  for  tl^e  occasion,  that  it  may  not  be  lost  on  us  or 
the  country  at  large.  For  we  are  told  that  the  Father  is  more  willing  to 
give  the  Holy  Spirit  to  them  that  ask  for  it,  than  parents  are  to  give  good 
gifts  to  their  children.  But  as  a  late  Report  of  the  American  Board  of 
Commissioners  for  Foreign  Missions  says : 

"  How  then  can  he  work  when  the  greatest  part  of  the  activity  of  the 
church  is  absorbed  in  worldly  pursuits,  in  seeking  personal  ends — wealth,  com- 
fort, position  for  one's  self  or  family  ?  The  great  Christian  enterprises  of  the 
church  are  sustained  by  the  sacrifices  and  efforts  of  a  few  devoted  men  and 
women,  with  scanty  pittances,  if  any  thing  at  all,  from  the  many.  The 
solemn  vows  assumed  at  the  time  of  public  consecration  to  Christ,  and 
renewed  at  his  table,  are  not  fulfilled  in  the  devotion  of  time,  talents,  influ- 
ence, wealth,  children,  to  the  service  of  Christ.  If  the  example  Df  the  few 
earnest  souls  in  every  church  was  made  the  rule  rather  than  lefl  to  be  the 
exception,  the  church,  then  truly  militant,  might  soon  hope  to  become  the 
church  triumphant.  We  are  not  stn^itened  in  God,  but  in  ourselves.  The 
great  part  of  the  aggressive  power  of  the  church  is  thus  paralyzed.  There 
is  bitter  sarcasn\  and  sadder  truth  in  the  remark,  which  recently  appeared  in 
one  of  our  city  dailies,  ^  It  is  curious  to  note  how  little  real  religion  there  is 
ia  the  country  when  brought  to  the  test  of  cash.'  Will  the  test  be  more 
favorable  when  applied  to  self-denial  in  other  directions  V* 


DEATH  OF  MISSIONARIES  AND  THEIR  WIVES. 

The  unparalleled  heat  of  the  last  summer,  which  was  so  trying  to  all 
classes,  and  -which  has  prepared  so  many  for  the  assaults  of  fatal  disease,  has 
also  had  its  effects  on  our  missionaries.  More  men  have  died  in  our 
service  during  the  nine  months  of  this  year  than  during  the  whole  of  the 
last  year.  One  has  died  in  Michigan,  three  in  Illinois,  two  in  Iowa,  one  in 
California,  two  in  Kansas,  one  in  Maryland,  and  one  in  Pennsylvania. 

But  how  often  the  wife  of  a  missionary  fulls,  and  her  death  is  not  heeded 
by  the  busy  world.  Yet  often  times  she  has  gone  to  the  work  with  as  much 
self-denial  and  as  warm  a  love  to  Christ  as  her  husband.     He  has  change  of 

air  and  scenery  as  he  goes  from  place  to  place ;  and  in  many  a  family  nothing 

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is  too  good  to  set  before  him.  But  his  wife,  unable  to  have  servants,  does  her 
own  work — looks  after  the  direction  and  welfare  of  the  children,  undertakes 
too  much  of  the  necessary  labor  for  outside  matters  in  the  church  and  congre- 
gation, and  falls  at  her  post.  Many,  many  such  wives  have  done  their  best, 
and  will  be  remembered  at  the  last,  like  one  of  whom  it  was  said  by  our  Lord, 
"5Ac  hcUh  done  whcU  she  could  J' 

We  call  upon  all  our  churches — upon  all  the  godly  women  in  the  churches, 
who  love  the  Home  Missionary  work,  to  remember  their  many  sisters  who 
on  our  frontiers  and  in  our  feeble  churches  are  doing  as  truly  a  missionary 
work  as  those  who  have  gone  to  India  or  Japan;  we  beg  of  them  to  help  send 
us  the  means  for  their  relief,  for,  as  we  have  said  before,  any  additional  salary 
sent  to  us  for  a  missionary^  affects  not  only  the  missionary  himself,  but  his 
wife  and  his  children,  even  to  the  tender  babe  in  its  mother's  arms. 

We  give  below  an  account  of  the  death  of  a  sweet  woman,  a  missionary's 
wife,  who  went  to  the  front  with  her  husband  and  fell  in  the  discharge  of 
her  duty  there. 

"The  last  six  months  have  been  very  eventful  ones  to  me.  My  dear  wife,  as 
you  know,  fell  pa  sleep  on  July  14th,  after  a  distressing  illness,  but  her  last 
end  was  peace.  We  can  but  feel  that  it  is  well  vnth  her.  She  has  gone,  we 
cannot  doubt,  to  be  with  Him,  whom  she  so  loved  and  obeyed.  But  we  are 
daily,  yea,  almost  hourly,  feeling  how  much  and  dear  she  was  to  us  all.  May 
we  be  enabled  to  say,  *  It  is  the  Lord,  let  Him  do  what  seemeth  unto  Him 
good.'  The  dear  babe  Jamie,  that  she  left  to  us,  followed  his  mother  to  the 
better  land  on  September  23d.  His  illness  was  long  and  painful  to  him  and 
to  us  all,  and  we  felt  ready  to  thank  the  Good  Shepherd  when  at  length  he 
took  the  weary  lamb  to  his  bosom.  We  buried  the  mother  at  Mount  Hope, 
in  Rochester,  near  her  father  and  infant  brother,  but  Jamie  sleeps  in  a  little 
grove  near  our  dwelling,  where  we  can  daily  visit  his  grave.  Surely  it  is  well 
with  the  child." 


REPORTS  FROM  MISSIONARIES. 

November  6M,  1872. 

Rev.  and  dear  Brethren: — It  is  with  unusual  joy  1  take  up  my  pen.  My 
renewed  commission  came  on  yesterday,  and  you  can  scarcely  realize  our 
feelings,  knowing  that  we  were  to  be  sustained  and  comforted  this  winter  in 
our  work  here. 

Dear  brethren,  the  Lord  bless  you!  I  hope  the  missionary  spirit  will 
infuse  itself  into  our  whole  church.  Yesterday  I  sent  $17  to  your  Board, 
the  amount  of  the  contributions  of  churches  and  Sabbath-school.  I  believe 
God's  Spirit  gave  me  on  last  Sabbath  morning  unusual  unction  and  freedom 
in  presenting  the  pressing  needs  of  our  great  Church  for  funds  to  enable  you 
to  commission  men  to  go  and  occupy  those  important  fields.  Indeed, 
brethren,  "there  remaineth  yet  very  much  land  to  be  possessed." 

Our  little  congregation  in  this  town  doubled  their  donations  on  Sabbath 
to  your  cause.     What  do  I  say?  to  their  cause-— to  the  cause  of  our  dear 

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4  Board  of  Borne  Mtsnons,  {Jcmuary 

0  Lord,  giye  us  the  spirit  of  development !  We  need  to  elevate  this 
giving  into  an  act  ef  worship, 

1  have  nothing  of  special  interest  to  commnnicate.  The  work  prospers; 
interest  in  Sahhath  services,  prayer-meetings,  &c.,  is  maintained.  There  is 
some  growing  religious  interest  among  our  Sahhath-school  children,  and  to 
them  we  look  for  large  accessions  to  our  communion. 

I  have  recently  estahlished  a  preaching  point  at  Franconia,  four  miles 
below  T.  F.,  and  the  people  attend  well,  and  appreciate  the  gospel.  I  give 
them  a  service  once  a  month ; — wish  I  could  do  so  oftener,  but  my  two  organ- 
ized churches  demand  all  the  Sabbath. 

We  are  praying  and  hoping  for  a  refreshing  from  the  presence  of  God. 
We  greatly  need  an  awakening.  In  common  with  many  communities  in  our 
land,  we  seem  to  be  oast  into  a  Dead  Sea  of  practical  indifference  to  the 
great  moral  interests  of  time  and  eternity,  notwithstanding  the  outward 
respect  and  attention  shown  to  the  cause  of  religion,  the  observance  of  the 
Sabbath,  &o. 

Brethren,  pray  for  us. 

I  am  fraternally  yours,  Jas.  A.  McG. 


-,  Wis.,  Nov.  oth,  1872. 


Dear  Sirs: — As  the  ecclesiastical  year  for  which  I  was  commissioned  by 
the  Home  Board  is  now  near  its  end,  (Dec.  1st,)  it  is  again  my  privilege  to 
report  to  you,  and  I  would  that  my  report  were  not  only  more  gratifying  to 
my  personal  feelings,  but  also  more  encouraging.  However,  I  am  happy  to 
say  that  I  have  no  discouragements  to  tell  of,  further  than  is  common  to  all 
who  would  do  good  in  this  world  of  moral  evil. 

In  the  first  place,  I  am  glad  to  say  that  our  Sabbath-school  is  decidedly 
improving.  About  two  months  ago,  I  was  compelled  by  th^  circumstances 
of  the  case  to  take  charge  of  it,  and  by  dint  of  hard  work,  such  as  superin- 
tending it  immediately  after  the  morning  services,  riding  eight  miles  and 
preaching  in  the  afternoon,  then  back  to  the  evening  services;  and  by  doing 
what  I  can  for  it  during  the  week,  I  find  that  the  interest  and  attendance  is 
increasing.  We  use  the  Westminster  Lesson-papers,  and  I  shall  use  all 
diligence  to  introduce  the  "Presbyterian  at  Work,"  if  I  find  it  a  valuable 
help  to  us.  I  always  try  to  get  the  people  to  work  in  Presbyterian  harness, 
and  to  become  more  and  more,  inteUig^tly^  Presbyterianized.  The  brethren 
who  labor  in  large  cities,  or  in  the  well-established  Presbyterian  localities  of 
the  East,  have  but  little  idea  of  the  mixed  multitude  out  of  which  we  must 
create  a  western  Presbyterianism.  Here  each  one  hath  a  doctrine,  or  rather 
a  notion  of  his  own,  and  if  we  can  get  him  to  put  even  a  temporary  Presby- 
terian edge  to  it,  it  is  sometimes  the  best  we  can  do.  All  sorts  of  vague 
notions  and  loose  ideas  concerning  spiritual  things  prevail  here,  and  it 
requires  skilful  piloting  and  experienced  steering  to  keep  clear  of  somebody's 
old  prejudices,  or  the  roots  and  snags  of  old  heresies  which  so  oflen  lifl  their 
heads  above  the  spiritual  low-water  mark. 

We  publish  ^the  following  letter  describing  the  need  of  missionary  labor  i* 

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Ttxcu,  It  18  from  a  genUeman  some  40  years  a  resident,  and  quite  a  traveller 
over  that  State,  and  for  35  years  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  Church.  His 
statements  should  secure  the  attention  and  sympathy  of  good  people. 

Wants  of  Texas. 

H — : — ,  November  1st,  1872. 

I  ought,  perhaps,  to  apologize  to  you  for  presuming  to  write  again,  when 
you  have  so  many  of  my  letters  unanswered ;  but  I  know  the  pressure  of 

your  official  engagements.     I  have  just  got  home  to  H ,  after  a  tour  of 

five  or  six  hundred  miles  through  eastern  and  northern  Texas,  and  home,  via 
Austin.  My  tour  impressed  me  m^ost  deeply  with  the  great  importance  of 
the  immediate  oooupancy  of  that  great  field  with  an  intelligent  evangelical 
ministry,  wholly  devoted  to  the  great  work  of  preaching  the  gospel  to  every 
creature  of  all  colors.  Out  of  about  one  hundred  ministers  in  our  Church — 
Presbytery,  Synod — only  one  receives  a  support.  Few  preachers  pf  any 
denomination  give  themselves  wholly  to  the  work.  Fewer  are  properly 
qualified.  Practical  religion  is  well  nigh  ignored.  Family  worship  is  obso- 
lete. The  Sabbath  has  few  observers.  Vice  in  every  form  is  rampant! 
Now  what  can  you  do  for  Texas?  Please  say  at  once,  so  that  U' you  can  do 
nothing,  we  may  look  to  other  sources  for  aid. 

The  Southern  Church  cannot  aid.  They  have  neither  the  men  nor  the 
means.  Texas  must  be  evangelized !  We  owe  it  to  Christ  to  do  our  share 
in  aiding  sister  denominations  in  this  great  work. 

Is  it  not  a  significant  fact  that  the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 
have  lately  sent  seven  missionaries  to  Mexico,  and  the  A.  6.  C.  F.  M.,  have 
sent  three  ?  Does  not  this  indicate  moving  on  the  works  of  Catholicism  in 
that  sister  Republic  ?  Does  not  the  near  approach  of  the  time  when  Pro- 
testantism must  commence  work  in  good  earnest  in  Mexico  enhance  the 
importance  of  the  immediate  and  thorough  evangelization  of  Texas,  that  she 
may  furnish  materials  to  aid  in  so  good  a  work.  I  use  this  as  an  argument  in 
all  my  Sunday-school  and  Educational  addresses,  of  which  I  deliver  one  or 
more  every  Sabbath  while  traveling.  B. 


HOME  MISSION  APPOINTMENTS 

MABB  IH   NOVEMBEB,  1872. 

Ber.  E.  H.  Stretton,  Bninohport  ch.,  N.  Y.  Rev.  John  McCUl.  Midway,  Mt  Sterling,  and 

Be?.  J.  W.  Whliaeld,  West  Utica  ch.,  N.  V.  Amanda  chs.,  Ohio. 

Rot.  J.  BL  Board,  Canaaera«a  oh,  N.  Y.  Rev.  L.  E.  Jones,  Reynoldsbarsh  and  Mifflia 

Rev.  John  H.  Kopr  Ellsworth  ch.,  N.  Y.  chs.,  Ohio. 

Rev.  Joshna  Hill,  Elizabeth,  Siloam  ch.,  N.  J.  Rev.  John  A.  CampbelL  Lexlnoton  and  Sharon 

Rev.  R.  D.  Smith,  Union  ch ,  N.  J.  ohe.,  Ind. 

Rev.  B.  J.  Pierce,  rarmmgdale  ch.,  N.  J.  Rev.  Isaac  B.  Moore.  Jefferson  oh.,  Ind. 

Rev.  P.  B.  Van  Syckel,  Gibson  and  Ararat  ohs.,  Rev.  David  D.  MoKee,  New  Philadelphia  and 

Pa.  Monroe  chs..  Ind. 

Rev.  Samuel  F.  Colt,  Laporte  ch ,  Pa.  Rev.  W.  H.  aoodi««son,  Versailles,  Hopewell,  and 

Rev.  A.  F.  Morrison,  New  Harmony  ch..  Pa.  SparU  chs.,  Ind. 

Rev.  John  P.  Hudson,  Montour^ville  and  Linden  Rev.  Henry  Little.  D.D..  Indiana. 

chs..  Pa.                .    ^    _  R«v-  C-  F-  Waldeoker,  Wheeling,  ZIon  German 

Rev.  S.  Forbes,  Bethel  ch..  West  Va.  oh..  111. 

Rev.  P.  D.    owan,  Jone.««boro'  ch,  Tenn.  Rev.  F.  J.  Reiohert,  Shannon  ch.,  III. 

Rev.  W.  S.  Doak.  Timber  Kidget  Richland,  and  Rev.  Donald  Fletcher.  EUin  ch..  III. 

New  Salem  chs..  Tenn.  Rev.  J.  C.  Truesdale,  Watseka  ch..  III. 

Rev.  Svlvester  8.  IkT«en,  Hearn,  Texas.  Rev.  W.  F.  Cellar,  Plymouth  ch..  111. 

Rev.  N.  Reutenik,  Chevoit  German  ch.,  Ohio.  Rev.  Robert  Rudd,  lypper  Alton  ch  ,  III. 

Rev.  U.  0.  MacBride,  Otsego  ch.,  Ohio.  Rev.  John  Branch.  NlcLeansboro',  Equality,  and 

Bev.Thot.  Hill,  Grove  City  and  Scioto  chs.,  Ohio.  Harrisburgh  chs.,  III. 


Board  of  Home  Mmiom, 


[January 


Rev.  A.  T.  Norton,  D.D..  Illinolji. 

Rev.  J.  W.  McGrejtor,  bchoulcraft  ch ,  Mich. 

Rev.  J.  T.  Willett,  Pine  Rirer  nod  Emerson  eba., 

Mich. 
Rev.  C.  P.  Clark,  Port  Austin  and  Port  Gresoent 

ch-..  Mich. 
Kev.  Calvin  Clark,  Michi^n. 
Rer.  B.  G.  Riley,  Wi:<con8in. 
Rev.  B.  Phillips,  Badson  oh..  Wis. 
Rev.  John  Fairchild,  Peshtigo  Sugar  Bush  oh., 

Wis. 
Rev.  L.  FiMe,  Granville  and  Richland  German 

chs..  Wis. 
Rev.  Joseph  Witlenburger,  Beloit  German  oh., 

Wis. 
Rev.  O.  H.  Elmer,  Moorehead  and  Fargo  chs., 

Minn. 
Rev.  D.  C.  Lyon,  Minnesota. 
Rev.  C.  M.  Allen,  Plymouth,  Rock  Rapids,  and 

Dell  Citv  chs.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  J.  .McU.  McDonald,  Algona  oh.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  C.  R.  French.  Grundy  Centre  oh.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Isaiah  Reid,  Nevada  ch.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Klaaii  Smlts,  Muscatine  Ger.  ch.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Geo.  R.  Carroll,  Iowa. 
Rev.  N.  C.  Robinson,  Nebraska. 
Rev.  Geo.  Miller,  Greenwood  ch.,  Mo 
Rev.  .lames  Reed,  J.«acitfde  and  GranisviUe  ohn^ 

Mo. 


Rev.  Geo.  A.  McKinley,  Mirable  oh.,  Mo. 

Rev.  John  Linan,  Cuba,  Calvary  ana  Union  chs.. 

Mo. 
Rev.  B.  B.  Bhaw,  Elk  Prairie,  Edgar  Springs  and 

Chalmers  chs^  Mo. 
Rev.  John  B.  Allen,  Md. 
Rey.  V.  M.  Kinjc,  Bnninffame  ch^  Kas. 
Rev.  Alex.  Thompson.  Bolton  ch.,  Kas. 
Rev.  I.  T.  Whittemore,  Wathena  and  Doniphan 

chs..  Kas. 
Rev.  J.  C.  MoElroy,  Spring  Hill  ch.,  Eas. 
Rev.  Timothy  Hill.  Kas. 
Rev.  John  D.  Bell,  Canon  City  and  Fair  Play 

chs..  Col. 
Rev.  D.  H.  Mitchell,  Georgetown  and   Idaho 

Bprings  chs..  Col. 
Rev.  J.  £.  Anderson,  Loninnont,  Boulder,  Rol-. 

lins  and  Caribou  chs..  Col. 
Rev.  J.Gibson  Lowrie,  Black  Hawk  and  Cen- 
tral City  chs..  Col. 
Rev.  BheldoQ  Jackson,  Colorado,  Wyoming  and 

Montana. 
Rev.  P.  L.  Arnold,  Laramie  and  Rawlins  c hi. 

Wyg. 
Rev.  John  Edwards,  Visalla  and  Tule  River  chs., 

Cal. 
Rev.  J.  A.  Hood.  Maroa  oh..  111. 
Rev.  Thotf.  Fraaer,  Cal.  Oregon,  Ao. 


FINANCIAL  CONDITION  OF  THE  BOARD. 

Debt  at  Bank,  December  Ist,  1872 $33,900 

Due  to  Missionaries,  December  1st,  1872. » » 2A.(>00 

$&8,0(X> 
To  December  Ist  the  Board  has  received  $143,407,  of  the  $475,000  apportioned  by  the  General 
Assembly.    To  be  raised,  $331,633;  requiring  $82,883  per  month,  for  the  balance  of  the  fiscal  year. 
Shall  it  be  done?  a  D.  POWEL,  Treasurer.  * 

RECEIPTS  FOR  HOME  MISSIONS  IN  NOVEMBER  1872. 


Stnod  of  Albaicy.— P6y  of  i4/&an|/— Princeton 
oh  44  80;  Am:«terdam  1st  ch  iH;  Johnstown  ch, 
96,  of  whicli  J^adies'  Home  Miss'y  Soc'y  60;  Am- 
fti^rdam  2d  ch  150  71 ;  Mariaville  ch  19;  Nassau 
ch  U.  rhtf  of  C^mp'am— Au  Sable  Forks  ch  14. 
Pby  of  Troj^— Glen*s  Falls  ch,  add'l  2;  Troy, 
Park  ch  40  65;  Troy.  Wood-'ide  ch,  in  part 
219  15:  North  Granville  ch  44  50;  Troy.  West- 
minster ch  Bab-sch  12;   Cambridge  ch  27  55 

693  80 

Stuod  or  Baltdi ORB.  —  P6v  of  BaUimor^^ 
Baltimore,  Brown  Memorial  ch  38  .30:  Govnne 
Chapel  ch  10.  Pby  of  New  Om^— Delaware  City 
ch  15  21;  Port  Penu  ch  49;  Green  Bill  ch  40, 
of  which  Sab-sch  2i».  Pby  of  Wa$hington  Clty^ 
Washington,  Gurley  ch  30  18-i  51 

ST50D  OF  CiKCiini  ATI.—  Pbu  of  ChiUicoths-^Pimh 
oh  3<»;  Hamden  oh  6  50;  Mo  Arthur  oh  5  10.  Pby 
o/Oin«innati— Williamsbtirg  ch  10;  Somerset  ch 
3  57  ;  Lebanon  ch  40;  Morrow  ch  6  35,  of  which 
SAb>soh  2  85;  Cincinnati  2d  Ger  oh  16.  Pby  of 
2>aj//on— Hamilton  ch,  a  balance  5;  Venice  ch 
32:  Piqua  2d  ch  40;  Dayton  1st  ch  145  25;  Yel- 
low Springs  tst  oh  39.  Pby  of  PorUmoulh—lTOiX' 
ton  en,  Woman's  .MisVy  Soc*y  100;  Gallipolis  ch 
35.  of  which  Sab-soh  15;  Manchester  oh  79; 
Jackson  ch  4U  80;  West  Union  ch  10         642  57 

Sthod  of  CLtrMLkm.—Pby  of  Cleveland— Klngfi- 
ville  ch  19  42;  Cleveland  2d  ch,  in  part  286;  Rev 
A  R  Clark  50;  North  Springfield  ch  5  76;  Rev 
D  Witter  and  wife  5;  ♦♦A  Member"  2.  Pby  of 
Mahonbig—MfKKtiiWon  oh  26;  Farmington  ch  6. 
Pbu  of  St  Cte«r«Pi/to— Nottingham  oh  63  15; 
Rockhill  ch  36  45.  Pby  of  SUubenvtlU—V hrickB- 
viliech  6;  Stenbenville  Ist  ch  43  57;  Beftiesda 
ch  10;  Madison  ch  7:  Ridse  oh  13  55;  Waynen- 
burgh  ch  32:  Wellsville  ch  52;  Gale  Ridge  ch 
10  35;  Carrollton  ch  20;  N^w  Harrisburg  ch 
5;  Long's  Run  oh  Sii  02.  of  which  Estate  of 
George  Thompson,  deo'd  9  40  676  26 

Stkod  of  Colorado.— f6y  of  OolorcuU) — Denver 
Ist  ch.  (F  street)  19  05 

SrivOD  OF  CoLtJMBus.- Pby  of  ilMent— Poroeroy 
ch  16  55;  Athens  1st  ch  35;  Decatur  ch  2.    Pby 


of  Cb/unt6u«— London  oh  21  5(*;  Amanda  ch  5  10; 
Lancaster  cb48;  Grove  City  oh'  3  20;  Bl4>ndon 
and  Central  College  ch  34.  Pby  of  Marion— 
Little  Mill  Creek  ch  6  28;  Yorkch  10  82;  Murys- 
ville  ch  8  26.  Pby  of  Wooster—8he\by  ch  9; 
Congress  ch  19  25;  West  Salem  ch  7;  Ontario 
ch  4;  Millersburgh  ch  8  55;  Wooster  oh  72  13. 
Pby  of  Zane8viUe—C\fiTk.  oh  9  55 ;  Fairmount  oh 
9;  Ro^evillech  10:  Uniontown  ch  5;  Pumam 
ch  2  57:  Homer  ch  5  10;  Granville  ch  169  14; 
Widow  Merrill,  late  of  Johnstown,  Ohio  5;  Zanes- 
ville  8d  oh  80  83 ;  Salem  Ger  ch  8  25  869  50 

SnroD  OF  EaiR— P&^  of  ilt^A^nj^-Bakerstown 
oh  30;  Allegheny  Ger  ch  U  88;  Allegheny  2d 
ch  45;  Leetsdale  ch  79  20;  Sharpsburgh  ch 
113.  Pby  of  ButUr-^Mnddy  Creek  oh  18  28; 
Butler  ch  75;  Scrub  Grass  ch  4o;  Sunbury 
ch  13  80;  Pleasant  Valley  oh  13  50.  Pby  of 
Clarion— 'Sew  Rehoboth  ch  22;  Clarion  oh 
41  53.  Pby  of  Erie— Erie,  Park  ch  84;  Girard 
oh  25  10;  Rouseville  ch  20;  Corry  ch  23;  Harbor 
Creek  ch  14  26;  Waterford  oh  10  SU;  Sunville  ch 
4  15:  Susar  Creek  ch  3;  Pleasantville  ch  180; 
Greenville  ch  62:  Mt  Pleasant  ch  12  02:  Winsrloo 
ch  6  48.  Pby  o/ iTi^tanning- Rockbridge  ch  3; 
Boiling  Spring  ch  9;  Freeportch  50;  Elderton 
ch  9  21.  Pbtf  of  Shenango — Mahoning  ch  47  72; 
West  Middlesex  oh  20;  Clarksviile  ch  47  11 

1138  74 

STifOD  OF  Gbwiva.— P5y  of  Cayuga— QenoA  ch 
45  21 ;  Port  Bvron  ch  37  25;  Aurora  ch  91  .35,  of 
which  Wells  College  30;  Cayuga  ch  20.  Pby  of 
Chenmng— Tyrone  ch  2  85;  Sugar  Hill  ch  3  19  ; 
Bouthport  on  14:  RockHtream  ch  53  01:  Eddy- 
town  ch  .3'!.  Pby  of  Geneva— Penu  Van  ch 
254  46:  Ithaca  ch  116  37,  ot  which  J  B  Wiltiam^ 
Esq  100;  Waterloo  ch  91;  Seneca  Falls  ch 
Sab-sch  125;  Geneva  ch.  roon  con  21  41;  Seneca 
ch,  a  balance  144  15;  Victor  ch.  in  part  44  95; 
Canandaigua  ch,  in  part  16-3.  Pbjf  of  Lyons— 
Fairville  ch  2  50;  Palmyra  ch  40;  Huron  ch.  a 
balance  lo:  Newark  ch,  from  F  A  Cressy,  Ej^q 
6.  Pby  of  Steuben— HvLth  ch  40;  Addison  oh 
82  26  O    1386  95 


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Board  of  Home  Missions. 


8T50D0f  H4RSi8BnBO^P6{/o/  QtrlUie—Cit'iiy^ 
foarjeh  ch  S3  46,  of  which  from  Harriet  McCreary 
li»;  Greencastle  ch  63;  H»rri»burff.  Pine  at  ch, 
add'l  140  24:  Newport  ch  22  80;  Shippennburg 
ch  64  8i:  Middle  Uprtnff  ch  !«<».  Pf»i  of  Uunting- 
doft— Honidfly!<burs(  ch,  addU  45  73;  Spruce 
Creek  ch  a74  6k)  \  Bethel  ch  12;  Saxton  ch  10  30; 
Birmingham  ch  177  43;  Lojian^B  Valley  ch  20; 
Mt  Union  ch  8;  West  Eishacoquillas  ch  lli>; 
Milesbnrich  ch  19  61;  Snow  Shoe  ch  2  49:  Mo- 
ahannoQ  ch  I  R3.  Pbu  of  Northumberland— M^if- 
flinbiirg  ch  8  49 ;  Shamokin  lac  ch  8  62:  Mahon- 
inse  ch  40  06;  Lock  Haven  ch  10;  Washington 
ch  34  40;  Elyiobiirg  ch  4:  Shamokin  ch  2  50; 
Benovo  ch  8:  Grove  ch  60,  of  which  Sab-9ch 
15  14A1  97 

STSOD  of  ILUVOIS,  CEWTRAt.— P5y  of  BtoominQ- 
ton^Chenoa  ch  21  40;  Atlanta  ch  7  6-5;  Piper 
Citv  ch  15.  fby  of  ftoria— Princcville  ch  -iO; 
Oneida  ch  8ab-i*ch  4-  Pby  of  Schuyler— Qnmo 
Creek  ch  13  25:  Plvmouih  ch  16  60;  Augusta  ch 
JJd  60;  Elbeneier  ch  17;  itodd.srille  ch  6  66; 
"Unknown'*  13  ».  Pbp  of  Sprirg/ield—SpTmff- 
field  im  eh  62  62;  Pet^^rsburg  oli  31  60;  lri.'*h 
Grove  ch  7  50  260  77 

Stxod  or  lujHOU,  NoKTiL — Ptff  of  Chicago— 
Homewood  8  85;  Re*  E  R  D^iviw  2t);  ChicaKO, 
Jeffer-on  Park  oh  202  65;  KHokakee  £h  4^; 
Manteno  ch  33  81.  Pity  of  F/-««t>or<-lJalena 
Ger  ch  20:  Bockford  1st  ch  161:  Willow  Creek 
ch  46:  Freeport  3d  ch  26  9k  P»if  of  Ottatoa— 
Morns*  ch  2i«.  Pb¥  of  Rock  River— Ma'den  ch 
6  45;  Rochetle  ch  21;  Edgington  oh  18:  Camden 
ch  20,  of  which  Sab>iM3h  8;  Coal  Valley  ch  4; 
North  Henderson  ch  19  40;  Sprmg  Valley  ch 
6  676  71 

Stsod  or  iLLnron,  South.— P&y  of  Alton— Le- 
banoo  Ger  ch  2  25 ;  Zion  Ger  ch  15 ;  Salem  G»»r 
ch  12;  New  Amity  ch  6  60;  Belleville  ch  46  20; 
Virden  ch  68  10:  Sugar  Creek  ch  36:  Alton  ch 
149  70.  Pbyof  OJtro— Cairo  ch  60;  Enfield  ch 
Ifi;  OInev  ch  16:  Richland  ch  17  66.  Hn/  of 
Mattoon—Vfeni  Okaw  ch  10  60;  Palefltine  ch 
85  98;  Beck  with  Prairie  ch  9  06;  Vandalia  ch 
44  35;  Mattoon  ch  3i  46;  Oakland  ch  20  684  64 
SnoD  or  Indiana,  North.— /%  of  Oawfords- 
r<We— BockTiile  "h  12  18;  Bethany  ch  38;  Frank- 
fort ch  34  7o:  Marshfieldch  6;  Zion.««ville  ch  8; 
Newtown  ch  13  15;  Rob  Roy  ch^:  La  Fayette  10. 
Pay  of  Firrt  Ifovnc— Lima  ch  .'.C  16;  Now  Lan-« 
OHKtcr  ch  10;  Kendall ville  ch  2i  90.  Pljy  of 
.LogajMporf— Remington  oh  20.  Pby  of  Mu»ete^ 
Ander».on  l»t  ch  13  219  44 

8T3roD  OF  iBMA^fA.  80UTH-— Pbw  of  Indtonaoofis 
—Union  ch  10  68;  Souihport  ch  i2  09;  Indian- 
apolis iHtch.  from  Mrn  W  A  Holliday  2«»:  Beihany 
en  25;  Blooniinston,  Walnut  St  ch  60;  Grt^en- 
wood  ch  20.  Pby  of  Neu>  Albany—Seyn  Waahing- 
ton  ch  2;  Madison  2d  ch  3  60;  Charlestowu  ch 
29;  Hanover  ch  16.  of  which  M  E  Logan's  Sab- 
ach  cla^i*  1;  Paoli  ch  6  30;  OrleanH  ch  5  2u; 
Madison  l»t  ch  Sab-wh  30  97.  Pby  of  Vuicennes 
— Vinoennea  2d  ch  31;  Princeton  ch  36  36; 
EvansVille.  Vine  St  ch  100.  Pby  of  While  Water 
— Richmond  ch  26  10;  Ru3bvillecb28;  Knight»- 
town  ch  8  458  19 

Stxod  of  Iowa,  No»th.— P6j/  of  Oedar  Rapids— 
Anamo9a  ch  I  83 ;  Centre  Point  ch  1 ;  Cedar 
Rapid*  l8t  ch  76  22;  Linn  Grove  ch  3  05;  Shelfs- 
bursh  ch  4  5<>;  Pleasant  Hill  ch  10  60;  Bluirs- 
town  ch  8 ;  Clarence  ch  12.  of  which  Pastor  8. 
Pby  of  Dubuque— McGregor  Ger  ch  4  20;  Wau- 
kon  ch  20,  Lansing  Ger  ch  7;  Manchester  ch 
6  6u;  SherrlU's*  Mount  Ger  ch  9;  Winthrop  ch 
20;  Independence  Ger  ch,  from  little  Bptha 
Sohalble  2  50 ;  Dubuque  Ist  ch  100.  Pby  of  Fort 
Dtdge—Sinrm  Lake  ch  3  60;  Cherokee  ch  7; 
Denison  ch  7;  Vail  ch  3.  Pby  of  Waterloo-' 
Rock  Creek  ch  4;  Northwood  ch  6;  Grundy 
Centre  ch  20  334  30 

SV50D  of  Iowa,  Somn.—Pby  of  Dee  Moines— 
Albia  ch  10;  Indiauola  ch  6  30.  l*bv  of  Iowa— 
Kirkville  ch  8:  Birmingham  eh  10  05;  Otturawa 
ch  7  65.  Pby  of  Iowa  0U¥— South  Ridge  ch  6 ; 
Washington  ch  40.  PbyofMiMOuri  iZtuer— Atlan- 
tic ch  8  40:  Avocach  2  20;  TecuniBeh  ch  12; 
fi  tlena  ch  1 ;  Nebraska  City  Ist  ch  Sab-sch  25 ; 


Pleasant  Ridge  oh' 2;  Beatrice  ch  10;  Collejre 
Springs  ch  3  149  60 

Stmod  of  Kakbas.— P6y  o/^fffj^Wand-Neuchatel 
French  ch  6  lo.  Pby  of  A'«)*^o— Girard  and 
Monmouth  chs  6.  Pby  of  l>>peAa— Wamego  ch 
3;  Bellevue  ch  2;  Edgertown  ch  7  23  10 

Synod  of  Kkwtcckt— fty  o/\B6cn«er— Mays- 
ville  ch  18  86 ;  Ashl.ind  ch  62  55.  Pby  of  Louis- 
vUleSoaih  Carroltonch  2  60;  Elizabethtowu  ch 
14  20:  Cane  Run  and  Plum  Creek  chs  13  60; 
Penn*«  Run  ch  2  50;  New  Castle  ch  7  30.  Pby 
of  Transylvania^  Perry viWe  ch  26  60  147  00 

Stkod  of  Loiio  IsLAHD.— P6y  of  Brooklyn— 
Brooklyn  1st  oh,  Remsen  St  65  /i8;  Brooklyn, 
Lafayette  Ave  ch,  in  part  1037  76;  Brooklyn  2d  ch 
229  US:  Brooklyn.  Clas-^on  Ave  ch  Sab-sch  12\ 
Pbu  of  L>tng  Island— MorichtB  ch  31.  Pbv  of 
AoMau- Melville  ch  8  40  1*»7  U 

Stvod  of  Michigan.— Pfty  of  DetroU  —  hU 
Clemens  ch  38;  Detroit  Ist  ch,  in  part  878  91 ; 
IndHpendence  ch  11  40;  Springfield  ch  II  86. 
P6v  0/ ifaiawa^jo— Richland  ch,  from  Simeon 
Mi1Ih5.  Pby  of  Law«Mii^LHnsiiiK  2d  ch  M  tWi, 
of  which  Woman's  Home  aud  Foreign  MIss'y 
Soc'y  7  66;  Homer  ch  121.  Pby  of  M'mroe— 
Raisin  ch  18  50.  Pbv  of  Sa{finaw—EMi  Saginnw 
lstch34  69;  AuSablech  11  695  00 

Stnod  of  Minnbsoia.- Pby  of  Mankato-Si 
Peter's  Union  ch  35.  Pby  of  St  Paul-R^d 
WmgchSO;  Moorheadch  10;  Taylor's  Falls  ch 
12.  of  which  Sab-«ch  2;  St  Croix  Falls  ch  6; 
Minneapolis  Isl  ch  12  60.  Pby  of  Winona— Hioh- 
land  Prairie  ch  3  20;  Preston  ch  4  80;  Fremont 
ch  12;  Rushford  ch  4;  La  Crescent  ch  10  168  to 
Stnod  of  Missouri.— rty  qf  Osage-Greenwood 
ch  5  70:  Holden  ch  11  65;  l^xmgton  ch  15. 
Pby  of  /^x/OTjrro— Bloberly  1st  ch  12;  Macon  ch 
j2  46  35 

Synod  of  Niw  jKftSET.- Pby  of  Elizabeth— Bh^k- 
inridae  ch  12»i,  of  which  Sab-ach  10,  and  Frank- 
lin Sab-Hoh  6;  Pluckamin  ch  100:  Cranford  ch 
88  CO;  Elizabeth  port  ch  36;  Elisabeth  2d  ch  191  90; 
Elizabeth   1st  ch  4uo  27.    Pby  of  Jersey  Oty— 
NewfoundUnd  ch,  adil'l  2  45:  PftPJ'nio  ch  11  66: 
Rutherford  Park  oh,  add'l  48  09;  Paterson  Ut 
ch  113  50.    P6tf  of  Monmouth-Toml>*  River  cii 
27  60:  Cream  Ridge  ch  20;  Mount  Holly  ch  80. 
Pbu  of  Morris  and  Oratn/e- Morrlsiown,  South 
St  ch.  a.ld'l  30;  Chatham  ch   113  81,  of  which 
Stanley  Sab-sch  MIss'y  Soc'y  12;   Flandern  ch 
17  25;  East  Oranire  1st  ch  91  86.    Pby  qf  Newark 
—Newark  2d  ch  181  60,of  which  Young  Peoples 
MIss'y  Socy  71  56, and  quar  coll  Hi  95;  Newark 
3d  ch  Sabsch  100;  Newark,  Plane  St  ch  11; 
Newark  6ih  ch  60;    Newark,  South    Park  ch 
520;  Newark,  Wickliffe  .ch  :«  06.    P^n/ofN^w 
Brunswiek-Treaton  lat  ch  561;  Milfordch  U; 
Holland  ch  8;  Amwell  1st  ch  16  20;  Kingston 
eh  100;  Stockton  ch  24    6;  Hamilton  Square  ch 
8:  Trenton  4ih  ch  475.  Pby  o/iV«oton— Hacketts- 
town  ch  276  65,  of  which  Sab-sch  6»;  Sparia  ch 
17  70.    Pby  of  West  Jer««/— Bridaeton,  West  ch 
126;  Atlaniio  City  ch  10;  Fislerville  ch  60;  Cam- 
den 2d  ch  126;  Pittsgrove  ch  160  432:1  i»4 
Synod  of  Nkw  York.— Pby  of  Boston— Wind- 
ham «h  22  80.    Pby  of  ifiktoon— Havers! raw  Cen- 
tral ch  and  Sab-sch  62  60;  Jeffersonvllle  German 
ch  6  60;  Ramapo  ch  41.    Pby  of  New  York- 
Hew  York,  Canal  st  ch  25;  Rev  W  W  Atterbury 
60;  New  York  7ih  ch  32  10:   New  York  ch  10; 
New  York  4th  Ave  ch,  add'l  37  20;  New  York 
1.3th  St  ch,  Sab-sch  Missionary  Association  600 ; 
New  York  Scotch  ch  426;    New  York.  Murray 
Hill  ch  162  66.     Pbv  of  North  fiiuer— Pleasant 
Plains  ch  26;  Poughkeepsie  ch,  mon  con  :i(»  29; 
Rondout  ch,  (of  which  a  member  50,  and  MWh 
Marv  Hasbrouck's  Sab-sch  cla^s  17)  200      Pby 
of  Westchester— South   Greenburgh   oh  136  o8; 
Mt  Kisco  ch  24;  Siamford  1st  ch  Sab-Mch  29  64; 
Yonkfra  1st  ch.  in  part  368  72;  Thompson  ville 
ch  03  50;  Sing  Sing  ch,  in  part  300  2550  49 
Synod  of  PACinc— Pby  of  B«n»cia— Two  Rocks 
ch  17  03;  Davisvilleand  Fremont  chs  12  4:1.  Pby 
of  Saeramento—Stockion  ch  28  37:  Woodbridge 
ch  17  03;  Sacramento  ch  29  61;  Kelseyville  ch 
9  08.   Pby  of  San  i''/-anct6Co— Oakland  2d  ch  11  35. 


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fbyofSan  Jiwrf-WationTllle  ch  11  85;  Gilroy 

Sthod  of  Philadklphia.— pftM  of  Chester— 
Goatedville  ch  CO;  Oxford  ch  (of  which  Mt 
Joy  Sabsch  11  86)  190.  Pbt,  of  Lackawanna 
T;,?"**'!*?®  ^^  <o'  ^^^^^  Cailin  8ab.«ch  3  «o) 
^??  £U  2.^''^S  ****  ''•  Uawley  ch  3-.;  Toiranda 
ch  302  69;  Newton  ch  lo.  Pb^  of  Lehigh- 
Shawnee  ch  8  70;  Mountain  ch  7;  Brainerd  ch 
^^'^a^P^f  h^^'f}}  ?^.  ^^''  Eckley  ch  16.  Pby 
of  Philadelphia-\'U}\Hde\ph\n,  2d  ch  (of  which 
1  R  Hmith,  haa  lOO)  178  70;  Philadelphia,  Whar- 
ton 8tch  69.    PbyofPhOadelphia.Central'-PhWA' 

?f|Pi^.'*»D^l!*^".*^l^.  ***>  ^*^  *"J  Cohocksink  ch 
144  32;  Philadelphia,  Arch  fit  ch  622  C6;  Ken- 
Hingion  ch  126;  Betheada  oh  250.  J^u  o/ PhUa- 
ddphia,  North-Pori  Kennedy  ch  2f  42;  New- 
town ch  ft8  46;  Abingion  ch  93.    Ptp  of  We$U 

?iT*irTr®^r.S"'"'"**"J^  ^^  Ifi;  Lancaster  ch 
132  66;  Slate  Ridge  ch  19  2810  80 

8t!«oi)  or  PiOTSBuaoH.— Pfej,  of  BlairsviUe— 
BUinitdle  ch  200;  Salem  ch  37;  Pleanani  GroTS 
ch  10  40;  New  Salem  ch  26  80:  Irwin  ch  24  08; 
New  Alexandria  ch  (of  which  Sab-8ch  18  27) 
105  3i;  Johnstown  ch  65  34.  Pbv  of  Pittsburgh— 
PittHburKh  3d  ck  (of  which  lOU  from  George  Ed- 
wards, E^q)  720  40;  Pittsburgh,  Grace  eh  3  76; 
?.- i*/*'S  ®?  ^^  ^V  P»«»burgh,  Bellefield  ch 
15*..*®.'  S®^^***)^  «*>  77;  Haalewood  ch  67  85; 
Miller's  Run  ch  16;  BloomflHid  Istch  8;  Mount 
Washington  oh  8:  Montour'^l^h  44.  Pbii  of  Red- 
«ton«--SewickIey  ch  17  16:  Little  Red  Stone  ch 
^A:  !>X^"?.^^*y  c^  7  60;  McKeesport  ch  15  95. 
tyy(tf  ivathington— Cross  Creek  ch  66  36;  Forks 
of  Wheeling  ch  200;  New  Ciiinberlaud  ch  81. 
Pt>u  of  West  Virginia— FAirmoni  ch  30;  Sister- 
ville  ch  26;  French  Creek  ch  31  25  2123  27 

Stood  orTof^MSKZ—PbyofHoUtm—RfyPD 
Cowan  6;  Mt  Lebanon  ch  26.  Pbu  of  Kingston— 
Bethel  cli  21:  CIoTor  Hill  ch  6.  Pbu  of  Union— 
New  Prospect  ch  4;  Westminster  ch  2  80;  Pleas- 
ant Forest  ch  6  68  80 

Stnod  op  Toledo.— P5>/  of  BOUfontaine—Bacy- 
rus  ch  32  25;  We«t  Libeny  ch  9  67;  Buck  Creek 
ch  26.  Pby  oj  Huron— Florence  cli  H»;  Elmore 
ch  10;  Monroerille  ch  It  18;  Norwalk  ch  137. 
Jvy  o/iwki— Turtle  Creek  ch  (of  which  8ab-f<ch 
10)  17;  Mt  Jefft'rson  ch  3;  Liina  ch  l£  90.  itty 
of  JIaumee— Toledo  German  oh  (of  which  Sab- 
sch  2)  6;  Toledo  IPt  ch  16;  We^t  Bethesda  ch 
li;  Mauinee  Ist  ch  12;  Perrysburgh  ch,  from 
Mrs  Hatch  6  318  90 

Stnod  op  {JncA.—Pbf/  of  Binghamton—Oweao 
ch  377  Qb.  Pby  of  %»aciMfi-Syracuse  Park  ch 
(of  which  adult  Bible  class  30)  250;  Jordan  ch 
8  52;  Fnyette  ch.  from  three  roemberH  11;  Am. 
boy  ch  21  20;  Mureellus  ch  106.  Pby  of  8t 
Lfiwrenee— Canton  ch  43  11 ;  Hammond  ch  25; 
backet's  Harbor  ch  33  45;  Watertown  Ist  ch 
282  81;  Waddington  ch  2i  64;  Oswegatchie  2d 
eh  30.  Pby  of  Utiea— Rome  ch  103  29;  Lyons* 
Falls  ch  8;  Deerfleld  iJh  9;  MarUnsburgh  ch 
8  60;  Oneida  ch  100;  Boonville  oh  36  41;  Whites- 
town  ch  23  1495  88 

STifODOP  WuTXRir  NbwTork.— Ph^  of  Buffalo— 
East  Aurora  ch  lO;  East  Hamburg  on  lo;  West 
Aurora  ch  26;  Buffalo  1st  ch,  from  Mrs  Walter 
Clarke  2.  Poy  of  Qenesse—PorUineviWe  ch  16; 
Warsaw  ch  142  20.  Pby  of  Oeneses  VaUei/—E\li' 
oottville  ch  6;  Allegany  ch  13.  Pby  of  Niagara 
—Niagara  Falls  ch  lOO;  Millville  ch  12;  Pendle- 
ton and  Wheatfield  ch  21.  Pby  of  Rochester— 
Dansville  ch  68;  Rochester  Sd'  oh  15(»;  Brock- 

Sort  ch  101;  Sparta  2d  ch  16  78;  Brighton  ch 
»  40:  Caledonia  ch  12  36;  Rochester  Brick  ch, 
from  Edward  Lyon  100,  and  Ladles  Benevolent 
Society  76  —  176;  Bergen  ch  18  63,  of  which 
8ab*sch  4  43  976  36 

STifOD  OP  Wwooxsnr.— P6f/  of  Chippewa— Und' 
son  ch  17  65.  Pby  of  Lake  5up6ru>r— Marquette 
ch  141.  of  which  Hon  J  W  Edwards  50,  and  M  W 
Maynard,  EnjeO;  Escanaba  ch  11  35;  Sault  Ste 
Marie  ch  20.  Pby  of  Afi/waMAw— Waukesha  ch 
20:  Ottawa  ch  6;  Janesville  ch  38  82:  l>elaA«ld 
ch  9  87;  Jefferson  ch  12  13.  Pbttof  Winnebago— 
Robinson ville  oh  12.  Pby  of  Wisconsin  Rioer— 
Cottage  Grore  oh  Sab-sch  4  26 ;   Poyaette  oh 


I  A??i' JtPS.'^Jl®*^*'  ^  ^*  Port»«e  City  1st  ch  15  43; 
Lodi  oh  36  18  3^-j3  3g 

From  the  Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Fi- 
'»*'^^  1,773  38 

Total  received  flrom  churches,      $29.283~68 

i^^^"f"""^**i®i?*^°  J?*'«*®»  Pittsburgh,  Pa 
130  70;  Legacy  of  Mism  Nancv  Wood.  Ohio  loo ; 
Estate  of  Afisa  Sarah  M  Waddell  26;  Ferry  Min- 
istry Fund  76  '  -^330  ^q 

Mis0iLLAiiww8.-Mrs  Eliaabeth  Brant,  Mt  Car- 
roel,  Ind  2 ;  ReligioUH  Contribution  Society  of 
Princeton  rheological  SemmMry  108  46;  Misa 
ME  Scovill  Clifton  Springs.  N  Y6;  M  K  PlaU 
S'«.'?S'/y'^J^**^'ir«"'N  ^'■•^I  Commodore  0 
?J^'"J'^'lI?'? '^i  "Home  Missions"  1:  lntere«t 
«,^^P*^'5  Fund"  250;  -A  Friend"  5003;  Cyrua 
Wells.  Esq,  Howell.  Mich  10;  B  W  D.inning,  E*q 
Bound  Brook.  N  J  50;  Miss  K  M  Linnarl.Phila: 
delphia,Pa6;  Miss  Jane  L  Cat  heart.  Philadelphia, 
Pa  10;  -C,ya"A2;  -Sag  Harbor"  50;  VV  M 
Blakeman,  M.D,  N  Y  City,  lb ;  ••«  "  6         6813  45 

Total  in  November,  $33,467  73 

a  D.  POWEL,  Treamrer, 

30  Vesey  Stree^  New  York. 

OLOTBINO. 

1  box  ft-om  the  Dorcas  Society  of  Wyoming 
ch,  Ohio,  valued  at  100  ii8 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Ridge  ch,  Ohio, 
valued  at  ®  46  00 

2  boxes  from  (he  Ladies  of  South  3d  st  cb, 
Williamsburg,  N  Y.  valued  at  466  38  • 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Girard  cb.  Pa. 
valued  at  54  5 

I  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Park  cb.  Erie,  Pa. 
valued  at  2u9  11 

1  box  from. (he  Ladies  of  Ist  ch  Columbus, 
Ohio,  valued  at  286  60 

1  box  from  the  Ladies*  Home  Miss'v  and  Aid 
Society  of  Binghamtou  Ist  ch,  N  Y,  vafued  at 

,  ^       *  ,  290  00 

n}  ^1  .5"°I?  J**®  Ladies  of  Westn\instep  ch, 
Bloomneld,  N  J,  valued  at  280  00 

I  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Caldwell  ch.  N  J, 
valued  at  115  qq 

I  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Mt  Kisco  cli,  N  Y, 
▼aJuedat  •  136  od 

1  box  from  the  Ladles  of  Phillips'  ch,  N  Y 
City,  N  Y,  valued  at  i65  00 

I  box  from  ihe  Ladies  of  the  Gettysburgh  ch. 
Pa,  valued  at  150  oo 

3  boxe»  from  the  Ladies'  Sewing  Society  of 
Madison  Square  ch,  N  Y  City,  N  Y,  valued 
"',  u       ,  ^  340  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies*  Sewing  Society  of  l»l 
ch  Pittsburgh,  Pa.    No  value  given. 

1  box  from  the  Ladies' Sewing  Society  of  Isl 
ch  Peek^kill,  N  Y.  valued  at  2OJ  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies*  Miss'y  Society  of  Lake 
Forest  ch,  III.    No  value  given. 

1  box  from  the  Ladies'  H  M  Society  of  Pay* 
etteville  ch.  N  Y,  valued  at  300  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies*  Mi8s*y  Society  of  Low- 
ville  ch,  N  Y,  valued  at       •  76  00 

2  boxea  from  the  Ladies'  Board  of  Missions  of 
Auburn  1st  cb,  N  Y,  valued  at  697  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Cleveland  Ist  ch, 
Ohio,  valued  at  280  00 


$4177  00 


PRESBYTERIAN    ROOMS, 
No.  30  Vbsbt  Stbbbt,  Nbw  York  Orrx. 
Oor,  Secretaries— Bay,  Hiirar  Kiudau.,  D.D., 

Rev.  Ctbus  Diouor,  D.D. 
TVsonfrsr— SAKtin.  D.  Powil,  E*q. 

LsTTaas  relating  to  Missionary  Appointments 
and  otiier  operations  of  the  Board,  should  ba 
addressed  to  the  Corresponding  Secretaries,  No, 
30  Vestry  Street,  New  York  City.  Letters  re- 
lating to  the  pecuniary  affairs  of  the  Board,  op 
containing  remittances  of  money,  should  be  hadI 
to  S.  D.  PowxL.  Esq^  Treasurer— aame  addroas. 


1873.]  Board  of  Education.  9 

BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 

TBB  UAXrUft  TVITLT  18  PUITTBOUS,  BQ*   THl  LAB0RSB8  AU  nW;    P&AT  Ti  TEBBITOU   IBB  LOED  OF   THB 
BABTBBT,  YBAT  BM  WIU.  BBITO  fOBTH  LABOWUB  IHTO  HU  HAEYBBT.— Matt.  iX.  87,  88. 


THB  WORLD'S  NEED  OF  MEN  TO  PREACH  SALVATION. 

The  opening  of  another  yeax  calls  the  Christian  anew  to  **  watch  and  pray  *' — 
to  watch,  as  the  soldier  of  an  army  of  conquest,  both  against  the  advances  of  the 
enemy  and  for  opportunities  of  success ;  and  to  pray,  as  the  means  by  which  he  is 
to  be  armed,  supplied  with  all  needed  help,  inspired  with  courage,  and  insured 
the  victory.    In  such  a  spirit  should  we  now  survey  the  condition  of  the  world. 

How  amazng  the  rapidity  with  which  God  is  opening  the  world  to  the  access 
of  Christian  civilization  and  truth !  What  a  wondrous  series  of  facts  might  be 
easily  adduced  to  illustrate  it!  South  America  ia  being  spanned  by  railroads  and 
telegraphs,  some  of  them  to  connect  the  opposite  sides  of  the  continent,  and  open 
it  to  foreign  trade  and  intercourse.  Many  documen<n  in  regard  to  popular  educa- 
tion have  been  translated  into  the  Spanish  language,  by  gentlemen  educated  in 
this  country  and  in  England,  and  are  leading  to  the  establishment  of  numerous  well 
arranged  schools.  New  communications  with  Central  Africa  direct  fresh  atten- 
tion to  that  continent.  The  political  changes  in  Europe  are  tending  to  the  eleva- 
tion of  the  common  people,  and  the  dissemination  of  liberal  education,  and  free- 
dom of  thought  and  of  raligio^  worship.  In  Germany  and  France  most  unanti- 
cipated advances  of  this  kind  have  resulted  from  their  recent  war ;  in  the  one,  the 
government  has  just  broken  down  the  feudal  power  of  the  ariBtooratic  house  of  its 
parliament,  which  stood  in  the  way  *,  and  in  the  other  we  see  a  republic  which  is 
copying  for  itself  more  and  more  the  leading  features  of  our  own.  In  Asia  how 
many  astonishing  events.  Most  so  is  the  continued  progress  of  Japan.  During 
the  past  year  the  emperor  has  recognized  Christianity;  the  work  of  publicly 
demolishing  idol  temples  is  going  on,  out  of  six  hundred  in  one  province  less  than 
a  fourth  now  remain  standing;  the  government  has  recently  appropriated  two 
millions  of  dollars  towards  establishing  fifty-three  thousand  common  schools,  two 
hundred  and  sixty-five  high  schools,  and  eight  colleges,  and  it  compels  the  attend- 
ance at  these  institutions  of  all  children  and  young  persons  over  six  years  of  age. 
The  facts  as  to  the  corresponding  spread  of  commerce  and  growth  of  wealth,  in 
the  world  at  large,  are  overwhelming. 

The  oppressive  thought  of  a  Christian  soul,  before  such  facts,  is — what  are  we 
doing  to  send  forth  the  armies  of  salvation  ?  The  kingdoms  of  the  earth  are 
arraying  their  armies.  Germany  has  more  than  a  million  soldiers,  Russia  a  million 
and  a  third,  England  near  half  a  million ;  there  are  five  and  a  half  millions  of 
soldiers  in  Europe.  This  the  world  does ;  now  what  is  the  Church  of  Christ  doing 
to  subdue  the  world  ?  We  dare  not  follow  out  the  inquiry.  The  answer  is  too 
well  known.    It  is  too  painful.    It  presents  too  terrible  a  contrast. 

We  may  .apply  these  facts  to  the  consideration,  what  is  the  Presbyterian 
Church  doing  to  educate  religious  teachers  for  the  world  ?  Is  it  enough  to  be 
increasing  her  entire  ministry  at  the  rate  of  but  one  hundred  men  a  year,  above 
its  losses  by  death  and  other  causes?  Does  it  promise  a  speedy  triumph  over  sin 
in  the  world,  when  a  Church  like  the  Presbyterian,  worth  a  large  share  in  our 
national  wealth,  can  give  an  eighth  of  a  million  a  year  to  help  her  young  men  to 
arm  themselves  for  the  conflicts  of  the  kingdom  of  righteousness  ? 

Christian,  with  what  purposes  of  prayer,  of  complete  self- consecration,  of  new 


iO  Board  of  Education.  [January 

efforts  for  good  to  mankiad  and  honor  to  God,  and  of  expenditare  of  money,  the 
essential  "  sinews  of  war,"  even  in  behalf  of  right  and  salvation,  do  you  begin 
another  year  ? 

TIMELY  NOTICE. 

When  the  Board  last  year  was  unable  to  pay  in  season  most  of  the  appropria- 
tions, and  those  due  the  students  jn  May  were  indefinitely  postponed,  some  of 
them  and  their  professors  and  teachers,  were  dissatisfied  that  early  notice  of  such 
a  possibility  had  not  been  given  to  them  in  order  that  they  might  have  made 
timely  provision  otherwise  for  their  wants. 

The  action  of  the  Board,  which  is  published  in  this  number  of  the  Monthly 
Record,  gives  timely  notice  to  students  of  the  measures  which  seem  to  be  necessary 
in  the  present  state  of  the  treasury,  and  in  case  the  churches  do  not  sustain  the 
advance  which  the  General  Assembly  has  directed  the  Board  to  make. 

It  has  required  nearly  the  entire  contributions  from  April  till  December  to  pay 
off  the  $49,000  remaining  from  the  last  collegiate  year.  It  is  therefore  impossible 
to  pledge  the  May  appropriations  of  this  year,  when  we  have  now  to  borrow  the 
money  to  pay  those  for  November,  and  when  so  large  an  amount — $90,000 — will 
be  required  to  pay  the  quarters  of  January  and  March,  and  this  debt. 

The  question  of  the  extent  and  period  of  the  payments  to  come,  now  depends 
solely  upon  the  success  with  which  the  ministers  and  people  carry  out  the  resolu- 
tions of  the  General  Assembly  in  the  spring,  and  of  the  Synods  since.  There 
was  much  promise  then ;   what  is  to  he  the  result  f     The  time  has  come  to  prove  it. 

Few  appeals  to  our  church  membership  should  be  more  moving  -than  the 
knowledge  of  the  difficulties  into  which  students  are  thrown  by  the  want  of  help 
upon  which  they  have  relied.  To  the  churches  the  Board  now  presents  this 
earnest  plea  for  early  contributions,  which  must  be  twice  as  large  as  formerly  in 
order  to  meet  the  necessities  of  the  year. 

ANNOUNCEMENT  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION  CONCERNING  THE 

PAYxMENTS  TO  STUDENTS  PALLING  DUE  ON  AND  AFTER 

JANUARY  1st,  1873. 

The  Board  of  Education  has  to  the  utmost  of  its  power  informed  the  churches 
of  the  great  and  growing  demands  upon  it  during  the  few  past  years,  caused 
by  the  increase  of  candidates  recommended  by  the  Pres'byteries  having  Jbeen  so 
much  larger  than  that  of  the  contributions  of  the  money  which  these  recommen- 
dations require  the  Board  to  pay. 

It  is  not  the  business  of  the  Board  io  discuss  the  character  of^  this  increase. 
For  the  examinations  as  to  the  qualifications  of  the  candidates,  the  Presbyteries  are 
responsible.  They  are  the  parties  most  interested.  The  Board  believes  they  have 
generally  been  conscientious  and  careful,  and  that  there  are  as  few  reasonable 
grounds  of  exception  to  their  performance  of  their  office  in  this  respect,  as  to  the 
operations  of  any  other  agency  of  the  Church  for  the  advancement  of  religion.  It 
is  sufficient  for  the  Board  of  Education  to  be  able  to  say  that  it  has  performed  the 
duties  which  the  General  Assembly  has  committed  to  it,  conscientiously  and 
strictly,  and  that  the  Assembly  has  approved  its  management,  and  commended  it 
as  an  object  olaiminff  at  this  time  special  and  unusual  liberality  and  benefactions. 

Nor,  on  the  other  hand,  is  it  the  business  of  the  Board  to  furnish  reasons  why, 
when  the  Presbyteries  have  charged  it  with  the  care  of  their  candidates,  they  and 
the  churches  have  failed  to  fulfil  the  implied  agreement  to  supply  the'  funds  need- 
ful. Tl)e  increase  in  the  contribution  of  funds  has  been  little  above  half  that  of 
the  number  of  students  recommended.  A  number  of  reasons  have  been  given  by 
ministers  and  other  correspondents  for  this  insufficiency  of  contributions.  But, 
we  need  scarcely  say,  these  reasons,  however  good,  do  not  pay,  or  satisfy,  the 


1873.]  Board  of  Education.  11 

demands  of  waiting  and  impatient  creditors  for  clothing,  rent,  books,  and  other 
thin^  necessary  to  the  students. 

It  18  time  now  that  this  condition  of  affairs  should  end.  For  two  years  the 
Board  has  earnestly  labored  to  inform  and  awaken  the  Church  to  the  pecuniary 
necessities  involved  in  this  increase  of  students.  It  has  patiently  borne  the 
unmerited  reproach  of  men,  which  apparent  want  of  success  surely  brings,  from 
one  quarter  or  another,  upon  the  best  and  holiest  efforts  of  the  servants  of  our 
Master.  It  has  borrowed  money  beyond  the  limit  of  prudence.  It  has  delayed, 
month  after  month,  payments  long  due  and  long  promised  by  it,  to  candidates  for 
the  ministry,  who  have,  through  this  failure,  forfeited  their  own  and  the  Church's 
reputation.  Now,  therefore,  it  is  necessary  that  this  state  of  things  must  end. 
The  Board  must  provide  for  the  fulfilment  of  its  duties  and  obligations  in  some 
way  more  iust  to  the  candidates  for  the  gospel  ministry^nd  more  to  the  honor  of 
the  Church.  The  income  of  the  treasury  must  be  mfide  to  equal  the  proper 
demands  upon  it,  and  this  announcement  should  be  given  just  at  this  season,  that 
the  churches  and  the  students  may  understand  it. 

THE    STATE    OF    THE    TREASURY. 

The  state  of  the  treasury  is  as  follows : — The^  total  receipts  of  the  Board  for  the 
seven  months  commencing  with  May,  durinj?  which  the  contributions  are  always 
light,  were  $39,836.  This  is  a  gain  of  $15,402  upon  the  same  months  of  last  year, 
which  may  be  set  down  mostly  to  the  credit  of  the  "  special  collection."  The 
receipts  for  December  will  bring  this  up  to  about  $50,000. 

Including  the  debts  from  the  last  year,  the  total  payments  required,  from  April 
1st  till  the  close  of  December,  will  amount  to  $78,900;  on  January  1st  the  Board 
is  liable  for  $30,000  more;  making  in  all  $108,900. 

The  sum  of  $28,900  beyond  the  money  on  hand  will  be  needed  therefore  to 
close  up  this  month,  and  on  the  1st  of  January,  to  meet  the  demands  then  due, 
$30,000  more;  making  $58,900. 

RESOLUTIONS    OF    Tm    BOARD. 

In  view  of  these  facts,  it  is  now  resolved  by  the  Board : 

I.  That  an  amount  of  money  shall  be  borrowed  by  the  Treasurer,  for  which  this 
present  action  is  his  authoriW,  sufficient,  in  connection  with  the  receipts  until  the 
close  of  December,  to  pay  on  all  the  obligations  of  the  Board  until  that  date,  so 
that  every  student,  properly  recommendea  and  reported,  shall  receive  in  full  what 
the  Board  is  indebted  to  him  until  that  time. 

II.  That  the  payments  for  the  January  and  March  appropriations  shall  be 
made  only  as  the  funds  are  furnished  by  the  churches,  giving  a  general  preference 
to  the  presbyteries  which  supply  the  means  for  their  own  candidates. 

III.  That,  in  case  the  funds  received  previous  to  the  month  of  May  shall  be 
insufficient  to  pay  the  entire  indebtedness  of  the  Board  for  appropriations  and  the 
loans  authorized,  the  Board  will  not  hold  itself  responsible  tor  the  appropriations 
due  after  the  close  of  the  present  fiscal  year,  which  ends  April  1st,  and  it  will 
request  of  the  next  General  Assembly  permission  to  return  to  the  former  annual 
rates  of  aid  to  candidates  for  the  ministry. 

RESPONSIBILITY    LAID    UPON   THE    CHURCHES. 

It  is  the  earnest  and  prayerful  hope  of  the  Board  that  the  measures  which  it 
now  takes  may  be  sufficient  to  give  it  the  means  to  maintain  the  advance  which  it 
believes  the  interests  of  the  Church  and  of  the  cause  of  Education  truly  need ;  to 
replenish  its  more  than  empty  treasury ;  and  to  save  the  young  followers  of  Christ, 
who  have  devoted  themselves  to  the  office  of  proclaiming  salvation  to  our  countless 
dying  fellow-men,  and  those  related  to  their  education  in  numerous  ways,  in  dis- 
appointments and  losses  which  would  be  a  shame  to  the  Presbyterian  name,  and 
a  reproach  to  Christianity.  These  measures  now  lay  the  responsibility  where  it 
does,  and  must,  finally  belong. 

The  Board  deeply  feels  its  vital  relationship  to  the  health  and  growth  of  the 
Church.  Without  such  a  general  and  efficient  arm,  the  larger  part  of  the.  pious 
yonn^  men  looking  to  the  ministry  would  be  hindered  for  years,  or  even  prevented 
entering  its  ranks :  the  home  and  foreign  missions,  now  struggling  for  bare  exist- 
ence in  many  f^reat  fields  where  they  should  be  strongly  manned,  would  be  cut 
down  one-half  in  the  force  of  laborers ;  and  the  whole  spirit  and  tone  of  minis- 
terial education  in  the  Presbyterian  Church,  deprived  of  the  sustaining  and  ani- 
mating power  of  the  sympathy  and  pecuniary  assistance  of  the  living  member- 


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Board  of  EduccUion. 


[Januart/ 


ship,  would  be  paralyzed  and  feeble.  It  would  be  an  indescribably  momentous 
ana  dreadful  calamity  to  us  as  a  Christian  denomination,  and  to  the  religious 
welfare  of  the  nation  and  of  mankind,  if  any  serious  injury  should  be  inflicted, 
through  the  continued  neglect  or  indifference  of  our  people,  upon  that  organ  of 
the  Church,  by  which  she  has  recruited  and  educated  her  admirable  and  efieotive 
ministry. 

These  are  the  sentiments  and  corresponding  aims  of  the  Board  of  Education. 
They  seem  to  be  the  mind  of  the  General  Assembly.  They  would  appear  to  be 
no  more  than  the  impulses  which  are  communicated  to  souls  born  of  Qod,  and 
truly  consecrated  to  the  ends  for  which  Jesus  Christ  came  into  the  world.  The 
action  which  the  Board  has  no>w  taken,  lays  upon  every  man,  however  humble, 
the  necessity  of  deciding  in  his  measure  whether  or  not  these  ideas  and  aims  are 
to  be  sustained  and  encouraged. 


RECEIPTS  AT  PHILADELPHIA  IN  NOVEMBER. 


8Tiroi>  or  Albakt.— Fbv  of  i4i6any--Sand  Lake 

1  ch  20  40.     "*       

Greenville  ch  14  41  40 


ch  7;  Princeiown  ( 


Fby  of  (Mumbia-^ 


Synod  op  Atlantic— Pby  of  Fairfidd-loMtens 
ch  3  00 

Stnodop  BALTiMOBi-Pfty  o/'Bai«inor«— Brown 
Memorial  ch  95  40 

8TM0D  OF  Cleveland.— P6j/  of  C?«)«Zano— Cleve- 
land let  ch  2^;  ^k>lon  ch  6;  Cleveland  North  ch 
10.  Fby  of  Mahoning— Leetoum  ch  15;  8alem 
Ist  ch'31:  Middle  dandy  ch  10:  Warren  ch 
bt  67.  Pby  of  Steubenvule—tietUleUem  ch  6; 
New  Philadelphia  ch  9;  Richmond  ch  4;  An- 
napolis ch  16  i*77  67 

tiYNOD  OF  Columbus- Pby  of  Athens^Log&n  Ist 
ch  *^  66;  Bapbau  ch  2  10;  Marietui  ch  lu.  Pt^/ 
of  Wooater—Om&rio  oh  3  44  75 

Stsoi)  Of  EstiE.—Pby  of  AUeghenff—AWegheny 
let  Ger  ch  6  40.  Pby  of  £re«— Edinboro  oh  2a. 
Pby  of  Kittanning—Raral  Valley  ch  h  U      34  61 

<5YN0D  OP  GsNitVA.— /^y  Of  Chemung— 'EUmrR 
2d  ch  52.  Pbu  of  GFeiwua— Ithaca  let  cb,  add'l 
19  96  „7196 

Synod  of  Haeewburo.— Pby  of  Carlisle— Fetenf 
burg  ch  2.  Pby  of  Northumberland— Dvrry  ch  6 ; 
Wasbingtonville  ch  4  11  00 

ttTNOD  Of  ILUN018,  CMCTaAL.— P6y  of  Mlooming- 
ton— Paxton  ch  9  54;  Buckley  ch  6  62.  tuv  of 
,SWi«y/«r— Keithfburgh  ch  6  04  2i  11 

SYNOD    Of    ILUNOU,    NORTH.— i^    c/    OUOWO" 

Morris  Ist  ch  26  •  0 

Synod  Of  Indiana,  Nobth— P6y  of  Orawfbrds- 
t7W«— Frankfort  ch  13  60.  Pbu  of  Fort  Wayn^— 
Lima  lat  ch  4  Oi.  Pby  of  ifa/id«— Muncie  ch 
15  32  52 

Synod  of  L'tduna,  South.— Pby  of  Ntxo  Albany 
—Seymour  qh  3  40 

Synod of  Iowa,  Noeth— Pby  o/Dufru^e— Wau- 
kon  Ger  ch  20  00 

Synod  of  Iowa,  South  —Pby  of  Des  Maine*— 
Luoa9  Station  ch  I  65 ;  Newbern  ch  6u  cts.  Pty 
of  Missouri  iJ»ver— Tekamah  ch  3  75  6  00 

Synod  op  Kansas.— Pby  oj  Highland— R\gh\Bind 
ch  4  60.   Pby  of  Topcto— Lawrtnce  Ist  ch  61  7o 

42  20 

Synod  of  Kentucky.— Pby  of  Louisville— CatvoI- 
ton  oh  2  00 

Synod  of  Lono  Island.— Pby  of  Brookfyn — 
Lafayette  Ave  ch,  Brooklyn'  282;  Brooklyn, 
Boss  St  ch  3*^  74  318  74 

Synod  of  Minnesota.— Pby  of  JUankato—MsLU- 
kalo  Ist  oh  67  60.  Pby  of  H'tnono— Preston  ch 
2  50  60  00 

Synod  op  Missoubl— Pby  of  Osa^d— Lexington 
1st  ch  2  50.  Pby  of  St  Lotua—Si  Louis  2d  ch 
70  16  72  65 

Synod  of  New  Jbbsiy.- Pby  o/jeZj«»b«tA— Eliza- 
beth Ist-ch  100  44;  Larriogton  ch  44;  Plucka- 
mJn  ch  40.  PJy  if  Jersey  (ify— Claremont  ch 
7;  Englewood  ch  253  27.  Pby  of  Monmouth— 
Creatn  Ridge  ch  6;  Tom's  River  ch  7.  Pby  of 
Morris  and  Oronye— Morristown  Ist  ch. 250  87; 
Morristowti  7lh  oh  821  6^  Kockaway  oh  61  35. 
Pby  o/i\r«i«»rA— Newark  Ist  oh  114  l«;  Newark 
2dch  37  66;  Newark  3d  ch  85  41;  Newark  6th 
oh  36.    Pby  0/  JVino  Brunttoick—Datoh  Neck  ch 


20;  Princeton,  Witberspoon  st  ch  6.  Pby  of 
A'ewton— Greenwich  1st  ch  4  26.  Pby  of  iVest 
Jisrsey— Camden  Isich  100:  Camden  2d  ch  28  23; 
PittBiirove  ch  10;  Cedarville  1st  ch  20       1441  26 

Synod  of  Niw  York.— Pby  o/ £rud«ort— Union- 
Tllle  ch  28 ;  Port  Jervls  ch  5b.  Pby  of  New  York- 
New  York  oh  6;  New  York,  Rutgers  St  oh  430  70; 
New  York  Istch,  special  2500;  University  Place 
ch  1217  54  4247  24 

.  Synod  of  Philadelphia.— Pby  o/I.«At^A— Allen- 
town  ch  Sab-soh  37  60;  Hokendauqua  ch  36. 
Pby  of  PAUode^pAia- Philadelphia  9th  ch  495  81; 
Clinton  st  ch  trabsch  60;  Walnut  st  ch  (from 
SamM  and  Mary  G  Field  125  each)  250;  South  ch 
48  42;  Westminster  ch  26.  Pby  of  Philadelphia^ 
Osittro^— Green  Hill  ch  103.  Pby  of  Philadelphia, 
-OToWA— Pottstown  Ist  ch  25  25.  Pby  of  Weeimxn' 
«f«r— Slate vi lie  ch  26;  New  Harmony  ch  6 

1100  98 

Synod  of  Pittsbueoh.- Pby  of  Boiston6— Con- 


nellHville  ch  78  02.  Pby  of  Washington— Crosn 
Road  ch  11  10;  Cpper  Buflalo  ch  10  To:  Pigeon 
Creek  ch  16  17;  Unity  ch  6  10;  West  Union  ch 


Sabsch  5:  Mill  Creek  ch  5  20;  Moundsviile  ch 
6;  Allen  Grove  ch  7  90  145  .'4 

Synod  of  Utica.— Pby  of  5»ng^mto»— Conklin 
ch  9  07.  Pby  of  Oteft/o— Westford  Congregational 
ph  6.  Pby  of  Svracuse—0»wego  1st  ch  61  72; 
Collamer  ch  7  20.  Pby  of  l/eica  — New  York 
Mills  ch  36  60  110  40 

SYNob  OF  Westsen  Niw  ToEK.— P6y  o/"  iV^iooaro 
—Niagara  Falls  ch  60;  Millville  ch  2  60       62  fO 

Syxod  op  WiaooNSiH.- P^  of  Wtsconein  River— 
Richland  Centre  ch  2  40 


$8384  40 
From  Committee  of  Benevolence  and  Fi- 
nance 673  42 

EKFU!n>BD. 

"G  L."  Pby  of  Cleveland  160;  "E  K  B**  160 

310  00 
misoellanbous. 

Rev  P  D  Cowan,  Union  Pby  5;  Rev  A  R  Clark, 
Cleveland  Pby  lo;  Mr  and  Mrs  W  C  Buj'hneil, 
Oneida  Lake,  N  Y  1  50:  RerT  Williston  and  soi\ 
4  16;  Rev  G  S  Boardman,  D.D.,  Cazeoovia,  N  Y  2u ; 
C  K  Stribling,  US  N  100;  From  a  Friend,  N  Y 
2ft  165  66 


Total  receipts  in  NoTember,       $d4:i3  48 
Total  receipts  from  May  Ist^     $39,836  35 
K  G.  WOODWARD,  iVeaaurer, 
Na  1334  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 


OrnoE  Of  TBI  BoABO  of  Education,  No.  1334 
Chbstnut  St.,  Philadelphia. 
Letters,  reporto,  ^c,  relating  to  oandidatea 
and  the  general  af&irs  of  the  Board,  are  to  be 
addressed  there  to  William  Spebe.  D.D.;  remit- 
tances of  money  to  Mr.  E.  G.  Woodward,  at  the 
tame  place.  Notice— All  correspondence  should 
be  sent  to  the  aboYe  address. 

-  .  -  cf 


1873.]  Board  of  Foreign  Mmons.  13 


BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 

RECENT  INTELLIGENCE. 

Notices  op  Missionaries. — Mrs.  McChesney,  widow  of  the  Rev.  W.  E.  Mo- 
Chesney  of  the  Canton  Mission,  and  her  child,  have  arrived  in  this  country.  Mr. 
an4  Mrs.  Dennis,  Mr.  Dale,  and  Miss  Ripp,  have  reached  Syria.  Mr.  Dennis  is 
at  his  former  station,  Sidon ;  Mr.  Dale  joins  Mr.  Wood  at  Zahleh ;  Miss  Kipp 
reimdns  for  the  present  at  Beirut.  Mr.  Bassett  and  his  family  were  on  the  eve  of 
starting  from  Oroomiah  to  occupy  Tehran  as  a  missionary  station.  We  have  a 
painful  report,  from  Constantinople,  of  the  death  of  Mrs.  Stocking,  wife  of  the 
Rev.  W.  R.  Stocking  of  the  Persia  Mission ;  but  no  particulars  have  yet  been 
received. 

Converts  RECBivED.-^In  the  Seneca  Mission,  Cattaraugus  Station,  4;  Dakotah 
Mission,  at  Greenwood,  2,  and  at  Fla\idreau,  1 ;  Canton,  1 ;  Kolapore,  1 ;  Gaboon, 
3 ;  Corisco,  at  Evangasimba,  11 ;  Rio  de  Janeiro,  1.  Mr.  Lyon's  report  of  Han^ 
chow  and  its  sub  stations  for  the  year  mentions  the  baptism  of  ten  adults  and  five 
children,  two  suspended,  two  excommunidttted ;  whdle  number  of  communicants, 
forty-two. 

Indian  Missions. — The  two  brethren,  Messrs.  Truax  and  Roberts,  who  went  to 
New  Mexico  lately  to  engage  in  teaching  among  the  Pueblo  Indians,  received  an 
almost  unanimous  ionsent  to  their  having  the  use  of  two  old,  large,  and  long 
unoccupied  buildings,  in  the  Pueblos  of  Santa  Domingo  and  San  Felipe  on  the  Rio 
Grande,  about  thirty  miles  from  Santa  Fe,  for  their  schools  and  for  their  own 
abode.  But  a  Romanist  priest,  not  living  in  the  former  place  nor  teaching  any 
school  there,  fastened  the  building  and  carried  ofif  |he  keys!  Similar  obstruction 
is  expected  at  San  Felipe.  The  priests  lay  claim  to  these  buildings,  because  they 
were  used  in  the  last  century  as  convents;  but  they  were  built  by  the  Indians  and 
rightfully  belong  to  them.  The  case  has  been  presented  to  the  Indian  Depart- 
ment, and  it  will  no  doubt  receive  proper  consideration.  It  is  worthy  of  remark 
that  though  for  more  than  two  hundred  years  the  Roman  Catholic  Church  pro- 
fessed to  be  the  instructor  of  these  Indians,  yet  hardly  any  of  them  can  read  or 
write.     Their  connection  with  Rome  now  is  but  nominal. 

The  Rev.  George  Ainslie,  formerly  a  missionary  among  the  Choctaws,  and  of 
late  years  ministering  to  churches  in  Minnesota,  has,  at  the  request  of  the  Board, 
received  the  appointment  of  Superintendent  of  E  Jucation  amomg  the  Nez  Perces, 
and  has  arrived  at  Lapwai.  Mr.  Ainslie  will  be  enabled  from  his  former  experi- 
ence, and  his  devotedness  in  the  work,  to  render  mu^sh  assistance  to  the  brethren 
already  laboring  for  the  welfare  of  these  Indians. 

In  the  Record  of  November  reference  was  made  to  a  band  of  the  Apaches  being 
on  a  Reservation,  under  the  kind  influence  of  an  agent  appointed  on  the  nomina- 
tion of  the  Board.  We  regret  to  learn  that  they  are  not  yet  placed  on  a  Reserva- 
tion. 

In  the  present  state  of  Indinn  questions  before  the  country,  in  view  of  measures 
pending  in  Congress  deeply  affecting  the  interests  of  many  tribes,  in  view  of  much 
unfriendly  and  unchristian  feeling  towards  them  in  some  parts  of  the  land,  and 
also  in  view  of  the  too  limited  work  of  the  various  churches  for  their  spiritual 
welfare,  we  trust  many  and  even  special  prayers  will  be  offered  unto  God  in  behalf 
of  these  poor  people.  /^  ^  ^  ^1  ^ 

^         ^     *^  Digitized  by  CjOOgle 


14  Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  [January 

Rechipts,  May  1st  to  December  1st. — From  churches,  $79,547 ;  from  legacies, 
$42,217;  from  individual  donors,  $24,413;  in  all,  $146,208.  Receipts  in  the  same 
months  last  year,  $123,348,  of  which  from  churches,  $85,117. 

Letters  Rbceited  to  December  14th. — From  Seneca,  Cattaraugus  Station, 
December  4th;  Chippewa,  December  5th;  Dakotah,  November  26th;  Creek, 
December  5th;  Las  Vegas/  November  11th;  Santa  Fe,  November  22d  ;  Nez  Perce, 
Lapwai,  November  22d ;  San  Francisco,  December  6th ;  Yokohama,  October  23d ; 
Yedo,  November  Ist;  Chefoo,  October  21st;  Shanghai,  October  26th;  Canton, 
October  10th ;  Ambala,  October  20th ;  Kolapore,  October  2Gth ;  Oroomiah,  October 
11th;  Beirut,  November  7th;  Abeih,  23d;  Sidon,  November  13th;  Gaboon,  Octo- 
ber 14th;  Coriflco,  October  8th;  Rio  de  Janeiro,  Octobar  2jth;  Brotas,  October 
10th;  San  Louis  Potosi,  Mexico,  November  Ist^ 


A.  D.  1832—1872. 


In  1832  in  the  Synod  of  Pittsburgh  an  eloquent  appeal  was  made  by  a  member 
in  behalf  of  some  good  cause,  his  appeal  being  founded  largely  on  the  growing 
population  of  the  '*  Valley  of  the  Mississippi."  Statistics  were  given  and  reasons 
assigned  to  show  that  in  a  few  years  thj^  great  valley  would  contain  25,000^000  of 
people.  Double  the  specified  period  of  time  has  since  gone  round,  and  the  statistics 
of  the  last  census  show  that  in  this  valley,  with  the  population  of  the  States  and 
Territories  further  westward  superadded,  the  population  does  not  near  reach 
the  number  then  estimated.  Its  growth  has,  however,  been  very  great;  the 
new  railways,  the  rising  towns,  the  influx  of  people  from  tne  older  States  and 
from  foreign  countries,  are  among  the  remarkable  things  of  the  period.  We  do 
not  wonder  at  the  interest  awakened  by  them  in  the  various  kinds  of  efforts,  which 
the  churches  of  different  denominations  are  making  for  the  establishment  of 
our  blessed  religion  in  this  vAst  Home  Missionary  field.  We  rejoice  to  see, 
moreover,  that  they  are  not  made  in  vain,  but  that  the  number  of  Evangelical 
ministers  in  this  great  valley,  as  in  all  the  country,  has  increased  during  the  last 
forty  years  in  a  ratio  still  more  rapid  than  has  been  reached  by  the  increase  of 
population.  And  so  of  church  buildings,  schools,  colleges,  theological  institutions, 
&o.  Everywhere  we  are  permitted  to  see  a  great  advance  in  the  agencies  of  light 
and  truth. 

AVe  look  back  over  the  same  period  to  see  how  the  case  stands  abroad.  Has 
the  mission  field  in  heathen  and  other  unevangelized  lands  kept  pace  with  the 
field  at  home,  in  its  growth  and  calls  for  Christian  labor?  In  its  increase  of  popu- 
lation we  of  course  see  no  great  advance ;  the  nations  of  the  East  are  mostly  sta- 
tionary in  this  respect;  some  of  them,  the  Chinese  and  the  Hindoos  for  instance,  could 
not  well  be  more  numerous  than  they  have  long  been  in  the  countries  occupied  by 
them.  But  in  these  nations,  with  reference  to  the  number  of.  souls  reached  by 
the  missionary  agencies  of  the  Christian  Church,  the  last  forty  years  have  wit- 
nessed truly  wonderful  pro;;rass.  In  1832,  India  was  but  partially  open  to  mis- 
sionary labor;  Siam  and  China,  hardly  at  all;  Japan,  not  at  all;  Western  Asia 
and  Northern  Africa,  only  beginning  to  be  explored  by  missionaries ;  Western 
Africa,  open  and  yet  almost  inaccassible  through  the  influence  of  the  traffic  in 
slaves ;  South  America  and  Mexico,  closed  and  barred  by  Rome.  Some  of  the 
islands  of  the  seas  could  be  reached.  South  Africa  was  partly  open.  South 
India  was  also  open  in  part,  and  some  of  our  Indian  tribes  were  receiving  the 
gospel  from  missionaries.  In  general,  we  see  several  hundred  millions  of  people 
now  within  full  access,  who  then  could  not  be  reached  at  all,  or  but  with  great 


1873.]  Board  of  Foreign  Missions.  15 

difficulty  and  risk  of  life.  In  this  respect,  hardly  any  period  of  the  same  length , 
about  the  lifetime  of  one  generation,  has  been  marked  by  greater  changes,  by  politi- 
cal, commercial,  and  religious  movements,  all  directly  tending  to  encourage 
the  Church  in  her  great  work  of  Missions. 

If  our  space  permitted,  it  would  be  easy  to  enumerate  other  considerations 
tending  to  the  same  result.  In  the  journeys  made  by  missionaries,  for  instance — 
China  can  be  reached  now  in  weeks  instead  of  months,  as  formerly ;  one  of  our 
missionaries  was  nearly  four  months  in  going  from  Calcutta  in  1834  to  Lodiana, 
now  the  same  journey  can  be  made  in  three  or  four  days.  Still  more  might  we 
specify  signs  of  progress  in  the  conversion  of  souls,  in  the  Christian  training  of 
heathen  youth,  in  the  staff  of  native  missionary  laborers,  in  the  translations  of 
the  Bible.  In  these  and  other  respects,  the  work  abroad  has  certainly  made  a 
great  advance  since  1832.  Hardly  less  important  is  the  advance  in  the  recogni- 
tion of  Christian  duty,  the  adoption  of  right  principles  and  methods,  the  enlist- 
ment of  persooal  effort  among  the  churches  of  this  country  in  their  relations  to 
this  cause ;  and  we  may  refer  especially  to  our  own  Church,  now  standing  unitedly 
on  ground  not  then  taken  by  many.  As  the  result  of  these  interior  convictions 
of  the  people  of  God,  we  must  hope  for  stronger  and  wiser  labors  in  time  to  come. 

At  home  and  abroad,  therefore,  we  see  great  progress.  We  are  grateful  to  God 
for  what  we  see,  and  are  encouraged  to  expect  still  greater  results.  And  yet  we 
cannot  survey  the  work  without  deep  concern.  The  harvest  is  still  plenteous, 
and  the  laborers  are  few.  What  are  less  than  two  hundred  ministers,  European 
and  American,  native  and  foreign,  for  i;he  people  of  China  ?  The  Chinese  are  tenfold 
more  numerous  than  the  people  of  our  country,  and  the  laborers  are  fewer  there  than 
here  by  some  hundred-fold,  or  as  200  to  over  40,000.  In  so  many  years,  what  vast 
multitudes  of  our  fellow-men  have  gone  to  the  grave  without  having  heard  of 
Christ!  Even  now,  what  great  numbers  are  crossing  the  narrow  space  of  life 
with  ourselves,  who  know  as  little  of  the  way  of  salvation  as  did  their  forefathers, 
and  who  must  be  made  to  know  it  by  the  Christians  now  living,  if  they  ever  know 
it  at  all.  Herein  is  our  responsibility.  Herein  too  is  a  large  part  of  our  dis- 
couragement, that  we,  as  followers  of  Christ,  seem  to  be  feeling  so  little  concern 
for  these  perishing  people.  Yet  we  must  go  further  if  we  would  understand  all 
the  discouragement,  even  down  to  the  depths  of  heathen  depravity.  Their  utter 
alienation  from  God,  their  debased  condition  for  the  most  part  in  morals  and  life, 
their  compjete  want  of  every  thing  that  the  Gospel  brings  to  men,  their  dislike  of 
the  gospel  itself  in  its  spiritual  claims  upon  them,  these  are  discouraging  indeed. 
How  powerless  is  all  human  effort  to  save  these  lost  souls  I  But  in  God  is  our 
help,  and  their  help — in  his  grace  abounding  more  than  our  common  sin  and  ruin  -, 
and  our  hope  of  success  is  in  the  promises  of  God.  Success  is  sure.  The  Word 
of  the  Lord  hath  made  it  sure  to  our  faith. 

Let  us  be  gracious  laborers  ourselves,  strong  in  faith,  mighty  in  prayer ;  let 
earnest  zeal  for  God  and  pity  for  men  inspire  the  Church  of  Christ  in  all  its 
own  members,  and  he  who  writes  a  paper  like  this  in  1912  will  write  with  thanks- 
giving of  the  wonderful  progress  of  the  kingdom  of  Christ  in  all  the  world. 


"LOOK  ON  THE  FIELDS.*' 

We  refer  to  the  fields  of  our  Missions : 

1.  Our  Indians — lear  u^.  depending  on  the  churches  of  this  country  alone; 
soon  to  be  saved,  or  to  perish. 

2.  Western  Africa— with  which  we  are  more  conaectei  than  any  other  Chris- 
tian  n%lionj  by  oar  having  so  m  \nj  persons  of  African  descent  in  our  country. 


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3.  Syria — reaching  nearly  all  Arabic  speaking  people. 

4.  Persia — in  the  centre  of  Asia. 

5.  India — occupied  by  the  sec3nd  great  heathen  popalation  in  point  of  numbers, 
all  ander  a  Protestant  government. 

6.  Siam  and  the  Laos — where  Buddhism  reigns  almost  without  a  rival. 

7.  China — with  its  unequalled  population;  the  Chinese  in  California  connect- 
ing the  people  of  their  native  country  specially  with  our  people ;  our  missions  in 
China  proper,  and  at  Sau  Francisco,  having  therefore  peculiar  interest  and 
importance. 

8.  Japan — the  latest  opened  field. 

9.  South  America,  Mexico,  and  Papal  Europe — ^with  which  our  country  has  so 
many  relations. 

10.  The  Jews — for  whom  our  work  unhappily  is  but  nominal. 

In  these  missions  about  150  of  our  ministers  including  natives  are  laboring, 
and  they  are  aided  by  nearly  800  assistant  missionaries — Christian  women  from 
this  country,  and  native  laborers  of  various  grades.  We  thank  God  for  so  many, 
yet  alas,  how  few  for  such  great  work!  We  must  still  hear  our  blessed  Lord 
saying  unto  us,  **The  harvest  truly  is  plenteous,  but  the  laborers  are  few.  Pray 
ye  therefore  the  Lord  of  the  harvest  that  he  will  send  forth  laborers  into  his  har- 
vest." 


THE   COMMUNION    SERVICE   AT 
CANTON  IN  SEPTEBIBER. 

The  Rev.  A.  P.  Happer,  D.D.,  writes 
as  follows  from  Canton,  China,  October 
10th. 

On  September  29th  we  had  our  regu- 
lar communion  service.  There  was 
one  of  those  whose  application  was 
deferred  from  the  previous  communion, 
received  to  the  membership  of  the 
church.  The  other  two  were  provi- 
dentially prevented  from  meeting  with 
the  session  at  that  time,  but  they  are 
still  under  instruction,  and  are  still 
giving  increasing  evidence  of  their  love 
to  the  Saviour.  There  are  five  others 
who  are  serious  inquirers,  and  of  whom 
I  entertain  a  very  favorable  hope  that 
the  Spirit  of  God  has  begun  a  good 
work  of  grace  in  their  hearts,  and  who 
are  desirous  to  confess  Christ  before 
their  fellow-men  as  soon  as  I  may  deem 
it  advisable.  Of  them  I  will  write  more 
fully  at  another  time.  The  paralytic 
man  and  his  mother,  who  were  received 
into  the  church  about  a  year  ago,  con- 
tinue to  grow  in  knowledge,  and  I 
trust  in  the  love  of  the  Saviour.  The 
mother  manifests  such  a  love  to  the 
Saviour,  and  such  a  desire  to  t«ll 
others  of  what  a  Saviour  she  has  found, 
that  she  is  under  special  instruction  to 
fit  her  for  acting  as  a  Bible- woman. 
The  care  of  her  son  prevents  her  going 
to  the  Training  School  for  AVomen,  so 
she  is  instructed  by  my  daughter.    She 


is  from  the  province  west  of  this,  so 
that  she  speaks  a  di^erent  dialect, 
hence  she  nas  to  learn  the  dialect 
spoken  here,  to  fit  her  for  usefulness 
among  the  people  in  this  city.  She  is 
learning  it  very  fast,  and  she  can  now 
be  well  understood,  though  she  can- 
not speak  with  much  fluency  yet. 
Another  woman,  who  has  been  sewing 
for  my  family  for  nearly  a  year,  is  also 
carefully  instructed  in  the  gospel  by 
Miss  Shaw  and  Miss  Happer,  in  the 
hopes  that  she  will  be  useful  as  a 
Bible-woman  in  due  time.  These  two 
women,  the  one  about  fifty-five,  and  the 
other  about  forty-five  years  of  age,  will, 
we  hope,  be  prepared  by  the  grace  of 
God  to  be  useful  in  making  known  the 
gospel  to  their  fellow-women  from 
house  to  house. 

The  great  need  still,  is  the  out- 
pouring of  the  Holy  Spirit.  There  is 
a  spirit  of  prayer  therefor,  and  a 
yearning  of  soul  over  the  perishing, 
which  1  trust  are  the  tokens  for  good. 
May  God  for  his  own  name's  sake  and 
for  his  glory's  sake,  show  us  his  mercy, 
that  his  saving  help  may  be  known 
among  the  heathen. 


CHIPPEWA  INDIAN  MISSION. 

In  July  last  Mr.  A.  W.  Williamson,  then 
acting  superintendent  of  this  mission, 
prepared  a  paper  for  the  use  of  some 
Christian  friends,  concerning  the  work 

lOgle 


1873.] 


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under  his  charge.  This  pftper  has  been 
banded  to  us,  and  we  insert  a  part  of  it 
below.  It  is  a  clear  and  satisfactory 
statement,  and  its  perusal  will  increase 
the  regret  caused  by  Mr.  Williamson's 
not  being  able  to  remain  at  Odanah. 
He  expected  to  leave  that  place  early 
in  December,  to  enter  on  his  duties  as 
a  professor  in  a  college  in  Michigan. 
The  Board  has  for  some  time  been  seek- 
ing  the  right  man  for  this  post,  and  as  we 
think  now  has  obtained  the  services  of 
one  who,  it  is  believed,  will  be  well 
suited  to  the  work,  and  who  will,  after 
a  couple  of  months,  enter  upon  it  with 
an  earnest  purpose  of  saving  the  souls 
of  the  Indians,  and  promoting  their 
best  welfare  for  this  life  also. 

The  Rev.  T.  S.  Williamson,  M.D.,  of 
the  Dakotah  Mission,  at  the  request  of 
the  Board,  made  a  visit  to  Odanah  in 
October.  He  thus,  on  the  ground,  gave 
earnest  consideration  to  some  questions 
of  importance  to  the  success  of  the 
Chippewa  Mission,  his  judgment  being 
aided  by  his  long  experience  in  his  own 
work  for  the  Indians.  His  views  will 
be  of  much  service  in  shapin;;;  the 
measures  to  be  adopted  by  the  Board. 
It  is  pretty  evident  that  if  these  Chip- 
pewa Indians  are  to  look  to  our  Church 
chieOy  for  the  gospel,  laborers  must  be 
employed  who  can  preach  to  them  in 
their  own  tongue.  The  teaching  of  the 
youth  in  schools,  coupled  with  manual 
labor,  will  of  course  be  continued,  and 
the  boarding-school  may  be  placed,  after 
a  time,  in  the  charge  of  a  layman  suit- 
ably qualified.  Satisfactory  arrange- 
ments for  these  purposes,  we  trust,  can 
before  long  be  made.  These  Indians 
are  mostly  very  poor,  but  are  willing 
to  work  for  their  support.  Most  of 
them  are  unable  to  read  or  write,  and 
too  many  of  them  are  under  the  influ- 
ence of  the  Roman  Catholic  religion, 
and  of  their  native  superstition,  but  we 
trust  a  brighter  future  is  before  them. 
With  them,  as  with  other  Indian  tribes, 
the  present  i^  a  critical  period.  It  is 
our  prayer  and  hope  that  the  gospel 
may  soon  be  given  to  them,  at  once 
to  save  and  civilize  them. 


The  Odanah  Mission  Manual  Labor 
Boarding-school  is  pleasantly  sitimted 
at  the  junction  of  White  River  with 
Read  River,  Wisconsin.  It  is  thus  acces- 
sible from  Lake  Superior,  four  miles 
distant,  by  vessels  drawing  six  feet  of 
water.  By  water  it  is  twenty  miles 
from  Bayfield;  by  land  it  is  twelve 
miles  from  Ashland,  the  northern  term- 
inus of  the  Central  Wisconsin  Railroad, 
which  is  to  be  completed  within  a  year. 
It  is  the  only  mission  station  for  the 
3500  Chippewas  of  Lake  Superior,  who 
are  soon  to  be  gathered  on  the  sur- 
rounding reservation  of  126,000  acres. 

As  the  centre  for  missionarjr  and  edu- 
cational operations  among  this  people, 
the  mission  has  the  following  advan- 


1.  The  most  favorable  location,  geo- 
graphically. 

2.  A  farm  of  340  acres  of  good  land, 
of  which  more  than  100  is  now  cleared, 
fenced,  and  cultivated. 

3.  Buildings  for  boarding-house, 
chapel,  school-house,  missionary's  resi- 
dence, a  bam,  and  other  outbuildings, 
worth  in  all  at  least  seven  thousand  dol- 
lars. The  boarding-house  much  needs 
a  laundry,  bath-room,  well,  piazza,  and 
some  other  conveniences,  which  wore 
not  attached  originally  for  want  of 
funds;  and  all  the  buildings  should  be 
repainted  and  otherwise  thoroughly  re- 
paired, at  an  expense  for  all  of  perhaps 
three  thousand  dollars.  By  a  little 
enlargement,  costing  not  more  than  one 
thousand  dollars,  it  could  be  made  to 
accommodate  fifty  pupils,  as  small  a 
manual  labor  boarding-school  as  can  be 
economically  managed,  where  all  the 
pupils  require  constant  care ;  as  small, 
surely,  as  the  wants  of  a  tribe  of  3500 
Indians  demand. 

[Mr.  Williamson  here  adds  a  para- 
graph in  giving  instruction  in  various 
mechanical  work,  such  as  cooperage, 
.  boat-building,  broom-making,  shoemak- 
ing,  &c.  These  things  would  no  doubt 
follow  in  the  train  of  Christian  civiliza- 
tion.   He  then  says:] 

We  have  the  following  encourage- 
ments in  the  work: 

1.  The  opposition  of  government  offi- 
cers, who  so  long  thwarted  and  baffied 
the  efforts  of  Mr.  Wheeler,  till  they 
-  ="  -    -     o 


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\Jamiary 


finally  wore  him  out,  has  passed  away, 
we  trust,  forever.  Under  General 
Grant's  system,  the  agents  aid  and 
encourage  missionary  operations. 

2.  We  have,  since  the  first  of  Novem- 
ber, 1871,  when  preparations  were  so 
frtr  advanced  as  to  render  it  possible  to 
open  the  boarding-school,  gathered  into 
it  twenty-two  pupils,  and  would  have 
twenty-five,  the  maximum  number  we 
are  allowed  to  receive,  but  that  we  have 
felt  it  best  to  reserve  three  places  for 
scholars  from  bands  yet  at  a  distance. 
We  find  these  children  as  ready  to 
labor,  and  as  apt  in  learning,  especially 
in  mechanical  pursuits,  as  white  chil- 
dren. Of  course,  ic  at  first  costs  as 
much  to  teach  them  as  their  work  is 
worth,  but  our  thirteen  boys,  aged  from 
ten  to  seventeen,  already  constitute  an 
efficient  force  on  the  farm. 

3.  With  a  school-room  poorly  fur- 
nished, and  seated  for  64  pupils,  we 
enrolled  87  last  winter,  and  107  this 
summer.  The  daily  attendance  has  of 
course  been  much  smaller,  averaging 
however  over  forty  for  the  whole  time, 
and  increasing  till  it  reached  sixty-five 
for  the  last  two  weeks.  This  has  been 
accomplished  without  offering  any  in- 
ducements whatever  in  the  way  of 
rations,  clothing,  prizes,  or  otherwise. 
The  enrolment  would  have  been  greater, 
and  the  daily  average  much  greater, 
had  our  working  force  been  sufficient  to 
permit  the  day-school  teachers  to  spend 
a  considerable  part  of  the  time  out  of 
school  hours  in  visiting. 

4.  Since  the  mission  nas  been  re'^stab- 
lished,  the  congregations  have  gradually 
increased,  till  for  several  weeks  they 
have  averaged  over  seventy. 

5.  We  find  that  all  that  has  been 
done  for  civilizing  these  Indians  in 
time  past,  which  has  proved  permanent, 
results  from  the  former  missionary  work 
here;  and  all  of  the  few  native* members 
stood  firm  during  the  seven  years  aban- 
donment of  the  mission. 

We  append  to  this  paper  some  intro- 
ductory remarks  from  Dr.  Williamson's 
report,  M'ritten  under  date  of  October 
15th,  thus  enabling  our  readers  to  judge 
for  themselves  of  many  things  at  that 
interesting  station. 

On  coming  in  and  seeing  the  children 
of  the  boarding-school,  who  were  eating 
their  dinner  when  I  arrived,  I  was 
surprised  as  well  as  gratified  at  their 
cheerful,  healthy  appearance.  It  would 
be  difficult  to  find  a  like  number  of 
children  equally  cheerful  and  healthy 


in  one  school  anywhere,  and  I  have  had 
an  opportunity  to  see  that  they  retain 
this  cneer fulness  when  at  work  and  in 
school,  as  well  as  at  meal- time  and 
playing.  Another  evidence  that  they 
nave  been  well  cared  for,  is  seen  in 
their  prompt  obedience,  and  respectful 
deportment  towards  those  who  have 
charge  of  them.  This  is  the  more  re- 
markable, when  we  consider  that  they 
have  been  gathered  into  school  within 
a  year,  most  of  them  from  families 
where  there  is  no  government,  and  at 
an  age  when  it  is  generally  thought 
most  difficult  to  teach  obedience.  Nearly 
all  are  between  ten  and  sixteen  years  of 
age,  or  at  least  appear  to  be,  and  to  see 
boy»  of  this  age  coming  to  Miss  Phillips, 
as  I  have,  and  asking  leave  to  go  out 
in  the  e^raning  to  see  their  friends,  or 
otherwise  amuse  themselves,  and  when 
not  allowed  to  go,  returning  to  their 
room  without  any  manifestation  of  dis- 
pleasure, as  I  have  seen,  affords  con- 
vincing evidence  that  she  is  eminently 
qualified  for  the  position  she  occupies. 
The  pupils  appear  to  me,  further,  to 
have  made  good  progress  in  their  studies, 
and  in  learning  our  language,  for  the 
time  they  have  been  in  school,  and 
when  out  of  school,  I  see  the  boys  work- 
ing quite  as  well  as  white  boys,  and  I 
doubt  not  the  girls  do  equally  well. 

The  buildings  are  ample  for  the 
present  occupants,  and  I  suppose  might 
accommodate  a  few  more;  and  they 
appear  well  planned,  with  a  single  ex- 
ception—a deficiency  of  flues  to  carry 
off  the  smoke,  in  consequence  of  whicn 
the  pipe  of  some  of  the  stoves  has  to 
be  carried  horizontally  a  great  distance, 
causing  smoke  in  the  house,  and  other 
inconvenience,  as  the  smoke  condenses 
in  the  pipe,  and  descends  in  copious 
drops  01  black  water  on  the  floors.  An 
attempt  will  be  made  to  remedy  this 
evil. 

I  have  been  agreeably  surprised  to 
find  the  Indians  here  generally  dressed 
like  their  white  neighbors,  and  many 
of  them  better  dressed,  and  with  better 
houses  than  the  average  of  the  frontier 
settlers  of  Minnesota  and  Iowa.  The 
neighboring  fisheries  and  pineries  afford 
them  superior  facilities  for  earning  a 
living,  to  what  are  enjoyed  by  the 
Dakotas  any  where,  and  tney  are  sup- 
posed to  be  and  probably  are  stouter 
in  their  arms  than  the  Dakotas,  whose 
upper  limbs  are  generally  smaller  than 
those  of  white  men  while  these  are  said 
to  be  larger,  probably  owing  to  their 
constant  habit  of  padiling  their^oanoes 


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from  infancy;  certain  it  is  that  they 
can  and  do  get  the  same  wa^es  as  white 
men  for  working  on  the  railroad*  and 
for  fishing  or  chopping  in  the  pineries, 
they  are  preferred  to  white  men. 

The  idea  that  it  is  contrary  to  the 
religion  of  their  ancestors,  and  conse- 
quently wicked,  dangerous,  and  de- 
grading for  Indian  men  to  .engage  in 
agricultural  labors,  which  has  been  one 
of  the  chief  impediments  to  civilizing 
the  aborigines  of  oar  country,  appears 
to  have  very  little  influence  with  the 
young  men  here ;  but  most  of  the  old 


men  still  refuse  to  labor  in  such  wavs, 
and  probably  still  are  in  slavery  tp  this 
superstition.  That  any  are  freed  from 
it,  is  doubtless  owin^  primarily  to  mis- 
sionary labors  in  this  vicinity,  but  the 
facilities  for  getting  a  more  comfortable 
living  by  labor  than  they  could  get  by 
hunting,  has  no  small  influence,  after 
they  see  the  Christian  converts  laboring 
as  white  men  do,  without  uny  evil 
consequences,  such  as  they  had  been 
taught  to  expect  would  be  inflicted  by 
their  gods. 


D05ATI0H8  TO  THB  BoARD   OF  FoRBIOK  MiSBIOHS,   IN   NOVEMBBR  1872. 


SnroD  OF  ALBun.—Fby  of  Albany^Sia,te  «t  ch, 
Ladies'  Board  of  Missions  100;  Sabsch  to  sup- 
port naiire  miDisters  in  China  150  —  250;  2d  oh, 
LAdiew'  Board  of  Missions  302  70;  6th  oh.  Ladies* 
Board  of  Missions  18 ;  Schenectady  ch  SM),  Sab- 
»chforNinjtpol26  25  —  976  25;  Roclcfille  Falls 
ch  11  65.  P6y  0/  TVoy— Cohoes  ch  53  50;  Water- 
ford  ch  48  72.  1750  82 

SrifOD  OF  Atlantic.— P6y  of  East  Florida— St 
Augustine  oh  16  60 

SnroD  OF  BALTiKO«t.—P&yo/fioZt»»nors— Fred- 
erick City  ch  10;  Brown  Memoriai  ch  «  80.  P6.i/ 
of  New  6w<Z«--Federalsburg  ch  15;  Snow  HiU 
Sab-HCh  8  30:  Red  Clay  Creeic  ch  15.  Pbtt  of 
Washington  CUjf—Firai  ch  Alexandria,  a  niem- 
ber  2  60  9»  10 

Stsiod  of  CiJroiHWATi.— P6y  of  Cincinnati— ^o^- 
enlb  ch,  Cincinnati  4^  04 

Stkod  of  Clstblaitd. — ny  qf  Clevdandr-Qeoon  d 
ch,  Clereland  2.i0;  Memorial  ch,  Cleveland  60; 
Parraa  Congreicational  oh  9  76;  Her  I)  Witter 
and  wife  6.  Pbt/  of  Muhoning-Lo^yiWe  ch  4  80. 
Pbtf  of  SteubmviU»—U&T\em  Springs  Sab  sch  50; 
lt*t  ch  Steubenville.  to  support  a  young  man  in 
India  10;  Kidge  ch  18  26;  WellHville  Bab-sch 
U  87 ;  Stillfork  Sab-soh  6  4J4  67 

Sthod  op  Columbus.— Pbv  of  Cblumhua— London 
ch.  Infant  Sab-s»ch,  for  Eddie  Smith,  deceased 
1  20;  Jewett  ch  13.  Pbif  of  Marion— Murion  ch 
Sab-sch.  of  which  Willie  and  Lee  Carson  60  cents, 
Hodge  Marshall  1  —  18  46;  Ist  ch  Sab-sch,  Mays- 
▼llie  10.  Pbv  of  TFoo«f«r— Ontario  ch  6;  Nash- 
▼ille  ch  61  26;  Sab-xch,  for  Boys*  School  at  Ping 
Tai  2«»  — 71  26;  Hopewell  ch  91;  Sab-sch  for 
Bovs'  School  at  Pintc  Tai  20  —  III;  Wayne  Sab- 
scli  33  50;  Chester  Sab-sch  13  60.  P6.v  of  Zanea- 
vUU— Putnam  ch,  Mrs  Marfraret  Hall  5;  Linton 
ch  16  24;  Muitkingum  ch  33;  Children's  Miws'y 
Box  10  —  43  337  15 

Stnod  of  Erik.— f%yo/i4/?«>^A«nf/— German  ch, 
Allegheny  15  05.  Pby  of  Butler—FlnSn  Grove  ch, 
Ladies'  Miss'y  Sooeiy  84.  Pby  of  Clarion— Be- 
thesda  ch.  Ladies'  Miss'y  Society  10  60.  Pby  of 
E'-ie — Cool  Spring  ch  36;  SMem  ch.  to  con  Jonas 
Campbell  and  J  0  Smith  Lif6  Members  15; 
Greenfield  ch  and  Sab-sch  10.  Pby  of  Kittaiv- 
mng—Fiv^i  ch,  Eittanning  120^;  1st  ch,  Apollo 
4.5  6;l;  Boihng  Spring  ch  15.  Pby  of  Shenanga— 
Slip^ry  Bock  Sab-sch  26  1466  18 

Strod  of  Gi»«ta— Pbv  of  Chemung— Uor^e 
Heads  ch  W.  Hty  of  Ocnetw*— First  oh.  Ithaca, 
17  88;  J  B  Williams  100—117  83;  Waterloo  ch 
85;  PennYan  ch  100.  Pby  qf  Lyons— Biiron  ch 
13  365  8i 

SnroD  OF  Harrisburo.— P&v  "/  Cbr^fsls— Huntr 
erstown  Sab-sch.  to  repair  school-room  at  Tung- 
chow  4  26:  Pine  st  ch.  Harrisburg  663  22; 
Kocky  Spring  ch  19;  St  Thomas  ch  6  50;  Fay- 
etterille  ch  22;  Mecbanicsburg  ch  62  24.    Pty 


of  Hun^inodon— Logan's  Valley  Ssb-sch   17  63;    • 
Clearrield  oh  128  i'8.     Pby  of  ^'n-thumberland- 
Chilisqaaque  Sab-sch  6;  Bloom»burg  ch  ^^^^^'^ 

Syicod  of  Illiwois,  Cbwtral.—  n>y  of  Bloonung- 
eon— Jersey  ch  10;  2d  ch.  Bloomington  60;  Mrs 
Pierson's  8ab-»ch  class,  Oniirga  2  22.  Pby  of 
Peoria-Parmlngton  Sab-sch  20;  Oneida  Sab-sch 
4 ;  Calvary  ch  20.  Pby  of  SchuyUr-mingio^  ch 
20 ;  BushnellchlO  136  22 

Sjkod  Of  iLUSOis,  North.— P&y  of  OtUxwa— 
Morris  ch  ^^  ^^ 

•Sticod  op  Illwoib,  South.— P&y  "-^JJ'^ST 
Salem  German  ch  12,  C  F  Lobbig  10-22.  Pby 
of  Maitoon—FitBi  ch  and  Sab  sch,  Tuscola  M  75 

Sthod  of  Ihwaka-  North.— P6t/  of  Cratofords- 
viUe-Secood  ch,  La  Fayette  l»j*  JJJ  _0°i;;« 
ch,  Crawfordsville  42;  Rockville  ch  12  18.  Pby 
of  Ft  Wlaim^— Lima  ch  4;  New  Lancaster  ch 
8al>-«Jh  6.^  o/ilfa«cvc-Wabash  ch  62    280  73 

SniOD  OF  iHDiAifA,  SouTR.— P6j/  of  lodianapolis— 
Acton  Sab-sch.  to  con  Rev  ^ames  Williftroaon  and 
James  Clark  lAfe  Memheri  5X  ^yghexo 
il^ftoav— Pleasant  Township  Sab-sch  1  2«>.  ^V 
of  Finc«nwc«-Second  ch,  Terre  Haute  Ifi.  Pbv 
of  WhiU  »ra<«r-Second  German  ch,  Sheli.yviUe 

Synod  of  Iowa,  North.— Pb.v  of  Cedar  iJ^pWa-- 
Blairstown  ch  11.  Pby  of  -^^«*9"''-l'-P^,**y'^ 
Sab-sch,  to  sup  child  at  Oroomiah  20;  1st  ch, 
Dub.iquo  15  3*;  McGregor  German  ch  6.  m 
of  Vfaterioo— Salem  Sab-sch  12  40  63  70 

Sthoo  of   Iowa.  South.— P6v  of  Joioa— We»t 

Point  Sab  sch  2.    Pbv  of  I<^ .^^^^-^^^Jl'^Tn  "Jll 

10.   Pby  ofMissouH  River— Fh\U  City  ch  6    17  00 

Synod  of  KAsakB.— Pby  of  mgfUand-Don\phRU 

ch  '^^ 

Synod  of  Kentucky.— P/n/  of  E^enczcr— Second 

.  oh  Sab-ch,  Lexington,  of  which  50  cents  as  a 

dying  gift  of  Hetty  Cerbin  *9  »o 

Synod  of  Lono  Island.- Pfw  of  BrooMyn- 
Throop  Ave  ch  19  35;  2d  ch  Brooklyn,  mon 
con  59  55;  Sab-sch  Miss'y  Society,  for  Per-ia 
150  -  2  J9  55;  South  3d  st  ch,  WiHiRmsburg  3o: 
Siloam  ch  9  272  90 

SYNOD  OF  MI0HIOAH.-P6V  «/  Detroit-FiTf^i  ch, 
YpsilantI  75.  P6.V  of  Grand  iJopida-Westmin- 
ster  ch,  Grand  Rapids  42  78.  Pby  of  Lansing- 
Second  ch  Sab-sch  Lansing,  to  educate  boy  in 
India  5.  Pbff  of  Monroe— FwBi  ch  Monroe  181; 
l!»t  ch  Raisin  18  60.  Pby  o/ Saf^naw-Fenton- 
vllle  ch  6  32  »28  60 

Synod  of  Minnbsota.- Pfcv  of  Tfineno— Preston 
ch  3  60;  Sab-9ch,  for  Gaboon  10  13  50 

Synod  of  Missouri.— P6v  of  St  Zoiiia— Bethe) 
oh  1 ;  2d  ch  and  Sab  sch,  St  Louis  360  3dI  Oq 

Synod  of  Nrw^Jrrmy— P&y  of  Cbri<a>— Gaboon 


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[January 


ch,  mo  con  19  00.  Fby  of  ElixabelK—CnLnford  ch 
18.  Pttv  of  Jersey  Ci'tv— EnRlewood  oh  153  63; 
iMt  ch  Rutherford  Park  oh  48  08.  Pbv  of  M'm- 
»nou«/i«-Second  ch,  Cranbury  92  33;  Port  Wash- 
in>iton  Sftb-»ch  14  22;  BordentowQ  ch,  Mr«  Hum- 
boldt 5.  Pby  of  Morris  and  Omnjre— South  nt  ch» 
Morristown,  add'l  30.  Pbv  of  Newark—^ \ckViffe 
ch  10  60;  Ist  ch.  Newark  322  70,  Mrs  R  200  — 
622  70;  6th  ch,  Newark  60;  3d  ch,  Newark  13  09. 
P&V  of  New  Brunstoiek^hound  Brook  ch,  Harris 
Lane  Sab-seh  14  00;  Dutch  Neck  ch  24,  C  N 
Sab-sch  12.  D  N  8ab-8ch  8,  P  Sab-sch  6  —  60. 
Pbu  of  Netjoton—DeckertovrQ  ch  21 ;  Phillipsbar>; 
Sab-sch  3^  1,093  46 

Stiiod  of  Ntw  York.— Pb.v  of  Hudton— Central 
ch  and  Sab-sch,  Ha»er8«traw  82  60.  Pby  of  New 
rork—Sew  York  ch  20;  Brick  ch  Chapel  8  60; 
Univemity  Place  ch  21;  Dry  Dock  Mis«'y  ch 
4  60;  1st  ch  8.391  21,  mo  con  19  10,  Sab-8ch.  for 
Chma  44  73  —  8.456  <)4;  7th  ch  27  47;  Brick  ch, 
mo  con  74  6>;  Rev  W  W  Atierbury  50.  Pby  of 
North  ftiuer— Calvary  ch.  Newburg  16  90.  P5y  of 
WesUhester—Ut  ch,  Peekskill,  mo  con  67  84, 
Sab  8Ch,  for  Tungchow  Boys'  Sch  10  —  67  84 

8,828  30 

Stwod  of  PAcrnc— P&y  of  San  Franeiaeo—St 
John's  ch,  San  Francisco  37  60 

Stwod  or  PHtLADttPHiA.-- P6.y  of  Chester— First 
ch.  West  Cheater  64  09.  Pby  of  Lackawanna— 
Newton  ch  6,  Sfib-sch  2  —  8 ;  Wyomin«  .Sab-.«»ch 

7  M.  Pbu  of  Lehigh— liahanoy  City  ch  136  08, 
Sab  «ch  69  50  —  :i04  68.  Pbu  of  Philadelphia— 
Ninth  ch  157.  Pby  of  Philadelphia,  North— ^e- 
shamiuy  of  Warwick  ch  62  70,  for  scholars  m 
India  10—62  7U;  iHich,  Bride.«burff  100:  Ablng- 
ton  ch,  Juvenile  Mi.«»»'y  Hoc'y,  for  N  Am  Indians 
10  Ofi;  Newtown  oh,  for  Papal  lands  14  8);  2d  ch, 
Nornstown  25  50.  Pby  of  Westminster— tiew 
Harimmy  ch  16;  Slatevdle  Sab-sch  86;  Sylvan 
Retreat  Sab-8ch  5  —  41  700  66 

Btmod  or  PiTTSBtTBOH.— P6;/or  Blair$ville—^ew 
Salem  Sab-ach  33  05;  Pine  Run  ch  9  60.  Pbu  of 
ntts^argh—Csinonahnrg  oh  14.  P.>v  of  Red- 
atortfi-Connellsville  ch  83  60.  Pby  of  Washing- 
ton-St^v  Cumberland  ch  adi'l  6;  ImI  ch,  Wheel- 
ing  3J»  IS,  Woman's  Mi.ss'y  Soc'y,  for  Miss*  Mor- 
•  ri«on'8  salary  200  —  230  18  380  43 

Synod  or  Toledo.— Pt^y  of  B<ilUfonta>ne—F\T9% 
cJj,  West  Liberty  1 )  22.  Pby  of  Huron— P\y- 
mouth  oh  23.    Pby  of  Maumee—Vnioa  Sab  sch 

8  80  •  4^02 
Synod  or  Utioa.— P&y  of  Blnghamton — Nichols 

ch  22.  Pby  of  Otsego— Fir:it  Caii«'l  ch,  Weatford 
9.  Pbu  of  Suracuse—Ut  ch,  Syracuse  302  5^;  Ist 
ch,  Fulton  -^56:  Slcaneateles  ch  200;  Cazenovia 
ch,  Ladies'  Mi.s<*'y  Soc'y,  to  sup  Rev  A  L  Loomi.s 
20;  1st  ch,  Oswego  14  50.  Pby  of  tT^co— Forest 
ch,  Lyons  Falls  5  ^-^  05 

Stxod  of  WasTBESf  New  York.— Pfevof  Oenesee— 
Portageville  oh  8.  Pbu  of  Genesee  Fu/tev— Angel- 
ica ch,  Deacon  Thomas  lO.  Pbjf  of  Niagara— 
Millville  oh.  to  con  Darius  Llnsley.  Life  Member 
30,  Rev  L  B  Rogers  lo  —  *):  Ist  ch  Sab-sch, 
Wil.son  10.  Pby  of  Rochester— Cti\edooh\  ch 
li  60;  Brick  ch,  Rochester  295  04;  Sweden  ch 
3>  H»;  Central  ch  Sab-Mch,  Geneseo  29  22;  Me- 
morial ch,  Roohe&tor  16;  Livona  Sab-sch,  add'l 
2  457  86 

Stnod  or  WiscoNsrx  —  P6v  of  Chlppcioa-F xrst 
ch.  La  Crosse  11;  North  La  Croste  ch  5.  Pbu  of 
Like  Superior— Firsl  ch,  Oconto  30  20,  Pbu  of 
lFinn«6 1(70— First  ch,  Beaver  Dam  33;  Robin- 
sonvdle'ch  10.  f*by  of  Wiseor^sin  River— Fancy 
Creek  Sab-sch  2  20  «1  40 

Committee  on   Ben«volence  aod   Finance 

1,494  37 


MisoKLLAWioiTS.— Laurens  col'd  oh.  Pa  2;  A  W 
8;  K  J  M,  Thank-offt»rinK  J ;  H  M  Lane,  Jersey 
City  10;  Rel  Contrib  Soc'y,  Princeton  Sem'y 
25  91;  A  Friend  125;  Cooper  Sem'y,  Ladies' Soc'y 
of  Ing,  to  snp  child  at  Dehra  40 ;  Com  C  K  Strib- 
linff  100;  Friend  1;  Union  Theol  Sem'y.  N  Y 
28  10;  Rev  O  M  Green  2;  H5;  Miss  M  E  Sco- 
viUe,  Clifton  SprinKs.  N  Y  6;  Mrs  K  5;  Rev  Jas 
Shaw.  D  D.,  and  family,  Windham.  Ohio  21 ;  Mrs 
Eliz'th  Brant,  Mt  Carmel,  Ind  2;  Mrs  S  B  M .  for 
Tunijchow  sch  buildiuK  2;  John  B  Love,  Phlla 
250;  D  P  2;  Mrs  F  B  Pitkin,  Cerro  Gordo,  III  6; 
Biddle  Institute,  N  C.  mo  coo  4:  Sab-sch  6.  for 
Africa;  Cvrus  Wells,  Mich  10;  Mem'l  Fund  bal 
88  11;  J  fe,  Phila  69  38:  Mrs  L  T  McKmney, 
Orleans,  Ind  60;  Dr  W  N  Blwkeman,  N  Y  100;  A 
Friend  20;  Mrs  B  Stiles.  Newark,  for  native 
teacher  at  Corlsco  10;  Willie's  Miss'y  Hen  6; 
UnioQ  Sab-sch,  Cherry   Township,   Pa  3  76 

945  25 


Total  Receipts  in  November,  1872,  $29,183  66 
Total  Receipts  from  May  1, 1872,  $146,208  39 

PAMIXI   PUXD. 

Rev  Ohas  Hodge  10:  1st  ch,  N  Y,  a  teacher  5; 
Perry  Ross  47  cents;  S  S  Class  1  15;  Blairsiown 
ch.  N  J  6;  A  True  Friend,  Honolulu,  S  I  17  60: 
L  W  Chadbourne,  Va^salboroi^jh.  Me  1 ;  Ladies* 
Board  of  Missions,  N  Y.  for  Miss  Cochran  10; 
Wm  Hays,  Ohio  2;  Sumner  ch,  Winona  Pby  3; 
Union  Congregational  Sab-sch.  Kasi  Hampton, 
Conn  12  85;  Mrs  M  P  Hungerford  50.  Miss  Sarah 
A  Slclnner  2,  8  A  Skinner  5.  Presbyterian  Ch 
Aid  Society,  Wesiford,  N  Y,  for  Miss  Cochran 
11  17  —  68  17;  Mrs  B  Perkins.  Boston  3;'  Mrs 
Alex  Rankin.  Luznrne,  N  Y  6:  Mrs  A  W,  Phila- 
delphia 1^:  Miss  C  A,  loth  ch  10;  Batsio  Sab-sch, 
N  J  7;  Miss  C  R  Watt,  Charlotte,  N  C  6;  Isl  ch, 
Bloomsbary,  P*  6 

"$188  14 
WM.  RANKIN,  Treasurer, 
28  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


Total  receipts  from  charchee  in  Nov.    $21,141  66 

LEOAaES.— Estate  of  Geo  Thompson,  deo'd. 
Pa  *70 

Woman's  Foreign  Miss'y  Soc'y,  Phila,  of  which 
2,OjO  for  Wood-jiook  6,026  4o:  Woman's  Board 
of  Foreign  Missions  of  N  W  764  15;  Ladies'* 
Board  of  Missions,  N  Y  1,302  50  7,09 J  05 


LiTRRS  relatine  to  the  Missions,  or  other  opera* 
tlons  of  the  Board,  may  be  addressed  to  the  Rev. 
Joiiif  C.  LowRiB,  Rev.  David  Irving,  or  Rev.  Prakk 
F.  Ellixwood,  Secretaries,  Mission  House,  23 
Centre  street.  New  York. 

Lbttkrs  relating  to  the  pecuniary  affeirs  of  the 
Board,  or  containing  remittances  of  money,  may 
be  sent  to  William  Rawkik ,  Esq.,  Treasurer-' 
same  address. 

POSTVOKS. — 

To  Western  Africa.. 22  cents. 

Syria 16      " 

Persia,  to  Constantinople 12      ** 

India. « 22       ** 

Siam 28       " 

China  and  Japan 10      " 

Brazil 10       ** 

U.  S.  Colombia 18       " 

For  each  J^  oa  weight,  prepaid. 
Scamps  not  to  be  put  on  the  letters,  as  these  are 
enclosed  in  an  oui.^ide envelope;  and  the  pn.stage 
is  asso.s.sed  according  to  the  weight  of  each  letter. 
For  Japan,  China,  and  Siam  the  mail  is  sent 
ftom  the  Mission  House  on  the  2'»th  of  each 
month;  for  India,  Syria,  Persia,  by  the  steamers 
nearest  the  Ist  and  15th ;  for  Western  Africa,  on 
the  26th;  for  Brazil,  on  the  22d;  for  U.  S.  Colom- 
bia, on  the  6th  and  21sU  Newspapers,  from  2  to 
6  cents,  prepaid. 

Thb  Foreiqk  Missiowart.— Two  editions  of  this 
pubhoatjon  are  prmted.    The  Pamphlet  edition  is 

f.ublisned  montnly,  at  *I.00  a  year  lor  each  copy, 
t  \h  sent  free,  when  desired,  to  donors  of  ten 
dollars  and  upwards,  and  to  the  ministers  of  our 
churches. 

Of  the  Newspaper  edition,  a  cony  is  sent  free 
of  charge,  except  for  postage,  to  the  children  of 
each  family  in  every  Sabbath-.school  making  reg- 
ular contributions  to  the  Treasury  of  the  Board. 
AdJres*  for  either  edition,  "The  Foreign  Mis- 
gionary,"  Miactiou  House,  23  Centre  sU,  New  York. 
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DuLLBS,  D  D.,  Editorial  Sebretary, 

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Superintendent  of  Colportage  and  Treasurer. 

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Subecriptions  to  The  Presbyterian  Monthly  Record  and  the  Sabbath-School  Visitor,  and  payments 
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**THE  PRESBYTERIAN  AT  WORK." 
The  January  nnmber  of  our  new  periodical,  The  Presbyterian  at  Workj 
has  gone  forth,  and  has  met  the  eyes  of  many  of  the  readers  of  the  Monthli/ 
Record.  For  the  kindly  greeting  which  it  has  received,  we  desire  to  render 
our  hearty  thanks;  for  the  acts  that  tell  farther  than  words  we  give  double 
thanks.  The  production  of  the  first  number  of  a  new  periodical  is  always 
attended  with  difficulties  which  detract  from  its  excellence.  It  is  our  satis- 
faction to  know  th&t  if  the  first  number  meet  approval,  those  which  follow 
will  be  better  received,  for  they  will  better  merit  commendation. 

Already,  however,  our  new  effort  is  recognized  as  a  true  helper  for  working 
Christians. .  Especially  is  it  accepted  by  workers  in  the  Sabbath-school  as  an 
assistant,  stimulator,  and  instructor.  Forming,  as  they  do,  the  most  numerous, 
most  active,  most  intelligent,  and  best  organized  class  of  *' Presbyterians  at 
work,"  it  is  to  them,  primarily,  that  our  paper  addresses  itself.  Its  sugges- 
tions, its  illustrations,  its  "Helpful  Hints  for  Teachers,"  its  affds  for  those 
having  charge  of  infant  classes,  are  welcomed.  But,  whilst  making  the  Sab- 
bath-school thus  prominent,  it  is  not  needful  to  confine  the  paper  to  a  mono- 
tone. Teachers  are  largely  the  workers  in  other  departments  of  church 
effort,  and  those  not  teachers  will  be  glad  to  pay  the  small  price  of  the  Pres- 
hyterxan  at  Work  for  the  suggestions  and  instructions  which  it  may  have 
upon  the  varied  activities  of  the  individual  congregation ;  hence,  its  columns 
will  carry  messages  to  them  also,  from  men  of  mark  and  strength  in  the 
Church. 

We  have  our  religious  'newspapers^  immensely  valuable  to  us,  and  also  our 
Monthly  Record^  reporting  the  work  of  the  Boards.  Distinct  in  its  sphere 
from  these  two  comes  our  Presbyterian  at  Work,  as  an  educator  and 
instructor  for  our  laymen,  pretending  to  fill  neither  of  the  spheres  already 
occupied.  This  position  is  recognized,  and  the  offer  which  the  paper  makes 
of  assistance  is  welcomed.  That  veteran  and  unconquerable  laborer,  the 
Kev.  John  C.  Smith,  D.D.,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  writes  to  us: 

"  Many  thanks  for  the  *  Presbyterian  at  Work.'  Our  Superintendent  read 
Dr.  Murphy's  communication  yesterday,  from  one  of  the  numbers  you  kindly 
sent  me.    The  paper  takes  on  all  sides,  and  I  hope  you  will  have  a  large  sub- 


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scription  list  from  my  church.  From  the  pulpit  yesterday  morning  I  read 
the  terms,  &c.,  and  every  one  has  said,  in  my  own  words,  *  The  paper  for 
THE  times/" 

Fifty  subscribers  soon  followed  this  note,  in  a  very  few  days.  This  is  but 
one  of  the  many  good  letters,  accompanied  or  soon  followed  by  lists  of  sub- 
scribers. As  this  is  no  private  speculation,  no  money-making  operation,  every 
dollar  of  support  given  to  it  will  go  directly  back  to  those  sustaining  it.  The 
larger  our  subscription  list,  the  more  means  shall  we  have  to  spend  upon  the 
paper,  for  the  benefit  of  its  readers.  Let  Presbyterians  rally  to  the  support 
of  their  own  institutions,  and  they  will  prosper  rapidly  enough.  What  out- 
side movements  are  there  which  are  not  mainly  sustained  by  Presbyterian 
brains  and  Presbyterian  purses  ?     Sustain  your  own. 


VISITING  THE  NEGLECTED. 

A  colporteur  of  the  Board  in  New  Jersey  writes : 

I  have  found  many  mothers  with  large  families,  unable  to  read^  and  while 
their  homes  seemed  to  be  the  abode  of  wretchedness  as  well  as  ignorance;  yet 
their  hearts  were  very  tender  to  the  influence  of  kind  words.  I  went  into  one 
of  these  houses  where  the  family  was  composed  of  a  drunken  father  with 
four  or  five  children,  the  oldest  a  daughter,  aged  about  twenty-five,  who  had 
been  married  and  then  deserted  by  her  husband.  She  was  keeping  house  for 
this  father,  and  oaring  for  the  children.  I  saw  her  sad  countenance  light  up 
with  joy,  and  tears  of  gratitude  start  to  her  eyas,  as  I  spoke  to  her  a  few 
words  on  the  sympathy  of  Jesus  for  the  weary  and  heavy  laden.  At 
another  house,  a  middle-aged  woman,  who  came  to  the  door,  was  moved  to 
tears  before  I  had  talked  with  her  five  minutes.  She  confessed  her  sins  in 
the  sight  of  God,  and  solemnly  promised  to  live  in  his  fear  and  service  the 
rest  of  her  life.  She  was  so  anxious  to  hear  more  concerning  her  soul,  that, 
when  the  time  came  for  me  to  leave,  she  earnestly  begged  me  to  remain 
longer.  Her  daughter,  who  was  present,  appeared  moved  and  interested^ 
when  I  exhorted  her  to  give  her  heart  at  Once  to  Jesus. 

While  the  homes  seemed  to  be  miserable  inside  and  ottt,  I  found  the  hearts 
of  their  inhabitants  gushing  with  joy  at  the  "  old,  old  story  of  the  cross,*' 
which  seemed  to  be  just  the  thing  they  needed  in  their  misery. 

I  left  our  tracts  at  every  house  and  they  were  eagerly  received.  Those  w\\fi 
could  not  read  promised  to  get  some  one  to  read  these  tracts  to  them. 


PRESBYTERIAN  TRACTS. 

From  Jeffei'son  county,  New  York. 

"  As  soon  as  I  received  the  tracts  I  proceeded  to  distribute  them  to  the 
best  of  my  judgment  all  around.  I  am  happy  to  say  that  the  fruits  are 
beginning  to  appear.  I  find  that  the  doctrinal  tracts  are  creating  quite  a 
sensation,  from  which  I  look  for  the  best  results.  I  do  hope  it  will  mark  a 
new  era  of  earnest  inquiry  here. 

"  The  churches  here  and  at  P ,  my  other  field,  are  showing  symptoms ' 


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of  life,  and  I  hope  we  shall  soon  gather  in  a  glorious  harvest  of  souls  to 
Christ.  We  had  the  pleasure  two  Sahbaths  ago  of  receiving  into  the  church 
the  Baptist  lady  whom  I  mentioned  in  my  last.  I  baptized  her  by  sprinkling, 
and  also  her  child  at  the  same  time. 

"  Some  of  our  people  tried  to  dissuade  me  from  making  the  attempt  to 
enlighten  her,  as  her  family  are  of  the  straitest  kind  of  close  communion 
Baptists.  When  she  became  thoroughly  and  intelligently  convinced  that 
sprinkling  is  not  only  a  scriptural  mode  of  baptism,  but  is  the  better  way,  a 
difl&culty  came  up  with  her  friends.  Her  husband  and  her  friends  among 
our  people  recommended  her  to  be  immersed,  to  conciliate  her  parents  and 
grandmother,  and  others  among  whom  she  is  living ;  and  that  she  might  have 
more  peace  in  uniting  with  us.  Distracted  by  such  counsel  she  came  to  me 
for  advice.  I  acknowJ[^dged  the  difficulty,  and  lefl  the  final  decision  of  the 
matter  with  herself.  I  suggested  to  her  that  half  measures  are  but  seldom  sat- 
isfactory, that  a  decided  course  might  do  more  to  disarm  hostility  than  the 
course  recommended ;  that  when  her  friends  found  her  .decided,  they  would 
respect  her  more,  and  she  might  even  have  a  better  influence  over  them.  I 
asked  her  to  commit  the  whole  matter  to  God,  and  seek  his  direction.  When 
I  saw  her  next  she  was  decided,  and  has  not  wavered  since. 

"  I  beg  to  acknowledge  most  thankfully  your  donation  of  tracts,  &c.,  and 
expect  to  find  them  an  invaluable  auxiliary." 


THANKS  FROM  CALIFORNIA. 

The  following  is  from  a  littM  church  in  a  small  village  of  California,  which 
had  received  a  grant  of  the  Board's  publications  for  its  struggling  Sabbath- 
school. 

"On  behalf  of  our  little  church,  our  ruling  elders,  and  our  Sabbath- 
school,  at  the  request  of  the  superintendent,  I  send  these  few  lines  to  thank 
you  for  the  gift  of  our  fine  Sabbath-school  library,  which  came  safely  to 
hand  last  week.  We  had  seen  notices  in  the  papers  of  the  excellent  libraries 
you  had  been  sending  to  schools  in  the  West,  but  the  books  we  received  so 
far  exceeded  our  expectations,  that  all  were  taken  completely  by  surprise. 
The  scholars,  who  had  no  books  but  a  few  very  small  ones,  could  hardly 
realize  that  these  treasures  were  theirs.  Uai  you  been  with  us  yesterday; 
had  you  seen  trhe  glowing  countenance  as  each  received  a  fine  book,  and  was 
told  to  take  it  home  and  read  it,  and  that  it  would  point  them  to  the  better 
home  above ;  had  you  heard  the  heart  felt  vote  of  thanks  to  your  Board,  it 
would  have  filled  your  soul  with  joy,  and,  like  Paul,  you  would  thank  God 
and  take  courage.  May  God  bless  this  gift  to  us  in  the  salvation  of  precious 
souls,  and  in  the  advancement  of  the  principles  of  our  beloved  Church.'' 


A  GOOD  BOOK. 


Our  recently  published  "Bible  Work  in  Bible  Lands,"  by  the  Rev. 
Liaao  Bird,  one  of  the  early  missionaries  to  the  Holy  Land,  (price  $1.50) 
meets  a  most  kindly  reception  from  the  public.  It  has  been  most  favorably 
noticed  by  the  press  on  ail  hands.     The  Christian  World  says  of  at : 


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"  Oae  of  the  earliest  laborers  in  the  Syrian  mission  field  has  given  us,  in 
this  book,  an  account  of  the  re-introduction  of  truth  into  the  lands  once 
hallowed  by  the  footsteps  of  our  blessed  Lord.  He  has  put  on  record  the 
names  and  the  deeds  of  that  noble  band  of  pioneer  Christian  workers,  who, 
during  the  present  century,  have  planted  the  Gospel  standard  anew  in  this 
land,  in  which  the  message  of  "  Peace  on  earth,  and  good  will  to  men,"  was* 
first  proclaimed.  His  story  is  told  most  pleasantly  and  attractively,  and  we 
feel  sure  that  it  will  deeply  interest  not  only  the  adults,  but  many  of  the 
youth  in  our  Christian  homes.  We  trust,  also,  that  it  will  prove  a  popular 
book  in  the  libraries  for  Bible-classes,  and  for  the  advanced  pupils  in  our 
Sabbath-schools.  Many  of  the  narrations  of  incidents  in  the  book  have  a 
fascination  quite  equal  to  any  romance.  We  are  glad  that  so  important  a 
subject  has  been  handled  in  so  lively  and  attractive  a  style." 

The  Interior  says  of  it : 

^•It  is  a  story  of  absorbing  interest  to  all  who  love  the  cause  of  missions, 
and  a  powerful  answer  to  those  who  are  disposed  to  question  their  success 
and  value.  Incidentally,  much  light  is  thrown  upon  Bible  scenes  and  narra- 
tives. Even  to  one  who  should  feel  no  great  interest  in  the  missionary 
aspects  of  the  subject,  the  amount  of  agreeable  information  afibrdcd  upon 
topics  of  a  general  nature  connected  with  the  country  and  its  inhabitants 
would  amply  repay  perusal.  As  a  record  of  noble  and  devoted  Christian 
labors,  owned  and  blessed  of  God  abundantly,  it  will  find  a  wide  welcome." 

The  Sunday  School  Times  says : 

"Our  Sunday-school  libraries  will  introduce  it,  of  course." 
The  volume  is  very  fully  illustrated,  accompanied  by  an  original  map,  and 
tastefully  gotten  up. 


FOR  THE  LITTLE  ONES. 

The  Board  of  Publication  seeks  to  provide  for  old  and  young.  Whilst 
giving  to  adults  the  strong  meat  of  sound  doctrine,  it  does  not  forget  the 
little  ones ;  rather  does  it  have  for  them  a  special  care.  It  is  satisfactory  to 
find  its  efforts  appreciated.  For  the  large  patronage  accorded  to  its  semi- 
monthly paper  for  the  children.  The  Sabbath  School  Visitor^  its  thanks  are 
due  to  its  friends,  who  enable  it  thus  to  reach  so  many  of  the  dear  children 
of  the  Church  with  influences  for  good.  The  circulation  of  The  Visitor 
greatly  exceeds  that  of  all  of  our  denominational  weekly  papers  combined.  We 
earnestly  desire  that  this  beautiful  little  sheet  may  continue  to  visit  the  homes 
and  Sabbath-schools  of  our  Church.  Many  subscriptions  have  expired  with 
the  year  1872.  How  is  it  with  yours  ?  And  may  we  not  add,  that  there  are 
Sabbath-schools  to  which  Tfie  Visitor  has  not  been  introduced,  to  which  it 
should  go  ?  If  it  be  so  in  your  own  school,  will  you  not  make  an  effort  to 
to  have  it  introduced  ?  Samples  will  be  gladly  sent  on  application.  When 
once  known,  it  pleads  its  own  cause. 

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NEW  BOOKS. 


love  Revealed.  Meditations  on  the 
parting  words  of  Jesus  with  his  Dis- 
ciples, in  chapter^  XIII,  XIV,  XV, 
XVI,  XVII  of  the  Gospel  by  John. 
By  the  Rev.  George  Bowen,  of  Bom- 
bay, author  of  "Daily  Meditations." 

To  the  lovers  of  profoundly  experi- 
mental devotional  reading,  who  have 
used  **Bowen*s  Daily  Meditations,"  it 
will  only  be  needful  to  announce  this 
fresh  book  from  the  same  author,  Love 
RsvEALED.  The  Rev.  George  Bowen  has 
labored  for  twenty-five  years  in  Bom- 


bay, a  misionary  of  apostolic  consecra- 
tion and  zeal.  His  "Daily  Medita- 
tions" are  pronounced  "wonderful*'  by 
men  competent  to  judge.  This  new 
volume  from  his  pen  is  marked  by  the 
same  characteristics — depth  of  Chris- 
tian experience,  originality  of  inference, 
uncompromising  boldness,  and  vivacity 
of  expression.  The  topics  presented 
in  these  closing  utterances  of  our  Lord 
afford  fruitful  themes  for  a  pen  anointed 
from  above.  Presbyterian  Board  of  Pub- 
lication.   Price  $1.50. 


DOVATIOHS  TO  THl   MlSSIOHAaT  FUHD  OF  THB  PrBRBTTIRIAH   BoARD  OF  PUBLIOATIOH 

Rborivbb  is  Novbmbbr. 


Stnod  0?  Ai3Airf.— P&y  q^  il(^i»v— 9ab-sch  of 
id  ch  Saratoi^  8prin2S  35  75;  Schenectady  iBt 
ch  67  23 ;  Princetown  ch  18  50.  Fbj/  of  Columbia— 
Greenville  ch  34  30. 

Stnod  of  Atlawtic— P6y  of  FodWi*— Mebanea- 
▼lUe  ch  6J  cents;  Freedom  ch  1  a^;  Pittsburgh 
oh  1  25;  Cameron  ch  I  25;  Mt  Tabor  ch  1  25; 
Bensalera  ch  «.  Fby  of  jRwr/Wd  —  Laurens 
oh  2. 

Stuod  of  BiLTiMoaB.— P6v  of  BoMimore— Brown  • 
Memorial  ch  05  »0.    Fby  of  New  Owfte^Middle- 
town  ch  8. 

Stnod  of  Cixctjcwatl— P5y  of  CSiwinnafi— Col- 
les(e  Hill  ch  32  88;  Lane  Seminary  55  52; 
Bethel  ch  5  68. 

SrxoD  of  Clbtkland.— P6y  of  Cf«>atand— Wind- 
ham ch  1;  Solou  ch  5.  Pby  of  SleubenvUU— 
Ridge  u^  11. 

SrxoD  OF  Columbus.— Pftv  «f  IToMter— Woof ter 
Unlvennty  47  75.  Pby  of  2Ran«roitt«— Roseville 
rh  1;  Fairroount  ch  2;  UniontowQ  oh  1;  Eran's 
Creek  ch  6  08. 

Synod  of  Ebu.— P6y  qf  KiUanninff—l ndlAUi^ 
oh  Si. 

Btnod  of  Qnevk.—Pby  of  0«n««i— Ithaca  Ist 
eh  9  55;  Romulus  Isi  oh  9  25. 

SrwoD  OP  Harrisbueo.— /^  of  OarMo— Peters' 
bnrji  ch  2.  Pby  of  ^unttnodon— Sinking?  and 
Spring  Creek  ohs  30.  i^y  <J  Northumberland— 
Lewi»burg  ch  2. 

Stmod  OF  Illinois,  Centbal.— Pby  of  Pwrwr— 
Eureka  ch  9  53.  Pby  of  B/oo»»ingto*»— Buck- 
ley ch  15;  Atlanta  ch  2  80.  Pby  of  Schuyler— 
Oquawka  oti  3  45;  Keithsbnrg  oh  4  10. 

Stnod  of  Ilunois,  Norte.— P^  of  Freeport— 
Bockford  1st  eh  c9  15. 

Stnod  of  Induna.  North.— P63V  ofOrawfordevitU 
—Frankfort  ch  10  25.  Pby  of  Fort  Woi/ne— Lima 
lat  ch  4. 

Stnod  of  Indiana,  South.— Pfty  of  WHU  Water 
— Dillfboro*  ch  8.  P«w  of  New  il/danw— 1st  ch 
Madison  12  50;  3d  oh  New  Albany  15;  Seymour 
ch  6.  Pby  of  /wdionopoO*— Walnut  st,  Bloom- 
ington  ch  SO. 

Stnod  of  Iowa,  NoatH^Pfty  of  Dubuaw 
Sherrill  Mt  oh  6.  Pby  of  Cedar  Sapida—BlAiry' 
towncb2. 

Stnod  of  Iowa,  South.— P6j/o//owa  CKiy^Wolc 
ooU  ch  8  25;  Fulton  oh  1. 


Stnod  of  Kintucrt.— 13^  of  EbeneMer  —  BiiT' 
llngton,  J  M  Preston  20. 

Stnod  of  Mi0HtoAN.—Pftyo/ifa7ama«H)— Alle- 
gan ch  8  86.  Pby  of  Grand  ^pid«— Spring  Lake 
ch25. 

Stnod  of  Minhrbota.- Ptf  q^  mnono— Pres- 
ton ch  2  20. 

Stnod  of  Mibsourl- P6y  cf  8t  Xouis- Beth- 
lehem German  ch  1  50. 

Stnod  of  Nrw  Jersbt.- P^v  of  Elixaheth— 
Pluokamin  ch  13.  Fhp  of  Monmoulh—Toma 
River  ch  5  07.  Pby  of  iV«war A— Newark  2d  ch 
S8  24;  RoMTille  oh,  Newark  126  60.  Pby  of 
J^«w<on— Blairstown  ch  15.  Pby  of  New  Brune- 
i0ie/(— Alexandria  1st  ch  5  37. 

Stnod  of  New  Yorr.— Pfcv  of  J5r»«d»oii— Centre- 
ville  ch  2.  Pby  qf  New  ForAj-Fourth  Ave  ch 
127  01. 

Stnod  of  Philadelphia.— P6y  of  Chetter—Aron- 
dale  ch  2;  Coatesville  ch  2i.  Pbv  of  Lahtgh— 
Delaware  Water  Gap  oh  22  fiO;  Mahanoy  City 
1st  oh  16  64,  Pby  of  PhUadelphia-Q  S  Ben- 
son. Esq.  of  West  Spruce  st  ch  50.  Pby  of  PhUa- 
delphia,  Owero^-Northorn  Liberties  Ist  ch  S3. 
Pby  of  PhUaddphia,  iVor^A— Curwensville  ch  8  50. 
Stnod  of  Pittsouboh.— P6y  qf  PitUburgh— 
Third  ch  Pittsburgh  186  68. 

Stnod  of  Tennessee.— P6y  cf  CTnion- Presby- 
terial  collection  4  27. 

Stnod  of- Western  New  York.— P5v  of  Niagara 
— Wilson  ch  10  88;  Lookport latch  207  50;  Mill- 
ville  oh  6.  Pby  of  Bocheeter  —  Memotia,\  ch, 
Rochester  4. 

Btnod  of  Wisconsin.— Pb.v  of  Mawaukee--^ef- 
ferson  ch  3:  Beloit  2d  ch  2;  Barton  Sab-sch 
8  50.    Pby  of  Wisconsin  J?iv«r— Munroe  oh  12. 

Treasurer  Committee  of  Benevolence  and 
Finance  250  10. 

MXBOBLLAinOllB. 

B.  Brant,  Mt.  Carmel  1;  African  M'ssionary  1; 
Commodore  C  K  Siribling,  U  S  N  lOii:  Rev  3 
S  Murkland,  Statesville.  N  C  15;  Rev  A  D 
Chapman.  Ponca  4;  Rev  G»S  Boardinan,  Case- 

novla  12.  ^ 

Total,       $2006  M 
WINTHROP  SARGENT,  Treower. 


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BOARD  OF  CHURCH  ERECTION. 

Corresponding  Secretary^  Rit.  H.  R.  Wilson,  D.D.,  23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 
TrcawreTt  Nathan  Lans,  Esq.,  69  Wall  Street. 


The  Board  of  Church  Erection  are  Ih  pressing  need  of  fands,  to  enable  them  to 
carry  on  their  important  work,  and  fulfil  their  promise  of  aid  to  the  many  feeble 
churches  now  struggling  in  their  poverty  to  build  houses  of  worship.  The  amount 
of  money  needed  to  complete  the  buildings  now  in  hand,  and  for  which  the  Presby- 
teries have  given  their  strong  endorsement,  is  so  far  in  advance  of  the  receipts  of 
the  Board  that  our  embarrassment  is  steadily  increasing.  The  receipts  in  October 
were  only  $3766  whilst  the  applications  called  for  $15,000.  We  commenced  thid 
year  with  a  deficit  of  $3565  which  has  increased  to  $30,000.  If  this  disproportion 
between  our  appropriations  and  receipts  is  not  speedily  changed,  by  the  increase  of 
contributions  from  the  churches,  the  Board  will  be  compelled  either  to  reject  many 
applications,  or  greatly  to  reduce  the  amount  granted.  In  view  of  this  necessity, 
the  Board  would  call  the  attention  of  the  churches  to  the  fact,  that  a  very  large  - 
part  of  the  money  contributed  by  our  people  for  church-building  is'not  sent  to  the 
Board,  to  enable  them  to  meet  their  engagements,  but  to  particular  churches, 
which,  by  private  letters,  public  circulars,  and  newspaper  appeals,  are  calling 
pitifully  for  help.  It  wodld  be  well  for  our  people  to  know,  that  most,  if  not  all 
of  these  have  previously  received  liberal  aid  from  the  Board  of  Church  Erection, 
and  assured  us  that  if  we  granted  the  sum  they  asked,  it  would  enable  them  to 
complete  their  building  free  of  debt.  Take  for  instance  the  case  of  the  Wichita 
church,  Kansas,  which  two  years  ago  nmde  application  to  this  Board  for  aid. 
They  received  the  full  amount  for  which  they  were  recommended  by  their  Pres- 
bytery, and  we  have  on  file  the  certificate  of  their  attorney,  assuring  us  the  church 
is  free  of  all  encumbrance.  And  now  the  country  is  flooded  with  a  printed  appeal 
for  aid  to  build  a  house  of  worship  for  these  **  great  sinners^'  of  Kansas,  and 
judging  from  this  appeal,  no  stranger  would  suppose  for  a  moment  that  there  is 
a  new  church  building  at  Wichita,  or  that  they  had  received  aid  from  the  Board 
to  complete  it.  Such  Appeals  greatly  injure  the  cause  and  mislead  the  benevo- 
lent public.  Already  five  of  these  circulars  have  been  sent  to  us,  by  the  ministers 
to  whom  they  were  addressed,  wishing  to  know  if  anything  could  be  done  by  the 
Board,  evidently  supposing  that  nothing  had  been  done.  If  all  the  money  contri- 
buted by  our  people  for  church  erection  was  sent  to  the  Board,  they  could  and 
would  readily  supply  the  reasonable  wants  of  all  our  feeble  churches,  and  thus 
prevent  the  expensive  journeys  and  importunate  solicitations  of  those  who  canvass 
the  country  to  raise  funds  for  church  building.  The  Minutes  of  the  General 
Assembly  for  1871  report  $336,597  raised  for  Church  Erection,  whereas  only 
$97,025  was  sent  to  the  Board.  Last  year  the  amount  reported  in  the  Minutes 
was  $178,696,  of  which  only  $68,797  reached  the  Board.  If  this  same  practice 
prevailed  with  regard  to  the  oth«r  Boards,  what  would  be  the  consequence  ?  If 
one-half  of  our  churches  should  say,  instead  of  sending  our  money  to  the  Board  of 
Home  or  Foreign  Missions,  we  will  send  it  to  the  missionaries  direct — to  supple- 
ment their  salaries  which  are  too  small,  how  could  those  Boards  meet  their 
engagements  to  their  missionaries — how  could  they  enlarge  their  work,  by  send- 
ing out  additional  laborers?  And  would  not  those  missionaries  who  had  no 
special  contributions  sent  them,  have  reason  to  complain  and  be  dissatisfied,  if 
indeed  they  were  not  left  to  suffer  for  want  of  their  small  salaries  promised  by  the 

oard.    Or  how  would  this  practice  work  in  regard  to  the  Education  BoardJ    If 


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a  lar^^e  portion  of  the  churches  instead  of  sending  their  annual  collections  to  the 
Treasurer  of  the  Board,  should  send  them  to  some  favorite  candidates  for  the 
ministry,  would  not  the  Board  Jt}e  obliged  to  drop  many  of  their  beneficiaries,  or 
cut  down  the  appropriations  to  others,  already  too  small?  No  less  injurious  and 
unjust  are  the  effect  of  special  contributions,  in  the  work  of  Church  £rectioD. 

P.  S. — Our  friends  will  please  notice  the  change  of  our  office  to  No.  23  Centre 
Street,  New  York. 


D05ATI0B8  TO  THB  BOABD  OF  ChURCH  ErECTIOH^  NOVEMBER  1872. 


Sthod  of  AiBAirr^— P&y  of  7Vo>y— Cohoes  \%\ 
cfa  44;  North  Granville  ch  1»  60 

Hthod  Of  Baltimoak. — Phv  of  New  Cl«(te— Fed- 
eniUtnirg  ch  16;  Lower  West  Notimghara  oh 
26  47. 

STir(n>  OF  CtBcanxkTLf—Pby  of  i>t^<on— Yellow 
Spriogs  ch  27. 

Sr5o©  OF  Cletblanik— P''^  of  CTeueland— Ash(a- 
bulrt  ch,  from  Mrit  H  E  Parson*,  '•special*'  60; 
Clerelaud  2d  oh,  in  part  80:  Cleveland.  Went- 
min«ter  ch,  of  which  6  "special,"  from  Mrs  A  F 
RKftexkspeTUfT  20;  Solon  ch,  add'l  ft.  Fbv  »f 
IToAontn^— Leetooia  ch  ih.  Fby  of  St^uhmrjUU'— 
Kidxe  ch  16  6«. 

Stkod  of  Columbus.— P^  o1  ilM«»»— Marietta 
4th  St  ch  16  2ft.  Pbp  of  CbiMmftw*— Dublin  ch  6. 
Pkv  of  IFoo«/«r— Ashland  ch  46  10;  Chippewa  ch 
8  -JO;  Clearfork  ch  2;  Perrysville  ch  8.  Ptm  of 
ZantsviUe—FvATmoxxiii  ch  1;  Unlontown  ch  1; 
ZaoevTiUe  2d  ch  12  03. 

Stnod  of  Erii.— Pby  of  AUegheny^kWeii^BTij 
iMt  German  ch  5;  Highlands  ch  16  96;  Millvale 
ch  4  60;  New  Salem  ch  20  76;  Pine  Creek  ch 
14  82.  Pjf/ of  fitt/te'^-CllntonTille  ch  4.  Pby  of 
JSrM— Edinboro'  ch,  addM  SO;  Union  oh  14  42. 
/^V  of  A'i/tonniiijjp— Clarksburg  ch  3  40:  Ebenezer 
ch  17  12:  £Ider>ridge  ch  10  42;  Rockbridge  ch 
1  21;  West  Lebanon  oh  17. 
•  8t»od  of  Gekbta.— /%  of  Oaf/uga—C&yugfi  ch 
20.  P&i/  of  Geneva— Benion  ch  23 ;  Ithaca  Int  ch, 
add'l  27  GO.    Pby  of  Lyona— Lyons  lot  oh  8  74. 

8T50D  OF  Hakrisburo.— Pbv  of  Cbr^Mltf— Big 
Spring  ch  22  ^.  Pby  of  ffunt*ngdon-^E»B%  Kisha- 
cooiiillasch  bt*;  Huntingdon  oh  88  80;  Sinking 
and  ibring  Creek  chs  M,  Phy  of  Northumber' 
land— Lewittburg  ch,  add'l  1. 

SraoD  OF  iLUNois,  Cwttral.— P6y  of  Bfooming- 
ton — Atlanta  ch  6  46.  Pby  of  Peoria— Bruni>wicK 
cb  4 ;  Salem  ch  4.  Pby  of  ^SScAuy tor— Burton  ch 
10;  Carthage  ch,  **8peoiar*  26;  Keithsbarg  oh 
4  01) :  Macomb  ch  18  60;  Oquawka  ch  4. 

SrnoD  OF  iLUMois,  Nobth.— P6y  of  Preeport^ 
Freeport,  3d  (ierman  ch,  addM  1 ;  Rockford  Isfc 
ch  60  59.  Pby  of  Ottawa—Aurora  Ist  ch  6  60; 
Morris  lac  cb,  add'l  6.  Pby  of  Rock  iSivar- New 
Bo(«ton  ch  6. 

Stsod  of  lLUXoi8,8ouTH.—/%(>fOit'ro— Grand 
Tower  ist  ch  6. 

STsroD  OF  INMAHA,  Nqrth.— P6y  of  Crawfords- 
vIZte— Craw fordsTi lie,  Centre  ch  30;  Lima  Ut  oh 
6.  Pby  of  Fitrt  TFayn*— La  Gxange  ch  6  66;  New 
Lancaster  ch  I  60;  Pleasant  Riclge  oh  6.  Pby  of 
Jtfunete— Boxley  oh  8;  Nobleerille  oh  7;  Tipton 
ch  4. 

8t50D  of  Ikdiaka,  South.— Pfev  of  Indiatuipolis 
—Hopewell  Sab-sch,  add'l  4.  Pby  of  New  Albany 
-MaiJison  Ist  ch  28  60.  Pby  of  White  Water— 
Coiiner!*Fille  ch  26;  Ru{>hville  oh  8;  Shelbyville 
Ger  ch  6. 

Stkod  of  Iowa,  North.— rtyo/CJadar  itopids— 
Blair.<town  ch  lo;  shellsburgh.  Central  ch  3  80. 
Pby  of  /)u6u9U«— SherrilPs  Mound  ch  6. 

SfNOD  OF  Iowa,  South.— P^  of  /ouki— Oakland 
oh  4  60.  Pbff  of  Iowa  CWy— Deep  River  oh  6: 
Walcott  ch  4  26.  Pby  of  Missouri  River—  Bedford 
oh  2  40;  Council  Blutfi  oh  12  76;  Fairmount  ch 
4  85. 

SiTfOD  or  KAH8A8.— Pby  of  7bp«Aa— Auburn 
oh  4. 


Stkod  of  Kbxtuckt.— Pby  of  LtmisviUe—Bow)' 
ing  Green  ch  26  36. 

ST90D  OF  LoNO  ISLAKD.— Ptjf  of  Long  lUand— 
Middletown  ch  4  89. 

Synod  of  MroHiOAif.— Pbt/  ef  l>6ft'o»«— Detroit, 
Fort  St  ch,'* add'l  and  9pec'l'*^81:  Deiroit,  JeflVr- 
son  Ave  oh,  "spec'l"  277;  Plainfield  ch  6;  Una- 
dilla  l8t  ch  4;  Ypsilanti  1st  ch  74.  Pbu  of  KalO' 
hmsoo— Alleuan  Ist  ch.  add'l  11  61;  Kalaumzoo 
1st  oh  66  7^.  Pbu  <i/'Lan«in^— Stock  bridge  ch 
6.    P6v  of  Sii^nuw— Klmtlst  ch  123  83, 

SriroD  OF  Minnesota.— P6j/  of  Mankafo—Qt 
Peter,  Union  ch.  add*I  5.  Pby  of  If tnoNa— Ali»erfc 
Lea  ch  14 ;  Preston  ch,  add'l  2  80. 

Synod  of  Nbw  Jbrbet.— Pbv  of  5/t»»6«^— PI  uck- 
amin  ch  30.  i'by  of  Jersey  CSiw— Pat*son  2d  cr>, 
*•  special"  17  16.  Pby  of  Monmouth— Cretim 
Ridge  ch,  **  special"  12.  Pftyof-yctoorfc— Newark 
2d  ch,  quar  coll  66  48.  Pby  of  New  Brwwwick— 
Alexandria  Ist  ch  6  72;  Dutch  Neck  ch  20; 
Tilusvllle  ch,  •*  special "  29  65.  Pby  of  Newton— 
Branchville  ch.  in  part  36:  Greenwich  1st  ch 
27  60.    Pby  of  West  J«ra^— Fairfield  ch  22. 

Synod  of  New  York.— Pby  of  Boston— New- 
buryport  2d  oh  14.  Pby  of  H^udson— CenterTille 
ch,  add'l  2.  Pbv  of  New  iV*— New  York  Ist  ch 
6238  98;  New  York  ch  8:  New  York,  Murrsy 
Hill  en  22  12.  Pby  of  Weetehester—GiWhd  oh 
20  60;  Sing  Sine  ch  UK):  South  Oreenburgh  ch 
31  01 ;  Wbite  Plains  ch  9  60. 

Synod  of  Philadblfhia.— Pby  of  Cft«f«r— Avon- 
dale  ch  3  25;  Coatesville  ch  19.  t*by  of  Lacka- 
wanna— Newton  ch  6.  Pby  of  LeAigA- Mahanoy 
City  1st  oh  16  64.  Pby  of  Pkilad^phtOy  North— 
Norristown,  Central  ch,  ''special"  loo. 

Synod  of  Pittsburoh.— Pbv  of  BlairaoiUe—lM- 
trobe  ch,  add'l  6.  Pbwo/ PifWsbMryA— Fairvlew 
ch  10;  Lebimon  ch  43  85;  Mingo  ch,  add'l  60  cts; 
Pittsburgh  6th  ch  at  53.  Pby  o/i2ed«ton«— Re ho- 
b<>th  ch  88  80;  Mt  Waahinaton  ch  4.  Pby  of 
West  Kiryinia— Point  Pleaaant  oh  1  65;  Upper 
Fbits  ch  3  :tf);  West  Columbia  ch  1  25. 

Synod  of  Toledo— P^  qf  Jifa«m«*— Gilead  oh 
5  66;  Toutogany  ch  5  80. 

Synod  of  Utica-— Pby  of  Binghamtnn—BlTkft- 
hampton  North  ch  18;  Virgil  6;  Waverly  ch  6. 
Pby  of  Ote«ya— Delhi  2d  ch  19  68;  Gilbertsvllle 
oh  24.    Ply  of  St  ZrauTTsnc^— Brasher  Falls  ch  8. 

Synod  of  Wbstbbn  New  York— Pby  qfRoeheeier 
—Livonia  Ist  ch  18  40;  Rochester  Memorial  oh 
6;  Tuscarora  and  Union  Corners  ch  5. 

Synod  of  Wisconsin.— Pby  of  Tftnasboyo— Bobin- 
sonville  ch  5.  Pby  of  Wieeohein  i2<««r-Richland 
Centre  ch  4  50. 

Oommitteeon  Benevolence  and  Finance  571  63 

Miscellaneous.— Mrs  Eliaabeth  Brant,  Mt  Car- 
mel,  Ind  1;  "H,"  N  Y  10;  Miss  M  E  Soovill, 
Clifton  Springs,  N  Y  6;  Mrs  Burnham,  Morris- 
town,  N  J  24;  Commodore  C  K  Stribling,  Wash- 
ington. D  C  100;  Rev  G  S  Boardman,  Cazenovia, 
N  Y  12;  Henrv  Hawkms,  Hoboken,  N  J  5;  F. 
G.  Bnrnham,  Norristown,  N  J,  *-8peciar'  SOO; 
O  M  Green.  Alexandria,  Va  2;  1st  instalment 
from  sale  of  Gosport  ch,  Ind  150;  From  Estate  of 
Thomas  Hill.  Philadelphia,  Pa  10;  Interest  from  . 
Permanent  Fund  42. 

Total  receipts  in  Novembor,       110,272  24 
NATHAN  LANE,  Treamrer, 


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Relief  Fund  for  Disabled  Ministers. 


{Janwxry 


RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  -MINISTERS, 

AND  THE  WIDOWS  AND  ORPHANS  OF  i)ECEASED  MINISTERa 

Rbt.  Gmmi  Haub,  D.D^  Secretary,  Rkt.  Cbaalbs  Beowit,  Treasurtr. 

Opfuu,  1334  Chesinat  Street.  Philadelphia. 


''I delivered  tkepoor  that  eriedf  and  thefatherUee,  and  Mm  that  had  none  to  help  him,^— Job  xxU.  11 


A  widow's  reply  to  a  remittance  is: — "Our  hearts  unite  in  thankfulness  to  our 
Heavenly  Father,  and  our  souls  sing  for  joy  because  '  He  hath  not  forgotten  to 
be  gracious/  and  has  put  it  into  the  hearts  of  his  people  to  *  consider  tne  poor,' 
and  'listen  to  the  cry  of  the  needy.'  *For  this  thing  the  Lord  thy  God  shall 
bless  thee  in  all  thou  puttest  thine  hand  unto.' " 

Who  will  help  to  raise  the  $12,000  now  needed,  and  share  the  promised 
blessings?  


Ck>HTBIBUTI0N8  IS 

Stmov  op  Albaitt. — ny  of  AU)ani/-' 

G!oFer9?ille  ch  6l  06 
Pbv  of  Champtain^Fort  CovingtOD  ch      34  35 

Essex  ch  19  00 

Pby  of  Cb/umWo-Catskill  ch  73  16 

Jewett  oh  20  00 

Schagticoke  oh  19  21 

Stnod  or  BxvnuotLE.—Pby  of  New  Ocutlo^ 

Middletown,  Forest  ch  10  00 

Pfey  of  Washingion  City — 
Washinxton  City  4th  ch,  (25  from  Rev 

Dr  Smith)  197  33 

Georgetown,  Bridge  st  oh  66  61 

8THOD  OP  GnronnvATX.— Pby  of  ChiUloothe-' 

WilkesTille  ch 

Hillsboro*  ch 
Pby  of  Otn^mna^t^-Oincinnatl  6th  ch 
Pby  o/i>aj^tof>— Sppingfield  Ist  ch 
Stkod  op  Glbtblamd. — Pby  of  CUndand— 

Westminster  ch 

Solon  ch 
Phy  of  JfoAomny— Ton nffstoipn  oh 
Pby  of  81  QairsvUle—OUve  ch 
Pbv  of  SteubenvUlo-Corimh  oh 

GanonsburRh  ch 

New  Cumberland  oh 

Uhricksville  ch 

CarrolUon  ch 

Stnod  op  Columbus.— P^<l^CWttm6uji— 

Westerville  and  Central  College  chs 
Pby  of  (fo<i«fer— Ashland  ch 

Jackson  ch 

Dalton  oh 
Ptnf  qf  ZaneeoiUo—OAk^eld  ch 

Zanesville  2d  ch 

Fairmount  ch 

Coshocton  ch 

New  Lexington  ch 

Unity  ch 

Rosepille  ch 

West  Carlisle  and  Jefferson  chs 

Mil  ford  ch 

Uniontown  oh 

SrsroD  OP  Ears.— Pby  of  AUegheny-^ 

Allegheny  1st  German  ch 
Pby  of  Butler^Muddy  Creek  ch 
Pbv  b/£ri0— Sunville  ch 

Sugar  Creek  oh 
Pbv  of  Kittanning—Glude  Run  ch 

East  and  Union  oh 

Freeport  oh 
Pby  of  iSAsnon^o— Newport  oh 

Stnod  op  Gbnkta«— Pby  <^  Geneva^ 

Phelps  Ist  ch 

Ithaca  1st  ch 
Pbv  q/"  .LvoH«— Galon  or  Clyde  ch 

Newark  ch 
Pbyq/'^'rcubm— Prattsburgh  1st  oh 


9  10 

109  80 

400 

48  18 

SO  00 

6  00 

1U6  00 

400 

16  UO 

800 

800 

800 

10  00 

26  00 

31  66 

19  86 

17  00 

200 

21  10 

1  00 

8-iOO 

443 

4  41 

1  t<0 

9  38 

820 

100 

3  62 

8  90 

2  16 

200 

22  00 

3  16 

33  66 

7  00 

26  76 

17  86 

9  UO 

2.^06 

16  00 

NOVEMBBB  1872. 

Stmod  op  HAKRisBumo?— Pbi/ of  OxrItBto— 

Curl  Isle  1st  ch  106  75 

Peterxbursh  ch  3  oo 

Pbv  of  Hun^inodon— Wniiamsburgh  oh  23  00 

McVeytown  ch  86  40 

Pine  Grove  Mills  ch  8  6« 

Peru  ch  8  (lO 

East  Eishacoauillas  ch  40  00 

Pby  of  Northumberland— 

Bald  Eagle  and  Niiuny  ch  27  00 

HartletOD  ch  6  00 

Pby  of  ITettaboro— Coudersport  oh  8  00 
Synod  op  Illinois,  Cbnteal.— 

Pby  of  Btoomifij/tofi— Danville  ch,  add'l  6  00 

Champaign  Ist  ch  7176 

Atlanta  oh  8  8i 

Chatsworth  ch  11  93 

Pby  of  Peoria— Peoria,  Fulton  st  ch  11  <»0 

Brunswick  ch  4  OQ 

Salem  ch  4  00 

Deer  Creek  ch  9  00 

Eureka  ch  6  32 

Pbt/ of  £cAu^f er—Oqnawka  ch  18  60 

Keiihsburgh  ch  10  00 
Stnod  op  Ilunois,  NoBTa.~Pby  of  Chicago-' 

Waukegan  oh  16  00 

Pby  of  Prefport— Willow  Creek  ch  84  00 

Galena  German  ch  1  6(> 

Rock  ford  lot  ch  40  61 

Pby  o/ 0«a«w— Morris  ch  11  «8 

Pby  of  Ruck  ie/ver— Sterling  ch  8  00 
Stnod  op  Indiana,  North,— 

pby  of  0-awfor</<piZ{o— RockTllle  ch  16  IS 

Clinton  oh  6  00 

New  Bethel  ch  6  UO 

Frankfort  ch  18  60 

Crawfurdnville,  Centre  ch  82  76 

Pbjv  of  Fort  Wayne^Fon  Wayne  Ist  oh    96  00 

Pleasant  Ridge  ch  2  60 

Pierceton  oh  4  00 

New  r^ncaster  ch  1  00 

Pby  0/ Jfunde— Munoie  ch  26  00 
Stnod  op  Indiana,  South.— 

Pb|yofi\r«i0il/baay— New  Washington  ch   7  00 

Seymour  ch  6  00 

Pby  of  WhUe  IFator— Rushville  ch  12  00 
Stnod  op  Iowa,  North— 

Pby  of  Cedar  i2apjd«— Linn  Grove  oh  8  55 

Clinton  oh  16  05 

Blairstown  ch  4  to 

Pby  of  Dubuque— Dubnque  2d  ch  40  60 

Hopkinton  ch  8  00 

Shemirs  Mound  ch  8  00 

Waukon,  German  ch   .  8  OO 

Pby  of  Ifatortoo— Salem  ch  7  00 
Synod  op  Iowa,  South.— Pby  of  Dee  Moinea— 

Chariton  ch  6  00 

Pbv  of /oioa— Burlington  1st  oh  8196 

KirkTille  oh                          ,<^  5  00 

Pby  of  Iowa  CWy— Deep  River  4^ QOQ 100 


1873.] 


ReUef  Fund  for  Disabled  Miniiter$. 


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Tipton  ch  T  00 

1»  Alcott  ch  7  4ft 

Fulion  ch  1  26 

Eldridj^e  ch  2  00 

J^v  of  Mistouri  jRtver— College  Sprints  ch  1  CO 

Bedford  ch  1  00 

Council  BlufTs  oh  16  21 

Hopewell  oh  1  00 

Stuod  of  KAK8A8.--P6y  o/  Nsoafto— 

New  Chicago  ch  8  00 
Btnod  of  KxsTOCiT.— Pfty  of  LouitvUU-^ 

Princeton  oh  22  00 
SrvoD  OF  Long  Iplahp.— P6y  of  Brooklyn'^ 
Henry  St  1st  ch,  Mrs  A  Mann  for 

Mrs  Bogge*  50  00 

Throop  Ave  ch  16  36 

E  D.  Ainslie  St  ch  36  12 

Pfey  of  Long  Island— Middletown  oh  4  85 

Pby  of  Naaau—RoBlyn  eh  20  00 
Stvod  of  MicraoAH.— P6y  of  Detroit-' 

rpstlftnti  l8t  ch  23  70 

Detroit,  Westminvter  oh  42  62 

Detroit  l8t  ch  60  41 

Ann  Arbor  li»tch  82  00 

P6y  of  Orand  Bapida — 

Grand  Rapids,  Westminater  ch  19  04 

Grand  Haven  ch  23  86 

Pe^  q^^atomazoo— Allegan  ch  6  00 
8XH0D  of  MixirE8oiA.--/%  of  St  Paul— 

Minneapolis,  Westminster  ch  76  00 

Minneapolis  Sab-sch  20  39 

Ditluth  1st  ch  10  60 

P5y  of  Winona— Prenton  oh  3  60 
Stnod  of  MI88091I — Pby  <tf  Osage— 

New  Frankfort  ch  76 

Pby  of  i\i^mj/ra— Snllivan  1st  oh  4  36 

Bird's  Eye  Ridge  ch  2  00 

Pby  (^  St  £ou{»— Carondelet  ch  80  80 
BnioD  ov  Niw  jMBmr J— Pby  of  Elizabeth— 

Lamington  ch  40  00 

Pluckamin  ch  -26  00 

Pby  of  Jerney  Ciey— Palerson  2d  ch  20  00 

Norwood  ch  12  00 

Fhv  of  ifonmoutA— Bnck»burgh  oh  12  00 

Hightstown  ch  25  00 

Tom's  River  ch  6  00 

Cream  Ridge  ch  8  00 

P5»/  of  Men  is  and  Orange— 

Ktk»t  Orange  Ist  ch  67  83 

rby  of  Newark— If  ew&Tk  2d  oh  28  28 

Fbu  of  Neui  Brunswick — 

New  BruDswick  Ist  ch  67  86 

Pennington  ch,  addU  16  00 

Hamilton  Square  ch  14  60 

Alexandria  Ist  ch  6  11 

Pbu  of  iVinoton— Wantage  2d  ch  10  00 

Peckertown  ch  22  00 

Newton  oh  66  06 

Blairstown  ch  20  00 

Fhi  of  West  Jer«iy— Woodbary  oh  31  10 

Waterford  ch  3  00 

Cedarville  2d  ch  Sab  sch  4  60 
SmoD  OF  Niw  Yo»K.--P6y  of  Boston— 

New  Boston  ch  16  00 

I%ff  of  ^tidfon— Centrefille  ch  8  GO 

PbvofNew  York— 

Mt  Washington  ch,  special  410  00 

Sea  and  Land  ch  11  00 

University  Place  ch,  add'l  100  00 

New  York  4th  Ave  oh  208  96 

Pf)y  of  North  £iver— Poughkeepsie  oh      71  66 

P5v  of  Wettehester— 

Bridgeport  oli,  add'l  6  00 

North  Salem  oh  22  60 

Stvod  of  PIIII.AIHELPBXA.— P(y  cf  Chester^ 

West  Chester  ch  6  90 

Coatesvlile  oh  27  00 

Pbf/  of  Xa«Aca«Mlnna— Ablngton  oh  6  00 

Newton  ch  12  UO 

Wilkesbarre  ch  170  00 

Dunmore  ch  12  00 

Pbff  of  LeAi^A— Reading  let  ch  106  94 

Mabanoy  City  ch  37  27 

Mountain  oh  10  00 

P6V  of /'ftUads^TAia-SoQth  Wettem  ch    14  25 

Philadalpbia,  7th  oh  49  83 


Philadelphia,  Walnut  St  ch 

148  11 

Cedar  St  ch 

21  60 

Fbv  of  Philadelphia,  Central— 

Philadelphia,  Ohvetch 

40  00 

West  Arch  St  ch 

09  13 

Pbv  of  Philadelphia,  North- 

Conshobocken  ch 

6  00 

Chesnut  Hill  ch 

218  00 

Infant  School 

10  00 

Falls  of  Schuylkill  ch 
Neshaminy  of  Warminster  ch 

48  11 

12  00 

Pby  of  ffes<minstor--8lateville  ch 
Yofk  ch 


18  00 
808  33 

Slate  rtidge  oh  12  uo 

New  Harmony  ch  6  00 
Stnod  of  PirTSBOEOH.— /%  cf  BfairsvUle— 

Blairsville  ch  66  76 

Ptju  of  Pittsburgh— h&yrrenQBYillG  ch  20  uo 

Pittsburgh  6ih  ch,  add'l  2  00 

Pittsburgh  8d  ch  127  UO 

Lf'banon  oh  .  44  66 

Wilkinsburgh  ch  89  00 

Mt  Washington  ch  6  00 

Shnrpsburgh  ch  39  46 

Pbu  of  Bedstone— ^ew  Providence  oh  10  00 

Greenf>boro  ch  3  00 

Pby  of  Washington — Cross  Roads  ch  6  11 

Pby  of  West  Virginia— Vpper  Fiats  ch  1  40 

West  Columbia  ch  1  Oi 

Pby  of  Morgantoton—Morg^uiown  ch  10  80 

Point  Pleasant  ch  2  66 
Stnod  of  Tolkdo.— Pby  of  BdUfontaine— 

Hunisviile  ch  3  00 

Belle  Centre  ch  9  00 

Buck  Creek  ch  16  00 

Pbu  of  fTuroii— Milan  ch  21  00 

Clyde  ch  4  10 

Pbu  of  Lima— Turtle  Creek  ch  3  50 

Mt  Jetterson  ch  2  60 

Pby  of  i/aum««— Delta  ch  10  OO 

Weston  ch  6  26 
Stnod  of  Utioa.— P6y  ofBinghamUm— 

Waverly  ch  22  00 

Pby  of  Olsego—Cherrj  Valley  ch  30  tK) 

Delhi  2d  oh  27  92 

P6v  of  St  Lawrence— Ox.  Bow  ch  14  85 

Theresa  ch  7  oo 

Watertown,  Stone  St  ch  60  00 

Norristown  ch  4  30 

Pbff  of  Syracuse— Pompej  Ist  ch  10  00 

Skeneaieles  ch  20  00 

Collameroh  11  00 

Pby  of  l7«eo— Camden  1st  ch  10  00 

Westernville  ch  34  4U 

Clay ville  ch  13  UO 
Btxod  of  WKBTxair  Nkw  York. — Pby  of  Genesee — 

Attica  ch  16  68 

Leroy  oh  24  00 

Corfu  cli  11  00 

Pbi/  of  i\rta«7ara— Millville  ch  5  00 

Pby  of  Boehesier—Si^rtA  id  ch  6  60 

Tuscarora  and  Union  Corners  chs  12  60 

Rochester,  brick  ch  82  00 

Btnod  of  Wiscoxsni.— P6y  of  Lake  Superior— 

Superior  ch  7  00 

Pby  of  Milwaukee— MauHowuo  1st  ch  11  00 

.  Ph/  of  Winnebago — Weyauwega  ch  6  12 

From  the  Committee  of  Benevolence 

and  Finance  383  68 

nSOXLLANIOITB. 

Through  the  "Presbyterian,"  special  20;  Ohio, 
Glendale,  from  **E"3;  Interest  on  Permanent 
Fund,  per  Wm  E  Tenbrook,  Esq  122  60;  From 
a  Missionary  to  Africa  3;  D  C,  Washington, 
Commodore  C  R  Stribling,  U  S  Navv  100;  Ohio, 
Athens,  Mrs  A  Q  Putnam  1;  Williamsburgh, 
ftorn  "D  S"  2;  Ohio,  Rushsylvania,  J  C  Walter 
8  60;  Wis,  Deiroit,  Rev  J  A  Clayton  6;  Per 
**  Presbyterian,"  special  11;  N  Y,  Cazenovia,  Rev 
G  S  Boardman,  DD  12;  Pa,  York,  Mif*s  Jane  L 
Cathcarl  20;  Estate  of  Samuel  Hill  10;  Pa« 
Home,  S  C  Thompson  3  76 

Tolal  reoeipU  in  November,       |69i0  76 
CHARLES  BROWN,  Treasurer, 
Office,  1834  Chestnut  Street,  Phlla. 


30  Oeneral  Auemhly'*  Committee  on  Fteedmen,  [Janxuirtf 

GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN. 

Rev.  a.  G.  McGlillaitd,  Cbr.  Seeretarp,  Box  1246,  PitUburgh,  Pa. 
Riv.  Ja8.  Au.1805.  D.Dn  Treasurer^  Lock  Box  4S,  Pittuburffh,  Pa. 
£.  Q.  Wooswa&d,  Bsq^  EecHving  Agmt^  1334  Cheatnui  street,  Philadelphia. 


ENCOURAGED. 
If  we  looked  only  at  the  receipts  of  the  five  months  preceding  Decembep  1, 
1872,  as  compared  with  the  corresponding  period  of  last  year,  we  should  feel 
discouraged,  as  the  deficit  amounts  to  several  thousand  dollars.  But  comparing 
the  recerpta  of  the  eight  months  (preceding  date  named)  of  our  present  fiscal 
year  with  those  of  the^  same  months  of  last  year,  the  deficit  is  so  small,  that,  on 
the  whole,  we  feel  encouraged  rafchat  than  otherwise;  especially  in  that  the 
general  interest  in  our  work  is  evidently  on  the*  increase,  and  a  large  proportion 
of  the  benevolent  funds  of  our  Church  is  now  contributed  during  the  months  of 
winter  and  early  spring,  leading  us  to  hope  that  the  end  of  the  present  fiscal  year 
(April  1,  1873)  will  show  an  advance  upon  that  which  preceded  it.  But  let 
none  think  that  becanse  we  are  not  uttering  ''frantic  cries''  for  help,  nor  even 
discouraged  and  cast  down,  they  may  therefore  feel  at  ease,  omit  collections,  or 
give  less  in  behalf  of  our  Church's  work  among  the  freedmen.  On  the  contrary, 
let  our  encouragement  be  theirs,  as  well  for  devising  and  doing  yet  more  ** liberal 
things''  for  the  uplifting  of  the  lowly.  Shall  not  they  and  we,  and  those  who 
help,  be  permitted  to  rejoice  together  speedily  in  a  large  accession  to  the  namber 
of  contributing  churches?  What  church  can  afford  to  have  its  name  recorded  as 
having  done  nothing  in  behalf  of  a  work  which,  so  far  as  prosecuted,  has  been 
blessed  with  such  marked  success?  It  has  been  strengthening  its  stakes,  but  we 
long  greatly  to  see  it  lengthen  its  cords  also.  May  every  church  in  our  com- 
munion know  soon  the  blessedness  of  having  taken  a  generous  part  in  this  behalf, 
and  may  earnest  prayer  be  offered  by  all  for  God's  continued  blessing  thereon. 


AFRICA  FOR  THE  FREEDMEN. 

"Rev.  a.  C.  McClelland,  ^' Gaboon^  Oct.  8,  1872. 

"Ck)r.  Sec.  of  FYeedmen's  Committee. 

"Dwr  J5ro/A«r— With  great  pleasure  I  forward  you  fifteen  dollars,  contributed 
last  Sabbath  by  our  Mission  church  at  Baraka,  for  your  good  work  among  the 
freedmen.  All  the  members  of  the  church  are  poor,  but  freely  contributed, 
though  it  cost  them  no  little  self-denial.  When  I  told  them  about  the  freedmen, 
their  thirst  for  knowledge,  and  the  efforts  which  were  being  made  to  educate  and 
Christianize  them,  they  manifested  much  interest. 

*'They  wished  me  to  send  their  sal^tationa  to  their  colored  friends  in  America, 
and  invite  them  to  send  some  of  their  number  out  here,  to  aid  thani  in  the  work 
of  evangelizing  their  fatherland.  Not  only  are  good,  well-qualified  ministers  and 
teachers  much  needed,  but  a  good  Christian  carpenter,  blacksmith,  cooper,  and 
tailor,  might  find  profitable  employment*,  and  other  artisans  and  laborers  could 
do  well,  but  let  none  come  but  the  truly  pious,  the  intelligent,  industrious,  and 
enterprising.  Such  would  find  a  good  climate,  the  best  in  western  Africa;  busi- 
ness that  would  afford  a  competent  support,  good  schools  for  their  children,  and 
religious  privileges  and  opportunities  to  do  good  to  any  extent.  They  need  no 
aid  from  any  missionary  or  colonization  society,  but  may  come  independently  on 
their  own  hooks,  and  they  will  succeed. 

"  Permit  me  to  add,  that  I  regard  the  work  among  the  freedmen  one  of  great 
importance,  and  rejoice  in  all  the  success  that  crowns  the  efforts  that  are  being 
made  in  their  behjdf.  Yours  fraternally,  &c.,  A.  Bushnell." 


1873.] 


General  Assembfy'i  Committee  en  Freedmen. 


81 


FROM  A  TEACHER  IN  TENNESSEE. 

'*  I  begin  to  be  more  enconraged  about  my  school,  ther^  is  a  gradual  improve- 
ment  for  the  better.  Yesterday,  in  our  usual  Friday  evening  prayer-meeting, 
nearly  all  the  pupils  who  are  members  of  the  church  were  encouraged  to  open 
their  mouths  in  supplication,  and  one  of  the  worst  boys  in  school  was  seen  with 
tears  rolling  down  his  face;  and  after  the  meeting  was  dismissed,  the  same  boy 
took  the  hand  of  another,  (whom  he  had  beaten  terribly  in  a  fight  the  day  before,) 
asked  his  pardon,  and  promised  to  do  so  no  more.  So  good  is  God  to  us !  But  I 
feel  that  we  must  have  a  revival  in  the  school,  or  all  effort  will  be  vain.  Oh  praj 
that  the  Spirit  may  be  poured  out  upon  the  school.*'* 

FROM  PROFESSOR  SHEDp,  BIDDLE  MEMORIAL  INSTITUTE,  N.  C. 

"The  month  past  has  been  a  busy  one  between  the  school  and  churches.  *  ♦  ♦ 
I  have  been  every  Sabbath  at  communions  in  the  country  churches,  except  one. 
*  *  *  There  were  several  additions  to  the  church  on  each  Sabbath,  and  in 
general  the  churches  seem  to  be  in  a  better  state  than  they  were  at  the  spring 
communions.  There  are  fewer  cases  of  discipline,  and  the  candidates  coming 
forward  are  in  many  oases  a  better  class.  Last  Sabbath  the  five  persons  admitted 
were  all  readers,  and  some  of  them  very  intelligent  and  interesting  in  their 
experience.  The  churches  are  all  in  a  hopeful  state,  and  several  of  them  are 
raising  considerable  sums  for  their  own  needs,  or  for  Biddle.  We  ought  to  be 
poshing  out  more  into  the  destitute  regions.  We  hear  of  several  points  where 
congregations  are  asking  for  the  word.  A  good  colporteur  and  Sunday-school 
man  to  hold  meetings,  sell  books,  and  set  do^rn  stakes  as  a  pioneer  agent,  might 
be  the  best  way,  perhaps,  to  open  new  places.'' 


Donations  at  Pittsbuboh  fob  Ck)MMiTTBB  on  Fbbbdmbn  in  Novembeb  1872. 


J»Tico»  o»  ALB4iiT.^P6y  of  Albanf—F\T9t  ch 
PdtMQecUdy  24U  98.  P&y  qf  TVoy— Waterfonl  ch 
20  62. 

^Y?l^D  OP  ATtAirnc— P6y  of  FiuKnn— Statwiville 
eh  8  £0;  Lojranob  J:  Oatawb«oh6  06;  New  Carte 
ch  4  38     Fly  qf  Fairfidd—LBinnu*B  oh,  col'd  10. 

dmoD  or  BALTiMOfti.— i^  qf  yew  Ccutle-^VfU 
oomicoeh  25. 

STHOD  OF  CLBVBLA!n>.— Pby  of  SUubenv(Ue^1ttoom  • 
field  eh  7.  Ftp  qf  Mahoiting — Yoangstoim  ch 
W  60;  DeerfidU  eb  21  08. 

ST?roD  or  CoLCMBUf. — Pby  qf  Vfbeifar— Dalton  ch 
26;  Wajoe  ch  12  8U;  Chester  ch  6  70. 

dr^oD  or  Bmii.— Fby  qf  AUegheny — Brldgevater 
eh  23  60;  Highland  eh  11  86;  Qerman  eh  2  26; 
Bakerftown  eh  15.  Fby  qfBrie—O^ntnX  ch  26 ;  Isl 
eh  North  Bast  U;  Bdialoro' ch  40.  PbyqfJiuOtr^ 
Martinshargb  ch  6  76. 

Stnod  or  OnrsTA.^Pby  of  Qxyvga-^^rt  Byron 
eh  23  84.  Fby  qf  Geneva— Cayuga  ch,  for  Bliss 
Lyon  27. 

8t>od  of  Hamuouro.  — Pby  of  Ncrthumber- 
loiMf— Lewisbarg  ch  27  80.  PUy  of  Huntingdon — 
Baflalo  Bod  ch  7  60;  Willlamsborg  ch  12.  F(/y 
qf  Carlisle— Serenth  st  rh,  Uarrtsbarg  16. 

SmoD  or  iLUNOis,  Cwtbal.— iT»y  qf  Fboria— 
Parmiogtoo  ch  12. 

Stxod  of  I9DIAIVA,  NoiTH.— PKy  qf  OrawfordM' 
WUe— Bethanr  ch  11. 

8TK0D  OF  IimiARA,  SouTH.— Pbff  qf  Vhicenmt— 
GreysTlIle  eh  06  cents. 

8T1COD  or  IowA«  NoBTB~P6y  e/Dttdf^ue— Prairie 
eh  3;  Waukon  ch,  Ger  8. 

Stwod  or  Kkrtuoct.— Pty  qf  £&etieser— Second 
eh  Lexington,  Ky  262  40. 

Stmod  or  Miunbsota.— Pby  qf  SI  RniX— First  ob 
Oak  Grove  26.   Fby  of  HYnotta— Stewartsrllte  oh  6. 

bTXOD  or  MiseoDSi.— i^  qf  i^Imyra— First  oh 
Snlliran  4  46;  Bird's  Eye  Ridge  ch  2  60. 

Ptbod  or  Ntw  JiassT.— i^y  qfJeney  Ct^y— Mis- 
slooary  Association  of  S«b-seh  of  First  ch  Bergen  26. 
Fby  qf  Ifewark—BUMmt9\A  ch  70  87  ;  2d  ch  New- 
ftrk  28  24.    Fby  of  Ahoton— Newton  ch  40  01. 

Stbod  of  New  Tobk.— H>y  of  Wat  CAe<(«r— Da- 
rleo  eh  16.    Fby  qf  Aiclion— Centrerii  le  eh  2. 

8T50D  OF  PACtric.— Hqr  qf  San  Jbie— Santa  Bar- 
bera^  1. 

Srson  OF  PirraBUBaa.— F&y  of  PittfimyA— Law- 


reneevIUe  oh  81  22:  Long  Island  eh  3  60.  Fby 
qf  ^/atrsviOe— Centreville  ch  4 ;  Armagh  ch  4. 

Symod  or  Pbiladblphia.— /%  qf  ChaUr—kvon- 
dale  ch  2.    Fby  qf  LefiighStroudnburgh  ch  2. 

Stmoo  or  TviMiO^^Pby  qf  Huron— Vnemont 
eh  6. 

Snroo  or  TJnck.'-Fby  qf  St  laiorence— Carthage 
ch8  86;  Tbereeach6. 

Stnod  or  WiSTKRiv  Niw  Tobk.— P&y  of  Roches 
(er— Tosearora  and  Union  Comers  ch  6. 

Stnod  or  Wisconsin.— i%nv  of  jratoouA-ee— Im- 
manael  eh  31  68.  Fby  qf  Wi$oonsin  Jeteer— Pu- 
laski oh  6. 

Committee  of  BenoToIence  and  Finanoe  268  22. 

MisoBLLAHiotrs.— Qalesbarg  eh,  111  80  60;  1st  ch 
Teeumseh,  Mich  24  87 ;  Rev  C  CCarr,  Horse  Heads, 
N  Y.  for  student  10;  Rer  Jas  A  Laurie,  Minn  6; 
Remington  ob,  Ind  6 :  2d  eh,  Cleveland,  Obio  60 ; 
Ra?enswood  eh,  W  Ya  6 ;  Rcokville  6ta,  Ind  13  88 ; 
Carlyle  eh,  111  4  76 ;  S.ilon  ch,  Ohio  6;  AngeUca  ch, 
N  Y  6;  Huntingdon  ch, Cleveland,  Cong*l  6;  South 
Amenia  eh,  N  Y  60;  Committee  of  Benevolence 
and  Finanoe  184  82;  B  K  T  7;  a  member  of  6th 
Ave  ch,  10th  St,  N  Y  10. 

Total  Receipts  in  November,       $20  44  62 
JAHB9  ALLISON,  Trtaturer, 
Lock  Box  48,  Pittsbargb,  Pa. 

Her  8  Mattoon,  D.D.,  Presfdent,  acknowledge*  re- 
ceipts ibr  Biddle  Memorial  Institate,  as  follows: 
From  Mrs  Msry  D  Biddle,  Pbilad«lrbis,  Pa  oiO; 
8  VIele,  Kmi,  Waterford^  N  Y  60;  "Old  Soldier  of 
1812"  6.  And  from  the  following  colored  cbnrcbes : 
Murk  land's  14  60;  B^nmlem  6  60:  Woodland 
10  26;  St  Paul's  7  60;  Poplar  Tent  10;  Bellefonte 
10  ^12  86 

Rev  Luke  Borland  scknowledges  receipts  for 
Scotia  Seminary,  from  Miss  Jennie  C  L'gue,  Obio 
Femsle  College,  for  a  Main  Building  10 ;  Lyons,  Mc- 
Clelland A  Logue,  Nortbfleld,  Ohio,  for  a  Main 
Building  11  62;  Rev  J  H  Shields,  for  Crestline  cb, 
Ohio,  on  Scholarship  10;  Box  of  clothing  ftx)m 
Ladies  of  Lancaster,  Brie  county,  N  Y,  and  small 
box  from  Ladies'  Mlss'y  Society  of  Chaumont,  N  Y 

Mrs  A  H  Stesrns  acknowledges— fW>m  Sab-fcb  at 
Elisabeth,  N  J,  for  the  use  of  her  school  $76. 


32  SusterUcUion  Committee,  [Javuajy 

COMMITTEE  OF  SUSTENTATION. 

Ber.  M.  W.  JaoobuSi  D.D.,  Secretary,  818  Ridge  Street,  Allegheny,  Pa. 


'*  Inoitnuek  eu  pe  have  done  it  unto  one  of  the  leaet  of  thete  my  brethren^ y^have  done  it  unto  Me^ 


SHALL  WE  PROVISION  OUR  MEN? 

The  garrison  in  Fort  Sumter  without  supplies  must  surrender.  Conmunicstion 
with  the  base  must  be  kept  open.  Rej^ments  of  soldiers  with  no  adequate  Com- 
%iissanat  must  be  ineffective  and  succumb. 

Our  Church  has  fairly  waked  to  the  idea  that  hundreds  of  missionaries  at  loose 
ends,  afloat,  flitting  from  place  to  place,  commissioned  for  half  their  time  or  a 
third,  or  for  three  months  or  a  month,  must,  in  so  far,  fail  of  their  great 
object  Itinerancy  on  the  frontier,  and  in  the  new  settlements,  is  well  for  a  season ; 
but  when  the  Stated  Supplies  and  W.  C's  far  outnumber  the  Pastors  in  the  church 
there  can  be  no  well-regulated  and  efficient  service  of  the  ministry  as  a  whole.  The 
working  force  is  impaired  and  the  expenditure  is  at  disadvantage. 

First,  It  is  poor  economy  to  pay  so  little  for  service  as  to  make  the  service 
impossible  at  the  price  paid.  And  when  our  ministers  must  eke  out  a  subsistence 
by  teaching,  farming,  clerking,  editing,  how  can  tiie  Church  expect  full  service? 
And  when  they  are  driven  from  place  to  place  to  find  a  living  for  their  dependent 
families,  our  ministerial  force  is  so  far  impaired  and  crippled.  The  question  then 
is,  not  merely  how  many  missionaries  and  ministers  we  have,  but  how  much  of 
their  service  we  have.  Then,  when  the  pay  is  utterly  inadequate — when  the 
average  is  only  about  $650,  with  some  salaries  ranging  from  $5000  to  $10,000 
and  over,  the  problem  is  solved  only  by  the  principle,  that  the  Church  must  sua- 
tain  her  ministers  or  must  lose  their  service^  and  according  to  the  susientation  must 
commonly  be  the  proportion  of  service. 

Again,  It  is  plain  that  while  we  make  aggression  on  our  wide  frontier,  we 
must  fortify  in  our  rear — must  strengthen  and  confirm  the  churches  which  we 
have  planted,  so  that  they  shall  be  well  secured  for  the  cause  and  be  aided  to 
become  self-supporting — not  encouraged  to  depend  upon  the  funds,  but  taken 
up  under  fair  conditions  so  as  to  be  advanced  speedily  beyond  need  of  aid,  and 
meanwhile  be  trained  to  self-support  and  systematic  giving.  It  is  proved  that  the 
funds  are  economized  by  this  means,  while  the  service  is  doubled  from  the  same 
number.  The  *^ penny-wise  and  pound-foolish  policy  "  expends  where  it  ought  to 
save,  and  saves  where  it  ought  to  expend ;  and  is  like  the  Greek  scholasiicusy  who 
complained  that  just  when  his  horse  had  been  taught  to  live  without  food,  he  died. 
The  Sustentation  Scheme  of  the  General  Assembly  has  adopted  all  reasonable 
checks  against  abuse..  There  are  doubtless  parsimonious  churches.  If  any  such 
have  thought  that  they  could  relieve  their  proper  burdens  and  fall  back  on  salary 
and  come  under  the  Scheme,  so  far  from  being  encouraged  in  this  by  the  Scheme, 
they  have  come  into  very  discouraging  contact  with  one  of  the  conditions  of  aid 
which  is,  "  Ko  reduction  of  salary  from  the  precediitg  year^ 

There  have  always  been  churches  which  would  like  to  live  on  the  funds,  but  the 
Scheme  lays  down  conditions  by  which  abuse  is  rendered  extremely  difficult,  and 
fairly  impossible,  except  on  the  theory  of  faithless  Presbyteries  and  false  ministers, 
which  we  cannot  yet  accept.  And  if  a  minister  is  called  to  serve  a  mean  people, 
is  he  not  a  fair  object  of  our  sympathy,  and  should  he  not  be  sustained,  where  his 


1873.]  Sustentation  Committee,  33 

work  of  gospelling  the  sordid  and  avaricious  is  so  necessary?  Only  a  limited 
class  of  churches  can  come  at  once  under  our  Scheme  because  of  the  conditions; 
but  these  churches  can  be,  and  ought  to  be  advanced  according  to  the  Plan. 
Take  an  instance  or  two  of  the  working. 

1.  A  church  in  Kansas,  that  had  offered  only  $200,  and  was  to  get  the  balance 
from  the  Board  of  Home  Missions,  succeeded  in  raising  $500  by  the  encourage- 
ments of  the  Scheme.  Now,  for  the  second  year,  having  had  a  large  accession  of 
members,  they  advance  their  salary  to  $730,  and  receive  $270  instead  of  $500. 

2.  The  systematic  beneficence,  which  is  a  condition  of  this  Scheme,  advances 
the  churches  in  aiding  all  the  Boards.  One  church  in  Illinois,  from  giving  $50 
the  previous  two  years  to  all  the  Boards,  has  advanced  the  amount  this  year, 
under  our  Scheme,  to  $200. 

This  is  the  true  system  of  church  economics.  Many  a  church  reports  a  doubling 
of  its  contributions  by  the  impulse  and  encouragement  which  the  Scheme  has 
given  to  them — the  salutary  aid  of  the  Church  reacting  to  bring  out  the  grace  of 
aiding  the  Church  in  return.  The  Committee  is  at  one  with  the  Home  Mission 
Board,  insisting  on  the  grouping  of  contiguous  aid-receiving  churches. 

Nearly  three  hundred  of  our  ministers  are  now  Pastors  under  the  Sustentation 
Scheme,  doing  full  service,  and  their  churches  conditioned  by  our  rules  to  speedy 
self  support.  The  Committee  submit  their  work  to  the  prayers  and  efforts  of  the 
charclies,  and  appeal  for  the  necessary  funds. 

**I^€  winter  is  on  usH  Large  families,  often  invalid,  and  all  struggling  for  sub- 
sistence, beg  for  our  promptest  help.  We  are  receiving  new  applications,  and  we 
expect  a  large  increase.  But  it  is  solid  scriptural  work  that  will  amply  repay  the 
cost.  *^The  laborer  is  worthy  of  his  meat,'*  and  the  labor  must  bear  some  pro- 
portion to  the  meat.  And  if  any  with  comfortable  salaries,  and  well  sustained, 
will  answer,  that  some  men  are  not  worth  the  effort  and  the  aid,  Jesus  says,  "In- 
asmuch as  ye  have  done  it  unto  one  of  the  least  of  these^  my  brethren^  ye  have  done 
it  unto  Me^ 

"  I  desire  to  say  that  the  influence  of  the  Sustentation  Scheme  upon  my  four 
little  churches  has  been  stimulating,  encouraging,  and  salutary." — From  Minne- 
sota   

Receipts  in  November. 

BrifOD  or  Albant.— Pby  <^f  Albany— %\xi\i  ch,  of  Tom's  River  10.    Pty  of  jr«oarJfc— Second  ch 

Altwoy  11  12.    Fby  mf  CWum^io— OreeoTUle  ch  Newark  18  82. 

13  35.  Stwod  op  New  Yobk— Pfcy  of  Ktw  Port— Scotch 

Stxod  of  Cikcijwati.— f%y  of  CincinruUi-^eU'  ch,  N  Y  186;  4th  ch,  N  Y  275  91. 

tr»l  ch,  Cincinnati  IZi  21;  Central  ch  Sab  sch  26.  g^^on  or  Phiiadilphia.— /%y  of  Chester-'Ch  of 

8TN0D  OP  Clbvelaxd. — Pby  •/  Cfeeaianrf— Second  West  Chester  42  30.   Pby  of  Lac/:awanna—VirKt  ch 

ch  Cleyeland  tJO.    Fby  of  SmbtmiUt—Jildge  ch  6.  Scran  ton  260.     Pby  of  PhUadelphiOt  iVort/i— Cen- 

Sthod  op  Bbic—  Pby  of  Allegheny— FXrst  German  tral  ch  Norrlstown,  20. 

ch,  Allegheny  3  75;  ch  of  Freedom  7  00.  Stnou  op  FmtmvMB.—Pby  of  ^airtmU&—lien- 

Stkoi*  op  QKvvfA.—Pby  qf  Lyons— Ch  of  New-  l**»  «h  35. 

srk,  N  Y  SI  €4>  Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance  382  86. 

ST^on  OP  HAJiiiiraunG.^P&i'  of  ChrluZe— Pine  ft  Mm;iLLAif>oufi. — Firetnh  Brookfleld,  Mo  26  50 ;  lot 

ch,  Harrljiharg  400.     i%y  of  Huntingdon— hognn  ch  Yates  City,  111  f*0  cents;  Ch  of  Woodfield,  Ohio 

Valley  cli  9  85.  28;  Oh  of  Ackley,  Iowa,  26 ;  Ch  of  Oquawka,  III  2^^ ; 

Synod  op  ItLI50I^  Cimtoai.— 7%  qf  Fkoriiv—  Ch  of  Willlamstown,  N  J  34;  Chof  Tamaroa,!!!  80; 

Prospect  ch  25  10;  KnoxTille  ch  22  68;  Sab-8ch  of  lat  ch  Lexioffton,  Mo  27  50 ;  Ch  of  Blue  Earth  City, 

Oneida  ch  7.    M>y  qf  ScJiuyler—Ch  of  Macomb  19.  Minn  30 ;  4th  ch  Wheeling,  Virest  "\  a  25  66 :  Ist  ch 

o ^  „.  T-,.,;-;  v«o-.c,      Pfc--^  Bww  iK..«*_  NelsonviUe,  Ohio  26;  Ch  of  Carmi,  HI  33  75;  Chs 

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Seoond  ch  New  Albany  59  S5.  Ath,  Uannibal,  Mo  10;  Cash  1  60;  G  A  Boardman 

Sthod  op  Iowa,  Nobth. — l*t/y  of  Otdar  Rapid*—  12. 

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ch  4  60;  New  Cambria  ch  6  60.  M.  W.  JACOBUS,  SecrOary  and  TVeomrrr, 

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34      General  Assemhlf/'s  CammiUee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance.     {January 

GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S 
COMMITTEE  ON  BENEVOLENCE  AND  FINANCE. 


THE  COMMITTEE'S  PLAN  REVIEWED. 

TVe  give  the  following  extracts  from  a  lucid  review  of  the  plans  of  this  Com- 
mittee, by  a  lawyer  of  distinction,  regretting  that  want  of  space  prevents  oar 
publishing  the  article  entire. 

**  WHAT    THIS    NEW    PLAN    IS." 

'*  The  plan  itself,  rightly  understood,  is  simply  the  substitution  of  weekly  or 
monthly  collections  for  *  church  work,'  in  the  place  of  annual  collections  for  each 
enterprise  which  that  term  includes ;  the  proceeds  to  be  distributed  monthly,  or 
oftener,  to  the  different  Boards,  according  to  the  requirements  as  endorsed  by  the 
General  Assembly,  or  in  such  other  proportions  as  the  donors  shall  designate. 
The  committee  also  insist  that  these  collections  ought  to  be  openly  recognized  as 
part  of  the  public  worship  of  God,  and  that  all  should  be  taught  that  systematic 
giving  is  a  duty  similar  in  kind  with  that  of  prayer  and  praise. 

*'It  is  no  part  of  the  plan  to  establish  either  a  fixed  standard  of  giving,  or  a 
compulsory  scale  of  distribution.  Individual  freedom  in  these  respects  should 
never  be  encroached  upon.  Neither  is  it  intended  that  periodical  statements  con- 
cerning the  purposes,  and  workings,  and  wants  of  the  different  Boards — such  as 
have  usually  accompanied  the  present  annual  collections — should  be  discontinued. 
From  time  to  time,  by  sermons  and  addresses,  the  people  should  be  carefully 
informed  of  what  was  wanted,  and  what  was  being  done  by  the  different  Boards." 

**  ADVANTAGES   CLAIMED    FOB    THIS    PLAN." 

'^1.  The  tone  of  benevolence  would  be  greatly  elevated,  and  the  Church  and 
its  work  would  move  upon  a  higher  plane  of  action,  if  'giving  to  the  Lord'  were 
once  fully  recognized  as  a  Christian  duty,  and  if  a  more  prominent  place  were 
assigned  to  it  in  the  public  worship  of  the  sanctuary.  This  is  self-evident,  and 
the  effect  of  such  a  change  is  simply  incapable  of  measurement. 

^'2.  Si/stematic,  as  distinguished  from  impulsive  giving,  would  become  more 
general.  A  very  little  reflection  will  show  that  this  plan,  wherever  it  should  be 
adopted,  would  work  itself  out  practically  in  s(5me  such  way  as  this.  Every 
individual  who  desired  to  give  at  all,  would  find  himself  in  a  measure  compelled 
to  consider:  first,  how  much  he  ought  to  give  to  religious  objects;  and,  second^  how 
he  ought  to  distribute  that  sum.  Without  determining  these  two  questions,  intel- 
ligent givi/ig,  according  to  this  plan,  would  be  impossible.  Yet  what  better 
thing  could  happen  to  any  church  than  to  have  these  two  questions  brought  by 
some  gentle  compulsion  before  the  mind  of  every  worshipper.  Wlioever  fairly 
and  conscientiously  answers  them  for  himself  will  become  from  that  moment  a 
systematic  giver,  especially  if  week  by  week  he  is  solemnly  invited  to  act  upon 
the  decision  thus  arrived  at,  by  taking  part  in  the  Sabbath  collection. 

'*3.  If  devout  and  conscientious  giving  is  a  means  of  grace — and  no  one  will 
question  that — then  the  more  frequent  practice  of  it  most  promote  true  pi^ty  in 
the  individual,  and  thus  also  throughout  the  Church. 

*'4.  The  more  frequent  giving  of  small  sums  will,  it  is  thought,  be  less  burden- 
some to  all,  while  it  will  encourage  those  to  give  who  now  abstain  from  giving, 
under  the  erroneous  notion  that  their  gifts  are  insignificant  because  small  in 


1873.]     General  Assembly's  Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance,  35 

amount  We  often  overlook  the  importance  of  little  things,  and  if  those  who  can 
give  only  in  small  sums  would  simply  do  faithfully  what  t^iey  can,  the  aggregate 
of  their  gifts  would  far  exceed  the  aggregate  benefactions  of  their  richer  brethren. 

"5.  The  more  frequent  distribution  of  the  sums  collected  would  greatly  diminish 
the  embarrassments  now  experienced  by  all  our  Boards  from  irregularity  in  their 
receipts.  Their  expenditures  are  necessarily  continuous;  their  receipts  are,  at 
present,  fitful  and  spasmodic,  so  that,  even  if  under  the  present  system  their 
wants  were  fully  supplied,  they  would  be  necessarily  burdened  with  a  dett 
during  part  of  the  year,  and  with  a  surplus  during  the  rest.  Nothing  but  more 
frequent  distributions  to  each  Board  can  remedy  this  serious  difficulty." 
"objections  urged  against  it." 

'*1.  It  substitutes  untried  methods  for  those  that  have  been  tried.  If  the 
present  methods  are  satisfactory,  this  is  a  good  objection,— otherwise  not.  Let  the 
despairing  appeals  for  money,  which  have  come  from  all  our  Boards  during  the 
last  few  years,  testify  whether  the  present  plans  are  satisfactory  or  not. 

''2.  It  is  feared  that  such  frequent  collections  will  weary  even  good  and  liberal 
people,  and  will  entirely  alienate  many  lukewarm  worshippers  who  now  give  occa- 
sionally. This  objection  will  never  be  made  by  those  who  give  devoutly,  and  as  an 
act  of  worship ;  and  as  for  the  benefactions  of  those  who,  with  no  true  love  for  Qod 
in  their  hearts,  give  as  fkfavor^  and  not  as  &  privilege,  the  Church  should  not  be 
over  anxious  for  such  aid.  Mere  money,  unaccompanied  with  devout  wishes  and 
prayers,  will  accomplish  but  little  in  advancing  Christ* s  kingdom,  and  we  should 
be  running  little  danger,  if— relying  more  upon  God  to  carry  forward  his  own 
work — we  were  to  say  openly  to  such  people  that,  until  their  gifts  shall  spring 
from  better  motives,  we  can  dispense  with  their  assistance.  The  uncertain  liber- 
ality of  such  persons  is  of  no  account  in  comparison  with  that  of  the  true  and 
staunch  disciples  who  will  accept  with  joy  whatever  plan  shall  bring  their  duty 
most  clearly  before  them. 

'^  3.  It  is  also  seriously  apprehended  by  many  people  that  by  separating  the 
collections  for  each  Board  from  the  annual  sermons  which  now  usually  accompany 
them,  a  great  impulse  will  be  lost,  and  the  amount  collected  will  be  diminished  in 
consequence.  Whether  this,  is  a  valid  objection  or  not,  experience  alone  will 
show.  The  plan  which  rests  upon  principle  rather  than  impulse^  will  surely  in 
the  end  prove  to  be  the  safer  and  more  productive  plan — ^if  it  can  be  worked.  It 
only  remains  to  l>e  seen  whether  the  Church  has  attained  to  that  depth  of  con- 
secration which  the  present  occasion  requires.  Certainly  a  new  interest  in  church 
work  is  now  being  widely  and  deeply  felt,  and  many  things  in  our  recent  history 
lead  to  the  belief  that  the  time  for  an  advance  has  fully  come.'' 

CONCLUSION. 

"  Such  are  briefly  the  chief  arguments  for  and  against  this  plan.  They  should 
be  well  considered  in  every  church,  and  by  each  individual  believer.  Many 
churches  have  already  adopted  the  system  with  excellent  results,  and  public 
opinion  is  daily  leaning  more  and  more  in  its  favor.  If  it  has  any  merits,  it  has 
greai  merits,  and,  at  all  events,  the  subject  deserves  the  prompt  and  practical 
attention  which  the  Committee  ask  for  it,  from  every  Church  Session  and  Pres- 
bytery throughout  our  whole  connection." 


LETTERS  FROM  THE  CHURCHEa 
The  pastor  of  a  church  in  a  large  city  writes  to  his  friend  as  follows : — ''  Tour 
little  speech  at  Synod  decided  me  in  favor  of  the  plan  proposed  by  the  Committee 


36      General  Assembly's  Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance.     [January 

of  Benevolence  and  Finance.  I  was  long  undecided,  made  bo  in  a  great  measure 
bj  a  disinclination  to  try  anything  new.  The  objections  to  the  plan  have  never 
had  much  weight  with  me  ;  indeed  the  objection  most  relied  upon,  that  we  give 
in  the  abstract  or  in  the  lump,  has  in  my  mind  become  an  argument  in  its  favor. 
We  have  been  crippled  by  a  division  of  objects,  and  by  Secretaries  and  Agents 
presenting  their  cause  as  the  great  one.  This  is  very  natural,  and  cannot  be 
avoided  under  the  old  system.  With  information  and  consecration  of  the  gifts 
of  the  Church  in  prayer,  we  learn  more  and  feel  more  the  particular  wants  of  the 
Church  than  by  the  old  plan.'' 


CHURCH  RESUSCITATED  BY  ADOPTING  THE  COMMITTEE»S  PLAN. 

A  pastor  writes  us  that made  a  statement  before  the  Elders'  Convention 

in  November,  which  interested  him.  He  seemed  to  feel  that  the  adoption  of  the 
plan  of  your  June  circular  had  been,  with  Ood's  blessing,  the  means  of  saving 
their  feeble  church  from  entire  dissolution.  The  emigration  of  a  large  number 
of  their  best  members  had  left  them  weak,  and  they  were  in  a  cold,  torpid  state 
in  every  respect.  Their  former  pastor  had  left  them  under  the  expressed  conviction 
that  they  would  and  must  disband.  After  he  left,  and  in  their  extremity,  they 
began  to  pray ;  and  they  resolved  as  a  first  step  to  introduce  the  plan  of  monthly 
collections  for  benevolent  objects,  according  to  the  recommendation  of  the  General 
Assembly's  Committee.  The  results  are,  that  they  have  contributed  $110  to  the 
Boards  against  $10  last  year,  and  through  the  aid  of  the  Sustentation  Committee 
they  now  give  a  pastor  a  comfortable  support.  Besides  this,  they  say,  '*The 
effect  of  this  system  has  been,  we  believe,  a  means  of  grace." 

Receipts  in  November,  1872. 

4^  Synods  in  shall  oaptials— Presbyteries  in  <to/ie«—Ch arches  In  Roman. 

4^  Diiitributton  is  nuide  precisely  as  donors  ch  23  60;  Cochecton  ch  2  25;  Dftmascus  ch  76 

direeU   The  word  "special"  designates  dferinas  cenU;  Florida  ch,  special  42;  Hamptonburgh  ch 

fnr  but  a  part,  and  not  /or  the  lonols  work  of  the  44 ;  Middletown  1st  ch  96  21 ;  Palisades  ch  63  18. 

Church,  New   }V*— University  Place,  Sixth   Ave  Miss 

A.o.-^      iit^^^^ir.^  nr>r.y,^  ^^^                fl  Aft  chsDel  48  93;  New  York  Phillips  ch  87;  New 

Albakt.— il^ftany-Pme  Grove  ch               8  00  yorfc  Brick  ch  2fi60  21                              3031  93 

BAiTiMOM.-Ba/Wmors-New  Windsor  ch  18  60  PHiiADELPHiA.-CTi€8<«r-Medla  ch  66.    Laeka- 

CLiTiLAirD.—Afa^mtn^— Warren  1st  ch  30;  iMfma— Scranton  Ger  ch  16.  Lehigh— Vie»xh&r\y 

Brookfleld  ch  4                                              34  00  ch,  special  21                                                   92  00 

GiNKTA.— OxjTv^o^Genoa  2d  oh,  special  l.<.  PinBBUROH.—J2«l»ton«—MtPleai>antch,  special 

Chcmung-FAmiTSk  1st  oh  109                         124  00  206  81.    Washington—^ Ynd^ling  4th  ch  2  15 

HABRiSDuao— CbWiA^d— Harrisburp  1st  ch,  Mar-  207  98 

ket  square  600.    TToOsfroro*— Well cboro'  1st  ch.  Toledo.— £eU^otito<n«—Bellefontaine  1st  ch 

Kpecial  100.    i\^ortAum6er(and— Williamsport  2d  44  75 

^^ »®  ''^                                                        ^•^ ''®  Utioa.-5«  Xatrr«»»«*-.PIessis  ch                 6  60 

iLLWoiSi  NoMH^iJws*  iWi^w—Geneseo  oh  Wistsrn  Nbw  YoaK.-Bttjrato-Buflfalo  Central 

**  w  ch,  special  90  66.    Oenesee  KaW«j/— Portville  ch 

lLLnfOi8,SoDTH.—CWro— Grand  Tower  ch  26  00  26  50.     -RocAwter— Rochester   Central    ch   246; 

iMDUMA.    NoETB— XooafMtporf— La    Porte    ch  Charlotte  ch,  special  27                               390  16 

112  10;  Bethel  ch  7;  Monticello  ch,  special  35;  Wisconsin.— ^tnnsbaoo— Steven's    Point    ch, 

Wanatah  ch  4  25                                           158  36  special                                                              21  00 

Indiana,  SouTH.-7ndtem9)olM-IndlanapoUs  2d  Misckllanioub.  -  Rev  C  E  Stobbins.  South 

en                                                               1^  «*  Adams,  Mass                                               10  ou 

Iowa,  No^th.— Codar  ^pids— Camanche  ch  

20  00  Total,             16697  66 

KAN8Ai^iy«o«Ao— Ottawa  1st  ch               8106  *,.-.„„„^  ..  .«„«- 

,,  _.-,..-,.,     .w      r»  DISTRIBUTSD  AS  FOLLOWS: 

Michigan.— Gtrand  JKopida— Muir  ch  30;   Pe- 

wamoch  10  60.    iarwtno— Lansing  Istch  61  25;  Foreign  Missions „  $1494  37 

Albion  ch,  special  47  75                               139  60  Home  Missions — ^  I773  38 

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ch  92  75;  Goodhue  ch  3  75;  Florence  oh  6  25;  Sri}5;V-H^« VI  ^l 

Hastings  ch  2u  12;  St  Paul  Central  ch  27  78  XX^^^:::ZZZ::ZZ::  Z  ?S 

^,       ,               «,.,.«..-            low  w>  Freedmen 268  22 

New  Jkbsnt.— £liz<i&flCA— Roselle  1st  ch  96  07;  PuWicaUon 9Kn  i o 

Westfieldch, special 78  83;  Plalnfield l8ich82  33                                       ** -  ^  ^ 

New  Tokk.— Boston— Lynn  1st  ch  50.   Bitdsm  Diaitized  bv  vjOO<?^ 

— Milford  oh  10;  Goodwill  oh  68  80:  West  Town  S.  D.  POWEL,  Treasurer. 


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Uie  LewU  it  •  liuich.  riilsburgb.  Fa. 
llev.  CVnitel  March.  D  1> ,  aad  ibe  Clinton 

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tenun  cIjuixE,  Sprinv^Bctd.  Uliio, 

R«v.    W    T    ?<p(L.k,   D.D.,  and   Iha   First, 
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Pfesbytery  of  M.irn>ii, 

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Rl'v.  D  W  Cooitfii-  frum  uttaiifa.  Ohio,  to 
Glen  Hall,  Tipppr-anueOo.,  Ind 

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Moiiiic^llo.  K  Y 

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Bwtler.  N.  \  r     „      .     . 

Rev  Isiwe  O.  Best  from  Mt,  Morrifl  to 
Olisco  Onoiiduoa  Co..  K.  Y. 

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to  ?>lnp]Mn«<bnrg,  Pa 

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to  rrorneUsvine.N    Y. 

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in    to  Bjraboo   Wis. 

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to  Uliea   NY-  '  '  ,      . 

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ton.  Fnlton  Co  ,  III  ^ 

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111  .  lo  Ells^oTlii,  Uluo 

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Hart.  Ot^eaiiii  Co  .  Mich. 

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to  Vernon.  Ind 

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Liuion.  HI, 

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to  Ehrui,  Ohio 

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Rev.  T  C  East  on  from  Argjle  to  Bi:l?i- 
dero,  Bounu  Co.,  HI.         <^ 

UlATHS. 

Rev.  GuUck  Van  A  ken  at  Monlclair.  N.  J  , 
on  the  2Uth  of  October,  in  the  3i'd  year  of  his 
age 

Rev  S.iraueT  Reed  at  Beal'^ville,  Ohio,  on 
lite  7th  of  October,  in  the  iStli  year  of  hii 
age. 

.  Rev  Edwnnl  Wright  at  Bloomin^ton,  Ind  , 
the  IQth  of  Suvetiiber,  in  the  mi\i  year  of  his 
age. 

Rev.  Alexander  McCall.  killed  on  the  Bal- 
timore Eli  [road  near  I'hiladelphia.  on  the 
IGth  of  November,  aged  Ii7. 

Rev.  AKrtMj  Paul]  at  West  Philadelphia,  oa 
Iho  18th  of  Xovi-mber. 

R«v  Isaar-  Df  Vou  at  Fillmore.  Minn.,  on 
the  lat  of  December,  in  the  55tb  year  of  bta 


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CONTENTS. 


Board  of  Home  BCmIotii.— tfore  Reports  wanted— Progress  ia  Tennessee — ^A  box  of  cTolhing 
r«celTed—Reyi vale— Need  of  Miasionary  work  in  the  Eastern  States — Home  Mission  Appoint<- 
ments  in  December— Receipts.^..^^...,.^^.....^....^^.^....^ ^...^,^^..^^...,.*, ~ 87 

Board  of  Education.— Whatit  Costa  (o  nudce  War-Synodical  Aceunnts  with  the  Board  of  Educa- 
tion—Good Testimony  and  a  Good  Seal  to  it— Annoal  Cotfections  for  Education — Receipts. 45 

Soard  of  Foreign  Miasionfl. — Recent  Intelligence — The  Denominational  Element  im  Missions — 
Happy  death  of  a  Chinese  Celportear— Hiasieoary  work  in  Japan— Jang  €h^*a  8h»ry— Dona- 
Board  of  Publication.- Our  Missionary  Fund— **The  Presbyterian  at  Work**— From  Iowa — The 

Holliuid  Church,  Milwaukee— ** Bible  work  in  Bible  Lands '^—Donations. 57 

Board  of  Church  Erection.— Homes  of  Worship  weeded  in  Western  Virginia— Sowing  and  gathering 

Re!tef  Fund  for  Disabled  Ministers^Experience  of  an  Aged  M mister— Contributions..........^..'.  6^ 

Qeneral  Assembly's  Committee  on  Freedaaen.— Scotia  Seminary— Donations.. .........^ 6fr 

General  Assembly*!*  Oomaolttee  on  SuBtentation.^Tbe  Cry  of  the  Laborers— The  Week  of  Prayer 

— Tlie  Ministry— The  Churches— The  World— Finances— Receipts ..". — — 67 

General  Assembly's  Committee  on  Benevolance  and  Finance.— Systematic  Circulation  of  Infer 

**'Oiferhig8  o£  Ood,.?'— Luke  xxi.  4. 
THE  GENERAI*  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON  BENEVOLENCE  A]fl>  FINANCE, 
lia^e  reconMnended'  to  all  of  Ihe  churches  systematic,  prayerfbl,  weekly  ot  monthly  oferings  for 
tlie  whole  work  of  Uie  Chtrrch  as  a  part  of  the  worship' of  God's  house;  and  regular  monthly 
remittance*  for  aM  of  ihe  Boards^  Alao,  thai  churehes  which  prefer  annual  collections  should 
not  fHil  to  take  then>  up  at  the  times  Iieretoforo  designated  by  the  General  Assenably,  vis4 

JiMiuary  5 For  Foreign  Missionst 

February  2.. .....For  Sostentation. 

March 2. ..........^or  Education. 


May  4 ...For  Publication. 


Jfily  6^..... ......  For  Ohni^b  Ereotion. 

September  7... For  Ministerial  Relief. 
For  Home  Missions. 
Peeembei.....Fov  Freadman. 


49^  **No  church,  »oi  complying  with  the  dhrectioDS  of  the  Assentbly  to  make  coNections  lor 
Ihe  i»eTeral  Boarde,  shall  iecei?e  aid  f»oi»the  funds  of  ibe  Church^'*— Afmo^es  c»^  1871,  page  551, 


FORM  OF  BEQUEST  TO  ANY  OF  THE  BOARDS; 

The  State  livws  differ  so  much  that  no  one  form  will  anewer  ii>  all  ihe  Statesv  but  in  every  coso 
it  is  essential  togive  ibe  rioht  corpoeati  vam k. 

Bequests  for  Homa  Missions  sliould  be  made  to  •*  7^  Board  of  Borne  MUsiom  of  fAe  Frtthyltatian 
Church  in  the  Unittd  StatMof  AmerieOy'"  which  is  now  the  corporate  title. 

Of  the  Board  of  Education  the  corporate  nane  i»  ^  T/m  Board  cf  Education  of  tke  Prttbyterian 
I'hureh  in  th9  United  S$ate»of  Amerien.'* 

The  Board  of  Foraign  Missions  is  incorporated  uoder  Ihe  laws  of  New  Toik,  voder  tbe  aiyle  of 
**  The  Board  of  Foreign  Misaion^of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  Amerieoi" 

The  Board  of  Publication  is  incorporaied  under  the  laws  of  Penosylvaikia,  under  Ibe  Biyle  of 
•*  The  TruUeea  of  ihe  Preebyterian  Board  of  PubtieationJ* 

The  Board  of  Ohnrch  Erection  Is  incorporated  under  the  style  of  **  The  Trmtees^of  the  Church 
Election  Fmnd  of  Itie  Oeneral  Aeeembly  of  the  Pretbyterian  Church  in  the  Wnited  States  of  America^'' 
incorporated  Mareh  31, 1855,  by  the  Legislature  of  ihe  State  of  New  York. 

Bequests  that  have  been  made  to  the  "  Trusieee  of  ihe  General  Aeiembty^'^  or  to  the  "  Trustees  of 
the  I*r€9byterian  Bouse**  for  Church  pwposes,  will  be  valid. 

All  Bequests  made  to  the  incorporated  Boards  or  Committees  of  the  two  late  Aseemblie»are 
valid  and  will  be  received  by  the  Boards  which  are  their  legal  successors. 

The  Relief  Fund  for  Disabled  Ministers,  axid  the  Widovps  and  Orphan»  of  I>aoeased' Ministers 
requires  the  following  form: 

"  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  exeeuAors  hereinafter  named, dollars  In  trust,  nevertheless, 

iliat  thoy  shall,  within inonihe  after  my  decease,  pay  the  same  to  the  Trueteeeof  the  Oene^^ 

Asscvibly  of  the  Preebyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America,  for  the  use  of  the  Fund  for  Dis- 
abled MinUlers  and  their  Fanvilies.** 

When  real  eetate  or  other  property  it  gitenf  let  it  bs  pvrtitulmty  <*f<'^^J*^  GoOQIc 


THE 

PEESBYTERIAN  MONTHLY 
RECORD. 

Vol.  XXIV.  PHILADELPHIA,  FEBRUARY  1873.  No.  2. 

BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 

A  Home  Missionary  mildly  san^gests  that  the  correspondence  of  missionaries  is 
not  sufficiently  set  forth  in  the  Record.  The  Secretaries  are  more  than  i^villing  to 
give  them  a  larger  portion  of  the  space  allotted  to  Home  Missions,  and  propose 
to  deyote  nearly  the  whole  of  it  to  that  purpose  in  the  present  number.  The 
brother's  letter  is  as  follows : 

I  do  not  like  the  idea  of  fault-fioding,  especially  when  I  do  not  know 
exactly  who  is  to  blame,  but  I  am  not  alone  in  the  opinion  that  Ilome  Mis- 
sions does  not  receive  space  enough  in  our  publications.  Foreign  Missions 
has  a  whole  publication  of  its  own,  and  then  an  equal  space  in  the  Record, 
I  love  to  hear  from  our  Secretaries,  but  I  want  to  hear  the  triumphs,  failures, 
joys  and  sorrows  of  the  missionaries  themselves.  I  like  the  words  of  com- 
mendation and  command  from  generals,  but  I  want  also  to  be  in  colloquy 
and  sympathy  with  my  fellow  privates. 

Is  not  Home  Missions  the  great  work  of  the  American  Church  ?  I  say 
these  things,  "  not  that  I  love  Caesar  less,  but  Home  more.''  The  position  of 
many  is  that  of  a  sentinel  or  picket,  far  out,  perhaps,  from  the  main  army; 
and  wo  need  conference  with  each  other  to  raise  our  ofttimes  drooping  spirits. 
I  know  not  whose  fault  it  is,  but  I  feel  it  to  my  grief.  W.  B.  B. 

Bat  if  he  desires  to  hear  from  others,  perhaps  others  may  desire  to  hear  from 
him,  so  we  insert  a  part  of  his  last  report. 

Tennessee,  Jantiary  1,  1873. 

Dear  Brethren — Herewith  have  my  report  for  the  quarter  ending  with 
December,  1872.  In  the  duties  and  events  of  it,  I  have  had  the  usual  dis- 
couragements  and  enconragements ;  have  been  able  to  preach  and  visit 
regularly.  At  C.  C.  particularly,  we  are  advancing  since  we  have  got 
into  our  new  house.     We  have  lately  got  a  good  stove,  and  are  every  way 


38  Board  of  Some  Munont.  ^February 

quite  comfortable.  They  think  they  will  raise  my  subscription  thirty  per 
cent,  this  year.  At  B.  C.  there  will  be,  I  expect,  some  falling  off. 
At  U.,  I  think  there  is  progress,  though  it  is  slow.  The  elder  (for  we 
have  but  one)  of  that  church  pays  me  fifty  dollars  himself,  and  says  toe  must 
have  a  new  church!  I  think  it  will  be  built.  I  have  collected  fifteen  dollars 
for  Home  Missions — five  from  each  church.  "We  are  pledged  to  give  some- 
thing to  each  of  the  eight  Boards.  It  will  be  small  at  first,  but  we  must 
increase  from  year  to  year.     I  hope  we  shall  do  it. 


Here  we  have  a  very  pleasant  but  different  kind  of  a  letter  from  the  same  State, 
that  will  show  the  Christian  women  in  our  churches  how  grateful  missionaries 
are  for  their  kindly  offices. 

Jfy  Veri/  Dear  Brother — Your  letter  of  the  18th  inst  is  before  me.  The 
*'Box  of  Clothing,"  from  the  ladies  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  church  in 

A ,  was  duly  received,  and  a  very  welcome  box  it  was.     Afflictions  in 

our  family  is  our  apology  for  delay  in  acknowledging  its  reception.  My 
aged  father's  (seventy* eight  years)  last  illness  and  death  occurred  soon  after 
the  box  was  received;  and  my  wife's  health  is  very  poor — she  is  hardly  able 
to  leave  her  room  any  of  the  time  since  its  reception.  My  father  was  a 
member  of  our  family. 

We  are  very  much  obliged  to  you  and  the  dear  ladies  for  the  timely  ai;d 
suitable  aid.  There  was  not  a  single  article  in  the  box  but  what  is  of  good 
service  in  our  family.  Those  good  ladies  were  so  thoughtful  in  putting  in 
so  many  little  things  that  are  really  necessary  for  the  comfort  of  our  family, 
that  it  seemed  as  it*  God  had  directed  them;  and  then  that  *' Sermon  Paper," 
'^From  Pastor  to  Pastor^"  touched  my  heart.  Tears  of  gratitude  to  God,  to 
you,  and  the  dear  ladies,  flowed  as  we  took  out  package  after  package,  so  care- 
fully folded  by  willing  hands  and  loving  hearts.  I  am  sure,  if  it  is  more 
blessed 'to  (/we  than  receive,  it  is  a  rich  blessing. 

Dear  brother,  I  am  laboring  in  a  portion  of  the  country  that  was  terribly 
wasted  by  the  late  war.  My  two  churches  are  slowly  gaining  strength.  A 
few  over  a  hundred  persons  have  been  added  to  these  churches  (the  two)  in 
the  six  years  that  I  have  labored^with  them.  Both  these  have,  within  the 
last  year,  put  their  buildings  in  neat  and  good  repair.  There  are  many  diffi- 
culties and  discouragements  to  meet  in  laboring  in  a  community  demoralized 
by  slavery  and  war,  yet  there  is  a  pleasure  in  seeing  the  "leaven  of  the 
gospel "  at  work,  and  I  listen,  with  a  real  zest,  to  my  Sabbath-schools  singing 
that  beautiful  song,  "  Every  valley  shall  be  filled,  and  every  hill  made  low." 
During  my  first  year's  labor  the  Board  of  Missions  gave  me  liberal  aid;  for 
two  years  past  I  have  been  trying  to  relieve  the  Board,  and  depend  moro 
upon  my  churches.  For  three  years  I  received  $500  each  year — this  last 
year  but  S200^from  our  mission  fund.  It  was  all  I  asked.  We  have  to  be 
very  economical  to  get  along,  but  "ttie  Lord  provides."  That  box  was  the 
.first  favor  of  the  kind  we  have  received.  Commending  you  and  your  work  to 
'the  God  who  hears  and  answers  prayer,  I  am  fraternally  yours^ 

Let  U8  hear  from  another  missionary  in  the  same  State.    We  shirr  ^rj^d  to 


1873.]  Board  of  Home  Missiani.  89 

publish  many  more  Bach  letters  in  which  the  work  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  in  reviTals 
and  conversions,  is  made  known. 

I  am  glad  to  say  to  you,  that  in  many  respects  the  labors  of  the  last  quarter 
have  been,  by  far,  more  interesting  to  me  than  any  of  the  previous  part  of 
the  year.  For,  as  heretofore,  I  employed  my  time  under  the  direction  of  our 
Presbyterial  Home  Mission  Committee  here ;  and  they  so  arranged  that  I 
had  occasion  to  be  at  nine  sacramental  meetings,  at  which  I  preached  from 
three  to  eleven  days  each.  Some  of  these  meetings,  at  which  there  was 
most  manifestly  deep  and  solemn  interest  springing  up,  were  cut  short  ill- 
advisedly. 

I  told  you  in  my  last  report  that  there  were  signs  here  of  the  coming  ^<rain 
of  God's  grace.''  This  rain  has  come,  and  from  eighty  to  a  hundred  profes- 
sions have  resulted.  Some  of  the  drops  of  blessing  have  fallen  even  upon 
my  own  household,  as  two  of  my  own  family  made  profession  of  faith.  The 
churches  that  were  largely  blessed  in  this  revival,  were  Spring  Place,  Wash- 
ington, and  Hopewell,  of  Union  Presbytery.  There  were  about  sixty 
professions  at  Washington,  ten  perhaps  at  Spring  Place,  and  fifteen  at 
Hopewell.  My  most  immediate  connection  was  with  the  meeting  at 
Hopewell,  which,  for  a  time,  was  going  on  during  the  meeting  at  Washington. 
The  meeting  at  Hopewell  continued  over  two  Sabbaths,  at  which,  as  I  told 
you,  there  were  fifteen  conversions ;  besides,  there  were  twenty-one  or  twenty- 
two  additions  to  the  church.  .  Their  new  brick  church  house  was  dedicated 
on  the  occasion.  And  it  is  worthy  of  note,  that  in  the  dedicatory  prayer,  one 
point  made  special  was,  that  God  would  acknowledge  his  acceptance 'of  his 
people's  offering  in  the  outpouring  of  revival  and  converting  grace  upon  the 
church  and  congregation  during  that  occasion.  And  it  was  even  so  done 
We  hope  the  revival  season  has  not  yet  passed. 

Respectfully  submitted.  E.  N.  Sawtell. 

McMillan's  Station,  E.  Tenn. 

Below  we  give  two  letters  from  missionaries  showing  that  there  is  still  the  same 
kind  of  work  to  be  done  at  the  East  as  at  the  West.  In  other  words,  the  work  of 
Home  Missions  is  not  confined  to  the  West.     The  first  letter  is  from 

MARYLAND. 

Dear  Brother — The  time  has  come  for  a  report.  I  need  only  say  that  I 
have  been  occupied  in  a  thousand  ways,  for  the  good  of  our  little  church  and 
the  building  up  of  Christ's  kingdom  in  this  nee^y  land. 

In  addition  to  the  regular  services  on  the  Sabbath,  I  have  been  holding 
neighborhood  meetings  at  different  points,  with  very  marked  results.  Two 
heads  of  a  family  have  united  on  profession,  bringing  /our  of  their  children 
for  baptism.  A  little  habe  of  another  family  belonging  to  our  church  was 
also  baptiEed. 

I  preached  at  the  Mills  on  Tuesday  of  last  week.  Among  the  hearers  sat  a 
man  who  had  not  been  inside  of  a  church  in  twelve  years,  and  had  not  heard 
a  sermon  in  all  this  time.  His  sons  were  with  him.  My  text  was,  '^  Is  the 
ymmg  man  Absalom  safe"  The  proprietor  of  the  Mills  told  me  yesterday 
that  the  man  was  so  exercised  over  that  sermon  that  he  went  home  and 


40  Board  of  Home  Missions.  [^Fehruartf 

repeated  much  of  it  to  his  wife,  and  she  got  the  Bible  and  they  read  the 
whole  chapter.  Not  knowing  the  men  who  were  present  at  the  meeting,  I 
spoke  to  all,  and  he  among  the  rest  was  addressed  personally.  What  the 
result  may  be  I  know  not,  but  I  find  truth  is  taking  hold  upon  the  minds  and 
hearts  of  men. 

A  few  weeks  since  I  preached  at  the  house  of  the  man  whom  I  report  above 
as  uniting  with  our  church.  The  night  was  so  cold  that  I  kept  on  my  over- 
coat all  through  the  service.  Logs  had  been  rolled  in  and  boards  Jaid  across, 
the  outer  door  wide  open.  Tiomiy-five  men  were  present,  beside  women  and 
children,  and  so  my  work  increases  every  day.  To-morrow  I  hold  a  similar 
meeting  at  another  point.  God  is  blessing  and  helping  us  more  and  more. 
Pray  for  us. 

Verly  truly  yours  in  the  field,  and  in  the  wilderness. 


The  other  is  from  the  State  of 

NEW   YORK. 

Rev,  Dear  Brother — My  heart  is  sad  when  I  think  that  in  the  town  of 
L there  are  over  two  thousand  inhabitants,  five  churches — two  Metho- 
dist, one  Baptist,  one  Christian,  and  one  Presbyterian — and  not  five  hundred 
communicants  in  all  of  them.  Within  one  mile  of  our  place  of  worship  there 
are  not  less  than  seven  huudred  precious  souls  living  in  all  their  sins.  This 
number  is  increasing;  families  are  coming  into  the  village  for  employment  in 
the  cotton  mills,  where  seventeen  and  eighteen  thousand  yards  of  cloth  are 
manufactured  weekly. 

The  field  of  labor  is  large,  over  these  hills  and  through  these  valleys. 
There  is  more  religious  interest  manifested  now  than  has  been  for  three  years 
previous.  The  harvest  is  great,  but  the  laborers  are  few.  Meetings  have 
been  held  on  evenings  in  the  M.  E.  Church  for  three  weeks.  Myself  and 
some  of  our  church  have  assisted,  with  beneficial  results.  In  October  we 
were  called  upon  to  consign  the  remains  of  one  of  the  members  of  our  own  church 
to  his  silent  resting-place.  To  us  it  was  a  great  loss,  to  him  it  was  gain. 
His  work  was  done  at  the  ai^e  of  thirty-one.  He  was  poor  as  to  this  world's 
goods,  but  rich  in  faith  and  good  works.  We  miss  him  in  the  prayer-meeting 
Sabbath-school,  and  church.  He  was  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him.  He  was 
ready  to  do  his  whole  duty,  and  leave  the  result  with  Him  who  is  too  wise  to 
err,  and  too  good  to  be  unkind. 

As  I  pass  from  house  to  house,  and  meet  one  and  another  by  the  way,  the 
question  is  asked,  *'  Who  will  fill  his  place  ?"  and  "  By  whom  shall  Jacob 
arise  ?  for  he  is  small."  Though  our  church  is  small,  we  have  some  earnest 
workers  for  Christ :  this  is  seen  in  our  Sabbath- school  and  Bible-class.  This 
is,  to  some  extent,  the  hope  of  the  church  and  the  community.  Last  Sab. 
bath  I  preached  in  the  morning  from  these  words,  "  They  that  sow  in  tears 
shall  reap  in  joy;"  and  in  the  evening,  "  He  that  goeth  forth  and  weepeth, 
sowing  precious  seed,  shall  doubtless  come  again  with  rejoicing,  bringing  his 
sheaves  with  him."  -  o 


1873.]  Board  of  Home  Missions.  41 

November  4th,  1872. 
Dear  Brethren — The  time  has  come  to  make  my  first  quarterly  report  to 
the  Board.     When  I  state  that  we  have  now  reached  twenty-nine  members, 
a  Sabbath-school  averaging  forty  scholars,  two  Sabbath  services,  and  one 
weekly,  this  gives  the  general  statistics. 

The  discouragements  are,  that  although  within  thirty  miles  of  the  great 
city,  this  is  region  almost  as  unchristian  as  heathendom,  with  the  waves  of 
Sabbath  desecration  and  worldliness  from  the  great  city  beating  on  our  shores. 
All  evangelization  has  to  be  wrought  de  novo.  Add  to  this,  that  our  services 
are  held  in  a  public  hall,  difficult  of  access  to  the  infirm,  and  used  for  every 
purpose  through  the  week,  which  is  made  a  positive  excuse  by  many  for  non- 
attendance.  I  am  assured,  and  it  is  also  a  conviction  from  my  own  observa- 
tion, that  the  congregation  could  be  doubled  from  the  day  we  have  our  own 
house  of  God.  And  although  entering  on  that  efibrt,  how  discouraging  to 
know  that  the  Board  of  Church  Erection  is  so  pressed  that  there  is  little  hope 
for  aid  from  that  quarter,  and  also  while  there  is  abundant  wealth  all  around 
us,  it  is  virtually  locked  up  by  loorldliness. 

Encouragements  are,  the  growing  hope  and  a  more  ardent  spirit  of  prayer 
for  the  descent  of  the  Uoly  Spirit  during  the  coming  winter.  This  I  am 
holding  out  as  the  main  salvation  of  the  enterprise  in  this  field. 

Next,  with  consent  of  the  Session,  I  am  entering  upon  the  whole  field  of 
giving  as  a  part  of  worship.  On  this  key-note  I  feel  I  can  appeal  with  as 
much  earnestness  and  directness  as  for  their  salvation,  without  being  subject 
to  the  charge  of  hegging  and  overpressure.  Once  a  month  I  am  to  give  one 
public  service  (on  previous  notice)  to  instruction  on  all  the  agencies  of  the 
church  and  the  theme  of  benevolence.  The  old-fashioned  Monthly  Concert 
is  to  be  observed,  all  weekly  collections  to  be  divided  among  the  Boards,  and 
a  special  collection  for  Home  Missions.  More  earnest  work  with  families  and 
teachers  in  the  Sabbath-school  field.  Although  all  this  work  is  novel  in  this 
community,  I  cannot  but  feel,  after  a  month's  study  and  prayer,  that  it  will 
serve  to  make  every  individual  member  realize  that  he  and  she  must  stand  at 
his  own  post,  and  watch  results  with  a  personal  interest  and  responsibility. 
Of  course  I  feel  anxious  about  the  issue  of  the  '*  new  measures."  It  will  be, 
doubtless,  ^'  a  day  of  small  things,"  but  cannot  be  smaller  than  now,  of  giving 
or  not,  at  haphazard,  and  as  a  lifeless  formality. 

Next,  the  regular  attendance  is  slowly  increasing,  the  floating  part  as 
hitherto  changeable.  I  had  a  request  from  some  outside  the  church,  to  repeat 
a  sermon  of  a  month  ago,  on  the  love  of  God  for  sinners,  and  believers'  testi- 
mony to  that  love  in  their  own  experience.  They  wished  some  others  whom 
they  would  bring  in,  to  hear  it.  As  it  was  simply  a  plain  gospel  sermon,  it 
surprised  me,  and  I  was  glad  to  repeat  it  yesterday  to  a  large  congregation. 
I  name  this  as  one  among  others  of  the  little  hand  clouds^  for  which  I  am 
watching  as  tokens.  Anything  to  break  this  seemingly  hopeless  drought.  I 
cannot  but  hope  and  feel,  as  I  pray,  that  if  spared  to  make  another  report,  it 
shall  not  be  so  boj^ren  as  this.  Yours,  in  brotherly  love,     T.  S.  B. 

Digitized  by  VjOOQ IC 


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[^Februarjf 


HOME  MISSION  APPOINTMENTS 

MADB   15    DeCBMBBR,  1872. 


Rev.  Hiram  W.  Lee,  Laurens  ch.,  N.  T. 
Rer.  E.  W.  KelioR^,  Parma  Centre  ch.,  N.  Y. 
KeT  V.  Down,  Koresifort  and  Alder  Creek  chs^ 

N.Y. 
Rer.  D.  U.  Tyler,  Redfleld  and  OsMjeola  oha.,  N.  T. 
Kev.  E.  M.  Kellogg.  Perrineville  ch^  N.  J. 
Rev.  Qeo.  Warrinston,  Atco,  Berlin,  and  Water- 
ford  chs.,  N.  J. 
Rev.  S.  M.  Pearce.  Wrisbiaville  ch..  Pa. 
Rev.  C.  W.  Seaman,  Linnville  German  ch ,  Pa. 
Rev.  C.  Hedgeis  Pittsburgh,  Grace  ch..  Pa. 
Rev.  Clark  Salmon,  Meshoppen  and  Mehoopany 

Creek  chs.,  Pa. 
Rev.  H.  J.  Gaylordi,  Eden  and  Blackwater  chs., 

Md. 
Rev.  W.  R.  Sibbet,  Grantsville  and  Glenville  obs., 

West  Va. 
Rev.  A.  M.  Chapin,  Independence  oh.,  Ohio. 
Rev.  J.  B.  Stevenson,  Sunday  Creek  ch..  Ohio. 
Rev.  M.  Koehler.  Toledo  Gecman  ch.,  Ohio. 
Rev.  A.  8.  Reid,  Kingnton  Bethel  ch.,  Tenn. 
Kev.  D.  M.  Wilson,  Mars  Hill  ch..  Tenn. 
Rev.  J.  Mead  Drake,  Lima  ch.,  Ind. 
Rev.  Francis  Lynn,  Roanoke  and  Zanesville  chs., 

Ind. 
Rev.  L   R.  Booth,  Spencer  and  Vandalia  cbe., 

Ind. 
Rev  D.  A.  Wallace,  Spring  Vale  and  Salem  chs., 

III. 
Rev.  A.  L.  Knox,  Homer  ch..  III. 
Rev.  A.  H.  Gaston,  Burr  Oak  ch..  Mich. 
Rev.  T.  R.  Easterday.Sault  St.  Marie  ch.,  Mich. 
Rev.  P.  A.  McMartin.  Lawton  ch.,  Mieh. 
Rev.  Jean  Grob,  Platte ville  German  ch..  Wis. 
Rev.  D.  Borgers,  Sleepy  Eye  Lake  and  Lone  Tree 

Lake  chs.i  Minn. 


Rev.  J.  E.  Conrad,  Wells,  Walnut  Lake  and  Minn. 

Lake  chs.,  Mtnn. 
Rev.  N.  Sulzer,  Rolling  Stone  and  Elba  German 

chs.,  Minn. 
Rev.  J.  W.  Hanna,  Camanohe  oh-,  lovra. 
Rev.  Hugh  Maguire,  Unity  oh.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  A.  B.  Slruthers,  Shenandoah  and  Tarkio 

ch%  Iowa 
Rev.  T.  K.  Hedges,  Logan  and  Harris  Grove 

chs.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  R.  Lewi.«  McCune,  Hamburgh  and  Riverton 

chs.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  W.  J.  Bollman,  Moulton  and  West  Grove 

chs.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  S.  W.  Elliott,  Woodburn  and  Russel  chs., 

Iowa. 
Rev.  W.  C.  Holly  day.  Lucas  Station  ch.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  B.  Wall.  Pleasant  Plain  oh.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  ChaM.  Mprwin,  MaUern  ch.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  J.  M    Wilson,  Columbus,   Madison,   and 

Union  Creek  chs.,  Neb. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Peebles,  Decatur  and  Lyons  oha.. 

Neb 
Rev.  F.  X.  Miron,  West  Point  and  Lothair  ch&, 

Neb. 
Rev.  J.  W.  Clark.  Concord  oh..  Mo. 
Rev.  J.  D.  Beard,  Avalon  and  Grand  View  chs., 

Mo. 
Rev.  O.  J.  Kmg,  Unionville  and  St.  Johns  chs.. 

Mo. 
Rev.  F.  Vander  Lippe,  Salem  German  ch  ,  Mo. 
Rev.  John  D.  Jones,  Du  Vall's  Bluff  ch.,  Ark. 
Rev.  Joseph  L.  Potter.  HutchioHon  oh.,  Kas. 
Rev.  John  N.  Kankm,  Edgerton  oh.,  Kas. 
Rev.  N.  K.  Crowe,  Newton  ch.,  Kas. 
Rev.  W.  R.  Stewart,  Salem  oh.,  Oregon. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  HOME  MISSIONS  IN  DECEMBER  1872. 


'  Synods  in  small  capitals— Presbyteries  in  ita/tcs— Churches  in  Roman. 


-il/6any— Kingsboro  ch  121  26;  Gal- 
;  JefferM>n  ch  12  26     CAamp/oin— Bel- 


ALBAirr  —A 
way  ch  40; 

niont  ch  10;  Burke  ch  10;  Port  Henry  nh  5; 
Plattsburg  1st  ch  43  2U  60 

Atlahtic  — iltfoaiic— Wallingford  ch  6:  St 
John's  Bethel  ch  3  Oti;  Summerville  ch  1  40 

10  00 

Baltiiiore.— fiajtimore— Taneytown  ch  73  21 ; 
Ellicott  City  ch  Sab  sch  2ft ;  Emmitlsburg  eh  37; 
Havre  de  Grace  ch  M;  Baltimore  2d  ch,  from 
T  G  D  12  60;  Baltimore,  Brown  Memorinl  ch. 
Young  Men's  Association  62  60.  New  Castle— 
Lower  West  Nottingham  ch  46  73;  Middletown, 
Forest  ch  HI  10;  Dover  ch  5i',  of  which  Sab-sch 
18  6<'.  Washington  a^y— Clifton  oh  «  65:  Wash- 
ington 6ih  ch  29;  Washington,  Western  oh  30: 
Washington,  North  oh  2  60  48 1  09 

Cincinnati.— CAt7/i«otA«— New  Market  oh  7  76; 
Fall  Creek  ch  21 ;  Mt  Pleasan.  ch  31  4n,  of  which 
tiab-sch  3.  CSndnfMiti— Cmcmnaii.  Avohdale  ch 
13'»;  Harrison  ch  10;  Cheviot  German  ch  6; 
Pleasnnt  Run  ch  16;  Cincinnati  3d  ch  88;  Sha- 
ronville  ch  12  50;  GlendalechSS  33;  Cincinnati 
7tli  ch  68 ;  Cincinnati  6th  ch  69  19.  Day/on— Bath 
ch  11;  Osborn  ch  16;  Oxford  ch  140;  Clifton  ch 
I'M);  Sprinsfield  1st  ch  62  96;  New  Jersey  ch  12. 
/•or/*mot4f A— Palace  Hill  oh  2  60  912  62 

CutVBLA5D.—a«ve(a»Ml— Cleveland  latch  166  16; 
Grafton  ch  9  04;  Rome  ch  17  4^i;  Orwell  ch 
14  ;!  Bedford  oh  2.  JlfaAonin^— Mineral  Ridge 
oh  16;  Ellsworth  ch  67;  Youngstown  ch  '2Bi  66; 
Jackson  ch  11.  8t  Clainvii^e—hRrnesiiWe  ch 
8  60;  Short  Creek  ch  10;  Mt  Pleasant  ch  .36  06. 
SteubenvtUe—heeeh  Spring  oh  26;  Harlem  ch 
14  26;  New  Hagerstown  on  87,  of  which  8ab-.«»oh 
10;  Two  Ridge  oh  22  43  708  79 

Columbus.— il(A«u—Basb«n  oh  6;  Chester  oh 


10  60.  Cb^umbMS— Columbus,  Hosre  ch  18  44; 
Wonhington  ch  15.  3farto»— Milford  Centre  ch 
4;  Mt  Gilead  ch  34  6t;  Liberty  ch  6;  Carding- 
ton  ch  2;  Marion  oh  48,  of  which  Sab-sch  11  34. 
Wooster—Vf oosier  eh  10,  dying  bequest  of  Misc 
Mary  Rahn;  Chippewa  ch  8  20;  University  of 
Wooster  60.  ZanestHUe—OAktteld  ch  4;  New 
Lexington  ch  3  85;  Unity  ch  2  o.^;  Pataskaiach 
7;  Zanesville  2d  ch  Sab-sch  26;  Granville  ch 
Sab-sch  6  259  69 

Eaiit—<4/te<;/i«nv— Allegheny,  North  ch  343  50; 
AlWgheny,  Valley  ch  25;  Allegheny,  Providence 
ch  20;  Natrona  ch  5;  Allegheny  2d  ch.  addM  4; 
Allegheny  1st  ch  141  42;  Allegheny  Central  ch, 
from  J  P  Orr  5;  Hihnd'n  ch  31  95;  Cross  Ronds 
ch  18  80.  Buller^ZeUenopXe  ch  6  64;  Ml  Nebo 
chl216;  R«vSL  Johnson  16:  Concord  ch  26  30 ; 
North  Butler  ch  5;  Leesburgh  ch  6  40;  Centre 
ch  70#  ClaHon— New  Kehoboth  ch,  add'l  2;  Lick- 
ing ch  43:  Leaiherwood  oh  29;  Pisuah  ch  17  78; 
Perry  ch  10;  Troy  oh  10.  £r<e— Tidioute  ch  48; 
Belle  Valley  ch  6  10;  Erie,  Westminster  ch  18; 
Franklin  ch  60;  Cambridge  ch  9  15;  Cochranton 
ch  4.  A'i</an»tfj<7— Cherry  Tree  oh  16;  Currie's 
Run  ch  14  60;  Ebeneaer  ch  31  28;  Clarksburg 
ch  8  09.  4S%«iMinyo— Westfield  ch  and  Sab-sch 
111  80  1153  87 

Gknxta.— Ost/upa— Sennett  oh  16  72;  Aurora 
ch  30,  of  which  A  D  Morgan,  Esq  19;  Auburn, 
Calvary  ch  2.  CAemuny^Burdett  oh  2-3.  Geneva 
— Newneld  ch5;  Trumansburgh  oh  29  22:  Ca- 
noga  ch  27  11 ;  Gorbam  ch  26;  Phelps  oh  80  70, 
of  which  Mrs  Willis  James  30.  £yon«— Savan- 
nah ch  6  50;  Newark  ch  67  00.  Steu6m— Pratts- 
burgh  ch  60  372  16 

Harexsbubo;— air<i«<e~Carlisle  2d  eh  112  27; 
Chambersburg,  FaPing  Spring  oh,  in  part  SOO; 
Lower  Path  Valley  oh,  from  a  member  ao.  Huni- 


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wifcion— Tyrone  eh  26  80;  Alexaodri*  oh  Sab-sch 
20;  Pine  Grove  ch  10  63;  Altoona  2d  ch  100; 
UpperTauoaroraohSl;  Bradford  ch  4  41;  Ey- 
lertown  oh  3  28;  Philippburgh  oh  3  69;  Wood- 
land ch  2  67;  Mifflintown  and  Lost  Greek  oh 
130  40;  Martinsburs  oh,  firom  Mim  Ellie  Orafius, 
deoM  15;  Huntingdon  ch  152  35.  Xforthumher- 
tend— Munoy  ch  83;  ChilHsouaqne  ch  16;  Ber- 
wick ch.  in  part  5 1  New  Berlin  ch  12  25;  Oreat 
Island  ch  72  26;  BloomsburslstchQl  40.  Wells- 
6oro~Lawrenoevilie  ch  14  08  1235  44 

iLuifois,  Gbntkal.— B/oom^jfton— Gilnnan  ch 
11:  MinoDk  ch  12  25;  Bement  oh  10  86;  Dan- 
ville oh  1£)  96;  Mackinaw  oh  8;  Coveil  ch  6; 
Towanda  oh  16;  Urbana  oh  10;  ChatMworth  oh 
16  30;  Clinton  ch  64  50.  P«>ria~Lewistown  ch 
96  70,  of  whioh  Sabsch  62  50;  Princeviile  ch 
4  72:  Ipava  oh  15;  Delavan  ch  27  25;  Oneida  let 
oh  13  25.  Sehuylar—UlieTtj  oh  10:  Mt  Pieatiant 
chlO;  Young  America  ch  19.  Springfidd^^orih 
Uangamon  oh  82  23,  of  whioh  i)ab-8ch  13  Sn     . 

495  08 
Illdiom,  NoBTa.  —  C^ica9o  — Chicago  2d  ch 
108  77,  of  which  100  from  B  W  Raymond.  E^. 
FrMport— Rev  Mead  Uolme^  100;  Middle  Greek 
ch  IH;  Freeport  Ist  oh  100;  Queen  Ann  German 
oh  16;  Woodstock  1st  oh  25;  Kelvidere  oh  100; 
Willow  Creek  cb.addM  19.  Oetaioo— Ottawa  let 
eh  16  35 ;  Sireator  Park  oh  16.  Eock  Bm^r—Onooe 
oh  2  60;  Munson  ch  3  60  613  12 

IU.U70I8,  SoiTTH.—^lfton— Bethel  ch  20  90 ;  Leba- 
non oh  14.  Cbiro— Bridgeport  oh  12  6U;  Cairo 
lat  ch,  "Little  Mary*a  dying  gift"  2:  Flora  ch 
90  60;  Fairfield  oh  4  60;  Salem  oh  6;  Friendt<- 
ville  ch  16;  Gilead  oh  8;  Wabanh  ch  5  28.  Mat- 
toofi— Neoga  oh  9  14;  Shelby  ville  ch  43;  Effing- 
ham oh  10  17'  >i 
Iin>XA3rA,  NOBTH.— Oatr/ord8ira/«  —  Grawfords- 
Tille  Ist  ch  21 :  Delphi  ch20;  Lexington  ch  60; 
Wea  ch  10  20;  Sugar  Greek  oh  21 10.  Fort 
Wayne— Elkh&Tt  1st  ch,  from  Henry  Johnson, 
Esq  50.  /^aMporf— Michigan  City  1st  ch  .34  66 ; 
Pisgah  ch  3;  Waverly  ch  3.  Jtfuncw— Perrys- 
bargh  oh  10;  Shiloh  oh  7;  Franklin  ch  5  237  95 
l]n>iA:fA.  Qoora,— IndianapolU  — Acton  oh  5: 
Indianapolis  7th  ch  25;  Indianapolis,  Olivet 
oh  '20.  New  il^a^Jefferf<onville  ch  69  75; 
Jefferson  ch  6;  Livonia  oh  6  15;  Vernon  ch  7; 
New  Albany  2d  ch  53  05;  Bridgeport  ch  6  26; 
Anderson  ch  3  60.  rmMnn<«— Upper  Indiana  cti 
90;  Evansviile,  Walnut  St  ch  100;  Spencer  ch  13; 
Vandalia  ch  10;  Terre  Haute  2d  oh  17;  Clai- 
borne ch  9;  Uowesville  oh  6.  WkiU  Water— 
Rising  Sun  oh  30  80;  Dunlapsville  ch  10    425  50 

Iowa,  NoBTH^-Cbdar  i2aptd«— Parker's  Grove 
German  ch  2;  Rev  John  C  King  and  wife  6; 
Scotch  Grove  ch  10;  Mechanicsville  ch  6  66.  Du- 
6ugu6— Independence  ch  10  25;  Lansing  ch  10; 
Farley  ch  4;  Kpworth  ch  4;  Feostaoh  4;  Hop* 
kinton  ch  7.  fTotertoo— Ackley  ch  10;  Clark'*- 
viile  ch  6;  Greene  oh  6 ;  Grundy  Centre,  Geriiisn 
oh  4  40  86  20 

Iowa,  South.~Z)0s  ifo<ne»— Garden  Grove  oh  6; 
Albia  ch  6,  from  a  friend;  Winternett  ch  80; 
Chariton  ch  10;  Hartford  oh  6.  /010a— Burling- 
ton 1st  ch  68  60;  West  Point  ch  10;  KoMiilh 
1st  oh  26  2U;  Bloomfield.eh  19;  Little  Cedar  ch 
8;  Fairfield  ch  40.  Iowa  Oty— West  Liberty  ch 
3;  Tipton  oh  14  75,  of  whioh  Sab-sch  6;  Le 
Claire  oh  6,  from  Mrs  James  Jack ;  Malcom  ch 
10.  IfiMOtiri  J^tMT— Brownvllle  oh  25;  Decstur 
oh  3;  Lvons  ch  2;  Omaha  2d  ch  85;  Lone  Tree 
ch6;  West  Point  ch  6  60;  Missouri  Valley  Junc- 
tion ch  6  325  06 

Kassas^ — 2?mporia— Eldorado  ch  7;  Lyndon. 
eh  5;  Osage  oh  6.  IH^Atoiui— Holton  ch  1  65 
i)r<MMAo— Fort  Scott  ch  13;  Chetopa  ch  27  30; 
Liberty  oh  3;  Geneva  oh  2.  TbpeAca— Topeka  Ist 
eh  70  133  95 

KBvrnoKT.—BbencMr— Burlington  ch  30.  Tran- 
jfyivaaio— Harrodsburgh  oh  81  40  111  40 

Lo!i«  IsLAicn.—SrooMvn— Brooklyn,  Throop 
ATe  ch,  mon  con  16  89;  Brooklyn,  Westminster 
oh  33  57;  Brooklyn, Siloam  ch  16;  Brooklyn  1st 
eh,  Remten  si  48  91;  Brooklyn  Ist  oh,  Henry 


st,  add*l  260;  Brooklyn,  Ain^lie  st  oh,  mon 
con  12  62;  Brooklyn.  La  Fayette  Ave  oh,  addM 
2162  35,  of  which  77  35  mon  con.  iVoMau— Hunt* 
ingdon  1st  ch  100;  Springfield  oh  12  16:  l!*lip 
oh  6  45;  Smithtown  oh  12  20  2668  04 

MiOHieAK.~Z)0^rot7— Detroit  1st  oh,  addM  96; 
Holly  ch  43  60;  Detroit,  Fori  st  oh.  in  part  424  68. 
Orand  ^odM*— Sunfield  ch  6.  Kalamazoo — Stur- 
gis  ch  9;  Three  Rivers  ch  43.  ixin»tn(7— Sebawa 
ch  6;  Marshall  1st  ch  122  39.  Afonroe— Bliss- 
field  ch  11;  Palmvra  ch  6  56;  Tecumseh  oh. 
add'l  26  86.  So^naw—North  Star  ch  7;  Ithaoa 
ch  3;  Linden  oh  6;  Fentonville  ch  23;  Flint  oh 
75  S2;  Bay  City  ch  123  66  1031  46 

MiifMKSOTA.— AfanAoto— Le  Sueur  oh  9:  Blue 
Earth  City  ch  15.  St  Paul— Dundas  ch  12; 
Forest  ch  6;  Vermillion  oh  7;  Minneapolin, 
Westminster  ch  129  28,  of  whioh  Sab-sch  22  79 ; 
St  Anthony  ch  20.    Iftnono— Lake  City  ch  15  9.-. 

214  23 

M188ODBI. — Otage — New  Frankfort  oh  2  15; 
KanMW  City  2d  ch  157  35;  Rev  J  H  Byers  5; 
Peculiar  ch  6;  Freeman  oh  ?.  Palmvra — Mem- 
phis ch  7  50;  Laclede  ch  4  75;  Grantsville  ch  2; 
West  Ely  oh  21.  Platt»—Qt  Joseph.  Westmin- 
ster ch  92  30;  Rockport  ch  2;  Phelps  ch  2: 
Weston  ch  10.  St  Louie— 81  Louis,  North  ch  40; 
Fulton  German  oh  21  90  375  95 

Nkw  jRBsir.— J!/i2a5e<A— Perth  Ambov  ch  160: 
Plamfield2d  ch  257  32;  Elizsbeth,  Siloam  ch  2; 
Elttabeth  3d  oh  161  60;  Springfield  ch  50;  Crsn- 
ford  ch  5  25:  Liberty  Corner  ch  40.  Jereeff  Oty 
— Englewood  ch,  add*l  55;  Tenaflv  ch  "97  6u. 
MonmouVt^K^y  E  J  Pierce  50;  Allentown  ch 
44  60;  Hiffhtstown  1st  ch  75:  Tuckerton  oh 
19  60,  of  which  Sab-soh  4  60;  Bass  River  ch  2; 
Jacksonirllle  ch  8  50;  Bordentown  ch  9  25.  Afor- 
ru  and  Orange— South  Orange  oh  206  79;  Mend- 
ham  2d  ch  50;  Mendham  Ist  oh.  add'l  15  23; 
boonton  ch  32  05;  Huooasunna  oh  Mi9.<*ionary 
Society  44  63;  East  Orange  1st  ch.  one-half  mon 
con  coil's  77  30.  ^euKirA— Newark.  Calvary  ch 
60  7i4;  Newark,  South  Park  ch  60  30.  New 
JBrururiotdl;  —  Lawrence  ch  145.35;  Princeton, 
Witherfpoon  st  ch  5;  New  Brunswick  1st  ch 
129.  i^eu7ton— Oxford  2d  ch.  addM  150.  Weet 
J«r/(^— Salem  Ist  ch  102;  Camden  1st  ch  250; 
Bridgeton  1st  ch  225;  Cedarville  1st  oh  Sab-soli 
26  77;  Fislerville  ch  25  2617  63 

Nsw  YoBi.— Bosion—Newburyport  Ist  ch  106,  of 
which  Ladies'  Wtiitefield  Circle  60;  Bedford  oh 
4A  22:  Lowell  oh  15.  ifudtfon— Goshen  ch  125  0.'; 
Hopewell  oh  40.  of  which  Sab-sch  3  68;  Amity 
ch  Si);  Ridgebury  ch  16  ?0;  Centreville  ch  3; 
Montgomery  ch  37  05;  Mount  Hope  ch  28  25: 
Washmgtonville  2d  ch  15.  Neto  ror/r— New 
York.  Fifth  Ave  and  Ninetepnih  St  ch,  in  part 
7,206  66;  New  York,  Memorial  ch  212  4i;  New 
York,  Hcotoh  ch.  addM  26;  Harlem  *ch.  mon  con 
8  60;  New  York.  Brick  ch  Chapel  134  67;  New 
York,  Fourth  Ave  ch,  a  balance  6.  North  River 
—New  Hamburg  ch  ^;  Freedom  Plains  ch 
15.  WeateheAter—Btamiord  1st  ch,  addM  117  81; 
YonkerH  1st  ch.  addM  211  30,  of  which  mon  con 
11  39;  North  Salem  ch  17;  Peeksktll  1st  ch 
129  34,  of  which  Sab-soh  50;  Hartford  1st  ch  78 ; 
Gilead  ch  60  50  8,728  76 

Pacific— Orflaon — Pleasant  Grove  ch  11  25; 
Albany  ch  7.  San  Pra7icU>coSekn  Francisco  Ist 
oh  126  60.    San  Josi—^ntA  Clara  ch  20      163  a'> 

PBILADBLPHIA.— 0^e8<«r— New  London  ch  96,  of 
which  Session  House  Sabsch  23  50;  Chester 
CItych  20;  Darby  Ist  ch  10  75.  Lackawanna— 
Tnnkhannock  ch  13  u7;  Wilkesbarre  ch  315  16; 
Ru«hville  oh  2:  Stevensville  ch  6  70;  Ararat  ch 
4  70:  Gibson  ch  9  30;  Meshoppen  ch  7;  Mehoo- 
pany  Creek  ch  6:  Silver  Lake  ch  2  70;  Canton  ch 
22;  Dunmore  ch  10;  Franklin  1st  ch.  Upsonville 
Sab-sch  7  60;  Honesdale  ch  6'>5  55.  Le/ngh— 
Reading  1st  ch  265  40:  Allen  Township  oh  40. 
Philadelphia— PhWtkdfilphiK  South  Western  oh 
16  20;  Philadelphia  7th  ch  186  33,  of  which  from 
Miss  CH  15;  Philadelphia,  West  Spruce  St  oh. 
Arom  G  S  Benson,  Ewq  100:  Philadelphia,  Wood- 
land ch  122  50;  Philadelphia,  Clinton  St  oh  90; 
Philadelphia,  Wharton  St  oh,  add'l  20;  Philadel- 


44 


Board  of  Home  Missions, 


[Fehrua/r^ 


ehia,  0th  ch  123;  Philndelphia,  2d  ch,addM,  from 
[rs  BurkhardO;  Philadelphia.  Calvary  ch  1.312; 
Philadelphia,  10th  ch  813;  Philadelphia,  IMh  ch 
21.      Phuadelphia,  Cfentra/— Philadelphin,  North 
Tenth  St  ch  79  31;  Philadelphia,  Princeton  ch 
29^1;  Philadelphia,  Cohocksink  ch  Sab-^ch  8\  .50; 
Philadelphia,  Spring  Garden  ch,  in  part  498  10; 
PhiUdelnhlB.    North    ch    275  33:    Philadelphia, 
Oxford  ch  128.    PhUncklphia,  iVbr^A— PI  umstead- 
Tille  and  Oar?erwville  ch-t  7  6U:  Oermantown  l9t 
ch640;  Falls  of  the  Schuylkill  ch  18:  Cons«ho- 
hocken  ch  50.  of  which  Sab-sch  15.    Wtstminater 
—Columbia  ch  Sab-nch  100;  Mount  Joy  ch  2<»; 
Chanceford  en  56;  BelleTue  ch  31  17        C^:2  87 
PrrrsBUHOE.— J5ta»r«t>itt«  — Poke    Run    ch    75; 
Unity  ch  66;  Green-burishch39;  Plum  Creek  cl! 
4'J;  6lack  Lick  ch  10;  LiTcrniorech45  .30;  Cro!»s 
lioads  ch  46  63;  IrrinHch  9act!»;  Parna«*r'nH  ch 
40  f»9;  New  Salem  ch  17  50.    Pitfaburgh^PiUf*- 
hurgh  3d  ch,  S  W  Sample  iO,  Mrs  M  (i  Seinple 
.^  —  lou;  Piitsburgh  Central  ch  267;  Sharon  ch 
17;    Mansfield  ch    12;    Hnzlewood  ch    Sab-sch 
M  50;  Hebron  ch  11  52;  Mmi^och  42  67:  East 
Liberty  l8t  ch  ch  359  60:  WilkinHbiirgh  ch   112. 
.  i2ed«ton«— Pleasant  Unity  ch  21;  Tent  ch  9  2^'«; 
Hound  Hill  ch  6H:  Rev  W  F  Kean  10;  Genr^e'a 
Creek  ch  11;  Sprinj;  Hill  ch  1.     WcuhmgUm-' 
West    Liberty  ch  36  60;    Lower  Ten  Mile  ch 
10;  Upper  Ten  Mile  ch  18  60;  East  Buffalo  ch 
17  5.'»:  West  Alexander  ch.  in  part  137;  Wheel- 
ing Iflt  ch,  from  Mrs  John  Keid  20;  Mt  Pro<«p«ct 
cb  77  44.     West  Virginia— CA&ik<*buTfi  ch  6  60; 
<»naity  Creek  ch  3;  Morgantown  ch  12;  King- 
wood  ch  6  60  1,813  40 
Tkhxesske.— i/o^fAn — Greenevillech  10;  Salem 
ch  6.    Union — .New  Market  ch  9;  Hopewell  ch  5; 
8hiloh  ch,  Knoxville  lo  40  00 
Toledo.  — J5c/7«/bntom«—Ru9h«»yIvania   ch   4. 
Huron— Norwalk  ch,  add'l  8.    itwkx— Ottawa  ch 
7  ;  Columbu.s  Grove  ch  6  73 ;  Rockport  ch  3  67 ; 
Van  Wert  ch  7;  Findlay  ch  164.    Maufnee— Delia 
ch  15                                                                  206  30 
Utioa— 0/«ef70— Oneonta  ch  12  10:  Delhi  2d  ch 
.rr  39;  Gilbertavillech,27;  Richfield  Sprinsjs  ch 
•JO  76.    i5f^acu««— CamillUf*  ch  20;  Cazenovia  1st 
fh  116  06;  Con«tantia  ch  15:  Collamer  ch  10. 
St  Lavr«ncc— Gouverneur  ch  119  2«»;  Rosnie  ch 
7  75;  Waterlown.  Stone  St  ch  60.    l/fica— Water- 
ville  ch  97  90,  of  which  Ladiew*  Benevolent  Soc'y 
25  75;    Verona  ch  16  6«»;    Camden  Ist  ch   20; 
Saiiquoit  1st  ch  16  4i;  Rome  ch  'li  96       621  13 
Wbstirm  New  Yoek.— 5i//a/o— Buflialo,  Calvary 
ch  1>4  62;  SprntfvilleohlS;  Clarence  ch  13  '20; 
Hutfulo,  Breekenrid>;e  Si  ch  22;   Sherman  ch 
19  u3;  Alden  ch  9  2'>;  Eartt  Aurora  cii  lo;  Silver 
Creek   ch.  froln  Mrs  G    W  Tew  30.    Oenesee— 
Hatavia  i'h   163  30;  Wyoming  ch  3*  9«:  Castile 
(>b  10;  North   Bergen  ch  IS;  Attica  cti  21  10. 
Nmgara — Holley  ch  18;  Ijewi.«ton  ch  lO;  Knowles- 
v  lie  ch  and  S'ab-scli  18.      Rochester — (ieiiefeo 
Villafice  Ist  ch  221;  Nanda  1st  ch  3'J;  Hprintr- 
water  ch   lO;  Os&ian  ch  4  10;  Geneseo  Central 
ch    48;    Livonia   ch,  addM    100;    KocheMer,  St 
Peter's  ch  66                                                 1,06J  50 
Wisco:i8ix.—CA»>)ptfMHi— North  Bend  ch  3;  La 
Crosse  Ist  ch  9;  La  Orosne,  North  ch  3;  Neshan* 
noc  ch  22  75;  Burns  ch  3  5o;  Lewis  Valley  ch  6. 
Jjake  5i«pe»'i©r— Marquette  ch,  add'l,  from  Hon  J 
\V  Edwards   150.    itfi/ti?aM^«— Milwaukee,   Iin- 
manuel  ch  244  91:  Brodheadch  6  .M);  Milwaukee, 
Calvary  ch  47  10;  Beloit  ch  62.    If inn^ba^o- Rural 
en  6  38;  Neenah  ch  62;  Omro  ch  35;  Winne- 
conne  ch  6.     Wiscomin  Rii>er — Liberty  Ger  ch 
2  75;  Oxford  ch  6                                          66.189 

From  CbmmUtee  on  BtnevoUnce  and  Finance 

1,753  66 

Total  received  from  churches,      $36^48  66 

Ltcaoibs.— Estate  of  Rev  A  Kent,  lato  of  Galena, 
111  500:  Estate  of  D  T  Woodbury,  late  of  Colum- 
bus, Ohio  165  76:  Hungerford  Estate,  Residuary 
3.501;  Bequest  of  Miss  E  M  Piper,  dec'd,  Delphi, 
lnd6  4,171  76 

MiBOBLiAifBoos.  — <*A  Friend  in  Cincinnati," 
Ohio  6;  C  C  F,  New  York  6;  Religious  Contribu- 


tion Soc'y  of  Princeton  Theo'l  Sem'y,  add'l  2 ; 
"The  Widow's  Mite"  5;  Rev  O  M  Green,  Alex- 
andria, Va  6 ;  Dr  A  M  Briien,  Scarsdale.  N  Y 
Mv:  "A  Friend  of  Jesus"  30;  E  Todd  Foote, 
MD,  New  Haven.  Conn  30;  Mrs  8  B  Crocker, 
Vernon,  N  Y  20;  Gen  E  B  Babbitt,  U  S  Army  40; 
Harriet  Huntington,  Danville.  Iowa  6;  Miss  Sallie 
P  MaoKenzie.  Baltimore,  Md  20;  L  F  Lyman, 
Esq  Cleveland,  Ohio  20;  Mrs  C  McMillan,  Col- 
l'*ue  Hill,  Ohio  50;  Mrs  L  H  Huston,  South 
Bloomfield.  Ohio  2 :  Miss  Kate  Craven,  Newtown, 
Pa  6;  Rev  S  M,  a  b.ilance  55  cts:  C  S  Hood,  E^, 
Corning,  N  Y  25;  **A  Friend,"  N  Y  101       870  65 

Total  in  December,  $46,290  96 

&.  D.  POWEL,  Troojwrer, 

21  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


t  OLOTHINO. 

I  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Goshen  ch,  N  Y. 
valued  at  321  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Spring  Garden 
ch,  Piiila,  Pa,  valued  at  :^u  uo 

1  box  from  the  Woman's  Miss'y  Soc'y  of  Madi- 
son iHt  ch,  Ind,  valued  at  104  68 

2  boxes  from  the  Ladies  of  Honesdale  ch.  Pa, 
valued  at  376  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies'  Miss'y  Soc'y  of  Wood- 
hin<t.4  ch,  Phila,  Pa,  valued  at  390  ou 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  Miss'y  Soc'y  of  Roselle 
1st  ch,  N  J,  valued  at  225  00 

2  boxes  from  the  Ladies  of  Walnut  St  ch, 
Evansville,  ind,  valued  at  130  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Germantown  1st  ch. 
Pa,  valued  at  366  00 

2  boxes  from  the  Ladies'  Misa'y  Soc'y,  of  Day- 
ton. Ohio,  valued  at  256  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Peon  Yan  oh,  N  Y, 
Talued  at  130  00 

I  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Westminster  oli, 
Elizabeth,  N  J,  valued  at  818  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Easton  Ist  ch.  Pa, 
valued  at  324  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  University  Place, 
N  Y  City,  N  Y.    No  value  given 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Clearfield  ch.  Pa, 
valued  at  2ro  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladles  of  Rahway  1st  ch,  N  J, 
valued  at  145  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies'  Benevolent  Society  of 
Newton  Ixt  ch,  N  J,  valued  at  326  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Auburn  2d  ch,  N  Y. 
No  value  ^iven. 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Copper  Hill  oh,  N  J, 
valued  at  108  00 

1  box  from  "  8,"  of  Liberty,  Ohio.  No  value 
given. 

1  box  from  (he  Ladies  of  Warsaw  oh,  N  Y. 
No  value  siven. 

1  bo.x  from  the  Ladies  of  Westminster  ch, 
Rockford,  111,  valued  at  249  90 

I  box  from  the  Ladies'  Soc'y  of  Rochester, 
Central  ch,  N  Y,  valued  at  155  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Pittsburgh,  Shady 
Side  ch,  Pa,  valued  at  120  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies'  Miss'y  Soc'y  of  South 
Salem  ch,  Ohio,  valued  at  22  76 


$4,625  83 


PRESBYTERIAN    ROOMS, 
No.  23  Centre  Street,  New  YoaK  City. 
Cbr.  Secratariei—Rer.  Hbicrt  Kcndall,  D.D., 

Rev.  Ctrds  Dicksov,  D.D. 
Treasurer-^iMvwL  D.  Powil,  Esq. 

Lbttbrs  relating  to  Millenary  Appointment 
and  other  operations  of  the  Board,  should  be 
addressed  to  the  Corresponding  Secretaries,  No. 
23  Centre  Street,  New  York  City.  Letters  re- 
lating to  the  pecuniary  affoirs  of  the  Board,  or 
containing  remittances  of  money,  should  he  seal 
to  S.  D.  Powxu  Esq-,  Treasurer— same  addreae. 


1873.]  Soard  of  Education.  45 

BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 

TbS  OAmTXSl  T&VLT  18  FUPITIOUS,  BOT   TBI  LIBORMW  AM  FKW;    PRAT  TB  THBRBPOBB   THB  LOED  OP   TBB 
HAS7B8T,  «HA*  HB  WILL  SBHD  PORTE  LAB0RBR8  INTO  HI8  HARTBBT. — Matt.  iX.  87,  38. 


WHAT  IT  COSTS  TO  MAKE  WAR. 

War  costs  men,  and  it  costs  money. 

Germany  was  successful  in  her  late  war  with  France,  because  the  Coa federation 
maintains  an  army  of  over  a  million  of  men.  Austria  holds  in  subjection  her 
mixed  population  and  maintains  her  boundaries  by  a  force  of  nine  hundred  and 
sixty  thousand  men.  Russia  is  solidifying,  harmonizing,  and  filling  with  ne^ 
influences  of  civilization  her  immense  domain,  and  stretching  her  control  over 
the  semi-barbarous  tribes  of  Central  Asia,  by  the  active  employment  of  more 
than  a  million  and  a  half  of  regular  and  irregular  troops.  Other  European 
powers  count  their  soldiery  by  hundreds  of  thousands,  in  garrisons  and  in  the  field. 
It  is  astooishing  that  men  should  imagine  that  the  victories  of  religion  alone  can 
be  effected  by  a  mere  handful  of  men,  by  a  few  thousands  in  lands  already  half- 
conquered,  ^nd  still  more  wonderful,  by  a  few  scores  in  those  where  sin  and  super- 
stition lie  entrenched  in  their  most  ancient  and  impregnable  fortifications. 

These  gigantic  armies  are  maintained  only  by  stupendous  outlays  of  money.  Great 
Britain  bears  upon  her  shoulders  a  national  debt  of  thirty-seven  hundred  millions 
of  dollars,  taxing  her  people  a  hundred  and  thirty  millions  for  the  annual  interest ; 
nearly  all  of  it  heaped  up  by  her  wars.  The  continental  nations  are  loaded  with 
debts  of  many  thousands  of  millions  of  dollars.  To  gratify  national  pride,  to 
acquire  glory,  to  secure  the  power  of  some  royal  family,  mountains  of  treasure  are 
considered  as  of  small  concern.  But  Christians  shrink  from  givipg  the  com* 
paratively  petty  sums  for  which  one  and  another  department  of  the  army  of  sal- 
vation calls,  in  the  prosecution  of  its  plans  for  bringing  the  nations  to  submission 
to  their  God  and  King. 

And  what  money  is  spent  in  fitting  these  armies  and  their  officers  for  their  duties! ! 
See  how  a  wise  and  successful  power  like  Germany  devotes  her  vast  means,  her 
best  intellect,  her  most  skilful  and  organized  agencies,  to  the  education  and  pre- 
paration of  her  soldiery.    How  swift,  how  complete,  thence,  her  triumphs  I     Has 
the  Presbyterian  Church  no  lesson  to  learn  from  such  forethought,  such  toil,  such 
consecration  of  funds,  and  such  success  ? 

How  can  the  Church  expect  Divine  help,  until  she  honestly  uses  something  like 
the  same  calculation,  the  same  devotion  of  men  and  money,  the  same  strenuous 
and  concentrated  efforts  in  the  prosecution  of  her  mighty  warfare  against 
the  hosts  of  evil,  which  the  world  thinks  needful  in  the  accomplishment  of  its 
similar  ends? 

And  this  ruinous  fault-finding  with  all  schemes  of  good,  and  withholding  from 
them  help,  because  they  are  not  perfect  and  not  infallible,  and  not  in  every  par- 
ticular successful — how  is  it  put  to  shame  by  the  far  greater  profuseness  with  which 
the  governments  of  the  world  allow  for  loss,  yet  press  on  with  the  determination 
to  succeed,  and  assume  that  the  forces  of  men  and  money  must  of  necessity  exceed 
the  precise  requirements  of  a  campaign. 

Fellow  Christians,  let  us  begin  to  be  as  earnest,  as  calculating,  as  determined  as 
worldlings  are.  This  is  a  real  war,  and  we  are  either  loyal  or  treacherous  soldiers. 
What  men  truly  believe  in  and  love,  they  will  give  money  to  and  fight  for. 
There  is  nothing  more  astonishing  than  the  reluctance  of  Christians  to  carry  ow 
effectively  the  warfare  of  the  kingdom  which  must  and. will  triumph  over  alE 


46 


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[February 


others ;  and  to  spend  and  be  spent  in  the  service  of  a  Sovereign  who  has  done  so 
much  for  them^  upon  whose  goodness  they  are  so  dependent,  and  whose  rewards 
are  full  of  present  and  eternal  honor  and  joy. 


SYNODICAL  ACCOUNTS  WITH  THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 

The  Table  below  is  one  which  has  been  prepared  with  much  care,  and  deserves 
the  thoughtful  consideration  of  each  minister  of  our  Church  in  preparing  his 
^  statement  of  the  claims  of  the  Board  of  Education  upon  his  people. 

At  a  time  when  the  increase  of  students  has  loaded  this  Board  with  burthens 
so  much  above  its  capacity  to  bear,  when  one-sixth  of  the  stuJents  are  from  the 
foreign  and  the  colored  populations,  which  can  pay  almost  nothing  into  the 
treasury,  and  as  many  more  come  to  it  from  poor  missionary  presbyteries,  it  is 
supposed  that  every  one  who  desires  the  health  and  prosperity  of  our  Zion 
will  be  desirous  to  know  whether  his  own  Synod  is  doing  its  duty  to  this  vital 
branch  of  the  Church's  general  work. 

It  is  granted  that  some  of  the  Synods  have  much  more  wealth  than  others;  and 
also  that  some  contain  more  educational  institutions,  and  are  therefore  burthened 
more  with  candidates  from  their  own  and  from  distant  churches.  But  this  Table 
is  of  use  to  show  to  all  the  Synods  just  where  the  burthens  lie,  and  what  they  are ; 
and  to  most  of  the  Synods  it  indicates  what  is  not  far  from  the  measure  of  their 
duty  in  the  support  of  these  burthens.  There  are  few  of  them  that  cannot  con- 
tribute the  full  amount  of  money  for  which  their  candidates  have  been  recom- 
mended. 

TABLE,  INCLUDIKO   BALANCES  FROK    LAST  TEAR. 


STNOOa 


11 


.^Albakt ...« 11 

Atlantic «..« 18 

Haltimorb. 10 

GiNOIIfNATI 23 

Clbvcland 32 

Colorado ^ 

COLDMBDS.... 23 

Erie 40 

Gkxeva. 23 

HlRRISBUROil 14 

iLUNOis  Central. 20 

Illixou  North 12 

Illinois  South. 11 

Ijtduna  North » 28 

Indiana  Sooth 27 

Iowa  North. 13 

Iowa  Socth.. 12 

Kansas^ 7 

Kbntdckt 6 

Long  Island. 6 

MlCHIOAN 7 

Minnesota 0 

MusouRi ^ 12 

New  Jbrskt « 70 

New  Yore. 29 

PACiric « 6 

PHILADELPniA « 67 

PlTTSBUROH 21 

TiNNCSSEE 28 

Toledo 4 

.  Utica 41 

West.  New  York. 7 

WiSOO'fSIN 14 


4)03 

£'5  2    «£^ 

<  ST*        o  o. 


$1,680 
1,980 
3,080 
4.000 
6.380 

3,700 
8.080 
4,120 
2,480 
3,300 
2,000 
2,000 
4,200 
4.380 
2,200 
1,920 
1,120 
850 
840 
1,160 
1,210 
1.900 
11,600 
6.320 
1.000 
10,060 
3,500 
8,880 
640 
6,780 
1.060 
2040 


1^-  IJI 


$1,686 

64 

990 

1,634 

2,422 

822 

2,345 

832 

1.919 

666 

648 

329 

767 

649 

175 

379 

98 

431 

880 

860 

269 

358 

4.861 

13.898 

639 

6.732 

2,2J9 

112 

256 

984 

780 

223 


$40 


8,678 


667  $107,670      $48,636     $8,618  $67,752 


Balances  irith 
addition  of  debt 
from  latt  year. 


$n8 


$3,663 
3,176 
6,549 
6,079 
269 
6,364 

10.212 
8,128 
337 
6,319 
8,637 
3,138 
8.656 
7,663 
4,260 
2,900 
2,347 
693 

693 

1,787 

3,493 

12,283 

1,123 
6,029 
3.246 
6,343 

464 
10,305 

724 
3.470 


$26,406    $130,129 


1,491 


24,134 


ISIS.']  Board  of  EduccUum.  47 

REMARKS    UPON   THE   TABLE. 

The  j^r^^  oolamn  after  the  name  of  the  Synod  shows  the  number  of  students  who 
bave  been  reoommended  for  aid  until  December  3lBt  of  this  year,  by  the  Presby- 
teries within  its  bounds ;  a  considerable  number  more  will  be  added  during  the 
remaining  months  of  the  year ;  there  are  five  students  from  the  Welsh  Calvinistic 
Church  not  counted. 

The  second  cont^ns  the  totaLamauntof  the  appropriations  which  the  Board  has 
been  requested  to  grant  to  the  students. 

The  third  giyes  the  entire  receipts  from  the  churches  of  the  Synod  thus  far  in 
the  present  financial  year,  including  the  sums  contributed  to  the  Special  Collec- 
tion in  the  summer.  In  addition  to  this  amount  from  the  churches,  $1,635  has 
been  paid  from  legacies  and  miscellaneous  sources,  making  the  total  receipts  for 
the  nine  months  ending  December  31,  1872,  $50,371. 

The  fourth  column  gives  the  payments  from  each  Synod  above  what  is  required 
for  its  own  candidates ;  and  the  Jifih  what  is  still  needed  to  pay  the  amounts  asked 
for  this  year. 

The  sixth  and  seventh  columns  are  added,  in  view  of  the  debt  remaining  from 
last  year,  to  show  the  amount  which  each  Synod  should  contribute  only  to  meet 
what  it  has  already  requested  for  its  students  last  year  and  this.  The  subtraction 
of  $26,406.  excess  from  three  Synods,  from  $130,129,  deficiencies  from  the  remainder, 
leaves  $103,723.  To  this  must  be  added  what  is  needed  for  the  expenses  of  the 
Board,  and  for  appropriations  to  students  who  will  be  added  to  the  roll  during  the 
remaining  months  oi  the  jcar. 

The  excess  of  receipts  from  the  Synod  of  New  York,  over  its  limited  demands, 
does  not  justify  other  Synods  generally  in  giving  less  than  their  students  need,  in- 
asmuch as  so  large  a  share .  of  the  whole  number  are  from  classes  lynd  regions 
whence  almost  no  pecuniary  help  can  come. 

If  each  of  our  ministerial  brethren  will  but  make  it  a  matter  of  conscience  to  lay 
the  wants  of  their  own  students,  and  others  perhaps  more  needy,  before  his  people, 
and  earnestly  solicit  a  liberal  contribution,  and  if  every  reader  of  the  Monthly 
Record  will  help  as  he  can,  all  the  deficiencies  of  the  Treasury  will  be  supplied;  a 
great  multitude  of  students,  institutions,  and  families  will  be  relieved;  and  the 
Lord^s  work  will  again  prosper. 

GOOD  TESTIMONY  AND  A  GOOD  SEAL  TO  IT. 

An  intelligent  and  respected  teacher,  who  last  year  occupied  some  weeks  in 
employment  in  the  office  which  gave  him  an  opportunity  to  observe  the  character 
of  me  students  under  the  care  of  the  Board  of  Education,  has  sent  to  its  treasury 
an  offering  of  one  hundred  dollars,  which  we  have  reason  to  know  is  the  fruit  of 
special  self-denial  of  himself  and  family,  with  a  letter,  which  we  would  do  wrong 
not  to  publish.    He  says : 

*'  The  examination  of  the  papers  relating  to  the  young  men  under  the  care  of  the 
Board  of  Education,  deeply  impressed  me.  Your  recent  appeal  has  moved  my  heart. 
I  cannot  do  much  to  help  you  ;  but  I  have  resolved  to  set  apart  a  portion  of  the 
gross  proceeds  of  the  income  from  my  school  to  be  given  to  the  Board  of  Educa- 
tion^ being  fully  convinced  that  there  is  no  one  of  the  many  objects  to  which  I 
oould  give,  in  which  it  can  accomplish  so  much  for  the  spread  of  the  gospel  at  this 
time,  as  it  will  do  in  educating  and  preparing  to  enter  upon  their  work  those  who 
are  to  be  the  '  Heralds  of  Salvation.*  ^' 

ANNUAL  COLLECTIONS  FOR  EDUCATION. 

The  collections  about  to  be  taken  up  in  our  churches  will  decide  when  the 
students  shall  receive  their  payments  for  January  and  for  March ;  and  they  will 
decide  whether  or  not  the  Cnurch  will  keep  good  her  promises  to  them  as  to  the 
jmyment  for  May.  The  Board  notified  them  that  the  amounts  ordered  by  the 
General  Assembly  would  be  paid.  It  is  now  for  every  minister  and  church- 
member  to  decide,  by  the  amount  of  contribution  sent,  whether  this  pledge  of  the 
Church  will  be  kept  The  Board  has  done  the  utmost  in  its  power,  by  appeals 
and  hj  borrowing,  to  carry  the  burthen  to  this  point,  when  the  annual  collections 


48 


Board  of  Education, 


[February 


generally  are  taken  up.  It  can  bear  it  no  further.  It  most  earnestly  begs  of 
every  minister,  every  professing  Christian,  and  every  presbytery,  now  to  consider 
his,  or  its  obligations;  and  to  take  measures  to  lift  its  share  of  the  accumulated 
burthens  laid  upon  this  Board,  against  its  wishes  and  judgment,  by  the  General 
Assembly.  The  duties  to  a  world  that  needs  the  go^spel,  to  the  fair  name  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  and  to  the  candidates  who  have  relied  upon  the  pledges 
made  in  its  name,  demand  that  every  man  and  every  church  shall  give  as  they 
have  never  given  before  to  this  cause. 


RECEIPTS  AT  PHILADELPHIA  IN  DECEMBER. 


Synod  of  Albany.— Pbv  of  Albany — Schenecta- 
day  1ft  ch  2A,1  39;  Albany  2d  oh  218  oe.  Pby  of 
CAa/rtpiam— Burke  ch  2U.  Pby  of  Troy—VfRT- 
rennburg  ch  6  491  45 

Synod  or  Baltimori— Pby  of  Boift'TiKwc— Balti- 
more 2d  ch  2.  Pby  of  New  Cluf/0— Middletown 
Forest  ch  S  1»>  «0 

dYxoDOf  (JiJcciWNATi. —  Pby  of  ChUlieothe^Soixih 
SRiern  ch  6  49;  Greenfield  ch  3  21.  Pby  of  Cin- 
cinnati— Cinoinnati  3d  ch  60;  Walnut  Hills  oh 
7  44;  Moscow  ch  3  85;  Cleves  oh  4  Sti;  Ml  Car- 
mel  ch  20;  Cincinnati  Ist  Ger  ch  2;  Somerset  ch 
4  95.  Pby  of  Dayton— M.idd\eiown  ch  31  93; 
Hamilton  ch  48  04;  8even  Mile  ch  10;  Somer- 
ville  ch  7  » 8  209  85. 

8TX0D  OF  Clktiland.— Pby  nf  O^vdand  -Western  m 
Reserve  College  ch  62;  Cleveland  lstch44  14; 
Kortli field  ch  10.    Pby  of  6Veu6«nrifl«— Corinth 
ch  :»;  Cross  Creek  oh  12;  SAlineFille  ch  6  26; 
Still  Fork  ch  7  20  174  60 

Synod  of  Comtmbus.— P6.v  of  Jfarton— Cardinij- 
tou  ch  1.  Pby  of  Wooster—yiisa  Mary  Rahn  lo. 
Pbf/  of  2an«i;iZ/e— Muskingum  ch  II  60      22  60 

Synod  of  Ekib,— P6y  o/ii/i«<;Acrtv— Bakerstown 
ch  30.  Pby  of  J5rw— Georgetown  ch  16  66.  Pby 
of  Kittanning—Mokial  Pleasant  ch  II  57  66 

Synod  of  {jr&stvk.~~ Pby  of  Geneva— Geneva  1st 
ch,  add'l  1')  OJ 

synod  of  Harrisburo.— Pby  of  Huntingdon^ 
Shirleys.burg  ch  Ij  OJ 

Synod  of  llinois,  Cbntral.— P6y  of  Peoria— 
Lewistown  ch  3i  Oi.  Pby  of  ScAuy/cr— Macomb 
ch  17  49  02 

Synod  of  Ilunois,  North,— Pby  <>/  Chicago— 
Chioaso  8th  ch  46  69;  Chicago  2d  ch  Hi  65 

IGO  24 

Symod  of  Iujnois,  South.— Pby  o/il /ton— Salem 
Ger  ch  6  00 

Synod  of  Indiana,  North— P6j^  of  OrawfordS' 
ri//e— Dayton  ch  10  00 

Synod  of  Iowa,  Sooth — Pby  of  Det  Moines— 
Osceola  ch  8;  Hartford  ch  I.  Pby  of  Iowa  City 
—Blue  Gra'S  ch  3  6i»;  Columbus  cti  4.  Pby  of 
Missouri   Atysf  —  Platttimouth    lut   ch    16  66 

33  2^ 

Synod  of  Kansas.- Pt^y  of  Neosho— New  Ghicauo 
ch  4  00 

Synodof  KBHTO0KY.^-Pbj/ o/£6«n««r— Burling- 
ton ch  20  oO 

Synod  of-  Long  I»l\nd.— P6v  of  Brooklyn— 
Brooklyn  Istch,  Rer  Dr  Seaver  247  83.  Pby  of 
Long  J^land—Pon  Jefferson  ch  7  60.  Pby  of 
i\'a««-au— Springfield  ch  6  76;  Smithtown  ch 
11  60  273  68 

Synod  of  Miohioam.— P6y  o/ifa/amo«oo— Whlie 
Pijteon  ch  12  00 

Synod  of  Minnisota.— Pby  of  If Inona— Frank 
Hill  ch  3  16;  Rochester  Ist  ch  15  35  18  60 

Synodof  Missoohl- Pby  of  0»ao«— Sugar  Creek 
ch  2;  Pleasant  Hill  ch-10.  Pby  of  Ozark— 
Ebene»er  ch  6  60.  Pjy  of  PtoW*— Phelps  ch  2 ; 
Uo<'kportoh2  22  60 

Synod  of  Nbw  Jbrsiy.— Pbv  of  Elizabeth— Ctaw- 
ford  ch  6.  Pbv  of  ifonmoutA— Farminadale  ch 
10.  Pby  of  Mtrris  and  Oranytf— Mendham  1st 
oh  4  18;  Madison  ch  122  20;  Whippany  ch  10. 
Pby  of  NewUfn—lilootntibuTy  oh  13  60;  Belvidere 
2d  oh  60  214  88 

.Synod  of  Niw  Tore. — Pby  of  Hudson — Chester 
ch48;  Hopewell  ch  22;  Stony  Point  ch  16;  *A 
Friend  of  MiRsions'*  10;  Middletown  2d  oh  42  31. 
Pby  of  New  For*— Madison  Square  ch,  add'l  2^^ ; 
New  York  Ist  ch  6,228  97 ;  Ch  of  the  Covenaut, 
N  Y  644  63  6,936  81 


Synod  of  thi  Pacific— Pby  of  San  Josi—Qfin 
Buenaventura  oh  lo  oo 

Synod  of  Philadelphia.— P'>t/  of  Lackawanna— 
Great  Bend  ch  10.  B)y  of  J>fcm/i— Summit  Hill 
ch  16  92,  Sabsch  2  46,  "P"  9  24;  Mountain  ch 
8;  Jamestown  Sab-sch  1  39;  Lower  Mt  Bethel 
oh  11  30;  PottsYille  2d  ch  lo.  Pby  of  PhUadel- 
phia—We»i  Spruce  St  ch,  from  G  S  Benson, 
Esq  100;  Philadelphia  Calvary  ch  2J4  02:  Phila- 
delphia  7th  ch  125  85;  Philadelphia  15th  ch  10. 
Pby  of  Philadelphia,  Cfenfra/— Ptiiladelphia  Cen- 
tral ch  187,  ♦•  J  S  "  10  _  197.  Pby  of  Philadelphia, 
North — Neshaminy  of  Warwick  ch  32  27;  Ger- 
man town  Market  Square  ch  66 ;  German  town 
1st  ch  200  iii.  Pby  of  Westminster— Co\\xmh\A 
ch  67  68  1152  09 

Synod  of  Pittsbitroh. — Pby  of  BlairsoilU—PXMm 
Creek  ch  22.  Pby  of  West  Virpinia— Clarksburg 
ch  4  25  26  25 

Synod  of  Tbnnesses— Pby  of  A'n<7» ton— Clover 
Hill  ch  3 ;  Forest  Hill  ch  2.  Pby  of  t/nion— Shiloh 
ch  8;   New  Market  ch  3  16  00 

Synod  of  Toledo.— Pby  of  Bdlefontaine—V^Kinh- 
aylvania  ch  7  98.  Pby  o/iwia— Kalida  ch  3  26 ; 
Highland  ch  3  90  15  13 

Synodof  Utica.— Pby  of  Binghamton—iy ^\>o»\\ 
ch  2i  03 :  Unitm  ch  17  60.  Pby  of  0/^«7o— Frank- 
lin ch  '26;  EaHt  Guilford  ch  11;  Shavertown  ch 
2  06;  Delhi  1st  ch  24.  Pbv  o/"  ^'/rofiM* -Jordan 
ch  4  35.  Pby  of  .^/jca— WhitfHOoro'  ch  10  62: 
Ausuita  lf>t  ch  II;  Sauquoil  ch  9  82  137  34 

Synod  of  Western  Nkw  York  — /'byo/'A'ia^ira 
— Lewistown  ch  6.  Pby  of  Rochester— iiundu  1st 
ch  15 ;  Gene$>eo  1st  ch  10  im  oo 

Synod  of  Wwwnsin.- Pby  o/  Winnsbago— Rob- 
insonviUe  ch  lo  00 


19148  64 
From  Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Fi- 
nance 606  25 

LEGACIES. 

Estate  of  Rer  A  A  0  C  Kent,  Galena,  111     600  00 

MI8CELLANEOI78. 

Mrs  L  H  Huston,  Bloomfield,  O  1;  A  M  Bruen, 
Esq.  New  York  100;  J  E  Ingersoll,  E»q,  Cleve- 
land. 050;  Key  C  J  Collis,  Wilkesbarre.  Pa  20: 
J  W  Edwards,  Esq,  Marquette,  Mich  2J0;  Mr*  J 
E  Dutton,  Bainbridge,  N  Y  10  381  00 

Total  receipts  in  December,       $10,634  89 

Total  receipts  from  April,      $t^0,871  24 

Gen.  Assembly's  estimate  for  the  year,    $160,000 

Note.— Pby  of  Philadelphia— $496  81  credited 
to  the  Philadelphia  9th  en  m  the  November  Re- 
ceipts, should  have  been  the  loth  ch. 

E.  G.  WOODWARD,  Treasurer, 
No.  1334  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 


OFnoB  or  TO  Board  or  Education,  No.  1334 
Obcstnuy  St.,  Philadblphia. 

Letters,  reporte,  Ac.,  relatinff  to  candidates 
and  the  ceneral  aflHirs  of  the  Board,  are  to  be 
addressed  there  to  William  Spbbr.  D.D.;  remit- 
tances of  money  to  Mr.  E.  G.  Woodward,  at  the 
sfime  place.  Notice.— A 11  correspondence  should 
be  sent  to  the  abore  address.  o 


1873.]  Board  of  Foreign  Miuionf.  49 


BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 

RECENT  INTELLIGENCE. 

Death  of  Mrs.  Stocking. — It  is  \*ith  much  regret  we  find  the  report  of  Mrs. 
Stocking's  death  to  be  confirmed.  She  had  accompanied  her  husband  on  a  mis- 
fiionarj  tour  in  Koordistan,  expecting  to  be  absent  from  Oroomiah  for  some  weeks. 
They  were  both  taken  with  severe  illness,  which  brought  Mr.  Stocking  to  the 
verge  of  the  grave,  and  removed  his  wife  to  a  better  world  on  the  22d  of  Septem- 
ber. We  mourn  over  her  departure.  She  was  a  lovely  Christian  woman,  and  one 
fitted  to  be  very  useful  as  a  missionary.  But  the  Lord's  ways  are  right,  graxjious, 
loving,  best 

MovEVENTs  OF  MISSIONARIES. — The  Rcv.  Edmund  Van  Orden,  of  the  Presbytery 
of  Chicago,  and  his  wife,  sailed  for  the  Mission  in  Brazil,  November  23d.  The 
Rev.  Messrs.  Calderwood  and  Kellogg  report  the  arrival  of  themselves  and  their 
company  at  Bombay,  November  18th, — all  well.  The  Rev.  George  F.  Fitch  and 
his  wife  have  removed  from  Shanghai  to  Soochow,one  of  the  great  cities  of  China, 
to  form  a  missionary,  station  there.  The  Ningpo  Mission  warmly  approves  of  this 
measure, 

"Added  to  the  CHURcn."— We  much  regret  to  find  in  the  letters  acknowledged 
this  month  no  report  of  converts  admitted  to  the  church,  excepting  one  at  Bahia, 
Brazil.  Mr.  Blackford  speaks  of  two  to  be  received  on  the  next  Sabbath  in  Rio  de 
Janeiro.  Some  instances  of  earnest  attention  to  religion  are  mentioned  in  different 
missions. 

New  churches  to  be  organized. — Mr.  Butler  mentions  that  two  more  churches 
are  soon  to  be  formed  under  the  direction  of  the  Presbytery  of  Ningpo.  These 
will  make  the  number  of  churches  there  eleven,  with  between  500  and  600  mem- 
bers. We  learn  that  a  second  church  is  to  be  formed  at  Canton,  in  the  part  of 
the  city  where  the  hospital  is  situated. 

From  Syria,  Messrs  Dennis  and  Dale  report  interesting  accounts  of  the  pro- 
gress of  the  missionary  work.    We  regret  that  we  have  not  room  for  their  letters. 

From  Africa,  Mr.  De  Bruyn  Kops  writes  in  favorable  terms  of  the  state  of 
things  at  Benita.  He  was  giving  much  attention  to  the  work  of  education,  teach- 
ing "one  thought  at  a  time"  to  his  slow  scholars,  with  not  a  little  patience,  but 
seeing  proofs  that  his  teaching  was  not  in  vain.  He  mentions  signs  of  progress 
among  the  native  Christians,  who  were  setting  their  faces  more  decidedly  against 
certain  usages  common  among  their  people  in  cases  of  death  and  of  marriage, 
usages  partly  social,  but  also  partly  superstitious. 

From  Mexico. — Messrs.  Pitkin  and  Phillips  write  confirming  the  impressions  of 
their  former  letters.  There  is  a  door  open  for  making  the  gospel  known  in  that 
country,  and  our  Church  has  not  entered  on  this  work  too  soon.  Mr.  Pitkin 
writes  from  Cos,  a  small  place  not  very  distant  from  Zacatecas.  The  Christian 
efforts  of  a  gentleman,  now  living  in  Philadelphia,  but  who  for  some  years  lived 
at  Zacatecas,  led  to  the  forming  of  a  church  of  much  promise  at  Cos.  Mr.  Pitkin 
refers  to  the  importance  of  suitable  training  for  the  native  evangelists ;  and  Mr. 
Phillips  also  speaks  of  this,  referring  to  some  of  the  native  laborers  at  the  capital 
and  its  vicinity.  o.nizedbvGoOQle 

The  Pusbla  Indians  and  the  Roman  Priests,  again. — Mr.  Roberts,  at  the 


50  Board  of  Foreign  MmioM.  [February 

instance  of  the  Indian  Agent,  went  to  one  of  the  Indian  villages  near  Taos,  with 
a  Tiew  of  opening  a  school  for  the  Indian  children ;  hut  two  Romanist  priests 
appeared  on  the  ground,  and  for  the  time  defeated  his  purpose.  It  is  needless  to 
add,  that  these  priests  and  their  colleagues  had  never  done  anything  themselves  to 
teach  even  the  common  branches  of  education.  How  long  shall  they  be  permitted 
to  stand  in  the  way? 

RccBiPTS,  Mat  1st  to  Januavt  1st. — From  churches,  $93,141;  from  legacies, 
$47,725;  from  individual  donors,  $28,913;  in  all,  $169,807.  Receipts  in  the  same 
months  last  year,  $143,490,  of  which  from  churches,  $94,891. 

Letters  Received  to  January  13th. — From  Cattaraugus  Station,  Seneca  Mis- 
sion, December  Slst;  Odanah,  Chippewa,  December  27th;  Taos,  New  Mexico, 
December  17th*,  San  Francisco,  December  24th ;  Tungchow,  October  29th ;  Chefoo, 
November  4th;  Soochow,  November  8th;  Hangchow,*  November  20th;  Ningpo, 
November  8th;  Shanghai,  November  25th;  Canton,  November  25th;  Bangkok, 
October  3d;  Aynthia,  September  24th;  Allahabad,  November  23d;  Mynpurie, 
November  23d ;  Etawah,  November  26th ;  Futtehgurh,  October  31st;  Lodiana, 
November  21st ;  Labor,  November  20th ;  Oroomiah,  October  25th ;  Zahleh, 
November  19th;  Sidon,  November  18th;  Benita,  November  1st:  Rio  de  Janeiro, 
November  23d;  Bahia,  November  28th;  Mexico,  December  2d;  Cos,  Mexico, 
December  3d.  

THE  DENOMINATIONAL  ELEMENT  IN  MISSIONS. 

''  I  did  not  come  out  here  to  build  up  Denominationalism.''  We  quote  the  words 
of  one  of  our  missionaries  in  the  East,  arguing  in  favor  of  a  '*  union  '*  organization 
of  the  only  church  yet  constituted  in  his  field  of  labor,  so  that  it  may  serve  as  an 
example  to  other  churches  hereafter  to  be  formed  in  the  same  country.  As  a 
union  church  it  would  now,  he  thinks,  secure  the  favor  of  missionaries  of  three 
denominations  of  Christians,  and  so  avoid  the  appearance  of  divisions  among 
Protestants,  contrasting,  it  is  alleged,  unfavorably  with  the  unity  of  Roman 
Catholics. 

On  the  same  general  idea,  considerable  opposition  has  been  made  to  the  Church 
Boards  sending  missionaries  into  a  neighboring  Roman  Catholic  country.  "  Let 
us  not  exhibit  our  divided  Protestantism  before  united  Romanism.  Let  our 
sectarian  differences  be  excluded,  and  only  a  n on- denominational  form  of  our  holy 
religion  be  presented."  In  both  cases,  much  is  made  of  the  idea,  that  our  denomi- 
national missionary  work  will  lead  the  people  to  think  that  Christians  are  not 
themselves  agreed  concerning  their  own  religion,  and  therefore  their  efforts  to 
ppread  the  gospel  in  Roman  Catholic  and  Pagan  countries  must  be  made  at  a  great 
disadvantage.  We  are  aiming  to  give  a  fair  and  strong  statement  of  this  "  non- 
denoYninational"  plea. 

Several  things  may  be  considered  in  reply. 

1.  If  non-denominational  missionary  effort  abroad  is  best,  we  see  not  why  it  is 
not  best  at  home ;  yet  we  apprehend  that  few  persons  here  think  so.  Past  ex- 
perience does  not  so  teach.  Until  Christians  agree  in  these  matters  at  home,  we 
see  not  how  missionaries  can  wisely  adopt  *' union"  church  organisations  abroad; 
they  roust,  for  obvious  reasons,  represent  the  churches  that  send  them  out  and 
support  them. 

2.  We  cannot  grant  that  it  is  inexpedient  for  the  Church  to  be  divided 
into  denominations.  We  admit  the  occurrence  of  certain  evils  too  often,  but  the 
abuse  or  misuse  of  a  thing  is  not  an  argument  against  its  use.  Neither  is  exter- 
nal unity  a  safeguard  from  many  and  great  evils;  we  may  recur  to  this  point 


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fitrtfaer  on.  .Here,  we  only  so^^t  that  true  Christian  union,  such  as  our  Saviour 
taught  us  to  pray  for,  finds  its  place  chiefly  in  the  hearts  of  his  people,  leading 
them  to  love  all  who  love  him,  who  hold  his  truth,  and  who  keep  his  com- 
mandments.  There  is  the  idea  of  bearing  witness  to  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus, 
that  is  essential  to  the  Church.  And  when,  under  the  teaching  and  power  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  Christians  hold  the  same  views  of  truth  as  to  doctrine  and  church 
order,  then  they  will  be  ready  for  organic  union.  In  the  meantime  peace  and 
vaefulness  are  best  promoted  by  their  *' agreeing  to  differ/* 

3.  Granting  that  thwe  are  evils  or  tendencies  to  evil  in  our  missionary  plans  as 
connected  with  denominations,  these  should  not  be  exaggerated.  Of  course,  no 
missionary  is  sent  out  *'to  build  up  denominationalism  ;*'  he  is  sent  out  to 
preach  the  gospeL  Yet  his  first  sermon  may  present  views  in  which  some 
good  missionaries  would  not  concur ;  both  he  and  they  might  be  much  embar- 
rassed thereby  in  their  work,  if  they  belonged  to  the  same  church  organization. 
When  Gh)d  is  pleased  to  bless  his  labors,  and  he  has  the  joy  of  baptizing  the 
first  convert,  and  afterwards,  when  he  and  his  brethren  have  the  privilege  of 
ordaining  the  first  native  minister,  he  must  face  practical  denominational  ques- 
tions ;  but  they  need  give  him  little  trouble.  He  can  meet  them  on  the  same 
ground  which  is  taken  by  the  church  at  home,  whose  representative  he  is,  and 
whose  faith  he  holds ;  but  he  will  also  meet  them  in  the  spirit  of  the  great 
•Apostle,  who  gloried  most  in  preaching  the  gospel,  not  in  baptizing  converts. 
The  result  is  to  keep  minor  questions  of  church  order  in  their  proper  place.  The 
true  missionary  will  not  be  a  partizan ;  he  will  honor  the  gifts  and  graces  of  his 
brethren  of  other  churches ;  he  will  ever  help  them»  and  never  hinder  them  in 
their  work  for  Christ. 

4.  As  these  tendencies  to  evil  are  held  in  check  amongst  missionaries,  so,  on  the 
other  hand,  among  Romanists,  or  among  the  heathen,  the  people  soon  learn  to 
see  that  Protestant  Christians  do  love  one  another,  that  they  do  agree  in  most 
things,  that  their  differences  relate  to  minor  matters,  in  fact  that  they  all  acknow- 
ledge the  same  Lord  and  Saviour. 

5.  We  have  admitted  certain  tendencies  to  evil,  undue  pressing  of  the  mode  of 
baptism  or  of  the  form  of  ordination,  as  examples,  the  want  of  concert,  the  varying 
▼iews  of  methods  of  missionary  education,  &c. ;  but  there  is  another  side  of  the 
case.  It  may  easily  prove  true,  that  this  diversity  itself  may  be  in  many  cases  an 
element  of  strength.  It  secures  a  wider  range  and  leads  to  a  greater  degree  of 
effort;  it  promotes  an  early  revision  of  mistaken  counsels  •,  it  may  lead  to  a  better 
established  Christianity  amongst  the  people  than  if  the  missionaries  of  only  one 
denomination  were  to  occupy  each  country.  We  cite  in  proof  of  some  of  these 
particulars,  the  history  of  our  mission  in  Upper  India.  That  part  of  India  was 
chosen  by.  our  first  missionaries  as  their  field  of  labor,  largely  because  it  was 
unoccupied  by  missionaries  of  other  churches ;  and  for  many  years  it  was  in  the 
charge  of  our  Church  almost  as  exclusively  as  Burmah  has  been  in  the  charge  of 
our  Baptist  brethren.  In  later  years  English  Episcopal  and  American  Methodist 
missionaries,  and  some  others,  were  led  to  enter  on  the  work  of  missions  in  Upper 
India.  As  the  result  of  all,  we  see  a  much  larger  force  of  laborers  on  the  ground 
than  we  should  see  if  the  work  had  remained  solely  in  our  charge ;  we  see  more 
done  for  the  salvation  of  souls;  we  see  certain  inter-missionary  influences  there, 
resulting  in  better  methods  of  work;  and  we  see  reflex  influences  reaching 
large  numbers  of  Christian  people  in  Europe  and  our  own  country.  We  doubt 
not  it  is  better  for  the  cause  of  Christ  in  India,  that  our  Christian  brethren  of 
other  denominations  are  our  fellow-laborers  there ;  and  both  they  and  we  are 


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under  the  best  bonds  "to  keep  the  peace,"  to  dwell  together  in  unity.  Our 
conviction  is  strong,  moreover,  that  it  would  have  been  better  for  Bnrmah,  if 
several  leading  denominations  'of  Christians  had  been  conducting  missions  in 
that  country,  instead  of  only  one.  We  need  hardly  add,  such  is  also  our  convic- 
tion as  to  the  evangelization  of  Mexico. 

6.  What  is  the  remedy  of  evils,  or  tendencies  to  evil,  resulting  from  denomina- 
tional work  in  missions?  Not,  external  unity.  The  Roman  Church  has  that,  and 
yet  how  notorious  and  how  bitter  have  boen  the  dissensions  of  the  different  orders 
of  the  Romanist  missionaries.  These  internecine  contentions  are  believed  to 
have  bad  much  to  do  with  the  persecution  and.  expulsion  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
priests  from  China  and  Japan.  Such  contentions,  we  trust,  are  not  possible 
among  Protestants ;  but  to  whatever  degree  they  may  prevail,  it  will  be  found 
that  it  is  chiefly  amongst  the  more  formal  and  ritualistic  of  their  number — those 
who  make  most  of  external  order  and  uniformity,  as  in  the  unhappy  example  of 
some  agents  of  the  English  Gospel  Propagation  Society.  It  is  not  external  unity 
on  which  we  rely,  therefore,  nor  the  united  organic  action  of  different  denomina- 
tions; but  It  is  our  having  in  us  the  same  mind  thac  was  in  Christ  Jesus ;  it  is 
our  simply  doing  as  we  would  be  done  by  in  all  our  missionary  plans  and 
labors.  This  will  prevent  most  of  the  evils  apprehended  from  denominational 
action  in  the  work  of  missions,  and  it  will  secure  the  best  kind  of  brotherly 
cooperation,  so  far  as  needful.  • 

Inspired  by  this  spirit,  ever  mindful  of  this  sacred,  rule,  our  missionaries  of 
different  names  will  go  forward  side  by  side  in  the  work  of  the  Lord,  and  our 
home  churches  will  engage  in  this  great  work  as  churches^  not  as  societies,  each 
standing  in  its  own  lot,  holding  its  own  faith  and  order  as  best,  until  better 
taught  by  the  Spirit  of  truth;  never  indifferent  to  what  it  believes  to  be  true,  but 
yet  recognizing  the  Christian  character  of  other  churches,  and  honoring  their 
missionary  labors.  This  is  the  true  theory,  as  we  humbly  think,  of  denomina- 
tional missions.  The  unevangelized  world — heathen,  Mohammedan,  and  Papal — 
has  much  to  hope,  and  little  to  fear  from  their  progress.  And  our  friends, 
whether  here  at  home  or  on  missionary  ground,  need  not  be  solicitous  to  avoid 
"denominationalism."  Denominational  or  church  action  in  missions,  springing 
from  love  to  Christ  and  his  truth,  will  do  more  for  the  spread  of  the  gospel  in  the 
world  than  any  other  form  of  united  Christian  effort  that  has  ever  been  devised. 
It  will  do  this,  because  it  is  simply  the  Church  of  Christ  on  earth  acting  in  its 
missionary  character.  So  acting  the  Church  will  be  blessed  with  the  presence  of 
her  Lord,  and  great  will  be  her  success  in  his  work. 


HAPPY  DEATH  OF    A    CHINESE  seemed  quickly  to  take   hold  of   his 

COLPORTEUR.  heart,  and  he  soon  asked  for  baptism. 

Bro.  Loomis  advised  him  to  wait.     This 

The  Rev.  I.  M.  Condit,  writing  from  he  did,  continuing  to  study  the  doctrines, 

San  Francisco,    November  21st,  gives  and  was  the  next  year  numbered  among 

an  account  of  the  Christian  death  of  one  ^^^  followers  of  Jesus.      Some  tbree 

of  the  Chinese  brethren.  y^*'^^  of  his  time  was  spent  in  colpor- 

teur  work.    He  earnestly  labored  among 

A  sad  but  interesting  scene  took  place  his  countrymen  in  this  city  and  in  di^ 

in  our  little  cliapel  on  Stockton  street  ferent  parts  of   the    state  where   the 

last  Friday.     It  was  the  funeral  service  Chinese  are  found.     Many  heard  the 

of  one   of  our   little  flock  of  Chinese  gospel   from   his   lips.     He  knew   the 

brethren — Mung  Mau.  He  came  to  Cali-  Bible  well.     His  last  sickness  was  brief, 

fornia  some  nine  years  ago,  and  very  Going  to  see  him,  I  found  him  suffering 

soon  became  an  interested  attendant  en  much.     Asking  him  if  his  heart  was  at 

the  services  in  the  chapel.    The  gospel  peace,  he  said,  **  Yes,  I  am  not  afraid  to 


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die.  A  believer  in  the  ii^ospel  and  jet 
afraid  of  death  ?  No  1  No !  Heaven  is 
my  home,  and  I  am  ready  to  go."  He 
expressed  a  strong  desire  to  come  to  our 
Mission  House,  which  he  loved,  and 
die.  *^  Take  me  there,  and  I  will  die  in 
peace."  His  desire  was  gratified.  He 
requested  his  body  to  be  laid  among  the 
dead  of  our  own  Christian  people,  that 
it  might  not  be  carried  back  to  China 
and  worshipped  by  his  relations.  In  life 
and  in  death  be  thus  conquered  this 
powerful  superstition  of  the  Chinese 
— Ancestral  worship.  Out  of  his  small 
earnings  he  left  $100  to  our  chapel. 
This  shows  his  strong  love  for  our 
chapel,  and  a  strong  desire  t*hat  it  may 
be  more  able  to  do  a  good  work  among 
these  benighted  souls.  Bro.  Loomis, 
who  was  working  among  the  Chinese  in 
Sacramento,  reached  here  in  time  for 
the  funeral.  A  large  audience  of  Chi- 
nese friends,  and  also  a  goodly  number 
of  our  'own  people  were  present.  A 
long  procession  of  Chinese  followed  him 
to  the  cemetery.  Eight  Chinese  pall- 
bearers accompanied  the  hearse  through 
the  principal  Chinese  street,  and  the 
cortege  made  a  deep  impression  on  the 
minds  of  many  of  them.  We  laid  him 
down  to  rest,  and  standing  round  the 
grave  more  than  a  score  of  Chinese 
voices  joined  in  singing — "  There  is  a 
Happy  Land."  His  life  was  a  useful 
one;  may  his  death  result  in  bringing 
many  souls  from  among  our  interesting 
scholars  and  hearers  of  the  gospel  to 
give  their  hearts  to  the  Saviour. 


MISSIONARY  WORK  IN  JAPAN. 

The  Rev.  C.  Carrothers,  under  date 
of  November  Ist,  at  Yedo,  gives  us 
interesting  statements  of  the  work  of 
the  mission  in  Japan.  We  quote  as 
follows : 

It  seems  to  me  that  the  most  im- 
portant thing  to  be  done  here  now,  is  to 
give  this  people  a  knowledge  of  the 
Word  of  God.  The  Word  is  the  founda- 
tion  upon  which  all  of  our  labors  must 
be  built.  It  must  be  here,  as  it  is  every- 
where, the  chief  means  of  leading  sin- 
ners to  Christ.  Too  long  has  the  trans- 
lation of  the  Bible  been  delayed  here. 
But  I  am  glad  to  inform  you  that 
decided  steps  for  its  speedy  translation 
have  already  been  taken.  At  a  union 
meeting  of  the  missionaries  here  it  was 
decided  to  constitute  a  corps  of  trans- 
lators consisting  of  one  member  from 
each  Board,  desirous  of   cooperating. 


The  three  leading  Boards  have  already 
selected  their  men,  and  these  are  now 
carrying  pn  the  work  with  all  possible 
dispatch. 

Another  Committee  was  similarly 
appointed  to  superintend  the  transla- 
tion of  all  other  religious  works.  So, 
vou  see  that  the  work  of  translation 
IS  now  well  attended  to.  But  there 
is  another  part  of  the  promulgation 
of  Religious  Works  in  this  land,  viz. 
in  their  untranslated  form.  Owing  to 
the  fact  that  Japan  has  taken  such  an 
interest  in  the  study  of  foreign  lan- 
guages and  sciences,  there  are  now 
here  many  thousands  of  persons  (mostly 
young  men)  who  are  able  to  speak 
and  read  the  English,  German,  French, 
and  to  a  limited  extent,  several  other 
languages.  It  is  among  this  class  that 
most  of  our  mission  labor  is  done,  and 
they  are  by  far  the  most  interested  in 
Christianity. 

They  want  Christian  books  in  these 
new  languages  which  they  have  learned. 
To  meet  their  desires,  I  have  (and  I 
think  other  missionaries  have  to  a 
limited  extent  also)  kept  Bibles  and 
various  works  of  the  American  Tract 
Society.  The  demand  for  these  works 
has  from  year  to  year  been  on  the 
increase.  At  first  we  only  sold  now 
and  then  a  single  copy  to  our  pupils, 
but  gradually  the  applicants  for  them 
increased,  and  now  not  only  individuals 
buy  them,  but  a  few  of  the  native 
book-stores  also  keep  constantly  on 
hand  a  small  supply.  These  have  all 
been  bought  from  me. 

When  my  house  was  burned  I  had 
quite  a  number  of  such  books  destroyed 
in  it.  They  had  been  deposited  with 
me  for  distribution  among  the  Japa- 


The  absolute  necessity  of  having  a 
depository  of  such  books  in  this  city, 
and  the  great  danger  of  their  being 
destroyed  by  fire,  if  kept  in  a  common 
building,  led  me  to  the  determination 
of  erecting  a  small  fire-proof  two-story 
building  for  a  Bible  and  religious  book 
depository. 

Money  was  at  hand  which  could  be 
employed  in  the  immediate  erection  of 
the  house.  So  afker  gaining  the  ap- 
proval of  the  other  missionary  brethren 
nere,  I  had  the  building  commenced, 
and  it  is  now  in  the  process  of  erec- 
tion. 

The  size  of  the  house  is  seventeep  feet 
by  twenty-five,  two  stories,  with  full  rows 
of  shelves  up  and  below.  It  will  hold 
a  great  number  of  books,  and  we  pro- 


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pose  to  engage  a  native  Christian  to 
take  charge  of  it  and  supply  all  with 
books  who  call  upon  him.  .In  order 
that  there  may  be  no  more  destruction 
of  books,  the  house  will  be  made  fire- 
proof, so  that  if  all  other  buildings 
around  it  are  consumed  it  will  remain 
safe.  Its  entire  cost  will  be  seven 
hundred  dollars  in  United  States  cur* 
rency.  The  money  that  I  am  employ- 
ing for  its  erection  is  mostly  my  own, 
and  I  expect  it  to  bo  replaced  by  funds 

fiven    petmanently    toward    it.     The 
ouse  is  just  beside  my  dwelling,  and 
on  the  mission  lot  in  this  city.  .  .  . 

I  have  had  erected  on  the  mission  lot 
here  a  small  native  chapel.  This  has 
cost  almost  six  hundred  dollars  in  United 
States  currency.  Christian  friends  at 
home  have  already  sent  us  near  a  hun- 
dred and  fifty  dollars  toward  the  erec- 
tion of  this  building.  .  .  .  My  house  is 
progressing,  and  we  hope  to  be  living 
m  it  by  the  close  of  the  year. 

At  a  recent  mission  meeting  in  Yoko- 
hama, we  decided  to  proceed,  in  accord- 
ance with  the  previous  instructions,  to 
erect  on  this  mission  lot  another  dwell- 
ing house.  As  I  am  the  only  one  of 
our  Board  in  this  city,  I  was  requested 
to  superintend  the  building  of  this 
house.  The  plan  of  it  will  be  decided 
among  the  missionaries,  and  the  house 
will  doubtless  be  finished  against  the 
first  of  next  May.  It  will  be  large 
enough  for  a  family,  and  will  corres- 
pond in  size  to  my  house.  When  this 
building  is  up,  it  will  be  all  that  can 
be  erected  on  the  mission  lot  in  this 
city.  There  will  then  be  on  it  a  native 
chapel,  two  dwelling  houses,  and  the 
Bible  and  Religious  Book  Depository. 
On  the  adjoining  lot  is  the  "Yedo; 
Union  Church,"  which  the  foreigners 
put  up  here  this  year,  and  in  which  I 
take  my  turn  in  preaching. 

Our  mission  work  is  quite  encourag- 
ing here  now.  My  Bible-class  numbers 
from  fifteen  to  twenty-five.  All  of  its 
members  are  young  men — pupils  in  the 
foreign  schools  of  this  city.  So  far,  I 
have  used  the  English  Bible  in  teach- 
ing, as  all  who  read  in  the  class  can 
read  English,  and  as  there  has  been, 
until  lately,  no  printed  translation  in 
the  Japanese,  but  all  my  explanations 
are  in  the  Japanese  language.  I  have 
not  yet  adopted  the  sermon  style  of 
instruction,  thinking  the  reading,  and 
full  explanation  and  enforcement  of  the 
Scripture  in  course,  to  be  by  far  the 
most  profitable. 

Our  chapel,  although  about  finished, 


is  not  yet  opened  for  teaching  *,  it  will 
be  ready  for  use  in  about  ten  more 
days.  From  that  time  I  shall  take 
steps  to  organize  a  native  church  here. 
There  are  already  five  or  six  native 
Christians  in  this  city.  These  have 
expressed  their  willingness  to  anit« 
with  an  organization  here.  I  have 
hopes,  also,  that  when  the  organization 
is  completed,  several  others,  at  present 
members  of  my  Bible-class,  will  ask  for 
admission. 


JONG  CHUO'S  STORY. 

One  day  she  came  into  my  room, 
where  I  was  sitting  sadly  thinking,  and 
placing  herself  at  my  side  with  a  great 
deal  of  sympathy  in  her  face,  said, 
^'  Sing  sang  niong  (teacher's  wife),  I 
know  just  how  you  feel,  just  the  grief 
you  carry."  Having  secured  my  atten- 
tion, she  proceeded  to  give  me  her  sad 
history  in  these  words:  "My  family 
was  very  poor,  and  I  have  always  worked 
very  hard.  When  I  was  very  young,  I 
was  married  to  a  man  whom  i  did  not 
know.  As  is  the  custom,  my  husband 
and  I  prayed  to  the  gods  for  a  son.  My 
first  child  came,  but,  alas!  it  was  a  little 
girl.  Oh  how  I  loved  it  right  away  I  It 
was  a  beautiful  child,  so  large  and  bright- 
looking,  that  my  heart  was  full  of  love 
for  it ;  but  my  husband  was  very  angry 
because  it  was  not  a  boy,  and  said  he 
would  not  have  it.  He  went  out  and 
brought  in  a  tub  of  water,  bringing  it 
right  near  to  my  bed,  and  then  he  came 
to  take  my  little  girl  away  from  me  to 
drown  her.  Oh  how  1  besought  him  not 
to  kill  her !  I  held  her  tight  fast  in  my 
arms,  reasoning  with  him,  and  telling 
him  if  he  would  let  her  live  we  could 
sell  her  for  a  wife  *,  but  he  would  not 
heed  me,  and  was  very  angry.  He  took 
her  from  me  and  put  her  head  down 
into  the  water.  I  neard  the  gurgling 
sound  in  her  throat.  I  shut  my  eyes, 
and  stopped  my  ears,  but  still  heard 
the  dreadful  sound.  He  pushed  her 
head  down  once,  twice,  thrice — then  all 
was  still,  and  I  had  no  little  girl.  Oh 
how  heavy  was  my  grief  I'' — and  who 
can  doubt  it  ?  The  father  and  the  hus- 
band guilty  of  such  a  dreadful  deed. 
**  My  house-people  said  I  had  failed  in 
some  offerings  and  the  gods  were  angry, 
and  so  I  made  them  larger  off'erings, 
hoping  that  the  next  time  they  would 
give  me  a  son.  A  second  child  came, 
and  it  was  a  girl.  Again  my  husband 
was  very  angry,  and  again  the  same  sad 
thing— he  drowned  my  child.    Oh  sing 


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55 


saDg  niong,  my  gnef  was  very  heavy. 
The  third  obild  came,  and  this  time 
it  was  a  boy.  How  glad  I  was — how 
happy  that  I  had  a  child  that  I  might 
keep !  My  husband  called  in  his  friends, 
and  they  kept  up  a  great  noise,  firing 
crackers,  feasting,  and  returning  thank- 
offerings.  But  the  little  boy  only  lired 
to  be  so  high  (measuring  with  ber 
hand),  and  then  he  died,  and  afler  a 
while  my  husband  died,  and  now  I  am 
a  widow  in  my  husband^s  family.    They 


will  not  let  me  wear  any  nice  cloth ing, 
nor  eat  any  good  food,  because  I  am  a 
widow,  and  it  would  look  as  though  I 
was  happy  after  my  husband  died.  I 
cried  all  the  time  until  I  came  here, 
but  here  I  am  happy,  and  don't  cry  so 
much.  It  is  the  crying  that  has  made 
my  eyes  so  sore.  I  see  the  Teacher 
Baldwin  loved  the  little  May,  and 
pieved  for  her  just  the  same  as  if  she 
had  been  a  boy.  It  is  very  wonder- 
ful!"—2%«  Field  U  the  World. 


DOHATIOHS  TO  THB   BoARD  OV  FoRSIGN  MlBBIOHS,  IN  BeCIMBBB  1872. 


8tho]>  or  ALBAxrr.—Pfnf  of  AUxmy^J^pennee 
8«b-sch  6.    Fby  of  CI»IumMa— Gentrerille  ch  6 

11  00 

8t90d  op  ATLAimo.— P5v  of  Gatowfto— Poplar 
Tent  ch  W;  Bellefonte  ch  10;  Concord  ch  6; 
Bethpmge  ch  6  40  00 

STiroD  OP  B  ALTTMOKi. — F&V  of  BcUUmoT&'-Becoud 
ch  Baltimore,  S  O  I)  25;  Havre  de  Grace  Sab-BCh 
40;  Eilicon  City  Sab-sch  12.  Pin/ of  Nw  Castle 
—First  ch  Wilmington  71  46;  Middletown  ch 
67  10.  Pby  of  Washingtiyn  aty— First  eh  Alex- 
andria, a  member  2  60;  Western  ch,  Washing- 
ton.  M!f»*y  Soc^ySO  238  06 

SmoDOP  GmsiTmk'n^PhuofCMUieoih&SecoTid 
ch  Greenfield  17  92.  Fbu  of  Oiii«m»a«— Third 
ch  Cincinnati  1«);  1st  ch  Walnut  Hills  6  0»,  Sab- 
sch  20  60  —  26  59;  College  Bill  ch  Sab-sch,  for 
Gaboon  Miss  30;  Goshen  ch  Sab-sch  0  40;  Ist 
Gar  cU  Cheroit  2;  Montgomery  ch  26.  P6f  of 
Dij/fon^-CoTington  ch  Salvsch  8  80;  Memorial 
oh  8ab-sch,  Dayton,  for  child  in  Liberia  6:  Zion 
Mission  Sab-sch  4  86.  Pfry  of  Porttrnfmih— 
Jackson  Sab-sch  8  75;  1st  eh  Sab-sch,  Ports- 
mouth, to  sup  pupil  in  Persia  60,  in  Syria  UK), 
Teacher  in  China  120,  in  Persia  30  _  34K)    668  31 

Sthod  op  CunrKLAND. — Fhy  of  CUndand^kshXH- 
bnla  oh  36  86:  Ist  ch  aeveland  183  15;  L  F 
Lyman  10.  Pby  of  St  Oairwtfe— York  ch  8; 
t*hori  Creek  ch  20.  Sab-sch  12  —  32.  Pby  of 
StmbrnvQU—Vftkyn^yrnvg  ch,  Children's  Miss'y 
Soc*y,  to  Slip  Ker  N  V  Noyes,  Canton.  China  16; 
Annapolis  Sab-sch  15;  Richmond  Sab-sch  7  67; 
Bethel  Sab-sch  10  4t;  Still  Pork  eh  8  6);  Corinth 
Sab-sch,  to  sup  Rev  H  V  Noyes,  China  20    346  61 

Sthod  op  CoLUMBDa— Pby  of  Aihm9—V\mi  ch 
Poroeroy  12  60;  Middleport  ch,  Grace  M  Sayre 
20;  Chester  ch  1».  Pbv  of  3fario»— Trenton  ch 
10 ;  (krdington  oh  2.  Pby  of  TTootft^r— Savannah 
Ob,  to  oon  Mimes  Mary  Parks  and  Lauia  G 
Shrome,  Lift  Memhera  60.  Pb//  of  ZanesvVU-^ 
Second  ch  sab-sch,  Zanesville  25 ;  Paiaskala  ch 
8  156  60 

Stivod  op  Eaii.~Ay  t^f  AU«ghemf^V\T»i  ch 
Allegheny,  for  N  A  Indians  42;  2d  ch  Allegheny, 
lofantClassS  2');  Providence  Miss  Sab  sch  26  47. 
Pbt/ €if  BuUer^?\%\n  Grove  ch  32  47 ;  Scrub  Grass 
Sab-sch  lu;  Concord  ch,  David  J  Russell  3,  Sab- 
scti  21  —  24.  Ptfffof  CSoriow— Brook ville  Sab- 
sch  64  17.  Pby  of  .&^— Fairfield  ch  13:  Frank- 
lin ch,  addM  3<>;  Edinboroch,addM  60;  Cochran> 
ton  oh  h\  Ist  ch  Mercer  72  lu.  Pby  of  KtUan- 
ninj^— Concord  ch  Sab  sch  23:  Istch  8ab-Nch, 
Apollo  10.  Pby  of  Shetango—Liiile  Beaver  ch. 
Female  Mit^sV  Soc'y  11  75  431  21 

HTiroD  OP  GiHiTA.— P6i/  of  Qtt/uga—VoTt  Byron 
ch  35  08,  Sab^sch,  for  ^hauKhai  sch  50  —  85  o8; 
Aurora  ch  30  80;  A  D  Morgan,  to  con  Robt 
Zabribkie  Ufe  Director  luO  —  130  80  216  88 

Sthod  op  UARRiSBuao.— Pby  of  (hrfiale— Lower 
pHth  Valley  ch  60,  a  member  30  —  8);  Burnt 
Cabins  ch  10;  Silver  Springs  ch  30  06.  Pty  of 
^«n<in<7tion— Clearfield  ch  16^  Sab-sch  20  —  35; 
Birminxham  ch.  Warrior's  Mark  Sabsch  89  30; 
Alexandria  Sab-sch  20.  Pby  of  N"rthumberland 
>  Jersey  Shore  oh  60  la  Pby  qf  WeUaboro— 
Sullivan  Sab-sch  8  276  45 


Less  from   Lawrenceville  ch,  trans- 
ferred to  Domestic  Missions  14  08 


262  37 

Stood  op  Illihoib,  CnmLAL.— Pby  of  Blooming' 
ton— Chatsworth  ch,  Mrs  Sam'l  J  Fosdick.  for  her 
dec*d  son  7;  Reading  ch  8  30.  Pbv  •/  Peoria^ 
Mansfield  ch  6  26:  Princevilie  eh  24;  Lewiston 
ch  35  81.  Pby  of  A^Auv^— Hamilton  ch  4  60. 
Pby  of  i^f)ringfield-<ien%T&\  oh,  InfiiDt  Class,  Jack- 
sonville, to  sup  Miss  Dickey,  Siam  6  67;  2d  ch 
Springfield  26;  Petersburg  Sab-sch,  to  ed  two 
children  at  Lodiana55  166  63 

Stmod  op  iLUNon,  NoRTB. — Pby  of  Chicago^ 
Second  oh  Chicago  477  86;  8d  ch  Chicago  500. 
Pby  of  Freeport-^Oer  ch  Sab-sch,  Galena  11  50; 
Warren  ch  6.  Pby  of  Ottoioa— Mendotta  Sab-sch 
40  1,034  3« 

Stwod  op  Ilunois,  South.— Pfcy  of  i4Won— Bell e- 
▼ille  oh  15.  Pby  of  Cbiro— Friendsville  ch  6  78; 
Wabash  oh  6,  Freeman  Gould  7  —  12;  Odin  ch 
a  34  78 

Stkod  op  IifmAifA,  North.— P6y  of  Crawford»- 
viUe^Dny ton  ch  50;  Delphi  Sab-sch  20.  Pby  of 
Ft  Wayho—L\m&  ch  10.  Pby  of  Logantport^-' 
Valparaiso  Sab-sch,  to  sup  child  at  Beirut  22  22: 
1st  ch  South  Bend  40.  Pby  of  ifund»-Rev  J  W 
Drake  5  147  2i 

Synod  op  IitDiAiVA,  Qomn^— Pby  of  huHanapoii^ — 
Boggstown  ch  6;  Walnatst  Sab-sch,  Blooming- 
ton,  for  India  and  Persia  42  65.  Pby  cf  New 
ili6any— Second  oh  Sab-sch,  New  Albany,  to  sup 
native  helper  in  Syria  180.  Pby  of  White  Water 
— Greenburg  Sab-sch,  to  sup  child  at  Chefoo 
116  843  66 

Strod  op^Iowa,  North.— P6'y  of  Odar  Bapids— 
Wyoming  ch  25 ;  Rev  J  C  King  and  wife  6.  Pby 
of  Dubuque— yf&nkon  ch  6,  Sab-sch  6  —  10;  Lan- 
sing ch  4:  Riis«ellville  oh  3  75;  Lime  Spring  oh 
4  4ft.    Pby  of  IFaterfoo— Janesville  ch  14      66  20 

Stnod  op  Iowa.  Sootb^— Pby  of  Dee  Moinee— 
WinterMtt  Sab-sch,  to  sup  tlev  J  Wilson  85; 
Oskaloosa  ch  13  05 ;  Hartford  ch  1.  Pby  of  Iowa 
—Summit  ch  11  73.  Pby  of  Iowa  Cli^/— Columbua 
City  ch  4.  Pby  of  Mieeouri  Biver—lSAk  Valley  ch 
6  60  78 

Strodop  Kansas.— Pby  of  EmpoHa—Arronia  ch 
4  76.  Pby  of  Highland— CoQoordiA  ch  8.  Pfty  of 
AaosAo— First  ch  Fort  Scott  10.  Pby  of  Topeka-^ 
Edgerton  ch  10  27  75 

Stnod  OP  Kbntucrt.— Ptjw  of  E&«n«a«r— Burling- 
ton ch,  J  M  Preston  60.  Pby  of  LouisviNe—Hop- 
kinsville  Sab-sch,  Marv  A  Howe  1  20;  Cave  Run 
and  Plum  Creek  chs  13  61  20 

Synod  op  Lono  Island- Pbyof  BrooWj/»*--Fipsi 
eh  Uemf^en  st  102  85;  Westminster  ch  20  43;  1st 
ch,  Dr  Seaver's  24  30;  Edgewater  ch,  S  I  10  04; 
Tompkins  Ave  ch  67  68;  South  Third  st  oh, 
WitliarnAbnrg  35;  Lafayette  Ave  oh  77  36;  Ger 
ch,  Williamsburg  10.  Pby  of  i^oMou— Smithtown 
ch  14  26;  Astoria  ch  86  22  438  07 

Synod  or  MiomQAN.— P5y  of  Grand  Bnpids-- 
Westminster  Sab-sch,  Grand  Rapids  32  67.  Pby 
of  Kalamazoo— Fir^t  oh  Richlsnd  85  76.  Pby  of 
Monroe— Lu  Salle  ch  6;  Ida  ch  7,  Rev  E  F  Tanner 
2  —  9 ;  First  oh  Tecumseh,  J  Mitchell  2       85  49 

Synod  op  Minnbsota.- P&jv  of  St  Pat«(— West- 
minster ch,  Minneapolis  9  79;  La  Cresoent  Sak>- 


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seh  2;  Bloominjrton  ch.  Oak  Grove  Sab-sch  21 : 
iBt  ch  Sab  9ch.  Litchfield  1  60  34  29 

8t»od  op  Missouri.— Pby  of  Osage— Snf^M  Creek 
ch  6;  l9t  ch  Clinton  8  65.  P6y  of  Platte— Rock- 
port  ch  2 ;  Phel  pji  ch  2.  Pby  of  St  L^niis— Bethel 
fiab-sch,  Bay  16  40;  Hi«h  st  ch,  St  Louis  5  70 

39  75 

STifOD  or  New  Jersbt— P6y  of  Elimbefh—Fxrat 
ch  Eheabeth  604  73;  3d  ch  Sab-sch,  Elizabeth 
37  60.  Pbv  of  Jerset/  City— F\r9t  ch  Jersey  Ciiy 
22.J ;  Tenafly  ch  71  05.  Pbi/  oj  3fonmou<A— Cream 
Ridge  ch  2  60,  Sab-sch  11  60  -=  14  10;  Tom*9  Rirer 
Sab-sch,  to  sup  child  at  Lodiana  &•)  46;  Farming- 
dalech  6;  Locus!  CornorSab-soh  10.  Pt)y  of  Mor- 
ris and  Oranofl— Flanders  ch  10  6(» ;  Ist  ch  Mend- 
ham,  add'l  40  75;  Istch  Boonton  4  50;  Succa- 
sunna  ch  Miss'y  doc'y  44  B3;  2d  ch  Orange  90  61: 
Lower  Valley  ch.  to  con  E  V  Cresar  Life  Member 
30 ;  1st  ch  East  Orauije  77  79.  Pbu  of  Newark— 
South  Park  ch  50  31 ;  3d  ch  293  27;  High  st  ch 
203  64;  Calvary  ch63  41.  Pby  of  New  Brunswick 
— Witherspoon  st  ch.  Princeton,  to  sup  boy  at 
CorJsco  30.  Pbp  of  Newton-^Second  ch,  Belvidere, 
mo  con  152;  2d  ch,  Oxford,  add'l  100;  Newton  ch 
178;  2d  ch  Wantage  60.  Pby  of  West  Jersey- 
First  ch  Camden  260  2,737  16 

Second  ch  Sab-sch,  Cedar ville  12,  wrongly 
credited  to  Cedarville  ch  in  October. 

Stnod  of  Nbw  Yo&z.— Pby  of  Hudson^Second 
ch  WashingtouTille  15;  Mt  Hope  ch  2i,  Sab-sch 
10  —  32;  East  Division  Sab-sch  Goshen  9 ;  Cen- 
treville  ch  5;  1st  ch  Washingtonville,  to  con  J 
B  Beaumont  Lite  Direct^ir  :a)\  2d  ch  Middleiown 
112  72,  Sab  j-ch  68  06  —  180  78.  Pby  of  New  York 
—Brick  oh  Chapel  12  80:  4ih  Ave  en  39  20;  1st 
ch  New  York,  add*)  60,  Mission  sch,  for  Girls* 
Hch  at  Shanghai  117  16  —  167  15;  Canal  st  ch 
20  60;  Scotch  ch,  Robert  Carter  A  Bro  500;  Brick 
ch  rno  con  68  80.  Pby  of  North  Biver-NeMf 
Hamburgh  ch  Ladies'  Miss  Society,  for  Rev 
Mr  Nevius'Theol  sch  China  60;  1st  ch  Amenia 
40;  Freedom  Plains  Sab-Kch,  to  ed  girl  at  Sidon 
22  60;  Calvary  ch  Newburgh  19  79;  Ist  ch  Mai- 
den 20  63.  Pby  of  Westchester— Hing  Sing  ch 
350;  Istch  Yonkers  11  89;  New  Rochelle  en  10; 
Ist  ch  Peekskill  24  48;  Ist  ch  Sab-sch  Stamford 
10  89  1,659  91 

SrifOD  or  Pacific— P6y  of  Oregon— First  ch 
Portland  43  40,  Gen'l  E  B  Babbitt  60  93  40 

Sthod  or  PmhMiS3.paiK.—Pby  of  Chester— Forks 
of  Brandy  wine  ch  76  30;  Ist  ch  Westchester 
16  24;  Upper  Ootorora  ch  74  90.  Pby  of  Lacka- 
wanna— Coalville  ch  13;  Orwell  ch  15.  Pby  of 
Lehigh— QXatrngtorx  ch  20,  Sab-sch  10  «-  30;  2d  ch. 
Poti«vilIe  50;  Upson  ville  Sab  sch  7  60;  Allen 
Township  ch  28,  Sab-sch  12  —  40;  Upper  Mt 
Bethel  ch,  Williamsburg,  Sab-sch  4  06,  Portland 
Sab-sch  9  44  —  13  50;  1st  ch  Allentown  50.  Pby 
of  Philadelphia— ^09%  Spruce  st  ch  G  8  Benson 
100;  Walnut  st  ch  Infant  Class  22  40;  Clinton  st 
ch  Sab-sch  for  Chefoo  60.  Pby  oj  Philadelphia 
Central— J^orth  Broad  st  ch  262  37;  Kensington 
Sab-sch  44,  Anna  J  Crosier's  Legacy  4  54  — i 
48  64;  Cohocksink  ch  42  50;  Alexander  ch  to 
sup  Ish  Weri  Das,  Mynpurie  113.  Pby  of  PhUa- 
deiphia,  North— Chentnixt  Hill  ch.  Rev  R  Owen, 
D.D.  20:  Pby  of  Westminster— Chestnut  Level  ch 
84  45;  Pine  Grove  ch.  for  use  of  Rev  R  Arthur, 
Siara  14  50,  Sab-sch  8  60  -  23  16  l.lol  96 

Stwod  or  Pittsburgh.— Pbv  of  BlatrsviUe—L(^ 
trobe  ch  for  Persia  30;  Armagh  ch  14 ;  Centre  ville 
ch  9 ;  Cross  Roads  ch  for  Persia  17.  Pby  of  IHtts- 
burgh— Mt  Pisgah  ch  Sab-sch  10;  Lebanon  Sab- 
Bch  15;  Valley  ch,  a  lady  6;  Bethel  ch  90  25; 
Sharon  ch  for  Chefoo  seh  9;  Centre  ch  28  25. 
Pby  of  Redstn)ie—hR{ire\  Hill  Sab  sch  8  50;  Wood- 
vale  Union  Sa»>sch  13  2.'>:  Dunlap's  Creek  Sab- 
BCh  n  60;  West  Newton  Sab-sch  10;  Rev  John 
McMillan,  D.D.,  and  family,  Mt  Pleasant,  to  sHp 
orphan  at  rfaharanpur  25.  Pby  of  Washington— 
First  ch  Wheeling  16  36;  4th  Sab-sch  Wheeling 
1  80;  3d  ch  Wheeling  2)  60;  Clifton  ch  6  66; 
Fairview  ch  Sab-sch  9.  Pby  of  West  Vinginia— 
Raven!«wood  Sab-sch  6  00  351  95 

Synod  or  Trmmbssbe.— Pfe?/  of  Sb/^ton— Elizii- 

bethton  Sab  sch  1;  Jonesboro  Sab-sch,  to  sup 

Miriam  of  Bootan  7  40.     Pby  of  CTftum— New 

Market  ch  8  70  12  lo 

SiaoD  or  ToLSOO.— P5y  of  BeHefontaine—V pper 


SanduMky  ch  9.  Pby  of  Lemi- Del  phos  Sab-sch 
10.  P&v  of  Maumee— First  ch  Bowling  Green 
iy  28;  Ist  ch  Defiance  20  00  41  28 

Synod  or  Utioa— Pfty  of  Of««<70— Gilbertsvilie 
ch  64  25.  Pby  of  Utiea—CVinton  ch  120;  Augusta 
ch  65  40;    Sauquoit  ch  6  66;    Rome  ch   18  96 

26.5  27 

Synod  or  Wbstern  New  York.- P6i/  of  Oenesee— 
Bethany  ch  8  26;  E  Bethany  oh  9  04.  Pby  of 
Oenesee  KaiVev— Allegheny  ch  6.  Sab-sch  1  05  — 
7  06.  Pby  of  Niaqara—LeytxHton  ch  20.  Pbu  of 
Rochester— Vfeh»ier  ch  40;  Ogden  Centre  ch  04. 

146  35 

STifODOr  WiscoMSiN- P6i/  of  Chippetoa—mxton 
8rtb-8ch  2  6a  PM/of  Lake  -Superior— Marquette 
ch  6.  Pby  of  Milwaukee — Delevan  Cong^l  ch 
40  75;  Pike  Grove  or  Somers  ch  15  10.  POi/  of 
Winnebaqo-Dodtie  Centre  ch  and  Sab  sch  9. 
Pby  of  Wisconsin  iZtue'— Rock  ville  Ger  ch  3  70; 
ReidHburg  ch  9;  Ger  ch,  Platteville  22  60;  Sab- 
sch  4  67  —  27  27  ;  Lodi  ch  2  123  32 
Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance  2.246  50 

Total  Receipts  from  churches  in  Dec  $13,594  14 

Legacies.— Lesacv  of  Miss  E  M  Piper,  dec'd, 
Delphi,  Ind  5;  Estaieof  A  Champion, dec'd,  5.000; 
E-'tate  of  Rev  A  A  Hunt  and  C  C  Kent,  Galena, 
HI  500  6,505  00 

Woman's  Foreign  Miss  Society,  Phila  1,582  3=i ; 
Ladies'  Board  of  Missions,  N  Y.  for  Liberia  50 ; 
Woman's  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of  N  W 
1,828  80  3.461  15 

Synod  or  RsroRXED  Presbytcrun  Church.— 
Ref  Presby  ch.  Bloom,  111  21  00 

MiflCELLANiouB.— A  D  Swan,  Galatin,  Ind  6 ;  Jno 
P  Orr  15;  Friend  in  Cincinnati  6;  Friend  for 
Woman's  work  in  India  5;  Mrs  M  F  Crawford, 
Norrisiown,  Pa.  to  sup  orphan  at  Dehra  20;  Ed- 
mi>ndS  Howell  15;  Little  Hallie  James'  Miss'y 
Hen  1 ;  Neil  Smith,  Jr,  Aberdeen,  Scotland,  for 
Syria  9  50;  A  M  Bruen,  N  Y  500;  Albert  Arms 
10;  Chester  Chamberlain,  for  Woodstock  6; 
Richard  Blydenburg,  add'l,  Smithtown,  L  1  10; 
A  f)oor  woman,  Galena,  111  1:  Kilbourn  Cent 
Society.  Wis  5;  8  A  and  Mira  Rambo,  Dresden, 
Ohio,  for  Perdia  10;  A  friend,  for  education 
among  Am  Indians  17  50 ;  E  T  Foote,  New  Haven, 
lo  con  Miss  Emilia  Leavitt  Foote  Life  Member 
30;  E  M  Stoker  Russell  ville,  to  con  self  Life 
Member  18;  Eliaa  H  Wakeman,  N  Y  100;  Anon 
1;  O  Comstock,  Avon,  N  Y  26;  Cash,  from  a 
friend  100  25;  Miss  .I's  Sab-sch  class  of  boys,  for 
sch  at  Tungchow  2  50;  Mission  Band  of  Earnest 
Workers,  Roselle,  N  J,  for  Zenana  work  50;  Robt 
Scott  Irwin  10;  R  C,  for  Christ's  sake  5;  J  B 
Wheeler,  Bloomfteld,  N  J  5;  For  China  Missions 
6;  High  sch,  Lawrenceville,  N  J  27  80;  Miss 
Sarah  Field,  Phlla,  for  Corisco  6  1,018  25 

Total  Receipts  in  December,  1872,  $23,599  54 
Total  Receipts  from  May  1, 1872,   1169,807  93 

rAUIXE    rUND. 

Jane  B  French,  Braintree,  Mass  5;  Union 
Thanksgiving  service.  Bowling  Green.  Ky  22; 
Wm  Hays,  La  Rue,  Ohio  2  20;  Wheaton  Female 
Sem'y,  for  Mrs  Cochran  30;  Kooxville  Sab-sch, 
III,  for  Rev  Jas  Basneti's  use  32  70;  A  Jew,  per 
Rev  M  R  Miller  1 ;  Preston  Pond,  Jackson,  La  6; 
Mrs  E  H  Craven,  Evanston,  III  10 1;  G  Toplin, 
CarthaKC,  N  Y  10;  2d  ch  Chicago  1:54  40;  Lfidies 
of  San  Antonio,  Texas,  through  Woman's  Board, 
Chicago  3  26 

$34-.  65 
WM.  RANKIN,  Treasurer, 
2^  Centre  Street,  New  York- 


LirtKRs  relating  to  the  Missions,  or  other  opera- 
llonH  of  the  Board,  may  be  addressed  to  the  Rev. 
JohnC.  I^wrib,  Rev.  Dvvid  lavrxa,  or  Rev.  Frank 
F.  Elunwood,  Secretaries,  Mission  House*  23 
Centre  street.  New  York. 

Letters  relating  to  the  pecuniary  aflfiairs  of  the 
Board,  or  containing  remittances  of  money,  may 
be  sent  to  Willlax  Rankin,  Esq.,  Treasurer^ 
■ame  address. 


1873.]  Board  of  FubUccUum.  57 


BOARD  OP  PUBLICATION. 

No.  1334  Chestnut  Street.  Philadelphia. 

Letters  relmtlnfc  to  donations  of  books  and  tracts,  tiie  appointment  of  Ck>lporteurB,  and  the  general 
latereeta  of  the  Board,  to  be  addressed  to  the  Re?.  William  E.  Sohkhcs,  DJ)^  Oomtponding  Seer^ 
tanf, 

MannserlptStand  commanications  concerning  matter  offered  for  publication,  whether  for  books 
or  periodicals,  to  the  Rot.  JoHir  W.  Dulles,  D  D.,  Editorial  Secretary, 

Correspondence  of  Colporteurs,  remittances  of  money,  and  donations,  to  Mr.  WniTHBor  SAsesin, 
Superintendent  of  Colportage  and  Treasurer. 

Orders  for  Books  (except  from  Colporteurs)  nnd  Business  Correspondence,  to  Mr.  Johji  A.  Blacs. 

Subscriptions  to  The  Preebyterian  Monthly  Record^  The  Sabbath-School  Vititor,  and  The  Presby 
terian  at  Work,  and  payments  for  the  same,  to  Mr.  Psna  Walker. 

Letters  relating  to  SabbatlvSchool  work,  to  Mr.  J.  Bennet  '1'tlbr. 


OUR  MISSIONARY  FUND. 

The  Missionary  Fund  of  the  Board  of  Publication  is  made  up  of  the 
regular  contributions  from  the  churches  and  Sabbath-schools,  donations 
received  from  individuals,  and  legacies.  It  has  no  connection  with  the  book- 
store or  business  operations  of  the  Board,  which  latter  are  carried  forward 
wholly  upon  the  proceeds  of  its  sales.  From  these  the  Missionary  Fund  is 
kept  entirely  distinct,  and  is  managed  and  disbursed  by  the  Missionary 
Committee  of  the  Board. 

Money  contributed  to  this  Fund  is  wholly  and  sacredly  devoted  to  the 
Board's  benevolent  work.  It  is  used  in  paying  the  salaries  and  expenses  of 
colporteurs,  and  the  cost  of  books  and  tracts  gratuitously  distributed  by  them  ; 
as  also  of  the  numerous  grants  voted  by  the  Missionary  Committee  to  needy 
and  mission  Sabbath-schools,  to  weak  and  mission  Churches,  to  Home  and 
Foreign  Missionaries,  to  Pastors  and  other  persons  for  gratuitous  distribution- 
in  their  respective  vicinities ;  to  the  Freed  men,  to  humane  and  charitable 
institutions,  and  to  numerous  other  classes  of  deserving  applicants.  From 
this  Fund  are  also  defrayed  the  expenses  of  the  Board's  new  department  of 
Sabbath- school  work.  Its  great  purpose  and  use  are  therefore  to  supply  the 
needy  and  the  destitute  in  all  parts  of  the  land,  who  are  unable  to  supply 
themselves  with  the  publications  of  the  Board. 

DURINQ  THE   LAST   YEAR- 

this  Fund  sustained  156  colporteurs,  who  labored  for  the  whole  or  a  portion 
of  the  year  in  20  States  and  Territories,  in  33  of  our  Synods  and  98  of  our 
Presbyteries.  Nearly  every  Presbytery  in  the  West  and  Northwest  has  had 
its  own  colporteur,  laboring  by  the  recommendation  and  under  the  superin- 
tendence of  its  own  Presbyterial  Committee.  So  have  a  large  number  of  the 
Eastern  Presbyteries. 

The  Fund  enabled  these  colporteurs  to  distribute  by  sale  over  60,000 
volumes,  where  few  of  these  precious  volumes  would  have  otherwise  been 
procured  or  read. 

The  Fund  enabled  the  Board,  through  these  colporteurs  and  by  grants  of 
its  Missionary  Committee,  to  give  away  71,86^  volumes  and  3,598,331  pages 


68  Board  of  Puhltcation,  {^Felnttary 

of  tracts.  The  colportenrs  visited  116,235  families,  leaving  at  least  a  few 
pages  of  religious  reading,  and  oflen  several  volumes,  in  each  dwelling  visited. 
The  Fund  enabled  the  Board  last  year  to  make  granto  amounting  to 
nearly  $15,000  to  applicants  in  36  States  and  Territories,  as  well  as  Liberia, 
India,  China,  Greece,  Brazil,  and  Mexico. 

During  the  present  year  this  work  has  been  going  forward  as  in  the  preced- 
ing year,  and  our  next  Annual  Report  will  probably  show  an  increase  in  every 
branch  of  these  operations. 

OUR  PRESENT   NEED. 

At  the  present  time  this  important  Fund  is  at  a  lower  point  than  it  has 
been  for  several  years.  Indeed,  it  is  so  nearly  exhausted  that  the  Mis!«ionary 
Committee  painfully  feel  the  necessity  for  refraining  from  placing  new  col- 
porteurs in  the  field,  and  for  restricting  their  donations  to  many  worthy 
applicants,  by  whose  hands  these  pages  of  precious  truth  might  be  distributed 
with  blessed  results.  We  therefore  beg  our  ministerial  brethren,  and  the 
churches  and  Sabbath-schools,  and  every  reader  of  these  pages,  to  remember 
our  Missionary  Fund  in  their  contributions.  Give  us  the  means,  we  beseech 
you,  to  continue  our  benevolent  work  and  to  enlarge  the  scale  and  scope  of  it. 
Applications  from  needy  Sabbath-schools,  and  Mission  churches,  from  pastors 
and  others,  for  donations  of  book»  and  tracts — applications,  many  of  th^m 
tender  and  touching  in  the  extreme — are  continually  coming  to  the  Corres- 
ponding Secretary.  We  appeal  to  all  who  love  Christ's  truth  and  Christ's 
kingdom,  and  who  desire  the  salvation  of  souls  ready  to  perish  for  lack  of 
knowledge,  to  come  to  our  help  without  delay. 

All  remittances  for  the  Missionary  Fund  should  be  addressed  to  Winthrop 
Slirgent,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  and  all  letters  asking  for  grants,  or  otherwise  relat- 
ing to  the  missionary  work  of  the  Board,  to  the  Rev.  William  E.  Schencfk, 
D.D.,  Corresponding  Secretary,  No  1334  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 


THE  PRESBYTERIAN  AT  WORK. 

We  are  greatly  cheered  by  the  warm  welcome  accorded  to  our  new  paper. 
From  North,  South,  East,  and  West,  comes  the  word  "Just  the  thing! 
We  rejoice  to  see  it."  Our  Sabbath-school  workers  naturally  show  the 
greatest  interest  in  it— designed  as  it  is  so  largely  to  assist  them  in  their  pre- 
paration for  their  classes.  Others  also  greet  it  with  pleasure,  as  a  paper,  at 
so  low  a  cost  as  to  go  into  families  where  little  reading  of  the  kind  finds  an 
entrance. 

A  pastor  suggested  in  the  January  number  that  the  young  people  should 
be  set  at  canvassing  for  the  paper.  The  suggestion  was  acted  upon  in  one 
of  the  Philadelphia  churches.  Several  of  the  young  people  started  out  to 
procure  subscribers  in  the  congregation;  the  commission  allowed  to  canvas- 
sers to  go  into  the  treasury  of  their  missionary  society.  The  result  was  the 
handing  in  of  a  list  of  more  than  a  hundred  subscribers,  with  the  subscription 
price,  minus  commission.  The  pastor  of  another  church  sent  in  a  list  of  one 
hundred  and  fourteen  names.  In  fact,  few  decline  to  pay  sixty  cents  (or  fifty 
cents  in  clubs)  a  year  for  such  a  paper.  ^.^.^.^^^  ^^  GoOglc 


1873.]  Board  qf  PubUecUian.  69 

Parents  will  do  a  kindness  to  their  children  who  are  in  the  Sabhathrschool 
by  sabsoribing  for  the  paper.  The  complaint  is  frequent  that  the  teachers 
get  much  help  and  the  scholars  but  little  for  the  preparation  of  their  lessons 
for  Uie  Lord^s  day.  By  taking  The  Presbyterian  at  Work  parents  will  get 
in  its  "  Helpful  Hints"  needed  aid  for  the  family.  It  is  not  every  one  that 
can  buy  commentaries  and  cyclopedias ;  but  none  need  be  without  the  assist- 
ance which  we  offer. 


FROM  IOWA. 

A  great  want  in  carrying  on  the  aggressive  work  of  the  Board  is  a 
properly  qualified  class  of  colporteurs.  It  is  no  easy  matter  to  obtain  men  of 
the  proper  standard  of  piety,  energy,  knowledge  of  human  nature,  forbearance, 
persistence,  popular  address  suited  to  all  classes,  and  such  self-denial  as  will 
lead  to  and  keep  them  in  the  highways  and  hedges  a  large  proportion  of  their 
time.  Nor  is  it  any  easy  matter  to  get  all  of  our  church  members  so  to  co- 
operate with  the  colporteur  as  to  make  him  feel  that  he  has  their  sympathy 
in  his  work,  or  that  they  regard  his  work  as  their  work,  and  him  as  their  agent 
in  that  tcork.  Such  a  cooperation  would  develop  better  and  more  successful 
colporteurs. 

Tour  work  in  the  Sabbath-schooi  department  cannot  be  over-estimated, 
and  although  in  our  new  settlements  there  are  difficulties  arising  from  the 
want  of  properly  qualified  persons  to  take  hold  of  and  carry  forward  the 
schools  established  by  our  colporteurs,  still  we  hope  for  much  fruit  from  their 
efforts  in  that  direction.  We  have  been  using  the  Westminster  Lessons 
fi)r  six  months,  and  like  them  very  much.  J.  0. 


THE  HOLLAND  CHURCH,  MILWAUKEE. 

Our  excellent  Hollandish  brother,  Van  der  Las,  writes : 
"Yesterday  was  for  our  Sabbath-school  a  day  of  great  joy.  The  children 
were  very  glad,  also  the  larger  classes.  I  told  them  the  Board  had  made  a 
donation  of  twenty  dollars  worth  of  books,  and  asked  what  I  should  write 
the  Board  how  they  were  received.  In  one  voice  it  was,  ^  Thank  the  Board 
for  us !'  Therefore,  then,  in  the  name  of  the  whole  school,  I  say,  Thanks  to 
you,  my  dear  brother,  and  to  the  Board,  for  thb  donation. 

"  May  our  gracious  Lord  bless  you  and  the  Board  of  Publication,  also  our 
whole  beloved  Church,  that  the  Board  and  the  Church  at  large  may  be  a 
blessing  in  this  broad  land.'' 

BIBLE  WORK  IN  BIBLE  LANDS. 

The  New  York  Observer  has  an  appreciative  notice  of  our  "  Bible  Work 
in  Bible  Lands."     (Price  $1.50.)  It  says  : 

The  earliest  recollections  that  we  have  of  Foreign  Missions  are  associated 
with  the  departure  of  Pliny  Fisk  and  Levi  Parsons  to  the  land  of  the  Bible, 
to  kindle  anew  the  light  of  the  gospel  where  it  was  first  revealed.  Mr. 
Parsons  soon  finished  his  work  and  died  at  Alexandria,  whither  he  had  gone 
in  search  of  health.     Mr.  Fisk,  not  much  later,  died  atBeyrout.     They  were 


60  Board  of  PuhUcation.  [February 

followed  to  Syria  by  Rev.  Isaac  Bird  and  Rev.  William  Goodell,  with  their 
wives,  whose  destination  was  Jerusalem ;  but  they  were  induced  to  take  up 
their  residence  at  Beyrout,  as  being  at  the  time  a  more  promising  field.  Mr. 
Goodell  was  transferred  to  Constantinople,  but  Mr.  Bird  remained,  first  at 
Jerusalem  and  afterwards  at  Beyrout,  to  lay  the  foundations  of  missionary 
work  in  the  land  of  Syria,  and  to  bear  an  important  part  in  its  prosecution, 
until,  by  the  failure  of  his  health,  he  was  compelled  to  return  to  his  native 
land. 

It  is  an  occasion  for  great  thankfulness  that  Mr.  Bird  has  been  spared  to 
complete  the  history  of  the  missions  in  Syria  and  Palestine.  The  volume  is 
an  important  contribution  to  the  records  of  the  Gospel  in  the  East,  a  new 
chapter  in  the  Acts  of  the  Apostles, — for  if  any  men  in  modern  times  are 
worthy  to  be  accounted  the  successors  of  the  Apostles,  they  are  those  who 
have  followed  their  steps  over  the  scenes  of  their  labors,  replanting  the 
standard  of  the  cross  where  they  planted  it  eighteen  hundred  years  ago. 
The  vofume  is  far  from  being  a  dry  detail  of  facts  and  statistics.  It  is  a 
history  of  events  and  scenes  which  often  bear  a  truly  tragic  interest,  and 
they  are  recorded  with  a  vivacity  of  style  which  makes  them  doubly  interest- 
ing to  the  reader.  Mr.  Bird  devotes  more  space  to  the  early  than  to  the  later 
history  of  the  missions,  as  it  was  meet  that  he  should,  in  order  to  the  preser- 
vation of  the  early  records  by  the  hand  of  one  who  was  a  witness  to  the 
scenes  described,  and  a  sharer  in  many  of  the  important  events. 

Rarely  have  we  read  a  work  of  this  character  in  which  such  a  judicious 
selection  of  material  has  been  made,  or  in  which  the  interest  of  the  narrative 
has  been  so  well  preserved.  It  cannot  fail  to  be  useful  in  promoting  a  better 
acquaintance  with  the  missions  of  the  Ekst,  and  a  deeper  interest  in  the  cause. 
The  volume  is  illustrated  with  a  number  of  fine  engravings  of  eastern  char- 
acters and  scenes. 


DOITATIONS  TO  THB   MiSSIOHART   FUND  OF  THE   PREftBTTlBIAH   BOARD   OP   PUBLIOATIOW 

Rbcbivbd  ih  December. 

STNODorBAtTiMORE.— /^  of  5rt7/imor«— Second  Stnod  op  Pacific— P6y  of  San  J<w^— Buena- 

ch  3.    Pby  of  Washington  CWy— Falls  River  ch  6.  Tentura  ch  6. 

Stnod  op  CtETELA!CD.-P6y  of  Oewtoiui-aeT©-  S^^^od  of  PHiLADELPHiA.-i^  ofChester-ReeM' 

land  2d  ch  66;  Aslilabula  ch  38.  ^"e  «^»  *J  ^i^t  R""  ch  6.    Phu  ofLackax^nnor- 

Wanainie  ch  6;  Thorndale  ch  40  cis;  Bernice 

Stnod  of  Col0mbus.— Pty  of  Aforion— Carding-  ch  1  60:  La  Porte  ch  1  60.    Pftv  of  Lehigh— ¥\t9% 

ton  ch   1.    /%  o/ ZanttJvWe— Pauwkalft  ch  »;  ch  Allentown  18.    PbyofPhxUuielphia—'i:h\xdQkk 

Granville  ch  Sab-sch  19  38.  Philadelphia  60.    Pby  of  Philadelphia,  Central— 

Stnod  op  Oen.va_/*v  of  Cby«<,a-Fir«t  ch  Au-  S  arfiV'i^o^fnr  JLlf^fit'J^ 

burn  68  82.    i^  of  Oeneva^ou^^Xnn  Isc  ch  f^l^i.^l'^^.^'^iZf'jy!^^^^ 

a              „                     .«      ^  •,  _^      ^    .     ^  ^of  Weslmintter—BopeMrell  ch  9  26. 

.~~GrMLt  liilanH  nh  17  HO  STKOD    OF    PlTTSBUEOH.—  Pbv   Of     WomingtOnr-^ 

-^reat  Uland  ch  17  30.               ^     ^  „  Three  Springs  ch  6 ;  Holliday'«  Cove  ch  7 ;  Weat 

Stnod  of  Ilunow,  Cintral.— i^  of  Peorut-  Liberty  ch  1.    Ptw  of  West  Kiroiwia-Fairnaont 

Lewistown  oh  34  62.  ch  10  26 ;  King8w6od  ch  3. 

Synod  of  Illinois,  North.— Pfcy  qf  Chicago--  s^nod  or  Toledo.- P^y  of  iroumed-Tontogany 

Second  ch  St  Anne  3  60.  ch  6;  Gilead  ch  10;  A^askina  ch  3;  Ist  ch  Free- 

Stnod  op   Illinois,  South.— Pby  of  Alton-^  mont7  66. 

Salem  German  ch  5.  Synod  of  Utica.— P6y  of  l/iico— Wbitesboro  ch 

Synod  of  Iowa,  North.— Pfry  of  Cedar  Eapidt—  7  2o;  Augusta  ch  4  -60;  Sauquoit  ch  6  66. 

Mechanicsville  ch  6.  Stxod  op  Western  New  York.— /%  of  Soehei- 

Synod  op  Iowa,  South. — Pbjf  of  Des  Moines—  <«t^— Geneseo  lot  ch  6  27;  Nunda  ch  1(». 

Osceola  ch  4 ;  Hartford  ch  1 ;  Pel  la  ch  15.  gYNOD  of  Wisconsin— f*v  of  ir»ZuwuJke«— Stone 

Synod  op    Kansas.— P&y   of   AisofAo— Baxter  Bank  ch  1.    Puy  of  Winnebago— QnhViO^h  ch  16. 

Sprmgs  ch  6.  misoellanious. 

Synod  op   Lono  ^I'W'J^.— ^  of  Brooklyn—  Treasurer  Committee  of  Benerolence  and  Fl- 

LafayelteATenuech60;2dchBrookhrnlOO.  Pby  n^nce,  New  York  102  78;  Legacy  of  Mary  Rahn, 

oj  iV<w*au-Jamaicach48  36;Spnngfieldch7  17.  Woo»ter,  O  10;  A  friend  of  Missions,  Hudson. 

Synod  op  New  Jersey.— Pbt/  of  iVwar*— First  N  Y  10;  J  B  Strain,  Patterson,  O  7;  Three  friends 

ch  Newai k 62  60.  Pbyof  New Brunmoick— French'  In  Camden  Ist  ch  20;  Wm  Huntting,  Stamford, 

town  ch  15.    i*by  of  West  Jersey— Qtkmdan  Ist  ch  Cl  26  ct^;  Rev  Ansel  R  Clark,  Huntmgdon,  O  1  66. 

40.  

Synod  op  New  York%-«w  of  ^Twdson— Middle-  Total,       $1220  16 

town  2d  ch  34  93.  WINTHROP^ARGENT,  TVecwursr. 


1873.]  Board  of  Church  Erection.  61 

BOARD  OF  CHURCH  ERECTION. 

Corresponding  Secretary^  Ret.  H.  R.  WiLSoit,  D.D.,  23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 
Tretuurtr,  Nathaiv  Lake,  Esq.,  69  Wall  Street. 

David  said,  "  I  was  f^lad  when  they  said  unto  me,  let  us  go  into  the  house  of  the 
Lord."  There  are  many  hundreds  of  our  Presbyterian  brethren  who  are  strangers 
to  this  joy — for  they  have  no  *'  house  of  the  Lord,"  into  which  they  and  their  fami- 
lies may  go.  Many  of  our  shelterless  flocks  cannot  unite  with  the  Christian  world  in 
observing  this  week  of  prayer,  because  the  school-rooms  or  halls  (their  only  places 
of  worship)  cannot  be  had  for  this  purpose.  Reader,  how  much  do  you  pity  such 
churches,  that  have  no  Christian  homes  ?  Put  your  answer  into  the  collection 
box.  Just  as  I  commenced  writing,  the  following  statement  from  Western  Vir- 
ginia was  put  into  my  hand.  **■!  have  been  laboring  for  fifteen  months  in  the 
counties  of  Calhoun,  Gilmor,  and  Braxton,  preaching  at  more  than  a  dozen  places 
where  there  is  good  prospect  for  building  up  the  cause  of  Christ,  through  Presby- 
terian influence.  But  to  do  this  efibctually,  we  must  have  houses  of  worship,  one 
at  least,  in  each  county.  There  is  not  a  Presbyterian  house  of  worship  in  these 
three  counties,  and  very  few  of  any  other  denomination.  We  are  obliged  to  preach 
in  school-houses,  private  dwellings,  and  often  in  the  open  air.  At  two  of  these 
county  seats,  all  the  preaching  of  all  denominations  is  done  in  the  court-house. 
Before  the  war,  our  people  had  commenced  to  build  sanctuaries,  but  all  these  were 
destroyed  and  the  people  impoverished,  and  up  to  the  present  time  they  have  not 
recovered  from  the  disastrous  effects  of  the  war.  If  there  be  any  region  of 
country  in  need  of  help,  that  region  lies  along  the  water-courses  of  the  Little 
Kanawha  and  Elk  Rivers.  The  people  are  awake  to  a  sense  of  their  necessities ; 
movements  are  on  foot  to  build  three  churches,  one  at  Grantsville,  one  at  Glenville, 
and  a  third  at  Lumberport.  These  people  will  do  all  they  can,  but  they  must 
have  aid  from  the  Board,"  &c.  And  shall  they  not  get  it?  They  suffered  much 
for  their  fidelity  during  the  war,  they  are  strongly  attached  to  our  beloved  Church, 
and  the  mineral  wealth  of  their  country,  which  is  being  developed,  will  soon  enable 
them  to  pay  back  all  that  they  receive. 

SOWING   AND   OATHERING. 

A  brother  in  Illinois,  acknowledging  the  receipt  of  $400,  which  enabled  his 
people  to  complete  their  house  of  worship  free  of  debt,  says :  *'  The  past  fortnight 
has  been  the  most  precious  reason  ever  witnessed  by  our  little  churcn.  The  Lord 
has  been  pouring  out  his  Spirit  in  our  midst,  and  we  have  reason  to  believe  many 
have  found  peace  in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  Give  God  all  the  praise."  Thus  God 
has  fulfilled  to  them  His  promise — ''  Build  the  house,  and  I  will  take  pleasure  in 
it,  and  I  will  be  glorifiea,  saith  the  Lord."  Another  brother  writes :  **We  are 
hasting  to  get  our  new  house  so  that  we  can  worship  in  it,  for  there  is  a  shaking 
in  the  mulberry  trees.  God  is  evidently  in  our  midst,  and  we  are  looking  for  a 
glorious  ingathering  of  souls.''  The  minister  to  a  feeble  church  in  the  west,  hav- 
ing but  twenty  members,  now  in  the  act  of  building,  writes  as  follows :  **  Please 
find  enclosed  il5,  the  contribution  of  my  little  church  to  the  Board  of  Church 
Erection.  We  have  resolved  to  give  this  year  to  each  of  the  Boards  an  average 
of  fifty  cents  a  member ;  and  so  soon  as  we  get  our  house  of  worship  finished,  I 
intend  to  get  them  up  to  $1  per  member  for  each  of  the  Boards."  If  all  our 
churches  would  give  at  this  rate,  there  would  be  no  lack  of  funds  in  the  Lord's 
treasury. 

A  voice  from  Kansas : 

**  Dear  Brother  in  C%rw^— Your  kind  letter,  with  check  enclosed,  has  just 
reached  me.  Please  accept  our  warmest  thanks  to  the  Board  for  their  timely  aid. 
We  had  been  compelled  to  stop  the  work  for  want  of  means  to  complete  our  house. 
Now,  thank  Providence,  we  shall  soon  hear  the  sound  of  hammer  and  saw,  and  see 
the  completion  of  our  building.  -  -^ ^ 


62 


Board  of  Church  Erection, 


l^Febnuiry 


"To  estimate  properly  the  importance  of  the  work  your  Board  is  doing,  one  must 
be  on  the  field,  must  see  and  feel  the  embarrassments  and  vexations  to  which  our 
congregations  are  subjected  for  want  of  suitable  places  of  worship.  We  now 
occupy  a  school- room,  where  most  of  the  seats  are  intended  for  small  children,  and 
are  very  uncomfortable  ;  besides,  the  room  is  used  for  all  sorts  of  purposes — poli- 
tical meetings,  lectures,  dances,  shows,  &c.  The  two  Wednesday  evenings  preced- 
ing the  last,  the  room  was  used  by  a  ventriloquist,  so  that  we  could  not  get  it  for 
our  prayer-meeting.  Last  Wednesday  evening  we  met  for  prayer.  When  we  were 
about  commencing,  two  little  fellows  came  in,  and  approaching  the  desk  where  I 
sat,  presented  a  quarter  of  a  dollar,  and  asked,  *  Will  you  let  us  two  boys  stay  in 
for  this  quarter?'  I  said,  *  Yes,  boys,  you  may  both  stay  in  and  keep  your  money.' 
They  took  their  seats,  well  pleased  no  doubt  with  the  cheapness  of  the  show.  But 
I  could  not  avoid  the  mischievous  thought,  they  will  think  me  the  poorest  ventrilo- 
quist they  ever  heard,  and  think,  *  no  wonder  the  fellow  would  not  take  any 
pay.* 

"But  now,  thanks  to  a  kind  Providence  and  the  Board  and  yourself,  we  shall  soon 
have  a  house  of  worship  where  we  can  meet  without  disappointment,  or  molestation, 
while  in  some  less  favored  parts  of  our  State  the  people  have  literally  to  meet  iu 
*  dens  and  caves  of  the  earth,'*  I  was  invited  a  few  weeks  ago  to  visit  a  Sabbath- 
school  that  statedly  meets  in  one  of  these  caves,  which  they  call  a  dug-out,  having 
no  better  place.  May  these  poor,  shelterless  people,  soon  have  occasion  to  say  of 
some  generous  person,  *  He  is  worthy,  for  he  hath  built  us  a  synagogue.* " 


DOKATIOKS  TO  THB  BOARD  OF  CHUBCH.ErSCTIOH.  DECEMBER  1872. 


SnroD  OF  Albaitt.— P&y  o/il<6anv— Sand  Lake 
ch  6.    Pby  of  TVojA— Cohoes  1st  ch,  «ddM  30. 

Sthob  op  Baltimoei.— P^v  of  New  OwWe— New- 
ark Ibt  ch  21  14.  Fby  of  Washington  atj/— Clif- 
ton ch  10. 

8TK0D  OF  CivcinKAn.—Pby  of  CSn<n*nna«— Cin- 
cinnati, Lane  Seminary  ch  96  90;  College  Hill 
ch  62  20;  Lockland  and  Reading  ch  8.  Pbp  of 
Dayton— Oxford  ch  18  38.  Pby  of  Porlamoutk— 
Portsmouth  IstGer  ch  10. 

Stnod  of  CLEVELAifD.— Pfcv  o/  C?«jrfamJ— Cleve- 
land 1st  ch,  add'l  69  10.  Pfty  of  St.  ClairsvilU— 
Little  York  ch  8.  Pby  of  StwbenviUe—AnnApoha 
ch  12;  Richmond  ch  6  80. 

Stnod  of  Columbu8.~P&ji/  of  Athwt—B&r\ow 
oh  3  60;  Watertown  ch  3  60.  Pby  of  Marxon— 
Cardington  ch  1 ;  Delaware  ch  12.  Pty  of  Wooster 
— Uolmesrilie  ch  10.  Pbu  of  Zane«vi«d— Uran- 
ville  sab-sch  6  32 ;  Patattkala  ch  18. 

8Tif0D  OF  EM%.—Pby  of  AUegheny^hWeghenj 
Valley  ch  16. 

8TM0D  OP  GiNBTA.— P&v  of  G^enevo— Romulus 
1st  eh  U  60. 

Stnod  op  Habusbueo.— P6v  of  Cbr/trf«— Cham- 
bersburg.  Falling  Spring  ch,  in  part  80;  Harris- 
burg,  Pine  St  ch  231  93.  Pby  of  HunUngdon-^ 
Mifllintown  ch,  of  which  66  76  Hpecial,  for  Salt 
Lake  ch  67  76.  Pby  of  Northumberland— )1u.t\\Q' 
ton  ch  6;  McEwensville  ch  3. 

Stnod  op  Illinois,  Gbntral.— Pbv  of  Peoria— 
Farmington  ch  9 ;  Lewistown  en  40.  Pbi/  of 
Schuyler— ShWoh  ch  2  40.  Pby  of  SpriTtgfidd— 
Decatur  Ist  ch  22  76. 

Stnod  of  Illinois,  Nobth.— P6v  of  Chicago— 
Chicago  2d  ch,  in  part  254  94.  Pby  oj  Preeport 
—Galena  Ger  ch  4.  Pby  of  O^umx— Mendota 
chl7. 

Stnod  of  Ilunois,  South.— Pby  of  Alton— KMon 
lutoh  24  75;  Salem  Ger  ch  6;  Sparta  let  ch  16; 
White  Hall  ch  7.  Pby  of  Owro— Carmi  ch  16; 
Salem  ch  6;  Wabash  ch  2  40. 

Stnod  of  Indiana,  North.— Pty  of  Cratofords- 
«^iW#— Frankfort  ch  11;  Kirkland  ch  8  66;  Ox- 
ford ch  2  60;  Sugar  Creek  ch  4.  Pby  of  P\frt 
ITayne— Fort  Wayne  Ist  ch  61. 

Stnod  of  Iowa,  Qovtb.— Pby  of  Dfn  Moine&— 
Hartford  ch  6.    Pby  of  Iowa  City— Orford  ch  4  80. 

Stnod  of  Kansas.- P^o/^fft^Atond— Doniphan 
1st  ch  3  10;  Hiawatha  1st  ch  10  76;  Neuohatel 
oh  6. 

Stnod  of  Long  Island.— Pby  of  Brooklyn-^ 
Brooklyn  1st  ch,  Henry  St,  in  part  372  16. 

Stnod  of  MmNEserAv— P6y  of  St  P!eiul~Litch- 
floldch3. 


SvNOD  OF  Missouri. —  Pbvof  Osafira— Frankfort 
ch  46  cts;  Sugar  Creek  ch  6.  Pby  of  Platte— 
MirabileS  60. 

Stnod  of  New  Jkrsbt.— P6t/  of  Elizabeth— CraW" 
ford  oh  7  ;  Rnhwav  Int  ch  31  16.  Pby  of  Morru 
and  Oran<7ff— Mendham  1st  eh,  add'l  6  69;  Mend- 
ham  2ii  ch,  add'l  20.  Pttv  of  iVciwirA— Caldwell 
ch,  addM  36  68 ;  Hloomfield  ist  ch  80  60.  Pby  ot 
New  Brunswick— Frenchiown  Ist  ch  33  13;  Pen- 
nington ch,  special  80.  Pby  of  Newton — BeWi- 
dere  2d  ch  42  31 ;  Newion  ch  72  06. 

Stnod  of  Nbw  York.— Pfcjy  of  fludwm— Mld- 
dletown  2d  ch,  add'l  :i3  7:1.  Pbv  of  New  York— 
N  Y,  4th  Are  ch.  add'l  .Ti  96;  N  Y,  14th  st  ch 
120  81 ;  NY,  MadiPon  Square  ch,  in  pi<rt768  6o; 
N  Y,  University  Place  cti  624  il :  N  Y.  Wef^t  ch 
391  05.    Pbvof  H«/cA<M/^r—Gi lead  ch.  add'l  2-5. 

Stnod  op  Pacipic.— ^6^^  of  Or*<yon— Portland  Ist 
ch  320  76.  Pby  of  San  Jo«^— San  Buenaventura 
ch6. 

Stnod  of  Philadklphia.— P6y  of  Chester— Doe 
Run  ch  6  69.  Pby  of  Lehigh— AWeniovtn  Ist  ch 
40.  lH>y  of  PAaad«/pA«i— Philadelphia  .Sd  ch 
60  65.  Pby  of  Phtladelphia,  Ontroi- Philadel- 
phia, Northern  Liberties  Ist  ch  100;  Philadel- 
phia, Olivet  ch  25.  Pby  of  H'«#(wMfW<flr— Hope- 
well ch  12. 

Synod  or  PirTSBvnan.- n>u  of  Pittsburgh— PxUf*' 
burgh  1st  ch  HO;  Pittsburgh  Central  ch  61  .36. 
Pbu  of  ITa*  Atn<y  ton— Hoi  I  iday's  Cove  ch  18; 
Three  Springs  ch  6;  West  Liberty  ch  2  60. 

Stnod  op  Tbnnbssbb.— P6y  of  t^nion— Knoxvllle, 
'Shiloh  colored  ch  6. 

Stnod  of  Toi.iDa— Pby  of  Belief ontaine— Upper 
.  8andii>*ky  ch  7  60. 

Stnod  of  Utioa.— Pbv  of  IT/teo— Augusta  ch  6. 
Pby  of  St  Lat«ron«s— Hammond  oh  10. 

Stnod  of  Westkrn  New  York— P6j/  of  Omcses 
—Corfu  ch  10.  Pby  qf  Jiochester— Sweden  ch 
10  85. 

Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance  601  18 

MiscBLLANT.ous.— **P,"  Summit  Hill,  Pa  80;  "A 
Friend  of  Mis-sions,"  N  Y  10;  Jno  R  Groves  1 ; 
R  L  and  A  Stuart,  N  Y  City.  •* special"  600; 
Young  Ladies  Associution  of  N  Y  City,  •' special*' 
lOOO;  Rev  J  C  King  and  wife,  Vinton.  Iowa  3; 
Wooster  ch,  Ohio,  dymg  bequest  of  Miss  Mary 
Rahng  10:  on  account  of  estate  of  Rev  A  Kent 
and  G  C  Kent,  Galena,  111  600. 

Total  receipts  in  December,       $7667  22 

NATHAN  LANE,  TrMUwrm-. 


1873.]  Rditf  F%md  for  Disabled  Ministers. 

RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS, 

AND  THE  WIDOWS  AND  ORPHANS  OF  DECEASED  MINISTERS. 

Rsr.  Gbobob  Hali,  D.Dm  Secretary,  Rkt.  Cbarlbs  Bkowh,  Treasurer. 

OrnoB,  1834  Chestout  Street,  Philadelphia. 


'^IdsUvered  the  poor  that  oried,  and  thefatherUsB^  and  him  that  had  none  to  ^p  Aim.**— Job  zzix.  ISL 


An  a^ed  minister  writes : 

"  Mi/  Dear  Sir — Solomon  tells  us  *  Hope  deferred  maketh  the  heart  sick.*  Qf 
the  trath  of  this  I  have  had  a  painful  experience  while  waiting;  for  the  November 
instalment  from  the  Relief  Fund.  I  borrowed  money  enough  on  the  1st  of  October 
last  to  pay  a  quarters  rent  then  due,  and  gave  my  note  for  sixty  days,  saying  to 
myself,  surely  the  money  will  come  from  the  Relief  Fund  before  that  time  is  up. 
But  it  did  not  come,  and  I  had  to  borrow  again  to  moet  the  note, — and  had  to  bor- 
row again  to  meet  a  quarterns  rent  on  the  Ist  inst.  I  know  that  of  course  you  can- 
not give  anything  out  of  an  empty  treasury ;  still  it  seems  strange  that  a  Church 
which  could  and  did  raise  between  seven  and  eight  millions  of  dollars  in  a  single 
year,  cannot  raise  t/ear  by  year  sufficient  to  pay  promptly  the  comparatively  small 
amount  asked  for. 

"  It  is  more  tban  fifty  years  since  I  began  to  preach  the  gospel,  and  the  average 
amount  of  my  atipend  Jias  not  exceeded  $450  per  year.  My  charge  was  a  rural 
one,  and  for  several  years  I  either  worked  with  my  hands  on  a  farm,  or  taught 
school  to  eke  out  an  insufficient  salary.  But  now  retired  from  pastoral  life,  and 
in  my  seventy-eighth  year,  I  can  do  little  but  preach  occasionally  as  opportunity 
offers.  During  my  ministry  I  have  spent  a  considerable  part  of  my  patrimony  in 
sustaining  myself  and  family ;  and  still,  what  remains,  if  it  be  supplemented 
promptly  by  the  Relief  Fund,  would  enable  me  to  get  along  with  tolerable  com- 
fort." 

Contributions  in  December  1872. 

Stvod  of  MAKWt,-^Pby  of  Champlnm—  Perrynville  ch 

Mra  A  M  Millar  10  00  Clearfork  ch 
S  TJioD  or  B ALTiMoaK.-  Pby  of  Baltimore-  ^  ^f  Zari«y///«-Mt  Vernon  ch 
Deer  Creek,  Harmony  ch  13  00  2,™°^'"®u  ^.^^^'i^x,       ,v    u 
Saltimore  2d  ch, '» T  G  D  "  2  (m»  Pleasant  H  ill  and  Norwich  cha 
CharchTillech  3U  00  Stnod  op  ERUC—Pbt/o/^t/egAony- 
Pby  o/  Neva  OMtZe—Wilminj^ton,  Olivet  ch  6  00  Allexheny  iRt  ch 
Christiana  ch  6  00  Allegheny,  Providence  Mission 
Newark  Ist  ch  11  88  Pfty  of  J?u«cr— PortersTille  ch , 
P!m/  o/  Vfazhingion  CiUi —  /*v  o/£'ri«— Franklin  ch,  additional 
Washinscton,  North  ch  5  00  North-£as\  let  ch 
8TWOD  Of  CwciNHATi.— Pby  0/  ChiUicothe-              .       ^  ©C  ^»"««Titn^-KittanninK  let  ch 
Fall  Creek  ch  6  00  Bethesda  ch 
New  Plymouth  ch  6  oo  Stnod  of  Geneva.-— P^vo/Cbyuiyrt— 
Pbv  of  Cin^^nna^— Cincinnati  Central  ch  178  40   •  Auburn,  Calvary  ch 

Cincinnati  Central  .*<ab-flch  25  00  Fhy  of  CAewung*— Havana  ch 
Fby  of  Portsmouth^  {ronton  ch  66  16  Pby  of  Steuben— Haplea  ch 
St.xod  OP  Cletslaxd. — Pby  of  CXeveland—  Stmod  op  Harrwboro.— P/^o/Cta^/lW»— 
CleveIand  Ist  ch  29  6.3  Chambersburg,  Falling  Spring  ch,  in 
Rome  ch  8  (h>  part 
Guilford  ch  8  20  Harriaburg,  Pine  st  ch 
Chester  ch  8  6U  Big  Spring  ch 
PUy  of  St  aair$vau— Concord  ch  16  00  Lower  Path  Valley  ch 

iviitle  York  ch  6  00  Burnt  Cabinso  oh 

Pt»/  0/ SteuftenviOe—Bethe}  ch  li  00  Carlisle  2d  ch 

Salinevilie  oh  3  64  P&f/o/i7untin^km— Huntingdon  oh 

Now  Philadelphia  ch  10  60  Altoona  2d  ch 

Two  Ridges  ch  22  44  Pby  of  Northumberland— Sanhury  ch 

SraoD  OP  Coi.vMWB.—Pbif  of  Athene—  Synod  op  Illinois,  Central.— 

Barlow  and  Watertown  cha  6  00  pby  of  Btoomtn^ton— Gilroan  ch 

Pbf/  qf  C9/ufi»6iM— Columbus  2d  oh  68  08  Pbv  of  Peoria—Henry  ch 

i%y  of  Jforion— Cardington  ch  100  Knoxville  oh                 ^^^^^ 

Pby  of  Ffoo«<«r— Holmeaville  ch  10  00  Lewwtown  ch     tized  by  VjOOQ  I 


12  00 

8  OO 

22  30 

11  00 

10  00 

108  66 

12  00 

600 

20  (!0 

20  00 

300  UO 

6  36 

800 

9  OO 

300 

150  00 

199  30 

24  61 

10  00 

8  00 

76  09 

119  80 

64  07 

21  71 

7  00 

80  00 

12  60 

86  M 

64 


Relief  Fund  for  Disabled  Ministers, 


[February 


Pby  of  Sr^My^r— Bushnell,  "  A  Lady  **  1  00 

Pbu  of  Springfidd^'lrwh  Groro  ch  6  00 

Decatur  1st  ch  41  61 
8rifOT>  or  Illtnois,  Nortit. — 

Pby  of  Frt4pori^Freeport  2d  ch  6  40 

Marengo  ch  8  0«i 

Galena,  German  ch  2  10 

Pbjf  of  Ottatoa— Ottawa,  let  ch  18  62 

Aurora  1st  ch  9  00 
Sykod  op  Illixow,  SovTn.—Pby  of  Alton— 

Jersey  ville  ch  87  00 

Sparla  Ist  eh  16  OO 

Hillsboro  ch                                 .  8  80 

Balem,  German  ch  6  00 

Pbif  of  Cairo— Carmi  ch  8  00 

Friendfville  ch  2  00 

Gilead  ch  3  ou 

Salem  ch  2  50 

StKOD  OV  iNDIAlfA.  NoRTH.— 

J*by  of  CrawfordsvUic— Dayton  ch  10  00 

Sugar  Creek  ch  3  80 

Kifkland  ch  5  60 

Delphi  ch  19  00 

Waveland  ch  9  60 

Pbu  ofFurt  irayn^-. Waterloo  ch  9  0) 

Elhanan  ch  2  86 

Limach  11  oo 
Btkod  or  Indiawa,  South.— 

i^.V  of  Indianapolis — 

Bloomington,  Walnut  8t  ch  18  10 

Pt»f  ofNeto  Albnnt/—  Pleasant  Township  ch  6  00 

Pbt/of  White  Wafer— Rising  Sun  ch,add'l  6  00 

flagerstown  ch  1  60 
Btxod  or  Iowa.  North— P6.v  of  Cedar  Bapida— 

Rev  John  C  King  and  wife  3  00 

Scotch  Grove  oh  2  00 

Pby  of  Dubuque— Lans'ins  ch  6  00 
SnroD  OF  Iowa,  South.— /%  of  Da  Moinea— 

Hartford  ch  1  Oo 

Pby  of  /ouwj— Union,  Fort  Madison,  add'l  18  uo 

Sialina  ch  3  25 

Fby  of  Missouri  iZiwr— Seward  ch  2  60 

Ulyeses  ch  2  60 
Stnod  or  KAitaxB,— Pby  of  Emporia— 

£1  Dorado  lat  ch  8  CO 
Sthod  of  Long  Uhwu.— Pby  of  Brooklyn- 
Brooklyn  2d  ch  61  67 
Brooklyn,  Westminster  ch  13  62 

Pbu  of  NuMau—Smiihtown  ch  10  76 

Springfield  ch  9  6S 
Stnod  or  MiOHiOAN. — Pby  of  Lansing — 

Homer  ch  16  00 

Marshall  ch  42  84 
Stnod  of  MixvEsorA.r-Pby  of  Mankato— 

Le  Sueur  lf»t  ch  2  15 

Ptty  of  St  Pau^- Belle  Plain  ch  3  00 

Pby  of  Winona — 

Owatonna,  Rev  J  J  Aiken,  D.D.  17  00 
Synod  or  Miaaovtii—Pby  of  Ozark— 

Ozark.  I^rairie  oh  6  60 

Pbt/  of  Prt/myrft— Memphis  Ist  ch,  add'l     1  (K) 

William.«!town  ch                          •  3  oo 

Pbi/  of  Platte— 

St  Joseph,  Westminster  ch  lo  00 
Stmod  'or  Nsw  Jerset.— f%  of  Elizabeth- 

Railway  1st  ch  46  60 

Pby  ofJeraey  CS^v—Hackensack  ch  16  00 

Pby  of  Monmouth— Matlavran  ch  32  00 

Pby  of  Mon  is  and  Orange— 

Mendham  id  ch  16  00 

Mendham  1st  ch  37  34 

Pby  of  Newark— liewark  Ist  ch  108  81 

Pby  of  New  Brunawiek- 

Pennington  ch,  add'l  20  00 

Kirk  Dai  nek.  Memorial  ch  20  00 

Mrs  M  M  Uamill,  of  i^wrenoe  2.i  (lO 

Pby  of  Nnoton— La  Fayette  ch  6  00 

Pby  of  Wut  Jertey— Camden  Ist  ch  76  00 
8TK0D  or  Nkw  \oKt..— Pby  of  Boston- 
Antrim  ch  18  00 

Pby  of  Hudson—  Hopewell  ch  13  00 

*•  A  Friend  of  Missions"  10  00 

Pbu  of  New  York— 

New  York  Thirteenth  St  ch  113  88 

Pby  of  Nortli  iZieer— H  ighland  ch  11  23 


Pby  of  Weftchest4r— 

South  Greenbuigh  Ist  ch  43  00 

Darien  ch  15  tK> 

PeekNkill  1st  ch  43  69 
Stxod  op  Pacific— Pfty  of  San  Josl— 

Centreville  ch      *  18  dO 

San  Buenaventura  ch  lo  00 

Milpitaw,  Mrs  Caaile  2  25 
Srxon  or  Philadelphia.— P6y  of  Lackawanna— 

SuHQuehanna  Depot  ch  22  10 

Pby  of  Lehigh— KWemoMtn  Ist  ch  20  00 

Catasauqun  1st  ch  16  31 

Pby  of  PhUadelphia— 

Philadelphia,  10th  oh,  "a  lady"  6  CO 

Philadelphia,  15th  ch  CO  cu 

Ph  I  ladel  ph  ia.  Went  Spruce  St  ch  304  46 
Philadelphia,    West  Spruce   St   ch, 

G  S  Benson,  E^q  50  CO 

Philadelphia,  Calvary  ch  651  49 

Pbv  of  Philadelphia.  Central— 

Philadelphia,  North  Broad  St  ch  130  69 

Philadelphia,  Mantua  2d  ch  17  00 

Philadelphia,  Ceniral  oh  126  67 

Pby  of  Philadelphia,  North— 

Bensalem  ch  20  00 

Pby  of  Westminster— Leacock  ch  *lb  00 

Hopewell  Centre  ch  9  00 

Columbia  ch  69  5o 
Stnod  of  Pittsburoh.- P6y  of  BlairsvUle— 

Plum  Creek  on  20  00 

Poke  Run  ch  24  <io 

Black  Lick  ch  8  0<i 

Pby  of  Pittsburgh— Long  Island  ch  8  lo 

Mansfield  ch  6  ot» 

Ladies  of  Centre  ch  17  61* 

Hebron  ch                            *  9  40 

Pbu  0/ J2«i«to»s— Sewickley  ch  12  00 

Tent  ch  e  16 

Pbv  of  Washington^Weat  Liberty  ch  5  0  > 

Holliday's  Cove  ch  10  ro 

Three  Springs  ch  5  00 

Pby  of  West  Ktr^mia— Kingwood  ch  2  20 
Stkod  of  Tikkbssbs.— P^^  of  Unum— 

Sprinir  Place  ch  6  60 

New  Market  ch  7  30 
Synod  of  Utica.— Pby  of  Binghamton— 

Nineveh  ch  26  00 

Pby  of  Otsego— Head  of  Delaware  ch  19  60 

Guilford  Centre  ch  11  eo 

Pby  of  S»/rocM«e— Constantia  ch  10  30 

Pbv  of  Utica—A.\ig\Xita  ch  13  90 

Sauquoit  ch  7  03 
Synod  of  Wbstbrn  New  York.— 

Pbv  of  Buffalo— Ht  Catharine's  ch  15  76 

East  Aurora  ch  10  00 

Pby  of  CenesM— Warsaw  ch  21  «»0 

Pbxi  of  Niagara— \ie^\»\on  ch  10  O"* 

Pendleton  and  Wheaifield  chs  5  00 

Pbu  of  Rochester— 0»»\an  ch  2  00 

North  DanMville  ch  30  44) 

Gene.seo  Village  Ist  ch  75  80 

Bykod  of  Wisconsin.— P6y  of  Lake  Superior— 

Ocont<)  ch  21  59 

Pbt/  of  Winnehaqo—Omro  ch  6  00 

Robinsouville  ch  5  oo 

Pbv  of  Wisco7isin  River — 

Richland  Centre  ch  4  2o 

Hassel  Green  ch  2  10 

Lowvillech  1  oO 

Poynette  ch  4  oo 

From  the  Committee  of  Benevolence 
and  Finance  430  80 

MI8CILLANKOU8. 

N  Y,  Sag  Harbor.  George  Basselt  10;  Pa,  Sum- 
mit Hill,  Nathan  Patterson,  E*«q  SO;  N  Y  Ci'y, 
Mr**  S  Bartholomew  100;  N  Y.  Kinderhook,  Mrs 
H  OHowland  10;  "Special*' 78;  N  Y,  Sesrsdale, 
Dr  A  M  Bruen  luO;  N  Y,  Buffalo,  E  B  Babbitt 
10:  Pa,  Providence,  E  Weston  6:  Through  the 
"Presbyterian,"  99;  Tenn,  Gallatin,  A  D  Swan  6 

Total  receipts  in  December,        $5786  k7 

CHARLES  BROWN.  Treasurer, 

Office,  1334  Chestnut  Street,  Phil*. 


1873.]  General  As$emhiy$  Committee  on  Freedmen,  66 

GENERAL  ASSEMBLTS  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN. 

Ret.  a.  C  MoClxllaitd,  Cbr.  Secretary,  Box  1249,  Pittabnrf^h,  Pa. 
Rbt.  Jah.  ALLI805,  D.D^  Treagurer^  Look  Box  43,  Piltsburxh,  Pa. 
£.  G.  Woo9WAK»,  Esq^  Beedving  Agent,  1334  Chestnut  iftroet,  Philadelphia. 


SCOTIA  SEMINARY. 

This  Seminary  for  colored  girls  is  located  at  Concord,  N.  C.  No  people  can 
hare  proper  colture  in  morality  and  virtue  unless  the  females  as  well  as  the  males 
have  the  advantage  of  Christian  education.  Hence  the  existence  of  this  institu- 
tion. It  is  upon  the  Mt.  Ilolyoke  plan,  the  pupils  performing  the  entire  household 
work,  and  so  in  this  regard  also  receiving  very  useful  training.  The  present 
accommodations  are  wholly  inadequate  to  its  wants,  and  funds  are  greatly  needed  for 
the  erection  of  a  suitable  building  on  a  plat  of  ground  recently  purchased  for  this 
purpose.  It  is  yet  in  its  infancy,  but  by  no  means  without  interest,  as  the  follow- 
ing extracts  of  late  letters  received  from  those  having  it  in  charge  will  indicate. 

**  Wo  close  this  month  with  forty  boarders ;  our  long  table,  in  the  form  of  an  L, 
in  order  to  make  it  seat  as  many  as  possible,  is  too  short,  and  has  to  be  reset.  .  . 
It  is  going  to  frighten  our  girls  about  being  put  on  the  cooking  list,*  yet,  so  far, 
they  have  cheerfully  risen  before  daylight,  and  each  one  has  brought  Up  her  part. 
Our  cook-stove  declares  itself  unequal  to  the  task,  and  calls  for  larger  kettles  and 
more  steam.  The  kitchen  also  calls  for  more  space.  .  .  Our  school-room  is  even 
ofer-crowded,  every  seat  is  full ;  we  have  to  seat  a  class  in  the  dining-room  and 
also  use  it  for  recitation.  .  .  Every  available  inch  of  room  is  more  than  occupied. 
.  .  Our  Friday  night  prayer- meetings  are  not  without  some  interest ;  next  to  our 
last  meeting  was  a  Bochim,  not  a  dry  eye  was  present. 
*  Did  Christ  o'er  sinners  weep 
And  shall  our  cheeks  be  dry  7* 

was  sweetly  sung.  .  .  Our  Sabbath-school  is  always  interesting.  We  have  283 
enrolled,  and  many  transient  ones' not  enrolled  ;  two  young  men  of  our  Sabbath- 
school  united  with  our  church  last  Sabbath ;  one  other  was  to  have  done  so,  but  was 
not  able  to  be  out.  .  .  We  hear  from  abroad  that  the  reputation  of  our  school 
for  thorough  training  in  every  respect,  is  turning  the  attention  of  the  people  this 
way.  We  certainly  have  the  prospect  of  great  good  to  the  race,  if  we  can  only 
obtain  the  means.  The  Lord  show  us  the  way  and  give  us  the  hearts  of  his 
people.  .  .  We  shall  have  over  70  scholars  next  week.  For  these  we  have  given 
promises.  We  shall  then  have  one  representative  from  Arkansas,  one  from 
Georgia,  and  two  from  S.  Carolina.  We  shall  cease  to  take  in  any  more.  We  have 
already  been  obliged  to  say  to  quite  a  number,  *  We  have  no  room  for  you,^ 

**  One  gentleman  offers  $1000  for  himself,  and  SlOOO  on  the  part  of  his  sister,  for  the 
erection  of  the  main  building,  provided  that  five  others  will  each  do  as  much.  One 
other  has  acceded  to  this  offer  with  $1000.  Will  not  four  others,  at  least,  do  like- 
wise, and  this  without  curtailing  their  usual  contributions  to  ihe  general  work  of 
our  Committee,  which  cannot  bear  reduction  of  funds  without  serious  embarrass- 
ment. The  gentleman  making  the  above  generous  offer  for  the  special  purpose 
named,  acts  upon  this  principle,  and  lately  sent  lu  $503  for  our  general  work. 
This  was  wise  as  well  as  liberal. 

DONATIOirS  AT  PiTTSBUBOH  FOR  COMMITTBB  OK  FeBBDMBN  IB  DECEMBER  1872. 
*Ti*r»i»  or   ALBiWT. — Pbff  qf  yliftony— MariaTille        O'eek  church  3  60;  Brown  Memorial  ch  6.    Ffty  of 
eh  7;  Ut  eh  Qreenbunb  17.    Fliy  ^tf  G)lumUa-~y%i       Nnw  OiK/e— Port  Henn  oh  »  3*.    Fby  of  Wiuhing- 
cfa  Darham  18.    Pfty  q/"  3V<>y— Wood»lde  ch  11  60.  Um  O/y-Gurley  ch  7. 

sora  CO  ig.  Iti^ekk  OlndnoaU  17 ;  ATondale  oh  7«.   Pbg  <tf  Day 

Stbod  or  Baltivms.— K^  ^  Aiitonortf— Pinejr       tm—fit%teh  Di^ton  4i  ao.  O  . 


.66 


General  A$Kinhfy^$  Oommtttee  an  Freed/men.         [February 


Stvod  of  CLETBL4!n».— P(y  qf  CZraetofuf— First  ch 
OleTelaml  26  62.  Pby  qf  St  Ctoi^tMUe— Rock  IliU 
Ob  6.  Phy  of  iSiC«ttl«nvtZte— Wayoeabuigh  cb  13; 
Bethwda  ch  6. 

Stnod  of  GoLUMBUii. — Fty  ^  Athent—Vom%TOj  fAx 
10.  Pbjf  <if  Oolwmlm»—9eoonA  cb  Colamlus  68  07; 
Dublin  cb  6.  Pby  qf  JVarion— I bm-i a  ob  8  25; 
Maryavllle  cb  8  25.  Pby  </  (fbo9(<r— Wooster  cb 
34;  Jackson  cb  18  22;  Oon}cr«M  ch  9  10;  Waot 
8al«m  cb  2  70;  Chippewa  cb  9. 

8Y1I0D  OF  Ebie.— Hiy  <i/w4avA«ny— Sbarpsburgb 
cb  88  90;  Sewlckley  cb  85;  North  ch  87  89;  Vall^r 
ch  10;  THreotum  ch  14  30;  GroM  Roads  cb  0  50; 
£miiwonh  rh  8  08;  Le«tmlal«  cb  80.  /^/y  qf  Bui- 
ier— Scrub  Qrasfl  ch  28;  Butler  ch  37.  Ptfy  of 
aarton— Perry  ch  8;  New  Rebobothcb  10  25.  Pby 
nf  IV-itf— GonneautvUle  oh  16  30;  SunTille  ob  6; 
QreenTill«ch2&  30.  Fty  qfKiUttnrnng — Lawrence' 
burg  ch  h\ 

St.hod  of  Okieva. — Pfry  qf  Geneva — Oak>  Goraera 
eh  7.  Pby  qf  Xyoiw—Palmyra  ch  33;  Newark  ch 
2S  90. 

8T50D  OF  HARRiBBCua.— P&y  of  OxWixte— Fayette- 
Tllle  ch  11 ;  2d  cb  Carliele,  Pa  3  09;  Pine  H  ob.  Uar- 
riflburg,  50  of  which  is  for  BIddle  144  42.  Pity  qf 
//ufutn^d<m— llollidaynburgb  eh  29  78.  Pby  of 
Abr(A«in6«r<afMf— Levieburgchl  60;  Mahoning  eh 
39  98 ;  2d  cb  LockhaTen  3. 

Stnob  OF  iLUiiois,  CawTRAL— Pby  of  Paoria — 
Eureka  ch  4  U;  Prospect  ob  '^0.  Pby  of  Schuyler— 
Ciinp  Cre*!k  ob  8  50.  Pby  of  -S^rtnfl/leW— 3ab-»ch 
1st  oh  8prlngfield»  N  J  lOU. 

8YN0D  of  Ilunois,  North. — PByo/JVe«por<— First 
cb  Freeport  17  20.  Pby  of  Ot^toa^V\r»t  ob  Plato, 
III  2  50.  Pby  qf  Rxk  J?iver— First  cb  Princeton 
20  46. 

Stnod  of  IiUNoiB,  SoDTB.— /%yo/JUofi — Bethel 
eh  15  40.  Pby  of  tiatro— Firnt  ch  Kinmundy  6; 
KiohTiew  ob  10;  First  ch  Cairo  9;  Enfield  ch  5. 
Ptty  qf  MaUoon—WuBt  Okaw  oh  2  25. 

Synod  of  Indiana,  North.— /^  qf  Crawfordt- 
viUe— KiDgSTille  cb  4  05.  Pby  of  Fbrt  Wayne^ 
New  Lancaster  cb  2 ;  Pleasant  Hidge  ch  5.  Pby  of 
i/ttnci«— NoblesTillecbO;  Istch  Anderson  7;  Tip- 
ton ch  6. 

Synod  of  Indiava,  Sooth. — Pby  of  IndianapoUt— 
Walnut  st  ch  18  75;  Union  ob  5;  ik>otbport  ob  5. 
.  Synod  of  Iowa,  North— P6y  of  Otd'Mr  BajricU— 
Blairstown  ch  4;  Rev  John  C  King  and  wife  3. 

Synod  of  Iowa,  Sovrn.— Pby  qf  Det  Motnet—IU' 
dianola  oh  6.    Ptry  ofJowa  Ctty— Washington  ch  18. 

Syhod  of  KzxifKzr.—Pby  qf  Ebenaer—huthug' 
ton  ch,  per  J  M  Prwitun  20. 

Synod  of  Michioan.— i%y  qf  Xaiuit^^^-'AIbion 
cb4  18. 

Synod  of  Mi!fNB80TA.— P6y  qf  St  i\n(2— Dundaa 
eh  4;  Fore«tch2. 

Synod  of  MissotiRi.— i%y  qf  Otage—Vew  Frank- 
fort ch  70  cts.   i'pyq/i^aUe— Westminster  ch  19  20. 

Synod  of  Nbw  Jbrmy. — Pby  qf  Oorisco — Baraka 
cb,  Gaboon,  Equatorial  Africa  l5.  Pty  qf  Elua- 
&e<A— Westminster  ch  133.  Pby  qf  Monmouth— 
Cieam  Ridge  ob  7 ;  Farmiugdale  ch  5.  Pby  qf  Mot' 
ri*  and  Oran^f— South  st  ch,  Morrlstown  147  40. 
Pby  qf  AetoarJb— Roeevllle  ob  182  32;  RoeeTllle  oh, 
from  two  voung  workers,  to  support  a  pupil  in 
bootia  Seminary  35;  A  member  of  Wiekliffe  cb,  for 
BIddle  Institute  2u ;  Newark,  South  Park  en  V66  66. 
Pby  of  New  Bruntufick—t'oxknh  cb  Trenton  loO; 
Frencbtown  ch  17  46;  1st  ch  Amwell  7. 

Synod  of  Nbw  York. — Pby  of  Hudton — HaTer^ 
straw  Central  oh  20.  Pby  of  New  FbrAs— New  York 
eh  2;  ManhaUnvlUe  eh  4  76;  4ih  Ato  cb,  New 
York,  26  of  which  U  special  for  G  8  Smith,  AtUnta, 
Ga  274  91 ;  University  Place  cb,  N  Y  509  64.  Pby 
qf  North  J^'ver— .Maiden  eh  20.  Pby  qf  WeA  Cheiler 
—Bridgeport  cb  40. 

Synod  of  PAomc.— Fty  qfSan  Jof^— San  Buena- 
Tentura  ch  5. 

Synod  of  PHiLADnFRiA^/^  of  Chuter—^ah-ttih 
Reesevilleeh  10.  Pby  ^  ^ocftatoofiiMi— Newton  oh 
b;  RusbTillech  1  25;  8te?eDS?llle  eh  1  84.  Pby  of 
i^e^A— SammltTllle  ch  10;  Ist  AUentown  ch  16. 


Pf>y  qf  FhamdMpkia,  Cbifral— Betbesda  oh  18  01; 
Sab-sch  1st  ch  Coboeksink  41 ;  Frinceton  ch  23  27. 

Synod  of  Pittsburoh.— i%y  of  BlairsmlU—?lnm 
Creek  ch  25;  New  Salem  ch  22  10;  Parnassus  eh 
6  42;  Cross  Roads  ch  16  13;  New  Alexandria  ch 
50  68.  Pby  qfPiUaburgh—Montonn  cb  21 ;  Canons- 
burg  cb  16  25;  3dcb  Pittsburgh  220;  2dch  Pitta- 
burgh  76.  Pby  qf  Bedtttme—Ker  W  F  Kean  5; 
George's  Creek  ch  5.  Pty  of  IVZKAiru^ton— First  ch 
WbeellBg  50  29;  West  Union  eh  6.  Pby  of  WtA 
Ftr^mia— Sistersrille  cb  6. 

Synod  of  Tolbdo. — P6y  o^^rurott— MmroeTllle 
ch  7  O'J.    l*by  of  i/auinee— West  Ueibesda  ob  10. 

Synod  of  Utica.— P&y  of  Otet^o— Cooperstown  eh 
59  70.  Pbyqf  at  Jkitorenoe— Uammond  cb  10;  1st 
cbRos8ie3  40;  WaddlD^ton  ch  18  56;  Watertown 
Stone  Street  ch,  to  support  girl  in  Scotia  85.  Pby 
qf  Syracu»e—P%rk  Central  rh  !Xi. 

8YNOD  OF  Wbstbrh  Nbw  York.— Pby  qf  Buffalo— 
Breckenridge  Sab-sch,  Bnffnlo  10.  Pby  qf  Geneiee-^ 
Castile  oh  6.  Pby  qf  Aia^ora— Millville  ch  6; 
Uolley  cb  7.    Pby  of  ^ocAcxter— SprlogWHter  ch  5. 

Synod  of  Wisconsin.— P6y  of  Oiippewa—)i\ikc\ 
River  Falls  oh  2;  Hudson  ch  9  50  Ptry  of  JVt7- 
WdwJtef— Jefferson  cb  4  42.  Pby  of  Witconsin  River 
— Lodi  cb  4  68. 

MiscBLLANBODS.— Anonymous  I  50;  Istch  Sidney* 
Ohio  10  10;  Ist  ch  Itbaca,  N  Y  19;  AD  Swan,  Gal- 
latin, Tenn  6;  Rev  G  A  Bo-irdmaa,  D.l),  Casenovla* 
N  Y  12;  1st  cb  WeMt  Chester,  Pa  6  90;  Richland 
Centre,  Wis2:  A  PhilMpR.  Newburg,  N  Y5;  Panama 
cb,  N  Y  8  10;  1st  cb  Galena,  III  7  75;  Sourb  c's 
Galena,  III  7  75;  Girard  ch.  Pa  12  50;  Macon  ch, 
Mo  4  25;  1st  ch  Lyons,  N  Y  9  13;  Mrs  T  H  Huston, 
South  Bloomfield  ch,  for  BIddle  Institute  3;  Na^sau 
ch,  N  Y  6  6);  Abington  ob.  Pa  d;  Oorydon  ch,  Ind 
4;  2d  cb  Elisabeth,  N  J  61  41;  Kansas  City  ch.  Mo 
3  to-,  1st  ch  Catasauqua.  Pa  30  8i;  1st  ch  Geneseo, 
N  Y  84  56;  Tunkhannook  ch.  Pa  7;  1st  ch  West 
Liberty,  Ohio  3  77 ;  Isc  ch  Lawrence,  Kan  26  65 ; 
E  C  W,  St  Louis,  Mo  10;  Gak  Ridge  ch,  Ohio  6; 
Falling  Springs  ch.  Pa  50;  1st  Harlem  cb,  N  Y 
10  55;  J  W  Edwards.  Marquette,  Mich  150;  Napa 
City  oh,  Cal  15;  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa  8  10;  Foreat 
Lee<b,  N  J  4;  Greeowood  oh,  Ind  8  50:  1st  ch 
Auburn,  N  Y  118  26;  1st  ch  Yonkers,  N  Y  185  10  ; 
Rev  A  Porter  and  fsmily.  Bear  River,  Mich  5;  1st 
eh  Portsmouth,  Ohio  lu9  70;  Sab-seb  of  1st  eh 
Portsmouth,  Ohio  100 ;  Kliiabethtown  ch,  Ky  5;  1st 
ch  Denver.  Colorado  26  60;  Society  of  Inquiry,  Wa^ 
bash  College,  Crawfordsvllle,  Ind  10  60. 

Committee  of  Benevolence  and  Finance  269  31. 

Total  Rooeipts  in  December,       $5569  14 
JAMBS  ALLISON,  Treasurer, 
Look  Box  43,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


Rev  8  Mattoon,  D.D.,  President,  acknowledges 
receipts  for  BIddle  Memorinl  Institute,  as  follows : 
From  Mrs  Ellsa  MoOormiok,  Uarrlsburg,  Pa,  60; 
Rev  A  K  Strong,  D  D.,  Uarrlsburg,  Pa,  10 ;  Mrs  A 
C  Brown,  N  Y  bO;  A  Friend,  for  General  Aid  Fund 
20;  Homer  oh,  Pby  of  Lansing,  Hlcb  50;  York  cb, 
Pby  of  Manon  10;  Little  .Mill  Creek  ch,  Pby  of 
Marion  8;  Rev  H  Shedd.  Mt  Gilead,  Ohio  10;  A 
McNeil,  York,  Oblo  5;  W  M  Hanegln  and  wif«, 
Ostrander,  Ohio,  10;  Ladies  from  North  Preach, 
Biogbamton,  N  Y,  for  freight  4;  Mt  Olive,  col  d  oh 
10  60;  Woodland,  col'd  ch  8  10  225  70 

Also  valuable  boxes  of  clothing,  bedding,  and 
books  from  Pros  cb,  Mt  Gilead,  Ohio;  Ladies'  Soe'y, 
Prcs  ch.  Marietta,  Ohio:  Ladies  of  Pros  ob  Walnut 
IlUls,ClncinnaU,0;  and  Ladles  of  the  North  Pros 
eh,  Blngbamton,  N  Y. 

Kev  Luke  Dorland  acknowledges  receipts  for 
Scotia  Sem'y:  Frcm  "Busy  Workers,"  Kossuth, 
Iowa,  on  Sobolarsbip  10;  Mrs  E  G  Brickford,  Oban- 
mont,  N  Y,  Scholarship  40 ;  Box  of  clothing  fh>m 
Young  Ladies,  Frederioksburgh  Ohio,  value  $100; 
Also  boxes  of  clothing  from  Ashland,  Obk> ;  and  C 
L  Williams,  Roekford,  HI. 

Mrs  8  J  Neil  acknowledges  reodpts  for  Rnaaal 
Grove  ch  and  school,  Va,  as  follows;  From  Kittan- 
Ding  eh.  Pa  60;  Flat  Unds  oh  (O  R)  N  Y  25;  Mra 
WE  Knox  2;  and  from  Klmiia  lat  ch,  N  Y,  two 
▼aluable  boxes  of  clothing.  o 


1873.}  Suttentatwn  Committee.  67 

COMMITTEE  OF  SUSTENTATION. 

Ber.  M.  W.  Jaoobui,  D.D.,  Secretary^  818  Ridge  Stroet,  Allegheny,  Pfe. 


THE  CRY  OF  THE  LABORERS. 

Thr  week  07  PRATER  foF  the  oonverslon  of  the  world  is  a  solemn  and  precious 
epoch  in  the  Presbyterian  Church.  It  is  Prayer  for  a  blessing  on  the  labors  of 
the  Gospel  Ministry — in  India,  Africa,  America — the  world  over.  What  now,  if 
along  with  these  cries  that  go  up  into  the  ears  of  God,  the  cries  of  the  laborers 
that  have  reaped  our  Presbyterian  fields,  whose  hire  has  been  kepi  back,  go  up  into 
the  ears  of  the  Lord  of  Sabaotht 

The  Ministry. — The  temptation  is,  that  the  more  favored  ministers,  who  are  in  the 
enjoyment  of  competent  stipends,  will  not  properly  consider  the  obligation  laid 
upon  them  to  help  the  needy  brethren.  The  Qeneral  Assembly  has  even  proposed 
to  the  ministers  a  tithing  at  least  of  their  own  salaries, — not  by  personal  contribu- 
tion, but  by  solicitation  from  their  people,  on  grounds  of  common  generosity.  And 
we  trust  that  no  ministers  will  fail  to  see  how  this  Institution  for  the  Min- 
istrtf  in  our  Church,  commends  itself  to  their  hearty  sympathy  and  aid  as  a  fair 
and  just  provision,  which  may  also  accrue  to  their  own  benefit  in  future. 

The  Churches. — Is  it  not  plain  that  the  great  problem  now  before  the  Church  is 
to  utilise  and  energize  the  ministerial  force  which  is  now  so  scattered  and  inef- 
ficient for  lack  of  proper  support?    We  say,  Settle  the  men  and  pay  them  a  living. 

The  World. — The  view  which  the  world  takes  of  this  matter  is  sound  and  just. 
The  Philadelphia  Inquirer  of  last  month,  commenting  on  a  discourse  delivered  in 
that  city  by  our  able  Secretary  of  Home  Missions,  Dr.  Dickson,  on  ^Hhe  Heathen 
of  the  Pacific  Slope,^^  says:  **  All  the  Protestant  and  the  Catholic  Churches  have 
their  missionaries  at  work  in  this  Western  field.  The  Presbyterians,  Dr.  Dickson 
reports  as  having  sent  out  twelve  hundred  of  their  ablest  ministers.  But  we  are 
surprised  to  find  that  so  powerful  and  wealthy  a  sect  suffer  these  men  to  endure  pri- 
vations almost  intolerdbhjfor  the  lacjc  of  proper  support."  Thus  the  world  j  oints  at 
OB  the  finger  of  reproach  and  rebuke,  as  a  great  corporation  of  God's  House,  keep- 
ing hundreds  of  men  at  hard  work  on  the  poorest  pay — pay  such  as  would  be  a 
reproach  to  any  secular  establishment — pay  not  sufficient  to  keep  the  employees  in 
decent  elothing,  or  wholesome  food,  or  proper  tools  even  for  their  work — pay 
which  makes  them  seem  mean  in  the  eyes  of  those  whom  they  serve,  and  which 
even  disallows  the  travel  necessary  for  their  church  duties— pay  which,  by  its  very 
stint,  defeats  the  proper  objects  of  their  calling. 

Facts. — It  is  proved  that  under  the  Sustentation  Scheme  the  feeble  churches 
are  brought  up  to  an  enlarged  contribution,  systematic,  cheerful  and  liberal,  and 
that  by  the  entire  devotement  of  the  minister  to  his  work,  all  the  branches  of  ser- 
vice are  prospered,  and  the  ample  return  is  made  to  the  church  at  large,  while 
the  feeblest  are  strengthened  to  self-support. 

2.  As  to  the  $1000  salary  for  the  minimum,  it  is  abundantly  justified.  And 
yet  our  committee  found  in  their  investigations  of  1871,  that  out  of  2100  ministers 
m  actual  service,  1248  were  receiving  less  than  SlOCk),  and  622  less  than  $600! 
Waiters  in  our  hotels,  brick-layers  and  plasterers,  and  carpenters  at  their  day's 
work,  receive,  many  of  them,  double  or  treble  the  salary  of  hundreds  of  God's  min- 
isters. The  average  in  our  church  is  computed  at  $650.  While  only  852  received 
over  $1000,  according  to  the  statistics  or  1871 — ^yet  some  of  these  have  3,  5,  or 
$10,000 1  And  a  striking  fact  is,  that  now  some  missionaries  of  our  Home  Board  in 
frontier  mountain  districts,  receive  $2000  as  their  fair  claim,  and  why  then 
should  $600  be  considered  as  any  fair  pay  for  men  in  the  older  States,  some  of  whom 
have  two  or  three  churches  to  serve,  and  must  have  a  horse  and  vehicle  to  traverse 
their  field  7 

Another  fact  is,  that  we  have  (Minutes  1872)  1914  pastors  as  against  1600 
in  1871,  and  the  number  steadily  gaining  on  the  stated  supplies  to  nearly  2000. 
Another  fact  is,  that  the  grand  old  Home  Mission  Board  has  1200  men  in  service, 
not  any  less  than  hitherto,  while  the  Sustentation  Scheme  has  343  up  to  this  date 
on  its  roll,  all  settled  as  pastors  and  devoting  their  whole  time  to  the  upbuild- 
ing of  their  respective  churches.    Half  of  our  whole  ministerial  force  is  in  the 


68  Sustentation  Committee.  [^Fehruary 

Home  Mission  service,  and  our  aim  is  to  advance  and  graduate  as  many  of  these 
as  we  can,  under  our  well-appointed  Scheme,  that  the  Home  Board  may  better 
meet  the  crying  demand  of  tne  great  work  on  the  frontier. 

Our  Church  sustains  her  foreign  missionaries  at  whatever  large  expense  may  be 
necessary,  because  the  heathen  people  are  not  willing  to  pay  for  the  gospel.  And 
why  not  use  the  same  policv  for  the  **  Heathen  of  the  Pacific  Slope,''  and  the 
"Heathen  of  the  Atlantic  Slope,"  as  well? — Why  not?  More  than  half  our 
Home  Missionaries  are  in  the  old  States.  These  ministers  must  be  fully  sustained 
in  order  to  fulfil  the  work  and  accomplish  the  ends  of  the  ministry.  The  cries 
that  come  up  into  our  ears,  are  cries  of  pinching  cold,  and  pinching  poverty — and 
the  Committee  are  not  in  funds  to  pay  promptly  their  dues.  What  avails  a  week, 
or  a  century  of  prayer  for  blessing  on  the  labors  of  the  ministry,  when  a  careless, 
heartless,  or  parsimonious  withholding  of  these  just  dues  stands  as  a  barrier  in  the 
way  of  the  blessing,  and  when  the  cries  of  the  laborers  whose  wages  have  been 
kept  back,  enter  into  the  ears  of  the  Lord  of  Sabaoth. 

Finances. — The  Committee,  anxious  that  the  coutributions  of  the  churches 
should  go  most  immediately  to  the  suffering  ministers,  be^an  hj paying  in  advance. 
It  was  a  timely  relief  to  many  struggling  men.  But  their  second  year  brought  to 
them  so  many  more  applications  without  the  corresponding  increase  of  funds,  that 
they  were  obliged  to  issue  a  circular,  notifying  that  payment  could  be  made  only 
at  the  close  of  the  quarter.  This  was,  to  many,  a  most  grievous  disappointment, 
coming  at  the  worst  season  of  the  year,  when  the  winter's  provision  was  to  be 
laid  in,  and  throwii*^  their  pay  backward  six  months,  although  it  was  most  imme- 
diately needed.  But  the  giving  churches  were  slow  to  send  in  their  contributions, 
and  the  Committee  were  obliged  to  move  cautiously  and  prudently,  so  as  to  pay 
their  just  obligations. 

Up  to  this  date  there  are  three  hundred  and  forty-three  on  our  list,  and  steadily 
increasing,  and  the  dues  are  becoming  so  large  and  pressing  that  we  must  beg  of 
the  churches  to  delay  no  longer.  Most  have  doubtless  placed  this  contribution  in 
the  month  of  February,  according  to  the  Assembly's  schedule,  and  the  Committee 
look  with  intense  anxiety  for  a  general  movement  of  the  churches  during  that 
month  in  liberal  aid  of  our  Treasury. 

For  the  time  that  remains  of  the  financial  year  the  receipts  ought  to  be  fully 
thirty  thousand  dollars  a  month,  and  it  is  believed  that  our  grand  old  Presbyterian 
Church  is  willing  to  meet  this  vital,  fundamental  demand,  for  sustaining  a 
settled  ministry  in  the  more  advanced  class  of  feeble  churches. 

Receipts  m  December. 

ST^frtD  OF  Albist.— /^  of  Cftowpfat'n— Flfst  ch  Plwt  ch  Jersey  City  50     Phy  of  MorrU  and  Oranfft 

Plattsborgh  16.  — Plr«t  cb  Oren^  76 ;  Ch  of  MeDdbam  43  14.    Pbp 

Stwod  or  BALTiM0R8.-i%y  0/  Baliimore-BeWMir  ^,  ^«*'  Brunnoick-^Vint  ch  Prin wton  57  04.    Pbjf 

ch  4.    tf^M  0/  Atw  OuOe-Vint  ch  Middletown  8.  9f  JV^otow-Flrst  ch  Belf  Were  60.    Pby  tff  WeU 

6JWD  Of  Ci.SCTXiiATl.— P&y  of  CinemnaU-ThML  Jermy-PMtBgnrB  GroTe  ch  14  75. 

ch  Clndnnati  oO  8y.'«od  of  thb  Pkcino.—Pby  </  &m  I^ancwM — 

StMODOFCLiviLAXi).— PftyorOeretond-FlrBtcb  Plrat  ch  Oakland  48.                «^     ^  ^  ^       „    ^ 

CfeTeland  49  10.  Fby  qT  SUubenviUe^BethtBAM  ^^Tf^^^i.^'  ^i!'i!l'*"ir?tr ^,  *'^  ^'^''^r^'*' 
h  fi  Nottingham  ch  80 ;  Oxford  ch  I  60 ;  New  London 

_  ^  *  J     --v      m  Phtladelphta,  Ntnih—Ch  of  Deep  Run  24  77.    FOy 

St50O  OF  QtTttVA^nyqfaiyuffa^Ch  of  Cayuga  of  Watminster-Ch  of  UncaPter  41  10. 

15     Fby  of  (7««oi-Ithaca  ch  6  45 ;  West  Fayette  ^  8"fi'  <>'  U  ncA.-Pby  o/  ^in^rAamton-NlneTeh 

ch  4.    Fbi  qf  /;yoiw-Palmy ra  ch  »  60.  «t  J?  30     Fby  of  Ww»- Whlte^boro  ch   4  7o ;  lat 

%xn(ir>    01   likVMWVtiQ.^POy  of  Huntingdon—  ch  Camden,  N  Y  6. 

lilrminKham  ch  46  10  Committee  on  BeneTolence  and  Finance  ft27  «4. 

T^wlatown  ch  29  38  N  Y  60;  T  Q  D,  2d  ch  Baltimore  2  60;  Ch  of  gun- 

8TNOD  OF  ILUHOI*;  NoBTn.-P&y  of  OJtotoa-Mor-  5»P«' N  J  3J;  Ch  of  Bedford  and  "opeweli.  Iowa 

Urhll  76  25;  Ch  of  Blue  Earth  City,  Minn  6;  Chaof  Del»« 

Stmod  of*  iLUMOis.SoUTB.-Pftuo/'^iton— Salem  *•'<>  "<*  OtUwa,  Wis  2«;  Ch  of  Kocheater,  Ind 

8T«OD  or  juaaow,  ooutu.     rug  «y  iiuwi— orniem  ^^  jQ;  Ch  of  Tipton,  Mo  26;  Cb  of  Paoli,  Ind  13  60 ; 

SrioD  OF  TifDUifA,  8ouTH.-rty  of  Indianapolit-  ^^  »[  ''•?*"2".:,J!f  ^„^**L^^v'  Morrlstown.  N  Y 

ntf  r.r  RnvMtown  a  ''^  19  76;  Ch  of  Ridley,  Pa  26;  Ch  of  Ilermon.  Iowa 

^  sJiorTlow  "  No»TH.-«y </  I>u6i47«^H-Second  IJ^  Ch.  of  Peteraburg  and  Oakland,  Ind  30 ;  Ch 

.°,\„K__„.  JA  ^-v         -^  of  Troy,  Kan  26  25:  Ch«i  of  Sharon  and   Primroae, 

sJJonT   foWA,  SonTH.-P6jf  «/  De*  Moinei-  Jowa  32  60;  Ch  of  OlayTill^  N  Y  25 ;  Ijjt  ch  Plato, 

„.  '  *,^  .u  1        '  '    "^  III4:  Ch  of  AndoTer,  ill  26;  Ch  of  Dameetown, 

STNroF  lAsio  I«.AMi>-/^o/BAH,«yi— Edge-  Md  86;  l;tch  Kurelca,  III  iW;  l.t  ch  Peabody,  Kan 

water  ch  21  97.   Fby  qf  iVowoi*— First  oh  HunUng-  27  60 ;  lit  ch  Vermont,  III  2.  

^ljnoi>   OF    MiCHioi».-i^  of   Monroe-Ch  of  Total  Reodpta  In  December.        $210109 

TecnmMb  26.  M.  W.  JACOBUS,  SecreUary  and  Trtaswrer, 

Stmob  or  Niw  Jntn.— P6jr  qf  Jtney  OUy—  818  Bidga  Streat,  AUaghtny,  Pa. 


1873.]     General  Agsembly's  Oommiltee  mi  Benevolence  and  Finance.  69 

GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S 
COMMITTEE  ON   BENEVOLENCE  AND   FINANCE. 


OENSBAL  ABSEMBLT'S  COMMITTEE  ON  BENEVOLENCE  AND  FINANCE,  BOX  3305,  NEW  TOBK. 

SYSTEMATIC  CIRCULATION  OP  INFORMATION. 

To  Ministers  and  Elders  of  the  Presbyterian  Church: 

The  act  of  the  GeDeral  Assembly,  which  constituted  this  Committee,  pro- 
vides for  making  known  to  it  the  "  actual  benevolence  of  each  congregation 
at  all  times/'  and  also  provides  for  the  circulation  of  like  information  in  the 
Presbyteries.  These  two  measures,  viz :  the  preservation  of  a  record  of  the  gifts 
of  each  church  to  our  whole  work,  upon  the  books  of  the  Cpmmittee  which  is 
charged  with  the  oversight  thereof,  and  the  circulation  of  information  in  the 
Presbyteries  which  are  charged  with  the  duty  of  iPresbyterial  supervision, 
were  deemed  of  great  practical  importance.  They  are  calculated  to  promote 
systematic  giving  by  the  influence  of  example,  and  by  directing  attention  to 
churches  which  are  remiss  and  which  need  instruction  upon  this  subject. 

MEASURES  FOR   GATHERING   THIS   INFORMATION. 

In  order  to  secure  this  information  to  this  Committee,  the  Resolutions  of 
the  Assembly  provide  that  it  shall  receive  monthly  statements  of  their 
receipts  from  all  the  Boards  and  Committees  of  the  Church.  And  in  order 
to  circul'cate  the  same  kind  of  information  in  each  Presbytery,  the  act  pro- 
vides that  the  Pastors,  Stated  Supplies,  and  Elders  shall  be  questioned  at  the 
spring  and  fall  meetings  whether  the  directions  and  recommendations  on  the 
subject  of  systematic  benevolence  have  been  complied  with,  and  that  their 
answers  shall  be  recorded  on  the  Minutes. 

IMPERFECT  RESULTS. 

Experience,  however,  teaches  us  that  prompt  and  accurate  information, 
such  as  is  essential  in  order  to  system  cannot  be  secured  in  this  way. 

Rfporis/rom  Boards.  The  reports  furnished  to  this  Committee  by  the 
Boards  are  their  published  receipts  in  the  Monthly  Record.  The  publication 
of  these  is  somewhat  delayed,  the  receipts  of  money  in  November  appearing 
in  the  January  number,  and  so  on  through  the  year.  After  the  Record  is 
received  much  time  and  labor  must  be  expended  in  order  to  ascertain  what 
the  churches  have  really  contributed.  Eight  different  classes  of  receipts 
roust  bo  collated,  the  gifts  of  each  church  to  each  cause  must  be  picked  out 
of  the  general  mass,  and  be  added  together  before  the  benevolence  of  the 
churches  can  be  ascertained.  And  after  the  final  result  is  obtained  it  only 
shows  what  the  gifl^  from  the  churches  amounted  to  some  six  weeks  or  two 
months  before. 

ReporU  to  Presbyteries.  The  reports  made  to  Presbyteries  at  their  spring 
and  fall  meetings  ok  calls  upon  Minbters,  Stated  Supplies,  and  Elders  are 
of  an  unoertain  character.     If  business  is  pressing  the  Gall  is  liable  to  be 


70      General  Assembly s  Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance.     [^Februari/ 

either  postponed  or  made  when  comparatively  few  members  are  present.    What 
is  gleaned  in  this  way,  or  by  Presbyterial  Committees,  does  not  usually  give . 
to  the  Presbytery  a  clear  view  of  the  actual  benevolence  of  the  congrega- 
tions. 

•     PROMPT   AND  ACCURATE   INFORMATION. 

So  far  as  churches  make  all  their  remittances  through  this  Committee,  the 
^rst  measure  deemed  import-ant  by  the  General  Assembly  is  accomplished, 
viz :  a  perfect  record  of  the  gifts  of  each  church  to  our  one  work  is  always 
before  its  Committee.  Thereafter  a  mere  transcript  from  this  record  sent 
down  to  each  Presbytery  quarterly  or  semi-annually,  fulfils  the  second  require- 
ment of  the  Assembly,  viz :  the  presentation  before  each  Presbytery  of  an 
accurate  statement  of  the  actual  benevolence  of  its  congregations.  It  is 
worthy  of  special  notice  that  in  both  these  cases  the  required  information 
would  be  furnished  without  a  day's  delay,  and  without  the  labor  and  expense 
of  a  compilation  from  eight  different  sources. 

CHRISTIAN    LIBERTY. 

The  Executive  Committee  recognizes  to  the  fullest  extent  the  perfect 
•freedom  of  every  church  to  remit  according  to  the  pleasure  of  its  session, 
either  to  S.  D.  Powel,  Treasurer,  23  Centre  St.  New  York,  for  record  and 
transmission  to  the  Boards,  or  to  the  eight  Boards  and  Committees  as  here- 
tofore. But  the  instructions  of  the  General  Assembly  to  this  committee  to 
^^  systematize  the  liberality  of  our  people,''  constrains  them  to  explain  the 
method  which  experience  proves  is  the  more  perfect  and  economical. 

SYSTEM. 

In  order  to  the  perfection  of  system  in  the  management  of  the  finances 
of  the  church,  it  is  a  prime  necessity  that  we  regard  all  the  schemes  of  the 
Assembly  as  One  Wbrky  in  the  most  absolute  sense  a  unit.  When  this  truth 
is  realized,  it  becomes  equally  clear  that  if  the  Presbyterian  Church  is  ever 
to  have  a  supervision  of  its  benevolent  work  so  perfect  that,  in  the  language 
of  the  Assembly,  the  actual  benevolence  of  each  congregation  shall  be  before 
the  Assembly's  committee  cU  all  time^,  the  remittances  which  that  committee 
are  to  supervise  must  first  come  to  it  for  record.  And,  on  the  other  hand,  if 
the  Presbyteries  are  ever  to  receive  prompt  and  accurate  information  of  the 
actual  benevolence  of  their  churches,  and  recQive  the  same  in  time  to  apply 
the  remedy  for  neglect  during  the  then  current  year,  that  information  must 
be  sent  to  them  from  a  committee  that  is  itself  first  possessed  of  the  data  by 
having  actually  received  and  recorded  the  gifts. 

Finally,  as  a  sample  of  a  report  from  this  committee  to  a  Presbyterial 
Committee,  we  beg  to  refer  you  to  the  annexed  (A),  rendered  30th  of  Nov- 
ember last,  and  which  included  all  offerings  up  to  one  o'clock  of  that  day. 
Very  respectfully, 

W.  S.  GiLMAN,  ^   Executive  Committee. 

John  Taylor  Johnston,   I      of  the  General 
Georqe  De  Forest  Lord,  >  Assemhli/*s  Committee 
John  Thomson,  D  D.,  on  Benevolence  and 

E.  A.  Lambert,  J    ^       Finance. 


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REMITTANCES. 

All  letters  contfiining  remittances  should  be  addressed  to  S.  D.  Powel, 
Treasurer  of  the  General  Aisemhfy^B  Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance^ 
23  Centre  Street,  in  order  to  avoid  mistakes ;  Mr.  Powel  being  Treasurer  also 
of  the  Board  of  Home  Missions.  All  other  correspondence  should  be  ad- 
dressed to  W.  S.  Oilman,  Chdirman,  Box  3305,  New  York. 


TlscEfPTs  IN  December,  1872. 

JB^ Synod*  \x\  smiil  capitals— PresbyterieB  to  Wa/ic*— Chnrehe*  In  Roman. 

K^  Dhtrihuhon  is  made  preriseft/  as  donors  Winn  eh,  ffpecinl  13  61.     Winona — Chatfield  ch 

direct    The  word  "ppecial'*  designntM  offerings  70  74:  Preston  ch  :W  89                                   184  22 

far  but  a  part,  and  not  for  the  whole  work  of  the  Nxw  Jbrskt.— ^/(2af)«fA— Ro!>elle  IstchSab-sch 

Church.  21  20.    A'ew  Brunswick— km\rQ\l  Ist  ch  2&  13 

46  83 

AL0A5T. — ^ /bant/— Albany  1st  ch.  specinl  ^r        ^           „.,„... 

ion  (Xi  Nk^   York.— /riid«on— West   Town  eh   28  22; 

^      .      ,    „.             ...      L           .  .  Hfttnptonburgh  ch  36;  Goodwill  oh  68  60;  Mid- 

CLETBtAXi>-Cy«'«//i«^StronesvilIe  ch. spi^csl  ^,^^^^„  ,^j  ^^^  ^^ .  p^jj^j^s ch  63  98:  Milford  ch 

16  ^'K    SleubenviUe^B^con  Rid.ech25       40  26  ^.   waahm«tonTi!le  1st  ch  100;  Port  JerTlsch 

CoLABC8  —  Troo«t«r-ShreToch,  special     7  35  26.    New   Forik—New  York  Brick  th  2201  83 

KtLit,—Shenango — Hermon  ch.  special     146  50  2588  C3 

GE.fEVA—S/c«6en— Hornellsville  ch,  special  PniLADKLPHU.—C'jM/cr— Media  ch  52.    LehUjh 

148  OO  — Weatherly  ch,  special  16                             68  00 

HAaRi8DnRa-i7M»iffr?'7rlon— Bellefontoch389  3n;  Pittsburoh.  —  If n«/imi7toa— Wheeling    4th   ch 

Lewistown  ch  125;  Miffliniown  and  Lo<»t  Oeek  4  20.      West    Kiryinio— Pennsboro'    ch,    special 

ch.    special    6  50.     iVorMum^rr^nmi— Williams-  19                                                                           23  20 

port  2d  ch  76  75.    TTelfeboro'— Well sboro'  1st  ch,  Tolkdo.— Be/te/bn«a<n#— BellefonUlne  Ist  ch 

special  75                                                         672  55  17  65 

iLuxois,  CEirrRAL.— B^oomington— Bloomincton  UTiOA.—5j/ra«M»— Liverpool  ch                 31  88 

2d  ch,  special                                                 225  00  .    Western    Nrw   YoRK.-Gc««fe '  Ta^/ey-Cuba 

iLLCiois,    North.— C?iuKW)— Chicago    1st    ch  ch,  special  66.    /ZocAwter— Pitts  ford  ch,  special 

861  19.    Rock  /J/pcT^-Oeneseo  ch  6              870  19  ic;  Rochester,  Central  ch  243;  Rochester,  West- 

lLUiioi8,8ocTTH.— i/atto<m— Panach             84  10  minster  ch  123  84                                          438  84 

Indiana,   North— Oaw/brrfstfitte—Perrysrille  *toiK\             l<>C97  03 
ch,  special  4  45.    Jfuneie— Wabash  ch  44     48  45 

Indiana,  Sooth.— /ndwnapolM— Indianapolis  2d  •    i»w*ibdtid  as  follows: 

ch  299  10.    New  iiibar^/— LeaTenworth  ch,  spe-  Foreign  Missions $2246  60 

clal  10  309  10  Home  Missions ^    1763  56 

Iowa,  North.— lFrtr«rtoo-State  Centre  ch   3  60  Church  Erection COl  18 

Iowa,  Sooth-/o««  Ctty-Red  Oak   ch,  sp«H  f*"^****'' —      ^^ 

ci-i  10  M  Sustentation « „ 627  6* 

*^'"'  „     .        ,   .         .  ^»  ou  Minlstorial  Relief. 430  80 

Kansas.  —  Neosho  —  Independence  ch  10  60.  Freedmen                                               269  31 

TbpcAa-Rer  and  Mrs  P  S  Cleland  10           20  60  PublicaUon'I!17.Z.\'.Z.Z.I.'.'."".".*.*r     262  80 

Long  Island. — Long  /sinnd— Setaaket  ch  13  30  ■ 

MicHiOAN.- ionsMi^-Mason  ch                 40  00  ^^^  ^ 

Minnesota.-^  Pkntf-St  Good  Ist  ch  10;  8t  A-  !>•  POWEL,  Trsasur«r. 

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Ecclesiastical  Record. 


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ECCLESIASTICAL  RECORD. 

The  offices  of  the  Boards  of  Foreign  Missions,  Home  Missions,  and 
Church  Erection,  are  now  at  23  Centre  Street^  New  Tork. 


DISSOLUTION   OF   THE  PAST^EAL    EELATI05. 

Rev.  ZsLH.  A.  Paige  and  the  Westminster 
«liurch,  Qoincy,  111. 

Yk^v.  G.  K.  Alden  and  tbt  chttrch  at 
Coof-erstnwn,  N.  Y. 

Kpv.  John  S.  McCoDoell  and  the  dmrcb  at 
Pnntiac.  111. 

Bev.  XL  D.  Jenkins  and  the  Central  chuich, 
Johet.  III. 

0RDI5ATI05S   AND*  IBSTALlATIONft 

ReT.  Jnrmes  W.  Wighlman  was  installed 
pnstor  of  the  church  of  McKeesport,  on  the 
iJlst  of  December.  " 

Rev.  E  F.  f'isk  was  installed  pastor  of  the- 
Hiurch  of  D«  Quoin,  111.,  on  the  15th  of 
Decemb'^r. 

Rev.  Henry  W  Fish  was  installed  pastor 
of  the  church' of  Hamlet.  HI.,  on  the  l^h  of 
December. 

Mr.  Rob  Rot  McGregor  McNnlty  was 
ordained  and  installed  pastor  of  the  West- 
micster  church,  Columbos,  on  tht  14th  of 
November. 

Rev.  A.  D.  Hawn  was  installed  pastor  oC 
Second  church,  SbinesviUe,  Ohio,  oa  ttie  15th 
of  November. 

RcT.  J.  L.  Lower  was  installed  pastor  of 
the  church  at  Union  CUy,  Pby  of  Muncie,  on 
the  21at  of  Kovember. 

Ker.  F.  K.  Elliott  was  inptalled  pastor 
of  the  church  at  Rochester,  Ind.,  on  the  26th 
of  November. 

Mr.  S.  S.  Gil  man  was  ordained  and  it>- 
atalled  pastor  of  the  Second  church,  Bowling 
Green,  Ky.,  on  the  6th  of  October. 

Rev.  Francis  J.  Collier  was  installed  pastor 
ef  the  Central  chorch,  Dowmngtown^  on  th» 
9Ui  of  October. 

Rev.  Stuart  Mitchell  was  installed  pastor 
of  the  chwroh  of  Bloomsburg,  Pby  of  Nojstb- 
umberland.  on  *he  17th  of  October. 

Rev.  Robert  F.  McClean  was  installed  pastov 
of  the  Wayne.sbojo  church,  Pby  of  Carlisle, 
on  the  23d  of  October. 

Mr.  J.  T.  Gibson  was  ordained  and  ii>- 
sial led  paster  of  Govane  Chapel,  Govanetowu, 
Md.,  on  the  15th  of  September. 

Rev.  Frederick  G^  Clark  was  installed  pas- 
tor of  the  Tompkins  Avenue  choccb,  Brooke 
Ijn,  on  the  17th  of  September. 

C^LLS  BECEIYEV  Oft  A«OEPTED. 

Rev.  James  A.  Paige,  to  the  ckurch  at 
RiiJihville.  111. 

Rev.  George  Spinning  to  the  church  at 
Berlin.  Wis. 

Rev  D.  G.  Bradford  to  ti)«  Fiist  church, 
Lafayette,  Ind^ 


Rev.  Wm.  House  to  the  Congregational 
chorch.  Barrington,  Rhode  Island. 

Rev.  Thomas  B.  McLeod  to  the  churcb  at 
Sandy  Hill,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  W.  R.  Glen  to  the  church  of  Monti- 
eello.  HI. 

Rev.  B.  Carrell  to  the  chorch  at  Kingwood, 
U.  J. 

Rev.  R.  T.  Price  to  the  church  of  Belle vue; 
Allegheny  PVesbvtery. 

Rev.  George  W.  Crofts  to-  the  church  at 
Sandwich,  111 

Rev.  J.  B.  McLeod*  to  the  church  of  Joliet, 
HL 

Rev.  Thomas  Street  to  the  First  cb  of  New- 
bnrgh,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  H.  I>.  Jenkins  to-  the  First  church, 
Freeport,  111. 

Rev.  Oliver  Hemstreet  to  the  cl)urch  ia 
Gahray,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  J.  L  Ru.<»sell  kythe  First  church.  WaL 
nut  Hills,  Ohio. 

Rev.  H.  P.  Burnes  to-  the  church  at  Collar 
mer,  Ohio. 

Rev.  J.  W.  Edie  fc>  the  church  at  Ebens- 
burg,  P'a.  « 

Rev.  F.  M.  Woods  to  the  charch  of  West 
Middlesex.  Pby  of  Shenango. 

Rev.  Andrew  Viftue  to  Centre  churchy 
Indiana  Co.,  ra. 

Rev.  S.  P.  Specher  to  the  First  church, 
Utica,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Thos.  Jefferson  McClelland  to  the- 
church  of  Cross  Roads,  Pby  of  Allegheny. 

P08T-0FFIC8   ADFRBSSBS    CUANaED. 

Rev.  R  Catr  Condit,  froo^  AJgona  to  Ack- 
ley,  Hardin  Co..  Iowa. 

Rev.  J.  Garland  Hamner  from  Salisbury, 
Md..  to  716  French  St..  Wilmington.  Del. 

Rev.  J.  N.  Young  from  Fillmore,  Mo.,  to 
Salem,  Neb. 

Rev.  C.  H.  Palmer  from  Watseka.  111.,  to- 
Deer  Creek,  HI. 

Rev.  John  Stuart  frook  Decatur,  O.,  to  Van- 
dalia,  HI. 

Rev.  James- S.  Hawk  froov  Wilkins,  Pa.,  to 
WaUonville.  Cal. 

Rev.  James  Otti^Denniston  from  Erie,  Pa^, 
to  Upper  Kingston,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  James  Junius  Marks,  D-.D-.,  from- 
Brook ville,  Pa.,  to  St  Louis,  Mo. 

Rev.  R.  B.  Foresman  from  Middagh's,  Pa., 
to  Johnsonsburg,  N.  J. 

Rev.  Robert  P.  Kennedy  from  Newport  to 
Faulkland.  Del. 

DEATH. 

Rev.  Matthew  Bigger  at  Boshnell.  Ill  .  on 
on  the  31st  of  December,  IS72,  in  the  55th 
year  of  hi»  age. 


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Board  r»'  Hirnii  M  s^ln ».—««[*- iH  from  [Vnn*ylir(ioi*i— Frvu  WUi*/iT>»Jn— From  TIHMoii— Fri^-n 
|(»^v;i  — IioMj  Wi-i*ii  rn  Mi.-i^iin— Kumn  Kmu^h-i— Littlo  ilHty's  l>viEit(lJiti— tiuinfr  MEHfiosi  Appoin,* 
HttMHi*  m  ♦Ummry— KceoiM*--— "-^  '-**- ■*"• ...-...«►.-.»«,.... ...»..,. ^»....» ^,„..,* 7 J 

Board  oi  Etlqcation,— The  Month  fur  KUiirittiMU— liivnt  Kuctn  H<'nrlti|j;  on  iHie  Anuunl  Colled  .on — 
r.^r  VVhn»  ili«  5Ikh\v  i*<  Nc*4*tl^<l— Let  y^nn  ehufuh  uual,nljiite— L'utitrtbiiliona  from  tJjmoiis^ 
lfiifr«^(if)>r  Ejiii-iictit  horn  Lctter^'-llcci'tiHit.. «^.. «... «.... SI 

Board  of  Foreign  M  «sion«.— kerenl  IntHlin^lloe— tlt?iifwjiis  of  ■*  CljUr^rr  Work  In  M8p*k.ng— 
hi  i>iltMi:li-^i-lifH>ls  nnj  Mi!!>.-]i[jn:^ — ^luw,  but  Hu|j>tiriil  Work  — ^incou^^gcllleIll  **  In  Ike  Regkun  nUtiiK 
M  ;.  dt.-rEnuh  ^'—iMtmUttum „.,,.,..,. .- * 6a 

Board  of  Fubllcallon.— The  Teclimony  of  a  VetiTHn— MichigHH  BjnCKi— New  PuLlicaUoDB^Donap 
iioD*. »..,.,..,..„.., ..« „ ,...,.      &3 

Board  dI  Charcb  Brcttion. — Church  Ei'eclioa  Overitikiug  Clmrch  OrgAtniaiJQU— DonAtfonti 08 

He  it>  Fund  forDiaabled  MLniiterj.— LiabitilldM  of  Ihft  Rjcllo-f  Fund — Con tribntioDS. 9S 

QpnermL  Asmerobly^ft  Oonimittee  on  Freedmoa.  — March— ponnUons... ..,.....»...!.- 100 

Qtneral  Auembly'B  CQiiiiD.lt1ee  on  Snsteotation. — Bpt^cimen  TeMi monies  from  l>iR)irent  Field e — 

Ut?<'eipfi*..,... ...........K.. ^...1«. .-.*...  mi 

General  A^aeinbLy'*  Cotamiltpi!  on  Benevolence  and  nn«ice.—Tiirin—Econr>mir— Relief  to  Min. 

J^^erft«— .^«iile.H  Regarding  tbc*  ALMiouol  Churcht'ii»i:c— RujniiUiiieeH— Roaeipist.........,^.. tO] 


THE  OEXEUAL  ASSEMBLVS  COMMJTTEK  ON  BENE  VOL  KKCE  AXD  FINANCE 
luivc  rc'i'OTiMiR'niJjpd  to  till  <jr  the  churohe**  f^yj-lnnmlk-,  itrnyc^rfnl,  wec^kly  or  mmuhlj'  olTerings  for 
llie  whole  work  of  lh«  Churoh  ua  u  pmrl  of  the  Mi»ri<liiiJ  of  ijiuU*;*  lumni?;  ttud  rogulnr  mrtnilily 
n'KiHtHiH't's  fur  iill  or  the  BoiU'ds^  Also^  llial  chnrfhoi  which  pi-eftn'  antinnl  collfL'lij>Ha  sboulct 
huL  ftiik  lo  uxka  them  np  nl  the  Umo-4  h'aroiofoi-u  du^L^n^itoJ  by  thu  tienunU  .Vsscmbiy,  vu: 

J.mnnry  6 ,Fi*r  Foreign  Mluiom, 

Kihruiirj  'i  ...... Kmc  SuAieatdtion. 

Miiiuh  2,.. Kor  Education. 

ilay  i ........For  FnblitaUon. 


Jnly  fl...^ For  Cbiarcb  Erection. 

Se]>te>inLei-7...For  Ministerial  Relief. 
For  Homer  M.»ioaB. 

Dccembi'r For  Freed  men. 

M9^  '*Ifo  chiitch.  not  complying  witii  tlio  tlirm-*Hons  of  tVio  .\!*sefiib^y  to  m.mke  co1lecUon«  for" 
the  scvcn^t  Buiird^,  sb&lL  rticeive  aid  fi'um  lIi4}  funds  of  the  {'\uircU"—AttituiM  o/lHTl,  pogi^  ^l. 


FOllM  OF  BEQUK8T    TO  ANY  OF  THE  BOAUDS. 

Till*  Slat*?  \m\.^  ditfor  ^ct  pnuoh  Hint  no  ono  form  will  Mii-swer  Ea  all  thuBtute^,  but  In  every  cas* 
it  1^  «^t!4<ntlttl  to)eivo  iho  RiiJiiT  cor  runt  vtk  (vaus, 

H«'qneHi<^  for  Home  Misflion*  ahoiihJ  tw  mnOe  to  "  The  B'jartlftC  Romt  Miiiiottt  of  th€  Presbt^Urian 
C/t  fifth  tti  iht  Untied  ^tnfcA  of  Atufiica^'"  wJiich  I  si  now  Ihf  corpon^lt'  lillt*. 

Of  tho  Board  of  Bducation  the  ^orpornto  tmnie  is  "  The  Mottni  oj  Etiuo^tion  of  lh»  Preabi^terdm 
iiixuch  in  tff€  Uititui  atate^of  Amoirtt," 

rise  Board  of  Forei^  MietLont  i^  incorpnrnted  nn^ter  the  luwji  nf  Sevr  Yorkt  under  the  style  of 
■•  T''f  Mutird  of  Fwrasii  .UtMtonsqf  the  rnf<i**i/ft*ntn  Ch*iteh  im  the  t.^ti>il€d  StnfcM  of  AmnriefiJ" 

'ihe  Boajd  of  Publication  i»  in-^orporated  imdor  the  hivrn  of  l»eiiiisylvanift,  untior  the  ttyle  of 
"  The  Truiifee*  of  the  Pre^biftirinti  fi'm'd  fif  I'^Mfrathn." 

Thf  Board  of  Church  Erection  id  Sm-i^rponUt'il  nndpr  tho  fly\e  nT  *'  7%f  Trmtt^  of  tAe  Church 
EtrcttfjH  Furiduf  fti6  Ucttfrnl  AMeinUt^f  nf  the  I\t»hfiti:naH  CftHrrh  in  th*  ruittd  Slntttt  vf  AtHcrictk,** 
iiicorp'-rnted  MaiM^hUlr  IfCvt,  by  (hc^  lA'^tj^hitiar^  of  llie  Btsite  of  N'tnv  York, 

lU'(pirt?<ts  that  hiivo  bfen  niftdo  tn  I  he  **  TtH^UfA  af  thr.  Generttl  Ammbftf,''  or  to  the  "  Tnatea  cf 
iht  l^rsfhiitfttiin  ItuHnc"  \'vT  CJmrch  puipOriiosiT  wiH  be  vnlii]. 

All  Bequ eats  m^^ido  lit  tin*  ItiCMrpi^rpiled  H^^wrds  or  Coniinlttc***  of  the  two  bilr  AsHcn)b]Je»  nre 
vhIhI  iind  sviJIi  be  reuciveti  by  tho  lionnii*  whii-h  ure  thotr  le|?id  }*U''ce»<tors. 

Ihc'  Beliel  Fund  wt  Disabled  MizdKtera,  and  the  Widows  and  Orpkaoa  of  Dec«aied  MiniBiej« 
ri'qiiirt'jt  ttie  follow hig  form: 

'  i  uivt;  and  bc^qim^rilli  lo  my  f'3(crnt<ir*  hpreinafler  nnmc<i  — — ^dnlhirs  in  trnsV  nefertliele**, 
rbnl  ilii»-y  shftU.  within  —  -  mt>filh«  alicr  niy  iie cease*  pay  theniime  to  ih^  TruMtrta  of  tht  Gcnc^nt 
AMt^>ftl^i%fofftt6  rrahtftcrlnn  Church  in  thn  Utiitcii  Statcto/Amnidit  for  Ihe  use  of  the  Fund  for  b:»* 
nblrd  Mini^'iterR  and  their  F/imilk<ii."  C^ r^r\n]^ 


\l'h&n  itnt  ^tntt  or  other  ptopcrtt/  ii  given,  tei  it  b«  pitriUutartp  t 


THI 

PKESBYTERIAN  MONTHLY 
RECOKD. 

Vol.  XXrV.  PHILADELPHIA,  MARCH  1873.  No.  3. 

BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 

As  we  began  last  month,  so  we  continue  this  month  to  let  the  missionaries 
speak  for  themselves. 


The  following  grateful  letter  is  from  one  who  has  been  serving  a  church  in  the 
suburbs  of  one  of  our  great  cities.  We  publish  it  because  the  people  are  divided 
on  the  question  of  keeping  a  missionary  cnuroh  in,  or  in  the  neighborhood  of  large 


cities,  or  large  churches.     This  letter  is  from 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

I  transmit  this  report,  the  last  (by  your  leave)  of  my  labors  as  your 
missionary  for  the  above  named  church.  As  other  arrangements  for  the 
maintenance  of  the  gospel  ordinances  will  be  made  by  the  congregation  from 
and  after  the  present  date. 

In  taking  leave  of  your  Board,  I  am  authorized  by  the  officers  of  the 
charch  to  express  to  you  their  most  grateful  acknowledgments  for  the  very 
prompt  and  liberal  aid  rendered  them  by  your  Board  in  maintaining  so  long, 
and  we  trust  by  the  blessing  of  God,  establishing  among  them  permanently 
the  institutions  of  the  gospel  according  to  the  order  and  discipline  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church.  Meanwhile  encouraging  progress  has  been  made  in 
the  proper  loork  of  the  Church,  when  all  the  disadvantages  of  our  situation 
are  considered.  In  a  suburb  of  this  large  city,  planted  in  the  midst  of  a 
rather  heterogeneous  population,  with  a  small  and  externally  unattractive 
church  edifice,  acid  obliged  to  feel  the  overshadowing  influence  of  large  and 
flourishing  churches  of  our  own  order  at  no  great  distance  from  us,  we 
have  yet  maintained  at  considerable  expense  a  flourishing  and  efficient 
Sanday-Bchool,  filling  to  the  utmost  capacity  our  chapel,  and  also  the  adjoining 
ichoolroom. 

Oar  teaohera  hare  been  cheered  by  frequent  tokeni^^iheSd^^F^^eMiii^ 


74  Board  of  Some  Mts9um$,  [^Marck 

upon  their  labors,  in  that  several  of  the  older  pupils  are  found,  from  time  to 
time,  taking  upon  themsel\%s  the  vows  and  duties  of  Christ's  disciples. 

Our  week  reviewing  services,  three  in  number,  viz :  Bible-class,  prayer- 
meeting,  and  lecture,  are  well  attended.  Our  regular  Sabbath  morning  con- 
gregations fill  our  little  chapel,  and  there  are  cheering  indications  of  a  grow- 
ing interest  in  the  worship  of  the  sanctuary  on  the  part  of  the  impenitent, 
insomuch  so,  that  we  are  encouraged  to  labor,  and  pray  in  hope. 

The  church  now  owns  its  house  of  worship,  and  two  large  and  valuable 
lots  without  any  incumbrance  whatever.  One  of  these  was  secured  to  the 
church  within  the  past  year,  through  the  liberality  of  a  generous  elder. 
Upon  this  latter  lot,  as  a  more  eligible  site,  arrangements  are  now  making  to 
erect  (we  hope  the  coming  season)  a  commodious  church  edifice,  such  as 
shall  meet  the  wants  of  the  neighborhood  for  a  few  years  to  come. 

The  field  as<»ia:ned  to  this  church  is  an  increasingly  interesting  and  hopefal 
one,  but  it  demands  labor,  and  self-denial,  and  faith.  While  much  has 
already  been  effected  for  good,  yet  more  ought  to  have  been,  and  we  are  most 
painfully  conscious  of  our  own  inefficiency  as  toilers  in  the  vineyard.  Still  the 
Master  has  wonderfully  blessed  us  in  point  of  physical  strength.  During 
the  whole  of  our  ministry  here,  we  have  been  publicly  employed  in  preach- 
ing the  gospel  without  the  intermission  of  a  single  Sabbath,  and  during 
this  time  no  stated  service  of  our  church  has  been  omitted  for  any  cause. 
AVith  the  most  grateful  acknowledgments  of  your  generous  assistance  in 
the  past,  and  with  a  pledge  according  to  our  ability  to  assist  your  Board  by 
our  contributions  in  the  future,         I  remain.  Yours  fraternally. 

The  following  letter  is  from  a  missionary  in  W'sconsm.  His  field  is  one  of  the 
largest  towns  in  the  State — so  largo  that,  in  the  judgment  of  our  friends,  there 
was  room  for  a  Presbyterian  church,  though  there  had  been  a  flourishinir  Congre- 
jiational  church  there  many  years.  We  call  special  attention  to  their  chapel. 
They  secured  early  a  church  home,  and  the  total  cost  of  the  building  was  $1UOO! 
See  how  much  comfort  aud  promise  so  small  a  sum  has  brou^^ht  them. 

Wisconsin,  December  23,  1872. 
Dear  Brethren — I  enclose  my  second  report  as  stated  supply  and  mis- 
sionary at  Oshkosh.  The  chief  token  of  progress  this  quarter  has  been  the 
completion  of  the  chapel,  dedicated  November  22d.  When  we  fully  resolved, 
•*Thc  Lord  our  God,  He  will  prosper  us:  therefore  we  His  servants  will 
arise  and  build;''  it  is  surprising  how  we  were  borne  along  to  the  end.  One 
of  our  elders,  providentially  out  of  business,  devoted  himself  to  the  work  of 
securing  subscriptions,  collecting,  gathering  materials,  and  planning  and 
superintending  the  building.  Friends  from  abroad  from  time  to  time  gave 
us  encouragement,  and  some  substantial  aid.  And  through  the  generosity  of 
F.  G.  B.,  Esq.,  of  Morristown,  N.  J.,  the  three  hundred  dollars  which  we 
had  expected  from  the  Board  of  Church  Erection  was  promptly  forwarded, 
enabling  us  not  merely  to  dedicate  free  from  debt,  but  also  to  dispense  with 
the  jar  and  humiliation  of  a  public  appeal  for  aid  at  the  dedication — a  triumph 
over  custom  which  has  told  in  our  favor. 

Our  dedicatory  services  were  simple,  spiritual,  effective.  W«  sought  to 
make  it  all  solemn  worship;  met  on  a  week* day  evening,  with  six  members 


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of  the  Presbytery  aiding,  and  with  the  hearty  singing  of  the  people,  we 
served  the  Lord  with  gladness.  Our  chapel  is  52  by  26  feet,  and  in  height 
20  feet,  finished  into  the  rafters,  beautifully  calcimined  with  paper  bordering, 
and  columns  behind  the  pulpit.  It  will  seat  250  comfortably,  with  chairs 
and  settees  on  hand ;  is  warm,  tasteful,  in  thorough  keeping  with  itself,  an 
unpretentious  chapel.  The  cost  was  81000,  of  which  $600  was  raised  in  the 
city.  It  is  well  lighted  with  gas.  Several  improvements  are  to  be  added, 
such  as  matting  for  the  floor,  wainscoting,  blinds,  a  pulpit,  &c.,  as  we  may  be 
able.  The  purchase  money  for  the  lot,  too,  presses  on  us  with  heavy  weight. 
If  bought  within  fifleen  months,  the  cost  will  be  $1000.  We  feel  hopeful 
that  this  will  be  reached  by  us,  and  a  church  home  fully  our  own  will  be  ours. 
In  brief,  we  hope  this  enterprise  is  now  passing  from  a  Sabbath-school  mis- 
sion point,  an  experimental  preaching  post,  into  the  stability  of  a  church. 

Below  we  give  a  cheerful  and  encouraging  letter  from  the  central  West. 

We  have  heard  many  amusing  things  about  the  prevailing  epidemic  among  the 
horses.  But  it  has  been  a  very  wide-spread  public  calamity.  How  it  affects  our 
missionary  work,  the  twa  following  letters  will  show.  The  first  is  from  the 
state  of 

ILLINOIS. 

Small-Pox  and  the  Horse  Disea$e, 

December  24,  1872. 

Dear  Brethren — We  have  delayed  our  second  quarterly  report  with  the 
expectation  of  being  able  to  announce  the  opening  of  our  new  house  of  wor- 
ship, which  was  to  have  occurred  last  Sabbath  (December  22d),  by  Dr.  Norton 
of  Alton.  During  the  preceding  week  we  were  advised  not  to  come  on  any 
account,  as  the  whole  neighborhood  had  been  exposed  to  the  small-pox.  All 
the  schools  and  churches  were  at  once  closed  and  we  were  ordered  not  to  come 
until  sent  for.  I  should  have  gone  to  their  aid  at  once,  but  my  horses  were  then 
coming  down  with  the  prevailing  epidemic^  and  not  one  horse  in  the  town  or  in 
the  country  free  from  it !  so  that  I  have  not  seen  or  heard  from  them  for  a 
week  past.  On  Sabbath  last  I  walked  to  my  other  appointment,  and  had  an 
opportunity  to  test  my  strength  in  a  ten-mile  walk  over  tne  new  fallen  snow, 
with  the  thermometer  down  below  zero. 

Our  Jordan's  Grove  church  people  have  done  well  in  getting  a  building 
80  by  50,  all  enclosed,  and  it  only  needs  the  finishing  coat  of  plaster  to  complete 
it.  It  is  seated,  and  is  looked  upon  as  a  great  achievement  for  that  people. 
Now  that  we  have  a  place  to  meet  in,  we  look  for  a  larger  congregation  and 
greater  results.  Our  Sabbath-school  is  in  a  flourishing  conditioq,  enlisting  the 
attention  of  all,  old  and  young,  and  looking  upon  it  and  knowing  (by  report) 
what  the  neighborhood  was  a  few  months  ago,  one  can  hardly  refrain  from 
exclaiming, "  What  has  God  wrought  I"  They  have  met  my  salary,  which  they 
pledged  before  making  application  to  the  Board,  promptly.  I  do  not  compel 
them  to  make  up  the  deficiency,  as  they  are  at  work  on  the  church.  As  I 
said  in  my  last  report,  there  are  no  discouraging  features  so  far  in  the  field. 
Everything  denotes  a  purpose  to  do  what  duty  seems  to  prompt.  We  shall 
expect  at  our  next  communion  additions  of  that  class  of  persons  who  will  be 
of  great  service  in  our  work.  ^  o 


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Tbe  following  is  from 

IOWA. 

Scarlet  Fever — Horse  Disease — ^^Hard  Times,''* 
Dear  Brethren — It  is  my  privilege  to  report  to  you  again,  the  third  quar- 
ter having  nearly  expired.  I  have  not  great  things  to  report.  I  have 
preached  regularly;  no  interruption  from  sickness  or  other  causes,  and  until 
the  last  few  weeks  my  congregations  have  been  larger  than  at  any  time  before. 
There  are  three  reasons  for  a  falling  off.  First,  Horses  all  sick.  Second, 
Extreme  cold  weather.  Third,  Scarlet  fever.  All  kinds  of  business  are 
on  the  stand  still ;  farmers  and  merchants  are  not  making  a  living. 

The  truth  is,  farmers  are  greatly  discouraged,  farm  produce  hardly  pays  for 
gathering ;  the  result  is,  I  have  never  known  money  so  hard  to  get  hold  of  in 
all  the  years  I  have  been  in  Iowa.  This  is  the  first  time  my  people  have 
failed  to  meet  their  quarterage  promptly.  They  have  not  the  money,  and 
there  is  no  use  of  urging  the  matter.  Yet  I  am  better  off  than  my  neighbors. 
We  took  a  collection  for  our  Board  amounting  to  twelve  dollars;  this  sum 
you  will  deduct  from  my  appropriation.  Our  church  has  no  debts  to  pay ; 
everything  is  paid  for.  No  addition  to  the  church  this  quarter.  This 
occurred  only  once  before  in  my  whole  ministry,  more  than  ten  years,  but  this 
time  it  is  accounted  for  from  the  fact  of  extreme  cold  weather,  as  I  learn 
that  some  expected  to  unite  on  confession  of  their  faith. 

Let  us  now  hear  from  two  brethren  in 

WESTERN    MISSOURI. 

W ,  December  20,  1872. 

Brethren — My  time  has  been  so  completely  occupied  since  my  last  report 
that  it  seems  but  as  yesterday  since  I  last  wrote  you.  I  can  still  report  pro- 
gress.    It  seems  now  clearly  a  fixed  fact  that  the  Presbyterian  church  of 

W will  yet  live.     It  is  beginning  to  assume  some  of  the  prestige  it  had 

under  the  administration  of  Rev.  F S many  years  ago.     Although 

the  smallest  in  membership,  I  believe  that  to-day  it  is  exerting  the  most  influ- 
ence for  good  of  any  of  the  churches  in  the  city.  Peace  and  harmony  pre- 
vail in  the  church.  The  members  "  have  a  mind  to  work,"  and  the  walls  of 
Zion  are  being  built.  At  our  communion,  the  first  Sunday  in  October^  we 
received  two  new  members  on  profession  of  faith;  one  of  them  was  baptized. 

A  letter  from  a  missionary  to  the  district  missionary. 

N . 

Dear  Brother — ^I  have  returned  from  J coanty,  and  want  to  ask  a 

favor  of  you.  I  do  want  yon  to  visit  that  county  at  once.  It  is  such  an 
important  field,  is  opening  with  such  promise,  and  a  visit  from  you  just  now 
would  be  of  such  service  to  the  cause.     My  first  communion  is  to  be  held  at 

P ,  on  the  second  Sabbath  of  next  month.     The  services  will  commence 

on  Friday  night.     Then  on  Tuesday  and  Wednesday  night  following  I  have 

meeting  eight  miles  east,  at  D ,  where  fourteen  heads  of  families  ask  an 

organization ;  on  Thursday  night  at  A ,  and  on  Friday  night  assist  Mr. 

B- at  a  communion  at  O .    Now,  if  you  could  be  with  me  at  P 


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and  D ,  I  believe  the  Presbyterian  church  might  be  placed  on  a  firm 

basis.  The  tide  of  pablic  opinion  is  running  strongly  in  our  favor,  and  God 
is  blessing  my  laboi:s.  There  are  some  forty  persons  in  the  two  places,  that  I 
expect  to  join  at  our  next  communion,  or  soon  after.     Nearly  all  of  these  are 

he^ds  of  families.     The   Lutherans,  German   Reformed    %nd   C Pre*^ 

byterians  are  all  on  the  point  of  uniting.  The  character  of  these  expected 
members  is  such  that  our  enterprise  will  at  once  be  placed  on  a  solid  basis. 
In  a  few  years,  when  the  farms  are  opened,  and  the  present  strain  is 
removed,  they  will  be  able  to  support  a  minister.  I  believe  we  may  humbly 
hope  for  a  good  meeting,  and  blessed  results ;  and  I  do  so  wish  for  your 
presence  and  aid — T  regard  it  as  so  important.  If  you  could  spare  two  Sab- 
baths, and  go  to  0 ,  then  to  L ,  V ,  and  P city  on  your  way 

back,  you  would  in  a  little  over  tv^o  weeks  visit  most  of  the  missionary  points 

in  south-west  Missouri.     I  want  yorf  to  see  my  field  in  North  J .     It  is 

the  best  country  I  have  ever  seen ;  has  a  good  element  now,  will  be  densely 
settled  in  a  few  years,  and  is  ripe  for  our  church.  You  will  see  the  imp)ort- 
ance  of  the  field,  and  will,  by  your  visit,  help  to  securely  plant  the  church 
there. 

Again,  we  are  a  missionary  Presbytery.  In  this  state  of  things  it  is  hard 
to  systematize  our  work,  and  develop  missionary  interest.  I  want  you  to  be 
with  me  in  this  tour,  and  see  for  yourself.  Then  at  Presbytery  we  will  get 
up  the  machinery,  and  try  to  have  a  good  old-fashioned  missionary  meeting. 

In  going-  farther  West  let  ua  glance  at  society  as  it  is  found  in  the  track  of 
The  Great  Texas  Cattle  Trade. 

KANSAS. 

Dear  Brother — I  have  just  returned  from  a  trip  through  Sumner  county, 
going  as  far  to  the  southwest  as  Caldwell  and  some  distance  beyond  civiliza- 
tion into  the  buffalo  country.  At  Caldwell  we  held  the  first  regular  service 
for  preaching  ever  held  in  that  place.  Spent  all  day  Saturday  in  hunting  up 
Presbyterians  along  the  bottoms  of  the  C.  and  Bluff"  creek.  Found  about 
eight.  C.  is  a  pretty  hard  place.  Every  other  man  appears  to  have  in 
his  belt  a  couple  of  revolvers  and  a  knife.  Texans  sit  down  to  the  dinner- 
table  thus  arrayed.  Under  almost  every  pillow  in  the  hotel  at  night  there 
may  be  found  these  weapons.  The  Great  Trail  passes  through  that  place. 
Up  to  last  Monday,  328,000  cattle  have  reached  that  place  from  the  south. 
It  is  thought  that  by  another  year  the  rail-road  at  this  point  will  be  extended 
to  that  point,  passing  through  Belle  Plaine  and  Wellington.  If  such  an  event 
should  take  place,  C.  will  become  a  place  of  considerable  importance. 


LITTLE  MARY'S  DYING  GIFT. 

Cairo,  III.,  December  2,  1872. 

Dear  Brother — Enclosed  please  find  two  dollars,  ($2,)  the  precious  mite 
of  a  dear  little  Sabbath-school  girl  aged  five  and  a  half  years,  who  died  a  few 
days  ago  in  this  city.    She  was  a  member  of  my  Sabbath-school,  and  dying,  left 


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her  little  saviogs  for  the  Board  of  Home  Missions.     The  donor  has  gone  "  to 
see  Jesus."     May  God  follow  her  gift  with  his  blessing. 

Yours  in  Christ,  H.  B.  Thatek. 


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MAi>B  IK  January,  1873. 


Rer.  N.  Elmer,  Belmont  ch.,  N.  T. 

Rev.  G.  L.  Hamilton,  Rochester  Memorial  ch., 

N.  Y. 
Re?.  Jo8.  R.  Page,  Utica  Presbytery.  N.  Y. 
Rev.  E.  F.  Bore  hers,  Lake  View  ch.,  N.  J. 
Re?.  Alfred  Ketoham,  Tucfeahoe  oh.,  N.  J. 
Re?.  Henry  A.  Diibock,  Emporium  ch.,  Pa. 
Rev.  T.  B.  Jervis,  Wells  and  Columbia  chs.,  Pa. 
Re?.  P.  Byllesby,  Orwell  and  Rome  chs.,  Pa. 
Rev.  Geo.  H.  Hammer,  Upper  Lehigh  and  £ck- 

ley  chs ,  Pa. 
Re?.  John  Launitz,  Allef^heny  German  cli.,  Pa. 
Rev.  P.  Camp,  Fall  Brook  ch.,  Pa. 
Rev.  A.  D.  Barber.  Wysox  ch.,  Pa. 
Rev.  1.  J.  Henderson.  D.LK,  Annapolis  cii.,  Md. 
Rev.  H.  Matthews,  Mu  l^aranaod  Quarries  chs., 

Md. 
Re?.  W.  A.  Hooper,  EUieott  City  ch.,  Md. 
Re?.  Irwin  L.  Caton,  l>elhi  ch.,  Ohio. 
Rev.  W.  C.  McCune,  Cincmnati,  Lincoln  Park 

ch.,  Ohio. 
Rev.  John  M.  Richmond,  Cokimbu?,  Hodge  ch., 

Ohio. 
Re?.  Perry   C.  Baldwin,  Maiimee  Presbytery, 

Ohio. 
Rev.  John  B.  Brandt,  Indianapolis,  Olivet  ch., 

Ind, 
Rev.  F.  Sto?enour,  Portland  ch.,  Ind. 
Ke?.  John  Creaih,  North  Vernon  ch^  Ind. 
R<*v.  vVm.  A.  Gay,  Wmnebajto  ch.,  111. 
Re?.  Wm.  R.  Glen,  Monticello  ch.,  111. 
Rev.  J.  8.  Davis,  Staunton  and  Marine  chs.,  Ilk 
Re?.  Adam  Johnston.  Kinmundy  ch..  III. 
Rev.  B.  F.  Murden,  Montague  ch.,  Mich. 
Rev.  Geo.  W.  Wood,  Uharle?oix  ch.,  Mich. 
Rev.  E.  M.  Toof,  Clayton  ch.,  Mich. 
Be?.  O.  H.  Barnard,  Monroe  ch.,  Wis. 
Ke?.  Jj.  Railhback,  Dodge,  Centre  German  ch., 

Wis. 
Re?.  C.  S.  Wood,  8te?e»8  Point  ch..  Wis. 
He?.  James  M.  Reid,  Richland  Centre  ch.,  Wis. 
Rev.  U  L«'onard,  Richland  City  and  Fancy  Creek 

chs.,  Wis. 
Rev.  Daniel  B.  Jacksoo,  Lake  Crystal  and  Ma< 

delia  chs.,  Minn. 


Rev.  W.  B.  Chamberlin,  Redwood   Falls   and 

Beaver  Falls  ch<»..  Mmn. 
Rev.  J.  Rodgers,  Willmar  and  Diamond  Lake 

chs.,  .Minn. 
Rev.J.  D  Maoon,  Eldridge  ch,  Iowa. 
Rev.  S.  M.  Kier,  College  Spring  and  Pleasant 

Ridge  ch?.,  Iowa 
Rev.  H.  W.  Forbes,  Rock  Creek  and  Corinth 

chs.,  Iowa. 
Rpv.  David  S.  Morgan.  La  Porte  City  ch.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Phillips,  Grand  Junction,  Glidden, 

Rippey,  and  Carroll  chf.,  Iowa. 
Re?.  W.  M.  Reed,  Dallas  Centre  and  Minbura 

chs ,  Iowa. 
Ifev.  Robert  Court,  Malcom  ch.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  N.  Gould,  Kearney  Junction  oh..  Neb. 
Rev.  James  A.  Gritfes.  Beatrice  ch..  Neb. 
Rev.  Geo.  D.  Stewart.  D.D.,  Omaha  2d  ch.,Neb. 
Rev.  J.  H.  Byers,  Lexington  ch..  Mo. 
Rev.J.  B.  Vawter,  Freeman,  Peculiar,  and  Lewis- 

burg  ch."..  Mo. 
Rev.  D.  C.  Milner,  Kansas  City,  3d  ch.,  Mo. 
Re?.  T.  H.  Tatlow.  Newark,  Bellevue,  and  New 

Providence  chs..  Mo. 
Rev.  James  A.  Darrah.  West  Ely  ch.,  Mo. 
Rev.  J.   li.  Armstrong,   De  Soto  and   Windsor 

Harbor  chs.,  Mo. 
Rev.   Shepard    Wells,    Washington    and    Bon- 

homme  chs.,  Mo. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Brown,  Osark  Presbytery,  Mo. 
Rev.  E.  B.  Sherwood,  Platte  Presbyiery,  Mo. 
Rev.  John  P.  ilarsen,  Wichiia  ch.,  Kas. 
Rev.  David  R.  Todd,  Netawaka  ani^  Kennekuk 

chs.,  Kas. 
Rev.  M.  P.  Jones,  Concordia  ch.,  Kas. 
Rev.  Henry  Morell,  Neuchatel  French  ch.,  Kas. 
Rev.  J.  R.  Brown.  Irving  ch«  K&^. 
Rev.  G.  W.  McMillan,  New  Chicago  ch.,  Ka«. 
Rev.  Wm.  H.  Vroom,  La  Cygne  and  New  Lan- 
caster chs ,  Kas. 
Rev.  J.  U.  Reid,  Manhattan  ch.,  Kas. 
Rev.  J.   W.  Pinkerton,  San  Antonio  and  Fort 

Clark  chs.,  Texas. 
Rev.  G.  G.  Selleck,   Datona,  Port  Orange,  and 

New  Smyrna,  Kla. 
Re?.  W.  B.  Brown,  Cloyd's  Creek,  Baker's  Creek, 

and  Unitia  chs.,  Tenn. 


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ALBAirr.— .4/6any— Conklingville  ch  6  25;  Day 
eh  2  26:  Albany  Slate  St  ch  146  77;  Bethlehem 
ch  18  40.  JVov— Waterford  ch  49  57 ;  Troy 
Second  St  ch  298  14;  Trov  9th  ch  10;  Sohngh- 
ticoke  ch  85  17 ;  e^andy  Uill  oh  15;  Warren»<burg 
ch  6  636  65 

Baltimokb. — Bal^tmors— Baltimore  Central  ch 
67  i^i;  Bethel  ch  30;  Govane  chapel  25:  Balti- 
more Brown  Memorial  ch,  from  H.  D.  Harvey 
IcO,  Mrt>  Ella  Harrison  50  »  160;  Emmitfrbur^ch 
ad  I'l  5;  Williamsport  ch  46;  Baltimore  West- 
minster ch,  from  a  member  4;  Barton  ch  '2:i; 
Ksltimore  Light  St  church  17;  Baltimore  Ais- 
quiih  Stch  13.  New  OwWe— Newark  ch  32  72; 
!-»t  Geor^n's  cb  58  25;  Wilmington  Central  add'l 
100.  Washington  Ctty—CWfton  ch  10;  Vienna  ch 
2  50;  Rev  J  E  Nourse  2  50;  Washington,  4th  ch 
2i5  811  40 

CiNciifHATi.—C^jWcofAs— Greenfield  2d  ch 
13  23;  Hillsboro  ch  200:  Wa.shinglon  ch  iO; 
♦Greenfield  1st  ch  46  60,  of  which  .Sab-sch  10  24. 
Cincinnati— Reading  and  Locklnnd  ch  4U; 
(iofiln-n  ch  17  GO;  Cleves  ch  26;  Lane  Seminary 
ch  255  60.  Xkiy/on— Dayton  3d  81  ch  434;  Blue 
Ball  cb  16;  Fietoiier  oh  16.    Pi/ri$mouth—Eok' 


mansville  ch  lU ;  Sandy  Springs  ch  10;  Rome  ch 
10  1.113  83 

CLBTKLAifn.—CTtfVd^and— Ashtabula 5(i:  Guilford 
ch  20  20;  Cleveland  iHt  ch  .357  27.  Mahoning— 
Deerfield  ch  17  14;  New  Li-*bon  ch  25:  VoungH- 
town  ch  add'l  <i8  3S;  Canfield  ch  16.  St  Cfairs- 
t>i//«— Cambridge  ch  .36  65;  St  Clairaville  ch  9a; 
Crab  Apple  ch ;  29  25;  Cadiz  ch  84,  ol" which  S.ib- 
poh  15.  SteubenvdU — Canon»>burg  ch  29;  New 
Cumberland  ch  13;  Bethlehem  ch  12;  Irondala 
I.Mt  ch  32  56;  Sieubenville  2d  ch  768  20,  of  which 
Sabsch  68  26;  Ladies'  Home  Miss'y  Soc'y  25'». 
Dr  B  and  wife  200  1.644  70 

CoLnMBOs.—i4t/i«n«— Warren  1st  ch  12;  Pome- 
roy  ch.  add'l  2.  Co^M»»5tt«— Circle ville  1st  ch  25. 
H^«<cr»— Fredericksburg  ch  67.  ZanvtviUe— 
Newark  2d  ch  lUJ,  of  which  mon  con  20  8S; 
Jersey  ch  20;  Martinsburg  ch  26  95;  Milford 
ch  7  50  259  45 

Erib— CZarton— Callensburg  ch  21 ;  Concord  ch 
9.  J?rt>— Gravel  Run  ch  9 ;  Cool  Spring  oh  16; 
SaUm  ch  0  ."i7;  Franklin  ch.from  Mrs  8  J  Tay- 
lor 10;  Kerr's  Hill  ch  6;  Meadville  1st  ch  6n; 
Mercer  2d  ch  2J >5.  iSAtfuanoo— New  Castle  l.«t 
oh  93  25  ^  C         848  97 


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QvttKVK.— Cayuga — Aubiira  2d  ch  147:  Auburn 
Ist  ch  634  25.  Cft«mu»^— Elm  I  ra  Ist  ch  "extra" 
V*.  G«neia— PhelpH  ch  add'i  4;  TriiinaDt'bnrj! 
cb,  ft  member**  Nt- w  Year's*  gift  10.  Lyon*— E8!*( 
Pftimyrn  ch  41  81.  ^eti6en— Campbell  ch,  add'i 
6U  72;  Corninx  iMchitiO  1,112  81 

Harrubcro.— asir/i«<«—Bi(!  Spriog  cb  I'^8; 
CbArober^burf?  Central  ch  iO;  Harnyburs  7th  St 
oh  U  62:  Upper  fath  Valley  ch  lOO.  huttttng- 
<ic^R— Alexandria  ch  176;  McVeytown  ch  4o  40; 
Spring  Mills  oh  21;  Peru  ch  «;  Bedford  ch  39: 
Newton  Hamilton  ch  16;  Mapleton  ch  6  North- 
vmAcr/and— Williamspon  td  ch  Sab-scb,  Mrs 
S  G  Ran«om'H  clas»s  3  37:  Mooresburg  ch  ft; 
Wa.<>hinKiODTille  ch  10  7«;  Derry  ch  6  64.  WellB- 
6oro-— Allegany  cb  5;  Fall  brook  ch  11  50;  Cou- 
der«portchl2  620  29 

Iluxois,  Ckxtral. — Peria— Peoria  Fulloii  St 
ch  6i»;  Knoxville  ch  45  74;  Yates  City  ch  27; 
Ciinion  ch  14  65;  Henry  ch  23  66.  ^Auy/cr— Mt 
Sterhns  ch  100;  Monmouth  ch  Sub-Hch  2J: 
Qumcy  iPt  ch  2.'J2  72.  Springfield— Dacukiwr  1st 
eh  22  48 ;  Lincoln  ch  26  30  564  48 

iLUNoih,  North.— C/jicayo—Chicnpo  2d  ch  add'i 
2ft;  Chicago  8th  ch  mon  con  27  8i«;  Chicago  31st 
»t  ch  fr>;  Dunton  ch  27  50;  Lake  Forest  ch,  from 
Hon  C  B  Parwell  100:  Englewond  ch  30;  i^«0- 
por<— Freepori  2d  ch37:  Roekford,  Westnun- 
fiier  ch  73  ^lx  Winnebago  lat  ch  6  70;  Linn  and 
Hebron  ch,  from  two  members  10.  Ottawa — 
Vienna  ch  6  CO;  Earlvilie  ch  6.  R{>ck  River — 
Hamlet  ch  6;  Princeton  1st  ch  62  21.         457  17 

iLuxou,  SovTB.— Alton— V\Mm  ('reek  ch  20: 
Trenton  ch  16;  Moro  ch  25;  Alton  1st  ch  add'i 
7  50;  Litchfield  ch  Hi;  Butler  ch  43  21;  Jersey- 
rillech  116  05;  Cave  Spring  ch  3;  l?a«t  St  Louis 
chfi.  CWro— Flora  ch  10;  Fairfield  ch  6;  Rich- 
viewch:iO;  Mcl^ansbororh  1  76;  Villa  Ridge  ch, 
in  part  I  Ih ;  Carbondalech,  in  part  14  35 ;  Metro- 
polis ch  20:  Oak  Ridgechl2;Tamaroach8.  Mat- 
totm— Beckwith  Prairie  ch  add'i  8  36;  Maweaqua 
ch  3  35;  Pleasant  Prairie  ch  19  20;  Taylorville 
ch,  in  part  24  90;  New  Hopecb  5;  Kansas  ch  iO; 
DndJey  ch  7:  Grandview  ch  6  440  41 

Indiana,  North. — Cy-ato/orcisrti/s— Kirklin  ch 
2  16;  Rev  Jos  Plait  10:  Crawfordsvllle  Centre 
ch  1:M);  Dover  ch  17  7o;  Bethel  ch  8  86;  Dar- 
lington ch  10  60;  Oxford  ch  10;  Rev  L  M  btevens 
and  wife  iO.  Lc^ancpor/— Monon  ch  10.  Munetc 
— Union  City  ch  3  37;  New  Hope  ch  6;  LaGro 
ch  3;  Boxle'y  ch  3;  Noblesviile  ch  28;  Peru  ch 
85  336  72 

IsDiA.fA.  8oirrH.--/jid«inapoU«— Hopewell  oh 
Sab-rch  4  46.  Aeto^/6an]/— Hethelch  8  25;  I^x- 
ington  ch  10;  Sbarnn  ch  5.  Monn>e  ch  7; 
Smyrna  ch  10  65.  Ftne^mies— Poland  ch  3  81 ; 
Bttnany  eh  6  66;  Mount  Vernon  ch  20  50;  Rev 
A  Taylor  6;  Indiana  ch  20.  White  Water^ 
Aurora  ch  37  60;  ConnerMVille  ch  47;  Shelby- 
Tille  Ist  ch  60;  Union  ch  21;  Sardinia  ch  5; 
Fairfteld  ch  5  265  75 

Iowa,  NoitBw— CWar  i2ap»d«— Cedar  Rapids  1st 
eh  10  40;  Marion  ch  20:  Springville  ch  2  60; 
Bethel  ch  8.  2>tt6u7iM— Rossville  ch  3  26;  Frank- 
▼ill©  ch  8  25;  Union  ch  4:  Big  Grove  ch  7; 
Yankee  Grove  oh  4:  Waiikon  German  ch  lo,  of 
which  Sab-sch  6.  for/ X)od^«— Jefferson  ch  12; 
Boone  ch  10;  Moingona  ch  6;  Algona  ch  6. 
WaUrioo-^Cedta  Valley  ch  6  109  40 

Iowa,  South.— 2>««  JwoimM— Newton  ch  40  26; 
Uuion  City  ch  3  50;  Dallas  Centre  ch  1;  Min- 
burn  ch  1;  Knoxville  ch  3  96.  /ouhj— Burling- 
ton 1st  ch  40  96;  Spring  Creek  ch  6  80:  Shiloh 
ch,  from  John  Hopkirk  2.  Iowa  CW.v— Fairview 
ch  7;  Muscatine  German  ch  16;  Summit  ch  10; 
Eldridee  ch  5;  Wilton  ch  4  66:  Sugar  Creek  ch 
6  60;  WalcottchloSO;  Fulton  chl;  Deep  River 
ch  4.  AfiMouri  JZivcr— Tekamah  ch  3;  Fair- 
monnt  and  York  ohs  6  50;  Fairview  oh  3  10; 
Elk  Valley  ch  6:  Schuyler  ch  6  183  60 

KA3C8A».—i7M7Atond— Concordia  ch  4;  Hlnwa- 
tha  ch  8.  Neosho— O^nt^e  Mission  ch  9  6<»; 
Neosho  Falls  ch  7.  7bp«A»— Solomon  City  ch  2; 
Clay  Centre  ch  4 ;  Rose  ch  4  38  60 

Kehtucki —56«iiaer— Newport.  Columbia  st 
ch  1 1.  Xot«t*vi/<«— Louisville  4th  oh  668.  of  which 
400 lirom Tbomaa SleTcnSjE#«q. ;  Loui.<«Tille. Wai- 
ren  at  eli  15:  Looisville,  Walnai  at  oh  22  30 

706  30 


Lowo  Island.— BrooJW;/i»— Brooklyn  Memorinl 
ch  150,  of  which  74  from  the  nu-.-ionary  society: 
West  Brighton  Calvary  ch.  Sab-sch  18:  Brmik- 
lyn  1st  ch  (Remsen  st),  tnon  coll  70  -19.  Long 
/«/ar?(i— Southampton  ch  112:  Cutchogue  ch  16; 
Seiaiik«»t  ch  Sab-sch  8  60.  AVumu— Hempstead 
chl  I  26:  East  Williamsburg  German  ch  8  393  i*6 

MiCHiOAN.— D«'froit— Ypsilanti  ch  120;  Detroit. 
Jefferson  Ave  ch  614  67;  Detroit.  Fort  st  ch  126: 
Detroit  Ist  ch,  sdd'l  2.H6.  Oraiui  Rapids— Mtm- 
tairue  ch  14.  A'o^<»nwz/>o— Kalamazoo  Isl  cli 
2*»7  64.  Sa^inauj— Wenona  Ist  ch  28;  Corimna 
ch  10  1266  31 

Minnesota.- J^anA:ato— South  Bend  ch  7  3'>: 
Rush  Lake  ch  2  60:  Judson  ch  2  75;  Saratoga, 
Welsh  ch  3  60.  St  Paul— Roekford  ch  2;  Delano 
ch  3;  Long  Lake  ch  3;  Independence  ch  4: 
Belle  Plaine  ch  3;  Thomson  ch  2  .^7:  Pine  City 
ch  4  63.  M'»nona— Ka«8on  ch  6;  Rolling  Stone 
German  ch  4;  Elba  Ger  eh  3  60  61  (Hi 

Missouri.— Osa(7e— Clinton  ch  .TO;  Fairview 
ch  lO;  Montrose  ch  3;  Deep  Water  ch  3;  Butler 
1st  eh  11  10.  OzarJk— Lii'kinjrchfi  25:  Mountain 
Grove  ch  2;  White  Rock  ch  I  2i;  St  Annie  ch 
1  60;  Peace  Valley  ch  2.  Palmvra — Kdina  ch  5; 
WiKon  ch  4;  R«'V  James  Reed  6;  Bird's  Ey« 
Ridge  ch  6  65;  Sullivan  1st  ch,  m  part  7  7*». 
Pfatte-f^t  Joseph  Westminster  ch,  a  balance 
3  36;  Avalon  ch  7  CO;  Grand  Rivt^r  ch  5;  Union 
ch  8  65;  King  City  ch  6  85;  Graham  ch  20. 
Pofo#<— Marble  Hill  ch  6  26;  Irondale  ch  17.  St 
XouM— Rock  Hill  ch  27;  Hanover  ch  5;  Hills- 
boro'ch  3;  De  Sotach  13;  Windsor  Harbor  ch 
22  242  0) 

Nbw  J KKStT. —Efimbeth — Clinton  ch,  Ladies* 
Miss'y  Soc'y  37;  Elisabeth  Ul  ch,  add'i  48  82: 
Summit  Central  ch,  in  part  4^  01;  Elizabeth 
2d  ch.  mid'l  .5.  Jersey  07y— Jersey  CItv  Ist  ch 
163.  J/onmouf A— Brick sburg  ch  43;  Tennent 
ch  69  50.  Morns  ano  O  tin(7«— Morristown  !''•' 
ch.  quarcoll  106  30:  Hanover  ch  175;  Oinnge2d 
ch.  Sab-sch  200;  Orange  Ist  German  ch  6  26. 
iV«ioar A— Newark  Central  ch  125:  Newark  2d  ch. 
quar  coll  Vif>  *9:  Newark  1st  German  ch  20; 
Newark  South  Park  ch.  Young  People's  Miss'y 
Soc'y  200,  of  which  Infant  Sab-.sch  20;  Newark 
1st  ch  Ist  ch  2';6  90.  New  Brunswick— Tvenlon 
8d  ch  163  89.  a  Member  SCO.  Ladies'  Mis-'y  Soc'y 
80  —  713  89;  Princt'ton  2d  ch  16  70:  Arnwidl, 
United  1st  ch  20;  Kingwood  ch  29  26;  Alexan- 
dria ch  16:  Flemincton  ch  335  46.  Newton— 
Harmony  ch  36  80;  Brsnchville  ch,  in  part  32  af>; 
Montana  ch  8  60.  West  /er««v— Brainerd  cli, 
Batsto  yab-sch  3;  Salem  ch  165,  of  which  gal>- 
8ch  l(i4  10  :^m  92 

New  York.— ^«ton— Boston  1st  ch  lOO.  Neto 
Fofit— New  York,  Fifth  Avenue  and  19ih  st  ch. 
add'i  6000;  ManhatUinville  ch  15  15;  New  York 
Fourth  Avenue  ch  29:  Washington  Heights  ch, 
a  b  lance  6  13;  New  York  1st  ch  8>98  72;  New 
York,  Madison  Square  ch.  in  part  3015;  New 
York,  42d  st  ch,  "a  thank-offierinii"  50;  John  H 
Kenyon,  Esq  60.  North  fiiwcr— Middle  Hope  ch 
6:  Smithfleld  ch  30;  Poughkeepsie  ch  HO  78. 
Westchester— y'otnh  Salem  ch  r,9  20;  Poll's  Me- 
morial ch  34:  Port  Chester  ch  26  18  09b  98 

PACTfic- Beniria  — Big  Valley  ch  2  60;  To- 
males  ch  13  25;  Rev  T  Fraser  .=»«•:  VkIIpJo  ch  23. 
Oregon — Brownsville  oh  20.  Sncrnmei'to— Elko 
ch  16  80;  Ama<lor  ch  1  fr'»;  lone  ch  7  v;6;  Pla- 
cerville  ch  10  25;  Pioche  6  76;  Chico  ch  8  75: 
Palisades  4  50;  Eureka  19  fto.  San  Fran- 
CI6C0  — San  Francisco,  WeMminster  ch  20  25. 
San  Jo8i-V\f»UB,  ch  10;  Rev  W  W  Brice  81  S:i; 
San  Leandro  ch  10  06  307  93 

PeiLADCLPHiA.— OMf«r— Fagff's  Manor  ch  fiO; 
Great  Valley  ch  12;  Downi-gtown  Central  ch 
21  22.  Z>»c/caicanna— Laporte  ch  7  56;  Sfranton 
1st  ch  350;  Barclay  ch  16;  Pitt-»ton  ch  2o0; 
Montrose  ch  8".  L«AipA— Cata^auqua  2d  ch  18: 
Hazleton  ch  106  75;  Middle  Smiihfield  ch  8; 
Look  Ri<lge  Memorial  ch  25.  Philadelphia-' 
Philadelphia  Tenth  ch.  add'i  100.  and  from  .Mrs. 
Annas  Gerhard  500™6tiO;  Second  ch  150;  West 
Spruce  st  ch  9M  49;  Sixth  ch40;  Wesinnnster 
ch  25.  Philadelphia.  Central— ^orlh  Broad  st  ch 
261  37;  Olivet  ch  87;  Spring  Garden  ch,  add'i 
60.    PhUadelphia,  iYor^— JeffersonviUe  oh  Sab- 


80 


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j»ch  20;  Mftnayank  ch  70,  of  which  Sab-noh  20; 
Doyleatown  and  Deep  Run  ch«  24  2X.  Westmin- 
ster—Colambia  cb,  in  part  169  67;  Slateville  ch 
28;  Lancaster  l8t  ch,  Sab-ach  21  76;  Wrights- 
Yille  ch  Sab-8ch  60  3.453  03 

PiTTSBUBOH.— B/a»r«rr7te— Latrobe  ch  43  Oh; 
Mnrrnysville  ch  60:  Hnrriwon  (Jity  ch  5  30;  Penn 
ch  2  fiO.  Filtsburgh—ChRTiXf^r^  ch  60  16;  Piits- 
buruh  Shadv  Side  ch  1;'0  31 ;  PittsburKh  iMt  ch 
403  78.  Redstone— West  Newton  ch  43  76;  Long 
Htm  ch  40  25.  Washingtnn—V/H»h\nfiionlftch 
At  86;  Rev  J  L  Fuhon  6;  Three  Springs  ch  13; 
Holiday's  Gove  ch  37  896  44 

TEiiiiE88BB.—i4u«</n— Austin  ch  66  43.  Boistnn 
— Oakland  ch  6.  A't^i/s ton— Cloy d's  Creek  ch  6; 
Unitia  ch  6;  Baker's  Creek  ch  5  77  43 

ToLBDo.— Bc^^ontaintf— Bucyrns  Ist  ch  add'l 
26  76;  Belle  Centre  ch  6;  Wyandotte  ch  2  60; 
HuntSTille  ch  4  26.  ^uron—Margaretta  ch  10; 
Lyme  ch  41  49;  Olenach27;  PeruchO;  Huron 
18  40;  Clyde  ch  10  fto;  Milan  ch  30.  Lima—  Har- 
rison ch  7  45;  Bhanesville  ch  6;  New  Salem  ch 
4  65;  Zion  Ger  ch  20.    ^aum<M— HicksTille  ch 

11  16;  Union  ch  7  85;  Antwerp  ch  6  247  90 
Qtioa — B(>(7Aamton— CoTentry*2d  ch  68;  Cort- 
land ch  105  70,  of  which  Sab-Hch  26.  Otsego- 
Oxford  ch  49  76;  Delhi  Isi  ch  29.  Syracuse— 
Syracuse  'st  Ward  oh  60 ;  Janesville  ch  6;  Oswego 
Grace  ch  71  66,  of  which  Sabsch  26 ;  Hannibal  ch, 
from  S  W  Brewster  E.-q  26 ;  O-'wego  Ist  ch  66  44. 
t7/tca— Redlield  ch  7  90;  Of*ceoIa  ch  2  70; 
Vernon  ch  60;  Rome  ch,  Home  Mi.sa'y  Society 
144  36;  Utica  Ist  ch,  from  R  S  Williams,  E^q  2) 

692  60 
WESTfiRK  New  York.— Bv/Trt/o— Lancaster  ch 
60;  Weatfield  ch  241  81,  of  which  Mrs  M  P  Hun- 
lierford  100,  Mrs  M  M  Cowden  20,  Mrs  L  M  Sher- 
man 30;  Buffalo  Westminster  oh  quar  coll  66  79; 
Oenesee—Le  Roy  Isi  ch  106  40.  /Vio^ara— Lock- 
port  2d  Ward  ch  16;  Niagara  Falls  ch  Sab-sch 
62  60;  Albion  ch,  interest  on  bequest  of  E  Hart, 
dec'd,  120.  Bocheeter—Mouni  Morris  ch  86  6l»,  of 
whico  Sabsch  30;  Tuscaroraand  Union  Corners 
ch  46;  West  Mendon  lut  oh  20  813  10 

VfjaoonBiK.— Chippewa— h\ack  River  Falls  ch 

12  60;  PrettooU  Im  oh  6  10;  Hizion  ch  7.  Lake 
^Superior— Menominee  ch  76.  Aft/toauA;«s— Gran- 
ville Ger  ch  Sab-sch  2  60;  Cedar  (irnve  Holland 
ch  10.  WinnetMgo—^or\con  ch  17  7o,  of  which 
Rev  G  W  Lloyd  6;  Oshkosh  ch  16  48         116  23 

Prom  Cbmmittee  on  Benevolenee  and  Finance 

1,816  68 

Total  received  from  ohorohes,  ^1.042  69 
Lkoaoibs.— Ferry  Ministry  Fund  125;  Legacy 
of  Rosa  Hart,  dec'^d.  New  York  268  95  393  96 
.VfiscKLLANKom).— Mrs  Dr  Fleming,  Baltimore, 
Md  60;  Kate,  Georf^e  and  Bes.oie  Fleming,  Balti- 
more, Md,  Christmas  money  1  60;  Returned  by  a 
Missionary  21  50;  I  W  1 ;  Rev  T  W 1  06;  A  Friend, 
Marengo.  Ill  7;  A  F,  of  M  6;  Friends  in  Illinois 
60;  Rfv  W  J  iMcCord,  Wawalc,  N  Y  I;  Zephenia 
Hwift,  Esq.  Milton,  Fla76;  Miss  Anna  \)  S  Fisher, 
Kendall,  N  Y  6;  Mrs  Harriet  Kennedy.  Faulk- 
land,  Del  10;  Mrn  Rev  Chas  Merwin,  Malvern. 
Iowa  6;  Mrs  C  M  Hovey.  N  Y  10;  "Board  of 
Home  Miss  ion  V6;  Mrs  J  B  Worth,  Tallula.  Ill 
1 ;  Geo  E  Pomeroy,  Toledo,  Ohio  20;  J  Parsons, 
.Marshall,  Mich  1 ;  A  Lady  Friend  of  Missions 
100;  Miss  E  K  WaKeman,  N  Y  loO;  James  Mo 
Garrah  6;  ••S,"  Philadelphia,  Pa  26;  Rev  W  E 
Honey  man.  Wabasha,  Min  10:  Mr  Jonathan 
Hamilton,  Altoona,  Pa  6;  Mrs  A  C  Brown  75 

690  06 


Total  in  Jaoaary,       $42,026  69 
a  D.  POWEL,  Treasurer, 

21  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


3  boxes  fmni  the  Ladies'  Home  Missionary  Society 
of  Madison  Square  cb,  New  York  City,  N  Y,  valued 
at  476  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies'  Miss'y  Society  of  Sixth  ch 
Pittsburgh,  Pa,  vblued  at  116  00 


1  box  f^om  the  Ladles  of  Rntger's  ch,  New  York 
City,  NY.    No  value  given. 

1  box  firom  the  Ladies  of  Mendham  Ist  oh.  N  J, 
valued  at  110  (K) 

1  box  fh>m  the  Ladies'  Sewing  Society  of  Oouver- 
neur  ch,  N  Y,  valued  at  200  00 

1  box  and  barrel  from  the  Ladies'  Miss'y  Society 
of  Trenton  3d  ch,  N  J,  valued  at  370  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies'  Miss'y  Society  of  Princeton 
Ist  ch,  N  J,  valued  Ht  2t0  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Kenton  Ist  eh,  Ohio. 
Tslued  at  1 10  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  SUmfurd  cb.  Conn, 
valued  at  375  oo 

1  box  fh>m  the  Ladles  of  Greenville  ch,  Pa,  valuWl 
at  75  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies'  Miss'y  Society  of  Callena- 
burg  oh.  Pa,  valued  at  89  04 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Walnut  Hills  ch.  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio,  valued  at  175  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Putnam  oh,  Ohio, 
valued  at  246  17 

Z  boxes  from  the  Ladies'  Society  of  Central  ch, 
CinoinDati,  Ohio,  valued  at  489  86 

2  boxes  from  the  Ladies'  Benevolent  Society  of 
SyracuM  Ist  ch,  N  Y,  valued  at  243  08 

2  boxes  from  the  Ladies'  Home  Miss'y  Society  of 
Newark  Ist  ch,  N  J,  valued  at  600  00 

1  box  ftx>m  the  Ladies'  Miss'y  Society  of  Scranton 
Ist  oh,  Pa,  valued  at  212  66 

1  box  from  the  Ladles  of  West  Farms  ch,  N  Y. 
valued  at  2OO  00 

I  box  from  the  Working  Band  of  Isfc  Congrega- 
tional ch,  Toledo,  Ohio,  vanled  at  128  92 

1  box  from  the  Ladies'  Society  of  Media  ch.  Pa. 
Talued  at  150  00 

1  box  firom  the  Ladies  of  Elisabeth  2d  cb,  N  J, 
valued  at  160  00 

2  boxes  firom  the  Ladles  of  Allegheny  1st  ch.  Pa, 
valued  at  .    428  93 

1  box  fipom  the  Ladies  of  Princeton  2d  ch,  N  J. 
valued  at  270  00 

1  box  fh>m  the  Ladies  of  St  George's  ch,  Del, 
rained  at  170  00 

1  box  fh)m  the  Ladies  of  Pittsburgh  3d  cb.  Pa. 
valued  at  ICO  00 

1  box  fh>m  the  Ladies'  Miss'y  Society  of  Bridge- 
port oh,  Conn,  valued  at  200  00 

1  box  from  the  Young  People  Society  of  State  8t 
ch.  Albany,  N  Y,  valued  at  217  £0 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Chillicothe  Ist  ch,  Ohio 
valued  at  300  00 

6  Boxes  from  the  Ladies  of  Fifth  Avenue  and 
Nineteenth  St  ch.  New  York  City,  N  Y,  valued 
«'     ^       ^  788  70 

1  box  tram  the  Miss'y  Society  of  Pittsburgh  2d 
ch.  Pa,  valued  at  s.'iO  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Warsaw  ch,  N  Y 
valued  at  140  00 

1  box  fh>m  the  Ladies  of  Monmouth  oh,  HI 
valued  at  76  CO 

1  box  ttom  the  Govanstown  ch,  Md,  valued 
**   ^  100  CO 

1  box  from  the  Ladies'  Miss'y  Society  of  Newtown 
oh,  Pa,  valued  at  172  CO 

$8,141  86 


The  Board  op  Domiestio  Missioirs  ACKNOwLinoEg 

RXOXIPT  OF  TH»  POLLOWlNa: 

Legacy  in  part  of  Rollin  McCuriy,  deo'd.  late 
oJ  Union  co.  Pa  $279  00 

Legacy  of  Cornelias  Wyckof^  dec'd,  late  of 
Hightsiown.  N  J  600  00 

Legacy  of  Mahlon  Campfield,  dec'd,  lato  of 
Newark,  N  J  160  00 

Legacy  of  John  B  Hawley,  dec'd,  late  of 
Amsterdam.  NY  (K)  OO 

Legacy  of  John  King,  dec'd,  late  of  Madison, 
Ina  1000  00 


$1989  00 
8.  D  POWEL,  Treasurer, 


HOME  MISSION  ROOMS. 
No.  23  Centre  Street,  New  York  City. 
a>r.  i&iecrstoriM— Rev.  Hrioit  Kkitdall,  D.D., 

Rer.  Ctuds  Dioksoh,  D,l>^ 
TVeosurer— 8AMUBL  D.  Powu,  Ecq. 


1873.]  Board  of  Educaium.  81 


BOAKD  OF  EDUCATION. 

Thi  oaktmi  nuiT  is  oeiat.  Birr  rai  UBOftns  am  nw;  peat  ti  thieifou  f  hi  Lobo  op  tbb  HisTUf 

«HAt  BE  WOULD  ■■«»  POKTB  LABORBBfl  IMTO  HXf  HABTB8T.— LukO  X.  2. 


Annual  Sabbath  for  Ednoation— First  Sabbath  in  March,  or  at  soon  there- 
after as  possible. 


THE  MONTH  FOR  EDUCATION. 

In  the  great  body  of  the  churches  March  is  the  month  devoted  to  Education. 
Many  brethren  have  informed  us  that  during  the  preceding  months  they  must 
adhere  to  previous  arrangements  in  behalf  of  other  Boards,  but  that  ^'in  March" 
they  would  make  a  great  effort  for  Education.  It  needs  now  the  utmost  that  they 
can  do.  The  students  are  truly  in  extremity  of  need.  We  ask  attention  to  the 
extracts  from  letters  given  in  another  article. 


GREAT  FACTS  BEARING  ON  THE  ANNUAL  COLLECTION. 

1.  There  never  before  on  earth  was  such  a  day  of  the  Lord^s  power,  in  shaking 
thu  nations,  and  preparing  the  way  for  the  kingdom  of  His  Son,  as  now. 

2.  There  ne?er  before  has  been  such  need  of  men  to  go  in  and  possess  the  land, 
and  the  world,  for  Jesus  Christ. 

3.  God  has  wonderfully  blessed  our  Presbyterian  Church  in  her  happy  and 
complete  reunion;  in  her  missionary  efforts*,  and  in  the  willingaess  of  her  sons  to 
preach  the  gospel. 

4.  The  Board  of  Education  is  the  growth  of  her  growth ;  the  plan  perfected  by 
the  wisdom,  prayers  and  labors  of  her  holiest  and  ablest  men,  for  the  care  and 
assistance  of  these  young  men  while  preparing  for  their  glorious  calling  |  no  other 
living  Church  has  one  so  admirable  in  its  leading  features,  so  extensive  in  its 
operations,  or  so  beneficial  in  its  results. 

5.  It  never  was  at  any  period  more  successful  than  now,  in  the  primary  objects 
of  increase  of  candidates,  (in  1871-2,  722;  in  1872-3,  665  until  February  10th,) 
in  their  careful  recommendation  by  Presbyteries,  and  in  the  general  excellence 
of  the  reports  as  to  their  character  and  studies,  from  their  professors. 

6.  Though  March  is  the  general  time  for  collections  for  Education,  it  has 
received  from  the  churches  this  year,  until  February  1,  $15,196  more  than  in  an 
equal  time  last  year,  and  $19,855  more  than  in  the  previous  year. 

7.  It  never  before  was  in  such  need  of  money  to  fulfil  the  instructions  given  to 
it  by  the  General  Assembly.  Unless  it  receives  eighty-seven  {housand  dollars  to 
make  up  the  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  recommended  by  the  General  Assem- 
bly for  the  present  year,  it  must  fail  to  keep  some  of  its  promises  to  the  young 
men.  our  theofogicai  seminaries  and  colleges  must  suffer,  and  the  honor  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  must  be  compromised. 

8.  Never  before  was  there  such  need  of  fervent  prayer,  spirited  defence,  hearty 
cooperation,  and  the  largest  pecuniary  assistance  on  the  part  of  every  faithful 
minister,  especially  of  those  who  have  received  the  benents  of  aid  from  their 
fellow-believers  in  their  early  time  of  need,  and  of  every  sincere  and  earnest 
servant  of  the  ever-blessed  Head  of  the  Church. 


FOR  WHAT  THE  MONEY  IS  NEEDED. 

According  to  the  estimate  of  the  General  Assembly,  the  Board  of  Education 
needs  this  year  at  least  $150,000  to  enable  it  to  meet  the  following  requirements 
First,  a  debt  of  $18,959  remaining  from  the  fiscal  year  which  ended  April  1, 1872 
Second  J  about  $120,000  for  the  tour  quarters  of  the  year  ending  April  1,  1873 
Third,  $10,000  to  pay  in  advance  those  students  who  are  in  the  Theological  Semi- 
Tiaiies  the  appropriations  of  May,  1873,  according  to  the  usual  practice  of  the 
Board,  on  aocoont  of  the  early  termination  of  the  sessions  of  those  institutions. 


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Board  of  Education, 


[March 


LET  YOUR  CHURCH  CONTRIBUTE. 

Spread  the  facts  before  the  people ;  whether  many  or  few,  their  help  is  needed. 
The  greatest  cause  of  weakness  and  injury  to  the  Board  is  that  many  churches  do 
not  give  anything.-  Men  of  wealth  will  not  give  when  they  see  missionary 
churches,  and  others  more  interested  in  the  success  of  the  object,  standing  back. 
We  have  lost  thousands  of  dollars  in  this  way. 


CONTRIBUTIONS  FROM  SYNODS. 

The  Board  has  not,  in  any  remarks  or  statistics  as  to  contributions  from  Synods 
or  Presbyteries,  designed  to  convey  the  idea  that  it  purposed  any  new  policy,  or 
required  the  full  support  of  candidates  by  their  own  I*rosbyteries.  The  tables 
which  it  has  published  have  been  intended  for  the  information  of  many  brethren 
who  desired  it,  to  stimulate  the  richer  to  help  the  poorer,  and  to  incite  all  the 
Synods  to  do  far  more  for  the  support  of  their  own  candidates. 


INTERESTING  EXTRACTS  FROM 
LETTERS. 

1.    FROM    PROFESSORS. 

One  nf  many  gooS  reports. — It  will 
•jilease  you  to  know  that  Mr. ,  car- 
ries off  the  first  honors  of  his  class,  and 
that  be  goes  out  from  us  next  June  a 
mature,  strong  man,  and  an   earnest, 

f positive  Christian.  We  look  for  a  bril- 
iant  career  for  him. 

Incidental  labors  of  students. — The 
Lord  has  been  pleased  to  bless  the  labors 
of  some  of  our  young  men.  Two  df 
them  spent  the  Christmas  vacation  in 
spiritual  labor  at  a  vacant  church.  The 
church  numbered  fewer  than  fifty,  and 
was  in  a  low  condition,  having  been 
vacant  for  a  long  time.  A  revived 
interest  was  soon  evident.  The  stu- 
dents, at  Jthe  urgent  request  of  the  peo- 
ple, were  allowed  to  spend  some  time 
there  after  the  recess;  and  before  the 
close  of  January  ninety  souls,  most  of 
them  adults,  were  added  to  it. 

The  trials  of  a  sympathizing  friend, 
— Their  bills  must  all  be  paid,  or  their 
reputation  suffers  and  the  cause  of  Edu- 
cation suffers  more.  To  relieve  many 
of  them,  I  became  responsible  for  the 
payment  of  their  debts,  to  the  amount 
of  the  appropriation.  To  others  I  lent 
from  my  own  slender  purse  five,  ten, 
fifteen  or  twenty  dollars,  tc  enable  them 
to  get  home ;  to  still  others,  I  endorsed 
their  notes  in  bank  for  twenty  or  thirty 
days. 

Now,  my  own  wants,  the  demands  of 
creditors,  and  notes  in  bank,  are  calling 
for  the  appropriation.  Can  it  not,  or  at 
least  a  part  of  it,  he  forthcoming  at 
once,  that  these  demands  may  be  satis- 
fied? 

If  I  had  your  ear,  I  could  tell  you 
some  very  instructive  incidents  and 
facts  relating  to  this  matter,  but  I  will 
not  trouble  you  now. 


Hoping  to  hear  from  you  very  soon, 
I  am  always  sincerely  yours. 

Awake  almost  all  night. — The  stu- 
dents come  almost  every  hour  to  ask 
about  their  appropriations,  to  tell  me 
about  their  pecuniary  straits,  and  ask 
advice,  &c.  We  have  cases  of  distress 
which  keep  me  awake  almost  all  night. 
There  will  be  extreme  embarrassment 
to  us  all  if  the  money  be  not  received. 

Trust  in  the  Board. — No  sane  and 
reflecting  man  will  find  fault  with  the 
Board  or  its  officers.  I  am  making 
a  loan  here,  to  relieve  certain  pecu- 
liar cases ;  venturing  my  personal  res- 
ponsibility, until  your  Board  can  ob- 
tain the  funds  ;  and  ccmtented  to  renew 
the  loan,  and  cantinue  it,  until  relieved 
in  your  relief.  If  the  Board  of  Edu- 
cation be  allov^ed  to  go  into  bankruptcy, 
I  am  willing  to  keep  company ;  no 
other  Board  is  so  dear,  and  no  other 
one  more  fully  trusted,  with  my  res- 
pect and  confidence. 


II.     FROM    STUDENTS. 

Statement  of  po.ntion. — I  have  un- 
derstood, that  it  was  doubtful  whether 
the  students  under  the  care  of  the  Board 
would  receive  their  last  payment  when 
due.  If  we  do  not,  our  condition  will 
be  a  very  embarrassing  one.  We  have 
contracted  debts,  expecting  to  receive 
all  the  Board  had  promised  us,  and  have 
faithfully  promised  to  pay  them  before 
the  close  of  the  session.  We  have  no 
money,  and  cannot  pay  them.  With- 
out paying  them  we  cannot  leave  the 
city  honorably.  Some  of  us  who  live 
at  a  distance  nave  not  even  enough  to 
take  us  to  our  homes,  or  to  the  fields 
where  we  expect  to  labor.  What  are 
we  to  do?  Almost  all  of  us  who  receive 
from  the  Board  are  in  the  same  con- 
dition. "  o 


1873.] 


Board  of  Education, 


83 


Turned  from  a  lucrative  business, 
— Being  now  under  the  care  of  the 
Board  of  Education,  I  take  the  liberty 
of  asking;  your  advice  as  to  what  I 
should  do.  I  have  rejected  a  rare 
opportunity  to  engage  m  a  lucrative 
business,  because  I  feel  that  the  most 
desirable  treasures  are  those  laid  up  in 
heaven. 

Sad  effects  of  twofold  labor  and 
tnals.  —  In  my  preparation  for  the 
ministry  I  have  to  depend  on  the  Board 
of  Education,  my  father  having  lost  all 
his  property  in  the  late  war;  but  the 
appropriations,  of  course,  are  not  suffi- 
cient, and  for  the  rest  I  depend  on  my 
own  exertions.  I  have  for  the  last  six 
months  especially  been  obliged  to  do 
double  duty^  having  to  keep  up  with 
my  classes,  and  do  day-labor  at  the 
same  time.  By  this  means — working 
all  day ,  and  studying  at  night — I  brought 
on  a  spell  of  sickness,  which  has  done 
bad  work  with  my  calculations,  and  left 
me  without  any  money. 


III.    SPECIMEN   OF   A  LARGE   CLASS  OF 
APPEALS. 

Salvation  for  him  that  hath  no  helper, 
— The  Board  receives  many  appeals  for 
aid  to  those  of  the  freed  men  who  are 
judged  capable  of  becoming  preachers 
of  Christ  to  their  people,  and  to  young 
men  speaking  foreign  tongues.  About 
one-seventh  of  the  candidates  under  the 
care  of  the  Board  are  of  such  classes. 
The  following  is  a  specimen  of  such 
appeals  : 

I  wrote  you  a  short  time  ago  about 
a  very  promising  3roung  colored  man. 
Now  I  write  you  about  another, 
taken  under  the  care  of  Presbytery  at 
the  same  time.  Ue  lives  on  John's 
Island,  is  twenty-four  years  old,  will 
make,  T  doubt  not,  an  average  minister. 
The  Presbytery  feels  that  it  would  not 
encourage  him,  were  it  not  a  matter  of 
absolute  necessity.  You  know  that  no 
one,  black  or  white,  can  live  on  John's 
Island  except  natives.  We  have  two 
churches  on  the  Island,  consisting  of 
over  three  hundred  members.  These 
people  are  held  together  by  two  •very 
old  catechists.  I  have  to  administer 
the  sacraments  for  them.  These  men 
cannot  live  long.  What  will  become  of 
the  churches?  No  one  can  go  there. 
Ilence  the  only  hope  is  to  raise  up  a 
native  ministry.  This  man  we  have 
laid  hold  of.    But  he  cannot  come  to 


the  city  to  study  without  help.  Will 
you  help  him  to  the  amount  of  $100 

per  year?    Brother  G ,  whom  you 

aided,  was  ordained  last  Tuesday  niji^ht, 
and  is  laboring  successfully  at  Laurens, 
S.  C.  We  may  have  many  young  men 
come  forward  as  candidates;  but  please 
do  not  refuse  them  aid,  notwithstand- 
ing the   fact  of  Dr.  's  discourses 

upon  his  pet  theme,  **Too  many  minis- 
ters in  the  Church."  Be  assured  I  will 
not  recommend  any  man  whom  I  sus- 
picion in  the  least  as  liable  to  make 
*' drones  *'  Let  us  i^ive  this  negro  race 
a  fair  and  impartial  trial  before  we 
come  to  the  conclusion  that  they  are 
unworthy  of  support. 


IV.    SYMPATBY   OF    MINISTERS    WHO    HAD 
BEEN    AIDED. 

Effort  of  a  Missionary  in  China  to 
supply  the  Church's  lack, — Enclosed  I 
send  bill  of  exchange  for  fifcy  dollars  in 
gold.  It  is  but  a  little  over  three  years 
since  I  was  drawing  from,  instead  of 
paying  into  the  treasury.  I  was  pained 
to  see  the  embarrassed  circumstances 
of  the  Board  at  the  close  of  the  fiscal 
year,  and  remembered  how  once  I  felt 
those  times  of  scarcity  by  a  diminished 
appropriation;  and  often  think  what  a 
noble  work  the  Board  is  doing,  and  to 
my  owing  to  them,  under  God,  my 
being  in  China  to-day.  That  God  may 
bless  and  encourage  you  all  in  your 
good  work,  is  my  prayer. 

Grateful  toil  for  the  Church  he  loves, 
— My  professional  history,  since  the 
termination  of  my  connection  with  the 
Board,  has  been  a  checkered  one.  Have 
been  preaching  all  the  time.  Being  a 
pioneer  missionary  in  the  North-west, 
the  secular  affairs  of  the  church,  such 
as  collecting  funds  to  build  house  of 
worship,  engaging  workmen,  buj^ing 
materials,  superintending  work,  &c., 
devolved  upon  me.  Often  have  I  en- 
gaged in  manual  labor  five  days  of  the 
week,  and  gone  to  my  study  Saturday 
morning  to  prepare  for  the  pulpit.  Many 
Sabbaths  nave  I  taught  Bible-class, 
tvalked  or  rowed  six  miles,  and  preach- 
ed three  times.  My  field  has  been  a 
good  school  to  me.  The  labor  and  pri- 
vations I  have  passed  through  I  do  not 
regret  I  received  assistance  only  while 
at  the  seminary,  but  my  indebtedness 
to  the  Board  is  very  great.  Had  it  not 
been  for  your  aid,  I  could  not  have 
attended  seminary.  I  worked  my  own 
way  till  I  went  to  the  seminary;  I  had 
not  a  penny  when  my  parents  died. 


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Board  of  Education, 


[March 


God  bless  you,  dear  brethren,  in  your 
al]  important  work. 

Would  it  were  a  million — From  be- 
yond the  Mississippi, — The  enclosed 
draft  for  five  dollars  is  a  mite  con- 
tributed by  one  who  was  aided  in  his 
efforts  to  obtain  an  education  for  the 
gospel  ministry  at  Hamilton  College, 
and  at  the  Theological  Seminary  in 
Auburn.  After  spending  more  than 
forty  years  in  the  service  of  our  Lord, 
chiefly  in  the  home  missionary  work, 
and  in  the  Presbyterian  Church,  I  am 
now  closing  my  days  in  the  midst  of 
my  children,  who,  I  trust,  will  do  far 
more  than  I  have  done  for  Jesus;  and 
as  I  have  no  wordly  goods,  I  bequeath 
them,  and  my  prayers,  to  the  promotion 
of  that  cause  so  dear  to  my  heart  Put 
this  into  the  Education  fund.  Would  I 
could  increase  it  a  million  fold! 

Appenl  of  a  Minister  in  the  Middle 
States  for  his  Son. — If  my  son  cannot 
receive  aid  at  this  time  from  the  Board, 
the  consequence,  much  as  I  regret  it, 
will  be  that  he  must  leave  qollege.  I 
have  done  my  utmost  to  sustain  him, 
but  left  as  I  am,  with  four  motherless 
children  to  raise  and  educate,  it  is  not 
in  my  power  to  do  any  more.  My 
salary  is  only  $800,  and  living  here, 
almost  under  the  shadow  of  the  city,  we 
have  to  pay  city  prices  for  our  living. 
I  have  also  been  doing  all  I  can  to 
encourage  my  people  to  give  to  this 
Board  far  more  liberally  than  they  have 
been  doing  in  the  past,  and  on  the  day 
appointed  I  took  up  an  extra  collection, 
as  ordered  by  the  General  Assembly. 
May  God  bless  you,  and  fill  the  trea- 
sury of  your  Board  ere  long  with  an 
abundance  of  funds.  Your  brother  in 
Christ.  

y.   HELP  OF  CHRISTIAN  FRIENDS. 

A  family  offering. — At  a  family  gath- 
ering, the  subject  of  the  Board  of  Edu- 
cation formed  a  topic  of  conversation. 
We  concluded  to  send  eight  dollars  as 
a  family  offering,  with  every  good  wish 
for  greater  prosperiU^  to  the  Board. 

I  remain  respectfully,  yours, 

Mrs.  H.  W. 

From  a  lavoyer  in  a  Western  city. — I 
was  surprised  to  hear  a  few  Sabbaths 
since,  a  statement  read  by  our  minister 
to  the  effect  that  the  money  is  quite 
deficient  which  has  been  promised  to 
students  for  the  ministry,  and  that 
unless  it  is  forthcoming  they  must 
abandon  their  studies.  I  can't  ezplkin 
why  the  Church  should  "  pray  the  Lord 
of  the  harvest  to  send  laborers  into  his 


harvest,"  and  then  withhold  the  needed 
supplies.  I  propose  for  one  to  supply 
my  mite,  with  God's  help,  and  therefore 
enclose  a  draft  for  SfiO,  and  wish  yon 
would  be  at  the  trouble  to  draw  on  me 
for  $50  each  quarter  to  make  up  the 
year.         

yi.   CO-OPERATION   OF   PRE8BYTERIAL   AND 
8TN0DICAL  COMMITTEES. 

In  behalf  of  a  Presbytery. — ^What  is 
the  present  condition  of  the  Treasury  ? 
May  our  candidates  expect  anything, 
and  how  soon  ? 

I  know  these  must  be,  perhaps,  vex- 
ing questions,  but  I  ask  them  for  two 
reasons — to  know  what  answer  to  give 
the  young  men,  and  whether  it  will  be 
necessary  for  us  to  make  provision  by 
extra  efforts  as  before. 

I  truly  sympathize  with  you  in  the 
hard  work  of  trying  to  make  brick 
without  straw,  and  I  nope  the  churches 
may  come  up  to  the  good  work  with  a 
will,    notwithstanding    the   "wicked*' 

articles  of  ,   as  they   have    been 

characterized  by  a  professor  of  a  theo- 
logical seminary. 

In  behalf  of  a  Synod. — Please  send 
me  statistics  as  to  contributions  and 

applications  of  the  Synod  of ,  to  the 

Board  of  Education,  from  May  1st  to 
Jan.  1st.  Also  any  other  facts  or  con- 
siderations you  deem  pertinent  to  an 
appeal,  to  be  signed  by  all  the  Chair- 
men of  Presbyterial  Commitees  and 
published  in  our  papers,  or  otherwise 
sent  directly  to  all  churches  of  Synod, 
before  the  March  collection.  We  must 
"  leave  no  stone  unturned,"  though 
your  own  statements  and  appeals  ought 
to  move  us  to  rally  to  the  rescue  of  our 
students,  the  support  of  the  Board,  the 
honor  of  the  Church,  and  the  cause  of 
Christ 


RECEIPTS  FOR  EDUCATION  IN  JANUARY. 

1878. 
•  [PutrtiaUar  itmUmttU  in  ntad  Monthly  Record.'] 

Fbom  CnuRCHKii $4203  83 

Theouoh   Committii   op   Bsnktolbhci 

AND    FlNANOB 465  34 

Lboaot 60  00 

Rkpundxd 110  00 

MlSOILLAlltOITB « »       1814  97 

Receipts  of  the  Board  in  Januery,    $6,154  14 

Total  reoelpla  from  April,  1878,       $63,0B2  45 
[The  total  receipts  for  the  year,  aa 
given  for  November  and  December, 
tiirougb    the   omiscion  of  those  for 
April,  were  $6,507  17  too  umall  ] 
Legacy  to  be  fanded,  and  interest  only 

used .« $2000  00 

Gen.  A8sembly*B  estimate  for  the  year  160,000  00 

Balance  needed  F«h.  1 86,967  ft5 

E.  G.  WOODWARD,  Tnamtr&r, 
WILLIAM  8PEER.  Cbr.  Sec 

Office  No.  1884  Chestnat  Street,  Phlla. 


1873.]    *  Board  of  Foretgn  Muiions.  85 


BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 

RECENT  INTELLIGENCE. 

Death  of  Mr.  Simon  Harrison. — Letters  from  Monrovia  report,  as  we  regret  to 
learn,  the  death  of  Mr.  Harrison  on  the  7th  of  November,  from  dropsy,  after  long 
saffering,  patiently  borne.  Mr.  Harrieon^s  name  first  appeared  in  the  Annual 
Reports  of  the  Board  in  1855  and  1850,  when  he  was  spoken  of  **  as  an  aged  col- 
ored man  and  licentiate  preacher,  who  formerly  lived  in  the  Choctaw  Nation,  but 
was  liberated  a  few  years  since,  with  a  view  to  his  going  to  Liberia  as  a  religious 
teacher."  The  excellent  missionaries  to  the  Choctaws,  Drs.  Kingsbury  and 
Byington.  took  a  warm  interest  in  his  welfare  as  long  as  they  lived,  and  he  has 
now  no  doubt  rejoined  them  in  the  Saviour's  presence.  He  was  a  sincere  follower 
of  Christ,  and  desirous  of  doing  good  amongst  men. 

Notices  op  Missionaries. — The  arrival  of  Mr.  Hutchinson  and  family  at 
Mexico  is  reported ;  of  Messrs.  Oldfather  and  Whipple  and  their  wives,  at  Groomiah^ 
Meesrs.  Barker,  Hull,  and  Graham,  and  Mrs.  Barker,  formerly  Miss  Latham, 
and  Miss  Bunnell,  at  Kolapoor;  Mr.  Kellogg  and  family,  at  Allahabad;  Mr. 
Calderwood  and  family,  at  Saharunpur;  Miss  Bacon  and  Miss  Pratt,  at  Debra; 
Miss  Brink,  M.D.,  at  Bombay,  where  she  would  remain  for  a  time  to  become 
acquainted  with  hospital  practice  there;  Mrs.  House  and  Miss  Anderson,  at 
Bangkok.  Mr.  Bassett  and  family  left  Oroomiah  in  November  for  the  new  station 
at  Tehran,  Persia. 

New  station  in  India. — One  of  the  first  measures  taken  after  the  arrival  of  the 
reinforcement  of  the  Kolapoor  mission,  was  to  decide  on  forming  a  station  at 
Rutnagherry,  on  the  coast,  seventy-five  miles  from  Kolapoor.  It  is  a  place  of 
30,000  inhabitants,  and  many  large  towns  are  within  easy  reach  of  it.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Barker  were  appointed  by  the  mission  to  occupy  this  new  station. 

Added  to  the  Church. — At  Petchaburi,  Siam,  a  convert  on  the  first  Sabbath 
of  October ;  at  Dehra,  India,  thirteen  of  the  scholars  in  the  girPs  school,  on  the 
first  Sabbath  of  December ;  in  Syria,  at  Sidon,  Hasbeiya,  and  Khiyam,  one,  three, 
and  two  converts  respectively,  six  in  all,  five  of  whom  were  women — a  fact 
referred  to  by  Mr.  Eddy  as  **  a  new  phase  of  the  missionary  work."  See  his  letter 
on  another  page. 

Ekuku  on  Corisco. — The  Africans  on  the  coast  have  a  great  dread  of  Ekuku, 
supposed  to  be  a  wicked  spirit.  Mr.  Gillespie  writes  of  a  late  attempt  to  create  serious 
trouble  at  Evangasimba,  Ekuku  having  summoned  his  adherents  to  destroy  the 
station,  causing  much  alarm  among  the  superstitious  people,  and  the  with- 
drawal of  many  scholars  from  the  school;  but  the  native  Christians  stood  their 
ground,  and  **  the  scare"  had  passed  away.  Mr.  Gillespie  writes  in  encouraging 
terms  of  the  work  at  Evangasimba,  but  asks  for  more  laborers. 

Receipts,  Mat  1st  to  February  1st. — From  churches,  $150,353;  from  legacies, 
$54,640;  from  individual  donors,  $37,782;  in  all,  $242,777.  Receipts  in  the  same 
months  last  year,  $215,863,  of  which  from  churches,  $157,605. 

We  are  grateful  for  the  liberal  bequests  of  departed  friends.  These  bequests 
are  of  great  service.  But  in  a  healthy  state  of  financial  affairs,  this  cause  must 
rest  mainly  on  the  gifts  of  tbs  churches  and  their  members  who  are  still  living  in 
this  world  of  missionary  work.    In  this  respect  we  see  with  much  concern  that 


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the  receipts  of  this  year  are  less  than  those  of  last  year  in  the  same  months  by 
the  sum  of  over  $13,000;  while  yet  the  expenditure  of  this  year  is  on  a  consid- 
erably larger  scale.  Tvro  months  of  the  present  year  yet  remain,  March  and 
April.    A  great  deal  can  be  done  in  these  two  months. 

Letters  Received  to  February  12th. — From  the  Chippewa  Mission,  January 
16th;  Creek,  January  30th;  Seminole,  January  6th;  Taos,  New  Mexico,  January 
21st;  Fort  Defiance,  January  10th;  San  Francisco,  January  21st;  Tungchow, 
December  2d ;  Chefoo,  November  28tb ;  Ningpo,  December  9th;  Shanghai,  Decem- 
ber 11th ;  Canton,  December  10th;  Bangkok,  November  6th;  Petchaburi,  November 
19th;  AyRthia,  November  26th;  Chiengmai,  September  28th  ;  Allahabad,  Novem- 
ber 30th;  Futtehgurh,  November  25th;  Etawah,  December  7th;  Saharunpur, 
December  5th;  Dehra,  December  13th;  Jalandar,  December  7th;  Labor,  Decem- 
ber 12th:  Kolapoor,  December  28th;  Oroomiah,  November  13th;  Beirut,  December 
16th;  Sidon,  December  13th;  Tripoli,  December  12th  ;  Monrovia,  December  30th; 
Gaboon,  Dsoember  23d;  Corisoo,  December  21st;  Mexico,  January  llth;  San 
Louis  Potosi,  January  10th;  Cos,  December  3l8t. 


REASONS  OF*»CUURCH"  WORK  IN  MISSIONS. 

Some  remarks  were  made  in  our  last  issue  on  ^^  the  Denominational  Element  in 
Missions."  They  presented  views  chiefly  intended  to  obviate  objections  to  the 
'*  church"  theory.  In  favor  of  this  theory  there  are  strong  positive  reasons,  some 
of  which  we  now  briefly  state — our  space  not  permitting  any  full  statement 

In  favor  of  conducting  the  work  of  missions  by  the  Church,  and  not  by  Societies, 
we  refer — 

1.  To  our  Lord's  last  commandment,  *'  Go  ye  into  all  the  world."  In  its  terms, 
which  embrace  one  of  the  great  functions  of  the  organized  church,  that  of  teach- 
ing, and  also  one  of  the  two  sacraments,  we  regard  this  commandment  as  having 
a  direct  application  to  the  church  itself,  as  a  regularly  constituted  body,  including 
its  office-bearers  and  members.  We  know  the  reply  to  this  which  is  made  by  those 
whose  definition  of  the  **  church*'  is  difi'erent  from  that  of  our  standards ;  but  on 
the  one  side  we  cite  the  authoritative  Council  held  in  Jerusalem,  and  on  the  other 
side  we  refer  to  the  several  "  bishops"  of  the  churches  in  the  small  city  of  Ephesus, 
as  favoring  our  church  views  not  only,  but  also  as  showing  that  essential  methods 
and  fruits  of  Apostolic  missionary  work  were  similar  to  our  own,  if  not  identical. 
We  might  cite  also  the  example  of  the  church  of  Antioch. — Acts  xiii.  1-3  ;  xiv. 
26,  27.  Would  that  we  were  moved  by  a  like  Apostolic  spirit  I  Without  dwelling 
on  this  commandment,  we  state  it  as  a  corner-stone  in  the  edifice  of  church  work. 
Certainly  we  read  in  the  Acts  of  the  Apostles  of  no  **  Societies,"  Union  or  other, 
for  spreading  the  Gospel. 

2.  It  is  a  great  question  in  the  work  of  missions,  how  best  to  reach  and  interest 
in  its  behalf  all  the  members  of  the  church — young  and  old,  rich  and  poor.  We 
think  this  can  best  be  done  by  church  action — each  Christian  denomination 
moving  in  the  matter  according  to  its  own  order.  We  do  not  disparage  the 
Societies  in  this  respect;  their  supporters  as  volunteers  are  often  first  on  the 
ground,  and  do  great  good.  But  for  training  the  children,  and  for  enlisting  all 
classes  of  people,  we  rely  most  on  the  appointed  means  of  grace,  in  each  congre- 
gation, under  the  supervision  of  the  church  courts.  This  church  action  is  all- 
embracing  and  enduring.  It  may  claim  the  fulfilment  in  direct  terms  of  our 
Saviour's  blessed  promise. 

3.  It  is  also  a  question  of  practical  moment  how  to'conduct  whai^iQpiSl^lled 
the  administrative  part  of  the  work  of  missions  in  the  best  way ; — how  to  procure  the 


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funds  needed,  not  as  moneys  assessed,  but  as  free-will  offerings,  the  fruits  of  grace, 
and  with  least  expense  in  their  collection ; — how  to  combine  needful  supervision  with 
proper  personal  freedom  of  action; — how  to  secure  a  certain  central  or  home 
direction  with  full  local  choice  and  energy  in  many  foreign  fields ; — how  to  do  all 
this  under  the  guidance  of  principles  held  in  common  by  the  laborers  at  home  and 
abroad,  and  also  under  the  sanctions  of  law  readily  available,  if  need  be; — how 
best  to  guard  against  divisions  and  personal  difficulties — all  this,  as  we  think,  is 
belt  secured  by  our  theory.  We  do  not  claim  perfection,  by  any  means,  in  the 
practical  working  of  this  theory;  we  see  some  defects;  we  see  some  things  to  be 
better  arranged;  bat,  on  the  whole,  we  do  see  great  and  distinctive  advanta;ies  in 
having  our  missionary  administration  closely  connected  with  the  Church,  as  a 
part  of  its  organized  work  and  under  its  full  control. 

4.  It  is  a  sacred  duty  to  make  a  wise  use  of  the  pecuniary  offerings  of  the  people 
ofQod  to  the  cause  of  missions  in  their  expenditure,  both  in  the  department  of 
home  administration  and  In  the  work  abroad.  Dangers  abound  here.  The  execu- 
tive expenses  at  home  may  be  far  too  expensive ;  and  even  where  the  home  ser- 
vice is  gratuitous,  ill-judged  measures  abroad  may  involve  wasteful  outlays.  In  this 
respect,  we  think  our  theory  works  well,  comparatively;  and  if  it  does  not  work 
satisfactorily,  its  defects  or  its  abuses  can  be  readily  corrected. 

But  we  forbear  to  enlarge.  After  all,  we  would  not  make  too  much  of  external 
church  movement  in  the  work  of  missions,  though  we  think  it  is  of  practical 
importance.  We  would  magnify,  most  of  all,  the  great  idea  of  having  this  church 
movement  made  sacred  and  Christ-like,  through  the  indwelling  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  in  the  hearts  of  all  our  people.  Then  the  Church  will  arise  and  shine. 
Then  the  Gentiles  shall  come  to  her  light,  and  kings  to  the  brightness  of  her 
rising.  

vineyard.'  We  also  request  that,  where 
it  is  not  already  done,  a  collection  be 
taken  by  each  school  on  this  Mission- 
ary Sabbath  for  some  object  in  foreign 
lands. 

"  It  is  felt  that,  by  considering  the 
various  mission  fields  thus  in  order, 
and  at  the  same  time  sustaining  the 
work  by  prayer  and  contributions,  the 
young  will  receive  a  course  of  training 
of  great  value  to  themselves,  while  good 
is  done  on  a  large  and  systematic  scale 
for  the  heathen.  .  . 

"Will  your  school  join  in  this  effort 
as  the  new  year  begins  ?  Schools  regu- 
larly contributing  are  entitled  to  a 
copy  of  the  Child's  Missionary  Paper 
for  each  family." 

This- paper  refers  to  the  missionary 
training  of  the  children  of  the  Church, 
a  subject  of  great  importance,  and  one 
which  should  receive  the  best  considera- 
tion of  parents,  pastors,  and  teachers. 
"Without  discussing  it  here,  we  wish  to 
offer  a  remark  or  two  on  one  phase  of 
it — the  use  of  special  objects  as  a  means 
of  leading  our  children  to  take  an  in- 
terest in  the  missionary  cause ;  it  may 


SABBATH-SCIIOOLS  AND  MIS- 
SIONS. 

We  insert,  with  some  omissions,  the 
following  Circular,  which  was  latiely 
sent  out,  and  commend  it  warmly  to 
the  consideration  of  the  friends  of  Sab- 
bath-schools and  missions. 

**The  General  Assembly,  in  May  last, 
recommended  that  the  spirit  of  Missions 
be  cultivated  in  the  Sabbath-schools  of 
the  Church,  and  that  *as  soon  as  prac- 
ticable, a  Sabbath-school  lesson  on  this 
subject  be  prepared  and  recited  each 
month.' 

**Once  each  month,  in  addition  to  the 
Child's  Missionary  Paper,  an  article  for 
the  Sabbath- schools  will  be  published 
in  the  various  weekly  religious  papers. 
.  .  .  And,  in  pursuance  of  the  Assem- 
bly's recommendation.  Superintendents 
of  Schools  are  requested  to  give  a  mis- 
sionary character  to  the  first  Sabbath- 
school  session  of  each  month,  using  the 
matter  furnished  in  the  papers,  or  any 
other,  as  may  seem  best.  It  would  be 
well,  also,  if  the  praters  of  the  occasion 
should  assume  a  missionary  character 
— imploring  the  *  Lord  of  the  harvest 
to  send  forth  more  laborers  into  His 


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be  the  support  of  a  scholar  in  some  mis- 
sioD  school,  or  some  other  object.  This 
secures  at  first  a  good  deal  of  interest 
among  children,  and  under  the  direc- 
tion of  judicious  counsellors  it  may 
become  a  step  toward  broad  and  perma- 
nent interest  in  the  missionary  work. 
But  in  too  many  cases — we  fear  in  most 
cases — it  is  a  plan  that  is  followed  by 
disappointment.  This  is  owing  partly 
to  the  fact  that  the  object  chosen  soon 
ceases  to  be  regarded  as  special;  it 
becomes  "  an  old  story,"  partly  to  the 
special  object  being  from  the  nature  of 
the  case  always  one,  the  same,  and  of 
course  limited ;  and  partly  to  the  diffi- 
culty of  securing  satisfactory  reports, 
without  which  the  children  soon  lose 
all  interest  in  the  case.  It  is  difficult  to 
secure  such  reports,  because  there  may 
not  be  much  of  interest  to  be  written, 
and  especially  because  the  missionaries 
have  so  little  time  to  write  interesting 
letters  without  laying  aside  their  direct 
work  among  the  heathen. 

As  a  general  method,  in  most  respects 
well  adapted  to  awaken  and  sustain  the 
interest  of  children  in  the  work  of  mis- 
sions, it  is  a  good  plan  for  the  pastor  or 
superintendent  to  take  up  now  one  part 
of  this  work,  and  now  another  part  of  it, 
and  so  from  month  to  month  keep  the 
whole  work  in  many  countries  before 
their  minds.  Thus  variety  will  be 
secured,  an  important  element  of  in- 
terest to  children  ;  and  thus  larger  and 
more  complete  views  of  the  work  itself 
will  be  presented.  With  intelligent 
study,  this  plan  can  be  made  one  of 
great  interest  and  benefit  in  any  Sab- 
bath-school. We  may  add,  however, 
that  when  our  friends  still  think  it  best 
to  have  some  special  object  to  be  sup- 
ported by  the  children,  efforts  will  be 
made  to  bring  them  into  direct  corres- 
pondence with  some  of  the  missionaries 
for  that  purpose. 


SLOW,  BUT  HOPEFUL  WORK. 

The  Rev.  J.  C.  de  B.  Kops  writes  as 
follows  from  Benita,  Africa,  November 
Ist. 


The  school,  as  you  know,  is  under 
my  care,  and  I  may  add  it  is  my  main 
wor^.  From  the  beginning  I  have  taken 
the  daily  superintendence  of  it,  teach- 
ing myself  the  more  advanced  classes, 
and  in  fact,  wherever  I  see  it  necessary. 
The  main  point  which  I  found  wanting 
to  the  native  intelligence,  was  the  power 
to  concentrate  thought.  At  this  I  have 
worked,  and  by  perseverance,  and  for- 
bearing to  give  them  a  thought  before 
the  former  one  was  really  digested,  I 
think  the  result  is  being  seen. 

Among  the  scholars  of  the  more  ad- 
vanced class  are  some  who  intend  to 
study  for  the  ministry.  One  of  them  is 
now  under  the  care  of  the  Presbytery, 
but  still  continuing  at  school  here,  as  be 
is  very  young  and  deficient  in  the 
common  English  branches.  For  those 
young  men,  and  for  others  who  ought 
by  their  position  to  be  well  informed — 
as  the  elders,  Bible  readers,  interpreters 
and  teachers — we  have  thought  it  ad- 
visable to  establish  a  Theological  class. 
Such  a  class  I  have  had  daily  since  our 
return  from  Gaboon  in  July.  I  had  in 
it  twelve  scholars;  two  Bible  readers,  one 
of  whom,  an  elder ;  one  assistant  English 
teacher  and  interpreter;  one  Benga 
teacher ;  three  prospective  candidates 
for  the  ministry ;  the  second  elder  of  the 
church ;  and  four  of  the  more  advanced 
and  hopeful  Christians,  who  'sometimes 
hold  meetings  in  the  towns.  I  followed 
the  Westminster  Catechism,  the  same 
plan  as  with  the  school — have  them  take 
tn  one  thought,  before  giving  them  an- 
other. I  therefore  spoke  about  a  ques- 
tion one  day,  and  by  questioning  ascer- 
tained what  they  understood,  the  next. 

But  if  their  reasoning  powers  ad- 
vance but  slowly,  still  one  may  notice 
a  progress  of  thought  and  of  action. 
Witness  the  following  resolutions,  taken 
by  the  Christians  in  concert  at  their  last 
meeting  of  Civilisation  here  at  Benita. 

'*  I.  At  the  death  of  a  person  it  is  cus- 
tomary for  men  and  women  to  assemble 
in  deceased's  house,  for  the  purpose 
evidently  of  indulging  in  the  habits  of 
drunkenness  and  licentiousness.  It  is 
resolved  by  us  Christians  no  longer  to 
go  to  such  scenes. 

"  II.  Resolved,  that  we,  as  Christians, 
shall  no  longer  furnish  money  to  our 
fathers  and  brothers  for  the  purpose  of 
polygamy,  or  to  encourage  any  of  their 
acts  of  adultery.  [Cousins  and  uncles 
are  called  likewise  brothers  and  fathers.] 

"III.  At  the  death  of  any  Christianas 
brother  or  other  near  relative,  it  is 
resolved  no  longer  to  pay  for  his  or  her 


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death  to  the  other  relatives.  [This 
seems  evidently  connected  with  former 
witchcraft ;  the  near  relatives  bein^ 
most  always  accased  of  having  killed 
the  deceased.] 

"  IV.  It  is  resolved  to  counteract  and 
discountenance  witchcraft  in  all  its 
forms,  and  wheresoever  it  shows  itself." 

Before  the  said  meeting  took  place, 
one  of  my  Theological  scholars,  elder 
Itongolo,  consulted  me  about  the  pro- 
priety of  bringing  these  resolutions 
Defore  the  people.  He  seemed  very 
earnest  about  it,  and  I  counselled  him  to 
eanvass  the  matter  among  the  Chris- 
tians,  so  it  could  be  done,  if  at  all, 
unanimously,  and  with  Christian  charity 
to  their  degraded  brethren. 

This  will  show  that  however  vacillat- 
ing the  native  character  may  be,  (and 
this  it  is  not  a  little,)  yet  there  is  some 
earnestness  too.  But  I  must  close.  .  . 
The  Lord  blesses,  and  blesses  unspeak- 
ably, yet  he  teaches  and  sanctifies.  We 
have  been  a^  well  as  could  be  expected, 
and  will  no  doubt  be  enabled  to  fill  up 
our  measure.  He  is  able,  and  that 
Bufficeth. 

ENCOURAGEMENT  "IN  THE  RE- 
OION  ABOUT  MT.  HERMON. 

The  Rev.  W.  W.  Eddy  writes  as  fol- 
lows from  Sidon,  December  12th.  The 
letter  is  one  of  much  interest,  but  its 
last  paragraph  will  be  read  by  many 
with  special  sympathy. 

Yon  will  doubtless  be  gratified  to 
learn  that  at  our  communion  in  Sidon, 
held  the  first  week  in  November,  one 
person  was  admitted  to  the  church,  and 
at  the  communion  held  in  Hasbeiya, 
the  last  Sabbath  in  November,  three 
persons  were  admitted,  and  at  Khiyani 
on  the  following  Sabbath,  two  more,  in 
all  six  in  about  a  month.  You  will 
also  be  interested  in  the  fact  that  £ve 
of  these  were  women,  this  marking  a  • 
new  phase  in  our  work;  for  whereas 
hitherto  our  audiences  have  been  mostly 
composed  of  men,  and  the  women  have 
stood  aloof,  and,  under  the  lead  of  the 
priests,  have  been  the  bitterest  opposers 
of  the  gospel,  now  the  leaven  in  its  work- 
ing is  reaching  the  women,  and  they  not 
only  hear  the  truth,  but  receive  it  with 
love.  We  have  often  mourned  at  this 
marked  contrast  between  the  churches 
in  America  and  those  in  the  East ;  and 
now  take  courage  that  a  new  era  is 
dawning.  Perhaps  this  is  a  conse- 
Quence  of  the  zeal  of  the  women  of 
America  in  prayer  and  labor  for  their 
sisters  in  otner  lands.    Certainly  it  is 


an  encouragement  to  them  to  persevere 
in  their  work  of  love. 

The  orthodox  Greek  Christians  of 
Syria,  one  of  the  largest  and  most  in- 
fluential of  the  sects,  which  has  made 
its  boast  of  its  reverence  for  councils, 
and  of  its  steadfastness  in  standing  in 
the  old  paths  of  orthodox  submission  to 
the  clergy,  are  now  almost  universally 
rebelling  against  the  decree  of  the  last 
great  Council  of  their  patriarchs  and 
bishops,  held  in  Constantinople,  which 
cut  on  the  Bulgarian  nation  from  the 
Greek  Church,  for  demanding  to  be 
ruled  by  clergy  of  their  own  nation, 
instead  of  monks  imported  from  the 
monasteries  of  Greece. 

And  because  Cyrillus,  patriarch  of 
Palestine,  dared  in  the  Council  to 
oppose  the  action  of  his  brethren,  he 
has  fallen  under  their  ban,  and  was  de- 
clared deposed  from  office  by  the  monks 
and  priests  of  his  diocese  on  his  return, 
and  therefore,  in  all  the  cities  and  towns 
of  Syria,  the  Greeks  are  declaiming 
fiercely  against  the  action  of  their 
clergy,  and  in  some  places  the  Turkish 
soldiery  have  been  compelled  to  inter- 
pose, and  to  save  the  monks  from  the 
vioL'Uce  ot  their  parishioners. 

The  power  of  the  priesthood  has  ever 
been  the  great  obstacle  to  the  progress 
of  the  gospel  in  this  land.  Now  that 
men  are  daring  to  think  for  themselves 
on  questions  connected  with  religion, 
there  is  reason  to  hope  that  they  will 
cast  off  all  the  chains  bound  by  the 
clergy  upon  their  conscience  and  their 
reason,  and  look  beyond  human  priests 
to  the  great  High  Priest  alone. 

It  is  astonishing  how  the  love  of 
money  as  well  as  love  of  power,  blinds 
the  clergy  here  to  a  knowledge  of  their 
own  interests.  Again  and  again  have 
I  heard  it  said  of  the  Greek  Bishop  in 
Hasbeiya,  that  by  his  pride  and  his 
avarice  he  made  more  men  Protestants 
than  our  own  best  preachers  did.  I 
saw  several  new  faces  in  the  Hasbeiya 
church  when  lately  there,  and  was  told 
that  a  young  man  was  betrothed  to  a 
girl  in  the  Bishop's  presence,  then  an- 
other man  desiring  her,  and  making  the 
Bishop  a  present,  he  had  married  her 
to  him  secretly,  without  giving  the  one, 
who  had  the  first  right,  the  least  inti- 
mation, and  so  he  and  his  relatives  had 
left  the  Greek  church  for  ours. 

We  have  just  finished  twenty  one 
years  of  our  missionary  life,  and  every 
year  it  becomes  a  greater  pleasure,  to 
labor  in  this  service,  and  every  year  we 
see  brighter  promise  of  Syria's  redemp- 
tion. 


90 


Board  of  Foreign  MiMgions. 


[^March 


DOXATIONS  TO  THE    BoARD   OF  FoRBIQN  MISSIONS,   IN   JaNUART   1873. 


Sthod  op  Albany.— P6y  of  i4i6an»/— Mariaville 
ch  21,  Sab-sch  U  —35;  6ih  ch  Albany  61  15; 
Princeiown  ch  3t  50;  Onlral  ch  Mayneld  10; 
2fi  ch  Amsterdam  145  11,  Srtb-««oh  30—  175  11: 
Nassau  ch  8  ii;  State  Ht  ch,  Albanv  quar  coll 
18'»  40;  Ist  ch  Greenbush  25.  Pbu  of  Champlain 
— Chataugay  ch  7  50.  Pbi/  of  Columbia— \^i  ch 
Valatia  43.  Pbu  of  Trow— 2d  at  ch  Troy  36 U4; 
Woodside  ch  Troy  81.  Sabsch  42  20  — T23  20; 
Park  ch  Troy  68  3U;  9th  ch  Troy  10:  Westmin- 
ster ch  Troy  8  60;  Glen'u  FalU  ch  158  65 ;  Cohoes 
ch  66  20  1353  90 

Stnod  or  Atlantic.— P6yo/iltfa»tttc— Wallin«- 
ford  ch  6  00 

Stnod  or  Baltimori. — Pbif  of  BaltimoreSnnA- 
poliA  ch  2fl  59;  GoTane  chapel  41  12;  Aisqiiith 
nt  ch  Sabscli  2);  Brown  Memorial  ch,  Mrs 
Ellen  Harri«*on  oi»;  Barton  ch  16.  Sab-sch  10  — 
2>:  Cumberland  Sab-Mch  42  75;  Ellloott  City  ch, 
Thistle  Sab  Hch  10.  Patapsco  Sab  sch  for  Corisco 
40  ™  60;  Emmitt9biir«Sab-!*ch26  o8;  Central  ch 
Baltimore  64  4>.  Pbu  of  New  Ota/te— New  Castle 
ch  169  75.  Sab-»<*h  37  —  206  75;  Port  Penn  ch 
21  43.  Pbv  of  Wathington  CStv— Falls  ch  6  89; 
1st  ch  Wa.«hmKton  Citv.  Ket  J  C  Smith  25;  Gur- 
ley  ch  20;  North  ch,  Washington  3*  80,  for  Syria 
1  5%  Mexico  2—34  30;  Lewinaville  ch  10  673  36 

Stnod  or  Cincinnati.— P6w  of  ChiUieothe—B.\\\»' 
boro  8ab->*ch  •SJ't ;  South  Salem  ch  D  Fs*  Sab-sch 
class  3:  Mt  Pleasant  ch  15  60;  Fall  Creek  ch 
30;  New  Market  ch  6.  Pbi/  of  Oncmnoi/— Mor- 
row ch  .3.  Sab-sch  2  76  —  5  75 ;  Pleasant  Run  ch 
16;  Avondale  ch  170;  Bethel  Sab-sch  5;  Lebanon 
ch  30.  Pbu  of  D  tj/lon— YeWow  Springs  ch  28  60; 
3d  9t  ch,  Dayton  542  46:  Memorial  ch  Dayton 
20  50;  liit  ch  Sab  sch,  Xenia,  to  sup  two  children 
in  India  60.  Pbu  of  Portsmouth— Ger  ch  Ports- 
mouth 8:  Isi  ch  Gallipolid  21  39,  Sab-sch  16  61 
—  38  126181 

Stnod  or  Clitbland.— P5y  of  ^^Iwrfand— Second 
ch  Cleveland  to  support  Rev  Mr  Eddy,  Syria  113; 
1st  ch,  Cleveland  321  60.  Pb.u  of  Ma  fOnt/Jj/— Can- 
field  ch  17:  Youngstown  ch  171  19;  New  Li«4bon 
ch  26;  Poland  ch  10;  Newton  ch  7.  PbyofSt  Ctairs- 
t?»W/j— Scotch  Rid«e  ch  6;  Portland  ch  2:  St 
Clairsville  Sab-sch  16,  to  support  boy  at  Myn- 
pnrie.  25  «.  40:  Barnesville  ch  6  2>;  ilock  Uill 
ch  25  50,  Children's  family  offdnng  75  cts  — 
26  2.'>;  Crab  Apple  ch  37  80.  Pbu  of  Stettftmville— 
Cross  Creek  ch  9,  Sab-sch  for  Rev  Mr  Noyes  6; 
Rev  J  F  Boyd,  for  Rev  W  C  Mateer's  sch  40  =■ 
65;  Beech  Sprmgs  ch  40;  Wellsville  ch  65; 
Uhricksville  ch  15;  Oak  Ridse  ch  14  76:  Be- 
thesda  oh  20;  Yellow  Crock  Sab-sch  to  support 
Mr  Noyes  23;  1st  ch  Steuben viMe  58  61    1066  70 

Stnod  or  Colorado.- Pcw  of  Cbtorocto— Denver 
ch  39  70 

Stnod  or  Columbos.— P6v  of  Athena— Y\v%i  ch  Sab- 
S'^h  Middlepori  17 ;  Warren  ch  18.  Pbyof  Colum- 
bus—lat  ch  CiroloTille  30;  Amanda  ch  6  60;  Lon- 
don ch  29.  Pbi/ o/"  Jfarion— York  ch  18;  MtGilead 
ch  35  50,  Sab-sch  21  75  for  Tuncchow  sch  and 
Mrs  Mafeer's  House  67  26;  Liberty  ch  10  50. 
Pbu  of  ir<jo«<«r— Woosterch  102  21:  Chippewa  ch 
15  06;  Miller.sburah  ch  13  19;  Fredericksburg 
Sab-sch,  to  support  boy  at  Nian  Pin.  China  8^; 
Congress  ch  18  rtO,  Stib-seh  I  75  —  20  35  ;  Savan- 
nah Sab-snh  4S  26;  Shelby  ch  8  76:  Holmesville 
Sab  sch  for  Pmg  Te  20:  Berlin  Sab-sch  for  Pmg 
Te  10;  Hrtlem  ch  16  84,  Sab-sch  I  86  -.  18  20. 
Pbff  of  ZarteavUU—Roficoe  oh  10;  West  Carlisle 
and  Jefferson  ch  15  60;  Keene  ch  15;  Jersey  ch 
•  27;  Granville  ch  105  62,  Sab-sch  E  Abbott's  class, 
to  support  child  at  Oroomiah  21  60—  127  02; 
Putnam  ch  280;  Martinsburgh  oh  23  36.  Sab-sch 
12  25  —  3>  60;  Clarksburg  ch  12  21;  Duncan's 
Falls  ch  10  1057  60 

Stnod  or  Erii. — Pby  qf  AUegheny^Honh  ch 
Alleirheny  1314  28:  2d  ch  Allegheny  73;  Se- 
wickley  ch  20),  Sab-<«oh  for  Woods'ock  130  — 
330;  Ist  ch  Sab-sch  Bridgowater,  for  Mr  Mateer's 
•ch  84.  P6y  o/ 5u(^— Sunbury  ch  16  86;  Plea- 
sant Vallev  ch  II  65;  Rich  Hillch  22,Sab-.sch  13 
—  3.5;  ButUr  ch  141  15,  Sab-sch  83  8>  —  228; 
Shiloh  ch  9  50.  Pbu  of  Clarion— Clarion  oh 
43  05,  Sab-sch  fur  Woodstock  5  —  48  05 ;  New 


Rehoboth  ch  17  45;  Troy  ch  12  50;  Perry  ch  28; 
Mt  Tabor  Sab-sch  5,  South  Braneh  Sab-nch  4  — 
9;  Greenville  ch  15.  Pbu  of  Erie — Petroleum 
Centre  ch  65  15;  Rouseville  ch28;  East  Green 
ch  7;  Union  cli  18  27;  Sandy  Lake  Siil>-sch  10; 
Greenville  ch  78,  Sa'b-seh  to  support  student  at 
Mynpurie35-=113;  Istch  Meadville50;  Franklin 
ch  83,  Sab-sch  7  15  —  90  15;  Callensburg  ch  .52; 
Waterford  ch  Sab  sch  to  educate  boy  at  Tung- 
chow  30:  2d  ch  Meadville  73  2.1;  Westminister 
oh  Erie  10;  Cambridge  ch  17;  Harbor  Creek  ch 
20  36:  Lake  Road  Sab-sch  2  50;  Gravel  Run  ch  11 ; 
Park  ch  Erie  7  i,  Sab-sch  for  school  in  Chiua  50  — 
123.  Pbu  of  Ki(tanmng—St<\t^b\irsi  ch  111:  Ist  oh 
Apollo.  Miss  Annie  Paul's  Sab-sch  class  2  25:  Con- 
cord ch  16  25:  West  Glade  Run  Sab-sch  12: 
Worthington  Sab-sch  10;  Bethesda  ch  4;  Law- 
renceburgh  ch  30  Pby  of  Shenango—ShHTon  ch 
62;  Slippery  Rook  ch  Ladies  31  -10;  Clarksvi'le 
ch  82  06;  West  Middlesex  ch  3i  i'O:  Mahoning- 
lown  ch  39  6'» ;  Mt  Pleasant  Sah-seh  10    3t37  00 

Stnod  of  Gbncva— P6vo^  Oavufl"*— Sennet  ch 
11  27:  Aurora  ch  16  85;  SpriOgfK)rt  ch  1»  28. 
Pby  of  CA«mun£f— Havana  ch  20  62;  Ist  ch  Elyra 
extra  25.  Pbu  of  Gcnwa— Truman sburgh  ch 
New  Year's  Gift,  a  member  lo.  Pby  of  Luotis — 
Palmyra  ch  105:  1st  oh  Woloott  28  38.  Pby  of 
Steuben— Bnth  ch  iO ;  Corning  ch  109  78;  Camp- 
bell ch  add'l  1  06  386  23 

Stnod  or  Harrisburo.— Pbvof  Chr/W«— Central 
ch  Chambersburgh  13  40,  Miss  Schofield's  Sab- 
school  class  1  60—  16;  7ih  st  ch  Harrisburg 
19  67 :  Gettysburg  ch  3  J  3:1;  Dauphin  ch  40.  Sab- 
sch  Juvenile  Mission  Society  35  93  —  75  93; 
Dickinson  ch  Mrs  E  H  Ga'.braith  memorial  2B; 
Mtchanicsburg  Sab-sch  forTungchowsch64  68; 
Newport  ch  25;  Great  Conewago  ch  11  25,  Mrs 
McEllhenny  5  —  16  25;  Green  Castle  ch  116; 
Middle  Spring  Sab-sch  to  support  child  at  Tung- 
chow  50;  Lower  Path  Valley  ch  Fannettsburg 
Sab-sch  33  63,  Contents  of  Bertie  M^^Allen's  Mis- 
sion Bux  2  75  —  36  38.  Piy  of  Huntingdon-^ 
Perrysville  ch  226  11;  Bethel  ch  14  26.  Peters- 
burg JSab-sch  1  —  15  25;  Mifflintown  and  Lost 
Creek  ch  172  76;  Mt  Union  ch  12;  Mapleton  ch 
4;  East  Freedom  ch  10;  Huntingdon  Sab  sch 
for  Jacob  Miller's  sch  25,  Infant  sch  for  scholar- 
ship at  Canton  30  —  66;  Fruit  Hill  Sab-sch  6  75; 
Uolidnysburg  oh  64  60;  Alexandria  ch  176; 
Saxton  ch  13  80;  Bedford  ch  39.  Pbj/  of  North- 
umberland—Second ch  Lock  Haven  6.  Sab-sch 
10  —  15;  Washington  ch  37  86,  Sab-sch  6  40 — 
44  26;  Great  Island  ch  77  10;  Centralia  Sab-sch 
2  50;  Berwick  oh  10;  Mahoning  ch  42;  Lycom- 
ing Centre  ch  36  .^3  1488  49 

Stnod  op  Ilunois,  Cbntral. — Pby  of  Blooming- 
ton— Croxf  Meadow  ch  4  60;  Ist  ch  Bloom ingtoa 
37  70;  Ghenoa  ch  2i;  Gilman  ch  9,  Sab-sch  1  — 
10:  Istcti  Urbana  12  15:  Canton  ch  31  2%  Mrs 
Walter's  children's  Mission  Soc'y  8  60  —  39  70. 
Pbu  of  Paorio— Prospect  ch  :ift  35.  Science  Hill 
Sab-sch  0  15^  41  50:  Brimfield  ch  4;  Prince- 
▼ille  ch  15;  French  Grove  ch  11  20;  Farmington 
ch  Mrs  M  Simpson  6;  Concord  ch  83  25:  North 
Butler  ch  7  26;  Limestone  ch  9.  /*t/  of  Schuy- 
ler-DoddaviWe  ch  4  25,  Sab-sch  2  90  —  7  15; 
Ebeneser  ch  19:  Augusta  ch  2i  65;  Plymouth  ch 
6;  Bushnell  ch  10;  Carthage  ch  30:  Islch  Mon- 
mouth 28.  Pbv  of  Springfield— Irifih  Grove  ch  7; 
Lincoln  ch  21  17  ;  Petersburg  ch  62  55       4(54  77 

SvNOD  or  Ilunois,  North. — Pby  of  Chicago — 
Jefferson  Park  ch  Chicago  143  7  ',  Sab-.sch  138  63 
-=  282  33  r  8th  ch  Ch  icago  10  54 ;  Man  teno  ch  31  63 ; 
Ist  ch  Kankakee  38  25 ;  Rev  E  R  Davis  20.  Phy 
of  Freeport—lihwd  Ger  ch  Freeport  18;  1st  ch 
Sab-sch  Freeoort25;  Ger  ch  Galena  2  GO;  Shan- 
non ch  6  8».  Pby  of  Oitoira— Streator  ch  14  76, 
Sab-^ch  1  25  —  16:  Farm  Ridge  ch  17  90:  Earl- 
▼ille  ch  8.  Pbu  of  Rock  Rii»«r— Wood  hull  ch  to 
con  Rev  J  M  CrawfDrd  Life  Member  30;  Maiden 
ch  7;  Calvary  ch  6  50;  North  H«nder'<on  oh  50; 
Coal  Valley  ch  6  2);  New  Boston  ch  4  6'>;  Cam- 
den ch  2(1,  Sab-sch  20  =-  40:  Morrison  Sab  sch 
lor  Corisco  63  31 ;  EMgington  ch  15  50       69S  11 

Stnod  of  Ilunois,  South. — Pbu  of  Alton— Trov 
ch  7  60.  Sab-sch  7  =  14  50;  Moro  ch  2  60;  Cave 
Spring  oh  6;  Istch  Alton  34  46;  Pleasant  Ridge 


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rh  8  80;  Chester  ch  5  20.  Pbjf  of  Ojiro— Rich- 
▼iew  ch  10;  Shawneetown  ch  45;  RichUod  ch 
6  50;  OIney  ch  18;  Enfield  ch  2i  5'J,  Sub-nch 
10  U6  —  32  56.  Pbt/  of  Mafoon—ChRr\oHion  ch 
»»;  Kansa**  ch  2j;  Mornaville  cu  »  45;  W<»j«t 
Ok.iw  ch  U  842  Ott 

?iTHoD  or  IxDiAN.i,  NoRTH.— P6v  p/"  Crawfords- 
»a/<— First  ch  Cravrfordsville  10;  Bethany  ch 
28 ;  Newiown  ch  19 ;  Rob  Rov  ch  12 ;  Sujjar  Creek 
ch  i6 ;  Rockville  cli  School  house  coll.  5 ;  Zionn- 
▼ille  ch  10.  Fby  of  fhrt  Tfayn«— Kendallville 
ch  U5«>;  2d  ch  Ft  Wayne  »»;  Roanoke  eh 
8  30:  Pierc^-ion  ch  8;  iHt  ch  Warsaw  6.  Pbt/ 
of  Jfuncie— Peru  1st  on  62  217  80 

tirjioo  OF  Indiana,  Sovth.-^F^  of  Indianapolu — 
ColunnbtiHS.4b-8ch  25;  Ist  ch  Indianapolis  106  o'l; 
3d  ch  IndianafK>li8  74  -3);  Walnut  si  ch  Bloom* 
in^Eton  5";  Union  ch  8  08;  Southport  ch  10  27. 
Ptv  of  New  Albany— ttAnover  ch  15,  Miss  Logan's 
class  I  =-  16;  Pleasant  Township  church  4  65  ; 
Jffferton  ch  2  25;  Charleston  ch  V.i  50.  Pby  of 
FinceiifMS— Royal  Qak  ch  6;  Clnyborne  ch  8; 
Hotrei«ville  ch  7;  Mt  Vernon  ch  16  15;  Prince- 
ton ch  2%.  Pby  of  White  IFa^cr— Firnt  ch  Rich- 
mood  .10  63;  Union  en  21;  Sardinia  ch  5;  Knijzhts- 
town  ch  8  4H7  18 

SYNOD  Of  Iowa,  North. — Pby  of  Oedar  Rapids— 
Ckraace  ch  6  50;  Clinton  ch  26  or>',  Ist  ch 
Cedar  Rapid«  5  20.  (Marion  ch  Sab-sch.  of  which 
Willie  and  Lea  Car:<oa  5»)et-s  Hod;;e  Marshall  I, 
— 13  46,  wroo^ly  credited  to  Marion  ch  Ohio 
In  No?.)  I^y  of  Dubuque— VeoMa  ch  3,  Sab-bch 
10  educate  jcirl  at  Oroomi  ih  10  —  13  ;  Epworth 
ch3  60;  Farlt-ych  3  5«»:  Ger  ch  indepeudenfe 
9  20:  Manchester  oh  4  5'»:  Zion  ch  8;  Sherrill's 
Mound  ch  2.  Pbi/  of  Fort  DcMlge—Denni'ion  ch  2 ; 
1st  ch  Ft  Dodse  II  08.  Pby  of  Ifaterioo— Sulein 
eh  6  9U;   Rock  Creek  ch  5  ih  106  68 

•  Stnod  or  Iowa.  Sooth.— Pfty  of  Dte  Moines — 
Knoxville  ch  6  15;  Indianola  eft  5  .50,  8abHch 
3  —  8  5(>:  Dalian  Centre  ch  5u  cts:  Minburn  ch 
5Jcts.  Pby  ofloiva-lsi  ch  Sub-sch  Burlington,  to 
con  Mrs  L  Cook  Life  Member  47 ;  Saiina  ch  3  40, 
Sab-sch  6  10  <-  9  20;  Shiloh  ch  2;  West  Point  ch 
9;  Liberty  ville  ch  2:  Birmin«ham  ch  10;  Kirk^ 
TilleohS;  1st  ch  Bloomfield  7  10.  Pby  of  Iowa 
Cittz—lat  ch  Musoantine  80;  Milton  oh  4  3); 
8ui<arCreekcb3  65;  Washin>^tonch40;  Scott  oh 
650;Sumnait  ch  7,  Sab-sch  13;  «-20;  Eldndfie  ch 
3 ;  Muscatine  Ger  ch  2.  Pby  of  Missouri  Riocr — 
Tekamab  ch  3:  BroMrnsriile  ch  3>;  Atlantic  ch 
*>:  College  ^prinj^s  ch  I  35;  Plea<«ant  Ridge  ch 
1  5«);  Council  Blutft  eh  17  49;  Hamburg  ch  3, 
Sab-6Ch  lU  — 13;  H:ghland  ch  Mr  J  Friedbach 
6  346  (lO 

SmoD  OF  Kansas. — Pby  of  Emporia— Exxrhn- 
ganit)  Sab  sch  3  75.  f*v  of  Xeosho—lat  ch  Neosho 
Falls  4  25;  Genera  ch  2  75;  Liberty  ch  I  25. 
Pby  of  7\/peka—&A\in&  ch  12;  Clay  Centre  ch  2; 
Sharon  ct)  2  28  00 

SxrfoD  OP  Kkntcckt.— P«/Vo/"JS^cz«r— Asbland 
eh  64  36;  Fleming^burg  ch  18  25,  Sab-sch  23  60, 
James  dendrick  and  wife  30^71  86.  Pby  of 
£ouisi7i//«— Klizabethtown  ch  11  26;  Walnut  st 
ch,  Louisville  17  20;  Uopkinsville  Sab-sch,  Mary 
Uowe  1       •  165  60 

Stnod  of  Lono  Island— P6y  o/BrooWyn— First 
ch  (Dr.  SearerV),  in  part  1116  38;  Classon  Ave 
oh  319  54.  Sabsch  Mission  Society  for  building 
woman's  court  at  Chefoo  260  —  669  54 :  South  ch, 
of  which  30  to  con  E  A  Graves  Life  Member  ^73  30; 
1st  ch  Edgewaicr.  S  I  •.'30  51;  South  8d  st  ch, 
Williamsburg  35,  for  Dillon's  scb,  Liberia  150  '— 
185 ;  Memorial  ch  Miss'y  Soc'y  74;  2d  ch  Sab-sch, 
f  »r  M*»xico  UK);  Throop  Ave  ch  IS  70.  Pby  of 
L-ng  /^/did— Southampton  ch  115  25;  Bridge 
Hampton  ch  7i;  Greenport  ch  S>ib-sch  81,  to 
support  boy  at  Gaboon  30  — 61;  Cutchogue  ch  lo; 
Middleiown  ch  28  14.  Sab-sch  2  30  —  30  44;  Mat- 
iituck  ch  10;  Amaieansett  ch  Sabsch  6.  Pby  of 
A'aMOM— Astoria  Sab-sch  35;  Miltville  Sabsch 
13;  Islipcb5;  Smithtown  ch  9  20;  Woodhaven 
ch  4  60  8346  90 

Stnoo  of  Miohioan.— P6v  of  Detroit— Fort  st 
eb,  Detroit  43  81;  Brighton  ch  9;  South  Lyon 
ch  27  10;  1st  ch  Plymouth  17  10,  Rev  J  Dub- 
aar  4  —  31  10.  Pby  of  Grand  Rapids— Ut  ch 
Grand  Haven  33  50;  Stanton  ch  10.  Pby  of 
Lansing—Rej  M  Kittredge  6.    Pby  (^  Monroe— 


Palmyra  ch  10  25;  BHssfield  ch  7  07.  Pby  of 
Saginau>-'Hny  City  ch  71  2J;  Wenona  ch  10  60; 
1st  ch  Saginaw  45  65  294  U 

Stnod  of  Minnxsota. — Pby  of  Man kato— Fir nt 
ch  Mankftto  47  10.  Pbu  of  St  Aiu/— Taylor's 
FallM  ch2:  St  Croix  Falls  ch  3;  1st  ch  Sabsch 
Minneapolis,  to  educate  boy  in  India  45;  Belle 
Plain  ch  3.  Pby  of  Wiwona— Caledonia  ch  6; 
Elba  German  ch  3  50;  Rolling  Stone  ch  4;  Lake 
City  ch  8,  Sab-sch  19  —  27;  Sumner  ch  6  1<»; 
Kas«on  ch  4  148  70 

Stnod  of  Missouri. — Pby  of  Osage— First  ch 
Butler  10  35.  Pby  of  OzirA— Ozark  Prairie  eh 
6  60.     Pby  of  Pta«c— Chill icothe  ch  14  60     30  85 

Stnod  of  New  .Ibrsbt  — Pb.v  of  Cbmco— Gaboon 
ch  12.  Pby  of  Bti2(tf>eth—if*i  ch  Sab-sch  Elisa- 
beth, to  support  teacher  in  Liberia  150;  Clinton 
ch.  Lfldie«'  Sewmg  Society,  to  con  Mrs  Eliza* 
beth  Warford  Life  Member 'iT;  Summit  (Antral 
ch  69  64;  2d  ch.  Elizabeth  50  49;  Ist  ch  Me- 
tuchin  3:^36;  Elizabelhport  ch  41.  Pby  of  Jersey 
C»Yv— Fort  Lee  ch  4  20;  Passaic  ch  7  72;  Eiigle- 
wood  ch,  for  Papal  work  336  ol;  Ist  ch  Hacken- 
sack  48.  Sab-sch  15  —  63.  Pby  of  Monmouth— 
Manalanan  ch.  Infant  class  17  75;  Allentown  ch 
43  60;  Tuckerton  ch  9.  Sab-sch  7  —  16;  Bass 
River  ch  1,  Sab-sch  2  —  3;  Bricksburg  ch  31  92. 
Pby  of  Morris  and  Orange—Virnt  ch  Orange,  Mas- 
ter Samuel  P  Smith,  deceased  3;  Central  ch. 
Orange  2V»;  Mt  Freedom  ch  25;  Ist  ch  Morris- 
town,  quar  coll  124  67;  Chester  ch  Sab-«ch  82; 
Madison  ch  2»2  75.  Pby  of  Newark— Fir»t  ch 
Newark  20;  2d  ch  Newark  160  61;  South  Park 
ch  508  80;  Wicklitf  ch  331  45,  box  150  —  332  96 ; 
Plane  st  ch,  Newark  16  56;  Ist  German  ch,  New- 
ark 22;  Westminster  ch,  Bloomt^eld  106  76.  Pby 
^  New  Brunswick— Second  ch  Princeton  77  65; 
Stony  Brook  Sab-sch  10;  3d  ch  Trenton  12S  94, 
a  member  1000  —  1128  94;  1st  ch  Trenton  650; 
2d  ch  Trenton  .30;  lat  ch  Amwell  17  50;  Kings- 
ton ch  164;  Milford  ch  14  05,  Sabsch  21  55  — 
36  20;  Holland  ch  10  30.  Pbv  of  Newton— F\r»t 
ch  Newton  192  0.3,  Sab-.'^ch  37  50  —  229  63;  La- 
fayette ch  6;  North  Hardiston  ch  80.  Pby  of 
West  Jersey— Firtu  ch  Bridgeton  350;  Salem  ch 
155  89,  Sab-.«»ch  104  11  —  260;  2d  ch  Camden  105  ; 
Ist  ch  Cednrville  81  95;  Fairfield  ch  30;  May's 
Landing  Srtb-sch  8  70;  Pitts  Grove  ch  170;  Fis- 
lersville  ch  28;  Waterford  ch  2  09,  G  W  8— 10  09 

6336  03 

Stnod  of  Nrw  York.— P6y  of  ffudson—BRmp- 
tonburg  Sab  sch  20;  Monroe  ch,  to  support  child 
at  Dehra  44  15;  Goshen  eh  111  '-'2;  Circleville 
ch  12;  1st  ch  Haversiraw  20;  Ridgeway  ch  16  35; 
Port  Jervis  Sab-sch  8:  Ui  ch  Florida  62  20;  2d 
ch  Florida  12  5i»;  Mount  Hope  ch  50;  Stony 
Point  Sab-sch  45  60.  Pby  of  New  For/c- Fifth 
Ave  and  19th  st  oh  16,228  10,  7th  Ave  Mission 
School,  for  Rev  C  De  Heer  loa  — 15,328  10;  Uni- 
vcr.Hiiy  Place  ch  3600  79;  Scotch  ch  319  60;  14lh 
st  oh  65  70,  Sab-.^ch  to  support  girl  at  Female 
Seminary,  Beirut  90.  and  two  cirls  at  Gaboon 
Serninnrv  50  «  195  70;  Isi  ch  Sab-sch.  for  sch  at 
Shanghai  41  08;  42d  st  ch,  Thank-offering  for 
Svria  50;  Olivet  chapel,  for  support  of  Rev  Mr 
Hutchinson,  Mexico  16  50;  Manhaltanville  ch 
15  15;  Brick  ch  chapel  12;  4th  Ave  ch  2.  Pby 
of  North  iZiver— Plea-nant  Plams  ch  30  18;  Mid- 
dle HopeSi.b-sch  16  44;  Calvary  ch  17  12;  Little 
Britain  ch  40;  Poughkeepsie  ch  41  29;  Rondout 
ch  270  Sab-Hch  8o  —  350.  Pby  of  Westchester— 
Yorktown  ch  40,  Sab-sch  20  —  6t):  Croton  Falls 
ch  5;  Riverdale  oh  100;  Mahopac  Falls  ch  12  40; 
Bridgeport  Sab-sch  11  82;  Mount  Joy  ch  26;  Mt 
Kisco  ch  25  .30;  Thompsonville  ch  33;  Ist  ch 
Hartford  120;  Port  Chester  oh  30;  Ist  ch  Yon- 
kers  369  61 ;  1st  ch  Peekskill  10  95         2l.31u  86 

Stnod  of  Pacific— Piby  o/Benfcio— Healdsburg 
ch  10  11;  Napa  City  ch  23.  Pby  of  Oregon— 
Portland  ch  84  70,  Sab-sch  8  35  —  93  05.  Pby  of 
Sacramento— KvntidM  ch  0:  lone  ch  3.  Pby  of 
San  Francisco — St  Johns  ch  29.  Pby  of  San  Jose 
— Gilroy  ch  16;  Alameda  ch  F  H  22  16      201  82 

Stnod  of  PnaADSLPHiA. — Pby  of  Chester— Cen- 
tra] ch.  Downinstown  12  25;  Fairview  ch  38; 
Reeseville  ch  7  72:  Penningtonville  ch  12;  l.st 
ch  Darby  9.  Pby  of  Laekawanna—Firf^^  ch  Pitts- 
ton  150;  Istch  Scranton.  Juvenile  Miss'y  Soc'y • 
for  Miss  Loring  126;  Montrose  oh  100;  Lang- 


92 


Board  of  Foreign  Mmiofu, 


[^March 


clifTe  ch  7;  MeBhoppen  oh  II;  Diinhre  Sab-soh 
2:  Monroeton  Sab-sch  I;  let  ch  Troy  40  60; 
Brooklyn  ch  6  26;  Liberty  ch  2  76;  Frankhn  ch 
31.  Pbu  of  L9high—Bfkz\etoa  ch  110  68;  White 
Haven  Sab-tch  10;  lAt  en  Pott«iTille  120;  Upper 
Mt  Bethel  ch  46  30;  Stroudsburs  ch  W  00,  8ab- 
8ch  10  30  —  61  20.  Pby  of  PhOadelphia^ThXTd 
ch  262  06:  7th  ch  92  56,  a  member  to  con  KeT 
Chas  T  McMuUen  Life  Member  60,  E  M  O  6  — 
147  65;  10th  ch,  (of  which  for  Indians  60)  1078; 
South-western  ch  25  81;  2d  ch  279  76;  Bethany 
Infant  tiab-»ch  to  support  boy  at  Ghefoo  60.  Fbjf 
of  PhUadelphia,  G>/t<ra/ —  Spring  Garden  ch 
32i  60;  Princeton  ch  408:  Ist  ch  Cohocksink 
l/jOOl;  Ohvet  Sabwch,  to  support  orphan  at 
Saharanpore  40.  P6m  of  Philaddphia,  North-^ 
Market  Square  oh,  bermantown  78;  Hunting- 
ingdon  Valley  ch  6;  Providence  ch,  8  P  8, 
M  H  S,  and  A  J  8  7  60:  Ist  ch  Manayunk  60, 
8ab-»ch  20  70;  Holmesburgh  ch  14  62.  Pby 
of  IF«»imm«te»-— Lancaster  ch  I83,8ab-sch  21  76— 
204  76;  Chanceford  ch  Sab-sch.  to  ttuppori  Rev 
R  Arthur,  8iani  31;  WrightsTille  8ab^8ch  69 

4117  82 

SnroD  OF  PiTTSBintoH. — Pf>y  of  BlairhVilU^ 
Ebensburffch  12;  Unity  ch  89  99:  New  Alexan- 
dria  ch  124  34,  Sabsch  6  25  «.  120  69;  Johns- 
town ch  00;  Parnassu«>  ch  74.  Sab-sch  16  60  — i 
90  60.  Pby  of  miUburgh—BexYxskny  ch  76;  Mon- 
teur's  ch  61 ;  Miller's  Ran  ch  26  45:  MansHeld 
ch  2«;  Sharon  ch  37  26;  1st  ch  Pittsburgh  600; 
Bellefleld  oh  128  31.  Pby  of  Etedatone—VieaL-'AXil 
Unity  ch  16  60;  Connellsville  ch,  Joseph  Paull 
and  wife,  for  Benita  6u,  Sab-nch  to  educate  boy 
in  Ghefoo  60  63,  Dunbar  Sab-sch,  Young  Men'a 
Christian  Association  34  40  — I;i6  0{;  Little  Red- 
stone Sab  sch  10  Pby  of  Waehington^V xr^i  ch 
Wheeling  280  16,  Sab-sch  forCori9Co9  50,  colored 
Sab-Hch,  for  China  3  —  29i  6);  Waynesburg  Sab* 
sch,  to  educate  child  at  Lodiana  61;  1st  ch 
Washington  40  31:  Lower  Ten  Mile  ch  16  76; 
East  Buffalo  ch  24  3> ;  Holliday*s  Cove  oh  66  26, 
Sab-sch  1  76—67;  Three  Springs*  ch  II ;  Pigeon's 
Creek  ch  68  86 ;  Cross  Creek  ch  86  76.  Pby  of 
Wett  Vingmia—QrAdon'B  ch  6;  French  Creek 
oh  20;  Fairview  ch  2^;  Morgantown  oh  19  76; 
Clarksburg  oh  6  46  2108  48 

Stnod  or  TiNRESsBi. — Ptiif  of  Hofston— J one^- 
boro'  ch  21  23;  Mt  Bethel  oh  8  76,  Oakland  Sab- 
sch,  to  support  Mars  Yoseph  3  —  11  76;  Green- 
ville ch  15.  /%y  o/irtna«ton~ Bethel  ch  23;  Mt 
Zion  oh  8  80;  Mars  Hill  Sab-sch  6.  Pby  of 
{Thum— Hopewell  ch  6  45;  2d  ch  Knoxville 
198  20,  Sab-sch  to  con  W  P  Washburn  Life  Mem- 
ber, and  support  native  teacher  among  the  Nes- 
torians  30  —  228  20  318  46 

Synod  of  Toikho.— Pby  of  Beil^oniaine—iiunh' 
svlvania  ch  8  66,  Sab  sch  2  56  —  11  20;  1st  ch 
West  Liberty  9  66.  Pby  of  Huron — Norwalk  ch 
158  45;  Freemont  oh  21  60;  Huron  ch  27  41. 
P6y  o/ Z.»mo— Sidney  ch  10«>.  Pby  of  Maumee^ 
First  ch  Toledo  19  60;  West  Bethesda  ch  30; 
Bryan  Sab-sch  10  387  71 

Stnod  of  Utioa. — Pby  of  Binghamton  —  Wa- 
verly  ch  45;  1st  ch  Sab-sch  Binghaatton,  to 
educate  heathen  child  60;  Mason ville  ch  3. 
Pby  of  Otseqo-Oxtord  ch  37  40;  Oneonta  ch 
SO:  Head  of  Delaware  Sab-sch  13.  Pby  of  St 
Xau^tfncd— Ellsworth  Sab-sch  2  76;  Ox  Bow  Sab- 
sch  2^;  Hammond  ch  4),  Samuel  Miller  10—66: 
Canton  ch  40  30,  Sab  sch  27  67  »-  67  97 :  2d  ch 
OAwegatchie  26.  Sab-sob  17 -"42;  WaJdington 
26  31;  1st  ch  Waiertown  38S  33.  Pbu  of  Sjra- 
eu««— Fayetteville  ch  68  66,  Sab-sch  10  —  78  65 ; 
Hannibal  ch  10;  Camillus  ch  10;  Grace  ch, 
Oswego  106  67.  Sab-sch  to  educate  girl  in  Syria 
40^145  67;  Park  Central  ch,  Syracuse  261; 
Janesville  oh  10;  1st  ch  Oowego  33.  Pby  of 
Uhca^Ut  ch  Utica  27  47;  Bethany  ch  279  36; 
Whitesboro'  ch  19  6»;  Forestporl  and  Alder 
Creek  ch  2  25;  Mt  Vernon  ch  40;  One  Ida  oh 
10(1;  Waterville  ch  46  1823  66 

Synod  of  Wbstkrn  Niw  Yobk.— Pby  q/  Buffalo^ 
East  Hamburg  ch  6:  Westminster  eh,  Buffalo 
82  11;  North  ch  40  60;  Lancaster  ch  36.  Pby  of 
©«ncs««— Perry  15  41;  Attica  ch  39  46;  Corfu  ch 
13;. Warsaw  ch  42:  Portageville  ch  16,  Sab-soli 
7  —  22;  North  Bergen  ch  62  46.    Pby  of  Qenesee 


Fa/;«y~Rllicotteville  ch  6.  Pby  of  NiaQartt— 
Niagara  Falls  ch  200.  Pby  of  RoehefUr-^Oroye- 
landch80,8ab..-»ch  12— 42;  Brockportch  176  52; 
West  Mendon  ch  20;  'Jd  ch  Sparta,  Family  Miss'v 
Box  10:  Mt  Morris  ch  58  20.  Sab-sch  30-88  20'; 
Qeueseo  ch  334  52;  Brick  ch,  Rochester  97  45 

1321  71 
Synod  of  Wisconsin.— P6y  of  Oiipnewa— First 
ch  Lh  Crosse  5  65;  Black  Rock  FallH  ch  6; 
Neshenoc  chl6;  Burns  ch  Sab-sch  3;  iHt  ch 
Hudson  16.  Pby  of  Milwaukee — First  oh  Mani- 
towoc 6  18:  CHlvary  ch.  Milwaukee  68  26;  Dela- 
field  ch  6,  Sab-sch  4  UO  —  10  90;  1st  ch  Ottawa 
4  60;  Granville  Sab-sch  1  50:  l»t  ch  Beloii  58. 
Pbu  of  Wuinebaqo—FirH  ch  O.-^hkosh  11  86.  Pby 
of  Wisconsin  /itiuer— Pardeevilln  ch  2:  Poynelte 
ch  8  46:  Lowville  ch  3  6i;  CoInmbu««  ch  10; 
PlaiieviUe  German  ch  2  90 ;  Lodi  ch  29  12 

261  97 
Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance  1779  86 


Total  Receipts  from  churches  in  Jan  $57,212  06 

LsaAoiBS.  —  Legacy  of  A  Champion,  dec'd 
6234  37 ;  Legacy  of  J  E  Hawley,  dee'd,  Amster- 
dam, K?  60;  interest  on  Daniel  Negley's  legacj 
63  60;  Bequest  of  Nancy  Russell,  dec'd,  Port- 
land, Ohio  40;  Bequest  of  Cornelius  Wyckoff, 
dec'd,  Hightstown,  N  J  500  6887  97 

Synod  of  Rkformbd  Presbytkbian  Church.— 
Second  Reformed  Presbyterian  ch  Sab-nch, 
Phila,  for  Saharanpur  sch  lu3  (i5 

Woman's  Foreign  Miss  Society,  Phila  5681  07; 
Ladies'  Board  of  Mi<isions,  N  Y  1269  60;  Woman'a 
Foreign  Mihs  Si>cieiy,  Albany  168  26;  Troy 
branch  146  71  —  313  96  7164  53 

MisccLLANBous.— Rev  n  R  Wilson.  DD.  10:  Rer 
H  K  Wilson,  Jr  10  :  Jas  L,  Miss  Bessie  L,  and  Mary 
J  WilsoD  each  6 :  Family  offering.  S  M  E3 :  Rev  J  L  * 
Fulton  6:  Mrs  S  McHeory  1 :  H  M  Lane  Jersey  City 
10:  Rev  S  M  Uammill,  D.D.,  Lawrenceville  N  J  100 : 
A  Friend  of  Missions  16:  Willie  and  Maggie  for 
China  1:  U  20:  Kiad  friend  of  MissioonS:  Rev  T 
W  1 :  W  MmNelth,  Brooklyn  4;  Friends  in  Ills  60: 
W  D  Qatcbell's  Sab-sch  clans  Cloolnnatt  for  Gaboon 
trainins  sob  20 :  A  F,  of  N  5 :  A  Donar  10 :  LilUe 
Uarry  Craven  6  cts :  Miss  Annie  M  Pysher,  S  Lans- 
ing, N  Y  10:  Union  Sab  sch,  Bergen  co.  N  J  to  con 
Miss  Susan  J  Williams  Z4/e  Member  30:  Father's 
tobacco  box,  to  educate  boy  at  TunKcbow  8 :  Miss  8 
B  M  for  Qirls'  sch  at  Tungchow  2 :  D  P  Kvans,  Eipley, 
Ohio,  for  training  sch  Carisco  50 :  Mrs  E  McCready 
2:  Mrs  J  B  Worth  Ills  1:  C  M  Hamittoo,  Auburn, 
Ho  25:  A  Friend  6:  Rev  L  M  Stevens  and  wile, 
Dolpbl,  Ind  23:  Judge  0  M  Dorman  60:  Miss 
6eori(ie  V  Oould  60 :  Norfolk  Va,  Union  Theol  Sem'y 
87  77  :  8  Pbilada  25:  J  0  Maxwell  special.  Geneeeo, 
N  Y  100:  A  Friend  of  Missions  10:  A  C  C  2:  Green- 
Tilleand  Tusculum  College  Sab-sch  6:  Geo  W  Bsto, 
North  Chatham,  N  Y  far  Gaboon  Mission  20: 
Friends  in  London  for  Missions  in  the  Kast  144  14 : 
A  Friend  in  Pittsburgh  400:  L  C  WhaaJ.  Malone 
N  Y  to  con  Letdie  CUrk  Wead  Li'e  Direetnr  )O0 : 
Systematie  Benevolence  26  :  W  M  Daniel,  Fremont 
Ind  6 :  Nes  Peroe  Indians  and  Ageno|r  65  ;  Ha  van- 
nah,  Ga  for  China  15 ;  Jews  15 ;  HP  Lands, 
Greensburgh  10 :  Rev  W  F  Kean  10 :  Mrs  H  M  Kean 
for  Woodstock  5:  Hamilton  Sott,  Adams  Mills,  O 
6 :  John  Mateer  fir  sleeping  room  Tungohow  Boys 
sch  35:  Dr  J  W  Chandler,  Zaaesville,  Ohio  10: 
Greenville,  Ohio  21  1600  97 

Total  Reesipts  In  January  1873,    $72  969  18 
Total  ReoeipU  from  May  Ist  1872,  $242,777  11 
WM.  RANKIN,  TVsosursr, 
23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


LmiEs  relating  to  the  .Missions,  or  other  opera- 
tions of  the  Board,  may  be  addressed  to  the  Rev. 
John  C.  LiOWrib,  Rev.  David  [rvixq,  or  Rev.  Frank 
F.  Elunwood,  Secretaries,  Mtsaion  Houae,  23 
Centre  street.  New  Yorlc. 

LsTTiRs  relating  to  the  pecuniary  atliAira  of  the 
Board,  or  contAininit  remittances  of  money,  may 
be  nent  to  WitxuM  Rankiic,  Esq.,  TVsonirer— 
^me  address. 


1873.]  Board  of  PubUcaHon.  SS 

BOARD  OP  PUBLICATION. 

No.  1334  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Letters  relAtiof;  to  donations  of  books  and  tracts,  the  appointment  of  Colporteurs,  and  the  genera] 
Interestt  of  the  Board,  to  be  addressed  to  the  Rey.  WnuAM  E.  boBXMci,  D J>^  Cbrrmponding  SeerB- 
ianf- 

Manasorlpts,  and  commnnioations  concerning  matter  offered  for  publication,  whether  for  books 
or  periodicals,  to  the  ReT.  Joui  W.  Dvum,  D.D.,  BdiUrrial  Secretary, 

Correspondence  of  Colporteurs,  remittances  of  money,  and  donations,  to  Bfr.  WoiTBaor  SABam^ 
Saperintendent  of  Co) portage  and  Treasurer. 

Orders  for  Books  (except  f^om  Colporteurs)  and  Business  Correspondence,  to  Mr.  JoHir  A.  Black. 

Subeoriptloos  to  Ths  Frmbyt&rian  Monthly  Beeord,  The  SabbatUSchool  VieitoTt  and  The  Presby- 
terian at  Workt  and  pajment»  for  the  same,  to  Mr.  Pnim  Waluuu 

Letters  relating  to  Sabbath- School  work,  to  Mr.  J.  Bbnubt  ITub. 


THE  TESTIMONY  OF  A  VETERAN. 
The  Rev.  A.  R.  Naylor  is  one  of  our  veterans,  one  of  the  men  who  are 
carrying  the  institutions  of  Christianity  into  our  new  States,  founding 
churches,  gathering  Sabbath-sohools,  and  truly  making  gardens  of  the  Lord 
in  waste  places.  Within  a  month  he  has  organized  two  promising  churches 
in  Kansas.  In  answer  to  his  application,  the  Board  of  Publication  sent  to 
him  as  a  grant  300  volumes  of  books  for  Sabbath-school  use.  His  response 
is  well  worthy  both  of  reading  and  consideration.     We  invite  attention  to  it. 

"  The  box  of  books  and  tracts  sent  to  us  by  the  Board  has  come  safely  to 
hand.  Its  contents,  so  liberal  as  to  quantity,  so  excellent  as  to  quality,  so 
•  rich  as  to  variety,  and  so  well-adapted  to  the  wants  of  the  people,  have 
filled  our  hearts  with  gladness  and  gratitude ;  it  gives  us  great  encourage- 
ment in  prosecuting  our  mission  work.  Please  express  to  the  Board  our 
heartfelt  th  inks  for  this  generous  and  timely  donation.  It  could  scarcely 
have  been  sent  to  a  more  needy,  and  more  promising  field. 

**  This  is  not  my  first  experience  of  the  kind  and  prompt  cooperation*of  the 
Board  of  Publication  in  helping  forward  the  great  work  of  missions  in  the 
West.  In  Indiana  and  Illinois,  in  former  years,  that  Board,  once  and  again 
has  come  to  my  lielp.  I  have  never  asked  for  a  donation  that  has  not  been  * 
promptly  and  generously  granted.  I  find  that  the  further  west  we  come,  in 
these  new  settlements,  the  greater  is  the  destitution,  the  poorer  are  the 
people,  the  lower  is  the  standard  of  morals,  the  feebler  is  the  influence  of 
religion,  and  the  greater  is  the  need  of  the  free  circulation  of  a  sound  reli- 
gions literature,  if  we  would  save  the  people  from  prevailing  errors,  and  our 
country  from  anarchy  or  despotism. 

"  Already  has  one  Book  in  your  little  box  (Ahno$t  a  Nun)  prevented  two 
fine  young  ladies  here  from  being  sent  to  a  convent  school  to  be  educated. 
And  where  may  this  influence  end  ?  None  can  tell.  In  the  course  of  thirty 
years*  ministry,  it  has  been  my  privilege  to  preach  the  gospel  in  eleven  dif- 
ferent States  of  the  Union,  but  chiefly  in  the  West.  I  have  had  some  expe- 
rience and  opportunities  for  tolerably  extensive  observation,  and  I  am  fully 
convinced  that  the  present  and  persistent  efibrts  of  the  whole  Church  should 
be  to  build  up  Christian  institutions,  and  scatter  broadcast  our'  sound  reli- 
gious literature  all  over  the  W«st.  The  great  adversary  finds  abundant  means 
and  agents  for  flooding  these  new  States  with  the  corrupting  effusions  of  an 
ungodly  press;  and  in  the  absence  of  something  better,  the  people  fall  an 


94  Board  of  Publication,  [March 

easy  prey  to  these  fascinating  delusions.  These  new  States  and  Territories, 
so  destitute  of  saving  truth,  and  so  devoted  to  mammon,  seem  to  he  the 
enemy's  favorite  battle-field,  where  his  strongest  eflforts  are  employed  to 
check  the  progress  of  the  kingdom  of  Christ. 

"  Let  me  say  to  all  our  dear  brethren  and  sisters  in  the  eastern  churches,  if 
you  desire  the  permanence  of  our  free  institutions,  if  you  have  any  sympathy 
for  souls  perishing  under  the  power  of  strong  delusions;  if  you  have  any  love 
to  the  cause  of  Christ  and  desire  the  advancement  of  his  kingdom,  see  to 
it  that  our  beloved  Board  of  Publication  is  furnished  with  ample  means  for 
supplying  these  wide  de3titution3  with  a  wholesome  and  soul -saving  litera- 
ture, and  employing  many  more  Colporteurs  for  its  wide  circulation.  Thus 
will  Christ  be  honored,  souls  saved,  and  God  glorified." 


MICHIGAN  SYNOD. 

The  Committee  on  Publication  of  the  Synod  of  Michigan,  in  their  Report 
say : 

There  has  been  three  Colporteurs  employed  in  the  Synod  during  the 
(last)  year.  One  in  each  of  the  Presbyteries  of  Detroit,  Grand  Rapids  and 
Saginaw.  They  have  distributed  3,000  volumes  and  40,000  pages  of  tracts, 
and  have  visited  more  than  3,000  families  ;  and  there  is  no  good  reason  why 
such  effective  laborers  should  not  be  employed  in  every  one  of  our  Presby- 
teries. 

The  Board  have  taken  hold  of  the  Sabbath -school  work  with  great  energy. 
A  series  of  Lesson  Papers  have  been  prepared,  that  in  the  judgment  of  your 
Committee  have  never  been  equalled,  and  eminently  adapted  to  give  teichers 
and  scholars  a  much  clearer  knowledge  of  Bible  truth  than  has  been  hitherto 
afforc^pd  by  our  Sabbath-school  literature. 

The  much-vexed  question  of  Sabbath-school  Libraries  has  also  received 
their  profound  attention,  and  it  is  believed  that  from  their  careful  selections 
from  the  lists  of  the  various  publishing  houses,  in  addition  to  their  own  publi- 
cations, the  wants  of  our  Sabbath-schools  may  be  fully  met. 

In  conclusion,  the  Committee  would  urge  upon  the  members  of  the  Synod 
and  upon  all  our  churches,  the  importance  of  aiding  this  cause;  and  they  would 
especially  recommend  that  our  pastors  take  heed  to  the  injunction  of  the 
General  Assembly,  to  preach  to  their  congregations  upon  this  as  well  as  upon 
the  other  subjects  of  benevolence. 


NEW  PUBLICATIONS. 

Across  the  Desert.    A  Life  of  Mohps,  **  While  we  are  waiting  for  such  a 

with  Maps  and  I) lustrations^   By  the  production,  however,  it  may  be  that  a 

PrTce  $i  oa    ^^'"P^^"^  ^'^''  ^^^"'^'  volume  of  smaller  proportions  and  of 

less  scholarly  pretensions  would  be  of 

The  author  of  this  new  book  modestly  service.    For  Sabbath- school  teachers, 

says : —  for  ministers,  and  for  all  who  study  the 

**  What  the  apostle  Paul  was  to  the  Scriptures,  a    condensed,   consecutive. 

Christian  Church,  that  Moses  was  be-  carefully  prepared  account  of  the  inci- 

fore  him  to  the  Church  of  the  Old  Tes-  dents  of  Moses'  life  is  much  to  be  de- 

tament  times.     The  world  needs  a  life  sired. 

of  Moses  corresponding  in  some  good  **  His  own  need  of  such  a  work  has 

degree  to  the  great  work  of  Conybeare  led  the  author  to  make  the  present  ven- 

and  Howson  on  the  life  of  the  apostle  ture.      What   he  wanted  be    believed 

Paul.  might  be  of  use  to  others;  and  as  a 


1873.] 


Board  of  Publication, 


95 


man  who  cannot  find  the  house  which 
he  wnnts  ready  made,  must  need  build 
one  if  he  be  able,  he  has  carefully 
sought  out  such  material  as  was  acces- 
sible and  arranged  it  in  this  volume.  It 
is  scarcely  a  palace  that  has  grown  into 
shape  under  his  hand.  To  some  it  will 
not  seem  even  a  cottage.  Be  it  so.  A 
tent  will  serve  for  a  journey  across  the 
desert;  and  if  any  one  would  like  to 
share  the  shelter  with  him  for  a  short 
tour,  the  author  only  has  to  say, '  Come 
in/" 

We  add  to  this  statement — what  the 


author  would  not  say — that  **  Across 
the  Desert"  will  be  found  by  its  readers 
a  volume  of  great  interest.  It  is  thor- 
oughly *'  readable,'*  sprightly,  viva- 
cious, and  suggestive.  Dr.  Campbeirs 
studies  have  been  verified  by  a  recent 
tour  in  Egypt,  the  Desert  and  the  Holy 
Land,  and  his  references  to  accepted 
authorities  are  constant  and  conscien- 
tious. 

Thirty-two  engravings  and  maps,  add 
much  to  the  beauty  and  value  of  the 
book,  which  is  printed  on  tinted  paper 
and  bound  in  muslio. 


D0KATI058  TO  THB    MiSSIOHART    FU5D  OF  THB   PrB«BTT1BIAH   BoABD  OP   PUBLICATION, 

Rbcbivbd  IB  Januabv. 


Stho©  or  ALBAmr.— Pfcy  of  ^/*^any— State  St  ch 
Albanv  26  'J7 :  Albany  2d  ch  2-^  lA :  l»t  c h  Sara- 
to>^  i$prin)<d  2S  <57.  H(>y  oj  (A>/um6ta— VaUtie 
rsh  15.  Ptnfof  Trot/— Troy  2d  ch  91  8U;  Water- 
ford  ch  16  19;  Hoo!»ic  Falln  ch  19  50. 

STXCD  or  HALTiMoai.— /%  of  Baftimore— Mrs 
Ellen  HarriaoD,  Brown  Memorial  ch  60;  Balti- 
more OnifHl  c.  7  70;  Isi  ch  Bultimore  40.  Pby 
of  New  aw(^— While  Clay  Creek  and  Head 
of  Chri.'«tiAna  ch  IG;  Wicomico  ch  20.  Pbu  of 
WoMhington  a/!j|r— North  ch  Washington  36;  Clif- 
ton ch  5. 

Stnod  or  CiKCi.xNATi.— P&v  of  Daf/^on— Hamil- 
ton ch  35  68;  Middletown  ch  26  06.  Pby  of  Cin- 
CiMNafi— Walaut  Uill  ch  tU  79  ;7lh  ch  Cmcmnati 
26  15. 

.STMOD  or  Clbtklajtd.— P6y  of  Qeodand— First 
ch  Cleveland  45  60.  Pbv  of  Mahoning— Polund  ch 
6.  Pbtf  of  St  ClairaviUe—Hi  Clairsville  ch  26; 
Hcotoh  Uidxe  ch  4 ;  Portland  ch  2  '62.  Ftty  of 
SteubenviUe—lfi\tinii  Creek  ch  13  i  0 

STJioD  or  Columbus. — Fby  of  -<4 Mens— Marietta 
ch  17  90;  Warren  Istt  ch  5  75.  Pby  of  Oolumtus 
Colambusu  Ho;?e  ch  7.  Pbti  of  l^oo«<«r— Fred- 
ericksburg ch  14.  I*by  of  ZanesvUle— Jersey  ch 
5. 

Stxod  of  Eris. — tby  of  .Brie— Edlnboro*  ch 
40  60. 

Stnod  of  GKnrA^—Pby  qf  Lyons— First  ch  Wol- 
cott  18. 

SrvoDOF  Harbisbobo. — Phy  of  Oir(i»U—Serenth 
ch,  UarriHbur);  14  47.  Pby  of  Huntingdon— lied- 
ford  ch  6;  Ini  ch  Altooria  :iO  05;  Maplfion  ch  3. 

St.nod  of  Ilunois,  CiXTBAL.— -Pby  of  Spring- 
fUtd"F\r:it  ch  Sprmsfleld  64  54. 

iY.xoD  or  Illinois,  North,— /l&v  of  Rock  Rtver— 
Aledo  iMi  ch  6.  Pby  of  Fre(port—Z\on  ch  3; 
Scales  Mound  oh  2. 

SYNOD  or  iLLraoiB,  SooTHw— P6y  of  Matioon— 
Mattoon  ch  5. 

Stnod  or  Indiana,  South.— Pfti/  of  Indianapolia 
— Franklin  ch  18  85.  Pby  of  While  irar«r— Lati- 
rcn*»bnr)«  ch  8  35;  Cenireville  ch  I  4t». 

Stnod  of  Iowa,  North.— Pfcv  of  Dubuque— 
Second  ch,  Dubuque  24  76;  Rossville  ch  i>  U6; 
Waukon  oh  3. 

Synod  of  Iowa,  South.— P6y  of  Dea  Moines— 
Osceola  ch  50  oeottt;  Dallas  Centre  cti  5</  cenu. 
Pby  ot  /ouwi— Oakland  ch  3;  ETangellut  St. 
Peter  German  ch  6.  Pay  of  lotoa  C\<w— Musca- 
tine German  ch  2;  Princeton  ch  8;  Ml  Union 
ch  5.     Pbuof  Mienrmri  i2ii;€r— Elk  Valley  ch  I. 

Stwod  or  KiNTCCKT.— f*y  o/Z^m»*t?tf/c— Eliza- 
bethtovrnch  9;  Marion  eh  37  60;  Freedonia  ch 
4;  Princeton  ch  16  75;  Eddyrillech  4  60:  Caney 
Fork  ch  10  25;  Salem  ch  5;  4ih  ch  IjoniHrille 
16  50.  Pby  of  rrafuy/vonta— Miimfordsrille  ch 
4 ;  Lebanon  ch  3 ;  Ebeneser  ch  75  cents. 

Sticod  of  Long  iULun.—Pby  of  Brooklyn-^ 
LafSiyette  ATenue  ch  97  40.    Pby  »f  Long  Island 


— Cutchogue  ch  6.  Pby  of  Nassau— Oyster  Bay 
15. 

Synod  of  Minnesota —P^o/ 5/  Paw/— First  ch 
BeilA  Plaine  2 ;  Duluth  ch,  Rev  E  P  lieberton  lu; 
Belle  Plaine  ch  10. 

Synod  or  Missoubl — Pby  of  Ozark — Osark  Prai- 
rie ch  3  26. 

Synod  of  New  Jebset.-^P6v  of  Elizabeth— EViztk- 
beth  3d  ch,  Sab-sch  Mit*8'y  Soc'y  37  GO;  Summit 
Central  ch  6  89;  Plainfield  2d  ch  6;i  76.  P6.v  of 
Morris  and  Orange— First  ch  Morrlntown  98  9o. 
Pby  of  ^ew  Brunswick — Third  ch  Trentoa,  a 
member  100;  Dutch  Neck  ch  iO;  2d  ch  Trince- 
lon  IV  62.  Pby  of  Neioton—2d  ch  Belvidere  15 ; 
North  HardiMon  ch  13  60. 

Stnod  or  New  York.— P6y  of  New  For  A— Mrs  D 
M  Mill!*'  Bible  Class  City  Chapel  15.  Pbv  of 
North  ^t7«r— Little  Britain  10.  1  by  of  West 
C/»e«r<r— Flr^t  ch  Stamford  18  62. 

Synod  or  PACiric— Pti»v  of  ^enifia- Heal dsbarg 
ch  4  45;  Vallejo  ch  9.  Puy  of  Sacramento— 
Amadon  ch  1  75. 

Synod  of  Philadelphia.— P6i/o/  Chester— Fair- 
view  ch  15.  Pbu  of  Lackawanna— Fir »t  ch  Pitts- 
ton  15.  Pby  of  Lehigh— Middle  Smith  field  ch  6; 
1st  Ch  Pottsville  18.  Pby  of  Fhiladelphin-CUnton 
si  Sab-sch  50 ;  Ninth  ch  lu.  l*tjf  of  Philadelphia^ 
Osnfro/- North  Broad  st  ch  52  27 :  Tio«a  st  ch 
12.  Pby  of  PhUadelphia,  iVort/i— Sole  bury  cli 
7  50;  Providence  ch,  S  P  S,  W  H  S,  and  A  J 
S  7  50.  Pby  of  Westminster— UtewRrtsiown  ch 
6;  Centre  ch  9. 

Synou  of  Pittsduroh.— P^j/  of  Redstone— Con- 
nell!«ville  oh  71  44.  Pby  of  Washwgton—Pifieon 
Creek  ch  14  99.  Pby  of  West  Firymia— Gran- 
villeoh7  20. 

Synod  or  Toledo.— Pby  of  BeUrfontaine—Rush- 
syivsniad  35. 

Synod  of  Utioa. — Pbv  of  St  Lawrence— C^po 
Vincent  ch,  E  H  Pratt  2. 

Synod  or  Western  New  York. — Pby  of  Buffalo 
—  WoHtminster  Buffalo  ch  13  13;  LancaAier  ch 
20;  Buffalo  North  ch  25.  POy  of  Rochester— Mt 
Morris  ch  26  44. 

Synod  of  Wisconsih.— P6y  of  Milwaukee- 
Wheatland  ch  2. 

MISOBLLAiraOUS. 

Committee  of  Benevolence  and  Finance,  New 
York  415  71;  A  A  Hojjue  26;  Rev  J  L  Fulton, 
WaniiinKton  1;  General  E  B  Babbitt,  USA  10 ; 
Anonymous,  Ky  1 ;  Friends  in  Ulinois  60 ; 
John  J  B  White.  Tallnlah,  111  1;  Rev  W  J  Mc- 
Cord.  Wassaic,  N  Y  60  cents;  Rev  R  F  Sample, 
Minneapolis  60  cents;  Rev  George  8  Molt  15;  A 
Friend  \o. 


ToUa,       $2777  07 
WINTHROP  SARGENT,  Treasurer. 


96  Board  of  Church  Eredicm.  [March 


BOARD  OF  CHURCH  ERECTION. 

Oorrtmponding  Secretary ^  Rkt.  H.  B.  Wilson,  D.D.,  23  Centre  Street,  New  Tork. 
7Veanir«r,  Nathan  Lank,  Enq^  69  Wall  Street 


CHURCH  ERECTION  OVERTAKING  CHURCH  ORGANIZATION. 

In  1870  we  had  something  over  six  hundred  churches  without  sanctuaries. 
During  that  year  we  secured  the  erection  of  195  houses  of  worship.  From  the 
Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly  for  that  year  it  appears  that  133  churches  were 
organized.  This  makes  a  gain  of  sixty-two  sanctuaries  over  the  number  of 
churches  organized  during  the  year. 

In  1871  the  number  of  new  organizations  reported  was  168.  In  1871  our 
Annual  Report  shows  the  erection  of  220  sanctuaries.  A  gain  of  fifty-two  shel- 
tered flocks. 

In  1872  the  Minutes  show  the  organization  of  188  churches.  In  1872  our 
Annual  Report  exhibits  211  new  buildings.     A  gain  of  23  houses  of  worship. 

This  would  give  in  these  three  years  a  diminution  in  the  number  of  shelterless 
churches  of  137.  But  as  some  few  of  the  churches  aided  by  the  Board  had 
buildings  (of  a  very  inferior  and  inadequate  kind)  before,  and  as  some  Presby- 
teries failed  to  send  up  their  annual  report,  it  is  possible  that  some  of  our  new 
organizations  have  not  been  reported.  An  allowance  for  these,  will  probably 
reduce  this  gain  of  church  buUding  over  church  organization  to  about  100,  and  at 
this  rate,  it  would  require ^/ifeen  years  to  overtake  the  work  of  organization  and 
give  to  every  church  a  house  of  worship.  How  much  of  contribution  and  Chris- 
tian effort  which  might  be  put  forth  by  those  churches  during  these  fifteen  years, 
if  properly  sheltered  will  be  lost,  and  how  many  thousand  dollars  of  the  church's 
money  will  be  absorbed  by  them  during  these  fifteen  years,  if  they  are  left  shel- 
terless (for  we  hold  it  a  self-evident  fact,  that  very  few  of  them  contribute  any- 
thing to  the  Boards  of  the  Church,  whilst  all,  oi  nearly  all,  are  to  a  greater  or  less 
degree  absorbers  of  the  churches  means.)  Would  it  not  be  a  wiser  policy  to  give 
to  each  of  these  feeble  churches  that  are  at  all  favorably  Situated  for  growth,  the 
small  amount  of  aid  necessary  to  enable  them  to  secure,  free  of  debt,  commodious 
but  uncostly  houses,  into  which  hundreds  and  thousands  would  soon  be  gathered, 
as  cp-laborers  in  the  work  of  building  up  Christ's  kingdom  ?  That  such  is  the 
effect  of  church  building  may  be  seen  from  the  many  grateful  letters  we  receive 
from  those  we  have  already  aided  in  securing  their  sanctuary  homes  and  places 
of  Christian  labor.  One  missionary  in  Iowa  writes : — **  Your  generous  appropri* 
ation  has  not  only  enabled  us  to  secure  a  comfortable  place  of  worship,  but  it  has 
infused  into  our  people  a  new  spirit  of  Christian  activity.  All  are  anxious  to  do 
something  to  help  advance  the  cause  of  Christ  They  are  ready  to  take  part  in 
prayer-meetings, — to  teach  in  Sabbath-schools,  and  they  give  more  cheerfully  and 
liberally  by  far  than  they  did  before  our  house  was  built.  They  think,  that  after 
this  year,  they  will  need  no  more  aid  from  the  Board  of  Home  Missions.  They 
want  to  pay  back  all  that  they  have  received  from  these  Boards." 

Another  says : — '*  Erect  a  church  building  in  each  of  our  county  towns,  and  in 
a  short  time  we  shall  have  strong,  self-sustaining  churches ;  but  leave  them  house- 
less, and  for  ten  years  to  come  they  will  be  dependent,  if  they  do-not  die  before 

that  time.''  Digitized  by  VjOOg  L  _ 


1873.] 


Board  of  Church  Erection, 


97 


DoNATioirs  TO  THB  BoARD  OF  Chxjrch  Ebbctiof,  Jasuart  1873. 


Albaitt.— il/tonv— Albftny,  State  8t  ch.  quar 
coll  61  80;  Saratoga  Sprinsis  Int  ch  Sab-nch 
3i  72;  Sflratoga  Springji,  2d  ch  Sab-sch  29  89. 
TVov— Troy,  Second  St  ch  114  63;  Troy,  WcMtr 
minuter  ch,  **  special"  16;  Waierford  ct>,  quar 
coll  32  38. 

BALTiMOEX.—Ba{timor«—BaUimore,  Brown  Me- 
irorial  ch,  from  Mrs  Ellen  Harrison  60;  Balti- 
more, Central  ch  11  10;  Baltimore,  12th  ch, 
**iipeciar'  64  60:  Baltimore,  Wentmlnster  ch, 
**»pecml'*  154:  Wiillami^port  ch  10.  New  CastU 
— Salifburv.  Wicomico  ch  40;  Wilmington.  l8t 
ch  31  47.    'Wtuhington  a«y— Cllfion  ch,  add'l  5. 

Ci«oxxivATi.—CA^/<eoM«— Greenfield.  First  ch 
11  35;  New  Plymouth  ch  8.  atkannatt— Bethel 
ch  6 ;  Cincinnati.  3d  ch  60;  Cmcinnati.  Ath  ch  9 ; 
Clncionaii,  7th  ch  41  -25;  Pleafmnt  Ridge  oh  Ic 
i>aveoft->Piqua.  Itt  ch  lo;  Venice  ch,  add'l  20. 
Clbtilaivd.— CK0t?«fan(i— CleTeiand.  1st  ch,  add'l 
109  81.  Mahoning — New  Lisbon  ch,  add'l  17; 
NewtOQ  ch  4  6A;  Poland  ch  8:  Youngstown  ch, 
addM  39  88.  ^  CZairsviTZ*— ParmiuKtoo  ch  6; 
Portland  ch  4  81 ;  Scotch  Ridge  ch  4.  Stmffmi' 
rj^te— Irondale,  Ipt  ch  60;  Island  Creek  ch  20. 

CoLiTifBU6.—ilM0n«— Warren  ch  6.  Gjlumbu9-^ 
Columbu.4,  li»t  ch,  •* ppeciaP*  16.  Jlfartori— Dela- 
ware ch,  add'l  21  60.  Ifbo«ter— Fredfricksburgh 
ch,  add'l  si;  Orange  and  Polk  ch  8  29;  Savan- 
nab  ch  16  60.  ZanesmtU— J eritey  ch,  add'l  10; 
Maixkmgum  oh  7  6o. 

Eric — JZ/^Aenj^— Allegheny.  1st  ch  74  63;  Al- 
legheny, ProTidence  Mission  ch  4  75;  Emswurih 
ch  9.  jBh^ct— Martlnj«burgh  ch  10;  Westmin- 
Bter  oh,  add  1  10.  Brie — Cool  Spring  ch  7  93; 
Erie.  Westminster  ch  9  20:  North  East,  tst  ch 
14.  iTiitonntny— Appleby  Manor  ch  3  17;  Apollo, 
1st  ch  17  66;  Clinton  ch  6;  Crooked  Creek  ch 
2  61 ;  Kittanning,  1st  ch  260.  Shenango^he^veT 
Falla  ch  17 ;  New  CasUe,  1st  ch  17  85. 

OiNKTA.— C%«ffluno— Bardett  ch,  add'l  6.  Oe- 
neoa—Penn  Yao  en  103  08.  Steuben— Coraing 
ch,  add'l  9  30. 

Haibibburo.— CbWisIs— Big  Spring  oh,  "Little 
Gleaners**  10;  Chambersburg.  Falling  Spring  ch, 
two  members.  **  special"  lo;  Harrisburg,  Int  ch, 
from  Friends  "special**  84  60;  Harrisburg, 
SeTenth  St  ch.  quar  coll  14  67.  Huntingdon-^ 
Bedford  ch,  add'l  12;  Mapleton  ch  3. 

Iluwoib,  Ckntbal.— i^x>rta— Lewistown  oh, 
add'l  87  29. 

iLLnrois,  NoBTH.—Cftioo^t— Chicago,  2d  oh, 
add'l  30. 

jLLnfois,  South.— ^ Won— Brighton  ch  2  90; 
Trenton  ch  6.  Ifo/toon— Kansas  ch  8;  New  Hope 
eh  8. 

Iiii»iA9A.  fJoKrB.—CrawfordsoiU^— Oxford  ch, 
add'l  4.    Fort  fTajm^— Pierceton  oh  3.  « 

I.fDiAivA.  SotrrH. —  Finemnes— Indiana  ch  6. 
White  Ifater— Shelbyville,  let  ch  20. 

lowA-  yoKra.'—Dubuque — McGregor,  German 
oh  4;  Waukon  oh  3. 

lowA,  South. — Dee  Jllo/n«»— Plynwuth  ch  4  30. 
lown  CMy— MechanicsTille  ch  8;  Mt  Union  ch  2; 
Muscatine,  German  ch  2:  Princeton  ch  4.  Mia- 
aouri  River—EWs.  Valley  ch  1. 

KAJraAS.—£Ri7«and— Concordia  ch  3.  Topeka 
— Clay  Centre  ch  6:  Perry ville  ch  12;  Sharon  ch 
3;  Solomon  City,  Ist  ch  2  60. 

Kbxtuckt.— £60n«z6r-Burlingtonoh2O.  Louie- 
v<Uc~I.K>ui8Tille,  Warren  ch  10. 

LoHO  ISLAHD. — BrooiWyn- Brooklyn,  2d  ch, 
from  Abram  Bayll««a.  "special**  60.  Long  leland 
— Amagansettch  13. 

MiCHWAir.- De/roi<— Detrait,l8t  ch,  from  Mrs 
E  F  Brown, ''specliil**  60.  Lixneing— Homer  oh 
16.    Sasftnaw—Au  Soble  and  Osceola  oh  7  30. 

MmiiESOTA.— 5/  Pau/— Belle  Plaine  ch  3.    IF<. 
mma— Oronoco  ch  3 ;  Owatonna,  lt>t  oh  3  80. 
MI06OCBL— Plo/myro— Moberly,  Ist  oh  8. 


New  jEii8BT.—S/tzaA«<A— Basking  Ridge  ch  66 ; 
Perth  Ambm*,  Sab-sch,  •♦speciHl  "  for  Snmmer- 
ville  ch.  S  C  80  60;  Summit  Centrsl  ch  16  22. 
Jersey  C'/v— Bergen.  Ist  eh,  *•  special "  100.  Mor- 
rte  and  Orange— German  Valley  ch,  fldd'l  10; 
Morristown,  Ist  ch,  quar  ooU  42  86.  Newark— 
Newark,  Ist  Ger  ch  10;  Newark.  2d  ch,  onar  coll 
67  84;  Newark,  3d  ch,  in  pAri  300  22;  Newark, 
High  St  ch  60  15.  New  ^ruwirteA— Prinoelon, 
2d  ch  7;  Trenton,  3d  ch  from  a  m*»mber  16(i. 
A'«ii>tort— Belvldere.  1st  ch  CO;  Musconetcong 
Valley  ch  22.    West  Jersfly— Camden  li't  ch  60. 

New  Yobk.— iVew  For  A— New  York.  Ist  ch,  "  A 
member**  for  -Salt  Lake  ch  lOOO;  New  York, 
Fifth  Arenueand  Nineteenth  ftch  from  William 
Sloan  ftO  for  Sail  Lake,  from  A  •'  Friend"  iOO  =- 
260;  New  York,  Madison  Square  ch.  add*l  47i'; 
New  York,  Sea  and  Land  ch  4  ao;  ManhatianTille 
ch  6  60.    Norlh  River— t'reedom  Plains  ch  6. 

Pacific— ^cnfcfo—Healdsbiirgh  ch  5  83;  Val- 
lejo  ch  11.  Sacramento— Amador  ch  6  36;  Chico 
ch  8  30. 

pHiLADBLPmA.— Cft««/«r— Downingtown  Central 
ch  Zi  09.  Laektticanna—Uerrick.  ch  ft:  Hones- 
dale  ch  60;  Lockport  cIl  Sullivan  Mission  3; 
Wyalufing  oh  6.  Lehigh— l*oitsv\\le  1st  ch  4o. 
PAitede/pWo— Philadelphia,  1st  ch.  "From  Two 
Sisters,*' '♦special"  in;  Philadelphia,  1st  ch.  from 
a  friend,  '^special**  2;  Philadelphia,  2d  ch  60; 
Philsdelphia,  6th  ch  10.  PhUadelph^a,  Cenlrnl— 
Philadelphia,  North  Broad  st  ch  78  42;  Phila- 
delphia. Norih  loth  St  ch  13  84.  PhUadefphia, 
iVor^A— Nehhaminy  of  Warwick  oh,  ** special'* 
40;  Port  Kennedy  ch,  •*8peclal"  16;  Providence 
ch  ••special*'  26  IFft^iru/er— Hopewell  Centre 
ch  14;  Slateville  ch  15;  Stewartsiown  ch  14; 
York  ch,  of  which  from  a  member  6,  227  46. 

PiTTSuuROH.  —  Pittsburgh  —  Canonsburgh  ch 
12  20;  Chartiers  ch  7  80;  Mhnsfield  ch  6;  Mt 
Carmel  ch  9  05;  Pittsburgh,  2d  ch  46  21.  .Bed- 
stone—Connellsville  ch  80  04.  Wa&hington—B\xr- 
gettstown  oh  24  64. 

ToLBoa  —  SeZ/c/ontoifM  — Patterson  oh  2  60; 
Rushsylvaniach  12  17. 

l7TiCA.—iS^aeuM— Oswego,  Grace  ch  62  61 ; 
Syracuse.  Ist  ch  133  40.  CT/tca— Ulica,  West- 
minster ch,  "  special "  60.  St  Xau^rsnes— Adams 
ch25.  . 

Wbstebn  New  York— .ati/Tafo— Buffalo.  West- 
minster ch,  quar  coll  32  85;  Lancas«ier  ch  20; 
Silver  Creek  ch  10  03.  iVfa</aro— Holly  ch, 
••special"  11;  Lockport,  2d  Ward  ch,  "special** 
86;  Millville  ch,  **special"  4;  Wilfon  ch,  *'8pe- 
cial*' 20.    -BocAM^er— Mount  Morris  ch  47  68. 

WiscoKMK.— CAippevKi— La  Crosse.  1st  ch  4  16; 
North  La  Crosse  oh  86  cents.   ilfi/uK>u/c«a— Mani- 
towoc, 1st  ch  6. 
Committee  on  Benerolenceand  Finance  639  33 

MisoBLLAiTEOUs.- Rer  J  L  Fulton,  Hookstnwn* 
Pa  I;  E  B  Babbitt,  Portland,  Oregon  20;  "G**  1 : 
Rev  A  H  Dashiell,  Jr,  BHcknbunr,  N  J  1;  E  F 
Foote.  M.D.  New  Haven,  Conn  25;  "Specials** 
450;  Rev  J  W  Mcrord,  Wassaic,  N  Y  1 ;  -  Friends'* 
in  111  60;  H  L  Blakely,  N  Y,  "special**  6. 

Idpeeiale  Jor  Salt  Lake  Churchy  Utah  Territory. 

P  McMartln,  N  Y  City  100;  W  L  Skldmore,  N  Y 
City  25;  J  Fraaer,  N  Y  City  25;  Rev  Mrs  N  G 
Gates.  Canton,  Pa  5;  James  McCrearv,  N  Y  City 
lOO:  DrC  R  Agnew,  N  Y  City  20;  wm  Dution, 
N  Y  City  260;  John  A  Stewart.  N  Y  City  50;  J  D 
Vermilye,  New  York  City  26:  Robt  Hoe  A  Co, 
N  Y  City  60;  John  J  Crane,  N  Y  Ciiy  160;  Mrs 
Baldwin,  N  Y  City  10;  James  Brown,  N  Y  City 
260;  W  R  Vermilye,  N  Y  City  100;  Mrs  H  Ken- 
dall, Brooklyn,  N  Y  2J ;  Mrs  B  F  Hatfield,  N  Y 
City  20 ;  ♦•  S  D  P  '*  6. 

Interest  from  Permanent  Fund  742  00. 

Total  receipts  in  January,       $0383  65 
NATHAN  LANE,  Treatwer. 


98 


Relief  Fund  for  Disabled  Ministers. 


[Mardi 


RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS, 

AND  THE  WIDOWS  AND  ORPHANS  OF  DECEASED  MINISTERS. 

RsT.  Obobgb  Halk,  D.D..  Secretary,  Rev.  Charlks  Bbowk,  TVeeMura*. 

Officb,  1334  GhoBinut  Street,  Philadelphia. 


** I  delivered  the  poor  that  criedy  and  thefatherUsa,  and  him  that  had  none  to  helphim.^ — Job  xxix.  12. 


On  the  7th  of  February  the  liabilities  of  the  Relief  Fund  were  thirteen  thous- 
and AND  SIXTY  DOLLARS,  and  there  were  one  hundred  and  one  families  wait- 
ing for  their  semi-annual  remittance.  Before  this  copy  of  the  Record  meets  the 
reader's  eye,  the  above  amount  will  be  increased  by  the  payments  coming  du«  on 
former  grants,  as  well  as  on  new  appropriations. 

The  income  since  April  1st  has  been  !?62,988  13,  and  the  actual  receipts  from 
churches  $6000  more  than  last  year,  for  the  ten  months  to  February  Ist ;  but  there 
was  only  a  very  small  working  balance  to  begin  with,  and  the  number  aided  is 
increased  by  forty-one.  Shall  we  have  the  $37,000  to  make  up  the  $100,000 
asked  for  and  needed?  Does  not  the  heart  of  our  Church  say,  Yes?  The  prayers 
of  hundreds,  who  have  been  subjected  to  great  inconvenience  by  the  long  delay 
of  payments,  caused  by  the  inadequate  supply  ever  since  the  rising  of  the  last 
Assembly t  earnestly  call  for  it. 


Contributions  in  January  1873. 


Sthoo  of  Albaht. — Phy  of  Albany — 

Saratoga  Springs  I'st  oh  Sab-soh  17  65 

Albany  Slate  «t  ch  30  90 

Pby  of  CAamp/mn— Plattsburgh  Istch  10  00 

Pbu  of  Cb/timWa— Catskill,  Mrs  E  B  Day  10  00 

Pt>V  of  Troy— Lanaingburgh,  Ohret  ch  20  00 

Malta  ch  6  eo 

Cohoes  ch  65  UO 

Troy  Second  Street  ch  91  44 

Wftterlord  ch  16  19 

Warreosburgh  ch  4  00 

Stnod  or  Baltimobb. — Pby  of  Baltimore-' 

Baltimore  Isi  ch  100  00 

Baltimore  Central  ch  63  59 

Williamsport  ch  10  00 
Brov7D  Memorial,  Mrs  Ellen  Harrison  5U  00 

Phy  of  A'«o  Cantle— 

PrinceDH  Ann.  Manokin  oh  16  60 

Lower  Went  Nottingham  ch  29  42 

Salisbury,  Wicomico  ch  12  00 

Pby  of  Washington  Cli<i/— Clifton  ch  5  00 

STWOD  of  ClNCTNNATI. — 

Synod  of  Cincinuati,  per  Rev  A  Rit- 
chie 41  66 

Pbv  of  ChiUieothe—Vf  aahinglon  C  H  ch  10  00 

Greenfield  l8t  ch  12  76 

Pbu  of  ancinnatt— Delhi  ch  5  60 

Glendale  ch  60  50 

Moniuomery  ch  16  00 

Cincinnati,  Lane  Seminary  85  39 

Pbf/  of  Cincinnati — 

Cincinnati,  Orchard  Street  ch  4  00 

Cincinnati,  year  1871,  5th  ch  24  63 

Cmcinnaii,  year  1872,  6lh  ch  23  37 

Sharonville  ch  7  40 

Pleasant  Kidi{e  ch  16  uO 

Ma<9on  and  Pispah  ch  10  00 

Keadinjt  and  Lockland  ch  6  60 

Colle^re  Hill  ch  27  21 

Piw  of  Vanton— Venice  ch  21  00 

Fletcher  oh  8  00 
Stnod  or  Cleveland.— Pby  of  CUveland— 

Cleveland  iBt  ch  64  00 

Pby  qf  Mahoning^Poluid  oh  10  00 


New  Lisbon  ch 

Newton  ch 
Pby  ot  St  Gairsville^Crab  Apple  ch 

HtClairsville  ch 

Scotch  Ridge  ch 
Stmod  or  CoLvuBVS.— Pby  of  Athens^ 

Warren  ch 
Pby  qf  Ojlumbm—C'irc\ev\\\e  let  ch 
Pby  of  Jro(»sfcr— Fredericksburg  ch 
Pby  of  ZmesviUe—ZQXAQy  ch 

BakersFille  ch 
ST50D  OP  Emr.— Pby  of  Allegheny— 

Bridpewater  l«t  ch 
Pbv  of  ^14/^— MarMnsburgh  ch 

Chntonville  ch 
Pbu  of  JSrjfi-MeadTille  let  oh 

Gravel  Run 
Pbf/  of  Ktttanning — Crooked  Greek  ch 

Saltshurgh  ch 

SalUMburgh  ch,  from  *'a  friend" 

Appleby  Manor  ch 
Synod  op  Q^vkva..— Pby  of  Geneva-^ 

Trumansburgh  ch 
Pby  of  L»/oiw— Walcott  lat  ch 
Pbv  of  Steuben— Paiinted  Post  oh 

Corning  Ue  ch,  add'l 
Stnod  op  HkftKnBURa.—Pby  of  OarUsle— 

Middle  Spring  ch 

Great  Conewago  and   Lower  Marsh 
Creek  ch 

Harri^bur?,  7th  street  ch 
Pby  of  Huntingdon— MiBplQion  ch 

East  Freedom  ch 

Bedford  ch 

Alexandria  ch 
Pt>y  of  yorthumberland — 

Lycoming  Centre  ch 
Stnod  op  Illinois.  Central.— 
Pby  of  Peorto— Brimfield  ch 
Stnod  or  Illinois,  North.— 
Pby  Of  Chiengo — Dunton  ch 

Austin  ch 
Pbu  of  Freeport—QcBlea  Moand,  (Jer  oh 

Zion,  Grerman  oh  '  O 


17  00 

4  10 

12  25 

36  to 

4  00 

6  00 

15  OJ 

17  W 

8  00 

4  60 

38  m 

10  00 

6  00 

22  00 

9  00 

2  62 

36  00 

5  oa 

3  J7 

10  00 

20  19 

7  00 

6  00 

80  00 

M76 

17  17 

fi  00 

16  00 

12  00 

93  00 

8  00 

4  00 

14  00 
2  00 
2  00 
300 


1873.] 


Relief  Fund  for  Di$abkd  Mmuter$. 


99 


Potf  of  Rock  River^A  ledo  ch  5  00 

(Camden,  Mrs  M  S  Moot^romery  6  00 
STirnD  or  Iluhois,  SQ\rtB.—Pby  of  Alton — 

Virden  ch  11  20 

Pbu  of  3fnf toon— Brownstown  let  ob  3  "^O 

Vera  l-t  ch  3  50 

Shobonier  Ist  ch  4  M 

Kanf>a«  ch  8  oo 

NeojiR  ch  6  00 

BtXOD  or    INDIANA,  SOCTB.— 

PIfVOf  VincenneB—lndihntLCh  16  00 

Fby  of  WhtU  fFafer— Shelby ville  lat  oh  10  CO 
8T3eoi>  OP  Iowa,  Noeth— Pby  of  Cedar  Eopids— 

Cedar  Rapidn  iBt  ch  '  6  00 
8thoi>  or  Iowa,  South.— Pby  of  Dea  Momea-^ 

Dallnn  Centre  ch  60 

Minbiirn  ch  60 

Phtt  of  loxca — 

St  Pf  ler'"*  ETangeltcal  Oerman  ch  4  60 

Pbt/ of  Joica  Citu — Muscatine  German  ch    2  00 

/6v  of  MiMouri  River—  Elk  Valley  ch  1  00 

Btxod  or  KEVTVCKT.^Fftp  of  Louisville — 

Loni^ville^  Walnut  Atreet  Sab-sch  6  00 

Louisville,  Warren  ch  lu  00 
Stkod  or  Loxo  Islxhu.— Pby  of  Brooklyn — 

Brooklyn,  Memorial  ch  67  fiO 

P6v  of  Long  Island— Bridge  Hampton  ch  12  oo 

AmnteanHett  oh  A  00 

Cutchojcue  ch  15  00 
8TV0D  OF  Miomakv.—Pby  of  Detroit— 

Detroit,  Jetfferson  Are  ch  146  f.7 

Mt  Clemens  ch  32  50 

Plymouth  l*t  ch  7  63 

Plymouth,  Her  J  Duboar  1  27 

Pbv  of  Saginaw-  Bay  City,  **  A  Widow  **  ft  00 

Bennington  ch  6  70 
SnroD  or  Mijihesota*— P6y  <?f  5«  Paul— 

Rock  ford  ch  1  00 

Ix>n«  Lake  ch  3  oO 

Delano  ch  1  00 

Independence  ch  1  00 

Fbv  of  Wmono— OwaJonna  ch  2  50 

Albert  Lea  ch  12  00 
Stkod  of  MisaovKir-Pby  of  Osage— 

Clinton  ch  7  20 

fhtf  of  Platte— 

St  Jopeph,  Westminster  ch,  add'l  1  50 
Btxod  of  Nbw  jKumi.—Ptrtf  of  EHmbeth— 

Summit,  Central  ch  8  10 

Pbv  of  Jerttejf  Otj/—  Bergen  Ist  ch  168  00 

Claremont  ch  *  6  00 

Phff  of  MonnunUh — Mattawan  ch  6  85 

£f>ff  of  Mort  i8  and  Orange — 

(T«rman  Valley  ch       _  10  00 

Flanders  ch  7  «« 

Morri-^town  Ist  ch  30  38 

Fbv  of  iVWoarA— Newark  2d  oh  33  92 

Newark.  German  Ist  ch  10  00 

Phv  of  New  Brunswick—  Princeton  2d  ch  8  8o 

Pbu  of  iWtcfon— Bel  videre  Ist  ch  48  00 

Hackettsiown  l^t  ch  66  00 

Ma*'Conetcnn/t  Valley  ch                '  20  00 

Pbv  of  West  Jersey— Greenwich  ch  4t  35 

Pitlsgrove  ch  60  72 
Bthod  of  Nbw  Yo^K.—Phy  of  Hudson— 

Scotchiown  ch  18  00 

Pby  of  New  For*- New  York  4th  ch  116  39 

Pbv  of  North  fiirer— Middle  Hope  ch  4  00 

Newbnrssh,  Calvary  ch  16  86 

Little  Britain  ch  1-^  00 

Pby  of  We^teheeter—Vfhne  Plains  ch  6  00 
Stkod  of  Pacific. —  PhyofBenieta — 

Healdsburgh  ch  7  56 

Vallejo  ch  7  00 
Stsiod  of  Philadblphia. — Pby  of  Cheater— 

Great  Valley  ch  10  00 

I»arby  M  ch  6  12 

Pbu  of  Lackawanna— V\i\»ion  ch  60  00 

WyaliiMnx  let  ch  6  00 

Herrink  ch  5  00 

Pbv  of  Lehigh — 
Reading  iHtch.  "from  a  few  members  "60  00 

Po'.tsville  L«t  ch  20  00 

Middle  Bmithfield  ch  5  00 

Pby  ^ /1U(a(MpAM»~PhJladelphia  2d  oh  60  00 


Philadelphia,  Clinton  street  ch  51  21 

Philadelphia,  1st  ch  308  62 

Philadelphia,  Greenwich  street  ch  6  00 

Pliilsdelphia.  Wcytminster  ch  20  00 

Pbv  of  Philadefphia.  Central— 
Philadelphia,  Mantua  Ist  ch,  **  from  a 

member"  15  76 

Philadelphia.  Arch  sireet  ch  604  8() 
Philadelphia,  Arch  St  ch,**  Mrs  ETM"  10  00 

Philadelphia.  Kenderton  26  00 

Pbv  of  Philadelphia.  North— 
Chestnut  Hill  ch,  Mrs  Rev  A  H  Barnes    5  00 

Holmesburph  ch  12  78 
Providence  ch.  *♦  S  P  S,  M  H  S,  A  J  8  "    7  50 

P5v  of  Westminster— Cenlre  ch  16  00 

Stewartstown  oh  16  00 
Btnod  of  Pittsbuboh.— 

Fby  of  Pittsburgh— MiUQT'a  Kan  ch  8  OO 

Pittsburgh  2d  ch  6  25 

Piithburgh  Central  ch  45  00 

Chartiers  ch  7  80 

PiUsburgh  1st  ch  202  SB 

Temperancevllle  ch  7  CO 

Ftrt/  of  £''({«tond— McClellandtown  ch  6  60 

Connellsvillech  66  77 

Lontf  Run  ch  13  00 

Pbv  of  Washington— Hqy  J  L  Fnlton  1  TO 

Burgetisiown  ch  7  91 

Wheeling  l»tch  66  40 
Synod  of  Tolido.— P6y  of  Bell^ontaint— 

Rushsylvania  ch  11  62 

Paiternon  ch  2  50 
Stmod  of  Utioa.— P6y  of  St  Ixtwrenc^" 

Adams  ch,  in  part  19  84 

Heuvelton  ch  3  00 

P5f/  of  Sjp-acuse — Jamesville  ch  5  00 

Uswego,  Grace  ch  83  70 

Pbv  of  Utiea—Viicn  Istch  44  00 

Little  FallH  ch  6<i  uo 

Vernon  ch  14  00 
Btnod  of  WRSTKsy  New  York.— 

Pbv  of  £i4/rni</— Lancaster  ch  80  00 

Buflklo,  Westminster  ch  16  .V2 

HutfUlo,  North  ch  26  29 

Pby  of  Genesee— FAhH  ch  19  60 

Pby  of  Oenesee  Ka//fj/— Belmont  ch  2  00 

Pbv  of  Niagara— tinrre  Centre  ch  10  00 

Pbv  of  Rochester— Mount  Morris  ch  25  94 

Gene»<eo,  Central  ch  23  X\ 

Rochester,  Memorial  ch  3  75 
Btnod  of  Wisconsiw.— P6j/  of  Chippewa— 

Nenhnnnocch  6  50 

P6y  or  Jlfi/u?a/«A««— Oostburgh  ch  9  18 

Pby  of  Wisconsin  J2*t>cr— Pardee  villa  ch     2  itO 

From  the  Committee  of  Benevolence 
and  Finance  .  603  90 

1II80CLLAME0V8. 

Va.  Alexandria,  O  M  Green  6;  111.  Lawrence, 
Rev  Alvm  M  Dixon  1 ;  Mrs  Harriet  Teachout  2; 
"Chri-iian  Lady,"  per  Rev  N  Kellogg  1;  Ky, 
Anonymous  I;  From  ••Friends  in  IIU" 60;  Rev 
W  J  M  McCord  1;  From  "J  R  £'•  60;  Md,  Balti- 
more **from  a  poor  woman  "  1 ;  HI,  Tablula,  Mrs 
Jane  B  Work  I ;  Kev  Dr  D  XJh;  Interest  on 
per  Fund,  per  G  H  Van  Gelder,  Ef*q  763  30;  In- 
terest on  deposits  68  6a;  Ohio,  Huntington,  Rev 
Annel  R  Clark 5;  Krankland,  Miss  Harriet  Ken- 
nedy 10;  Pa.  Phila,  from  '-S,"  20;  Princeton, 
**A  mini:*ter'8  wife,"  15;  From  a  Pastor  and 
his  wife  15;  Pa,  Chambersburg,  Mrs  Paxion 
2  50;  Del,  Wilmington,  "  A  soldier's  widow,"  5; 
New  Canaan  church,  Mrs  Jos  Greenleaf6;  Pa, 
Piltston,  from  "A  few  ladies,"  per  Mrs  8  E 
Cooley  22;  Ohio,  Adam's  Mills,  from  Hamilton 
Scott  12 ;  Iowa,  from  "A  ftieod"  10 ;  Iowa,  from 
**  An  old  friend,  M,"  6 ;  Money  refunded  60 

Total  receipto  in  Jannary,        $6469  21 

CHARLES  BROWN,  Treasurer, 

Office,  1834  Chestnut  Street,  Phlla. 

NoTi.— The  $2,  credited  to  the  Scolch  Grove 
ob  Last  month,  should  have  been  credited  to 
Bethel  oh,  Presbytery  of  Cedar  Rapids. 


100 


OeneraJ  Aisembly*9  Committee  on  Freethnen, 


[^March 


GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN. 

Rev.  a.  a  MoGlelland,  Cbr.  Secretary^  Box  1246,  PittfiburRh,  Pa. 
Rxy.  Jab.  Allison,  D.D.,  TVooffuror,  Lock  Box  43,  Pittdbursh,  Pa. 
£.  G.  WooDWASD,  £sq^  Receiving  Agents  lUi  Ghestnui  street,  Philadelphifi. 


MARCH. 

It  will  be  remembered,  that  with  the  month  of  March  our  present  financial  year 
closes — and  hence,  that  all  churches  and  individuals  wishing  the  amounts  they 
^ive  in  aid  of  our  Church's  work  among  the  Freedmen  to  be  credited  as  within 
the  year,  should  see  that  the  same  is  forwarded  to  our  treasury  before  the  end  of 
the  present  month. 

N.  B. — In  forwarding  funds,  to  have  them  properly  credited,  the  Presbytery  to 
which  the  church  contributing  belongs  should  always  be  named. 


Donations  at  Pittsburgh  foe  Comicittbb  on  Fbbbdicrn  in  January  1873. 


STtiAD  or  ALBANr.—P6yo/>4tteny— Sixth  ch  Al- 
bany 27  96:  2dch  Amsterdam  70  55;  2(1  ch  Albany 
lUO  24;  Oalwaj  ch  9;  State  8t  cb,  Aibany  27  81; 
Kingsboro*  ch  16.  Pby  of  Champ' ain—^^  A  Friend 
of  Jesus,"  per  A  M  Miller  20;  Au  Sable  Forks  ch 
8  20;  Belmont  ch  6.  PlC/iy  o/'CZWumbta— Jewett  ch 
25.    Pby  <if  TVoy— Westminster  ch  3. 

.''TMOD  or  BALTiMoaa.— /%y  of  Baltimore—'*  T  G 
D,"  2d  ch  Baltimore  3;  £mmitUbar»rh  cb  60;  Bal- 
timore Central  ch  9  80.  Pby  of  New  CU«<te— Green 
Hill  ch  10.    Fby  of  WdthivgUm  aty— Clifton  ch  5. 

SmoD  or  Cincinnati. — Pby  qf  CVnanjMrti— Mor- 
row ch  2  10;  Lebanon  ch  17;  Central  cb,  Cincin- 
nati 84  91;  Sab-eoh  Central  cb,  Cincinnati  26; 
Manchester  ch  8  45.  Pb^  of  GhiUicolhe—yit  Pleasant 
ch  9  80;  Greenfield  ch  23  60. 

8<rNoD  or  Cleveland. — Pby  qf  devdand—B^  ford 
ch2;  Northfleld  oh  6.  Pby  qf  Mahoning— yiBSsillon 
oh  80;  Poland  oh  35;  New  Listen  eh  17;  JaokMon 
ch  8  60 ;  Ellsworth  ch  19  50.  Pby  of  St  OairtmUt— 
Short  Creek  oh  6;  Cambridge  oh  8  02.  Pby  of 
SteubenvOU— Two  Ridge  eh  19  47. 

{•v.MoD  or  CoLOSADo.— i%y  of  Santa  J^)»— Santa 
Fe  oh  8. 

6TNOD  op  Columbus. — Pby  of  Oalunbiu—Ut  ch 
Columbus  53  09.  Pby  o/J/orum— <)ardlogton  oh  I. 
Pby  of  Wooster—Mt  Eaton  ch  4;  Wooster  oh,  addi- 
tional 2.  Pby  qf  ZanestilU—Paionm  ch  68  60; 
Coshocton  ch  23;  Jersey  ch  6;  GranTille  oh  4)  75; 
2d  ch  ZAnesville  28  66. 

Stnod  or  Krie.— i^  of  AOegheny—Setsond  ch 
Allegheny  22-66;  Fairmount  ch  5  33.  Pot/  of  But- 
ler— PortersTllle  ch6;  Ijoesburg  ch  6;  Conoord  ch 
17;  North  Butler  eh  6;  Zelienople  ch  4  10;  Mt 
Nebo  ch  7  61;  "8  L  J"  6  29;  Centre  ch  13;  Cen- 
treTille  ch  10.  Pby  of  Clarion— Licking  ch  14  85 ; 
Leatherwood  oh  10  16;  Clarion  oh  12  32;  Green- 
ville ch  10.  Phy  o/JgWc— Tidloute  ch  31;  Harbor 
Creek  oh  18;  Westminster  Sab-sob  13  75.  Pby  of 
Kittann<ng—CentT9  cb  6;  West  Glade  Run  ch  6; 
Worthington  oh  83;  Freeport  ch  18  70;  Ist  ch 
KIttanning  65.  Pby  o/5/uma»vo— Clarkesville  ch 
49  59;  LltUe  BeaTerch6;  Unity  ch  26  80;  Sbarpe- 
▼ille  oh  1. 

Stnod  of  Gihbta.— Pif^  qf  Obi^vo—Rockstream 
cb  3;  Freemansburg  ch  10.  Pby  qf  Steuben— SAplw 
ch,  N  Y  7 ;  Bath  ch  13. 

St.nod  op  HhKUSBma.—Pby  of  OarlisU—SMp- 
pensburgh  oh  13  65;  7th  st  cb,  Harrlnburg  10. 
i%y  o/Zfun'.i7Mdon— Shirley sburgb  cb  7  60;  Yellow 
Creek  ch  6  90;  Mlfflintown  and  Short  Creek  chs 
47  25;  Logan's  Valley  ch  11;  Spruce  Creek  ch 
92  70 ;  Sdifflintown  and  Short  Creek  oh:*  1 ;  Moshan- 
non  and  Snow  Shoe  chH  4  40 ;  Milesburgb  oh  11  05 ; 
Clearfield  ch  47  65;  Bedford  ch  6.  pfy  qf  North- 
umberland^Vint  ch  Bloomabnrg  24  80. 

Stnod  or  Ilunois,  Cbntbal — Pby  qf  Blorming- 
(on— Towaoda  ch  10;  Urbana  oh  6  10;  Chenoa 
ch  6;  Danville  ch  88  0  ' ;  Chatswortb  ch  7.  Pby  of 
i^orio— PrinoeTille  ch  11.  Pby  of  Schuyln^—Ebe- 
nezer  ch  13;  DoddsTille  eh  7  36.  Pby  qf  Spring- 
fUld^lTiBh  Grove  eh  6;  1st  oh  Deoatnr  19  7u. 


3rN0D  OP  Ilunois,  North.— P6y  of  Prtepnrl— 
Westminster  ch  19;  Mareoflm  ch  4  50.  Pby  of 
Ottawa— Park  ch  9.  Pby  of  Rxk  River— \\o\»,  oh 
2  60:  Hamlet  cb  3;  Ma'dvn  cb  3. 

SrwoD  or  Ilunois,  Sooth.— i%v«/^ Won— Vlrden 
cb  16;  Trenton  ch  6.  Pby  of  Cairo — Pl«gah  ch  19; 
1st  ch  Shawneetnwn  13  05;  Metropolis  ch  2.  Pby 
q/J^a^toon— ShelbyTlllecb  10  83. 

Stnod  or  Indiana,  North.— i%  of  Crawford*' 
itiUe—lflnt  cb  CrawfordsTille  4;  Darlington  ch 
2  97;  Dover  ch  4  60;  Kirkland  ch  2  3);  Suirar 
Creek  oh  3  78 ;  Delphi  ch  15.  Pby  of  Birt  Wayne— 
Roanoke  cb  I;  Zanesvllleoh  1;  Pleasant  Ridge  eh 
1  60;  Franklin  Ob  4.  i%y  o/'J/tfncu—Perrysbureh 
oh  6;  Sbilobch4. 

Stnod  op  Indiana,  South,— P6v  'if  iV«o  i4/6aay— 
Charlestown  ch  8  50.  Pby  of  Vincennei—Wne  at 
ch,  KvansTille  20  60:  Upper  Indiana  ch5;  Union 
City  oh  3.  Pby  of  WhiU  FF^Uer— Oonnersrille  eh 
16  87 ;  Rising  Sun  ch  6  60. 

Stnod  or  Iowa,  North— f%y  of  Oed  ir  Rapidt— 
Scotch  Grove  cb  6;  Bethel  ch  2;  Clarence  oh  3; 
1st  ch  Cedar  Rapids  28  78 ;  1st  ch  Bellevue  2  25 ; 
Andrew  ch  1 ;  Farmers'  Creek  oh.  1  20.  Pby  of  tyrrt 
Dodge— Slone  Lake  ch  3  40:  Cherokee  oh  5. 

Stnod  op  Iowa,  Sooth.— Pby  of  Da  ifotn«— First 
cb  Chariton  6 ;  Ist  cb  Winf  erset  16.  Pby  of  Jowa— 
Birmingham  ch  6  67.  Pby  of  Iowa  (SYv— Tipton 
ch  9;  Summit  oh  5;  Eldridge  oh  2;  Waloott  oh 
7  45;  Muscatine  German  ch  2.  Pby  of  Mittnuri 
i?(Mr— Ulysiies  oh  3  25;  Seward  ch  2  50;  Platte- 
mouth  oh  9  35. 

Stnod  or  Kansas. — Pby  qf  7y:»pe%a— Auburn  ch  8. 

Stnod  or  Lono  Island.— Pby  of  Long  Idand — 
Southampton  oh  20.  Pby  of  iVtUMtt— Smithtown 
ch8  05;  Millvillech3  44. 

'Stnod  or  Michiqan. — Poy  of  Grand  Rapide — 
Portland  ch  10.  Pby  of  Kalamazoo— White  Pigeon 
ch8. 

Stnod  or  Minnesota.- P&yo/5i  PjuZ— Long  Lake 
ch  3;«Rockford  ch  1;  Delano  ch  1;  Independenoa 
eh  1 ;  Litchfield  cb  2. 

Stnod  or  Missouri.- P&y  of  Pbtosi—Fint  ch 
Irondale  3;  Marble  Hill  ch  4. 

Stnod  or  New  Jersbt — P1}y  of  mizabdh — Blisa- 
bathport  cb  14;  Crawford  ch  12.  Pbn  of  Jerpty 
CWy— Prospect  Ave  ch  9  25.  Pay  of  Monmouth — 
Bordentowa  cb  4  75;  Mt  Holly  ch  24  70;  Shrews- 
bury ch  23.  Pby  qf  Morris  and  Orangf. — MadiM>n 
oh  60  26;  2d  oh  Orange  lOS  10;  Ist  ch  Orange  50; 
South  Orange  cb  61;  Ut  oh  Morri<«town  19  48; 
Whippany  ch  10.  Poy  of  New  Brunswick— Kirk- 
psitrick  Memorial  ch  5  50;  Titiisville  ch  20  4i. 
Pt>y  of  iVMosrft— Plane  st  cb  12;  1st  ch  Bast 
Orange  3S  63;  2d  oh  Newark  33  92;  Ist  ch  Mont- 
olair  91 ;  Newark  Central  ch  50.  Pby  of  Wf^t  JTse^ 
—  Ist  ch  Bridgeton  60;  1st  ch  Camden  50;  Ham- 
monton  ch  3  50. 

Stnod  op  New  York. — Pfiy  of  Boston— Bedfhrd 
oh  20  10.  Pby  of  Hudson — Kainapo  ch  8;  Goshen 
ch  4  J  83.  Pby  of  Nfvo  Forfc- West  cb.  New  York  60; 
Member  of  UnlTersity  Plaoe  oh  50 ;  Murray  Hill  ch 


1873.] 


Oeneral  A^sembfy's  CommiUee  on  Freedmen. 


101 


88;  MacHaon  9qd«re  ah  SU  95;  Scotch  eh  90 ;  New 
CoTonanteb  681  34;  N«w  York  Wofil  oh  128;  New 
York  Sea  and  Land  ch  10  Ftfjf  qf  North  River— 
KoodoQt  ch  40;  Pleannt  Platot  eh  12  09.  Fb^  qf 
Wai  Ch^iUr—m  Kf«co  eh  14;  Sooth  Salem  eh  14; 
Turktnwn  ch  18:  In  eh  PeekskUl  26  29;  South 
Kaat  Ceotre  oh  8  50. 

SrrfuD  OF  PACiFia— ffty  qf  Bentcia— Healdsburg 
oh  9  10. 

Stxod  of  Philadilpbia*— P6jy  of  Chetter^-PeO' 
DiofftODTflle  ch  2  35.  fb]f  qf  Lackenoanna—V imt 
eh  Troy  11;  Dunmore  ch  5;  Orwell  ch  8;  lut  eh 
Towabda  57  £0;  WjalasioK  eh  6;  Iftt  ch  Plttnton 
2^.  Fttjf  qf  Lehigh— UttanUin  eh  2  75;  Mountain 
Sab  aoh  1  25.  f^  qf  Philadelphia— V\mi  eh  Phila- 
dtflphla  iU  19.  Pby  qf  Philadelphia,  On^roZ— Went 
Areb  at  ch  29 ;  North  Bp>ad  at  ch  52  28;  Keuslngtoo 
cb  36  7s;  Sabach  lat  eb  Cohoekalok  42  6:.  Pby  qf 
PhUadtfphta,  Nnrth^S^yrtown  ch  Z2  16;  Abington 
cb  49  31.  Pbjfqf  IFrstmtn.<cr— Strasborgh  ch  11; 
8Ut«  kidge  cb  lU. 

Stkodof  PiTTHBumoH— Fbjr o/BIairmUe— Beulah 
ch  *i5:  B'alniville  ch  40  66;  Irvin  ch  9  &»;  Uarri- 
ton  City  eh  1  55;  Pean  SUtion  cb  2  03;  New  Salem 
eh  11.  Pbjf  of  PiU$burgh—¥oT9^t  Grove  ch  23; 
Cbartfera  cb  7  50;  Wilkinaburgb  eh  41;  Bellfleld  ch 
134  50;  MraJaa  Uughllo  5;  Haselwood  eh  21  8S; 
latch  Pittaburgh  148  87;  Swbwvalech  50;  Sharon 
eh  8  50 ;  Miogo  eb  21  20 ;  SwiMTale,  add*l  4:  Udiea 
Society  of  lat  cb»  Pittaburgh,  for  Bi<idle  PO.  Pby  qf 
JUdsUme—rmy9tte  City  eh  4  30;  Little  Redatooe  ch 
5  20;  Weat  Newton  eh  14  08;  Uurel  Hill  cb  13  75: 
North  Proridence  ch  15;  Greensboro  ch  3.  Pby  qf 
If^tAtn^ton— PorkP  of  Wheeling  ch  78;  Rnrgetta- 
tnvn  eb  11  38:  Upper  Buffuto  cb  20  56;  Holiday's 
C>Te  eh  65;  Tbree  Spring*  oh  7. 

St.'iod  or  Ti£.<v>««sBB. —  Pby  nf  /rif»{7«<<m— Bethel  eh 
13  50.  /%y  qf  <^i/m— Weatminaier  ch  1  70;  Hope* 
woll  eh  2;  ^^pring  Plaoe  ch  2  40. 

SriroD  OP  T  tano. — fi^  nf  Se/^/ontotiM— Baeyrua 
ch  5.  Pby  of  ^uron— Huron  cb  15  26;  Norvalk 
eh  44:  Oluna  eb  12  25;  Peru  ch  7  75. 

Sr.f OD  or  Utica. —  *'6y  of  Binghamton—  North  ch 
Bingbamton  11;  Cortland  oh  81  15.  Pby  of  Bi^f 
faith— Yi'ei't  Aurora  ch  15:  Ladies  Misa'y  Soc'y  of 
SpringriUe  oh  5<> :  Eaat  Hamburgh  eh  1  ;  Lancaater 
eb  *^0  /%y  of  Ott^o—Ch  Head  of  Delaware  14. 
Pb^  qf  St  iUitorefiee— Cape  Vincent  cb  5 ;  2d  cb 
CMv^atchie  ch  1 1.  Pby  of  Sf/raciue— Vint  ch  Mar- 
erlloa  20;  Syracoae  lat  Ward  cb  7  50.  Pby  of 
Utiea—Vint  ch  Camden  5:  Ooci'la  cb  20;  2  Udiea 
of  Waterrille  ch  10:  Oriakany  ch  1  .6;  Sanqooit 
ch5  62. 

Stsod  or  WcsTBRN  New  Yoek.— Pby  of  Rochester 
—Brighton  cb  13. 

ST90D  or  WiaoonsiN. —  Pl^  of  Lake  Superior— 
Ooonto  13  17.  Pby  qf  Wiaooiuin  River— Fint  ch 
Portage  City  7. 

MiscBiXAiiB0U8.^ElUcottaTiIle  ch,  N  Y  5;  E  B 
Babbitt.  Boffalo,  N  Y  10;  Cnrry  cb.  Pa  10;  Weat- 
minater  eh  St  Jo,  Mo  10  20;  Weaton  eh,  Mo  3; 
l4lip  eh,  N  Y  3  50;  AahUnd  ch,  Ky  50  10;  Ch  .in 
Cheater,  Ohio  37 ;  Big  Grove  oh,  Iowa  3  20:  Union 
eh,  Iowa  2:  Yankee  Grove  ch,  lova  2;  lat  ch  Cleve- 
land, 0  20;  North  eh  Cleveland,  0  7;  Second  ch 
Cleveland,  0  30;  Weatmioater  ch  Cleveland,  0  10; 
Vreemont  eh,  Minn  3;  Rnahford  eh,  Minn  3;  lat  ch 
Waitaborgh,  Pa  5  55;  Hartford  eh,  Iowa  1;  Plea- 
rant  Ran  ch,  0  6  13;  Ch  and  8ab>8ch  Cayuga,  N  Y 
81  4  ;  2d  eh  New  Albany,  Ind  80  55;  J  M  N'^nrae, 
Bayfield,  Wla  5;  Aogoata  eh.  Ill  0  45;  lat  eh  Rome, 
M  Y  48;  Caooga  eh,  N  Y  27  :  Currle's  Ran  cb.  Pa 
10  02;  lat  eh  Newburyport,  Maaa  8;  South  at  eh 
Morrtatowo.  N  J  30,  Kant  Anror»  eh,  N  Y  10;  Nin- 
eveh eb,  N  Y  8  40;  Jennie  E  Carotbers.  Frankfort 
Springe,  Pa5;  Alexaodriaeh,  Pa  14  76;  Catakill  ch, 
N  Y  45  98;  Mt  Morria  eh.  N  Y  60  7a;  ChaUnqua 
eh.  N  Y  4;  Belmont  ch.  N  Y  2;  Woodland  eh  Phila, 
Pa  30  14;  Aoatln  eh,  HI  0;  latch  Bloomfl(*Id,  Iowa 
4;  lat  ch  Rocheater.  Minn  11  85;  Ungeliff  oh.  Pa 
8;  Rockport  eh,  N  Y  33  73:  Ch  and  Sabicb  Man- 
tano.  III  31 ;  Farley  eh,  Iowa  1  40 ;  Epworth  oh,  Iowa 
1  25 ;  PaoaU  eb,  Iowa  1  66 ;  Betheada  eh.  Mo  6 ;  lat 
eh  Casanovta  N  Y  86  10;  Sonnet  eh,  N  Y  5;  lat  eh 
Shamokin,  Pa  10  28;  Dapage  eh  and  Sab-aeh.  Ill 
0  40:  WeU  Darlen,  Oonn  10;  Berwick  eh.  Pa  8  69 ; 
A  Chapaiao,  Alqoina,  lod  5;  lat  eh  Wheatland,  N 
T  45;  Mt  8UrUng»  lU  20;  Mra  N  CulbertMm,  Mt 


Temon,  0  6 ;  Bement  ch,  HI  7 ;  Princetown  cb,  N  Y 
13 :  North  ch  WaMilngton,  D  C  5 ;  lat  eh  Corning, 
N  Y  29  80;  Guilford.  0  15;  H  B  Young,  Cbarleaton, 
Ind  5;  Morri«*  eh.  111  21  74 ;  Batavia  ch.  N  Y  23  2^; 
Eaj>t  Sprtngfleld,  Pa  7  10  ;  Nofth  10th  f>t  ch  Philn, 
Pa  13  76;  Latrobe  ch.  Pa  22  4^;  Weatch  Bridgeton, 
N  J  40:  4tb  ch  Louiaville.  Ky  7  35;  *'C,"  Ya  10; 
Rev  J  D  Pulton  WHfhington  1 ;  Frieoda  in  III  5  > ; 
Rev  W  J  McCord,  Waanaic.  N  Y  1;  lat  ch  Gover- 
neur,  N  Y  19  78;  Mra  M  RoUnaon,  KiiUnning,  Pa 
for  Biddle  25. 

Committee  of  Benevolence  and  Finance  383  88 

Total  Reoelpta  in  January,       $7926  58 
JAMBS  ALLISON,  Treaturer, 
Look  Box  43.  Pittaburgh,  Pa. 


Mon^y  netired  and  expended  in  the  JUid  during 
the  quarter  ending  December  BVst,  \8'2. 

I*iiy  of  Atlantic— E4\iitn  ch  7  25 ,  Bethel  ch  12  6'i; 

Zion  ch  24;  ot  Andrew'a  oh  2  97 ;  St  Paul  cb  4  30; 

»alemeh7  65;  Summervillecb20  40;  Wallingfurd 

ch  and  Sab-f«cb  123  16  2o8  32 

Pby  o/Q/toi05a— Beilefonte  ch  16;  Ben  Salem  ch 

5  60;  Betbpage  eh  3 ;  Charlotte  cb  and  ach  229  60  ; 

Concord  ch  2:i  50;  Lloyd'a  cb  2  Oi;   Miranda  ch 

88  59;    Murkland'a  ehapel  25  76;    Mt  Olivea  ch 

21  74;  New  Hope  ch  5;  Poplar  Tent  ch  20  70;  St 

PauPa  ch  7  50;  Woodlands  ch  22  Sh  421  89 

Pby  qf  FUirfidd—HehrOQ  ach  i  9  80 ;   Laurena  ch 

and  aeh  10  05  29  25 

/%o/A'(n^«((m— Maryville  ach  4  20 

Pity  of  A>tntz— AtlanU  eh  24  70;  Dalton  ch  10  50; 

Maeon  oh  '228;  Union  Point  ch  and  ach  6  75;  Wil- 

liaraa  ach  2  56  272  50 

Pby  qf  LouitvilU— LouUriUe  ch  234  10 

Pby  qf  NoAJiviile- Co\umh\t,  nch  14  25 

Pby  of  Union— B9lh9\  oh  6  25:  .''hiloh  ch  162  39; 

St  Lake  ch  and  ach  11  45;  Calvary  ch  1  50;  Rogera- 

ville  ch  8  75  190  34 

Pity  qf  2'ad/rt A— Catawba  ch  10  50;  Freedom  ach 

1  70;  Gold  Hillch  32  U5;  Greeniiboro' cb  and  nch 

45  3U;  Lexington  ch  and  sob  ti  3);  Logan  oh  2  15; 

Louiaburg  cb  9  65;  Mockav  lie  cb  aud  ach  49  06; 

MebaneHville  ch  and  »ch  29  87;  McClelland  ch  9; 

MtVeinoncb  14  90;  MtZionchfi  55;  Mt  Plearant 

ch  23:    New  Centre  ch  5  60;  Oakland  ch  28  02; 

Salisbury  ch  and  msb  60  75;  titatei^vUle  ch  and  ach 

44  4];  Scranton  ch  2  20;  White  Hall  ch  1  70 

390  68 

Pity  qf  WxihingUm  CV/y— Ruaaell  Grove  Sch  2  46 

No  Pretbyterial  connection — Fredericksburg.  Ya, 

•  Sch  17  95 

$1,785  94 


Rev  Wm  L  Johnson  acknowledgea  receipta  aa  fol- 
Iowa:  From  R4v<)r  Rogera'  oh,  oorner  5th  Ave 
and  2lat  at  N  Y,  2  easoN  of  groceries  and  clothing, 
valued  at  60;  from  D  A  Williamson,  Esq.  of  said 
eh.  2  half  barrela  of  augar,  valued  at  80;  and  from 
Mira  S  D  Doremna,of  aaid  cb,  1  ea>e  of  hooka,  Bibles, 
and  cbildren'a  garmenta.  valued  at  50  140  00 

Rev  L  Borland  acknowledges  receipta  for  Scotia 
Seminary,  aa  Ibllovs :  From  Ladiea*  Hoard  of  Mia- 
aiona,  through  Mra  E  W  Rnliffaon,  acholarablpa  in 
part  64;  fh>m  Miaa'v  Soa'y,  8th  Preabyterian  cb,  Chi- 
cago, III,  for  Airniabing  a  room  34;  from  Mra  M  D 
Holmea,  Kockford,  HI,  aeholarablp  In  part  10 ;  and 
from  Rev  J  W  Logue.  Northfleld,  Ohio  10       118  00 

Miaa  S  A  Hatch  arkn^vledges  receipta  as  followa: 
From  a  visitor  in  Frederickaburg,  Va,  **a  Chriat* 
mas  p^eaent "  of  75  Tola.,  for  her  Sab  aeh,  and  10  *'  for 
the  Teacher." 

Rev  S  Mattoon,  DD,  President,  acknowledgea  re- 
ceipta for  Riddle  Memorial  Inatitute  aa  followa: 
From  the  Presbyterian  ch  and  paator,  Wyoming, 
N  Y  40;  Wm  Durfe**,  Esq,  Wyoming,  N  Y  100;  Mra 
CapUin  Jooett,  U  S  N,  an  offering  for  "Margie" 
85;  Judge  Dorman,  Norfolk,  Ta  26;  Mra  A  0 
Brown,  N  Y  (of  which  500  for  eodowment)  640; 
Firat  Presbyterian  eh.  Albany.  N  Y  100 ;  Blendon 
Preabyterian  eh,  Ohio,  for  famishing  room  20;  Cen- 
tral College  eh,  Ohio,  for  furnishing  room  30;  Miaa 
E  MoClare,  Conatitutjpn,  Ohio  6;  Rev  Henry  8 
Huntington,  N  Y  10  $910  00 

Alao  a  valuable  box  of  clothing,  from  Ladiea  of 
Presbyterian  eb,  BranfvUle,  UU 


102  SustentcUion   Committee.  [March 

COMMITTEE  OF  SUSTENTATION. 

Rer.  M.  W.  Jacobus,  D.D.,  Seoretxary,  318  Kidge  Street,  Allegheny,  Pa. 

SPECIMEN  TESTIMONIES  FROM  DIFFERENT  FIELDS. 

*'Lasfc  year  my  salary,  due  April  Ist,  was  not  paid  ia  full  till  October  1st.  This 
year  it  is  paid  at  least  three  months  earlier^  and  we  are  making  procuress  under  the 
Sustentation  Scheme,  both  towards  self  support  and  prompt  payment.  I  am  fully 
satisfied  with  your  rule,  requiring  full  payment  from  the  church  as  a  condition  of 
remittance.  It  is  reacting;  favorably  a^^ainst  our  pernicious  credit  system." — 
From  Illinois. 

*'  My  people  had  not  been  trained  to  giving,  and  they  needed  to  be  committed^ 
just  as  this  Scheme  obliges  them  to  be,  in  order  to  learn  their  ability  to  give. 
Half  of  the  labor  of  our  missionaries  is  removed  by  this  prompt  payment,  and 
requiring  the  Church  in  like  manner  to  ba  prompt.  I  thank  God  I  nave  lived  to 
see  this  Scheme  in  successful  operation." — From  Ohio. 

*'  The  more  I  see  of  the  Sustentation  Scheme  and  its  workincrg,  the  more  do  I  find 
it  to  be  what  our  feeble  churches  need.  Every  church  should  work  for  self-sup- 
port. I  find  my  people  are  lookiui^  forward  to  this  end,  a  thing  not  seen  for 
twenty  years.     I  hope  it  may  soon  come." — From  Fennsyloania. 

Sustentation   Scheme. 

1.  Requires  maximum  of  solf-help. 

2.  Gwea  minimutn  of  liTin^  uupport. 

S.  Demand!^  sffstematie  giving;  to  the  Boards. 
i.  Fiitii  upon  sliding-scale  for  self-Mu^itentation. 

5.  Aids  only  those  sought  for  as  PAstorj*. 

6.  Makes  P^ton  out  of  Stated  Snnplies  and  W.  C's. 

7.  Soiaatioork  the  unemployed  MmUiers. 

8.  Groups  feeble  churches  in  one  Pastorate. 

Please  take  collection  as  directed  by  the  Assembly,  and  forward  early  to 
REV.  M.  W.  JACOBUS,  D.  D.,  Secretary  and  Treasurer, 

318  Ridge  St.,  Allegheny,  Pa. 


Receipts  in  January. 


?T1>1>  or  AiOAVT.— P6y  of  ^iftany— SUte  «t  ch  — Klngwoodch  12  85.    Pbyof  IP«sf  J«ri«y— First  ch 

Albnny  «  3>.     Hy  of  Troy— iecoad  st  ch  Troy  Camden  60. 
1 17  26.  8T>foD  or  New  York— P6y  nf  J9 )«ton— liondoa- 

^^xoD  OF  Baltimobe.— F6y  tj/'So/ifmore— Central  derry  ch  1i  61.    Pbynf  North  ffmr— Poach keepsle 

ch  Baltimore  2i  3a.  ch  65  6t.    Pby  of  W>M  CA«/er— Oroton  Falls  ch  6. 

dv  >ioD  of  Ciffotxjf  ATI. — Pbyof  Z>3yton— Memorial  Stxod  or  Piiil\dblphia.— /%  of  Lackawanna — 

cb  Dayton  9  60.  •  Laporte  ch  2;  Carbaodile  ch  7'i.    Pbtf  of  Mtigh— 

Srnoo  or  Cc.«v«lajcd.— Pfev  of  CUvdand— Vint  ch  First  ch  Pott«?ll  le  30.   P(>y  of  Pfiiladelphia—iermnth 

Clereland  85  00      Pftv  of  M i'ioning—DMrfio\d  ch  ch  Philadelphia  3);  2d  ch  Philadelphia  50.    Pby  qf 

11  18.    Pby  of  St  ClairsviVe— -^t  Oln\rsr\\\«  ci  45.  WejtltninMter^Ch  of  YoT)i  i58  8i». 

Stmod  or  CoLuaf BU<«  —  l^/y  of  /l^i^t—  Pomerny  ch  St.hod  or  Pittsburoe.— f*y  of  PiUtburgh—BXoom- 

9  25;   Ut  ch  VVarrrtn  5  2..     PJH  of  i/min— Car-  flold  Sab  wh  8  60. 

dingtoa  ch    1.    Pby  of  »Foo»f«r— Perry sTiUe  aad  8t»ou  or  OriCA.^Pfry  o/ C^ico— Alder  Creek  and 

Clearforkchg  14;  Fredericksburg  ch  20.  Forest  ch  2  26. 

SriioD  or  Knit.— Pby  of  Ba«/«r— Martlnsbarg  cb  Btkod  or  WsaxERrf  New  York.— P6y  of  Buffalo— 

9.  Pby  of  KiUanning—noMing  Sprinj^  ch  6  60  ;  Lancaster  ch  20 ;  Silver  Creek  ch24  6'i:  Wesunio- 
Lawrenceburg  ch  12  75;  Crooked  Crejk  ch  2  51;  ster  ch  Buffalo  13  13.  Pby  of  Gtnts*t  Foi/ey— Cub* 
Appleby  Manor  ch  3  16.  ch  11;  Au'lover  ch  2  60;  Belmont  oh  2. 

SrifOD  or  Qt!»EVA. — Puy  of  Cayuga— l\nt  oh  Au-  SrwoD  or  Wisconsin— Pjy  af  Wisconsin  River— 

bam  76  26.     Pby  of  G^«/i«c4— Truminaburg  ch    0.  Prairie  du  Sac  51  25. 

SrifOD  or  Hahrisooro. — Pby  of  CbHMte— Seventh  Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance  450  61. 

8t   ch   Harrisburg  15  05.    Pby  of  Huntingdon—  MiscKLtAif Rous— Member  of  31  ch  Trenton,  N  J 

Bedford  ch  16.  «^      ^    ^„        «•    *  ^0;    Kev  W  J  McC  .rd '.0  eta;  VV  H  Richmond  25; 

Stwod  or  iLUKois,  South.— P6y  of  AUon—Yxnl  ^hs  of  Tontojrany  and  Gllejul.  0  1  82;  Ch  of  Forest- 
ed Alton  19  16.  ville,Pd25;ChofHermon,Iowal5;  Ch  of  Kilbourn 

Stnod  or  Indiana,  "Sown.— Pby  qf  CrawfordsmUe  c^ty,  WI8  25;  Ch  of  Sullivan,  lod  85:  Sharpsville.  ^a 

—Lexington  ch  S.  ™_     -  „       ^.t,  80:  2d  Ave  oh  BvansviUe,  lQd2>;  Istoh  Aurora,Ili 

Stnod  or  Indiana,  Sooth.— «y  of  New  Albany—  29  76;  Ch  of  Chili,  III  2^;  1st  ch   Bloomfi»?ld.  Iowa 

Jackson  co,  German  ch  6.  30;  igt  ch  Goodland,  Ind  :;0;  Ch  of  Arnot,  Pa  40; 

Stnod  or  Iowa,  South.— Ffty^f  Iowa  Cify-Mus-  ^^  „f  Howard,  N  Y  35:  Ch  of  Columbia,  Ky  26  6» ; 

cUine  German  oh  2.    Pjy  of  MtssMn  River— t,[k.  ch  of  Eureka,  Kas  25  ;  Ch  of  Bethlehnm,  Ph  2b ;  Oer- 

\  alley  chl.  ^     ^«.  „        ^   u  man  ch  Alleghany,  Pa  25;  Ch  of  Chestnut  Grove, 

STNOD  or  K8!iTUCKT.—P6yo/^ben«er— Second  ch  j^^  35 .  cj,  ^f  Woodstown,  N  J  25 ;  Keligious  Con- 
Lexington  238  lO.            ^      ^„     .            o.    *    u  trlbution  Society  of  Princeton  Semloary  96:  Ch  of 

8TN0D  o»  M'ca«0A«»7-«>y  <if  ^V»«f  w-Pirst  ch  Venango,  Pa  25 ;  Ch  of  Willlamsport,  Md  31  25 ;  Ch 

W'eoona  4  66     Phy  qf  if  mroe-Bllssfleld  ch  7.  ^f  q^  hton,  111  26 ;  Oh  of  J  erf  ey,  0  4 ;  Ch  of  Smith- 

STNOD  or  Nrw  J«a8«T.-JPb.v  of  Kiwafj^A-Bask-  ^^^^^  Centre,0  9;  3d  German  ch  Freeport.  Ill  26  36. 

ing  Ridgeob  28;  Summit  Central  ub  12  17.     Pbyqf  *^  ^  

Morris  and  0^ni^«— First  ch   Morriatown  13  17;  Total  Reoelpti  In  January,         (3 138  82 

South  St  ch  Morriitown  335  70;  German  Valley  ch  TAmRiTa  su^i^^  l^A  tw««.^«.. 

10.  Pby  of  JVeuwrA— Second  ch  Newark  22  61;  *».  W.  JACOBUS,  Secretary  and  Treasurer, 
High  St  eh  Newark  66  41.    Ptry  of  New  Brumwidc  816  Ridge  Street,  Allegheny,  Pa. 


1873.]     General  Assembly^ $  Oommittee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance.         108 

COMMITTEE  ON  BENEVOLENCE  AND  FINANCE. 


GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  OOMMITTEE  ON  BENEVOLENCE  AND  FINANCE,  BOX  3305,  NEW  YORK. 


THRIFT— ECONOMY— RELIEF  TO  MINISTERS. 

Weak  Beginnings — Progress. — At  the  end  of  the  first  month  of  its  work  only 
twenty-six  churches  bad  made  remittances  through  this  Committee ;  at  the  end 
of  the  second,  the  number  had  risen  to  fifty-seven  ;  at  the  end  of  the  third,  to 
eighty-four  J  fourth,  to  ninety-nine  ;  fifth,  to  one  hundred  and  twenty;  sixth,  to  one 
hundred  and  forty,  and  seventh,  to  one  hundred  and  sixty-nine.  This  progress 
but  faintly  represents  the  growth  of  sentiment.  Never  have  we  received  so  many 
warm  tokens  of  encouragement  as  of  late. 

Economy. — The  whole  tendency  of  the  plans  of  this  Committee  is  to  economy. 
More  than  3000  letters  would  have  passed  in  distributing  only  those  remittances 
which  were  over  $10  each,  had  the  above  churches  attempted  to  do  the  business 
for  themselves. 

Relief  to  Ministers. — The  plans  of  the  Committee,  if  faithfully  carried  out, 
always  present  the  highest  motives.  They  relieve  the  ministry  from  the  delicate 
task  of  begging  money,  and  of  making  importunate  appeals  on  the  ground  of 
human  necessities.  They  successfully  replace  these,  by  the  scriptural  idea  that 
while  men  worship  God  in  spirit  by  prayer,  they  should  do  so  in  truth  by  deeds 
that  shall  return  tenfold  blessings  on  their  souls.  They  ask  the  clergy  to  turn  the 
attention  of  the  people  especially  to  the  spirit  which  Ves  back  of  the  act  of  giving 
as  the  first  object  of  attention,  and  that  the  fields  white  to  the  harvest,  the 
necessities  of  our  fellow -men,  and  our  own  church  obligations  be  clearly  set  forth 
as  secondary  motives. 

NOTES  REGARDING  THE  ACTION  OF  CHURCHES,  &c. 

The  First  Church  of  Chicago  has  fully  adopted  the  plan  of  the  Assembly's 
Committee,  and  now  remit  to  this  Committee  for  distribution  to  the  Boards.  Ooe 
of  their  Elders  writes :  "  I  am  greatly  interested  in  this  matter  of  weekly  giving. 
I  think  it  is  just  what  the  Church  needs;  aside  from  a  more  liberal  supply  of 
means,  which  I  hope  it  will  bring,  I  think  it  will  awaken  a  deeper  interest  in  the 
work  of  the  Church." 

Rev.  II.  M.  Dodd,  of  Dexter,  New  York,  should  have  the  credit  of  having  described 
the  functions  of  the  Assembly,  the  Boards,  and  of  this  Committee,  regarding  finance, 
in  the  most  concise  language  that  we  have  noticed.  He  says,  **Your  Committee  on 
Benevolence  and  Finance  are  on  the  right  track.  Let  the  Assembly  apportioUy 
each  committee  administer^  and  your  committee  gather, ^^ 

The  First  and  Second  Churches,  Saint  Louis,  have  adopted  the  plan  of  weekly 
ofi^erings  as  worship,  fur  the  benefit  of  the  church-work  as  one,  and  will  remit  here- 
after lor  distribution.  Rev.  Dr.  Dickey  and  Rev.  Dr.  Niccolls,  the  last  Moderator 
of  the  General  Assembly,  are  pastors  of  these  churches. 

Rev.  W.  T.  Wylib,  the  founder  of  the  Bellefonte  system  writes:  "Next  year  we 
wish  to  remit  regularly  through  your  Committee.  I  do  earnestly  desire  to  see  the 
entire  Church  adopt  such  a  system  as  shall  remove  all  conflict  of  interest  and 
efforts  from  our  Boards." 

Monthly  Remittances. — The  nlan  for  diffusing  accurate  information  in  the 
Presbyteries,  which  we  explained  in  the  Record  for  February,  attracts  attention 
and  has  lieen  highly  approved.  The  chairman  of  a  Presbyterial  Committee  in  a 
large  and  important  Presbytery  writes  as  follows:  **  Our  Presbyterial  Committee 
are  in  full  accord  with  your  Committee  as  to  monthly  remittances  to  the  Treasurer 
of  your  Committee.     I  would  mention  an  additional  reason  for  this,  which  in  my 


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judgment  should  be  brought  to  the  attention  of  the  churches.  It  is  this:  Church 
Treasurers  are  very  generally  in  the  habit  of  neglecting  to  remit  to  the  severed 
Boards  until  the  last  few  months  or  weeks  of  the  church  year.  In  several  cases  I 
have  known  the  elders  of  churches  to  have  the  entire  contribution  of  their 
churches  for  the  year.  Annual  remittances  to  the  several  Boards,  experience  shows, 
will  seldom  be  sent  promptly.  Hence  monthly  remittances  are  essential  to  remove 
the  contributions  of  the  people  at  once  from  the  local  treasury,  where  they  are  idle, 
to  where  they  may  be  employed  for  the  work  of  the  Church." 

Rkv.  Jodn  McMillan,  D.D.,  of  Mount  Pleasant,  Pa.,  writes :  "The  General 
Assembly's  Committee  of  ^Benevolence  and  Finance  have  the  right  thing  in  their 
hands  and  are  putting  it  fairly  before  the  Christian  conscience,  that  giving  to  the 
Lord  for  the  maintenance  and  promotion^of  His  cause,  is  as  clearly  an  act  of 
worship  as  prayer  or  praise.'' 

From  an  Elder  in  a  City  Churcb  in  New  Jerset. — "We  propose  to  make 
our  remittances  for  the  several  departments  of  church  work  this  year  through 
this  channel.  Let  all  pass  through  this  channel,  and  it  is  seen  at  a  glance 
whether  an  adequate  amount  is  forwarded  monthly;  and  if  not,  measures  could 
at  once  be  adopted  to  increase  it  without  waiting  till  the  close  of  the  year  to  find 
out  that  there  is  a  great  deficieqcy  and  great  embarrassment.^^ 


REMITTANCES. 


Remittances  should  be  addressed  to  S.  D.  Powel,  Treasurer  of  the  Committee  on 
Beneoolence  and  Finance,  Mr.  Powel  being  Treasurer  also  of  Home  Mis:jions, 
there  is  liability  to  error  unless  this  direction  be  attended  to. 


REceipTs  IN  January,  1873. 
A(^  Synods  In  small  capitals— Presbyteries  in  <fa/t(;«— Churches  In  Roman. 

4[^  DMrthufton  is  made  preeUelv  at  donors  tonburgch  4);  Middletowa  iHt  ch  70;  Wanhine- 

direcL   The  toard  "special"  designnUa  offerings  tonville  If.1  ch  30:  West  Town  ch  18  7^;  Milford 

far  but  a  part,  and  not  jor  Ute  tofwU  work  of  the  ch  5;  Middlniown  -?d  ch,  special  78  4U;  Pali.'^ades 

Church,  ch  «4  65.    New    ForA— Scotch  ch  N  Y,  from  J 

ALBAXT.— TVov— Chesterlown  ch                |9  00  ^^V^^^,  Johnston.  K^q.  Home  Missions  600,  Min- 

Baltimorb.— iV«u;    C^««— Delaware    City    ch,  isterial  Relief  250  -  750;  Phillips  ch  N  Y  34 

special  2«.     WushingtmCitu—FiTsich  VfH^hinn-  _                          ^.             „    .        ,           lUJO  83 

ton  City.  speciHl  2oO                                        276  00  PHiLADBLPHiA.—CA«»<er— Media  ch  68.    Laeka- 

CLKVicLAND.— Otft'e/rmi— CleTeland    North    ch  twinrta—Monroeton ch, special  Hi.  L«Ai<7^8outh 

22  60;  Re?  C  S  Murtindale  17;  Elynach  50,  89  60  S*l!••'**^^  o*^»  8P«ci*^'  13  80;  Weatherly  ch  and 

Columbus— ^«Ae/»»—Middlepori  ch            30  23  Sab-sch  22                                                       10 J  So 

GsxBVA  — Cav"ffa-Genoa  2d   ch,  special    10;  Pittsbomh. —i2-d«ton«— Mount    Pleasant    oh, 

Chemung— EUuiTA  Isi  ch  (2  roos)  25i».    Steuben  *,fl®*l"i'   ^^\    Washmg ton -Wha^MnK  4ih  ch   2. 

— Corning  ch  60                                               3lu  00  HV<' J^'rf/m/o—Ptfnn-boro'ch.  special  7  6'J  149  50 

Harrisburo— Pe>v  of  Carlisffi-nnrTehnrK  1st  Tra.'»B8SBR--iiriny«ton— New    Providence     ch, 

ch6a«i  66:  P:ixionch77  12.  Huntingdon-tieu]ah  ••pecial  20;  Moiuii  labor  ch,  special  2  60.    New 

ch  48;    Bellefoote  ch.  special  467  21,  of  which  OW«aw-Mary  E;ther  ch  10                           82  60 

8.»  24  for  Sanhanum  in    India  and  3«  for  Lo-  ^  Iolido— fl«tt«/.nfaf««--Benefonlaiue    Ist   oh 

diana  MisHion.    iVor^Aamfetfr^awd-Williamsport  23  26.    Jfounwa-First  ch  26  4(»                ^  *»  «« 

2d  ch  154  20.     fr«^6oro'— Welbboro'  1st  ch  .^7  _  Vr°*'~^^r*^*T^/  ? *^  Boardroan,  D.D.  40; 

1364  22  Baldwmsviile  Ui  oh  46  22;  Liverpool  oh  4<i  12. 

Iluhois,  North.— Cfcu»i»-Chlcago  lat  ch  ^  Latorence-PleHSta  oh  4  50;   Brasher's  Fall* 

^              ^             404  98  «*>»  special  6                                                     134  84 

iMDiAif  A.  North— Oflw/bnteJitf^Covinxton  Ist  ,^^l^^^ .  N«w   York.— gsnsws    Fo^— P^rt- 

ch,  special  26  66.    /vooanspoi-e— Bethel  ch  8  -^6.  jj"®  ch  24  60.    i\rirtj7aro— Medina  Ist  ch,  special 

ifcfanrt*— Wabash  ch  41  76                               75  66  ^l.    i2ocA«ter—KocheHter  Central  ch  274    379  60 

Indiana,  South.— /ndianaixrfM-lndlanapolis  2d  WisooJisiii.-W'ifcowin  iKpsr— Prairie  du  Sac 

ch  121  ao.    New  il<6an^— Lexington  ch  7  4'»  «"                                                                    2*»  00 

128  70  

Iowa,  Sovra—Des  Ifoines— A fton  oh,  special  43.  ^^7  3S 

Missouri  i^iver— Sidney  en  61  4'J                 104  40  Misckllikbovs.— A  friend  in  Cambridge,  Mass 

Kansas— iVeosAo— Ottawa  1st  ch  7  75.    Tbpeka  4o;  Mrs  Margaretta  Fuller,  Delphos,  O  17    67  00 

— Junction  Ciiv  oh  17  26  25  00  — 

MioHiOAN.—/>tf/!rotY— Birmingham  ch,  special  Total,            $6294  38 

19.  (^ram<i2aptd«-Pewamoch  II  35;  Muir  ch  ^..••,.™.^  ».  ,«»,.««- 

20.  lKin*ii«/-Lanslng  1st  ch  66  88;  Albion  ch,  wstributid  as  follows: 

special  S3  140  -23  Foreign  Missions „ „  $1779  86 

MiNMBS0TA.—lfanto/4>— Lake  Crystal  ch  4 ;  Ma-  Home  Missions „ 1815  68 

delia  ch  6.    St  /^mU— St  Paul  Hou-e  of  Hope  ch  Church  Erection 6J9  33 

163  40;  81  Cloud  ch  11  75;  Red  Wmg  ch,  special  Education 4ii6  -H 

2^  199  15  Suslentation 460  61 

Missouri— Flatto—Ebeneaer  oh  7;  Colomoch  Miniftocial  Relief. 603  99 

4  50  1160  Freedmen „ 883  88 

New  Jbrsit.— jSiza^sfA— Westfleld  ch.  special  Publication  „„„..„„. ^      255  e» 

lou  38;    Plainfield  Ist   oh  84  40.     Monmouth^  

Cranbury  1st  ch,  special  248.    New  Brunswick—  $6204  88 

Trenton  4lh  ch  165.    )fes<  Jsrs^y— Cedarville  Ist  _.  ._   «-,X-,.rt^£J 

ch  840;  May's  Landing  ch  70  81                  899  09  B&\I^¥m^m^masursr, 

Niw  Voax.— iAidson— Cooheeton  oh  lo;  Hamp-  83  Centre  Street 


1873.] 


Ecclcsiaitkal  lictvrd. 


105 


ECCLESIASTICAL  EECORD. 

ftl^Tiie  offices  of  the  Boardi  of  Foreign  Missioua.  Home  Missions,  and 
Clmrcli  Erection,  are  now  at  23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


mtiSOI  UTIOX    OP    TJtE    PASTORAL    EELATIOW.    [ 

Rev.  E  p.  RnJTenH^-Ptger  and  the  Wtttiiuiin- 
ftrr  cliurch,  tlcvejlaiMl   Uliio 

Rifv  S  II  Tlj<HH|ison  and  \U^  First  diiitdi 
Ciiii»k(u)..U2;«)A,  rrf':i>'yf**rv  of  lu-nevii. 

lUv,  t).  ^lusiit  Bunk-  auii  iUa  Bniinerd  ch, 
EA5t«ri,  Pa 

Kev.  AlfrMi  Nevin.  I>  D.  ji*ni  the  WeM 
CljTOlmil  fiirtvt  djurcli,  I'liilmleljilii*. 

J»*jv.  L  Lt^onnj'i  au<ll  the  Uoltiige  Grove 
ami  Sua  rniirie  clnirdiPS,  Wks, 

Rev.  KoWrt  A.  Brown  nn^  tlie  Trinity 
rliureli.  llulaiieEplnsi  Central  Fnsbyterr 

Kev.  .1  K.  MuirHfi  lift.s  a|.pln'<l  for  ii  illssnlu- 
tiou  tif  Ki!s  p)i,<tunit  rtiljiuou  vrilb  ttie  First 
chttrtU  D<^(jatiir  III. 

Rev-  J:uiu's  Cl«i1^ud  ^od  the  ^Second  cbt3,rcb, 
Oawpg.itdiie,  N.  Y. 

k«^*f.  Diilhis    V,  Mays  aod   Ihe  cbtirch  uL 

f!ev,  A  ♦*.  ilfi'd  Iin«;  resign e<J  the  ch^irge 
ol  III*  diurcti  lit  Port  Byroti,  N   Y, 

K«'T  AieJiaiMtri-  T.  lUiukiii  uiid  the  cliurcii 
at  lUrton   Hd 

[leY  Ji4tm.-:j  H  Mr'Coj  and  {lie  cburch  at 
fandu^ky  <  I'v,  Obio 

Kcv  ciiarlea  riinirky,  D  I>  ,  (irid  tbe  cliurcb 
tl  AulfUlln  ^-  V* 

CALLS    ttECltVRl)  OR   ArrRPTBD. 

TLfV  W  T  rrice  fo  tbe  ebtirch  of  Ecllcvue, 
TreshvUrT  of  AllPnTjfiiy. 

R*  V  W'  \V.  Utbtiioii  to  llm  rhureh  at 
KikU.n,  Md 

Kev.  I.  Leonard  to  ilir  chunbcs  of  Uidi- 
hnil  Citv  mid  I'.imy  CifH^k,  Wis, 

R<tv  1)  rf,  I'tnukA  to  lli*;  i-'iaiTch  of  Mar- 
qtiittu.  Wi.b 

Rpv,  Dr.  Bidlevitlc  -if  MmH^h  f'biink  *a  tbe 
Kirel  Frv^bylorirtii  ebnn'Ji   I'■^rt?<\*^l^^  I'n 

Itvv.  Cburifi  I-'mlbr,  iaW.  ul  Mtxieo,  Ma., 
in  ibe  I  bii  lb  111  Hjtloid.  Ohio 

IU\.  Jo^.'i^li  S  Aiidij>uii,  D.D,  of  Ni*w 
York  I'l^y,  ti)  ibii  LVii;;;ic^at>uu»*i  cbuidi, 
^W'AlpiJil.  i'l.nii. 

lt*v  J.  C.  Oii!dwidl  to  (lie  diurclj  jvt  Lrwis- 
biiT^  Pa, 

Rev.  Andivw  D.  Jiu'k,  bt»»  of  ]'dwf>ids- 
▼f1l«  IJUiioi?^  lo  tbo  dmrdi  iit  EurvkiV  Ki*s. 

Itcv  l>,  »i  Biiidlord  to  [bfi  First  Frfsby- 
teriti"  diiiii  b,  Kjiuwdb  IJluifiiw. 

IU%*.  DrMiH*!  Wdlinins  to  iUv  Kuuttii  churdi, 

lU'v.  E  S,  lIciiT»y  to  tb«  diurdi  ftt  Centre, 
Prk-sbytery  of  rilt^biirgli. 

Rev,  Withaiii  lljmnrt  in  the  dnirdi  at 
IJ«?bron.  l*ri!'5ibvlery  of  ritt?'ft*irjj;b. 

Ki'v  htUn  Kuy,  of  tbe  djiiriih  of  Scolbuid, 
U^  i\tr  \Vi'*>fimiirti«r  eburdi   Nt'W  York  City. 

Ri'v.    Jobfi    >L    iiisbop    t«   tbe    diurdi    »t 


OnmyATiriNS    AND    imsTAM.A'ilONS. 

Rev.  Bpnianira  T  Jones  was  iri'-taile^i  ptin- 
tor  ol  the  chiircb  ut  Wv&t  Cbc^ster,  Pa,,  on 
Ifjtb  of  Jainiiiry. 

Kev  TlioRirt*  Curt^r  wan  installed  pf^ftor  ni 
iU^  diuroh  of  I'luukunita,  N.  J.,  on  iba  -lib  of 
Jniitiary. 

POST  OFFICE    ADTJBEhSSES    CirANGfI>. 

Re?.  S.  H.  rihaw  from  Cuba,  Mo  ,  to  KoHa, 
Mo. 

Bpv  Lpvi  Ri'^her  from  -Sewickb^Vj  Pa.,  t^ 
Bredt  Ntak    Pu, 

Rfv.  Cah'iii  C  Gould  from  Rockbridji© 
Bivtbs,  Va..  to  nolmoMviHe,  Hobnes  ooimiy, 
Ubio. 

Rev.  E  H.  f^ayie  from  Bodge  Ceutre, 
Minn.,  to  rlArcmottl,  Minn, 

K^^v.  Albc'i't  Mi^CriNa  from  Emporia,  Kan, 
lo  101  Tliirty  nrtb  stret-t.  CbicuRO,  I]|, 

Rov.  Jo]in  Thauijkj  from  BloocosibiLLr^h,  Pa., 
to  U'anjiinio,  Vn.. 

The  pt»st  oltiLw  lol dress  nf  Rev.  Jo?f*|>b  Cory 
h  Wti^erly,  Liucrtio  ro  .  I'm,  and  iioL  Abing- 
toll,  us  given  III  ttie  jVt;irt^*. 

licv.  I>r,  Murtbs  iid dress  ia  now  21108 
CbtisUint  jitrfn'l,   Philadelplkia, 

Rev  Xkoina!s  Love  from  Loveville,  Del., 
(post  ulfice  dis^L'oiitiiiuedJ  Lo  Ilockesaia,  NeW- 
tidi^ile  Co ,  Del. 

Rrv  A  T  RnidviQ  froru  Lonaconing,  Md., 
to  LockjMtrt.  X   Y'. 

Rp%\  iV.  Jl  11  ill  from  Gt^ltysburg,  Obio,  to 
\^'«jiokoi]E"trt,  Ohio* 

Ri-v.  H.  McVay  from  Wenona^  111,  to 
HiMiiy.  HI, 

lie  v.  Robert  R.  Crtiilej  from  Fredericks- 
buri^h,  Ubio,  to  Fay«'LN^  City,  Pa. 

Rov.  Is&ixc  A  T'ornelistun  from  Pbiladel- 
jdd,i  III  U  :ishiiif^itjn,  It  I. 

Rov.  J.  11  McLeo^I  from  Morris  to  Joliett 
III 

Rev.  L*.Minnd  L^'onard  from  Cottage  Grove 
to  Richlainl  C'^^nlie,  \Vm. 

Rt^v.  I).  JS.  R;inks  from  Ea^ton,  Pa  ,  to  Mur- 
qnctto,  Mieh. 

Kev.  A  II.  Biirher  from  ^'ew  Mil  ford  to 
Wysox,  BradJurd  co  ,  Pa. 

nEATMM. 

R(*v.  Anditw^  V:inw!,  D  D  ,  at  Plf^a^ant 
Hill.  Tenn  ,  no  XoviMnber  1, 1S7J,  m  the  7'tl)\ 
year  ot  bis  jiofr, 

R.'v.  jMslfii  A  C[i\y!on  at  Ph  month, 
Mi«jb  ,  on  tbe  'Jjlli  of  iJecvnibfi",  in  the  li'iih 
ycnr  of  bin  ugi* 

diurdi  of  Upper  liutfnlo,  I'by  of  U'ri^hingfofi, 
of  ♦^rysipidaH,  uu  Un-  Jlth  of  JAnuiiry 

Ri-v.  OwMji  tKi'vn  ut  Chit':i;;u,  III.,  od  tbe 
-7tb  of  January. 


AstKi*  M^nu(h!y  Hicoffl  and  various  other  pivldioalion^  ar<»  ^-'-nt  to 
1i"«.'tUt)tte«  it  IS  imp 'rtant  tbnt  all  cbno;^*?^  nf  iMldrri-^i"*  should  bc|j|mf 
tU  iif-pfi 4*IIi'*?,  {^'i\  CJu-ttjul  JitJKrl,  i'hihid.  Ipliia.  Pa 


,v  bw  aR  onxgniniHt^TJi  nnd 


AN  INVITATION. 


The  Board  of  PLtBMCATiow  invitee  the  attention  of  Mlxtsters^  Ei.t>ers,  Sab- 
bath Scuoof.  SiTj'ERiNTENrrENTs  and  TE.uirER'?.  nnd  all  ftiend^  of  a  i^OUND 
AND  WHOLESOME  LITERATURK,  to  its  list  oF  Publications. 

ItaGenernI  and  Saljbatli-Schuol  lists  will  be  sent  gratuitously,  and  its  Defwjnp 
tive  Ciitfiloiiue,  n  bound   16mo  volume,  on  receipt  of  20  cents  for  postft*fC, 

Here  will  be  found  Books  for  the  Minister  nnd  the  Elder,  BookH  of  EHivotion 
and  for  Study,  Books  far  the  Pulpit  and  the  Pew,  Books  for  the  A^ed  iind  the 
Young,  All  selected  with  care^well  gotten  up,  and  at  the  same  time  low  in 
price. 

In  addition  lo  its  own  pubHcations  the  Board  has  on  its  shelves  a  select  assort- 
ment of  the  PuBMCATio>fs  OF  OTHER  HousE3,  and  its  aim  is  to  ninko  its  depo:*!- 
tory  not  only  a  source  of  supply  to  all  our  churches  and  people,  but  an  nttracdve 
place  to  Presbyter  inns* 

Special  attention  is  given  to  the  Bclection  of 

SABBATH-SCHOOL   LIBEAHIES, 

and  any  books  so  scloeted  may  be  returned  at  its  expense,  if  found  utisuiiflhle 
for  the  purpose  for  which   they  Jire  intended. 

Persons  visi  tin -^  the  city  are  most  cordially  iaTJtod  to  call  at  the  Board's  new 
Building,  and  inspect  its  stock, 

CONGREGATIONAL   LIBRARIES 

are  furnislied  at  liberal  rates. 

A  FULL  LINE  OF 

OrHftmeiit€d  fVali  CardSf  MuttoeHf  Beivat'd  Cardfff 

and  other  Sabbath-School  requisites  are  kept,  and  with  polite  attention  we  hope 
to  make  our  friends  at  home  in  their  own  house. 

IN  ITS  PKRIODJCAL  DEPARTMENT  IT  ISSUES 

"THE    SAEBATH^SCHOOL    VISITOR/' 

an  illustrated  paper  for  children.     Published  Monthly  and  Semi-Monihly^  and 
6old  in  quantities  at  the  rate  of  one  cent  per  copy. 

A  NEW  PAPER, 

"THE  PRESBYTERIAN  AT  WORK," 

intendetl   to  etimulate  and   encourage   nil   kinds   of  lay   effort  for  good,  and 
especially  to  aid  the  Sabbath-School  Teacher, 
Terms; — One  copy  per  year  60  een(s. 

Six  copies  and  upwards  50  cents,  to  one  nddrew, 

PRESBYTEEIAIT  BOARD  OF  PITBLICATION, 

J^^^  CHESryVT  STBEET, 

hj#  PHILADELPHIA. 


Digitized  by 


Googli 


FHILADELPHIAr 

PRESBYTERIAN   BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION, 

PETES  WALKER,  AGENT, 

JUJ4  CfttfMtnut  Sit^rt. 


'  Annum.    In  pucka gei  to  one  addresa,  four  copies  for  one  doli&r 


CONTENTS. 


BC!»flrdof  Home  Mlaaiona.— nLT^ai?  or  the  B^scal  Yenr— Hepoi-Ufjom  Miaaioiiarie^— Tho  Misjilon- 
Mr/'a  WHu— lUmoftj  iiurU  Time*— Ureijoa— A  Reflval— Homo  Misaioa  Appointmonta— Re- 
ceipts,  »* .„„..........- ,...»...»..,* ."" ...».««.» Wl 

fioAfd  of  Bdacation^—Tiie  Annual  ijuUlement— The  he»son»  of  DoRih — Re»ipts..,..» .....1 J0 

Board  of  I^oteign  Mlsstpna, — Recc?nt  IntBlligence— Seneca  ^tJ^Bton  Work— 'Work  for  tho 

D&koiaH— Notices  ofMisbiOn  ia  Periim— EncouragemeQt  m  Onbtioa-^DoualiODB. .._..... 153 

Board  of  Fublioation,— The  Firflt  Sabbath  io  Haj— For  wrhut  usea  thia  fund  ig  needed— What 
ihla  fimd  has  onabied  Lhe  Board  to  do — Immeuiie  ItnporEiaTice  of  this  work^Wbat  the  Board!  eMr- 

neatly  mkB—^aw  Pu blical ion b— Donations..... «.«.«.,„«,.„.,,».,..  „«, «. .........161 

Board  of  UliuroJi  Erection.— BeueOLs  of  the  Work— Rece5pli.«„. ,..,«, „...,„»»„.,»100 

Belief  Fund  for  Disabled  Ml n&tera .^Receipts «.,»»»..»„.»... ^»«».«,*.»«.»..»„„. US 

Q«iiafal   AaBepabl?*9   Qommlttee   on    P'reedmen- — Cloaa    of   lhe   FiDHnctii]   Tear — R0' 

oeipiB , *». .....„„.* .-..«♦ .,„„*»„„„^,„.„„ „„«..i7d 

Committee  on  Suatentatign. — Working  of  ibo Scheme- RBCeipti .^»»»»...*..*172 

Commtttad  on  Beuerolonco  and  Finaiice^—Puiblicflftloii  nnd  HepnUj  cat  ions  of  Receipts— 
Bjxicifil  OtferinK»--From  iha  Cburched— Komi tuncefl— Hue eipta.. ..»..„ „...„«......»  1T4 


*' Offerings  of  Oorf/^— Luke  xxi.  4, 

THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY  S  COMMITTEE  OX  BENEVOLENCE  AN^D  FINAN'CE 
iiove  rcco  in  mended  to  all  of  Ibe  churches  fystomatie^  praycrluS.  treekly  or  monthly  offerEugs  for 
the  whole  work  of  tho  Church  as  a  part  of  Iho  vFi^raliip  of  Uod's^  hou^^e;  nnd  regular  monihljr 
remUtanceB  for  all  of  tlie  Boards.  Alao,  that  churches  wbtah  prefer  annua]  coUeatitma  ahoultl 
not  foil  to  take  them  up  at  the  timaa  haroLoi'ora  de^ij^uAtod  by  the  UouontI  Asscmbty,  tIs: 

January  5 For  Porelgn  Miasloiu. 

FobruAry  3.H^,,.^«For  Su«tentaUon. 

Miirch  2.,„«......For  Ediicailon. 

May  4^ ...,..»For  FubUoatlon. 


L 


July  B.i* ,.,.For  Ghurcb  Srcctiott. 

Soptombor  I...F0T  MknislerLaJ  RoliolL 
I'\<r  Home  M  SAiotiA. 
PocembPr.....For  Freedmen. 
49^  *"  No  churchy  not  complying  with  the  dlroctiona  of  the  Assembly  to  make  collectfona  for 
tho  eeveral  Boardap  shaM  recoire  aid  from  the  fuada  of  the  €hurch/^ — Minuta  oflHll,  page  b5l. 


FORM  OF  BEQUEST  TO  ANY  OF  THE  BOARDS. 

The  State  Invra  dldor  so  much  that  no  one  form  will  answer  In  all  the  Stateo,  but  [n  e? ery  gsm 
ft  La  eiigontlal  to  give  the  aiaaT  eoaroEATa  nam  a. 

Bequesta  for  Home  Miaalom  aliould  L>b  made  ta  "  The  Botrd  of  IJi'tmfi  MiAilom  of  tht  PrsshjftMrian 
Chttrch  in  the  Uniied  States  of  America"  wliich  is  now  tho  corpornto  litSo* 

Of  the  Bflard  of  Efdacation  iho  corporate  Qiime  is  "  Thd  lioctrd  of  SJucaticm  of  th§  Pre§b^terlaH 
Church  in  the  Unitett  Stnttiof  An^cri&L'* 

The  Board  of  Fortten  Missions  Is  Incorporated  under  tho  lawn  of  New  York,  under  the  atyle  ol 
•'  ThiBo^d  of  Foreign  ifUfpjm  of  tha  Prabifterian  Oiureh  in  the  Umled  Stat^  of  Ameriea.^ 

The  Beard  of  FabMcatiou  [a  incorporated  under  I  ho  laws  of  Potniflylvanirtj  a  ad  or  tho  style  of 
-  rft«  Truitca  of  thi  Prab^t^rtan  Bofird  af  Publication," 

The  Board  of  OhoTGh  Erection  la  iQaorporjited  andor  tho  style  af  *'  The  Truateu  t>f  th€  CShfrtli 
Junction  Fund  of  the  Osnerai  AtsetnbUf  of  ths  rrtthijttrian  Church  in  the  United  Slat»  of  Amsriea,^ 
itjcorp'«rAted  Mnrch  3lf  18M,  by  the  Legisl^lnro  of  theStnto  of  No^»  York. 

Bcqnestfl  lUid  liava  been  madu  to  the  "  IVueteri  of  the  Genc^ral  Asionbtt/"  or  to  the  "  TttuUia  iff 
the  tYishtjUnan  Hou$%"  for  Church  purposoa,  will  bo  valid. 

AU  BeqncEU  m^de  to  the  incorporated  Boards  or  CoramiUees  of  tho  two  Into  Assemblies  are 
Y4lid  und  wlil  bo  receired  by  tho  Boards  which  are  their  legiU  BucueBflorai, 

The  Hchef  Fund  for  DisabSed  Ministers,  and  the  Widows  and  Orphans  of  Deceased  Mlnisten 
requires  the  following  form: 

**I  giro  and  beqtieath  to  017-  executors  hereinafter  named,  ■-'-  dollars  In  truKt,  nef  ertheleM, 
that  they  shall,  within  — —  months  afler  my  decease,  pay  the  tamo  lo  the  Trustee*  of  the  Ome^ 
Atamibttf  of  iha  lYetbj/tertan  Church  in  the  United  Siata  qf  America,  for  tho  use  of  tho  Fand  for  Dis- 
abled Ministers  and  their  Families." 

Whm  reai  titaU  or  other  property  ia  jriwn,  l9t  it  b*  jx^ticidar^  dsrtffimttA*     r~^  j 

Digitized  by  VjOOQ IC 


"        THE 

PRESBYTERIAN  MONTHLY 
RECORD. 

Vol.  XXIV.  PHILADELPHIA,  MAY  1873.  No.  5. 

BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 

In  a  few  days  the  Geaeral  Assembly  will  meet  in  Baltimore,  consisting 
of  represeotatives  from  all  parts  of  our  Church,  in  this  and  other  lands,  to 
consider  the  interests  of  our  Zion,  and  to  suggest  and  arrange  means  for  the 
fuller  accomplishment  of  her  great  mission.  It  is  a  matter  of  hopefulness 
that  so  large  a  part  of  its  sessions  is  now  devoted  to  the  consideration  of  the 
success  or  failure  of  enterprises  for  the  enlargement  of  the  kingdom  of  Christ 
in  her  Home  and  Foreign  field. 

HOME  MISSIONS. 

At  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year,  on  the  Slst  of  March,  1873,  there  was  a 
balance  of  $7,406.14.  Yet  alas!  more  than  this  amount  was  then  due  for 
work  already  done,  but  unreported,  so  that  this  balance  can  avail  nothing  for 
the  expenses  of  the  year  beginning  April  1,  1873. 

The  churches  in  their  collections  are  more  than  $26,000  behind  last  year ! 
The  cause,  or  causes  of  this  ''falling  off"  from  the  chief  source  of  supply,  are 
more  or  less  manifest.  Among  these  causes,  are  the  extraordinary  heat  of 
the  summer,  and  the  equally  extraordinary  severity  of  the  winter, — the 
dolness  of  the  markets  for  grain  and  produce,  aggravated  by  the  land-wide 
"horse-sickness,"  which  largely  arrested  trade  and  general  intercourse.  Then 
Sustentation,  drawing  its  supplies  from  the  same  source,  and  for  the  same 
work  and  end — ^together  with  the  continued  discussion  about  a  "system  of 
giving,"  wiiich  has  failed  to  enlarge  the  "  giving  itself,"  must  be  taken  into 
the  estimate.  Notwithstanding,  the  spiritual  state  of  the  work  has  seldom 
ever  been  more  promising  and  hopeful  than  now,  or  the  openings  for  planting 
the  gospel  in  new  fields  more  numerous  and  inviting.  The  whole  land  is 
before  Ui9,  urging  immediate  occupation.  May  the  Assembly,  and  the  whole 
Church,  have  wisdom  to  understand  these  great  opportunities,  and  grace  and 
strength  to  improve  them. 

REPORTS  FROM  MISSIONARIES. 
The  MUdonary^i   Wife, 
Let  me  say  a  word  more  before  I  close.     It  is  a  delicate  one,  and  I  shall 
not  let  my  wife  see  it  leet  she  should  forbid  its  being  sent,  ized  byGoOQlc 


142  Board  of  Home  Missions.  {^May 

I  refer  to  it  only  because  of  its  importance  in  missionary  work,  and  to  call 
your  attention  to  the  general  subject  The  work  which  is  perjormed  by  the 
wioes  of  your  missionaries. 

I  have  been  profoundly  impressed  during  the  past  year  with  the  importance 
of  this  work.  Indeed,  our  wonderful  success  here  has  been  largely  due  to  the 
constant  and  telling  missionary  work  of  my  wife.  She  has  made,  during  the 
year,  about  seven  hundred  formal  calls,  independent  of  incidental  calls,  every 
one  of  which  was  as  good  as  a  pastoral  call  from  me,  and  most  of  them  much 
better.  She  is  a  teacher  in  the  Sabbath- school;  she  has  been  the  life  of  the 
female  prayer-meeting ;  of  the  social  committee,  and  of  the  Ladies'  Sewing 
Circle,  the  latter  of  which  has  just  paid  into  our  treasury  six  hundred 
dollars  as  the  result  of  their  efforts  in  this  department.  This,  besides  all  her 
household  duties,  one-fourth  of  the  year  she  has  done  without  a  domestic, 
doing  her  own  work,  including  the  care  of  our  two  children.  In  a  word,  if 
you  want  efficient  missionaries,  be  sure  that  they  are  married,  and  carry  with 
them  to  their  fields,  the  tact,  energy,  and  devotion  of  a  good  wife. 

ILLINOIS. 

Hard    Times. 

Will  the  Church  allow  such  fields  as  are  described  in  the  following  reports,  to  be 
abandoned  in  their  time  of  need?  Shall  such  men  be  compelled  to  forsake  these 
troubled,  yet  hopeful  flocks?  The  Board  looks  to  the  Chulrch  for  means  to  answer 
these  inquiries  promptly. 

Rev.  and  Dear  Brethren — You  have  already  in  hand  my  Annual  Jlepjort, 
to  which,  in  this  my  quarterly  report,  I  have  nothing  but  statistics  to  add, 
excepting  that  since  then  we  have  dismissed  two  of  our  very  best  members  who 
have,  with  many  others,  removed  into  another  state.  And  were  I  to  indulge 
the  feeling  which  prevails  in  the  neighborhood,  the  burden  of  my  report 
would  be  our  weakness. 

In  consequence  of  removals  we  have  become  much  reduced  in  pecuniary 
ability.  During  the  last  eighteen  months  at  least  one-half  of  the  monied 
support  of  the  congregation  has  led  U9,  and  what  remains  has  been  greatly 
reduced.  For  two  years  past  the  drought  cut  off  all  the  usual  resources  of  the 
farmer.  And  last  year  the  fruit,  on  which  is  our  almost  entire  dependence, 
was  so  abundant  that  the  actual  returns  did  not  pay  expenses.  The  present 
year  we  will  have  no  fruit  crop.  The  excessive  cold  of  the  last  w«nter  killed 
not  only  the  fruit  buds,  but  the  trees  themselves.  Not  a  blossom  will  be  seen 
this  spring.  Our  resources  are  thus  cut  off.  I  have  received  from  the 
Treasurer  of  our  congregation  since  the  first  of  April  1872,  $135  25,  part  in 
cash,  and  part  in  anything  they  had  to  spare — potatoes,  flour,  corn,  straw, 
anything.  My  dependence  has  been  on  your  Treasury,  even  for  paying  my 
taxes  on  my  home. 

Dear  Brethren,  what  am  I  to  do  ?  My  private  resources,  which  used  td  be 
ample,  are  now  utterly  gone.  Can  you  give  mo  four  hundred  dollars  the 
coming  year  ?  My  reliance  must  be  on  your  Board.  With  your  four  hundred 
dollars,  my  income  for  the  year  till  April  1874,  cannot  reach  over  five  hun- 
dred dollars:  Digitized  by  V:jOOQl 


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I  tm  extendiog  my  field  and  going  north-west  near  six  miles ;  south-west, 
eight  miles ;  east,  five  miles,  and  hope  to  make  some  impression.  My  congre- 
gations are  encouraging — churches  well  filled,  but  the  whole  region  is  miser- 
ably poor.  Still  it  is  missionary  ground  and  most  have  the  gospel,  if  I 
starve  in  furnishing  it  to  them. 

There  must  be  a  reaction  here  ere  long.  Land  now  twenty  dollars  an 
acre,  a  few  years  ago  was  worth  from  sixty  to  one  hundred  and  twenty  dol- 
lars. It  must  come  up,  and  we  shall  have  better  times.  Help  us  through  our 
present  trials,  and  some  day  we  will  repay  you  with  interest. 

Excuse  my  poor  trembling  hand.  In  the  pulpit  my  voice  does  not 
tremble.     Yours  in  the  gospel  of  our  blessed  Lord.  I.  N.  C. 

The  Jigures  in  this  Report  give  little  idea,  I  think,  of  the  work  done,  and 
the/hiUs  borne.  Would  that  I  could  report  large  accessions  to  the  church, 
and  other  encouraging  items.  But  Icon  see,  and  do  know  that  much  good 
has  resulted  from  my  labors,  in  ways  only  a  pastor  knows ;  among  which  I 
may  name — the  increased  intelligence  of  the  people  in  the  word  of  God, 
the  favor  with  which  our  church  and  denomination,  and  myself  personally, 
are  regarded  by  the  whole  community. 

Could  I  continue  on  this  field  another  year,  I  doubt  not  large  numbers  of 
the  youth  might  be  gathered  in.  But  the  severe  financial  embarrassments 
the  last  year  of  this  community,  render  it  impossible  for  me  to  support  my 
family.  My  heart  weeps  to  leave  so  many  seemingly  near  the  kingdom  of 
heaven,  naost  of  whom  I  have  helped  to  instruct,  and  many  of  whom  have 
grown  these  four  and  a  half  years,  from  childhood  to  young  men  and  misses. 

It  is  no  fault  of  myself  or  the  church,  that  we  are  not  *^  self-sustaining," 
bat  for  the  removals  of  our  very  best  and  richest  families,  we  should  have 
been  so  two  years  ago.     This  was  the  intention.  I.  N. 

OREaON. 

Report  of  mission-work  from  1st  of  September  1872,  to  1st  of  March  1^73, 
in  connection  with  the  Presbyterian  Church  and  congregations  of  the 
Tualitin  Plains,  Oregon. 

In  presenting  my  first  report  I  feel  that  it  must  be  of  a  general  character. 
The  field  here  is  large,  and  difficult  on  account  of  the  different  nationalities, 
and  especially  the  prevalent  ignorance  of  Bible  doctrine. 

The  scenes  of  my  labors  embraces  three  plains,  two  of  them  large,  and 
the  third,  though  considered  small,  yet  has  some  twelve  families.  There  are 
two  places  of  meeting,  in  each  of  which  I  preach  once  a  month.  At  one  of 
these  places,  intended  to  be  our  head-quarters,  I  commence  next  month  to 
preach  bi-monthly.  It  is  in  the  largest  plain,  and  all  the  timber  land 
around  it  is  mo.«itly  settled.  The  people  there  are  also  very  hearty  in  the 
work. 

Besides  these  plains,  there  is  a  village  called  Centreville,  where,  till  lately 
the  most  of  the  business  in  this  whole  district  was  done.  Here  there  is  a 
saw,  and  also  a  grist-mill,  besides  stores.  The  Methodist  circuit  preacher 
abandoned  this  field,  as  he  considered  the  inhabitants  hopeless.     They  had 


144  Board  of  Home  Mimont.  [1% 

been  witbout  sermons  for  some  considerable  time,  wben  I  resolved  to  make  an 
attempt  to  preacb  the  gospel  to  them,  and  have  done  so  for  the  last  nine 
months,  monthly.  On  the  third  occasion  when  I  was  there,  at  tbe  end  of 
the  service  one  of  their  number  came  up  to  the  desk  and  laid  down  $7,  along 
with  a  paper  containing  a  request  to  accept  of  the  money  as  a  token  of  their 
appreciation  of  my  services.  It  greatly  encouraged  me,  as  it  indicated  a  state 
of  mind  far  from  hopeless.  Immediately  the  Methodist  preacher  intimated 
that  he  would  preach  monthly,  which  he  has  continued  to  do  since.  Another 
large  and  destitute  locality,  where  I  have  preached  monthly,  is  the  Forks  of 
Derry  Creek.  There  the  people  had  no  religious  service  unless  occasionally 
a  funeral  sermon,  and  were  living  in  a  state  worse  than^heathenism,  for  they 
rknew,  at  least  some  of  them,  more  of  God*s  word  than  most  of  the  settlers 
liere.  I  have  touched  tender  chords  on  asking,  as  I  generally  do,  about  their 
^parents.  What  a  poor  religious  training  have  our  rough,  godless  characters, 
•even  many  a  long  year  ailer  the  parental  voice  has  been  hushed  in  death. 
No  sooner,  however,  had  I  commenced  operations  here,  than  the  Methodists 
fient  one  of  their  local  preachers  to  commence  a  monthly  sermon,  which  be 
still  continues.  As  he  is  far  above  the  average  of  the  local  preachers  I  have 
met,  I  bid  him  God-speed.  I  rejoice,  if  I  am  only  the  means  of  bringing 
into  play  the  energy  and  zeal  of  others,  where  the  field  b  so  extensive  and 
needy. 

I  have  been  compelled,  on  account  of  the  distance  and  state  of  the  roads 
during  the  winter,  to  refuse  two  requests  to  preach  in  other  two  destitute 
localities,  but  (D.  V.)  I  will  go  during  week-day  evenings  in  summer.  They 
are  both  in  the  timber,  where  numbers  of  families  have  settled,  and  where 
•others  will  soon  settle.  I  wish  to  go  there  as  often  as  I  can,  especially  as 
among  the  most  of  these  families  a  preacher  belonging  to  the  Sout  Sleepers 
has  been  laboring  with  great  zeal  for  nearly  a  year. 

The  only  denomination  that  has  hitherto  made  anything  like  an  attempt  to 
•unflertake  the  work  is  the  M.  E.  Church,  and  yet,  as  it  seems  to  me,  their 
preachers  do  next  to  nothing  in  the  way  of  effective  service.  Properly 
.speaking,  there  is  with  them  no  pastoral  visitations,  so  much  practised  and 
prized  in  Scotland.  This  I  regard  as  an  important  part  of  a  minister's  work. 
It  is  like  our  Lord  talking  to  the  woman  at  the  well. 

During  the  six  months  embraced  in  this  report,  I  have  preached  thirty-one 
sermons,  but  have  not  got  anything  like  the  amount  of  pastoral  work 
done  that  I  could  wish.  This  has  been  hindered  by  the  weather  and  roads. 
I  have  established  a  weekly  prayer-meeting,  which  is  held  at  four  different 
houses.  In  these  meetings  I  expound  the  word  and  get  three,  sometimes 
four  or  five,  to  engage  in  prayer. 

When  I  commence  a  bimonthly  sermon  at  head-quarters,  I  am  also  to  begin 
a  Sabbath-school. 

I  have  no  doubt  the  people  will  raise  upwards  of  $300  for  my  salary. 
For  the  last  six  months  I  have  received  in  money  and  eatables  somewhere 
about  $120,  but  they  will  do  better  after  they  get  into  working  order. 

As  to  fruit,  I  can  hardly  venture  to  say  anything,  except  that  the  attend- 


1873.]  Board  of  Home  Misnons.  145 

anoe  daring  winter  has  been  better  than  I  expeoted,  considering  the  state 
of  the  weather  and  the  roads,  and  the  attention  in  general  has  been  exceed- 
ingly good.     In  future  reports  I  will  be  more  particular.  Q,  R, 

A   REVIVAL. 

JRev,  and  Dear  Brother — ^My  report  for  the  last  quarter  of  the  year  will 
be  due  in  a  day  or  two,  and  I  will  endeavor  to  write  ju<)t  now,  inasmuch  as 
I  do  not  know  whether  I  will  have  the  opportunity  again  for  some  days.  We 
are  just  in  the  midst  of  a  most  precious  work  of  grace.  For  three  weeks  I 
have  been  holding  meetings  daily  on  the  Grand  View  Prairie,  where  we  built  a 
new  church  edifice  last  summer,  but  have  not  perfected  our  organization.  After 
preaching  on  Sabbath  evening,  my  regular  appointment,  I  announced  to  the 
congregation  that  we  would  have  meeting  also  on  Monday  evening,  but  said 
nothing  about  holding  a  protracted  meeting.  Monday  evening  proved  to 
be  rainy  and  quite  blustering,  but  about  thirty  persons  were  present,  who 
seemed  to  give  marked  attention  to  the  preaching  of  the  word.  I  gave  out 
that  we  would  have  a  meeting  again  on  Tuesday  evening — the  attendance  was 
better.  And  so  I  continued  from  day  to  day  for  one  week.  At  this  time  I 
felt  quite  sure  that  tliere  was  some  interest  among  the  people.  I  then  put 
it  to  vote  whether  we  should  go  on  with  the  meeting  or  not.  The  "people 
voted  unanimously  to  go  on  with  the  meeting.  After  some  remarks,  I  gave 
an  invitatioivto  any  person  of  persons  in  the  house  who  desired  an  interest 
in  the  prayers  of  God*s  people,  to  make  it  manifest  by  rising;  four  persons 
arose  for  prayer.  On  the  next  evening,  when  the  same  opportunity  was  given, 
fifteen  persons  arose.  The  interest  deepened  and  widened.  ^  A  solemn  awe 
seemed  to  be  upon  the  people;  they  conversed  in  a  subdued  tone  and  seemed 
to  slip  about  on  tiptoes,  and  to  realize  in  a  remarkable  manner  the  pre- 
sence of  God's  Spirit.  We  held  no  meetings  in  daylight,  for  it  is  only  a 
country  place,  and  the  farmers  were  busy  sowing  their  spring  wheat.  But 
we  meet  at  sundown  and  hold  a  prayer-meeting,  then  preaching,  then  sing- 
ing, prayer,  and  conversation  with  the  anxious  for  half  an  hour.  I  expected 
to  have  some  help,  but  have  been  alone  as  yet.  Up  to  this  time  about  twenty- 
five  or  thirty  have  professed  a  hope  in  Christ,  and  others  are  inquiring,  and  a 
deep  seriousness  pervades  the  whole  neighborhood.  I  will  probably  continue 
the  meetings  for  another  week,  or  as  long  as  seems  to  be  necessary.  We  observed 
the  Week  of  Prayer  at  Corel,  and  I  continued  the  meetings  there  for  two 
weeks  longer,  and  we  had  good  meetings.  There  were  six  or  seven  hopeful 
conversions;  all  of  these  but  two  belonged  to  Methodist  or  Baptist  families, 
and  will  most  likely  unite  with  those  churches.  We  have  not  held  our  com- 
munion at  Corel  since  the  meeting,  owing  to  the  meeting  on  the  Prairie.  We 
expect  to  organize  a  church  as  soon  as  our  meeting  closes  on  Grand  View 
Prairie.     I  do  thank  God  and  take  courage.     Tours  in  Christ,     R.  A.  C. 


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N.  Y.  Rer.  John  Thorna**,  Wanamie  oh.  Pa. 

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Ee?.  D.  H.  Laverty.  Fairview,  Bomerton  and 

Barn«8ville  chs,  Ohio. 
Rev.  S.  M.  Burton,  Graftou  ch,  Ohio. 
Rev.  John  Noble,  Warren  ch,  Ohio. 
Rev.  John  Dixon,  Oreenfieid  ch,  Ind. 
Rev.  J.  A.  William^  Edinburg  ch,  Ind. 
Rev.  Samuel  Wilson.  \>D.^  Normal  ch.  111. 
Key.  Bamuel  Sawyer,  East  St.  Louin  ch,  111. 
Rev.  Walter  Forsyth.  Englewood  ch,  111. 
Rev.  H.  M.  Corbet t,  Munson  and  Osooe  chs,  III. 
Rev.  W.  U.  Benedict,  Sebewa  ch,  Mich. 
Rev.  Geo.  N.  Smith,  Omena,  Concord  and  Old 

Win^  chs,  Mich. 
Rev.  Thos.  Sherrard,  Brooklyn  ch,  Mich. 
Rev.  James  Quick,  Palmvra  ch,  Mich. 
Rev.  Thos.  Middlemia,  East  Satdnaw  ch,  Mich. 
Rev.  T.  C.  Kirk  wood,  Milwaukee,  Bethany  ch 

Wis. 
Rev.  J.  K.  Bu raster,  Winneconne  ch,  Wis. 
Rev.  Alex.  8.  Foster,  Austin  ch.  Minn. 
Rev.  S.  I>.  We8t£all,  Rushford  and  Freemont 

chs,  Minn. 
Rev.  J.  Cooke,  Moinffona  and  Boone  chs,  Iowa. 
Rev.  M.  ilUKhes,  Atlantic  ch.  Iowa. 
Rev.  Alvah  Day,  Winthrop  ch,  Iowa. 
Rev.  H.  M.  Qiltner,  Summit  and  Ebene&er  Q\in, 

Neb. 
Rev.  E.  W.  P.  Wyatt,  Butler  ch,  Mo. 
Rev.  W.  H.  Hilhtf,  Warrensburg  c}!,  Mo. 


Rev.  Jacob  Sob  warts,  Beihlebem  Oerman  ch, 

Mo. 
Rev.  W.  K.  FuRon,  Ebeneser  and  Stockton  ohi, 

Mo. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Crawford,  Weston  ch,  Mo. 
Rev.  John  C.  Downer,  Hillsboro  and  Hanover 

che,  Mo. 
Rev.  J.  H.  Wilson,  Oxford  ch,  Kas. 
Rev.  John  R.  Jones,  Arvonia  and  Reading,  Wdih 

chs,  Eas. 
Rev.  Euchre  Paradis,  Malbury  Creek,  French 

eh,  KaR. 
Rev.  J.  U.  Meteer,  Thayer  and  Parsona  chs,  Eas. 
Rev.  J.  H.  Clark,  «)lRihe  ch,  Eas. 
Rev.  W.  B.  Cary,  Solomon  City  cli,  Kaa. 
Rev.  E.  R.  Nugent,  Auburn  and  Sharon  cba, 

Eas. 
Eev.  J.  W  Egbert,  Pioche,  Nevada. 
Rev.  N.  B.  Klink,  Vallejo  ch.  Cal. 
Rev.  Robert  McCulloch,  Uealdsbirg  ch, Cal. 
Rev.  Robert  Scrimgeour,  San  Francibco,  Weal- 

minster  ch,  Cal. 
Rev.  Edward  Graham,  Alameda  ch,  Cal. 
Rev.  E.  R.   Geary,   DJ).,  Pleasant  Grove  ch, 

Oregon. 
Rev.  G<^o.  T.  McClelland,  for  Oregon. 
Rev.  Matthew  G.  Mann,  for  Oregon. 
Rev.  W.  A.  Smick,  for  Oregon. 
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ALBAHT^—il£6ay^/— Albany  2d  ch  Ladies  2A0; 
Charlton  ch  4«»,  of  which  Ladies*  Home  Miss'y 
Society  20;  Albany  4th  ch  2346  72;  Schenectady 
East  Avenue  ch  60 ;  Schenectady  let  ch  610  82. 
CAoinp/uifi— Dan nemora  ch  28.  of  which  Rev  S 
H  Williams  6.  Cb/umbia— Jewett  ch  46  60;  Cats- 
kill  ch  251  30.  TVo^Cohoes  1st  ch  27  62; 
Lansingburgh  Oliver  ch  123  12;  Johnsonville 
ch  '^  of  which  Sat>-8ch  8;  Pittstown  ch  a;  ^alem 
ch  60  ;  Waterford  ch  71  79  3840  87 

ATLAifTio—Oxfaw6a— Poplar  Tenich  2;  Beth- 
piige  ch  1  8  00 

BALTtMORi—fiaJfimora— Baltimore  Ist  ch  2260 ; 
Baltimore  Brown  Memorial  ch  171  78;  Baltimore 
Nvestminster  ch  602  18,  of  which  3  from  a  mem- 
ber  and  Bab-sch  100 ;  Frederick  City  ch  6 ;  Bal- 
timore Alsquith  street  ch  60 ;  Deer  Creek,  Har- 
mony ch  l>i20:  New  Wind«>or  ch  4  76;  Annapo- 
lis ch  21  06.  New  Gm««— Wilmington,  Banover 
Street  ch  200;  Red  Clay  Creek  ch  23  6U;  Milford 
ch  iJO;  Snow  Hill  ch  16;  Pitts  Creek  ch  21  7ft,  of 
which  Newtown  Sab-soh  ch  15;  New  Castle  ch 
101 ;  Eden  oh  17  89 ;  Black  water  oh  16.  W<uhing- 
tf^  C^tjv— Washington  4tn  ch  106  45:  Washing- 
ton, New  York  Avenue  ch  406  70;  Neelsville  ch 
14  M) ;  Georgetown.  Bridge  street  oh  9  12  ;  Alex- 
andria 1st  ch  2  n:om  a  member  4088  88 

CiworaWATL—CftiWicoiA*— South  Salem  ch  6  75 ; 
BAinbridgeoh  7.  CIncinnart— Wvoming  ch  260, 
of  which  Sab-sch  160;  Morrow  ch  Sab-soh  1  25; 
Cincinnati  1st  ch  8  33;  Pleasant  Ridge  ch  23; 
Lov^land  oh  27  02;  Mason  and  Pisgah  chs  20; 
Cincinnati,  Lincoln  Park  ch  14  75;  Cincinnati 
6th  ch  18 ;  Cincinnati  2d  Oerman  oh  10.  Dat/ton 
— Piqua  1st  ch  78  60:  Hamilton  ch  183  66;  Som- 
erville  ch  IL  'iVtomou^A^Eck mans vi lie  ch  4; 
Georgetown  ch  22  61 ;  Ironton  ch  100  Woman's 
Miss'y  Society  784  76 

CLKVKLAND.—CEewZafni— Cleveland  2d  ch  900; 
Newburgh  Ist  ch  26;  Westt-rn  R«serve  College 
ch  40.  Ifa Aontn^—Youngstown  ch,  addM  67  16. 
St  Oatr*tn//«— Bellaire  German  ch  10;  New 
Athens  ch  28  40,  of  which  Sab-sch  6  16;  Wheel- 
ing Valley  ch  10  86,  of  which  Sab-sch  3  60.  Steu- 
6envi{/e— East  Liverpool  ch  18;  Long  Run  ch 
9  60 :  Island  Creek  ch  66 ;  Uanover  ch  6    1168  91 

CoLORAi>o~Cb/ofa</'>~ Black  Hawk  ch3:  Den- 
ver 1st  ch  H  street  1.0.  Santa  ,^i— Santa  Fe  ch 
6;  Las  VAgae  ch  6  33  CO 


Columbus.— <4<A«n»— Nelson ville  Ist  ch  20 ;  Be- 
reach  6;  New  Plymotith  oh  10,  Cb<tim6u«— Li- 
thopolis  oh  7;  Columbus  1st  ch  217  98.  Maritm 
—Salem  ch  3 ;  It>eria  ch  8.  Yfooftor— MansfieH 
ch  67  30:  Ashland  1st  ch  72  80;  Mt  Eaton  ch  9; 
Fredericksburg  ch  25 ;  Lexington  oh  30  06. 
^ne8vt/(«— Jersey  ch  80 :  Norwich  and  Pleasant 
Hill  chs  19  u6;  Salem  German  ch  10;  West  Car- 
lisle and  Jefferson  chs  19  663  19 

EaiB.— iiOeaAeni^— Briagewater  1st  oh  68  10; 
Fairmount  ch  7;  Plains  ch  8;  Bakerstown  ch 
2:i  7ft ;  Allegheny  Ist  German  ch  8  62.  ButUr— 
Pine  Grove  ch  12  60;  Amity  ch  10  50;  Harris- 
ville  ch  6  60:  Middlesex  ch  12:  Summit  ch  3. 
Clarion — Bethesda  ch  11  60;  Beech  woods  ch 
17  25 :  Mt  Tabor  ch  10  20  :  Mill  Creek  ch  6 ;  Mt 
Pleasant  ch  4  80.  iftrw— Petroleum  Centre  ch 
69  20:  Conneautville  ch  12  90:  Cherry  Tree  ch 
6:  Pittsfieldch4:  Fairfield  oh  9.  Kittannmg— 
Saltsburg  ch  89  26 :  Bethel  oh  30 :  Jacksonvilla 
ch  25,  or  which  aab-sch  lO:  Leechburgh  oh  36: 
Appleby  Manor  ch  4  36.  iSAemin^c— Sharpsvilie 
oh  10  28:  Pulaski  ch  36  48,  of  wnich  Sab  sch  14 

625  08 

Gkniva.— Cbyupo— Scipio  oh  12  60:  Aurora  oh 
30.  Wells  College  Miss'y  Association.  Chemung 
r-Horse  Head^s  oh  42.  Geneva— Benton  ch  41: 
C/Hnoga  ch  10,  from  a  friend  to  the  cause ;  Sen- 
eca Falls  ch  Sab-sch  62  60 ;  Geneva  1st  oh  160  97, 
of  which  21  97  mon  con  and  Miss  L  Powis  126: 
Geneva  2d  ch  26  66.  Lyons— hyonB  ch  91  28, 
in  part;  Palmyra  ch  127  80.  ^(eu6si»— Naples 
ch  8  76;  Canaseraga  ch  3  60  616  46 

HAnaiSBumo.— Gnrjiffts— Harrisburg  2d  ch  4; 
Duncannon  and  Shermansdale  chs  16;  Middle- 
town  ch  66.  ITun^Jn^doTV— Williamsburg  ch  35; 
Sliirleysburg  ch  20  80;  Sinking  and  Spring 
Creek  chs  136;  Port  Royal  ch  12»  75.  North- 
umberland—Jerdey  Shore  ch  10;  William.Hport 
Ist  oh  150.  of  which  Sab  sch  60.  WeOabon^ 
Beeoher's  Island  ch  6  63 ;  Farmington  oh  3  25 

666  83 

Illinois,  CsirraAL.— ^loomirmfon— Dwight  ch 
oh  2  60;  Lexington  ch  20;  Tolono  ch  20;  Philo 
ch  4;  Normal  ch  11  3U;  Onargach  15.  /V/rui— 
Farmington  1st  ch  60;  Peoria,  Calvary  Mission 
ch  26;  Tntes  City  ch  addM  1;  Eureka  ch  16  93; 
John  Enox  ch  11.  SeAu^r/sr— Carthage  ch  16; 
Macomb  oh  36  60;  Prairie  City  ch  10;  Oquawka 


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eh  12;  La  Prairie  ch  5;  Roreb  ch  6;    Camp 

Pototebll;  Rush»i»lech  23  20;  Burion  ch  25; 
ElKoifioa  ch  25.  <S)r>rinsr/!«(d— Jack soavi lie  lt>t 
ch  128  M,  of  which  Prentce  Fund  87  60;  Spring- 
field lac  Fortugeue  ch  4  35  478  28 

luGfois,  North.— CAicngo— Lake  Forest  ch 
SI  2d,  moD  cod;  Chicago,  Reunion  ch  16;  Du(>* 
aje  ch  15.  ^eepor/— ttnannon  ch  4  76;  Galena, 
South  ch  112;  Freeport  2d  ch  add*!  8;  Lena  ch 
»  30:  Ridgefleld  ch  12  52.  Rock  fiiwr— Rock 
liJand  German  ch  10;  Centre  ch  15;  Rock 
I>land  ch  26;  While  Rock  ch  5  274  83 

Iluxois.  Sodih.— ^<ton— Troy  ch  9  80;  Walnut 
Grore  ch  3  5(»;  Sparia  ch  50;  Carlyle  oh  7  55; 
Collinjinlle ch  146,  of  which  Mri  PC  Morrison 
1"0;  Alion  ch  25.  from  Rev  Dt  Norton.  Cairo— 
Dongoiach  2;  Centralia  Iflt  ch  16  75:  Golconda 
ch  12  45:  VilU  Ridge  ch  add'l  4  50;  Union  ch  7; 
Pisgah  ch  57  35;  Equality  ch  2  80.  Maltoon— 
Vera  ch  16;  Taylorvillech  17  70.  in  part;  Browns- 
towQch  15  50;  Mattoon  Ihi  ch  add*!  5;  Walnut 
Gro?ech7;  Yoik  ch  6;  Vandalia  ch  125  irom 
M  Fahrein  5i6  00 

IXDiAMA,  North.— 0-OM/ord»P*tfe—Rockville  ch 
16  30;  Dayton  ch  45;  Kockrield  ch  «  2o.  Fort 
H'at/iM— Pierceton  ch  6;  Huntington  ch  lu; 
Elhannan  ch  2;  Waterloo  ch  14  60.  Logansport 
— Momicello  ch  'H  u9;  8oath  Bend  Isi  ch.3u; 
Rochevter  ch  4;  Crown  Point  ch  6.  Munci&— 
ManoQ  ch  3  161  09 

IXDLUTA.  8oirrH.—JndMinapott«— Indianapolis  2d 
ch  S3;  Hopewell  ch  39  70.  Nw  Albany-St 
John's  oh  7;  Madison  Istoh  25;  Graham  ch  20; 
LiroQia  ch  21  85;  Salem  oh  21  40;  Monroe  ch 
Jetfersoo  CO  3;  Charleaiown  ch  U  ;  Mt  Lebanon 
eh  5;  New  Washington  oh  20;  Browni*town  oh  10 ; 
Madi{*on2d  ch  171  50;  Mitchell  ch  37  50;  Jack- 
wo  CO  German  ch  6.  Vincennea — ^Terre  Haute 
l«t  cb  3u;  EransTille  2d  Avenue  ch  2;  Carlisle 
ch  7  50;  SullivAn  ch  16.  White  Heater— Meia- 
mora  ch  5;  Pleasant  Grove  oh  lo;  Mt  Carmel  ch 
44;  Aurora  ch  II  558  46 

Iowa,  North.— Osdor  i2apid«— Wayne  ch  2  65; 
Wyoming  ch  18  lo:  Cedar  Rapids  Ivt  ch  62  from 
W  W  Walker.  Duftu^iie— Pleasant  Grove  ch  6; 
Pleasant  Prairie  ch  I;  Dyeraville  oh  2;  Winthrop 
chlo;  Dubuque  2dch,  add'l  60.  Ibrt  Dodge— 
Prairie  Creole  and  Luni  oh  I  38;  Dakota  and 
Springvale  3;  Bethel  ch  62  cents.  Waterloo— 
Uk  Porte  City,  oh,  mon  coll  4  52;  Albion  ch 
U  79;  Union  Ridge  ch  2  50;  Pidgah  oh  2  50 

169  06 

Iowa,  SoOTH.— Det  Afoin««— Colfax  ch  12;  Wau- 
keech  5:  Adel  on  6;  Dexter  ch  2u;  Guthrie  ch 
»;  Woodburn  and  Russell  ch  19;  Lucas  Station 
ch4,  of  which  Rev  W  C  Holiday  and  family  2. 
/oiea— Marunsburg  ch  9;  Morning 8un  ch  14  75; 
Croion  ch  2  76;  Little  Falls  ch  2  80.  Iowa  CUy 
—Davenport  en  71;  Iowa  City  1st  ch  60.  Mut- 
90\m  iSivsr— Uumboldi  ch  2  50;  Rev  J  N  Young 
6;  Kails  City  ch  6  6o;  Missouri  Valley  ch  5   295  o6 

KAifSAs.  —  jB«»jwria  — Burlingame  ch  17  25. 
J7igAAzNd~Blue  Rapids  ch  10;  Maryville  ch  8. 
TupdlM— Clinton  ch  7;  Marion  oh  4  46  26 

KtXTUOKt.  —  Bbeneur  —  Plemingsburgh  ch 
14  ttS\  Burlington  ch  80;  Lexington  2d  ch  400. 
L(mui;i2/e— Cloverport  ch  30;  Siepnensport  ch 
12;  Bowling  Green  ch  25;  Louisville  Collfge  St 
ch  194  95;  Shelbyville  Istch  27  60;  Princeton  ch 
25;  Pennsylvania  Riln  ch  4;  Rev  J  U  Dinsmore 
lU;  Earliugton  ch  3;  Roger  Tliompson  ch  2 

778  10 

LoHo  Island.— ^ooJIc^vn^Brooklyn,  Lawrence 
Street  ch  ii;  Brooklyn  1st  oh,  Henry  Street, 
mon  con  3i  63;  Brooklvn  1st  ch,  Remsen  Street 
mon  coll  185  19;  Brooklyn,  South  3d  Street  ch 
aw);Brooklyn,  Franklin  Avenue  ch  14»,  of  wnich 
8ab-*ch  100 ;  Brooklyn,  La  Fayette  Avenue  ch, 
add'l  486  31,  of  which  36  31,  mon  con ;  Brooklyn, 
Isi  ch  £  D,  add'l  49.  Long  Island -StLg  Harbor 
Ist  ch  25;  Middletown  4  62.  iVoMau— Wood- 
haven  ch  31,  of  which  Sab-sch  16  60;  Foster's 
Meadow  Ohio  1188  66 

MicHiOAif.— 2>e(roi/^MIlford  eh  10;  Saline  Istch 
n  50;  Detroit.  Fort  St  ch,  add'l  726  04.  of  which 
MrK  Allan  SheUon  250;  F  Buhl,  Esq  260,  Sab-sch 


62  60.  Grand  iZapicis— Portland  ch  10  60;  Adm 
ch  3 ) ;  Grand  Haven  oh  3o;  Grsnd  Rapids  Isi  ch 
50;  Ionia  li«r  ch  136;  Zeeland  ch  10;  Big  Rapida 
iHt  ch  30;  Muir  ch  14;  Charlevoix  ch  2  irom  H 
Morgan.  A''a(anw*oo— Three  tiivers  ch,  add'l 
18  1(»;  Burr  Oak  ch  16;  Lawtonch  10;  Decatur, 
ch  10.  Xa/7«i/H7— Oneida  istch  5  5U;  Hastings  ch 
in  part  10;  Parma  ch  1  15;  Monroe  ch  384,  of 
which  50.  from  W  H  Boyd  and  260  iroin  Janiea 
Armitage;  Clayton  ch  18  35.  SSagrinow— Saulnaw 
City  lilt  ch,  in  part  60  93  1606  17 

MiNirB80TA.—Z>aitoto— Yankton  Agency  ch  3. 
Afa/iArt/y—Msukaio  ibt  ch  97  40;  St  James  ch 
3  76:  Now  Ulm  oh  5.  St  Paui— Parmingion  ch 
4;  Empire  ch  6.  (ftnono— Albert  L.ea  oh  20  26; 
La  Crescent  oh  Sab-sch  3  50 ;  St  Charles  eh 
8;  Chaifieldch26  77      .  17167 

Missouri.— Osays— Warsaw  ch  2  50;  Sunny 
Side  ch  2  60;  Wesifield  ch  10  20;  Anpleton  City 
ch  8  50;  Kansas  City  3d  ch  16;  Tipton  ob  4; 
Jetterson  Uiiy  oh  36  4'i;  Concord  ch  6.  Ozark— 
Mt  Zton  ch  14;  Bethel  ch  6;  Ebeneser  ch  10. 
fViiwyro— Kirksville  oh  18,  of  which  .->ab-H0h6; 
MilUrd  on  4;  Bevier  ch  3;  New  Providence  ch 
10;  Sullivan  iHt  ch  4  65;  Hannibal  Ist  ch  16; 
Louisiana  ch  16  55.  /^o^te— Mirabile  ch  2; 
Eastnn  oh  6  60;  Willow  Brook  ch  3  du.  St  Louie 
-St  Louis,  Choieau  Avenue  ch  15;  St  Louis.  Faii*^ 
mount  oh  16;  St  Louts,  1st  German  on  6;  Kirk- 
wood  ch  84  20;  Bonhomme  ch  12  76  827  86 

Nkw  jRRsiT.—O/risoo— Gaboon  ch  8  26.  Blixa- 
6eM— Metuchen  cu  14;  Bethlehem  ch  42  31 ; 
Cranlordch  6;  Rahway  1st  ch  99  67,  of  which 
Sab^h  15.  Jereq/  City— Rev  W  P  Finher  26; 
Jersey  City  2d  en  9  70;  Rutherford  Paik  ch 
32  34;  Union  let  ch  14,  of  which  Sab-sch  lo. 
Jfonwout^-A  lien  town  ch  19  13;  cranbury  1st  ch 
148  95;  Plail«»burgn  ch  8;  Mauwan  ch  25  lo,  of 
which  Sab-sch  6.  and  five  little  Presb  girls  20  10; 
Plumstead  ch  2;  Perrineville  ch  6.  Moi  n*  <ttu» 
U  unoa— Dover  Welsh  oh'5 ;  Orange  Central  ch 
15u;  Morristown  Istch  168  41,  quar  coll;  Chester 
ch  66;  Dover  ch  200;  Lower  Valley  ch  18;  Whip- 
pany  ch  30;  Orange  lat  Sabsch,  Miss'y  Assouan 
264:  Succasunna  ch  26.  iVqpor/c— Newark  3d  ch 
638  72,  of  which  Sab-sch  160;  Moniclair  ch  Sab- 
sch  Miss'y  Soc  100.  A'cwBru/MuxcA— Pennington 
ch  86,  of  which  Sab-sch  20;  Rev  H  Hainill,  D.D. 
25;  bound  Brook  ch  interest  on  Steele  Leg- 
acy 86:  Titusville  ch  :i9  20,  of  which  26  from 
Rev  J  S  Gil  more;  LambertviIIe  ch  200  08.  iVeuj- 
tor»— Branch ville  oh  lo,  a  balance ;  Asbury  ch 
20;  Danville  oh  7  80;  Mant>held  2d  ch  8  30; 
Stewarisville  ch  107;  Wantage  2d  ch  i5;  Newtou 
ch  2i  67 :  Uackeitstown  ch  27 ;  Musconeicoog 
Valley  ch  oh  60;  Mark-boro  ch  U».  )*eet  Jersey 
— Greenwich  ch  48;  Black woodtown  on  10-^; 
Tuckahoe  oh  6:  Cedarville  2d  ch  15:  Fi!ilt>rvilie 
ch  13;  rairtield  ch  46;  Bunker  Hill  ch  4  29J8  43 

Nbw  Yorx.— ^oaton— Lynn  ch  7  61.  HudMn— 
ClsrkMtown  German  oh  6  60;  Cenireville  ch  6; 
Florida  2d  ch  17;  Nyack  ch  24;  Oiisvlllt*  ch  I,  h 
balance.  New  For  A— New  York,  ch  of  ine  Cove- 
nant, add'l  35u;  New  York,  4ih  Avenue  ch 
46  90;  New  York.  Madison  Square  ch,  add'l 
760;  New  York,  Allen  sireei  ch  200 ;  New 
York,  Madlbon  sireei  German  ch  12;  New 
York,  7ih  ch  lu;  New  York,  University  Place  ch 
1643  14,  in  part;  New  York,  Kutger's  ch  486  42. 
North  .fi(t;er— Bethlehem  ch  40.  Weitehester— 
Bedford  ch  91,  of  which  41  from  Ladies'  Mi.*<8\v 
Society;  Rve  ch  134  93;  Bridgeport  ch  IU9; 
Somers  oh'lO;  StAmfurd  Ist  ch  Sab  soli  28  62; 
Yunkers  1st  ch  11  17,  mon  con;  Yorktown  ch  -z6 

4008  29 
Paoifio.— -Bcwfeia  — Davisville  ch  4  60;  Fre- 
mont ch  12  50.  Oregron— Corvallis  ch  20.  Sacra- 
m«nto— Amador  ch  3  62,  San  Frane'sco—S&n 
Francisco,  Howard  street  ch  12.  San  Jo»t5— San 
Buenaventura  ch  22;  Wilmington  ch  6  50;  Ana- 
heim ch  6  60;  Westminster  oh  3  08  89  70 

Phiuidklphu. — Chester— Kennei  Square  oh  4; 
Darby  2«i  ch  7  70;  Reesevllle  ch  6  »»;  Marple 
ch  16  22.  JittcAKiioanna— Towand » ch  Sab-sch  frj; 
Susquehanna  Depot  ch  89  60  ;  Scranton  ch  986; 
Wells  and  Co  umbia  oh  26 ;  Moiitro^fe  ch  6  50; 
Columbia  X  Roads  oh,  3;  Newton  ch,  add'i  13; 


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{May 


Wilk#»8b«rTfl  ch  249  87;  PromptonchS;  Tiftporte 
ch  8  46;  WflnRmie  ch  lo.  LcA».7A— Ferndafe  ch 
30  ^;  White  Haven  ch  12:  CHia«»auqua  lat  ch 
186;  Port  Carbon  ch  6<);  Mahanoy  City  91  68; 
PottsTille  2d  ch  40;  Lebanon.  Chml  chapel  ch 
64  45;  Aadenreid  ch  15,  of  which  Jeanesvllle 
8ab-Mch6;  Ashland  ch  13;  Lock  Ridjre  Memo- 
rial  ch  18  60  PAi/oAj/pAfa-Philadelphia. Tabor 
ch  65  88.  of  which  Sab-nch  31  25;  Philadelphia,  3d 
ch  186  69;  Philadelphia,  Grace  Mis^sion  ch  10; 
Philadelphia,  Greenwich  Ptreet  ch  25;  Philadel- 
phia, Mariner's  oh  4  69.  Philadelphia,  Central— 
Philadelphia,  Western  ch  6o;  Philadelphia, 
rrinity  oh  20;  Philadelphia,  Bprinjr  Garden  ch 
8ftb-8ch  29;  Philadelphia,  Green  Hill  ch  123  75; 
Philadelphia,  Cohocknink  ch  Sab  f ch  43  69; 
Philadelphia.  Tioga  street  ch  60;  Northern  Lib- 
erties, l9t  eh  475,  of  which  200  from  J  B  Sleven- 
aon.  Esq;  Philadelphia, Ist  German  ch  10;  Man- 
tua latch  76;  Temple  ch  75:  Richmond  ch  10; 
Central  ch  620  63.  Philadelphia.  iVortA— Frank- 
ford,  Herman  ch  122  69:  Holmesburg  ch  10  38 ; 
Norrlatown  Central  ch  100;  Frankford  eh  200; 
Jiridesburgch  100;  Germantown,  Market  Sqnare 
oh  164  38;  Nej«haminy,  Warwick  ch  40  60:  Ne- 
shaminy,  Warminster  ch  59;  Chestnut  Hill  ch 
200  from  1  homas  Potter.  Esq:  Huntingdon  Val- 
ley ch  8;  Foresiville  ch  2.  Westminster— -UiW^ 
Britain  ch  a'i;  Sirasburg  ch  19 ;  York  ch  687  9»»; 
New  Harmony  ch  6  6405  44 

PiTWBtraoH.—fl/air*t>iW«- Murray  ville  ch,  addM 
2  60;  Blairsville  ch,  add'l  /^O  cents;  Beulah  ch 
88  60;  Llvermore  ch,HddM  60  cenH  ;  Latrobe  oh, 
add'l  20.  /^i««6ur(7A— PitlPburgh,  Shady  Side  ch 
Sab-sch  60;  Piiisburgh  2d  ch  613  85.  of  which 
Sabsoh  60,  and  Infant  class  10;  Canonsburgh  ch 
21  70;  Monongahela  Ciiy  ch  28  05;  Bethel  ch  3; 
Pittsburgh  6th  ch  300  30;  Mt  Carmel  ch  17; 
North  Branch  ch  6;  Oak  dale  ch  18;  Pittsburgh, 
Grace  ch  6.  Medstone — Greensboro'  ch,  add'l  1 ; 
New  Providence  ch,  add'l  4.  HaMmg/on— Clays- 
ville  ch  81;  Monndj*ville  ch  10;  Unity  ch  6  70. 
We»t  Virginia— \5\>j>eT  Flats  ch  2;  Point  Pleasant 
oh  2;  Centreville  ch  4;  Walkersville  oh  2 

1262  60 

Teknissie  —i4t«<m— Galveston  Ist  ch  20  Hoi- 
•ton— Jonef  borol  ch  19  53.  A'tn^a/on— New  Bethel 
ch  3;  M^rs  Uill%h  5.  New  Ojr/ean»— Mary  E^iher 
ch  10  67  63 

Toledo.  — jBc/&/ontoin«~  Patterson  ch  4  7n. 
Xima— Del pho-*  ch  8  :  Highland  ch  3  28:  Kalida 
ch  3  27.  Jf'i«m««— Defiance  Ist  cli  25:  Mt  Salem 
ch  12  56  26 

UTicA.—5/np/iamton— Union  ch  15  63:  Bing- 
hainton  North  cii  2o  <H:  McGrawville  ch  61  40: 
Coventry  1st  ch  2.^:  Waverly  ch  Hn»:  Masonville 
ch  7  60:  Binghamton  Ist  ch,  add'l  137.  Otsego-^ 
Middlefield  Cenire  eh  U  60;  East  Guilford  ch, 
add'l  9  37:  Guil lord  Centre  ch  14:  Laurens  ch 
18:  Shaveratown  oh  6.  fir</racu«o— Skaueateles 
ch  125.  St  Lawrence— Chtkwuoat  ch  18:  Ells- 
worth ch  7.  r//tca— ( layville  ch  6:  Vernon. 
Centre  ch  Sabsch  40  12:  Lowville  ch.  Ladies^ 
Miss'y  8oci«»iy  30:  Oneida  ChsiIo  ch  20:  Uiica 
Ist  ch  250:  Uiicii,  WcHtininsier  ch  0<»:  Onskany 
ch  6  42:  Rome  ch  6  from  Samuel  Mudge 

1028  85 

Westerx  New  York.— Bufato-Buffelo.  East  ch 
aO:  Buffalo.  Korlli  ch  .SHb-».ch  285  47.  Genesee— 
Byron  ch  24:  Pike  oh  9:  Bethany  ch  5  a5;  Ber- 
gen ch  U  73,  of  which  Sab-sch  6  32.  Qenetee 
yaUev—Olean  ch  11.  Iioche«ter—Pa.nnA  Centre 
ch  6:  Rochester  Memoruil  ch  10  84;  Rochester 
Brick  ch  aJO:  Roches-ier  Calvary  ch  7:  Avon 
Springs  ch  4,  from  Mrs  Stevens  1013  1^ 

Wi8C0!«siK.-C*»i>p«wa— Chippewa  Falls  ch  7: 
GalcHVille  ch  5.  if f/io^v/^— Milwaukee,  2d  Hoi- 
land  ch  12:  Barton  ch  16.  Tfwncfeoao— Stevens' 
Point  ch  22  16:  Horicon  ch  8  0%  of  which  Rev 
G  W  Lloyd  and  family  5.  Wi4ieonsin  Biver—Co- 
lumbus  ch  10:  Rockville  German  ch  6:  Hurri- 
cane German  Ch  1 :  Pardeeville  ch  2  6i       87  70 

From  the  Committee  ok  Benevolewoi  axd 
FiVAMCB  4918  45 


LEOiciKB.— "  Irwin  Trust,"  annual  income  428  80 : 
Mrs  Prudence  Keep,  Homer,  N  Y  400*  828  80 

MnoELLANEous.— A  Friend,  Turkey  10:  Mrs  Rev 
J  J  Buck,Glasco.  N  Y  10:  Savannah,  Ga  60:  Sav- 
ings of  a  widow  and  daughter,  for  Colorado  2  25: 
C  8  Haines,  E^q,  Newark,  N  J  100 :  "  M  W  8,"  La- 
fayette,  lod  76 :  "A  Friend,"  Sioux  City,  Iowa  1 : 
Mrs  M  H  Green,  Mott  Haven,  N  Y  6:  A  Cbeerfal 
Giver,  California  1 :  Sabbath-school  of  Religioai 
Society  of  8priog  Valley,  N  J  9  01 :  Six  months  in- 
terest from  the  Trustees  of  the  General  Assembly 
on  Permanent  Missionary  Fund  452  18:  *' A  Pres- 
byterian" 50:  "A  Friend  of  Missions."  Milton. 
Ohio  1 :  Mrs  Lucy  B  Bacon,  Carlton,  N  Y  5 :  "D  M 
H"  10:  R«v  8  Newell,  D.D,  Paris,  111,  for  the  Omk? 
Indians  10:  A  J  Alexander.  Mt  Pleasant, Ohio  2  42: 
Nancy  Shoptaueh.  Samuels'  Depot.  Ky  6 :  W  Brown, 
Wayne,  Iowa  10:  Bev  Cvrus  Dickson,  D.D.  travel- 
ling expenses  refunded  246  75:  Mr  Arms,  Kendall. 
Mich  3:  Mrs  Q  H  .Morgan,  Bangor,  Mich  5 :  Rev  Mr 
Beaver,  Muskegon,  Mich  1  60  1065  11 

Total  In  March,  $41481  27 

•  Also  a  legacy  of  $3000  In  railroad  bonds,  from 
Mrs  Elisabeth  K  Taylor,  dec'd,  late  of  Cleveland, 
Ohio. 

8.  D.  POWEfi,  TreamreTy 

23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


1  box  fh)m  the  Home  Missionary  Society  of  Phil- 
adelphia Alexander  ch,  valued  at  225  00 

1  box  from  the  Lambertvllle  cb,  N  J,  valued 
at  823  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  Mlss'y  Sodetj  of  Mo- 
Keesport  ch,  Pa,  valued  at  75  60 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Trenton  4ib  cb.  N  J. 
Talued  at  280  00 

8  boxes  fWtm  tbe  Ladies'  Society  of  Cincinnati 
Central  ch,  Ohfo,  valued  at  4S9  86 

1  box  from  the  Ladies'  Mis8*y  Society  of  Delaoeo, 
cb,  N  J,  valued  at  75  00 

8  boxes  from  tbe  Ladies'  Mlss'y  Society  of  Balti- 
more, Westminster  cb,  Md,  valued  at  400  00 

2  boxes  from  the  York  ob,  Pa,  valued  at     800  00 
1  box  from  tbe  Ladies  of  Uuiverslty  Place,  New 

York  City,  valued  at  590  00 

3  boxes  from  tbe  fjadiea  of  West  Sprnee  street  eb, 
Philadelphia,  Pa,  valued  at  1054  89 

1  box  from  the  Ladies'  Home  Missionary  of  Upper 
Octorara  ob.  Pa,  valued  at  86  81 

1  box  from  tbe  Ladies  of  New  Brunswick  Isi  eh, 
N  J,  valued  at  400  00 

1  box  from  tbe  Ltidlea  of  Plalnfield  1st  cb,  N  J, 
Talued  at  22^  00 

1  bux  fcom  the  Ladlee  of  Trenton  Ist  cb.  N  J, 
valued  at  184  97 

•1660  13 


The  Boaxd  or  Domestic  Missions  ACKVowLEDaES 

EEOKIPT  or  THE  /OLLOWINO: 

Lejracy  of  Miss  Mary  H  WoodhuU,  late  of  Cbes- 
ter,  N  J  82  24 

Legacy  of  Jonathan  Towsley,  dec'd,  late 
of  Union  Co,  N  J  2165  76 

March  24tb,  1873.  $2248  00 

8.  D.  POWEL,  Treamrer. 


Total  received  ttom  churches,    $^,587  38 


HOME  MISSION  ROOMS. 

No.  23  Centeb  Steebt,  Nbw  York  City. 

Cbr.  Sseretarts^— Rev.  Hsitrt  KBiinALL,  D.D.^ 

Rev.  Ctrub  Dickbon,  D.D. 
TVaostirsr— S&KUEL  D.  Powbl,  E-tq. 

Letters  relatinjc  to  Missionary  Appointments 
and  other  operations  of  the  Board,  should  be 
addresMod  to  the  Corresponding  Secretaries,  No, 
23  Centre  Street,  New  York  City.  Letters  re- 
lating to  the  pecuniary  atfkirs  of  the  Board,  or 
containing  remittances  of  money,  should  be  aeut 
to  S.  D.  PowEL.  Esq.,  Treasurer— same  addrees. 


1873.]  Board  of  Education.  149 

BOABD  OF  EDUCATION. 

Tn  iisnat  ybvlt  n  o«sat»  but  tbi  labobiss  abb  raw;  vbat  tb  tbbbbfobb  vni  Lobo  or  vn  HiBTnt 

VHAI  BB  VODLD  SBBD  VOBTB  LABOBBBB  IVTO  BIB  BABTBBt.—Luke  X.  2. 


THE  ANNUAL  SETTLEMENT. 

The  total  receipts  of  the  fiscal  year  which  has  just  closed  were  $107,159 ;  of  which 
$104,454  were  for  its  current  uses,  and  $2,705  for  investment,  the  interest  onlj 
to  he  used.  This  is  a  gain  of  $23,441,  not  counting  what  is  to  be  funded,  upon  the 
receipts  of  the  previous  year. 

This  advance  is  larc^e  and  gratifying.  It  shows  the  strong  hold  of  the  cause 
npon  the  heart  of  the  Church.  But,  with  so  great  wants,  with  so  large  recommen- 
dations of  candidates  by  the  Presbyteries — 674  during  the  year — the  contributions 
should  have  been  still  greater  to  enable  the  Board  to  meet  demands  upon  it.  It 
finds  itself  entering  upon  another  fiscal  year  with  a  debt  in  bank  of  $30,000,  with 
about  $3,850  of  its  March  appropriations  unpaid,  and  with  $3,740  still  due  for 
previous  quarters.  This  does  not  count  the  advanced  rates  included  in  the  appro- 
priations for  the  present  May,  which  can  hardly  by  any  means  be  paid.  The  sum 
of  $150,000,  call^  for  by  the  last  Assembly,  would  have  removea  all  these  back 
debts,  and  nearly  paid  lor  May  those  students  who  are  in  the  theological  course. 
The  summer  collections  would  then  hfive  set  us  fully  on  our  feet. 

It  is  obvious  that  every  church  which  has  not  taken  a  contribution  for  the  past 
year  should  do  so  as  soon  as  practicable,  and  that  friends  of  Education  should 
assist  us  promptly  to  remove  the  load  which  yet  encumbers  us. 

THE  LESSONS  OF  DEATH. 

Another  General  Assembly  approaches.  The  last  hours  of  the  present  ecclesi- 
astical year  are  running  swiftly  out.  As  office-bearers  of  the  Church  of  Cbrisb 
we  are  about  to  render  to  our  Presbyteries,  or  to  the  Assembly,  the  account  of  the 
deeds  done  in  the  body  during  another  considerable  cycle  of  our  fleeting  life. 

Every  member  of  the  General  Assembly  at  Detroit  was  touched  with  the  tender 
passages  which  closed  the  Narrative  on  the  State  of  Religion.  The  members  rose 
to  their  feet  and  stood  while  the  names  of  the  seventy  nine  departed  brethren  were 
read.    There  were  many  moist  eyes  and  quickened  pulses. 

The  chairman  of  the  committee,  the  Rev.  Dr.  McCorkle,  of  Boston,  said :  '*  Death 
has  invaded  the  ranks  of  our  ministry  during  the  past  year.  Seventy-nine  names 
will  no  more  appear  upon  our  roll,  those  who  bore  them  having  been  transferred, 
by  the  Great  Head  of  the  Church,  from  the  scenes  of  toil,  to  the  rest  and  reward 
provided  for  all  those  who  love  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ. 

**  Many  of  these  names  are  familiar  and  very  dear  to  us.  Some  of  the  departed 
were  veterans  who  have  covered  themselves  with  the  glory  of  many  a  well-fought 
battle,  whose  work  was  well  done,  and  who  laid  down  a  well-worn  armor  to 
receive  the  crown  bought  for  them  by  the  blood  of  their  Lord.  Others  were  in  the 
prime  and  vigor  of  their  manhood,  who.  if  the  question  had  been  put  to  us,  we 
should  have  said  could  not  well  be  spared  from  the  field  of  service  and  conflict. 
But  the  Master  chooses  his  own  time  for  releasing  his  servants  from  toil,  and 
inviting  them  to  the  enjoyment  of  the  rest  provided  for  them ;  and  the  wisdom  of 
bis  doings  is  not  to  be  questioned.  We  reverently  bow  to  the  behest  of  his  provi- 
dence, and  say,  *Thy  will  be  done.' 

**  The  departure  of  so  many  of  our  fellow-laborers  suggests  an  inquiry,  as  to  how 
much  the  Church  is  doing  to  supply  the  vacancies  that  are  thus  made,  and  furnish 
men  to  push  her  enterprise  into  regions  yet  unoccupied  7  It  must  be  replied,  that 
her  efforts,  in  this  behalf,  are  by  no  means  adequate  to  the  demands  of  the  hour. 
A  goodly  number  of  young  men  are  in  a  course  of  preparation  for  the  ministry, 
but  not  enough  to  fill  the  vacancies  made  by  death,  and  furnish  men  for  further 
aggression  upon  the  kingdom  of  darkness.'' 

N^ezt  General  Assembly'perhaps,  or  at  some  one  before  many  years  have  passed, 
your  name,  if  a  minister,  or  mine,  will  be  read  upon  the  roll  of  those  who  hav« 
finished  their  course,  fought  their  fight,  and  gone  to  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
holy,  the  crowned,  the  r^'oicing^r  gone,  some  of  as  not  there.  What  ate  we 
doing  to  put  *  more  faithful  one  in  oar  pulpit,  or  at  oar  desk  ?    What  to  raise  op 


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men,  -when  our  tongue  is  hushed,  to  tell  more  movingly  the  story  of  the  coming 
of  the  Son  of  God,  not  to  condemn  the  world,  but  to  save  it?  What,  to  send  the 
glad,  glad  tidings  to  the  bleeding,  dying  captives  of  hell  in  India?  to  the  patient, 
wondering,  anxious  Chinese?  to  the  perplexed  Romanists  of  Europe?  to  the  chil- 
dren of  sorrow,  or  the  slaves  of  sinful  appetite,  by  millions,  in  this  broad  continent? 
You  have  a  great  deal  to  dof  brother,  before  you  are  called  away.  Help  us  to  fit 
some  one  to  take  your  place. 

KECEIPTS  IN  FEBRUARY.— ConcZwded.     Total,  $10,299.37. 
Jt^  Synods  ia  small  oapitals — Presbyteries  in  italics—Cburehes  in  Roman. 


Iowa,  North.— 2>MdMmi«— Prairie  2  60 

Iowa,  SoDTH.— 2>M    Moim$ — Pro  mi«e  2.   h.voa 

OUy—Red  Oak  9  02;  Muscatine  Ist  20 ;  Brooklyn 

12  10  43  12 

Kent ucKT.—£fcen««r-- Paris  1st  24  35 ;  Ashland 

Sab-Hch  50  cts  24  85 

Long  Island.— Lon;^  IifaJKl— Greenport      19  00 

Michigan.— XWrioi— Plymouth  Ist  10.    Monroe 

—Erie  10  20  00 

MissoutL—RiZ»yra— Pleasant  Prairie       10  00 

Hzvf   Jeesbt.  — J^iiabe<A— Summit   Centre  5; 

Westfield   60.     Mvrru  and    Orange— Dover   76. 

JVnoarJt— Rosevilie,  add^l  11.    Xew  Brumwick— 

Bound  Brook  30;  Trenton  2d  36;  Trenton  3d 

65  07.    JVcurfon—Branchi-jlle.add*!  25  cents;  La- 

favctie  7.     WcM  Jerwy— William  ••town  10     288  32 

N«w  York.— //iM<<(m—Haver8traw.  Central  81  25. 

New  York — Brick  ch  chapel  6j;  New  York  Ist, 

add'l  «)»;  New  York  Covenant,  a«id'l  1A»:  New 

Tork,5th  A?e  and  19th  »t2959  'iO.    North  River— 

Newburgb,  Calvary   13  10;    Cornwall   Landing 

21  65.     ir<!<ec/ie«tor— Patterson  10        '        3470  20 

PAOirio.—Orq^on— Oregon       '  17  00 


Philadslphia.— 0*«fer— West  Chester  1st  45  78. 
Xac^awwinna- Coalville  10  40;  Wilkesbarre  120  lo. 
P/it/orfe/p/Hwi— Philadelphia  2d  162  44;  Philadel- 
phia 9th  106  43;  Philadelphia  1st  1218  23.  PkOor 
deJphia,  Owtrof— Mantua  l!*t  20;  Hestonville  5. 
Philadelphia^  iVin^— Germantown  2d  15;  JeflTer- 
sonville  7  15  171i»  5-4 

Pittsburgh.— Btoir»W<— Poke  Run  60  71.  PitU- 
fc«r/7A— Piii8burKh3d42l  05.  IfloAtn^ton— Clays- 
ville  10;  New  Cumberland  65.  »f^  Virffinia^ 
SiHteraville  5  570  76 

TsNycssBE—^ta^tn— Austin  lat  26  M  00 

ToLKj>u.—/lett</bnto»n€— Crestline  10;  Wyandot 

2  50  12  50 
UriCA — Btn^Aam<<m  —  Waverly  9  15.     OIm^{jo— 

Cherry  Valley  27  15;  Cooperstown  66.  St  Low 
rence — Ox  Bow  13:  Cape  Vincent  10.  Syracme— 
Con<itanlia  12  22;  Hannibsl  to  147  st 

Westben  Nkw  York  —^Mjfaio— Ripley  lat  13  40; 
St  Catharines  Ist  12  10.    Genesee  FiiMey— Andover 

3  5«>.    ieoc/i^ter— Caledonia  22  75  51  75 
Wisconsin.- ifi/ioau/c«e— Beloitlst25  50;  Stone 

Bank  1 ;  Mauituwac  7  20  3i  70 


RECEIPTS  IN  MARCH. 


Albaxt.— litany- Albany  6th  28  45;  Albany  4th 
421  47;  Na8fuiu4  25;  Qreenbunh  Ist  14;  Cbailton 
13;  Schenectady,  Bast  Ave  16;  MariaviUe  9;  Gal- 
way  15  50;  Amsterdam  2d  63  34;  Klngsboro'  18; 
Albany  8d  20.  CAamptatn  — A  unable  Forks  19. 
TVoy- Cambridge  17;  North  Oranville  15;  Wood- 
side  25;  Westminster  5;  UooRac  Falls  4;  Glens' 
Falls  34;  Green  Island  10;  Sandy  Hill  10      766  01 

ATLANTIC —^aati<io—Wallingford  3  50;  Zlon  2. 
Eatt  Ftorida—St  Augustine  15  50;  0  Brooson,  Esq 
160.  J^tox— Maeon  4.  rud^m— Louisburg  3  8e( ; 
Mt  Pleasant  8  22;  Wbite  Uall  2  90  196  00 

BALriHORt.—£a/ftmore— Taney  town  14  92;  New 
Windsor  1  60;  Baltimore  Ist  1050;  Ploey  Greek 
12;  BalUmore,  Light  st  24  1*;  Bel  Air  6;  BhUI 
more,  Aitquitb  st  25;  Havre  de  Grace  23;  Balti- 
more,  Westminster  247  80;  Emmittsburg  19  10. 
New  CkutU—UBnovw  Bty  Wilm  60;  Green  Hill  17; 
Feltoo  9  68;  Wilmington  C'cntral  5;  Pitt's  Creek 
10  85;  Lower  West  Nottingham  27  10;  Snow  Hill 
5;  Cool  Spring  13;  Port  Penn  12;  Wilm,  West  st 
12  60;  Dover  20.  Washington  Otty— Washington 
4th  105;  Washington,  N  Y  Avenue  127  78;  Neels- 
ville  eh  and  Sab-sob  16;  Georgetown,  Bridge  st 
77  05;  MetropoIiUn  25;  Clifton  17  48  1974  40 

CiNCiNNATL— CfctWtcofAe— Mt  Pleasant  16  95; 
South  8alem  6  11;  Fall  Creek  15  60;  Pisgab  16. 
Omc^^nnoa— Pleasant  Run  10;  Glendale  30  96;  Un- 
coin  Park  6;  Avondale  121;  Cin.  6tb  30  03;  Mason 
and  Piwah  16;  Morrow  4  50;  Elisabeth  and  Berea 
4;  Reading  and  Lockwood  9;  Cin,  1st  8  33;  Mont- 
gomery 20;  Bethel  13;  Sbaronvllle  12  40;  Mt  Au- 
burn 63  35;  Goshen  16;  Cleves  II  06.  Dayton — 
Ortborne  o  05;  Hamilton  8;  Oxford  24;  Franklin 
22  80;  Dayton  1st  82.  Por(«motitA— Manchester 
12  46;  Oallipolis  Ist  12;  IrontonSO  46;  Portsmouth 
1st  254  86;  Jackson  9  26  871  54 

OLiviLAin).— Cfewto»ui— Wllloughby  6;  Spring* 
field  8  76;  Rev  D  Witter  and  wife  6;  Newbnrgb  1st 
25;  Chester  9.  ifoAoniiH^— Jackson  8;  Mineral 
Ridge  14:  Ellsworth  15;  Ktnuman  12  45;  New  Lis- 
bon 14  20;  Massillon20.  ^  C7atrm//e— Powbatun 
6;  Rock  UUI 11  40;  Uttle  York  6;  Oonoord  18;  8t 
Clairsville  86;  Mt  Pleasant  28  60.  SteubenviUe— 
WelUville  34;  Waynesburgh  18;  Oak  Ridge  8  76; 
Steiibenville  2d  2;  Harlem  Springs  17;  East  Liv- 
erpool   12;   Steabenville   1st   29  80;    BarnesviUe 


6  65;  Bloomfield  8;  OarroUton  14;  New  Harris- 
burg  3  386  50 

Colorado.— 5bnre  A— Santa  F«  6 ;  Las  Vegas  6 ; 
Colorado  Springs,  Colorado  Valley  6 ;  Denver  Ut  '1 

17  00 

Columbus.— il//rm«—Nelsonvtlle  10:  Marietu  4th 
62  75.  Cb&tfm'/tw— Amanda  5:  Oolnmbos  2d  209  ; 
Litbopolis  2;  Dublin  5  60.  Jfarum- Maryviiie  12; 
Milford  Centre  3;  Liberty  Centre  7 ;  Mt  Gllead  25  ; 
Iberia  4:  York  12  60.  IFooiter— Wooster  44  60; 
Ashland  1st  42  05;  Belleville  2;  Fredericlisbur^h 
II;  Wooster  Unlv*tr^ity  70;  Shelby  8  33;  W^at 
Salem  6  20;  Congress  10  3<);  Lexington  16  06; 
Millersburg  8;  Chippewa  7  66;  Jeromeville  2  60. 
Ztin^«vt//«— Coshocton   16;  Muskingum  3;    Linton 

12  05 ;  Evans  Creek  12;  Zane«vllie  Ist  145  60;  Fair- 
mount  1;  Ro(te«ille3:  Uniontown  2;  Martinsbnrgh 

13  75;  Granville  63  35;  Newark  2d  54  20;  Browns- 
ville 4;  Mt  Zion  6;  Warwick  and  Pleasant  Hill  8  ; 
Mt  Pleasant  5  25  914  78 

Erie.— ^//^Aeny— Allegheny  Ist  106  92;  Alle- 
gheny 1st  German  4  93;  Sewiokley  65;  Valley  10; 
8harp8burg36  80;  Emu  worth  10;  Leetsdale  40  40; 
Highlands  16  64;  Beaver  19;  Allegheny  North 
24U  84.  BuUer— Scrub  Grass  82;  Snnbury  20;  Pine 
Grove  10;  Concord  16  60;  North  Butler  5  60;  Mt 
Nebo  7  78;  Zelienople  4;  Leesburg  13;  Butler 
43  10 ;  Rev  S  L  Johnson  15.  Clartoa— Greenville 
9;  Linking  46:  Leatherwood  12  61.  JSrtc— Belle 
Valley  8  60;  Westminster  12  65 ;  Tidloute  £0; 
Harbor  Oreek  22;  Franklin  40;  Girard  41  2'>:  Corry 
11;  Waterford  1st  7  60 ;  Greenville  53  16;  Utiea  6; 
Erie  Park  40;  KousevillelS  GO;  Clarion  10  30.  Kit^ 
tonntff^^— Glade  Run  10;  Indiana  8u;  l^ong  Run  16; 
Worthington  14;  West  Glade  Run  13;  Lawrenoe- 
burg  15:  Harmony  3;  Freeport  26  25.  Shenango — 
Pulaski  1268;  Little  Beaver  6  06:  Clarkuvllle  30  65; 
Mabonlngtown  10  88;  Neshanno^k  36 ;  West  Mid- 
dlesex 14;  Hopewell  8:  New  Brighton  39      14H8  40 

Gexxva.— Oxi/tij^a— Soipk)  4 ;  Aurora  41  72;  Port 
Byron  20  14;  Geneva  1st  23;  Bennett  II  24;  Au- 
burn Calvary  2  87 ;  Oayuga  20.  OenANi— Iibaca 
1st  48  OJ;  Seneca  Falls  27;  Newfitild  8  5o;  Wft«t 
Fayette  6;  Canoga  18.  iSleu6eii— Bath  19  20 ;  PratU- 
burgh  1st  10;  Canisteo  2  260  76 

HAaaisBURO.—OxWuie— Carlisle  2d  63  62:  Daa- 
pbin  10 :  GreencasUe  60 :  Lower  Path  Valley  37  39 : 
Mechanicsborg  25  40 :  Harrisburg  9d  2 :  Harris- 
burg,  Pine  Street  HI  89 :  Gettysburg  21  70:  Don- 


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tftonon  11 :  Banit  Cabins  8  68 :  Newport  15  :  Oar- 
liple  1st  34.  fiun^uiodon— Clearfield  88  61 :  Hunt- 
ingdon 100  37 :  Pern  Mills  5 :  Milesbarg  17  :  Mlf- 
flintown  and  Lost  Creek  88  40 :  Birmiogbiim 
100  10 :  Spruce  Creek  184  TO :  Saiton  20  50  :  Pine 
Orore  7  66  :  Liogao's  Valley  16  2  •  :  Pbillipsbarg 
10  40:  Kylertown4  25:  Bradford  2  70:  Woodland 
8:  CajrwiDSTille  5:  Snow  Sboe  4  72:  Mosbannon 
2  51:  W»*t  Kiflhaooqaillas  f.O:  Upper,  Tascarora 
12.  iVbr<Aum6<!r2afid— Washington  18  60 :  Hastle- 
ton  5  63 :  LockbaTen  2d  9:  New  Berlin  8  16:  Mlf- 
tlnsburg  10:  Bloomsburg  Ut  48 :  Haboning  40  85 : 
8t  Mary's  6:  Mnnde  20:  Williamsport  Ist  39  63: 
Milton  30.  1344  71 

iLuxoxsy  CiiTTaAi. — EHoomingUm — Beroent  cb 
8  60 :  Cbenoa  11 :  Bloomington  Ut  10  :  Oilman  5; 
DanTille  50:   TowandalO,  .^ab-«oh  2:Wayne8?ille 

8  87 :  Ooarga  10:  Cbatuwortb  13  11 :  Atlanta  5  : 
"  P"  10.  iYoritt— PrincerUe  15 :  Ipava  23 :  Yates  City 
18:  Henry  20:  Canton  6  05:  Oneida  9  80:  Brim- 
field  4.  Schuyler— Vi\uiti^i\\e  11  95 :  Augusta  16  10: 
Camp  Creek  8:  Prairie  Cliy  10:  Clayton  15:  Bar- 
dolph  4 :  Mt  Pleasant  2:  Oqnawka  6 :  Uoreb  5 :  La 
Prairie  6:  Busbnell  2:  Bbi^nezer  19:  DodJsvllle7. 
^prir^l/ldd — Nortb  Sangamon  cb  and  8ab«eb  15  18 : 
ProTidenoe  25 :  Lincoln  6  20:  JacksonTlUe  137  50 : 
Bethel  7  98  537  29 

iLUiron,  NoKTH.— C9kt09yo — Dupage  620:  Manteno 
12  90.  Kankakee  1st  20  37  :  Fnllerton  Ave  Chicago 
60 :  Cbfeago  3d  251  51 :  Lake  Forest  143  45.  Free- 
pofi— Oalena  1st  26 :  Galena  South  67  95  :  Marengo 
6:  Galena  Ist  Qer  2  70:  Middle  Creek  8:  Shannon 
S  05 :  Freeport  Ist  34  95 :  Woodstock  10.  OUawa— 
Farm  Kidge  14  :  Troy  Grove  3  75 :  Streator  Park 

9  87  :  Aurora  1st  5  25 :  Waltham  16  45 :  Earlyille 
10 :  Ausable  Grore  5 ;  BIgin  3  77 :  PIuUl  1st  3  : 
Ottawa  Ist  23  cts  addH :  Wyoming  add'l  5.  Rack 
Biver—Medo  Ist  13:  Rook  IMand  6  50:  Viola  4: 
Edginton7:  Camden  9;  North  Henderson  27: 
Hamlet  4:  Kewanee  15;  Bdwards  1  60:  Boebelle 
1st  18  20  ,  833  60 

Ilunois,  «^uth. —  MUmr-tTroj  7 :  Lebanon  8  : 
Carroll  (on  23  85.  Chiro—Bnfield  10:  Carml  16  95 : 
Moro  5  25:  Fisgab  19:  Richland  6:  RIcbview  10: 
Olney  7 :  Friendsrille  24 :  Wabash  20  65 :  Ollead 
8  95:  Centralia6:  Oak  Grove  12:  Metropolis  7  50: 
Salem  5 :  Tamaroa  13  60.  J#a<toon— GrandTiew  6 : 
Charleston  46:  ShelbyTiUe  20 :  Morrisonville  11  90: 
Meoga  7  :  Dudley  6 :  West  Okaw  10  311  05 

IxiHAira,  NoBTH.--CVaw/ordmHe— Oxford  4 :  Cot- 
ington  1st  10  0>:  Bethany  17  11:  Dover  6  75: 
Lexington  12 :  CrawfordsTille  Ist  9  76 :  Waveland 
15:  Rockfield  3  20:  ZioosTUie  10:  Stste  Une  3: 
West  Point  4.  fbrt  Wayne^Plvannt  Ridge  10: 
New  Lancaster  2 :  Fort  Wayne  3d  9 :  Lima  1st  7 : 
Bloffton  13:  Kendal  Iville  21  62:  Lagrange  8: 
Franklin  0  75 :  Deoatur  7  :  Osland  8 ;  Fort  Wayne 
2d  20.  LoganspoTt^-hog^napOTt  1st  30  87 :  Rem- 
Itfgton  10  10:  Plymouth  5:  South  Bbad  Ist  30: 
Crown  Point  8:  Michigan  Cltv  22  68;  Logansport 
Centres.  iTuntte— Peru  Ist  45:  New  Hope  1  30: 
Perrysburgh  and  Sblk>h  14  872  18 

iNDiAifA,  SoUTiL — in^fionopolu— ludianapoUs  3d 
60  79:  Soutbport  10:  Union  1st  8:  Indianapolis 
Walnut  street  15:  Bethany  26:  Hopewell  9  85: 
Greenwood  6  75 :  Greenoastle  26.  iVew  Albany — 
Smyrna  5:  Mitchell  5  50 ;  Cbarlestown  10:  Hanorer 
10:  Pleasant  Township  3:  Jefferson  2:  Monroe  8: 
JefEereonTille  20:  Vernon  4  20:  New  Albany  1st 
100:  Bethel  4  75:  Orleans  4  40.  Finoenncs— Evans- 
ville  Vine  street  2i  45:  Eransrille  2:  Vinoennes 
3d  18 :  Prtnoeton  14 :  Royal  Oak  8  :  Upper  Indiana 
10:  Claiborne  8:  HowesTile  7:  Scaffold  Prairie 
1  25.  WhiU  IFa/sr— Metamora  5 :  Pleasant  Qrore 
6:  Rising  Sun  11  429  94 

Iowa,  North.— Chdar  Rapids-^BeoUsh  Grove  2: 
Wayne  3  82:  Bellevue  3:  Andrew  and  Farmers' 
6  50:  Wyoming  12:  Marlon  15:  Ulairstown  9  50: 
Clarenee  6  40:  Wheatland  5:  Union  2:  Yankee 
Grove  2  60 :  Rev  John  C  King  and  wife  6.  Dubu- 
^le— Dyersville  8:  McGregor,  Oermaa>  8:  Lime 
Spring  4:  Lansing,  German  8:  Farley  4:  Epworth 
3  60:  PeoetaS:  EL  German,  Ind^odenoe  6:  In- 
dependenoe  1st  0 :  Manchester  8 :  Lansing  6 :  Rose* 
villa  6:  Dubaqne,  German  15:  Cbath<im  6:  Hop< 
kinUm  10:  Winthrop  5.  fbrt  Dodg&^fon  Dodge 
ft  90:  Denlson  2:  Sioux  City  10:  Jefferson  4  00. 

IfotePloo— Rook  Creek  2:  Albion  4:  Bldora  8: 
Corinth  1  25 :  Tama  City  11  91  199.37 


Iowi,SoUTB.— ZV«lfo£fi««— MtAyr2:  Albia9:  Ib- 
dianola7  30:  Dexter  16:  Guthrie  15:  AdelS:  Wau- 
kee  1 :  Chariton  5:  Woodbnrn  and  R  5  60:  Corydon 
1st  5.  /oioa— Westminster,  Keokuk  64  80:  Fsirfield 
68  56:  BloomfleldlRt6  10:  Birmingham  14  15 :  Bur- 
lington Ist  15  75:  Sharon  and  Primrose  6  25:  Shu- 
nam  6  60;  Kirkville  5  60.  /owo  CWy— Tipton  6  10: 
Summit  10:  Eldridge  4:  Washington  80:  Cedar 
Valley  2:  Sugar  Creek  4:  Martlnsburg  2:  Marengo 
10.  Miuouri  ifiver— Ponca  1 :  Columbus  5:  Ham- 
burg 7:  Atlantic  6:  Palls  City  1st  4:  Nebraska 
City  28  60:  Shenand«7ah  and  Tarkio  4  45       383  40 

KAKSA8.—^t^/iZan<2— Hiawatha  3  15 :  Blue  Rapids 
1.  Neosho — Neosho  Falls  lot  4:  Chetopa  1st  6: 
Geneva  3:  Liberty  2:  Louisburgh  1:  Irving  8: 
Highlitnd  Ist  7  75.  2l{p«A;a— Lawrence  let  30  80: 
Topeka  1st  cb  18  85  88  03 

KB.MTUCKT.—f&encser— Ashland  Sab-sch  and  oh 
63  85 :  Flemlngsburg  14  60 :  Burlington  20.  Louit- 
trt^Ze— Shelby vllle  20:  Royal  Thompson  1.  Tran- 
t^Zvam'a— Stanford  2  121  3) 

LoNO  Island — Brooklyn — Classon  Avenue  170  52  : 
Franklin  Avenue  10 :  South  Third  Street  60.  Lon4f 
Island— HatX.  Hampton  43  76:  Setauket  6  60:  Sag 
Harbor  10 :  MIddletown  21  65.  iViis«au— Tslip  4  56 ; 
Huntington  Ist  46:  Aftoria  30  42:  Woodhaven  4: 
Foster  Meadow  3  :  Roslyn  12  411  89 

MiouiQAN.— De^ot^Detroit,  Fort  Street  212  20: 
Brighton  1st  8  15:  Jefferson  Avenue  162:  Holly 
Ist  15:  Detroit  1st  148  87:  Bit  Clemens  30:  Ann 
Arbor  35  18 :  YpsilantI  1st  27.  Grand  linpidi^ 
Muir5:  Ada  2:  Grand  Haven  26  21.  Kalamaxoo 
— Three  Rivers  17  70.  Lansing^  Hastings 5 :  Irving 

3  44:  Tekonsha  3:  Homes  26.    iTonroe— Blif^field 

7  50 :  Tecumseh  26  50 :  Palmyra  3  52 :  Clayton  7 ; 
Manchester  6.  Aiytnoto— Vassar  1st  10:  Byron  8: 
Wenona  Ist  5  41  793  74 

MiinfX80TA.-/>aXMto—Tanktown  Agency  6:  South 
Bend  1  50.  J#anitafo— Redwood  Falls  4  65:  St 
Peters  Union,  16  60:  St  James  2  10.  St  /lci4— 
Mineapolis  Westminster  cb  and  Sab-s^b  229  30: 
Rockford  2 :  Delano  3 :  Long  Lake  1 :  Independence 
2:   Sc  Anthony  23  43:   Moorhead  5:  Dulutb  1st 

8  93  :  Duodas,  Forest,  R  J  H  and  wire  12:  Taylor's 
Falls  8:  St  Croix  Falls  2.  Tfmona—Lake  City  6: 
La  Crescent  3:  Fremont  5:  Bushford  1:  Summer 
2 :  Sheldon  4:  St  Charles  1 :  Albert  Lea  3 :  Winona 
German  11:  Owatonna  8  370  38 

Mis800iu.—0»<we— Sugar  Creek  2 :  Lexington  1st 
8:  Butler  1st  12  3^:  New  Frankfort  85  cents:  Kan- 
sas City  3d  5  60:  Tipton  3  :  Deep  Water  1 :  Montrose 
3.  OsarA— Mt  Zlon  1  60.  /^Zmyro— Klrk^ville 
10 :  West  Ely  10 :  Maoon  City  3 :  Laclede  3  <  6 : 
Grantsvllle  1  95:  Memphis  1st  4  60:  New  Provl- 
denoe  2  25 :  La  Grange  IsC  8  20.  /^)(<#si~IrondsIe 
1st  3.  St  Zottif— Fairmount  5 :  St  Louis  1st  German 
6 :  Bethlehem  1  85  96  90 

New  Jkbsit.— Cbrtioo— Gaboon4  60.  ElitabtUi— 
Siloam  50  cents:  Perth  Amboy  48:  Hetuchen  1st 
14  11:  Plalnfleld  2d  166  60:  Clinton  19  14:  Elisa- 
beth, Westminster  200:  Elisabeth  2d  182  62: 
Springfield  89:  Elixabethport  20.  Jersey  Oily— 
Union  1st  2  07:  Haokensack  18:  Passaio  7:  Pater- 
son  let  165  66:  Prospect  19  82:  Fort  Lee  4:  West 
Hoboken  97  80:  Jersey  City  2d  12  38:  Paterson  1st 
Ger  2:  Manse  1st  63  Q2:  Norwood  6:  Paterson  8d 
6.  3fonmottfA— Hightstown  Ist  55:  Holmanville 
6 :  Freehold  44  14 :  Tennent  25 :  Port  Washington 

4  40:  Cranbury  2d  GO :  Mt  Holly  61  11:  Dayton  4: 
Beverly  26.  Morris  and  Orange — Orange  Ist  90: 
Morristown  121  05:  Dover  25:  South  Oranoce  156: 
Chatham  41:  Flanders  17  76:  Bethel  10:  Richard 
Mine,  Welsh  10;  Boontonch40:  Ea^^t  Orange  21  78. 
JVeioarA;— Newark  2d  37  36 :  Newark  Ist  108  81 : 
Newark,  South  Park  195 :  Plane  st,  Newark  IH  28 : 
Montolair  180.  Nevt  J^miuundt— Bwing  20  58: 
Flemington  102  17:  Mliford  13:  Holland  11  75: 
Kirkpatrlok  Memorial  20 :  Amwell  2d  8 :  Trenton 
1st  100:  Frenohtown  20 :  Kingston  40:  Trenton  4th 
112  37:  Amwell  1st  27:  Ltmbertville  1st  36  &0: 
Alexandria  8:  Laurenoevil]e38  60.  iVnofon—Wan- 
tage  2d  9 :  Danville  6 :  Harmony  20  75 :  Stewart- 
ville  37  :  Asbnry  8:  Lafayette  4 :  North  Hardlstoo 
43  22:  Deckertown  10  75 :  Bloomsburg  ist  25.  Ifei^ 
Jsrwy— Salem  66 :  Bridgeton  let  80 :  Mlllville  4  83 : 
Bridgeton,  West  48  66 :  Cedarville  2d  4 :  Gloucester 
16;  Woodstown  13:  Blaokwoodtown  35:  Tucks- 
hoe  1  •  3494  62 

Nxw  Yo&K.— .Boston— Bedford  20  20:  Newbary. 


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port  1st  27  15.  ^tMbof»~8«otebtowB  26  75:  Oen- 
treville  8:  Ramapo  13:  Mt  Hop«  23:  Otisville  4: 
Florida  2d  15.  New  rorJk— N«w  York  7tb  33  69  : 
Member  of  Madison  8quare  cb  100:  UoiTersUr 
Place  40:  New  York  West  445 :  New  York  Scotcb 
270:  WaablDgtoD  Heigbts  41:  New  York  Madisoa 
Street  Germao  10 :  New  York  TbirteeDtb  atroet  50. 
NortJt  i^t'oer— RoDdout  60:  Maiden  2b:  Pleafaot 
Plains  17  50:  Mariboroogh  20  63 ;  New  Uambargb 
20;  Betblebem  32  40:  Kingston  9  37:  Smitbfleli 
10 :  Wappioger's  Falls  5 :  Freedom  Plains  12.  HfM- 
^«iter— Feekskill  1st  46  61:  Yunkers  1st  238  80: 
Torktown  20:  Tbomp«ooTille  1st  27  55:  Sing  Sing 
143:  Oiiead34:  Hartford  45:  Bridgeport  60:  Ut 
Kisco  12  1950  65 

Pacivio— Benicia— Napa  City  85  :  Tall^o  25 :  To- 
males  Ist  8  40.  San  JVanctico— Howard  Street  3. 
San  Jos^— Santa  Barbara  lat  9  :  Annabeim  2  55 : 
Westminster  97  cts  88  02 

PiiiLADBLPHi\.— (belter— Oxford  60  10:  Upper 
Oetorara  23 :  Great  Valley  15 :  Downlngtown  Cen- 
tral 8  50 :  Coatesville  41 :  Chester  City  15 :  Pen- 
ningtontille  4.  Lackatoanna—VYorldence  1st  20; 
Newtun  5:  Barclay  8  62;  Canton  25:  Tarrytown 
6  25 :  Laporte  2 :  StevensTtlle  2  21  :  Me^boppen 
and  Meboopany  Creek  10 :  Towanda  1st  800  :  Cbriat 
Ohapel,  Lebanon  50  15 :  Rome  3:  Wanamie  8:  Dun- 
more  10 :  Troy  1st  26  84 :  RusbTille  1  39 :  Rev  T 
Tbomasl  40:  Col  X  Roads  I.  ZeA^A— Mabanoy 
City  1st  29  02;  Wbite  Haven  11 :  Catasaaqua  1st 
80 ;  Eatfton  Ist  70  ii :  Mountain  10  50 :  PottSTllle 
2d  5 :  Middle  Smithfleld  4 :  Catasauqna  2d  13 :  Aa- 
denried  3 :  Port  Carbon  10 :  AUentown  1st  30  62. 
/^i/ade/p/tto^Pbiladelpbla  2il  add'l  5:  Pbiladei- 
pbin  lOih  4  51 :  Pbiladelphia  4  h  Sab  scb  57  ;  Tabor 
add*i  10:  Pbiladelpbla  3d  add'l  5:  Westminster 
•dd'l  11 :  Calvary  add'l  ^2 :  Pbiladelpbla  Ist  addl 
40:  Soutbwark  Ist  87:  Pbiladelpbla  Walnut 
street  253  14 :  Soutb  addM  58 :  Tabernacle  add'l 
113.  FkUadelphia^  rentroi- Alexander  97  11: 
Princeton  158  28 :  Nortb  Broad  street  £0 :  Cobock- 
link  cb  146  05 :  Sab-scb  43  69  :  Pbiladelphia  Cen- 
tral 25 :  Kensington  127 :  North  Tenth  93  95 : 
Spring  Garden  119  07 :  Sab-scb  38  21 :  Mantna  1st 
40:  Pbiladelphia  Western  50:  Belhesda  70  70: 
West  Arch  street  57  05 :  Arch  street  240  .'-0 :  Tern- 

Sle  60:  Riobmond  5:  Lombard  street  10  51: 
iivet  30:  Oxford  cb  02  41:  Oxford  Sab-scb  103: 
Nortb  cb  36^):  Northern  LiberUes  Ist  add'l  955. 
FhUadelphuif  AbrtA—Newtown  44  68 :  Nesbaminy 
and  Warminster  27  58:  Chestnut  Hill  100:  Her- 
mon  23  96:  Consbohook<*n  11:  Bridesburg  25: 
Springfield  1st  2:  Huntingdon  y«]ley  5:  Vorest- 
vUieS:  MorrisTllle  10:  Edtngton  2:  Oermantown 
2d  add'l  43  54.  lf%stmtn<ter~New  Harmony  5 : 
Columbia  SO  81:  Little  Britain  30:  Mt  Joy  21: 
Lancaster  79  75:  Bellevae  17  50:  MarietU  75: 
WrigbtSTille  14  05  5755  48 

PiTTSBOKOH.— BZotmiOe— ParnasflOfl  2L  83:  Lar 
trobe  6:  BlainiTllle  18  05:  New  Salem  25  50: 
MarraysTiiie  42  75:  New  Alexandria  71  56:  Unity 
26  50:  Uvermore  17  50:  Salem  12  :  iDongraitj  0: 
Cross  Roads  19:  Benlah  43  25:  Johnstown  20. 
i\tf«(m*^— Pituburgh  6tb  120  51 :  Mansfield  13 : 
Pittsburgh  1st  266  51 :  Bellefleld  37  61 :  Pittsburgh 
2d  108  63:  Centre  29  60:  Mt  OlUe  6  80:  Millers 
Run  11:  North  Branch  6:  Bethel  36:  Forest  Grove 
20:  Uaxlewood  38  71:  Oakdale  12:  Shady  Side 
279  48  :  Cbartiers  8  69.  i2e(<i<ofw— New  Provideooe 
25:  Greensboro  3:  Pleasant  Unity  10:  GeorgcA 
Creek  7 :  liound  HUl  25  47 :  Laurel  HUl  SO  50 : 
Tyrone  5.  M'aiAtti^ton— Cross  Roads  9  25:  Bast 
Buffalo  13  40 :  West  Liberty  5 :  Porks  of  Wheeling 
06:  Three  Springs  4:  Holiday's  Cove  8:  Wheeling 
1st  125  60.  Wesi  Virffima—Vnuoh  Creek  18 : 
Ontfion  6:  Fairmount  21:  Horaaatown  0  52: 
Mannin«ton5:  Pleasant  View  1:  Kingwood  5  6U: 
Point  Pleasant  1 :  Upper  Fiats  1  1754  il2 

TBNifi8SU.—ilusAti»— Georgetown  2:  Galveston 
1st  5.  J»b£s(on— SalMn  7 :  Mt  Bethel  i  :  Jooeeboro' 
S08.  Atn^iton— Bethel  14  70:  Clover  Hill  10: 
VorentUiUo:  Mars' Hill  2:  New  ProTldence  21  50: 
Mt  T«bor  2 :  Roekford  ch  2;  Rusabia elt  2  25.  OmUm 
-4<ew  Prospect  1:  Mt  Horeb  11  45:  Hopewetl 
5  75:  Strawberry  Plains  1  86:  Westminsters  15 

90  09 

TouM.— iXsO^^NiiaifM— Buck  Greek  8:  West  Llb- 

trty  8  03:  Baqyros  1st  44  50:  Urbana  1st  20  60. 


Atron—Mllao  25  25 :  BloomTllIe  12 :  Fieoont  U : 
Norwalk68:  MelmoreO.  Ztmo— Turtle  Creek  4  90: 
Findlay  let  41  */0:  Wapakoneta  4:  Sydney  1st 
12  80 :  Van  Wert  0.  ifattme«— Toledo,  German 
4  25:  West  Betbesda  16:  Bryan  10:  Mt  Salem  3: 
Toledo  1st  17  309  68 

Utica  — JBin^Aomton— Tm^ton  6 :  Nineveh  34  50 : 
McQrawvUle  iO  15.  (Mm^o— Hamden  1st  5:  Bnt- 
ternuts29  35:  Milford  1  -6:  Mlddlefleld4.  A  Law- 
rence-Can  ton  15  44:  Gouverneur22  10:  Waddings 
ton  11  82 :  Rossie  2  3d :  Hammond  8 :  Cbaomont 
10:  St  Lawrence  2  82:  Ogdensburg  ist  20:  Water- 
town  Ist  167  47.  «S>raciMe~CasenovU27:  SyracoM 
1st  75  05:  Grace,  Oswego  56  20:  Onondaga  Vall«y 
10  50:  Park  Central  4U:  Bkaoeatelee  2o.  Utica— 
Rome  48  37:  Oriskany   2  76:  Turin  7:    Bethany 

10  85 :  Oneida  38 :  ClaysvlUe  8 :  Oneida  Castle  5 : 
New  Hartford  5l :  Camden  1st  10  758  59 

WsOTsaw  Nxw  Yoax.— ^H^Siio— West  Aurora  103: 
East   Aurora  15:    Buffalo  East  5:    Brwikenridge 

11  25:  Buffalo  Calvary  114  45:  East  Uambarg  5. 
GencsM— Attica  16:  Warsaw  84:  Wyoming  21  42: 
Perry  15  55  :  Portagevilie  10 :  Oakfield  6 :  Bstavia 
38  80.  Genesu  Foitey— .Belmont  3:  Frankliavills 
3.  Ai^Q^ara— Albion  1st  72  40:  Holley  10:  Pendle- 
ton and  Wbeatfield  5.  JZocAa<er->Geneseo  Central 
21  26 :  Rochester  3d  44 :  Brighton  2a :  Parma 
Centre  6:  Oeneseo  Village  1st  71:  Sweden  5  50: 
Sparta  2d  4  68 :  Tnscarora  and  Union  7 :  Brick  100 : 
Brockport  53  86 :  West  Mendon  12 :  Qroveland  1 : 
Rochester,  St  Peters  80  67  868  34 

Wisconsin.— aitjeipewa— North  Bend  2;  Nes- 
hanock  8  10;  Hudson  1st  8;  Ia  Crosse  North  8  51; 
La  Crease  1st  2  70;  Presoott  1st  5;  Chippewa  Falls 
8.  Lake  Si^erior—Ooonio  12  78;  MarqueUe  108  88. 
iri/toauA^e^Oelafleld  0  10;  Beloit  1st  10  75;  Ottawa 
Ist  4  10 ;  Cedar  Grove  8;  Rev  J  Martin  5 ;  Giimbridge 
and  Oakland  7  ;  Barton  8;  Calvary  33  12;  Jefferson 
4  13;  Waukesha  18.  FFmn«6i<^— Beaver  Dam  8; 
Oskoeh  0  71;  Neenah  25.  H'uconsm  jRiver—HUbr 
land  City  2  50;  Portage  City  13  18 ;  PUttavilie 
8  36;  I^owville  70  oento;  Poyretto  1  60;  Lodi  21  57; 
Fancy  Creek  3;  Columbus  5;  Baraboo  5  82  847  61 
From  Committee  on  Benevolenoe  and  Finance 

1311  46 


"H  S  B»»  15:  «*F  H  C  100:  -A  W  W"  20: 
"J8  8"  60;"  «*TEF"  20  205  00 

LEGACIIS. 

Balance  fh>m  estate  of  J  A  Jsoobs,  DanTlllev  Ey, 
(interest  only  to  be  used>  705  OO 

MISOXLLAinOUB. 

Mrs  W  H  Dlnsmore  2  60 :  Rev  D  0  Meeker,  Har- 
risburg  10:  Jno  Bell,  Orange  co,  N  Y  5:  Mrs  Mary 
Kerr,  Troy,  N  Y  10:  Rev  R  Mann,  Marion  N  Y  6: 
Fred'k  F  Slade,  Esq,  Trenton,  N  J  100 :  Jtlrs  5IUes  P 
Squire,  Geneva,  N  Y  10:  '»From  the  liord,"  throwh 
Mrs  Squier  10:  Rev  Dr  U  Kendall,  N  Y  25:  her 
F  R,  Pbila,  fbr  Auburn  Seminary  60:  Amos  Jones, 
Delphi,  Ind  5:  Miss  Cha«e,  Parkersburg.  Ind  10: 
"A  Friend"  20:  "B  S  E,"  \a  5:  A  Friend  5:  A 
Friend  to  the  Cause  5:  S  A  Logan,  .Mineial  Point, 
Pa  10:  W  Browne,  Wayne,  Iowa  2  50:  Rev  Norman 
Kellog.  Sheffield,  Mass  5 :  J  £  Ingersoll,  Clevelandi 
Ohio  oO:  A  Friend  500:  "R,"  New  York  5:  W  Y 
Allen,  Rockv.lle,  Ind  1 :  From  a  friend,  Rochester, 
N  Y  5 :  Mrs  E  Greaoough,  Pa  1 :  U  L  Humphrey  5: 
Mrs  F,  Va  1  23:  A  Friend  2:  A  Friend,  Port  Royal. 
Pa  2:  M  B,  Pa  2:  Mrs  M  W  Eldridge  5 :  '•TenUi*' 
5 :  Mrs  R  P  Dunn  5 :  C  F  M  5 :  W  T  H,  Pa  6 :  An 
old  friend  10:  •♦R"  2:  "C"  5:  A  Friend  2:  J  R 
Groves  1:  ♦♦D  C  C"  5:  «»R**  5:  "E  0"  1:  W  H 
Eennard5:  «R-  2:  "0  M"  5;  Welsh  Cal  ch, 
N  Y  86  60  073  75 


Receipts  In  March,  $81,827  87 

l^otal  reoeipta  from  April,  1872,  lees  tra- 
des to^be  invested  92,705  8104,454  19 
Oaoeral  Assembly's  esUmate  for  the  year,    $150,UOO 
Balance  needed,  45  646  00 
K.  G.  WOODWARD,  Tnamtrtr. 
Reporii  mod  eorrespondenoe   relatfng  to  the 
Deral  buslneas  of  the  Board,  address  to  Wtuiav 
•BBB,  D.D.,  (hrr$tp<mdwff  SeertUtty. 
Ovnos,  No.  1834  Chestnut  Street,  PhUadelplila. 


s: 


1873.]  Board  of  Foreign  Musions.  153 

BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 

RECENT  INTELLIGENCE. 

Converts  Rbceiyed. — The  report  of  the  station  of  Beirut  fi;ive8  the  pleaein/; 
news  that  twenty-eight  persons  were  admitted  to  the  church  in  that  city  during 
the  last  year.  At  Abeih,  two  woere  admitted.  Letters  from  Chiengmai  give  inter- 
esting accounts  of  the  baptism  of  three  men,  who  have  thus  confessed  Christ, 
notwithstanding  the  persecution  endured  by  former  professed  converts,  and  the 
martyrdom  of  one  who  would  not  deny  the  Lord.  The  young  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  McGilvary  was  also  received  as  a  communicant,  adding  much  to  the 
interest  of  the  communion  service.  A  convert  was  received  at  Petchaburi,  Siam. 
In  Brazil  two  persons  were  admitted  to  the  church  of  Bahia,  five  to  the  church 
ofBrotas;  one  at  Rio  de  Janeiro,  and  one  at  Petropolis.  One  of  these  converts 
is  an  ex-priest,  who  has  been  a  lawyer  for  «ome  years.  Other  converts  in  the 
neighborhood  of  Brotas  would  probably  soon  be  baptised.  Six  new  members 
were  received  into  the  church  at  Odanah,  Chippewa  missioa,  on  the  23d  of  March 
— two  of  them  Roman  Catholics,  and  four  of  them  from  the  heathen  part  of  the 
tribe. 

Notices  of  Missionaries. — We  regret  to  learn  the  death  of  Mrs.  Thackwell, 
wife  of  the  Rev.  R.  Thackwell,  at  Rawal  Pindi,  February  15th,  after  a  short  ill- 
ness. Her  missionary  associates  speak  of  her  removal  with  much  sorrow.  The 
Rev.  S.  C.  George  and  his  wife,  of  the  mission  in  Siam,  have  arrived  in  this 
country.  The  Rev.  I.  Baird  arrived  at  Odanah,  March  15th,  and  entered  on  his 
work  with  much  to  encourage  him.  Dr.  S.  R.  Bliss,  a  member  of  the  First  Church, 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  has  embarked  for  China,  to  be  stationed  as  a  medical  missionary 
at  Tungchow.  Miss  Mary  C.  Parke,  a  member  of  the  church  of  Savannah,  Ohio, 
has  sailed  for  Japan,  to  be  connected  with  the  mission  in  that  country.  Mrs. 
Sarah  E.  Hendricks,  a  member  of  the  church  of  Stockton,  N.  J.,  and  Miss  Martha 
B.  White,  a  member  of  the  First  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church  of  Philadelphia, 
embarked  for  the  Gaboon  and  Corisco  mission  on  the  2d  of  April.  A  young 
Liberia  woman,  Miss  Warnetta  Alvares,  who  has  been  in  this  country  for  a  year, 
bat  who  received  a  good  part  of  her  education  in  the  mission  school  at  Gaboon, 
accompanied  them,  expecting  to  be  useful  in  the  same  school  on  her  return  to 
that  place.  The  Rev.  J.  R.  Ramsay  and  his  wife,  of  the  Seminole  Mission,  after 
many  years  of  faithful  labor,  have  felt  it  to  be  their  duty  to  return  to  their  former 
home  in  Kansas.  It  is  with  regret  that  we  mention  this  change.  They  have  the 
kind  regards  of  the  Board  and  its  best  wishes  for  their  continued  usefulness. 

Tde  late  news  from  Japan,  to  the  effect  that  the  edicts  against  Christianity 
have  been  repealed,  and  access  to  all  parts  of  the  country  is  to  be  allowed  to 
foreigners,  is  of  great  interest.  The  missionaries  are  much  encouraged,  and  call 
for  more  men  to  enter  into  the  wide  field  now  open. 

In  India,  several  letters  refer  to  missionary  work  for  the  native  women  as 
fxovr'ing  in  interest.  On  a  visit  to  villages  near  Futtehgurh,  Mr.  Wyckoff"  says, 
"  Yesterday  morning  we  had  quite  as  many  women  as  men  to  hear  us,  something 
very  unusual  in  this  country."  The  Kolapoor  missionaries  have  been  requested 
to  occupy  still  another  station,  the  English  Collector  offering  them  the  use  of  a 
house  free  of  rent;  two  other  places  were  also  under  consideration.  The  Presby- 
tery of  Kolapoor  was  organized  in  January.  It  will  be  connected  with  the  Synod 
of  North  India.  OoOqIc 

In  Persia,  Mr.  Bassett  and  his  family  are  now  at  Tehran,  tl^e  capital.    He 


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finds  there  abundant  opportunities  of  access  to  the  people,  and  makes  a  strong 
plea  for  additional  laborers,  one  of  whom  ought  to  be  a  medical  missionarj. 

West  Africa. — Mr.  Bushnell  sends  quite  interesting  information  concerning 
the  probable  openings  for  missionary  work  in  the  interior  of  the  country,  entering 
by  the  Ugobai  and  the  Congo  Rivers,  both  south  of  Gaboon.  He  had  lately  met 
with  two  Englishmen  who  had  acquired  considerable  personal  knowledge  of  the 
subject,  one  of  them  having  gone  up  the  Ugobai  nearly  three  hundred  miles.  He 
found  there  a  fine  country,  quite  free  from  the  Mangrove  marshes  of  the  coast, 
and  the  people  were  friendly.  Particulars  will  be  given  in  the  Foreign  Missionary 
of  next  month.  Mr.  Bushnell  makes  an  earnest  plea  for  more  missionaries  to  occupy 
new  posts;  and  he  thinks  some  of  the  young  men,  converts  connected  with  the 
church  of  Qaboon,  could,  under  suitable  direction,  be  of  much  service  in  this  inland 
work. 

Mexico. — The  letters  from  the  city  of  Mexico  and  San  Louis  Potosi  are  of 
much  interest.  There  had  been  opposition  of  a  violent  kind  to  the  Protestant 
services  in  Potosi,  but  the  magistrates  put  down  the  mob;  and  Mr.  Thompson 
writes,  •*  Wo  have  oro)|fds  coming  to  hear  and  worship,  and  no  suitable  place  to 
accommodate  our  services.'*  He  says  that  about  $4,000  would  secure  a  suitable 
place  of  worship  there.  In  the  city  of  Mexico  the  missionaries  speak  of  congre- 
gations overflowing  the  hall  now  used,  and  the  urgent  need  of  larger  quarters.  At 
Toluka,  not  far  from  the  city,  there  had  been  serious  opposition  to  the  Protestant 
meetings,  endangering  the  safety  of  the  people  who  attended  them ;  but  this  did 
not  prevent  their  coming  to  the  place  of  worship.  Over  twenty-five  persons,  it 
was  believed,  gave  sufficient  evidence  of  piety,  and  would  soon  be  baptized.     . 

Receipts,  May  1st  to  April  1st. — From  the  churches,  $251,725  ;  from  legacies, 
$60,525  ]  from  individual  donors,  $57,884;  in  all,  $370,134.  Receipts  in  the  same 
months  last  year,  $326,062,  of  which  from  the  churches,  $239,850. 

Letters  Received  to  April  14tii. — From  the  Chippewa  Mission,  April  Ist ; 
Dakota,  March  29th ;  Creek,  April  1st;  Las  Vegas,  March  11th  ;  Nez  Perce,  March 
7th  ;  San  Francisco,  April  Ist ;  Yedo,  February  6th ;  Chefoo,  January  23d ;  Hang- 
chow,  January  20th;  Ningpo,  February  7th  j  Shanghai,  February  11th;  Canton, 
February  10th ;  Bangkok,  February  4th ;  Petohaburi,  January  28th ;  Chiengmai, 
January  1st;  Allahabad,  February  8th;  Futtehgurh,  February  20th  ;  Dehra,  Jan- 
uary 23d  ;  Sabathu,  January  29th ;  Labor,  February  20th ;  Rawal  Pindi,  Febru- 
ary 25th ;  Kolapore,  February  22d ;  Tehran,  January  29th ;  Oroomiah,  January 

23d;  Beirut,  February  ,  report;  Abeih,  February  11th;  Monrovia,  February 

25th ;  Benita,  January  27th ;  Corisoo,  January  18th ;  Gaboon,  February  10th  ; 
Rio  de  Janeiro,  February  20th ;  Brotas,  January  30th  ;  Bahia,  February  27th ; 
Bogota,  March  6th ;  Mexico,  March  15th  ;  San  Louis  Potosi,  March  7th. 


SENECA  MISSION  WORK.  away  in  doing  things,   which,   if  we 

The  Rev.  Asher  Wright,  the  venora-  could   ourselves  control  it,  we  should 

ble  missionary  among  the  Seneca  In-  ™"^^  ^if^^  ^^^  *?.<*°»  *^,?'  Tf  ^?^ 

J.          •      \xt\         XT        v    I           J  -thorough ly   sympathize  with   all   who 

dians,  m  Western   New  York,   sends  ^,^  compelled  to  endure  similar  in-or, 

notices  of  several  matters  of  moment,  rather— af-flictions.      We  are  the  old 

supplementing  the  annual  report  of  the  missionaries;  we  undert?tand  the  speech 

misjiion.     His  letter  is  full  of  interest.  ^^  ^^e  people,  so  that  they  can  tell  us  all 

It  is  dated  at  Upper  Cattaraugus,  Feb-  Jil«»^  troubles,  and  all  their  joys;  and 

2''th  they  naturally  look  to  us  for  sympathy, 

ruary  zotn.  sometimes  for  counsel,  and  very  often 

Varied  duties  of  aged  missionaries,  for  assistance.    We  deal  out  medicine, 

Our  time  is  so  perpetually  frittered  and  the  first  pang  of  suffering  sends 


1878.] 


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mnltitades  of  them  to  as  for  relief ;  we 
were  with  them  when  they  started  oa 
the  race  of  improvement,  and  not  a  few 
of  them  still  expect  us  to  hold  them  by 
the  hand,  and  cheer  and  ^ide  them  in 
their  onward  progress.  For  the  most 
partf  these  things  apply  to  Metbodistd, 
Baptists  and  even  Pagans,  as  well  as 
to  oar  own  people. 

Now  all  this  seems  very  pleasant — 
quite  poetic  even,  regarded  from  a  dis- 
tance; but  the  actual  experience  sweats 
all  the  poetry  out  of  it,  often  before  the 
middle  of  the  day.  Especially  is  this 
true  when,  as  very  often  happens,  the 
applications  crowd  so  thickly  upon  each 
other  that  no  time  is  given  for  the 
spiritual  efforts  we  would  be  glad  to 
make  in  behalf  of  every  caller;  and 
also  when  every  interruption  takes  us 
away  from  what  we  regard  as  the  most 
important  portion  of  our  labors.  It  is 
a  great  relief  that  my  wife  and  I  can 
take  turns  in  all  these  things,  and  thus 
relieve  each  other.  She  does  not,  in- 
deed, marry  or  preach  funeral  sermons ; 
but  I  know  not  in  what  else  of  all  my 
ordinary  duties  she  is  not  able  to  make 
j;ood  my  absence.  This  becomes  more 
and  more  apparent  as  my  deafness  in- 
creases. Many  a  bashful  child  gets 
help  from  her,  who  could  never  sum- 
mon courage  to  speak  loud  enough  for 
me  to  hear.  All  the  Sabbath-school 
work  outside  of  Brother  Ford's  meet- 
ing-house 18  under  her  supervision,  and 
when  her  health  permits,  is  chiefly 
performed  by  her.  Brother  Ford  in 
his  report  speaks  of  three  such  schools, 
but  the  fourth  was  kept  in  operation 
during  the  summer,  and  will  probably 
be  opened  again  as  soon  as  the  roads 
become  tolerable  in  the  spring. 

This  Sabbath-school  work,  like  most 
of  our  missionary  labor,  is  seed-sowing 
work,  not  harvesting ;  yet  one  lad  from 
her  school  over  the  creek  has  been  re- 
ceived into  the  church  during  the  year, 
and  at  our  last  communion  a  little  boy 
only  about  eight  years  old,  belonging 
to  the  meeting-house  Sabbath-school 
M.as  also  admitted  to  membership.  The 
little  fellow  had  been  anxious  to  join 
the  church  for  a  year  or  more,  but  had 
been  held  back  on  account  of  his  being 
so  young. 

Ahrdhamic  Covenant  honored. 

At  the  same  communion  a  young 
mnn  was  received,  whose  case  is  one  of 
peculiar  interest  to  us.  He  is  a  grand- 
son of  old  Deacon  Henry  Two  Guns, 
whose  death  a  few  years  ago  made  so 
sad  a  gap  in  the  effective  piety  of  the 


church.  The  old  man  seemed  to  have 
some  good  idea  of  the  Abrahamic  cove- 
nant;  and,  of  eight  children,  three  who 
have  died  were  members  of  the  church, 
and  all  the  living,  except  the  youngest 
son,  are  now  professors  of  religion.  The 
second  daughter  died  several  years  ago, 
leaving  a  large  family.  For  some  time 
previous  she  had  been  extremely  anx- 
ious for  the  conversion  of  her  children. 
The  oldest  had  recently  died  in,  the 
enjoyment  of  the  Christian  hope;  and 
she  felt  that  she  must  see  the  rest  con- 
verted before  she  could  be  reconciled  to 
leave  them.  God  gave  her  grace,  how- 
ever, to  commit  them  to  her  Redeemer's 
covenant  faithfulness,  and  she  died  in 
calm  confidence  that  he  would  save 
them.  This  young  man,  though  the 
oldest  of  her  living  children,  was  the 
only  one  who  had  not  professed  conver- 
sion, lie  had  been  a  very  thoughtless, 
wild  young  man,  and  seemed  rapidly 
acquiring  habits  of  intemperance.  About 
a  year  ago  he  was  induced  to  join  the 
lodge  of  Good  Templars  on  the  reserva- 
tion, and  shortly  after  began  to  attend 
meeting  and  to  show  some  concern  for 
his  soul's  salvation.  The  sanctuary^ 
which  he  bad  seldom  visited  since  his 
childhood,  brought  up  tender  recollec- 
tions of  his  sainted  mother;  the  lion 
in  his  nature  was  subdued,  and  he 
.began  to  speak  to  his  associates  of  his 
desire  to  become  a  Christian.  Perhaps 
the  turning  point  was  when  he  came 
several  miles  to  converse  with  his 
mother's  former  spiritual  advisers. 
Others  were  in  the  house  when  he  en- 
tered, and  after  some  trivial  errand,  he 
intimated  his  wish  for  a  private  inter- 
view. We  went  into  my  study,  where 
he  freely  unbosomed  his  anxieties  and 
distresses,  wept  in  view  of  his  sins, 
melted  down  as  we  gave  him  the  his- 
tory of  his  mother's  struggles,  and  of 
ultimate  triumph  of  her  faith  on  her 
dying  bed;  and  when  we  knelt  in  * 
prayer,  gave  audible  expression,  prob- 
ably for  the  first  time  in  his  life,  of  his 
faith  in  Jesus,  and  his  resolve  to  be 
consecrated  to  his  service.  Thus  far 
he  seems  decided  in  his  Christian 
course;  and  we  hope  much  from  his 
influence  over  his  old  associates.  God's 
faithfulness  to  the  covenant  with  Abra- 
ham does  not  fail  on  mission  ground 
and  among  converted  heathen  any  more 
than  in  other  places.  We  have  often 
in  the  history  of  this  mission  found 
abundant  cause  to  praise  him  for  it. 

Another  son  of   a    sainted    mother 
called  on  us  day  before  yesterday,  in- 


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qnirinfi;  the  way  of  salvation.  He.  too, 
\kZA  bceo  a  hard  case,  and  at  times 
very  intemperate,  but  seems  to  feel 
deeply  now  in  need  of  a  Saviour.  Two 
bactLsliding  members  of  the  church 
oam^  with  htm  on  the  same  errand, 
they  also  children  of  the  covenant. 

The  present  year  has  opened  with 
more  reli^ous  interest  than  the  last, 
though  not  with  the  powerful  revival 
we  had  hoped  for.  Besides  the  three 
persons  received  on  the  first  Sabbath  of 
this  month,  a  few  others)  have  expressed 
hope,  and  two  at  least  arQ  expected 
to  present  themselves  at  the  next  com- 
munion.       

WORK  FOR  THE  DAKQTAS. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  S.  Williams,  M.D., 
under  date  of  March  2Sth,  sends  the 
following  review  of  his  work.  It  will 
be  read  with  much  interest,  especially 
his  reference  to  his  beloved  wife,  who 
has  during  the  last  year  entered  into. 
rest.  It  gives  another  example  of  the 
good  work  of  aged  missionaries. 

As  I  remember,  in  the  year  1872,  I 
translated  from  the  Hebrew  the  books 
of  Joshua  and  Judges,  and  in  January 
of  this,  the  Book  of  Ruth  into  the 
Dakota.  I  suppose  Judges  and  Ruth 
may  be  fairly  put  down  as  in  this, 
ecclesiastical  year.  I  have  also  spent 
considerable  time  in  revising  transla- 
tions into  the  Dakota,  made  by  Rev.  S. 
R.  Riggs.  One  month  or  more  was 
spent  in  visiting  Odanab,  and  making 
report  of  that  visit.  I  have  made  re- 
ports, asked  for  by  the  Board  of  Indian 
Commissioners,  and  others  concerning 
the  Indians,  covering  many  sheets  of 
paper,  and  occupying  a  week  or  two  of 
my  time.  I  have  written  about  half  a 
dozen  articles  for  the  Herald  and  IVes- 
hyter,  for  the  purpose  of  awakening  in- 
*  terest  in  Foreign  Missions  generally,  and 
Indian  missions  in  particular,  some  of 
which  have  been  published,  and  others 
I  expect  to  see  in  print.  I  have  had 
considerable  correspondence  with  the 
American  Tract  Society,  and  the  Ameri- 
can Bible  Society,  in  respect  to  our 
work  among  the  Dakotas. 

In  corresponding  with  the  Dakotas,  I 
suppose  my  letters  average  more  than 
one  a  week  of  four  pa^es,  the  size  of 
this  on  which  I  write ;  more  than  half 
of  these  letters  are  to  Dakota  pastors, 
asking  for  information  or  advice.  Dur- 
ing the  past  winter,  I  think  I  have 
written  more  than  twenty  letters,  cor- 
responding   with    various    individuals 


and  societies  in  reference  to  these  pas- 
tors, which  have  resulted,  or  are  likely 
to  result,  in  each  of  them  receiving  a 
box  or  barrel  of  clothing,  such  as  they 
and  their  families  were  needin^i:.  If 
you  consider  that  besides  other  friends, 
V  have  three  sons  from  home  with 
whom  to  correspond,  and  that,  though 
I  have  good  health  for  a  man  of  my 
age,  now  in  my  seventy-fourth  year,  I 
am  now  old  and  feeble,  you  will  see 
that  I  do  not  lack  employment.  I  hope 
I  never  shall,  while  able  to  work. 

It  is  not  owing  to  any  planning  of 
ours  that  the  Rev.  S.  R  Riggs  [of  the 
American  Board* s  Mission]  and  I  are 
not  living  among  and  preaching  to  the 
Dakotas.  We  were  doing  this,  and 
well  satisfifMi  with  our  work,  when  we 
were  driven  from  them,  and  they,  ex- 
cept such  as  were  in  prison  even  for 
years,  kept  in  places  where  we  could  not 
reside.  For  three  winters  and  part  of 
one  summer  I  preached  to  them  in 
prison,  and  in  those  three  winters  bap- 
tized nearly  ten  times  as  many  adults 
as  I  had  done  in  the  previous  twenty- 
five  years.  After  the  prisoners  were 
released,  and  befpre  the  others  were  suf- 
ficiently settled  for  us  to  know  where  to 
build,  so  as  to  be  near  them,  God 
raised  up  among  themselves  preachers 
who  did  the  work  of  pastors  better  than 
we  could,  and  we  have  been  engaged 
in  translating  the  Scriptures,  and  other 
work  that  we  could  do  better  than  any 
one  else. 

In  this  work  of  translating  the  Scrip- 
tures and  preparing  books,  Brother 
Riggs  has  accomplished  more  than  twice 
as  much  as  I  have,  but  I  have  done 
what  I  could  in  the  circumstances. 

Till  my  wife  became  so  infirm  as  to 
require  me  to  remain  at  home,  and 
take  care  of  her,  I  spent  a  part  of  each 
summer  in  travelling,  to .  visit  the  In- 
dians and  preach  to  them,  and  these 
labors  were  not  lost.  I  travelled  thou- 
sands of  miles,  taking  care  of  my  own 
team,  mostly  subsisting  on/ood  I  carried 
with  me,  and  sleeping  on  the  prairie,  but 
sometimes  getting  a  meal  or  a  night's 
lodging  in  the  tent  of  some  Indians, 
or  hut  of  some  frontier  settler;  some- 
times alone  on  a  road  or  trail,  often 
with  an  Indian  guide  over  the  trackle«>s 
prairie.  Such  journeys  were  of  course 
wearisome,  but  I  enjoyed  them,  and 
found  that  they  imparted  vigor  to  both 
my  body  and  mind. 

Last  July  my  dear  wife,  with  whom 
I  had  lived  for  more  than  forty-five 
years  without  ever  hearing  her  utter 
one  unkind  word — after  nearly  three 


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157 


jearar  of  confinement  to  tho  hoase,  and 
to  her  bed  most  of  the  time,  was  called 
to  her  rest.  Much  of  what  I  bare 
accomplished  among  the  Indians  is  due 
to  her  wisdom,  economy  and  prudence 
in  the  management  of  oar  domestic 
afiairs,  and  to  her  uniform  cheerfulness 
even  amid  danj^ers  and  severe  suffer- 
ings.         

NOTICES    OF  THE  MISSION  IN 
PERSIA. 

Mrs.  Cochran,  in  a  letter  dated  Janu- 
ary 17th,  written  at  Seir,  near  Oroomiah, 
mentions  some  interesting  matters.  Her 
letter  was  not  designed  for  publication, 
but  the  part  here  printed  may  be  pro- 
perly given  to  the  public.  Its  touch- 
ing remark  at  the  beginning  refers  to 
letters  received  from  the  Mission  House. 

It  helps  me  to  feel  that  the  death  of 
my  lamented  husband  has  not  cut  me 
off  from  the  Board  to  which  I  felt  it 
such  a  privilege  to  belodg.  I  do  feel 
more  and  more  the  privilege  of  con- 
tinuing here,  and  doing  what  little  I 
can  for  the  people  for  whom  Mr. 
Coohran  sacrificed  hie  life.  I  feel  I 
can  do  something  by  urging  the  natives 
to  do  more  for  Christ.*  They  can  do 
more  and  better  than  the  missionary,  if 
they  can  be  watched  over  and  en- 
couraged. I  have  just  received  a  stronger 
impression  of  this,  by  the  earnest  and 
efficient  labors  of  one  of  my  husband's 
favorite  helpers.  He  had  come  to  make 
me  a  visit.  I  set  him  at  work  here  in 
the  village  of  Soir  (I  am  alone  at  this 
station  this  winter,)  visiting  from  house 
to  house  till  all  had  been  yisitei,  and  all 
talked  and  prayed  with ;  he  also  had 
pabtic  meetings  in  the  evening,  'ihen 
ne  was  sent  for  a  couple  of  days  to  a 
village  between  this  place  and  the  city. 
They  are  under  my  care  in  the  distribu- 
tion of  the  poor  fund ;  and  I  had  visited 
them,  and  been  urged  to  come  again 
and  have  preachers  come  to  teach  them. 
It  was  pleasant  to  welcome  the  good 
deacon  back  last  night,  and  get  his 
report.  This  was  of  much  interest  to 
Mij^'  Jewett  too,  who  returned  from 
Tisiting  a  Mohammedan  village  (for  she 
was  spending  Sabbath  with  me.]  Yar- 
row, too,  my  school  teacher  m  this 
village,  bad  been  off,  and  I  felt  a  satis- 
faction that  something  had  been  done 
from  this -point. 

Our  new  missionaries  promise  well, 
and  are  hard  at  work  at  the  language, 
and  beginning  to  help  in  various  ways. 


Miss  Jewett  shows  more  than  ordinary 
aptitude  in  mastering  the  language  and 
applying  it  to  the  good  of  her  Moham- 
medan sisters.  Dr.  Van  Norden.  since 
his  ordination,  has  acted  more  in  the 
capacity  of  a  preacher,  as  opportunity 
offered.  He  has  lately,  in  the  little 
Turkish  service  in  his  own  household, 
baptized  a  young  man,  over  whom  he 
had  watched  and  instructed  for  more 
than  a  year,  and  whom,  he  felt;  gave 
satisfactory  evidence  of  faith  in  Christ. 
The  young  man  is  not  a  Mohammedan, 
is  a  native  of  Hamadan,  where  Dr.  Van 
Norden  rescued  him  from  sttirvation. 
He  is  the  only  missionary  here  who 
is  able  to  preach  in  Turkish,  and  his 
labors  are  more  4ind  more  needed.  If 
t:ie  gospel  is  preached  to  Mohammedans 
to  bring  them  to  Christ,  and  if  that  is 
attained,  they  must  be  baptized.  As 
yet,  none  here  ask  for  it,  though  Mr. 
Bassett  baptized  one  in  Tabrez  last 
▼ear.  But  there  is  no  doubt  that  Dr. 
Van  Norden  and  our  native  brethren 
are  solving  seed  which  we  must  believe 
will  yield  a  goodly  harvest  by  and  by. 
Wo  greatly  miss  and  feel  the  need  of 
the  presence  of  Mr.  Labaree  and  Mr. 
Shedd,  and  hope  to  welcome  them  back 
in  due  time. 


ENCOURAGEMENT    AT  GABOON. 

The  Rev.  A.  Bushnell  sends  the  fol- 
lowing brief  account  of  an  inrportant 
part  of  his  work  at  Gaboon,  West 
Africa. 

We  have  just  completed  the  semi- 
annual examination  of  our  schools  at 
this  station.  The  number  of  pupils  in 
all,  including  the  Training  Institution, 
Boy*s  Boarding-School,  and  Female 
Seminary,  has  been  about  ninety,  who 
have  been  dependent  upon  us  for  food, 
clothing,  instruction,  and  constant  care. 
These  three  schools  have  not  been  en- 
tirely distinct,  as  several  of  the  pupils 
of  the  former  have  recited  a  portion  of 
their  recitations  in  classes  connected 
with  the  latter.  The  examination 
passed  off  pleasantly,  and  much  to  our 
satisfaction.  They  exceeded  anything 
we  have  ever  seen  before  in  Gaboon, 
and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Goldie,  who  was  with 
us  from  Old  Calabar,  kindly  remarked 
in  a  closing  address,  that  it  was  far 
in  advance  of  anything  they  had  at 
that  mission,  with  which  he  had  been 
connected  a  quarter  of  a  -century. 
While  we  feel  somewhat  rewarded  for 
our  labors  in  this  department  of  our 
work,  we  have  labored    under   great 


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embarrassments  for  the  want  of  suita- 
ble books  and  afpparatus;  .  .  .  and 
through  lack  of  servioe  in  teaching. 


But  for  this  day  even  of  small  things, 
we  will  be  thankful,  and  gird  our- 
selves for  greater  things  in  the  future. 


Donations  to  thb  Board  of  Forbign  Missions,  in  March  1873. 


Stnod  of  Albaict.— P6y  of  v4^any— Fourth  ch, 
Albany  164S  23;  Charlton  ch  18;  Jefferson  ch 

5  70';  East  Avenue  ch,  Schenectady  60;  Kinfts- 
bnro  ch.  Mrs  Rebecca  Brower  10.  /%v  of  Cham- 
plain— First  ch.  PlattsbnrK  35.  Pbu  of  Columbia 
— Catakiir  ch  193  31;  Greenville  ch  40;  Canaan 
Centre  oh  36.  Pbv  of  TVoy— Johnsonville  ch  12, 
Sab-sch  0  —  21;  Piltstown  ch  4;  Hoosick  Falls 
ch  46;  WnrrenburK  ch  6;  Fort  Covington  ch 
60  76;  l8t  oh.  Green  Island  16  00.  2183  Q9 

Stnod  of  Atlaxtic—  Pby  of  Boat  Florida— Oce&n 
Street  oh,  Jaoksonville  65  00 

Synod  of  Baitimoeb.— /Iry  of  BaUimore—F\nt 
ch.  Baltimore  4500:  Brown  Memorial  oh,  Balti- 
more 179  78 ;  Westminster  ch,  Baltimore  802  49, 
8ab-j>ch  lO"  —  902  49;  AisqiHth  ptreet  ch,  Balti- 
more 93 ;  Elllcott  City  ch  6ab-8ch  20;  Frederick 
City  ch  6;  Govane  Chapel  6;  New  Windf«or  ch  6; 
Havre  de  Grace  ch  40.  Pby  of  New  Ca«Wc— Cen- 
tral ch,  Wilmington  37  70;  Hanover  Street  oh, 
Wilmington  lOO;  Olivet  ch,  Wilmin»;ton  6;  Pitts 
Creek  oh  20  91;  Newton  Sab-sch  16;  Snow  Hill 
ch  12  29;  Manolcin  oh  27.  PM/  of  Rio  de  Janeiro 
— Bahia  ch  28  60.  Pbi/  of  Washington  dty—Hevr 
York  Avenue  ch  497  86;  Metropolitan  ch  50; 
North  ch,  for  China  6  42,  for  Mexico  I  15  — 

6  67;  6th  ch  20;  Bridge  street  ch,  Georgetown 
170  73;  Neilsville  ch  and  Sab  sch  16;  Clifton  ch 
0  65,  wrongly  acknowledged  in  Synod  of  Pitta- 
burgh  in  Dec  6758  83. 

Stnod  of  Cincinnati*— P6»/  ofChHUcothe—Pistgah 
ch  82;  Hamden  ch  18  10;  Mc Arthur  ch  4  15; 
Bainbridge  ch  6.  Pby  of  Cmcinnatt— Christ 
Chapel  35  60;  2d  ch  Cincinnati  268  60,  to  oon 
John  ShilliiH  Life  Director  100  —  358  50;  Lane 
Seminary  ch  248  28;  5th  ch,  Cincinnati  26;  Ger- 
man ch  Sab-sch.  Chev:ot6;  Mason  and  Pisgah 
oh8  25;  Groveland  ch  20  .30;  Reading  and  Lock- 
land  chs  68;  Pleasant  Ridge  oh  14  16.  Pby  of 
Aiytoi*— Washington  ch  6  75;  Piqua  ch  66; 
Somervllle  ch  13;  Seven  Mile  oh  16;  South 
Charleston  ch  6  68;  Oxford  ch  77;  New  Jersey 
ch  44  40.  Pby  of  PortomouiA— Georgetown  ch 
14  40;  Eckman8vineoh4.  ^  1137  09 

Stnod  or  Clitiland.— Pby  of  (X^ustond— Inde- 
pendence oh  5  60;  Euclid  street  ch,  Cleveland 
164  57;  2d  ch  Cleveland  650.  Pby  of  Mahoning— 
Youngstown  ch  89  65;  Massilloii  oh  3>.  Pbtf  of 
8t  Cfair»yiW«— Cambridge  ch  83  06.  PbtjofSteu- 
benvitte— Pleasant  Hill  oh  8  10;  East  Liverpool 
ch  36,  Sab-sch  80—66;  Hanover  oh  16;  Bethle- 
hem oh  17;  Island  Creek  ch  18,  Sab-soh  17— 
35;  Bloomfleld  ch  11 ;  Yellow  Creek  ch.  Ladies 
Female  Misjj'y  Society  90;  New  Cumberland  ch 
10:  Canonsburff  ch  22.  Sab-soh  17  —  39;  1st  uh 
Sab-sch,  Irondale  12  70;  Two  Ridges  ch  134  86. 

1462  4S 

Stnod  of  Coiorado.—  Pby  of  Cbtoro<io— Colorado 
Springs  and  City  chs  6;  ist  ch,  Denver,  H  street 
8;  1st  ch,  Ceniral  City  3.  Pby  of  Santa  Pi— 
Santa  F6  ch  and  Sab-son  lO;  Las  Vegas  ch  10. 

36  00 

Stnod  of  Columbus.-- P6y  of  Athens— Foxirxh 
street  ch  Sab-soh,  Marietta,  to  sup  girl  at  Oroo- 
mifth  26  63.  Pby  of  CbiumbiM— Madi.-on  ch  4  60; 
Lithoplifl  oh  16  25;  Worthington  oh  18  5'):  Cen<« 
trech,  Circlevillel26  25.  P6v  o/"^<»»*»'>»>— Bloom- 
field  ch  6:  MtQilead  oh,  add'l  1;  Marlon  ch  41, 
Sab-sch  12—63.  Pby  of  (fbo«<er— Belleville  ch 
0;  Lexington  oh  64  47;  Fredericksburg  oh  27; 
Olivesburgch  15;  Mt  Eaton  ch  lo;  1st  ch,  Ash- 
land 88  35;  DaHou  oh,  to  educate  boy  at  Ghefoo 
46.  Pby  qf  ZaneiviUe—Mt  Vernon  ch  44  41 ;  Mt 
Pleasant  ch  16;  Homer  oh  2  30;  Salt  Creek  ch 
27  50;  Coshocton  ch  40;  Fatrmount  ch  6;  Rose- 
Tille  oh  2:  Uniontown  ch  6;  Salem  German  ch 
3;  2d  ch,  Newark  111  16;  Brownsville  ch  20 

770  41 

Stnod  of  Erii.— Pby  qf  AUtghany—Hforth  ch, 


Alleghany,  C  Arbuthnot,  Esq  1000;  Ist  German 
ch  Alleghany  4  48;  Sbarpsburgh  oh  126;  New 
Salem  ch  10  55;  Em«worlhoh7  8>;  Cross  Roads 
ch  24  60:  Beaver  ch  27  75;  Slippery  Rock  Sab- 
sch  26.  PS^v  of  Butfcr— Porters  vi  I  lech  16  50;  Clin- 
tonvlUe  ch  17,  Sab  sch  18«-3:s;  Centre  ch  81  X8; 
Sab-sch,  for  Tungchow  sch  31  81—113  09:  Amity 
ch  13;  Pla'n  Grove  oh  12  60.  Pby  of  Clarton — 
Beechwoodch5  76:  Richardsonvillecha;  <ireen- 
Tille  Sab-soh,  for  China  19.  P6vo/"J5rt«— TIdioute 
ch  41:  Pltt.sfield  ch  4;  Sunville  ch  12  50;  Mr  Pleas- 
ant ch  8  43;  Waterloo  ch  6  57.  Pby  of  KUtan- 
nfn^— Saltsburg  Sab-sch,  for  Rev  C  W  Mateer's 
sch.  .China  34  60;  Bethel  ch  80;  Jacksonville  ch 
15,  Sab-sch  10  —  25;  West  Lebanon  ch  22;  West 
Glade  Run  ch  1;  Elder's  Ridjee  ch  39  26;  Eb«. 
neaer  ch  37  48,  Sab  sch  4  68  —  42  06.  Pfcv  of  Sh^ 
wingro— First  oh  New  Brighton  105  67;  Hopewell 
ch  12,  Sab-sch  6—18;  Pulaski  ch  21  53;  Ist  ch 
New  Castle  116;  West  Middlesex  oh  44;  Hermon 
oh  103  65  2119  03 

Stnod  of  Gbnkva— Pbv  of  Cbvugro— Central  ch. 
Auburn  108  41;  Port  Byron  ch  6,  Sab-sch.  for 
Shanghai  .sch  20—25;  Aurora  ch  12  45.  Pby  of 
Chemung— Eddytown  ch  11 ;  Rock  Stream  cri  10; 
2d  ch  Elmira  186.  Pby  of  Geneva— ^evrfieid  ch 
6,  Sab-sch  2  50=7  60;  Canoga  ch  18:  Ist  ch 
Geaf>va21  8t;  BellonaSab-sch,  forSidon  40;  Uk 
ch  Manchester  8;  1st  oh  Sab-son,  Phelps  37  29 

485  49 

Stnod  of  Hakrisbum.— Pby  qf  Cbr/<«te— Second 
ch  Harrlsburg  2  10:  Pine  street  ch.  Harrlsburg, 
H  M  Graydon's  Bible-class,  for  Woodstock  30; 
1st  ch  Carlisle  176;  Waynesboro'  Sab-soh  4  23; 
Big  Spring  ch  191  86;  Duncannon  and  Sher- 
mansdale  ch  17;  iiloomfield  oh  and  Sab-sch 
19  26;  Mercersburg  ch  6i  60,  Sab-sch  25-77  &o; 
Middletown  ch  80.  Pby  of  Huntingdon— LoiAn*A 
Valley  oh  Sab-sch  9  H;  Pine  Grove  ch,  Ladi^* 
Sewing  Society.  addM  7;  Little  Valloy  8ab-sch  l.H; 
Yellow  Creek  ch  9  20;  Peru  ch  13;  Belfonte  ch. 
Memorial  pledges  for  Tungchow  ch  146  25;  2d 
ch  Altoona  85;  Newton  Hamilton  oh  23.  Pby  of 
Northumberland— Jersey  Shore  oh  36  86;  Orange- 
Tille  ch  6;  Grove  oh  40.  Sab-soh  25—65;  Sun- 
bury  ch  4i  60;  1st  oh  Williamsport  95,  Sab-sch 
60—145;  Lewisbiirg  ch  94  2>,  Sab-sch  37  54— 
131  79.  Pby  of  lfett»6oro'— Beech er*s  Island  ch 
9  61 ;  1st  ch  Tioga  11 ;  Fall  Brook  ch  6      1357  29 

Stnod  of  Illinois,  Cbntral.— Pby  of  Bloommg- 
ton— Flrsich  Minonk  16  10;  Danville  ch  113  75; 
Liexington  ch  40,  Sab-sch  20  —  60;  Tolonoch  20; 
Philoch4;  Fairburych  3;  Onarga  ch  20;  Elm 
Grove  ch  2;  tiosMville  ch  7.  Pby  of  Peorior— 
First  ch  Oneida  16  25;  Ist  ch  Sab-soh,  Peoria, 
for  Kolapoor  50;  Canton  ch  7  08 ;  Yates'  City  ch, 
add'l  1  2)>;  Princeville  ch.  White  school- house 
3;  Eureka  oh  13  26.  Pby  of  SfeAuvier— Young 
America  ch  15  67,  3ab-sch  7— i2  67;  Macomb 
oh  6?  Prairie  City  ch  10,  Sab-sch  3-=n;  Bar- 
dolph  ch  6:  Oauawka  ch  9,  Sab-sch  10—19;  La 
Prairie  oh  5;  Horeb  ch  6;  Rushville  cU  I9  03. 
Pby  of  SprinqfiOd^^QTih  Sangamon  ch  20  39, 
Sab-sch  9-29  39;  1st  ch  Decatur  37  56;  l«t 
oh  Jacksonville,  Prentice  Fund  87  5^.'  Sab-«ch 
61  68—139  18;  1st  Port  Sab-sch,  Springfield.  11  90 

649  3S 

Stnod  of  Illinom,  North.— Pby  of  Chicago— \aM.e 
Forest  ch  391 ;  Austin  ch  9  95 ;  1st  ch  Englewood 
54.  Pby  of  Preeport— Lena  ch  1 1 :  Isl  oh  Freeport 
83  01;  Istch  Roekford  101  64;  South  ch.  Galena 
69  81;  Ist  oh  Winnebago  7  76;  Westminster  oh, 
Roekford  62  60.  Pbv  of  Ottawa— Aurora  ch  2  17, 
Sab-sch  6*.7  17;  Park  ch  Sab  sch.  Sireator 
8  47 ;  1st  ch  Plato  2  60.  Pby  of  Bock  River— Per- 
rytown  oh  6;  Ist  ch  Princeton  81  47,  Sab-sch 
6  07—86  64;  Sterling  ch  lOl  60,  Sab-sch  16— 
116  60;  German  ch.  Rock  Island  2  60;  1st  ch 
Aledo  20;  Kewanee  uh  14  1046  36 


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SnroD  OF  ItuxoTB,  South, — Pby  of  Alton— ShWoh 

Hill  ch  6:  Walnat  Grove  ch  4.    Ptv  of  Oiiro— 

Pirnch  KinmuQdy  17.    i%y  o/ iftrttoon— Neoga 

oh9;  Istch  Pahs32  68  00 

8T50D  OF  IwouKA,  NoRTH.— P6y  of  Oowfords- 

irfUd-RorkTille  ch  16  30;  Centre  ch,  Crawfords- 

▼ille.a<ldM  10;  Oxford  ch  3  46;  I,#*-xiOgton  ch  1; 

Bock  field  ch  8  20.   P&v  of -Pl»rt  Ifaynd— Decatur 

ch  15  41;  Goshen  ch  25;  Swan  ch  4;  1st  ch  Fort 

Wayne  115  50.    Pby  of  Logarvipor/— Monticello 

ch27  91;  Reminston  ch  11;  Rochester  ch  6  25; 

Indfan  Creek  Sa&sch  2  15  241  18 

Stxod  of  IiTDiiiir.i,  SouTH^— P6.V  of  Indianapolii-^ 

Columbus  S<tb»ch  14  07;   New  Hope  ch  1  30; 

Hopewell  oh  46  96;  Walnat  si  Sabach,  Btoom- 

inston,  for  India  and  Persia  2 )  00.    Pbu  of  New 

il/bonv— JefT^rsonville  Sab-sch.  to  nupport  boy  at 

'*itharanpur  26;  1st  ch  New  Albanv  liH) ;  l?t  ch 

Madison  86  35;  Corydon  ch  25;  Mi:chen  ch  6; 

Qrabam  ch  3.     Pby  of  Vinunnea— Second    ch 

Vinoennw  18;  1st  ch  Sab-sch,  Terre  HHiite  10. 

Pby  of  WkiU  FKo/«-— Metainora  ch  6  ;  Pleasant 

Grove  ch  9;  Aurora  Siib-ech,  to  support  pa'^ior  in 

Persia  lOJ;  New  Castle  oh  13  05;  Ru:»hville  ch  17 

603  2i 
SiifOD  or  Iowa,  Noeth.— Pftwor  Qodar  Bapid»^ 
MechaniosTilleoh2l  bi).  Pby  of  Dubuque—Secoad 
ch,  Dubuque  104  26;  German  ch,  Lansing  7  70; 
Gernwn  en,  SherrilPa  Mount  11;  Dyersville  ch 
1;  Lime  SprinuM  oh  2;  1st  ch  Lanainj;  10,  Bab> 
oeh  4-14;  Ifft  ch  Dubuque  118  28;  Waukon  ch 
10.  Pby  of  fbrt  Dodg^~-i^ooue  ch  12  50;  Isl  ch 
Sioux  Citv  18.  Pbu  of  Waterloo— First  ch  Alio- 
ftiaDy2;  Centra!  oh  Sab-sch,  Nerada 7  55;  Cedar 
Valley  ch  3;  Albion  ch  8  340  78 

SnroD  OF  Iowa,  Sooth^t- Pbt/  of  De$  Moines— 
Newton  Sab-sch  3;  /Me\  Sab--ch,  for  sch  in  Syria 
6;  Moulton  ch  6;  Chariton  ch  10,  Sab-sch  10— 
20;  Albia  ch  11,  Rev  J  M  Batcheld^^r  1.  A  Friend 
5,  Sab-sch  8—20.    Pby  of  Iowa— First  ch,  Kos- 
suth 23:   Mornint;  Sun  ch  23  45,  Rev  T  W  Camp- 
bell 20—49  45;   Tipton  Hab-soh   2;   Osceola  ch, 
Ladles*  Miss'y  Society  10;  1st  ch  Keokuk  241. 
P**V  of  Iowa  Cl<y— MartinsbtiTK  ch  9  45;  Ist  ch 
Malcolm  6;  Falrview  ch  4  15;  West  Liberty  ch 
2  6).    Pby  of  Missouri  River — Columbus  ch  3; 
IstchPoncal:  SewarJch6;  Ulv9seach4;  Dex- 
ter ch  25;  Guthrie  ch  26;  2d  ch  Omaha  53  2J; 
Settler's  Grove  ch  2:  Whitneysville  ch  6    626  90 
Synod  of  Kavbkb,— Pby  of  Emporia— Hatohin- 
ton  ch  6;  Sharon  Sab-sch  4.    Pby  of  Neosho— Ltk 
Cygne  ch  3  70;  Fort  Scott  ch  14  10.    Pin/  of  7b- 
peAo— CliatOD  ch   18;   Int  ch  Sab-sch,  Leaven- 
worth 7  50;  Auburn  ch  5  67  80 
Stxod  OF  KKvrvoKY.—Pbj/  of  E^enexer—HttT- 
Hnj{foi  ch,  J  M  Preston  50;  Columbus  st  ch, 
Newport  20.     Pby  of  Louisville— Clovf^rapon  ch 
20:  Stephea^port  ch  16;   Hopkinsville  Sab-»ch 
1  70;  lat  ch  Shelbyville  37  4J                       1:19  10 
8T50D   OF    Loifo  IsLAJii).— P6v  of  Brooklyn — 
First  ch,  Dr  Seaver's  15n;  Iht  ch.  Remsen  Street 
93  33;  Lafayette  Avenue  ch  781  32 ;  2d  ch  159  97; 
South  Third  Street  ch,  Williamsburj?  35,  Sab- 
sch   175—210;  Ainslie  Street  ch  13  20;  Ist  ch, 
Edifewater,  8  I   10;   Throop  Avenue  ch    KiO; 
Ijfiwrence  Street  ch  27;  Franklin  Avonue  ch  lo; 
Oreen  point  ch  32  23.    Pby  of  Long  IsU\nd—F\r»t 
oh.  AmAi:ansett6;  Sag  Harbor  ch  20;  Moriches 
ch  27,  Centre  Sab-sch,  for  Corisco  5  65»:i2  55. 
Pbij    of    TNTaMau— Ro^lyn    ch    11  7i;     Foster's 
Meadow  ch  5;  Christian  Hook  ch  4  25;  Babylon 
ch  48  31,  Sab-sch  10—58  31;    Froeport  ch   12; 
1st  ch,  Astoria  67  20                                      1809  11 
SnroD  OP  HiomQMX^Pbyof  Detroit— Ftrnt  oh, 
Detroit  107:  Fort  Street  ch,  Detroit  191  35;  West- 
minster ch,  Detroit  169  25;  United  Presb'n  and 
Cong'l  chs,  Milford  61;  Southfield  ch  5;  1st  ch, 
Ann  Arbor  54  60:    Erin  ch  4.     f^y  of  Orand 
i^apirU— Ada  ch  10:  1st  oh.  Big  Rapids  6:  Ionia 
ch  :tS  61.    Pby  of  K'danuuoo—CM&SipoUs  Sab-sch 
6;  Three  River-  oh  41  6);  Slurgis  ch  6  20,  Rev 
C  Uiinlop  and  family  5—10  20.     Pby  of  Lansing 
— Marshall  ch  79  95;  Parma  ch  6.     Pby  of  Sagi- 
naw—VitBi  ch,  Flint  88  90;  Mundy  ch,  Samuel 
Baldwin  6                                                       879  29 


AffencT  ch  16.  Phy  of  Mankato^Le  Seuer  ch 
Bab-sch,  to  support  boyatPekins  7;  Redwood 
Falls  ch  2.  Pby  of  8t  Paul— First  ch,  Duluth 
2  75;  Westminster  ch,  Minneapolis  237  66,  Sab- 
Bch  28  01  —  265  67.  Pby  of  Wimna—Qt  Charles 
ch  6 ;  Albert  L*a  oh  14  811  42 

Stnod  of  MissouRL^Pby  of  Osage— Beooxkd  oh 
Kansas  City  15:  3d  ch  Kansas  City  5;  Tipton  ch 
2;  New  Frankfort  ch  85;  1st  ch  Lexington  15: 
Pleasant  Hill  ch  14  20;  Freeman  oh  2.  Pby  of 
Po/mi/ro— Kirks vl lie  ch  11,  Sab-sch  in  —  21;  2d 
ch  Palmyra,  for  Kolapoor  6,  for  Yedo  5  •— 10; 
BrookHeld  ch  3;  Bevier  oh  2  40;  New  Providence 
ch  4  5  >;  Georgetown  ch  5  60;  Ut  ch  Memphis  4  60. 
Pby  of  Platte— Vfeston  ch  4.  Pbt/  of  Potosi— 
Irondale  ch  8.  Pby  of  St  iot«t«— Emmanuel  Sab- 
r>ch  10;  2d  ch  St  Louis  104  70;  Chouteau  Avenue 
ch,  St  Louis  15 ;  Ist  German  ch,  St  Louis  6 

326  90 

Srif  OD  OF  Niw  JcRSET. — Thy  of  Elizabeth — Second 
ch  Plainfleld  '291  89;  Bethlehem  ch  27  77,  Miss 
Ida  Race  4,  Sab-sch  18  23  —  50 ;  Basking  Ridge 
ch  105,  Hab-sch  25—130;  Int  ch  Metuchin  12  94. 
/*&«  of  Jersey  G^/— Second  ch  Jersey  City  9  77; 
Union  ch  4  17;  Rutherford  Park  ch  67  56.  Pbu 
of  Monmouth— Dnyion  ch  12;  Tom's  River  ch 
6  81;  Farmingdale  eh  5;  Plattsburgch  5;  Allen- 
town  ch  28  53;  Tonnentch  50:  Cream  Kidge  oh 
36.  Pby  of  Morris  and  Oranao— Second  ch  Orange 
luO;  Rockaway  Sab-sch  22  54;  Ist  ch  Morris-  ' 
town,  quarterly  collection  84  19,  special  100  — 
181  19;  Pareippany  ch  123  55,  Sab  sch  24 « 
147  65:  Boonton  ch  103;  Central  oh  Orange,  cash 
for  (deficit  200;  Lozansville  Sab-sch  8 ;  Bethel  ch. 
Orange  15.  Pby  of  iV«ror*— Wlckliffe  ch  9  70 : 
8d  ch  Newark  C8  70;  Lyons  Farms  ch  100;  Central 
ch,  Newark  200;  Montolairch  Miss'y  Soc,  to  sup- 
port native  preacher  in  Persia  75,  at  Canton  72 
—147.  Pby  of  New  Brunstmcfc— Flemington  ch  324; 
4th  ch  Trenton  449  52;  Frenchlown  ch  8-5  54; 
Pennington  ch  200:  1st  United  ch,  Amwell  36; 
Alexandria  ch  24  34;  .Religious  Contribution 
Society,  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  190  85; 
Rev  Hugh  Hanimill,  D.D.  16.  Pby  of  Newton— 
Hackettstown  ch  4  J7  6^,  Sab-sch  60  —  487  65 ; 
Marksboro  ch  15.  Sab-scn  6  —  20;  Asbury  ch  60, 
Sab-sch  6  —  66 ;  Philllpsburg  ch.  Woman's  F  M 
Society  11,  Sab-sch  7  —  18;  Montana  oh  9;  Deck- 
ertuwQ  oh  27;  Branchville  ch  66  60,  Sab-sch  3  — 
68  50.  Pby  of  West  /ersey— Greenwich  ch  58  25; 
Blackwoodtown  ch  145;  2d  ch  Cedarville  15; 
Woodstown  ch  60;  Clayton  Sab-sch  13     4293  60 

Stwod  of  New  Yobi.— Pby  of  Boston— Fimi  ch 
New  Boston  32  .35.  Pby  of  Hudson— Second  oh 
Florida  14;  Amity  ch  30;  Clarkstown  German  oh 
2;  Centreville  ch6;  Scotchtown  ch,  a  member 
2;  Nyack  oh  40  48.  Pby  of  New  FbrA— Madison 
Square  oh,  in  part  3911  2*2;  let  ch,  of  which  for 
Papal  Europe  2600, 11,273  76;  West  ch  933;  4th 
Avenue  ch  43  80;  Memorial  oh  628  75;  Spring 
Stree'.  oh  lOS  00;  7th  ch,  a  member  10;  Brick  ch 
60  40.  U  K  Corning  250  —  316  40;  Scotch  ch,  E 
R  W  2  45;  Manhattanville  ch,  Mrs  Rowell  3, 
Morse  Rowell, 'for  China  1,  Sarah  Rowell,  for 
Mexico  1—5;  Murray  Hill  ch  225  48;  Madison 
Street  German  ch  8:  84th  Street  oh,  Jas  Som- 
merville  100:  18th  Street  oh  43  66;  West  23d 
Street  oh  96  79;  14th  Street  oh  40  64;  University 
Place  ch,  add'l  100;  6th  Avenue  and  19th  Street 
ch,  F  J  Marquaod  17  j;  Brick  ch  Chapel  12  25: 
Dry  Dock  Mission  ch  2;  Union  Theological 
Seminary  30  70.  Pby  of  North  fitt;cr— Bethleliem 
ch  (>L  72;  Matteawan  ch  .34:  Pleasant  Plains  ch 
Sab-sch,  for  child  at  Gaboon  18  45;  Freedom 
Plains  ch.  for  Rev  3  H  Murphy,  Africa  14  30. 
Ptty  of  Westchester— F\rst  ch  Yonkers,  add'l 
215  68;  Rve  ch.  of  which  2.M),  Edith's  offering  tor 
1873,  430  80;nst  ch  PeekskiP,  '22  16;;1hI  oh,  Sab- 
sch  Stamford  16  14;  1st  ch,  Sab-sch  Thompson- 
Tille  26  19.060  96 

8TN0D  OF  Pacific— Pby  of  B«n(da— Mendooino 
ch  23;  Vallejo  ch  20.  Pby  of  Oregon— Pleasant 
Grove  ch  6.  Pby  of  San  Franeiso— Brooklyn 
ch  67;  St  John's  ch  26;  Howard  Street  ch  6. 
Pby  of  San  Josi—SAntA  Barbara  ch  30,  Sab-sch  5 
—  35  177  CO 


Sthod  of  Miwwmota.— Pey  o/Dototo— Yankton,  Stkod  of  FHXLAMLTBiA^PbycfChestm'—CoaiiM- 


160 


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Tflle  oh  45 :  VngfCB  Ifmaor  eh  70 ;  Rennet  Sqwire 
oh  4 ;  Arondale  ch  2.  f%  ^  Laeknwanna—Kri^ 
rat  oh  1  50;  Qibson  eh  4  10;  Abioj^loa  ch  12 
Columbia  CroM  Road^  ch  6:  l»i  ch,  Scrantoa 
25;  MoRhoppany  Creek  eh  5;  Tunkhannook  ch 
14  18;  Newton  ch  12,  Sab-sch  5  —  17;  Hone*d«le 
ch  50:  Romo  ch  8.  Pb^  qf  lyhigh^^Aiid^nried 
ch,  5,  JeaoHville  8ab-»ch  5  —  10;  Malianoy  City 
ch,  add'i  6  5  •;  2d  oh  PottitTlIle  10;  l9t  ch  Cata- 
sauoua  KU;  Port  Carbon  oh  25;  White  Haven  ch 
20;  Brainiird  ch  Sab-sch  Easton  47  41;  Int  ch 
Reading  Sol  66.  Pbff  qf  PhUaddpMa^VfeBi 
Spruce  «tr«et  ch  10^7  6  J;  Wharion  street  ch 
68  72;  Ml  Tabor  ch  6;  Greenwich  htreet  ch  15; 
Marioer'n  ch  Sab-sch  4  59;  Walnut  »ir*»f^t  Sab- 
Bch  181  Sfl;  lOih  oh  125.  Piy  of  PkilMdphin 
Osrt/ro/— Temple  ch  60;  Kensinaton  8Hb-f*ch 
4>  83;  Richmond  ch  10;  1st  German  oh  5:  Ist 
oh  Maniua  125;  Tioga  iitreet  ch  50;  Oliver-  ch  75; 
West  ku'h  atreet  ch  98  88;  Arch  street  oh 
747  63:  Sprinj?  Garden  Sab-sch  2/»;  Alexander 
ch  103;  Western  ch  ftO.  pbu  of  PhUaielphui, 
North— FM\n  of  Schuylkill  oh  25;  Neshaminy 
ch,  of  Wflrwick,  Jos  Laverell  6.  Estate  of  Mary 
Gordon  ch  3  —  9;  Marke*,  Square  ch,  German- 
town,  Union  Mf'^slonary  Mcetinj?  'V*\  Bndes- 
bura  ch  2>;  Int  ch  Sprringfleld  8;  Fore-tvllle  ch 
4;  Solebury  ch  20  50;  Neshaminy  In  Warmin- 
Bter  ch  4«  50;  Chestnut  Hill  eh,  Tho«i  Potter, 
200,  Sftb-Kch  15  —  216.  Pbyof  Weatminstcr^ifew 
Harmony  Sub-sch  5;  Slate  Ridae  ch  3J;  Little 
Britain  ch  49  4064  42 

8ntoji  or  PiTTSBnaaR. — Pby  of  Btairsville -^ 
Blairsville  ch,  H  Barnes  50  ota.  PbyofPitUburgh 
East  Liberty  ch,  a  lady,  for  Sch  ni  Africa  5;  iat 
ch,  Pitti*burgh.  add'l  »0  17;  Central  oh  Pitts- 
burgh  188;  6c h  ch  PittHburgh  2»7  97;  Mononaa- 
hela  City  ch  32  95;  Sharon  ch  3  9U;  MtCarmel 
ch  25  05;  North  Branch  ch  7  46;  WiikiOHburg 
aab-!>ch,  for  China  50;  Oakdale  ch  25.  P.^v  of 
JSeistoru—rieoTs^e^s  Creek  oh  1 1 ;  Mt  Washinaton 
ch  5  10;  Laurel  Hill  ch  »;  Long  Run  ch  4;  Fay- 
eile  City  ch  15  25;  Little  Redstone  ch  21  75; 
Tyrone  ch  13:  Hniontown  ch  141.  Pby  of  Wath- 
Utgton—Vpper  Ten  Mile  ch  15.  Sab-sch  16  43  — 
81  43;  4th  ch  Sab-^ch  Wheeling  2  68:  West  Alex- 
ander  eh  155;  Mt  Prospect  Sab  sch,  a  lirile 
girPs  bank  I  20 :  OavsviUe  ch  10.  Sab-sch.  to 
educate  boy  at  Kolapore  14  6^  —  24  6'. ;  Cross 
Roads  Sab-sch  5a  Pbt/of  West  Kir^mio— PI ea'»ant 
View  on  1 ;  Upper  Falls  oh  2:  Pomt  Pleasant  ch 
2;  Clarksburg  ch  6  34.  Sab-sch  7  65  — 13  99. 

1184  OS 

BrifOD  OF  Tsimissn.— P^y  of  Aiutin—Fint  ch 
Austin  I  50.  pPj/  of  HoUton-Hew  Salem  ch  2; 
Salem  ch  13;  Ladies'  Society,  Near  Home  11. 
Pby  of  (Tnioa— New  Market  ch  10  58;  Spring 
Place  oh  7  25  63  33 

Btwod  or  TouDO.--P6sr  of  BetUfontaitu— Belle 
Centre  ch  5;  Hartsvllleoh  2;  Patterson  ch  3  80. 
Sab-sch  2  28  —6  08.  Pfry  of  Huron— Firnt  ch 
Bab-sch.  Norwslk.  to  support  pastor  in  Persii 
80  26.  Phtf  of  Lima— Van  Wert  5.  Sab-sch  4— »; 
Salem  ch  2;  Shanesville  eh  6;  Harri<ion  eh  4  4o; 
Delphos  ch  8.  Pbu  of  l/aum«e—Gi lead  ch  7; 
Tooto^any  c^  in;  Hawkins  ch  8;  German  ch, 
Toledo  2 ;  Ml  Salem  ch  8  152  73 

Stmod  of  Utioa.— P&J/  of  Binghamton—Firat  ch 
Binghamion  4.i8:  Windsor  ch  24;  1st  Congrega- 
tional cH.  Spencer  30;  McGrawville  ch  AI  14. 
Pbp  of  Olsttfjo—FiTBi  ch.  Delphi  31  45;  Cherry 
Valley  ch  7»;  Milford  ch  7  4'J;  Isl  ch  Hamden 
10.  Pby  of  St  Latorence— Stone  at  ch,  Watertown 
103.  Pbu  of  Sfp-acuse—Lyst^nder  ch  22  70:  Ist  ch 
Marcellus  12S;  Collamor  ch  15.  Pbv  of  UHea— 
First  ch  Little  Falls  1.H3  41 ;  Oneida  Castle  ch 
12;  WesiminUer  ch,  Utica  190;  AugusU  ch  20 

1278  10 

Stsod  of  WasTiBir  Niw  Yoai,— P6y  q/  Buffalo-' 
North  ch  Sabsch,  Buffalo  215  48;  Calvary  ch,  in 
part  120:  Ui  ch  Jamestown  50  87:  Cattaraugus 
Mission  ch  8  74.  Pby  ofOeneset — Wyoming  sJab- 
soh,  to  educate  boy  at  Cheefoo  60,  for  Press  at 
Gaboon  24  8u— 74  80;  Oaktield  ch  U»;  Elba  oh 
2D;  Glean  ch  10.  PbyofOenesee  Ka^^—Angelica 
ch  25;  1st  ch  Frantslinville  2;  Belmont  ch  4. 
Pby^A^ioyora— For  torch  16.  Pby  of  Bochetter^ 


Briok  ch  Roche«ter,  ad'i'l  2.  Lonts  Chapin,  E«q 
100—102;  Tuscarora  attd  Union  Comer  oh  24; 
Ist  oh  Ruohester  486  48 ;  Parma  Centre  ch  5 

1242  57 

Stxod  or  Wrsooasnc  — P5w  of  C^<pp«tort— Norih 
Bend  ch  and  Sab-«ch  6;  Hixton  ch  10:  Prescott 
ch  6.  Pbu  of  M'iioaukM— First  ch  Sab  sch  Otr 
tawa  7;  Cedar  Grore  ch  10;  2d  ch  Milwaukee 
9  5o,Sab-«ch4  50— 16;  Immsnuel  ch,  Milwaukee 
285  Si.  Pby  of  Ifmne&ttoo— Winneconne  ch  6: 
RursI  ch  6  BO  351  42 

Second  ch  Whee.ina.  West  Va,  I  box  doihina 
for  the  Dakotah  Indinn  Mission  13ft  oo 

Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance  5418  08 

Total  receipts  from  churches  in  March,  less 
9  08  acknowl«»dge'l  by  error  in  Feb        6<»,.'>«'i  52 

LiovciRS.— E'tate  of  A  Champion,  dee'd  3750; 
Legacy  of  Thoma*  Moore,  late  of  Fairbiiry  ch. 
Pa  10;  Legacv  of  Thomas  Candor,  deo'd.  Mercer 
Co,  Ills  10»» ;  Legacy  of  Joseph  Hait,  deo'd,  Bed- 
ford, N  y  300  '  416 »  00 

Woman'-*  For'n  Mi«.*y  Society.  Phila  11.407  »0: 
Woman's  Brjard  of  Mission*.  Albany  276:  Wo- 
man's Board  of  Mmnions,  Troy  Hranch  25  .37; 
Wom-in's  Bo«rd  of  Mission'.  N  W  1479  77:  rea- 
dies* Board  of  Missions,  N  Y  1068  14.267  04 

MiscELL\if coos. — Savnnnah,  Ga,  Jews  15 ;  Persia 
1^;  Mrs  M  N  Green  5;  A  Friend  10:  CS  Halne*. 
Newark,  N  J  lOO;  M  W  Cogswell  10;  K  W 
West 5;  E  B\vd5:  J  A  Coaswell  5;  G  Cogswell 
1;  Elyra,  Ohio:  Tru-ttees  of  Presb'n  Hou^e, 
Phila.,  Guthrie  Tru-^t  41  67:  Little  James  Brown, 
Hanover,  hid  I;  D  P  2;  E  F  lo;  S  F  C  10;  W  H 
5;  Rev  4  W  Pomeroy.  to  support  native  preacher 
in  Persia  60;  Mi«»s  Fannie  Thompnon.  Hager«- 
town.  Md5)i;  A  Friend  51;  E  E  Howell  3;  J  M 
Beuoel  1  50;  W  J  Cummin«  Norwslk.  Conn  20; 
W  2.):  C  and  S  M  M,  for  Mexico  30;  China  10; 
Abby  C  Choaie,  to  constitute  Charles  Choate  Lift 
Memb^m\  Jews  15:  Persia  10;  Annie  Morrison. 
N  Y5;  Anon  5;  0  M  Green,  Alexandria,  Vh  10; 
A  Presbyterian  50;  China  .30;  Jews  20;  Lenox 
Collegiate  Institute.  Iowa  6  (Ui;  Arthur.  Lanra, 
and  Ly.JiaGrob,  Piatteville,  Wis  8  65;  Mrs  Mai^ 
ffaret  V  Watt,  Morrison,  III,  for  Benita,  W  A  30; 
Mrs  P  G  McJunkin.  New  Texas,  Pa  5;  Nancy 
Shoptauah,  Samuels'  D^pot,  Kv  5;  W  Browu, 
Wayne,  Iowa  10;  S  A  Logan,  Mineral  Point,  Pa 
10;  Alonzo  D  Morgan,  Aurora,  N  Y  lOOO;  for 
printing  Alphabet  Cird-«  for  Africa  6;  for  China 
1 ;  A  J  Alexander,  Mt  Pleasant,  Ohio  2  42 

2158  84 


Total  receipts  In  March,  1873,  t8l.l3l  40 

Total  receipts  from  May  1st,  1872.    ^)7(i.t3l  98 
WM.  RANKIN.  7V*tsur«r. 
28  Centre  Street;  New  York. 


Lerirs  relating  to  the  .Missions,  or  other  opera- 
tions of  the  Board,  may  be  addressed  to  the  Rev. 
JoMJf  C.  Lowais.  Rev.  David  Uvi.mo.  or  Rev.  Fravk 
F.  ELuawooD,  Secretaries.  Mission  House,  23 
Centre  street.  New  York. 

Lkttcrs  rolatini;  to  the  pecuniary  aflkirs  of  the 
Board,  or  containing  remittances  of  money,  may 
be  sent  to  William  Rinkui.  Esq.,  TVsMurer— 
same  addresa.  • 

POSTAOCS. — 

To  Western  Africa- » ~22  oenta. 

Syria - « 15 

Pernia,  to  Constantinople 12      ** 

India. 22       ** 

Siam ,. 28       •* 

China  and  Japan 10       ** 

BrsBil « 10       •* 

U.  S.  Colombia 18       *•     " 

For  each  ^  os  weight,  prepaid. 
Stamps  not  to  be  put  on  the  letters,  ss  these  are 
enclosed  in  an  outside  envelope ;  and  the  postage 
is  assessed  according  to  the  weight  of  each  letter. 
For  Japan,  China,  and  Siam  the  mail  is  seal 
from  the  Mission  House  on  the  2ith  of  each 
month;  for  India,  Syria,  Persia,  by  the  steamers 
nearest  the  Ist  and  151  h;  for  Western  Africa,  on 
the  26th;  for  Brasil,  on  the  22d;  for  U.  8.  Colom- 
bia, on  the  5th  and  2l8(.  Newspapers,  from  2  to 
6  cents,  prepaid.      "  O 


18T3.]  Board  of  F^licaHtm.  161 

BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION, 

No.  1334  Chestnat  Street.  Philadelphia. 

Letters  relating  to  donatloin  of  books  mad  tracts,  the  appointment  of  Oolporteura,  and  the  general 
f  atereets  of  the  Board,  to  be  addressed  to  the  Re?.  Wouam  S.  Sgbuioi,  DJ)^  Cbrraopondifiy  Seere- 

Manascripts.and  eommcinications  concerning  matter  offered  for  pnbUeation,  whether  for  books 
or  periodicals^  to  the  Rev.  Jojur  W.  Ovllis,  D.D^  Editorial  Secretary. 

Correspondence  of  Colportears,  remittanoes  of  money,  and  donations,  to  Mr.  WmiiBor  SAsesMi^ 
Superintendent  of  Colportage  and  Treasurer. 

Orders  for  Books  (exoept  from  Colportears)  and  Business  Oorrespondenoe,  to  Mr.  Jom  A.  Black. 

Subecriptions  to  The  Prabyi«rian  Monthly  Beeord,  The  SabbathSehool  Viaitor,  and  The  Preaify- 
terian  at  IForlc,  and  pajmentr  for  the  same,  to  Mr.  Pstkr  Walkks. 

Letters  relating  to  Babbatb<8chool  work,  to  Mr.  J.  Bufsm  I'tlbb.  t 


THE  FIRST  SABBATH  IN  MAY. 

The  First  Sahbath  in  May  has  been  designated  by  former  General  Assem- 
blies as  the  time  for  the  annual  collection  for  the  Missionary  Fund  of  the 
Board  of  Publication.  That  day  has  also  been  recommended  in  the  general 
circular  issued  by  the  Assembly's  Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance. 
Ever/  Pastor  and  Stated  Supply  is  earnestly  requested  on  that  day,  if  possi- 
ble, to  present  this  cause  to  his  people  and  solicit  a  generous  contribution, 
unless  some  other  'preferred  arrangement  has  been  made.  Or  should  it  from 
any  cause  be  impracticable  to  do  so  on  that  particular  day,  then  on  tlie  earli- 
est practicable  Sabbath  afterwards.  To  facilitate  this,  the  following  facts  are 
respectfully  offered  in  reference  to  this  branch  of  the  Cburch's  benevolent 
operations. 

I.      FOB   WHAT   USES    THIS    FUND     IS    NEEDED. 

1.  Although  this  fact  has  often  been  stated,  it  is  here  repeated  that  it  is 
not  needed  or  used  in  the  commercial  transactions  of  the  Board.  The 
Board's  publishing  and  regular  trade  operations  are  carried  forward  and  sus- 
tained altogether  upon  the  profits  of  its  sales.  From  these  the  Missionary 
Fund  is  kept  entirely  distinct. 

2.  Money  contributed  to  this  Fund  by  churches  and  Sabbath-schools,  or 
in  gifts  and  legacies  by  individuals,  is  wholly  and  sacredly  devoted  to  the 
benevolent  work  of  the  Board,  and  is  used  in  paying  the  salaries  and 
expenses  of  colporteurs  and  the  cost  of  the  books  and  tracts  gratuitously 
distributed  by  th^m,  as  also  of  grants  voted  by  the  Board's  Missionary  Com- 
mittee to  mission  Sabbath-schools,  to  weak  and  mission  churches,  to  Home 
and  Foreign  Missionaries,  to  pastors  and  others  for  gratuitous  distribution  in 
their  respective  vicinities,  to  the  Freedmen,  to  humane  and  charitable 
institutions,  and  to  numerous  other  classes  of  deserving  applicants.  It  is  used, 
therefore,  almost  exclusively  in  supplying  with  the  publications  of  the  Board 
the  needy  and  the  destitute  who  are  unable  to  supply  themselves.  From  this 
Fund  are  also  defrayed  the  expenses  of  the  Board's  new  department  of  Sab- 
bath-Bohool  work.  oigi^i.^d  by  GoOglc 


162  Board  of  Fubltcaiion.  [ifojr 

II.      WHAT   THIS^UND    HAS    ENABLED   THE   BOARD   TO  DO. 

1.  By  its  aid  the  Board  has  distributed  within  the  last  twenty  years,  in 
every  part  of  the  land,  among  the  destitute  and  needy,  over  three  millions  of 
religious  volumes^  and  about  thirty-five  millions  of  'pages  of  religious  tracts, 

2.  During  the  last  year  it  has  sustained  over  150  colporteurs,  who  have 
labored  for  the  whole  year,  or  portions  of  it,  mainly  in  the  frontier  and  more 
sparsely  settled  portions  of  the  country.  These  men  have  been  appointed  by 
the  recommendation,  and  labored  under  the  oversight  of  the  Presbyterial 
Publication  Committees  of  more  than  100  of  our  Presbyteries.  *  They  have 
distributed  by  sale  tens  of  thousands  of  volumes  in. families  which  would 
otherwise  have  possessed  little  or  no  religious  reading.  They  have  also  dis- 
tributed, without  money  and  without  price,  other  tens  of  thousands  of  vol- 
umes and  millions  of  pages  of  tracts  among  the  poor,  the  needy  and  the  irre- 
ligious. In  a  large  proportion  of  the  families  they  have  visited,  and  as  Grod 
has  given  opportunity,  they  have  uttered  kindly  words  of  religious  counsel 
and*  exhortation,  and  lifted  the  voice  of  prayer  in  places  where  that  voice  is 
seldom  heard.  These  colporteurs  have  also  recently  had  the  important  duty 
laid  upon  them,  of  gathering  the  children  in  destitute  neighborhoods  and 
organizing  Sabbath- schools. 

3.  It  has  enabled  the  Missionary  Committee  of  the  Board  to  make  grants 
amounting  to  many  thousands  of  dollars.  '  These  have  been  sent  to  applicants 
in  nearly  every  State  and  Territory  of  the  Union — a  few  also  to  Western 
Africa,  India,  Persia,  Syria,  Brazil  and  Mexico.  Numerous  grants  have 
been  voted  to  needy  and  mission  Sabbath-schools,  to  pastors  and  others,  for 
gratuitous  distribution  in  'their  several  vicinities,  to  needy  ministers  and 
missionaries  for  their  own  use,  to  young  mission  churches,  chiefly  in  the 
Western  States  and  Territories,  to  Freeduien's  schools  and  churches,  and  to 
miscellaneous  objects.  These  donations  have  everywhere  been  most  grate- 
fully received,  and  the  Board  has  ample  reason  to  know  that  they  have  been 
the  means  of  doing  a  widespread  and  unspeakable  amount  of  good.  Those 
who  may  desire  evidence  of  this,  are  referred  to  pages  34  to  63  of  the  Board's 
last  Annual  Keport. 

III.      IMMENSE  IMPORTANCE   OP   THIS   WORK. 

1.  In  this  day  in  which  we  live,  the  press  is  a  mighty  power.  Used  wisely 
by  the  Church,  it  may  be  made  a  power  for  immeasurable  good  to  millions 
who  can  be  reached  by  no  other  agency.  It  is  a  power  which  Satan  is  using 
with  tremendous  energy  against  the  truth  and  in  the  interests  of  error,  infi- 
delity, licentiousness,  and  every  kind  of  evil.  The  Church  must  be  in  ear- 
nest in  her  efforts  to  counteract  him  by  the  diffusion  of  a  sound  Christian 
literature. 

2.  There  are  in  our  land  innumerable  individuals  and  families — ^yea,  great 
masses  of  people,  living  and  dying  beyond  the  reach  of  the  ministry  and  of 
sanctuary  privileges.  There  are  not  ministers  enough  to  carry  to  them  the 
gospel,  and  at  the  present  rate  of  increase  there  will  not  be  ministers  enough 
to  do  this  before  scores  of  millions  of  these  pass  into  eternity.     Let  us  seize 


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Tiliialile  hij-ageocj  and  send  to  all  tbeir  homes  the  gospel  in  vita - 
m%  to  CUrisfc  befure  tbey  perish*  A  volume,  or  even  a  tract,  placed 
lomes^  may  be  a  preacher  geut  froEi  God  to  guide  them  to  the 

and  to  heaven. 

e  are  maJtUud^B  of  Irreligious  and  nou-churoh-going  people  even 
I  most  favored -towns  and  eomni unities,  who  can  be  better  reached 
ntcfd  page  than  in  any  other  way.    Every  pastor  sees  great  numbers 

dying  around  hlni,  who  are  practicaUy  inaccessible  to  him.  A 
\  Z€ii1  and  ingenuity  can  get  the  religious  book  or  tract  into  the 
nan  J  of  these- 

work  is  needed  among  our  own  Presbyterian  churches  and  people. 
ij  of  active  aggression  in  all  matu^rs  of  opinion  and  doctrine,  no 
ion  can  expent  even  to  stand  firmly,  much  less  to  expand  its 
g  aa  it  ought,  without  a  large  and  wise  use  of  the  press.  A  good 
and  Calvinbtic  literature  must  be  placed  in  the  hands  and  homes 
1  people,  for  their  instrutJtion  and  edification.  They  need  to  have 
h  st:iudardEj  and  works  exhibiting,  illustrating,  and  enforcing  the 
ire  hold,  brought  to  their  own  houses.  They  need  books  and  tracts 
y  expose  and  refute  the  Protean  errors  industriously  propagated  all 
am.  No  wise  pastor  will  fail  to  seek  and  welcome  the  help  such 
ns  scattered  among  hit*  people  will  give  him;  he  will  be  glad  tK> 
m  for  his  own  library  and  his  own  uae. 
se  and  similar  cogent  reasons^ 


IV« 


TBS  BOARD  EARNESTLY  ASKS  YOU 


Hjlitm  your  ptiftph  careful! t^^  on  the  firnt  Sabbath  of  May,  or  as  soon 
■aLaicablej  in  regard  to  the  claims  and  wants  of  this  branch  of  the 
work,  and  to  nccure  for  it  a  liber td  collection.  There  is  much 
and  misapprehension  ubroad  in  the  Church  about  this  work. 
Ip  to  make  known  the  facts. 

ice  ^our  Sabhath-schml  al^o  to  contribute  to  our  Missionary  Fund. 
s  Fund  the  Board's  new  department-  of  Sabbath-school  work  is 
ipported,  and  from  it  great  numbers  of  grants  are  made  in  aid  of 
mission  Sab  bath  schools,  especially  in  the  vast  West.  Surely  your 
1  find  no  more  appropriate  work  than  through  this  channel  to  help 
hers  and  children,  less  favored  than  themselves,  to  the  enjoyment 
i;&&  in  some  degree  like  their  own.  We  ask  every  Presbyterian 
ohool  to  help  us,  according  to  itri  ability, 

jn  your  oolleetion  has  been  t^ikcn,  please  forward  the  amount,  as 
mtfCfueiU^  to  WiNTHROP  Saruext,  Esq.,  Treasurer  of  the  Board, 
Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 

ittj  the  Board  needs  more  money  for  this  work  than  it  has  received 
years.  With  larger  receipts,  its  Missionary  Fund  could  have  done 
ir  and  more  beneficent  work.  We  arc  restricted  only  by  the  limited 
ons  hitherto  sent  in.  If  you  will  double  these  contributions,  the 
mplifhed  and  the  good  achieved  will  he  far  more  than  doubled. 

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Help  us,  we  entreat  you,  Jo  scatter  more  abundantly  the  good  seed  of  sound, 
scriptural,  Calyinistio  truth  on  the  printed  page,  all  over  the  land,  and  as 
God's  word  is  true,  an  abundant  harvest  of  spiritual  blessing  will  follow. 

"  There  is  that  scattereth,  a^d  yet  increaseth;  and  there  is  that 
vntKholdeth  more  than  is  meetj  and  it  tendeth  to  poverty,** 

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SnroD  OF  ALBAirr.— P6y  of  iKAany—AlbAny  41  h 
oh  116  37;  Schenectady  East  Avenue  oh  11  74. 
Pbyof  lVx»#— Waterfordch  2S  W. 

axMOD  o»  Atlamtic— P6j^  ofOatauf^a^SeWefonte 
oh  1 ;  Poplar  Tent  oh  1.    Fty  o/Ano»— Pleasant 


Grove  oh  3  a^    P6tf  <if  radyk^n-MeUnaeTlUe  eb 
to  oents;  Statesville  ch  6  60. 

STifOD  or  BALTiMORi,-/^  of  iJ<rftlmor»— Now 
Windsor  ch  82  oentti ;  latch  Baltimore  l5o ;  Fred- 
erick City  ch  A  Havre  de  Grace  ah  6;  Weatmrnater 


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ch  5S  11.  Fhu  6f  New  Ov//e— Snovr  Hill  ch,6; 
Wilminefon  (Central  ch  20;  WeMtch,  Wilminnion 
12:  Rock  HiH  ch  1.  Pbv  of  Washington  Of^v— 
Brldire  Street  ch.  Georgetown  8  39;  MetropoiJ- 
tunrh,  Washinsrton  10:  Gnrlev  (^.Washington 
6;  Newr  York  Atttnne  ch,  Washirfxton  CO  18. 

St!coi>  of  Cisgiwsati. — Pbv  of  Cineinnnti^FiTni 
G«>rnfian  ch  9 ;  Eliitabeth  B*»reft  ch  2  92 ;  1st  ch, 
Cincinnati  8  31;.  Pleaaant  Run  ch  6. 

Httod  of  Clbvklaw©.— P6v  "f  Dav^on— Yellow 
Pprin^  <?h  13  60.  Pby  of  a«wrfflud— Charllon  ch 
7;  N«»wb«rKh  1st  oh  15.  /%;/  of  Mahoning^ 
youn««rown  ch  28  21;  Min«»ral  Ridtffl  ch  7. 
Pby  o/S/«u(M9i(rt7/0— Stenbenville  2d  ch  46. 

Stwod  of  Colorado.— P6y  of  Cb^orodo— Black 
Hawk  oh  1;  Colorado  City  Springs  ch  .V*  cents; 
Penrer  l««t  ch  2;  Central  City  ch,  Colorado 3. 
Pby  of  Santa  Fi—h&st  Vegas  ch  6:  Santa  F6  ch  2. 
Sthod  of  Columbus. — Pbv  of  0>^uTO'>tt«— Colnnn- 
ho-*  1st  ch  32  84  P5t/  of  AfrtWon— Ibpria  ch  4, 
Bloomfie»ld  ch  2.  Pby  of  mwifef^Bellevllle  ch 
1;  Froderick?burff  ch  7;  Ontario  ch  3  50 :  Lex- 
instonch  9  05.  Pby  of  ZanesviUe—Masklngnm 
ch8. 

St?»oi)  ot  Erik.— P5v  of  Butler—Pine  Grove  ch 
4.  Pb*/  of  (?arton— Richard »l lie  ch  5.  /*»/  of 
Erie— F^r-*i  ch  Meadvill**  24;  I':a»t  Greene  ch  2. 
Pbtf  of  /u/Zanninp— Glade  Run  ch  16. 

Stsod  of  Gbxkva. — Pbv  of  Gcn«?a— Penn  Yan 
ch  25.    rbjf  of  S/«M6«n— Painted  Post  ch  8. 

St?ioo  of  HAm»r8Bu*o.— Pfry  of  0»r/W«— Mecond 
ch  Hsrrlsburc  I  45;  HoKije«town  ch  70;  Diin- 
cunnon  ch  3  «»/  of  Huntingdon— HoWxdHy^bnvK 
ch  27  13;  ShirlevsbnrK  ch  2  2.">.  /%  of  North- 
t*«%«r/rt»Mi— WIIliani.««port  ch  25;  Muocy  ch  14; 
Berwick  ch  6. 

•  St:»od  of  Ilukots,  Ciktral.— /%  of  Blooming- 
toit—Onarsa  ch  6;  Blnominjfton  ch  7  40.  i'bf/ 
of  5feAi«wter— Prairie  ch  6;  Clavmont  1st  ch  ft; 
Kn^hTille  ch  fi  IS;  Onincv  ch  20  4"»:  La  Prairie 
ch  8.    Pt>y  of  3pringjuld—Linco\n  ch  3  60. 

Ststod  of  Ilu.xou,  North. — Ptm  of  Chicago—^ 
ETanf«lon  oh  12  3S.  Pby  of  i^e«por<— Rockft»rd 
1st  ch  30;  3d  Gern^an  crt  5;  ftouth  Street  ch 
CSalena  30  40.  Ifni  of  Rock  i?»t?er— German  Rock 
Island  ch  1  50;  Morriaon  ch  6;  Kewanee  ch 
1  50. 

SriroD  OF  Tlliwots,  South.— P^v  of  Alton— Troy 
ch  5;  Brijfhton  ch  2.  Pbn  of  Ow-o— Wabash  ch 
3  50;  FriendHVille  ch  3. 

8TIVOD  OF  Indiana,  North. — Phy  of  Cravfford$' 
^.^^^Ontre  oh  Crawfordsville  '^0;  Rockville  ch 
33  40  ;  Rofkfleld  ch  3  20.  Pt>y  of  Mutieie-Mv^r- 
ion  ch  3. 

Stxod  of  Iitdiama,  Bojrtn.—Pby  of  L}(iianapolia 
—Ninth  ch,  Indianapoln  75.  Pbu  of  New  Alhuny 
— Graham  ch  1  50.  Pby  of  Kiucswwes— Second 
ATeone  ch  EvansFille2.  P9y  of  White  Water— 
Plea«ant  Grove  ch  3. 

Stsod  of  Iowa,  North— P?>v  of  Dubuque— 
Dyerdviile  ch  1 :  Independence  ch  6;  McGregor 
oh  3.  Pbtf  of  Fart  DocUfe—WnonB  ch  2.  Pby  of 
Waterloo— Albion  ch  »;  Eldora  ch  1  fiO. 

ST.fOD  OF  Iowa,  Hovrn—Pby  oj  Dee  Mrinen— 
CHiTet  2d  ch  2  10;  Pella  ch  2;  Dexter  ch  f..  /*v 
of  Iowa— Fir *%  Wej^minfier  ch,  Keokuk  32  30. 
P'^ot.I'iwn  CWv— Malcolm  ch  2;  Mu«c»tlno  ch 
10;  OedarviHe  ch  2;  MiUon  Ch  2  60;  MarliuH. 
bijrff  oh  2  4^:  Solon  ch  6  50;  Scott  ch  2  m.  Pbv 
of  Missouri  River— Fonca.  ch  1 ;  Council  Bluff  ch 
6. 

SrifOD  OF  KhysMi^-Fhff  of  H ghtand—UlRvrAihn 
eh  1  50.  Phvof  Neo$ho—FiT)ii  ch  Chelopa  2;  1st 
cb  Neoxho  Falls  2. 

Stbtod  of  K«!tTCCXT.— /*vo''JB^en««»'— Burlinff- 
ton  ch  20.  P'V  of  i>>MMP(//*— Shelby villo  ch 
8  50.  pf>y  of  7Va»Mv'pan»a— I-ebanon  oh  5n  40; 
Bethel  Union  ch  3i:  Spnnjcfleld  ch  61;  Harrod-^ 
burg  ch  .17  60:  Kirkwood  ch  18;  Providence  ch 
7  .V«;  Porryrille  ch  16  50;  Caldwell  ch  5;  Brad- 
ford "^ville  ch  6. 

drxroD  OF  liONO  laLAiro.— P6v  <ir  Brooklvn— 
Lawrence  Stree«  cb  2;  Franklin  Avenue  ch  «. 
Pbv  .*/  Long  Island— &R^  Harbor  ch  15.  Pby  of 
Nassau— Fo»ter*B  Meadow  ch  3. 


Stwop  of  Michtovx— Rw  of  Grand  ^^P^'f^;- 
Ionia  1st  ch  22  96 ;  Stanton  ch  1 ;  Ada  ch  2  Poii 
of  Saqinaw—EA9t  Saginaw  ch  10;  Osceola  and 
Ausahle  ch  3.  _         ,  «  ,   .    «      m^. 

Stnod  of  MixifBTOTA— Pbv  of  D^kota  2.  Ptty 
of  If loono- Sheldon  ch  2:  St  Charles*  ch  1 

Stkod  of  Missouri.- Pby  of  Ojwiye— Butler  1st 
ch  2:  Knnsas  CiJy  ch  42;  Kan-ws  Citv  Snb-sch 
1.-.:  New  Frankfort  ch  8o  ctn.  Pby  of  Palmyra— 
Moberly  oh  4;  New  Providence  ch  1  25.  Pby 
of  P/rt««— Weston  ch  2.  ^  _  . 

Stnod  op  New  .Ibrsrt- P6w  of  Coriseo  -Gaboon 
ch  3.  P^v  of  Elizabeth— Rnhvrsy  ch  16.  Pby  of 
Jersett  Citu—Enft\^wood  ch  30:  West  Hoboken 
ch  20;  Hoboken  Istch  17;  1st  German  ch,  Pat- 
erson  2;  Weehawken  1st  ch  8  31 ;  Union  Ist  ch 
1.  Pby  of  M mm>mth-llo\manf^v\]\e  ch  3;  Dav- 
ton  ch  2.  Pby  of  Mnnis  and  Orange— Fivnt  ch 
Morri.>«town  13  6*2;  Whippany  cb  6;  Dover  ch  10. 
Pbif  of  New  Brvnswtek-rMrd  ch  Trenton  3i». 
P6v  of  .Vewton- Wantage  M  ch  6;  A-^bury  ch  A; 
StewariHvmech2').  Plf/  of  Went  Je^8ey'-m\]- 
Tille  ch  2  82;  Fislerville  ch  13;  Cedarville  2d 
ch  9;  Wood.stown  ch  9;  Tuekahoe  ch  1;  Glou- 
cester City  ch  15.  .  „  ,  *     .. 

Synod  op  New  Yorx.— P6v  of  Hudson— Arn\\j 
ch  9;  Clarkstown  German  ch  1.  Pby  of  iVeto 
Forifc— l-^t  ch  New  York  3553  64;  Madison  Square 
ch  221  03;  A  K  FJi.  E«q  lOO;  M  Woodruff  26; 
J  A  Rungston  60;  0  A  Comslock  7  60;  A  W  Ross 
7  60;  Madison  Street  German  ch  6  Pw/  of  West- 
chester-Hedford  ch  10;  Sin«  Sing  ch  6l ;  Carmel 
ch.GiIead2(»;  Port  Chester  ch  19. 

Stnod  of  Pacific  -Pby  of  Or«7on— Olympia  ch 
6  25.  Pbu  of  San  Francisco— tiownrd  Street  ch 
San  Francisco  2  60.    Pby  of  San  J;^^- Alvarado 

<*^»  10  10.'  ™        ^    r,,.  ^ 

Stnod  of  PHTLADttPHiA.— P6v  of  Chester-— 
WaynesburR  ch  17.  Pbu  ot  Lackawanna— SUxcls.- 
shinny  -Sab  sch  1 ;  Columbia  Cross  Road^^  2 ;  Rome 
ch  3.  Pby  of  Lehigh— MtKbanoy  City  1st  t'h  2; 
Reading  Ist  ch  6'»;  Andenried  ch  2  75;  StroiidH- 
burg  ch  14  07;  Port  Carbon  ch  10:  1st  ch  Cata- 
sauqua  30;  Ist  ch  Tamsqua  l'>;  Christ  Chapel 
26  65.  Pb'f  of  Phifadefphia—V,'A\n\it  Street  ch 
149  14;  Fonrth  ch  60;  Third  ch  6n:  Westminster 
ch  16;  Riclmiond  ch  3.  Pby  of  Philadelphia.  On- 
rraf— West  Arch  Street  ch  60;  Wesiern  ch  JO; 
Mantua  Ist  ch  2i>;  Temple  ch  19.  Pbv  of  Phila- 
delphia, iVor/A— Frank  ford  ch  6»;  Bridesburgoh 
2t);  Jeffersonville  ch  9;  Manayunk  Ift  ch  12; 
Forestville  ch  3;  Isi  ch  8prm2fi<»ld  l.  Pby  of 
WWfefroro-Brook  ch  4  4<».  I'by  of  Westminster 
— Slateville  ch  17  17.  ,    ^  .      .„ 

Stnoi>  op  PiTTsouROH.— P6v  ©/  BHatrsvdU— 
Latrobe  ch  3  /-*«  of  bedstone— Tyror.e  ch  3. 
Pbti  of  West  rirt(7mta— Plea-^ant  View  ch  I. 

Stkod  OF  Tensessek.— Pbv  of  ^M«/m-^First  ch, 
Austin  l».  Pb\f  of  HoWw— Jono.sboro  ch  1  16. 
Pby  of  Nnc  Orleans— I' iTt^i  German  oh  5.  P6'/ 
of  Union— ^ew  Market  ch  2  82;  Sirawbeny 
Plains  ch  I  76.  ,^  ,  .         u  « 

Synod  of  Toledo.— P6vo/^i»»<r— Del phos  ch  2. 
Pbv  of  i/ouwe— Mt  Salem  ch  2;  German  ch 
Toledo  3.  I  w^ 

Synod  of  Utica.— Pf>y  of  Binghamton—Mt 
Granville  ch  16  li».  Pby  of  0^6<7"— Mil  lord  ch 
1.  Pby  of  St  Lawrence— Fir fii  ch  0-«wegatchie 
4().  Pbt/ or<S'yrtict«fl~Wampsvillech  6  Pby  of 
i;ico— Claysville  ch  2:  Oneida  Castle  ch  6. 

St.xod  op  WE.iTERN  New  Yorx.— /%v  of  Buffnlo— 
F.»\»x  ch  Buffalo  5;  Sab-sch  Westminster  liuffalo 
100.  Pfev  ofOenesee  Vallev-hndoyer  ch  2  l^b. 
J 'by  of  Roehester—G^oenee  lat  ch  40;  Parma 
Centre  ch  2;  WesUninster  ch  4. 

Synod  of  Wisconsin.— P6v  o/  Chippewa— Virni 
ch  La  Crosse  8:  North  l>a  Cros-se  81  cents.  Pdv 
of  Mihoauke^i—CednT  throve  ch  3;  Immanuel  ch 
45.    Pby  of  Wisconsin  i?it;«r— Pardeevllle  ch  I. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance,  New 
York  834  3.i;  Rev  J  B  Plumstead.  Portage  City, 
Wisconsm  5;  A  Friend,  Chicago  1:  Rev  J  W 
Parson.'*  1 ;  "  H  t)  M"  2;  '*  W  P  tt,"  Zanesville  1; 
James  Allison  67  61. 

Diciitized  bvClQi^C  17934  39 
WINTHROP  SARGENT,  Trsasurer, 


166 


Board  of  CImrch  Erectum. 


[Hby 


BOARD  OP  CHURCH  ERECTION. 


Cbrregponding  Secretary,  Bxv.  H.  R.  Wilsok,  D.D.,  J 
Treasurer t  Nathan  Lan£,  Eaq.,  69  Wall  Street 


I  Cenlre  Street,  New  Tork. 


The  winter  has  passed  and  the  time  for  the  sin^in^  of  birds  has  come.  And 
Iff  hat  is  to  us  of  greater  importance — the  time  for  building  the  walls  of  our  Jeru- 
Hnlem  has  fully  come.  Durintij  the  severe  winter  months  and  the  still  more  severe 
Htringency  in  money  matters,  most  of  the  work  in  church  building  was  necessarily 
HU:ipended.  But  now  that  the  frost  has  left  the  ground,  and  all  nature  is  bursting 
forth  into  life  and  beauty,  we  hope  the  heart  of  Christian  sympathy  and  benevo- 
lence will  expand,  and  that  we  shall  be  able  to  resume  and  push  forward  to  com- 
plotion  the  many  church  buildings  on  hand.  The  new  applications  coming  in 
indicate  the  increasing  necessity  of  our  feeble  churches,  and  also  their  willingnesa 
to  do  their  full  part  towards  meeting  these  necessities.  There  seems  to  be  a 
throwing  conviction  that  we  have  not  been  acting  wisely  or  economically  in  leaving 
80  many  of  our  churches  for  years  to  struggle  along— or  rather  to  go  backward, 
for  want  of  sanctuaries.  Better  (if  needs  be)  to  organize  fewer  churches,  than  to 
leave  so  many  to  struggle  and  die  for  want  of  shelter  and  support  Many  churches 
that  are  now  dependent  upon  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  might  soon  become 
self-supporting,  if  aided  in  their  efforts  to  secure  houses  of  worship.  The  follow- 
ing testimony  from  some  of  our  missionaries  in  the  West  is  in  place. 

Says  one  in  Colorado — ''  If  the  Board  can  grant  us  this  appropriation,  to  enable 
MS  to  complete  our  house  of  worship  free  of  debt,  we  pledge  you  that  this  shall  be 
the  last  year  that  we  will  ask  aid  of  the  Board  of  Home  Missions." 

Another  in  Missouri  writes:  '*I  have  been  long  enough  in  the  West  as  a 
missionary,  to  know  the  folly  of  running  too  far  ahead  in  organizing  churches 
without  the  certain  prospect  of  being  able  to  secure  shelters  for  these  feeble  flocks. 
This  cannot  be  doije  without  the  assistance  of  your  Board.  I  wish  our  friends 
in  the  East,  who  are  desirous  that  the  Church  of  Christ  may  be  established  here, 
did  but  understand  this  fully,  and  not  consider  your  work  as  of  minor  importance 
to  that  of  sending  out  preachers,  who  can  do  but  little  until  they  secure  houses  of 
worship.  Until  this  point  is  gained,  our  hands  are  tied— our  hearts  discouraged, 
and  our  best  efforts  thwarted.  My  church,  through  your  generous  aid,  is  now 
prospering — in  fact  we  seem  to  be  on  the  threshold  of  a  blessei  work  of  grace.*' 

Another  says,  **  I  never  before  realized  the  full  value  of  a  house.  For  four 
months  my  work  has  been  a  complete  failure,  except  in  the  way  of  superintending 
the  building.  We  could  have  no  Sabbath-school — no  prayer  meeting — no  Sabbath 
iiirvice,  for  we  had  no  place  to  assemble  the  flock,"  (their  house  had  been  burned, 
but  is  now  rebuilt.)  **  Henceforth  I  say,  God  bless  the  Church  Erection  Board 
and  prosper  its  work.  You  shall  have"  a  large  place  in  my  prayers,  and  my 
hearty  si*pport  in  Presbytery,  in  Synod,  and  in  the  General*  Assembly,  and  every 
other  place  where  I  can  speak  an  effective  word  for  your  work." 

Another  says,  **  For  years  we  have  been  struggling  for  life  without  a  church 
home — dependent  upon  brethren  of  another  denomination  for  a  place  in  which  to 
worship,  but  now  (with  your  aid)  we  expect  to  dedicate  our  own  church  building 
on  the  third  Sabbath  in  this  month.  In  this  case  we  see  the  wisdom  of  this  plan 
of  our  beloved  church  for  helping  feeble  churches  to  secure  houses  of  worsnip. 
Hjw  many  of  our  now  pros^ptTous  and  growing  oh ureli«i*,  rejoicing  ami  praising 
God  in  their  com  mod  iyua  sanctuaries,  wouiil  be,  as  wc  have  been  for  years,  but  for 
the  helping  hand  held  out  to  them  hy  your  Board.  We  will  remember  your  kind- 
ness to  u:i,  by  contributing  to  your  IVciuiury  to  the  utmost  of  otir  ability,  that 
you  may  be  able  to  streo^tbea  (^iherj  aa  you  have  strengthened  us.  If  your 
patrons  eoull  aee  our  pleasant  litUe  sanctuary,  they  would  all  share  in  our  joy/' 

Once  more:  **  This  i^hurch  has  been  receiving  aid  from  the  B^ard  ^tf  ifonie 
Missions  for  many  years.  It  namberu  forter  jueinber,^  now  than  it  did  live*  years 
ago.  I  hiivt*  bijiioTiie  utterly  lUisbearten'^d  and  will  ab?indon  the  tield,  if  wt*  cannot 
secure  a  houne  of  worship*  T  ho. re  in  ample  material  here  for  growth,  if  we  could 
reach  it.  Tho  Metboilistn  have  built  up  a  strong  church,  and  bo  could  w«^  [  am 
fully  persuaded,  if  we  had  a  hou^^e  (pf  worship.  Can  the  Board  aid  \ia  to  the 
i&moiiai  of  six  hundred  dollard?    The  peopb  will  du  all  in  their  power,  and  I 


Soard  of  Churrh  Ereeiium. 


167 


tAlf^iinkl.  w<?  Clin  raise  twelre  or  thirteen  handred  dollars ;  or 
p  tbe  Add  ttft*?r  all  that  htis  h^*}n  expended  upon  it." 
» tura  nway  *^»ict  applicants,  brethren,  what  say  you? 

rATioFH  TO  Tsv  BoAmi>  Or  Cbctrch  Erbotiov.  March  1873. 
o<J*  ill  B3£ AIL  CAPITALS— Pr«9byteri«:»  jti  ifiii/e«—rh arches  in  Roman. 


rifoa  nil  Hn  l!*plkpnfi'ifli1y  I'^tuit 
T-rrn— floo*!Wk  Fa  I  Is*  atl  4* 
-VI—  BjilUmore.    laL     eh 
fc  Bir#*i  eh  2A:    Bulth 

\uw  Wiinl^<i>r  eh 

"m:   fevt  ^i«orEli'N  tih 
i'»  .'.iNj    Wllrirnnrt* 

ivrj.    Bi  I'Jk'u 
^  ,  I  US;  Wjwh- 

rj — C^uHtltiAtt  l»t    ch 
rrniiti  i*ij  li;  CiijfinnMJ, 

;i .  8ilii.n4#lf  eih  a<>  4<J ;  J^c^JTier* 
n^lJumiHtj^  oil  41  9'^%  ^prmg- 

I  A,    at  CI«<r-in/«j)^  Bo  1 1  A  i  p  c  1 1 

u^it— fl1«0)£  Hjiwk  ch  n  Ck»lD- 
11  OalM'Ado  SpririRti  cii  2  m; 

f.  tt*iTij*^#r— A|tfiltj  Crpek  oh 
h  B.    Ziviu*v*iiit—4^tmj  ch  lOj 

^-AlU'KhtJny,  Iftt  ch,  "apeomr 
,  North  eht  "I'ptfu^iflr  34  12* 
li  et)  y  Plvy,  **  s  pt*  cirtl"  aso     i?«  (- 

*»>uri;h  <i  7S;  ^st  Greene  fth^J* 
bH  i*h,  "^^ijwjsiii"*  i2&;    JiiltoH- 

V — f tr* tifift»  \ni  eh  21  60.  GA^ 
U  M&;  ilMntUki  oh  0  41.  Qmem 
•t  iJh    I5^J;    Mjin'ilifflsi^r  nh  -t; 

i<^n  oh  7  6a 

irtuiCe— tMii)Cftrvno0  *nd  Sher- 

"fiiij  Hftrfisburg*  '-id  ch  2  25. 
>t)m  Utrh  4n  rr>;  >li  Uniou  oil 
U*h   is.     iVor^fc(*wfi«rfufi.i— Bulrt 

seubar  iNtjUid  t^h  d  U5;  Fdfm- 

vkt^^-Bli'ominiittm—hmi^ihK  fh 
fh  lOj  Onnriia  ch  lu;  Philo  <^h 
'tjitrie  ch  JJ;  Prttlni*  City  ch5. 
— /'rerpohTf— Giilerm,  Suulh  I'h 
r— Rw..'^  lili^iid.  tTtirmitn  *ih  a. 
-4^^iKrtia— Iroy  ch  *  *'0.  Diiro 
eh  7.    Afa«|M»-«Tay  I u r* i  1  te  c h 

— Cr<i«pfwrtl*ti^.fo— Eof^khe,ld  ch 

— /fl^Jifjinapoff^i — Amhjeh4  ^rt; 
u.  iVfw  JitCKinj/-— K»w  Albiinyi, 
**u— Evan M Til Ie»  2<l  AvenUL':  (*h 
— ALLforii  ub  la  2&;  Ple^iUM.nt 
moDtl  Lit  oh  10- 

^s^DfcmviIIo  ch  i;  J[id«pcn<i- 
iift  liiJoff— Algoil*  ch  a*  W'O' 
eh  5  fiu. 

Jfi*  Jjijr^fuw— AlbSn  eh  T:  DeIt^i?^ 
J.  /y  UNI — M  iirtS  n  jibij  rij  c  h  3 1."? ; 
Dho&l  All  6.  iawfi  t-\£j/— ff'dui' 
lOfft,  Ipt  ch  fl,  Jf^fv^uufT  Rwf.r 
;  tt#ll  Creek  fib  a  iJ;  Gtitbrio 

e* 

9— ChiKjpi,  Ut  ch  13.    JbjMJta 


i'>//f — Oad*  Run  and  Plum  Greek  ch  5;  Olover  . 
purt  t!bA;  Stephenvport  ch  6. 

Lnjfa  Island.— Broo/^t//>— Brooklyn.  Lawrence 
a^rm-L  Eth  2.  2i^>n9  /<i/ond— East  Hampton.  Ist  ch 
lij;  "^i«  Hnrbor  eh  'Hi.    iVoasau— Roslvn  ch  10. 

MFCHiOAN.—Z)«troi<— Saline,  Istch  7  30.  Orand 
littpidM^hin  Rapid?.  Isich  fi;  SUnlon  ch  3. 

^tsfj(«80TA.—  />a/coto— Yankton  Agency  ch  6. 
(H^PTflfi-Shfldon  ch  3. 

Mi^fiDDRi—OM^e— Austin  ch  5:  Bethel  oh  2. 
/'fjfpur/ra — Bevier  ch  ^:  New  Providence  ch  2  75; 
F(iirnyra.2d  ch  12.  S<  Lou»«— St  Charles.  l«*t  ch, 
*'yfrM,nfcl"  150;  S».  Louis,  id  ch.  *'  special'*  2600. 

.N I  w  ItKaiT.—CbrUeo— Gaboon  en  l.  Eliiaheth^ 
W<*fltmin«ier  ch  and  Sab-sch,  ** special"  175 :  Dun- 
i'Umi  ch  15  69;  Metuchin  1st  ch  10.  Jersey  City^ 
niiiiin  l8t  oh  a  11;  Weehawkcn  let  ch  **spe- 
riiil"  6  64.  ifonntou^A— Craobury  2d  ch  1(» ; 
Port  Washington  ch  4  02;  Bqnam  VilUffe  ch, 
"HpHolaP*  10.  Morr\B  and  Or«njy«— Mornstown 
I'll  rh,  quarterly  collection  28  94;  Orange  2d  ch 
\l\  si  J  Whjppany  ch  6  /Veic ton— Anbury  ch  10; 
Si.e\Tlins?ilIe  ch  46.  We&t  Jcr«cy— Cape  Island 
ch  14;  Tuckahoeoh2;  Woodstown  ch  11. 

Nrw  York.— Bofton— Londonderry  ch  24  2<J. 
//li-iOTfi- Amity  oh  lO;  Clarksiown  German  ch  I. 
jVf<*  For*- New  York  Madison  St  German  ch 
10;  N«iw  York  Scotch  ch,  from  J  Duncan's  Sons 
*<iLpi><]mr  60;  Madixon  Square  oh,  addM  1,626. 
h>8/^A»<cr— Bedford  ch  20;  Port  Chenter  ch  18. 

P^Qiria— Son  Fran<a«co— San  Francisco  Cal- 
Tnry  ch  16'i;  San  Francisco  Howard  St  ch  2  60. 

I'liTtADBLPHU. — Lackawanna — Lebanon  Christ 
ilvi  r.**l  41  66.  XeAiyA— Audendried  ch  3 :  Strouds- 
burJ;  13 h  14  88;  Tamaqua  Ist  ch  16.    Philadelphia 

—  P 1 1 1  ludelphia.  Tabor  ch  6.    Philadelphia,  North 

—  i  !  i-iol  ch,  "special"  17  42;  Bride(»burg  ch, 
♦s^fM  ehil'MO;  CarversTille.oh  "soeciare;  Fnlla 
cjf  isihuylkill  ch  80;  Forest ville  ch  3;  Frankford 
ch.  "special"  70;  Jeffrfrsonville  ch,  ** special" 
55;  Neshaminy  ch  in  Warminster,  ♦'special"  24; 
KorrtJ^lown  2d  ch  12;  Philadelphia,  Roxborough 
ch.  '*f*peciar  30;  Plumsieadville  ch,  •'special" 
16;  Sprmgfleld  ch  1.  If €»(»»in«««r— Little  BriUin 
cli  Ifi. 

PiTTBBUROH- /*i7<«6ttr7A— Lawrenceville  ch, 
"special"  50;  Pittsburgh  4lh  ch,"  special"  18  22. 
ir.^n^ini/ton— Washington  ls»t  ch, " special"  30  43; 
Wn^hington  2d  ch,  ••special"  30  42. 

F'SfMM8Ba—i4ii«in»— Austin  ]«tch  add'l  17  30. 
Jfi.if^idn— Jonenboro  ch  2  70.  New  Or/ean«— New 
urlff*ii^  1st  German  ch  6.  l/nion— Strawberry 
pjjiiris  oh  4. 

TnhKDO.'-BeUefontaine—BeWe  Centre  ch  add'l 
I;  tluritstitlech  1.  Lima— Delphoa  ch  4.  Ifau- 
wei— Sf t  Sslem  ch  6. 

I'TicA.— l/^ica— Utica  Westminster  ch^  "spe- 
oi  il"  6U ;  Oneida  Castle  oh  6.  St  Lawrene&—Oavro- 
fifltrhJe  1st  ch  20. 

Wiott-ERH  New  YoRE—5wjfalo— Buffalo  Bastch 
s.  a^nfsee  Pa//ev— Allegany  ch  4;  Andoter  ch 
3.    R'}ch&Uer^OideQ  oh  16;  Parma  Centre  ch  2. 

WiKHOvsiH.— Chippewa — Uiztonch  6.  MUwau' 
A«— Cedar  Grove  ch  3. 

Committee  on  Beneyolence  and  Finance 

160142 

MiicKLLAifEOUs.— Young  Ladies*  Association  of 
Ki  vp  York  City  273  31;  Insurance  for  loss  of 
chiifoh  at  Elgin,  Illinois  2000;  T  Gilman  New 
V'>rk(')ty,  **speoiar'  10;  "Specials,"  650:  "Anony- 
jTtouii"600;  Interest  on  Permanent  Fund  2324. 
,^pi€ml8  for  Salt  Lake  Church,  Utah  Territory. 

D  H  McAlpin.New  York  60;  Chas  Butler.  New 
Tmk  25:  Uenrv  Ide,  New  York  25:  William 
LiM«¥,  New  York  loO;  B  Blakeman.  New  York 
INO-  j'Tavlor  Johnston,  New  York  luO;  J  Crosby 
BrtjWDt  ««w  York  260. 

Total  receipts  in  March,       ^17,922  96 
HATHAN  LA^B,  Trtanarer. 

Digitized  by  ^ 


168 


Rdief  Fund  for  Disabled  Ministers. 


[May 


RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS, 

AND  THE  WIDOWS  AND  ORPHANS  OF  DECEASED  MINISTERS. 

RiT.  Oboroi  Hali,  D.D^  Seeretary,  Rkt.  Charlbv  Bftowx,  Trmtnrtr, 

OFnoi,  1834  Chesinat  Street,  PhiladelpbU. 


CONTRI  BUTTONS 

Btxod  of  KVBkVJ.—Phy  of  AVmny'^ 

Bchenectai^y  1st  ch,  »dd'l  fl^  00 

BcheneciRdy,  Mrs  J  T  Backus  26  00 

Albany  4ih  ch  278  81 

Schenectady  East  Avenue  ch  13  U 

Phy  of  ColumUa—GTeenv'xWe  ch  15  40 

Hw  of  rro.v— Glenn's  Falls  ch  34  00 

Green  J.-^land  ch  6  Ol) 

HooPic  Fallrt  ch  4  CO 

Waterford  ch  23  16 

Btnoo  of  Atlantic— Pf>j/  oj  Atlaniie-^ 

Wftllinaford  ch                                ,  2  00 

Pbjf  of  Oitowfto— Poplar  Tent  ch  1  00 

Bellelonich  2  00 

Hethpajre  ch  1  00 
Stmod  of  Baltimors. — Pby  of  BallimoTt— 

Baltimore  1^1  ch  300  00 

Franklinville  ch  8  00 

Frederick  City  ch  6  00 

Havre  de  Grace  ch  15  <<) 

Baltimore  Aisquilh  Street  ch  18  oo 

New  WindHor  ch  1  00 

Baltimore  Westminister  ch  205  06 

Baltimore  Westminster  Sab-sch  60  00 

Pbv  of  New  OistU — 
White  Clay  Creek  and  Head  of  Christi- 
ana oh  32  00 
Wilmington  We«t  ch  It  60 
Wilmington  1st  oh  40  oO 
Snow  Hill  ch  lu  00 

Pby  of  Washington  Gty" 
Washington   Gurley   ch,   Rer   W   H 

Loitan  6  00 

Prmce  William  Ist  ch  a  uo 

]Vfanaf>HHS  ch  3  00 

Wasthinston  Metroi^litsn  ch  25  oO 

Georjsetown  Bridge  Sti-eei  ch  15  18 

Wa.shinG;ton  New  Y'ork  Avenue  ch  74  18 
Stnou  of  Cincinnatl— Pfty  of  ChiUicoih^^ 

Bainbridge  ch  3  00 

Ptni  of  Cwcnnrtrt— Moscow  oh  1  00 

Cincinnati  Isi  German  ch  7  00 

Cincmnati  1ft  ch  8  33 
Stnod  of  Clkvbland. — Pbv  of  (Xeveland-' 

Rev  [)  Witter  and  wife  2  00 

(  leveland  2d  ch,  in  part  lOU  00 

Newburifh  \t*t  ch  15  00 

Wlllouahby  ch  5  OU 

Pby  of  if a^miM^— Mineral  Ridge  ch  14  no 

/*V  of  St  aotr*tJi/ic— Washington  ch  28  00 

Bell  Airch  2  60 

6hort  Creek  ch                /  9  Oo 

Pby  of  5r«a6cwt;ta«— Steuben vllle  2d  ch    3t  uo 

Annapolis  ch  7  00 

Rictimond  ch  4  2:i 

EnMt  Liverpool  ch  32  00 

Hanover  ch  7  00 
Stkod  of  Colorado  — Pft.v  of  Cdlorado^ 

Denver  (H  Mreet)  istch  2  00 
Culorsdo  City  and  Colorado  Springs  ch     1  00 

Central  City  ch  4  00 

Pby  of  Santa  Fd^-htkn  Vegas  ch  4  00 
Stkod  of  Columbus.— Pftyo/ -4 ^ciw— 

NelHonviIle  ch  6  00 

Pbu  of  Marion — Iberia  ch  5  00 

Marion  ch  2  00 

Bloomfield  ch  »  26 

Pby  of  IToosttfr— Lexington  ch  14  43 

Belleville  ch  I  6v) 

Apple  Creek  ch  26  00 

Fredericksburgh  ch  9  00 

Pbu  of  ZanesvUl&^K^ene  ch  10  00 

Brownsville  ch  2  00 

Muf*kingum  ch  6  00 

Ml  Zion  ch  6  00 

Stmod  of  EMt,—Pf>v  of  AtUghmf^ 

Allegheny  Valley  ch  10  00 

Alle;4heny  Ist  ch,  addl  87  70 


IK  March  1873. 

Allegheny  Ist  ch  German 

1  20 

Pbu  of  Btt/^er- Middlesex  ch 

10  (0 

PMne  Grove  ch 

6  00 

Harrisvitle  ch 

7  36 

Amity  ch 

8  50 

Pleawiot  Valley  oh 

10  00 

Hich  Hill  oh 

3  00 

Pbj/  of  r/orion— Rockland  ch 

6i0 

Pby  o/ Erie— Pitthfield  ch 

2  on 

East  Greene  ch 

200 

Milledgeville  ch 

2  25 

Pbv  of  KUtanning—Jndi&nK  ch 

63  00 

Harmony  ch 

2  00 

Genoa  Ist  ch 

20  60 

Pttu  of  Geneva— Manchester  oh 

2  OQ 

Penn  Van  ch 

60  m 

Gorham  ch 

17  00 

Pby  of  Lyona^Rwe  ch 

6  10 

Pby  o/i.7eM6en— Campbell  ch 

10  00 

Stkod  of  Harrisburo.— /%o/CbrtoI»— 

Duncnnnon  ch  6  00 

HarriHburKh,  2d  ch  2  65 

Pby  of  Huntingdon— Canrens'v\]\e  ch  20  oO 

Pby  of  Northumberland-^J eraey  Shore  ch  50  00 

williamsport  l.ot  ch  56  CO 
Stnod  of  Illinois,  Cejitral.— 

Pby  of  Bloomington—Tolouo  ch  5  00 

Philo  ch  2  00 

Dwighl  ch  2  75 

Onarga  ch  7  ou 

Elm  Grove  ch  2  00 

Pby  of  Schuyler— Clajion  1st  ch  10  00 

•Quincy  Ist  ch  f^  00 

Rut.hville  ch  11  60 

La  Prairie  ch  6  00 

Prairie  Cuy  ch  5  on 

Basco  ch  2  00 

Pby  of  5ior/nfi[/Itfd— Springfield,  1st  ch  91  36 
STifob  OF  Illinois,  North.— 

Pby  of  Frt^port—Gfi\>:ntiy  South  ch  69  30 

Apple  Kiver  ch  5  00 

Poy  of  Rock  flit?cr— MorrHon  ch  20  t»0 

Rock  Island  German  oh  1  50 

Kewanee  ch  2  oO 
Stnod  of  Illinois,  South.— Piy  of  Cairo — 

Kinmnndv  ch  6  00 

Pby  of  JI/a<toon— Tuscola  1st  ch  21  86 
Stnod  of  Indiana,  North. — 

Pbv  of  C>"ajr/(;rd»vi7^e— Rookfleld  ch  3  20 

Oxford  ch  2  00 

pby  of  Fort  FTayn*— Decatur  eh  6  00 

Pb\j  o/ilfttnae— Anderson  Ist  oh  10  00 

Marion  ch  6  37 
Stsodof  Indiana,  South. — 

/^^vo/JndmiMTjJo/i*— Hopewell  ch  10  60 

Pby  of  Nno  Albany — Giaham  ch  H  00 

Jefferson  ch  1  oo 

Jeffer^onvllle  ch  40  00 

Pby  of  Vmcennes— Spencer  ch  6  80 

Vandalia  ch  3  50 

Terre  Haute  2d  ch  10  00 

Evan.ovilie,  2d  Avenue  ch  2  00 

Pby  of  H'^tte  ITater— Pleasant  Grove  ch     6  00 

Aurora  ch  24  10 

Richmond  l^t  ch  10  00 
Stnod  OF  Iowa,  North— /tiy  of  Dubuque^ 

Lime  Springs  ch  4  00 

•Dyersville  ch  1  on 

McGregor,  German  ch  2  »« 

Pby  of  Ifatertoo— Eldora  ch  1  60 
Stkod  of  Iowa,  South. — 

Pby  ofDes  3fotne«— Dexter  oh  6  00 

Guthrie  ch  6  00 

Pby  of  ioiwj- Kommith  Ist  ch  8  00 
Keokuk,  Westminster  ch        mrs]r>  ♦*  20 

Pby  of  Iowa  Ofv— West  Liberty  M^  ^^     2  00 

MuBoatine  1st  ch  SO  OO 


1873.] 


Eelief  iSmid  for  Duabled  Minuter  9. 


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Iowa  City  l8t  eh  20  00 

Fairview  ch  2  (X) 

Malcora  Ist  ch  2  K) 

Pby  of  Missouri  iJiwr— Ponca  ch  1  00 
Stmod  o#  Kamsaa.— /*6y  of  Highland-' 

Hiawatha  ch  6  00 

Fbu  of  Neosho—Cheiopa  ch  4  00 

Neo!<ho  Falls  Ist  ch  2  00 

Pby  of  Toptka — Edg^rton  ch  8  00 
St.xod  op  Ksntcckt.— P6vo/£frot««r— 

Burlington,  per  J  M  Prestton  20  00 

Pby  of  i«oai«n/f«— Shelbj'ville  l»t  ch  Vi  60 
SnioD  OF  LoMO  [sLAMD.— P6v  of  Brooklyn— 

Brooklyn,  Franklin  Avenue  ch  16  00 

Phy  of  Long  Island— Sag  liarbor  ch  T2  00 

Fbu  of  Nassau — A!«toria  Isi  ch  31  8«> 

Fo»ter*«  Meadow  ch  3  00 
Stmod  o»  Miohioan. — Pbjf  of  Detroit'^ 

Ypsilaniich  10  00 

Pbv  of  Orand  i2api(l9— Stanton  ch  1  00 

Ada  ch  1  00 

Phy  of  Kalamatoo — Niles  l»t  ch  66  93 
Stjtod  or  MiXNsaoTA.— P6y  of  Dakota — 

Yankton  Agency  and  Greenwood  3  00 

Pby  of  Winona—iit  Charles  oh  2  00 

Sheldon  ch  3  00 
BnoD  OP  MistMUBi— Pby  of  Osags— 

Batter  Ut  ch  8  00 

P&y  oj  Oz^irA— Calvary  Springfield  ch  170  W 

Pbv  of  Mtfcmyra— Willmawiown  ch  I  00 

New  Providence  ch  1  75 

Pby  of  PtatU-Vf  BBion  ch  2  00 
Stkod  op  New  Jxa^utT.— FDy  cf  Elizabeth— 

Meiuchin  1st  ch  12  00 

Pby  of  Jersey  Ci7y— Paiernon  Ist  ch  78  0'» 

PatenMu  lat  tierinan  ch  ^  UO 

Union  l.Hich  2  00 

Jei-eey  City  2d  ch  17  4o 

KutherforU  Park  ch  14  66 

Pf>u  qf  Monmouth— ^OTi  Washington  ch     4  00 

UolmanTille  oh  8  00 

Tenneni  ch  26  uO 

iMytoo  ch  2  Of 

Cranbury  2d  oh  20  Ovi 

Plattsburgb  ch  8  60 

Pby  of  Morru  and  Orange— Dover  ch  16  00 

Morridtown  let  ch,  quarterly  36  79 

Morristown  l8t  ch  Hpechil,  coll  10  ou 

Bethel  ch  6  00 

Pby  of  Newark— MoatciAiv  ch  119  00 

JH>y  of  New  Brunswick — 

Her  U  Uaroili,  D.U,  10  00 

Bound  Brook  ch  35  00 

Lambertvillech  6U  iK) 

Amweil  United  Ut  ch  10  00 

l-rencntown  cu  10  00 

Kingwood  ch  11  30 

Stock  ton  ca  2i  78 

Ewiug  ch  24  76 

Pby  oJ  iV^cuJtow— BranchTiile  ch  11  26 

Belvidere  2d  ch  2U  UU 

bt«wartaTille  oh  2A  uO 

Asbury  ch  10  00 

Pby  Of  West  Jersey— Tackahoe  ch  1  oo 

C«darvilltf  2d  en  10  w 

'WilliAuutiown  oh  10  00 

taaiuen  2d  ch        ^  3-^  uO 

Vl  oodstown  ch       *  12  UU 

Milville  ch  6  U 
Snfou  OP  >JiW  yonz^— Pby  of  Boston— 

Liondouderry  ch  20  34 

Pby  of  iitttiMm— Clarkstowo  German  ch    2  ik> 

UmouviUech  14  00 

Pby  of  New  York — 

hvw  York,  Madison  Square  ch  854  63 

^lew  Yoric  1»(  ch,  from  a  ineiut)er  lou  UO 

^ew  York  Spring  Street  ch  30  64 
>tfW  York,  Film  Avenue  and  Nineteenth 

Street  on  4957  90 
New  Yurie,  Fifth  Avenue  and  Nineteenth 

Street  ch  add'l  6<J  00 
New  York,  Madiiton  Street  German  ch    8  00 

Pby  of  >f'«tc/ke«e«r— Bedford  ch  2u  00 

port  CheHter  cU  18  OQ 

Gilead  ch  80  60 

bouth  £atft  Centre  ch  13  oo 


Sthod  op  Pacipic.—/%  o/5hn  Francisco— 

San  F^aocl^co  iloward  Street  oh  5  OO 

Oakland  Ist  ch  20  20 

8TN0D  OP  PHILADBLPHU.— P6y  o/C!'i«/er— Marple 
ch  13  64;  Fagg*8  Manor  ch  U.  Pby  of  Lacka- 
toanna — Rome  ch  4;  ShickHhinny  ch  3.  Pby  of 
Lehighr—hockridge  Memorial  ch  10  48 ;  Cata- 
sauqua  Utch  31  20;  Port  Carbon  ch  15;  Potts* 
ville  2d  ch  16 ;  Mahanoy  City  ch,  add'l  6;  Sirouds- 
burgh  ch  16  ort;  White  Haven  ch  10;  Audenried 
ch  4.  Phy  of  Philadelphia— Tabor .-  h  10 ;  lOth  ch, 
addM  100;  9th  ch  l:W  02;  3d  ch,  in  part  94  49; 
South  oh  22  84:  Wharton  Street  ch  100.  from  W  G 
Warden.  Esq  144  60.  Pby  of  Philadelphia,  Cen- 
tral—Honu  Broad  Street  ch  63;  Hestouvillo  ch 
6 ;  Mantua  Ihi  ch  30 ;  Liopian  Sqiisre  ch  6;  Western 
ch  20 ;  Tern  pie  ch  60.  Pby  oJ  Philadelphia,  North 
—Doylesrown  and  Doe  Run  en  2«  13:  Chestnut 
Hill  ch,  ThoM  Potter,  Esq  60;  Frankford  ch  60; 
Hermon  ch  -25;  Germantown,  Market  Square  ch, 
MrsGeo  W  ToUnd,  special  lUO;  Forestville  ch 
3:  Manayunk  Ist  ch  15;  Springfield  ch  4.  Pby 
of  Western  i4/r««»— Gaboon  ch  3.  Pby  of  West- 
nun8ter—L\n\e  Britain  ch  18;  Christ  Chapel  60  16. 

BTNOD  op  PmSBUROB.— 

POy  of  Bialr8viUe—si»iem  ch  10  00 

Livennore  ch  lo  00 

Lairobe  ch,  add'l  4  oo 

Pby  of  i^^^ftur^A— Pittsburgh  Ist  oh  60  oo 

Ml  Carmel  ch  lo  00 

North  Branch  ch  6  00 

Phy  of  -Rt;<iston«— Confluence  ch  2  oo 

Pby  of  West  Kir^inia— iiavenswood  oh  6  00 

Pleasant  View  ch  1  oo 

Stiiod  op  Tknnmse**— P6y  of  Austin- 
Austin  Istch  17  26 

Pby  of  H'Aston— J oneatooro  ch  l  36 

Pby  of  New  Orleins— 

New  Orleans  1st  German  ch  lo  00 
Btmoo  op  Tolxdo. — P6y  ofHuron-^ 

Fremont  ch  3  60 

Pby  Of  /.imo— Delphos  ch  3  oo 

Pby  of  Maumee—M.t  Salem  ch  3  00 
Btkod  op  Utioa.— P6y  of  Binghamton— 

McGrHwville  ch  ]0  26 

Pby  of  Otsego— MWford  ch  1  24 

Pby  of  St  Lawrence— AdAms  ch,  add'l  4  oo 

Brasher  Falls  ch  4  80 

Ogden^^burg  1st  ch  80  00 

Pby  of  Utica— Oneida  Ca.<ttle  ch  3  oO 
Synod  op  Wjcsterx  New  York. — 

Pbu  of  Rochester— Went  Mendon  ch  6  00 

Parma  Centre  oh  3  oo 

Sweden  ch  10  50 
Synod  op  VVisconsui. — 

Pby  of  Chippewa— La  Crosse  1st  ch  2  71 

,    fiixion  ch  8  uo 

North  La  Crosse  ch  gii 

Pby  of  Muwaukee—kiol^nd  2d  ch  4  uO 

Cedar  Grove  ch  3  00 

PbyoJ  If  t{»«<m«tn /?tver— Monticello  ch  lo  00 

Second  en  Plainfield,  omitted  in  Oct  166  25 

From  the  Committee  ou  Benevolence 

and  Finance  1167  29 

MISOELLAMKOUS. 

Interest  on.  Permanent  Fund,  per  Geo  H  Van 
Geider,  Esq  363  63;  Interest  on  Permanent 
?'und,  per  \Vra  E  Tenbrook,  i'>q  91  09;  Wis, 
Portage  City,  Rev  J  iJ  Plumstead  10;  Henry 
Young.  Esq  60 j  Anonymous  0;  San  FYancisco, 
Miss  M  B  Haight  6  77 ;  Tenn,  AthenH,  John 
Getty  10;  Per  The  Presbyterian  11;  III,  Chicago, 
**lrom  a  minister's  daughter"  6;  N  Y.  Brook 
Haven,  Bcberi  T  Smith  1;  Pa,  Provid<*nce,  Lu- 
serneCo,  12  Weston,  Esq  6;  Pa,  Allegheny,  Rev 
W  P  Moore  6;  New  York,  "  BI  A  iM"  6 ;  oHio,  Mt 
Pleasant,  A  J  Alexander  2  42 ;  Iowa,  Wayne,  W 
Blown  5;  Pa,  Mineral  Point,  S  A  Logan  lu;  N  J, 
Pr.nceton,  Religious  Contributing  60c  of  Prince- 
ton Seminary  72;  Pa,  Gleuiock  3;  Interent  on 
Permanent  Loan,  per  Qco  H  Van  Geider,  Esq  7. 

Total  receipts  for  March,         $13,202  78 
CHARLES  BROWN,  Treasurer, 
Office,  1834  Chestnut  Street,  Phila. 


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GENEKAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN. 

Rkt.  a.  a  MoCuiXAVD,  Cbr.  Secretary^  Box  1846,  PitUbargh,  Pa. 
RiT.  Jab.  Alusox.  D.O^  Trtaawer^  Look  Box  43,  Pittabarjih,  Pa. 
E.  G.  Woodward,  Esq^  Meeehring  Agmt,  1834  Ghmtnat  Alreet,  PhilAdelphia. 


With  March  our  financial  year  closed,  showing  a  commendable  degree  of  libe- 
rality toward  our  work  among  the  lowly — affording,  however,  not  nearly  the 
amount  of  funds  which  its  necessities  demand,  and  we  still  earnestly  ask,  that 
churches  delinquent  in  the  past  will  come  to  our  aid  speedily. 


DOVATIOVS  AT  PlTTSBUBQH   FOR  FrBBDMBIT   JV  MaRCH   1873. 
>  Synods  in  small  oapitals— Presbyteries  in  t^aiies— Churches  in  RoroAn. 


Albaht.— i4/6any~Ladies  Home  Missionary  8o- 
eiety  o^  Johnsiown  eh  35;  Jobostown  ch  19  05; 
4th  eh  Albany  U9  68.  TVoy— Warran^barg  eh  d ; 
JohoM>BTHI«  eh  2 ;  Pittstown  cb  1 ;  1st  ch  Green 
Itfland  5.    CUumMo— Canaan  Centre  ch  20. 

BALTiMoiUK.—ite/to'Mor«— Twelfth  ch  Baltimore  10; 
1st  eh  Baltimore  3«0;  Fredwriok  City  oh  3;  Aisquith 
St  oh  Buliimore  8;  New  Windsor  ch  Baltimore  90 
cents;  Uatre  de  Grace  eh  6;  WestminntMr  ch 
Baltimore  120  83.  WashingUm  Oty— Wnshinffton 
Western  ch  5;  Mew  Yoric  Avenue  oh  60  29;  Biidge 
St  ch,  Georgetown  48  4S;  Metropolitnn  ch,  Wash- 
iufton,  D  C  lU.    New  Ca»lU—8aow  Hill  oh  5. 

CLETBLAMD.—CTme/and— Second  eh  Clevelsod  60 ; 
Rome  ch  11  60;  Euclid  st  cb  20;  2d  nb  CieveUud 
bO.  SteubenvUU—lfint  cb  Irondale  10  20;  rUllforlt 
ob  6  25 ;  Kast  Liverpool  ch  10 ;  2d  ch  bceobentille 
13.    i/aAomn^— Belolt  ch  5;  Canfleld  ob  4  25. 

CiNaNNATi.  —  Oincinnati — Lane  Seminary  ch 
124  28;  Orchard  st  oh  8;  Montgomery  ch  11;  1st 
rb  Cincinnati  8  33;  Bethel  ch  8.  ChiUicotht— 
llillsburo  ch  42  37 ;  iXzy<<m-- Venice  ch  22. 

CoLOAADO'CW/orodo— Colorado  City  oh  60  cents; 
Denver  1st  ch  II  »t  1 ;  1st  ch  Central  City  2. 

Columbus. —  H^wfter— HApewell  oh  14;  Nsshville 
eh  8;  Ist  en  Ashland  45  4u ;  Kredertoksbnrgb  cb  8; 
Blaric  Crecic  oh  8;  Olivesburgh  oh  6.  ZanntvitU— 
Fairmont  ch  1;  Koseviile  oh  1;  UnSootown  oh  1; 
BrownsTllle  eh  2. 

Kris.— But/er— Amity  ch  10;  Barrtorilleefa  6  04; 
Middlesex  cb  14;  tfummit  oh  6;  Pine  Grove  ob  6. 
^/^A«iiy— Plains  ch  3;  1st  eh  Allegheny  add'l, 
103  36;  1st  German  ch  Allegheny  70  cents.  KU^ 
tanning — Indianach  73 ;  Sab-scb, Indiana  cb  Scotia 
Seminary  80;  LeechbnrKboh  0  65;  Brady's  Bend  ch 
17  o5;  Apullo  ch  27  60;  Rural  Valley  ch  4  63. 
^M«fMnvo— Uopewell  ch  0  50;  Pulaski  ch  7  49;  lot 
eh  New  Brighton  25  62.  C(arum-~K  icbardsviile  ob 
S.  £We— First  oh  North  Bast  10;  Cool  Spring  oh  10 ; 
Salem  ch  6. 

GiNBTAv—Cbyu^a— First  eh  GeAesa  22.  Che- 
mung—Burnett cb  7  60.    Gmcea— Geneva  eh  10. 

llAAAi8BUM.—Q>rfulc— Second  eh  Uarrlsbnrg 
8  85;  Duncaunon  and  Shermandale  oh  8.  Nor- 
tMnmt)erland — Money  ch  16;  Williamsport  1st  eh 
36.    f/unuR^don—Pine  Grove  oh  6. 

iLUirois,  CiNTaAL.^Bfoosiiii^tofi— Tblono  ch  10; 
Phtio  cb  3;  Kossvilie  ch  2;  1st  cb  Bloomiogton 
10  55.  &Auy2«-~BuBhnell  ch  10;  Ciill  ch  2  6o; 
Prairie  City  ch  6 ;  Clayton  ob  6.  iitorio— Mans- 
field ch  2;  Henry  oh  10;  Canton  ch  6.  Spring' 
fUld — Farmington  ob  6 ;  North  Sangamon  eh  12  3o; 
Sab-ech  North  Sangamon  oh  8  69. 


Illihois,  Norths— HocJb  i2<v«r— Woodhnll  eh 
6  70;  Camden  ch  6;  Sab-sch  Camden  ch  S. 

iLUifois,  South.— i4Uof»~ Lebanon  eh  6  66;  Bntlor 
oh  7  60;  Troy  ch  6.  Cbiro— Friendsville  cb  6T5. 
i/(U/oon— First  ch  Paris,  Illinois  7  66. 

Indiana,  North.— J/uncie—  Marion  eh  2  62;  Ger^ 
man  oh,  Toledo,  Obio  2.  Logantpori — First  ch 
Michigan  City  7  76.  t>au>//«rc/sn^— Centre  ch, 
Crawtordsville,  Ind  16;  Oxford  ch  1.  IWt  WUyne — 
Elbana  ch  1. 

I.XDiANA,  South. — Indianapolit— Third  ch  IndtAo- 
apolis,  Indiana  23  10;  Hopewell  cb  2i  70.  WhiU 
Ifafer— Pleasant  Grove  cb  8;  1st  ch  Richmond  16. 
New  >4<6any— Jeffers>inviile  cb  10;  Seymour  ch  A. 

Iowa,  North — Dubuqu« — First  ch  Indepeodeoce 
0;  Pleasant  Grove  ch  3;  Pleasant  I'rairie  ch  1; 
Sbernll'ii  Monnd  ch  6;  Lansing  1st  eh  8  Cbdur 
Jbfpids— MeohaniosTi  He  ob  4. 

Iowa,  South. — Dei  JVMnes— Olivet  oh  8;  Fella  oh 
1 ;  Newton  ch  11 ;  Dexter  oh  6.  Iowa  CU jt—Hed. 
Oik  ob  7  47 ;  1st  ch  Iowa  City  10;  1st  ch  Muncatiue 
20 ;  1st  ch  Maioom,  Iowa  2.  7otoa— First  ch  Koe- 
sutb,  Iowa  16.  MiMtouri  River — College  Spring  ch 
1  3>;  Guthrie  oh  6;  Hiimourg  ch  1;  Ist  oh  Ne- 
brasHa  City  10 ;  1st  eh  Ponca,  Neb  1. 

Kansas— Anporta— Osage  City  ch  S;  Lyndon  eh 
1.    i/^^^niis— First  eh  Hwwatha  1  60. 

KBifTUOKr.—£beneser— Ashland  Sab^h  60  oenta. 
£oiMtfvi/ls— Cloverport  ch  10. 

Long  Island.— BrooJUyn—Sab-seh  Mlasionary  Ae> 
sodation  of  Sooth  eh  Brooklyn  to  support  a 
Teacher  20  > :  Laurence  St  ch  6.  Long  Zriaiad— First 
oh  Hempstead  9  27. 

MiOHiOAN.— I>eeroi^-First  oh  Tpdlanti,  Michigan 
16  25.    Orand  Aapids— Stanton  ob  }. . 

HiNNisoTA.— >FmofMi— Owatonna  eh  6  06  :  Albert 
Lea  eh  10.    AcJkoto— Yankton  Agency  eh  ^ 

Missouri.— Atlmyra—Brookfleld  oh  2:  1st  eh 
Memphis,  Mo  4:  Williamstown  eh  1:  Moberly  oh 
8.    Oia^s— Anstiu  ch  1 :  Sugar  Creek  eh  1 60. 

Nbw  JsRSiT.—fZuaftetA— Summit  Central  cb  10. 
Wat  Jarscy— William&town  ob  6:  Salem  oh  74: 
Greenwich  ch  16  10:  2d  oh  Cedarvllle  10:  Sab^eh 
2d  ob,  Cedarville  3:  Plttsgrove  oh  42.  Jf.^ 
mou<A— Village  Freehold  ch  21  82 :  Columbus  oh  &  : 
Plaitsbargb  ob  3  36:  Uolmansville  ob  4 :  ^j^nnent 
ob  16:  Bricksburg  oh  8.  Jtrteg  CUy— First  eh 
Uoboken  24 :  Union  St  ch  1.  Astston— Lalhyett* 
eh  6 :  Sparta  ch  1 L  76 :  Asbnry  ch  6 :  Deokertown  oh 
12  26 :  BranohTiUe  eh  9  pO :  M  eh  ^antage  lA. 


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1 1  11.  IWoipfcifliJkj-— CbAti«tfi>rd 
'JUID  eh  ll(. 

UdMf^h^th^T^  ch  Pitt*^iirgrh 
:t9hiir^,  iidd'i  ^  -  CVairnh  4^b 
tttC^rmel  eb  &  &U  '  Mt^rib  l^rpiuch 
£d  ^  WdJiiOflburtc«l«biiab  &j:  li^t 
tLiburgh  Jtf,  H^i*AiFff^£7B— iSew 
I  m.  K^iiMtmit''\%^tMu\l  n\\\  cb 
»irt— PUwKiiat  Vitw  cb  Ik    -ft'air*- 

iifin«-Flnit  ch  AiJfitiii,  Ttuxiui 
>f_W««tOD  oh  3:  Mii  Sitlcm  th  2  ^ 

i;ftirwtoii!if— UWDtrtJ    cb    i!;    Iluutei- 

(Jou  cb  tt.     Fiilenim  uh  4   i*i, 

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EDitrHt -«  Mc(lr«wrl]l«   eh     &   TO. 

lut  eh  ai.  tf''  /.*i»TitJ»ci!»— tif>t 
S  Y  3a,    tTii24— CiipUm  oh  jO  in  " 

Lies  Ui  cli  44. 

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:  .  .',.■. ^T — t'jrut  cb  4l(in*»«t>  7  '4a: 
,,     .   .< — futtM^rlilo  ah  IV 

,.  ,  vr— i>[MtbQrf5Ch  S  14;  ]«t  ch 
*.-,ui  i^iivrf—PurUtsB villa  cli  1* 

>bio  4  &5;  JnH  Hm-jHiT,  ahif^ptsii**- 
uoiiyuinvs'"  U«rHfrhiirit'  ^i*^  ^^^ 
,  PiltftbuTTifb,  Pi*,  to  «lue»te  fi»« 
•Idle  JiifUiais&Oia;  ihiloh  ch.  Pa 
[aiii»,  Pik  tl  4u:  Llmfl  It  aniTit,  t*^^ 
tfit  cti  Phtlftt  Pi>  ^\  '^I  c^  l>H.ytim, 

I  Gn»lE  cb,  Pjt€|   Ml   PlqqkNtuL    1Tb, 

jr  C&,  Pa  a  J»lj  Writ  U  J  Agnew, 
ror  MiM  <;  H  Wa.lt,  CliAJ-tot"  i?,  N  C 
nil   iD;    lat  ch    l^qrtl*nd,   Orisginl 

FrkiHi"  A*  lift  ph  iliijnisTifhjlie, 
h  BflloU.WlP  17;  Biiicli  H»wK  rh. 
^rNud"  ICW:  iflt  cb  Ale<K  \\^h\ 

g  40;  AJ  Ajuxiiindtr.  ilt  PJf'^,■*»lJ^ 
if  PoaiJlciod  ftrid  Wtseutfliftd,  Mia- 
;  J  M  Now  oil,  S»lhi'EnfiHe»  Ciil,  tut 
\\  IMTOt-eTillecJitObioa  7&5  Ui»r- 
:  P*irk  eb  Troj,  3t  V  2.1 7 1 ;  M  Uol- 
trtj*  Wift  4  ;  aertbnn  ch  kuck  lel*ttd, 

tl  «Uj  31  ti^nnfto  ch  ff^^ttrJoH.  lU 
p-w^rk.  N  J.  (-vO  ^rawk  Sifinuijry, 
akn»r*)  1 50;  C  A  Brad- haw,  BreiJlt- 
Uji  Saiijlniury  &i  l*it  oh  Morrhtjwn, 
u  Mrbead,  Btilott,  W*l*  S;  NofLh 
1(>  «U :  idbu   Al  WlJt,  Foft  Wnynt*, 

k  €a,  ?ioTliifi'«ld.  Otol(».  ftor  Skwtia 
Mfb  SlJiry  Cmity.  Wh»to*iowii,  Pa 
lio  IT  1*^^;  AinrAbflfild  oh*  lud  3; 
Pettfr*«v  OermaD  fb*  loira  6e  JM  ph 
iOS  J  Bleb  tluiulb,  MiBU  3  76  J  i*tnK 
aft;  rre^dom  ch^  Pa  8  TtH  Kw5 
supetady,  N  X  IT  ftS;  .1  P  C^iuliof, 

for  J  P  CTurforxl^  IHJUli*  Seualairy 
tl,  tHjlD  fi;  felandUke  eh.  f«  ¥  f^ 
«b&DOii,  Ohio  1;  Shelhj  ah,  Ohio 


4  7£:  M&riit  Wood,  BUsibethtown,  Obfo  25  cents; 
2>4  ch  U'NIdera,  N  J  20;  Ist  oh  Sparta,  111  33  75; 
^J  ch  Cruibdry,  N  J  16 ;  W  Brown,  Wayne,  Iowa  6; 
C*'l*ir  GroTB  cb.  Wis  2:  8U;wartsTiUe  ch  Newton, 
N  J  '^  I  h'^-^  5  A  Logao.  Mineral  Point,  Cameron  oo, 
Fa  lU  10 :  H«¥  A  C  11tu^  Newport.  Pa  10 ;  let  ch  La 
CmeFB,  W[ft  4  60;  North  oh  La  Crnnse,  Wis  1  8U; 
IrfSPder  Danforth,  Ogden  cb,  N  Y  3:  Woodstown 
cb,  N  J  Ifl;  lut  ch  New  Castle,  Pa  30  75;  Marion  ch, 
nhirtH;  Ijitcb  Neonbo  Palln,  Kan  2;  J  A  Annin, 
Lmi  Ve^iJi,  New  Mexloo  1 ;  Howard  Street  ch,  8an 
Fr)iHPl*«J,  OaJ  1;  2d  Avenue  ch,  ETansTille,  Ind  2; 
Bni*hef  Pull-  ch,  N  Y  4  80;  Onaruach,  III  5;  Kaiit 
Gre«»ci«,  Krte  ro.  Pa  2:  Latrobe  oh.  Pa,  add'l  8;  0  A 
aoraoii.  Kamka,  Kan  6;  MWdletown  ch.  Pa  14; 
Da*f  f  i-h.  S  J  16:  Morrlfon  ch.  III  40;  Rich  Hill  ch, 
P*  o;  Hiiirhf  Mie  ch.  III  6;  A  H  Porter,  ch  of  Niagara 
Fa!l»,  N  V  6U;  Wilminirton  cb,  Del  11;  Rev  J  M 
Hacrb#Ldtfr,  Albia,  Iowa  3;  Sab-ech  Fredericksburg 
rb,  T»  f^^  ffnls;  MebeneKvllleseh,  NC  46 cents;  Rev 
lUn^f  Kendall,  D  D.,  New  York  26. 
OoQiiDlUea  on  Benerolence  and  Finance  1076  05 


Total  Receipts  in  March,       $8229  67 
JAM B3  ALLISON,  Tnoiwrtr, 
Lock  Box  43,  PitUburgb,  Pa. 


M^t^t  r^iceirfd  and  expended  on  the  JUJld  during 
thr  quatar  Hiding  MarchZl,  1878. 

K-v  f>/  J  tian^- Calvary  ch  9  81 :  Congrnity  ch 
l'>2;*E>M!nc»er  ch  89  25:  EdiPto  ch  112  68:  Good 
Will  oh  tiT  aO:  Zlon  oh  17:  Hebron  oh  12:  Mace- 
donia f^h  UfeO:  St  Andrews  ch  17  01:  8t  Paul  ch 
25€iH'  SsflTotd  eb  29  71:  Summerville  cb  66:  W^l- 
lioKf  I'rrt  '-n  *od  8eb  104  68  627  78 

f^ftif  f,t'  Ar?4ito6a— Bellefonte  8ch  8  80 ;  Ben  Salem 
rh  hk  47  :  Tilciwell  ch  100:  ChHrlolle  ch  and  S^h 
a;]'2  o;  L  L'anoord  8oh  40  90:  Fancy  Hill  ch  2  0: 
IIkpiI'Imh  ch7I  95:  liOve'n  Chapel  cb  13990:  Lloyd's 
cb  WO  ci'nM:  Miranda  ch  67  76:  Murkland  ch 
*:i  -l-i'  M^-OHntock  ch  69  15:  Mt  Olives  ch  7S  10: 
N***  Flnpft  cb  121  15:  St  Pauls  ch  8215:  Wood- 
]m,i.l-rb  1^34  1::14  73 

fY/^f ,  r  Jfbir/eW— Rock  Hill  Sch  3  86:  Laurens 
?i'h  aiit]  eh  ^J9  0 :  Tabor  ch  45  75 :  Olivet  ch  6  60 : 
Pittjihiirif  ch9  94  70 

Phfff'f  //'iWon- Greeneville  ch  21  60 

n^i/  ftt  KiflgsUm—^nryviWe  Sch  6  00  ^ 

/<«  o>  A'Tjoa:— Atlanta  ch  27  92:  Macon  ch  76  6i» : 
MM  way.  Hecedonla  ch  14  6!)  119  17 

Jf'if  (if  L^MwriYfa— Louisville  ch  107  86 

Ft, J  uf  iVti«Awif/c-Coiambia  nch  28  65 

i^iifnf  CTnwri— Bethel  ch  8  05:  Shiloh  ch  2  65: 
?t  iAik'^V  eh  and  sob  25  49:  Calvary  ch  and  sch 
VA  ^^^.  Hci^pTffville  ch  17  85  67  19 

/IffV  "/  l''idWn— Cameron  ch  36 :  Catawba  River 
ch  P  1^4:  Freedom  cb  5 :  Gold  Hill  ch  34  87 :  Greens- 
hcini  oh  »ihI  sch  00  93:  Lexington  sch  9  88  :  Logan 
ch  ;i  4J  :  Lnuisburg  cb  and  sch  61  6>:  Mocksville 
eb  17  11 :  Mebanesville  ch  and  scb  4:  Mt  Vernon 
<?h  64  Tn:  Ml  Zlou  ch  9  85 :  Mt  Tnbor  ch  6:  Mt 
Pldn^ut  i^b  27  9J:  New  Centre  cb  8  42:  Oakland 
f b  iH  ss :  Pittsburgh  ch  6 :  Salisbury  cb  and  sch 
2.<^  4i» :  ^ruCftsville  cb  and  sch  37  27  :  Scranton  ch 
21;   WbUeHallcbl  76  466  52 

/%  *i^  Wiiihington  C?»'tv- Albright  ch  21  05 :  Big 
0»h  ^li  I  ft  34:  Freedmen's  Chapel  23 :  Kussel  Grove 
ch  and  f^rh  126  61  189  l>0 

jYi>  ff&yvterial  coimecWon— Fredericksburg,  va, 


i8  77 


Total,        2950  76 


Rev  A  S  BllHngsley  acknowledges  the  receipt  of 
1(»,  f-jp  Kr«dmen's  Library  Association,  SUtesville, 
N  C,  frLim  Jame«  Thomas,  Esq,  New  Brighton,  Pa. 

ilrn  J  E  Doriand  acknowledges  the  receipt  of"  A 
BeHUtifEil  Howe's  Sewing  Machine"  inscribed, 
■*  Prnru  the  1st  Presbyterian  cb  of  Wo^ster,  Ohio,  to 
flcotta  ?*^ai|aary,  March  26ih  1873;"  Also,  a  package 
ef  lprfjk#  for  Scotia  Seminary,  from  8  C  Haines,  Esq. 

Mi-*p  Jennie  McNlel  acknowledges  the  receipt  of 
a  vnlutihle  box  of  clothing  firom  the  Ladles  of  Hayes- 


i- 

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tlUri,  L^hlo. 


_  _^itizecl  by 


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172  Suttentation  CommiUee.  IMoj/ 

COMMITTEE  OF  SUSTENTATION. 

Ber.  M.  W.  Jacobus,  D.D.,  Secretary,  818  Ridge  Street*  Allegheny,  Pa. 


■,  P£!fNSTLTAiii4,  April  6th,  '73. 

**  We  have  been  under  your  Committee  of  Sustentation  but  about  six  months,  yet 
I  think  greater  progress  has  been  made  in  that  time  towards  self-support  than  in 
the  two  or  three  years  of  the  church's  previous  history.  Under  the  old  system 
there  was  scarcely  anything  done  worthy  of  mention  or  remembrance ;  four  hun- 
dred dollars  bein)5  received  from  the  Board  of  Home  Missions,  and  a  promise  of 
an  equal  amount  from  the  church  itself — which  I  believe  was  never  either  promptly 
or  wholly  paid — while  no  other  Board  received  its  collections,  and  no  training 
was  insisted  on  with  a  view  to  future  good  habits  or  usefulness.  I  think  that 
under  the  present  system,  more  will  be  given  to  each  of  the  Boards  than  was 
formerly  given  to  but  one.  We  have  raised  fourteen  dollars  for  Home  Missions, 
while  belore  this,  the  sum  contributed  to  this  Board  (and  none  to  any  other)  was 
four  to  nine  dollars  I  And  now  besides  to  Foreign  Missions,  and  the  rest  thirty-five 
dollars  thus  far,  and  five  hundred  dollars  to  salary,  as  compared  with  three  to 
four  hundred  dollars  before,  with  a  prospect  of  improvement.  And  we  have 
raiaed  five  hundred  dollars  towards  a  parsonage." 

1  Pbiwstltahia,  April  7th. 

**  The  Sustentation  Scheme  has  worked  wonders  for  this  church,  so  far  as  the 
support  of  the  pastor  is  concerned.  For  eight  years  I  served  the  church  as  a  stated 
Siipply  for  about  two  hundred  dollars  per  year,  and  taught  school  forty  weeks 
each  year,  to  live.  The  people  thought  they  were  doing  the  best  they  could.  The 
first  year  of  Sustentation  they  raised  five  hundred  dollars,  and  the  second  year 
five  hundred  and  filty  dollars  for  my  support,  besides  parsonage.  These  amounts 
were  raised  promptly  in  monthly  instalments.  Our  people  now  feel  that  they 
must,  -and  will  make  progress  each  year  toward  self-support.  For  the  Boards, 
too,  they  have  given  for  this  year,  sixty-six  dollars,  and  for  the  year  prior  to 
Sustentation  only  twenty- three  dollars." 

— ,  Iowa. 

"Collections  regular  and  easy.  None  taken  for  the  Boards  previous  to  coming 
under  your  Committee.  Salary  now  is  regularly  paid — a  thing  impossible  other- 
wise and  but  for  this  Scheme." 

— ,   IlCDIAKA. 

**No  service  for  seven  months  previous  to  coming  under  the  Sustentation 
Scheme.  It  has  made  this  church  what  it  is.  Neither  oflBcers  nor  members 
remember  when  a  collection  was  ever  taken  for  either  of  the  Boards,  till  now." 


Rboeipts  IE  March. 


St^ad  op  Albast.— f^y  of  v^ttwny— Albany  6lh  Syjiod  ow  Colorado.— P&y  <^  CWorodo— First  ch 

eta  21;   Kingfiboro  cb  40;   AlbAOjr  4th  eh  416  12.  Denrer  U  50.    Ffjy  qf  Santa  /<»— L«b  VegM  ch  3; 

J^y  of  TVoy— Waierford  oh  65.  8«nU  Fe  ch  2. 

aiNOD  OP  ATLAWTic— P^y  of  >4tfanrt<:— Walling-  Syxod  oy  Oolukbos.— /*y  of  Orfumfvus— London 

fbrd  ch  2.    i*y  oA  A'n«r— Frewlmen'i  ch  8j  ch  6.    Pby  of  Marion— Tnnton  fih  8  2j;    Milrord 

S.TKOD  OP   bALTiMOttE.— /^y  oj   BtHU,Hore—Vint  Centre  ch  3;  Iberia  ch  4;  Marion  ch  10.    Itji  of 

ch  Baltimore  3U0:  Emmlltuburg  ch  18  70;  Freder-  Woo#^«r— First  ch  Anblaud  46  78.    Pbyof  ZatutsvU-e 

rick  City  ch4;  B^llalrch  2;  Ai^quith  etch  16;  New  — Fairmountoh  2;  RoMsviile  oh  1;  Uniontowa  ch 

M'indnor  ch  1  50;  WcMmloMter  ch  129  40;  ilayre  2;  Futnam  oh,  Zanesville  26. 

de  Grace  ch  10;  Barton  ch  16.    Fby  qf  New  CastU-^  dr.NuD  op   Krib,— «»y  of  Allegheny—Sorth   eh 

Haooter  si  ch,   WiimiuKton  60;    F.>rt  Ferry  ch  Allegheny  202  37;  Sharpaburgh  ch  22;  Hi  lands  ch 

6  63;  Snowhill  ch  16;  Ked  Clay  Creek  ch  23;  Cen-  16  06;  Cross  Roads  ch  10;  2d  th  Allegheny  71  50; 

tral  ch,  WilmlngtoD  6'..    Pby  of  Wiuhinglon  CUy—  Beaver  ch  16  90;  Ist  Ger  oh  Allegheny  1  10.    PVg 

Gurleych7;  N«w  York  Av  ch  10*  89.  of  BuUer^BuXiw  ch   89  06;    Sonburych    9  25; 

i*YNOD  op  CisciraKti—Pt'!/  of  c7tt//tcotA<— Hills-  Pleasant  Valley  ch  6  76;  Concord  ch  16  0;  North 
boro  ch  44  37.  FOy  of  Ct/tcinnart— Ulendale  ch  Butler  ch  7.  /%«/  Oarum— Perry  ch  6;  Licking 
88  79;  Avondale  eh  170;  1st  German  ch  10;  liove-  ch  26  25;  Loatberwood  ch  26.  /*y  o/"  JSH<— Plea- 
land  ch  12  9;;.  /%  nf  Dayton^Cliflon  ch  30;  1st  santTille  ch  6  CO;  Greenville  ch  86;  Union  City  ch 
ch  Dayton  3>  03;  New  Jersey  oh  6  10;  Venice  6  70;  Istch  Meadville  30;  Edlnboro  ch  32;  Istch 
eh  21.  Waterford  ch  3  60.    Pty  qf  KiUaTining—Shrmlvt 

dTMOD  OP  Clivblahd.— Pi»y  of  Cfcwtend—Second  Grove  ch  4  69;  Worthington  ch  7 ;  Glade  Bun  ch  8; 

ch  Clevflaod  100.    J^y  of  J/oAontny— Fir.-t  ch  Min-  Indiana  ch  75;  Apollo  ch  14  56.    Pby  of  Shcnango 

era!  Uldge  11  60.    Phy  of  St  Ctoirm//e— Cambrid«e  —Clarksvllie  ch  25  72;  Beaver  Falls  oh  13. 

ch  10.    I  by  qf  Aru'^nw/te— Ridge  ch  12  21;  2a  ch  Stnoo  op  Gexbva.— /^  of  Qiyuffa—AfiTOT%  eh 

Steuben vilie  83;  Imndaleoh  10  66;  New  Phila  cb  80;  Victory  ch  25;  Port  Byron  oh  17  64.    Ftty  of 

9;  Canonsburg  ch  kO.  G^e/iciM— Penn  Yan  ch  110;  Oakfield  oh  6.     Foy  o 


Eaifeniation  Committee. 


173 


Pfutt  eh  It;  PfftlUbarfh  ch  6 J 
tfitwil  tb  16. 

24;    Um^r   Piith    VmUef  ftb   1^. 

^l  Creek  vhU,  Hik:*bur«  eh 
31    niM   of  Nfirtku'ttixrliiiid— 

^;  L«xkifftaa  rh  lOj  Ouarif*  ib 
r— CiiiitnD  eVi  IS  (Hi.  Ph^  i^f  ikft«if- 
T  £0;  ClmytODclb  12, 

h,  3tT»»Ujr  3  ai^  YnsBnn  eb  S  60, 
ET— A>«<]o  cb  (I.;  CmnadflU  eh  a; 
;  nmiBlflCeb  ^ 

jin,  ■'i-lJTH.— /I-^  q/  ^fMii— Pie*- 
^.    /'^^j^fi/ i^a/i-ww— &hi-lbj»lilach 

pi^t  H  &0i  i*J(ford  ch  J  Ot>;  iioiK* 

aijgi!  ch  7;  Sbw  Uitirastfrr  fb  1. 
;*;ibl(Mvilk«h  4^,  SifwttntMi  ell  I  3). 
31  A,  Subtil—/**  «/  ^*i/ian<rj>»^ii*.- 

f.  Id  nb    Miidi*oii   M  *i;    1«  eb 
25;  Jeljtfri'^nvllli'icb  10.     jPf*^  ^ 
rorarli'ii^;  RIcbuioad  rb  30 

I;  Andra*  (ih  2;  Fmf  10 fir's  Creek 
jOtti'mifti'— Pl«ii"«iit  OroiFO    cb    0; 

StiirtB—  HiJ^  ^f  i^J  ^oiiMtf— N'ew- 
Jh   Vlliiteraet  li ;    W'iiukiw  cb  '2  ; 

nf  /tjuM— iUrllufrburf?  ^?h  2  flOj 
cb,  K«>kiik  ft^!.  n^J^  (*/  /^'^J  ^^'v 
f^jj^  <tf  Misif.ttri  fliwr— StfWAMl  ch 
»  a  26;  PoiMib*  eb,  Xebr»i«ka  U 
S  7&:ChenDk(f«eha  i^  i  Jiobnfli* 
lbllf|{  rh  1. 
!!*«.—  /%«/■  ff^A/aurf— nianrfttha 

j\Wrtl_Fjr>t  rb   liB^T^UMi  'SO  3&, 

P6f  of  LfiniT  fJJfrt7*.J— Quogne  rh  10. 

vm;  l»t  lib  Due  Rtplda  S.    Po^  qf 
ale  nod  OsiHunltt  ch  4  46^ 
vEJioT^.— r&y  or  Jlf.i»(r-ato— La  SedT 
P^  ril  -  W  eRtmi  n rt«r  dh  tt^  HO .    /% 
H  Ctty  ch  ^^:   Albert  Ua  eh  7. 

KiUHT-— /%  n/  OMjf^i?— L*X*n|St011  (th 

roft  85  ft*,  /'^''ir  if  /Al^wlJ^■*— Nf'W 
25h     rtiit  nf  fVtf/ft-WfHoD  ch  a. 

ralM>v  ch   16  50 ;    2A    K  Mia  Nth  ch 
iriwforrt  IS;  Utah  Matucb^Q  li>  iii; 
I  & .     PtfViif  Jrriiy  raj  -  Bn  i£  le  wood 
I  jHTi'tiy  dttj  30  tlO;  li't  cb  U  Ellon  t^ 
iiA--Fikriniuittitl«  eh   h*    niituwrnn 
f  cb  5;  TuekiiFtowD  md  BaK*  Kifer 
iiaTilln  ch  6;    Mt  tlnily  ch  '«  10: 
3;  Iffl  cb  CTftnbufy  2h  hM  Udek*- 
IVunifOt  ch  15,     i%  1^  J/r>rri*  awl 
frai^S^i*  ch  43  10;  VlamlaM  nb  li^  10; 
h  10  I ;  lj«t  rb  IJiiDRD  90 ;  Iflt  ch  Wnr- 
P&y  0/  AVJi?n[rJt— Oiililwi^n  fah  Hi ;  Cif  n 
t  8H.     Pf^i  "f  -i^^''*'^  iifnirmpiCt—  K » rk  - 
\m\  c^i  20  J  llAmiltiJo  ^cmiirwcb  10  U^i; 
i  44;   KlD^tnt*  cb  40;   LfcialieTtTyii* 
TiJoi^l'in  oh  100.     PbM  of  i>l*m*m  — 
V*llcy  ch  13:  Anh&fi  ftb  ^;  il  ch 
;  rmeirlH«  eh  T  »0i  £l*w«rtj«TilW  ch 
•fst  Jt  rK^-i^irto  oh  IS ;  I'ltlj^grovo 
Am  eh  2-Ji  ^  Ciiin-J«Ti  *h  M, 
tw   foftt— i^J^  «^  iI*i*(rt*i-nedEinl 
p»blr»  la  l!i.      /^F  *lf  /^»^tn'*i— vit 
InrtjR  ch  81 ;  aaiDnpo  ch  13;  ^pntrii- 
Dh  Ftorldii  10.     fi>if  "/  ^'^'^«f_*'^''^;— 
»  ch  6  21;  RiiMvr*  ch  4EJI  &0;   M«- 
17;  Fi<lh    A*  ftqd   ffliacteeBth  ^C  ch 
*.  I  n  S*t  U  c  r  ch  7 .     f^u  <*''  **'^'*  CAw^er 
Sk;  Skill Lh  8«lem  cli  20  30:  aipg  Slog 
tkHter  ck  1%, 


gTM»  Of  PmLADiLWiTA.— J%y  o/  C*<«fer— Pho^ 
Ti!^vlll«cb5:  Upper  Ocf)rar«  cb  83;  Chester  City 
fi  ^1  Pby  of  Ixicfcaioanna— Tunkhannock  ch  \0; 
MoritwM  ch  60;  Wyaox  eh  14  28;  Wilkwbarro  ch 
220  Tfl;  Chrlat  Chapel,  Lebanon  41  10.  rby  or 
i^A^— Hokendaqaa  ch  10  26;  Stroud^burg  ch 
14  *S ;  Port  Carbon  cb  10 ;  Taroaqua  ch  25 ;  Mar 
hannT  City  oh  24  03.  Pbg  of  PhiUuUfphia-^Tmhor 
eh  5;  Wwainilnnter  ch  25;  Philadelphia  9th  ch 
&j  -li :  Philadelphia  2d  ch  26.  Pby  of  F/iitadetphia, 
f^jirral— Ufaionville  ch  8:  North  10th  8t  ch  69; 
Kpnirtngtou  ch  67:  Tioga  St  ch  25;  Ut  ch  Mantua 
Ji  ■  Temple  ch  20  ;  Richmond  ch  3;  Western  cb  20  ; 
W.-41  Arch  ftt  ch  «6  60.  Pby  of  Philadelphia,  North 
—  Hfdt  ch  Ortrmantown  216;  CarvernTHle  ch  2  25; 
Ni'^tnn  cb  38  6H:  Port  Kennettcb  33:  JefferaonvllM 
ohris  Con«hohocken  rh  0;  AWngton  ch  e>;  Kliiabeth- 
\fmn  ch  6  76:  2d  ch  Oernmniown  31  30;  Ut  Sprlng- 
BHdch  I:  Brl(«tol  ch  12  85;  Chestnut  Hill  40;  I|er. 
n«.m  rb  39.  Poy  of  IKu»<»tn«<«r— LitUe  britain  ch 
14  :  8Ute  Ridge  eb  10. 

i^tifoD  Mt  PiTT8B0Ron.-Pfey  of  J3IatV«vi/2e— Johos- 
towii  rh  35;  North  Salem  oh  10  40:  Plum  Creek  ch 
;0;  PVne  Ron  ch  4  40;  Croi«8  Roadfl  ch  1«;  Irt 
BWlr*»ille  ch  8  fO;  Uolty  ch  21;  Latrobe  cb  21. 
pitg  tif  /\a«&uwA— Pittaborgh  lat  ch  500:  Poreat 
GmTflch  30:  Shady  Side  rh  131  93;  Mt  PIsgah  ch 
1  10 1  PlltKburgh  2d  ch  76  41;  SwitwTale  ch  43; 
Plrtuhurgh  Central  ch  2  hO\  0«kdale  cb  10 ;  Monon* 
[r.(hela  Ciiv  ch  31  10.  Pby  of  RedtUme—QwTge'B 
CPiHik  oh  fl ;  Little  Redstone  ch  16  75 ;  Fayette 
CKw  ch  6.  Pby  of  H'a«/.in</^'>n— Spring*  ch  4 :  Hol- 
hday'a  Cove  ch  10 ;  Glen  Fall*  cb  34.  POy  qf  Weri 
r<i^3«io— Fairmountch  6  ^   ^     ,.      -.    ^     . 

Sr^oD  OF  TENNkssK*.— «»y  V  .Iwftn— flrit  on,  . 
Au»Ljal7  25.  Poy  of  HoUton—J^uMboTo  ch  2o2. 
}i(*v  r)f  A'ino«/o»— New  HroTldeoce  ch  10;  Clover 
Tiilj  ch  2  :>0;  Poreat  Hill  oh  2  50.  Pby  of  New 
ftjf^ani-Firet  Oer  ch,  N  O  6.  Pby  of  Union-- 
WMtmlnPter  ch  2;  New  Market  ch  2. 

^rwoDOF  T.»LBDo.-P(iy  q/i?e/f//rm<atw-.Wyandotte 
eh  2  30.  Pbyqf  ^urw— Norwark  ch  48 ;  Huron  ch 
n  15;  Fremont  chs  40:  Olena  ch  16  40;  Peru  ch 
21  2H;  NoTwal\ch7;  Fremont  ch  6. 

at^oi.  Of  XinoK.—l'by  of  Bivghamimr-^yiXixiX^xA 
ch  m  8 '  :  WHverly  ch  2.  Py  of  O/awo-Chennr 
T-in«y  ch  20  25.  Pby  of  St  L-.torenc«-8tone  at  ch 
Wntcrton  30;  FIrat  ch  OjtilensburiC  3).  Pby  of 
.s-  /rc^cuw— FltHt  ch  Ot'«e»ro  40 :  <  amlllaa  ch  2  55. 
}fflt  rf  Wictt-Rome  ch  38;  ClayTllle  oh  4  oO;  Ch 
of  ariskany  1  3J.  «.      ^  r,„ 

STfioD  OF  Wiwt«r:«  New  York.— P6y  of  Om^ur- 
lVyftmln«  ch  11  66;  B.  tKvia  ch  30  83.  ij^  of 
(AfJiM^  ra//<fy— Firnt  ch  FrankUoTllle  8.  Pby  of 
A*')efc^»ter— Biigblon  ch  18;  3d  ch  Rocheater  41  08; 
Brwkport  ch  50  05 ;  Geneseo  ch  81  57  ;  2a  ch  Sparta 
T  fiO;  Toaoarora  and  Union  oh  3  69. 

SisoD  OF  WiMCox<«iN— Pfty  of  O/iip/KWi— North 

Band  ch  2.    Pity  of  MU\oaLuictt-^\x%1  ch  Cato  2  25; 

t-tch  Waukesha  9.    Pby  of  WinnAago—^XifX  ch 

'>^hkoah2. 

Committee  on  BeneTolenoe  and  Finaaoe  1688  88. 


MiHCELLAHEooa.— P  P.>tt8t,  Dsltou,  0  10;  ^mft 
ch,  SYS;  Plains  of  Fainn^ant  ch,  Pa  H;  Rev  L 
M  Stevens  and  wife,  Delphi.  Ind  5;  oh  of  31  Marys 
Pa  12  60;  Rev  J  no  Martin  6;  8  A  Logan,  Mln- 
i^tfX  Point  10;  ClarksonQer  chl;  Marahfleld  oh, 
liid  5;  College  Springa  oh,  Iowa  27  ;  ch  of  EarWllle, 
JUrt  10;  lat  rh  Yates  City.  \\U  /Octs :  Tontogaoy  and 
Chlead  ch  40  eta;  Ch  of  Tipton,  Mo  5 ;  Ist  ch,  8t  Cloud, 
^Unn  3  ;  Cb  of  Cl*reo«»,  Iowa  3J:  Ch  of  Herman 
iiod  BloeGrasa  2  50;  Ch  of  I>«»ter  "J  Brownsville, 
S  Y  \6;  Buckingham  ch,  Berlin.  Md,  35;  Ch  of  Uar- 
bnr  Creek,  Pa  15;  Ch  of  Atklnno..,  Ills  80;  Co  of 
Mucon,  in«2>:  Cb  of  Pleanant  Vallev,  P*  30 ;  Cb  of 
HJrJ'rt  K,e  Kidge  and  SuJJ''^*".  Mo  30;  M  cb. 
^.^Hlarvllle,  N  J  35;  Ch  of  Willi*mson,  N  Y  M ;  Ch 
lifdqunm  Village,  N  J  27  :  Ch  of  Portland,  Mich  25; 
Ch  of  Weston,  0  30 :  Ch  of  Kennet  Square  and  Aroo- 
dnle  Pa  6;  Delaware  Water  Gap  ch.  Pa  3o;  Ch  of 
W  ate  Haven.  Pa  30;  Ch  of  Darfea  Conn  35;  Ch  of 
I'mirt**  City,  Ills  6:  Chs  of  Moingonft  and  Boone, 
tasra  25  :  lit  ch  JSnfleld,  Ills  26  26.  

Total  Receipts,  16,884  68 

IL  W.  JACOBUS,  Seentanf  »»*  Tnasurer, 

818  RKlge  Street,  AUegheny,  Pa.  ^ 

__^itizeclby  VjU 


174        General  Assembly* s  Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance.        [Maji 

COMMITTEE   ON   BENEVOLENCE   AND   FINANCE. 


PUBLICATION  AND  REPUBLICATIONS  OF  RECEIPTS. 

Robert  Morris,  tchoae  eminent  services  were  so  useful  in  enrrying  the  government  through  (he  Revoiu- 
tionari/  tear,  by  means  of  gather  ng  funds,  said  that  the  vohole  of  finmnce  icas  comprehended  in  tn^  brief 
sentences—**  The  raising  of  money  by  such  modes  as  are  moiC  easy  and  most  equal,  and  expending  tans 
in  the  most  frugnl,  fair,  and  honest  manner." 

A  Treasurer  of  one  of  the  Assembly's  permaneot  committees  writes  as  follows: 
"  There  is  a  growing  conviction  that  the  expense  and  labor  of  publishing  receipts 
should  be  reduced.  IMoney  contributed  to  the  varioMS  Boards  is  acknowledged 
four  times ! — Ist.  By  the  Treasurer's  receipt  to  the  church  whence  the  money  is 
sent.  2d.  As  published  in  the  Record  every  month.  3d.  Republished  in  the  Annual 
Reports.  4th.  And  printed  again  with  the  Minutes  of  the  GSneral  Assembly. 
Surely  ihis  continued  repetition  of  *  a  good  thing '  is  needless."  The  same  criti- 
cism comes  from  another  Treasurer  of  one  of  the  Boards,  who  notices  a  fifth 
acknowledgment  of  a  part  of  the  receipts,  viz :  the  receipts  for  Foreign  Missions 
are  published  in  the  Foreign  Missionary  in  addition  to  their  publication  in  the 
i  Record,    Is  it  generally  known  that  all  these  publications  of  receipts  would  fill 

a  volume  of  about  500  pages  every  year  ? 

Without  discussing  the  subject,  we  remark,  that  it  seems  evident  that  all  those 
churches  which  remit  through  this  Committee  for  distribution^  take  one  of  the 
first  steps  towards  economizing  the  benevolent  funds  of  the  church.  Monthly,  oi 
frequent  remittances,  have  become  a  necessity  in  order  to  perfect  system  and  tc 
preserve  the  Boards  from  embarrassment.  But  there  is  a  large  saving  of  time, 
labor,  and  money,  by  concentrating  into  one  office,  wh^re  one  receipt  and  one  publi- 
cation answers  the  purposes  of  eight.  The  tendency  also  of  this  economical  metho( 
is  to  give  the  churches  and  Presbyteries  clearer  views  of  the  progress  of  the  worli 
of  gathering  money  all  the  year  round. 

Repeated  publications  have  also  been  criticised  upon  moral  grounds.     If  the} 

are  made  in  order  to  induce  self-satisfaction  in  the  minds  of  those  who  give,  do 

I  they  not  contravene  the  injunctions  of  our  Lord,  in  Matt.  vi.  1 — 4,  Luke  xvii.  10' 

What  a  contrast  to  motives  of  this  kind  do  those  present  which  are  drawn  fron 

the  life  and  precepts  of  the  Redeemer!     All  will  be  ready  to  admit  that  the 

advance  of  our  churches  in  genuine  benevolence  is  to  be  made  by  keeping  the 

highest  motives  before  the  people. 

How  much  more  certain  and  permanent  vnll  be  the  success  of  that  church  wher« 

'  gifts  are  made  with  the  desire  that  no  further  publicity  than  is  absolutely  neces 

j  sary  be  given  to  them,  and  where  the  oQerings,  accompanied  by  public  prayer 

'  incidentally  teach  that  it  is  a  high  privilege  and  a  Christian  grace  to  worship  Qo( 

j  in  this  way.  

1  j  SPECIAL  OFFERINGS^. 

One  of  the  advantages  of  the  flexible  plan  of  this  Committee  is  its  self-regulat 
\\  ing  power.     This  is  manifested  in  the  increased  number  of  ^'special*"  oiTn  inj^s 

f)  during  March.    Churches  which  have  given  according  to  the  Assembly's  SlH^ 

dule,  for  our  work  as  one^  vary  proportions  towards  the  close  of  the  financial  year, 
in  order  to  aid  the  most  needy  Boards.    Annual  collections  even  in  their  moditiec 
form  of  collectrons  for  certain  Boards,  during  consecutive  weeks  at  certiLin  sea 
sons,  do  not  afford  the  same  facility. 
The  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  should  receive  special  offerings  at  tbli  time 


1873.]     General  Assembiys  Chmmittee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance,         176 

on  aecoant  of  deficiencies,  whilst  the  Home  Board  closes  the  year  in  a  more 
easy — but  by  no  means  too  easy — financial  condition. 


FROM  THE  CHURCHES. 


The  work  of  this  Committee  must  progress  slowly;  and  the  elders  and  think- 
ing men  in  oar  churches  must  take  time  fully  to  consider  the  advantages  of  this 
system  before  they  act  More  new  churches,  however,  have  remitted  through 
this  Committee  during  March  than  ever  before,  and  the  coincidence  in  the  action 
of  some  of  the  largest  of  them  is  worthy  of  note.  The  First  church,  Washington 
City;  First  Albany,  First  Buffalo,  First  Cleveland,  First  Chillicothe,  0.,  First 
Rochester,  First  Chicago,  and  First  and  Second  churches,  St  Louis,  have  remitted 
to  our  Treasurer  for  distribution. 

A  Pastor  in  Pennsylvania,  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Benevolence  in  his 
Presbytery,  writes  to  us,  regarding  the  advantage  of  careful  consideration  as  fol- 
lows: **  At  our  late  annual  revision  of  church- work,  the  Session  resolved  to  make 
trial  of  the  method  suggested  by  your  Committee,  of  regular  Sabbath  collections 
and  monthly  remittances  to  the  Treasurer  of  your  Committee.  The  action  was 
taken  by  the  Session  at  their  own  instance,  so  that  the  advantage  of  a  year's 
delay  is  apparent'^ 

From  Rev.  C.  N.  Wildee,  Essex,  New  York.  "Our  church  has  voted  a 
monthly  collection  for  the  benevolent  work  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  to 
pass  it  through  the  Assembly's  Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance.  We  are 
working  towards  the  plan  of  the  General  Assembly's  Committee." 

The  Clerk  of  Session  of  Calvary  church,  Newark,  New  Jersey,  writes  as  fol- 
lows: **  By  this  new  plan  recommended  by  the  General  Assembly  we  double  our 
subscriptions  over  last  year." 

The  Rev.  Georqe  D.  Barer,  pastor  of  the  first  church  Detroit,  greets  us  thus: 
"  r  take  great  pleasure  in  iuforming  you  that  you  may  add  the  First  church  in 
Detroit  to  the  list  of  the  churches  which  have  adopted  the  plan  of  giving  by 
*  Weekly  0  Jerings.'     We  inaugurated  this  scheme  successfully  last  Sabbath.*' 

The  Circulars  of  the  Committee  have  presented  to  the  churches  a  regular 
oourse  of  thought  upon  raising  money  for  the  benevolent  work  of  the  Church. 
Rev.  J.  Ludlow  Kendall  writes  us:  **  All  the  printed  documents  are  received,  and 
I  can  give  my  unqualified  approbation  of  the  whole  scheme,  and  most  fully  endorse 
every  recommendation." 

The  Pastor  or  a  verit  larqb  city  church  in  the  West  refers  to  the  practice  of 
his  people  upon  the  Committee's  plan,  as  follows : — *'  This  method  is  a  great 
success  with  us.  The  number  of  offerings  as  well  as  the  sum  given,  has  steadily 
increased  since  the  first  Sabbath  of  this  plan.  I  would  that  all  oulr  churches 
heeded  the  Apostolic  direction  in  this  matter  and  gave  each  week.'' 

The  Church  of  Rtr.  D.  M.  Cooper,  Albion,  Michigan,  was  one  of  the  first  to 
make  remittances  through  this  Committee.  Within  about  nine  months  it  remitted 
more  than  double  the  amount  which  the  Boards  acknowledged  as  having  received 
from  it  in  the  whole  preceding  year.  Now  their  church  has  been  burned,  and  no 
insurance,  the  material  result  of  fifteen  years'  toil  is  in  ashes,  but  with  the  aid  of 
'*  friends  from  outside"  and  with  God's  blessing  on  their  labors  at  home,  they 
expect  to  rebuild  and  still  continue  their  systematic  course  of  contributions  for  the 
whole  work  of  ike  Church.  Such  faith  and  heroism  deserves  sympathy  and  mate- 
rial aid.  _ 

o 


176       General  Assemh^s  Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Fmance.         [,May 


REMITTANCBS. 
Remittances  should  be  made  to  S.  D.  Powel,  Treasurer  of  the  Committee  en 
BeneooUnee  and  Finance,    Errors  are  liable  to  oocuri  unless  this  direction  be 
attended  to,  as  Mr.  Powel  is  Treasurer  also  of  the  Board  of  Home  Missions. 


Rbcbipts  nr  Maroh,  1878. 
-  Synods  In  small  capitals— Presbyteries  in  tto^tes^-Gharches  In  Roman— sp  for  SpeoiaL 


Kf  Dintribution  ii  made  precUeiv  as  donors 
direct.  The  contraction  sp  for  special,  designates 
offerings  for  but  a  part,  and  not  for  the  whole  work 
i  the  Church, 

Aldaitt.— iltftanv— Albsny  1st  ch  4S0  79.    Cham- 

plain^Eanex  cb  18  90;    Port  Henrr  cb  1&»  (of 

which  6,  from  Mrf^  Hutchinson  for  SastenUtton. 

and  10,  from  Mrs  F  P  Judd)  614  69 

Atlamtio.— £ho0— New  Hope  ch  2  60 

Baltimorb.— 2V«i0  CbstJ^-^lasgow  Pencader  ch 

100  42;  Chesapeake  City  ch  80  180  42 

CinuiirirATL  — C^tZ^teoMs— Chillicothe  Ist  ch 

623  86.    Dayton— Troy  IsC  ch  436  2)         1058  60 

Clevilaxd.— Cl«v«<afKi— Clereland   North    ch 

14  21 :  Qeveland  1st  ch  000.    JfoAonin^— Warren 

Ui  ch  161 ;  Salem  ch  26  96  1090  46 

Ebii.— OaHcm— Mayrille  ch  36  CO 

GE!rETA.—Ch|/uya— Genoa  2d  ch,  sp  8.   Chemung 

— Elmira  Ist  oh  225:  Tyrone  oh  4  75  (of  whicb 

Mrs  E  B  Wells  1.)    X/yons— Williamson  oh  96 

833  76 

Harkisburo.— Cbrllslo— Barrisburg  Ist  oh.  Mar- 
ket Square  00i>;  ChHmbersburg  Central  ch  28  (of 
whioti  J  D  McDowel  10);  Waynesboro  ch  30. 
iVorMutn6er2and  — Will  iamsport  2d  ch  09  89. 
WeUsboro—Arnot  ch  sp  30  787  89 

lLLi?rois,  CxiiTaAL.—PsorM»— Vermont  oh  36  65. 
8pringfiM^Pi»fi&h  ch  40  75  66 

Illimois,  VoKt n,— Chieago — Chicago  1st  oh 
771  H6;  WilminKion  Ist  ch  sp  161.  Freeport-^ 
Galena  1st  ch  257  34,  (of  which  95  to  educate  a 
native  missionary  in  C!hina.)  Boek  Biver — Gene- 
peo  ch  6;  Mun.oon  ch,  sp  16;  Oscoe  ch  and  &al> 
Hch,  sp  5  15;  Sterling  ch,  sp  166  81;  Oscoe  ch, 
f>p  5  50 ;  PA  Co,  Sterling,  II  f  sp  60  1438  95 

IT-Liuois,  SouTO.— ilZton— Virden  1st  oh  25  06. 
Oitro— Nashville  ch,  sp  14  60.  MatUhm—Pwaa, 
ch  41  80  66 

Indiana,  NoaTa—Oatff/brdnriUs— Covington  2d 
ch,  sp  7  70;  Williamsport  ch,  sp  10:  Parkers- 
burg  ch  21  80.  Z<Man«por<— Laporte  ch  229  91; 
Logansport  2d  ch  101.  ifunds— Wabash  ch  65; 
Liberty  ch  26  04  460  96 

Indiana,  South.— J/idiomopo/is— Indianapolis  2d 
ch  240  46  (of  which  25  ffom  W  S  Hubbard); 
Bloomington  Walnut  St  ch  30  45;  Columbus  ch 
60  25;  Indianapolis  7th  ch,  sp  42;  Rer  L  G 
Hay,  sp  15.  New  ilfbony— Learenworth  ch,  sp 
8  60;  Aharon  ch,  sp4;  Lexington  ch  8  60.  Ftn- 
emn«t— Petersburgh  cb,  sp  11  26  406  60 

Iowa,  North. — Dufttigue— Centretown  Ger  oh  16. 
Ifatertoo— Steamboat  Kock  ch,  sp  7  73.       22  73 

Iowa,  Soma— Iowa  CV'^— Victor  ch,  sp  14  60; 
Ladora  ch  i>p  12  96 ;  Eeota  ch,  sp  -^  60 ;  Lafayette 
ch.  «<p  23;  Walcott  ch  0  86.  MissouH  Bwer-^ 
Clarindach,  sp26  60;  Bedford  oh  16  06;  Hope- 
well  ch,  sp  7;  Plattsmouth  1st  ch  sp  7  05; 
BrowDville  oh  sp  24  167  60 

Kansas— ITfsr^iid— Atchison  1st  ch  90  (of 
wh'ch  Sab-sch  16);  Kennekuk  ch  7.  Neosho-^ 
Ottawa  1st  ch  8  65;  Independence  ch  18  40 

123  06 

KiNTVOKT.— Lott^svttte— Pewee  Valley  ch,  sp 
70;  Uopkinsvilie  cb,  sp  18.  TVon^^vanio— Co- 
lumbia ch,  sp  25.  113  00 

LoNO  Island.— iVoMaw— Huntingdon  2d  ch  69 
(of  which  8  ii  widow's  mite)  65  UO 

MioHieAw.—Defroa— Wyandotte  ch  22;  Bir- 
mingham ch,  sp  27  60.  Or€md  Bapfds—Pewti* 
mo  ch  9  61;  Mnir  ch  23.  Laastny— Maooa  ch 
06;  Lansing  2d  ch  33  90.  181  04 


MiNMi80TA.-S^  PaiJ-Bed  Wing  ch  26 ;  Hastings 
fih  24  48;  St  Paul  House  of  Hope  71  84        121  82 

MissonRi-Oxo^e— Austin  ch,  sp  4  SO;  Sngar 
Creek  ch,  sp  60  cts.  Ptatte—Rockport  ch  sp  6; 
Ciaraeron  oh  8;  Lathrop  oh  1  66;  Uackberry 
oh  6  66 ;  WE  Brown,  sp  for  Education  I ;  Mary- 
▼llle  ch.  sp  38:  St  Joseph  Westminster  ch  sp 
95  65;  Mirabile  ch,sp  1  80;  Albany  ch  36;  Mt 
Zion  ch  10  76;  Knox  ch  8;  Martinsbarc  ch  6. 
St  Louis^-at  Lonis  1st  ch  160;  Carondelet  ch 
15 ;  St  Loni  s  2d  ch,  sp  1170  1668  36 

Nsw  Jkrskt.— JS^isa&aiA— (>>nnecttoot  Farms  oh 
363  39;  Elizabeth  3d  ch  85:  Ro»elle  Ist  oh  92  68, 
of  which  Sab-sch  18  26;  Westfield  ch,  8p94  87; 
Dnnellen  ch,  sp  88  67.  ATonmoutA— Jamesburg 
ch  103  38.  Morns  and  O?  anoe— Succaf>unna  ch, 
sp  20.  Newark— HewRTk  Park  ch  63  36 ;  Newark 
Calvary  ch  62  38.  New  Brunswick— Tremon  4th 
oh  164.  Newton— hndorer  oh,  sp  137  58;  Yellow 
Frame  ch,  t»p73  66;  Stanhope  oh,  sp  16  1214  80 

Niw  York.— ffltffton— Washingtouville  1st  ch 
60;  Middletown  2d  ch  69  97;  Cochecton  oh  7; 
Palisades  oh  86  34;  Chester  oh.  sp  60;  West 
Town  ch  39  40;  Clarkstown  Ger  oh  1 ;  H  ampton- 
burg  ch  41 :  Middletown  1st  ch  48  62 ;  Mil  ford  ch 
6.  New  For*- Phillips*  ch  37  26;  University 
Place  ch,  6th  Avenue  Mission  Chapel  50;  Brick 
oh,  N  Y  3169  10;  Fonrth  Arenue  ch,  N  Y  166  66. 
North  iStoer— Pleasant  Valley  ch  16.  Westchester 
— Croton  Falls  ch  26;  Mahopac  Falls  oh  220; 
Potts*  Memorial  ch  60 ;  South  East  oh  45 

4187  84 

Pacific.- J5snicii>— Two  Rocks  ch  20.  Sacra- 
iiMnfo— Elko  1st  oh,  sp  20;  Red  Bluff  ch  88  40 

78  40 

PHiLADKLPHiA.—G^e8fsr— Media  oh  60;  Ridley 
ch  10;  Upper  Went  Nottingham  ch,  sp  26. 
LocAMxtoaana— Orwell  cb,  sp  23  62;  Monroeioo 
oh,  sp  10;  Plymouth  ch,  sp  166  26;  Scranton  let 
ch.  sp  239.  XeAtgA— Weatherly  ch  16;  Lower 
Mt  Bethel  ch  76  15  014  92 

PiTTSBDROH.  —  Pittstwrgh  —  East  Liberty  ch 
245  15.  i2sd«tona— Mount  Pleasant  ch,  sp  80  24. 
ira«At-fi(7t(»»— WheehDg  4th  ch  2  94;  Wheeling  M 
ch  140  85  468  18 

Trnnrsskk  —Kingstonr-Mi  Zion  ch  12  75 

Toledo.— £e^/ontotns— Bel  lefontaine  1st  ch 

8105 

UnoA.— 0/segK)— Unadilla  oh,  sp  16  05.  Svra- 
CUM— Lirerpool  ch  14  66  80  00 

WuTERN  New  Yobk.— Au/Tato— Buflalo  1st  ch 
740.  Qenesee  VaUey—Cubsk  ch  12;  Portville  ch 
22  35.  iyrui^ara- LyndviUe  ch,  sp  26  60.  Bo- 
ehester—Moicow  ch,  sp  10;  Rochester  CentnU 
ch  211 ;  Avon  ch  26 ;  Genesee  Village  1st  ch  Sab- 
sch  sp  6  71 ;  Lima  ch  486  02;  Charlotte  ch,  sp 
81  70:  Rochester  1st  ch,  sp  813  62  2383  80 

Wisconsin.-  Wisconsin  iSivsr— Middleton  ch  4; 
Kilbourn  City  oh  26  99  00 

Total,  $17^ « 

BISTRIBIjnD  AB  FOLLOWS: 

Foreign  Missions 15418  08 

Home  Missions..............^................  4818  45 

Church  Erection , 1601  42 

Education 1311  48 

Snstentation lt>33  ^ 

MiDistorial  Relief. 1167  29 

Freedmen ^ 1075  06 

Pubhcation 834  Si 

$17.8)9  48 
&  D.  POWEL,  Treasurer. 
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rHE   FABTORAL    EEI^ATIOIT. 

BTQ  has  resigned  ihe  charge 
Lfeareuworth,  Kun. 
hs  dissolution  of  ihe  paa- 
een  the  Eev.  Charles  Haw^- 
First  church  bI  Ayburn, 
in  our  natoher  for  Murch, 
uch  dissolutioa  baing  caa- 

and  the  chnreh  &t  ArcaU^ 

rn  and  tho  Trinity  church, 

tVBD  OB  A0C1PTE1>. 
Condd,  of  the  Senior  clcias 
srv,  to  the  First  church  of 

nchUa,  of  ths  Senior  class 
arj,  to  the  first  church  of 

B.  Minion,  of  the  Senior 
Seminarj,  to  the  church  at 

L  nice,  of  the  Senior  c!as9 

ary,  to  the  church  at  Chat- 

Accepts.) 

bertson,  of  the  S?emor  class 

ary,  to  the  church  at  M'^ab- 

ot,   of   tho   Senior  cla^s   of 
,  to  the  church  at  €imiUu3, 

tard,  of  the  Spnifir  cliiia  of 
V,  to  the  church  at  Hannl- 

ngh,  of  the  Senior  doss  of 
t\  to  the  church  at  Bra^hier 

^*'P^' ) 

!riihb  to   (ho  First   Preshy- 

jr=tlo,  K.  Y. 

U'Cf  t  to  the  church  at  Cyrt- 

tcholl  to  the  Fifth  church, 

E.  BaUUrln  to  the  Euclid 
vdcind,  Ohio, 
Curlia,  D.JJ.^  to  the  church 

^.  y. 

AD]>a&i$S&'3    CHAIVQBD. 

iman  from  Muultoi,  Iowa,  to 

Wehh  from  Andover,  N.  J,, 

ConrM  from  Auburn,  N.  Y.^ 
1  Co..  Pa. 
■ard  from  Auhuro,  N,  Y.,  to 

[rwin  from  Kanssw  City  to 
stre<?t,  St.  Louia,  Mo. 
[iMberton  from  Briinil/wine 
,  Md. 


Reir-  N.  W.  Cfiry  from  Princeton,  N.  J, 
to  1552  Spruoe  street  II«>  Um  nuw  inkt^n 
charge  of  the  Ilofio  Mission,  Thirty  third  un  I 
Wharton  street,  Fliilndfllphin, 

Rev.  K  Harna  from  Liberty,  JIL,  lo  Mount 
Station,  111. 

Rqv.  S.  R.  BeU'ille  from  Montrose,  Iowa,  to 
Wenonft,  III- 

Kev.  E  Lyman  from  Marathon,  N.  i  .  to 
Triang'e.  N.  Y. 

Re?.  D  Sluart  Eatika  from  E  laton,  Pj.,  to 
Marquette^  Mich 

Retv.  Asa  Donaldson  from  Mon  iaon ,  III,  to 
Chariton,  Iowa. 

Rev,  Jnlin  Y,  C.  NoUis  from  Dry  den  to 
Addison,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  B.  S  Andc^rson  from  Delaware,  Ohi'>, 
lo  Marion,  Kv 

Rev.  T.  B.'McLeod  frotn  Princeton,  K.  J., 
to  Sandy  Mill,  N,  Y. 

Rov.  A.  W  Bivuford  from  Wyandotto,  Mick, 
to  Jofie.^hriro',  Ind. 

Eev.  C,  F.  Jones  from  Oiford,  N,  Y ,  ta 
Corning,  law.i, 

Rflv.  William  R.  Gloti  from  Bloomingtoa  to 
Mooticello,  Pratt  Co.  Ill, 

RyT.  W.  F.  Miltikea  from  Lenox,  Ohio,  to 
Dresden,  Ohio. 

Ruv,  Ij.  J  Matthews  from  Licking,  Mo,,  to 
"West  Plains,  Mo. 

Rev.  R  K  II  aw  ley  from  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
to  Kontlund,  Ind. 

Rat.  P.  Bt-rry  from  Athens,  Pa,  to  Fast 
Doti;^la5d,  Mjiss. 

Ruv.  Jaraes  B  Crowe  from  Bedford,  lad , 
to  Itomington,  Ind. 

Rev.  C,  A  Stiiith  from  East  Orange,  N,  J., 
to  Philadelphia,  Pa 

Rev.  James  S.  Davis  from  Cottonwood 
Grovo,  111,,  to  Staunloii    111. 

Rev.  A.  Di5.>u  from  Vail'a  Gate,  N,  Y.,  in 
Auharn,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  John  J.  G<»vscr  from  Frfinkfort,  Mo,, 
to  Wi^stiield.  York' Co.,  ^Vbraskn. 

B,f7.  WiUiatu  Hniise  from  Londonderry, 
N.  II ,  to  Barringloti,  Rliode  Ist.iiid 

Rev,  C.  M.  Allen  from  Canton,  D.iootah 
Territory,  toSioiJt  City,  Iowa, 

Rev.  B.  P.  Furiisraan  from  Mooreshurgb, 
Pa,  to  Schelbburgh,  Pa 

DKATlts. 
Rev.  John  E  Willoi  at  Falrraount,  N.  J , 
on  the  22d  of  February. 

Rev.  Gaorr^o  J.  Kin^.  pastor  of  th6  chtjrrH 
of  JerspyrilTo.  01 ,  at  New  Orleatis,  La.,  oa 
the  I3th  of  Marirh. 

Re?v.  Jiime^  V.  IL'Tirv*.  nt  .fors^-y  City,  on 
the  Mth  of  March,  in  the  T^jIU  year  ul  hn 

Rev.  S.  M.  Bnylesw,  Tvi^^tor  of  tli*-  llarmrmT 
Pit^sbvtirian  cliurcb,  Baltimore,  Md  ,  on  lU<i 
17th  uf  March. 


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Board  of  Home  Mlaslona.—Tfn^  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Bturd—Reporl  of  the  Standing  Co 
iniUefl  ou  Homt?  Mis*iMjQ»— Home  Mi^J^i^o  Appuiiatmenls— Receipi8« ,-. ..*. «-  ^* 

Bo&rd  of  Educalion,— "Thou   linst  made  Summer"— Action  uf  (be  QenwtA  AMembl^   upon 
Education—^  Whm  can  I  rfo"— Recoiptu * ,,.... ..*«.. «.,«*„.,**.—-  2lT| 

Board  of  Foreigii  MlBsloiifl.—Re'cenil  Inlelliffeoee— Mifsion  Eoii^q  TJpra»— The  Stale  of  tb^| 
CjiHo— Deftlh  of  MrtJ.  Corbeu— A  Summary  View  of  the  Foreign   Mission*  of  the  PreabjtAr 
Churchy  Mny  T,  ISTa— Death  nf  Mrs,  Thomaon,  At  Beirtjl— DonatiouH. ,.,« 

Board  of  Publication^— What  the  Assembly  Bald  about  tbe  PublScntlon  Work— MitsfonarfJ 
yund— Gmtuitous  l^istribulion— Sabbath  sohool  Work— In  Coticluaioti- A  New  Book — rk»Cfe»-f 
tiona  .-,. „.......„„-,.,..«*«««»♦ «^... ..** - .*-  £2tl 

Board  of  Church  Er©otton.— Report  of  iba  General  A»fl©mbly'a  Committee  on  Church  £r«ellom  I 

Helief  FiiiLd  for  Disabled  Minatera.— Annual  Coi)lTibutJoa&--Difibi]r^ement  of  the  Fund— ^ 
Recelpls «.. .«.,« ...»......»,«».*...,.,... «..»»..„•..*»  tti 

Qener&l  Aasembty'a  Committee  on  Froedmen.— Action  of  the  General  Assembly — R».  I 
ceipEM... ,. .,*........*»,..,» * — *"--  „»►.*«.«,.*.««.►.. .,^.... —  say  I 

Committee  on  Busienlation*— Aolioii  of  the  General  Aaaembly  on  3u«(ecitjation — Receipia. 
Commlitee  on  BeneTolence  and  Finance,— Re ^oltiti on  of  the  Geneml  A«semb1y — Super* 
fi»ion— Tlie  New  Bfihedule — Great  Eiipouratj^meiit— Recejpla— Xhwcrepaneiea.—- ., *« Sit  , 


^*  Offerings  i^f  <5orf/*— Lukb  xxk  4. 

THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLYS  COMMITTEE  OX  BENEVOLENCE  ANB  FINAKCB  | 
nave  recomuieuded  tonli  of  the  churelies  Byst^ismlic,  prayerrul,  weekly  or  monthly  ofTeHni^  lor 
the  whole  work  of  the  Church  vm  a  part  of  the  wori>hip  of  God's  houne;  and  reijular  moiithtf 
rcxnHtaucen  for  nil  of  tho  Hoardji.    Also,  thai  churchea  whleh  prefc'r  annual  cotlectlion*  ahouid  ' 
nolfltlL  to  t&ke  them  up  at  the  tinion  ber^tolbr^  deufguatod  by  the  GciuernI  AsHembly,  rii.: 

Junuary  &......... For  Foreign  Missions. 

February  2 .For  Si3itenlatJon. 

March  2....,.,...»For  Education. 


May  4 ..»,„.  For  PnbhciiULoii. 


July  li...,......„For  Ckurcb  ^reellon. 

September  L.For  Miniatertal  Hetiel 
For  Houja  M  salons, 
I>eeember !For  Ffcedmea. 


4^  ""No  chtireh,  not  complying  with  the  dlrectionit  of  the  AHsenibly  to  mnke  collectioDs  ftir  | 
the  ieveral  Boarda^  abah  receiTO  aid  from  the  funds  of  th*  Churoh."— ilftaui'iyi  of  ISTI^  po^  361. 


FORM  OF  BEQUEST  TO  ANY  OF  THE  BOARDS. 

The  State  lairs  dlfTor  so  much  thut  no  one  form  will  answer  In  alJ  the  States,  but  tn  erery  case 
itia  eaBential  totslvn  the  aumr  coMPoaATic  axMB. 

Beqneet*^  for  Home  Miaaions  should  bo  m^de  to  "  The  Board  of  Home  Jr^nwna  ofthA  FrubjKt^tam 
Church  in  ihe  Ututcd  Stales  of  Atfutnca,*'  which  is  now  til*  corporate  title. 

Of  the  Board  of  Bdncation  the  corpornle  name  is  "  Tht  Board  of  Mucalion  of  th^  Pr€J»b^tervm 
Churth  in  the  Unit^  Sfolci  of  America,'* 

ThB  B&ard  afForsiga  Missions  is  hioorporated  under  Ihe  law*  of  New  York,  under  the  style  of 
'*  The  BtMrd  of  fifrctfjn  MiMitjnsof  the  Pre^^fterian  Church  in  th«  UntUti  Stnt^  »/"  Ametien." 

The  Board  of  Publication  is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  PennsykirAHiia,  under  the  style  of 
"  J**  fraufMA  iff  the  Prcshfjfrrian  Board  of  PublifntionJ" 

The  Board  of  Church  Ereciioo  is  ineorporatod  under  the  Atyle  of  "  The  Triiatess  of  the  Chunk 
Srtction  Fund  of  thr  General  Asitnntffj  of  the  Prrihtfferian  Chtrch  in  tht  United  Statu  cf  AmertfaT 
Incorpxratod  March  :il.  I^lv..  by  (he  I^giAlatiire  of  the  State  of  Nc^v  York. 

Bequesla  that  liave  bet-n  mada  to  the  "*  Trttsfte*  of  the  Gemral  A«»enMy^'*  or  to  the  "  TnuTemof 
the  I^r^JibtflcnnH  Notmc^'"  lor  Church  pur[>nses,  will  be  veil  J. 

All  Bequests  m<ide  to  the  incorporated  Board?  or  Comu>itteca  of  the  two  late  AaaembUes  sr» 
¥]ilid  and  will  bi.«  received  by  the  Uuarda  which  are  their  le^jkl  »ik?cp9«<v». 

The  Rebel  Fand  Jor  Disabled  Miuiaterii  end  the  Widows  and  Orphans  of  deceased  Ministers 
requires  the  following  form; 

''I  gJTO  and  bequeath  to  my  executors  hereinafter  named, dolbini  to  trtist,  nererthelessr 

that  they  ehsll*  within  -^—  months  after  my  decease,  pay  the  same  to  the  Truj/teesof  0im  Ome^ 
Auemblif  ofth*  Ftubifterian  Church  in  the  UMted  Statttof  America,  for  the  tise  of  the  Kuad  for  Dia- 
abled  Mlntetera  and  their  FnmflJea," 

Whm  real  eitatt  or  other  pruptrtif  it  given,  M  U  be  pttrtieuiarly  dtsignataiL 

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PniLADELPHlA.  JULY  1873, 


No. 


BOAKD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 

mil  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Home  Missiona  was  held  at  23  Centre 
York  J  on  the  ITtl^  ult.  The  Tarioua  doings  of  the  late  Geoeral 
1  Baltimore  J  as  far  m  they  referred  W  the  Boardj  were  carefully 

mbly,  m  will  be  geea  bj  the  Report  of  the  Standing  Committee  on 
fions^  publiBhed  below,  expresiied  lis  cordial  approbation  of,  and 
aterest  and  coofideuee  itij  the  conduct  of  its  miasioDary  affairs  by 

rd  is  directed  *^to  devise  libenU  things^  to  send  the  gospel  where* 
r  widely  extended  country^  there  may  be  a  destitute  field  and  an 

rches  and  ministera  are  "solemnly  urged^  in  the  name  of  ChriBt^ 
i  glory  of  lib  great  name,  to  seeure  larger  contribution  a  to  the 
(Home  Miasionary  Board.'* 

ith  profound  eoacera,  therefore,  that  the  Board  observed  that  in 

of  the  Committee  on  Apportion  men  tj  the  estimate  of  last  year — 

-was  reduced  to  ^352,500^  that  i^  to  say  #122,500  less  than  last 

the  attention  of  our  ministers^  and  eldefs  and  chnreheSf  to  thisi 
illy  the  attention  of  our  missionaries.  We  greatly  fear  it  will 
iral  anxiety  lest  the  advance  of  the  Church  is  to  atop.  * 

some  of  our  oldest  and  wisest  ministers  and  miisionaries  have 
us  with  alarm  at  this  retrograde  movement  on  the  part  of  the 

irch  cannot  go  backward  without  disaster  to  the  work,  and  dismay 

iooaries, 

as  there  a  moment  of  such  hope  and  promise.     The  country  is 

material  greatness.    We  are  peopling  the  continental  solitudes  with 

swiftness  of  thought.     Villages  are  born  in  a  day.     New  spiritual 

ipe  for  reaping,  spring  up  in  a  night.     The  things  that  were  not 

.re  the  things  of  to-day.     When  thousands  a  day  are  floe  king  ta^ 

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210  Board  of  Home  Missions.  [Jufy 

Texas---when  tbe  West  is  increasing  ber  population  as  if  by  magic — ^wben 
13,000  foreigners  land  at  Castle  Garden  in  a  single  day  from  the  Old 
World,  and  10,000  Chinese  reach  San  Francisco  in  a  month.  In  such 
times  as  these,  amidst  a  material  and  national  progress  so  amazing,  shall  the 
Israel  of  God  refuse  to  "  go  forward  ?"  Shall  our  great  and  glorious  old 
Church  begin  to  retrench  and  retreat? 

Think  of  it,  missionaries  and  ministers,  and  members  of  the  Church. 

The  Board  sees  this  recommendation  for  so  small  an  amount,  and  a  greatly 
reduced  pro  rata,  with  sorrow  and  alarm,  and  yet  it  is  determined  to  press 
forward  and  make  all  its  av^ailable  resources  most  effective,  under  God,  in 
giving  the  gospel  to  all  the  destitute  in  our  wide  land. 


REPORT  OF  THE  STANDING  COMMITTEE  ON  HOME  MISSIONS. 

The  Standing  Committee  on  Home  Missions  having  attended  to  the  busi- 
ness assigned  to  them,  respectfully  submit  to  the  Assembly  the  following 
report : 

During  the  past  year  the  legal  and  actual  union  of  the  Board  of  Domes- 
tie  Missions,  and  the  Committee  of  Home  Missions,  has  been  completed, 
according  to  tne  instructions  of  the  Assembly  of  1870.  By  the  acts  of  the 
reunited  church,  and  by  legislative  enactments  in  the  States  of  New  York 
and  Pennsylvania,  which,  in  the  opinion  of  competent  counsel,  aye  amply 
sufficient,  these  two  organizations  have  become  one.  Nothing  that  was  vital 
or  valuable  in  either  has  perished.  The  history,  the  practical  experience 
and  the  living  forces  of  both  will  hereafter  be  combined  under  the  name  of 
the  Board  of  Home  Missions  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United 
States  of  America.  • 

The  cause  represented  by  this  Board  haj? always  been  deservedly  dear  to  the 
heart  of  the  Church.  Its  character  and  claims  are  happily  expressed  in  its 
title.  As  it  is  a  work  of  missions,  doing  the  great  commandment,  *'go  preach 
my  gospel,''  its  first  and  chief  element  is  supreme  loyalty  to  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ.  At  the  same  time  it  embodies,  as  no  other  cause  can,  sentiments 
and  hopes  which,  though  subordinate  to  the  love  which  obeys  Christ's  com- 
mandments, are  nevertheless  unspeakably  precious.  It  appeals  to  our  love 
for  our  own  Church,  our  own  country,  our  own  home ;  to  all  that  is  blessed 
in  the  memory  of  our  past  history,  as  a  people,  and  to  all  our  anxieties  for 
thfe  prosperity  of  God's  kingdom  among  the  teeming  millions  of  our  future 
population.  The  Board  of  Home  Missions,  as  now  constituted,  is  a  native 
^owth  wbioh  has  absorbed  much  of  the  wisdom  and  strength  of  the  Church 
for  half  a  century.  It  is  at  once  stable  and  elastic;  holding  steadily  to  its 
one  grand  object,  and  yet  adapting  itself  constantly  to  the  changing  circum- 
stances of  the  country,  and  of  the  people  to  whom  it  extends  the  blessings 
of  the  gospel.  It  is  a  tree  whose  roots  run  doWn  into  the  purest  fountains 
of  the  past,  whose  fruits  have  always  been  brought  forth  in  their  season,  and 
the  shadow  of  whose  branches  reaches  far  into  the  future.  The  fact  that 
nine-tenths  of  all  the  Presbyterian  churches  west  of  the  Alleghany  Moun- 
tains, including  the  oldest  organizations  in  such  cities  as  Cleveland,  Colum- 


Sot^d  of  Mome  Miuions,  Sll 

msfl,  iDdianapolis^  Detroit ^  Chicago  nod  St.  Lonii,  were  notir* 
cir  infifcttcy  by  Home  Missionary  aid,  speaks  voliimes  to  show  the 
i  And  the  future  eapabOLtiea  of  this  grojit  vauae. 
miuittee  are  deeply  imprets^ed  wtth  the  conviction  that  any  retro- 
the  work  of  Home  Missions^  or  even  ajiy  tailure  to  advance  with 
adily  proportioned  to  tho  ever-increasing  demands  of  the  field^ 
in  unspeakable  calamity  to  all  the  interests  of  the  Presbyterian 
fo  Bt4ind  still  in  this  CEiuse,  is  virtually  to  fall  back-  For  the  tidea 
ion  are  ever  sweeping  on  beyond  our  most  advanced  positioQf  and 
t  enter  the  wide  and  effectuiil  door^  the  many  adversaries  will  not 
activity  because  of  our  indifference;  nor  will  the  neglect  of  our 
es  fail  to  bring  a  blight  and  a  mildew  on  the  church  where  it  h 
iblisbed, 

mamittee  notice,  there  fore  j  with  pain  that  there  haB  been  a  dtmi- 
he  operations  of  the  Hoard  during  the  past  year  in  respect  of  both 
oney.  The  amount  of  reGcipt'?  from  all  sources  during  the  year  is 
7,  which  is  8^6^253  less  than  it  was  List  year.  The  whole  aum- 
isters  holding  conjini^siona  from  the  Board  is  9£t2,  A  diminution 
This  decrease  is  doubtless  due  in  some  degree  to  the  transfer  of 
neans  to  the  Committee  of  Sustentation.  But  the  loss  cannot 
ittributod  to  this  cauae.  In  re^^urd  to  ministers  there  seems  to 
[I  lamentable  faikire  in  the  ordinary  sources  of  supply .  Our  at  ten - 
sited  by  the  Board  to  what  is  well  characterized  as  the  '^'alarming 
unusual  efforts  to  obtain  new  men  for  new  and  promising  fields 
timoat  entirely  in  vain.  The  young  men  about  to  graduate  from 
iries  listened  respectfullyj  but  responded  feebly  to  the  appeals 
s  made  to  them  by  the  Secretaries. 

jrtion  so  often  made  that  we  have  too  many  ministers,  certamly 
support  from  the  present  condition  of  our  Home  Missionary  work. 
e  any  justification  to  bo  derived  from  this  source  for  the  repeated 
that  our  Church  does  not  provide  places  and  means  of  living  for 
rho  are  able  and  willing  to  preach  the  gospeL  Our  great  want 
more  men  for  the  work  of  the  ministry.  The  supply  does  not  keep 
he  demand*  There  may  be  an  accumulation  of  unemployed  min- 
ir  great  cities^  among  whom  many  are  disabled  by  age  or  other 
some  who  are  reckoned  without  charge  have  nevertheless  very 
charges,  and  are  doing  good  work  for  the  cause  of  Christ,  and  some 
10  ought  to  be  preachings  are  devoting  themselves  to  secular  pur- 
I  for  the  last-mentioned  class,  which  we  are  persuaded  i&i  very 
a  is  no  excuse  unless  it  may  be  found  in  a  want  of  real  and  eirneHt 
>reach  the  gospel  **  wherever  God  in  his  providence  may  tmll 
'ministers  could  be  found  who  have  a  mind  for  the  work,  a  hun- 
;ould  be  placed  at  once  by  our  Board  in  promising  positions  on  the 
\t  and  in  the  territories  so  rapidly  developing  on  both  slopes  of  the 
intainSj  and  a  hundred  more  in  the  vast  territory  lying  between 
ins  and  the  Mississippi  river. 

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In  addition  to  tlie  decrease  in  men  and  means,  the  Board  speak  of  0om< 
pecaliar  providential  hinderanoes  to  their  work  daring  the  past  year. 

The  want  of  money  among  the  people  in  some  sections,  where  com,  thf 
staple  product,  was  so  abundant  and  cheap  that  it  was  used  for  fuel  insteac 
of  being  sold ;  the  excessive  heat  of  the  summer,  followed  by  the  no  lesi 
excessive  cold  of  the  winter,  both  severely  trying  the  health  of  ministers  anc 
their  families  in  common  with  other  people,  and  making  it  difficult  to  kee] 
up  the  regular  services  of  the  church  and  the  Sabbath  ;  these  and  some  othe 
obstacles  are  reported,  as  diminishing  in  an  unusual  degree  the  annual  fruit 
of  the  cause. 

But  notwithstanding  all  discouragements  and  trials,  Gk)d,  who  crowns  th< 
year  with  his  goodness,  has  caused  the  harvest  to  follow  the  seed-sowing  o 
his  kingdom,  and  many  have  returned,  bringing  their  sheaves  with  them 
The  Board  bear  honorable  testimony  to  the  fidelity  and  devotion  of  th< 
ministers  under  their  care,  and  report  that  all  pecuniary  engagements  witi 
them  have  been  fully  and  promptly  met.  The  visible  and  tangible  results  o 
their  labors  for  the  past  year  are  summed  up  in  the  following  statistics : 

8421  hopeful  conversions. 

8944  added  to  the  churches  on  profession. 

3B33  added  on  certificate. 

98  church  edifices  built. 

81  church  edifices  repaired  or  enlarged. 

$174,232  church  debts  cancelled  by  churches. 

18  churches  become  self-sustaining. 

186  new  churches  organized. 

These  statistics,  encouraging  as  they  are  in  themselves,  suggest  more  thaa 
they  express.  The  result  of  a  faithful  ministry  never  can  be  embodied  io 
figures.  Its  more  subtle  and  far-reaching  influences  come  not  with  obser- 
vation. They  sink  down  into  the  heart  of  childhood,  a  seed  that  will 
spring  up  and  bear  fruit  when  the  hand  that  scattered  it  has  lost  its  cunning. 
They  intermingle  with  the  foundations  of  social  order.  They  twine  them- 
selves about  every  good  constitution.  They  quicken,  as  with  the  breath  of 
spring,  everything  that  makes  the  wilderness  to  r^oice,  and  the  desert  to  bud 
and  blossom  as  the  rose.  Their  results  never  can  be  exhibited,  nor  their 
value  estimated  until  the  great  day  of  revelation  shall  declare  it.  We  may 
well  give  thanks  to  God,  and  congratulate  ourselves,  and  send  greetings  of 
approval  and  encouragement  to  the  faithful  men  who  are  laboring  in  the 
waste  places  of  the  land;  not  only  for  what  is  thus  reported,  but  for  much 
more  that  only  the  eye  of  the  Master  can  see,  and  the  heart  of  the  Master 
comprehend  with  a  perfect  sympathy. 

It  should  be  understood  by  all  our  ministers  and  church  members,  and 
especially  by  young  men  who  are  soon  to  enter  upon  the  work  of  the  min- 
istry, that  our  Board  of  Home  Missions  is  not  a  beneficiary  institution  in  any 
degrading  sense  of  that  term.  It  is  simply  one  of  the  agencies  by  which  the 
Church  supports  her  ministers  according  to  the  divine  command,  that  they 
who  preach  the  gospel  shall  live  by  the  gospel.  The  ecclesiastical  position 
of  a  minister  whose  salary  is  received  partly  through  this  Board,  is  in  no 

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respeot  different  from  the  position  of  any  other  minister  in  the  Church.  He 
is  responsible  like  others  to  his  own  brethren  in  the  Presbytery  to  which  he 
belongs.  He  is  not  under  the  supervision  of  the  Board,  except  so  far  as 
they  carry  out  the  instructions  of  the  Greneral  Assembly,  in  the  distribution 
of  the  funds  of  the  Church,  and  in  the  prosecution  of  the  work  committed 
to  them.  The  money  he  receives  through  this  agency  u  not  a  gift  from  the 
Boctrd  to  himj  but  a  contribution  from  the  whole  Church  to  the  particular 
church  which  he  serves,  enabling  them  to  pay  the  salary  which  is  his  just 
and  lawful  due.  In  making  appropriations  the  Board  is  to  be  guided  mainly 
by  the  applications  of  the  Presbyteries ;  nor  are  they  authorized  to  reduce 
the  amount  applied  for,  unless  their  knowledge  of  the  state  of  their  funds, 
and  their  wider  view  of  the  wants  of  the  whole  field,  render  such  reduction 
necessary. 

Your  Committee  believe  the  Board  have  always  discharged  their  high 
trust  in  strict  accordance  with  these  principles,  and  while  we  recognize  the 
need  for  a  large  advance  in  the  same  direction,  we  rejoice  at  the  result 
which  has  already  been  reached  in  the  support  of  ministers  under  its  care. 
One-half  of  them  receive,  at  the  present  time,  a  salary  which,  including  in 
some  instances  the  estimated  value  of  parsonages,  amounts  to  not  less  than 
$1,000  per  annum.  We  should  rejoice,  if  this  were  true  of  them  all.  We 
trust  the  time  will  come  when  every  minister  in  our  Church,  whether  con- 
nected with  this  Board  or  not,  will  have  such  a  support  as  will  m^ke  him 
free  from  worldly  cares  and  avocations,  and  enable  him  to  give  himself  with- 
out distraction  to  his  work.  But  let  us  not  fail  to  recognise  and  give  thanks 
to  God  for  the  advance  which  has  already  been  made  in  this  direction.  Nei- 
ther let  it  be  hastily  inferred  that  those  whose  incomes  fall  below  the  sum 
above-mentioned  are  necessarily  in  want.  The  circumstances  of  men's  fami- 
lies and  the  cost  of  living  vary  so  much,  that  it  is  not  possible  to  fix  any  sum 
which  will  be  a  fair  support  for  all.  In  our  widely  extended  country  it  will 
oflen  be  found  that  the  cost  of  living  in  one  locality  is  less  by  one-half  than 
it  is  in  another.  While  your  Committee  feel  that  the  whole  Church,  as 
well  as  particular  congregations,  need  to  be  constantly  reminded  of  their 
duty  in  regard  to  the  support  of  our  ministry,  we  deprecate  such  exagge- 
rated statements,  founded  upon  exceptional  cases,  as  tend  to  bring  discredit 
upon  the  Church  and  to  discourage  young  men  from  entering  the  miuistry. 
We  believe  that  great  evil  has  been  wrought  in  this  way. 

Your  Committee  notice  with  satisfaction  the  efforts  of  the  Board  to  encour- 
age the  formation  of  the  pastoral  relation,  and  to  unite  feeble  churches  in 
the  same  neighborhood  under  one  pastoral  charge. 

We  also  approve  the  proposal  of  the  Board  to  unite  the  work  of  Colpor- 
tage  and  Home  Missions  whenever  it  is  practicable,  and  hope  that  the  nego- 
tiation which  has  been  opened  with  the  Board  of  Publication  looking  to  this 
end,  will  be  prosecuted  to  a  successful  conclusion. 

The  revived  interest  of  our  Christian  women,  in  the  work  of  missions,  is  a 
hopeful  sign,  deserving  of  grateful  recognition  by  this  Assembly.  Their 
eontributions  through  their  various  organizations  to  the  funds  of  the  Home> 


2114  Board  of  Borne  Mmioni.  [July 

as  well  as  of  the  Foreign  Board  are,  we  trust,  the  precious  first-fruits  of  a 
plentiful  harvest.  We  recognize  also  their  benevolent  work  in  supplying 
many  of  our  ministers  with  boxes  of  clothing  and  other  useful  articles,  and 
in  order  to  correct  a  prevalent  error  on  the  subject,  we  deem  it  proper  to  say 
that  the«  value  of  such  boxes  is  never  in  any  case  deducted  from  the  amount 
of  the  minihter's  salary, 

*  In  view  of  the  foregoing  facts  and  principles,  your  Committee  submit  the 
following  resolutions  for  adoption : 

Resolved y  1.  That  this  Assembly  expresses  its  unwavering  confidence  in 
the  Board  of  Home  Missions  as  an  agency  which  has  been  proved  by  long 
experience  to  be  admirably  adapted  both  to  the  support  of  feeble  churches 
in  our  older  neighborhoods,  and  to  the  extension  of  the  gospel  into  the 
regions  beyond. 

2.  Tha^t  we  acknowledge  and  give  thanks  for  the  divine  blessing  which 
has  made  the  past  year  so  fruitful  in  this  good  work. 

3.  That  we  recognize  the  fidelity  of  the  Board  and  its  Secretaries,  to  tiie 
high  trust  committed  to  them. 

4.  That  we  lament  before  God  our  lack  of  men  to  occupy  our  vacant  and 
destitute  fields,  and  solemnly  call  upon  ministers  not  employed  to  go  work  in 
Christ's  vineyard;  upon  the  students  in  our  theological  seminaries  to  consider 
the  claims  of  the  Home  Mission  field ;  upon  parents  to  consecrate  their  sobs 
to  the  work  of  the  ministry,  and  upon  all  our  people  to  pray  the  Lord  of  the 
harvest  to  send  forth  more  laborers  into  his  harvest. 

5.  That  we  express  our  profound  sympathy  with  the  ministers,  and  with 
all  the  Christian  men  and  women  who  are  laboring  to  uphold  the  cause  of 
Christ,  and  to  enlarge  the  borders  of  our  Church  in  our  frontier  settlements. 
The  Assembly  sends  its  greetings  to  all  such  good  and  faithful  servants. 

6.  That  we  enjoin  upon  all  our  Presbyteries  to  insist  upon  the  formation  of 
the  pastoral  relation  in  the  churches  under  their  care,  whenever  it  is  practica- 
ble and  likely  to  be  permanent. 

7.  That  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  is  directed  as  far  as  possible  to  make 
the  salaries  of  ministers  sufficient  for  a  respectable  living  in  the  neighborhood 
where  they  reside,  in  order  to  remove  all  necessity  and  excuse  for  ministers 
devoting  themselves  to  such  secular  pursuits  as  are  inconsistent  with  their 
office. 

8.  That  every  church  receiving  aid  from  the  Board  be  required  to  adopt 
some  systematic  plan  of  giving,  so  as  to  develop  the  benevolence  of  the  peo- 
ple and  prepare  the  way  for  self-support. 

9.  That  all  our  churches  and  ministers  be  solemnly  urged,  in  the  name  of 
Christ,  and  for  the  glory  of  His  great  name,  to  secure  larger  contributions  to 
the  fund  of  the  Home  Mission  Board. 

10.  That  we  recognize  with  gratitude  the  efforts  of  our  Christian  women 
in  behalf  of  missions ;  and  regarding  the  home  and  foreign  field  as  but 
two  departments  of  the  same  great  cause,  we  recommend  them  to  continue 
their  sympathy  and  aid  to  both. 

11.  That  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  is  directed,  with  a  prudent  regard 
for  the  state  of  their  funds,  to  devise  liberal  things  to  send  the  gospel  whcr- 


Board  of  Home  Mm!ohi: 


215: 


widely  «.ead«dco««try  there  my  be  .  destitute  fieU  and  aa 

•  .  «p  n»,  r>ra  Murmv.  Hill,  and  Faston,  and  of  ciders 
Irrolo^rR^Loc&r  -pired.  your  Committee 

their  reelectiou.  ^__^ 

„«  Com^Uue  on  Horn.  Mi«.U>n.  farther  reparted  that  they  had  con- 
iS^rSr^e  taod' r^Sa  ,e,«d  to  the  evangalu.tioa  of  our 

rX"i «> ^i-r-''  isn.iS;r:5 ;"  r  :&.! of  .come mu. 

„endthat  both  these  Pff "  '  ,/;X'„ith%Ue  S>istentatk.n  Commit- 
i*tr«ctio«  to  corresprnjlaoJ  cooperate  w.tnt  ^  ^^^^^  p 

S^iXXi;:"  [a'^':P,rat^f'the  B.ara,..ohao..poadeaoo 
tion  may  be  needed. 


HOME  MISSION  A 

Bbftrix  Cairo  oh.,  N.  Y. 

pr.  L(>aknflifoeh«,  Pa, 

iZ;  M-R  CrMk,  MU  T^or  and  Mu 

'Q%ckel.  Gibaon  *oil  Apar^t  cH^., 

Brrtn^on,  !>  D ,  J«fFflT*oD  eh  ,  Pa. 
t  Fuller,  Khlitlfl  ch,  U!iK>. 
lion,  Hijialiiwpori  «h  omft. 
iyli>r,  N*^«lOQ  Fiilb  oh-.  OIilo- 
Sm^er,  bh«lbyviUe  German  eh.. 
foRae^Grftham,  Smyrna  «Da  Monroe 
Jlor,  PlymotHh  nQd  Bourbon  ch*,. 
.  Steele,  BoafTiUe  and  fl^ope#iov^ii 

tnox.  Eornor  ch,t  lit' 
t  Hiidd.  Uf*F'r  AJton  e V^^,%. 
jfXck,  aat«m  and  Spriog^^^e  ch-  , 
ZuMwe\l  Cove!,  Macklna*  «ad  Graud 

SryntiN  Flushing.  Tsymoulhuti. I  Moa* 

Vmn  Emman.  SU  Charles  and  Msdora 
Dwa. 


PP0INTMENT3 

AY,  1B7S. 

Rm.  H.  K.  B*niiii£fu  ^liell^barah  ah.,  Iowa. 

EeJ.  Wdiiam  Eendrii^k.  GaUatin  and  Bethel 
Re^!s'i^5l«;a*,  EJgar  SpnTi«»*i..d  Elk  Prairie 
BaT^K^'wrbiraUon,  Oawego  niid  Carlyle  ohs.. 
R«T!^B?a  Bradbury,  Mitini^apoli-  and  Lindeey 
ReT!aM^?r^^n,  Liberty  and  ^-f-^a  cha^Kaj. 

Bev^V.  wTcnrl^s/Lydoii  and  0*age  City  chs, 

BoT^t^rrm  myn,  B^^l«r  Spnni^^  ch-,  Ka8. 

R^v  C,  H  M  Orrery,  CimtoEw  oh^  lias. 

R«v:  H    K.  C^mbern.  t>.jf e  Mi^nmn  ch..  Kaa. 

Rev.  J.  W   tMiWertnn.  Tola  eh..  K*?. 

Rev.  E    IS.  StiWiel^B,  Preibyienil  Missionary. 

R^/r  it  J  m«.-.  Strawberry  Flalns  oh.,  Tenn. 
k^!J:   i.  ll  liumi^r,  i'utidaa  and  Forest  chs., 

R./Cw.  ro^hnin.  Whit*  b-ar  Lake.  Pine 
CUv  *nd  Thomson  ch*.,  Mtnn, 

R«v,  W,  C,  Smith,  Allftn  t^rof  ft  «h  ,  W.  Va. 
Rot.  Joseph  a.  Pomproy,  C«r,ii-ron  cb"  ^v ^*;v 
rJ^A  Alexander,  U.D.  MoiindsviUe  ch,  W. 

Rot^Joni^thfta  CroH^.  Pre«bytorial  Missionary, 

Ro*.^.^o!VfMdloft.  Mt  Bti^rhimch.  Kv-       j 
B«T,  Thomas  Cot-pef,  Ey-n^i<m  oh.,  Wyoming 
Ter. 


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n«»     Rfll^^more—B Alt! more,    Wh?!*tmin- 

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CnLBMBCfl^ilfAffiii-Mttrleltaeb  65  3*-    %«7: 

^'^  MariS«-  Ftav  Jnhn  UcCutcOun  17  66.    ^-^j 

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Ewi.«Cf«riffl^-P*pry¥ill#   ch  1L    ^ri*— East 

bnri3  CcQUAt  eh  t>4  1^7,  G^nsri^ia— Ittiaca  eh  Sub- 
■Ch  IfiiL    XiiTDni— Ijal^n  cli  lu  2^4  UT 

HARBiSBOta.— Cv-iu/f— Lfindij^biirch  GbS5  S7  ; 
Lower  pAlh  Valley  and  Bural  UMbms  ch  flfl. 
Ifuniiniffiim  -Si  n  k  i  a  g  Valley  oU  &0.  Nort}nijnbrr- 
torn/— Linden  eh  la  I6i*  3T 

|lM!vdi$,  CE?(TiL,iu— Mtomintrfon— Weoona  ch 
10;  r^alerii  ch  £<  ^;  i^pnnjxvAlts  {:h  3  ^1-  Asoria 
—Mansfield  ch  3;    Da«r  Craek  ch  6  75;  Pdorm 

lLLiMoi;s,  NoBtH,— OVififlyo— Zirvn  Ger  oh  1*1 
Cfaiuago,  Gracts  ch  adb-scn  1 1-4  0 »  129  9J 

iLLiiraiA,  SoufB.— A i^'on— Jordan  f3r^r%  ch  15  €5; 
WH¥t;]iind  cti  4.    MaUo^jn— Mntloaa  oh  IS    35  U& 

J^DU»4,  North.— OftitffondiifW/e— La  Fajetift 
2d  ch  129  9*1.  t(»gan«jivr(— Hcipew^U  Ph7;  Mou- 
ticittlo  Qh  {Adtrh  Mi  W&at  Uosaj!)  oh  i.  if«iFicJf 
— Miiaciech^  -J^  UU 

IVDiAHA,  BcitFTB. — IfifUanapoU s—Uhinhndge  ch 
3;  Edmburgh  ch  6.  i.Vino  4*6«tii^— Noith  VernoiD 
cb  3 ;  Corydon  ch  2(>;  Zoar  eh  « ;  Vetay  cti  -lilj  75 
(of  which  siftb-Soh  «  3i5j-  Vincen'tfJ-~\Sfn-ihiajgi- 
ton  ch  10;  Uak  Grove  ch  a.  IT/iifii  H'affr— 
Mfiiiai  CunoQl  ch  lu  73;    Hi>t  A    L  ThompiOQ 

Iqwa,  NdKfS.'Cidai-  Bctj7fci9^C«(|ftr  Rapid i  M 
eh  zu;  Cjeili*r  Rapidfi  l9t  ch  {add'l}  Itf  Bo;  Ca- 
ni4uehe  *;h  a  *la,  i^ribii^u^— B^ihal  oh  ft;  CEcr- 
mom  ch  5.    Ifaiertuo— Cedir  Falla  ch  7       60  40 

ItJWftj  SotrTH.— CliriFWtl  £it*Jf(^Lf)j?fan  oh  8 ;  Vil- 
liacjiCh  6;  Heaj'anl  Ridie  oh  I.  Da  Moinei— 
I)')S  Moin«)a  Ist  ch  10;  OitkiiloiMA  en  Vi  l^;  Us 
botd  oh  3  &U;  ["lArihHrii  ch  5;  retft'r*on  ch  I  fill; 
Oh  Tel  eh  3;  Ptdhi  ch  3.  mbr^ka  atjf—^AU^ 
City  ch  7  70;  Htjwrtrd  ch  15  7i  »» 

K  * »i 4H*— HfjAjkind— M  (ilher ry  Cre<pk  Fre n eh 
oh  5;  lrrhii(  ch  ll.  JV'ecuAf^— Ln  Cj>£i:ia  ch  4; 
BiLJLLcr  Sjinu^A  l»t  oh  5  Mi.  T\jpt:ks.-^iiMhe\  ch 
4  5j;  Gmit^vllle  ch  +  Cti  U  Jii 

KKSTtJcKif.  —  EiMrneur  ^  Newport  2d  ch  10. 
LfWfviUa—^Uivttn&ti^;  Caatiy  Fork  ch  tO;  Mri 
brant  L  20  UO 

Losra  taMJ»ti,—ffrooftfcn— Brooklyn.  Sonth  eh 
74«  (of  which  W  M  Aikman,  E-q  60 'h  Msst^'f 
Asaoxj'n  ot  Thro^^p  ArudUd  Miju^ion  dHO-iicn  fiu; 
Brooklyn  Mch  Sah-ach  Mjfts'ySoe'y*A>^ir  Brook* 
lyu  liiL  ch.  licmjcn  St.ri?Q[,  (mon  CoM)  To  'Mi 
Brooklyn  l?l  eh*  Muury  EJireci,  (udd'O  Tfld^ 
B roo  kt  ly  o  Gflr  ch  3  I  **43  3 1 

MsCFiiflJis.— />«^raa^3milhfirtld  oh  flL  Grand 
R!ipsda^lon\R  cfi,  !ri>rn  Jhhi  K^tirj'Jdy  5.  A'afti- 
m«^rj— RicMJand  ch  ai  27^  Xaoitni^^lrviinic  ch 
7.     iS^^inaip—riiy mouth  ch  1  65  27 

M I  !f w  ft*ut A ,— Man  katfi — W I  n  nf'bnjiCD  C  i  ty  ch  10 ; 
J  ^dktou  oh  &.  *Sf  Jf'icSEiJ— Jardun  eh  2  57  ;  Ferum 
FiLll»ch  ID.  Witt'jrt-:!— ClarttmooToh  2  J^;  Ktf,it«y 
oh  1  it4;  D{^d^e  <.:!^^dtre  eh  99  cia;  Harmony  eh 
i  50:  (ftB^HgDw  ch  2  5t}  ^&  m 

Wias(juai — Ojfoja^-O-^c&ola  ch  11  60.  Osark^ 
Bdtrtilo  cJi  5  U"! ;  Conway  ch  2  75;  IJrbana  ch 
4  65.  Aifmjm— N«w  Cambria  en  2  18;  Gtann 
Town  eh  2  17;  Bruah  Crei^k  ch  2  17;  R«r  M 
Williams  5.  fto/oii— White  Waiar  ch  10,  Sf^ 
Z^>uia-  M o*c  1 1  e  c  h  10  57  25 

Naw  jKBaiT.—B^JaMfc— Summit  Ontral  ch 
1'}  84 ;  Ehsaljeih  ^cstniitiBter  ch  Sab-«eh  150. 
J^rtty  Glfj^— Wer^hawken  iat  oh  ii  3T  ;  tiobolitf  n 
Weal  ch  50 ;  Fort  Lee  ch  &►  MiJupnujilA— Oohiixi- 
bfii  ch  10  21;  BhrQ^V!<buFy  ch  ^h-Hch  t&  ^. 
MfJ-rta  tmi  Orctfftgo— Oran»ite  2d  ch.  from  G  W 
Soow,  E^(]  100.  iFeio^rA— Newiwk  1*1  ch  {moo 
eon)  12EJ  i7.  iVeio  ^rifn^wic^— Pi*nuinj«lon  eh 
1*1  13.  iVfliffteft--OiRjrd  sdd  oh  Sab-soh  MiBs*y 
feo^V  2a  33  0*0  B'i 

Nnw  Yoaj£,—flof(oa— Boston  4lh  ch  Z^.  AVw 
Kor,lt— UniTeE--^ity  place  ch  (Aiid't)fl5;  Madipoc) 
Hquare  oh  a^O;  Fourth  Avenue  oh  tmon  coll) 
ai  70:  iMi  ch.  lrom"B  C  D'  147;  Fifih  ATPmle 
and  NJDele«uxh  Sueet  oh,  add'l  1^;    Church  of 


the  CoTenanU  fl<im  looo.  Ifm-tk  ;?/i>er— R«»v  T 
S  Wieke?  100;  Lloyd  cb  10;  M.kon  eh  lOv  Weit- 
ehenter^Fouadrid^ti  ch  &5;  WftBi  Furins  ch  35 

Pacific*— fij^miVJa— San  Rufannl  ch  40.  Sia  Frof*- 
ewc5 — Oakland  Ijtc  ch  li  3a ;  Oakland  G^f  ch 
4  lU  67  CIO 

FaiLAoelPiiiA.— C?^M/f!r— Falrview  ch  15,  Lack' 
nwantua—N'orih  more  land  eh  2  5ti;  Ltthman  eh 
2  fiu,  /'^mo'Jej/uAui— VVkilemt  rftrcfpt  eh  t'wi'^'') 
5a  J  a7 :  2d  ch,  fpom  Mr^  HAlst^an  10.  F&f£adaf- 
phm  ^Wt^—Qt'rmnnXftvrn  Isi  ch,  from  A  W  lOO. 
irfifi'ittipwicr— xMiddJc  Oatorara  ch  2il  tt5       7^2  3t 

FiTtiaORcm—J^'^Jiioufi— Tyrone  eh  20:  Jcffer* 
aou  ah  lu.     IFo^.'itFii/^tpfi— VVashiTigton  2d  eh  45 

85   00 

TETt*EJi5M^//of*^mi— Kmj^'ipcirt  ehU  ;  Rft&dj 
Cfdifk  eh  4.  A^mud^fi— Eiitidhia  eh  4 ;  HtKstftira 
eh  4  23  CM] 

TOLiM.— Sfii^fontjins— Weit  Liberty  1st  Oh 

L7TroA.--^i*i^^aiiiJlon— Speo^cr  ch  10^  OU^o — 
Sidocy  Plaina  lui  ch  T  40*  tteiilfOrd  ch  12  75 

WESTimi:  Mirw  YtiiKH— flrilToZ^? — Gowand*  ch  &  ; 
JarnftKtown  l«l  ch  3J.  Gd^MM— ' Jranaeffilie  ch 
'J>,  A'iri(;ora— Albjou  ch,  li  .M  Soc'y  OJ  ij;  Me- 
djna  ch  It*.  J2v,gA<tft(!r— Qrotelftud  r'h  13  WJ:  Ro- 
enct^Eer  lut  ch  40;  Webster  en  2j;  Rqv  J  R  Pajtra 
10;  Wheatlfind  ch  10  *W  7S 

Wuco!isi3r.--C!^jpp£wn — Ncshanuock  ch  (a  bal- 
ani;el  'I  25.  WiJusunsin  JZtiwr— RoedHbtjirgh  eh 
m  til ;  RicnUnd  Guuire  eh  io  m  23  M 

CoitHlTTJll  OK  BsXtr^LUfCl  A3(I>  FiNAVCI  13  £3    54 


Total  reeei^ed  from  ohiircbciiT    $io,(Jl4  A 4 

LaaACia?.— L«j^cy  of  Mian  Jcru^^h^  Gobb,  dec'd» 
Iftle  of  tivTACu^ie,  N  V  AOO;  L^^Acy  of  Luther 
W^fllon,  (Jso'd^  Uuj  of  Wayne  oo,  Pa  300 ;  Le^cy 
of  John  Nftlitcin.  decM.  Imtd  of  Lihe.x'ty.  lihio  50; 
Legacy  of  Lvmu^l  Roan?,  late  of  (iranvJIIOf  Ohio 
fasa  It;  Frtrry  Af  mtsiry  Food  75  Ijtts  11 

Mi!icEi.lA!Ttoy8.— ^'^oiiity  of  Inquiry  of  Actbarn 
Thtiol  Seramory  31  7t);  Gloulockr  Cheater  eo,  P« 
3;  Inttift^nL  oa  Iluuiferruri  InTSiititienC  39>l  3t>; 
2  8win,  E^q.  Mihoo.  Fia5ir  Mr,i  Lyd.a  M  D*y, 
Valnoat,  Cl»ISjcu;  "'(Jiis:!"  3:  M  P,  ESitsbiirith, 
P*i  lUT  iO:  8a  I  an  nail.  Ga  23 1  "  F  B  i*."  Uuopitr*' 
(own.  y  Y  hHj;  Kc»  W  P  Fjshsir,  Rocky  Mill, 
Qfynn  J>;  Aviiilfi  of  sale  of  church  edtclee  and 
pAr^ooAge,  Add  1^00,  Ofno  (m  purO  ao ;  J  H  Ccmh, 
Eflq,  Atwaier,  t>  3;  *•  A  Friend/'  B^itlt-r  Go,  Pa  10 ; 
aira  (lojfdrd  Biruto,  Taney  town,  jMd  5       1S50  00 

Total  iQ  May,       |;  3,072  «<S 
2]  Gentre  Btroet^  New  York. 


1  bojt  from  the  Laditw  of  Philadelphia  Bsthan y 
chf  valued  III  30  110 

1  hoi  frofn  the  Ladid"]'  Misery  Soc*y  of  Ko-^ 
aulh  ch,  Iowa,  mlued  at  47  00 


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and  other  opfriidouji  of  the  Board,  i«,hoLild  im 
Afldre^i^ed  t*  Mm  C^i  r^-apondlnS:  rit5.:r.itanes>  No. 
21  Gentfc  Street,  N«w  York  City  I^ttert  r** 
tatliijt  to  the  pecutitafy  afTiiirii  or  thu  Board,  or 
containlnss  remUtaucfi^of  mouey.  should  b»  iiaDi 
ta  S.  D.  PowaL,  Em,,  Tre*aurer— *am«j  *ddre»-" 
p.  0„  Box  3ta3»       ,^  u 

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Board  «/  Education, 


217 


BOABD  OF  EDUCATION. 


^^r  T8  CftUf ,  nUT  THE  lAOOKEIld  Ail!   rKW;   FTlilT  Tl  THIKBrOBS  THl  LOU>  Off  TBI  BABTItT 

T<AT  D£  wjuix^  fli^i^  r£»Tii  LABffMEiii  i^To  Bit  lULRyiST. — Lake  X.  8. 


«THOU  HAST  MADE  SUMMER." 

»rj  t  A  Hi  is  be&atj !  All  its  w^iillh  of  grains,  and  fruits,  and  flowers, 
Al!  it^  clear  and  f;w«?el  and  cnior  laden  air,  its  new  life  to  everything 
eath.  it«  myria-i  Bources  of  ium pi  ration  to  praise  God  I 
should  be  precious  for  its  opportiiDittes  to  refresh  the  nerrous  system, 
>y  tbe  sedentary  ^mploymenU,  iodoora  life  and  deozygenated  air  of 
As  much  of  its  titnie  as  poasibic  ^bimld  be  spent  in  the  stady  of  Qod^s 
tttAry  on  the  Teatntnents  of  his  love  in  Christ ;  that  is,  in  that  of  the 
9  gQo^lncsa,  raitbfulQe8s,  and  grace  in  nature.  Christ  considered  the 
luds  of  Bowers  and  reapers,  the  tug^ng  of  the  fishermen  at  the  net, 
rio^  hb  sermons ;  and  shoald  not  we  J 

[lemical  ciperiineoia  upon  the  rital  forces  of  the  human  system  have 
two  hour»  of  inter]  !4e  and  vmremitted  brain- work  exhausts  them  as 
elve  hours  of  ordinary  rnuunal  labor.  Some  of  the  best  physiologists 
oc  Uour^i  each  day  of  aetive  bidilj  erercise  is  necessary  to  maintain 
equilibrium  between  the  nerrous  and  muscular  system  ;  and  that  fur- 
^  the  moral  and  peaceful  inflaeDeea  of  the  Sabbath  are  required  to 
anient  the  benefits  of  sleep,  and  of  the  nutriment  and  repose  of  the  other 
week^  so  thore  are  needed  spct^ial  periods  of  summer  rest  and  refresh- 
ier  to  fully  enable  him  whose  engine  of  usefulness  is  his  brain,  to  work 
it  advantage. 

b]e  to  witneii  the  wrecks  of  many  noble  men  who  have  forgotten  the 
of  natore  which  Ood  has  fiiod  in  their  own  system.  The  asylums 
■  eitiea  are  full  of  them.  A  visitor  says  of  a  somewhat  celebrated 
rhora  he  saw  in  this  lamentable  condition :  **  What  a  picture  of  misery 
en  he  stood  before  mel  Thomanwho  was  once  so  well- formed  is  now 
re  than  skin  and  bones ;  the  eyes,  whose  lustre  was  once  so  much 
9  dull  in  tbeir  sockets ;  the  distorted  face  is  fringed  by  a  dishevelled 
;  and  hie  sf^eoh,  oooe  his  nobieHt  gift,  is  almost  entirely  gone.  He 
almost  onmt^lUgible  sounde^^  and  it  is  but  from  time  to  time  that  he  is 
aponce  a  fow  words.  Ho  is  auffering  almost  more  than  mortal  can 
brain  ha;9  become  weAkonod  to  su«;b  a  degree  that  he  has  become  little 
I  fto  idiot." 

\m  greatly  profitable  to  reiile  somoof  the  cases  of  loss  of  bodily  health, 
iciwecj  of  spiritnal  peace,  of  prospects  of  usefulness,  which  come  to  the 
of  those  whose  eyes  are  upon  our  stealous,  self-sacrificing,  and  too  often 
fished,  studontfl  for  the  ministry.  S.>me  of  these  cases  are  of  painful, 
reat.  But  our  space  is  limited.  To  our  dear  young  brethren  we  can 
God  has  ''made  tho  summer*''  Use  it  as  one  of  his  brightest  and  most 
ts.  You  may  gain  a  great  a  tore  of  physical  and  intellectual  and  spirit* 
om  it*  You  may  drink  sunlight  from  its  hours,  which  shall  come  out 
be  combustion  of  coal  gives  it  out^  in  future  works  of  usefulness.  And 
ilso  mingle  bodily  exercise  now  with  employments  which  shall  give 


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218  Board  of  Education.  [Jvl 

Christian  literature  to  the  ignorant  or  the  sorrowing,  and  the  blessings  of  th 
gospel  to  many  who  are  destitute  of  them.  The  presbyteries  should  devise  worl 
for  their  students  tending  to  make  them  men^  living  and  sympathizing  and  prac 
tical  men,  whioh  will  cause  the  experiences  of  the  summer  to  be  fully  as  profitabl 
to  them  for  the  office  of  either  the  pastor  or  preacher,  as  the  theological  tuition  o 
the  winter.  

ACTION  OF  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY  UPON  EDUCATION. 

An  intelligent  and  judicious  Committee  was  appointed  by  the  Moderator,  Re^ 
Dr.  Howard  Crosby,  which  gave  to  the  important  subjects  brought  before  it  : 
prayerful,  patient,  and  thorough  investigation. 

The  Committee,  after  examining  the  Annual  Report,  Mintites,  and  Aooounti 
advise  the  Assembly  to  commend  the  Board,  as  ^'worthy  of  the  continued  oonfi 
dence,  increased  contributions,  and  most  fervent  prayers  of  the  churches.'* 
'  A  number  of  changes  in  the  rules  have  been  advised,  during  the  past  few  yean 
by  professors  in  theological  and  other  institutions,  in  order  to  make  the  form 
more  acceptable  and  practicable.  These  were  suggested  to  the  Assembly  by  thi 
Board,  and  generally  adopted.  The  Board  was  placed  in  a  better  position  than  i 
has  ev^r  before  occupied  to  manage  and  sustain  its  work. 

The  amounts  to  be  given  to  the  different  grades  of  students  were  not  suggeste< 
by  the  Board,  but  left  for  the  Assembly  to  consider  and  fix.  The  Assembly  reoom 
mended  a  return,  for  the  present,  to  the  old  annual  rates. 

The  payment  of  the  appropriations  for  May,  the  responsibility  of  which  the  Boarc 
laid  upon  the  Assembly,  was  assumed  by  it,  and  a  Special  Committee  appointee 
to  obtain  the  money,  in  cooperation  with  the  Board.  The  Assembly's  Commit 
tee  says:  ''Your  Committee  feel  that  there  is  a  sacred  obligation  resting  upoi 
the  General  Assembly  to  meet  the  May  appropriations.  As  the  increased  ratei 
was  the  independent  action  of  the  General  Assembly,  and  against  the  better  judg 
ment  of  the  Board,  as  it  now  appears ;  and  as  this  action  raised  expectations  ii 
the  young  men,  and  induced  them  to  contract  debts  which  not  only  every  senm 
of  manly  honor,  but  also  their  personal  example  and  influence  for  the  cause  oi 
Christ,  forbids  them  to  repudiate ;  it  is  imperative  in  this  body  to  take  immediati 
steps  Ho  redeem  its  own  pledge.  By  the  appointment  of  a  lay-committee  oi 
acknowledged  financial  ability  to  confer  and  cooperate  with  the  Board  of  Education, 
this  subject  might  be  relieved  of  its  embarrassment,  and  the  money  raised." 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted  by  the  Assembly,  at  the  suggestion  of 
the  Committee :  "  That  inasmuch  as  the  Board,  in  carrying  out  the  direction  of 
the  Assembly,  to  continue  the  advaneed  rates,  has  incurred  a  debt  of  $27,000, 
which,  notwithstanding  its  faithful  exertions,  seems  to  be  too  heavy  for  it  to  bus* 
tain  without  again  most  seriously  embarrassing  it  for  another  year ;  now,  as  a 
measure  of  relief,  a  Special  Committee  be  appointed  by  the  Assembly,  to  con^^iiet 
of  seven  laymen,  who  shall,  in  cooperation  with  the  Board,  device  aud  put  in  f>x.e^ 
cution  some  plan  to  obtain,  without  interfering  with  the  regular  colU^^etion^  Uyt 
this  cause,  the  sum  mentioned,  previous  to  the  first  of  November,  at  whiah  time 
the  amount  collected  shall  be  distributed  according  to  their  cliiims,  or  pro  ratm^ 
among  the  students  who  have  been  reported  as  deserving  of  ic/'  The  Speeial 
Committee  of  the  Assembly  consists  of  the  following  well-known  and  inflaentjal 
gentlemen — Frederick  H.  Woloott,  New  York  City ;  Professor  Edmn  J,  Thorn psoo^ 
St.  Anthony,  Minnesota;  Hon.  James  K.  Moorhead,  Pittsburgh ;  John  Wana^ 
maker,  Philadelphia;  W.  W.  Spence,  Baltimore;  L.  F.  Freeman^  Brooklyn; 
James  Richardson,  St.  Louis.  ^ o   " 


1873.]  Board  of  Education,  219 

Their  plans  and  efforts,  whatever  form  thej  may  assame,  will  be  ^eeted  with 
the  hearty  sympathy  ^nd  cooperation  of  every  lover  of  Christ  and  the  advance- 
ment of  His  kingdom,  to  whom  they  may  be  addressed,  and  they  will  doubtless 
prove  sacoessful  in  accomplishing  the  important  object  for  which  the  Committee 
was  appointed. 

The  Standing  Committee  says  as  to  the  year  departed :  **  The  past  year  has 
been  one  of  mingled  light  and  shade.  Though  the  great  pressure  for  money  has 
been  deeply  felt,  and  even  now  awakens  almost  startling  solicitude  as  to  how  the 
Board  shall  meet  its  obligations  and  prosecute  its  work  with  success,  still  the  year 
has  been  on  the  whole  a  prosperous  one." 

It  casts  this  encouraging  glance  on  the  future :  '*  The  outlook  of  the  future,  if 
fall  of  hope,  is  also  filled  with  urgency  to  bring  forward  and  prepare  young  men 
to  preach  the  gospeL  Indeed  the  urgency  is  already  upon  us.  Some  perhaps 
think  there  is  a  sufficiency  of  ministers.  It  requires  but  a  superficial  survey  of 
the  field,  to  correct  so  egregious  and  fatal  an  error.  The  new  states  and  terri^ 
tories  of  our  country  are  rapidly  filling  up  with  population.  Railroads  are 
stretching  in  every  direction.  Along  their  line,  villages,  towns  and  cities  are 
springing  into  existence,  each  calling  for  one  or  more  ministers  of  our  faith  and 
church  polity.  Roman  Catholic  countries,  almost  without  exception,  are  accessi- 
ble to  the  preaching  of  Protestant  Christianity.  The  marvellous  and  rapid 
changes  in  Japan,  China,  and  other  heathen  lands,  increase  the  call  for  the  multi- 
plication of  .preachers  of  the  gospel  at  our  hands.  The  special  agency  for  meeting 
this  increasing  demand  is  our  Board  of  Education.  It  has  been  tried.  It  has 
acquired,  and  is  acquiring,  experience.  It  has  done  a  work  for  the  Church  which 
no  other  instrumentality  has,  or  can  accomplish." 


"WHAT  CAN  I  DO?" 

Tou  are  weary  and  disappointed  that  you  do  so  little  good.  You  seem  to  be 
tied  down  to  limited  opportunities  and  duties,  burthensome,  but  not  spiritually 
profitable.    What  can  you  dot 

WeQ,  this  year  try  to  be  the  means  of  converting  one^BonX  to  Jesus  Christ,  and 
determine  that  you  will  try  to  do  not  less  than  this  eoery  year.  It  has  been  esti- 
mated that  if  a  Christian  were  each  year,  for  twenty  years,  to  be  the  means  of 
bringing  but  one  person  to  a  saving  knowledge  of  the  truth,  and  if  each  of  such 
converts  did  the  same,  it  would  result,  at  the  end  of  that  period,  in  the  increase  to 
the  kingdom  of  Gbd  of  1,048,575  souls.  If  this  were  done  hj  fifty  Christians,  and 
the  annual  converts  during  the  same  period,  the  number  would  be  54,428,740.  If 
by  but  one  thousand  Christians,  in  the  saose  ratio,  the  result  would  be  an  increase 
reaching  the  number  of  1,048,575,000,  which  is  three-fourths  of  the  population 
of  the  world ! 

This  year  yoa  might  possibly  do  much  more  than  you  have  done  to  help  and 
stimulate  others  to  do  good  in  many  ways.  You  might  perhaps  direct  the  ear  of 
some  sincere  young  man  to  the  calls  of  dying  men  for  the  gospel,  and  lead  him  to 
be  a  successful  preacher  of  it  You  might  stir  up  your  own  congregation,  or 
some  other,  to  support  a  candidate  for  the  ministry  through  the  Board  of  Educa- 
tion. What  a  joy  in  the  Great  Day  when  everything  that  is  hid  shall  be  mani- 
fested, and  everything  kept  secret  shall  come  abroad,  to  find  that  your  humble 
labors,  prayers,  gifts  or  influence  over  others,  have  been  rivulets  whose  streams 
have  been  led  by  the  finger  of  God  to  water  plants,  and  to  irrigate  fields,  the  pro- 
ducts of  which  shall  be  a  multiplication  of  them  all  an  hundred  fold,  a  thousand- 
fold, a  million-fold.  *^ 


220 


Board  of  Educatum. 


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BECEIPTS  IN  MAY. 


41^  Synods  in  shall  capitals— Presbyteries  in  <to(tes— Charohes  in  Ronnn. 


AuAiir^ailiMnMa-^ewett28  62.  ^Voy— MalU 
S  83  62 

OnfODnrATL— 2>a^yto>»— Moniot  18;  Dayton  Memo- 
rUl  7  60  20  60       48 

GLBTBLAirs. — Ckoelaiid— Cbsntsr  Sab-sch  37  60. 
jroAontfntfF— Toangatown  30.  <8keu6envtZZe— Minerra 
8 ;  Beeob  Spring  27 ;  Two  Ridges  86  122  60 

OoLuiraU8.—Cb2ttm6ti«— Mifflin  4.  Jhfarion— Brown 
6.  ZanutfiOe—yitAiwon  14;  New  Lexington  8  85 ; 
Unity  4  86;  Oakileld  2  26  83  76 

San.— Ctarioii— Perry  Tills  1.  JHs— Fairvlew  18 ; 
TleaiantrUle  16.   ^SKenai^K)— SbarpsTille  11  41 

46  41 

QKinTA4— &(6»M«a— Tietor  lat  26  27 ;  Oaks  Cor- 
ners 9.    fifeM2pei»— Goboeton  4  60  89  77 

HAftBXBBUBO. — Cbrliils— Upper  Patb  Talley  26; 
Big  Springs  26.  Amt^don— Sinking  Talley  20. 
iVbrtAumberlond— Cbilisqnaque  17  87  00 

iLUNOiSyCKiTTRAL.— BZoomif^ptoyi— BiIinonk6.  Peo- 
fia— Mansfield  2  60 ;  Peoria  Ist  6.  aehuiyUr— 
Westminster  6  66 ;  Tonng  America  16  66.  S^pring- 
Jl^ed-JaeksonTUle  Central  ei  05  60 

iLUVOiSi  North. — Chicago— JoW^i  Ist  6;  Noble 
Street,  Holland  8  60.  JWeport— Freeport  8d  Ger- 
man 9.    Ottatoor-Morris  1st  11  18  84  73 

iLUHon,  South.— .iUon—Brigbton  6  70;   Plnm 

Creek  6  11  70 

ImxAirA,  NoBTH.— Jbr<  ITaj/fM— Gosben     12  00 

IRDIAHA,    South.— JhdiofwqMlit—Bainbridge    2. 
ITew  litany— St  Jobn*s  2.  Ft}ieeiin«»— Terre  Hante  ' 
1st  6 ;  Yinoennes  18  60  27  60 

Iowa,  Noktb.- Oedar  Azpjeit— Tlnton  10;  Cedar 
Rapids  1st  7  60;  Cedar  Rapids  2d  12.  Dubuque— 
WankonlO.    ITo^^oo— Cedar  Falls  4  48  60 

Iowa,  South.- Dst  JMnes— Oskaloosa  6;  Des 
Moines  1st  6  11  00 

KiHTUCKT.— IrOuimZle— Owensboro  1st  82.  Tran- 
•ylocmia— PerryTille  10  42  00 

Lexo  Islahd.— BrooXrl^fi— Tbroop  Arenne  23  26. 
Lcmg  JsJond— Mattitnck  10.  JVosmm— Hempstead 
1st  16  48  26 

MiOHXOAH.— Lant&v-MarshaUlst  28  64 

9lxHanoTA.—JfonXMi(o— Winnebago  City  6 ;  Jack- 
son 6.  St  i\iti^^ordan  81  cents ;  St  Panl  Ist  6  73 ; 
Fergus  Falls  1  60.    Iffnono— Austin  1  20  04 

Mis80Uii.—0<<v«— Clinton  1st  0  96.  Ailmirrci— 
New  Cambria  2.    i^itte-CblUicGtbe  10  60    22  46 

Niw  Jbsit<— £Ksa6e(A— Bethlebem  26  66 ;  Sam- 
mit  Central  8  48.  Jerny  Ofy— Tenafly  16;  Pater - 
son  2d  19.  JIfonmotttA— Bordentown  7  80;  Tncker- 
-ton  7 ;  Bess  Rirer  1.    MorrU  and  Oranffe— Hanerer 


40  40.    JVeis  Jinmsimcb— Hamilton  Square  10  4 
Wat  JtTuy—QKm^tm.  2d  56  106  ' 

Nsw  YvKL.—Ne»  rorXc— New  Tork  1st "  B  C  1 
;  New  Tork  4tb  126.     Tf^sCcAeKer— West  Fan 
20;  Sootb  Greenbnrgb  40  v  Poondridge  10;  Men 
Salem  10;  SUmlbrd  1st  296  05,  Sab-scb  18  88 

668^ 
PnxLAMLnnA.  —  Chakr  —  Kennett  Square 
Ze^^A— Reading  1st  78  61.  i^ttadefpM^— Pbila  S 
ftt>m  Mrs  Ralston  10 ;  Tabernaole  Sab-sob  25 ;  Pbi 
lOtb,  from  Wm  Wilson,  Esq  60.  PhOadiifhia,  Nor 
— Holmesburg  16 ;  Germantown  1st  460;  Cbestai 
Hill  1st  175 ;  Norrlstown  1st  46  74.  W«UMminda^ 
Slate  Ridge  16;  Middle  Oetorara  11  27;  Strasbn 
1  76  898  J 

PiTTSBUBOH.— i^eOs^uyyA— Bellefield  2.  WaMn 
ton^Wasblngton  2d  24.    JiSsdstone-^efltosoD  I 

2;( 

TouDOw—JfininiM— Bowling  Grsen  16  1 

UTiGA.—BiffVAafnton— Cortland  29  21;  SnithTil 
FlaU  11  70;  MasouTUle  8  60.  Ottego—lMbi  \ 
18  11 ;  Stamford  1st  18  80;  Colchester  4  60.  ^ 
CMss— Oollamer  12  iO.  ITUco— Whitesboro  7  8 
SL  Lawrenoe-L»  Ray  2  107  \ 

WiSTiEif  Nkw  Tork— Bh^^Uo— Panama  6.  Oen 
s(»— KIba  13  40;  Le  Roy  52  86.  Oh%em  VdUef- 
Angelica  6.  iVuvarc»— Niagara  Falls  1st  60.  A 
oAettei^-Spring  Water  6  181 1 

WiscoNsiK.— JfatsauJIwfr— Somers616.  Wttutebat 
— Berlin  6.  Wttoofuin  Rwer—Btf^jn  Dam  li 
26  28;  Highland  4  80^ 


2769  ( 

From  CoMMXTTU  oh  BixrroLBroa  ahd  Fihakoi 

687  : 


H  F  H,  Mexico,  N  Y  26;  W  M  S  80;  J  8  8.  Ato 
andrla,  Pa  446  600  C 


Rer  0  Bell  6;  Miss  ** C  H,"  PhUa  7th  eb  16 ;  Rs 
M  Steyens  and  wlft,  Belpbl,  Ind  6;  Rer  W  1 
Clark,  Omaha  6  80  0 

Totol  Receipts  In  May,       ta^WT?  ^ 

X.  Q.  WOODWARD,  Tnanmr. 

1884  Chestnut  Street,  Pblladftphii 

Reports  and  correspondent   relating    tc>   tb 

general  buriness  of  the  Board,  add  res*  to  Welu.4I 

SraiB,  D.D.,  Cbrr$$poniiing  Aeretory. 

OmOB,  No.  1884  Chestnut  SEXMt,  PbiJi4etphii 


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1873.]  Board  of  Forfi^  MMotu.  221 

BOARD  OP  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 

RECENT  INTELLIGENCE. 

The  Death  of  Mrs.  Thompson,  in  Syria,  and  of  Mrs.  Corbfett,  in  China,  will  be 
found  briefly  stated  in  another  column,  and  will  cause  sincere  regret  to  our  read- 
ers. They  were  both  excellent  and  admirable  missionary  ladies.  The  sincerest 
sympathy  will  be  felt  for  their  bereaved  families. 

Arkitals  and  Departures  of  Missionaries. — The  Rev.  J.  Doolittle  and  his 
wife,  recently  connected  with  the  mission  of  the  Board  at  Shanghai,  though  for 
many  years  in  China  as  missionaries  of  the  American  Board,  have  returned  to 
this  country,  on  account  of  the  failure  of  Mr.  Doolittle* s  health.  His  address  is 
at  Qalosbnrgh,  Illinois. — Miss  Boughton,  of  the  mission  at  Gaboon,  has  returned 
to  this  country  for  the  same  cause. — Mrs.  John  Newton,  Jr.,  and  her  two  children 
have  arrived  from  India,  her  return  having  special  reference  to  the  education  of 
her  daughter.  Her  husband  remains  at  his  missionary  post — We  have  received 
advices  of  the  arrival  out  of  Mr.  Mcllvaine  and  Dr.  Bliss  in  China,  and  Miss  Park 
in  Japan. — On  the  26th  of  May,  Mr.  Peter  Menkel  embarked  for  the  Gaboon  and 
Corisco  Mission,  and  on  the  11th  of  June,  W.  G.  Taylor,  M.D.,  sailed  for  the  same 
mission.  Mr.  Monkel  is  a  member  of  the  South  Third  street  church,  Williams- 
burgh,  L.  I.,  and  goes  out  as  a  lay-missionary  to  take  charge  of  the  schooner  Elfe 
and  other  work.  Dr.  Taylor  is  a  meiiiber  of  the  First  church,  Camden,  N.  J.,  and 
goes  out  as  a  medical  missionary  at  Corisco. 

"  Added  to  the  Church." — At  Jerez,  near  Zacatecas,  Mexico,  nine  persons  were 
received  to  the  communion  by  Mr.  Pitkin,  and  two  children  were  baptised ;  at  Rio 
Nano,  Mr.  Da  Gama,  of  Brotas,  Brasil,  received  twenty-seven  persons  to  the  com-* 
munion,  besides  thirty-five  children  baptized;  at  Rio  de  Janeiro,  one;  at  Zahleh, 
Sjria,  one,  and  several  applicants  for  admission  were  deferred;  at  Kolapore,  India, 
three ;  at  Canton,  one ;  at  stations  in  the  Sanpoh  district,  Mr.  Butler,  of  Ningpo, 
reports  six ;  and  at  two  places  in  the  Ping-tu  district,  connected  with  the  station 
of  Tungchow,  churches  were  organized  consisting  of  members  previously  enrolled 
in  the  Ping-tu  church,  and  five  new  members  were  received. 

In  China,  Dr.  Nevius  gives  an  interesting  account  of  a  small  sect,  with  whom 
he  and  Mr.  Eckard  met  on  a  recent  missionary  journey,  who  seem  to  be  free  from 
the  grosser  forms  of  idolatry,  and  to  hold  views  of  religion  resembling  in  some 
respects  the  doctrines  of  revelation.  They  appeared  to  be  much  interested  in  the 
preaching  of  the  missionaries,  and  a  hundred  persons  were  regarded  as  earnest 
inquirers.  Mrs.  Mateer  and  Mrs.  Crossette  accompanied  their  husbands  a  part 
of  the  way  on  a  late  missionary  tour,  and  then  remained  in  the  Ping-tu  district 
after  the  gentlemen  had  gone  on  their  journey,  spending  several  weeks  in  work 
amongst  Chinese  women.  They  were  usually  received  with  much  cordiality,  min- 
gled with  not  a  little  curiosity  in  some  oases;  and  they  visited  a  number  of  vil- 
lages, travelling  on  two  days  over  forty  miles  in  wheelbarrows  1  They  were 
accompanied  by  one  of  the  theological  students,  and  had.  good  reason  to  feel 
happy  in  their  work. 

In  India,  we  note  the  reopening  of  the  theological  school  at  Allahabad,  with  an 
expected  attendance  of  sixteen  or  eighteen  young  men ;  the  decision  to  form  three 
new  sub-stations  in  the  district  of  Jalown,  to  be  connected  with  Etawah,  and  to 
be  occupied  by  native  assistants,  mostly  members  of  the  Etawah  church ;  the  open- 
ing of  five  more  girls'  schools,  under  the  care  of  Mrs.  Wyckoff,  making  twelve  in 
all,  coQtiuning  215  scholars,  in  the  vicinity  of  Futtehgurhi  b^si^es  other  matters 


222  Board  of  Ihreign  Missions.  [Jufy 

in  this  country,  as  also  in  most  of  the  missions  in  other  countries,  which  we  can- 
not here  satisfactorily  summarise. 

Rbcbipts  in  Mat — From  churches,  $12,459;  from  individual  donors,  $854;  in 
all  13,313.  Receipts  in  the  same  month  last  year,  $14,685,  of  which  from  ehorohe* 
$10,301. 

The  amount  offered  towards  the  payment  of  the  debt,  so  far  as  reported  to  this 
date,  June  14th,  is  about  85,000.  Of  this  amount  the  sum  of  16,353  has  been 
already  paid  to  the  Treasurer. 

Lbttbrs  Rbcbifbd  to  Junb  14th. — From  Cattaraugus,  Seneca  Mission,  May 
29th  ;  Chippewa,  June  4th;  Dakota,  May  9th  ;  Omaha,  May  2lst;  Creek,  May  8th  ; 
Seminole,  May  lOth ;  Ne»  Perce,  May  27th  ;  San  Francisco,  May  19th ;  Yedo,  April 
2l8t;  Tungchow,  April  21st;  Chefoo,  April  16th;  Shanghai,  April  16th;  Soo- 
ohow,  April  9th;  Ningpo,  April  18th;  Canton,  April  Uth;  Bangkok,  March 
27th ;  Ayuthia,  March  6th ;  Lahor,  April  22d ;  Lodiana.  April  26  th ;  Roorkee, 
April  22d;  Futtehgurh,  April  17th ;  Etawah,  April  19th ;  Allahabad,  May  lOth ; 
Kolapore,  May  2d ;  Beirut,  May  19th;  Zidon,  May  15th ;  2iahleh,  May  2d;  Monro- 
via, April  25th;  Corisco,  March  18th;  Gaboon,  April  10th;  Rio  de  Janeiro, 
April  24th;  Brotas,  April  7th;  Bahia,  April  28th;  Mexico,  May  17th;  Fresnillo, 
May  9th.  

MISSION  HOUSE  ITEMS. 

The  Mission  House  itself,  too  long  neglected  because  the  idea  of  its  removal 
**up  town"  was  talked  of,  has  been  put  in  good  order.  We  hope  it  is  to  stay 
where  it  is  for  many  years,  near  the  post-office,  near  the  business  and  shipping 
houses,  near  the  banks  and  newspapers,  easily  reached  from  all  quarters.  It  is 
^  plain  building,  and  we  think  all  the  better  of  it  on  that  account ;  but  it  is  com- 
fortably arranged,  well  lighted,  respectable.  We  refer  to  it  now  to  mention  that 
the  collection  of  idols,  &c.,  has  been  brought  from  the  third  story  to  the  first,  and 
its  cases  are  now  placed  in  the  Ladies'  Room.  This  little  but  unique  museum  is 
worthy  of  a  visit,  especially  by  our  young  friends.    It  is  now  easily  accessible. 

Salaries  of  Executiyb  Officers. — In  answer  to  inquiries,  this  paragraph  is 
here  inserted.  The  salaries  of  the  Secretaries  and  the  Treasurer,  as  fixed  by  the 
Board  two  years  ago,  are  $4,000  each,  with  the  addition  of  $1,000  to  the  salary  of 
the  junior  secretary,  for  a  special  reason.  Under  this  rule,  $14,150  are  reported 
for  '* Salaries''  in  the  Treasurer's  Report  of  May  1st,  made  up  as  follows:  senior 
secretary  and  treasurer,  each  $3,000;  second  secretary,  $3,200;  junior  secretary, 
$4,950.  It  may  be  added  that  the  salaries  of  the  two  younger  secretaries^  as  fixed 
by  the  Board,  are  the  same  as  they  would  receive  if  they  were  now  in  the  stations 
previously  occupied  by  them  in  the  Church. 

Errata. — Some  errors  escaped  notice  in  the  Summary  View,  pages  102-104  of 
the  Annual  Report.  These  have  been  corrected  in 'the  Summary  View  as  re- 
printed in  this  n amber  of  the  Record, 


THE  STATE  OF  THE  CASE. 

1.  The  heavy  debt  of  the  Board  on  the  1st  of  May,  $128,695.50,  is  known  to  our 
readers. 

2.  The  noble  movement  in  the  late  General  Assembly  to  pay  off  this  debt  was 
something  wonderful.  We  must  hope  it  will  be  soon  completed.  The  prose- 
cution of  this  effort  remains  as  the  work  of  the  General  Assembly,  and  not  of 
the  Board ;  and  by  common  consent  the  debt  is  left  to  stand  by  itself,  with  the 
hope  that  it  wiU  soon  be  no  more.  ^.^^.^^^  by  GoOgi 


Board  of  Fmmgn  Miasums. 


223 


ktfktd^  aince  the  meeting  of  the  Generiil  Asiembly,  has  gWea  verj  cure* 
ration  to  it«  fmanckl  Bttaafcion.  The  regular  espenses  of  the  mtBmoai 
nibly  graft  tor  than  the  ref^ulur  inaome  of  the  trensury.  lie  nee  it  iff 
wise  to  reduce  expcnees  wherever  this  can  ha  done  withoufc  putting  in 
le  success  of  the  work*  as  For  initanoe,  in  delaying  to  erect  buiidlogs, 
hool-roonas,  and  dwelling  houeea.  that  are  needed  in  yarioua  missions, 
n|^  smaller  suras  for  some  parts  of  the  work,  but  not  reduoiof^  the  sal- 
B  misaionaries.  With  great  regret  the  Board  reached  the  ctmcloaiont 
it  is  vise  to  delaj  the  departtir©  of  iereral  misiiionarj  brethrea  under 
it  to  diSererit  fieUa.  We  truife  their  going  out  i&  deferred  onlj  for 
e.  Two  or  three  wiU  be  sent  iO'>ti  to  poats  of  labor,  whieh  would  JiufiTer 
irj  bj  being  left  longer  unoocupied^  We  earneitlj  hope  that  the  six 
hera  will  not  be  kept  ling  at  homo.  It  ia  verj  embarraasiog  to  them 
lelayed,  and  indeed  soeh  delaj  ould  not  long  be  continued^  thej  will 
ept  other  opportunities  of  serving  Christ,  unless  thej  can  be  sent  out 
da.y.  We  truit  it  ia  in  answer  tw  the  pray  era  of  the  churchea  that 
ton  are  wilBng  and  readj  to  go  forth  m  misatonaries^ 
not  be  wiae,  however^  to  incur  large  new  expenses,  without  haTing 
eet  the  exiting  de/naads  of  the  missions.  The  Board,  acting  for  the 
n^it  govern  its  expenditures  by  the  m^aus  placed  at  its  disposal  for 
and  all  parties  agree  that  another  great  debt  must  not  be  incurred, 
hie  more  deeply  than  d<j  the  membera  of  the  Board, 
erintitne,  the  work  of  the  talasions  for  the  most  part  is  full  of  euoonr- 
ad  marked  by  great  proj^rcsi.  The  world  see  ma  t^^  be  open  for  Chris- 
ns.  Our  beloved  Choreh  has  a  remarkable  array  of  miBsionary  forces 
a  support.  Fields  of  labar  surpassed  by  no  other,  equalled  by  few,  are 
y  oar  brethren  ]  see  the  brief  summary  view  of  the  missrons  in  thb 
the  llecard.  From  very  email  beginnings j  our  Board  now  standii 
foremost.  But  we  believe  it  is  atllt  only  entering  on  tbe  great  work, 
fylts  await  its  progress.  We  have  eonie  into  the  kingdom  for  thin  time 
tKatton,    The  Lord  give  ni  large  hearts,  large  views,  large  sueeess ! 


T  OF  MRS.  CORBETT, 
B.  Downing  aenda  the  ful- 
ef  accorjnt  of  the  Sa^t  hours 
,  Corbett,  wife  of  the  Rev, 
orbett,  of  Chcfoo,  China, 
be  reafl  with  great  and  ten- 
it.  Hers  was  tbe  life  and 
f  t'lerightcons.  Mias  Down- 
under  date  of  March  13th. 
e  fo  often  heard  of  Mrs.  Cor- 
ms  illneaa  and  her  extreme 
that  ytm  will  not  be  aur prised 
lat  she  ha»  laileu  '*  asleep  in 
ja^t  Sunday  evening,  aft^sr  a 
of  nervoua  rcetlessne^s-s  whe 
I  hoped  she  would  awaken 
but  »he  slept  on  till  nearly 
k  Monday  morninir,  whoa, 
strtiggle  or  a  gasp,  she  awnke 
She  said  to  me  only  a  day 
fore,  **  How  nice  it  would  be 
}  to   sleep  and  wake  up  at 


home,  safe  on  the  other  side/'  She 
bad  her  wish,  for  so  God  took  her 
^*hniiie;^ 

Sunday  evening  she  « aid  to  her  hus- 
bandf  "  [  love  you  truly,  but  I  love 
Jewu.'^  mnro."  To  the  doctor  she  said, 
*'lt  is  all  right.^' 

But  no  last  words  were  needed  from 
her  to  a5aure  ns  that  she  has  entered 
into  that  **  rest*'  that  '*  rernaineth  to  the 
people  of  Gud/^  for  her  whole  life  has 
been  a^  sure  testimony.  Her  patient 
end  0  ran  ere  of  hor  suffering  and  weak- 
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wo n d e rf u  1 .  8 h e  wrm ti*d  to  '  *  go  b ome» * ' 
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stike  she  wa"?  willing  to  live  on,  even 
though  she  C[>n tinned  to  s»uffer>  For 
nearly  six  months  we  ha\'e  been  fearing 
that  she  might  be  taken  from  as  any 
day,  and  yet  she  haa  rallied  ao  often 
from  her  seriims  itlnesHen  during  ihe 
last  threo  years,  that  we  could  but  hope 
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that  she  would  do  so  again.  But  Jesus 
tojk  her,  and  while  we  miss  her,  while 
we  mourn  onr  loss,  we  are  comforted 
bj  the  assurance  we  have,  that  Mrs. 
Cqrbett  is  now  where  the  inhabitants 
are  never  weak  and  weary,  never  expe- 
rience suffering  nor  sorrow,  but  in  the 
presence  of  Qod  enjoy  that  which  **  eye 
hath  not  seen,  nor  ear  heard,  neither 
hath  entered  into  the  heart  of  man." 
eren  *'  the  thin£;8  which  God  hath  pre- 
pared for  them  that  love  him.'' 

Of  Mrs.  Oarbett^s  work  amongst  the 
Chinese  I  need  not  write  particularly. 
^*  She  hath  done  what  she  could.'*  And 
when  strength  failed  so  she  could  no 
lon^r  work,  she  prayed  for  a  blessing 
on  those  who  could,  and  upon  the  Chi- 
neiie  for  whom  they  labored.  She  was 
never  willing  to  allow  any  of  us  to 
neglect  our  work  to  care  for  her,  if  it 
was  possible  to  do  without  us.  The 
many  Chinese  at  her  funeral,  both  men 
and  women,  who  manifested  their  sor- 
row for  the  loss  they  have  sustained, 
and  their  love  for  the  friend  whom  they 
will  see  no  more,  shows  that  her  work 
has  not  been  in  vain. 

Believing  the  words,  ''Blessed  are 
the  dead  that  die  in  the  Lord,"  we 


leave  Mrs.  Corbett,  the  devoted,  loving 
wife  and  mother,  the  faithful  friend — 
**  Asleep  in  Jesus  1  peaoefal  rest  I 
WhOHe  waking  is  supremely  blest.'* 

Asking  your  prayers  for  the  afflicted 
family  and  for  our  Mission, 

I  am  yours  sincerely. 


DEATH  OF  MRS.  THOMSON,  AT 
BEIRUT. 

The  R<)v.  S.  H.  Calhoun  thus  refers 
to  the  late  Mrs.  Thomson,  wife  of  the 
Rev.  W.  M.  Thomson,  D.D.,  long  con- 
nected with  the  mission  in  Syria.  She 
departed  this  life  on  29th  of  April,  as 
we  learn  from  a  letter  of  the  Rev.  H.  H. 
Jessup,  D.D.,  who  also  pays  a  warm  trib- 
ute to  her  memory.    Mr.  Calhoun  says : 

You  will  have  heard  ere  this  reaches 
you,  of  the  death  of  Mrs.  Thomson. 
She  has  been  longer  in  Syria  than  any 
other  member  of  our  mission.  She 
was  greatly  beloved  by  all  who  knew 
her,  both  foreign  and  native.  I  have 
been  acquainted  with  her  for  thirty-four 
years,  and  have  found  no  one  who  com- 
bined more  excellencies  of  character 
than  she  did,  and  all  sanctified  by  divine 
grace. 


DOMATIOKS   TO   THI  BOARD  OF  FoRBION  MiSSIOKS,  IN  MAT  1873. 


BnroD  o?  AuAJrr.— P8>yof  J{6aiiy— Saadj  Lake 
eh  10;  id  ch  Albany  816  61.  /^y  o/ Tz-oy— Malta 
eh  14;  Bay  Rood  ch3;  Caldwell  oh  3;  9lh  oti 
Troy  6  680  61 

SraoD  Of  BAumnm.M.'^PhyofBtUtimcre^h&noa 
W)-ach  10.  ^  Pbjf  of  New  OutU—LoMtw  West 
Nottiniharn  ch,  of  which  1  50,  contents  of  little 
Matj  B  HowlaadN  Missioq  Box  6i:  Zioo  oh  2iJ, 
SiiMoii,  ppecial,  for  iter  E  M  Wherry  33-51 ; 
Rock  oh  X5  \A>i  00 

Stsoo  Of  OivoxirariTL— Pbv  o/CU/^ico/^— Third 
en  Ohiliicothe  la  Pb*j  of  Cincinnati —Qo^hiAm. 
ch  2i;  Orchard  Street  ch.  Cincmnati  10:  2d  oh 
Cincinaati  30  10;  Pleasant  Ridj;a  dab-eoh  7  40; 
Bethel  S  tb-itoh  2  Pby  of  Diyioa—Oiborn  ch  7 ; 
Monroe  oh  18;  let  ch  Troy  28  68  144  18 

^nn  Of  GL«vcLAin».~/%jf  of  (Xm)eland—Kmg^ 
Title  on  2i  OS;  let  ch  dpnoicfield  74  41;  1st  eh 
Rome 20  15;  latch  Orwell  7;  North  Sprin^tleld 
ch  I;  iHt  ch  Blyra.  N  B  Qates  6,  R  Wallace  2. 
7;  JJtrongville  oh  8  It  P6y  of  Mahming^ 
roQQieiiioMrn  oh  3 1  52;  Isl  ch  Salem  16  61.  ny 
of  St  C5a<r*ri/f«— Belleville  S«b-«ch  8;  Powhat- 
*n  oh  2.  Pt>y  of  S^«u6eiivii^e— Beech  SDriQi{M 
*ib-sch,  to  con  George  Taggart  Zr«/«  Member 
3[J;  Beihe<uU  oh,  to  con  Mrn  Jane  Cobarn  and 
Mra  Eleanor  Grafton  Life  Members  Ot);  Island 
preek  ch,  D  Aiap  6;  Miner  fa  oh  3,  Sab-sch  3— 
•  ^  296  78 

St^oo  Of  Colorado.— F^  of  O>loraio— Pueblo 
®V'    ''**'  ®^  Montana  ^BoMm&n  ch  10     16  00 

Sthod  or  CoLUMBan.— Pbv  of  Cdum'ms^GroveB- 
port  ch  7  4^.  /*6y  of  Wooeter—\pp\e  Creek  oh 
67  81,  Sitb-aeh  for  Tun«chow  school  10  18—88; 
A«bland  oh.  Mr«  Sloan,  deo'd,  2  76.  Pbv  of 
2M«DiUe-Hadii*on  ch  31;  Keene  ch  lo    128  2i 

Sthod  Of  Bui.— /%jf  nf  AUeghantf—Sorih  oh 
Alleghany  100.  Pbu  of  flutter— .Scrub  Ora^^  ch, 
beqaen  of  Mrs  H  Leamn  30.  Pnf  of  airion^ 
P-rry«tiH6  ch  2.  etyof  ^ie-FiMt  oh  Sab-noh 
NeadTille.  to  educate  girl  at  Oehra  12  63;  Har- 
bor Creek  Sab^h  3;  Bdinboro  oh  23,  Sab-soh 


28  60«^  60.  Pby  of  JTt^taniUfM— Smlcksbarfi 
oh  73  centa.  Pby  of  Shenanao—ihwpavWle  Sab- 
sch  6  206  73 

SriroD  Of  Gbxbta  — P6v  of  C*«mung— South  port 
oh  16 ;  let  oh  Hector  4  10,  Bot  Q  W  H  Shumway 
10—14  10:  Tyrone  oh  6  61;  Sugar  Hill  oh  66 
eents.  .Pbif  of  Oeneoa-'First  ch  Romulus  93; 
Kmg*a  Perry  oh,  mo  con  14  60.  Pbtf  of  L\)on»— 
Williamson  oh  6  U3.  Pby  of  5fettb«»— Hornells* 
Ti!leon6  88;  Oorninj^oh  16  22  ll7  00 

STiroD  Of  HARaiSBuao.— /%  of  Cbr/i«{«— MiN 
lerstown,  Buffalo  and  Upper  ohs  19  73;  Pine 
Street  ch,  Harrmburt<.  in  part  666  17 ;  Big  Sprmg 
Bab-Hch,  to  support  boy  at  Tun^^chow  6U;  Great 
Conawatfo  ch,  Hunterstown  Sab-sch  50.  Pby  of 
i/untin^^n— Belleville  Sab-Ach  20;  Hollidays- 
buri<h  ch  63  07,  Sab-sch  20 -^s  07 :  Lewistown  oh 
4(»  85.  l*bvof  tforthumherland^FiTAi  oh  North- 
umberland 48;  2d  oh  William4port37  06    936  68 

SYiroD  Of  Iu.i5oia,  Cbittrai..—  ny  of  Blooming- 
ton— Vlenonn  oh  10;  Jer'tey  ch  4 ;  Ist  ch  Urbana 
8  76.  Pbtf  of  P*>nv»— Princerille  Sabsch  25; 
Iflt  oh  Peoria  6;  Henry  oh  Sab-sch  Clan*  8  25. 
Pbi/  of  Sehuyler-~li%  Prairie  oh  6.  Pbv  of  Spring- 
fietA—lnnh  Grove  oh  5;  Int  ch  3prin;;Aeld,  semi- 
annual collection  89  H:  Macon  oh  3  60     104  82 

St.<«od  ef  lLuiroi8,  Noatf .— P6y  of '  CAieago— 
First  ch  Joliot,  of  whinn  25  for  prexit  at  Gaboon 
Sn  26;  Zion  German  ch  8;  Peotone  oh  6.  Bbt/of 
FreepTrl^Rooktord  Sab-sch  32  76.  Poy  of  Moek 
i2»O0r— Hamlet  oh  4  64  86  65 

STVODOf  ILUxot^  Sooth  — P5j/ 0/  Xfton— Plum 
Creek  on  12;  Virdeo  ch  10  49.  Pbv  of  CUiro— 
Harriifbarg  oh  3  So;  Flora  ch  10;  Carmi  oh  6  90. 
Pby  of  if  tMooa— Walnut  Prairre  oh  4  60;  York 
oh  .1  20;  Dudley  oh  6;  Grandvieur  oh  2  60  58  09 

SrifOD  Of  Ijcdiakta,  North— P^w  of  Crawfordn- 
va/«— Attica  oh  2  78;  2d  oh  Wiliiamsport  1  62. 
Pby  of  Fort  1fa^a«— Albion  ch  11;  Swan  oh  5. 
Pby  of  L^9aai.p'>r<— Sumption  Prairie  ch  10; 
Ooodlaod  ch  4  86.  Pbu  of  ifuncie— Wabash  oh 
8  43  -  c      *3e» 


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SmoD  Of  IsDiiwi,  QojnfU^PbffoflndkmapcH^-^ 
DAQTille  cti  15;  Sbilon  oh  2  20;  2(1  oh  lodiana* 
poliii2U  41;  Colambas  ch  8  57;  Acton  oh  2  9i. 
Jf*tnf  of  VinGcnnet^VinB  9tr<^t  ch,  BTaQsrille 
M  70;  Oak  (irore  oh  5  id;  Washinstoa  ch.  Bel- 
phenntiae,  Mt**ii*y  Soo'y  10;  Ist  ch  Terre  Haute 
5:  Rev  T  S  Milli«aa  and  farnily  25.  Pbf/ of  WhiU 
Water— M.i  Girmel  ch  10  72,  Rer  A  L  Thomsoo 
Sv)~40  72  191  99 

SriroD  Of  Iowa,  Noara.— Pbyof  Dobu^iM— Man' 
cheater  Sab-sch  2  3i.  Pb>f  of  Waterloo— Gmndy 
Centre  ch  2  60;  Oedar  Palla  oh  5;  Qreeae  oh  2: 
Rock  Creek  ch  4  lA  82 

Stnod  or  Iowa,  Soora.— P5v  of  Cmneil  Bluffs— 
Pleasant  Ridse  ch  1.  Pbf/ofDea  Moines— OUte% 
ch  8;  PelU  on  2;  Luoas  cii  I  u5;  Oroeola  Sab- 
•oh  1  5u;  Afton  ch  17  45.  Pbv  of  Iowa— Sam- 
uiitchlilU;  Bentoosport  ch  3  41  10 

dnroo  of  KkVBAM,— Pity  of  Hi^A/ini— Washing- 
ton ch  1  62;  Maryiville  oh  I.  Pby  of  Neosho— 
First  ch  Sab-soh,  Chetopa  7  20  9  82 

BriroD  Of  Kbntuokt.— Pby  of  LoalsvUle—B.op- 
kinsTille  Sabsch.  for  Mexico  1  05;  Walnut 
Street  eh,  Louisville  9  73  II  38 

Sr^tOD  Of  Lo!io  IsLiJCD— Pb.v  of  Brooklyn— 
AinsUe  Street  ch'42  15;  German  oh,  Williams- 
burx  5:  South  3d  Street  ch,  Williamsburg  35; 
1st  oh  Edgewater  7  50;  Throop  Avenue  ch  18  50: 
lat  oh  Ketnsen  Street  79  25.  P6v  "/  Long  Island 
— 1st  ch,  Jamaioi  101  9L  Fbg  of  yassaw—KatO' 
ria  oh,  moo  oon  24  74  814  05 

Btnoo  Of  HtOBiQkH^—Fby  of  Jtfbnroe— 1st  oh 
Coldwater  6);  Rev  J  N  Cnttend;)n,  Hudson, 
Mloh  20.  P^v  0/ iSd^inato—Bennrngton  ch  8  50; 
Bar  City  ch  4^  45  138  95 

SrvoD  Of  MiXNUOTA.— Pb]/  of  Mankato— J Aok.- 
■on  oh  5;  Windom  ch  5.  Pt>u  of  St  Paul— Fer- 
gus Falls  ch  2;  Jordan  ch  3  24;  Uoum  of  Hope 
oh  58  62;  Red  Wing  oh  18  65;  Central  St  Paul 
ob  14  68.    Fbf/  of  Ifmona— Austin  ch  2.      108  99 

Stnod  or  MiasooRL— P^  of  Qz^Ac^Bbenezer 
oh  8.  Pby  of  PUUU^Rot0nda\»  oh  2.  Pby  of 
8t  Louis— North  ch  St  Louis  20;  Rulla  ch  6  70; 
1st  oh  At  Louis  50  86  70 

BraoD  Of  Niw  JsisiT.— P&y  of  Btizabeth — First 
Ch  SHbsoh  Flainfield  25;  3a  ch  Elisabeth  24  85; 
Westfleld  oh  38  92:  Roaelle  oh  5  Od,  Sab-sch  16 
«2l  03.  Pby  of  Jersey  CUy—^»w  Fouadland  oh 
25  55.  Pbif  of  Morns  and  Oranys— 2d  eh  Sab-sch 
Orange  2jb;  lat  oh  Hanover  175.  Poy  of  Newark 
—Calvary  ch  13  00;  Park  ch  14  97 ;  Ist  oh  mon 
con  126  d8;  3d  ob  mon  con  28  18;  2d  eh,  A  Friend 
60.  Pby  of  New  Brunswick— -id  oh  Sab-sch,  New 
Brunswick  25;  4th  ch  Trenton,  Infant  Class 
29  85.  P6v  of  Newton— id  ch  Sab  sch,  Oxford, 
for  didon  75;  tst  oh  Sab-sch,  Newton,  to  ed  boy 
in  China  37  /K)  909  2t 

Synod  of  Nsw  Yo»«.— P5jf  of  flostoi*— Fourth 
ch  Bo.Hton  h\  2d  ch  Newbury  port  45.  [*by  of 
J^MJson— Palisades  ch  18  64;  Isc  ch  Middleiown 
8-t  75;  2d  ch  Middletown  19  24:  Cochooton  oh 
3  80;  Hamplonburg  ch  19  46;  Ooodwin  oh  24; 
1st  ch  Washingtonville  16  2i;  West  Town  eh 
10  39 ;  Port  Jerris  ch  10.  Pby  of  New  rork— 
Brick  oh  1,260  68;  1st  oh  196,  BCD  I5i>  6u— 
846  60;  4th  Avenue  ch  54  06;  Philips  oh  13  62; 
Brick  oh  Chapel  11  6S:  Madison  Square  Mission 
Chapel  3d  Avenue  16;  Scotch  ch,  James  Riddle, 
Knq  10;  Cnurch  of  the  Covenant  4JU ;  Dry  Dook 
Mission  ch  1  80;  Allen  Street  oh  to  oon  Rev. 
Wm  Newell  and  Mrs.  Esther  M.  Earle,  Life  Di- 
rectors  2l!i  14:  Harlem  oh  4  50:  Madison  ^uare 
oh  290.  Pby  of  North  itioer— Maiden  oh  MMslon 
Society,  to  oon  J  H  Elmandorph,  Life  Memher 
80;  Milton  oh  10;  Highland  oh  lo;  Calvary  ch, 
tCewlMirg  21  16;  Middle  Hope  eh  11;  Rondout 
oh  35  02.  Pbtf  of  Westche$ier—\Bi  oh  Peekskill, 
moB  con  29  34 ;  Westminster  ch,  Yonkers  41  75; 
North  Salem  ch  20;  Pound  Ridge  oh  &1»  Parson- 
age 15,  Sab-sch  15-81  3,022  83 

SrvoD  Of  pAOific— P6v  of  Los  Angeios—^n 
Bueoaveniura  ch  20.  Pby  of  OrsTow— Portland 
eh  22  20.  Pti  of  ;Sa«rameato— Piacerfilie  ch  2. 
Pbu  of  San  Franeiseo—Vmi  oh  OaklaoJ  4i  85; 
Calvary  oh  and  Sab-sch  483;  Howard  Street  oh 
1  76;  Ist  German  ch  Oakland  4  70  576  01 

Stroo  Of  PaiLAoaif  HI  A.— n>y  of  Chester-  Waynes- 
burgh  eh  212  12;  Media  oh  16  22;  New  London 
oh  20;  Ridley  oh  5  27.    Pby  of  LehighSo^itx 


Bethlehem  oh  8  10.  Pby  of  Pkaadslpkia-S»' 
eond  ch.  Mrii.  Ralston  10;  7th  ch  Miss  C  H  15; 
15th  ch  26;  9th  ch,  Jas  M  Miller,  for  Tiinschow 
100;  Bethany  eh  Infant  sch,  to  sup  boy  at  Benita 
30 ;  Calvary  ch  850  62,  for  ch  at  Zahleh  298  98, 
Sab-sch  168  98—1,308  68.  Phy  of  Philadetpkia 
Central— TiofOk  Street  o  h  25  9 1.    Pby  of  PhiladA- 

?hia^  North— Dtep  Run  and  Doylestown  ch  88  85; 
ort  Kennedy  ch  33  10.  Pby  of  Westminster 
Middle  Ootorara  oh  69  75  1.908  4a 

Sricoo  Of  PiTTSBtnteB.^Pby  of  BlairtviUe  — 
E^ast  Conemauflch  oh  6  75;  Black  Lick  eh  7  2^ 
Pby  of  Pittsburgh— Lebtinoti  ch  86  71 ;  East  Lib- 
erty ch  72  22.  Pby  of  Redstone— ^i  Pleasant  oh 
6  77;  Mt  Pleasant  Reunion  eh  6  31;  Brownsville 
ch  12  97.  Pbu  of  Washington— FoMTth  ch  Wheel- 
in«  77  cui,  Sab-sch  2  47—3  24.  Pby  of  West  Vir- 
ginia—Glentilio  oh  6;  Ravenswood  ch  6  25; 
Spencer  ch  2  40  162  90 

Srifoo  Of  TiifirBSSBB.— P5v  of  Hbft^on— Rich- 
land Sab-sch  1;  Salem  ch  Sabsch,  to  support 
Mars  Yoseph  2  0.^  Pby  of  Kingston— C\oftT 
Hill  oh  2,  Pbv  of  New  Orleans— Rtiv  Owen  Reldy 
0  65.  Pbv  of  Union— ii%  Uoreb  ch  11;  Freed- 
men  ch,  Knoxvilie  5  86  06 

St  If  00  Of  TotJtoo.— Pbv  of  Bellefontaine— Buoy- 
rus  ch  II  65,  J  H  i  and  (amily  10—21  65;  1st  eh 
Bellefontaine  7  26  28  81 

SmoD  Of  Utioa.— Pby  of  Binghamton—Jforih  ch 
Binchamton  6;  Conklin  oh  20.  Pbv  qf  0ueg9— 
Unadilla  ch  6  75;  Laurens  ch  10  75.  Pby  of  St 
Lawrence— De  Ralb  oh  6  25.  Pby  of  Syy'aatss— 
Skaneateles  ch  100.  P^jyoT  IT^tea— Deerfieldoh 
3  15 ;  Vernon  Centre  ch  Sabsch  13  cents,  Mrs 
Hills  1— I  IS;  Knoxborooh  26  16  180  19 

SrxoDOf  WitTKBB  Nbw  Yobx.— Pftyo/  Buffalo-^ 
Aurora  ch  22  60.  Pby  of  Genesee— Le  Hoy  ch 
87  3:i.  Pby  of  Qenesee  Fa/^— Fortville  oh  8  It 
Pby  of  Niagara— First  ch  Wilson  8,  Sab-sch  13«> 
21;  Knowlesvilla  ch  3;  let  ch,  Lockport  143  17. 
Pby  of  Bochester—FiTst  ch  Wheatland  35  12; 
Central  ch,  Rochester  127  447  33 

Stnjd  Of  WisooifsiN.— Pby  of  IfUwauAss— Ger- 
man ch  Beloit5;  Lima  eh  19);  Ottawa  oh  2  27; 
Deerfleld  ch  2  30.  P6y  of  Wtnneftngo— -Food  du 
Lac  oh  25  89.  Pby  of  Wisconsin  i^it^ar— Mineral 
Point  ch  4  40  89 

Ladies*  Board  of  Missions.  N  T  660  65;  W  F 
M  Soniely,  Pnila  393  99;  Albany  Branch  W  B  of 
F  Missions  180  1174  54 

Total  Receipts  from  churches  in  May  $12,450  29 
Mi80BLLA!rE0CS.-— Rev  T  R  Townsend  20 ;  £  6 ; 
Z  Swift,  Florida  100;  for  Siam  5;  Savannah,  Ga 
47;  Jews  47;  Jeremiah  Brush,  L  I  10;  Master 
John  L  51  cents:  James  Russell.  North  Jackson, 
Ohio  100;  Little  Miss*y  Box  I;  Lenox  Collegiate 
Institute,  Iowa 9  50;  Uadlev  school  house.  Pa 3; 
John  C  Ooudy  and  fkmily.  Ml  Vernon,  Iowa  1"; 
Clara  WilliamM>n,  Phila,  Thank-OfTtinngd:  Mrs 
8  Lancaster.  Ohio  I ;  J  S  S  10;  E  Buck,  Aodover, 
111  I:  Mrs  Mary  M  La  Grang^  Union.  N  Y  5; 
Mrs  D  H  F  Fenn.  Rochester,  N  Y,  for  Mexico  5; 
Savings  of  deo'd  son  of  Rev  H  G  Mullan,  Ma- 
comb, III  I  25;  J  S  Converse,  Cleveland,  Ohio 
800;  Indiana  Soldiers'  Home,  to  support  girl  in 
Japan  37  75;  Friends  in  Jacksonville.  Til  4: 
Philip  Kinsey,  Phila  10;  Mrs  E  J  Fox,  Cincin- 
nati, for  Miss  Alien,  Mexico  25;  George  Stewart, 
Chicago  100.  854  01 

Total  receipts  in  May,  1873,   $u,3U  30 
Of  the  amount  aoknowled^ed  above  1 285 1  58 
was  received  through  Committee  on  Benevo- 
ienoe  and  Pinance. 

WM.  RANKIN.  Treasurer, 
28  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


Lbvtbbi  relatins  to  the  Missions,  or  other  opera- 
tions of  tue  Boar(£  may  be  addressed  to  the  Rev. 
Joux  a  LowBit,  Rev.  Davio  Uvtra,  or  Rev.  Fbaxk 
F.  EtuBwooo,  Seoretaries,  Mwsioa  Houaa,  23 
Centre  street.  New  York. 

LsrrBBs  reUUing  to  the  peooniary  affitirs  of  the 
Board,  or  containing  remittances  of  money,  may 
be  sent  to  WiuiaM  Raxkib,  fieq.,  Treaeurv^ 
■Itme  Bddroa*.  o 


1873.]  Board  of  PuhHccOum.  229 

BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION. 

No.  1334  Cheatnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Letters  relathifc  to  doiuittoiis  of  booki  «nd  traots.  Um  appointmeni  of  Oolporteurs,  ftnd  the  general 
iatereeta  of  the  Board,  to  be  addreaeed  to  the  Rot.  Wxluam  £.  SoBuroi,  DJ)^  Cbrrtaponding  Seer^- 

Maiioaortpta,«ndconimanieatioaflconeenitiif  matter  oflTdred  for  pablloatloa,  whether  for  books 
or  periodicals,  to  the  Ray.  Joasr  W.  Dolus,  D.D^  BUtorial  Secretary, 

Correspondence  of  Colportears,  remitUnoes  of  money,  and  donations,  to  Mr.  WiirxHaop  SAaoiirr, 
^operintendent  of  Colportage  and  Treasurer. 

Orders  tbr  Bootes  (except  from  Colportears)  and  Badness  Oorrespondenoe,  to  Mr.  Joeir  A.  Black. 

Subscriptions  to  The  Presbyterian  Monthly  Record^  The  Sabbath-School  Visitor,  and  The  Preeby- 
Urian  at  Work^  and  payments  for  the  same,  to  Mr.  Pbtib  Walksb. 

Letters  relating  to  Sabbath-School  work,  to  Mr.  J.  Bknkr  TrLiifc,  Buperlntendent  of  Sabbath- 
lohool  Work. 

WHAT  THE  ASSEMBLY  SAID  ABOUT  THE  PUBLICATION  WORK. 

The  General  Assembly  at  Baltimore,  aoeording  to  eastern,  appointed  a 
Standing  Committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  Report  of  the  Board  of  Pab- 
lication,  "with  other  papers  bearing  upon  the  same  general  topic.  This 
Committee  considered  the  matters  thus  referred  to  them,  and  reported  upon 
them  to  tlie  General  Assembly  through  their  Ohairmaxiy  the  Rey.  Thomas  H. 
Robinsoa,  D.D.,  of  Harrisburg,  Pa.  This  Report  was  adopted  by  the 
Assembly,  and  is  well-worthy  of  the  reading  and  consideration  of  the  officers 
and  members  of  oar  charohes,  as  an  expression  of  the  judgment  of  this  repre- 
sentative court  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  We  have  not  space  for  all  of 
the  Report,  but  will  give  to  our  readers  some  portions  of  it,  of  a  practical 
character. 

After  noting  with  satisfaction  the  ''  gratifying  evidences  of  progress "  in 
the  plans  and  working  of  the  Board,  in  the  use  of  the  press  for  the  cause  of 
Christ  and  truth,  the  Report  says,  with  regard  to  the  Board's 

MI88I0NABY  FUND. 

The  schedule  of  Church  Contributions,  adopted  by  the  General  Assembly 
last  year,  estimated  the  wants  of  this  department  of  work  at  $85,000.  This 
was  not  more  than  the  urgent  demands  of  the  case,  and  much  more  than  that 
amount  might  have  been  effectively  applied  in  the  ever-widening  field  of  col- 
portage  and  missionary  effort.  The  Board  has  had  in  commission,  during  the 
whole  or  parts  of  the  year,  158  colporteurs,  who  have  labored  in  41  of  the 
States  and  Territories,  and  in  Canada.  Of  the  laborers,  136  report  having 
sold  69,483  volumes.  They  and  the  Missionary  Committee  have  given*away 
54,069  volumes  and  3,971,106  pages  of  tracts,  making  123,552  volumes  of 
sound  religious  literature  distributed  by  these  agencies.  These  agents  of  the 
Board  report  the  visitation  of  149,389  families. 

QRATUITOUS    DI8TRIBUTI0N. 

The  Missionary  Committee  made  597  grants,  to  the  value  of  $10,495. 
The  pablioations  have  not  only  been  sent  over  our  vastly  extended  territory, 


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but  across  the  seas  to  Syria,  Persia,  India,  Siam,  Western  Africa,  Mexi© 
and  Brazil.  Pastors  have  been  sapplied  for  grataitous  distribution ;  missio 
churches  in  our  frontier  states  have  received  their  share ;  frecdtnen's  church< 
and  Sabbath-schools  have  been  helped;  needy  ministers,  missionaries,  hon 
and  foreign,  charitable  institutions,  and  other  objects,  have  participated  i 
the  gratuitous  distributions  of  the  Board.  The  earnest  toilers  of  the  Chnrcl 
the  world  over,  have  been  welcomed  by  the  Board,  and  their  applicatioE 
have  met  as  full  and  as  hearty  a  response  as  ,the  Board  was  able  to  make. 

We  most  heartily  commend  this  work  of  the  Board,  and  urge  upon  tfa 
churches  the  great  importance  of  giving  it  a  liberal  support.  We  alt 
recommend  to  the  Assembly  again  to  enjoin  upon  the  Presbyteries  tli 
appointment  of  a  Standing  Committee  on  Publication,  if  not  already  don< 
and  to  exercise  special  care  in  the  commendation  of 'persons  for  the  work  < 
Colportage  to  the  Board. 

SABBATH-SOHOOL   WORK. 

We  desire  to  call  special  attention  to  the  rapidly  extending  interests  of  th< 
Sabbatb-sohool  branch  of  the  Board's  work.  No  questions  are  more  vital  t 
the  permanent  growth  and  power  of  the  Church,  than  those  which  immedi 
ately  concern  our  children  and  youth.  Wo  cannot  be  too  zealous  and  can 
ful  in  guarding  their  interests.  This  Christian  age  demands — Christ,  th 
King  of  all  the  Ages,  the  Head  of  the  Church,  the  covenant  Redeemer  of  tii 
children  of  the  Church,  demands  of  us  a  deepened  and  holy  interest  in  theoi 

The  Assembly  of  1871  wisely  directed  the  appointment  of  a  general  Supei 
intendent  of  the  Board's  Sabbath-school  work.  Mr.  J.  Bennet  Tyler  has  noi 
for  more  than  a  year  had  charge  of  the  work,  and  has  everywhere  con 
mended  himself  to  the  churches,  and  awakened  a  new  sympathy  in  the  plan 
of  the  Assembly.  In  carrying  out  these  plans  for  the  general  and  thorougl 
religious  culture  of  not  only  the  children  of  the  Church,  but  of  all  who  coal 
be  gathered  within  the  sphere  of  our  Church  influences,  our  Church  ha 
never  been  so  completely  equipped  as  at  the  present  time  with  all  the  mean 
and  appliances  of  work  among  the  young. 

THE   PRESBYTERIAN   AT  WORK. 

The  new  paper  issued  by  the  Board,  The  Prethyterian  at  Worh^  has  me 
a  deserved  and  hearty  welcome,  and  won  a  secure  success.  It  seems  to  hav< 
exactly  met  the  wants  and  wishes  of  the  Church,  and  in  the  propcisei 
enlargement  of  it  for  the  last  six  months  of  the  year,  and  embodying  the  stuilie 
of  the  lessons  prepared  by  some  of  our  leading  expositors,  it  must  prove  a  j^ 
more  "acceptable  and  efficient  help  to  the  teachers  of  our  youth. 

IN    CONCLUSION. 

In  concluding  this  Report,  we  suggest  that  the  Assembly  pre.^  upon  tlij 
churches  the  duty  of  giving  an  earnest  support  to  the  Board,  in  ih^lt  eiFi>rtJ 
to  disseminate  as  widely  as  possible  a  sound  religious  literature,  founded  itpein 
the  word  of  God,  as  interpreted  by  our  standards;  the  duty  of  be](cviT]i> 
prayer  for  the  success  of  the  truth  through  these  channels ;  a  aoatin\ii»d 


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mi 


[  m  snsUiniD^  mmi  liberally  tbe  colportage  and  missionary  w^rk 
'd  ;  and  also^  that,  \n  these  diiys  of  an  easy  and  a  nerveless  theology, 
9,  Presbyteries,  Pastors,  Elders,  Superintendents,  workers,  and 
he  Sunday-scboQ]^  be  urged  to  give  increased  and  serious  atten- 
*,  and  ©fort  to  the  work  of  thoroughly  indoctrinating  our  youth 
truth,  by  exposiilons  of  the  series  of  lessons  from  the  pulpit^  by 
!  Sunday-sebool  close  to  the  praying  heart  of  the  Church,  by  abut- 
our  Sabbath -school  libraries,  aad  out  of  our  homes,  much  uf  our 
jfeisedly  tnor^il  aod  reUg iotu  literature,  and  introducing  tha  pub- 
at  have  beeo  approved  by  our  wisest  and  best  men,  and  upon 
lay  invoke  the  bleasing  and  power  of  the  Spirit  of  God. 


A  NEW  BOOK. 


on   the  Decalog^ae.    By  the  Rev.  Howard  Crosby,  D.D.,   LL.t), 
10  mo.     Price  75  cents. 

luasion  of  the  extent,  import  and  permanency  of  the  "  Ten  Words" 
od  on  Sinai,  will  prove  valuible  at  this  time,  when  lax  views  ori 
:  are  so  prevalent,  even  within  the  Christian  Church,  and  so  much 
spread  without  Its  bounda.  The  positive  thought,  and  atraight- 
.  reverent  style  of  the  author^  will  commend  the  book  to  the  attea- 
ly  who  are  not  wont  to  be  attracted  by  discussions  on  so  old,  even 
i^ital  a  theme. 

019B  let  yaur  Sabbath-School  Workers  see  the  notice  on  the 
re  of  the  cover. 


?0  THl    MliSIOyJUtT   FcrSI>  op  TH  B    PrBHBTTBRIAH    BoAED    of    PUBLICAtli>?r 

Beceivbd  m  Mat. 


»»]<«  (fh  fl  flStH'iHH  villa  7;  !^d  ch 
t;  RmiEflboro  ca  li  Mi;  JelTHiB^fi 
v.*rdrtrn  ]j)(  ch  d  4^;  Albany  cli 
m  eh  III  6«J.  I^v  of  CftainpttiA—- 
:^  i'h  i«  U.  FifV  of  TrQv—Woa^h 
^^ulmshticoke  cti  II  j  QlennV  Fail* 
iianvJUi*  oil  25. 

LAKTTO.^Pft^  of  AUanlic—Z\oii  cK 
'2;  WiiUiRitforil  liti  b.  /%  of  Os- 
1  CoacQTd  cli  H. 

kVtmoKt.—  f^U  of  JJal'fitnore— Bfth 
ai  64f^  \iQ\*A\T  ch  3.  ny  0/  If  em 
BritTid>'ii*|n«  nh  a  ir.;  ^limi  eh  10  \ 
l>c!riWTir*j  cJi  'Mi.  Ph*/  of  WfUhing- 
vy  oil  &. 

6*1,    /^w  o/  Cificinmtl—h'if'ai  eli 

Run  oh  b  Sff.  ^y  of  Dmtton^ 
m;  Monrofr  ch  U;  i?l  eh  D-ijion 
[>aS'tan  fli;  Ojtfof'l  eh  U  m ;  t><- 
iKon  tih  40  SO.  Pfrj/  i!jf  Fortstmyfith 
eh  IS  es;  Fonfimoiitii  Ini  ttri  Ti. 
6f^L4?fti.— Pfty  of  Oawsiaifci— PiMt 
fof>d«apId  ch  a,  Pif^  q(  Si  CU^rn- 
teoD  ch  aci;   Rock  Uih  ith  t^oti; 

iQvbnrs  ^\\  II;  V«ll3tf  Creek  isb 
IM  c?h  ^. 

timLiw.^P6jri>/  iffj^fliaifia— Hamsl- 
seiDAu  eh  G.  /%  of  Ct'kTad\f  — 
l16;  latch  Deayisi-  30  m. 


STWOD  Of  GOLUMBUl.— P5t/  of  iltA«nf— Bi^phurf 
ch  1.  Pby  o/  CMumfriM— Bethel  ch  4 ;  J^l  ivJdu  iyti 
ai  Dublin  6  16;  Mtfflin  ch  I.  P6v  of  Marum— 
Lib'^rty  ch  «;  Milford  ch  2:  MHryvillii  b.  /% 
of  WQosier—F\T»i  ch  Ashland  ch  35  TU :  HbeJhj 
flh  7  40.    /*v  o/  Zanesf>UU—%Vi\9m  Oi^rmAn  ph 

5  45;  MAdisoa  ch  13;  Patnam  ch«3  ;^  ;  Hoinfir 
uh  2;  Martin^burfC  ch  5  60. 

rtrifOD  Of  Eru.— P6y  of  Uueter—Simhury   eh 

6  76.  Pbu  of  C/arion— Perry fille  ch  I.  Phij  of 
^ri<— Union  oh  4;  Fairriew  oh  7  :  Harbfir  Cre«k 
eh  12;  iMt  ch  Oirard  20  67;  Ist  ch  M^wiT'liif 
if.'S;  East  Greene  ch  4;  Corry  ch  1«».  Pbsf  of  Kit- 
fiFtntng— Free  port  cU  :22;  Tidiouie  ch  ti;  Pit-**- 
fnvntrille  oh  lo. 

HrsroD  OF  GB5BTA.— P6y  of  O'cneiw— Now  Hp Id '5li 
.1  "6;  Cano{;R  ch  10;  Howard  ch  8.  Pnjf  'if  Che^ 
inwng^Elmira  2d  ch  49.  Pby  of  Luowt—  Ktr»t  cli 
Lyons  4  27.  Pby  of  Steuben— ^aplea  uh  4  50; 
i^Mmpbeltown  ch  20  34. 

Htwod  Of  KkKtLWBVwa.^Pby  <^f  Qxrlnh-^Uvd- 
dl«  Spring  ch  10;  Gettysburg  oh  22  84:  N'awpnrt 
ch  11  5U;  Harrisburs,  Pine  8i  ch  &5  IK;  Ritt 
Bpring  ch  24;  Green  Castle  ch  35.  Pt^af  Ilnni- 
(fljdon— Sinking  Valley  ch  20;  Birmini^linifi  fiti 
i\  28;  Clearfleid27  21;  Lower  Spruce  Cr«ek  IK; 
B^Hhel  ch  7:  Moshannon  oh  2  25;  .Sn^w  Shp<« 
i^h3  25;  MilosburKChl6  40;  AlexahdrJHtU'a  KM 
9 p nice  Creek  ch  M  87.  Pby  of  iVori/iuTAf>«rlami 
—Mahoning  ch  23  3t:  lat  ch  New  Bf-rJm  it  B.*j 
l-<i  ch  Shamokin  15;  Grove  oh  10;  Wiui^tln^tnL 
eh  17  85. 

Stnod  Of  iLUirois,  CiNTEAt.— P&y  of  Bl'Mfmm^i-' 
fon— Chenoa  oh  6;  Champaign  lot  ch  24  m.  Ph§ 

Digitized  by  ^ 


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iJufy 


of  Aorta— Prinoevllle  ob  13  00;  Prospect  CeA- 
inU  ch  13  60;  Cnnton  ch  7;  Ipara  ch  14.  Pby  of 
JSekttyUr^B.onb  eh  3;  Pljrmoath  oh  6;  Doddn- 
Tiile  oh  7;  Camp  Greek  oh  8  25. 

Sthod  op  Ilunom,  HoKtm,-*PttyofBock  Attw— 
Ro^k  River  ch  IS;  Rook  River  oh  8ab-8Ch  3  60; 
Bdgington  oh  6 ;  Gal  rary  ch  2  60 ;  Osooe  wad  Mun- 
•en  chs  4  75;  Andover  ch  'i  60  ;  North  Mender- 
aon  oh  18  85.  Fby  of  0<tou>a— Troy  Grove  ch 
2  10.  P6v  of  Chicago— M&meno  ch  14  82.  /*6y 
of  Frerport—M\dd\e  Creek  oh  7  60;  Washinctoii 
ch  0  50;  2d  ch  Preeport  lu  25;  Rock  ford  West- 
minster ch  15. 

.Stnod  or  lixiirois,  Soutb.— PSy  of  Atton^Vfa]- 
nut  Grove  ch  I  60;  1st  oh  Alton  19  40.  Pfry  of 
Cbtro— Tamaroa  ch  7  75:  Bofield  ch  lo;  Pintcah 
ch  12;  Salem  oh  1;  Fairfield  ch  6;  Richview  ch 
10;  Cairo  nh  12.  Pby  of  McUtoon—QhB\hyyil\Q  ch 
18;  Greenwich  ch  1;  Uaaey  ch  1;  Tayloravillo 
oh  8  60;  Charleston  ch  10. 

{5T1COD  or  iNDiAHA,  NoRTH. — Pbt/  of  Orawford$- 
v<Z;«— Lexington  ch  9;  Dayion  ch  7;  Bethany 
oh  12;  Frankfort  ch  At  67.  Pby  of  Frrt  Wat/ne 
— Piercetown  oh  8:  Lima  oh  7  50;  Huotinsdon 
oh  5;  Blutfton  oh  A  63;  Kendallville  ch  16  45. 
Pby  of  Logantport—P\y month  ch  5.  Pby  of  Man- 
ei«— Onion  Ciiy  oh  6;  Hopewell  ch  3;  Centre 
Grove  ch  8;  Noblesvilie  ch  6  60. 

dTNOD  or  IsioiAiTA,  80UTH.— /%v  of  IndiafMootU 
—Greenwood  ch  5;  8d  ch  Indianapolis  32  02; 
Hopewell  ch  22;  Union  ch  7  06;  South  port  oh 
«  70;  Shiloh  ch  1  6o;  Bethany  oh  U.  Pbrtof  New 
il(6afiy— Hanover  oh  8;  Charlestown  oh  16;  Jef- 
ferson ch  2;  Plea«*Ant  Township  oh  2;  Livonia 
ch  4  70.  Pby  of  K*n««nne«— Bvansville  Vine  St 
ch  24  75:  Torre  Haute  let  ch  6.  Pby  of  White 
Heater— Knighietown  ch  6;    Rising  San  oh  7. 

Sthod  or  Iowa,  North.— Pby  of  Cedar  RapUU^ 
Second  ch  Cedar  Kapids  6.  Pby  of  Dubuque" 
Bethel  ch  3  65;  Hopkinton  ch  8;  Lime  Sprintts 
ch  2  50.  Pby  of  P\}rt  Dodgft—First  ch  Fort 
Dodge  I  70;  Jefferson  ch  2.  Pby  of  Waterloor— 
Brick  ch  2;  Nevada  Sab-ach  1  58;  Union  oh 

1  07;  Cedar  Falls  ch  4. 

St  ADD  or  Iowa,  Soutb.— Pfty  of  Des  Mjinee^ 
First  ch  Des  Moines  5;  Woodburne  and  RuaacII 
chs  4;  Indianola  ch  5;  Albia  ch  5.  Pby  of  lovea 
~Oaklandoh2  40;  BloomHald  l9tch  4;  Saiina 
ch  2.  Pby  of  Iowa  Ci/y— Summit  ch  5.  Pf>y  of 
Mieeowri  JZevar— Council  BlufEi  ch  11.  Pby  of 
Nehraeka  City— Gbenezer  ch   13;   Pawnee   ch 

2  10. 

6tsoi>  or  Kansas.— P&y  of  Emporia^lt^  ch 
Emporia  6  62 ;  Eureka  oh  9  60.  Pby  of  Highland 
•-Neaohatel  ch  l'».  Pby  of  Topeka—\ni  ch  Lea- 
venworth 29  80:  Sab-ioh  Leavenworth  7  20 ;  let  ch 
Lawrence  24  40. 

St«od  Of  KcNTVOKTv^P&iy  of  £oti<»vtUd— Pewee 
Valley  on  0  60. 

8r«0D  or  Loiro  IfLAim.— P&v  of  Brooklyn-^ 
Miseionary  Sab-sch  50;  let  ch  Bd^ewater.  Staten 
Iitland  69  40.  Pby  of  Long  /^'ami— Middletown 
ch  6  98.  Pby  of  iVoMou— Woodhaven  oh  5; 
SprinKfield  ch  20. 

Stnod  Of  MicHio\if— P6v  of  Z>06*oi<— Brighton 
Ist  oh  7  03.  Pby  of  Grand  £apidf— Grand  Haven 
ch  8  50-  Pby  of  Afooroe— Palmyra  ch  S  04 ; 
Blisflfield  ch  6  41;  lit  ch  Monroe  14  Pby  of 
Snginaw—FiTBt  ch  Flint  30  11.  Pby  of  8t  Paul 
—Jordan  ch  46  cents;  St  Paul  Isi  ch  6  73;  Tay- 
lor's Palls  oh  2;  St  Croix  Falls  1;  Dundas  oh  6; 
FoustchO;  St  Anthony  oh  11  45;  Fergus  Falls 
ch  I. 

Stnod  or  MnwisoTA.— Pby  of  JtfonJkato— Red- 
wood Falls  2.  P6y  of  Ifmono— Oronoco  oh  3; 
Fremont  oh  5;  Runhford  ch  2 ;  Richland  Prairie 
oh  8. 

Stvod  or  MiasoOTU.— P6y  ef  Osage—Knob  Nos- 
ter  oh  2 ;  Greenwood  oh  3.  Pby  of  Palmyra-^ 
New  Columbia  oh  2;  La  Grange  1st  ch  3  95. 

SnroD  or  New  Jmuit.— P5y  of  Blixabeth—Wwt' 
minster  ch  Elisabeth  105;  Summit  Central  oh 
1  94.  Pby  of  Jeney  C^y—Prospect  Avenue  ch 
12  46:  Tenafly  ch  14;  Paterson  1st  oh  56  62. 
Pby  of  Monnu>utfi—?\\im  oh  4;  Allentown  oh  80; 
Bordeniown  ch  6  75.  Pbyofdiorrie  and  Orang$ 
—First  oh  Mendham  6;  Chatham  oh  35 ;  Flan- 
der  J  oh  13  80.  Pby  of  Ifewark—^ewerk.  let  ch 
94  50;  South  Park  oh  73;  Caldwell  oh  41.    Pby 


of  Nem  AtiiMwidk— Princeton  2d  ch  10  29;  \ni 
ch  Trenton  150:  Sab-sch  Fieldrille  ch  ft  14: 
Aimwell  ch  11 ;  Trenton  2d  oh  20.  Pby  of  Wett 
Jerf«t/— Second  Camden  ch  20;  Ist  eh  Bridgeton 
60;  Fairaeld  oh  17;  Bridgeton  Wem  ch  26  29. 

Stnod  or  Nsw  York.— Pfcv  of  Bo«ton— Ladi«^* 
W  Col  Soc*y  22  25 ;  Newbiirjrport  1st  ch  21.  Pby 
of  New  For*- Fir^t  ch,  B  Cf  D  30:  Harlem  ch 
17  26.  Pby  of  North  iZiver— Went  Hamburg  ch 
20;  Middle  Hope  ch  8;  Smithfleld  ch  10:  King!>- 
ton  ch  7  60;  Maiden  oh  20;  Pleasant  Plains  ch 
9  21 ;  Marlborough  ch  23  30.  Pby  of  WeeUheeter 
— Yonkers  1st  ch  lu4  60;  West  Farms  ch  6; 
South  Salem  oh  26:  Hartford  1st  ch  40;  Pe«ks- 
ville  1st  ob  40  ii;  Poundridge  ch  10. 

Stxod  or  PACirio.— P&v  of  Senicio— Santa  Rosa 
ch3l  06;  Napa  oh  16;  Tomales  ch  3  65. 

Stjtod  or  Pbii^dilphu.— P6y  of  C*«e«r— Fir«t 
ch  Darby  10  60:  Central  oh  Downingtown  lH; 
Penningtonville  ch  3;  Oxford  ch  57  60.  Pby  of 
Laekawanna—OrwoW  ch  6  50:  Stevensvllle  oh 
6  63;  Rushvllle  ch  I;  Canton  ch  7.  Pbv  of  Le- 
AtoA— Caiasauqua  1st  ch  31  70.  Pby  of  PhUadet- 
pAia— Philadelphia  Ist  ch,  by  Mrs  Mary  Stiner 
2  6<);  Philadelphia  2d  oh  S3  36;  Philadelphia  1st 
oh  448  10;  Tabernacle  ch  la)  60;  Sab-sch  Taber- 
nacle oh  25;  Philadelphin  3d  ch  44  66;  Philadel- 
phia loth  ch  269  94:  Calrary  ch  291  40:  East- 
burn  Mariner's  ch  60.  P6y  of  Philadefphia,  Cm- 
tro^— North  ch  Sab-sch  15;  Greenhifl  ch  6S; 
North  10th  St  oh  17  86;  CohockHink  oh  61  70; 
Bethpsdft  oh  85  07;  Spring  Garden  ch  62  16. 
Pby  of  Westmlneter—PiqvLA  oh  13  75;  Middle  Oc- 
toraraoh  11  27;  Lancaster  oh  S3  41;  Strasburg 
ch  12  15.  " 

Stkoo  or  PiTTsitnuiB.— Pfry  of  BMr#viUe— N 
Alexander  oh,  from  a  friend  20.  P6y  of  PUte- 
6«rtf A— Firs> ch  Sabsch  Pittsburgh  I5u.  Pby  of 
R^dstone-^efTereon  ch  1.  Pby  of  WaehingtoH— 
Second  ch  Washington  11;  Forks  of  Wheehag 
oh  30;  Waynesburg  ch  8  25.  Pby  of  Weet  F5r- 
jrinto— Hugh  River  ch  5. 

SiHODor  Trmhmsib.— P5y  of  iTinyston— Bethel 
oh  14  16 ;  New  Providence  ch  16.  Pby  of  Union 
— Freedman's  ch  3;  New  Prospect  1;  Westmin- 
ster oh  2  16;  Hopewell  oh  3  10. 

SmoD  or  Tolkdo.— Pby  of  jBst^oalain*— Belle 
Centre  oh  3;  West  Liberty  ch8  07;  Huntsville 
ch  2  60.  Pby  of  ifuron— Monroe vllle  ch  6; 
Huron  ch  15  86.  Pby  of  Lima— Sidney  oh  15  62. 
Pby  of  AfaufUM- First  oh  Toledo  7. 

Stwod  or  UtiOA.- P<?y  oAjBiayAamtoi— Nineveh 
ch  26.  Pby  of  0<«eoo— Cooperstowo  oh  57  25. 
Pby  of  St  Lai0r«n««— Gourerneurch  36  30;  Canton 
oh  15  89.  Pby  of  iSyraeiMe— Hannibal  ch  10; 
Syracuse,  Park  Central  ch  134  70.  Pby  of  Utics 
— ariskany  ch  2  83 ;  Oneida  ch  27  01 :  let  oh 
WaterviUe  18  75;  Bethany  oh  88  08;  Clayville 
Ch3;  Uticalstoh4S  10. 

SrifODor  WasTtRif  Niw  York.— P6g^  ef  BvJfoio 
—First  oh  Ripley  10;  Panama  oh  6:  EaH  Ham- 
burg ch  3.  Pby  of  Qeneeee—EXhe  oh  2 :  Warsaw 
ch  20;  Oakfleld  ch  6;  Batavia  46  80;  Wyoming 
1st  oh  12  69;  Pike  oh  9  60;  AtUoa  ch  12  46;  Le 
Roy  ch  22  43.  Pby  of  Niagara^VioWj  ch  10. 
Pby  of  iZocAestor—Sparta  oh  6;  8d  oh  Rochester 
41  10;  Oroveland  ch  13. 

SrjroD  or  WiscoMfilr.— Pby  of  Cfttppswo— Pres- 
oott  ch  1:  1st  ch  Hudson  5;  Chippewa  Falls 
eh  2  84;  Hixton  ch  3.  Pby  of  MUwaukee-^Cato 
oh  8  25;  Waukesha  ch  10  3a  Pby  of  Witmehage 
—First  ch  OAhkosh  3  60.  Pby  of  Wieconebt  SivT 
—Richland  Centre  ch  2  00;  Platteville  ch  2  20; 
Poynettech  1  60;  Lewlsville  oh  60  cents;  High- 
land ch  4;  Lodi  ch  12  07. 

From  tbi  CoMxinu  on  Biititoliiioi  akd  Fi- 
HAiroi,  NY  391  00 

MISOILLAiraOUt. 

Shiloh  oh,  Williamsport  10;  KnewlesriUe  ch 
N  Y  3;  Congregational  oh,Delavan  2  95;  Miss 
E  E  Townsend  5;  Plattemouth  oh  11  05:  Aunt 
Deborah  4;  E  H  Butler 4:  Istob  Sab-sch,  Bridge- 
ton,  to  oon  Miss  Sarah  Fithlan  Life  Member  30; 
Angeline  Nichols,  Harmony  Hall,  Md  60  ots; 
Legacy  of  Isabella  B  Truman  500. 

Diaitized  bv  ^90^17909  04 
WINTHBOP  SARGENT,  Treuwrer, 


1873.]  Board  of  Church  Erection.  238 


BOARD  OP  CHURCH  ERECTION. 

Curreaponding  Secretary^  Rbv.  H.  R.  Wzlsow,  D.D.,  23  Centre  Street,  Hew  York. 
Trea»ur§r,  Nathah  Lajtk,  Esq.,  69  Wall  Street. 


REPORT  OF  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON 
CHURCH  ERECTION.  \ 

The  Standing  Committee  on  Church  Erection  would  respectfully  submit  the 
following: 

The  Annual  Report  and  Records  of  this  Board  have  been  placed  in  the  hands  of 
jour  Committee,  and  carefully  examined.  In  acquainting  ourselves  with  the 
work  done  by  the  Board  during  the  year,  your  Committee  have  been  deeply 
impressed  with  the  greatness  and  importance  of  the  work  accomplished,  and  the 
evidence  we  have  of  the  earnest  fidelity  with  which  the  Board  and  its  Secretary 
have  managed  all  the  interests  intrusted  to  their  care. 

Your  Committee  would  call  the  attention  of  the  General  Assembly  to  these  facts 
suggested  by  the  Report  of  the  Board. 

Isfe.  Its  total  receipts  fur  the  year  amount  to  $110,774.88.  This  is  an  increase 
of  several  thousand  dollars  over  the  amount  raised  during  the  preceding  year. 
The  raising  of  this  sum,  during  a  period  of  peculiar  stringency  in  all  matters  per- 
taining to  money,  seems  to  show  conclusively  the  hold  which  this  cause  is  getting 
uDon  the  confidence  and  hearts  of  our  people,  and  the  efficiency  with  which  its 
claims  are  presented. 

There  has  been  a  large  increase  in  the  number  of  churches  contributing  to  this 
Board,  during  the  year.  Although  the  sums  received  from  man^  of  these 
churches  have  been  small,  still  we  rejoice  in  these  new  beginnings,  believing  that 
when  the  importance  of  this  work  is  fully  understood,  these  small  sums  will  give 
place  to  those  which  will  better  represent  both  the  ability  of  those  churches  and 
their  interest  for  those  who  without  assistance  are  not  able  to  secure  a  house  in 
which  to  worship  God.  The  whole  number  of  churches  contributing  to  this  Board 
daring  the  year  is  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  three,  leaving  two  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  twenty-seven  churches  under  our  care,  who  have  had  no  part 
nor  lot  in  this  good  cause — at  least  so  far  as  the  work  of  the  Board  of  Church 
Erection  is  concerned. 

^  Your  Committee,  on  inquiry  of  members  of  the  Board,  have  learned  that  collec- 
tions taken  up  for  a  specific  church,  if  sent  through  the  Board  of  Church  Erection, 
can  be  applied  to  such  objects  without  prejudice. 

2d«  Aid  has  been  given  during  the  year  to  one  hundred  and  sixty  churches,  to 
the  amount  of  $88,001.85,  which  is  an  average  of  $550  to  each  church.  These 
grants  have  been  made  to  churches  located  in  twenty-four  States  and  Territories, 
some  in  the  Southern  States,  and  others  as  far  West  as  California  and  Washington 
Territory.  The  greater  number  of  churches  aided  are  in  the  Middle  and  Central 
States.  The  reason  for  this  preponderance  of  aid  in  the  more  thickly  settled  por- 
tions of  our  country,  are  given  m  the  report  of  the  Board ;  but  while  owning  the 
cogency  of  these  reasons,  your  Committee  wish  that  some  means  could  be  devised 
whereby  feeble  churches  in  the  far  West  might  be  aided  in  the  very  beginning 
of  their  efforts  to  build  a  house  wherein  to  worship  God. 

Appropriations  amounting  to  $3200  have  been  withdrawn  from  six  churches, 
because  not  called  for  within  the  two  years  allowed  for  that  purpose. 

Your  Committee  in  closing  would  recommend  the  following  action,  for  the 
adoption  of  this  Assembly. 

Ist  That  Presbyteries  be  urged  to  oo(5perate  earnestly  with  the  Board  of  Church 
Erection,  especially  by  seeing  that  the  sums  raised  from  the  churches  within  their 
bounds  be  placed  under  the  control  and  direction  of  the  Board. 

2d.  That  the  Assembly  renew  the  expression  of  its  sense  of  the  need  and  impor- 
tance of  this  work — of  gratitude  to  those  who  have  had  it  in  charge,  and  an  earnest 
plea  to  the  churches  to  give  the  Board  their  confidence  and  sus^n  her  cause  by 
their  lympathj,  prayers,  and  benefactions. .  o 


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3d.  That  the  Board  be  requested  to  limit  tbu  Mam  a  {ipproprlnted  to  ati  aat< 
not  exceeding;  $1000  to  any  one  church,  so  th^t  w^  raanj  chtircUes  as  ptiisihlci 
be  aided  by  the  funds  which  shall  come  into  their  hands. 

4th.  That  the  Assembly  do  elect  the  followltig  persons  to  supply  the  clasa  w 
term  of  office  now  expires,  namely : 


Ministers, 
Rev.  Alexander  Rebd,  D.D., 
Rev.  Marvin  R.  Vincent,  D.D., 
Rev.  George  S.  Bishop, 


Elders, 
Nathan  La^^b, 

H£ZKt£.IAn    KlNQ, 

CuARLEs  Collins, 

W;  S.GlLMAN. 


Also  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused  by  the  realgr^at.inn  of  Rav.  T,  L.  Cuvler,  1 
Bennington  F.  Randolph ;  and  in  place  of  A.  N.  Browa,  rfssi^ned,  Jamea  Fr 
On  behalf  of  the  Standing  Committee. 

EiJWARD  B,  Wals  WORTH,  Chairmi 

The  meeting  of  the  General  Assembly  (the  mo^t  harmunious,  and  in  i 
respects  the  most  pleasant  we  have  had  for  years)  has  passed,  and  we  now 
ourselves  anew  for  another  year  of  labor.  Never  has  the  caua©  of  Church 
tlon  had  a  more  favorable  hearing,  and  at  no  former  meeting  of  the  Asse 
has  so  much  interest  in  its  behalf  been  manifested.  By  qU  ihm  we  feel  gr 
encouraged  in  the  prosecution  of  our  work.  Th*?  Cummittee  of  apportionmet 
very  many  of  the  members  of  the  Assembly  think)  mnde  a  grand  inistake  in 
ting  down  the  pro  rata  of  Church  Erection  from  $2ij;},0(>ti  to  120,000»  The 
of  this  will  be  greatly  to  diminish  our  receipts  thrtiugh  the  Commitiee  of  Be 
lence  and  Finance,  and  will  compel  us  to  eiit  tlown  in  an  equal  nropEirtfoi 
appropriations  to  the  churches  that  apply  to  uh  fjr  ivuL  We  i^rearly  regret 
but  feel  in  candor  bound  to  warn  the  churches  of  this  heforehftud.  To  ' 
churches  that  make  their  own  apportionmentt  or  aJbere  to  the  old  plan  of  givi: 
the  different  Boards  severally,  this  will  make  nii  iliferi?nt?i5.  They  will  put 
own  estimate  upon  the  value  of  this  cause  and  miiko  their  eontributiojis  &c 
ingly.    •*  So  mote  it  be." 


DoHATiovs  TO  THB  BoABD  OF  CffuacH  Eebctioit,  Mat  1871 
Synods  in  small  capitals— Presbyteries  tn  #f3/^f#— Churched  In  RomAit. 


ALBAirr.— Cb^umdta— GreenT>llech26  65.  Troy 
— John.Honrilleob  2;  Lansin^biirgh  lot  ch  25. 

BkLTiuoa.M.—New  OcuiU— Rock  oh  10;  Zton  oh 
15. 

CisciwHATi.— CftO/icoi^tf— WIlkosTille  ch  11  60. 
Davton— Monroe  oh  12. 

CL£VKLAifD.—aeva{and— Burton  ch  6  63;  Colla- 
mer  ch  33  40.  Mahoning— YonuKt^iowQ  ch  36  55 ; 
St  ClairHvUU—BeWAiT  Ist  ch  10;  Concord  ch 
17;  Grab  Apple  oh  12  25;  St  Glairaville  oh  80; 
Washington  ch  20;  Woodsfield  ch  4. 

Colorado  —MmtanaSozQmAn  ch  6. 

Columbus.— Cb^um6iM—Blendon  ch  7;  C«>ntral 
ColioKe  ch  10  80;  Lower  Liberty  ch  4.  Zanct- 
vii/e— Madison  ch  13. 

Erik.— Oartb/i—PerryviUe  oh  1.  JBri»— Fair- 
view  ch  18. 

6Jt.HjtyA.— CbytiAo— Aabum  Ist  ch  63  01. 

Harrlsburq.— Qir^/e->Middle  Spring  ch  10; 
Huntingdon — Sinking  Valley  ch  20. 

Illinois,  Cemtral. — Peoria — John  Knox  oh  6; 
Peoria  l9t  oh  10;  Yates  City  oh  13.  Schuyler— 
Horeb  ch  3. 

Illinois,  North.— Cftteayo—Bnglewood  oh  10; 
Zion  German  ch  5. 

Jllinois,  South.— il^ton—Carlyle  oh  9  45.  Mat- 
toon — Casey  ch  4. 

Lndiana.  South.— /Rdiana/K><i»—Bainbridge  oh 
2.  New  Albany— fieymouT  ch  8  40.  Vincennes— 
Bethany  ch  10;  Mt  Vernon  oh  17  70;  Poland  ch 
10;  Terre  Uauie  Ist  oh  10. 

lowA,  North  —Cedar  fiapid*— Cedar  Rapids  2d 
ch  12.    yfatertoo— Builer  Centre  ch  1 ;  Pisgah  ch 

Iowa,  South.— £>«•  lfoin«t— Des  Moines  Isi  oh 
6;  0;<kalooi«a  ch  4. 

Kansas.— iJiyA/and-Wathena  ch  2.  Neotho^ 
Baxter  Springs  1st  oh  4  46. 


MijfWEsoTA— .S/  Panf^Yvrsn^  F«1Iij  eh  ^ 
dun  eh  I  vS;  Hi  Patil  Nl  ch  it  T3. 

Jfif^M  Q/w—l'piiarty  fth  20*  Ifai  J*rt«jr— ' 
vilEe  Irtt  oh,  "^  **pflLria|"  35, 

Nrw  Y«RJe.— AVtP  larJt— New  York  IbI 
''  f^  (1  r>*'  Ui  xNt*w  York  CoT(?Tiftril  (*ti  T^. 
d/iM^cr— Found rjdgp  oh  Hi;  W*?it  Fitrmp  ti 

I'lttLtpELriiiM,  —  Vhtktur—  R'^psef  ilEi> 
Zodpnurnnnd^Witk^-hiiirrB  flh  Of*  TO.     VI 
pAtii-.phLlndc-h>]iLH^f1oh,  rrom  Mr!%  lUM 

Aifi*iuie  ch  3 1  PhHAii"lrjh)H,  H*MonrilIi« 
Phifwielphia,  North— fi^ermntiluwa  Isn  eh, 
cml"  T<)i  HrtlineKburK  ch  dub-Hi^hi.  *'stw«*t 
Nawtowii  i;li,"«pe4;;inrA«  11;  KorrstJowa 
■"  speciJir'  6,  Wetiminittfr — Middle  CMHon 
12  (Ki;  Moual  Jf>jr  (?h  fi  fio. 

innfon—Wn^hiUi^iun  Id  tih  iSI» 

ijTWA.—Oiif^ft—V[\uTrv  Vailev  ch  m  IT. 
— UdcA*  Wpfllrniti^tpr  ch^  **tn peel « ("109 

W^flTKRir  New  i'oatt— <^«ica*fl  ValU^^Ai 
oh  SO. 

Lfikc  Superior — Mttrc]aaLt&  ch  &&  tfl. 

From  the  Committee  on  Benerolenos   3 

MiwiiLLAMtogi*.— Thnman  D^rojt*  N  TT  C 
Rev  J  €  Lot! 2,  Elbft,  N  Y  a;  Ml*»  **  E  S/ 
more,  MJ,  ^'spocirt!"  llkJ;  Forskiie  of  ^tl^un 
pai-&r;D  igo  Ai  AAdfOou,  OiiIq,  m  pj*rt  M. 

Total  reoeiptfi  1b  Maf,       |j 

JUATBAN  LANE,  Tl^m 

Digitized  by  VjOOQ IC 


1873.]  Rdxef  Fund  far  DisaMed  Mnisters.  235 

RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS, 

AND    THE    WIDOWS   AND    ORPHANS    OF    DECEASED    MINISTERS. 

Rkt.  Gxoeob  Hau,  D.D..  Secretary,  Ret.  Charlxs  BftOWVi  Trexuurgr, 

Omos,  1334  Cbestoat  Street,  Philadelphia. 

ANNUAL  CONTRIBUTIONS. 
Daring  the  twenty-foar  years  ainoe  this  work  began,  the  churches  hare  contri- 
bated  the  following  sums. 

1862,  11,093  55  from  463  churches. 

1863,  12,483  43    **     515 

1864,  13,267  80    *»    682  " 

1865,  22.021  37    "    815  « 

1866,  22,463  03    "    816  *' 

1867,  27,740  28    *•    726  " 

1868,  25,921  72    *'  1080  " 

1869,  32,772  34    *•  1200  " 

1870,  36,773  75    "  1210  ** 
In  the  reunited  Church. 

1871,  $64,329  99    *'  1550        *' 

1872,  70,568  54    "  1865        ** 

1873,  80,533  40    "  2500        " 


From  April,  1849  to 

1850,  $473  00 

1851,  913  00 

1852,  889  77  from  50  churches. 
1853;  2,207  04  **  41 

1854,  614  51  "  40    " 

1855,  1.226  62  "  32    " 

1856,  1,466  15  "  57 

1857,  3,212  77  **  127  " 

1858,  2,478  32  "  142 

1859,  7,952  16  "  273  " 

1860,  5,282  54  •*  320 

1861,  6,308  87  **  176 


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The  work  which  began  in  the  other  branch  of  the  Church  in  1864,  presents  the 
following  result : 


Receipts.  Giving  Ghorohes. 
1865,        $3,638  40 

1866;  6,300  130 

1867,  9,647  235 


Reoei  pts.  Givi  nj;  Ch  arches. 

1868,  10,478    $235 

1869,  21,668*    285 

1870,  38,879t  335 


DISBURSEKBNT  OF  THK   PCJND. 

During  the  year  ending  April  1st,  1850,  nothing  was  expended.    From  that  date 
to  April  Ist,  1851,  $325  were  distributed,  and  during  the  next  year  to  April  1st, 

1852,  $725  were  appropriated  by  the  Board  of  Publication.  After  the  duty  of 
disbursing  these  funds  was  assigned  to  the  Trustees  of  the  General  Assembly,  a 
Committee  was  appointed  to  take  the  matter  in  charge.  The  first  meeting  of  that 
Committee  was  held  November  22,  1852,  and  from  that  time  to 

1853,  were  aided  2  ministers,  and  6  widows,  total  8,  at  an  expendi- 

ture of $675  00 

1854,  3  ministers,  7  widows,  and  1  family  of  orphans,  total  11,  at  an 

expenditure  of $1,453  25 

1855, 9  ministers,  10  widows,  and  1  family  of  orphans,  total  20,  at  an 

expenditure  of $1,900  00 

1856,  8  ministers,  1 1  widows,  and  1  family  of  orphans,  total  20,  at  an 

expenditure  of $1,630  00 

1857,  4  ministers,  and  14  widows,  total  18,  at  an  expenditure  of  •  $1,815  31 
1858, 11  ministers,  24  widows,  and  2  families  of  orphans,  total  37,  at 

an  expenditure  of $2,895  65 

1859,  14  ministers,  26  widows,  and  3  families  of  orphans,  total  43,  at 

an  expenditure  of $4,809  75 

1860|  23  ministers,  24  widows,  and  1  family  of  orphans,  total  48,  at 

an  expenditure  of •     .      $5,821  11 

1861,  24  ministers,  26  widows  and  2  families  of  orphans,  total  52,  at 

an  expenditure  of $6,625  05 

1862,  20  ministers,  26  widows,  and  5  families  of  orphans,  total  51,  at 

an  expenditure  of $6,848  64 

1863,  30  ministers,  36  widows,  and  2  families  of  orphans,  total  68, 

at  an  expenditure  of        .        .        .        .        .        .        .      $9,063  91 

1864,  37  ministers,  4b  widows,  and  3  families  of  orphans,  total  88, 

at  an  expenditure  of •    $13,515  31 

1865,  43  ministers,  58  widows,  and  4  families  of  orphans,  total  105, 

at  an  expenditure  of $19,170  01 

1866,  49  ministers,  66  widows,  and  5  families  of  orphans,  total  120, 

at  an  expenditure  of .(^^  $22,692  39 

•  Of  which  $8,200  WM  for  PermsDeni  Fand.        f  Of  which  $26,000  was  for  Permanent  Fand. 


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RdUf  Fund  for  Disabled  Minuters. 


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1867,  54  ministers,  70  widows,  and  8  families  of  orphans,  tolal  132, 

at  an  expenditure  of        .        * $27,843  3 

1868,  51  ministers,  63  widows,  and  12  families  of  orphans,  total  126, 

at  an  expenditure  of $27,168  S 

1869,  50  ministers,  75  widows,  and  12  families  of  orphans,  total  137, 

at  an  expenditure  of $28,502  i 

1870,  64  ministers,  91  widows,  and  the  orphans  of  13  families,  total, 

168,  at  an  expenditure  of        .        .        .        .        .        .    $33,999  2 

In  the  Reunited  Churchy  for 

1871,  108  ministers,  144  widows,  and  orphans  of  15  families,  total 

267,  at  an  expenditure  of 

1872,  145  ministers,  174  widows,  and  orphans  of  15  families,  total 

334,  at  an  expenditure  of 

1873,  155  ministers,  204  widows,  and  orphans  of  20  families,  total 

379,  at  an  expenditure  of 

B^  the  other  branch  of  the  Church  for  six  years : 


$67,371  • 
$69,784  ( 
$81,302  • 


Number  of  Annonnt 

AppHcantB.  Appropriated. 

1865,  5  $625 

1866,  30  4,710 

1867,  46  7,800 


Namber  of        Amount 

Applicaate.  Appropriated. 

1868,  60  $9,710 

1869,  66  11,125 

1870,  78  13,690 


CONTBIBUTIONS 


Sniov  or  Baltdcoul— Pby  New  Oaatle^ 

Zion  ch 

Rock  ch 
Stnod  or  CiNCiKXATL— Pftv  of  Cineitinati^ 

Cincinnati  5th  ch,  Minister's  widow 

Cheviot  Ist  German  oh 
Pby  of  />avton— Monroe  ch 
SriroD  or  Cleveland.— i%|^  of  Mahoning— 


25  00 
10  00 

20  00 
6  00 
13  00 

42  26 


Youn^town  ch 
Pbt/ofSt  CfairsviUe— 

Bell  Air  Ist  ch  Sab-sch  10  00 

Pby  of  SteubmvilU—lrondfi\e  Iflt  ch  10  8i 
Stnod  or  Colorado— P&y  of  Montana — 

Bozeman  oh  6  00 
Stnod  or  Columbus.— P6v  of  Athmt— 

Marietta  Fourth  Hir^et  oh  24  60 

Pby  of  (>)ium6iM— Mifflin  oh  4  00 

Pby  of  JIfarion— Delaware  ch  24  00 

Pbi/  qf  ZanetvilJe~~MAd\»oii  ch  32  00 

Stnod  or  Bais.— Pby  of  CJarton— Perry  ch  1  00 

Perry vl lie  ch  1  00 

Pby  of  5ric— Falrvlewch  10  00 

Pby  of  iriWanningr— Kittanning  lat  ch  75  00 

Stnod  or  Harrisbuso. — Ptty  of  Otirli8l&— 

St  Thomas  and  Rocky  Spring  chs  23  00 

Pby  of  HanUngdonSinkiag  Valley  ch  20  00 
Pby  of  Northumberland— Great  Island  oh  30  72 
Stnod  or  Illinois,  Central. — 

Pbu  of  Peoria— Peoria  1st  ch  10  06 

Pby  of  Schuyler— Uticomb  ch  16  00 

Horeb  ch  6  00 
Stnod  or  Illinois,  Noath.— P&y  qf  Chicago— 

Enfflewood  ch  10  00 
Stnod  or  Indiana.  South,— 

Pby  of  /n/i<anap9dt«— Bainbrldge  ch  2  20 

Pby  of  Ntxo  iit6a/i.v— Madison  2d  ch  26  00 

Pbuof  Fineennss— Washington  ch  3  00 

Terre  Haute  Ist  ch  6  00 
Stnod  or  Iowa,  North.- Pby  of  Cedar  Rapids— 

Cedar  Rapids  1st  oh  14  05 

Clinton  ch,  add'l  1  26 

Cedar  Rapids  2d  ch  12  00 

Pby  of  Waterloo— CedRV  Falls  ch  4  00 
Stnod  or  Iowa,  South. — 

Pby  of  Dee  Moinee—OfkRlooM  ch  6  00 
Stnod  or  Lono  Island.— Pby  of  Brooklyt^^ 

WilMamsburjc  German  ch  3  00 

Pby  of  Ltmg  /s(and— Oreenport  eh  25  00 
Stnod  or  MiauiGAN.— Pb]/  of  Monroe— 

Tecumseh  1st  ch  12  17 

Pby  of  Snofnaw— Bay  City  1st  ch  19  87 
Stnod  or  Minnssota^— Pby  of  Mankaio— 

Lake  Crystal  ch                            .  1  00 

Medatia  ch  1  00 

Pby  of  St  Pau^-Si  Paul  let  oh  0  71 


tv  Mat  1873. 
Jordan  ch 

Fergus  Falls  ch  1 

Pby  of  Winona — Austin  eh  I 

Stnod  or  Missouri — Pby  qf  Palmyre^— 

New  Cambria  ch  2 

Pby  of  St  LouiaSi  Louis,  North  ch         10 
Stnod  or  Nrw  Jbrsct.— Pby  of  Eiizabeth— 
Summit  Central  ch  2 

Pby  o/"  Jersey  C«y—Tenafly  ch  16 

Pby  of  Newark— ^o*%v\\\q  oIi  211 

Pb.y  of  West  Jsrssv— Brldgelon  Ist  oh         60 
West  Bridgeton  ch  2i 

Stnod  or  Niw  York.— Pby  o/iVet^  York— 
New  York,  Scotch  ch  840 

New  York,  Covenant  ch  474 

New  York,  1st  ch  4110 

"BO  D,"  do  40 

Pby  of  North  Atvsr— Cornwall  ch  SM 

Pby  of  IFss^cAesCer— Poundridge  ch  10, 
Parsonage  16  S5 

West  Farms  ch  20 

Stnod  or  Philadelphia. — 
Pby  of  PA«adeto«a-PhiladeIphIa,  Tenth 
ch,  Wm  WiNon,  Esq  50 

From  *'  A  W,"  Tenth  en,  a  second  con- 
tribution 60 
Philadelphia,  Second  ch,  Mrs  Ralston  10 
Pby  of  ITftrfmiiwter— Wrightsville  oh        11 
Stnod  or  Pittsburoh.- 
Pby  of  B/a(rsi;i^— Greensbargh  Sab-sch   7 


pity  of  Aeistonc— Jefferson  oh 
Pby  of  M^osAin^ton— Washington  2d  oh    16 
Stnod  or  Tbnnbssbx.— Pby  of  Union— 

Shiloh  ch  t 

Stnod  or  Tolbdo. — Pby  of  Huron — 

Fremont  ch  4 

Florence  ch  i 

Stnod  or  Utioa.— Pby  p/  OiMego— 

Delhi  1st  eh  6 

Stnod  or  WiscoNam-— Pby  qf  Chij^ewa— 
Presoott  ch  i 

From  thb    OoxxiTrsK  im  Binctqlixcb 

AND  FiNANOM  fiOl 

w^eeLLAHioDS. 
Illinois,  Low  P^iniH  from  U  V  Fraser  2 ;  1 
terest  on  Permnneni  Fntu!,  ^f.t  (i  H  Van  G»ld 
E!»q  87  30;  U  jlmiujTfun^  from  "  C  W."  fflr  m 
ister  *■  nearly  Wmrl"  3;  Keffni(1»d  i^s  fi3;  K 
Bergen.  1st  Coajirre^sitoTiaLl  Soolety  £;  Philft,  ] 
Mr  A  Martien,  Mrs  J  B  Ellfsori  25;  Motiey 
turned  300;  '*  Ebenosar  "  apeoial  50 

Total  receipts  for  M«y,         |e$9a 
CHARLES  BROWN.  TVeamrar, 

Office  ia34  Cm^tftiiLiI  iilre«tt  Pbili 

Digitize.  ./  _     _       '^ 


1873.]  General  AuemMj/'e  (hmmiUet  en  Freedmen.  287 


GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN. 

Rkt.  a.  a  MoCuxxAHn,  Oor.  Seeretttryt  Box  1246,  Pittsbargb,  Pa. 
BMW.  Jas.  Aixiaoir,  D.D^  Trwawgr,  Look  Box  48,  Piitsbaricb,  Pa. 
E.  G.  WooDWABO,  Bsq.,  Beoeimng  Agent,  1834  Ohestnut  street,  Phiiadelphiai 


ACTION  OF  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY. 

As  some  maj  not  have  other  opportunity  of  reading  resolutions  passed  by  our 
General  Assembly  at  its  late  sessions  ia  Baltimore,  we  giro  them  place  in  the 
Record,    They  are  as  follows  : 

I.  The  Assembly  commends  these  missions  for  Freedmen  to  the  sympathies  and 
hearty  support  of  the  whole  Church,  on  the  grounds,  first,  of  duty  to  our  fellow- 
men,  in  whose  welfare  our  own  prosperity  is  most  intimately  concerned ;  but  most 
of  all,  on  the  ground  of  duty  to  God,  who  has  led  us  into  this  work  and  made  it  at 
once  a  test  of  our  faith  in  Him,  and  of  our  trust  in  the  triumphs  of  His  grace  in  our 
common  humanity. 

II.  The  Assembly  directs  the  attention  of  the  churches,  and  of  all  who  are  in 
sympathy  with  us  in  this  work,  to  the  following  sources  from  which  the  increase 
of  contributions  may  be  expected,  yis :  Information  given  regularly  to  the  people 
by  pastors  and  stated  supplies ;  the  encouragement  of  gifts  by  individuals  to  the 
established  schools  and  churches  among  the  Freedmen ;  the  support  of  churches 
And  schools  by  Sabbath- schools ;  and  the  development,  prudently  and  with 
patience,  of  beneficence  to  this  work  among  the  Southern  people,  both  white  and 
black,  as  God  shall  prosper  them. 

III.  To  the  faithful,  self-sacrificing  men  and  women,  who  are  toiling  in  this 
work,  the  Assembly  offers  the  sympathy  and  appreciative  gratitude  of  the  whole 
Oharch  represented  by  it,  pledging  to  them  all  due  support  and  cooperation,  and 
ioToking  upon  them  and  upon  their  work  the  richest  blessings  of  heaven. 

lY.  The  Assembly  commends  the  fidelity  and  economy  of  its  Committee  of  Mis- 
sions for  Freedmen,  in  securing  with  so  small  a  sum  as  $59,000,  results  so  saCis- 
factory  and  full  of  promise,  and  the  Assembly  enjoins  upon  the  churches  the  duty 
of  raising  for  the  Freedmen's  Committee  the  full  sum,  $75,000,  named  by  the  Com- 
mittee of  Apportionment. 

DOHATIOSS  AT  PiTTSBUBOH   FOB  FbEBDMRIT   IIT  MaT  1873. 

Ptv  ^  Mletthmy—Pine  Ot—k  eh  $6  00  P&y  q/*  Oarli*le—lABd\Bhxxrgh  ch  (  62 

Fine  OrMk  eh,  edd'l  16  00  i%  of  Cincinnati—Fint  eb  Cinoinnatl  6  bh 

Pbg  of  ^tuftn- Georgetown  eh  2  00           First  Ger  oh  CindDnati  9  00 

Fb9  if  Albam^-'^XMXA  Street  oh,  Alheny  82  03  Ftfu  of  CAecf^— Great  Valley  ch  7  00 

OonUiDiTlUe  eh  2  00           Cheater  Flrat  ch  16  00 

Day  eb  1  tO           Wajrne  oh  26  00 

Ply  of  ^£foM— Plnn  Greek  oh  8  76           F^rriew  ch  10  00 

i>ir  of  .fitoomiffpfon—AtUDta  oh  4  UO  Ptiy  cf  C9^tcapo— ETanatoo  ch  18  M 

Boofclev  eh  2  00  I*by  of  CVaw/ordtri^/e—Rockflrld  ch  8  2S 

P6y  ^  BrocJtJ^rii— Bdgewftter  Flrat  oh  60  07  Pby  qf  CUorado— Boulder  Valley  ch  2  16 

Ftifg  of  Ba/<«iiMre— Berton  oh  0  00  /%y  ^  Osuro-Larklnnbarg  ch  1  00 

Pbffi  of  BUxtmiUe—lAwmmen  ch  16  25  i%y  tj/'  2>u6u9ue— McGregor  eh  2  00 

Balem  oh  10  00  Pby  o/  />0^t;i<— Hlaiofleld  oh  S  00 

Bealeb  eh  19  17  Pby  of  />ay<on— Uarmooy  oh  4  00 

J^  Hf  fief2^onto»iM~8priog  Hills  eh  7  66          Second  ch  Piqiui  10  00 

De  Graff  ch  8  76           Monroe  ch  14  00 

P6y  </  BuUer — PUIn  Orore  ch  6  20  Pby  of  Bitabdh — Plockamin  ch  16  00 

Pty  qf  Co/mn^^u^—Darbam  l«t  ch  8  00  Ptiy  of  J56«n<2er— Coring  ton  Firf«t  oh  8  04 

Pty  ^  ChaHeothe—€ooeord  oh  8  00  Pby  qf  i»^— Petroleum  Centre  ch  14  00 

Weehingtoo  eh  6  00           Flri>t  ch  Krie  60  00 

Beittat  eh  2  00           Pleaaantvillie  ch  12  60 

Friends  in  Cbinioothe  Preo  2  00  Pby  qf  J^nrt  »rayn«— Deoatar  ch              f         6  00 

Pbjr  of  Champlaitt—Vxjftt  Henry  lat  oh  Sab-aoh  16  60  J^  qf  FUrt  i>x/pe~Cherokee  ch     O  Q IC         ^0 

KeeoevUle  ch  %  1%  Pby  qf  #bt>:/SeU— Mt  Flagah,  colored  O  t  00 


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iJyfy 


J^]f  qf  Chrand  Rap&U^kdt^  eti  1  00 

J^  of  (7en«va— Pti«Jp0  eh  10  00 

Uorbam  ch  8  UO 

/%y  of  Gmuw.  ra/(ejf — Roihford  eh  4  00 

i%y  0/ (%n«Me— Got  fu  eh  8  18 

£lb»  ch  8  00 

Lo  Hot  eh  88  00 

jPby  ^  fn^Aiond— Bine  Rapidi  eh  1  00 

Irrlng  cb  »  00 

Fby  of  /runf»vdoi»— Shaver*!  Greek  oh  2  00 

Milroy  ch  lu  OJ 

Sinklnt;  Vslley  ch  20  00 

Pty  of  /T'lfston— KogerPTille  oh  1  00 

Fby  qf  ^ttdfofi— Waidburg  oh  10  0 ) 

Pi>y  of  //aroti— MUhd  oh  6  00 

Fby  (of  i^in^ttofft— Mara  Hill  eh  2  UO 

Kockford  cq  1  60 

EusebU  eh  1  90 

New  Providence  eh  I  OJ 

2d  oh  ChfttUDooga  8  0 ) 

Poy  of  /Cafmu— Oiage  MiMloo  1  60 

Fby  o/irn/<r— Midway  Maowlonia  eh  3  00 

Tsiy  of  Iowa  Cli/y— Sigourney  oh  8  60 

Oxford  oh  1  UO 

Fby  q;  Jersey  C£<y— Teiiaflj  ch  16  00 

Kutherford  Park  10  UO 

Jersey  Oily  Tbird  eh  8  00 

Fby  of  £<muvaie~Shelt>y Tllle  eh  1 0  00 

Roger  TbompMin  1  uO 

Rev  J  H  Diosmore  b  00 

r^  qf  £eA^/i— Mahanoy  City  eh  26  03 

Hasletoo  ch  dO  00 

Fby  qf  Zioc^ioJinna— Rome  eh  8  00 

Laporttt  ch  3  uO 

i^q^lAiutfi^— gtockbridgeeh  6  OJ 

Foy  qf  Long  J»land-6helUtT  leland  oh  5  OJ 

Fbyof  LakeSaperior^W\tBiiualt9{MUMti%eli  2  00 

Fbjf  of  MonmouUi-'bAjVou  uh  2  OU 

Tom's  RiT^r  ch  4  00 

Red  Bank  eh  12  00 

Fby  of  ilarton— Bloomfleld  eh  2  uO 

Piegah  eh  6  00 

Fby  qf  MiMSouri  River-^ 

tthenaodoah  and  Tarkio  ehf  4  45 

Boalrlee  cb  1  00 

Fby  qf  MankaJUi—^i  Jampe  eh  60 

F^  of  MorrU  and  Orange— Onngt  Central  ch  fiO  00 

Mew  Vornon  cb  18  00 

First  cb  Mendbam  85  70 

Fby  of  Monroe—  Ueei  field  ch  1  00 

Petersbnrgh  ch  2  UO 

Quiocy  Ob  2  uO 

Fby  qf  Maumeer-WtBi  Unity  First  ch  1  uO 

Napoleon  cb  10  00 

Fdy  qf  HaUooi— First  cb  Tusoola  a  00 

J^  of  Sew  l'<;rA---sipriBg  ?t  ch,  New  York    \M  86 

First  cb  New  York  5146  14 

P6y  q/'AVwfon— Hardy ston  North  eh  14  00 

MusooDeteoni;  eh  10  00 

Bloomsbarych  8  nO 

bUllwalorcb  7  iO 

hwartswood  eh  2  00 

Harmony  cb  5  (fO 

First  ch  Alanidleld  25  00 

Fby  qf  North  /^i'mt— Freedom  Plains  ch  8  00 

Ftry  qf  New  Albany — Jaekiton  Co  Uer  oh  6  00 

Fby  qfNew  (AittU^bnwjen  oh  10  00 

BurkiDgham  cb  1  00 

Fby  qf  Neo$ho—l(^U  eh  1  60 

Fby  of  New  BruTuwick—S^oond  ch  Trenton    28  UO 

Penoiogton  ch  20  00 

Fby  of  Osage— '£\pion  ch  '  1  00 

Fty  qf  OUego—}iill*rtl  oh  1   10 

First  oh  Delhi  6  00 

Fby  of  Ozark—Ot^Tk  Prairie  eh  4  75 

Springfield  Calvary  ch  4  50 

Ft^  of  Ottawa — Wyoming  ch  8  00 

Fby  qf  Oregon — Port  Townteod  ch  8  00 

Jlty  of  FitUburgh—SUlh  ch  Pittsburgh  76  48 

Uakdalech  11  00 

West  Elisabeth  oh  11  0  • 

Fairview  ch  4  00 

Lawrenoeville  ch  60  00 

First  ch  Miuenville  4  00 

Fty  of  FhOadrlphMy  iVoHA—Morrlsville  ch      5  00 

Bensalem  ch  0  OJ 

Ftjy  of  FUmyra—Vtw  Providence  eh  76 

J*by  qf  /Ix/rui— Yates  City  oh  IS  oO 


ny  qf  PhUaddphia^  Omlni^Hestonvillo  ^    6  00 
North  Broad  dtreet  ch  26  00 

Columbia  Avenue  eh  4  00 

Ptwct/'i^At/ade/pAui'— fionth  Street  chSab^eh  »00 
Tabernacle  oh  100  80 

Fby  of  Jioche*ter—WmX  Mendon  eh  4  00 

Second  eh  SparU  0  00 

Fby  of  Shenango—Seoond  eh  New  Castle         16  (K) 
Fby  of  SUubenvOU—niiig^  eh  6  00 

Bethlf>hem  eh  6  00 

Satinevilla  ch  4  OJ 

Fbn  of  St  ClairsvUU— 
First  oh  Sab  sch,  of  Bellalre,  Ohio  16  00 

St  Clairsvilta  ch  6  00 

Fbu  qf  SchuyUr—Vini  oh  Qulney  22  17 

La  Prairie  eh  8  00 

i^jf  (tf  .SU^note—Wenona  First  oh  1  00 

Pby  qf  .St<tt6m— Campbell  ch  »  00 

Fby  qf  Sun  Jotl — Anaheim  eh  1  58 

Westminster  oh  90 

Fby  qf  5icra0Mii<o— lone  eh  1  87 

Amador  ob  1  10 

Fby  qf  6tu»^ Westminster  eh  10  00 

Fby  of  ITAwm—St  Luke  eh  1  00 

Calvary  eh  1  70 

Fby  qf  ^oy— Waterford  eh  23  17 

Oohoes  oh  29  24 

First  eh  Troy  60  (lO 

Second  ob  Troy  162  21 

Sobaghticoke  eh  10  03 

Fby  of  Finccniies— Sab  seh  let  eh  Terra  Haute  6  03 
Fby  qf  West  Chester—^ort  Chester  ch  10  00 

New  Rocbelle  ch  20  76 

South  UrMosburgh  ch  20  (0 

First  eb  Hartford,  Conn  10  00 

Fby  qf  H^»fm«6a^o— Beaver  Dam  ch  7  09 

Fby  of  MWl*6oro-Elkland  ch  8  00 

Fbu  of  Washington-  Pigeon  Creek  oh  12  05 

Second  cb  Washington  14  00 

Fby  of  H'ueonnn— nrst  oh  Milwaukee  2  88 

Fby  of  Ww^tta—Ht  Charlee  oh  2  0) 

Ubeldon  ch  2  00 

Austin  oh  1  OJ 

Pby  qf  FPo/erloo— Albion  ch  8  00 

Fby  of  H^MMter— Lexington  eb  ll  76 

Belleviilo  cb  1  00 

East  Hopewell  oh  6  OJ 

Pby  of  West  Jersey— Tuekahoe  eh  1  oO 

Bridgeton  Second  eh  11  58 

Cape  iMiand  eh  6  «« 

Fby  of  ^n«sei/(e— Madison  eh  14  00 

Martinsbnitsh  eh  7  00 

Fby  of  yot^Aiu-Mebanesville  ch  and  Sab-soh  2  70 
MI0CLLLA5IOU8.— Alvan  Howe,  Bedford.  N  Y  8; 
Bucbanan  ch,  Mich  6;  Harmony  eb,  Mt  Airy,  Mick 
4;  Istcb  Newark,  N  J  tfJ  79:  I'tcb  AdrUn,  Mich 
80;  1st  KitUnoing,  Pa 2;  2d  ch  Yinoennem  Ind  10; 
4tbeh  Dayton,  Ohio  U;  Plaoerville  cb,  Cal  7  77; 
Tborntown  eb,  Ind  19;  Federalsburgh  cb,  Md  6; 
Newark  ob,  D41  10  68;  Port  Deposit,  61d6;  Johns- 
town ch,  Pa  27  14 ;  Carlisle  ch.  N  Y  6 ;  York  cb.  Pa 
196  40;  Mrs  ''  K  T  M,*'  Phila,  Pa  3O0;  Rev  TQM, 
Big  Oak  eh,  Ya  2;  0th  eh  Washington,  D  C  20;  luc 
ch  Warren,  Pa  20;  Nottingham  cb.Obio  18  CO:  1st 
eh  Riplev,  N  Y  6 ;  Morristown  cb,  N  J  6  60 ;  1st  ch 
Lanslngburgb,  N  Y  25;  Rushville,  Bremen  end 
Cross  Roads  cbs,  Ohio  4;  Mrs  K  S  Kellogg,  Free* 
douia,  N  Y  10;  2d  eb  Cedar  KapM^  Iowa  6; 
**  Anonymous*'  16;  Walnut  Q rove  ob.  Ill  1  60;  TR 
Townseud,  Meridian,  N  Y  6:  Boglewood  cb,  N  J 
809  42;  J  M  Newell,  Plaoerville,  Cal. for  Miss  Baos- 
nian  10;  1st  cb  Cedar  Rapids,  (owe  20  95;  Perth 
Amboy  cb,  N  J  18;  Ut  eh  Geneva,  N  Y  64  68;  Oeka- 
loose  ch,Iowa  4  70;  Rev  H  S  Huotington,  Anborn, 
for  ttcoUa  S«minary,  N  0  10;  Munoki  ch,  Ind  16; 
1st  cb  Clinton,  Mo  2  95 ;  J  M  Stevens  and  wKb, 
Delphi,  Ind  2;  Malta  eh,  N  Y  6;  1st  eh  Bay  City, 
Mich  10  87 

CoMXITTJtC  ON  BiaxVOUENCI  AMD  FiNAIfOI         881  94 


Total  Reeelpts  In  May,    $8860  02 
JAMBS  ALLISON,  Treasurer, 
Look  Box  48,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


Receipts  by  Rev.  Luke  liorland,  for  Scotia  SeoU- 
nar>,  will  appear  la  the  neat  No.  of  the  JUcord. 


1873.]  SustentaUaft  Commiltee.  239 

COMMITTEE  OF  SUSTENTATION. 


ACTION  OF  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY  ON  SUSTENTATION. 

The  Committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  Report  of  the  General  Assembly's 
Committee  on  Ministerial  Sustentation,  have  examined  that  report  carefully,  and 
take  pleasure  in  commending  it  to  the  particular  attention  of  this  body.  We  find 
in  it  new  evidence  of  the  wisdom  of  the  Assembly,  and  of  the  Committee  in 
administering  the  Sustentation  Scheme.  And,  in  the  facts  which  that  report 
embrace,  your  Committee  discover  a  sufficient  answer  to  those  objections  which 
this  enterprise  has  encountered.  Theories  may  be  propounded  of  very  plausible 
character,  favorable  to  the  Sustentation  plan,  or  unfavorable ;  but  what  the  Church 
wants  to  know  is,  how  the  plan  is  actually  working.  What  is  it  now  doing,  and 
what  has  it  done  ?  And  these  questions,  as  it  seems  to  us,  are  very  fully  answered 
in  the  Committee's  Report. 

In  considering  these  statements,  however, "we  ought  to  remember  that  this  scheme 
is  comparatively  a  new  one ;  that,  with  our  reverence  for  what  is  established,  we 
naturally  meet  every  new  enterprise  with  something  of  doubt ;  and  that,  for  a 
large  part  of  the  past  year,  such  doubts  have  so  been  pushed  as  to  create  a  wide- 
spread  impression  that  at  this  meeting  of  the  General  Assembly  the  Sustentati6n 
Scheme  would  be  either  merged  in  some  other  work  or  essentially  modified,  if, 
indeed,  it  was  not  quite  abandoned.  It  would  not  b^trange  therefore,  if,  for  the 
year  just  closed,  your  Committee  had  found  themselves  seriously  embarrassed  in 
their  work. 

In  spite  of  these  difficulties,  however,  three  hundred  and  eight  ministers  have 
soaght  and  obtained  the  relief  which  this  scheme  contemplates,  and  .the  receipts 
of  the  treasury  from  the  churches  have  been  a  little  more  than  $60,000.  Tnis 
amount,  it  is  true,  was  not  sufficient  to  meet  the  whole  outlay  of  the  Committee  for 
the  year,  but  it  was  sufficient  to  show  that  the  cause  was  not  forgotten,  and  a 
surplus  of  $22,000,  reported  a  year  ago,  relieved  the  treasury,  so  that  we  are' happy 
to  state  the  Committee  enters  upon  a  new  year  with  a  working  capital  of  about 
$12000.         »«»«**»»»♦»«♦ 

The  Committee  on  Sustentation  has  received  reports  from  about  two  hundred  of 
the  churches  under  its  care,  showing  that  by  the  working  of  this  scheme  there  has 
been  a  great  advance  in  both  these  particulars.  These  two  hundred  churches 
raised  for  the  support  of  the  ministry  among  themselves,  during  the  year  previous 
to  adopting  this  plan,  $85,000;  but  their  first  year  under  this  plan  they  raised 
$110,000.  The  same  churches  the  previous  year  raised  for  the  Boards  of  the 
Church  $6,000,  and  for  the  first  year  under  this  scheme  $20,000.  And  if  the 
churches  from  whom  reports  are  yet  to  be  received  shall  maintain  this  average,  as 
there  is  no  reason  to  doubt,  the  net  increase  for  a  single  year  on  the  field  occupied 
by  this  Committee  will  be  about  $58,500,  or  within  less  than  $2,000  of  all  the 
money  the  SOS  men  in  the  service  of  the  Committee  have  drawn  from  the  treasury. 

Such  is  the  financial  working  of  this  scheme;  so  much  is  tangible,  visible, 
capable  of  being  measured  ;  but  there  are  other  results  not  less  important.  We 
are  more  than  gratified  in  looking  down  the  column  of  "  hopeful  conversions'*  in 
the  Report,  to  observe  in  so  many  cases  evidence  of  the  presence  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  in  these  churches.  And  when  we  think  of  the  pastorates  happily  consti- 
tuted, and  the  relief  carried  to  so  many  of  our  brave  but  suffering  ministers  by  this 
agency,  we  still  again  thank  God  and  take  courage. 

As  the  result  of  our  study  of  this  Report,  therefore,  we  are  unanimously  of 
the  conviction  that  this  scheme  is  one  of  the  very  highest  importance  to  our 
Church;  that  ito  administration  has  been  prudent  and  able;  and  that  it  should  no 
longer  be  regarded  in  the  light  of  an  experiment,  but  fully  established  as  a  part 
of  the  settled  policy  of  the  Cnurch. 

We  recommend  the  adoption  of  the  following  resolutions  as  expressing  the  mind 
of  this  Assembly: 

1.  That  the  Sustentation  Scheme  has  the  confidence  of  this  Assembly  as  a 
wisely  formed  and  well-conducted  plan,  and  that  it  is  no  longer  to  bo  regarded  as 
a  mere  experiment. 

2.  That  oar  churches  are  required  to  make  regular  annual  contributions  to  its 
treasury.  *  "  o 


240  Suttentation  Committee.  [<^v^ 

3.  That  the  thanks  of  this  Assembly  are  due  to  Rev.  Dr.  M.  W.  Jacobas  for  his 
fipratuitoasy  self-denying,  laborious  and  very  efficient  services  during  the  year  as 
Secretary  of  the  Sustentation  Committee,  and  that  he  is  hereby  reappointed  to 
that  office. 

4.  That  the  surYiving  members  of  the  Committee,  viz :  Rev.  M.  W.  Jacobus,  D.D. ; 
Rev.  James  McCosh,  D.D.;  Rev.  F.  A.  Noble,  D.D.;  Rev.  James  Allison,  D.D.; 
Rev.  S.  F.  Scovel,  Hon.  J.  K.  Moorhead,  David  Robinson,  and  J.  D.  Vermilye,  be 
reappointed,  and  in  place  of  Hon.  H.  N.  McAllister,  deceased,  Henry  Ivison,  of 
New  York;  and  as  an  additional  member,  J.  B.  Roberts,  ruling  elder,  of 
California. — The  report  and  resolutions  were  adopted. 

An  amendment  offered  by  Dr.  Backus  was  referred  to  the  Committee,  to  con- 
sider whether  greater  flexibility  can  be  introduced  into  the  scheme,  so  as  to  meet 
a  more  extensive  requirement  of  the  churches. 

JOINT   COMMITTEE    REPORT. 

The  joint  Standing  Committee  on  Home  Missions  and  Sustentation  reported 
as  follows,  on  the  overture  of  the  Board  of  Home  Missions : 

Inasmuch  as  the  difficult  found  in  the  particular  relations  of  the  Board  of 
Home  Missions  and  the  Committee  on  Sustentation,  which  has  been  referred  to 
this  Committee  hinges  mainly  upon  this  point,  viz :  the  breaking  up  of  the  group- 
ing of  churches  under  one  minister,  therefore  this  Committee  recommend  the  fol- 
lowing resolutions : 

Resolved^  1.  That  each  Presbytery  be  enjoined  to  use  the  utmost  «are  in  all 
cases  where  grouping  of  ^urches  are  to  be  broken  up;  and  that  so  far  as 
practicable,  the  Presbyterial  Committees  on  Home  Missions  and  Sustentation 
consult  together  as  to  all  such  cases  before  action  of  the  Presbytery. 

2.  That  the  Stated  Clerks  of  Presbvtery  be  enjoined,  in  case  of  any  transfer 
from  either  Board,  to  notify  promptly  the  Board  from  under  whose  care  the  ehureh 
is  taken. — The  report  was  aaopted  unanimously. 


Receipts  iir  Mat. 


SnoDor  Albutt.— PAsf  </ CbhcmMn— OaUkill  oh  Soo'y,  Hansfleld  lit  oh  25.    P&y  of  Wat  Jgrtef— 

10.    Pby  qf  7Voy~Schagbtieoke  oh  10.  Second  eh  Bridgaton  20  06 

Stmod  or  Baltimoas^— /%jf  of  New  OutU—Zlon  Stvod  of  Njew  YotkK.—Pty  of  WettchetUr^Wet/t 

eh  10 ;  Rock  ch  6.  Farma  eh  20. 


Stkou  of  CiNCiimATi — f%  of  ChilHoothe—^onXh  Stxod  of  Piulaoilphia— P6y  of  . 

Balem  oh  3.    Pby  of  Cfneinnoii— SoTenth  eh  Gia*  Wilkosbarrtt  oh  121  08.  Pbjf  qf  Wettmiutttr    Sttaa^ 

donati  60.    Pby  of  Dayton — Seoond  Piqua  ch  15;  burgch  1 

GreeoTilie  oh  16  20 ;  Monroe  eh  12.  Stmod  op  Pittsbumh.— f^  of  Pitttlmrffhr—'We&t 

Stiiod  op  OiMvnLkjin>.^Pby  of  Ctevdand—Vlrtt  oh  Wanhiogton  oh  7.  P^  qf  itriUtone— JefDuvon  oh  1 ; 

Newbury  6 ;  Wilioughbj  oh  5.    Pby  qf  S^eubenvaU  Dunlap*fi  Creek  oh  19  75.    Pby  qf  Waahutgtm—^ 

— Bethlehem  oh  5.  oond  ch  Washington  1^. 

8T2I0D  OP  CoLDMBOS.— P6y  of  ZtttutviUe^hutk-  timoD  op  Tolbdu.— P^  </  BeUtfonta^^-Ontit- 

oaD'8  Falld  oh  4  20 ;  Salt  Greek  oh  12.  line  ih  8. 

8T!f0D  OP  Kkim.— Pby  of  AlUffheny-'i^BW  Brighton  St.'«od  op  Utica. — Pby  of  Ott^o^Coop^ntown  eh 

eh  26  01.    Pby  o/  Oarim -Perry  ville  oh  2.      Pby  64  93.    P^yofSt  Lawrence— Can  ton  oh  10  27.    Pbjf 

of  £rte— FalrTiew  oh  18 ;  Plea'antvUle  eb  12  60.  tjf  {Tftca— Deerfietd  oh  3 ;  Whiteeboro  eh  9  70. 

Stnod   of  UB:rByA.— i^  qf   Chyu^o— First  oh  Sricoo  op  WriTBaii  New  YoKK.j—Pby  qfOeneMae-^ 

Qeoepa  16  60.  Portagerille  c  h  30 ;  Elba  cb  2.    I^y  of  Genesee  Foi* 

8t«oi>  op  Uarembobo.— f^  of  OiWiile—Middle  fey—AQgelioa  oh  6.    Pby  qf  Jiodutter-^rorel^ud 

Spring  ch  16.    Pby  qf  UwrUingdon — Sinking  Valley  ch  7  60. 

oh  26.  St  Nod  op  Wisoox8T!r. — Pby  of  Hilteoufcet— 8om«n 

8T5oDOPlunr0D.0BiiTiUL. — Pby  of  Pearxa-~V\x^  oh  7;  Immanael  ch  73  00. 

oh  Peoria  6.    Pby  of  5pnwaA«W-Propldenoe  ch  60.  Oonmittee  on  Benepolenoe  and  Finance     658  27 

STiroD  OP   Illinois.   North. — Pby  qf  Chxcogo— 

Bnglewood  ch  10.    Pby  qf  Prtieportn-y\t%\.  ^\x  Win-  MisOBLLAKBOUfl— B  B  Bonneli,  Olendale,  Ohio  2; 

nebago  6  60.  Mrt  M  S,  Pbiladelphia  3  60;  Ch  of  Pleroeton,  lod 

Synod  op  Ikoian a.  South.— Balnbridge  oh  2.  33 ;  Ch  of  Braddnck^  Field,  Pa  26 ;  Ch  of  Farmer  City, 

Stnod  op  Iowa,  North— i%y  of  Cedar  RofiiU—  Ills  25 ;  Cb  of  Brookfleld,  Ohio  40:  Cb  of  Afton,  Iowa 

Second  oh  Cedar  Rapids  14;    Wynming  ch  2  60;  20  40;  Ch  of  Lebanon,  Ills  2  60:  Ch  of  Waloott. 

Cedar  Rapids  oh  86  06.    Pby  qf  »FcUerto&— Cedar  Iowa  32;  Ch  of  OroTe,  Md  \6;  Ch  of  Mldval^  Pa 

Falls  ch  6.  37  60;  Cb  of  Troy,  IIU  27  60;  Ch  of  Kentland,  Ind 

Stnod  op  Lono  Island.— P&y  qf  A'ossau— Fresh  86;  Ch  of  Grafton.  W  Va  81  25;  Ch  of  Hoghes  Rlrer 

PondobS.  and  Peonsboro.  W  Va  27;    Ch  of  Chatham.  Iowa 

Stnod  op  MicoiaAN.— P^  of  Grand  Bapida—  80 ;  Ch  of  East  Uambarg,  N  T  26 ;  Ch  of  LewinsYillr, 

Portland  ch  76  cents.              '  Va  25 ;  Ch  of  WillouKhby,  Ohio  35;  Ch  of  Bedford 

Stnod  op  Uinhuota.— i^  of  St  i^ul— Jordan  and  Nortbflald,  Obio  80;  Ch  of  Strasborg,  Pa  88  M>: 

6b  81  cents.  Ch  of  Shakopee,  Minn  5;  Ch  of  Le  Sueuri  Mlam 

Stnod  op  Mibsoubi  — PCy  qf  St  Louii-^Vorth  ch,  26  tO. 

St  Lonls  6.  

Stnod  op  Nbw  Jbrsit.— P6y  qf  0iea6e<A— Cen-  Total  Receipts,    S16S  66 

trel  Summit  ch  3  43.    Pby  qf  Jeney  Wy-Tensfly  ^  ^   lApnRira  ^t^i'Ha^  ^nA  TS^»«.»^ 

eh  76.     Pby  of  Jf^motKA— Borden  town  ch  8  80.  "•  ^-  JACOBUS,  a^GrfiATy  and  7Vsas«rer, 

Pby  of  JVewtoA— llarmony  oh  25  40 ;  Ladles'  Miss'y  318  Ridge  Street,  Allegheny,  Pa^ 

The  Tieaswry  is  in  urgent  need. — Please  collect,  and  remit  promptly. 


eneral  Asmmhh/'t  ChmmUim  qh  Mcne&<d&itce  and  Finance.         241 


TTEE  ON   BENEVOLENCE   AND  FINANCE. 


W.  S,  GiLJCAN,  Chaiemas,  Box  3306,  New  Yo»«. 


THE  CHURCHES  CONNECTED  WITH  THE   PRESBYTERIAN 
CHCRCH   IN   THE   UNITED   STATES, 

eral  As^mblj  in  Baltimore,  a.ft«r  a  full  die<:uSBioii  of  the  subjoct, 
le  aetion  of  this  Coinmitt««  and  aseeoted  to  iti^  requesta. 

HESOLDTION  OF  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY. 
»r*l  Assembly  parsed  a  resolution  offered  by  Henry  0.  De  Forest,  Esq,, 
'k«  reeo  mm  ending  *^  all  congregatLons  to  remit  eilber  to  this  Committee, 
ispecti^c  Board  a,  monthly*  or  at  least  quarterly,  for  the  benefit  of  the 
."  The  efficiency  of  this  kind  of  action  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  33 
I  tea  different  States  which  remitted  through  this  Committee  last  year, 
or  quarterly  for  the  benefit  of  the  whole  work,"  not  only  largely 
leir  offerinjE^a,  but  sent  on  as  much  money  from  June  to  October  as  they 
lovember  to  March.  It  appeared  evident  therefore,  to  many  in  the 
that  if  our  churches  generally  bad  pursued  the  same  course,  all  of  the 
lid  probably  have  ended  the  year  free  of  embarrassment. 

mow  S&iLL   TEIKSl    FRiaUSNT    ltEMITTAN€ES    BE    KADE? 

mi Wy  recommends  one  of  two  courses,  let,  Either  to  thU  Committee; 
he  reijpective  B<iardft.  It  becomes  the  duty  of  this  Committee  to  ezplun 
y  of  each  of  the  metho^is  sus^^^ested  by  the  Assembly. 

AN    ILLIIST RATION. 

larf^e  ntimher  of  kindred  c^wai  we  take  that  of  the  eburch  of  New 
'roijbytery  of  Baltimore*  In  the  Mtiy  number  of  the  Etmrd  this  church 
as  fallows  i 


ieiplsof  Home  Hftsiotts... 


/'Nf^ff  Windsor  ch,  14  7*.' 
_**  Nuw  Win-i-or  eh,    1  50. 

„"  New  Windsor  oh. 

„"  Nftw  Wtini*or  flh, 
„"Ni3w  Wmd*kor  oh, 


eoo.» 

82." 
2  00." 
1  00." 

90.". 
IM." 


do.        Edueauqif- 

do.        Forel^  Mraatonn..... 

do.  Ohnroh  Er«*ctloii  .,.,. 

da.  0iHibSed  Htrtisiar:^.. 

do^  Freed  meu  .*♦*,«.,  .**«*, 

do.  Bus  tfiutatf  1:1a  ..^Hn^.-—.. 

I  remittance  of  jlS  47  been  made  tbraugh  this  Committee,  instead  of 
ipectivc  Boards,"  the  exact  distribution,  as  above,  would   have  been 
n  t<j  the  duireh  at  N«w  AVmdnrir  by  the  receipt  of  our  Treasurer;  and 
publication  in  the  Record  of  the  words, 
Qd*{ir  ©h  - , „.,r„ ,„„.^, ...„„,♦, ..,„.., „.„  .....,.„.„ „„.....,......«  $18  47" 

a  informed  the  public— all  that  it  especially  needs  to  know — that  the 
ven  for  the  whole  work. 

Lerin^  the  question  of  economy,  it  must  be  remembered  also*  that  each 
ui veil  by  our  Boardjij  however  aratiU,  musit  be  entered  upon  a  treasurer's 
and  is  u&uttUy  posted  from  thence  into  a  Prciibyterjal  Ledger,  copied 
ts  from  that  ledger,  and  the  proof  revised.  Acknowledgtuents  in  such 
se,  therefor&i  sjme  addStional  correspondence,  and  the  saving  by  mea^f^^  .y 


I 


I 


242  Oeaeral  A$$emhiy8  CommUtee  wi  Benevolence  and  Fintm^e.       [Jt^ 

of  one  acknowledgment  for  the  wTiole  work  without  f  ubdiviilvng  into  partj^  I 
greater  in  the  matter  of  time,  clerk  hire,  postage,  station^arj,  &c.|  than  ts  pdtitiii| 

ANOTHKR   ILLUSTRATION. 

On  page  208  of  the  Eecord  for  June,  the  reader  will  notice  $3,305  46  paid  b 
this  committee  to  Foreign  Missions,  whilst  the  Board  acknowtedgea  nothing  fret 
this  Committee.  Their  proportion  of  our  receipts  for  Aprils  however,  will  be  foun 
printed  over  again,  credited  to  the  various  donors,  and  involving  about  160  m 
tries  of  fractions,  some  as  small  as  '^  Anamosa  church,  Iowa.  40  Dents,**  *'■  Marji 
ville  ohnrch,  Tenn.,  49  cents,"  &c.  Had  all  the  Board^^  pursued  tha  same  course,  ^ 
should  have  had  credits  printed  as  small  as  6  and  7  cents,  and  mare  than  a  tlit^i 
sand  taken  from  our  published  receipts  for  April  alone.  Of  course,  some  wqqI 
have  been  entirely  expended  in  the  publication.  Should  the  much  needed  sj»t«i 
of  monthly  or  quarterly  offerings  **for  the  benefit  of  the  whole  work*^  be  inst 
tuted,  it  is  hardly  to  be  expected  that  givers  would  tolerate,  or  any  of  omr  Board 
desire,  so  great  a  tax  on  the  benevolent  funds. 

In  order  to  economy,  and  clear  and  correct  statist! ea,  therefore,  the  ATgumei 
seems  to  favor  the  plan  of  passing  remittances  through  tUi^  Committee  for  reeoi 
on  their  way  to  the  several  Boards,  but  this  is  a  question  for  the  churebe& ;  tii 
responsibility  of  this  Committee  ends  in  plainly  and  fiiithfullj  fleitmg  i\fi  matti 
before  them.  Very  respectfully, 


W.   S.   GlLMAN, 

John  Thomson,  D.D., 
John  Taylor  Johnston, 
George  De  Forest  Lonu, 
Edward  A.  Lambert, 


Eiemdi^e  Cammiltm 
of  tht  Gttter&L 

on  Bettevolcncc  and 


SUPERVISION. 


SVPERINTEN DENGS  OF  THS  COLLECTION  OF  FUNDS  FOR  TB£  WHOLl  BEIfiTOLSNT   WOftl 

OF  THE  CHURCH. 

The  second  duty  of  the  Committee,  as  prescribed  by  the  General  Ai^euibly,  tf 
comprehensive  supervision  of  the  collection  of  funds  for  nJl  our  benevolent  worl 
Heretofore  supervision  has  been  partial,  exercised  by  eight  di^tin^^t  ageociea,  end 
seeking  the  largest  amount  of  money  for  itself.  Now^  however,  the  Act  of  th 
General  Assembly  has  provided  that  a  Committee  which  seeks  the  intercut  of  ai 
the  Boards  alike  may  receive  money  for  distribution  among  them,  and  if  hall  reeeit 
regular  monthly  statements  of  their  receipts,  in  order  ^Ubat  the  finanoial  conditi 
of  the  Boards,  as  well  as  the  actual  benevolence  of  ea^^h  oongregation,  may  be  i 
all  times  before  the  Committee." 

UNSATISFACTOBT  RESULTS  OF  ALL  SUPBRTtSION   HERBTOfORg   ATTEHFTCD.. 

Nothing  could  stimulate  the  liberality  of  the  Church  moro  than  the  diflu^lon  o 
accurate  information  concerning  financial  matters.  If  statijtica  could  be  preeer? ed 
from  which  it  could  at  all  times  appear  what  the  preacat  dt^tuiind^  of  the  Board 
were,  and  how  those  demands  were  being  met — ^whieh  BDarda  were  receiving 
more,  and  which  less  than  their  due  proportion  of  the  Church'^  g>f^i  and  howthi 
finances  of  each  were  coming  out  at  the  close  of  the  yeEir— .^  foiling  of  confidenoi 
would  be  inspired  which  would  greatly  encourage  those  who  glve^  and  would  leai 
a  new  zeal  to  their  efforts.  The  benevolent  would  no  longer  fear  the  coming  o 
those  sudden  appeals  for  help  which  have  so  often  been  the  first  iudicatious  o 
embarrassment  in  our  different  Boards,  and  which  hav^e  &o  of^oo  disheartcicd  thi 
most  faithful  contributors,  for  the  financial  condition  a^d  w^^N  ^^  ^^^^  wouk 


1873.]     General  Asse7nbfy*$  Commiitee  an  Benevolence  and  Finance.         243 

alwujs  be  known ;  and  who  could  measare  the  relief  that  such  a  result  would 
hnuff  with  it? 

Such  information  as  is  here  suggested  has  never  been  possessed  by  the  Church. 
The  system  of  annual  contributions  for  each  cause  renders  it  almost  impossible  for 
the  Boards  themselves  to  know,  except  by  conjecture,  what  their  own  financial 
condition  will  be  from  month  to  month.  And  if  any  private  individual  were  to 
attempt  to  obtain  an  accurate  view,  at  any  given  time,  either  of  the  general  pro- 
l^ress  of  the  Church's  benevolent  work,'  as  a  whole,  or  of  the  actual  gifts  of  any  one 
congregation  or  presbytery,  he  would  find  the  thing  almost  impracticable.  And 
so  long  as  these  statistics  are  to  be  procured  only  by  a  collation  of  the  several 
statements  which  the  Boards  publish  in  the  monthly  Record — always  from  one  to 
two  months  afler  date — accurate  and  available  knowledge  in  this  direction  must 
continue  to  be  practically  unattainable. 

13CP20VBD   RCSULTS   B7   VBA.VS   OP   REXITTANOBS   THROUOH   THIS  COXXITTIB. 

But  SO  far  as  churches  have  made  all  their  remittances  through  this  Committee, 
the  design  of  the  General  Assembly  in  this  respect  has  been  quite  perfectly  accom- 
plished. The  actual  contributions  of  such  congregations  have  been  ^*  at  all  times'' 
before  the  Assembly's  Committee,  and  without  the  labor  of  compilation  from 
different  sources,  and  the  general  relation  of  those  contributions  to  the  whole  work 
has  been  always  definitely  ascertained.  The  advantage  which  the  whole  Church 
might  derive  from  the  accuracy  of  this  record,  if  all  remitted  through  this  Com- 
miitee, would  be  very  great.  A  transcript  might  be  sent  down  quarterly  or  semi 
annually,  without  any  unusual  amount  of  labor  and  with  no  loss  of  time,  which 
would  show  to  the  Presbyteries  the  actual  gifts  of  each  of  their  churches  to  the 
Boards,  up  to  within  a  very  few  days  of  the  date  of  their  meetings.  A  copy  of 
such  a  transcript  may  be  found  in  the  Annual  Report  of  this  Committee,  which  has 
already  been  mailed  to  those  ministers  whose  names  are  on  the  Minutes  of  1872. 


THE  NEW  SCHEDULE. 
The  new  Schedule  recommended  by  the  Assembly  is  as  follows,  vis : 

For  Foreign  Mlsefons.. ........40     percent $600,000 

For  Home  Misfiions .....^..........23^      do Zb2,nO0 

For  Church  Erection............ 8         do «. «  120,U00 

For  Education «....- «  7         do.     ..«.. 105,000 

For  Sastenfation, 8>^      do. 82rMX) 

For  MiniMerial  Belief. 6         do.     « «  W),00O 

For  Freedmen........ 5         da     » ........»• 76,000 

For  Publication. 6         do. 76.000 

Total $1,600,000 

The  new  receipts  now  issued  by  S.  D.  Powel,  Treasurer,  have  a  table  of  propor- 
tions printed  upon  them.  

GREAT  ENCOURAGEMENT. 
There  has  never  been  a  time  when  the  advocates  of  the  plans  of  this  Committee 
have  had  so  much  to  encourage  them  as  they  have  to-day.  God  has  awakened 
attention  and  advanced  the  sentiment  of  the  Church.  The  volume  of  prayer  also 
increases,  which,  from  week  to  week,  accompanies  the  offerings  of  Uis  house. 
Rev.  John  A.  French  stated  truly,  in  the  late  Assembly,  that  systematic  weekly 
^ving  as  worship,  ^* produced  a  deeper  consecration  of  the  soul  to  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christy  This  he  illustrated  by  stating  that  an  old  woman  of  remarkable  piety 
had  said  to  him,  "  One  of  the  sweetest  things  of  my  life  is  when  I  bring  my  offer- 
ing, and  yon  consecrate  it  with  prayer." 


244         General  Auemhly*s  Committee  on  Benevolence  and  I^ance.      {Juljf 

God* 8  providence  too,  is  opening  tbe.world^s  yast  fields  with  bewildering  rapidity, 
and  it  seems  to  teach  the  Church,  by  her  embarrassments,  the  insufficiency  of 
impulsive  and  unsystematic  methods.  At  this  same  time,  by  His  providence,  a 
scriptural  method  of  offerings  has  been  set  before  Uis  people,  the  essence  of  which 
is  communion  with  Christ.        

Some  have  erroneously  supposed  that  in  recommending  offerings  *'  for  the  whole 
work,**  the  Committee  leaves  no  room  for  giving  prompted  by  emotion ;  but  as 
opposite  as  the  worship  of  Almighty  God,  combining  tbe  strongest  love  and  grati- 
tude to  Christ,  is  to  an  entire  want  of  feelings,  sensibilities,  and  emotions,  so 
is  the  Committee's  plan  opposed  to  this  oonception  of  it. 


Bbceipts  nr  Mat,  1878. 

41^  Synods  \n  m all  oaprals— Prenbyteries  Id  ^tcs— OhorchoB  In  Roinsii~8p  for  Special. 

49*  DiAtrUmhon  U  made  predsetv  as  donors  direct.     Where  no  direeUons  are  given^  the  divUioa  d 

alvoaye  made  by  the  Oeneral  Aeeembly^t  per  eentage, 
m^  The  contraotioD  ep  for  special,  detignatee  offerings  for  but  apart,  and  not  for  the  vhole  vork  ef 

the  Church, 

khBkyT.  — Albany  ^VeiHBnu,  sp  6  5".    Troy~~  New  York.— Hurlson— Mi ddletovn  2d.  sp  76  78; 

Gheittertown,  op  6  21 ;  Bay  Road,  Queensberry  Cochecton  12;   Hamptonburg  61;   Middletown 

SU;  Caldwell  24;  Troy  9th  43                         99  71  let  102  75;  Goodwill  74;  Port  Jervis  sa;  Wa^D- 

AtLiMnc— Bast  iJYortda-JaekBonvlIle,  ep  IS^!?'*^!!)®  ^$  f^V^^'l  Town  81;    Pajinadeii 

87  00  *7  4%    New  Forik— Fourth  Are  166  66;  Phillipn 

CtJtcutVASU^ChiUieothe-ChimcoihB  8d,  sp  *2;  Brick  3361  70.   North  fiiwr-Bondout  105  06 

Zn  00  41»  ^ 

CHTELA5D.— a«w«toii4-Rome  19  64;  Strongs-  ^  PACOTc.-Sin  iJvinawo-Oakland  lat  Ger,  i.p 

▼ille  25.    Mahoning-'Sti\em  44  60.  of  which  20,  »  *>!  Howard  dlSaa  Francisco,  sp6            14  40 

C  Cushman's  thank-offering                         89  14  .  ^\'i^**£'^^/^~^*^f^^4^.®y  Jl?.'.  ^f^J^^ 

Columbus —Cb/umbus-Groreport              23  00  ^0°  ^*  Media  60.    Phtladelphia,  Om^ai— Tiojjs 

ERiE.-iri<tanmny-8mlck»burK                  2  25  »' 8p                   _,,  ^      ^    ,    u                   l^J? 

GiWEVA—Cfccmuno— Hector  43  60,  of    which  PitrsBtJiOH.—ftWsfturi;*— Lebanon,  ap   36  71; 

Key  G  R  H  Shumway  lU;  Tyrone  I  90;  Sugar  S?»i>^'*»«^J^  f?^!^' „?^'<'~-**S*>''or*»",«  *f'J 

Hill20l.  Lvon«-Willi«in»on,spl7  07.  Steaben--  Mt  PleaHaut  17  79;  Mt  Pleasant  Reunion  19  64. 

HorneUavllle  21  62 ;  Corning  M                  13rt  00  ITwAtn^toi*-- Wheeling  4th  2  87.     West   Vtrgtma 

HABRi8BUR0.-QiWMi«-Millerstown,  Buffalo  -g>«o'''"«  12                                               851  «« 

and  Upper  50;  Dickinson,  sp52.    Huntingdon-'  ,  TENKE88EE.-ir»ikr«ter»--CloTer  Bill  6.    ijcw  Oj- 

Lewistown  150.    iyTortAumftertoiwi-Northumber-  J«an«-From  Re?  O  Reidy  W.    £7i»o»— Mt  Horeb, 

land  lst.8pl36:  WiUiam8port2dll2  05     600  06  »Pji            ^  „^    m  .       r.                   «,     on™ 

iLUKoiJt.   Central —-fitoominoton-UrUna   1st  ^  ToLH)a-B«^onteiiw--Bacyrus,  sp  31 ;  Belle- 

86  95,  of  which  .--ab  sch  3  01,  for  Foreign  Mis-  !?"*«'««  1«^  ^  ^    iTaaiiwk!— Maumee    Ist  sp 

Bions.    5primt/»«W-Macon  19                         64  95  "  «»              «.     v      .            o.     u       .        ,?-?i 

iLUNow,  NoBTU.-Cfcicru/0-Ppotone  25.    i^ee-  ,    ^J^^^,r  ^'"/'t*"'?^  ~  BInghamton   North 

port-RockfordlstlOl.    itodk  i2i»«r-Hamlet  14  !»£*•    Oiaago-Unadilla  sp  14  70                 34  83 

140  00  WasTERM  New  York. — Genesee  Valley — Port?ille 

Illwois,  South,— illftm-Vlrdan  82  86.    CMro  J5-   £*^S'*"r^'****2  *1*  ^*    V?*^*'P**.^*J.1''^^ 

-Nashville,  sp  6 ;  Carmi  18  20                     66  66  gO  »>•,   -«pcA«rfer- Rochester  Central   891  60: 

iMDiAiiA,  North.— cyaw/brd«piZA>-At(lca  8  60;  Wheatland  Ist,«p3.  12                         ^..^**  ? 

Willi«m«port6.  Logaiwport-Goodland  15.  Munr  ^ Wttooasiit .-Af^uHjuAw-Lima 6  Wj  OttawaJ; 

eie— Wabash  26       "      "^                                54^  DelaAeld  7  10.     Vfmiubaj^o— Fond  du  Lac  93  15; 

Indiana,  SouTH.-7«ifonapo«»-Aoton  9;  Col-  Beater  Dam,  Assembly,  «.p  10.    Wiscm^w^ ^imr 

ambus  15 ;  Indianapolis  2d  »8                      112  OO  —Mineral  Point,  sp  4                                    ir^  Ja 

JowA,f70UTH— Desilft/inef— Afton,  sp         17  45  _,  .  ,         ^.„.  _. 

Kamsas.— JJii^A^and-Washington   6;    Mary*.  Total,       $8135  8U 

Tille  sp  5                                   o           »       lo  w  wstributed  as  follows: 

KiNTOCKT-XoitisriWe-Louisville,  Walnut  St       ,     Foreign  Missions $J86l  M 

30  oQ  Home  Missions ....» .». •.    19is  64 

MiCHiaAH.-S*.<7<nflw-Bay  City  Ist,  sp     126  00  £^"'f«^  Erection 841  M 

MWKKSOTA.— Jtfa«*ato— Windom,   sp  25.     «  Education « .-     687  74 

/\»u/--Red  Wing  48  54;  8t  Paul  Central  38  60;  Susientation......... 5.M  27 

St  Paul  House  of  Hope  180  74  292  78  Ministerial  Relief. ......... 60}  » 

Missouri— /'ta«c— St  Joseph,  Westminster  FroeUmen „ 381  M 

96  05.    5«Lott»«— St  Louis  1st  ItJO  256  05  PubUcaUoa «.. — -     3Jl  60 

New  Jersey.— .ai«i<«^-EliBabelh  3d  81  60;  -^,„  ^ 

Wesifield  120;  Resells  1st  67  68.  of  which  Sab-  ^"*  *' 

sch  16.    Aeioorib— Newark  Cal?ary  40;  Newark  8.  D.  POWBL,  Treasurer 

Park  46  16                                                     347  10  23  Centre  Street^  Mew  York. 


41^  DISCREPANCIES.- We  have  occasionally  noticed  discrepancies  between  the  amounts  paid 
by  this  Committee  to  the  Boards  and  Committees  and  the  amounts  acknowledged  by  them,  as  in 
the  June  nnmber  of  the  Bwrrd,  The  Board  of  Charch  Erection,  which  receiTed  from  us  $1088  5« 
In  April  makes  no  acknowledgment  of  It,  and  the  Committee  on  Snstentation.  to  which  $832  81  wa» 
paid,  acknowledges  $823'  91.  The  checks  paid  out  by  this  Committee  are  signed  by  both  Chairrosn 
and  Trea«urer,  and  the  amounts  profe  themselves  and  balance  precisely,  leaving  nothing  in  hand 
at  the  end  of  the  month.  W.  S.  GILMAN.  Cftatrmon. 

a  D.  POWEL,  TVeosarsr. 


Ecclesiastical  Record. 


246 


ECCLESIASTICAL  RECORD. 


>T(&    AKD    mSTALLATJOHS. 

Vtitty  wiw  ordnined  and  in- 
f  till)  church  of  lluckntuin,  oq 
riL 

a«-k  WAS  iQBtalled  pastor  of  the 
eka,  Kansas,  on  the  L3Lh  of 

Eifidy  was  luatAlled  pastor  of 
Q  EvAagelienI  church  ot  Newr 
ri  the  m\  of  April, 
r  I^ewkfrk  was  iaatalled  pastor 
Diamond  Street  Fresbyteifian 
1st  of  June. 

1  A.  Gay  was  installed  pnstor 
idgo  Street  churchy  on  ttie  20th 


(;e    ADCRES8ES    CHANQ&B. 

>uld  from  Holmesville,  Ohio, 

Whitt^lsey    from    Saratoga 
icerpiort,  N,  Y. 
idict  from  Newark,  N.  J.,  to 

Y 

P  Jolin«toQ  from  Columbiana 

coutitv,  (>hiiji. 

[artin/D  B.,  from  WelLsville, 
town,  Pa. 

Kolb  from  McEwensville   to 
a. 
\n  from  Middlefield  Centre  to 

Dgan  from  ZtonsvUls  to  Green- 

Bters  from  Princeton,  N.  Y.,  to 

/.  Va 

^Wwv  from  Maraeilled  to  Forest, 

Oliio 
Eiobmsflti  from  Eossie  to  Heu- 

eld  from  Metropolis,  III.,  to  IS 

le,  Chicago.  IIL 

liTilliaois  irom  Sterling,  III,,  to 

0, 

s  from    Whfl&ling,  W,  Va.,  to 

AVasson   from    Mu  onto  wo   to 
.  P* 

ce  address  of  Rev.  Horns  Sut- 
i30  Broiidwny,  N   Y   City, 
ifoucig  Gr^iljam  ia  chart^c^l  from 
treet  to  735  Corinthian  Avchuo, 


Q  A.  Gay  from  Winnebago,  III., 
ashmgton  fitr&et,  Buffalo,  N  Y, 
Dillingham  from  St  Louis,  Mo , 


M.  Calklas  from  Brovnsburgh 
lodgman  from  Byron,  N.  Y.,  to 
Mathea  from  Leon,  Iowa,  to 
aaoe  from  Tontogatiy.  Ohio,  to 


Rev  A  D  Jack  from  EdwArdsville,  111., 
to  Eurt^ka,  Enti 

Rev  i?,  B.  King  from  Newton ^  Ind  ,  to 
Columbia,  Cal 

Rev.  J,  A.  WUliams*  address  is  Edinburgh, 
iDd 

Uev.  W.  S  Haw  keg  from  Stafford  Springs, 
Con  a.,  to  Fuir  Haven,  Mass. 

Uev.  S,  Uulchings  from  Newark,  N.  J.,  to 
Onmge,  N.  J. 

Kiiv  L  B  Waldo  from  Oswego,  K.  Y„  to 
Laii.Mingburgh.  N.  Y, 

Rev   11  L  Daviesfrom  Anna,  HI,  to  South 

PiVS-S,  111. 

Rev.  BtjniaroiD  Carrell  from  Lumber tvilU 
to  FrenchtMvvn,  N.  J. 

Rev  John  11.  Aughfly  from  Beaver,  ?•., 
to  Mil  Bftinen  Avenue,  St,  Louis,  Mo 

Rov  hsiimuel  Parry  from  Ciinloo  to  Pluck* 
amin   N.  J 

Rev  Jacob  tJchwarlz  fi  om  Union  to  Mine  La 
Motte,  Madison  county.  Mo. 

Ri»v  .Albert  B  King  from  Wvomiag.  P*,, 
to  CharloUe,  Monroe  counly,  N,  V. 

Rev,  N.  M  Urmston  from  Hillsboro  to 
Eu^soirs  station   Ohio. 

Rev.  Pill  lander  P^cad  from  Wadeabury, 
Mo  ,  to  Ellinwtind   KnasaiL 

Rev  R  M  Biukau  from  Bryan,  Ohio,  to 
Nofjo'eon,  Ohio. 

Rev  E  Allen  from  Stooe  Church,  N.  Y  .  to 
Byron,  N.  Y. 

Rev,  A,  A.  Dinamore  from  R^d  Haw,  Ohio, 
to  Milford.  Del. 

lU^v  L  Y.  Hays  from  Ottawa,  III.,  to  Mad- 
ison, Wis. 

R*jv.  Horntio  B.  McBnde  horn  Carlhagp, 
III    to  Fioche,  Nfvada. 

Rev.  G.  P,  Spinning  from  West  Branch  to 
Mctntezuinn,  Poweshielt  county,  Iowa 

R«v.  T  B  FLi^call  from  Cassopohu,  Mich., 
to  Rnnioo.  Mir  Ik 

Rev  MariLU  D  Kneeland  from  Auburn  to 
Waterloo.  X   Y. 

Rev.  W.  B  Minton  frcntii  CariinaviUe  to 
Edgowood,  III 

Rev.  William  A.  Rice  from  Aoburn,  N.  Y., 
to  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

Ri*v  Edward  W  Fisher  from  Fort  Lee,  H. 
J.,  to  U^iipnsburj^,  NY 

Rev  Alfred  II.  Holloway  from  Danville, 
N   J..  toMiddaghs,  Pa. 

Rev,  Willis  Clark  Gay  lord  from  Frunk- 
liuville  to  5i)  Jones  Street.  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Rev  C  H.  Park  from  Ridsehury  to  Cedar- 
vilie.N.   Y. 


Rev  J  ,  T  English  of  Liberty  Corner,  N.  J. 
on  the  17tb  of  Mnf. 

Rev  T  B  Mcf*rtll8  at  Washington  D  a» 
00  tho  22d  of  May. 

Rev.  EUia  W.  Lamb  at  Marion,  Iowa,  on 
the  27th  of  April,  in  the  28lh  year  of  hts  fts^e 

Rev.  JosepJj  Painter.  D.D  ,  at  Kittanuing, 
Pa  ,  on  the  lat  of  June. 


lAty  Rtcord  and  various  other  publtciitiou.^  are  seat  to  all  our  ministers  and 
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CONTENTS. 


Board  of  Home  Missions.— Self- Help— $-60  Supports  a  Missionflry—Cheering  Word 
recently  Appomted  Missionaries  in  the  Far  West— Home  Mission  Appointment**— Receipu 

Board  of  £duoation.— Hare  we  too  many  Ministers?— Receipts ^....^^.^....^...^ — 

Board  of  Foreign  Missions. — Recent  Intellisenee — Remarks  on  Partes  215-217  of  the 
— Minor  Mattern— A  Chinese  Colporteur's  Journal— ** The  Sabbath  Difficulty"  in  China— 

sirenessor  tbe  Foreign  Missionary  Work— Donations » .~^.^»..«^.....^ 

Board  of  Publication.- Among  the  Mountaineers— Books  for  the  Indians— Our  Monthly 

Hymn— Donauons »...m....^«. ...-^ 

Board  of  Ohuroh  Sreotion.— The  General  Assembly's  Apportionment— Donation-s.....^ 

Beliief  Fund  for  Disabled  Minsters.- An  Earnest  Friend's  Views— Receipts 

General  Assembly's  Committee  on  Freedmen —"  Blessed  is  He  that  Conf>ide] 

Poor"— A  Lady's  Views— From  the  Field— Receipts — -.~. 

Committee  on  Sustentation.— The  Committee's  Appeal  to  the  Chttrche.«— Donations... 

Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance.— Progress  of  the  Committee's  Worh 

Ctiurches,  Presbyteries,  Ac— Receipts.....^ 


^^  Offerings  of  God.^^—LvKE  xxi.  4. 

THE   GEMEBAI.  ASSBMBI^T'S   COMMITTEE   OV    BESrETOI£!V€B 

have  recommended  to  all  of  the  churches  systematic,  prayerful,  weekly  or  monthly  offer 
the  whole  work  of  the  Church  as  a  part  of  the  worship  of  God's  house;  and  the  General 
bly  of  1873  recommended  '*ali  congregations  to  remiieither  to  this  Committee  or  to  the  res 
Boards,  monthly,  or  at  least  quarterly,  for  the  benefit  of  the  whole  work." 

JPBOPOBTIONS  BECOMMEJiDED  BY  THE  ASSEMBLY, 


Eorelffn  Missiong,  40  per  cent.  $000^000, 
BotfiH  Missions,  »3\i  *'  **  852,500, 
Church  Erection,  8  **  **  120/>00 
Etlucation,  7      m       m       105,000. 


Sustentation,  514  V^^  t^nt.  $8 

Ministt  rial  Belief,  6       **       u        ^ 
Freedfnen,  S      "       **        7 

rubiie.it  ivH,  S      **       ^        7 


Tbtal,    $i,BOOAOO. 


FORM  OF  BEQUEST  TO  ANY  OF  THE  BOARDS. 

The  State  laws  differ  so  much  that  no  one  form  will  answer  in  all  the  States,  but  in  eT( 
it  is  essential  to  give  the  right  corporati  hamk. 

Bequests  for  Home  Missions  should  be  made  to  **  The  Board  of  Horns  Missions  of  th«  Fru 
Church  in  ths  United  States  of  Aineriea,"  which  is  now  the  corporate  title. 

Of  the  Board  of  Education  the  corporate  name  is  "  Ths  Board  of  Education  qf  the  Prsi 
Church  in  the  United  Stales  of  AmerieaJ" 

The  fioard  of  Foreign  Missions  is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  New  York,  under  the 
"  The  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  AmerieaJ" 

The  Board  of  Publication  is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Pennsylvania,  under  the 
••  The  Trustees  of  the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Publication.'" 

The  Board  of  Ohnrch  Erection  is  Incorporated  under  the  style  of  **  The  Trttvttei  of  th 
Erection  Fund  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  tfte  United  Siatea  of  A 
incorporated  March  31, 18.>5.  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  Yorlt 

Bequests  that  have  been  made  to  the  "  Trustees  of  the  General  Assembitf,'^  or  to  the  "  TV 
the  Presbyterian  House"  for  Church  purposes,  will  be  valid. 

All  Bequests  made  to  the  incorporated  Boards  or  Committees  of  the  two  late  Aaeem 
valid,  and  will  be  received  by  the  Boards  which  are  their  legal  successor^. 

The  Relief  Fond  for  Disabled  Ministera,  and  tlie  Widows  and  Orphans  of  X)oc*a««d  A 
requires  the  following  form : 

"I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  executors  hereinafter  named,  -^—  dollar?  in  tmii*t.  nere 

that  they  shall,  within months  after  my  decease,  pay  the  same  to  the  TrastecM  of  tht 

Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America^  for  tbe  use  of  the  tfn^&d 
abled  Ministers  and  their  Families." 

When  real  estate  or  other  property  is  given,  let  it  be  particularly  designated, 

-    o^e 


THE 


5SBYTERIAN  MONTHLY 

KECORD. 


PHILADELPHIA,  SEPTEMBER  1873. 


No.  9. 

■■    ■  <f  ■ 


BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 

SELF-HELP. 

said  tliat  God  helps  them  that  help  themselves.    The  dootrine 
I  one.     Bat  the  statement  was  probably  framed  as  the  resalt 

and  reverent  study  of  God's  dealings  with  men.  The  Home 
3oard  aims  to  make  this  the  fundamental  principle  of  all  its 
It  seeks  to  help  those  who  are  willing  to  help  themselves. 
)t  send  our  missionaries  to  the  heathen,  to  people  wholly  igier- 
;ospel;  but  for  the  most  part  to  nominally  Christian  people, 
ley  are  very  indifferent  or  very  wicked;  and  would  not  of  them- 
for  a  missionary,  or  take  any  active  measures  to  secure  his  pi>e- 
jfb;  but  they  know  what  his  work  is,  and  usually  have  respeot 
lis  calling  and  the  claims  of  religion  to  cordially  acquiesce  in  his 
sDce^  in  tbe  initial  or  most  primitive  form  of  our  work,  when  we 
dee?  mi^ionary^  or  District  or  Sy nodical  missionary  or  Superin- 

Dew  Bettlcment  to  make  exploration  and  preach  the  gospel,  he  is 
^  call  on  tbe  people  assembled  for  worship  to  signify  if  any  of 
Lious  to  have  a  missionary  sent  to  them.  After  a  few  months, 
sfore  a  church  has  been  organized,  we  are  accustomed  to  give 
1  opportunity  to  aid  in  the  support  of  the  missionary,  while  the 
omenta  their  endeavors,  making  up  a  portion  of  the  salary  till  .the 
i  reaches  sulF-support. 

t  tbig  gruwt.h  :  the  history  of  our  work  shows  it  to  be  the  law  o^ 
ie,  i'^ear  by  year  we  expect  the  congregation  to  grow  in  numbers 
ill  -At  last  our  help  will  be  no  longer  needed. 

t  mj  that  a  uhurch  should  not  be  formed,  or  should  be  disbanded,         ^        ^  I 
rmed,  though  it  should  be  evident  that  it  might  need  missioinry'^^^^y^^^S^^ 


282  '  Board  of  Boms  Mmiom.  l^ieml 

aid  for  lialf  a  ceDtarj.  Some  healthy  ckurehes  that  do  gocwi  aeirioe  for  t^ 
Master,  where  soula  ar^  conva^d^  where  joung  men  are  raised  up  for  t 
miDi^trj,  are  alwaja  weak  ;  the  oRtflow  bj  emigTation  being  equal  to  the  mfi 
by  growth  and  conTersion,  Nay^  sometiiries  greater,  and  churches  that  wi 
onee  quite  strong,  and  certainly  very  useful,  hy  change  of  busioeae  in  1 
neigbborheod  or  similar  causes^  may  die  out.  But  the^e  are  exceptions ;  tl 
are  not  the  rule.  The  great  proportion  of  all  mtaiionary  churches^  nnl 
they  encounter  some  iuch  to  io  for  tune  in  their  history^  ^rowa  up  to  self-suppc 
Bat  their  growth  h  more  the  roauU  of  their  own  exertions  than  of  our  assi 
anee.  And  within  appropriate  lioiita  the  more  they  are  thrown  on  their  ff 
reso^roea,  and  the  more  they  do  for  themselves,  the  better  it  !»  few  Af 
If  they  will  not  help  tliemselyes,  they  are  not  fit  to  be  helped,  and  would 
helped  in  vain.  It  is  no  hardjibip  to  a  feeble  churoh  to  conatrais 
to  do  ita  he&t.  A  child  neirer  would  learn  to  wallc  if  perpetually  earrii 
in  armS;  or  kept  in  the  cradle.  It  is  poisible  to  do  too  mueb  for  the  ebi 
for  ita  own  good.  So  we  may  do  too  much  for  a  cbureh.  We  m*y  car 
it  when  it  oiij:ht  to  walk,  or  assist  it  when  it  ought  to  take  care  of  its* 
We  may  indulge  it^  indolence,  its  penuriousneaaj  or  its  timiditj.  Hencei 
every  step  we  must  expect  growth,  and  get  it  only  by  the  efforts  of  the  chor 
itself. 

Churches  frequently  write  to  na  to  know  how  much  we  wtll  (^ue  »  in 
plenary  to  labor  with  them.  We  are  slow  to  answer  such  eburehes,  ^ 
aee  that  they  arc  reveriiog  the  divine  order  which  we  are  trying  to  follu 
Thej  arc  trying  to  see  hou^  jnuch  they  can  obtain  from  the  Board,  and  k 
Uttk  the  J  may  he  allowed  to  do  for  themselves.  Bnt  when  we  get  t 
evidence  that  a  feeble  church  has  done  all  it  is  able  to  do,  and  asks  as  liti 
from  ua  as  will  suffice,  we  aid  it  promptly,  although  the  sum  asked  for  m 
he  very  large,  because  we  see  the  principle  of  self-help  at  work,  whiob  it 
guarantee  of  early  success. 

We  wish  to  call  tbe  attention  of  all  Preshyteries  and  Presbyterlal  Coi 
mittees  to  this  subject*  Encourage  self-reliance  on  the  part  of  the  feet 
churches.  Rebuke  tbe  indolent^  cheer  tbe  faithless,  stir  up  tbe  weak  si 
timid,  and  push  them  out,  "  as  an  eagle  stirreth  up  her  nest"  and  pushes  a 
her  young,  and  constrains  them  to  try  their  own  pinions  and  learn  &elf-su 
port.  Give  them  no  rest  till  they  do  their  duty,  and  take  the  labor  and  il 
responsibility  into  their  own  bands. 

It  ii  said  that  muny  feeble  churches  have  greatly  increased  their  m 
eontributions,  in  order  to  avail  themselves  of  aid  from  the  Sustentation  Coi 
mil  tee.  Oet  a  like  leverage  on  other  church  es,  give  them  no  peace  till  th( 
do  what  they  ought  for  the  support  of  tbe  missionary.  Severe  measures  t. 
often  hetilfcbfiil  and  necessary  Decline  to  recommend  them  for  aid,  if  nffl 
be.  till  they  will  put  forth  all  adequate  efforts  for  themaelvea. 

In  this  connection  let  us  again  call  attention  to  the  rales  of  the  Board.    ^ 
grant  no  commissions  that  extend  beyond  a  period  of  twelve  months.    If  it 
desirable  that  the  commission  should  be  renewed,  we  insist  that  the  people 
the  church  and  congregation  ahalt  ask  foDiil^zed  if  ^A*  t]$ii8ii>ti$ry  haa  khop 


Board  of  Some  Jfiiinbns. 


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a  pe^opte  and  ihej  are  indifferent  to  his  services,  or  too  lifeless 

ew  commisaion,  it  \&  probably  better  that  he  should  not  continne 

U  is  nob  enough  that  the  Presbytery  shall  ask  for  his  oon» 

is  better  for  the  people  that  they  should  act,  and  that  they 
m  tbemselreB  the  responsibility  of  their  acts.  Every  such  act 
Ir  itrength  and  doea  tbem  good.  Then  let  the  officers  of  the 
ongregation  put  their  names  to  the  application  certifying  to  the 
people. 

pilain  of  these  rules  aa  too  numerous  or  too  particular.  But  they 
atiSed  hy  numeroua  good  arguments,  chiefly  that  they  help  the 
I  themselTes.     The  more  resiponsibility  they  take  on  themselves, 

undertake  to  do  for  tkemselvea^  and  the  more  thought  they  bestow 
;ba  more  rapid  will  be  their  self-reliance  and  growth,  and  the 
rill  rea^h  the  point  of  self-support. 

is  frequently  made  of  the  old  aid-receiving  churches  in  the 
-charges  against  them  may  be  too  sweeping  and  too  severe.  Some 
rchas  are  eomparati^ely  ^^  rich  and  increased  in  goods,''  but 
iwn  rieh  towards  Qod.  Some  of  their  members  give  for  the 
e  gospel  now,  only  as  much  as  they  did  twenty  years  ago,  when 
ves  were  poor  and  their  expenses  heavier  than  they  are  at 
t  there  are  other  feeble  churches  in  the  older  States  that  have  long 
aary  aid,  that  are  as  worthy  and  as  needy  as  any  at  the  West. 

and  eareful  diaerim illation  be  made.  While  we  should  be  as 
ider  03  our  Lord,  who  would  *'  not  break  the  bruised  reed  nor 
mokin^  flax/'  there  are  occasions  when,  like  him,  we  should  be  as 
stern  as  he.  It  may^  at  times,  be  as  imperative  a  duty,  and  a. 
one,  to  decline  an  application  as  to  endorse  it 


$250  SUPPORTS  A  MISSIONARY. 

n  to  many  of  the  friends  of  Home  Missions  that  the  average* 
to  each  missionary  haa  been  but  about  $250  for  the  year,  though 
'  work  so  much  enlarged  at  the  extreme  West  it  is  nearer  $300 
ly  individuals  J  families  and  Sabbath-schools,  have  found  great 
a  asauming  the  support  of  a  missionary  by  the  payment  of  $250 
into  correspondence  with  the  missionary  designated  to  receive 
ttions;  and  the  bond  of  sympathy  thus  created  between  the  giver 
hm  been  of  great  value  to  both.  One  of  them  writes  of  this^ 
pathy  and  eorrespondence  as  follows  : 

inything  like  a  fear  in  the  minds  of  any,  that  the  work  of  Missions 
thing  by  the  substitution  of  individual  missionaries  and  Jidda  in- 
the  indiserimbatc  idea  of  '  Home  Missions' — ^as  embodied  in> 
ored  policy  of  the  past  ? 

I  that  hundreds  of  churches  would  willingly  say  this,  *  Put  me  ib 
on  with  the  missionary  and  his  work ;'  and  I  feel  ceriam  that  manjf 

would  leap  for  joy — fee!  a  new  thrill  of  life  and  energy ^if  pat 

mnection  with  a  home  ehurch.    If  there  is  any  joy,  interest 


Jzed  by 


Go 


2M 


Board  of  Home  MimoTu. 


i 


peTBOnal  attra<?tioii  in  tlio  wo?k^ — can  it  be  In  any  way  wrong  to  let  ^ 
eliurclies  bave  it — fresh — new  and  oft  Tecnrriug  ?  If  tbere  is  eirengib, 
eDcouFQgetnantj  power^  ai  well  as  money  in  the  churehea-^x^Z/  tre  be  do- 
priced  of  tt?  I  do  sinoerelj  think  that  unkj^a  tbe  great  churches,  and  ib^ 
little  churches  as  weU,  can  be  made  to  feel  that  all  thetr  grand  wtore  of  ihord 
poicer^ — in  the  great  €|UestioDa  of  the  day,  in  prayer  and  m  influenee — cii 
be  btought  to  bear  directly ^  throngb  personal  njbsionariei^  upon  the  oai- 
lying  work  of  the  Church — and  la  wanted^  and  is  counted  just  as  valuable, 
and  is  prized  just  as  higbly  by  thoae  who  are  upon  the  frontier  at  work,^ 
those  churches  will  contiuuc  to  have  a  low  and  a  poor  idea  of  the  work,  N« 
feeble  cry  frora  the  missionaries  t-o  the  ehurchea^  through  the  Boards — such 
as  this,  *  We  need  your  prayers  as  well  qs  your  contributions' — is  adeqnate  to 
express  the  thought  as  it  lies  in  mj  mind)  nor  as  it  presses  itself  U]>oti  tnj 
heart  J  when  I  look  over  all  the  work.  Money  alone  cannot  support  us, — 
where  upon  one  side  is  the  mLsBionnry,  and  upon  the  other  is  so  much  bird 
cash,  nothing  more  except  what  niay  come  through  a  hurried  word  of  cbe6f 
from  the  ficeretaries — why  I  J^ay  it  in  not  half  the  truth  about  this  work. 
There  ie  a  wealth  of  moral  influence,  stability,  power  with  God  and  ameag 
men  in  the  churchoi^  and  for  on^,  1  had  rather  be  shut  out  from  the  cheek* 
book  than  from  this. 

**  I  need  not  say  how  near  perfect  pleasure  I  had  when  reading  your  short 

pencil  note  last  written,  in  which  you  mentioned  the  offer  of  the  S 

Church — I  immediately  sent  it  to  my  father,  as  one  of  the  bright  sppta  ia 
my  mission  work, 

Mrs.  B.  still  regularly  sends  her  check.  She  has  ipokeu  to  me  con- 
fidentially and  freely  upon  various  matters,  and  I  embrace  each  quarterly 
opportunity  eagerly,  to  keep  her  ftiUy  posted  about  this  mission.     Xhrongk 

some  means,  to  me  unknown,  a  Mr.  J,  M,  8 of  Ko.  —  W.  Twenty-third 

Btreet,  N,  Y.,  acquired  an  ioterest  in  me,  wrote  to  mo,  placed  my  name  upoa 
the  list  of  Buhscribera  to  our  *  Review,'  and  asked  details  of  my  work 
These  were  freely  and  fully  given.  Yesterday  I  received  a  note  from  tbe 
Commissioner  of  the  Bureau  of  Education  in  the  Department  of  the  Intennr 
«t  Washington,  expressing  interest  in  me  and  my  work,  aroused  by  the  pub- 
lication, in  the  Record  and  Occiderttj  of  my  report,  promisiog  me  some 
books,  and  desiring  further  information.     Also,  a  short  time  ago  e  letter 

from  Bev*  0.  M.  J- of  New  H-^ ,  N,  Y.,  encouraging  and  sympathii- 

iog  with  me.     All  these  letters  receive  au  early  answefp" 
The    IFcimeJi't  MovemmiL 

Here  is  another  case  which  we  commend  to  those  women  in  our  chnrcbe« 
who  think  there  is  nothing  for  them  to  do  in  the  work  of  Home  Missiona  bat 
£o  prepare  hojtes  of  clothing  for  the  families  of  missionaries. 

Vie  are  happy  to  state  that  the.^e  ladfes  are  delighted  that  they  have  been 
put  in  correspoudence  with  a  faithful  and  deserviog  missionary  in  California, 
who  has  gone  out  there  to  save  the  li^e  and  improve  the  health  of  his  devoted 
wife.  On  whom  could  their  though  tSj  and  prayers,  and  contributions  centre 
more  worthily? 

^^Pear  8tr — Some  time  ainee  we  organ  iied  ^|^{^|^^^^|K^^:^^^ODd  Bpm- 


Moard  of  Borne  J!iu$wn9. 


[isdionaTy  CommiUee^  and  liaviDg  supplied  &  good  manj  of  tha 
WD.  towTiT  we  looked  around  for  another  field  to  labor  in.  About 
IT  appeal  to  tho  cburcli  to  eon  tribute  two  hundred  and  fifty  dol- 
i  the  support  of  a  iniB*»onarj  in  the  home  field  cama  before  ua, 
aolyed  to  raise  the  amount ;  and  now  that  this  has  been  done 
of  the  congregation,  thej  desired  me  to  write  jou^  and  ask  for 
IS  to  the  »efectiou  of  a  man  and  family,  one  whom  we  can  eor- 
,  and  who  is  fuily  deserving  of  support.  We  are  ready  at  any 
Lbe  full  support  of  the  mbsionarj^  and  could  forward  money  at 
^e  all  feel  moeh  inle rested  in  thie  work,  espeeially  the  womeu^ 
leirerance  the  eucceia  of  tliia  movement  must  be  attributed^" 

yther  t&  th^  tante  purpose  from  Mn.  Judge  E.  P.  S.  Jonm. 

Baltikori,  July  8,  1S73,  No.  92  Cathedral  Street 
ne  pleasure  to  inclose  by  cheeky  one  hundred  and  fifty  doUari, 
salary  from  the  Female  domestic  Missionary  Society  of  the 
»rial  ehcireh,  Baltimore,  to  aid  in  the  support  of  our  missionary 
for  the  year  oommencing  June  Ist,  1873*  With  deep  sympathy 
Mid  an  earnest  destr«  for  increasing  liberality  io  the  churches,  oi 
Q,  with  great  respect  and  regard/' 


VrOEDS  FROM  RECENTLY  APPOINTED  MISSIONARIES  III 
THE  FAR  WEST.     " 

"WASOINOTON   TERRITORY. 
len.  Jokm  Rea^  Missmnart/  at  Port  TfimnMend  and  Vicinity. 
dly  believe  it  poaslble  that  a^^ar  has  passed  away,  and  yet  here  1 
ly  fifth  report !     The  year  that  has  gone  has  been  the  riciw»t  in 
of  all  the  years  of  my  miniatry.     No  work  can  compare  with  the 
saionary.     No  rewards  are  like  his,  thoucjh,  at  the  same  time,  it 
the  diseouragemenU,  isolation,  and  opposition,  aZt  are  something 
ipreetat'O  who  has  not  tried  the  work.     I  can  now  say,  I  think, 
1^  agrees  with  me,  and  I  with  it.     I  think,  too,  that  the  verdict 
unity  g^DGr%]\^  is  in  my  favor.     I  am  well  and  happy^ 
ig  meeting  of  Presbytery  was  held  at  Lapwai,  IdahoT  and  Port^ 
At  Foreland  we  had  a  very  peasant  time,  and  I  reached  Port 
'oly  again ^  afler  an  absence  of  over  thriee  weeke,  and  a  journey 
*en  hundred  miles.     The  site  of  our  FreBbyt^ry  is  something 
isbington,  Oregon^  Idaho — as  large  as  alt  the  Middle  States  pat 


i  proper  here  io  state  that  the  salary  6xed  by  the  Board,  in  my 
leqnate  to  my  6U|>port, 

10 the r  man  to  enter  and  occupy  the  mainland  from  the  Bno- 
r  to  the  N^orthern  boundary.  The  country  is  already  getting 
us  I  Openings  are  far  more  numerous  than  we  can  ha?e  the 
unless  here  and  there  we  occasionally  fill  some  of  tkem. 


/G( 


Digitized  by  VjiC  H)^_ 


286  Bwxrd  of  Same  Mmum$.  [September 

^'  I  sboold  be  most  bappj  to  see  yon  on  this  eoast,  to  have  joa  sleep  under 
my  bumble  roof,  eat  at  my  table,  and  preach  in  my  (prospectiTe)  cbapel,  the 
most  nortbernly  and  westernly  on  the  United  States  soiL'^ 

From  Xev,  T.  Crawl,  Seattle. 

'*  On  my  return  last  week,  from  a  meeting  of  Presbytery  among  the  Nes 
Perces  Indians,  I  found  awaiting  my  ooming  a  chedc  for  my  salary  for  the 
last  quarter  of  my  first  year,  in  this  field— ending  April  23d.  I  must 
commend  the  promptness  with  which  you  haye  forwarded  the  chedu  during 
the  year. 

'^  My  relations  with  your  Board  haTe  been  rery  satisfiictory  and  pleasani 
to  me.  I  presume  that  a  word  of  grateful  acknowledgment  will  not  be 
unwolcoB^e  ^  to  you,  as  you  probably  are  grieved  often  by  complaints,  when 
you  are  doing  the  Tery  best  you  can. 

*'  I  have  not  forwarded  the  application  for  an  aj^Kyintment  for  the  ensuing 
year,  but  will  do  so  after  the  meeting  ^f  Presbytery  at  Olympia',  on  the  2Gth 
inst.  Presbytery  thought  helBt  to  hare  the  application  made  for  Seattle  and 
Steilacoom,  as  the  church  at  the  latter  place  wishes  me  to  give  them  half 
my  time. 

"  My  object  in  writing  to  you  at  the  present  time,  is  to  beg  for  more  men.  I 
presume  other  brethren  on  the  Sound  have  called  your  attention  to  several 
points  which  need  to  be  looked  after. 

'<  Permit  me  to  express,  my  great  gratification  that  our  Home  Board  has 
signified  its  wish  to  have  some  understanding  with  the  Missionary  Board  of 
the  Congregational  Church,  whereby  may  be  avoided  henceforth  the  estab- 
lishing of  both  Presbyterian  and  Congregational  churc^ies  in  the  same  towns 
in  the  West  The  present  state  of  affiurs  in  this  respect  is  a  burning  shame, 
and  treason  to  our  Great  Captain.  It  makes  my  heart  sick  to  contemplate 
the  petty  rivalries  and  the  waste  of  resources  consequent  upon  the  stri^gling 
of  a  half  dosen  Protestant  churches  for  existence  side  by  side  in  the  same 
town,  when  one  or  two  churches  would  be  altogether  sufficient/' 


ORXaON. 

From  Rew,  M,  G.  Mann,  Eugene  City. 

^'  Allow  me  to  inform  you  of  my  safe  arrival  after  a  long  journey.  I  reached 
this  place  last  Thursday  the  12th  inst.,  and  was  very  warmly  welcomed  by  the 
people.  Last  Sabbath  I  preached  for  the  first  time,  morning  and  evening,  to 
a  large  congregation.  I  am  the  only  resident  pastor  here,  and  there  is  a  good 
deal  of  work  on  my  hand,  with  many  hopes  and  prospects  of  success.  This 
is  a  very  important  field,  and  thb  church  can  be  made  strong  in  the  '^  City." 
The  nearest  Presbyterian  church  is  forty  to  sixty  miles  away.  This  church 
will  require  all  my  attention  just  now,  but  when  in  good  running  order,  I 
shall  reach  out  into  other  smaller  stations,  and  if  possible  pay  a  visit  to 
Empire  City.  Would  that  I  could  tell  my  brethren  in  the  East  what  % 
glorious  work  this  is  out  here.    I  am  glad  I  am  here,  and  thankful  to  you  for 


1873] 


Board  of  Home  Miuiom. 


287 


your  interest  in  the  people  and  eommissioning  me.  I  bave  thus  far  visited 
nearly  every  member  of  the  congregation  in  town,  and  a  number  in  the 
country.  With  the  spirit  and  blessing  of  the  Master  we  can  do  a  great  work 
here." 


HOME  MISSION  APPOINTMENTS 
Madi  II  July,  1873. 


Ber.  Frederick  GraTe^  Weet  Drefden  oh.,  N.  T. 
ReT.  S.  Maodevilie,  MaiioQville  oh.,  N.  Y. 
BeT.  JL.  Willutme,  Lyooa  Fails  oh.,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  Thoe.  8.  Bradber,  Gleii  Cove  eh.,  N.  Y. 
Rer.  W.  M.  RobinsoD,  Heaveltoa  eh.,  N.  Y. 
BeT.  Rafufl  Tavlor,  D.D ,  BordeDtown  ch.,  N.  J. 
BeT.  Lewis  C  Lookwood.  Oceanie  ch^  N.  J. 
Bar.  Wm.  A.  Lynoh,   Eliaabetb,  Biloam  eh., 

N.J. 
BeT.  Chftfc.  LeamftD,  Soott  oh..  Pa. 
BaT.  Utram  Baker,  flarrUburg,  2d  oh..  Pa. 
KeT.  J.  U.  Flemiojt,  Wel»h  Run  eh..  Pa. 
B«T.  John  P.  Uudaon,  Pena's  Dale  and  Linden 

oh.  Pa. 
BeT.   Wm.   HoUon,  Philadelphia,  Greenwloh 

Street  oh..  Pa. 
B«T.  Oea  Looker,  Philadelphia,  let  German  oh^ 

Fa. 
B«T.  C  W.  Seaman,  Jeflbreon  Centre,  German 

oh.,  Pa. 
BoT.  John  B.  Graham,  Three  Springa  oh..  Pa. 
Ber.  Henry  Mathewa,  Ml  Paran  and  Quarriea 

oh^  Md. 
Rev.  B.  k.  Blackford,  Preabyterial  Mlsaionary, 

Ber.  J.  B.  MoDonnall,  Plnm  Creek  oh.,  Ky. 

Rev.  A.  C.  Dlokerbon,  i>.D.,  Preabyterial  Mie- 
■iooary,  Ky. 

Rev.  R.  Vaienune,  HopewelL  Clear  Creek,  and 
Belhel  oha^  Ky. 

Rot.  Wm.  Weet,  Sandy  Spring,  Rome,  and  Min- 
eral Springs  chs.,  Ohio. 

Rot.  Benry  Farwell,  Independence  oh.,  Ohio. 

Ber.  John  A.  Meeka,  Blaoohard,  Enon  Valley, 
And  Weet  Uoion  oha.,  Ohio. 

Rot.  Ueory  Beeman,  New  Lexington,  Unity,  and 
Oak  field  chs.,  Ohio. 

Rev.  J.  F.  fianulton,  Bossrille  and  Uniontown 
oh.,  Ohio. 

ReT.  L.  Riobter,  Tnrtle  Creek  ch^  Ohio. 

R«T.  T.  P.  Johnttton,  Ottawa  ch.,  Ohio. 

Bev.  H.  Canninsham  Ksrr,  Mk  Sterling  and  Mid- 
way Cross  Roads  chs.,  Ohio. 

BeT.  J.  G.  Carson,  N.  U 

Ber.  J.  Emory  Fuiher,  Auburn  oh.,  lod. 

B«Y.  Walton  Patunson,  Columbus  City,  Coesse, 
Larwill,  and  Troy  chs.,  lod. 

Bev.  Philip  Bevan,  Bridgeiiort,  St.  John*s,  and 
Mill  iWn  chs.,  ind. 

BoT.  B.  B.  derron,  Georgetown  ch.,  IIL 

Ber.  F.  B.  Bargrearesv "Union **  ch.,  lU. 

Ber.  J.  U.  Parad.a,  Kankakee,  Frenob  oh.  lU. 

Ber.  J.  a  McClung,  White  Kook  ch.,'lll. 

Ber.  Wm.  JohoHton.  East  St.  Louis  ch..  111. 

Ker.  8  J.  Brownson,  Oakland  School  Botise  oh., 
ill. 

Ber.  1>.  &  Anderson.  Caledonia,  VilU  Ridge,  and 
America  chs ,  ill. 

Rer.  F.  O.  Strange,  New  Proridence  oh.,  IlL 

Rer.  Augusts  Busch,  Bock  island  Geruiao  oh., 
IIL 


Rer.  Wm.  EUers,  Watson,  Altaraont,  and  Shobo- 
nier  chs.  111. 

B^v,  L.  W.  Duulap,  Camp  Point  ob..  III. 

Rer.  C.  A.  Muon,  Big  Rapids  oh.,  Mich. 

Rer.  S.  OsiDsa,  Uoadilla,  Plainfield,  and  Stock- 
bridge  chs.,  Mich. 

Rer.  A.  S.  Badger,  Erart  ch.,  Mich. 

Rer.  E.  G.  Von  Thoren,  Zeeland  German  oh., 
Mich. 

Rer.  E  F.  Tanner,  California  and  Algansee  oh., 
Mich. 

Rer.  W.  F.  Hendren,  Neilsrille  oh.  and  ricinity, 

Rer.  J.  M.  Pryse,  Presoott  oh..  Wis. 

Rer.  J.  G.  Wells,  Uixtoo  oh.,  Wis. 

Rer.  F.  Z.  Bofxiiter,  Oshkosh  oh.,  Wia. 

Rer.  M.  N.  Cornelias,  WOrthington  oh.,  Minn. 

Rev.  Jos.  Bees,  Saratoga,  Welsh  oh.,  Minn. 

li^yf,  Presoott  Fay,  L,lichfleld  oh.,  Minn. 

li^y,  A  M.  Darley,  Cherokee  and  Storm  Lake 

oh.,  Iowa. 
Rer.  John  Andrews,  Stetler'sGroreand  Whitney- 

rille  chs.,  iowa. 
Rer.  i>.  Lu  Hughes,  Yankee  Grore  and  Union 

ohs.,  Iowa. 
Rer.  Geo.  J.  Sohnltz,  Meridian  eh.»  Neb. 
Ber.  John  i^  Linskea,  Falls  City  oh.,  Neb. 
Rer.  F.  M.  Hickok,  Peru  ch.,  Neb. 
Rer.  Geo.  A.  Hutchison,  Neb. 
Rer.  J.  B.  Lono,  Madison,  Uumphrey  and  ?ah:- 

riew  chs.,  ^eb. 
Rer.  M.  M.  Liswson,  Willlamstown  and  Canton 

chs..  Mo. 
Rer.  N.  U.  Smith,  Hope  and  Filmore  chs..  Mo. 
ViAy,  Joseph  D.  Cowan,  Otterriile  and  Aullrille 

oh..  Mo. 
Rer.  W.  M.  Newton,  Appleton  and  Westaeld  oil.. 

Mo. 
Rer.  Geo.  W.  McMillan,  OsoeoUoh.,  Mo. 
Rer.  Frank  Pollock,  High  Point  oh^  Mo. 
Rer.  W.  P.  TeitHWorth.  Clark  City,  Kakoka  and 

Alexandria  ohsn  Mo. 
Rer.  Joel  Kennedy,  Hamilton,  Brecken ridge 

and  N.  Y.  Seiilemsnt  chs,,  Mo. 
Rer.  Jacob  Schwarts,  Mine  La  Motte  oh..  Mo. 
Rer.  NelHon  Garr,  Beloii  oh.,  Kas. 
Rer.  C.  E.  Jones,  Kas. 
iter.  S.  T.  iMrla.  Hiawatha  oh.,  Kas. 
iter.  Wm.  Young  Brown,  Denrer  1st  ch,  (Seren- 

teenth  sireet).  Col. 
Rer.  Joiin  F.  Stewart,  Erans  and  Green  City  ch.. 

Col. 
Rer.  Jos.  Patterson,  Fort  Collins,  Laporte,  and 

Big  Thompson  oha..  Col. 
Rer.  W.  S.  Fraokeltou,  Boseman  oh.,  Montana. 
Rer.  H.  A.  Mayhew,  Red  Bluff  oh  ,  Cal. 
Rer.  C.  A.  Wood.  Silrer  City  and  ricinity.  New 

Mexico. 
Rer.  Henry  Gans,  Washington  oonnty,  German 

eh .  Oregon. 
Rer.  W.  R.  Stewart,  Salem  oh.,  Oregon. 


BECEIPTS  FOB  HOME  MISSIONS  IN  JULY  1873. 
*  Synods  in  small  capitau— Presbyteries  in  Uoiiet— Churches  in  Roman. 


AUAVT^J(6any—Ballston  Centre  28  fiO.  Cham^ 
p<cni»— MhIooo  1st,  75  of  which  from  Liadies'  Aid 
8oc*y,  asi  37.  CWttwWo— Ceotrerille  6.  Troy— 
Cohoes88  85;  Waterford  li»i  44  98;  Troy,  Wood- 
suSe,  add*l  U  76 ;  Warrensbnrgh  7  617  46 


Atlamtio.— Foir^Md— Mt  Pisgah  2.  iTnox— Mid- 
way, Maoedouia  I  3  00 

BiLTiMOBs—Ba/timore— Westminster,  a  mem- 
ber for  July  5;  Brown  Memorial,  160  of  which 
from  F.  Domestic  Miss'y  Soc'y  ivo  S7        196  37 


Board  of  Some  MMons, 


{^Sq>tember 


daoDmkTL—ChUtieothe-MoaT^yfiown,  French 
12:    Porttmouth-^eoTgfitown  8  96  20  05 

OLirsLANB.— ifaAomiio--<  olt>«ville  6;  Concord 
6;  YoungHtown  67  89;  Poland  00.  St  CtairtvUle 
— MartinsTille  12  60.  SteubtrwUU^Corintb  2^; 
LoDs  Run,beqae8tofG  P  Thompson  9  40;  Rich* 
iDond  10  73;  Still  Fork  6  191  62 

Colorado— Q>torado-> Evans  6  25 

Columbus  —  Marion  —  Delawar*  Sab  »ch  60. 
ITooster— Berlin  9;  Sarannah  14  24.  ZanetvUU— 
Dresden,  of  which  W  F  M  15,  J  W  A  10,  Mian  A 
C6— *40  66;  RoiMSoe  16;  Muskin^unn  26;  Jersey 
S2  185  79 

emiB.>-AU«j7^eny— Concord  2;  Pine  Creek  2d 
15;  M  llyale  4  66.  A»tfsr— Concord  40  23 ;  North 
Builer  18  60  EH«— Meadville  1st  60.  Kittan- 
ntny— Manonin^  13;  Boiling  Spring  28;  Cherry 
Run  6:  Beihesda5;  Plum  Creek  4  90;  Appiebf 
Manor  4  82;  Concord  16  66;  Union  8.  Shenango 
— ^!«i«hannock.  Ladies*  Mim*j  doc'y  66       276  65 

OiNiTA.— Chvw^a— Cayujc-t  64  83;  Wells  Col- 
lege Mias'7  8oc*y.  Aurora  30.  LyoiM— Lyons,  of 
which  Ladies'  Afiss^y  Soc'y  40  25,  d  B  GaTit  10— 
60  25;  Palmyra,  a  balance  16  60.  Stettben'- 
Wheeler,  Gen  O  F  Marshall  8;  HomellsviUf 
Bab«ch  11  81  176  99 

UARRUBuao.  —  OnrUiU  —  MoConnell^bnrg  6. 
.^ntin^don— DuncansTille  10;  Miffliniown  and 
Lost  Creek  20.    iV<>rCAiim5artond— Sunbury  88  57 

74  57 

Illinois,  ^unuAU-^BhonUngton— Crow  Meadow 
6.  ^pri/>9^Wd— Ker  F  W  btetfens,  **A  thauk- 
offering*'  1 ;  Maroa  8  80;  VlrMinia  15  29  80 

iLUifois,  SoMB.-'Chieago—Qhietkgo  Thirty- 
First  Street,  add'!  6  00 

lLUMoi8,SouTB.—ilUon— Marine  2ft  10;  Bayless, 
O  W  Quigiey  2  ;  Blair  8 ;  Zion,  German  Ladies* 
Bewing  Soc*y  17  40;  Jerseyvilie  26  60;  Lebanon 
15  40;  Nokomisl4.  Cbtro^Anna  12 ;  Rtohview 
6  42;  Ml  Olivei  18  70:  Friendsville  6  60    146  09 

IMDIANA,  filoRTH.  —\QrmofordsoUl€  ~  KockriUe 
8  10;  'A  Friend  of  HiSMions."  La  Fayette  4  80. 
Fart  (Fayns— Lima.  **  A  Lady**  25  87  40 

l«9iA.tA.  South.— iViiio  it^^ay— Lexlngtoa  2; 
New  Philadelphia  15;  Monroe  15.  Vinemna— 
Bpencer  7  85  89  86 

Iowa,  ^ortb.— ClKiar  Jtopids— Cedar  Rapids 
l!«t,  W  W  Walker  98.  i>tt6iivue-Mt  Hope  6. 
F'fTt  Z)od9«— Plymouth  4  66;  Hock  Rapids  1st 
ft  16.     >ra(«Woo— Nerada  3  50   -  116  80 

Iowa,  South.— /oiMi—Ottumwa  German  1  55; 
Martin»burgb  German  1  66;  Troy  13.  Iowa  Ckty, 
— Aialissa  6.  OimntU  Bl«ir«— Pleasant  Bidxe 
add'l  2  4j;  College  Springs  6  28  65 

Kansas.^ 7Vpe^lm~Fort  Barker  15;  Ellsworth 
16.    Austin-^Hef  Josiah  Milligan  25  66  00 

Kbhtuckt— Tz-aaMj^/vamo— l>anville 2d   Itio  tio 

Lone  Island.— ^rooic^— Franklin  Avenue  15. 
1/9119 /Wofid-Bridgehampton  14;  Bellport6  12; 
booth  Haven  li  70;  AroaganseU5  63  82 

MiOHJOAN.—I>e^oU— Detroit,  Fort  Street,  62  50 
of  which  Arom  >-ab-sch,  182  60;  Plamfield,  a 
balance  4  6i.  Orami  Aipula— SUiunton,  **A 
Friend**  5;  Greenwood  5  58.  Lnnstng—imng, 
•dd*l  1.    SagUuuo— Ml  Pleasant  6 ;  Salt  tiiver  2 

166  66 

MiNNBSori.— St  Ani^Pine  City  10:  Oak  Grove 
12.     fFinoJia— Oronoco  3  26  00 

Missouri.— Osoye— Sugar  Creek.  add*l  1.  /W- 
mvrrt— Ashley,  John  MoCormaok  10.  Ftatls— 
l>.«wn  6  1<I  00 

New  jERStT.—JBi»i6«f*— Perth  AmboySab-soh 
103.  J«r»ey  OUy— Went  Hoboken  Sab-sch  liOi 
J/onmoutA- Farmingdale  6;  MnUwan  34  78. 
Mo'Vf  and  urunj^s— Orange  1st  270;  Madison 
129  29;  Meodham  1st  15:  Mendham  2d  la 
Aeisarlc— Central  Sab-soh  75:  South  Park,  mon 
con  coll  107  80;  2d  lii3  62;  Caldwell  96  50.  NtM- 
fofi— Newton  328.  We»t  Jersey— Oamden  let, 
from  Miss  Eliw  Schenck  30        .  1407  90 

Nsw  York.— i\r«M>  rorJk— West  Twenty-thlrd 
Street  U-O;  Fourth  Avenue,  ••  U  T*  2oo,  Moo  con 
82  50—222  50;  Ch  of  the  Covenant,  add*l  UOO; 
Madison  Squar<*.  add*!  loO;  Scotch,  A  Udv  25; 
Fifth  Avenue  and  Nineteenth  Street,  add*l  126. 
ir«ecAef<sr-Rev  A  B  Bullions.  D.D.  6      1677  50 

pAanc— ^snido^VacarUle  15.  flkwromsato— 


Traekee  17.    Am  FVaadiecH-OakUaid   Sd  S«>; 
Brooklyn  46  55  lu8  56 

PaiLADKLNiu.- £adtoioamio— La  Porte  5;  Ab* 
ingtonli;  Herrick5  5o;  Wy8lu!«iog1si  14  60.  Ls> 
AiyA— Summit  Hill,  of  which  8  85  f^om  8ahm;b, 
8  26,  Jamestown  Sab-Nih,  ^  P'  14  69 -ea  FkOa- 
defpAto— MNriners*  Sab  sch  2  27.  PhUadeipkii^ 
Gsntro/— Mantua  2d  17;  Cohookmnk  Sabspti  50. 
PMUuMphia  ^or<A-Chestnut  Hill  181.  Ifeit- 
mJiMt^— Stewart «>town  14;  Centra  16  877  27 

liTTSsuReH.— B^atViwa/to— Pleonant  Grove  9; 
Ligonier4:  FairHHdand  Union  26  40;  Pine  Ron 
10.  ft<(j>b«ryA— West  EliBab«»th  12 :  7th  15 ;  Haaei- 
wood  Sab  nch  -7  .18.  (fasAin^fon— Bnrgettstown 
6  8 1 :  Pigeon  Creek  10 ;  ClavHvtlle  5;  East  Buffiilo, 
**An  agvd  mother"  26.  We$t  ftrgtoia— Omnt^ 
Ville2  162  61 

Tbnnissib.  —  Kingiton  —  Madisonville  4  10. 
ITifiiofi— 8t  Luke'x  fti  cts;  Calvary  60  cu        4  90 

Toledo.— Bel/tffoalains—Bucy ran.  Rev  J  H  S 
and  family  5.    Airoa— Fremont  18  23  00 

UTiCA.—0/M90—pherrv  Valley  50.  8tLa»r«»c$> 
— Gouvernf*ur  2  25;  tlxbow  10  68.  Si/raaM" 
Syracuse  1st.  of  which  Sab-sch  200,  Hon  I  8 
Spencer  800,  Mrs  Robt  Gere  50,  746  20;  Oswego 
l!«t.  in  part  70  75;  .Syracuse  4ih  Sahsch  100. 
ITriM— Rome  Sab-sch  78;  Utica,  Eliaabeth  Street 
6  1(162  88 

Wbstbrn  Niw  York.— Bujrtilo— TooawanHa  20; 
Frfdouia.  a  balance  10-  Osraesee— Corfu  10  (7<s- 
Mse  Foeisv— Almond  16  5o;  Allegany  lu.  Nutgarm 
Niauara  Falls  Sab  i>oh  62  60  iKoMester— Char- 
lotte 2i);  Li?onia786n:  Rochester  Brick,  of  which 
Ladies*  Miss*y  Soc*y  7ft,  H  L  Fairohild  60, 9a 

652  60 

WnooHSor.— Mttwaaikss— Ooetbnrg  10  M 

CoMMirrai  ox  Bcnktolsnokans  Finahoi  2240  54 


Total  received  ftrom  churches,  $10,073  27 
LseACiBS.— Patterson  E.<«tate,  Pittaburgb,  Ps 
130  70;  Legacy  of  Samuel  Clute,  deo'd.  late  of 
Washington,  Pa  4*0;  •»  Ferry  Minii»try  Fund** 
126:  Legacy  of  John  A  Hrown.  d«*o'a,  late  of 
Philadelphia  10.000;  Legacy  of  Mrs  E  A  Bradley. 
dec*d,  ft)  0 :  Legacy  of  Mary  Gracy,  deo*d.  late  of 
Jamaica,  N  Y  150;  Legacy  of  Maria  D  Voorbees, 
dec'd,  late  of  Tr<*nton.  N  J  50a;  Legacy  of  Mrs 
Jane  Jamison,  dec'd,  of  Pleasant  Hill  ch,  Ohio 
100  11,945  70 

MisoBLLANious. —  **  Domestic  Missions'*  11; 
Reuben  Tyler,  E^..  Cinciniwti,  Ohio  2^>;  Sun- 
dry chs  and  Individuals,  through  A  Martien,  Bimi. 
PiiiladelphM.  Pa  251  40,  less  bill  printing  82  a 
— il9  15;  John  Boll.  Orange,  N  Y  5;  Richard 
Blydenburg,  Smithtowo,  N  Y  lo;  Kendall,  Mich 
4:  *'Yandis  Fund**  250:  Harriet  Huntington, 
DanvilK  Iowa  5;  Mrs  Dr  W  H  Magill,  Danville. 
Pa  8;  John  J  .':)chmoll.  Tedrow,  Ohio  10;  I  M 
Coen,  Nfwtown,  Ind  5;  ** Thank-offering**  10; 
♦*  D,*'  interior  of  Pa  10;  Col  Ralph  B  Prime.  Yon- 
ker^  N  Y  100;  G  Rath,  Dubuque,  Iowa  10;  North 
Congregational  ch,  Enfield.  Conn  24  61 ;  Sundry 
indtvidualn.  through  Rev  8  G  Clark  48;  •*  Unah,^ 
Califorola  lu;  James  Russell,  North  Jackson. 
Ohio  10  994  76 


Totd  in  July,      f  i3^13  73 
O.  D.  EATO.S,  TWoJiurir, 

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and  other  operations  of  the  Board,  should  be 
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23  Centre  Street.  New  York  City.  Letters  re- 
lating to  the  pecuniary  aflkirs  of  the  Board,  or 
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BOABD  OP  EDUCATION. 

motT  tt  oftUT,  itrr  lai  lab^keu  irx  twv  i  frat  ti  THmroRi  m  Ix>m>  or  tb 
TBAT  MI  iroi]iJ»  isMi>  rofttiT  L4«oitEft«  tmQ  ma  BAmTm .— Luke  x.  2. 


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^wing  excenetrt  ftrticle  from  the  Presbyterian  Weekly ^  shows  plainly 
ssbjierbn  Church  BtiU  neetla  m&nj  more  Miaisters. 

HAVE  WE  TOO  MANY  MINISTERS? 
i^mlle  at  Ihe  caption  of  thin  article.     With  ten  hundred  millions  of 
Tua^etized  Tqainly  bj  tho  minintrj  and  through  the  preaching  of  the 
9  abjiurd  to  put  Btich  a  question.    Bat  in  spite  of  its  absurdity,  an 
iTi&wer  has  been  given  aaii  per  latently  argued. 

i  affirmative  true  In  any  proper  eense?  Do  facts  warrant  itt  If  so, 
f^re  inereaiie  our  educational  raoillties,  and  encourage  so  many  young 
the  minbtrj?  Surely  it  ia  a  great  cruelty  to  urge  them  into  a  field 
re  than  full.  But  look  at  the  condition  of  things.  Speaking  in 
}er8^  oni>third  of  our  churches  are  without  pastors,  and  a  large  pro- 
iQUt  the  regular  mi  niai rations  of  the  gospel.  Are  not  men  needed 
Surely*  And  ihare  are  one  thousand  places  within  the  bounds  of 
J  whviTt  the  Gospel  banner  should  be  unfurled,  and  where  Presby- 
ihm  might  soon  be  organUed.  aui  this  without  interfering  with  the 
©r  (lenominattona,  if  the  laborers  were  ready.  How  many  men  do  we 
the  large  citiea,  the  &cattL*red  Tillages,  the  frontier  hamlets  of  our 
;  huudrada  of  thousamla  flocking  to  our  shores  annually  from  other 
he  miUlone  of  freedmen  f  Were  the  annual  increase  of  our  ministry 
it  i^,  the  demand  would  still  outrun  the  supply,  even  after  leaving  to 
aai nation 3  a  proper  share  of  the  work.  What  people  on  the  whole 
lut  the  herald  of  salvation  ?  Ten  hundred  millions  are  uneyangelised. 
asible.  Many  are  ready  ti'>  hear.  Some  are  praying,  "  Come  over 
s/*  From  almoiai  every  mtssion^fleld  now  occupied  there  comes  a 
il  for  more  men.  And  the  very  success  of  this  work  increases  the 
&aah  succeaatve  yeiir  will  require  larger  numbers  than  its  predecessor^ 
»  earth  shali  see  the  aalvation  of  our  God. 

Dconceivably  greiit  and  i mpt^r tan t  work  we  can  spare  but  twenty  or 
r*  And  mlr^ionaries  are  overworked  and  sent  prematurely  to  the 
j^  new  men  are  not  aent  to  aid  them.  The  annual  increase  of  our 
es  not  e^c«ed  one  hundred,  whilst  the  number  of  our  churches  in  this 
reasea  at  the  rate  of  nearly  two  huudred  annually.  And  this  dispro- 
oing  on-^nayi  aetually  increasing,  and  all  these  hundreds  of  millions 
with  in  creasing  earnestnees  for  the  gospel ;  and  yet  we  have  too  many 

it  these  facts  are  undeniable,  we  are  told  the  Church  will  not  sustain 
-a>t  even  all  the  men  we  have.  Is  this  demonstrated  truth,  or  the 
feeble  faith  7  Of  course  there  is  a  limit  to  the  ability  of  the  Church  ^ 
Q  reached  that  Umlt?  No  one  believes  it.  Will  she  persistently 
each  it?  Haa  ahe  been  Ion:  enough  and  earnestly  enough  tried f 
[],  ia  the  graoe  of  her  self-sucrificing  Head?  Let  the  men  be  prepared, 
pc>stolic  a  a  111  and  selfnienlal  thrmi»t  into  the  field ;  pray  the  Head  of 
for  the  grace  of  giving  for  all  her  members ;  tell  her  what  is  the  situa^ 
»portunity,  His  requirements  of  her,  and  see  if  she  will  persistently 
her  work.    If  so,  then— bat  not  till  then,  say,  "  We  have  too  maay 


re  told,  whiltl  wo  have  too  many  ministers,  we  have  not  too  m«iy       r^r^i 

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laborers.  If  we  conld  iniiltiply  men  readj  to  **  rough  it"  in  ^e  Master i 
men  williug  to  tiv^e  on  bard-tack  and  work  with  all  th(^lr  niigbt^  that  woi 
well :  but  we  ueed  no  more  miQistors.  What  an  implication  is  hero!  If 
becoiDe:^  a  minbtor  in  the  regular  way — and  these  writeni  demand  that  b 
hare  high  talent  nnd  r^eri^  high  culture  in  order  to  that — in  he  thererore  di 
fied  tor  doing  the  hard  pioneer  work  needful  lo  lay  the  found atiotis  of  Zt 
»ave  Jiouls  ill  destitute  regions?  To  affirm  it,  is  to  misrepresent  the  effect  oi 
fill  prepiiration  ft>r  the  ministry.  As  a  class,  there  is  not  a  more  toilin 
denjiiig  ^et  of  men  In  the  land  than  the  Presbyterian  mmiairy.  And  to 
th»t  ''rou^her^"  are  needed  to  do  the  work  they  ouj^ht  lo  do,  and  will  : 
h  anytbini^  but  corre^ct. 

Mtiny  men  of  tine  takitt  and  culture  are  spending  anil  being  spent  in  thi 
plftceei  for  eonla  and  the  Church.  Our  need,  then,  is  not  for  mere  *^  ron^ 
but  for  mnnjp  many  more  ministers — Apostolic  men,  and  if  the  otbisTa  < 
seeureil  nnd  made  lo  do  efficient  work,  well. 

But  we  are  referred  triumphantly  to  the  fact  that  fourteen  hundred,  or 
nnetbird,  of  our  mmi^tera  are  unemployed  and  are  as  go  id  ns  no  mlnieteri. 
statement  m  delunire  and  most  injurious.  It  is  unkind  in  the  Ritreme.  Tbi 
Isf  that  of  thia  number  one  in  twenty-five,  it  may  be,  are,  properly  speaking,  fa 
— hiiTe  mistaken  tbetr  calling.  And  their  failure  is  not  generally  owing  to  i 
of  ta.lent  or  sjobolarship,  hut  to  some  natural  defect.  And  then  we  hare  a  j 
number  of  editors  of  religious  papers  among  our  ministry.  Thete  are  not  fa 
tbough  not  employed  in  ministerial  work ;  but,  for  reo^non^  no  doubt  satitifi 
have  turned  aside  ^mewbat  from  the  work  to  which  they  were  ordained* 
lar>?e  number  of  our  ministers  are  Professors  in  aoademie'^f  colleger,  and  eemii 
Tbe3*e  are  among  the  men  of  greatest  talent  and  finest  culture,  and  doing  el 
work  for  the  Mai»t^r.  Though  not  employed  as  ministers,  tbey  often  do  as 
preaching  ue  moat  piBtijri.  Another  portion  of  these  unemployed  men  are  s 
in  tranmtu.  They  bave  given  up  their  charges,  and  for  months — it  may  be 
—do  nut  find  otber  satiefactory  settlements.  But  in  the  meantime  tbej  ai 
idle,  but  doing  eBective  preaching  service  at  varioua  points.  And  yet  ai 
part  of  tbig  number  are  laid  aside  temporarily  or  perm;inently  by  eipoeure, 
woi'k,  or  diaeafle  in  iome  of  its  Protean  forms.  God  haa  laid  His  band  upon 
saying,  *^Rost."  "They  serve  that  wait,  as  well  as  tbey  tbat  work/'  Tl 
eesT^ilieej  of  large,  dependent  households,  without  means  of  Iran  elation  to  an 
field,  have  driven  some  into  other  employments.  And  who  sball  aay  tbey  a 
juitiHed?  Bat  by  far  the  larger  portion  of  this  whole  number  are  the  age( 
infirm,  who  labor  as  much  as  they  can,  but  are  not  able  to  act  a#  pastors.  I 
a  tingle  Preabytery  of  tbirty-two  members  as  a  sample  of  the  whole  Church 
the^e,  six  are  j^aperannuated.  Five  of  them  were  noble,  useful  meUi  but  are 
out.  One  of  them  may  be  regarded  as  a  failure.  Nine  are  professors,  and  p 
almost  constantly,  besides  teaching.  Two  are  set  down  as  agents.  One  of 
y  uutible  to  preach,  and  the  other  doing  a  most  important  work  for  the  Ch 
One  is  in  transtitu  ami  one  a  foreign  missionary.  If  tbi»  is  a  fair  represent 
of  the  whole  Cburob,  tben  we  should  have  a  little  more  tban  one-third  g 
wbole  miniatry  set  down  as  unemployed.  Of  these  thirty-two,  seven,  or  n 
one  foitrth,  are  absolutely  unable,  through  age  or  disease,  tu  labor  as  pastorti. 
rest  are  doing  as  effieient  nervice  as  if  in  the  pastorate.  According  to  this  she 
then,  W0  have  three  per  cent,  of  our  ministry  who  are  failures,  as  far  as 
proper  work  is  concerned,  thr^e  percent,  in  iransiiUj  twelve  per  cent  lab 
efiioientlv,  but  not  employed  technically  as  ministers,  and  twenty-one  per 

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anable  to  labor  as  pastors — ^that  is,  thirty-nine  per  cent  of  our  ministry 
1  be  reported  as  unemployed  and  treated  as  idlers^  This  ratio  would 
housand  seven  hundred  upon  the  list  of  unemployed  in  the  whole  Chnroh, 
idred  and  twenty-fiTO  in  transitu,  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  failures* 
>ed  and  twenty-five  engaged  in  labor  germane  to  the  ministry,  and  as 
d  nine  hundred  and  twenty-five  disabled.  But  that  is  three  hundred 
are  olaimed  to  be  unemployed.  Now,  is  it  truthful  to  represent  that  we 
een  hundred  idlers  in  our  ministry,  when  there  are  really  not  one  hun- 
ifty,  the  rest  being  usefully  employed,  or  having  received  a  dispensation 
tfaster?  Is  it  kind  to  represent  more  than  nine  hundred  to  whom  Qod 
*  Lay  aside  your  work  temporarily  or  finally" — noble  men  worn  out  in 
H-as  culpably  derelict  in  duty?  Is  it  just  to  say  of  more  than  five  hun- 
^  as  agents,  editors,  professors,  secretaries,  doing  eflicient  work  in  the 
eyard,  ''They  are  as  good  as  no  ministers." 

ht  to  proclaim  to  the  world  that  our  ministry  are  so  lamentably  derelict 
[i  are  the  facts?  Will  it  subserve  the  Master's  cause,  give  the  world  » 
f  our  ministry,  or  withhold  occasion  to  blaspheme  from  the  enemy,  to 
lis  wail  ?  Is  it  possible  to  find  a  body  of  men  of  equal  number  any- 
roughly  occupied?  Is  it  logical  to  argue  that  because  three  per  cent, 
n  is  try  are  failures,  therefore  we  have  too  many?  because  twelve  per 
Kksupied  in  labor  outside  of,  but  germain  to  the  ministry,  therefore  w^ 
aany  ministers  ?  because  twenty-one  per  cent  are  invalids,  therefore  we 
many  ministers?  No  Church  on  earth  can  be  formed  or  founded  in 
9  state  of  things  will  not  exist  Besides  it  is  not  impertinent  to  inquire 
her  the  men  who  have  raised  and  are  keeping  up  this  cry  of  too  many 
are  not  themselves,  some  of  them  at  least,  among  the  number  of  the 
y  unemployed  ?  If  they  are  doing  the  best  for  the  Master,  may  not 
K>  ?  If  they  are  making  good  their  argument  by  their  practice,  had 
setter  abandon  both  ?  Have  those  who  so  severely  blame  young  men 
oing  to  the  front,  tasted  of  the  ''  roughing"  themselves,  even  for  six 
How  much  greater  sin  is  it  for  a  young  man  to  accept  a  call  and  settle 
eastern  church,  than  for  a  middle-aged  man  to  remain  there?  To  all 
)rs  we  commend  the  poet^s  language : 

**  Were  halfihe  breath  thus  ttdnly  speat 
To  HenTea  io  suppUcAtlon  aeat 
Our  cheerful  song  would  oftener  I 


To  HenTea  io  suppUcAtlon  aeat  ~ 
^ur  cheerful  song  would  oftener  be— 
*See  what  the  Cord  bath  done  for  me.' 


i  all  still  remember  the  words  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  "  The  harvest  truly  is 
,  bnt  the  laborers  are  few.  Pray  ye,  therefore,  the  Lord  of  the  harvest 
rould  send  forth  laborers  into  His  harvest"  The  Church  needs,  the 
)ds,  imperiously  needs,  tens  of  thousands  of  more  laborers.  R.  J, 

Lown  to  all  readert  of  history,  but  especially  to  persons  familiar  with 
of  literary  men,  that  in  the  pursuit  of  knowledge,  earnest  students  are 
jected  to  severe  trials  for  the  want  of  comforts  which  men  of  busioea^ 
ave  th^  means  to  secure.  So  frequent  have  been  the  direct  connections 
pt^verly  and  learning,  that  it  has  become  almost  proverbial,  that  where 
eas  mueh  knowledge,  they  should  expect  but  little  else  iik  this-  worlds 
losophers  do  not  oomplain  of  their  privations  as  it  legard^physicBl 
ionfl — they  aro  w-illing  to  ''accept  the  situation"  to wfadofa  tbey  are- called, 
tiould  be  a  matter  of  some  consideration  with  persons  iidio  b»ve  much, 
world's  goodV  at  their  disposal,  to,  assist  those^who  are  straitened  im 
moial  resources,  and  who  are  endeavoring  to  obtain  knowledge,  noi 

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timplj  from  their  love  for  it,  but  matnlj  that  thej  may  use  the  knowledga 
acquired  to  benefit  mattkind.  Amooi;  the  clasa  of  fitudeDtH^  therefore,  that  most 
need  our  sjmpathj  aad  assistaDce  will  be  found  those  who  are  preparing  for  the 
work  of  the  gospel  miniflirj.  The  aid  rendered  to  them  should  always  be  cheer- 
fully giTeu,  There  are  bub  few  persona  who  know  to  what  extent  iuch  studenti 
often  fiuO^er  for  want  of  Ihe  ordinary  comforts  of  life.  Tbere  are  men  among  m 
now,  quite  old  in  the  years  of  their  ministry,  who  can  recall  their  early  »trug:gUi 
to  aecure  an  education  for  their  work.  To  know  some  of  the  trials  through  wbich 
mtninters  passed  years  ago  while  preparing  for  their  aub^equent  labors,  the  fd 
lowing  fact  may  aerre  aa  an  illustration.  In  oue  of  our  institutions  of  learningi 
tbere  werer  at  one  time^  thirty^ six  divinity  students  with  only  one  decent  eoat 
among  tbem  all,  and  tbia  cuat  wfUi  worn  alternately  by  them  during  the  year, 
when  they  want  to  buy  articles  of  i»tatiouery  at  a  neighboring  village.  Finallj 
a  box  of  clothing  was  sent  ta  them,  from  Philadelphia,  On  ttie  arriTttl  of  the  box, 
which  had  come  a  great  distance,  those  students  found  it  difficulty  with  &U  their 
spare  ohunge>  to  muster  enough  money  to  pay  tlie  freight  upon  it, 

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MiOHiats,— i>ftiwi — fl'eslmiuiUjr,  HmT   l>r  l!k- 

nan  6  ;  tl  Clark  6  10  QO 

Niw  Jeb«it,— ^ifcL^^^-Cncfp^  10  fid.    JtrM^ 

C^j/--W««b&if  kttQ     fr   4^.     iV«i»urA'— N«iH»rk     '24, 

31  54.    iVr«Krcm^tlotTld«r«  Sd  10;  LAfayctCe  7  J^O; 

IKS  oe 


N«w  Yom.— £rMdl*mi— Amltj  IS.  NortA  /^irtr- 
Cold  Spiiiig  5  ;  Wftpplngsr^  F&lli  S  7fi  SI  TS 

Piciino,— £>rq?M— PortliDd  lit  lOO.  Atcwin^fl 
•^AmoaorS  50;  riRfiirrllU  11  eo  lit  lu 

km  lit  la.  /%i7*j/fa/jp^mj  JVor£A^Port  Kfleiwdf 
IS  63.     TfeiCmiiuiw— Btewftrtilown  12;  inatrf  1^ 

101  as 

PiTTgpuROB.— .0kirfe<Q«^BIftfr*ta]v  M.  S^i- 
i<4m«— CnlDDbown  41  Si)  11)  M 

Tf.f]fiatB£L— Juiai«— Aiutln  Ikt  44  tft.  £jufjrif^n 
— Clojd'fl  Pruk  3  A(> 

Ffvoiatit  ti 
Utica— J^tn^AoBitoB— W*Terly    OO  66. 

WvitUJlQItliT  '^1  OS 

WESTttSH  Niw  IToEX— ^lotf  ar«— Nla^n  FaUj  S5. 
JZoc/^fffAT— Mf«  C  WiUoiii  Bdck  16  20;  Dkorrllli 
41  74  8:2  09 

tni4iie/.«ij70~Wlii«DOiin4  6.  HIjccHui^  /fi'i^eT^B*Ue^ 
flileiE^boti;  fiajbon  McU  46  »-4 


47  «S 


12  10 
Oka— 

S7  M 


2O01  U 
from  GoMMETfii  «!f  SijriTOLUiqK  aid  Fixaaoi 

7^4fl 

1<»  T»  00 

IsTBrO  B  BoudmAs,  CsMDOTi^  N  Y  25;  B«f 
II(9Ut7  B«r£eo,  G^lsiburs.  lit  10 1  Utv  Or  W  B 
Mb[|II1,  DanTillts  Pa  3  ;  Joba  B«llf(}rKa£e,  KYI; 
ti  hAtb,  Dabuc^ue,  lowft  10 1  JBinst  Hmwll^  Jftd^ 

«Dn,  Obfo  10  aa  ^ 

Total  KAO«l{itfl  Id  J  nil,       1^470  M 
B.  Q.  WOODWARD,  2Vwcit»r^, 
1304  Chfhstnat  Stnflt,  PhUmdelpbla, 


Reimrta    ftcd    oornupDod^Pcn   rvLfttlng    to   tbt 
f«Mefiil  btislDMi  of  tli«  Board,  ftddnws  to  "Wumj^M 

DfnCK,  m^  13MCbedtnut  %%t*9K,  Philidslpli^ 

Digitized  by  "^  _     _     _  _ 


B&ard  of  Farmtjn  Mmiont, 


BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONa 

RECENT  INTELLIGENCE. 
m  or  M{«SfOHAfEiK3. — The  Rev.  W.  Sohoraoh,  on  the  Toyage  to  Gaboon^ 
rest  peril  from  the  shipwreck  of  the  vessel,  near  Sierra  Leone,  on  the 
une.  He  ftaj^,  '*  I  trust  joti  will  thank  the  Lord  that,  though  I  deserved 
e  bIlII  ipared  mj  life*  May  I  trust  more  in  Him  from  this  time,  and  take 
id  to  mj  ways,  that  I  not  only  muke  no  shipwreck  in  the  faith,  but  tak^ 
jad  others  to  the  haven  of  rest."  The  arrival  of  Mrs.  Hendricks  and 
Lte  at  Gorlseo  ia  reported  ^  they  hfkl  already  entered  on  their  work  there, 
ral  of  Miss  Toungman  at  Yokohama  is  also  reported,  after  a  pleasant 
The  Rev.  J.  B^fitty  Howell  embarked  for  Rio  de  Janeiro,  Brazil,  on  the 
ily.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Princeton,  and  a 
af  the  Presbytery  of  Lackawanna* 

B  News  ih  Gnip^A, — ^The  Preflhytery  of  Ningpohad  the  happiness  of  ordain- 
native  pastors  and  aettlln*;  tbem  over  churches  recently  organized.  In 
%  churches  under  the  care  of  thia  Presbytery,  the  people  are  taking  steps 
rt  their  pantoraT  and  the  feeliQg  in  favor  of  self-support  is  increasing  in 
rchea.  In  all  the^e  ehurehes  we  understand  something  is  done  for  thia 
but  most  Qf  the  chutoh  memberEi  are  very  poor.  The  planting  and 
r  these  ehnrches  elearly  show  the  wonderful  power  of  divine  grace. 
tTS  Keceived. — Mr*  Dodd  reports  Four  persons  baptized  on  profession  of 
h  at  Dziang-o*E,  and  Mr*  Butler  mentions  one  baptized  out  of  four  appli* 
Lnother  of  the  San-pob  atatlon!!^  Ningpo  Mission.  Mr.DaGhima  refers 
ithm  of  four  converts  by  Mr,  Chamberlain,  all  formerly  Romanists  living 
stant  TrtJia  3a^  Paulo*  BraxiL  Mr.  Qillis  mentions  the  restoring  of  four 
0  the  eommtinion  of  the  Seminole  church.  Mr.  Burd  .speaks  of  the 
L  ef  two  persona  to  the  Chippewa  church,  one  of  them  a  girl  in  the 


ors  MovKiiE?fT  AMOS'O  THE  Sfoca^tes. — The  Spokane  Indians  live  not 
iUtant  from  the  Nez  Peraes.  Tbey  and  one  or  two  kindred  bands  are 
m  having  neftrly  three  thousand  souls.  Mr.  Ainslie.  of  the  Nez  Peree 
mention  It,  July  23  d,  that  about  six  weeks  before,  Mr.  Spalding  had  visited 

baptised  one  hundred  and  EiiiLy-^'our  persons.  He  mentions  also  that 
3  Spokane^  Gary  by  name,  had  come  to  take  Mr.  Spalding  with  him  on 
riniti  and  he  adds^  ^'Gary  atate^  th^t  three  hundred  more  are  ready  for 

It  is  a  wonderful  mofemeoL  Gary  has  himself  been  their  only  teacher 
cher*     I  suspect  their  preparatli^n  for  baptism   is   willingness  to  be 

and  so  be  committed  to  Protestantism.  They  need  some  one  to  be 
itiy  with  tbem."     Further  inf^jrination  will  be  looked  for  with  much 

tn  m  Maf,  Ju.ve,  Jitlt* — From  churches,  ^46,612;  from  legacies, 
from  indiTidual  donora,  $2,890— in  all,  $65,437.  Receipts  in  the  eam*s 
last  year,  $64,3S0— of  whiob,  from  churches,  $32,023.  Receipts  to 
3th  fur  the  debt,  $85,672.35. 

m  RECEirEP  TO  AtratraT  14tr.— From  the  Chippewa  Mission,  August  lat; 
ily  2Sth}  Seminole,  July  llth;  Nos  Perce,  July  23d;  Shanghai,  Juno 
mgchowi  June  16th  j  Niogpo,  June  7th     Canton,  June  26th;  Futtek-  r^J 


I 


I 

l'    , 

i 


gurh,  June  24th  ;  Dehra.  June  3th;  Undour,  Jaoo  12Ui ;  Kolapore,  JoDe  18th- 
Eatnagin,  June  iMh ;  Oraomlah.  May  2Stt. ;  Tebran,  May  20.h  ;  Cori^co.  Jaoa 
lOth;  R.o  de  Janeiro.  June  24th;  Sa,  Paula,  June  20th;  Brotas.  Jon«  fHh- 
Bahia,  June  2,  tl, ;  Valparaiso,  Chili.  May  2*th ;  Talea,  June  10th ;  Mexico,  July 
19tb ;  San  Luuia  Potosi,  July  14th ;  Freanillo.  Zncatecas,  July  lUh. 

REMARKS  ON  PAGES  24.V-247  OF  THE  RECORD. 

Two  or  three  remarks  on  the  firat  article  in  the  last  number  of  the  Secord  mm 
not  be  ont  of  place  here. 

1.  If  we  understand  rightly  the  aotion  of  the  Oeneral  Assembly  the  r^pected 
writers  quoted  in  this  article,  irbo  think  "a  dreadful  mistake"  has  been  made 
«re  themseli-ea  laboring  under  qaite.  a  misapprehension  of  the  facts  of  the  cas^ 
The  re.Juct.on  made  w,»3  in  the  &ti,nate^,  not  in  the  .Eipe™»,  of  any  of  th» 
Board.;  no  missiooarj's  sabry  was  proposed  to  be  cat  dow,,  and  we  pr«i,«» 
nooe  wll  Ix)  t,y  tho  mam  of  a  single  dollar.     If  the  estimates  of  the  prerioui  year 
wen,  too  largo,  then  it  wa.  not  wrong  to  reduce  them.     There  may  be  a  different 
of  opinion  as  to  the  amount  that  should  be  included  in  su«h  estimates-  wp  do  not 
mtepd  to  enter  here  on  this  question;    we  have  long  thought  that  the  BoskU 
would  d«  well  to  base  their  appeals  for  help  on  estimates  carefully  prepared  br 
the  different  Prosbyteriea.     But  a»  the  case  standi,  tho  Assembly's  Comn.itte« 
seeing  to  have  nude  its  apjMrtionmont  on  the  basis  of  the  actual  paymente  by  th» 
Boards  laat  year.     Whether  this  were  so  or  not,  we  perceive  that  in  ail  ease*  tha 
amount  allowed  exceeds  the  amount  paid  by  eauU  Board,  aftw  deduotinc  tw» 
cases  of  indebteJaesa  for  which  the  Assembly  directed  special  provision  to  ba 
made      Thus  $47,22:,  more  waa  allowed  to  ForaiRn  Missions  than  the  payment* 
of  iast  year;  $5,^,185  more  to  Home  SIis.«on»i  $33,432  more  to  Church  Ewe 
tion,  &<!. 

AnL.ther  misapprehension  in  this  article,  ai  wo  think,  is  the  a>.euming  that  the 
apportionment  oomplaioed  of  governs  the  whole  income  of  the  Boards-  but  thi« 
.8  obviously  not  the  caao.     It  relates  merely  to  the  ftinds  received  for  the  Boards 
hy  the  Committee  of  Finanoe.     TUese  last  year  did  not  reach  ?6O,000.  out  of  tha 
m..re  than  S1,2(»,M  received  by  the  Boards;  and  we  do  not  suppose  the  rebtim 
proportions  will  l>e  greatly  changed  this  year. 
These  things  considered,  we  cdnnot  share  the  alarm  eiprassed  by  the  brethren. 
-.  As  to  '*  the  estimate  the  people  put  on  tho  two  causes."  of  Home  and  Forei™ 
Missions,  there  is  a  point  overlooked  apparently  in  the  statement  on  pa-e  34^ 
While  hot .  seetioQs  of  the  uaiteJ  Church  gave  tbeir  collections  for  the  year  endinjt 
ainy  1st,  1S71,  to  the  Home  Board,  by  common  eoi^ent  the  former  New  School 
cliareho.,  did  not  tegin  to  send  their  collections  to  the  Assembly's  Forei™  Boani 
until  the  autumn,  and  quite  a  number  did  not  fall  into  line  at  all  that  yetr     The 
returns  of  the  two  Boards  therefore  did  not  correspond.     These  churches  are  now 
doin^  their  fall  share  of  the  Board's  work  abroad,  as  comparod  with  the  share  taken 
bj  the  late  Old  School  churches;   but  we  may  reasonably  look  for  rtill  greater 
support  from  both,  or  rather  from  all.     The  fields  ar*  wid-nins,  and  white  unto 
harvest.     The  work  is  growing.     Everyl»,iy  who  studies  it  must  be  struck  with 
.ts  great  hreadtli  of  movemeaL     Our  Christian  people  are  taking  more  interest 
lu  It,  and  very  miiny  of  them  will  yet  engage  in  it  wiUi  far  deeper  leal  and  nobler 
lilKirality.     Wo  need  make  no  comparative  stutements  as  to  the  work  of  the  dif- 
ferent Boards  ;  we  would  be  far  from  lessening  or  even  limiting  the  incomo  of  any 
o  them;  hut  We  do  look  for  a  great  advance  in  support  of  our  S.vi»ur"s  work 
•btoad  by  our  churches.     We  leave  this  matter,  ho^gy^j,  J^  U«,  j^m„„t  of  oar 


I87S.]  Boa$d  of  Ibrngn  MUsions. 

Christian  people.  There  is  an  immense  amoant  of  good  oommon  sense  in  onr 
body,  and  especially  in  our  oharoh  sessions.  They,  raiher  than  any  committee,  or 
any  secretaries,  will  reach  aboat  the  right  decision  on  this  subject 

3.  We  (ear  that  an  unhappy  impression  will  be  made  by  the  references  to  the 
debt  of  the  Foreign  Board.  Perhaps  people  in  debt  are  apt  to  be  sensitive ;  well, 
they  ought  to  be !  And  yet  they  may  sometimes  expect  sympathy  rather  than 
censure.  We  deprecate  the  implied  conclusion  that  the  Board  '*  plunged '^  into  debt 
Reckless  incurring  of  debt,  we  are  sure,  could  not  have  been  intended  in  this 
article,  while  yet  we  fear  some  of  our  readers  will  receive  this  impression  from  it 
Now  let  it  be  remembered  that  the  large  debt  of  last  year  was  the  last  of  three 
years'  reported,  instead  of  one;  there  was  a  debt  in  1871,  again  in  1872,  and  this,  car- 
ried over,  formed  a  part  of  the  debt  of  1873.  Let/it  be  borne  in  mind  also  that  the 
outlay  of  funds  in  all  these  years  was  not  to  any  extent  worth  speaking  of  for 
increased  salaries  to  missionaries.  The  few  cases  of  increase  would  not  reach  in 
all  the  sum  of  $1,000 ;  but  it  was  for  the  work  in  many  places,  and  particularly 
in  the  missions  received  by  transfer,  all  but  one  of  which  required  reenforoement. 
We  need  not  go  into  details,  however  ;  our  general  idea  of  the  debt  is,  that  it  is 
the  result  of  the  confident  feeling  in  the  Ghureh  following  the  important  event 
of  reunion,  a  hopeful  feeling  as  to  funds  repeatedly  finding  expression  in  the 
General  Assembly,  and  influencing  no  doubt  the  action  of  the  Board  itself.  These 
hopes,  we  trust,  will  yet  be  fulfilled  ;  but  in  the  meantime  we  feel  free  to  express 
the  opinion  that  if  the  Board  could  have  foreseen  what  afterwards  became 
apparent,  it  would  not  have  given  its  sanction  to  some  parts  of  the  expenses 
incurred,  even  though  persuaded  that  these  expenses  were  needed. 

It  is  often  very  difficult  to  know  what  should  be  done.  Great  opportunities  of 
promoting  our  Saviour's  cause  in  unevangelized  countries  are  urgently  pressed  on 
the  attention  of  the  Board.  Laborers  are  loudly  called  for,  and  some  offer  their 
services.  Men  of  ardent  temperament  recommend  a  forward  movement,  even 
.though  the  mission  treasury  may  be  low ;  we  must  have  faith,  they  kindly  tell 
U8.  Men  of  more  cautious  habit,  but  of  equal  depth  of  conviction,  hesitate  to 
incur  pecuniary  liabilities  without  seeing  pretty  clearly  how  they  are  to  be  met 
We  often  think  our  Board  needs  the  prayers  of  the  people  of  God  for  the  right 
direction  of  its  great  interests.  And  we  doubt  not  this  recent  large  debt  has 
taught  our  Mission  House  friends  a  severe  and  a  very  useful  lesson ;  but  we  need 
not  say  more — 

Unless  it  be,  that  these  remarks  bre  meant  to  be  friendly,  and  not  controversial. 
We  know  that  the  brethren  who  edit  the  first  pages  of  this  magazine  yield  to  no 
others  in  their  deep  interest  in  this  cause,  and  we  trust  we  are  in  full  sympathy 
with  them  in  their  important  labors. 


MINOR  MATTERS. 
Pkrcbntaoe  of  Exccutitk  ExpiNsis. — In  stating  the  cost  of  these  expenses, 
the  item  of  "  Printing"  may  be  properly  omitted.  The  publications  may  be  con- 
sidered as  repaying  to  the  donors  much  more  than  they  cost  Much  the  largest 
part  of  this  expense  is  for  the  Children's  Foreign  Missionary ^  which  by  its  terms 
is  sent  free  to  Sabbath-schools  which  make  collections.  Again,  the  sums  acknow- 
ledged as  received  from  the  Bible  and  Tract  Societies,  <!bc.,  should  be  included,  as 
the  Board  is  held  responsible  for  their  expenditure.  These  Societies  send  larger 
sums  to  some  of  the  missions  directly,  and  not  through  the  Treasurer  of  the 
Board ;  theee  sums  of  course  are  not  acknowledged,  nor  are  they  included.  These 
two  thingii  noted,  the  figures  as  given  in  the  last  Annual  Report  stand  thus— 


Board  of  Foreign  Missiofu, 


.  [^Septemher 


Moneys  received  $454,836.88 ;  Execative  Expenses,  all,  for  oolleotion  and  admin- 
istration, $23,067.58  ;  showing  that  less  than  six  per  cent,  was  paid  last  year. 

AcKNOWLEDOMENT  OF  RECEIPTS  in  the  pahlioatlons  of  the  Board.  This  has 
been  criticised — why  acknowledge  them  in  the  Record^  Foreign  Missionary  and 
Annual  Report  f  Would  it  not  be  sufficient  to  acknowledge  them  once  a  year  in 
the  Report?  Perhaps  so,  in  some  respects.  On  the  other  hand,  the  monthly 
statement  of  receipts  is — I,  a  Toucher  to  the  donors ;  2,  an  early  means  of  oorreci- 
ing  any  error,  and  of  showing  the  non-receipt  of  any  remittance  that  may  have 
miscarried ;  3,  a  check  on  the  Treasurer's  accounts ;  4,  an  example  .to*  others ; 
5,  quite  interesting  reading  to  many.  And  they  are  acknowledged  in  both  the 
monthly  periodicals,  because  thereby  they  reach  several  thousands  of  readers 
who  would  not  see  them  if  published  only  in  one  of  them.  The  acknowledg- 
ment in  the  Annual  Report  is  for  the  use  of  the  General  Assembly,  and  for 
general  convenience,  giving  at  one  view  the  donations  of  the  year.  The  cost 
of  these  acknowledgments  is  but  little,  especially  in  masasines  that  are  published 
at  any  rate.    On  the  whole,  we  feel  no  great  zeal  on  the  subject. 


A  CHINESE  COLPORTEUR'S 
JOURNAL. 

The  Rev.  A.  W.  Loomis,  D.D.,  of  the 
Mission  to  the  Chinese  in  California, 
sends  the  following  translation  of  Ah 
Noon's  Journal.  We  have  thus  a  spe- 
cimen of  gospel  seed-sowing  by  a  native 
laborer,  who  evidently  does  not  despise 
small  opportunities  of  doing  good,  and 
whose  work  may  produce  results  that 
can  be  fully  measured  only  in  the 
world  to  come. 

San  Joni^  June  29th,  Sabbath — Not 
well  enough  to  go  to  church— after- 
wards discoursed  on  the  street  to 
upwards  of  twenty  people— the  subject 
being  the  caiie  of  God  for  his  people, 
as  illustrated  in  the  deliverance  ot  the 
Israelites  from  Egypt  and  from  the 
power  of  Pharaoh, — read  from  Exodus. 

30th— Monday.  Health  better,  pre- 
pare packages  of  tracts  for  distribution. 
Start  for  a  tour  amongst  the  gardens 
and  farms  in  and  around  Santa  Clara, 
where  Chinamen  are  employed.  At 
noon  at  Lou  Cheang  Fuh*s  store  dis- 
coursed to  seven  people  on  the  parable 
ot  the  rich  man  and  Lazarus.  Thence 
travelled  two  miles,  stopping  and  con- 
Tcrsing  with  Chinese  on  the  farms,  and 
spent  the  night  where  were  six  men 
and  discoursed  during  the  evening. 

July  1st,  Tuesday — Walked  along 
the  railroad  two  miles — found  a  Chinese 
house,  left  books,  and  had  much  con- 
versation about  the  doctrines,  and  then 
went  on  four  miles  to  **  Mountain- 
View,"  a  R.  R.  station,  at  a  wash-house ; 


discoursed  about  the  raising  of  the 
widow's  son — three  Chinese  were  the 
listeners;  afterwards  had  an  audience 
of  five,  and  discoursed  on  the  life  of 
Christ.  Afterwards  travelled  four  miles 
by  a  farm  road,  where  I  found  a 
Chinaman  employed  as  a  cook,  talked 
with  him  and  gave  him  books  Then 
went  on  another  four  miles  to  Abrso, 
the  embarkadaro  of  schooners  and 
steamboat  on  the  south  point  of  the 
bay,  where  I  found  Chinese  gardeners 
and  fishermen,  and  spent  much  time 
with  them  talking  and  giving  books. 

July  2d,  Wednesday — Went  two 
miles  and  found  seven  men,  read  and 
explained  the  Ten  Commandments  and 
discoursed  on  the  doctrines  of  Jesus. 
Went  thence  tvro  miles  to  a  flouring 
mill  where  were  eleven  Chinese ;  dis- 
coursed on  the  creation  and  read  the 
first  chapters  of  Genesis.  Then  went 
around  to  other  places,  and  at  one 
place  were  six  Chinese— discoursed  on 
the  parable  of  the  Ten  Virgins.  The 
same  evening  travelled  two  miles  fai^ 
ther  to  a  garden  worked  by  Ho  Yik  and 
Co.,  where  four  men  listened  to  a  dis- 
course on  repentance  and  faith  in 
Christ. 

July  3d.  Thursday — At  the  garden 
of  Po  Sin^  found  three  men,  and  read 
and  explained  the  tract,  **The  soul 
more  valuable  than  the  body,'* — left 
them  tracts,  and  went  on  talking  and 
distributing  books  to  other  places. 
Then  returned  to  San  Jos^  to  the  school 
house,  and  proceeded  to  put  the  rooms 
in  order,  to  hang  some  charts  and 
maps  which  have  been  donated  by  a 
friend  of  the  school  in  the^ast. 

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BBATH    DIFFICULTY" 
IN  CHINA, 

iT.  Butler,  of  the  Ningpo 
ina,  uoder  date  of  June  7th 
^ives  &Qme  ititereatinj!;  ac- 
uf  ohes  under  the  care  of  the 

which  he  had  reeentJj 
a  qmit«  here  the  cfoocludiDg 
etter^  ^iv^^i^i;  an  eiample  on 
the  S«ihbatb  qaestion. 

daj   I  turned  raj  courfte 

0  *'resid(*nc6  of  the  Li 
he  northern  region  of  San- 
f  the  oomm union  of  the 
>^r  was  to  be  observed  on 
Sabbath.  There  were  four 
or  haptlain  before  eeiision, 
*  thetn  had  only  recently 
jrested,  and  consequent ly 
ipf^rfeetlj  acquainted  with 
Chriflliitnjty,  it  w^a  thought 
r  their  caaes  till  the  neJEt 
geaaon, 

who  pujised  a  very  Hatisfao- 
ation  and  wa»  well  reported 
ethren,  wa«(  baptiied.  Our 
sting  was  held  in  the  honae 
ho  joined  the  ehurch  some 

He  una  now  a  new  and 

hoti^e^  keeps  twojournej- 
s  to  timy  oircum stances, 
not  always  thai.  For  two 
Pi  after  joining  the  church 
ird  Ftrug|a;le  with  pOTertr, 

prejuiiicQ  a^ina^  h Ira  as 
and  from  the  fact  that  he 
'ork  on  the  Sabbath^  JoHin;^ 
uy  of  his  old  custtomers, 
ig^led  on  in  faith  and 
most  gjj5nal!y  has  God  an- 
rayera. 

i|j;an  to  be  rumored  al>o«t 
;he  tailor  had  become  a 
3    must    now    be   strictly 

not  avail  himself  of  that 
rilejfe  of  tailors,  the  '*  cut 

( loh-pu . )  To  my  queiition 
ion,  how  bis  busmeaa  wa«^ 

1  8oaie  anxiety  ;  **I  don't 
to  do,  I  hav^e  engagements 
ahendi  and  Ktill  they  come. 

I  giire  oSence  to  some 
^e  I  will  not  proraiise  to  do 
nit  I  caa*t  work  any  fa.'Jter 
EC  tnore  apppentice»,  and 
it  do,  as  my  house  is  not 

Is  *'  a  burning  and  a  shining 
M  neighbf^rboodf  and  hia 
^orth  a  great  deal  to  Qn- 
0  who  are  **  almost   per^ 


Boaded  to  be  Christians/'  bnt  who,  on 
aooount  of  ;i;iying  up  work  on  the  SaY^ 
bath,  or  forsaking  doubtful  praotioeSf 
fear  they  will  lose  their  employment 
and  come  to  want. 

The  boatmen  (four  brothers)  whom 
we  commonly  employ,  are  well  ao« 
X)uainted  with  Christianity,  and  two 
of  them  seem  to  be  really  desiroas  of 
a  better  life,  but  are  kept  back,  so  they 
say,  by  the  Sabbath  difficulty.  The 
brother  who  was  with  me  on  this  trip, 
attended  the  serTices  at  the  honse  of 
the  tailor.  On  the  way  home  I  men- 
tioned to  him  what  a  pleasant  man  the 
tailor  was,  what  a  comfortable  house 
he  ha^,  and  how  he  had  prospered  in 
business,  and  then  told  him  what  hard- 
ships he  endured  for  the  first  two  or 
three  years,  adding,  '*  Now  if  you  will 
trust  God  and  pray  like  that  tailor,  this 
Sabbath  difficulty  will  disappear,  and 
Ood  will  prosper  you  just  as  he  has 
this  man.''  **  0,"  said  he  in  reply, "  if  I 
were  a  tailor  I  would  join  the  church 
immediately,  but  with  boatmen  the 
case  is  yery  different.  Suppose  a 
wealthy  Chinaman  comes  to  me  on 
Saturday  morning  and  says  he  wants 
to  ^o  to  Hangohow.  I  start  off  and  get 
to  Yu-yiao  on  Sunday  morning.  I  then 
tell  my  guest  that  I  am  a  Christian 
and  can't  work  on  the  Sabbath,  so  we 
must  lie  oyer  till  Monday  morning. 
What  do  you  suppose  the  consequence 
would  be  ?  Why,  I  would  haye  to  pay 
a  heayy  bill  of  damages,  besides  losing 
the  business  of  that  man  and  all  his 
friends  forever  afterwards.  And  if  I 
refused  his  business,  I  would  soon  be- 
come known  as  the  boatman  who  rested 
on  the  Sabbath,  and  would  lose  my 
business  altogether.  The  case  of  boat- 
men becoming  Christians  is  truly  hard." 


EXPENSIVENESS  OF  THE 
FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  WORK. 

The  question  has  frequently  been 
raised,  and  especially  by  those  who  are 
not  conversant  with  the  details  of  the 
missionary  work,  why  it  is  so  much 
more  expensive,  in  proportion  to  the 
laborers  employed,  or  why  it  makes  so 
much  heavier  drafts  upon  the  contribu- 
tions of  the  churches,  than  the  other 
schemes  of  benevolence.  This  question 
may  be  answered  by  considering  the 
Bu^ect  from  different  points  of  view. 

Take  for  example,  the  settlement  of  a 
minister  in  the  home  field  and  another 
in  the  foreign  field.  In  the  first  case, 
the  minister  is  called  to  the  care  of  f^^^Q^  by 


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[September 


Ohristiiui  church,  where  the  obli|i^tion 
to  provide  for  his  support  is  felt  and 
acknowledged.  His  Presbytery,  if  it 
does  its  duty,  will  not  settle  htm  over 
one  of  its  churches  without  putting 
them  under  bonds,  provided  they  are 
able,  to  give  him  a  competent  support. 
A  manse  (in  some  cases  at  least)  is 
provided,  and  the  congregation,  if  they 
are  actuated  by  the  common  instincts 
of  Christian  kindness,  will  do  all  in 
their  power  to  promote  his  personal 
comfort  and  usefulness  as  a  minister  of 
the  gospel.  He  finds  himself,  at  the 
same  time,  aided  by  many  enlightened 
Christian  frienjls  in  promoting  the  in- 
terests of  true  religion.  The  Bible  is 
circulated  and  read  by  all  the  fu  mi  lies 
around  him.  He  has  the  aid  and  co- 
operation of  an  intelligent  session,  and 
is  assisted  in  diffusing  religious  know- 
ledge among  the  rising  generation  by  an 
efficient  band  of  Sabbat^sohool  teachers. 
The  cause  of  Education  is  attended  to 
without  any  cost  or  trouble  to  him. 
Colleges  and  Theological  Seminaries 
already  exist,  where  young  men  may 
be  educated  and  be  fitted  for  the  work 
of  the  ministry.  But  how  different  the 
surroundings  of  the  Foreign  Missionary. 
He  has  left  his  home  to  live  and  labor 
for  an  indefinite  period  among  an  ig- 
norant and  uncultivated  people.  He 
can  expect  neither  aid  nor  sympathy, 
for  a  time  at  least,  from  those  to  whose 
welfare  and  improvement  he  has  conse- 
crated his  life.  It  is  obvious  that  he  mast 
be  provided  with  an  outfit  of  clothing, 
booKs,  ^.;  his  passage  must  be  paid, 
and  to  the  more  remote  fields  this  is  no 
inconsiderable  matter ;  he  must  be  pro- 
vided with  a  dwelling,  and  indeed,  the 
means  of  entire  support,  for  the  heathen 
cannot  be  expected  to  make  any  such 
provision.  He  has'not  only  to  awaken 
an  interest  in  the  cause  of  Education, 
but  when  such  an  interest  is  awakened, 
he  must  provide  a  teacher,  a  school- 
room, books  and  everything  else  neces- 
sary to  education.  The  Bible  is  an 
unknown  book,  and  the  missionary 
must  not  only  undertake  the  herculean 
task  of  translating  it,  but  when  trans- 
lated, he  must  have  it  printed  and 
circulated  at  his  own  expense.  He  is 
utterly  without  aid,  so  tar  as  church 
officers,  Sabbath-school  teachers,  and 
the  cooperation  of  Christian  friends 
;enerally,  are  concerned.  To  set  him 
iown  ID  the  midst  of  a  heathen  com- 
munity without  the  means  of  promoting 
these  varied  and  important  objects,  is 
very  much  like  requiring  a   master- 


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builder  to  erect  a  stately  mansion  with- 
out tools  or  materials. 

A  second  view  of  the  matter  is  this : 
Of  the  six  stated  annual  c9llections 
taken  up  in  the  churches  by  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  Assembly,  five  of  them 
are  intended  for  the  Home  field,  whilst 
only  one  is  devoted  to  the  Foreign  field. 
Education,  Publication,  Sustentation, 
Evaogelization,  and  Church  Erection, 
are  but  sub-divisions  of  the  Home  work. 
They  are  but  different  channels  through 
which  the  beneficence  of  God's  people 
flows,  and  by  which  the  Home  field  is 
Refreshed  and  enriched.  But  all  these 
varied  objects  are  iust  as  much  needed 
in  the  Foreign  as  in  the  Home  field,  if 
indeed  not  more  so ;  yet  tho  Committee 
of  Foreign  Missions  is  expected  to  carry 
out  all  these  objects  from  the  proceeds 
of  our  single  annual  collection. 

There  is  a  third  view  of  the  matter 
that  ought  not  to  be  overlooked  in  this 
hurried  statement    As  a  Church  of  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  we  stand  related  to 
the  whole  world  of  mankind.     It  is  not 
to  our  country  alone    that  we    have 
duties  to  perform.     The  commission  is 
to  go  into  all  the  world,  and  preach  the 
gospel    to    every  creature.      We    are 
brought  into  sympathy  with  the  blessed 
Saviour,  and  fulfil  the  great  ends  of 
our  redemption,  just  in  proportion  as 
we  approximate  this    broad  standard 
of  dutv.    Now  what  are  the  company 
tive  size  and  claims  of  the  two  great 
fields  lying    before  us?      Within  the 
bounds  of  our  own  country  there  are 
forty    millions    of   immortal    beings, 
whose  spiritual  welfare  we   must  not 
neglect  or  undervalue.    Outside  of  our 
own  country,  in  the  great  outlying  un- 
evangelized  world,  there  are  eight  or 
ten  hundred  millions  of  human  beings, 
whose  salvation  we  cannot  ignore  with- 
out   bringing  our  relationship,   as    a 
Church,  to  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  into 
question.     But  what  is  being  done  for 
this  vastly  greater  field?    What  pro- 
portion of  our  ministers  and  what  pro- 
portion of  the  funds    raised    in    the 
churches  have  been  consecrated  to  this 
great  outlving  field?     So  far  as  the 
ministerial  force  is  concerned,  we  have 
less  than  two  per  cent,  in  the  Foreign 
field;  and    of   funds    we    have    sent 
abroad  less  than    four  per  cent — in 
other  words,  for  every  two  ministers, 
or  less,   that  have  been  sent  abroad, 
one  hundred  have  been  retsined  for  the 
culture  of  the    Home  field;    and  for 
every  four  dollars  appropriated  for  the 
culture  of  the  Foreign  field,  we  have 


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bundr(?d  on  the  ITonie 
w  of  such  fftctSj  how  can 
e  the  Church  with  Qiidue 


favoritism  for  the  Forei^  Mission 
caase? — Annual  Report,  1873,  of  the 
Southern  Presbyterian  Board, 


^ATions  TO  THi  BoAHD  or  FoRBiaN  M18B10H8,  IN  July  1878. 
TBii^m  in  sMALi.  cATVrhiii—?t&AhyteT\M  In  i/a^<«0— Ghnrohefl  in  Roman. 


V— KftflojiU  cJi  4  fiO;  2d  ch  8a r A- 
eh  31  U— 3ft  29;  Madn^'ItU-  €h 
i  T:  CopklliiKf(ll&  efi  2  5fk,  3m b- 
^  eh  3^  lj*t  oh  Princeton  9  s^. 
II  oh  Ite  flZt  Jewptt  ch  1&  eiw 
re*!  ctij  Ttot  l«T  76;   l^t  ch 

Q  oh  do;   lai  oU  EJab-^^ch  Slill* 

rtfi^— WAlliDfiford  ch  a,  Sab-sch 
i4rd  MUin'y  Soc'y,  OheiterriUe 
on  10  le  5fl 

ttimofi — Fint  ch  SAb-roh  BnUi- 
iji  jich  CACtton  lUPf  to  «d(iCHle 
la^  i^s— lS*i;  Brown  Meiri'l  ph 
Jity  ch  t?fli  C,  Va  l«  HO.  iVi*e 
iindTW'iae  csh  20  50»  TFnsAitto- 
ftft  ch  fi  IT»  la 

!f£«^jM#— FifJit  i?h    nhinieothe 
oh.  D  F"*  8«ib-ft<*h  eliwa  2  h>; 
ao;  Bloominubrirtfh  ch  az  7:1. 
id  ch  ClDCjDnnt^  2^  80;    l!»t  fier 

Aa*s  Miiiw'i  aoo'y  lOu  ^lil  13 
fvdtnd — ^NovrburKh  eb  S  S<>; 
t  oh  €t*veUiid  3MI,  8Rb-*rh  for 
VUlcm^hhir  eh  4 ;  Srron^-ttil  « 
r  e  h^  A 1 1  u  IM  t  o  ul  I  19*  Mf\ho  ru  n|? 
2f*;  fJew  Lmbon  i*ab-»eh  ft**; 
3&  to.  gi  Ort^fiPiW*— Buffn]<> 
B<?lliiire  13 j  WdflehtiK  V^ll^r 
iw  Ath>eQ«  3«b^9iCfj  3  6i>.  S^oi- 
rk  Sub^Rch  fi;  Hftj-lem  Sprid^i? 
(17  IS  65 
fftsdo — Gurden  City  oh  6 ;  Pue- 
Fa—A  8i»t«/H  Mile  far  Mi«!i'f 
1)  40 
itn$—ht%«^ti»  eh  3<l;  Middleport 
rtfo  (?h  10 i  Pomeroj  anbaebi 
U  M  \  B(^r@rJ7  eh  I  ft  iO.  Piti>lf'r 
11  ao.  Mar^ii*— HMmfii^ld  ch 
la  H^Mfer— Fl^de^cl£^bllr>rh 
in  Bftb-veh  A;  l#i  ch  Mi^rethiLll- 
Ffihan  ch  IL  g^^  ^ttrnimAh  eh, 
iiff  MffiwVf  ao  «>;  Wooiilar  rh 
ch  fl  1  li  olmeii  T 1  Ho  0 1  k  i-  Z*i  n  i»#' 
1  Sl*^;  Ltfitcn  ch  Ig  50;  Jersey 
rcnan  fih  ID  ao  461  87 

»i«r  ch^  iu;kno«rt«djiCf^d  ta 
^anftirred  lq  debt  aohH       76  35 

IV-^llpi>»ry  Rook  3ttb-spli  ^. 
Ji  fi  0&;  Pine  Qtmfi  oh  1^  fi4: 
ImrrliTiHeoh  Vl  m^  BiilfAlooh 
oh  m.  O^HiH'n^KmliflbluQ  ch 
He  ch  n  U \  MtyTinc  eh  »  if> i 
I  3  5a.  IE^f^>— Wft'«rlot»  cIl  8  &i^; 
Lh  e  PiO;  i«t  ch  North  Eiii»t  m\ 
oh  L8  23*  Coo!  SpritiJi  ih  fi  a.'i; 
fh  rft  &0;  HAmmoni^bui'gh  c-h 
ii  7  liO.  irii^if4iiirjjpi^— Mbfioh  ch 
K»^^  ^il  rjniod  i^h  J«  SO;  ImK 
;  fJucn  Qre«k  ch  fi  D2;  AppU^hf 
ftyO  t>« 
ipar^-AQftmi  ohi  mon  con  Ifi, 
;h  Elmtm  S<»;  Walk  Ins  ch  ^  »d. 
;  oh  iO;  SomeliATMIe  t^hSnb-i^eh 
Ulbl  Howard  ch  i:i  m ;  Camp- 

DatrtUle^^  F\rit  ch  HArriftborj^ 
38  Q3i  Fayelte?illc  ch  U;  ^U- 
ti  0;  Wttyn^ffbura  dib<3ich  tl  il; 
n,  fiafctsbrir^  25  il^i.  Bwitin&- 
iS  ao;  iMch  Alki#ciAtlO  ^i;  ;£| 
Li  bed  A  116!  Middle  TuscHrorii 
i/>0r£an<f-^S*^4^uud  oh  WilliAmH^ 
p«biti^ioD  &Hh-sch  4  fB;  GreAt 
]Ji  47;    RohrnbiiTi^    oh   4  aa. 


WeUaboro— Fint  oh  WelUboro  14  80;  Arnot  ch 
4  64  767  68 

iLUNon,  CurTRAL.  —  Peoria  —  Henry  Sab  sch 
12  70;  Friends  in  Illinois  20i>:  Re?  K  McVevi. 
ScAuv^er—McComb  Sab-soh  4  97.  Spriagfidd— 
Wiiliamsville  oh  6  25  227  92 

iLuifoid,  North.— OUedjTo^Firat  ch  GhicaRO 
144  83;  2d  ch  St  Ann  3  85;  Lake  Forest  ch,  for 
Rev  Samuel  Jeosup  226,  mon  con  10  65^236  66 : 
Manieno  oh  Sab-soh  26  74;  Eapt  Wheatland 
Sab-soh  6  60.  A-sepur^-Ridolt  oh  10;  Oakville 
ch  9  40.  Ottatoo— Rid^e  ch  16  20.  Rock  Biv^r-^ 
Andover  oh  4  60  ;  Beulah  ch  5  76;  Morrison  oh, 
for  Benlta  40 ;  FuUon  ch  22  64  624  96 

iLUiXOis,  South.— il<ton—Z ion  oh  10;  Isl  ch 
Virden  11  42;  Shipman  ch  Sab-noh,  for  Miss 
Lyons  sch  Canton  4;  Whitehall  ch  5.  Cairo— 
Twrnaroa  ch  3  Gu;  1st  ch  Da  Quoin  20;  Carmi  oh 
37  66;  Shawneetown  ch  17  82;  Centralia  oh 
8  26.  ifattoon— Kaskaskia  ch  6;  Assumption 
ch  6  127  76 

Induna,  North.— Oawford«vi2<«— Lebanon  ch 
12  60;  Alamocb2  26;  Rookrille  ch  8  10;  Wave- 
land  ch  20;  Delphi  Sab-sch  20.  Fort  Wayn&^ 
La  Grange  ch  6  40;  2d  ch  Fort  Wayne  SO;  1st 
oh  Lima  10;  Istch  Fort  Wayne  102  50;  Elhanan 
Sab  sch  2.  XooaaAoort— Union  ch  7  30.  Muneie 
—Wabash  ch  20  7o  241  86 

Indiaha,  South.  — Jfidiaiiapolii— Columbus  oh 
17  02;  Acton  oh  3  6b;  Greenoastle  ch,  A.  Mo 
Eenney  1:  Edinburgh  oh  8;  Istch  Indianapolis 
140  67;  3d  ch  Indianapolis  28  23;  4th  oh  In- 
dianapolis 28  60.  Nmo  ilfbani/— Second  ch  Madi- 
son 9U:  Pleasant  Township  Sab-sch  1  60;  Jeffer- 
son Sab-soh  1  60:  1st  ch  Sab-soh,  Madision  27  82. 
WhiU  (faCei^Lewisville  ch  6 ;  Greensburgh  ch 
49  13  332  47 

Iowa,  North.— Odor  i^apid*— Wyoroina  ch  20 ; 
1st  ch  Cedar  Rapids  40  60.  Dudu^ue- German 
oh  Waukon  16;  German  oh  Independence  20. 
ffoterioo-Cedar  Valley  ch  4  100  60 

lowA,  SouTHw— /oioo— AtlanUo  City  ch  2  30 ;  Col- 
lege  Springs  Sab-sch  1  76 ;  Pleasant  Ridge  Sab- 
sch  1  10;  Bedford  oh  1  48;  Hopewell  ch  75  ots. 
/oioa— First  Westminster  ch,  Keokuk  78  07. 
Iowa  Ci/y— Washmgton  ch  61  83;  Walcott  ch 
3  34:  Deep  River  on  6;  Moniesumaoh  14;  Co- 
lumbus City  oh  3  51 ;  Fairview  ch  10  90;  Scotch  oh 
7  90;  Brooklyn  Sab-sch  11:  Atalissa  ch  6  207  78 

Kansas.  — fTiffAland— Highland  Sab-sch  6. 
iVaosAo— Independence  ch  6  70;  Ist  ch  Fori 
Scott  26  60 ;  Osase  oh  2  26  40  46 

Krktugkt.  —  ^bsnezsr  —  Burlington  oh  60. 
Xouw(n//<— Hopkinsville  ch  6 ;  Walnut  Street  ch 
Louisville  16  21.  7VanQ/2vania—U arrod^burgh 
ch  10;  2d  ch  Danville  100  181  21 

Loifo  Island.— BrooiUM»—Throop  Avenue  oh 
21  38;  Calvary  ch  Sab-sch  20.  to  con  R.  J.  Fullar 
Lift  Mtmbm-  30—60;  South  Third  Street  ch  Wil- 
hainsburgh  35;  1st  oh  Edgewater,  a  I.  16  40; 
Franklin  A.venue  oh  15.  Long  /stend— Amagan- 
sett  ch  6,  Sab-soh  4»10;  Hattituck  ch  13  10. 
JVossau— First  ch  .Astoria  40  80 ;  Newtown  oh 
237,  Sab-sch  60—887;  Roslyn  oh  18;  Foster's 
Meadow  oh  6  *  612  18 

MicHiOAif.—/)efro<«— Calvary  oh  Detroit  7  29; 
Fort  Street  ch  Detroit  89  90 ;  1st  ch  Detroit  76 ; 
Birmingham  oh  33.  Z^oMSing- First  oh  Lansing 
15  94;  Mason  oh  9  29;  Homer  ch,  Mrs  F  M 
Coan  10.  Afonroe— First  ch  Monroe  6  246  42 
MiifirBSOTA.— 1$<  Paui— St  Paul  House  of  Hope 
oh  106  60;  Redwing  cb  12  64;  St  Cloud  ch  2  40 ; 
White  Bear  ch  7  61);  Pine  City  Ob  17  40.  Winona— 
Woodbury  ch  98  ots;  1st  ch  Winona  4  27   160  79 

Mi880URL  —  0»ai7«— First  ch  Warrensburgh 
7  60;  Sugar  Creek  ch  2.  P^m^a— Bird's  Eye 
Ridge  ch  2  70;  1st  oh  Sullivan  2  2J  ;  Macon 
City  oh  2  51;  Rev.  R.  H.  Tatler  10.  PiatU-^ 
Rock  Port  oh  4.  St  LouUSt  Charles  oh  8   88  91 

Nrw   Jtiwr^£Ksa6«ti^— First  oh 


Plainfield ,     ^  u 

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12  40;  Plaoknmfn  oh  7  77:  8d  oh  Elizabeth 
60  40:  WesiAeld  ch  38  88;  Sammii  Oeotre  oh 
15  80 ;  Now  Providenoe  Sab-sch  10.  Jerneff  CUff  • 
— Pir^t  ch  Jersey  Citv  173  91;  Uackenftack  Sab- 
soh  16:  Englewood  oh  I0I8  90.  Monmouth— }f  on 
Washiotfion  ch  8i  80;  Farminsdale  ch  6.  Mor- 
Tia  and  Oran^d— First  oh  Morrifltowa,  quar  coll 
461  16,  a  member  8—163  16;  8d  ch  Mendham 
38;  Brick  oh.  OranKO,  io  part  1176;  Rookaway 
oh  78  76;  South  Street  ch,  MorriAtowo  13ul  60. 
Newark— Pa^Tk  ch  16  68;  WicklifTe  oh  0  60;  Cal- 
Tary  oh  19  73;  Uoserille  ch  Sab-sch  Mi8H*y  Soc'y, 
to  sup  boy  and  Rlrl  at  Oroomiah  50 ;  8d  ch,  quar 
ooll  120  52;  South  Park  ch.  mon  coo  97  78.  New 
Brun«un«A— Stoolcton  oh  12;  Perth  Amboy  oh 
25;  Dutch  Neck  oh  60.  Newton—FirM  ch  Still- 
water 20;  Swartswood  oh  8;  Stanhope  ch  6. 
W«(  J«raev~  Woodntown  ch  9  75  4964  40 

Niw  Toac— Boston— First  ch  Newburyport 
100;  Istch  East  Boston  22  70.  Hudton— Union- 
Title  eh  M;  Goshen  oh  60  9-(;  Centrerilltf  ch  5; 
Nyaok  ch  42  65;  Stony  Pomt  oh  80  58,  Sab-sch 
21  74*48  32;  Hamjptonburgh  oh  88  56;  Port 
JerviKCh  10;  Istch  Washinstonville  li;  Ram^po 
ch  7  20;  1st  ch  Middletown  17  74;  2d  oh  Middle- 
town  36  34;  Cooheoion  oh  3  10:  Montioello  oh 
21  60;  West  Town  oh  8  69;  Palisades  ch  37  96. 
New  FurAc— Scotch  oh,  John  Taylor  Johnson, 
Em)  800;  Fourth  Avenue  eh  66  66;  7th  ch  18  80: 
Madison  Square  ch,  add'l  lOJ,  Mission  Chapel 
for  Africa  10,  Mexico  10,  China  10,  Japan  10, 
Woodstock  10*150;  Fourteenth  Street  ch,  mon 
oon  66  57;  Brick  oh  196  58;  Brick  oh  chapel 
18;  Harlem  oh  4  10;  1st  oh  Sab-soh  32  46,  Mis- 
sion 0ch  47  48*79  93;  Dry  Dock  chapel  8  S3. 
North  J^iMr— Kondout  ch  48  76;  Calvary  oh, 
Newburi^h  20  47;  Marlboroui^h  oh  74;  New  Ham- 
burgh ch.  Ladies'  Mis8*y  Soo'yM);  1st  oh  Amenia 
40:  Ist  oh  Florida  68  77.  IF(WfeAM/0r— Gilead 
Sab-soh  for  Tripoli  sob,  Syria  18;  South  Salem 
oh,  mon  con  83;  North  Congregational  oh,  Enfleld 
24  61;  Darien  oh  25:  Ist  oh  Feekskiil,  mo  con 
24  50  1672  80 

pAcmo.— iSiommsnto— Plaoerville  oh  6;  San 
.PVanetseo^Howard  Street  ch  2  85  7  26 

Philadblphia.— ChMfsr— New  London  ch  26  50 ; 
Media  oh  46  80.  La«Aai«aana— Uawley  oh  6: 
Dunmorech7;  Warren  ham  oh  7;  Wells  ana 
Columbia  ch  26:  Susquehanna  ch.  to  oon  Rev  P 
H  Brook H  Uje Directorial  Oreat  Bend  ch  18  77; 
New  Milfordoh  18  60;  Carbondale  ch Sabscb  50. 
Lehigh—MxmmM  Hill  ch,  **P'60;  Bramerd  ch, 
Esston  185;  2d  ch,  Chtliisquaque  19;  Shenan- 
doah ch  4  20:  Weatherly  ch  4  50.  •PhUadelpkia 
— West  Spruce  Street  ch  Sab-itoh  Band  of  Love, 
for  Rev  G  F  Dale*8  work  in  Syria  15;  Walnut 
Street  ch  901  31,  Sab-sch  25-9i6  34;  10th  oh 
Philadelphia  100.  Pfulttdetphia  Oeniral—CohoQk' 
sink  Sab  sch  60;  Kensington  Sab-sch  63  03;  Ist 
oh  Northern  Liberues,  J  B  Stevenson,  E<>q  MX); 
Tioga  Street  nh  16.  PhUaddphia  North— Firsi  ch 
Manayunk  24;  Central  oh  Norrisiown  50;  Market 
Square  ch,  Germantown,  for  Siam  12  93 ;  Ist  ch, 
German  town,  for  Afirioa  15  36.  Westminster— 
Chestnut  Level  oh  30;  Monaghan  ch  28  80; 
Centre  ch  21 ;  Stewartstown  oh  28  2428  23 

PiTTSBORaH.— JSfotnviUe— Poke  Run  oh  86; 
OreenMbiirgh  ch  22  25.  FitUburgH—EtMi  Liberty 
oh  63  60,  Sab-rah  for  Dr  Happer  100*163  60;  2d 
oh,  Pittsburgh,  Mrs  W  McClintook  85;  Canons- 
burgh  ch  86  60.  Bedstone— Somenei  oh  13  84; 
Round  Hill  oh  84  79.  YfouAinyean— Upper  Buf- 
feUo  oh  Sab-soh  18  85;  Wofit  Alexander  oh 
mo  con  lu,  dabsch  80,  Mary  Gelstoo  1,  David 
Obenney  3,  Mary  Craig  3*47 ;  Centre  oh  Sab-soh, 
to  nupnhild  in  India  10;  ^est  Union  Sab-tfoh  12; 
LowerTenMilechU  60;  Istch  Wheeling 44  86; 
Claysville  ch  Sab-sch,  to  ed  boy  at  Kolapoor 
18  88;  4ih  Ob  Wheeling  1  48,  Sab-soh  2  16*5  64. 
Weit  riryiniO' Welisburgh  oh  13  633  71 

Tmrbsmb.— iTtfigftofi—Glover  Hill  oh  80  oCa{ 
Maysville  oh  8u  ots.  New  Orfaant— Mary  Esther 
oh  8  00.    l^Aioa— Caledonia  oh  9  18  60 

TmMSHK—Bsli^ontame  Bueyrus  oh  6  17.  ^v- 
rofi— Fremont  oh  80.  Lima— Colurobos  Grove 
and  Rockford  ohs  Sa  JfoumM- First  oh  Toledo, 
for  Persia  25;  Bryan  eh,  Children's  Mira  Soe*y 
e  80  07  47 

CttTEAii  Nxw   YoMK—BinghamUm—Fini  oh 


BinghamtOQ  71  78;  North  oh  Binghamton  6  51 ; 
Masonville  oh  8  60.  0<Mgo— Gilberts ville  oh 
45  10.  8t  Lawrence— SnckttVM  Harbor  ch  18; 
Monistown  ch  7;  Plessls  eh  Sab-aoh  2;  Adams 
oh  38  60;  Gonverneur  oh  84.  Stfraeuse  Liver- 
pool  oh  8  45 ;  1st  Ward  oh  Syracuse  12  16;  Con- 
stantino ch.  mo  <*on  4 ;  1st  ch,  Pompey  40.  Vtiem 
— Sauquoit  oh  87  80;  Alder  Creek  oh  8  30 ;  Oneida 
Cast  e  oh  14  310  24 

WuTmi  Nbw  ToRK.~Bt{/fa/o— Westroineter  ch 
Buflfnlo  104  68 ;  Calvary  on.  BuffiUo,  Sab-soh  to 
sup  oliild  at  Tungchow  116  75;  Ist  oh  Ripley 
47  83.  Oenese6—OovUx  ch  10:  East  Pembroke 
oh,  G  S  Corwin  100.  Qeneses  FoZ/sg^Almond  ch 
11  50.  iV»a47ara— Lewiston  ch  7  80;  Wilaon  oh 
6.  iSooAMtar— Memorial  ch  Rochester  14  56;  lat 
ch  Livonia  48  33;  Brick  ch  Rochester  217  72; 
Central  ch  Rochester  08  40;  Westminster  ch 
15  :i7 ;  Gates  oh  13  16 ;  Ogden  oh  SB  40 ;  L  J  Gay- 
lord.  Rochester  10  8S7  00 

WiscoNsiit.— LaAM  Superior— CXiotiio  ch  2  74; 
Superloroh  8  00;  Marquette  oh  85;  Menomonea 
oh  47.  if»/ioattAee-Oliawa  oh  4  88 ;  Delafield  ch 
5  85;  Calvary  oh  Milwaukee  108  6S;  Pike  Grove 
oh  18  10.  lrmn«6aao— Depere  ch  82  60;  Neenah 
oh  86.  Wtseofnsin  iUMr^Lodl  oh  3 ;  German  eh. 
Platteviile,  Ladies*  Soo  14  86,  Arthur,  Laura,  and 
Lydia  Grob^  proceeds  of  a  ealf  4—18  86:  Rioh- 
land  Centre  Sab-soh  8;  Middletown  oh  1  80 

881  40 

Ladies*  Misa  Soc'y,  N  T  585;  I'roy  Branch 
Woman's  Foreign  Miss  Soo'y^O  86  774  86 

Total  Receipts  from  churches  in  July  $18,708  58 
Lmacibs.— Legacy  of  John  A  Brown,  dee'd, 
Philadelphia  louoo ;  Legacy  of  Cornelius  Voor- 
heirt,  deoX  Rochester,  NY  luoo :  Legacy  of  Marj 
C  Turner,  deo'd,  Svracuso,  N  Y  500;  Legaoy  of 
Maria  D  Vorhess,  deo'd,  Trenton,  N  J  500;  Legaoy 
of  Nancy  Gracr,  deo'd,  Jamaica,  L 1 150:  I^egacj 
of  Jamea  Rodgers,  deo'd,  Washington  Co.  Pa 
50  18,200  00 

MuoKLLANious.— Orin  Backus.  Cleveland,  Ohio 
10;  N  D,  18  60;  A  keepsake  Arom  a  aainted 
daughter  (silver)  50  ota ;  Bethlehem,  Pa,  Sab-Msh 
8  63;  A  friend  in  Rochester  30;  Geo  Rath.  Du- 
buque. Iowa  5;  A  T  70;  J  M  Coen  6;  Conntan- 
tine  Brauae,  Kingston,  Tenn  5 ;  Cash  5 ;  A  fhend 
50;  A  G  Naaon,  Orange  Co,  Va  6;  Thomas  Bar- 
nett,  Annapolia,  Ohio  8;  Mrs  D  W  H  Magill, 
Danville,  Pa  8;  Aroh'd  McLean,  Burlington,  N  J, 
for  India  8  60;  Rev  William  Hall.  Seneca  Mia- 
aion  16  05:  Rev  R  A  Mitchell,  Kanaaa.  Ill  10; 
•*8'*80;  Miss  M  Klckok5;  Mrs  N  MWakelly. 
Greenville,  N  T  5:  Mrs  T  Lemen,  Oaaian,  N  Y 
1  85;  A  friend,  Orangeville,  Pa  10;  Mm  Mor- 
riiton 5;  Gertrude SCary,  Philadelphia 5  ll;Robi 
Beer,  Pittsburgh,  to  sup  tfcev  H  C  Thomson, 
Mexico  4U0;  Mrs  N  MoGeary,  Albany.  Orecon 
10;  Rev  N  L  Liord,  Roohester,  lod  5;  Rev  N  d 
Lowrie  5 ;  L  L  Stewart,  Ashville.  N  C  6 ;  Kichard 
Bleydenburgh,  Smiihtown,  L  i  20;  District  No  A, 
Bethel,  N  Y  6;  Sundry  coll,. paid  throagh  (be 
Friubyterian  886  04;  John  Bell,  Orange  NTS 

1064  48 


Total  reoelpta  In  July,  1878,   $3i,»67  00 
Total  receipts  from  May  1st,    $66,437  51 
Of  the  amount  aoknowledaed  above,  $),949  64 
was  received  through  Committee  on  Benevo- 
lence and  Finance. 

Mrs  M  P  Squier  10,  wrongly  aoknowladgod  as 
100  in  June  No. 

WM.  RANKiN,  3VMittr«r, 
28  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


Lamas  relating  to  the  Mlaalona,  or  other  open^ 
tions  of  (he  Board,  may  be  addressed  to  the  Rev. 
JoMN  a  Lowati,  Rev.  David  laviifo,  or  Rev.  Feavk 
F.  EiuirwooD,  Seoretariea,  Miaaion  House,  21 
Centre  streeu  New  York. 

Lcmas  relating  to  the  peonniary  aflklra  of  the 
Board,  or  containing  remittances  of  money,  may 
be  sent  to  WnjUAM  RaMKor,  Emi^  TWotvnr— 
iame  addren. 


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BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION. 

No,  1334  OhGBtnat  Street,  Philadelphia. 

K  Id  dott^titioB  of  books  ibnd  tr^t»,  the  appolntmeot  of  Ck>lport6ura,  and  the  general 
Board,  to  be  ad^keesed  to  the  Rer,  Wiluam  S.  BoHaaos,  DJ>^  Obrrttponding  8ecr^ 

Dd  cnmniQisi^tlona  {s^^aQHrnla^  matter  oflhred  for  pabUoatlon,  whether  for  booka 

rg  Ui  flubbvth  ScbcMjl  #drk»  to  Mf.  J.  Baawif  TTLaa^  Superintendent  of  Sabbath- 

<«  of  Co)port«ars,  r«m!et»aceH  of  monej,  and  donationa,  to  Mr.  S.  D.  Powbi, 
)f  Colporiage  and  Trea^arer. 

ki  ieKGBpi  (torn  Colporteun}  and  Baeineas  Oorreapondenoe,  to  Mr.  Jobx  A.  Blaoe. 
bQ  ThA  Fr^ifUriam  Mq^UUv  R^tsord,  The  ScM>at/h3chool  VitUor,  and  The    Pretbjf" 
od  pajmenla  Cor  Lhe  aame,  to  Sir.  Pma  WALcaa. 


AMONG  TUE  MOUNTAINEERS. 

1  do  matiy  eitj-bred  people  know  of  the  oondition  of  large 
3  people  of  their  owa  oountrj.  The  following  simple  story,  not 
publioutioD,  will  gi¥e  to  such  persons  a  hint  of  the  work  to  be 
^ouBtrj  Tot  the  tnatruotmn  and  elevation  of  the  people.  It  is 
the  Colporteurs  of  the  Board  of  Publication. 
,  would  be  pleasant  for  you  to  spend  a  moment  surveying  my 
oiouotain  region  in  which  I  labor.  About  the  year  1806  a  Baptist 
ed  through  here  as  a  mi^^siouary,  and  at  various  points  established 
aces.  No  other  deoomt nation  occupied  the  field  for  years.  The 
w  up  believing  that  "  The  Door  to  the  Church"  was  under  the 
e  years  later  the  Methodists  sent  preachers  through  this  region, 
It  ^*Qod  could  know  all  things  if  he  would,  hut  he  does  not 

Both  of  tbeae  branches  of  the  Church  licensed  men  to  preach 
^roely  read.     It  is  not  strange  that  the  people  have  been  taught 

for  "Bible  Truths"  of  whioh you  have  scarcely  heard, 
e  arc  generally  honest  and  industrious,  and  naturally  of  good 
^j  are  coming  to  the  concloiion  that  their  religious  teaching  has 
at  it  ought  to  ha,  I  think  the  doctrines  of  our  Church  when 
lerBtood  will  be  well  received.  It  will  take  some  time  and  labor 
be  various  fali^  ^^i>m^'^  ao  long  scattered  here.  I  have  sold 
^ical  books  to  ministers  of  six  or  seven  different  denominations. 
iDg  them,  and  I  think  to  their  profit  in  the  pulpit.  Selling  to 
ens  the  way  to  iell  to  their  church  members  and  to  Sabbath- 


lard  time,  riding  in  all  kinds  of  weather-— wet  and  cold,  and  hot— 
^  along  bridle-paths,  through  the  woods,  through  fences,  generally 
ui  dinaer.     But  I  am  content  in  my  work,  hoping  that  if  I  faith- 
Christ,  I  shall  reap  as  I  have  sown. 

sec  how  eagerly  religious  reading  is  sought  for  by  many  poor 
Ie  that  I  may  do  some  good  by  carrying  the  book  or  tract  for  their 


wished  me  to  attend  Presbytery,  hut  I  had  to  tell  him  that  I        r^ 

Digitized  by  VjC 


Board  of  PubUccUum.  [^September 

had  Dot  a  suit  of  clothes  suitable  to  appear  in  before  that  body,  and  I  tbongbt 
I  would  rather  give  the  price  in  books  and  tracts  to  the  destitute,  and  do 
with  what  clothes  I  had.  Could  jour  wealthy  citizens  see  the  destitution 
and  the  wants  of  our  mountaineers,  I  think  they  would  be  surprised,  and 
would  be  ready  to  give  of  their  abundance  to  help  the  spiritual  wants  of  the 
poor  in  these  mountains.  Many  of  our  people  are  rejoicing  in  a  Saviour's 
love.    Bat  what  will  become  of  the  youth  without  religious  reading  7 

BOOKS  FOR  THE  INDIANS. 

FROM    LAPWAI,   IDAHO. 

The  kvpd  and  valuable  donation  of  books  from  the  Board  reached  us  safely 
some  weeks  ago.  Sickness  and  absence  have  hindered  me  in  making 
acknowledgment. 

As  our  Indian  youth  reach  the  ability  to  read,  it  b  very  important  to  have 
something  attractive  and  useful  to  put  into  their  hands.  Nearly  half  of  the 
scholars  in  our  school  are  thus  able  to  use  profitably  the  books  you  have  sent. 
It  b  also  a  great  aid  to  their  teacher  to  have  something  with  which  to  interest 
them  on  the  Sabbath;  for  not  having  their  usual  study  and  work  on  that  day 
its  hours  pass  heavily  by.  Books,  useful  to  any  class  of  children,  have,  Id 
the  hands  of  our  Indian  children,  an  additional  use.  They  become  inter- 
ested in  the  story }  words  occur  which  they  do  not  understand.  Thb  leads 
to  inquiry  of  the  teacher,  and  they  thus  happily  make  progress  in  the  study 
of  our  language. 

Another  blessing  the  books  brought  us.  Immedbtely  on  receiving  them 
we  organized  a  Sabbath-school,  the  first  enjoyed  here.  The  Indbn  children 
of  the  school,  and  the  white  children  of  the  families  of  the  employees,  together 
constitute  the  school.  Our  Agent,  Mr.  J.  B.  Montieth,  was  appointed  assist- 
ant superintendent.  I  would  gladly  have  included  the  adult  Indian  popula- 
tion, and  the  native  children  not  in  school,  but  have  no  means  of  teaching 
them  as  yet. 

I  am  preparing  a  translation  of  the  Catechitm  /or  Toung  Children  of  our 
Board ;  which,  with  alphabet,  vocabulary,  and  a  few  easy  lessons  in  reading, 
will  make  a  book  much  needed. 

In  behalf  of  all  interested  in  the  good  work  here,  and  especially  in  behalf 
of  the  natives  who  can  profit  by  your  gift,  I  render  to  the  Board  most  hearty 
thanks  for  the  valuable  and  beautiful  donation  made  us. 

Very  truly  yours,  Gjm).  Ainslib. 


OUR  MONTHLY  LESSON  HYMN. 
We  publish  on  each  Westminster  Lesson  Leaf  for  scholars,  one  stanza 
of  some  standard  hymn,  thus  giving  a  hymn  of  four  stanzas  each  month. 
These  hymns  are  designed  to  be  committed  for  use  each  Sabbath,  and  sung  ai 
least  once  each  Sabbath  by  the  whole  school.  We  hope  by  thb  method  to 
stimulate  and  encourage  the  memorizing,  and  at  least  occasional  singing  of  the 
old  hymns  which  have  been  sung  through  the  ages,  and  which  will  be  sunff 
while  the  church  stands.  We  trust  our  young  people  will  find  delight  and 
profit  in  committing  to  memory  these  grand  old  hymns  which,  in  spirit  at 
least,  will  also  be  sung  in  heaven.  ^  ^ 


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PoVATIOn  TO  THl  MlSBIOKABT  FUHO  OF  THS  PbWBTTSBIAH   BOABD  07  PUBLIOATIOV. 

July  1873. 
4^  Synodii  In  sxail  0APrrAL8--Presb]rteriea  in  ito<te»— Charches  in  Roman. 


ALBAirr.~CWuin6(a>-Jewett  ch  16  20.  ^oy— 
LAnsingbarKh,01irecchl6  14;  Waterford  Istcli 
10  70  42  04 

ATLAirno.— Fad*te— Lewisburg  oh  3;  Mt  Piea- 
nntchS;  WhiteHallohS  9  00 

BALTnfORi.~Battifnore— Brown  Memorial  oh, 
Baltimore  41  08.  iVaw  0««t/«— Georgetown  ch  4 ; 
Cool  Spring  ch  4;  Lower  West  NottiDgharo  ch 
22  36.  WasiUngUm  CSty— Washington  4th  ch 
7  75  79  79 

CntcnmATL — Cbi^Mnaii— CinoinnatI  CentrHl  oh 
sad  Sah-80h  137  20;  Morrow  oh  3  80;  College 
Hiilch6;Qlendaleoh30;Gleresch5  18  180  68 

Ci.vnLMn.^8t  aoirsviUe— Cadis  oh  26.  8Uu- 
6efivi/to— Carrol Iton  oh  9  2d;  New  Uarrifiburg  ch 
i;  Centre  Unity  oh  8  25;  Amsterdam  oh  3 ;  Iron- 
dale  Ut  oh  lu  66 ;  East  Lirerpool  oh  12       68  06 

Columbus.— Jfarton— Trenton  ch  6;  Mt  Gilead 
eh  18;  Richland  Centre  eh  2  30.  fFoost«r— Ber- 
lin oh  3;  Holmesvilleoh  7  25;  Canal  Fulton  ch 
10  06;  Webster  ch  4«.  ^nMinfia- Linton  ch  88; 
£rao«  Creek  oh  4;  BakersTiile  oh  22;  Norwich 
aod  Pleattaat  Hill  oh  8  26;  Jersey  ch  5;  Zanes- 
▼ille  1st  ch  12  86;  Dresden  ch  10  182  20 

£a».—(7ari4>i»— Perry  oh  8.  KitUmning^Ceii' 
treoh4;  L.awi^nceburgb  chlO;  Boiling  :ipring 
ch  9;  Apolla  ch  21  86;  Cherry  Run  ch  3  80. 
Sbenango^Vf&at  Middlesex  oh  14  76;  Sharps- 
Tille  ch  8  79  40 

QniBTA^—Qx^po— Bennett  ()h  12  40;  Scipio  2d 
eh  4.  Oentva — Gorham  oh  11;  Penn  Tan  oh 
24  67;  Oaks  Oornera  oh  6.  5(mi6«»— Uomells- 
Tille  oh  and  bab-sch  12  61  70  48 

H&amisBima. — CbrUsle— Lower  Marsh  Creek 
eh  8  8ij;  Great  Couewago  ch  4  70;  Harrisburg 
Seventh  Street  eh  18  27;  Chambersburg,  Palling 
Spring  eh  70.  Aintin^doa— Moshannon  ch  12; 
Sinking  Valley  oh  16  U6:  Little  Valley  ch  12; 
Perrysville  oh  26  77;  Peru  oh  6;  Logan's  Valley 
tb  10  5u;  Lower  Tuscarora  oh  36  35:  Milroy  ctx 
6;  Upper  Tuscarora  ch  14  46.  Northumberland-' 
Lock  Haren  3d  oh  4;  Bloomeburg  1st  ch  10; 
Mifflinburg  oh  4  76  259  14 

Iiuirois,  Gbntbal.— Btoominyton—Waynesville 
ch  2.    Ptona — Brunswick  oh  3;  Salem  oh  6 

11  00 

lunran,  Nomb.— lioeA(  JKver— Penlel  oh  14; 
Viola  ch  3  6u;  Edwards  on  3.  Ottotoo— Platte 
Irt  ch  2  12.  CAmo^o— Lake  forest  ch  26 ;  Kan- 
kakee Ist  oh  0  46  67  06 

ixuAjiA,  NoKTB.— ^ori  Ifa^yne— Roanoke  ch 

8  80 

ImAMA,8oirra.—/fuUa}iapo/is- Indianapolis  Ist 
oh  11  «2.  Nev  iitoany— Uak  throve  ch  7.  Vin- 
tmnt$    Princeton  ch  6  28  82 

Iowa,  Noktb. —OKlar  J2ap<ds— MeobanicsTlUe 
eh  6.  Diifrufue— Lansing  lat  ch  7,  of  which  Sab- 
sch  2  12  00 

lowAfSouTB.— i)ef  Ifotnes— Charitanoh6.  Iowa 
-^Ouamwa  ch  8  9a  Mistouri  £<v«r— Corning 
Ist  ch  16  70.    OmaA<B— Bell  Creek  oh  2  60  27  10 

KAXSA8.—Hij^A/aiid— Hiawatha  oh  2.  iVeosAo— 
6eneTaohl79.  Typsto— De3otacha0;Wamego 
ch  10  33  79 

KtimjoKT/~S^«yMsef^-Flem]ngsburgh  oh  9  60 ; 
Lexington  2d  ch  7U.  LoutmnlU  Owensboro'  oh 
16  66;  Olivet  ch  2  60;  Cloverport  oh  4  60;  Ste- 
pheospori  eh  10;  Plum  Creek  oh  4;  New  Castle 
ch  <{  86:  Pisgah  ch  11  76.  SVonsyivanicH-Cald- 
well  ch  6;  Perryville  ch  16  6ii;  Kirkwood  eh  18 ; 
Providence  oh  17  60;  Bethel  Union  oh  :i4;  Le- 
banon oh  66  40;  Springfield  oh  61;  BrMtord'> 
villech  6;  Harrodsbarg  oh  87  60;  Bethel  oh  2; 
Ebeoexer  eh  13;  Danville  oh  60  444  56 

Loae  ItLAin>.~/lroolcifaK»— Franklin  Avenue  ch, 
Brooklyn  6.  Ixmg  istond— Easthampton  ch 
87  96;  Southampton  eh  r2.  JTassou— Smilhtown 
oh  4  98 ;  Oyster  Bay  oh  8ab-ech  16  84  91 


MiomoAir.  —  2>etroi<  —  Detroit  1st  oh  89  17; 
Detroit,  Fort  Street  oh  133  79.  Xan«ino~Mar- 
shall  oh  24  76.  Ifonro^— Tecumseh  oh  23  47. 
Aiyinoio— South  Saginaw  ch  Sab-sch  10     281  18 

MisTNESOTA. — Jfan/calo— South  Bend  oh  1  20* 
8i  /Vuc<— MiDoeapolis,  Weatmlnster  eh  90,  of 
which  Sab-sch  17  41  91  20 

MissomtL—OSoos— Pleasant  Hill  1st  oh  6;  Lex- 
ington iMt  ch  6.  f^i^myra— West  Ely  oh  6.  Platte 
— Chillicoihe  ch  12  27  00 

Nkw  JxR9KT^J?/iia6etA— Elisabeth  8d  oh  Sab- 
sch  37  60.  Jer9ey  City— Hoboken,  Miss  M  Stan- 
leys' 8ab-8Ch  cUiss  20;  Beroen  ist  oh  29  61.  Jfon> 
motOA— Platthburg  oh  3;  Bordentown  oh  6  76; 
Hiifhtstuwn  ch  'ib,  MorrU  and  Orange— "HottIs^ 
town.  South  Street  ch  ^b-soh  17  12;  Suooasunna 
ch  20.  iVflioarJk— Newark  2d  ch  26  91 ;  Woodside 
ch  6  30.  N&ff  Brun8wick^li9w  Brunswick  1st  oh 
40;  Flemingtun  ch  73  40.  J\rMo<on~Belvidere 
2d  eh  12;  Sparta  oh  9  50;  flacketistown  1st  oh 
68  80  394  79 

Niw  ToaK.—Bn«ton— Reading  eh  Sab  sch  20. 
^adioa— Scotch  town  ch  8  60;  Florida  2d  oh  8  60 ; 
Circleville  ch  9;  Goshen  ch  29  16.  New  York— 
New  York  Ist  oh  26;  Manhattan  oh  9.  North 
Mver—Oold  Spring  oh  6;  Newburgh  li«tch69; 
Pine  Plains  ch  8  87.  Weet  Chester— Bridgeport 
ch42  234  03 

PACxno.—Or^(70fi— Albany  ch  6  00 

Philadelphia.— C7i««t«r—-Ui>per  Ootoraraoh  12. 
Xa^Jfcmsanna— Towaoda  oh  Sab-sch  60;  Dunmore 
oh  6;  Wklkesbarre  ch  99  54.  Ii«AtpA— Mahanoy 
City  ch  11  26.  FMIadelphia—VfHluat  Street  oh 
8ab*80h  2-i  60.  Philadelphia,  OmtnU— Princeton 
ch  48;  Kensington  ch  40.  If Mfj»nn«^er— Slate 
Ridge  oh  12  800  80 

PiTTSBOROH.- iZadstone— tJniontown  oh     20  t)0 

TEaifsssu—iTinasfon— Chattanooga  2d  oh  6  60; 
Cloyd's  Creek  oh  10  16  60 

ToLS]>o.—^0U^ontofne- Patterson  oh  26;  Spring 
flillach6  60;  DeGro(roh2  24.  JfaunMe—BryaD 
1st  oh  11  43  84 

\JnQk.—Binghamton — Cortland  ch  37  62.  Oteego 
— Otego  oh  4.  Si  Latcrenee— WaddiBgton  oh 
9  60;  Oxbow  oh  8  77;  Kossie  oh  3  67.  Syramee 
—Syracuse  1st  oh  61  60;  Marcellus  oh  16;  Cainil- 
lus  oh,  add' I  60  ots  126  46 

WssTsair  Nkw  YoaK.—G0ne«0e— Perry  oh  6  42. 
J^apora— Niagara  Falln  ch  26.  i2oeA«0<ar— Oen- 
eseo  Central  oh  3U;  Brook  port  oh  63  70;  Tusca- 
rora and  Union  Corners  oh  7  132  12 

Wi8coif8i5.— AfUwauAcM— Bhrton  oh  2  16;  Mil- 
waukee, Bethany  oh  and  ^ab-sch  8;  Jeflbrson  oh 
2  76;  ManitowRc  oh  80.  Wieccnein  .fiiver— Belle- 
ville oh  46  ots;  Dayton  ch  46  ots  03  80 

Oomann  on  BiiravoLBifOi  amd  FhrABOi. 


Jane,  in  part, 
July  receipts. 


601  69/    *"*  '* 


uoAcno. 


Legacy  of  Miss  Maria  D  Voorheea,  late  of 
Trenton,  N  J  600  00 

MISOBLLAliaOUl. 

Nes  Peroes  Misnion,  Idaho  7  65;  Mary  A 
Stump,  Perryville,  Md  2;  Mrn  Affleck,  Michigan 
8:  Mrs  E  B  Gould  I :  Bethel  Mission  Sabsch  8 ; 
Edward  Garland,  Granville,  Ohio  3  75;  J  Z 
Glenn,  Oxford,  Ohio  2;  Prom  Mrs  J  D  MoCord, 
Treasurer,  for  sending  books  to  India  12 ;  Mrs 
W  H  Magill,  Danville,  Pa  8;  From  Rev  J  M 
Morrison,  for  sending  book;*  to  India  60;  John 
Bell,  Orange  N  Y  6;  O  M  Green,  Dickinson,  Pa 
10;  James  Ruiwell,  Mt  Jackson,  Ohio  10    117  30 

^Total        $4768  62 

ii  t^^4EL93p^f«rir. 


804  Board  o/  Church  Erection.  iSeptmbtr 

BOARD  OP  CHURCH  ERECTION. 

Oorrtaponding  Seerttary^  Rkt.  H.  R.  Welsow,  D.D^  28  Centra  Street,  New  Tork. 
Trm$urWt  Natoah  Lavb,  Esq^  69  Wall  Streets 


It  was  shown  in  our  last  Annual  Report  that  the  amount  asked  for  rnd  greatly 
needed  in  the  work  of  Church  Erection  was  $212)590,  (that  is,  $12,590  more  than 
the  Assembly's  apportionment  of  the  previous  year,)  whilst  our  actual  receipts 
from  the  churches  amounted  to  only  $78,229.  To  meet  this  deficit  and  assist  the 
Board  in  their  earnest  efforts  to  meet  the  demands  pressing  upon  them  from 
hundreds  of  poor  and  shelterless  churches,  the  Committee  upon  the  Budget,  ia 
their  wisdem,  cut  down  the  prorata  of  the  Board  from  $200,000  to  $120,000— a 
reduction  of  $80,000,  which  in  proportion  to  the  whole  amount  of  the  Budget  is  a 
much  larger  reduction  than  that  of  any  other  of  the  Boards,  and  will  only  have  to 
be  repeated  twice  to  put  the  Board  entirely  through.  The  effects  of  this  generous 
action  are  already  showing  themselves.  At  Jun^  1st  we  reported  receipts  for 
previous  month,  amounting  to  $3,764,  while  the  applications  which  came  before  us 
for  that  month  called  for  $14,350.  Our  next  month's  receipts  from  all  sources 
amounted  to  $2,132,  and  the  applications  for  aid  to  $22,680,  all  strongly  endorsed  by 
Presbyterians.  In  view  of  these  facts  and  our  increasing  embarrassment,  let  me 
respectfully  and  in  deep  earnest  ask  the  brethren  who  adopted  this  Report  on  the 
Budget,  was  it  wise  to  make  this  enormous  reduction,  which  is  so  deeply  affecting 
our  receipts?  And  let  me  in  the  same  spirit  ask  the  brethren  who  send  us  these 
applications  and  who  need  our  assistance,  with  the  receipt  of  $2,132  how  can  ve 
meet  the  demand  for  $22,680? 

It  is  very  natural  for  the  contributing  churches  to  suppose  that  they  have  been 
giving  too  much  to  this  cause,  when,  upon  the  report  of  this  Committee,  so  large  a 
reduction  is  voted  by  the  Assembly.  Henc^  the  contraction  in  their  offerings,  to 
be  still  further  reduced  when  it  passes  through  the  eight  per  cent,  ordeal. 

When  the  Committee  on  the  Budget  presented  their  report  there  were  not  a  few 
of  the  members  of  the  Assembly  resolved  to  send  it  back  to  the  Committee,  with 
instructions  to  increase  the  pro-rata  for  Church  Erection,  but  they  were  told  the 
chairman  was  going  home,,  and  therefore  the  thing  had  to  be  passed  at  a  late  hoar 
of  the  night  It  was  also  stated,  that  this  report  of  the  Committee,  if  adopted,  need 
not  prevent  the  churches  from  giving  to  the  cause  of  Church  Erection  as  much  as 
they  pleased.  It  is  this  point  to  which  we  want  to  draw  the  attention  of  the 
churches — ihcU  they  really  have  the  right  to  give  more  than  eight  cents  in  the  doUar 
to  this  important  cause.  In  sending  through  the  Committee  on  Benevolence  and 
Finance  they  can  specify  how  much  of  the  amount  sent  they  wish  given  to  this 
Board.  Or  that  if  they  prefer  to  send  their  money  directly  to  the  Board,  they 
really  have  the  right  to  do  so.       

DOVATIOHS  TO  THB  BOAKD  Or  Chuboh  EaXOTIOV,  JULT  1873. 
49*  Synods  in  smau  CAnTALs»Presl>yteriee  in  tial<M— Chorohee  In  Bormui. 

AuAHT.— ji/  «ny— Amsterdam,  l0t  oh  10;  Oar-  Cincinnati,  Avondale  oh  142  88;  CinoinnaU,  Oeac 
lisle  ch  8  64;  Galway  oh  6;  Jeffarson  oh  •  10;  tral  oh  120  66;  Lebanon  oh  X2;  Pleasanc  Kun 
KingHboro  ch  M;  Mariaville  ch  10.  Champlam  ch  6.  Z^ton—Piqua,  2d  oh  IS.  FffrttnumtM-^ 
— Au  Sable  Forks  oh  18.  Cb/umMa— Valatie,  1st  Mancheeter  oh  6  76;  Mt  Leigh  8  76. 
oh  6  60.  TVoy^  Schaghticolce  ch  17;  Troj,  CLATiLAN]>~CI«v0/afMl— Bedford  oh  2;  North- 
Westminster  ch  6:  Troy.  Woodslde  ch  22;  War-  field  ch  S.  IfoAoniA^— Deerfleld  oh  16  Mk  St 
rensbitrghch6;  Waterford,  Ist  ch  21  39.  CkiinvitU—hmt  York  oh  6;   NotUnaham  eh 

AiLAM>io— J4ia#.eie~John*s  Island,  Zton  ch  1;  83  60;  Rook  Hill  oh  11  30;  Wheelmg  Valley  eh 

8amn;erTillech  1;  Wallingfordoh6.  8  80.    iS)teii6siietKe— Bethesda  ch6;   Bethlehem 

BALnicoaB—iVsio  CkwOe—Lower  West  Notting>  oh  11;  New  Uagerstown  oh  16;  Oak  Bidgeeh  6; 

ham  ch  22  lo;  Port  Penn  ch  8.     WMfUngion  Waynesbargh  on  14. 


OUy— Washington,  4th  oh  78  OS.  CoMaAM— CWortido-^Denrer,  Ist  lOh   **£[* 

(^RGiiiirAn.~c/iiuMutAe~Kmgston,  Mt  Plea-       Street  28  66.  OQlC 

lant  oh  •;  Beath  Salem  oh  6  46.    Oncumati^         Oounuuf.— iiMsnt— Pomeroy  ohlo  60.  CMms- 


187S.] 


Board  of  Ckureh  Erectim. 


305 


bM— LaocMter.lstehtS;  Loudon  ch  6.  MarUm 
—Berlin  ch  4;  Liberty  eh  8;  Marion  ch  A; 
Marysvllle  ch  «  l»7.  iroo«<«r— Berlin  ch  4; 
Black  Creek  ch  6  60;  Canal  Kulton  oh  7  30; 
floiiDe)>villo  ch  6  d*';  Jackson  oh  ft;  Lenngton 
eh  1.  ZanavtUe—ye^  Lexington  ch  8  S5 ;  Oak- 
field  eh  I  25:  Jersey  ch  6;  Unliy  ch  8  66;  Weat 
Carlmle  and  Jefferson  chs,  15  07 ;  Zanesville  oh 
1933. 

EKiB->ii/7MA«iV— Concord  ch  1 ;  Sewickley  ch 
m,  BMt^-Harri<*Yille  oh  6;  Pleasant  Vallor 
ch  11  4«;  Plain  Grove  ch  14  67;  Sunbury  ch 

6  40;  Wmikminster  oh  8  60.  CTarioa—Clfiiion 
eh  9.  ^ri« —Corry  oh  12;  East  Greene  cb  6; 
Erie,  Park  oh  76;  Franklin  oh  25;  Harbor 
Cre«k  ch  II:  Union  ch  8  65.  Shmango^CivLT)s.%- 
▼ille  eh  20;  Mahoning  ch  10  13;  West  Middlesex 
ch  11. 

Gi5BTA.—Chjyiif7a— Aurora  ch  29  10.  Chemur^ 
-Mecklenburgh  ch  7.  .Stei^AH- Painted  Post 
ob&. 

HAiBisanma.  —  Cbrftils— Oeltysbnrg  ch  20  26; 
Green  Oistle  ch  38;  Harri<tburg,  Market  Square 
Ob,  **  special**  262;  Newport  ch  14  36.  Hvntmg' 
iw>— Collage  ch  5  23:  Logan's  Valley  uh  7; 
Milesburgch  9  61 ;  Moshannon  ch  2  2u;  Peters* 
borffch  6  77:  Saxton  ch  in  12;  Sinking  Valley 
Ob  21  82;  Snow  ^hoe  ch  3  90;  Sproce  Creek  cb 
W  25;  Tyrone  ch  2«»;  Upper  Tusoarora  oh  15  75. 
iVbrtAitjnWtarsd— Bloonmbarg,  Ist  ch  42  76; 
Lock  Uaven  oh  4;  Mahoning  ch  19  18;  Mifflin- 
borxh  ch  6  66 ;  New  Berlin.  1st  oh  4  69. 

iLUjrois,  CBirTaAL.—JBtoomin9ton— Champaign, 
Ist  eh  49  7S;  Ofaampatgn,  1st  ch  Sab-sch,  **8pe- 
ctal**  10  90;  Chenoa  oh  14:  Gilroan  ch4;  To- 
waoda  ch  6 ;  Wavnesriile  oh  10.  Paorio— Canton 
cb  4  6p;  ParmlDgton  ch  6  25;  Ipava  oh  10; 
Prioceville   ch   8  63.     Schm/Ur  ^Cmtn^  Creek 

7  6u;  Doddsville  oh  6;  Ebeneaer  ch  14;  Mon- 
mouth, Ui  ch  40.  iSTpr/ng/lefd— Springfleld,  Ist 
eb,  fiemi-anncial  col  61  3;). 

luiRQis,  NoBTH.—.FV««p9r<— Galena,  Gemoan 
eh  S  85:  Preeport.  3d  ch  23:  Middle  Creek  ch 
6M.  Oerawa— Troy  Grore  ch  6  16.  Rock  Rtvtr 
— Beulab  cb  a  26;  Camden  oh  8;  Camden  Snb- 
•cb  8;  CalTarv  ch  4  40:  Edgington  ch  6  26;  Ed- 
wards ch  8:  Pleasant  Ridge  ch  4  40;  Viola  ch 
t  50;  Woodhull  oh  14;  Woodniill  Sab-sch  2  60. 

luixois.  Sooth.— iittoa— Staunton  ch  12  SO. 
'Oitro— Knfleld  ch  6;  Fairfield  oh  6 ;  flora  ch  6; 
fiiobriew  oh  16. 

Imdiama,  No»TB.—Ghtii/ord«v<a»— Bethany  oh 
16;  Leiingtoo  ch  9;  Marshfield  ch  3;  State  Line 
eb  S.  F^jrt  Waynt—Von  Wayne  ch  2d  2»;  Ken- 
dallville  ch  14  6-1;  Roanoke  oh  2  80;  Warsaw 
1st  ch  4  60.  XfOsransport— Bourbon  oh  6;  Ply- 
mouth ch  8;  Valparaiso  16  65. 

Im4iiA,  Sooth.— /ndcanapofis^Sh iloh  oh  2  60; 
Union,  Ist  oh  6  70.  New  ii/6an^— Charlestown 
eb  14  60;  Corydon  ch  4;  Uanover  oh  8 ;  Jefferson- 
tUle  ch,  •*  speciar  67  60.  Kuicsnnea—ETaosville, 
Vine  Street  ch  24  16;  Terre  Haute,  li*t  ch  10. 
WiuU  lfa/«r— Knightstown  oh  6;  RuabTille  ch 

Iowa,  Noeth  — GkIot  i2riptdf— Belleyue  oh  8; 
Cedsr  Rapid-s  iBt  ch  4;  Lmn  Grove  ch  4  25; 
SpriDgville  ch  2  60;  Unton  ch  'i\  Yankee  Grove 
CQ  8.  X>tt6ii9iM— Epworth  oh  8;  Parley  oh  5; 
Lansing,  tst  ch  7;  Lime  Spnng!*  ch  &  60.  ^jrt 
i>od^r*— Dennison  ch  3.  Ffoesrtoo— Floyd  ch 
S  06;  Kock  Creek  ch  6  20. 

lowA^UTB.— Det  if /ines- Plymouth  ch  7.  Iowa 
CUy— Tip'on  ch  16  81;  Tipton  Sab-^h  3  59. 
Gbtmea  B(wf«— Council  BlulC*  oh  21  30.  Omaha 
-Bell »  retrtc  ch  3  66. 

KAa8AS.—£>npc>ria— Emporia,  Ist  ch,  **spe- 
dar  9  10;  Eureka,  Westminater  ch  6  67.  Ntoeho 
— Naosho  FalU,  1st  ch  2  60. 

Low  lsLAKi».—^ooA;it5n— Brooklyn.  Franklin 
Avenue  ch  lu.  Long  /stantf— .>flddletown  cb 
8  78.  ifassoM— Fresh  Pond  ch  5;  WoodhaTen 
Ob  4. 

MiCHMAH.— Grand  iZanid^— Grand  Haven,  Ist 
eb  26  27.  iTatomasoo— Three  Rivers,  Ist  ch  9. 
Ifoiiroe— Bllstifieid  oh  8  08 ;  Monroe,  Ist  oh  24 : 
Palmyra  ch  4  2». 

MiininoTA.—J[faiiJbxto— Redwood  Falls  ch  6; 
8t  Petera,  Union  cb  27..  ^Se  PbM<— Dundas  eh  6; 


Forest  cb  4.    Tfinona— Fremont  eh  6;  Rnshford 
eh  5. 

Mi88ointi.—0lsa^«— Lexington,  1st  oh  10. 

Niw  Jbbsxt.— JSU2a/>e^— Lamington  ch  23. 
Jerny  City— Pasnaio  ch  8.  JfonmotttA— Farm- 
ingdale  ch  5;  Mount  Hol.y  ch  32  34.  iVswor*— 
N'wark.  1st  ch  108;  Newark.  2d  ch,  ouHr  coll 
61  81;  Newark.  Sooth  Park  oh  45  89;  Newark, 
Wicklitfb  ch  16  87.  Nwb  A-untuneilc— Amwell.  Isk 
(Reaville)  ch  11;  Amwell.  2d  (Mount  Airy)  ch 
4  60;  Trenton.  1st  ch  345.  iVeiotoit— Knowltoo 
ch  I  02.  Wat  Jsrtsv— Briagi^ton,  ist  cb  40; 
Camden,  2d  ch  30;  Salem,  1st  eh  60;  Williams- 
town  ch  6  75. 

New  York.  —  Hwiam  —  Circleville  eh  12 ; 
Florida.  2d  cb  8.  New  For*— New  York.  Har- 
lem. Ist  ch  27  92.  North  lWt»sr— Cold  Spring  cb 
6;  Highland  ch  46 ;Smithfield  10.  WntehtnUr^ 
Hartford,  Ist  ch  4i;  Yonkers.  1st  ch  119  24. 

pAOina— JSenido— Napa  ch  24  60 ;  TomaTeSr 
latch  U. 

Philadklphia.—  Oieaier  —  Downlngtown,  Cen- 
tral ch  13;  Oxford  ch  62;  Pennington ville  ch  4. 
Ladfcatoan;ia— Canton  ch  16;  Dunmore  ch  10; 
Gibson  oh  4  26;  Langeliflb  oh  10;  Laporte  oh  6; 
Orwell  oh  6;  Ru!«h ville  oh  1;  Stevennville  oh 
S62;  Tiinkbaonock  ch  8.  XeAtsr^- Manhanoy 
€ity,  1st  ch  II  80.  PAilods/pAia— Philadelphia, 
Clinton  Street  ch,  *'  special"  42  21 ;  i  biladelphia. 
Tabernacle  ch.  from  •*  C  H"  16.  PhUadeiphia, 
CfefffcroZ- Philadelphia,  Bethesda  ch  82  56;  Phila- 
delphia, Cohocksink  ch  54  83;  Philadelphia, 
Princeton  ch  66;  Philadelphia,  Spring  Garden 
ch,  in  part  23  88.  PhUaddphia^  ifortA— German- 
town,  Ist  ch,  addM  100;  Pottstown  cb,** special" 
40  16.  If e«£inin»<er— Lancaster  ch  31  95;  Stras- 
burgh  oh  13. 

PrrTSBOROH.—Btorrnn'fle— Fairfield  and  Union 
ob  29;  Johnstown  ch  30;  New  Alexandria  oh 
60  81 :  New  Alexandria  oh  Sab-sch  8  65 ;  Poke 
Run  oh  21.  Pttfoftur^A— Bellefield  ch  14  46; 
Bethany  ch  60;  Centre  oh  29;  Minersville,  1st 
ch7;  Pittsburgh,  2d  oh  5 1  68;  Pittsburgh,  3d 
ch  116  05;  Pittsburgh,  Shady  Side  oh  106  92; 
Swlssvale  ch  83  05;  West  Elisabeth  ch  7.  Red- 
stone— George's  Creek  ch,  **apeoial**  14;  New 
Providence  ch  23:  Spring  Hill  ch,  '' special **  1. 
■  Woihtngton-'Hii  ProHpect  oh  IS;  Pigeon  Creek 
oh  2d  20.  West  Kir^nto— Grafton  oh  5 ;  Penna- 
boro  ch  8  &u ;  Sistersville  ch  6. 

TawiiBssix.— A'«n<7«eon— Cloyd*s  Creek  ch  8  80; 
Kingston,  Bethel  on  14;  New  Providence  ch  & 
C7/tiar^ Hopewell  oh  6  60;  Mt  Horeb  oh  2  26; 
New  Prospect  ch  3;  St  PauPs  ch  1;  Westminster 
ch  2  10. 

Toi.aDO.—llttro»— Fremont  oh  7;  MonroeviUe 
ch  4  86;  Norwalk  ch  62  6'».  Xinto— Findlay,  Ist 
ch  38  26;  Lima,  Ist  ch  8.  ifoumse—Bryan  1st 
ch  7 ;  West  Bethesda  ch  10. 

CxHTRAL  Naw  Yoax.— Ofseyo— Cooperstown  ch 
70  50;  Delhi,  Istch  20;  Oneonta  ch  U  3i).  Sirra- 
CUM— Hannibal  ch  lo.  ITttea— Oneida  ch  43  10; 
Utica.  Bethany  ch  222  16.  8t  Xowrsnce— Canton 
ch  22  Qi;  Chaumont  oh  1171;  Gouvernenr,  let . 
oh  25  18.  .       , 

WESTian  New  YoBK.—Bujfaeo— Buffalo,  Breok- 
enridge  Street  ch  19  30;  BuOilo,  Calvary  oh 
78  4u:  Fredonia.  ist  cb  81  05.  GeaeM»— Attica 
ch,  addn  15  64;  Katavlaoh  60  09;  North  Bergen 
oh  6  60;  Portageville  cb  8;  Wyoming  ch  12. 
i^Tingo^o— Niagara  Falls  ch  76.  Roehtster —Brigh- 
ton ch  11 ;  Brockpurt  ch59  09;  Genesea  Central 
ch  30;  Livonia,  1i*t  oh  13  40;  Rooheaier,  3d  oh 
84:  Sparta,  2d  ch  6  50. 

WisoonsiM.— Chippewa— Bums  oh  2  66;Hixton 
oh  6;  Hudson,  Ist  oh  16;  Lewis'  Valley  cb  4  10: 
NoMhannocch  U.  AfUtoauJlrM— Waukesha,  lai 
oh  6  30.  FFinneba0«>— 0»hkosh.l8toh8  77.  ITtf- 
consiA  i2tver— Platteville  oh  3  20. 

COMMITTEB  ON  BSRITOLXNCB  AUD  FlNAMOl  9U  87. 

MisoBiXA^rRoos.- John  Bell,  Orange,  N  Y  6; 
Rev  J  L  Wilson,  Montlcello,  Iowa  2:  '•C'»N  Y 
2;  Interest  on  Permanent  Fund  122  60. 

Lboact.— EnUte  of  Mrs  £  A  Bradley,  deo*d» 
late  of  Chfton,  Va  looa  

Total  reoeipta  in  July,      $8166  42 
NATHAN  LANE,  Trmtwrm. 


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EELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTE 

AND    THE    WIDOWS    AND    ORPHANS    OF    DECEASED    MINI 
OrriC!<«  13^i  ChQAlDut  Street,  PhLlttdelpfiia. 


An  earnest  friend  of  the  Relief  Fund^  who  is  fumiliftr  with  the  neet 
miuisterial  (amilie^^  has  thus  espre9ee<l  himself;  ^"  There  arc  wiiiowe  noi 
aid/whoi  in  toiling  to  provide  for  their  helpless  ehildren^  were  Iftborinjl 
the  safety  of  their  couati  tot  ions,  causing  thereby  a  serioo^  decline  of  1 
BjmptomB  i^fa  tjipeedy  loe«  of  life.  There  are  ministers,  atso^  on  the  It 
pieote,  enfeebled  by  diweaie,  or  by  over-eiertitm  in  the  diities  of  their 
after  many  yeara  ot  faithful  labor  in  the  eau.ie  of  Christ,  are  now  leA  aim 
lesi^  and  with  no  mcanB  for  subsistence  beyond  that  which  ma?  be  fn 
the  Chureh,  or  the  oiHocH  of  eommon  ehari^.  Each  and  all  tnase  pE 
tale*  of  Borrow  that  should  move  the  hearts  of  Christ's  friends  to  cot 
asHi stance^  Sooiia  of  the  aged  ministers  now  beiii^  sustained,  ha^a  gt>i: 
aeiifl  of  trouble.  They  have  long  since  buried  the  wiven  of  their  joutt 
their  offaprin^,  on?  art4;r  another,  0}  down  into  early  graves.  They  ha 
Dearly  all  those  who  were  the  friends  and  associates  of  their  activs 
And  now,  with  the  frosts  of  more  thao  ff>ara<:ore  wiixtert?  upon  them,  t' 
the  Church  of  God  for  that  sympathy  and  nssistanee  which  they  ao  n 
but  which  they  canoot  find  »n  the  new  world  arotind  them,  in  which 
linger — almost  as  strangers  1 

*•  We  »re  often  pained  on  reai^ing  letters  from  some  of  these  vene 
Thej  seem  to  apologize  for   ttieir  oontinuance   in  the  world  ;  and  t 
boeause  they  are  no  longer  able  to  work^  the  Church  regards  them 
from  which  it  is  anxious  to  be  relieved,     May  that  day  Dever  come 

Srofe^sed  friends  of  Jesus  Christ  shall  ao  far  depart  from  the  spirit  of 
laster,  aa  to  give  reluctantly  what  may  be  necessary  to  the  comfort  of 
f^iithful  servants.  And  these  aged  fathers  and  bretbron  should  be 
that  their  lun^-continuc^  presence  with  the  Church  on  eurth  is^  to  the 
Jesus,  as  sweet  an  object  hs  the  Utigering  raya  of  the  setting  aun." 


Con TRi BUT  10 ITS  nr  JcLT  18T3. 
J^^  8f  noda  fa  ahjill  (?JiPiT4L^--l'reeb7Lerl(^a  tn  lYa^Ec^— Chisr^ibfii  In  Romi 
Troy —       et«r  l(Hi.    Mfmmoufh — Farmingdnle 


AiBiKT—AttMiMi;^— Albany   Md  Sue  10, 
WiHerford  21  39, 

BiiTiitoiE,  —  Bfit/inwre  —  Btiltimnrf*,  Bi-own 
If  trnoriftl.  ^|  TO.  WuMhtriQian  0£^^WiLihm|(t£iD, 
Gurt^y  7. 

CtJtuiHNiTL,— C^i^icQihe— Frankr^^rt  fi.  dnein- 
piitj— From  SyiKHJ   ol    CiuciiiniitL,   per    Kev  K 

Hill  1»t  13.    Ikttiion^lH^um  Mamnrml  9  S£, 

£^fub«mii^/£^— Well^villfi  IS;  Bntheida  10, 

Coi.uhii.IjA.  —  Marian  —  M^rlo^Di  3.  W'MiSUt — 
Black  l-r«ek3;  XlArrflmllrillei  VL    Zantmiiii^— 

WAtUbmrKJi    1st  4  T'l  s    WtM  minster  S,    KUtan-^ 
niiiq — ^ITition  4  M\%  Boiling  Sprific  6. 

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Ut  19  U. 

LoNO  IfLAiftJ,— Srooitvrt— Hrooklyn.  FrmoklJn 
A  t eniifl  1 6 :  W eutm i q ti^r  S4  07.  Nami u- J  s inns e< 
n  S«. 

Mi(Jiuo*»,— Bffrftii— Piymfsuth  lat  14-  Jftfnrcw 
—In  ADKvfer  to  app^uL  tiAiHib  fl. 

New  Joust.— EiiLoheih—KUEAhethf   Weatrain- 


Newark  Ceiiiml  r^;j;  Newjkrk  ?d  ^ 
sih  4fl  16.     West  ^t^ffff/— Fivrrfi^Jd 

Kiw  YcriiK,— .Ypt  ForJt—Nitw  Yof 
Kf*rih  J^/trr— Cald  SpriDg  10.     Wt 

pRri.ADici.pni  A.  —  Oie^tsr  —  Chmn 
WayuepbiirKh  Va  m.  Uhigh—SlU 
Phitfuteiphffi  —  W>H{ijim^U'r    ^Oi 

wiifliffi-— Mijirnt  Joy  g 

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UTt04>  ^  Banff hamton  —  Mr^GrAv 

tJnlod   14.    ^'(,rt(j!ti*c— Aiuboy   12; 

fli  U&i  iljinDibnl  12  m. 
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wsi.ni:a,  RintfdK*^  S. 

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WiScs  ei3  14, 

Hew  Vork,  Wri*  J^y»Bn  T  Baraciy 
ate,  OfhBi^i'jSr,  June  l-^^lh  6;  lobbre 
i>*?nl  Fuod^  ptT  <T  H  Viin  ijeld«*T 
AnooymoitH  3:  Pa.  DeiEiTlile^  Mrs  Ii 
£^  Ptji!t  M**oihi"r^  of  the  Isitii^iTi 
)i4  46;  to  I,  Luoizmnnl,  Etev  W  E 
K  V,  Orftn)i*%Ji>hn  Hell  6;  Ohio,  N 
Jam^^H  EtiH&ell  10;  Ind^  Gonh^i^,  M 
^;  iilito,  llttfiNiiiEluii,  MraA  M  D^m 

TotAl  t-ec«it>tJ>  for  Jul; 
CH  A  R  L  KH  h  RO  W  N.  TVm 
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1873.]  General  Assemhfy'i  Committee  an  Freedmen.  807 

GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN. 

Rbt.  a.  a  MoGunxAins  Cbr.  Seeretary,  Box  1246,  Pitttborgb,  Pa. 
Bit.  Jab.  Allmok.  D.D^  7V«wiir«r,  IJook  Box  4S,  PiUsburgh,  Pa. 
E.  G.  WoooWAUH  Esq.,  BtMtvmg  Agent,  U34  Ohestnat  ttreeti  Phlladtlphia. 


"BLESSED  IS  HE  THAT  CONSIDBRETH  THE  POOR." 
The  time  ia  at  hand  when  many  of  our  churches  will  begin  to  arrange,  or 
rearrange  their  plane  for  continued  prosecution  of  work  in  behalf  of  the  Master, 
and  among  these  a  list  of  the  benevolent  objects  for  which  they  propose  to  con- 
tribute within  the  remainder  of  the  present  ecclesiastical  year ;  and  we  would  say 
to  our  brethren  to  whom  such  arrangements  are  committed,  that  we  have  no  desire 
to  be  considered  as  dictating  for  what  objects,  or  in  what  manner  their  con- 
tributions shall  be  taken,  only  toe  would  that  you  ^^should  remember  the  poor'' 
Fkxiomen.  ^ ^ 

A  LADY'S  VIEWS. 
A  lady  in  the  west  writes  to  a  teacher  engaged  in  our  work  among  the  Freed- 
men,  as  follows:  ''In  the  onrushing  of  mighty  events  in  the  heathen  world,  the 
Freedmen  are  strangely  overlooked.  We  listen  with  breathless  attention  to  the 
thrilling  reports  from  Japan  and  China,  and  the  full  hand  of  wealth  is  stretched 
oat  to  satisfy  the  lon^ng  of  minds  just  awaking  from  the  sleep  of  ages ;  we  read 
of  the  heat  and  malaria  of  India,  and  a  sanitarium  in  the  mountains  is  the  gift 
of  woman's  love  to  the  fainting  missionary  mother  and  her  little  ones.  The 
earnest  teachers  in  Sidon  are  crippled  by  narrow  school-rooms  and  our  Presby- 
terian women  fly  to  their  relies  A  missionary  ship  is  needed,  the  '  Morning 
Star*  or  the  *£lfie,'and  our  Sabbath-schools  are  asked  to  give, 'and  the  little 
vessel  goes  over  the  billows  on  its  errand  of  love.  But  our  Freedmen,  they  are 
part  and  parcel  of  our  country.  Romance  here  does  not  dip  her  brush  in  g^y  colors, 
no  oceans  to  be  crossed  in  reaching  them,  no  new  language  to  be  learned,  or  strange 
weird  fancies  to  be  corrected.  Their  desire  for  education  is  only,  *  what  they  ought 
to  have,' — ^if  they  have  limited  schoolrooms,  why  let  them  build  better  ones ; — if 
their  churches  are  inconvenientiy  small, — '  they  are  accustomed  to  them.'  And 
the  self-denying  teachers  and  missionaries  must  exile  themselves  from  the  refined 
and  intelligent  around  them." 

FROM  THE  FIELD. 
With  the  last  term  in  one  of  our  Theological  Seminaries,  a  colored  minister 
closed  the  second  year  of  his  theological  course,  and  agreed  to  spend  his  vacation 
in  looking  af^r  the  wants  of  a  vacant  field,  including  several  churches  in  North 
Carolina ;  and  from  his  first  report  we  make  the  following  extracts : 

WANT,  WORE,  AND  SINOINQ. 

^  P •    At  this  point  matters  are  in  tolerably  good  condition  in  a  spiritual 

point  of  view,  except  the  almost  absolute  need  of  the  *  preached  word.'     In  fact, 

they  have  had  no  preaching  since  Mr.  C left,  (some  eighteen  months  since.) 

Still  they  have  meeting  every  Sabbath,  prayer-meeting  and  Sabbath  school. 
Those  who  can,  usually  exercise  their  gifts  in  speaking  to  the  edification  of  the 
others.  They  have  cultivated  the  art  of  singing  according  to  the  notes.  In  this 
respect  they  surpass  anything  I  have  ever  heard  in  connection  with  our  churches 
here  at  the  soutn.  The  day  I  was  there,  a  lar^e  number  could  be  seen  with  their 
note  and  hymn  books.  With  this  power  of  singing  they  meet  at  a  school-house 
and  sing  to  their  heart's  content — considerable,^^ 

A  DIALOGUK — IN   THE  COLLOQUIAL. 

'*  Here,  sir,  is  a  devoted  and  earnest  Christian  people.  They  are  hungering  for 
the  gospel,  and  are  ready  to  make  any  possible  sacrifice  in  order  that  they  may 
have  it.  A  number  of  them  were  around  me,  talking  the  subject  over.  A,  said, 
'  I  and  some  oders  lives  eight  mile  from  yer ;  we  comes  down  to  grayer  meetin 
yer,  but  we  wants  to  hear  de  gospel  preached ;  we  beam  you  was  comin  to  preach 
to-day,  wamt  sartin  bout  it,  but  we  thought  we'd  step  down  and  see,  an  I  so 
glad  to  hear  you  to-day ;  aint  beam  a  sermon,  I  don't  know  how  long.'  B,,  with 
note  and  hymn-books  under  arm — ^  We  are  all  very  i^omt.  I  reads  a  little, 
knows  me  notes.  I  believes  I  am  a  Christian,  tri^  to  live  right,  far  as  I  know, 
bat  I  can't  preach,  derfore  I  dont  go  to  hear  des  mens  we  got  round  yer,  cause 


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I  know  dey  doot  know  no  more  dan  us  j  and  dey  does  not  live  rigbt ; 
way  from  urn.  If  we  can  din  git  mme  Presbyterian  mlniater  wi  w 
HgnL  We  TTfts  raised  among  de  Scotch,  and  can't  be  nuthin  but  Prea 
C  *  NtJ ;  onf  deffi  fellows  came  long  not  long  ago,  be  saw  how  we  ti 
long,  so  he  Btops  and  preach  ;  after  be  got  trou,  he  eay,  ail  who  wi 
preaijh  for  dem  all  tim*?^  tnuat  come  give  him  der  right  hand  :^ — four 
war  Baptist  and  Mctodla ;  after  dia  broder  McXetS  ^\t  up  and  teU  dem, 
de  way  de  Piesbyierian  does  buftinesja.  We  has  Elders  ;  when  wo  wi 
over  tc)  nod^r  churchy  dey  will  call  a  meetio  and  let  us  bab  aompiti  to  sa 

IIEA90N9 — yfnu    AVVUCATIO^. 

'^  I  wa^  careful  to  not^  tbes^e  remarks,  thinkiafr  that  through  them 
get  at  leant  a  remote  idea  of  the  gospel  fatuine  which  is  aow  raging  in 
Ihouijh  thejfe  men  be  *  ruile  in  speech/  thej  are  earne^tt^  comecraUd^ 
far  m  they  know.  From  what  they  said,  I  felt  they  w»'re  in  poasei 
germ^,  at  lea^t,  of  same  of  the  old  fuudamental  ideas  of  Presbyterian  is 
^ndnrfifire  which  obi  a  ins  proiniae9,^Ftiri7v  of  tloctrtne,  and  a  pract 
iimtity  whi^h  exempt ijies  xuch  doHrine.  While  I  listened  to  their  earne 
as  fco  the  pro^petjt  of  having  i^ome  one  to  preach  to  them,  I  thou<: 
many  of  my  colored  brethren — who  are  Ijin^  around  loose  in  old  cloth i? 
doors  of  city  churches,  or  if  losidBs  are  undergoing  the  foot-ball  proca 
of  my  feelings,  they  would  certainty  hapten  to  folttjw  the  esample  of 
iaid,  *  the  poor  have  the gospd preached  unto  them*  and  offer  tbemselv 
preach  *  the  unsearchable  richer  of  Christ '  to  this  anxious  peopled' 

Donations  at  riTTeauaoH  Foa  Fseedmiit  ih  July  1873. 
M^  BynodA  in  mi  vll  CAFtTA43--Pr96byler[»  \a  itatirt — Chtirctiei  in  Botn 


cinHQli^rmt  oh  OotleiEM  tilll  ij. 

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OairtiHih ^}ivw  Atb«p3  11 ;  WheellDf  VhUo^  S  bQ; 

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th  lD4JtjiiiftiM>lK  U(l   24  11;  4  M  ^evell,  Pluer* 

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COMMITTEE  ON  SUSTENTATION. 

BeT.  BC  W.  Jacobus,  D.Dm  Aoraftiry,  818  Ridge  Street,  Allegheny,  Pa. 

The  SoKtentation  Committee  are  constrained  to  appeal  to  the  churches.  Thej 
are  pressed  with  their  large  and  increasing  obligations,  entered  into  by  direction 
of  toe  General  Assembly,  and  ander  a  scheme  which  has  proved  most  economic»ftl' 
and  frnitfai  of  good  results.  They  claim,  Ist  That  by  this  scheme  hundreds  of 
struggling  churches  have  been  animated  with  a  new  life.  2d.  Hundreds  of 
unsettled  ministers  have  been  made  pastors.  3d.  The  Scheme  has  wrought  so  as 
to  make  our  churches  a  power  in  the  community,  giving  new  efficiency  to  the 
ministrv,  and  new  strength  to  the  people.  4tb.  It  has  quickened  the  beneficence 
of  the  feeble  churches,  so  its  to  realize  a  gain  in  their  offerings  nearly  equal  to  the 
whole  amount  expended  on  them  by  the  Committee,  5th.  It  has  stimulated  the 
entire  Home  Mission  work,  advancing  the  salaries  of  ihe  missionaries,  and  making 
the  field  more  inviting  by  the  substantial  sympathy  of  the  aid-giving  churches. 

The  Committee  ask — 1st  That  the  order  of  the  Assembly  be  responded  to. 
requiring  all  the  churches  to  contribute  to  this  Fund.  2d.  That  by  an  early  ana 
liberal  response  the  Committee  be  saved  from  incurring  debt,  and  that  the  strug- 
gling ministry  be  spared  from  the  reproach  of  their  cr^itors. 

The  Committee  nereby  solemnly  notifies  the  churches  that  on  the  1st  of  Sep- 
tember they  will  need  at  least  $15,000  to  meet  their  obligations,  and  unless  the 
oharcbea  i^nll  come  to  their  relief  immediately,  they  must  either  themselves  go 
into  debt,  or  must  leave  the  suffering  ministry  to  groan  under  debts  that  will 
cripple  or  destroy  their  usefulness. 

What  ShdU  We  Dof 
One  of  our  pastors  writes:  "I  confess  to  painful  financial  embarrassments. 
I  was  at  the  Assembly.  I  felt  the  thrill  of  that  Foreign  Mission  debt  and  appeal. 
I  came  home  and  subscribed  andfonoarded  fifty  dollar  s^  borrowing  the  thoney^  and 
relying  on  Sustentation  aid  to  help  replace  and  to  meet  current  expenses ^  What 
shall  we  do?  What  will  the  churches  have  us  to  do  if  not  to  go  forward  ?  Wi 
CANNOT  HEBiTATB.  Other  denominations  are  adopting  our  Scheme  on  the  ground 
of  its  wonderful  results,  and  it  is  no  time  for  us  to  falter. 

We  subjoin  an  extract  from  a  Rqf>ori  on  Pastoral  Sustentation,  "To  the 
General  Convention  of  Congrcji^ational  Ministers  and  Churches  of  Vermont." 

**  The  discussion  of  the  subject  of  Sustentation  has  in  this  country  ariseq,  ( 1 ) 
from  the  consideration  of  the  unequal  distrijbution  of  the  pecuniary  burdens  of 
the  support  of  the  gospel ;  (2)  from  the  apparent  fact  that  some  measure  of  the 
kind  is  but  simple  justice  to  the  ministry,  whose  burdens  are  more  unequal  tban 
those  of  the  churches;  (3)  from  the  wide-spread  conviction  of  the  evil  of  brief 
pastorates,  and  still  more  of  tb|e  lack  of  any  pastoral  relation;  and  (4)  from  the 
impression  deepening  in  the  minds  of  many,  that  the  quality  of  average  minis- 
tenal  talent  is  becoming  poorer,  that  many  of  the  young  men  naturally  fitted  for 
the  pulpit  and  the  pastor's  office  are  deterred  ^more,  perhaps,  by  friends  than 
by  tneir  own  inclination,)  from  enterin^^  the  ministry,  and  this,  largely  because 
the  vocation  is  deemed  begf^rly.  Certainly  the  poverty  it  entails,  if  not  below 
the  plane  of  respectability,  is  too  great  for  the  hignest  usefulness  of  the  ministry. 
Moreover,  many  have,  on  acconntrT>f  inadequate  support,  abandoned  the  ministry, 
some,  no  doub^  wisely,  since  they  are  more  useful  elsewhere ;  but  not  a  few  have 
thus  turned  aside,  some  from  lack  of  employment  and  actual  hardship,  and  more 
from  the  uncertainties  and  annoyances  or  a  life  where  one  could  depena  neither  on 
a  home  nor  on  the  just  payment  of  pecuniary  dues.  Home  Missions  aim  to 
supply  weak  churches  with  ministers;  Sustentation  means  help,  especially  for 
churches  that  will  install  their  ministers  and  fulfil  certain  conditions  for  their 
support ;  Home  Missions  aim  to  keep  ministers  in  the  field  at  the  least  possible 
expense ;  Sustentation  aims  to  raise  the  salaries  of  pastors,  so  that  none  shall  re- 
oeive  lees  than  a  certain  fixed  sum,  which  sum  is  to  be  paid  regularly  and  promptly. 
**  The  plan  is  best  understood  by  sketching  briefly  tohai  one  denomincUion  in  Jhis 
country  has  already  done  in  this  regard.  After  two  years  of  agitation  and  discus- 
sion of  plans,  about  two  years  ago  the  reunited  Presbyterian  churches  of  the 
United  States  resolved  to  adopt  measures  to  remedy  some  of  the  evils  we  have 


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mentioned.     By  their  General  Aiaemblj  a  Commifctee  or  Board  oa  P 
teiitiition  ¥raa  appointed  to  haTs  clmrge  of  this  work.     The?  were  to 
details  of  a  plan  ^  acd,  in  accordance  with  the  plan,  receive  and  distr 
Ihej  proposed  a  minimum  ealiirj  of  SlWXl,— no  pareonaice  bemz 
more  than  $l(jO,— on  the  fullowin^  condkiunB,  &e/*  ^  ^  » 

^^The  syflteni  thou>ch  ^o  brie%  tested,  has  to  a  considerable  exten 
the  increase  and  the  length  of  pastorates,  has  tended  to  a  better  sue 
niinistrj,  and  inpartfiecuredilj  haa  ioeited  greater  interest  in  the 
entert>nKP5  of  the  church  at  lar^e,  and  has  brought  the  stronger  ch 
more^  intimate  relatione  with  the  weaker,  thus  developbir  mutuaJ  svj 
belpfumestt. 

"J1ie  Committee  of  the  last  General  Asseinblj  appointed  to  report  o 
spoke  of  It  as  follows  :  *  We  are  unanimously  of  the  opinion  that  thi 
one  of  the  vcfj  hi^he^^t  importance  to  our  (Jhurch  ;  that  its  admini* 
been  prudent  and  able  ;  and  that  it  should  no  longer  B«  recarded  in 
an  expenment,  but  fullj  estrtbHshed  as  a  part  of  the  settled  policy  oft 
Keaoluiions  embodying  thesff  views  were  adopted  bj  the  Assembly," 

''But  little  more  than  a  fourth  of  oar  two  hundred  churches  1 
pastorp,  because  of  the  meagreness  and  uncertainty  of  auppori  The  i 
su fieri ng,  and  cooaeqiient  weakness  of  minislerii,  have  ne?er  called  ou' 
pathy  than  now,  and  the  regret  at  the  failure  to  use  the  whok  stre 
mmmtenal  office,  bj  so  lar^eij  depending  on  the  stated  supplj,  was 
keen  than  to-day;  but  up  to  this  time  there  has  been  no  plan  by 
sympathy  and  regret  could  be  brouj^ht  to  bear  on  the  evik  which  have 
^^b^^  .^^  ^  practical  method  of  ehowing  the  genuineness  of  our  ft 
Ihat  the  fllrong  ought  to  help  bear  the  hardens  of  the  weak,  la  i 
which  needs  no  argument  to  support  it.  Study  the  conditions  for  you: 
see  »f  your  gilt.^  are  not  hereby  so  bestowed  as  to  develop  the  greateal 
good.  It  i«  not  a  benevolence  that  weakcag,  but  rather  that  streoci 
woUar^,  almost  the  existence,  of  many  churdies  in  our  State  demand 
If  our  tomniittee  ciin  conceive  of  no  plan  by  which  the  command,  #hicl 
every  disciple  of  thnet,  to  preach  the  gospel,  can  be  more  perfectly  i 
your  action  in  sustammg  the  efforts  of  your  Committee,  ma?  depend  th. 
of  the  gospel  in  many  of  the  weak  churches  of  our  State.  Your  action 
mine,  m  many  places,  whether  the  gt^spel  shall  be  preached  by  a  man 
a  pastor,  harassed  and  anxious  from  uncertain  and  innufficient  income 
who,  treed  from  care,  shall  give  his  whole  thought  to  the  welfare  ol 
t^hall  we  put  theae  churches  on  a  BoUd  haais,  and  inspire  them  with  sel 
and  self  respect  and  courage,  or  leave  them  in  tJieir  present  uncertaii 
alive  condition  ?  Matters  so  stand  now  that  the  answer  to  this  aueati 
in  jrour  response  to  this  appeal/*  ^ 

RBCEIPTa   IJJ    ItTLT 

m-  Synodn  iti  iif^LL  CAm4Li-Frfii,bytftnas  m  iWa-Chnrebei  Jn  Rom 
AiB*5r.— JVoj^— Ifirst  W»l6i-fcird  21  30, 

OrteiTiTidfi-Ootben  tti  Collegw  mil  10  ;  tftoe  8tm^ 

CLUT  EL  A  ?i  D. — Sttubentt/te^  R  Idpe  7 . 
Gf^LOHAiKt.  -  O'^Jrli'uf4l^-0,oldaD  (;Uj-  2. 

liAKKjjiHcriuk— rjEiriM^—Pintt  atreet.  HirHiibur/ 
i  1  a  i<|.     IJuiit iiffftl^Ti ^ Ki rftt  CJ Im riStfld  S4  1 1 . 

lujprwdj  8gtTH.— JIfaW/TOfl— GntidTieir  a;    Dud- 

I?v[>iAEtA»  Souta.^  indiunspoiit^nni  iDdlaa- 
%pt}]\B  44  49, 

MieHia*?r,--5jijii^iiiio— f  irst  i^llnt  IS  HO. 

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ftU  &0i    2d  N^^wirk  n  If.    iVrw  //r«iiJiourA=*Law- 

N  4w  Yo  H  s  ^  ffufi^fon  -  Circl  c^f  1 1 !«  6.  A>ic  IWfr — 
t;  Siv  erp-ity  I'i  a«,  N  Y  247  m  m-^kk^.tUr-U  Ue^d , 
C»riijt4  10  ;ja ;  DwhW  Pcf  ry  71  &2. 

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of  C^jfjdQU,  I  mi  ^  arj;  Chrt  of  CoSutal 
hufg,  N  J  f3;  if^tCh  Mmnchwter,  I 
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W.  S.  GrLMAw,  Chairmax,  Bo^  33f>5,  '^zw  Yoek, 

0.  D.  Eatok,  TsEAstrafin,  23  CejrtBB  Street,  New  Tobk. 


PROGRESS  OF  THE  COMMITTEE'S  WORK. 
LT  Reports* — The  first  quarteHj  report  of  the  Comraittee  last  jear 
seipta  frQoi  eightj-four  churohes  amounting  to  §7,740  61,  The  first 
eport  this  year^  to  30th  of  June  last,  acknowledged  receipts  from  two. 
id  fifty- sevfm  churches^  $27,867,10,  and  the  increase  in  thft  Dumber  of 
g  cburohesi  aa  well  aa  in  the  amounta  receited^  have  been  atill  more 
ff  duriog  July, 

IN  Re  FORT  J  NO, — A  praofcice  reoom  mended  by  thin  Committee  has  been 
adopted  by  the  Boards,  until  in  the  August  number  of  the  Record  the 
Non  OF,'^  "/%  e/^"  and  in  most  cases  the  letters  "ch"  were  dropped 
3oanla  and  Committees  in  their  report  of  receipts.  The  improvement 
nnke?  the  reports  more  clear,  but  savea  more  than  it  pA^e  of  closely 
tier  in  the  Record  every  month,  when  the  receipta  are  large. 


FROM  CnURCeES,  PRBSBtTERIES,  tc. 
inTTERT  or  Sf  BACiTSB,— A  Valuable  report  on  systematic  benevolenee  hafl 
in  thJB  Presbytery,  We  have  beard  aeveral  say  it  ought  to  have  been 
br  more  jjreneral  cireulation.  It  repeats,  and  Btronjrly  commend«,  many 
'snces  of  the  General  Asscmbly*a  Committee^  and  urges  mmisters  and 
seerated  men  and  wojuent  **to  win  or  draw,  not  drive  or  drag,  tb© 
ms  to  a  bibber  level  of  cheerful^  systematic,  fruitful,  and  traly  Chris- 
;."  Now  it  is  impossible  for  ChHstinns  to  be  drawn  to  a  bij^her  level 
n  giving  without  *'  a  deeper  consecration  of  the  soul  to  the  Lord  Jesui 
i{]  this  ia  ibe  aim  of  all  the  labors  and  the  publications  of  the  Aasem* 
nitiee. 

jioN  Of  THE  Collection  of  Frxos  for  the  Whole  BENEroLE^ft  Work 
?RCH. — Rev-  David  Torrey,  DJX,  of  Cazenovia,  New  York,  author  of  the 
je  Presbytery  of  Syracuse,  wfites  ua  regarding  the  duty  of  supervision 
i  this  Committee  was  especially  charged  by  the  General  Assembly. 
\  says,  **|^Towingly  interested  and  cooBdeut  in  the  success  of  the  second 
our  work,  '  Supervision,^  a^  h  explain  a  itaelf  and  asaumea  its  proper 
hank  God  for  your  patience  of  love*^' 

^OROE  M  OR  R I  SDH,  in  an  article  on  Chnrcb  Courts,  published  in  the 
w  of  26th  April  last,  said  i  **  And  it  were  time  that  we  looked  above 
I  the  mskteria!  aspect  of  our  church  life  to  that  which  la  spiritual.  Let 
think  and  talk  about '  how  much  do  we  give,'  but '  how  many  sonla  wo 
' "  This  advice  accoTdii  with  the  work  of  this  Committee^  which  whilo 
ore  the  Church  the  privilege  and  grace  of  giving  as  an  act  of  worship, 
ntenaneed  repeated  and  unnecessary  publicaticms  of  amounts  given  i 
appeals  on  tower  ground  than  the  love  of  Christ  j  and  baa  proclaimed^ 
lars,  that  the  question  of  money  was  secondary  to  that  of  the  great 
Hod  to  be  derived  through  bringing  all  the  tithea  into  the  storehouse. 
ris  M.  Platt,  of  Bath,  New  York,  informs  ua  that  in  introducing  tlit 

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plan  of  weekly  offerings,  four  young  men  were  ordained  as  deacons,  who  all  take 
hold  of  the  plan  with  an  intelligent  hearty  purpose,  that  helps  him  wonderfully. 
''Thus  far,"  he  says,  ''success  has  heen  all  that  could  have  heen  anticipated." 
This  valuable  acquisition  of  additional  working  force  in  the  Church,  by  the  revival 
of  a  scriptural  office,  which  had  gone  out  of  use  there  for  nearly  forty  years,  may 
be  very  suggestive  to  other  ministers. 


Rbceiptb  zh  July,  1873. 
4^  Synods  in  smau.  OAPiriLS—Preabyteries  in  ito/tc«—Ch arches  in  Roman—sp  for  8peol«L 
49"  BwtrtinUwn  ia  made  prtdtetv  aa  donon  dirtct.    Where  no  direetions  mrt  given,  (Aa  dwisi/m  it 

*   alwaye  made  by  the  Oenertd  Aeeemblp*8  per  cottage. 
49*  The  ooDtracUoD  q?  for  special,  deeigtuUee  offeringe  for  bat  a  partt  cutd  not  Jbr  the  whoU  work  ef 

the  Church, 


AtBAyT.~ilJ6aiH^— Nasraa  II  S5;  Saratoga  2d 
(of  which  ttabsoh  62  76)  88  2L.  2Vvy~rro7 
Sd,  sp  673  60  672  96 

Baltimore.— "  C  Va"  47  00 

CivasnATU—ChUUeolhe^ChWnGoihe  Ist  20u  00 

Clktblaxd.— Ctaoe(afifi— NewbtirgU:  Rome  18; 
Cleveland  Ut  900;  Willoughby  lu;  Strongsville 
26.  JfaAonintp—Leetonia  18.  St  GlairevMe^Btit' 
ialo  110  1007  UO 

CoLOEADo— iSsnto  Fe--**  A  sister's  mite  for  mie- 
1  ionary  work**  1  00 

OoLCMBiis.  —  ii£Asiu— Athena  76.  Wooeter^ 
Fredericktiburg  127  2U2  00 

Eaia.  —  Bu«^— Center  61  72;  Pine  Grove 
64  60;  Amity  17;  HMrrmviUe  32.  CXortOn— May- 
▼illel6  tt3;  Hiohardsville  17  10;  Emlenton  17  18. 
Kittanmng—M.Arion  {of  which  from  bab-wch  7  60) 
166  361  28 

GurivA— C%«m«n^~Elmira  Isi  60;  Walkins 
21  64.    Steubert'-CorniDg  60  l2l  64 

HABaxsBuao.— Qirttsto— Harrisbarg  Ist,  sp  800; 
Paxion  81  33;  Dauphin,  sp  30:  Kavetteville  30. 
^untinodott— Bedford  (20  76  of  which  from  estate 
of  Mrn  B  W  Burd)  67.  NorthmmbeHaml^W il- 
lianwport  'id  126  84.  IF(i^6tfro~Arnoi  22  46 ; 
WellHburo37  1194  62 

iLUMois,  CENTaAL.—/Wria—*' Friends  in  IIH- 
noia**  600;  Rev  U  MoVay  10.  Schuyler— Piitn- 
field,  sp  8  46;  Ht  Sterling,  sp  19  60  637  96 

ILUMOU,  NoaviL—CfcidQ^TO— Chicago  1st  864  67. 
JfVeeporC— Rock  ford  1st,  sp  (14  44  of  which  from 
8Ab>«oh)  114  44.    JSoek  ^to«r— Fulton  66  Hb 

1026  86 

Tluxmi,  South.— il{^oti—Virden  28  66;  Zion, 
sp  26.  Cairo— Tamaroa  9;  Da  (^uoin  Isi  60; 
Carmi  186  16;  Shawneetown  44  66  292  26 

IwDiANA,  N(»Tfl.—Oa«fordcvi/to— Lebanon,  sp 
36 ;  \%  ea,  HP  6  35;  Alamo  6  66.  Fort  Wayne— Ia 
Orange  16.    Jfttncia— Wabash  73  6o  136  60 

IiTMAKA,  SouTB.— /fidianaoo^is— ColambusS^i  66; 
Acion  9.  New  Albany— iiadiaon  2d  6u.  White 
TFater— Greensburgh  172  74  266  x9 

lowA,  NoRTB.—  Waterloo— E  Freisland,  sp  10  26 

Iowa,  South. — /oimi— Keokuk  Ist  Westminster 
196  18;  Mt  Pleasant,  sn  38  tiu;  Mt  Pleataoi  Ger, 
sp  9  16.  Iowa  a^y— Washington  83  3J :  Walcott 
8  86.  Council  Bluffe—Bodtord  9  95;  Uopew«ll, 
sp  3  80.    Hetnrueka  CU^Plattsmouih  1st,  sp  10 

868  36 

Kansas.— £kpori(»—Burlingame  (6  46  of  which 
from  4ab-sch),  i»p  11  46.  iVaocAo— independence 
14  26  26  70 

Kmtuokt.  —  LouitviUe  ^  LoalsTiile,  Walnut 
Street  88  66 

MicMMii.—2>6fro<e— Detroit,  Fort  Street,  bal- 
ance memorial  coil  61 ;  Calvary  18  23;  Jefferson 
Avenue,  i»p  110.  Laneina—L&BBmg  Ist  39  85; 
Mason  U  22 ;  Albion,  sp  46  44  288  74 

liiHsuoTk.— St  B»<<— St  Cloud  6;  Red  Wing 
81  60;  Hou8e  of  Hope  496  86.    Tfinona— Wood- 
bury 2  46 ;  Winona  1st,  sp  3o  27  667  18 
Missouri.— Pb/myra— Maoon   City,   ip  4  80; 
Bird*H  £ye  Ridge  6  76;  Sulllfan  1st  6  60.  IHaUe 


--St  Joseph,  Westminster,  sp  72  76;  Mirablle,  sp 
860  9330 

Nkw  Jirsbt.  —  mieaheth  —  Plainfleld  1st  66: 
Pluckamin  19  42;  filiaabeth  3d  86  6o;  WeBtfield 
(16  92  of  which  twlanoe  of  legacy  of  Mrs  Acken) 
91  92;  Summit  Central  -m  Jereeu  OUy—Jenej 
City  1st,  sp  400.  JVettw*— Park  41  :i9;  Calvary 
48  61.  iVetpAruAMOieA— 6iockton47;  New  Bruns* 
wick,  Witherxpoon  Street,  sp  13.  Weet  Jeruy— 
Woodstown  41  26  693  89 

Niw  York.— ifiMiton— Cochecton  7  76;  West 
Town  38  72;  Palisades  116  36;  Monticello  64; 
Middletown  2d,  sp  86  81;  Hamptonburg  71  4*>; 
Nyack  93  21;  Middletown  lsl61  74;  Kan.apo  18; 
Washington ville  let  30;  Port  Jarvis  26.  S^ 
ForA— bcoich,  John  Taylor  Johnston,  Esq  WO; 
Fourth  Avenue  166  66;  Tih  32;  Brick,  *p  400. 
North  J2to«rv-Rondout  160  77  1841  92 

PACiFia— •San  iVaneueo— San  Francisco,  Uow^ 
ard  Street  sp  6  00 

Philadelphia.— Oiatter—  New  London  63  79; 
Media  117 ;  Auit  Whiteland,  sp  23;  Charlestown, 
sp  7.  LafAcuioanno— iiawley,  S  Z  Lord,  sp  l\k 
l^iyA— :4henandoah  10  60;  Weatherly,  sp  16. 
/Philadelphia  C^aero^-Phiiadelphia,  Tioga  Street 
40.    Phuadelphia  iVor^A— Manayunk  60      316  29 

Pittsburoh.— Pf(e«6tfr9A— East  Liberty  (100  of 
which  from  Sab^soh)  459.  Bedstone— Hoand  Sill 
67  85.     ITMAmffton— Wheeling  4th  3  70     620  66 

TBjnrB88EB.—iSrmysto»— Clover  Hili  2;  Maryvilte 
2d  2.    New  Orleane—Hary  Esther  10  14  uO 

ToLEna—Be^ontaine— Crestline,  sp  43;  Bucy- 
rus,  sp  12  66  00 

Utica.— .fiin^AaiMton— Binghamton  1st  2u6  12; 
Masonville,  up  4  60;  Binghamton  Norch  18  6fU 
iSvraettse— Syracuse  First  Ward  3U  40;  Liverpool 
21  12.  C;/u»— Sauquoit,  sp  87.  St  Lawrence^ 
8aoketl*s  Uarbor,  from  Dr  L  A  Edwards  45 

411  82 

Westbrit  New  Tork.— Bu/o/o— BnflMo,  West- 
minster 263  08.  i^toyoro— Lewiston  3u;  Wilson 
25.  iSocAesfer-Ogden  91 ;  Rochester,  Westmin- 
sier  88  43 ;  Gatea  82  90;  Kocheeter  Centiul  216 

728  41 

WuooMSix.- £aJt0  iSuperior— Oconto  6  86;  Su- 
perior 20  22.  ifOioatfAee—Uelatield  14  63;  Ottawa 
12  2L    Wieeouain  itivsr^Middletown  4  50  (8  41 


Total, 
mstributbd  as  follows: 


$12,411  2f 


Foreign  Missions $4056  641   CMas  M 

Do.       for  the  Debw  1937  04  /  **^'  , 

Home  Missions „.««.....•..«...«    2240  54 

Church  Erection — ......    IWS  87 

Education »........^...»«      729  49 

Susientation - »     506  SI 

Ministerial  Relief ....................     613  H 

•Froedmen ....« ««....«     473  » 

Publioauon  ...^....^»................„..^     Qui  W 

$12,411  » 

O.  D.  BATON,  TSreaturm't 

P.  O.  Box  Sifek  ^ 
88  Centre  Street,  New  YoriE. 


Ecdeuoitkal  Record. 


313 


ECCLESIASTICAL  RECORD. 


>F    THE    FARTORAL    JIELATIOW. 

Rt'tiiiugt4jD  and  tbe  cLureh  at 

i    F.   Lyle   iiiiii    the   church  of 

piibytcry  of  Cnvuga, 

ieiUOQ  and  tW church  at  Piin 

Brown.   D,D,.  aod  the  Ceatml 

Joodit  and  the  church  at  Carou* 

lECBlVED  OR   ACfBPTKO. 

Liritft^usiter^er  to  the  chvirch  at 
lid 
Whitaker  to   the  church   of 

'orren<?e  to  the  chorch  at  Wave- 

In^raoU,  &  grudunt^  of  Lane 
ihe  ciiurcb  al  Wysxndotte,  Mteh. 

Fraaer  to  the  church  at  Port 

Hutchiusou  to  the  church  of 

h\\\  to  the  church  of  Cutninitis- 
Declified) 

yna  BUuvelt  to  the  church  at 
J,    (Dtfcliued) 

d  n.  Kellogsg  to  the  Central 
Jelphia. 

C.  ThompsoQ  to  the  charch  of 
^d. 

[058    AND    rirSTALLATrONa. 

oh  was  ordnined  and  imstalUd 
hnrch  at  Daiang'o-a,  sixty  ndlea 
China,  oa  the  18th  of  May. 
Clark,  late  of  the  U.  P  church, 
castor  of  the  Preaby  leriau  ch  u  rch 
ich.,  on  the  20tb  of  May. 
Hays  wag  tastalled  pastor  of  th« 
efrmn  ohnrch^  Madison,  Wis  ,  od 
iy. 

cnallvfts  ordained  and  iuatalled 
church  of  Brandywm©  Manor, 
f  Jnly. 

i  Fie  teherwu  ordained  and  in- 
of  a  new  orgaaization  lu  Korth 
r  the  Preibytery  of  West  Chester, 
July*  ' 

;e  Bcnangh  was  installed  pastor 
at  Summit  Hill,  by  the  Freaby* 
;h,  oa  th«  2Bih  of  July. 

ncn  KTiV^m»m  chabtsed. 

km  HoEarth,  B.D.,  from   Detroit 

evft.  H.  Y. 

Lowrey  from  Brooklyn  to  White* 

i  Nelson  from  Sumter,  S.  C,  to 
N,  G. 

Good  ale  from  JfarBhalUown  to 
Iowa,  • 

ar  C.  McKttig,  B  D,,  from  Marys- 
Chicago,  III. 


Pk^T,  William  H,  Goodison  from  Tetwailles 
to  Ddlsboro',  lud 

Rwv,  Moorhead  Edgar  from  Klngwood,  W. 
Va  ,  to  AHegheny  City,  Pa, 

Kqv<  Jacob  Post,  D.D,,  from  Milwaukee  to 
Chicrtgo.  Ills, 

R*!v   John  Moore  from  Cottage  Seminary, 
PoListown,  10  2i;  North  Seventh  Street  Phila. 
Rev.   J.    W.   Clark   from    Malta   Bend   to 
Cbritida,  Iowa. 

Kev.  B  Russell  from  Andover,  N.  Y.,  to 
Kelson^  Tio^a  county.  Pa. 

E^tf.  AH.  Denn  trom  Albany,  N.  Y,,  to 
Joliiit,  Will  countjr,  lib. 

Rev  A.  \V,  W  right  from  Rock  wood  to 
Steelovilte,  Itia, 

Key,  H,  E<  Lippert  from  Woosler,  Ohio,  to 
SLitly  liide.  I'itlriburgh,  Pa. 

Kev.  O.  I>  Archibald.  D.D.,  from  Baarille, 
Ky.,  to  Chambers  burg,  Pa. 

He?.  George  Elliott  from  Preeport,  Ills  ,  to 
McKweiiisvklle,  Pa. 

Rev  Fr:ink  L.  Nash  from  Sacramento  to 
San  Uieao,  Cal. 

Rev.  Cbtirks  ShellinE  fiom  NewbuTgh, 
K.  Y.,  to  tsacramento,  California. 

Rev  Nutban  B.  Knapp  Irum  Elbridge  to 
Five  Corners.  Cayuga  county,  N.  Y, 

Rev.  Jamea  K  PJatter  from  Saudy  Hill, 
N.  Y.,  to  Winfield,  Cowley  county,  Kaa, 

Rt*v.  Is^iiao  W.  Mod  fort  from  Oitotd.  Ohio, 
to  Cambridge  City^  Indiana. 

Rev.  W.  E.  Honeymun  from  Wabash  aw, 
MuHi  ( to  LoQgmoDt,  Boulder  county  p  Col 

P^ev,  R,  T,  rrjce  irom  Hickory  to  Robella, 
Allt?gbeny  county,  Pa 

Rev.  George  R«  Moora  from  Lyons,  Iowa, 
to  18J0  Cayuga  Kt,  PhiSadelphia, 

Rev.  Jamea  E.  MoS'at  from  Decotur  to 
Ottawa,  Ills. 

Eev.  D.  3,  Anderson,  from  Marion,  Ky.,  to 
Caledonia,  Pulaski  coQuty,  Ills. 

Ktv,  0.  T.  Aniierson  from  Princeton,  K,  J., 
to  Port  Kennedy^  Pa, 

Rev.  James  Htmler  CUrk  from  Cnstile, 
N.  Y.,  to  Church  Hill,  Trumbull  co .  Ohio. 

ReT,  CbarJes  H.  Hoi  low  ay  from  Tom's 
River,  N.  J,,  to  1719  Institute  St  PbiladeU 
phi  a. 

ReT.  Robert  White  from  Bridge vi lie,  Bel, 
to  St.  Mary'Sj  Elk  county,  Pa. 

Rev.  M.  1).  A.  Steen  from  Solon ,  Ohio,  to 
Conneautville,  Fa. 

Rev.  Robert  C.  Galbraith  from  Flora  to 
Fairfield,  Wayne  county^  Ills, 

DEATHa. 

Rev.  J.  Hickok,  D.D.,  at  Marietta,  Ohio, 
on  the ol:  July. 

Rev.  William  Finney,  D.D.,  at  his  resi- 
dence in  Harford  county,  Marylrmd,  oa  the 
31st  of  July,  in  the  85th  your  of  his  age  He 
had  been  piLstor  of  the  church  in  ChnrchviLId 
more  than  sixty  yearn. 

Rev,  Arthur  Harlow  at  Goahen,  N.  Y,,  on 
the  l&th  of  June,  in  the  forti4jth  year  of  his 
age. 


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CONTENTS. 


Board  of  Home  Miaslona.— Stute  of  the  Tr^aaurj— L*ffiM*  Honw  MiwIODJirj  ll«lp— ffoine 
M iwj on B— Cheering  \Vord»  from  recently  appoimtil  Mt^iNionari^n  in  th«  fmt  We«»t— Vacaol 
Choruhes  nod  UoempEoyed  Wmistcfii— Home  Mii»»(oa  Appomtmenln— Receiptjk^ .-^.„.*««,.  315 

Bo&rd  of  Bducation.— LoTe  brings  Honors R^nownU  of  Caedidftlen— CoiUciioaa  for  Ihe  Ba«rd- 
— Our  U*j|p,  iiDil  ihe  Men  we  Help— Thi»  Bcwrd  Indi^f^iiiiRbie—Keceipi ».,«.«.,*. — "-.-  Wl 

Bo&rd  of  PoreigQ  MImI on*.— Recent  Jntenigence— MiBaiona  in  Ib^  Chwreh  Sttw^ion—Tb* 
Eintuaifiri  €ull*eLorale  a^  a  Mminrntrj  Field— KeBuenpiige,  Guboon,  by  Rer.  Albert  B»»hiiell— Ob 
!^»nn)Z  l?otj}»— l>iinaUoup,,- ,..*..._*.,.-,.* ^»  „...........*..**,««.-, .--., ,.-«^. — -  32» 

Board  of  FtlbltOflUon,— A  CaU  for  the  Cc»lporteuF'&  Work— Fr&rn  n  Pastor  in  Norlherts  New  York 
—  1  hoii;;hl?i  on  I  be  Decfllajjue— SoagF  iwr^ita  Liiws— Tench er 'ft  CommenUfy— PaUoa  on  Jtii«pir* 
tlon— In  irtiTft— Warm  Words— Donation* ............»*, .-*«* ^ ^«.-««^-  355 

Boi»rd  of  Ghtlrch  Ereottoa.— How  to  Help  tcr  Build  Chnrchta—Don«tion«.,..«.. ,..>«,--..-**— -  »** 

Belief  Fuod  for  Disabled  MinalerH.r-Circnlftr  to  Ihe  Presbylerial  St^oding  Commll*ee>— 
RifL'eiplH* «..».* — * - .„^. ...... ..**., M....— — ...^... ..„.„...-....*  54i 

OenerBl  Amnembly'a  Commltlee  on  Froedmen— September— Intcretiing  I^abora  of  PtoC 
J.  r?.Sne<ld— l"!iw>  under  th*  Oaky— ftOTmiion* ...*,„ „„.„...,..„.„..,, -«.**«,»«*».«»  341 

Commttto©  on  Bustentation.— From  ih^  Field— What  »hill  be  done »— Domilmii^.,. -.  5<4 

Commltte©  on  B»neTOlOfiC©  and  Finnan ce.— Prayer  aikJ  B«neToleat  Work— Vtndicntion 
of  Ihe  Commiltee'ft  Work— Ktceipla „„,„.„„,.-««.. »..w.^ .-«.«.... ,...^„«,. ^^ M9 


THE   llEMEItAt.   Afi»»£MBKYni    COSfMITTEK    OM    B£»EV01.i:^^€E    ASflT 

FIIUAMr£ 
h«ve  recommendea  to  ill  of  Ihe  cbi!ircli«a  By»lematic.  prnyerfuF,  weekly  or  nwnlbty  offeiines  fot 
ihe  whole  work  of  IN#*  Church  ua  m  pait  ot  Ihr  worship  of  God's  luxif»e^  and  lii©  Oenenil  A»s«rfi- 
bly  Mf  IS73  reccunmende^l  'rilJ  congregati<*na  n>  r*mii  Pitht^i  lo  this  Cinnrnitieo  or  to  the  retipectife 
Boardf,  monthly,  or  at  (eA^t  qutirierly.  ft>r  iho  beiieftt  of  the  whole  work.'' 

J*  J£  OI'C  J  If  Tl  UNS  M  ErO  M  M  END  E  t*  MtY  1  H  E  A  S3  iCMBL  ¥. 

(httrfh  Kr*rii»»,      H        "        **        I'^ihtmO         ErrrtlmrUf  3        **        **  7J/HMK 

Eanctttifm,  7       •*        u       lOJi^oOO.    I    t*HMict$timt,  5       •*       **         7,3 ^W, 


FORM  OF  BEQUEST   TO  ANY  OF  THE  BOARDS, 

Th«  St«t«  ll^ws^  ditler  ni*  riineh  tbrtt  tjo  orre  form  wiJt  ao^^wer  in  all  the  9*«t<».  biit  lf»  erery  ewe 
It  It  eftsentlal  in  give  the  KiaiiT  cok^ratk  hahk. 

Bequ^'st-*  for  KoniB  Miwions  should  bo  made  to  '^  Th«  B^tard  of  Honm  Mia^tiaitMof  th4  Prubf/Urtm 
Church  in  tho  UmteA  Statesof  Atnenen,'*  whioh  i*  bow  the  corporate  title. 

Of  the  Board  of  Bdacition  liio  coipontle  niimo  is  "  Thi  Board  of  Blueation  qf  tk«  Prmhyttriom 
Cltttreh  in  tht  Uniti'i  Staic*of  Amntf^t,'' 

'I'lie  Board  of  Foreign  Mtasionm  is  IncorpoTialedi  ifn<ler  tb»  hiwfl  of  Neir  York*  Wider  the  liyU  ot 
"TAf  Bmrd  of  t'ortitjn  .Vtattttittof  the  Freihr/tcrian  C'hnreh  in  the  Umtfd  State*  trf  Amerie%^ 

The  Board  oi  Pubhcation  ia  incurpuriUod  under  the  lnw»  of  I'ennsyUftniji.  nndiir  Iti©  sKylt  6l 
"  Tiif  'iruftfes  u/  th£  iVcMfinttrtfiH  Ertfird  of  I'ttbfimtionJ' 

The  Board  of  Church  Eroction  1#  Inef^rp^TnMed  imdcr  the  ntyle  of  '*  Tht  Trtuttr^  of  the  Ckvrtk 
Ertrtio/t  Ftiwlof  ihe  Oinrrnl  AtiemUr/  &f  the  Pr'ghttfermn  Church  in  (M  VmtmiSlat^  of  Amw^ea," 
Incorp'-rmed  Mnichr*.  JH.Vr.  Uy  the  l^gi.slatiirt^  of  the  StJi to  of  New  York. 

Bc<ioe-i»  Ihel  heve  been  niftdt?  to  the  '■  IViWTe*-^  of  the  GcneriH  Ammbli/;'  or  to  the"  Ti-mt$mof 
iftf  fruthtftnutf*  /Aittfle,'*  for  Ulinrch  pitrposo-*,  will  be  valid. 

All  BtqnestB  mnd»  to  the  liit;orp<irja*.Hl  li^iardi*  ot  ConifnUlew*  of  tbo  two  bite  ASPembHe*  MV 
Tnlid,  Eind  ^ifill  hf  rewiTt'd  hy  the  lV>JirLi*t  which  are  their  Ifj^al  Hiii?ce&!iM-ft, 

1  h*/  B«h«t  Fund  lor  Diaab  ed  Miniileri^  and  the  Widow*  and  Or|ibai]>  of  Deceased  »*tiii»ter» 
rvciinrei*  the  fi>i!:owin;i{  form: 

■■  1  f^ire  and  be^n^iiih  to  my  exei^uum  bere*njifT«r  rwimed, do1liirf<  br  lrfi*l.  nerenhel^^i*^ 

thnr  rbf'y  ^hall,  w«tbio  — -—  mtniths*  ftllCT  my  d^'ceaie,  pny  ihe  ftamt*  to  the  Trmtec*  of  iht.  Qm^r^ 

A»i>ertMtf  iif  tk0  iye^iuttnan  Chut  eh  oi  fhe  U.*itmJ  Stntet  of  ^ptierico,  for  tb«  om  of  tli«  Kiwd  for  Dl»- 

mWpd  Mhiialera  Hnd  their  FiimllleB."  Digitized  by  VjiOOglC 

U7<«»i  Ttni  t»MU  vr  othrr  proprnfisf  it  (pvm,  t*l  it  bt  pftrfitntftrti/  dmignniH* 


THE 


ESBYTERIAN  MONTHLY 
RECORD. 


IV. 


PHILADELPHIA,  OCTOBER  1873. 


No.  10. 


BOARD  OP  HOME  MISSIONS. 


!ird  would  call  the  attention  of  the  Presbyteries  and  Synods,  soon 
id  of  the  churches,  to  the  state  of  the  treasury,  which  is  not  in 
r  needs  to  be. 

months  of  April,  May,  June,  July  and  August,  since  the  close  of 
rear,  there  have  been  received  from  the  churches  alone,  $4,967.76 
uring  the  five  corresponding  months  of  last  year.  We  beg  espe- 
ion  to  this  lose  in  receipts  from  the  churches,  during  this  period, 
le  Board  is  at  this  present  writing  (12th  of  September,)  in  debt 
100 1  This  state  of  things  excites  solicitude  in  the  Board,  especially 
the  troubled  state  of  the  financial  world. 

i  and  winter,  with  their  trials  and  sufi^erings  for  our  Missionaries, 
d.  Shall  the  Board  be  enabled  to  meet  its  payments  to  them,  and 
r  as  may  be^  alleviate  these  trials,  and  prevent  these  sufferings?  Shall 
i  to  enter  the  many  openings,  and  answer  the  many  urgent  cries 
fields  in  older  states,  and  especially  from  the  far  away  frontier  ?  It 
people  of  GK)d  to  say.  The  Board  confidently  appeals  to  them  to 
The  responsibility,  at  last,  must  rest  on  them,  for  the  Board  can 
;her,  nor  faster,  than  the  means  furnished  by  the  churches  will 


LADIES'  HOME  MISSIONARY  HELP. 

dies  in  various  parts  of  the  Church  are  forming  themselves  into 

0  M  tli«  Board  of  Home  Missions.  Considerable  sums  of  money 
id  J  beeo  received  from  this  source.  One  hundred  dollars  has  just 
Hi  hj  one  of  these  societies  in  a  little  church  in  Ohio.     This  move- 

1  give  joy  to  the  suffering  and  self-denying  wives  and  children  SlT^' 


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oar  missioDaries.  The  hardens  these  bear,  ia  plaating  the  Church  in 
and  destitute  regions,  are  often  entirely  overlooked,  and  nerer  adeqaa 
valued.  The  actaal  want  endured,  and  absolute  manual  (we  had  almoBt 
slavish)  toil  and  labor  undergone  by  many  of  them,  would  appal  the  Chu 
if  known.  But  two  of  the  missionary  families  in  the  eDtire  Synod  of  ( 
rado,  we  were  assured  on  the  ground  recently,  were  able  to  employ  a  ser^ 
in  either  health  or  sickness.  This  is  but  a  specimen.  Let  the  kind  wo 
of  our  great  and  wealthy  Zion  ponder  this,  with  respect  to  their  thoui 
Home  Missionary  sisters.  Let  us  weep  with  those  that  weep^  as  wel 
rejoice  with  those  that  rejoice.  In  our  wide  travels  over  the  land,  but 
things  have  given  more  pain  than  the  sight  and  knowledge  of  this  sad  as 
of  the  Church's  work.  Help  the  Board  of  Home  Misstona^  ladies^  to 
ithese  needy  and  worthy  ones. 

HOME  MISSIONS. 
It  may  be  profitable  for  us  occasionally  to  glance  at  the  Home  Missio 
'Operations  of  other  denominations.  The  American  Home  Missionary  So( 
»has  now  become  the  exclusive  organ  of  the  Congregational ists.  Their  chut 
raised  last  year  for  Home  Missionary  purposes,  $267,691  42,  and  the  nui 
»of  missionaries  reported  is  951.  That  is,  their  contributions  were  about  $27 
less  than  those  of  our  churches,  and  their  number  of  miBstoDaries  m  i^u  i 
►ours  by  42. 

But  in  the  distribution  of  missionaries  there  is  a  noteworthy  differc 
The  Congregationalists  have  312  missionaries  in  New  England^  the  Presl: 
rians  but  three.     In  the  Middle  States  they  have  49,  while  we  have  229. 
the  Southern  States  they  have  but  three,  while  we  have  67  ;  and  b  what  ^ 
the  slaveholding  States  we  have  158. 

In  the  Western  States  and  Territories  they  have  587,  and  we  have 
missionaries.     In  the  '^  Central  West,"  that  is  the  states  of  Ohio^  Indii 
Michigan,  and  Illinois,  they  have  176  missionaries,  and  we  bave  269. 

We  have  more  in  Ohio,  Indiana,  and  Illinois  than  tbey  have,  while  t 
outnumber  us  in  Michigan  and  Wisconsin. 

West  of  the  Mississippi  river  they  have  340  missionaries,  and  we  have  t 
In  Iowa  we  have  equal  numbers,  100  each.     In  Nebraska  they  have  35, 
we  have  26.     In  Missouri  they  have  but  35,  but  we  have  78.     In  Kai 
they  have  67,  and  we  but  51.     In  Colorado  they  have  but  5  misfiionaries,  i 
we  have  15.     On  the  Pacific  slope  our  number  is  45,  and  theirs  43. 

The  appropriations  to  the  difiierent  states  are  in  fair  proportion  to  the  ni 
her  of  missionaries.  In  Michigan  we  paid  our  missionaries  almost  exa< 
$250  each  on  the  average.  The  American  Home  Missionary  Society  p 
about  $225  to  each  of  its  missionaries  in  the  same  state.  Bnt  in  IIlinoiB  t 
Society  paid  to  each  missionary  less  than  $220  each,  which  was  conaideni 
more  than  was  paid  to  our  missionaries.  But  as  a  general  rule,  the  aver 
■  aid  paid  to  the  missionaries  of  the  two  organizations  from  Home  Miseion 
iunds  is  in  about  equal  amounts. 

When  we  look  after  the  resources  for  Home  Missionary  work  in  the  J 

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tions,  we  find  that  oat  of  $267,691  received  last  year  by  the  Amer* 
e  Missionary  Society,  last  year  $208,925  were  raised  in  New  Eng- 
ving  but  $58,766  to  be  raised  by  the  balance  of  the  country — of 
w  York  contributed  only  $13,000,  and  New  Jersey  and  Pennsyl- 
little  to  be  thougl^  worthy  of  mention.  On  the  other  hand,  New 
furnishes  very  little  for  the  Presbyterian  Board;  but  New  York, 
ey,  and  Pennsylvania,  contributed  $180,416:  that  is,  New  York, 
;  New  Jersey,  $25,186 ;  and  Pennsylvania,  $49,199;  and  this  exclu" 
acies.  The  four  interior  states,  namely,  Ohio,  Indiana,  Michigan, 
)i8,  contributed  $43,472,  which  is  almost  sufficient  to  make  those 
sustaining  in  their  Home  Missionary  work,  that  is,  about  as  much 
tiw  from  the  Board,  and  it  is  also  almost  exactly  equal  to  the  whole 
mtributed  to  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society  west  of  New 
d  about  $20,000  more  than  the  Congregational  churches  of  those 
tributed  to  their  Board,  including  legacies. 

>ok  at  the  membership  in  these  two  communions,  we  find  they  sus- 
h  the  same  relation  to  each  other  in  the  different  sections  of  the 

Much  the  largest  part  of  Congregational  churches  are  found  in 
land,  where  the  Presbyterians  are  very  few.  But  in  New  York,  New 
id  Pennsylvania,  we  have  256,812  members,  which  is  considerably 
i  half  the  entire  membership  of  our  Church. 

four  States  of  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois,  and  Michigan,  our  Church 
130,083.  But  the  Congregationalists  number  but  50,461. 
'  New  England,  Wisconsin  is  the  only  state  in  the  Union  in  which 
regationalists  outnumber  the  Presbyterians.  And  in  the  Western 
>ng  the  lines  on  which  our  northern  people  move  in  their  emigration 
,  the  Presbyterians  number  more  than  118,500,  and  the  Congrega- 
less  83,500. 

1  see  from  all  this  what  responsibility  is  laid  on  our  Church.  Our 
iirches  at  the  West  demanding  aid  at  our  hands,  are  more  numerous 

Congregationalists,  but  we  have  also  a  much  larger  membership 
7,  and  correspondingly  greater  ability  to  aid  them.  We  owe  no 
uty  to  the  Master  than  to  give  the  gospel  to  these  feeble  congrega- 
/  naturally  look  to  us  for  aid. 


NO  WORDS  FROM  RECENTLY  APPOINTED  MISSIONARIES  IN 
THE  FAR  WEST. 

OREGON. 

From  Rev,  W,  A.  Smxck^  Roseburg. 

Brother — I  drop  you  a  hasty  note  to  let  you  know  the  progress  in 

here.     I  found  about  twelve  Presbyterians  in  Roseburg;  all  seem 

0  have  a  Presbyterian  church  established  here — they  are  influen- 

in  Roseburg.     Others  have  been  Presbyterians,  and  favor  us.     In 

snominations  seem  anxious  to  have  me  occupy  the  two  Sabbaths  in 

Ath  on  which  they  have  no  preaching  but  at  the  R.  C.  church. 

md,  where  I  visited  last  week,  the  prospect  is  not  so  favorable.  ^^1^^ 


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only  found  a  few  that  were  inclined  toward  the  Presbyterian  charch.  I 
hope  to  visit  Canyonrille  next  week.  To-morrow  I  preach  in  the  M.  E. 
church  here  both  morning  and  evening. 

KANSAS.  ^ 

Dear  Brethren — ^That  you  may  know  of  the  work  along  the  line  of  the 
A.  T.  and  S.  F.  railroad  west  of  Emporia,  I  drop  you  a  few  lines.  Since  the 
meeting  of  the  Assembly  I  have  pretty  well  explored  the  field  as  far  west  as 
Dodge  City,  two  hundred  and  forty  miles  from  Emporia.  Rev.  E.  Stewart 
i'rom  Ottawa  Presbytery,  Illinois,  will  settle  at  Florence,  connecting  that  place 
and  Plumb  Grove  in  Butler  county,  of  Marion  Centre,  to  make  up  his  charge. 

Brother  S thinks  he  has  got  a  good  field,  they  will  probably  build  at  F. 

this  season.  Last  Sabbath  we  organized  at  Atlanta,  the  county  seat  of  Rice 
county.  Eight  persons  were  all  that  were  present  on  the  ground  to  go  into  the 
organization — there  are  more  to  unite  soon.  We  have  a  good  start  at 
Atlanta,  and  will  have  no  trouble  to  build  up  as  the  country  settles.  It  is  a 
fine  region  of  country,  and  Atlanta  will  most  likely  be  the  county  seat,  and 
become  a  respectable  town.  It  is  eight  miles  from  Peace,  which  is  on  the 
railroad.  A  railroad  is  now  in  course  of  construction  from  Salina  by  the  way 
of  Atlanta,  to  intersect  the  A.  T.  and  S.  F.  railroad  at  Raymond,  this  will  make 
Atlanta  stilt  more  important. 

On  3d  of  July,  Rev.  P.  Read  organized  a  church  with  six  members  at 
EUinwood,  which  is  eighteen  miles  from  Atlanta  on  the  railroad.  Brother 
Read  takes  charge  of  these  churches,  and  is  to  look  after  Raymond  and 
other  points  in  that  region  ;  he  is  on  the  ground  and  doing  effective  work. 
Next  Sabbath  I  am  to  organize  a  church  at  Lamed.  The  town  is  small  yet, 
about  twenty  houses ;  quite  a  good  building  for  a  hotel  is  going  up ;  the 
country  around  is  a  good  country  and  fast  filling  up  with  people.  The  close 
proximity  of  this  place  to  Fort  Lamed  (seven  miles  distant)  will  give  it  some 
importance.  The  only  other  points  worth  notice  from  Lamed  to  Dodge  City 
is  Camp  Criley  and  Petcrsburgh.  -The  Congregationalists  will  occupy  at 
Petersburgh,  as  they  have  quite  a  membership  from  New  England  there. 
Dodge  City  is  a  place  of  more  business  than  any  place  west  of  Oreat  Bend, 
and  will  doubtless  be  a  town  of  considerable  importance.  Its  proximity  to 
Fort  Dodge  (five  miles,)  makes  it  important  that  we  should  occupy.  Here 
I  give  the  people  monthly  preaching,  find  a  few  religious  people,  and  some 
interest  in  our  cause  from  the  world.  Here  also  we  are  the  only  denomina- 
tion doing  anything  in  the  place.  Expect,  as  soon  as  the  way  seems  clear,  to 
organize  at  Dodge. 

All  these  new  towns  along  the  line  of  the  railroad  have  gotten  over  the 
excitement  of  their  speculative  growth,  and  are  remarkably  dull.  They  will 
develop  as  the  country  settles  up,  and  this  is  doubtless  best  in  the  long  run ; 
and  makes  it  none  the  less  important  that  we  should  occupy  these  points. 
Our  influence  will  on  this  account  extend  further  into  the  surrounding 
country,  and  give  us  a  more  extended  range  in  the  ftttujre.^  ^  GoOqIc 


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NEVADA. 

From  J.  F,  Egbert, 
ar  Sir — Before  leaving  Pioche,  I  received  your  check  for  $150, 
I  went  to  Eureka  and  found  that  a  Methodist  church  had  just 
nized.  I  preached  morning  and  evening  in  the  court-room  to  very 
^regations.  A  committee  came  to  me  on  Monday,  urging  me  to 
id  pledging  not  less  than  $100  a  month  for  every  month  I  remained  ; 
ad,  one  or  the  other  of  the  two  young  churches  would  have  died, 
lodist  minister  is  not  a  man  of  great  ability,  but  a  very  good  man. 
had  been  no  Methodist  organization  I  would  have  remained, 
very  prosperous  now,  and  increasing  in  size.  Pioche  will  freely 
ir  church  if  they  like  Bro.  Macbride — he  is  in  earnest.  They  gave 
i-by  gift  of  $300,  to  which  Bullionville  added  another  $100.  I 
ontinually  giving  thanks  to  God  for  his  great  favor  shown  to  me 
>.  He  blessed  us  with  wonderful  success.  I  believe  that  our 
ith  the  proper  man,  could  now  begin  work  in  Eureka  and  be  sure 
;  but  it  would  kill  the  Methodist  church  already  organized.  This 
[id  not  stop  there.  I  wish  to  speak  of  another  place.  Wallapai, 
county,  Arizona.  I  have  begun  a  correspondence  that  will  keep 
in  regard  to  all  matters  there.  This  will  be  the  next  greaf  excite- 
3  mines  there  are  very  rich.  It  is  now  growing  rapidly— have  you 
3  would  be  ready  for  there,  or  Belmont^  next  spring  ?  I  wish  I 
>rly  prepared  for  work  out  here.  But  my  brain  disease  troubles 
We  are  all  surprised  at  the  limit  placed  upon  your  **  Board." 
give  Americans  grace  to  see  America ! 


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COLORADO. 
Prom  Rev,  D.  E,  Finks,  Fairplay,  Park  County. 

living  happily  in  our  $86  house.  But  we  shall  soon  make  an 
irds  raising  funds  for  a  church  edifice — $800  are  already  pledged 
Dutsiders. 

ening  I  preached  to  a  large  and  appreciative  audience.  I  had  the 
ion,  I  think,  that  I  ever  had.  It  encourages  me  greatly, 
people  have  a  conscience  that  can  be  touched,  for  they  have  been 
p  to  better  things ;  but  coming  here  merely  to  make  money,  many 
sist  off  restraint,  and  lay  aside  everything  that  would  hinder  their 
1  that  direction. 

!  respects  this  place  is  a  desert,  nothing  is  raised  here  but  silver  and 
3  miss  the  fruits  and  vegetables  of  the  East;  but  we  can  feed  the 
h  and  curious  specimens  of  ore,  gorgeous  scenery  and  snow-capped 

around.     But  the  prospect  of  doing  good  here  makes  us  content 


From  Rev.  E.  F.  Robby  Das  Animas,  Bent  Counti/. 
^octor — I  am  feeling  better  now,  and  more  encouraged.     Preached 
3rday  to  very  good  and  attentive  audiences.     I  am  becoming  some- 
linted  in  the  place;  and  think  I  have  the  friendship  and  oon^^-^.   Q( 


B18  Board  of  Home  Mi$sum$.  [^October 

dence  of  nearly  all  the  business  men  in  the  town.  Do  not  know  of  one 
among  them  who  professes  Christ;  bat  the  better  part  of  them  attend  our 
services,  and  will,  I  think,  be  ready  to  afford  us  material  help  in  our  efforts 
to  establish  a  Presbyterian  church,  not  because  it  is  Presbyterian,  but  because 
we  are  first  on  the  ground,  and  so  far  seem  to  have  met  with  favor.  We 
shall  probably  take  steps  to  build  a  church  as  soon  as  it  is  determined  where 
the  Railroad  will  cross  the  river.  The  first  church  built  will  probably  be 
the  most  liberally  aided.  We  have  already  taken  lots  for  church  and  par- 
sonage. 

VACANT  CHURCHES  AND  UNEMPLOYED  MINISTERS. 

The  last  General  Assembly  passed  the  following  orders  on  this  subject. 
We  hope  it  will  be  carefully  considered  by  the  Presbyteries  and  Synods  about 
ifl  meet — ^so  that,  if  possible,  we  can  have  all  our  feeble  churches  supplied, 
and  all  our  unemployed  ministers  at  work  : 

Sundry  papers  on  the  general  subject  of  "  Vacant  Churches  and  Unem- 
ployed Ministers,"  to  wit :  The  report  of  a  Committee  appointed  by  the 
Assembly  of  1871,  made  to  the  Assembly  of  1872,  and  referred  to  this 
Assembly.  2.  An  Overture  from  the  Presbytery  of  Wooster  with  accom- 
panying documents ;  and,  3.  A  memorial  from  Rev.  Allen  H.  Brown,  a 
member  of  Presbytery  of  West  Jersey. 

The  Committee  recommended  the  following  plan,  namely :  . 

I.  That  the  Assembly  enjoin  on  each  Presbytery  to  submit  this  important 
matter  to  that  committee  (standing  or  special)  which  has  the  particular  care 
of  its  Missionary  Churches,  with  the  following  instructions,  viz : 

1.  To  provide,  as  far  as  may  be  possible,  permanent  or  occasional  work  for 
everj^  minuter  desiring  it,  who  is  without  charge  within  its  Presbyterial  juris- 
diction ;  and  also  to  provide  permanent  or  occasional  preaching  for  every 
destitute  church  under  its  Presbyterial  care. 

2.  To  arrange  for  grouping  the  small  aid-receiving  vacant  churches  so  as 
most  effectively  to  furnish  competent  support  for  the  minister  serving  them, 
and  so  as  also  to  secure  the  preaching  of  the  Gospel  to  the  greatest  possible 
number. 

3.  And  since  aid-receiving  churches,  when  they  become  vacant,  are  usually 
cut  off  from  Home  Missionary  aid  until  they  shall  have  found  an  acceptable 
minister  ready  to  be  commissioned;  and  since  many  of  these  churches,  being 
unable  to  provide  for  themselves  even  occasional  supplies,  thereby  suffer 
serious  injury  in  any  long  vacancy,  each  Presbyterial  committee  is  urged  to 
endeavor,  in  its  own  way,  to  nourish  and  sustain  these  churches  until  they 
are  advanced  to  a  condition  in  which  they  can  be  assisted  by  the  Board  of 
Home  Missions. 

4.  To  report  to  the  Chairman  of  the  SynodicsJ  Committee,  the  names  of 
'Wacant  churches  and  unemployed  ministers"  within  their  bounds,  tor  whom 
they  are  not  able  to  provide. 

II.  It  is  further  recommended  that  each  Synod  appoint  a  committee  on 
^Wacant  churches  and  unemployed  ministers,"  consisting  of  one  from  each  of 
the  Presbyterial  committees  aforesaid,  in  like  manner  and  as  far  as  possible  to 
distribute  among  the  vacant  churches  of  their  own  Synod,  such  unemployed 


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as  have  been  reported  to  them,  always  regarding  the  rights  of  the 
ries  and  the  wishes  of  the  people. 

re  shoald  yet  remain  a  surplus  of  either  vacant  churches  or  unem- 
iinisters  within  the  bounds  of  any  Synod,  the  chairman  of  its  com- 
1  this  subject  shall  report  the  same  to  the  Board  of  Home  Missions. 
Old  whereas,  there  may  be  in  the  vast  extent  of  our  territory,  an 
'  ^*  unemployed  ministers''  in  one  part  thereof,  and  in  another  an 
f  'Vacant  churches,''  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  is  hereby 
d  and  instructed  to  organize  a  Special  Bureau,  whose  business'  it 
bo  gather  and  publish  such  statistics  bearing  on  the  subject  as  may 
bant  for  the  information  of  the  churches,  and  to  consider  the  case  of 
acant  churches  and  unemployed  ministers,"  as  may  have  been 
to  them  by  the  Synodical  Committees;  and  to  endeavor  to  adjust 
ibute  these,  so  that  as  far  as  possible  every  capable  minister  asking 
f  have  something  to  do,  and  every  church  may  be  supplied ;  always, 
so  as  not  to  interfere  in  any  wise  with  Presbyterial  prerogatives. 
is  further  recommended^  "  that  whereas,  the  Minutes  of  the  Assembly 
report  1,029  vacant  churches,  of  which  585  have  each  but  25 
or  less,  and  174  have  each  only  10  members  or  less,  the  Presby- 
ibracing  them  be  instructed  to  consider  whether  some  of  these 
may  not  be  consolidated  advantageously  to  themselves  without 
the  cause  of  religion ;  and  also  whether  others  of  these  churches 
ivisely  be  dissolved,  and  their  name  be  omitted  from  the  roll. 
)ard  of  Home  Missions  would  hereby  notify  the  Synods,  that  it  will 
earliest  and  most  thorough  attention  to  any  reports  that  may  be  made, 
)d  by  the  above  action  of  the  General  Assembly. 


HOME  MISSION  APPOINTMENTS 
Madb  ih  August,  1873. 


rltcheti,  Oriakany  ch^  N.  T. 

ones,  Pendleton  and  Wheatfleld  oh., 

ochran,  Stillwater,  2d  eh.,  N.  T. 
ilmberg,  East  Williamsburg  Oer  ch., 

Taylor,  Malta  oh..  N.Y. 

a  Boocl»  Queensburg,  Bay  Road  oh., 

'hompson,  Weehawken  oh.,  N.  J. 
'horopeon,  Mahoning  oh..  Pa. 
w  Culver,  Oraoe  If  iraion  eh..  Pa. 
I  well,  Columbia  Cross  Roads  ch..  Pa. 
illette,  Emporium  oh^  Pa. 
[ollvain,  Frostburg  oh.,  Md. 
orriiion.  Bethel  ch.  and  yioinity,  Md. 
)\  Graham,  Newburg  and  Portland 

Va. 
»y  Senour,  Newport,  2d  chn  Ky. 

Yeisley,  RodgersTille,  2d  oh.,  Tenn. 
Hutohison,  Lockland  and  Blading 

liO. 

>hn8ton,  Marshall,  Belfast  and  Gyn- 

hs..  Ohio. 

ookton,  Mt  Salem,  Unity  and  Madi- 

,  Ohio. 

awler,  Waterloo  and  North  Benton 

I. 

IregjC.  Baldwin  ch»  III. 

loot,  White  Hallch.,  III. 

I.  Ai^AV^  Mt,  CHrm«l  ch..  III. 

Scott,  MetropotLi  ch..  111. 


Ber.  Oeo.  B.  MoComb,  Galum,  Pinckneyville 

and  Prairie  Grove  ons..  III. 
Rev.  J.  R.  Bell.  Elvaston  ch.,  III. 
Rev.  J.  P.  Mills,  Sullivan  and  Okaw  ohs..  III. 
Rev.  John  Redpath,  Clam  Lake  chM  Mich. 
Rev.  Wm.  M.  Hoyt,  Middletown  ch..  Wis. 
Rev.  John  Berk,  Rockville,  Horicon  and  Liberty, 

German  chs.,  Wia*. 
Rev.  David  Street,  Waupaca  and  Rural  chs.,  Wis. 
Rev.  A.  A.  Kiehle,  Lanenboro  ch.,  Minn. 
Rev.  J.  L.  Merritt,  St.  Charles  ch.,  Minn. 
Rev.  Thos.  Burnet,  Oronoco  ch.,  Minn. 
Rev.  E.  H.  Sayre,  Claremont  and  Ripley  chs., 

Minn. 
Rer.  John  Qilmore.  Andrew,  Bellevne  and  Far- 

mer's  Creek  chs.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  W.  L.  Lyons.  Luni,  Prairie  Creek,  Dakota 

and  Sprinsfleld  chs..  Iowa, 
Rev.  Chat.  M.  Uowe,  Eldora  and  Pt  Pleasane 

chs.,  Iowa. 
Rer.  Geo.  Graham,  Greene,  1st  eh.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  David  Brown,  Marti nsburg  oh.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Andrew  Herron,  Avoca  and  Walnut  ohs., 

Iowa. 
Rev.  S.  M.  Eier,  College  Springs  and  Pleasant 

Ridfce  ohs.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Wm.  G.  Kephart,  Atlantic  and  Elkhorn 

ohs..  Iowa. 
Rev.  F.  H.  W.  Bmechart,  Lansing,  German  ch., 

Iowa. 
Rev.  D.  Russell,  Manchester  ch.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  G.  a  Smith,  Seward  oh.,  Neb.  ^    ,     ^^ 

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Rot.  O.  L.  Little,  West  Point  and  Wiener  ehe^ 

Neb. 
Rev.  Shepard  Wells,  Bonhororoie  and  Wash* 

initton  chsi^  Mo. 
Rev.  L.  P.  Rowland,  White  Water,  Bristol  and 

Smithville  chs..  Mo. 
Rev.  A.  M.  Reynolds,  Easton  and  Wjllowbrook 

chs..  Mo. 
Rev.    Newton  Bracken,   Olasoo  and  Delphoe 

obs.,  Mo. 
Rev.  Andrew  Stoat,  Clinton,  Marion  and  Deer 

Creek  ch8~  Mo. 


Rot.  L.  Stemberff,  D.D.,  Ft  Barker  and  EUs- 

worih  chs.,  Mo. 
Rer.  W.  0.  Rommel,  Helena  oh^  Mon.  Ter. 
Rev.  Josiah  Welch,  Salt  Lake  Citv  oh..  Utah  Ter. 
Rot.  D.  K.  Nesblt,  CorTalMs  oh ,  Oregon, 
Rev.  John   Rea,  Port   Townsend  ch.,   Wash. 

Ter. 
Rev.  J.  R.  Thompson,  Olympia  oh.,  Washington 

Ter. 
Rev.  John  Creath,  Merced  ch.,  Cal. 
Rev.  Chas.  W.  Anthony,  Livermore  and  Plea^ 

saoton  chs.,  Cal. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  HOME  MISSIONS  IN  AUGUST  1878. 
'  Synods  in  small  capitals— Presbyteries  in  ito/ies— Churches  in  Roman. 


Albany.— il^frant/— Sand  Lalce  8;  Johnstown 
39  86.  ChaMpl(un—UooeT9  9  07.  Columbia  — 
Hunter  15  78  52 

BALTDioai—BaMmore— Westminster,  a  mem- 
ber fur  Augusts;  The  Grove  6  50;  ChurchTille 
38;  Rllicott  City  dab-sob  20;  Mt  Airy,  Harmony 
6.    New  Oa$tU~  Fellon  5  01  73  51 

Cbhtral  New  York.— 0<««go  — Cooperstown, 
Ladles  125.  8t  Lriwrenee— Leray  16  50.  Uttea 
— AuitustaCofwhich  Sab-sch  1G)46;  Alder  Creek 
and  Forestport5;  Rome  (mon  coo)  23  75  215  15 

ciMounrATL—CSn«<nnoti~  Somerset  6;  College 
Hill  48  54  00 

CLKTSLAirxh—Okvietond— Second  300 ;  Rev  James 
Shaw,  D.D.  24.  iraAonififiF— Ktosman  (of  which 
mon  con  26)  56.    St  CtairsvUU— Concord  26  76 

405  75 

CoLoaADO— Cbiorodo—Longmont  2  83:  Boulder 
2  84;  Rollins  2  84;  Caribou  2  84.  jtfrmtano— 
Deer  Lodge  8.    Ifyomifiy— ETanston  lu       :f4  35 

Columbus— ^tAsns—MarieUA  Fourth  Street, 
from  Mrs  Ellen  Cooke  50.  CWum6i»»— Grove 
City  6  73.  ffooater— Black  Creek  6.  Zanetviile 
—Otsego  8  64  73 

EaiB.— Erie— Edinboro  60.  KUtcmrnng—KiXr 
tanning  156  50  216  50 

Gemkva.— Gen«w— Trumansburg  26  76.  fiTsw- 
6«n— Woodhull  4  28;  Elk  Creek  8  02  38  05 

HAaaiSBvao.  —  BimtingdoH  —  Clearfield  78  86. 
AortAum6er(afui— Warrior  Run,  from  a  ladyj; 
Jersey  Shore  72  76.  TTaJteftoro— Pall  Brook 
23  33  "0  94 

Illinois,  Cbhtral.- Bfoomingfon— Jersey  11; 
DauTille,  from  S  ->  Dobbins,  lieq  50.  Peoria-- 
Prospect  34  20.  ScAuyter— Augusta,  *•  A  widow's 
mite**  5  100  20 

iLUHois,  NoaTB.— CUm£K>— Elmhnrst  8 ;  Rot  M 
M  Wakeman  2.  ^e«por<— Zion  Ger  10;  Scales 
MouDdGer4  24  00 

ILUMOIB,  SoUTB.— ilUofi— East  St  Loais      22  00 

iHDiAif  A,  Noata— Looonsport— Logansport  Int, 
from  Mrs  A  Young  50  00 

10WA,N0RTH.—X)tt6ttgtte— Centre  Township  Ger 

4  46 

Iowa,  South.— OmoAo—Ponca  2;  Colombus  7 
^  9  00 

Kaksasw— i\r«o»Ao-Parsons  8  60;  Thayer  5 

8  50 

Kbntuckt.— J>m<svfll0— HopkinsTille  45;  Col  T 
Wood  6;  Marion  20  75  70  76 

Lose  IsLAMD.— BrooiWyn— Throop  Avenue  (mon 
col)  13  64:  Ist  ch  (KeujHen  Street)  60  52.  Long 
Itland—yfest  Hampton  26;  Seuuket  11.  Nassau 
—Glen  Cove  15  126  16 

Michigan.- De^roif —Milford  14.  Monroe— 
Monroe  73.  Saginatif— Viae  River  12  50;  Emer- 
Boa  6  60  106  00 

MiNNcsoTA.  —  AfaaJl^alo  — Wells  6;  Minnesota 
Lakes  20;  Madt)lia4  2(>;  LiikeSheiak  1;  Lyod 
1  50.    ^  aiii^Diamood  Lake  6  16  20  06 

Missouri.- Osoffe— Aullville  2  60;  Otterville  2. 
Oiarfc— Neosho  6  60.  PltoMa— Mary vi lie  3  10; 
Oregon  21 ;  Lathrop  I  60;  Cameron  3  60.  Fotosi 
—Bristol  14;  Ironion22  75  20 

New  Jbrsbt.— Jaua6«f*- Woodbrldge 80.  Jersey 
Ci/j/— Lakeview  16  60.    Morris  and  Oranye— East 


Orange  (quar  ool)  140.    Newark— Third  Sahsch 
123.    Ws»t  Jersey— Fialerrille  Sab-soh  13  6u 

875  00 

Nbw  Tobk.— JTudson— Haverstraw  Central  and 
Sab-sch  63  20;  Cenireville  6.  New  ForJI;— Cen- 
tral Sab-soh  62  50;  Fifth  Avenue  and  Ninet4>enth 
Street,  from  T  S  Adams  25;  Mt  WaAhiogton 
181  20.  North  i^tvsp— Cornwall  26 ;  Poughkeep- 
sie  (mon  cod)  21  87.  IFiMteAestor— Crotoa  Falls 
5;  North  Salem  17  406  77 

PAOina— S^  PVxineiMo— Memorial  15  00 

Pbiladklphia.  —  Chests  —  Bryn  Mawr  21  80. 
XodmiMiniMi— Plitston  5  (memorial).  Lsktgh— 
Shawoee  (of  which  Sab-sch  12)  16.  Philadstpkia, 
ifortA— Doylestown  and  Deep  Rem  36  14     77  91 

PiTTSBUBOB.— Pt'<to6uroA— Monongahela  City 
(sddM)40;  Bethany  60;  Lawrenceville  50.  Bei- 
stone— Connellsville  I8L  85.  Washin^4tn—Vfsah- 
ington  1st  9  46 :  Lower  BuffUlo  7.  West  Virginia 
—J  P  Jones,  Portland,  W  Va  100  388  81 

TBNNBS8Bs—ir«np«to»— Bethel  20  16.  Union— 
Caledonia  t;  Rer  E  N  Sawtelle  6  60  27  66 

Wbstbrn  Nbw  ToRK.—i2oeA«sfer— Sundry  ohs 
through  Rev  J  R  Page  140  00 

WxsooNsn.-  O^ppsteo— Presooti  3.  MiUoaukss 
—Oakland  and  Cambridge  10;  Beloit  Ger  8 

21  00 

0>mmittbb  on  Benbtolbncbanb  Finanob  1624  04 


Total  received  from  ohnrohes,    $6027  6i 
Lboactbs.— Legacy  of  Mr"  M  M  Wili^on,  dec'd, 
late  or  Blue  Grass  ch,  Iowa  274  68;  Ferry  Min- 
istry Fund  75;  Legacy  of  Rev  George  Bray  too, 
decM,  Utioa,  N  T  200  549  68 

Misorllanbous.— Six  months  interest  and  pre- 
mium on  2''00  Permanent  Funds  69  23;  Ira  .'Syl- 
vester, Clayton,  N  T  5;  Mrs  E  G  Wallingford  a: 
Maggie  L  Ouolap,  Springfield,  Ohio  5;  Mr:»  A  0 
Brown.  New  York  City  76 ;  Jacob  Leyenberger, 
Montour,  Iowa  10  189  23 


Total  in  August,       $>766  53 
O.  D.  EATON,  TVeosurar, 

^i  Centre  Street,  New  York. 

OLormNG. 

1  box  fh>m  the  Ladies'  Missionary  Society  of 
Oirard  oh.  Pa,  valued  at  34  00 

I  box  from  Ladies  of  Chestnut  Hill  oh.  Pa, 
valued  at  875  Ou 

$409  00 

HOME  MISSION  ROOMS, 

No.  23  Cbntbb  Stbbbt,  Nbw  York  Citt. 
Cbr.  Seeretariss—Kew.  Hbnbt  Kbnbaul,  D.D., 

Rev.  Ctbus  Dickson,  D.D. 
TVsostirsr— O.  D.  Eaton. 

LBTTBas  relating  to  Missionary  Appointments 
and  other  operations  of  the  Board,  should  be 
addressed  to  the  Corresponding  Secretaries,  No. 
23  Centre  Street,  New  York  (3ity.  Letters  re- 
lating to  the  pecuniary  afflUrs  of  the  Board,  or 
coDUining  remittances  of  money,  should  be  sent 
to  O.  D.  EUton,  Esq.,  Treasurer— ^tme  address— 
P.O.,  Box 3863.  ^^ 


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Tn  BAETIST  TftULT  18  «miAT,  BUT  TBS  lABO&EftS  ARB  TtW;  PRAT  TB  TSeBBPOItB  THB  Lom>  OP  THB  HAKTBSV 
THAT  BB  W09LB  BB99  POBTH  LABOBBBS  WTO  HU  HABTBST.— Luke  X.  '2. 


LOVE  BRINGS  HONOR. 

In  the  most  public  place  in  a  square  of  a  well-known  Qerman  city,  the  King, 
with  t  le  noblest  and  the  best  people  of  the  nation,  a  few  years  ago  reared  one 
of  the  grandest  monuments  in  Europe. 

The  parapet  by  which  this  monument  is  surrounded  is  covered  with  the  heraldic 
insi^^nia  of  twenty- four  important  cities,  three  others  are  represented  by  sym- 
bolic statues.  Statues  and  representations  of  several  renowned  noblemen  occupy 
subordinate  positions;  and  there  are  several  others  of  men  who  chiefly  gave 
shape  to  the  history  of  the  Church  of  God  in  the  middle  and  the  succeeding  ages 
of  our  era  ^  but  towering  high  above  all,  the  most  honored  and  central  object  is 
the  figure  of  a  man  whose  name  is  known  wherever  the  sun  shines,  and  will 
endure  while  the  sun  endures. 

In  the  veins  of  that  man  ran  no  drop  of  royal  or  aristocratic  blood.  He  was 
the  son  of  a  miner,  and  he  fared  at  first  among  the  sturdy  bro^d  who  were  smutted 
with  iron  and  coal  no  differently  from  his  fellows.  He  knew  well  the  wants  and 
the  triab  of  the  lowliest ;  and  the  work  which  under  God  he  wrought  began,  as 
the  greatest  works  ever  must  begin,  deep  down  amidst  the  hearts  and  experiences 
of  the  common  people.  Thet/  always  heard  him,  as  they  had  done  his  Master, 
•  gladly.  It  was  thus  a  foundation  was  laid  for  an  edifice  so  broad  and  high  and 
lasting,  for  one  so  beneficent  and  so  renowned. 

The  name  of  this  man  does  not,  if  we  remember  aright,  occur  upon  any  part  of 
the  monament.  All  the  world  knows  his  face,  his  figure,  his  words,  and  the 
meaning  of  the  pictures  cut  in  this  stone.  There  we  read  Martin  Luther's 
deelaratioQ  at  the  Diet  of  Worms :  "  Here  I  stand ;  I  can  do  nothing  else  ;  God 
help  me,  Amen."  There  we  see  the  arm  which  wrought  all  that  Luther  per 
formed,  and  sustained  pain  in  all  he  suffered:  "Those  who  truly  comprehend 
Christ  no  human  authority  can  overcome ;  they  are  free,  not  according  to  the 
flesh,  but  according  to  conscience.''  '*  Faith  is  but  the  right  and  true  life  in  God 
himself.  In  order  rightly  to  comprehend  the  Scriptures,  there  is  required  the 
spirit  of  Christ*'  The  sword  which  subdued  the  nations  three  centuries  ago 
flashes  forth  in  the  sentence  quoted  upon  the  back  of  the  pedestal  of  Luther's 
statue :  ^*  The  gospel,  which  the  Lord  has  put  in  the  mouths  of  the  apostles,  is 
His  sword ;  with  it  He  strikes  the  world  as  if  with  lightning  and  thunder." 

The  spirit  of  Martin  Luther  was  one  of  ardent,  all-absorbing,  all-enduring,  all- 
confident  love  to  Christ.  **  Mr  dear  Lord  Christ,'*  was  the  banner  of  love  which 
he  bore  to  victory  upon  victory  over  the  enemies  of  truth  and  of  the  souls  of  men. 
When  we  see,  in  the  grand  monument  of  bronae  and  polished  syenite  rock  at 
Worma,  the  form  of  Luther,  the  son  of  the  miner  of  Eisleben,  lifted  by  the  great 
men  of  oar  age  high  above  the  group  about  him,  and  above  all  the  memorials  of 
political  power,  we  read  the  simple  fulfilment  of  what  the  words  of  Christ  de- 
clared, ^*  He  hath  put  down  the  mighty  from  their  seats,  and  exalted  them  of 
low  degree."    ** Many  that  are  first  shall  be  last;  and  the  last  first.*'      ^ 


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Other  believers  may  sing,  ^^  How  sweet  the  name  of  Jesus  sounds  ;*'  but  the  preache 
of  his  gospel  may  trumpet  it  forth  so  that  thousands  shall  give  up  their  enmity 
ujid  submit  themselves  as  willing  captives.  Others  may  utter  it  in  humbler  plac 
&nd  mode,  but  none  stands  called  and  empowered  like  the  preacher  to  say : 

*'  I  woQid  thy  loTe  proclaim, 
With  every  fleeting  breath.** 

He  is  commanded  to  publish  it  to  every  creature.  And  when  the  herald's  task  i 
done,  and  the  Lord,  before  whom  he  went  forth,  calls  him  to  enter  ialo  the  joy  < 
the  banquet  above,  few  are  the  souls  whom  the  music  of  Jesus'  name  amidst  th 
struggles  of  a  dying  hour  will  so  sustain  and  refresh. 

How  easy  to  decide  what  profession  to  choose,  what  themes  to  preach  upoi 
what  aims  to  follow,  what  death  to  die,  when  the  name  of  Jesus  sounds  sweet  i 
our  ear.  

RENEWALS  OF  CANDIDATES. 
At  the  last  General  Assembly,  the  Board  of  Education,  in  consonance  witb  \\ 
pi).st  earnest  efforts  to  make  this  organ  of  the  united  Church  as  thorough  an 
eSicient  as  possible,  suggested  some  new  forms  for  the  use  of  Presbyteries  an 
professors  of  institutions  of  learning,  \m  the  recommendations  and  reports  o 
students.  They  were  adopted  by  the  Assembly.  Attention  is  called  to  them  now 
when  the  fall  Presbyteries  are  about  to  meet  They  will  require  more  eare  in  th 
examination  of  students,  inquiries  to  be  made  of  them,  and  the  statements  c 
information  to  the  Board,  than  has  formerly  been  given  to  these  subjects  by  som 
presbyteries.  In  this  those  who  desire  the  soundness  and  success  of  the  worl 
will  rejoice.  Perhaps  those  who  may  feel  it  a  hardship  are  among  the  numbei 
who  need  to  be  provoked  to  more  love  and  better  works  in  this  direction. 


COLLECTIONS  FOR  THE  BOARD. 

At  the  beginning  of  September  a  balance  of  $12,000  remained  against  the  Boar 
in  bank.  It  should  pay  this  debt  Ft  once  to  preserve  its  credit.  Last  year  a 
this  time  it  had  cleared  off  its  previous  notes  in  bank.  It  appeals  earnestly  no? 
for  assistance  to  remove  the  obligations  remaining  from  the  work  of  the  winte 
and  spring.     Unless  removed,  they  will  be  a  stumbling  stone  in  our  way. 

With  the  entrance  upon  their  studies  will  commence  at  once  the  need  of  oui 
students  for  aid.  Large  and  immediate  provision  must  be  made  to  supply  them 
The  most  imperative  necessities  of  the  year  are  those  which  the  autumn  an( 
wmter  bring. 

We  press  this  consideration  upon  every  church  which  has  not  sent  a  collectioi 
during  the  past  year,  and  beg  those  which  take  up  an  annual  collection  at  thi< 
reason  to  make  it  as  liberal  as  possible.  And  there  are  many  individual  ehurcfa 
members  who  may  be  reminded  by  the  provision  which  they  are  making  for  theii 
ohildren,  that  there  are  sons  whom  God  has  called  to  His  special  service,  and  whc 
cannot  be  fed  now  by  miracle. 


THE  ASSEMBLY'S  SPECIAL  COMMITTEE. 
This  Committee,  for  the  raising  of  money  to  pay  the  May  appropriations,  has. 
in  conference  with  the  Board,  appointed  the  Rev.  Dr.  Frederick  T.  Brown  of  St. 
Paul,  Minnesota,  and  the  Rev.  George  S.  Payson,  of  New  York  City,  both  res- 
pected  brethren  and  highly  recommended  for  this  duty,  as  agents  to  visit  varioui 
parts  of  the  Church,  and  solicit  the  special  contributions  of  persons  able  to  help^ 
without  interfering  with  the  regular  collections  for  this  cause  in  the  ohorefaet. 

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designated  by  the  General  Assembly  is  short — till  November  let,— 
rnestly  commend  them  bo  the  prompt  and  generous  assistance  of  those 
1  relieve  maay  deserving  young  men  who  are  still  in  need  of  means  to 
ear's  debts,  and  some  institutions  which  have  charitably  loaned  cousid^ 
18  in  such  cases.        

OUR  HELP— AND  THE  MEN  WE  HELP, 
in  the  cause  of  ministerial  education,  so  far  as  human  agency  is  con- 
ust  depend  mainly  on  the  direct  efforts  of  pastors  in  its  behalf,  and  the 
n  of  those  persons  in  their  congregations  who  are  most  likelv  to  appre- 
fruits  of  deep  study,  and  are  familiar  with  the  amount  of  care  and 
are  necessary  to  mental  culture  and  discipline.  Notwithstanding  the 
e  of  this  cause  in  its  close  relations  to  the  good  order,  the  intelligence, 
Sciency  of  the  Church  in  every  useful  work,  it  is  less  popular  with  the 
Ml  are  those  other  benevolent  organisations,  having  for  their  object  the 
f  the  ministry  while  engaged  directly  in  the  work  of  preaching  the 
providing  for  the  wants  of  those,  who,  after  long  years  of  abor,  are 
by  infirmities  and  poverty,  and  need  assistance  for  the  brief  remnant 
Sven  while  it  is  generally  conceded  by  the  membership,  that  the  wise 
which  govern  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  the  permanent  prosperity 
Qomination  require  our  ministry  to  be  highly  cultivated  in  the  various 
of  useful  knowledge,  the  me  ns  by  which  this  high  state  of  cultivation 
ained  are  not  considered  as  seriously  as  they  should  be.  This  partial 
ce  to  the  subject  on  the  part  of  some  persons  may  arise  from  limited 
be  value  of  a  thorough  education,  or  from  the  fact  that  its  claims  appeal 
ibly  to  the  intellect  than*  to  the  passions,  or  because  they  think  that  if 
called  of  God  to  preach  the  gospel,  they  will  finally  reach  the  pulpit, 
;he  Church  renders  them  assistance  or  otherwise.  But  all  persons 
3  having  a  gospel  ministry  should  remember  that,  in  the  general,  there 
ur  plans  of  supplying  the  Church  with  preachers,  or  by  which  the  ranks 
listry  can  be  replenished,  and  they  are :  1st,  by  inducing  the  sons  of  the 
D  qualify  themselves  to  enter  upon  clerical  work  as  a  profession ;  2d,  by 
into  office  men  with  a  very  limited  amount  of  mental  culture;  3d,  by 
of  candidates,  who  possess  little  or  no  pecuniary  means,  to  support 
s  by  some  remunerative  employment  while  pursuing  their  studies*,  or, 
sisting  them  in  their  efforts  to  secure  a  suitable  education.  As  a  general 
last- mentioned  plan  has  been  adopted  by  our  denomination  as  the  best 
D  the  wants  of  the  Church.  Objections  have  sometimes  been  raised  to 
because  the  hopes  of  its  friends  have  not  always  been  realized  in  the  sub- 
Lves  of  men  thus  assisted.  It  is  true  that  about  forty  years  ago,  soon 
revivals  of  religion  which  occurred  about  that  period,  and  when  there 
rivalry  between  certain  educational  organizations,  and  a  good  deal  of 
m  among  young  converts,  there  were  some  young  men  encouraged  to 
the  ministry,  who  in  after  years  were  not  among  the  most  brilliant  or 
lacbers.  But  we  should  not  too  severely  pronounce  on  the  past,  for  after 
;  that  some  men  were  aided  in  their  efforts  to  get  into  the  ministry  in 
s  who  should  never  have  entered  it,  we  are  also  reminded  that  there 
dreds  of  others  thus  aided,  who  by  their  subsequent  history  proved  to 
the  foremost  an  1  most  efficient  preachers  that  have  ministered  to  our 
during  the  last  thirty  years. 

to  be  said,  that  the  first  question  a  young  man  should  ask  himself,  after 
Tbion  to  Christ,  was,  '*/8  t^  not  my  duly  to  9tudy  for  the  mini  tiyT^ 
ig  has  gone  forth,  that  if  every  converted  young  man  in  Christendom 
come  a  preacher  of  the  gospel,  yet  would  there  not  be  a  sufficient  number 
ers  to  carry  the  gospel  to  the  whole  world.  But  the  days  of  that  kind 
IS  passed  away,  and  there  is  an  increasing  disposition  on  the  part  of  the 
ies  to  be  strict  and  discriminating  in  their  selection  of  candidates  for 
I  office. 

t  is  not  presumed  that  pious  young  men  generally  should  devote  them- 
the  duties  of  the  pulpit,  or  that  those  who  are  very  desirous  to  occupy  it 
8  the  most  likely  to  be  called  of  God  in  that  direction  ;  yet,  when  there 
in  a  young  man  such  qualifications  as,  ^^  deooted  piety, promising  talents j 


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324  Board  of  Education.  [Octoli 

nduslrious  hahifs^  good  healih^  and  a  fair  probability  of  usefulness  in  the  woi 
of  the  ministryj^^  it  becomes  a  question  that  may  be  safely  submitted  to  the  joon 
man  in  possession  of  these,  whether  he  should  not  enter  on  a  course  of  stud; 
preparatory  to  the  work  of  the  ministry  7  Beta. 

AuguU  27<A,  1873.  

THIS  BOARD  INDISPENSABLE. 

;,    ,  1.  It  educates  one-half  of  our  ministers,  many  of  whom  could  not  become  mil 

'  isters  if  not  so  aided )  '*  calling"  includes  the  means. 

2.  Its  beneficiaries  are  men  of  talent  and  influence,  they  compose  one-tbird 
one-half  of  every  General  Assembly,  and  occupy  some  of  the  most  influenti 
positions  in  the  Home  and  Foreign  field. 

3.  They  are  frugal^  earnest,  and  pious,  being  largely  sons  of  ministers  ai 
missionaries. 

4.  By  far  the  smaller  proportion  of  those  without  charge  in  the  ministry  ha^ 
^                    ever  received  aid  from  this  Board,  and  the  majority  of  this  small  number  a 

invalids,  aged,  or  suitably  employed. 

5.  Every  important  denomination  in  this  land  is  furnishing  organized  and  %^ 
tematic  aid  to  such  of  its  candidates  for  the  ministry  as  need  it  One  of  oi 
leading  denominations,  alter  testing  the  system  by  a  vigorous  support,  and  the 
partially  abandoning  it,  has  now  deliberately  determined  that  systematic  bene 
ciary  education  must  be  thoroughly  and  heartily  sustained,  if  the  denominatic 
would  have  a  ministry  adequate  to  its  wants. 

I  Why  then  should  not  the  great  Presbyterian  denomination  come  to  the  resci 

»  of  the  students  for  the  ministry  under  its  care,  and  place  this  Board  in  such 

position  that  it  may  be  able  to  render  the  aid  which  has  been  pledged,  and  is  no 
withheld  on  account  of  not  having  the  means  to  fulfil  its  promises?  Now  as  tl 
fall  term  commences,  many  students  will  renew  their  studies  with  anxious  mind 
wondering  whether  they  will  receive  the  assistance  from  the  Board  of  Educatic 
which  has  been  the  only  means  ot  support  that  they  have  had  to  rely  on,  feeling  th 
if  this  is  denied  them,  that  they  will  be  considerably  embarrassed,  and,  perhap 

^  their  names  be  dishonored  by  contracting  debts  which  they  have  been  compelU 

|k  I  to  do,  in  order  that  they  might  be  able  to  prosecute  their  studies  for  the  woi 

•  which  their  Master  has  called  them  to  do.     Then  why  should  any  member  of  tl 

^  ,  Church,  whom  Ood  has  blessed  with  means,  hesitate  for  one  moment  to  perfori 

that  duty  which  is  so  plainly  presented  to  them  ?  * 


A 


RECEIPTS  IN  AUGUST  1873. 

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6j;  Hunter  10                                                     187  22  AH^A—Uokeodauqaft  8  50.     TfejCmncfcr— 3loa«gi 

Baltimore— SaJttmorv—OoTane  Chapel   33  79.  7  <K);  York  lt)4  8»                                            22.  1 

New  CuMtU—Sew  OaKtIe,  special  lu                   48  79  PirrtfDUBOH.— A«2«/ra«— McKeenport  lit       60  ( 

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CiNCiHNATi.—Z>oy ton— Fletcher  7.    i'lmrUmouth^  Tolbdo.- 0«Uefrmlatne~UuDt^TiIle                 4( 

Qreeobrier,  German  1 ;  Hanging  Kock  20        28  00  WucokbiM/— H^MCoimn  JStney^KiebUod  Oentn 

CLKY£LAND.—a«M/an<i— Cleveland   2d   200;    La-  0  1 

fayette   0  70.     Ma/toiting^Uvmton   Falls   26.     .SI  

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1&tuB.—BuUer—H9W   Salem   12  75.    Shenango-^  From  CoMMiTni  oof  BtifKirounici  hUD  Fixaxcb 

Hopewell  7                                                             IV  76  ,               $1091  "i 

tiKNBTA.—Oa|fii^— Auburn  let  170  78.    Geneva—  mibobllarboub. 

Qeneva  let  42  75;  Oorbam  16  80.    XytwM-Newarls  interest,  in  part,  of  Jacob's  Fund  175:  Mrs  lU 

*2  80                      „     ..    J        „„„       V       ofX?  beoca8oott,Ind2;  Froma  Widow  l;  ♦  a,"IWdin 

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iLusow,  NoRTH.-iV«eport- Woodi«toi-k  8.  OUawa  Total  Receipts  In  Augoat,       $2,647  « 

—Sandwich  4     Rock  /2»orr— Centre  2  26        14  25  "^              ©•»"-, 

iLLiwois,  South.— Chiro—Rinmundy              8  00  LBOAais. 

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..  „                      161 ;  Pleasant  Ridge  7                            ^    ^   «*  ®*  ton,  CUrke  County,  Ohio,  to  be  inTested  and  tb 

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f  MiNNBSOTA.-WjKmo— Albert  Lea  1100  

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I                      /ersey— PislerTille24;  littsgroTe  .0                89  00  general  business  of  the  Boa  nL  »aint<i<i  t^j  WiUiiJ 

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Board  of  Foreign  MUnoni, 


325 


Boi^ 


OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


RECENT  INTELLIGENCE. 

BTS  Received. — At  Canton,  China,  ten ;  at  Kolapore,  India,  two;  and  Mr. 
ad  also  the  happiness  of  receiving  his  son  to  the  communion ;  at  Alia- 
ae,  being  the  third  since  January  j  at  Gaboon,  two — see  Mr.  Bushnell's 
another  column. 

!f  ARY  Teacher. — We  mentioned  lately  the  appointment  of  Miss  Dough- 
i  teacher  in  the  Chippewa  Mission.     Her  sister,  Miss  Nettie  Dougherty, 

been  appointed  to  the  same  mission,  and  has  reached  the  station  at 

They  are  daughters  of  the  Rev.  P.  Dougherty  of  the  late  Chippewa 
on  Grand  Traverse  Bay,  Michigan. 

OF  Mr.  Herring. — We  have  to  report  with  regret  the  death  of  the  Rev. 
irring  on  the  14th  of  June,  at  Buchanan,  Liberia,  at  an  advranced  a^e, 
h  year,  we  think.  He  was  greatly  respected  as  an  exemplary,  earnest, 
nister  of  the  gospel. 

OF  Mr.  Rogers  and  of  Mr.  Wells. — We  learn  with  much  regret  the 
the  Rev.  William  S.  Rogers  at  Oxford,  Ohio,  on  the  2I)th  of  Aui^ust,  in 
year  of  his  age,  and  of  the  R'iv.  Daniel  Wells,  at  Prairie  du  Ssw,  Wis- 
.ugust  29 bh,  in  the  68th  year  of  his  age.  Mr.  Rogers  was  a  faithful  mis- 
f  the  Board  in  India  for  several  years,  from  which  country  he  returned 
it  of  Mrs.  Rogers*  health.  He  was  afterwards  connected  with  the  Board 
years  in  presenting  the  cause  of  missions  to  the  churches,  and  in  later 
was  pastor  of  a  church. — Mr.  Wells  relinquished  fine  prospects  of  corn- 
business,  in  which  he  was  engaged  in  this  city,  to  enter  the  ministry, 
iving  the  Seminary  at  Princeton,  in  1838,  he  was  appointed  Assistant 
''  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  and  in  1840  he  was  elected  Treasurer 
^oard.  This  office  he  held  until  1849,  when  the  state  of  his  health 
him  to  withdraw  from  it,  much  to  the  regret  of  the  Board.  His  exact  and 
business  habits  were  invaluable  in  this  office,  and  all  his  relations  with 
dates  and  with  the  missionaries  were  most  happy.  Both  of  these 
were  meu  higaly  esteems  1,  and  man  of  a  demoted  missionary  spirit  to  the 
fe.  We  mourn  over  their  departure,  but  rejoice  that  they  are  now  with 
which  is  far  better.*' 

«Ts  FROK  Gaboon  and  Corisco  will  be  found  on  another  page.  We  add 
n  Mr.  BushnelPs  letter  of  July  3d,  that  at  the  semi-  nnual  meeting  of 
*y  in  July,  two  native  candidates  for  the  ministry  were  assigned  trial- 
'  the  next  meeting,  with.a  new  to  examination  for  licensure ;  two  others 

to  wait  until  they  were  further  advanced  in  their  studies ;  and  some 
from  Corisco  last  year  prematurely,  have  relapsed,  and  **  gone  back  to 
The  examination  of  the  ninety  to  one  hundred  scholars  in  the  different 
,t  Gaboon  gave  much  satisfaction.  Mr.  Bushnell  adds:  '*One  of  the 
m  the  Ogobai  River  is  now  here,  and  has  brought  his  son  to  leave  at 
rhe  old  man  was  at  church  yesterday,  and  expressed  much  pleasure  at 
saw  and  heard.     He  desires  us  to  make  a  Barak.i  (name  of  the  mission 

Gaboon)  in  his  country — three  hundred  miles  in  the  interior.     Shall  we    . 
rith  his  request?"  -  '^^^  ^v ^ 


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326  Board  of  Foreign  JUisstoTU,  [Octoher 

Liberal  Gifts  of  Native  Cbristians  at  Zahleh,  /Syria,  for  the  debt.— Mr. 
Wood  gives  an  interestiaa;  aocoant  of  the  gifls  of  native  Christians  at  this  statioo 
to  remove  the  debt  of  the  Board.  Oat  of  incomes,  small  to  \a  degree  altogether 
unknown  in  this  country,  the  little  church  sent  a  larger  contribution,  in  the  judg- 
ment of  the  missionaries,  than  $5000  would  be  from  one  of  our  wealthy  churches. 
Some  of  the  gifts  were  very  touching  in  interest — a  week's  wages,  for  instance, 
from  a  young  woman  who  is  a  teacher;  and  a  piastre,  or  five  cents,  from  a  poor 
carpenter  out  of  work  for  two  years,  who  has  a  family  depending  on  him  for 
support. 

In  Spaiit,  our  esteemed  missionary,  Miss  Sanford,  has  been  able  to  continue 
her  work  in  the  midst  of  the  troubles  of  the  country.  She  writes  from  the  imme- 
diate vicinity  of  Barcelona,  August  6th,  of  her  school,  and  other  opportunities  of 
doing  good. 

The  Missionaries  Needed. — One  of  our  mif^sionary  ladies  in  the  East,  writes 
of  the  missionaries  called  for  in  that  fidld:  ^*  Send  us  tho^e  that  can  sustain  them- 
selves at  home^-the  gentlemen  in  preaching  and  as  pastors ;  and  the  ladies,  in 
gooi  intelligent  society;— those  who  love  to  wjrk  for  the  Muter,  and  who  also 
have  a  conscientious  appreciation  of  the  difficulty  you  have  at  the  Rooms  in  pro- 
curing the  funds  necessary  to  carry  on  the  Mission.*'  All  of  which,  we  think,  is 
correct  and  important. 

REGEiprs,  Mat  to  Sbptbhbbr. — From  churches,  $55,738 ;  from  legacies  $23,415; 
from  individual  donors,  $i5U^ln  all  $S2J7S  R^csipts  in  the  sam?  m)nth'j  last 
year,  $77,8)0 — dP  which,  from  churches,  $40,405.  Receipts  to  Saptember  15th 
for  the  debt,  $104,821.38. 

Letters  Rbceivbd  tj  SBPfEV ber  I5th. — From  the  Chippewa  Mission,  August 
30th;  Seminole,  August  2)th;  Ndz  Perce,  Augu<t23ch;  Chinese  in  California, 
San  Francisco,  August  29th;  Shanghai,  July  26th;  Canton,  July  25th;  Bang- 
kok, June  24th ;  Allahabid,  July  23 1 ;  Mynpurie,  August  5th ;  EtaA-ah,  July  Ist; 
Kolapore,  July  30th  ;  Ratnagiri,  July  7th ;  Oroomiah,  July  8th  ;  Abeib,  August 
12th ;  Zahleh,  July  I5th ;  Monrovia,  August  6th ;  Gaboon,  July  7th  ;  Rio  de 
Janeiro,  July  25th ;  Brotas,  July  9th ;  Bogota,  July  5th ;  Mexico,  August  9Ui ; 
San  Louis  Potosi,  August  5th. 

MISSIONS  IN   THE  CHURCH  SESSION. 

^'  Now  to  us  it  appears,  that  in  a  body  so  systematically  organized  as  ours,  and 
resting  this  permanent  organization  on  Scripture  warrant,  there  are  facilities  for 
rousing  up,  extending,  and  perpetuating  a  flame  of  missionary  zeal,  which  ought 
not  to  be  lost;  and  we  should  not  be  surprised  if  presbyteries  and  church  sessions 
should  ultimately  become,  in  God*s  hand,  the  most  stead v,  stated,  and  powerful 
instruments  of  supplying  the  materials  for  this  glorious  enterprise.  They  must 
always  continue  to  hold  stated  meetings,  and  to  secure  a  better  attendance  of 
members  than  any  other  assemblies  ;  and  if  they  once  come  to  feel  that  Christ 
requires  them,  as  the  representatives  of  the  people  over  whom  they  preside,  to 
give  an  account  to  him  as  it  respects  efforts  to  convert  a  dying  world,  how  can 
they  be  godly  men,  and  yet  let  the  matter  languish  ?'' 

We  take  this  paragraph  from  the  Introductory  Remarks  in  the  first  number  of 
this  magazine,  then  bearing  the  title  of  the  Foreign  Missionary  Chronicle^  and 
published  at  "  Pittsburgh,  April,  1833."  These  remarks  were  from  the  pen  of  the 
eloquent  Dr.  E.  P.  Swift.  They  present  with  singular  force  the  reasons  of 
church  work  for  missions,  and  the  responsibility  of  church  judicatories  in  the 
case.  If  our  space  permitted,  we  would  be  glad  to  reprint  the  whole  article ;  bat 
we  refer  to  it  now  as  bearing  on  the  province  of  the  Church  Sessions  in  the  work 
of  missions.    These  bodies  can  do  the  greatest  service  to  this  work.     1.  They  can 


1873.]  Board  of  Foreign  Missions.  327 

themselves  take  a  deep  personal  interest  in  it,  thereby  setting  a  ji^ood  example. 
2.  They  can  see  that  the  subject  is  rightly  advocated  in  the  pulpit.  3.  They  can 
take  pains  lo  have  missionary  information  given  to  all  the  members  of  the  church. 
4.  They  can  arrange  the  times  and  the  methods  of  collections  for  the  missionary 
cause.  5.  They  can  foster  a  missionary  spirit  amongst  the  children,  in  the 
Sabbath-school,  and  elsewhere.  6.  They  can  secure  informal  anniversary  meet- 
ings for  the  children  in  the  afternoon,  and  for  the  congregation  in  the  evening,  at 
which  brief  reports  could  be  given  of  the  work  of  the  past  year ;  and  two  or  three 
gentlemen  invited  from  neighboring  churches  could  make  short  addresses,  with 
music  and  simple  ref/eshments  for  the  ohildrenf  their  meeting  to  be  held  in  a  grove, 
if  convenient — a  custom  quite  common  and  full  of  interest  in  some  European  dis- 
tricts, which  might  well  be  adopted  in  many  places  here,  especially  in  rural  neigh- 
borhoods. 7.  They  are  often  the  best  qualified  to  give  counsel  to  those  who  are 
considering  the  question  of  duty  as  to  their  engaging  personally  in  missionary 
work,  and  to  send  testimonials  to  the  Board  when  their  appointment  as  mission- 
aries is  to  be  decided. 

On  the  third  of  these  points,  we  think  that  kindly  interest  and  attention  might 
easily  secure  the  placing  of  the  Record^  or  some  other  missionary  publication,  in 
each  family  under  the  supervision  of  the  Session.  It  is  discouraging  indeed,  to  seo 
so  many  of  our  Christian  people  in  a  great  measure  unacquainted  with  missionary 
intelligence.  How  oan  they  be  expected  to  fulfil  rightly  their  duties  of  sym- 
pathy, prayer,  and  gifts  in  aid  of  this  cause,  if  they  know  little  about  it?  And 
w^'O  can  so  well  remedy  this  great  defect,  as  the  honored  members  of  the  Church 
Session  ?  Besides,  is  it  not  a  part  of  their  office-bearing  to  promote  such  intelli- 
gence, as  a  means  of  the  usefulness  of  the  people  under  their  spiritual  oversight  ? 

On  the  fourth  of  these  points,  we  may  express  the  belief  that  to  the  Church 
Sessions  mainly  does  it  appertain  to  order  this  matter.  Of  course,  we  all  honor 
the  General  Assembly,  and  other  high  church  courts,  but  none  of  them  are  so 
well  able  to  judge  of  the  measures  that  would  best  suit  each  congregation,  as  are 
the  members  of  its  own  Session.  They  know  the  circumstances  of  each  family, 
and  even  of  each  individual.  These  should  receive  careful  and  discriminating  con- 
sideration, and  plans  and  times  should  be  well  suited,  as  the  result  of  this 
thorough  acquaintance,  to  call  forth  prayer  and  liberal  giving.  We  suppose  that 
no  uniform  plan  or  time  will  suit  well  so  widely  extended  and  so  variously  situ- 
ated a  body  of  churches  as  now  compose  our  communion.  We  would  leave  it  to 
the  General  Assembly  and  the  Synods,  to  exercise  a  wise  and  faithful  general 
supervision — looking  rather  to  the  principles  involved,  and  the  objects  to  be  com- 
mended, than  to  the  particular  steps  in  their  support  which  should  be  taken  by 
each  congregation.  These  particular  measures  we  would  leave  to  the  Church 
Session,  under  the  immediate  supervision  of  the  Presbytery. 

But  our  purpose  here  is  not  to  discuss  these  matters;  we  wish  merely  to  ask 
the  careful  attention  of  our  brethren  in  the  Church  Sessions  to  the  subject,  as  one 
of  deep  moment  to  them,  to  the  churches  under  their  care,  and  to  the  heathen 
in  many  countries.  In  the  Remarks  already  quoted,  Dr.  Swift  said,  *'  Until  some- 
thing more  is  done  for  the  conversion  of  the  nations,  what  article  on  the  docket 
of  business  can  be  relevant  at  any  meeting  if  this  is  not  ?  Shall  a  worthless, 
unsound  delinquent  be  told  that,  according  to  the  word  of  God  and  the  constitu- 
tion of  the  Church,  he  has  a  right  to  come  there  and  consume  hours  of  time  in 
trifling  litigation,  and  shall  a  world  of  benighted  men  who  have  as  yet  received 
no  hearing,  and  no  information  of  Christ,  be  turned  over"--;-tp  the  care  of  outside 
benevolence  ^ 


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Board  of  Foreign  Missions, 


[Ocidbe 


THE  RATNAGIRI  COLLECTO- 
RATB 

AS    A    MISSIONARY   FIELD. 

The  Rev.  W.  P.  Barker,  of  the  Kola- 
pore  mission,  India,  writes  from  his 
station  at  Ratnagiri,  June  16,  1873, 
giving  much  interesting  information 
concerning  the  field  of  missionary  labor 
within  reach  of  that  place.  It  is  not 
likely  that  so  many  missionaries  as  he 
calls  for  can  soon  be  sent  out,  and  yet 
every  such  appeal  as  this  raises  the 
question  of  Christian  duty  towards  the 
people  that  are  perishing  for  lack  of 
vision.  We  must  depen^  eventually 
on  the  laborers  to  be  raised  up  there, 
and  qualified  to  preach  the  gospel  to 
their  own  people,  but  to  begin  the 
work,  more  men  from  Christian  coun- 
tries are  needed.  The  field  is  ready 
for  the  laborers.  This  paper  shows 
the  need  of  prayer  that  the  laborers 
may  soon  be  ready  for  the  field. 

The  greatest  length  of  this  ColUcto- 
rate  from  north  to  south  is  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty-seven  miles,  and  its 
greatest  breadth  is  forty  miles.  Its 
area  is  3,964  square  miles,  (less  than 
half  that  of  New  Jersey,)  and  yet  its 

Population  according  to  the  census  of 
871  is  1,036,624,  or  greater  than  that 
oi  New  Jersey  by  130.528.  There  are 
twenty- two  of  the  United  States,  each 
of  which  has  a  population  less  than  that 
of  the  Ratnagiri  Collectorate.  Here  is 
an  average  o?  261.25  to  the  square  mile. 
Could  you  go  with  us  among  this  peo- 
ple, you  would  see  how  like  bees  they 
swarm  about  us.  .  .  The  quantity  of 
arable  land  is  small,  and  hence  it  seems 
as  if  every  place  that  is  capable  of  sus- 
taining a  human  being  is  occupied.  I 
have  visited  several  of  the  largest  towns, 
some  of  which  we  must  endeavor  to 
occupy  without  delay.  y 

D^poli  is  seventy  miles  north  of  Rat- 
nagiri by  water,  via  Iluroee,  and 
eighty- five  miles  via  Chiploon.  It  has 
a  population  of  80U0,  made  up  of  a 
cluster  of  villages,  in  close  proximity, 
and  is  the  centre  of  a  district  contain- 
ing 146,735  people.  It  is  about  800 
feet  above  the  sea,  and  more  than  fifty 
years  ago  was  selected  as  a  sanitarium 
for  invalided  European  and  native 
soldiers.  More  elevated  sites  have 
since  been  found  and  occupied,  and 
hence  it  has  been  almost  entirely  aban- 
doned.     Several    dwelling-houses   yet 


remain,  the  best  of  which  that  cost 
20,000  Rs.,  (about  $10,000.)  is  now  of- 
fered to  the  mission  for  2000  Bs.,  and  & 
friend  offers  to  pay  500  Rs.  of  this. 

There  are  here  four  European  fami- 
lies, a  physician,  and  a  fine  English 
c'^urch;  also  a  large  Government 
school  for  boys,  and  one  for  girls.  I 
held  several  meetings  here  for  preach- 
ing and  discussion,  and  found  the  hear- 
ing ear,  and  considerable  knowledge 
of  Christian  truth,  gained  in  part  from 
Mission  schools  established  by  the 
Si^otch  in  this  region  about  the  year 
1830,  but  chiefly  from  the  residence  of 
men  as  servants  or  soldiers,  in  other 
parts  of  this  Presidency.  Every  visitor 
to  D&poli  speaks  of  it  as  ^*a  delightful 
place,'*  and  I  beg  you  will  send  us  a 
man  for  that  town  at  once.  He  could 
go  to  work  immediately  among  the 
English,  and  some  English  speaking 
natives,  and  his  wife  would  find  mate- 
rial for  a  Sabbath-sjhool  among  those 
who  will  gladly  welcome  her.  A  cha- 
plain who  spends  a  few  weeks  each 
year  at  Ddpoli  will  soon  be  withdrawn, 
and  no  one  will  be  sent  in  his  plaoe,  so 
that  it  will  be  desirable  for  a  mission- 
ary to  preach  a  part  of  the  time  in 
English.      Qod    has   hare    provided  a 

Flace — a  good  place — for  some  man,  and 
sincerely  hope,  and  fervently  pray 
that  He  will  incline  some  one  to  come 
and  fill  it.  A  thriving  town  of  6,500, 
nine  miles  distant  by  an  excellent  road, 
oug^t  to  be  occupied  as  an  out-station. 

Vingorl^,  on  the  coast,  eighty  miles 
south,  has  a  population  of  I3,0i>0,  and, 
like  D^poli,  is  an  abandoned  military 
station,  having  a  physician  and  hospital. 
A  good  dwelling-house,  needing  some 
repairs,  can  be  bought  fur  a  trifling  sum, 
no  doubt,  and  here  a  family  can  find 
a  comfortable  home  at  once.  Judging 
from  my  own  very  cordial  reception.  I 
am  sure  a  missionary  would  be  wel- 
comed by  the  best  portion  of  the  com- 
munity. Here  are  intelligent  men  who 
have  abandoned  Hinduism,  but  have 
not  yet  become  infidels  or  deists. 
The  Bible  ought  to  be  placed  in  their 
hands  without  delay.  This  is  an  im- 
portant centre  of  influence,  since  it  is 
the  seaport  for  Belgaum,  Dh&rwar,  and 
a  large  territory  in  the  Deooan. 

Will  you  not  proclaim  it  widely, 
that  we  want  two  families  for  these 
two  places,  just  as  soon  tts  Uhy  ^aa 
come.  I  hope  they  will  sail  frcuji  Xew 
York  not  later  than  November  next.  I 
trust  the  Committee  will  author! le  the 
mission  to  purchase  the  house  at  D^pulu 


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,  eighteen  miles  north  of  Vin- 
14,000  inhabitants,  and  is 
of  a  district  containin/^  124,- 
B.  It  has  a  large  trade,  but 
^lish  residents, 
r  is  a  very  old  town,  with  a 
L  of  12,000,  on  a  navigable 
elve  miles  from  the  coast  and 
Ratnagiri.  It  ia  the  centre 
ict  having  166,347  people, 
m  bare  had  their  eyes  turned 
s  important  place  fjr  several 
I  have  visitea  it,  and  in  com- 
1  an  English  friend  have 
>od  building  sites  both  here 
klwan.  I  think  a  missionary 
should  be  stationed  at  this 
bout  half  the  people  of  this 
Mohammedans,  who  are  an 
md  influential  class.  If  men 
nd  for  these  two  places,  send 
,  and  their  families  can  find 
Ratnagiri  and  VingorU  until 
\  be  built  for  them. 
1,  fifty-five  miles  north-east  of 
with  a  population  of  10,(X)0, 
re  of  our  largest  district,  con* 
r6,897  inhabitants.  I  have 
1  this  place,  but  believe  it 
Lissionary  as  much  as  either 
r  towns  above-mentioned.  I 
3  there,  and  toSangamethwar, 
Eiins,  and  will  then  write  you 

3. 

ticeable  fact,  that  according  to 
of  February,  1871.  the  num- 
oales  in  this  collectorate  ex- 
males  by  26,320.  The  cause 
tihat  the  people  are,  as  a  rule, 
and  have  but  little  land  to 
Hence  many  of  the  men  en- 
[iers,  or  engage  in  service  in 
$s  like  Bombay  and  Poona. 
531,472  females  whom  mis- 
3n  can  scarcely  reach  at  all, 
are  tamed  and  domesticated, 
at  will  show  what  difficulties 
nder  at  Ratnagiri.  My  wife 
It  two  days  among  some  1500 
dan  fishermen  in  thiscity.  We 
;he  veraiida  of  a  Pir — a  sort  of 
a — and,  of  course,  were  easily 
to  all.  In  my  occasional 
[rs.  B.  was  surrounded  by  a 
women,  but  the  moment  I 
;ht  they  fled  like  sheep  at  the 
)f  a  wolf.  While  on  a  mom- 
I  came  near  a  woman  sitting 
)cks  beside  her  child.  She 
rcely  have  been  more  fright- 
a  tiger  appeared.  Springing 
ized  the  child,  ran  over  the 
rocks  at  the  top  of  her  speed, 
;iDg  for  breath,  dropped  the 


helpless  little  one.  and  bood  got  oat  of 
sight  behind  a  huge  boulder.  Mani- 
festly we  need  a  Inrger  number  of  women 
than  men  as  missionaries,  and  I  trust 
the  Women's  Branch  of  Missions  will 
send,  for  this  half  million  of  wretchedly 
ignorant  females,  at  least  a  dozen  ladies 
as  senan a- workers  and  teachers.  There 
is  ample  room  for  two  in  the  missioo 
house  at  Ratnasriri,  and  I  doubt  not  two 
more  will  soon  find  a  place  at  D&poli. 

This  is  a  rocky,  hilly  region,  and 
many  places  can  be  reached  only  oo 
foot,  so  please  send  us  men  and  women 
who  are  good  pedestrians,  I  ought  to 
add,  for  the  information  of  any  who 
may  propose  to  come  here,  that  thus  far 
we  find  this  a  delightful  and  healthful 
climate.  I  suffer  much  less  from  the 
heat  than  I  ever  did  in  the  Deccan,  and 
have  not  had  so  good  healih  before  for 
many  years.  Several  old  residents 
speak  very  highly  of  the  climate,  and 
say  they  rarely  need  to  go  away  "  for  a 
change/'  

NENQENENGE.— GABOON. 

BT   KKY.  ALBERT   BUSH  NELL. 

This  important  station  of  the  Gaboon 
and  Corisco  Mission  is  pleasantly  situ- 
ated on  a  small  island,  at  the  junction 
of  the  Bakwe  and  Kama,  two  principal 
sources  oftheGab«>on  river,  ninety  miles 
from  its  mouth  and  sixty  miles  from 
Baraka.  It  is  the  centre  of  the  largest 
population  anywhere  in  this  part  of 
Ethiopia,  there  being  about  fifty  vil- 
lages, with  a  population  estimated  at 
thirty  thousand  or  more  within  ten 
miles  of  the  station.  These  being  all 
on  or  near  the  banks  of  the  rivers  and 
creeks,  are  easily  accessible  by  canoe 
or  boat.  In  the  distance,  are  visible 
magnificent  mountains,  the  highlands 
of  Ethiopia,  whose  cloud-canped  sum- 
mits, towering  heavenward,  beckon  us 
onward  and  upward.  A  largo  ivory 
and  India  rubber  trade  is  carried  on  by 
Mpongwe  young  men,  many  of  whom 
have  been  educated  at  Baraka,  and  a 
few  Europeans.  The  population  is 
mostly  of  the  numerous  cannibal  Pang- 
we  tribe,  who  descending  from  the 
interior,  are  destined  ere  long  to  be  the 
people  of  the  Gaboon  and  surround- 
ing country.  They  are  learning  the 
Mpongwe  language,  and  gradually 
abandoning  cannibalism  and  other  bar- 
barous customs. 

Nengenenge  station  was  established 
about  twenty  years  ago,  and  was  occu- 
pied   by   white    missionaries    '* — '"^' 


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several  years,  who  were  mach  enoour- 
a^d  in  their  work,  until  about  fifteen 
years  since  the  mission  was  so  reduced 
in  strength  by  death  and  the  returns  to 
America,  that  the  station  was  left  with 
only  a  native  to  keep  the  premises.  It 
is  now  occupied  by  two  native  helpers 
and  their  wives ;  one  of  their  men  is  a 
candidate  for  the  ministry,  and  can 
speak  fluently  in  En^^lish,  Mpongwe, 
Bakele  and  Pan^we.  The  mission 
buildings  have  been  rebuilt,  at  a  small 
expense,  and  a  boardins-echool  for  boys 
is  soon  to  be  commenced.  And  as  soon 
as  practicable  we  propose  to  station 
Bible  readers  at  several  large  towns  in 
the  vicinity.  Let  special  prayer  be 
offered  in  behalf  of  this  field,  where  so 
much  gospel  seed  was  sown  in  tears,  in 
the  past,  bjT  two  of  the  choicest  of  our 
deceased  missionaries.  The  mortal  re- 
mains of  Henry  Martyn  Adams  and 
Herbert  P.  Hemck  sleep  at  Nengenenge. 
Both  of  these  devoted  men  died  in  full 
confidence  that  others  would  take  up  the 
work  from  which  they  were  sailed  to 
a  higher  service,  and  carry  it  onward 
into  the  vast  interior.  The  death  of 
Adams  was  most  triumphant.  Daring 
two  hours,  in  almost  seraphic  strains, 
he  labored  to  describe  to  his  mission 
associates  the  unveiling  glories  of 
heaven  that  enraptured  his  soul  and 
radiated  his  countenance. 

His  dving  testimony  was,  ''I  shall 
be  the  first  missionary  buried  at  Nen- 
genenge,  and  1  am  glad  it  is  so.  I 
hope  my  ashes  will  be  the  seed  of  a 
church  here.  I  rejoice  that  I  oame  to 
Africa,  and  how  wonderful  that  I  should 
have  been  permitted  to  engage  in  this 
work,  and  then  to  be  brou^^ht  to  enjoy 
such  visions  of  glory  as  these. 

^*  The  bliss  of  this  hour  alone  is  a 
recompense  for  a  life  of  toil  and  suffer- 
ing. God  has  showed  me — I  knew  he 
would — what  he  is  going  to  do  for 
Africa.  Africa  shall  be  redeemed! 
Brethren,  g'orious  times  are  oomingt 
These  people  will  be  converted,  and  all 
this  land  shall  be  the  Lord's.  These 
hills  back  here  shall  all  be  holiness  unto 
the  Lord!  Go  on,  brethren,  be  not 
discouraged,  for  I  see  the  glorious 
things  in  reserve  for  this  mission.  It 
will  be  sustained.  Tell  Christians  in 
America  it  will." 

After  seventeen  years  these  dying 
expectations  are  being  partially  reaE 
ieed.    Pray  that  they  may  be  fully. 

LATBR  NEWS   FROM   GABOON. 

Under  date  of  July  7(h,  Mr.  Bushnell 
writes: 


After  waiting  anxiously  three  weeks 
for  the  mail  steamer  that  left  Liverpool 
May  12th,  we  learned  yesterday  that 
she  had  been  wrecked  off  Cape  Palmas, 
but  her  mails  were  saved  and  are  ex- 
pected here  to-day.  There  is  a  report 
that  the  steamer  that  left  on  the 
30th  of  May  is  lost  also,  but  we  trust 
it  mav  not  prove  to  be  true.  She  is 
now  over  due  ten  days.  Two  other  En- 
glish steamers  were  lost  last  month  at 
Brass  river.  Such  wholesale  losses 
ought  to  lead  these  Companies  to  in- 
quire whether  God  has  not  a  contro- 
versy with  them  for  their  total  dis- 
regard of  the  Sabbath  on  the  coast  of 
Africa. 

We*  are  very  busy  and  very  hopeful. 
If  this  interest  continues,  we  shall 
have  to  enlarge  our  church,  for  it  is 
quite  too  small  to  accommodate  our  in- 
creasing congregations.  Yesterday  was 
our  communion  season;  a  precious 
season,  when  we  welcomed  for  the  first 
time,  a  young  man  and  his  wife  who 
had  been  nearly  two  years  under  special 
instruction.  They  were  married  re- 
cently, and  bid^fair  to  be  faithful  to 
each  other  and  to  Christ  Three  in- 
fants were  baptized.  At  the  monthly 
concert  in  the  evening,  a*live  mission- 
ary spirit  was  manifested. 

Never  during  my  thirty  years  labor 
here,  have  I  seen  so  much  encourage- 
ment; and  seldom  have  my  wife  and  I 
had  betccr  health  and  strength  to  work 
than  now.  Surely  we  have  reason  for 
thankfulness.  We  are  waiting  pa- 
tiently foe  the  promised  reenforcements, 
hoping  then  to  advance*,  to  lengthen 
our  cords  and  strengthen  our  stakes. 
Oh  that  they  may  come  in  the  fulness 
of  the  gospel  oi  Christ — with  conse- 
crated hearts,  full  of  faith  and  the  Holy 
Gh(^st.  Tbe  exigencies  of  the  work 
call  or  Paulean  missionaries. 


ON  SAVING  SOULS. 

No  human  power  or  efforts  can  do 
good  to  the  souls  of  men,  except  the 
Spirit  of  God  work  by  them :  nor  can 
any  authority  or  might  prevent  that 
good,  which  this  divine  agent  is  pleased 
to  do,  often  by  feeble  and  unworthy 
instruments.  To  spread  the  gospel, 
and  to  render  men  wise,  holy,  and 
happy,  we  do  not  so  much  need  the 
assistance  of  mighty  monarchs  and 
powerful  armies ;  nor  that  of  wealth, 
great  abilities,  eminent  learning;  nor 
even  the  powers  of  philosophy,  elo- 
quence, nor  oratory ;  but  we'  want  men 


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filled  with  the  Holy  Spirit,  full  of  faith, 
heavenly  wisdom,  boliaesH,  zeal  for  the 
^lory  of  God,  and  love  to  the  soula  of 
men,  who  woald  go  forth  in  simple 
dependence  on  the  grace  and  provi- 
dence of  Qod,  to  use,  not  carnal  wea- 
pons, but  the  spiritual  armor  provided 
for  them,  and  by  fervent  prayer  to 
seek  the  blessing  from  him  alone. 
Before  such,  2ierubbabers  mountains 
would  become  plains ;  or  rather  before 
him,  who  hath  said,  *'Lo,  I  am  with  you 
always,  even  unto  the  end  of  the  world." 
As  his  instruments,  such  men  would 
begin  and  finish  many  a  ([^ood  work : 
even  as  he  laid  the  foundation,  an  1  will 
in  due  time  bring  forth  the  headstone 
of  his  Church.  In  the  meanwhile,  may 
we  first  give  diligence  to  obtain  the 
assurance  that  we  are  a  part  of  the 


spiritual  building;  that  we  may  both 
witness  and^^  partake  of  the  blessing, 
when  the  whole  company  of  heaven 
sha  1  exclaim,  "Grace,  grace  unto  it!" 
Having  this  assurance,  whatever  we 
are  called  to  engage  in  for  the  honor  of 
God  and  the  good  of  the  Church,  let  us 
use  every  means  diligently,  but  trust 
only  in  the  Lord.  Let  us  not  be  dis- 
couraged by  mountains  in  the  way,  for 
faith  and  prayer  will  not  fail  to  remove 
them;  and  let  us  hope  for  a  happy 
event  to  all  our  endeavors.  Nor  let  us 
despise  the  day  of  small  thins^s,  either 
in  respect  to  ourselves  or  others,  for  the 
Lord  commonly  produces  great  efiTects 
from  small  beginnings.  Rather  let  us 
be  thankful  for  every  little  hope,  help, 
or  success,  or  any  little  good  done  by 
UB.—ScoU:  Zech,  W.  6,  7. 


DONATIOirS  TO  THB   BOARD   OF  FoRBION  MISSIONS,   III   AuOUBT  1873. 

'  Synods  in  i^mall  oatitals— Presbyteries  In  it aties— -Chnrchtti  In  Romaii. 


AUATr.—>l26any— First  ch  Albany  120;  State 
Street  oh  Alb«nv  247  56.  CbUtmMa^HaatfT  oh 
8sb-»ch  14  60;  Cairo  ch  11  76  393  81 

Baltimore. — BtUUmore^Qovtine  oh  4  SO;  Isl 
ch  AnoHpolis  30  82.  New  CasUs^Fin^i  ch  New- 
ark \\  Sab-sch  ft— 20.  Woshingim  Ofv— Rev  J 
C  Smith,  D.D.  25;  Isl  cb  Wanhington  City  27  28 

107  60 

Ckxtral  Naw  YoRK—Binghamtcn-'Vliiereh  ch 
19>:  l!-tob  BiDffhamton  ffl  M:  North  ch  Biof^ 
hamton  7  86.  Ottaj/o— Guilford  ch  »*;  Exeter 
eh  7  2n;  N«w  Berlin  ch  1»:  Unadilla  ch  15  86. 
8vmcu9&—Firf^t  Ward  ch  Syracuse  12  40.  Utica 
-Verona  ch  29;  Rome  ch  23  75;  Redfield  ch 
6  41 ;  ToriD  cb  Sab-sch  3  65  382  b6 

CwaKirATiw — CtneinnaM— Second  ch  Cincinnati, 
mo  con  0  02;  3d  ch  Cincinnaii  ino.  Miss  Emma 
Skinner  4  3^—104  85;  UarriHon  chS  48.  DauUm 
-Oreenville  ch  30;  Oxford  ch  Sab  f>c)i,  to  ed  icirl 
■tDehra  23  37;  Blue  Ball  oh  20;  Venice  eh  37. 
Portnaot/tA—FirKt  ch  Porti*mouih  651  6(i,  S^b- 
Kh  auo,  for  Mexico  5o— 1001  60;  Ironton  Sab- 
•eh  25 ;  1st  Ger  ch  Greenbriar  1  l--'5(>  82 

Clstklaicd. — OteveloiKl— Second  ch  Cleveland 
800;  Kinjzxville  ch  6  40;  RorTiech4.  Mahoning 
-New  Li>boD  ch  50;  Hubbard  ch  10  25:  Liberty 
oh  6  -26;  Middle  Sandy  ch  13;  Salem  oh  10.  St 
Oa»nvtl/«— Nottingham  ch,  to  con  Wm  Kirk- 
Patrick  Lite  Director  102  3^ ;  Powhattan  oh  2  60. 
SteubmvUl^— Richmond  ch  18  39,  ^ab-sch  to  sup 
Bev  Mr  N'oyes  6$  Robt  McClaio  5—20  89 ;  An- 
napoiin  ch  8  23;  Pleasant  Uill  Sab-sch  to  pud 
Hev  Mr  Noyea  11  562  38 

OoLiiifBUB.—JfaH<m— Marion  ch  29  60,  Sab-sch 
to  ed  child  at  Tabreez  23  86—53  35.  WooBter^ 
OhvefburfE  ch  16;  Hayesville  Sab-sch  8  76  86 
Ebu.— Clarion—New  Rehoboth  ch  5;  Callens- 
barg  Sabpch  7  65.  fiHe— Cool  Spring  ch  65; 
Halem  ch  16;  ETansburg  ch  8;  Mt^adTllle  Sab- 
•eb,  (o  ed  child  in  India  12  60;  Harbor  Creek 
eh  Srfb-8ch2;  Park  ch  Sab-ech,  to  sup  ch  in 
China  60.  Kittannrng—Qltide  Run  ch  7d;  We.>«t 
Lebanon  uh  23  65.  SAananoo— Second  oh  New 
Castle  M  284  70 

OurcYA —CbviijTo— Aurora  oh.  mon  con  16  20; 
Sdch  Geneva 4  A.   Ckemwip— Tyrone  and  Sugar 

HiU  Sab-t»cb  5  86;  Bnrdett  ch  16;   1st  ch  Wat- 

k:n«<13;  ut  ch  Elmira  20.  ZrVon«— Williamson 
«h  14  06.   Steuben^Kddiaon  ch  18 ;   Ber  L  P 

Utne6  111  94 

H ARansuaeB.— ffun^nodofi—  M ifflintown  Sab- 

•ch  16  61 ;  Bedford  oh,  Hun  W  M  Hull  10.  North- 

mbvUmdr-aviabary  oh  40  66  61 


iLUNOis.  CtifTRAL.— /V>r<a— Galesburff  ch  105 ; 
Science  Hill  MISHJon  Sab  sch  6  36.  Slpringfldd^ 
Farmingdale  Sab-sch  6  65  115  00 

iLuirois,  North.-— ^««por^-First  ch  Freeport 
81  31.  O^^iuHi— FirHt  oh  Plato  3;  Au  Sable  ch 
2i»  60.  Bock  Eiver^F\T»i  ch  Princeton  10  65; 
Beulah  Sabsch  6;  Hamlet  ch  6  12;  Ferry  town 
ch  2  80  128  38 

iLUNois,  Sot7TH.~il/ton~Firsl  ch  Carlinville 
31  5i:  Nokomis Sab-sch 6;  VirdenchS  74.  Cairo 
— OIney  ch  lu  25;  Firat  ch  Anna  12  75,Sabf»nh 

3  25— 16;  Grand  Tower  ch  4  23.  MattOim—Heh- 
ron  ch  6;  Oukland  oh  5 ;  1st  ch  Tuscola  18  20 

1U3  93 
Induita,  North.— J?br<  Tfayne— Franklin  ch 
8  38.  Logansport—Lu  Kayeite  ch  25  75,  ^^ab  xch 
2*1—45  76;  -Sd  ch  Loganftport  13  4"».  Munrie-' 
Shiloh  ch  1  24 ;  Perry&burg  cb  2  80:  Wabanh  ch 
14  80  »  ^         6  gj  3^ 

liTDiAVA.  Sooth.— /i«ltiinapo7tA—Carp*nter»Tille 
ch  6  36,  S«b-8ch  6— 12  H6.  New  Albany— Ke\\0' 
both  Sab  sch  2  26;  Salem  oh  II  6u;  1st  ch  Sab- 
sob  New  Albany,  to  ed  child  at  Mynpnrie  ftO; 
Pleasant  Township  i^ab-sch  1 ;  JeffrTwon  Sab- 
sch  1 ;  2d  ch  New  Albany  60.  V»n««nn«— Prince- 
ton Sab-sch,  Asa  H  Morton  1  60.  White  Water-- 
First  Ger  ch  ConnersTille  4  20,  Sab-sch  I  80 
—6  145  70 

Iowa,  North.— Cbdor  Bnpida—V \nion  ch  94  20; 
F  J  Rowley  2  60.     JFoterfoo— A ckley  ch  6  20 

Hil  90 

Iowa,  South^— Cbunei^  B/ujf«— College  Springs 
ch  1  60.  Dee  Afotnet— First  oh  Sab-xoh  O^ka- 
loosa  2.  ioiM— Pir^t  oh  Kossuth  8  14.  Iowa 
Cift/— Fir^t  ch  Marengo  21;  Elm  Grove  ch  6  40: 
Deep  River  ch,  add'I  6  44  04 

Kamsas.— .ffioAtond-Neuchatel  ch  3  80;  Hel- 
ton ch  1  36.  lYeosAo— Seminole  Mission  ch  6; 
BaxterSpringschS  4U;  tat  ch  Ottawa?  82  2u  88 

KKNTUcxT.—  i/Otu^m^to  — Second  ch  Bowling 
Green  16  60,  Infant  sch,  for  China  2—18  60. 
2Va/iS^Ii?ania— Columbiana  oh  8  89  27  39 

LoRO  IsLAMD—^ooAUvn— First  ch  Edgewater 

4  84;  South  Third  Street  ch  Williamsburg  36; 
1st  ch  Remsen  Street,  mo  con  64.  Long  letandr-^ 
West  Hampton  ch,  add'I  9;  Green  port  ch  72; 
SetMuket  ch  15,  &ab-sch  6—20.  iyTosaau- First  ch 
Astoria,  mo  con  27  10  .  221  04 

Miomo Air.— Grand  J2ap(d»— Pewaroo  oh  7  46; 
Anamoaa  ch  7o  cts.  Lansing- Eck  ford  ch  23  39 ; 
I'ekonstia  ch  7  05:  Homer  oh  Ti  7u,  Sab-xch,  for 
Miss  Dean's  sch,  Persia  21  86—04  66 ;  Mason  oh 


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2^:  2d  eh  LanniiiK  10  50,SAb-Mh  15-S4  ftO.  8^- 
inauT^ Bear  RWer  ch,  for  Persia  8  62:  latch  Bay 
Giiy  6ft  21  2«i  4i 

MmifB80TA.~Jf<ini;Meo— Pleasant  tlidse  ch  4; 
W.»lh  ch  4  5«  Pan*— WMtinin!«t«r  oh  Minne- 
apoliiiT  84:  Central  ch  St  Paul  tl  15;  St  Cloud 
cti  2  66.     irw»ra~Pre!>ton  oh  5  46  6ft 

MuMURL— Pa<Qti— IroDton  ch  8.  St  LouU— 
6er  ch  Fulton.  Ladies' Society  U;  Gaba  ch  76 
cts;  Elk  Prairie  ch  2  50;  2d  ch  St  Louis  3/0 

837  2S 

Ntw  JsRSiT.—Cbriaeo— Gaboon  ch,  rao  eon 
183  61.  B^uaJbeth^VxTsX  ch  Metuchen  23  80; 
Woodbridije  ch  8«i;  Perth  Amboy  ch  12^;  Ro- 
selle  ch  42  37:  Hiifn<nit,  West  ch  21  69;  West* 
field  oh  85;  Pluckamin  ch  7;  Uarksville  ch  8; 
8d  ch  Elisabeth  32  85.  ifonmoaeA— Hifthtstown 
oh  Sab-sch  60;  Ist  ch  Bnrlingion  51  27:  Borden- 
town  Sab-sch,  for  Benita  26;  Jame.'«bttrK  ch  19  51. 
Horrit  and  Orange^W hip fmnv  ch  3U;  2d  oh 
OraoKe.  addU  15u  Central  ch  Orans^e,  add*l  130: 
Eafit  Oraniee  ch  16;  tat  ch  Morriotown.  xpeeial 
2.  Newark^PlAne  street  eh  S-ib-sch,  for  Coriseo 
6;  Isi  uh  Bloomfleld  454  54,  Mis^ionsry  Society, 
for  Dr  Jes-tnp  I0(»•^^4  M;  3d  ch  Newark,  mo 
coo  38  34;  Uer  ch  Bloomfteld  In;  Calvary  ch 
Nnwark  21  ftO;  Park  ch  Newark  2i  21.  New 
£run8wuk^FiT»i  ch  New  Brunswick,  mo  con 
4S  65;  lAt  ch  Amwell,  Rnavtlle  Sab.<>oh  1  62; 
Bound  Brook  8ab-8ch  10.  Newton^^orih  ch 
HardiMton  8J:  Yellow  Frame  ch  8  84.  West 
/srctfy— Clayton  Sab-sch  18  60;  FislerTille  ch  25 

1820  09 

Nbv  ToRE.~A(idMi»— Goshea  ch  Sab-<«ch  60; 
Haverxtraw  ch  63  20;  Ceatreville  ch  6;  2d  oh 
Florida  20;  Palii*adeN  ch  41  04;  Cochecton  ch 
2;  Ist  ch  Mlddletown  28:  WeH  Town  ch  7  27; 
2d  ch  WashinKtoiiTilteS)  73;  Goodwill  ch  22  80; 
Ifft  eh  WrtShinstonTille  12;  Sootchiown  ch  lu. 
New  Fcrrl; -Madison  Square  ch.  add' 1 126;  Fourth 
AvenuH  ch  18;  Brick  ch  Chapel,  mo  con  9  '»6; 
Beaand  Landch  2  40;  Fifth  Avenue  and  Vine- 
Ceenth  Street  ch,  Tho**  8  Adams  50.  North  River 
~Fir«t  eh  Newburjc  260,  Sab  Mch  H0-4i>U:  Cal- 
vary ch  Newbur>;,  mo  con  15  36;  Newbur«  Union 
Ch  31  80;  Maiden  oh  37  67:  Cornwall  eh  73  OU; 
Rondout  ch  34  86;  Miller stown  ch  6  56.  Watr 
chester^Wesi  Farms  ch  32  51,  Dr  J  B  Lewis,  for 
ch  at  Zahleh  lu  26'-42  76;  South  East  ch  11; 
South  Greenburg  oh  212  46;  Mahopao  Falls  ch 
10  80  1373  89 

Paoifio.  — Bsaieia  — FirH  eh  Tomales  6  2ft. 
Sxcramsnto— Plac«^ville  ch  2.  8ai%  Franeueo-^ 
Memorial  ch.  Mrs  McCarthy  ft  78  14  03 

Philaoslfhia.—  Otesttr—  Wayne  Sab-sch,  for 
Rev  G  F  Dale  4ft  46:  New  l^ndon  oh  24  60; 
Media   ub    21  60.     J^odbawaaaa^ Plymouth    ch 

7  60;  Coalville  ch  11  92;  Wilkesbarre ch,  a  lady 
60;  Montrose  ch  9;  Franklin  tih  7  20;  2d  ch 
Wyalusing  6  40.  J^A'gA—tiokendauqua  ch  22, 
Bab-sch  16--:^;  Shawofte  ch  7  75:  i^w*»r  Mi 
Bethel  ch  i)  36;  WeatheHy  ch  4  &o;  Shenandoah 
ch  2  4*1.  PhUadelphin  CentratSrya  Mawr  oh 
42  42;  K«*nderton  ch  16  Philadelphia  North-^ 
Carversville  ch  .1.  lVe$tm  n<r«r~Slate  Aid^e  ch, 
Etta  Bowers*  Miss'y  Box  2  ftl ;  Slateviile  oh 
60  6ft  370  47 

PiTTSBintaH.— ^«Hr«vtUtf'Livermore  eh  4«; 
New  Salem  eh  19.  Pittsburgh— Lonn  Island  ch 
16;  Lebanon  ch  4ft  70:  Bast  Liberty  ch  82  ftl. 
£sd«/oa€— (Jniontown  taosch  2);  Laurel  Hill 
oh  17  65;  MoOlellandtown  34b  Bch  ft.  Washing- 
ton— First  oh  Washington  9  4(;  4th  ch  Wheel- 
inK  t  64.Sabsch  1  60.^  14;  New  Cumberland  eh 
105  873  47 

TBNNC88BB.—Hb2«to»— Welts  oh  2  2ft.  Kingst'm 
— Madisonville  oh  2  4  26 

ToLBD9.~ilafe6A>Mtam«  —  Rush«ylvania  ch  6; 
Bucyrus  ch  13  9i;  1st  ch  Bellefoniaine  9  2«i. 
Z/Jma—Kiley  Creek  ch  6;  Delphos  ch  6  60. 
JfottiMM— German  oh  Toledo  2;  Hickaville  ch 

8  20;  Union  ch  2  46  93 

WB8mirNiwYoRK.~ilu/i/o>-Silrer  Creek  eh 
10  42;  Westminster  ch,  Buffalo  36  4i>.  Oeitesee^ 
PortagerUie  oh  6  33,  Sab  sob  8  77'-lft  10.    So- 


Chester — Mount  Morris  oh  ftO;  Central  eh  Ro- 
chest«r8t  40  205  32 

Wi8cox.stN.—Cftipp«MKi— Robert  cb  8;  M%id«a 
Rock  oh  ft  60.  Lake  ^apsrtor—MtrquAttA  ch 
14  52.  ifiiioauik«s— Uelafield  oh  3  40.  WLteoKsin 
iZioer—Platteville  ch  II  1);  Oregon  Sab-sch  I; 
Highland  ch,  John  FiUbaoh  ft  48  62 

Total  Receipts  from  ohurohes  in  Aug.,  $9  123  u« 

Lmaoiu.— Bostwiok  Estate  .^noo;  Legacy  of 
Rev  George  Bravton.  dec*d,  3»0;  Bequest  of 
Louisa  Dupler,  docM  Park  county.  lod  4"»o; 
Legacy  of  Mrs  M  M  Wil4on  decM.  Bine  Grass 
county,  Iowa  274  t;7;  legacy  of  Mrs  l4abel<a  S 
Mackey,  dec*d.  956  48;  Legacy  of  Hon  H  .X 
Norton.  dec*d  600  7.481  II 

MisoELL\!rMas.— Mr«  J  B  De  Klyn,  Irvin^ton, 
NY  5;  Unknown  2  80;  Ira  Sylvester.  CI  sy  ton, 
N  Y  5;  Jackson  Union  Sab-4oh  4  70;  A  Friend, 
O^weso,  N  Y  -2,  for  Oorixco  Mission  I:  A 
Friend.  Detroit  I .  A  C  M,  Poiladelohia.  v.  **  T  Sr 
Louisville,  Kv  200:  Mr^  B  *i  Wallin^ord  2i; 
ftom  a  Poor  Sinner  5;  Mrs  Mary  C  Whitinseto 
eon  self  L'fs  Aftnt'isr  80:  Rev  W  B  Craig  5;  Mrs 
E  H  (Trahain  10;  Mh*  Mursaret  Qrahan  5:  for 
Chapel  at  Botfota,  Widow's  Mtte  5;  Mrs  D^»t 
Watorford.  N  Y,  to  ••up  child  In  Si.*m  50;  Mrs 
Walters*  Mi^^'y  Cla««a,  Ctinton,  III.  to  o«i  child  io 
Chin* 9  80;  J  P  Jones  Portland,  We:«t  Va  ino; 
"R,"  Beloit,  Wis.  for  Sea  Poroes  5;  for  Persia  Mis- 
sion 10;  Jacob  L«y«»nberger.  Iowa  10:  F  H  Bro#a 
80;  Misses  Mary  W  and  Frances  C  Brown  70; 
B^rki^hire,  N  Y,  Cish  101:  Mrs  Mary  Mtrtin, 
Brodhead,  Wis  6;  City  Mi^tnionary.  to  extend  the 
work  ihi"«  year  10;  Vermilion  iD^^itute,  Ohio, 
Myrs*  Missionary  Society, for  Mrs  Myer^  India 
29  60  74180 

Total  receipta  in  Angast,  1873,    |17,t5l  94 

Total  reoeipts  from  May  1st,    $S 2.789  46 

Of  the  amount  A'^knowledved  above.  $2,405  05 

wa4  reoeiv»*d  through  Committee  on  Benevo- 

lenoe  and  Finance. 

SPiOTAL.— SU'iquehanna  Depot  oh,  Lackawanna 
Pby,  for  Ibrahim  Kffrouny,  of  Syria  $25. 
WM.  RANKIN,  Tretuwrer, 
28  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


LiTTias  relating  to  the  Missions,  or  other  opera* 
tiouH  of  the  Board,  may  be  addressed  lo  the  Rev. 
JoH^C  Lowaii,  (lev.  Ditid  Ibvi!io,  or  Rev.  FaAXC 
F.  BLU!fwooo,  SeerBUries,  Mission  House,  21 
Centre  street  New  York. 

LsTTSRs  relatiu'i  to  the  pecuniary  af&irs  of  the 
Board,  or  oontaining  remittances  of  money,  may 
be  Hen t  to  Wiluam  RAiruar,  Bsq.,  7Ve«arir— 
aanriA  address. 

POSTAOU.— 

To  Western  Aflrica........-M »...^22  cents. 

Syria ^.... 15      « 

Persia,  to  Constantinople. 12      " 

India.. .....«.....«..^.........^ «22      •* 

Siam  ...««.  ...^ .................a      " 

China  and  Japan ....» ..10      '* 

Braail „...«. 10      ** 

U.  a  Colombia ...18      ** 

For  each  ]4  o>  weigh t,  prepaid. 
Stamps  not  to  be  puc  on  the  letters,  as  these  art 
enclosed  in  an  outride  envelope;  and  the  nostsi^ 
is  a*ses«ed  according  to  the  weight  of  each  let*er. 
For  Japan,  China,  and  Siam  the  mail  is  sent 
from  the  Mission  Hou^e  on  the  2»th  of  each 
month;  for  India,  Syria,  Persia,  by  the  steameri 
nearest  the  1st  and  16th ;  for  Wes'tern  Africa,  oa 
the  .iOth;  for  Brazil,  on  the  22d;  for  U.  S.  Colom- 
bia, on  the  6th  and  21st.  Newspapers,  from  2  to 
•  cents,  prepaid. 

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publication  are  printed.  The  PnmphUt  edition  is 
published  monthly,  at  H.no  a  year  tor  aacii  co  >f. 
It  IS  sent  free,  when  desired,  to  donors  of  ten 
dollars  and  upwards,  and  to  the  niinist4»rs  of  our 
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ooks  (except  fi-om  Colporteurs)  and  Easiness  Oorrespondenoe,  to  Mr.  JoHif  k.  Black. 
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,  and  payments  for  the  same,  to  Mr.  PsTsa  WALKsa. 


A  CALL  FOR  THE  COLPORTEUR'S  WORK, 
a  scattered  district  in  my  field  in  New  Jersey,  called  "Owleytown/* 
ich  travellers  regularly  shun — a  place  of  lonely  desolation.     Your 

recently  spent  two  days  in  this  region,  and  visited  twenty -seven 
e  entire  population,  and  consisting  of  one  hundred  and  four  per- 
ding  children.  These  people  live  alone,  holding  but  little  inter- 
h  each  other  and  less  with  the  outside  world.  Vice  reigns, 
ice  rules;  of  those  families,  thirteen  reported  that  they  never 
house  of  God, — ten  perhaps  once  in  a  few  years,  or  on  the  occa- 
meral — four  go  occasionally  to  Branchville  meeting.  Few  of  the 
a  read,  and  only  a  very  few  of  the  children.     There  is  a  small  day- 

in  an  old  ruined  log-house,  but  the  Sunday-school  had  been  given 
i  an  evil  influence.  Five  of  the  families  had  no  Bible ;  an  old 
seventy-four  told  me  she  had  not  had  a  Bible  for  five  years.  Liv- 
L  total  disregard  of  everything  sacred,  the  word  of  God  and  the 
ayer  is  never  heard  in  these  dwellings.  When  I  proposed  in  several 
read  the  Scriptures  and  offer  prayer  for  them,  I  was  met  with 
I  response,  **  You  may  if  you  like :"  nevertheless  I  did  like,  and 
as  though  they  liked  the  exercise.    I  invited  every  family  to  meet 

school-house  on  Tuesday  evening,  June  17ch,  at  sundown,  and 
'  fifty  attended  a  preaching  service ;  our  meeting  lasted  one  hour 
;  my  audience  were  most  attentive,  and  many  were  in  tears.     In 

had  tokens  of  gratitude,  and  I  hope  some  love  and  reverence 
J  Lord. 

ath,  29th  of  June,  I  returned  to  "  Owleytown,"  and,  assisted  by 
f  the  church  at  B  ■  ",  we  reorganized  the  Sabbath- school,  hav- 
iisly  enrolled  forty-eight  children  as  its  attendants.  Concerning 
the  pastor  writes  to  me  that  it  promises  well.  T.  E.  S. 


FROM  A  PASTOR  IN  NORTHERN  NEW  YORK. 
«r  can  speak  with  assurance  of  the  value  of  the  publications  of  the 
n  the  single  sheet  to  the  most  erudite  volume. 


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Wide  and  varied      ^    . 

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experience  demonstrate  tbeir  valae  as  a  wise  and  powerful  ally  to,  and  expo- 
nent of,  the  word  of  God.  Truth,  well  presented  and  clearly  unfolded, 
possesses  a  living  energy  to  commend  itself  to  the  conscience,  to  silence  the 
gainsayer,  to  enforce  the  claims  and  glory  of  the  cross,  and  to  feed  the  flock 
of  God.  The  intellect  of  this  generation  is  set  against  the  word  of  G^, 
and  especially  hates  clear,  precise  and  adequate  statements  of  Christian 
doctrine.  The  spurious  Christianity  of  this  age  panders  to  the  desires  of  the 
world  hy  substituting  vague  statements  of  beliefs,  and  a  large  amount  of  senti- 
ment, for  the  work  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  Let  the  Church  rise  to  her  responsi- 
bility, and  by  an  enlarged  liberality  and  personal  effort  aid  the  Board  in 
diffusing  their  wisely  arranged  publications,  for  our  country's  sake,  for  the 
Church's  sake,  and  above  all,  for  Christ's  sake.  Canton. 


THOUGHTS  ON  THE  DECALOGUE. 

This  recent  book,  by  Dr.  Howard  Crosby,  elicits  very  favorable  comments. 
From  many  commendations,  we  take  a  few. 
By  the  Sunday  School  Times, 

The  Decalogue  has  of  late  years  been  depreciated  and,  to  some  extent,  pushed 
out  of  sight,  by  the  prominence  given  in  Protestant  pulpits  to  the  New  Tes- 
tament morality.  Some  such  work  as  this  volume  of  ^^  Thoughts  "  has  been 
needed,  and  to  say  that  it  meets  the  necessities  of  the  case,  is  to  say  less  of 
praise  than  it  deserves.  Thoroughly  unique  in  its  treatment,  fresh  in  its 
enunciation  of  time-worn  precepts,  and  practical  in  its  enforcement  of  duty, 
it  is  one  of  the  very  best  religious  books  that  has  been  issued  for  many 
months.  Teachers,  preachers,  scholars  and  readers  will  find  in  it  much  to 
fascinate  the  mind  and  improve  the  heart. 
By  the  Occident, 

The  name  of  the  Moderator  of  the  late  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian Church  has  so  recently  and  prominently  been  before  the  public,  that  much 
interest  will  be  felt  in  a  book  of  his  which  will  make  us  more  intimately 
acquainted  with  his  religious  sentiments  and  habits  of  thoug'it.  In  this 
attractive  treatise  the  writer  shows  that  the  Commandments  reflect  the  holi- 
ness of  God  himself;  and  that  the  Gospel,  in  the  very  act  of  saving,  gives  us 
the  law  as  our  rule  of  life.  The  work  is  published  in  elegant  style,  on  tinted 
paper,  in  clear  bold  type,  making  it  a  very  attractive  volume. 
*  By  the  Christian  Intelligencer. 

Dr.  Crosby  has  contented  himself  and  edifies  his  readers  with  the  presen- 
tation of  his  "  Thoughts  "  upon  the  most  salient  points  of  the  *'  ten  words  "  in 
their  bearings  upon  modem  theories  and  life.  Dr.  Crosby's  style  is  crisp, 
incisive,  bold,  popular,  and  faithful,  both  to  the  inspired  record  and  to  the 
sinners  of  th'is  generation.  The  book  b  beautifully  printed  and  bound.  We 
trust  that  it  will  have  a  wide  and  permanent  circulation. 
By  the  Presbyteriatu 

There  is  a  vigor  in  all  Dr.  Crosby's  writings  that  wins  the  attention  of  the 
reader,  and  gives  a  point  to  his  sentences  which  holds  the  attention  once 


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>  one  can  fail  to  understand  him,  so  clear  are  bis  thoughts,  and  so 
words  express  his  thoughts.     There  is  a  freshness  about  the 
is  very  attractive,  and  we  are  glad  that  it  comes  to  us  from  our 
ublication. 

fill  be  mailed,  to  any  address,  for  ninety  cents ^  by  the  Presby- 
1  of  Publication. 


SONGS  versus  LAWS, 
make  the  songs  of  a  nation,  and  I  care  not  who  makes  its  laws." 
bo  uttered  these  words  was  not  so  short-sight«d  as  some  would 
)  adage  has  an  underlying  principle  to  which  pastors  and  all  good 
give  earnest  heed. 

;s  of  a  people  begin  their  influence  at  the  cradle  and  at  the 
ee.     They  resound  through  all  the  glee  and  sport  of  childhood. 

0  through  the  riper  years  of  manhood,  and  they  awaken  the 
rgies  of  feeble  old  age.     **Sing  me  a  bairn's   hymn,"  said  Dr. 

the  last  soene  was  closing  around  him.  President  Nott's  last 
family  worship  was,  "  Now  I  lay  me  down  to  sleep." 
;s  of  a  people  become  an  integral  part  of  their  very  life.  They 
chicle  of  vice  or  virtue,  of  truth  or  error.  They  give  tone  and 
lirection  to  multitudes  of  lives.  They  have  carried  the  story  of 
to  brown-«tone  and  cottage,  into  log  cabins,  and  into  lanes  and 
mement  houses  of  the  city,  in  many  cases,  when,  humanly  speaking, 
have  found  entrance  through  no  other  channel.  Songs  of 
d  of  revelry,  of  freedom  and  of  tyranny,  and  songs  of  political 
[lave  had  a  most  important  bearing  on  the  destiny  of  nations  as 
ndividuals. 

e  to  it  just  now,  simply  to  call  attention  to  the  songs  of  the  Church 
Idren.  Our  schools  sing,  to  a  very  great  extent,  what  is  termed 
Lool  music.  Some  of  this  is  excellent — some  light  and  trashy, 
3  be  sung,  much  less  to  be  memorized.  Some  of  that  which  is 
our  schools  is  simply  abominable — hymns,  so  called,  that  have 
(try  nor  religion  to  commend  them — much  that  substitutes  mere 
jingle  for  harmony,  and  introduces  the  associations  of  the  dance, 
and  the  opera,  into  the  house  of  Ood. 

i  would  not  condemn  or  ignore  such  of  the  Sunday-school  hymns 
LS  are  really  excellent — and  much  of  it  is  admirable — we  wish  to 
arnest  plea  for  the  grand  old  hymns  and  tunes  of  the  Church, 
been  sung  through  the  ages.     They  will  resound  in  our  house- 

1  our  churches  through  all  time.  They  will  be  sung,  we  are  sure , 
sr  Sanctuary.  By  all  means  let  our  schools  be  taught  to  memorize 
least  some  of  these  old  hymns.  Then  will  they  be  able  to  join 
[lip  of  the  great  congregation.  Then  we  can  safely  and  profitably 
congregational  singing  in  place  of  the  quartette-operatic-proxy- 
The  Board,  in  its  Sabbath-school  Department,  is  giving  on  the 
\fiS(m  Leaf  ioT  the  schools,  selections  from  these  old  hymns.     It  is 

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a  Btep  in  tlie  right  diTeotion,  We  troBt  that  psiatorH^  super int< 
lea^eher^  wilt  see  that  these  hjaios  are  uaeoiarued  and  sung  hj  t 
ouf  schools. 


TEACIISR^S  COMMENTARY. 
Dr.  Ormiston  siya  of  tho  first  vduDi?,  which  he  ha§  examined : 
"I  have  retid  with  much  pleasure  and  pridt,  'The  Teacher*a  ( 
on  the  last  year  of  oar  Lord'd  xMinbtry/  by  Rev.  H,  C.  McGook, 

inot  oaiy  aduiiribly  :id  tpted  to  the  wxnls  of  8  ibbith-achoal  t^icl 
permixaeRt  value  to  the  general  rea.der*  "The  iritroducttoti  to 
gives  a  concise  but  clear  historical  statemeat  of  intervening 
that  a  eonnecLed  view  of  the  whole  period  is  presented.  The  tioi 
rl^h  and  Euggei^ttve,  ^nd  the  aniilysis  jast  whut  fee^chers  require. 
The  Cutntueatparj  is  in  two  bandHamely  illwstrated  volumes,  wil 

I  aids  for  the  k^aeher  and  student. 

Vol.  L  The  L*3t  Year  at'  Chrisit's  Ministry;  pp.  516,  21  maf 
tratiuns^  with  index.     $L25. 
Vol.  IL  The  LaH  D.ty-*  of  Jeaus;  pp.  400,  22  maps  and  iltuatr 
I  •  index.     31.25. 

Teachers  who  arc  using  the  Littnifithnal  L'^smns  will  find  in 

•  the  greater  part  of  the  New  Ttjst^iueat  lesson s^  via:  All  of  t! 

Teaehings  of  our   Lord  iacluded  in  the  last  year  of  Mis  publ 

Nearly  all  of  the  fourth  quarter  for  iS73.     AH  the  fourth  a«d 

;'  ,  third  quarter  fur  lS7i.     The  text  is  treated  with  direct  piew  to  i 

f  r  wa  nU  of  tea  ck ers » 

PATTONON  IXSPIRATION, 

77^^  Insjttratioti  of  ike  Scripture.     By  the  Kev.  Francis  L»  ] 
Price  60  cents. 

This  boot  by  the  learned  Professor  in  the  Presbyterian  1 
Ohiea^Oj  and  the  able  editur  of  the  Liien'or^  although  only  in 
papular  exposition  and  defenee  of  the  inspiration  of  the  Bible, 
author's  learning  and  ability.  It  is  another  illu^tratlou  of  thi 
our  most  popular  works  should  be  written  by  pur  ablest  men.  ^ 
profoundly  ignorant  is  more  diUcult  than  to  teach  those  who  1 
acquired  the  capacity  of  acquiring  information.  Starting  fre 
proved  by  much  testimony,  that  the  Scriptures  are  trustwortfc 
lishes  the  truth  of  the  plenary  inspiration  of  the  Scriptures  by 
aeries  of  arguments  that  are  at  once  profound  and  simple. —  Ckri 


IN   IOWA. 

^^L^3t  week  I  was  down  in  the  vicinity  of  Swedes  Point,  amoi 
of  a  Pfeabyterian  church — a  diuroh  that  was,  but  is  not.  Its  : 
scattered,  some  to  the  Congregational  chureh,  some  to  the  M( 
Boiue  to  the  CampbelliteSp  I  sold  them  some  book^,  and  gave  t\ 
Gar  beat  doctrinal  tracts,  which  moit  of  them  reeelved  gladly*     ^ 

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'  a  class-leader,  told  me  that  the  more  he  knew  of  other  charohes 
»f  a  Presbyterian  he  became. 

)ther  locality  I  called  at  a  house  which  I  had  visited  two  years 
hen  the  lady  of  the  house  was  careless  and  unconcerned  about 
lings.  Now  she  is  a  true  follower  of  Jesus.  A  conversation  which 
her,  and  the  tracts  I  gave  her  two  years  ago,  were  the  means  of  her 
To  God  be  all  the  glory.  I  have  now  resolved  to  say  some- 
be  Master  in  every  house  I  enter.  I  believe  that  if  all  God's 
ministers  and  people — ^were  faithful  in  warning  sinners  to  flee  from 
wrath,  the  church  militant  would  be  prepared  to  become  the 
imphant.'^ 

WARM  WORDS. 

Dd  most  cordial  thanks  to  our  hosts  of  friends,  not  only  for  the 
circulation  already  extended  to  the  Lesfon  Leaf  and  the  Pre^hy- 
Vork^  but  also  for  their  cheering  and  appreciative  words.  One  says 
on  Leaf  "  It  is  admirable.''  Another,  "  It  is  the  best  yet  issued." 
sons,  one  writes,  "  They  are  the  best  Lessons  I  see."  An  enthu- 
id  from  the  banks  of  the  Mississippi  writes,  "  The  Presbyterian  at 
e  most  finely  executed  Sunday-school  paper  ever  published." 


■O  THB   MiSSIOKABT  FUHD  OP  THB   PbWBTTBBZAV   BoABI>  OF  PUBLIOATIOK. 

August  1873. 
Synodfl  in  small  capitals— Presbyteries  in  italic— ChnvcYiBB  in  Roman. 


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— bumford  Ist  10  60;    Kichfield 

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16  00 
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ister  10.  8t  QairsviU4^MoTTi9' 
SteubcnvUU—Two  Ridges  32  34; 
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107  76 
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nmm^T— Burdett  7;  Havana  4  60. 
rn  Calvary  5  45.  Zyofw— Newark 
h-Pulteney  8  05  38  75 

;.  — J5run<tn£pdon  — Mifllintown   ch 
Williamsburg  'iO;  Yellow  Creek 

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a,— Vineennes— Upper  Indianola 

7  00 
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^ity  8  26  00 

^Ckmnea  J5it/jr»— Fair  view  2  60. 
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Morria  and  Oranps— Orange  2d  70;  Boonton  13. 
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838  Board  of  Church  Erection.  [October 

BOARD  OF  CHURCH  ERECTION. 


Cbrrtaponding  Secretary,  Rir.  H.  R.  Wilmn,  D.D.,  88  Centre  Street,  New  Tork. 
2V«Murar,  Nathait  Laitb,  Esq^  60  Wall  Street. 


Inasmuch  as  many  of  our  churches  and  church  members  who  give  most  liber- 
ally to  the  cause  of  Church  Erection  prefer  to  giye  their  contributions  to  some 
particular  church,  on  behalf  of  which  they  feel  a  special  interest,  and  where  tbey 
can  see  the  fruits  of  their  beneficence,  permit  us  to  say  to  such,  your  wishes  can 
be  met  and  your  object  as  fully  attuned  by  eo^iperating  with,  or  acting  through 
the  Board  of  Church  Erection,  as  by  handing  your  money  to  personal  solicitors, 
or  sending  it  in  response  to  newspaper  appeals.  Many  of  you  perhaps  do  not 
know  that  these  yery  churches  have  already  been  liberally  helped  by  the  Board 
of  Church  Erection,  and  in  making  their  applications  have  assured  us  that  the  sum 
asked  from  the  Board,  if  obtained,  would  be  sufiBcient  to  enable  them  to  complete 
their  buildings  free  of  debt.  Many  hundreds  of  dollars  haye  in  this  way  been 
receiyed,  that  were  not  needed  to  complete  their  buildings,  but  haye  been 
expended  in  procuring  carpets,  bells,  upholstery  and  organs,  whilst  other  poor 
churches,  that  haye  not  adopted  this  begging  system,  are  left  in  want  of  the 
necessary  means  to  procure  the  cheapest  kind  of  structure  to  shelter  them  from 
the  storm.  Furthermore,  gifts  in  this  way  bestowed,  haye  no  security  agsinst 
loss  or  alienation,  such  as  our  mortgage  and  policy  secures  for  those  gifts  that 
pass  through  the  Board.  The  applications  that  come  to  us  haye  all  to  pass 
through  Presbytery,  (or  at  least  through  the  Committee  of  Presbytery  on  Church 
Erection,)  to  whom  the  facts  in  the  case  are  all  known,  so  that  their  endorsement 
ought  to  be  a  sufficient  guarantee.  These  applications  yary  in  amount  from 
$100  to  $1000,  so  that  any  church  or  indiyidual  applying  to  us  for  a  church  need- 
ing their  aid,  can  be  accommodated  as  to  the  size  of  the  sum  needed  and  the  place 
in  which  the  church  is  located.  We  make  our  appropriations  not  only  upon  the 
recommendation  of  Presbytery,  but  also  in  reliance  upon  the  contributions  of  the 
churches  and  indiyidnals  composing  those  Presbyteries,  to  enable  us  to  make 
good  our  promise.  These  appropriations  by  the  Board  are  not  to  be  paid  until 
all  the  money  reported  by  the  Church  as  on  subscription,  is  actually  paid,  and 
their  mortgage  and  insurance  policy  haye  been  sent  to  us.  Any  church  or 
person  wishing  to  know  where  their  money  goes,  by  selecting  one  of  our  appro- 
priations can  haye  all  the  gratification  of  knowing  what  church  they  haye  assisted, 
and  haye  the  further  gratification  of  haying  done  their  duty  to  the  Board,  by 
helping  to  fulfil  their  pledge.  In  this  way  a  number  of  Sabbath  Schools  haye  by 
their  contributions  secured  the  completion  of  a  church  buildinz,  and  feel  that  it 
is  theirs — a  monument  that  will  stand  to  their  memory,  long  after  they  hafs 
passed  away.  A  few  children,  composing  a  yery  small  Sabbath  School  in  a 
neighboring  yillage,  undertook  some  months  ago  to  raise  $75,  the  sum  needed  to 
complete  a  house  of  worship  for  a  poor  church  of  Freedmen  in  South  Carolina. 
It  was  doubted  by  their  Superintendent,  whether  in  one  year  they  could  raise  so 
large  a  sum.  In  less  than  six  months  they  sent  me  $80,  which  was  more  than 
we  expected  of  them  in  the  year,  and  now  they  are  at  work  to  raise  $100  before 
the  close  of  the  year,  to  assist  the  Home  Board  in  the  support  of  a  missionary 
This  is  one  of  the  ways  in  which  Church  Erection  helps  theciuse  of  Missions. 
Had  not  these  children  undertaken  to  raise  the  $75  for  Church  Erection,  they 
would  not  haye  attempted  to  raise  the  $100  for  Home  Missions.  Thus  "the 
liberal  soul  is  made  fat,**  and  *'  they  that  water  others,  shall  be  watered  and 
refreshed  themselyes.**     Children,  <ry  »<.  "  ^ 


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OHATIOHS  TO  THB  BOABD  OF  CHUBOH  EBEOTIOK.  AuQUST  1878. 
Synods  in  smill  capitals— Presbyteries  in  iteZi<»-Ch arches  in  Roman. 


any— Amsterdam  2d   ch   91  12; 
S9  73 ;  Prmcetown  ch  la 
Baliimort  —  Bal ti  more   12lh   ch 
)ar|(h  oh  10  16.    Waahington  City. 
Gurley  ch  6  26. 

CAu<ico«*«— Pi»Bah  ch  10.  Ontitk' 
[111,  1st  oh  28.  2>oyton--CHfton  ch 
,  Third   Street  ch   160;    Honey 

Middletown  ch  32. 
3K«>rfaiid-Cleveiand.  2d   ch  100. 
morih  ch  8  96 ;  Jackson  ch  U  80 ; 
th.  addl    82  32.     5t  CUHrsmUt^ 

4  65;  Morristown  ch  20  17;  Mi 
\  81.    £»0t*6«nviU*-Beech  Spring 

foHow— Brown  ch  4;  Delhi  ch 
lentrechs  25.  If oo»t«r— Ashland, 
Jlearfork  ch  8 ;  Pwy^ville  ch  9 ; 
Zan«9viZI»-Martin8bargch  7  26; 
eh  29  20;  ZanesTille,  Putnam  ch 

•njtf— Allegheny,  Providence  ch  8 ; 
\  24;  Bellevae  ch  16;  Leetsdale  ch 
llage,  1st  ch  3.  Bu/lar— Concord 
bo  ch  7  70;  North  Butler  ch  12; 
9  67.    CJorion— Leatherwood  ch 

2  ch  22  74 ;  New  Elehoboib  ch 
Bdinboro  ch  30;  Georgetown  ch 
llage,  let  ch  8;  Tidioute  ch  28. 
oilmg  Spring  ch  7;  Cherry  Run 

r)rt  ch  44  76;  Glade  Run  ch  36; 
30;  Shrader's  Grore  oh  6  10, 
i/tifia— Port  Byron  ch  20;  Sennett 
ory,  1st  ch  10.  ©eiwwo— Oaks  Coi^ 
fons— Palmyra,  Ist  ch  48  83. 
[.—Cbrfasls— Carlisle,  Istch  73:  Car- 
4  87 ;  Upper  Path  Valley  oh  26. 
Uexandria  ch  38;  Birmingham  ch 
town  and  Loet  Greek  ch  76;  Peru 
ch,  from  a  member  4 ;  Williams- 
ellow  Creek  ch  4  66.  Northumber' 
K  ch  6  60;  Washington  ch  12  96. 
WTaAU—Btoominiyion— Clinton  ch 
k-^lohn  Knox  ch  8;  Mansfield  ch 
IT— Bushnell  ch  10:  Hamilton,  Ist 
nouth  ch,  **  special"  12;  Wythe  oh 
lerica  ch  11  26. 

oBTB.—C%ieaao— Chicago,  Holland 
treet)  11  40;  Kankakee  ch  10  30. 
Bgon,  1st  ch  15;  Rock  Run  ch  6  70; 
estmlnster  ch  18  36.  Rock  River-^ 
46;  North  Henderson  oh  16;  Oscoe 
Hlhull  ch,  '*  special"  26. 
fUTH.— Afa<foon— Dalton  City  ch  4; 
•airie  ch  4;  Hebron  ch  5  26;  Bhelby- 

a 

oaTH.  —  Orawfordtville  —  Crawfords- 
I.  Fart  VFavMS— Pleasant  Ridge  ch 
*C— LogauHport,  1st  ch  22;  Michigan 

3  84. 

ouTB.—JndianapoIi«— Bethany  ch  8 ; 
,  3d  ch  36  80.  Jsew  Albany— J effonon 
ia  ch  8  70;  Madison,  2d  ch  Jl  40; 
ioon  ch  6  16;  North  Vernon  ch  5; 
wnship  ch  2;  Sharon  ch  (Harrison 
KiRe«nnes— Upper  Indiana  ch  8;  Vin- 
h  18  60.  WhiU  Ifater— Ebeneaer  oh 
g  San  ch  8. 

TH  — Dtt&ugiM— Hopkinton  oh  6  50 » 
J  7  20.   F&rt  ZJodgfs— Cherokee  oh  3; 

1st  ch  3  15;  Storm  Lake  ch  6. 
re.— Dm  JTvines— Albia  ch  10;  In- 
&  60;  Medora  and  St  Charlet*  ch  5; 
St  ch  »7  31.  /oMW— Fairfield  ch  10; 
h  7:  Ottomwa  ch  4  85;  Salina  ch 
cm  ch  4  75.  Iowa  Cltv— Blue  Grass 
mmit  ch  3.  Oounca  ^tMif«— Corning 
febra$ka  CUif—  Tecumseh  oh  12  10. 
-^•nporia— Lyndon  ch  2;  Osage  City 


iXD.— 2faMaM— Huntingdon^  Ist 
oh  6  46. 


oh 


MwHMOTA^lfoitikato-Jackson  ch  10.  St  Paul 
— Mmneapolla,  Andrew  ch  7  26;  Minneapolis, 
Westminster  ch  38  U4. 

MissotTRL—Osooe— Freeman  ch  1  48.  Palt^vra 
-^reensburgh  ch  2;  Grantsyille  ch  1  W;  >-«- 
clede  ch  8  30;  Memphis,  Ist  ch  4  66.  TtoMs— 
Oak  Groye  ch  4.    A)toH— Bristol  ch  6. 

Niw  jMi8iY^Eiaa6««*-Bethlehem  ch  21  36; 
Eliaabethport  ch  20;  Eliiabeih.  2d  ch  m  64; 
Metochen,  1st  ch  8  16 ;  Perth  Amboy  ch  32;  Wood- 
bridge,  let  ch  25.  Jeney  a^y-Hackensack  ch 
18;  Paterson,  1st  ch  133  15.  JfonmoutA— Allen- 
town  ch,- special"  80:  Bass  Rirer  ch  60  cents; 
Bordentown  ch  8  90;  Tuckerton  oh  7  50.  3for. 
rU  and  Omnae-Planders  ch  12  40;  Morristown, 
Ist  ch,  addl  85  68;  Mt  Oliye  ch  39  60.  Neaark— 
Montclair  ch,  of  which  60  •*  special"  134.  Nw> 
Jrtinwicik  —  Flemington  ch  79  01;  Hamilton 
Square  ch  7  7i>;  LambertTille,  1st  ch  40;  New 
Brunswick.  1st  ch  67  60;  Trenton,  4th  ch  6n  86. 
KewKm—  Blairstown  ch  7  76 ;  Spsrta  ch  10.  W^t 
Jsrs^^Bridgeton,  Westch  24 ;  Pislerville  ch  24. 
Nsw  York.— Boston— Newbnryport.  Ist  ch  20. 
Hv^dwnr-  Mt  Hope  ch  8.  New  For*- Manhattan- 
▼ille  oh  4  10.  North  iKvsr— Bethleheni  ch  16; 
Cornwall  Landing  ch  22;  Kingston  ch  12  75; 
Pleasant  Plains  ch  13  86.  »FMtcA«t«r--North 
Salem  ch  8;  South  Eastch  9;  South  Salem  ch 
26. 

Philadelphia.— CT«<cr— Upper  Octorara  ch 
23  50.  LoeJkauKinna— Meboopany  Creek  ch  3: 
Meshoppen  ch  4;  Pittston  ch,^  for  Memorial 
Fund6;^owanda.l8t  ch  UO.  I^J^^-^^h^^' 
dauqua  ch  4;  Mountain  ch  6  76.  FAttode/pfcio— 
Philadelphia,  2d  ch,  addM  48  37;  Pyiadf***^'** 
Woodland  oh  47  02.  PhUaddpMa,  NoTth^C^T- 
▼ersville  ch,  "special"  2  60;  Plumstedville  oh, 
"  special"  2  60;  Neshaminy  ch,  in  Warmmster 
7  §i.    If estmirtfter— Slate  Ridge  ch  12. 

PiTTBBUHOH.— fitotrsvitts-Greensbhrgh  oh  18; 
Latrobe  ch  28  76;  New  Salem  ch  23  25;  Unity  ch 
82.  P«t»5urgA— Monongahela  City  ch  31^; 
Pittsburgh,  7ih  ch  11 .  Washington'-  East  Buffijlo 
ch  13  40;  Upper  BuflWo  ch  14;  Upner  len  Mile 
ch  18  85;  wSynesburgh  ch  14  06.  Wf»t  Tirywita 
— Newburgh  ch  7. 
TtuwMSMv-A'iivston-MtTaborcha. 
ToLWH).— .B«««;bntoine— Buck  Creek  ch  24, 
Forest  ch  3;  Rushsylvania  ch  6  46 ;  Urbana,  Ist 
chl2  76.  i/unm-Bloomvillech8  90;  Huron 
ch  6;    Melmore  oh  8  46.    XisKi-Turtle  Creek 

*^*CWTRAL  Nkw  Y0R«.-0rt«90- Delhi,  2d  ch 
22  32;  Hamden.lst  ch  8;  Sharertown  ch  1  60, 

Stamford,  1-t  ch  12  ^^i^Y^ir^?'^^?^^!^: 
1st  ch  42  40;  Syracuse,  Park  ch  38  17.  mxea-^ 
iftmrten,lstchiz;  ClayTille  ch  4;  Or;»kany  ch 
2;  New  York  Mills  ch  82  «6;  Rome,  1st  ch  ^  66, 
Utica,  1st  ch  44.  St  LaiOT-encs-Le  Ray  ch  6  60 ; 
Oswegatchie.  2d  ch  11 ;  Waddington  ch  12. 

WM»»aw  Ntw  Yoa».-J5u/ato-Ea8t  Aurora  oh 
10;  West  Aurora,  Congregsiional  eh  5;  Sherman, 
1st  ch  14  26.  O«ri«fl^Leroy,l8toh24  20;Pike 
ch7  Gctmw  Fo(i4v-Ellicottville  ch  6  29.  Ro- 
^JW^l^eneseo^age,  1st  ch  86  40;  Ossian 

°  wJ?o!f8iN.-afi/t«itt*««-Cambrldge  and  Oak- 
land ch  6;  Caio,  Ist  ch  1  60;  Milwaukee,  Cal- 
vary  ch  34  60;  Milwaukee,  Immanuel  ch  64  04, 
Somers  Pike  Grore  ch  6  60. 

COMMITTM  0!f  BWIBVOLEMOS  AKD  Fl»AM0«  643  67. 

Mi8ctLLAHE0U8.-Mrs  J  E  DeKlyn,  IryinKton' 
N  V  A-  Parker  ch.  Pa  15:  Jaa  Russell,  North 
Lki^n,  Ohio  forMrs  E  G  ^^allingford.  Union- 
town  Pa  25-  *•  Special"  20;  Rev  Edward  Garland, 

&me!>hio^;  pr  A  ^Z'^}:^Z^\^'^^-' 
-special"  for  Salt  Lake  260;  -X  L«  JlSP®®*" 
ItO;  Interest  from  Permanent  Fund  137^ 

L«QACT.-Mrs  Maria  D  Voorhees,  late  of  Tren- 
ton, N  J  1000. 

Total  receipts  in  August,       $7836  70 
NATHAN  LANE,  2V*wur«-.     ^ 


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340  Rditf  Fund  for  Disahled  Ministen.  lOctober 


RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS, 

AND   THE    WIDOWS   AND   ORPHANS   OF    DECEASED    MINISTERS. 


RiT.  GsoEOi  Hau,  D.Dm  Secrttarff,  Rir.  CsAitLM  Biowx,  TVaoMrv. 

Ornoc  1834  Ghestaai  Street,  PbMadelptiiA. 


**  Withheld  not  good  from  them  to  whom  it  is  due  when  it  i*  in  the  power  of  thy  hand  to  do  iV* 

The  following  circalar  was  issued  near  the  close  of  the  month  of  August.  The 
facts  it  contains  are  worthy  of  the  attention  of  all  our  ministers  and  churches. 

"TO  THE   PRESBYTERIAL   STANDING   COMMITTEES   ON   THE  RELIEF    FUND. 

^^Dear  Brethren — While  there  has  been  a  steady  increase  in  the  number  of 
giving  churches,  and  in  the  sum  total  contributed,  (as  the  reports  in  the  Monthly 
Record  show),  yet  applications  to  the  Relief  Fund  have  for  more  than  a  year  past 
created  a  growing  demand  in  excess  of  the  income.  The  working  balance  was 
first  reduced,  then  exhausted  ;  arid  at  the  close  of  the  last  fiscal  year,  April  Ist, 
1873,  the  deficiency  was  nearly  $10,000.  The  sum  of  $22,780  is  now  required  to 
meet  the  instalments  of  May,  June,  July  and  August,  payable  to  over  two  hun- 
dred families.  There  are  numerous  cases  of  distress  which  plead  in  vain,  because 
the  means  of  supply  are  lacking.  Those  who  are  in  straits  cannot  provide  for 
themselves,  nor  can  they  advocate  their  own  cause  in  public.  Shall  they  continue 
tosuflfer? 

'^  Doubtless,  all  who  need  help,  and  are  entitled  to  it,  should  be  searched  out  and 
relieved.  It  is  the  duty  and  policy  of  the  Church  not  to  turn  away  any  whose  claitn 
is  just, 

"  The  present  exigency  shows  that  the  main  work  now  is  to  increase  the  col- 
lections FROM  THE  CHURCHES.  The  time  has  come  when  something  eflfective 
should  be  done  for  this  eause  ?  Our  Church  is  abundantly  able  to  do  all  that  is 
necessary  for  her  Disabled  Ministers,  Widows  and  Orphans,  without  crippling 
any  of  the  Boards,  and  no  doubt  the  people  will  give  generously  when  the  case 
is  clearly  stated. 

•*  Will  you,  dear  Brethren,  at  once  bring  before  your  Presbyteries  this  matter  of 
raising  funds  for  our  cause?  We  entreat  you  to  make  this  point  prominent,  and 
to  press  it  with  urgency  until  this  painful  embarrassment  of  our  Treasury  is 
removed.  The  methods  which  are  fitted  to  be  most  effectual  to  this  end  are  best 
known  to  you,  and  doubtless  you  will  with  sympathizing  hearts  stir  up  the 
churches  to  adopt  them.  Let  the  non-contributing  churches  by  all  means  send 
in  collections  speedily,  and  let  those  who  have  always  given,  increase  their 
contributions." 

The  statement  of  the  condition  of  the  Treasury  for  September  1 5th,  1873,  is  as 
follows: 

Received  since  April  Ist,  1873, $24,272.22 

Expended  "        •*  "  24,227.22 


Balance,  $45.00 

Including  the  instalments  for  September  the  amount  needed  for  immediate  use 
is  $23,000.  ^  o 


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ts  of  a  large  Dumber  of  the  families  who  receive  aid  from  this  Fand 
g,  A  minister  writes :  '*  I  am  in  a  very  trjing  dilemma,  ready  to 
>  mission  to  'earn  something,  but  cannot  stir  for  want  of  funds.  Please 
mediate  answer,  stating  whether  or  not  I  may  expect  money  from  you 
not,  when?  My  dear  brethren,  who  are  provided  for,  can  scarcely 
e  trials  which  the  enfeebled  and  poverty-stricken  are  subject  to.  Last 
3ep  visited  these  eyes,  because  of  the  necessities  of  me  and  mine.*' 

er's  wife  says :  **  There  was  a  statement  in  the some  time  since 

isband  was  able  to  preach  occasionally,  which  was  not  the  case,  he 
e  time  mostly  confined  to  his  bed.  I  write  this  that  you  may  know 
aeans  of  support  except  what  was  appropriated  from  the  Relief  Fund, 
he  never  leaves  his  bed  except  when  he  is  lifted  into  a  buggy  for  occa* 
I.  Of  course  the  pari  he  receives  from  the  Fund  is  nut  sufficient  to 
wants  of  the  family  and  keep  him  in  the  nourishment  essential  to  one 
ition )  still,  only  having  it  to  look  to  for  aid,  we  are  thankful,  I  assure 
en  a  little.  We  would  be  glad  if  you  could  send  it  as  soon  as  con- 
we  are  novr  in  want  of  such  help." 


**  As  nothing  great  is  born  in  haste 
Wise  Nature's  lime  allow." 

men  have  a  great,  benevolent,  and  holy  object  in  view  of  permanent 
stacles  are  nothing.  If  it  fail  in  the  hands  of  one,  it  will  be  taken  up 
.  If  it  exceed  the  powers  of  an  individual,  society  will  unite  toward 
end.  If  the  force  of  public  opinion  in  one  country  is  insufficient,  the 
irits  of  foreign  countries  will  lend  their  aid.  If  it  remain  unachieved 
eration,  it  goes  down  as  a  heritage  of  duty  and  honor  to  the  next ;  and 
e  long  chain  of  counsels  and  efforts,  from  the  first  conception  of  the 
mind  that  planned  the  great  work,  to  its  final  and  glorious  accomplish- 
)  is  a  steady  and  unseen,  but  irresistible  cooperation  of  that  Divine 
rhich  orders  all  things  for  good." 


C05TBIBUTI0NS  IH   AUQUBT  1873^ 
W  Synods  in  miLL  capitals— Presbyteries  in  italin—GhmcheB  in  Roman. 
-^BcUtimore—Vii  Airy  (Harmony)  3. 


Ibw   York.  —  0/8000  —  Gilb«rtti?il)e 

en  1st  10  60.    St  LawrenM—Le  Ray 

-Augusta,  Central  1st  8. 

-ChiUicnthe—Chmeoihe,  «•  U**  2a 

~CUoeland^C\er eland  2d  100.    St 

lorristown  12  17.  StiubenvOle^iiew 

12. 

-Co^mbtM— Columbus  1st  67  06. 

annmp— Jacksonville  and  Bethel  10. 

'•ayuga^PoTi  Byron  18  40. 

iB.— Carlisle— Fesnmle  prayer  raeet- 

irgh  Isi  26. 

jvTRAi.^— jBtoomi»igio»»Fairbary  4. 

iKtn.—Fort  Ifayiie— Pleasant  Ridge 

ijnn.-^  White  ffa^^r— Lawrenceburg 

n.—Fi/rt  Dodge—Siouz  City  10. 
ifD.—£rooAc/.vTi—>  Edge  water   1st  91. 
npstead  10  66. 
'Paiw^a^MoheTXy  1st  8.    Platte-' 

t.—EfijaUth—^^QodhTidj^e  35.    J«r- 

irfien.ijif'fc  [>.    Afiffrt/-*— Newark  Sd 
litu'thictek—AmweW   1st,   Reaville 

^B«l»fi— CentfCfiWe  2;  Obester 


67  64.  iVor£Ai?tu«r— Middle  Hope,  and  pastor  22. 
Weateheater^Vorih  dalem  6. 

Petlamlvbia.— Lehigh  ^Summit  Hill  19  38; 
Summit  Hill  Sub  sch  a  06;  Jiimestown  SHb-och 
1  26;  Jamestown  **F'  I  81.  Fhtladelphia,  (Mn- 
<fa/— Philadelphia,  Alexander, Mpecial  60.  Phila^ 
deiphia,  Norlh-^tiorTititown  id  10  15;  Norristown 
Central  60.    fres/imiMf-er— Middle  Ootorara  13  66. 

PITT8B0HOB.— i5(air0Oi/fe— Liffonier  7;  Plea^nt 
Grove  4  60.  Aeriatono— Connellsville,  bequest  of 
Wm  McCrery200. 

Western  Nkw  York— G^stimm— Attica  18  21. 
i^A«9eer— 8parta  2d  9. 

Wisconsin.— Cfttppetoo—Neshannoo  6  60.  Mil- 
waukee^-CnvnYnxd^e  and  Oakland  6.  WUconein 
Biver— Oxford  4. 

Feom  TBI  CoMHirrn  on  ExNarouNci  aitd  Fi* 

HANGK  874  68. 

mBOBIAAWKOOa. 

Interest  on  deposits  84  69:  Interest  on  Per* 
manent  Fund,  per  G  U  Van  Gelder,  Esq  116  40 ; 
Interest  on  PerniBoent  Fund,  p^-r  Wm  E  Ten- 
brook,  Esq  313  50;  Mrs  E  G  Wallinfcford  25; 
From  **  Dot,**j>er  Rev  l>r  Grier  5;  N  ¥,  iviogtoo, 
Mrs  J  £  De  Klyn  5. 

Total  receipts  in  August,      $1898  31 
CHARLES  BROWN,  Treatwer, 
Office,  1884  Oheatnot  Street,  Pbila. 

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Rir.  A.  C.  MoOLTtil^AirtJ,  Cor.  SeereUtry,  Box  Vii^,  PittAburgb.  P^ 
Eir.  JAi,  ALLtaoJ*,  D.D^  7VM«uf  *r,  Lodk  Box  43,  Pin*burKh,  P*. 


SEPTEMBEE, 
With  the  openiog  of  this  month  w©  are  endeav^oring  to  c&mplde 
for  our  parochial  echool-work  far  the  coiniag  t^rm,  commertcing  Oct 
to  nupplj  TBiiant  ohuroheB,  bo  far  ba  we  (laOf  with  the  preeu^hod  gc 
eama  time  ar«  doming  in  the  Reports  of  our  MliSLOQaries  for  the  moi 
telliDg  uti  of  work  done,  and  work  needir^  to  be  done  \  while  our 
endeavoring  to  determine,  according  to  its  beet  judgment,  whtit  worl 
or  undertakeo,  Thia  it  seeka  to  do  with  spfciaJ  oare— judging  of  the 
paat — ftnd  baaing  ita  depision  as  to  the  amount  of  work  it  mnj  unde 
on,  bj  the  amount  of  money  It  maj  reason  ah  tj  expe&t  to  rede  ire  fc 
its  polio j^  heing,  as  it  always  haa  been,  to  amid  debt  But  the  dlacre( 
the  work  needing  and  pressing  to  be  done^  and  that  which  we  oau  f 
in  ujifieri'iking  to  d&^  h  m  great  m  to  be  positively  painful,  with  eut 
does  the  ory  for  more  work  come  up  from  field.'!  of  greateat  prom 
eannot  but  feel,  and  feel  deeply,  that  if  our  work  and  ita  wanta  eoul 
f&it^ful  prcaentation  to  all  our  dhurcheS|  with  an  opportunity  to  oon 
would  not  be  lacking  to  t^neourage  our  Committee  in  denaing  ftk) 
thinga  in  behairof  ita  work  among  thia  lowly  people — ^a  work  tkai 
other  in  which  our  Church  ia  engaged  aeems  more  auccessful  in 
lowly  and  bringing  glory  to  the  Master  in  the  aalvation  of  soula ; — ^\ 
annually^  so  far  as  figurea  ean,  that  the  number  of  hopeful  oonv< 
department  of  our  Church's  work  makea  a  larger  average  to  each  e 
ahown  in  all  her  other  work  combined.  We  earnestly  aakj  thea,  tho 
of  auch  churehes  as  do  not  contribute  to  this  work  will  put  it  upon 
Hat  for  the  current  eoclesiaatieal  year,  with  a  Sied  time  for  ita 
Thia  done^  and  faithfully  adhered  to,  we  have  full  con&lence  wilt 
Increaae  the  amount  of  funda  put  at  our  diapoaal;  and  that  it  ahal 
plead t  in  behalf  of  the  poor  of  the  flock  who  are  hungry ,  look  up,  ac 
and  in  the  name  of  Him  who  not  only  bade  hia  diiciplea  go  preacl 
to  every  creature^^^  but  gave  in  evident^  of  his  divine  commiaBiO] 
hat'€  the  gospel  preached  to  ikem,** 

INTERESTING  LABORS 

or    FHOF.   J>   H.   fiREOn, 

A  large  number  of  churches  in  the  vicinity — near  and  more  renn 
Institute,  Charlotte,  North  Carolina^  ar«  cared  for  by  the  Profess 
help  of  Student  Catechiats  of  the  Inatitute*.  The  Communion  aei 
ehurchea  occur  in  suoceaaion}  and  at  given  periods.  At  the  olosti 
perioda^  Prof.  Shedd  writes  thus ; 

'*  They  are  laboriouai  busy,  bleaaed  days,  and  many  have  been  rec 
at  we  trust  are  to  he  saved,  in  the  last  two  months.  One  of  the  case 
waa  of  peculiar  interest,  m  the  exceodtng  clear  cxponence  of  one  i 
of  the  way  of  aalvation  by  grace  atone  through  faith*  I  never  ] 
simple,  beautiful,  and  heartfelt  teatimoiiy  to  the  fulneia  of  Christ" 

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ays  later,  writing  of  the  organization  of  a  new  ohnroh,  in  the  same 
kjs :  **  As  a  specimen  of  some  of  our  Communion  days,  I  will  mention 
les: — Held  prayer- meetinjg  at  nine  o'clock,  as  the  people  were  assem- 
n  effected  the  organization  and  ordained  the  elders  with  the  usual 
ae  session  then  met  and  examined  a  part  of  the  candidates,  while  the 
Dntinued  the  prayer-meeting.  This  bro«ght  us  to  nearly  noon,  when 
1  to  a  large  audience  in  the  grove.  The  intermission  followed,  with 
nnd  their  lunch  baskets — ^and  another  meeting  of  session  with  consi- 
isiness  transacted.    At  three  o'clock,  the  afternoon  exercises  began — 

of  the  seven  members  on  profession,  and  baptism  of  some  of  them, 
baptism  of  near  a  dozen  little  ones;  then  the  solemn,  tender  season  of 
•n,  and  finally  the  closing  hymn  and  collection.  From  nine  o'clock  to 
L,  a  compact  series  of  duties  and  services — laborious  and  joyous  to  the 
ind  attended  by  untiring  interest  on  the  part  of  the  people.  It  has 
i  in  different  churches,  but  much  the  same  in  kind  and  amount,  in  the 
uunion  Sabbaths  passed  by  me,  and  seven  by  Dr«  Mattoon  (the  Pre- 
the  last  three  months.'' 

'  and  "  seven" — fifteen  **  Communion  Sabbaths"  in  succession  by 
levoted  Missionary  Professors : — **  laborious  and  jovous" — and  of  the 
imple  specimen  narrative  gives  pleasing  evidence ;  but  to  render  some- 
e  full  meaning  of  the  former,  it  must  be  remembered,  that  in  addition 
•ore  as  are  here  described,  these  men  perform,  daily,  the  onerous  and 
[ties  of  instructors  in  an  important  Institution,  to  which  our  funds  do  not 

give  them  sufficient  help.  When  will  the  Church  meet  her  full  mea- 
y  to  both  the  teachers  and  the  taught? 

1000  UNDER  THE  OAKS, 
d  missionary  in  North  Carolina  having  gone  to  assist  on  a  Communion 
i  an  adjoining  field,  writes  somewhat  at  length,  and  closes  as  follows : 

bbath  we  commenced  our  services  at  P T ,  at  lOJ  A.  M.,  the  • 

at  hold  more  than  one-fourth  of  the  people,  so  we  move  out  in  the 
preach  to  800  or  1000  persons,  in  the  open  air.  In  the  aflernoon  we 
the  sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper.  How  calm  I  how  sweet  and  plea- 
ndreds  to  commune  together  with  Jesus  beneath  those  lordly  oaks, 
ag  else  above  our  heads  but  the  canopy  of  the  heavens  !    It  was  good 

my  letter  is  too  long,  but  allow  me  to  say  in  conclusion,  what  I  wish 
the  whole  Presbyterian  Church:  The  missionary  work  among  the 
should  in  no  sense  be  considered  a  work  done  in  vain.  It  is  not  in  vain, 
iitions  of  learning,  churches,  and  common  schools,  kept  in  successful 
imong  us  by  the  strong  hand  of  the  church,  are  already  exerting  an 
for  good,  greater  than  any  other  enterprise  that  has  ever  been  under- 
ng  the  colored  people  ;  and  who  knows  to  what  extent  this  noble  work 
'ard  civilizing  Africa  and  bringing  her  benighted  children  to  Christ." 


D05ATI0H8  AT  PiTTBBUROH   FOB  F&EBDlfBV  IB  AUOUST  1878. 
^  Synods  in  small  oapitals— Presbyteries  in  iteiie*— Oharohes  in  Roman. 


h>y— rtrst  Waterford  21  88. 
-Aittimore— Lonaeoning   ft.     WaiK- 
iotsell  Grove  1  70. 
-A  aa^tvOIe— Morrlstown  14  10 ;  2d 

-iforion— Radiior8;0he8terTllle3  80. 

ion— New  Rehoboth  6.    Kittanning^ 

%  6;  Eldersrkige  9  19. 

iH.-CbrUrie-Lower  Path  Valley  16  80 ; 

^  70. 

nn^u — SpvinfffLdd—tiTvi  Springfield 

—  Kl  ED  wood  b. 

i>fl/>orF>i— Wtcbit*  3. 

D,_//rwft/i?Ti— rraDHin  Avenne  16. 

r.— A>io^<m~KrtowLtDii  1  08;    Blairs- 

Ttin'TfilA-^FHriiifoEr'laie  b, 

— jVflrUt  /ftfyr— ("old  Spring  5. 

14^  Pft  ifadflpMai  CittirnJ-  OoboekidDk 

ft,     rhUaddpftiont  JVbrt^^Nesbamlny 

.  ^  It^jAin^JVm  —  first   Washington 
one— Uakmiovn  *^ 


Vnck.-^  Lawrence — Leray  8. 

Wi800B8iif.  —  ift{ioa«Jree— Cambridge  and  Oak* 


From  Ch*s  reporting  their  Presbyteries,    $322  S7 

MisoKLLAXioilB.— Hurray  Hill  ch,  N  T82;  Wells- 
TUIe  Ob,  Ohio  16;  John  Bell,  Orange,  N  T  5;  Urs 
Dr  W  U  Maflll,  Danrille.  Pa  8 ;  Ist  ch  Marshall- 
Tille,  Ohio  4  72;  J  J  Merrlam,  Treatnrer  Memorial 
Food  6;  Hannah  Ferguson,  Shenandoah,  Ohio  6 ; 
Blrs  M  B  Oonper,  New  Castle,  Del  10;  J  SI  Newell, 
Plaeer?ille,  Oal,  fbr  Miss  Bausman  10;  Sugar  Creek 
eh,  Ind  7  86;  Rev  J  Piatt,  Frankfbrt.  Ind  10;  Kirk- 
lin  ch,  Ind  1  41 ;  1st  oh,  Depodt,  N  T  21  88    180  81 

OOMMITTU  ON  BBTBTOLIHOI  Ain>  FUTAIVCB,         266  62 

Do.  do.  do.  49  90 

Total  Beoeipts  in  August,    $768  60 
JAMBS  ALLISON,  JYeaturer, 

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COMMITTEE  ON  SUSTENTATION 


Ref .  M«  W.  JidoftDtj  D.B^  SBerattay^  SIS  Ridgft  Street,  Allegb^xift 


FROM  TDE  FIELD. 


**rncloped  please  find  report  for  four  monthi'  service-  I  woulci  c 
tiQTi  to  the  ffict»  thttt  ftccording  to  the  Rejioris  of  the  Board!*,  thii 
them  Ifist  yenr  S2y2.9H.  Tbii  year  we  will  be  nble  to  refund  th 
received,  that  ib,  we  will  contribute  to  the  Boards  a  a  much  as  w* 
your  Committee.  Beforr:  we  cam*?  upon  your  seheme^  our  U^tAi 
WR*  an  flTerajze  of  about  $50.  The  whole  nmount  alretidj  contribut 
lat,  ]»  $182,00,  not  iiiobidini?  Au^st,  which  \s  not  yet  collectcii.  \ 
need  the  preftence  of  the  Floly  Spirit^  for  whii-h  I  hope  our  peopfe  fi 
lun  more  and  more  confident  of  the  fuDdameDtal  importance  of  t 
SuBteutation^  as  a  oeeesgity  of  the  times.  For  example^  under  tbe  i 
church  in  Illinois,  of  our  Freabytery,  received  S300,  and  during  tbe  i 
took  up  only  one  coJleetiuii  of  $h5,  in  all.  This  church  is  in  n  pre 
li^entt  wealthy  community,  and  its  members  could  and  would  do  be 

required  of  tbem.    A church  received  S28S.33,  and  in  the  twelvi 

ooc  t^iiilection  of  ei^bt  dollars.     Thid,  I  undcrstandf  in  a  good  chai 
be  induced  to  do  uiu<tb  more.'^ 

J ,  Ohio,  Se 

*^  Last  year  we  raided  for  the  Boardi  $154,00.  Tbia  year,  under 
tion  »cheiiie,  we  raised  $4!27»00/^ 

a«ptemfc 

**I  have  juet  returned  from  a  protract-ed  meeting  of  our  Des  Moln 
The  subject  of  8ufttentation  wa»  one  that  occupied  the  attention  of 
resolutions  werepa^Hcd  unanimously  approving  of  tbe  scheme,  andii 
terma  urging  upon  our  churchea  to  encourage  it|  and  conCributa  to  i 

Of  the  Ihree  hundred  and  eight  PaHbors  which  this  Committee  had 
jear^  quite  a  number  had  hefen  lately  received,  and  had  been  there fo 
two  (quarters  up^^n  its  funds  when  the  Report  waa  made  to  tl 
This  year  I  mo^t  of  thia  whole  number  are  retained  in  full,  and  ore 
tbe  entire  year  upon  our  aid,  while  many  new  applications  are  c( 
many  more  are  eipected  at  the  fall  meetings  of  PreftbyterieB.— Two 
Beventy,  at  an  average  of  throe  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  each,  will  r 
four  thousand  and  five  hundred  dollars— the  amount  nanaed  for  us  i 
added  to  our  surplus  in  the  Assembly's  Report  But  what  for  the  i 
uomc  in,  unless  the  churches  pruvidi^?  This  makes  it  plain  em 
Committee  must  hare  greatly  enlarged  aid,  or  they  must  greatly 
operationSi  Do  the  churches  wish  this  work  to  be  stayed?  Surely 
too  well*  in  so  many  important  respects.  Besides^  it  is  not  a  mere  i 
a  fair  busioeiis  tran  a  action  with  the  churches,  encouraging  their  we. 
drawing  out  their  energies  towartld  self-support. 

EacBiPTa  I  IT  Au€insr. 
M^  Synods  in  small  capitals-^ Preabyterf«i  \u  Ualia—Chnr^hQ*  tn  B 
BAltiiiosB-*»A%w  OatUe—fitrnt  NaTurll  19  Itf'-  Mi»ciLUNioDi._cti  i>f  Weit  h 

i  Kurt— AWM^*iiir— Fre«doiia  §  93.    Kmtumitfff—       ^  "Jt^f^^^'^^  Iowa  27  60 ;    CU 

H*w  Jin^tJ.—Mmm&tah^iiighUt^wo  41.  Ob  of  Ki?wpori,  fa  a*  i^li;  Uh  of  I 

FrTTflftuaoin— /*i«itBrflft— MoBOi^iwbeli  Oltj  10.  ***fll«  iHaio*  ma4  Jardan,  lUun  '2 

Wit$hinfffm—¥ir»t  WmibUiKt^D  27  BO. 

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fr<  U.  W.  JACOB CS,  ^kcreta 

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1873.]    Oeneral  Attembfy's  Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance.        B45 


COMMITTEE  ON  BENEVOLENCE  AND  FINANCE. 


W.  S.  QiLK AK,  Chataxav,  Box  3306,  New  York. 

O.  B.  Eatov,  Tbeasu&er,  23  Centre  Street,  New  Tork. 


PRAYER  AND  BENEVOLENT  WORK. 

When  the  modern  missionary  enterprises  of  the  Church  were  first  be^nn,  com- 
paratively few  felt  the  obligation  to  support  them,  and  many  prayerless  contribu- 
tions were  reluctantly  doled  out  in  cents.  Aid  was  even  sought  in  England  to 
support  American  missionaries. 

From  that  day  there  has  been  a  gradual  adyance  in  the  amounts  giten,  and  in 
tiie  sentiment  of  Christians,  until  the  Presbyterian  Church,  discovering  the  neces- 
sity of  instituting  system,  appointed  this  Committee  with  powers  and  duties 
which  necessarily  bring  it  into  communication  with  churches  in  the  reception 
and  distribution  of  their  offerings,  and  with  Presbyterial  Committees  in  the  cir- 
culation of  information.  It  is  a  law  of  successful  propagandism,  that  besides  th« 
intangible  idea  that  vitalises,  there  must  be  enough  of  body  to  keep  it  before  the 
people,  and  this  want,  in  propagating  the  practice  of  systematic  benevolence  in 
the  Presbyterian  Church,  is  supplied  by  the  working  of  this  Committee. 

In  view  of  this  progress  from  unintelligent  indifference  and  reluctant  gifts  to 
deep  interest  and  more  systematic  offerings,  it  is  encouraging  to  faith  to  inquire. 
What  are  the  familiar  lessons  on  this  subject  which  are  taught  by  the  nature  of 
prayer,  and  by  its  connection  in  the  prophecies  with  enlarged  gifts? 

Prayer,  if  fenrent  and  sincere,  brings  the  understanding,  the  affections  and  the 
will  into  active  exercise,  inducing  in  the  suppliant  for  Christ's  kingdom  just  that 
state  of  penitence,  humility,  and  oonsoiendousness  which  is  most  favorable  to 
enlarged  benevolence.  It  also  secures  the  touch  of  the  Divine  Spirit,  so  that 
bodies  of  men  in  the  church  may  have  their  attention  awakened  to  see  the  impor- 
tance of  missionary  work.  Its  nature,  therefore,  seems  to  teach  the  lesson,  that 
prayer  should  be  a  prime  element  in  all  plans  for  raising  money  for  church-work. 

The  lesson  from  Prophecy  can  be  only  hinted  at  in  a  paper  so  brief  as  this,  but 
its  teaching  is  quite  as  emphatic  in  favor  of  connecting  prayer  with  plans  of 
raising  money  for  chnrch-work,  for  prophecy  reveals  a  prosperous  condition  of 
the  future  church,  with  which  nothing  less  than  an  extraordinary  degree  of 
prayerfulness  is  at  all  consistent. 

In  the  72d  Psalm,  commonly  accepted  as  referring  to  the  great  extension  of 
Christ's  kingdom  in  the  latter  day,  the  connection  between  prayer  and  gifts  is 
dose. 

''And  to  HlmBhall  be  giTen  of  the  gold  ofShebft; 
Prayer  also  shall  be  made  for  Him  continaally.'* 

The  same  near  eonnection  is  seen  in  Isaiah  Ix.  5,  because  when  converts  are 
multiplied,  prayers,  which  are  the  characteristic  act  of  the  true  convert,  are 
multiplied  also-^ 

"Beoauae  (he  abandaooe  of  the  aea  shall  be  converted  unto  Thee^ 
The  forces  (riches)  of  the  Gentiles  shall  come  unio  Thee."      ^ r\r%n]c> 

Snoeeeding  verses  refer  to  "  incense"  as  brought  with  the  **  gold,"  "  multitudes 


346      General  Assembly's  Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance,     [  October 

of  flocks''  as  *' coming  up  with  acceptance"  upon  the  altar  of  God,  &o.  And  &8 
if  something  of  a  kindred  character  may  be  the  antitype  in  the  heavenly  world 
of  that  which  prophets  foretold  should  occur  in  this,  it  was  revealed  to  the  Apos- 
tle John  that  *Hhe  nations  of  them  which  are  saved  walk  in  the  light''  of  the 
new  Jerusalem,  whilst  '*  the  kings  of  the  earth  do  bring  their  glory  and  honor 
into  it." 

Prayer  then  should  be  the  first  reliance  of  the  Church  as  she  systematizes  her 
great  work.  It  is  the  antecedent  and  preparation  for  all  right  giving.  In 
addition  to  the  fullest  circulation  of  information,  this  Committee,  as  is  well  known, 
have  also  recommended  that  the  weekly  offerings  of  God's  house  for  our  church- 
work  should  be  invariably  consecrated  to  His  service  by  prayer  at  the  time  of 
their  collection,  and  that  the  monthly  concert  should  be  revived  with  vigor  in 
all  our  churches.  Were  the  whole  Church  to  consecrate  her  offerings  in  this  way, 
it  is  believed  that  a  deeply  spiritual  and  hallowed  influence  would  be  felt  anew 
in  her  communion,  and  enlarged  gifts  soon  accompany  these  prayers. 

On  this  subject  Christians  must  gain  increase  of  faith,  not  by  looking  backwards 
at  their  past  dullness,  for  the  times  were  not  then  ripe  for  very  large  missionary 
enterprises — not  by  looking  around  them  to  compare  their  works  with  those  of 
others,  for  Scripture  has  declared  that  this  is  unwise;  but  by  looking  to  the 
future  with  earnest  aspiration,  praying  and  giving,  in  order  '*  that  the  prophecy 
may  be  fulfilled." 

W.  S.  GiLifAN,  ^  Executive  Committee 

John  Thomson,  D.D.,  of  the  General 

John  Taylor  Johnston,     -  Assembly's  Commitfee 
George  Dk  Forest  Lord,      on  Benevolence  and 
Edward  A.  Lavbirt,       j  Finance. 


VINDICATION  OF  THE  COMMITTEE'S  WORK. 

INTERESTING   ITEMS. 

Thb  Committek's  Plan  New — the  Committee's  Plan  Old. — Men  whom  we 
hold  in  high  esteem  have  objected  that  the  plans  of  this  Committee  are  new,  and 
revolutionary — others  that  they  are  old,  and  not  needed.  The  truth  seems  to  be 
an  perceived  by  both.  They  are  not  new.  They  are  not  old.  To  those  who  have 
not  adopted  the  scriptural  practice  which  they  require,  they  are  new ;  to  those  who 
have,  they  are  old.  Imbued  with  the  spirit  of  Scripture,  founded  on  principles  of 
benevolence,  which  were  approved  by  the  last  Assembly,  (Minutes  of  1873,  p.  499) 
and  vindicated  by  business  principles  and  by  results,  they  stand  in  this  light,  vis: 
They  necessctrily  produce  what  is  needed  by  the  Church, — increased  consecration, 
larger  offerings,  and  more  regular  supplies,  whenever  faithfully  practised.  It  ii» 
for  such  a  plan,  ''a  small  thing  to  be  judged  of  man's  judgment.''  The  plan,  ws 
think,  rather  judges  the  Church  by  this  question^Are  you  prepared  to  adopt  for 
the  Master's  glory  that  which  is  so  productive  and  so  spiritual  ? 

The  Consolidation  of  Boards. — ^The  avowed  object  of  those  desiring  consoli- 
dation is  to  concentrate  church-work  of  one  kind  into  one  office.  No  consolidar 
tion  would  concentrate  so  much  work  of  one  kind  into  one  office  as  to  withdraw 
from  our  eight  Boards  and  Committees  all  the  labor  of  receiving,  acknowledging, 
recording  and  publishing  the  offerings  of  the  Church,  in  order  to  bring  it  all 
under  the  charge  of  one  committee.  The  saving  in  letter-writing,  time,  office 
work  and  printing  would  be  great,  but  other  advantages  to  be  gained  through  the 
concentration  of  statistics  would  be  greater.  A  similar  measure  has  come  to  be  one 
of  prime  necessity  in  all  good  governments,  and  in  business  establishments  haring 


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[its.  It  gives  the  essential  naclens  in  any  financial  system,  and  we  can 
ioubt  it  will  form  a  most  important  part  in  the  machinery  of  the  earnest 
'  the  future. 

BRPRETATIOX   OF   THB    ASSEMBLY'S   ACTION. — ReV.  R.    L.    StaNTOV,    D.D.,      4 

hold  in  very  high  re<<ard,  appears  to  have  made  a  grave  error  in  an^^ 
**  Beneficence  in  the  Presbyterian  Church,"  published  7th  of  Auii^ust  in 
^endent.  He  says  in  substance,  that  the  Schedule  of  the  wants  of  the 
made  an  assessment  upon  the  churches,  and  that  consequently  the  plan 
I  principles  which  are  directly  opposed  to  the  method  laid  down  in  the 
5od." 

'ommittee  recommended  a  Schedule  in  their  report,  thus :  "  Such  a 
without  dictating  how  much  shaU  he  given,  simply  represents  the 
ftnd  the  proportions  which  the  work  of  the  church  demands,  as  deter- 
er  full  conference  with  the  Secretaries  of  all  the  Boards.'*  And  the 
made  it  a  mere  *' recommendation,"  which  is  in  perfect  conformity  with 
pies  of  common  sense  and  of  the  word  of  God. — Minutes  of  the  Assembly^ 
)07.  Hence,  as  the  Assembly  made  no  assessment  by  the  adoptioo  of  a 
of  proportions,  but  accepted  a  report  which  expressly  declared  the 
our  valued  friend's  argument  falls  to  the  ground  for  lack  of  a  basis  of 
rors  respecting  facts  and  misconceptions  of  facts,  have  appeared  in 
r  some  writers  of  less  note,  but  they  have  been  already  answered  in  our 
ins,  and  need  not  be  again  referred  to. 

T  IN  Publication  of  Rbcbipts. — A  highly  esteemed  clergyman  in  New 
9  written  to  us  as  follows :  "  Please  inform  the  Board  of  Foreign  Mis- 
we  desire  them  to  save  the  expense  of  acknowledging  any  contribution 
\  the  Reeordj  as  we  consider  your  receipt  sufficient."  Secretary  Lowrie 
ned  us  they  will  respect  the  requests  of  donors  in  this  matter.  We 
repeat  the  fact,  explained  at  length  in  the  July  number  of  the  Record^ 
foreign  Board  r^uhlishes  monthly  their  fractional  parts  of  our  receipts 
hole  work.  This  has  caused  the  publication  by  that  Board  of  sums  as 
'  Anamosa  church,  Iowa,  40  cents ;"  ^*  Marysville  ohnroh,  Tennessee,  49 
0.  Should  all  the  Boards  and  Committees  pursue  the  same  course,  we 
kve  credits  printed  as  small  as  6  and  7  cents,  and  more  than  a  thousand 
n  our  published  receipts  in  a  single  month.  Of  course,  some  would  be 
expended  in  the  publication.  These  facts  strikingly  illustrate  the 
se  of  what  we  have  said  above  on  the  subject  of  *^  Consolidation." 

CRT,  The  Church  is  in  Danger  1" — One  of  the  ablest  American  writers 
ianity  has  said,  *^  The  cry,  '  The  Church  is  in  danger  I'  is  almost  as  old  as 
;h;  and  there  never  has  been  a  time  when^there  has  not  been  in  some 
a  tendency  to  repress  inquiry  and  discourage  thorough  discussion." 
fill  the  Record  with  the  testimony  of  some  of  the  deepest  thinkers  of 
iry  in  favor  of  thorough  discussion — Farraday,  M.  de  Pressensd,  Duke  of 
'anon  Liddon,  Edward  Oarbett,  k^.  Christians  too,  at  least  those  who 
prehensive  views  and  even  a  moderate  degree  of  faith,  can  discuss  now 
3uld  not  in  the  days  of  our  fathers.  All  seek  one  glorious  end,  and  only 
;o  means ;  and  it  may  be  said  of  the  meeker  Christian  of  this  decade,  that  ^ 
sion, 

«<fle  is  like  a  lamb, 
That  carries  anj^er  as  the  flint  bears  flre; 
Who  much  cDforced,  shows  a  hasty  spark. 
And  straight  is  coid  again.**  Digitized  by 


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348     General  Assembly  $  Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance,     {^October 

Rev.  A.  H.  Hand,  D  D  ,  whose  church  has  doubled  their  offerings  through  the 
adoption  of  the  Committee^s  plans,  has  lately  said :  "  My  people  know  five  times  as 
much  about  the  various  causes  as  they  did  under  the  old  method  of  separate 
annual  collections.  I  could  not  bear  the  idea  of  a  return  to  the  old  practice,  nor 
do  I  believe  any  one  would  desire  to  do  so  whose  church  has  faithfully  tried  the 
new.''  **  But,"  said  he,  *'  the  method  involves  labor,  on  my  part,  to  keep  the  people 
interested  rnd  well  informed  regarding  the  church-work;  yot  this  is  just  what  I 
myself  need  also.^ 


Bbcbipts  nr  Atjodst,  1873. 
Jt3^  Synods  in  sviii.  oiprals— Preflbyteries  in  ltoftV»— Churches  in  Roman— «p  for  Special. 

49-*  Distribulum  is  made  preeUelv  as  dornyrs  direct     Where  no  directions  ctre  given^  the  division  is 

always  made  by  the  Oeneral  Assembly* s  per  eentage. 
Jt^  The  oontraotion  sp  for  special,  designates  offerings  for  but  apart,  andnotfor  the  tohote  work  tf 

the  Church, 

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10.    Afo^oninj7— Middle  Sandy,  sp  13;  Salem  40.  tsr— Maliopac  Fall8  47                                    7«i9  OS 

St    Ooirswitfe-Powhattan,  sp  6.     SleubenvWe-^  Phimdblphii.  —  C*«»<sr  — New   London   62; 

Bethel,  8p4;i  18:  SalloefjIleS  77                 138  96  Media  64.   IrafAiioanna-Coalfille  29  80;  Wilkes- 

£,iiB,__,Br{«— Waterford,  sp                        W  96  barr**,  np  263  76 ;  Montrose (5  of  which  ft-om  Miss 

GsJCBVA  ^Oavwfa-Qeuon  2d.  sp  10.    Chemung  Delia  Parke)  sp  1.  9 ; /rankl in  18 ;  Scranioo  Is^ 

Waikin«iMi3>60-  Elmira  l«t  60;  Tyrone  2  10;  ^P  ♦!<);  Wyalu««m«  2d  16.     I^eAiff  A— Low^r  Mt 

S:,»fr  hS? I  i?'  S^fl»j-Wmiam'K>n^  a^    Steu^  Beihel  23  4I ;  Weatherly.  sp  14  60;  Shenandoah 

£rR2vLTuf?e?sV6T*AddT^^^^  |,r.e't*iir^^*^    ane^i^-?>hiladelphm.  ^  Tiog 

m^h\T«"o ~*""^'*"**'"^'*^^''^''''*'  ^'^S^  S  PiTTS.osoH.-Ptt/«6un7A-Lebanon  114  %->:  EmI 

MHall,  sp                                  o„„,i^fi9fln.  Libeny206  36.     IKa«Awj7<<w-WheeIinc  4(h  4 10. 

Illinois,  ^0BTH.— iJoc*  JWpar— Hamlet  l z  so ,  ^^^    Fi/oimo— Huntington   Breckenridg«<  sp 

Perryiou  7                                                          **  *'*  14  95                                                                  339  65 

ILUKOW,  SoOTB.— i4««»-Virden  21  86.    Otro  Tikkbsseb.— tT/iion— New  Market,  «p         9  20 

-Grand  Tower,  yp  10                     -      .  ,,„  "  iW  ToLSDa-BeWe'onMin^H-Bacyras  35 :  Bellcfon- 

lHDUicA»  '^®»T«— '^^^T^**fr"o  u     u2a®     a  taine  iHt  (:X)  of  whir-h  8ab-soii)  68.    Lim/i— Del- 

Logansport-Ln  Porte  (of  which  Sab-sch  20  and  phoH(2  of  wh.ch  from  Sab-soh)  1 1 :  M»  J.-ffer8on, 

Ladies*^  Miss'y  Soc'y  ft)  169  ^J  J^P»f«!J*P?'^'w^  spS  6u.    J^auiwes-HicksTille  8;  Uuiou  6    126  50 

S  W.  ^^•''^•-^•"Jsburg  7;  Shiloh  3  ll^aj  *'w«ffsait  .Nsw  YoEK.-B«/ato-Butralo,  West- 

,              o             «r      ifK^        v-AiK-^9^  min«er97  60.    Oenesee  VaUey-C»t*fu  ^p  ao.   B<h 

IHBIAWA,  Soum—2Vw  ilf6any-New  Albany  2d  cA«tsr-Mt  Morris  223  98;    Rochester  Cemral 

160  00  211                                                                        662  48 

Iowa,  NoaTH.-Oidar  iJapfds-- Vinton  «J2  62 ;  WiM0Ji8i5.-ifiiwat4*«s-Delafleld               8  60 

Anamosa  I  87.     Woisrtoo-Aokley  18         367  89  __^ 

Iowa,  South— /wo— Kossuth  let  20  86.    Iowa  Total,       $7,6J3  73 

afy-Walcott.sp9      „  ,^     ^  ^     ^        '^^f  msteiboto  a.  follows: 

Kansas— HiyWond—Holton  3  40.   JV«o«Aa-Ot-  »^^^i^  M!-ir.n-                toin^^  o^^ 

4^_-  la,  |o  ail  81  70  ForeiRn  Missions ».92405  o^  »   t2oai  m 

KsKTUCiT.— 7Von«vi««»»to-0olnmbia,  pp  21  00  flome  Missions.......-.....^.^-...- 1624  04 

MiceiaAK.  — Omnd   fiipids  —  Pewamo    18  66.  Church  Erection « «..      M3  5T 

X,<in«t»(^-Mason  70  26;  LanninK  2d  (16  of  which  Educaiion ..........~........    1091  79 

from  aab-sch)  sp  64.    fllaoinao— Bay  City  Ist  160  Snsieniation «. »      326  03 

292  91  Mini!*t.rial   Relief. — 3W  6S 

MiifHB80TA.-5fanteto- Pleasant    Ridge    10;  Freednen 305  M 

W«ll8  10     St  Pnut^-it  Paul  Central  62  66;  St  Pul^lioauon  ..«*....««.«.«.....-....... —     315  83 

Clou  J 13  80.     fK.nono— Preston,  sp  67  40    163  86  „ 

MissouBl.-Se  Louis-St  Louis  2d              800  00  Treneurer 

Nr.w  JsastT.-iS^fsa'^-Ro^ene  105  93;8nm.  "'  ^'  '^^^'^^^  oT^T^, 

roit  West  58  97;  WeMfleld  80:  Pluokamin  17  60;  ^        **•  O-  »°*  ^   . 

Clarksville  20;    Elisabeth  8d  86.    Monmouth^  83  Centre  Street,  New  kork. 

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ECCLESIASTICAL  RECORa 


riOF    OF    THE    PASTOUAL    BEUATIOft. 

L  A.  E  Taylor  and  the  Mt,  Auburn 
L\nc)nnjUii,  <)\\{ti. 

tKATIO.^S    AMD     f  IfSTAtlATIOSS. 

I,  M,  l>;iveup*jrt  was  onlamf^il  and 
pustor  of  StAtevihe  ckurcli,  by  the 
ly  ol  W««rTntt}sler,  on  tlia   l:ilh  uf 

\  H,  Kflilftgg  was  itis'UUed  pasktr  of 
trtil  Prtfsbylt?niin  chqrch,  rhiladtjl- 
thw  li)tl]  oF^t*pte tuber. 

ILU**    RECElVgD   QR    AC4TEPTEP. 

pViMirtui   E    J  onus  to  the   Neshainiay 

»t  Wttrwkk,  1 1 1*1  Li  villi*.  Pn 

J  C    L;iiub  io  Lha  church  of  Bratil, 

t).  Nilps   Freeland   to  tne  church  at 

I.  N   J 

L  A.  Wood  to  tlie  cbtifch  at  Ljrons, 

.  T  Pollock  to  the  cbarch  at  Tiffin, 

I.  B    Rofsiter  to  the  North   church, 

rk  t'lty. 

I   W.Cougdoii  to  the  church  at  Cou- 

i^  J.   Lawry,   D  D  ,  to  the  Chestnut 
inrch,  LouisTille,  Ky. 
Inhti  L   Wuhrow,  D  D  ,  to  the  Second 
Indianap>iiH,  Ind- 

[homud  Gailaher  lo  the  First  ch,  La 
Mo. 

J  CO.  F.  Cain  to  the  Indiana  church, 
jry  of  Kittanning. 

[.  limght  to  the  church  in  Twenty- 
,rd,  Cincinnati.  Oliio 
J.  B  Parsona,  D  D  ,  to  Trinity  church, 
phi  A. 

Charlet  E    Van  A  lie  a  h&i  declined 
to    the   chtirchea   of    Danvdle   and 
Mansfield 

IT  OFFtCa    ADDRE^aeS    CHAyCJEIV. 

De!o*  E.  Finks  froifi  Auburn,  K.Y, 
^lay,  Park  county.  Col, 
D.   V,   Mays  from   PuUnd,  Ohio,   to 
n.  Pa 

ft  A.  Browa  from  Phi!ad<^lphialo  618 
iuth  Street,  Wi1ra[in;Jton    Del. 
Jamefl   A.    Mcrtow^aa    from   Taylor's 
Stin water,  Minn 

Jmnea  M-  Salmon   from  Whito  Haven 
or,  Northampton  county,  Ptu 
C    K  Sinoyer  from  Nokoniia,  III.,  to 
Erie  county,  Ohio, 

BVeilerick   KaightoD,  D  D.,  from   Bel- 
o  Cranberry,  N  J. 
J,  E.  Molfatt  from  Ddcatur  to  OttAwa, 

Craig  R    Van  Eman    frotn    Garden 
0  Medora,  Warren  county.  Iowa 
BenUi^y  S  Foster  from  D  tin  mo  re.  Pa  , 
ov«r,  N  J. 

A,  A»  E  Taylor  from  Cincmnati, 
^  Woo5ter,  Ohio. 


Reir.  X  E  Stewart  from  Morrii,  111 .  to 
Florence,  Kao. 

Hev,  J.  T.  Pollock  from  Mooroeville  to 
TiOin.  Seneca  county,  Uhio, 

Rev  J  W  Piukerton  from  Carthligt^  Mo., 
to  lula.  Kiin 

ReV  J  II.  Augbey  from  Beaver,  Pii ,  to 
1202  Maih:M^i[i  .SlrL'*ii.  St   Luuis,  Mo. 

Rev  J  H  t^cott  fruui  St  Louia,  Mo  ,  to 
Metropolis,  Wassaic  cuunty.  III 

Rtiv.  Alexiiudtir  Ue<-d,  \}  U  .  from  Fhih*- 
delphiii  to  J^i  sji'lney  Pht- e,  Brooklyn.  N   Y. 

Kev,  Alcjtiinder  Xellurd  from  Spring  Ililb, 
Ohio,  to  Nt'W  Cststlo,  Ind 

Rt?v  J  Emory  Fisher  from  Fostoria,  Ohio, 
to  Aubura,  iiid 

Kl'V  U  Huyser  from  Barton.  Wi*s ,  to  Mil- 
wauketi.  Wiii 

Rolf  Jos.  Re«s  from  Lynd,  Minn.,  to  Blaeu 
Avon,  Minn 

Ki3V.  D.  B  Jackson  from  Crystal  Lake, 
Minn.,  to  Black  Kiver  Falls,,  U' is, 

Rwv  Geuige  K  Witrd  fruui  Princeton, 
N  J  ,  tL.  Dansville,  N    Y. 

Rev  Tiierun  L  Waldo  from  Manchester, 
MiiLh  .  to  Puiteney.  N    Y", 

K+'%^  (Jeorge  L  Ltttlia  from  Omaha,  Nob., 
to  West  Puint,  Neb. 

Rev  J.  H  .Siaith  from  French  Grove  to 
YdtesCity,  111, 

Kev.  Ji>hu  Creath  from  Vernon,  I&d.,  to 
Merced,  Cal. 

Rer.  D  T  Grtrnaban  from  PitUbnrgh  to  Oil 
City,  Pa 

ll^v  S  M  Crisaman  from  Elkhart,  Ind.,  to 
Depere,  Ind. 

Rev  George  Elliott  from  Freeport,  111,,  to 
McEwreosivjlle,  Pa, 

Rov  J  A  I,  Lowes  from  Wooster,  Ohio,  to 
Oxiord,  OhiQ 

Rev.  T  Gallaher  from  Pisgah,  III,  to  La 
Grange^  Mo 

Rev.  Lewis  Nelson  from  Wilmington, 
N.  C  ,  to  Camden,  N.  J, 

Rev.  Janiea  M,  LfiU  Bach  from  L€aveu- 
worth,  IinJ  ,  to  Morrm,  IIL 

Rev  John  C  King  from  Vinton,  iown,  to 
Chase  City,  V'a. 

Rttv,  Ls-aar*  E,  Carey  from  Fre«port,  111.,  to 
Waterloo,  Iowa, 

Rev  Gardner  Spring.  D.D.,  at  Xew  York, 
on  the  18th  of  August,  in  the  8'nh  year  of 
his  age. 

RiL+v.  Archibald  Heron,  at  Muucj,  Pft.,  on 
the  LBth  of  August,  in  th«  55tli  year  of  hit 
age 

Kev.  Amos  Herring,  at  Buchanan,  Liberia, 
on  the  14th  of  June,  in  the  8Uth  year  of  hia 
age 

Rt!v.  W,  S.  Rodgers.  at  Oxford.  Ohio,  on 
the  2Qth  of  August' in  the  65th  year  of  hia 

Ke^v,  Daniial  Wells,  at  Prairie  da  Rac,  Wis., 
on  the  2Ltth  of  Atigust,  in  the  68th  year  of 
hif»  a^a. 


»e  Mtmthfi/  Rrcnrd  and  yariou.i  other  pobliratfons  are  a»^nt  to  all  our  tninisterii  and 


leu.  it  i-s  ioiporiatit  thfit  all  cliangeg  of  a>i^lre^■5eH  shouiJ  be  com  nunsc^ted  direetty  tof^^^^ 
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Mears  has  told  The  Stort  or  Madaoascar  with  singular  clearness,  and  with  an 
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Board  of  IToTri©  MJsal^ns.— Aclinn  of  the  HiwrJ-G^winc  litr^^W  fo  TTrvmp  M*H«lof»«  ] 
htTj.^  tiMD^'  t«i  nli  ih*j  U^irtrd*— 1  lia  Piii*i  utiti  H*  i*Tf2-i'iii~KHUPi*}f--^*jrili*  ni  VVii 
A|^l»oiDLnic'nlH  mfl(Je  4ii  Ocioijt-r — Rt^ieipc „„,.„.,. .„».......^...» «..«. -^ 

Board  of  EducalioQ.— Stuie  ot  nm  Fund— The  PriviU'^^  of  rrpuchniij  ih««rt*pfl  j' 
TJu-  CofJjMTMUou  ol  tUe  Ctiumh  wun  llig  IJoly  SiijiiJl— A  enpiul  4^JuolllClli  Rt-pcwt  fioui 
Hecfkp'M «  .- «„.»..«.«.«  » ^..« .»„**. '""» - ■""" 

Bonrdof  Foreiffii  Miaaiona  — UfCf^nt  Inidhsence— Tht  ShuaTion— The  AbiUty  of  ih 
lu  tnlwr^B  ibe  Mi^-i.iu* -UeeojIeLnnjiiaatid  CotnnjenN*~'l'heSiflle  ofihoCa^©  lO  tUly^-Kti 

Board  Of  Fublication.— Our  Calporteiirs  not  B^ok-PiiJ  JlttM— Exprrtn^  a^b^cnpiiocn- 
(Jie^.bbuld'f'clkaot  Viniiorr* — Xuw  Buokd— l>o nut ien».... ».„—.".- "* « „^.,-.„4*« 

Bourd  of  Church  Ereotloa— The  EtTTicL^  of  ike  Pnnic— llo*  It  Work%— Donalioof*-.... 

Relief  Fund  for  Disabled  Minstera,— Need  oF  Fun-Is— Caiei*  of  Dislre!^*—Retf«lpi 

Qeneral  Asiiembly'ji  Uommitlee  oa  Freedmen  —  What  ia  doiOj^  for  ihe  Freedi 

CommUlee  on  Bustentalion^— Appeni— ThftCongfe^piiionalisl  MoTement— H*ceip*t» 
Coiiimtxiee  on  BeueFoleno©  sad  Finance.— Frequent  t  ffs-ringj*  wilJi   full   lofo 


THE   GETIERAIj  AS.^EMUIiY'S   C'OllMITrEi:  OS    IlEXETOX.i:XCE 

linve  recommended  to  rt!l  of  Ihe  churcbca  pyj-tematk^  fnayt'i Tul,  weekly  or  mortllilir  off 
ihfi  whol»  wimk  at  lltf  Churi.'^h  aa  n  pnrt  oi  tho  wcH^liip  ■■!'  Uud'n  lioii^o;  and  Uie  Geii«i 
Liy  of  13^71  ti'ConiMH-ndtid  ^'idl  tionyjiegFitiuns  to  remii  eulier  to  Ihiii  Commillee  or  Wtho  I 
Bu^rds,  moiiihly,  or  al  'cast  qiianoily,  for  iht*  loiuflL  of  iho  w]jo1e  work," 

rnOPOItTlOAS  UECOMMEXUEU  MtY  ill E  ASlti:MnLT» 


Hum*'  MimniuHH^  i'JJ^  **  •'  :*J'^,JO«. 
fhttrr/i  tuttdm*,  U  **  "  J'^*OjHM» 
J:aI  ligation,  7       "        *        iaj,00&. 


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J^tbfU'ttlioii,  xf       «        « 


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FORM  OF  BEQUEST   TO  AKY  OF  THE  BOARDS, 

The  8Eat«  liiw.«  dfiTftr  »o  Tfiuc?h  thnt  no  one  rorm  wlU  Anawer  In  atl  tUe  SUilet,  but  in  i 
U!s  etifieriiJia!  logive  the  moiiT  coAronATR  hame. 

IteqiiesiH  for  Home  MiMiom^ihaiild  be  made  to  '*  The  BQfirdnf  TT^tnA  MiSii&m  af  tht  Pt 
Chiitch  iti  lilt  Unitfji  isfnlci  of  AmencA,'*  iflikdi  i«  now  the  eorporiite  titln. 

Ol  ihts  Boari  of  Education  iho  corparaLe  name  b  "  The  Board  of  EUmation  qf  th*  Pi 
Chareh  in  fftet-nited  i^tattaof  Ametica/* 

The  Board  of  Forolgn  MiiJtoiu  ia  lni?orpM5ratcd  under  the  Inwj*  of  New  York,  lander  M 
•"  7*/x*  B'tard  of  Forcrjjd  Mtasi'ifVt  of  ihe  Pretbf/terietn  Chureh  in  Ike  United  Utatu  of  J«j»« km." 

Tlie  Botrd  of  FublicatJou  Is  Incjrpornleid  under  the  laws  of  l^eaa«<yltanla,  under  tJ 
"The  'iiitittfti  tj/  th«  Preahf/ttTian  Doird  cf  PuMicationJ^ 

Tlie  Board  of  Church  Erection  U  Incarporute  J  and»r  the  iityle  of  "  Th«  T^mteet  of  \ 
E^ttinm  Fund  of  ih€  Qtntrai  A««cinM//  nf  the  Prfi'ftt/tcrian  Church  in  the  United  Statm  of 
inrorp'mtcd  j^tarchsi,  1855,  by  Ihe  Lpgij-lntLirc  of  the.Stiite  of  Nesr  york. 

Bfqije!«t§  ihAl  i.a^o  bpen  madti  to  ilie  "  TrmttfA  of  the  OenereU  Asden^biif,**  Of  to  the  •*  I 
(he  Pre^hvfrrtan  Ilouni,'*  for  Cmiroh  purprise:*,  will  be  Taiid, 

All  Beqnesta  mide  to  the  tncorporatea  lior^rda  or  Commltteei  of  the  two  lafe  AaMi 
Trddl.  tin-l  wilt  be  received  hy  the  Bo^irJa  whleli  are  their  legaJ  Huccenf ora. 

The  Hellet  Ftind  lor  Dl«ab.ed  Ministers,  ani  the  W^Jows  an;|  Orphans  of  Deceaud 
requtn-H  ihe  roLlourjns^  form: 

"1  j<ivc  and  beqaeatli  to  my  ex^cut^^rs  herelnafTer  ndmoJ,  dollnrB  In  trn^l,  nei 

ihnt  tlipy  «.|mll.  Wtlhin —  Tni<intha  nfler  myJectsasei,  pay  Lho  nnme  lO'lhe  Tru*ttt*%ff  t 

Ain^rtttiiift  of  ihi.  t*FCMiAt/ffrian  Church  in  tho  Uriited  Stateaof  AtnerieOt  for  the  use  of  tha  Fuc 
ahli<*d  MiniKterjHi  nnd  their  Fmriilies.'' 

When  rtat  «*iaU  oroiktr  pr^petlif  u  gtveii,  Ut  it  b§  particuUtrljf  daiynaUd. 


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'      PRESBYTERIAN  MONTHLY 
!  RECORD. 

Vot.  XXIV,         PHILADELPHIA,  DECEMBER  1873.  No.  12. 

BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 

Skilfal  and  oarefol  mariners  are  accustomed  to  take  obseryations  freqaently, 
to  ascertain  their  position  and  the  direction  in  which  they  are  moying,  and  to 
note  the  winds  and  the  currents  that  vary  their  course  or  endanger  their 
craft.     By  the  list  of  appointments  in  this  number  of  the  Record  it  appears 
that  the  Board  at  its  late  meeting  did  appoint  more  than  one   hundred 
missionaries,  many  of  them  new  men,  a  number  never  equalled  but  once 
in  the  whole  history  of  the  Board.     Should  any  express  surprise  at  such 
an  act,  and  inquire  if  the  Board  was  not  aware  of  the  financial  troubles 
through  which  the  country  is  passing;  we  can  only  say  that  the  Board  is 
most  fully  aware  of  these  things ;  that  it  has  observed  the  general  distress 
of  great  business  firms,  and  the  natural  effect  on  all  the  business  of  the 
country;  the  general  shrinking  in  all  values;  that  the  American  Board  of 
Commissioners  for  Foreign   Missions,  at  its  late  annual  meeting,  reported 
itself  in  debt,  at  the  close  of  the  year,  for  almost  the  first  time  in  its  whole 
history,  thus  following  in  the  footsteps  of  our  own  Foreign  Board ;  and  that 
it  has  no  idea  how  seriously  the  stringency  of  the  times  may  affect  contri- 
butions to  the  work  of  Hoine  Missions.    Do  any  ask,  then,  how  could  they 
go  forward  and  make  these  appointments  and  incur  the  consequent  expenses? 
We   reply  again  that  all  the   Synods  at  the  West  have  just  had   their 
Annual  Meetings,  and  have  sent  to  us  their  statements  of  wide  destitutions 
and  great  demands  for  missionaries ;  that  all  these  come  before  the  Board, 
making  such  a  picture — a  glimpse  of  which  may  be  found  on  the  pages  of  the 
present  number  of  the  Record^  and  which,  but  for  want  of  space,  we  would 
make  much  more  clear — that  they  were  constrained  to  say,  We  cannot  do  less 
than  make  these  appointments.     Acting  in  behalf  of  the  church,  we  dare  not 
decline  to  appoint  men  to  preach  when  the  destitutions  are  so  wide  and  the 
r  people  so  eager  to  hear. 

The  Lord,  whose  is  the  church,  and  whose  are  we,  in  his  providence  has 
scattered  these  sheep  of  the  flock  where  they  are  now  found;  he  has  awakened 
that  earnest  longing  for  the  gospel ;  he  has  furnished  us  the  men  ready  to  go 


882  Board  of  Home  Missums.  IDecemher 

— ^yes,  more ;  bis  is  the  silver  and  the  gold,  and  the  cattle  on  a  thousand  hills, 
large  amounts  of  which  are  held  by  his  servant?  and  stewards — what  are  we, 
then,  that  we  should  step  in  and  forbid  these  people  to  hear  the  word  of 
the  Lord  ? 

We  are  greatly  in  debt  to  our  missionaries  already ;  that  debt  is  now  in- 
creasing every  day ;  but  are  not  all  the  pastors  and  members  of  our  churches 
the  Lord's  loving  disciples  ?  Do  they  not  live  to  do  his  will,  and  be  "  workers 
together  with  him"  in  building  up  his  kingdom  ?  Are  they  not  able  to  cany 
on  this  work  ?  There  can  be  no  doubt  of  it.  Acting  as  the  Lord's  servants, 
we  dared  not  decline  to  make  these  appointments,  because  we  were  perfectly 
sure  that  the  church  is  abundantly  able  to  see  that  the  missionaries  ha?e 
their  pay.  We  are  sure  that  the  work  of  Home  Missions  lies  very  near  the 
hearts  of  God's  people,  and  we  cannot  believe  they  will  let  these  faithfal 
frontier  laborers  suffer. 

In  this  faith  we  have  acted.  And  we  ask  all  the  ministers  and  all  the 
lovers  of  Home  Missions  in  our  churches  if  this  faith  is  not  theirs.  If  so, 
send  us  help.  Send  it  speedily.  Send  the  Annual  Collection  from  the  churches 
— send  the  thank-offerings — send  the  hoarded  balance — send  the  widow's 
mite.  And  may  the  Lord  and  King  in  Zion,  who  loves  his  church  as  the 
apple  of  his  eye,  send  his  blessing. 


GIVING  LARGELY  TO  HOME  MISSIONS  PROMOTES  LARGE  GIVING 
TO  ALL  THE  BOARDS. 

Many  of  the  readers  of  the  Record  will  remember  the  effort  made  by  our 
Board  in  1872,  to  make  the  Synods  in  the  four  States  of  Ohio,  Indiana, 
Michigan,  and  Illinois  sdf-mstaining. 

It  will  be  interesting  to  all  such  to  observe  the  following  observations 
made  in  the  Synod  of  Illinois  South  by  one  who  had  more  to  do  with  this 
effort  there  than  any  other  man. 

The  direct  and  indirect  influences  of  that  effort  were  so  healthful  that 
every  Board  might  well  wish  for  its  repetition.  The  method  and  it«  succeas 
are  both  worthy  of  remembrance.     The  following  are  his  words  : 

"In  Rbferenge  to  Funds. 
"  At  the  close  of  March  last  there  had  elapsed  tliree  full  years  of  benevolent 
action  since  the  reunion  of  the  two  branches  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
In  the  first  of  these  years  the  churches  of  this  Synod  contributed  to  Home 
Missions  $2125;  in  the  second,  $3922;  in  the  third,  $2740.  Thus  the 
second  year  showed  an  advance  of  $1797  over  the  first,  and  the  third  a 
diminution  of  $1182  from  the  second.  This  fluctuation  is  easily  accounted 
for.  For  the  second  year  the  Synod  and  its  Presbyteries  recommended  to 
each  church  to  raise  for  the  cause  an  amount  which  should  be  equal  to  an 
average  of  at  least  61  cents  per  member.  Honest  and  earnest  efforts  were 
made  to  meet  this  recommendation.  The  Synodical  Missionary  presented  the 
cause  in  person  to  more  than  sixty  of  our  churches.  Other  brethren  exerted 
themselves  nobly.  The  result  was  a  great  advance.  One  Presbytery  more 
than  met  its  assessment.  The  others  made  large  advances  .and  nearly 
reached  the  required  amount.     But  the  last  year  has  shown  a  fklling  back. 


1873.]  Board  of  Home  JUmions.  383 

not  indeed  to  the  status  of  71,  but  a  falling  off  of  $1182,  nearly  one-third 
from  ^72.  This  is  serious,  but  I  think  ib  can  be  fully  accounted  for ;  and 
tbe  explanation  lies  mainly  in  one  fact.  We  did  not  exert  ourselves  in  *73  as 
we  did  in  72.  The  Synodioal  Missionary  comes  first  to  oof^fession.  He 
foand,  or  fancied,  that  a  few  brethren  thought  the  efforts  of  '72  for  Home 
Missions  were  giving  to  that  cause  an  undue  prominence  over  the  other 
benevolent  causes.  He  also  felt  that  the  business  of  presenting  the  benevo- 
lent causes  belonged  rather  to  the  pastors  than  to  him.  The  result  is  that 
we  accomplish  much  less  in  '73  than  in  '72. 

^^But  if  we  have  gone  back  in  Home  Missions,  have  we  not  gone  forward 
in  other  causes?  The  figures  will  show  Church  Erection, '71^  $^13;  '72, 
•1167;  '73,  $444.  Here  '72  was  likewise  the  fruitful  year,  $1167  against 
$444  in  '73.  Education,  '71,  $301 ;  72,  $572  ;  73,  $808,  a  steady  advance 
each  year.  Foreign  Missions,  '71,  $1233;  72,  $1298;  '73,  $1390,  a  very 
slight  advance  each  year. 

•'From  this  statement  two  things  are  obvious.  (1.)  7%c  active  efforts  0/72 
to  advance  Home  Missions  aided  not  ordy  that  cause,  but  ail  the  others,  (2.) 
We  need  a  simple,  common-sense  plan,  that  every  one  can  comprehend.  It 
must  be  easily  understandable  and  practicable.  And  then  the  plan  must  he 
carried  out.  Here  is  the  practical  difficulty  with  any  plan.  A  perpetual 
motion — a  self-going  machine  is  an  impossibility.  There  must  he  power — 
power  applied  by  a  human  hand.  I  have  made  an  analysis  of  the  churches 
of  this  Synod  which  have  contributed  most  per  member  the  last  year.  One, 
Garmi,  $4.63  per  member.  One,  Yirden,  $3.82i  per  member.  Twelve 
others  more  than  $2.  Eight  others  between  $1.50  and  $2.  The  plans  of 
these  churches  are  extremely  different.  I  know  in  all  the  cases  both  what 
the  machine  is  and  who  runs  it.  And  I  tell  you  most  emphatically,  it  is  not 
the  kind  of  machine — it  is  the  engineer.  It  must  ever  be  so  where  the  work 
is  done,  not  by  bringing  mind  to  bear  on  matter,  or  in  controlling  matter  by 
mechanical  force,  but  in  bringing  mind  to  bear  on  mind.  This  is  the  way 
we  must  perform  our  benevolent  work.  Mind  must  be  brought  to  bear  on 
mind,  and  the  less  of  intervening  machinery  we  have  the  better.  The  living 
man  must  face  the  living  man.  There  must  be  the  magnetism  of  personal 
presence,  and  the  force  of  present  conviction.  Said  a  hearer  of  benevolent 
appeal,  consisting  not  of  sensational  tricks  at  all,  but  of  sober  arguments 
and  calm  statements  of  facts,  *  Why,  he  took  money  right  out  of  my  pocket.'  " 


THE  PAST  AND  THE  PRESENT. 

Notes  from  a  Veteran  in  Indiana — Some  Suggestions  about  Itinerary  and  the 
Scattered  Sheep  of  the  Flock, 

"  Formerly  the  few  cities  and  towns  were  upon  rivers,  or  at  the  centre  of 
states  or  counties.  Now  they  spring  up  once  in  every  ten  miles  as  fast  as 
the  railroads  mark  off  these  miles.  Forty  years  ago  and  more,  our  Home  Mis- 
sion Boards  and  Societies  watched  these  infant  towns,  and  sent  the  home 
missionary  to  help  shape  and  mould  them.  We  sent  one,  not  as  old  as  I  was, 
to  Chicago,  but  there  were  not  materials  enough  to  collect  even  a  small  con- 


384  Board  of  Home  Misnom.  IDecemher 

gregation,  and  so  he  went  on  to  where  they  were  digging  lead  at  Oalena,  and 
there  sowed  the  seeds  of  a  church.  Another,  ahout  the  same  date,  told  me 
he  went  to  Detroit,  but  as  he  could  find  but  one  Presbyterian  family  he  went 
to  another  fi<fld.  Two  years  later  we  sent  a  good  brother  to  Chicago,  where 
all  the  Congregatiooalists  and  Presbyterians  could  do  only  made  up  (50 
towards  his  salary.  Before  1838  the  H.  M.  Society  had  paid  about  $2,000 
to  start  a  church  in  Fort  Wayne.  Dr.  Post  went  to  Logansport,  where  there 
were  not  five  hundred  white  men  north  of  him  in  the  state,  and  at  the  elose 
of  his  first  year  there  was  but  one  Presbyterian  member  of  a  chjurch  in  the 
town,  and  Mr.  Carnihan  worked  in  Lafayette  and  yicinity  more  than  a  year 
before  there  was  material  to  be  organized  into  a  church.  So  too  at  Indian- 
apolis, Evansville,  New  Albany,  Madison,  Greensburg,  &c.,  we  had  a  mis- 
sionary almost  at  the  beginning.  Now  we  have  so  many  towns  springing  up, 
and  so  few  missionaries  ready  for  this  work,  and  so  little  money  to  support 
them,  that  comparatively  little  is  done  to  secure  these  centres  of  inflaence. 
An  immense  work  for  Christ  would  be  done  if  we  could  send  a  live  mission- 
ary to  each  of  the  towns  in  our  Synod.  If  each  pastor  could  take  one  of 
these  points,  and  once  a  week,  on  a  week  day,  give  them  a  sermon,  and  once 
or  more  in  the  year  give  them  a  Sabbath,  and  watch  for  a  good  time  to 
hold  a  meeting  of  a  few  days  with  them,  we  could  have  very  soon  a  large 
number  of  branch  churches.  During  the  whole  year  my  heart,  eyes,  and 
tongue  have  been  alive  to  this  part  of  my  work,  grouping  and  supplying  the 
towns  in  this  Synod." 

Here  is  what  he  says  of  the  RuaAL  Districts  : 

*'  But  a  more  neglected  and  quite  as  important  part  of  my  work  has  been 
to  take  care  of  the  rural  districts,  which  sometimes  are  located  around  little 
towns.  If  one  of  these  churches  has  a  *  live,'  successful  minister,  he  may 
still  dismiss  as  many  members  per  year  as  he  receives,  and  even  wise  home 
missionary  men  may  inquire  whether  the  field  ought  not  to  be  given  up. 
But  where  do  these  members  go?  They  go  to  the  citieny  to  the  west,  to  col- 
k(/€y  and  to  the  pu^pif.  Since  I  have  known  this  state,  one  such  church  has 
seen  seventy-five  Presbyterian  families  move  away,  another  one  hundred 
members  and  six  hundred  hearers,  and  quite  a  number  of  other  churches 
have  dismissed  a  still  larger  portion  of  their  strength ;  and  our  whole  Synod 
has  sent  away  more  than  it  has  left — a  donation  more  valaable  than  gold  to 
bless  the  Church  in  the  ^regions  beyond.' 

''  No  city  could  flourish  unless  fed  from  the  eountry  with  men  and  women, 
any  more  than  if  the  country  should  withhold  its  bread  and  meat.  Now, 
shall  this  supply  of  youth  from  the  rural  districts  be  pious,  so  as  soon  to  be 
the  workers  in  the  church  and  the  first-class  citizens  in  every  variety  of 
business,  or  shall  they  go  to  the  city  ready  to  fall  in  with  the  agents  of  the 
Evil  One,  who  are  stationed  at  every  street  corner  to  watch  for  these  new- 
comers and  take  them  into  the  ranks  of  the  enemy.  "Who  are  the  first-class 
mechanics,  bankers,  lawyers  and  physicians,  and  the  upper  ten  in  society? 
They  are  the  men  and  women  who,  at  fifteen  or  twenty-one,  had  little  other 
capital  but  induatry,  economy,  and  perseverance.  This  great  middle  class  of 
youth  is  the  moving  power  of  every  coming  generation." 

After  having  spoken  of  the  growth  in  the  North- West,  this  is  what  he 
says  of  Southern  Indiana : 

"Just  thirty  years  ago  we  employed  Father  Dickey  to  explore  eleven  conn- 
ties  in  the '  pocket'  of  Indiana,  and  in  his  published  report  we  have  the 


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Moard  of  Btmie  Missions, 


385 


►erofmenibers  In  each  of  theev£ino:eHcal  denominations,  and  we  had  then 
ix  Pre&bjterinn  ministers.— five  of  the  counties  having:  no  Presbyterian 
ler,  »nil  not  iiic*re  thim  ibrtjUve  members.     Now  a  railroad  runs  just 

iiftlit'Bo  cjiuuttc?*.  t()iichii>^^  hvooftheni,  and  another  almost  finished, 
ud  we^i  through  the  middJi^  of  them,  another  running  south  throu<rh  these 
ii?i(,  miil  ititl  ntiother   ruiinintr  fi^om  Kvansville  west  into  Illinois.     All 

these  roiids  we  biive  watch lucn  looking  across  this  field,  and  several 
isstully  doing  the  Howe  Misi^ionary  work.  During  the  year  I  have 
Itrrcntly  vtw.mirngcd  to  seii  so  br;^'e  congregations  in  these  country  fields, 
iriug  well  with  our  ci?y  iind knees.  In  one  church  I  counted  two 
red  tkiid  fitly,  atid  two  hundred  in  a  house  standing  out  alone  in  the 
ry/' 


KANSAS. 

It.  fhmfin*i»tl  fit/  tin'  Ttm^'x-^A  Presht/terial  Committee  miff/nijjrs  its 
vff^A  t/rntt  fi*iil  ami  i€i*h  fhi-fifutions — Tlujt  Missionary/  Tent  on  the 
rmnt  Jrmit — Its  atitssiti/  a tid  its  success. 

am  in  receipt  of  your  favors,  and  my  answer  is  dclnyed  on  account  of  our 
ytfirial  and  SyQtjditrtil  ine<*t.jrkg^.  We  have  resolved  to  economize  and 
>wii  X'fi  the  lowoMt  dulliir.  Wt*  are  hoping  to  effect  the  following  com- 
quh:  Troy  iitul  Watfjena,  8  Tiiik^s  apart;  Efiingham  and  Doniphan,  18; 
u^  find  Springtide-  7  ;  N<.*tu\^'Hkti  and  Kennckukarc  united,  20;  Washing- 
id  the  entity;  Sciitt'h  Pliiin.i  and  Belleville,  8 ;  Mulberry  Creek  and 
dm  ut  Hum  Creok,  \H;  lluUon  and  Banner  neighborhood,  7;  Beloit 
ewt^U  City,  24;  Fruiikfort  and  Vermillion,  8;  Clyde  and  Haddam,  24; 
la  and  tlerman  settl foment  on  the  Blue  River;  Glasco  and  Delphos,  the 
in  tb<*  Prefihytery  of  Ttjpcka;  >hiysville  and  Beattie's,  12. 
k*e  nufiht  to  orj^anine  in  West  xVtuhison,  but  the  cry  from  beyond  is  loud, 
mast  do  the  hest  I  can  for  thb  ttpen  field. 

Hiiie  we  are  puahin^r  out  and  seizing  the  field  west,  we  mu^it  care  for 
rritory  within  as  it  filln  up, 

^ur  By  nod  c!o!ied  n  deliglitful  !^*?&sion  last  week.  We  cover  about  one- 
th  of  the  entire  Ufiited  iStati.'?i  in  territory, — Home  Missionary  ground 
:h  ttj  stir  every  soul  to  it,s  very  centre.  Our  ministers  feel  the  magni- 
id  thi^  work.  Its  very  suthljunty  inspires  us  to  renewed  efforts, 
'ho  Tout  has  been  enunc*ntly  a  stu'cess  in  its  work,  and  gives  us  a  prestige 
ghout  <?i^ht  or  ten  coontiew,  whtre  we  have  no  men  to  preach.  We  cannot 
im  because  we  crinnot  care  for  new-born  churches  so  far  away,  unles^s 
n  have  mcii*— abk  men,  of  a  heU-denying  spirit,  and  means  to  support 
and  supply  iho  litcratort*  of  oui-  i^hurch. 

'he  way  is  opening  for  larjier  draughts  upon  the  Home  Board,  not  of 
<  devising,  but  by  the  lltiiid  of  the  Church,  who  pities  the  hundreds  of 
famiiieH  in  their  f<ttd  deistitutinn.  You  have  panioiy  we  have  real  nects- 
t*>r  thc!  meii  and  money  idle  in  the  East." 


"WiNPiELD,  Cowley  Co.,  Kanans. 
>rAH  BhotIIER-— My  half  year  closes  with  this  month,  and  I  expect  to 
for  Indiunji  sc>on»  I  have  beeouie  very  strongly  attached  both  to  the 
and  to  the  people  here,  atid  I  wihh  I  had  strength  suflScient  to  remain 
'iiitivate  the  fiuld;  but  1  have  not,  and  I  must  give  way  to  some  other 
tnuy  bo  able  to  aecompHsh  more,  I  don't  regret  coming  out  here  at  all. 
ie¥€!  Froridenc^  had  an  inipi>rtant  work  for  me  to  do  here,  and  I  have 
jeJed  far  beyond  my  ejtpeciadonB  when  I  came — just  at  the  beginning 
ntfifj  tiad  every  tbiog  tb«tt  looked  discouraging. 


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B(^ard  of  Home  MinsionM. 


ilk 


"  We  Imve  reeei?ed  four  more  good  members  into  the  cburcTi  at  A — 
since  Prosbjtery,  ihree  of  thom  men^  inuking  twenty  there,  and  serem 
at  Win  field  j  so  that  iti  the  aggregate  1  have  gathered  iDttt  tLcse  iwo  c\ 
jibouL  Bixty  members,  and  some  others  not  jet  enrolled.  They  will  so< 
urj  org^tniMtioa  ten  milc^  north,  jil^n  ten  miles  southH?:idt.  ako  twtnt 
H<)tuh-ecis-t,  also  twelve  tutles  north-efiafc  from  here.  We  need  three  ^o 
in  this  county.  I  hope  they  enn  aoori  t>e  obtained.  By  over- work.  It 
iuppiy  too  many  of  thc^e  destitute  places^  and  exposure  to  the  cold 
winds,  I  am  disabled,  I  hope  the  Board  will  bo  satbBcd  with  the  re 
iny  labors  in  this  field,  and  I  hope  yoa  can  procure  a  good  aclive 
ocenpy  thi^  field  im mediately.  I  wotitd  greatly  regret  to  have  ll  kU 
any  lengih  of  time.'' 


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KOaTHERN    W1800NBJN, 
Mjre  mout  the  Scatlereri  Shetj} — Open  and  Ini>iiiftfj  FteMs — *'  O&me 

A  missionary  says :  ^*  T  am  the  only  Presbyterian  minister  in  fcliis 
and  there  is  none  in  either  Mar'ithon  or  Wnod  ooiinty.  Yet  there  »r 
Presbyterian  fbmilies  there,  and  twentj-fi\re  thousand  people. 

\y^ — ^Khould  have  a  Presbyterian  ehiircb  now,  and  a  miniBter,  Pre 
ecnt  a  brother  to  examine  that  field.  It  is  open  now  m  it  never  waa 
and  if  we  ean  start  there  now,  we  ean  soon  have  a  ^<xid  church 
Preaibyttnans  have  lately  gone  there,  and  are  anxious  to  have  a  chiircl 
Melliodii^t  church  does  not  satisfy  the  community,  and  they  are  re&t]y 
along  a  Presbyterian  church. 

80  iilso  at  A-- — —  our  people  want  to  build  and  have  regular  prtacb 

One  of  the  membtirs  of  my  church  lives  at  Know! ton,  a  small 
twenty  miles  above  on  the  Wisconsin  River.  She  found  it  a  hard  pb 
having  been  trained  to  usefulne&s  in  Milwaukee^  and  sent  by  Provi^j 
this  pluee,  she  was  not  discouraged,  but  began  to  work  for  the  Ma&tei 
hm  ke(it  op  a  Sabbath- school,  and  now  hns  ^ot  the  people  to  really 
pretichin;X.  and  to  subscribe  $250  Ibr  it,  with  only  the  promke  of 
They  will  give  more  iflhey  ever  get  him. 

When  I  think  of  all  tiiese  things,  jiud  the  way  people  eome  out  to 
at  all  iheae  wild  settlements  whenever  I  go  to  preaeh,  it  Keems  as  if  tfc 
Spirit  was  at  work  in  an  unnsnal  niunner  all  through  this  country, 
mnrvcllou!!  to  thoi:e  who  have  known  the  people  before.  The  harvest  h 
inn.  Will  you  not,  or  rather  the  good  Lord  through  you,  send  ua  I 
to  help  gather  it  in? 

When  I  hear  of  sixty  and  eighty  applying  for  a  vacant  church  in  ll 
and  being  humiliated,  if  not  insulted  i'l  the  scramble,  I  fee!  liko  tellin 
they  can  take  their  choice  of  a  dossen  tields  in  our  IVesbytery,  and  tin 
not  be  jealous  of  any  brother  in  the  ministry  here.  There  is  an  indept 
of  spirit  in  this  mi^stontiry  work  tlint  they  may  have  never  felt  in  IJ* 
and  a  supreme  joy  in  laboring  where  no  other  man  has  laid  tk  foundntii 


EOME  MISSION  AFPOINTMEKTS 
MAPI  lar  OcTORKB,   1873. 


ftf  r,  R.  T.  A.  ^«hm«!l.  fit   pAul'a,  Foater's  Me*- 

ch^  N,  r. 

ft*.'T  AniJn'W  <'f>"hrMPi,  Clnt*li|i«  C^m^IIi^  i>h,.  ft.  Y^ 

K«T*  J.   M.   Efisntlu,   Bloom  field    0«r«n«i}    *b.. 


Her,  Sftmnel  F  Colt.  Li^p'irEo  ctt.t  \%. 


Board  of  Home  Mmum$, 


387 


B.  Bollyilnyt  Blnfft^n  eh  ,  Oh  la. 
AihMaiel  Huetenk,  Cb*T|o(  Qermnn  ok,, 

Ji  CaSlttf^  Paitflrsoci  and    Fonwit  cha^ 
a. 

F,  W  bill  Inn,  C<iU«ff«  Cornfir  ch^  Ohio. 
msj*,  K]r*v(ik,  !^hH.ritMf Uiti,  Ilnrn^on,  New 
'Tfii  n.n 1 1  Ti fi  1 11  it y .  O h i o* 
B,  Hiitik'trtJ,  BowlioK  Or^pn  ch«i  Ohio. 
a,  Rvilt<,  Antwerp  <4i  ^  Ohio, 
irk  L   SI  lUVjrii,  Delta  eii.,  Ohio. 
Mirv  S^L^enjflEi*,  Ra9#¥tll«  And  Unloiitovri] 
.Ohio, 
B.  Vflun  [l^mniiin,  Cftmeron  ch.  W,  v»* 

R   Mnlur^  C]oT#r|jofi  nud  St«phud sport 
,  Ky, 

«„  HflJRdQl,  MaHoij.  Fredonio  rntd  Dj- 
iiUfffh  43hii.^  Ky, 

Ti.  Tiirrmn?H.s  Hurrndjihorgli  ch.,  Kj* 
Uti  Newtnij,  5f i*ry  Ej^lhfT  eh..  Fla. 
Siti  >lcUr«iit  Kl>«ni*»*Br*  Reho^oth.  i*h(iroa» 
Lt&b» aan,  nnd  Henrytille  ^hf* .  Uid. 
M^thn.ut4D,  Mt  Lv  bono  on  tind  Mu  Varnon 
.,  hid. 

.  K   Htj^(C^n?«,  Mmriof]  ch.,  Ind. 
A-  Hotkdt  M^r(»  ^h,^  111 
Ci,  L*i*".  (Jftrd'ner  oh,*  [tL 
.  H  .  Tittup toinn.  l»Ak  Gr4it''  ch.,  111. 
Wiihi%iHH,  Nokoinis  wnd  Tower  Hilt  nhs.^ 

U,  Sii^verfonf  Cluim|M.len  Chj  ^h  ,  HL 
IfL  WiilintJiMia,  Manoha^Ler  ttod  Muirftv-^ 
E»«>h^,.  IIL 

e^iimnt  it  Ls  ]>>iix,  FrotbyteriiU  Mif^tlon- 
to  the  Ffpoeb,  III 
P.  Lh^C^mp,  Shfiwjino  ch.,  Ill, 
•bert  Mn^kefia^ii'v  Klj^in  talin  UU 
J.  .§iraSfi.  Virnmui  ch^  111. 
udolph  fiijkk.  Beard* low n  Germftti  i:;h., 

in^Puf   Brcwnlos.   Newton  and  Ml.  OUf^t 
..  Ill 

W.  Wrluhi,  BfMr  iJh.,  lit 

EI.  Park «,  Lulu  nod  EdwardsriOo  clis.^ 

fj  Ohni*t*^d^  Vienna  ch.t  III. 
'.  B.  Minion*  3fouEiid  Ciiy  find  Dongok 
..  HI. 
P9t>ph  £1.  Mftr^hAll,  Youd^  AmoricA  cb, 

riua  L  DiiTleiSt  Cobflpfi  Jind  Annii  cha.,  ill. 
rDr(t«  W.  Jif«h,  I^u  ZioiH  iih.,  IIL 

,  tIL 

ij-f*|  Hurt,  f^t**  4iine  uh.,  Ell. 

Fhihtps,  HwJ-t>ii  *jh»  Will. 

A.  Fox,  Ofs'ifon  ch^  Wi*. 
WiEtpnberKo»",  Btdo't  rttirmiin  oh*.  Wiji. 
I.  W.  I'lii'atijt,  Rhnprj*!  Point  ph.,  Wu. 
Ek  CohnMi  WglB,  Hict^  LaI!£«  nod  Mlnn« 
ifl  i.Thit.,  Minn- 

'. T.  RowUiid^  Jud^on.  Hoiith  Bend  wmi 
ih  Li^ke  <  WeiEih)  vht^  Mioti. 


Rev.  Ira  9.  Dodd.  Winnebaffo  City  ch^  MIdd. 
Rer.  J.  W.  Van  Emmoo,  Imke  Crystal  and  Me- 

dalia  ch8.>  Minn. 
Rev.  li»aao  O.  81oaQ,  Bismark  ch.,  Dakota  Ter. 
Rev.  8.  D.  Westfall,  Frennoni  and  Rush  ford  cbs., 

Minn. 
Rev.  T.  D.  Mardh,  UastiDss  and  Irving  cha., 

Mich. 
Rev  C.  .M.  Allen,  Rock  Rapids  ch.,  Inwa. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Batchelder,  Albia  ch..  Iowa. 
Rev.  S.  A.  McElhmny,  Union  City  and  Mt.  Ayr 

chs.,  Iowa. 

Rev.  G.  H.  Chatterton ,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Charlea  Merwin,  Malvern  and   Riverside 

chs..  Iowa. 
Rev.  John  P.  Chambers,  Victor  ch.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Jame.4  Agoew,  I«Iewtou  and   Gale^burgh 

ch«.,  low^a. 
Rev.  Klaas  Smit%  Muscatine  German  ch.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  A.  G.  Martyn,  Wilton  oh.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Jamea  A.  Griffea,  Hastings  and  Kearney 

Junction  oh%  Neb. 
Rev.  W.  H.  Clark,  Elk  Valley  ch..  Neb. 
Rev.  G.  W.  Goodale,  Knob  Noster  and  L.a  Monte 

chs ,  Mo. 
Rev.  H.  A.  Tucker,  Bolivar,  Buffalo  and  Conway 

chs..  Mo. 
Rev.  Uartman  Strauss,  New  Frankfort  German 

ch.,  Mo. 
Rev.  A.  Steed.  Moberly  ch..  Mo. 
Rev.  James  Reed,  Laclede  and  Linneus  ohs.. 

Mo. 
Rev.   H.  Chadeayne,  Trenton  and  Grandview 

chM.,  Mo. 
Rev.  J.  A.  Pinkerton,  Chillicothe  ch.,  Mo. 
Rev.  H.  W.  Todd,  Ironton  ch  ,  Mo. 
Rev.  M.  V.  Kinff.  Burlinicame  ch.,  Kas. 
Rev.  F.  E.  Sheldon,  Maryville  and  Baltic  ohs^ 

Kac. 
Rev.  M.  McFeatlers-  Quenemo  ch^.  Kas. 
Rev.  J.  B.  Rideout,  Caldwell  cb..  Kas. 
Rev.  8.<v.  Finher,  Washington  ch.,  Kas. 
Rev.  John  S.  Sherrill.  Neosho  Falls  oh..  Kas. 
Rev.  John  U.  DillinKham,  Paola  ch.,  Kar. 
Rev.  CharJtH  H.  McCreery,  Chetopa  ch.,  Kas. 
Rev.  J.  U.  Meieer,  Neodesba  and  Thayer  chs., 

Khs. 
Rev.  r.  A.  Robinson,  Perry  and  Grantville  chs., 

Kns. 
Rev.  John  E.  Anderson,  Boulder,  Middle  Boul- 
der and  Caribou  chs.,  Col. 
Rev.  R.  L.  Stewart,  Golden  ch.,  Col. 
Rev.  Joiin  L».  Bell,  Cannon  City,  Labon  and  West 

Mountain  V^alley  chs..  Col. 
Rev.  W.  ('.  McDoiijiall.  Eureka  ch.,  Nev. 
Rev.  C.  H.  Crawford,  Big  Valley  and  Tomales 

chs.,  Cal. 
Rev.  8.  P.  Whiting,  San  Francisco  Olivet  ch.. 

Col. 
Rev.  James  H.  Hawk,  San  Rafael  ch.,  Cal. 
Kev.  K.  G.  McCarthy,  San  Francisco  Memorial 

ch.,  Cal. 
Rev.  J.  A.  Annin,La8  Vegas  ch.,  N.  M. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  HOME  MISSIONS  IN  OCTOBER  1873. 
'  Synods'  in  iXALL  cafitil^— Proi^byteries  in  <to/i«8— Churches  in  Roman. 


STT,— j4lbanj'/-'Alti«nir  (Hh8ab'!»ch  25;  B*>lh' 
!A;  We«t  Mdtnii  1f^  M.  Cbfmnfda—Vmro 
t  rtv  li  le  7.  Trt^—  U  no  -1c  Fa  I  h  30 ;  *!fti  i  d  v 
:  Wniirford  4&  «ii  Whlt<phJitl  W  ^'6  4'2 
mc.—Eutt  /'''/orida— Jack  sou  ttlla  litSJ  W*; 
u-iine  l»i  '4a  hi  ftJ 

moaa.— 5(iiJ/'inor4--Bfi]limor^,  Br<>wii  Mo 
.  |no  frum  T4«dieH'  Dome^flc  Mi^^'y  .Srn?'y 
fiu  from  Yotiti|f  Mt^ti'ii  A^si'fi^^n-- Ifli  ^o; 
lor**^  ViV^tmmMefv  a  m<?rTiber  5 ;  Hltirott'rk 
'*-,  Fruetkllinvillp  r^;  G^^van^^  t.'hapel  A2  ii\; 
i\  u  ( ;  t%c**  f*0.  jVirip  f>t«  t  ^e—  Fe  t\  tr  ral  stbu  r*i  h 
iiMhifi.ffjin  Citu^RffY  J  K  N nurse  S  Mi  90 
«,*L  Ntw  YoRit.— Of«ffli>— SlJin\ford  U  20» 
^*— Alllb^Jy  18}  Baldwin^'Tiilo  41  «j;  Con- 
u  nnm  «o1l  3  Wi  Kultou  im  i  l^nntii- 
'JH;  LvaaMerM  ti>i;  Syracuse  let  ^ab-e^oh 
r  nj- VVronalta  10  H£il  4j* 


Colorado.— Cbtorado— Canon  City  6;  George- 
town 9 :  Idaho  Springs  4  »3  18  83 

Columbus  —  Cb/umbu« — London  30.  Marion — 
Iberia  16.  IFooA/dr— Hopewell(»;  NabhvillesS; 
WoosterSO.    Zari«6tnU0— Jersey  2U  242(0 

EEiK.~.4;/e9A«nt/  — Allegheny  1st  Ger  1*2  44; 
Bakerstown  2S.  BuUer— Rich  Hill  6;  Scfub 
Grass  40.  CTanon— May sville  6  60.  .Erie— Mead- 
ville  2d  86  46;  Mill  Village  8  26;  Wattfburg 
9  60.  Kittanning — Elderion  18  41.  Shenango— 
HermonTu;  Unity  .3:)  318  />5 

Geneva. — Oit/tiji/a— Genoa  1st  .30  85.  Chemung 
— Eddylown  9  90;  Elmira  2d  202;  Rook  stream 
11  95.  G^rtHV— Geneva  1st,  mon  con  coll  18  12; 
Romulus  8ab-sch  26;  Seneca  Fulls  Sab- sch  125. 
<S!(eti6en— Prattsburgh  26  466  82 

Harkisburoh.— ITunftnjpdon- Alfoona  1st,  addM 
60;  Saxton  11  66;  One-half  Pretbyterial  coll  17  30. 
TTtfT/sboro— Beecher  Island  8  40;  Farmington 
6  10  .  93  45 


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Board  of  Home  Missions. 


{^December 


Illinois,  Gbittbal.— ^^)omM(7ton— El  Paso  81  79. 
Schuyler— Wythe  4  40.  8pnngfUUd-~  Hickory 
Grove  Ger  2  50  88  69 

Illinois,  North.— CAiea^o—Engle wood  28.  Hock 
£tvef— Kewanee  5  28  00 

iLLinois,  South.— <4ito»—BrlKhton  6  S5.  Cairo 
— Eaialtiy  8.  Mat  toon— Dallon  2  60;  Newton 
10:  KaMka^ikiaS  24  86 

Indiana,  North.— Forf  Tfavna— Lima         6  00 

Indiana,  8onTH.— A'ew  ^/6an^— Bridgeport .5; 
Hanover  17;  Jaeki^on  Co,  Ger  20.  Vmeennea— 
Princetoa  30.  White  Ifoter— ConnersviUe  Ger 
2  74  00 

Iowa,  Moeth.  —  Cedar  ^pitto— Central  6  25; 
Wyoming  29.  Dubuque— Dataque  2d  76;  Du- 
buque Ger  8;  Parley  7  ;  Independence  Ger  II; 
Lan^inj?  Ger  3 ;  McGregor  Ger  6;  Prairie  6. 
Fort   Dodge— DeW    Rapida    2;    Sioux    City    20 

172  25 

Iowa,  South.  —  Cbuwd/  Biu^<j— Corning  8  60. 
Des  Moinea-AlhiB  (of  which  Lilly  Bafrhelderl) 
9.  iotcfl— Mt  Pleaf-ant  Ger  10.  Iowa  CWjy— Co- 
lumbus City  3;  Hebron  2  30.  Nebraska  City— 
Fairbury  2.  OmaAa— Gibbon  6;  Madison  2; 
Wood  River  6  46  80 

Kansas.— £mp9rm— Newton  6  45.  Highland— 
Frankfort  6;  Vermillion  5.  TopeAa*— Clay  Cen- 
tre 6  ;  Lawrence  1st  32  46  63  90 

KEifTUCKT—7'miaji/^vanta— Harmony        14  36 

LoNo  Island.- 5rooW]/n— Brooklyn,  Annlie 
Street  Mis^'y  Asso'n  8  tt2;  Brooklyn  l»»t, (Henry 
St)  136  61,  of  which  35  61  mon  con  coll ;  Brooklyn 
Ist  (Remsen  St)  76  38:  Brooklyn,  Franklin  Ave 
10  (quarcoll);  Brooklyn,  Throop  Ave  3183. 
Long    i«^afi(i— South  hold  23.    i^Towau— Jamaica 

86  38  370  72 
MiCHiOAN.—Z>«<ro«— Birmingham  24  20;  De- 
troit, Fort  Street  Sab. sch  62  6«>:  Mt  Clemens  40. 
Orand  iZapfcte— Si'bewa  4.  ir<rfama«)o— La wton 
8.  Za/i»in<7— Battle  Creek  24;  Roxanna6  Sagi- 
naw—1* lushing  6  60;   Taymouth  3  40;  Wenona 

30  23  .-08  93 
Minnfsota.  — Jtffln*a^o  — Lake  Crystal  4.     St 

/Viu/— Moor  head  5.  IFinona- Austin  6;  Frank 
Hill  Ger  3  25;  Lanehboro  4  3<i  Jl  66 

Missouri.- 0«a^«—Ebeneaer  3;  Greenwood 
4  40.  /*o/wf/ra— Bellevuei;  Edina  4  tiO;  Mem- 
phis 2  80;  Newark  10;  New  Providence  8;  Wil- 
son 2  40.    St  Louis— 9{  Louis,  Ist  Ger  4       41  20 

Nfw  J KMKT.— Elizabeth-  Cranford  12  19 ;  Eliza- 
beth Ist  (in  pan)  400;  Elizabeth,  Siloam  1  SO; 
Elizabeth,  Westmiohter  346.  Jersev  O^v— Carl- 
stadt  10:  Newfoundland  26  60;  Norwood  37. 
3for»w40ttM  — Manalap^n  40;  Mattawan  (add'l) 
34  76;  Port  Washington  29  62.  Morris  and 
Orawflre— Morristown,  South  St  G27  84.  Newark— 
Bloomfield.  Westminf-ter  111  65;  Newark  Int, 
Ladies  H.  M.  Soc'y  80:  Newark  2d  (qiiar  coll) 

87  90;  Newark,  Centnil  Sab  sch  75.  IfetoUm— 
Belvidere  2d  80:  North  Hardntown  (in  part)  65. 
West  Jer«e»/  — Black  wood  town  (in  part)  44  9n; 
Brainerd  I  50;  Gloucester  City  7  2117  65 

Nkw  York.— iVw  Forifc-i sarlem  Ist  7;  New 
York.  Central  lOO;  New  York,  .Memorial.  In  part 
341  62;  New  York,  University  Place  (add'l)  25u; 
New  York,  4  h  Ave  mon  con  27  96 ;  New  York,  /ith 
Avenue  and  19th  Street  (add'l)  125  North  Biver 
—  Marlborough    61;    Poiighkeepsie    mon    con 

31  81;  Pleasant  Vallev  6  40.  West eheMer- Vat- 
terson  1<»:  South  East'Centre  48;  South  Salem 
FemaleMile  Soc'y  27  1036  78 

Pacific— ^enicia- Healdsburgh  4.  Loe  An- 
^f^*— Wilmington,  Calvary  2  82.  Orft^on— Salem 
20:  Washington  Co  Ger  6  60;  Tualitin  Plains  10. 
San  Pranri$eo—Oak\&nd  Ger  6  49  .H2 

Philadelphia.  —  Chesttr  —  Waynesbnrgh  200. 
Laekawanna—^coit  10;  Wysox  14.  Philadelphia 
On<raA— Philadelphia  Norih  Broad  "Street  22f  25. 
Westminster  —  "^onegskn     7  82;     Slateville    88 

497  07 

Pittsburgh.  —  Bfaim-itle  —  Blalrsville  201  31 ; 
Poke  Run  77;  UniivSab.sch  24  31.  Redstone— 
Rehobotii  70  66.  Wfishington—Lf^vrer  Ten  Mile 
11  .10;  New  Cumberland  61;  Upper  Buffalo 
69  75:  Wftjthinaton,  Ist  205  H3.  West  Virginia— 
BrpckenridKC,  from  Mrs  8  J  26  745  66 

Tenmf.ssee— A'in<7*^on— New  Salem  5  60;  Oak- 
land Lftilios  .Misa'y  Soc'y  11;  Richland  1;  Tim- 
ber Ridge  3  20  50 


Toledo.— B«W«fonta£ne— Wyandotte  S  15 

Western  New  YoBK.—iYia<7ora— Niagara  Fslh 
Sab-sch  62  fiO.  itoc^«r«r— Geneseo  Central  50; 
Riwhester.  Brick  200 ;  Sweden  17  6o  3:tt)  OO 

Wisconsin. -Z^Ae  5upcrtor— Peshligo  5:  Sault 
Ste  Marie  '20;  Superior  4  76.  MUwaukee—MtiQ\' 
towoc  Ist  6  19.  Wisconsin  iZiwr  — Middleton 
6  60  41  M 

CoimiTTU  on  BSNETOLlirOlAND  FINANCE  2029  99 

Total  received  from  churches,    $10,337  M 

Leo Acisa.- Legacy  of  George  V.  Hoyle.  dec'd, 
late  of  Champlain,  N.  Y  1892  62;  Bequest  of  MihS 
Isabella  Hedges,  dec'd,  late  of  Hanover.  N.  J. 
200  2t*9i6l 

Miscellaneous. — Sundry  persons  through  A. 
Martien  Esq.,  43  60;  Interest  on  benjamin  Fund 
686;  W.  J.  H.  37;  Samuel  Caldwell,  Philadelphia 
Pa  6;  Six  months'  Int4trest  on  Bond  and  Mort* 
gage  Philadelphia  Property  60 »;  Rev.  .1.  a  Gil- 
more,  TitusviHe  N.  J.  23  60:  Rev.  H.  N  Robm- 
son,  North  Walton  N.  Y.  10,  "Balance  in  F  A  M 
Bank,  Philadelphia  Pa.  unclainoed"  85:  Frieods 
in  New  Hamburgh  N.  Y.  100;  Cyrus  Well?,  Keo- 
sington,  Mich  10;  Rev.  M.  N.  Hut<?hin:*on  10; 
Mr.  Falconer,  Ohio,  per  Rev.  C.  Dickson  D.D..6; 
Mary  Vance.  Sieubenville,  Ohio  6:  Eleanor  C 
Van  Rensselaer,  Rye  N.  Y.2^>;  ''A  Presbyterian" 
2;  Parker's  eh  Pa  20;  Mrs.  A.  C.  Brown,  N.  Y. 
City  76.  1742  00 


Total  in  October,       $14,172  16 
O.  D.  EATON,  Treawrer, 

23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 

CLOTHING. 

2  barrels  from  the  Ladies'  Sewing  Society  of 
Alleniown  N  J,  valued  at  200  00 

1  box  irom  the  Ladies  of  Madison  Square  e^ 
New  York  City,  valued  at  135  00 

1  box  Irom  the  Ladies  of  Waterford  cb,  .N  Y, 
valued  at  185  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladiea  of  Goraone  Chapel,  Md, 
valued  at  IM  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Wilnaington,  Han- 
over St  ch,  Del.  valued  at  144  70 

1  box  from  the  Ladies'  Misa'y  Soc'y  of  S^aih 
Third  at  ch,  Brooklyn  E  D,  valued  at        617  QO 

1  box  from  the  Ladies'  Miss'y  Association  of 
Gouverneur  ch,  N  Y,  valued  at  187  83 

1  box  from  the  Woman's  Mise'y  Circle  of  New 
Vernon  cli.  N  J,  valued  at  115  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Lawrenceville  ch, 
N  J,  valued  at  Ib4  3i 

1  box  (rom  the  Ladiea  of  Pottstown  ch.  Pa, 
valued  at  2U>  00 

I  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Meadville  2d  ch. 
Pa,  valued  at  176  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Mt  Pleasant  ch.  Pa. 
valued  at  liA)  00 

i  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Orange  2d  ch,  .N  J. 

valued  at  300  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Newtown  cb,  L  I,  N  Y, 

valued  at  W  OO 

1  box  from  the  Woman's  Miss'y  Society  of 
Madison  Int  oh,  Ind,  valued  at  116  00 

1  bor  from  the  Ladies'  Soc'y  of  Chicago  Grace 
ch,  HI,  valued  at  60  uO 

$2889  85 


HOME  MISSION  ROOMS, 
Ko.  23  Centre  Strebt.  New  York  Cirr. 
Cor,  Secretaries— Rev.  Hbitrt  Kendall,  D.D., 

Rev.  Ctrds  DicKgOH,  D.D. 
I\reasurer—0.  D.  Eaton. 

Letters  relating  to  Missionary  Appointn»ent» 
and  other  operations  of  the  Board,  should  be 
addressed  to  the  Corresponding  Secretaries,  No. 
23  Centre  Street,  New  York  City.  Letters  re- 
lating to  the  pecuniary  affliirs  of  the  Board,  or 
containing  remittances  of  money,  should  be  sent 
to  O.  D.  Eatok,  E.Hq.,  Treasurer— sapjjtLAddress— 
P.  O.,  Box  3863.  ^ 


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THAT  HE  WOOLO  8C.M0  rORTH   LVDOaBRS  INTO  HIS  H4RVBtiT.~Luke  X.  2. 


STATE  OF  OUR  FUNDS, 
e  most  urgent  topic  upon  which  we  desire  to  address  our  brethren  at  this 
is  tht*  Board's  want  of  means  to  pay  the  November  appropriations, 
on  the  imperative  need  of  the  students  for  the  money  pr«»rained,  at  the  open- 
f  their  annual  courses  of  study  and  in  the  bejrinnin^  of  the  winter,  we  need 
ely  dwell.  It  is  wrong  and  cruel  to  withhold  it  under  such  circumstances, 
e  part  of  any  who  have  the  means  to  help  them. 

at  the  ability  to  furnish  the  help  needed  exis's  in  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
lan  can  doubt.  Were  its  half  a  million  of  members  to  give  "as  God  hath 
)ered"  them,  "  every  one"  of  them,  this  and  other  Boards  would  certainly 
at  command  ten  times  thpir  present  means  of  doinir  good.  The  Lord  knows 
and  He  is  waking  us  by  His  jud;iments  to  consider  it. 

8t  year  the  receipts  for  the  seven  months  from  April  till  October  were  $36,909, 
year  they  have  been  $2S,9  )6  ;  a  de;5rea'»e  of  $S,0)].  "From  the  churches" 
I  have  been  received  in  t.ie  last  two  months,  September  and  October,  but 
18. 

laiiks  to  a  most  kind  Providence,  some  liberal  legacies  have  come  in,  amount- 
between  April  1st  and  November  I5th,  to  ^7,778  ;  and  the  bank  has  consented, 
ithstanding  the  great  troubles  in  the  mercantile  world,  to  allow  $9,r>0'J  of  our 
J  to  run  for  a  longer  period.  By  this  means  we  have  been  enabled  to  be^in  to 
the  fall  appropriations. 

the  midst  of  the  payments  due  we  are  brought  to  a  dead  stop  by  the  exhaus- 
of  the  treasury. 

e  lay  this  statement  before  our  brethren  with  the  assurance  that  their  assist- 
will  not  be  wanting,  when  the  wants  of  the  work  are  known.  A  plain  and 
eat  pres  ntatiun  of  its  claims,  from  the  pulpits,  to  the  members  of  the 
che»  will  bring  all  that  tho  stulents  need.  Action  is  needed  atones,  that 
-emiUance^  may  reach  them  before  the  close  of  the  present  term. 


THE  PiaVILEGE  OF  PREACIIlNa  TUB  GOSPEL  JUST  NOW. 

A    l.BSSOM    FROM    THE   WALDENSES. 

hat  a  privilege  it  is  to  be  born  in  this  generation;  to  enjoy  the  wcndrous 
munities  of  this  nge  to  labor  for  our  Redeemer's  kingdom.  Through  a  niulti- 
!  of  open  duora,  God  is  opening  the  way  for  the  iieralds  of  the  gospel  to  go 
ii  to  the  eTangelizatbn  of  the  world.  The  young  man  of  a  believing  and 
ing  mind  nmy  hfjir  voices  coming  to  him  upon  the  winds  of  every  quarter  of 
ttinh.     The  cliiH.soa  i tinning  from  the  theological  seminaries  of  to-day  behold 

nuilfina  luore  rcfidy  to  Lear  tbe  md^fagtsficm  Il.m  viho  is  a  "Prince  and 
sour'-  than  were  their  fathers  of  any  preceding  age.  Take  an  illustration,  a 
kint;  and  do^isive  one. 

'  ift  *  lit  a  fpw  years  since  the  power  of  the  great  antichristian  enemy  of  God's 
d.  nnd  of  Christ's  free  K^ace,  seemed  fastened  again  firmly  upon  the  souls  of 

llnlians,  the  Ausrrianj^,  the  Spanish,  and  other  European  nations,  and  of 
ij  ht'Kiites  tbroughouc  the  world. 

tow  tiiii3i7Jn>r  the  nhiin^^e  which  has  come  over  these  nations  and  people  I  How 
tl^Jn,  bow  gc^at,  the  recent  revolutions  in  political  and  in  religious  ideas  1^  CjOOQIC 


890  Board  of  Education,  [^December 

In  Rome  itself  the  temporal  povrer  of  the  papacy,  built  up  through  twelre 
hundred  years,  hopelessly  gone  I  The  papal  army  reduced  to  a  few  scores  of  Swiss 
guards,  who  lounge  about  the  gates  of  the  Vatican  in  a  striped  harlequin  costume  1 
The  Pope  and  the  priests  ridiculed  by  comic  pictures  in  prints  and  newspapers, 
and  laughed  at  by  all  classes  of  people,  in  the  streets  shaded  by  buildings  in  which 
the  devilish  tortures  of  the  Inquisition  were  not  long  since  inflicted  1 

And  how  brightly  has  the  Head  of  the  Church  set  the  ancient  light  of  gospel 
truth  back  in  the  former  candlestick.  All  through  the  middle  ages  the  witnesses 
were  driven  by  sword  and  fagot  into  the  icy  and  inaccessible  "  dens  and  caves'' 
of  the  Alpine  mountains.  But  the  visitor  to  Italy  finds  the  Waldcnses  now 
planted,  and  scattering  far  and  wide  the  glorious  li<;ht  around  them,  and  a  vigo- 
rous Italian  Free  Church  working  in  harmony  with  them,  in  most  of  the  cities 
and  large  towns  of  the  peninsula  and  Sicily.  Last  year  the  Waldensian  printing 
press  at  Florence  sent  forth  seventy  nine  books  and  tracts,  above  one  hundred  and 
seventeen  thousand  copies  of  them,  among  which  were  biblical  commentaries, 
works  on  practical  religion  or  the  controversies  of  the  church,  and  publications 
for  the  young ;  also  forty  thousand  copies  of  an  illustrated  almanac  for  families, 
and  eight  thousand  five  hundred  of  one  for  children.  It  prints  a  weekly  reli- 
gious newspaper  for  adults,  and  a  handsome  monthly  of  sixteen  large  pages,  with 
fine  wood  cuts  for  children.  These  publications  are  eagerly  read  over  the  whole 
kingdom.  They  are  complimented  in  the  secular  newspapers.  They  are  circa- 
lated  largely  in  the  public  schools,  and  deeply  impress  the  tising  generation. 

Thirteen  years  ago  a  grand  light  was  kindled  in  the  establishment  of  a  Walden- 
sian theological  seminary  at  Florence,  the  chief  seat  of  Italian  literary  influence. 
By  gifts  from  Christian  friends  in  America  and  Great  Britain,  the  various  build- 
ings which  surround  the  green  court  of  the  Salviati  palace,  the  former  residence 
of  a  papal  archbishop,  were  turned  into  a  seminary,  church,  printing  office,  and 
residences  for  professors  and  pastor. 

A  very  remarkable,  and  to  Christians  who  speak  our  tongue  a  most  inspiring 
fact,  is  that  it  is  chiefly  our  own  Protestantism  which  has  thus  leavened  and 
energized  that  ancient  and  noble  Church,  which  avers  that  it  is  not  Protestant 
because  it  is  older  than  Romanism  itself;  which  has  been  purified  for  its  work  by 
the  flames  of  thirty  Roman  persecutions.  It  is  delightful  to  see  the  precious  vol- 
umes of  Matthew  Henry,  Bunyan,  Baxter,  McCrie,  Bonar,  the  Alexanders  and 
Barnes,  on  the  shelves  of  the  seminary  which  is  sending  forth  the  men  who  are 
to  cast  their  salt  into  the  very  fountains  of  papal  influence  over  the  human 
race.  Our  brethren,  J.  P.  Revel  and  Matteo  Prochet,  have  crossed  over  thou- 
sands of  miles  of  land  and  sea  to  appear  in  our  General  Assemblies,  incite  us 
with  the  story  of  their  toils,  and  sufferings  and  wants;  and  ask  us  to  pray  for 
them,  and  cooperate  with  them. 

A  single  grand  illustration  like  that  of  the  awakening  of  Italy  from  her 
drugged  and  troubled  sleep  of  centuries  is  sufficient  to  prove  the  truth  and  impor- 
tance of  the  thought  suggested — how  great  a  privilege  that  of  preaching  the 
gospel  just  now,  when  in  America,  Europe,  Africa,  Asia,  the  islands  of  the  sea, 
the  Lord  of  hosts  is  putting  to  rout  his  old  enemies,  and  gathering  and  disciplin- 
ing his  genuine  followers  for  the  final  triumphs  of  the  kingdom  of  His  Son  Jesus 
Christ  I 

If  the  reader  feels,  as  he  should,  the  greatness  of  this  privilege,  the  greatness 
of  this  opportunity,  it  will  nerve  him  to  do  the  utmost  that  in  him  lies  to  encou^ 
age  and  sustain  the  efforts  of  the  Board  of  Education  to  increase  the  number  of 
devoted,  able,  thoroughly  trained  preachers  of  the  gospel.  GoOQi 


3 


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391 


;E  COOPERATT0]N\OF  THE  CHURCH  WITH  THE  HOLY  SPIRIT. 
ircIMiTHiwn  English  writer,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Jenkyn,  presents  forcibly  the  neces- 
bat  the  church  of  Christ  shuU  act  in  concert  with  the  Holy  Spirit  in  carrying 
1*3  plan  nf  rc?de[rij>tion.  This  is  a  theme  of  reflection  which  may  suggest  to 
«incer«3  minds  an  answc?r  to  the  inquiry  why  God  withholds  the  rains  of  his 
^  from  the  seed  which  the  ministry  is  sowing,  so  that,  instead  of  its  springing 

fU^tit  revivals,  so  much  f>f  it  is  **  rotten  under  the  clods,  and  the  garners 
lid  de3itlal€5^  and  the  barns  are  broken  down?'' 
he  efinreh,'^  my«  he, "  is  enjoined  to  make  the  supply  of  evangelists,  mission- 

nnil  pantor**,  a  topic  of  espre«8  praver  and  of  earnest  entreaty.     Christ  said 

dii^cipks,  'The  imrv<^!*t  truly  is  plenteous,  but  the  laborers'are  few,  pra^ 
I  ere  Torn,  the  Limi  of  the  harvest  that  he  will  send  forth  laborers  into  his 
Hi.'  What  God  has  niHclf^  the  subject  of  promise,  Christians  should  make 
ijhject  iif  prayer,     did   haa   said,  *I  will   give  you  pastors  according  to 

heart,  whieh  jThiill  feed  yi>ii  with  knowledge  and  understanding.'  We  can, 
fore,  look  to  him  fur  disLurnment  and  wisdom  to  discover  them,  and  to 
[jy  thoni  iK'eorditig  to  their  several  ability.  The  number  of  ministers  and 
onaries  m  not  adequate  to  meet  the  demands  of  the  world,  the  calls  of  our 
ytionp,  and  the  ra<-'Uitipfi  of  Providence  for  the  conversion  of  the  nations, 
nraji^rif  of  the  ehurch  ought  to  be  as  numerous  and  as  loud  as  the  cries  of 

ijrld  ;  and  the^e  prayers  f^liould  consist  not  of  compassionate  desires  only  for 
t^,  but  nl-^o  of  active  seiirch  and  enauiry  for  them.  When  the  church  prays 
'i^ily  far  hihorern,  the  reply  of  the  Holy  Spirit  always  is,  *Look  ye  out  from 
ig  yourselves  men  of  ^ood  r+?port,'  men  who  have  been  observed,  marked,  and 
led  by  ynu,  a^  eak^ul:ited  for  your  work.  The  exigencies  of  the  world  ought 
iekeri,  enhirjc^e,  and  miiUiply  our  prayers,  and  employ  our  compassion,  judg- 
t  and  liberality  to  j«iipply  them.  When  we  pray  God  to  send  forth  laborers, 
0  nt*t  exp<.H*t  him  to  f^end  them  from  heaven,  but  to  send  them  *  from  among 
iwii  rteh^ea  ;'  and  he  will  nut  *send'  them  *  forth'  without  the  agency,  the 
iminalioo,  und  the  preparation,  of  the  church  which  is  to  furnish  them." 


A  CAPITAL  SY NODICAL  REPORT  FROM  INDIANA. 

ikss  n  Hyno  1  is  thorougldy  warmed  by  the  earnest  consideration  of  a  great 
ical  titpie  hy  iti^  own  memliera,  there  will  come  little  real  and  permanent  good 

the  moijt  fervent  appeals,  or  the  most  forcible  arrays  of  facts  and  arguments, 
h  may  be  uddresiged  to  it  l>y  others.  The  "synod"  is  not  **a  fifth  wheel  ;*'  it 
e  best  field  which  the  Presbyterian  ministry  have  for  the  equipment  of  them- 
m^  the  eldership,  and  the  membership  of  the  churches,  with  the  arras  and  th« 
lunition  by  which  they  are  to  carry  on  their  part  of  the  great  conflict  against 
md  its  resuUa  in  the  worli  Some  of  our  energetic  synods  in  the  West  set  an 
a  pie  of  what  can  be  dune  by  first  securing  good  practical  reports  at  each  annual 
^ing  from  committees  appointed  the  preceding  year ;  and  then  printing  their 
ceding^  in  pamphlet  fiirm^  und  sending  copies  of  them  to  be  distributed  among 
tburs^hea  and  people. 

capital  report  lies  before  ui,  from  the  Synod  of  Indiana  South,  in  regard  to 
ne  Mismon^  and  Education,  from  which  we  take  the  following  extract,  showing 

THE   CODNTlir  CIliaCHES  MUST   FURNISH   TDK    MINISTRY. 

No  city  could  fli)uriah  nnUisia  fed  from  the  country  with  men  and  women,  any 
ts  than  if  the  country  Hhuuld  withhold  its  bread  and  meat.  Now,  shall  this 
ply  of  youth  from  the  rursil  districts  be  pious,  so  as  soon  to  be  the  workers  in 

chatchefl,  and  the  first-class  citizens  in  every  variety  of  business;  or  shall 
J  m  to  the  city  ready  to  fall  in  with  the  agents  of  the  Evil  One,  who  are  sta* 
led  at  every  street  corner  to  watch  for  these  new-comers,  and  take  them  into 

runks  of  the  enemy  7  Who  are  the  first-class  mechanics,  merchants,  bankers^ 
jers  Had  physicians,  and  the  upper-ten  in  society  in  the  cities?  They  are  the 
n  «ud  wamen  whoj  at  ififteen  or  twenty-one,  had  little  other  capital  but  indus-jQal^ 


392 


Board  of  Educattim. 


t 


tfj.  economy  and  persevemn<7e*     Th'ia  prreAt  muJintv  cslaPB  of  joutb  t*  tti 
p(jw»'r  for  i^ooj  ur  «vil  of  ev*  rj  cominj?  ^ern^raiKJU, 

*'  Who  are  tiie  ^rniiu^ies  rroin  ijur  cipJle^^B?  Ai*k  llrtunrer  and  Craw- 
i\i\^  tliC'V  Mill  tell  yi»u  ihiit  n^^ni  ly  qU  liI  them  i-iunt^  'rotn  ihei.'ountry  %.i\*i  Htu 
Djnnii  tlie  lust  fifty  jCiirH  Ifidhiti  i  luiJi  mised  for  our  i-liuri^h  ii  ^freaE  i 
Diin  sferH.  bui  near  I  j  nW.  huve  aoiue  from  tlio  Piiral  district'*,  Otin  the  lii 
in  Fort  Witjnet  tlii^  [wo  in  Lafjiji^tiei  the  two  in  Evansville,  tlie  thre« 
Albftnj,  i\m  dri^t;  in  M^dmun,  atid  ibti  lirttt  lour  in  Itidianapolitj^  name, 
tuitfiy  ki^  one  aiiiti? 

'*  1  krif^walittie  t*»wn  in  M iHaiwhmi^tts  with  a  ooutstry  otiEfegatii 
invit'*ii  hoin  ',  fir  u  kind  of  reuuion»  thr'ty-three  inniieteri*  pPiiJaeod  tVni 
chuTLdi;  mid  the  u^untrj  t;on<^[ (^^;&tHin  ti'lj^ lining  hid  at  the  sume  ttni 
^^^m\  iiri^aohrn;^.  Now  tUe  ,.uMtf  t  bii  i|i04ri,  wuuld  sht>^  th.ii  MHither  fJ 
PiMldiidlpiiii^  Nc?vF  V  ir*  P.ttdhir^h,  0  o.rinniti,  Uiiilm>5i  n\ht  St  Lja.ft 
Oiit  ih  ny  thrtitj  l^ftjahyteri-ai  mini-ittjrfi  liuriiiic  the  (xisr  Hft^  y<*iii'8. 

**  \t  rt  li  Uitm^  It  whiuh  a^nkens  i^Ui  itnv  f  ireb  Miin^ji.  thrit  the  rouTtif^ 
arf  m')f*itij  in  trnpa^  a  'd  tho  towt^H  *itf  tudj*trniith  Pim\'/tefiftn  mi  a  ftfrr* 

"  8011JB  ymrj*  li^o  tw^nry  Pfe-^bjteriiin   ininiHteri*,  incloitn;;  itll   the 
or  Lih^i  Sjjiiiiv  iry,  were  ti^'ther  in  Ciojinniti,  an  1  we  wmtcJ  om>  b* 
ui  a  tiuy  to  do  n  oi*rtnin  w  *rk,  iin  1  tluj  wUofa  iwenty  could  not  rurtdsh  1 

This  is  truly  an  impoUnt  thought.  xVrid  if  oou  1  try  wlmrwhf*^  m« 
th'3  men  for  ihe  in  n  ^try,  the  t>wa  churohes^  wJiiijh  are  not  fumtith 
ehoull  take  it  to  he^rc  th^c  th^y  on^ht--*' that  tHere  mnj  hu  ua  (4<|ti 
Pa.ol  iiays— to  ex'i". t  thatn4Bl¥e3  to  furnish  m>r6  in^fi^y  for  th^ir  support 
ft  pnkctuisil  thii  i^^t  lit  the  pra^ent  m  icnjat,  whii3ii  tlia  men  akea^jy  furni 
HLjney  which  htunot  bedn  faruUhi^L 


REGE1PT8  l.N   UClOBEa  1S73, 
■  Synods  in  mmvli.  c^pitau— J^'re^byi^neM  in  ifa£'C<-€Mnrch<^!^  in  R^tmAfi 

Wit  I  Vit ginia—  iitcvh^w '  id^^j  U  l b  *^  a,  1 
V'hhI  i\ 

U  Us   li'xhf^i**-.  Hrlr'lt  I  0 


2^. 


f.i  14 

&IJ    IHj 
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einnritt ''Cim^UinHU  Viff>i  tiff  i^i  S>fi  ^T 

i';i,Atr.l,4'NL»: — ■  Vi/i  jii*ii*i/— i*nUn*l  15;  Y'Qyn(E:fi''iiiwa 

34  01      ^sjf'uViiFrife— UuiUtiDaii  3  ;^;  Iiijud'l' ^)    ; 

liiUiMl  rViswte  Jl  10  ►^l 

C  'LUK  iiij  i.  —  A  *h'fi  *  —  Ty>4*n    2'  7  a,      J/ 1  ri '« — 

b;«&.i!.^^^^^lA«ilif-A  lt<^h«  ly  \Mt  Opr3  0'^,  il  i/- 
le- — nwniruTilltt  *^:  tJum'ifj'^MI:  Kiflri  ll^ii  fi.     Kit' 

_«Jf*w'CK«tl^  Ut  ^10  &4;  UfiiTv  14  1^0   a 

n«^  a  SH  Oi 

iUiRi-tBtan*!.— rJiH;t'<f— tlltiomfJvino  IL     //'♦<»- 

ijfUitpri'i^i — Allii«iM4,  Ul  o4  irM  €4  ill 

lluNfJiM*  C&ntAAL,^  U^ftipifnff*fm—VATmitr    Ciij 

5  25 
lUJ40»i  ioum.— r^F'^i^riilrfltfttt  8  25;  Fl^irii  4 

u  av 

j.<wji^   NoRTW^^i^M  uii^cK— Ctfa^tJiti^iir^,  Qvr  'I    0 

Lr  ^ «"ii  I ' LAN  K. — Briis^l itn—  y  rf  ajk  I  jn  1  •t »  TJ  -  n rjr 
gl  2  U  4:1;  tiiNtnitUii,  U^(n^mt})i  ^^n  ITH  Hi    3H)  4» 

HLninik^.— /Ae^nni— I'Uliifleld  :S  <&tt\  ^iJ^WUriiU^ 
«  a^;  tJ  iHTlMka  Li  70 

Mi'iN^MjtAH— '?'  f^i«?_\rhn*  H«pit  T.nliB        »  III 

N  t w  iJ  i;.H.^ M . — J/ Ji( jn.  'WA —  ►"* f ui i it kfi I  ■  1  *<  5  j%> mj- 
Ar\'—Huwuf\  2il  '-it*  JW  iVrtitfrw— 31jtrlicby'"  \iK 
W*w*  Jtr ^^^¥ A%ffi  A  i  'U  m   ^»» 

Xtw  VukiE,— A%i©  JVJfe— KflW  Vofk,  ^turrji^  llilV 

r^ii^tirfc. — Lni  Anffi'M—'^WmifMi^mi*  C**lPify      **4 

iitv  *tiHt\  .  Qnti»|,C  l)iiiiiil  ,3  Gj, :  Wi^Mj*  HUd  l^^nlHltihlh  1  j^ 
/  -A  i/iifi  tph  in  --  P  Ki  H  ,1.1  r  [  v*  kjta,  L'*l  t»r j  1 8^  ^.     »nw  . 


From  CoiriiimB  asr  Burntiuvfia  jisi 
l^rfiTn  Jt  ^tinMHiP  itIri  fwv|f«i  hIiI  1 

CltfTHMMtl  O  a<};  4   Ibmtk  MfTr^Mntf  in 
IL  IL  -t:  vttiry  V<ifiiMi,  ^'PUtHnf|<tM  ^ 

M .  J.  7 ;  IWv  li;  F  liit^tH  Lu  AuIum*,  U 


1  ff*,  ^«  ifni— /  »#r  Wv-*1a4i]*n,  c»n 
>I|tVh*   T*--,^  i*,^i—    <^^i  WjtiHttl 

l*iikUPtL4^uiii,  ^ /%i/f/iiJ'f//i/«<il!a  ■->TmI' 

PlTT"li^in'i  _J7i%iWni|i»  — Rmunil    Hill 


Ari»ni)nt  preTkmsJf  ifkaoirltilK^I  1 


^  f  t,  1. 1« ,  1  •  1 1'.  -  'M'  r*'  ^-^idfnp  S^trHn  ry 
-      ifrriyK,  Ht^^^JL^f  i;bMloiit  aiir%«l. 


1873.]  Board  of  Forevjn  Mustom.  393 


BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


RECENT  INTELLIGENCE. 

Notices  or  Missionaribs. — Dr.  J.  C.  Hepburn  and  his  wife,  returning.  Rev. 
Oliver  M.  Qreen,  and  Miss  A.  Matilda  Qarable  sailed  for  Japan  on  the  Ist  of 
No?ember.  The  Rev,  Albert  Whitinjj  and  his  wife.  Rev.  Benjamin  C.  Henry  and 
bis  wife.  Rev.  William  S.  IIo!t  and  his  wife,  Miss  Mattie  N.^yes,  and  Miss  Lucy 
A.  Crouch,  for  China,  and  Miss  Sarah  Coffman,  for  S<am,  also  embarked  at  San 
Francisco.  The  Rev.  Edward  P.  Newton,  and  Mrs.  S.  J.  Millar  ha^e  embarked 
for  India.  Miss  Lydia  Walker  has  reached  the  Chippewa  Mission.  The  Kev. 
Samuel  N.  Martin  and  his  wife,  formerly  of  the  Mission  in  China,  have  arrived 
at  Ramia,  Kex  Perce  Mission.  Me-^srs.  Green,  Whiiinjr,  and  Henry,  are  recent 
graduates  of  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Princeton;  Mr.  Newton,  of  Alleghany; 
and  Mr.  Holt,  of  Auburn.  They  are  members,  respectively,  of  the  Presbyteries 
of  Carlisle,  Albany*  Allegheny  City,  two,  and  Winona.  Miss  Gamb'e  is  a 
member  of  the  First  Church,  Germantown,  Pa.;  Miss  Noyes,  of  Guilford  Church 
Olio;  Miss  Crouch,  of  Wooster  Church,  Ohio;  Miss  Coffman,  of  Miller's  Run 
Church,  Pa.;  Mrs.  Millar  of  Spring  Garden  Church,  Philadelphia ;  and  Miss 
Walker,  of  Wilson,  N.  Y. 

Mrs.  Wallace,  with  hor  children,  has  returned  to  this  country  on  a  viJ^it  for  hf  r 
health.  Mr.  Wa'lace  accompanied  his  family  to  see  them  embarked  on  the 
steamer,  and  then  went  back  to  Bogota.  Miss  E.  S.  Dickey,  finding  the  climate 
of  Slam  to  be  seriously  injurious  to  her  health,  accepted  the  invitation  of  the 
misMiofiaries  at  Tungchow  to  j  »in  them  in  their  work,  with  the  approval  of  the 
Board,  and  has  arrived  at  that  station.  The  Rev.  Maxwell  Phillips  and  his  family 
have  removed,  at  the  request  of  the  Board,  from  Mexico  to  Zacatecas,  to  occupy 
the  station  left  vacant  by  Mr.  Pitkin. 

"Added  to  the  Church." — At  Abeih,  four,  and  six  more  expected  to  be  re- 
ceived on  the  next  Sabb  ith  in  a  neighboring  village  ;  Allahabad,  three;  Saharun- 
par,  one~a  young  Mohammedan  of  much  promise;  Rawal  Pindi,  five;  Rio  de 
Janeiro,  one ;  San  Francisco,  one— at  an  interesting  service,  when  thiriy  Chinese 
Bat  together  at  the  Lord's  table. 

FaoM  China  — Various  matters  of  interest  are  reported  in  the  letters  acknow- 
ledged below  ;  amongst  them,  the  licensing  as  preachers  of  the  gospel  of  two 
young  men  by  the  Presbytery  of  Shantung,  one  of  whom  will  soon  be  settled  as 
pastor  of  one  of  the  churches;  the  opening  of  a  new  chapel  in  Peking,  and  at  the 
^oe  time  the  organizin^c  of  the  Presbytery  of  Peking;  nnd  the  news  which 
Mr.  Eckard  writes  from  CheHn),  "Cheering  reports  reach  us  from  all  parts  of  the 
field.  The  interest  in  the  Chi  mi  region  (in  Shantung)  is  unabated  and  almost 
uaparalleleJ.  The  inqu'rers  there  are  numbered  by  the  hundred.  We  have  de- 
termined to  organix?  a  church  there  at  once,  and  Mr.  Corbett  will  start  in  a  few 
days  for  that  purpose." 

From  J%fan. — We  learn  that  a  church  has  been  organized  in  Yedo.  Its  mem- 
b^n  had  been  previously  members  of  the  church  in  Yokohama,  excepting  one 
new  member  baptized  by  Mr.  Thompson,  who  is  the  acting  pastor  of  the  new 
church.  One  of  the  letters  from  Japan  refers  to  the  statement  on  page  91  of  the 
last  Annual  Report  of  the  Board,  concerning  the  right  of  residence  in  any  part 
of  the  country  accorded  to  foreigners;  this  is  erront*ous,  such  right  not  having 
been  granted.    Another  statement  on  the  same  page  must  be  modified,  in  view 


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of  the  retrograde  policy  of  the  government  at  present,  that  concerning  the  weekly 
day  of  reet;  this  is  not  observed. 

Receipts  to  November  Ist.— From  churches,  $87,107;  from  legacies,  $28,686; 
from  individual  doaors,  $12,331 ;— in  all,  $123,125.  Receipts  from  churches  in  the 
same  period  of  last  year,  $58,405. 

Letters  Received  to  November  13th.-— From  the  Creek  Mission,  October  20th-, 
Nez  Perce,  October  15th ;  San  Francisco,  November  5th  ;  Yokohama,  Septem- 
ber 30th ;  Yedo,  October  6th ;  Peking.  September  13th ;  Tungchow,  September 
15th-,  Cheefoo,  September  20th ;  Shanghai,  September  11th;  Canton,  September 
11th  ;  Allahabad,  September  10th ;  Saharunpur,  September  8th  ;  Dehra,  September 
20th ;  Rawal  Pindi,  September  19bh ;  Ratnagiri,  September  8th  ;  Abeih,  Septem- 
ber 11th;  Beirut,  September  10th;  Gaboon,  September  12th;  Corisco,  August 
18th;  Rio  de  Janeiro,  September  22d  ;  Sao  Paulo,  September  20; h ;  Rio  CJaro, 
September  16th;  Bahia,  September  27th;  Copiapo,  Chili,  August  30th;  Mexico, 
October  11th. 


THE  SITUATION. 


Since  the  Ist  of  Moy,  one  minister  and  his  wife,  and  four  single  women  aa 
teachers,  have  been  sent  to  the  Indian  Missions ;  one  medical  missionary  and  his 
wife,  returning,  one  minister,  and  two  single  ladies,  to  Japan  ;  three  ministers  and 
their  wives,  and  two  single  women,  to  China  ;  one  single  woman,  to  Siam ;  one 
minister,  and  one  lady,  to  India ;  one  minister  and  his  wife,  returning,  one  minis- 
ter, and  one  single  lady,  to  Syria;  one  medical  missionary,  one  layman,  and  two 
ladies,  one  of  them  returning,  to  Africa ;  and  one  minister,  to  Brazil ;  and  also 
four  ministers,  one  of  them  married,  received  by  transfer  in  Chili ;  and  one  minis- 
ter and  his  wife  received  in  the  same  manner  in  Syria.  Besides  these  laborers 
sent  out,  two  ministers,  one  of  them  married,  are  under  appointment  as  mission- 
aries— to  be  sent  out  as  soon  as  the  funds  of  the  Board  will  permit.  Still  another 
minister  and  his  wife  are  under  appointment,  but  are  not  able  to  go  out  now  on 
account  of  the  health  of  the  latter,  which  subsequently  became  impaired.  \Ve 
may  add  to  these  returns,  that  four  ministers  were  in  correspondence  with  the 
Mission  House  as  to  going  out,  whose  application  for  appointment  was  not  for- 
mally before  the  Board,  owing  to  their  knowledge  of  its  want  of  funds;  but 
some  of  whom,  if  not  all,  may  yet  be  appointed.  It  should  be  stated  that  most 
of  the  single  women  above  referred  to  were  sent  upon  the  offer  of  special  funds 
to  defray  all  expenses  from  some  of  the  Ladies*  Associations ;  and  we  believe 
there  are  two  or  three  others  likely  to  be  sent  out  upon  a  similar  arrangement. 

Now  as  to  the  state  of  the  funds.  The  year  began  on  the  let  of  May  with  a 
debt  of  $128,000.  With  the  sum  called  for  by  the  estimates  of  the  missions  for 
the  ensuing  year,  added  to  this  debt,  about  $718,000  were  needed  for  the  year 
ending  May  1,  1874.  The  noble  movement  in  the  General  Assembly  to  payoff 
the  debt  was  fully  appreciated  as  a  great  feature  of  the  position,  but  still  there 
was  the  sum  of  about  $590,000, — we  have  not  the  exact  figures  before  us — for  the 
current  expenses  of  the  year,  to  be  met  by  the  usual  contributions  of  the  churches 
and  individual  donors,  with  the  help  of  an  uncertain  amount  from  legacies.  This 
$590,000  was  a  much  larger  sum  than  the  Board  had  ever  received  in  any  one 
year  from  the  same  sources.  In  the  then  business  outlook,  in  June  last,  and 
with  some  uncertainty  as  to  the  great  debt  being  wholly  paid  off,  it  seemed  evident 
to  the  Board  that  some  reduction  must  be  made  in  the  expenditures  of  the  Mis- 
sions as  authorized  in  the  estimates  as  sent  in.  It  was  a  painful,  but  apparently  a 
necessary  duty  to  make  this  reduction,  and  earnest  consideration  was  given  to  the 


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subject  The  allowances  for  buildings,  chapels,  dwelling-houses,  Sec,  seemed  to 
admit  of  being  withdrawn  with  least  embarrassment,  though  in  some  cases  with 
ferj  serious  embarrassment.  The  allowances  for  schools  were  in  a  few  instances 
reduced.  In  some  cases,  new  efforts  which  had  been  authorized  were  deferred. 
A  definite  sum  for  missionary  work  in  Europe  was  withdrawn ;  (instead  of  this,  any 
special  gifts  will  be  gladly  sent  forward.)  The  salaries  of  the  missionaries  were 
not  in  any  case  to  be  affected.  By  these  measures,  and  including  the  sum  to  be 
withdrawn  from  buildings,  it  was  hoped  that  a  general  reduction  of  about  twenty 
per  cent  could  be  effected  in  the  expenses  of  the.  Missions — it  being  referred  to 
tome  of  the  missions  to  consider  wherein  this  painful  reduction,  if  at  all  practi- 
cable, could  be  made  with  least  injury  to  their  work.  In  this  way  it  was  hoped 
that  the  general  expenses  of  the  year  could  be  brought  down  to  about  $470,000  or 
$480,000.  If  the  receipts  of  the  mission  treasury  exceed  this  sum,  the  restrictions 
will  be  at  once  proportionally  removed.  On  the  other  hand,  it  was  hoped  that  the 
amount  to  be  received  from  legacies  would  be  equal  to  the  amount  received  last 
year — an  expectation,  we  are  glad  to  say  now,  that  will  very  likely  be  made  good. 
It  was  also  hoped  that  the  Ladies'  Boards  could  increase  their  gifts,  in  the  line  of 
the  existing  work  of  the  Board,  to  a  good  degree.  At  a  conference  with  some  of 
the  managers  of  three  of  the  Ladies*  Boards,  this  opinion  was  confidently  expressed 
bytbem;  and  it  is  now  quite  likely  to  be  sustained  by  their  liberal  receipts. 
It  was  also  hoped  that  the  debt  would  be  paid  off;  and  we  are  thankful  to  say 
DOW,  November  11th,  that  the  noble  sum  of  nearly  $117,000  has  been  paid  in  on 
this  account.  It  was  hoped,  moreover,  though  with  a  good  deal  of  misgiving, 
that  the  usual  and  regular  gifts  of  the  churches  and  of  individual  donors  would 
not  be  lessened  by  the  gifts  for  the  debt,  but'  increased  in  view  of  the  great  and 
growing  work.  This  hope  also,  we  are  thankful  to  state,  has  been  fulfilled.  The 
gifts  of  the  churches  and  of  individual  donors  to  the  1st  of  November  were 
$99,438*,  in  the  same  months  last  year,  $74,780.  What  reasons  for  thankfulness 
do  we  see  in  these  brief  statements!  Most  of  the  missionaries  under  appointment 
have  been  sent  out.  All  of  the  hopes  as  to  the  means  of  carrying  forward  the  work 
have  been  measurably  fulfilled.  Blessed  be  God,  who  has  given  s«ch  grace  to  his 
people! 

But  the  end  is  not  yet.  Here  has  come  this  late  financial  trouble,  widely 
spread,  deeply  affecting  many  of  our  warmest  friends,  and  likely  to  affect  very 
seriously  the  income  of  all  our  Boards.  Here  stand  some  choice  brethren  ready 
to  go  forth  as  missionaries.  And  there,  in  many  distant  places,  is  this  great  and 
varied  work  for  Christ.  It  cannot  well  be  further  reduced.  It  ought  not  to  be 
reduced  at  all.  We  trust  it  will  not  be,  but  steadily  and  greatly  enlarged,  even 
as  the  Lord  will  prosper  it.    These  are  times  for  prayer  and  for  faith  in  God. 

THE  ABILITY  OP  THE  CHURCH  TO  ENLARGE  THE  MISSIONS. 
We  hear  with  regret  the  opinion  expressed  sometimes  that  our  Church  has 
reached  its  highest  measure  of  effort  in  support  of  foreign  missions.  We  have 
even  heard  of  the  opinion  that  the  Foreign  Board  would  have  to  turn  over  its  edu- 
cational work  to  the  Board  of  Education,  its  work  of  building  chapels  to  the  Board 
of  Church  Erection,  &c.,  and  so  lessen  its  expenses.  This  would  indeed  be  the 
reverse  of  wisdom — burdening  the  missions  with  increased  and  divided  labor  in 
correspondence  and  reports,  and  after  all  gaining  nothing  at  home,  inaeniuch  as 
all  funds  for  the  foreign  work  must  come  from  the  same  churches  and  donors; 
moreover,  it  would  seriously  mar  and  weaken  the  position  of  the  foreign  cause 
before  the  churches.  This  now  stands  clearly  before  the  public  as  representing 
all  the  departments  of  the  work  of  Evangelization  in  Syria,  India,  &c.     We 


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believe  the  f«>reip:n  mi08'on8  of  all  the  Mipsionary  Societies— Conjrre^tional,  Bap- 
tist, Episcopal,  &c. — are  conducted  on  the  same  views  as  those  which  govern  uar 
own  Church  in  this  respect. 

Now  as  to  the  main  question — the  ability  of  our  Church  to  enlnrge  its  foreign 
work — we  think  there  can  be  but  one  answer.  We  are  able,  if  we  are  willing. 
Look  at  a  few  facts  in  the  case. 

1.  Last  year,  collections  were  acknowledged  by  the  Board  from  2962  churthw, 
(05  let^s  than  in  the  year  preceding.)  The  wholn  number  of  churches  reported 
in  the  Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly  is  4S02.  No  less  than  1840  chnr«  hei 
are  not  included  in  the  list  of  donors.  If  840  of  these  are  deducted,  s  s  for  various 
reasons  not  aide  to  give  anything,  there  are  still  1000  which  might  unite  with 
others  in  support  of  this  work.  At  the  same  avenige  rate  of  giving,  these  non- 
contributing  churches  and  the  individual  donors  connected  wiih  them  would  in- 
crease the  income  of  the  Board  from  this  source  from  $377.7CO,  of  last  year,  to 
$508/212.  AVe  must  hope  these  1000  churches  will  soon  take  an  efficient  part  in 
sustaining  this  cause. 

2.  Taking  the  churches  and  individual  donors — the  livirg  members  of  the 
church — who  gave  $377,720  last  year,  and  averaging  their  gifts  among  the  commu- 
nicants of  our  body,  we  find  the  amount  to  be  a  little  over  a  cent  and  a  half  each 
for  each  week.  If  the  average  had  been  two  cents  a  week  each,  $490,900  would 
have  been  placed  in  the  mission  treasury;  if  three  cents  a  week,  $604,000.  No 
one  who  knows  the  general  circumstances  of  our  people  can  doubt  their  ability  to 
give  three  cents  a  week  each  for  this  great  object.  We  would  not  make  too  much 
of  this  view.  Such  average,  in  one  respect,  is  injurious;  it  does  not  at  all  repre- 
sent the  liberality  of  large  numbers  of  the  friends  of  this  cause.  Yet  it  may  be 
of  f  roper  use  fy^r  general  results. 

3.  Let  any  observer  look  into  the  way  in  which  our  church  collections  are  made 
up,  and  he  will  find  in  very  many  cases  that  they  are  the  gifts  mainly  of  a  few 
persons.  If  all  would  give  at  the  same  rate,  with  reference  to  their  pecuniary 
means,  as  do  some  of  the  donors,  certainly  these  collections  would  be  largely 
increased. 

4.  May  we  not  ask.  Who  shall  set  a  limit  to  the  gifts  of  the  churches  in  aid  of 
this  cause?  The  gn>at  Author  of  all  providential  and  gracious  gifts  can  enable 
them  to  engage  in  this  service  in  a  measure  not  witnessed  since  the  days  of  the 
Apostles.    Will  he  not  do  so? 

We  nepd  not  multiply  these  remarks.  They  seem  to  us  to  settle  the  question  aa 
to  the  ability  of  our  Church  to  increase  greatly  its  support  of  this  cause.  The 
willingness  to  give  is  an  essential  element  in  the  case.  As  to  this,  we  bel'eve 
that  our  Christian  brethren  will  be  made  willing  in  the  day  of  God's  power.  Wa 
rest  our  hope  of  their  givins;  more — first,  on  their  receiving  larger  measures  of 
Divine  grace;  second,  on  their  hecoming  better  acquainted  with  this  work,  espe- 
cially a'*  it  sets  before  them  many  precious  opportunities  of  promoting  the  glory 
of  our  Saviour  in  all  nations ;  third,  on  their  training  for  this  service,  by  means 
of  our  varied  insrumentaliiies.  Chief  among  these,  we  rely  on  the  regular 
administration  of  the  means  of  grace.  Giving,  as  it  is  often  and  truly  said,  is  a 
fruit  of  Divine  grace;  and  it  is  to  be  promoted  mainly  as  other  gracious  attain* 
menrs  are  promoted.  In  our  body  we  do  not  rely  much  on  extra  measures;  it  ii 
well  we  dt)  not.  Once  fairly  entered  on  the  work,  however,  our  people  are  likely 
to  go  on  in  it.  They  are  going  forward  in  this  cause  now — who  can  doubt  it? 
They  will  go  forward  w  th  greater  power — so  we  firmly  believe.  We  may  not  live 
to  see  the  day,  but  we  doubt  not  that  in  a  few  years  this  cause  will  receive  over  a 


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m  of  dollars  as  its  annual  support  from  our  churches.  This  mnj  Bt^fitn  to 
large  sum,  but  it  does  not  near  equal  the  sum  we  now  pnj  {ur  a  few  urtiele^ 
*r>-daj^  comfort,  not  really  indispensable.  Not  that  we  w^mld  find  fnult  with 
utlay  for  these  thin>r8;  but  for  other  things  of  vastly  prpatPt  tnoTuont—crpii 
•ertching  the  gospel  to  every  creature — we  cnn  do  far  mnrr;  without  irs.se'ni»g 
•iaily  our  worldly  comfort;  and  better  still  will  it  be,  when  our  liheml  ^kn 
a  hi>ch  standard  of  self-denial  for  Christ^s  ske.  At  uny  ra  e,  we  inu!>t 
'e  that  we  have  not  yet  reached  the  measure  of  our  ability  in  the  suppurt  of 
Luse.  

RECOLLECTIONS  AND  COMMENTS. 

ivy  lenevolent  institution  that  conducts  its  work  with  the  aid  of  money  intiwt 
scne  one  to  take  charge  of  its  financial  affairs — treanarer*  honnrnrv  trea* 
,  financial  agent,  or  by  whatsoever  name  he  may  be  oalled.  The  Bimrd  aura- 
ed  its  work  in  this  city  with  an  h  morary  treasurer.  Ail  the  reeord^  of 
liary  accounts  of  every  kind,  all  the  receiving  of  donation*',  giving  receit*tB 
em,  accounts  of  purchases  made,  an  1  of  remittances  sent  to  thi?  ihiR^iims« 
be,  were  attended  to  by  a  competent  clerk,  having  tlve  title  of  Ami^ttant 
tary,  in  the  Mission  Iljuse,  under  the  direction  of  the  Correxpr^n  lirii  SeiTre- 
but  the  bank  account  was  kept  in  the  treasurer's  name,  nnd  lu^  check  wfmi 
red  for  all  payments  through  the  bank.  The  treasurer  wa^  n  gentltjiimn  of 
3st  standing,  an  elder  of  our  Church,  a  leading  and  pranp^^ntig  mrr<'hitnt, 
niable,  excellent,  pleasant  man;  no  better  man  could  have  bfen  found  to 
\  honorary  treasurer,  lie  received  no  salary  (or  his  services.  ILow  did  the 
work? 

t  very  well.  The  nominal  re^iponsibility  for  the  correctness  of  the  acommta 
1  on  the  treasurer;  the  real  responsibility  rested  on  a  clerk,  whofte  niiiiicroua 
aried  records  and  entries  the  treasurer  could  not  supervise,  unle?i3S  he  ^pent 
of  his  time  in  the  Missim  II)US'\  Payments  had  to  be  uiadej  often  many 
>  a  d  'y,  for  which  his  checks  had  to  be  obtained,  when  he  might  either  not 
ithin  reach,  or  else  fully  occupied  with  his  own  business.  Important  petu- 
'  transactiims  had  to  be  made  for  the  missions  in  Afrii-a  and  Indian  often 
ving  heavy  responsibility,  which  he  had  not  time  to  coi^sidtT  and  ti  liilfil, 
after  some  time,  in  one  of  the  seasons  of  general  pecuniary  re?eTEiefj,  hiw  firm 
1,  to  the  surprise  and  regret  of  everybody,  with  a  conaidernble  sum  of  the 
d's  fundrt  Stan  ing  in  his  name  in  the  bank.  This  money  was  e^aved  to  the 
A  by  the  noble  conduct  of  the  chief  creditor  of  the  firm^  who  came  forward 
inftii^ted  that  ihi*  mon^y  should  be  regarded  as  trust  fund**,  and  not  as  a^!«eta 
e  firm  ;  and  he  gained  the  consent  of  the  other  creditors  to  this  ?lew,  m  that 
tipitinn  and  no  loss  were  incurred. 

le  B  lard  then  considered  the  matter  again,  and  decided  to  have  the  Treasurer 
working,  executive  ofBcer,  giving  his  whole  time  to  its  sprviee.  It  ait^igned 
a  salary-,  and  required  bonds  to  be  furnished  for  the  faithful  perfannaBce  of 
,  a  rei^uiretnent  that  could  not  be  made  of  an  honor i*ry  treasurer.  The 
tircr.  besides  the  duties  previously  performed  by  the  hon<»rary  treasurer, 
nned  to  fulfil  tiie  duties  of  the  assistant  st'cretary  or  clerk,  and  any  other 
'H  ofn  clerk  that  his  time  permitted  him  to  undertake.  Tlio  new  Hrratigemerit 
tvd  Wfll,  in  all  reipeuts.  No  delay  occurred  in  making  paynicnta.  Nu  per(ton 
^1  to  pav  in  raonejfl  requiring  a  legal  receipt,  and  wa-i  i^ulijacted  to  diaap- 
tmenfc  be^aus^e  the  honorary  treasurer  was  not  easily  to  be  seen.  And  as  the 
Will  wfirk  grew  hir;5er,  and  extended  to  other  countries,  t>  Si  am,  to  China, 
i'Uewhere,  it  booame  more  and  more  evident  that  the  Bjard  ^3^qi|^g[d|^§^0^ 


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plan  and  the  right  man  in  this  important  department  of  its  service.  After  his 
resignation  for  health,  several  years  later,  the  plan  of  an  honorary  treasurer 
was  again  considered  by  the  Board,  and  it  was  deemed  inexpedient.  And  so  the 
matter  has  rested  until  this  day — this  little  review^  covering  a  period  of  aboat 
thirty- six  years. 

The  subject  is  one  of  some  moment,  and  invites  some  comments.  But  our 
space  forbids  enlarging  these  remarks.  We  may  add,  however,  that  the  trea- 
surer of  the  Board  has  always  performed  the  proper  work  of  a  clerk,  besides 
fulfilling  his  duties  as  treasurer;  and  that  the  clerical  work  so  performed,  by 
reason  of  its  nature  and  responsibility,  in  this  office,  could  not  be  done  at  less 
cost.  A  clerk  of  the  capacity,  business  experience,  and  general  character  re- 
quired for  such  treasurer's  work  as  must  be  performed  in  (he  Mission  House,  could 
easily  command  a  higher  salary  than  the  Board  pays  its  treasurer ;  while  the 
important  part  of  the  financial  work  of  the  Board,  which  consists  in  sending  the 
Treasurer's  own  Bills  of  Exchange,  to  the  amount  last  year  of  nearly  $300,000, 
and  in  providing  for  their  payment  in  London — essentially  first-class  Bankers' 
transactions — is  surely  not  the  work  which  a  business  firm  would  entrust  to  one 
of  its  clerks,  and  certainly  not  to  an  honorary  officer  outside.  And  this  is  true 
without  taking  into  account  the  moral  influence  of  a  responsible,  working, 
executive  officer;  the  legal  experience,  often  saving  large  expense  to  the  Board  ; 
the  less  danger  of  loss  by  failure,  commercial  reverses,  or  other  cause.  Whatever 
may  bo  true  in  a  less  extensive  and  simpler  work,  the  treasury  of  this  Board  would 
be  no  gainer  by  adopting  the  idea  of  an  honorary  treasurer.  At  least  such  is  the 
conviction  of  one  who  has  long  watched  the  working  of  honorary  and  paid  trea- 
surerships  in  this  city. 

Leaving  several  things  unsaid  on  this  subject,  and  intending  perhaps  to  give 
recollections  of  some  other  matters  in  future,  here  endeth  this  little  article. 


THE  STATE  OF  THE  CASE  IN 
ITALY. 

The  government  is  pledged  to  the  pro- 
tection of  religious  liberty  against  the 
encroachments  of  the  Papacy.  Sympa- 
thy with  the  government  in  the  extreme 
measures  which  it  has  taken  in  social 
and  religious  questions  is  wides,)read 
among  the  higher  classes  of  Italian  so- 
ciety. Suddenly  as  the  great  changes 
of  the  past  few  years  have  occurred,  the 
great  mass  of  Italians  regard  them  with 
satisfaction  and  joy.  IIow  great  these 
changes  have  been,  none  who  do  not 
stand  upon  Italian  soil  can  fully  appre- 
ciate, bince  the  law  of  1848  was  passed, 
suppressing  useless  religious  corpora- 
tions outside  of  Rome,  down  to  the 
enactment  of  the  law  of  June,  1873, 
suppressing  the  convents  and  monaste- 
ries in  Rome  itself,  one  change  has  suc- 
ceeded another,  all  verging  towards  an 
enlightened  religious  liberty  throughout 
the  realm.  To-day  the  evangelist  of  the 
true  faith  can  go  wherever  he  will  and 
proclaim  the  glorious  doctrine  of  justi- 
ncution  through  faith  in  a  crucified  and 
risen  Christ.  If  in  any  case  the  dvin<^ 
embers  of  persecution  should  be  stirred 


up  and  roused  to  flame,  the  evangelist 
and  the  church  to  which  he  minister 
can  appeal  with  confidence  to  the  civil 
authority,  and  religious  liberty  will  find 
shelter  in  the  majesty  of  the  law.  The 
recent  letter  of  the  Cardinal-Vicar  at 
Rome  is  a  telling  commentary  upon  the 
present  po."»ition  of  affairs.  lie  says 
that  he  is  deeply  shocked  at  the  changes 
that  have  taken  place  in  Rome;  tha( 
there  should  be  Protestant  preaching, 
Protestant  prayer-meetings,  and  even  a 
Protestant  church  in  that  ancient  city 
of  the  Popes.  He  says,  furthermore, 
that  the  Ilolv  Father,  Pius  IX.,  feels  i( 
bitterly,  ana  **  would  precent  it  if  he 
couldy  Thanks  to  Almighty  God  for 
a  government  which  stands  as  the  bul- 
wark of  religious  liberty  and  progress! 
I  would  cite — 

1.  The  progress  of  education.  Schools 
in  all  the  great  cities  have  been  estab- 
lished on  the  most  approved  8ys»tem% 
Only  those  who  can  pass  the  strictest 
examination  on  the  studies  pursued  can 
be  admitted  as  teachers.  What  an  ele- 
ment of  hope  is  here!  In  Rome  ten 
thousand  children  are  in  the  municipal 
schools  under  a  thorough  instruction. 


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lerly  these  schools  were  under 
1  direction,  and  were  strictly  Papal 
utions.  Now  no  priest  is  admitted 
teacher.  They  are  free  schools,  so 
i  religious  dictation  is  concerned, 
f  allowed  to  go  on,  will  work  out  a 
ty  problem  for  this  people — no  less 
the  turning;:  of  the  minds  of  the 
generation  into  higher  channels  of 
;ht  and  belief.  I  have  but  little 
that  this  aruiy  of  priests  and  monks 
ever  change  their  way  of  life,  or 
the  grown  men  and  women  of  the 
'ant  Coniadini  will  embrace  the 
(stant  faith ;  but  the  children  will 
Lved,  and  they  will  constitute  the 
e    kingdom    of   Italy.      I  would 

Fheone  hundred  Protestant  church- 
Iready  planted,  and  enjoying  a 
er  or  less  degree  of  prosperity.  In 
one  hundred  places  the  gospel  is 
ihed.  Christian  lives  are  lived,  the 
of  truth  is  being  sown,  which  God 
not  suffer  to  die.  Their  forms  of 
^ip  are  simple.  No  stately  cat  he- 
nave  they,  no  gorgeous  priestly 
\  are  worn,  no  factitious  means  are 
oyed  to  call  the  curious  crowds 
her.     There  is  a  simple  reliance 


upon  Qod  and  that  Divine  Spirit  who 
alone  can  bless  the  truth  and  give  it 

f»revklence.  Let  these  brave,  true  men, 
ike  good  soldiers,  stand  by  their  posts, 
and  deliver,  boldly  but  judiciously,  God's 
message,  and  ^^a  little  one  shall  become 
a  thousand,''  and  a  feeble,  struggling, 
fainting  minority  shall  become  a  great 
people.  We  have  need  to  urge  upon 
these  Protestant  churches  to  become 
self-supporting  at  the  earliest  possible 
day,  that  the  help  now  extended  to 
them  by  benevolent  hands  may  be  transr 
ferred  to  new  stations,  and  thus  this 
whole  realm  be  occupied  for  Ghrint. 
Again  I  entreat  that  Christians  through- 
out the  world  will  prav  for  Italy,  that 
the  hope  which  now  cheers  the  hearts 
of  the  small  band  of  laborers  here  may 
hasten  to  fulness  and  fruition. — Evan' 
gelical  Christendom, 

In  giving  room  to  the  foregoing  clear 
and  satisfactory  views,  we  may  add  that 
the  Board  would  gladly  transmit  any 
special  gifts  which  Christian  friends 
may  wish  to  send  to  Italy  in  aid  of  the 
Waldensian  work  of  evangelization  in 
that  country. 


DOXATIORS  TO  THB  BOARD   OF  FoREION  MISSIONS,  IN  OCTOBEK  1873. 

1^  Synods  in  pxall  capitals— Presbyteries  in  </a/ic«— Churches  lu  Roman. 


INT.— ^26a>ty— West  Milton  ch  15;  2d  ch 
>gR  Springs  19  24,  Rat>-HCh  17  88—87  12; 
81  reel  ch,  Albany  200  S2,  Chawplair^-^ 
2h  Sab-Hch.  Port  Henry,  forCorisco  Boat  6. 
-Cohoes  ch  43;  Sandy  Hi lllDh  lU;  Water- 
h  67  2U  377  64 

kVTic,^  Catawba — Charlotte  ch  2  18.  Knox 
f  Hope  Sab  sch  1  3  18 

TiMORB.  —  Baltimors—Btivre  de  Grace  ch 
arton  Sab-i«ch  10.  New  Caatle^Red  CIht 
:  oh  16.  Washington  (A<^— First  ch  Prince 
im  3  78  00 

TRAL  New  York  — ^/npAamAm— First  ch 
0,  mo  con  32;  North  ch  Bin>£hamton  8  26. 
>— Kev  8  N  KobinMon  K).  St  Lawrence— 
e  ch  6  f6;  Hammond  ch  Sab-sch  10  75; 
•r  cli  17  80;  Brownsville  ch  3  93.  Si^raetue 
k  ch  Sabsch  Syracusfe.  to  i»up.  Mr  Ewen, 
Tn,  China  54  12;  let  Ward  ch  Syracuse 
Utiea^Ciinion  ch  98  66;  Vernon  Centre 
258  73 

aifjfATi.  —  CUneinnati  —  Harrison  ch  8  10. 
m— Xeniach80  63  10 

?Et*sD.— Rfifwda«d— La  Fayette  ch,  Jno  Lee 

»L  ch  U^^t'lnriJ  ^-ij?  60^  Bat>-pch  for  schools 
Ntl>uli=itMT  ^11.  3Mii'/ning—Youn}i!*'own  cii 
;  Hrcjokflt  11  rh  i ;  Warren  ch  4".  St  aaira- 
New  Aihi'n.4  ^Hi  M  4i;  Wheeling  Valley 
^  !«.  »#h.i"'h  T  60-17  81;  Crab  Apple  Sab- 
^:  Concord  ch  69,  Sab  sch  45— 104;  Short 
%  ch  %%  .SteubenmUt—yiinervfi  oh  6;  Beth* 
n  cli  in;  BtitPh  Spniuj  oh  6,  Sab-sch,  bal  to 
fso  Tii^art  in.,  I2"»i7  ;  Long  Run  ch  5 

795  61 

i^ntum—Aihtn^^FoaHh  ch  Sab-sch  Mari- 
«  IV;  Pirrnvftiy  Brtb-^ch  for  Dakota  15.  Ma- 
-Brawn  Sub-wb  ^  6 ".  If oo«fer— First  ch 
-ler  U;  Hojjertflll  cli  fiO;  Shelby  ch  21. 
mu^^^eiBfy  eh  2ti:  Evans  Creek  ch   18 

177  76 


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Eaam,  —  Allegheny  ^Qer  oh  Alleghany  18  42. 
£i.t/<r— Piain  Grove  ch  39  20;  Rich  Hill  ch  7; 
Martinnburg  ch  12.  CSfarion  — CallenMburg  ch 
Female  Miss'y  Society  li  6o.  JBrie— Sandy  Lake 
ch  8.  iTi/tonntno— Jacksonville  ch  25;  Middle 
Creek  ch,  LouisShoup5;  Smickaburg  ch  6  88; 
Saltsburg  ch  100  07  238  97 

Obncva  —CU.vu^— Aurora  ch  mo  con  21.  €%6' 
muno— Firsi  ch  Elmira  24;  Watkins  ch  6  60. 
iSYeu6efi— Williamson  ch  16  01;  1st  ch  Cornng 
40;  Homellsville  ch  39  146  61 

Harri8burgr.—OiW/s;s— Waynesboro  oh  Pab- 
sch  2:<  34;  Paxton  ch  28  69  Hnntingdon-^Bxit' 
falo  Run,  Union  Sab-sch  4  60;  Bellt-fonte  Sab- 
sch,  Mrs  Morris'  Class  for  Rawal  Pmdi  6;  Hun- 
tingdon Prejkb'l  Coll  17  31.  Horthumbtrland-' 
Second  ch  Williamsport  63  66  132  40 

ItLiHOis,  Cbwtral.  —  Pwrio  —  Henry  Sab-sch 
for  Syria  16  16.  Springfield— ¥\thi  ch  S.-b-sch 
Springfield,  for  Brasil  108  59  123  76 

iLUHQid,  North.— cAicflffO— Second  ch  Chicaco 
867  60 :  Isi  ch  Chicago  200;  Dunlon  oh  10. 
Rock  i2tv«»^-Peniel  ch  Sab-sch  11;  Hamet  ch 
6  693  60 

Ilunois,  SoDTB.—i4/<on— Brighton  ch  G  60! 
VlrUen  ch  9  3o.  Cniro— Wabasft  Sab-sch  7  16. 
Jfaf eoon—Kaolcaskia  ch  6;  ShoLoitier  ch  3; 
Pana  ch  7;  Neoga  ch  22  6a  05 

Indiana.  North.— Oaioford«irf(/e— New  Bethel 
ch  1(1 ;  Darlington  ch  4;  Lexington  ch  11; 
Delphi  Sat»-fch  15;  Dover  ch  8  to.  Furt  Wavno 
—Salem  Centre  ch  14  60,  Sab-sch  I  6o-ltt; 
Orland  Sab-sch  1.  Loqansport—F\rM  ch  Sab- 
sch  South  Bend  10.    if u/ieis— Wabash  ch  80  10 

105  70 

Indiana,  Sooth. — Jndtaiwpoft*— Columbus  ch 
9  06;  Acton  ch  3  60.  New  Albany— Lexinnlon 
and  Sharon  Hill  chs  3  20;  2d  ch.  New  Albany 
80.  WhiU  Ifufer-Greensburg  ch40  10;  iKtch 
Shelby  ville  13  lt^^?-.rAr 

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Iow4,  VonTR. — Ofir  IJip'rf?— R"llffTii«  ch  QS 
ceDU.    Dabuqut^F  rat  bf  r  ch,  Dubuque  15 

16  9<J 

low\.  Soirrn  — Cbune'^  fl'wJTi— Clurinda  ch  8. 
/<u>a— Ev  Geroh,  "t  P  ferV  »'i  M;  Ko<-HUih  rh 
11  ;<2.  /oiO'i  Of«— Duvenport  ch  61  88;  WHgh- 
iotfion  fU  'i  8(1,  sah^HCh  10  i—  12  8u  10(  60 

KANs\a.— ATd'ifAo— OitawA  •  h  8  66 

Kektuort— Lmuci/to— RlizfthfitbtowQ  ch  A; 
Chestiiui  Street  ch.  Louisville  IO»  lo6  00 

Lo?io  l8L\ND— BnToAc/t/n— Frxnklin  Arenn«»  ch, 
quHr  coll  in;  Ihi  ch  RemsM-n  8'rei»t,  Pucfio 
Sireet  Mhh'v  Ho.t\,  for  Gaboon  Vacht,  84  :^«; 
T'Miipkinx  Avenue  oh  6«  "3:  Woulh  T»  ir«i  Mrcet 
ch,  Wi  I  amxburK  3".;  Rditpwater  oh  18  8»;  Aiii»- 
li»*  Htreei  ch  8  Ti,  iVoMau— Finti  ch,  A-ioria 
49  62  2A2  46 

MioHi<»\w.— D  fro  <—liyon«  Sah-«ch  7;  Una- 
d'llrt  ch  6:  SiockhridscA  ch  5  .Hu.  Li"*i»g— 
Ma«*on  ch  16:  2<i  ch  HHt>>Hch,  Lanr^injc,  for  boya 
in  IniU  It;  Albion  ch  18  6.'>;  lal  oh,  l.ao^iDic 
Si  -'0  I  HI  15 

Mi:«NK80TA.— 5£  Pauf—Vxtni  ch,  MinncMpnlin, 
non  cou  6;  M'>oreh**ad  oh  6:  W« utinin^ler  ch, 
Minn*>Hp')liii.  iMOti  con  4  Si:  Red  Wu»«  «*h  23  6«i; 
GxidhUH  oh  2  »H>;  Floronci*  «h  2  2»;  Oniral 
ch,  Hr  Pa  I  26  78.  M^fO'fa— PrtMtOQ  Sab-i«cM,  lo 
ed  Htudent  at  Benita  lu  7»  7<i 

MM80iJRi~nam'/ra— Fir>*t  oh.  M«*mphi«  2  ho. 
/*/nr/«- OroKon  ch  il  60.  iSt  Lottta— Kir»t  Ger 
ch,  St  LouH  6  20  40 

Nkw  .Ifrbbt— £r/xab«M— Cranford  ch  12  19; 
Plucknrnn  oh  7-19;  l-i  oh,  Plainfield  8^80; 
Hpnniff)  Id  ch  16  4':  Wno<ti>ri<li{«*  ch  4o;  WeaC- 
field  oh  M\  3<1  ch,  EliEMh*'(h  2H  su;  Ro*.«*||e  oh 

21  ««  Jf^neti  OYv-Ten  fly  oh  17  26.  Monmouth 
— Jameabnric  ch  2l ;  Manal>«pan  ch  40;  Kann- 
inu'lalA  ch  in.  Murru  unii  Oi-ang" — Central  rh, 
Orantf«  I0^;  Int  oh,  Morrintown.  Childr«»ii*a 
Ml-*-'*'  Soc'y  '2M^\  MadiHon  o\n  Hi  9i.  Nwnrk— 
S»'»ond  ch.  NewRrk  1«hi  K7.  Younn  People'a 
Mi<'*"y  Soo'y  48  96  —  If  8  8.1;  Rc^vill**  ch.  add'l 
tun  tu.  8ibf»oh  I'»  —  6I8«»I;  Park  ch  14  :<6. 
JS'ew  BrutUiWtrJc—Fw^i  ch.  N^'W  BrutHwick.  uion 
con  4»5  88  /V«n>^^«— Sfcond  ch.  Belvi-lere  I20; 
Philti|iMburv  -ab-woh  26;  |«.|  oh.  'Stillwator  8; 
Pwari.-wood  oh.  for  Woman  work  3;  Yfllo*r 
Pra»ne  »h  12  63;  Blair>in%in  ch  ^97.  Wat 
J^TMJ/— Brainard  ch  1  60;  Fl^^t  ch,  Vinolnnd 

22  :mk  lff43  05 
Nbw  Yoaiw— H«/i«ow— \y«ok  ch  29  04;  Rama- 

po  ch  !(»«»;  HampionburK  oh  24;  ('oohoC'Onch 
4  20  PaliaadfH  oh  41  :i6;  Monlioello  oh  13  2>i; 
Whht  Town  oh  6  91;  H«iiip-«iead  ch  9  61 ;  Ihi  oh, 
Middletown  33  J9;  Port  .lorvm  ch  12.  Ncw  York 
~('anal  a'ch  16  44):  Waihinirton  Heisliti^oh  21; 
Briok  oh  chap**!  16;  4ih  Avenue  oh  146  6H:  Hnck 
ch  231  'II :  8t«a  and  Land  ch  4  H  >:  Sco'ch  ch  2i)u. 
North  A'Vtfr— Calvary  oh.  Newburjj  14  17:  Fr<»e- 
doiM  Plaina^ahnch.  lo  wun  lein  at  Hidon  2i  80; 
Rondoui  on  38  90.  We^tchfter^^wxiU  VjK^t  Cku- 
tre  oh  48  919  38 

Paoipic— Seniefo-^Healdshiirff  ch  5.  Lo9  Aff 
gel  s—\\  I  tinn»<rnD  oh  4  8 1.  Oregon — IhI  on  Port- 
land 4H  2.6.  5reram«n/o— I oiif  Citv  ch  3  62; 
A'nador  City  oh  5  7» ;  CJnlumbia  Habacu  6.  San 
/'*ran6/«e'>— Oakland  German  ch  4.  76  42 

Philadblfhia.— C>e»f««r— Marple  ch  16;  Utoh 
We-i  Chpnier  47  64;  Upper  We-t  Notlinsham 
en  fl  62:  New  London  oh  23  40;  M  Mlia  ch  I4  4'». 
i>ieArauHii»iia~Wilkt9hbHrre  ch,  8Hr»-HCh  212  60; 
MonirueS  b-Heli  6.  Zi«^  a^^Hramard  ch,  Sitb- 
po.U.  RA..ton  62  62;  Middle  Siiiiihfleld  oh  II; 
Weatlierly  ch  4;  shenaodonh  ch  2  2u.  PAt//i- 
de/pha—Areu  ft  ch,  a  member.  f«>r  flab.»on  Boat 
lOo;  8ouih  Htoh,8«h.ii.-h6u:  lOih  ch  20*t  26:  Ta- 
bern»cle  oh  6^.  PhUndetphin  Ccfro/— Colmok- 
B«nk  ch.  «Hb  «^h  «9  \*;  Tioiea  at  oh  24.    PhiUvit^ 

Shin  North— QoWhwTj  oh   \l\   Abintilon  ch,  .fur 
[i«««  fcoi  9  63.     VFe^//»<n«rer->CheHtnut  Level  ch 
46  u^.  06'«  K6 

PiTTBBUROH— B/n/rjiv<7/0— Liffonier  and  Pl**a- 
Bant  Grovech  addl  IH  PitUbitrgh—^yWtf^  Run 
ch  -.0  MoniourV  8Mb  no h  20  \\^\  Ea^t  l.thetiy 
ch  9  •  74  ft*fato«f— M I  Wa-«hinitfon  Snb  »«oh  3  2'.; 
MoClellaudiownsiab^BCu  6;  Mi  FlwtMiUt  ch  16  66; 


Mt  PIea»»»nf,  Reunion  ch  6  74;  Ronnc 
8  79.  Wathinqton—  Gien  Sati-foh  I) 
8oli»  llhoiixH  6u  ci<<.  Eildi-'  C'ark  50  oi<' 
ch,  Wheel'ns/  6«i:  Uip  r  Buffalo  S-.bfu 
Ch,  Wheeling  I  i  8,  -ab«<ch  I  60-2  68;  ( 
Sab  a  fl.  to  fd  h^jy  at  Kolapoor  17  .'<9 
9<nia~Brf('kfnridHe  ch,  Mra  8  J  13; 
town  ch  M  (i4 

'I'BN^BBBBB. — ^T^/B/on— Joneahoro  ch 

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aoh.  fi>r  Creek  .Mi«*>'ion  2  6<)— 6  75 ;  Mar 
10;  Huoyiuxch  1862:  Im  ch  Belieri>ni« 
i/'/yvm  — Kreoioutoh  2u  Linui — l)»'l(4i< 
t^ab-tich  S'S  40.  i/a«iffMe— Mouut  Saiei 
6. 

WrsTBRM  Nbw  York.— Bwjf  i/o— Wo*lni 
ButfHio  .38  64.  (70i.e«eo-- Aiiica  oh  1R  \ 
«<e  Foi/fvAllevheny  ch  10.  N'ognrc 
Lock  port  if8o  Rith'ifer—Hruk  cm  t 
2iH);  WeHm mater  oh.  Knchef*ter  lu  37 
ch,  Roohenier  84;  Oudeo  ch  31 

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Lh  Cro^Ho  «'h.  \omu/  l^adieH*  8o«M»-ty  I 
3.  Lnke  Superi'tr-  MarQii«»tie  ch  I'no 
ann  coil  1  8«145  60.  MHwnvku^Lu 
P.ke  Urove  ch  14  24;  lai  Holland  ch.  M 
2  ii3;  DelNfleld  eh  2  8J.  hweutMn  Huh 
ty  German  ch  3  6n. 

LadiCH*  Board  of  Mi««ion«,  N  Y,  4 
BrHnch  Won.au'ri  Honrd  of  For.  .MIhmio 
WouiHoV  Foreiun  Mi-«-ioiiary  Society, 
phia  3u(0;  WomaQ*a  Foreivn  Misoibn 
of  N.  W.  1617  31. 

Total  Reoeiptfl  from  charohen  Sd  Oct,   : 
Leoaciks  -  E-tate  of  Rev  M  P  Sqm 
bal  .30U:    E<<tate  of  Andrew  Young,  d 
Cliatnpion  E>>tHte  1498  23. 

Mi-ICBLLankod**.— Rel.  Con'rib.  Socfei; 
ton  Mi-inMiaiy  18  16:  Petert^inbM  2;  .\j 
Phila4:  0  Ciiri!«holm.  Hodaud.  Mioh 
6*0;  I>r  J  C  Hepburn '0  0;  Kev  8  N  I 
Froedoni  FlaiUHd:  Wm  M  8iokea.  Wa 
Mnn  28  2<*;  Rev  H  B  Tltomp^on.  K 
Mary  Cratty,  Whiiehtown,  la  6.  Cvr 
Mion  Hi;  Mr  WilliHm-on  2;  Annie  Mi 
Lt-noz  Conciliate  InBinui*'.  lona  6  6a 
Gilmore,  Tiiu^vill*',  N  J  40:  l»oroa!*  I 
bion,  ill  2ii;  C  Aibiithnof.  PittcbiirK.  < 
pa!«aat{e  of  Rov  E  P  .NewtoD  700:  Hiindr 
of  PreHbyierian  37:  Kev  8  t  aldwrll. 
Ru>a  (*alk  na  40  cent^ ;  EaclecviMe  Sab 
Sucenta;  Trunioen  of  Prebbjt«rian  ti( 
on  Benjamin  Fund  686. 

Tola!  reoelf,ta  la  October  1873,         i 

Total  reoeipt!*  fro  no  May  Ut,    f  i 

Of  the  a  noun'  a'knowUdiei  above. 

wai  reo-'iv-'d  through  Ootn.n.Utfo  on 

leac«  aad  Fiaauce. 

WM.  RAVKrN.  Trensur 
23  Oenrrtf  .Str<y*i,  .Sen 


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Joii.f  C.  LowaiB,  Rev.  Uivio  Ian  mo.  or  R«i 
F.  Elumwooo.  8ecr'Uriei,  Miastion  U 
Oentr**  aireeu  .New  York. 

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ers  ralntins  X^  d^ynrnttnui  of  book<«  aad  traots.  the  appomtment  of  Colporteurs,  and  the  frenpnU 
IC4  or  tu«  Board,  U^  tse  adiressad  to  the  Rer.  Wiluam  B.  SoHaxoK,  0.0-,  Oorrwpimding  Secr*- 

'i'«;rSpL."i,Bii  1  coTminio^tini^ooaoBrmn^  mvt«»r  oTi^ral  for  pablioatioa,  whether  for  boobi 

lo  lti?Hl-«,  tf?  th'  Hit   rif  f  W.   )aLLB9,  D  D,  Biitoria'  Seeretnrv. 

*>r-*   r^l  itifig  to  9,i^bbath~Sehool  work,  to  Mr.  J.  Bknnct  Ttlbb,  Snperiatendent  of  Sabbaih- 

I   W«irk. 

e^pMonic^Ticf^  of  Colporteurs  rennittaaoes  of  money,  and  doaatloas,  to  Mr.  S.  D.  Powil, 

inten'ipnT  of  C^l.po^ll^lfe  unl  Tr«»a.'«urer. 

"rn  for  Hdokn  exo^pt  fro  n  Oolporteur**)  and  Bti<«in<^9n  Gorre<ipoQdenoe,  to  Mr.  Joex  A   Bl\oi. 

w^riBtmn-*  to  The  Prm*ttft«Ttin  Monthlv  R^^iord,  The  Sabbfith^.hnof   Visitor.  Tne  PreBbytwnan 

rk.  The  Wattmrater  Laum  Leaff  ani  pa^nnent*  for  the  same,  to  Mr.  Paria  Walkie. 


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O0E  COLPORTEURS  NOT  BOOKPEDDLERS. 

"e  liertid  the  otlicr  di*y  of  a  man  who  had  ppckon  of  the  Board's  colpnr- 
V  Bjs  if  thi^y  were  ^^in*Te  hook-pediUers*^  who  were  selling  books  to  njake 
ey  ior  themselves  or  the  Board.  lie  was  altogether  wrong.  Our  culpor- 
j  arc  tiot  book-peddleM.     We  will  tell  why. 

Becmse  where  any  p3rson  applies  for  a  colporteur*s  commission,  he 
rinbly  reeeivcs  a  printed  circular,  in  which  he  is  explicitly  told  that  *'the 
s:ir  Tuotive  fur  engn^nng  in  this  service  ou^ht  always  to  be  to  glorify  God 
d I flf Lining  his  truth  and  saving  souls.  The  principal  motive  of  a  colporteur 
mid  n^j}i:r  be  to  muke  money  either  fur  himself  or  for  the  Board.  Tho 
xtA  diiaire^  to  eDipk>y  no  one  who  is  wlHin;<  to  re^jard  himself,  or  to  allow 
lers  to  rei^ard  him^  os  a  mere  vender  or  peddler  of  books.  TJie  (jrmt  work 
thf^  fO^pf'rfetir  is  fo  do^/ooil  by  the  circulat'On  of  j)riiited  truth  accomptivying 
'  ptitjex  Efdd  ami  gv^H  aicai/^  so  far  ns  practicable  with  personal  reiiffiotts 
tvrn?(tri,tt  and  prfti/pr.  He  is  expected  to  do  this  in  the  constant  hope  and 
^irtj  th:it,  above  sill,  God  will  bless  it  to  the  conversion,  edification,  and 
iv jetton  of  immortal  suuls."  lie  is  not  commisbioned  tj  do  book-peddling 
iiouey-making. 

.  Bceaii^e  in  the  printed  " //i«^rMr^'ow«"  given  to  every  colporteur,  and 
:*h  he  biiidi  himself  faithfully  to  carry  out,  he  is  expressly  told — ''Do  not 
irini  yrMir^lf,  or  allow  others  to  regird  you,  as  a  mere  vender  of  books.^* 
is  inafnieted  to  **er»dtiavor  to  give  evert/  f am dy  some  appropriate  tracf»^^^ 
to  feel  that  he  w  **  fully  at  liberty  to  give  a  book  without  pay  to  any  per- 
n  uu.tbltj  ur  unwilHiiLT  to  buy,  when  he  has  good  reason  to  hope  that  such  a 
II  will  do  gOijd,"  Me  is  also  directed  to  improve  every  opportunity  for 
iUmi  conversatton  and  prayer,  ^'so  that  his  visits  may  be,  with  the  Divine 
Li*»in^»  a  source  of  unapcakable  good  to  those  in  their  sins."  Under  these 
lUvtiikfiH,  tens  oF  thouHunds  of  visits  are  made,  and  of  volumes  freely  given 
y,  and  inilliona  of  pages  of  tracts  gratuitously  distributed  every  year.  This 
ot  hnok-peddllnf;  or  money-making. 

u  Jtee^iuse  tlia  culportcurs  are  never  estimated  by  the  Board  or  its  officers 
ordiag  to  the  amoutit  of  their  saleSy  but  always  according  to  the  amounU^ 

. ^oogu 


402  Board  of  Puhlicatwn,  [Decemher 

good  thei/  do.  Some  of  the  very  best,  most  useful,  and  most  valued  of  our 
colporteurs  sell  very  few  books  indeed,  because  they  labor  almost  ^rhclly 
among  the  very  poor  and  destitute  classes.  Every  effort  b  used  to  make 
the  colporteurs  teel  that  their  chief  endeavor  should  be  to  reach  and  supply 
destitute  families,  neighborhoods,  and  Sabbath-schools  where  the  books  of 
the  Board  would  otherwise  not  be  likely  to  be  circulated  or  read,  and  whether 
he  sells  or  gioeSj  he  is  bound  to  do  it,  not  as  a  money-making  work,  but  as  a 
means  of  grace  and  of  religious  instruction  to  the  recipients. 

But,  says  some  one  perhaps,  your  colporteurs  do  sell  books.  Yes,  they  do. 
Why?     We  answer — 

1.  Because  the  contributions  of  the  churches  are  not  large  enough  to 
enable  the  Board  to  give  to  those  who  are  able  and  willing  to  buy,  even  were 
it  desirable  to  do  so.  It  now  distributes  gratuitously,  from  year  to  year,  by  its 
colporteurs,  and  in  grants,  all  that  the  churches  enable  it  to  give.  What  is 
done  beyond  this  must  be  done  by  sale. 

2.  Because  the  colporteurs  approach  great  numbers  who  desire  and  ought 
to  have  the  Board's  publications,  and  who  are  both  able  and  willing  to  pay 
for  what  they  get.  -  The  value  thus  saved  enables  the  colporteur  to  carry 
other  publications  to  the  poor  and  needy,  and  makes  their  labors  in  any  field 
do  far  more  good. 

3.  Because  when  any  man,  rich  or  poor,  purchases  a  volume  and  pays  for 
it,  he  is  more  likely  to  preserve  it  carefully  and  read  it  attentively,  than  if  it 
had  been  given  him  by  a  stranger. 

No  I  Our  colporteurs  are  not  book-peddlers.  They  arc,  as  a  body,  true, 
humble,  faithful  servants  of  the  Lord  Jesus  and  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
They  are  doing  a  work  of  incalculable  usefulness  and  importance  for  the 
Church,  and  for  hundreds  of  thousands  of  souls  ready  to  perish.  We  bespeak 
for  them  the  kind  cooperation,  the  Christian  sympathy,  and  the  earnest 
prayers  of  all  God's  people. 

EXPIRING  SUBSCRIPTIONS. 

The  last  month  of  the  year  has  come,  and  the  subscriptions  to  our  periodi- 
cals, in  very  many  cases,  are  about  to  expire.  If  pastors  will  urge  upon  those 
having  charge  of  the  renewal  of  orders  the  importance  of  immediate  attention 
to  this  matter,  they  will  do  a  favor  both  to  the  receivers  and  publishers. 
Those  desiring  the  Monthly/  Record^  the  Presbyterian  at  Work^  the  Westmm- 
ster  Lesson  Leafy  and  the  Sahhath-school  Yxxitor  for  1874,  should  send  in 
their  orders  without  delay. 


SCATTER  THE  SABBATH-SCHOOL  VISITORS. 

In  Minnesota  one  of  our  Home  Missionaries  found  himself  unable  to  secure 
money  to  pay  for  the  fifly  Sabbath-school  Visitors  which  he  needed  for  his 
work.  Having  received  help  for  this  from  the  Board  of  Publication,  he 
writes  in  joyful  strains,  and  tells  how  he  docs  good  on  his  fields  with  these 
children's  papers.     His  words  are  worth  reading,  for  they  suggest  a  cheap 


1873.]  Board  of  FMication.  403 

mode  of  reaching  many  homes  and  hearts.     A  dollar  thus  invested  will  go  a 
great  way.     He  says : 

"  It  did  me  much  good  to-day  to  receive  such  an  answer  to  my  letter.  I 
know  that  the  Visitor  has  done  much  good  here.  I  consider  it  the  first 
among  the  multitude  of  Sabbath-school  papers.  Without  one  cent  promised 
me  by  my  field,  and  depending  upon  the  Board,  I  did  not  see  how  I  could 
pay  for  it.  During  ten  years  on  this  field,  I  have  circulated  thousands  of 
Sabbath- school  papers,  and  have  got  the  name  of  ^  Sabbath-school  Paper 
Man.'  Many  times  meeting  teams  going  west,  with  whole  families,  I  dis- 
tributed reading  matter,  gave  them  something  good,  and  asked  God  to  bless 
his  word.  I  have  received  good  reports  from  many  alter  they  have  settled 
hundreds  of  miles  beyond  us. 

**  Four  miles  east  of  one  of  my  preaching  points  I  had  to  pass  a  group  of 
three  houses.  I  first  found  the  children  playing,  gave  them  papers,  and 
asked  th^m  to  go  right  in  and  have  mother  or  father  read  them,  as  this  was 
the  Sabbath  day,  and  they  should  not  play.  After  doing  this  a  few  times, 
I  could  see  them  ready  for  me  long  before  I  reached  the  house.  They 
seemed  to  know  my  time  for  passing,  and  could  see  my  buggy-top,  and  knew 
who  was  there.  I  have  heard  them  call  to  each  other,  *  Run,  run ;  come, 
quick !  here  comes  the  children's  man,  the  Sabbath-school  paper  man.'  If 
you  could  only  see  such  a  sight,  and  know  what  good  a  Sabbath-school  paper 
given  to  children  could  do,  you  would  say,  *  I  will  do  what  I  can  to  supply 
God's  servant  with  them,  that  these  poor  ignorant  children  may  hear  of 
Jesus,  the  Lamb  of  God,  who  taketh  away  the  sin  of  the  world.' 

"  A  few  days  since  I  asked  a  young  lady  to  ride,  as  I  was  returning  from 
preaching.  She  knew  me,  though  I  did  not  know  her.  She  referred  to 
papers  distributed  by  me  several  years  before,  saying  that  they  had  done  her 
good.  She  was  ^lad  to  see  me,  and  to  talk  of  Jesus,  and  was  deeply  inte- 
rested about  her  soul.  These  Sabbath- school  papers,  with  Jesus  in  them, 
had  done  her  good. 

"Dear  brother,  keep  on  filling  your  paper  for  the  children  with  Jesus. 
When  this  young  lady  talked  to  me,  I  wished  I  had  greater  numbers  to  dis- 
tribute to  the  children.  They  have  done  good ;  they  are  doing  good ;  they 
will  do  good  by  the  blessing  of  God.  I  thank  you  for  offering  to  help  me, 
in  the  name  of  Jesus,  to  do  good.  May  the  Lord  be  with  you,  and  may  he 
direct  his  servant  in  his  work." 


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LuNo  Iblami. —  ^T» o/c/vn— block i>t»  Ut  H«*iiry 
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I'H..  Long  jHfond-t^omihuUilA.  iVaMOM— Nevr> 
tuwD  7  60;  U>0i«r  Bay  cu  :itib*bch  1&  166  22 


MicuiOAX— G/and  i2'rj>id«— Portland  ch  Sn'^ 
»0)i  4  25 

Missotmi.^^^  Ar  '«»■«— B  thel  7  wl 

New  Jkrhbt— ^«za6«^~El  wb***!!  !•!  Ift.'.VS; 
P'Tih  Aiiibiiy  U.  Monmouth — MariHl  )uin  ch 
bab  !-oh  <2  57.  Morns  and  fJrauae — Mjni-iown 
IM  ch  Mi.-m'v  A"-o<!'n  8ii  76.  AeicarJk— ^>w»lrk 
2d  21  »H  iVm?  Brunswick  -L^'uir^T.v^W^  ii  ->!; 
ke»  John  a  <»ilMi»r  6.  Newton-  MnTk'h  ro  3; 
Nfwton  «>9.  Hf»i  /ers«t/— iilHOkwit  liiovin  ii:  A 
faiu.ly  in  Camdeo  isi  ch  20;  Vtnelunl  6  h-) 

45100 

N  KW  YoRi.—  North  River-  Corn  wal  P  0  3 1.  »at- 
ehetter  —  i>nn*fn  U;  aouth  GreeuburKlt  ;i5  16 

.^7  40 

Pacific— A^icta—HesMj-biirv'h  6  30;  Rpt  R 
R  X^elNII  .*•'.  L-8  An(felu»—iiHntR  HMibura"''; 
Wilmington  Calvary  60  cenia.  Sacrnmeittu—P^it' 
cerviliH  4  4i  iO 

PhILADELPHU — C%«f/T— PliOpnixvillM  g       I'fk- 

fficann/T— Import  e  6.     Lchmh—  Mmdl*'  Sti  il  field 

6    Philndt'phn.  A'orfA— Nc"-li«ininy,  VVa^mln*^^^ 

9.     M*<^/rtt"Are.r— •^tewflri^towii  7  4*  SO 

PiTTHULROH.— HViAAfiK/^iW — hairTievT  13  45 

'ioLU>o.—//uroii— Florence  3  lO 

1  7/  -^ 
ComanxK  on  Bbrxtolencc  and  Fjnahci      iM  (0 

From  churches       I»7i6  U 

MISCKLLANMIia. 

From  the  Trn»ie«HOi  ih«»  Prepbvterian  "O'fj 
Int»  rent  on  th*-  Beninnnn  Fniid  »>*«;  He?  l)"n»«n 
Flftcher,  Mott  Haf^n,  N  Y,  H»  from  a  cc»lored 
Bab-ech,  MontKoiuery  Switch,  Virginia  2    «*8  otf 

TouJ  reoeipts  in  October       %'i¥.A  38 
B.  D.  PUWEL,  2V«o«ar«-. 


1873.]  Board  of  Church  Erection.  405 

BOARD  OF  CHURCH  ERECTION. 


Corre»p<mding  Secretary,  Ret.  H.  R.  Wilson,  D.D.,  23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 
Treasurer^  Nathan  Lank,  Esq.,  69  Wall  Street* 


THE  EFFECTS  OF  THjE  PANIC. 

As  might  be  expected,  the  Board  of  Church  Erection  (and  indeed  all  the  Boards) 
is  feeling  the  bad  effects  of  the  money  crisis  through  which  our  railroads,  banks, 
and  business  firms  are  now  passing,  and  under  the  pressure  of  which  not  a  few 
have  failed. 

The  effects  of  this  stringency  are  folt  first  and  most  severely  by  our  charitable 
and  religious  institutions  in  the  necessity  to  exercise  economy.  A  short  time 
since,  the  cause  of  Church  Erection  was  presented  in  one  of  the  New  York 
churches.  The  pastor,  in  a  very  few  words,  alluding  to  the  scarcity  of  money 
and  the  necessity  for  retrenchment  in  expenditure,  said,  **  Brethren,  let  not  this 
retrenchment  begin  at  the  house  of  God."  The  collection  that  followed  was  $5,721, 
the  largest  received  from  any  churoh  in  this  city.  Brethren  in  the  pastoral  office, 
go  ye  "  and  do  likewise."  We  have  just  received  a  collection  from  a  little  church 
organized  seven  months  ago  (during  which  time  they  have  built  a  house  of  wor- 
ship) equal  to  $1  for  each  member  of  the  church.  If  all  our  church  members 
would  do  the  same,  and  none  perhaps  are  less  able,  our  receipts  would  be  over 
8500,000,  instead  of  $110,774,  as  it  was  last  year.  With  an  average  of  $1  from 
each  member  of  our  church,  we  could  secure  the  erection  of  a  comfortable  house 
of  worship  for  each  of  our  five  hundred  shelterless  churches,  and  provide  sittings 
for  at  least  one  hundred  thousand  worshippers  who  have  now  no  place  of  worship. 
The  increased  contributions  which  these  100,000  worshippers  mighty  and  probably 
would  bring  into  the  treasury  of  the  Lord,  would  in  a  few  years  repay  all  that  the 
church  had  expended ;  to  say  nothing  of  the  many  precious  souls  that  might  be 
gathered  into  the  fold  of  Christ. 


now  IT  WORKS. 
The  appropriations  of  the  Board  not  only  cheer  the  drooping  spirits  of  these 
feeble  churches,  but  enable  them  to  raise  money  which  they  could  not  otherwise 
peach,  and  gather  around  them  people  that  would  not  otherwise  join  them.  One 
minister  in  the  west  writes :  *^  Our  building  has  put  new  life  into  the  people.  One 
of  the  most  influential  men  in  the  community  has  joined  the  church,  with  all  his 
family,  since  we  commenced  to  build,  and  his  name  is  to  the  application  as  a 
trustee.  He  told  me  all  along,  that  he  would  not  go  into  a  church  without  a 
house  of  worship,  as  he  had  no  faith  in  its  success.  The  accession  of  this  family 
is  worth  many  hundreds  of  dollars  to  us."  Another  says :  '^  On  the  day  bf  dedi- 
cation our  debt  was  $1700.  I  told  the  people  that  unless  we  raised  $1200  we 
could  not  get  the  Board's  $500.  Hoping  and  praying,  we  went  to  work  and 
succeeded.  Thus  the  Board  of  Church  Erection  not  only  assists  weak  churches, 
but  powerfully  stimulates  local  exertion.  We  hope  the  Board  will  find  ever- 
increasing  favor  with  the  churches.  It  has  enabled  us  to  take  a  position  of  great 
influence  in  a  wide  and  important  field — as  the  First  church.  We  trust  we  shall 
remember  our  benefactor — the  Board  of  Church  Erection,  We  have  not  expended 
a  cent  of  your  money  for  bell  or  organ,  &c.,  although  we  hope  to  get  these  things 
by  and  by,  when  we  are  feble  to  pay  for  them  ourselves."  A  letter  from  the  far 
icest  says :  "  The  glad  news  that  your  Board  had  agreed  to  give  us  $500  reached 
us  a  few  days  ago.    Had  you  been  present  at  our  meeting  last  Saturday,  and  seen 


406 


Moa/td  Off  Church  Ereciifmt 


ID- 


the  eBcet  It  product^d  upon  our  littl©  stru||glm^  Imnd.  I  know  yoar  heart 
have  leaped  fnr  joy,  0  !  how  it  che«r*?d  tis*  whtin  wr  felt  thiM  we  werd 
debt.  Tiie  truRtet-w  who^  a»  I  told  you,  were  not  members  of  the  church 
they  saw  what  the  Board  hn<i  pronji&ed  to  do,  ;!tive  the  othi^r  $;i(M*,  t^c*  thn 
now  clear.  Such  wiim  the  joy  ftmong  those  trustee!*  aod  memhpr^t  ^^^ 
raised  my  saltiry  $'J00  und  ^rave  me  a  houae  fco  live  hi  free  of  re  tit,  ao  tlmt 
of  llvipj^  at  a  distiiiiee^  I  will  move  ri;rht  into  tholr  mid^t.  When  thi  i 
time  eomee  for  our  collection  for  your  Board,  I  sfhall  make  a  8p»>cia!  eOV 
I  true^t^  not  without  HUi:oes»/'  JC^ain,  from  another:  **  I  am  aliuojNt  At 
beautiful  church  could  not  have  Leen  huilt  without  your  uid»  But  witli  tl 
we  liave  leaped  from  the  pnoresi  honse  in  town  t^j  the  veiy  best,  Dureongre 
hare  inereased  one  half^  while  the  position  of  our  L^hurch  has  been 
elevated,  and  our  suecesii  no  l<>Tiger  an  experiment.  We  ouJj  need  the  in 
of  God's  Sfiirit  to  add  to  our  memhership  a  He<'re  and  more  of  the  heiat  p« 
our  viUatre,  who  alr'*ady  give  u«  their  sympathy  and  contribution.'^  Lai 
quote  from  another  letter;  *' We  hnve  now  in  the  hi>und»  of  our  Presbji^f 
new  churches  cf>mpleted  and  paid  for,  not  one  of  which  could  have  h*iC 
without  the  aid  of  the  Board.  Tha  promiat!  of  as?ti stance  from  the 
eneoura«^es  and  strengtheuB  our  feeble  churches  to  undertake;  and  nchi^r 
they  would  otherwise  shrink  hack  froni»  or»  if  attempted,  would  utterly  f 
no  way  can  the  friends  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  do  more  i^oodt  than  h\ 
euj^taminj;  your  Board,  Let  all  our  churches  therefore,  *aJit  and  wi*« 
and  smati,  contribute  to  thia  cau^ei  aa  the  Lord  haCli  praspercii  tbc»m.*^  Ti 
we  say,  Amen  and  amen. 

DoiTAtroiiB  TO  TBI  BoABn  OF  CHnBCH  Ereotioh,  OcT^nKR  187S, 
H^  Synods  in  eM*Li.  capjtatjj— Pre»byteririt  Id  i^ftifciis— Churchrta  la   Roman, 
Baltim>hb,— finrtim'W^— Goirnn«  Chapel  19  IS, 

€j?*eisjiAtL-ClnPinna/i— >loiiti«omeTy  ch  IT. 

ClEVEMNP— A/aAf>(iirt(/— <jHMt?ivi|lf  v.h  S.  EUa- 
hmmtU—H^xt^\\a.lii^u  Cliiipel  f  AT;  Wellflvilk  ch 
11. 

CoLanjiDO,— Cb^nrfl'Jfl  —  Lntiimont  ah  S 

CoLtrMbiii^Jfartwfl— UulftWftr^eh  3.  SantAvQh 
— JerRpy  ch  J>, 

Kim— Jyi^^Affii/— Al!pph«»ny  Uf  Qt*r  ch  4  u'j, 
BuUef—HmUitih  hh  19;  Mii^My  Cr«-*!k  ch  10  ilu; 
Rieh  Bill  ch  h.    £V<r#— Fnirf!i>ia  ch  i* 

UitsfiT*,— Li/onj— Newarlt  L^h  ill  07.  Stmbt*^— 
HHpk««  eh  6. 

M  *  R  Ri  ssu  k{3  M .—  ChrtiMU  —  Bn  rn  t  Cabi  tj*^  c  h  4 ; 
HRrrJj*biirt!h,MrtrkeL  !<qj.iar*'  ch  *'»^v.mV  7  i^\ 
Lower  Pmh  Valley  ch  Id,  nsmtitiifdQn—  ^ft 
Union  ch  Ul  fiOj  Newtnii  Hflmihoci  pli  «.  AW- 
;Aui9«-&0rfand'^IIaTtJeiion  eh  fi;  LeAvifbur;;  (.h 
34  70, 

1i,i,mo[8,  Central, —  Blmmi-nqtrm  —  k\\fL'^\^  ch 
fi  10;  BiicliJi^v  ch  7  8**.  Pc&rrft— Brunswick  ch 
4;  ^alern  ch  le.  i?cAiii^^cr— liuincv,  WB»imlJiit*i*'r 
eh  la  ys. 

IkLriraiA,  Nqitb.  —  JVafoj^f— Pr*irje  I>tfU  ch 
4  8fi. 

ti-Liwois,  PcnTTH.  ^j^f^nn— (.irppRfle Id  eh  16* 
jMa IE foow— Dudley  oh  1  mx  Orniiflifiew  ph  3* 

l?ri>iAJ*A,  North*— CV-a«/tir(ifftfiii<j—L*  Fayelta 
2d  ch  aj. 

l!iDiA!fA,8otTH^— IfAiifl  ir«ifr--New  C»i»tle  ch 
10. 

Iowa,  NnRrn  — /jufcyqififi— Centreiown  ch  4  55; 
Miini'hef^hT  e^  id  10^ 

l(jW4s  S'liTTfi. —  />*  Mtisi^j -=  Derhv  ch  I  M^ 
/imf<i— Blnuintield  oil  S  ^>.  Cot*nff<J^  jS^Mijf*— C^l- 
lep«  8printf»  cli  X    j>V6rajiAa    Ct/^— N^brn^ka 

K4fffl^a  —  // iVjA^rnd  —  NiAir»th»  Ist  ch  fl*  Tb- 
prfai— Trtji'lin  i-rch  18  «fj. 

KrsTLe?if  — EVrtfA'r— Lesinffton  2d  ch  E5G. 

LriMn  ]pL  ir&--iHr>»(if  la/aiK*— Bt-HjHjrt  ch  IB  10; 
South  Havi^ei  "h  liwv^ 

— Hejidrn«  ch  4.    S./gfWflH»--Fli;nl  Ist  eh  31  lU. 

MiNivesoT^— iS^fi^ryiiji'— F:mpirf*Pli  ^  30;  Eiirt'kn 
eh  a  2N;  Fnrm^n^lon  ch  tfflO;  MlnnMipolJ!*, 
W?s?tmin*ti=-ir  Kub-pch    1^  6S.       Winanu, — Rulhng 

MisftiSLifli  — /Wm*^r«— T*l«*ftflAtil  Fniirl»eh.mdd1 
Tj  Wa»c  Ely  ch  4*    Bi  ik?wi*— Nmuireih  ch  *, 


IfKV.  ilf'r?ri4  mrd  QrftnQt—Vlik^Vmm  < 
Souih  Or>io^f<  L^h  IJJ  T^i,  j^ruittrl  —  M ar 
*pM3;  >«\¥Ai'lk  id  eh,  <in*r  crvH  Cl  ftl; 
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l^t  ch  A  ii5;  FLeinin;^U>a  vlu  'P  76  aa; 
town  cli  i»:  Tr*fntoo  M  eh  2U.  A>w 
tnony  ch  25  $)5:  MiLrkiboro  oh  i,  If 
— BkckwondluH-n  ch  10, 
Nrw  YijidB.— iVric  For*— New  York  4tJ 

j4r^^/tw— H'lhHm^Eun  eh  UH  evnt*.    £ 
fi^cu^t*ftn  FrftRCSSCkj  M^morijil  tiU  10, 
f  lOL  i  n  RLFf  1 1  A,— hthiqh^  AI I  diilw  SStTiti 

ch$  1;  ChoHtntit  Hill  eh,  «»p,  liNij  Lmj 
Murkei  >kjtjiir6  ch  6a*  Wr^fmmtUr^ 
town  ch  7. 

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It'l  11,  ITrmfunfjfon — Vt  Uoelmf,  lal  oh  ] 
Vtr\tintft^Cikim'rim  ch  3  SJS. 

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4  9^':  Ulenu  eh  17;  Peru  ch  8;  Sand 

8y  rn  eii*e  1  &t  ci*  m  Ut  is^^  Alder  Ctne?  k 
c:"tprrrr  eh 3  U  SC  iH?ipr*i5fe — lUeiH*tti( 
Wfttertown  cb  Ut  HU  9^, 

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ch  ***•*.     iY^iJflftrj9--Kiio*l*!'*ii3*  c|i,  * 
^A«rfir-=t"li«rl.jt[e  c'h  0;  firPtvliUid  ■ 
chi*Mer  Brii-k  eh,  »p  144  ^2. 

WiKCOffi^is,—  If'itcoFfft^Ji  J^>iV!r— Ml' 
101  G9|  Rbckvill^  Gcriimti  eh  %. 

COUUlTTElO!!   BtMCVOUEMei  AJf  I>  FlU  ftfd 

MuctLUirtooH.— ^miii^l  Cnl dwell.  H 
BftT  John  B  iithrmn.  Tiulit*dK  1^  i< 
KInnnrd  A;  *'An  old  siMb-cirdt#r**  i^  1; 
Cfneher,  V>rnon.  Onf^ktu  DiHipiyf  |i  If 
Q»i  hum  [Vrmanent  Fund  3P'i  90* 

LIGAeiM, 

EpBftfp  of  Mrc  TfffibelU  Bfowtwd«e^ 
HopcdaCe,  Uhto  UK). 

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fllS  e's  of  ihfi  ftboTfl  nmnntit,  trom 
fin  Hf''M*'¥o1.Hne<=!'  ru\1  FiETftiieir^  »h' 
cffeilited  tp  tb,u  U1119L  repijrk 


Digitized  by  "*^ 


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1873.]  Relief  Fwnd  far  DwMed  Mkmten.  407 

RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS, 

AND    THE    WIDOWS    AND    ORPHANS    OF    DECEASED    MINISTERS. 


Rbt.  Qmboi  Hals,  D.D^  Secretary,  Rev.  CHAiiLn  Biomf,  Trecuwrer, 

Opfiok,  1831  CheslDUt  Street,  Philadelphia. 


*^  Withhold  not  good  from  them  to  toluim  it  ia  due  token  it  is  in  the  power  of  thy  hand  to  do  itJ" 

Liberal  contributions  received  from  both  churches  and  individuals  lead  us  to 
*'  thank  God  and  take  courage.'*  This  blessed  cause  is  steadily  making  advances 
upon  the  confidence  and  affections  of  the  people,  notwithstanding  the  present 
financial  embarrassment  in  every  quarter. 

But  when  the  cases,  which  the  Fund  is  not  able  to  help,  for  want  of  means,  are 
considered,  we  long  for  the  ability  to  send  a  telegram  to  every  communicant  in 
the  Presbyterian  Church  fervid  with  the  appeals  which  these  needy  ones  are 
eeoding  in  upon  us.  A  widow,  whose  letter  has  just  now  come,  says  :  '^  I  trust 
my  turn  may  come  soon,  as  we  are  not  prepared  for  this  cold  winter,  but  feel 
thankful  that  we  have  any  provision  in  prospect."  Another  widow  says :  "  I 
have  met  with  a  loss  of  part  of  the  little  I  owned.  If  compatible  with  your  views 
of  duty,  could  you  let  me  have  $ — ,  so  as  to  enable  me  to  pay  my  board?  I  assure 
jou  the  favor  would  be  thankfully  received  and  most  gratefully  remembered." 
Another  widow :  "  The  winter  appears  to  be  approaching  so  rapidly  that  I  feel 
like  making  some  provision  for  it  in  the  way  of  coalj  and  many  other  things 
needed.  Please  let  me  hear  from  you."  An  aged  minister  writes:  **I  would 
just  say  to  you  that  as  winter  is  just  at  hand,  and  as  I  am  in  debt  for  boarding, 
ahd  also  have  to  provide  and  send  supplies  to  my  afflicted  wife  (in  the  Insane 
Asylum),  it  would  greatly  oblige  me  if  the  state  of  the  Fund  will  enable  you  to 
send  me  at  least  one-half  o£  mj  appropriation  now.'^  A  widow,  speaking  of  her 
expected  remittance,  writes:  **  I  am  in  distress  for  it,  and  have  deferred  writing 
until  we  could  not  be  comfortable  without  it  any  longer.  The  wants  are  pressing 
in  all  directions,  and  I  will  hope  and  trust  on.  I  don't  know  but  I  should  perish 
if  it  were  not  for  this  Fund.  It  would  be  impossible  for  us  to  sustain  ourselves 
without  it."  A  disabled  minister  pleads  his  case  thus:  "I  write  a  line  to  say 
that  I  am  greatly  in  need  of  the  appropriation  of  September  1st.  It  is  all  that  I 
have  for  the  support  of  my  family  during  the  approaching  winter.  *  I  know  that 
you  will  send  the  money  as  soon  as  it  is  in  the  Treasury.  Yet  I  know  not  what 
to  do,  but  may  and  do  hope  that  the  churches  may  be  stirred  up  to  have  deep 
sympathy  for  their  worn-out  ministers." 

The  greatness  of  the  number,  whose  need  is  extremely  urgent,  has  created  the 
painful  necessity  of  taking  all  in  the  order  in  which  they  stand  each  month,  so 
that  none  may  complain  of  partiality  and  injustice. 

No  response  has  been  yet  made  to  those  whose  letters  are  quoted  above,  and 
there  are  seven  new  applications  of  a  roost  affecting  character,  which  ought  to 
receive  immediate  attention  and  a  supply  be  sent  adequate  to  the  wants  of  the 
families  who  have  become  destitute  by  the  disability  or  death  of  the  husband 
and  iather.  Shall  not  the  requisite  means  be  speedily  furnished  by  willing  and 
Kenerous  givers?  Since  April  1st,  1873,  the  Committee  has  received  from  all 
sources  over  $40,000,  and  there  are  now  needed  at  once  about  Twenty-five  Thou- 
sand Dollars,  to  pay  expected  appropriations. 


COHTBIBDTIOHB  IN   OCTOBER  1873. 
4^  Sytiods  in  small  capitals— Preebyteries  in  ii<iHea— Churches  In  Roman. 
ALBAjTr— il/boj^^-Albany  2d  add*!  5;  Albany       12  60;  Salem  18;  Sohaghtlcoke  16;  Waterford 
etb  1  (iS:  JeflVrson  «  40;  MariaTille  10.    Chants       23  44. 
ptem— KeeMTilto,  sp  18  6a    IVo^^^  Cambridge  Baltiiioiii.  — SoZ^imore— Emmitsburgh  6  15  ; 


408 


Relief  Fund  for  Disahled  Ministers, 


[^December 


Mt  Airy  (Harmony)  4.  Ifew  Ocuae—CooX  Spring 
8;  Georgetown  6. 

Ckniral  N«w  York.— 0/«e<70— Delhi  2d  26  82. 
St  Lawrence— WAXenow a  Ist  104  80.  Si/raeuie— 
Camillus  lU:  Gasenovla  Ist  40  66;  Marcelius 
l8t  Cong'l  30.  Utica— ForeHpoTt  and  Alder 
Creek  1;  Oriskany  2  07;  Uiica,  Westminster 
30  4'i 

CiNciNjf ATI,— Rev.  A.  Ritchie,  Treas  41  66.  Chil- 
iicot^«— South  Salem  10  26.  Cineinnati — Lebanon 
lHt20.  Paj^ton  —  Dayton,  .3d  Street  75.  PorU- 
moutk—Ml  I^igh  12  88;  Portsmouth  Ist  70; 
WincheHier&  75. 

CLRVBLA.'JD.—CeorfaiMi— Bedford  2;  Northfield 
4.    Mahoning— l\.\\>*woTth  8  86;    North  Jncknon 

12  40.  St  Cair8viU&—MoTTi»lown9  Si.  Steuben- 
ville— Corinth,  £.  H.  Fletcher  11  60;  Monroe- 
Tilie  4  10. 

Ck)LDMD08.  —  Athew — Pomeroy  9.  Cotumbtu—' 
Columbus,  II oge  16  50;  Dublin  4;  WorthinKton 
12.  3far»«fi— Delaware  3 ;  York  6  30.  Woo»Ur — 
Ashland  Ist  61:  ConxreHM6:  East  Hopewell  20; 
Nashville  12  35;  Shelby  6  56;  Went  Salem  4. 
ZanesviUe — Jersey  6;  Keene  lo;  Linton  7;  Mar- 
tiusburph  8  25  ;  VV.  Carlisle  and  Jefferson  14  76; 
Zanec^ville  1st  17  70;  ZanegTilie  21  40. 

ERiB.  —  .4«e5^/i6nv  — Allegheny  2d  40  70;  Alle- 
gheny l8t  Ger  2  80;  Conoord  3;  CroH.s  Roads 
15  48;  Hiland  14  47;  Natrona  3;  Sharp^burgh 
26  60.  i}M««r  —  Mount  Nebo  6*^7;  Plea-»Hnt 
Valley  17  66;  Zelienople  5  30.  CFarion— New 
RehobothS  42;  Perry  9.  -Crtc— Cam  bridge  6  25: 
ConneautTille6;  Corry  14;  Fairview  16;  Gravel 
Run  6;  Greenville 41;  Union  City  8  30.  Kittan- 
nma— Centre  6  28  ;  Lawrenceburgh  15;  Rural 
Valley  20  86;  Shrader's  Grove  8  85;  Slat«  Lick 
11:  Smicksburgh  6  25.  <S^A«nan^o— Mahoning- 
town  17 :  New  Castle  Ist  84,  including  death-bed 
gift  of  Miss  A.  Peebles  4;  Westaeld  34  67. 

Geneva.  —  Cavti^A  —  Aurora    16  35;   Sennett 

13  68;  Springport  6  44.  G«neua— Gorham  14; 
Newfield  2  6<»;  Phelps  Ihi  16.  L.vorw— «Javannah 
1st  4  60.  5<ea')en— Campbelltowiil6  10;  Howard 
16:  Naples  3  30. 

HARBisBCRaH.  —  CarlWe  —  Bloomfleld  13  23; 
Greencaatle  40.  f?ttn<t?tjyrfoa— Alexandria  23  8U  ; 
Cleai  field  63;  Logan's  Valley  14  12;  McVey- 
town  24  60.  iVorMu»i6drton4— HloomMburgh  1st 
28  62;  Mifflinsburgh  7  10;  Warrior  Run  10  20. 
WelUiboro—V»\\  Brook  9. 

Illinois,  CK3fTBAL.—^toommyton— Atlanta 3  26; 
Danville  63  90.  Peitria — Brunswick  4;  Canton 
18  38;  John  Knox  6;  Salem  6.  iSeAuv/er— Basco, 
**  a  friend"  25  cents,  2;  Bushnell  10;  (^uincy  ist 
82. 

iLUXois,  NoRTH.f- i^Vc^porf— Hebron  17 ;  Rock- 
ford,  Westminster  26  65.  OWatca— Troy  Grove 
8  56.  jRoeA  i2tt«r— L  amden  U;  Camden  Sab-fich 
8;  Edgingion  11  76. 

Ilunois,  Sooth.— Cfctiro— Fairfield  6;  Flora  6. 
J/a/<oort— Morrisonville  6  60. 

Indiana,  North.— i^bri  Wayne— lAvna.  10.  Lo- 
^an<po^£— Logansport  1st  24.  ifuncM— Peru  Isb 
36  28;  Union  City  6. 

Indiana,  SouTH.-J/idionap^/w— Greenwood  6; 
Indianapolis  3d  25  77.  ifno  Alhanii — Jackson 
Co  4.  WhiU  Ifa/er— Dunlapsville  6  ;"Fairfield  3; 
Lewiaville  10;  Rev  Charles  Axtel  30;  New  Castle 
6  36;  Rising  Sun  6;  Shelby  ville  German  2d  4. 

lowA,  North— CSwiar  iZap'd/t— Cedar  Rapidn  1st 
49  7$;  Clarence  3  60;  Wayne  3;  Wheatland  6. 
Dubuque — HopkintoD  10. 

Iowa,  SoiTTu.— CtooiJCti  B^it/f*— Atlantic  1  85; 
College  Springs  1 ;  Council  Bluffd  2)  90.  Joioa— 
Shu  nam  3.    Nebraska  C7<^y— Nebraska  City  21. 

KAXSAS.-iVcujf/io— Geneva  1  60;  Liberty  I. 
2W)ka— l^awreiiee  1st  21  10. 

KENTi'cKT.—JSoenezcr— Lexington  2d  128. 

LoNo  l.««LAND.—i3rooWyn— Brooklyn.  Franklin 
Avenue  6  01;  Brooklyn.  Throop  Avenue  2S  14. 
Lomj  /j»/a»w<— Matiiiuck  10;  Middletown  9  66. 
iyTfiK^iu— Melville  4  75;  Woodhaven  4  25. 

MioaiGNN.- Z>e^roit— Brighton  l8i5  16;  Detroit 
Ist  103  43;  Souitifleld  3  25;  Wing  Lake  6  76. 
A'a^aiH-rzoo— Three  Rivera  Ist  16.  Lansing^- 
Marshall  18  16. 

MiNNBsoTA. — 8t  Patf{— Minneapolis,  Westmin- 
•Mi  Si.     IfMono— Albert  L«a  16. 


Missotmi. — Pa'mvro^Memphia  2.  St  Louii— 
Nasareth  German  I  60. 

Nbw  jKKSF.^—Etizai>eth—EHz^he\h  2d  168  85; 
Elizabeth  port  18.  Jersei/  Ci<y— Passaic  3  2>; 
Paterson  1st  .^6  50.  IfonmoutA—AI lenlown  31 15; 
Manalapan  20;  Mount  Holly  33  4a  Morrii  and 
Oranqe — Orange  Ivt  65;  Parsippany  2:J.  AVicarA 
— Montclair  1st  79  63;  Newark  Ist  87  75;  Newark 
2d  21  97;  Newark,  High  street  45;  Newsrk, 
South  Park  100  9  J.  New  J5ru'MJCtc/c— Alerandrm 
1st  4  27;  Dutch  Neck  i5;  Fleinmgton  78  89; 
Frenchiown  11 :  Lawrenceville6<»  10;  New  Brun^ 
wick  Ifft  54  95;  Tren»on  2d  24  68:  Trenton  4lh 
64  92.  iVeto^ou— Harmony  24  35;  Mark-'boro  3; 
Sparla  5 ;  Stillwater  lo ;  SwartswooJ  2.  Wegl  Jet' 
8«V— Black woodiown  Zi;  Camden  l>t,  •*  A  fam- 
ily" 20;  Fislerville  25. 

Nkw  yoKK.—Boitton—  Xewhuryport  Ij^t  26  34. 
ffudsim— Mount  Hope  10.  New  KorA;— Harlem 
lHt28  07;  Mauhattanville  7  42:  New  York  t>n- 
tral  25;  New  York  University  Place,  in  i»rt400: 
New  York.  Wa«hingion  Heights  If*.  Nn-th  Bioer 
—Maiden  15:  Smithfield  10.    WettUhegter—BndKfi- 

?ori  6'»;  Patterson  6:  Thompsonville  14  3i; 
onkers  1st  99 ;  Yorkiown  20 

Pacific— I/O*  ^in^etos— Wilmington,  Calvary  72 
cents. 

Philadblphia.— Cfte^fcr— Fagg's  Manor  21  85; 
Phoanixville  14;  Upper  Uctorara,  add'l  2  50. 
Lackawanna—CsLniou  14:  LnporteS;  Limgcliffll; 
MeMhoppen  6;  Urwt^ll  6.  Ukigh—Uounmn  22; 
Polt-'ville  Ist  40.  /*Ai/mfc/pAt<a— Philadelphia  Isl 
826  32;  Philadelphia  2d  :W  25:  Philadelphia  tOth, 
Mrs  Eliaa  Creighton  200;  Philadelphia.  Wharioa 
Street  60.  Fhiladeiphia,  CV»<ra4— Philadelphia, 
Belhesda  36  55;  Pniladelphia,  Kensington  !»» 
60:  Philadelphia,  Northern  Libenies  Ist  50. 
PhUaddphia,  iVor(h— Car  vers  ville  2  25;  Plom- 
Btedville  4  60.  H'dwtmiiwter— Cedar  Grove  13; 
Lancaster  3S  86;  olate  Ridge  11;  Slateville  24; 
Stewartstown  8. 

Pittsburgh— Btoirs«iW«— Cross  Roads  16;  La- 
trobe  83:  Parnasnus  12  61;  Unity  28  36.  P«<*- 
duryA—"  Ministers'  Friend"  60;  Forest  Grove 
30;  .MausHeld  13;  Mingo  24  16;  Ml  Olive  2  30; 
Mt  Pi**gah  10  06:  Piusburiih  6th  28  59;  Put--*- 
burah,  Belletield  28  99;  Sharon  26  66.  RedsUmt 
-Fayette  City  8  ^5;  Laurel  Hill  19  25;  L  tile 
Redstone  13  4<»;  McClellandtown  7.  Washingtoi^ 
—  Fairview  23;  Upper  Ten  Mile  24  30.  W«i 
F«rjyirtia— Breckenridg**  10:  Sisterville  5. 

TuNNBasM  — tTrtion— Mt  Horeb6  20;  New  Pros- 
pect 1  50;  Spring  Place  8  25;  Bl  Paul  3  20; 
Westminster  3. 

'ToLBDo.—£f«ron— Mel  more  4  60;  Norwalk 
3'>  60;  Olena  14;  Tiffin  5  36.  ifa»ii*«-BryMn 
1st  9. 

WssTERN  New  York— Bu/Toto— Butfilo,  Breck- 
enridge  Street  12  03  ;  Buffalo,  Calvary  74  85; 
Fredonia  Isi  25:  Silver  Creek  23  8i.  GeM^ee- 
Baiavia.^6  72;  Byron  13  60;  Corfu  lo  5o;  L«Toy 
37  16;  Wyoming's.  iYjogar/i— Holly  10.  Ryeha' 
ter  — Brighton  16;  Dansville  26  30 ;  Groveland 
16;  OsMiau  4  96. 

Wi8CJN8iN.—3ft7u;a«ikcfl— Manitowoc  Ist  10  H; 
Milwaukee,  Calvary  27  18.  Wmnehago—  Beaver 
Dam,  Assembly  12;  Oshko-«h  7  89.  Wi«eon$i* 
iZfwcr- Hurricane  Ger  60  cents;  Rockville  Ger 
2. 

From  the  Combcittbb  oh  Bbnbtouxoi  and  Fi- 

NANCIC  616  90. 

mSCBLLANBOUS. 

N.Y.Troy,  Mrs.^VfHry  Kerr.  6;  Iowa,  TiplOD, 
Rev  EL  Dodder.  2t;  Interest  on  Permrtnenl 
Fund,  per  G  H  Van  Gelder.  Esq  610  11;  -V* 
York.  "  W  J  H"  per  H  R  Wilson,  Jr  25;  N  \, 
Coventry,  2d  Cong'l  ch  40  ;  NY  New  York  "(]. 
10;  N  Y.  Bainbndge  "A  friend"  per  Rev  p  > 
Grummon  6;  NY.  Martint-burg,  Rev  Calvin  i«l* 
and  daughter  2;  N  Y.  Roy,  Mrs.  E  Van  R<*«*««; 
laer  26 ;  Pa,  Lock  Haven,  "cash'*  per  DXJ*.* 
Per  ••  Presbyterian''  from  a  Minister's  wife  6; 
New  Jersey,  Titusville,  Kev  John  8  Gilmer  o. 

Total  receipts  in  October,      $7917  W 
CHARLES  BROWN,  Treaturm', 
Office,  1384  Chettnai  Street,  Phil*" 


General  u1mcwi5^'«  Committee  on  Freedmen. 


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ERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COxMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN. 


Bit.  a.  0.  MgCullahd,  Oor.  Secretary^  Box  1246,  Pittoburgb,  Pa^ 
Rby.  Ja8.  Allison,  D.D^  Trtaswrer^  Lock  Box  43,  PittsburKh,  Pa. 
E.  Q.  Woodward,  Esq^  Receiving  Agentj  1334  Chesiaut  Htreet,  Philadelphia 


to  be  presumed,  that  in  accordance  irith  former  custom,  many  churches  will 
p  their  collections  for  "  Freedmen"  on  or  about  **  The  first  Sabbath  in 
)er/'  and  as  the  time  is  near,  we  take  this  occasion  to  make  some  state- 
bo  our  readers  **  by  way  of  remembrance." 

Work  of  our  Church  entrusted  to  this  Committee  is  simply  to  plant  and 
in  the  church  and  the  school  among  the  Freedmen  of  the  South.  This  work 
itly  missionary,  in  that  these  churches  are  not  selfsustaining,  and  the 

are  parochial — each  connected  with  a  church — and  the  teachers  appointed 
mere  educators,  but  as  Christian  missionaries. 

•LiCATED. — This  work,  we  judge,  is  more  complicated  than  seems  generally 
ed.  It  includes  the  preacher,  catechist  and  teacher;  the  church,  visitation, 
lool ;  church  and  school  buildings,  with  manse  or  home,  and  grounds  for 
books  for  the  needy,  and  clothing  for  the  poor ;  with  careful  inquiry  after 
diiioations  of  each  applicant  of  each  class  ot  missionaries  before  employing ; 
ter  the  work  of  each  while  in  the  field ;  together  with  all  the  minutiee  per- 
;  to  monthly,  quarterly,  and  annual  reports  for  each ;  with  bills  of  amounts, 
nd  smaiK  received,  expended,  or  forwarded;  and  monthly  payment  of  dues 
,  with  all  else  pertaining  to  the  conducting  of  such  a  work  among  a  people 
utter  lack  of  mental  culture  and  self  reliance  in  the  past,  makes  even  those 
ire  years  but  children,  in  all  that  pertains  to  business  transactions. 
UAL  Report. — Our  last  Annual  Keport  gives  churches,  103 ;  added  on 
lation,  641;  whole  number  of  communicants,  8,229;  Sabbath-schools,  91  ; 
jr-school  scholars,  5,709;  parochial  (day)  schools,  4G;  pupils,  3,504;  minis- 
i ;  catechists,  25  ;  teachers,  61 ;  in  all,  124  missionaries;  in  Jtve  of  its  schools 
r)  498  pupils,  54  (in  four  of  these)  students  for  the  ministry,  53  having 
,  during  part  of  the  year,  over  158  months,  and  about  2,363  scholars,  for 
they  received  in  cash  and  board,  over  $3,000  ;  raised  by  Freedmen's  churches 
hools,  during  the  year,  about  $8,000 ;  nearly,  if  not  quite  all  of  which  was  in 
the  work  being  conducted  among  tliem  by  our  Committee.  And  the  Annual 
8  of  the  last  three  years  combined,  show  an  average  for  each  year  from 
sources  of  over  $8,000 ;  which  is  an  average  of  about  one  dollar  for  each 

member,  a  larger  average,  by  far,  than  is  made  by  many  churches  con- 
ng  in  their  behalf. 

iNQUENT. — Statistics  go  to  show  that  3,173  churches  were  delinquent  last 
i  regards  contributions  to  this  work,  that  is,  that  notwithstanding  there  was 
rease  of  335  in  the  number  of  contributing  churches  last  year,  still,  less  than 
rd  of  the  whole  number  contributed  anything  at  all  to  this  work  among  the 
80  cordially  endorsed,  and  so  earnestly  commended  by  our  General  Assem-  * 
their  Christian  liberality. 

TRiBCTORS. — Among  the  contributors  to  this  work  we  are  pleased  to  number 
)bath-8chools  and  juvenile  missionary  associations,  and  at  least  a  few  ladies' 
nary  societies ;  and  we  feel  that  greatly  increased  aid  might  be  derived  from 
sources,  not  only  to  the  advantage  of  our  work,  but  also  of  those  thus  assist- 
i  it,  turough  the  interesting  correspondence  which  they  may  thus  secure 
vorkers  **  on  the  field." 

CESS. — The  success  in  this  work  is  surely  very  encouraging.  In  the  ordioary 
lial  school  the  children  learn  rapidly,  and  the  Bible  knowledge  which  they 
n  these  and  the  Sabbath-schools  would  probably  surprise  even  those  who  have 
i\\i>  inoHt'  sanguine  as  to  good  results.  And  in  the  higher  schools — Biddle 
riRl  [nstitutc,  and  Scotia  Seminary,  N.  C,  and  Wallin^ford  Academy,  and 
IT  County  parochial  school,  S.  C,  there  is  constantly  increasing  evidence 
v«n  Freedmen  can  master  the  higher  branches  of  a  liberal  eduoaiion. 
I  in  the  (kpcircinent  of  church-work  there  still  continues  a  feature  of 
at-  interest,  vb :  that  the  number  added  on  examination  makes  a  larger 
;;e  to  each  <?hureti  than  do  those  so  added  in  all  fields  of  our  church-work 
ned^this  average  one  year  lacking  but  a  fraction  of  being  doable  that  in^ 


410 


General  Assenibfy's  Committee  on  Freedmen,        {^December 


all  other  ohuroh-work — and  this  where  special  caution  seems  to  be  exercised  in 
the  reception  of  applicants  for  sealing  ordinances.     ^ 

Field. — The  field  is  extensive,  open,  and  **  white  already  to  harvest."  These 
people  are,  in  two  states  nearly  equal,  in  two  states  more  than  equal,  and  in  one 
nearly  double  the  white  population.  The  territory  they  occupy  is  more  than 
twelve  times  as  large  as  that  of  all  the  New  England  States,  and  they  number 
one  million  souls  more  than  these  states  contain.  They  are  everywhere  accessible, 
and  very  many  of  them  are  eager  for  church  and  school  privileges,  and  the 
promise  everywhere  is  a  harvest  rich  in  good  to  souls  and  in  glory  to  the  Master. 

Wants. — The  special  and  pressing  wants  of  this  work  are,  Sympathy,  Prayer, 
and  Money.  But  in  order  to  these,  we  deeply  feel  that  a  first  want  is,  Informaiioo. 
£ven  good  men  will  not  sympathize  with,  nor  pray  for,  nor  give  to  a  cause  of 
which  they  are  ignorant — nor  much,  where  they  know  but  little  of  it.  But  we  do 
not  believe  that  we  have  a  single  church  in  all  our  body,  which,  if  informed  as  to 
this  work  and  its  wants,  will  not  respond  with  sympathy,  and  prayer,  and  gifts  as 
well,  if  an  opportunitf/  is  only  afforded.  In  the  name  then,  of  a  work  signally 
owned  and  blessed  of  God,  so  far  as  prosecuted  j  in  the  name  of  these  poor  of  the 
flock  which  look  up  and  are  not  fed;  in  the  name  of  the  perishing  masses  of  tbia 
lowly,  ignorant,  yet  docile  people;  in  the  name  of  Him  who  gave  in  evidence  of 
his  divine  commission  that  to  the  poor  the  gospel  was  preached,  we  plead  that  an 
intelligent  statement  of  this  work  and  its  wants  shall  be  made  to  all  our  churches, 
with  an  opportunity  to  contribute. 

Directions. — Any  who  may  wish,  for  distribution,  Cards  containing  a  brief 
statement  of  facts  and  figures  concerning  our  work,  can  obtain  them  by  applying 
to  the  Corresponding  Secretary,  stating  the  number  desired. 


DOKATIOHS  AT  PITTSBURGH   FOR  FRBBDMElf  IH  OCTOBBR   1878. 
•  Synods  Jn  small  capitals— Presbyteries  in  ito/ie*— Churches  in  Roman. 


ATLAsnc— ra<Mrih->SUte6vllle  oh  and  Sab-soh 
for  Sumter  field,  8  0,  6. 

OiMTRAL  Naw  yoRr.—l7Wca— Clinton  55  50;  Syra- 
ease  4th  45  85. 

OLtvthKVD.—StettljenviUe-^ltondale  15;  Amster- 
dam 3 ;  Center  Unity  8. 

Coi,vuBXJ».^Woo$ler—L  H — JeromoTillo  2  50. 

Hum.— KiUanning— Apollo  10;  Rayns  6.  Brie— 
Gravel  Run  5.    AlUgheny—Alletihwy  let  Qor  2  54. 

HARSisBUKGn. — Hantiiigdon—HAld  Kagle  4 ;  Hoi- 
lldajsbargh  oh  and  Sab-soh  8S  06.  Northumbtr- 
land— Lewisburg  22  20. 

Indiana,  Nokth.— fbrC  FFayne— Pleasant  Ridge  5; 
New  Lancaster  8  50. 

Indiana,  3ooth.—  WhiU  WlUer— Second  oh,  tihel- 
by  vllle  (Qermtn)  4. 

Iowa,  Sooth.— /oioa  Otfy— La&yette  8. 

Missouai.— ArfMyro— Qreensburgh  2  65. 

Nsw  Jsasir.  — £{»a6eM— Woodbridge  10;  Ut 
Bah  way  10.    I^eio  Brunswick— Vint  Trenton  20. 

Niw  ToaK.—  lfMcA«i<sr— North  Salem  5.  Bot- 
<«»— Londonderry  19  70.  JTociton— Center?Ule  2. 
north  River— Cml^nry  16  86. 

PHiLADBLrHiA.^ff9»<min«<<r— Chanoeford  20. 

PiTTSBUMH— ^/a»r<vt//e — Braddook's  Fields  13; 
Pino  Kan  4.  lUditoHe-^fiehohoth  39  8J.  Wash- 
ingUm^K  L  Simpson,  ClaysTllle  eh  I. 

ToLBDO.— fi<tU«fo»Uat«M~Kui>hsylvanlal  66. 

Wbstbbn  Nkw  roRl.—<7«»e*ee— Warsaw  14. 

MisoBLLANBOUS.— First  oh  Oneida,  111  11 ;  Sab-soh 
of  Five  Corners,  N  Y,  for  support  of  teacher  16; 
North  Tenth  Street  oh,  Pblla,  4  60 ;  Mrs  J  B  De 
Klyn,  Irrington,  N  J  5;  MrM  S  F  Barr,  Delaware 
City,  for  Biddle  InsUinte  10 ;  Family  in  Camden,  N 
J,  20;  North  BroHd  Street  eb,  Pbila,  Pa,  45  50 ;  Mrs 
H  .Head,  MoComb,  Ohio,  2;  Klhland  oh  6 ;  Hopkins- 
▼Illech,  Ky,  5;  S  Hemphill  1;  Prairie  City  oh  S; 
C  a  C  BelleTille,  Pa,  5;  Blank  lOJ;  "S**  2;  Mrs  B 
1;  0  F  C,  Belleville,  Pa  2;  J  RU roves  2;  Julia  1 ;  M 
M  W  2;  A  little  boy  80  cents;  A  friend  1;  J  8 
Allen  5;  BCB1;MP8,  Lebanon,  Pa,  3 ;  8  Poplars 
50  cents;  Friends  In  North  India  6  52;  Gift  of 
children  of  Joseph  Boblson  1  70;  A  lady,  per 
Rev  W  Prideauz,  for  education  of  colored  minister, 
10;  Yellow  Creek  oh.  Pa,  19  57 ;  C  M  M  1;  J  R 
Qroves  I;  B  1;  0  B  M  2  60;  A  friend  1 ;  Mrs  M, 
Buffalo  X  Roads,  Pa,  5 ;  A  friend  In  North  India  2  ; 
M  L  50  eenU;  A  BO  50  oenU;  Mary  B  MoN  50 
eents;  J  M  1;  H  2;  C  R  8,  Indianapolis  1;  W 
MeVloker  1;  Superior  oh.  Wis  6;  0  B  M  4;  M  M  W 


5;  Ja«  8  A  4;  B  W  1  50;  Sunbnry  eh.  Pa  25;  Xn 
A  R  R,  BalHTia,  N  Y  2;  A  friend  1 ;  M  B  tf  50:  C 
F  C,  BelleTille,  Pa  2  50:  Mrs  J  Lagow.  Prinoetoo, 
III  5;  J  R  Groves  I;  A  0  75  cents;  Bddingtoa  eb, 
Pa,  per  F  B  I ;  C  2;  1st  oh,  Tecnmaeh,  Mieb  23  18; 
Nineveh  cb.  N  Y  81  €0;  Children's  MUs'y  Soe*;. 
Ist  oh  Morristown,  N  J,  for  Mrs  Billingsiey  80  7«: 
High  Street  cb,  Newark,  N  J  42;  2d  oh  Newark, 
N  J  21  98;  1st  oh  Detroit,  MIoh,  58  04;  Ist  eh  Bc^ 
gen,  N  J  52 ;  J  G  Jnnkln,  Nevada,  Ohio,  for  Biddle 
InsUtute  27  749  00 

Prom  Ob's  reporting  their  Presbyteries,   $416  00 

COMMITTBB  ON  BBNBVOLBNOB  AND  FlHANCB,        540  t8 

Total  Receipts  in  October,    $1708  18 
JAMBS  ALLISON,  Treasurer, 
Look  Box  48,  Pittsburgh,  Ps. 

Money  received  and  expended  on  the  pid  dvri»9 

the  quxrUr  ending  Septen^ber  80M,  1873. 

Pbyo/^tian^— Congruityohl7  50;  Bbeneserch 

8  50 ;  Goodwill  ch  100  75;  Maoedoniaeh  ftOets  127  V 

Puy  of  CbUawba—Ooneord  ch  20  40;  Poplar  Ttst 

oh  9  50  aw 

Ftv  nf  Utirfieid—LtMnuB  ch  6 ;  PltUburgh  eb  S 

Pby  of  ^oltton-Oreenevllle  ch  1^  f 

Ay  i^f  iTmw— AtUnU  oh  23  60;  Dalton  eh  7; 

Union  Point  ch  1  80  »*  JO 

P^  of  i>>uimae— LoniiYllle  eh  «  W 

Buy  of  Canton— Bethel  ch  4  70;  Shiloh  eh  82  0^: 

New  Market  oh  (St  Luke)  12  50;  Calvary  eb  9  SO ; 

Rogersville  ch  2  50  H^  ^ 

/oy  of  rarfWn-Bamesville  oh  6  05;  Camews 

oh  10;  OaUwba  River  oh  6  42;  Freedom  eh  9  »; 

Gold  Hill  ch  22  96;  Greensboro  eh  104;  Uslogtoe 

ch  7;  Logan  eh  8  63;  Louisburg  oh  40  46;  Mm*** 

vllle  eh  28  97  ;  Mebanesville  oh  33  48;  Mt  Veraoo 

oh  26  41;  Mt  Zion  oh  6  36;  Mt  Tabor  eb  7  52 :  P" 

Pleasant  ch  7  80;  New  Centre  oh  4  95;  OakUedeb 

27  40;   Pittsburgh  oh  34  50;  Raleigh  ch  «  »; 

8all«bury  oh  and  8ab-seta  77  81;   Statesvills  cb 


27  75;  Soranton  oh  1  40;  White  Uall  eh5  55 


678  40 


P6y  «l^  lflMWnp<<»  OU^Albrlfbt  ch  »  »jJ2 
Oak  eh  10 ;  Fr«edmen*B  chapel  &;  RuBseU  Oi«««  g 
360  ^Z 


Total, 


199414 


Suttentation  Committee. 


411 


COMMITTEE  ON  SUSTENTATION. 


Rer.  M.  W.  Jaoobub,  D.D.,  Secretary,  818  Kidge  Street,  Allegheny,  PA. 


APPEAL, 
onetary  stringency  that  bears  so  heavily  upon  our  churches  and  our  Boards, 
so  most  severely  upon  the  struggling  Pastors  who  are  dependent  upon 
e  ability  to  remain  at  their  posts  oflabor.  The  Committee  have  received,  up 
mber  Ist,  eleven  hundred  dollars  less  than  during  the  same  period  last  year. 
this,  we  entered  upon  tne  year  with  $10,000  less  of  surplus,  for  working 
than  last  year.  And  by  reason  of  having  our  month  in  the  Schedule  placed 
as  February^  we  are,  at  this  season  of  the  year,  in  most  pressing  need, 
this  trying  time,  we  cannot  borrow. 

nsequence  of  this,  our  Committee  has  felt  obliged,  however  reluctantly, 
le  new  applications — as  many  as  fifteen  in  these  two  weeks  past.  For  the 
le  we  have  been  compelled  to  respond  adversely  to  those  whom  we  deeply 
lize  with  and  would  be  most  happy  to  aid.  The  special  hardship  is  that 
urches  have  completed  their  arrangements,  involving  much  anxious  labor, 
lost  cases  a  very  important  advance  in  their  self-help,  so  as  to  come  under 
erne;  and  the  Pastors  have  been  installed  in  expectation  of  this  aid.  But 
ot  assume  additional  obligations  until  we  see  our  way  more  cle.^  rly  with 
ready  on  our  list  with  whom  we  are  in  arrears.  But  are  there  not  some 
t  this  crisis,  who  can  increase  their  contributions,  and  make  up  for  the 
y  deficiency  of  others?  Are  there  not  special  responsibilities  devolving  on 
the  Lord  hath  blessed?  It  is  not  yet  too  late  to  aid  these  fifteen  Pastors 
scores  of  others  who  are  shivering,  on  the  edge  of  the  winter,  and  implor- 
:>r  themselves  and  for  their  households.  These  (15)  are  located  thus — one 
Minnesota,  West  Virginia,  Indiana,  Ohio,  New  York,  Wisconsin,  Missouri; 
1  in  Illinois  and  Iowa,  and  four  in  Pennsylvania. 
The  Congregaiionalist  Movement, 
icheme  has  steadily  aimed  to  advance  the  churches  which  are  beyond  the 
Mission  Stations,  and  which  ought  to  be  pressed  to  self-support  by  timely 
lenging  their  best  efforts.  The  importance  of  the  object  and  our  success 
3  led  the  Congregational  State  Convention  of  Vermont,  first,  and  now  of 
}rk  also,  to  adopt  our  Scheme  in  all  its  essential  features.  The  latter 
int  is  significant.  Our  own  Presbyterian  churches  in  New  York  will 
1  our  own  Scheme  made  use  of  to  build  up  and  establish  our  sister  denomi- 
Last  year  our  Committee  reported  (39)  thirty-nine  Pastors  in  New  York 
pon  our  list.  And  our  aid-giving  Presbyteries  in  that  great  Empire 
rill  surely  see  the  importance  of  pushing  forward  our  Sctieme  for  our 
9tors'  Sustentation  and  the  well-being  of  our  churches. 
imestly  ask  of  those  who  can  possibly  do  so,  to  send  us  aid  at  this  time. 

Rbceipts  ih  Octobbr. 
'  Synods  fn  small  capitals— Presbyteries  in  itcUica — Churches  in  Roman. 


.^Troy—MeltM  6. 

>R«.—  iV'ithington  Otfy— Mission  Soc*y,  6th 

ngton,  D  0  26. 

AXD.  —  Mahoning  —  Youngstown    82  40. 

le— WellsTllle  11. 

[J8.— J/arion— Iberift  5. 

AUegtuny^VntAom   7.     Shenango—^^e%r 

.—Lyons— Palmyra  66  01. 

>BuaoH.  —  Northumberland  —  Lewlsbnrg 

I,  CsxTRAU— Peort'a  — Bloomfleld   2  75. 
-Maiv^aib  lO. 

K,  i^  JiJTtj.—  Whii^  if^iifi'— ahelbyville  4. 
toiTW.— fWMr  ff'jfHcti— Marion  18  66. 
I  ^iliijhhi  mi  - 1 1  i  K  b  Land  4. 
k^.^tffiniit—Von  l^tr«Ht,  Detroit  141  35. 
EK^ET.  —  Mnrrii    find    Orang:  —  Madison 
.Vmfluri-^geca&dT    Nflvark    14  66..    New 
ak_yqurrh,  TreotOD  44  SI. 
•M.— rfiwiwii— Ajc^md  eh.  Florida  8. 
iRtirHtA.— IriidtaivKTxn*]— Laporte  6.  Lehigh 
l^iTDahlp  li,   ShawD«e«  2.     PhUaddphia, 
^ortb  Brcsd  Street  26  £0,  Spring  Oard«n 

rttiit— MairtrC^fe— OrHELsbnrgb  ch  8  61. 


Xatorence— First,  Watertown  162  09.     Sjfraei 
Fourth    Syracuse  10.    &7»ca— First,  Utica  76  27  ; 
Oneida  16  60. 

OoMMRm  ON  BsNXTOLanci  4in>  Fmamci  474  12. 

MisoKLLAHious. — A  E  0  1 ;  Mrs  M  £  Oreenough  1 ; 
L  D  N,  Washington,  D  0  1;  M  B.  Shlrleysbarg  2; 
C  F  M  8;  John  R  Qroves  1 ;  F  B,  Elgington  ch,  Pa 
1 ;  Oh  of  Lebanon,  111  27  60;  Ch9  of  Eldorado  and 
Chelsea,  Kas  36;  Oft  of  KUbourn  City,  Wis  25;  Ch 
of  Brooklyn,  Iowa  30 ;  Ch  of  State  Line,  Ind  5 ;  Ch 
of  Monroeton,  Pa  82  60;  Ch  of  Middle  Smithfield, 
Pa  33 ;  Ch  of  Yates  City,  HI  40 ;  Ch  of  West  Men- 
don,  N  Y  35;  1st  German  oh,  Allegheny,  Pa  2  93; 
Ch  of  Cbariton,  Iowa  89;  Oh  of  Ravenswood ,  W  Va 
6;  3d  German  ch,  Freeport,  Ills  27  60;  Ch  of 
Woodstown,  N  J  30;  Ch  of  Colnmbus,  Wis  .S7  60; 
<  h  of  Walnut  GroTS,  11186;  Ch  of  Hartford  City, 
Ind  25;  2d  ch,  Stillwater,  Minn  26  ;  Ch  of  Olney, 
111  b7  60 ;  Ch  of  Fairfield,  Ills  25:  Ch  of  Bij  Grove, 
Iowa  27  6U;  Ch  of  Newbarg,  W  Ya  26;  Ch  of  War- 
saw, 111  40. 

ToUlRsosIpts,    $2048  82-^ 
M.  W.  JACOBUS,  Secrdary  and  Trea»wrtr>^^^ 
818  Ridge  Street,  Allegheny,  Pa. 


412       General  AmvmU^*s  Commiitce  on  Benevolence  and  lYnatice. 


COMMITTEE   ON  BENEVOLENCE  AND  FIN 


•i 


.IP 


FREQUENT  OFFERINGS  WITH  FULL  INFORMATION 
The  Committee  on  Beoevolence  in  the  Presbytery  of  Cftiro,  llUtiob 
j  urn  in  C»  Swan,  Chairman,  have  made  a  Mimulaiin^  report,  which 
eocoarngin^  advance  ia  the  oiVringK  of  their  email  ehurch^er  Chur 
mnde  one  contribution  onJy,  averaged  $U.72  \  those  whkh  made  two  coi 
$iOM  ?  »i3t  crmtributJoti«,  ^^12,33  ;  seven,  $14  ;  eijjht.  $*^M2,  There  were 
tu  this  rejjriilar  Qdvance,  but  Presbytery  exprensitH!  iti?elf  &&  follows ; 

Ist.  All  that  h  needed  i«  A  little  e^ort  to  secure  the  means  for  cairj: 
ce««fully  the  work  of  the  Church. 

2d.  Ihe  greater  the  cumber  of  toiitribiitione'.  the  larger  will  ha  tb*  o 
Pre«Hbjt*?ry  exfirese^eii  its  deliberate  judgmetit  that  the  reaponflibil 
benevolent  work  of  the  Church  rests  mHinly  upon  our  mjdi&tefi*- 
church  sewioofi  have  iheir  sharo  af  this  r<5«pimnihility.  But  until  m\t 
tnken  paia»  to  infcrm  ibemselveft,  and  have  faith fiiNy  uri^ed  the  clain 
is^bin^  world,  and  then  exeinpliiied  the  spirit  of  benevi^lence  before  lb 
we  eatiTiot  regard  theca  ha  hmving  Itiltillfd  their  vuwe. 

Receipts  is  CkrotiEs,  18T3. 

«<f-  liuttntintiifn  w  madt  prfci^ff^  n*  dofiors  dire^L     Whtre  m  dinttutm  ar«  j^va*,  1 
*S-  The  oontTftction  up  for  sp^eia^l,  d«ji\g»riirJi  tigmrin^n  Firr  but  ti  jMrf,  a^  not  fw  tA€  I 


th«  LitureJL 


AuiATfT.—Afbamf^Btiriiio^A  Bprlnga  3d  02  B^K 
of  whSoh  Sib-i«ch  44  TO;  Aitwtiy  SSiate  SireH 
&m  81  Wi  fJL 

bAi.Ti«yiij!,.— jBa/ffTrtrrf-^—CbtngltiuL  GroTft  ?p 

23  m 
CKHtlutL  Niw  Tore— flin5ri''iJTfiiiCflii— HinjEhaiTi' 

lur,  f(p  42  20.     t'Ww— Vr-rn>>n  CefltT*  I'D     in  1^ 
<'t»:vii^t,«?ri».— QnWafKi— C'l^Telnnrl    Ivt    7<^g  75^ 

t.:«uii(iu!S.—'Jtf(jriofi— Marion,  up  SB  (KJ 

fiitifKV'A  —  CAf^rt«M^— Firnlrfi  lf»t  ^i    Wmbiii!*! 

1«   i^l      ft7r(/4itTi— Corniiijf      HKJ^      llurnMllflViUe 

I  i<  (  ill ;  W  H I  ill  m  h  mt ,  f  p  ^!&  ^  5  5^2  -*1J 

I  [  4  n  K !  MinrTKJ  f  I.—  O^rli  #/*—  Pb  if  on  71  47*    North- 

v/HftrfV^ifit/^^ilJuncrv*    HP    4u;    \ViHifliu3fh>rl    2d 

1 1 ui ^m ».  NowTii*— *  Ck ii  itgo-'  Ch Ic-Rgo  Ibi  liS" . 
J3»frA  iitt' er—  H  ik m Ip 1 1  ft  fl7a  I'O 

llriiNotfcs,  Sinirtu. — Alton— ViTd^n  23  2."i.  Oft 'fa--* 
^h;twtiifeloiAn,  Hpl&l.  J/fi^fown— PnnJilO;  I^ff»j!ii 

m  2714  5£5 

ijfiuiL.fA^  SrnfTfi.— /flfiffinqL/Mf**— C!ohimbn*  16; 
Acmujj.  Ntuf  Aibitn v^Leumfj^tQiT,  and  Hhnroa 
Hiil  ^;  ^t'■lv  Allj}i»¥  2iJ  Sf<ifl  W'kih  H^^er— 
GrccTijiLiirgh    im  dit]   Bhe\byvn\e  1st,  fp  21  03 

low*.  N'^jiTfi.^CfrfiUf  i2f/p^rf^— Bfll^rue  C  Jfi; 
AnUt>w,»'p«  Ih;  Fnrmer'ii  IJreek,  Bp  4  3&I  Anii- 

J^tflTA.  tkima—Cbnntil BhfJfii—Ci^Tm^<Bk2f\.  Iowa 

t  4,  H*  Iff)  :is  fe  :\0 

MMim^K,— £/i'jcffi>j^— LiLoimR  t^tlK}  SO;  MiL««m 
4(1';  LAt^pjng  id^  up  {H.B.  lb)  42  ;  Aiibion,  ^l  H?ii  !?8 

MiNKKSOTA— *^  /^wf— Red  Wing  72  ES;  fjJood* 
htj©  H  SO;  FWence  5  50;  Hock  lord,  spft^  r»e- 
IftEio,  Jip4;  Loait  L*k«,  atp  6;,  ]iid«pend«nrt\  f>p 
4;   Bt  P^u)  Cent  ml  n  f*!  IH  t^ 

M  iftsoiriLr  —  0«a9»— Pi pssrhI  H ill .  up  2fi*  P^d tie 
—  Bi  Joseph,  Wc9«imifi!^(@f r  bp  4^  M? ;  M  irflbjle,  J>p 

a  *(i  eg  lo 

New  jEMKT.  —  EfianMiii  — pluf?kiimin  If  73; 
Pin  infield  Ut  81}  SprmufleW.  jip  M  20;  Womi- 
bridK4»  iWi;  Wei-if^eld  Nfi ;  KHM^rHh  ^d  SO;  Ho- 
^eli«  M  19.    JfTK^  Dfv— Tenftfly   43  H.    Man* 


Mi^ndhAm  li»t,  9p  74  49 1    MjifJii^O' 

JlVurarA;— Kewurk  Park  8ft  I*  L  iVflj 
Belljiioim  ronlntjuilve  Siieteti-  1 
TJii?«lo«iofli  eemiMiirjr  4S4  iO.  JV* 
town  M  m*  \>ll*?w  t-imrifr  JU  ft7 

Npw  York. — iYu/^rrri—jVyjick  ^*l 
Woikn  %';  Cochf'istctn  Jo  U^\  PaM 
WiiM h i n ffi ri(i v il i m  a^  1  ^  « j*  1  ( 1  ■  M  on f  io 
Town  n  3rt:  Hfinp*i*-*i|  i*  iii;  M 
«n  29;  Pi:*rtJnrvfir  ,•$>!;  Hjaiiipfi^nMi 

lor    JoJ*nitio(i  ivixj;  <rh   ATt-nw*  r 

Hondo  lit  121  1^ 

PHlLAUfcLPju  ^,^C^r4^#r— M*  il  ta  S^d 
KoHinfthruti.  #*p  1,S  (ift;  Vji»%  Whii<*3 
ipt'h,   up   44  &<»:    niiifI»*iown   MD'1 

burn?,  ^p  ava  tn*  LfftrVA-8*H*ri»i 
W**nthi«ily,  ftp  fl.    mdiadrlffhi^  O 

PiTTf u  1^14 tin, —A7/flff«rgA^Eiu»t  LI 
J?«d4/ofi*^Mi  PJpn*(«ii  41  ftOi  Ml  J 
iiliiuii    i»  gff;  liiiLind    lidl  311  It, 
W hecllB g  4 1 h  i;j  7  ( ;     HV*(  Yirgmf^- 
29  09        ' 

Tes  w  f-ia  r  K. — Ff}Ut*m — Jon  ^  st  lo  r  n 

TaLEDci, — Be//*  'ointsi  i«e—  H  u  r  y  r  1 1  *, 
fonifline  lai  3o  Ofi.  AiiN«^i%]nJin: 
111  frt^ 

W>STEJi?f  New  Yojii  —  Bw|rii/o— B 
mlnwi^r    lori  lo.     Nitijfira^  Loi*k 

3  fll:  KtieMt'fUer  Ipnlral  210 

lanil  6  *7  ;  i^tlnJieJd  7 

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OF    THE   PASTORAL    EELATIO^, 

Cochran  sod  tlieSecood  clmrcli, 

CftlhouTi  nnd  the  First  Tresby- 

rd  Slit  Ion  find  llie  HeTnian  Pres- 

rth.  Frnrikloid,  Pa 

Li   S.  tVirmn  tr,   1>.D.,  and   the 

"ch,  San  irancisco 

J  n  Campbell  ftud  tho  cbiircti  at 

irk  Johnson.  D  D  ,   snd  the  First 
ClMirch,  i'laindciphm, 
J  el  Milter,  D,1J.,  aud  the  charch 
i;j,  ^.  J. 

riosa  AUD  I  sat  ALL  AT  loss, 

r.  TllsleT  was  or(i>ilnc?tl  and  in- 
rnf  tliG  5fonU  clitirt-'b,  1st.  Josepli, 
Jlh  of  Oiilobfir 

ufl  It.  Hnintlton  WM  instAlIi'd 
le  Scotch  Tre'^bytt^riaii  cliurLh, 
>n  the  IV' Ui  ot  UL-iobpj, 
u  M  PiiUerson  w'ns  in^tnllpd 
cbiircb  in  MUlord,  N«v?  J*;rst7, 
af  October. 

\  P*jwtflsnn  WM  metalled  p!i*tor 
Prehuyteriun  clmicb  of  Nvoilio, 
2d  ol  XovetiibiT 

[j  Wiibraw,  DD.  was  inMallcd 
he  Seeund  Presbyle  Van  chiirch, 
i.  on  Ihtt  21st  of  Uclnb>'r. 
jj  llidfensperger  w*«  insfftUed 
e  rrt"ibvterian  danrch  of  Cymber- 
ri  lh»>  PJth  of  NNvmnbrr. 
tl,  Jutifs  wdiS  ]n!?U!led  pfi^tor  of 
my  cbuit'lj  ol  Warwick  on  tbe  2;jJ 

iain  Thomson  was  instaHeil  pa«toT 
h  at  SUsw'tiruvilto,  ^.  J.^  on  Ibe 

FriUB   AnDRE-H-HE-i   CHA5QED. 

)  PiirktT  from  Vincennes,,  lad..  i<^ 

.  Invl 

V.    Milli^^rin  from   Waynesburgh, 

'UbeUVlht-    Uhh.l 

.    VV'KiWjn  hum  ti catch  Grovo,  Iowa, 

on.  lown. 

M.  Stevens  from  Delphi,  lad.,  to 

C  Condit  from  Ackley,  Iowa,  to 
1   Iowa 

n  HiMiry  Sharps  frnin  827  What- 
lo  lii'U  South  brand  ^Iret't,  Pltifa. 
ne?  K.  Campbell  from  AVestford, 
[ay  3  Landing.  N.  J. 
iieii  M-  Dentin  from  Jaainilca.j,  K  I., 
wrked  litver,  N.  J. 
Ill  Loigbton  from  HannEbal.  Mo.. 
"I.  Mo- 

lliani  Simonfon  from  Williamsport, 
JtiiLisburg.  Matrytand. 
illmiu  li    Ili^XJ^ni  kom  Superior, 
t^j  Mario  a,  Imiuma. 


R^'T  Cliar'fls  IVood  from  Mi' Klsco,  N.  Y., 
to  lluirilo,  N.  Y 

llrv  E.  W.  rhilds  from  Joaesville,  Mich., 
lo  Plyrniiittii,  Oliio. 

llf  V    P  S.  Van  I^est  from  El U horn,  Wis., 
to  Centralis,  III. 

P*tw.   li»   Lvwis  McCana  from   Hamburg. 
Iowa  to  Anita,  loira 

Pwe?.    li,   ¥,   PwVFelsoa   from  Montrose  lo 
ypo-^bo.  Mo. 

Rev  DlIouE  Wells  from  Red  Win [;.  Mian., 
to  t'uUon,  IHinoia 

lwi.\  W.  G  E  Agaew  from  Mill  IliilJ.  Pa., 
to  Klijtribeth,  N.J. 

Pi  V  Jobn  i.  *'ool:  from  La  Gro,  Ind.,  to 
Mitif^raburc::.  Ind. 

]^ev  JusVuH  Di»nlttlle  from  Galesburghp  III, 
to  Glinloii,  Oa<*ida  Ca.,  H   Y. 

lU'v.  Alvin  C'^oppr  from  Newark,  N.  Y.,  to 
Janiu^,  f^en*  ca  Co..  N,  V, 

Itt^v^.  Jubn  P  JJjiira  from  Foi  Laka.  W« , 
to  Pipon,  WiB. 

Ecv.  B  L  Dodder  from  Tiptoa,  Iowa,  to 
Centreville,  lo'^'a. 

Ki  V  li  W.  Uo'dale  from  Kansas  City,  Mo  , 
to  Knob  No*iter,  Mo. 

Rev.  i.  G  RankiQ  from  Centralia.  Ill,  to 
Ware,w,  J II. 

Kf'v.  IsJiiah  Pi^id  from  Kevada,  lown.  to 
Albion,  Iowa. 

\Wsf  tiporsa  W,  Sloan  from  Fti^i^ncoom, 
W^VibiniitoQ  territory,  tu  T^coniii,  Wasbiii^jLuii 
Tenilory. 

R«v,  J  L.  Hnwell  from  CbatBeld,  Minn*, 
to  I^rtktt  City,  Miim. 

Kev.  Sainuol  F.  Farmer  from  Brooklyn, 
y,  Y  .  lo  HiiAVvatba.  Kansas, 

Rev  Gi  oti;l*  F*  Cain  from  GreenabuTfjh  bo 
WilliiiinH|>ort.  Vjl 

Rev  E  C.  llnnkell  from  Ladora,  Iowa,  to 
Cofitmbns  City.  Iowa, 

lli'V,  B  T  riiilrps  from  Pliiladelphia,  to 
&30  Hrond way,  ^^»w  York  City 

E**v.  Charles  /L  Kefl:er  from  Edou  to  North 
Evan*!,  N   Y, 

Re?.  William  N  Ppge  from  Ameaia,  N.  Y., 
to  Leaven  W4>rlh.  Kans.is 

Klv-  Win  field  ticotl  Stitea  from  Ci^mden, 
N.  J.,  to  Wyomina.  Luzpnifi  Co..  I'a. 

Rt*tf.  Willi  im  M  Galbreatb  from  Barlow 
to  Sharon,  NobSe  Co-juty,  Gbm. 


Rev,  Jnmes  Thorason,  at  Mankato,  Minn., 
on  tUe  4tb  of  Oclol«r,  in  the  72d  year  of  hii 
aife. 

RrT  J  Fandford  Smith,  at  Golden,  Colo- 
rado Territory,  on  the  17tb  of  Sepletoben 

Kev  JulinJ^urnniprs,  at  Albicrn,  Iowa,  on 
Ibe  8th  of  October,  in  the  Uotb  year  of  hia 


oge 


Pl(*v.  Frod(^riek  E,  Bnpl,  nt  Brociklyn,  Cali- 
fornia, on  tbe  27Lb  of  October^  in  the  GJth 
yi,':ir  of  hia  ngo- 

K<?v.  J  ]i.  Kaufmnn.  at  Mattawan,  New 
Jersey,  on  tbe  27tb  of  October 


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CONTENTS. 


Bcnrd  of  Home  Missions.— Home  Mlnsions  »nd  the  Npw  Tfnr— rrnj?r<*jp»tfor«I  nrd  Prf^byffr 
nan  clitirchei*  in  the  yaliie  towiin— Week  of  Pmyer— Oiir  Chi«*rNefd — Self-denymK— Gift  oft  lictl« 
blind  ftiH— Overworked -ScRiierfd  Sheep— Home  Mission  AppointmeDtf»— Becetj>!p ^   I 

Board  of  Hduoation.— L)iiy  of  FrHjer  lor  Colle)ie<*,  Sen«inariev,  and  Schools— ReceiptM  and  Pty- 
itientH— Addreiiii  before  a  Convention  of  Elder-*— Receip'w « ^ ^.„ „..   » 

Board  of  Foreign  Miaaions.— Recent  Jntelligenoe— The  Mi.i^ionarjr  Work  a  Spiritual  Work- 
Recollections  and  Comments,  II.— Notices  of  the  Gaboon  Station— Notices  of  the  Coriwoo  Staiioo 
—The  Past  Vear  in  Japan— Receipts » .....^ 13 

Board  of  Publication.— Why  is  Itf— ElKht  Straight  Questions  StraixhtJjf  Annwered— Coetribo- 
tions  needed— From  a  Mi^srtonary  field— True  Books— What  a  sntall  seed  produced— Pre»bjtaia 
Christian  Literatore— Walk  to  the  Communion  Table— Receipts . — 11 

Board  of  Ghurch  ISrection.— How  shall  the  Dumber  of  ootUhbutiog  chnrcnes  be  increased ?« 
A  bHd  memory— Receipts „ 1$ 

Relief  Fund  for  Disabled  Ministers.— Money  weH  applied-A  word  tothe  clerji7--Reeei|>ta  Zl 

General  Assembly's  Committee  on  Freedmen  — Financial— Scotia  Seminary— M issiMK 
aries— Promising- A  Mission— Young  Men  at  Work— Progress — Cheering— Thanksgiving  snd 
Prsyer  for  Money— Hopeful  Signs— Protraoted  Meeting— Receipts .^.......... .....  9 

Committee  on  Snstentation.— Pastoral  Sn^tentation— From  the  field— Receipts... ....•  n 

Committee  on  Beoevolenoe  and  Finance.— The  Efi^otb  of  Prayerful  Oflferinga— Receipts  11 

■  > 

**Offerinff8  of  OofI/'— Lukb- xxi.  4. 

THE  OEMERAIi  ASSEMBI.T»S   COIIIIITTEE  OM    BENETOUBMCB  AVB 

WWSAnVK 

have  recommended  to  all  of  the  churches  systematic,  prayerful,  weekly  or  monthly  offisrlngsfiBr 
the  whole  work  of  the  Church  as  a  part  of  the  worship  of  6od*a  hou.xe;  and  the  General  Assem- 
bly of  1873  recommended  "all  congregations  to  remiieiiher  to  this  Committee  ur  to  the  respective 
Boards,  monthly,  or  at  least  quarterly,  for  the  benefit  of  the  whole  work." 

rBOPORTlONS  MJECOMMSyDJED  BY  THE  ASSEMBLY. 


JToreiffn  MUbIohm,  40  per  cent.  $600^000. 
Home  MiaaioftM,  93\i  «  •*  SS9^00, 
Chnreh  Breeiiotif  «  m  m  120^000. 
ISdueatiQH,  7      m       «       lOSjOOO, 


Suatimtation,  S%  per  eent,  $$9,S60t. 

Ministerial  Ueliff,  6       «       **        OO^WfO. 
J^eedmen,  S       «       tt        75,000. 

i»uhiicationf  S      ^       m        7Sfi09, 


TMai,    $l,SOO/>00. 


FORM  OF  BEQUEST  TO  ANY  OF  THE  BOARDS. 

The  State  laws  differ  so  much  that  no  one  form  will  answer  in  all  the  States,  but  iu  erery  esis 
ttis  essential  to  give  the  kioh*  oospobats  hamb. 

Bequests  for  Home  Missions  should  be  made  to  **  The  Boetrd  of  Home  Ml$9U>n$  of  iks  PtmbpUritM 
Cfmrek  in  th4  United  Statu  of  ilmsrieo,**  which  Is  now  the  corporate  title. 

Of  the  Board  of  Education  the  corporate  name  is  **  Tlu  Board  of  Edueation  qf  ih4  Pretbjfterim 
Church  in  the  United  Stalee  of  America,** 

The  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  New  Tork,  under  the  style  flf 
*■  The  Board  of  Foreign  Mieeiont  of  the  Preabyterian  Ckareh  in  the  Umted  States  of  A  meriea/* 

The  Board  of  Publication  is  incorporated  under  the  lawa  of  PennsylTanla,  under  the  style  of 
•  The  Trueteea  of  the  Preetfyterian  Board  of  PubHeationT 

The  Board  of  Ohnroh  Erection  is  incorporated  ooder  the  style  of  **  The  TYwteea  of  the  Cterd 
Erection  Fund  of  the  Qeneral  Aeeembly  of  the  Preebyterian  Church  in  the  United  Statu  of  Awuriea,* 
tncorpr>rated  March  31, 1865.  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  Tork. 

Bequests  thst  hare  been  made  to  the  **  Trueteu  0/  the  General  Auemblih*"  or  to  the  "  Dnuteettf 
the  Prubyterian  Bouee/*  for  Church  purposes,  will  be  Tslid. 

Ail  Bequests  m«ide  to  the  incorporated  Boards  or  Committees  of  the  two  late  Assemblies  SM 
valid,  and  will  be  received  by  the  Boards  which  are  their  legal  successors. 

The  ReUet  Fond  for  Disabled  Ministers,  and  the  Widows  and  Orphans  of  Deceased  Mlnistsn 
requires  the  following  form: 

"  I  glre  and  bequeath  to  my  executors  hereinafter  named,  — -—  dollars  In  trust,  nerertheleis, 
that  they  shall,  within  — —  months  after  my  decease,  pay  the  same  to  the  TViufess  of  the  Qumel 
Aseembty  of  the  Preebyterian  Church  in  th*,  United  Statuof  Ameriea,  for  the  use  of  the  Fund  for  Mr 
abled  Ministers  and  their  Families.** 

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THE  BOARDS  OF  HOME  MISSIONS,  EDUCATION,  FOREIGN  MISSIONS, 

PUBLICATION,  CHURCH  ERECTION.  RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS, 

AND  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN. 


VOL  XXV.-1874. 


PHILADELPHIA: 

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THE  PRESBYTERIAN  MONTHLY  RECORD. 


BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 


ntments,  6,  38,  70,  103,  134,  165, 
262,  295,  327,  358. 
Sally  Cooper.  258. 
rements,  290. 
I  in  the  Way,  260. 
not  deducted  from  a  Miesionary's 
.ry,  65.  69. 
•nia  Wheat,  355. 
'ul  giving,  35. 
se  Emigration,  259. 
en  in  Heaven,  134. 
do,  161. 

e^ational     and     Presbyterian 
rchee  in  the  same  Towns,  2,  321. 
i,  Territory,  293. 

linational  Comity  in  Home  Mis- 
8,  321. 

33,  65,  97,  129,  193,  225,  267. 
ragement,  292. 
iing  the  Field,  102. 
ulness,  102. 
g  off  in  Receipts,  257. 
m  Old  Age,  130. 
in  Work,  33. 
fa  little  Blind Qirl,  5. 
lopper  scourge,  164,  225,  262,  291, 
,  294,  356. 

ing  feeble  Fields,  97. 
f  Pastor,  290. 
en  on  our  Shores,  259. 
Missions  and  the  New  Year,  1. 

Missions,   Standing  Committee 
194. 

MiBsions,  Report  of  the  Board, 


1  Work,  35, 


Indian  Alarm,  261. 

Indiana,  Letter  from,  290. 

Iowa,  37,  357. 

Kansas,  69,  97,  161,  291,  357. 

Labors  and  Successes,  355. 

Migration,  Effects  of,  165. 

Minnesota,  163. 

Missionary  Courage,  291,  292. 

Mission  Work  in  Kansas  and  Colorado, 

161. 
Missouri,  36. 
Nebraska,  67,  293,  356. 
"  On  the  verge  of  starvation,"  355. 
Our  chief  need,  4. 
Overworked,  5. 
Presbyteries,  Appeal  to,  258. 
Prompt  and  Cheering  Response,  327. 
Prosperity,  289. 
Receipts,  7,  38,  70.  103,  134,  167,  199, 

232,  263,  295,  327.  359. 
Reports  from  the  Field,  197,  227. 
Revivals,  37,  68,  130.  199. 
Rocky  Mountain  Presbyterian,  69. 
Scattered  Sheep,  5,  36. 
Self-denying,  4. 
Self  sustaining,  101,  294,  295. 
Southern  Mite,  36. 
Sowing  the  Seed,  354. 
State  of  Che  Country,  353. 
Tennessee,  261. 
Threatening  Shadows,  225. 
Visiting,  354. 
Week  of  Prayer,  3. 
Wisconsin,  66. 
Woman's  Work  for   Home    Missions, 

326. 


HVFTEKTATION  DEPARTMENT. 


itagee  of   the    ^^ebeme^   31 ;    its 
m,  0*2,  12r»,  158,  im 
Eitoiente,  33U,  3^)2. 
tton  of  Aid  fr«)m  the  Suutentation 
mrtment,  254,  'Mb. 
m\  158,  im  26i),  297,  329,  361. 
m,  62»   94,    126,   2ti5,    297,   329, 

of  Application  for  Aid,  255. 


Form  of  Quarterly  Report,  256. 
Pastoral  Sustentation.  31,  62,  94. 
Quarterly  Reports,  256,  297. 
Receipts,  31.  63,  95,  127,  159,  191,  223, 

256,  266,  298,  330.  362. 
Report  on  Sustentation,  222. 
Transfer  of  Sustentation  to  Home  MI^oOqI 

sions,  254.  o| 

Want  of  Funds,  02,  94,  126,  265. 


IV 


Index. 


BOAED  OP  EDUCATION. 


America,  Position  of,  299. 
Amerioan  Eduoation  Society,  263. 
Annual  Collection  for  Education,  73, 

202. 
Annual  Report,  169. 
Annual  Statement,  73. 
Baxter,  Richard,  an  Inyitation  from, 

105. 
Candidates  received,  363. 
Chairmen   of  Education    Committees, 

169. 
Dav  of  Prayer  for  Schools  and  Colleges, 

42. 
Debt,  Report  of  Committee  on,  202. 
Divine  Guidance  to  a  field  of  Labor,  108. 
Drill  the  Officers,  365. 
Duty  of  Presbyteries,  268. 
Education  of  Churches  in  Beneficence. 

333.  » 

Employment  of  Vacations,  137*    ' 
Estimate  for  1874-5,  201. 
Evangelists  of  Science,  201. 
GKx)drich,  Dr.,  his  Testimony,  269. 
Grateful  Words  from  Old  Friends,  41. 
Heart  Enlarged,  138. 
Heavenly  Honor  of  an  Earthly  office, 

138. 


''  He  sealeth  up  the  hand  of  man,"  363. 
Hungary,  PresDyterianism  in,  233. 
Increase  of  Candidates,  171. 
Introduction  of  Men  into  the  offioe  of 

the  MinistiT,  269. 
Jesus's  Love  for  Children,  107. 
Money  Matters,  41. 
Permanent  Manual,  105,  137. 
Piety  before  God,  331. 
Power  of  the  Spirit,  74. 
Professors'  Reports,  202,  267. 
Rain  I  Rain!  Rainl  299. 
Receipts.  12  44,  76, 108, 138,  172,  204, 

236,  270,  302,  334,  366. 
Receipts  and  Payments,  9. 
Royal  Privilege,  267. 
Special  Debt  of  last  Year,  41. 
Speer,  Dr.,  An  Address  by  him  before  a 

Convention  of  Elders,  9. 
Students  at  Seminaries  not  Presby  terian, 

268.  \ 

Students  of  this  Year,  41. 
Sy nodical  Reports,  301. 
Tobacco,  364. 
Treasury,  State  of,  105,  137,  233,  299, 

331,  363. 
What  a  People  can  do,  332. 


BOABD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


American  and  Native  Missionaries  in 

our  Foreign  Missions,  78,  336. 
Brazil,  Interesting  accounts  from,  371. 
Call  for  another  Mission  Schooner,  80. 
Chinese  in  California.  48,  144,  242. 
Chippewa  Mission.  Notices  of,  81,  243. 
Corisco  Station,  Notices  of,  17,  80, 175, 
'370. 
Danger  on  either  Hand,  304 ;  Situation 

critical,  336. 
**  Especial  Friends,"  238. 
Foreign   Missionaries  of  the  American 

Church,  46. 
Gaboon  Station,  Notices  of,  16, 175, 307. 
Good  End  of  the  Year,  174. 
Happer.  Mrs.,  Death  of.  111. 
"  Bfeathen  well  provided  for  "  207. 
Hindoo  Pastor,  Ordination  of,  241. 
India,  Missions  in,  49,  177,  209,  240, 

276. 
Indian  Work  of  onr  Ministry,  272,  274. 
Italy,  Our  work  in.  308. 
Japan,  Past  Year  in,  17,  370. 
Johnson,  Mrs.,  Letter  from,  371. 
Lesson  for  Missionaries,  79. 
Liberality  of  a  Chinese  Convert,  113.^ 
Lodiana  Mission,  the  first  Donation  in 

India  to,  142. 
Mar  Yohanan,  Death  of,  275. 
Medical  Missionaries,  368.  372. 
Merit  Making  at  Chieng-Mai,  112. 


Missionary  Experience,  175,  239,  306. 

Missionary  Wanted,  110. 

Missionary  Work  a  spiritual  Work,  14. 

Missions  of  the  Board,  336. 

Mullens,  Dr.,  his  Views,  339. 

Native  Ministers,  78, 110. 

Native  Ministers,  Should  they  be  taufht 

En/srlish?   142. 
Preaching  Tour  in  Futtehgnrh  District, 

276,  306. 
Privilege  of  Preaching  to  the  Heathen, 

47. 
Receipts  and  Payments  classified,  207. 
Beoeipts  not  yet  encouraging,  367. 
Receipts,  19,  51,  82,  114,145,  178,  211, 

243,  277,  309,  341,  373. 
Recent  Intelligence,   13,  45,  77,  109, 

141,  173,  205,  237,  271,  303,  335, 

367. 
Recollections  and  Comments,  15. 
Schooner  needed,  80. 
Seminole  Mission,  48. 
Seneca  Mission,  Report  of,  143. 
Service  for  Life,  79. 
Sioux  Indians,  proposed  station  among, 

338 
<<  These  from  the  land  of  Sinim,"  238. 
The  World  for  our  Country,  368. 
Year,  End  of,  174 ;  Receipts  classified, 

206. 
Yokohama,  Church  formed  in,  370. 


Index, 


BOARD  OP  PUBLICATION, 


act  of  Annual  Report,  213. 

)wledgment8,  23. 

cations  for  Books,  280. 

liders  reclaimed,  312. 

e  Work  in  Bible  Lands,"  183. 

•tage,  117, 181. 

rteur's  View,  85. 

tion  for  Colportage,  149. 

butions  Needed,  23,  311. 

rsions  through  Colportage,  181. 

,  New  Presbyterian,  55,  86. 

ard  saved,  313. 

raging,  279,  313. 

aation,  214. 

oen,  teaching  them,  182. 

tl  Assembly,  Action  of,  214. 

;reatly  needed,  53. 

il,  54,  281,  313,  346 ;  approved, 

lation  feeds  benevolence,  376. 

ppreoiation,  85. 

;an,  Colportage  in,  117. 

aary    Fund,  85,  119,  149,  311 ; 

,usted,  375. 

nary's  Report  from  the  South, 


Must  we  stop  giving  ?  85. 

Our  Periodicals,  54,  375. 

Pacific  Coast,  Colportage  on,  117. 

"  Paradise,"  by  Rev.  R.  M.  Patterson, 

246. 
Prairie  Bird,  245. 

Presbyterian  Christian  Literature,  24. 
Presbyterian  Hymnal,  54. 
Prospects  of  the  Board,  279. 
Question  Book  for  the  Lessons,  377. 
Receipts,  24,  55,  87,  119,  151,  183,  215, 

247,  282.  314,  346,  378. 
Sabbath-school  Visitor.  53, 182. 
Sailors'  Sabbath-school,  311. 
Sailor's  Wife  converted,  312. 
Shorter  Catecbisms,  117,  214,  281. 
Thanks  from  Colorado,  54. 
True  Books,  23. 
*' Visitor"  welcomed,  53. 
<<Walk    to   the    Communion   Table,'' 

24. 
West  Virginia,  Colportage  in,  181. 
What  a  small  seed  produced,  23. 
What  is  the  good  7  313. 
Why  is  it  ?  21. 
Will  our  Sabbath-schools  help?  311. 


BOARD  OF  CHURCH  ERECTION. 


orty-four  years  of  exposure,  shel- 

[  at  last,  88. 

8  for  help,  283. 

emory,  25. 

L  Collections,  347. 

I  in  the  advance,  184. 

nee,  in  a  Church  and  without 

347. 

r  off  in  Contributions,  283. 

^imes  with  Church  builders,  315. 

I  works,  57. 


How  shall  the  number  of  contributing 
Churches  be  increased?  25. 

Only  Eleven  Months  in  this  Year,  56. 

"Out  of  Debt,"  120. 

Receipts,  26,.  57,  89,  121,  152,  185,  217, 
249,283,316,348,380. 

Report  on  Church  Erection,  216. 

Shall  the  evil  increase?  379. 

Thanks,  152. 

What  the  Board  has  done  and  could  do, 
248.   . 


RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS. 


wledzments,  186,  317. 

r  to  Prayer,  186. 

154,  219,  Z\n. 

n.  Rev.  Rol>ert|  on  the  Duty  of 

Church   to  her  Wnisters,  218, 

al  for  help,  1S6,  317.  ^ 

greatlT   tiie  Appropriations  are 

led,  90. 

front  a  Dipabled  Minister,  285 ; 

I  a  Wife,  34y. 

'  well  applied,  27. 


Receipto,  28,  59,  91, 123, 154,  187,  250^ 

285,  349,  381. 
ReliefFund,  154,218,  381. 
Trials  of  aome  whose  oases  were  not 

reached,  317. 
Voice  from  a  Cabin  on  thet  Prairies^ 

122. 
What  Contributors  think  and  say,  90i 
What  of  the  night?  58. 
Winter  is  at  hand,  381. 
Word  to  the  Clergy,  27.  Digitized  by  GoOg I 


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Index. 


GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON  FREED 


Advance,  188. 

Charlotte,  N.  C,  Charoh  and  School, 

124. 
Communion  Seasons,  252. 
December  Collections,  60,  92,*  383. 
Eager  for  Bible  Instruction.  287. 
Financial  statements,  29,  156,  287,  319, 

351,  383. 
Forward  and  Up^irard,  156,  383. 
General  Assembly  Proceedings,  220. 
Labors  of  *'  Uncle  Joe,"  60. 


Our  own  household,  383, 
Keadiness  for  Self-denial,  2?7 
Receipts,  30,  fil,  9*2,  125,  15!], 

253,  288,  32u;  352,  384. 
*' Remember  tbe  Poor;*352, 
Reports  from  MissionarieSf  21 

351. 
Saved!  Saved!  60. 
School  Term  closed,  253, 
Scotia  Seminary,  29, 


COMMITTEE  ON  BENEVOLENCE  AND  FIXANC 


Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance 
discontinued,  224. 

Consolidation,  128. 

Effects  of  Prayerful  offering,  32; 
effects  of  the  Committee  on  benevo- 
lence and  Finance,  192. 

Extracts  from  the  Minutes  of  the  Gene- 
ral Assembly^  224. 


Presentation  of  the    differei 
before  the  Con|;regatiuD,  9£ 

Proposed  change.  1 23. 

Receipts,    32,   64,   96,   128, 
224. 

Receipts  of  the  Ei^hb  Boards 
mittees,  64. 


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BOAKD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 


HOME  MISSIONS  AND  THE  NEW  YEAR. 
1873,  with  all  its  great  events— its  failures  and  successes — ^its  joys  and  sor- 
rows, has  gone  to  be  numbered  with  the  years  beyond  the  flood — 1874,  with 
issues  untried  and  unknown,  has  begun.  The  Board  of  Home  Missions  can 
congratulate  the  Church  on  many  new  fields  occupied  and  old  ones  sustained, 
and  on  the  general  prosperity  of  the  work  in  its  spiritual  aspects.  Yet  it  is 
sad  to  say  that  the  New  Year,  owing  to  many  causes,  but  chiefly  to  the  great 
panic,  finds  the  treasury  more  than  $65,000  in  debt.  The  panic  began  just  at 
the  season  when  the  churches  usually  begin  to  give  largely  to  the  cause.  One 
result  has  been  that  the  contributions  in  November  were  $5000  less  than  in 
November  of  1872.  If  this  decrease  continues  to  the  meeting  of  the  General 
Assembly  an  immense  debt  will  have  to  be  reported.  But  three  months  yet 
remain  of  the  fiscal  year  to  31st  March.  Of  the  $352,500  allotted  to  this 
Board  by  the  last  Assembly,  only  $144,878.93  have  been  received  (at  this 
writing,)  leaving  $207,622  to  be  raised,  averaging  over  $69,000  per  month. 
This  is  a  sum  by  no  means  beyond  the  ability  of  our  472,000  communicants 
and  482,762  children  in  Sabbath-schools.  Although  financial  pressure  is 
great,  yet  poverty  has  not  overtaken  us,  but  only  the  fear  of  it.  There  is  not 
a  dollar  less  of  money  in  the  country;  the  fear  of  losing  it  keeps  it  out  of  sight. 
There  are  over  one  thousand  missionaries  with  their  wives  and  children, 
dependent  in  part  or  wholly  for  support,  on  these  contributions  from  God's 
people.  Shall  they  be  left  to  suffer  and  the  work  to  languish  ?  Dear  brethren 
of  the  ministry  and  eldership,  ask  your  churches  this  grave  question,  Will 
not  our  ministers  and  members,  teachers  and  scholars  in  our  Sabbath-schools, 
do  something,  or  do  something  more  than  heretofore,  to  prevent  these  suffer- 
ings and  discouragements?  '^  Know  the  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  that 
though  He  was  rich,  yet  for  your  sakes  He  became  poor,  that  ye  through  his 
poverty  might  be  rich." 


2  Board  of  Home  Missions.  [Januari/ 

CONGREGATIONAL  AND  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCHES  IN  THE  SAME 

TOWNS. 

Our  consideration  of  this  subject,  in  the  November  number  of  the  Record, 
with  regard  to  the  State  of  Iowa,  has  called  forth  such  expressions  of  interest 
from  various  and  unexpected  sources,  that  we  have  been  constrained  to  extend 
our  observations  to  two  other  Western  States,  namely,  Illinois  and  Michigan. 

In  the  former  there  are  241  Congregational  churches,  embracing  19,593 
members;  and  472  Presbyterian  churches  with  36,333  members. 

There  are  69  places  in  which  there  are  both  a  Presbyterian  and  a  Congrega- 
tional church.  These  embrace,  of  course,  the  most  of  the  largest  towns  in  the 
State.  Chicago  has  12  Congregational  churches,  with  2,836  members,  and  14 
Presbyterian  churches,  with  2,980  members.  The  Congregationalisis  also 
have  two  churches  at  Galesburg,  Rockford,  and  Aurora.  The  Presbyterians 
have  also  five  churches  at  Jacksonville,  the  same  number  at  Springfield 
and  at  Peoria;  three  at  Galena,  two  at  Quincy,  and  two  at  Rockford. 

In  26  of  these  places  both  the  Congregational  and  Presbyterian  churches 
number  75  members,  or  over,  thereby  giving  evidence  of  vigor  and  success. 
In  such  cases  we  may  take  it  for  granted  that  both  organizations  are  doing 
good,  and  ought  to  be  maintained. 

There  are  three  or  four  places  in  which  the  Presbyterians  have  over  75 
members  and  the  Congregationalists  have  less  than  45,  and  the  same  number 
of  places  in  which  the  Congregationalists  exceed  the  Presbyterians  in  like 
manner.  And  there  are  14  places  in  which  neither  church  exceeds  60  mem- 
bers. In  just  one-half  of  these  the  Presbyterians  outnumber  the  Congrega- 
tionalists, and  in  the  other  half  they  do  not. 

In  the  State  of  Michigan  there  are  180  Congregational  churches  with  12,370 
members,  and  162  Presbyterian  churches,  with  13,188  members. 

The  Congregationalists  have  two  churches  in  Detroit,  Grand  Rapids,  and 
Kalamazoo.  The  Presbyterians  have  five  in  Detroit,  two  in  Grand  Rapids 
and  Lansing. 

The  whole  number  of  places  where  there  are  both  Congregational  and 
Presbyterian  churches  is  only  23,  and  in  eleven  of  these  places  both  denomi- 
nations have  over  75  members,  leaving  only  12  in  which  either  church 
comes  below  75,  and  in  8  of  these  both  churches  have  less  than  60,  and 
in  6  less  than  40  members  each,  and,  as  in  the  other  case,  eaeh  denomina- 
tion is  in  a  majority  in  one-half  of  the  places. 

Thus  we  have  in  these  two  states  1055  churches  in  1024  towns,  in  55  of 
which  only  are  there  both  Congregational  and  Presbyterian  churches  where 
one  or  both  have  less  than  75  members. 

In  ten  of  these  places  one  of  these  churches  is  comparatively  strong,  hav- 
ing over  75,  and  frequently  over  100  members,  and  the  other  weak.  One 
then  is  probably  quite  independent  of  the  other,  and  the  question  of  union 
must  be  looked  at  in  that  view.  But  there  are  45  places  in  which  both 
churches  have  less  than  60  each. 

If,  then,  we  transfer  the  figures  on  Iowa  in  the  November  number  of  the 
Record,  and  add  them  to  the  above  figures,  we  find  1618  churches  located 


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Board  of  Home  Muttons. 


jarlj  1600  places  in  the  three  states  examined;  in  about  85  of  which 
are  both  a  Preibyterian  and  a  Congregational  ohorch  having  each  lefls 
60  raembers, 

thi8  it  may  be  said  that  tbii  number  is  much  smaller  than  most  people, 
[lad  not  examined  the  subject,  would  have  believed.  Still,  is  it  not  quite 
irg&l  Kspecialty  sinee  most  of  these  churches  are  missionary  churches, 
ire  drawing,  and  mimt  coniiitue  to  draw,  aid  from  their  respective  Home 
ionary  Boardai  for  uiany  years  to  come,  unless  the  towns  in  which  they 
seated  have  an  uti usual  growth. 

m  nnich  better  it  would  b©  for  these  eighty-five  towns,  if  the  two  churches 
1  unite  and  form  one  strong  church,  and  employ  and  well  support  one 
\T  instead  of  two  ?  The  two  congregations  united  would  furnish  ample 
for  the  bci§t  powers  of  one  man,  and  would  also  probably  afford  him 
e  support  without  Homo  Blissionary  aid.  The  whole  field  would  tax 
iDvi^orate  any  man^s  powera  of  mind  and  heart;  half  of  it  would  often 
dwarf  the  mind,  itarve  the  body,  and  imbitter  the  he&rt.  Then  the 
a  Mi^?^ionary  organizations  need  more  money  and  more  men.  Make  the 
iHFBionary  churches  one  ielf-sustaining,  vigorous  church,  thus  relieving 
from  Home  Missionary  aid,  and  one  pastor  would  be  released  for  the 
m  beyond*  So  measurably,  and  most  effectually  would  such  an  act  help 
rnis^h  bath  more  mi^ionaries  for  the  front  and  more  funds  for  their  sup- 


e  hope  that  next  year  the  Synods  in  all  these  States  and  others  situated 
htm,  and  the  Congregationul  Conferences  or  Associations,  will  each  appoint 
[litteei  of  wi^e  and  sober-inindod  men,  who  shall,  if  possible,  bring  together 
I  little  churches,  and  with  prayer  and  conference  see  if  they  cannot  secure 
ion  of  the  two  churches;  and  if,  while  waiting  together  before  God,  the 
t  things  on  which  they  agree  shall  draw  them  into  an  organic  union,  in 
of  the  few  less  important  things  on  which  they  differ,  would  not  the 
e  Church  of  God  rejoice?  But  why  wait  till  next  year?  If  any  feel 
iflclves  drawn  to  such  a  conference  or  such  an  union,  there  is  no  law, 
an  or  divine^  to  prevent  it  now.  Let  neither  party  hesitate  to  propose  it; 
let  no  man  lift  up  his  hand  t<o  oppose  it. 


WEEK  OF  PRAYER. 
he  object  of  this  annual  concert  is  to  pray  for  the  evangelization  of  the 
d  ai  promised  and  foretold  in  the  Holy  Scriptures.  In  this  service  of 
ilieation  our  own  dear  country  should  occupy  a  large  place.  The  conver- 
of  the  world,  under  God^  depends  largely  upon  the  Christians  and  churches 
m  country.  It  was  the  unanimous  and  urgent  conviction  and  testimony 
he  foreign  delegates  to  the  late  illustrious  Evangelical  Alliance,  that^ 
tanly  f  peaking,  the  spread  of  the  gospel  among  all  nations  depended  upon 
land;  that  the  pre&erYatbn  and  extension  of  civil  and  religious  liberty, 
er  God,  was  chiefly  committed  to  our  care,  because  the  efforts  for  good  of 
other  and  older  Christian  nutions  were  hindered  by  their  present  or  pros-  , 

JVC  struggles  J  that  as  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  world's  hope  was  Ogl( 


4  Board  of  Home  Missions,  [Janjiafy 

entrusted  in  a  wonderful  manner  to  our  keeping,  hence  their  earnest  exhorta- 
tions to  diligence  and  fidelity.  How  urgent,  then,  the  duty  of  helieving  and 
concerted  prayer  to  God  for  the  evangelization  of  this  land !  The  importance 
of  its  preservation  for  the  race,  none  hut  God  can  estimate. 

We  must  impress  this  upon  ourselves  and  our  children.  Had  the  Church 
thus  exercised  herself  and  her  children  to  love  and  pray  for  their  country  as 
they  ought  during  the  generation  from  1830  to  1860,  what  sorrows  might  not 
have  heen  avoided,  what  calamities  averted  I  Let  the  Church  and  her  children 
he  trained  to  love  and  pray  for  the  salvation  of  the  country,  to  labor  and 
contribute  to  this  end,  lest  still  greater  sorrows  befall  us. 

This  Week  of  Prayer  furnishes  an  admirable  help  to  such  training.  Let  ws 
bring  our  children  with  us,  to  this  great  concert  of  prayer  for  the  land  and 
the  world.  Like  Israel  at  the  Passover,  let  us  recount  in  their  hearing  how 
<*  God  has  cast  out  the  heathen  and  planted  us  as  a  vine  out  of  Egypt.^'  Let  us 
pray  that  this  land,  and  all  lands,  may  speedily  become  Immanuers. 

OUR  CHIEF  NEED. 
What  is  needed  above  all  other  things  is  a  mighty  awakening  and  turning 
of  the  people  to  God.  "Not  by  might  nor  by  power,  but  by  my  Spirit,  saith 
the  Lord."  Let  ministers  and  people,  parents  and  children,  cry,  "  0  Lord, 
revive  thy  work  in  the  midst  of  the  years,  in  the  midst  of  the  years  make 
known;  in  wrath  remember  mercy!"  Our  great  danger  is  in  looking  too  much 
to  means  and  instrumentalities,  and  forgetting  God,  <*  who  will  not  give  his  glory 
to  another."  The  outpouring  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  producing  a  general  revival, 
will  raise  multitudes  of  earnest  ministers  for  the  Home  and  Foreign  fields- 
will  warm  the  love,  increase  the  zeal,  and  enlarge  the  liberality  of  God's 
people.  Nothing  is  so  vitally  important  to  the  Church  and  the  world  in  these 
eventful  times  as  this  promised  and  predicted  outpouring  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 
Let  this  then  be  the  one  great  cry  to  God  during  this  world-wide  Week  of 
Prayer.  To  encourage  to  this,  we  may  state  that  in  all  the  reports  from  the 
one  thousand  Missions  they  either  mourn  the  absence,  or  point  to  the  tokens 
of  His  coming,  or  rejoice  in  His  presence — ^reviving  and  comforting  Christians, 
and  convincing  and  converting  sinners.  It  may  be  but  the  "  little  cloud  out 
of  the  sea  like  a  man's  hand,"  yet  it  betokens  abundance  of  rain. 

SELF-DENYING. 

"  Something  is  also  needed  in  another  direction  besides  the  church  build- 
ing.    Mr.  L needs  help  in  his  living,  and  greatly  needs  it.     His  wife,  i 

most  excellent  woman,  a  lady  of  culture  and  refinement,  and  not  very  strong 
physically,  is  keeping  boarders  to  eke  out  their  living.  She  has  two  little  chil- 
dren that  need  her  whole  time  after  other  household  duties,  but  she  is  obliged 
to  neglect  them  in  some  measure,  and  tax  her  strength  unduly^  in  order  to 
live.     The  place  is  very  expensive,  as  everything  has  to  be  carried  so  far  on 

the  railroad.     Brother  L pays  $250  rent  for  a  very  moderate  house,  and 

then  must  crowd  it  with  four  boarders,  taking  up  every  corner  of  room.    My 

heart  is  much  moved  for  Brother  L ,  and  T  write  to  you,  dear  brother,  to 

ask  if  it  is  possible  to  have  something  done  for  his  help  ?" 

Readers  of  the  Record,  can  you  not  help  the  Board  to  assist  its  one  thou- 
sand men  in  circumstances  more  or  less  similar.  o 


Board  of  Borne  Missions, 


GIFT  OF  A  LITTLE  BLIND  GIRL. 

Bcdtiniore^  November  2,  1873. 

B  Doctor  D :  At  my  request,  father  has  written  this  note,  inclos- 

)  S5  I  have  saved  for  the  missionary  cause,  and  he  offered  me  $5  more  ; 
aid  I  had  rather  send  what  really  was  from  my  own  savings,  neverthe- 
3  has  insisted  on  my  inclosing  the  additional  $5.  These  amounts 
very  small  compared  to  what  the  great  cause  needs,  yet  I  hope  and 
le  Lord  will  bless  them  as  coming  from  the  willing  heart  of  a  little 

J  for  a  little  friend  who  has  never  forgotten  you.  Grace  Lee. 

OVERWORKED. 

October  25,  1873. 

r  Brethren — ^This  report  closes  the  eighth  year  of  my  connection  with 
ard.  I  now  take  leave  of  it,  at  least  for  the  present.  My  health  has 
>oor  lor  a  year  and  more.  My  people  have  given  me  two  vacations  in 
ne,  the  first  of  two  months  last  fall,  the  second  of  a  month  and  a  half 
mmer.  My  last  vacation  was  spent  in  travelling  in  the  Lake  Superior 
J,  my  church  furnishing  me  money  with  which  to  travel.  But  it 
all  will  not  do.  My  brain  and  nervous  syst^^m  are  so  exhausted  that 
m  from  mental  labor  seems  to  be  requisite.  The  physicians  and  my 
I  recommend  me  to  desist  from  preaching.  It  is  with  deep  regret  I 
3me  to  the  conclusion  to  leave  this  charge.  It  is  my  first  church,  and 
d  to  continue  with  it. 

\  matter  for  gratitude  that  I  leave  the  church  in  a  more  prosperous 
on  than  it  has  been  in  since  my  connection  with  it.  The  prospect  was 
iiore  cncouniginjLr  than  at  the  time  when  I  am  forced  to  leave.  Our  com- 
1  is  next  Sabbath,  and  we  expect  some  additions.  Since  my  last  report 
eived  two  members,  regarded  as  important  accessions — ladies  of  stand- 
1  we^ilth.  I  hope,  if  aid  is  asked  for  this  field  to  aid  in  supporting  a 
iT,  the  Board  will  uee  fit  to  grant  all  that  is  asked,  as  it  always  has 
Litberto, 

rpect  to  return  to  my  former  home  in  Ohio.     I  shall  leave  as  soon  as 
e,  as  cold  weatber  is  coming  on. 
akiDg  the  Board  for  all  its  kindness, 

1  remain  very  truly,  &o.  J.  M.  R. 


SCATTERED  SHEEP. 


following  extract  from  a  letter  of  one  our  missionaries  shows  the  loss 
mstained  by  the  scattering  of  our  people  in  new  settlements,  and  also 
II  for  self-denying  Itbarating  ministers  to  seek  these  wanderers  in  the 

^^  Scattered  Sheep, 
[iTtng  the  last  quarter  I  have  devoted  considerable  time,  after  preaching 
own  people  on  the  Sabbath,  to  exploring  the  country  around  me.  I 
'ound  quite  a  number  of  Presbyterians  who  are  in  danger  of  being  lost 
church,  la  one  place  I  stumbled  on  eleven  members  of  our  church 
Jhio^  settled  near  each  other.  In  another  place  seven  families  within 
miles  of  each  other  who  have  been  eleven  years  in  Missouri,  and  were, 
>  tbey  came  to  Missouri,  members  of  our  church,  but  are  now  so  tho- 
ly  absorbed  by  the  world,  in  pursuit  of  its  wealth,  that  they  are  almost 
srent  upon  religioaa  mutters.  Isolated  families  of  Presbyterians  can  btjOOQ 
in  almost  every  school  district. 


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**  I  was  urged  lo  spend  a  Sabbath  in  many  of  the  places  I  Tbited, 
meetirj^is^  tb rough  the  week.  My  own  field  ia  too  large  alrendj'.  I 
give  a  Sabbath.  I  promised  to  return  and  give  them  week  senritje 
had  a  good,  native  man,  to  take  up  the  unexplored  region^  I  doubt  i 
a  short  time  we  eotild  count  luanj  prosperous  churches  where  our 
not  now  heard.  It  is  very  difficult  for  uie  to  understand  how  Pre^ 
fri»oi  the  Eastern  States  can  cooio  out  here  and  settk  down  logethe 
hers  of  fourteen  members,  and  remain  from  seven  to  fifteen  years  s 
no  effort  to  secure  religious  ordinanea's;  and  yet  when  a  misiiionary,  t 
about  iti  seareh  of  lost  Presbyterians,  stumbles  on  them  and  prmtchc 
t-tiliing  them  the  same  old  story,  they  will  with  tears  plead  with  1 
Sf3[iiethmg  fur  their  spiritual  welfare;  but  it  is  made  difficult  to  ti 
how  they  can  beeooae  io  thoroughly  seeulariaed  as  to  be  indiffereot 
whtde  matter.  I  must  visit  tbeiu  a^ain.  I  was  sent  by  the  Frei 
visit  a  number  of  Presbyterians  in  Nodaway  eounty,  and  if  the  way 
or^aor;se  them  intofl  ehureb.  I  visiied  tbem  on  the  17th  of  Oei 
orgafi  isced  a  church  of  fifteen  mcmberB  aud  installed  two  elders- 
Were  elders  in  the  Eagt.  I  waited  with  them  over  Sabbath  and 
our  Lord's  Supper*  The  new  church  is  called  '  Independence,* 
probably  unite  with  the  church  at  II ,,  under  one  pastor/* 


HOME  MISSION  APFOINTMENTS 
Maijm  in  KoVEMnea,  1873, 


RiL«i.  Jjtrrif^^i  N<Jrn*.  MirJilleti'iwn  nil ,  N.  V. 

Rtsv,  Vjil<eTiiin«  Down,  Alilftf  €rfl«k,  Foreslport 

and  D*t*r field  olia.,  N.  Y. 
RpT.  LewlR  F.  .stpftrn*?,  ynr^ooA  oh*.  W.  J.  » 

RifT.  *ieDrj?e  L.  Ilrtvf*y,  llamhc'r  ch  .  N.  J. 
Rev.  jr.  )Iiji.fmiijTBneD,  WemKiAiGlH^sbDrO  Anil 

aurfkPT  nillt3i.«.,  NX 
R*ir.  Jimnj^  K,  Ciimpbi?llf  Mrtj'ii  Laodinj?  eh,, 

??,  J. 
Rftv.  R*ibprt  White  St  MiirT>,  Bhilfih  ch..  Pi, 
Rev.  T«mo<liy  B.  ji^fwif^^  vVidlJH  &ud  Columbia 

eh*,  Hfi. 
Rev,  .TfiihD  P.  lludfton,  Lladea  an^J  I^e^niijidale 

ch^.,  Pft. 
Rmv,  John  U,  Jankln^  Shpiwnpe  nh.,  Pm* 
Il*«v,  A.  V.  Morri^un,  N*«w  Hp^rmnr>y  tyh-^  Pji. 

i^tejtiKry,  Pa. 
R**v,  ^V.  li.  Kntikia  Mf.  BBth«l,  Teon. 
Hi.'V.  r    H,  ClHriiud,  UlJ,  P*rryFilla  and  Stnn- 

furd  t'hft.,  Ky. 
R*'r  Hu>iMrt  a    Morton.  Fetsr-biirffh  oh*,  Ohio* 
Ri'T.  WiNiitiii  l^iL'ka'fn,  Belolt  ch.,  Ohio. 
11  wt,  Widkm  M.  G«lhr*>Aih.  f'ftldwfll  ch.,  Ohio. 
Nov.  itinifc*"  MirDQUbiid,  PawhflLiaa  and  tJeall^"- 

Tillt*  isiia*.  Ohio. 
R"r.  Ji^lx^n  Kt'rr,  Amfitprdam  oh  ,  Oh^o. 
Kov    K    Q.  Htewftrt,   tiyraouiie^     Bn»h4?»    und 

Chf>!sifer  tthtt.,  Ubio. 
Ke«^,  I'UHt*  l*iil4Hmuter,  Rullx  t^h,,  Ohio, 
Rww.  WdlTJim  C*)i:jh*r,  &*i.  M*iryV*  ph..  IJhIo. 
Ryt.  J,  E.  Viiiicre,  Hnvk^^fli  4nd  Tulodtn  3 J  eh*. 

ft»*t.  |:%iifiG  B.  Mortfp,  J«iir«*rBnn  fh  ,lofii 

Rpn%  T  *.  Mdlisjiin,  Sftline  rh..  hid, 

^tfv.  J.  M^wd  t'mtep.  Lilms  ch*  Fqd, 

Rev.  A   A.  Hnuiih*  We-^i  Jersey  cdi.,  PL 

Rev.  .fcdin  H    Rf«|itim^  Emdjeifi  (•cfmjiri  eh,,  Ul, 

KffV,  H,  HAfifMn,  ihiuawtetfi  t?h,.  IP, 

Rev.  l«iiflo  T.  Whuimore,  (^oud  Uwp»  ^nd  s^Ilhu- 

ii?  «h«,,  III* 
Rcii'.  T'ldM-Arc]  s'oljcifiBld,  Wiiiti?rmiiii  i3h*,  lU* 
RpT,  W.  L*  B<*vii  0^.lfeffn  oh..  Ml 
Re«7,  W.  H.  P^-nhiilhgiin,  Brnldwood  cb„  111. 
Rev,  D,  Fi,  (.lordoii,  A|jpl*  Rirer^h*,  IH* 
R«*.  C;  Wf.in*»r,  Ctiicjjgo  l^*t  Hermftti  ph.,  HI. 
R^t.  Jr*hii  FAirchlld,  Th»  Onsen  Bay  l>ieilrlpt, 

WK-*. 
Ri?iT,   G^rritt  Hiiy»ii?r,  MitwAU)f@«i,  lit   Hollmndl 

eh..  Wi*. 
R^r.  M,  S.  Qoodiile,  B.D.,  Fergua  ¥aIU  t'h.,  Miaii'e 


K*T.  O.  If.  ElfMPf.  MoH>r(di**jid  tfh-,  > 
Rut.  Jume'i  4  ^Jci'^u  hu,  rtnUi#,iiU-i'  ^ 
Kef.  E.  M.  Tihjf*.S<hn,h!k  nift  (?h,  MJ 
R"T*  J.  a.  Il^lh  t^lk  Rnpid^  iJtU  51 1 
Rt^fl.  K,  P.  Ukrk,  Pof  I  Austin,  Ftii  I  ( 

Dwiifht  (fhWi.  Mi*"!], 
EeT,J.  W,  Diokej*  Balhol  Aiiil  CI- 

JOftf. 

Rar*  Jnmeei^  L.  Wilpan,  Lino  drtiva 

tilli5  chH..  Jo«'a- 
Rei?.  Jolio    Hi  (re,   Bolhtli  OuMoiT 

Orfjvi?  ch%  low^ 
R«T*  JHmp^ii  Frr>ihEDi(hni<n.  L4n«inff 
lt*T.  John  fj.  Bohiilt>li?j  Ifldt'p^noR 

(?h  ,  Iowa, 
Rer.  W.  a  Uf^lydny,  DisrhT  ch .  If>v 
Rft'f*  Frederick  Rea*  (tHrdeti  Uro^ 

oh*.-,  lows. 
R(^F,  A.  Port^fi  Cediir  Vjilley  aod  1 

eh  P.,  lovffl, 
Re¥.  William  J*  Lpi*,  Ho!<l<^fl  eh^  M 

Mo. 
Rp*-,  J.  M.  Brn*fi,  PrR*hyl*r|jil  Ml* 
H4?r.  Thoma.4  aalltth^r^Lft  Omng^ 

cha..  Mo* 
Hav*  John  BrniKch,  Mttrbl^?  Ef ill  ch,i 
RtfT*  at*^phpn  ^i  John,  Klflngh^m  ai 

Rfl?.  John  StThiJftper,  Vienna  eh*.  R 
Her.  A  Thuiiipiouti,  IIdIloq  Gh*^  K»' 
Rev.  Jo^f'h  K*h|,  MAQhiillAti  ch..  J 
Rew-  M,  N.  Cornehc]»>  C<»rrifin«  Cir\ 
Rt'T.  J,  li,  LowrJe,  Colnrado  fc^pni! 

€Uy  Aiid  Mimlincf  eha^  Oct. 
Rev.  JciAinli  Milllgani  Fraibjteiial 

Texft-, 
R»iv.  Hc^nry  Little,  D»D^  Synodicttl 

lod. 
Her.  A,  T.  Norton*  l^yniKlMAl  Miwi* 
Rer.  aeoi-Kfl  H,  CftrruU,  ayuiKlteal 

loiTA  North. 
R<^T,  CflfTiix  Claik.  Synod  i(v»l  Miwi 
Rdi^.    TbonoQiS   Ffu^er*   Synodiodit 

Psoiflp, 
Rpf;  D  C  Lyon.  !^vn"rt^r'rt!  Mi"-*i^' 
Re-T.  Tifiiothv  flill' -  V  .  .  !,,  ,1  \l 
Rcf7,  N.  a  Riibin-  . M  -  s    -  ji.  ik  \\ 

HtfV^.  P.  (J   RilfV,  >v IhJEil  MiP-1^1. 

FUn    A.  II    n.i  I '^.  K;i1^mir»  <*h.,  C*r<*j 


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RECEIPTS  FOR  HOME  MISSIONS  IN  NOVEMBER  1873. 


4^  Synods  in  small  capitals— Presby 
r.^Albanp-^ohnsxownMSfii  Mariaville 
unp/ain— AuSable  Fork^l4;  ChAmplain 
one.  Ladies' Soc'y  75.  TVoy— Br. jimwick 
('ambndjice  16  40:  Fort  Edward  30; 
?oke  82  540;  Troy,  Westminster  5;  Troy, 
ie  1-iO  4o7  71 

fORB.-Ba/Mfiu>r0-Ba1iinr)ore  12th  25;  Bal- 
Wef>tminster(ofwhicha  meml^r  5)  U>4; 
19;  Ml  Airy  (Harmony)  2.  New  OnstU— 
21  bO;  Green  Hill  (Sab-m^h  20)  86  fiO; 
nn  20;  Snow  Uill  10.  Washington  City— 
{ton,  Gurley  2)  50  264  60 

al  Nkw  York.— SingAom^m— Union  26. 
Cherry  Valley  40  10  ;  Oise^jo  10  50.  St 
a— Brasher  Falls  9;  Canton  38  47;  Heu- 
\*  Waddinuton  18  90.  5vracu«fl—Sy ra- 
nk Central  220, 20  of  which  from  the  Adult 
ft-H.  fT^ica— Clay vi lie  12:  New  Hanford 
)nefda  140,  of  wh  Sab-sch  50;  OrUkany 
tica,  Bethany  23  41 ;  Waterville  41 ; 
loro  17  60  701  04 

XATi.—C^i/{ieofAe— Belfast  8  50:  Bloom- 
h  29;  Cynthiana  6;  MarHhall  5;  Pi!>Kah 
n  Salem  07  60.  Oinanna/t— Cmcinnati 
9;  CincMnnati  1st  German  25;  Cincinuaii 
nan  IS  OO;  Lebanon  30;  Morrow  5  70; 
3.  i>ayto»t— Clifton  112  37;  Dayton  Ihi 
[am 1 1  ton  Sab-sch  17.    Portsmouth— Red 

437  34 
.AWD. — Cr«retofwl— Chester  13.  Mahoning 
iion  20.  SL  Ctotr»va2«— Barne^Tille  5  30; 
dl  25.  SteubenvUU—BeiWih  SpnnK  27; 
ige  14  20;    SteubenviHe  Ist  46;  Wellft- 

812  50 
iWi. — Montana — Helena  20  00 

BUS — i4fA«n«— Pomeroy  552  58.  Marion — 
20;  Blooiiifield  5;  Brown  G;  Kinx^'ton 
ty  12;  Mt  Gilead  46  70;  Rev  John  Mc- 
3  93.  Wooster — Chippewa 7  34 ;  ConRress 
lelby  12  75;  Went  .salem  2  57;  Wooster 
^ne«vii/e— Granville,  of  which  Mrs  Julia 

1  3(.\  177;  Clark  10  10;  Zanesvdie  lHt22: 
arland  -^0  444  51 
-.4'y«7/»«nv  — AUeKheny  North  353  66; 
ly.  Providence  26  70;  Leei'^dftle  70  35; 
sy,  of  which  A  C  Robinson  KM),  800; 
bitr^ih  84  4<J;  Sprini^dale  H.  BuUcr— 
rove  Female  Mi^.-non  Soc'y  83  Ab.  Cla- 
HTion  :{0  80;  Leatherwood  16  50;  Link- 
).ikGrove3;  Perry  11  94.  ^rw— t'orry 
\  Park  175;  Franklin  65;  Pleaj*aniville, 

*>').      Kit tanninq—. K^oWo  9')\    Applnby 

5  23:  Boilm>r  rfprinj?  3);  <urrie'.s  Run 
'itfna/i^o— Pula^iki  1^  ■>9;    West  Middlo- 

1531  31 
A. — Chr/u^a— Auburn  Central  101  8  5;  Au- 
;  Henneii  18  48:  Well.««'  C<»lle«e  Misn'y 
.   Chemung— lAwTiX^lt,  10;  Snaar  Hill  2  90; 

2  65:  Mr.-*.  E  B  WelLs  2.  (Jrnert-a- Ithaca 
Newfleld  3;    Pnelps  70.    Z^yo/w— Galen 

480  91 
SBDKOH.— Car/foic—Chambersbiirgh,  Frtll- 
nu3(io;  Dauphin  30;  Gettysbur>!h  43  25: 
Htle  6J;  Newport  23;  Robert  Ken- 
[emorial  6  76.  Ihmtingdon — Alexandria, 
I  2')  80;  Bethel  16;  Birmingham  97  72; 
nbur«h  (Sab-sch  4  54)  47;  Perrysville 
ice  Creek  400.  Nnrihumberland—\i\oom9- 
''t  136  24;  Emporiums;  MahonmK3)  73; 
burghs  36;  Mooresburgn  14;  New  Ber- 
1358  89 
19,  Gbxtral.— ^^mm7^»-Bement  17  47; 
llo  18.  Peoria— V.XhfK  Centre  2  15;  Far- 
I  10  50;  John  Knox  8  5i;  Lewisiown 
^eoria.  Calvary  MisMon  17;  Princeville, 
h  White  School-House  4  2%  23  80;  West 

6  AL  Schuyler— i^MdoX^h  3;  Bushnell 
ip  Creek  13;  Chili  3;  La  Prairie  5;  Mon- 

06  75.  fifpriny/Wd  —  Petersburgh  40; 
ipld  l.Mt  37  04  312  63 

"«  i^^RTiu—Oi£fffl5f>— Chicago,  Noble  St, 
if;  Liiko  F^rPHt  (mon  con  31)  250; 
M  Is  "i.},  Frtfiport—^TQe^orx,  3d  Ger  17; 
"■ft>ek  18  501  Urt^joti  10;  Willow  Creek 
''iftaien;— (*r*i*  villi  >  <1  30;  Ottawa  15;  So. 
E  'h  fixjfk  J?jrrfr— Andover  6;  Beulah  6; 
ton  11 1  Edwardx  '^  40;  Pleasant  Ridge 


teries  in  tYo/tcs— Churches  in  Roman. 
3  70;    Princeton    (mon   coll)   6  62;    Viola   10; 
Woodhud  16  454  ai 

Illinois,  South.— ilWow— Alton  171 ;  Belleville 
36;  Butler3  35;  Carlmville  28  30;  Litchfield  19; 
Staunton  10;  Troy  15  85.  Qi<ro— Enfield  15; 
Kinmundy  12;  Lawrenceville  2;  Oak  Grove 
6  60;  OdmS;  Richview  80  361  00 

Indiana,  North.—  Crawfordsvi/ls—  Crawfords- 
vllle  1st  8.  Fort  TTayne— Bluflfton  13;  Fort 
Wayne  Ist  172;  Fori  Wayne  3d  6  46;  Hunting- 
ton 10;  Kendall ville  13  13;  Larwill  3;  Warsaw 
22  50.    Muncie — .Anderson  8  255  08 

lNDiANA,SouTU.—/ndian/ipo7u— Bethany  14  50; 
Greencastle  31;  Greenwood  7;  Indianapolis  2d, 
from    Mr«    E    W    Pettibone   62  50;   South  port 

10  47;  Union  10.  Vineennes—liloiint  Vernon 
10;  Princeton  13  60;  Terre  Haute  Ii-t  20;  Up- 
per Indiana  10;  Vincennes  Ist  10.  White  Water 
— Connor«ville  Ist  32  70;  Knighistown  8;  Law- 
renceburgh  11  86;  Mount Carmel  10;  RisinsSua 
13  274  52 

Iowa,  North.  — Oedar  £apul«  —  Blairstown  7; 
CedHr  RapidM  Isl,  150;  Vmton  1st  104  91.  Du- 
bitque — Epworth3;  Winthrop  17.  Fort  Dodge^^ 
C-^.troll  10;  Cherokee  3  75;  Denision  10;  Fori 
Dodge  8  03;  Glidden  4  60;  Grand  Junction  9  60; 
Storm  Lake  5  76.  Waterloo— Cedtir  Falls  14; 
Grundy  Centre  2) ;  Point  Pleapant  8  13     870  57 

Iowa,  South.— Cbitnci/  Blufn—CovLDcW  Bluffs 
38  25;  Hamburg  2;  Malvern  10  25.  Des  Moines 
—Columbia  3  60;  IndiHDola  8  50;  Newborn  6; 
Plymouth  6  65;  Winter^et  20  50.  /owa— Bir- 
mingham 8 ;  Fairfield  14  26 ;  Ottumwa  9 ;  Pleasant 
Pltiin   3;   Shunam    6;    St  Peter's    Evangelical 

11  30;  R  10  74.  Iowa  Ctfy— Ladora  5.  Nfbraaka 
City— FrWh  City  8  45;  Plali.'*mouth  13.  Omahor- 
Elk  Valley  2:  Ponca  5;  Peru  10  200  30 

Kansas.— jSmpvria— Chelsea  6.  Highland — Con- 
cordia 5;  Hoi  tun  German  lo;  Neuchatel  3.  AVo- 
«Ao— Baxter  Sprinn.««,  of  which  Rev  W  Mayo  20, 
2:^  50.  Tbpcifca— Baldwm  City  2  75;  Black  Jack 
2  70;  Perry  6  67  96 

KKNTUCKr—Loui«vi7ie— Louisville,  Collese  St 
104  50.  7*r«(itv;vania— Edmonton  8;  Leb.^non 
35;  Stanford  l.i  159  60 

Lotto  Island.— J3rooil'^t/n— Brooklyn  lat,  Henry 
St  100;  Brooklyn  Ui.  Remsen  St  '6  21;  Brook- 
lyn 2d,  of  wliicri  1.50  from  Sab-sch  Miss'y  Ansoc'n, 
242  75;  Brooklyn,  Lafayette  AveTm  part  750; 
Brooklyn,  Silo«m  16;  Edgewater  1st  147  67. 
Long  /«/a;j(i— Middletown  7  70;  Southampton 
1l(J.  Na^gau-EM^i  WilliamMburgh  8;  Hemp- 
stead 21  30;  Huntmi^don  Ist  lOo;  Islip  12  50; 
Roslyn  15  76 ;  8i  PauTs  1 1 ;  Smiihtown  5    1602  88 

MiouiGAN.—^e^rot<— Brighton  7  05;  Howell  16. 
Qraitd  R'tpids — Charlevoix  6;  Grand  Haven 
2*  15.  Lantdng  —  Concord  17  49;.  Homer  86. 
.Mo/irofl— Hill!«dale  38  ;  Raisin  24  60.  Saginaw— 
Au  Sable  3;  Saginaw  City  5  226  19 

Minnesota.— Z>fwkofa— Ascension  6;  Good  Will 
4;  Long  Hollow  2;  Myassan  7.  Mnnk<ito— Eden 
2  60 ;  La  Sueur  12;  Redwood  FalK««  6  40;  Sleepy  . 
Eye  2  50;  St  Peier's  Union  25.  St  Paul— Delano 
2;  Duluih  8;  Dundas  12;  Forest  6;  Indepen- 
dences; Litchfield  8  26;  Long  Lake  2;  Minne- 
apolis, Andrew  30;  Rockford  3.  ITinorja— Fre- 
mont 9;  Lake  City  10;  Ru.shford  4  164  66 

Missouri.- Ojiflkye—Knob  Noster  9;  New  Frank- 
fort Ger  1  65.    St  Louw— Salem  16  25  6ft 

NBwjRR8Br.—J^U'j6«M— Backing  Ridge  130,  of 
which  Sabsch  20.  Franklin  Sab-seh  9;  Elizabeth 
1st  radd'l)  100;  Eli».ibelhport27  Jersey  City— 
HackeuMack  30:  Paitsaic  10;  West  Hoboken 
Sab-sch  50.  JtfonmoutA— Farmingdale  5;  Free- 
hold 1st  56;  HightHtown  100;  Jack.fion ville 
S:  Tennent  100.  Morns  and  Oran^rs— Chatham 
46  58;  Mendham  2d  63;  Morristown  South  St 
(add'l)  50;  Orange  Ger  4  20;  South  Orange 
188  26:  Columbia  Sab-.nch  12.  Newark— ^ontf 
Clair  470;  Newark  2d  Y.  P.  Mis.s'v  Ass'n  48  96; 
Newark  3d  Sub-sch  62  50;  Newark  South  Park 
488.  New  Brunswick— kmvieW  Ist  16;  .Milford 
21;  Princeton  2d  110:  Trenton  1st  600;  Trenton 
4th  280  86.  iVeiotow— Belvidere  Ist,  from  Mrs  P^  ^r>,r 
C  D60;  Greenwich  116  65;  La  Fayette  10;  0»«jO(JV 
ford  1st  24 ;  Sparta,  62  eta  of  which  gatherings  of 
Pastor's  children,  11  62;  Stanhope  8.    West  /«r- 


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[January 


a^—Brldgeton  Weat  43  64;  Bunker  Hill  6  88; 
Camden  2d  78;  Cedarville  Ist,  Sab-sch  27; 
Glasaborough  6  76;  Salem  (In  part)  81 ;  Wood- 
bury (dab-sch  33  22}  69  97  ;  Wenona  6  20     3618  71 

Nkw  Yoek.— ITudaon— Centreville  3;  Chester 
81  36;  Jetfer»onville  Ger  6.  New  Forifc— New 
York  Central  Sab-sch  62  50;  Now  York  Cove- 
nant (add'l)  50 ;  New  York  New  York  20;  New 
York  Scotch  (in  pari)  375;  New  York  I3th  8t 
Sab-PCh  Miss'y  A.sVn  260;  New  York  4th  Ave 
32  70.  i\rorWii2tocr— Pleasant  Plains  24;  Smith- 
field  82  10.  »f«icA««<cr— Bridgeport  105;  Mt 
Kisco  20  14;  Peekskill  Ist  84  47;  South  Salem 
65 ;  Stamford  (Sab  sch  28  06,  roon  con  60  98) 
406  24;  Thompaonrille  60;  Yonkera  let,  mon 
oon  21  98  1699  48 

Paoific— Senfci»— Call isfcoga  7.  Lot  Angelos— 
San  Buenaventura  26;  Merct>d  17.  Oregon— 
Marshfield  6;  Jackson  Connty  26;  Pleasant 
Grove  10 ;  Empire  City  16.  Saeramento—Co\am- 
bia  10  70;  Marysviile  11;  Woodbridge  6  50. 
San  FrancUco-~8an  Fr  mclsoo  Ist  lOU;  San  Fran- 
cJMco  Calvary  223.  San  Jb»r— Centreville  6; 
Washington  Corner  6  471  20 

pHiLADisLPHiA.—CAes^rr— Oxford  127  66  of  wh 
Mt  Joy  Sab-sch  13  80;  Penninglonville  7.  Laeka- 
loanna— Canton  22 :  Laugcliff  8;  Montrose  100; 
Orwell  20;  Towanda  (Sab-sch  38)  148.  Lehigh— 
Hokendauqua,  Sab-sch  19;  MahanoyCity  14  03; 
Reading  Im  191  73;  Siroudsbur^  29  61;  Upper 
Lehigh  2.5.  PAi^ic/pAm— Philadelphia  2d  16  j  <i3; 
Philadelphia  lOlh,  Sab-sch  23  60;  Philadelphia 
Wharton  St  89  66.  Philadelphia  Qjnfrai— Phila- 
delphia Arch  St  586  80;  Philadelphia  Cohocksink 
169  54,  Sab-sch  69  64;  Philadelphia  Ken^iington 
105  87 ;  Philadelphia  West  Arch  St  88  06.  Phita- 
deiphia  xVtwvA— Germaniown  2d  137  91 :  German- 
town  Market  Square  73  81;  ituulingdon  Valley 
6;  Newtown,  Groveland  Sab-sch,  Infant  Depart- 
ment 6;  Norrihtown  Ist  79  34.  Weatminster— 
Lanoatfler78  36;  Mount  Joy  16  80;  New  Harmo- 
ny 10;  Christiana  2  86  2398  34 

PiTTHnvRo a. —BlairfcvilU—  Greensburgh  (r^ab- 
sch  19  7u)68  70;  Johnstown  60  75;  New  Alexan- 
dna(Srtb-Hch  9  «i0;  UK)  94;  Parnassus  77  41;  Pine 
Run  10.  Pi/t«6ursrA— Hazlewood  75  65;  Mon- 
tour8  41;  Mt  Wasiningion  8;  Pittsburgh  Ist  401; 
Piitsburch  2d  (in  part)  255;  Pittsburgh  3d  (of 
which  Mrs.  M.  J.  riemple  160,  and  C*  J.  Clark 
¥jiQ  100)  438  10;  Pittsburgh  4th  40;  Braddooks 
Field  14  .fi<jctiton«— New  Providence  3.5  ;  West 
Newton  39  1.5.-  Jfa«Atn<7ton— Forks  of  Wheeling 
176;  Moundsville  13;  Upper  Buffalo  Sab  sch  9. 
West  Fir^nia— Bethel  8  70;  French  Creek  24; 
Guatty  Cr*»ek  4:  Grafton  6;  Kingwood  t>;  Port- 
land  6:  Weston  6  1924  40 

Tennessi*— ITo^ton— Mt  Lebanon  10.  King- 
•ton— Bethel  23  46;  New  Providence  8         41  45 

Toledo.— jBe//e/cmtoin^—Huck  Creek  41;  Upper 
8andu.-ky  16;  Went  Liberty  10  36.  Huron— 
Florence  7  50;  Sandusky  36  60  Xima— Ada 
4  60.  Maunue—DAiik  10;  Haskins  7;  Toledo 
3d  5;  West  Beth«>Rda8  144  85 

WsaTERN  N«w  York,— 5w/ra^o— East  Aurora  10 ; 
Fredonia  114;  Panama  lo;  West  Aurora  10. 
<?«w««e— Attica  2:<  86;  Corfu,  from  a  friend  50; 
OakfieldlO;  Pembroke  and  Batavia  KiO;  Perry 
19  76;  Poriageville  2i»  90,  of  which  10  from  Mrs. 
Carrie  McCarthy;  Warsaw  166.  Ntagara—Ho\- 
Jey  12;  Knowlesville  ch  and  Sab-bCh  17  50; 
Niagara  Falls  100.  ito«y**«<er— Brock  port  86  25; 
Caledonia  65  20  804  47 

WiaoowwN.-CfcfppeMW— Hartlnnd  11  10;  Hud- 
Bon  Ist  23  60;  Maiden  Rook  9;  Nasonrille  3; 
Neilsville  9:  North  Bend  5.  Milu>fTuh r-Caio 
8:  Lima  10;  We.nt  Granville  20.  Winnebago— 
De  Pere  7  66;  Green  Bay.  French  9  31.  Wiwoff 
tin  -fiiurr— Lodi,  Willie  and  I,  1;  Platteville3  23; 
Pulaski  6  124  79 

COMMITTll  OH  BJtWBTOLBXOl  AHD  FlWAIfCB  1666  70 


istry  Fund  187  60;  Interest  on  Legacy  of  Samael 
Utter,  dec*d,  Paris,  HI.  40  ;  Legacy  of  Mrs.  0)^ 
nelia  H.  L.  Brown,  dec*d,  late  of  Minonk,  111.  (in 
part)  225  10 ;  Legacy  of  Jacob  Blaaer,  decM.  late 
of  Gallia  Co,  Ohio,  (in  part)  30  5178  99 

MiscKLLANEous.— A.  C,  Lime  8p^ing^  Iowa  10? 
"A  boy's  oontribntion,'*  (Tatawba  Ky,  6u  eta; 
Miss  Grace  Lee,  Baltimore  Md,  10;  Miss  M.  H^ 
Philadelphia  Pa,  4:  Interest  on  Hungerlord 
Invesiment  280  50 ;  Six  months  Interest  on  Pe^ 
manent  Fund  455  90;  A  Friend  6.;  A.  E.  D.  4; 
J.  B.  6;  ATriend,  Le  Roy  Mich  1  50;  *•  A  thank- 
offering  from  J.  H.  (;.*'  Baltimore  Md  15;  F.  B, 
Piqua  Oliio,  6;  Minister  2;  Hon.  Elial  Todd 
Fooie  New  Haven  Conn.  30;  "A  Friend"  lOOu; 
E.  8.  B,  Pittsburffh  Pa,  10;  **Three  Friends^ 
East  Bloomtteld  N.  Y.  6;  "  W"  12;  »•  From  F.» 
through  Rev.  Dr.  Grier,  6 ;  Mrs.  Jane  A.  Steele, 
Shavers  Creek  Pa,  2;  Mrs.  Margaret  Grafius, 
Shavers  Creek  Pa,  1 ;  Mrs.  Moody,  Webstera 
Grove  Mo,  1 ;  Mrs.  John  Lomax,  Laclede  Mo 
2  40;  Miss  M.  J.  Moore,  Piaiufield  ^.  J.  60. 

1917  80 

Total  m  November,  1873       $30,344  54 
O.  D.  EATON,  Treamtrer, 

23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 

OLOTHINQ. 

1  barrel  and  one  halt  from  the  Greenleaf  Circle 
of  New  l)ury  port  Isi  ch,  Ma-^a,  valued  at       l2o  (» 

1  boz  from  the  Grace  ch  Chicago,  111,  valued 
at  244  00 

1  box  from  the  Woman's  Miss'y  Society  of 
Calvary  ch  Newark,  N  J,  valued  at  3tt8  W 

1  ()ox  from  the  Ladies  Soc'y  of  Peekskiil  ist 
ch,  N  Y,  valued  at  27»  38 

1  box  from  the  Female  Miss'y  Soc'y  of  Mor- 
ristown  ch,  Ohio,  vulued  at  SJ  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Lake  Forest  ch  111, 

valued  at  250  (a; 

1  box  from  the  Indies  of  H oil idaysburg  ch.  Ft, 

valued  at  164  3U 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Newark  South  Park 
ch,  NJ,valuedat  116  UO 

2  boxes  from  the  Ladies  of  Pittsburgh  Ist  cb. 
Pa,  valued  at  421  52 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Goehen  ch,  N  Y, 
valued  at  215  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Charleston  ch,  III, 
valued  at  130  W 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  (jtoneva  2d  ch,  N  Y, 
ralued  at  ico  utf 

I  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Wilmington  Geo* 
tral  ch,  Del,  valued  at  340  00 

1  box  irom  the  Ladies  of  Bridgeport  ch,CoQn, 
valued  at  215  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Granville  ch,  Otiio, 
valued  at  70  (W 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Tenafly  ch,  N  J. 
valued  at  1(jO  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Easton  1st  ch.  Pa, 
rained  at  377  «0 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Trenton  Ist  cb,  N  J, 
valued  at  40u  Oi> 

1  box  from  the  Ladies*  Sewing  Society  of  New 
Casile  2d  oh,  Pa.  valued  at  87  00 

1  boz  from  the  L  .dies  of  the  Forks  of  the 
Brandy  wine  Manor  oti.  Pa,  valued  at  U*5  H 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Walnut  Hill  ch, 
Ohio,  valued  at  143  00 

I42S7  48 


Total  received  from  churches,     $i3,267  84 
Lesfl  amount  refunded  10  oo 


$23,247  84 

Leoaoier.  — Legacy  of   ComeHns    Voorhees, 

dsc'd,  late  of  Oirden,  N.  Y.  loo^i;  legacy  of  Julia 

Adams,  de.Vd,   late  of  Chlofti?o,   111.  Jj750,   less 

exchanges  and  expenses»3696  80 ;  Ferry  Min- 


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Lkttkrs  relating  to  Missionary  Appointmeots 
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lating to  the  pecuniary  affairs  of  the  Board,  or 
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BOARD  OP  EDUCATION. 


kTMV  nULT  If  «UAT.  BQT  TBI  LABOSBmS  ARC  PIW ;  VEAT  TB  THKBBFOBI  TBI  LOBB  Of  TBI  BAHmT 

lAT  BB  WODLO  8BND  FORTH  LABOBBBB  INTO  H18  BABTI8T.— LulCA    X.  2.        &€«  al»0    ISBiah  XiV.  11, 

Ii7.  8,  and  Luke  xi.  IS.  

Y  OF  PRAYER  FOR  COLLEGES,  SEMINARIES  AND  SCHOOLS. 
ie  Assembly  recommends  that  the  Day  of  Prayer  for  Colleges,  Seminaries 
'choolsj  be  the  last  Thursday  of  January j  according  to  the  action  of  the  two 
IS  AssembliesJ'^ — Minutes  of  General  Assembly,  Baltimore,  1873. 


RECEIPTS  AND  PAYMENTS. 

again  withholding  payment  of  $9,500  borrowed  in  February  last,  and  by 
I  of  a  larger  number  than  usual  of  legacies  in  addition  to  the  contributions 
churches,  the  Board  has  been  enabled  to  pay  most  of  the  NoTember  appro- 
>n3  to  the  students.  It  must  earnestly  ask  now  from  churches  taking  up 
collections  that  they  be  made,  by  such  effort  as  the  difficulties  of  the  time 
e,  not  below  those  of  last  year. 


TORS  OF  CHURCHES  are  requested  to  circulate  the  Address  below  among  their 
and  people. 

ADDRESS  BEFORE  A  CONVENTION  OF  ELDERS. 

BT  THB   SBCRBTART   OF   THB   BOARD. 

e  following  address,  made  in  substance  before  a  convention  of  elders  at 
la,  Pa.,  in  December,  contains  suggestions  which  deserve  general  consider- 
at  this  time.] 

onvention  of  elders  of  the  Church  is  an  occasion  of  peculiar  interest. 

HONOR    OF    THE   OFFICE. 

t  indicates  an  appreciation  of  the  office  more  just  than  that  which  has  pre- 
i. 

)  office  is  sometimes  purely  civil,  and  is  then  confined  to  municipal  affairs, 
n  his  sphere,  the  '*  a/^fr-man,"  or  elder,  possesses  no  little  power.  The 
il  of  these  elders  in  one  of  our  cities  is  a  local  legislature,  and  its  members 
verally,  to  a  limited  extent,  judges  according  to  the  law.  They  have  rights 
which  even  the  State  or  the  Federal  Government  may  not  trench. 
is  power  is  derived  from  the  Old  World.  To-day,  when  the  sovereign  of  the 
ih  throne  enters  on  state  occasions  the  city  gate  of  London,  she  is  met  by 
Qrd  Mayor  and  alder-men,  and  accepts  the  keys  at  their  hands.  The  village 
»,  in  many  European  and  Asiatic  countries,  control  the  local  taxation,  edu- 
1,  police  arrangements,  and  sometimes  also  the  religions  worship  of  the 
tunity.  We  meet  there  with  cases  in  which  they  even  assume  the  sovereign 
gative  of  capital  punishment 

s  then  worthy  of  your  observation  that  your  office  lies  deeper  in  the  history 
institutions  of  the  British  race,  and  the  European  races  from  which  we 
g,  than  the  Ho  man  and  prelatio  monarchism  or  episcopacy.  You  represent 
ncieQt  and  deep  laid  republicanism,  in  society  and  in  religion,  of  our  ances- 
it  hundred-^,  je^^  of  thousands  of  years  ago— the  presbyter-ism  of  tribal 
)Uc8  which  dwelt  it)  the  tents  of  Central  Asia. 

u  derive  your  direct  authority  from  the  inspired  history  of  that  primitive  age 
mkitid  in  the  Old  Tt^atament.  And  any  "  elder'*  who  will  trace  out  the  indi- 
cia of  the  dignity,  the  duties,  the  responsibilities,  the  earthly  and  the  celestial 
n  and  rewards,  of  that  office  and  those  who  bear  it — as  those  indications  lie 


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scattered  through  the  revealed  history,  laws,  poetry,  doctrine  and  prophecy,  com- 
prehended between  the  books  of  Genesis  and  Revelation — will  come  from  the 
search  with  ideas  far  more  elevated,  yet  more  humble ;  much  wiser,  but  feeling 
how  little  he  apprehends  of  his  trust ;  rousing  himself  like  one  who  in  mid  after- 
noon wakes  up  in  a  harvest-field  where  all  has  been  going  to  ruin  while  he  has 
lain  asleep,  and  hastens  to  work  with  the  sickle  which  has  been  rusting  by  bis 
side. 

The  apostle  Peter  took  comfort  in  saying  to  the  churches  of  Central  Asia  to 
which  he  wrote  that  he  was  ''also  an  elder."  So  now  an  elder  is  also  a  minister 
of  the  gospel  in  the  broadest  and  most  precious  sense  of  the  word.  Net  to  officiate 
at  the  communion  table  and  in  the  pulpit.  But  to  minister  as  Jesus  ministered, 
and  as  the  apostles  ministered,  and  as  other  subordinate  laborers  for  Jeeus  have 
in  every  age  ministered — in  teaching  the  young  and  the  unlearned,  in  relieving 
the  sick,  in  guiding  wretched  wanderers  into  the  way  of  life,  in  assuaging  the 
manifold  sorrows  of  this  troubled  world. 

The  Presbyterian  church  has  sadly,  dreadfully,  lo?t  power  for  good  in  the  land, 
by  the  low,  mean  ideas  which  multitudes  of  her  elders  entertain  of  their  office. 
They  have  been  willing  to  degrade  themselves  to  be  mere  breechbands  to  the 
chariot  of  the  gospel,  to  keep  it  from  going  too  fast ;  mere  chains  to  the  tongue, 
to  prevent  the  doctrinal  teaching  of  the  pulpit  swerving  from  the  time  honored 
ruts.  Now  it  is  certainly  right  to  hold  back  when  holding  back  is  needed.  But 
has  not  the  chariot  been  dragging  these  weary  centuries,  as  if  it  belonged  to  the 
Egyptians,  rather  than  to  the  Israel  of  God,  without  wheels,  and  grinding  over 
the  rocks  and  through  the  mire  and  sand ;  while  God  has  been  holding  the  waters 
in  a  wall  on  either  hand,  urging  us  through,  until  he  would  destroy  his  and  our 
enemies  ? 

There  are  some  things  which  we  can  learn  from  others,  just  as  others  in  turn 
have  something  to  learn  from  us.  That  modification  of  the  preaching  office 
which  the  Methodists  style  the  **  local  preacher  *'  has  been  for  that  denomination 
a  mighty  engine  of  power.  Those  ten  thousand  men  have  accomplished  almost  as 
much  as  the  regular  preachers  for  the  spread  of  their  faith.  Some  of  them  have 
been  truly  godly  and  useful  men.  Were  our  better  educated  eldership,  within 
the  just  and  well-ascertained  lines  of  their  daty,  thoroughly  zealous  in  teaching 
the  young  and  the  destitute,  in  holding  meetings  for  prayer  and  other  appropriate 
exercises,  in  visiting  the  widow  and  the  fatherless,  in  devising  and  performing 
labors  becoming  to  their  "  ministry,**  how  vastly  would  the  power  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  be  increased !  It  is  reasonable  to  say  that  it  would  be  doubled.  0, 
how  immeasurably  would  the  influence  of  the  gospel  of  Jesus  ^Christ  then  be  ex- 
tended and  intensified  in  every  community,  in  every  scene  of  destitution,  through- 
out the  nation,  and  to  the  ends  of  the  earth  I 

INCREASED   EFPICIENCT  IN   CHURCH   WORK. 

II.  This  Convention  is  a  pledge  of  increased  efficiency  of  the  eldership  and 
members  of  the  church  in  helping  forward  the  various  kinds  of  work  which  God 
has  given  us  to  do. 

I  do  not  feel  called  upon  to  speak  of  plans  and  labors  related  to  the  varied  da- 
ties  of  the  elder,  important  and  delightful  as  they  are,  which  may  be  said  to 
terminate  upon  the  congregation  and  its  locality. 

There  are  some  labors  performed  with  limited  conceptions  of  their  results, 
which  send  forth  influences  the  most  far-reaching.  Such,  for  example,  are  those 
connected  with  the  Sabbath-school.  _        ,,   C^ r\r\r^ 

The  appliances  for  interesting  both  the  scholar  and  the  teacher,  and  multiplying 


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isefulness  in  the  Sabbath-sohool  and  family,  have  been  wonderfully  increased 
present  day.  An  a^ed  person  who  has  lived  in  an  isolated  re/^ion,  on  en- 
a  modern  Sabbath-school,  feels  almost  like  one  coming  from  an  unchristian- 

[>  a  Christian  land.  Angels  rejoice  to  see  the  ingathering  of  the  children 
profane  and  vicious,  the  teaching  of  the  sweet  and  happy  juvenile  hymns 

lusic  of  oar  time,  and  the  numerous  influences  which  are  exerted  to  rear  a 

nd  holy  generation  of  human  kind  for  the  service  of  Christ's  kingdom. 
Sabbath-school  appliances  are  a  boon  to  the  poor,  a  boon  to  the  church,  a 

bo  the  whole  race.  And  perhaps  no  one  present  would  conceive  how  their 
is  going  forth,  like  shining  and  widening  waves  from  a  centre,  till  in  £a- 

md  Asia  and  Africa,  in  Papal  America,  and  in  the  islands  of  the  sea,  the 

ian  Siibbath'school  is  filling  every  land  and  every  shore  with  its  precious 

ila  the  inatitiitlon,  its  principles,  its  songs,  and  its  clustered  fruits,  are  thus 
1  forth  over  the  wr>rld,  its  highest  benefit  to  us  should  be  that  it  enables  the 
h  to  carefully  call  out,  and  thoroughly  inspire  and  effectively  train,  sons 
e  ministry  of  tbe  gospel,  who  shall  labor  with  success  in  this  country,  and 
th  in  much  kr^cr  numbers,  to  accomplish  more  various,  wide  and  abundant 
n  faenthen,  mohnmmedan  and  papal  lands. 

Sab  bath' school  T  both  in  its  lower  and  higher  offices,  must  obtain  its  chief 
308   and  success  from  the  labors  and  sympathies  of  the  eldership  of  the 

)tber  moat  important  field  for  cultivation  by  the  elders  of  the  Church  is 
^f  Its  6nanoed.  Not  alone  those  for  the  support  of  the  individual  congre- 
,  but,  as  in  Sootland,  those  upon  which  the  Boards  and  general  work  of  the 
ih  must  depend. 

^  dbtresslng  to  hear  and  read  the  discussions  about  *^8ome  plan**  of  giving 
ii  or  that  congregation.  None  of  these  shallow  or  short-lived  schemes  of 
can,  by  any  possibility,  equal  God*s  plan.  The  wisest  financier  on  earth 
it  devise  so  perfect  a  plan.    What  is  it? 

'  On  the  firat  day  of  the  week,"  the  memorial  of  the  Creation,  the  Atone- 
and  ihe  Judgment,  as  an  act  of  religious  adoration  and  obligation, — 2,  "let 
one  of  jou,^^  old  and  young,  male  and  female,  rich  and  poor, — 3,  'May  by 
n  store,'^  setting  aside  privately,  intelligently,  freely,  prayerfully,  to  be 
:»r  put  into  the  treasury*  at  the  time  and  in  the  measure  of  the  calls  made 
you,  in  the  providence  of  God, — 4,  "  as  God  hath  prospered  him,"  out  of  each 
e  of  gain,  and  in  some  regular  proportion,  not  spasmodically  nor  stingily,  not 
ing  closer  the  mouth  of  the  purse  as  its  contents  become  larger.  0,  what 
wn  and  worn  have  men  brought  upon  their  souls  in  life  and  in  death,  and 
ruin  upon  their  families,  by  spurning  God*s  rightful  demands  upon  their 
8  of  sending  forth  the  gospel  of  life  to  a  dying  world.  Money  educates  min- 
i  prints  bibles^  builds  railroads  and  ships,  erects  churches  and  schools  and 
tab ;  it  Is  the  universal  and  indispensable  necessity  in  God's  appointment 
ans  for  establishing  his  kingdom  on  earth.  Of  what  exceeding,  what  unut- 
le  importance  it  is^  brethren,  that  the  elders  counsel,  teach  and  help  the 
;hefl  to  gim  as  their  members  have  never  yet  donel  And  that  they  teach 
God^B  plan,  not  men's  plans. 

e  eMerfl  can,  as  laymen,  mingling  with  the  people,  do  much  to  make  religion 
ical  in  all  the  crmeerns  of  life ;  like  the  Swiss  cottages  among  the  mountains, 

Ii  up«  at  PDTtslopfla  for  this  pnrpoM  li  of  adfantmge  for  convenlenoe,  safety,  aod  the  de^r-w/^ry 
of  ihe  object. xrn^^^^ 


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12  Board  of  Education,  [JcaiMary 

the  corners  of  which  are  cnrved  each  like  a  froit- bearing  vine  j  beneath  the  roof 
of  which  are  cut  in  the  wood,  and  painted  in  bright  colors,  texts  of  scripture ;  and 
between  whose  windows  and  stories  are  cut  in  the  same  wa/  sweet  yerses 
of  hymns  of  love  and  praise  to  Ood.  Thas  each  department  and  action  of  bumao 
life  should  be  so  adorned  with  godliness,  that  n»en,  when  thej  see  it,  shall  '^glorify 
our  Father  in  heaven.'' 

TDI  OBANP  OBJBCT,    JlSSOCIATEP   PRATER. 

III.  But  every  other  benefit  to  be  expected  from  this  convention  is  small  and 
secondary  compared  to  those  gifts  of  the  Holy  Qbost  which  you  may  bring  down 
«pon  the  churches,  and  the  whole  thirsty  earth,  by  your  combined  and  fervent 
prayer  for  them. 

That  great  promise  of  Christ,  in  the  nineteenth  chapter  of  Matthew,  of  his  spe- 
•ial  presence  with  ^*  two  or  three"  gathered  in  bis  name,  and  special  gift  of 
**  anything  that  they  shall  ask,*'  you  shoald  earnestly  remember  is  in  the  first 
place  an  official  promise.  It  is  a  part  of  the  covenant  that  your  official  i|cta  for  his 
*  name*'  and  honor  shall  *'  bind"  the  sway  of  his  sceptre  in  heaven,  and  '*  bind'' 
the  distribution  of  the  gifts  of  bis  divine  covenant  of  salvation  and  blessing  to 
mnnkind. 

0,  pray  then,  brethren  of  the  eldership,  in  all  your  meetings  together,  fervently 
for  the  gifts  of  the  Holy  Ghost ;  and  abundant  rains  shall  surely  come,  which  will 
cau>e  every  grain  of  wheat  which  we  sow,  going  forth  and  weeping,  to  spring  op, 
some  thirty,  some  sixty,  some  an  hundred  fold.  Such  nuns  would  soon  fill  the 
world  with  joyful  harvests. 


RECEIPTS  IN  NOVEMBER  1873. 
4^  Synods  In  ffMAU.  capitals— Presbyteries  in  italie$— Churches  In  Roman. 

AttK^rT.^AJbany—Mhnaj  4lh  FO.    Champfnin  Remaining  receipti  from  S^ods  in  netct  ntrnhtr. 

->rhiiteiiucay  7.   0)l«M'.ia— Oreen?ille  16  70.  Troif  jy^j  l^m  churches.             $8W7  7T 

*-Fort  Kdir«rd7;  UooeicFsllB'il                  1^^  '«  ^         ^                       ^                              _ 

Baltim  >rs.  -^af/fmore-BHlilmore,  Westmfn.tPr  '^^  CoMMiwii  en  Benitouhcb  arb  Finaijcj 

M  77 ;  Barton  16;  Mt  Airy  (llarmooy)  6         74  77  •*^  ^ 

Ci^TRAL  Nt.w  Yoke.- Oliffgo-Ktiw  U«rlln  1.    St  «  *  «  p»»               «ru»i>Ei>. 

J^tOTvr»(y— Morri^own  S  &8.   Wtax— AugajiU7  70;  *  "  *^                                                           ^^ 

Uii  •»,  W«*»tailn»ter  18  70                                  86  \»S  uoactes. 

Ci»ci:«x  ^TL— rA/W/crrfAe-WllKeiVnie  8  76.    Day  3a\\h  Adams'  EsUte,  CblcsRO,  His  8.7P0,  lew  coo- 

ten— llsmllton  33  60;  Oaferd  18                       CO  25  mlwUon   and  expenrfs  63  70  —  8.006  30;  KdwanI 

CLSTKLAND  -«    aarfr«ra«.-Cdl.   40.     SUul^  Ajrery,  W<>^ter,  Ohi.  100 ;  Mr.  C  H  L  B^wn^toj 

r«fe-Morrl-town  6                                             43  00  !"»» »»  P*^*  <»  ^  Mi8C«LLAir«»UB. 

pr^.„  33  m  Mu.kioga«  10;  Z.oes,ille  Prs^b^-  J^^^  Jf^f  ftT'L^U^r?:-?  pTmouS,;  Pr*; 

**'^             .    .          «..     ^  -*  ,A     m.^f       vl*K  Kroms  Mend,  per  Rct  Dr  Orler  1;  Oeorge  Bisks, 

KRit,-.4W^*^y— niUod  «4  10.    BMfter— North  ^  Y  city  10;  ^  R"  1;  Jsne  N  Stsel,  fths^er's  Cwek 

Boiler  0  ^0.    E. «— North  &ist  20.    AiOomnnp--  2;  Mrs  •«  K  J"  6;  Ji  S  B,  Pittshorgh,  Fe  10      40  00 

Apvleb>  Msoor'i  84;  West  Lebsooiil2  05  13  '  »  -»  •"! 

OiNSVA.— aiv«p«--Anbom  Central  71  06.     ^  8301  68 

netM—lthace  20  W);  Penn  Ysn  40  40;  Trorosns-  — > 

bnrgh  21  W.    Zyon*- Rose  8  10                     l7l  61  RoesWed  on  aooonnt  of  the  speols]  debt  of  the  Boerd : 

Harbikburoh.— air<isfc— 8t  ThomM  6  60.    H^  pf^  i/i«/6oiiy— Albany  Stote  8tr«^  eh     fOO  00 

Mf^don— KuKt  KlshaooqulUas  48                       6^  60  ^^  „f  jVfiearA^VIoolclalr  Istch              l^  W 

1lum«»i«,  CsMTRSt.— ^'ww«»Vto»— Phllo  2;  Pon-  Ptty  ilorri$  and  Oranpe— Morristowti  Ist     70  00 

tine  20;  Tolone  20.    f^oria-^Omt  Oreek  8.    AAtiy*  Ibyqf  Lehigh-^Kuloa  1st  eh                       60  00 

Ur-  Bsrdolpb  4  60;  La  Prairlo  6                     60  60  rrom  the  General  Asssnbij's  Gonnittes  8306  00 

iLUXois,  NoatH.— Aodk  River^^fnM           6  CO  "SlToO 

Itutois.  Booth.- Wro-OoloondB  8  bo.  M<Mo^  j^^„„^  prerloosly  aekiewledged           826  41 

—Charleston  17 ;  Dslton  2                                 27  66  r               .^                  -^                         - 

I.xDUMA,    NoRTB.-  CrawfordtvOle^  Dorer  4  8\  Total  recelred  for  thespedal  debt  to  Dec  Ist  3141  41 

F^l  Jfjyw-Kort  Warns  2d  20.    X^wupirt— U-  «  q   WOODWARD   Vnaatirer, 

gansport  Utl8  80.    i/«iiCii-Uopewell  8;  Noble*-  ,.;.  nu    *      .  .ZJT^!^ 

*m^g                                                                64  19  1834  Chestnut  Street,  Phlladslphl»> 

Iowa.  NoRTH.-Dttl«i«Me-Pralrie  2 ;  Wsukon  Oer  R«ports  and  oorrespoodeoee  reUUng  to  the  fsin 

10                                                                         12  00  ^^i  business  of  the  Board,  address  to  WlUUM 

Missouri  —Ofla/7«~New  7rankfort  Ger  1  60.    iSt  Brsaa,  D.D.,  Onrregponding  Secrdarf. 

Xoitu— teivin  6 ;  Wiudeor  lUrbor  20               26  60  OrriOB,  No.  1834,  Chestavt  Btrset,  PkUedstfhia. 


Board  of  Foreu/n  HusioM. 


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BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


RECENT  INTELLIGENCE. 

LTH  OF  Mrs.  Happer  and  Mr.  Capp — It  is  with  great  regret  that  we  have 
ort  the  death  of  Mrs.  Ilapper,  wife  of  tl^  Rev.  A.  P.  Ilapper,  D.D.,  and  of  the 
Edward  P.  Capp,  the  former  of  the  Canton  mission,  and  the  latter  of  the 
ung  mission,  China.  Mrs.  Happer  had  been  in  feeble  health  for  some  time, 
was  hoped  that  she  would  regain  her  usual  strength.  This  was,  however, 
e  will  of  God,  and  she  departed  this  life  on  the  10th  of  October,  in  the  en- 
mt  of  a  good  hope  through  grace.  Her  memory  is  precious  to  her  mission- 
isociates  and  to  a  large  number  of  Christian  friends  in  this  country,  and 
syaipathj  is  felt  for  her  bereaved  husband  and  his  family.  Mr.  Capp  left 
itioii  in  his  usual  health,  to  accompany  Mrs.  Capp  and  Mrs.  Crossette  on 
visit  to  this  country  for  medical  relief,  but  he  was  attacked  with  severe  ill- 
oon  after  the  voyage  commenced,  and  when  he  reached  Yokohama,  it  was 
lered  best  for  him  to  remain  there  in  the  hope  of  benefit  from  ihe  change. 
i  family  of  Mr.  Loomis,  one  of  our  missionaries,  our  friends  receive  i  tender 
tian  sympathy  and  every  ministry  of  kindness,  together  with  the  best  medi- 
rvico ;  but  all  proved  ineffectual,  and  he  was  called  from  this  life  on  the 
>f  October,  in  the  enjoyment  of  great  peace  to  the  end.  He  was  a  devoted 
>nary,  fairly  entered  on  his  work  after  many  years  of  careful  training,  and 
hopes  were  cherished  of  his  great  usefulness — hopes  that  will  yet  be  fulfilled, 
)  being  dead  yet  speaketh.  Deep  Rympaihy  is  felt  for  his  bereaved  wife,  and 
r:8  honored  father  and  his  family,  of  Philadelphia.  Mrs.  Capp  and  Mrs. 
ette  have  since  arrived  in  this  country. 

ricES  OF  Missionaries. — The  Rev.  Silas  A.  Davenport,  M.  D.,  of  the  Presby- 
i£  Elizabeth,  has  set  out  on  his  journey  to  China  as  a  missionary  of  the  Board, 
al  funds  were  offered  to  defray  the  expenses  of  his  outfit  and  journey.  The 
Richard  Arthur  and  h's  wife  have  arrived  in  this  country  from  Slam.  Mrs. 
ir's  health  has  received  benefit  from  the  voyage,  but  they  do  not  ej^pect  to 
a  to  the  missionary  work.  Mr.  S.  W.  Perry  man  and  his  wife  have  resigned 
appointment  in  the  Creek  Mission,  Mr.  Perrj^man  having  been  chosen  as  one 
)  deputation  to  watch  over  the  interests  of  his  people  at  Washington. 

w  Communicants  Received. — Mr.  Bushnell  mentions  the  admission  to  the 
ih  of  Gaboon  of  two  women,  daughters  of  two  of  the  chief  Mpongwe  kings, 
speaks  of  about  fifty  hopeful  converts  having  been  received  in  the  last  two 
.  In  Japan,  Mr.  Loomis  speaks  of  the  native  church — see  his  letter  on  another 
At  Canton,  Chma,  Dr.  Ilapper  writes  on  the  22d  of  October,  that  eight 
a  pert^onjj  would  be  admitted  to  the  communion  on  the  next  Sabbath.  At 
Mi/xico,  Mr.  PiiiHips  mentions  the  case  of  a  man  who  had  walked  nearly  one 
red  miles  to  receive  baptism,  and  who  gave  very  pleasing  evidence  of  being  a 
follQwer  of  CUrist.     He  was  welcomed  to  the  privileges  of  the  church. 

•w  Station  tx  Pkhsia. — The  important  city  of  Tabrie  has  been  long  kept  in 
iLi  a  itation  fur  missionary  work.  We  are  glad  now  to  mention  that  Mr. 
MtB.  Ea^ton  and  Miss  Jewctt  have  gone  from  Oroomiah  to  this  city,  and  that        0\ 


14  Board  of  Foreign  Mmiont.  [January 

Mr.  Coan  would  spend  several  months  there  to  aid  in  the  first  efforts  of  the 
new  station. 

In  Mexico  there  is  opposition  and  even  violent  persecution  by  bigoted  Roman- 
ists, instigated  by  their  priests,  but  there  are  many  encouraging  things.  The 
separation  of  Church  and  State  is  a  matter  of  great  moment,  and  seems  now  to  be 
well  assured.  Personal  inquiry  on  religious  subjects  in  different  places  is  mani- 
fested, and  hopeful  converts  are  met  with.  Our  brethren  feel  that  their  work  is 
great  and  full  of  hope.  • 

In  Brazil,  nearly  the  same  remark  may  be  made  as  to  the  impressions  of  the 
brethren  concerning  their  work.  They  confidently  look  for  the  divorce  of  the 
Church  and  State,  as  the  result  of  existing  controversies  between  the  Government 
and  the  Romanist  bishops  and  the  general  progress  of  enlightened  views  among 
the  people.    They  call  earnestly  for  more  missionaries. 

Christian  Disinterestidness. — One  of  our  missionaries  was  shipwrecked  a  few 
months  ago,  losing  his  property,  and  narrowly  escaping  with  his  life.  In  reply 
to  a  letter  from  the  Mission  House,  stating  that  a  new  outfit  would  be  given  him 
by  the  Board,  he  writes,  **  Hearty  thanks  for  the  sympathy  you  expressed  in  your 
last  letter.  Knowing  that  all  things  are  directed  by  a  kind,  wise  Providence,  I 
desire  that  the  Board  will  not  take  action  to  replace  my  outfit.*' 

Receipts  to  December  1st. — From  churches,  $110,013 ;  from  legacies,  $38,335; 
from  individual  donors,  $12,637 — in  all,  $160,985.  Receipts  in  the  same  months 
last  year.  $146,208— of  which  from  churches,  $79,547.  Donations  for  the  debt,  not 
included  ;  these  now,  December  13th,  amount  to  $118J28. 

Letters  Received  to  December  15th. — From  the  Chippewa  Mission,  November 
26th  ;  Creek,  November  28th  ;  Nez  Perce,  November  4th;  San  Francisco,  Novem- 
ber 29th ;  Yokohama,  October  26th ;  Yedo,  October  20th ;  Tungchow,  Novem- 
ber 30ih  ;  Chefoo,  September  22d;  Canton,  October  22d;  Bangkok,  October  8th; 
Chiengmai,  September  Ist;  Ambala.  October  24th;  Kolapore,  Novepiber  Ist; 
Oroomiah,  September  30th  ;  Tabriz,  October  10th ;  Zahleh,  October  22d  ;  Benita, 
September  24th;  Gaboon,  October  15th;  Rio  de  Janeiro,  October  24th;  Sao 
Paulo,  OiJtobcr  20th;  Bahia,  October  28th;  Va'paraiso,  October  24th;  Mexico. 
November  23d  ;  San  Louis  Potosi,  November  17th ;  Zacatecas,  November  13th. 


Errata. — In  our  last  number,  Miss  Crouch  was  reported  as  a  member  of  the 
church  of  Wooster,  Ohio ;  it  should  have  been  Wayne,  Ohio.  In  the  same  number, 
page  396,  the  returns  of  three  cents  a  week  from  each  of  our  communic«)nts  to  the 
cause  of  foreign  missions  were  given  as  $604,000  a  year ;  the  sum  ought  to  read, 
$736,355.  The  correction  of  this  error  may  be  of  use  in  recalling  attention  to  the 
large  result  of  many  small  gifts,  if  regularly  sent  to  the  mission  treasury.  No 
one  will  say  that  the  average  sum  of  three  cents  a  week  is  too  large  for  the  ability 
of  our  church  members. 


THE  MISSIONARY  WORK  A  SPIRITUAL  WORK. 
We  remind  ourselves  of  this  truth,  as  we  enter  on  a  new  year.    Its  full  recog- 
nition is  a  matter  of  great  moment,  especially  in  these  days  when  materialistic  ideas 
abound,  and  in  too  many  cases  are  ready  to  invade  the  province  of  Ch.istian 


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Board  of  Foreign  Miinont, 


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ions.  That  the  interests  of  commerce  are  promoted  by  misBions  is  no  doubt 
;  that  geographical  knowledge  is  extended  is  also  true;  that  medical  mission- 
I  relieve  much  suffering  is  another  truth ;  that  uncivilized  tribes  learn  habits 
dustry  from  the  teaching  and  example  of  missionaries,  is  still  another  truth. 
ionary  Boards  establish  schools,  printing-pressef*,  &c.  The  danger  is  that 
B  things  come  to  be  regarded  with  so  much  interest  as  to  oyershadow  the  great 
Qtial  thing,  the  gospel  itself.  We  may  have  heard  the  prayer,  in  which  the 
of  healing  in  one  hand  and  the  gospel  in  the  other  were  referred  to.  We  may 
)  seen  the  printing  of  fine  volumes  at  a  mission  press  cited  as  a  triumph  of 
missionary  work.  We  may  have  known  the  building  of  a  church  to  be  spoken 
1  essential.  We  have  seen,  and  that  too  in  one  of  our  best  religious  news^ 
^rs,  by  one  of  its  correspondents,  a  calculation  of  the  cost  of  each  convert  in 
foreign  missions — 00  many  hundred  dollars  apiece  1 

1  such  things,  and  many  others,  we  see  the  materialistic  tendency  of  the  times 
oaching  on  sacred  ground  ;  such  low  views,  if  allowed,  would  soon  eat  out  the 
•t  of  missions.  We  may  indeed  use  the  printing-press,  the  skill  of  the  phy- 
,n,  the  teaching  of  schools,  as  a  means  or  occasion,  looking  to  the  end  of 
ersion ;  but  we  must  never  use  them,  in  a  missionary  point  of  view,  as  a 
ns  of  making  money,  or  acquiring  reputation,  or  promoting  merely  humanita- 
ends.  In  the  work  before  us,  they  are  of  value  only  as  they  enable  missionaries 
take  the  gospel  known  to  the  people.  It  is  the  gospel  first,  and  the  gospel 
,  that  our  missionaries  go  to  publish.  Knowledge,  improvement,  industrial 
iuits,  many  things,  follow  in  its  train ;  but  they  follow,  not  precede ;  they  are 
Us,  not  causes,  of  the  spiritual  work  of  the  Church  in  its  missions.  It  is 
iching,  teaching  the  gospel,  that  is  required  of  us  by  our  Lord,  and  in  doing 
sh  we  have  the  blessed  promise  of  his  presence. 

rith  this  view  of  our  spiritual  work  before  us,  we  will  be  on  our  guard  with  a 
ly  jealousy,  lest  we  ascribe  too  much  importance  to  measures  of  worldly  expe- 
icy  ;  lest  we  rely  on  ideas  of  a  sensational  kind  in  our  advocacy  of  this  cause; 
we  permit  anything  to  obscure  the  great  object  of  saving  souls,  and  thereby 
lorifying  the  name  that  is  above  every  name.  We  would  remember,  moreover, 
;  we  ourselves  should  be  spiritual  in  our  motives  and  labors.  Alas,  how  far 
rt  do  most  of  us  come  in  this  respect  I  How  seldom  do  we  meet  with  David 
.inards  and  Henry  Marty na  in  the  friends  of  missions  and  the  missionaries  of 
day !  Let  us  enter  on  another  year  of  work  for  Christ  with  these  thoughts  in 
id,  and  with  hearts  full  of  affectionate  concern  for  his  honor,  in  all  the  depart^ 
its  of  our  missionary  labor.  To  many  of  us  this  will  be  our  last  year  of  serving 
1,  of  trying  to  make  his  gospel  known  to  them  that  are  perishing  for  lack  of 
on;  but  if  we  may  receive  grace  from  on  high  to  serve  him  with  earnest  and 
itig  hearts,  more  than  ever  before,  then  it  will  be  our  best  year,  even  though  it 
y  be  our  last  in  this  present  life.  It  will  then  surely  be  our  best  year  as  tba 
r  of  entering  on  the  life  which  is  to  come. 


RECOLLECTIONS  AND  COMMENTS.— II. 

rhe  best  care  of  the  funds  given  by  the  people  of  God  to  the  cause  of  Missions 
a  sacred  duty.  They  must  not  be  expended  for  any  purpose  except  that  for 
ich  they  were  given,  and  they  must  be  made  to  go  as  far  as  possible  to  promote 
ir  object.  If  uoex|: ended  balances  occur  at  any  time,  these  should  be  so  em* 
»jed  m^  to  increase  the  financial  strength  of  the  cause.  How  shall  this  be  done  ? 
^re  &fe  more  way  a  than  one  of  doing  it,  but  the  one  most  likely  to  be  thoughl 

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of  is  that  of  placing  sach  balances  at  interest,  that  is,  for  example,  putting  them 
in  a  bank  that  will  pay  interest  on  the  amount  deposited.  On  this,  here  is  a 
**  recollection." 

More  than  twenty  years  ago,  the  executive  officers  of  the  Board  made  a  thorough 
examination  of  the  subject,  stimulated  just  a  little  by  hearing  that  the Mission- 
ary Society  obtained  considerable  interest  on  its  balances  in  the Bank.    In* 

quiries  were  made  at  this  Bank,  (whose  principal  officers  were  understood  to  be  of 
the  same  denomination  with  the  Missionary  Society  referred  to.)  **  Yes,''  was  the 
reply,  *^  we  shall  be  happy  to  pay  four  per  cent,  interest  on  the  deposits  of  your 
Board,  with  the  understanding  that  you  will  keep  in  bank  not  less  than  $10,000 

as  a  permanent  deposit.''    That  ended  the  matter,  so  far  as  the Bank  and  the 

Board  were  concerned.  The  interest  on  a  permanent  deposit  of  any  considerable 
sum  was  then  worth,  and  is  still  worth,  a  good  deal  more  than  four  per  cent. 

The  inquiries  then  made  served  to  confirm  the  Board  in  its  own  line  of  procedure. 
It  would  have  been  rather  a  "  popular"  thing  for  it  to  report  so  much  money  as 
*'  interest  received  on  balances  in  bank,*'  but  its  previous  theory  was  a  better  one. 
When  a  bill  of  exchange  was  purchased,  and  afterwards  when  the  Treasurer  sent 
out  his  own  bills,  in  either  case  to  be  paid  after  so  many  months  in  London,  say 
from  four  to  ten  months,  the  safe  and  profitable  plan  was  to  invest  money  to  meet 
the  payment  when  it  became  due.  Thus,  the  bill  was  provided  for,  and  thus  its 
cost  was  lessened  by  the  interest  received  on  the  money  invested  fur  its  payment 
Now  as  to  such  investment,  in  a  financial  centre  like  New  York  there  need  be  no 
difficulty  in  making  safe  temporary  investments.  The  government  securities  are 
of  this  class ;  so  are  certain  State  bonds.  These  can  be  purchased  at  any  time,  and 
sold  at  any  time,  with  hardly  any  loss  if  a  wise  judgment  is  exercised  on  a  few 
days'  outlook ;  and  with  as  little  risk  of  loss  as  human  affairs  usually  permit.  The 
interest  thus  obtained  is  applied  to  reduce  the  cost  of  the  bills  remitted,  and  the 
less  expense  of  the  remittance  obtained  in  this  way  is  a  larger  sum  than  could  be 
obtained  by  depositing  money  on  interest  in  a  bank.  This  method  is  also  a  safer 
one  than  that  of  lending  money  to  a  bank,  or  to  individuals  on  their  notes,  even 
with  securities.  Such  at  any  rate  is  the  theory,  and  measurably  the  practice  of 
the  Board  in  this  matter. 

We  say  the  practice  measurably — for  it  is  unhappily  the  case,  especially  of  late 
years,  that  the  Board  has  seldom  bad  funds  for  investment;  frequently  it  has 
been  itself  a  borrower,  in  order  to  meet  the  payment  of  bills  when  they  became  due. 
But  its  own  good  financial  credit  has  secured  the  sale  of  its  Treasurer's  bills 
on  as  favorable  terms  as  any  other  bills  could  command ;  and  thus  it  has  happened 
that  its  credit  has  served  as  money,  to  tide  over  some  months  of  pecuniary  pressure. 

We  have  mingled  **  comments*'  with  recollections  in  this  paper,  and  so  we  need 
add  little  more.  The  subject  is  a  somewhat  complex  one.  The  ways  of  dealing 
with  the  question  of  remittances  for  the  support  of  the  Missions  are  various.  But 
it  has  always  been  to  the  benefit  of  the  cause  that  amongst  the  members  of  the 
Board  have  been  some  of  the  best  business  men  of  the  city,  men  too  who  have  been 
themselves  among  the  largest  donors  to  its  treasury.  It  is  not  likely  that  such 
men  would  fail  to  secure  the  best  arrangement  of  matters  of  this  kind. 


NOTICES  OF  THE  GABOON  STA-      presents  one  of  the  hinderances  which 
TION.  OUT  brethren  have  to  meet,  and  to  over- 


come. 


The  Rev.  A.  Bushnell  writes  as  ^^  ^^  remain  in  the  enjoyment  of 
follows  under  date  of  August  19th.  our  usual  health,  though  the  mortality 
His  reference  to  the  Jesuit  missionaries      among  the   natives,   the    present  dry 


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MMon,  has  been  uncommonly  large. 
Tbc  frequent  tolling  of  our  bell  ad- 
monishes us  to  do  with  our  might  what 
our  hands  find  to  do  for  this  physically, 
is  well  as  morally  depraved  people. 
Death  reigns,  but  there  is  a  saving 
power  in  the  gospel  that  rescues  some. 
Oh  that  all  wonld  come  to  the  Great 
Ph?8ician,  and  learn  that  there  is  balm 
in  Qilead. 

I  presume  we  shall  go  through  the 
year  without  expending  all  of  your 
tppropriation  to  the  mission.  We  are 
building  here  a  frame  building  for  the 
female  seminary  60  by  30  feet,  but  as 
we  are  doing  the  work  mostly  our- 
selves, getting  our  timber,  &o.,  from  the 
forests,  the  expense  will  not  be  large. 
Perhaps  you  would  like  to  give  this 
item  of  expense  to  one  of  the  ladies* 
boards  or  bands.  I  will  give  you  apian 
of  the  building  and  its  probable  cost 
soon.  We  have  been  driven,  by  the 
Je>uits  and  Sisters  preying  upon  the 
laoibs  of  our  flocks,  to  enlarge  our  fold, 
and  admit  a  lareer  number  of  pupils  to 
our  schools.  We  now  number  about 
one  hundred,  for  whom  we  have  to 
provide  food  and  cl«  thing  mainly,  and 
care  and  instruction.  Our  hands  are 
full  of  work,  and  it  is  blessed  to  toil 
hard  and  unremittingly  for  Jesus.  Toil 
here  and  rest  in  heaven.  We  deeply 
sympathize  with  the  Board  in  all  their 
anxieties  and  arduous  work,  and  with 
our  dear  patrons  now  more  than  ever, 
since  tha  prompt,  noble  effort  to  relieve 
the  Board  of  its  burdens.  We  are  all 
co-workers  in  this  blessed  work,  and  I 
would  like  to  feel  a  personal  interest  in 
every  one  who  prays  and  gives  to  aid 
it.  When  every  member  of  our  beloved 
Zion  is  enlisted,  and  feels  a  personal 
responsibility  in  the  conversion  of  the 
heathen,  the  cause  will  go  forward 
gloriously. 


NOTICES  OP  THE  CORISCO 
STATION. 

From  a  letter  of  the  Rev.  C.  Dellcer, 
dated  August  18th,  we  take  the  follow- 
ing extract.  What. he  writes  of  the 
death  of  Imunga  shows  one  of  the 
worst  evils  of  heathenism  in  West 
Africa. 

"Women's  work  for  women"  is  car- 
ried on  vigorously,  so  much  so.  that  t 
nave  been  under  the  necessity  of  build- 


ing a  bamboo  addition  to  accommodate 
the  necessary  demand. 

The  addition  is  18  by  36.  the  larger 
part  of  it  to  be  used  by  the  ladies  for  a 
school- room  in  which  to  gather  the 
women,  and  also  as  a  reception-room, 
and  for  our  prayer- meeting;  the  other 
part  as  a  store-room  and  shop,  of  which 
I  have  long  been  in  need.  The  cost 
will  be  about  $1000,  exclusive  of  the 
boards  for  flooring.  For  health  fulness  it 
is  built  on  posts,  and  needs  a  board  floor, 
for  which  we  are  resting  our  hopes  on 
the  long  expected  American  barque. 

Etiiini,  an  elder  of  the  church,  and 
my  Bible  reader,  has  been  compelled 
to  leave  what  we  thought  a  promising 
field,  up  the  river,  on  account  of  the 
persecutions  of  the  adherents  of  Ukuku. 
No  one  came  to  him  or  would  hear  him, 
or  sell  him  food,  so  he  begjsed  me  to 
take  him  away.  He  is  now  at  my  sta- 
tion, where  he  is  doing  a  good  work. 

Last  evening  the  news  arrived  of  tha 
death  of  King  Imunga,  whose  name  is 
familiar  to  you  as  an  always  friend  of 
the  missionaries  and  a  man  of  character 
and  influence.  His  death  will  be  felt  not 
only  on  the  island,  but  in  the  surround- 
ing regions.  We  tremble  when  we  think 
that  the  innocent  may  be  put  to  death 
on  the  occasion,  unless  the  Spanish 
authorities  interfere  in  season,  and  even 
then  the  cruel  deed   may  be  quietly 

gerformed,  as  has  been  done.  The 
panish  are  active  in  enforcing  instice 
and  punishing  culprits  on  the  island. 
Tl  ey  even  carry  their  jurisdiction  to 
such  an  extent,  as  to  forbid  our  build- 
ing a  chapel,  without  first  soliciting 
permission  from  them. 

I  have  just  taken  the  census  of  the 
island,  and  the  returns  give  about  800 
population. 

We  have  rejoiced  over  the  news  of 
the  arrival  of  the  new  missionaries  at 
Gaboon,  though  we  have  not  yet  the 
pleasure  of  seeing  them. 


THE  PAST  YEAR  IN  JAPAN. 

The  Rey.  H.  Loomis  writes  from  Shid- 

zookah,  where  he  was  making  a  short 

visit,  as  follows,  under  date  of  October 

14th. 

The  past  year  has  been  one  of  great 
encouragement.  The  native  church  at 
Yokohama  has  grown  steadily  in  num- 
bers and  power.  A  new  church  has 
al80  been  organized  in  Yedo,  which 
promises  to  become  a  strong  church  at 
no  distant  day.    The  membership  of 


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the  two  churches  is  now  about  sixty, 
and  the  ag;?rejrate  Sabbath  con^jrega- 
tions  a  hundred  and  fifty.  To  a  large 
extent  these  are  young  roen  who  are 
from  all  portions  of  the  country,  and 
who  have  come  from  their  homes  for 
the  purpose  of  study.  They  will  thus 
carry  the  gospel  truth  to  all  parts  of 
the  land. 

The  Gospel  of  Mark  has  already 
reached  a  second  edition,  while  the 
Gospels  of  John  and  Matthew  are  hav- 
ing a  large  and  ready  sale.  Luke  has 
now  been  entirely  revised,  and  will  soon 
be  issued.  Dr.  Brown  has  already 
begun  on  the  Book  of  Acts. 

Mr.  Thompson  has  been  a  most  inde- 
fatigable and  successful  worker.  Since 
he  went  to  Yedo  in  February  last,  he 
has  built  up  a  large  and  very  interest- 
ing Sabbath  service,  which  has  just  de- 
veloped into  a  church.  He  has  had 
many  inquirers  concerning  the  Chris- 
tian religion,  and  also  a  regular  class 
every  day.  During  the  past  year,  also, 
he  has  translated  from  the  original 
tongue  the  first  three  books  of  the  Old 
Testament,  and  is  now  well  on  in  the 
fourth. 

Mr.  Carrothers  has  had,  in  connection 
with  the  native  school  where  he  has 
taught,  a  Bible  class  on  the  Sabbath. 
He  has  now  left  the  school,  but  some  of 
the  scholars  still  come  to  his  house  on 
Sundays  for  instruction.  Mrs.  Carro- 
thers has  had  a  school  for  girls  which 
numbered  twelve  to  fifteen  scholars. 
It  has  lately  increased  to  about  twenty. 
She  has  a  very  interesting  Sabbath- 
school,  and  has  introduced  with  great 
success  some  recent  versions  of  our 
most  familiar  hymns. 

In  addition  to  the  study  of  the  lan- 

fuage,  I  have  had  during  the  year  a 
aily  Bible  class  which  has  been  very 
interesting.  The  whole  number  in 
attendance  has  been  over  fifty,  but  the 
average  daily  attendance  less  than 
twenty.  Several  of  these  have  become 
Christians,  and  I  have  felt  that  the  seed 
sown  in  other  hearts  has  not  been  in 
vain. 

I  began  also  a  Sabbath-school  which 
had  increased  to  about  sixty  when  the 
hour  for  the  rative  service  was  changed, 
and  I  was  obliged  to  give  it  up.  I 
intend,  however,  to  begin  again  as  soon 
as  the  way  is  open.    1  am  now  able  to 


work  to  some  extent  in  the  native  lan- 
guage. Day  before  yesterday,  I  had 
here  in  Shidzooka  a  class  of  thirty- 
three  who  had  come  to  learn  about  the 
Christian  religion.  Everywhere  we 
go  there  are  plenty  to  hear,  and  the 
message  seems  welcome. 

The  two  native  elders  have  just  gone 
forth  on  a  preaching  tour.  It  was  their 
own  desire,  and  we  were  heartily  re- 
joiced that  God  had  put  it  into  their 
tiearts  to  labor  for  the  salvation  of  their 
people.  It  is  by  such  efforts  that  wo 
expect  to  reach  the  masses.  They  can 
reach  their  own  people  better  than 
foreigners. 

The  reports  from  all  parts  are  very 
cheering.  Mr.  Stout  has  recently  bap- 
tized three  converts  at  Nagasaki.  The 
missionaries  of  the  American  Board, 
who  have  but  recently  arrived  in  the 
field,  have  already  three  regular  ser- 
vices and  a  large  number  under  instruc- 
tion. They  speak  of  a  remariiable 
interest  among  the  people,  and  some- 
times the  people  are  not  all  able  to  get 
into  the  house  to  hear,  and  wait  outside. 
They  find  abundance  of  opportunity  to 
preach,  and  a  cordial  welcome  fmm  the 
people.  It  is  also  the  same  bet«e^n 
here  and  Yokohama.  At  one  of  the 
towns  they  have  asked  for  a  missionary 
to  come  and  stay  with  them.  I  ex;ect 
to  spend  a  little  time  there  on  my 
return. 

There  are  now  some  ten  young  men 
who  desire  to  study  for  the  ministry. 
A  class  should  be  started  at  once  to 
prepare  them  for  the  preaching  of  the 
gospel  to  their  people.  The  expense  of 
supporting  eacn  student  will  be  about 
a  hundred  dollars  per  year.  It  will  be 
important  to  make  some  arrangement 
for  this  soon. 

It  was  sad  news  to  us  that  we  were 
not  to  be  reinforced  as  was  expected. 
Men  of  the  right  spirit  and  familiar 
with  the  language,  could  find  abun- 
dance of  work  even  now,  and  we  have 
not  fairly  begun  yet.  The  woik  here 
will  soon  be  immense.  We  ought  to 
have  many  more  at  once.  Every  day 
that  it  is  deferred  is  a  serious  loss. 
The  openings  were  never  so  promising 
and  the  work  so  definite  as  now.  Budd- 
hist priests  have  won  the  whole  coun- 
try to  follow  their  superstitions.  Earn- 
est Christian  men  can  win  it  to  Christ 


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Donations  to  thb  Board  of  Forkion  Missions,  in  November  1873. 
49-  Synods  in  «au.  cAPitALS-Presbyterles  in  t/a/tc*-Charchea  in  Roman. 


—Mbanv—FiTfich  8cben«ot«dy9M  67; 
n  ch  "iwi;  Rockwell'^  Falla  M  6t>; 
h  2  CbZumfcio— Jewell  ch  14.  Tr/'V-; 
ardcheo  li45  17 

IRC  —  BaWtnora—  FranblinTille  ch  6f 
jh.  Baltimore  l-^;  WeHimmsler  ch,  Ba^- 
5  08:  Central  ch  Baltimore,  Mips  SrI>- 
i  child  25  25.  New  Co««/*— Bnow  Hill 
ab-8chft  -  12  60;  Lower  West  Nolinj?- 
W  80,  SabMsh  10  30-60  10;  Central  ch 
on  60.  WaBhingtcn  a^y  —  Firnt  ch, 
«n  City  61  20  824  13 

[,  Nsw  York— Bfn<;ftnmton— North  ch 
ton  6  18;  l!«t  ch  Union  24.  OtHfgo-- 
ch  8  83.  St  Z^rtwrence— PotUdam  ch 
CUM  —  First  Ward  ch,  Syracuse  9  06 ; 
1  ch  6  80;  tat  ch  Marcellua,  Mrs.  8. 
>n  6;  SUaneatel«>8  ch  to  con  Sereno 
I  Ker  M  N  Preslon  h.  d  200;  Hannibal 
3ul  11 

f ATI.  —  CinefnnnH  —  Harrison  ch  4  40. 
Bethel  ch  10  65;  Memorial  ch  3«b-i«ch, 
for  Lir>eria!»ch  6.  Fortstnouth^ironlon 
an'8  .Mise'y  Socieiy  10  •  itb  .5 

*ifi).  —  a««cton<l  —  WiUoujshby    ch    4; 

I  4;  Grafton  ch8;  Kintfsville  ch  3  67. 
7— \oungMiown  ch  81  fti;  Deerfleld  ch 
t  amriviUe- Rocky \\  e  Hab-^ch  10  24; 
4  ch  II  64.  S/eu6«nv«/«— Second  ch, 
'file  60;  Peed  Sprin«a  Sab-J'ch  10; 
)urK  Sab-sch  Mis^s'y  Society,  for  Mr. 
5:  Two  Rid^ics  Sab-sch.  for  Mr.  Noyea 
>w  Creek  Sabsch,  for  Mr.  Noyea  82  60 

292  99 

lus. — CWtimfttia— London  ch  8  60 :  Grore 
1  37.  il«irM>n— MarybVille  Sab-sch  for 
V  Mateerio.  Ifejoa^er— Wayne  Sab sch 
onKrena  SHb  sch  3  t.9;  NHshvlle  ch  7U  ; 

II  ch,  add'l  22;  Lexinaton  ch  I'.b,  Sab- 
con   Mr».  C.  F.  Aberrhny.  Life  Member ^ 

Jackson  Sab- sch  9  26;  F^ed»•rick^bur« 
8.».  Znnc9vUle^Hey.  T.  Garland  100; 
int  ch  6;  Mutfkin^um  ch  37,  Children's 
oxea  l:J  —  60  49y  06 

-B«.««r— Concord  ch  28  76;  Scrub  Graaa 
Ciarton  —Greenville  Sab-sch  for  Chefoo 
!h  22;  Frostburg  Sabsch  for  Chefoo  sch 
rysville  ch  60;  May?ille  ch  3  87;  Rich- 
e  oh  «  '.J7.  iJria— Petroleum  Centre  ch 
irfteld  ch  13u  ft7.  Kittanning^AppWhy 
ch  5  60;  Bethel  Sab-sch  10;  Boiling 
ch  12;  Shradera  Grove  SHb-sch  6  80 
nville  Sab-sch  6  27;  lat  ch,  Kittannme 
49»  78 

Tk  — Oiyuyo— Second  ch,  Genoa  4  23; 

ch  17  18.  Chemung— Dxindtte  ch  12  32; 
Heads  ch  26;  Watkins  cb  12  60.     Oeneoa 

ch  lihaca  123  03;  Seneca  Ca-tlech  0  80. 
h-Bath  ch  26  64 ;  Arkpori  ch  12.      264  60 

WBUROH.— aiWW«-Pine  St  ch,  Harrlj*- 
fy  97;  Falling?  spring  ch  IW;  HVyetieville 
«0;  Wells  Valley  ch  3;  Middletown  ch 
//unrino'^m-B^-dford  ch.  Rhv.  R.  F.  WiI- 
d  famny  9  6);  Fruit  Hill  ch,  Ansonville 
h  8;  Bellefonte  Sab-sch  3a  A'orthunihtr' 
Jhilli»quaque  Sab  ech  13  607  67 

wore,  Cbwtral.  —  BlHtmingtm  —  Rev.  E. 
p^on  and  wife  4  21 ;  Urbana  ch  6  i  8.  Sab- 
oents— 6  63:  2d  ch  Bloomiuijton  166  86. 
-A  friend  of  M  iaaiona  617  70  694  29 


iLLiwow,  North.— Cfc<ra.QO-First  ch  Chlcaeo, 
2fi9  90.  ba!  Peruian  Fund  26-294  ^-^'J^^-T 
Middle  Creek  Sabsch  86;  H'fla^fi"  ^  ch  16. 
OMawo— Wallham  ch  19  10;  Brooktteld  ch  8  90 

373  VO 

iLUXoia.  South.— il/fon— Rev.  E-  W.  and  Mrs 
Taylor  for   South    America  6;   Greenville  ch 

12  68;  Virden  ch  10  84  ^  ** 

INDIAITA,  North.— Oawforttoirftf*— Centre  ch 
Crawfordaville  83.  F^i  H^avn«— Pifrceion  ch 
8  60.     JIfttttcia-Wabaah  ch  17  62;   l-»berly  ch 

13  20  ®^  ^ 

Indiana^  South. —Jud/anacoli*— Second  ch, 
Indianapolis  122  21;  Columbus  ch  8  60.  New 
iitfeanyz-Jetferaon  Sab-sch  1;  Hanover  Sal>^«ch 
for  Mexico  72  "»  ^^ 

Iowa,  North.— CWar  Bapidi— Anamosa  ch  68 
cents.  Dubtigue- Prairie  ch  2;  Farley  Sa^>■8ch, 
to  ed  girl  at  Oroomiah  20;  Epworih  '^ab-sch,  to 
ed  girl  at  Oroomiah  lo ;  Waukon  ch  10       42  68 

Iowa,  South.— Owncrt  5?vjrs-Councn  BluflTs 
ch  63  44.  /(wa— First  Weatminster  oh,  Keokuk 
6:J  '^8 ;  Ko.ssuth  ch  8  40 ;  bummU\Sab-s(jh,  for 
Japan  12  8(»;  Liberiyville  Sab-sch  3.  Jowa  City 
— Wolcott  ch  2  f6;  West  Liberty  ch  60  cents; 
Cedar  Valley  ch  1  40;  8t  Claire  ch,  Mrs  Jack 
6 ;  Brooklyn  ch  12  64  ^^  ^* 

KAK8A8.—ilM«f»»— First  ch  Sabsch,  Atistin, 
for  sch  at  Abeih  66  60.  ^/p/Uand-Hiawalha  ch 
2  60  ^  "" 

KEifTUCRT.—Xouttvat«- Walnut  St  ch,  Loufs- 
Tille  "  3* 

LoRO  Island— BrooWyn—Throop  Aventie  ch, 
20  31 ;  lat  ch.  Remat- n  bt,  rnon  con  122  32  ;  Soulli 
8d  St  ch.  Williamsburg  36;  Williaimburg  Ger 
ch  6.  Ling  7s/o"<i— Sflauket  ch  I  i5  Nassau— 
hecond  ch.  Huntington  10;  lat  ch,  Asior.^ 
mon  con  23  lo ;  Smith  Town  oh  7  »2J  98 

MiCHiOAir^Deiroit-Firft  ch,  Ypsilanti  100  ; 
Calvarv  ch,  Detroit  9  91.  Grand  Rapids-Se- 
bewa  ch  4.  J>»i»«n(7— Sunfield  cb  6.  Monroe-^ 
First  ch,  Baiain,  24  oO ;  lat  oh,  Monroe  24  ^^  ^^ 

MiRRR»oTA.-5<  Aiiii-Weatmlnaler  oh,  Minne- 
apoli:»,  mon  con  *  ** 

Missouri.- Pa'myro— First  cb.  Memphis  2  60, 
rte««-Ro8endale  ch  2  60.  />o/«»i-birst  ch. 
Irondale  3  20.  St  i^M-First  ch,  St  Lou.a  50 ; 
Bethel  oh  16  ^^  20 

Nsw  Jersct- .E^fxafte/A  — Roaelle  ch  22  08; 
West  ch.Summil22  33,sabach  for  Dr  Daveu- 
port  125 -147  31;  Plmkamin  ch  7  8^:  Clarka- 
Ville  ch  8;  We.-tfield  ch  44;  3d  ch.  Elisabeth 
31  3):  Summit  Central  ch  17  »8:  Clinton  chjtiab- 
ach.  for  l>r  Davenport  25;  Bethlehem  J^ab-KCh 
21  32:  Dnnell^n  Sab-ach,  for  Mr  Mutchinaons 
work  in  Mexico  36.  ^«^»«v  Cijy-Pater.oii  Ger 
ch  10.  3foH«»yutA-Flrst  ch,  Cianbury  130  2J; 
Davton  ch  6  60:  Tennent  ch  l«^0;  t-re«nri 
Kiiiiie  Sab-soh  10  60.  JUorris  and  Orange— hMni 
Orange  ch.  69  4o;  Lower  Vall^-y  ch  20;  Boonion 
ch  320.  Nfwark^PMk  ch  17  64;  Calvary  ch 
M  42-  Wickhrte  ch  13  76;  3d  ch  4G  81 ;  lat  Get 
ch  Sabsch,  Bloomfteld  10.  New  Brunswick- 
Kingston  ch  6i»  40;  Stockton  ch  6;  Amwe  1  lal 
ch  t£b-ach  6  92;  Dutch  Neck  ch  20  71,  Sab-ach 


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Board  of  Foreign  Mlssioni. 


»  «2.  C  N,  Snb-wh  13  2%  P,  SHb-nch  6  42  -  50; 
WitherHf>oon  «t  ch.  Princeton  6  75.  Newton^ 
F'r-t  oh.  Belvi,l«re  17.,  M  m  D  C  B  «'•  ^  vss. 
»r«/  Jcr««»/— Fifbt  ch,  Cedarville  80.  Sab  x.  h 
80  36-.lt6»fl  1607  ai 

N«w  York.— Boston— Londonderry  rh  26  25. 
Hudson— Oooil will  ch  28;  West  Farmi*  ch  6  84; 
WM.-hinj«ioiiville  .•iHl>-j<ch  8  9/ ;  Uaina^cuH  ch  20 
cents;  roirhecion  ch  1  GO;  HampionhnrKh  ch 
l«  4i»:  PrtliMade-*  ch  3  37;  ist  ch,  Middleiown 
15  o:>;  '2ri  ch,  M.d<lIelowu  45  ,2;  Stony  Poiai  ch 
TJ  41:  B.Mhel  8Hb-»ch  2.  A'ew  Vork-Fir^t  ch. 
yew  York  8647  64;  4ih  Ave  ch  tiO  6<5;  Ch  of  the 
Puritan.-*,  Harlem  2u;  Phhiips  ch  II  80;  Dry 
Dock  ch  0  2.;  Westminster  8*b  r*cli  15;  WaMi- 
inmon  HeiKhis  oh  16;  Hurlem  ch  tt;  Brick  cU 
Chipel  14  |.5:  New  York  ch  2<).  North  Rtver— 
ftewburxh  Union  en  lO;  Newh  :rj<  Cnlvarv  ch 
18  79.  Kon.ioiit  ch  26  9J.  Wet^tehe^ter—Pon- 
Chester  ch  16;  South  SMlam  ch,  mon  con  .^8; 
iHich,  Peekskill  6.5  42;  West  Farms  ch  12  32; 
Ist  ch,  Yonkers  21  98  9113  40 

Pacific.-- Benicio—Vallejo  ch  23.  Oregon  — 
PlBHNant  Grove  eh  6;  Jackson  county  ch  20. 
S-icrawen^- Placervilie  ch  2  76.  i^n  kraneineo 
—St  John's  ch  27  77  75 

Philadklpbu.— CT«rt«r— New  London  ch  20; 
Waprne  ch  2  •;  CJreat  Valley  ch  17.  Lnekawanna 
—  hifi^tih  S.sranton,  .luveuile  Mi-^Vy  .Soc'y,  to 
Bup  MiAs  Fl^-her.  «yria  U7  60;  l^lymoutii  ch, 
inon  con  16  4ii.  S'<b  bCh,  for  i)v  UMvenport  U— 
29  40:  ist  ch  Sab-ch,  Tuwanda  38;  Wilke^bMrre' 
ch.  Coal  Brook  Sab  soh  12,  Lekigh—V  ir-M  ch, 
EaMion  100 :  W.atnerly  ch  4;  Sheuandoah  2  fiu. 
fAi/ar<«/p/,<a— Second  ch  S«h  scti,  foraynatO; 
9lh  ch  luo  2U.  Mrs  E  Murpiiy  5  .  L.d  20;  Sotrih 
ch  20,  Infant  sch  30 -»  6u;  WeMtmm-ter  ch  25; 
Walnut  .St  ch  lnf<nit  sch  22.  PhUwUlphin  Cen- 
troZ—Ken  inK  on  .Sab-«ch  66  77;  Tioga  81  ch  20. 
PkVadelphui  iVorM— Port  Kennedy  ch  11  46; 
^ewlowu  ch.  far  Papal  Miss  9  41;  (iermaotown 
ch's  Union  xit-etinj?  lor  Japan  13  64;  2d  ch,  (ier- 
mantown  i64  78;  Iht  ch,  BridesburR  II.  W(sU 
»i</M^«r-SIalevdle  S.tb-HCh  39  6U;  Sylvan  Re- 
treat Sab-Hch  6  ;  York  ch  487  75;  Clianceford  ch 
28  76,  Sab-sch  36  —  64  76  I616  69 

PiTTSBUROH— Bia<rf»<?/«— ChatRworth  ch,  Mra 
Fosdick.  for  her  decea-^ed  son  Iti;  KairflHld  and 
Union  ch8  53  3\.  PitUbiirgh—\:jkAi  Liberty  ch 
68  til;  Lebaiiun  ch  36  94;  4ih  ch,  Piit^burKh 
60:  Shaniii  .^ab-sch.  for  Dr  UHpi»er  l«  14.  Red- 
«tone— Laurel  Hill  Sabsch  6  60;  Mt  Plea-ant  ch 
6  26;  Ml  Pleasant  Union  oh  lu  4^.  WtuhitigtAjn 
—Fourth  ch,  Wheelmn  2  30,  Sab-sch  1  75  — 
4  0»;  Bethlehem  8ab  hch  2  60;  1st  ch,  Wheel- 
In ;(  89.  Wuinairs  Miss'y  tioo'y,  to  sup  Miss  Mor- 
rison  126  —  161  424.77 

T«Mif««8««.—£ro/«<oii— Salem  Sab-sch,  to  Knp 
Mara  Yoseph  2  00 

ToLKDo.— A0;^«/bn/a/fi0— Bticyrus  ch  6  62;  let 
ch.  West  Liberty  6  85.  i/urun-H uron  Sab- 
ffch  1  25.  /,i//ia— Uetfthos  en  2  60,  .Sab  sch  2  -• 
4  60.  i^aimwe-Hicksville'  ch  6  90;  Hicksville 
Union  ch  3  .vo;  Weston  ch  7  40;  WestunnMter 
ch,  Toledo  31  So  66  8 J 

WuTBaw  New  YoBK.—fii//a/o— Central  ch.  Buf- 
falo 64  6.'.  (?«"«««- Oak rield  Sab-sch  Mi.xs'y 
Garden  lu.  Ganatte  Pioi^//— <-'»«ba  ch  S-l.  Nia- 
gara—Wilson ch  20  60;  Niagara  Falls  ch  84  64. 
i^ocAeMfer— Cen  I  ral  ch.  Rochester  86;  Sweden 
ch  16  26;  Groveland  oh  Sab-tch  16  69        332  60 

Wi8C0M«iM.--Afi7wrtuA;««— West  GranTlIle  ch  5; 
Ottawa  en  3  2U;  Uelaft.ld  ch  2  34.  Wman^tn 
JZiMr— Middletonch4;  Prairie  du  Sac  oh  107  20; 
Lodi  ch  5  15 ;  Pulaski  ch  7  I33  89 

Woman V  Foreign  Mis«i|onary  Societr,  Phlla- 
delphi'i  3t0O:  Woiuan's  For.  Missiouary  Society, 
horth  west  487  86  34^7  & 


Leoacibs.— Lefraov  of  Jnlia  Adam 
c«eo:m96  30;  BoMwick  E*la'e  40«i 
Edward  Avery,  dec'd  Woo«ter  HO; 
Kufu!«  Kini?,  Jetfer^oD  Co.,  N  Y. 
Bequest  of  Samuel  Utter,  der'd.  60 
E^^iate  602  be ;  Legacy  of  A  D  Paii 
ddc'd,  late  of  Oxford,  Ohio,  600 

8rN0D  OF    RrpORMRD   PRrSBTTEaXiU 

Ref.  Pre.-b.  ch.  bloom.  111 

MiscELiANEoc?.— E  E  TowHsend.  1 
N  V.5:  J  .1  P  Balch.  Edgarton.  Kai 
Mrs  D  J  DHVi«,2;  A  C,  1:  Farrr.er 
Bch,  Ohio.  8  2.-^:  Mrs  Rev  E  A  Elf*-! 
III.  10 ;  8  n  Cochran.  Auburn.  Kv,  I 
through  Rev  fJr  Grier,  2;  Hon  E  T 
Haven,  to  con  J  H  Foote.  N  Y,  Life 
W  Hayj..  .Mt  Pula>ki.  Ill,  I ;  A  little  t 
Lenox  Colleifinte  Institute.  I*  wa 
Sab-sch  10  25:  Biddle  In-tiiufe.  N 
sch  10.  for  Africa;  Proceeds  of  iDd 
Dehra  School,  100;  Mrs  Miles.  2 :  C. 
Coot.  Society,  Princeton  Semmary.  i 
due,  80  cents 

Total  receipts  in  November  1873, 

Total  receipts  from  May  1st,  187:J, 

Of  the  amount  a-knowledro-l  abc 
was  received  through  Committee 
lence  and  Finance. 

WM.  RANKIN.  Tri 

23  Centre  Street. 


Total  receipts  from  chorches  in  Not.  122,906  18 


Lbttbrs  relating  to  (he  Mis^iona.  or 
tions  of  the  Board,  may  be  addresse 
J0H.N  C.  LowRiE,  Rev.  David  Irtixo,  01 
F.  EI.LI.NW03D,  Secretaries,  Mi^aioi 
Centre  street.  New  York. 

Letters  relating  to  the  pecuniary 
Board,  or  containing  remittance.'*  of 
be  sent  to  Willum  Kamki.x,  Esq., 
same  address. 

Postages. — 

To  Western  Africa 

Syria , 

Persia,  to  Coostaniinople 

India 

biain 

China  and  Japan 

Braail ^ 

U.  S.  Colombia 

Mexico 

Chili ..„. 

For  each  ^  oz  weight,  prefmid. 
Stamps  not  to  be  put  on  the  leit-ra 
enclosed  in  an  nuside  envelope  ;anc 
is  aseensed  according  to  the  wei;^ht  o 

For  Japan,  China,  and  Slam  the 
from  the  Mis.sion  Hou-e  on  the  2 
mouth ;  for  India,  Syria,  Persia,  bv  t 
nearest  the  isi  and  Ijin  :  for  VV.  "t.  1 
the  16tli;  for  Uracil,  mi  the  /2ih  i'  1 
bia,  on  the  6th  and  2L^i^  New?<pti|HH>r 
6  cents,  prepaid. 

Tub  Fqreiox  Mi9SWSAitr.^Twn  edil 
publication  are  priuied.    Thr  fWiwpA 

fubhsiied  iiionihly.  ai  |!Ji.i  a  yti^ir  10 
I  IS  sent  freo,  whi'ii  dti^ir«'i,Ui  dr 
dollars  and  upward^),  and  io  ihe  mini 
chinches. 

Of  the  Newspaper  edition,  n  cojw 
of  ctiar>ee.  except  for  pfi^iiitfi?,  ^m  ifm 
each  family  In  every  Sabbtth-HclnKi! 
alar  contributions  lu  thfis  Ti-eas,ar>  oE 

AJJress  for  either  editmn^  '-Hie  f 
sionary,"  Misaion  Uouj^h.j  £s  UeuiLf«  ml 

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1874.]  Board  of  PMicatum.  21 

BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION. 

No.  1334  Chestnat  Str««t,  PhiUd^lphia. 


Letters  relating  to  doimtions  of  bnoks  and  tractfi,  the  appointment  of  Colporteurs,  and  tb« 
general  intereMts  of  ihe  Board,  to  k>e  addressed  to  the  Rer.  Willum  E.  ScniNCK,  D.D.^  Correspond' 
img  Seerttartf, 

Manuscripts,  and  communications  concerning  matter  offered  for  publication,  whether  for  boolcs 
or  periodicals,  to  the  Rev.  John  W.  DuLLr4i,  D.D^  Elitorml  Secretary. 

Letters  relating  to  SabtkUb-sohool  work,  to  Mr.  J.  Bunvn  Txlsb,  Superintendent  of  Sabbath* 
achooi  Work. 

Correspondence  of  Colporteursi  remittances  of  money,  and  donations,  to  Mr.  S.  D.  Powu, 
Soperiotendent  of  Colport»ge  and  Treanurer. 

Orders  for  Rooki*  (except  from  Colpor(eurs)and  Business  Correspondence,  to  Mr.  John  A.  Blaci. 

Subscriptions  to  The  Pre«hytenan  Monthly  Rteord,  The  Snbbnth- School  Viaitar^  The  Preabyterian 
mt  Work,  The  Weelmiiuier  Leeeon  Leaft  and  payments  for  the  same,  to  Mr.  Petbb  WAUtita. 


WHY   18   IT? 

EIGHT  STRAIGHT  QUESTIONS  STRAIGHTLY  ANSWERED. 

I.  Why  an  annual  oolleotion  for  tha  Board  of  Publication  7 

Ans,  To  do  Missionary  Work  exclusively.  Not  a  dollar  from  the  charches 
goes  to  publish  books.  The  business  department  pays  its  own  way  and  has 
profits,  as  every  business  concern  should. 

II.  What  i8  the  Mittionary  Work  ? 

Ans.  (a)  Sabbath-school  Department — Gathering  and  tabulating  statistics, 
securing  denominational  cooperation,  and  the  true  relation  of  the  church  to 
the  Sabbath*8chool,  organizing  normal  classes,  holding  institutes  and  conven- 
tions, and  developing,  uplifting,  and  making  more  efficient  the  entire  Sabbath- 
school  system. 

(6)  Colpnrtage  Department. — 158  Colporteurs  last  year.  Appointed  by 
recommendation  of  Presbytery  alwai/s.  They-  labored  last  year  within  the 
bounds  of  104  Presbyteries.  They  visited  150,000  families,  conversing  and 
praying  with  the  majority  of  them.  They  scattered  70,000  precious  volumes 
by  sale,  and  organized  many  Sabbath-schools  in  destitute  places. 

(c)  Donation  Department. — The  Colporteurs  gave  auay  last  year  over 
20,000  volumes,  or  $7000  worth  of  books,  and  three  and  a  half  million  pages 
of  tracts.  The  Missionary  Committee  of  the  Board  gavt  axcay  over  83,000 
volumes,  or  $10,000  worth  of  books,  besides. 

III.  Why  ought  this  work  to  be  done  7 

Ant.  (a)  If  the  gospel,  as  we  believe  it,  is  worth  anything,  it  is  worth  preach- 
ing  by  metallic  type. 

(6)  The  missionary  fields  cry  out  for  it. 

(c)  Its  fmits  are  glorious.  These  publications  reach  thousands  of  homes 
where  the  entrance  of  a  good  book  is  like  a  benediction. 

IV.  What  businett  hat  this  work  taith  tfie  business? 

Ans,  The  missionary  work  is  no  apple  ^cf  to  this  apple  t^Q^^^ame  from 
the  womb  of  necessity,  and  afterward  itself  gave  birth  to  the  business.     The 


22  Board  of  PuhluxUum.  {January 

cry  at  first  was  for  doctriDal  books  and  tracts  to  meet  the  infidelity  and  errors 
of  false  faiths  throughout  vast  waste  places  West.  The  work  grew  and  mctde 
a  business.  The  business  grew  and  helped  the  work.  They  go  together  as 
naturally  as  mother  and  child. 

V.  Why  not  do  this  ^ork  by  outside  agencies,  such  as  the  American  Sunday- 
School  Union  and  American  Tract  Society  ? 

Ans.  (n)  Then  we  must  emasculate  all  our  religious  literature  by  lloU'cg 
out  everything  in  it  Calvinistic  and  Presbyterian, 

(6)  Then  our  missionaries  and  people  would  be  shorn  of  one  great  weapon 
of  sel/'defence.  Books  contravening  our  doctrine  and  order,  and  subversive 
of  our  faith,  are  scattered  broadcast.  We  must  have  books  to  meet  them  or 
suffer  immense  harm. 

VI.  Why  cannot  this  missionary  work  be  done  by  the  profits  of  the  busi* 
nesa? 

Ans,  (a)  Why  cannot  two  and  two  make  five?  Within  the  last  twenty-four 
years  this  work  has  cost  over  $440,000  in  excess  of  the  profits, 

(6)  As  well  ask  why  the  Sunday-school  Union,  or  the  American  Tract 
Society,  or  the  Methodist  Book  Concern  can't  do  their  work  by  the  profits  of 
THEI  <  business, 

(c)  Suppose  you  do  take  the  profits  for  this  work  and  have  no  further  col- 
lections, you  must  cut  down  this  precious  missionary  work  three-/ourths  and 
keep  dovm  the  capital  to  its  present  deplorable  insufficiency. 

(d)  But  every  dollar  of  these  small  profits  is  imperatively  needed  for  the 
publication  of  new  books. 

VII.  Why  are  (he  profits  of  the  Board  so  small? 

Ans,  (a)  Because  of  the  present  very  inadequate  working  capital  with 
which  to  carry  on  the  business. 

(6)  Because  the  business  pays  for  a  great  deal  of  church  and  mission  work 
not  St  ictly  <  onnected  therewith. 

(c)  Because  of  limited  market.  Label  a  book  Presbyterian,  and  you  cat 
off  the  bi.ger  part  of  the  demand  for  it,  outside  of  the  Church. 

(d)  Because  Presbyterians  themselves  have  yet  to  learn  that  their  Board 
is  publi&hing  better  and  cheaper  books  than  most  other  houses,  while  furnish- 
ing the  best  religious  books  issued  by  all  other  houses  at  the  lowest  market 
rates. 

VIII.  What  are  the  results  of  the  Board's  operations  ? 

Ans,  (a)  A  grand  bulwark  of  Calvinistic  faith.  A  catalogue  of  sound 
Calvinistic  literature  unequalled  on  the  globe. 

(6)  Tens  of  thousands  of  homes  beyond  sanctuary  influence  reached. 

(C)  Thousands  of  watchmen  on  Zion's  outer  walls  armed  with  needed 
weapons  and  strengthened  for  their  work. 

(cZ)  Hundreds  of  thousands  of  God's  poor  provided  with  the  best  of  reli- 
gious reading  without  mtyney  and  without  price*  -  o 


1874.]  Board  of  Fmblicaiicn.  28 

CONTRIBUTIONS  NEEDED. 

The  financial  crisis  b  beginning  to  make  itself  felt  bj  our  Board.  Contri- 
butions for  our  Missionary  work  of  colportage  and  gratuitous  distribution 
have  fallen  off  so  largely  that  at  its  last  meeting  tbe  Board  folt  constrained 
to  adopt  the  following  resolution : — 

*^That  in  view  of  the  financial  embarrassments  now  everywhere  experienced, 
and  also  of  the  fact  that  the  balance  in  our  Missionary  Fund  is  smaller  tl  an 
it  was  at  this  time  Ust  year,  it  is  expedient  for  the  present  to  cur.  all  our 
gratuitous  distributions  and  to  decline  commissioning  now  colporteurs  except 
b  very  special  cases." 

We  hope  that  pastors,  sessions,  ani  other  Christian  friends  will  consider 
our  necessities,  and  send  us  without  delay  such  aid  as  may  be  in  their  power. 

FROM  A  MISSIONARY  FIELD. 

Our  brethren  in  the  missionary  fields  of  the  far-west  know  how  to  appreci- 
ate the  free-handed  help  given  to  them  by  the  Board  of  Publication  in  the 
shape  of  supplies  of  books  and  tracts.  The  following  resolution  was  adopted 
at  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Presbytery  of  Wyoming,  held  at  Laramie, 
Wyoming  Territory. 

"As  a  Presbytery,  we  owe  deep  gratitude  to  the  Board  of  Publication, 
whoso  invaluable  aid  has  furnished  us  with  those  weapons  and  tools  which 
we,  as  laborers  in  the  frontier  fields,  stand  in  need  of.  We  are  thus  greatly 
encouraged,  as  we  are  striving  against  pernicious  doctrines,  as  well  as  water- 
log and  planting  these  waste  places." 


TRUE  BOOKS.  * 
There  are  very  many  and  very  sensible  people  who  desire  books  that  are 
true  to  pat  into  the  hands  of  children,  say  from  eight  to  twelve  years  of  age. 
To  such,  we  would  commend  the  interesting  Series  prepared  for  the  Board 
hy  Mrs.  Julia  McNair  Wright,  under  the  title  of  True  Story  Library  No.  1, 
and  True  Story  Library  No.  2.  They  are  pretty  little  volumes  (32mo),  with 
illustrations  from  original  designs,  and  printed  in  large  type,  containing  the 
histories  of  such  men  and  women  as  Henry  Martyn,  David  Brainerd,  John 
Banyan,  John  Knox,  Renee  of  Farara,  Louisa  Schoeffer,  &o.  Each  series 
contains  twelve  books,  and  is  sold  for  ((3.00.  Nothing  better  for  Infant 
Schools  can  be  found. 


WHAT  A  SMALL  SEED  PRODUCED. 
The  village  of  Lodi,  Wisconsin,  and  its  vicinity,  have  been  blessed  during 
the  past  three  months  with  a  wonderful  revival  of  religion,  which  has 
resulted  in  the  addition  of  one  hundred  and  twelve  members  to  our  church 
in  that  place.  I  am  informed  that  this  revival  commenced  in  a  mission 
Sabbath-school  organized  by  a  colporteur  of  our  Board  of  Publication,  and 
radiated  from  that  point.  Precious  fruit  has  come  from  the  dropping  of  this 
little  seed  from  the  hands  of  an  humble  colporteur. — Calvin  in  the  JPruby- 
terkm.  ^ 


24  Board  of  PabUcation.  {January 

PRESBYTERIAN  CHRISTIAN  LITERATURE. 
The  Rev.  Dr.  Berkley,  of  Dublin,  Ireland,  a  distinguished  member  of 
the  recent  Evangelical  Alliance,  in  speaking  to  the  Sjnod  of  Philadel- 
phia, laid  great  emphasis  on  the  value  of  Colportage^  especially  on  the 
work  of  trained  men  in  this  department  of  Christian  work.  He  stated  that 
in  Ireland  they  depended  largely  on  the  efforts  of  colporteurs  to  meet  the 
inroads  of  Romanism  and  of  High-church  ezclusiveness,  and  tery  greatly  on 
the  distribution  of  the  positive  Christian  literature  of  the  Presht/terian  Church. 
We  believe  that  such  dependence  is  as  reasonable  for  America  as  for  Ireland 
Why  should  we  not  preach  and  teach  what  we  fully  believe  to  be  the 
doctrines  of  God's  word,  in  tracts  and  books  distributed  in  the  homes  of  the 
people  by  the  colporteur,  as  well  as  in  the  pulpit  ? 


Of  the  "  Walk  to  the  Communion  Table,"  by  the  Rev.  James  R.  Boyd, 
D.D.,  (price  50  cents,)  the  Rev.  M.  R.  Vincent,  D.D.,  of  New  York,  writes: 
'*!  have  no  hesitation  in  saying  that  I  think  it  well  adapted  to  its  purpose,  and 
calculated  to  do  much  good.  The  author  has  seised  upon  and  clearly  resolved 
some,  if  not  all  the  principal  difficulties  which  beset  young  converts,  especiallj 
in  their  approach  to  the  solemn  feast,  and  which  every  pastor  finds  himself 
compelled  to  meet  by  pulpit  ministration  and  personal  couosel.  I  see 
nothing  in  it  that  I  cannot  cordially  commend.  The  spirit  is  everything  that 
could  be  desired,  the  suggestions  practical  and  simple,  the  great  subjects  of 
thought  clearly  brought  out,  and  the  difficulties  kindly  explained.  I  trust 
the  Master  will  use  it  as  a  means  of  comfort  and  edification  to  many." 


DOHATIOVS  TO  THB   MiSStOHABT   FUND  OP  THB  PBBABTTBaiAir   BOABD  OF  PUBLIOATIOF, 

NOVBMBBR  1873. 

4^  Ssmodii  In  smiu  oapitais— Presbyteries  In  f/aUc*— Oh n robes  in  Roman. 

AtBAirr.— C»amp/ain— Cbateaugay  4.    IVoy—  Nsw  JBE8BT^£/isa6etA-^EIisiibelh  M  1»  H 

Fori  E'iward  :i                                                   7  00  JfuwKir A— Newark    Ko^eriile    ^^i  60.     Netttm— 

Atlantic— C^eato6a  — Concord  80.      Yadkin-^  Mudconetooug  Valley  lo.     ^«t  yert^— Berlio 

BUienville  1  63                                                    21  63  10                                                                          244  44 

BALTiMOfti.>Ba7«imor«  -  Baltimore,  Wescmin-  Kkw  Toai.— jffiidsoii— Centreville  S.    Wntehn- 

steriu  4H;  Ml.  Airy  (aarmonj)6                 26  46  f«r— New  Kochelle  lo                                     is  00 

CKifTRAL  Nbw  VoKK.—^  Latersfie»-^HeaTelton  PAanc— .fi«niaa— Vall<»jo                           8f« 

6.     l7/ica— New  llartlord  16  «7                      21  67  Pmiladklphia.  —  Philadelphia  —  Phlladelphiti 

CiNa^fMATL—Cmcmnafi— Cincinnati  7th          6  Calvary  10.    PAt^od^^p/iia  UHtreU— Philadtlpbia, 

CLKTKLAXU.~i/a^.iifff~Canton  16.    St  Cfairt-  Monhern  Liberties  lt>t,  2^.    Phitad&pkia  Naik 

vM«— M  *rri6town,    auU*!   6  06.     SteubenviU^-^  ^Gennantown 3d  24  66.    WatminMUr^b^WefM 

Harlem  M                                                      h4  06  18:  Chanoeford,  addM  10;  Mone^an  6          87  di 

Columbus.  — ileAtffw— Warren  7.    ZanesviU&^  TiKmssss.— t/^fiirm—Sprin)?  Place              8  J» 

Fairmouiir  I                                                    8  00  ToLBiK>.—jB0^s/(mtoiis— Kenton  10  OS.   Sttro^ 

Kris.— £r>{s— Petroleum  Centre                16  85  —Clyde  8;  Fremont  6;  Melmore  8  30      H  ^ 

(ii  KVA—Cbvuf/a— Auburn  1st  61  87.  <?«*swi—  UMTiaw  Nkw  YosK.— Geiwae*— Elba        HW 

Ithaca  8  26;  KomulusS.    iSieuftea— Cohoclon  2  Wiscossix.  —  afi/ttxittA««— West    GranTlIle  4 

81  18  IF»nn«6ai/o— Horicon  (of  which  Rev  (i.  W.  Lloyd 

HAR«i8BuaoR.->OiWi«e«— Middle  Sprlns    lo;  8)7  40.     If wcontin  iZiusr— Pulaski  Ger  »       l«  jj 

Petersburuh  9.    ZTiMtoiodon— Uuntinudon  76  60  Commutib  o«  Bsmktul^«ob  aiiii  FiaAiioa     844  71 

89  60 

iLLUvoti,  CiiinM.ki—Bloamington.''P\p9T  City  6.  From  churches      $IM  ^ 

Peorta—Lewistown  ch  sJab-soh  118  67.    Schui/ler  Lbqaot. 

'^iSitTJa.^Qmnca B^./s-Hamburg/ addj  ,J;;StZ\^^^'^  ^'  "^'^  '^'^  ^'^'^  lS?S 

^  KAH.AS.-l^y«and. Frankfort  2,  VermlUio^  ^^^  ^  ^    RoblSTi^trWalton.  N.  T.8; 

Lowo  Island.— /^oMaa-Jamaica  84  76;    Kos-  "A  lady"  by  Rev  Dr.flchenck  10                 W  f« 

lyn  6                                                                 80  76  Tl 

Missoum.  —  OOTr*— Springfield,  add*l  10.     8t  ToUl  receipts  In  November      11185  47 

JLoMM— 3al«m  tier  6                                       16  00  «.  P.  POWEL,  T 


Board  of  Church  Erection. 


25 


BOARD  OP  CHURCH  ERECTION. 


Correapondmg  Secretary,  Rby.  H.  R.  Wilsok,  D.D.,  28  Centre  Street,  New  York. 
TreaaureTf  Nathan  Lami,  Esq.,  68  Wall  Street. 


w 


SHALL  THE  NUMBER  OF  CONTRIBUTING  CHURCHES  BE 
INCREASED? 


is  a  question  in  which  all  our  Boards  and  the  world  at  large  are  con- 

fiave,  in  almost  every  issue  of  our  religious  papers,  an  arithmetical  calcula- 
what  our  church  members  are  doing  per  capita^  or  what  they  might  do  if 
lid  give  at  some  fixed  rate.  For  instance,  in  the  last  number  of  the  Record, 
)tary  of  the  Foreign  Board  says,  **  If  each  member  of  the  church  would  give 
ents  per  week  (for  Foreign  Missions)  their  receipts  from  that  source  would 
4,000  (he  ought  to  have  said  $736,355).  But  it  must  be  borne  in  mind  that 
le  4802  churches  reported  in  the  Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  not  less 
X),  embracing  probably  25.000  members,  are  without  houses  of  worship^  and 
3f  them  without  the  stated  means  of  grace,  hence  they  are  doing  little  or 
;;  for  any  of  the  Boards,  because  they  are  utterly  unable.  Now  if  these  500 
es  are  ever  to  be  brought  into  line  and  added  to  the  number  of  contributing 
es,  they  must  not  only  have  the  occasional  visit  of  a  missionary,  but  also  a 
Ian  Home — a  House  of  God,  in  which  they  may  be  planted — take  root — grow 
ing  forth  fruit  to  the  glory  of  God,  in  the  further  extension  of  His  c:iuse. 
calculation  we  propose,  we  will  omit  these  500  shelterless  churches,  and  say, 
452,023  church  members  who  are  comfortably  housed  and  cared  for  would 
I  for  Church  Erection  an  average  of  one  and  one-half  cents  per  week,  it  would 
us  (together  with  what  they  themselves  would  raise)  to  secure  a  house  of  wor- 
)r  each  of  these  500  homeless  churches  that  are  doing  nothing  for  the  Boards, 
ice  them  in  a  condition  to  do  something  for  Christ's  cause ;  and  if  they  raised 
5  each,  it  would  add  $12,500  to  the  Lord's  treasury,  and  by  becoming  self- 
ting,  would  save  the  funds  of  the  Home  Board  perhaps  $50,000  more.  How 
at  do  as  an  object  lesson  for  the  blackboard  t 

A  BAD  MEMORY. 
I  a  sad  affliction  to  lose  one's  recollection.  The  Bible  enjoins  it  upon  us  to 
up  each  other's  mind,  by  way  of  remembrance^''  **  and  this  will  we  do."  One 
conditions  upon  which  the  Board  of  Church  Erection  makes  its  appropria- 
is  an  annual  collection  to  be  sent  to  the  Board.  Every  church  that  has  re- 
aid  from  our  Treasury  during  the  last  three  years  has  (through  their 
es)  given  us  their  written  pledge  to  this  effect,  which  is  on  file  in  our  office, 
et  (through  forgetful nes8,  we  suppose,)  no  less  than  one  hundred  and  six  of 
urches  aided  have  sent  us  nothing  for  two  years,  and  thirty-seven  of  them 
g  for  three  years.  Reader,  is  your  church  one  of  these  ?  If  so,  please  take 
mtle  hint 

ther  item  of  information  to  applicants.  Our  appropriations  are  limited  to 
rly  organized  churches — to  such  as  are  incorporated  and  have  complied  with 
■ection  of  the  General  Assembly  (see  Minutes  for  1871,  page  551,)  by  sending 
ction  to  the  Board. 

mtion  to  these  rules  will  prevent  delay  and  disappointment.  Churches  that 
eceived  aid  should  bear  in  mind  their  deliberate  engagement  to  keep  their 
ty  insured.  Some  of  the  policies  have  expired,  and  should  be  renewea  forth- 
This  can  be  done  cheaper  and  more  securely  at  New  York  than  elsewhere, 
ill  be  attended  to  by  the  Board  at  the  request  of  the  churches, 
has  often  been  stated,  the  appropriations  of  this  Board  are  not  paid  in 
1^,  but  upon  the  completion  or  the  building  and  when  all  other  debts  have 
paid,  save  that  which  the  Board's  money  will  satisfy.  In  many  cases  this 
hard  work  for  the  builders,  and  requires  them  to  practise  much  self-denial, 
theless  we  are  compelled  to  this  by  the  inadequacy  of  our  means  to  meet  in 
>e  wants  of  those  who  apply  to  us,  and  secondly,  to  prevent  the  incurring 
»t  which  would  be  so  disastrous  to  these  feeble  churches.  An  extract  from 
^r  now  before  me  is  in  point.  The  church  had  applied  for  $1000,  and  was 
ed  by  Presbytery  for  tnis  amount.     (It  is  much  easier  for  Presbyteries  to 


,ogl 


20 


Board  of  ChurcA  Erectum, 


y. 


1 


endorRO  Jargti  appU€aihnii^  thun  to  nend  ua  large  coHfdionji.)  The  Boar*!  ^t 
all  tbeir  means  would  juatlfy — $500.  On  bcioj^  informc^d  of  lhi«  ttie  ^ii 
wHtes  as  folloiirs; 

'*  We  are  in  reoeipfe  of  youfs  of  the  11th  inat  Our  Hearts  are  rejoieed  &t  ih 
j'ou  have  i^ranted.  We  will  be  very  sorely  put  to  tu  complete  our  boaj^e 
thi«  amount  Irom  you.  but  we  trust  we  shall  be  beueflteri  by  our  lelf-denial 
that  the  caufte  of  our  Lurd  nmy  bo  strt^nsthened  here.  Tbere  i«  only  *?»«  cl 
building  in  our  tt^wu  for  all  deaoiniriatioii^,  ami  it  a  poor,  littlo,  uucomfo! 
place,  where  many  of  the  people  will  n*>t  ^o.  It  pain»  our  hearti  to  me 
precious  soula  remain  from  ehureb,  and  tru,iting  in  Uod  fur  help,  we  baTt  Ki 
to  provide  a  place  for  them,  where  they  may  hear  the  gospel;  but  we  are  t&\ 
to  do  it  of  ourselveis.  By  mcuns  of  leetun^i^,  HociiibleSi  tt^*^  we  have  been  n 
from  $50  to  $1*}0  pet  mo  nth*  By  withholdini;  your  appnDprk^tion  until  thi 
we  eanaot  i^et  into  our  house  for  a  year,  ami  now  we  are  worshipping  in  A 
where  we  are  not  wan  ted »  and  where  we  cannot  prosper.  If  you  will  allow 
lenve  the  basement  unfinished,  we  will  couipleti?  the  upp<3r  part,  so  ms  to 
preaching  and  Sabbath-school  there,  and  ne^t  year  we  wul  finish  the  b&semi 
free  of  debt.  For  the  sake  of  the  Master  and  the  eausy  wo  labor  for,  j^ivi 
loophole  to  crawl  out  of  our  present  dij^tresa,  that  we  may  pet  intsi  our  hiM 
worship*  I  have  given  SoOD  myaelfout  of  an  income  of  little  more  than 
and  have  bou^rht  a  $2iX)  or^an  on  a  year^d  time,,  to  preBeut  to  the  L^hurc^ii 
day  of  dedication,  and  my  wife  and  I  will  i^ive  you  our  Individual  bond  t3 
1H74  the  house  shall  \m  completed  and  every  cent  paid  up.  Brother  C- — • 
salary  of  l^(KX),  givea  us  $250.  Thus  you  may  see  our  desire,  and  we  feel  m 
that  God  will  ble«H  us.    Please  write  soon." 

Ye»,  Goii  will  surely  ble;^!9  such  a  people.    0  that  we  had  in  the  church  m 
this  spirit  of  consecration  to  the  Master ! 

DOTJATIOHS  TO  THB   BoARD   OP  ChUECH    EeECTION,  NoVEIfllZR  lS73, 


Ai4iANT.-*7Voij^WiiU?rford   t»t,   add* I    2a  *4; 

B  M,  Lf lajORi,— Ba  UimorB—^nl  Hm  o  ra ,  We  itm  i  a- 
tftc-r  fil  17;  Bnrioa  \l:  LoiiaeoiiiD^  l!^.  Nitff 
Oijifh—MWford  17  10;  tied  €lny  Creek  UO. 

CiNCiMffAn— C/ttWrofAff—Bilbboro  (ill  §0.  Qft- 
emna/i— Oethel  9;  CmcmunU,  Luna  ^emmnrj 
lis*!  31 J  (^ItrironTille  l£^  SpjrjQtfdfilt-  Ifi. 

Ct-ft  a.  A  M  »—  3 feu  hmvilie—  U  i  i3  h  ir*  o  n  r|  1  Afi, 

CftLL 51  ax^.^  Wat/sti^  —  Chippewa    7  36;    Miir* 

<inrJ  H;  Crofs  fto«d?P  H  41;  tUKtilntid-*  l:^  ifl; 
N«trooa  3,  flMt/#f— ClintonTiJIw  fl;  M«rHna» 
burjijb  J^  20.  Erff— Petroleum  Cf^E  Era  8^  Kit  tan- 
wmo— Centre  ^>.    SHmsm}Q~Vm\y  28, 

isMVtVM.-^Chenmryg—Rot'k  Stream  %  Oenatt 
— Iihaaalet  H  5f>;  Ppdo  Vnn  60  8teuht:n — Co* 
hoctoti  S;  PratUburjili  1st  IS;  PulTn-y  i(i, 

inj;  Sp^ring  Km;  Pttteri'hnrg  &.  Ilnnfiufjttfin—  EIii»*t 
KiMiadwjuihiti  40;  MtimlnafJriii  33  it5;  Mfc4dl* 
Tn*r«rora  13  75.  Zforlhumfterland — Bldonii»burg 
laf,  «p^»a;  GroTflia* 

ItLiNmi,  €EniM.kL,—Bhi>mmqt*>n^P\p^f  City 
n.  P€oHa—KiiO%n]U  la.  ^t^hunter— Chili  I; 
Mftcomb  1 1  m* 

iLLiifoia,  NoBTa,— i?J5f^'  iJii'ffr— A  Itfflo  lat  10* 

jLi.i?etiiB,  Poirru.— ^?f*Jfi— Almn  Ut2a  2fi. 

I  w  tj^t  K  jl,  NoHtB.—  Ornwftjrdjtvillc—  Craw  ford  •^ 
TJUft,  Cenlrfl 30.  Fart  Hayn*— Part  Wayofl  Ist 
711  30. 

I5ftn4jf  A^  South.— iV*cu7  H^^^titn^— J«ckeDii  County 
Ger  3. 

Iciwi,  Nome  — OiiS(iJ7ijij— PrftiHa  2.  Fiiri  Dmlgs 
— MoiriEOtiii  10.  H'aiferfoi'>— Cedttr  Vfllley  2i  I^s- 
gfth  5  :  i*i>1ni  PI«a9jiT^ES  12. 

Iq^wAj  Sfii/TH.—  Dm  Afin>i("J?--<'h«rHoii  ch  and 
Etiih*«(!h  10.    I&if^  D/i/— r^dom  t  M),    Iffthtaska 

RAir#AA. — Atistiii — l>iiaiii(C9[i  &.  Tbptka — Edgar* 
ton  7  fttK 

M  nf?i  lOJof i.— ^^f  P^i  mI—  H  f c  !?*»  Po  S  n  I  fl . 

Mws^itfitt— i%f*wi/ris— Kfcrk-vllle  13.  pttttt^^ 
Chltlir-orhe  11  ^^  Rorrkport  1.  ^  Loma—Kirk' 
wood  U  a&  J  SaJem  Q&i  &. 


BAakEiisriUif»^  sis  IW*  Jmsuft^  Cihf — 
Ciry^  ^^lurtimunt,  »p  40;  Wfi.u-'-  '-  .  '  •jp 
AfoHffii'j'^f^— Farm  mad  Jilt?  ft.  i 

"^!i    Fr<*iMknn  11  5^^  (Jfnii.  fH* 

jYjBUKirA-Cjil.lWi?ll    JS5  Oi         V^riLr-vjin 

i«i.ft~Gref  nwiL-b  47  t'>8* 

3"&rjt— Kqw  Yojk  \Ai5in  S7i  I  he  ??*«  * 
8. 

P Aa  pjc— tSoeramert «&— PJicer  r\  \  l&  6. 

PRTUiiiELFiiiA.  -^  iLcifJIaaaiifHi  — Scnhiit^ 
up  34(1;  Z-cAi^A— Lt*bijf«  ton  Iftt  I  SU.  / 
jsAi^— Pbilnd^lphlfl  Dib  (^  W. 

PiTTKTju'ftjqfl.  —  Bt'nifKmad  —  Cra«l     R<Mi 

Roiidi4  0  33;  FflirTkew2(».  ff«f|  Hm^iwut- 
nnl  FlHtH  2  ^0;  Volat  Pli^iisAiti  1;  Dpi^ 

1  80. 

TuHESiec— JTin^t^tn— EtDgptOB,  Utih* 

TotiO.— Hurgrv— Fri^maot,  «dd'l  1  W^ 
— Vttu  Wsti  !^, 
Osjif ay.  Nkw  Yobk,  —  BwwAoiiifem  —  >I 

W  WTSRIf    NlW    YORJC.  —  Bafffitff  —  Pwii 

G4m«ffl9—Ofllt  field  A.  Eosh««Uf^-Tti*smTt 
Union  Comer*  i  50, 

Wie^osiiw.  —  3fi7(nrtwArti  —  W«at  (lr*ni 
M  d  -jriiu  k  iw,  l^*1  lUjimy  7 .     If 4M»nctii  J 
C^<l^k  £  IG;  Ukhl&od  Gantre  4;  ' 

2  mi, 

MmCTLLAWtOFH  — 11<»V    E   It^Tlllildj   O,  *0 

*' Ju^ia"  «tp  for  Ht^lenn  eb,  M  .viimiiii  T*r  I 
Bn,U  of  Luke  Vi<^w  eh.  \^  tu  UH  m;  i?ti  tea 
^aie  of  Wufkeefi  ch,  Mirin  III  t£^ 

From  EalivLe  of  Julfn  Ad*m«,  late  flf  C 
III,  snaoj  On  itecoEtnt  (>f  le«»i*j  of  Mf*.  £ 
H  L  BrijwiL,  laiB  of  ill,  lift  M, 

Total  receipt*  Is  If  cvrember.  lift      11 

DigitizedbyGod^e***^**-**- 


1874.]  Rdief  Fund  far  Disahled  Ministers.  27 

RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS, 

AND   THE    WIDOWS   AND   ORPHANS    OF    DECEASED    MINISTERS. 


OmoM,  1S84  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 


'  JfUhhold  not  good  from  them  to  whom  it  U  due  when  it  is  in  the  power  c(f  thy  hand  to  do  iL** 


MONEY  WELL  APPLIED. 

Thase  wh')  are  aided  by  the  Relief  Fund  do  what  they  can  for  themselves. 
The  amoaats  distribated  by  the  oharch  are  for  the  most  part  supplementary. 
How  some  of  these  families  manage  to  subsist  may  be  gathered  from  the  follow- 
in^i;  letter: 

**  Your  kind  note  enclosing  the  draft  was  thankfully  received.  I  do  not  know 
that  it  is  proper  for  me  to  enter  into  particulars  as  to  my  present  state  of  health 
and  circumstances;  and  yet  if  I  can  do  so  without  being  tedious,  it  may  be  a 
gratification  to  your  Committee  to  know  that  your  benefactions  are  with  us  a 
necessity.  I  am  utterly  unable  to  do  anything  that  is  positively  remunerative, 
thoa^h  I  have  performed  colporteur  labor  for  about  three  montbs,  visiting  some 
three  hundred  families  contiguous  to  my  home,  and  disposing  of  two  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars  worth  of  publications.  My  wife  teaches  a  writing-school  for  which 
she  receives  a  small  compensation.  My  oldest  boy  is  preparing  for  college,  and 
at  the  same  time  tending  a  store.  My  other  son  will,  the  coming  year,  we  hope, 
be  placed  in  a  situation  to  provide  for  himself.  And  yet,  with  all  our  labor  and 
the  strictest  economy,  our  expanses  the  past  year  were  eight  hundred  dollars,  which 
sam  provided  for  a  family  of  ten. 

"With  the  help  of  kind  friends,  we  have  kept  clear  of  debt,  which  we  should  not 
have  been  able  to  do,  if  it  had  not  been  for  the  aid  we  are  receiving  from  your 
society.  We  do  not  see  how  we  can  live  without  a  continuance  of  this  annuity. 
Gladly  would  we  relinquish  it  in  favor  of  those  more  needy,  if  we  felt  that  we 
could  do  so  without  distressing  ourselves,  and  possibly  shortening  life,  which  God 
may  yet  enaploy  in  His  service. 

**  Presuming,  dear  brother,  that  you  will  receive  the  impression  from  what  we 
have  said,  that  your  Fund  has  not  been  inappropriately  applied  by  bestowing 
upon  ourselves  the  portion  of  it  which  we  receive,  and  praying  that  God^s  bless- 
ing may  descend  upon  the  donors  and  officers  of  your  Society  and  the  dear  Church 
with  which  we  are  connected,  we  remain  respectfully  and  affectionately  yours." 
Signed  by  both  husband  and  wife. 


A  WORD  TO  THE  CLERGY. 

The  duty  of  providing  for  the  men  who  have  served  the  church  in  the  ministry 
needs  to  be  explained  and  enforced  from  the  pulpit.  It  will  surely  be  neglected 
unless  it  be  pressed  home  on  the  hearts  and  consciences  of  gospel  hearers.  The 
ground  will  not  yield  unless  it  he  tilled.  The  preacher  who  will  faithfully  culti- 
vate this  part  of  the  field  will  gather  a  rich  harvest.  He  himself  will  receive  a 
blessing,  and  the  people  who  for  Jesus'  sake  remember  His  straitened  servants 
or  their  needy  families,  will  be  plentifully  rewarded. 

Brethren  of  the  ministry,  (and  of  the  eldership  too,)  will  you  not  take  hold  of 
wis  cause  of  the  Relief  Fund  in  earnest^  and  with  united  hands  and  hearts  give 
io  U  the  place  it  deserves  to  hold  as  a  branch  oj  our  church-toork. 


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ReUef  Fund  for  Dlsahhd  Miniiters. 


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By  request  the  Committee  state  that  all  gifts  for  special  obj^^ete  Inraria' 
the  direction  indicated  by  the  donors.  Do  ml  smd  hanh  bills  6y  mail: 
remitting  funds,  do  not  write  ^^  treasurer^ '^  on  the  outeide  of  the  letter, 

GOHTBIBXJTIONB  IE  NoVEMBEB  1873. 
4^  Synods  In  small  capitals— Presbyteries  in  Cfa^i««— {Jhtirches  in  R«mMii« 


ALBAKT.—ii;6a»v— Johnstown  60.  Champlain— 
Au  Sable  Porks  11 ;  ChataauKfty  10.  Cb/umWa— 
Jewett  16  10.  TVov— Fort  Edward  7;  Lansing- 
bargh,  Oliret  14  80. 

Baltimors.— Bo^«more— BaUitnore,  Westmin- 
ster 56  05;  Govane  Chapel  17  04;  Taneytown 
16  84.  New  Quth— Lower  Brandywine  8  60; 
New  Castle  57.  WathingUm  (X^v— Washinffton 
6th.  Mis8»y  Soc'y  20,       *»  '  * 

Central  Nsw  York.— Bina^mfon— Cortland 
Ist  37  10.  0/s«7o— Gilbertsville  21.  St  Lawrence 
—Brasher  Falls  9;  Watertown.  Stone  St  40.  Sff 
rokJiwe— Baldwinsvillo  1st  26  06.  I7£tea— Camden 
1st  10 ;  Rome  86  05. 

CiKciifif ATL— Cftitt<co<*s— Wilkesvnie  6.  On- 
«nna<f— CiDcinnatl.  Central  164  40.  Dayton— 
Osborn  3  60;  Oxford  20. 

CLEVELAifD.-^/  C?atVsvi7is— Bealsville  7;  Not- 
tingham 17  16 ;  Woodsfield  6. 

CoLuif BUS. —il«A«n«— Warren  Ist  7.  Wooeter— 
Jack8on  19  26;  Perrysville  4.  ZaneawiT^e— Fair- 
mount  1;  Homers  70;  Putnam 68. 

Erie.— ^H«j^^en.v— Allegneny  Ist  114  86  •  Fair- 
mount  8  70 ;  Plains  6.  -BmWct— Butler  44.  Brie 
"-Fairfield  10;  Georgetown  6  ;  Girard  Ist  12. 
Ktttannina—App]ehy  Manor  2  60;  Concord  13; 
Cjirrie's  Run  16  86;  Rayne  4;  Saltsburgh  31  24. 
iSAenaivo— Beaver  Falls  14;  Pulaski  4  20. 
^^^"'^^•-'^^cf^^va-'Canofrti  12;  QeneTa  1st 
66  86;  Ithaca  1st  34  76;  Manchester  1st  6.  Stm- 
l>ew— Prattsburgh  Ist  20. 

HARRiaBURaH.—  air««f«  — Carlisle  Ist  83  62; 
Carlisle  2d  40  12;  Chambersburgh.  Falling 
Spring  160;  Harrisburgh,  Pine  St  80;  Middle 
Spring  20;  Petersburgh  5.  HurUingdon—EfiHi 
KishacoquillasSl  60;  Huntingdon  71  16;  MiflT- 
Imtown  and  Lost  Creek  63  03;  Peru  6;  Sinking 
VaUey  19  19  ;  Tyrone  80;  Upper  TuscnrorS 
16  40.  Northumberland— Berwick  7  25;  Lock 
Haven  2d  6;  Orangeville  3  32;  Raven  Creek  3; 
Washington  14  26. 

Illinois,  Central.— B«oof»*»gto»i— Oilman  (Sab- 
sch  1)  10;  Piper  City  6.  Psorto— Prospect  21, 
Sehuvler— Chili  6.  -^prtny/Wd  — Jacksonville, 
Westminster  27  65. 

iLUNOis,  NoBtH.— i^oc*  iKl>cf^-Edward8  2 ;  Vi- 
olas 

Illinois,  South.— iltton—BoHer  8  30;  Carrol- 
ton  31  .31;  Marino  4. 

Indiana.  North.— Oaio/ontoritte- Crawfords- 
ville,  Centre  20;  Frankfort  17  4o;  Wave  land  10. 
iosrarwport— Michigan    City   17  86;    Plymouth 

o  36. 

Indiana,  8ouTH.-7n<«om»po^is-Indianapolis  6th 
l^L^"*"»o»^il*o  «  *0;  Shiloh  8.  New  Albantf— 
Jefferson  2;  Jefferson  ville  41  80;  Pleasant 
lownsbip2. 

Iowa,  North.— i>i46u7u^-Dabaque  2d  30;  Win- 
throp  7. 

Iowa,  South.— Cbunetf  BliO^Rtanburg  1.  Iowa 
— Bloomfield  8. 

Kansas.— i^mpoHa— Emporia  1st  7  12. 

Ebntuoxt.— XottJ«va/«— Owensboro  1st  61  66. 

Long  IsLA»D.—arooA;«y»i— Brooklyn.  Ainslie  St 
40;  Brooklyn,  Lafayette  Ave  241  01.  Long  Itland 
— Bridgehampton  17 ;  Westhampton  15.  Naeeau 
-Foster's  Meadow  Ger  8;  Roslyn  10. 

Michigan.— 2)etro«—Plainfleld  6  62;  Stock- 
bridge  6  20;  Unadilla  Ist  4;  YpsilanU  Ist  28  63. 

Minnesota. — Mankato—he  Sueur  2  74. 


Mjihioutli.  — i^/m.^**^— Kirkwviilft  • 
RockjMjrt  3.    8t  i^ufcs— 3alem  Gvr  6. 

Kiw  Jn^KJ ■— El^h0th^ L»mftig^*in 
Araboy  ao;  Plamfifld  M  m  ti  M 
J  fl«ik  ^n  D  <?  f  I  ]  ^  J  60.  MorrtM  ^mt  Ootutp 
23:  Mt  Fne4(^m  II  ^.  Nm  Brwmtik 
ton  SritiiirL*  9  10;  LAmbenvil]«  40  i 
Sd  6a.  iV^Mtoii— Ln  Fayeite  7:  Mus 
Valley  Ifi. 

Nsw  ToRJt,— JTw^fift— AroitTlS;  Cir 
Florida  M  a,  N«w  )VA— Mouut  \S 
8t  Q&\  Nf^i*  Tofk  nth  ^m  m;  New 
Vork  8 ;  Tiew  York  Uplvpr-ihr  PSfcc* 
236  2S.  Nrrth  Eieer—^BviMsh&m  ^. 
ter—Ht^nfotd  lat  02 ,-  Bouth  Emt  &. 

PAcmc—San  J'Wi^ciiM— Bfowklyn  1 

PiMj,4t>ELE*iiiA.— C^s^er— Diirby  Im  8 
ValJt*.?  17^  Lo^^durfiniiit—C^af-lLMjhndAlel 
— EiiftUJii  Iflt  (Jl;  Shawnee  6.  Phil 
Philft4elpliia  id.^dn  10;  Philadt»lpt) 
m5:  PhitndH\thinVfond\stidm  mi  fn 
Walnut  8t  ti^  13.  FhUadtiphia,  Cbtli 
df^IphiA,  Grctia  Hill  b^T  40;  Philadeti 
Arch  >ii  48  '.%t  i^Hndaphia,  Nm'th 
town  Ut  22IJ;  Gflrnmntown  2d  9^  Ti 
*'  Wm%  Pun  Kennedy  Vi  00, 

Pltt«Wf^flS.  —  BiairmUt  —  BUirsTJ 
Grtupuebyf^k*  19  mk.  PUUbur^h  ^  i 
18  2H;  La^r%^uef3Ville  liPtt;  Mt  tVa^ti 
FJTUbargh  7lli  13  It  ;  PitlBbumh  C 
^fldftons— N«w  Providence  l%\  We* 
^^  01.     n^tsAi'rij^Eivr)— Mouut  Pro«p$til 

TENSEadKB.— trrtrDw^IIapewell  Jt  ISO, 

ToLEM.  —  Ediefrmtmne  —  Belie  Oar 
Hnii1»f  Jlti*  Id  Tl  J?iirrtfl— Mtlutt  Sfl.  1 
3  ^;  FiQdky  IvtSU  2&;  Van  Worclj't 

Westess  Kk*  \o%t.  —  BHp3ih — Cb 
PftDftmd  6,  iVWara— Albion  2T  Q4»; 
Falls  M. 

Wi*ooxflJN,— ^i£»(ifiA«^B«lha5T4j  1 
—mch\M\d  Centre  la 

FaOM  THI!    COMHlfflEi  ON    BUf^Qt^BQ 

N*>fCE  3&5  ^4. 


K,  Y»  DdbbH*  Ferry*  from  '»C^  6 ;  N.  1 
Rpv  J  R  Yoimg  30 ;  N.  Y.  New  York  Csi 
M oiler,  E^-q  am;  Int  Fjfi  PerrnAa^^qt  I 
Wm  E  Ti*iibraok.  E^q  im  i^V\  Im  nii  P 
Fund,  per  tiffur^e  H  S' an  Gilder,  Emj  I 
WeH'ticfKvjUo,  ^Ira  Mnry  A  Lee,  Hp  l(»;  I 
bersbiirjf,  AnoDvnioyti  fof  nrr*  vpeviA^ 
From  **a  friend'^  per  Or  GrierU;  PitLti 
from  Mifl^P  Simith.  apo;  N-  Y>  Yateiif  1 
MUDigl«,ip  7;  Mrs  H  XewUtrk,  Rp  f 
M  m\  Rer  J  HiioHiJj  Monry  r^f^j 
N  Yt  New  York  CJty,  fi-oiu  Mrs  S*niti 
me*  \m;  from  *' S^'  2j  lot  ou  Pt^rmnin 
pt«r  Wm  E  Ten  brook,  Etsj  KiT  W:  Pei 
£«-taF*'-  frtmi  '■Thaukf^iine?!*''  I;  Budi 
ttm,  •*  from  friends'*  6 ;  t>hia  Tatitwiu 
11^  10;  K  Y,  Now  Yort  Ciiy,  U  A  Moi 
From  "  a  irlwDd''^  2  j  From  «  *  L*d^"  p«j 
EStmeoek.  IiUio;  JH  YjKortb  'Waltt 
K  R<>bln«ctzi  5. 

Total  reoaiptji  tn  Norember,  liTS 

CHARLES  BKOWN,  IVw* 

Digitized  by  VjO«_    v^  _ 


General  Atsemhly't  Committee  on  IVeedmen.  29 

SRAL  ASSEMBLTS  COMMITTEE  ON  EREEDMEN. 


Bit.  a.  0,  MoCullaitd,  Oor.  Secretary,  Box  124(1,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
RiT.  JA8.  Alusor,  D.D.,  Treasurer,  Look  Box  48,  PittsborKh,  Pa. 
B.  Q.  WooDWAKD,  Baq^  BtesMng  Agents  1834  Ohestnat  street,  Philadelphia. 


[ciAL. — It  shoald  be  known  and  remembered  by  all,  that  our  Committee, 
ng  out  its  schedule  of  work  for  each  year,  is  guided,  as  to  how  much  may 
irtaken,  by  the  amount  of  the  regular  contributions  given  to  its  depart- 

church-work  during  the  year  preceding  that  for  which  the  schedule  is 
In  doing  this,  it  has  been  considered  reasonable  and  safe  to  reckon  that 
;he  year  for  which  the  estimate  is  made,  as  much,  at  least,  will  be  given 
^iven  during  the  jear  that  preceded,  and  commissions  are  issued  and 
undertaken  accordingly.  It  will  readily  be  perceived  then  that  if  churches 
ividuals  contributing  to  our  general  work  last  year  fail  to  give  as  much 
r,  one  of  two  things  must  follow — debt,  or  recalling  of  missionaries  already 
eld — unless  funds  can  be  realized  from  other  sources.  The  former  is  cer- 
ery  undesirable,  and  the  latter  would  be  an  injury  both  to  the  work  and 
lissionaries  recalled.  We  make  these  statements  just  now  because  collec- 
ready  received  from  churches  heretofore  among  the  most  liberal,  fall  far 
'  their  former  amounts.    Is  it  beyond  our  sphere  to  suggest  that  there 

danger,  lest  retrenchment  here  shall  be  more  than  the  Master  will 
? 

A.  Seminary. — From  the  principal  Lady  Teacher : — "  "We  are  now  in  full 
;  order,  with  sixty-three  boarders — seventy-five  in  all,  (including  day 
and  still  have  new  applicants  for  admittance.     Yesterday  a  gentleman 

his  little  daughter,  twelve  years  of  age,  with  a  kind  letter,  saying  he 
to  give  her  a  liberal  education,  and  wished  us  to  take  charge  of  her  in 
1,  promising  to  provide  fur  her.  The  child  is  so  beautiful,  how  could  we 
t  take  her  in?  We  had  not  three  inches  of  room ;  so  we  made  her  a  little 
in  the  little  attic.  Every  one  says,  *  How  beautiful  and  pleasant  she  is  V 
ling  goes  on  pleasantly.  We  all  had  a  nice  Thanksgiving — good  dinners, 
ndy,  &c.     The  girls  enjoyed  it  highly.    We  had  a  good  letter  from  the 

f  Dr.  S 's  church  yesterday.     Ihey  hope  that  when  the  pressure  lifts 

Idings  will  go  up."     The  number  of  pupils  named  above  might  indicate 

not  *^  posted"  that  additional  room  was  not  a  first  necessity  here.  The 
seminary  building,  however,  is  very  small,  and  the  number  in  attendance 
aimodat^  only  by  a  crowding  process,  which,  however  undesirable,  the 
ixiety  of  these  daughters  of  the  lowly  to  enjoy  the  privileges  of  the  school 
t  almost  impossible  to  resist.  A  suitable  main  building  is  an  important 
;y,  and  the  lack  of  more  funds  makes  it,  as  yet,  impracticable  to  command 
letit  of  generous  offers  already  made  for  this  purpose.  Who  will  help — 
••  When  the  pressure  lifts  ?" 

tONARiBS. — Our  Missionaries  report  monthly,  on  the  first  of  each,  for  that 
precedes;  and  we  trust  that  the  following  extracts,  taken  from  as  many 
of  the  last  month,  some  from  white,  and  some  from  colored,  and  just  aa 
tne  in,  will  not  be  without  interest  to  our  readers. 

isiNG. — **5th  Sabbath  at  the  new  church  in  Union  county,  30  miles  away, 
^ions  by  letter.  This  new  church  is  doing  well,  and  gives  promise  of 
ig  a  strong  church.  They  expect  to  put  up  a  meeting  house  30  by  40 
<  any  aid  .  . .  and  pay  Mr.  B."  (catechist  frtudent  in  Biddle  Institute) 
two  to  five  dollars  a  month  for  this  winter,  so  that  he  will  visit  them  once 
b." 

LssiOM — By  a  mission  church. — '*I  suppose  you  will  be  somewhat  surprised 
[  tell  you  that  our  church  has  a  mission  in  successful  operation  in  the 
art  of  the  city.  I  will  not  promise  much  until  I  find  whether  anything 
me  out  of  it  or  not,  I  am  putting  our  young  men  to  work.  The  people 
church  have  built  a  little  house  15  by  20.  This  being  too  small  for  our 
falioiiB,  we  ti  Ik  of  pu tting  eight  or  ten  feet  more  to  it.  If  ihe  Lord  is  with  us, 
lug  will  come  out  of  it,     I  will  keep  you  posted.'* 

iG  SIcN  AT  Work* — ^'We  are  having  weekly  prayer-meetings  which  are 
iield  by  the  young  mon  of  our  church,  and  it  works  finely.    They  '"^^r-iOa 


8! 


80  Oeneral  A$$emblj/'s  Committee  on  Freedmen,         [JoMary 

taking  quite  a  lively  interest  in  the  meetings,  and  I  think  much  good  will  grow 
out  of  tnem.'* 

Progress. — "During  the  month  I  have  preached  twelve  sermons,  and  taken 
into  the  church  eighteen  members ;  baptized  fourteen  adults  and  ten  infants  \  and 
travelled  a  little  over  three  hundred  miles  in  my  buggy,  besides  going  to  Synod. 

**  At  Melina  yesterday ,  we  held  communion,  and  organised  a  chureh  of  seventy- 
six  members." 

Chebring. — "  November — with  the  reception  of  eleven  bright  hopeful  converts 

into  the  communion  of  the  church  at  C ,  with  us  passed  out  gloriously.    AfUr 

a  sermon  on  '  the  great  things  the  Lord  has  done  for  us,'  with  many  tears,  deep 

emotions,  and  wrapt  attention  we  met  at  deacon  C 's  house  to  receive  the 

candidates,  and  left  the  congregation  in  the  church.  It  was  very  interesting  and 
refreshing  to  hear  them  relate  their  religious  experience.  One  said,  *My  sins 
weighed  me  down.'  Another,  after  conversion,  said,  ^  Jesus  id  sweet.*  Another 
said,  *  Christ  is  sweet  and  precious.'  Another  said,  '  His  sins  were  very  heavy.' 
Taking  them  altogether,  their  evidences  of  conversion  were  unusually  bright  and 
clear.    Qlorious  work.     *  Praise  the  LordJ  " 

Thanksgiving,  and  Prater  for  Monet.— *' The  Sabbath-School  books  sent 
through  Mr.  Samuel  "White  I  have  received,  from  Dunlap,  Illinois.  I  am  very 
much  obliged  to  you,  and  also  to  Mr.  White  for  sending  them  to  us.  I  am  obliged 
to  you  for  the  draft,"  (salary.)  •*  There  were  prayers  offered  in  all  our  churchet 
(5|  on  Thanksgiving  day,  in  behalf  of  the  Committee,  that  they  may  be  success- 
ful in  raising  moans  to  carry  out  all  their  work." 

IIopEFDL  Signs. — "The  attendance  upon  the  services  (public)  is  very  encoa^ 
agin^,  and  the  attention  gratifying.  .  .  .  The  increased  attendance  upon  the 
services  of  the  prayer- meetings  during  the  past  month  is  another  very  encour- 
aging feature ;  and  the  Christian  people  seem  to  pray  with  more  earnestness  and 
fervor.  The  financial  troubles  have  caused  very  many  to  see  the  utter  folly  of 
utting  their  hopes  in  the  riches  of  this  world,  and  they  are  now  drawing  near  to 

od." 

Protracted  Meeting. — **  Our  meeting  at  "W is  still  in  progress.    We  also 

have  reason  to  believe  that  ten  souls  have  been  hopefully  brought  to  a  saving 
faith  in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  There  will  be  several  more  to  be  added  to  the 
church  to-morrow  night." 

Dokations  at  Pittsburgh  for  Frbedmsh  iir  November  1873. 

Jl^  Synods  in  small  capitals— Presbyteries  in  italiu — Gharches  in  Roroiui. 

ALBirr.— Jt^iny— JeffertOD  8  44.  Yfnoowiv.—  WUcontin  JK^rcr— Roekrille  Ow  1; 

0oi.UMBUt.-2anttrflte-J«rs6y  6;   Falrmonnt  1.       Hurricane  60  cjnto.    i/i/W«e-Chito  1  46.    Wm- 

Wetter— Fredericksburg,  tor  Sootia  building  100.       nefcopo— First  cb,  Oshkoeh  7. 

ifarum— Delhi  4.  Misoellaxkous.— HaTanna  eb,  N  T  6  10 ;  J  H  New- 

Hfgblands  17  74 ;  ferldgewater  12  18     s!ZxnJo-  S°"'**y»,i>51'>°»  J''  ^""l  8~t*f  ^;  ^'^.i^^^J^Sli 

Uermon  34  80;  Mt  PleiiUnt  20 ;  Westfleld  100.  ErU  ^^'•Ko?  ^*tl  V  ^y*'*''n'^*°ffS°iL^  *  i  ^i1  iS 

__iMinhftro  10  o'  •  colored  boy  dec'd,  per  Re?.  T  C  l^rry,  1  21 ;  1* 

-KdlnDorow.  ^^   ^  ^  eb   Blliabetb.  N  J.  1&  10;   A  friend.  UerklnMC 

GufBTA.—G;eii«M— Oaks  Comers  6.  countj,  N  Y  1;  Hannibal  cb  N  Y  8o  ;  Rer  LnU 

UkUMiBBvnQB.— Northumberland— A   friend,   Or-  Dorland,  for  Scotia  Seminary,  fh)m  iriendn,  Maiu* 

angoTille,  Pa  6.    HunUngdon—Vtm  8.  field,  Obio  26,  Jurenile  Mise'y  Soe'y  oflut  cb  Nortb- 

ILUWOIS,  CfJiTEAL.— i\»rid-Uwi8town  8S  86.  «•«»  Liberties,  PblUdelpbla.  Pa  20.  Mrs  H  M  SJotw. 

T.....^»  e/.n.B     /\..-...^i>i-^K  fi  Brooklyn,   N   Y,  for  scbolarsbip   40,  Tbe  Miwei 

iLUNois,  SoOTH.-^tro-Wsgab  8.  Tburston  of  Dr  Storrs'  cb,  Brooklyn,  N  Y.  on  scbo|. 

ImuNA,  N0ETH.—Oa«q/brdiviUe— Bethany  8.  arsbip  20,  Do  on  main  building  M>  —  16a;  Wil* 

IiTDiAHA,  South.— JVeio  w4U<iny— UanoTer  8.  mington  cb,  Los  Augelos  OU  cenU ;  Rev  J  8  OilsMr, 

Iowa,  NoRTH.-Z>u&iigu«-PraIile  2.  J?'""»Tl"*'  ?  •'^r^'l^  ^  x^.f 'V.^ll^'^"?*  IJliHii 

_     ^  -             _      ^^   .    ,„    .  Hamilton  Soott,  Adams  Mills,  Ohio  10;  Catberine 

Iowa.  South.— /owo-KirkTllle  6.  g^lt^  Adams   Mills.  Obio  2  60 ;  Maryarel  Scott, 
MiouiOAN.— Xaruin^— The  Coral  Band  of  2d  ch       Adams  Mills,  Obio  2  CO;  Cornwall  cb,  tJ  River  40; 

of  Lansing  26.  8d  cb.  Fort  Wayne,  Ind  20;  II  A  Lee,  Weraersrille, 

Missouri.— iWmyra—KIrksTllle  7.  P»  lOt  German  cb.  Galena,  lU  2  8o  ;  R  2;  lit  A 

Naw  Jnuiw.-JV«o«o»-BranchTllle  24  46.  Nm       S'lS'^W  fl^SJJt^hT^^i.o'iS^'i'nJ^^ 

town  80.    /«r*eyCWy-Norwood6  60.  ZanesTille,  Obio20;  Bloomlngbu^gob,  Obiol4;  Irt 

Philadilphia.— PfcOoiWp^ia,  aVorrA— Doylestown       cb  Bloomfleld,  N  J  61;  Mrs  MO  P.  Bast  Derry,  N  H 

17  72.  26;  ACC,EastDerry,M  H26;  OoebeBeb,Ohio4. 

M^r""'^*^  nriK«*i^Breckenridge,  horn      ooioiitTB on  BnHTOLncB  ahv  Fuiakc.,  Jljjl 

ToLmo.-HiiroM— Freemont  2  76.     ZAma^Sjd'  jotal  Reeelpts  In  NoTember,    $1««  II 

^*l^'       m,       AiA         AW     ^    ^^     asr  JAMBS  ALLISON,  JVewnfW, 

UTioA.—DUoa— Alder  and  f  ortitport  1.   8t  Ltm' 
rencs-Cape  Ylnoent  6.  DigiLook  Box  a,  PitUburgb,  Y%> 


CommitU*  on  Sustentation. 


31 


COMMITTEE  ON  SUSTENTATION. 


Mot,  M*  W.  J^OOAPH^  D,D.,  BitreUxryf  818  Ridge  8treet»  AUegheny,  Pa. 


PASTORAL  SUSTENTATION. 

the  tciilinj^  paators  in  the  foobla  churches,  so  as  to  keep  them  at  their  posts 
tint  the  senou^  loss  suffered  by  frequent  removals ;  to  give  them  heart  in  their 
iIIbI  their  diacourai^omeiits ;  lo  save  their  reputation  and  influence,  which 
ten  (^acrificei  in  the  community  hj  debts  necessarily  contracted,  and  neces- 
le  paid ;  to  give  them  wherewith  to  meet  the  butcher  and  the  grocer  with  the 
without  beifi^  answered  by  the  law;  to  enable  the  father  to  support  his 
IP  collei^e  and  at  the  aeiniti!iry»  and  to  pay  the  bills  for  the  daughter's  edu- 
ithout  bein^  haragi^ed  by  the  demands,  and  charged  with  broken  promises 
,  ftiitb;  to  meet  the  eitra  cimt**  of  sickness  in  the  household,  and  of  death 
'iftl  \  that  the  pastor  rouy  poy  his  borrowed  money  and  lift  his  note,  and 
rider  pr<ite«t  and  under  ttwt  among  the  people  to  whom  he  is  sent  as  an 
tdor  Qi  ChrUt— and  at  the  t^nmG  time  to  develop  the  beneficence  of  the  feeble 
s  themflelves — thia  is  tan  work.  The  Committee  receives  assurances 
athy  and  proofu  of^rowin^  interest,  and  promises  of  aid  from  an  increas- 
iiber  of  ebuirebeg.  The  mcanji  to  anticipate  receipts  to  some  good  extent 
eimth  furnished,  and  they  go  forward  in  the  faith  of  the  beloved  Master 
irc%  that  we  aerve,  not  doubting  the  power  of  those  words  upon  the  hearts 
eople,  **  He  that  reeeiveth  you  receiveth  me,  and  he  that  receiveth  me 
h  llim  that  mni  me.  lie  thai  receiveth  a  prophet  in  the  name  of  a  prophet, 
ceive  a  prophet's  reward.'' 

eed  most  urgently  825,000  to  carry  our  pastors  through  the  winter.  Shall 
Iha  cbarobea  and  the  individuals  favored  with  the  means  aid  in  the  good 
►omptly  1 

FROM    THE   FIELD. 

,  0*10,  November  3,  1873. 

Imrch  is  feeling  the  benefit  of  this  scheme.  This  church  has  been  estab- 
ner  forty  year^.  AlwajH  weak,  they  never  had  but  two  pastors,  always 
,ng  upon  stated  supplies,  nnd  for  yea^s  on  Home  Missionary  aid.  I  have 
en  with  the  church  nearJy  acven  years.  This  is  longer  than  any  previous 
r,  and  I  €ou!d  not  have  stayed  had  it  not  been  for  the  aid  of  your  Committee, 
the  Lord  will  raiae  up  many  friends  in  these  trying  times.  My  people  are 
the  pressure  very  much* 

,  Ohio. 

ohureb  gave  last  je&r  to  the  Boards  $154.  This  year,  under  the  Sustenta- 
heme^  it  gives  |42T,  tckick  i>  more  than  toe  received  from  your  Commititey 
I  bat'k  to  the  church. 


RbCKTFTS   Iff    NOVBMBRB  1873. 

MM*  Synods  \n  an  ill  capitai^— PrQebyteries  in  italia — Chnrches  in  Roman. 


—  Ctilitmffifi  —  Green  Til  l#    15.      Troif^ 
a  S»  44;  Troj  litis  &0^  Fort  Edwirtl  7. 
«)SK,--  BiJtimtiri—  Wifif<t mlD  9t4r  36  7 1 .  .Vrw 
uow  tlilL  m. 
iATi>  ^  Vincinnati  —  Ctntnl,    ClDcinD^tl 

^Ii&, -»  rf^itf/imt/ —  SflcctDd  eh,  CIvTeliiDd 

Hmviir^ — YoiiDif^iiLiif  D  37  M, 

ittk  ^  (MH-mtfUi  —  8«cDDdl    thi  Colambuq. 

-AS^ffhettf  ~  Wr^&edtim    4>     SJienango—Mt 

mvwfm. -~  ^fttUngd^m—BvoLl^h.  *^;    fiut 

Hi  NDRm  -^OtCavMi— Fmnfi  Ridt^v  13  M). 

lit^iTD.  —  liiafjl't^n  —  Fmnkhp   Af«     Ifli 

iT  at),     A^JM'Tif — Netf  tfiwfi  34* 

Kii,  _  lifirtHi  ^  rirnt    ph,    OftttoJt   105  &  5* 

:n*f  i^Tim^.  —  Madlpon  Bl  01.  Wfil  Jrrtty 
mm  m,  JVbc  JVfc— &w»cli  ch  Itl  ;  New 
i.    iV«ftA  /fiver— FrMdCHb  l^liia  IQ* 


Pkctnc—Lot  Anffdot— Wilmington  60. 

Philadilphia.  —  Fhtladtlphia  — W«8tiningt«r  26. 
PkiUxddphia,  On/ral— KeDsington  45.  Phiiadel- 
phia  iVr'r<A— Dojleetown  SO. 

Utioa.—  BinghamUm—WindBOT  18  60.  auracuM 
—Park  21 ;  Maroellus  20. 

Wi800N8Uf.-~  Mlfcoimn  JUter— -RockTille,  Oer 
60  ceoU. 

COMXIRU  OK  BlNSVOLIHOI  AZTB  FiNANCI  394  79. 

MisoHXAifious.— ReT  John  8  Gilmore,  TitosTllle, 
N  J  6  60;  8  W  B  50;  Ch  of  Berwick.  P*,  8i  88;  Ch 
of  8bipinan,  111,  12  60;  Ch  of  Gutbrie  and  Dexter, 
80  ;  Ch  of  Uny  Kteiis  Mills,  N  Y,  M:  Ch  of  Mor- 
ristowD,  N  Y,  3J ;  Ch  of  Cbestertown,  N  Y,  40 ;  Ch 
of  ilockford,  Ac,  Minn,  28;  Ch  of  Milford,  N  Y,  30  ; 
8d  German  eh,  Freeport,  IIIh  2  60;  Ch  of  Fairborj, 
Ills  37  60:  Ch  of  Bethlehem,  Pa,  80 ;  Ch  of  Oneida, 
111,80;  Ch  of  Lyons,  Iowa  26;  Ch  of  OUego,  N  Y, 
26;  Churohes  of  Wapello  and  Foolsboro,  Iowa  26. 

Total  B«oelpts,    $2192  06 
M.  W.  JACOBUS,  aecretary  and  Dreatwrer. 
818  Ridge  Street,  AliegbeDy,  Pa.j 


^Goog  I 


Gtnerai  Ass^mhljf'B  Commiitee  on  Ben^vohnc^  and  Jhtan^t, 


COMMITTEE   ON  BENEVOLENCE   AND  FINA! 


II 


W,  S.  GiLMAw,  CsAiBMAF,  Box  3305.  New  Yoek, 

0.  D*  EATQJf,  TEEABtJKEii,  23  Cestbi  Sthest,  New  Yoitc. 

THE  EFFECTS  OF  PRAYEKFCL  OFFERINrtS, 
"  L<^t  the  Chriatiau  earlj  form  the  habit  of  throwing  his  henrt  a«^  1i 
into  tljL*  cfiuficfi  of  Christsan  betievolence.     Let  him  he  ever  looking  to  tii* 
tnnhj  to  give  largely  aaoorflin^  to  hie*  meana^  atid  effectivelj  fur  tb*^  « 
Christ  J  and  no  law  of  Providence  if  surer  than  that  tJiat  man  will  (t^^l 
ingly  the  j>re?ence  of  God'w  mi^htj  forces  of  hleiJiiing  in  this  world.     Slkr 
gtfoo^lj  tnere  wiJl  aloal  into  his  j*bal  the  quiokenin|j  oonseiotteu^^as   that 
co-worker  with  God.     He  will  watt  a^  seeinj^  Him  who  i^;  invisihle.     ffc  > 
as  Multitudes  around  him  never  live,  in  a  high  ft-IluwsUip  wnh  ahste»*n 
The  changes  of  society,  the  H%e  and  Pall  of  nationa,  the  event«  whurh  n 
human  history,  ail  have  to  him  a  divine  side^  a  Ohristiau  meanings  that  t\ 
sueiid^  all  their  inl^uenee  on  matter  and  on  time.     His  gifts  eotiM?  tm^k  l<i 
a  mind  enlar^edj  a  vision  olearedi  an  illumination  of  the  Spirit^  a  coin  pre 
of  the  thinge  of  God/'— (  W.  K  Gotidrich,  DM.) 

JtS'  Byndds  In  bkall  oafit&ij — ^Presbyierlea  m  itnht^ — Churchi»!i  m  Eomsn^t]^  lbrSp<vl 
*lr  Duttriliuhon  U  made  prteU^M  (m  if^nori  dirtfU     Where,  na  dittefiofiA  an  jflnwii  thm  4 

&immi&  mQd»  h^  tkt  Otnttrnl  Astembtif^A  per  emt^^ 
J9»  T^e  cflQUmotfoa  sp  Ibr  special,  dctignaUa  ^critir^i  far  t^ut  a  pari,  ami  not  f^P  tA4  mhflt 

th&  thmch, 
B^tTrwflBK,— "C,    V**"   60.     Neii}    (^ftf^^Wil-       Park  U  HX    ^• 

(SVrtC'u**'— ^yr'n^nwe  Ist  Wartl  S^i  &S;  LiTtrponl  Kaw  Toril— //r*-i»'»  i— W  i*hiiu:i  rci 

II  m                                                                    71  40  BCh  a  »?)a:i  3^:  Dun.                                 ' 

€l7*mi*?*JitiK— Onrinnafi — HmTlnom                   11  LfAinipLanbqrgli    41,                                 j 

€  U  t  V  i;  H  T(  0. — Qev^Utmi — W 1 1 1  o  UK  h  b^  10 ;  Rame  S  4a ;  M  ]  d .  i  f « tn  wn  I   i 

10;  Kitij^pfiH^u  ifi;  Or*flrtn  ai^*    St  OavrmiU*-'  101  6»j    W^st  Tr"W«   i;  m*,    ,"s, 

Kirb«orMla7  W                                                    ^^  A*  Aire  l«fl  fJii:  l^liilht»*  siU  Wi;  j|j»i 

V  u  1.11  sinus.— Cb{iiwiiJii3—Oro T a  Cily  S  41i     TTfWt-  PurH-am  M>;  Mra  Wi1»«  rt>    iVr.r 

^fT— FnMjf-rlckwburK  iia                                 SiiS  4i  hnrah  I'ninn.  np  2:;j  07 ;  Roadoui  iiu  I! 

KBja  —  C^flK^jft— Bpepb  WoCHlSiHpaa  ftl !  ^tny^  cht,sfer—Fvin 'LUvhU^r  40 

i;fc.?fhT\.^Qit^»Jffrt'^'''3noR  id*  sip  10,  CAi^ffjwNrjr  awniinn— U'llk.  I'Uirrt.s  9|f  IK  of  whf^f*  tJ 
— WfitkiM  al  2&-  Bteubtn— Ark  putt  KOf  BMh  bnxik  S^ifi-^rli,  "i  si  f^tj  *"Thi*  L<.rH» 
125  00  ^vn  31        i««Ai|?.fe— Srit'iJiiULttfHh    n  'j,%;     WitHtli«tr^ 

V I k!  it^y .   M p  1  i  J    M Mjd I ptawQ  ltl4-    HuntintMo^^^  Ftttm v fco a,—  ^'ii /« ftue 'jh--Lt b«ii i>ini  91 

B^dturdi  HflT.  Buben  F.  Wilfton  aud  furnily  21        Litany   UtJ  6^,     ifeii!tjlrn«.Mt    l*irx*»iMi 

^iJUt'Hai'i,    €BffTRAi^  ■«  Btiiominifton  ^  Rev.     E,  yih&9iinfi  4th  fi  75 
TlioiTiphon  apd  wife,  np  10;  Urbnimi  ffJ  47     72  47  TaUna— jfif//pi^or#teift(i^l1u*»yr«*,  fp  I' 

Ittmoifl,  Koatii.— CTirfljjo— Chii^djeo  Ut  g74  75  — Li^lphcn*  (i^iib-»*ch  2i  H  ft<«.  Jfrt*i»«<— W 

jLLUtitLfiK,  y*)i3TH."-jl(toi*— Vmkn  1*7  I'J;  Gr^pu-  Ifi  T'^:  LTi>n:>u  »  76 i  Auiwifirpiftpii  W*^ti 

Tillc!  .^^  40.    t&*fo— OrwtuI  Tower,  afi  10        7S  K»  ToWfj  Wi;&imjiiit©r  i-^i  2^ 

lumAUK,    ^onTB.-^Fifrt    tt^njrnc— Pierce  too  ch  WuSTiliN'  Niw  Yobk  -  -  Bqfftlrt 

and  ^t*b«eli,  *.p  7.      Munrte— WftLtiftij   {{  oQ  of  »p  ISiK    f^^n«irc   J'fS'  p  »L 

wlil^ti    from   Bdr^.  B^aa'  E^ab-^fieh  cLAam)  45  3U  :  — Wilkou  (j^n-atia  L'^)  ^      .r:,j4r^^ 

Liber ly.  «p  t>^  ^)^  tJA  fiU  CentrjiL  z4ji 

IfiiijAMA,  8oirTa,~Irt(i(ViiMip»ti*— ladiftnapoiia  2d  Wi«»J»iiif.— iifj'n?niiA^«— On«**   Hj   1 

^1^1);    Uolumbui^  9^      Whtln    If«fer— ^heibyviHe  G  liA.     fTticonij^  Z£tuer-»Mi{Jdletitt3   10 f 

Isx.  ep  S^  *  »lfl  OU  da  doG  2da  ^ 

lt>WA,  ^JQITTH-— i*ef   ilfoilK'K*— Alblfl,   1*P    II.      iowa  T»t«ilt  I 

spiral  ^^;  Ko^iuibSl.  Imm  DtT^-Walatitl?  Ifij  PtsmnPTiiP  Ai  PulXoWH 

West  J.ibf  rty  i  fi«>;  Ceclnr  ViiUej?  3  5b       a&5  68  Fordgn  Miii-^imiJ*, .*«..„. .,„*|3Htfl  Iftl 

KiHaAJi— ifK/A^w'i— HiiiWftih*                    ft  2d  Oo.        do.  for  tb«  tiobv,      frftfsf 

KtwTUatt.— ikjiM*ifi<i«-'Luui»TSlle,  Wnliiut  B|  Home  M in■iJ^l n *....«.. ....,„*„..^^-..-.*- 

Lo?{<i  IsMJiP.— J^oflff  /ff^isj»d— ii«l(iakel,  ^p  15.  Edaeftilod  ,.,..**,. — »...««...,.»4*m...»^ 

MiiiuieMW.— iJefruif— L>eirDJt  Cftlvnry  24  &a  Mmi^Urial  ttfllisf  .,...,»,„„».„„*,„♦♦„.,.. 

Mi^oaju,— /^o.ei;N!i— Ir^tadaie  s,    Si  Louts— ^i  Fr^»*tnu&a  ,.**»..*« »»....»«.,,^„».«-. 

Loui*l(»tieo  IfiH  00  PubbwmoQ ..»..,*.,u*..««^Mii— 

PluckHmin  19  M;  C]itrksd11e20;  W«Atfie«lJ  UOf 

EliMbotli  3ii  86  76 1  Biimmit  Ceun-al.  *p  2a  27;  ^   n   iritin^    ^tu^^mm^ 

3311  G5.    M»T^4  and   Or&mju^Ett^t  Dt^age  136;  I  ■  t*^  ^*'*  ^ 

Mfltidbafii  Ist,  sp  ^  4&«  IfvmiTJ^^C^Tney  £S  55  j  /^^^^tftfO^lr*  Ji(tr*«^  Strw 

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Ecdenoittcal  Record. 

ECCLESIASTICAL  RECORD. 


83 


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L8  BBOEITBD  OB  ACOEPTEB. 

C.  Nightingale  to  First  Presby te- 
ll, Babylon.  N.  Y. 
ibcrt  F.  McLaren  to  First  Presby- 
rch.  Red  Wing,  Minn. 
.    B.   Simpson  to  Chestnut  Street 
)uisville.  Ky. 

M  Rodgers  to  Presbyterian  church 
e,  in  Presbytery  of  Philad'a  North. 

TATIONS   AND    IRSTALLATI0R8. 

W.  Moore  was  installed  pastor  of 
I  at  MoVeytowu,  Pa.,  on  the  18th 
l>er. 

S.  McClnng  was  installed  pastor  of 
h  at  Oregon.  Mo.,  on  the  4th  of 

H.  Mowry  was  installed  pastor  of 
chorch  at  Chester,  Pa.,  on  the  lltli 
>er. 

.  Sinaonton  was  installed  pastor  of 
ii  at  Emmittsburg,  Md ,  on  the  10th 
[)er. 

Btmnel  £.  Webster  was  re-installed 
the  church  at  Gap,  Lancaster  county,- 
th  of  December. 

>hn  C.  Thompson  was  installed  pastor 
lurch  of  Hagerstown,  Md.,  on  the 
ovember. 

^  W.  Campbell  was  installed  pastor 
irch  at  Gettysburg.  Pa.,  on  the  16th 
»ber. 

K  P.  Kouti  was  installed  pastor  of 
a  church,  Presbytery  of  Crawfords- 
.,  on  November  aOth,  1873. 
Howard  O'Brien  was  ordained  and 
pastor  of  the  churches  of  Wenonah, 
>,  and  Bunker  Hill,  N.  J.,  on  October 
3. 

L  N  Pag<»  was  instnlled  pastor  of  the 
esbytennn  church  of  Leavenworth, 
on  the  7th  of  December. 

NOFPICE    ADDRESSES    CHAEOBD. 

r.   R.  Miller   from  2319    8t.  Albans 
2147  Bainbridge  Street, 
lohn   V.    Vrtwter   from   Freeman  to 
,  Benton  county,  Mo. 
lohn  Hawks  from  Watsonville,  Cal., 
1.  Cal. 

).  P.  Quick  fiom  Birmingham  to  Con- 
ch. 

A.  Baker  from  Norwalk  to  Green 
Ohio. 

(V.  M.  Beed  from  Dallas  Centre,  Iowa, 
.  III. 

A.  S.  Foster  from  Austin,  Minn.,  to 
as,  Nebraska. 

3.  8m alley  from  Saranao,  Mich.,  to 
N.  Y. 

E.  P.  Goodrich ,  from  Ypsilanti  to 
.  Mich. 

M.  Edgar  from  Allegheny  to  Callens- 
Pa. 

Robert  C.  Stewart  from  Point  Pleas- 
Va.,  to  Syracuse,  Ohio. 


Rev.  D.  L.  Dickey  from  Trrin's  Station  to 
Armagh,  Indiana  county,  Pa. 

Rev,  J.  C.  De  Bruyn  Kops  from  Benita, 
W.  Africa,  to  La  Crescent.  Mmn. 

Rev.  Edwin  F.  Robb  from  Las  Animas  to 
Trinidad,  Colorado. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Reints  from  Fosterburgb,  III., 
toDelavan,  Tazewell  county,  Hi. 

Rev.  Jacob  Patch  from  Orland  to  Angola, 
Steuben  county,  Indiana. 

Rev.   Nicholaus  Salzer  from  Oak   Ridge, 
Minn  ,  to  Freeport,  HI. 

Rev.  Hugh  W.    Todd    from   Lake  City, 
Minuesota.  to  Ironton,  Mo. 

Rev.  J.  8.   Davis  from  Staunton,  III.,  to 
Jordan's  Grove,  111. 

Rev.  J.  Moore  from  Canton,  111.,  to  Macomb, 
HI.,  P.  0.  Box  22y. 

Rev.  Ezra  Jones  from  Shawnee,  N.  Y.,  to 
Lockport,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  George  Saul  from  Bellaire,  Ohio,  to 
Hackensack,N.  J. 

Rev.   A.   Fairbairn  from  Chico,    Cal.,  to 
Davisville.  Cal. 

Rev.  John  McKean  from  Olathe,  Kansas, 
to  Oil  City,  Pa. 

Rev.  A.  M.  Chapin  from  Spartansburgh, 
Pa.,  to  Solon.  Ohio 

Rev.   D.  N.  Grummon  from    Bloomfield, 
N.  J.,  to  Bainbridge,  Chenango  county,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  W.  P.  Cochran  from  Palmyra  to  West 
Ely,  Mo. 

Rev.  Henry  F.  Lee  from  Thompson ville, 
Conn.,  to  Pottstown,  Pa. 

Rev.  W.  N.  Page  from  Amenia,  N.  Y.,  to 
Leavenworth,  Kansas. 

Rev.  A.  Carroll  from  Independence,  Mo., 
to  Olathe.  Kansas. 

Rev.  D.  W.  Marvin  from  Clyde,  Ohio,  to 
Busti,  Chatauqua  county,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Raphael  Kessler  from  Wilmington  to 
Pontiac,  III. 

Rev.  E.  Buckingham,  D.D.,  from  Canton 
to  Bryan,  Ohio. 

Rev.  Joseph  A.  Ranney  from  Kalamazoo. 
Mich.,  to  Delplii  Ind. 

Rev.  E.  K.  Lynn  from  New  Washington  to 
Seymour,  Ind. 

feev.  McK.  Williamson  from  Greenfield  to 
Cambridge.  Ohio. 

Rev.  C.  T.  McMullin  from  1834  Chestnut 
Street,  Philadelphia,  to  Abseoon,  N.  J. 

DEATHS. 

Rev.  Edward  P^yson  Capp  at  Yokohama, 
Japan,  on  the  27th  of  October. 

Rev.  J.  Leslie  Irwin  at  Quincy,  111.,  on  the 
16th  oi  November,  in  the  sixty-seventh  year 
of  his  age. 

Rev.  J.  M.  Drake  at  Lima.  Ind.,  on  the  9th 
of  December,  a^ed  forty-four. 

Rev:  J.  D.  Wilson  at  Millville,  N.  J.,  on 
the  -th  of  December. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Smith  at  French  Grove,  111.,  on 
the  13th  of  November,  in  the  thirty -sixth 
year  of  his  age. 


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CONTENTS. 


Board  of  Home  Missions.— Slate  of  the  Treasury— Gronpinjc  Feeble  Fields— Oommo nlcntlou 
from  Kan^aet—Self-^ustftinlng—Fftiihfulnfcfs— Extending  the  Field— Home  Mission  Appointments 
—  Receipts - «....« W 

Board  of  Education. —The  Treasury — A  Permanent  Manual— An  Invitation  from  Richard 
Baxter— Jem?.'  Lore  for  Children— D.rine  Guidance  to  a  Field  of  Liibor— Receipts -  M6 

Board  of  Foreign  Missions.— Recent  Intelligence — A  Missionary  Wanted  for  an  Indian  Statioo 
—Native  Ministers- The  late  Mrs.  Happer—'*  Merit-making'*  at  Chiengmai— Liberality  of  a  Chinese 
Convert— Receipts « IW 

Board  of  Fublication.— Colportage  on  the  PaciBo  Coa«it— Shorter  Catechism— Col  portage  io 
Michigan— Our  Missionary  Fund— How  it  Works— Receipts ^^....^...  117 

Board  of  Ohivoh  Erection.— "Outof  Debt"— Closing  of  the  Tear— Receipts— -..««  1» 

Belief  Fund  for  Disabled  Ministers.— A  Voice  from  a  Cabin  on  the  Prairie '-Receipts...  132 

General  Assembly's  Committee  on  Freedmeo  —Religions  Interest  at  the  Biddle  Memo- 
rial Institute— Receipts „ « «« -  IM 

Committee  on  Sustentation.— Thirty- four  Thousand  Dollars  Needed— Notes  ftom  the  Field- 
Receipts...... « « «.«.«. li* 

Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance— Consolidation— Proposed  Change— Receipts.  Ul 


**  Offerings  of  Ood/'— Luke  xxi.  4. 

THE  GENERAIi  ASSBMBI^T'S   COMMITTEE  091   BENETOIiENCB  AVD 

FINAlfCE 

have  recommended  to  all  of  the  churches  systematic,  prayerful,  weekly  or  monthly  offerings  for 
the  whole  work  of  the  Church  as  a  part  of  the  worship  of  God's  house;  and  the  General  Assem- 
bly of  1873  recommended  **all  congregations  to  remit  either  to  this  Committee  or  to  the  respect! re 
Boards,  monthly,  or  at  least  quarterly,  for  the  benefit  of  the  whole  work." 

mOPORT10N9  REC03iMENDED  BY  TUB  ASSEMBLY. 


Foreign  Missiont,  40  per  cent.  $0OO/MO, 
Uotne  MiMBioHM,  »3%  **  ^  3S2^00, 
Church  Ei-^etiom,  tf  «  «  060,000, 
Education,  f      u       u       105,000. 


Stiatfntation,  5\i  per  cent.  $S9,500, 

Milt  isterlal  Belief,  6       **       **        90,000. 
Frerdmen,  5       «       «        75,000. 

J^thfication,  S      n       0t        7S/MHP, 


XUai,    $S ,500,000. 


FORM  OF  BEQUEST  TO  ANY  OF  THE  BOARDS. 

The  State  laws  differ  so  much  that  no  one  form  will  answer  in  all  the  States,  but  in  erery  oass 
it  is  essential  to  gi?e  the  aiout  oorpobatb  name. 

Bequests  for  Home  Miasions  should  be  made  to  **  The  Board  of  Borne  Afissions  of  the  Preehi/ttriak 
Church  in  the  United  States  of  Ameriea^*^  which  is  now  the  corporate  title. 

Of  the  Board  of  Education  the  corporate  name  is  **  The  Board  of  EJueation  qf  the  Freahyterim 
Church  in  the  United  States  of  America.'' 

The  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  New  York,  under  the  style  of 
•*  The  Board  of  Foreign  Mieeiona  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United^  States  of  America.^ 

The  Board  of  Publication  is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  PeniksyWanhs  under  the  s^e  of 
••  The  Trustees  of  the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Publication.** 

The  Board  of  Ohnrch  Erection  is  incorporated  under  the  style  of  **  The  Trustees  of  the  Church 
Erection  Fund  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  Ameries,* 
incorpornted  March  31, 1865^  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

Bequests  that  have  been  made  to  the  "  Trustees  of  the  General  Assembly^  or  to  the  "  TViMfMi  ef 
the  Presbyterian  Bouse^^  for  Church  purposes,  will  be  valid. 

All  Bequests  made  to  the  incorporated  Boards  or  Committees  of  the  two  late  Assemblies  ara 
valid,  and  will  be  received  by  the  Boards  which  are  their  legal  successera 

The  Reliel  Fond  for  Disabled  Ministers,  and  the  Widows  and  Orphans  of  Deceased  Minittert 
requires  the  following  form: 

•*I  give  and  t>equeath  to  my  executors  hereinafter  named, dollars  in  trust,  nevertheless, 

that  they  shall,  within  ^— —  months  after  my  decease,  pay  the  same  to  the  Trustees  of  the  Oensrai 
Aaiembfy  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America,  for  the  use  of  the  Kand  for  Dis- 
abled Ministers  and  their  Families.**  ^^  . 

When  real  estate  or  other  property  is  yiwn,  let  it  be  particularly  designaP^^ed  by  vjOOQ  IC 


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PRESBYTERIAN  MONTHLY 
RECORD. 


Vol.  XXV, 


PHILADELPHIA,  APRIL  1874. 


No.  4. 


BOAED  OP  HOME  MISSIONS.    * 

We  regret  to  iUtOj  in  this  April  number  of  the  Record^  to  the  many  Pr^- 
ftarbs  meeting  this  month,  that  the  Bnard  of  Homa  Miisaions^ — the  right 
'IB  of  our  Church — which  aids  iu  supporting  one-foBrtk  of  all  the  active 
iniaters  in  our  bodj,  and  assists  in  supplying  the  gospel  to  more  than 
iree  thousand  churches  and  statioDS  over  our  wide  country,  is  embarrassed 
)r  funds,  aod  threatened  with  the  burden  of  debt  at  the  coming  General 
.si^embly,  Tho  collet^tious  from  the  churches  alone,  during  the  last  ele^fen 
lonths,  ore  emaller  by  $20,775.37  than  for  the  correepondrng  months  of  lasl 
ear.  We  beg  ministers  and  elders  assembled  in  Presbyteries  to  take  this 
late  of  things  into  account  when  cansldering  the  applications  for  aid^  and 
irther  how  the  funds  of  the  Board  may  be  increased,  so  that  the  work  of  the 
Ihurch  shall  not  be  arrested. 


GROUPING  FEEBLE  FIELDS. 

The  General  Assembly  has  often  and  earuestly  called  the  attention  of 
^reshytcries  to  the  vast  importance  of  uniting  feeble  churches  in  the  anpport 
f  the  gospel,  and  thus  diminishing  the  call  for  help  from  missionary  funds.    As 

large  number  of  Presbyteries  hold  stated  meetings  in  April,  we  trust  that 
n  looking  over  the  fields  within  their  bounds,  this  Spring,  strong  efibrts 
rill  be  made  to  secure  the  union  of  feeble  ehurchee,  wherever  practicable, 
rhe  j}ow€r  of  Presbytery  is  often  required  to  aecompUsh  this  grouping. 
Hany  feeble  chargsB  are  kept  apart  by  the  prejudices  of  a  few,  and  continue 
0  draw  on  the  funds  of  the  Church  when  union  would  render  thcnx  self- 
supporting. 

COMMUNICATIONS  FROM  KANSAS. 

DfHT  Brffhrm  and  Secrttariet — The  last  quarter  of  my  third  year  expired 
mth  last  Sabbath.     The  period  embraced  by  this  report  covers  only  the  last 
two  months.     This  has  been  in  some  respects  an  unusual  quarter,  though 
Fery  little  has  transpired  out  of  the  ordinary  course  of  things  here  in  town.     , 
fou  will  possibly  recollect  the  mention  in  my  last  of  the  prospective  orgamiP^^^ 


98  Bo<xrd  of  Home  Mi$siom,  [AprxL 

tion  of  a  church  ahont  fifteen  miles  southwest  of  I .     At  the  time 

appointed,  October  19th,  I  visited  the  neighborhood  in  company  with  Rey.  J. 

H.  M .     Everything  seemed  auspicious,  held  service  on  Saturday  evening 

previous.     Sabbath  morning,  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  S was 

organized  with  thirteen  members.     W.  M.  K and  J.  M.  H were 

elected  ruling  elders.  After  a  recess,  the  elders  were  duly  installed,  the 
ordinance  of  baptism  was  administered  to  one  infant,  and  the  communion  of 
the  Lord's  Supper  was  celebrated.  It  was  a  day  long  to  be  remembered,  as 
the  overflowing  of  hearts  testified  that  it  was  the  first  time  they  had  been 
permitted  to  hear  a  Presbyterian  sermon  since  they  had  been  in  Kansas,  or 
to  sit  at  the  communion  table. 

Dr.  A ,  who  is  a  licentiate  of  the  Presbytery,  and  who  takes  charj^  of 

this  church  and  also  of  the  church  of  G P ,  about  fifteen  miles  east, 

enters  upon  his  work  with  great  encouragement  in  both  fields.  I  do  most 
heartily  believe  that  the  Lord  has  called  him  to  this  work,  and  the  growing 
interest,  which  I  heard  from  various  sources,  is  very  cheering  indeed.  A 
letter  of  his  accompinies  an  application  for  assistance  from  the  two  churches. 
In  this  connection  I  will  state  that  I  have  had  correspondence  with  the  West- 
minster Sabbath-school  of  Utica,  N.  Y.,  relative  to  the  support  of  Dr.  A 

as  their  missionary,  through  the  Board,  and  am  hoping  that  this  wide  section, 
and  most  hopeful  one  too,  will  be  cultivated  from  a  source  that  has  not  hitherto 
contributed  to  the  Home  Mission  Board. 

In  regard  to  home  work,  I  wish  there  were  more  of  satisfying  results  to 
report.  At  our  last  communion  twelve  were  admitted  to  fellowship  with  our 
church,  three  of  whom  by  confession  of  faith.  Our  prayer-meetings  have  not 
been  largely  attended,  nor  have  our  services  as  fully  as  during  other  quarters. 
Sickness  in  many  families  and  many  unpleasant  Sabbaths  may  partly  explain 
these  facts.  I  have  however  been  cheered  by  one  circumstance  that  came 
as  somewhat  of  a  surprise  to  me.  A  portion  of  last  year's  salary,  secured  by 
a  note  of  the  trustees,  was  due  in  August  last  and  not  liquidated,  and  some- 
thing, perhaps  one-fourth,  of  this  year's  dues  were  unpaid  a  week  ago  last 
Sabbath.  A  meeting  was  called  after  the  morning  service,  to  state  the  facts, 
and  resulted  in  an  appointment  of  a  meeting  for  Tuesday  night.  The  apathy, 
which  I  had  feared  was  in  a  measure  personal,  was  atoned  for  in  the  imme- 
diate wiping  out  of  all  past  indebtedness  and  promises  to  do  better  in  the 
future.  Last  Sabbath,  my  third  anniversary,  the  following  facts  were  elicited 
from  a  review  of  our  history  as  a  church.  Since  the  organization  of  the 
church  in  April  1870,  ninety-nine  had  held  connection  with  us  for  a  longer 
or  shorter  period.  Of  these,  seventy-three  had  been  added  during  the  past 
three  years ;  fourteen  have  been  dismissed  to  the  fellowship  of  other  churches. 
Sixteen  have  removed  without  taking  their  letters.  Three  only,  so  far  as 
known,  are  reckoned  with  the  departed,  and  only  two  while  in  our  connection. 
Twenty-one  couples  united  in  marriage.  Nearly  forty  funerals  have  been 
attended,  and  of  these  only  about  one-fourth  in  families  of  our  own  congre- 
gation. The  contrast  of  the  old  schoolhouse — bare  studding  and  rafters,  win- 
dows stopped  with  boards,  windows  partly  filled  with  boards  and  sash,  pulpit 
of  dry-goods  box,  surmounted  with  soap  and  candle  box  covered  with  a  news- 
paper, and  our  new  and  beautiful  house — the  notes  of  the  Sabbath  bell,  the 
Sabbath-school  with  its  library,  the  beautiful  communion  service,  was  very 
great  indeed.  Three  years  ago  I  had  crossed  the  Verdigris,  as  Jacob  crossed 
the  brook,  alone  with  his  staff;  when  he  returned  it  was  two  bands,  his  family 
and  his  flocks.  I  with  my  flock,  my  family  gone,  but  a  sanctuary  instead. 
Grateful  am  I  that  while  he  took  the  one,  he  did  not  withhold  the  other. 
For  this  stands  to-day  the  most  fitting  memorial  of  the  one  who  is  not. 

Digitizedby  VjO   _  ^ 


1874.]  Board  of  Home  Misnont.  99 

L ,  Kansas, 

Dear  Brethren — I  now  send  you  my  third  quarterly  report  for  this  year. 
The  last  three  months  have  heen  devoted  almost  entirely  to  the  furthering 

and  helping  the  church-huilding  enterprise  at  L .      I  have  had  good 

health  most  of  the  time,  for  me,  and  have  put  forth  more  hard  work,  physi- 
cal and  mental,  than  I  supposed  I  had  the  strength  to  perform.  In  fact,  we 
have  all  done  our  best,  and  have,  by  the  blessing  of  God,  been  quite  success- 
ful, considering  the  very  hard  times.  We  have  our  church  enclosed  and  floor 
laid,  and  hope  within  a  short  time  to  be  able  to  pay  for  it,  leaving  inside 
work  for  next  year.  In  the  meantime  we  may  use  it  temporarily,  if  we  can 
put  it  in  shape. 

Through  the  liberality  oF  a  kind  friend  we  have  been  able  to  get  along 
without  asking  aid  from  the  Board  of  Church  Erection,  and  expect  to  finish 
by  degrees  as  we  are  able  ourselves.  We  have  great  reason  to  be  grateful  to 
God  for  his  care  and  help  in  the  midst  of  such  an  undertaking  during  the 
hard  times. 

The  people  are  poorer  than  ever  this  fall.  A  short  corn  crop,  low  prices 
for  cattle  and  produce,  and  late  destruction  by  prairie  fires,  and  the  general 
effect  of  financial  and  business  pressure  have  made  very,  very  hard  times  out 
here.  Money  is  almost  an  impossibility,  I  might  say.  Our  church  attend- 
ance,  more   here  and   somewuat  at   0 City,  has    fallen  off,   and  the 

people  tell  me,  for  want  of  clothes  to  wear.  Many  are  denying  themselves 
the  very  necessaries  of  life,  and  some  are  wondering  how  they  can  live 
through  the  winter.  Of  course  my  salary  is  paid  slowly,  but  they  are  doing 
as  well  as  can  be  expected,  all  the  circumstances  considered.  I  am  very 
thankful  that  I  can  have  the  Board  to  look  to  for  a  portion,  and  feel  that  I 
shall  not  be  disappointed,  nor  be  left  unprovided  for.  I  always  feel  there 
will  be  some  way  to  get  along. 

At  O City  we  have  a  very  good  attendance  on  public  services,  and 

matters  are  better  financially,  because  of  the  benefit  of  coal  exports  from  the 

mines  in  and  near  the  town.     Here  at  L ,  where  we  depend  mostly  on 

the  farmers'  trade,  there  is  more  dulness.     We  have  union  prayer-meetings 

Btill  in  both  places — the  Methodist  minister  conducting  them  at  0 City, 

as  he  resides  there,  and  I  conducting  them  here  at  L .     We  manage  to 

be  present  at  both  meetings  as  much  as  possible. 

We  have  held  protracted  meetings  at  0 City  for  a  time,  with  good 

hopes,  but  without  any  marked  results.  We  shall  probably  renew  this  effort 
during  the  Week  of  Prayer. 

Our  Sabbath-School  at  0 City  is  flourishing  well.  Our  County  Sab- 
bath-School Association  was  held  there  in  our  church,  and  awakened  a  good 

degree  of  interest  and  zeal  in  the  cause.    Our  L Sabbath-school  is  small, 

the  children  staying  away  for  want  of  clothes,  they  say.  Poverty  is  discou- 
n^ng,  but  has  its  blessings,  too,  no  doubt.  We  are  anxiously  looking  for- 
ward to  better  times,  when  the  people  can  do  more,  and  be  better  able  to 
appear  in  the  sanctuary  on  the  Sabbath;  and  with  coming  prosperity  be  in  a 
condition  of  mind  to  devote  themselves  more  to  church  and  religious  matters, 
and  less  to  the  cares  and  anxieties  of  the  world. 

lisuppose  ours  is  a  common  condition  in  these  hard  times,  and  we  must  not 
cotnpkin,  but  press  on  and  do  all  we  can.  I  try  to  look  on  the  bright  side, 
and  to  feel  that  better  and  more  encouraging  times  are  ahead  of  us,  when 
God  shall  have  accomplished  His  own  ends  by  causing  the  nation  to  pass 
through  this  sore  trial. 

On  the  whole,  the  field  here  is  reasonably  encouraging,  and  I  do  not  com- 
^ain.     My  hope  and  prayer  is,  that  God  will  bless  us  with  the  outpouring  of 
His  Spirit^  and  now  and  in  future  days  make  these  church  buildings  we  have 
otked  80  hard  to  erect,  the  birthplaces  of  many  souls.  W.  W.  C. 


100  Board  of  Home  MiMtioni.  [Jprtl 

E  ,  Kansas,  January  26, 1874. 

Dear  Brothers — I  would  gladly  give  you  much  of  my  experience  in  preach- 
ing the  gospel  during  the  past  two  years  in  this  great  west ;  hut  this  I  must 
defer  for  the  present,  for  this  is  the  time  of  all  others  to  work.  I  am  trying 
to  improve  the  opportunity  which  leisure  with  the  people  presents,  of  doing 
them  good,  hy  visiting,  singing,  and  preaching  almost  constantly,  day  and 
night.  I  can  only  spare  time  to  give  you  a  glimpse  of  the  field  1  occupy,  and 
my  labor  upon  it  for  the  la^it  three  months.  My  parish  is  about  forty  miles 
long  and  ten  wide ;  quite  a  garden  spot  indeed.  And  it  is  truly  a  garden,  tor 
the  sun  never  looked  upon  a  more  lovely  country.     There  are  two  organized 

churches  (D and  E ),  and  one  station  called  "  P V ." 

D you  doubtless  know  something  of.     The  church  is  small  and  weak. 

Church  building,  good ;  40  by  60  feet  I  have  preached  here  three  months 
only,  but  am  much  encouraged.  The  Sabbath-school  has  increased  about  fifty 
per  cent.,  and  the  congregation  also  has  steadily  increased :  membership  fif- 
teen.    E is  S.  W.  from  D twenty-four  miles.     This  is  a  little 

railroad  town.  It  contains  a  depot,  warehouse,  store,  post-office,  and  six 
families,  blacksmith  and  wagon-shop.  This  is  the  centre  of  one  of  the  best 
farming  communities  in  all  the  west.  At  this  point  I  have  preached  over 
one  year  in  connection  with  two  other  points,  almost  at  my  own  charge.  Bat, 
praise  the  Lord,  I  am  paid  here,  not  in  money,  but  in  the  satisfaction  that  a 
live  church  and  Sabbath-school  have  sprung  up,  which  I  confidently  trust  in 
God's  own  time  and  good  pleasure  will  become  strong. 

Two  weeks  ago  we  held  our  first  communion  after  the  church  was  regu- 
arly  organized.  It  was  a  precious  season.  There  were  nine  received  into 
the  church;  and  there  are  eight  more  propounded  who  will  be  received 
soon.  I  am  confidently  praying  and  looking  for  still  larger  additions  before 
our  next  communion.  For  this  we  thank  God  and  take  courage.  It  pays 
for  all  the  trial  of  faith,  and  all  the  sacrifice  I  have  made.  I  cast  bread  upon 
the  waters  in  the  name  of  the  Master,  and  it  has  returned  afler  many  days 
largely  increased.  We  hold  Sabbath-school  and  worship  in  the  passenger- 
room  of  the  depot.  It  is  too  small.  Sometimes  it  will  not  hold  the  people. 
We  need  a  church,  but  are  too  poor  to  build  one.  Oh  !  if  some  man  would 
immortalize  his  name  and  build  a  church  here,  I  believe  the  Lord  would 
bless  him,  and  I  am  sure  the  people  would^  all  his  days.  $1000  with  what  the 
people  can  and  would  do  immediately,  would  build  a  good  and  suitable 
house  of  worship  at  this  place. 

For  the  current  year  the  people  have  subscribed  $200  to  my  support  at  this 
point ;  and  to  show  their  appreciation  of  past  services,  a  goodly  company  came 
to  the  depot  New  Year's  evening,  and  made  up  a  purse  of  $53  30,  and  provi- 
sions enough  to  start  a  small  hotel.  We  are  much  attached  to  the  people  and 
the  work  here,  and  look  forward  with  strong  hope,  trusting  in  God,  for  a 
large  harvest  of  souls  gathered  into  the  fold  of  Christ.     P.  V.  station  is  six 

miles  southwest  from  E .     I  preach  here  Sabbath  evening  every  two 

weeks.  We  have  a  school-house  here,  24  by  36,  generally  filled.  I  take 
great  pleasure  in  coming  here.  The  people  receive  the  word  gladly,  and  treat 
us  with  great  kindness.  There  are  signs  of  good ;  a  good  Sabbath-school. 
Some  heads  of  families  have  signified  their  intention  to  connect  wiA  the 
E church.  I  have  preached  here  only  three  months.  The  neighbor- 
hood is  fast  filling  up  with  a  people  who  by  education  are  Presbyterians ;  and 

to-day  a  church  stronger  than  D church  could  be  organized.    But  I 

think  it  is  not  best.  Centralization  is  the  best  policy.  One  strong  churcb 
is  better  than  four  weak  ones.     I  give  them  as  much  preaching,  and  as  muck 

pastoral  work  as  at  E ;  will  occasionally  hold  communion  with  then, 

hence  they  have  all  the  privileges  desired.  In  one  or  two  years  a  church  ci« 
be  organized,  which  in  connection  with  E will  make  a  good  charge. 


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My  field  is  too  large,  and  my  work  too  laborioas.  The  exposures  is  also 
Tery  trying  to  the  health.  Seldom  sleeping  in  one  house  two  consecutive 
nights;  very  often  on  a  common  straw  bed  on sy ;  sometimes  in  warm,  and 
sometimes  in  cold  rooms;  and  it  must  be  remembered  that  western  ^^mak^ 
khift'^  houses  are  not  like  eastern  palaces  for  co  ufort.  Very  often  I  most 
drive  many  miles  after  evening  service,  no  matter  how  stormy  or  dark  the 

night.     Mrs.  S almost  always  accompanies  me  (we  have  no  children)^ 

thereby  we  can  do  our  own  singing,  if  necessary,  manage  a  Sabbath-school  better, 
and  gain  familiar  access  to  the  minds  of  women  as  well  as  men.  Having  beea 
accustomed  to  the  usages  and  comforts  of  a  large  city  almost  all  our  lives,  thifl 
mode  of  work  and  life  at  first  was  a  little  romantic  ;  but  now  it  is  stern  reality. 
Yet  we  are  happy  and  contented,  for  it  is  a  blessed  work.  Somebody  must  do 
this  work,  and  lew  are  so  favorably  situated  as  ourselves  to  engage  in  it.  I 
am  made  also  to  feel  that  it  is  the  Lord  s  will,  for  He  has  in  a  remarkable 
manner  preserved  our  health  and  delivered  us  from  the  appearance  of  dan- 
ger. We  drive  a  white  pony  which  we  call  Fihfrim  ;  he  is  known  all  over 
the  county,  and  is  a  great  favorite  with  the  children.  He  carries  us  safely 
over  the  prairies  night  and  day  ;  sometimes  through  streams  when  the  water 
runs  over  our  buggy  box,  and  sometimes  he  i^  mired  in  the  mud  almost  out 
of  sight;  but  knows  just  how  to  manage  himself  out  of  difficulty.     In  short, 

ke  is.  almost  as  wonderful  as  "  Aladdin's  Lamp,"  and  Mrs.  S says  he 

ought  to  have  a  commisspm  !  The  above  items,  as  improbable  as  they  may 
seem,  are  true  to  the  letter ;  and  among  the  difficulties  to  which  the  missionary 
who  traveU  much  in  a  new  country  is  constantly  exposed.  Oh  !  if  men  and 
women  in  the  church  who  live  in  their  "  ceiled  houses,"  and  to  whom  God 
has  given  mach  of  this  world's  goods,  could  stand  upon  some  high  mountain, 
and  with  the  natural  eye  sweep' over  this  vast  country,  looking  in  at  the 
door  or  windows  of  every  comfortable  house,  every  log-house,  and  every 
*^ dug-out;"  and  could  they  understand  its  wants,  and  the  work  to  be  done 
here,  it  seems  to  me  that  millions,  in  the  place  of  a  few  hundred  thousands, 
would  be  poured  into  the  lap  of  the  church,  to  be  spent  for  Christ  and  the 
glory  of  His  kingdom.  S.  N.  J. 


SELF-SUSTAINING. 

With  the  Ist  of  November  ends  the  last  quarter  of  my  third  year  as  your 
missionary  at  Upper  Lehigh  and  Eckley.  Looking  over  the  field  I  can  truly 
say,  see  what  the  Lord  hath  wrought.  When  I  came  here  there  was  a 
church  of  four  members,  but  with  no  building  for  worship,  and  no  ideas  of 
duty  and  privilege,  such  as  are  common  in  most  churches.  During  this  time 
a  church  building  has  been  erected,  34  by  60,  and  thoroughly  furnished 
with  bell,  carpets,  organ,  choir  and  books,  communion  service,  &c.,  Sabbath- 
school  gathered  and  library  secured,  and  a  membership  received  of  eighty 
members.  There  has  also  been  erected  a  fine  parsonage  of  ten  rooms  along- 
side of  the  church,  grounds  graded,  fenced,  &c.  This  has  been  accomplished 
10  one  field  of  the  charge,  and  all  debts  fully  discharged  up  to  date.  In  the 
Eckley  field,  which  has  been  declining  for  some  years,  there  have  been  many 
removals  and  some  deaths,  so  that  we  have  hardly  done  much  more  than  held 
our  own,  looking  to  a  future  revival  of  the  town.  At  the  out  stations  good 
has  also  been  accomplished.  I  feel,  therefore,  that  my  labor  has  not  been  in 
^am  in  the  Lord.  The  charge  has  now  determined  to  dispense  with  home 
mission  aid  for  the  future,  and  rely  upon  their  own  resources  to  sustain  the 
mmistry  of  the  word  in  their  midst.  The  Upper  Lehigh  Coal  Company,  ae 
such,  will  have  of  course  to  largely  assist  in  the  work.  While  bidding  adieu 
to  your  society,  I  cannot  but  express  the  thanks  of  the  charge  for  the  assist- 


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Board  of  Nome  Mmiont, 


atice  grantCKi  durmg  Mb  |>Rriod,  and  liope  thai  ite  effort  may  I 
iQ  mfiny  itit^re  charji^H,  until  they  hiiTe  arriveti  ut  tll^  »elf-i*ust, 
My  report  would  hare  been  sent  in  soi>ner,  but  since  the  last  of 
h&VB  been  holding  a  series  of  meetin;rs,  and  preuching  every  htj 
present.  The  meeting  hns  not  been  witln^ijit  sueee^,  ji^  aomc 
ttttnilks  have  been  arotised  to  a  sense  of  sin  and  the  el  turns  o 
liripe  thev  will  ere  long  eome  out  on  the  Lord's  side.  I  hjifnoolti 
re?«nlts,  but  may  yet  realize  tliem  dnring  the  winter.  We  i:re 
spirit  of  God  in  our  tiiid&t.  with  inereased  powetj  to  arou:*o  tbp 
to  engage  them  in  effort  and  prayer  for  mnnera.  With  a  f|* 
working  thitrch,  fulfill iuf^  the  eonditioris  upon  wU ich  the  Spirit 
there  cun  he  no  failure  in  conver^iotiB,  or  delay  io  the  upba 
Kedcemer'i  ciiuse. 


>il 


FAITHFULNESS, 


?fl 


-,  0.,  Jimn^ 

PImpe  rc*nd  this  at  your  leisure,  or  throw  it  in  your  wa^tc-^ 
aeeouipanyinff  donation  should  hafe  been  forwarded  ten  days  i 
six  iniiea  frnm  the  post-office,  urid  the  ji^oin^  hn»  been  and  coni 
that  travelling;  i^  almost  out  of  the  qnegtioo,  for  old  people.  Thnt  i 
tiken  up  January  11 — no  minister  present,  f  he  pulpit  of  oin 
tie  en  siilt^ut  for  fuur  Sabbiitha  in  j^-ueees^ion.  and  ni^j  continue  f 
know  how  lon;^.  Our  Stated  Supppty  for  iho  year  is  i*n  a^'ed  ii 
jeari^  old.  Li  res  over  thirty  miles  tVoin  here^  aod  h^is^  to  travel  over 
comes*  Our  luembers  are  so  gcuttered  i hat  a  lar^^^e  pmportion  of  1 1 
three  nulet*  from  the  church.  Yet  our  cburehhimse  is  open  ev 
and  I  he  wor^iip  of  God  observed.  iSnmetimes  these  meetin^^  nr 
d ee p I  y  i  n  t  e rest i  n  tr .  O i It  e  n  t  h ey  a  re  i  h  i  n  ly  a  tte n  d e d »  and  fre* ^  lic^ ii 
called  upon  to  lead  in  pniyer,  and  sometimes  your  cor  respond  en 
to  do  ilit^  readinjr,  f'peaking,  and  praying.  Kvery  ye;ir  t^ouu- tbi 
plii^hfMi  f  »r  »Ie?ius,  hut  alas  !  too  little.  We  have  receivcMl  no  aid 
our  linwrds.  except  **  Home  ^lisfiions,"  and  none  froui  that  a  met 
we  help  alt  our  Boiirdsi,  except  Su^tentation. 

1  oticn  think  thfrc  ia  honiethin^^  defeetive  in  th<^  working  t 
Mihsion  operatiooSs  but  yet  I  cannot  feel  sati.*H6od  trulo  nothinj:  fo 
Bliij  the  Great  Head  of  the  Churcl>  nmnnire  all  things  for  His  o 

Yours,  &a, 


m 


EXTENPIJIJfl   THE    PIKLD, 


To  day  hFive  just  refurneil  from 


-,  a  lon^r  and  wild  joi 


hundred  and  eiL^hty  miles  by  the  course  that  I  was  compelled 
artier  to  reach  that  plaee  and  return  from  it.  That  town  ia  nifi< 
tant  in  a  isouth westerly  direction  in  tha  wlldernesii.  Ft  Is  ni 
remote  settlement  iu  the  southwest,  in  the  heart  of  the  buffahi  eti 
town  hiis  about  one  hundred  inhabitrmU,  and  the  county  six  \ 
(the  town)  bcf^^^n  its  exii^tenee  last  x^lareb.  I  think  that  it  hida 
place  ot'ijonie  importiinee*  a?*  also  do  others  of  this  place,  as  aim} 
A  younii  Tiuin  down  there  can  do  a  iro<"d  work.  Was  received  ver 
the  tjoc  eveninj^  I  preached  to  them,  In^t  Thursday,  seventy  p^jnw 
the  greater  part  consist  in i{  of  buffalo  hunters,  1  never  baa  \tc\ 
from  iiny  audience.  As  1  departed,  three  of  thrtse  rough  men 
leered  to  pny  my  hotel  hill,  but  the  proprietor  settled  it  bim^idf 
a  p>ud  man,  and  be  will  do  well  among  ib^iw,     The  dangur  tn^i 

Yery  slight  Digitized  by  GOOglC 


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HOME  MISSION  APPOINTMENTS 
Mabb  IB  Februibt,  1874. 


.  M.  Rankin.  Tlion  ch^  N.  T. 

.  L».  UarniltOD,  Rochester  Memorial  oh^ 

;.  C.  Hood.  Dundee  ch.,  N.  J. 

red«rick  Walk.  Swedesboro  ch^  N.  J. 

:.  Blaney,  Blisabeth,  Bpencer  and  Oraota- 

le  chs..  W.  Va. 

.  Li.  EiathbuQ,  Ohentniit  OroTe  ch.,  Md. 

.  J.  Snvder,  Wilininuton  Olivet  ch.,  Dfl. 

.3.  Reid,  Bethel  and  Oorkwood  ch8.,Tenn. 

r.  W.   Winnee,  Cincinnati  2d  German  oh., 

lio. 

.  Cone,  Parma  and  Independence  chs.,  O. 

ohn  Noble.  Barlow  and  Wateriown  ch8..0. 

r.   C.   Baldwin,  Preabyterial   Misffiunary, 

lie. 

'ranclfl  Lynn.  La  Oro  ch  ,  Ind. 

.  Post,  D.D..  Noble  Street  (Holland)  chilli. 

V.  L.  Kabe,  Covel  ch..  III. 

V.  R.  Glen,  Monticello  ch..  III. 

iamuel  Wilson,  D  I).,  Normal  ch,  IlL 

Vin.  Campbell,  Will  ch..  111. 

V^m.  F.  Brown,  Maywood  ch..  111. 

'hilip  Roiter,  Queen  Ann  and  Woodstock 

is..  III. 

L.  BuHch,  Salem  ch..  111. 

).  Dimond,  D.Dm  Brighton  ch.,  Til. 

).  H.  Barnard,  Caaoopolis  ch.,  Mich. 

loberl  Edgar,  Clayton  ch  ,  Mich. 

ramen  Quick,  Palmyra  ch.,  Mich. 

I.  B.  Hastings,  Au  Sable  ch.,  Mick. 

S.  Jarnieson,  Robinson ville  ch^  Wis. 

W.  P.  Jackson,  Worthmgton,  Westminster 

1.,  Mian. 


Re?.  B.  T.  De  Witt,  Austin  and  Le  Roy  chs., 

Mmn. 
Rev.  James    Cochran,  White  Bear  Lake  and 

Pme  City  chs.,  Minn. 
Rev.  R.  B.  Abbott,  Albf^rt  Lea  ch.,  Minn. 
Rev.   A.  M.   Ueizer,  Wapello  and   TooUburgh 

chs.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  D.  Brown,  Oxford  and  Unity  chs.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  John  Arends,   West  fries! and   (German) 

ch.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  J.   W.  Clark,  Hambnrg  and  Shenandoah 

chs.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Jacob  Brinkema,  Grundy  County  2d  Ger^ 

man  ch^  Iowh 
Rev.  H.  K.  Hennigh,  Bonaparte  and  Sharon  chs., 

Iowa. 
Rev.  C.  R.  French,  Gmndy  Centre  eh..  Neb. 
Rev.  Thomas  8.  Vaill,  Beatrice  ch..  Neb. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Wilson,  Elk  Valley  and  vicinity.  Neb. 
Rev.  D.  A.  Wilson,  Birdseye  Ridj^e  and  :jiillivan 

1st  ch..  Mo. 
Rev.  J.   R.  Armstrong,  De  Soto  and  Windsor 

Harbor  chs.,  Mo. 
Rev.  S.  S.  Bergen,  Beam  and  vicinity,  Texas. 
Rev.  D.  M.  Moore,  Hutchison  and  Burton  chs., 

Kas. 
Rev.  H.  W.  Stratton,  Oswego  ch.,  Kas. 
Rev.  James  Lewis,  Humboldt  ch.,  Kas. 
Rev.  George  A.  Irwin,  Oskaloo^a  ch..  Kas. 
Rev.  A.  Biout,  Black  Jack,  Baldwin  City  and 

Vineland  ch.n.,  Kas. 
Rev.  Wm.  B.  Cary.  Solomon  ch..  Has. 
Rev.  F.  M.  Dimmick,  Santa  Rosa  ch.,  Cal. 
Rev.  Hiram  Hill,  Visalia   ch.,  Cal. 


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AifT.—.4*6ani5^— Albany  4th  300;  Gloversville 
100;  Rockwell   Falln  8  60;    Schenectady, 
Ave  62.    CAamp/am— Mai  one,  Lauies'  Soc  y 
Vroy — Johnsonville  ch  and  Sab-scb  25 

570  60 
.AXTic. — J?iu>x— Antioch  60  cts.  Yadkin — 
Centre  1  1  50 

LTiMoai.— Baltimore— Baltimore,  Brown  Me- 
ftl  (of  which  5U  from  Mrs  Ellen  Hurris>on) 
2;  Baltimore.  Westminster,  a  member  6; 
Creek  (Harmony)  26  37;  Frederick  2i. 
CoiUU — Georgetown,  Westminster  1 1  ;  Port 
isi*  12  g7 ;  Rtid  Clat  Cr*i-k  26  j  St  rtPfn-(;(e^a 

Bn dire  St  4 J  33;  Wn^Jiin^tou  tiUi*  Miss'y 
r  liio  47«  H 

5J»TA  ft  L  K  nr  Y  ORX.—  Bimjh  n  m  dtn—  Ni  1 1  <*  ¥  e  h 
it,  .5*.  Lft«rr*wce— ("liHurnaut  H  lO;  Uhph- 
il  '2M  i^K  8firmuAm^i2Kiniim*^r  h} ;  MurceJliis 
t7f»ca— l^hatun  -OS  'A*>;  Foffictpurl  And 
T  treek  &;  Uiiakanv  fl  1*^1;  UMdti*?id  4  ^A; 
<  <?  ni  t  T 11^.  add'  U ;  W  ee  I  t'  ru-n  n  50         ftOB  US 

^i^UnenitatJ  Mh3H  .*o?  Ivlhj  U  01  j  Bha- 
nlle  )3  «f\  ZJdsyi^rfi— 9priu^Hif]*J  1st  207  i^H, ; 
f  H>n.  PtrriJimtiuth—Mi  Le^Kh  17  40;  Port!-. 
ih  liXi  40;  Winclie-tt?r  «  WO  1^41  i4 

.i?VfciA3n>.— C.rer«A3fi(i-  Kev  I)  Witter  aoii  w  fw 
iWi'Aojjing— YctunastowD  SMi  Sf  dmffnntfe 
irrKijinrii  lA;  ^NuUingfinm  71,  Stm^sminih — 
tfce»d%  \o:  Csootisburgh  \!ii  iJt^unii-ou  l<i'. 
?  CiunlwrliitkiJ  HI;  f^ieiiLt'OtHk  2^1  (?*Kti-sc|i  75) 
*  ITUrickstille  U;  gteuttenVitleOld  Frushyie. 
t  lui  m  MAi  \Yi 

*i**^*,M,^0>farad&^Fon  Colltns  U;  IIpt  W 

nti  n  jius  -^A  tMm»  —  Warr^  n  H  &\     Mftrmn  — 

f>  114  24 

•*  y-    Erto^VUnni  Gt^etiti  U  ;  MrT'ef  -Hi  2'; 

^"jjctterrv    Hmi  4;  Friif|Kt!fi  Tl  «+»: 
unuLUp  a  J    iihmder'ii  Grove  ft.     Shmatigu--' 


Beaver  Falls  2d  16;  Unity,  Ladies' Soc'y  17  15; 
Westfinld  I2t  60  462  85 

Gensva.— Chyuya— Weedf*port  50;  Wcllx  Col- 
lege, Aurora.  N  Y  40.  Cftewm»i</  — Eddy  town 
ifrom  Mrs.  Ayres)  6.  <?fn«y»— Manchehter  10; 
*enn  Yan  'labsoh-160;  West  Dresden  12.  <^'^"- 
6cn— Pullney  12  279  00 

HARRi8BDR0H.—  CaWi*/«— Carlisle  2d  add*!  13  lo. 
i/Mn«nj7do«— Fruit  Hill  7  20;  Mt  Union  11  <?8; 
Peru  9;  Tyrone  46.  N'n-tfmmberlavd  —  Grem 
Ifland  62;  Lewisburgh  2u6  60;  Bt.  MsryN  17. 
ire//«6oro— <  ouden-port  10  371  f8 

Illinois,  CttnKKL.^Bf*Ktmington — Crow  Meadow 
4  15;  Salem  6  35;  SpringTsle  2  15.  F^ona— 
Low  Point  6;  Prospoct  38  22.*  5<:/»M.v^r— Camp 
Creek  1  60;  CHrthage  22;  Fountain  Green  11; 
Oquawka22;  Prairie  CHy  iO;  Qiiinev,  We^tmln^ 
ster  13;  Rnshville  8.  /fjpriny/lc/rf— j^ackMonville 
Ist  (Prentice  Fund)  lOO;  Lincoln  20  73       274  10 

iLUSois,  North.— CAicoj/o— Chicago  8ih  (mon 
con  coll)  38  88;  Chicago.  Grace  SrI>-scIi  9  35: 
Waukegan  Sab-sch  40  Freeport—dHUnA  South 
74  90.  0«aira —Brook field  3;  Earlville5;  Wa- 
terman 5  176  13         ^ 

Illinois,  South.— w4//on— Chester  7  50;  Plea- 
sant Ridge  4  50:  Whitehall  17.  GBiro-Gslum 
8  20 ;  Pinckneyville  2  60;  Pisgah  31;  Richland 
6.     Ifoitoon— Charleston  (Sab-sch  4  (M)  K  •- 

92  17 

Tndiaiia,  North.— 0-ati>f'>rd«in//e—Betlinn>,  ua- 
ditional  7  ;  Covington  1st  10:  Dayton  30:  Lex- 
ington 15  60:  Rockville  13  75.  Fort  HVit/ne— 
Auburn  28;  Fort  Wayne  Ist,  add'l  20:  Millers- 
burgh  6;  Troy,  add'l  25  cts.  Logmn)ip«yrt—K orxi- 
land  2  10 ;  Wanatah  8  30.    ifuneie— Peru  62  40 

203  30 

Indiana.  South. —  Tndiannpolis  —  Danville  lo ; 
Georgetown  5;  Indinnapoli*.  Olivet  25.  New 
il/6nnv-MilItown  3  80;  Oak  Grove  8  60;  8t 
John's  10  50;  Vevay  (Sab-sch  6  30)  16  30.     Vin- 

♦  The  contribution  which  was  credited  in  the 
March  Rectrd  to  the  Elmwood  ch,  Peoria  Pres- 
bvtery,  should  have  been  credited  to  the  Pros-  | 

pect  ch,and  should  read, '•  Prospect  church  40;iQQ[^ 
lilmwood  church  16."  "  O 


104 


Board  of  Some  Munom. 


lAprU 


Mnnet— Claiborne  8:  HowsTilleT.    WMU  Water 

—  CoDnersville  Ger  28  60  122  80 
Iowa,  ^oktb.— Cedar  Rapid$^kndrtvr  3;  Hel- 

levue  6;  Cedar  Rapids  li»t  (a  bal)  4  40;  Far- 
mer'H  Creek  2.    Waterloo— RoQk  Creek  16  26 

30  65 

Iowa,  Bovrn.—Counea  Bfu/f*— Glenwood  7 :  Red 
Oak  6.  Dea  ifoinet— Chariton  10;  Garden  Grove 
8;  Leon  A:  Ohkaloosa  Sab-sch  1  80.  Jotca—Bttr 
tavia  10;  Kirkvilte  10;  Kossuth  let,  Ladies' Soc'y 
80  62;  Mt  Pleasant  1st  74  35.  Iowa  CVj^  Brook- 
Ivn  4  6o:  Columbus  City  add'l  2;  Davenport 
89  49;  Martmeburgh  6  35;  Sugar  Creek  5  35; 
Tipton  (Sab-sch  2  In)  21  95;  Wilton  3  25.  2Ve- 
broBka  CSty—Hunaboidt  2  40;  Marietta  6;  Wa- 
hoo5  267  21 

KAK8A8.— HiyAtond— Arrington  Ger  4  25;  Hel- 
ton Oer  3  25;  Washington  6.  iVeo«Ao— Baxter 
SpriUKS,  add'l  1  50;  Humboldt  6  Hi;  New  Chi- 
OAKO  4  :  Oi«wego  10  86  32 

KxNTUOKT.—  ^benezer— Burlington  30;  New- 
port, Columbia  8t  10.    L<mt«vi((e— Uodgensville 

15  60;  HopkinsviUe  11 ;  Salem   1  75;  Cul  G  T 
Wood  10     rrofwjr/»anio— MunfordsTille4    88  26 

LoNO  Island.— ^roo/c^j^—Broolclyn  Ist,  Henrv 
St  (mon  con)  19;  Brooklyn,  Lafkyette  Ave  addU 
300;  Brooklyn,  South  3d  St  8ab-t»ch  SO;  Brook- 
lyn Throop  Ave  (mon  con)  29  60;  Throop  Ave 
Blisji*n8ab-sch  100.  Long  /s/and— Moriches  25. 
JVaMou— Glen  Cote  10;  Newtown  76  79      690  39 

MiCHiOAM.— i>«£roi6-D«'arborn  12;  Stfline  12  6U; 
Souihtield  6.  Grand  iSapuis— Grand  Rapids, 
Westminster  24  16;  Mission  6;  Old  Wing  4. 
Zannny— Oneida  6  60  68  26 

MufKMOTA.  —St  Paw^Pine  City  7.  Winona— 
Houston  10;  Shc^ldon  10  27  00 

Missotnu.— Osaoe  —  Butler  18;  Lexington,  a 
friend  10 ;  Siigar  Creek  6.  Qxarik— Ekfeneaer  11; 
Licking  3;  Peace  Valley  2.  Fatmyra—KirkB' 
ville  10.  Plfait*-Be*her  6;  Breckenrtdge  5; 
Chillicothe  21 :  Gallatin  5;  OrandTiew3;  Hamil- 
ton 8;  New  York  Settlement  6;  Trenton  4  26. 
8t  I^ts- Kirk  wood  Sab-Bch  26  44;  Webster 
Groves  36  40  171  09 

NKwJimsiT.—£7tsa5«/A~ Bethlehem,  26:  Clin- 
ton Ladies*  Sewing  Soo*y  89;  Cranford  10  33; 
Lamington  73;  Rati  way  tsi  67  76;  Rah  way  2d 
m.  J«r$ey  O^— Uoboken  1st  51  Su;  Jersey 
City,  Bergen  1st  24;i  72.  IfonmoufA— Beverly 
30  18 ;  Bordentown  15  82.  Morru  and  Orange— 
Mt  Olive  22  36:  Orange  2d  (in  part)  691  60. 
JVewar A:— Newark  Sd  301  29.  New  Brutiswick  — 
Flemington  829  61;  Kingwood  20  60;  Prince- 
ton 2d  4  •;  Trenton  3d  212  2L  iVetoCon— Branch- 
ville  (of  which  36  from  Woman's  Soc'y)  60 ;  Wan- 
tage Ibt  26  80.  Wttt  J«rsev— Atco5;  Cape  Island 
8ab-soh  17  76;    Watetford  6;  Williamsiown  25 

2A66  12 

New  You.— £rud«on— Amity  25.  New  York— 
New  York.  Church  of  the  Covenant  (ISO  Ladiea 
Miss*y  8oc'y  through  Ladies  Board  of  Missions) 
2672  29 ;  New  York.  Madmon  Square  oh  (of  which 
Mission  ch  and  sab-seh  250)  I300:  New  York 
Wext,  (of  which  Faith  Mission  260)  1367  66;  New 
York  4ih  1U84  41:  New  York,  4th  Avenue  (mon 
con)  ni  95 ;  New  York  5th  Avenue  and  19th  Street 
(add!)  51*00.  North  JZiver— Middle  Hope  Sab- 
sch  6:  Newburgh  lst(Sabsoh  100)360;  Rondout, 
Miss  Mary  Hasbrouck's  olaas  17  10.  WMtche$ter 
—Potts  Memorial  40  ll,9i3  31 

PAanc— Zos  ilfifffltos— Westminster  6  25 

PaiLADELPHiA.— Cl^t^r— Downinglown  Central 
20;  Great  Valley  15.  Lackawanna— Cmnloo  Sab- 
sch  2 :  Cnrbondale  Sab-sch  76 ;  UMrford,  (add'l)  5. 
Lehigh— E»»ton  Brainerd  \5ii;  South  Bethlehem 
6  19  Phiiaae/phia—  Philadelphia  lOth  (addM) 
220 ;  Philadelphia  Cedar  St  Sab-sch  30.    Phtladei^ 

?hia  Cenfroi— Philadelphia,  Arch  St  (add'l)  lu ; 
hiladelphia.  Chandler  19.     Philadelphia  North 

—  Bridenburg    75;    Neshaminy  Warwick  40  01. 
Westmimter—^evi  Harmony  Hi  677  20 

l-iTTSMURaH.  —  ^/oiiwi/fe— Black  Lick  5  78; 
Fairfleld  and  Union  39  15.  iSsdrttons— George's 
Creek  8  75;  McKeesporl  Ist  112  60;  St- wick  ley 

16  26;  Rev  J  P  Carothers  12,     H^aaAinj/ton— Bur- 
getiMown  38  54;   Fairview  44  68;   Mt  Pleasant 

6:  West  Liberty  19  16.    Wett  Firytnta— Lebanon 
86  313  90 

TmiKKstu  'Kingtton—  Baker'a  Creek  6 ;  Cloyd'a 


Creek  6;  Unitia  10.  Union— Mi  Horeb  5;  8t 
Paul  5;  Washington  4  lo  34  10 

ToLU>o.—.fid/^ontainc— Belle  Centre  4;  Hnnti- 
ville  4;  Went  Liberty  7  80.  ^uron— Sunducky 
(add'l)  2.  Lintti— Harrison  4;  Mt  JeffrTMon  6; 
New  Salem  3  60;  Ottawa  25;  Shane»Tille  2  4U. 
If aumc«— Bowling  Green  20;  Madi£>on  4;  Mt 
Salem  10  92  SO 

Wbstbbii  Nkw  Y0BE.—£v/a/o— Buffalo  North, 
from  Mrs  T  I  Dudley  6.  G«n«»«-Eiba  23  la 
i2ocAe«ter— Rochester  1st  Sab-sch  2'0:  Rochester 
8dl9l  40,  Sab-sch  165  48;  Sparta  2d  bab-sch  9 

472  60 

WisooMsnr.  —  Chippewa  —  Chippewa  Falls  4; 
Maiden  Rock  6  60.  Lake  ^pmor—Marquette 
from  Hon  J  W  Edwards  170.  ir^fioauAee-Bethaoy 
8;  Janesville  84  17.  ffum«60^~-RobinsonTille 
10;  St  Bauveur  5  %  Weyauwega  5  237  67 

COMMITTai  OH  BlinVOLUIGIAXD  FllTAVCI      1914  27 


Total  received  flrom  charchee,  $25,(idO  so 
LEOAats.— Legacy  of  Mrs  Anna  Sergeant  Ger- 
hard, late  of  Philadelphia,  Pa  200U;  Lei:%cy  ot 
Lucy  Willcox.  dec'd,  late  of  Oxford,  N  Y  10^<0 
less  exchange  2^998 :  Legacy  of  Jane  M  Carr, 
deo'd,  late  of  Island  Creek  Township.  Ohio  lnO  ; 
Legacy  of  E  Cummins,  dec'd,  late  of  Frsoklm 
Co,  Pa  10 ;  Ferry  Ministry  Fund  76  3.183  00 
MuoiLLAifxous.— R  W  Archibald,  Esq.  Scraotoii, 
Pa  10;  -Cash,"  Meadtille,  Pa  2;  ••*;"  Thorn psKW, 
Conn  6;  "  W  J  H"60;  -H  M"  10;  Mrs  Or  WH 
Magili,  Danville,  Pa  3;  Rev  T  8  Chtlds,  DD., 
Hartford,  Conn  10:  **  Friends  in  Albany  per  A  B" 
100 ;  Miss  Sarah  W  HhII,  Llnwood.  Pa  6;  '^  P*  (; 
J  K  Groves  2;  A  E  S  1;  Annie'a  Miaaionary  Box 
2  42  916  42 

Total  in  February,  1873      |i8,4c9  2t 
a  D.  EATON,  Treaem-er, 

23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 

OLOTBIirO. 

1  box  firom  the  Ladiea  of  Koasuth  oh,  lows, 
valued  at  S7  27 

8  Boxes  from  the  Presbyterian  Woroan'i 
Miss'y  Soc'y  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  valued  at      17S  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladiea  of  Oxford  Ist  ch,  N  J, 
valued  at  26  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladiea  of  Avondale  ch,  Ohio, 
valued  at  luu  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  Mi8a*y  Society  of  Pitts- 
burgh 6th  ch,  Pa,  valued  at  180  (« 

1  t>ox  from  the  Ladiea  of  Bingharoton  li>t  cb, 
N  Y,  valued  at  270  tfl 

1  box  from  the  Ladiea*  Benevolent  AsaociatioD 
of  Newton  ch,  N  J,  VMiued  at  144  22 

1  box  from  the  Ladiea  of  Reading  Ist  eh.  Pa, 
valued  at  164  00 

4  boxes  from  the  Ladiea  of  Morriatown  ist  cb, 
N  J,  valued  at  1245  80 

1  box  irom  the  Ladiea'  Sewing  Society  of  Se- 
wickley  ch.  Pa,  valued  at  166  00 

4  boxes  from  the  Ladies  of  Madiaon  Square  cb, 
N  Y  City.    No  value  given. 

1  box  from  the  Ladiea  of  Plainfleld  let  eh,  N  J, 
valued  at  76  00 

2  boxes  from  the  Ladiea  of  Webster  GroTss 
cb,  Mo,  valued  at  66  00 

1  box  from  the  Home  Missionary  Society  of 
Downington  Central  ch.  Pa,  valued  at         96:10 

$2,730  60 

HOME  MISSION  ROOMS, 
No.  23  Cbntrb  Stbbbt,  Nbw  Yorb  Cirt, 
Cor,Seeretarie$—Rer.  Hmbt  KiirDAU,  D.D., 

Rev.  CTBU8  Dicuov,  D,D, 
7Ve«ur«r— O.  D.  Eaton. 


Lbttbrs  relating  to  Missionsry  Ap^ 

and  other  operations  of  the  Board,  ^hould  b« 
addressed  lo  the  Corresponding  Secretaries,  rio- 
23  Centre  Street,  New  York  City.  Uttew  re- 
lating to  the  pecuniary  affairs  ot  the  Board.or 
containing  remittances  of  money,  should  be  sent 
to  O.  D.  Eatoh,  Esq.,  Treasurer— aameftddrest- 
P.O.,box38«J.  ^ 


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Board  of  Education. 


105 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 


U  HARTKfiT  TRULT  18  ORRAT,  BUT  THK  LABORERS  ARE  rSW;  PRAT  TE  TRERBFORR  THE  LORD  OV  TRR  HARTMV 

THAT  HE  WOULD  8BND  roRTH  LABORERS  iRTO  HIS  HARVEST. — Luke  z«  2.     See  also  Isftiah  xiv.  11, 
xliT.  8,  and  Luke  xi.  18. 


THE  TREASURY. 
The  Board  needs,  to  pay  the  demands  of  the  collegiate  year,  soon  to  termi- 
ite,  JORTY-FivE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS.  Twenty-six  thousand  of  this  is  to  pay 
le  appropriations  due  the  students  since  March  Ist,  and  debts,  some  of  them  still 
imainin;:;  from  last  year ;  nineteen  thousand  is  needed  for  the  May  payments,  a 
msiderable  part  of  which  are  specially  desired  at  the  theological  institutions  in 
pril,  on  account  of  their  closing  about  that  time.  It  will  require  an  earnest 
Fort  on  the  part  of  brethren  of  the  ministry  to  meet  these  wants. 


A  PERMANENT  MANUAL. 

The  Board  sends  out  this  spring  a  pamphlet,  which  for  several  years  past  has 
sen  very  greatly  needed,  and  often  requested.  •The  title  is,  "The  Spirit  and 
^ork  of  the  Board  of  Education  ;  a  Permanent  Manual,  for  the  use  of  ministers, 
ders,  candidates  for  the  ministry,  and  members  of  the  Church.'* 

The  object  is  to  cover  in  the  most  condensed  form,  (99  pages,  12mo.)  the  field 
■  information  needed  in  any  way  for  the  furtherance  of  the  objects  of  the  Board, 
[inisters  will  find  that  which  is  most  important  for  the  presentation  of  the 
luse  from  the  pulpit ;  and  contributors  the  great  reasons  for  which  the  Church 
^quests  in  its  behalf  their  liberal  aid.  Presbyteries,  Education  Committees, 
rofessors,  candidates  and  others,  may  find,  under  one  head  or  another,  so  far  as 
e  can  furnish  it,  the  direction  or  facts  which  they  need. 

The  First  Part  is  devoted  to  "Historical  Precedents,"  from  the  appoint- 
ents  of  the  Old  Dispensation  until  the  present  time.  Part  Second  contains 
le  Constitution  of  the  Board,  the  Rules,  and  the  Acts  of  Incorporation  and 
ransfer  granted  by  the  Legislatures  of  Pennsylvania  and  New  York.  Part 
BIRD  presents  "Suggestions  as  to  Duties  related  to  the  Work,*'  such  as  are 
eeded  specially  by  ministers,  teachers,  and  students.  Part  ForRTH  collects 
>gether  the  principal  arguments  to  show  the  **  Necessity  of  Ministerial  Edu- 
ation,''  drawn  from  the  plan  of  salvation,  the  necessities  of  the  Church,  and 
ic  wants  of  mankind  and  the  world.  Part  Fifth  sums  up  the  "  Present  Fruits 
nd  Aims  of  the  Presbyterian  System." 

The  pamphlet  would  have  been  more  acceptable  to  most  readers  had  it  been 
rinted  in  larger  type  and  on  heavier  paper.  But  it  was  desirable  that  the  form, 
rhile  sufficiently  neat,  should  be  one  as  economical  as  possible,  for  the  sake  of 
eneral  distribution  and  use. 

The  Manual  is  sent  to  ministers  and  candidates.  Copies  can  be  obtained 
ratnitously,  by  any  persons  interested  in  the  cause  of  Education,  on  application 
3  the  Secretary  or  Treasurer. 


AN  INVITATION  FROM  RICHARD  BAXTER. 
It  is  probable  that  the  number  of  the  printed  copies  of  books  written  by  Richard 
latter  far  exceeds  that  of  the  productions  of  any  other  uninspired  man,  ancient 
r  modem,  in  Christian  lands.  Of  two,  in  the  list  of  one  hundred  and  sixty-eight 
*om  his  pea,  aorae  tens  of  thousands  of  copies  are  annually  published,  in  almost 
?ery  important  language  spoken  by  man.     His  "  Call  to  the  Unconverted,"  ando 


106  Board  of  Education.  {April 

his  "  Saints'  Rest'*  will  bring  sinners  to  the  Sayiour*8  cross  for  pardon,  and  prepare 
saints  to  heboid  their  Sayionr's  face  in  joy  on  high,  no  doubt  until  the  present 
'^  fourth  watch^'  of  the  Church  shall  terminate  in  the  light  of  **  the  morning" 
which  is  to  come. 

Baxter  was  deeply  anxious  for  an  increase  of  a  godly,  and  yet  well-educated 
ministry  of  the  gospel.  He  joined  with  Manton,  Bates,  Poole,  Calamy,  and  other 
ministers  of  his  day,  in  forming  a  society  to  furnish  aid  to  students,  '*  principally 
in  order  to  the  ministry/'  at  the  universities  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge.  Baxter 
wrote  an  earnest  ^*  Invitation*'  in  behalf  of  this  society,  addressed  more  especially 
"To  the  rich  that  love  Christ,  the  Church,  the  Gospel,  and  themselves.*'  He 
begins  with  the  cordiel  salutation,  **  I  have  here  a  happy  opportunity  to  offer  you 
an  excellent  benefit,  by  inviting  you  to  an  excellent  duty."  He  presses  the  idea 
that  the  existence  of  an  organized  means  of  employing  our  money  for  the  per- 
formance of  good  ends  ought  to  be  gratefully  welcomed  by  those  who  truly  wish 
to  serve  God  with  what  he  has  entrusted  to  us  as  stewards.  He  exhorts  persons 
of  means  to  contribute  liberally,  '*  seeing  it  is  undoubted  that  the  work  before  you 
is  of  great  importance  to  the  honor  of  Christ,  to  the  welfare  of  the  Church,  to  the 
Protestant  religion,  to  the  sogls  of  thousands,  and  to  your  everlasting  benefit" 
He  adds  six  great  reasons  for  helping  students  preparing  for  the  ministry.  And 
he  pleads  with  men  in  view  of  the  commands  and  interest  of  Christ,  and  of  the 
account  which  they  must  give  to  Him,  to  do  their  utmost  to  assist  in  this  most 
important  work.  "  You  see  here,*'  he  says,  **  that  Christ  is  contented  to  be  your 
debtor,  at  the  usury  of  a  hundred  for  one  in  this  world,  and  in  the  world  to  come 
eternal  life.  The  offer  is  so  fair,  and  so  unmatohable,  that  I  know  not  what  can 
keep  you  from  accepting  it,  unless  it  be  that  you  dare  not  trust  the  word,  the  pro- 
mise, the  covenant  of  Christ.  And  whom  then  will  you  trust?  who  shall  keep 
your  wealth?'*  '^Is  he  not  to  be  trusted  with  your  money?  You  will  say  you 
trust  God,  let  us  see  now  that  you  do  not  play  the  hypocrites."  **  Take  heed  how 
you  refuse  to  do  your  best,  lest  God  distrain  on  you  before  you  are  aware — and 
then  hold  it,  or  your  souls,  if  you  can  J  And  say  not  but  you  were  warned  by  • 
friend,  that  would  have  had  you  save  your  money  and  your  souls  by  making  the 
best  of  your  Master's  stock.'*^ 

In  bis  inimitable  practical  writings  Baxter  appeals,  when  he  has  opportunity, 
to  Christians  to  assist  in  all  possible  ways  the  work  of  increasing  a  faithful  and 
well-instructed  ministry.    We  meet  in  them  with  such  passages  as  the  following: 

^'  Endeavor  to  procure  faithful  ministers  for  men  where  they  are  wanting.  How 
shall  they  hear  without  a  preacher  f  Improve  your  interest  and  diligence  to  this 
ena,  till  you  prevaiL  Extend  your  purses  to  the  utmost  How  many  souls  msy 
be  saved  by  the  ministry  you  have  procured  1  It  is  a  higher  and  nobler  charity 
than  relieving  their  bodies.  What  abundance  of  good  might  men  do  if  they  would 
support  in  academical  education  such  youth  as  they  have  first  carefully  chosen  for 
their  ingenuity  and  piety,  till  they  should  be  fit  for  the  ministry  !** 

It  were  vain  for  any  living  mortal  to  attempt  to  odd  weight  to  the  arguments  of 
the  greatest  of  English  Presbyterian  preachers  of  the  gospel.  There  are  no  new 
ones,  for  these  are  ever  fresh,  and  they  are  the  most  that  can  be  said. 

We  can  only  address  earnestly  anew  the  all-important  pleas  of  this  '*  Inviution" 
o  each  minister  and  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  to-day.  Every  one 
of  them  just  as  much  more  demands  consideration  and  effort  now,  as  the  world  if 
more  populous  noio,  more  men  perishing  now,  gospel  light  clearer  to  the  church 
now,  providential  agencies  more  effective  now,  all  Christians  tenfold  richer  nom, 
Christ's  kingdom  nearer  now,  the  day  of  final  account  closer  now  I     o 


874.] 


Board  of  Education. 


107 


JBSUS^  LOVE  FOR  CHILDREN. 

When  on  earth  the  Lord  Jesus  loved  to  take  ohildrea  in  his  arms  and  bless 
ham.  He  »et  them  before  hit  disciples  as  models  of  humility  and  docility.  He 
m4  that  iq  hea.v'OQ  '^  ibeir  angels^'  have  some  peculiar  privileges  of  access  to  the 
■"atbcr.  And  now  that  he  h^s  ascended  to  heaven  he  bestows  peculiar  blessings 
tpoQ  Ubors  for  their  spirituil  benefit. 

Great  rc'vlvals  hare  it su ally  gathered  their  largest  number  of  converts  from  the 
^oan^.  Some  of  them,  itidead,  have  originated  with  quite  young  children.  In 
['enn^.isee^  at  the  be^zinQin^  of  this  century,  a  lad  of  nine  years  of  age,  named 
>avi^  McCorkle,  wa^  thf  Srst  means  whereby  the  spark  was  lighted.  ^  A  letter 
vritten  aniidat  the  scenes  of  the  revival  says,  that  this  child  was  wonderfully 
iffected  by  a  saerftment  of  the  Lord^s  supper  which  he  witnessed.  On  his  return 
lome  he  t^ifd  anc^ther  bf}y  of  his  own  ago  that  he  was  **  determined  to  serve  the 
joril/*  flnd  bei!;iT<yd  him  to  alter  his  course  and  join  him.  The  conversation  of 
)avb  m  deeply  affected  the  other  boy  that  he  ran  home  in  great  distress  and 
hrew  himself  upon  a  bed  as  if  hurt  or  sick.  At  his  request  Davis  was  sent  for. 
D  ft  short  time  the  two  ebildren  burst  out  in  praises,  ^*in  rapturous  language,  of 
edeeraing  love;'*  this  war  jtttermingled  with  prayers  and  crying,  so  that  soon 
'the  whoU?  compnuy'*  of  the  family  and  neighbors  **were  in  tears."  This  was 
h6  begin  Ding  of  the  re  viral  in  Northern  Tennessee. 

In  Pennsylvania  an^  Ohio  the  schools  were  often  scenes  of  spiritual  power, 
["hu^  one  ininister  writes  in  regard  to  the  children  of  a  school  with  which  he  was 
Lcqnaijitcd :  ^*  One  day  they  gathered  about  their  master,  and  a  number  of  them 
old  Inm  of  their  uodone  »tate,  begging  of  him  to  teach  them  Christ.  Their 
oncern  became  so  great  that  they  could  not  attend  to  the  business  of  the  school, 
tat  went  to  a  neigh bor^a  house  and  held  society  till  night."  **  The  children  have 
^eeo  generally  much  exereiaed.  They  are  never  seen  playing,  but  spend  their 
atervtiU  in  readini^,  converi^ing  about  their  souPs  concerns,  singing  hymns,  or 
piDg  in  little  compiinieFi  to  the  woods  to  pray.  Out  of  thirty  scholars  it  is 
lopefut  that  eighteeu  are  truly  pious." 

In  the  New  England  States^  and  New  York,  the  same  grace  of  Christ  to  the 
hlldreu  waj  manifest.  A  clergyman  living  in  Connecticut  said  that,  while  in 
omo  placet  in  that  and  the  neighboring  States  the  revival  prevailed  more  among 
dultHf  in  others  it  was  **  chiefly  among  children  from  about  sixteen  years  old  and 
LoderJ' 

It  was  astonishing  how  cren  poor  negro  children,  who  had  been  brought  up  in 
be  deepeet  i^noraQtie,  comprehended  and  accepted  the  salvation  offered  in  Christ, 
tid  Hpoke  of  it  in  f  uitable  aud  most  affecting  language.  A  minister  cries  out  in 
ron*lef ,  regarding  it : 

'*  The  counsel  of  the  Lord^  that  shall  stand,  and  he  will  do  all  his  pleasure; 
rhether  it  li^  by  ordaining  praise  out  of  the  mouths  of  babes  and  sucklings,  or 
ty  bringing  down  the  lofty  looks  of  the  great  ones  of  the  earth,  and  making  them 
m  willing  people,  in  the  day  of  his  power.     For  who  hath  an  arm  like  God?" 

We  have  the  highest  encouragement  to  labor  and  pray  for  the  conversion  of 
ihildrcn,  and  to  plant  in  their  hearts  elevated  ideas  of  **the  chief  end"  of  their 
teiug,  and  of  the  grace  of  Christ  in  coming  into  the  world.  How  many  of  them 
nay,  by  proper  culture^  be  made  '* bright  and  shining  lights  in  the  world." 
low  many  may  l>e  fitted  to  h%  in  a  variety  of  ways,  the  means  of  leading  many 
loul^t  Q^^  wandering  in  the  darkness  of  unbelief,  or  of  heathenism,  to  Him 
rW  has  »udf  "I  am  the  door ;  by  me  if  any  man  enter  in  he  shall  be  saved."    ^ 


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Board  of  Education. 


[AprU 


DIVINE  GUIDANCE  TO  A  FIELD  OF  LABOR. 

When  the  Rev.  Elias  Cornelius  was  solicited  to  occupy  a  new  field  of  minis- 
terial employment,  he  sought  direction  from  God,  by  his  word,  his  proridence, 
the  wants  of  men,  and  the  counsels  of  Christian  brethren,  with  the  greatest 
anxiety.     He  wrote  to  a  friend,  saying, 

'*  With  my  eyes  turned  to  heaven,  and  death  and  the  judgment  before  me,  I 
am  trying  to  ask.  Lord,  what  wilt  Thou  have  me  to  do?  I  desire  to  have  my  ears 
open  to  everything  which  is  likely  to  make  known  His  will.  Everything  else 
appears  to  me  comparatively  of  no  moment.  We  had  better  be  in  our  graves, 
than  to  be  in  any  other  field  than  that  which  He  has  chosen  for  us.^' 

This  is  the  spirit  which  should  fill  the  breasts  of  those  who  are  going  forth,  in 
Christ's  name,  to  guide  sinners  to  the  way  of  life. 


RECEIPTS  IN  FEBRUARY  1874. 
>  Synods  in  small  OAPiTALS^Presbyteries  in  ttoZic«— Charohes  in  Romsn. 


ALBA!fT.— i4l6any— QloYersTille,ad<l'l  60;  Scbenee 

Udy.  Kast  Ave  18  6J  00 

Atlantic— A'nox—Antloch  60 

Baltimore.— Bof^tmore— Frederick  7;  Mt  Airj, 
(Harmony)  add'i  2;  Piney  Creek  18  £0.  New  Ow- 
fZe— Peocaaer  7  88;  Lower  Went  NoUingbam  19; 
Port  Deposit  Sab-8oh  25.  Washington  CUy— Prince 
William  Ist  5  84  88 

CB.iTitAL  N£W  Tore.— 0£s^(^>— Cooperstown  69  81. 
A.  LatOrmc0— Le  Ray  2  60;  Morristown  3  40.  Sy 
i>tiot«s«— Syracufe  1st,  add'l  6.  l/Ucct— Holland  Pa* 
teut  11  35;  UtKa  l»t  60  132  06 

Ci!fOi5NATi.— (7ifiet'fina6H-Co11e(i;e  Hill  add'i  6. 
Z>uy«^— Middtetown  38;  PIqua  2J  26.  Pknimouth 
Portsmouth  Qer,  add'l  4  73  CO 

Clbtrlamd.-^  St  CtairiviBe  —  Crab  Apple  7  90. 
j9teu{«ntn7/e— MonroeTiUe 4  61,8  J  M  6-9  61;  New 
Pbiladelpbia  9  26  61 

OoiCMBOS.— ^rtaif— Pomeroy  21.  Oolumbu$  — 
Columbus  2d  loo.  If&osler— Wooiter43  77.  Zone*- 
viUe—Rer  E  Garland  60  214  77 

Brii.— ^U<V/b«ny— Bewiokley  46.  JEWe— Fairfield 
8;  MeadTille2d29;  Petroleum  Centre,  addM  24.  Kit- 
tonntMa— Kittanning  79  80 ;  Westfleld,  add'l  10 

196  80 

Ot!iiTA.—Cbytva— Cayuga  17  31 ;  Port  Byron  11 

28  81 

Harrisburoh. — CVxrK«^e— Harrinburgb,  Pine  8t 
116  28;  Meobaniesburgb  k6  84.  WeUsboro—V^M 
Brook  10  162  07 

lLU!foi8,  Cbhtaal^— i&Auy/cr— BuBbnell         7  00 

iLUifois,  North.—  CAux^^o— Chicago  2d  224  88. 
^wyort— OakTille  10  60  284  88 

iLUXois,  South.- OUtro— Oak  Grove  4.  Mattoon— 
AiaumpUon  4  8  00 

l2iDiAi«A,  North.— Oaw/or(2mUe-RockTille  12  66. 
Fort  ITayne— Huntingdcn  3  16  66 

Iowa,  North.— ftdar  JJajjid*— Blairstown  6;  Ce- 
dar Rapids  Ist  10  40  16  40 

Iowa,  South.— iowa  Otfy— Brooklyn  4  20 

Kahsas.— iViM)sAo-Neosbo  Falls  1  60 

Kbktucrt.— f&sneaer— Maysvllle  Ist  10.  XoMis- 
»(/te— Pewee  Valley  20  80  00 

Lovo  IsLAXD .—2xmy  /'fond— Westbampton  20  CO 

MiOBiOAN.—DstroU— Plymouth  1st  14.  Saginav 
— Vassar  6  60  20  60 

Mikhrsota.— <SX  Pott^Delano  2;  Independence  2; 
Long  URe  2 ;  Kockford  2.    HYm^fto— Sheldon  4 

12  00 

Missouri— A Zouit— St  Lonis  1st Ger, add'l  6  00 

Nbw  Jrrsrt.— jeKca6c<ft— RahwRT  1st,  add'l  19  60. 
Jertef/  CiYy- lloboken  1st  2(>.  AdvarAr-Ca  Idwell 
62  36;  Newark,  BoseYille.  add'l  6.  NewBruntwiek 
—New  Brunswick  2d  26.  A'ewton— La  Fayette,  add'l 
6.     H^se  Jlrrsey— WiUlamstown  10  187  86 


Nbw  ToRK.— Boston— Londonderry  14  35.  New 
rcirJt— New  York,  Brick  Chapel  66  63;  Ntw  York. 
Madifon  Square,  A  R  Wetmore  £0;  New  York,  13th 
St  160;  New  York,  6lh  Ave  and  19ih  St  1567  CO. 
North  /{ttier— Cornwall  18  68;  Newbnrgh  Calrary 
11  08  U78  S4 

PRILAO^LPHIA.— CKes/fr— Doe  Run  6  81.  Lacko' 
«oanna— Coalville  6;  Sbicksbinny  3.  jOA^A— Allen 
Township  10;  Summit  Hill  13  52,  Sab-soh  2  60, 
"  P"  2  10,  Jamestown  Sab-seh  1  89—20.  PhUadd- 
phiat  A'brfA—B ridesburg  20.  ITesfmttuter— Mount 
Joy  16;  New  Harmony  6  86  71 

PiTTSBUROH.— Btoim^  — Fairfield  and  Unkm 
86  80;  Qreeoftburgh  11  38;  Salem  10.  Pittst^vrgh 
— Mononfcahela  Ciiy  38  80.  W<uhinffton  — Betble* 
hem  4 ;  Uookstown  0  lOi  48 

TRMiiB8SiB.—A'iij7S/(m— Forest  Hill  6  00 

Toledo.— Be{f</bntoine— Marseilles  3  80.  Lirna-^ 
Sidney  1st  12  32  15  68 

Westebw  New  York— GSenetae— Wamw  44.  J9»> 
cAes(ry^-Caledonia20;  DansviUe  (add'l)  SS  62;  Ro- 
chester Memorial  7  94  68 

Wiscoifsnr.  —  ifi7«oauJt«e  — Manitowoe  1st  4  68; 
Waukesha  10.  HVniu&oyo— Neenah  30;  Onhkosb 
6;  Roblnsonvllle  6;  St  Sauvenr  6.  Wisconsin  Rittr 
—Oxford  3  63  62 


Total  fh>m  Churches,  $3,7^7  77 

From  COMMITTRI  on  BrNRTOLRHOI  AVn  Fuf  AKCB 

672  68 


"BAn'» 


86  00 


MISOELLAIIXOUS. 

Mrs  L  Cooley,  Bath,  N  T,  60;  Interest  on  Jaoohs 
Fund  (in  part)  176  ;  a  Friend,  Dubuque  6 :  a  friend 
to  Board  of  Education  6;  Presbyterian  Office  2;  B 
B  Townsend,  Painted  Post,  N  Y,  3 ;  Mrs  L  B  Gage, 
Concord,  Ohio,  6 ;  Rev  J  L  Jenkins,  Shawnee.  Pa, 
4;  B  Cummings,  N  Y,  10;  Mrs  A  0  Patterson,  Glen- 
dale,  Ohio,  10  860  00 


Total  receipts  in  February, 


4.764  29 


Receipts  for  current  uses  from  April,  187.% 

t6&,80S  IS 

RtOUTD  Olf  AOOOUXT  Of  THR  SPSCIAL  DkbT  Ot  THB 

Board: 

/6y  Hf  Sekuyler^VnM^  Oty  eh  6  00 

Amount  previously  acknowledged        |S,S76  IS 

Total  reoelved  for  the  special  debt  of  the 

Board  to  March  1st  $3,880  IS 

B.  0.  WOODWARD,  Trmtmtr, 

18S4  gbestaiit  Street,  F^lad^Wft. 


1874.]  Board  of  Fareu/n  Munam.  109 

BOARD  OP  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


RECENT  INTELLIGENCE. 

Death  ot  Mrs.  Herron. — "We  learn  with  great  regret  the  death  of  Mrs.  Herron, 
wife  of  the  Rev.  David  Herron,  at  Dehra,  India,  January  lltb,  after  a  short 
illness.  Iler  removal  is  a  great  loss  to  the  mission,  as  well  as  to  her  family,  but 
to  hergelf  it  was  surely  gain  to  die. 

Death  of  Mr.  Conceicao. — On  the  25th  of  December,  the  Rev.  J.  M.  da  Con- 
ceicao,  of  the  mission  in  Brazil,  departed  this  life.  He  wns  formerly  a  Roman 
Catholic  priest,  but  was  received  into  the  church  several  years  a^o,  and  was  a 
preacher  of  the  gospel  of  rare  power  and  promise.  Afterwards  he  became  sub- 
ject to  despondency  through  ill  health,  so  that  his  usefulness  was  much  lessened ; 
but  he  was  a  sincere  follower  of  Christ,  and  we  trust  he  is  now  with  him  in  glory. 

NoTicKS  OF  Missionaries. — Mr.  E.  P.  Newton  and  the  ladies  under  his  care 
have  reached  their  stations  in  India.  Mr.  Farnham  and  his  family  sailed  from 
San  Francisco  on  the  1st  of  March,  on  their  return  to  Shanghai.  Special  funds, 
either  already  given,  or  expected,  provide  for  the  expenses  of  the  journey.  Miss 
McFarren,  of  the  mission  at  Bogota,  has  arrived  in  this  country,  on  a  visit. 

Added  to  the  Churcd. — In  the  report  of  the  Syria  Mission,  it  is  stated  that 
sixty-two  persons  were  received  by  all  the  churches,  during  the  last  year,  on  pro- 
fession of  their  faith.  In  Mr.  DaGama's  report  of  his  work  in  Brazil  for  the  last 
year,  he  is  permitted  to  mention  sixty-eight  persons  as  received  as  communicants 
by  the  churches  under  his  care  during  the  year,  besides  many  children  by 
baptism.  At  Peking,  five  new  converts  were  admitted  to  the  church,  and  at  a 
station  near  Tungchow,  two.  One  of  these  was  an  aged  man,  who  having  received 
a  Christian  tract  by  some  means,  came  eighty  miles  to  see  the  missionary.  Six 
hopeful  converts  were  added  to  the  native  church  in  Yedo  on  the  first  Sabbath  of 
January. 

Candidates  for  tde  Ministry.— The  Presbytery  of  Peking  received  five  young 
men  under  its  care  at  its  last  meeting,  who  are  seeking  preparation  for  the  ministry. 

Presbytery  of  Japan. — The  missionaries  of  the  Board  in  this  country,  being 
now  sufficient  in  number,  were  organized  as  a  Presbytery,  agreeably  to  the  direc- 
tions of  the  General  Assembly,  on  the  30th  of  December. 

Persecution  in  Shantung. — In  the  last  number  of  the  Record  the  baptism  of 
a  large  number  of  converts  by  Mr.  Corbett  was  mentioned.  Later  advices  state 
that  a  violent  anti-foreigner  and  anti-Christian  movement  was  made  soon  afterwards 
by  the  heathen,  which  rendered  Mr.  Corbett's  situation  one  of  great  peril,  but  he 
succeeded  in  returning,  with  his  children,  in  safety  to  Chefoo. 

Receipts  to  April  1st. — From  churches,  $235,3C1 ;  legacies,  $60,040;  indi- 
vidual donors,  $30,186, — in  all,  $325,589.  Receipts  in  the  same  months  last  year, 
$289,C03.  Receipts  from  churches  and  individual  donors  to  March  1st,  $205,548; 
last  year,  in  the  same  months,  $232,037. 

Letters  Received  to  March  13th. — From  Chippewa  Mission,  February  24th ; 
Omaha,  February  6th ;  Dakota,  March  2d;  Creek,  March  6th;  Seminole,  March 
2d ;  Nez  Perces,  February  16th  ;  San  Francisco,  February  18ih ;  Yokohama,  Jan- 
uary 22d;  Yedo,  January  19th;  Peking,  December  8th;  Tungchow,  December 
15th ;  Shanghai,  Jsnuary  12th  ;  Canton,  January  9th ;  Bangkok,  December  29th ; 
Ajuthia,  December  20th ;  Chiengmai,  November  25th ;  Allahabad,  January  10th ; 


110  Board  of  Foreign  JtftMMmt.  lAprd 

Mjnpurie,  Janaarj  8th;  SaharuDpur,  January  23d;  Lodiana,  Janaarj  22d; 
Labor,  January  15th;  Bawal  Pindi,  January  13th;  Kolapore»  January  24tb; 
Ratnagiri,  January  9th ;  Ofoomiah,  December  22d ;  Tabriz,  January  26th;  Beirut, 
January  26th ;  Abeih,  January  22d ;  Monroyia,  February  2d ;  Gaboon,  January 
2d ;  Rio  de  Janeiro,  January  24th ;  Rio  Claro,  January  12th ;  Bahia,  January 
29th ;  Mexico,  January  24th ;  Vera  Cruz,  February  17th ;  San  Louis  Potosi, 
January  13th.  

A  MISSIONARY  WANTED  FOR  AN  INDIAN  STATION. 
Our  readers  will  remember  the  application  of  the  Rer.  J.  P.  Williamson  for  a 
missionary,  to  occupy  a  new  station  among  the  Dakota  or  Sioux  Indians,  to  labor 
for  a  band  of  fi?e  thousand  souls  who  have  not  yet  heard  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
A  generous  friend  has  sent  to  the  Board  the  money  required  to  begin  this  work, 
and  to  support  it  for  a  year ;  and  the  Board  has  agreed  to  enlarge  the  Dakota 
Mission  so  as  to  include  this  new  station — probably  at  Fort  Peck,  far  up  on  the 
Missouri  river.  And  now  the  missionary  is  wanted.  lie  should  be  a  man  of 
earneet  self-denying  piety,  of  sterling  good  sense  and  good  judgment,  and  one 
who  knows  how  to  get  on  well  with  men ;  a  man  of  good  health,  and  of  practical 
business  character.  We  trust  the  right  man  will  soon  be  found,  and  for  further 
particulars  he  may  address  the  Rev.  John  P.  Williamson,  Greenwood,  Dakota 
Territory. 

NATIVE  MINISTERS. 

The  importance  of  a  native  ministry  has  long  been  recognized  by  the  friends 
of  missions ;  it  is  no  recent  idea,  as  some  think.  In  the  Annual  Reports  of  the 
Board  it  has  been  frequently  brought  forward.  (See  Report  of  1837,  page  23, 
and  of  1838,  page  21.)  One  of  the  first  missionaries  sent  out,  referring!  to 
"  training  up'* ..."  a  race  of  native  preachers,"  wrote  from  Calcutta,  April  21, 1834 : 
*'  It  must  indeed  be  manifest  that  the  Church  cannot  send  forth  a  sufficient  number 
of  mi8«ionaries  to  educate  the  native  population  ....  The  best  plan  is  to  train 
up  native  preachers,  by  sending  forth  a  sufficient  number  of  missionaries  to  conduct 
the  system  by  which  they  are  to  be  prepared."  This  opinion  has  gained  strength 
from  a  careful  watching  of  the  missionary  world  and  work  since  this  was  written. 

Under  this  general  view,  particular  questions  arise,  which  often  require  careful 
handling  and  a  wise  adaptation  to  the  varying  circumstances  of  different  tribes 
and  nations.  Should  this  "  training  up*'  be  in  the  mission  field,  or  should  native 
candidates  for  the  ministry  be  sent  to  Christian  countries  for  their  higher  educa- 
tion ?  Should  it  be  in  the  vernacular  language,  or  in  English,  or  in  both  ?  To 
what  extent  should  their  education  be  carried,  previous  to  their  being  ordained? 
Should  it  be  in  classes  or  schools  under  missionary  teachers,  or  by  separate 
instruction  of  the  missionary  at  the  station  where  the  candidate  lives?  Should  it 
bo  under  "  mission**  direction,  or  that  of  the  Presbytery  ?  Should  such  native 
ministers  be  left  in  Presbyteries  of  their  own,  or  associated  with  the  missionaries 
in  the  same  Presbyteries?  These  and  other  questions  are  evidently  of  practical 
importance,  and  they  require  ability,  education,  great  consideration,  and  especially 
wisdom  from  on  high,  for  their  satisfactory  solution.  It  is  but  too  easy  to  make 
mistakes  in  regard  to  some  of  these  questions.  The  missionaries  themselri^fl  feel 
their  need  of  divine  guidance  in  these  matters,  and  they  should  be  aided  by  the 
prayers  of  the  churches.  No  part  of  the  missionary  work  stands  more  in  need 
of  prayer. 

No  discussion  of  these  questions  is  at  all  intended  in  this  brief  article,  yet  two 
or  three  hints  may  be  offered  on  certain  points.     1.  The^  plan  which  our  blessed 


r-l.] 


Board  of  Fhr^ign  MiMstong, 


111 


rd  pursued  in  tmtaitig  the  ApoHtles  for  Iheir  work  eeema  wdl  to  suit  mi«- 
Di  t«.j  Broall  tribe«,  and  the  earlier  if  not  also  the  lat^r  Bttiges  of  misaicju- 
^  work  in  most  countries.  Stsleet  w  convert  of  good  pietj  and  capncitj  ;  bring 
1  into  close  personal  relations  with  the  misaioanrj — ^the  more  intimate  arid 
sanal  the  better,  if  the  missionary  ii  himself  n  iiian  of  deep  piety—and  let 
5  intimAcy  be  so  ordered  as  not  to  render  him  dlseontented  with  bis  native 
nner  of  life,  though  he  may  actd  will  improve  it,  nnd  ftl«o  let  it  be  so  ordered  rh 
;  to  lead  him  to  form  «*3£petieive  habita,  making  it  diflScuIt  ftir  the  native  church 
support  bim  aa  a  pastor |  place  him  under  Presbyterial  supervision  wheo 
.et  I  cable  ;  go  on  with  bis  train  »n;^  daj  bj  day^  with  a  steady  purpose,  a 
efully  considered  plan,  usinp  the  e  i  re  umfeitnneescjf  every -day  lif<P  among  heathen 
►pie  a«  offering  lessons,  but  relj?iDg  chiefly  on  the  inspired  Word  carefully  itnd 
yerftilly  studied  by  both  pupil  and  teaeher^  and  exemplified  by  the  teaeher  in 
der  f^ympathy  with  bis  scholar ;  keep  blm  employed  more  or  leas  in  misaionary 
rk  during  all  bis  course  of  preparation ;  and  so  by  God's  blessing  train  him  up 

usefulness.    In  the  mean  time,  and  all  the  time,  keep  bim  in  sympathy  and  full 
lUftiittaiice  with  bis  native  ChriBtinu  l>rethren,  and  upon  their  call  and  offer  of 
>port,  ac-cordiiig  to  their  abilify,  let  him  be  ordained  as  their  pastor, 
!.  The  foreign  miaBlonariea  be^^in  the  work  in  any  given  fteld.  but  let  their  aim 

from  the  beginning  to  aecur©  its  eipaneiou  by  native  laborers^—for  many 
aouH, 

E.  Let  both  foreign  and  native  ministers  meet  together  in  the  same  Presbytery 
IS  not  only  in  accordance  with  our  church  views,  but  as  supplementing^  each 
er's  deficieneles^  fostering  mutual  sympathy,  truarding  well  if  na  best  against 
enfition  or  diversity  of  views,  etc.^  ete, ;  and  let  thia  plan  bo  pursued  proTi- 
nally.  When  the  native  church  of  any  eountry  can  stand  alone,  not  needing 
eign  help,  then  of  course  It  will  get  up  for  itself;  and  may  this  day  toon  come  I 
[t  may  he  added,  by  way  of  encouragement^  that  whereas  in  1.S34  there  were 
I  very  hw  native  ministers, — in  sume  countries  none,  in  others  here  and  (here 
?,— ill  IS 7 4  there  are  about  three  hundred^  besides  hundreds  of  candidates 
ier  train in|5. 


THE  LATE  MRa  nAPPER, 
tVe  take  the  liberty  of  printing  here 
extxact  from  a  prNate  letter  of  the 
T.  A.  P.  Ilapper,  D.l>.,  referring  to 
I  great  bereavement  by  the  death  vC 

excellent  wife*  His  letter  waa  dated 
to  her  2L 

*  i  received  your  letter  of  August, 
pres,sing  jroi^r  joy  with  me,  an  hearinj^ 
th e  ci  m  V ers ion  of  — — .  But  sor n ►  w 
lows  joy  in  quick  succesdon.  My 
fe  in  m*U  for  God  hath  taken  her-  !She 
9  been  much  of  an  invalid  for  eighteen 
mihfi  pa^^r.,  but  m^re  na  for  sii  months. 
it  I  dill  not  anticipflte  eti  early  a  dis*8o- 
'ion,  and  it  came  very  unexpectedly 

last.  She  got  home  from  a  vi^it  to 
B  leiiahnrH  on  the  3d  of  October,  and 
s  were  in  hope  of  improvement  from 
0  cool  weather.  But  A  very  pudden 
d  nm.ipL^cted  change  in  the  diaenfee 
ciurcd,  and  deaih  eoun  did  its  work, 
'id  1  uiil  my  family  mourn  the  depart- 
^  of  uai3  who  was  a  ^reat  bleasing  to 


ui?.     What  changea  this  mtkj  lead  to  I 
know  not.     I  leave  all  to  Uod, 

^*  In  any  notice  you  may  see  best  to 
take  of  her  dtnitb,  you  may  know  that 
she  was  a  ebild  of  the  covenant.  Ucr 
father  was  long  an  influential  Elder  m 
the  M  on  tours  Cbureh,  Presbvtery  of 
Pittsbur^rb.  She  vtns  converted  very 
etirly  in  life,  and  gave  herself  txf  teach- 
ing, durinfj  a  period  of  some  twenty 
years,  sucee^s^ively  at  Johnstown,  Can- 
ons* burgb^  Steuben  villo,  Ilolliduysburgb, 
Aendemia,  Perry ville,  and  BlooniKnld, 
She  was  an  active  and  working  member 
in  the  church  wherever  bi?r  lot  was 
c;t6t.  And  there  are  many  in  pU  thcj-e 
plaeei^  who  will  lament  her  d*>Ath.  Sbe 
rejoiced  that  »he  was  permitted  to 
come  to  China,  and  she  paw  here  hleuii^cd 
re.-^ulla  in  answer  to  her  prayerB.  In 
the  preciuuH  wort  of  grace  m  our  ojidsti 
she  was  rejoiced  by  seeing  those  who 
had  been  the  special  subieeta  of  her 
pray^^r.  converted  to  God.  i-^^d^^^Qole 
of  your  aympathy  and  praytrfl/*  ^ 


112 


Board  of  Foreign  MUdoM, 


[Apra 


A  MODEL  INDIAN  AGENT. 

The  Indian  Agents  are  government 
officers.  Many  of  them  are  nominated 
for  appointment  by  the  Missionary 
Boards  of  the  different  denominations. 
If  they  are  the  right  kind  of  men,  they 
can  do  a  great  deal  of  good  to  the  In- 
dians. See  the  following  official  report 
of  the  Superintending  Agent  concerning 
the  Agent  at  Yakima,  Washington  Ter- 
ritory, a  nominee  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.  This  interesting 
article  is  taken  from  the  report  for  1872 
of  the  Commissioner  of  Indian  Affairs. 

*'  I  was  much  pleased  and  surprised, 
on  visiting  the  Yakima  Reservation,  in 
August  last,  to  witness  the  pplendid 
results  of  Agent  Wilbur's  labor  with 
the  people  of  his  agency.  He  has  fully 
demonstrated  the  truth  of  that  gener- 
ally doubted  and  5coM/erf  problem  among 
Western  people,  the  capability  of  In- 
dians for  permanent  civilization  and 
Christianization.  I  saw  tiiere  finely 
cultivated  farms,  well  built  houses, 
barns*,  and  other  out- buildings,  fences, 
ditches,  etc.  -,  many  hay  and  grain 
stacks,  numerous  wagons,  plows,  thresh- 
ing, reaping,  and  mtwing  machines, 
and  other  agricultural  implements,  all 
the  property  and  mostly  the  work  of 
Indians,  who  owned,  besides,  many 
cattle,  horses,  sheep,  and  hoiis.  They 
have  also  a  large  and  well-attended 
school,  and  two  churches,  with  full 
congregations  of  well-dressed,  orderly 
and  devout  worshippers, — in  short,  ail 
the  appliances  and  indications  of  a  well- 
established  and  healthy  **  civilization." 
This  progress  is  due  almost  wholly  to 
the  efforts  of  Agent  Wilbur,  who  has 
been  with  the  Indians  of  that  reserva- 
tion in  the  capacity  of  missionary, 
teacher,  «»r  agent,  almost  continuoubly 
over  twelve  years,  and  through  his 
thoroujiih  knowledge  of  Indian  charac- 
ter, and  his  unselfish,  untiring  energy, 
firmness,  kindness,  zeal,  and  devotion 
to  their  best  interests,  hai  won  entire 
confidence.  Having  no  children  of  his 
own,  he  seems  to  have  adopted  ttie 
3,000  Indians  of  his  reservation,  and 
personally  knows  and  calls  them  all  by 
name,  and  they  respect  and  look  up  to 
him  and  to  his  excellent  Christian  wife 
as  a  father  and  mother.  Being  a  man 
of  excellent  judgment  and  thorough 
practical  business  habits,  his  people 
come  to  him  for  advice  in  everything. 
He  does  not  sit  in  his  office  or  rido 
around  his  reservation,  merely  ordering 


and  directing  what  is  to  be  done,  but 
he  takes  hold  with  his  own  hands,  and 
shows  how  work  of  various  kinds  should 
be  done.  He  goes  with  the  Indians  to 
the  mountains,  camps  with  them,  and, 
with  axe,  saw,  and  gnd,  assists  and 
shows  how  to  cut  and  haul  saw-logs; 
with  his  carpenter,  and  assisti  in  build- 
ing houses  and  barns  fi)r  the  Indians; 
with  the  farmer,  and  instructs  the  In- 
dians in  cultivating,  sowing,  planting, 
harvesting,  and  threshing  the  crops. 
He  leads  and  instructs  in  the  churches 
and  Sabbath- schools;  he  visits  the  sick 
and  dying,  and  comforts  the  afflicted. 
He  hears,  decides,  and  settles  disputes 
and  difficulties,  tries  and  convicts  wrong- 
doers, admonishes  the  erring,  and  pun- 
ishes the  guilty.  On  his  reservation  he 
is  the  kind  governor,  wise  legislator, 
just  judge,  stern  sheriff,  busy  worker, 
and  good  instructor  in  all  physical, 
moral,  and  religious  duties  ;  everywhere 
and  at  all  times  an  earnest,  practical 
working  man,  profitably  emploj^injj 
every  hour,  and  civilizing  and  improv-  \ 
ind  those  around  him,  both  by  precept 
and  example.  Considering  Mr.  Wil- 
bur's mature  age  (being  over  sixty), 
his  long  experience  among  Indians,  his 
probity  and  integrity,  his  energy  and 
business  habits,  his  peculiar  fitness  for 
the  position  ho  holds,  the  Indian  De- 
partment cannot  more  certainly  and 
effectually  insure  the  rapid  progress, 
civilization,  and  prosperity  of  Indians 
of  the  Yakima  Ileservation,  thnn  by 
granting  everything  he  asks  in  his  an- 
nual report,  and  letting  him  have  hid 
own  way." 

*'ME11IT.MAK1NG"  AT  CHIENG- 
MAI. 
The  Rev.  J.  Wilson,  of  the  Lai>s  Mis- 
sion,  under  date  of  December  23d,  thus 
speaks  of  idol  temple  building  at 
Chiengmai,  and  its  motive.  It  requires 
faith  to  keep  on  preaching  the  gospel 
under  the  circumstances  here  described, 
but  it  also  requires  faith  to  preach  the 
gospel  aright  anywhere ;  and  the  accom- 
panying divine  power  is  almighty. 

By  the   blessing  of  God   we  are  in 
our  usual  health,  and  are  trying  to  do 
what  we  can  of  the  work  falling  to  our 
hands.  Therainsareevidently  over,  and  • 
the  cold  weather  is  beginning  to  come.  ^ 

The  princes  and  people  of  Chiengmai 
are  all  astir  in  the  work  of  merit- 
making.  Just  now  it  t^ikes  the  form  of 
rebuilding' the  finest  temple^that  was 


874.] 


Boa/rd  of  Foreign  MimoM, 


113 


rected  in  Chien^mai,  and  in  gathering 
nd  shaping  materials  for  the  replacing, 
liree  or  lour  months  hence,  of  t^le 
3mple  on  the  top  of  the  mountain  with 

new  structure.  All  the  sawyers  of 
[le  city  are  on  duty.  Priests  and 
eople  are  bus7  with  saw  and  chisel, 
nd  adze  and  plane.  The  large  public 
Durt-yard  is  full  of  timber  and  work- 
len.  A  new  king  has  come  upon  the 
•rone,  and  the  way  to  a  long  and  suo- 
Bssful  reign  must  be  sought  in  the 
uilding  of  these  new  memorials  to 
»udha.  (low  strange  and  how  sad  it 
11  seems  1  But  the  people  are  not  sad. 
or  while  their  hands  are  busy,  their 
ungues  are  busy  too,  and  the  frequent 
lerry  laugh  tells  of  the  joyous  heart. 
*hey  boast  themselves  in  their  work, 
'he  chief  priejJts  of  the  temples  are  there 
-one  time  passing  among  the  work- 
len  giving  directions,  then  seated  in 
roups  upon  their  mats,  spread  some- 
imes  in  the  large  sola,  ana  sometimes 
n  the  green  sward,  under  the  shelter 
f  the  bamboo  matting  and  the  leaf 
wnings  that  have  been  stretched  above 
be  workmen.  They  are  treated  by  all 
rith  the  greatest  reverence.  The  day 
J  theirs,  lor  in  every  honor  shown  to 
Judha  they  have  a  share.  Every  day 
oes  the  kintj;  come  from  his  palace  to 
aspect  the  work  and  to  testify  his  inter- 
Bt  in  it.  His  highest  noblemen,  and 
ven  princP8,  consider  it  a  privilege  and 
n  honor  to  help  to  frame  the  timbers 
or  these  temples.  And  so  the  work 
;oes  on,  and  Budha  is  remembered. 

Yesterduy  I  passed  through  the  tem- 
ile  that  is  so  eoon  to  be  refitted.  The 
Falls  ofthe  old  building  had  been  taken 
[own  and  removed.  The  foundation  of 
be  floor  still  remained.  The  principal 
dols  were  sitting  in  their  old  places, 
rhc  smaller  ones  were  sitting  in  groups 
inder  the  shade  of  the  trees.  The  larger 
►nes  cannot  be  removed,  but  have  been 
iovered  with  split  bamboo  to  prevent 
njury  while  the  building  is  going  up. 
rhe  smaller  ones  are  waiting  patiently 
intil  the  temple  is  completed,  and  they 
ire  carried  back  to  their  places. 

The  building  just  removed  was  put 
ap  nearly  a  hundred  years  ago,  and 
w^ith  occasional  patching  has  lasted 
mtil  now.  And  what  will  be  the  history 
>l  tluj  ni'WMmf  ?  Will  Ijudhists  worship 
^hetf  irJuU  there  a  hundred  years  to 
lorne?  Or  Hhull  it  bafe  crumbled  into 
"iij«»,  imil  ti^iiiplee  for  the  worship 
pt  thd  Hvin-^  God  buvt^  risen  up  around 
It?  The  pret-ent  is  dark,  and  faith  is 
oft^jn  wciikj  but  tbc  promises  are  bright, 


and  the  word  of  the  Lord  endureth 
forever.  The  men  at  work  were  too  busy 
for  interruption,  so  I  turned  away  with 
a  sad  heart. 

The  rice  crop,  which  promised  so 
poorly  the  early  part  of  the  season,  has 
become  an  abundant  one.  God  gave  the 
latter  rain  in  ju»t  the  proper  time  and 
quantity,  so  that  the  complaints  of  the 
people  have  given  place  to  rejoicing. 
Oh,  that  they  knew  and  loved  the  hiind 
that  feeds  them  so  bountifully  ! 


LIBERALITY  OF  A  CHINESE 
CONVERT. 

The  Rev.  D.  N.  Lyon,  of  Ilangchow, 
under  date  of  December  1st ,  sends  the 
following  little  narrative.  It  is  one  of 
interest,  particularly  as  showing  the 
views  likely  to  be  taken  by  native 
Christians  in  China  of  an  important 
practical  subject. 

Yesterday  was  our  communion  here, 
but  no  additions.  We  started  the  sub- 
scription paper  for  the  pastor's  salary 
for  the  year.  One  old  church  member 
said  he  thought  they  ought  to  pny  the 
salary  by  apportioning  it  among  the 
members  of  the  church,  but  others  ob- 
jected that  the  church  had  not  the 
ability  to  do  that  yet.  But  the  old  man 
set  a  good  esample  by  increasing  his 
subscription  from  seven  to  ten  cash 
per  diiy,  which  would  be  three  dol- 
lars for  the  year.  This  man  works 
for  four  thousand  cash  a  m(nth  and 
boards  himself,  so  that  his  whole  in- 
come for  the  year  is  less  than  forty  dol- 
lars. If  out  of  this  he  gives  three  for  the 
pastor,  and  perhaps  a  dollar  or  so  more 
to  the  poor  fund,  it  is doin^r  pretty  well, 
I  think.  I  wish  the  Church  at  home 
was  as  liberal,  according  to  her  means, 
as  this  native  Christian.  We  have  little 
fear  but  that  the  Chinese  will  do  a  very 
fair  thing  in  Christian  liberality,  when 
they  are  better  able.  They  are,  as  yet, 
but  a  '*  feeble  folk,"  and  a  good  deal  of 
allowance  must  be  made. 

As  to  the  prospect  of  the  work  here,  I 
think  it  all  depends  on  our  faith. 
Preaching  we  do  daily,  good  gospel 
preaching,  having  Christ  crucified  all- 
prominent.  This  gospel  ever  has  been 
and  is  still  the  power  of  God  and  the  wis- 
dom of  God  unto  salvation  to  perishing 
men.  Tell  the  churches  to  leave  off 
finding  fault,  and  believe  God.  Christ 
says  to  the  church  to-day,  **  According  . 
to  your  faith  be  it  unto  you."  _         lOQ  IC 


11^  Board  of  Foreign  Atisnom.  lApril 

DONATTOHS  TO  THl  BoARD  OF  FoRBIOH  Ml80IOH8,  IN  PbBRUART  1874. 
J^  Synods  in  bmau  OAPiTAi»-Pro«bylerfei  in  italiu—ChnrchBB  in  Roman. 


AUAHT.— ^ttaii«-Glo?er8Till«  247  46;  Prince- 
town  ch  22  6<i;  (ialway  oh  21  76,  8ab-nch  6  66 
—27  40;  Eaj*t  Ave  nh,  Scheneciady  106;  id  cb, 
Amflterdam  2.5.  Champlain^EBaeT  ch  26;  Au 
Sable  Forks  oh  6;  Fort  GoTfnjzion  ch  16.  TVoy 
— MechaDicftTille  ch  3  60 ;  Jobnsonville  ch  Sab- 
Bch  26;  Park  ch,  Troy  61 ;  Olivet  ch,  Lansins- 
burgh  63  60  006  86 

Atlantic— £hox—Antioch  ch  60 

Baitimori.— BalWmore— Bel  Air  oh  4  60:  12ih 
oh.  Ball  I  mo  e  26;  Brown  MemM  ch  111  62,  Mrs 
E  Harrison  fiO— 161  62;  Taneytown  oti  70  44. 
yew  Co«W«— Elkton  ch  33  20;  Port  Deposit  ch 
21  21;  Red  Clay  Creek  ch  46  2»;  Manokin  ch 

27  96;  Lower  Brandy  wine  ch  11 ;  OeorKOtown 
ch  8:  Cool  Spring  oh  14,  Sab-sch  13— '^7;  Central 
ch,  Wilmington  66  40.  ira««na/on  Of <v— George- 
town ch  67  79;  West  St  Sab-sch,  Geor^jeiown, 
for  Indian  Missions  26;  North  ch,  Washington, 
to  sup  pirl  in  Persia  28;  4th  ch,  Washington 

79  62;  Clifton  ch  25  70  727  72 

CsMTRAL  New  York — Btnghamton — First  oh. 
BInghamlon  45  40,  Sab-sch,  sp  80—75  40;  1st  oh 
Warerly  28  20;  1st  ch,  Corentry  20;  Coiirtland 
ch  103.  Sab-Rch  28  64—129  64;  Nichols  cb  Sab- 
sch,  sp,  for  China  20:  1st  ch.  Oi«wego  ISS ; 
Bainbridge  ch  36.  a  friend  69—105 ;  McGrawTllle 
ch  4.1  47.  Sab  sch,  for  China  6-48  47;  2d  ch, 
Coventry  lOO ;  Isi  ch,  Smiihvllle  Flats  18.  Otsego 
— Unadilla  oh  16  67;  Franklin  ch  10  25;  Shaver- 
town  ch  1  30 ;  Delhi  S  b-sch,  ap  for  China  50:  1st 
ch.  Hsmden  14 ;  Oneonta ch  10  8t ;  Gilbertville  ch 
Sab-sch  13  Oh;  i«t  ch  Sab-sch,  Stamford,  up.  for 
China  3.  St  Lawrence— Fin^t  ch,  Oi^wegatchie  M», 
Sab-sch,  sp,  for  China  8(«— 180;   liammond  oh 

28  40;  Isi  ch,  Waterlown  362  88;  Cape  Vincent  ch 
Sab-sch,  sp,  for  China  10;  Stone  at  ch,  Watertown 
65,  8ab-j»ch,  pp.  for  China  6—70;  2d  ch.  0.«we- 
^aicliie  4;  Oxbow  ch  26  06,  Sab-sch  21  60—47  66. 
Svraciue-V\TH  Ward  ch,  Syracuse  20  94;  Park 
Ceniral  ch.  Syracuse  252,  Adult  Bible  Class  34 
—286;    Conatantia  oh  4  03;    1st  ch,  Caaenovia 

80  44;  Lyfand*  r  oh  17,  Ladles  10.  Sab-sch,  for 
China  3— 3'»;  Fulton  ch  3I0.  e^frco— Vernon 
Central  cb8;  Clayville  ch  2<);  Isi  ch,  Camden 
21,  Sab-sch.  sp.  for  China  4-25  ;  Rome  ch  87  70; 
Oneida  ch  8o,  Sab-sch,  sp  60=130;  1st  ch.  Waters 
ville  64.  dab  sch  10—61;  Western ville  ch  46; 
Augusta  Centre  ch  12  2,662  74 

CwdifWATi.— C»i7^u»<Ae— Mt  Pleasant  ch  8  70: 
Istch  Sab-sch,  tireenfleld  10.  Cincinnofi- Delhi 
ch  25  64;  Avondale  oh  200;  CollefKe  Hill  oh 
21  17:  Somerset  oh  Sab-sch  11  lo;  Istch  Wal- 
nut  HillM  GO  09;  2d  Ger  ch  Sab-sch,  Cincinnati 
32  12;  Pleasant  Rid^^e  ch  10;  Harrison  ch  16  86. 
i)a.v/on  —  Hamilton  ch  4,  Sab  sch  4  60—8  50; 
Soinerville  ch3l  38;  Heven  Mile  ch  28  41:  New 
Jersey  ch  11 ;  lat  ch,  Dayton  7;  3d  St  ch,  Dayton 
489;  X»*nla  oh  8ab-(»ch,  for  India  (JO;  Isi  ch, 
SbrioKfleid  189  75.  Awewwofi/A— Eckmansville 
ch  10;  JaekHon  ch  52  21;  Decatur  ch  21  60;  lat 
ch  Gallipolis  17,  Sab  sch  17—31;  Red  Oak  ch 
11  60  1346  83 

CLiVBLAifD.— Oewteiid— Norlhfield  ch  7;  Col  la- 
mer ch  55;  l8t  ch,  Cleveland  210;  Kingsville  oh 
6  2:i:  Willoughby  ch  4  40;  Sirongsville  ch  9  80; 
Rev  D  Witter  and  wife  5.  i/aAonmj^—Ei  If  worth 
ch  46;  2d  ch,  Massillon  21  06;  Younp4town  ch 
31  98;  JackMon  ch  14  .44 • ;  Pleasant  Valley  ch  6; 
Leetonia  ch  10;  Urookfteldch  2.  8t  Onir^viUe— 
Bealsville  ch  13;  Powhatian  ch  6.  SteubenvWe— 
Old  ch  Sab  »'0h  bteubenville  6;  Ist  ch,  Irondale, 
for  China  13  2.j;  Ml  Pleaf«nt  ch  €8  10;  New 
Hag*'r>iown  oh  21 ;  MadiMon  ch  4  85;  New  Har- 
risburuh  ch  8;  laland  Creek  Sab-sch,  np.  for 
China  10;  Monroeviliecbi  til;  Harlem  ch  7  6<i; 
Kilgore  ch  13  9J  631  47 

Colorado.  —  Colorado  —  Colorado  Springs  8 ; 
Golden  cb  16  24  00 

CoLOMBoa—il/^siu— Syracuse  ch  2  37:  Bashan 
oh  4  50;    Chester  ch  4  83;    Marietta  oh  4  76, 


ProfSSOrrls  10—14  75;  Beach  Grove  ch  8  36. 
CoUtmbue—Fint  ch,  Lancaater  24.  if arion— Cor- 
inth ch  30;  Delhi  ch  6,  Morris  Humphries  10 
—16;  Marysville  ch  11 ;  Radnor  ch  6;  Berlin  ch 
8  66.  Ifoos/sr— Congress  ch  13,  Sab-sch  4  68— 
17  68;  A«>hland  oh  105  77;  Oliveaburg  ch  10: 
Cheater  ch  13  29.  ZaneaoUle^JeffeTBon  ch  5  65, 
Sab-sch  8  28—13  93;  Coshocton  ch  42.  Sab-sch, 
to  sup  child  at  Mynpurie  (H)— lOi:  Granville  eh 
105;  Homer  ch  8  70;  Norwich  ch,  addM  6  500  62 

EaiM.'-Alfegkeru/''0TO9a  Roads  ch  17  10,  Sab* 
sch  10-27  10;  Plains  ch  10,  Dorcas  Soc'y  10—20; 
North  ch,  Allegheny  2519;  Fairmouni  ch  10  50; 
Bakerstown  ch  20  40;  Valley  ch  25;  Htland 
ch  43  87.  .flttt/sr— Centre  ch  52  47;  Harrlsvilla 
ch  17  60 ;  Amity  ch  9  04 ;  Scrub  Grass  ch  55 :  Con- 
cord ch  61  26;  North  Butler  oh  7;  New  Salem 
ch  SO.  Oarion— Perry  ch  10;  New  Rehoboth  ch 
10;  1st  ch,  Troy  71  16;  Acadeinia  Sab-sch  3  80: 
Oak  Grove  ch  8  60.  i2Hs— First  ch,  Girsrd 
65  80.  8ab-*ch,  for  child  at  Dc?hra  3i»=S5  8»; 
Tideoute  ch  50;  Union  Citych  9  50;  Georgetown 
ch  22;  2d  ch,  Meadville  87  70;  Greenville  ch  49, 
Sab-sch,  for  youth  at  Mynpurie  75^124;  Rev  R 
MeCachren,  Meadville  10.  Kittanntng—Firnl  ch, 
Kitt^inning  22  34;  Bethesda  ch  4;  Meehanios- 
bnrgch  3;  Plumvllle  ch  6:  Cherry  Run  ch  5; 
Worthtngton  oh  r>2;  West  Glade  Run  ch  34; 
Rural  Valley  ch  36  41 ;  Ebeneaer  ch  86  44,  Sab- 
sch  5  34—41  78;  Clarksburgh  ch  12  05.  Sab  sch 
8  a5— 21;  Washington  ch  8  87;  Centre  en  6; 
Elderton  ch  14  70.  iSftsaan^o—Hermon  eh.  to 
sup  boy  atSahnrunpurSO;  ImI  ch  Sab-sch,  New 
Ca-tle  2(>;  Neshanock  ch  46  4'i:  WesiOeH  ch 
Sab-sch  16;  Industry  ch  10;  Unity  ch  67  60; 
Little  Beaver  ch  8  40  3795  08 

GiVKTA.—Cfajyupa— Central  ch.  Auburn  100;  1st 
ch.  Victory  12;  Aurora  oh  15;  Sennett  oh  18. 
Chemung^EdHyXown  ch,  Mra.  Ayres  50;  Tyrone 
ch  1  48;  Sugar  Hill  ch  64  cts;  Watkins  ch  z7  98; 
Hammondaport  ch  16  35;  Corning  ch  20.  Oeneoa  - 
Fir!«t  ch,  Manoheater  lo;  Penn  Yan  ch  148  16; 
Romulus  ch  26  444  56 

HARRUBURQH.—ChWia^tf  — Second  ch,  Cin-lisle 
136  77:  Waynesboro  Sab-sch  17  7i;  Big  Spring 
ch  100;  Falling  Hpring  ch  200;  Miller-town  oh 
17  65.  l/unfingdon— Lewislown  ch  72;  Sinking 
Valley  ch  39  69;  Birmingham  ch  .348  91,  War- 
rior'a  Mark  Sab-sch  43  80-392  71 :  Shade  Gap  ch 
11  10;  Fruit  Hill  ch  7  20;  M.fflntown  ch  87, 
Sab-ach  15— 102 ;  Lost  Creek  ch  65;  Milesburg 
ch  2u  32;  snow  Shoe  ch  3  U8;  Mo-hannon  oh 
2  36;  Altoonach  22  26;  Fannettuburgh  Sab-sch 
27,  Fninkie's  Miasion  Box  93  cts—iy  93;  McVey- 
townch  28  .30;  Williamsburg  ch  Hi;  Vellow  Creek 
8  60;  Tyrone  ch  40;  Huntingdon  ch,  add'l  6, 
Sab-Rch,  f)r  .Jacob  Miller  ach  25,  Infant  claas 
24,  Maggie's  savings  5,  Little  boy's  silver  dollar 
1,  for  Canton  sch— 60;  Upper  iu-oarora  ch  10. 
A orMiimfrer/and— Second  oh,  Williamsport  32 
60;  Wa«hinj;ton  ch  4o  10;  Sunbury  ch  52  64; 
Hartleton  ch  6  50;  Berwick  ch  10;  Grove  on 
40,  Sab-sch,  for  Africa  30—70.  WetUboro—lAW- 
renceville  ch  24;  Couderaport  ch  5  nt4  25 

iLUiroiB,  CiWTRAL.— iU'iomtnffto?!— Towaod*!  ch 
33;  Paxion  ch  6  38;  Danville  ch  79.  /V/r  a— John 
Knox  ch  17  2%  a  friend  10»27  25;  Eureka  oh 
10  35:  Kooxvillech  1U8  2);  Utch,  Elmwood3*»: 
lat  ch,  Yates  City  27 ;  Brun.'iwirk  ch  6;  Salem 
ch  I  60.  Pastor  and  wife  1  60,  Sab-sch  6-4. 
Schuffier—i»i  ch,  Rushville  18  .»7;  AoKU»la  ch 
13;  Carthage  ch  27,  bab-sch  5— :Vi;  lai  en,  War- 
saw 8  20;  Prairie  City  ch  17,  Sab  nch  li^in;  Mm- 
combch  47;  Ebenezer  ch  19;  Dodd«*ville  ch  5. 
Sab-sch  3  60—8  60;  CampCrt-ek  ch  I;  Biishnell 
Ch7.  5'prino/i«W— Fir-tch  Jarkfonville,  Pientiss 
Fund  luo;  Petersburgh  oh  55  65;  Ist  ch,Spring- 
fidid  119  04  792  29 

iLLtaois,  North.— CWc<vo— First  ch,  Chicago 
SOO;  A'istin  ch  5;  Noblent  oh  6.  Sab  ach ->— )0; 
East  Wheal  land  Sab-sch  7  60;  Grace  ch  Sab-sch 
for  oh  at  San  Luis  Potosi  60;  8th  oh,  Chicago 

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115 


B8  88.  l^rMpore— Sooth  ch.  Galena  75  45 ;  Isi 
eh,  Rockford  32  8 i.  OttoiM-OrHDville  ch  5; 
Streator  oh  Sab-i^ch.  CohI  ttbaft  sch,  No  3,  t  45; 
Earlfiile  ch  6.  Roek  Jtivdr— Edffinfflon  Sab-aoh 
I  50;  Ist  oh,  Princi»ton  51 ;  Andover  ch  4;  North 
HendenioD  ch  55 ;  Hamlet  ch  4  80 ;  Fulton  oh 
19  08 :  Peniel  ch  22  689  98 

ILUN0I^  Sooth.  —  il/tofi—PlainTiew  oh  1  40; 
^inien  ch  8  66;  Zion  Ger  oh  10;  Hardin  ch 
\  60;  Litchfield  oh  25.  Cbiro— Metropolia  ch  2. 
lfa<<oon— Pana  lat  ch   16  50 ;   Tayloraville  ch 

1  70 ;  Dalton  City  ch  2  50;  Uobron  oh  10    85  S6 

IwDiANA,  North.— OwfordstKtf*— West  Point 
!b  6;  Delphi  ch  28;  Rockfleld  ch  10:  Pi«gah  ch 
,  Rev  A  Jones  5—11;  Rock  Creek  oh  7  75; 
tetbany  ch  HO;  Williatuaport  ch  2  40.  Fort 
li^avnfl— Albion  ch  15;  La  Grango  oh  6;  Lima 
ih  8  70;  Murray  Sab-ach  6  80;  lat  ch,  Elkhart 

80;  Pleaaant  RidKe  oh  26.  Sab  i»oh  13  75,  A 
friend,  dec'd,  25  centa— 40;  Franklin  ch  4.  Lo- 
«fup«yrt —Crown  Pomtch  2;  Mishawakach  17; 
lebron  oh  1  75 ;  lat  oh,  Valparai8o32  45.  Ifim- 
4e-LaGro  ch  6;  Union  City  eh  6  ;  Wabaah  ch 

0  40;  Shilohch4  20  266  75 

IiTDiAifA,  South.— /ndiofiffpo/ift— Second  ch,  In- 
lianapolia  42;  New  Hope  on  tt  70;  3d  ch  Indian- 
polls  80;  Greenwood  ch  11,  Sab-ach  Mra  Dean's 
;ia88  4  —  15;  Hopewell  oh  45.  New  Atbann—' 
^cond  ch.  New  Albany  GO;  lf»t  ch  Sab  sch, 
fadison  82  38;  Orleans  and  Paoli  ch  7  50; 
UioH  ch  1  60  ;  lat  ch,  New  Albany  78  20;  JefTt-r- 
onville  Sabach.  toed  boy  in  India  65  50;  Mt 
^ernon  ch  9.  KinoennM— vine  at  ch,  Evanarille 
4,  8ab-«ch  53  80—97  80;    Ifit  oh,  Terre   Haute 

2  50;  Princeton  oh  Sab-ach  3;  Peieraburgh  ch 

549  18 

Iowa,  No«th.— CWar  JKnpftb— Union  ch  4; 
iedar  GroTo  ch  4;  StrongaTille  ch  5;  Linn 
frove  ch,  add*!  1;  Clarence  ch  16  60,  Rev  C  W 
readwell  5»2l  50;  lat  oh,  Bellevue  3  90;  An- 
rew  ch  1  55 ;  Farmer  Creek  ch  2.  Dubuque— 
leaaant  Grove  ch  6:  Pleaaant  Prairie  cli  2; 
Hnthrop  ch  13  35  ;  Manchester  oh  8  7V  Fort 
hjdge—Siouz  Ciiy  ch  24  ;  Cherokeech  8;  Siorm 
ake  ch2;  Fort  Dodge  ch  8  /.O.  Waterloo— 
edar  Falls  oh  22;  Rock  Creek  ch  80  els    128  85 

Iowa,  South.— Det  ifotnet— Corydon  ch  1  CO; 
delch  7;  Waukee  ch  2;  Woodburn  ch  3;  Ruv 
)ll  ch  2.  /oioa— Kirksville  oh  10;  0(tumw%  oh 
50;  Ntch,  Burlington  60  9).  Sab-pch  50  01,  to 
i  boy  at  Pekmg  30—161  86;  Libertyville  ch  4; 
arley  ch  10;  Epworth  ch  4;  MiddMown  ch  8; 
lorniDg  Sun  ch  33,  D  CT  10— 4<;  let  Weatmin- 
teroh,  Keokuk  32  82.  Iowa  ati/— Waloott  ch 
;  Keota  ch  10;  Lafayette  ch  I.  "Nebraska  Cl*v 
-Tecum»eh  ch  8 ;  Simeon  ch  75  cents       811  53 

Kavbab.— Neosho— Fir»i  cb,  Ottawa  2  84 :  lafc 
h  Sab-f)ch,  Cheiopa  1  92;  lat  ch,  Neo)*ho  Falla 
50:  Lancaster  on  4.  TopeAm— Oakalooaa  ch 
85;  1st  ch,  Lawrence  57  85  76  96 

KEKTucKT.—£&0neMr— Burlington  ch  60;  lat 
fi  Sab-Hch,  Covington  151  20.  LouispiUe—VfskU 
ut  at  ch  7  46;  4lh  ch,  Louisville  57  50      266  16 

Loifo  IsLAHD.—BrooAcfyn— Lawrence  sk  ch  Sat>- 
)h  30:  Lafayette  ch.  in  part  877  39;  lat  ch.  Dr. 
MverV,  add*l  25;  Edgewater  ch  12  37;  S  uih 

1  at  ch,  Williamsburg  36,  Miss  aoh  30-^. 
ong  /s/and— Weat  Hampton  ch  85;  Southamp. 
>n  ch  102  10;  lalipch  16  20.  Aoaaau— First  ch, 
sioria  23  26;  lat  ch,  Huntington  280  80 

1,478  71 

MioHiOAH.—2>€<ro>C— Westminster  ch  Detroit, 
)  66;  Fort  Ptch,  Detroit  9)  8:):  East  Nankm  oh 
^:  Mt  Clemens  ch  52;  Mil  ford  Sabnoh  5. 
h-and  itepid«— Wpstminsier  ch,  Gnmd  Rapida 
).  ^  Kalamazoo— Three  Rivera  ch  0»  75;  latch, 
ecaturSt.  i^inatn^—Marshall  oh  75  55.  Mon- 
>•— Hudson  cli  li.  Saginaw— Firttt  oh,  Saginaw 
ity  41  7> ;  Au  Sable  ana  Oscoda  ch  6  60  476  C4 

MutHEsoTA.— Jfa»f*ato— First  ch,  Winnebago 
ity  I";  1st  ch,  Le  Sueur,  to  aup  l)oy  at  Peking 
I.  St  PumZ  —  Westminater  en,  Minneapolis 
11  58,   Sab-ech  26  28—169  86;   Farmington  oh 


S  55;  Empire  chl  75;  Eureka  ch  2  76;  Andrew 
ch  24  35.  Ifilaonii— Fairmount  ch  7;  Rush  ford 
ch  8;  La  Crescent  eh  6  11  237  87 


MissouM.  —  Ofooe— Tipton  eh  7.  Palimsfra-' 
Eirkvilleeh  11:  Shelbyville  oh  1;  Clarenoa  oh 

1  57 ;  Sullivan  ch  2  64;  Bird*s  Eye  Ridge  oh  1  38. 
PTaf/e— Uaokberry  oh  8  20;  Hamilton  ch  8;  N 
TSeiilemenUoh6;  Oak  Grore  oh  a  35;  Tren- 
ton Sab-ach  2;  lat  oh,  Mirabile  6  25;  Wealon  oh 
7.  SL  XoMii— Washington  Sab  sch  4;  Kirkwood 
Sab-sch  29  4:) ;  Webster  Grove  oh  85 ;  Nasareih 
oh  13  16;  Zoar  oh  10;  Emanuel  oh  14;  0  Reuggo 
20—84  179  92 

Nkw  Jbksit.— l{r{2a6«fA— Firat  ch,  Rah  way  127; 
Central  ch.  Summit  26;  Clinton  ch  LadleM*'Soc'y 
to  con  Mra  F  A  Kliae,  Life  M(tnbfr  89;  lat  ch, 
Cranford36  83;  Westminater  ch,  Elisabeth  8.12; 
Weaifleld  oh  18;  Summit,  West  eh  15  43; 
Pluckamin  ch  8  68;  8d  oh.  Elisabeth  23  20. 
Jerse^f  CJ^— Firat  ch  Sab-aoh,  Bergen,  ap  for 
China  60.  ifomnoiUA  —  Mancheater  ch  2  70; 
Jamef>burg  oh  20;  Farmingdale  oh  5;  Fori 
Washington  Sab-sch  5  50;  1st  oh  Sab-toh,  I'oms 
River,  sp  for  China  20.  Morris  and  Orange— 
Central  ch.  Orange  168 ;  Parsippany  8al>soh,  sp 
for  China  20;  lat  ch,  Orange  215;  Rockaway 
Sab-sch,  ap  for  China  84  t9.  Newark— Pwk  ch 
26  01 :  Lyons  Farms  ch  loO;  lat  ch,  Newark 
454;  Central  eh,  Newark  170;  .Sd  ch,  Newark 
57  b9 ;  South  Park  oh  507  24.  New  Brunswick— 
lat  eh.  Lambertavllie  259,  Sabach  41,  ^p  for 
China  100— 4tiO;  2d  ch,  Princeton  Mite  boxes  for 
Benita  60:  Kingwood  ch  88:  Kirkpatrick  Me- 
morial Sao  sch  20.  sp  for  China  10— ')o;  .Sd  ch 
Trenton  2.'2  92;  Alexandria  ch    14  21,  Sab-aoh 

9  43—23  64.  i\r^fof»— Yellow  Frame  ch  11  84; 
Sparta  ch  11,  Sab-aoh  15—26;  Lafayette  ch  5; 
Branch vi lie  ch  56  66,  Ladiea'  Society  40.  Sab- 
anh,  ppfor  China  3—99  66;  Newton  ch,  to  sup 
Mr  Hardin.  Syria  127  94;  2d  oh  Sab-ach,  Belvi- 
d**re,  sp  for  China  25.  West  Jer««|y— Wllliama- 
town  ch35;  lat  cb,  Bridgeion  915  3,70i  01 

New  TomK.—Bo«ton— First  ch.  Newburyport 
39  13:  Bedford  ch  40  83.  .fftidson— First  ch, 
Florida  42  35;  lat  ch,  Montgomery  ro;  Amity 
oh  30;  Stony  Point  ch  24  50;   Sootch'.own  ch 

2  50;  Goodwill  eh  40  80;  Middletown.  lat  eh 
21  02;  Middletown, 2d  oh 30  53;  Milford  ch  4  80; 
Ramapo  oh  5  20;  Cocheoton  oh  2:  Uemp«tead 
oh  2  54;  Liberty  ch  9  07 ;  Uamptonburg  ch  11: 
Port  Jervis  ch  14.  New  For*— Fifth  Ave  and 
191  h  at  ch.  aadU  5,085;  Memorial  ch  586;  4th 
Ave  ch  133  82;  Rutgers  oh  1.H8  54;  Sea  and 
Land  oh  4  40:  Philhps  ch  10  72;  Scotch  ch. 
Jas  Riddle  5;  Manhattanville  Sab-ach,  Sallie  B 
Cuminina  1,  Tneodore  CummiO'*  f-0  cents— 
1  50;  Murray  Hill  ch  114  02;  Washington  Heights 
ch  '^0;  Harlem  ch  4  45:  Brick  ch  Chapel  14  50. 
North  £rt>«r— Middle  Hope  Sabach  5:  Maiden 
ch  42  94;  Calvary  ch,  Newbiirg  17  53;  latch, 
IMeaaant  Plains  33  81;  Rondmit  Sab  sch  107  18; 
Poughkeepnie  oh  85  40.  Westeheater  —  Sonth 
Salem  ch  80;  South  Greenburg  Sab-ach  for 
native  preacher  at  Ningpo  2U0  ;  li^l  ch  Hartford 
24,  Little  Maggie  Gneri«on  1—25;  la:  ch,  Yon- 
kers380;  Bridgeport  ch  105,  Hab  ach  for  Gaboon 
boat,  25—130;  Isi  ch,  Peekskili  113  47,  mon  con 
36  24-149  71  7,7'JO  74 

PAano.—  Benieia  —  Firat  ch,  Tomales  5  05. 
Orryoa— First  ch,  Portland  64  46  («  50 

Philadslphia.- Chss/er— Upper  Octorara  ch 
99  3i;  Great  Valley  ch  30,  Sabhch  10  26—46  25; 
Central  ch,  Downingtown  1^ ;  New  London  cti 

10  80.  LoeAoioaana— Walk esbarre  ch  3i8  60,  for 
Lebanon  aoha  140—478  69 ;  Monroetun  ch  4 ; 
Monircie  ch  85;  Ruahville  oh  4;  Stevenav.Ile 
oh  6;  Carbondale  oh  7,  Sab-sch  50-^57;  <-'anton 
ch  SO  .S7,  Sab  ach  for  Syria  6  6).  E  C  SHb-soh  2— 
48;  Plymouth  ch  12  25,  Sab-aoh  for  Syria  7  ao  — 
19  75;  Ararat  eh  3;  Gibaon  ch  8  ;  l8t  r>h.  Maha- 
noy  City  17  5'*;  Waymart  ch  »0  50;  Prompton 
ch  8  5u;  Dunmore  oh  12;  Scranton  eh,  for  Le- 
banon acbools  165;  MeAhopf)en  ch  lu;  boog- 
cliffd  oh  5  20.  Lehtgh—UAunh  Chunk  ch  31  90; 
Shenandoah  oh  2  40;  Weatheriy  ch  6;  Lower 
Mount  Bethel  oh  23  48;  1st  oh,  Poiisviile  176; 


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iAprU 


Moiinfflin  ch  8;  BanjEor  cb  10;  Shawnee  cb, 
adil'l  25  cems;  Brainerd  ch,  Easton  :Jli.  Phifa- 
d«/p/<w— Tabernacle  Sabsoh  25;  Wharton  st  ch 
7*  26;  2d  ch,  Mii<9  Sarah  Biirk hardt  6.    Philadd- 

fhta  Cenlral^'Viogfi  8t  ch  20;  West  Arch  st  ch 
^3  8»;  l8i ch, Northern  Liberiiea 615;  Beihe^da 
ch  (37  3i ;  K^nfiinaion  ch  100;  Sprint  Gnrden 
chSiS  76:  Oxford  ch.  in  part  a65  18;  Princeioa 
ch  2150.  PhUadelphia  North— Mtin^yunk  ch  32; 
Ipt  cli,  GermaDiown  750;  Plum»tpadville  ch4; 
CarFfcr:«TilIe  ch  2;  Port  Kennedy  ch  »  40;  Int 
ch,  Bridesbiirg  111;  Uuntinxdon  Valley  ch7; 
Market  Sonare  ch,  Germantown  1'6  .17.  West- 
minster—New Harmony  ch  6;  Lancaster  ch 
6i  60:  Siruhburg  ch  27  66,  Sab-sch2ti  63— M  21; 
Mt  Joy  ch  5  4  GtK)  37 

PiTTSBiKQH.— i?toi'r«t;i7/a— Greensburg  ch  65; 
CroHs  Ro«d»i  ch  aoGu:  Black  Lick  tiubsch  1.'; 
Litfonier  ch  It;  Pleasant  Grove  ch9;  L<itrobe 
ch  63  3"i;  Johnstown  ch  70;  Unity  ch  61  7); 
Irwin  ch  23,  Sab  sch  47—70.  PitUburgh—Mo- 
nongahela  City  ch  121  06;  Centre  ch  Sab  sch 
10;  3d  ch.  Pitisb  Tgh  10;  Ea-t  Liberty  ch  193  08; 
Forew  Grove  ch  60;  Hazlewood  ch  6i  IK);  Mt 
Pi'^ftah  ch  20  25;  Mingo  ch  41  45;  Mt  Washing- 
ton ch  15;  Raccoon  ch  140  7.\  Sah-sch  20  78  — 
161  63;  Sharon  ch  30  75;  Sprinadale  ch  6  7'»; 
Bhndy  Side  ch  lOG  31;  2d  ch.  Pittsburgh  lOO; 
Oakdrtle  ch  1  (  40.  RedsUms—^ew  Providence 
ch  89,  8ab-«»ch  24—63;  Greensboro  Sab-sch  7; 
Pleasant  Unity  ch  24:  Little  Redstone  ch47; 
Fayelie  C<ty  ch  21:  Round  Hill  ch  29  46;  Mt 
Plea^'ant  Re-Un  on  ch  6  40;  Long'^  Run  ch  31. 
Washington— Vfe*t  Alexander  ch  173  '.0,  Snb-HCh 
to  sup  child  at  Dehra  26  25—198  75;  Pigeon 
Creek  Sab >ch,  to  nup  child  at  Tungchow  3i  30; 
HollidMv'H  Cove  ch  63;  Three  Springs  ch  U; 
Upper  Ten  Mile  ch  20  68,  Sab-sch  It  42,  Jos<le 
and  Willie  1  26»4l  25;  Frankford  Sprmics  ch 
22;  4th  oh,  Wheeling  4  80;  Mt  Pronpect  ch 
eo  60;  Falrview  ch  70  31.  West  Virginia— WeWa- 
burg  ch  26;  Sistersrille  ch  10  2,070  05 

TB:r:rBssEB.—/7b/«/on— Wells  ch  3  75;  Salem  cli 
10;  Mt  HHhel  ch  2.  A'*iiff«ron— Clover  IMI  ch 
1;  (:ioyd*f»  ('reek  ch  2  60.  l/rtion~  Westlllln^ter 
ch  2  W";  2d  ch,  Knoxvllln  2u5  40,  Sab  sch  for 
Persia  l.i~='280  40 ;  Rev  E  N  Sawielle  1  2i,  3u3  70 

Toi.Bi>o.— ^c/ie/bnfa»i«— Bucyrus  ch  17  4fi;  1st 
ch,  Bellefoniaine  lo  80;  Belle  Centre  ch  6  wi; 
Marseilles  ch  6  16.  Huron — lliiron  ch  14;  Fre- 
mont ch  18;  Norwalk  ch  137  bo.  Sab  fch  for 
Per.-ia  110—217  60;  Mel  more  ch  6  60;  Bloom  ville 
ch  8  76;    Tiffin  ch   10  GO.     Lifiw— Delphos  ch 

6  84;  Adach  4.  A/aumcd— Union  ch  2  40;  llicks- 
ville  ch  6  30:  Mt  Salem  oh  7;  1st  ch.  Bryan 

7  75;  1st  ch,  Detiance  (o  sup  sch  at  Gaboon  15 

390  16 
WtSTRKW  N«w  YoBE.—Bi//ra/o  —  Wesf field  ch 
13  GO;  Wesslminster  ch,  Butf  ilo  38  62;  Fredoni* 
ch  1«6;  East  Hamburg  ch  6;  Calvary  ch,  Butf.<lo 
78  30.  to  t^up  child  in  Syria  60—128  3ii;  Clarence 
ch  lu:  Istch,  Alden  U.  0en««M— Castile  ch  6; 
Oakfield  ch  10;  Atlca  ch  137  40:  Ist  ch.  Pike 
23;  Isich,  Le  Roy  63  18:  Tonawanda  Valley  chx; 
Warhaw  Sjib-sch,  for  China  26;  Ist  ch,  Bergen 
e  J2,  Sab  sch  7  06-16  48;   Bethany  Centre  ch 

8  75;  Perry  ch  27  13;  Portagevi lie  Sab-sch.  sp 
10;  Ist  ch.  Wyoming  66,  Sab-sch,  for  China  31— 
87:  BHtavia  0(1  0  I  72.  Gfnesee  VaUev — Alleuhany 
8ao  sch.  sp  6.  Niagara— RoWy  ch  21  60,  Sab-sch 
sp.  for  China  7  0i»— 32  10.  Moehester—lAmR  ch 
6  32;  Central  oh,  Rochester  91  20;  Nunda  Sab- 
sch,  f.p.  fur  China  lo;  3d  ch  Roctiester  23)  98, 
Fabfch  165  43  —  39141;  Webster  ch  32  1*0; 
Brock  port  ch  85;  Rev  Willis  G  Gaylord,  Roches- 
ter, for  Canton  5  1488  Ol 

WisroNSTN.—Ci^/ppeuMi— Black  River  Falls  ch 
6  26;  Neshanoe  ch  24.  Sab-sch  3  40— .^  40;  Neils- 
Tille  ch  7;  Nasonville  ch  6,  Milwaukee — Dela- 
field  ch  3;  Imm  'niiel  ch,  Milwaukee  2J0  6-2;  Ist 
ch,  Bfloii  l.M).  Wi/in«/'<Tyo— Robinson vllle  ch  !••; 
St  Saiiveur  ch  6.  Wisconsin  Rver—FRncv  Creek 
ch.^  26;  Ricf  land  Ciiy  ch  1  75;  Istch  Sab  sch, 
Kilbourne  Lity  3  26  411  4i 

Woman's  Board  F  M,  Albanv  200;  Ladies' 
Board  of  Misoiuns,  N  Y  2886  26;  Woman's  Board 


Foreign    Missions,    Phila.,   6191  03;    Woman's 
Board  of  Missions,  Northwest  876  93         0353  20 

Total  receipts  from  Churches  in  Febru- 
ary, 1874  $18,188  47 

Leoacies— Bequest  of  Miss  Ann  S  Gerhard 
dec'd  loth  ch,  Phila  3000;  Estate  of  E  Cummins 
Pa  10  3U10  00 

MiscELLAXioo?.— A  Friend  J  L  85;  J  K  Graves 
2:  S  H  McDonald  4  60;  A  l^dy  1;  S  U  Powel, 
Alt'y  for  Rev  I  Miller,  from  a  fund  left  by  T 
Cope,  dec'd,  Phila.  for  cd  in  Africa  87;  Lvndon 
Sab-sch,  Ohio  2;  Rev  W  E  Honey  man.  Col  10; 
MrsS  W  Hall.  Livonia,  Pa  6;  l.itile  Willie's, 
dec'd.  Rift  for  the  heathen  1  15;  Miss  C  N  Watts, 
Charloite.  N  C3;  A  Friend,  per  A  B,  Albany  lOfl; 
Rev  DC  McCoy  and  fAmily,  Peking,  China 60; 
J  W  B  60;  Cash  1  16; 'Martin  H  Cheadle  5:  A 
Friend  in;  Rev  George  Morris,  Baltimore  200«; 
Samuel  Waddle,  Kossuth.  Iowa  5 ;  Kev  W  H 
Welles,  Kingston.  Pa,  for  Lebanon  schs.  .Syria  70; 
Mrs  S Salmon.  Hanover,  Ma«is,  for  L«  b:inon  schs, 
Syria  26;  Andrew  Porter  10;  IJitle  Sarah  B 
Jorman,  Petosky,  Mich  25  cents;  II  S  Ellioti, 
New  Florence,  Pa  0  90;  Lenox  t^otlegi^to  Insti- 
tute, lowaO;  Hev  W  Hall.  Steambiirg,  N  Y  21; 
CChisholm,  Holland,  Mch  3  76;  Mr.-*  W  Min- 
ster,  lor  sch  in  Svr-a  10;  .Mrs  E  Howell,  L  1  4; 
RevDrTSChilds,  Hartfonl  10;  A  Friend  to  sup 
Dr  Davenport  2;  Mr  D  H  Piatt  20  75;  Rev  W 
W  Attorbury,  N  Y  5J;  G  L  R  15;  Hev  C  E  John- 
son, Sevmoiir,  N  Y  6;  Rev  D  8  Blake.  PitL-ibuig 
10:  A  Friend  10;  Eliai  H  Wakeman.  N  Y2iK); 
Foreign  Ev.  ch  Filio,  Sandwich  I.-^laud-*,  for 
Mexico  36  3);  Cash  6;  W  H  Hart  5;  'S"  of 
Liberty  6;  Cash  25;  -fudge  O  M  Dorman.  Nor- 
fo  k.  Va  60:  Mrs  McBnde,  N  Y  Ci  y  1  ;  Rev  J 
H  Nixon  and  family,  St  Charles,  Mo  30;  S,  Pa 
CO;  Boston,  A  Kiiend  16;  Rel  Conirib  Society, 
Princeton  Theol  Seminary,  N  J  42  5t;  Cash 
6  60;  '8.."  sp,  10,003;  H.,  200  13,376  78 

Total  receipts  in  February,  1874,        J  '.4,574  26 
Total  receipts  from  May  Ist,  1873.     f325,'^89  22 

Of  the  amount  acknowledsred  abo^e.  $1,260  69 
was  received  from  tlie  Committee  on  Benevo- 
lence and  Finance. 

Also,  box  of  sundries  for  Omaha  Mission,  from 
L.,  valued  at  $75. 

Box  of  clothing  for  Dakota  preacher,  from  La- 
dies ol  2d  cb,  Wheelinjf,  W;  Va.,  76. 

WM.  RANKIN,  Treasurer, 
23  Centre  Street,  New  York- 


Lbttebs  relating  to  the  Missions,  or  other  opera- 
tions of  t  tie  Board,  may  be  addressed  lo  the  Rev. 
Jonx  C.  LowRiE,  Kev.  David  Irtixo,  or  Rev.  F«ak« 
F.  Ellinwood,  Secretaries,  Mission  House,  23 
Centre  street.  New  York. 

Letters  relat:ng  to  the  pecuniary  affairs  of  the 
Board,  or  contamingremittancesof  mont^y.  may 
be  sent  to  Wiluam  Ka.)ikix,  Esq.,  Treasurer— 
same  address. 

PoSTAOEa.— 

To  Western  Africa « «...in  cents. 

Syria 12      ** 

Persia,  to  Constantinople 12       ** 

India 22      " 

Siam 28      ** 

China  and  Japan 10      •* 

Braail 16      •* 

U.  S  Colombia 18      " 

Mexico 10       ** 

Chili 22      " 

For  each  J^  oz  weight,  prepaid. 
Stamps  not  to  be  put  on  the  leit^'rs,  as  these  are 
enclosed  in  an  ou)  side  envelope;  a  ndi  he  po'^taae 
is  assessed  according  to  the  weight  of  each  letter. 
For  Japan,  China,  and  Siam  the  mail  is  sent 
from  the  Mission  House  on  the  2^»th  of  each 
mouth;  for  India.  Syria,  Per>>ia.  by  the  steamers 
nearest  the  Isi  and  loth  ;  for  Western  Africa,  on 
the  leth:  for  Braail,  on  the  22d;  for  U.  S.  Colom- 
bia, on  the  6th  and  21st.  Newspapers,  from  2  to 
0  cents,  prepaid. ^  o 


1874.] 


Board  of  PubUcatum. 

BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION.  . 

No.  1334  Cbastnat  Street,  Philadelphia. 


117 


Letters  relating  to  donations  of  books  and  trAct»,  the  appointment  of  Golportears,  and  the 
general  interests  of  the  Board,  to  be  addressed  to  the  Rev.  Wiluam  K  Schktok,  D.D.,  Oorreipond- 
Vng  Secretary, 

Manuscripts,  and  commanications  concerning  matter  offered  for  pablication,  whether  for  books 
or  periodicals,  to  the  Rev.  Joeif  W.  Dulles,  D.D.,  Editorial  Secretary. 

Letters  relating  to  Sabbath-school  work,  to  Mr.  J.  Bbxmit  Ttlik,  Saperintendent  of  Sabbath- 
ichool  Work. 

Correspondence  of  Golportears,  remittances  of  money,  and  donations,  to  Mr.  8.  D.  Powkl, 
Baperintendent  of  Colportnge  and  Treasurer. 

Orders  for  Hooks  (except  from  Colporteurs)  and  Business  Correspondence,  to  Mr.  John  A.  Blage. 

Subscrlpiiona  to  The  Preebyterian  Monthly  Record^  The  Sabbath-Sehool  Visitor^  The  Prefbyterian 
%t  Work,  The  Weatmiruter  Letson  Leaf,  and  payments  for  the  same,  to  Mr.  p£Tta  Walxie. 


COLPORTAGE  ON  THE  PACIFIC  COAST. 

The  Colportago  work  of  the  Board  of  Publication  \s  oonstantlj  growing  in 
extent,  interest,  and  usefulness  in  our  far  West.  In  the  widely  extended 
Synod  of  the  Pacific,  the  Board  now  has  seven  colpcrteurs  at  work,  viz:  two 
in  the  Presbytery  of  Oregon,  and  one  each  in  of  those  of  Benicia,  Sacra- 
mento, San  Francisco,  San  Jose,  and  Los  Angelos.  There  is  a  vast  work  to 
be  done  by  this  agency,  for  Christ's  kingdom  and  for  our  Presbyterian  Church, 
in  that  great  field,  and  our  Board  is  doing  all  it  can,  with  very  limited  means, 
for  its  accomplishment. 

The  Board  has  just  completed  an  arrangement  with  F.  E.  Shearer,  No. 
757  Market  Street,  San  Francisco,  to  keep  on  hand  a  full  supply  of  the 
Board's  publications.  This  will  be  a  great  accommodation  to  the  Presbyte- 
rians of  the  Pacific  coast. 


SHORTER  CATECHISM. 

Messrs.  K.  L.  and  A.  Stuart  of  New  York  have  made  a  generous  donation 
to  the  Mi>8ionary  Fund  of  the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Publication.  Of  the 
amount  so  contributed,  five  hundred  dollars  (8500)  is  to  be  used  exclusively 
in  giving  away  copies  of  the  Shorter  Catechism  to  Sabbath-schools  which 
are  unahlc  to  bvi/.  Applications  for  grants  must  state  the  number  of  cate- 
chisms actually  needed,  and  must  be  signed  by  the  superintendent  of  the 
school  and  by  the  pastor  of  the  church,  if  there  be  one,  and  may  be  addressed 
either  to  Dr.  C.  0.  Waters,  69  Dearborn  Street^  Chicago;  to  Rev.Hobert 
Irwin,  comer  Sixth  and  Locust  Streets^  St.  Louis;  to  Rev.  F.  E.  Shearer,  767 
Market  Street,  San  Francisco^  Cat,  or  to  the  Rev.  W.  E.  Schenck,  D.D.,  1334 
Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia.  > 

The  Board  has  added  to  the  forms  in  which  it  offers  the  Shorter  Catechism, 
an  Idmo.  edition,  in  larger  type  than  that  used  in  the  small  32mo.  edition 
in  common  use.     Price  three  cents. 


COLPORTAGE  IN  MICHIGAN. 

The  northern  part  of  Michigan  is  a  vast  forest  region,  thinly  settled,  and 
to  a  great  extent  by  persons  connected  with  the  lumber  business.  In  the 
Prffsbytery  of  Saginaw  the  Board  has  an  excellent  colporteur,  a  ruling  Elder 


118  Board  of  I\thhc(Ui(m.  lApril 

in  one  of  the  ckurches,  luBily  at  work.  The  following  eztracta  from  his  last 
letter  will  give  a  view  of  the  nature  and  importance  of  his  work.     He  says : 

"  I  have  visited  all  the  points  on  the  Lake  shore  from  the  Straits  of  Macki- 
naw to  Fort  Hope  and  around  Saginaw  Bay,  a  distance  of  about  300  miles. 
This  is  a  newly  settled  country,  and  much  of  it  is  still  a  wilderness.  I  have 
been  the  first  colporteur  to  visit  many  of  these  points.  It  requires  hard 
labor  and  a  great  deal  of  endurance  to  work  in  these  back  places.  But  just 
here  the  colporteur  is  most  needed,  and  here  he  is  likely  to  do  most  good.  I 
often  met  those  who  had  enjoyed  better  privileges  in  the  past,  and  who  are 
trying  to  do  good  still.  By  such  the  colporteur's  visits  are  valued.  Thej 
have  no  other  way  of  getting  a  religious  book." 

SABBATH-SCnOOLS  IN  THE   WILDERNESS. 

"  I  walked  forty-seven  miles  through  the  wilderness — for  thirty  miles  not 
seeing  a  house  or  a  person — to  organize  two  Sabbath-schools  at  two  settle- 
ments. At  one  of  these  places  I  stayed  over  Sabbath.  One  small  boy 
walked  four  and  a  half  mUes  to  get  to  the  Sabbath-school.  Over  thirty 
persons  were  present.  No  minister  had  ever  been  there,  and  no  sermon 
ever  preached  there.  After  spending  an  hour  or  two  with  this  little  school, 
I  did  not  regret  that  I  had  walked  so  far.  This  school  has  since  been  kept 
up  through  the  winter,  and  I  have  sent  them  some  of  our  books." 

BOOKS  NOT  FORGOTTEN. 

*'  In  many  instances,  away  up  on  this  shore  in  the  backwoods,  I  have  met 
individuals  who  know  our  books,  and  would  point  out  those  they  liked.  On 
my  expressing  surprise  at  this,  they  replied,  ^  Ob,  we  had  them  in  our  Sabbath- 
school  in ,'  naming  some  place  in  Ohio,  New  York,  Pennsylvania,  or 

somewhere  else,  from  which  they  had  come.  This  fact  shows  that  our  books 
in  Sabbath-school  libraries  are  not  forgotten,  but  leave  an  influence  on  many 
readers  in  after  years." 

▲N   EARNEST   LAD. 

^*  At  one  place,  a  French  lad,  sixteen  years  old,  followed  me  around,  search- 
ing three  hours  for  me,  to  get  some,  books.  He  had  seen  some  tracts  I  had 
given  to  other  persons.  His  first  selection  was  ^James^  Anxious  Inquirer^' 
for  which  he  gave  me  all  the  money  he  had.  He  was  from  Montreal,  was  a 
convert  from  Romanism,  and  was  working  and  going  to  school,  hoping  that 
he  might  hereafter  be  able  to  preach  the  gospel." 

ONE  USE  OF  COLPORTAQE. 

''Even  in  these  backwoods  there  are  those  who  are  thirsting  for  religious 
instructioQ,  but  have  few  or  no  opportunities  to  get  it.  My  most  useful  work 
has  been  done  at  out-posts  beyond  where  even  our  home  missionaries  go,  aI^o 
among  our  weaker  churches  and  Sabbath -schools.  Often  these  have  no 
preacher,  but  by  visiting  and  encouraging  the  Sabbath -school,  the  church  is 
held  together  until  it  can  secure  preaching.  Wherever  I  find  them,  I  work 
with  our  home  missionaries,  and  they  always  feel  that  my  work  and  my  books 
and  tracts  are  a  most  important  help  to  them.  By  the  great  mass  of  the 
people  engaged  in  the  lumbering  business  the  Sabbath  and  religion  are  fear- 
fully dbrogarded." 

"almost  a  nun." 

'*  In  one  place  I  was  told  that  a  copy  of  one  of  our  Board's  books — '  Almoit 
a  Nun* — in  the  library  of  the  Methodist  Sabbath-school,  had  been  the  means 
of  leading  a  family,  who  are  now  consistent  members  of  the  Methodist  Church, 


874.] 


Board  of  PuhUcaHon. 


119 


0  forsake  Roman  ism.  At  another  place  a  Roman  Catholio  woman  borrowed 
his  book  from  a  Sabbath-school  library  and  burned  it.  But  there  were  several 
ther  copies  in  the  neighborhood,  and  when  it  was  known  what  she  had  done, 
very  body  wanted  to  read  the  work.  So  her  burning  one  copy  gave  it  an 
xtensive  reading  for  miles  around.  I  sold  a  large  number  of  that  book  in 
hat  neighborhood.  D.  M." 


OUR  MISSIONARY  FUND.-HOW  IT  WORKS. 
Here  is  the  testimony  of  a  missionary  pastor,  working  hard  to  build  up  a 
lew  church  in  Iowa.     He  says : 

<*  When  our  church  had  spent  all  its  resources  in  building  a  house  of 
rorship,  and  when  we  had  one  hundred  scholars  ready  to  enter  a  Sabbath- 
choui,  and  when  we  were  unable  to  open  such  a  school  for  want  of  the  facili- 
ies  to  begin  with — then  the  Board  of  Publication  made  us  a  donation  of 
»aok8,  &C...  which  enabled  us  to  organize  the  school  at  once,  and  now,  four 
reeks  from  its  organization,  we  have  an  excellent,  self-sustaining  school. 

"  Again,  through  the  gift  of  this  same  Board  of  over  twenty  thousand 
>age8  of  tracts,  I  have  been  enabled,  within  the  three  years  past,  to  plant 
?resbyt3rian  doctrine  deep  and  broad  in  the  hearts  of  the  people  of  this  com- 
nunity,  to  erect  a  beautiful  house  of  worship,  and  to  organize  a  good  Sabbath- 
ichool. 

**  Our  people  cannot  express  their  gratitude  for  such  help  from  this  Board, 
ind  it  is  painful  to  learn  that  its  Missionary  work  may  be  stopped  or  hindered 
>y  being  consolidated  with  that  of  another  Board.  We  hope,  however,  that 
»ur  General  Assembly  may  see  in  time  what  a  mistake  that  would  be,  and 
nay  otherwise  order."  W.  R.  S. 


>0HATI0N8  TO  THB   MiSSIOVABT   FUND  OP  THB  PRIABTTBBIAV  BOABD  OF  PUBLIOATIOB, 

February  1874. 
Jl9*  Synods  in  small  OAPiTAia—Presbyteries  in  Ualics—ChnroheB  In  Roman. 


ATLAjfTio.— /f/ioa;— Anlioch  60  cenU.  Yadkin-- 
Mocksvllle  (of  which  Sab-xch  8)  3  60:  Mount 
Vernon  1;  Mount  Zion  &Ooeois;  Salisbory  ch 
sab-Kch  55  cents  6  05 

Ckktral  14 £W  York.  — SJs^ae««0— Hannibal  10 

GiNcixiiATi.—  CdMinnati— Cincinnati,  Walnut 
Hills  21  86;  College  Hill  8  24  86 

CLBTXLAHD.—lfaAcmin^—Canton  25;  Habbard 
L    81  Clair6viUe—CrBb  Apple  10;  Eliaabetb  7  fiO 

46  60 

CohOKKho.— Wyoming— Erhns  6  00 

CoLUMBD8.—ilf/i«n«  — Marietta  6.  Woo9ter-' 
Orange  and  Polk  10.    ZanetvitU—Vtiotk  20   85  00 

Eaxa.— £ri6— Tidioute  42.  KUtamning-^RnrmX 
Valley  1  4»  00 

Gbketa— 5tett6e«»— Prattsbnrgh  lA  10 

HAaai9BURaH.  —  Cbr^{6  — Upper  Path  Val  >y 

20   0 

Ilukois,  Central.— Pdorio—Lewi^town     15  jA 

liUnois,  NoRTfl.— /^Vtffflort  — Gatona,    South 

23  82 

UuRois,  South— illton— Brighton  4  70 :  Qreen- 
▼ille9  0l  13  71 

InuRA,  South— iTAo  il/bony— Salem         6  25 

KAKgA8-ili«t»»i— Austin  let  13.  Neosho— Veo- 
■ho  Fulls  I  14  00 

MisaoiTRL— Om!j«— ConcoTd  oh  Sab-sch  2  16. 
FtiUi^-^WoAion  ^  fli.  Bt  Lomt-Hi  Louis,  l«t 
(ifer  a  g(|  .S2  30 

»oi/tA^Manetie»ter  I  m;  Tennant  20.  Newton 
'r North  Hjifdii^lowu  as.  IFeai  /«r«<j/— Atco  10; 
^l*]ervilJ#  2&i  WftuooaJi  oh  3al>BCh  25       141  50 


Nrw  Yokt.— New  For*— New  York  Brick  ch, 
from  H  K  Cornina  200;  New  York  Madison 
Square  286  59;  New  York,  6th  Ave  and  19th  St 
oh  (of  which  1000  apeoial  from  Messrs  R  *  L 
Stuari)  2379  35  2,864  94 

Pacific— ZoA  AngOos—QAntA  Barbara  ch,  from 
L  Quid,  Esq  1.    Oregon— Portland  40  41  00 

Philadklphia.— iloeAaioanno— Carbondale  oh 
Sabsch  25.  LeAtoA— Reading  Ist  50.  PhUadet' 
pAia— PhUadelphia  3d  50;  Philadelphia  Walnut 
St  84  16.  PhUa.  ifoHA— Bridesburg  20.  Weit- 
mm«t0fwsiaieville  19  248  16 

Toledo.  —  Enroll— Milan  6;  Sandusky  17  60. 
IfaumM— HickBTllle,  from  Her  H  8  Hyde  6  50 

29  00 
WisooNSiff.— Jf(7ioatt/eM— Oostbni^gh  0  12 

OOKKntU  OH  BUTHTOLUfOR  AMD  FlHAHOS       870  80 


From  ohurohes       $4,023  55 


Students  at  Biddle  Memorial  Institute  at  Char- 
lotte, NC,  lor  Books  for  distribution  tiiere  16; 
Through  the  Rev  J  A  Seymour.  Cleveland,  Ohio 
00;  A  D  Stowell,  West  (Jroton.  N  Y  4  50;  Mrs 
Ellen  T  Miller,  Phila  SO;  W  A  Mathes,  Kansas, 
Tenn  4;  John  A  Groves  2;  Mrs  Abby  C  Choate, 
East  Derry,N  H  16,  of  which  5  for  Spanish  Tracts 
for  Mexico;  Mrs  K  E  Townsend, Painted  Post, 
New  York  8;  J  K  P,  Newton,  Miss  2  144  50 

Total  receipt!  in  Febroary      $4,168  0» 

8.  D.  POWEL,    Trea9ur§r, 


120  Board  of  Church  Erection.  [April 

BOARD  OF  CHURCH  ERECTION. 


Oorregponding  Secretary,  Rir.  H.  R.  Wilsov,  D.D.,  28  Centre  Street,  New  York. 
Treaeurer,  Natbax  Lahk,  Esq.,  69  Wall  Street. 


**OUT  OF  DEBT." 


IIow  pleasantly  this  sounds,  in  these  days  of  emharrassmcnt  and  bankruptcy, 
wh^n  the  hearts  of  men  are  failing  them,  because  of  disappointed  hopes  and 
inability  to  meet  their  liabilities?  Who  is  this  that  can  use  these  cheery  words — 
•*  mil  of  debt?"  A  little  church  of  twelve  members,  in  the  far  West,  to  whom  this 
Board  had  given  four  hundred  dollars  to  assist  them  in  building  n  sanctuary  that 
cost  eighteen  hundred  dollars.  This  church  might  hare  done  as  others  in  similar 
circumstances  have  done.  They  might  have  undertaken  a  much  larger,  finer,  and 
mure  costly  building — one  that  would  have  been  staled  in  the  newspapers,  **an 
ornament  to  the  town  "  and  "  far  surpassing  those  of  other  denominations."  But 
this  would  have  made  it  necessary  either  to  incur  a  heavy  debt,  or  to  canvass  the 
country  in  person,  or  by  an  appeal  to  the  public  through  the  press,  for  the  necessary 
means  to  keep  their  house  from  being  sold  by  the  sheriif,  and  thus  absorbing 
means  that  would,  but  for  their  importunity,  have  enabled  others  to  build,  who 
have  no  house  of  worship  at  all.  But  would  it  have  been  wise  or  prudent  to  have 
done  so  ?  This  Church  is  completed  and  paid  for^  but  not  one  dollar  has  been 
expended  for  mere  ornamentation.  There  is  no  attempt  at  frescoing,  no  costly  spire, 
no  bell,  no  organ.  These  are  things  they  can  very  well  dispense  with  for  the  present, 
and  after  awhile,  when  they  can  afford  to  get  tnem  without  begging,  they  will  the 
more  enjoy  them.  It  is  much  to  be  desired  that  all  our  feeble  churches,  unable  to 
build  without  assistance,  would  follow  the  Chriaiian  example  of  this  little  church 
and  thus,  *'0m7«  no  man  anything,  but  to  love  one  another.'*  A  church  *'oti/  of 
debty^^  though  it  be  small  and  without  embellishment,  is  far  more  attractive,  and 
far  more  likely  to  prosper,  than  one  of  larger  size  and  greater  pretensions, 
unfinished  and  burdened  with  debt.  Who  is  ambitious  to  join  such  a  church,  and 
thereby  have  either  to  share  the  disgrace  of  unredeemed  pledges,  or  put  their 
hands  deep  into  their  pockets  to  help  pay  debts  contracted  by  others?  We  have 
to-day  churches  suffering  from  this  very  cause,  the  effects  of  which  will  remain 
for  years,  whilst  other  denominations  have  come  in  and  gleaned  the  field.  To  one 
and  to  all  who  propose  to  build,  we  say,  keep  clear  of  debt.  Be  contented  with  a 
small  and  unostentatious  building,  rather  ttian  burden  yourselves  with  debt,  or 
render  your  church  unattractive  to  othes  by  this  barrier.  Let  the  experience  of 
others  speak  on  this  subject. 

The  pastor  of  a  little  church  writes  thus,  *'  I  am  very  happy  to  say  that  we  were 
able  to  dedicate  our  house  of  worship/r^tf  of  debt.  With  the  exception  of  the  five 
hundred  dollars  received  from  your  Board,  we  have  asked  for  no  other  assistance, 
greatly  preferring  to  enjoy  the  fruits  of  our  own  self  denial,  in  the  possession  of  a 
plain  and  uncostly  edifice,  to  that  of  a  larger  and  more  showy  one,  built  at  the 
expense  of  others.  Our  church  is  rapidly  filling  up,  and  by  the  time  it  is  full  we 
will  be  able  to  enlarge  and  beautify,  without  taxing  the  generosity  of  others.'* 
This  church  consists  of  twenty-one  members,  only  five  of  whom  are  males.  Their 
building  cost  about  two  thousand  dollars. 

Another  missionary  in  the  West,  says,  '*  Our  building  is  about  finished.  Your 
generous  aid  of  five  hundred  dollars  has  come  just  in  time  to  meet  our  last  obliga- 
tions. In  a  few  days  we  hope  to  dedicate  our  house  to  the  worship  of  Qo^,free  of 
debt,  and  this  is  due  to  the  kindly  assistance  of  the  Board  of  Church  Erection.  I 
think  I  may  safely  say  our  people  are  more  deeply  indebted  to  you  than  they  can 
express,  for  had  it  not  been  for  your  aid  we  should  have  been  many  more  years 
without  a  place  of  worship,  or,  what  is  even  worse,  we  might  have  had  a  house 
dishonored  y^iih  debt  But  now  we  are  happy  in  the  possession  of  our  own  little 
sanctuary,  and  owe  no  man  a  cent.  We  are  truly  grateful  to  the  Board,  and  shall 
send  them  our  thank-offering  every  year.''  This  building  cost  only  one  thousand 
dollars,  and  the  Board's  appropriation  was  three  hundred  dollars. 

Once  more.  A  brother  on  the  Pacific  coast  writes,  "  Your  letter  brought  great 
relief,  and  now  I  thank  you  for  your  kindness.  Our  members  were  beginning  to 
think  I  got  them  into  a  difficulty   by  telling  them  that  the  Board  would  give 


1874.] 


Board  of  Church  Erection. 


121 


them  some  help,  bat  after  waiting  some  time,  and  mnttets  becoming  urgent,  they 
fell  upon  me.  I  was  thus  in  a  very  unpleasant  situation,  but  your  letter  has 
relieved  me.  Our  people  here  know  but  little  about  the  Boards  of  our  Church.  I 
had  paid  out  the  last  twenty-five  cents  we  had.  I  had  to  sacrifice  much  myself,  but 
am  amply  repaid  by  seeing  another  dear  Presbyterian  slandard  planted  on  the 
front,  and  a  house  of  worship  built  where  the  scattered  children  ot  godly  parents 
may  be  gathered  in.** 

CLOSING   OF   THE  TBAR. 

As  the  General  Assembly  has  ordered  us  to  close  our  Annual  Report  at  the  Ist 
of  April,  this  is  the  last  monthly  report  of  receipts  we  shall  be  able  to  make 
through  the  Record,  Notwithstanding  the  stringency  of  the  times,  which  has  cut 
short  our  receipts  by  many  thousands  of  dollars,  still  up  to  the  present  time  we  are 
considerably  ahead  of  what  we  were  this  time  last  year,  and  we  shall  not  distress 
the  hearts  of  our  brethren  by  the  pitiful  cry  of  dc6^,  at  the  close  of  the  year.  This 
is  cause  for  profound  gratitude  to  God,  and  shows  the  deep  interest  the  Church  at 
large  is  beginning  to  take  in  behalf  of  this  department  of  her  work.  Hitherto  many 
of  our  largest  contributions  from  churches  have  been  received  in  the  month  of  April, 
and  so  acknowledged  in  the  Annual  Report,  but  this  year  (unless  they  anticipate 
the  time  a  little)  we  shall  have  nothing  in  our  Report  to  their  credit,  for  which  we 
are  very  sorry,  and  for  which  those  churches  must  not  think  hard  of  us.  All 
sums  that  may  be  contributed  in  March,  if  sent  to  us  promptly^  shall  be  credited 
in  the  Report. 


DovATiovs  TO  TBB  BoABD  OF  CHuaoH  EaioTiov,  Febbuabt  1874. 
t^  Synods  in  small  oAnTAis—Presbyteries  in  ita^ies— Churobes  in  Roman. 


AiBAiTT.— TVov— Cohoes  80  60;  lAnslngburgb, 
OliTet  20 ;  Stillwater  1st  20  6U. 

Atlantio— ifnoap— Antiooh  60  oents.  Yadkii^^ 
Lewisburgh  2. 

Baltimorb. — Bo/timors—Cbarch Title  10;  Fred- 
erick  City  8;  Harmony  4.  Wa$hmgton  CUiy-~ 
Georgetown  30  90. 

CfxaHiTATi  —Cincinnati—College  Hill  Ist  16  80 ; 
Bomer.^et  6  30.    Dayton— Hamilton  60  87. 

CuTiLAJTD  —  Mahoning  —  Youogstown  47  85. 
ae«'i€nva4«~SieubeDTiire  **  Old  Presbyterian  ob" 
sp60;  Iroudale  Isl'il. 

Columbus. —  G>{«m6tM— Columbus  2d  116  60; 
Greenfield  9  13.  Wooittr—C^ongresB  6  36;  Uope- 
vHl  tJ;  Jackson  17  76;  Nat»bvilie  18;  Orange 
and  Polk  10;  West  Salem  3  96.  ZanuvUU^ 
Brownsville  8:  Uiioa20. 

EuM—AlUgkmy^Pine  Creek  10  91;  Valley  16. 
KilVtnning — Crooked  Creek  2  65. 

Obhita.— Cbjruyo— Weedsportl6  60.  Omeva-^ 
Seneca  16  20. 

H4aaisBintaH.—aiWtsI«— Middle  Spring  32  49. 
^wa/tfi^don— Clearfield  61  88 ;  Holiday«burg  cb 
(of  which  Bab-scb  6)  'J9, 

liUNots.  Gebtbau— Afoomin^fon— Homer  6. 
Ptoria—  Doer  Creek  3  60.  Schuyler  —  Prairie 
City  5;  Ruobville1st6  10. 

luiBois,  NoBTH.—Cftteoyo— Chicago  2d,  sp  200; 
Jo]  let  U%  18.     Frttportr-  Galena  South  26  U6. 
Offowo— EarlTille  2 ;  Oswego  6. 
.  Iu»oi8,SouTii.—il/ton— Blair  12 ;  Lebanon  1st 
11  86. 

IsMABA,  NoBTB.~£o9<m«port— Soulb  Bend  2d 

InwABA,  South.— Fi/te0nn«»— Spencer  6. 

Iowa,  Nobth— OBdar  J2aptd«— Onulow  6.  Di*. 
M>9M«-lndependence  G«r  4  80.  WaUrtoo—hak 
Pone  City  9. 

Iowa,  South.— /oioa~  Martinsburg  3  46.  Iowa 
W«r-Columbus  Ciiy,  add'l  3. 

KuTuoKT.— jL<mi«vi^«— Elinbetbtown,  addM 

LoBQ  IsLAin».—  £roo;Uyn— Brooklyn  Is*  (Dr 
werV)  add'l  25;  Brooklyn,  Lafkyetta  Ave,  sp 

MicanAB.~Xaiif<ii9— Homer  18  60. 


MiBMBSOTA^— ifanAcoto— Windom  6. 

MusouBL—Po/iN^ro— Millard  8.  PCa</*— Ha- 
milton 4. 

Nxw  JiB8BT.—J9Hxa4«<A— Railway  1st  22;  Sum- 
mit Central  3  2o.  Jeney  Oitv—^nfAeytooA,  sp 
299  60.  Morrii  and  Orange— Morri^town  South 
257  14.  New  £run«t0ic/(— Princeton  1st  43  70; 
Princeton  2d,  addM  10.  Adrton— Belvidere  2d 
83  31.  Wut  J«r«sy— WillUmstown,  addU  8 ;  Ab- 
secon  3. 

Nsw  ToBK.—^0w  Forik—N  T,  Madison  Square, 
addM  260;  N  Y,  Scotch  410:  N  Y,  Washington 
Heights  16  68;  N  Y,  West  23d  3t  65  82. 

PRiLADKLPHiA.—LeAioA— Shawnee  4.  Fhiladd- 
phia  Csnero^-PhiU  Arch  St  166  86.  PhiUtdd- 
puia  J\rorrA— Brideeburgh  Ist  8(i;  Bristol,  sp 
12  68;  Chestnut  Hill,  add*!  86;  Pbila,  Roxbor- 
ougb  3  2(1 ;  Providence  (of  which  18  sp)  26  60. 
WMtmin$Ur—HeM  Harmony  6;  York  221  72. 

PiTT8BUB0H.—BtotrsviUs— Irwin  15;  ^alem  14, 
TFosAtnyton— Burgettsiown  30.  Wettt  Virginia-' 
Bethel  2  60. 

TBirHB88BB^£mo«ton- Clover  Hill  2;  Foreal 
Hill  8. 

Toledo.— B6£7^ontoin«— Belle  Centre  6;  Gallon 
Ist  15  46 ;  Kenton  7.  I^ma— Ada  6 ;  iiarrison 
8;  New  Salem  2;  Shanes ville  a  Af aumse— Mi 
Salem  6. 


YoBK.— 5^a«uss— Amboy  10; 
t^tieo— Forestport  and  Alder 


Cbhtbal  Nbw 
Hannibal  10  60. 
Creek,  addU  1. 

WxsTBaB  Niw  ToBX.— if  i<vara— Lock  port  Isi 
ch,  Sabsch  Miss'y  Soc'y,  sp  100.  BochuUar-' 
Oeneseo  1st  6  7u ;  .Sweden  16. 

WiscoKSDT.—  CAtppeiMi— Maiden  Rock  8  60. 
Lake  ^p«rtor^Marineite  10.  MUwaukm  Lima 
6.     Ifaconsm  River — Oregon  10. 

COMMITTSB  oif  Bbhbvolkbob  ahd  Fixamob    819  86 

MisoBLLAHBOUS.— H  Masio.  Elisabeth,  N  J60; 
'♦Friends**  in  Bloomfield.  N  J  650;  John  R. 
Groves  2;  Interest  .%4;  From  estate  of  B  Cum- 
mins, dec*d,  late  of  Upper  Sirasburg,  Pa  10. 


Total  raoeipu  in  February,  1874         $6,221  40 
NATHAN  LANE,  Treamnrmr. 


122  Rf^]f  Fund  /or  Dx$ahUd  Ministen.  [  Jpn7 

RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS, 

AND   THE    WIDOWS   AND   ORPHANS   OF    DECEASED    MINISTERS. 


Ret.  Qioiat  Halb,  D.D..  Secretary.  Rit.  Chakus  Beown,  TrMturer, 

OrnoB,  1334  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 


**  WhoiO  hath  ihi»  wtrltTa  gbod,  and  secth  his  brother  have  ne&i,  and  ehuttsth  up  hit  bowels  of  eompamiom 
from  *tm,  how  dweUeih  the  love  of  Ood  in  him  t* 


A  VOICE  FROM  A  CABIN  ON  THE  PRAIRIE. 

BT   THE   WIFE  OF   A  DISABLED   MINISTER. 

I  do  not  write  because  I  think  you  have  forgotten  us,  or  to  attempt  to  tell  yon 
how  greatly  we  have  needed  our  appropriation  during  this  long  winter.  We  feel 
8ure  that  you  would  have  sent  it  long  ago  had  it  been  in  your  power.  We  have 
tried  to  "  take  courage,"  as  you  suggest  in  your  appeal,  but  there  are  time*  when 
hope  almost  dies  away,  and  we  feel  desolate  and  well-nigh  forsaken.  Yourself, 
and  the  beloved  «ause  for  which  you  are  toiling,  are  remembered  every  day  at  the 
hour  of  morning  and  evening  incense  in  our  humble  home.  We  know  that  we  do 
not  plead  in  vain. 

I  have  often  wished  it  were  in  my  power  to  do  something  toward  deepening  in 
the  hearts  of  my  Christian  sisters  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  a  just  appreciation 
of  your  work ;  but  of  this  I  feel  sure,  that  God  will  take  care  of  his  own. 

This  is  the  first  year  during  the  twenty- six,  in  which  my  husband  and  myself 
have  journeyed  on  together,  that  we  have  not  been  toiling  with  special  reference 
to  the  fulfilment  of  the  petition  **  thy  kingdom  come."  Over  pathless  prairies 
and  trackless  woods  oftentimes  has  my  husband  braved  storms  and  cold,  fatigue 
and  suffering,  to  break  the  bread  of  life  to  the  poor.  As  we  look  back  over  the 
years  now,  and  retrace  the  hard,  rough  way,  we  do  not  wonder  that  we  are  pre- 
maturely old,  and  that  we  are  shattered  in  health.  Both  of  us  inherit  lung 
disease,  which  is  making  rapid  inroads  upon  us.  It  may  not  be  long  that  we  shall 
need  the  little  help  we  ask  from  your  treasury,  but  without  it  what  can  we  dof 

The  fund  for  Disabled  Ministers,  &o.,  was  a  cause  very  dear  to  my  heart  long 
years  ago,  but  never  did  I  dream  that  our  little  all  would  be  exhausted  during  the 
years  of  active  toil,  and  we  be  dependent  on  it.  But  thus  it  is,  and  more  and 
more  do  I  esteem  it  a  most  sacred  and  worthy  object,  one  which  our  blessed 
Redeemer,  who  trod  the  vale  of  poverty,  especially  owns.  I  sincerely  believe 
that  every  dollar  received  by  us  (and  others  as  well)  will  be  returned  to  the 
treasury  fifty-fold  by  our  child  and  our  friends  and  descendants,  as  an  offering  of 
grateful  remembrance  for  the  blessing  thus  received. 

We  have  read  with  pain  of  the  proposal  to  **  consolidate"  your  Board  with  Edu- 
cation. May  our  merciful  Father  spare  it  such  a  cruel  fate.  I  felt  it  would  be  a 
privilege  to  express  my  gratitude  to  the  author  of  the  Philadelphia  letter  in  a 
recent  number  of  the  Evangelist,  for  giving  such  a  fair  and  Christian  view  of  such 
a  prospect  as  that  union  would  inevitably  present. 

May  He  who  *'  ever  liveth  to  make  intercession  for  us,"  impart  to  you  and  your 
coworkers  a  large  measure  of  wisdom  and  faith,  and  replenish  your  depleted 
treasury,  thus  **  binding  up  the  broken-hearted."  ^ 


J74.1 


Rdief  Fund  for  Disabled  Ministers. 


123 


At  the  date  of  gomg  to  press  (March  20th)  the  liabilities  of  the  Reliof  Fund 
ive  been  reduced  to  823,000.  Thanks  are  due  to  the  generous  friends  who  have 
omptlj  opened  their  hearts  and  purses  in  this  time  of  need.  Their  gifts  have 
(Iped  to  make  up  the  $72,000  already  distributed. 

If  **  C,"  of  Greenburgh,  N.  Y.,  will  give  her  name,  we  will  reply  by  letter, 
bich  will  answer  her  inquiries  better  than  the  limited  space  in  the  Record  admits. 


COHTEIBUTIOKS  IH   FEBRUARY  1874. 
4^  Synods  in  small  oapitals— Presbyteriet  in  t^oZte*— Churches  in  Roman. 


iLBAinr—il/teny— Schenectady  East   Arenue 

Itlawtic— iTnox— Antioch  50  cts. 
Saltimorb.— i9a/timor»— Baitimore  Brown  Me- 
)rial,  from  a  member  '26,  Sew  Oiatia— Lower 
est  NottiDgham  30.  WtBhington  Cittt — George- 
VD  20  63;  Washington  Metropolitan,  from 
bpch  80. 

7E.X1RAL  New  York— B»n<7ftaro/o>i— Bainbridge 
St  Lairrencc—Osvregatchie  2d  U.  Syraeuae— 
ilamer  10.  f/^tea— Utica  1st  46  10. 
;;fNciiiNATi.—  Cincinnaii  —  Cincinnati,  Walnat 
\U  18  25;  College  Hill  7  75.  FiyrUmouth  — 
rtnmouth  Ger  4. 

:7LBTKLA.xi>.—Cfev«/and— Springfield  5.  Steuben' 
2e— Richmond  9  84. 

Colorado. —  Colorado — Collins   8;    Longmont, 
)m  Rev  W  E  Honey  man  6. 
[Columbus.—  lfbo«fcr— Wooster,  add'l  1.    Zane»' 
<e— MuHicingum  10. 

ERW.—  /|//e9A«ny— Allegheny  Valley  12;  Pine 
eek  1*  09.  JSrtfl— Edenboro  25;  Sugar  Creek 
pm'l  0.  Kit  tanning— Cvookf'd  Creek  3;  Glade 
in '^5;  Plumville  •>.  Shenango — Unity  2. 
QmyA.^Lpon8—Ro9e  9  20. 
Harrisburoh.— CiaWi«/0— Hanisbiirgh  1st  ch, 
jmale  Prayer  Meenng  20.  Northumberland— 
•ove  5;  Jersey  Shore  60;  Waahinglonviile 
50. 

Illinois,  Central.—  Peoria—  Lewintown  35  18. 
Atty/er— Prairie  City  7;  Rushville  let  11. 
ILU.X0I8,    North— C/ii'eogfo— Chicago,  Noble  81, 
olland  4  26.    Preeport—ii9\QHtL  South,  39  «6. 
Etoioa— Earlville  6;  Oswego  8. 
Illinois,  South.— Cairo— Oak  Grore  3.     Matr- 
on—HaXiou  1  26;  Mattoon  14  25. 
Induna,   North.— /Jbr^  WTiyn*— Bhifflon  6  30; 
>e8se  6  04:  Columbia  City  4  76;   Decatur  13; 
ort  Wayne  2d  40;  LarwiU  2  60;  New  Lancaster 
70;  Troy  2.    Zo<7fln«port— Kent  land  2.    Muncie 
•Hopewell  2  60;  NobleRVille  6. 
Indiana.  Sooth.— iVifw  ilH>an»/— Corydon  «. 
Iowa.  North.— Gedar  Bapida — Scotch  Grote  3. 
^ubuque — Independence  I8t4  38. 
Iowa,  South.— Dm  Afoin««— A  del  0 ;  Waukee  2. 
Kawsas.— iVeooAo— Chetopa  6  66;  lola  8;  Neo- 
tio  Falls  1  5<J. 

Kbntuckt.— fbenezer—  Bnrlington,  per  J  M 
reaton  2fi, 

MiSJiEsoifA.— *^i  iP^riu/^Miimfapolift  lat  lt>  85 r 
iliatoom,^ — Pfflffif— Oregon  S  4ih    Si  Lmnjt—Bi 
'fMiJK  iHt  Ger  e. 

"!/  Vittf — f]ckbi}k<^^  tBi  \\  Tjij,  Motmwifh  — 
3  Ik) M^ I  Dw D  M.  Morris  ttnd  OrawJc—  M tJ f  r  ►^  i mv u 
^tl8n5l.  iVa/iirJk— HJinjrnfiihn^t  fl'i  .'iiiS,  Nrw 
IncncicipJt— t>ehnii)gt>i]j,  a  riienib«r  IS.  Nupftm-^ 
l*»lT  1  life  r*?  24  i<^  5fl  If'etf  J§r»Mi^  M  11 1- 1  i  !♦* .  nn-  m- 
»n»  o/.'T  BO;  ViN eland,  HfV  John  O  Well.*  iif*. 

-J*»  VoRt—Zf li  Iron— Ceo  ire*  i  lie  B.  Kt^mYifrk 
~Ne*  Vofit,  WifMmla«tl»f  17;  Nuw  York,  VV«*t 
*«  it  »7  B k     Wm (£ht^i0r—^ mg  a i n g  8a 

PmujjtLPHu.-CAMfifr- rioe  Run  6  &l\  New 
f^Odon,  %  mwmhar  M4^  ini?^vjirnnn«— Si^ra'iton 
1*1  iWu.    Uhigh—AWtn  To*>iaiiip  30 ;   Eatiioa, 


Bralnerd,  sp  100.  PAt7ade/pAia— Philadelphia, 
South  40; Philadelphia.  South  Western  16;  Phila- 
delphia, Tabernacle  Sab-ach  25.  Philadelphia, 
CbntroZ-Philadelphia,  Arch  -<t  486  60.  Fhiladd- 
phia,  North— BrmevhuTf^  lnt  80;  Germantown  Isfc 
from  Young  Ladies  MI^'h  Soc*v  21 ;  Jeffercon villa 
6;  NorriMtown  Ist  73  34.  Weatmimter  —  Hew 
Harmony  6;  York,  Samuel  Small,  Esq  100, 

PmsBUROH.— B/airsviUe— Salem  10  20.  PittS" 
&ur(/A— Caoonsburgh  16  90;  Mononuahela  City 
82  05;  Pittsburgh  let,  from  Mrs  M  C  Brooks  6. 
frasAtn47ton— Bethlehem4;  Burg'^tistown  13  88; 
Hookstbwn  6;  Upper  Buffalo  14  70.  West  Virgi- 
nia — Ravens  wood  3. 

ToLKi>o.—J3£^/ontatrM—Bnck  Creek  16.  Huron 
— Fremont  3  60.    3/aum«e— Bryan  a  member  2. 

Westrrn  New  York— GFene«ee— Castile  6.  Nia- 
gara— Knowlesville  10  25. 

Wi8<k>n8IN.— Jlft7t0auA:«e— Janesville  8  77. 

From  thi  Committss  on  Bsnxtolenob  aitd  Fi- 
HANOK  $653  82. 

MISOXLLANKOUB. 

Ohio,  Glendale,  Mrs  A  O  Patterson  80;  "  H  3 
Band  Wift."  6;  N  Y  Walkins,  "SympHthy"  6; 
per  '  Presbyterian,"  WcHtport,  Ct.  Ctia»  D  Smith 
1;  AnonymouH.  for  a  disabled  Minister  10>;  N 
Y,  Bath.  Mrs  L  Cooley  25;  Pa,  White  Haven, 
from  "8"  6;  Pa,  Stra^burg,  Rev  R  K  M  Baynum 
6;  Pa,  Carbondale,  Mrs  H  K  Lathrope  25;  Sara- 
toga Springs,  from  ''a  friend"  5;  N  Y,  Albsny, 
Mrs  McNee  6;  anonymous  6;  N  Y,  Auburn,  Mrs 
SSGoss  6;  "Thankfulness"  1;  Pa,  York,  Miss 
Jane  L  Cathcari  10;  Mrs  Latimer  6;  Interest  on 
deposits  77  45;  from  "a  friend"  15 ;  Philsdelphia 
from  "  C  J  F"  6 ;  Interest  on  Perm.  Fund,  per 
G  n  Van  Gelder.  Esq,  7 ;  N  Y,  Middle  Hope,  A 
Phillips,  Esq,  6:  N  Y,  Portageville,  Mrs  Carie  E 
Maccarthy  10;  Texas.  Marshall, Geo  Moffat,  Esq, 
16;  Interest  on  Perm.  Fund,  per  Wm  E  Ten- 
brook,  E^q,  313  6:» ;  III,  ahipraan.  Rev  E  W 
Taylor  2;  N  J,  Hammonton,  from  "A  E  S"  1 ; 
Mo,  Lexington,  from  "a  friend"  4  68;  Mich, 
Marquette,  J  W  Edwards,  Esq,  30 ;  "A  Widow's 
mite''  6  72;  "Cash"  per  Wm  Rankin  6;  Ohio, 
Col^mbu^from  '* J  W  B"  26;  Cal,  Oakland  4; 
Cal,  Vallejo,  J  8  Topley  6;  Va,  Chesinui  Hill, 
"AG  N"  5  ;  Pa,  Newtown,  Miss  Rittenhouse  5; 
N  Y,  Greenwood  Iron  Works,  WMliam  Wiltsie  6; 
N  Y.  ParaTot^R  Sprmga,  "  a  widow"  6;  Pa,  South 
i»il  <  Hv,  Mrs  EC  "iierrer  10;  ImereiiHt  on  P'^rm. 
Ftind/ppt  ij  II  Van  «?i  Sdfr,  E^q.  e^';  per^^Prnit- 
bvTerianH-'  w^viTal  contrGbulJODfl  9;  ♦*  Antoie'a 
Mif^rDimry  BdK'*  '^  4^  \  UK  (^hk-aHo  J  H  Preil* 
Ue*.  K-q.  2'i:  Hnji  Hprbof,  Mrs  llarripft  T*^»nhom 
MK  N  y.  Fre^h  l^ood.  10?  CcntiS,  Netff  r'aoaaDi 
Mri*  ,NniGr«eril»'aF.  5  !  Ohio,  Cioftinnaii,  Mrs  Goo 
II  Vftn-upr,  2fiE  Fb  lliu  a  M  inislt^r'p  datighti?T,  5 ;  "  A 
l^ivyenrl  for  18"3"  lot;  Va,  ^TBunion.  Mrs  Snhn 
Peok  1M|  -' W  J  ir  60;  Enlftte  of  E  Cnmmiawii 
10;  N  Y,  Babjion.  »'a  fnend"  10;  Pa,  Profi- 
denoe,  E  Wet^ton,  B»q^  &i  **Cftiih"  34, 

Total  receipts  In  February,  1874       $6808  91 

CHARLES  BROWN,  7Vsati»r«r,    OQIc 
Office,  18M  Ohestnat  Street,  PhUa. 


124  General  Auembiy$  Commitlee  <m  Freedtnm.  {^April 

GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN. 


RiT.  A.  0.  MoOlillahi),  Oor.  Secretary,  Box  1246,  Pittaburffh,  P». 
RiT.  Ja8.  Alubon,  D.D.,  Treasurer,  Lock  Box  *2l,  PittsburKh^  Pa. 
B.  G.  WooDWAED,  Esq^  Becdving  AgenU  13J4  Ghestnui  street,  Philadelphia. 

Charlotte,  N.  C. — As  many  know,  Biddle  Memorial  Institute,  for  training 
colored  preachers,  catechists,  and  teachers  for  their  own  race,  is  located  at  Char- 
lotte, N.  C. ;  here  also  is  one  of  our  stronger  churches  ;  also  one  of  our  best  paro- 
chial schools  ;  and  in  connection  with  these,  especially  the  church  and  parochial 
school,  there  has  been  of  late  a  very  encouraging  degree  of 

r:ligious  interest. 

Some  weeks  ago,  Dr.  Mattoon,  President  of  the  Institute,  wrote,  saying:  "  We 
have  to  report  this  month  a  larger  number  of  pupils  than  at  any  previous  time.  .  .  • 
We  have  124  on  the  roll,  and  most  of  them  on  the  ground.  ...  I  think  the  religious 
interest  in  the  school  is  on  the  increase.  It  is  not  what  we  desire  to  see  it,  but  I 
think  there  is  more  interest,  a  higher  tone  of  piety  among  those  professing  to  be 
Christians,  and  others  are  thoughtful.  We  observed  the  Day  of  Prayer,  and  I 
think  with  profit,  and  our  meeting  to-night  was  of  more  than  usual  interest 
There  is  also  more  than  usual  interest  in 

THB  CHURCH   IN  CHARLOTTE. 

Church  members  have  been  revived,  and  there  are  many  asking  for  prayers,  and 
some  have  professed  conversion.  I  trust  the  work  may  continue.  Pray  for  us." 
Later,  the  Doctor  says,  "  The  interest  in  the  Charlotte  church  continues,  and,  I 
think,  deepens.  Its  influence  on  the  church  is  very  apparent.  We  had  a  com- 
munion season  yesterday.  Fifteen  united  on  profession."  .  .  .  "It  was  a  day  of 
deep  interest  The  church  was  crowded,  and  the  lower  part  was  filled  with  com- 
municants, so  that  we  had  to  ask  spectators  to  occupy  the  gallery."  ..."  The 
elders  thought  yesterday  that  it  would  be  best  to  discontinue  the  meetings,  but 
the  interest  was  so  great  last  night  that  they  decided  to  continue  them."  The 
religious  interest  in  the  church  extended  also  to 

THE  PAROCHIAL  SCHOOL. 

This  school  has  upon  its  roll  150  pupils,  and  besides  a  colored  assistant  or  two, 

requires  two  (white)  lady  teachers,  Miss  W and  Miss  L- — .    The  former 

wrote  some  time  since,  saying  : 

"  The  Week  of  Prayer,  Dr.  M came  over  and  talked  to  the  children  about 

the  heathen.  He  brought  an  idol  with  him,  like  the  Siamese  worship.  He  was 
listened  to  with  great  pleasure,  and  I  hope  some  may  have  had  awakened  in  their 
minds  a  desire  to  go  (when  prepared)  to  their  fatherland,  and  do  something  for 
those  benighted  ones.  There  have  been  meetings  at  the  church  most  of  the  time 
since  the  1st  uf  January,  which  have  been  increasing  in  interest  Numbers  are 
seeking  the  Saviour,  and  among  them  are  several  of  our  pupils.  Even  children 
are  asking  for  the  pardon  of  their  sins.  We  trust  that  the  Holy  Spirit  may  lin- 
ger in  many  hearts  and  lead  them  to  true  repentance.  Pray  for  us.  We  have 
long  wished  for  a  revival,  and  now  it  seems  as  if  God  was  answering  us. 

**  One  of  the  girls  at  my  house  has  been  converted.  I  have  six  boarding  here. 
My  assistant  is  *  almost  saved^'  but  she  is  surrounded  by  so  many  temptations. 
None  of  her  family  are  Christians,  and  where  they  live,  one  mi^ht  ask  as  of  old, 
'  Can  any  good  thing  come  out  of  Nazareth  ?'  Yet  she  is  an  amiable  girl,  and  the 
best  scholar  (among  colored  girls)  in  this  region.    The  Day  of  Prayer  for  Schools, 

Professor  H and  Mr.  R ,  with  some  of  the  students,  came  and  held  a 

prayer- meeting  with  us.  Some  beautiful  songs  were  sung.  ()ne,  '  The  Old,  Old 
Story,'  and  *  Jesus  loves  me,*  were  joined  in  by  all.  Our  school  sings  very  nicely. 
Mr.  R comes  over  often  and  teaches  them ;  and  as  they  learn  readily  by  hear- 
ing a  piece,  they  have  already  learned  a  good  many  pieces  in  the  new  book, '  Royal 
Diadem.'  May  they  all  be  of  the  number  of  those  who  will  sing  the  *  New  Song.'  " 
In  a  letter  of  later  date.  Miss  W says : 

**  This  time  I  have  cheering  news  to  write.  There  has  been  more  or  less  of 
religious  interest  in  the  church  and  school  ever  since  the  '  Week  of  Prayer.' 
The  meetings  have  been  held  at  night ;  and  the  distance,  and  oircumstancea  by 


1874.] 


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125 


which  we  are  surrounded,  have  hindered  me  from  going  many  times.    Miss  L 

and  I  have  endeavored  to  do  what  we  could  to  help  on  the  good  work,  and  the 
Professors  from  B have  encouraged  us  by  coming  over  and  talking  and  pray- 
ing with  the  school.  I  gave  liberty  for  any  to  come  up  to  oiir  house  to  converse 
on  the  subject,  or  for  prayer,  while  I  remained  at  the  school-house,  and  attended 
to  duties  there.  As  many  as  fifteen  or  twenty  came.  Five  who  are  now  in 
school  and  two  who  formerly  attended,  united  with  our  church  February  22d, 
besides  nine  others  (mostly  young  persons)  on  profession,  and  three  by  letter. 
Some  held  back  for  clearer  views  of  truth,  some  tor  friends,  some  will  join  else- 
where, and  others,  I  fear,  will  turn  back  to  the  world. 

**  Those  who  are  members,  (girls)  and  any  others  who  desire  to  join  them,  meet 
at  our  house  and  have  a  prayer-meeting  which  they  conduct  themselves.  Pray 
for  us  that  these  gentle  showers  may  be  but  the  beginning  of  plenteous  ones." 


DoHATioirs  AT  Pittsburgh  por  Frbbdmbh  ih  February  1874. 
Jl^  Synods  in  small  capitals— Presbyteries  in  iialic9—ChUTohe»  in  Roman. 


Albaitt. — A(bany~8eoond  Amsterdam  (.  Troy— 
Waterford  20  91. 

Atlantic— ^fUMe — Antloob  100. 

CsMTRAL  New  York.— ^in^Aawton— Windsor  8. 
0<«/gro-Qui1ford  18  38. 

CiNCi!«i«ATi.—anctnnafi— College  Hill  7;  Cleres 
8  70;  Springdsle  6  87;  Loveland  b  70;  New  Jer- 
sey 4  60. 

Clstsland.— iSe.  Cfatrnrifte— Nottingham  18.  Jfo- 
horUng—M wsillnn  lU  34. 

Columbus.— 2afie»oi7(^—RoKoe  6  66;  Salt  Creek 
0  50;  Keene  14  25.  JTarum— Brown  1  7&:  Berlin 
103.  Wioster—UnpnyreW  19;  NasbTiUo  13;  lat 
Aobland  46  42.  Cb/im6iM  —  First  cb  Columbus 
42  27. 

EaiB. — ClartVm— New  Rehobotb  6:  OreeoTiUe  7. 
JTif/anntTip— klderton  10  34;  Center  4  95;  Cherry 
Kun  3  76;  WortbiDgton  2;  SUte  Llok  8.  Buter— 
Concord  *^6:  Nortb  Butl«r6  80;  Muddv  Creek  9  29. 
AlUgh€ny—V\D9  Creek  9  16;  Plains  2:  Valley  10. 
Shenango—lnt  cb  New  Cantle  28  fO  ;  Unitj  1^  .0. 

aB.NETA—Lyoju— Newark  15  88.  Otyu^a— Ge- 
noa 8d  2  15. 

Harrisbukoh. —  OarlisJe—  Sbippensburgb  16  S3. 
NorUiumf>€rland—S9eond  cb  l.ock  Haven  3;  Ist  cb 
Bloomsburgb  40.  HurUingdim —  FerryBTllle  2J; 
Newton  Hamilton  5  ;  Logan's  Valley  7 ;  Mt  Union 
6.     WellslATO-  Lawrenceville  6. 

Illinois  Central EhomingUm Wenonafi; 

Lexington  12  7o.    <Sb/(Uj//er— Cartbage  13. 

iLUNois,  Hovtn.—Rock  iZioer— Viola  6 ;  Edwards 
1  70. 

iLURois,  ?0UTH.— CWro— Carmi  8.  Jttonr— Butler 
6;  Lebanon  6. 

Indiana,  North.— Crai£»/ord«rnM«  — State  Line  2. 
Z<wan«|>or<— Kentland  3;  Pljmnutb  3. 

INDUNA,  South.— iV«i>  Jlbany — Orleans  and  Paoli 
ebs  2;  Jackson  County  Qer  3.   Indianapolu—Shttoh 

Iowa,  Sot^rn,- /'Hffti— Tmy  3.  friMwi  City— B^'nii 
«  B,S;  rrtlrTiftW  &  2rK  lut  p.h  Tiptt^n  4  &9;  MuaiL 
tint*  Givr  2;    D**  ifyi'ws- disritf-ii  5. 

K  4»»A  ft.— Nrnttfit*—  1 1>1  H  3 

K  EKTUcKV.— Lwtiwpd//— ClOTsrport  10. 

hmfM  laLASt'.— /j^'Tj?  /lEt^nci^MHltituck  eh  13  ^. 

A]iS80CfU — f^ifrnffra — FitpI  cb  ^IPDipbiA  '2, 
iCfMt  jCT-i*¥—  Pi*hef f  11  If  1 3  3H.    jN'if wjfq  n— 0(?U  !d«  re 

Ntw  YohE.—.\r.vt  IVt— I>ry  Otjfk  €ha|»el  4  10. 
mt/c;«./frt— '  Flrr-t  ph  aab-iwh  Orninlfisrd  18  i.9; 
iffuth  K»Jit  4.     ffudnm  —CI r^i^T im  W. 

i*ritibAEi>KLPBi4. — ffntgtfr—Vpp^r  Oplofara  17  2^; 
?«<i[frt  Manor  I'l  1*;  WayniSBburg  H  LackawannA 
— W;j'alQ^jog4, 

PnrTBiini4in.--i?i'd»l0Be— Little  H^dstona  12;  Ffty» 
ette  City  3;  ConnHl  1*111(1  &0  fll;  TyroiHf  6.  W6ti 
riri^iiiiq-^Fftlroiont  $  00.  PiliMhvrffh^-Ji^rAVi'  Mi^ 
otnrUl  ^;  Man^n«l(t  7.   Bktirtvim  —  Vnik  ftun  12  Mj 

TEsf jtfflaKE.— f%ion —WeiltalnjiteF  I  00-  Now 
Market  2. 

T0Upf>. -i^  Retrain— Me^imor^  3  COf  01  en*  atld 
P*Tu  flhj  n,    mi^fwOnim^Wyjumi^^tin  1  25 1  Bells 


Centre  8;  Huntsville  1.     J/owmee— Oer  cb  Toledo 
2.    Ztma— Ada  8. 

Westbrit  Nbw  York.- GtmcsM  FaVey— Allegany 
2.  JBocA««ter— Central  Genesee  36;  GroTeland  9; 
Mendon  6.  Gtenewe— Attica  2;  Portagerille  6  60. 
jBu#u<<7—Westficld  8;  Clarence  6. 

Wi80oifsiN.—C%tppeiMi— Nortb  Bend  8  76.  JMI- 
wauA-ea— Lima  6. 

MiMKLLAMEous. — Jamps  Robb,  Andrew,  To  wa  8 ; 
West  42d  St  ch,  N  Y  132  15 ;  Qloverstille  ch,  N  Y 
42  60;  Birmlngbam  cb,  Iowa  3  80;  Jas  McQueen, 
CbapinTille,  Pa  6 ;  1st  cb,  Indisnapolis,  Ind  26  47; 
l8t  cb.  Orard.  Pa  12:  Abington  cb,  Pa  53  95; 
Mrs  M  Robinson,  Kittanning,  Pa,  for  Biddle  20; 
Mrs  R  3  Noble,  Consiitution,  Obio  6 ;  Mt  Vernon 
ch,  N  Y  20;  Mamhall,  Mich  14  35;  Woodland  cb, 
Phila,  Pa  47;  Ist  ch  Nebraska  City  10;  T  il  Pettis, 
Tappan,  Ohio  20  ;  Johnstown,  N  Y  29  33;  Kpworth 
cb,  Iowa  2;  Farley,  Iowa  3;  Liberty  cb.  Ind  11  57  ; 
Latroba  cb,  Pa  2)  70:  West  Spruce  st  ch,  Phila,  Pa 
2);  MechanlcsvUle  cb,  Iowa  7;  Ist  ch  Springfield, 
Ohio  54 ;  S  T  N  20  ;  Psnama  cb.  N  Y  5  ;  Friends  in 
Illiaoin  50;  2d  ch  E  Isabetb,  N  J  108  62;  South  st 
i^ab-Bcb  Mission  Asso'n,  Morristown,  N  J,  for  Biddle 
20;  Darnestown  ch,  Md  6  ;  C  !^  Haines,  Newark,  N 
J.  50  for  Scotia  and  ?0  fur  Biddle -150:  latch  Gene- 
see, N  Y  65  97;  E  Garland,  GrsnTllle,  Ohio  fiO; 
Bataria  cb,  N  Y  37  h9 ;  La  Porte  City  cb,  Iowa, 
2  81;  RocktiUe,  Ind  9  35;  1st  cb  Fort  Wsyne,  Ind 
15;  Rev  S  Mattoon,  for  Biddle,  from  Mrs  M  D 
Biddle,  Phila,  Pa  150;  Rev  J  Dubuar,  NortbTllle, 
Mich  6 ;  H  8  Bradley  NortbTille,  Mich  10 ;  Wyo- 
ming cb,  N  Y  15  50;  W  Durfee,  Wyoming,  N  Y  20; 
By  Rev  L  Dorland  for  Scotia,  for  main  building 
from  RoMville  ch,  N  J  26;  Band,  8tb  cb  Chicngo, 
III  40;  Young  Folks  of  the  ch  of  the  Pilgrims, 
Brooklyn,  N  Y  80;  On  scholarship  from  Two  young 
workers,  Newark,  N  J  36;  Mrs  R  Dickey,  Mans- 
field, Ohio  10 ;  Miss  A  Anderson,  Mansfield.  Ohio 
6;  WillinK  Workers  1st  cb,  Eossnth,  Iowa  10;  for 
Library  from  S  E  Green  10:  D  H  Sanf)rd  Belle 
Valley,  Pa  50  oto;  Fredericksburgh  School,  Frede- 
rlokaburgh,  Va  3;  Beecber  Island  ch.  Pa  5  4U; 
Farmington  ch,  Pa  2  10;  Council  Bluffs  cb,  Iowa 
12  75;  1st  cb  Montclair.  N  J  88  50;  Sbanertown 
N  Y  1:  Hon  J  W  Edwards,  Marquette,  Mich  160; 
2d  cb  Paterson,  N  J  13  40;  2d  cb  Madison,  Ind  11 ; 
Ist  ob  Neosho  Falls,  Kan  1  60;  Meroersburg  cb, 
Pa  11 ;  Ist  ch  PorUge  City,  Wis  8  35 ;  Catskill  cb, 
N  Y61  74;  Homewood,  N  Y  6  25;  Harmony.  Md 
4 ;  G  C  Beanian,  Montrose,  Iowa  1  60;  Re?  L  Dor- 
land  for  Scotia  on  Sobolarship  from  Alex  Guy  Esq., 
Oxford,  Ohio  60;  Mr  A  M  G  Stedbam,  Phila,  Pa  40; 
8  Loomis  for  Chester  from  Vioeland,  N  J  Sab-seh 
22  35 ;  F  U  Robinson  for  Biddle,  from  Sab-scb, 
Hudson  cb,  N  Y  60;  UniTsrsity  Place  ch,  N  Y  26; 
J  R  Dixon.  Homer,  N  Y  4  60;  BeT  8  Mattoon, 
for  Biddle,  from  Rev  H  A  Nelson,  Lane  Seminary, 
Ohio  20.  <*  «.  _ 

OOMMITTBB  OV  BlNEVeLBIlOB  ANU  FOf  AHOB,      9486  89 

Total  Beeelpts  in  February,       $8,714  61 
JAMBS  ALLISON,  IVsosursr, 
Look  Box  %i,  Pittsbursh,  FmD 


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Committee  on  Siutentution. 


COMMITTEE  ON  SUSTENTATION. 


I 


B«T,  M.  W,  JiOOBUft,  D.D.,  Steretartf,  SIS  Hldge  Stiwit,  A)ltij|t)eii7,  ?^ 


More  than  two  bunt! red  of  our  missionary  pafltoi-s  are  anxioualy  waUI 
du^B  frojn  our  C^>mmittee.  And  J  mm  Chriflt,  in  thm  parson  ofHis  Buiferii 
is  ankini^  of  the  aid-glnng  elmrchea  for  food  and  mimetiL  We  entren 
La¥e  not  yai  contributed  for  the  current  year-,  to  send  forward  their  offer: 
as  poaaible,  that  the  sufferings  of  iheue  brethren  may  be  relieved,  and  ( 
of  onr  church  save^l  fram  the  degradation  of  broken  faith^  and  froa 
vantage  of  preaching  uader  the  harrow  of  debt. 

The  arrearage,  at  thia  writin|^  (Murcb  H)  ia  la  lesi^t  thirtt/faur  ihituji 
If  we  can  rceeive  tbia  nmount  during  ihejse  two  mtjuihs  of  March  ac 
hope  to  pJiy  off  these  brethren  up  to  March  Ist,  which  is  the  laijt  prii^ 
current  year.  This  can  be  done,  if  the  pastori  and  elders  will  give  t 
Dity,  Its  ordered  by  i\.w  General  Aafiembly.  We  oi>nfidently  expect  tbi 
done.  We  baTO  advertised  the  aetual  mid  urgent  necesaityt  and  ffe  I 
Ifi  loyalty  enougii  to  the  Presbyterian  Churnh,  and  nyinpathj  cn**Uj 
unpaid  minis  try,  to  put  the  Committee  in  funds  without  further  delay. 

**  And  that,  so  labor tn^fj  y*t  ouffhl  to  support  t/i<^  wmk%  and  to  rememt 
of  the  Lord  Jesitg,  bow  he  ^aid,  It  is  ^ore  blessed  to  givb  thak  to 
(Fa\d  io  th§  Elders  0/  Bphe^us}^  Act*  xil.  35. 

FROM    TOE    FIELD. 

(L)  "  During  the^e  two  years,  under  your  CiunmlttRe  our  oontribution 
oui  Boards  of  the  Church  have  been  luort;  than  doudlf  theamounfc  eter; 
during  the  same  period.  Without  the  timely  aid  of  your  Committie«j 
relation  now  esisting  eon  Id  not  then  liiive  been  instituted,  and  we  i 
probabdity  have  been  at  this  time  withcuit  a  permanent  pastor.  Burii 
years  our  membership  has  besen  almost  tlovikdj  no  thai  we  now  fiei 
help  of  iht  Lord  J  io  go  ahm.  >\ith  thanks  for  your  fofitering  care, 
thle  our  last  quarteriy  report.    Our  pastor's  salary  is  paid  up  in  iull  to 

( 2. )  *  *  W  e  h  a  ve  ded  i  ca  ted  ou  r  n  e  w  hou  se  ( J  f  wora  h  i  p .  B  u  t  for  tb  i  e  great 
we  should  have  been  $elf  eustuiniag  this  year,  as  wi?  had  hoped.  Tin 
ti|;bt  with  me.  To  give  S:ilM>.to  the  new  church j  leaves  a  t;! ma  11  marg 
and  butter  for  five.  You  may  know  that  $1000  would  not  do  it.  I  b: 
debt,  and  could  not  help  it.  I  tru^t  all  the  Boards  will  be  susiaine^ 
oially  this  one,  whieh  has  for  us  done  the  work  of  the  Church  Ere 
alsOi  for  1  haTe  no  hesitation  in  saying,  that  without  the  aid  receive 
our  people  would  never  have  had  the  courage  and  self-aacrific©  to  bi 
church/' 

(3.)  **I  am  iu  great  need.  I  do  not  want  to  preaa  you  for  money,  and 
you  can  send  it  to  me,  it  will  greatlv  relieve  me.  Our  work  now  han 
itp  We  are  in  our  new  church.  }\  e  ktfpe  io  he  stl/ ^ustainifig  before  U 
gear  J' 

(4.)  *' On  the  first  Sabbath  of  this  month  I  had  the  pkaeureto  reeeWi 
or  seventy  persons  into  the  communirm  of  the  churchy  all  on  profesa 

faith  in  Christ,  eseept  one  by  letter.    H chnrrh  i^  noic  remicred^^J 

I  found  the  contract  with  your  Committee  of  ^reat  8tren|fth  in  ool 
they  have  promised.  80m e  of  the  former  pastors  were  dif^miisc^  ' 
Bettlement,  and  a  great  portion  of  their  salary  unpaid,  31ay  the  cfc 
inga  of  the  Triune  God  W  with  you  and  your  Committee,  is  the  pri 
brother  in  Chriit." 

Digitized  by  VjOOQ IC 


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(5.)  **  I  sincereljr  trust  you  may  not  be  discouraged  in  your  good  work.  It  is 
worth  all  it  costs,  just  for  the  promptness  it  exacts  of  the  churches,  besides  the  still 
more  important  work  it  accomplishes  for  both  the  minister  and  all  the  benevolent 
enterprises  of  the  Church,  by  the  system  it  requires.  My  churches  are  feeling  it 
more  than  ever." 


Rbobipts  ih  Fbbboart  1874. 
'  Synods  in  small  capitals — Presbyteries  in  itnlics — Gharches  hi  Roman. 


Albatit.— .4ibany— Kingsboro  31 ;  Greenbasb  20; 
6th  Albaoy  9  25;  Scbeoectady  U.  Oolumida— 
OftDMD  Centre  10.  Troy  —  Waterford  20  91 ; 
Woodidde  11  61. 

Balum ORS.  —  So/fimortf— OoTsne  Chapel  80  22; 
Fred<)rick  6.  New  OufZe— Green  Hill  8:  Port 
Peon  8  ;  Christ1aoa4  ;  BraDdywiae  8  80.  Waihing- 
ton  CUy— Ourley  5;  Georgetown  DC  27  68. 

CufOiNiTAn.— OnciniM^'—CollegeHillS  76;  Wal- 
nut Hill  11  77;  l8t  Lebanon  24;  Delhi  4  41; 
Avond«lelI8  DajfUm—Glxfion  92  30.  Portsmouth 
— Woman>  Mias'y  Soc*y  Iron  ton,  Ohio  55 ;  Hanging 
Rock  and  Pine  Grove  6 . 

Glbteland.— ^ttAenn'Oe-^ak  Ridge  5  75;  New 
Philad'a  10 ;  C  C  Beatty  20. 

OoLOBAno—Cblorado—Hrst  Denver  31  66. 

CoLUMBca. — Jforion— Cardiogton  2.  Zarusvitte — 
Brownsville  6. 

Kmii. — ^Uf^Amjf— 8harp«borg  28  40;  F^eetwlale 
80  60;  Nort  I  oh  Allegheny  82  65;  Htland  10  81. 
BuOer—yew  Salem 5;  Slippery  Rock  ll.  darian— 
Pint  Clarion  9  60;  Perry  6  66;  Erie—E  Hpring> 
field  10  75;  Franklin  20.  X^Otommi^— Apollo  17  ; 
Freeport  42  25.    Shenango—WeBt  Middleeex  20  60. 

GB.'rETA.—(%naNi— Geneva  2d  18  38;  Perry  14  14; 
Aurora  35  3j.    Lyon* — Lyons  87  64. 

HASiiDBUROH.—Ozr  i«fo— Qattysborg  24  75 ;  lot 
Carlisle  63;  Middle  Spring  50:  Lower  Path  Talley 
10:  Burnt  Cabins  10.  fiuntin^don— Logan  Valley 
9  52;  Alexandria  17;  Mifflintown  85  10;  Lost 
Creek  IT  90;  Sprnce  Creek  43;  Milesburg  12  64. 
AbrcAttm6«r2and— Lycoming  CHutn*  7;  Derry  8; 
WashingtoDTille  6;  Sbamokin  18  40;  Grova  oh, 
Danville  15;  St  Mary's  11. 

iLUMois,  Csktbal— i%orto— Knozville  17  60:  1st 
Farmington  7  85 ;  .Canton  8  45.  Schuyler—Qnm^ 
Creek  8  50. 

lLLiifciB,NoftrH.—^«jx>r^— German  Galena  3  27; 
1st  Oregon  8 ;  Galena  South  28.  Otfaiixt— Water- 
man 3.    Rock  £uKr— Woodhull  12. 

ItXMoia,  SotTTH.— ^/(on— Ucobfleld  (.  Cairo— 
Ricfaview  5 ;  Mt  Vernon  5. 

IxDiA^tA,  No»TH.— /brt  1Fayn«— Huntington  2; 
Pleasant  Ridge  6.    XoganjptTH— Plymouth  7  50. 

iHDiAifA,  South.— /mftan<ipo2ii—8d  Indianapolis 
11.  AVw  >4/6any— Cbarlestown  5  35;  Jefferson  2; 
Pleasant  Township  1.  Ktncennet— Terre  Haute 
12  60. 

Iowa,  NoBTH.~CW2ar  iZap<<£H-8ootch  Grove  8. 
Dubuque— Second  Dubuque  'iA. 

Iowa,  South.— 2>e<  Jtotne«— Winterset  18.  /oioo— 
Troy  2 ;  Birmingham  8  45.  lotoa  Ct(y— German  2 ; 
Oolambus  City  5.  OouncU  jB/tf/^i— Council  Bluflii 
12  80;  AUantic8. 

Kansas  —AeosAo— Neosho  Falls  1.  2l>peA»»— First 
lawrence  19  50. 

KuirucKT.— TVansj/tvaniii— Greensburg  16  77. 

Losa  IsLAim.— iVassuK— Islip  6  70. 

MiCBiovN.—  ironrotf— Palmyra  8  41;   BUssfield 
»  S6.   &t^maw— Flint  17  40. 
_MiS!iisoTA.—iranAo(o— Redwood  Falls  5  15.    St 
^ul-Foreet  2;  Dnndas  8;  Albert  Lea  U  85.     Wir 
»M»na~Lake  City  4. 

MissouRL— P/a<te->Hamllton  8  07;  N  T  Settie- 
n«nt2  65.    A  £o«M— Bethel  (. 
.  Msw  JBUiT^£X<saAe</k-Marshan  St  29;  Perth 
^lx>y  15  50;  1st  Bllsabeth  190  85;  Rahway  1st 
U  7&.   Jmty  OtKy— Prospect  Ave  7  85;  Hoboken 


11 ;  Passaic  8  75 ;  1st  Paterson  60.  Monmwth— 
Bordentown  6.  Morris  and  Orai^— South  Orange 
63.  JVeworAr— First  Newark  117 ;  South  Park  95  86. 
New  Brunswtck— Bound  Brook  10  ;  Hamilton 
^quare  H  07  ;  Amwell  1st  4  25  ;  Lambertville  82  ; 
2d  Prinneton  10.  JV«cton— Newton  75.  West  Jersey 
— Bridgeton  West  17. 

Ntw  York— J7ud«»i-Mt  Hope  8.  New  York— 
13th  St  N  Y  78;  Mt  Washington  29.  North  Ritw 
— Firt>t  Yonkers  123  40;  Pleasant  Plains  15  69. 
West  Chester— First  Waterford  46. 

PeaADBLPBLA.  —  C!f<e«(«r--Cheeter  10;  Forlis  of 
Brar.dywine  9;  Penningtonville  3  50;  Iiowoing- 
towti  12;  Oxford  41  28;  Waynesburg  16  75  Lehigh 
— Hokendauqua  4.  Ladlcaioanna—Wyal using  4; 
DiDjook  1  tO;  SpriDgvilie  Village  1  50;  1st  tforan- 
ton  •.i75.  P/aiacte/p/ua- Calvary  244;  Arch  St 
150  36.  Philadelphia  Central  —  Beibesda  86  82  ; 
Cobooksink  76  04;  North  180.  Philadeiphia  North 
—Bristol  25;  Germantown  Market  Square  51  84. 
Westminster — Lancaster  5. 

Pittsburgh.— .B2airnnkae— Cross  Roads  15;  New 
Alexandria  47  83;  New  Alexandria  SHbsoh  4  20; 
>iew  Salem  13:  1st  Blairsvllle  63  60.  Pittsburgh— 
C  J  Clark  3d  ch  100 ;  3d  Pittsburgh  128  2u:  Central 
Mttsburgh  166  14;  1st  Pittsburgh,  in  part  400;  Robt 
Beers  Ist  ch  25;  Mansfield  6;  Montours  24;  Uaooon 
33 ;  Forest  Grove  27 ;  Haslewood  IS  90.  Redstone 
— Connellsvllle  41;  Uurel  Hill  10  35.  M>«(  Vir- 
ginia —  Breckenridge,  Huntington  2  25  ;  Gratton 
16;  Fairmount  15  15;  Hanolngton  4. 

T£ii!(B89BB.—Ju«ttn— First  Austin  18.  Union — 
Hopewell  3. 

ToLXPo.— JIfaumee— West  Betbesda  6. 

J3ric\.— St  Lawrence  —  Heuvelton  5;  Brashear 
FhIIs  6  25.  iSyrocuse— Amboy  8.  £;2ica— Bethany 
Ulica  32  51 ;  Westminster  33;  1st  Utioa  1. 

Wbstsrn  Nbw  Yorx.— J^Mjfttto— East  Aurora  5. 
West  Aurora  6.  (^tusM— Warsaw  10;  Batavia 
60  08;  Oakfield  5;  Castle  5.  iZocAe<^— Brighton 
14  89. 

Wisconsin.  —Chippewa— First  eh  Hudson  8  90. 
MiluKiukee—  Summers  9  40.  Wisconsin  River— 
Platteville2  61. 

CoMMirrBB  ON  Bbrxtolbmoi  ahd  Finanob     451  89 

Mthcellanbous.— J  R  Dickson,  Homer,  N  Y  4  95; 
J  C  Maban.  Lexington,  III  8  20;  West  Point,  Ohio 
cb  1  50 ;  Wcsterville  N  Y  ch  8  68 ;  St  Clair  Mo  ch  1 ; 
Aledo  Mo  cb  5 ;  John  R  Groves  2;  Ch  of  Lafayette, 
N  J  5 ;  Ch  of  WilMamstown,  N  J  44;  Ch  of  Coming, 
Iowa  8;  Chs  ot  Viola  and  Edwards,  111  14;  Cb  of 
Waynesburg  Pa  14  10 ;  Ch  of  Kureka,  Kas  25 ;  Cb 
ofBerlin,  (Buckingham,  Md)  38  50;  Ch  of  Sullivan. 
Ind  6 ;  Ch  of  Morrow,  0  2  lO ;  Ch  of  Mt  Airy,  Md 
26;  Ch  of  Enfield,  HI  10;  l8i  ch  of  Cedar  Valley, 
Iowa  6;  Chs  of  Delafleld  and  Ottawa,  Wis  6 ;  Cbs  of 
Venango  and  Mill  VUlage,  Pa  35;  Ch  of  Rockland 
Lake,  N  Y  80;  Oh  of  Rockford,  Minn  11  25  ;  Ch  of 
Harbor  CreekfTa  21 ;  1st  German  ch  Allegheny,  Pa 
26  25;  Ch  of  Holmesburg,  Pa  80;  Ch  of  Pleasant 
Run,  Ohio  85 :  Ch  of  Aurora.  Ill  37  50 ;  Ch  of  Wil- 
llamsport,  Md  81  86;  Ch  of  Newark,  Del  12  tO; 
Ch  of  Hardin,  lU  25;  Ch  of  Morrlsville,  Pa  26 ;  Ch 
of  Andover,  N  J  87  60 ;  Ch  of  Pleasant  Hill,  Mo  25 

558  9> 


TeUl  Receipts,     $6,201  88 
M.  W.  JAOOBUS,  Seoretary  mnd  JWosiirsr. 
818  Ridge  Street,  Allegheny,  P». 


128       General  Assernbfy's  Committee  on  Bemmlmce  and  I^an€€,      [Apr 

COMMITTEE  ON  BENEVOLENCE   AND  FINANCE 


CONSOLIDATION.— PROPOSED  CHANGE, 

Th«  General  Assembly's  Committee  on  Consolidation  hare  recommend^  tl 
discontinuance  of  this  Committee,  "with  the  grateful  acknowledgment  of  il 
Ai^Bemblj  of  the  important  work  they  have  ficcompliabed  iti  developing  tl 
liberality  of  the  Church,  and  bringing  into  BiK'h  prevalent  fnvor  the  pM 
periodic  contributions  to  the  benevolent  work  of  the  Church  an  a  whole.  Th 
also  recommend  a  Committee  on  Benevolence^  to  be  composed  of  one  member  frt 
each  of  the  Synods.  If  it  should  be  ordercii  that  this  new  cotnixiitcee  dum 
receive,  acknowledge,  record,  and  publ^h  weekly  all  the  offerings  of  the  Clmr 
before  they  were  paid  over  to  the  Boards,  yf&  sihould  have  the  essential  nnclcui 
a  financial  system.  Perfect  statistics  would  then  be  concentrated  in  one  offi( 
and  the  department  of  collection  and  safe  keoping  would  be  separated  from  it 
of  expenditure  at  discretion,  aa  is  common  in  good  governments  and  kr 
establishments  having  departments. 

Receipts  ih  FEBHUAiiY  1B71 
M^  Synods  in  mAU.  oaptt am— Presbyteries  in  rto/if«— Chnrehas  in  Roman— sp  for  fl|»Mt«ili 
1^  Bittrthution  is  made  precisely  as  donors  direct,     Whcrs  vij  dirtcti f.fm  art  pit^Av  t^'  tft«Mai 

altoays  made  by  the  Oenerat  Asiimfiiy^s  ptr  cftitm^'. 
t^  The  contraction  «p  for  »peciai,  designates  q^erimja  far  tut  a  part,  and  not  for  lh4  whiA*  ihpI 

the  Churcfi. 

Ai,ninj.— Champlain— Essex                       25  00  Mi^sBrt^tii  ^  Phfmf/ra—Sn]llTwn  1  iOi  fiLrdai 

Baltimore.— 2Vtw  Gwf/*— Wilmln«ton  Central  Ri<1>5.\>p2  &i):  Hh*«lHyvHle,sp5  fK.^;  Cfftreii«, 

ISO.     Wtishington  City^CUdon,  Hp  40  10       206  70  4  ru,      /7af^s— iJatikberry  8;    St  Ji>5flp*i  Wi 

CiMtRAL  Nkw  York.— JJingiAajnton— Bingham-  tploplar,  #p  l  2,1                                               19 

tou  iHt  110  20;  Waverly  68.    0<««gfo— Unadilla,  ^Nitw  J^wiit,— ^iaflMA— .Summit  C^dlraUa 

«p  31  46;  Franklin  26  60.     Syracuse— Syracuse,  »eh  fifi)  ^p  7Fi  eO;  yummU  Wsat  ^  &7;  I'lur 

1  a L  Ward  62  35.     I/ftea— Vernon  Centre  20  rnni  n  5^;  KS  surH^lh  ud  ^A;  WeBifiel4M&.    ± 

323  50  rnmifti — Jamn^iNLiuriif  6*1  j    MamobO'ftt^r,   *p  I* 

CTsciTfXATl.-CSncinruitt- Harrison              24  66  jV*wnrA— Fark  67  l^»    JS*np  BrunAtmck—St^v^ 

f^ETKLAXD.  —  act'«//«n<i  —  Cleveland    Irt    60v»;  Si»i  Pi  incHon.  Wiilnrsj^oim  8t,  sp  13  ;   iVui 

Kin^Bviile  18  08;   Willoughby  11;  SironssviJle  ton  Tht^ul  liem'y,  Hfli)£lou9    L'OBtribm'ii  H<1 

M  JS{>.     AfaAantfifir— Leetonia  25;    BrookfieJd  6.  liX».    Artp/on^Vello*  Flume  23  35               m 

5f€tiftimM//«— Harlem,  sp  46  71;  Kilgore,8p  (Sab-  New   Y (i&E,—Bo*ttin—A  friend  40.     Ifufit^ 

neb  li)  16  94                                                      744  2.S  Cb*Btpr.  ^p  ffl* ;  II«?inp»i*ad  &  «l;  tJoch^um 

CouiMDDS—ilfarton- Delaware,  sp              63  60  Hdmnpn,  *f»27;  MtddJ^ii^WO  2dt  wp  72  Jt^i;  41 

H:iiiR.—J5tt//cr— Centre  (dab-sch    33  37}  81  12;  <i|^*own  Ul&3  64;  Wnj-hin^rontille 4d.i*l*») 

Hiirns^^lUe  44;    Amity  22  fiO.     A'iWannina— Be-  Malfoid  l^';  ti<M>dwd]  liiJ!;  H«inpt©obtif-|jT»  sfT 

ttwtnia,  sp  16  25;  Mechaniesburg  12  50;  Cherry  i^^irUerny  3ft;  Liberty  »i  *^7,    New  Iflri-^PI 

Tre*,  ftp  0                                                        184  47  lipa  I'fl  «u .  Sf  a  a nd  LAod  1 1 1  Fouri  h  At*  .'in I 

GsjftTA.— C*«mt«n<7— Watkins   Snb-sch    60  95;  Kutt;er»34JJ  aa                                              )/1ft 

Tyi-ontj  3  67;   Bu^ar  Hill   169.     Geneva— West  I'mjuubli-iiiv,— Cft«?#r— New  Iflndon  ^,  £< 

Frtyetti-,  8]>  8.    <Sieu6«n— HammondBport  40  88;  aimrjtjci— WilkeebArre,  up  isWlfl  60;  Moanwtufl 

Com  1mm  6u                                                        173  99  Moninjifte.   i»p  7o,      Z/«AigA— Mflflch   Cbiitii* 

liARVuSBVKQa.— Huntingdon— Lewisiown    18'».  £77l^H;    hshenandoflh   0;    Woalhi^rty.   sp  »l  9 

JWf/iua6eWand  — **ci"    160;    Williamsport    2d  Lowi?r  iMt  Haih^l  5JS  71.    i^taritipkm.  &itrm 

04  7«                                                                       424  78  TiogH^t5P>.    Fhihide^phta,  J^^jrtk^M&JDM^iU^tk 

III™ 018,  NoRTn.— Chicago— Chicago  Ist,  sp  676.  $|* 

JVawort— Rock  ford  iMtSu  8a    BocK  Biver—Val-  VmsBVkQa.— PiiiMburff h—Shmij  Sid«  ii&  ( 

ton  47  70;  Hamlet  12                                      716  50  rutHhqfHM  2 J,  ,^p  rlh-^   E  Liberty  S3d  »;  Oi 

llJJKcus,  Sooth.- X/ton-Plalnvlew  12;  Virdea  dnlo  Hi>.  /Jwfifrm*— Boimd  Httl(Si*b-iieh  WMi 

Si  ttS;  Zion  Ger,  sp  16;  Hardin  6  60;  Trenton,  Mt  Pk-asniit  Ue union  t».   W'M^wfltoa— Wh(*i  i 

iip7,      CbTo  — Metropolis  6;    Carmi   sp  18  96.  |ih  a                                                               »: 

Jtfrtf^oort— Pana  1st  41  16                               127  26  TENSEssKB^fi'fngrioii-CloTer  IliH         *     * 

iKuiASTA.  ^ORIH—C^ate/o^dmite— Williamsport  TitLErtti.—Bfdtffftittiin^—Uai^jni^  49  (*l  tfl 

S.    Fort  Tfat/ne— Franklin  10.    Jf unci*— Wabash  fonlaine  l?«t  ^.     Ljf»a  —  I'clpho*  tSaMlft 

C^r  which  J;r.  E.  P.  Peters  10  4u)  61  40;  8hiloh  lo  3d.    Maumit— Union  6;  Hick^Tlll^  U    Ifli 

10  m                                                                     87  90  WESTBaif   N*w     Vowi-^fiitfa^ft--BufraJ«  W» 

l3rj>u:vA,  SotTTB.- /mUanapotts— New  Hope,  sp  minstt^r  »6  30;  W&otfkld  3a  SS:^    C?'^«*«4««  i'aUti 

7  7^^   Indianapolis  2d  125.    New   ilZ6a/iy— New  Cubn,  f-p  id.    Ma6heat&ir^Lita%  IB  81;  BMhw< 

Albany  2d  160.    Fimjsniws— Petersburch,  sp  2  30 ;  L  tin  (nil  ,f:i.l                                                      m 

Oakliind  City,  sp  1  26.   White  fPatar— Richmond,  Wiacuxm?? Milmaukti—D&lAfiiild  1 

■p  U  71  822  01  

Iowa,  North.— Dufrtt^us— Pleasant   Grove,   sp  Total,         IM9 

^;    Pipasant  Prairie,   sp  8.     FaterZoo-Rock  mrrmnoTro  as  followi: 

low4,SoUTH.— DMJfa<n«-(^rydon4.    /ouw—  i^j^         do.  for  the  D«bu       5      V  m» 

/(Hi?o  Oiy-WalcoU2l  40;  Keota,  sp  30;  Lafay-  chumh  Erflctida,..„„„...,* *     lit 

eiiv^  ap  6.    Oouneil  Bfuff^s—AvocsLZ  246  46  Edticflnoii  .,♦ ».,.....«.».»..-.,»»-      «Tti 

Kansas— ilTeosAo— Ottawa  Ist  7  10  tiuat^nintioii *    " "'     "™    \^     411 

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411  64;    Fort  8t  390  71;    Wyandotte,   sp  26  10.  P^i^l^^"«^  -*- «—- * J^ 

JUinjtin^— Lansing  2d,  Coral  Band,  sp  21.  Saginaw  iaJC 

—  Au^HblerandOHOodaie  60                        600  96  X^^^^^^    m. 

Mm»fS0TA.—3fanJtoto— Winnebago  City,  sp  Digitized  bv*VJ3t JKATniS,  T^www*^, 

16  00  P.  O.  Ben  um,  S3  Omhtr*  StrMi,  Ka*  T«i 


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ECCLESIASTICAL  RECORD. 


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OLUTIOH    OF  THI    PASTORAL    BELATIOH. 

er.  W.  G.  Hillman  and  the  Westminster 

-ch,  Philadelphia. 

ev.  A.  D.   Mitchell  and  the  churches  of 

ton  and  Derry,  Presbytery  of  Carlisle. 

ey.  Alexander  M.  Darley  and  the  churches 

Iherokee  and  Storm  Lake,  Iowa. 

ev.  C.  M    Des  Islets  and  the  churches  of 

alinton.  Pa. 

ev.  Oscftr  A.  Craft  and  the  German  Pr«8- 

»riun  church,  Newark,  N.  J. 

ORDINATIOK. 

[r.  W.  B..  Waller  was  ordained  as  an 
tngelist,  by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia 
•th,  on  the  19th  of  February. 

CALLS   RECEIVED  OR  ACCEPTED. 

lejr.  W.  C.  Handy  to  the  Reformed  church 
Schoharie,  N.  Y. 

lev  R.  Mackenzie  of  Elgin,  III,  to  the 
rch  at  Decatur,  III. 

lev.  Jaa   B.  Kennedy  to  the  First  Presby- 
an  church  of  Newburyport,  Mass. 
lev.  Thomas  S.  Dewing  to  the  church  of 
d  Spring.  N.  J. 

lev.  S.  T.  Thompson  to  the  church  at 
ncy.  Pa. 

lev.  Lawrence  M  Colfelt  to  the  First  Pres- 
.erian  church,  Philadelphia, 
iev,  George  Ainslie  to  the  church  at  Ar- 
e,  N.  Y. 

tie  V.  J  no  Foy  to  the  Presbyterian  church 
Martinsburg.  Ohio. 

Hev.  J.  M.  H uniting  to  the  church  at 
ndham,  N.  J. 

Kev.  J.  H   Mcllvaine  to  the  Jefferson  Are- 
e  church.  Newark,  N.  J. 
Mr.  D    F  Cassat,  licentiate  of  Carlisle  Pres- 
tery,  to  the  church  at  Reynoldsville,  Pa. 
Rev.   R.  Dodd  to  the  church  at  Clinton, 
inry  county,  Mo. 

Rev.  W.  G.  Hillman  to  the  Wappinger's 
lis  church.  N.  Y. 

Mr  W.  F.  Humphreys-  to  the  church  at 
anklin,  Indiana. 

Rev.  John  L  Gonrlay  to  the  church  at  Mt 
M-nou.  Indiana, 

Mr.  Thomas  L.  Springer  to  the  church  of 
•anville,  111. 

Rev.  S  A.  Whitcomb  to  the  church  of  Car- 
mile.  III. 

Rev.  Frank  Chandler  to  the  Calvary  church, 
ewark.  N.  J. 

Rev.  L,  B.  W.  Shryock  to  the  chnrch  of 
uncannon,  Pa. 

Mr.  F.  Ewing,  of  the  Senior  Class  Allegheny 
^logical  Seminary,  to  the  church  at  Mount 
loasant,  Pa. 

Mr.  N  H.  Milter,  of  the  lame  class,  to  the 
i^rch  of  Osceola,  Pa. 

Rev.  \Vm.  W.  Rice,  D,D.,  to  iht  church  of 
ee.seville,  Pa. 


Rev.  Gordon  8.  Mitchell  to  the  chnrch  at 
Mount  Holly,  N.  J. 

Rev.  D.  Hall,  D.D.,  to  the  church  of  In- 
diana,  Pa. 

P08T-OFPT0B  ADDRESSES   CHANGED. 

Rev.  Marcy  E.  Nelson  from  Alexander, 
N,  Y.,  to  East  Elba,  Genesee  county,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  R  T.  De  Witt  from  Van  Wert,  Ohio, 
to  Austin.  Minn. 

Rev.  D.  W.  Cassat  from  Gettysburg,  Pa.,  to 
Reynoldsville,  Pa. 

Rev  R.  Dodd  from  Macon,  Mo.,  to  Clinton, 
Henry  county,  Mov 

Rev.  R.  Lewis  McCune  from  Missouri  Val- 
ley, Iowa,  to  Mercersburgh,  Franklin  Co.,  Pa. 

Rev.  Addison  K.  Strong,  D.D..  from  Har- 
risburgh,  Pa.,  to  Kalamazoo,  Mich. 

Rev.  Samuel  P.  Linn  from  Shamokin,  Pa., 
to  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Rev.  J.  C.  Nightingale  from  Smithville 
Flatte,  N.  Y.,  to  Babylon.  Long  Island.  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Clarke  Louden  from  Marrowbone  to 
Dalton  City,  111. 

Rev.  Thomas  H.  Newton,  D.D.,  from  Car- 
linsville.  Ill,  to  Kirkwood,  Mo. 

Rev.  Thomas  C.  Steele  from  White  Plains, 
N.  Y.,  to  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  E.  H.  Bon ney  from  Quality  Hill, 
N.  Y.,  to  Lenox,  Madison  county,  N.  Y. 

Rev  V.  A.  Lewis  from  Sing  Sing,  N.  Y.,  to 
Port  Byron,  Cayuga  county,  IJ.  Y. 

Rev.  Albert  Snashall  from  Wampsville  to 
Huron,  Wayne  county,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  W.  0.  Handy  from  Now  Scotland  to 
Schoharie.  N.  Y. 

Rev  F.  Reck  Harbaugh  from  Belvidere  to 
Red  Bank.  N.  J. 

Rev.  James  A.  Griffies  from  Beatrice  to 
Hastings,  Nebraska. 

Rev.  William  Armstrone  from  Red  Oak, 
Ohio,  to  Elizabethtown,  Inaiana. 

Rev.  L.  Eddy,  from  Delavan,  Wisconsin,  to 
Rom  ney,  W.  Va. 

Rev.  Francis  Lynn  from  Roanoke,  Ind  ,  to 
Peru,  Ind. 

Rev.  E.  B.  Caldwell  from  Shreve,  Ohio,  to 
Nashville,  Ohio. 

Rev  R  L.  Adams  from  New  Boston,  III , 
to  Le  Ciaire,  Scott  county,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Theodore  F.  Jessnp.  from  Florida, 
N.  Y.,  to  Kendall,  Kendall  co.,  111. 

Rev.  0.  A.  Kingsbury  from  Wappinger's 
Falls,  N.  Y  ,  to  150  Nassau  Street,  N.  York. 

Rev.  John  Foy  from  West  Carlisle,  Ohio, 
to  Martinsburg.  Ohio. 

Rev.  A.  D.  Mitchell  from  Harrisburg  to 
Middletown,  Pa. 

DEATHS. 

Rev.  Thomns  M.  Wilson,  at  RocheWe,  III^ 
on  February  22. 

Rev.  Samuel  M  Sparks,  at  Jonesborough, 
Tennessee,  on  -ihe  25th  of  February. 


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Board  of  Home  Miaaions.— Mission  Work  m  Kansas-Colorado— Minnesol»-Effecti  of 
Mi^iration— Uoiite  Misiyion  Appoiniinents— BeceiptJ*.^ „.«....«..»....- —  Wl 

Board  of  Education.— Notice — Summary  of  ihe  Fifly-fifih  Annml  Report— Can iid»i«t- 
Care  as  to  Rtcommendations-Tlie  Trea«ary—LeKacIes -Helps  to  greater  Efficiency— Shall  the 
Number  of  Candidates  for  the  Ministry  be   Increased?— Receipts, « ^.«....«..«-  in 

Board  of  Foreiga  Mlsaions.— Recent  Intelligenca— A  Good  End  for  the  Tear— Missiooiry 
Experience— Gaboon  and  Consco  Mission— 8tate  of  India— Donations «..,....«... ITS 

Board  of  Publication,— Conversions  through  Col  portage— Colportage  in  Virginia- Teachlog 
the  Freedmen— The  Sabbath-School  Visitor— Tha  Bridge— The  BiWe  Work  in  Bible  I-and»- 
Receipts ,......., »....»...».....» „«..^....«....«....^...^....««...,^^«~....-.«^-~«—  W 

Board  of  Church  Erection.— The  Church  in  the  Adyance—Reoeiptfl..^ ..»»>. ^.>..—» iM 

Belief  Fund  for  Disabled  Ministers.— From  an  Aged  Minister- From  a  Minister  F«rar 
nently  Disabled— From  an  Afflicted  Widow— An  Answer  to  Prayer— Receipts.^ ...^^......^^  IM 

General  Assembly's  Committee  on  Freedmen. — Advance— Little  Children*s  Pnycr 
Meeting— An  Earnest  Sabbaih-School  Worker— Among  the  Pinea— Cheering— Receipts....^  Ul 

Committee  on  Sustentation. — Stite  of  ihe  Treaaary— Notes  from  Ihe  Field— Reeeipta.  IfO 

Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance— Benefits  that  the  Boards  and  Committees  have 

Derived  from  this  Committee ...........„.....»>,.»^..^>^^ —  19 


**  Offerings  of  C?ocl/'— Lukb  xxL  4. 

TKS  GENERAI.  ASS£MBI.T>S   COMMITTEE  OS   BEMETOIiEMCE  ATO 

FUfABICE 

haye  recommended  to  all  of  the  churches  systematic,  prayerful,  weekly  or  monthly  offings  for 
the  whole  work  of  the  Church  as  a  part  of  the  worship  of  God^s  house;  and  the  General  Asteoi* 
My  of  1873  recommended  '*all  congregations  to  remit  either  to  this  Committee  or  to  the  respeoUft 
Boarda,  monthly,  or  at  least  quarterly,  for  the  benefit  of  the  whole  wortc** 

jpROFonxioNa  recommbuded  bt  the  assembly. 


Eortign  Missions,  40  per  cent.  $600/)00. 
Home  Missions,  93}^  «  •*  3S»,SOO. 
Chureh  Erection,  8  "  **  UiOfiOO, 
Education,  7      «*       «      10S,00(K 


Sustentation,  S\iper  eenJU  $89,S9lk 

Ministerial  Belief,  e      ««       «       SM/M. 
Ereedmsn,  g      u       u       75,000. 

Pttbiieation,  ^      «       «        7J>000. 

IMal,    $l,SOO/)00, 


FORM  OF  BEQUEST  TO  ANY  OF  THE  BOARDS. 

The  State  laws  differ  so  much  that  no  one  form  will  answer  in  all  the  States,  but  in  every  oiss 
it  is  essential  to  give  the  aiouT  corporatk  nabci. 

Bequests  for  Home  Missions  should  be  made  to  **  ThA  Board  of  Home  ITmiont  of  Iht  Pruhj/Urin 
Oiwch  in  the  UnUed  States  of  America^''  which  is  now  the  corporate  title. 

Of  the  Board  of  Education  the  corporate  name  is  **  The  Board  of  Bdxteation  nf  the  PrtAiftenias 
'Church  m  the  United  Statesof  America."* 

The  Board  of  Forei^  Missions  is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  New  York,  ander  the  style  of 
•*  The  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Uu  UnUed  Slates  of  America.'* 

The  Board  of  Publication  is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Pennsylvania,  under  tbes^aof 
-^The  Trustees  of  the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Publication.** 

The  Board  of  Ohnrch  Erection  is  incorporated  under  the  style  of  ••  The  Trustess  of  the  Churek 
Erection  Fund  of  ihe  General  Aaseinbli/  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  Ameriea," 
^lucorpi .rated  March  31, 1855,  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  York: 

Bequests  that  have  been  made  to  the  '*  Trustees  of  the  General  Assembty,**  or  to  the  **  Tntatessof 
the  Presbyterian  House,**  for  Church  purposes,  will  be  valid. 

All  Bequests  msde  to  the  incorporated  Boards  or  Committees  of  the  two  late  Assemblies  «• 
Talid.  and  will  be  received  by  the  Boards  which  are  their  legal  successors. 

Tiie  HeUet  Fnad  lor  Disab.ed  Ministers,  and  the  Widows  and  Orphans  of  Decaaaed  Ifinistm 
'requires  ihe  tollowing  lorm: 

"  1  give  and  bequentli  to  my  executors  hereinafter  named, dollars  in  trust,  nevert/ieie«i 

thai  they  pIirII.  within months  alter  my  decease,  pay  the  same  to  the  Trustees  of  the  OeM^ 

AMcmbly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America,  for  the  use  of  the  Fund  tor  Di*- 
4ibled  Ministers  and  their  Families.** 

-When  real  estate  or  other  property  is  g\9en^  let  it  be  particularly  designated,  r-^  i 


THE 


PRESBYTERIAN  MONTHLY 
KECORD. 

Vol.  XXV.  PHILADELPHIA.  JUNE  1874.  '  No.  6. 

BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 


MISSION  WORK  IN   KANSAS. 

This  country  is  experienoing  trying  times  financially.     The  failure  of  crops 
last  fall,  the  exceeding  low  price  for  the  preceding  crop,  and  the  long  severe 
winter,  hardly  yet  past,  make  it  very  hard  for  the  people  to  raise  money.     In 
fact  many  farmers  must  get  credit  for  seed  to  sow,  or  go  without.     Hence  the 
missionary  will  receive  but  little  ready  monty  until  next  fall,  except  from  the 
Mission  Board.     At  the  same  time,  the  people  are  mindful  that  their  minis- 
ter's &mily  and  horses  have  food  and  shelter.     I  say  horses ;  for  when  I  tell 
you  that  my  parish  contains  over  500  square  miles,  which  I  must  travel  over, 
as  much  as  possible,  once  a  month,  you  will  say  the  mtsaionary  needs  two 
horses.     While  there  are  many  things  to  cheer  and  encournge  the  missionary, 
yet  he  has  his  trials  and  discouragements  in  common  with  other  men.     He 
has  the  satisfaction  of  beneiSting  others,  and  laying  foundations  upon  which 
generations  to  come  may  build,  with  safety  to  themselves  and  honor  to  the 
cause  of  Christ;  but  he  must  suffer  great  discomfort  also.     If  any  one  doubts 
this,  let  him  come  here,  chop  his  own  wood,  mend  his  own  harness,  tinker 
up  his  own  wagon,  patch  up  his  straw  barn  as  oflen  as  the  wind  blows  it  to 
pieces, — in  short,  do  all  of  his  own  work  (for  he  cannot  afford  to  hire  much 
on  a  salary  of  $700  or  $800.^     Then  let  him  drive  over  these  bleak  prairies  in 
all  kinds  of  weather,  both  night  and  day ;  sometimes  with  the  mercury  below 
zero,  and  sometimes  100  above ;  and  he  will  soon  conclude,  if  the  missionary 
sought  personal  ease,  he  would  soon  abandon  the  field,  for  the  Btudy  with  the 
pleasure  of  books ;  and  long  muddy  roads,  for  the  comfort  of  short  and  clean 
sidewalks.     The  sudden  changes  and  iw:e»iant  winds  is  what  tries  men's  con- 
stitutions.    It  is  no  uncommon  thing  for  the  atmosphere  to  change  fifty 
degrees  in  a  few  hours.     I  have  experienced  this  myself,  and  suffered  severely. 
Sleeping  in  cold  rooms  and  spare  beds,  every  one  who  reflects  knows  is  a 
trying  ordeal.     Between  two  of  my  preaching  places  is  full  thirty  miles ;  I 
have  never  missed  but  once  on  account  of  storm.     But  these  things  are  fruit- 
fnl  sources  of  lung  diseases.     This  exposure  brought  me  nigh  unto  the  grave 
this  winter ;  but  thanks  to  a  kind  Providence,  I  am  well  again  and  doing  full 
^uty.    I  have  learned  ikU :  That  no  constitution  can  endure  the  exposure  in 
this  climate  that  it  can  in  an  eastern  climate.     This  is  not  my  experience 
<^ODe,  and  no  man  without  a  good  amount  of  physical  endurance  should  think 


162  Board  of  Home  Miuiam,  .        [June 

of  coming  here  to  do  missionary  work.  It  is  a  mistake  that  eastern  ministerSj 
impaired  in  health,  can  come  here  and  recruit  on  a  mission  field ;  for  in 
nine  cases  out  of  ten  it  will  destroy  him.  We  want  live,  vi<:orous,  practictl 
men,  devoted  to  the  cause  of  Christ.  If  men  come  here  simply  to  get  their 
salary,  and  to  practise  the  art  of  preaching  preparatory  to  an  easier  field  of 
labor,  they  will  fail  in  every  sense  of  the  word ;  for  here  is  discernment  and 
intelligence,  as  well  as  in  eastern  towns  and  cities.  I  do  not  say  these  things 
to  discourage  any  one;  but  to  correct  the  false  notion  some  have,  that  this  is 
the  "  Ita^t/  nf  Americuy*  and  anything  will  do  for  the  far  west  This  is  a  beau- 
tiful country  in  many  respect^,  it  is  true;  but  let  us  have  the  truth.  We 
have  had  six  months  of  winter  already,  and  it  is  not  gone  yet.  Last  night 
(April  23d)  the  ground  froze  half  an  inch  deep.  Notwithstanding,  it  com- 
pares favorably  with  other  sections,  and  is  fast  filling  up  with  people  to  whom 
the  gospel  must  be  preached  cheaply,  and  with  much  labor  for  the  preseot 
By  and  by  it  will  require  less  sacrifice.  I  am  contented  and  happy,  for  I 
think  I  can  see  omens  of  a  good  harvest.  I  am  content  to  wait  the  Master's 
time.  He  doeth  all  things  well ;  I  plant,  but  He  must  give  the  increase.  To 
Him  belongeth  the  praise  and  the  glory  forever  and  ever. 

Yours  truly,  S.  N.  St.  J. 


MISSION   WORK  IN   COLORADO. 

L ,  Col,  Feb.  18/A,  1874. 

Dear  Brethren — The  past  quarter  has  in  all  respects  been  the  most  encour- 
aging one  we  have  had  as  yet.  At  our  communion  service  two  weeks  ago,  five 
were  received,  and  there  seemed  to  be  more  interest  and  deeper  feeling  than 
has  been  manifested  heretofore.  The  prayer-meeting,  which  languished  and 
died  Thursday  evenings,  has  revived  since  I  changed  it  to  Sabbath  evenings, 
and  is  now  in  a  fiourishing  condition.  Our  Congregational  brethren  are  still 
talking  of  uniting  with  us.  but  whether  they  do  or  not,  we  expect  some  more 
additions  at  our  next  communion.  In  temporal  matters  we  have  also  occasion 
for  rej  icing,  for  some  of  the  ladies  met  one  evening,  and  resolved  that  it  was 
a  shame,  &c.,  that  I  should  have  labored  for  eight  months,  and  have  received 
only  two  dollars  in  money,  and  two  bags  of  fiour  and  some  butter  during  that 
time,  and  that  they  would  get  up  a  donation  and  festival.  It  was  something 
entirely  new,  but  they  had  an  elegant  supper,  of  which  over  one  hundred  par- 
took, and  the  proceeds,  together  with  fiour,  potatoes,  chickens,  eggs,  &c.,  Ac, 
amounted  to  about  two  hundred  dollars.  Everything  passed  off  finely,  and 
everybody  seemed  highly  delighted,  and  as  nothing  in  any  way  objectionable 
was  resorted  to  to  secure  money  or  gifts,  the  ladies  were  still  happier,  if  pos- 
sible, than  the  recipients  of  the  donation.  Last  fall  I  was  quite  unwell,  and 
at  times  almost  unable  to  walk  to  the  hall  where  I  preach,  although  it  is  bat 
two  hundred  yards  distant,  but  I  struggled  on  and  kept  up  the  services  r^Q- 
larly.  Sometimes,  when  I  attempted  to  make  calls,  I  became  so  tired  that  I 
was  compelled  to  return  hpme  and  lie  down,  while  at  others  my  wife  would 
take  my  arm  and  assist  me  to  the  house,  and  then  put  me  to  bed  and  bathe 
me  with  alcohol,  and  administer  stimulants  in  order  that  the  wheels  of  life 
might  not  run  down.  I  saw  some  very  hard  times,  but  God  not  only  sustained 
me  then,  but  he  blessed  the  work,  and  I  know  that  we  have  more  than  three 
times  the  regard  and  love  that  we  had  when  we  came  on  the  field.     Matters 

at  V are  not  altogether  encouraging,  and  I  hardly  know  at  times  what 

to  do  there.     Rev.  Mr.  C ,  their  former  minister,  was  quite  popular, 

and  nearly  all  wished  him  to  remain,  and  when  he  left,  some  declared  they 
would  never  go  to  church  again,  and  I  think  have  never  been  ;  others  said 
that  ihey  would  tear  off"  the  weai  her-boards  that  their  money  had  put  on.  while 
others  declared  that  they  would  "  make  it  hot''  for  his  successor,  even  if  it  was 


1874.]  Board  of  Home  Mmwm.  163 

Paul  himself,  I  have  been  going  there  since  the  middle  of  November,  and 
have  been  treated  kindly,  but  I  do  not  know  how  much  good  I  have  accom- 
pli^hed,  albeit  I  have  striven  most  of  all  to  be  a  peacemaker.   Time  is  my  ally. 

The  distance  to  Y is  twelve  miles,  and  there  is  a  divide  about  four  miles 

this  side  that  is  always  cold,  if  it  is  cold  anywhere,  so  that  our  ride  is  usually 

an  unpleasant  one.     Two  weeks  ago  my  wife  and  I  left  there  for  L at 

two  o'clock  on  Sabbath  afternoon,  and  came  along  comfortably  for  two  miles, 
when  it  began  to  snow  furiously,  coming  directly  into  our  faces.  Our  pony 
disliked  the  feathery  flakes,  and  required  constant  guiding  to  keep  him  in  the 
road,  and  constant  urging  to  make  him  pull  the  wagon  at  all  through  the  mud 
and  snow.  I  began  to  fear  that  we  should  lose  our  way  and  wander  about  ou 
the  prairie  until  tired  out,  but  we  kept  the  road  and  all  seemed  to  be  well  with 
.  OS  until  we  were  four  miles  from  home,  when  suddenly  a  blast  from  the  Rocky 
Mountains  reached  our  ears,  and  the  cold  wind  came  upon  us  with  great  fury. 
I  tied  the  lines  together  and  threw  them  over  the  dash-board,  and  took  from 
beneath  my  feet  a  brick  that  yet  retained  some  heat,  and  thus  succeeded  in 
keeping  my  fingers  from  freezing,  but  it  was  impossible  to  keep  the  body  warm 
as  the  wind  penetrated  our  clothes,  and  robbed  us  of  the  needed  heat.  My 
shawl  soon  became  froien  stiff  upon  me,  and  the  blankets  were  as  rigid  as 
sheet-iron,  so  that  we  were  literally  encased  in  ice.  When  we  reached  the 
Tillage,  we  stopped  at  the  hotel,  and  the  kind  landlady  dug  us  out  of  our  frozen 
coverings  and  in  a  little  while  thawed  us  out  enough  to  enable  us  to  move 
around  and  show  that  we  were  still  alive,  but  it  was  several  days  before  we 
fully  reovered  from  our  trip.  I  could  tell  of  other  hardships,  but  this  one 
will  suffice  to  show  that  we  are  not  on  '^flowery  beds  of  ease,"  while  working 
for  the  Master.  But  he  will  not  forget.  He  has  been  ver^  kind  to  us,  and  I 
wibh  to  give  him  through  your  Board  ten  dollars  as  a  thank-offering. 

Yours  fraternally,  W.  E,  H. 


m>W  THET  LABOR  IN   MINNESOTA. 

This  year  bas  been  one  of  trial  to  this  section  of  the  country.  The  people, 
poor  at  first,  lost  their  crops  last  season  by  grasshoppers,  and  had  it  not  been 
for  the  benefactions  of  other  portions  of  the  State,  and  the  providential  mild> 
ness  of  the  winter,  there  would  have  been  much  suffering. 

This  condition  of  misfortune  upon  poverty  has  its  drawbacks  upon  our 
t^hurch  matters.  We  have  hoped  for  light  ahead,  but  our  people  feel  sadly 
tliscouraged.  Still,  howeyer,  I  feel  assured  that  there  is  light  ahead,  and 
that  the  night  of  discouragement  and  trial  is,  in  His  hand  who  rules  all,  a 
means  of  discipline  to  fit  us  for  the  work  of  the  day  of  light  which,  I  hope,  is 
not  far  distant.  Our  church  members  generally  are  unable  to  pay  money  for 
any  of  our  work,  either  at  home  or  for  our  Boards.  Subscription  papers  and 
contribution  boxes,  or  circulating  hats,  are  unprofitable  instruments  here — 
about  as  much  so  as  a  McCormick  reaper  or  a  grain-header  would  be  on  the 
unbroken  prairie.  We  are  not  ready  for  them,  and  yet  our  ecclesiastical  soil, 
I  firmly  believe,  has  the  elements  of  productiveness  in  it,  and  if  we  can  fight 
auccessfully  ecclesiastical  grasshoppers,  or  rather  the  grasshoppers  that  are  a 
burden  to  ecclesiastical  fields,  we  will  yet  show  you  a  rich  harvest  from  the 
fields  that  do  not  pay  for  spring- time  reaping.  I  confess  that  I  have  often 
been  discouraged  and  have  looked  longingly  toward  other  fields,  and  have 
almost  felt  like  emigrating,  but  when  I  think  of  the  feeble  flock  being  lefl 
uncared  for,  and  the  furrows  already  ploughed  growing  up  to  wild  weeds 
again,  my  heart  rebukes  me,  and  I  put  on  chronological  spectacles,  look  into 
the  fruitful  future  for  a  little,  and  then  turn  again  to  my  ecclesiastical  plough, 
and  the  precious  spiritual  8e«d  basket  (if  I  may  be  allowed  thus  to  liken  the 


164  Board  of  Home  Mi$non$.  {Jme 

blessed  Book)  which  the  great  Master  of  the  vineyard  has  given  ns,  and  recall 
His  blessed  words^  (Jno.  iv.  36)  '^  That  both  he  that  soweth  and  he  that 
reapeth  may  rejoice  together/'  So  now  I  am  determined  to  stay  and  work^ 
and  leave  the  results  with  Him  whose  hand  alone  controls  the  elements,  and 
who  can  bring  an  abundant  harvest  to  gladden  our  hearts. 

In  writing  to  a  good  brother  in  our  Presbytery  about  our  discouragementSr 
I  made  the  remark  that  the  grasshoppers  had  collected  my  salary,  but  had 
not  handed  it  over.  Now  I  cbn't  know  that  I  am  not  doing  these  little  pub- 
Means  an  injustice,  for  certainly  I  have  learned  a  lesson  of  perseverance  from 
them,  and  I  think  that  eventually  this  grasshopper  raid  will  be  found  a  great 
blessing  to  all.  To  explain  which,  I  give  you  the  following :  Two  years  ago  I 
had  a  little  pot  and  a  box  at  my  door,  in  which  I  had  some  spindling  tomato 

Elants.  Before  they  were  stout  enough  to  transplant,  I  found  those  in  the 
ox  cut  off — as  I  thought  by  bug&  or  worms — not  a  leaf  lef^,  and  supposing 
that  they  were  ruined,  turned  the  earth  out  of  the  box,  and  used  it  for 
another  purpose.  A  day  or  two  aHer  I  went  out  early ^  and  saw  a  little 
gopher  sitting  up  on  his  haunches,  with  paws  on  the  edge  of  the  pot,  making 
his  breakfast  off  my  tomato  plants.  Of  course  I  disturbed  the  enjoyment  ot' 
his  repast,  but  not  till  he  had  cut  the  plants  nearly  to  the  earth.  Not  want- 
ing the  pot  for  any  other  purpose,  it  remained  where  it  was,  and  afler  a  few 
days  the  little  stalks  put  forth  leaves  and  grew  to  be  stocky  fine  plants,  instead 
of  the  former  sickly  sfHudling  things  that  they  were  before  they  were  nipped, 
and  proved  at  last  the  most  fruitful  vines  in  our  garden. 

Thus  it  is  with  our  new  country.  Beautiful  rich  soil,  fine  prospects  for 
getting  rich  all  at  once,  has  given  the  majority  of  our  people  airy,  spindling 
notions.  We  have  been  having  a  sort  of  hotbed  growth,  and  needed  to  be 
nipped,  and  so  God  sent  us  grasshoppers.  I  hope  we  will  all  see  soon  the 
reason  we  have  to  be  thankful  to  him  for  preventing  us  thus  from  "  growing 
all  to  straw/'  from  being  "  nothing  but  leaves." 

I  do  not  wish  to  represent  to  you,  however,  that  we  are  sitting  still,  by  say- 
ing that  we  are  not  ready  for  such  reapers  or  headers  as  subscription  papers 
and  contribution  boxes.  We  are  trying  to  do  what  we  can  in  the  way  that 
we  can  do  the  most.  Grading  can  be  done  for  Zion's  highway  in  some  places 
with  team  and  scraper,  to  the  best  advantage,  but  with  us  we  need  pickaxe  and 
shovel  and  individual  laborers  to  dig,  and  so  we  have  adopted  a  different  plan 
for  our  present  work  from  the  usual  team  and  scraper  method. 

One  man  picked  and  dug  five  cents  now  and  then,  and  from  his  little  pile, 
$5  20,  I  sent  to  the  Board  of  Education  S5.  Another  put  in  a  blast  in  the 
shape  of  an  acre  of  wheat,  and  though  it  seemed  as  if  his  powder  would  be 
wet  in  the  grasshopper  flood,  the  thing  <*  fizaed"  a  little  and  went  off,  making 
out  a  half  job  to  the  amount  of  $10.  Missionary  pigs  also  same  to  our  aid 
and  rooted  up  $18  15  more.  Now  we  scrape  up  as  follows:  iZ  85  goes  to  pay 
assessments  of  Presbytery ;  $5  has  been  shovelled  into  Dr.  Wilson's  cart 
(which,  by  the  way,  he  may  be  called  upon  to  dump  again  several  times  right 
here,  as  we  yet  expect  to  build).  You  may  request  Treasurer  Eaton  to  retain 
$26  out  of  the  appropriation  he  is  about  to  send  me,  and  distribute  as  follows: 
Send  to  Peter  Walker  $5  for  a  new  coil  of  fuse  (20  copies  of  the  Freiby- 
terian  Record)^  as  we  are  putting  in  more  blasts;  give  $5  to  the  Board  of 
Foreign  Missions;  give  $5  to  the  Board  of  Home  Missions;  send  $4  tath» 
Board  of  Education  ;  send  $3  to  the  Disabled  Ministers'  Fund,  &o. ;  send  $2 
to  the  Board  of  Publication ;  send  $1  to  the  Freedmen's  Committee;  put  $1 
ioto  Dr.  Jacobus'  Sustentation  Omnibus ;  and  when  you  all  oome  around  next 
year,  I  hope  you  may  find  better  loads  in  readiness,  though  we  have  a  big 
hole  to  fill  here,  if  our  house  of  worship  goes  up  this  year.  Our  money  here 
will  coDAe  mainly  from  this  method  of  putting  in  the  crop*    Abeady  I  hav» 


1874]  Board  of  Some  MusionM.  165 

sent  oat  seed  for  two  acres  of  wheat,  and  one  brother  promises  four  acres 
of  flax.     I  will  not  further  weary  you,  as  the  mail  train  is  nearly  due. 

Praying  ever  that  the  Lord  will  care  for  all  who,  with  you,  are  laboring  in 
His  oause,  I  remain  yours  in  the  Gospel,  £.  S« 


EFFECTS  OF   MIGRATION. 

Kansas,  March  I7ih,  1874. 

Dear  Brethren — The  last  quarter  of  my  year,  under  commission  of  the 
Board,  has  been,  as  regards  results  such  as  we  love  to  see  and  record,  unevent- 
ful. There  has  been  no  revival  of  religion  among  us.  There  has  been  a  steady 
gain,  abating  the  stormy  Sabbaths,  in  the  numbers  of  our  congregations  and 
in  the  numbers  and  interest  in  our  Sabbath-school.  I  have  an  interesting 
class  of  fifteen  to  twenty  young  men  in  the  Sabbath-school.  I  am  hoping  for 
some  spiritual  fruit  from  this  intercourse. 

This  year  has  been  one  of  financial  difficulty  with  several  of  our  people,  and 
it  has  been  hard  for  some  to  meet  their  engagements,  but  I  am  happy  to  say 
that,  as  a  society  we  have  done  better  than  we  feared,  and  the  church  has  fully 
settled  with  your  missionary  up  to  the  close  of  the  year,  ending  February  28th. 
Still  we  have  been  weakened  the  past  year  by  the  removal  of  important  mem-^ 
hers,  and  although  we  hope  in  the  coming  year  that  the  places  of  these  will 
be  made  good,  we  cannot  rely  upon  any  advance  upon  the  contributions  of  the 
past  year  toward  the  missionary's  support.  Some  of  our  people  are  feeling 
that  they  must  have  a  house  of  worship  of  their  own,  and  while  we  cannot  raise 
a  very  large  subscription  among  ourselves,  we  feel — many  of  us — that  if  we 
work  with  our  might  for  this  end,  God  will  help  us  to  a  successful  issue.  I 
never  felt  more  confidence  in  laboring  for  anything,  than  in  reference  to  this. 
We  have  received  three  by  letter  to  our  communion  during  the  last  quarter. 

You  must  allow  me  to  speak  of  one  trial  in  the  work.  I  do  not  believe  it 
is  profitable  to  dwell  upon  trials,  especially  for  those  who  have  the  divine  pro- 
mise  of  ultimate  victory,  but  I  cannot  help  alluding  to  this  one  as  peculiar. 
It  is,  when  men  of  reputation,  and  in  honor  for  piety  and  devotion  to  good 
works,  at  the  East,  come  hither  and  seem  to  lose  all  cordial  interest  in  spiritual 
things,  all  regard  for  the  reputation  which  they  had  earned  for  years  in  good 
service  in  Christ's  church,  and  lose  their  love — and  themselves  in  the  spirit 
of  the  world.  It  is  to  me  almost  incomprehensible  that  one  laboring  for  Christ 
in  church  and  Sabbath-school  for  twenty-five  to  thirty  years  with  apparent 
zest  and  love,  should  come  out  here  to  have  common  honesty  compromised, 
and  to  let  it  be  possible  to  be  said,  "  that  those  who  know  one  best  trust  one 
least  V  Well,  if  God  can  bear  such  things,  his  servants  ought  to  be  like  him, 
and  on  account  of  such  failures  not  to  lose  confidence  in  the  truly  good.  God 
breaks  our  idols  that  we  may  trust  in  him.  ^'  Cease  ye  from  man,  whose  breath 
is  in  his  nostrils,  for  wherein  is  he  to  be  accounted  of?"  God  gives  us  a.  com- 
pensation— many  compensations — but  this  one  as  a  particular  ofisct,  that  we  find 
some  of  the  purest  gold  in  those  from  whom  we  looked  for  least. 

Yours  in  Christ,  C.  F.  M. 


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Rev.  L  Levasseur.  Green  Bay.  trench.  Wis. 
Rev.  A.  pMn^ouM,  Weyauwega,  Fremont  and  Sor^ 

ahon.  Wis.  ' 

Rev.  L.  Rail-back,  Dodge  Centre.  Ger.,  Wis. 
Rev.  W.  S.  Wilson,  i^undasand  Fr)rest,  Minn. 
Rev.  J.  E  Miller.  Taylor's  Falls.  Minn. 
Rev.  J.  M.  FryHC.  Belle  Plain  and  Jordan.  Mion. 
Rev.  A.  J.  buel,  Litchfield  and  Greenieaf,  Minn. 
hev.  G  II.  Chatterton,  Northwood,  Iowa. 
Rev.  H.  SSnoditrabs,  0^kaloosa,  Iowa. 
Rev.  ».  M.  Kier,  College  Spnnga  and  Pleasant 

Ridge,  iowa. 
Rev.  J.  A.  (  alhoan,  Kirkville,  Iowa. 
Rev  J.  M  McElroy.  Batavia,  Iowa. 
Rev.  A.  M.  Heiaer,  Wapello  and  Toolsbarg.  Tova. 
Rev.  W.  G.  hulion. Greenfield  and  Stockton,  Mo. 
Kev  D.  MuRu*'r,  Albany,  Mount  Zion,  Knox  and 

Mar<in.-villf,  Mo. 
Rev.  G.  F.  McAfee,  Lewis  county,  Mo. 
Rev.  W.  U.  iiowey,  Unionville  and  St.  John's, 

Mo. 
Rev.  J.  C.  Downer,  Hillsboro  and  Hanover,  Mo. 
Rev.  A.  D  Workman,  Hopkins,  Mo. 
Rev.  W.  H.  Uillis,  Warreneborg,  Mo. 
Rev.  J.  £>pencer,  Irondale,  Mo. 
Kev.  W  G.  Keady.  Jetterson  City,  Mo. 
Rev.  Thomas  O.  Rice,  CarthMge,  Mo. 
Kev.  G  A  McKinley,  Mirabileand  Lincoln,  Mo* 
Rev.  W.  H.  Buchanan,  St..  L.ouis,  Weetniinst«r, 

Mo. 
Kev  Lutber  Dodd,  Rockport,  Mo. 
Rev.  W.  U.  Rogers,  Souih  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Rev.  A.J.  L«ydenberger,  Denniston,  Tezaa. 
Rev.  J.  W.  Finkerton,  Carlyle,  Kan. 
Kev.  John  Jones,  i^aiem  and  Emporia  2d  Welsh 

6h.  Kan. 
Rev.  Warren  Mayo,  Bszter  Springs,  Kan. 
Rev.  J.  G.  tichaener,  Girardand  vicinity.  Kan. 
Rev.  U  H.  Cambern,  Osage  .Mission  and  CtetaJpa^ 

Kan. 
Rev.  S.  M.  Irwin,  Geneva,  Fairrlew  and  Libeitj» 

Kan. 
Rev.  H.  Albright.  Preebyterial  Missionary,  Kan. 
Hev.S.  T.  DaviH,  Hiawatha.  Kan. 
Rev.  C.  F.  Mu^'sey,  Blue  Rapids,  Kan. 
Rev.  John  Wilson,  Frankfort  and  Vermilion. 

Kan. 
Rev.  A.  H.  Lackey,  Peabody  and  Walton,  Ksn. 
Rev.  W.  W.  Curtiis  Lyndon  and  Osage  City,  Kan. 
Rev.  J.  C.  McElroy,  L^irned  and  Dodge  Cut. 

Kan.  *         '* 

Rev.  J.  M.  Wil8on,  Elk  Valley  and  Dakota,  Nebw 
Rev.  Warren  Norton,  Wood  River  and  vieinicv. 

Neb.  •'' 

Rev.  A.  D.  Chapman,  Ponca,  Neb. 
Rev.  J.  G.  Tidball,  Monument,  Littleton  and 

vicinity.  Col. 
Rev.  E.  F.  Robb.  Trinidad,  Col. 
Rev.  W.  E.  Honeyman,  Longmont  and  St  Train, 

Col, 
Rev.  John  E.  Anderson,  Santa  Fe,  N.  Mexico. 
Rev.  Wm.  B.  Reed,  Cheyenne,  W.  T. 
Rev.  .L.McClaln,  Eureka.  Nev. 
Rev.  James  Smith,  Healdstnirg,  Cal. 
Rev.  H  (J.  Kieme,  San  Francisco,  Ger.,  CaL 
Rev.  T.  E.  Taylor,  San  Bnenaventura,  Oal. 
Rev.  Edward  Graham,  Santa  Barbaia,  CaL^ 

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>  Synods  in  small  capitals— Presbyteries  in  itoKet— Cburohes  in  Roman. 


ALBAMT—ilMMiiiv- Albany  td,  LadietiSfiO:  Kings- 
boro»  fk'oin  Mim  Brower  10 ;  Saratoga  ''prings  2(1 
8«b>aeQ  7  31.  Okoaipfotii— Malone  84fl  18.  Cb- 
iumtda—CMUMtk  Centre  8U ;  Catiikill  158  12; 
Durham  1*4,  1U7.  TVov— Port  Edward  19;  (ireen 
Inland  A;  LrfiosinKburgh  Olivet  88 '^O;  Middle 
GraoTille  21 75;  Troy  1st  460;  Waterford  41 52 

1«659  88 

ATLAjrrio.— ilftonfte— Cbarleaton  Mission  2; 
OharleMon  WalliugfordS  7  00 

BALTiifoas.—  Ba^<iiiiors  — Baltimore  Westmin- 
•fer,  a  mfinher5;  Ellicott'sCity  23;  Frederick, 
Aroni  Mi^or  S  H  Brown  50 ;  Bavre  de  Qraoe  8ab> 
ach  20.  Sew  Cb«^/«— Black  water  12  35;  Pitt*s 
Creek  1 1 ;  Smyrna  Sat>-»oh  50;  WhaieyTllle  Eden 

11  40;  Wilmiogtoo  1st  Sab>sot»  3860  216  25 

CsNTKAL  Nsw  Toac—Bin^JWiiii/oa— Bingham- 
ton  Ifii  5)  53;  Bmebamton  North  5  88;  Bingham- 
too  Weft  2)28;  Coventry  Ist  26;  Waverly  6  81. 
OtMffo— Bainbridge  23  65;  Franklin  217;  Rich- 
field 8|<rlDgM  22;  Sidney  Plains,  from  Charles 
Bradford  4  70.  St  Xoaoranes— Brownville  70  ou ; 
Carihat(el5;  Dexter  6  00;  Ellsworth  12;  Ham- 
tnond  28  4U.  C;<i€a— Oriskany  2  50 ;  Elome  14  24 ; 
Uiicatst.  add'l  1;  Utica  Westminster  8ab-sch 
40;  James  Plizwilliam  Grant,  N  Y  5  804  95 

CiMaaNATi.— Cftt/<teo<40— Bainbridge  5;  Chilli- 
ooibe  3d  12;  Chillicothe  Memorial  6;  Concord 
14;  Franklin  lu84;  Hamden  10;  McArthar  4  ; 
Korth  Fork,  from  Alexander  Street  20.  Oindn- 
ffui/»— Baiavia  12;  Cmcmnati  Sd,addM  11  50;  Cin- 
cinnati Mount  Auburn  547;  Elisabeth  and  Berea 
18;  Harrison  235;  Reading  and  Lock  land  8ab- 
0ch  9  25  XKiyton— Bath  8;  Camden  6;  College 
Corner  ti;  Eatvn  4;  Hamilton,  a  balance  17;  Har- 
mony 10;  Kiluy  15;  SomervUle  9  50  750  94 

CLKTKLAin>.~a«t>e<and— Cleveland  Euclid  8i 
«0  21;  Cleveland  Woodland  Avenue  35  25; 
KmgMVille  8  25.  AftAontno-Canfield  15;  Deer- 
field  16;  .New  Lisbon  15  ;  Warren  23  50;  Youngs- 
town  28  20.  St  Oo^mUs— Cadiz  69.  Sttut>en- 
otl(e— Canal  Dover  10;  Feed  Spring  6;  Now 
Philadelphia  10;  Pleasant  Hill  6  16;  Waynes- 
burgh  22  332  57 

CoLoaASc^Cbtorocto— Paebla  9  00 

Columbus.— il<A«n»— Marietta  (a  member  12) 
25  6U.  CUum5ti«— Amanda  5;  Columbus  Isl 
148  00;  Rush  Creek,  Bethel  and  Bremen  0; 
•«M**25.  H'oos^r— Lexington  41;  Lnudonvllle 
4;  Mancfield  53  07;  Mount  Eaton  10;  Perrys- 
villes;  Wooater  62  10.  Zanssvtlls— Pairmouni 
10;  Norwich  and  Concord  IQ;  Otsego  2;  Zanes- 
Tille  2d  bab-sch  20  438  86 

Enit.-^  Allegheny -^  Bmkertiown  10  46;  Bull 
Creek  12  60.  Butler^Amiiy  4  96;  HHrrisville 
A  85;  Pine  Grove  24  60.     Cart<m— Callensburg 

12  3U.  £rt0— OilCity  2d22{  Venango  2  25.  Kit- 
tannmg—iaWgal  4  25;  Kittanning  117  50;  Leech 
burg  44  27;   bmicksburgh  6.     Shmang 


Castle  2d  34;  oharon  8 


Shmango—  New 
807  94 


OuisTA.~Oii«ya— Genoa  2d  1  26;  Ladlowville 
4  5l;&cipio5;  bcipioville  5 ;  Wells  College  Mis- 
•loiiary  ttocieiy  40.  C^emun^— Elmira  li^t  87  60. 
^duiKi— CaoandaigiM  140  86;  Manchester,  a  bal 
lu;  Penn  Van  195  23;  Romulus 74.  X^ons^LyoDS 
Ladieb'  H  M  Society  51  6o;  Palmyra,  a  balance 
18;  Williamson  10.  ^teu66n— Addison  4  76 ;  Hor- 
nellsville  1  30  699  29 

HABEissDaoH.~-Cbr{i«to— Dickinson  2027;  Ilar^ 
risburxh  2d  8;  Landisburg  and  Centre  20;  Lower 
Path  Valley  and  Burnt  Cabins  64;  Middletowu 
16  U3;  Silver's  Spring  12  39.  irun/iii^d(m— Bed- 
ford 10  40;  i^ulah  16  10;  Birmingham  8ab-f>ch 
48  66 ;  Curwensville  25;  East  Freedom  and  Mar- 
tin«burgh  11  29;  Logan's  Valley  Sab-sch  10; 
Lower  Spruce  Creek  10;  Luthersburgh  1;  }4 
Presbyterial  coll  13  66.  iVortAum^srland— Derry 
7 ;  Milton  (Sab-sch  58)  208;  Money  70;  Washing- 


tonville  4;  Watsontown  8;  William«pori3d  10  80. 
Fr0^6oro— Covington  11 ;  Mansfield  2  20    592  29 

iLUNoiB,  CBxnAL.—  Btoom^to«~- Atlanta  7; 
Bloominxton  Ut  82  78;  Bloomington  2d  185  26; 
Chatswortb  8  63;  Danville,  a  balance  100;  Hey- 
worth  9;  Onargal5;  Pontiac  10  14;  Rosmville  10; 
Urbaoa  II  41.  /"arrHa-Eureka  2007 ;  GHle.xburgh 
30;  Peoria  Ist  ^10;  Sparland  16.  SehuyUr— 
Ellington  12;  Mount  Sterling  50.  SpringMd-^ 
Irish  Grove  12  15 ;  Springfield  Isi  94  80       707  28 

Illucoib,  NoBTH.^Cftieoj^o— Chicago  Ist  47  41; 
Chiosgo  2d  248  28 ;  Chicago,  Graoe  Bsb-sch  62  50 ; 
Du  Page  14;  £vanston75;  Joliet  Central  36  63. 
Oftaioa— Sandwich  5;  Waterman  3.  Boek  Biver^ 
Fulton  2  85;  Perryton  1  41;  Sterling  23  50 

519  IS 

Iluvois,  South.— iltton— Greenfield  13 ;  Virden 
6  52 ;  Walnut  Grove  2.  Osiro— Carmi  3  :n ;  OIney 
8  82;  Shawoeetown  12  64;  Vienna  5.  Mattoon^ 
Neoga  9  40 ;  Pana  7  06  67  76 

IifDUNA,  NoBTH.~-Oxito/or«fsvt£fe— Lafayette  2d, 
froni  Mrs  Sheridan  1 ;  Thorntown  (Sab-nch  6)  22; 
Fort  IFayns-Fort  Wayne  2d  25;  Franklin  1 18. 
Goshen  Sab-«ch  14  10;  Pierceton  8  70.  Logant- 
port— Bethel  9  11 ;  Rochester  8;  Rev  N  L  Lord  5. 
Jfande— Centre  Grove  175;  Perrysburgh  2  86; 
Peru,  add'l  10;  Portland  8  40;  Shiloh  1  18: 
Wabash  6  40  114  17 

Indiana,  SotTra.— JndtanapoU^—  Bloomington, 
Walnut  St  (of  which  L^tdie:**  society  50)  73  30; 
Columbus  7  80:  Indianapolis  2d  27  03;  Indian- 
apolis 9th  5.  New  i4/5am/— Dillsboro  4;  Graham 
20:  New  Albany  8d  4950.  Kinesmies— Petersburgh 
1  40;  Saline  4.  White  IfdUer— Aurora  17;  Brook- 
Tille  83  60;  Sparta  1  243  63 

Iowa,  Nobtb.— OKlar  Ba|>jdf— Anamosa  52  cts; 
Cedar  Rapid ;<  2d  57  10 ;  Central  2  00.  Dubuque-- 
Dubuque  2d.  addM  25;  Rossville  4 ;  Waukon.Ger 
la  F.trt  /)ud^— Dell  Cityl;  Rock  Rapids  2. 
Ifo/sr/oo— Eldora  6  25;  Grundy  Centre  2d  5; 
Rook  Creek  1  29  114  76 

lowA,  SouTH^Cbvndl  JBiM^«— Stetler's  Grove 
6;  Whitney ville  2.  Des  ifotnes— A Ibia  2;  Des 
Moines  Central  54  49:  Derby  1 :  Madora  2  10;  St 
Charles  3  45.  ioiM— Keokuk  Wet«tminster  2008  ; 
Kossuth  1st  6  b3;  Summit  5  30 ;  Union  :iM.  Iowa 
CUp—Cedmr  Valley  6  65 ;  Iowa  City  25;  Keota  d : 
Bigouroey  5;  Walcoit  1  18;  Washington  9  40; 
West  Liber;y  5.  Nebraska  CUff-\ork  1  20. 
OmoAa— Belle  Creek  2  5U;  Wisner  6  25       209  13 

Kansas.— ilu«/in— Austin  1st,  Ladiex*  Society 
50.  £mporta— BurlingaraeSab-oCh  28  50;  Hutch- 
innoQ  15.  If taAtonu— Highland  2:i;  MurysvilleS. 
iVso«Ao— Humboldt,  add*!  82;  Neosho  Fxlls  4; 
Ottage  Mittsion  9  50  167  00 

KsMTUOKT.— ZoM««vitta— Caney  Fork  5;  Louia- 
▼ille  Walnut  St  4  78;  Louisville  Warren  St  9  40; 
Marion  17  50.    TVoiwytoama— Columbia  7  22 

43  90 

LoNO  Island  —  Broo«y»— Brooklyn  1st  Henry 
St,  in  part  1016 1;4;  Brooklyn  lei,  Hemsen  Sfe 
49  01;  Brooklyn  Throop  Ave  25  45.  Long  It- 
^ond— Franklinville  17;  Greenporl  Sab-Mih  10. 
Aosaou  —  Christian  Hook  3  75;  Melville  9; 
SpringfleM  7  1,137  25 

MiOHiOAN.—j:)e<roi<— Detroit  Port  St  (Sab^oh 
62  50)  9510;  Detroit  Jefferiion  Ave  30;  Detroit 
Westminster  9  59;  £>in5  50:  Howell  23;  Sioiiy 
Creek  10  85 ;  Ypsilanti,  a  balance  65  80.  Orand 
Sapids—Bifi  RapidMlO;  Charlevoix  6:  Clam  Lake 
5.  JTatoffiaxoo— Alamo  15 :  Burr  Uak  10;  Kaia- 
masoo  166  65;  Schoolcraft  10;  White  Pigeon  12. 
Zansin^— Concord  13  16 ;  Springport  17.  Monroe— 
Jonesville  12  77.    So^now— Montrose  2       61912 

MwNisoTA.  —  Z)atoto  —  Yankton  Agency  5. 
3fan/Mito— Madelia  5 ;  St  Peter's,  Union  1 18 ; 
Windom5.  St  PtaiO— Red  Wing  IQ  30;  St  Paul 
1st  50;  St  Paul  House  of  Hope  54  82.     Sauihem 

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Jfitmesoto— Woodbary  t  18.  Tftnono— GUsgow 
2  60 ;  Hurmony  2  60 ;  Oronoco  4  141  48 

Mi8<k>uiu.— Osage— Jefferson  City  8  40;  Moni> 
roM,  from  Mm  Rozanna  Jones  10.  Otarkr- 
Sprinsfield  Calvsry  78.  /Yotto— Si  Joseph  Nonb 
6.     £1  Xouis— Nazareth  2  86;  8t  Louis  Ut  60 

164  26 

Niw  JnsBT.— JKisa6«^  —  Bethlehem  1176; 
Clinton  Ist  Sab-scb  26 ;  Elisabeth  3d  25  86 ;  Liberty 
Corner  6  64;   Metuohen  1st  7  74;    Pluckamin 

6  24;  Sroam  2;  We^tfield  1176.  Jersey  City— 
Jersey  City  8d0  60;  Jersey  City  Prospect  Ave 
2ft  ;  Lakeview  40  30;  Paternon  8d  7;  Tenafly  9  08; 
Weehawken  6  79.  IfomnoutA— Burllnffton  (Sab- 
sch  61  18)  76  18;  Manalapan,  add*l  20;  Manches- 
tpr  1  80;  New  Elgypt  2;  Sbrewsburv  42  80. 
Morris  aand  Oronoa— Bethel    10;  Mendharo  1st 

7  11;  Mendham  2d  32  31;  Morristown  1st24  78: 
New  Vernon  30 :  Orange,  Ger  8 ;  Succasunna  Mis* 
sionary  Society  64  20.  2\reiMr/E->Newark  1st, 
mon  con  63  70;  Newark  Calvary  17  27;  Newark 
H  igh  8t  20'J  21 ;  Newark  Park  7  26.  Neu)  Brunt- 
tincA—Ewing86;  New  Brunswick  2d  25  27;  Tren- 
tod3d.  add'IfiOO;  Princeton  Theologicsl  Sem'rr, 
Rel  Cont»n  Soc'y  of,  19  62.  iVew&m— Danville  16; 
Deokertown  9  20;  Delaware  6  48;  Manf^field  2d 
7 :  Musconetcong  Valley  40;  Oxford  2d  (tiab-!*ch 
26)  200;  Pliillipsburgh  (Sab  scb  9)  26.  Wat 
Jerstfv— Camden  1st  (rom  a  family  m,  36;  Deer* 
field  86  60 ;  Greenwich  62  89;  Haddonfield  I  65  ; 
Woodstown  8  M03  44 

Nsw  York.— AmIoii— Boston  1st  200;  Lowell 
10;  Providence  26.  JTuison— Coohecion  1  24; 
Florida  2d  12;    Hempstead  6;  Middletown  1st 

12  86;  Middletown  2d  20  87;  Milford  1  18;  Otis- 
ville6.  New  Korlp-New  York  Brick  166  94; 
New  York  Church  of  the  Covenan^  add*!  500; 
New  York,  Madison  Square,  add*!  60 ;  N  Y  Ist, 
add*l  6U;  N  Y,  42d  St  tiab-sch  75;  NY.  cash 
69  06.  North  £iver— Matteawan  21 ;  Newburgh 
Union  10;  Pine  Plains  (Sab-i^ch  10)20;  Rondout 
93  ;  South  Amenia  75.  >f(B«<Me«fer— Bedford  (of 
which  children  11,  Ladies  Miattonary  Society  48) 
106;  Patterson  12;  Sing  Sing,  addl  60;  South 
East  Centre  18  60 ;  Yonkera  Ist,  a  balance  6  57 ; 
Yonkers  Westminster  16  14  1,620  86 

pAOinc—Penieta— Areata  10.  Loe  AngHoe-' 
Los  Angelos  17;  San  Bernadino  18.  Oregon—' 
PortTownsend  10.  <8acram«nto~Colusa  11  ;'Elko 
26;  Virginia  City  2^.  San  J^Voneitoo— Oakland 
Iftt  27  60 ;  San  Francisco  Olivet  lo.  San  Joee— 
Salinas  Ciiy  13 ;  San  Jose  72  238  60 

PmLADELPHU.— C^Mfsr^Chester  3d  61 ;  Media 
17  76.  XaeJkawanno— Athens  12;  Dimock  112; 
Monroetoo  2.16;  Plymouth  29  26 ;  Providence 
47;  Springville  1  18;  Terrytown  1  36;  Wsrren 

13  ;  Wilkenbarre  (Sab  pch  86)  818  93.  Lehigh^ 
Easton  Ist  203;  Lock  ridge  Memorial  7  60;  Sben* 
andoah  6  ;  Weatherly  3.     PAttod«/p^ui— Philadel- 

{ihia  Grace  Mission  15 ;  Philadelphia  Walnut  St, 
n  part  4C0 ;  Philadelphia  West  Spruce  St  sdd'l 
ion.  PhUatMphia  Om^o/— Philadelphia  Alex- 
ander 77  28;  Philadelphia  Green  Hill  118  76; 
Philadelphia  Princeton  100;  Philadelphia  Temple 
70;  Philadelphia  Trinity  2;  Richmond  10. 
Philadelphta^  iVortA— Bensalein  and  Newport  10; 
Forestville  5 :  Germantown  Market  Square,  from 
Mrs  G  W  Tolland  25;  Roxborough  3;  Solebury 
17  26.  »Fe«<mifM<«r— Christ  Chapel  172  26  :  Lan- 
caster  Sab-sch  6  66 ;  Stewartstown  and  Centre 
18;  Wrightsville  (Sab-sch  10  42)  16  72       1,870  26 

PiTisBOBOB.— Bto^trtUs— Latrobe,  addl  S0U6. 
PlM«6uroA— lfia»t  Liberty  49  3J;  Lebanon  24; 
Mount  Fifigah  2 ;  Pittsburgh  2d  6693  ;  Pittsburgh 
Shady  Side  36  6U.  £«f<ton«— Brownsville  9  16 ; 
Round  Hill  1711.  Ffa«Atfioton— Burgettstown 
Sab-sch  9  €0 ;  Washington  2d  88.  West  Virginia-^ 
Breckenridge  4  26;  Elizabeth  8;  Grautsville  2; 
Spencer  2  276  01 

TiHif issBi.— fTototon— Jonesboro  6  88 ;  Oakland 
Ladies*  Missionary  Society  13  34;  Roserftviile 

8  70.  Alnoston— Chattanooga  2d  6  62 ;  Eusebia3 ; 
Mount  Tabor  I ;  Rock  ford  3.  I7nkm— Knoxville 
2d  70  60;  Preiibyterial  10  116  04 

Toledo.— Btf/Zefonto^ns—Bucyrus  6  70.  Huron- 
Elmore  2 :  Florence  2  60 :  Fremont  24.  Xtmo— 
Blanchard  10  67;  Delphos  2  89;  Enon  Valley 


10  07 ;  West  Union  10  861  liamme  Toledo 
Westminster  28  27 ;  Tontogony  10 ;  Weston  4 ; 
West  Unity  •  133  86 

WxsTBBir  Nxw  Yomx.— Bu/a^o— Bnflblo  East 
7  05 ;  BuiEUo  North.  addM  2;  BufKsio  Westmins- 
ter 2718;  Gowand«6;  Springville  14  81;  Wesl- 
fleld,  add*l  2.  Oemeeee  Orangeville  10.  Niagttra^ 
Lockport  Isl  188  60  ;  Medina  6  17 ;  Niagara  Falls 
Sab*soh  §260.  £oeA««ter—Geneseo  Central,  add*! 
40;  MendoB  7;  Ouden  17  18;  Rochester  Sd, 
l^adies'  Society  60 ;  Tuscarora  and  Union  Car's 
10 ;  Webster  18  68 ;  Wheatland  22  488  47 

WisooMSi  X. — Lake  fi^psrior— Menomonee  36  60. 
Ift/ioau^M— Barton  18;  Delafield  1  70;  Lima, 
add'l  1;  Milwaukee  1st  Holland  1  88;  Racine 
86  61.  Wimubago^Ve  Pere,  add'l  6 ;  Fond  da 
Lac  11  26:  Horlcon  (Rev  G  W  Lloyd  6)  19  80. 
WiteontinBiver^Lodi  mon  con  162;  Platteville 
23  60  164  21 

Total  received  from  oharcbet,   $16,044  90 

LxoAciis.— Legacy  of  Mrs  Sarah  O  Johnson,  late 
of  Sprinfieid,  Hi  1,000;  legaev  of  Wm  Knowles, 
dec'd.  late  of  Knowlesville,  New  York,  a  balance 
1,106  63;  legacy  of  John  McKibbin,  deceaeed, 
late  of  Claysvtlle,Pa150;  legacy  of  Margaret 
McKibben,  dec'd,  late  of  CIayt«vllie.  Pa  lOO; 
legacy  of  Sarah  B  Banta,  dec'd,  late  of  Phelps, 
N  Y  260;  legacy  of  Mrs  Elizabeth  B  Denton,  late 
of  Orange  co,  N  Y  216  36;  Patterson  estate,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa  130  70  2,952  58 

MisoKLLATiBODS.— **Glrard,'*  Philadelphia,  Pa  10; 
•*  C  L  F**  60;  Society  of  Inquiry  of  Union  Theo- 
logical Seminary  36  90;  Mrs  8  L  Smith,  West 
Camden,  N  Y  6 ;  Mrs  Mary  Van  Horn,  Harlem 
Sprlnffs.  Ohio  600  ;  ••  A  Fnend"  2,000 ;  Mr»  Cald- 
well. Newburyport,  Mass  30 ;  Mrs  Mary  Cratty, 
Whitestown.Pa  6;  Mrs  E  Brown,  Greencastle, 
Pa  12;  Rev  Henry  Bergen,  Galesburgh.  Ill  10; 
James  Russell,  Oak's  Corner,  Ohio  6 ;  *•  C,"  New 
York  10;  Ellen  Adams,  Mount  Vernon,  Ohio  16; 
I  L,  Newville.  Pa  6;  **the  Dying  Bequest  of  a 
Lady,"  per  Joseph  Harvey  25  ;  Mrs  Reasoner  5 ; 
Mrs  A  0  Brown,  N  Y  City  76  2.797  90 

Total  in  April,       $21,795  38 
Of  the  amount  acknowledged  above  2,911  92 
was  received  from  the  Committee  on  Benevo 
lenoe  and  Finance. 

NoTi.— The  Board  also  acknowledges  the  re- 
ceipt  of  2,616  67,  balance  of  legacy  of  Mary 
Bowes,  deceased,  late  of '  Easton.  Pa,  for  the 
Permanent  Missionary  Fund — the  interest  only 
to  be  used. 

O.  D.  EATON,  TVeosursr, 

23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


1  box  flrom  the  ladies  of  Poitsville  1st  ch,  Pft, 
valued  at  3l8  00 

3  boxes  from   the  Ladies'  Sewing  Socit-tj  of 
Baltimore  1st  cb,  Md  60)  00 

2  boxes  from  tho  Madison  Square  ch,  N  Y 
City,  valued  at  186  00 

$l,0i8  00 


HOME  MISSION  ROOMS, 
No.  23  Cbhteb  St&bbt,  Nbw  York  Citt. 
Oor.Seeretariea—Rev.  Hbn»t  Ekitoau,  D.D., 

Rev.  Cnus  Dxoksom,  D.D. 
TVsostirsr— O.  D.  Eatoh. 

Lbttxu  relating  to  Missionary  Appointments 
and  other  operations  of  the  Board,  i«hould  be 
addrensed  to  the  Corresponding  Secretaries,  No. 
88  Centre  Street,  New  York  City.  Letters  re- 
lating to  the  pecuniary  affairs  of  the  Board,  or 
containing  remittances  of  money,  should  be  sent 
to  O.  D.  Eatob,  Esq^  Treworer— same  addrese— 
P.O.,Box386J. 


1874.]  Board  of  EiMUMlMM. 

BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 


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THAt  HI  WOULD  81X1)  FOBTB  LABOBBU  IITTO  HIB  ■AKTUT^— LukO    X.  3. 


NOTICE. 

Stated  Clerks  of  Presbyteries,  or  the  Chairmen  of  Education  Committees,  will 
render  a  favor  to  the  Board  by  informing  it  of  any  case  in  which  the  Chairman 
18  changed,  or  of  other  matters  of  special  interest  to  this  work  in  the  recent 
meetings. 


SUMMARY  OF  THE  FIFTY-FIFTH  ANNUAL  REPORT. 

The  Board  first  acknowledges  the  unspeakable  kindness  and  mercy  of  Qod  to 
it  during  the  labors  of  the  year. 

A  compendious  " Permanent  ManuaP  has  been  published  upon  "The  Spirit 
and  Work'^  of  the  Board,  which  is  intended  to  be  a  condensed  summary  of  the 
most  important  historical,  ecclesiastical,  and  legal  information  related  to  the 
cause ;  and  the  chief  motives  and  encouragements  to  prayer,  contributions,  and 
efforts  in  its  behalf.  Pastors,  church .  officers,  candidates  and  their  instructors, 
and  church  members  should  put  the  contents  of  the  Manual  to  earnest  practical 
use,  and  thus  help  to  give  an  important  impulse  to  the  work. 

CANDIDATES. 

The  Board  has  aided,  during  the  year  ending  April  1,  upon  the  recommenda- 
tion of  the  Presbyteries,  the  numbers  following: 

Theological  students, 206 

Collegiate  students, 308 

Academic  students 36 

Total  aided  during  the  year 550 

Of  the  above,  there  were  new  recommendations,  90 ;  annual  renewals  of  former 
recommendations,  460, 

The  number  of  German,  Portuguese,  and  other  foreign  students  was  36;  of" 
Welsh  Calvinistic,  8  *,  of  colored,  55. 

There  are  reported  72  candidates  in  connection  with  the  Board  who  have  com* 
pleted  their  studies  at  the  Theological  Seminaries. 

Appropriations  have  been  discontinued  during  the  year  to  15 ;  that  is,  on 
account  of  protracted  ill  health,  to  2  ;  for  marrying,  to  1 ;  on  account  of  irregulari- 
ties, to  2 ;  because  of  other  provisions  sufficient  for  their  support,  to  10. 

The  Theological  students  have  been  distributed  among  13  institutions,  the  Co1> 
legiate  among  52,  and  the  Academical  among  17.  Number  of  Presbyteries  repre- 
sented, 115. 

The  number  of  students  during  the  year  550.  is  a  diminution  of  somewhat  less 
than  one-fifth  from  that  of  last  year ;  which  has  been  caused  chiefly  by  the  debts 
which  have  loaded  the  principal  Boards  for  the  last  two  years,  and  discouraged 
young  men  whose  hearts  otherwise  would  have  inclined  them  to  become  ministers 
of  the  gospel. 

This  is  still  a  large  increase,  ihiriyper  cent,  over  the  entire  average  number, 
421,  aided  by  the  old  Board  and  Committee  together,  during  the  seven  years  pre- 


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Tious  to  the  reunion  of  the  two  branches  of  the  Church  of  which  they  were  the 
organs. 

If  the  Church  jud^res  that  the  present  number  is  too  small  to  meet  the  necessi- 
ties of  her  vacancies  and  mission  fields,  the  remedy  is  chiefly  to  be  foand  in 
nucha  liberal  increase  of  contributions  to  the  Board  of  Education  as  will  assure 
her  young  men  of  piety  that  she  is  sincere  in  her  declarations ;  and  that  she  will 
keep  her  promises  of  pecuniary  assistance  after  they  have  left  other,  and  often 
remunerative  employments,  at  her  solicitation. 

CARS    AS   TO   lECOMMENDATIONS. 

The  requirement  of  a  pecuniary  recommendation  from  the  church  session  to 
the  Presbytery,  although  it  was  not  perfectly  carried  out  in  this  first  year,  because 
of  the  temporary  absence  of  the  Secretary  for  the  sake  of  health,  has,  as  the 
Board  thinks,  done  much  towardsticcomplishing  the  designs  of  the  A.f^sembly  in 
imposing  it.  It  has  prevented  a  number  of  applications  for  aid  to  those  who 
could  really  diFpense  with  it,  and  has  caused  the  Board  to  decline  rendering  it 
in  some  other  cases  through  the  information  elicited. 

THE   TRBASURT. 

The  direct  receipts  for  the  year  have  been  $92,994.19 ;  to  which  are  to  be 
added  $4,111.05,  from  the  Special  Committee  of  the  General  Assembly,  making 
a  toM  of  $97,105.24. 

The  full  payments  have  been  made  for  the  three  quarters  of  the  present  collegi- 
ate year,  and  a  portion  of  those  of  the  fourth  quarter,  ending  May  Ist,  which  the 
Theological  students  require  before  its  close.  They  have  amounted,  witVi  current 
expenses,  to  $92,972.05.  Adding  to  these  $4,111.05,  paid  to  the  students  on 
account  of  the  special  debt  at  the  close  of  the  last  collegiate  year,  the  ^otoZ  pay- 
ments were  $97,083.10.    Balance  on  hand,  $22  14. 

The  appropriations  of  the  year  have  all  been  paid  with  reasonable  promptness. 
At  the  same  time  a  large  portion  of  the  debts,  which  have  so  greatly  embarrassed 
the  Board  for  the  past  two  years,  have  been  cleared  off.  There  is  every  prospect 
that  the  Board  will  now  be  able,  with  the  increasing  liberality  which  it  may  fairly 
hope  for  from  the  churches,  to  go  forward  in  the  fulfilment  of  its  great  designs. 

Debts  remain  in  bank  since  last  spring,  upon  which  6  per  cent,  interest  has 
been  paid,  to  the  amount  of  $9,500;  and  about  $2,000  will  be  needed  to  meet 
other  obligations  of  the  year.     Total  debts  at  this  time,  $11,500. 

There  is  required  to  meet  present  wants  the  amount  of  the  debts  previously 
mentioned,  and  near  $10,000  for  the  remainder  of  the  May  appropriations,  for 
which  the  reports  have  not  yet  been  received ;  making,  in  all,  about  $21,500. 

The  summer  collections  should  be  large,  in  order  to  meet  the  payments  of  the 
first  and  second  quarters  of  the  next  collegiate  year;  which  may  be  estimated, 
with  the  probable  increase  of  students,  and  the  more  liberal  grants  which  the 
Board  will  make  if  provided  with  the  means,  at  $25,000  each. 

The  amount  which  will  be  needed  for  the  collegiate  year  now  commencing,  may 
be  estimated  at  $11,500  for  debts  mentioned,  and  $25,000  for  each  quarter;  totaly 
$111,500. 

LIOACIES. 

The  Board  has  been  enabled  to  pass  through  the  financial  tempests  of  the  past 
year  without  incurring  any  new  loans,  partly  through  the  help  it  has  received  in 
an  unusual  number  of  liberal  testamentary  gifts,  amounting  in  all  to  $14,625. 
Legacies  to  the  amount  of  $11,150,  have  been  received  during  the  year,  which 
were  to  be  funded,  and  only  the  interest  used  by  the  Board. 

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The  funded  legacies  of  the  Board,  all  of  which,  except  possibly  the  Phelps 
Scholarship,  which  was  received  from  the  old  Permanent  Committee,  have  been 
received  daring  the  last  eight  years,  now  amount  to  $41,850.  They  are  invested 
in  safe  legal  securities,  and  pay  to  the  Treasury  the  total  interest  of  $2,560  per 
annum.  This  sum,  small  as  it  is  in  comparison  with  the  living  gifts  of  the 
churches,  and  with  the  necessities  of  the  cause,  yet  is  of  material  service  in  sup- 
plementing the  appropriations  to  the  candidates ;  and  these  pious  testaments  to 
this  good  c^use  are  most  gratefully  acknowledged. 

HELPS  TO  GREATER  EFFICIENCY. 

An  earnest  desire  is  expressed  by  the  Board  for  the  change  of  the  Monthly 
Record  to  a  newspaper  shape,  and  iU  general  circulation  amidst  the  vast  mass  of 
Presbyterian  families  who  never  see  a  Presbyterian  newspaper,  and  know  nothing 
of  our  Church  work  or  its  wants.  While  the  belief  is  expressed  that  the  churches 
should  adopt  the  scriptural  system  of  giving,  the  Board  requests  of  the  Assembly 
the  appointment  of  uniform  times  for  the  annual  collections  of  those  which  as  yet 
make  but  one  general  contribution  in  the  year;  that  thus  the  present  great  con- 
fusion as  to  appeals  and  collections  may  be  avoided. 

The  marked  increase  of  the  work  in  this  department  of  the  Church's  work  in 
soundness  and  thoroughness,  the  universal  appointment  and  cordial  coliperation 
of  Committees  of  Education  in  the  Presbyteries  and  Synods,  and  the  general 
interest  of  the  church  sessions  in  the  character  of  the  candidates  whom  they 
recommend,  are  grounds  of  great  encouragement. 

It  is  believed  that  the  number  of  candidates  should  be  increased,  but  this  can 
only  be  effected  practically  by  a  liberal  increase  of  contributions  for  the  support 
of  those  who  offer  themselves.  The  Church  and  her  mi^ionary  fields  greatly 
need  them.  With  ministers  must  rest  the  responsibility.  Their  appeals  to  their 
people  would  supply  all  the  funds  which  the  Board  needs,  and  would  rouse  them 
to  sincere  sympathy  and  prayers  for  its  success. 


SHALL    THE    NUMBER  OF    CANDIDATES  FOR   THE   MINISTRY  BE 

INCREASED? 
The  practical  and  final  answer  to  this  important  question  roust  depend  chiefly 
upon  the  liberality  of  the  contributions  which  the  members  of  the  churches  make 
to  the  Board  of  Education.  The  Presbyterian  Church  seems  to  this  Board,  to 
need  men.  Last  year,  leaving  out  of  view  other  means  of  diminution,  ninety-one 
deaths  alone  in  the  ministry  were  reported  to  the  General  Assembly;  this  year 
the  Board,  which  aids  the  largest  share  of  the  young  men,  reports  but  seventy-two 
to  take  their  places ;  the  general  loss  is  fully  equal  to  the  general  gain.  Vast 
home  fields  are  lying  destitute  of  the  gospel.  The  appalling  desolations  of  the 
heathen  world  arouse  the  anger  of  a  righteous  God,  who  knows  our  guilty  sloth 
and  worldliness.  Other  Churches  lack  young  men  who  are  willing  to  go  and 
preach  ;  but  we  have  no  such  excuse.  The  sin  of  our  Church  is  that  her  people 
do  not  give  the  pecuniary  means  ik  hich  are  required  to  qualify  those  who  are 
willing  for  the  duty.  She  has  abundant  wealth.  Her  very  poorest  congregation 
is  richer  than  most  of  those  in  heathen  and  other  lands,  which  earnestly  do  what 
they  can  for  the  Saviour.  ^*  But  many  sleep."  The  cause  of  Ministerial  Educa- 
tion needs  to  be  spread  before  the  people  by  the  ministry  themselves  in  all  its 
extensive  and  vital  relationship  to  the  Kingdom  of  Christ;  and  thu<(  their  fervent 
prayers  and  their  large  contributions  be  attracted  to  it  as  the  primary  instru- 
mentality of  the  Church  for  the  sanotification  of  our  nation  and  for  the  conversion 
of  the  world  to  God. — Ann.  Sep.  C^ninin]i> 

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RECEIPTS  m  APRIL  1874. 
•  Sjmods  in  small  oapitalb— Presbyteries  in  itaUcf— Oharohes  in  Roman. 


AtMAWt^Trojf-'WoTi  Edvsrd  4;  Troy  1st  1ft;  Troj 
Otlift  MOO 

Atlawtio.— Jflontio— Cbsrleston  Uiasloo  1.  Fkir- 
jMd^lit  Pisgah  :i.     iTnoa^Plesssnt  Grovs  1 

400 

BAi;mioES.~-ilalMM0re— Baltimore  12th  10;  Bal- 
timore, Brown  Memorial  88  80:  Ellicott't  City  26; 
TheGroTs  8.  New  Ckisfle- Dorer  aO;  Milford  0; 
Pitt't  Greek  8  47;  Snow  Ulll  6  184  27 

0K2ITKAL  New  Toml— OfMgpo— Oxford  12.  A. 
£a«or«ncd— WaCertowD,  Stone  ft  83.  Syraeu$0— 
Ly  Sander  6.   I'Uoa— Knozboro*  10  09;  Rome  47  64 

107  68 

CiirciifHATi.— C%tBi'co<A«— Pitgah,  Rot  John  Bar* 
rett  10;  Soatli  Salem  8.  ancinnoM— BaUrla  8; 
Glndnnatl  8d  16;  CtndnnaU,  Lane  Sem^y  168  28; 
Cindooatl,  Mt  Aoborn  160;  Cloelnnatl,  2d  Ger 
6  ;  Clores  6;  Gopben  20;  Lorelaod  10  8ft.  Dayttm— 
franklin  6:  Hamilton  2;  New  Jersey  6  60.  I\M9- 
MOtttA— Bnena  Vista,  Ger  2;  Portsmouth  1st  227 

686  12 

OLBTSLAim  — Ctnwiaffd— Nortbflpid  6.  Mahonino — 
Baloit  6;  New  Lisbon  16.  St  aatntt't/e— Beales- 
Tille  6;  Bethel  2.  Stett6fnvt/to— Bethlehem  6; 
Plearant  HUl  376;  SteubenrUle  Ut  26  66;  Waynes* 
bnrgh  12  81  82 

CoLumcs.— Co?«m6u«~Rnsh  Creek,  Bethel  end 
Bremen  4.  i/arton— York,  **A.M."  8.  Wootter— 
EftHt  Hopewell  16 ;  liOzinKton  6;  McKay,  London- 
▼llle  1 ;  NashTilie  12.  ZofMimRe—Kvan's  Creek  6; 
Mt  Zion  6;  Norwich  6  67  00 

JiBiE.^AlUgheny — Allegheny,  Proridenoe  9  60; 
Beltevue  16;  Concord  1;  Fairmount  6;  Natrolia 
4;  Pine  Cre«k,  let  6;  Plains  4  20;  Springdale  6. 
.pMWtfr— Martlnburg  6.  CTarton— Greenville  10. 
.EWe— Harbor  Creek  20  ;  MeadTilie,  1st  20.  KUUxn- 
mny— Clarkfiburg  6  62;  Clinton  3 :  Bbenexer  12  83; 
Long  Run  14  6o;  Leechburgh  18;  PlumriUe  4; 
SmicksburKh  3.  ;SA«nan|^o  —  Little  Beaver  6; 
SharpsTille  6  178  66 

OBirsTA.— Ozytt^o— SdpioTlUe  4;  Bennett  23  81. 
Oeneva — Manchester    4.     Z«yon«— Savannah   6 

36  81 

HARU8BiniGB.—ChHt:i/e— Carlisle  Irt  72  70 ;  Cen- 
tre 10 ;  Newport  14  46 ;  Watsontown  Ist  2.  Hun- 
(tn^on— Bethel  4  36;  Saxton  6.  Northumherland— 
CbiliFquaque  14  TO;  Milton  40;  Warrior  Run  0  60: 
Waahlogton  11  G9.  181  00 

Uxnrois,  OKimuL^—BtoomifipioM— Atlanta  4  60 ; 
Bloomington  Ist  11  45;  Hey  worth  6  00;  Ooarga 
6.    i^oria— Peoria  1st  60  76  06 

iLUifois,  NosTH.— Cftidvo— CbiRagoMh,  28;  Dn 
Page  3.  /Ve»ort— Ridotte  6.  Bock  iKeer— Aledo 
10 ;  Munson  3  44  00 

iLUivois,  South.— ^Ifon— Lebanon  6;  Sparta  6 

1100 

IimiAirA,  Noam.— Ocn^erdMVtf— Delphi  4; 
State  Line  2 ;  Thorntown  6.  rort  Vf^yne— Anbom 
2  68.  ZrfvaiMporf— Michigan  City  11  'M,  Mmcie— 
Peru  46  30  71  26 

iRDrAiiA,  South— ind^m/Tpofts— Hopewell  11  37; 
Indianapolis  8d  14.    fFkOe  IFotcr— Aurora  20 

45  87 

Iowa,  Nobth.— Odar  JZoptfds— Blairstown  2  77. 
i>u6tt47tia~Bpworth8;  RoesvUle6  10  fT 

Iowa,  South.— i>ef  Jfoinei— Olfvet  2  30;  Oskaloo* 
sa6  20;  Pella2.    imoa  Otfy— Sigoumey  6      14  60 

Kansas.- Aiporia— Hutchison  1;  Lyndon  1; 
Osage  aty  1.  J9t>AZaRc{.— MarysvUle  1.  Neoiho— 
Liberty  1  6  00 

Kbntucet.- £5«n<ser  —  BnrllngfeoB  20.  Ltmi*- 
vAZe— Oweniboro  Itt  12  60  82  60 


LoifO  IsLAim.— 2>m0  //lend— Mattltoek  10:  H- 
tanket  6  28.    JViu«m— Jamaica  47  81 ;  i^prtofftsM 

7  no9 

MiGBiOAir.— i>s<ro<e— TpsflantI  M 

MiirvtsoTA.— <St  Pknl^— Minneapolis,  Westmlnstsr 
66  70,  Sab-aeh  18  6^.86  22;  St  Paul  1st  9;  White 
Bear  Lake  2.     mnono^Oronooo  3  90  22 

Missouri.— iSt  £owit-St  Louis,  High  Street  4  96. 

Nbw  JnsKT— Jcrsty  CWy— Haekensack  20;  Jersey 
Clty,8d2;  Newfouodland  6.  JWonauNitA— Farming, 
dale  6;  Freehold  1st  28  88;  Manalapan  14;  Pott 
Washington  4  18.  Morrittmi  Orrmpe— Dover  61; 
New  Vernon  12;  Parslppany  80  26.  Ntwtm  Oi. 
ford  2d  60.  WtU  Jermp-OBf  Island  10;  DeerfteM 
22;  Gloucester  City  6  264  76 

Niw  ToRK.-BEMtof»-Bedlbrd  17  68;  Boston  1st, 
Beach  Street  60:  Boston  8d  10:  Lowell  8.  Hudtm 
Goshen  38  36;  Hopewell  22  12:  OtisvllleS.  JVorft 
jeiMT— Bethlehem  18  01 ;  Freedom  Plains  10;  New* 
burgh  1st  48  H>steAetf«r— Bedford  20;  Patterson  4; 
Potts  Memorial  6;  South  Bast  6:  South  Bast  Cen- 
tre 10  260  06 


PAano—Ben^dd— Areata 


606 


PniLAnBLPBiA.— CAe«f«t^Rev  B  W  Dalei  10 ;  Great 
Talley  21  60 ;  Upper  Octorara  1.  Lodcawamta" 
Memorial  68  87;  Providence  14.  l^eA^^A— Eastoa 
Ist  26  28.  PhUadefphia  C^CroZ— Phllada  Spriog 
Garden  Sab-soh  27  29.  PhUaddpMa  AbrM- Forest- 
ville6;  Germantown  Market  Square  4638;  Hermoo 
(Frankford)  Sabeeh  26  ;  Port  Kennedy  10     244  81 

PiTTSBUBOB.— ^(oiffv^e— Oentreville  2  60;  Con- 
gruity  14  06;  Latrobe  2760:  Llrermore  18;  New 
Salem  20  62.  /\tt«6wr^A— Birmingham  1st  17; 
Bloomfleld  476;  Fairview6;  Mount  Pisgah  (Visi 
P  2)  13  18;  Pittsburgh  4th  6;  Swlssvale  9  Sft. 
i&Y2»totie— George's  Creek  12  £0  ;  Laurel  Hill  16  S&. 
lf(uAtnp/on— Mount  Prospect  23  80 ;  Upper  Buffalo 
16  26:  Washington  2d  10;  West  Alexander  22; 
West  Union  660  246  2)1 


TmNBSSBB.— C^iot) — Mount  Horeb 


600 


ToLBDa—£^2^/<mto<ne— Buck  Creek  10.  Hunm— 
llmore  1  60;  Fremont  18  50:  Huron  6;  Melmors 
1  86.  LisM-Flndlay  1st  48  70.  Jtawmte—TokAo 
1st.  Ger  2;  Tontogony  6;  West  Salem  2;  WM 
Unity  2  92  Oi 

Wbstbbn  New  Tobk.— Af^fo  — Alden  7  25; 
Weefield  7  18.  GSmesee— Wyoming  12  42.  ASsf- 
oro— Niagara  Falls  50.    jeoesAeserr— Tuscarora  2 

78  80 

Wisooxsiiv.—C7«t|ipf«oa— North  Bend  2  76.  LaH 
A<|>«rtor— Marquette  84  25;  Menominee  21  £0. 
iiatoonJMe— Cambridge  and  Oakland  6.  mwwstsyo— 
De  Pere  19  06  82  86 


Total  from  Churdiss^  $3,261  31 

From   GomomB  oh  Bshbtolbhob  Avn 
Fix AROB  1912  84 

RxruHnxA. 
«CEL»»  6D8i 

MISOBLLAHBOUS. 

MiM  M  J  Pratt,  Milford,  0  6 ;  «•  a  Frland,**  Hlll» 
boro.  III  4 ;  Jane  Steel  8 ;  James  Russell,  Orf9 
Corner,  0  6;  *<  R**  2  ;  from  a  friend  6 ;  Patterson 
estate,  Pittsburgh  180  70  164  70 


Total  receipts  in  April, 


$1,378  70 


B.  O.  WOODWARD,  IVeasMrsr, 
1884  Chestnut  StrMt,  Philadelphia. 


Reports  and  eorrespondenoe  relating  to  the  gen* 
oral  business  ot  the  Board,  address  to  Wuiam 
Bpbbb.  D.D.,  Cbrrtmondimg  Seeretar^. 

OmoB,  No.  1884,  Chestnut  Street,  PhUadalphls. 


1874]  Board  of  Forei^  MUnom.  173 

BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


RECENT  INTELLIGENCE.  , 

Death  of  Mrb.  Campbell. — We  learn  with  much  regret  the  death  of  Mrs. 
Campbell^  widow  of  the  late  Kev.  James  R.  Campbell,  D.D.,  of  the  Lodiana  Mis- 
sion. She  died  at  Ambala  on  the  19th  of  March,  after  severe  illness.  For  some 
time  previously  her  health  had  been  feeble.  She  arrived  in  India  with  her 
husband  in  1836,  so  that  she  was  one  of  the  oldest  missionaries  of  the  Board. 
Her  family  and  numerous  friends  are  comforted  by  the  hope  that  she  has  entered 
into  the  rest  that  remaineth  to  the  people  of  God. 

Added  to  the  Church. — Dr.  Jessup  mentions  that  a  young  teacher  and  his  wife 
were  received  as  members  of  the  church  at  Beirut,  Syria,  and  that  several  new 
members  had  lately  been  received  at  othir  stations.  "  At  least  twenty  persons 
are  now  asking  admission  to  the  Beirut  church."  Mr.  Blackford  refers  to  a  con- 
vert from  Romanism,  received  by  the  church  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,  who  had  come 
from  a  place  800  miles  in  the  interior.  He  had  never  heard  a  sermon  preached" 
until  his  visit  to  Rio,  but  had  obtained  his  knowledge  of  religion  from  the  Bible, 
religious  tracts,  and  copies  of  the  newspaper  published  by  the  mission.  Others 
in  the  same  place  were  receiving  favorable  impressions  from  the  same  means. 
Two  new  members  were  admitted  to  the  church  of  San  Louis  Potosi,  Mexico,  and 
thirty-one  adults  and  eight  children  were  baptized  at  Zacatecas.  The  number  of 
communicants  now  in  the  church  of  Zacatecas  is  sixty.  Mr.  Thompson  refers  to 
three  and  five  new  communicants  received  by  the  native  church  in  Yedo. 

Persecution  at  Tabriz,  Persia,  through  the  instigation  of  Armenian  eccle- 
siastics, by  the  Musalman  authorities,  had  resulted  in  severe  suffering  to  some  of 
the  attendants  at  the  mission  services ;  some  were  imprisoned  and  beaten  with 
many  stripes.  But  on  application  to  the  higher  officers,  the  imprisoned  were 
set  at  liberty,  and  violence  had  ceased.  Both  at  Beirut  and  at  Constantinople 
attempts  had  been  made  to  hinder  the  work  of  the  mission  presses.  These 
attempts  had  not  proved  successful,  but  they  probably  show  a  spirit  of  opposition 
again  rising  against  missionary  efforts. 

Notices  of  Missionaries. — The  Rev.  S.  L.  Gillespie  and  his  wife.  Rev.  S.  H. 
Murphy,  Dr.  G.  W.  Taylor,  and  Mrs.  S.  E.  Hendricks,  have  returned  to  this 
country  from  the  Gaboon  and  Corisco  mission.  Mrs.  Hendricks'  return  was 
caused  by  serious  illness,  requiring  Dr.  Taylor's  professional  services  on  the 
voyage.  We  are  glad  to  learn  that  her  health  is  much  better.  Dr.  Taylor  had 
been  very  ill  himself,  but  received  benefit  from  the  voyage.  He  and  Mr.  Murphy 
expect  to  return  to  the  mission.  Miss  Sarah  M.  Cummings,  of  San  Francis(*o,  a 
daughter  of  the  late  Rev.  Dr.  Cummings,  of  Portland,  Maine,  has  been  appointed 
as  a  missionary  teacher  in  connection  with  the  mission  to  the  Chinese  in  California. 
Miss  Sarah  C.  Seward,  M.  D.,  and  Miss  Mary  N.  Wilson,  have  been  appointed  as 
missionaries  of  the  Board.  They  were  for  some  time  missionaries  of  the  Ladies' 
Union  Missionary  Society,  at  Allahabad,  India,  where  they  will  continue  in  their 
work.  The  arrival  of  the  Rev.  S.  A.  Davenport,  M.D.,  at  Ningpo,  China,  is 
reported ;  and  of  Mrs.  J.  A.  Leyenberger,  of  Ningpo,  at  San  Francisco,  returning, 
as  we  regret  to  learn,  on  account  of  health.  Mr.  Leyenberger  remains  at  his 
station.  The  Rev.  J.  Gillis  has  felt  constrained  to  withdraw  from  the  Seminole 
mission,  on  account  of  his  wife's  health.  We  are  glad  to  mention  that  the  He  v. 
J.  R.  Ramsey,  long  connected  with  this  mission,  has  returned  to  its  service. 


174  BoiMrd  of  Ihretgn  Mttiomi.  [Jwu 

Per  Centaoe  or  Executiti  Expenses. — The  eost  of  ezecatiye  expenses  in  the 
last  year,  for  the  regular  reofsipts  of  the  Board,  (special  ^receipts  for  debt  Bot  in- 
cluded,) was  less  than  4.7  per  eent — ^if  the  amount  expended  for  printing  the 
monthly  periodicals  and  the  annual  report  is  deducted,  as  money  retiamed  to  the 
donors  ;  if  this  amount  for  printing  is  not  deducted^  then  the  cost  of  executire 
expenses  is  7.6  per  cent  T^e  may  add  that  the  salaries  paid  to  the  execotire 
officers  were — to  the  senior  secretary  $3,000;  to  the  seoond  secretary  $4,000 ;  to 
the  junior  secretary  $5,000 ;  to  the  treasurer  $3,000;  making  in  all  less  than 
three-fourths  of  the  abore  four  and  seven-tenths  per  cent. 

Letters  Receited  to  Mat  14th. — From  the  Creek  mission^  April  20tb  ;  Nex 
Perce,  April  22d ;  San  Francisco,  April  2l8t ;  Yokohama,  Apnl  28th  ;  Tedo, 
April  7th  ;  Shanghai,  March  2&tb ;  Canton,  March  25th  ;  Bangkok,  February 
2l8t;  Allahabad,  March  25th;  Etawah,  March  20tb;  Mynpurie,  March  6th; 
Futtehgurh,  March  26th  ;  Dehra^  April  8th  ;  Sabaranpur,  March  20th ;  Kolapere, 
March  28th  ;  Oroomiah,  March  5th  ;  %brix,  Marcli  28th  :  Beirut,  March  2Ut ; 
Monrovia,  April  1st ;  Benita,  March  4tb ;  Corisco,  February  26th ;  CiabooA,  March 
lltb  ;  Rio  de  Janeiro,  March  24th  ;  Bogota,  March  23d  ;  Santiago^  Chili,  March 
18th  ;  Mexico^  March  7th  ;  Zacateeas»  April  9th. 

9^  Our  friends  in  the  Gaboon  and  Corisco  Missioo  desire  attestion  to  be  called 
to  a  change  in  the  date  of  sailing  by  steamers  from  Liverpool  to  Qaboon.  This 
win  be  on  the  15th  of  each  moath,  until  fartber  notice^  Letters  should  be  seat 
from  this  oountry  about  the  1st  of  the  month. 


A  GOOD  END  OF  THE  YEAR. 

We  are  grateful  to  be  able  to  make  so  good  a  report  of  tbe  last  yeary  ending 
May  1st,  both  in  a  finanoial  point  of  view,  and  in  regard  tc>  the  general  progress 
of  the  work.  As  to  the  latter,  we  must  refer  our  readers  to  the  Report  itself.  It 
shows  reverses  hardly  anywhere,  steady  advance  in  most  of  the  mission  fields, 
and  great  progress  in  some  of  them.  In  all  of  then^  we  trust  there  is  a  leavening 
process  at  work  among  the  people,  as  the  result  of  the  gospel  preached,,  which  in 
the  present  condition  of  most  unevangelixed  countries  is  far  mons  important  than 
mere  statibtical  returns  of  converts  made ;  but  converts  are  reported  in  larger 
numbers  than  in  any  former  year. 

As  to  financial  matters,  the  Board  ended  tbe  year  virtually  out  of  debt — tbe 
balance  standing  against  the  mission  treasury  being  ooly  $641.91.  We  arrange 
tbe  figures  as  fdlows : 

I.  Debc  of  last  year, $128,6d5  5U 

Special  receipts  for  this  debt>   ....        123,503  11 

Balance  unpaid,        $5,192  39 

II.  General  receipts  from  churches,  individuals^  legacies,  &(i.<,  ^90,482  87 

General  payments,  or  current  expenses,    .        .      $494,932  39 

Payment  of  balance  of  last  year's  debt,   .        .  5,192  39 

500,124  78 

Balance  against  the  treasury,  $041  91 

We  think  this  brief  statement  will  call  forth  warm  thanksgivings  from  many 
hearts.  We  do  not  forget  that  to  reach  this  result,  painful  retrenchments  or 
restrictions  had  to  be  made  in  most  of  the  missions ;  but  these  were  acquiesced 
in  with  submission,  and  with  the  feeling  that  almost  anything  is  better  than  a 
debt.  AVe  will  hope  that  the  time  of  restriction  will  not  last  long,  and  that  the 
year  now  begun  will  be  marked  by  growing  interest  in  this  sacred  cause.  Let 
this  interest  be  shown,  not  only  by  gracious  gifts,  but  by  fervent  prayers.^ 


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MISSIONARY  EXPERIENCE. 

The  Rev.  Honry  Marty n,  in  India,  April  24th,  1807,  wrote  as  follows  : 

"...  Yet  thanks  are  due  to  the  Lord  for  showing  me  in  this  way  how  much  my 
heart  has  been  neglected  of  late.  I  see  by  this  how  great  are  the  temptations  of  a 
missionary  to  neglect  his  own  soul.  Apparently  outwardly  employed  for  God,  my 
heart  has  been  growing  more  hard  and  proud.  Let  me  be  taught  that  the  first  great 
bosineafi  on  earth  is  to  obtain  the  sanctifioation  of  my  own  soul ;  so  shall  I  be 
capable  also  of  performing  the  duties  of  the  ministry,  whether  amongst  Europeans 
or  heathen,  in  a  holy  and  solemn  manner.  Oh,  how  I  detest  that  levity  to  which 
I  am  so  subject !  How  cruel  and  unfeeling  it  is !  Ood  is  my  witness  that  I  woald 
rather,  from  thi«  day  forward,  weep  day  and  night  for  the  danger  of  immortal 
souls.'* 

April  25. — "  In  prayer  at  the  appointed  hour,  I  felt  solemnity  of  mind  and  an 
earnest  desire  that  the  Lord  would  pour  out  a  double  portion  of  his  spirit  upon 
us,  his  ministers  in  India,  that  every  one  of  us  may  be  eminent  in  holiness  and 
spiritual  gifts.** 

After  September  2l8t — **I  am  happier  here,  in  this  remote  land,  where  I  so 
seldom  hear  of  what  happens  in  the  world,  than  in  England,  where  there  are  so 
many  calls  to  look  at  the  things  that  are  seen  I  How  sweet  the  retirement  in 
which  I  here  live!  The  precious  Word  is  now  my  only  study,  in  the  work  of 
translation."  .  .  .  "Oh!  what  shall  separate  me  from  the  love  of  Christ? 
Neither  death  nor  life,  I  am  persuaded.  Oh  !  let  me  feel  my  security,  that  I  may 
be,  as  it  were,  already  in  heaven ;  that  I  may  do  all  my  work  as  the  angels  do 
theirs ;  and  Oh  I  let  me  be  ready  for  every  work — be  ready  to  leave  this  delightful 
,  solitude,  or  to  remain  in  it — to  go  out,  or  to  go  in — to  stay  or  to  depart,  just  as 
.    the  Lord  shall  appoint.*' 


GABOON  AND  CORISCO  MISSION, 
1873. 

Gaboon. — In  closing  the  labors  of 
another  vear  in  this  part  of  our  field, 
we  record  with  special  gratitude  to  our 
Heavenly  Father,  our  exemption  from 
severe  or  fatal  illness,  and  our  ability 
to  enga)!e  almost  uninterruptedly  in  our 
work.  The  pestilence  that  walketh  in 
darkness,  and  destruction  that  wasteth 
at  noonday,  in  the  form  of  a  very  fatal 
type  of  fever,  has  visited  places  north 
and  south  of  us,  and  prevailed  on  the 
steamers  that  have  called  here  from 
month  to  month ;  but  it  has  not  come 
nigh  us,  no  case  having  occurred  on  the 
river.     .     .     . 

The  field  here  at  Gaboon  remains 
much  tiH  it  has  been  during  the  last 
two  3' ears.  Intemperance  and  kindred 
yices  are  diminishing  the  aboriginal 
population;  but  other  tribes  are  crowd- 
ing down  from  the  interior  to  fill  the 
vacancies;  and  commerce  attracts  ad- 
venturers from  all  parts  of  the  coast, 
who  temp(»rarily  reside  here.  The  in- 
fluence of  trade  continues  to  counteract 
our  work,  and  Jesuitism  is  zealous  and 
indefatigable  to  prevent  the  gospel  of 


Christ.  The  field  is  a  hard  one,  but 
as  encouraging  and  hopeful  as  it  has 
been  for  many  years  past  It  is  a  moral 
battle  field,  where  truth  and  righteous- 
ness will  prevail.  Our  relations  with 
the  French  authorities  remain  amicable. 
The  last  commandant  showed  us  special 
kindness  while  here,  and  on  his  return 
to  France  wrote  us  expressive  of  sym- 
pathy and  regard.  Officials  sometimes 
attend  our  Sabbath  services,  and  a  few 
of  their  children  are  in  our  schools. 

Commerce  is  pushing  itself  up  all  the 
rivers  a^<d  creeks  in  this  part  of  Africa; 
and  while  it  opens  up  the  way,  it  carries 
destroying  agencies — rum,  powder  and 
guns — which  often  efi*ectually  close  the 
way  against  the  introduction  of  the 
gospel.  This  is  especially  so  on  the 
Ogovi  river,  where  one  year  ago  our 
prospects  for  entering  the  interior  were 
so  hopeful.  Rum  has  been  poured  out 
so  freely  that  anarchy  and  war  seem 
prevalent. 

Barak  A. — Our  work  here  at  Baraka 
has  steadily  progressed.  Never  have 
our  Sabbath  and  week  day  congrega- 
tions been  larger  or  more  respectful 
and  attentive;  and  during  most  of  the 
year  there  has  been  pleasing  evidence 


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of  the  preseace  and  work  of  the  Holy 
Spirit.  At  each  comraunion,  with  one 
exceptioQ  when  one  of  the  elders  was 
absent,  we  have  welcomed  new  mem- 
bers to  the  church,  thirteen  in  all ; 
and  a  large  number  of  inquirers  are 
still  under  special  instruction.  The 
contributions  of  the  church  and  congre- 
gation have  amounted  to  $300,  an  ad- 
vance of  100  per  cent,  upon  any  former 
year. 

WomarCs  work,  cf  which  mention 
was  made  in  the  last  report,  has  in- 
creased in  interest  and  power,  and 
presents  one  of  the  most  encouraging 
aspects  of  our  work.  Two  native  Chris- 
tian women  are  employed  as  Bible 
readers  with  success;  and  a  weekly 
female  prayer- meeting  is  well  sustained 
in  the  towns. 

Sabbath  school. — This  has  been  larger 
than  in  any  previous  year,  numbering 
about  150,  including  a  young  men's 
Bible  class  and  a  class  of  adult  females. 

Schools, — The  three  schools  at  the 
station,  as  last  year,  have  not  been  en- 
tirely separate,  as  a  few  of  the  advanced 
pupils  in  the  Boy's  Boarding  School, 
ana  also  in  the  Female  Seminary,  have 
attended  some  of  the  recitations  and 
lectures  in  the  Training  Institution. 

7  raining  Institution. — This  Institu- 
tion has  had  a  smaller  number  of  pupils 
than  during  the  former  year;  as  all 
the  young  men  from  Corisco  and  two 
from  Gaboon  have  been  drawn  off  into 
trading— showing  that  their  passion  for 
trade  and  love  of  gain  were  superior  to 
their  love  for  Christ  and  the  souls  of 
their  fellow-men.  Still  seven  young 
men,  and  five  voung  women,  have  en- 
joyed its  advantages,  and  have  made 
a  gooi  proficiency  in  their  common 
Biblical  and  Theological  studies.  One 
of  the  number,  £.  G.  Lewis,  in  company 
with  Attlka  Truman,  our  helper  at 
N6ngen6nge,  have  just  been  licensed  to 
presich  the  gospel.  Three  other  young 
men  hope  to  follow  in  due  time.  The 
Boy's  Boarding  and  Day  School  has 
been  mostly  taught  by  pupils  of  the 
Training  School,  and  has  numbered 
more  than  fifty  pupils. 

During  the  year  a  new  Seminary 
building  has  been  erected  for  the  Girls' 
School,  which  is  now  occupied.  The 
school  numbers  forty  pupils,  and  has 
flourished  under  the  oare  of  Mrs.  Bush- 
nell  and  Miss  Jones,  assisted  by  a 
native  teacher,  and  the  last  half  jear 
with  Miss  Warnetta  Alvarea,  as  matron. 

Nombtty  an  outstation,  two  and  a  half 
miles  from  Baraka,  has  been  resumed 
as  a  preaching   place,  where  regular 


Sabbath  services  have  been  held  the 
last  half  of  the  year,  and  some  instruc- 
tion has  been  given  to  the  children  two 
days  in  the  week. 

Nengenenge  has  been  occupied  by 
Mr.  At4k&  Truman,  now  a  licentiate, 
and  a  Boarding  School  for  Pangwe 
children  has  been  started  by  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Awora,  formerly  members  of  the 
Training  School.  They  have  fifteen 
scholars,  and  hope  to  add  to  the  num- 
ber. 

Corisco. — Alongo  Station,  Mr.  De 
Heer's  report: 

'*  Another  year  of  missionary  labor 
has  passed,  bearing  its  record  on  high, 
and  leaving,  as  we  trust,  a  record  of  at 
least  something  done  for  this  heathen 

Eeople.  God  has  given  us  cumparative 
eaJth.  For  five  weeks  our  dear  sister 
Reutlinger  was  obliged  to  lay  aside 
her  duties  and  rest  awhile,  but  in  an- 
swer to  earnest  prayers  and  fervent 
hopes,  she  was  enabled  to  resume  her 
duties,  and  has  pursued  them  unin- 
terruptedly since. 

^^  Preaching, — I  have  been  able  to 
preach  every  Sabbath  but  one,  when  I 
lost  my  voice  on  account  of  a  severe 
throat  affection. 

"  Services, — Our  services  have  been 
largely  and  regularly  attended.  At 
the  beginning  of  the  year  I  gathered 
some  sixteen  young  men  and  boys  from 
tribes  far  distant,  all  of  whom  are  now 
able  to  read  in  the  Benga  language,  and 
have  some  knowledge  of  writing  ;  and 
better  than  all  this,  have,  we  trust, 
learned  the  beginning  of  all  wisdom, 
even  the  fear  of  the  Lord,  as  seven  of 
them  are  members  of  my  inquiring 
class. 

**  School. — Our  Boarding  School  has 
numbered  some  thirty  two. 

**  Woman's  Work. — The  work  among 
the  degraded  women  has  been  a  most 
important  and  promising  feature  in  our 
work.  During  the  year  this  work  has 
been  supported  whully  by  gilts  from 
friends  in  England  and  America. 
Among  other  help,  a  b  s  was  received 
from  the  ladies  of  the  Central  Church, 
Orange,  N.  J.  Since  the  removal  of 
Mr.  Gillespie  from  the  field,  new  duties 
devolve  upon  me,  especially  the  charge 
of  the  church.  As  the  lal>or.  rs  were 
so  few,  it  was  thought  best  that  one 
ordained  missionary  should  now  be  in 
Corisco." 

Eoangasimba  Station.  —  No  report 
has  been  received,  llev.  S.  L.  (iillespie 
had  char>!e  of  the  stat  on  durinir  the 
year.  A  boy's  school  was  started,  but 
tailed  on  account  of  Ukuku  and  other 


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difficulties.  Tn  June  Mrs.  Hendricks 
and  Miss  White  arrived.  A  piris*  school 
was  then  begun,  under  the  direction  of 
Mrs.  II..  but  wa?4  abandoned  in  conse- 
quence  of  her  failing  health.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Gillespie  relinquished  their  care 
of  the  station  at  the  close  of  the  jear, 
and  having  asked  for  dismissal  have 
returned  to  America.  The  Evanga- 
simba  church  has  been  transferred  to 
the  Alongo  station,  and  is  to  be  hence- 
forth known  as  the  Corisco  church. 
Mr.  de  lleer  is  the  stated  supply. 

Mbatigwe  Station  still  continues  in 
the  care  of  Rev.  Ihia  J.  Ikenje.  It  is 
an  industrial  establishment,  as  jet  quite 
incomplete.  A  school  is  sustained,  and 
boys  and  young  men  are  gathered  from 
the  various  tribes.  Mr.  Ibia  continues 
his  preac  ting  services  at  Eloby  with 
some  enccuragement. 

Benita. — Mr.  Murphy  writes:  **This 
has  been  a  year  of  blessing,  notwith- 
standing some  discourngemetits.  During 
the  whole  year  the  Bolondo  station 
remained  vacant.  There  were  two  of 
the  Christian  young  men  who  had 
charge  of  the  place,  and  holding  the 
usual  meetings  of  prayer  there.  Rev. 
J.  C.  de  Bruynkops  continued  at  the 
Benita  station  until  the  latter  part  of 
April,  when  he  felt  it  necessary  for 
him  to  return  to  America.  I  was  then 
left  alone,  having  the  assistance  of  Miss 
Charity  L.  Sneed,  who  continued  her 
work  among  the  women  with  very  great 
encouragement  Personal  y  I  ^It  the 
loss  of  Bro.  Kops.  But  it  surely  had 
the  effect  of  stirring  the  native  Chris- 
tians, who  began  to  think  that  Qod 
might  deprive  them  of  missionaries. 
There  has  been  a  real  interest  among 
the  Kombe  people,  and  the  work  has 
steadily  progressed,  and  the  gospel  is 
more  than  ever  appreciated. 

'*  Church. — The  church  is  in  a  hope- 
ful condition.  It  now  has  a  membership 
of  forty  two.  During  the  present  pas- 
torate of  nearly  two  and  a  half  years 
there  have  been  fifteen  excommunica- 
tions. All  these  were  under  suspension 
before  we  took  charge  of  the  church, 
and  most  of  them  for  t^o  or  three  years. 
Only  one  of  this  number  has  evinced 
any  desire  or  purpose  of  returning  to 
the  faith  and  obeaience  of  the  gospel. 
On  the  other  hand,  there  has  been 
durin*;  this  time,  eleven  hopeful  con- 
verts baptized,  and  three  infants.  These 
*are  our  glory  and  joy.* 

*'' Class,  —  The  Catechumen  Class 
numbers  fourteen  members,  who  are 
being  carefully  instructed  in  the  way 
of  life. 


•*  Sahbath-schooL—'^h^  Sabbath-school 
has  been  superintended  by  Mr.  Ebuma, 
one  of  the  elders,  and  with  success  and 
encouragement.  It  numbers  about  one 
hundred  and  twenty. 

**  Services. — The  congregations  on 
Sabbath  have  been  large.  The  ap- 
pearance and  deportment  of  the  people 
on  Sunday  has  been  highly  pleasing 
and  unexceptionable.  Externally  there 
has  been  real  progress  in  civilization, 
especially  among  the  women.  All  the 
prayer  meetings  have  been  faithfully 
attended  by  the  Christians,  and  not  a 
few  coming  from  the  towns.  They  have 
been  very  interesting. 

**  Schools. — These  are  English  and 
Benga.  The  boarding  school  numbers 
about  twenty- five.  About  forty  have 
been  under  daily  instruction.  There  is 
a  great  desire  for  education.  Miss 
Charity  Sneed  has  instructed  the  wo- 
men in  reading  and  sewing,  and  has 
had  several  girls  under  her  care.  The 
people  are  anxious  and  willing  to  send 
their  girls  to  the  mission.  Benita  being 
far  removed  from  trading  influences,  is 
a  most  suitable  place  for  a  gii'l^*  school. 
Cannot  this  willing  people  have  this 
blessing? 

**  Out  stations. — There  are  two  out 
stations ;  Batta  on  the  north,  and  Hanji 
on  the  south.  These  are  accomplishing 
good,  and  the  two  Bible  readers  are 
really  earnest  and  zealous  Christian 
men,  and  seem  to  love  the  Lord's 
work."      

STATE  OF  INDIA. 
There  is  no  need  in  the  present  re- 
port to  add  to  the  testimonies  given  in 
former  jears,  which  establish  the  suc- 
cessful results  and  growing  power  of 
the  labors  of  missionaries  in  India. 
Every  year  enlarges  their  number  and 
value.  From  the  pulpit  of  the  cathedral 
of  Westminster,  as  well  as  from  the 
plains  of  Hindustan,  the  knell  of  de- 
parting Hinduism  is  tolled.  Notwith- 
standing its  profession  by  at  least  an 
hundred  millions  of  souls,  and  that 
enormous  number  falls  short  of  the 
truth.  **  I  do  not  shrink  from  saying," 
says  Professor  Max  Muller,  **thai  their 
religion  is  dying  or  dead.  And  why? 
Because  it  cannot  stand  the  light  of 
day."  And  after  enumeratincr  a  few  of 
the  many  deities  worshipped  by  the 
Hindus,  he  adds,  ^*Ask  any  Hindu, 
who  can  read,  and  write,  and  think, 
whether  these  are  the  gods  he  believes 
in,  and  he  will  smile  at  your  credulity. 
How  long  this  living  death  of  national 
religion  in  India  may  last,  no  one  can 


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tell."  These  words  are  an  instruotiye 
commentary  on  the  languai^e  of  the 
writer  of  the  Epistle  to  the  Hebrews — 


'*  Now  that  which  decajeth  and  wazeth 
old  is  readv  tb  Tanish  away." — Report 
of  English" Baptist  Miss.  Soc.,  1874. 


DONATIOHS  TO  THI  BOARD   OF  FORBIQIf  MI88IOVS,  IV  APRIL   1874. 

^  Synodfl  to  small  oapital^— Presbyt«iriM  in  ittUia—Chnrchw  In  Roman. 


AhBkWt^  Albany  "  id  ch  8ab-«ch,  Saratoga 
SpriOKfl  12  45  ;  JeffprsoD  cb  7  12;  KinsKboro  ch, 
M188  R  Brower  lo.  C%ampMi'»— Chaleaugay  ch  7  ; 
KeeaeTille  ch  1 1  28.  Cb/umbio— Canaan  Ontre  oh 
ftu:  Jevrett  oh  17  20.  Troi/^Fort  Edward  oh 
8081 ;  Oreen  Inland^ob  10;  SchaghUcoke cb 68 7A ; 
l8ichTroy4C0  682  01 

Atlantic— ^^nUe—Charleslon  Mission  Sab- 
sch  2.    iTnox— Pleatiant  Orore  oh  I  3  00 

BALTiMoaK~Ba/Mmor»— Annapolin  oh  22  66 ;  Bar- 
ton ch  16  47,  Sab-sob  16^31  47 ;  Havre  de  Grace 
Sab8ch85;  Williaaiipori  ch3().  yew  Castle— 
PiU*s  Creek  ch  17  u4;  Smvrna  Sab>80h  60;  Snow 
Hill  Sab-schll;  Ist  chSabsoh  Wiliiiinjc(on48  71. 
Washington— \th  nh  Juvenile  Minsionary  Society 
103;  6tii  ch  2>,  Missionary  Society  60*75;  Giir- 
ley  Sab-sch,  to  educate  girl  at  Yedo  16       436  88 

Cti«TB\L  Nbw  Yoek  — Btn<7AamtoN— Binghamton 
1st  68  64;  Bingham'on  North  10;  Hingbamton 
We!it46  11;  WaverlychU  60.  OUsgo—Coopen- 
town  ch  130  U3;  Franklin  ch  8  7u;  Otego  ch4: 
Richfield  SpringH  oh  21;  Worcester  cb  19.  St 
Zfdvrcftoe— Adams  ch  46  78 ;  Brcwnsvilie  ch  239  ; 
DfXter  ch  10  36  ;  Le  Koy  cb  13  20 ;  Stone  St  cb 
Watertown  6.  ^ymetise— Camillus  ch  4;  Colla- 
merch  8  ;  Con^taniia  ch  150  ;  MarcellUHch  126; 
Ist  cb  Syracuse  60.  Utiea—lhoa  ch  8.  Sab  sob, 
sp 8  40— 16  40;  Kooxboro  cb  27  25;  LowTille  ch 
27  61;  OriHkanv  Sab-sob.  sp6  11;  Uomeob  14  24: 
Isi  ch  Uiica  5  07  676  98 

CiNciifNATi.— (%itti'eo«A«--Cbillicothe8d  ch  lo; 
Chillioothe  Memorial  6;  Concord  oh  21.  (Xncin- 
fio/t— 2d  ch  Cincinnati  8  80;  3d  cb  Cincinnati, 
add'l6i  15;  Mount  Auburn  ch  Cincinnati  614  85. 
Bat)-8ch,  for  Galxton  6d  66*-68t ;  lid  Ger  ch  Cm- 
oinnatl  6 ;  Harrinon  ch  4 ;  Reading  and  Lock- 
land  ohi*  0  25  DaylO'i—BtHh  oh  2:  CHnid4>n  ob 
12  ;  College  Coriiern  ch  12  ;  Eaton  ch  7;  Hamil- 
ton ch  10  ;  llont'y  Creek  ch,  to  con  pastorL  m  31; 
Harmony  ch  14;  Fiqua  iHt  oh  45  ;  Istob  Spring- 
field, addM  114  66  ;  Troy  cb  131  47  1.U88  38 

CLCTKLAin>.—C^ev«lafid— Euclid  St  oh  Cleveland 
117  80:  Woodland  Ave  cb,  Cleveland  «0;  Ktngs- 
ville  ch  5  54;  Streetsborough  ch  18  50.  Mahtm- 
tny— Beloit  ch  7 :  Canfleld  ch  16  80;  Leetunia  oh 
10  ;  Newton  FallH  ch  41 ;  New  Lisbon  ch  16,SHb- 
»ch  &U..66;  Poland  ch  77  45,  .r^ab-Mcb  II  5r».9(i ; 
Warren  ch  40;  Young^^town  ch  31  54.  St.  Ouiri- 
vt//«— Kirk  wood  ch  .iO;  St  ClairHTiMe  ch  9»; 
York  ch  8.  SteuhenviUe— tine  on  Ridge  ch  16  U7  ; 
Bethciida  ch  6  ;  Bloomfleld  ch  Sab-xch,  for  China 
26;  Coiinth  Sab-fcb,  for  India  13  85;  Hanuvor 
oh  4;  Irondtile  oh40:ia;  New  fhiludelphia  Sab> 
ach.  for  China  M',  Fleaxant  Hill  ch  10,  W  .Mi<><>ion 
booiety.  for  Chefoo  42— 5i:  2d  ch  oteubeuville 
152:  Old  oh  Stfubenville  14*';  Waynesburgch  15; 
Wellnville  Sab->«ch,  for  China  16  25  1,148  30 

Columbus.— Oj/um/ni«~ Preiibv t erial  col leot  ion 
26;  AinHiidaoh6;  Cross  Roads  oh  125;  Rush 
Creek,  Heiiiel  and  Bremen  cha  3  75.  Marion— 
DelawHre  ch  8!>  80.  Hbo«<«r— Kopewell  bab-'-oh 
10  40;  Uolmesville  ch  lu;  Lexington  oh  44  40; 
Manftfifldc'h90  32;  Miller^burg  ch  8  96;  Mount. 
Eaton  cli,  i.iitle  H  K  Harrold  11 ;  Nashville  Snb- 
sob,  for  lKiy-4' HChool  at  Pingtai  18  6U;  Orrnlle 
ch  18:  Perry fille  ch  20,  Sab-yoh  2  mi— 2i  60. 
ZaneMin^tf— hairmount  ch4;  Fredericktown  ch 
2t,  SabHCh  4'i  11—70  11;  MAdi«on  rh  5:  Mount 
Zion  ch  111 ;  Norwich  ch, George  Miller  20  ;  Uom)* 
ville  ch  4;  Unioniown  ch  4;  Unity  oh  4;  /d  ch 
Babfch,  ZineHvillH29;  Otnegoch  2  511  19 

EaiB—yi/Zf^Aeny— Beaver  ch  67  ;  Bridgewater 
ch  l2U39.S.ib-c:»  47  8<'— 168  19;  Conford  ch  8; 
Natrona  cli  li;  l^t  o't  Pine  ('reek  44  24.  Baf'er— 
Amity  t!ti  H  44 :  Concord  Sab-^ch  10  18;  llarria- 
▼il|pch99<:  Miiliileaex  ch  10;  Pine  Grove  oh 
88  i6:  rtuimim  ch  4.  C/nrtoa—Callen^hiirft  HHb- 
so.)  2  60;   St  Peterkb.rg  ch  8  55.     Eru^tieile 


Valley  ch  7  77 ;  Cambridge  ch  16  50;  Harbor 
Creek  SHb-sch  2;  Mead  ville  lat  oh  40;  Mercer  2d 
ch  17;  North  Rant  ch  8ah-sob,  to  sunport  girl  al 
Oroomiah  2i  80;  Oil  City  ob  22.  K  (tanning— 
Clinton  ch  11:  East  Union  ch  1  70;  Freeport 
Sab-sch,  gift  of  Mnry  L  Hill,  mx  years  old  25  cti* ; 
Kitianningch  '200;  Leechburgch  93  20;  8mick<*- 
burgh  ch  '..  Shenango—Bemrer  Fall*  ch  18;  Mt 
PleaHant  ob.  Minnie  and  Harrie4  75:  Neahan- 
nock  ch  7;  New  Castle  Ist  cb  88  60;  Newcaatle 
2d  ch  30;  Sharon  ob  8  41  920  49 

GxNBTA.— C>i'/uaa~lst  ch  Aobom  2^5  20;  An-, 
rora  ch  16  13;  2d  ch  Geneva  2  12;  f^udlowvilla 
cb  6  60;  Suipio  cb  3  60;  Scipioville  ch  3  60; 
Weed^port  ch  38.  Chemung— \»t  ch  Elmira  64. 
Gen«m— Canandirfgiia  ch  fi7  22;  Gorham  ch  2»»; 
TrumanstHirg  ch  *2A40.  £«tiioa«— Lyon:*  ch  6ZG: 
Newark  ch  64  02,  A  F  Creas*»y,  t'>  con  Mn«  A  F 
Creassy.  lm3<»— 94  02;  Williamson  ch  6.  Stem- 
6<fn— Addtnon  ch  8  10  ;  Csnisteo  cb  6 ;  Pratri*. 
burgh  ch  2  642  05 

HABBUBURan^— Osrfufa—  Big  Spring  Sab-acb.  to 
ed  boy  at  Tun^ohowOO;  CiiHnr>b«>rf>biirg  ch.  of 
which  1  76  from  MI»»M  ASohofieldV  cla«s.  1305; 
Dickinson  ch  31 ;  Centre  ch  20;  Burnt  Cabina 
oh,  Fannettabiirizh  Sab-stcb,  for  Farnham*s  scb 
25  ;  Middletown  ch  27  29  ;  Robert  Kennedv  Me- 
morial Sab-f4Ch  12;  Newport  ch  12  60;  Upper 
Path  Valley  Sab-sch.  sp  for  China  25;  Waynes- 
boro Sab  nch  8  81.  Huntingdon— 2d  cb  Altoooa 
94  06;  Beulah  ch  11  30;  Birmingham  cb,  addM  60; 
Carwensville  ch  30;  Eant'  Freedom  and  Dun- 
cansville  cht*  in ;  Little  Valley  ch  28  15 ;  Lnthera> 
burg  ch  I;  Mitflutown  Sab-sch  7;  Mount  Union 
oh  10  48;  Newton  Hamilton  ch8n;  PprrT»»ville 
ch94  50;  Prenhvlerial  collection  1167  Iforth- 
tim6«rtond— hiitfalo  ch  Oi  75  ;  Derrv  oh  Female 
Misstonnry  Socieiv,  to  con  Mi^^  R  M  Hhnliz  l  m 
38;  Lewioburg  ch  267  55,  Sab  sob  32  45^.10  •;  Ly- 
coming Sab^nch.  f^p  73  14  ;  2d  cb  Sab-Hoh  Ix»ck 
Haven  5:  Millon  ch  14^;  51uncyrh60;  Watih- 
ington  oh  1 ;  3d  ch  WllUamsport  15  05;  WatHon- 
town  ch  6.  (fe//«6oro— Fall  Brook  Sab-ach,  ap 
for  China  4  1,350  95 

ILlINOI^  CfNTBAL.— J?/oofn<nj7{oN— Atlnniach  6: 
l«t  ch  Hloominaton  32  77  :  2d  ch  Bloomingion 
67  93;  Chatsworth  ch  6  ;  Hey  worth  ch  8;  Unarga 
ch  21,  s«b-HCh  for  Sidon  26^6;  Ro»MVil!e  ch 
8  70 :  Urb.ina  16  55  ;  Wayno-ville  ch  6.  Peoria^ 
Delavan  ch  12;  tialeMbiirg  ch  53;  Henry  fab» 
fch.  for  Beirut  '2  69 ;  I^wistown  ch  27  80  :  1st  cb 
Peoria  84  75,  of  wnich  1  from  s  iiipinher  for 
Mpxico,  Sab-Hch  for  **  Elfe"  5,  Mexico  16,  N  A 
Indians  U.  (Chinese  in  Cal  15— 134  75;  '2d  ch 
Peorm6i:;2;  I'rospeotoh.  Soienoe  ilill  "ab^ach 
7;  Vermont  ch  5:  West  Jer?^y  ch  6.  SehuKler^ 
Appanoo«e  ch  3  10  ;  Burton  eh  10 ;  Film  jton  ch 
\i;  Pontoo-iic  ch  3  40;  lat  cb  Quiocy  14  60. 
^ringfi^ld — lrif«h  Grove  ch  10;  Poierbbureh  ch. 
ThoniaH  Parke  40  588  81 

Illixoih,  Nobth — C1tiengo—^f^i  ch,  Chicago 
80  76  ;  3d  oh  <:hio»go  522  61  ;  5th  ch  Chicago 
3:.  2  ;  Giaof  ch  Chicago  44  31 ;  I)u  Page  ch  l«i, 
Sah-sch  lu -211 ;  Joll^t  Centril  ch  6*2  :tO;  l^ke 
Forent  ch  208  20.  Frs^por/— Appio  Rlv»r  oH  5; 
Btrlv  dere  ch  a*> ;  Ridotte  ch  !• .  Ottmm  .Snnd- 
wich  ch  ">-  Rork  River— AWilo  ch  2."> ;  Fult<»n  rh 
4;  KewanpH  ch  5;  Perryton  ch  2  40;  Sieil.ng 
ohl'&Co40  l.i92  92 

Illinois.  South.— ^4 //on— Plum  Crft«»k  Sa»»-t»ch 
5;  Virtlen  ch  11  10.;  Wnlnut  Grove  oh  2.  t'liyt— 
I'armi  ch  5  «14;  Oiney  ch  15;  .Shnwnpetown  ch 
21  .'«>.  .»'n'/'M>M— MorriM>nville  ch  14  'SS ;  N*»og« 
ch  '« ;  Newton  ch  3:  Harln  ch  Sh>>  mh,  .Mi-*"  A 
K  Nolsoh'.H  <'Ih."».«,  for  Dehra  5  95 ;  Panach  12.'iO; 
2«t  ch  TuacoUj  113  91 

Impiana.  North— CrrtioA>r*f«M/tf— lat  <'h  SaK» 
sch   CrawforUsvltle  6  15  ;   Rock  Creek  ch,  Jos 


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Plntt4%  5  ;  etat«'  Line  oh  S :  Thorntown  oh  SO  W; 

WRV.'Iftnd  ch  27.     F"W  HVi»>n«— Aubtirn  «-h  7  50; 

Frnnklfa   ch  2  ;   Goshen  ^}^^^^^J^}  ^l^ ?!"**' 

por^-Centre  oh  2  60  ;  Kentland  ch  I  :  Mh'higHn 

City  ch  23  ;  Eochepter  ch  3 ;  West   Unio«»  ch  4. 

Jtf««ri«  —  Perryt»burg    ch    4 ;    Bhiloh    ch    2 ; 

WHt.«!«h  ch  1U90  i"5  .5 

Imma-va.  South.— //td/TnopoffV-WBlnut  St  ch 

BIoomiORton     13   W>.     Suhsrh     C7    «»-8l    45; 

Brownj.lMir<«h  2;  Carp»*n  ernvi  ipSHh-fch  7  70; 

Clermont  eh  1  ;  ColuMibu^  ch  13  2fl,9«»'-»ch  4A— 

58  26:  nanvill  •  ch  10;  1\  ch    In.liHiiHpoliH  40  ; 

4lh  eh  HHb-«''h  Indianapolis  60  ;  fiili  ch  Imiiiin- 

■pnli5*9  8i';9th  ch,  IndlnnapoliHS.  Kexo  Albami— 

Graham  ch  2:  3d   ch    New  AU.iiny48  25.      Vtn. 

«««^«— Clalrborn.'ch  6;  How^villerh  (i;  Ppter|»- 

hiirg  ch  I  40.     What  W'a/«r-Ger  ch  Shelby ville 

jQ  345  86 

Iowa,  NoBtn.— C«''ar  l^»pf<l«— Annmosa  J'h   88 

CAm«  ;  l9t  ch.  Cedar  Rapids  2<«» :  2d  ch  Ctdar 

Rapids  »7  20;  Clinton  ch  6  46  ;  Mnrion  Sn»»-Hch 

tl  90.    Z)«^w7'ie— I8t  ch  Dubuque  99  ^0 ;  GfrmHn 

ch  Dubuque  9  8r»:  Lenox  Collejriat©   Institute 

5  m.     W'attf?  fw—Eldora  ch  6  87 ;  Rock  Creek  ch 

2  20  ^•'^'  ^ 

IowA,SouTH.—a>ttnr</B/»<ir<— Guthrie  ch  31  3(»; 

Losan  ch  2;  Steller'H  Grove  ch  5  ;  WlntOHyviile 

ch  165.     Dm  Jf.imw-AIbIa  ch  2;  Dexter  ch 

1220  ;  Pella  ch  2  25  ;  VViliamf^on  ch  4.      lown^ 

Keoknk    Westminster  ch  :io  7»;    Kossuth  ch 

112.^;    Montrf»Re    eh  6;    Union    ch   04.      lotoa 

Cit' Ct-dar  V«reveh  2  W);  Sigouruey  cli   5; 

Waleott  ch  2  :  Wanhineton  ch  10:  West  I.i»»eriy 
ch7  32.  Nehmnkn  O^w— Peiu  ch  6.  Oinnhn^ 
Blackbird  Hilla  ch  15  75  2:W  26 

K AK8 AS— il «««»—! «t  ch  AuMin  61.  Emjxirin 
— WeMmiuMt^r  ch,  Eur-^ka  3  30;  Bnrlin^amo  ch 
13;  Hutchison  ct  7.  HigWand— Mary»vilk  ch 
1.    JV(o«fco— ^.  hetopa  ch  14  89  :iO 

Ke'ctocxt— E'»«n€z«r— ?d  ch8ab-ach,  T.,exlnK- 
ton26  80.  Xoui- t>/v/«—Hopkinf«ville  ch  .^ab^ch 
F  M Society  5;t:he*tnnt  8i  ch  Louievllle  197  65  ; 
Walnut  8t  ch  8  14;  Warren  at  ch  25;  i^i  ch 
Owenbboro  22  65.  2V«iM«fw»nia— Columbia  ch 
8  78  «'^  0-2 

Lo50  T8i.*Ki>.— Brooitf»/n— Alnalie  at  ch  Sab-ach 
MiafV  A»?*oc'n  6  12;  latch,  Dr  SeaverN  425; 
l8t  ch  R«inaen  at  49  02;  2U  en  133  06,  Hab-foh 
Wia'^'y  Society,  for  Peraia  100— 23 »  C«;  German 
ch,  Williain!-bur«  5;  Ro-a  at  ch  29  17  ;  Sou'h  «d 
Ki  ch,  William'*bur«  67  19,  Five  .Memb^ra,  for  M 
Dillon's  Sch,  Liberia  160,  Sab-ach  176—92  19; 
l-«t  ch.  E  lirewater,  S  I  13  81.  Lonq  Island^ 
Fraoklinvillech  ?>0;  Greenpnrt  Sab  seh  <2:  Sag 
Harbtir  ch  75:  Shelter  l»«land  ch  ^0;  Nns^-nu-^ 
AHiona  Sab-ach  23  19;  Mel»ille  ch  8  16;  Scrmi^- 
field  ch  7;  Smithtown  ch  12  ^0  1,301  61 

MicnioAW.— D'<roi<— Fort  ►!  ch.  Detroit  72  49; 
WeHtininj*ter  ch,  l>troit  16  32;  Erin  ch  5  60; 
Pontiac  ch  8  37  ;  Sioney  Cr*»ek  ch  10  ."^5  Ornnd 
J^jpid*— Raat  Ba?  ch  7.  Kafntnato' — Caa^'opolis 
ls»  65;  CouHtantihe  ch  10;  White  Pi>f  on  ch  15. 
£h/}«i>tf7— Albion  ch  33;  Concord  ch  22  40.  M  -n- 
ro«-California  ch  2,  Mrs  W  B  Tanner  ./— 1. 
&ymaw— Flint  ch  69  30  2S3  3^ 

MiiiKESOTA.—  Dtkotn  —Yankton  Ajrency  19. 
Mmkato — St.  PeierV  Union  oh  Vt  fO;  Wind*  m 
ch  5.  at.  Pau/— Duuth  ch  9  45;  Minneapolis 
Weaimin^ter  ch  5  84;  Redwinu'  ch  17  52:  St. 
PauMat  ch  95  48:  St  Paul,  Houne  of  Hope  ch 
93  30.  IVtnono— Owatonna  ch  12;  Woodbury  ch 
2  276  09 

MiseouRi  — Osape— Pleaaant  Hill  ch  10.  Oznik 
—Calrary  ch,  Sprini:fle  d  112  9i).  Sf.  Louta— 
Emanuel  ch  5,  T  Hahn  6  10.  RoUh  ch  2;  lut 
ch.St  I.,ouia6(»;  2d  ch  siab^ach,  Si  Luuia  10«  :*5 

291  25 

New  J«8et—.F/»»6^/A  — Bethlehem  ch  20; 
Clinton  Sab-i^ch  20;  Dunnellen  Sab  aoh,  for 
Mexico  15:  3d  ch.  Fl'iab^th  44,  Sabnch.  for 
ChiiiH  37  fO-HI  .Ml;  Libffty  Corner  ch  9  60;  lat 
ch.MetuchenlS  18;  P»rth  Amboy  Sab-FC^^,  lor 
China  62  66;  Pliickamin  ch  8  90;  U  ch,  Kahway 
32;  2d  ch,  KMhway  41)0  ;  Weal  Held  ch  2n.  Jrrney 
Clfj^-Knttlewoodch  s6;  lat  ch,  Iloboken  3.';  3d 
Ch,' Jersey  City  7;  Ist  ch.  Bergen  181  75;  New- 


foundland ch  17  30;  3<«  ch.  Pateraon  6;  Ruther- 
ford Park  ch  12280;  Tenafly  ch  16-16;  Weehaw- 
k^-n  ch  3  82.     3/oni»(4«W~Bri«kfiburffh  ch  20; 
Burlington  ch  45  tc  Shb  noh  19,  for  ChefcO  Sch 
46.  China  20,  lo  ed.  girl  40—169  66;  lat  ch  8ab- 
wh,  Crahb-rry,  for  China  26;  Farmingdale  ch 
?:  Ivtch,  Freehold  33  26;  Mancheater  ch  2  20; 
Matteawan  eh  i.2  6G ;  Nhw  Egypt  ch  2;  Shrews- 
bury ch  72:   South  Amboy   ch  5.    Morris  and 
Or«W— Bethel  ch  6;  Madieon  Sab  ach  for  China 
6  45;  l^t  eh  Mendhain  21  40;  id  ch  Mendham 
£9;  lat  ch  Morriatown  42  08.  A  Member  30«'.>ab- 
Kch,  Children'H  Mi^a'y  ^ocieiy.  to  aup  child  in 
Indinand  China  175—517  '8;  Mount  Olive  ch 
Si  36;  .Ntw  Vernon  ch  30.  Sab-ach  2^—53;  lat  ch 
Oranue,  Andrew  Maaon  to  con.  Ja>*  T  Young  l.d. 
1  t»:  Central  ch.  Orange  2tJ0.  Sab-ach  120—320; 
Pleaaant  Grove  ch,  W  »\  Sab-.-ch  6;  Stevens- 
burgh  Sab.  ch  8  I'O,  Scho»>l^y'i»  Mountain  Sab- 
pch  1 1—50:  Succaaunna  ch  Miaa'y  Society  64  2J. 
^'€warlc—Ui  ch.  Newark  53  71:  3d  ch  Newark 
86  66:    6ih  ch  Newark    fO;  Calvary  ch,  New- 
ark   29  40;    Park    ch    Newark    12  36;    Wick- 
liff.'  ch  7  80,  Sab-ach,  for  .^han»hai  BoyH»  Sch 
fto— 57    80.     ytw    Biui  swick  —  Amwell    JUo'Jf** 
lat  ch  HI  83;  Dutch  Nerk  ch  mo  con.  6  .«><»  Mia- 
aion  Boxps,  A.  A.  D ,  11  EO  11.  M.,  Jr..  6,  W.  and 
A.  W.3— 2-;  Ewingch  87;  lat  ch.  New  Bruna- 
wick  \b\  58,  Sab  ach  86  H6— 169  94;  2d  oh.  New 
BruuKWitk  26;  Int  ch,  Princ»lon  120  17;  3d  ch, 
TrenioD  I00«».     /V^ieron—Frankhn  Furnace  Sab- 
ach  6;  2d  ch.  Belvtdere  116;    Branchville   ch 
Woman'a  MiHh'v  and  Sewing  Poeie»y  8;  Deck- 
ertovrn  eh  9  21  ;*l^lawarH  ch  9  '8;  Hackettatown 
ch  4  3  17.  -»HbHch  7—478    17:    Harmony  ch, 
PaslorV  Bible  Claaa  20,  af>ecial  for  China  4  60, 
Mr*  Spa^d'a  Bibie  Claaa,  hpecial  for  China*  60 
—29;  MArkabciro  ch  16;  Montana  ch  10;  Mua- 
coneieontf  Valk»y  eh  61  65,  New  Hampton  8ab- 
UPl,  10  «.— 62  20;  Newton  ch  17">;  2d  ch,  Oxford 
ao.  8Hb-a«  h  MiH'.'y   Soo  ety  75— V75;    Phillipa- 
bur-   8a^•-aeh     for  China    10;     Stillwater    ch, 
children  of   Mea-^ra.   B.  and  J.    Raym'ud   for 
t  hlna  4.     W*id  Jernfv -Clayton  ch  Sab-»*ch  9; 
Bla«  kwoo«itown  ch  45;  Ui  eh.  Camden,  a  family 
35;  -id  ch.  Cedar»iUe  20;  Deerfield  ch   VrA  67; 
FHlervil'e   ch   .0  66;    Greenwich    ch    67    <0; 
Haddonfl'  Id  eh  2  8i»;   Woodntown  ch  6  ft^'tSab- 
iwh  apecial  f.r  China  26-30  60  6,99113 

Nbw  ywaa.— ^oii(Ai»~lat  ch.  Boston  200;  3d  ch 
Boaion.  lor  Mtxeo  184;  Lowell  ch  6;  lat  ch 
N«wburyp<»ri  a2,  Mia  M  G  Smith  15:<,  Sab-acn 
2l»,Claa^ol  b«»ya.  Light  Bearer-. 47— 2*2;  Wind- 
haiu  fh  36.  iac«i*o«— C«K;hecion  oh  2  lo;  2d  ch, 
V  'orida  1 1 ;  »i«  inp«*tead  ch,  of  which  I  from  J  8, 
ffir  GHboon  tK>at  8  «i4;  Ut  ch  M'ddletown  21  87; 
2d  eh  Miuoli-iown  36  53.  i*Hb  Hch  to  aup. 
MohMH  Ul  76-110  53;  Milford  ch  2;  Mount 
lloiw  ch  H;  tj  i>.vilie  ch  6.  A*tw  For*— Mon- 
ireMl  <h  ■•65;  Mount  Wa-hingion  ch  10,  Jas 
McCreary  3to— tui;  Brick  oh  27o  10;  Brick 
chtiiapel  Uft7;  Central  ch  HO;  Church  of 
the  CoNeriaui  39  •«  10;  Itth  at  ch  3t.7  51:  MacJ- 
laouSquar**  ch  I6:i6;  Memorial  eh  lo;  North  ch 
6l«»;  ?-hiluh  ch6;Sptinuaich  2i9:  Waahinuton 
Beiuhi-  eh  ti;  2dd  ^t  rn  1^2  6(i;  lat  ch.  N  Y 
3:U  hi,  riab-Mfti  46  4— :i8o  3"i:  4th  ch  872  84,  Jno 
Aikeu  no  =-l-<72  84;  fein!«nuel  Chapel,  6th  at 
'A  i^*  iVo/tA  fiuer-Co.dSpnniCh  l-;  M  ilden 
chl27l;  Mull  awnn  ch  zl:  Miijon  ch  26;  Cal- 
vary clu  Newborn  I  i  ;9;  Pine  Plain**  ch  12,  Sab- 
ach  H  20 :  K«  n<*out  ch  45  6 ..  H'&>/c/»e«/er— Pat- 
It  r  on  ch  1ft;  Poit-  Memorial  ch  II ;  Ry»-  ch.  W. 
•  Maul  •«•'  and  h  U  Edith  I'ffenng  25 » ;  .**in'.'  Sing 
ch  6  ;  Sou  h  Ei-i  t  *nirH  ch  186  • ;  ^outh  Green- 
buruh  «h  2«  t)3;  Int  ch.  Yonkera  6  67  ;  WeMimin- 
ater  eh  Yo,,k.  iH  71  26  k  *®'''.?- i2 

Leaa  wruu><ly  oredlied  lo  Bedford  ch,      188  00 

10.621  42 
PACiFic.—Ben/da— Areata  ch  6:  Santa  Roaa  oh 
8"0:  t  a^h  6  17.  Off «7<m— Portland  eh  16  60. 
Sacr<iwfn/o-Plaeeiville  ch  6.  Snn  Frw^oiteo^ 
1-t  Cl.iueae  ch  1)8  66.  San  Jo««>— Bun  Jofe  ch 
100  ^^®  "'^ 

pFiiArELPniA-  CAffcf^Charlestown  cli  7 ;  Eaat 
Whii^landci  10;  K^nneit  ^'quare  .1.  5.  Sab  ch 
11   20  — 10  20;  Mtdia  ch  2i  20.    Lackawanna-' 


180 


Board  of  Foreign  Mi$8ton$, 


[June 


Athen!«  ch  22;  Mnnroeton  <*h  4;  Monlrora 
ch  SabKoh,  Mrs  Miller*:!  Cln^ia.  fur  Syria 
16  12;  Plymouth  ch  U;  ProTidnnce  ch  80; 
lilt  ch,  bcranton,  Jtivenile  Mn»«'y  Sopiety, 
for  Mi»»«  Fishfr,  Svria  137  60;  Washburn  bI 
ch,  Hydp  Park  'b:  I'errylown  ch2  3<>:  Towan- 
da  cha29  <i6;  WilkfHbarre  ch  I.',  Biittonwood 
8ab-f«ch  13  28— '/B  28.  Lehgh—Andf^nreid  ch 
6;  Ihtch,  Kai«ion  162  19;  Hazletim  ch  ti;  Leh'Kh- 
tonchl;  Wea'tieiiy  ch  6;  Jean!«v(||ech  I.  Phtl^ 
a(Ulphia—\M  ch,  A  Kriend  2  ftO:  10: h  ch  Sab-sch 
for  «vrla  'i8  6»» ;  Ifttli  ch  17,  Sab  Pch  15-32:  Beih- 
any  Infant  Cla^a,  for  Benita  3*>:  CalvHry  eh 
1075  62.  for  Ket  G  F  Dale,  Syria  200  r9,  S  .h-j»ch 
66  69-il342:  Clinton  >it  ch  100.  PhUade/phi% 
Centrai^ Arch  at  ch.  add'l  127  65;  North  Imh 
8t  ch  Salj-Hch.  a  pupil,  for  Africa  2;  Princeton 
ch  20;  Temple  ch  70:  Trinity  ch  2;  1st  ch, 
Mantua  8Ji;  Kichmond  ch  10.  Philadefphia 
AorM— Bt-nnalem  ch  10;  Chestnut  Hill  Sati-Mch 
16;  Forestville  ch  5:  Market  ^qiuire  ch,  Ger- 
mantown,  Mr" Geo  Toland  25. hnh-M-h  Star  of 
Hope   cluHs  2  :j/>  Misa  Mary  Van    Horn   I  .10— 

28  05;  Manayimk  ch  10;Newt  wii  ch,  for  Papal 
Land**  9  27  ;   Providence  ch  39:  Polistown  ch 

7  31;  Roxboro«i8;h  ch  5;  Union  MeetluK  ol  (Jer- 
mantown  cIim -i.**  79.  W'iitmn>Hfer-'Ciiyi!*i  Cha- 
pel 1G5  50;  Lancaster  ch  35.  Mi*»s.  School  5  06 
—40   (Kj;  Stewurtslown  ch  17;   VVrlghlsville  cli 

8  3,80  08 
PiTT8BUROH~B^i/rm7/«— Congrulty  ch  17  5i; 

Ebenal'Urgti  8.il»-Hf  h,  fpeclal  6;  GreenabtirRh 
Sab-Hch  11  31  ;  Latrobe  ch.  Pastor  and  w:le  40, 
Sabsch  40  50-80  50;  Llvermore  Sabnch  11; 
New  Salem  ch  3  85,  Saivsch,  npecial  lor  China 
6—8  85;  Unity  Shu  »ch  1171.  PitUburgh — 
Bethany  ch  12<>;  Canonaburg  ch  Infant  class 
for  Gaboon  3  in;  Ea^t  Liberty  ch  8i  96:  Fair- 
view  oh  8;  Lebanon  ch  4i»  86;  Mt  Pi^-gah  ch, 
Miaaea  P  2;  2d  ch  Pittabnrgh  95  '^0;  7ih  ch 
Pittaburgh  6;  t^'entral  ch  Pitt»bnrgh,  add'l  27; 
Shady  Side  ch  60  56,  Sab  ach.  for  Boys*  Sch, 
Canton  5<»-^llo  ^6;  Swi9!«vale  Sab  ach.  special, 
for  China  2M\  Wilkinaburg  Sat»-8ch.  for  (*hina 
3L  i^tfd^tont—Brownsville  ch  16  60:  Round  Hill 
oh  20  on.  WnaAinjr^on— Hurgeit-town  Sat»  ai«h, 
for  boy  at  Si«haranpur  50  ;  Hookatown  eh.  Miss 
LizTsie  Eaton  5:  Monndaville  ch  12.  Sab  ach  3  — 
15;  Upper  Butfalo  ch  9  10;  2d  ch  Wa;«hington 
66:  Weat  Union  ch  Sab-Mch  claasof  Young  ladies 
2  50;  lat  ch  Wlieeiinic  4'>;  4th  ch  SHi>>Bch 
Wheeling  2  15.  West  Km/'n>a~Graot»ville  ch 
2;  Spencer  ch  2:  EiisatK-th  oh  2  919  58 

Tknnb8*ics.— //o/«^«— Joneab.iroch  10.  Ktng»- 
(on— Baker's  Creok  ch  I ;   2d   en   ("liaitanooicH 

9  40;  Ensebia  ch  3:  Mar^*  Hill  ch7;  Uockiord 
ch  2.     l/rtion-Siiring  Place  ch  ft  50  'M  9 J 

'toiMWi.'-BMefO'tteunt — Bucyrua  ch  8.  Huron — 
Elmore  ch  1 ;    Florence  ch  lo;    Fremont  ch 

29  70;  O.eiia  ch  5.  Lima— Blanchard  ch  184; 
Delphoscl.  8.9J:  Enon  Vadey  ch  181;  K.ilida 
oh  195;  Went  Union  ch  1  ^3.  i/au»»e«  — Went- 
minaier  ch  Tol(rdo  20  60  ;  W'eaion  ch  7  ;  We.-'t 
Unity  ch  6  b»9  57 

Wbstrrn  Niw  Yobe.— fiu/T-f/o— Eaat  r*h.  Buf- 
falo 12;  WentiiilnHter  ch  Butt;tlo40  27  ;  Gowanda 
Sab-soli.  ap  for  <>hina  lo ;  Springviile  fh  10  (>1 ; 
Weatfield  cli  97  78.  OereiiM- Ellta  ch  16  50; 
Ler«'y  ch  6  61  ;  Warsaw  rh  4;J.  G  natee  VaUct/ — 
Portville  ch  15  45;  Kn-^bfo  d  i  h  6.  A'./K/ori  — 
lat  ch  Lo««kport  2r,.i;  Medina  fh  8  8  •;  Mi  Irdle 
Sab-Hch.  for  China  10.  titHheHter—  entiat  ch 
Gene'eo  :j.'»:  O  ;df  n  rh  JO  09 ;  tJaivarych  Ko  h  a- 
ter  10 :  M<'moiial  ch  Roche^ter  3  64,  "^Wfden 
ch  12  60 ;  We^t  M-nlon  ch  2U  o:.9  75 

WitMON!<.ii  —  CV»'/*pMoa— l^t  c'l  Eau  Claire  |o. 
L'^ke  Sfiprrto* — .M«'noiiiin«-e  ih  51)  Mdtcuikff  — 
Delafieldchv8s;  Jftn»'avi.lrh5^.'V:i:  Isi  HoliHud 
ch  Mi  wankee  3  1  •;  2d  Ho  la  id  ch  .Milw.iuKee 
12.  Winur.hngii — Kond  do  I.ac  cli  I»  ;  N-**nah 
ch60;  i.>»h,<o",h  ch  iMW,  8iiii-«*cli  z  si— :3i  ; 
WHnpa«'a  cli  4  5<»  WihCoumn  R  tw — ioliimUiis 
oh  15;  Oregon  ch  I  240  41 

Woman's  Foreign  Mission  SodAty  Pliilu<ia 
26.540  0s;  Woman's  hoii  d  Foreign  Mi^^ions, 
Nortliwc.-t  8.2'»i '2;  La- ties  Hoard  of  .Missions, 
N  Y  .'1.U9  7/ ;  WoiiiMo'-'  hoard  F  M  I  r  'V  l.ruiich 
SOU;  Wuinun'it  Bourd  F  M,  .\lbauy,  475-5) 

38,474  47 


Total  receipts  from  churches  in   April.  1RT4, 

73,474  72 

Lbo^cics. — Champion  estate  19.100;  e«*tate  of 
Rol>eri  Donaldson,  deceased  2..itiO;  legacy  of 
Mrs  Sarah  C  John.oon,  Springfield,  1.1  l.«V»; 
Patterson  e«lat«  r.i0  70;  legacy  of  Jas  A  Turn- 
bull,  dec'd.  Highland  co,  Oiiio  .53  2i.7K3  70 

Synod  op  Ri^formrd  PaESBtTcsuN  Crcrcr. — 
Ist  Kef  Presb  ch.  Philadelphia  .541  fWi.  Saih^cK 
633  95—1,075;  Ret  Presb  ch,  Bloom,  III  19  .» 

1.094  *0 

MiscKLLiNBnus.— Charles  Dana,  N  Y.  to  coa 
self  lm:10;  Mary  F  Ho'mes.  Mn.  f.»r  Indl»  4; 
Middle  Du«ch  ch.  Lafayette  Place  Sah  ««»h  N  Y. 
for  Miss  Yonngman,  Jaoan  15  25;  Mrs  H  N 
Spaulding,  I  T  6;  Two  Brothers  biO;  Mrs  K  T 
Smith,  West  Cander,  N  Y  5:  Eunice  H  Plum. 
Otego,  NY3;  little  Sallie  C  McCalmont  50  <-ia; 
Mrs  W  Minnter,  for  school  in  Syria  10;  Mrs 
Mary  Van  Horn,  Harlem  Spilnjrs,  Ohin  StM)  i 
Kev  F  F  Wallace  600  ;  a  Friend  I ;  Mr*  E  B^r- 
rybill,  Martinaburgh.  Ohio  50 ;  Grace  M  Stj^re. 
Ohio  20;  a  Friend  l.<iO«i;  John  Piikin,  Ohio  lu; 
a  Friend  l.fH)0;  J  A  Miller,  Harri-<burg  ."»ii:  Rer 
M  A  Lord.  Kochenter.  Ind  5;  Myr*  Hnrlfnin, 
HornellHville,  N  Y  2  30;  C  Arbuthnot.  I'lif^lxirg 
1  tiOO;  a  Friend  2.5:  W  H.ives,  Dre-»den.  Ill  ■*  .V»: 
Mrs  Margaret  Ells,  widow's  mile  2;  Anon  'j««; 
H  H  W  2 ;  Hon  Wm  E  D'>dg«  .limi;  R«»  \ 
Biishnell.  consular  lees  at  G  »>»oon  WJO  1«  :  W 
Proctor.  Lewision,  Ill30t»;  RC.  atythe  5;  Fai>- 
nie  5;  Charles  Bradford.  N  Y  8:  Rel  f4>n  S4x-  y 
Princeton  Seminary  44  22;  ca"«h  SY  I't'. -'i^; 
T  RTownsend.  Meridian.  N  Y20;  Little  Betb,-l, 
Miss  S  Garriguea  Sab-sch  class.  Hryn  Mamr, 
Pa,  for  Zahleh  7  25  ;  Miss  LennarPs  ciass  G<*r- 
mantown.  Pa  2;  a  Friend,  60U;  J&siah  Buell, 
Richland,  Mich  10  t,290  78 

Total  receipts  in  April,  1874 $1^,643  70 

Total  receipts  from  May  1, 1873 452  407  t7 

Of  the  amount  acknowledged  above,  $4219  2S 
was  received  through  the  Committee  on  B«- 
nevolence  and  Finance. 


WM.  RANKIN, 
83  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


Lbttebs  relating  tothe  M)««ions,  or  other  openB> 
tions  of  t lie  Board,  may  be  addrc.vaed  to  the  Kev. 
Jon.x  C.  LowBiB,  Kev.  David  Ibvimo,  or  Rev  Fravk 
F.  Elli.xwojd,  Secretaries,  Mission  House,  tS 
Centre  street.  New  York. 

Lbttebs  relating  to  the  pecuniary  affairs  oftha 
Board,  or  containing  reinittaDce"  of  mooey.  tnmj 
be  sent  to  William  Kaxkix,  £»q^  Treatmrw  • 
same  address. 

POSTAQBB. — 

To  Western  Africa ^^.^.le  cents. 

Syria ^....,.^...^.12      *• 

Persia,  to  ConMtantinople...^......l2      * 

India 22      * 

Warn 28      *• 

China  and  Japan ,^..^..10      * 

Brazil 15       •• 

U.  S  Colombia 18      • 

Mexico ID       ** 

Chill «... 22      * 

For  each  }4  os  weight,  pre|iaid. 
Stampi»  not  lob'puton  tl<e  leit  nsaath^sear* 
encloaed  man  ou' aide  envelope;  and  ihepost^g.^ 
is  aa»e>sed  according  to  the  weight  of  earh  letter. 
For  Japan,  China,  and  Siam  the  mail  is  sent 
(Voin  the  Mi*<Hion  Hou-^e  on  the  8  ah  of  each 
mouth;  for  India,  Syria,  Persia,  by  the  steamer* 
neareat  the  lat  and  15ih:  for  We»*tem  AfHca,  oa 
the  lOih:  for  Brasil,  on  the  22d;  for  U.  8.  Coiovn- 
bia.  on  the  6tli  and  21su  Newspapers,  from  1  w 
6  cents,  prefiaid. 

The  Foreio!*  Missioxabt.— Two  editions  of  this 
publication  are  printed.    The  DnmpkM  ediiiou  is 

fiubli>fie<l  iMontnly.  ai  li.fio  a  year  lor  eaaii  00.  y. 
t  IH  aeiii  fret5,  when  deMirml,  lo  donors  ol  tea 
dollar'*  and  upwards,  and  to  the  uiinu»i«ra  of  o,ir 
onurchea. 


1874.]  Board  of  PMUeatitm.  181 

BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION. 

Ho.  1334  Chestnut  Street.  PhiUdelphia. 


Letters  relating  to  donatlont  of  bnokt  nod  trftetfi,  the  appointment  of  Colportenra,  and  th« 
general  InlereiitH  of  the  Board,  to  be  addressed  to  the  Rev.  Wiluah  E.  Sohihok,  D.D.,  Oorrupond' 
mgSeeretarp, 

Manuscripts,  and  oommanloatlons  eonoemlng  matter  ofllered  for  pablieation,  whether  for  books 
or  periodicals,  to  the  Rev.  Johh  W.  Dulles,  D.D.,  Bhtorial  Secretary, 

Letters  relating  to  Sabbath-school  work,  to  Mr.  J.  BsiCNsr  Ttlib,  Soperlntendcmt  of  Sabbath- 
sehool  Work. 

Correspondence  of  Colporteara,  remittances  of  monej*  and  donations,  to  Mr.  8.  D.  Powbl, 
Boperintendent  of  Colportsge  and  Treasurer. 

Orders  for  Books  (except  ft'om  Colportenrs)  and  Business  Correspondence,  to  Mr.  Johh  A.  Black. 

Subscriptions  to  The  Frethtfterian  Monthtff  Rttcorii,  The  Sabbath-Schoot  Vteitor^  7%s  Presbyterian 
•t  Work,  The  WeetmiruUr  Leeeon  Leaf,  and  payments  for  the  same,  to  Mr.  Pnsa  Walks*. 


CONVERSIONS  THROUGH  COLPORTA.GE. 
A  most  intelligent  and  devoted  pastor,  writing  from  Colorado ^  says  : 
''  The  Colportage  work  has  done  much  for  our  missionary  field:).  We  have 
met  and  conversed  with  not  a  few  who  refer  their  conversion  to  the  printed 
tract  or  religious  book  brought  by  the  faithful  colporteur  to  their  homes. 
We  know  of  one  churchy  on  the  slope  of  the  mountaift^  made  up  almost  exclu- 
sively of  persons  who  were  brought  to  Christ  through  this  humble  agency. 
There  are  districts  of  country  which  cannot  be  reached  by  settled  pastors, 
whose  fields  of  labor  are  necessarily  circumscribed.  There  are  isettlements 
and  scattered  homes  that  may  not  be  visited  in  our  day,  unless  we  can  send 
to  them  the  tract  distributor,  who  should  drop  the  seeds  of  divine  truth  along 
the  way,  the  fruit  of  which  may  be  gathered  after  he  has  passed  forever  from 
sight.  Our  missionaries,  on  their  knees  if  need  be,  will  plead  with  our 
Assembly  to  give  all  the  churches  of  the  land  an  opportunity  to  contribute 
annually  to  an  agency  which  God  has  so  signally  blessed,  and  to  which  they 
have  been  so  greatly  indebted  in  prosecution  and  supplementing  of  their  own 
arduous  work.'' 

COLPORTAGE  IN  WEST  VIRGINIA. 
The  Presbytery  of  West  Virginia  covers  the  entire  State  of  that  name,  and 
among  it«  mountains  and  valleys  are  numerous  and  promising  missionary 
fields.  The  Presbytery  itself,  by  its  Committee  of  Benevolence  and  Finance, 
says:  "  Many  parts  of  our  commonwealth  are  not  only  destitute  of  the  m^ans 
of  gra^e,  but  a  much  larger  part  is  a/  the  mercy  of  ignorant  (nay^  many  of 
them  false')  teachers,'*  The  Board  of  Publication  has  three  colporteurs  at 
work  in  that  Presbytery,  and  of  them  the  Presbytery  says : 

"  Our  Board  of  Publication  is  doing  a  noble  work  in  many  of  the  destitute 
places  in  our  bounds.  Our  colporteurs  are  busily  engaged  in  circulating  a 
most  excellent  Christian  literature,  and  one  which,  in  the  more  remote  dis- 
tricts, is  being  eagerly  sought  after  by  many  of  the  people.  Their  number, 
however,  ought  to  be  increased  manifold,  and  sent  with  the  printed  page 
into  all  our  bounds  as  forerunners  of  the  minister.  We  know,  from  personal 
ohservationy  that  this  has  been,  and  must  continue  to  be  one  of  our  most  useful 
auxiliaries  in  the  work  of  bringing  the  people  under  the  influence  of  a  pure 
gospel" 


182  Board  of  PublicaHon,  [June 

TEACHING  THE  FREEDMEN. 

From  Concord,  N.  C,  comes  a  letter  from  one  of  our  good  ladies,  earnestly 
engaged  in  labors  for  the  colored  population.  It  is  so  instructive  that  we 
give  it  to  our  readers : 

We  have  taken  the  "  Presbyterian  at  Work^*  in  our  Sabbath -school  among 
the  Freedmen  the  past  year,  and  it  has  given  great  interest  to  our  school. 
We  have  commenced  the  lessons  for  1874,  on  Exodus,  a  subject  doubly  inter- 
esting to  the  colored  people,  as  it  reminds  them  so  strongly  of  their  own 
bondage,  and  how  the  same  strong  Hand  has  delivered  them,  and  given  them 
their  homes,  echools,  and  churches,  which  they  regard  as  equal  in  blessings  to 
the  '^  land  flowing  with  milk  and  honey.''  Our  Subbath-school  has  had  enrolled 
three  hundred  and  thirty-six  members.  We  have  but  few  colored  people  in  our 
town,  and  most  of  our  pupils  walk  from  three  to  six  miles  to  reach  the 
church.  They  have«not  wit  enough  to  believe  with  the  ^*  brilliant  Gail  Ham- 
ilton '*  that  the  Shorter  Catechism  is  a  *^  dry  crust,"  or  that  it  is  useless  to 
plant  the  Scriptures  in  young  minds  in  order  that  they  may  pome  day  spring 
up  and  root  out  the  noxious  weeds  which  may  grow  upon  the  surface.  While 
the  colored  people  are  in  their  formative  state,  it  has  been  our  aim  to  plant 
our  churches  and  schools  firmly  in  the  doctrines  of  the  Bible,  and  of  our 
Church,  as  taught  in  the  catechism.  No  one  visiting  our  school  would  for 
a  moment  suppose  that  either  Bible  or  catechism  was  tough  or  dry.  The 
pupils  have  the  past  year  recited  twelve  thousand  Bible  verses,  and  over  six 
thousand  catechetical  questions.  The  eager  attention  given,  and  the  ease 
with  which  they  find  Scripture  references  concerning  the  prophecies,  customs, 
and  usages  of  Bible  times,  would  convince  the  visitor  that  the  sacred  pages 
were  to  them  no  meaningless  utterances,  but  words  of  eternal  truth.  Oar 
infant  class  of  forty-nine  little  ones  have  used  the  same  lessons  and  have 
been  equally  interested. 

It  must  have  been  a  very  limited  mind  that  predicted  that  the  colored 
people  covhl  not  be  made  Presbyterians,  and  *'  Presbyterians  at  work,"  too. 
In  our  church  at  this  place  we  have  a  very  interesting  young  men's  prayer- 
meeting  of  fit'ty-two  members,  which  meets  every  Sabbath  morning  at  nine 
o'clock.  I  '^Efficiency  comes  of  strong  convictions  and  positive  opinions. 
These  come  of  education  and  drill."  If  we  expect  these  people  intelligently 
to  undertake  and  carry  forward  church-work,  they  must  be  educated  to  it  now 
in  their  plastic  state. 

We  thank  you,  in  behalf  of  our  schools,  also,  for  the  bundle  of  Visitors,  &c. 
These  have  been  read  and  reread,  from  month  to  month  in  many  families. 
These  attractive  little  papers  do  a  world  of  good  to  these  people,  who  have  so 
little  reading,  and  make  impressions  never  to  be  efiaced.  The  "  Foreign  Mis- 
sionary," in  newspaper  form,  has  also  been  sent  us  by  some  good  friend,  and 
has  been  read  with  much  profit,  and  we  hope  soon  to  have  our  annual  Sab- 
bath-school collection  for  Foreign  Missions  ready.  Please  interest  friends  of 
the  cause  in  our  Infant  Seminary,  to  help  us  build,  that  our  work  may  be 
enlarged  and  our  hands  untied. 

Several  numbers  of  the  Presbyterian  tSahbath- School  Visitor  lying  before 
us,  give  evidence  of  the  vigor,  excellent  taste,  and  devout  spirit  with  which  it 
is  conducted.  It  is  admirably  adapted  to  interest  and  instruct  Sabbath- 
school  children,  and  should  be  introduced  to  all  our  Sabbath-schools. — Pres- 
byterian Banner. 

The  Bridge^  18mo.  Tract  No.  136,  is  an  interesting  aUegory  by  Jean 
Ingelow.     Price  one  cent.  ^^^^^^^^^  ^^  GoOglc 


1874.] 


Boim^d  of  ISibKoatwn, 


183 


Of  "  Bible  Work  in  Bible  Lands,^'  (price  $1  50)  the  Sunday-school 
Times  very  justly  says  :  "  This  handsome  volaiue,  fully  and  heautifully  illus- 
trated, is  a  valuable  gift  ta  the  cause  of  missions.  It  is  a  very  full  narrative 
of  events,  intensely  interesting  and  instructive  in  the  whole  subject  of  mis- 
sionary operations.  No  intelligent  Christian  of  any  name,  interested  in  the 
spread  of  the  Master's  kingdom,  should  fail  to  possess  himself  of  the  infor- 
mation it  contains.  Our  Sunday-school  libraries  will  introduce  it,  as  a  matter 
of  course." 


DOHA.TIOH8  TO  THB   MlSSIOViaT   FUND  OF  THB  PrWBTTBBIAH    BoABD  OF  PUBLICATIOB, 

April  1874. 
9^  Sjmod^  in  sm/ill  oapitals— PrenbylaHet  In  {Allies— Ghurohet  in  Roman. 


Albaxy  —  7*rov-CohoeP  16;  Troy  let  ch,  Rdd*l 
10;  Waterford  10  17  86  17 

BALTivoES—fia7tiiiiore— Baltimore  BroMrn  Me- 
morial 44  80;  Baltimore  Lisht  Ht  14  ;  Mount  Airy 
(Harmony)  2.  New  Owrte— Snow  Hill  6  ;  Wil- 
minirion  HanoTer  Bi  80.  ITaaftinj^Con— Lewins- 
▼ille  I:  WashioKlon  16lh  8t  60  IHd  60 

Ckntral  Nkw  Yokk.—  OtMqo  —  Coop^rntown 
86  6i ;  Gill>ert8Ville  21  42:  Hainden  2.  St.  Lavh 
r«n«0~Waiertown  Stone  8t  lo.  Statute — 0^^re^o 
Ut  6  74  95 

Ciirci5irATi—CAttficoM«— Concord  8.  Cinein- 
fta^t— Bntavla  2 ;  Cincmnaii  Mount  Auburn  7u: 
Collefte  Hill  7:  Montgomery  11  60  ;  Reading;  and 
Loclcland  9  ;  Homeri>et  8  40 ;  Wyoning  2ii.  Dajf- 
Co/v— Bath  1 :  Hamilton  cb,a  bal  9.  Portsmouth^ 
Buena  Vihtn,  (^er  1  186  90 

Clkvcland.— JfaAofitno—New  Lisbon  M.  St. 
CtairwUU—heKhtiX  2 ,  Fowkattan  4  66  20  66 


Coi^RAno.—Cbforodo— Idaho  Springs 


lOO 

GoLOMBtTB.— Cb/umfriM  — Rush  Creek,  Bethel, 
CroMi  Koads  and  Bremen  8.  irori*/er— Lexm|(- 
toD  7 ;  Loudonvilie  1.     ^nesvtlie— Muskm^um 

10  21  00 
Erie.— i4fli^A(?ny— Springdale  2.     £r/»— Eden- 

boro  20;  Tilu««Tille  86  74.      iT/etanain^^ Ray ne 

6  5u;  BmicksbiirKh  3  116  24 
GsMiVA.— Oai,tK7<i— Ludlowville  4  ;  Sprin^port 

7  68.    CAft/iun</— Elmna2d  17  28  68 
llARaiPBURoii.--0[ir/f62«— HarriBburjth.  Mnrket 

Sq  luo ;  Cfutre  10.  ifan/<tt^don— Curwenttville  6  ; 
I^oliday^'burffh  :{0  71 :  Luiliernburgh  I.  Northr- 
umbtrinnd—^ermck  10;  LewibburKti  12;  Milton 
4u  ;  Williami«port  \%i  15  223  71 

Ilukois.  CBMTRAU~£^oom<ffyton— Onartra  3; 
Piper  City  1«.  Peorfa— Lewij«iown  ch  Sab-^ch 
107  07  ;  I'eona  Imi  26;  Prospect  2i  16;    Vermont 

11  7o.  iScAtt2^<er— Prairie  Ciiy  6  ;  Quincy  Ut  26  80 

211  87 

Uuivoia,  North.— C%^oappo—Du  Pair©  3.  Frre- 
port— Oalena,  Ger  3 ;  Rock  ford  Westminster  2 « 50 

26  60 
iLUMois,  80UTH — ^Uon— Lebanon  6 ;  Sparta  6 

11  00 

IirviAivA,  NoRTO.— rVaio/br(f«inf/«— Pock  Creek 

1 ;  lbon.town  6.    i^bre  Ffo^e— Auburn  1     7  00 

IiiDiA.^A,  South.— /fidfmiapolu—  Brownsburich 
1 ;  Clermont  1.  Ntto  il/f^mv— Grsham  1.  Vm- 
emne«— Fvausville  Walnut  8t60.  White  Waier-^ 
Aurora  12  66  uO 

Iowa,  North.— Dubagus— Bethel  1  60;  Clermont 
160;  DubiiquH  1st  6  60;  Dubuque,  Ger  l(i; 
AVaukon,  Ger  6  23  60 

low  A,  SovTB —Oouneil  Blt/ffit—l^gfkn  2.  Dei 
Moines — Ofkaloo-a  1;  Woodbnrn  2.  Iowa — 
Union  8.     Iowa  0(y— Iowa  City  6;  Sigoomey  6 

28  00 

Kaksas— fmporio—Hutchison  1.  Highland— 
MarysvJIle  I  2  00 

KssTOOKT.—J96e(»«t«r— Burlington  ».  Xottic- 
viU^-Bowliog  Green  7  76  87  76 


LoHO  Island.— 5rooWwi  — Brooklyn  South  3d 
8t60;  Editewater  Isi  60  09.  JDono  /stond— Ss^ 
Harbor  26  141  09 

M  loHiQ  kn. —Monroe—  Call  for  n  ia  25  00 

MimiEtfOTA.— St  Paid — Empire  1 ;  Farmlngton 
1 :  Eureka  1 ;  St  Paul  1st  9  ;  St  Paul  Central  26. 
Southim  if ianesoto— Houston  and  Sheldon  8 

40  00 

Nkw  Jkrsbt.— £<t'sa6e<A— Eliaabeih  3d  oh  Sab- 
set!  87  60  ;  Rah  way  1st  4.  Jeney  07v— Hackon- 
sack  11 ;  Jersey  City  3d  I ;  Peterson  8d  3.  Mon- 
irtotttA— Beverly  2:  Farmingdale  2;  Tuckerion 
1  6U.  Morris  and  Oran^a— Boon  ton  13 ;  MadIs>on 
84  24;  Morristown  Ist  ch  Sab-sch  29  7<>;  New 
Vernon  10:  Oransze  Central  60.  iVinsarA- Newark 
2d23  0o.  New  Brunsiotck—Ewing  3u  ;  Kirkpat- 
rick  Memorial  6;  Pnnceion  let  65.  Nfwton — 
Oxford  2d  26;  Phillipfibur«h  10  Weet  Jertey— 
Cedarville  2d  6  ;  Deerfield  13  ;  Fislerville  13 

379  84 

Nkw  York.— fio«ton— Boston  3d  20.  Budaon— 
Oti8vllle2.  Nm  For*-r-Mt  Washington  24  04; 
New  \ork  Noith  82  06:  New  York  l^t,  add'l  100. 
North  Bivir—Rev  O  H  Hasard  6.  Westchester- 
Bedford  10  ;  Croton  Falls  6 ;  Rye  20 ;  South  East 
7 ;  South  Bast  Centre  6  240  09 

Paoiria— iSon  Jose— San  Jose  16 ;  Santa  Clsra  7 

22  00 

PniLADPLPHiA  —  CAeA^— Rev  J  W  Pale,  D  D 10. 
2>icA;atmmna— Providence  lo :  Shick^hinny  1 ; 
Tunkbaunock  9  21.  Le^i^A  —  Audenreld  2; 
]<:aston  1st  8848;  Easton  Bramerd46;  Lehighton 
1;  Pottsville  l8t2i.  PAa<v<s/pAia— Philadelphia 
lHt280  22;  Philadelphia  Walnut  St  eh  Sab^scbAO; 
PhilMdflphia  Ist  Alrican  2  60.  Philadelphia  Cen- 
tral'-?\\\Ude\pMsk  North,  a  balance  9  60;  Phila- 
delphia Temple  16;  Philadelphia  Trinity  2; 
Mantua2d  10.  Philadelphia Nmth—Bexa^HXem  ^; 
Forest ville  6.  H^e«t}mn«(sr— Christ  Chapel,  Le- 
banon 68  20  63:i  21 

PiTT8BaR0H.—£/<i{r«i;iUs— Fairfield  and  Union 
90;  I^trobe.  a  balance  60  cents.  Pittsburgh — 
Piltsburtfh  4ih  14.  IfojAia^ton— Wash  ins  ton  2d 
7;  West  Union  3.  ITcst  Ftryinia-Fairmont  13  66; 
Mannington  2  16  60  80 

ToLKDO  —Afattmss— Mount  Salem  2  00 

Wbstsrm  New  Yore  — 6lnresM  Fa//«v— Rushford 
8.  i2oc/<fster— Caledonia  1167;  Dans vi lie  22  66; 
Rochester  Calvary  6 ;  Rochester  Memorial  1  60 ; 
West  Msndon  4  47  78 

WiscoxsiM.— LaAcs  SWpeHor  —  Menominee  6; 
Sauit  Sie  Marie  2.    JtfidoaailMS— Brodhead  1 

8  00 

COMMTTEI  OH  BiHSTOLXHCE  ARD  FINANCE    (half 

month)  212  84 

From  churches       $2,895  82 

KISOELLAHIOUS. 

Mrs  P  C  Morrison,  CollinsviUe,  Hi  60;  CI 
Haines,  Esq,  Newark,  N  J  60  100  00 

Total  receipts  in  AprU        $2,006  32 

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184  Boaird  of  ChvTe\  Ereetiim.  [Jm 

BOARD  OP  CHURCH  ERECTION. 


Corresponding  Secretary,  Rxr.  H.  R.  Wiuoh,  D.D.,  S8  Geotre  Street*  New  YoA» 
Treaturer,  Natham  Lahi,  Eeq^  69  Wall  Street 


In  time  of  war  it  is  important,  not  only  to  baye  a  w^ll-trained  and  well-equipped 
army  to  fight,  but  it  is  also  important  to  shtller,  as  far  as  possible,  the  troops,  and 
keep  their  powder  dry.  If,  from  neglect  of  this  duty,  the  soldiers  are  dioabled 
and  the  mafrazine  stores  become  useless,  the  army,  however  large,  will  be 
ineffective.  So  also,  to  an  advancing  army,  it  is  all-important  to  entrench  them- 
selves as  they  go,  that  they  may  be  able  to  hold  the  ground  they  have  gained. 
Nor  is  it  sufficient  to  have  a  brave  and  dauntless  phalanx  if  there  be  no  scouts  sent 
out  to  reconnoitre  and  gain  the  necessary  information  as  to  the  condition  and 
movements  of  the  enemy.  This  is  a  difficult  and  perilous,  but  all-important 
duty,  and  those  who  thus  hazard  their  lives  deserve  to  be  supported  by  the 
regular  regiments,  whose  movements  so  much  depend  upon  the  reports  of  these 
scouts;  and  if,  for  want  of  this  support,  they  are  taken  prisoners,  or  overpowered 
by  the  superior  force  of  the  enemy,  it  would  be  to  the  everlasting  disgrace  of  that 
army,  and  in  all  probability  result  in  their  defeat. 

Now  the  Christian  Church  is  the  army  of  the  Lord,  making  war  with  Satan 
and  his  legions.  This  war  is  not  only  defensive^  but  agfjressive.  The  command  of 
the  Great  Captain  is  ^*  forward'* — for  the  kingdoms  of  the  world  are  all  to  become 
"  the  kingdoms  of  our  Lord  and  of  his  Christ."  It  U  not  enough  that  the  churches 
already^  equipped  be  supported.  It  is  not  enough  that  we  as  a  Church  stand  up 
nobly  in  defence  of  the  truth  here,  where  it  has  long  been  planted ;  we  must  send  oat 
our  pioneers— the  missionaries — ^to  spy  out  the  land,  and  send  back  their  reports 
to  the  Board.  And  as  they  gather  around  them  little  bands  and  organize  them 
into  churches,  they  should  have  the  means  of  casting  up  an  entrenchment, 
and  providing  a  shelter  for  each  of  these  feeble  churches,  that  they  may  not  be 
suffered  to  die  from  exposure,  nor  bo  scattered  by  every  wind  of  false  doctrine. 

To  make  this  provision  and  to  avoid  this  loss,  your  Board  of  Church  Erection 
is  designed,  and  it  is  admirably  adapted  to  the  work.  Its  aid  comes  just  at  the 
proper  time — after  the  little  church  has  exhausted  its  own  means — feels  its 
absolute  need  of  help,  and  at  the  same  time  feels  that  it  has  too  large  an  investment 
in  the  enterprise  to  suffer  it  to  fail.  A  little  help  at  such  a  time,  when  their 
activities  and  anxieties  are  all  excited,  how  much  it  encourages  and  strengthens 
them  for  the  work  of  usefulness  upon  which  they  have  just  entered.  The  church 
building  completed  and  paidfor^  its  doors  are  not  closed  by  the  sheriff,  in  default 
of  contract,  but  stand  wide  open  to  receive  and  shelter  all  who  are  willing  to  take 
refuge  there.  It  is  a  peaceful  citadel,  not  merely  for  the  protection  of  the  truth, 
but  also  a  mighty  engine  for  its  dissemination.  The  missionary  feels  now  that 
the  gospel  banr  er  has  been  firmly  and  permanently  planted  there,  and  that  his 
gospel  labor  is  no  longer  **  an  experiment  J*'  The  point  has  been  taken,  and  shall 
be  held  for  Jesus.  His  burden  of  care  and  anxiety  has  been  lightened — his 
efforts  are  more  vigorous  and  effective,  and  now,  with  the  assistance  of  those 
recruits  that  he  has  gathered  around  him,  his  warfare  becomes  more  aggressive 
upon  the  kingdom  of  darkness,  and  soon  another  point  in  the  advance  is  gained — 
another  entrenchment  thrown  up— another  fort  built,  and  thus  the  gospel  soldier 
with  his  inspirited  band  goes  on  from  victory  to  victorr.  We  have  a  recent 
demonstration  of  this,  in  the  successful  labors  of  Dr.  Goodall,  who,  less  than  two 
years  ago  commenced  to  preach  at  Fergus  Falls,  an  entirely  new  field  in  Minne- 
sota—in advance  of  the  railroad.  Having  organized  a  church  and  Sabbath-school, 
his  next  care  was  to  shelter  the  flock,  which  he  did  by  securing  the  completion  of 
a  neat  and  comfortable  church  edifice,  free  of  debt.  Hardly  was  this  completed 
before  the  Doctor  had  made  his  way  twelve  miles  further  into  the  wilderness,  and 
at  a  point  called  Western  has  organized  another  church — the  first  in  the  place, 
and  here  with  the  aid  of  this  Board  he  is  building  another  gospel  fort.  The  man 
that  can  thus  endure  hardness  as  a  good  soldier  of  the  cross,  and  in  loss  than  two 
years  organize  two  churches  and  build  two  houses  of  worship,  is  doing  a  good 
work,  that  should  put  to  shame  some  of  our  younger  men.    If  the  Doctor  lives  long 


1874.] 


Board  of  Church  EreeHtm. 


185 


enough,  and  the  Board  of  Church  Erection  is  not  consolidated,  I  should  not 
wonoer  if  he  reach  the  Pacific  coast — building  his  forts  as  he  goes,  to  hold  the 
ground. 


DOVATIOFB  TO  THB  BOABD  OF  ChUBCH  EbEOTIOV.  ApBIL  1874. 
r  Synods  in  small  capitals— PresbTteries  in  itaHet—ChvLtchw  In  Roman. 


ALBAiiT.—iKftanj^— Saratoga  Springs  Sd  2  49; 
TVoy— Green  Island  2;  Troy  1st,  add!  16;  Troy 
9th  6. 

Atlavtio— jltfafOtc— Gbarleaton  Mission  1. 

BALmcomi.— Baieimor«— Plney  Creek  20;  Wll- 
liamsport  10.    New  Outte—Chesapeake  City    6. 

CumtAL  Nkw  YoRK.^Bi$t0hamUm—B\nghAm- 
ton  1st  22  45;  Blnsharnton,  North  2;  Bingham- 
ton,  We»t  7  93;  Cortland  26  04;  Warerly  2  32. 
Oteq^— Franklin  74  cent»;  Siuney  Plains  I  60. 
St   Lawrence -^  BrownviWe    24   centA;    Dexier 

2  07;  Watertown,  Stone  Si  6.     (^Oeo— Holland 
Patent  18. 

CntciifirATi.— C%/U{«oeA«— Chillicotlie  Memorial 
4;  Concord  6.  C<netnnati~Batavia  4;  Cincin* 
nati  3d  37  60;  Cincmnati,  Mt  Auburn  116;  Har- 
rison 8U  cents.     Dayton— Camden  2;  Eaton  2. 

CLiTSLAin>—a«oetond— Cleveland,  Euclid  St 
83  65;  CleTolaud,  Woodland  Ave  12;  Kinssville 
1  11.  3faAon<ny— Warren  8.  St  OairtviUe—Mt 
Pleasant  16  26 ;  Short  Creek  7. 

CoLiniBUS.—3far<oii— Iberia  12.      ITooftor— Ap- 

Se  Creek  30;  Lexington  11  36:  Mansfield  18  06; 
illersburgh  11  82.  ZanMritfe— Fairmonnt  3; 
Linton  6;  Norwich,  from  6  Miller  6;  Otsego  1. 
Bau—^utfsr— Amity  1  69  ;  Harrisville  1  99: 
Pine  GrQ?e  4  20.  £rt«— Meadville  1st  25;  Oil 
City  2d  22.  Kittanning^Currke's  Ron  7  10;  Kit- 
tanning  1st  40.    Shencutgo^Htw  Castle  2d  15. 

Okitbta.— Oij^u^fo— Genoa2d42ots.  Chemung— 
Elmira  lat  12  80.  G^maxi— Clyde  9  66.  Steuben 
—Addison  1  62 ;  Hornellsville  47  cents. 

HAEB»BUBaB.—air{M«— Dickinson  6  20;  Centre 
10;  Middletown  6  46.  Aimttn^dofi— Altoona  2d 
63;  Bedford  9;  Curwensrille  20.  Northuttiber' 
loiM^-Berwlck  10;  Milton  40.  )r<a«6oro— lUk- 
lands. 

iLLiHon,  CBimtAL.— B<oom<n^tofi— Blooroington 
Id  81;  ChatHWorth  1  20;  Onarga  6;  Urbana6  46. 
/Vorto— Galesbargh  6 ;  Lewistown  34  72 ;  Wash- 
ington 8.  S!e^t/<sr— Fountain  Qreen  7  22; 
Mount  Sterling  2d  60. 

iLLiifois,  NoBTB.—C%<eaf;f«>— Chicago  1st  16  16: 
Chicago   Ath  26  90;  Du  Page  5;   Joliet  Central 

18  47.    Hoek  i?iver— Kulton  80  cts;  Millersburgh 
7;  Perry  ton  48  cents.    Sterling  1st  8. 

Ilunois,  South.— il<ton— Plum  Creek  10  80; 
Virden  2  22.  Cbtro— Carmt  1  18:  Oolconda  6 ; 
Olney  fl;  Shawneetown  4  30.     Afo^toon— Neoga 

3  20;  Newton  1  60;  Pana2  40. 

ijrMAiTA,  Nobth.— Oaw/ordeviae—  Rock  field  6 ; 
Rock  Creek  1 ;  Thorntown  6.  I^t  Wayne— 
Franklin  40  cents ;  Goshen  Sab  sob  4  80 ;  Pierce- 
ton  3.  3funcM— Perrysburgh  80  cents  ;  Shiloh  40 
cents;  Wabash  2  18. 

IimiAifA,  South.— /iwffonapo^if—Bloomington, 
Walnut  8t  8  46;  Columbus  2  65;  Indianapolis 
2d  9 20 :  Indianapolis  9th  2.  FinomtMs— Oakland 
aty  46  cts ;  Petersburgh  50  ots.  White  Water— 
Shelbyrllle  2d  Ger  6. 

Iowa,  Nobth.— OadoriSapjdf-Anamosa  18  cts: 
Csdar    Rapids   Isi   126  7b ;   Cedar    Rapids   2d 

19  44.  Dttfriicus— Dubuque,  Ger  10.  Waterloo— 
Rook  Creek  44  cents. 

Iowa,  South.— /oisa— Keokuk,  Westminster 
7  14  ;  Kossuth  1st  2  26;  New  London  7.  Iowa 
CI(V— Cedar  Valley 66  ots;  Sigourney  6 ;  Walcott 
40  cents;  Wiu'hington  8  20;  West  Liberty  1  46. 
OaiaAa—Madiron  1  66. 

KAireA8.—£mporte— Hutchison  10.  Btghkmd 
— MarysTille  6. 

KB!tTDC<T.—£oiif«v<Ue— Bowling  Green  14;  Ca> 
nev  Fork  6:  Louisville,  Warren  St  4  83.  2Vaii- 
H^cnio— Colombia  76  cents. 


LoMO  ISLAHD.— ix>tig  /ttoiid— Groenport  21 ;  Sag 
Harbor  1st  26. 

MiCHiaAH.— /)e/ro<^-Detroit  Fort  St  11 10;  De- 
troit,  Westminster  3  26.  Kalamamo  —  White 
Pigeon  6.    Xomttv— Concord  4  48. 

MuniisoTA^— ifonilrato— Si  Peter*s  Union  40  ots. 
8L  Ptetti— Pine  City  2;  Red  Wing  8  61.  SmUhem 
Minneeora— "Woodbury  40  cents;  St  Paul  1st  66 ; 
St  Paul  House  of  Hope  18  66 ;  White  Bear  Lake 

MissouBi— O/»rt0e— New  Frankfort,  Ger  1  26. 
Ozarib— Springfield  Calvary  18  60.  SU  Louie— 
Rolla  2 ;  St  Louis  1st  20. 

Nbw  jKRSBT.—^iza6eM— Bethlehem  4;  Eliza- 
beth Sd  8  80;  Liberty  Comer  1  92;  Metuchen 
1st  6  26:  Pluckamin  178;  Westfield  8.  Jsr- 
$eu  C!^y— Bnglewood  5  ;  Jersey  City  3d  2 ;  Ten- 
afly  3  09-  IfonmoutA- Hightstown  30;  Manches- 
ter 46  cts:  Shrewsbury  14  40.  Morris  and  Orange 
—Mend bam  2d  20  ;  Morristown  1st  8  42.  NeW'  . 
arA:— Bloomfield  1st  61  36:  Newark  Calvary  6  88; 
Newark  Park  2  47.  New  BrwnstoicXc— Amwell 
2d  6  20;  Ewing  30;  Princeton  Ist  44  43.  Newton 
—Delaware  1  86;  Montana  6:  Oxford  2d  60. 
West  Jersey— Deerfield  22 ;  Haddonfield  66  cts; 
Woodstown  1. 

Nbw  ToBK.—A>stoi*— Boston,  Beach  St  62  25 ; 
Lowell  1st  4.  ^Tudson— Middletown  Ist  4  38: 
Midaletown  2d  7  10 ;  Mil  ford  40  cents  ;  Otisville 
2:  Ramapo  1.  iVew  For/c— New  York,  Brick  6002. 
NorUi  i?»v«r— Newburgh,  Union  10;  Rondout 
15  18.  WeeUhetter—Bediotd  lo ;  Potts  Memorial 
6 ;  Yonkers,  Westminster  18  81. 

PAOinc.— iSScm  Jo«»— San  Jose  1st  10. 

Philadblphia.  —  Cheeter — Media  12  64.  Lack- 
oisana— Athens  8;  Monroeton  80  cts;  Plymouth 
4;  Providence  16:  Terrytown  46  cents.  Lehigh 
— Easton  1st  46  48;  Weatherlyl.  PhOaddphta 
-Philadelphia  South  St  10;  Philadelphia  West 
Spruce  St  238.  Philadelphia  Osllfra^-Philadel• 
phia.  North  Broad  St  6i  61 ;  Philadelphia  Trinity 
2.  Philadelphia  iVor/A  —  Bensalem  7;  Forest- 
▼ille,  *'8peo**  6.  ITMtmiiwtsr-Christ  Chapel 
106  10. 

PiTTSBUBOH.- fitoirsvtfUs— Latrobe  4  05.  Pitte- 
6ttraA— Canonsburgh  18  95 ;  East  Liberty  16  79; 
Lebanon  8  17;  PittsHnrsn  2d  loot;  Pittsburgh 
Shady  Side  12  II.  J2ed8/ons— Brownsville  8  12; 
Rehoboih  16  96;  Round  Hill  4  12.  Washington 
—Lower  Ten  Mile  6  46;  Wheeling  2d  11. 

TsifNBssBB.— frobton—Jonesboro  2.  Kingston 
—Chattanooga  2d  I  88;  Eusebia  2;  Mt  Zion  2; 
Rockford  1.  New  Orleans— tiew  Orleans  1st  Ger 
10. 

ToLBDO.— fistf^ontoine— Bucyrus  I  60.  Huron 
—Elmore  2  tO;  Fremont,  **spec**  9;  Milan  6. 
^mo— Delphoe  98  ceute;  Kalida  2;  Middle 
Point  1.  Afaumss— Toledo  Westminster  5  20; 
Weston  2;  West  Unity  6. 

Wbstbbm  Nbw  Yobk.— Bit^ato— Buflklo  East 
2  40;  Buffalo,  Westminster  9  25;  Springrille 
4  80;  Westfield  1st   (add'l)  2.    Niagara— Look' 

E>rt  1st  62;  Medina  1 76.  Boehester—Ogden  b  B5 ; 
oohester,  Calvary  6. 

WiscoNsnf.—ifi/iMttilese— Cedar  Grove  68  cents ; 
Janesvtite  **speo**  17  86;  Milwaukee  1st  Hol- 
land 62  cents. 

MiscBLLAHEOUs.— Religious  Contribution  So- 
ciety, Princeton,  N.  J.,  6  66;  **  Oa^th**  20  10;  On 
account  of  sale  of  Alexander  oh  at  Heb<«rd9ville, 
O  62  60;  ^'Special  "  173  07;  "A  Friend,"  Hills- 
boro,  111  8  00 ;  On  account  of  sale  of  Gosport  oh, 
Ind  60.  *^ 

Total  receipts  in  April,  1874,   $3,161  93 
NATHAN  LANE»  ^•aturw. 


186  Rditf  Fmd  fw  DUabUd  Mmisten.  [June 

EELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS, 

AND    THE    WIDOWS   AND   ORPHANS   OP    DECEASED    MINISTERS. 


Bit.  Okomi  Hali,  D.Dh  Seereiarf,  Ret.  Chaelis  Bbown,  Treannw. 

OFnoB,  1834  Cheetnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 


'*  Whoto  hath  this  loorUPi  good  and  ieeth  hii  brother  have  need,  and  ehutteth  up  his  boweU  of  eow^toitUm 
from  him,  how  dwdleth  the  love  qf  Ood  in  him  f** 


FROM   AN   AGED   MINISTER. 

"  It  18  with  deep  and  heartfelt  interest  that  I  acknowledge  another  remittance 
from  the  blessed  Relief  Fund.  It  comes  like  an  angel  of  mercy  to  supply  our 
needed  wants.  I  had  just  paid  another  quarter's  house-rent,  which  left  me  short 
of  means.  You  have  my  earnest  prayers,  dear  hrother,  and  all  who  are  interest- 
ing themselves  and  aiding  in  this  good  and  worthy  cause.  How  many  hearts  and 
homes  of  God's  dear  servants  are  made  glad  by  this  needed  assistance,  which 
without  it  would  be  sad  and  desolate  in  the  extreme ! 

**  I  am  dependent  on  the  Relief  Fund  for  support,  and  do  not  know  how  I 
oould  get  along  without  the  aid  I  am  receiving  from  you.  I  am  confined  to  the 
bouse  entirely,  am  not  able  to  help  myself  at  all  without  assistance.  But  in  the 
midst  of  my  trials  and  sore  afflictions,  I  have  many  mercies  for  which  I  feel 
thankful.  And  I  trust  I  shall  not  be  forsaken  by  my  Heavenly  Father  'in  time 
of  old  age'  and  infirmities.  I  ask  an  interest  in  your  prayers,  that  I  may  have 
grace  and  comfort  to  sustain  me.    Your  friend  and  brother  in  Christ." 

FROM    A    MINISTER   PREMATURELY  DISABLED. 

*'  I  am  very  grateful  to  the  Board  and  to  yourself  for  the  interest  you  have  mani- 
fested in  my  case.  The  money  granted  has  been  of  very  great  service.  Indeed  I 
do  not  see  huw  I  could  have  been  comfortiible  without  it,  unless  the  Lord  had 
opened  some  other  way.  I  desire  to  be  especially  grateful  to  ray  Heavenly  Father 
for  this  and  all  the  other  instances  of  His  fatherly  sympathy  for  us.  It  is  a  sweet, 
grand  truth,  '  the  Lord  is  my  Shepherd,  I  shall  not  want.' 

'*  By  the  blessing  of  God  upon  us,  I  hope  to  be  off  the  hands  of  your  Board 
before  long.  I  am  in  hopes  that  out-door  exercise  will  restore  my  health.  I  am 
working  in  the  field  or  garden  every  day,  when  I  am  able.  May  the  Lord  bless 
you  and  the  cause  you  represent.'' 

FROM   AN   AFFLICTED   WIDOW. 

'^  Your  favor  has  just  reached  me.  My  heart  overflows  with  grateful  emotions, 
which  only  our  Heavenly  Father  can  understand.  My  right-hand  is  so  nearly 
useless  from  a  growing  cancer  in  the  palm,  that  writing  is  very  difficult.  Please 
accept  those  sentiments  of  thankfulness,  which  I  cannot  write.  From  your  sincere 
and  trusting  friend." 

AM   ANSWER  TO   PRATER. 

From  '*An  American  in  Rome"  came  across  the  waters  a  generous  gift, 
which  was  sent  to  a  Minister's  Widow.  How  it  was  received,  the  following  letter 
will  show ; 

•*  I  believe  woman^s  extremity  is  God's  opportunity.  Yesterday  morning  I  was 
driven  almost  to  despair,  not  knowing  what  way  to  turn.  I  plead  with  God  that 
He  would  undertake  for  me.  Stress  of  circumstances  had  so  affected  my  mind, 
that  my  appetite  for  food  had  failed  so  long  that  I  was  becoming  weak  in  body, 
and  so  less  able  to  bear  the  trial  that  seemed  awaiting  me.  In  the  afternoonf  (as 
if,  and  I  believe  it  was  in  direct  answer  to  my  prayer,)  your  letter  was  found  in 

Digitized  by  VjC 


1874.1 


Relief  Fund  for  JDitaUed  Mmitten. 


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tbe  office.  Blessings  on  the  bead  and  heart  of  that  liberal  donor,  whoever  he  may 
be.  Ft>r  me  assure  him  that  *  he  shall  in  nowise  loee  his  reward.'  His  kindness 
*  will  bridjie  tbe  chasm  j'  and  witt  yoa  I  pray  that  very,  very  soon  the  Treasury 
may  be  well  filled,  that  others  like  myself  of  the  Lord's  poor  ones,  may  be  with  the 
necessaries  of  life  provided." 


CoFTBiBUTioirs  IK  Apbil  1874. 
>  Sjmods  in  smau  oaprals— Preabjteries  In  {^ojfe*— Gharohes  in  Roman. 


Albmcy.— 7Vo«— Fort  Edward  4;  Troy  l8t,add'l 
1ft ;  Troy  Oih  b  ;  Waterford  2u  S3. 
ATL-iNTiG—A'tox— Pleasant  Grove  I. 
B4LTiMoa«.~fiaU<ifiora— Barton  8  3^;  Freder* 
ickf  from  Mnjor  Samuel  H  Brown  fiO:  The  Grove 
S.  New  OvfOe—Qaow  a  ill  7:  White  Clay  Crt?ek 
and  Head  of  iUirmt'ana 25;  Wilmington.  UanoTer 
Street  Au.     Waahinffton  CkYy— Lewinsville  1. 

Cbmtb\l  Niw  Yoai.— iSb^aeuM— Ol^f(o1«t18. 
Uttea^Sew  Hartford  IS  11 ;  Whiteslwro  12  40. 

Ci!fOi.^:«ATL~CA»/iu:oM0— Bainbridj^e  6;  Con- 
cord 4.  Cincumati—  Haavia  3 ;  Cincinnati  3d  2A ; 
Cincinnati  7ih  33  ftO:  Cincinnati,  Mi  Auburn  175. 
Davtcm— Hath  1;  Harmony  10;  Xenia  Ist  26. 
/^toimm^A— Buena  Vista,  Ger  2. 

CLBVBLAvrn. — JtfaAoning  —  Newton  Falls  6  16; 
New  L  !>bnn  16  81.  OajravO/tf— Bethel  8.  8tm- 
b«iri//e— New  Philadelphia  8. 

Columbus— Cb/ttin6i«— Prom  "N"  26;  Rush- 
Tille.  Bethel,  Bremen  and  Crosn  Roads  6. 
IfortoA— Cardin)Cton3;  Iberia  10;  Mount  G' lead 
2i  16.  YFoo«<«r— Loudon  ville  Ist  1;  Lexmuton 
12  60;  Orante<>  and  Pollc  11;  Savannah  6.  Zones' 
vtZto— Mount  Zion  5. 

£aiB.—il{/s(fAenv— Allegheny  Central  20:  Ba- 
kertftown,  addM  8:  Sprmttdale  3.  Butler— Mm- 
tinsburuh  8  4t.  £r»e— Meadville  Ist  20:  Mead- 
▼ille  2d  29  2"^ ;  Suicar  Grove  60  cents;  Titu«vil)e 
1st  .M  ti3.  KUtannif>g-~(  larksburKh  7  60;  Eben- 
eser  21  15 ;  Sniicktfburgh  2  80.  Shmango—Rieh 
Hill  1072 

GBi«BVA.—0(»/tiga— Auburn  Central  6S 17 ;  Lud- 
lowviilt)  6.    Ch^tung—fSLey  F  S  Howe  6. 

HARRiBBuaoH.— Car^iftto—Harrisbnrsh,  Market 
Square,  including  $20  from  female  prayer  meet- 
ing, I2i>;  Centre  10  76;  Wells  Valley  2.  Uvniing- 
don— Curwen»?i!le  20;  Duncansvllle  and  Mar- 
tmnburgh  14;  Luthf>r8bnr}<b  1;  Mapleton  6; 
ShirleyHburxh  12.  NorihumberUmd-lA\\\.oxi  40 ; 
Watifontown  3  i^ 

Ilusois,  Cbktral.— B/oofnnij7to»—  Bloomington 
Ist  17  68;  Farmer  City  176;  Hey  worth  6; 
Onarsa  3.  i^sorio— Mansfield  2  26;  Peoria  Ist 
80  96. 

Ilumoib,  Noeth. —  CAfeafiro— Chicago  6th  oh 
26  68;  Dupage  8;  Englewood  16.  ^Mport— 
Oakville  4  30. 

iLUHoiB,  South.— ^Uon^Lebanon  6  46;  Plum 

Creek  13;  Sparta  1st  16. 

Imdiama,  North.— Ooio/imtovi/ie— Thomtown6. 

liTDiANA,   South.  — jr<w  ilttxiny— Graham   8; 

Hanover  10;   Monroe  2  10;  New  Albany  8d  20. 

VfhiU  IFai«r— Aurora  16. 

low  A,  North.— Odor  Baptds— Wyoming,  *•  L  J 
R**  I  10.    Dubuqus^  Dubuque,  Ger  6. 

Iowa,  South.— Couaeti  ^faifs— Logan  2.  Dm 
Aroln««-.Kus(«ell  8;  Woodburn  4.  iouNi— Fort 
Madifion,  Union  13.  Jowa  City— Davenport  24  06 ; 
Iowa  t-iiy  Ixt  10;  Sigourney  6.  Nebraska  (My^ 
Palls  City  1  70. 

KAH8A8.—£mporin— Chelsea  1;  Hotobinson  1. 
HigA/anei— A tchinson,  add'l  1. 
KiKTucxT- Lotif«vi//«— Elisabethtown  8  05.\ 
LoxQ   IsLAKD.-BrooiUvn— Brooklyn  South  8d 
8t  60;  Brooklyn  Tompkins  Avenue  76.     Long 
Island-Sufi  Harbor  1st  71 80. 

MicRiaAM.—i>e^oi(— Detroit  JefTerson  Ave  16 ; 
lypsiilanti  '62  40. 

MiioiBBOTA.—Dafa)<a— Yankton  Agency  3.  St 
X^a^Empire  1 ;  Eureka  1;  Farmington  1 ;  Pine 
City2;8l.l»aull8t9. 


New  Jbrsbt.- IS^fznVaCA— Rahwsy  2d  60.  Jersey/ 
Or.v— Jersey  City  3d  2;  Newfoundland  6  60;  Pa- 
terson  3d  2;  Weehawkf^n  t5  Oi.  Monmmtth — 
Beverly  33  43;  Farminsdale  6;  New  Egypt  1; 
Tuckerton  2.  iforrts  and  Orange— Dofer  16 ; 
Mendham2d  2^;  New  Vernon  \i;  Orange  Cen- 
tral 100.  iVei«arA;— Newark,  Roneville  189  67. 
New  Brunswick— EwSnfi  90.  JVetr^m— Decker- 
town  15  16;  Oxford  2d  30;  Phjllip»burgh  16. 
West  Jersey— C^p^  Island  10;  Deerfield  24. 

New  Tore.— Bo« ton— Boston  1st  34  03;  Boston 
3d  26;  Lowell  2 :  Windham  6  10  JJudson- Oiis> 
villeS.  New  ForJfc— New  York  C«»niral25;  New 
York  Madison  Square  901  92;  New  York  Shiloh 
7;  New  York  Spring  St  72;  New.  York  4th  Ave. 
Grace  Mission  10;  New  York  42d  St  10.  North 
J2iiw— HighlHud  7.  irMtoA<«<«r— Bedford  23; 
Potts  Memorial  3;  Stamford  ist  76  10. 

pAcivio.— Bmf da— Areata  10.  San  Jo0«— San 
Joi>e  1st  20. 

Philadelphia.- C^icv- Rev  J  W  Dale,  DD 
10;  Chester  Iwt  20.  I^odcatsanna— Providence 
12.  Lehigh— JSAf^ton  1st  97  -^6.  PhUadelphia— 
Phlladelptiia  Tabor  6.  fhUadelphia  Central— 
Philadelphia  Temple  80;  Philadelphia  Trmily 
2;  Mantua  2d  8  76:  Richmond  6.  Philadelphia 
AbrrA— Bennalem.  10;  CheHinul  Hill,  F  W  Van- 
uxen.  Esq  26;  Fnlls  of  Schuylkill  10;  ForCHt- 
villeft;  Hermon  (Frankford)  oab-sch  26.  We$i- 
imnsfer— Chestnut  Level  27  37;  Christ  Chapel 
118  25;  Monegan  16  60;  Pequea  8;  Stewarts- 
town  6. 

Pittsburgh.- Btatr«v«(<— Beulah  16;  Fairfield 
and  Union  26;  Latrobe,  add'l  4  7o.  Piti^mrgh-' 
Fairview  4;  MisH;8  P,  Mount  Pi9gah  2;  FitU- 
burgh  4ih  26;  Plttuburgh,  Shdy  Side  Sab  seh  25. 
iZadstons— Rehoboth  16  40.  TFasAtegton— Wash- 
ington 2d  0. 

ToiBiK).— Boron— Fremont  7  36;  Huron  6. 
X<ma— Harrison  and  Shanesville  2  26;  West 
Union,  Blancbard  and  Enon  Valley  16.  MaumM— 
Mount  balem  2;  Tontogony  6;  West  Unity  8. 

Wbstbrn  Nbw  York— £o«Ae8(er— Nunda  12; 
Rochester,  Calvary  6 ;  West  Mendon  6. 

WisooNsiif.— LaiM  iSupert'or— Menominee  8  6ft. 
Wissonrin  £tvsr— Pulaski  4  20. 

From  thb  Cohmittbb  om  BRNBVOLizroi  ahs  Fi- 
WAH  OB  1798  89. 

MUOBLLAMBOUS. 

From  "  L"  7 ;  W  Hoboken,  little  Frank  Sharp 
60  cents;  Chamberaburg, from  '*M**6;  interest 
on  Permanent  Fund,  per  G  U  Van  Oelder,  Enq 
610  11 ;  N  Y  Union  Falls,  Francis  E  Duncan,  E«q 
10;  Tunkhannock,  Mrs  Helen  D  Milla  11;  111, 
Granville,  A  E  Hayship.  Esq  6  ;  from  a  "  friend* 
1;  LI,  Brook  Haven,  ET  Smith,  Esq  1  40:  Pa, 
Greenoastle  "S  A*' 60;  Cal.  San  Francisco,  from 
"A  T  G"  60;  O  Bryan,  J  W  Kelly  2  ;  Pa,  Wash- 
ington "S  1"  3;  Brooklyn,  from  a  lady,  per  Rev 
J  H  Callen  10;  interest  on  Permanent  Fund. per 
Wm  E  Tenbrook,  Esq  7  36  ;  San  Francisco,  Miss 
M  B  Haight  6  66  ;  NY,  Lyons  •«  M  K  H"  6;  N  Y» 
Binghamion,  Kev  P  Lockwood,  Mrs  C  BMcKin- 
ney,  Mrs  E  Hawley,  and  C  McKinney,  each  6— 
20;  Pa,  Moon  P  O  from  "  E  P  J"  6;  Phila,  -  In 
Memoriam"  6 ;  Iowa,  Pottsville,  from  D  B  Dno- 
Dtng  16;  Pa,  Petersburgb,  Arom  Miss  J  Steel  2. 

Total  receipts  in  April,  1874     $8,628  68 

OHARLES  BROWN,  Trsasmw, 
Office*  1884  Oheatnat  Street  PhiU. 


188  Otneral  Amml>^$  OommdtUe  on  Freedmm.  {Jme 

GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN. 


Rbt.  a.  a  MoOuLLAiro,  Out,  Seertiary^  Box  UM,  Pittebozgh,  P^ 
Rbt.  Jas.  Alumit,  D.D.,  TVMmirar,  Look  Box  24,  Pittoburffh,  Pa. 
S.  O.  WooBWAXD,  Esq,  BeeiMmg  Agent,  1834  Chestnut  street,  Philsdelphie. 


ADVANCE. 

At  time  of  present  writing,  only. a  part  of  the  figures  which  usually  go  into 
our  Annual  Report  are  at  command.  Those  we  have,  however,  go  to  show  that 
notwithstanding  our  financial  straits  forbade  increase  of  laborers,  and  eyen 
required  retrenchment,  there  has  been  a  very  encouraging  advance  in  the  success 
of  the  work  of  our  Church  among  the  Freedmen.  Their  churches  number  12 
more  than  they  did  last  year.  The  number  added  on  examination  194  more— which 
is  an  average  to  each  church  of  7  and  a  fraction,  against  6  and  a  fraction  last 
year.  The  whole  number  of  communicants  is  9,274,  which  is  1,045  of  an  increase 
during  the  year ;  and  the  number  of  Sabbath-school  scholars,  6,109,  is  an  increase 
of  400.  Also,  the  money  raised  by  our  churches  among  the  Freedmen,  and  their 
parochial  schools,  b  more  by  several  hundred  dollars  than  the  amount  thus  raised 
last  year. 

Reports  from  the  field  show  also,  that  in  addition  to  the  large  sowing  of  good 
seed  in  the  hearts  of  the  young  by  our  missionary  teachers,  our  schools  are 
beginning  to  tell  extensively  in  the  work  of  training  teachers  for  their  own  race. 
Thus,  15  of  our  schools  report  134  of  their  pupils  as  having  taught  a  portion  of 
the  year,  mostly  in  vacation — in  all,  406  months — oyer  33  years  •, — their  schools 
enrolling  about  5,634  scholars,  and  the  amount  received  for  their  services,  in 
cash  and  boarding,  about  $8,000.  Thirty- three  of  these,  while  teaching,  super- 
intended Sabbath- schools,  which  enrolled  1,908  scholars.  Such  advance  surely 
encourages  enlarged  effort. 


LITTLE   CHILDBEN'S   FRAYER-MEETINO. 

A  teacher  in  Tennessee  writes  as  follows :  '*  There  is  still  a  religious  interest 
among  us.  To  illustrate :  To-day  at  noon  the  little  girls  went  into  the  back  room 
to  play ;  soon  one  came  asking  that  the  boys  should  be  sent  out,  which  was  done. 
Then  I  heard  singing*,  soon  a  messenger  came  saying,  *  Teacher,  may  we  have  a 
prayer-meeting?'  1  went  in  and  tried  to  explain  the  nature  of  true  prayer,  telling 
them  that  to  play  prayer  is  a  mockery — when  one  bright  little  girl  said,  *  Why, 
teacher,  we  mean  it;  we  want  to  pray  truth.' " 

AN   EARNEST   SABBATH- SCHOOL  WORKER. 

A  missionary  in  L ,  Ky.,  writes  as  follows:  **My  work  here,  I  think,  is 

encouraging.  Sabbath-school  quite  full,  and  members  of  the  church  seem  to 
take  a  deep  interest  in  the  work.  One  of  the  teachers  1  make  special  mention  of 
as  bidding  fair  to  become  a  very  useful  member  of  the  church,  and  a  diligent  and 
faithful  Sabbath-school  teacher.  Every  Sabbath  this  winter,  rain  or  shine,  she 
goes  and  gathers  up  from  fifteen  to  twenty  little  boys  and  girls,  and  brings  them 
to  the  Sabbath-school  and  teaches  them.*' 

Later. — **  With  the  opening  of  spring  it  seems  that  the  people  have  just  opened 
t^eir  doors  and  poured  out  their  children  into  the  streets,  to  be  gathered  up  by 
our  little  Sunday-school  missionaries.  One  young  lady  yesterday  came  into  the 
school  with  sixteen  little  children  that  she  had  gathered  up  oat  of  the  streets. 
Our  Sabbath-school  is  in  a  flourishing  condition."  ^  j 

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AMONG  THB   PINX8. 

Two  sisters  oceiipj  a  home  together,  and  teach  a  large  school  in  0.  W,  chnrch, 
among  the  pines  of  South  Carolina.    One  of  them  writes  as  follows : 

''We  are  getting  along  comfortably,  and  enjoying  our  work;  our  home  is  not 
lonely.  At  least  we  do  not  get  lonesome.  Haven't  got  time.  Our  school,  although 
decreasing  some  in  numbers^  decreases  not  in  interest.  I  am  very  much  encour^ 
aged  about  the  progress.  I  never  had  a  school  that  accomplished  more  in  the 
same  time.  Besides  the  scholars  reported,  there  are  several  that  work  at  home, 
and  come  into  school  an  occasional  day  to  compare  and  get  needed  assistance. 

"  We  started  a  Sewing-school  for  the  girls  last  Friday  afternoon,  with  thirty 
present.  Sister  received  $20  from  Mrs.  Ledyard  of  Philadelphia  for  it.  My 
nigh^8chool  is  flourishiug,  and  the  Sabbath-school  continues  as  interesting  as 
ever.  Pray  our  Father  that  He  may  bless  his  word  as  we  teach  it  from  day  to 
day,  and  that  we  may  be  servants  with  an  eye  single  to  his  honor  and  glory.'' 

CHESBINO. 

A  minister  in  S— ,  North  Carolina,  writes,  saying ;  "  We  closed  a  very  pre- 
cious communion  last  Sabbath  at  this  place.  Trembling  with  emotion,  many 
wept  most  profusely.  Even  the  cool-headed  wept.  The  cup  of  some  overflowed 
with  joy.  1  never  saw  the  like  of  it.  The  place  was  a  Bochim.  •  *  Twas  most 
sweet  and  precious.'  The  glory  of  the  Lord  seemed  to  fill  the  house.  I  preached 
on  '  Christ  Wonderful.'  Is.  ix.  6.  'Twas  heaven  begun  below.  Oh  for  grace  to 
praise  the  Lord  I  With  four  additions  and  two  restored,  we  feel  somewhat 
encoura|];ed.  This  makes  55  added  during  the  past  year.  Collection  $10.56 ;  the 
largest  i/r e  ever  took  up  at  the  close  of  the  sermon.  There  was  a  great  rush  to 
give." 


POKATIOKS  AT  FiTTSBUBaH  FOR  FrBEDMBF  IV  APBIL  1874. 
'  Synods  in  small  OApniLfr— Preabyteries  in  itoZie^— Chnrohefl  in  Roman. 


AuAifT— 2Voy— Ist  echoes  38. 

ATLAiiTia—  Fnirfidd  —  Pitts  6 ;  Mt  Ptogah  8. 
£hox— Pleasant  Qrove  2.  "^ 

BALTiMona.— BttWwore— Deer  Creelc  (Hannonj) 
7  60.    WasMngton  Cit^  — Lewinsville  1. 

Gbhtral  Niw  YoitK—Utiea—Ut  Camden  6.  St 
Lawrmce—  2d   Oswegatehie  7  28. 

CLBTSLAin>—(%eMtofui— Members  of  BnoUd  8tch, 
Cleveland  20.    JfoAonin^— New  Lisbon  15. 

CoLxniBUS.—  fPboder  —  Savannah  11  26;  Apple 
Creek  8j.  ZanesvilU—tioTwMk  and  Pleasant  HUl 
8. 

San.— JTittafifilf^^— Ebeneser  8;  Clarksburg  6; 
Smieksbnrg  2. 

HAaBisBnBaH.>-airItf20— 2d  oh  Carlisle  11  86 ;  2d 
eh  Uarrisbnrgh  2;  Harrisbnrgh,  Market  Bqaare 
100.    iVbrtAtfm^«rfon4i— Berwick  7  20. 

luuiou,  CKimAL.r—Aoria— Calvary  Mission  20. 

luJHOis,  NoKTH.— J2od;  INMr— Centre  2  40. 

InHAKJk,  NOBTH.—  Orai^fardtvilU^'  West  Point 
2 ;  Kocklbrd  4. 

Iowa,  NoftTH.— Jbr<  2>(n^»— Storm  Lake  8. 

Iowa,  Sooth.— /oim— Union  Port  Madison  8;  1st 
BnrHngton  8.    irwa  OE^>-CrawfordsviUe  8. 

Mosouni.— PIoMs— ChiUieothe  6. 

Riw  TosK— 2Veio  Torib— New  York  Central  25. 

Niw  JiRSir.— iV^  Brutmriek^Ewing  10. 

PmLAMLPHiA.—  Westmiiuier  ~-  Stewartstown  6r 
Christ  Chapel  108  20.  LMgh^ltX  Baston  28  88. 
Xiocfcoioaniiaw— Shiokshinny  2. 


Ao^rtvOI*  —  falrfleld  and  Union 

25.  J^fldstofis— MeKeesport  95.  Pttti&Mfyift^Falr- 
Tiew8;  Shsdy  Bide  Sab-soh  Mlw'y  Boo  100;  4th 
nttsbnrgh  80.    muAii«a<M— 01«yivlU«  6* 


ToLiDo—JifaumM— Napoleon  10.  Z»ma— Harri- 
son and  Bhanesville  2  26. 

Wkstkrn  Niw  Tobx.  —  jYtoj^ora  —  Ladies  of 
Niagara  Palls  oh,  for  teacher  70. 

WisooHSur.— C%M|pei0a— Neshannoo  8  6a  Lakt 
Swperior'^Ul  Saaft  Ste  Marie  2. 

MiBOXLLAinoiTS  — No  62,  Phils,  Pa  6 ;  Burlington, 
N  J  29  40 ;  8d  eh  Paterson,  N  J  .i ;  Central,  Orange, 
N  J  67;  Westminster  oh,  N  T6;  Ist  ch  Chetopa, 
Kan  8 ;  JeSerson  Ave.  eh  Detroit,  Mieh  18 ;  Wash- 
ington  Heights  eh,  N  T  10  81;  Beranton  oh.  Pa 
260;  York  oh,  Pa  288  70;  1st  Ger.  eh  St  Louis, 
Mo  6  :  Mission  ch  Charleston,  S  C  4 ;  Calvary  oh, 
N  T  4;  Bandy  Uke,  N  Y  6 ;  Ut  oh  BaUvia,  0  8; 
GurwensvUle  eh.  Pa  6;  Fulton  oh,  N  Y  11  60 ;  Hor- 
ner, Mich  (add'l)  1 ;  J  B  Fisher,  Auburn,  Ind  1 ; 
1st  oh  Princeton,  N  J  40  23  ;  1st  eh  Sab'soh,  Mor- 
ristown,  N  J  for  Dr.  Billingsley  29  70 ;  1st  Oer  eh, 
Dubuque,  Iowa  6;  1st  ch  Altoona,  Pa  28  66;  Mt 
Auburn,  Ohio  66;  1st  ch  Phelps,  N  Y  6;  Rev  T  K 
Davis,  Wooster,  0,  for  Scotia  buHding  20 ;  Rev  S  S 
Murkland,  SutesvUle,  N  C  16 ;  Miss  0  MeQregor, 
Statesville,  N  C  6. 
CoMonu  ON  BiirxvoLKHOi  Ann  PiirANOi     617  91 

T^tal  Receipts  In  April,       $2,849  88 

JAMBS  ALLISON,  TVeosum-, 
Look  Box  24,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


ACnrOWUDOUUHTC. 

Rev.  8.  Mattoon,  DJ>.,  acknowledges  for  library 
of  Biddle  InsUtnte,  as  follows:  From  Rev.  N.  Cobb, 
Washington,  D.  C,  Henry's  Commenta^,  In  six 
volumes.  Four  volumes  from  Rev.  Dr.  Pratt,  Porta> 
mouth,  Ohio. 

Rev.  L.  Derland,  aeknowledges— for  Bootia  8«m- 
Inary— one  barrel  of  clothing,  from  ladies  of  Hunt* 
Ington  Presbyterian  Chnroh,  Long  Island,  N.  Y. 


190  CommilUe  on  Suitentatum.  [Jme 

COMMITTEE  ON  SUSTENTATION. 


Be?.  M.  W.  Jaoobub,  D.D.,  Seeretary,  818  Ridge  8ireet»  Allegheny,  P». 


**  Bring  m  AIL  TRB  TTTRKS  Mo  the  itnrehnnitt,  Tit\T  trikb  Mat  bi  miat  in  wms  HoueB,  nnd  pmavb  vb  irnv 
fiKRKWiTH.  SHith  the  Lord  of  Honts.  1/  /  w>U  not  optnytm  th*'.  u)indoW9  of  henven  nitd  pour  tou  out 
A  DLfcs  iNo.  thnt  then  $haU  nor  hMKoou  ekouoh  10  ftEceivs  it.    And  I  will  R£bu&b  tub  Dkvuubxb 

rOft  YOU&  MAEX8.** 


The  Sastentation  Committee  will  report  five  or  six  thousand  dollars  of  debt,  in 
paying  up  to  March  Ist,  so  far  as  quarterly  Reports  have  been  sent  in.  Their  next 
pay-day  will  be  June  Ist,  when  another  quarterns  obligations  will  be  due  to  the 
p  istors  under  the  scheme.  The  receipts  must  be  kept  up  by  the  contributions 
of  the  churches,  or  the  Committee  will  not  be  able  to  pay  the  men,  and  already 
there  is  much  distress  on  the  part  of  those  who  have  been  obliged  to  wait  for  the 
treasury  to  be  replenished.  The  deficiencies  of  funds  for  our  ^reat  home  work 
are  alarming*  AVe  are  glad  for  the  heathen  that  they  are  well  provided  for.  But 
our  own  country  must  soon  become  heathen  if  the  home  operations  be  discouraged 
and  curtailed.  Now  is  the  time  for  a  bold  movement  forward  for  Home  Evangeliza- 
tion and  Pastoral  Sustentation.  The  Church  means  to  sustain  these  departments 
of  her  holy  enterprise,  and  the  servants  of  Christ  who  have  labored  on  the  field 
will  not  be  left  to  want.  Churches  should  not  neglect  to  send  in  their  contribu- 
tions from  apprehension  of  any  change  in  the  arrangements  for  this  part  of  the 
work,  as  the  money  is  already  earned  by  our  men,  and  must  and  will  be  paid. 


FROM  THE   FIELD. 


-,  Indiana,  November  18. 


^'  The  Sustentation  Scheme  has  done  a  noble  work  for  our  rural  chuiches.  Its 
influence  will  never  die.  The  standard  of  support  has  been  raised  at  least  twenty- 
five  per  cent,  and  the  ratio  of  giving  has  wonderfully  improved.  Systematic 
benevolence  has  been  more  generally  cultivated.  For  twenty  years  I  have  toiled 
in  these  rural  churches,  and  had  finally  become  discouraged,  till  this  scheme 
originated ;  and  it  ha3  inspired  hope  and  confidence,  and  it  is  my  earnest  prayer 
and  my  best  wibh  that  it  will  be  maintained. 

**  One  of  two  things  must  be  done— either  we  must  abandon  our  rural  churches, 
or  we  must  have  some  such  a  scheme  as  the  Sustentation.  Our  churches  which 
have  been  organized  twenty  and  thirty,  and  even  forty  years,  are  but  little  in 
advance  of  their  first  organization,  and  some  of  them  have  greatly  deteriorated, 
and  all  for  the  want  of  a  pastor,  supported  and  permanent.  These  churches  have 
bad  preaching  one  or  two  years  at  a  time — then  vacant  two,  three,  and  even  five 
years — and  thus  all  that  was  gained  was  finally  lost.  Our  Ilome  Boards  ought 
not  to  undertake  any  more  work  than  they  can  carry  through  to  self-support 
This  temporary  supply — now  preaching,  now  vacant— is  a  perversion  of  minis- 
terial talent,  and  an  entire  waste  of  missionary  funds.  The  Sustentation  Scheme, 
supported  liberally,  and  carried  out  according  to  its  first  plJEtn,  will  in  the  end  save 
men  and  money.    For  this  scheme  I  offer  my  daily  prayers.'' 

"I  believe  in  the  Sustentation  Scheme,  and  for  the  sake  of  still  working  under  it 
have  agreed  to  preach  at  9  A.  M.,  at  U  A.  M.,  at  3  P.  M.,  in  three  different  churches, 

on  the  same  Sabbath.    I  live  in  D^—  j  S is  six  miles  away.    I  will  preach 

there  at  9,  in  D at  11,  then  go  seven  miles  and  preach,  at  3  P.  M.,  in  0 . 

The  three  churches  can  raise  $240  each.     The  Sustentation  Scheme  has  proved 

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itself  a  success.    It  has  infused  new  life  into  dying  churches.    It  has  taken  the 
wheels  out  of  ruts  where  they  have  run  for  twenty  years  or  more." 


Receipts  in  April  1874. 


•  Synods  In  small  capitals— Presbyteries  In  itoZiw— Churches  In  Roman. 


AiB\!iT.— 0>/«»tWa— OfttjiklU  66  66.  Troy^Ut 
Troy  6  ;  9tb  Troy  6 ;  Watertord  20  34 ;  Fort  Ed- 
irardt  6. 

BALTiMoas —BrtWwore— R«T.  Geo.  Morris  300; 
Bllico'lCiiy  10;  Bartim  11  72.  New  Qi»a«— lUn- 
oterSt  40;  Georgetown,  D«I  2;  Lower  We«l  Aofc- 
Uogbam  37  41. 

CcNTRAL  New  Yobx.— i5/npAam<on— 1st  Orweco 
2160.  0'«C(/o-Oi  bertuvUIei*  60.  *«  Lmernice— 
Stone  Sireer,  Walertown,  N  Y  16.  Hj^cuse—X f^i 
0«w«go,  N  Y  20.  Wfctt—CeiDden  4;  Knoxboro, 
M  Y  9  66 ;  New  llartfurd  20  'ii. 

Cmantikri.—ChHlicothe^CoxkcoTi  8.  CmdnnaH 
— Mt  Auburn  loO;  3d  Cincinnati  87  fcO.  HtIm- 
tnnuth—Ut  l'orr»inioutta  120  84;  let  Sag  Harbor 
40:  Oer  BueDaTk«ta2. 

Clktelakd.  —  Mahoning  —  Liberty  6 ;  Newton 
Falls  6.  St  CtuirsviUe—Cnh  Apple  9  10.  Steuben- 
vO/e— Cross  Creek  4;  2d  Ridje  16  16;  Hanorer  2. 

CoLOMBOS.— /«/•€»«— Ist  Logan  19  60.  Marion— 
Cardmgion  4;  MiGllead  25  cents;  Trenton  4  30. 
IfwMttr-IlopewcII  16;  Jackson  23  06;  Loudon- 
Tille  let  1 25.  iJunewttte— Falrmount  3 ;  Frasereburg 
12. 

KBiB.—>IWvA«ny- Cross  Roods  11;  Tarenton 
16;  Nairona  3;  Concord  1;  Bmsworth  13;  l^t 
AUegbeny  86  60;  Plains  8;  Fairmount  2;  Beaver 
17;  Central  Allegheny  80.  Clartwi— LlmeiiU)iie 
10.  Erie—Ui  Qlrard  16:  Falrobild  6  60;  2d  Oil 
City  22;  IhI  MeadTille  20;  2d  Mercer  13.  KiUan' 
tm^— dlate  Lick  >» ;  Sbrader**  Orore  2  80;  SmUlis- 
buntS  h6;  B.'ihH  10;  Jackson rllle  10.  Shenango— 
Neohannock  26  26;  2d  New  Castle  14  ;  Ciarksnlle 
21  3L 
Gemita.— 5'««6en— Campbelltown  16. 
HABHi^BonoH.— Cbr  wfe— Lower  Marsh  Creek  snd 
Great  Coiiewngo  1*  7ft ;  Female  Prayer  Meeting,  mt 
cb  Uariinburgh  20;  Ut  ilarrlsborgb  100;  Penr- 
hurgh  2;  BM  Spring  83  39;  Wells  Valley  2;  Centre 
19.  /ft».»tj»vd'*n- Luthersburgh  1;  Shtrleyi«bui|;h 
6;  Mauletuu  3  lO;  Bethel  2;  Lower  Tuwarora 
26  20;  Upper  TuiH»rora  9  60.  NorUiumberlandr-^ 
Milton  40. 

iLUMois,  CMTBAL.—.Bioom<»i^ton— Hey  worth  6; 
Orange  3. 

iLUMcis,  NoETH.— Cfciovo— 8d  Chiotigo  108  05; 
Engiewood  lO. 

iLUJioih-,  South.— ^«o»—Botler  10 ;  Plum  Creek 
11  6o;  iBi  Jer^ey▼llle  26.  Jfti«oo»— Shelby rllle  8. 
Indiana,  North—  Craw/ord$ville  —  Tborolown 
6;  Rock  Crtek  I.  Fbrt  Ifayne— Auburn,  Ind 
1  50.  Xoj/afuport— Ist  Michigan  aiy  12;  Kent- 
land  8. 

Indiana,  South.— iVw  ^Zftony  —  Graham  2. 
White  lfa(ei^Aurora  18  76. 

Iowa,  North.— CTater  i?apW«— Lynn  Grove  8. 
I>uimiM—l'*t  Oer  6;  Leatberwood  2  76.  F,^t 
Dudgr.—iU}Tm  Lake,  Iowa  2  60. 

liWA,  South- /)ef  itoi>i«— Albla  6.  Iowa— 
Union.  F»rt  Madiwn  8.  Iowa  Ci^y— Iowa  City  10. 
Ou/tca  ^tt^<— Logan  2.  OmoAo— Blackbird  HUls 
8. 

Kansas  —ffwiporta— Linden  1 ;  Osage  L  Topeka— 
Ist  Kanmifl  Cay  10. 

KiNTOCKY.— £«»«n^«c»'-Flemlngsburg  6  60.  Louti- 
viUe— 4ih   Louleville  29. 

Long  Island.  -  BrooJWyn— 8  8d,  Brooklyn  100; 
Lafayelie  Ave  134  t6.    Aa*»a»— fprtngfleld  7. 
MiCHiOAN.—Lfliw'w^— Marshall  1-i  40. 
MwNisoTA.-^  /^irf-PineCitya;  White  Bear 
Lakel;  i»t  tit  Paul  V. 

Mi*iiouRi.—0«''^— New  Frankfort  Gerl  26.  PaU 
siyra^Jlem|*hu  *»  86. 


Nbw  Jbbsbt.— £K«afte/A-2d  EHs^bcth  121  69; 
8d  Rabway  66:  Bethlehem  16:  ls(  Crawford  14  33; 
J^Kjf  O/y— 3d  Patrrson  1;  Neaf.undUnd  6; 
J/'fnm/w2A-  Cream  Ridge  3  40  Mtirris  and  Orange 
—2d  Orange  100  63;  Boooftnwn  7:  Surcnaunua 
Miaa'y  Soc'y  9;  Mi^ndham  *Jd  10;  Dover  25;  New 
Vernon  12.  JVeto  JBrttntwicAr— Aniwell  Ist  8:  Law- 
rfnceTille  •236:  Kwiog.  Trenton,  N.J  2^:  Ist 
Trenton  160.  Newtnn-'2d  Oxf.rd  60;  Phillips, 
burnh  16;  Hosooneteong  Valley  8  25.  Wat  JfTW}f 
—Blackwood  1st  26;  lat  BrIdgetoD  76;  Camden 
2d  25;  D»erfleldl8. 

Nbw  YoBX.—floifo»»— Boston  8d  26.  New  Tdrk— 
6th  Ave  and  19ih.  Uenry  Day,  K>q.  60;  Spring  St 
c  ',  N  Y  43  60:  Murray  Ulll  40;  li»t  Preiibyterlaa 
6,900  87.  NiMH  iJtiw— Maiden  16.  Wei'  C/iater 
—South  B<iRt6;  Potts  MemoraI3;  StMmford  Irt, 
60  80;  ^ing  Sing  60;  Bedford  iO ;  Hye  60.  Oregon 
—Jackson  3. 

Philadblphia.— (3k«»/er— Kennett  Square  4;  B 
Vfhiteland  10;  Charlestown  8  Lackawanna— onn- 
m<»re  10;  Uonesdale  100;  1st  Plttaton  3o3  ;  Carbon- 
dale  34:  Providence  II;  Peti*rnburg  25.  r/tHacUl- 
pfiia—'2d  Philadelphia  228  98  ;  Ist  Piiiladelphia  4U; 
Ibt  Afican  2  50.  PhUad^lphia  Cfenir^i— 1st  North. 
LiberUes  63;  Princeton,  West  Pbilndelpt  la  36  48; 
Mintua  Irt  10  ;  Trinity  2;  Ktchmund  3;  Temple  16. 
PhitadeJphia  ivartft— Doylesiown  (Thank  offtring) 
10;  lleriBon2';  Falls  of  Schuylkill  7.  Westminster 
— Stewartstown  7;  Christ  Chapel  Idl  20;  ttlatevUle 
22;  Chanoeford  12. 

PiTTSBUBOH.—JErtoirtoOrc— Fairfield  and  Unlott 
26;  Turtle  Creek,  addM  1;  Salem  10;  Livermore 
U;  Latrobe  2  25.  PUtMburgh—lBt  Pittaburgh, 
add'l  76;  4lh  Pittsbnrgh  20;  West  Al«>xandria  25; 
Swissvale  1136;  Oih  Pittsbnrgh  163  76;  >U  Wash- 
ington 7;  Mt  Carmel  10:  Mlugo'i  60.  R^stnne— 
Little  Rf datone  7.  HTisAini^/o/*— ClaysvJIe,  Pa  6  ; 
2d  Washington  8;  1st  Wheelu  g  44  80. 
TBNNB88BB.—£r»wm— Westminster  I. 

ToiBDO.—£ruron— Mel  more  2  20;  Foatoria  6  05; 
Oleoa  8  76;  Peru  6  60;  Frfemoiit  5;  lifSn,  bal 
1  46 ;  Milan  6.    Afaumee— Mt  Salem  2. 

Wbstbbn  Nbw  To?k.— ^i?Wo— Wesiflwld,  N  T 
12  94 ;  NIestfield,  N  Y,  add  1  6  23.  Bochester—Ct^ 
vary  8. 

WisooNrtif.— iaJte  <S^6rior— Ist  Sault  Ste  Marie 
2 ;  Menominee  8  20. 

MisOBLLANBOua.— Ch  of  Charlotte,  N  Y  6 ;  Rev  0 
llemntreet  10;  Camlllos  8  15;  Ch  of  Mt  Joy.  Pa 
8:  Ch  of  Curwenaville  10;  Ch  of  Union  Sprioga,  N 

Y  6  66;  Ch  of  WllllAmsburgh,  O  4;  Hatavia,  o  8; 
Perryaville,  0  I  60 ;  1st  Wyoming,  N  Y  8  78:  Rev 
E  L  Ketyea,  Oskaloo8a6;  *«  R,"  2;  Rev  J  Martin 
6;  A  Friend  800;  C  A  Spring,  Manteno,  111  9  46; 
Ch  of  Alton,  111  II;  Ch  of  ChathNm.  Iowa  27  10: 
Ch  of    Bensilem,  Pa   87  60;    Ch   ot    Hunter.    N 

Y  10;  Weatherly,  Pa  16;  Chs  of  Viola  and  Ed- 
•  wards  30;   Ch  of  Shaveitown,  NY   1  50;  Ch  of 

Audenreid,  Pa  10 ;  Ch  of  State  Line,  Ind  2;  Ch  of 
Vermont,  Ills  18;  Ch  of  Oscaola,  Iowa  6;  Ch  of 
Otiaville,  N  Y22;  Ch  of  Upper  Went  Nottingham 
30;  Ch  of  Forestville,  Pa  6;  Ch  of  Harbor  Cre«'k, 
Ph  14;  Ch  of  Atkinson,  III  82  60;  Ch  of  Newark, 
Del  87  60;  Cb  of  Scotch  Ridge  and  Portland,  0  40  ; 
lat  ch  Ludlow,  Ky  26 ;  Ch  of  KeynoldsvU.e  25. 

CoMMinsB  ON  Bbvbtolbhob  ahd  Fin  ahcb     916  84 


Total  Receipts,    $13,149  07 

M.  W.  JACOBUS,  Secretary  and  Treaturer. 
818  RlJge  Street,  Allegheny,  Pft. 


192       General  Assemhli^*  OommtUee  on  Benevolence  and  Faumce.       [Juiw 


COMMITTEE  ON  BENEVOLENCE  AND  FINANCE. 


The  Chairman  of  a  Pretbyterlal  Committee  writes,  that  for  three  years  efforts  have  been  made  In 
the  Presbytery  to  carry  out  the  plans  and  principles  of  the  Assembly's  Committee  on  Benerolenee 
and  Finance,  and  they  have  resulted  in  raising  the  gifts  to  the  Boards  flrom  tl9,485  up  to  $13,015. 

Another  reports:**  fhe  influence  of  the  Committee  on  BencTolenoe  and  Finance  nas  t>een  far 
RHMiter  and  wider  than  their  receipts  from  the  churches  would  show.  But  few  of  the  churches, 
relatively,  hare  adopted  the  views  of  the  Committee  in  full;  bat  a  very  large  proportion  have 
adopted  them  in  part  There  are  but  eight  in  the  Presbytery  that  now  um  the  older  method  of 
annual  appeals  without  pledges." 

A  third  reports  that  nine  of  their  churches  which  have  adopted  the  system,  have  given  to  the 
Boards  the  past  year  more  than  double  the  amount  that  the  remaining  forty«nine  churches  havd 
contributed,  which  have  not  been  systematic 


Rbobipts  nr 

AiBAinr.—il{ft(my— Saratoga  Springs  3d,  Sab-sch 
81  14.    TVoy— Green  Island  26  67  14 

BALTiMoai. — Baltimore  —  Annapolis,  sp  82  66. 
Ntw   Ou^a— Chesapealce  Citv,  sp  40  62  66 

CiNTSAL  Nsw  YoaK.— ^tfM'Aamton— Bingham- 
ton  1st  209  68;  Binghamton,  North  26;  Bingham- 
ton,  West  1U6  54 ;  Waverly  29.  OtoMo—Frank- 
lin  10  26;  Sidney  Plains,  Chas  Bradford  20.  8t 
Z^atffrsfMe— Dezier,  sp  24  46;  Brownville,  sp  4  02 

427  95 

Oifiaiftt(k'n,—ChUHeothe—¥ini  sp  84  44 ;  Memo- 
rial 26;  8d  sp  32.  Ofnotniiati— Harrison  10.  Day' 
(ofi— College  Corner  sp  18;  Camden  80;  EUtton  »p 
17  166  44 

CLivxLAin>.^CZ0f0^and— Woodland  Aviso ;  Ea- 
did  St  *i94  50 ;  Kingsville  18  85.  Mahoning^ 
Warren  122  685  35 

Columbus.— JfoTMrn^  Delaware  (Sab-sch  50)  sp 
114  80.  (foostsr— Mansfield  sp  210.  ZanmUe— 
Unity  sp  7;  Roseville  sp  10;  Uniontown  sp  6; 
New  Lexington  sp  1 ;  Otsego  11  369  80 

Bail.— ^i/sr— Pine  Qrove  (Sab-sch  24  52)  77  03 ; 
Harrisville  24  90;  Amity  21  10.  iSris— Venango 
sp  15  ;  Petroleum  Centre  sp  16  46.  Kittanninfi^ 
Eittanning  Ist  600  664  48 

QisiiVA. — Osj^a— Genoa  2d  sp  6.  Cffumung-~ 
Elmira  1st  160.  i^oiw— Williamson  sp  50.  Steu- 
ben—C&nisteo  sp  0  25;  Hornellsville,  Myron 
Hnrlbrut  6  90;  Addison  20  26  250  41 

GUaaisBuaoH. — OirZttele— Mechanlcsbnrg  sp24; 
Middletown  68  22 ;  Dickinson  (10  of  which  from 
Mary  Frontsfeter)  75.  HunUngdon^  Bedford , 
ap.lft  4U;  Beulah  sp  68  40.  IfeOttoro-Elkland 
sp  12  283  02 

Illinois,  CBmaAL— .BZoomtnyton— Urbana  45  97; 
Ghatsworih  15 ;  Bloomington  2d,  sp  241  93.  Ps> 
orio— Vermont  sp  11;  Galeiburg  146  20;  Wash- 
ington sp  21.  ^^cAuyisr— Fountain  Green  sp  28; 
Mt  Sterling  sp  160  669  10 

iLUNois,  NoaTH.-Ch<6aj^er-Joliet  Central  155  87; 
Chicago  Ist,  sp  191  81.  Rock  J2»oer— Ferry  ton  6; 
Fulton  10;  M!^illersburg  sp21;  Sterling  1st,  Pft 
Co,  sp  100  484  68 

iLLUfou,  ^ouTH. — .^Uon— Virden  27  75.  Qiiro— 
Shawneetown  53  75;  Golconda  sp  18  45;  OIney 
1st  37  50;  Carmi  14  10.  Jfattoon— Neoga  40 ;  Pana 
80  50  223  05 

InviASkf  NoBTE.— Oaiq/ordteiE2e-Crawfordsville 
Centre  88.  Fort  Vf<^ns— Goshen  Sak>-soh  60; 
Franklin  5;  Pierceton  sp  10  30;  Pleasant  Grove 
sp  2.  If ttn«i«— Wabash  27  25;  Perrysburg  10; 
Shiloh  6  907  55 

IiroiAirA,  South.— /ndianopotta—BIoomington, 
Walnut  St,  sp  78  85  ;  Columbus  .33  16;  Danville 
ap  20;  Indianapolis  9th,  sp  20;  Indianapolis  2d, 
115.  Vincsnnes— Petersburg  sp  6 ;  Oakland  City 
8p2  60  270  61 

loWA,  NoETE.— Gsdor  J{apid«~Anamoea  2  21; 
Cedar  EUpids  2d  843.  H^tsrioo— Kock  Creek 
6  50  250  71 

Iowa,  Scute.— i>a8  Ifotfnss— Albla,8p  16.  Intta-^ 
Kossuth  28  20;  Keokuk,  Westminster  1st  89  25. 
Jornt  Ctty— West  Liberty,  sp  14 ;  Cedar  Valley  7 ; 
Washington  40;  Walcott5  199  46 

KB!fTUCKT.— 2>)iatmiUe— LouiBVille,  Warren  49 ; 
Louisville,  Walnut  St  20  36;  Caney  Fork  ap  lo; 
Penn  Run  sp  2 ;  Plum  Creek  sp  2.  Transjflva- 
nio— Columbia  24  46  107  80 

MioHiOAif.— Detroit-- Detroit,  Fort  St  168  73 ; 
Detroit,  Westminster  40  80.  JTatofiMuoo— Three 
Rivers  sp  56  11 ;  White  Pigeon  sp  66  86.  Lan- 
flin^— Concord  66 ;  Albion  ap  83  400  99 


Apbil  1874. 

MimrBSOTA.— lfanJtaeo--St  Peter,  Union  18  60. 
St.  Paul^Red  Wing  43  80:  St  PanI,  House  of 
Hope  283  26.    Southm^  Jfmnesoto— Woodbury  5 

300  55 

MnsouBi.— OuirA;— Springfield,   Calvary   sp 

232  90.    St  Zouts— RoUa  sp  8  60;  St  Louts  Ist 

160  401  60 

Nbw  JnaxT^—Blixaheth  ->  Liberty  Comer  24 ; 
Pluckamin  22  25 }  Bethlehem,  W  S  Wyokofl; 
Esq,  50;  Elisabeth  8d  110;  Westfield  60;  Clin- 
ton Sab-sch,  sp  50;  Metuchen  83  19.  Jtr$ey 
CTi^A— Tenafly  88  65.  ifonmov/A— Shrewsbury 
180;  Manchester  5  50.  Morris  and  Orat^^- 
Morristown  1st  312  20;  Mendbam  Ist.  Bp78  96. 
iVetMirA— Newark  Park,  30  90;  Newark  Calvary 
73  60.  Nem  Brunswick— Jiew  Brunswick  2d  75; 
Religious  Contribution  Society  of  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary  99  06.  iV0u^tof»— Delaware 
SUtion  23  S3.  West  /ersm  —  Haddonfleld  7; 
Woodstown  45  50  1,308  48 

Nbw  York.— Aidton— Oochecton  6  25 ;  Mid- 
dletown 2d  (Sab-sch  75)  182  67 ;  Ramapo  sp  21  ; 
Milford  6;  Middletown  let  65  68.  New  Tork^ 
Brick  665  25;  **  Cash,"  currency  240,  gold  10 
11  29—351  29.  North  River—Rondoat  199  87; 
Newburgh  Union  sp  72.  Wedehester—Yonken, 
Westminster  179  98  1.637  89 

PHiLADBLPHU.—  Cfcestsr— Media  83.  Laeka- 
loana— Terry  town  5  75 ;  Monroeton  10 ;  Wilkes* 
barre  lat(  Button  wood  Sab-sch  23  28)  sp  309  21 ; 
Athens  60;  Plymouth  (Sab-sch  10)  95  25.  Lehigh^ 
Weatherly  np  12  525  21 

PiTTSBUBOH.  —  Pittsburgh  ~  Lebanon  102  15; 
Pittsburgh  2d.  sp  214  20;  East  Liberty  2<)9  89; 
Shady  Side  151  40.  J2<d«tona— Brownsville  39 ; 
Round  Hill  (Sab-sch  2J  38)  62.  Washtngton- 
Wheeling  4th,  sp  3  40  782  04 

Tbh ICBSSBB— .ffototon— Jonesboro  26.  Kingston^ 
EusebU  16;  Rock  ford  14;  Mt  Zion  8p2;  New 
Providence  sp  2 ;  Mt  Tabor  sp  1:  Baker's  Creek 
sp  1 ;  Mars  HiU  sp  10 ;  Chattanooga  23  50 

9460 

ToLBDa—BsO^ontoine— Bucyrns  21.  LimoF-^ 
Delpbos  16  30 J  Kalida  sp  11  95;  Middle  Point 
sp  4  60.  Jfotimse— Weston  sp  17 ;  Toledo,  West- 
minster 80  150  75 

WiSTKRR  Nbw  Tors.— Bu/To^o— Buflklo,  West- 
minster 11618;  Buflklo,  Eaft  SO;  Springville 
sp  ea  Oenesee  FoWsy— Cuba  sp  16.  Niagara— 
Medina  2i ;  LKMskport  1st,  sp  660.  Rochester-' 
Ogden78  72  967  90 

WisooH8iir.^lfi;iMi«a;s&-Mllwaukee  1st,  Hol- 
land 7  76 ;  Delafield  7  20.  IFtitfM6aoo— Fond  da 
Lao  sp  80  76  45  70 


Total,  $11,869.06 

Foreign  Missions 

$4223  26 > 

1425126 

Do.       do.  for  the  Debt.     28  00/ 

Home  Missions 

291192 

Church  Erection........ 

M.    M  .    .„m          

920  74 

Education 

.         .•  •••.••»•     ^—w 

912  84 

Sustentation ...» 

I.Hl  ■■■■■.■■..»■■■        -T  — 

916  84 

Ministonal  Relief 

798  89 

Freedmen  ...»....».»^ 

M       .       .«....«M»M.M« 

617  91 

PublioaUon  ..,..»....^. 

,.,.„ ......M...M. 

689  16 

^  $11,85»06 

O.  D.  EATON,  TVaaiMrff-, 
P.  O.  Box  8888,  S3  Centre  8trMl|  New  Jork. 

Digitized  by  VjOOQ IC 


1874] 


Ecclesiastical  Record. 

ECCLESIASTICAL  RECORD. 


193 


DISSOLUTION   OP  THB    PASTORAL    RELATION. 

R<»v.  W.  W.  Woodend,  D.  D.,  and  the 
church  at  Saltsburg,  Pa. 

Rev.  C.  D.  Shaw  and  the  Second  Presby- 
terian church,  Springfield.  III. 

Rev.  Albert  Dil worth  and  the  church  at 
Orrviile,  Ohio. 

Rev.  Milton  Vi.  McMillan  and  the  church  at 
Mount  Gilead,  Ohio. 

Rev.  H.  S.  Huntinston  and  the  Calvary 
church,  Auburn,  N.  Y7 

Rev.  R  F.  Caldwell  and  the  First  church, 
Craw  fords  ville.  Ind. 

Rev.  Geo.  Van  Deurs  and  the  Bethany 
church  of  Utica.  N.  Y. 

Rev.  J.  N.  Swan  and  the  Yellow  Ci[eek 
church,  Presbyterv  of  Steubenville,  Ohio. 

Rev.  J.  £.  Wright  and  the  church  at  Green- 
Tille,  Pa. 

Rev  Robert  L.  Adams  and  the  church  of 
Andover,  111; 

CALLS  RECBIYBD  OE  AOCBPTED. . 

Rev.  Gordon  Mitchell  to  the  church  at 
Mount  Holly,  N.  J. 

Rev  S.  W.  Miller  to  the  church  at  Mans- 
field, Ohio. 

Rev.  J.  M.  Shields  to  the  church  of  Mill  vale, 
Alleghenv  Prestytery. 

Rev.  M.  L.  Wortmnn  to  the  church  of  Free- 
dom, Allegheny  Presbytery. 

Rev.  J.  W.  Littell  tO  the  church  of  Long 
Run,  Presbytery  of  Redstone. 

Rev.  D.  D.  McColl  to  the  church  at  Colnm- 
bia.  Pa. 

Rev  J.  M.  Thompson  to  the  Second  church 
of  Mantua 

Rev.  I  AUtyne  Blauvelt  to  the  church  of 
Rof'elle,  N  J. 

Rev  Jas.  M.  Anderson  to  the  church  of 
MaUwan.  N.  J. 

Rev.  Geo  Van  Deurs  to  the  Fifteenth  Si 
church  of  Washington,  D.  C. 

Rev.  W.  H.  Seeley  to  the  church  of  Brook- 
field,  Long  Island. 

Rev.  J.  N  Swan  to  Memorial  ohorcfa  of 
Sloan  Station,  Ohio. 

Rev.  A.  J  Leyenberger  to  the  Presbyterian 
church  of  Denison.  Texas. 

Mr.  S  M.  Ferry,  recently  of  Princeton 
Seminary,  to  the  church. of  Little  Britain,  Pa. 

Rev.  R.  S.  Morton  to  the  church  of  Little 
Beaver,  Pa. 

Rev.  William  A.  McGinlev  to  the  Boss 
Street  church,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

ORDINATIONS  AND  INSTALLATIONS. 

The  Rev.  J.  Allen  Maxwell  was  installed 
pastor  of  the  church  at  Uasleton  on  the  7th 
of  May. 

Rev.  James  M.  Thompson  was  installed  pas- 
tor of  the  Second  church  of  Mantua  on  the 
7th  of  Mav. 

Mr.  William  Henry  was  ordained  and  in- 
stalled pajstor  of  the  Memorial  churAi,  Wilkes- 
barre,  Pa.,  en  the  7th  of  May. 

Mr.  W.  F.  Humphreys  was  ordained  and 


installed  pastor  of  the  church  at  Franklin, 
Ohio,  on  the  1st  of  May. 

Rev  George  D.  Phelps  wns  installed  pastor 
of  ihe  Allen  Street  church,  New  York,  on  the 
17th  of  May. 

Mr.  £.  C.  Hood  was  ordained  as  an  evan- 
gelist, at  Passaic,  N.  J  ,  on  the  5th  of  May. 

POST-OFFICE    ADDEESSBS    CHANQBO. 

Rev.  D.  Kingery  from  Worthington,  0.,  to 
Columbus.  0. 

Rev.  D.  A.  Wallace  from  Mahomet,  III.,  to 
Chenoa,  III. 

Rev.  B.  T.  Pbillipe  from  530  Broadway  to 
Windham,  N.Y. 

Rev.  L.  D.  Wells  from  Utica,  III.,  to  Lacon, 
Illinois. 

Rev.  Jas.  M.  Anderson  from  Belvidere, 
N.  J.,  to  Matawan.  N.  J. 

Rev.  Edgar  W.  Clarke  from  Sterling, 
Whitesides  co.,  to  Richview,  Washington  oo., 
Illinois. 

Rev.  Alvah  Day's  post-office  address  is 
Manchester,  Iowa,  not  Broadhead,  Wisconsin, 
as  in  the  Minutes. 

Rev.  G.  S.  Boardman  from  Chattanooga, 
Tenn.,  to  Cazenovia.  N.  Y. 

Rev.  James  Ross  Ramsay  from  Sabetha, 
Eans.,  to  Wewoka,  Indian  Territory. 

Rev.  Alexander  M.  Barley  from  Cherokee 
to  Missouri  Valley,  Iowa. 

Rev.  George  I.  Taylor  from  Malta  to  Co- 
hoes,  Albany  co.,  N.  V. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Dillingham  from  Paola,  Kansas, 
to  Rossville,  Illinois 

Rev.  Geo.  Van  Deurs  from  Utica,  N.  Y.,  to 
929  Eighteenth  St,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C 

Rev.  J  no.  B.  Lo^n  from  Greenfield,  Ind., 
to  Whiteland,  Indiana. 

Rev.  J.  E.  Miller  from  Shakopee  to  Taylor's 
Falls.  Minn. 

Rev.  William  M.  Baker  from  Kewburyport 
to  9  Pacific  Street,  South  Boston,  Mass. 

Rev.  Henry  Benson  from  Riga  to  Bingham- 
ton,  N.Y. 

Rev.  James  A.  Marshall  from  928  to  572 
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Rev.  Isaac  B.  Moore  from  Pleasant,  Ind.,  to 
Kew  Washington,  Indiana. 

Rev.  D.  M.  Moore  from  Lawrence,  Kansas, 
to  Hutchinson,  Kansas. 

Rev.  J.  N.  Swan  from  Wellsville,  Ohio,  to 
Sloan-Station,  Ohio. 

Rev.  A.  E.  Hastings  from  Birmingham, 
Mich.,  to  263  Russell  St,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Rev.S.  B.Shaw  from  Rolla.  Mo.,  to  Cuba.Mo. 

Rev.  A.  J.  Leyenberger  from  Rockford, 
Illinois,  to  Denison.  Tex)\^. 

Rev.  Chas.  H.  HoUoway  from  Philadelphia 
to  Newark,  Delaware. 

Rev.  George  Robinson  from  Lancaster,  Pa., 
to  Princeton,  N.  J. 

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CONTENTS. 


Board  of  Home  Misaions.— The  Annual  Report— TUr«»atenln«8hadow« -A  Brighter  View- 
To  Applieanln— Scrap:*  from  ihe  Field— Home  Mission  Appointmonta— Receipla- » 

Board  of  Education.— The  Treasury- A  Sketch  of  the  Presbyterianiam  of  Hungary— Recelpt*- 

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Board  of  Foreign  Missions.— Recent  Intelllgenoe— **  The  Especial  Friends  of  Foreign  Mis- 
^iunM'*  and  Uome  Missions- **  Theae  from  the  Land  ofSinim"— Miasionary  Experience— Extraeta 
from  thti  Report  of  the  Kolapoor  If  ission,  India— Ordination  of  a  Hindoo  Pastor— Cbineae  Hi»- 
sion  Scliool  in  San  Francisco— Encouragement  at  Odanah— Receipt8..»M»......M....-~~...'»~-*^  07 

Board  of  Fublioation.— A  Prairie  Bird— An  Excellent  Book— Receipts..^^...^^.^^^^^  MS 
Board  of  Churtsh  Srection.— What  the  Board  has  done,  and  cooM  do— Reoeipts~.^^..~-.^"ltt 
Belief  Fund  for  Disabled  Ministers.— Dr.  Dickson's  rentarkson  Collections— Receipts^  fiO 
General  Assembly's i  Committee  on  Freedmen.—'*  Remember  the  Poor**— CommuBloo 

Seasons— Close  of  School  Term — Receipts «— ^ ^....^.......m^^^...^....  tti 

Home  Missions— Bustentfttion  Department.— Transfer  of  Sustentation  to  Home  Hissloii*- 
Conditions  of  Aid  from  Sustentation  Department  of  (he  Bo*rd  of  Home  Missions— Form  of 
Application.  Home  Missions,  Sustentation  Department-r-Blank-  form  of  Quarterly  Report- 
Receipts ^.  ...^ «^^....„....«....- ....^...^....^..^^.^..^..^  »4 


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The  State  laws  differ  so  much  that  no  one  form  will  answer  in  all  the  States,  but  In  erery  nm 
it  is  essential  to  give  the  riobt  coBPoaATx  nami. 

Bequests  for  Home  Missions  should  be  made  to  **  The  Board  of  Home  Mi$$ioru  of  the  PrmbjfUrim 
Church  in  tht  United  SlaUt  of  America^^  which  is  now  the  corporate  title. 

Of  the  Board  of  Education  the  corporate  name  is  "  The  Board  of  BducatUm  of  the  Ihmbiftvim 
Church  in  the  United  Staleeof  America,'* 

The  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  New  Tork,  nnder  the  style  of 
**  The  Board  of  Foreign  Afiealons  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America,* 

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Erection  Fund  of  the  General  Ateembly  of  the  Preebyterian  Church  in  the  United  Statee  of  Awteriea,* 
incorporated  March  31, 1855,  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

Bequests  that  have  been  made  to  the  **  Trueteea  of  the  General  Aeeembly;^  or  to  the  **  Tnuiem  ef 
the  Presbyterian  House,**  for  Church  purposes,  will  be  valid. 

All  Bequests  made  to  the  incorporated  Boards  or  Committees  of  the  two  late  Assemblies  are 
valid,  and  will  be  received  by  the  Boards  which  are  their  legal  successors. 

The  ReUei  Fund  for  Disabled  Ministers,  and  the  Widows  and  Orphans  of  Deceased  MlnisMri 
requires  the  following  form: 

•*I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  executors  hereinafter  named, dollars  In  trust,  neverthele«^ 

that  they  shall,  within  —  months  after  my  decease,  pay  the  aame  to  the  Tnuteeet^the  Oe»eroi 
Aasenibly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America,  for  the  use  of  the  Fund  fbr  Dit- 
abled  Ministers  and  their  Families.** 

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PHILADELPHIA.  AUGUST  1874. 


No.  8. 


BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 


The  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  to  the  Assembly  at  St.  Louis  will  reacb 
the  ministers  and  churched  before  this  number  of  the  Record,  It  is  com- 
mended to  the  careful  and  prayerful  perusal  and  study  of  all.  Especial 
attention  is  requested  to  the  Treasurer's  statement,  on  the  twenty-fiflh  page. 
It  will  be  there  seen^  that,  while  the  trifle  ($12.09)  twelve  dollars  and  nine 
cents  was  in  hand,  there  was  a  debt  due  to  the  Missionaries  for  work  already 
done,  on  quarters  already  ended,  of  $19,500  I 

This  debt  has  greatly  increased  since  then,  as  the  contributions  fVom  the 
churches  have  diminished.  They  were  $8,499.55  less  in  June  than  in  the 
same  month  last  year.  It  is  true  that  this  b  the  ^^hot  season^*  when 
small  receipts  are  expected  from  the  churches,  but  it  must  be  borne  in  mind 
that  temperature  does  not  diminish  the  expenses  of  the  great  work.  This 
continuous  increase  of  the  debt  will  cripple,  and,  in  the  end,  stop  the  missioQ 
progress  altogether. 

ThreateniHg  Shadows, 

Northwestern  Iowa,  portions  of  Minnesota,  Dakota,  and  Nebraska,  are, 
scourged  by  countless  clouds  of  grasshoppers,  consuming  the  crops  of  wheat^ 
oats,  corn,  and  potatoes.  The  same  sections  suffered  last  year  from  the  same 
affliction.  The  poor  people  are  threatened  with  immediate  famine.  The 
calamity  is  so  great  as  to  excite  the  fears  of  the  public  authorities,  and  cause 
a  cry  for  help  from  abroad. 

The  chinch-bug  has  desolated  portions  of  Kansas  and  Missouri,  reducing 
many  people  to  actual  want.  Missionaries  write  that  in  some  places  the 
want  of  suitable  clothing  prevents  some  from  attending  school  and  church.. 
The  Christian  father  of  a  large  church-going  family  said  to  his  minister, 
"  None  of  us  can  come  to  church  for  want  of  clothing,  but  my  son  John  and 
I,  and  wo  have  to  alternate,  as  we  have  but  one  pair  of  shoes  between  us.*^ 
These  people  are  willing,  when  able,  to  support  the  gospel,  but  now,  when 
destitute  and  poor  by  these  ^'  visitations  of  God,*'  they  must  not  be  deprived 
of  its  comforts.     Let  the  churches  abounding  in  plenty,  '^  think  on  these 

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Then,  jast  now,  our  whole  work  on  the  frontier  and  in  the  Rocky  Moun- 
tain region  is  disturbed  by  fears  of  an  Indian  invasion.  From  Soathwestern 
Kansas  a  missionary  writes:  <^  Several  white  men  have  been  killed  and  scalped 
near  this  placC;  and  I  believe  over  a  hundred  families  have  left  their  homes 
during  the  last  two  days." 

All  these  things — grasshopper,  cbinch-bug,  Indian — all  unsettle  the  work, 
and  whilst  impoverishing  the  people,  increase  their  needs,  and  enlarge  the 
expenses  of  the  Board.  These  poor  people,  in  their  trials  and  sufferings,  are 
laboring  not  for  themselves  alone,  but  for  us,  in  extending  the  foundations 
and  frontiers  of  our  church  and  country.  They  deserve  well  of  their  fellow- 
Christians  and  fellow-countrymen.  Never  do  people  need  the  encouragementa 
and  comforts  of  the  gospel,  as  well  as  its  restraints,  as  in  times  of  public 
depression  from  such  calamities  as  these  aforementioned.  The  mission* 
aries  and  their  ministrations  in  these  feeble  and  frontier  churches  mast  be 
helped  through  these  times  of  trouble,  at  every  cost,  and  at  any  sacrifice. 

A  Brighter  View. 

If  the  Indian  threatens  on  the  one  hand,  he  brings  hope  on  the  other. 
We  have  now  appeals  for  missionaries  from  Cherokee  chiefs  and  Creek  peo- 
ple.    The  earnestness  of  these  appeals  is  full  of  pathos. 

Then  there  is  sent  an  applicution,  signed  with  their  marks,  from  two  chiefs 
and  thirty  warriors  of  the  ancient  and  honorable  tribe  of  the  Oneidas,  one  of 
the  once  powerful  nations  of  the  Iroquois,  who  migrated  from  the  Carolinas, 
conquering  their  way  over  what  are  now  the  states  of  Virginia,  Maryland, 
aud  Pennsylvania,  to  New  York  and  Canada,  leaving  their  great  and  won- 
drous names  still  upon  many  of  our  rivers  and  mountains.  These  chiefs  and 
warriors  ask  for  a  missionary  to  teach  and  train  themselves,  and  especially 
their  children,  in  the  ways  of  God,  in  their  homes  amidst  the  pine  woods  of 
Wisconsin.  What  the  Board  needs  is  means  to  prosecute  this  blessed  mis- 
sion  work.  The  Church  has  the  means.  Will  she  give  them?  Freely  she 
has  received,  may  she  as  freely  give! 

To  Applicant t. 

The  practice  h  evidently  growing,  to  have  applications  for  aid  from  the 
Board  considered  and  approved  by  Committees  of  Presbytery,  instead  of  bj 
the  Presbytery  itself.  In  some  cases  the  Chairman  alone  seems  to  act  with- 
out reference  to  the  Committee,  signing  the  application  without  alluding  to 
any  consent  or  order  from  it.  Now  these  committees  were  originally  to  act 
only  in  extreme  cases,  when  they  could  not  await  the  meeting  of  the  Pres- 
bytery. By  this  assumption  of  its  duties,  the  Presbytery  is  often  left  in 
ignorance  of  its  mission  field,  and  the  work  in  it;  and  the  Board  is  often 
deprived  of  the  sympathy  and  support  which  such  a  knowledge  is  calculated 
to  awake  and  secure. 

The  Committee  on  Missions  should  lay  each  case  before  the  Presbytery, 
when  possible,  with  all  its  details  and  relations,  so  that  the  greatest  efficiency 
and  economy  can  be  secured.     This  is  especially  important  in  these  times  of 

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great  finanoud  deprosaion,  and  difficulty  in  obtainiiig  means  to  oarrj  on  the 
work. 


8CBAP8  FROM  THE  FIELD. 

/ ,  Oregon,  March  28, 1874. 

Dear  Brother — I  have  made  out  my  anoual  report  acoordiag  to  the  form 
sent.  Now  for  a  private  talk  with  you,  by  way  of  a  regular  report  also.  I 
feel  80  diffi^rently  when  I  write  to  an  old  friend,  from  a  formal  report  full  of 
statistics,  &c. 

Well,  indulge  me  a  little  in  my  expressions  of  loneliness;  for  indeed  I  do 
feel  lonely,  not  in  reference  to  God,  and  the  comfortable  presence  of  His 
Holy  Spirit,  for  I  feel  he  was  never  nearer  to  me ;  but  in  reference  to  my 
dear  departed  wife,  and  now  also  the  children  most  of  the  time.  They  are 
both  absent,  trying  to  make  something  for  their  own  support.  So  all  the 
details  of  keeping  house,  cooking,  washing,  sweeping,  making  my  bed,  feed- 
ing the  animals,  chickens,  cats,  &c.,  demand  my  attention  every  night  and 
morning.  I  have  just  finished  getting  breakfast,  and  cleaning  up  generally, 
preparing  for  the  Sabbath.  I  dread,  most  of  all,  making  bread;  but  I  had  a 
nice  baking  this  morning.  My  skill  increases  as  my  experience  advances. 
After  all  these  items — cares  shall  I  call  them  ? — are  attended  t\>  every  morn- 
ing, then  I  begin  my  preparation  for  the  Sabbath.  1  get  my  Greek  Testa- 
ment, Greek  Lexicons,  around  me,  and  examine  the  original  text,  and  the 
parallel  passages,  drawing  all  I  can  from  them.  Then  I  read  all  the  Com- 
mentaries I  have  on  the  same,  taking  from  them  what  suits  me,  till  I  have 
the  framework  of  my  sermon  pretty  well  written  out. 

This  is  the  work  of  every  day,  except  on  Monday,  when  I  try  to  keep  from 
all  severe  study.  But  Tuesday  I  calculate  to  begin  anew  for  the  next  Sab- 
b-ith.  Sometimes,  of  course,  I  nm  interrupted,  and  have  to  catch  up  the 
hours  as  I  can.  How  often  I  wish  for  an  efficient,  warm  hearted  brother  to 
help  me  preach  the  gospel  to  this  people,  visit  the  sick,  bury  the  dead,  &c. 
My  labors,  in  conjunction  with  his,  would  give  more  prestige,  and  with  the 
blessing  of  God  would  bo  more  efficient. 

All  my  appointments  go  on  regularly,  generally  well  attended  even  during 
the  winter.     Pray  for  us,  my  dear  brother. 

Most  truly  yours,  M.  A.  W. 


Dear  Brethren — In  making  the  third  qusrterly  report  of  the  current  year, 
commencing  August  1st,  1873, 1  have  nothing  very  special  to  communicate. 
I  am  happy  to  say  that  there  is  nothing  specially  discouraging  in  this  field. 
We  have  had  the  regular  preaching  of  the  word,  and  the  regular  adminis- 
tration of  the  ordinances.  I  preached  twice  on  the  Sabbath  at  the  Centre, 
as  often  as  circumstances  would  permit  in  adjacent  fields.  I  have  preiched 
several  times  in  a  Congregational  church  some  four  miles  distant,  and  last 
Sabbath  administered  the  sacrament  to  that  church.  I  have  desired  to  con- 
nect that  church  with  this,  as  a  part  of  my  field  of  labor.  We  hope  in  due 
time  this  union  may  be  effected.  At  each  of  our  communions  we  have  re- 
ceived several  additions  by  letter  and  on  profession.  I  think  our  church  is 
st'eadily  gaining  strength.  My  earnest  desire  is  to  make  this  church  self- 
sustaining;  we  are  in  a  rich  farming  region,  and  at  no  very  distant  day 
this  church  will  become  an  important  and  influential  one.  We  now  have 
about  80  members,  and  had  we  not  suffered  by  removals  this  year,  we  could 
have  got  along  another  year  without  help.  The  churches  of  Maumee  Pres- 
bytery seem  to  be  doing  well.     Last  week  held  our  spring  meeting  of  Presby- 


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tery.  Everything  looks  encoaraging.  Two  weeks  since  we  raised  a  fine 
bell,  of  Meneely's  make.  This  gives  strength — ^fills  my  church  with  a 
larger  and  more  punctual  audience.  Everything  with  us  seems  in  good 
working  condition.  We  were  very  much  cursed  with  saloons;  these,  with 
one  exception,  our  ladies  have  closed ;  and,  what  is  better,  their  keepers  are 
now  quite  regular  attendants  upon  church.  This  is  truly  a  great  work  io 
our  State,  especially  in  this  portion  of  Ohio.  I  have  never  in  my  ezperienoe 
seen  such  results  in  the  Temperance  cause.  Oflen  we  see  from  fifly  to 
seventy-five  ladies,  after  a  season  of  prayer,  go  forth  from  my  church  to  work 
in  the  saloons.  It  is  truly  the  work  of  God.  Imagine  fifty  ladies  in  a  semi- 
circle gathered  before  the  door  of  a  saloon,  two  ladies  in  its  centre  koeelin«; 
in  prayer,  the  streets  still  as  a  church,  then  most  impressive  singing ;  tneo 
standing  often  with  uncovered  heads,  weeping — hard  men  at  that — and  you 
can  see  our  condition.  No  hard  words  are  uttered.  No  insults  ever  given  to 
the  ladies,  but  oh!  such  touchinf/  prayer, — and  from  ladies  who  never 
before  prayed  in  public. 

I  forward  my  annual  report  in  season.  My  family  have  been  well,  and 
we  are  ail  at  work  in  the  best  of  causes. 

J.  H.  B. 

Dear  Brethren — ^The  end  of  this  quarter  of  a  year  completes  four  years 
and  two  months  of  my  labors  in  this  place.  It  has  been  perhaps  the  most 
trying  period  of  my  whole  ministry  ;  because  it  has  been  a  period  of  sowing 
for  others  to  reap.  The  sheaves  which,  under  more  favorable  circumstances, 
I  should  have  gathered  with  rejoicing,  have  been  providentially  borne  awaj 
to  enrich  other  regions.  I  have  been  compelled  to  witness  the  sad  sight  of 
those  whose  hearts  have  been  made  tender  by  gospel  influences  taking  their 
departure  westward,  northward,  and  southward,  leaving  just  so  much  the 
more  dearth  and  barrenness  in  H . 

In  my  annual  report,  which  accompanies  this,  I  have  numbered  tweWe 
conversions.     Perhaps  I  might  have  reported  several  more  safely.    But  alas  ! 

these  do  not  inure  to  the  upbuilding  of  the  H church.     They  have  been 

swept  into  the  revival  stream  of  our  neighboring  church  at  J .     This  has 

been  the  greatest  trial  of  all.     They  belong  to  my  school-house  congregation. 

They  profess  attachment  to  my  person  and  my  ministry ;  but  H is  a 

place  with  which  they  have  no  social  sympathies.  Probably,  in  the  new  life 
upon  which  they  have  entered,  this  feeling  may  have  been  overcome,  had 
they  not  been  plied  with  outside  influences.  But  as  it  is,  they  seem  to  prefer 
having  their  church  relations  elsewhere.  It  is  possible  that  there  may  yet 
be  a  separate  church  organization  in  that  neighborhood ;  in  which  event  it 

would  of  course  bean  adjunct  to  the  H interest.     But  changes  occur  so 

rapidly  here,  that  it  is  difilcult  to  forecast  anything.  In  our  perplexity  we 
can  only  await  the  ordering  of  Him  who  worketh  all  things  after  the  counsel 
of  his  own  will,  and  await  the  developments  of  His  providence. 

My  salary  during  the  year  has,  as  was  expected,  sustained  a  further  redne- 
tion  of  about  $100;  so  that  it  did  not  quite  reach  $300.  But  unusually 
liberal  donations  have,  to  some  extent,  made  up  the  deficiency;  and  thus 
I  was  enabled  to  close  the  year  out  of  debt.  In  addition  to  this,  there  came 
to  me  unexpectedly — like  manna  from  heaven — a  most  munificent  present^ 
at  least  it  was  so  to  me.  The  Lord's  share  of  this  I  desire  the  Treasurer  to 
deduct  from  his  next  remittance  to  me,  which  will  double  my  contribution  to 
the  Home  Mission  Board  and  the  Disabled  Ministers'  Fund,  and  give  three 
dollars  to  the  Education  cause.  Among  my  mercies,  I  count  this  not  amon^ 
the  least,  that  thus  far  I  have  been  enabled  to  cast  my  mite  into  the  Lord's 
treasury,  undiminished,  every  year  during  the  past  four  years  of  my  dimin. 


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ishiQs:  salary,  and  the  last  of  the  four  even  to  increase  it.  It  is  truly  won- 
derfal  that  I  have  been  enabled  to  do  this,  and  pat  by  $150  for  the  benefit 
of  my  poor  blind  daughter,  which  I  have  done.  It  reminds  me  of  the 
perennial  cruse  of  oil  and  barrel  of  meal  of  the  poor  widow,  who  of  old  fed 
the  Lord's  prophet.  Had  Professor  Tjndall  been  the  subject  of  a  life-expe- 
rience such  as  mine  has  been,  God  would  never  have  been  insulted  nor  the 
Christian  world  astounded  by  the  invention  of  his  blasphemous  ^'  prayer- 
gu»<;e.*'  For  my  part,  I  can  thankfully  testify  that  it  is  not  only  the  Christ- 
Lin's  duty,  but  his  high  privilege,  to  ^'  trust  and  not  be  afraid."  And  I 
know  that  if  he  will  but  cultivate  this  spirit,  his  joyful  song  shall  continually 
be,  *^  Oh,  taste  and  see  that  the  Lord  is  good ;  blessed  is  the  man  that 
trosteth  in  Him."  "  Oh  that  men  would  praise  the  Lord  for  his  goodness, 
and  for  his  wonderful  works  to  the  children  of  men  I" 

Eespectfully  and  fraternally  yours,  G.  W.  L. 


I  hereby  send  my  second  quarterly  report  of  my  services  in  this  field  of 
labor.  This  report  is  for  the  quarter  beginning  with  the  2d  Sabbath  of  Janu- 
ary. We  held  services,  union  services  most  of  the  time,  during  January, 
February  and  into  March ;  preaching  and  prayer-meetings  from  four  to  five 
evenings  (also  during  the  day,)  out  of  seven.  We  felt  quite  encouraged  to 
go  on  with  the  meetings.  The  congregations  were  good  and  the  services 
were  very  solemn.  The  interest  was  greatest  among  the  youni]^  people. 
They  filled  up  the  church  and  were  very  much  interested  and  affected.  Many 
rose  for  prayers,  and  said  they  had  a  sincere  desire  to  live  a  Christian  life,  and 
serve  the  Lord.  The  effect  of  these  meetings  has  been  very  fine  spiritually 
on  our  Sabbath-school,  which  was  never  so  large  before.  I  am  expecting 
that  some  of  these  young  persons  will  come  out  and  join  our  church  at  our 
Bext  communion.  We  must  look  to  the  joung  people  here  as  the  only  hope 
of  this  church.  We  cannot  expect  that  those  who  have  attained  manhood 
and  are  still  out  of  the  church  will  come  in.  Yet  the  Lord  may  convert  them, 
which  is  our  daily  prayer.  We  are  sowing  the  seed  in  a  fruitful  soil  when 
wo  sow  it  in  the  young  heart.  My  congregations  on  the  Sabbath  are  excel- 
lent and  increasing,  and  vastly  more  interest  manifested  than  before  our 
meetings.  My  people  are  so  scattered  that  it  is  exceedingly  difficult  to  as- . 
semble  all  of  them  for  a  weekly  prayer-meeting,  and  without  giving  up  the 
public  prayer-meeting,  I  am  attempting  to  bold  a  prayer-meeting  in  every 
bouse  within  the  bounds  of  my  congregation.  Success  so  far  has  attended 
tbese  efforts.  We  have  held  several  very  interesting  prayer-meetings  in 
private  houses.  The  neighbors  come  in  and  take  some  part.  I  shall  con- 
tinue these  meetings — I  have  two  appointed  for  this  week.  My  field  is 
twelve  miles  square,  too  much  scattered  to  efficiently  cultivate.  The  people 
too,  when  we  really  get  at  their  real  thoughts  and  opinions,  have  local  inte- 
rests to  such  an  extent,  that  except  there  is  some  change,  they  can  never 
efficiently  concentrate  for  the  upbuilding  of  a  strong  powerful  central  church. 
Yet  the  field  is  in  the  hands  of  the  Lord.  He  knows  all  about  its  difficulties. 
He  is  able  to  shorten  distances.  His  arm  is  not  shortened.  His  love  is  not 
limited.  We  will  trust  in  the  Lord.  We  will  woik  with  patience  as  per- 
forming the  Lord's  work.  My  visits  among  this  people  are  very  pleasant, 
and  I  am  among  them  all  the  time,  travelling,  preaching,  praying,  and 
holding  prayer-meetings.  May  rhe  Lord  pour  out  his  Spirit  upon  this  people. 
We  are  surrounded  by  worldliness.  Romanism,  Universalism,  and  those 
who  say  that  the  Sabbath  is  no  better  than  any  other  day,  and  the  Bible  no 
better  book  than  any  other  booL.      We  will  trmt  in  the  Lord.      Fraternally. 

Digitized  by  (ECW.^ICG. 


S80  Board  of  Borne  Mluioni,  [^Awfusi 

Dear  Brethren — ^Tbe  time  has  arrived  when  it  becomes  my  duty  to  make 
my  last  qaarterly  report  for  the  year  as  your  missionary.  And  in  looking 
back  over  the  labors  of  the  year,  I  can  say  truly  that  I  have  labored  hard; 
but  the  results,  so  far  as  they  appear,  are  very  few.  During  the  last  three 
months  I  have  kept  up  my  regular  services.  I  was  absent  a  few  of  the  last 
of  March  and  first  of  April,  but  my  place  was  supplied  while  gone.  I  held  a 
convention  of  Ohrit^tians  in  our  place  in  March.  We  enjoyed  it  very  much, 
but  have  seen  no  permanent  good  results.  I  have,  in  connection  with  our 
Methodist  brother  located  here,  been  holding  temperance  meetings,  and 
I  hope  good  has  been  done.  But  there  seems  to  be  but  little  true  spiritual 
life.  And  while  there  are  no  divisions  in  the  church,  and  the  people  toward 
me  personally  are  very  kind,  yet  I  feel  constrained  to  leave  the  field,  hoping 
that  Ood  may  use  some  other  brother.  I  shall  terminate  my  connection  with 
this  field,  and  with  it  my  connection,  at  least  for  the  present,  with  the  dear 
old  Hoard  of  Home  Missions.  So  far  as  receiving  from  it  is  concerned,  I 
have  been  on  frontier  missionary  ground  ever  since  I  entered  the  ministry, 
and  have,  during  all  that  time,  received  aid  from  the  Board.  I  expect  now 
to  take  charge  of  a  church  near  Fitte»burgh,  which  will  give  me  my  support. 
I  am  under  deep  and  lasting  obligation  to  the  Board,  and  will  do  fur  it  in  my 
new  field  what  I  can.  In  it  lies  the  groat  power  of  our  Church,  so  far  as 
human  means  are  concerned,  for  the  extension  of  the  Redeemer's  kingdom  in 
the  world.  Without  it,  Foreign  Missions  would  soon  wither.  May  God  very 
much  increase  your  power  for  doing  good,  and  guide  and  bless  you  in  all  your 
work,  is  the  earnest  prayer  of  yours  in  the  Gospel,  J.  H.  H. 


It  has  been  a  very  hard  year  for  my  congregation ;  money  tight,  and  work 
very  scarce.  Many  of  my  people  have  been  idle  all  winter,  with  no  resources 
to  fall  back  on.  Widows,  of  whom  we  have  many,  have  cast  in  their  mites 
into  the  Lord*s  treasury,  but  you  must  excuse  me  for  not  reporting  on  the 
salary  question ;  the  point  is  too  tender  to  myself  and  my  dear  flock.  The 
record  is  on  high.  Let  it  rest  there ;  sufilce  it  to  say  ''  bread  has  been  given 
rs,  water  has  been  sure.''  I  hope  the  future  will  be  brighter  than  the  past 
or  present.  I  must  waive  this  subject ;  the  eyes  are  too  full  of  tears,  the 
heart  too  full  of  emotion.  Please  don't  let  this  church  fail ;  help  it  through 
its  struggles.  It  will  have  a  bright  history  when  the  books  are  opened,  and 
the  records  of  eternity  examined.  It  will  be  found  to  have  been  a  light- 
house to  many  a  toiler  on  life's  troubled  sea,  guiding  them  into  the  harbor  of 
rest. 

I  feel  confident  that  my  Father  and  your  Father,  my  Saviour  and  your 
Saviour,  will  prompt  you  to  give  us  a  liberal  appropriation  for  the  coiuing 
year.     Our  collection  to  the  Home  Mission  is  $10. 

Yours  in  Christ,  W.  P. 


HOME  MISSION  APPOINTMENTS 

Madb  ih  Jdhe,  1874. 

RftT.  Wm.  M  Raker.  f<oiith  Ropton  4th  oh.,*  MaM.  R«v.  W.  A.  Lynch,  Klistbeth,  Slloam  ch ,  N.  J. 

Rat.  H   r.anca-hir(>.  Mnlta  ch..  N.  V.  R4*t.  Imm^  Todd.  HolmanMTjIe  ch  ,  V.  J. 

R#v  S.  Mi«nd»-rT>ll(>,  MMonville  ch  .  N.  7.  R^t.  A  Marcfllt|^  Phimniead  oh.,  N.  J. 

BOT.  I.  M   HhIIou.  CUrfDce  ch..  N.  T.  Rer.  M  L.  UoiTord,  Fairview  and  D«lanoo  cbs., 

Rev.  P.  BHrbft. .  <:h«iiitiiont  oh..  N.  Y.  N.  J 

ReT.  J.  H.  Bodrd.  CwnaiaeraKa  oh..  N.  Y.  Rev.  W.  H.  FilM>D.  MaynTille  oh..  Pa. 

Rev  II.  W.  Morria,  Roche^ier,  Calvary  oh.,  N.  T.  Rev.  M.  M.  S-Jrlcy,  UticH  ch  ,  Pa. 

R^v.  J.  N.  rrook#'r.  Maraioga,  2d  ch.,  N.  Y.  Rev.  Koben  Wtilm,  :i».  Mary**  shilfth  oh..  P^ 

Rev.  A.  V.  I»e  Lonti,  Gaiwey  We««t  ch..  N.  Y.  Rev.  J.  H.  Fleininu,  Robert  Kennedy  Memorial 

Rev.  .J  U.  Wmigh   Bra-.her  Pall-  ch..  N.  Y.  dl\..  Ph. 

R«v.  G.  W  Mo.M.llin.  Pprrineville  ch.,  N.  J.  Rev.  J.  P.  UudaoQ,  PennMUlo  and  Linden  oba. 

Rev.  R.  D.  SioUh,  Uoion  oh,  N.  J.  Pa. 


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R»T.  J.  L.  SwHin,  AllAffADy  ch^  P«. 

ReT.  liUwHrd  Bryan,  WiiDaftinie  and  Naniicoke 

0  i«^  Fik. 
Rev.  A.  G.  Smith,  P\tAnn  ch .  Pa. 
A*?.  T.  Ti'Oimw,  Hutfhville  and  StOTeDBTille 

cha^  Pa. 
Rev.  0.  K.  oaafli»ld.  Bowman^a  Cre^k,  Lehman, 

Kiokie,  and  Norttiuinbeiiand  ohi*.,  P^ 
Rer.  ^  U.  Krame.  tii\wer  Lake  oh.,  Pa. 
Rev.  J.  McMii.oier,  Alhena  oh  ,  Pa. 
Rev.  P.  B.  Van  Syckei.  Uibdon  ch.,  Pa. 
Rev.  Kichird  WHiker,  lx>;2k  Kidne  ch..  Pa. 
Rev. .).  L.  J enklO's  Shawnee  oh..  Pa. 
Rev.  William  fciuitoo,  Pbiladeluhia,  Greenwich 

8t  ch..  Pa. 
Rev.  K.  A.  tir  iwn,  Smyrna  oh«  Del. 
Rev.  £   H    Elcovk,  BrtdKeville  and  Mispillion 

oi  a.,  Del. 
Rev.  J.  Tboinait,  Proetburff  oh  ,  Md. 
Rev.  b.  K.  Myers,  an«>w  Hill  oh^  Md. 
Rtiv.  U  J.  Beale,  Balumore,  Liitht  St.  oh..  Md. 
Rev.  J.  H  Pomeroy,  North  Branch  uh^  W.  Va. 
Rev.  W.  C.  .rkiniih.  Allen  Grove  eh.,  W.  Va. 
R«v.  J.  B.  Graham,  Three  SpriuK«  oh ,  W.  Va. 
Rev.  J  Alexander,  D  «  .,  MoundMville  ch., W.Va. 
Rev.  J.  U.  Klaiiauan,  Ornlton  ch.,  W.  Va. 
Rev.  W.  u.  Go  »dlot*.  Mc  Sterling  oh.,  Ky. 
Rev.  J.  B.  McDonald,  PInm  Greek  eh.,  Ky. 
Rev.  r.  U.  uieliMiid,  D.D^  Perryville  and  Paink 

Liuk  chfs  Ky. 
Rev.  J.  P.  Mcviilian.  Barkeville  eh,  Kv. 
Rev.  K.  Gl«iland,  Salem  and  caney  Fork  eha., 

Ky. 
Rev.  W,  W.  Eafilman,  Mamfordeville,  Ky. 
Rev.  W.  B.  Brown,  <'loyd*a  Creek,  Uniiia,  and 

Ml  I'Mbor  oh^.,  Tcnn. 
Rev.  D.  M.  WilHon,  Mars  Hill  oh..  Tenn. 
kev.  E.  urand  Girard,  New  Markei  on..  Ohio. 
Rev.  Willwm  G.  W^i«t,  BanUm,  Mooroe,  and  Mfc. 

GRniiel  eh".,  Ohio. 
Rev.  II.  tt.  frioe,  Galion  ch.,  Ohio. 
Rev.  jamea  A.  GcM>k,  Kitnbolion  oh^  Ohio. 
Rev.  J.  M  Riohiiiood.  OolumbiH,  Uoge  ch ,  Ohio. 
Rev.  F.J. Cellar.  FattOiSon  and  Foreetioh8w,Ohio. 
Rev.  Alvio  Baker,  Green  Sprioga  and  Republic 

ciii*.,  Ohio. 
Rev.  W.  Pauinaon,  Colamboa  and  Coesse  chs, 

Ind. 
Rev.  U.  Johni>on,  South  Bend  Sd,  Sumption 

Prairi«>  and  Rolling  Prairie  cha.,  Ina. 
Rev.  T.S.  Miliixan,  Saline  oh^  Ind. 
Rev.  K.  A.  GriMweil,  oibeon  and  Grandview  cha.. 

Ill 
Rev.  J.  R.  Bell.  Elvatlon  oh..  111. 
Rev.  A  L.  Knox,  Homer  eh.,  111. 
Rev.  F.  C.  sk3iiWi«rtB  Nhuvoo  German  ch.,  Til. 
Rev.  J.  U  Mar-^liair,  Hamilton  ch..  IIU 
Rev.D  J.  Burreli,  WeHimin-^ter  ch  .ChicajKO,  III. 
Rev.  Williaui  Hendernon.  NickerHonvilleoh.,!!!. 
Rev.  L.  H  Miichell.  Rock  Run  oh  .  111. 
Rev.  N.  Barrett,  Liberty  ville  and  Half  Day  cha., 

IIL 
Rev.  John  Marry,  Somonaiik  oh..  111. 
Rev  J.  H.  PartadiH.  Kankakee  French  ch..  111. 
Rev.  J.  U.  TruahridKe,  Kiversid    ch..  111. 
Rev.  II.  .M.  Goodell.  Hnmewoud  ch  ,  111. 
Rev.  \^  illlHin  JotmHion.  Eani  8t  Loulu  ch.,  IIU 
Rev.  L  N.  Gandee.  D  D.,  Richview  oh.,  ilU 
Rev.  tt.  Kudd.  ramaroa  ch..  111. 
Rev.  a.  Cook.  .Mt.  Vernon  ah.,  IIL 
Rev.  J.  D.  J  nkins,  J'rairie  Bird  and  Prairie 

Home  chit,  ill. 
Rev.  Od«>r«e  F.  Davia,  Oaaey,  New  Hope,  and 

Greenup  chi*.  111. 
R^v.  W.  U  Benedict,  Seb#wa  oh.,  Mioh. 
Rev.  G.  N.  Smth.  Omeoa,  Concord,  and  Old 

Wins  chfi.,  Mich.  • 

Rev.  A.  H.  Gaston,  Kurr  Oak  oh,  Mich. 
Rev.  E  M.  Lewito,  KettdioK  ch.,  Mioh. 
R«T.  Luke  Nott,  Pieaaanw  Salt  River,  and  Salt 

Creek  cU«.,  Mich. 
Rev.  B    Q.  Bryant,  Flashing,  Taymouih,  and 

MuniroHech%  Mich. 
R^v.  J.  A.  Inline,  Superior  ch.,  Wia. 
Hev.  J.  K.  Fowler.  Shawnno  oh..  Wis. 
Rev.  a.  W.  Lloyd,  Uoncon  oh.,  Wi^. 
Rev.  J  G.  HutohinKs,  Bellevue  and  Daytomchs., 

BsT.  U.  Schmidt,  Kilboum  City  Ger.  cb.,  Win. 


Rot.  J.  R^e^  Saratoga  oh^  Minn. 

Rev.  J  H.  Carpenter,  Lanesboro  and  Richland 

Prairie  cht*.,  Minn. 
Rev.  E    H.  Sayre,  Giaremont  and  Ripley  chs., 

Minn. 
ReT.  J.  M.  Brack,  Ifouifton  and  Sheldon  chs., 

Minn. 
Rev.  J.  Shaedel,  Frank  Hill  Ger.  ch.,  Minn. 
Rev  E.  Thoiiiimon.  Le  Koy  oh,  Minn. 
Rev.  J  G.  McKeM,  Hhakopee  oh.,  Minn. 
Rer.   F.  W.  Bruechert,  Richland  Centre  eb^ 

Iowa. 
Rev.  J.  Arndt,  German  Miasionary.  Iowa. 
Rev.  J.  Aj^uew,  Goliax  and  Prairie  City  chs., 

Iowa 
Rev.  O  Pieraon.  Adel  and  Wankee  chs.,  Iowa. 
Hev.  J.  S  Duuninir.  J«  ff<'r8on  ch^  loM-a. 
Rev.  F.  Schmidt,  Mi.  Pleasant  Ger.  ch..  Iowa. 
Rev.  W.  O.  Kephari,  Atlantic  and  Elk  Horn  cha., 

lOWH. 

Rer.  J.  W.  Clark,  Hamburg  and  Shenandoah 

ch8„  Iowa. 
Rchr.  Robert  Boag,  ARon  and  Union  City  chs., 

Iowa. 
Rev  J.  Andrewa,  Steller*8  Grove  ch ,  Iowa. 
Rev.  G.  R.  Van  Einan,  St.  Gharlea  and  Medora 

cha..  Iowa. 
ReT.  J.  D.  Mason.  Misatonary,  Iowa. 
Rev.  A.  I 'oner,  Sol<>n  ch^  Iowa. 
Rev.  D.  V.  8mock.  Keota,  Lafayette  eh.,  Iowa. 

Hev. Bi'thop.  EMrldire  ch..  Iowa. 

Rot.  E.  G.  Haxkell,  Columbus  City  ch ,  Iowa. 
Rev.  A.  8  Powell,  Teoumseh  and  Simeon  chs.* 

Nebraika 
Rev.  J.  N.  Young,  Salem,  Rulo,  and  Muddy  Creek 

ch*..  Neb. 
Rev.  D.  B.  Fleming,  Fairmont  ch.,'  Neb. 
Rev.  J.  G.  Sloan,  Tekama  and  Bell  Greek  chs.. 

Neb. 
Rev.  Walter  H.  Clark,  Dailey  Branch  ch..  Neb. 
Rev   L  I.  Mathews,  Peaee  Valley  and  Whita 

Rock  ch*..  Mo. 
Rev  L.  P.  Kowland,  White  Water  ch..  Mo. 
Rev.  J.  W.  Talbott,  Olive  Branch  and  Ticinlty, 

Mo. 
Rev.  W.  M  Newton,  Appleton  City  and  Wesifleld 

cha..  Mo. 
Rev.  D  R.  Hindman,  Greenburg  and  Memphis 

chs..  Mo. 
Rev.  E.  V.  Campbell.  Butler  ch..  Mo. 
Rev.  William  Campbell,  Clark  City,  Chambers- 

burith,  and  St.  Kranciaville  cha ,  Mo. 
Rev.  J.J.  WiUon,  Pleasant  Prairie  and  Novelty 

cha..  Mo. 
Rev  £.  B.  Sherwood,  Pret-byterial  MiMi*y.  Mow 
Rev.  J.  H.  France,  Cameron  and  Lailirop  chs., 

Mo. 
Rev  J.  M  Morripon,  Kine  City  and  Union.  Mo. 
Rev.  J.  hritnch,  Brl^tol,  Marbie  Hill,  and  Plea* 

aant  Uilloha..  Mo. 
Rev.  J.  (Tilleapie,  Gallatin  and  Bethel  ohs.  Mo. 
Rev.  C.  E.  Jones,  Belleville  and  Scotch  Plains 

ch***.  KanwiH. 
Rev.  E.  ParadH.  Plum  Creek  and   Mulberry 

Creek  cha.,  K  n-aa. 
Rev.  John  ^het>aer.  Vienna  ch.,  Kan^am 
Rev.  H.  R    McDonald,  Florence  and  Marlon 

cha ,  K  «naaa. 
Rev.  John  Eilioil  Fort  Gibson  and  Mutkogaa 

cha,  Indian  Territory. 
Rev.  J.  A.  Miichell,  Black  Hawk  ch  .  Colorado. 
Rev.  D.  B.  Finka,  Fairplay  eh..  Colorado. 
Rev.  W.  B  Hamilton.  Pueblo  oh  ,  Colorado. 
Rev.  J.  L.  Drum,  ISolinas,  Oleina  and  vicinity, 

Cal. 
Rev.  H.  E.  Hoar,  Gait  and  viciniiy.  Cal. 
Rev.  J.  N  llutibard,  Grayson,  Banta  Station  and 

CrowV  l^i.diiig  Oct ,  Cal. 
Rev.  H.  A.  Mayh>  w.  Red  Bluff  ch..  CaU 
Rev.  J.  Mack.  <!olumhia  and  Sonora  cha ,  CaL 
Rev.  G.  W.  Anthony,  Livermore  ch..  Cal. 
R»v.  W.  H.  Wilson,  t^ahnaa  tiiy  ch.,  Cal. 
Rev.  Robert  Robe.  Brownsvilla  ch  .  Oregon. 
Rev.  Henry  Gans.  Bethanv  ch.,  Oreston. 
Rev.  E  R.  (^arv.  D.D.,  Aliiany  ch.,  Oreyon. 
Rev.  W.  A   Smick,  Roaebiirg  oh.,<>regou. 
Rev.  W.  R.  Stewart,  ^lem  oh.,  Ore>:on. 
Rev.  John   Kea,  Port  Towubend  and  Ticinity 

WasbiuHton  Territory. 

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EECEIPTS  FOR  HOME  MISSIONS  IN  JUNE  1874. 
*  Synods  Iq  small  capitals— Presbyteries  in  ita/tet— Churches  in  Bonuui. 


ALBAirr~i4/6aiiy— Albany  Isi  123  84.  TVov— 
Cohoes  34  76.  168  09 

Atlamtic—JESuC  Plorida-^i  Augustine  1st 

•10  00 

Baltimoeb.— Ai/timor»— Bnltlmore.  Brown  Me* 
mohAl.  Female  liom  MissSooW  160;  Baltimore, 
Weiftminfter.  a  m^mb<'r  6;  EIUcott*s  City,  8ab- 
sch  V6.  Kew  Qi«t^*— Bridsevilie  10.  Wa9hinq< 
ion.  Ct<y  —  Washington,  Metropolitan  Uab-sob 
74  86  861  26 

Cbn^eal  New  ToBE.—Btna^m/on— Bingham* 
ton  North  4  81.  0/««9o- Franklin  8  7i.  ^ 
Lawrenee^Ox  Bow  20  47.  iSvr«cu«— Syracuse, 
1st  Ward  8  8i.  {/Mea-Orb-ltany  1  21;  Rome 
40  61 ;  Uiica,  Weatniins  er  8ab*«ch  60        124  17 

Cincinnati.— Aivf'w— Troy  7«  60 

CLBTiLAinK— OtfvetoiKl— ( leveland  lat  171.  Bit- 
AoNitij7-Toung!>town  let  .S7  82.  8t.  CUrirsvUU^ 
Fori  land  6  4i;  Hortch  Ridge  4  94:  Toric  10. 
&e«ti6«n9t/(e— Memorial  Chapel  6  20;  New  Cum- 
berland «  241  88 

CoLOftADO.— Cbtoreula— Fairplay  28  86 ;  Trinidad 

Columbus.— IFoo«f<r— Berlins:  Dalton  47;  8hi* 
loh  1 ;  Wavne  26.    ZaN«foi(^«— Hanover  6    8^  00 

EKW.'~Auier-^etrer»OD  Centre  -J  60.  BH^^ 
North- Fant  U.  AKr/onntn^— Koilinn  Spring  10; 
Olade  Run  85:  Marion  and  Rockbridite  46  84. 
^eiMifijTo—Nepnaniiock,  Ladies*  Mies  Boc*y  76; 
New  Brighton  ?«alvseh  80  60  2i2  84 

Oahbva.—Cbiw^— Meridian  41:  Wells  College 
Mifs  Soc'y  40     <^«u6«n— Cohocton  10  91  UO 

Babbibbubob.— OaWi«to~Peier»burgh  6;  Up- 
per Path  Valley  60.  iTunftfi^don— Uollidayf>burg 
(Sabftch  8  AO  48;  8t  Clalr^▼ille  11  02 ;  Yellow 
Creek  7.  Northumb€riand-Liaden  16;  North- 
umberland 20;  Pennsdale  18  60.  W^Otbnro— 
Arnot  34  20:)  68 

Illinois,  CbktbaLw— ^foomfnjr/on—Hoopeston  8. 
PsoHa— Brimfield  6.    iSbrino/Md— Maroa  6 

13  00 

iLtniois,  NoBTH.—CMfiOffo— Austin  6;  Chicago 
2d  407  11;  Chicago,  Re-union  10;  Kankakee, 
French  9  6a  ^ssp^rt— Preeport8d.addM  8  6U; 
Galena  Isl  S3  16;  Winnebago  8.  Boek  River— 
Hamlet  4  481  -/O 

Jlubois,  Soutb.— Jtton— CarlinTille  8;  Plain- 
Tlew  2  26 ;  Virden  6  81.  Ctoiro— Dubr»in  8 ;  Odin 
8.    ifaltoofi—CaseyS;  Greenup  1;  New  Hope  3 

24  06 

ImiAHA,  NoBTR.  —  OraufordtvitU  ~  Frank  fort 

47  66 

Indiana.  South.— iVeio  il/6ant^- Madison  l^t, 
Sabflch  26;  Mitchell  ifl  60;  "Seymour  6.  White 
Tra<«r— Shelby  ville  German  18  81  60 

Iowa.  Nosth.— Oedar  iSapida— AnamoM  68  cts. 
ff a/«rtoo~ Rook  Creek  I  lu  I  68 

lowA.  South.— C>unei<^tf/«— College  Springs 
2  60;  Pleasant  Ridxe  8  26.  Iowa  O^— Atali«^a 
6.    OmaAa—Bellevue  10:  Schuyler  6  24  7i 

Kansas.— i4u#/in  — Austin  lat,  in  part  80  66. 
7(meilK>— Hays  City  86  66  66 

Kbhtucktw— LoutfvUfs— LouisTllle,  Walnut  8t 

6  06 

LoHO  IsLAitn.— BrooJIe^tfii— Brookljrn,  Ainf*lie  Ht, 
(mon  cun  col  1)9  64;  Brooklyn  ist,  Henry  8t  (Sab- 
sch  876  86)  626  8ft;  Brooklyn  lt«t,  RemHen  Hi 
60  10:  Brooklyn.  ThroopArenue 26  60;  Woman's 
H  and  F  Miss  6oc*y,  special  700.  ilT^staa -As- 
toria:! 4  32  1,167  66 

MiCHieAN.—Z>e<ro'e— Detroit,  Fort  St  46  66:  De- 
troit, Weslmin!«ter9  84;  NorihTille  14;  Rev  J  F 
McLaren,  D  D  60.    Loas^o— Lanflnc  Ist  12  86 

132  86 

MiNHBsoTA.— ilfanibtfo— Blue  Earth  City  Ifl; 
Lake  8hetek  8  U;  Lynd  2  A9  16  00 

Mi8K>CBi.  —  Omge—  We!»tfl»*ld  4  8^.  Oxark-- 
Omrk  Prairie  9.  /Yaffs— Forei»t  Ciiy  2.  9, 
Louie— ^^l  Louis  1st  10*:  St  Louis,  Fairmnunt 
1  60;  J  A  .\,  St  Chnrle*,  Mo  \i  34  129  64 

Nbw  jBBSKT—JS'<»i/>etA— Elizabeth  8d  16  76; 
Elisabeth.  WentminMer  ^abpch  I'iO;  Melnchen 
]pt6  no;  Plnokamin  4  67;  Miunmit  Central  H  79; 
Wemfleld  11  I».  Jeri^  C'fv- F.nglewood  14^; 
Rutherford  Park  8  86;   Tenafly  10  t7.     Mon- 


MOiitA— Hightatown  110.  Morrie  amd  OrtiMO«h^ 
Morristown  lNt29  87.  /^TswarilE— CailcJwell  bS  60; 
Newark,  Park  14.  ii^sto  Bniasiotei— Storktoa 
6  W.    i^ai0(oH-Hlaira(own  26  78  6SI  «« 

Naw  YoBK.~£7udsoi»— Coohecton  68  cti>:  Da- 
ma^cufl  64  (tis;  HaiMptonburgh  14  87;  Middle- 
town  Ist  9  88:  Middletown  2d  19  »:  Waahtnt- 
tonville  Ist  9  40;  West  Town  6  98.  New  York— 
New  York,  Brick  SVO  22;  New  York,  Scotch, 
from  *'  D'*  60.  Nvrth  i2«ver— Poughkeepfiie  il  88^ 
VPesteAesCsr  — New  Rochelle  136;  PooDdridge 
Parsonage  13;  Yonkera  lat,  moo  coll  11  44 

618  66 

PAanc— Oregon— Portland,  in  part         6:^  12 

pHiLAi>BLPHU.—r:A«tesr— Media  8  14.  Laeta- 
loanna— Franklin  3  46;  Northmoreland  6:  To- 
Handa  Sabvch  81  88.  LeMgk— Lower  Mt  Bettiel 
6  83;  Summit  Uili  (of  which  Jamefe>town  i*«b- 
sch  1  48,  and  Summit  Hill  Sabm^h  8  /4)  90. 
PAstadt/p^sa— P<.iladelphia9th  lOO.  PMad&pk*m 
GmfroJ— Philadelphia,  Cohocknink  8ab-ech  M: 
Philadelphia,  North  Broad  8t  170  71.  Ihtfadeir 
phia  yorlk—  Pottstown  78  76.  Weetm^meW^ 
Chedtoui  Level  44  18;  Middle  Octorara  16 

678  81 
PiTTSBUBOH— B^a^rttnUe— New  Alexandria  14  («. 
Pttthburgh— PnXiiburnh  8d  66  67:  PiitfborBh, 
Shady  »ide  49  94.  iKfldstona— Confluenoe  1 ;  Jef 
fernon  6.  IFa«Afnyton— Cast  ButTalo,  from  aa 
*-  aged  mother**  6u;  Upper  Buftalo  Sab  sch  7  6n; 
Upper  Ten  Mile  16  60;  Wai^hingion  laU  bab-eeh 
60;  Wheeling  3d  11  H;  Wheeling 4ih  48  cts 

278  81 

ToLBOo.— Bsffe/bfito^— Bueyrus  11  80;  Forest 
4.  ifuron— Green  Springs  1  ll;  Republic  7. 
ifaamee— Hickoville  2  46;  Union  1  48;  Rev  J  E 
Vance  and  liamily  9  36  91 

WasTABit  Naw  Yobk— ^u^ri/o— BuffMlo  Central 
49  84 ;  Buflalo,  Weatminster  49  ti7-  Gcnaaes— 
Tonawanda  Valley  21  SO.    Osn^ses  Fni^«nv— Alle- 

fany  12;  FranklioviUe  6.  i^ioyoro— Uoiley  :(B; 
'oner  ist  80.  Bocheeter—Lttun  16  94:  RocI  estrr 
Central  60  86;  bparu  lai  (of  which  Young  Ladies 
20)  8u  i~  V  *  318  91 

Wiscovsia.  —  CAfppetoa  —  Ean  Claire  Isi  10; 
Preecott  1st  3.  ifiitMU<A;es*-D«-lafleld  1  28;  Lima 
10;  OtUwaS  47.     IFiMONsifi  i2iMr— Moniello  6 

3176 


ToUl  reeei?ed  from  ohurohes,     $7,170  04 

LsoAcieB.— L.egacy  of  Mifl«>  S  Anderson,  dec'd, 
late  of  Anhland,  Ohio  2  60;  Legacy  or  Be't-ey  u 
Mead,  dec*u,  late  of  Bedford  ch,  Wesicht^ter 
Pby  266  92;  l>egacy  of  («uy  Rtchardfs  d**c*d, 
laie  of  New  York  City,  (add*!)  400:  Le«:acy  of 
Prudence  Sloan,  dec*d,  late  of  Harrison  toiinty. 
Ohio  23  18  69<  SO 

MiscKLLA^'BOUS.— J  H  Colt,  Esq,  Alwater.Ohio  6: 
«*  FriendH,"  N  H  300;  Spring  Valley  babM?h,  .N  J 
18  36;  Mrs  ••R  K  D,**  Philadelphia,  Pa  6:  8  L 
Bradley.  E-q  Auburn.  N  T  2U;  Miss  -^H  M  O.* 
St  Paul,  Minn  6;  Mrs  Nancy  Dey,  Seneca  Falls, 
N  Y  It^O;  Mrs  M  L  Millar,  Malone,  N  Y  6 

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THE  TREASURY. 

The  Board,  by  borrowing,  paid  in  full  every  student  who  was  reported  before 
he  left  the  college  or  seminary.  The  fands  received  have  been  sufficient  to  clear 
off  these  recent  loans. 

We  have  not  yet  been  able  to  touch  former  loans  to  the  amount  of  $9,500. 

It  will  need  generous  contributions  from  the  churches  to  pay  these,  and  pat  us 
in  a  position  to  meet  promptly  the  approaching  demands  of  the  fall. 

A  SKETCH  OF  THE  PRESBYTERIANISM  OP  HUNGARY. 

It  will  be  pleasant  for  our  readers,  at  this  summer  season,  when  many  are 
flitting  in  search  of  refreshment,  and  the  thoughts  of  all  are  going  forth  in  quest  of 
relief  from  the  ordinary,  and  perhaps  exhausting,  routine  of  cares,  to  take  a  glance 
at  some  of  our  brethren  in  other  lands,  and  especially  at  their  efforts  in  behalf  of 
the  education  of  their  children  and  their  students  for  the  ministry. 

Hungary,  so  named  by  us  from  the  Huns,  but  styled  by  its  dominant  race  ^' the 
land  of  the  Magyars,"  is  to  us  Presbyterians  in  America  one  of  the  most  inter- 
esting countries  of  Europe. 

Two  millions  of  Reformed,  or  Presbyterian,  Calvinism  and  one  million  of  Lu- 
theran Calvinists,  control  the  nation.  The  church  organization  of  those  first  named 
is  the  most  completely  Presbyterian  of  any  in  Europe,  except  that  of  the  Scotch. 
It  18  thoroughly  democratic  and  representative;  so  much  so  indeed,  that  the  church 
session,  the  presbytery,  or  the  general  assembly,  each  elects  two  joint  moderators 
to  preside  over  \U  meetings — one  a  minister,  the  other  an  elder,  or,  as  they  style 
him,  a  '^curator.'*  The  only  marked  peculiarity  is  the  office  of  superintendent; 
a  sort  of  general  evangelist,  or  semi-bishop. 

WALDENSIAN  ORIGIN. 

The  origin  of  the  Church  is  Waldensian,  together  with  that  of  Bohemia  and 
Moravia.  Peter  Waldo  himself,  whose  name  has  been  attached  to  that  primitive 
Christian  Church  since  the  twelfth  century,  after  translating  the  Scriptures  into 
the  French,  and  being  driven  by  Roman  Catholic  persecution  from  Lyons,  took 
refuge  in  the  neighboring  Bohemian  mountains,  and  so  fervently  proclaimed  the 
gospel  of  Christ,  and  sent  abroad  so  many  missionaries  through  all  those  regions, 
that  within  little  more  than  a  century  afterwards  there  were  eighty  thousand 
believers  in  Hungary  alone,  besides  a  great  many  in  Bohemia  and  Moravia. 

The  sprightly  and  energetic  Magyar  race  had  been  converted  from  heathenism 
in  the  tenth  century  through  the  influence  of  their  king,  Gejza,  who  was  won  over 
by  a  Christian  wife,  succeeded  by  that  of  his  son,  Stephen  I.  The  people  wel- 
comed the  gospel  when  preached  to  them  by  the  Waldenses.  They  were  so  zeal- 
ous for  education  and  improvement,  that  the  Latin,  the  great  depository  of  learn- 
iDg  in  the  middle  ages,  strange  to  say,  became  a  popular  tongue,  and  partially 
dispossessed  the  native  Magyar.  Hence  in  Hungary  alone,  among  all  European 
countries,  the  traveller  hears  pure  Latin  spoken  to^ay  as  a  living  and  common 
language. 

mtSECUTIONS — APPEALS  TO  AM BRICA  AND  ENGLAND. 

But,  like  the  Waldenses,  the  Magyars  have  been  subject  to  frequent  and  most 
dreadful  persecutions  by  Romanism.    No  government  has  more  slavishly  and 


234  Board  of  Education.  lAuguU 

remorselessly  done  the  bidding  of  the  Pope  and  his  priests  than  the  Aastriaa. 
In  several  wajs  they  have  Tigorously  labored  to  crash  the  Magyar  Protestant- 
ism ;  by  confiscating  bibles,  destroying  printing  presses,  preventing  foreign  sym- 
pathy and  aid,  silencing  faithful  pastors,  closing  the  Protestant  schools  and  plant- 
ing those  of  Romanism  in  their  places, :and  refusing  the  young  men  permiaeioii 
to  study  at  foreign  universities.  Some  of  the  most  learned,  evangelical,  and 
devoted  of  the  Hungarian  ministry  have,  even  in  our  generation,  been  banished 
to  foreign  lands,  or  died  in  prison. 

But  though  tried  vrith  fire,  Hungary  has  ever  been  one  of  the  great  centres  of  the 
principles  of  freedom  upon  the  continent  of  Europe.  In  1848,  its  people  instantly 
took  advantage  of  the  general  political  convulsions  which  had  originated  in 
France,  and  in  the  very  next  month,  under  the  lead  of  Louis  Kossuth,  demanded 
and  obtuned  a  popular  constitution,  and  great  concessions  as  to  the  liberty  of  the 
press  and  other  rights.  A  struggle  ensued,  however,  at  the  close  of  which  Kos- 
suth, when  apparently  defeated,  visited  and  appealed  for  help  to  Protestant 
America  and  Great  Britain.  His  eloquent  appeals,  when  among  us  in  1852, 
many  of  us  beard  and  remember.  The  Hungarian  National  Assembly,  on  Afffil 
14,  1849,  at  a  meeting  which  was  held  in  a  Protestant  church,  had  made  a  Decla- 
ration of  Independence.  *'  Forget  not,"  cried  Kossuth,  to  Protestant  America 
and  England,  *^  those  who  are  oppressed.  Remember  there  is  a  community  in  the 
destiny  of  humanity.  Be  thankful  for  the  freedom  you  enjoy ;  and  lend  your 
brethren  a  helping  hand  for  the  future."    May  we  not  forget  his  earnest  words! 

TRIUMPH   AND  PROSPERITY. 

The  Magyars  patiently  and  bravely  continued,  against  tremendous  priestly  and 
despotic  exertions  to  destroy  them,  to  resist,  until  at  length  they  were  rewarded 
with  success.  In  1867  the  Austrians  granted  Hungary  practical  independence: 
that  is,  the  chief  provisions  of  the  constitution  of  1848 ;  though  the  kingdom  must 
remain  confederate  with  the  Austrian  empire. 

Now  that  beautiful  country,  so  rich  in  agricultural  and  mineral  wealth,  resem- 
bling our  own  Western  states,  is  leaping  forward  in  the  path  of  improvement  with 
surprising  energy.  It  has  nearly  four  thousand  miles  of  railroad  completed  or  in 
progress,  and  more  than  six  thousand  miles  of  telegraph.  Its  press  is  free,  and 
any  political  offences  committed  by  it  can  only  be  tried  by  jury.  Education  is 
granted  to  every  child,  however  poor.  The  pulpit  is  free  to  preach  the  gospel  of 
Christ  again.  Vienna  is  regarded  by  many  in  Europe  and  elsewhere  as  the  ci^ 
of  the  past,  Pesth  as  the  great  Austrian  city  of  the  future. 

MUTUAL  STMPATHT  WITH   AMERICA. 

The  Hungarian  Presbyterians  feel  the  deepest  interest  in  their  brethren  of  the 
same  faith  in  America.  Two  pastors,  Yon  Kaspar  and  Tardy,  though  almost 
unnoticed  amidst  the  greater  excitements  of  the  time,  were  present  as  represent- 
atives of  the  churches  of  Bohemia  and  Hungary,  at  the  two  General  Assemblies  at 
New  York,  in  1869,  which  adopted  the  final  measures  for  the  reunion  of  the 
Presbyterians  of  our  land;  and  we  promised  them  our  prayers,  our  help  as 
brethren,  and,  when  we  could,  an  occasional  delegate  to  their  General  Assembly. 

The  Congregational  Church  of  the  United  States  has  recently  begun  to  include 
the  Roman  Catholic  countries  of  Europe  in  its  foreign  mission  work.  The  Ameri- 
can Board  has  planted  an  important  mission  at  Prague,  in  Bohemia,  a  city  foroTer 
memorable  as  that  in  which  the  martyrs  John  Huss  and  his  colleague  Jerome,  t 
hundred  years  before  Luther,  preached,  and  in  the  great  universi^  of  which  both 
of  them  taught  as  professors.  Digitized  by  GoOgi 


1874.]  Board  of  Education.  235 

SCnOOLS  AND  QBKBRAL  EDUCATION. 

The  sehools  for  the  edaeation  of  their  children ,  and  for  the  rapplj  of  their 
ministry  and  professional  men,  have  ever  been  peculiarly  dear  to  the  Hungarian 
Protestants.  It  may  be  noticed  here,  as  in  harmony  with  this  fact,  that  women 
are  treated  with  more  respect  and  consideration  in  Hungary  than  in  most  other 
pari!  of  Europe ;  they  are  rarely  seen  laboring  in  the  severe  work  of  the  fields,  as 
they  are  in  Austria  and  other  neighboring  countries.  The  schools  especially 
kaare  been  ibm  olgeet  of  ^e  most  cruel,  unjust,  and  oppressive  efforts  to  crush  and 
exterminate  them  on  the  part  of  the  Austrian  government  and  the  Roman  Catholic 
priesthood.  But  the  Lora  has  wrought  a  wondrous  change  since  the  accession  of 
the  present  emperor,  Francis  Joseph,  to  the  throne,  in  1848,  and  the  humiliation 
of  Austria  by  the  German-Italian  war  of  1866. 

QKNimOUS  PROTISIONS  FOR  CANDIDATES  roi    TBI   MINI8TKT  AND  OTHBl  DBSllTINO 

STUDENTS. 

With  a  noble  sympathy  for  the  education  of  their  students  for  the  ministry  and 
other  promising  youniz  men,  the  Galvinistic  Church  of  Hungary  and  its  friends 
have  made  large  contributions  for  their  aid  at  foreign  universities.  There  are 
funds  from  which,  at  Geneva,  two  students  receive  upon  their  arrival  each  a  ffood 
complete  suit  of  clothes,  180  florins  ($90)  a  year  during  their  stay,  and  5  louis 
d'or  ($25)  when  they  leave.  At  Beroe  four  students  receive  each  at  first  94 
florins  for  clothing  and  books,  144  florins  a  year,  and  30  when  they  leave.  At 
Zurich  three  caA  have  102  florins  a  year  and  30  when  they  depart;  and  at  Basle 
two  can  have  free  board  and  lodging.  Besides  these  funds^  at  Swiss  universities, 
there  are  others  at  ten  universities  and  academical  institutions  in  Germany  and 
Holland.  And  there  are  considerable  funds  at  Cambridge  and  Oxford  in  England 
for  the  benefit  of  Hungarian  Calvinistic  students. 

The  Lutherans  of  Hungary  have  also  made  liberal  provision  abroad  for  their 
students.  They  possess  funds  at  Wittenburg,  Halle,  Gottingen,  Leipaic,  and 
six  other  institutions,  most  of  them  in  Germany.  They  have  several  funds  which 
may  be  employed  at  any  foreign  university.  The  emperor  Leopold  II.  gave  them 
1000  ducats  ($2200)  for  the  support  of  two  clergymen's  sons,  one  to  study  at 
Wittenburg,  Uie  other  at  Leipsic. 

THE   LESSONS  OF   HUNOABIAN  PIESBTTERIANISM. 

The  history  of  these  Presbyterians  of  Hungary — these  long-suffering  but 
unconquerable  disciples  of  Waldo,  IIuss,  Jerome,  Zwingle,  and  Calvin — is  full 
of  imfK)rtant  sug^stions  to  us  their  brethren  in  the  New  World. 

The  Pope  said  m  June  last,  when  presented  with  a  copy  of  an  address  of  con- 
dolence from  some  German  Catholics  in  this  country  to  Lodochowski,  nrchbishop 
of  the  Duchy  of  Posen,  amidst  his  conflicts  with  the  Prussian  government:  "The 
United  States  is  the  only  country  where  I  am  really  pope  in  the  eyes  of  tbe  gov- 
ernment.'' We  must  indeed  be  the  gullible  fools,  ignorant  of  history  and  ignorant 
of  Romanism  in  other  lands,  for  which  Pius  IX.  takes  us,  if  we  permit  him  to  be, 
or  if  we  suffer  our  politicians  to  make  him,  '*pope''  in  this  country  alone — to 
plant  his  standard  here  after  his  minions  have  been  driven  in  loathing  from  every 
other  counti^  of  the  civilized  world;  or  to  banish  our  bibles,  destroy  our  schools, 
corrupt  our  institudons,  and  extinguish  our  faith  and  our  liberties,  by  sword  and 
fire  and  dungeons,  as  he  for  centuries  labored  to  do  in  Hungary,  as  in  Austria 
Spain,  and  Ital^. 

^',  Uow  vitally  important  to  cherish,  defend  against  all  their  enemies,  and  inspire 
with  the  best  influences,  our  popular  schools  I  They  are  the  chief  earthly  stay  of 
those  '^principles  of  liberty  which,"  as  Kossuth  earnestly  reminded  our  people, 
*'are  the  strength,  the  glory,  and  the  happiness  of  the  nation.'' 

Our  young  men,  the  intelligent,  the  enterprisin|;,  the  reli^ous  part  of  them,  if 
wise,  will  recognize  the  bonds  of  brotherhood  which  strongly  bina  us  to  many  in 
other  lands — to  nations  and  religious  communities  which  deserve  our  sympathies, 
our  pravers,  our  benefactions,  possibly  our  lives  and  our  labors.  Two  millions 
of  Presl>yterians,  fireed  from  crushing  political  and  religious  disabilities,  and 
taking  the  lead  in  the  regeneration  of  the  Austrian  empire,  have  certainly  strong 
olaimt  upon  as.  Much  formalism  and  deadness,  and  some  error,  exists  among 
them.  Tney  need  the  inflaenoes  of  a  faithful  preaching  of  Christ  and  of  the  out- 
poaring  of  the  Holy  Spirit    If  thoroughly  refreshed  from  on  high,  what  a  power 


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Board  of  Education, 


{^Avguti 


the  two  Calvinistic  Cburehes,  nearly  as  nameroofi  as  oar  own  in  America,  woald 
be  in  the  heart  of  Europe,  and  to  the  surrounding  nations  and  continents  I 

Those  disciples  of  the  Waldenses,  those  children  of  Hnss,  those  followers  of  Cal- 
yin,  should  teach  u»  the  preciousness  of  our  ministry  of  the  gospel,  and  of  our  cmn- 
didates  for  the  ministry ;  and  should  deeply  arouse  us  by  the  example  of  beneftao- 
tions  so  lar^e  and  wisely  bestowed,  amidst  their  deep  poverty  and  terrible  persecu- 
tions, to  exercise  much  greater  liberality  towards  our  students,  who  are.  in  ao 
many  respects,  the  hope  of  the  Church,  and  the  only  means  of  salvation  to  millioiM 
in  tlie  world. 


RECEIPTS  IN  JUNE  1874. 
'  Synods  In  small  capitals— Preabyteries  in  italics— Ghnicbes  in  Ronuoi. 


Albant.— il26aiiy~AlbAny  1st  35.  Champlain-' 
Fort  CoTinuiOD  28.    Cb{ttm6ia— Jewe it  21  47 

84  47 

ATLAimc.— £m(  FloHda'-&t.  Aogastine  Ist 

36  16 

Baltimorb.  ~  Waihingt^m  Of fy  — Washington, 
MeiropoUian  32  ini 

Cshtkal  Nbw  YoMT.—Binghamton-^Blog,hAm- 
ton  North  I  ai.  Otsego-^  Franklin  1  40.  St. 
Xaioienee  — Oswexaiehie  2d  10  4'».  Sifraeus^— 
(Joastaatia  4  78;  byracuso,  iBt  Ward  92  cts 

IS  94 

Cinciniik'n.—ChiUieotk&^Mt  Pleasant        6  00 

CLKTcL\!fD.—aeuetond— Cleveland  1st  42.  St 
aairmZ/«— Portland  I  64 ;  Scotch  h-idge  I  40. 
SUubmvUU—Bethei  11  38;  Two  Ridges  31  10 

87  42 

GoLVif 808— Jt^«it~Watertown  6  30.  Wooster 
—Berlin  I;  JaoKxon?  66;  Ontario 3  06;Orrville 
2;  Woo9ter  22.  ^ne9t;i/£e— Hanover  2;  Jeffer- 
son 2  20  45  21 

EaM.—CS'ar<<Mi— Perry  6.  £Wc— Georeeiowrn 
16;  Hannonburg  1176.  Kittnnning  —  Homer 
6  25 ;  Marion  lo  08 ;  Kayne  1 1  60.  Shenango^ 
ClarkHTille  26  88;  New  Brighton  29  60;  Went- 
fiuld  20  U  140  69 

GiiiLrA.— Geneva— Romnlus  28  02;  Tramans- 
bnrgti  24  16;  Victor  19  40.  Z^ons— Woloott  Ist 
17  26  83  82 

fiAERissvaas  —  Hintlngion  —  Bethel     4  06 ; 

(LowrerTaHoarora^i  tfO;  Peru  4  17.    Northumbnr- 

Innd—Jersey  dhore  76  7H;  Northiimbeiinnd  19. 

H^d^^f  6(/ro— Beeoiier  Idland  6 ;  Farroingion  2  60 

143  98 

lLLivoT8,CiirTRAL  —  Paor(a— Eureka  14  16 

iLuxois,  North.- jPr««p9ri—Preei>ort  2d  9  62; 
Galena  1st  9  41.  OWowa— Aurora  7  "26.  Rock 
£roer— Uamlet  1;  Nurih  Uendemon '20       47  18 

iLuxois,  SouTB.— A/^on— CarlinviUe  «;  Plain- 
Tipw  8.)  cim;  Virden  2  03.  if aCtocm— Prairie 
HomeO  35  16  23 

lj(t.i4MA.  North.— Oato/brdit;iZ/e— Lafayette  2d 
38  15.  'Fart  ffaync— blutfton  11.  Loganapori — 
GoodlandS  67  16 

lMDiA!rt,BooTn.—/««d»anapo2»t— Columbus  7  2u; 
ShiloU  1  70.  yew  il/6a»y— Bethel  4  10.  Vin- 
ce«"««— Peiemburgh  4  17  00 

Iowa,  North.— Okiur  ^puk.— Anamo!>a  16  cts  ; 
Farmer's  Greek  2;  Mvcuanicsvitle  7.  Water* 
Zoo— ttock  Cretk  32  cts  9  47 

Iowa,  3v.uth.  Den  Jfoines- Oj»ceola  8.  lotoa — 
Oakland  4  76;  Hiiuoam  8.  Jotoa  CYe^— Walcott 
6  lu  20  86 

KsKtvcXT.    Xobisvftts— LoaisTille,  Walnut  8t 

I  60 

Lowo  ISLASiD— i9rooA;^2n>— Edgewater  1st    7147 

MioHWAM.— Defroi*— Detroit,  Fort  8t  18  90; 
Detroit,  We^tiiiinMer  2  94.  Zanswij^LanHinff 
Isi  3  61.    Jtfonrc/e— hilladale  14  M  34  68 

MuiNtsoTA  -^Alankato-'Le  Sueur  6  42.  St  Paul 
—  Kev  J  U  Kiheldalier  2j.  H'tnona— La  Crenceiit 
4  60  86  92 

MnaocRi.— ftrimyra  —  West  Ely  7.  Ptatte— 
KioK  City  6«iciM;  tjiogon  6;  Union  2  do.  St. 
wL(/ui0— St  Louis  1st  10  26  tM) 


Nbw JiasrT.—£/»za6sa  —  Basking  Ridse  9X; 
Elizabeth  8d  4  70;  Metuchen  Ist  1  76:  Plackis- 
min  1  30;  Summit  (  entralS  29:  Wefittleld  n  ost. 
JerMcy  CVv— Tenafly  2  93.  MnmtHrmth— ikM^n- 
town30;  Brickibunzh  4  05;  Cranberry  2d  7  34; 
Cream  ftidffe  10;  Uiffhtstown  67;  MattAwaa 
20.26.  Morria  and  Oronps— Lower  Vall«y  6: 
Morristown  l»t8  34;  Oranse  2d  90  tS.  A'emfark 
— LyonN  Farms  27  80;  Newark.  Park  8  91. 
New  Bruntwiek^Amwtn  1st  6  60;  Stockton  8  60. 
Aeto/on— Blairstown  4  76  3SS  m 

Nbw  York.— fTcirfson— Coohecton  18  cf*»;  Da- 
mascus 18  ctx;  tlamptonborxh4  18;  Middletovn 
1st  2  8» ;  Middletown  2d  5  46;  WashinxtooYille 
Ist  2  80;  West  Town  1  18.  New  York—Sew 
York  Brick  89  2^  Weatehesier—yew  tloeb«I(e 
66;  Pound  ridge  10  171  S8 

PHiLADBLpmA.— Clkasfer— Media  3  27.  Z^o/Sba- 
wamta— Franklin  98  ots;  Mn*  M  E  ThonsAM  &: 
Ru»<hville  2;  SteTensTille2.  Lehifih—ljoweT  Mt 
Bethel  I  66;  Middle  Smithfleld  6;  ShennncloAh 
8;  i^ouih  Bethlehem  6.  PlUiadatoAia  Cmtrat^ 
Pnila«lelphia.  North  Broad  St  64  29.  Pki/odS' 
phin  N'jrth—Dov\es:own  and  Deep  Run  17  41; 
Fsib  of  Schuylkill  22.  lf«|CmtfU/er— Middlo 
Ocioraral6  i.*^!  in 

Pittsditboh.— AAitr«t7»/2«— Jobn*>town  10;  New 
Alexundria  4  29.  Ptttiburgh  —  Piitaburah  2d 
19  A3;  Pittsburgh, Shady  :iide  14  16.  i2^d«/cmc— 
McEeespnrt  I^t  60.  Wtuhington—Vf  heel  inn  4th 
14  CIS.  Wat  Ktryuiia— GleuviUe  2;  Lumu«r- 
portl;  Sutton  2  Iw.t  IS 

ToLBDo  — 5e^^</dnto<ns— Buck  Creelc  13;  Bucy- 
ruif  2  77.  iTu'vn— <ireeo  Springs  33  cts.  J#€m> 
mee— Uicksnlle42  cts;  Union  70  cts  17  xS 

WiSTBBN  Nbw  York,— .B«/a/o— Buffalo.  Central 
14;  Buffalo,  Weitmiosier  i4  18.  (rfwescs— North 
Bergen  8.  Oonesee  Ka^/^— Almond  4  15;  R\\U 
cotiville  3:  PortTille  5.  iSoeAscter- Lima  4  94; 
Rochester,  Central  18  83;  Sparta  1st  6         7S  10 

Wisoowsiff.— La*«  Aiperior— Sanlt  Ste  Mane  4. 
MUwjitkee  —  Delafield  Ji7  cts;  Uiiawa  69  ct!«« 
Wueontm  i^oer— Fancy  CreeK  2  (»5;  Bichlaod 
City  1  20  •  31 

Total,       $1^8  (IT 

LBQAaiS. 

Betsy  H.  Mead.  Ml  Pleasant,  N.  Y.,  266  93; 
Prudence  Sloan,  Harrison  Co,  O.,  6  46—27.^  38 

Interest  on  john  Mean's  Legacy  40S;  lDtere«t 
on  Geo  W  Rankin's  Legacy  8ii0;  iniereM  on 
Robt  F  ClarkN  Legacy  6u;  interest  on  Judaii 
Colt's  Legacy  34  60;  interest  on  J  A  Jacob** 
Legacy  33  835  60 

Rlft7.HDRI>. 

•«G  F  F"  64;  "  H  S  B"  10;  "  W  R  L*'  60   124  00 

MlSOBLLAMBOtTS. 

J  S  Brown.  Iroquois,  111,  2;  From  a  Friend  S ; 
J  H  N,  St  Oharltrs,  Mo,  3  60  7  ho 

Total  Receipts  in  June,  8^128  48 

B.  O.  WOODWARD,  ^eoturcr. 

1334  Chestnut  Street.  PtUadelphia. 

Reports  and  correspODdenoe  retatinx  lo  tbe 
general  bu»>ineMi  of  the  Board,  address  to  V\u<- 
UAM  bPBBR,  iJ.D.t  Oorrmpondmg  Sterefmy. 


1874.]  Board  of  Foreign  Mtstions.  237 

BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


RECENT  INTELLIGENCE. 

Notices  of  MrssiONARiBS — The  Rev.  W.  W.  Eddy  and  hie  family,  of  the  Syria 
Mission,  have  arrived  in  this  country,  on  a  visit  partly  for  the  sake  of  health,  and 
partly  to  make  arrangements  for  the  education  of  their  children.  The  Rev.  D. 
McGilvary  and  his  family  have  started  on  their  return  to  the  Laos  Mission,  and 
Marion  Cheek,  M.D.,  of  Mebaneville,  N.  C,  appointed  as  a  Medical  missionary  in 
connection  with  the  same  mission.  Miss  Susie  M.  Grimsted,  of  the  church  of 
Metuchen,  N.  J.,  and  Miss  Mary  Core,  of  the  church  of  Denver,  Col.,  under 
appointment  to  the  mission  in  Siam,  expect  to  sail  at  the  same  time  from  San 
Francisco.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McGilvary  leave  their  two  oldest  children  at  school  in 
this  country.  The  Rev.  E.  W.  Blyden  has  embarked  on  his  return  to  Liberia, 
with  health  benefited  by  his  short  visit. 

Added  to  the  Chukch. — At  Beirut^'four  young  girls  were  received  as  commu- 
nicants *,  at  Rio  do  Janeiro,  one  new  communicant  was  received ;  in  Mexico,  a 
church  was  organized,  and  sixty-three  members  were  admitted,  of  all  ages,  but 
mostly  in  the  prime  of  life ;  in  Zacateoas,  in  the  last  two  months,  sixty  persons 
were  received  as  communicants  after  baptism,  and  fourteen  by  letters  of  dismission 
from  other  churches,  besides  three  accepted  by  the  church  session  for  the  next 
communion.    Eighteen  children  were  baptized. 

Ordination  Sebyicbs  of  much  interest  were  held  at  Futtehgurb,  India,  on  the 
23d  of  April,  when  Mohun  Lai  was  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Furrukhabad, 
and  installed  as  pastor  of  the  church. 

Religious  Interest,  in  an  encouraging  degree,  is  reported  among  the  youth  in 
the  schools  of  our  missionaries  in  Yokohama,  and  it  is  hoped  that  a  number  of 
these  scholars  will  soon  make  a  profession  of  their  faith  in  Chri^t. 

Among  the  Indians. — Mr.  Ramsey  speaks  of  a  recent  visit  to  a  neighborhood 
of  Creeks,  who  welcomed  his  preaching  services.  He  was  informed  that  about 
3000  of  the  Indians  in  this  region  are  much  in  need  of  missionary  labor,  and 
he  made  an  appointment  to  preach  in  this  neighborhood  again,  and  also  to  preach 
to  the  Potawatomies  in  the  same  vicinity.  Mr.  Truax  reports  a  good  degree 
of  progress  in  the  Navajo  school  under  a  teacher  and  a  matron  appointed  by  the 
Government,  and  also  the  improving  condition  of  the  Indians  under  their  present 
Agent.  He  adds,  ^'  A  large  number  of  children  and  youth  could  be  kept  in  con- 
stant attendance  upon  the  school,  if  they  were  supported."  For  this  support, 
expectation  is  properly  directed  to  the  Government,  which  stands  to  education 
among  the  Indians  as  does  the  State  to  the  Common  School  system  in  most  of  our 
States.  Dr.  Williamson  mentions  that  his  son,  the  Rev.  John  P.  Williamson, 
had  started  on  his  journey  to  the  proposed  new  station  among  the  Dakotas,  near 
the  junction  of  Milk  River  with  the  Missouri.  He  is  making  the  journey  there 
by  land,  so  as  to  visit  and  preach  in  the  Indian  settlements,  but  he  expects  to 
return  by  boat  down  the  Missouri.  This  is  a  journey  of  much  interest,  and  perhaps 
of  some  danger ;  but  we  trust  Mr.  Williamson  will  be  kept  in  safety,  and  his 
visit  lead  to  important  results. 

Receipts  in  Mat  and  June. — From  churches,  $18,019 ;  from  individual  donors, 
$1^9 ;  from  legacies,  $6,750— in  all,  $26,039.  Last  year  the  receipts  in  May  and 
June  were  $33,480.  From  the  churches  and  individual  donors,  this  year,  $19,288 ; 
last  year,  $29,746.  . ^ 


238  Board  of  Foreign  Mmions.  [Augu$i 

Litters  Recbitbd  to  July  14th. — From  the  Chippewa  MisBion,  Jane  SOth; 
Omaha,  June  15th  j  Dakofca,  July  4th  ;  Seminole,  June  29th;  Navajo,  June  Uth; 
Nez  Perces,  June  25th  ;  Yokohama,  June  5th ;  Yedo,  May  20th  ;  Peking,  May 
Ist;  Tungchow,  April  22d ;  Ningpo,  May  9th;  Shanghai,  May  11th;  Hang- 
chow,  May  4th;  Canton,  May  25th;  Bangkok,  April  16th;  Allahabad,  May  23d; 
Mynpurie,  May  2l8t ;  Futtehgurh,  May  8th  ;  Ambala,  May  8th  ;  Sabathu,  June 
Ist;  Tabriz,  May  25th;  Ispahan,  April  30th;  Beirut,  June  4th;  Gaboon,  April 
28th;  Rio  de  Janeiro,  May  22d ;  Sao  Paulo,  May  19th;  Rio  Claro,  May  15th; 
Bahia,  May  29th ;  Bogota,  May  16th  ;  Mexico,  June  20th ;  Zacatecas,  June  10th. 


"THE  ESPECIAL  FRIENDS  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS*'  AND  HOME 

MISSIONS. 

The  reference  in  the  last  Record  was  not  to  these  friends  generally ;  neither 
must  it  be  understood  as  implying  any  want  of  interest  on  their  part  towards  the 
cause  of  Home  Missions.  So  we  are  assured,  and  are  glad  to  believe ;  and  we 
state  this  in  reply  to  some  inquiries. 

We  suppose  the  reference  in  question  was  a  sequel  to  a  little  discussion  that 
took  place  in  the  closing  hours  of  the  last  General  Assembly,  on  the  Budget  or 
Schedule  of  sums  to  be  apportioned  to  the  several  Boards.  This  Budget  is  a  some- 
what new  thing,  and  one  which  needs  to  be  studied,  if  it  is  to  be  continued  as  a 
permanent  part  of  our  Church  plans.  We  do  not  intend  here  to  express  an  opin- 
ion on  the  subject,  but  we  can  readily  understand  how  brethren,  members  of  the 
Assembly  called  to  vote,  might  easily  reach  differing  judgments  concerning  it; 
and  this,  without  any  want  of  hearty  interest  in  the  prosperity  of  all  the  parts  of 
our  missionary  work  as  a  Church.  At  any  rate,  we  are  glad  to  believe  that  **the 
especial  friends  of  foreign  missions**  are  also  the  friends  and  supporters  of  all  cor 
Boards.    We  do  not  know  any  exception  to  this  remark. 

''THESE  FROM  THE  LAND  OF  SINIM.*' 
We  suppose  the  Chinese  who  have  come  to  our  country  may  be  regfuxled  as  from 
this  land.  We  hope,  and  doubt  not,  that  they  and  their  people  at  home  will  one 
day  come  unto  Christ  as  their  Saviour,  We  look  on  the  church  of  forty  seven 
Chinese  communicants  in  San  Francisco,  thirty  of  whom  were  received  last  jear, 
as  first-fruits  of  the  harvest.  The  schools  also  in  San  Francisco,  Sacramento,  and 
San  Jos6,  containing  over  one  hundred  and  fifty  scholars,  (see  report  in  another 
column  of  one  of  these  schools);  the  preaching  services  of  the  missionaries.  Dr. 
Loomis  and  Mr.  Condit,  and  their  native  assistants ;  their  manifold  labors  in  the 
Chinese  part  of  the  city,  among  the  coming  and  departing  emigrants,  and  in  the 
interior ;  all  these  are  important  means  of  bringing  this  people  to  the  Redeemer. 
This  missionary  work  was  begun  when  the  Chinese  first  came  to  this  country.  It 
has  been  continued  ever  since.  It  has  made  its  mark  for  good  on  many  thousands 
of  these  emigrants,  and  its  influence  has  been  deeply  felt  in  China  itself,  as  from 
the  first  it  was  foreseen  would  be  the  case. 

We  are  grateful  that  so  many  pastors  of  our  own  and  other  churches  on  the 
Pacific  coast  are  now  warmly  interested  in  these  Chinese.  Commonly  this  inter- 
est takes  the  form  of  teaching  them  in  Sabbath-schools.  Their  desire  to  learn  our 
language  brings  many  of  them  to  these  schools.  As  the  teachers  do  not  speak 
Chinese,  however,  and  as  the  scholars  cannot  yet  speak  English,  no  large  amount 
of  Christian  truth  can,  for  a  time,  be  imparted  in  this  way ;  but  the  Christian 
sympathy  thus  shown  to  these  strangers  within  our  gates,  will  bear  blessed  fruit  i 
and  in  many  ways  these  labors,  as  also  the  Christian  example  and  kindness  of 


1874.]  Board  of  Foreign  Minions,  239 

familieB  in  which  Chinamen  are  employed  as  servants,  will  yield  the  happiest 
results.  We  heartily  bid  God-speed  to  all  such  efforts  as  these.  Still  we  must 
rely  chiefly  on  the  thorough  work  of  those  who  can  speak  the  language  of  this 
people,  and  who  give  themselves  wholly  to  their  evangelization.  Our  humble 
Mission  House,  corner  of  Sacramento  and  Stockton  streets,  Sun  Francisco,  is  at 
once  home,  school,  church,  and  theological  institute,  in  its  influences  for  good  to 
many.  We  commend  our  brethren  and  the  elect  ladies  of  the  mission  to  the  pray- 
ers of  our  churches.  They  are  doing  a  great  work — we  believe  a  truly  great 
work  for  our  own  country,  and  still  more  for  China.  We  wish  they  could  have  a 
larger  and  better  arranged  building  for  their  varied  work ;  and  this  they  must 
have  before  long. 

We  add  a  few  words  about  the  probable  extent  of  Chinese  emigration  to  this 
country.  The  census  of  1870  gave  63,199  as  the  number  of  Chinese  in  all  our 
States  and  Territories — of  whom  58,680  were  males  and  4,574  were  females.  Of 
the  whole  number  55,759  were  li?ing  in  California,  Oregon  and  Nevada ; — in  Cal- 
ifornia, 49,277.  In  1860  the  census  gave  34,933  as  the  whole  Chinese  population 
— an  increase  in  ten  years  of  28,266.  It  is  easy  to  indulge  in  glowing  language 
about  the  vast  incoming  multitudes  from  overpeopled  China,  who  are  soon  to  fill 
up  all  our  unoccupied  acres,  and  deluge  our  land  with  idolatry  ;  but  see  a  few 
eober  truths.  1.  The  Chinese  immigration  is  not  in  most  cases  self  moved,  like 
the  Irish  and  German ;  it  is,  to  a  large  extent,  the  result  of  speculation  by  Chi- 
nese capitalists  associated  in  "  Companies."  It  does  not  rest  on  a  sound  and  per- 
manent basis.  2.  The  Chinese  do  not  come  with  their  families — see  returns  of 
the  census  above  as  to  the  small  number  of  females.  They  are  eminently  a  fam- 
ily people,  but  in  this  country  there  are  few  persons  with  whom  they  could  inter- 
marry. 3.  They  do  not  come  to  stay ;  every  one  of  them  expects  to  go  back  to 
his  native  country,  and  nearly  all  of  them  do  go  back, — living  or  dead ;  the 
**  Companies"  engage  to  send  back  for  burial  the  bodies  of  thoee  who  die  here. 
Hence  the  small  number  now  in  this  country,  out  of  the  hundreds  of  thousands 
who  have  come  here  since  1852.  4.  So  long  as  they  are  heathens,  they  vnll  go 
back  to  China  under  the  force  of  ancestral  superstitions,  especially  as  connected 
with  death  and  burial.  When  they  become  Christians,  we  may  welcome  them 
more  warmly  than  we  do  now,  though  they  will  not  then  need  our  help. 

Soch  reasons  as  these  are  conclusive  against  the  theory  of  an  immense  immi- 
gration, permanently  overflowing  the  land.  But  thousands  will  come,  to  be  brought 
in  contact  with  our  Christianity  or  our  Ir-religion,  and  they  will  carry  back  to 
their  homes  impressions  deeply  important  to  themselves  and  their  people.  If  our 
charohes  are  faithful,  these  impressions  will  be  of  great  power  in  the  conversion  of 
the  myriads  of  China.  It  is  not  endowment  of  professorships  in  Chinese  that  we 
want ;  nor  is  it  chiefly  American  missionaries ;  but  it  is  native  teachers,  colpor- 
teurs, and  preachers,  well  trained,  well  superintended.  And  for  these  we  look 
mainly  to  such  missionaries  as  our  Church  is  supporting  in  San  Francisco.  By 
the  blessing  of  God,  in  answer  to  the  prayers  of  his  people,  these  labors  of  our 
brethren  will  accomplish  the  greatest  good  for  *'  the  Chinese  in  California"  and 
abo  for  the  Chinese  in  China. 


MISSIONARY  EXPERIENCE. 

** August  27, 1823.    Yesterday  morning  1  felt  much  cast  down.    I  did  not  get 

relief,  and  after  breakfast  went  to  God.    My  mind  was  turned  from  myself  to  the 

heathen,  by  reading  a  hymn  oonoeming  the  coming  of  Christ's  kingdom  to  all 

nations ;  and  during  prayer  I  seemed  to  feel  a  new  desire,  or  rather  to  ask  with 


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new  earnestness  for  the  abundant  outpouring  of  the  Spirit  at  thb  station,  so  that 
every  heart  should  feel,  and  every  one  coming  to  the  house  should  say,  '  How 
awful  is  this  place !' .  •  . 

^^Septemher  7.  I  have  to-day  been  with  Jesus  in  his  last  interviews  with  his 
disciples,  his  agony  in  the  garden  and  on  the  cross^  and  his  appearing  again  after 
his  resurrection ; — scenes  which  never  before  appeared  so  full  of  everything 
encouraging,  strengthening  and  comforting.  What  display  of  love,  of  tender- 
ness, of  glorious  majesty !  In  view  of  all  this,  I  feel  that  even  for  me  there  ia  a 
way  of  access  to  God  in  behalf  0/ this  poor  people,  , ,  Lord  take  away  my  sloth,  my 
unbelief,  my  hardness  of  heart,  my  distrust  of  thee ;  and  grant  me  humility, 
activity,  tenderness  of  heart,  and  strong  faith.  Can  I  not  say,  Lord,  thou  know- 
eat  that  I  desire  above  everything  to  be  like  my  Redeemer,  to  have  his  spirit,  to 
be  filled  with  his  fulness,  that  I  may  glorify  thee  among  this  people !'' — Mrs. 
Harriet  L,  Winsloto, 


EXTRACTS  FROM  THE  REPORT  OF 
THE  KOLAPOOR  MISSION,  INDIA. 

{OoHcluded  from  pag4  911.) 
BATNAGIRI   STATION. 

It  is  a  great  privilege  to  be  permitted 
to  preach  Christ  to  sinful  men,  and 
especially  to  the  heathen.  I  therefore 
ask  ray  personal  friends,  and  the  friends 
of  Missions,  to  join  me  in  a  hearty 
thanksgiving  to  Gud,  that  aflier  an  ab- 
sence of  seven  years  and  a  half.  He  has 
enabled  me  to  resume  my  work  in  this 
land.  I  now  see  a  Father^s  hand  in 
past  bereavements  and  an  illness  that 
brought  me,  more  than  once,  to  the 
very  gate  of  death.  He  was  disciplin- 
ing and  preparing  me  better  for  this 
work,  by  giving  precious  experiences 
of  the  cheering,  sustaining  power  of 
the  religion  of  Christ.  I  reached  Kola- 
poor  the  3d  of  December,  1872,  visited 
Katnagiri,  with  Mr.  Seller,  the  same 
month,  and  removed  hither  early  in 
January. 

Preaching. — Fortunately  the  house 
we  have  rented  has  a  room  that  we  can 
use  for  a  chapel,  and  here  we  have  had 
services  on  Sabbath  morning,  with  au- 
diences usually  very  attentive.,  varying 
from  10  to  60.  We  have  also  a  daily  ser- 
vice that  gives  promise  of  much  good.  On 
Sabbath  afternoon  we  have  sometimes 
gone  to  the  jail,  where  we  have  had 
from  thirty  to  eighty  hearers;  some- 
times to  the  Bazaar  in  town,  where  we 
had  still  larger  audiences,  etc.  ...  At 
many  of  the  above  mentioned  gather- 
ings, the  Holy  Spirit  has  very  evidently 
been  present  to  impress  the  word  spoken. 
We  have  been  blest  in  waiting  on  God. 

Itinerancy, — Besides  visiting  repeat- 
edly all  parts  of  the  town  and  villages 
near  Ratnagiri,  I  have  been  north  to 
Dapoli,  sixty  miles,  and  south  to  Yin- 


gorla,  eighty  miles,  and  have  visited 
many  intervening  places.  Compara- 
tively few  of  the  1,03G,000  in  this  Col- 
lectorate  have  yet  heard  of  the  Bible 
and  the  Saviour.  ...  It  has  been  a  dili- 
gent inquiry  with  roe— ^tr  /  can  most 
effectually  reach  the  hearts  of  my  hearers, 
and  I  am  convinced  that  all  men,  and 
especially  the  illiterate,  need  in  the  out- 
set to  know  what  the  Christian  religion 
does^  as  well  as  what  it  is,  **  Ye  are 
my  witnesses,"  says  God  to  His  people, 
And  He  would  have  us  testify  how  this 
religion  rebinds  poor,  wandering,  sinful 
man,  to  his  Maker.  Whole  audiences 
have  listened  with  deep  interest  to  the 
truth  that  God  can  pardon  all  their  sins 
through  Christ  j  tan  take  away  all  fear 
of  death,  and  give  them  the  assurawtt 
that  they  are  the  heirs  of  heaven.  And 
when  I  tell  them  that  He  has  done  all 
this  for  me,  and  is  ready  at  this  moment 
to  do  the  same  for  them,  some  of  them 
have  manifested  a  ioy  like  that  of  a 
condemned  criminal  on  hearing  his 
pardon.  I  think  I  have  seen  evidence 
of  the  work  of  the  Spirit  in  the  hearts 
of  some  of  my  audiences  in  the  past 
year.  After  a  morning  meeting,  a 
•  young  man  stayed  to  converse  upon  the 
subject  of  the  sermon,  and  remained 
long  afler  the  usual  time  for  his  meal, 
and  when  apprised  of  the  hour,  he  re- 
plied, **  I  was  80  interested  in  the  talk 
that  I  had  no  appetite  at  all."  Are  we 
not  under  the  dispensation  of  the  Spirit, 
and  ought  we  not  to  have  the  utmost 
confidence  in  His  power? 

Tracts,  Books,  and  Scriptures, — ^The 
circulation  in  1873,  has  been  : — Tracts 
and  books,  9.800  pages;  Scriptures, 
and  portions,  78,149  pages. 

No  doubt  this  report  Will  meet  the 
eve  of  some  one  who  are  asking  where 

the  Master  would  have  have  &em  go 

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and  work  ?  To  such  let  me  say,  that 
laborers  are  greatly  needed  in  the 
OoDcan.  Multltadcs  among  its  two 
and  a  half  millionSf  are  in  deep  moral 
darkness,  waiting  for  the  light  of  the 
Oonpel;  and  it  is  our  fervent  prayer 
that  God  may  incline  many  to  come  and 
bring  this  light  to  them. —  IF.  P,  Barker, 


ORDINATION  OF  A  HINDOO  PAS- 
TOR. 
The  Rev.  Thomas  Tracy,  of  Futteh- 
gurh,  gives  us  the  following  paper, 
under  date  of  May  8th.  It  will  be  read 
with  interest,  for  several  reasons. 

Our  Mission  Station  has  recently 
been  the  scene  of  an  incident  in  the 
history  of  our  native  church,  so  inter- 
esting and  80  full  of  promise  for  good, 
that  I  take  great  pleasure  in  informing 
you  of  it. 

You  are  well  aware  how  difficult  a 
thing  it  has  been  in  our  Mission  in 
India,  to  induce  the  members  of  our 
churches  to  take  measures  for  securing 
for  themselves  pastors.  And  this  has 
not  only  been  found  difficult  in  our 
mission  field,  but  almost  every  Mission- 
ary Society  in  India  has  had  occasion 
to  feel  sorrow  and  deep  concern  at  the 
indifference  so  generally  manifested 
upon  tbis  subject  by  the  members  of 
their  churches. 

One  great  difficulty  is  found  in  the 
poverty  of  those  who  most  frequently 
compose  the  churches.  Our  little 
flocks  are  gathered  from  among  the 
poor  of  this  world.  They  are  at  first 
dependent  either  upon  the  treasury  of 
the  Mission,  or  upon  the  charity  of 
friends  whom  God  raises  up  to  provide 
for  his  needy  ones.  They  are  utterly 
cast  off  by  those  who  formerly  supported 
them.  .  .  .  Many  of  our  churches  are  too 
poor  to  support  a  pastor.  The  diffi- 
culty does  not  end  however,  when  the 
people  become  able  to  provide  for  a 
pastor.  The  questions  then  present 
themselves  as  to  what  amount  each 
member  ought  to  give,  and  relatively 
how  much  help  ought  to  be  rendered 
by  the  Mission  before  a  pastor  can  be 
placed  over  a  coni^egation.  When  we 
remember  how  much  grace  is  required 
to  make  us  appreciate  the  blessing  of 
being  able  to  offer  this  sacrifice  of 
praise  and  thanksgiving  to  the  Lord, 
we  need  not  be  surprised  to  find  that 
the  members  of  our  Indian  Church  are 
not  far  in  advance  of  those  of  England 
and  America. 


One  step  more  must  be  taken  before 
we  seem  to  be  beyond  the  obstacles 
which  crowd  our  path,  and  before  we, 
as  a  court  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  can  take 
the  important  step  of  ordaining  men 
for  this  important  and  responsible 
office.  Upon  whom  shall  we  lay  hands? 
The  question  is  not,  who  is  the  choice 
of  the  Missionaries  or  of  the  Presby- 
tery, but  who  is  the  one  chosen  by  the 
Church.  .  . . 

It  is  a  matter  of  great  rejoicing  then, 
when  the  way  seems  open,  and  when 
the  man,  upon  whom  the  choice  of  the 
church  rests,  is  the  most  desirable  per- 
son that  can  be  found.  The  Minutes  of 
the  General  Assembly  for  1873  con- 
tained an  error,  in  that  it  reported  Mo- 
hnn  Ldl  as  pastor  of  the  Furrukhabad 
city  church.  This,  however,  I  am  glad 
to  tell  you  is  now  a  fact 

On  April  23d  a  large  company  of 
Christians,  and  many  persons  from 
among  the  heathen  who  had  been  asso- 
ciated with  Mohun  Ldl  in  the  police 
service  of  the  government  before  he 
became  a  Christian,  came  together  in 
the  large  school-room  of  our  city  high- 
school,  which  is  now  used  also  as  a 
church,  to  witness  the  solemn  and  in- 
structive services  of  the  ordination  and 
installation  of  a  pastor.  Rev.  Dr.  Brod- 
head,  being  in  Futtehgurh  at  the  time, 
was  invited  to  take  part  in  the  services. 
He  preached  the  ordination  sermon  from 
2  Cor.  iv.  5,  "  For  we  preach  not  our- 
selves, but  Christ  Jesus  the  Lord." 
The  Moderator,  Rev.  J.  J.  Lucas,  read 
the  constitutional  questions  to  the  can- 
didate, and  made  the  ordination  prayer. 
The  Rev.  George  A.  Seeley  affectionate- 
ly and  earnestly  pointed  out  to  the 
pastor  the  greatness  and  responsibility 
of  the  work  to  which  he  had  been 
called.  The  Rev.  Thomas  Tracv  then 
brii  fly  set  before  the  church  the  im]>or- 
tance  of  honoring,  loving,  and  helping 
their  pastor  by  prayer,  in  order  that 
the  relation  constituted  might  prove  a 
blessing  to  all ;  and  the  deeply  inter- 
esting exercises  were  brought  to  a  close 
by  a  few  earnest  words  from  the  pastor. 

I  need  not  tell  you  that  this  was  a 
very  happy  day  to  us  who  had  witnessed 
all  the  difficulties,  and  bad  sometimes 
apprehended  that  many  more  years 
would  pass  before  we  could  rejoice  in 
the  blessings  which  make  our  hearts 
glad  to-day. 

Mohun  L&l  is  a  man  worthy  of  great 
honor,  and  we  have  every  reason  to  be- 
lieve that  the  Lord  has  directed  the 
church  in  his  choice.  He  is  yerv  earnest 


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and  zealous  in  preaohing  the  gospel,  and 
never  fails.  I  believe,  in  interesting  his 
hearers.  His  early  history,  conversion, 
and  gradual  preparation  for  the  work 
of  the  ministry  have  all  been  marked 
by  the  Holy  Spirit's  operation,  and 
show  clearly  that  he  is  one  of  the  Lord^s 
chosen  ones.  Much  has  been  written 
about  him  in  former  years,  so  that 
nothing  further  n^ed  be  added  here. 

May  the  Lord  Jesus  raise  up  manj 
more  faithful  and  devoted  men  like  this 
dear  brother,  to  carry  on  our  work  when 
we  are  called  away  I 


CHINESE  MISSION  SOHOOL  IN 
SAN  FRANCISCO. 

We  have  been  waiting  too  long  fur 
room  to  give  extracts  from  Mrs.  Sarah 
B.  Cooper*  8  report  of  the  Twenty-first 
Anniversary  of  this  School,  which  was 
inserted  in  The  Occident  in  February. 
Few  of  our  readers  have  seen  this 
interesting  report,  and  we  regret  that 
our  limited  space  does  not  allow  it  to 
be  reprinted  in  full. 

Rev.  Mr.  Piatt,  rector  of  Grace  church, 
in  the  closing  address,  best  expressed 
what  we  should  here  wish  to  say,  in 
regard  to  the  performance  of  the  pupils, 
the  dignity  of  the  work,  the  grandeur 
of  opportunity,  the  wonderful  proficien- 
cy displayed,  and  the  splendid  possi- 
bilities enfolded  within  the  oncoming 
future,  if  but  Christian  zeal  and  heroic 
labor  offer  opportunity  for  proper  de- 
velopment Mr.  Piatt  spoke  with  the 
enthusiastic  fervor  of  one  to  whom  such 
exhibitions  were  novel,  and  his  words 
were  aflame  with  appreciative  ardor, 
and  electric  with  sympathetic  emotion, 
...  a  soul-stirring  speech. 

The  First  Church,  where  the  exercises 
were  held,  had  been  neatly  trimmed  for 
the  occasion,  and  notwithstanding  the 
inclemency  of  the  weather,  it  was  well 
filled  with  an  appreciative  and  enthusi- 
astic audience.  Rev.  Mr.  Gibson  opened 
the  exercises  with  prayer.  Singing  by 
the  school  followed;  when  Lum  Lung 
gave  the  opening  address.  His  plea  for 
his  own  race  was  well  put,  ana  there 
was  genuine  pathos  in  the  closing  ut- 
terance: '*  Treat  us  kindly,  love  us  and 
help  us,  and  we  will  do  our  best  to 
show  ourselves  worthy  of  your "  kind- 
ness.^* [Brief  notices  are  next  given 
of  speeches  delivered  by  eight  of  the 
scholars.]  Just  at  this  point  a  dialogu  a 
by  the  pupils  of  Mrs.  Cole's  school  gave 


much  satisfaction.  The  boys  had  been 
well  trained,  and  the  piece  was  well 
written.  Lee  Gim  recited,  "0  send 
forth  the  Bible,  more  precious  than 
gold !''  Yee  Ting  followed  with  *'Give 
us  light  amid  our  darkness."  Wong 
Sbiu  gave,  "  I  love  to  hear  the  story," 
with  good  effect.  The  quartette  singing 
of  Fung  Doon,  Lum  Long,  Lu  How, 
and  Loi  Mong  was  creditable — time, 
expression,  and  harmony  were  good.  A 
dialogue  between  Lu  How  and  Sz  Rwai 
brought  out  some  interesting  points  in 
regard  to  the  English  and  Chinese  lan- 
guages. The  recitation  of  ''The  old, 
old  story,"  by  Lau  Kine,  Lee  Ark,  Loi 
Mong  and  Gaw  Moy,  Allowed  by  the 
singing  of  the  same  by  the  €ohool,  gave 
pleasant  variety,  and  the  zest  with 
which  the  chorus  of  voices  joined  in 
the  refrain,  betokened  genuine  appre- 
ciation and  feeling. 

But  the  feature  of  the  entertainment 
most  remarkable  and  best  calculated  to 
exhibit  the  intellectual  grasp  and  keen 
appetency  for  knowledge,  of  the  Chinese, 
was  the  examination  of  the  classes  in 
Spelling,  Arithmetic,  Grammar,  Geog- 
raphy, History  and  Astronomy.  The 
questions,  which  were  varied  and  gen- 
eral in  their  scope,  embracing  a  fair 
range  in  ail  the  different  branches 
named,  were  promptiy  and  correctiy  an- 
swered, not  a  single  mistake  occurring 
during  the  entire  examinations.  This 
is  but  an  exemplification  of  the  rigid 
painstaking  and  persistent  fidelity  of 
the  Mongolian  race,  to  whatever  they 
set  themselves  to  accomplish.  They 
are  indefatigable  and  untiring.  And 
when  it  is  remembered  that  ful  these 
pupils  are  busily  employed  during  the 
day,  and  many  of  them  a  part  of  every 
evening,  the  improvement  is  most  re- 
markable. They  bend  to  their  tasks 
with  earnest  application  and  spare  no 
pains  to  improve.  When  we  note  all 
this,  we  are  astonbhed  at  ourselves, 
that  we  show  no  greater  zeal  in  this 
great  work  of  evangelization  which  God 
has  placed  at  our  very  doors.  As  Mr. 
Piatt  so  justly  remarked,  we  have  much 
to  learn  from  this  patient,  painstaking 
people;  and  this  wondrous  juxtaposi- 
tion of  the  two  great  races  has  a  double 
mission  involvra  in  it  We  are  not 
dealing  with  a  dull,  besotted,  stupid 
people,  but  with  a  keen,  energetic,  intel- 
lectual race;  and  whatever  differences 
of  opinion  may  exist  in  regard  to  the 
social  or  civil  aspects  of  the  questions 
involved  in  this  commingling  oi  the  na* 
tions,  there  can  be  but  one  opinion  in 


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reference  to  the  iodustrial  and  educa- 
tional tendencies  of  the  Mongolian 
mind. 

[Further  notices  are  then  given  of 
recitals  and  dialogues  bj  the  scholars ; 
afterwards — ] 

The  Annual  Report,  read  hy  Rev.  I. 
M.  Condit,  showed  the  school  to  be  in  a 
more  prosperous  condition  than  ever  be- 
fore, the  average  attendance  for  the 
past  year  bein^j  90.  Several  of  the  best 
pupils  had  left  for  China,  but  were  ex- 
pected to  return.  Fong  Noy,  whom 
many  will  remember  with  jpreat  interest, 
is  now  in  the  Imperial  College  at  Pekin, 
pursuing  his  studies.  An  interesting 
class  of  boys,  which  Mrs.  Loomis  taught 
for  some  time,  had  returned  to  China, 
being  deemed  too  young  to  remain  here 
with  advantage.  .  .  Rev.  Dr.  Loomis 
gave  notice  that  the  school  would  open 
again  on  March  2d  or  the  fifteenth 
day  of  the  Chinese  first  month. 

Those  interesting  exercises  bore  am- 
ple testimony  to  the  faithful  labors  of 
the  patient  workers  in  this  important 
Mission.  We  thought,  as  we  heard  the 
announcement  concerning  the  great 
and  enlarged  success  of  the  work  during 
the  past  year,  "What  wonder  I  it  is  but 
the  natural  result  of  the  heroic  toil  of 
former  years.  Shall  there  be  lon|ir  years 
of  ploughing  and  subsoiling,  patient  la- 
bor in  sowing  and  in  watering,  and 
shall  there  be  no  harvjest?*'  The  fruit 
of  former  years  is  ripening,  the  fields 
are  white  for  the  harvest.  As  the  An- 
nual Report  of  this  Mission  appeared  in 
the  OccioBNT  last  week,  details  are  not 
needed  here;  but  too  much  credit  can 
scarcely  be  awarded  to  the  veteran 
worker  in  this  field,  Rev.  A.  W.  Loomis, 
D.  D.,  who  has  labored  so  earnestly  fur 
long  years,  and  to  his  faithful  co-worker, 
Rev.  I.  M.  Condit,  who  for  several  years 
has  been  associated  with  him  in  this 
important  Mission.  Let  the  lovers  of 
Christ's  cause  bestir  themselves,  and 
let  them  aid  in  the  carrying  forward  of 
this  noble  work  I 

At  the  close  of  the  entertainment 
the  members  of  the  school  were  invited 
to  partake  of  an  excellent  collation, 
which  had  been  prepared  for  them  at 
the  Chapel,  by  the  ladies  interested  in 
the  Mission.    All  in  all,  this  was  un- 


r  the  finest  exhibition  of  the 
Chinese  work  ever  given  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. It  should  prove  an  incentive  to 
larger  endeavor  and  greater  fidelity  to 
every  Christian  heart. 


ENCOURAGEMENT  AT  ODANAH. 
The  Rev.  I.  Baird,  of  the  Chippewa 
Mission,  wrote  as  follows  under  date  of 
March  31st 

Both  our  church  and  our  Sabbath- 
school  have  been  better  attended  since 
New  Year's,  than  ever  before.  At  both 
we  have  hod  mostly  about  or  very  near- 
ly one  hundred  on  an  average.  At  our 
last  communion  we  received  four  new 
members  on  a  public  profession  of  their 
faith  in  Christ.  One  of  them  was  the 
only  daughter  of  our  interpreter,  Mr. 
Blatchford.  She  and  her  husband  both 
came  forward.  It  was  a  glad  day  to 
old  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Blatchford ;  in  fact  it 
was  a  day  of  rejoicing  to  us  all.  One 
of  our  own  boarding-  house  boys  came 
forward,  as  also  the  mother  of  one  of 
the  girls  in  the  boarding-house,  whom 
we  received  last  summer. 

The  day  was  one  of  deep  and  solemn 
interest  We  had  three  services,  one 
at  10.30  A.  M.,  the  communion  at  2  30 
P.  M  ,  and  another  service  at  6.30  P.M. 
There  were  about  one  hundred  or  up- 
wards on  each  occasion  ;  and  this,  too, 
notwithstanding  the  efforts  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  party  to  draw  off  all  their  folks, 
and  the  fact  that  the  heathen  party  had 
a  grand  medicine  dance,  in  order  to 
gatner  all  their  party  away  from  us» 
When  these  facts  are  known,  it  is  cer- 
tainly a  matter  for  devout  gratitude  to 
God,  that  in  a  population  of  four  or  five 
hundred  Indians,  one  hundred  should 
be  found  three  times  on  the  same  Sab- 
bath in  the  house  of  God.  Our  work 
this  whole  winter  has  been  pleasant  and 
cheering.  Since  my  arrival  here,  a  year 
ago,  I  can  see  many  and  decided  im- 
provements. In  one  short  year  fifteen 
have  been  admitted  to  sealing  ordi- 
nances. Others  are  abandoning  their 
heathen  ways  and  seeking  the  Way  of 
Life.  True,  we  have  had  our  discour- 
agements and  drawbacks,  but  u^on  the 
whole,  I  think  the  Lord  has  signally 
blessed  us. 


DOVATIOIS  TO  THI  BoARD  OF  FORBIGV  MiSBIOVS,  m  JuHB  1874. 

^  8yoodB  In  smau.  OAPiTAUt— PrMbyteriM  In  itaHe$   Choreh—  In  Roman. 

ch,  P»t«p»co  6ab-«ch,  for  Gorlaoo  80;  Oboroh- 
vUle  oh  85.     li«w  Cm(<«— Br idgovUle  oh  10. 
WaskhtgUm    CK^y— Motropoliton    oh,    8«b-toh, 
BALTmoms— BdiMnor*— Itt oh  Baltimore, tbro^       WaahioKton 9  06t  Qorlay  OhapaUto aap girl  m 
MiBa  Bainbridge,  for  Bogota  178j  Bllicoit  City       Japan  10  O        '  li7  Oft 


ALaAirr— il/6afiv— l8t  eh  Albany  186;  Prinoe- 
town  eh  81  22.    TVo^Ohaater  oh  80        2M  22 


244 


Board  of  Foreign  Miinom. 


[AvguH 


GcvTEAL  Niw  York  —  ^n^Aamfofi— North  oh 
BingliatiUoa  7  74.  O^eyo— Fraoklin  oh  4  69. 
Bt.  LawrMce— Plensifl  Sab-soh  8  9U;  Sackett't 
Barborch80.  Symeuu—hyTon  oh  3;  CHruonA 
cb3;  HaDDibal  ch  20:  1st  Ward  ch,  Syracuse 
4  98.  t;/j<»>— Rome  chj34  71 ;  Fayetteville  eh, 
for  Afriua  24  19;  AucusUoh  10  146  11 

CiNaNNATi.—Ctnciniiati— Bethel  ch  6;  MoDt- 
gomrry  oh  38  44  (K) 

Clivkl^d.— CTepetond— Anhtabula  oh  8ab*t»oh 
2^;  WttDtero  Henerve  Collese  oh  lo;  iHt  oh 
Cleveland  tin,  itfaAoniiuT— Buinbridge  ch,  Silas 
Leonard  lo.  St.  Oajr^vtfto— Portland  ch  9  14; 
Sooioh  Kidge  oh  7  40.  iSt«a6en»i^to~B«thel  oh 
SO  l»:  Sfthoeville  ch  2i  85 ;  Wayne^burK  Sab- 
f>ch  MiHs'y  Soo'y  14;  Ist  oh  SceubeovilTe,  for 
India  suffer-rw  2«»,  Sabech  60*^70  4:17  f  6 

OoLUMBUs.~lfbo«ter— Dalton  oh  M;  A»hland 
oh,  Legacy  of  Mimm  S  Andernon  2  6U;  Wayne  cb 
6  :  Shiloh  ch  1.  ZnnuviUt—^B\em  Ger  on  4  61, 
Woman's  Mies^y  Band  23  6ft— .:8  26;  Uanov**r 
ch  6  67  76 

EMM.—Kittanniiig—Q\aA9  Run  ch  fiO;  MmHoq 
oh  57  60  107  6u 

Gbnita.— G^iieva— Ovid  oh,  of  which  20  for  In- 
dia 4u.  I^oiu— Is.  oh  Lyons  6  22;  l»t  oh  Sodus 
8  12 ;  Ea8!  Palnayra  oh  35  'ift  88  89 

llAMiiSBUROM.—Qir/ttto— Upper  Path  Valley  ch 
47;  Geuysbiirn  oh  24;  Petersburg  ch  5;  Hunt- 
erMtowo  i)ab-Boh,  to  nup  boy  at  Tungchow  60. 
Huntingdon—LiOMfeT  Tudcarofa  ch  45  SO.  North- 
wnberland-'lBt  oh  North u in berUnd  8.  Junior  F 
M  ttoc'y  31—39;  Mifflmburg  aab-sch,  for  Elle 
1  62  •  212  42 

Iixurois,  CAKTaAL.~B/oomin^9i»— Champaign 
oh,  InUnt  clafN  24  26.  :/'«orta- Prospect  ch 
36  21.  Spring fUid^id  ch,  lufant  clais  Jackson- 
ville, fur  Mi58  E  8  Dickey  5  65  46 

iLturois,  SoutH.-^(Jhtcago^4ih  ch  Ch  ta^o 
876  75;  Ist  ch  Joliet  18.  Freeport—Ui  ch  Ga- 
lena 49  73     Rock  i?(V«r— Hamlet  ch  6         445  48 

luawoiASouTH— ili/on— Virdench  1160;  Plain- 
▼iew  ch  1  40.    CUiro— Carmi  ch,  a  Friend  6 

18  00 

l!n>u!fA,  North.— Orflw/ordgwifZe— Frankfort  ch 
86  50.  F</rt  JFavne-iiwan  ch  4;  Albion  ch,  Mrs 
B  I.    Jfuneifl— Union  City  chSab-soh  6  05    46  ft5 

I.tDUJfA.  SoDTH.— /ndianapo/w— Souihport  Sab- 
sch  2.  E  Hoffman  1-3;  Columbus  ch  12.  New 
Atbanu^iionro^  Sab-soh  L  Vmeewtei—Td  oh 
Uorre  Haute  15  31  00 

Iowa,  North.— Os<iar  i^apidt— Linn  Grq,ve  Sab- 
soh  7  -^0;  Anamo!4Hoh80  ots.  Dubuque^ A>*Hpj 
ch  8;  Frank  ville  Sab-ttch  1.  Fort  Dodg&— Storm 
Lake  ch,  F  flahn  10.  Wattr loo— Aock,  Creek  ch 
1  66  28  66 

Iowa,  South.— /oioa~  Liberty ville  8ab-»oh  6. 
Omaha — Schuyler  oh  4  9  00 

KKS6K9^Aust>n—lHt  ch  Austin  80  65.  High- 
tond— Holton  5JHb-.<«ch  10.  i\r«o«Ao— Chetopa  ch 
8ab-8ch.  for  China  6  20  46  85 

KtNiucKir.-Zytt/TOi^- Walnut  St  ch,  Louis- 
Tllle  8  58 

LoMO  I«L»jfD.— ^ooJtfj/ii— 1st  oh,  Rem«en  St 
60  09;  Toiiipkintt  Ave  oh  50  80;  South  3d  St  oh 
Will/ainsburg3o;  lat  ch  Eagewater,8  I  11  75 

157  64 

MiceiOAif.— Ortrotf— Fort  8t  oh  D»*troit  9i  90, 
Debt  5—97  0  Westminster  ch  Detroit  16  73. 
Kalamaz)o~- ^ailoh  Sab«Hch.  Kalamasoo,  ^ipecial, 
for  China  12.  to  nup  native  preacher  100*112. 
X/OrttiAT— Mason  ch  30;  let  ch  Landing  18  55 

^  275  18 

MiHifMOTA.— 5<.  PiBitf— 1st  ch  Minneapolis  5  08 

MissooRL— P^rttte— Korest  City  ch  2;  PIsgah 
ch  4;  Union  ch  3  ;  King  City  ch  2.  fit  Louu— 
lat  ch  St.  Louis  lOO  111  <0 

Niw  JiasiT— JS7<M6«eA— Metnchen  oh  10  04; 
Pluckamin  ch  6  86;  8d  oh  Elizabeth  25  16; 
Westfleld  oh  16  65:  Summit  Central  ch  17  68. 
Jeraey  aey— Isr  ch  Rutherford  Park  10  41;  Ten- 
sfly  oh  16  85.  Jtfdnmott^A— let  ch  Freehold  36  78; 
Burlington  ch.  mo  con  21  29.  MorrU  nnd  Orang* 
—Central  ch  Orange  230 ;  Brick  ch  Orange,  for 
Dr  Davenport  sou;  letch  Mendham  115  41;  1st 
ch  Morriatown  44  81.  Newarlt--3d  oh: Newark 
89  75:  Park  oh  21.  Nw  iBn«n«toi«A;~  Stockton  ch 
6:  Witherspoon  ch,  cord  Sab-sch,  Prlnoeton,  for 
A  rriea  25.  Newlon-~l»i  oh  Belvidere  150 ;  Blairs- 
▼Ule  eh  26  16  1,117  85 


Niw  ToEK.— JTudsofi— Port  Jerrls  Bab-sch  7  ; 
Hamptonburg  on  23  60;  2d  ch  Middleiown  28  86; 
Istch  Middletown  II  80;  Coehoctun  ch  93  eu; 
Damascus  ch  05  ots;  West  Town  ch  8  8/;  iM  ch 
Wai^hingtonviUe  16.  New  For*-KrickchA63  46; 
Church  of  the  Covenant  250:  Murray  UiU  eh 
Sab-BCh  No.  59,  to  sup  Jas  D  McKee,  ludhi  55  38; 
4th  Avenue  oh  17  66;  Brick  ch  Chapel  11  an; 
Emanuel  Chapel  6ili  at  3  68.  North  ifiMr— Cal- 
vary cb,  Newburg  20  69.  IFe»teAss/er— Pound* 
ridge  oh  l^;  Thompsonville  ch:;!;  lat  ch  Yon- 
kerti  11  44;  Bedlbrd  ch,  Legacy  of  Beti^y  H 
Mead,  deo*d  26U  92;  Greenburg  ch  6  66    1,840  83 

Paofio.— iSaeroiMSftto— PlocervUle  on  4  50.  Sam 
J^a/46i*eu— Calvary  ch  San  Francisco  657  75 

&6«iS 

Pbiladilphia.— CMeteer-Mediach  I2  2I.  Laeka- 
vatmo— Tunkhannock  ch  17  20;  Towaoda  ch 
102  64;  let  Ch  Scranton,  Juvenile  Miew'y  Soc'y, 
for  Miss  Fibher  137  5j;  Franklin  on  6  18.  L^ 
AiyA— Suitimit  Hill  oh  16  30,  Siithaob  2  20—18  -u: 
Jamestown  Ch  Sab-sch  1  60;  Lower  Mt.  Beihel 
Ch  8  73;  Weatherly  Sab-Mh,  for  Canton  36. 
Fhiladelphia^l^iolk  Philadelphia  I39  43;  9(h  oh, 
to  Hup  two  children  in  China  too.  thUadefpki% 
CentriU—lBi  ch  Kensington  193;  Cohockdiuk  ch 
Sab-sch  69  62 ;  North  Broad  Si  oh  17u  7 1.  P^iio^ 
detphta  AortA— Union  Meeting  of  Gcruiantown 
cha,  lor  Africa  18  CO.  ffs&(nuiw(«r— Middle  Oc- 
torara  ch  4o;  Wrightsvilio  oli  9  60  1,139  32 

PiTTSSuaGU.—Jiatrei;ii^e— Salem  ch  61  20 ;  New 
Alexauuriach  13  5u,  Sab-f>ch  IL  08,  for  Canton 
buys'  ttcti  4  48—29  15;  Pine  itun  ch  14  5  ».  Pitte- 
6ttryA— C^uonsburg  SahHCh  6;  2d  cb  Piiti>burAh 
111  1/0;  oiiady  bide  oh  I'ituburgh  74  87 ;  Hebron 
cu  M,  Bedeionc—lut  ch  McKeesport  Ao.  Ma«i^ 
inyton— Burgetitttown  Sab-aoli.  for  Canton  5; 
4  II  ch  Wheeling  74  cte, bab-sch  2  24—2  itS;  East 
Butfalo  oh,  an  aged  mother 6u;  3d  uh  Wheeling 
31  67.  Weft  Kiryuiia— Calvary  ch  13  75;  Green- 
ville ch  5,  Sutton  ch  5;  Lumberport  ch  3 

472  71 

ToLUM.— BeOe/btito^iie— Buoyrus  oh  16  80.  Hu- 
roA— Green  Springs  oh  1  88.  Jtfoumee— let  cb 
Toledo  16  30;  Union  ch  2  22;  Hkik&rille  ch  3  70 

3tf  9i 

WwiBir  Niw  ToBE.—Bu|faio— Silver  Creek 
ch  15  23;  Weetmiosterch  Buffalo  74  96;  Central 
ch  Uutlklo  74.  BochMter^Ut  eh  Sparta  10;  Me- 
morial ch  Rocheater  5;  Central  oh  Kocbe«ter 
99  63;  Lima  oh  27  72  306  43 

WiscoNaiK.— CMtppetoo— lat  ch  La  Cronte  8; 
JN'orth  La  Crosee  on  2;  Bums  ch  Sab-sich  1  aa 
Lake  Superior— Sauli  See  Marie  ch  6  MUwaukm 
— liarton  ch  15;  Ottawa  ch  3  70;    Dtluflrld  ch 

1  93.     Wiuonein  Avar— Lodi   oh  1;    Richland 
Centre  Sab-sch  1  76;  Pulaski  ch,  Jonn  Pulbaco 

2  41  68 
Total  receipts  from  chnrches  in  Jane,  1874, 

$i.»«6  06 

Lmaoiib.— Champion  Estate  2,477;  Bt>qoest  of 
Rebecca  Sutton  100;  L<eg»cy  of  Guy  Hicnards, 
decM,  N  Y  4c0;  Legacy  of  i^udence  Sloan, 
deo*d,  Hamilton  Co,  Ohio  34  78  3,011  78 

SYKOD  or  Rfff  OVMID  Pibsbttima!!  Ohcrcj.— 1st 
Reformed  Pro^b  ch,  N  Y,  to  sup  Alex  Mct.eod 
and  Alex  Wood,  India  56  50 

MiscBLLANEOUs.— Reada  Fork  Publio  School,  3 
C  1  6o;  Dwight  E  Marvin,  Troy,  N  Y,for  Bogota 
Chapel  25;  Tbrouich  the  Presbyterian,  for  Da- 
kota 2;  Jewe  2;  Mrs  E  K  *  D,  RancooiM,  N  J  1 ; 
Through  the  Presbyterian,  for  Italy  6;  Geneva 
5;  JeruMalem  po<jr  76  ots;  Mrs  W  Mineiter,  for 
Syria  school  10;  BaHimore  Friends,  for  Boirota 
ch  153;  Cafh.  Wheeling  3:  Mrs  R  H  D,  Phila- 
delphia 5;  Rhode  Hall  Sabsch,  N  J.for  China 
10:  .Miss  H  M  O.  St  Paul,  Minn  6:  W  16;  X  10; 
H  Bolton  50  cts ;  Rev  H  R  and  Mrs  Parmelee^ 
Mesopotamia,  Ohio  10:  Mr  J  Filb^oh,  MiiHCoda, 
Win  2;  Mra  Nancy  Shaw,  Se..eca  Falls.  N  T  ino; 
Rev  J  E  Vance,  Ha(*kina,  Ohio  9;  D  C  Taylor. 
Oakland.  Cal,  for  Bogota  6;  A  Mite,  for  spread 
of  the  Gospel  30;  J  U,  St  Charles  Mo  18  6o 

429  39 

Total  Receipts  in  Jane,  1874. — ..^^...$1 1,440  60 
**  **        from  May  let..... 26,«i38  38 

WM.  RANKIN,  Trmturtr, 
28  Centre  Street.  New  York. 


1874.]  Board  X>f  Publicatkn.  246 

BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION. 

No.  1334  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 


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img  Secretary. 

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or  periodicals,  to  the  Rev.  John  W.  Dcilzs,  D.D.,  Editorial  Secretary, 

Letters  relating  to  Sabbath-school  work,  to  Mr.  J.  Baxirn  Ttlib,  Superlntendont  of  Sabbath- 
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A  PRAIRIE  BIRD. 
A  missionary  of  tlie  Board  of  Publication  in  Iowa  gives  the  following 
somewhat  amusing  experience  in  conducting  a  prairie  prayer-meeting: 

"On  one  of  the  sultry  days  in  August  I  attended  a  prayer-meeting  in  a 
school-house  on  a  prairie  far  out  in  the  north-west.     Being  at  my  appoint- 
ment in  season,  I  could  notice  the  people  as  they  arrived.     One  man  espe- 
cially arrested  my  attention.     He  came  with  a  wa^on  drawn  by  two  yoke  of 
oxen.     On  the  top  of  a  load  of  hay  were  perched  his  wife  and  baby,  while 
he  walked  beside  the  team.     His  dress  consisted  of  shirt,  hat,  and  pants, 
and  an  iron  foot  in  the  place  of  a  natural  one.     After  unloading  his  freight, 
he  came  into  the  school-house  and  walked  past  me  several  times,  eyeing  me 
sharply,  but  &iling  to  look  me  out  of  countenance.     At  last  he  said,  in  a 
tone  of  voice  compared  with  which  Dr.  Howard  Crosby's  in  the  last  At^sem- 
bly  was  but  a  tinkling  cymbal,  *Are  you   the   fellow  that's  to   hold  this 
meeting?*     I  said,  'Yes,  I  thought  I  would  come  over  and  meet  with  you 
this  afternoon.'     He  replied  that  he  wasn't  much  at  speaking  or  praying,  but 
if  there  was  any  singing  to  be  done,  we  could  count  him  in.     I  replied  that 
I  was  glad  of  that,  as  I  wasn't  much  of  a  singer  myself     All  the  time  I 
could  see  mischief  in  his  eye.     Upon  my  invitation  he  took  a  seat  beside  me, 
and  I  then  told  him  he  must  be  aware  that,  at  such  meetings,  there  were 
sometimes  those  who  did  not  behave  very  well.     He  said  that  if  any  fellows 
there  misbehaved,  they  would  feel  the  weight  of  his  iron  foot.     I  told  him  I 
thought  that  would  be  unnecessary;  that  his  influence  and  example  would 
probably  be  sufficient  to  preserve  order.     A  goodly  number  having  assem- 
bled by  this  time,  I  asked  my  new  friend  if  we  had  not  better  begin.     He  t^aid 
he  thought  we  had.     We  then  sang  '  All  hail  the  power  of  Jesus'  name,'  in 
which  the  man  joined  with  all  his  might,  singing  in  good  taste.     During  my 
talk,  after  singing  and  prayer,  my  friend  several  times  ejaculated,  '  That's 
so,  boys.'     We  had  a  quiet  and  good  meeting,  after  which  my  assistant  asked 
me  to  go  home  with  him.     I  was  obliged  to  decline,  but  promised  to  take 
dinner  with  him  the  next  day — and  did.     He  was  very  pleasant,  and  said  I 
had  the  best  way  of  bringing  a  fellow  to  ti  ne  of  any  one  that  had  ever  been 
on  that  prairie.     I  was  told  that  was  the  first  time  this  man  had  ever  been 
known  to  behave  himself  in  meeting.     I  left  him  a  good  supply  of  tracts  and 
eheap  publications,  and  promised  to  give  him  a  call  the  next  time  I  passed 
that  way."      .  Digitized  by  GoOgi  _ 


246  Board  of  PUbUcaium.  [Auf^ 

AN  EXCELLENT  BOOK. 

The  following  notice  of  the  Rev.  R.  M.  Patterson's  book,  entitled  "Para- 
due**  recently  published  by  the  Board  of  Pablioation,  is  taken  from  one  of 
the  daily  papers  of  Philadelphia,  and  is  understood  to  have  been  written  by 
a  prominent  and  able  member  of  the  Philadelphia  bar. 

Paradise :  The  Place  and  State  of  Saved  Souls  between  Death  and  the  Resur- 
rection.   By  Robert  M.  Patterson. 

The  title  of  the  above  work  is  fully  explanatory  of  its  intent,  and  is  sufficient  to 
at  once  awaken  our  liveliest  interest.  There  are  few  even  of  those  little  given  to 
thoufi;ht  beyond  the  realm  of  things  temporal  in  an  a^e,  where,  to  a  greater  or  less 
extent,  the  taint  of  scepticism  pervades  all  classes,  not  excepting  even  the  church 
itself,  for  whom  such  a  theme  does  not  possess  a  defl^ree  of  fascination.  And  why, 
indeed,  should  it  not  be  so?  Man  has  been  described  as  a  religions  animal,  and 
though  be  struggle  ever  so  fiercely  against  his  intuitions,  and  endeavor  to  persuade 
himself  that  hebas  substituted  the  deductions  of  science  for  the  light  of  rerealed 
'  religion,  it  is  more  than  doubtful  if  man  bom  of  woman  has  ever  yet  succeeded 
in  entirely  discarding  his  premonitions  of  a  future  existence.  Ue,  alone,  the 
autocrat  of  the  animal  kingdom,  the  paragon  of  the  world's  creation,  is  imbued 
with  the  consciousness  of  a  life  to  come,  a  conviction  be  cannot  utterly  repress, 
reason  he  never  so  wisely.  Thence  arises  the  natural  interrogatory,  the  anxious 
questioning  of  the  soul  concerning  the  nature  of  this  existence,  and  the  interest 
with  which  a  work  like  that  before  us  cannot  but  be  invested.  The  author's 
treatment  of  this  theme  is  in  the  form  of  speculations,  sustained  by  the  assurances 
and  declarations  of  the  New  Testament,  and  by  the  conclusions  logically  deduced 
therefrom,  as  to  "  the  abode  and  state  of  saved  souls  between  death  and  the  resur- 
rection of  their  bodies."  After  pointing;  out  the  immediate  and  practical  interest 
the  question  possesses  to  Christians,  the  author  proceeds  to  show  that  we  have  a 
right  to  claim  as  definite  knowledge  in  relation  to  *^  the  majestic  theme  of  our 
immortality,"  not  a  mere  groping  or  guessing,  but  a  reading  of  what  God  has 
revealed.  **  Messages  have  come  to  us  from  the  unseen  world.  They  tell  us 
something  about  it — very  little,  doubtless,  in  comparison  with  what  we  shall 
see  hereafter.  We  know  only  in  part.  The  reality  will  be  infinitely  more 
glorious  than  we  can  now  imagine.  But  the  descriptions  that  are  ^ven,  as 
far  as  they  go,  are  certain,  and  they  are  fitted  to  cheer  us  while  we  are  here,  and 
to  make  u<s  yearn  for  the  full  realization  in  the  hereafter."  Taking  the  Saviour's 
assurance  to  the  dying  thief  upon  the  cross,  **To  day  shalt  thou  be  with  me  in 
Paradise,"  we  have  contained  therein  the  germ  of  the  whole  Bible  truth  on  the 
subject,  in  this,  that  it  names  the  abode  of  the  redeemed  souls,  teaches  the  imme- 
diateness  of  their  entrance  into  it  and  involves  their  condition  in  it  From  this 
we  are  led  to  a  consideration  of : — First.  Paradise;  the  word,  its  meaninj;  and 
history.  Second.  The  inhabitants  of  Paradise.  Third.  The  locality  in  the 
universe  of  Paradise.  Fourth.  The  state  of  saved  souls  in  Paradise.  Fifth.  The 
employment  of  saved  souls  in  Paradise.  Sixth.  The  holiness  and  happiness  of 
souls  and  their  mansions  in  Paradise.  Each  is  so  fully,  logically  and  satisfac- 
torily treated,  that  we  do  not  see  how  issue  can  reasonably  be  taken  with  him  on 
any  vi'al  point  where  the  authority  of  the  Gospel  of  Christ  is  acknowledged,  for, 
though  nl  times  by  the  necessities  of  the  case,  historical  and  exegetical,  direct 
and  positive  exhibition  of  revelations  and  not  controversy  or  the  statement  of 
conflicting  and  perplexinf^  opinions  has  been  produced  in  an  effort  to  elaborate 
and  popularize  a  view,  the  attractiveness  of  which  it  appears  to  us  difficult  to 
deny.  That  this  efibrt  has  been  successful,  is  but  a  mild  assertion  as  to  the  char- 
acter of  the  book.  It  is  more  than  a  success,  it  is  a  benefaction  to  the  Christian 
world,  calculated  to  stimulate  Christian  faith  and  to  strengthen  Christian  belief; 
to  cheer  and  encourafce  in  life,  to  sustain  and  comfort  in  the  hour  of  departure 
from  earthly  existence.  We  have  found  the  book  so  fascinating  that  we  regret 
that  want  of  space  will  not  permit  us  to  give  a  few  extracts  from  its  most  striking 
passDges,  but  we  would  sincerely  recommend  our  readers  not  to  deprive  them- 
selves  of  the  pleasure  of  its  perusal.  d       d  b  ^ 


/Googi 


1874.] 


Board  of  Puhlication. 


247 


DOI^TIOTC  TO  THS  MI88ZOVA.BT  FUVD  07  THB  PSMBTTimZAV   BOAID  07  PXTBLIOATIOVi 

JUHB  1874. 
4^  Qjoods  In  small  oapitai*— PresbyterleB  in  ieoitet— Oharohea  in  Roman. 


Albamt.— il/6aiiy-Alb«07  Ist  28  8S;  Albany 
6(h  7:  Atniitertliim  Ist  7 ;  Galwuy  1  AD;  PriDoe> 
ion  9  82.    TVoy-North  GnuiTille  17  66  16 

ATLANTtc.— FocUkii^-StotMTilie  40 

BALTiifoma— J9aUtfMor«— Bel-Air  1  SO;  Taney- 
town  17  21.  Ntm  Qufl*— Cool  Spring  6;  Dover 
85;  Elktoo  U  60;  Georgetown  4;  Lower  Bran- 
dy wine  6  86;  Si  Georfle*8  10  28.  W'rtHngton 
tity-'C\\tolx^  76;  Waabinttoni  Metropolitan  ch 
Sab-MsU  11  86  104  94 

CssTTRAL  Niw  TomK.~B«'iiyAamton— Binabam- 
ton  Nortb  91  cents;  Cortland  26  68;  Nineveb 

18  06.  O^Mffo—Franklin  83  cents;  Otego  6  66. 
8L  £<n0r«ffe*— Gonverneur  29  07;  Oswegatohie 
2d  9  4&  iSyractiM'CasenoTia  30 ;  Syracuse,  Ist 
Ward  68  cents.  Iftien^Utica  Ist  46;  Waterrille 
16  60;  Wbitesboro  7  90  190  06 

CiiroisiiiATi.—  GMWcofA«—  Mt.  Pleasant  4  76; 
South  Salem  7  62.  OKii«ififia/t'— Cincinnati,  Avon- 
dale  86.  2>ajrloii— Oxford  10.  Port«mou/A— Man- 
chester? 60  116  8T 

CLSTiLAin».—C{ev«tend— Cleveland  let  30.  Jtfin- 
Aofi<»9— Ellsworth  11  60:  YoungMlown20  II.  SU 
CUnrmfaU-<:mb  Apple  12 ;  Portland  I  03 ;  Scotch 
Ridff«*  93  cents;  Snort  Creek  6;  York  4.  8leu- 
6«Rvil/a~CarroUon  7;  New  Uagersiown  12;  Oak 
Bidfc*  6  108  67 

OoLUMBro.^^Men«~Bashan  1  06;  Cheater  4; 
SyracuM  I  16.  Q>/itm6«it— Lancaster  4  IFoot- 
t«r— Berim  I;  Chester 8  6(»;  Dnlton  19:  Jackson 
1;  Orrville2;  Wayne  6.  2aiie9vil/e— Hanover  .S; 
Clark  8 ;  Salem  Ger  8  09  66  79 

£a».— Btftfar—Martinsbnrfb  7 ;  Mi  Nebo  4  02; 
Hew  balem  8;  Zelienople  4.  Clarwm— New  Be* 
hoboth  8.  Erie—EA»l  Or«>eDe  3 :  Erie,  Pai  k  60. 
K'ttannivg—hoWlBg  Spring  6;  Freeport  36  05; 
Marion  7  20:  Kural  Valley  7  36.  Shtnango^ 
Clarbsville  10  24  IM  86 

Gk]I£Va.— OavtM/o— Port  Byron  20.  Oeneva— 
Genera  Ist  40  06;  Phelps  18;  Waterloo  4u;  West 
Fayette  6.    £f«u6«n— Pultney  8  60  126  66 

lJAmmif>BDaen.  —  Oirffs{<~ Dauphin  8;  Harris* 
biirub,  P:ne  St  176  74 ;  Shippeni^burMh  19  46. 
Buntingdon^BirmiUfihmn  x7 ;  Hiffliniown  and 
Lout  Creek  64;  Milroy  6;  Saxton  and  Y.  How 
Creek  13  70;  Shade  Gap  4  66 ;  T\rone  10;  Upper 
Tuscarora8  60.  A'orrAtifn6«r/ana— bloonifbursh 
Isi  8U  66;  St  Mary's  7  26;  Warrior  Run  6  80; 
WaDhinfctou  10  90.  IFd/i6oro— Beecher  Island 
6 ;  Farmington  2  60  4  0  16 

Illinois,  CumAL.— -fiZoomiivyton  — Gilman  4. 
Piroria— Farmington  9;  Mani^field  1  60;  Prince* 
▼ille  17  08     iSeAuj/<«r— Macomb  17  48  68 

iLLtvon,  NoBTB.—i'VMpoH  — Galena  1st  6  27: 
Marengo  4.     Sock  iNt;«r  —  Hamlet  1;    Peniel 

19  30  30  67 
iLLorais,  SovTB— JItofi— Plalnriew  60  cts;  Vir- 

den  1  46  1  96 

ImMAN  A,  No«TB.—Chn4/brtisvins— Bethany  12 10. 
PV>rt  If a^e— Huntingdon  2.  Xoyonapore— Michi- 
gan City  7  21  10 

IsDiAJTA,  Sotrra.  —  lmlf<iiiap«ftt— Greencai«t1e 
SI  77.  Ifew  AHamff^UfOWtk  i ;  Madison  2d  16; 
Mew  Albany  let  31  10.  F.n«.MiM«— Bethany  2; 
Petersburgh  8;  Vincennes  Ui  7  M  87 

lowA,  NoxTB.— Odar  .fiopfds— AnamoM  in  cts; 
Oarenoe  4.  Ifafcrtoo— La  Porte  City  4  Tt;  Rock 
Creek  21  eenu  9  08 

Iowa,  Qomu^—Omneil  B<v/«— Corning  6  9a  Det 
Jfo<nc«— ^interMi  16.  /oioa— Salina  2  10.  lotta 
a^— Summit  4  27  00 

KAiiSA8.—JrsipeH«— Chelsea  2;  Westminster 
4  9(1.  iVeo«Ao~Falrview  1  40;  Geneva  2  00; 
LibeHy  1.    TopeJto— Hays  City  7  18  lO 

KxamcxT.— XotnM;iU«~Loui8TiUe,  WJnui  Si 

1  07 

MioaMAV.—iMrs<f  — Detroit  Isi  142  21;  De- 
troit, Weetmlnater  2  00.  Jkuutfna— Lansing  let 
8M  146  64 


MnrvisoTA.— ae  P(iti<— Fergus  Falls  11.  SmUh- 
mm  JlfAm€Spea— Freemont  6:  Rushford  1;  La 
Crescent  8  88.    IFmona— Winona  Ger  2       22.38 

Mnsotntr— /to^fs— King  City  1;  Union  2.  8t 
Zomf—St  Loois  1st  10  18  00 

Nkw  jBXssT^ja/sa6e«A— Elisabeth  8d  3  18; 
Elisabeth,  Westminster,  a  member  11;  Meiu- 
Chen  Ist  1  26;  Pluckaroin  86  cts;  Summit  Cen- 
tral 2  23;  Weeifleld  2  lo.  j€r$ey  Cl(y— Paterson 
lat  46 ;  Tenafly  2  AfonmouM— Hordentown  3  60 ; 
Bricksburgb  6  73 ;  Jacksonville  8  10.  Morris 
tind  Oren^s— Flanders  in  2);  Morrixtown  1st 
6  66(  Mt  Olive  28  88;  South  Orange  119.  iVeie- 
arA*-Newark  Centra  27 ;  Newark,  Park  2  66. 
New  J}rtitt«toieA^— Hamilton  Sonare  7  26;  King- 
ston 18  49;  Lawrence  14  26;  Stockton  1  (So, 
JVeifffon  — Blairatown  8  17.  Wett  Jerst^—Cold 
Spring  22  80:  Fairfield  13  88;  Fislerrille  16; 
Salem  40;  Willlamstown  8  60  414  66 

NswYoKK.—Boftofi— Newbury  port  1st  (of  which 
Ladies'  W  Col  Assoc^n  86)  i.9.  Irudson— Cochec- 
tou  12  cts;  Damascus  12  cts;  Goshen  33  16; 
Hamptonbnrgb2  9^;  Middletownlst  186;  Mid* 
dietown  2d  3  64;  Wa^lilnctooville  1st  2;  West 
Town  80  CIS.  yw>  ybrib— Harlem  1st  13  79;  New 
York,  Brick  60  68;  New  York,  Brick  ch  Chapel 
88.  North  jBtMT— Bethlehem  16  83;  Newburgh, 
Calvary  18  14.  Westehetter  —  Bridgeport  (of 
which  dab  sch  2.5)  77;  New  Rochelle  40;  Pound- 
ridge  10;  Yonkers  Ist  26  406  49 

PmLAASLPnu.— Chester— Media  1  64;  Upper 
Octorara  16  70;  West  Chester  29  37.  Lackatoan- 
na^V^nion  17  78;  Franklin  66  cts;  Langcliff 
6  26;  Orwell  6 ;  Towanda  ch  Sab  sch  81  27.  Z^ 
high—Lover  Mt  Bethel  1  10;  Mountain  4.  Phtta- 
d«/pAta-Phihidelphia  1t>t  132  09:  Philadelphia 
lOtn,  a  lady  60.  PhUadeJphia  C^fra/— Philadel- 
phia, Arch  St  ch  Sab-»ch  6U ;  Philadelphia,  North 
Broa>i  St  34  )7;  Philadelphia,  Princeton  66  87. 
/^i/ade(pAta iVbrf A— Carversville  2;  Germantown 
liit:2lG;  Huntingdon  VHlley  6;  PlumMcadville  6. 
Ife«<flim«<er^-Cedar  Grove  6;  Middle  Ociorara 
16;  MtNebo3;  Slate  Ridge  12;  York  96  27 

848  06 

PiTT8BnxflH.—BtoirfvW«~  Johnstown  10;  La- 
trobe  21  60;  New  Alexandria  3.  Pittsbtgrgh-^ 
Piii»biirKh,  Shady  Side  9  46.  Wa$hingt<m—}Ai 
Prospect  28  66;  Wheeling  4ih  10  cts.  Tfsrt  Vir- 
^ta— Newburgh  6;  Pennt*boro  4  75  8:!  46 

Te.^niskxb.  —  Kinqaton  —  Beihel  7.  Union— 
Hopewell  2  80;  Webtmioxter  1  20  lu  60 

ToLEBO— Bet^onfoi'ne— Bucyrus  1  87.  Huron 
—Green  Springs  24  cts;  Sandusky  18  60.  Mau- 
tNes— Uicksville  47  nts ;  Union  28  ut!»  21  36 

WssTiEM  New  Yoxx—^JTo/o—Buffiilo  Central 
9  33;  Bufiulo,  >\estminMer  9  46;  Pauama  6. 
Omevee—BaiaviaSi  66;  Leroy  ^7  12;  Pike  ^  ('0; 
Portageville  7  20.  i2oe/4<«f€r~  Brock  port  36  27; 
Lima  8  47 ;  Rochester  Central  12  66 ;  Sparta  1st 
6  162  A6 

Wisoo«8».-a^pp«ioa— Nasonville  1;  NVil«- 
Tille  2;  Ne«*hannoo  6  80.  Lake  3uperior—M$kT- 
qtiette29  26.  iratoaa<A«s-Delafield  24  cti*;  Mil- 
waukee, Calvary  28  87;  Otuwa  46  cts;  Wau- 
kesha 12  76.    ITiseofuiniKlMr— Platteville  1  70 

82  07 


From  churches      $3,760  60 
Lmaoibs.— LegaoT  of  Betsey  H  Mead,  dec*d, 
late  01  Mt  PleaMiDt,  NY  133  4«;  Legacy  of  Pru- 
dence Sloan,  dec*d,  late  of  Harrison  Co,  O  4  38 

137  86 


Mrs  Sarah  Jane  Amos,  for  Books  for  Liberia 
6;  Mrs  E  J  Vance.  Madim>n.  Fla  6 ;  •*  R'*  1 ;  Rev 
8  F  Tenney,  Crockett,  Texas  7;  Rev  H  G  Blay* 
ney.  Win  C  H,  Went  Va  2;  Rev  U  H  JesMip, 
Syria,  for  Books  11;  ••  J  H  N/'  St  Charles,  Mo 
833  8433 

Total  laoaipti  in  June,      $8,932  78 
a  D.  P0WEI4  IWoMTir. 


248  Board  of  Church  Erection,  [AnguU 

BOARD  OF  CHURCH  ERECTION. 


Oorraponding  Secretary,  Rir.  H.  R.  Whjoh,  D.D.,  28  Gentre  Street,  New  TotIl. 
Treaewer,  Nathaji  Lahb,  Esq.,  09  Wall  Street 


As  the  last  General  Assembly  not  only  resolved  by  an  almost  unanimoos  rote 
that  the  Board  of  Church  Ereotion  should  be  continued  intact,  but  further  re- 
solved to  increase  its  pro  rata  of  receipts,  by  raising  the  apportionment  from 
$120,000  to  $150,000,  will  the  churches  suffer  us  to  remind  tnem,  in  advance, 
of  the  necessity  of  enlargement  in  their  contributions?  In  the  regular  order,  it 
would  be  our  turn  next  year,  to  come  up  to  the  General  Assembly  with  the  cry 
of  debt  and  plead  for  pledges^  but  with  the  help  of  the  churches  we  are  resolved 
not  to  do  this  thing,  which  indeed  this  Board  has  never  done.  Will  not  the 
churches  come  forward  voluntarily  and  support  us,  in  this  oar  determination? 
^he  sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars  was  the  very  least  the  Com- 
mittee on  apportionment  could  in  conscience  Ruggest,  for  this  important  part  of 
the  Church's  work.  All  of  this  is  greatly  needed,  and  much  more  than  this  will 
be  called  for. 

Last  year  this  Board  was  asked  for  nearly  $200,000,  and  judging  from  the 
number  of  letters  and  applications  received  since  the  meeting  of  the  General 
Assembly,  the  demand  upon  us  is  likely  to  be  much  larger  than  it  was  last  year, 
lu  connection  with  these  applications  the  statement  is  frequently  made,  "  If 
you  can  grant  us  the  aid  needed  to  secure  a  house  of  worship,  we  pledge  you  that 
after  this  year  we  shall  ask  no  further  assistance  from  the  Board  of  Ilome  Mis- 
sions, in  supporting  our  minister.^'  Others  have  said,  *^  Help  us  to  build  a  house 
of  worship,  and  we  will  soon  pay  it  back,  as  our  congregation  will  be  doobled,  if 
not  quadrupled — but  if  you  leave  us  as  we  are.  without  a  shelter,  we  must  remain 
dependent  upon  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  for  years  to  coroe.^' 

In  view  of  these  statements  and  facts,  we  ask  the  churches,  is  it  wise  to  suffer 
these  hundreds  of  feeble  churches  to  remain  in  this  dependent  condition  year 
after  year,  until  all  hope  and  aspiration  after  independence  is  crashed  out  of  them, 
and  during  all  this  series  of  years  they  are  hanging  on  to  the  skirts  of  their  Alma 
Mater,  drawing  from  $200  to  $500  a  year,  to  aid  in  supporting  their  minister, 
when  (on  an  average)  $500  to  supplement  their  own  effort,  would  enable  them  to 
secure  a  commodious  house  of  worship,  and  soon  place  them  in  a  condition  of  self- 
support?  Suppose  fifty  of  these  unsheltered  churches  receive  this  year  from  the 
Board  of  Home  Missions  the  average  sum  of  $250— the  total  will  be  812,500. 
Now  this  amount  given  to  assist  in  building  would  secure  the  completion  of  at 
least  twenty- five  houses  of  worship  this  year,  and  a  similar  amount  next  year 
would  supply  the  remaining  twenty-five  churches  and  put  them  in  a  condition  to 
contribute  to  each  and  all  of  the  Boards — a  thing  they  had  probably  never  done 
or  dreamed  of  being  able  to  do  before.  How  long  will  these  churches  consent  to 
be  pensioners?  or  rather,  how  long  will  it  be  before  they  will  have  paid  back  the 
$500  they  received  from  the  Board  of  Church  Erection?  The  effort  which  they 
hajire  been  prompted  to  make,  by  the  encouragement  given  by  the  Board  of  Church 
Erection  puts  new  life  into  these  hitherto  dejected  churches,  and  their  ministers 
feel  more  hopeful — encouraged  and  strengthened,  as  they  see  their  congreeations 
greatly  increased  in  nunabers  and  in  readiness  to  work  in  the  Master's  vineyard. 
Listen  to  them.  **  We  enjoy  our  new  church  very  much.  Since  January  Ist, 
twenty-five  members  have  been  admitted  here,  and  others  at  another  point.  Our 
church  has  more  than  doubled  its  members.  We  have  a  prosperous,  large  and 
increasing  Sabbath-School,  and  two  weekly  prayer-meetings  have  been  established, 
and  we  are  now  prepared  for  systematic  benevolent  work — shall  do  our  best,"  &c. 
Another  says.  "  On  behalf  of  our  church,  allow  me  to  return  our  heartfelt  thanks 
for  the  aid  of  our  Board ;  without  it,  we  could  not  possibly  have  built.  The  Church 
at  large  doe^  not  realize  the  very  great  importance  of  this  Board  of  Church  Erec- 
tion. There  are  probably  more  churches  die  in  this  region  from  want  of  shelter, 
than  from  all  other  causes.  Why  donH  they  build?  it  maybe  asked.  Simply 
because  th^  cannot.  They  have  not  the  necessary  means.  Some  of  them  have 
tried  and  failed.  With  difficulty  they  have  secured  the  ground  and  got  most  of 
the  material  for  the  building — but  could  go  no  further.  Debt  has  stopped  the 
work.  For  a  while  they  struggled  hard,  but  at  length  what  they  had  secured 
was  sold  ac  a  sacrifice  to  pay  tbe  debt^they  lost  ail — became  disoouraged  and 


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249 


died.  Others  have  lingered  on  for  years— more  dead  than  alive— exposed  to  the 
summer  heat  and  winter  blast,  they  became  billious — took  the  chills  and  died  of 
congestion.  I  am  glad  that  you  are  able  to  do  as  much  as  you  have  done  for 
these  poor  suffering  churches,  but  were  the  poverty  of  scores  of  these  churches 
known  to  our  people,  I  am  sure  there  would  be  far  more  given  for  Church  Erec- 
tion, and  many  more  of  Christ's  poor  flocks  be  made  to  rejoice,  as  we  have 
done,  in  sitting  down  in  our  Father^  s  house*-our  sanctuary  home,  to  worship 
God." 

Once  more.  ''  For  years  I  rode  six  miles  to  preach  to  this  little  church,  in  a 
school-houscf  but  it  did  not  grow.  Some  of  the  families  moved  to  town  and 
others  elsewhere,  that  they  might  find  a  Christian  Home,  This  disheartened 
the  others,  and  at  length  I  abandoned  the  field  myself,  for  a  year,  feeling  the 
church  <'ould  not  live.  At  length,  I  urged  them  to  make  one  more  united  despe- 
rate effort  to  build.  I  told  them  if  they  could  raise  $1600,  I  thought  your 
Board  would  help  them  to  the  amount  of  $500.  They  made  the  effort  success- 
fully— yon  did  help  them,  and  in  one  month  the  church  was  dedicated  free  of 
debt  There  were  Mxteen  new  members  added  to  the  church.  They  have  a 
Sabbath-school  which  crowds  the  house,  and  a  prayer-meeting  twice  a  week, 
where  there  never  was  such  a  meeting  held  before.  Thus,  by  the  aid  of  your 
Board,  we  have  another  flourishing  church,  which  will  soon  be  able  to  sustain 
a  pastor.  Almost  every  pastor  in  this  western  country  could  do  what  I  have 
done,  with  the  ai^sistance  of  your  Board;  but  without  this  aid,  they  cannot  suc- 
ceed. They  may  report  the  organization  of  churches— to  struggle  awhile  and 
die,  after  having  cost  some  $J500  or  $1000  for  fruitless  missionary  labor.  Bre- 
thren, let  us  take  hold  of  this  work  aright,  and  shelter  these  little  flock**  as  we 
gather  them,  and  so  give  them  a  chance  to  live,  and  prove  a  blessing  to  the  cause 
of  Christ."  . 

DovATiovs  TO  THS  BoABD  ov  Chubch  Ebbotioi.  Juhb  1874. 
4^  Synods  in  small  OAPtTALs^Presbyteries  in  ita4te«— Charcbes  in  Roman. 

Missouri —Ptor^^i—HrecliiDriiige  2;  Hamilton 
2:  New  Yorlt  Seitlement  1.  SU  Xouu—Betliei 
,GerlO;  8i.  Loii'^  liil40. 

Niw  JnsBT-^^M'/sM  — Elisabelh  3d  6  12; 
Elisabeli),  Wnptmintiier  U>6 :  Metuchen  iHt  2  01 ; 
Pluckamin  1  67;  .Summit  Ceniml  4  42;  West* 
field  4  16.  JfTseu  CHtif—Jerney  City,  rrwpect 
Ave  9  23;  Ruth--  rd  P«rk  16  60;  iVnsfly  »  96. 
Murrii  and  Orange— MoTTi^tovrn  Isi  11  21.  J^T-w- 
ar*— N»'wark,  PhtIc  6  11.  Nnc  Brungwiek-^ 
Stockton  2  60;  Trenton  2d  20.  Atwton— Blaira- 
towu  6  12. 

Ntw  YoRi.'^udson— Cocliecton  28  ctn:  Da- 
mR^•oll9  2S  ctn;  Hsmpronburjih  4  72:  Middle- 
town  Ut  8  &i;  Middletown  2d  7  02:  Washmg- 
tonville  Ut3  2";  WeMi  I'own  1  ^2.  N$w  7ork^ 
Nt-w  York,  Bnok  180  09.  Wchlcke9ter^IH*mr  Ro- 
cbelle  104. 

!*HiLA  DELPHI  A.— Ckester^Media  8  06.  Lacka- 
wanna—FrnokUn  1  26.  Lehigh— Lovrt'T  Mount 
Hethel  2  12.  Philadelphia  Un^-o/— Philadelphia, 
Bfthenda  '^9  48  HhUadelphta  yVor^A-Gerrrah- 
town.  Market  (Square  49  72.  Ifes(mms<sr— Mid- 
dle Octorara  16;  Mount  Joy  6. 

PiTTSBUROH.— Stoir«i»/(e— New  Alexandria  4  79, 
FittMhurgh—Ceotre  18  50:  Pitlfihurah  2d  22  32; 
PiiiHburuh.  Shady  Side  18  21.  i2«d»/on^^Somer- 
Mt  8.  WathingUmS^w  CumberlanU  23;  Pi^voQ 
Creek  26;  Wli««ehnff  4th  18  cis. 

ToLKiiC— B«/!/ffoafaiN0— Buevrnn  3  66.  Huron 
—Green  SprinsH  87  ots.  Mauwue  HickHVilie 
90ot>;  Union  64  ois. 

Webtikn  New  York.— Bv^o— Buflkl-^  Central 
18;  Buffklo,  WentminNtfr  18  23.  BoeheMter— 
l>anMvi|le21;  Geneaeo  Central  »4  21 ;  Lima  6  94; 
Sfarta  1st  6. 

Wiscorbui.— C%'pp«t0a  — NaaonTilto  8;  Xeila- 
▼ille  II.  Loke  Supti* tor— Hmult  Ste  Maria  6. 
ifi/icaiiJfces~Delafleld  48  cis ;  Ottawa  9M  ota. 

MisoRLLARBous^*'  J  U  N.**  St  Charle^  Mo  4  60. 

LiflACT  — LeffAcy  of  Prudence  Bloao*  deo*d, 
late  of  HarriM>n  Co.,  Ohio  8  69. 

iRTAESaT,  429  46 

Total  reoalpta  in  Jun^  1874,    ti,i12  81 
NATHAN  LANS»  TVMMrir. 


ALSAifT.~i4<6an]^-Albany  18146;  Corinth  2  06; 
Rock  we  1  Palli*  6  70. 

BALTDfORS.— ZVno  Outfs— RrldseTille  6.  IfotA- 
imgton  O^y— Washiiigion,  Metropolitan  Bat>-acti 
84  44* 

Cbhtral  Nrw  Yonz.—BinehamUm — Bingham- 
ion  North  6  81.  0/«€y7o~ Franklin  68  eta.  8L 
Zaiffrsnes— <'ape  Vino'-nt  11:  Morristown  1  iX 
Syraeute—CBZxtnoYUk  38  06;  Syraoose,  1st  Ward 
1  25. 

Ci.NaRirAn— C9kiU<60(As— WilkesTille  1.  Day 
toa— Troy  Int  76  50. 

CLBTBLAHD—Cfeve'afKi— Cleveland  Ist  68.  St, 
(XairgcilU—Conoord  18  14:  Portland  1  08;  Scotch 
Ridffe  I  80;  St.  CUlrsrille  WO,  SUubenmlU^BAtk- 
0Trr2. 

COLUMSDS — ilfA«a«— Baiiban  1.  Columbus — 
London  9  60.  Afarion— York  8.  IToox/ir— Ber- 
lin 1;  Daiton27.    Zjfietr<//«— Hanover  6. 

Eaii. — JUeghentf — Baken>town  10.  Butter — 
Middlesex  16.  iSrie— Brie.  Park  100;  Warren  2u. 
iri(</mattiy— Marion  11  62. 

GtRBTA.— OHftt^o—Anbum  Central  26  a  i.  C%«* 
Riita^— Blin.ra  vd  87;  Havana  8  27.  Lyote— 
Wolcoit  lat  11  60. 

HARRisBtnuiH.— On*hV«  —  MeohanioabnrRh  SO 
60.    ^unttn^on— Snking  and  Spring  Creek«i  15. 

iLLiRoia,  CixTaAL—StoomiRpfon— Normal  (ot 
which  I  from  Sab-»ch  olaaae^of  Mr  Conover  itnd 
Mi^^s  Knapp)  7  6^>.  Fsorio— Onvida  8  4u;  Yatea 
City  II. 

iLuwoia,  NoRTB. — i^VMpor^Galena  lat  12  lo. 
Boek  Aoer— Hamlet  1. 

iLLiRoia,  SouTH.-il/toa  —  Carlin villa  lat  «; 
Plainvtew  75  ota;  V.rden  3  82. 

IvaiARA,  NoRTB.— L')9an«por<— Goodland  A. 

Iowa,  North  —Cedar  i^pids— A nanioaa  1!»  c»s. 
Fh^  Dodg^—Fon  Uodite,  Ht  Oer.  4  66.  Waters 
Ioo--J»neMville  6 :  Rock  Creek  4i  ota. 

KiHTtiCKT. — ^boMST— Maynville  Ul  3  60u 
iMMsvU/s-LonifVille,  Walnoi  St  1  72. 

MiOH]04M.~Z>c/ro<t— Detroit,  Port  St  16  88: 
Detroit.  WeMtniintfier  3  86.  Xoast^^— Landing 
Isl  4  6L  -w  » 


250 


Relief  Fund  far  Disabled  MitUster$, 


lAuguft 


RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS, 

AND   THE   WIDOWS   AND   ORPHANS   OP   DECEASED   MINISTERa 


RiT.  QmuMM  Ha&b,  D  D^  Seereiary,  Ret.  CoiiBtu  Bbowv,  7)reaturtr. 

Owntm,  1834  ChMtoui  Street,  Pblladelphte. 


**  Whoto  hath  thii  worUTi  good  and  $eeth  kit  brother  have  need,  and  ehutteih  up  hie  bmoeU  of  eompaettoa 
from  him^howdwdleththBlooei^Oodinhimr* 


In  re^ATd  to  oolleotions,  Dr.  Robert  Dickson  at  the  late  Assembly  said : 
'*  If  you  speak  of  the  Church  in  its  aggregate  capacity  of  ministers,  and  elders, 
and  members,  then  perhaps  the  Church  is  culpable  in  this  matter;  but  there  is 
less  blame  attached  to  the  people,  and  as  a  sequence  there  is  more  blame  attached 
to  ministers  and  elders.  A  long  pastorate  has  led  me  to  this  conclusion,  that  our 
people  are  willing  to  respond  to  everything  that  receives  the  approval  of  this  Gen- 
eral Assembly. 

*'  The  reason  why  we  do  not  get  more  funds  to  meet  the  wants  of  our  several 
Boards,  is  that  the  people  have  not  had  the  opportunity  of  contriburing.  Our 
ministers  and  elders  have  a  most  solemn  responsibility  re!«ting  upon  them  in  this 
matter.  I  feel  sometimes  as  if  I  am,  more  perhans  than  I  ought  to  be,  a  Presby- 
terian of  the  Old  School,  because  I  feel  that  our  Presbyterian iam  is  sometimes  lax 
in  its  administration.  I  feel  that  the  exhortations  and  recommendations  and 
injunctions  of  this  General  Assembly  have  but  very  little  weight  over  the  churches 
throughout  the  country.  An  injunction  of  the  General  Assembly  is  too  often 
treated  with  cold  neglect,  and  utterly  with  disrespect;  and  I  have  often  felt  as  if 
the  Presbyteries  of  our  Church  should  call  Iheir  congregations  to  a  solemn  and 
grave  account,  where  there  is  neglect  of  any  of  the  Boards." 


COVTBIBUTIOVS 

IE  JU5B,  1874. 

• 

anrob  or  nu. 

FbvofAfbnny, 
Albanj  Ist  oil 

Ff>i/ of  Alleahmv, 

8600 

Bakerntown  ch 

10  00 

8TM0D  or  AtliiHTXa 

fhti  of  Kit  fanning. 

fbftofSoet  Florida, 

Marion  ch 

864 

ti%  AutfusUne  lui  ch 

66  07 

Ptnfof  Shenanfjo. 
Aeahanoock  ch 

gmOD  Of  SAItOIOU. 

80  00 

Pbn  of  Ntw  Oaetle, 

STV09  or  anxTA. 

WiimiUMton,  Ceotnl  oh 

60  00 

Pbv  of  Oxwga, 

tT.NOD  Of  OUITKAL  MSW  XORX« 

Meridian  ch 

988 

P6y  of  BinghamtoH. 

biDghnintoD,  North  oh 
Php  of  Oteego. 

KraokliDch 

1  8S 

Pbv  of  Otn^va. 
Benton  ch 

S3  00 

49 

STHOD  Of  KABUSBTTIOH. 

Pty  f)f  St  Lawrence, 

he  Kny  ch 
I*f>y  nfSi/raeuee, 

600 

Diincanville  cb 
Milruy  ch 

10  80 
38  UO 

HyrRou>e,  Iff  eh 

71  05 

Pbf  of  Northumberfani. 

ByraouM,  Ut  Ward  oh 

01 

liortliiiml«iland,  lai  oh 

80  06 

FUf/of  Utiea. 

Suntmry  oh 

83  11 

Ulica,  1»(  ch 

62  76 

aTMOD  Of  nxivois,  obhtial. 

BT9I0D  Of  CUVBLUn. 

P6.V  of  CleofHand, 

Fbu  of  Peoria. 
Yatea  City  oh 

UOO 

Clefolaud,  Ul  ch 

86  00 

IfmiKf  Mahontnp, 
YountfMiowD  ch 

PhfiofSLOairwme, 
PorilNod  ch 

f7  87 
1  61 

sryoD  Of  iLuvoif,  vobtb.' 
Fhtt  of  FrtpporU 
Fre#»|>ori,  l^tch 
Galena.  1st  oh 

46  « 
•  41 

Sooioh  Ridffo  eh 

140 

Pbv  of  Rick  Bioer, 

Thy  of  Steubm^viHe, 

iiamlet  ch 

100 

CanoDbtMirgh  ch 

626 

BTMOD  or  OOLTOBUS. 

Pbyof  AUon. 

P6v  of  Wooeter, 

I  artinville.  latch 

600 

H«rlin  oh 

1  00 

Plainview  oh 

66 

DhIioii  oh 

10  Oil 

Virden  cb 

174 

Mount  Baton  oh 

SOU 

Orrvillech 

200 

STXOD  Of  XniAVA,  SOBTl. 

Fbf,  of  ZamuviUe, 
Hanof  «r  oh 

SOO 

Uoodlaod  oh       niniti7Pd  hv  QoOQ 

leToo 

1874.] 


RdUf  Ftmd  far  Ditahled  Mnittart. 


261 


rrvoi»  07  xoiWA,  vomL 

IlmofOilarRapidt. 
AnamoHMeh  ^ 

16 

Franklin  ch 
Wilkcbarre  Memorial  oh 

98 

67  70 

VinioD.  lut  ch 

89  00 

Phv  of  Lehigh. 

Phy  of  Watertwt, 
Hook  Creek  ch 

83 

Ca*a«auquH.  lit  oh 
Lower  IMount  B«*thel  ch 

14  76 
1  66 

Pfni  ^  FhHeJeMta  OnMO. 

/»v  of  LouiwiiU, 
Loub'ille,  Walnai  8t  oh 

Philadelph'a,  Or(*«*n  Hill  ch,  a  member 

80  00 

1  28 

Philadelphia,  North  Broad  St  oh 

86  36 

Phv  of  m$tmintiter. 

BTNOD  07  LOMO  I8I.A1I9. 

Middle  Ootcrara  eh 

UOO 

Ftm  of  Brooktyn, 
Hruoklvn  !»•».  R^mf^D  8t  eh 

181(90 

Brooklyn,  Roe*  8i  oh,  *»J  H* 
Phu  of  Knttnu, 

20  UO 

Pbv  of  BfairevVfe. 
New  Alexandria  oh 

880 

Fr«»|»ori  ch 
Mvwiowii  ch 

20  00 
1^00 

Phf/of  PUtslmrtfk. 
Pitthhargh,  2d  ch  "^ 

16  74 

mroB  07  mooMAV. 

Piiicbnrgh,  Shady  Side  oh 

14  16 

Phm  of  Detroit 
j>Hiroli.  F«'ri  «tch 

11  91 

Ptw  of  WashinpfoH. 
l.Wheehng,4thoh 

14 

Detroit,  Wesimiuiiter  oh 

2  61 

BT1I0D07  TWSM18. 

Pby  of  XoiMrfn^. 

PbvofKingitm. 

LsD-iDK,  Itioh 

?61 

MaryTille,  2d  ch 

8  00 

PbH^f  Monroe, 
Tecunitfeh  ch 

12  88 

PUff<lf  Uiotu 
Spring  Place  ch 

800 

BTROD  07  MUlOVll. 

BT!r09  07  TOUMi 

Pfyof  PMte. 

Kinjr  City  ch 

Union  ch 
PbuofJSt.L^i, 

to.  Louia,  iHt  ch 

imoD  07  KIW  jnHT. 

100 
2U0 

10  00 

Phy  (tf  BeaefontaiM, 

Buo)  rna  oh 
Pbf/  of  Huron, 

Green  Sprlog-i  oh 
POff  of  Mnumee, 

MickMvillech 

8  74 

88 

70 

PhvnfBfhahelh, 
£)is>.brib.34l  ch 
EiiSNbeih,  Went  minster  eh 

4  78 
167  tio 

Uoioii  oh 

BTWOD  07  wnnaH  axw  toix. 

48 

Eliiabeibportch 

MrlU"!!**!!.  iHt  oh 

23  tlO 
1  61 

Phffof  BvJIfhto, 
BiiffHlo.  iVntral  oh 

14  00 

PtuckamiD  eh 

180 

Butfalo,  Wesiminstor  eh 

14  18 

Biiiimiit  Ontral  ch 

8  28 

Pby  qf  Bothett&r, 
Lima  ch 

Wentfleld  ch 

801 

4  41 

P  pof  Jeretfi  City, 
EdkI**  wood  ch  add'l,  Talbot  Olyphant,  Eeq  A  00 

Roches  er.  Central  ch 
Sparta,  1st  oh 

18  68 
600 

1  tfoefly  eh 

289 

STVOD  07  wxsoovanr. 

Bakh  Kiverch 

60 

Pbv  of  Lake  Superior. 
SaultSte  MarivOb 

800 

<:mnbary.  2d  ch 

10  00 

Pbff  of  MUvaukee. 

TuckenoD  ch 

400 

Ih^lsfleld  Oh 

88 

Pv*  of  JvMTifl  on*  OroN^c 

Ottawa  oh 

68 

MNdinon  ch 

74  00 

imOIUAMlOIJiL 

Mendham,  1st  ch 

8  19 

Phv  of  rrewnrk. 
Nt-vaik,  Parkeh 

897 

Interest  on  Permanent  Fund,  O.  H.  Tan 

Oeld«>r,  Ehj.                                             '^'^  00 
N.  Y.  Psinted  Po«t,  Mm  ElisaETownsend  6  00 

Pby  of  Ntw  DiUHiwUk, 
Biockionch 

800 

Collect  ion  in  the  General  Ai«sembly  for  a 
Widow 

880  06 

Trenton,  2d  ch 

28  62 

Sandwich  Islands,  Luhui,  Kanai,  Mrs  Mary 

Ptfftcf  ^twten. 

H  Rice 

66  26 

blMiroioDin  ch 

4  76 

Per  -Frefbyterian,**  A  Moln'.yre,  for  an 

PbMtif  WettJertey, 
8«lein  ch,  extra 

60  CO 

Aaed  Mlnl^t«•r 
Ohio,  ^  ountfiiiown,  Mrs  M«ry  M  Edwards 

700 
10  00 

BTROB  07  aiw  Toai. 
Thv  of  HudMom, 
Coehe«ton  ch 
iMmafCUH  ch 
Mainpionbiirxh  oh 
Middklowo,  1H  oh 
MiiJill«'lown.2dch 
WahhinjiionTille  ch 
U'em  Town  ch 

18 
18 
864 
280 
646 
840 
1  18 

loaa,  Gnnoell,  **  ft-om  a  iriend" 
-  From  R" 

D  C  Georgetown. "  Thank  olTering* 
Pa.,  Tamsqiia.  Rct.  Jolm  While 
Pa..  Phllkd<>lphia.  Rot  L«iuii*  R  Fox 
Mich..  Covt-rt.  Mn*  S  B  Hheidun 
PhiladflphiM,  from  **a  lady  inend** 
Wf-t  Virginia,  Wirt  C  H,  Uer  Henry  0 

Blsyn^y 
Ptr  *•  1  he  Prewbyterlsn" 

10  00 
8U0 
6(10 
800 

80  00 
6t9 
lUO 

800 
600 

P%v  of  Nem  York, 

iH-troii.  Mrs  M  snayton 
Msurh  Ci.tink  *•  K" 

1  00 

New  Yoik.  Brick  eh 

107  68 

6U0 

>ew  York,  Scotch  ch,  addl 

16  fO 

**H  8  Hsnd  wife** 

600 

New  York,  li-t  ch 

42^90 

N  v.,  SyraciiHe.  from  a  Isdy 
MOw,  81.  Chai  les,  from  ♦•  J  H  N** 

10  00 

Pby  of  Nt/rth  Bivor, 

860 

Newburvh,  l»l  ch 

96  CO 

Ohio,  Hsnover  Co.,  Legacy  of  lata  Pni' 

Pbvof  Wutehuter, 
New  Rochelle  oh 

4A  00 

dfno*-  Sloan 
Pa.,  B*^1K  lonie,  Mrs  J  E  W,  special 

6  86 
800 

Pound  ridge  ch 

1U0<> 

llrs.Q,si<eoial 

80  00 

12  00 

^ 

Total  FMOipis  In  Jana  1874,    $680189 

/^  of  CketUr, 
Fatrvi«>w  ch 

118  00 

CHARLES  BROWN,  Tteamrw. 

MiKlia  ch 

223 

OfBo^  1884  Ohaatnot  StiMt,  PhUA. 

252  General  At^emUy't  Committee  on  Freedmen.  [,Augta 

GENERAL  ASSEMBLFS  COMMITTEE  ON  FEEEDMEN. 


Bit.  a.  a  MoCuLLAiro,  Oor,  Seergtary,  Box  18M|  Pitteburgh,  Pa. 
Ri7.  Jab.  allibor,  D.D.,  TrMauirer,  Look  Box  34,  PIttBborKh,  Pa. 
£.  G.  WooowAKD,  Eaq.»  B^etMmg  Agent,  1834  Chestnut  street,  PhUadeli>hla. 


«*  REMEMBER  THE  PCMDR." 

It  should  not  be  forgotten  that  among  the  Freedmen  oar  Church  has  not  only 
'*  m  open  door/'  but  a  people  anxiously  desiring,  earnestly  pleadmg  for  church 
anu  school  privileges;  that  it  is  a  sore  trial  to  our  Missionaries  in  the  field  to  be 
constantly  restrained  from  enlargin^r  thJrwork;  and  perhaps  eyen  a  sorer  trial 
to  our  CcHntiiitt-ee,  to  feel  cons  untij  obliged  i'^  refuse  encouragement  in  this  re- 
gard. ^h\  not  many,  then,  of  the  nearly  3000  churches  which  failed  to  help  last 
year,  (eei  it  both  a  auty  and  privilege  to  give  this  year — liberally  and  toon,  that 
we  may  be  encouraged  to  go  forward? 

Jr>  a  late  article  in  the  N.  Y.  Eoangelisi,  by  one  who  has  yisited  the  South  and 
knows  whereof  be  speaks,  the  writer  says  of  the  work  needed  among  the  colored 
people  of  the  South,  *^  Its  magnitude,  its  necessities,  and  its  hopefulness,  have  never 
been  brought  fully  before  the  Church.  But  a  fraction  of  our  people  understand 
what  is  required  in  order  to  cultiyate  this  field  properly,  or  how  large  have  been 
the  results  thus  far,  of  the  means  expended."  And  thus  is  it  likely  to  remain,  ra 
long  as  a  large  number  of  the  ministers  of  our  Church  decline  to  present  this  work 
and  its  wants  to  their  respective  charges. 

We  trust  that  churches  accustomed  to  giye  in  the  summer  season  will  do  even 
more  '*  liberal  things"  and  remit  promptly,  for  current  work. 

COMMUNION  SEASONS. 

Some  extracts  from  the  reports  of  a  few  of  our  Missionaries  among  the  Freed- 
men, pertaining  to  their  late  communion  seasons,  may  be  read  with  interest  by 
many.  One  writes  from  North  Carolina — *'  I  have  good  news  to  tell  you.  Yes- 
terday we  had  the  communion  at  this  place.  Ten  persons  were  added  to  the 
church,  nine  of  whom  were  our  scholars.  All  of  them  can  read  the  Scriptures 
for  themselves,  and  gave  good  evidence  of  a  work  of  grace  begun  in  their  hearts. 
They  have  been  under  care  of  the  Session  since  last  fall.  Two  more  would  have 
been  received,  but  were  absent  from  sickness. 

*'  We  had  the  services  in  the  beautiful  grove  adjoining  the  church.  I  never  saw 
a  congregation  more  attentive  and  solemn.  I  really  enjoyed  the  services.  We 
baptized  eight  adulta  and  ten  infants.  We  had  prayer  meetings  five  nights,  and 
preaching  on  Saturday.  The  elders  want  me  to  preach  to-night,  as  there  are  sev- 
eral others  much  concerned  about  their  souls'  salvation.  I  will  preach  to  them 
every  night  as  long  as  they  will  attend.  The  church  is  now  in  a  more  healthy 
gtate  than  it  has  been  for  a  long  time.  Oh  may  the  Holy  Spirit  continue  to  bless 
us  until  every  sinner  is  converted  and  brought  to  submit  to  Christ." 

Another,  from  the  same  State,  writes — '*  We  have  just  got  through  our  Spring 
communions.  The  last  one,  last  SabSath,  at  C-^^a  church,  with  nine  additions  on 
examination,  with  a  weeping,  melted  congregation,  was  deeply  interesting.  The 
people,  though  man^  could  not  get  in  the  house,  listened  with  rapt  attention. 
Towards  the  close  of  the  action  sermon,  when  the  interest  seemed  to  rise  very  h'gb, 
the  people  out  doors  rushed  up  and  crowded  the  windows.  Many  wept  profuse- 
ly. ♦  *  ♦  *  Organized  a  Temperance  Society  on  S  iturday,  with  thirty-five  mem- 
bers, with  all  the  elders  signing  the  pledge.  I  preached  on  temperance  on  Saturday 
P.M.    Deep  interest.    Collection  $4.23.     Sabbath-school  promising.     Everything 

encouraging.   Communion  at  C e  the  Sabbath  before.   Attendance  very  large, 

attention  good,  meeting  solemn  and  impressive.  Some  called  it '  a  splendid  meet- 
ing.* ««  *  Sabbath- school  flourishing.  *  *  *  Eleven  added  since  last  communion. 

The  late  communion  at  S e  was  exceedingly  refreshing.     Near  two-thirds 

of  the  congregation  were  melted  into  tears,  very  precious.  Four  added  on 
examination." 

We  give  the  report  of  a  colored  minister  from  the  same  State,  in  full,  via., 

^^  Dear  Brother: — Having  closed  another  month  of  bard  labor — 1.  I  have 
preached  twenty-one  times ;  2.  received  to  the  communion  of  the  church  twenty- 
one;  3.  baptized  three  adults;  4.  baptized  fifteen  children;   5.  administered  the 


1874.]  General  Assembly 9  Committee  on  Freedmen.  258 

communion  at  three  different  points — travelled  one  hundred  and  ten  miles. 
Yours,  in  Christ." 

A  brother  in  South  Carolina,  reporting  for  the  month,  says :  **  The  first  Sabbath 
I  preached  at  E ;  the  second  at  Mt.  Z ;  the  third  was  communion  Sab- 
hath  at  M .     I  toolL  in  19  members,  and  baptized  15  adults  and  7  infants. 

The  fourth  Sabbath  was  communion  at  G— -.  Baptised  7  children,  received  4 
persons  b^  letter,  and  put  15  applicants  for  membership  into  the  training  class 
in  Sabbath-school.  The  fifth  Sabbath,  communion  at  (i-^^  W-^«.  Received 
17  on  prolession,  and  one  bj  letter.  Baptized  17  adults  and  17  infants. .  Total 
additions,  41 — thirty  six  on  profession  and  five  by  letter.  Total  baptisms,  67 -« 
adults  thirty-six,  infants  thirty-one." 


CLOSE  OF  SCHOOL  TERM. 

Our  school  term  closes  with  June,  and  the  superintendent,  Rev.  W.  A.  P ,  of 
one  at'  our  higher  schools,  writes — **Our  closing  exercises  were  a  success.  The 
boys  did  exceedingly  well.  They  honored  themselves  and  the  school.  Two  of 
them  Will  go  to  Bidille  [Institute]  in  the  fall ;  another  will  teuch,  as  be  has  been 
doin;;.  In  nis  cxamindi^ioa  before  the  Board  of  Examiners,  he  received  as  high- 
graded  a  certificate  as  any  teacher  in  the  county,  white  or  black.  The  people 
heeiiied  very  well  pleased  with  our  exhibition,  and  1  think  old  W-^—  gained  a 
htile  more  reputation.  By  the  blesbing  ot  God  we  will  sueoeed  some  of  these 
dayt«,  if  we  hold  on.  *  ♦  * 

"  In  looking  over  the  work  of  the  year,  we  see  some  improvement.  Ist.  School 
graded  and  brought  up.  2d.  Two  young  men  for  the  ministry  prepared  for  col- 
lege. 3d.  Church  revived — many  added.  4th.  A  Mission  [in  connection  with 
this  church  and  school]  established  and  prospering.  5th.  The  people  encouraged, 
and  making  efforts  toward  self-support." 

Another  pastor,  (colored)  writiug  of  the  Parochial  School  connected  with  one 
of  his  ctiurcbes,  saj^s:  *^  Day-school  closed  with  appropriate  declamatory  exercises, 
and  vocal  and  instrumental  music.  At  the  last  public  examination  of  teachers 
for  free  schools,  our  day-school  was  represented  by  a  class  of  twelve  or  fifteen 
teachers  prepared  by  us."  

DoffATIONS  AT  PiTTSBUBOH   FOB  FbBBDMBV  IV  JUBB  1874. 
49*  Synods  in  small  oafitals— PrMbyteriM  In  <toli«*— Churches  in  Roman. 

AiBATT— Troy— Waterford  20  8L     OolwnfHa^  Pittsbuuh.— ^<H>-«v£U»-Johnstown  12.     PUt$' 

Buuliain  l«t  19.  6M»yA~  C«ntrail  2U  8U. 

ATLA«tia--4a<mtt«-Bdlstol.  TuLiiK>.-i/iiron-Haron7.  Ifawnee-WsstAmi- 

Baliim^hs.— Ai/ftmore— Looseonlng   10.     Ifno  1/2;  Mt.  Salem  2. 

ai»a«-l^werWwtNoiiiogh«mltt;  Zjon  6.    Qtr-  UTiCA.-l7iica~N«w  Hsrtferd  8.    S^aeute-O^- 

lajrfe— Unupbia  10.     Washington  Cuy—YitjBhingXon,  ir^go  Ist  10  16. 

*l.iropoliun  Ssb  .eh  11  ^ ^^„^^  ^^  YoiE.-Ja>c»«ster-8p.rt.  2d  6  06 ; 

CixciMNATL— CftUiMoeAe-OoDOOid  8.  West  Mendon  4;  Sparu  1st  4.    Oeneiee  VaUe^-- 

CLBVELAan.— ifoAimtn^— Mewton  Falls  9  16.    A.  Busblbrd  6. 

a«ir«n//e-Cainbriage  o.  WisooMSiir.  —  ZaJte  Superior  ^Uenomin—  7  86. 

CoLOAADa—Cbtoradv— Colorado  Springs  1.  JM/wutOcee— Brodhai^d  1. 

CoLOMBOs.- Hfcwt«r-.Lexlogton  4  24.    ZafutviU^  MttoiLLABiooa—MIss  Jennie  McNeil,  special,  for 

— Hauufer  1.              «    ^       .     «  .      .  „       .  8coii«  M»tn  Building,  Conooid,  N  C  20;  Ist  ch  Ad- 

0«ii»VA.-(?«n«»-Gorham  6  ;  Painted  Post  6.  n^n,  jjicb  25;  Ut  cb  Hanover,  N  J  40;  8d  8t  oh 

UAaaiaBURQB.—  Oir/is/e— Weil's  Vallay  2;    New-  Dayton,  0  68;  Warren  cb,  Pa  kO;  Central  ch  An- 

port  ^   bOi    Centre  10;    Lower  Patb   Vallay  16;  burn,  N  Y31  80;  Jefferson  A veoue  ch  8ab-sehool, 

Burnt  Cabins  8.  Mioblgan   20:    Mew  York   Mills  cb,  N   Y  62  26; 

iLuaoiB,  Cbhtral.— -BZooBiAi^ton-AtlanU  8  40.  ?o"*»^'° '^'|»  ^^^^  ^i  ?«"  Creek. Omaha  260 ; 

t^ria^t«oti%  Ist  oO.  ^y  ^^^  ^  Dorland,  for  Scotia,  on  Scholarhhip,  from 

iMDiANA.  NoBTH.— cya«i/brdtri//e-Thorntown  6.  »*»•  *"■•**  J''""?"»**"2'^*>°''' J.?®'  *"**•  ^ 

jpcrftf—Hutcbiiifeon  i.  25^^  j,i„  ^  yj,^,^  .^^  j^^  ^  y  y^j^j^j  ^q^  ^  yrfend 

MiXMB80TA.-i».  i^itO— Pine  City  2;  White  Bear  6;  By  Miss  K  Moorbead,  for  Sewing  fichool— (him 

Lake  1 ;  Sc.  Paal  1st  V.  Mrs  Ledyard,   Fhiladelpbia,  Pa  ^ ;    Licking  and 

Niw  J  BB8B¥.—  )Ke«(  Jersey- Cape  Island  6.    Eli*-  Spring  ens.  Pa  10;  A  Martien  St  Co,  Proprietors 

oUU—habway  1st  4.    MorrU  and  Orangt^Suoot^  ot  PieeOjrterian,  tor  Mlsslonartea  iu  the  South  10; 

suuna  MIm  boc'y  9;  Meudbam  2d  2a.    JfewUm-^  A  Martien  A  Co,  for  Orphan  Children  South  1 ; 

MuMooneicong  Valley  10  W.  Hev  J  B  Piumitesd,  Poruge  City,  Wii  20;  Istch 

N»w  YoBE.~  WfesWksrtcr-Harttord l.t  10;  Pound-  S^^i^J.^i*!,:  B^theJl°S'il?wo«h%t2'''*  7*2'^ 
ridge  10.    iVcto  iorib— .North  88  38.  A  J  lO;  Tbree  Brothers,  Bllswortb,  0  i2        «*^  80 

Philadelphu.— Ofcesfer-Cbesler  1st  10;  Wayne  Total  ReceipU  in  Jane,  $1,446  61 
14;  Chester  8d  10.    »a*SmiiM/<r-Monagban  18  rfi;  ,  *  ^«„  .  .  .  ,^^„   «„ 

Marleita  10;    fiUtesvUle  2a  02.     F hiLadclpkui-'  JAMBS  ALLISON,  Treatunrt 

Calf  ary  lOi.  Uok  Box  94,  PlUabargh,  Pft. 


254  Same  Mi$don$, — SustenkUion  Deparfment  [Ai^tid 

HOxME  MISSIONS. 


SUSTENTATION  DEPARTMENT. 


The  transfer  of  Sastentation  to  the  Board  of  Home  Misnions  has  been  made  as 
directed  by  the  Geceral  Assembly.  All  comroanications  respectin/c  it  should 
hereafter  be  addressed  to  the  Board  of  Home  Missions,  23  Centre  St.,  New  York. 

Below  are  published,  for  information  and  ose,  the  conditions  of  aid  from  Sas- 
tentation Department,  form  of  Application,  and  form  for  Quarterly  Report  It 
is  hoped  that  all  persons  interested  will  i^ive  careful  attention  to  these,  as  the 
Board  will  insist  on  full  compliance  with  the  principles  and  rules,  as  set  forth. 

It  is  known  to  the  General  Assembly,  and  the  Church,  that  the  transfer  bron^ht 
with  it,  to  be  provided  for  by  the  Board,  a  large  indebtedness  of  over  $27,000, 
consisting, 

1st.  Of  the  $21,940.20  due  on  the  Istof  June,  mentioned  in  the  Report  of 
the  Standing  Committee  to  the  Assembly,  as  follows:  '*That  the  present  and 
pressing  obligations  of  this  Committee  ^  Sastentation),  demanding  $21,940.20  on 
June  1st,  require  the  immediate  attention  of  all  its  friends.^' 

2d.    A  note  in  bank,  maturing  in  September,  for  $5,000. 

And  3d.    Unsettled  accounts  for  printing,  &q,,  for  some  hundreds  of  dollars. 

Of  this  debt  of  $27,000,  part  consisted  of  balances  due  pastors  on  quarters  end- 
ing in  the  months  of  November,  December,  January,  and  February. 

A  larger  part  consisted  in  full  quarters,  due  in  March,  April,  May,  and  June. 
These  are  urgent  and  ought  to  be  paid  at  once. 

All  money,  whether  for  pledges  made  at  the  Assembly,  or  in  collections  from  the 
churches,  has  been  applied  in  the  payment  of  this  indebtedness,  as  fast  as  it  has 
been  received.  Unless  it  comes  in  more  largely  and  rapidly  than  it  has  since 
the  Assembly,  it  will  be  a  long  time  before  the  overdues  to  needy  pastors  will  be 
paid.  The  attention  of  the  Church  is  earnestly  solicited  to  the  dtt/y  of  paying 
these  too-long  overdue  claims. 

These  pastors,  too,  are  pointed  to  the  need  of  patience,  as  the  Board  can  go  no 
faster  nor  further  than  the  Church  provides  the  means.  It  must  be  remembered 
also,  that  the  Board  feels  the  effects  of  the  universal  stagnation  and  stringency 
caused  by  the  late  wide-spread  financial  panic.  Of  this  all  may  be  confidently 
assured,  however,  that  the  Board  is  most  anxious  to  have  every  just  claim 
promptly  and  fully  settled  and  satisfied. 


CONDITIONS  OF  AID  FROM  SUSTENTATION  DEPARTMENT  OF  THE 
BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 

1.  Actual  installation  of  the  Pastor. 

2.  Salary  of  at  least  $500,  and  as  much  more  as  possible. 

3.  Average  of  at  least  $7.30  per  member,  in  cash,  exclusive  of  Manse.  In 
case  of  two  or  more  Churches,  united  under  one  Pastorate,  each  Church  most 
pay  the  average  per  member. 

4.  Endorsement  of  Presbyterial  Committee,  and  of  Presbytery  also. 

5.  No  reduction  of  Salary  from  preceding  years. 

6.  Church's  Salary  to  be  first  actually  paid  in  cash,  and  reported  every  quarter 
in  full,  as  per  blank  form.    The  quarterage  furfeited  if  not  so  reported. 


1874.]  Borne  Mstions. — Suttentatiim  Department  265 

7.  Advance  oontribution  of  at  least  one-twentieth  of  Cbureh  salary,  indading 
ManFe  rental.    No  comiDission  bearing  date  till  this  is  receiyed. 

8.  SyHtematic  giving  (bj  envelope  or  colleotors)  to  all  the  I  oards. 

9.  No  aid  where  aid-receiving  Churobes  are  contiguous,  and  could  consolidate 
under  one  Pastor.    Commission  vacated  by  non-fulfilment  of  this  condition. 

Grant  to  date  from  actual  fulfilment  of  all  the  above  conditions.  Pastor  to  bear 
no  part  of  the  salary,  or  of  tbe  $7.30,  or  of  the  one- twentieth  payment  Salary 
ntpplemented  to  $1,000.  Payments  are  made  as  determined  by  the  Commission 
CD  receipt  of  the  Quarterly  Report,  if  regular  and  in  order,  or  so  soon  thereafter 
as  the  funds  will  warrant. 

FOR  SECOND  TEAR. 

1.  New  application  re- endorsed  and  conditioned  as  above,  in  all  particulars. 

2.  Satisfactory  evidence  of  advance  towards  self-sustentation. 


FORM    OF  APPLICATION— HOME  MISSIONS-SUSTENTATION   DEPAET- 

MENT. 

Presbytery  of , 

[Fill  all  the  blanks,  without  exception^  and  forward  to  ibe  Board  of  Home  Miaaions.] 

The Presbyterian  Church  of. under  the  care  of  the  Presbytery  of 

hereby  applies  to  the  Sustentation  DepartmeDt  of  the  Board  of  Home  MiesioDs,  (ex- 
pecting and  receiving  aid  from  no  other  source,)  for  tbe  roiDimum  amount  of  $ , 

to  assist  in  making  up  a  total  salary  of  One  Thousand  Dollars,  (of  which  we  have  in 

money,   $ ,  and  in  manse,  $ ,  pledged  and  secured  by ,)  for  the 

support  of  Rev ,  a  member  of  the  Presbytery  of ,  (regularly  installed,  as 

our  Pastor,  tbe day  of. 18    .)    We  agree  upoo  our  part,  without  aid  from 

the  Pastor  or  from  abroad,  to  cootribute,  tlricthj  in  advance^  at  least  $ .(being 

the  one  twentieth  of  our  share  of  the  salary,  including  manse-rental,)  to  the  funds  of 
the  Sustentation  Department  of  the  Board  of  Home  Missions. 

The  P.  0.  address  of  Rev is 

Our  communicants  number, Average  attendance, Number  in  Sabbath 

School, We  have  in  actual  operation  tbe plan  of  systematic  giving  for 

the  support  of  tbe  Gospel  and  for  all  tbe  Boards. 

By  order  of  the  Congregation. 

Church  organized  when? Salary  raised  by  us  last  year  was  $ Member- 
ship last  year  was Amount  received  from  Sustentation  was  $ Or  Home 

Missions  was  % Have  Church  Edifice  free  of  debt,  or  not? Nearest  Presby- 
terian Church? 

To  he  signed  by  Pagtor^  Elderty  Dtaeont  and  Tru$iees, 

Clerk  of  Session. 

TO  THE  8U8TENTATI0V   DEPABTHEKT  OF  THE  BOABD  OF  BOHB  HISSIOITS : 

The  church  at having  fulfilled  tbe  conditions  of  aid  under  tbe  Sustentation 

scheme,  viz :  having  a  Pastor  actually  installed — at  least  f500  salary  in  cash,  and  at 
much  more  at  is  pracficabUt  and  $7.30  average  per  member  in  cash,  %  e.,  exclusive  of 
manse — having  in  operation  the  envelope  (or  collector)  plan  for  the  systematic  con- 
tribution of  all  the  people  to  this  and  all  the  Boards  of  tbe  Church — and  herewith 
contributing  at  least  one-twentieth  of  their  part  of  tbe  salary  to  this  cause,  in  ad- 
vance, and  being  found,  on  examination  of  the  case,  to  have  urgent  need  of  this 
amount,  and  to  have  fair  promise  of  becoming  self-sustaining,  and  there  being  no 

-  .  -    -      c> 


256  Home  Mis$um$, — Suitentatian  Department,  [Augut 

other  aid  receiving  cburch  or  mission-station  which  is  bo  near  as  to  be  inclnded  under 

the  same  Pastorate,  is  hereby  recommended  for  aid  to  the  amount  of  $ 

Chairman  Com.  of  Sus. 

Approved  by  Pres.  of 

Stated  Clerk. 


[fill  all  the  blanks.] 
QUARTERLY    REPORT    OF 

Chnrch. 

Presbytery  of 

Date 187 

Have  yon  the  same  Pastor  as  per  last  report? Is  he  in  fnll  service? 

How  many  Sabbath  and  weekly  services? Has  he  any  other  occapation? 

Does  he  receive  aid  from  any  other  source? Is  Pastor's  salary  paid  by  thii 

Church,  and  received  in  full,  in  cash,  up  to  the  close  of  this  quarter,  and  to  what 
date? Is  the  Shorter  Catechism  taught? What  increase  of  mem- 
bers thus  far  this  year? Have  you  a  weekly  Prayer  Meeting? Average 

attendance  on  Public  Worship? Canyon  increase  your  quota  per  member  for 

the  salary? Have  you  regularly  contributed  to  the  Boards? To  which, 

and  how  much? By  what  method? How  many  have  contributed? 

[Signed.]  Pastor. 

"I  Elders. 


Rbobiptb  in  Jure  1874. 

49^  Synods  in  bmau  oaprau— Pr«Bbjteriet  in  itali«t— Chnrehes  lo  Roman. 

Albavt.— /I Itony— Albany  1st                     80  00  iV^noarik— Newark,  Park  8  41.    New  Bnmnciek-- 

Ca«TaALNawYoHE.-Bfn<^A<.«to.»-Bin|ihamton  ^'o^^'^^'^-    AewUm^t^iair^iomn  4  W         ^H 

Nonh  1  20.    O/wffrt- Franklin  42  CIS.    Sifraeute  New  YoBt—fludaoii— Hgmptonbur£8  24;  Mid- 

— Syracuse,  l»i  Ward  «2  wnts                       2  44  dielown  zd  4  tt8;  Cochecion  16  ct,.;  l.'ama»ciM 

CliT«LAHD.-aew/and-CleTeland  Isl  83.     8t,  J*  «^»l,  V^ashingionTiMe  im  2  ».;   We«i  Town 

Oairaw««-Porilana  1  8i;    Scotch  Ridge  1  2j.  l^^'fi  *l'**^'«*?*»   ^"^  ^  *<^     -**»  ^*^*-*i^";5 

BRis.—i&-i«— Pleasant  villa  25  30.    Kitianning^  Philadelphia.— CA««t«r—  Media  2  02.     Lack»- 

Marion  7  92                                                       83^  toanna— FrauRiin  M  cis.    Lehtgh^Lower  Uoaot 

HAaii8BoaeH.h-awKri#- Dauphin  10;   Petera-  **•"*«*!«                                                    4  28 

*>»>'«  2                                                           12  00  Pm8B€aeH.^JJto*-«wtte-Ne w  Alezaodna  3  St; 

lLU.^oiis  NoatH.-i^eo)orf-3alena  Isk  8  oe.  ??!'°:"i*°,  **:i.^*'K*l'"K^  ^L  i^^'^^^lT^^l 

Bock  iWt^-Uamlet  1  ^^                            9  i)6  ^»  t'*^  ^?iiif/   *^"'"*i'?*i';  ^***'**^  *'***•  m  ^t 

iLUHoiB,  South.— .^ttofi—Virden  1  80;   Plain- 
Tiew  1  70  3  30  ToLMM). BeU^ontain^—BucjruB  2  48.    .ffv 

-         „             ^j      »    ^j      »               ,•    .  ron— ureen  Spring  'M  cu».    AfuuiiMi— Union  i% 

Iowa.  No»TH.-Odar  fiapW*— Anamosa  18  ct>».  oie;  bickavihe  eo  cia.                                     3  to 
WaUrtoo-^Rock  Creek  21  eta                            40 

KEiiTCCET^iouwin/ie-LouisTllle,  Walnut  8t  J^'f"^!l  }]^J^^  '-Bvfal^Bim\o,  \Jef Ir 

*              ,  J.  minsier  12  U>;  Buttaio  UtUiral  12.    BochaUr^ 

*'  Lima  4  02;  Kocneeter  Ceniral  10  14            4i  31 

MiOBiOAM.— Detroi^Detroit,.    Fort   8t   10  92* 

Webtmmaier  2  30.    Z^n««p— Landing  1st  8  01  Wibooubin.— iri7t«iiiJk«e— Beloit  17  76;  Ottawa 

16  28  61  cu;  Lhsiaaeld  32  cis.                                   IS  B8 

MiBBOuai— Pla</»- Union  8;  King  City  1.    St.  «,.,         .     jr          v       ,.          'ZTTZ 

Louis-^u  Louis  Ibt  40;  J  a  W,  bu  ChaJles,  Mo  ^o**^  recei?ed  from  churches,      $M  18 

8                                                                   47  00  LiOACT— Legacy  of  Prudence  Sloan,  laie  of 

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aniin  1  11;  Kiiaabeth  ad  4  U«;  We»ittt.ld  2  "Hi;  - 

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DISSOLUTIOir   OF  THE    PASTORAL    BBLATIOK. 

Be?.  J.  H  Clark  and  the  First  Presby- 
teriftD  charch,  Cedaryille,  N*  J. 

0ALL8  BBOBITBD  OB  ACOBPTXD. 

Bar.  Charles  S.  Dorfee  to  the  Oakwood 
AreDoe  charch,  Troy,  N.  Y. 

Rer.  Albert,  White,  LL.D.,to;the  church 
■t  Los  Angelos,  Cal 

OBDnrATIOTO  AHD'iKBTALLATIOira. 

Ber.  J.  N.  Swan  was  installed  pastor  of  the 
Memorial  ebnrch,  at  Sloan  Station,  Ohio,  on 
the  12th  of  Jane. 

Mr.  Joseph  L.  Potter  was  ordained  as  an 
Evangelist,  bv  the  Presbytery  of  Cincinnati, 
May  11th.  it  is  his  ezpectatien  to  go  ^ 
Persia  under  our  Board,  starting  for  the  field 
in  August 

BeT.  Jas.  M.  Anderson  was  installed  pastor 
of  the  church  at  Matawan.  N.  J.,  on  the  30th 
of  June,  by  the  Presbytery  of  Monmouth. 

The  Rer.  F.  S.  Calhonn  was  installed  castor 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  church,  Fall  River, 
Mass ,  on  Thursday,  June  18th.  by  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Boston. 

The  Rev.  William  M.  Robinson  was  in- 
stalled pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church  of 
Heuvalton,  N.  Y.,  on  June  Uth.  by  a  com- 
mittee of  tlie  Presbytery  of  St  Lawrence. 

Mr.  A.  F.  Boyd  was  ordained  and  installed 
pastor  of  tho  church  of  Pleasant  Unity,  June 
26th.  by  the  Presbytery  of  Redstone. 

Mr.  James  McLenn  was  ordained  and  in- 
stklled  pastor  of  the  church  at  Transfer,  July 
14th,  by  the  Presbytery  of  Shenango. 

Rev.  John  Thomas  was  installed  pastor  of 
the  1st  church  of  Frostburg,  Md  ,  July  14th. 

P08T-0FPT0B   ADDRESSES   CHAKOBD. 

BeT.  S.  E.  Barr  from  Franklin,  Indiana, 
to  Elkhart,  Indiana. 

Bev.  H.  R  Lewis  from  Bonaparte,  Iowa,  to 
Qrasshopper  Falls.  Kansas. 

Rev.  J.  A.  Piper  from  Clinton,  111.,  to  Char- 
ketown,  Illinois. 


ReT.  W.  L.  Boyd  from  Oswego,  Illinois,  to 
Elgin,  Illinois. 

Rev.  E.  B.  Nucent  from  Tecumseh,  Kansas, 
to  Vincennes,  Indiana. 

Bev.  John  E.  Long  from  Truxton,  N.  Y., 
to  Preble,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Q.  D.  Archibald.  D  D..  from  Cham- 
bersbureh.  Pa.,  to  Danville.  Ky. 

Rev.  W.  H.  Logan  from  Washington,  D.C., 
to  Carlisle,  Penna. 

Rev.  J.  A.  Laurie  from  Fergus  Falls,  Minn., 
to  Doluth,  Minn. 

Rev.  D.  Deruelle  from  Jeansville,  to  Auden- 
reid,  Pa. 

Rev.  J.  K.  McKallip  from  Elisabeth  town, 
Ky.,  to  Uhricksville.  Ohio. 

Rev.  Elias  Thompson  from  Minonk,  Illi- 
nois, to  Le  Roy,  Minnesota. 

Rev.  Isaiah  B.  Hopwood  from  Paterson, 
K.  J.,  to  Newark,  N.  J. 

Rev.  William  H.  Webb  from  Adrian, 
Mich.,  to  Springfield,  Ohio. 

Rev.  George  Craig  from  Conklingville  to 
Chili,  Monroe  county,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  John  S.  Atkinson  from  Golden  Cor- 
ners, Ohio,  to  Amity,  Pa. 

Rev.  8.  A.  Rawson  from  Dundee,  N.  Y.,  to 
Arnot,  Pa. 

Rev.  J.  D.  Shanks  from  Bakerstown,  Pa.,  to 
Canonsburgh,  Pa. 

Bev.  T.  Y.  Gardner  from  Lawrence.  Kan- 
sas, to  Elyria,  Ohio. 

Bev.  J.  H.  Reints  from  Delavan,  III,  to 
fiartsburg.  111. 

Rev.  W.  H.  Illsley  from  St  Joseph,  Mo., 
to  Hopkins,  Mo. 

Rev.  J.  D.  Perring  from  Clay  Centre,  Kan- 
sas, to  Manhattan.  Kansas. 

Rev.  Ciiarles  P.  Coit  from  Bingham  ton, 
N.  Y..  to  Owego,  N.  Y. 

Bev.  John  Creath  from  Merced  to  San  Ber- 
nardino, Cal. 

PBATHI. 

Bev.  Cyrus  Greene  Braddock, pastor  of  the 
Bethany  church,  Presbytery  of  Pittsburgh, 
on  the  29th  of  June,  of  typhoid  fever. 

Bev.  A.  0.  Miller  at  White  Bock,  111.,  May 
12th,  aged  67  years  and  3  months. 


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CONTENTS. 


Board  of  Home  Missions.— Great  filling  cff  in  Con iribut tons— Debt  of  the  Board -Aont 
bHKy  Coo|-erV  way  of  Doid«— RfM»luii«»nf*  of  the  General  Awteiiibly— Appeal  lo  the  Pre»bytene« 
—The  Heathen  on  our  8iiorfj*~t>lock8  in  the  Way— The  Cavalry—Indian  Alarni— The  Graw- 
hoppert* — Hume  MisHton  Appointiitenii*— lU'ceipti*. ..^  .„.- ^ 257 

SustftUaUon  D^partmenL^W ^m  of  Fanda-Conditiona  of  Granta— Correspondence— A ppoiotments 
— Receipts ^ ^ ^.„ „.^...«....^..«^«  Stt 

Board  of  Bducatlon.— A  Royal  PriTilege— The  Stunmary  of  Professors*  Reports— The  First 
Practical  Want  for  Students  Kecomm  nded— Theological  Stadents  at  Seminmries  not  Presby- 
terian— The  Introduction  of  Men  into  the  Office  of  the  Ministry— The  Testameot  of  a  mueb 
Tored  Servant  of  Christ— Receipts.....^...^ « «. ~.«.....«..«^  tSt 

Board  of  Foreign  Missions.— Recent  Intelligence— The  Indian  Work  of  our  Ministry- Indisn 
Progress— Interesting  Services  at  Zahleh— Death  of  Msr  TohanaD— A  Preaching  Tour  in  tbs 
Futtehgurh  District— Receipts....^ ....» » m....^... -.^m....^...^.  271 

Board  of  Fublloation.— The  Prospect— Encoursging— An  Application— Inoreasing  Demands- 
The  New  Presbyterisn  flymnal— Offer  of  Catechisms— Receipts..........^...^^...^^.^...^^^  «• 

Board  of  Ohuroh  Sreotion.- Falling  00"  in  Contributions— Appeals  for  Help— BeoelpU..^  at 

Belief  Fund  for  Disabled  IClnisters.— Letter  from  a  Disabled  Minister— Receipts...^..  M 

Ctoneral  Aaaembly*!  Oommittae  on  FreedmeD.—Sutemeni— Eager  for  Bible  InstroctioQ— 
Readiness  for  Self-Denial— Receipts....«»^... ^..^ ^...^...».^.^.»..^.^ ,  fST 


FORM  OF  BEQUEST  TO  ANY  OF  THE  BOARDS. 

The  State  laws  differ  so  much  that  no  one  form  will  answer  in  all  the  States,  bat  in  erery  esse 
It  is  essential  to  give  the  kiqbt  cobpoeats  mami. 

BequesU  for  Home  Missions  should  be  made  to  **  TV  Board  of  Home  diiulemof  the  FrmhjfUrim 
Church  in  the  United  Statet  of  Ameriea,'^  which  Is  now  the  corporate  title. 

Of  the  Board  of  Education  the  corporate  name  is  **  The  Board  of  BdueaUon  of  the  Freeb^terim 
Church  tn  the  United  Stateeof  America.** 

The  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  New  Tork,  nnder  the  styls  of 
•*The  Board  of  Foreign  Mieeione  of  the  Pteebytorian  Church  in  the  Untied  Statee  of  An 


The  Board  of  Pobllcation  is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Pennsylrania,  nnder  the  stifte  of 
*^The  Trueteee  of  the  Preeby terian  Board  of  Publieation*** 

The  Board  of  Ohnrch  Erection  is  incorporated  nnder  the  stjle  of  **  The  TVastsss  of  the  Ckmeh 
Section  Fund  of  (he  General  Aeeembly  of  the  Preebyterian  Church  in  the  United  3teUe»  of  AwterieeT 
1ncorp«*rated  March  31, 1855.  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

Bequests  that  have  been  made  to  the  "  Trueteee  of  the  General  Aeeembly,^  or  to  the  **  Thutetief 
the  Preebyterian  Houee,"  for  Church  purposes,  will  be  ralid. 

All  Bequests  made  to  the  incorporated  Boards  or  Committees  of  the  two  late  Aasembttos  srs 
^ralid,  and  will  be  received  by  the  Boards  which  are  their  legal  soocessors. 

The  ReUef  Fond  for  Disabled  Ministsrs,  and  the  Widows  and  Orphans  of  Psoeased  Ministvs 
requires  the  following  form: 

••I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  executors  hereinafter  named,  — —  dollars  in  trust,  nevertbele^^ 

that  they  shalU  within months  after  my  decease,  pay  the  same  to  the  Trmeteeeofthe  Genial 

Aniembly  of  the  Preebyterian  Church  in  the  United  Statee  of  Amerieat  for  the  ose  of  the  Fond  for  Di» 
abled  Ministers  and  their  Families.** 

When  real  eeuUe  or  other  property  ie  given,  let  it  be  parttcularty  deeignated. 


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RECORD. 

Vol.  XXV.  PHILADBLPHIA,  SEPTEMBER  1874.  No.  9. 

BOARD  OP  HOME  MISSIONS. 


The  necessity  of  always  presenting  the  financial  condition  of  the  mission- 
ary treasury  so  prominently  in  the  Record  is  hy  no  means  a  pleasant  one. 
With  one  thousand  men  and  their  families  to  provide  for,  in  such  troublous 
times  in  money  matters,  the  Board  has  no  option.  The  Church,  for  whom 
the  Board  acts  and  to  which  it  is  responsible,  is  bound  to  know  the  state  of 
things.  We  can  do  it  in  no  way  more  briefly,  practically,  or  plainly,  than  by 
pnblishing  the  following  table  of  receipts  of  contributions  for  the  months  of 
April,  May,  June,  and  July  during  the  last  three  years,  thus: 
1872,  $70,139  02 1873,  $74,289  20 1874,  $55,895  24. 

From  this  exhibit  it  will  be  seen  that  tho  contributions  for  this  year  are 
already  $18,393  96  less  than  last  year.  At  the  same  time  the  work  and 
ezpemte  are  greatly  enlarged.  One  hundred  and  fifly-five  commissions  more 
have  been  granted  during  the  months  of  April,  May,  June,  and  July  than 
daring  the  same  period  last  year.  Thus  the  work  and  wants  are  increasing 
whilst  the  means  furnished  by  the  Church  are  diminishing.  On  the  1st  of 
August  the  indebtedness  had  swelled  beyond  $65,000.  It  excites  great 
anxiety.  Many  of  our  churches,  by  the  drouth,  the  chinch-bug  and  grass- 
hopper invasion,  are  left  powerless  to  help  themselves.  We  are  warned  of 
their  inability  to  fulfil  their  promises  to  the  missionaries;  indeed,  in  some 
sections  the  whole  community  must  be  helped  or  suffer,  and  some  perish. 
We  lay  these  things  before  the  people  of  God.  "  Remember  them  that  are 
in  bonds  as  bound  with  them;  and  them  that  suffer  adversity  as  being  your- 
selves in  the  flesh.'' 

We  print  the  following.  If  the  whole  Church  were  of  Aunt  Sally  Cooper's 
mind,  the  troubles  and  perplexities  of  this  burdened  and  needy  cause  would 
800D  disappear.  ,.g,^^,  by GoOgi 


268  Board  of  Borne  Munom.  lSq>temher 

CiHCimrATi,  Ohio,  July  l«th,  1874. 
Dear  Sir — Please  find  enclosed  $6  for  the  debt  of  Home  MissioDS  (P.  0. 
Order),  from  Atint  Sally  Cooper.     Aunt  Sally  is  a  washerwoman  (colored), 
and  a  member  of  Lane  Seminary  church.     Having  seen  the  call  for  the  debt, 
she  sent  me  $5,  with  the  enclosed  scrap  of  poetry  attached. 

Fraternally  yours,  6.  H.  F. 

''ALMS. 

"I  am  a  humble  pensioner 
Myself  for  daily  bread  j 
Shall  I  forget  my  brothers 
Who  seem  in  greater  need? 

"I  know  not  how  it  happened 
That  I  had  more  than  they, 
Unless  God  meant  that  I  should  give 
A  part  of  it  away. 

"The  poorest  highway  beggar 
And  I  have  needs  the  same, 
Close  side  by  side  we  waited 
While  God  called  out  the  name. 

''So,  brother,  it  but  happened, 
The  name  He  called  was  mine; 
The  food  was  given  for  us  both — 
Here!  half  of  it  is  thine!" 


We  commend  the  following  action  of  the  last  Assembly  to  the  careful  and 
kind  attention  of  ministers,  churches,  and  presbyteries,  but  especially  to 
all  the  Christian  women  in  our  communion. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted : 

Resolvedy  That  the  Assembly  recommend  to  Pastors  and  Elders  the  forma- 
tion, in  all  our  churches,  of  Women's  Mission  Circles,  in  connection  with 
our  Home  and  Foreign  Mission  Boards,  that  thus  all  the  Christian  women 
of  our  Church  may  be  actually  interested  in  the  great  Missionary  cause,  to 
the  deepening  of  their  own  piety,  as  well  as  the  enlargement  of  our  evangelis- 
tic work. 

In  view  of  the  difficulty  of  givins;  time  to  the  management  of  addidonil 
Societies,  in  some  localities,  the  proposal  has  come  to  us  from  a  highly  in- 
fluential quarter,  "  that  the  women  of  every  church  (so  far  as  possible)  shoald 
give  special  attention  to  raising  money  for  our  Home  Board  two  months 
every  fall ;  for  example,  October  and  November  (or  November  and  Decem- 
ber). This  would  give  time  to  hold  at  least  one  meeting  to  present  the 
object  and  to  make  collections,  also  for  the  putting  up  of  boxes  by  those 
wishing  or  able  to  work  only  in  this  way." 

TO  THE  PRESBYTERIES. 
It  will  be  seen  by  the  statement  above  that  the  indebtedness  of  the  Board 
is  so  great  as  to  grievously  cripple  its  work.  We  trust  this  will  secure  the 
most  serious  and  prayerful  consideration  of  each  Presbytery,  such  as  its  im- 
portance demands.  Let  the  Mission  field  of  each  be  carefully  surveyed,  and 
feeble  churches  be  urged,  by  all  the  power  of  Presbytery,  to  unite  in  the  sup- 
port of  the  gospel,  and  thus  diminish  the  sometimes  unnecessary  drafts  on 
the  funds  of  the  Church.  This  grouping  feeble  fields  is  the  only  way  by  which 
the  work  can  at  all  be  overtaken.  We  implore  the  earnest  and  thorough 
attention  of  the  Presbyteries  to  this  vital  matter.  In  old  fields  this  grouping 
is  often  a  difficult  thing.  The  good  of  the  church,  however,  and  the  exten- 
sion of  the  gospel,  as  well  as  common  honesty  to  the  contributors  to  these 


1874]  Board  of  Home  MUnoni.^  269 

fands  for  the  ezteosion  of  Christ's  kingdom,  demand  thb  ecooomy  of  men 
and  means. 

Home  Mission  fiinds  are  not,  except  indirectly,  for  Ministerial  Relief.  The 
end  and  aim  and  institution  of  Home  Missions  are  for  the  support  and  exten- 
sion of  the  gospel  in  new,  feeble,  and  destitute  settlements. 

We  ask  the  Presbyteries,  Missions,  and  Missionary  pastors,  to  remember 
tbat  the  Board  is  not  a  bank  to  make  money,  nor  has  it  credit  of  its  own,  on 
which  to  borrow.  Personal  and  individual  pledges  or  endorsement  has  been 
the  only  means  of  temporary  relief,  and  the  panic  of  last  year  has  shown  that 
this  personal  rbk  ought  not  to  be  expected  or  asked  by  the  Church. 


Oppressed  with  the  conviction  that  the  Record  is  regarded  by  many  as  dry 
reading,  we  persuaded  the  pastor  of  a  large  and  liberal  church  in  one  of  our 
largest  Synods  to  select  from  a  number  of  quarterly  reports  such  as  he 
thought  would  interest  his  people  and  Christians  generally.  We  trust  the 
folbwing  will  prove  to  be  both  interesting  and  profitable. 

THE  HEATHEN  ON  OUR  SHORES. 

P T ,  Washington  Territory,  July  13,  1874. 

My  Dear  Friend — Fresh  from  reading  your  grand  address  at  the  General 
Assembly,  I  sit  down  to  record  the  varied  experiences  of  another  three 
months.  Yon  can  hardly  imagine  with  what  anxiety  and  interest  I,  as  one 
of  the  home  missionaries,  watched  for  the  points  of  interest  to  our  work  as 
they  were  developed  during  the  sessions;  or  how  stirred  all  through  I  was 
It  the  grand  uprising  there  in  our  behalf.  And  I  wished  again  and  again 
that  I  could  have  emphasized — if  that  were  possible — the  few  paragraphs  of 
joar  address  in  regard  to  the  question  which  I  believe  will  soon  command 
attention — the  Christianizing  of  the 

CHINESE   ON   THIS   COAST. 

People  in  the  East  cannot  see  or  think  on  this  theme  as  those  who  are 
here.  Doubtless  we  see  but  the  poorer  and  more  worthless  classes  from 
China;  but  here  and  there  we  meet  one  who  in  intellect,  shrewdness,  and 
general  ability  would  compare  at  no  disadvantage  with  our  own  merchants  or 
managers.  And  there  are  tens  of  thousands  of  them — China  could  spare  us 
thirty  or  forty  millions  and  hardly  miss  them — and  yet  we  have  such  a  small 
force  at  work.  It  is  vain  to  talk  of  keeping  them  away,  and  they  are  thrifty, 
industrious,  and  apt.  They  are  already  a  necessity  out  here  ;  every  family 
&ble  to  afford  it  keeps  one.  But  you,  of  course,  are  familiar  with  their  case. 
They  are  pagan,  and  so  very  strongly  attached  to  their  "  ism,*'  that  some 
time  ago  a  class  here  was  broken  up  by  their  head  men  because  they  thought 
they  saw  some  symptoms  of  proselyting.  My  class  was  broken  up  by  the 
removal  of  the  scholars.  All  of  those  who  work  out  are  subject  to  a  master 
or  head  director,  at  whose  bidding  they  must  pack  off  to  another  place. 
These  removals  are  in  order  that  the  green  Chinamen  may  be  installed  and 
have  a  chance  to  earn  something  in  good  places.  It  is  to  be  one  of  the 
earnest  questions  of  the  century,  and  I  do  think  we  ought  to  be  getting 
'eady  to  meet  it. 

Not  long  since  I  visited 

PORT  DISCOVERT, 

on  the  bay  of  that  name,  to  the  westward  of  Port  Townsend.     I  was  wel- 
comed by  a  good  congregation,  and  listened  to  with  great  respect.     There  ia-p 
a  large  mill  there  and  ship-yard.     The  day  before,  a  large  barkentioe  was 


260  Board  of  Home  MMom.  {S^temher 

laanohed  there,  and  the  port  was  fall  of  seafaring  men,  some  of  whom  heard 
me. 

I  almost  forgot  to  say  my  "  commission"  for  the  current  year  came  to  haod 
by  the  last  mail.  God  grant  I  may  be  faithful  in  all  things.  It  seems  to  me 
there  is  something  sublime  in  thus  standing  commissioned,  not  simply  is 
pastors  are,  but  more  peculiarly  by  the  whole  Church,  to  do  service  for  the 
Great  Head  of  the  Church,  in  the  eye  of  the  grand  army  on  earth.  Yet  it 
is  hard  work.     I  had  a  visit  yesterday  from 

A  CHRISTIAN   INDIAN, 

a  Methodist,  who  had  come  from  a  point  called  Fort  Jamison,  on  the  main- 
land, over  six  hundred  miles  to  the  north  of  me.  On  his  way  down  he  hid 
stopped  at  Victoria.  I  asked  him  how  he  liked  the  town.  He  answered, 
^^Victolia  nice  town,  many  minister  in  Yictolia — but  too  many  debbil" 
Said  I,  "  You  don't  like  it,  then."  "  No,  plenty  minister,  but  plenty  debbil 
too."  Said  I,  "  And  what  do  you  think  of  Port  Townsend?"  He  answered 
with  great  earnestness,  '*  Oh,  awful  many  dehbil  here .'"  He  then  told  me  of 
*'  my  countly,"  Fort  Jamison,  that  they  were  building  a  church  up  there, 
that  he  had  cut  the  shingles  out  of  cedar,  that  "one  man  give  twenty  dollar, 
one  man  ten — fifteen  dollar,  little  boy  five  dollar— one  dollar ;  he  no  money, 
give  one  blanket.  Oh,  plenty  money — build  big  church  I"  They  make  their 
money  catching  fish,  the  Hydas  and  Queen  Charlotte's  Island  Indians  and 
the  white  traders  being  the  market.  The  fish  are  full  of  oil,  which  is  very 
valuable ;  indeed,  the  fish  themselves  are  sometimes  used  as  candles,  so  full 
are  they  of  fat.  But  I  now  have  an  unbiassed  verdict  on  Port  Townsend, 
**  Too  many  dehbil^  Nor  is  the  number  likely  to  be  decreased  much  from 
a  cause  now  furnishing  us  some  comfort  as  a  point  of  importance,  the  reoo- 
cupation  of  the 

UNITED    STATES    MILITARY    STATION 

at  the  head  of  this  Bay.  The  improvements  on  foot  are  such  as  indicate 
immediate  and  permanent  occupation.  The  officers  are  here,  and  mechanics 
at  work,  so  there  is  no  longer  any  doubt.  It  only  makes  it  more  important 
that  our  work  here  be  fully  and  devotedly  sustained. 

Yours  very  sincerely,  as  ever,         J.  R. 

BLOCKS  IN  THE  WAY. 

California,  May  1874. 
Dear  Brethren — ^The  work  upon  my  field  during  the  closing  quarter  his 
been  encouraging.  There  is  a  tendency  to  settle  down  to  work  that  promises 
well  for  the  future.  The  church  at  Anaheim  is  in  a  much  more  satisfactory 
state  than  ever  before,  and  six  persons  were  received  at  our  reoent  communion 
season,  by  letter.  If  only  they  could  be  revolutionized  in  their  management 
of  church  finances  it  would  be  well.  They  will  do  better  for  ministerul  sup- 
port than  in  the  past.  But  their  leading  elder  is  a  block  in  the  way  of  col- 
lections for  benevolent  causes  of  the  church,  and  his  stubbornness  is  a  great 
check.  I  could  not  get  the  church  up  the  past  year.  He  thinks  the  feeble 
churches  have  too  many  collections  and  cannot  be  shown  the  other  side. 
Sabbath-school  increases  and  improves,  but  in  such  a  place  it  is  hard  to  find 
teachers  and  helpers  sufficient.  Upon  the  whole,  the  church  is  in  a  condition 
that  is  hopeful  indeed,  and  there  is  less  disagreement  among  the  memben 
of  the  church  and  congregation  than  at  any  recent  time.  The  choir  business 
is  adjusted,  they  have  an  excellent  new  musical  instrument,  and  the  increas- 
ing number  in  attendance  silences  the  elder  and  his  good  wife,  who  wished  to 
retain  control  of  everything  as  long  as  possible.  A  year  ago,  if  I  had  left 
the  church  serious  trouble  would  have  ensued.  Now  I  think  it  is  qmte  difierent. 


1874.]  Board  of  Home  Mi$non$.  261 

At  our  last  oommnnioQ  at  Westminster,  we  received  ten  by  letter ;  so  that 
in  the  last  quarter  we  have  received  in  the  two  churches  sixteen  persons,  bat 
dismissed,  to  form  a  church  at  Orange  or  Richland,  six  old  members. 

DECLINING   HEALTH. 

It  is  with  inexpressible  sadness  that  I  mast  now  lay  my  work  aside  and  re- 
sign these  charges  to  other  hands.  But  my  health  has  declined  rapidly ;  I 
have  been  unable  to  preach  for  two  months;  and  now  my  strength  is  greatly 
reduced,  and  my  voice  so  entirely  gone  that  I  can  seldom  speak  above  a  whis- 
per. At  the  present  rate  of  decline,  my  work  on  earth  will  soon  be  finished. 
Nothing  seems  to  arrest  the  disease  in  my  throat. 

I  thank  God  for  what,  through  Home  Missionary  agency,  He  has  enabled 
me  to  do  in  Southern  California,  but  it  seems  to  me  that  the  Canaan  of  blessed 
labor  lies  just  beyond,  and  into  that  I  am  not  permitted  to  enter.  But  our 
Heavenly  Father  makes  no  mistakes,  and  my  prayer  is  for  grace  to  suffer  as 
well  as  to  do.  I  am  devoting  myself  to  the  recovery  of  my  health.  I  have 
been  able  to  procure  supplies  for  pulpit  mostly.  But  my  resignation  takes 
effect  June  15th.    We  shall  not  find  it  difficult  to  supply  so  promising  a  field. 

Just  now  I  am  with  my  family,  living  in  a  tent  high  up  among  the  moun- 
tains east  of  Anaheim  and  twenty  miles  away.  Been  here  two  weeks  but  am 
not  improved.  I  will  try  to  write  letters  to  the  Syracuse  Sabbath-school  till 
Buccessor  occupies.     Oh,  may  the  Lord  carry  on  this  work. 

Yours  in  Christ,         L.  P.  W. 


FROM  THE  SOUTH. 
A  brother  in  East  Tennessee  thus  graphically  describes  his  own  work,  in 
common  with  his  associates  in  the  great  Home  Mission  army. 

"  The  Homo  Mission  Regiment,  nearly  twelve  hundred  strong — who  shall 
estimate  its  power  for  good?     It  is 

THE  CAVALRY 

of  the  Chrbtian  army,  constantly  in  motion  at  the  frdht  and  on  each  fiank. 
clearing  the  way  for  the  solid,  self-supporting  churches  behind — churches 
upon  whom  we  must  lean  to  furnish  supplies  for  those  battling  at  the  front. 
In  the  last  war,  the  cavalry  could  not  point  to  a  single  battle  where,  with 
sabres  flashing  in  the  sunlight,  and  the  earth  shaking  beneath  the  rapid  tread 
of  charging  squadrons,  they  turned  the  tide  of  victory.  But  let  no  one  say 
they  were  not  the  right  arm  of  our  power,  ever  present  in  front,  flank,  and 
rear,  as  the  case  demanded,  preparing  the  way  for  the  solid  columns  that 
finally  brought  victory. 

"  The  missionary  occupies  this  weak  point  to-day.  Ood  blesses  it  with 
strength ;  it  is  self-supporting  to-morrow.  He  advances  the  standard  of  the 
cross  farther  to  the  front;  a  new  position  is  held,  till  it,  in  like  manner,  can 
be  safely  left.  Advancing  thus,  and  never  retreating,  we  shall  finally  conquer 
earth,  and  bring  back  this  revolted  province  to  its  rightful  Sovereign. 

H.  C.  A." 

INDIAN  ALARM. 

W ,  Kansas,  July  4M,  1874. 

Dear  Brethren — My  last  quarter's  salary  is  now  over  a  month  d^ie,  and 
has  not  made  its  appearance.  Thinking  perhaps  that  you  had  not  received 
my  report,  and  were  waiting  on  account  of  it,  I  have  written  to  tell  you 
that  the  report  was  sent  in  due  time  early  last  month. 

We  are  having  quite  an  Indian  scare  here  at  this  tiimi^ 


262  Board  of  Home  Mu9ian$.  {^September 

week  the  town  and  sarronndlDg  coantry  was  filled  with  the  panic-strioken 

emigrants  ten  and  fifteen  miles  westward.     Bro.  R 's  town.  C ,  ia 

now  the  most  exposed.  Regnlar  troops  aMved  last  night  and  will  go  down 
that  way  in  a  few  days.  Last  Friday,  whilst  out  driving  by  the  little  Arkan- 
sas river,  my  horse  took  fright  from  a  pistol  report,  fired  by  a  party  of  Texans 
in  a  wagon.  On  their'firing  again  he  broke  away  and  dashed  into  the  woods, 
and  bringing  the  buggy  up  against  a  tree,  threw  my  little  boy  and  myself 
out.  But  little  injury  was  done  beyond  some  scratches.  The  Texan  ele- 
ment is  more  unruly  this  summer  than  usual.  We  had  on  Monday  night 
almost  a  riot.  A  party  of  Texans  would  not  yield  to  the  police,  whereupon 
over  fifty  men  rushed  to  the  assistance  of  the  police  with  loaded  rifles  and 
shot  guns.  The  Texans  surrendered  and  were  heavily  fined,  and  now  are 
considerably  crestfallen,  and  mutter  threats  to  burn  the  town.  So  you  see 
we  Home  Missionaries  do  not  lack  at  this  season  the  means  of  excitement. 
Hoping  you  are  enjoying  good  health  this  season,  I  remain, 

Yours,  very  truly,      J.  P.  H. 

THE  GRASSHOPPERS. 

B ,  Kansas,  Aug.  3. 

For  several  weeks  we  have  had  excessively  warm  and  dry  weather,  and 
several  days  of  hot  winds  which  did  great  injury  to  the  promising  and  im- 
mense crops  of  corn  and  all  kinds  of  vegetables.  Last  week  an  immense 
army  of  grasshoppers  came  down  from  Nebraska  through  this  whole  region, 
and  have  entirely  destroyed  the  corn  and  all  other  crops  yet  unripe.  They 
have  even  destroyed  trees  and  hedges,  and  stripped  in  many  places  the  very 
forests. 

Ntbraska, 

A  great  drouth  has  prevailed  and  the  crops  are  short.  Then  the  great 
plague  of  grasshoppers  has  come  on  the  country,  so  that  I  have  to  be  one 
among  the  many  who  have  to  suffer.  In  fact  the  Missionary  has  reason  to 
tremble  when  these  things  occur  here  on  the  frontiers,  but  we  must  try  to  be 
brave,  and  trust  in  tb^  Master  and  his  people. 


HOME  MISSION  APPOINTMENTS 

Made  ih  Jult.  1874. 

ReT  Robert  Goart,  Lowell  eb.,  Mmk.  Rev.  J.  J  Hamilton,  Upper  eh^  V%. 

ReT.  S.  F.  Oalboun,  Fall  RUer  ob.,  tfaw.  ReT.  A.  Folnom,  Dimook  and  Sprinfrille  ehs.,  Pa. 

ReT.  T.  A   UamlltoD,  Beekmantown  cb.,  N.  T.  ReT.  W.  B.  Dftrracb,  Sblcksbinny  oh..  Pa. 

ReT.  0.  Ainslie.  Argyle  eb.,  N.  T.  ReT.  G.  Salmon,  Meehoppea  aa4  Mehoopany  elUL. 

ReT.  L.  Rood,  Pittotown  cb..  N.  Y.  Pa. 

ReT.  C.  R.  Brown,  Newton  2d  Colored  cb.,  N.  T.  ReT.  J.  H.  Clark.  Nteholaon,  North  Benton,  Gleo- 

R«T.  C.  Frsnciooo.  MIddlefleld  Centre  ob.,  N.  T.  wood,  and  Hillsdale  ohs..  Pa. 

ReT.  E.  0.  Pritohett,  Oriskany  oh.,  N.  Y.  Rer.  W.  R.  Templeton,  Reading  Washiaftoo  St. 

ReT.  F.  B.  Richard,  Brooklyn  French  i^h.,  N.  T.  Colored  oh..  Pa. 

ReT.  T.  S.  Bradner,  Glen  Goto  ob  ,  N.  Y.  ReT.  R.  R.  Oailey.  Fayette  Olty  eh^  Pa. 

ReT.  J  A.  Baldwin,  Wood  HaTen  eb.,  N.  Y.  Rot.  8.  B.  Lane,  Point  Pleasant  oh.,  W.  Va. 

KeT.  E.  Joneii,  NewRtead  ch.,  N.  Y.  Rev.  O  C.  B.  Dunean,  Fairmont  and  Maaaias«OB 

BeT.  J.  M.  Harlow,  Union  Corners  ch.,  N.  Y.  cha.,  W.  Va. 

ReT.  G.  G.  Jewell,  Parma  Centre  eh.,  N.  Y.  Rer.  F.  Maginnis,  Rome  ch  ,  Ohio. 

ReT.  0.  Newball,  Port  Waihington  cb.,  N.  J.  ReT.  A.  B.  Maxwell,  Leetonia  ob.,  Ohio. 

ReT.  A.  A.  B.  Wanderer,  Swedesborongh  cbnrcb,  Rer.  John  Noble.  Barlow  and  Watertowncfaa^  Ohio. 

N.  J.  Rot.  Benjamin  H.  Lea,  Belfiut,  Bethel,  Cynthiana, 

Rot.  N  L.  Upham,  Merehantrille  cb.,  N.J.  and  Marshall  ohs.,  Ohio. 

Rot.  B.  D.  Pionev,  Fallstown  ch.,  Md.  Rot.  J.  A.  Meeks,  Blanchard  eh.,  Ohio. 

ReT.  A.  Mitchell,  FranklinTille,  Magnolia,  Bdfe-  Rot.  J.  P.  Stockton,  Weet  Unity  and  Madlaon  eha., 

wood,  and  Abiogton  cbs ,  Md.  Ohio. 

ReT.  B.  L.  Boing,  Federalflburg  cb.,  Md.  Rer  J.  B.  Vance,  Mt.  Salem  and  Fayette  chs ,  OUa 

ReT.  W.  M.  Robinson,  Proridenoe  ch.,  Allegheny,  ReT.  D.  9.  Anderson,  Bagle  Creek  and  Pioneer  ^a, 

Pa.  Ohio. 

ReT.  T.  8.Leason,  Mill  Greek  and  Mt  Pleaaant  chs..  Rot.  R.  E.  Hawley,  Kentland  eh.,  Ind. 

Pa.  Rev.  G.  T.  White.  Greenfield  and  TMnity,  lad. 

ReT.  J.  C.  Hench,  Rockland  ch..  Pa.  Rot.  J.  R.  Sutherland,  Indianola  oh.,  Ind. 

ReT.  F.  £.  Thompson,  Mahoning  ch.,  Pa.  Rot.  P  BeTan,  St.  John  and  Mill  Town  oha.,  Ind. 

ReT.  S  A.  Rawfloo,  Arnot  cb.,  Pa.  ReT.  J.  E.  Fisher,  Aubnrn  ch.,  Ind. 

ReT.  A.  CulTer,  Pbiladelpbta,  Grace  Mi«fiion,  Pa.  Rot.  B  L.  DaTies,  Cobden  oh..  111. 

ReT.  George  Looker,  Philadelphia,  1st  German  oh..  Rot.  Thomas  Martin,  Peoria  Presbytery,  HL 

Pa.  ReT.  J.  H.  Soott,  Metropolis  ch.,  UL 

Rot.  A.  C.  Titni,  Newport  ch.,  Pa.  Rot.  A.  B.  Irwin,  Peoria  Preshytety,  IlL 


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263 


BeT.  E.  R.  Dm? if,  PrMbjtorUl  MiMioBaiy,  IlL 
Iter.  K.  N.  Barrett,  Aattia  oh.«  111. 
Rer.  B.  B.  8.  Bly,  Qrsce  oh.,  Onkwgo,  lU. 
R«v.  J.  R.  Smith,  Blisabeth  ch.,  ni. 

BeT. Mitehell,  CadarTille  eh.,  111. 

ReT.  WUlUm  L.  Boyd.  Blgin  oh.,  111. 

Rer.  A.  W.  Wright,  Blair  ch..  III. 

Rot.  H.  Lamont,  White  Hall  oh.,  IIL 

R«T.  0.  B.  MoComb,  Oalena,  Denmark,  aod  Plnok- 

neyTlIle,  ohe.,  III. 
IUt.  0. 0.  Bomberger,  Richland  andOllead  ohe.,  III. 
KeT.  8.  0.  Baldridge,  Tlmber^ille  eh..  111. 
Rer.  William  Ellers,  Wateon  oh..  111. 
R«T.  Joaeph  Qordon,  Shobonler  oh ,  111. 
ReT.  M.  OeUton,  South  Lyon  eh ,  MIeh. 
Rot  J.  P.  McUren,  D.  D.,  Baet  Nankin  and  Dear- 
born ohe^  Mich. 
Rer.  S.  Oelnga,  UnadiUa,  Plalnfl«ld,  and  Stock- 
bridge  che.,  Mich. 
Rer.  W.  A.  Marker,  Kendall  oh.,  Mich. 
IUT.  Robert  Bdgar,  OUyton  oh^  Mich. 
R«T.  B.  P.  Tanner,  OalUbrnia  and  Alganeee  ohs , 

Mich. 
Rot.  p.  P.  Dalrymple,  Hadion  oh  ,  Mich. 
Rer.  W  T.  Hendren,  Neitsville  oh.,  Wis. 
R«T.  D.  Smith,  Lima  ch.,  Win. 
Rot.  p.  Diogherty,  Pike  GroTO  oh  ,  Wia. 
Rot.  D.  Street,  Waapaoa  and  Rural  chf.,  WU. 
R«T.  F.  Z.  Roesiter,  Oshkoeh  eh.,  Wie. 
Rot.  R.  a.  Fuller,  Colb?  eh.,  Wia. 
Rot.  p.  a.  McMartin,  Winneconne  ch..  Wis. 
R«T.  Jean  Orob,  PlatteTilleOerman  ch..  Wis. 
Rot.  J.  A.  Laurie,  Rice's  Point  and  Supeiior  ohs» 

Minn. 
R«T.  A.  A.  Elehle,  Minneapolis,  FrankUn  Ayenoe 

ch ,  Minn. 
Rot.  a.  H.  Dodge,  Farmlngton,  Yermililon,  and 

Empire  ebs.,  Minn. 
R«T.  J.J.  Ward,  Kasson  and  HaTana  ohs.,  Minn. 
R«T.  John  Riee,  Bethel  eb.,  Wayne,  Iowa. 
R«7.  J.  Oillmore,  Bellefoe  and  HanoTer  ohs.,  Iowa. 
Ber.  O  F.  Lector,  Prairie,  Anarew,  and  Farmers' 

Creek  ehs.,  Iowa. 
Rot.  J.  W.  Uanna,  Mt.  Vernon  oh.,  Iowa. 
Rot.  a.  Herron,  Avooa,  Walnut  and  Nishnabotna 

eh ,  Iowa. 
Rot.  F.  L.  Arnold,  Sidney  eh.,  Iowa. 
Rot.  Leeko  Triest,  DyeriTllle  oh^  Iowa. 
BoT.  B.  Bonn,  Storm  Lake  oh.,  Iowa. 
Rot.  T.  a.  SbaTer,  Qlkiden,  OarroUton  and  Ooe 

Settlements,  Iowa. 
Rot.  J.  0.  Haona,  OalTary,  Oasfy  and  Gathrlo 

Station  ohs.,  Iowa. 
Rer.  A.  M.  Darlej,  Missouri  Talley  oh.,  Iowa. 
Rot.  W.  H.  MoOnskey,  Plymouth  and  MaryTiUe 

chs.,  Iowa. 
Rot.  J.  P.  Brengle,  Oorydon  oh..  Iowa. 
ReT.  O.  C.  Beaman,  Montrose  oh.,  Iowa. 
Rot.  H.  K.  Uennigh,  Bonaparte  and  Sharon  ohs., 

Iowa. 
Rot.  DaTid  Brown,  Oxford  oh.,  Iowa. 


Rot.  F.  Miron,  Fairbnry  ch.,  Nebraska. 
R«T.  J.  B.  Linskea,  Falls  City  oh.,  Nebraska. 
Rot.  W.  T.  Bartle,  PUttsmoutb  oh.,  Nebraslia. 
Rot.  a.  S.  Foster,  Columbus  and  Freemont  ehi., 

Nebraska. 
Rot.  F.  B.  Welty,  Wahoo  and  Marietta  chs.,  Ne- 
braska. 
Rot.  F.  M.  Hiokok,  Highland  and  Hopewell  ohs., 

Nebraska. 
Rot.  G.  J.  Schults,  Meridian  and  Alexandria  ohs., 

Nebraska. 
Rot.  0.  B.  Smith,  Ulysses,  Seward  and  Pleasant 

Prairie  chs.,  Nebranka. 
Rot.  J.  F.  Watkinm  Osoeola,  Brownington   and 

FairTiew  ohs^  Mo. 
Rot.  Geo.  Miller,  Beihel  eh..  Mo. 
Rot.  S.  Glamsock,  Joplin  oh.,  Mo. 
Rot.  J.  8.  Boyd.  Kirkrille  and  Millard  ehs.,  Mo. 
Rot.  0.  Root,  Jr.,  Glasgow  oh ,  Mo. 
Rot.  M.  Williamii,  New  Cambria,  Glasston    and 

Brush  Greek  chs  ,  Mo. 
Rot.  J.  0.  Pierce,  Kdina  ehs..  Mo. 
Rot.  W.  p.  Cochran,  D.D.,  Shelbyrille  and  Shelbina 

chs..  Mo. 
ReT.  N.  H.  Smith,  Hope  and  Fillmore  chs.,  Mo. 
ReT.  A.  M.  Reynolds,  Willowbrook  ch..  Mo. 
ReT.  J.  Kennedy,  Hamilton,  Breekenridge  and  N. 

T.  Settlement,  Mo. 
ReT.  A.  D.  Workman,  Union  ch.,  Mo. 
Rot.  Wm.  Reed,  Akron  oh.,  Mo. 
Rev.  U.  G.  Pollack.  SaTannab  and  Rosendale  ohs^ 

Mo. 
ReT.  J.  Hood,  Ebeoeser,  Dawn  and  Coloma,ohf., 

Ma 
Rot.  J.  R.  Armstrong,  De  Soto  and  Windsor  Harbor 

chs..  Mo. 
Rot.  a.  Yander  Llppe,  St  Louis,  German,  eh-,  Mo. 
Rot.  S.  Wells,  Paoltle  and  MoseUe  Go's.  Uamilton 

Iron  woriM,  Mo. 
Rot.  S.  W.  Mitebell,  Phelp's,  Crawfbrd  and  Marias 

Co's.,  St.  James,  Cuba  and  >teel8Tille  ohs ,  Mo. 
Rot.  W.  Kendrlck,  MeWern  and  Kock  Creek  oh*.. 


Rot.  M.  B.  Nelson,  Castleton  eh.,  Kansas. 

Rer.  Levi  Stemberg,  D.D.,  Ft.  Harker  and  Ellsworth 

chs.,  Kansas 
Rot.  N.  Bracken,  Glasoo  and  Delphos  chs.,  Kan. 
Rot.  J.  C.  Miller,  Gamett  Central  City  and  Sugar 

Hill  ohs.,  Kan. 
Rot.  J.  Baay,  Pleasanton  oh.,  Kan. 
Rot.  T.  a.  Robinson,  Perry  and  Teeomseh  ehs., 

Kan. 
Rot.  J.  S.  Sherrill,  Neosho  Falls,  Kan. 
ReT.  J.  R,  Ru*eell,  Deer  Lodge  eh.,  Mon. 
Rot.  8.  L.  Gillespie,  Gorrinne  and  Evanaton  chSn 

W.Y.Ter. 
Rer.  Joeiah  Welch,  Salt  Uke  City  ch.,  Utah. 
Rot.  J.  P.  Sebell,  AlU  City  ch  ,  UUh. 
ReT.  James  Mitchell,  Calistogaand  St  Helena  ohs., 

Cal. 
ReT.  H.  B.  MoBride,  lone  City  and  Amador  ohs.,  Cal. 


KECEIPTS  FOR  HOME  MISSIONS  IN  JULY  1874. 
"  Synods  in  imall  oapitau— Preabyterios  in  ieolies— Churches  in  Roman. 


ALBAWT.—ilZftans/— Albany.  SUte  Street  1«3  46; 
Bethlehem  17  60;  uefferson  4;  Nassau  4  10; 
Nor'hampton  7;  Frincelon  12;  Saratoffa  Springs 
Sd,  8ab-i»cb  10  24.  TVov— Cohoea  14 ;  Troy,  Park 
47  10 ;  Waterford  38  61  S18  10 

B4LTOiomi.~£a//tmore— Baltimore,  Westmin- 
st<>r,  a  member  6.  Washinaton  C<tv— Msnasxas 
4  60;  Washington  4th  160;  Washington,  Gariey 
10  160  60 

CmiRAL  Nsw  YoEK.—Bini7Aam/on— Bingham- 
ton  let  01  82.  8L  LoisrerMC— Cape  Vincent  10. 
£^a«iM^— LiTorpooI  4  62;  Syracuse,  1st  Ward 
6  62.     (/aeo—New  York  Mills  173  76  286  11 

Ciifcuf!rATi.—C%iZ/icofA«— Greenfield  Ist  63  76; 
Hamden  6  06;  Mc Arthur  4  06.  Cneinnati^ 
ChoTiot,  Ist  German  A;  Cmcinnati  Atb,  Ladies' 
Miss  Soc*y  06;  Cincmnati.  Walnut  Hilln.  aduM 
i.    Dayion—Mooroe  10;  New  Jersey  16  70 

208  66 
CLBTBLun.  —  CUntiani  —  CleTAland  1st  148 ; 


Clereland  2d,  In  part  200;  Elyria,  from  E  De 
Witt  10:  Rorre  2  47;  SironsTille  0  13.  Af  <Aon- 
in0- Poland  45.  81  ClatVsMUs— Butfhlo  17  2>; 
Mariin  Tille  10.  SteubmvUU—O^nMl  DoTer  12  ^0: 
Richmond  12  82  466  t8 

CoLoa\DO.~Cb<orado— DenTer  1st  (17th  St)  61. 
HVom^ny— ETans  2  60  63  60 

CoLUMSUS.— ilfAsns— Middleport  2  47.  Cblum- 
bus— Columburi  2d  :«0.  ifarion— Marlon  22  32. 
lfoo»<«r— FredeHckpbnrgh  2«»  06.  ZanumlU-^ 
Jersey  40;  Muskingum  26;  Norwich  and  Con- 
cord 10  421  76 

EKU.'il(/e{/A«nv— Bakerstown  16.  J?rts— Cam- 
bridge 7  60;  Edenboro  60.  Kittanning^Ux. 
Pleasant  20.    S^snanyo— Hermon  66  167  60 

OsHBTA.— Cftemimg—Elmira  1st  80  81;  Hector 
8;  Watkms  12  8:i.  Osnava— Seneoa  FhIIh,  La- 
dies* Miss  8oo*y  62  60.  5t«ub«n— Cantpbell  07  66 ; 
Corning  27  00 ;  HornellsTillo  42  74;  Prattsbursh 
8  -  O  5484  04 


264 


Board  of  Borne  Mtsnons. 


l^Sfptember 


HABMBBUBeH.— CbWftltf—CarlislelstlOS;  Low- 
er Path  Valley  and  BariU  Cabins,  a  member  6: 
McConnell»burgh,  Green  Hill  and  Wells  Vallev 
(of  which  Miss  dae  M  Van  Gleve  and  Sab-soh 
1  40)  10;  Waynesboro  Sabsch  14  07.  Hunting- 
don— Perrysville  60;  Sinking  and  Sprins  Creeks 
125;  Spring  Mills  28.  Northumberland— h%\& 
Eagle  and  Nittany  24  06;  WiUiamsport  2d  31  61 

891  24 

TLLmois,  Gkktbal.— ^loomtiH^ton— Bement  8; 
Cerro  Gordo  3  60;  Urbana  7  41.  Peoria— Farm- 
ington,  Ladies*  Miss  Soc'y  12;  Prospect  29  76. 
flfcAuyfor— Camp  Point  21;  Elvaston27;  Warsaw 
7  75.    lATTino/tefd— Beardstown  German  9 

125  44 

Illuiois,  Nobth.— CV^icevo— Chlcaso,  Grace  Sab- 
sch 62  60;  Ste  Anne  2d  6  40.  Otta«wx— Farm 
Ridge  10;  Gardner  la    Boek  iWwsr— Fulton  5  46 

94  86 

Ilunois,  Sottth.  —  AUon  —  EdwardsTllle  20 ; 
Greenrilie  9  61;  Hardin  I  48;  Plainvlew  2  24; 
Vlrden  8  41.  Gxiro— Metropolis  4  30;  Odin  3; 
Prairie  Grore  1.   Ifattoon—Neoga  6  78 ;  Sullivan 

5  6882 
\wviLHkt  NoBTR.—O*ai0/ord«vtU«~MAr8h  field  3. 

Jfun^ia— Liberty  13  66;  Wabash  20  19         86  76 

IBBXANA.  South.— /ndianapoIf<— Acton  2  22; 
DanTiIle9;  White  Lick  6.  iVieiOil(6any— Gory  don 
aa  White  TFoier— Greensburgh  66;  South  Pro- 
Tidenoe  2  09  103  31 

lowA,  NoBTH. — Dubtt^ua— Independence  Ger- 
man 16;  Mount  Hope  A  5U ;  Waukon  German  20. 

38  60 

lowA^SouTRw— GnmdlBIu^— AUon  16;  College 
Springs  4  50:  Hamburg  11  16:  "henandoah 
22  80 ;  Union  City  3  60.  Des  JlfoinM— Cincinnati 
4  60;  De  Soto  2;  Earl  ham  8  32;  Jeffenion  1; 
North  River  6  90.  Jouki— Kossuth  Isc  7  6i; 
Montro!>e  3  60.  Iowa  af;/— West  Liberty  2  90. 
Nehraeka  O^v— Alexander  3  66;  Beatrice  6  40; 
Meridian  2  76  101  79 

EAM8A8.— f/nporia— Winfield  4  25.  Neotho^ 
Baxter  Springs  3  80;  Garneti  8;  Independence 

6  10.      Topeka—El[9Worth  4  76;    Fort  Harker 
4  76;  Solomon  City  1  26  82  90 

KiHTVoKT.—£&«i«f0r— Bethel  9;  Hopewell  7. 
louUvUU-^  LouisTille,  Walnut  St  4  29 ;  Plum 
Greek  6.    7Van«y(uani(i— Lancaster  60 ;  **  M**  2 

76  98 

LoHO  ISLAHD.—Brooik^yfi— Brooklyn  Isi,  Henry 
St,  add'l  125;  Brooklyn,  Franklin  Arenue  16; 
New  Brighton,  Calvary  27  78.  Long  Inland— - 
Bridgebampton  14.  ^Jtsou— Huntingdon  2d 
18  49  200  37 

MioinoAH.—i>6frot<— Detroit,  Fort  St,  Sab- sob 
62  60;  Detroit,  Westminster  22  82.  Lansing— 
Albion  28;  Concord  11  69.  iSa^^naiv— Midland 
City  6  lk9  91 

MiirifnoTA.—JtfaiiAcaio— Pleasant  Ridge  6;  Sa- 
ratoga 2  60;  St  James  6 ;  St  Pete^*^  Union  18  20; 
Rev  J  E  Conrad  20.  SI  Pau^—Mmneapolis,  An- 
drew 10;  Minneapolis,  Westminster,  **  West- 
minster workers**  10;  Red  Wing  4  27;  St  Paul, 
House  of  Hope  64  91  140  88 

MissouBi.  —  Osa^e  —  Kansas  City  8d  10 ;  La 
Monte  7  60;  New  Frankfort  German  I  60    19  00 

Niw  Jut8BT.—£{i2a6«tA— Clinton  1st  22  81; 
Pluckamin  4  76;  Roselle  l^t  (Sab  sch  4  68)  3-5  68; 
Westfleld  11  10.  Jertey  City— Hoboken  Ist  W; 
Jersey  City  2d  19  flO:  Rutherford  Park  14  62. 
JfonmotttA— Farmingdale  6.  Morris  and  Orange 
—Madison  132  03;  Morristown  1st  30  59:  Orange 
1st  166.  iV^sioarJb— Newark  2d  90  04:  Newark  Ath 
60;  Newark  Central  Sab-sch  76:  Newark  Park 
14  27;  Newark  South  Park  72  60.  New  Brum- 
i0idk— Interest  on  Steele  Legacy,  Bound  Brook 
86:  Dutch  Neck  3^;  Kingwood  30:  Stockton 
6  60.  iVeioton— Greenwich  41  63;  Yellow  Frame 
6  11.  Tf^ef<  J«r«<9/— Camden  1st  100;  Hammon- 
ton  Sab-sch  13  1060  64 

Nsw  ToBX.— Hudson— Cocheeton  86  cts;  Good- 
will 20  2<;  Hamptonburgh  9  26;  Middletown  2d 
16  67 ;  Nyack  19  12;  Scotchtown  7  66;  Waabmg- 


tonvllle  1st  9  88.  New  KorJfc-New  York,  Allea 
St  37  84 ;  New  York,  Church  of  the  Sea  and  Land 
6  43;  New  York,  First  Union  40  77;  New  York, 
Madison  Square  860;  New  York  Scotch,  from 
John  Taylor  Johnston  123  38:  New  York  4ih 
Avenue  tt  44.  ^brtA  Aiver— Highland  25;  New- 
burgh  Union  26  30.  Westehestsr -Port  Chester 
9  86  727  11 

Pacific.— Los  iingetos— Wilmington.  Calvary  I. 
Orsgon— Jackson  County  26  60;  Olympia  la 
&sn /Vancisco— Danville  4  37;  San  Ramon  4  38; 
San  Francisco,  Howard,  from  S  I G  8«  eeaey  Ein), 
lUO.    San  /ose— San la  Clara  U  60  16L  ti 

Phoadblpiiia.  —  Chestsr—  New  London  48  34. 
XcuOMiioamia— Montroee  100.  LeMoA— Aileaton 
46  86;  Conynghani  Valley  42  84  ;  Uokendanqos 
8:  Lower  Mt  Bethel  6  49;  Reading  Washiogtoo 
St  6.  />A«ad«/p*ui— P. liladelphia  Manner's  Oab- 
soh  2  02.  PhUadelphia  AorA— Doylesiown  sad 
Deep  Run  18  82.  Westminster  —  Chanoeford 
19  83;  Union  4  66;  *'  Personal**  30  3M  M 

PiTTSBOBOH— BtoJrtvOie— New  Alexandria  16  60. 
iVt»6uroA— Lebanon  31  40;  Pittsburgh  2d  (Ssb- 
BCh  36  50)  70  11 :  Pittsburgh  Shady  Side  28  «& 
i8ed»ton»-Round  Hill  7  40.  IfoaAwi^toii-Wtwel- 
ing  4th  66  ots  W*  Tl 

Toledo.— BeOe/onto^he—Bucynia  6  18,  Uma- 
Delpbos  4  10  10  S 

Wbstibv  Niw  Yobx.  —  .Bi#alo  —  SpriagviUe 
19  21;  Westfleld 26  o7.  Genese&— Pembroke  lii 
Batavia  30;  Rev  G  S  Corwm  loa  Niagara^ 
Niagara  Falls  Sab-sch  6  i  60.  itocA«s(ar— Rochsj- 
ter  Brick,  from  Mrs  Chaa  Wilcox  lo.  Ladies *»7 
17  8^  186  32:  Rochester  Central  65  26;  RoetiM- 
ter  Westminster  7  06 ;  Rev  W  C  Gigrlord  12 

448  41 

WisooBsiir.  —  Chippewa  —  La  Crosse  1st  6  M; 
La  Crosse  North  1.  Af Otooailcee— DeUfield  I «; 
Wisconsin  J2iver— Fancy  Creek  6;  UurriCADe  1 9; 
Liberty  2  60;  PlaUeville  10;  Poynette  9;  Prtins 
du  dao  Sab-sch  18;  RichUod  Giiy  6  ;  Rockril^ 
4  26  ^" 

Total  received  from  ohurebea,  $«MW  M 
LsOAaES.— Legacy  of  Phoebe  M  Roo-s,laJ«or 
Bou'h  Orange,  N  J,  loO;  Legacy  of  £11  iioyder, 
deo*d,  (in  part)  26;  Legacy  of  Mrs.  Esiber  B 
Morgan,  deo'd,  late  of  Brooklyn,  Pa,  (w  psrt) 
149  76:  Bequest  of  Miss  Mnrgaretta  Chamber^ 
late  of  Chambersburg,  Pa,  300;  Legacy  of  Elut 
Harper,  deo*d,  late  ofNew  York  City,  (a  balsnce) 
93  W'" 

MisoBLLAKious.—**  Interest"  106 ;  John  F  Buck 
"Three  Groves**  Nebraska,  5  ;  Rev  S  N  Robm- 
son  Sherman,  N  Y.  10;  Reuben  Tyler.  E^  ^ 
Mrs  Dr  W  fl  Magill,  Danvdle.  Pa,  3;  BsrrM, 
Huntington,  Danville,  la,  6;  J  M  Coen,  Nr»- 
town,  ind,  6;  Martha  Park,  1  homjpsonviUeJJ 
46;  E  Ware  Sylvester.  Lyons,  N  r,30;  Prsstif- 
lerian  Mi»a*y  Soc*y  of  Lake  Brie  Female  stem*- 
nary, Pamesville, Ohio,  16  60;  -A  Friend."  JpO: 
Frederick  J  Slade,  Trenton,  N  J  100;  Bev 
•*A  C,*'  Lime  oprings,  Iowa  6;  -Tiihes  *» 
Home  Mission8*'^2;  '-A  Friend,**  600;  John  s 
Crane,  Goshen,  N  Y,  85;  -  k*'  California,  1;  ""S 
E  Darlington,  Pittsburgh,  Pa,  100  un^ 

Total  in  July,       |8.»**  • 
O.  D.  EATON,  Treamtrst, 

•i^  Centre  Street,  New  York. 

HOME  MISSION  ROOMS, 
No.  23  Centre  Street.  New  Yobe  Citt. 
Cbr.  Secrstorfss— Rev.  Hbhbt  KBimAU,  D.D., 

Rev.  CTB08  Dioxaoa,  D.D. 
TVaosursr— O.  D.  Eatoit. 

Lbttbbs  relating  to  Missionary  AppointBieoti 
and  oiher  operations  of  the  Board,  t-nouw  " 
addret^ed  to  the  Corresponding  Secretaries  iw 
23  Centre  Street,  New  York  aty.  L«"«"  "JJ 
lating  to  the  p«»cuniary  affiurs  of  the  ,Bosi«.w 
containing  remittances  of  money,  should  pew* 
to  O.  D.  Eaton,  Esq^  Treasurer— aama  addrsi^- 
P.O.,BoxS86i. 

-  .  -     -       c> 


1874.]  Board  of  Howu  MMom.  266 

SUSTENTATION  DEPAKTMENT. 


The  Board  of  Home  Misnons  accepted  the  trust  committed  to  it  by  the  last 
Assembly,  with  the  determination  that  the  canse  of  Sustentation  shonld  be 
▼igorously  prosecuted.  The  work  was  entered  on  at  once,  in  the  hope  that  the 
churches  would  respond  promptly  to  the  pledges  given  at  the  Assembly  in  St. 
Louis  toward  the  debt,  and  would  give  a  liberal  support  for  current  expenses. 
So  far  the  hope  has  not  been  fulfilled. 

Any  progress  in  extricating  the  cause  of  Sustentation  from  the  difficulties  which 
embarrassed  it  at  the  time  of  the  transfer  must  be  very  slow,  unless  the  churches 
respond  promptly  and  liberally  in  the  matter  of  contributions.  Many  of  the 
pastors  on  Sustentation  do  not  seem  to  understand  the  conditions  on  which  aid 
was  granted.  Attention  is  called  to  Rules  No.  6  and  7  of  the  late  Committee, 
herewith  given. 

6.  Church's  salary  to  be  first  actually  paid  in  cash,  and  reported  every  quarter 
in  full,  as  per  blank  form.    The  quarterage  forfeited  if  not  so  reported. 

7.  Advance  contributions  of  at  least  one- twentieth  of  Church  salary,  including 
Manse  rental.    No  commission  bearing  date  till  this  is  received. 

The  Board  has  no  option  in  the  matter,  and  must  abide  by  the  rules  of  the  late 
Committee,  and  by  the  dates  on  the  bOoks  as  transferred.  We  can  only  repeat 
what  was  said  a  month  ago.  All  money  received  from  the  churches  for  this  object 
will  be  promptly  applied  in  payment  of  grants  when  the  rules  have  been  complied 
with.  

Will  the  people  of  Gk)d  read  the  following  extracts,  taken  from  a  great  heap  of 
correspondence  in  the  department  of  Sustentation?  Sometimes  we  are  grieved 
with  unjust  complaints  and  fault-finding,  but  we  try  to  put  ourselves  in  the  places 
of  these  dear  brethren,  and  to  sympathize  with  them  in  their  disappointments  and. 
trials.  It  is  no  doubt  difficult  for  men  to  be  patient  who  feel  that  in  some  way^ 
they  have  been  grievously  wronged.  Will  the  Church  come  to  the  help  of  tlisse* 
faithful  men,  who  have  adventured  their  all  on  this  scheme,  solemnly  sanclM»nQd 
by  the  action  of  her  General  Assembly? 

L ,  Fa.,  Juljf,  18t4i. 

As  I  am  no  longer  pastor  of church,  and  somewhat  in  debt  there,,  will  yoi« 

not  attend  to  my  case  as  soon  as  possible?  I  would  not  write  this  if  I  were  not 
compelled.  My  claim  is  really  a  pressing  one.  No  church,  in  debt^  kouse^ienl 
to  pay,  and  my  family  to  support. 

Have  you  any  missionary  work  for  a  willing  worker?  I  care  veiy  HtUe  wher^ 
yon  may  send  me,  only  so  that  I  can  accomplish  some  good. 

T ,  ni^  M^  18T4 

Now,  if  I  could  have  received  my  quarterly  payments,  even  with  this  reduction, 
my  condition  would  have  been  tolerable.  I  have  been  compelled  to  supplement 
this  deficit  by  borrowing  at  ten  per  cent,  at  the  banks.  This  is  hard  sailing  for 
an  old  man.  Now  this  hot  summer,  when  I  very  much  need  the  benefit  of  a  little 
resting  recruiting  trip,  I  can*t  raise  a  dollar.  But  then  I  am  at  the  Master's  work 
and  content  therewith.     **The  Liord  reigns." 

B ,  K  /.,  Auyust,  1874. 

Owing  to  long[  delay  in  getting  through  all  the  forms,  and  the  fact  of  a  feeble 
church  bearing  its  wnole  expenses  for  two  years  after  its  organisation,  and  six 
months  after  help  could  have  been  had  from  the  Home  Mission  Board,  and  unex- 
pected hindrances  till  the  14th  of  June,  1873,  we  have  been  greatly  disappointed, 


1  have  been  trying  to  hold  on  patiently,  on  the  principle  of  **wait  horse  till  the 
grass  grows,"  but  ffind  it  very  aifficult  to  **  provide  things  honest  in  the  sight  of 
alljnen,"  when  the  Sustentation  Fund  don't  provide  things  with  me. 


The  whole  weight  of  these  failures  falls  upon  the  pastor;  and  when  an  income 
is  only  $800  above  house-rent,  a  man  of  family  in  a  community  where  everything 
is  at  city  prices  finds  it  very  difficult  to  be  deprived  of  half  his  income,  and  stilt 
be  '•  free  trom  worldly  cares  and  avocations."  o 


266 


BoQird  of  Borne  JUsnom. 


lSq>tember 


8 ,  niinais,  August,  1874. 

Sustentation  pled^s  to  pastors  the  payment  of  its  indebtedness  at  the  close  of 
every  quarter — that  is  a  part  of  its  contract.  In  fact  it  is  the  rery  thing  that 
Sustentation  makes  appear  most  prominent.  On  the  strength  of  this  pledge  the 
pastor  applies  to  the  baker,  the  butcher,  the  grocer,  the  miller,  even  the  undertaker, 
and  contracts  debts,  the  liquidation  of  which  depends  wholly  upon  this  quarterage. 
That  is  just  the  case  with  me  to-day.  I  am  poor,  have  a  family  to  support,  and 
during  these  intervals  of  delay  we  have  been  for  weeks  without  any  money  in  our 
house.  I  am  depending  on  what  Sustentation  owes  me,  and  owes  me  honestly, 
owes  me  by  the  clearest  justice,  to  pay  debts  that  I  cannot  otherwise  meet.  I  have 
pledged  it  to  my  landlord,  to  my  grocer,  and  they  are  expecting  it.  I  said  to  them 
two  davs  ago,  **I  shall  have  it  very  soon  now."  Three  quarters  are  behind.  If  I 
am  to  lose  this,  I  am  financially  ruined,  the  pastorate  will  be  broken  up,  and  I 
must  go  elsewhere.  _ 

The  Sustentation  Committee  had  not  for  some  time  published  a  list  of  its 
appointments,  but  the  Board  will  hereafter  insert  in  the  Record  the  names  of  all 
the  pastors  to  whom  commissions  are  granted  under  its  Sustentation  Department. 
The  following  were  commissioned  at  the  last  meeting,  vis: 
ReT.  C  W.  Backua,  Northampton,  N.  T. 
Rev.  J.  Peirie,  McDtao*.  N.  J. 
ReT.  W.  8. 0.  Webster,  Weatherly,  Pa. 
Ba?.  J.  M.  Bhielda,  MillTale,  Pa.        


B6T.  J.  A.  Browo,  Waat  Liberty,  W.  Va. 
ReT.  H.  B.  Dye,  Maumee  City,  Ohio. 
Rev.  F.  &  Joboaou,  Bearer  Liam,  Wis. 


BBOSim  IV  JuLT  1874. 
49*  Synods  in  fMUA  oafrau— Preabytoriea  in  ite/<es-Obarohes  in  Roman. 


AuA«T^4l6aiiy-- Albany.  BUte  Street  40  68; 
Saratoga  Sprinss  2d  Church  Sab-Mchool  8  64; 
Nassaa  1  ui    TVov— Waierford  18  41  62  67 

Baltimorb.—  Wiukington  City  —  Washlnirton 
Metropolitan  Snb  »ch  ^      ^     *  •* 

ObmtralNew  York.— Bi&v*««a<«»— Bingham  ton 
1»t  28  6  J.  8t.  Laior«»ce— Canton  U  17.  8yra- 
Mi«a— ljraou»e  Ist  ^ard  1  36;  Liverpool  I  12 

Ciif0iinfAn.-Othc<afia«-<7lendale24  80;  Lane 
Seminary  lu8  90.  X>ayton— Monroe  10.  Port$- 
moaeA— J«ok8on  I  4U  144  00 

Clitilaiid.— CiMMtofui—Cleveland  First  41  76; 
Rome  81  ctt ;  SirongSTlUe  2  28.  8L  OairftKUt— 
Buffalo  4  29  48  01 

CoLtJMBUS.— ilfAeiif-Middleport  81  cts.  W<y>t- 
tor— Frederickfburx  6  20;  NanhTllle  8;  Berlin 
1:  OrrTille  2.    Zdfi«fi^»/le~Norwich  2;  Jersey  6 

28  81 

Ban.— KHe— Park  60;  Gambridgo  1  88     61  88 

Gi«iTA.—Cbviioa^-Genoa  First  11;  Meridian 
8  60.  CWiMMff— BImlralst?  88;  WatklnsS  uS. 
Xyottf  — Galen  13  61.  ^<«if6sii  — Corning  6  96; 
UomellsTille  7  63  66  31 

BARRisBOHeH.—OiW<ri0— Carlisle  Second  27  67 ; 
Millerstown  2  06.  ^aiiMfiydon— Clearfleld  46  66. 
iVbreAttmberteful—Beihel  z  :i5;  Willlamsport  2d 
19  60;  bald  Eagle  and  Nittany  6  13;  Warrior 
Ban  6  36  100  71 

iLUNoia,  Cam.KL."  Bloomington^Jtnej  12; 
Urbana  12  ctM.    &AMs^«r~MonmouUi  22      34  12 

ILUNOUS  North.— /foe*  JWt«r— Fulton  I  83 

iLLUfois,  Sooth.— ilttoi»—GreenTille  I  84;  Vir- 
den  2  OS;  Alton  Sab-nch  12;  Hardin  86  cents; 
PlatnTiew  1  69.  AfaWoon— Neoga  1  68;  Tavlor- 
Tille  6  ^4  66 

iMDiAif  A,  North.— Logon«por<— Crown  Point  3 ; 
Kentland  3.    Afuiune— Wabash  6  11  W 

Indiana.  South. — Indianapoli»-^keton  66  cts; 

IndUnapolls  1st  S4  16.     WhiU   IFater— Greenn- 

burs  16;  New  Castle  6;  South  ProTldence4  16 

■  60  86 

Iowa.  PotJTH  — /otoo— Kof suth  1  86 

KRMTtTCKT.— LottuviOe— i^ouisTllle   Walnut  st 

1  06 

LoKO  l!«LA!m.—BrooWyn— Brooklyn,  Franklin 
ATenue  10.  Long  /</nnd— Southampton  86  80. 
iVosMm— Huntingdon  2d  4  69  61  89 

MiOBlOAi«.—/>etroa— Detroit,  Westminster  6  66: 
Detroit,  Fort  street  49.    Lon*<n^  Concord  2  88 

67  64 

MimiESOTA  — ATonAato— Mankato  1st  26  26.  8L 
Paul—au  PtiUl  House  of  Hope  IS  82;  Red  Wing 


!  9!»  ?*"n*n«*on  1  70;  Eureka  1;  Empire 
I  40.  IfinoM— DuDdas  3  60;  ForeaCS  70;  Wi- 
nona,  Ger  1  26  62  48 

Mmoou.— Pla<fs— Mirablle  1  00 

Naw  JtttBT.—JS»M6elA—Boeelle  (of  which  Sab> 
8ch  1  18)8  87;  Clinton 6  68;  »X  YZ**  10;  Pluck- 
amin  1  18;  Westfleld  2  76.  Jensy  Gtty- Hobo- 
kenlatlO.  Afoamou^A-Hlghtstown  86.  Murrit 
Mtd  Oraff^e— Madison  7  61;  Morristown  l«  7  6a. 
^««^<^rA— Newark  2d  16  01 ;  Newark,  Park  3  63. 
New  BnmsisteA— Stockton  2.  JITswIoii— Yellow 
Frame  1  27;  Greenwich  7  tO.  Wmt  Jer$m~ 
Woodstown  8  26  IM  &S 

NswYoEK.- lft«iKm-Ooodwni6  0«;  Washtnic 
tonTille  1st  2  46;  Middletown2d  4  14;  Coebecton 
2tcts;  Hamptonbiirg2  29;  Nyack4  74;  Scotch- 
^wn  1  90.  Ifao  ForA-Scotch,  from  J  Taylor 
Johnston  80  «>3;  Sea  and  Land  1  34.  WtMtehtaUr 
—Port  Chester  2  46:  IrTtuKton,  from  Mrs  J  C 
DeKlyn  6 ;  Greensbiirg  21 76 ;  New  Boobeile  40 

„ 121  03 

PnLAfeiLPHiA.— C^ter— Doe  Run  23  80;  Wayne 
10;  New  London  1226.  I^i^A-AUeniown  II  62; 
Lower  Ml  Beihel  1  61.  Wettmintitr  Union  1  18. 
*•  Personal**  D  10  70  41 

PmssoaoH.— BtoA^soO^s— New  Alexandria  3  88. 
PUUburffh^PittMhortih  2d  8  42;  Shady  Side  7  11; 
Lebanon  7  79.  i2s(f«tofi«— Round  Hill  1  88.  ITosA- 
*»yton-Wheellng3d8  48;  WheeUng4th  14  cm; 
East  Buffalo  10  60  48  18 

ToLno.— As^oateine— Booyma  1  28 

WuTSRir  Niw  Yoas^Aiifato— Westfield  6  47. 
Oene$ce  Ka^y— EllioottTille  sa  i^odkssfsr— Bo- 
ohester  Central  13  72;  Bochester,  Westminster 
1  76  51  94 

Wncoasn.— AfaMnuAse-Delafleld  82  cenia. 
ITiiiftsbayo— Oshkosb  2  26.  IFUeons^a  Siver^ 
LowTille  8  26  &  8S 


Total  receired  from  oh  arches,   $1,980  10 

MuonxAHROvs.— Mrs  M  L  Miller,  Malone,  N  Y 
6;  Mrs  Dr  W  H  Magill,  Danrille,  Pa  S;  «C  F*'6 

12  00 

Total,       $1,278  10 
O.  D.  EATON,  Drmamrmr, 
28  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


Cbr.  SecreCarist— Rot.  Bbhrt  Kiwdau,  D.U, 
Rot.  Ctrvs  i  ickson,  D.D., 
28  Can tre  Street,  New  York.        iC 


187i]  Board  of  Education.  267 

BOARD  OP  EDUCATION. 


fte  nMxtun  nvLT  n  ouat,  but  vn  laboum  am  raw;  peat  n  murou  vn  Lobo  ov  vbi  mAXfwn 

THAT  U  WOVLD  BBWB  VOBTB  LAB0BBB8  IMTO  BIl  BABTBITw^Luke    Z.  i. 


A  ROYAL  PRIVILEGE. 

An  incident  in  the  life  of  George  the  Third  will  he  long  remembered  with  inter- 
est by  many  that  speak  the  English  tongue  in  all  Christian  lands,  who  little  know 
or  admire  his  political  acts.  It  is  said  that  one  day  when  riding  in  Windsor 
Forest  he  heard  a  cry  of  distress.  It  came  from  a  poor  gipsy  child.  The  king 
went  to  her  and  kindly  asked  why  she  was  crying.  **  O,  sir,  mother  is  dying," 
said  the  child,  pointing  to  a  low  tent,  where  lay  a  female  gipsy  evidently  near 
her  end.  An  elder  girl  was  kneeling  by  her  side,  who  said,  not  knowing  to  whom 
she  spoke,  **My  poor  mother  wants  a  pious  person  to  teach  her  and  to  pray  with 
her  before  she  dies ;  but  I  donH  know  where  to  find  one.*"  The  woman  looked 
piteonsly  on  her  visitor,  unable  to  speak  a  word.  "  God  has  sent  me  to  instruct 
and  comfort  your  mother,"  said  the  kiag.  He  sat  down  on  a  pack  by  the  side  of 
a  wretched  bed,  and  described  the  evil  of  sin,  and  pointed  her  to  Jesus,  who  could 
save  the  chief  of  sinners.  Her  countenance  was  lighted  up  as  if  hope  had  entered 
her  mind  ;  and  soon  she  breathed  her  last.  The  king  gave  some  money  to  the 
poor  gipsy  children;  told  them  who  he  was,  and  that  they  might  look  to  him  for 
help,  but  he  directed  them  more  than  all,  to  seek  God  as  their  eternal  Friend  and 
Father,  and  Christ  as  their  Saviour. 

It  is  a  scene  like  this  which  creates  ''joy  in  heaven."  How  few  are  the  acts 
of  most  earthly  kings  in  which  the  angels  of  God  can  take  pleasure !  But  how 
honorable,  on  the  other  hand,  that  profession  whose  offices  are  a  continual  round 
of  transactions  which  are  pleasing  to  the  Father,  the  Son,  and  the  Spirit  on  the 
throne  ;  and  to  all  the  powers  in  heavenly  places  I  How  privileged  and  blessed 
the  man  whose  footsteps  here  angels  constantly  attend ;  in  whose  labors  they  are 
happy  fellow-ministers  ;  whom  they  honor,  when  faithful,  on  earth,  above  kings ; 
and  whom  they  will  help  to  crown  with  a  crown  of  pure  and  imperishable  gold, 
on  that  great  day  when  He  who  has  *'no  respect  of  persons"  **will  judge  every 
man  according  to  his  works!" 

Oh  that  every  court  of  the  Church,  and  every  minister  of  the  gospel,  and  every 
member  of  the  Church  could  feel  the  heavenly  honor  of  this  profession ;  and 
faithfully,  as  to  God  and  before  the  angels,  cooperate  to  multiply  and  fitly  train 
men  to  fill  it  I  

THE  SUMMARY  OF  PROFESSORS'  REPORTS. 

With  the  close  of  July  the  compilation  of  the  Summaries  of  the  Professors^ 
Reports,  as  to  the  proficiency  in  study  and  the  character  of  students  under  the 
care  of  the  Board,  have  been  sent  to  the  Education  Committees  of  the  Presby- 
teries. In  every  case  full  examination  and  inquiry  should  be  made  of  the  student 
in  person,  or  by  correspondence,  to  satisfy  the  Presbytery  in  regard  to  his  con- 
tinued promise  of  usefulness,  and  faithful  employment  of  the  advantages  which 
are  bestowed  upon  him  by  the  aid  of  the  Church,  before  a  vote  is  taken  upon  the 
question  of  his  renewal  for  another  year.  To  such  inquiries  this  Summary  is 
intended  to  be  an  aid. 

It  is  a  matter  of  gratification  to  the  Board  to  observe  that  in  no  previous  year 
have  the  Professors^  Reports  been  on  the  whole  so  satisfactory  as  in  the  last.  The 
utmost  possible  efforts  have  been  made  by  the  Board  to  obtain  them  in  a  full  and 
specific  form,  and  to  correct  promptly  any  deviations  from  the  Rules.  It  hopes 
now  that  every  Presbytery  will  realize  its  share  in  the  reiponsibility  for  the 


268  Board  of  Education.  ISeptember 

character  of  students  for  the  ministryi  and  faithfully  perform  the  duties  connected 
with  the  reoewal  of  recommendations. 

The  following  particulars  appended  to  yarious  Reports  are  specimens  of  their 
general  character  which  will  be  interesting  to  the  readers  of  the  Rscord,  and  tend 
to  encourage  liberal  contributions  in  aid  of  our  work. 

*'  Mr. is  a  young  man  of  excellent  Christian  character,  studious,  fragal. 

and  of  good  common  sense.  His  ^neral  standing  in  scholarship  is  good,  and  I 
believe  Lim  to  be  more  intelligent  in  the  Scriptures  than  any  other  young  man 
connected  with  the  college.  The  Faculty  do  not  hesitate  to  recommend  him  to 
the  Board  for  aid." 

''  Mr. is  developing  most  successfully,  has  capacity  as  a  writer  and  speaker, 

his  scholarship  is  excellent,  he  has  had  much  experience  of  life,  has  a  sound 
character  and  good  sense,  and  I  think  that  he  will  make  a  useful  minister  of  the 
gospel." 

**  A  very  powerful  revival  is  now  in  progress  in  college.     On  last  Sabbath  a 

number  of  students  made  a  public  profession  of  their  faith.    Messrs. ,  under 

the  care  of  your  Board,  have  been  active  and  useful  in  the  work." 

''We  believe  we  have  a  body  of  young  men,  connected  with  your  Board,  intei- 
lectually  and  bv  culture  superior  to  the  average  of  former  years;  and  00  far  ma 
we  can  judge,  their  spiritual  experience  is  of  a  decided  character." 

''  Mr. is  a  very  diligent  and  conscientious  student,  of  good  capaci^  and 

sterling  Christian  character,  and  gives  much  promise  of  future  usefulness." 

**  They  are  both  good  young  men  and  excellent  students,  maintaining  their 
places  in  class ;  they  are  faithful,  and  seem  to  be  in  earnest," 

"  During  the  thirteen  weeks  of  the  term  which  are  past  his  deportment  and 
attention  to  business  have  been  perfect,  and  we  have  no  doubt  of  his  success  as  a 
stmdent  should  he  be  able  to  continue  his  studies." 


THE  FIRST  PRACTICAL  WANT  FOR  STUDENTS  RECOMBfENDED. 

The  Presbyteries  are  called  to  consider  that  the  first  practical  duty,  after  the 
recommendation  of  a  student  to  the  care  of  the  Board,  is  that  of  providing,  to  the 
utmost  of  its  ability,  for  his  support. 

The  Board  is  yet  about  seven  thousand  dollars  in  debt  from  last  year ;  and  it 
will  be  but  a  short  time  until  from  all  the  colleges  and  seminaries  calls  will  be 
made  for  the  means  to  meet  the  heavy  expenses  of  the  opening  of  their  terms. 

THEOLOGICAL  STUDENTS  AT  SEMINARIES  NOT  PRESBYTERIAN. 

It  is  among  the  requisitions  of  the  rules  appointed  for  the  government  of  the 
Board  and  Presbyteries  in  the  performance  of  the  work  of  education,  that  '*  Every 
student  is  required,  except  in  unusual  circumstances,  and  with  the  explicit  per- 
mission of  his  Presbytery,  to  pursue  a  thorough  course  of  study,  preparatory  to 
that  of  theology,  and,  when  prepared,  to  pursue  a  three  years  course  of  theolo- 
gical studies  in  a  seminary  connected  with  the  Presbyterian  Church." 

It  will  save  a  good  deal  of  correspondence,  and  delay  of  action  of  the  Board, 
in  any  exceptional  case  covered  by  these  requirements,  if  the  brethren  will  care- 
fully notice  them,  and  the  Education  Committee  furnish  the  Board  with  the  in- 
formation of  the  special  action  of  the  Presbytery  in  giving  '*  explicit  permission,'' 
and  of  the  nature  of  the  '^  unusual  circumstances"  which  are  thought  to  justify 
such  questionable  and  irregular  appropriations  of  the  Church  funds. 

The  results  of  permission  to  study  at  other  than  Presbyterian  seminaries, 
which  is  one  of  the  exceptional  requests  sometimes  made,  have  been  exceedingly 
unsatisfactory.  Truly  earnest  and  promising  students  are  generally  satisfied 
with  the  abundant  and  rich  provision  which  the  Presbyterian  Church  baa  made 
in  her  own  seminaries  for  the  intellectual  and  spiritual  necessities  of  her  students 
for  the  ministry.    And  there  is  a  general  and  well-founded  sentiment  of  oppo- 


1874.]  Board  of  Education.  269 

Rition  to  the  appropriation  of  the  Church's  contributions  to  aid  those  who  are 
not  satisfied  with  it. 

THE  INTRODUCTION  OP  MEN  INTO  THE  OFFICE  OF  THE  MINISTRY. 

There  is  sometimes  a  dreadful  want  of  personal  concern  exhibited  in  the  conduct 
of  ministers  in  presbytery,  when  candidates  are  to  be  examined  as  to  their  suita- 
bleness for  the  office  of  the  ministry,  or  when  those  who  have  completed  their 
preparations  are  to  be  licensed,  or  ordained  to  preach. 

No  one  official  act  of  the  ministry  is  so  momentous  and  important  as  that  which 
admits  to  a  place  in  the  sacred  office  one  whose  labors  must  be  either  a  blessing 
or  a  curse  to  hundreds,  probably  thousands,  of  immortal  souls,  who,  in  the  course 
of  his  life,  will  hear  him  in  the  p.ulpit,  and  be  influenced  by  his  teachings  and  his 
Ufe. 

Emotions  should  fill  our  breasts  like  those  expressed  by  the  devoted  McCheyne, 
who  cried  out,  in  a  charge  which  he  delivered  at  an  ordination,  with  a  desire  to 
rouse  his  own  soul  and  those  of  his  brethren  to  a  deep  sense  of  the  solemn  respon- 
sibility of  the  holy  office: 

'^  Ministers  and  their  flocks  shall  meet  together  before  the  throne  of  the  Lord 
Jesus  1  Then  the  people  will  give  in  their  account  of  their  minister.  If  he  was 
faithful :  if  he  maae  it  his  meat  and  drink  to  do  the  will  of  God ;  if  he  preached 
the  whole  truth  with  seriousness,  urgency,  love;  if  he  was  holy  in  his  life;  if  he 
preached  publicly  and  from  house  to  house:  then  that  minister  shall  shine  like 
the  stars.  If  he  was  unfaithful;  if  he  fed  himself,  but  not  the  flock;  if  he  did  not 
seek  the  conversion  of  souls ;  did  not  travail  in  birth ;  if  he  sought  his  own  ease, 
his  own  wealth,  his  own  praise,  and  not  their  souls:  then  shall  tne  loud  curses  of 
ruined  souls  fall  on  that  wretched  man,  and  God  shall  say,  Take  the  unfaithful 
servant,  and  cast  him  into  outer  darkness. 

**0,  believers,  it  is  the  duty  of  believers  to  preach  with  this  solemn  Day  in  their 
eve.  We  should  stand,  like  Abraham,  looking  down  on  the  smoke  of  Sodom ;  like 
John,  listening  to  the  new  song  and  golden  harps  of  the  new  Jerusalem.  Would 
not  this  take  away  the  fear  of  man?  Would  not  this  make  us  urgent  in  our 
preaching?  You  must  either  get  these  souls  into  Christ,  or  you  will  yet  see  them 
lying  down  in  everlasting  burnings.  0  brethren,  did  I  not  say  that  the  place 
where  a  minister  stands  is  the  most  solemn  spot  in  all  this  world  ?" 

THE  TESTAMENT  OF  A  MUCH  LOVED  SERVANT  OF  CHRIST. 

From  the  ancient  city  of  Lausanne,  in  Switzerland,  upon  the  margin  of  that 
bright  lake  on  whose  shores  lived  and  taught,  Calvin,  and  Turretine,  and  d'Au- 
hign6,  and  Vinet,  there  lately  followed  these  sainted  men  to  the  scenes  of  perfected 
service  and  joy  on  high,  an  American  pastor.  A  descendant  of  an  honored  and 
godly  line  in  Connecticut,  after  filling  useful  pastorates  in  other  regions,  one  of 
them  at  Binghamton  in  New  York,  he  had  spent  fourteen  years  of  his  prime  in 
arduous  labors  at  Cleveland,  on  the  shores  of  our  own  beautiful  lake  Erie.  For 
two  years  Dr.  Goodrich  sought  in  Europe  health  and  reinvigoration,  all  in  vain. 
He  has  left  some  precious  mementos  of  his  earnest  teaching  and  spirit.  One  of 
them  is  a  tract  founded  upon  the  only  sentence  of  inspiration  outside  of  the  bio- 
graphies of  the  four  Gospels  which  has  come  to  us  from  the  lips  of  the  Lord  Jesus : 
*'  It  is  more  blessed  to  give  than  to  receive."  A  worthy  testament  this  address  is 
to  the  Church  whose  next  General  Assembly  will  meet  in  the  city  of  its  author's 
usefulness.    We  take  the  following  extracts  from  its  pages : 

'*  Men  differ  in  the  amount  which  they  receive,  and  this  difference  depends  often 
upon  the  willing  action  of  the  individual ;  on  his  promptness,  his  energy,  in  short, 
bi8  capacity,  as  we  say,  which  simply  means  that  one  man  can  make  himself  of 
^rger  contents  than  another ;  can  take  in  and  hold  more  of  what  the  Divine 
Providence  is  bestowing.  But  this  capacity  has  nothing  to  do  with  character. 
U  does  not  reveal  the  man  to  us.    It  gives  us  some  idea  of  his  powers  and  of  his 


270 


Boa/td  of  Edueatum. 


{^Septemhtr 


mental  reach  and  soperficies,  bat  it  no  more  indicates  the  sonl  and  character  than 
if  one  should  tell  us  his  exact  height  and  girth  in  feet  and  inches. 

'*  But  when  we  come  to  giving,  we  always  touch  character.  Giving  is  the  soul's 
act.  It  must  be  done  of  a  purpose ;  and  purposes  make  up  ^he  real  man.  He  is 
happy,  he  is  blessed,  not  in  what  befalls  him,  nor  in  what  he  can  hold,  but  in  what 
himself  wills  and  chooses  to  do.  Conscience  was  never  affected  by  anything 
which  flowed  into  a  man's  coffers.  His  harvest  may  multiply  a  hundred  fold. 
His  ventures  on  the  sea  may  return  in  treasures  bejond  all  price.  Everything  he 
touches  may  yield  golden  gains ;  and  what  within  him  takes  note  of  these  things? 
His  self-complacency,  his  pride,  perhaps  his  gratitude.  Conscience,  that  deep 
moral  sense,  true  arbiter  of  joy,  whose  approbation  is  the  sole  spring  of  absolute 
happiness,  stands  silent  by.    With  all  this  she  has  no  concern. 

"  But  let  the  poorest  soul  resolve  to  give }  let  the  feeblest  hand  be  outstretched 
to  bestow,  and  conscience  speaks  her  calm  and  regal  benedictions.  Giving  has 
touched  a  chord  of  happiness  within  that  heart  which  nothing  else  has  ever 
reached.  It  has  disclosed  a  power  till  then  unknown.  Or  let  him  on  whom 
fortune,  which  is  the  world's  name  for  Providence,  has  been  showering  her  favors, 
let  that  man  begin  to  give,  not  the  mere  overflowing  of  his  abundance,  but  largely 
and  wisely,  and  he  too  finds  a  fountain  of  delight  open  to  him  of  which  he  never 
drank  be/ore.  A  higher  manhood  has  roused  itself  within  him.  A  nobler  move- 
ment of  his  nature  has  begun.  Virtue  has  gone  forth  from  him  and  left  the  dis- 
covery of  remaining  power. 

"  What  an  immeasurable  distance  in  character,  in  conscious  happinens,  in  all 
that  makes  up  earthly  blessing,  between  that  man  who  is  grasping  all  that  he  can 
hold,  reaching  out  and  gathering  in,  or  even  standing  passive  amid  the  mercies 
Gk)d  has  heaped  around  him,  and  that  other  man  who  has  learned  freely  to  give, 
whose  whole  soul  is  full  of  purposes  of  kindness,  whose  thoughts  are  busy  in  con- 
trivances of  good-will,  and  whose  outgoings  of  generosity  seem  almost  to  maintain 
a  holy  emulation  with  the  income  of  bounty  which  he  himself  receives  from  the 
great  Giver.^' 

RECEIPTS  IN  JULY  1874. 
4^  SyDods  in  smau  oapitals— PrMbjterfea  in  ito/k*— Cbarehet  in  Roman. 


ALBAMT.—iU^fiy-. Albany.  Slate  St  a  67;  Nas- 
sau I  18  :  SurntOKA  Sprinfis  Sd  2  86  49  SO 

ATLAMTio.—  FadA»fi— Mebuneiiville  AO  oentn. 

CumiAL  New  YoBK.—Bin^Aamf on— Bingham' 
too  Ui  3^6  64.  Ots^p*— Cherry  Valley  40;  Rioh- 
field  SpriBic*  16.  £>^raei4«0— Li?erpool  I  27; 
Skanaawlea  26;  ^yracune,  Ut  Ward  f  66    109  47 

CiaciNNATi.—  Ckineiiina^J— Cheviot.  Inl  Gerntan 
4;  Cincinaaii 7lh  24.  Da^lon— Fletcher  6;  Mon- 
roe 4  88  00 

CLiTiLAva.-aevWawd  — Cleveland  let  41  26; 
Rome  60  cii«;  Htronxville  2  64.  St,  (XairtviUe— 
Buffalo  4  83;  MartmHville  10  69  SO 

CoLUMvus  —Athemt--  Middleport  60  eta.  Cuium* 
6«ia— ColumbiiB  IhI  63  91 ;  Grove  Cliy  6  OS.  Woo»- 
t«r— Black  Creek  2;  Dalion  26;  Fredericke- 
burgfi  84:  Mt  Eaton  4;  Perrysville  4  45.  ZanM- 
viO*— Brownarille  7 ;  Jeraey  6;  Jeffen>on  6  46 

120  44 

Eaxi.— Btieifr—Platn  Grove  84  60.  Jb-j*- Cam- 
bridge 8  14.    Kit  tanning— Ceotre  6  42  74 

6BNiVA.~attm'ia— Auburn  Central  44;  Victory 
10.  CAemufty— Elmira  Ist  8  60;  Waikinv  8  44. 
<7eiMva— Canoga  12.  /^/onc— Newark  28  2i.  Stew 
6«i— Corning  7  82;  Hornelhville  0  60         12H  K8 

HAaKiiBVBOB  — CtoWtt/a— Chamber^borg,  Fall- 
ing Bpring  Ml;  Kayetteville  20;  Miller^iown  2  81. 
JfanMn^don— Altnona  2d  4o  82;  Holiiday^burgh 
82  17;  Perry syi  He  80.  Iforthumberlond^  BA\d 
Eagle  and  Kiitany  6  87;  Wiiliamepori  2d  9  24 

271  41 

Iixiaoia.  CivraAi— Btoomifi^"— Towanda  12; 
Urbana  1  41.  SeAuj[/<«r— Monmouth  22  26.  Spring- 
/t«{d— SprioKfield  Ui  73  54  100  23 

iLuaou,  NoaTB.—CAtca9o— Chicago  8d  219  47. 
0(tova— Aurora  1.    Bock  iZ<ver— Ful.on  1  63 

222  00 

iLUirou.  8ovTB.—il(/oM— Alton  (Sab-soh  17  87) 
81  07;  Greenville  3  93:  Hardin  41  eta;  Jei>ey- 
Tille  34i  80;  PUinview  79  oil;  Virden  2  80.  Catro 
— Kiomundy  7.  Mattoon—Neoah  1  90;  Shobo- 
nier  3  60  87  76 

iKOiAWA.  NoatH.— {>ow/brd«vi7^«  — Rockville 
6  80.    Fort  iravft«.Frankhn  12  28.    New  Lan- 


caster 2;  Plea«ant  Ridge  17  6a  Logantport'- 
Minhawakaa  60.  lfiiii«i*— Perryaburgh  1;  Shi 
loll  1 :  Wabash  6  64  63  72 

IWDiASA,  South.— Jrufianopolit  — Acton  62  cto; 
Indianapolis  Int  16  6i.  WhiU  ITa/sr— Greens- 
burgh  17  60;  New  Castle  4  46;  South  Prori- 
dence  8  98  48  SS 

Iowa,  Soutb.— /otoo— Bloomfleld  886;  Koasutk 
1st  2  10;  Winfleld  1  6  tt 

Kawsas  — ^««fin— AuMin  1st  46  00 

Kentucky.— .56enn8r— Lexington  2d  23"  90. 
Louutni^c— Louisville,  Walnut  8t  1  21        232  11 

Lcao  ISLARa.—Brool:/]^*— Brooklyn,  Franklin 
Ave  10.    i^ToMou— Huniingdon2d  6  16         16  16 

MiCRieA!i.—2>e^rot(— Detroit.  WestminMer6  36. 
Xanctny— Albion  7 ;  Concord  8  23;  Irring  8  50 

80  09 

MiKMEaoTA.— 5^  PlsW— Eureka  1  26;  Empire  I ; 
Farmirgton  2  26;  Red  Wing  1  20;  St  PaoU 
Uou9e  ol  Hope  16  30  21  00 

Mi88ouai.—/\>foti— fronton  1st  4  10 

New  JsasET.— ^tsabeM— Pluckamin  1  .^;  Ro- 
selle  Ist  (Sab^soli  1  3i)  9  96;  Wetitfleid  3  10:  **  X 
Y  Z**  10.  Jeruy  a^v— Jersey  City  2d  8  40;  Rutherw 
ford  Park  20  32.  If 'mm/>uf A— Burlinittnn  66  26; 
Farmingdale  6;  Plati^bureh  8.  Morrit  amd 
O/onya— Madison  8  46:  Morri^town  Im  8  53. 
JV'ewarA— Newark  2d  80  01;  Newark,  High  St 
42  26;  Newark,  Park  8  99.  Ntw  Brw^npiek— 
Stockton  2  60.  iV<»»f on— Greenwich  8  87;  Yel- 
low Frame  1  44.     Wut  /er«n— Woodsiown  2  26 

236  66 
(BalanegqfAcknowledffmtnU  nod  momtA.) 

Total  Receipts  in  July,       $\00S  30 
E.  O.  WOODWARD,  Trtnturer, 

1334  Chestnut  Street,  Pt  iladelphia. 

Reporta  and  correspondence  relating  to  the 
general  bui^iness  of  the  Board,  address  to  Wn- 
LiAM  Sraaa,  D.D.,  Oorrmpondtmg  SterUar^, 


1874]  Board  of  Foreign  MMon$.  271 

BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


RECENT  INTELLIGENCE. 
N0TIGB8  OF  Missionaries. — The  IUt.  James  M.  Shaw,  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Clereland,  and  his  Wife,  Rev.  Charles  Leaman  of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia, 
Miss  M.  Larhue  Sellers  of  Moncie,  Indiana,  and  Mrs.  J.  F.  Crossette,  retaming 
to  Tungchow,  have  set  ont  on  their  journey  to  China,  expecting  to  sail  from  San 
Francisco  about  the  middle  of  this  month,  August.  The  Rev.  Joseph  L.  Potter, 
of  the  Presbytery  of  Cincinnati,  and  George  W.  Holmes,  M.  D.,  and  his  wife,  of 
Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  have  embarked  for  the  Mission  in  Persia.  Messrs.  Potter 
and  Shaw  are  sons  of  respected  ministers  of  our  Church.  The  arrival  of  Miss 
Ella  Kuhl  at  Rio  de  Janeiro  is  reported,  where  she  was  warmly  welcomed. 

On  the  28th  of  July,  the  Rev.  F.  F.  EUinwood,  D.  D.,  one  of  the  Secretaries  of 
the  Board,  embarked  at  San  Francisco  on  a  journey  to  Japan,  China,  India,  ^. 
This  journey  is  made  for  his  health  chiefly,  and  for  better  knowledge  of  the 
Missions ;  not  by  appointment  of  the  Board,  but  with  its  concurrence,  on  leave  of 
absence  for  eight  months.  The  expense  of  the  journey  is  not  defrayed  by  the 
Board,  though  his  salary  does  not  cease.  It  is  hoped  that  this  journey  may  be  of 
much  benefit  to  the  health  of  Dr.  EUinwood,  as  well  as  of  service  in  other  respects. 

Added  to  the  Church. — At  Corisco,  Mr.  De  Heer  speaks  of  three  women 
lately  admitted  to  the  communion — making  ten  women  of  those  formerly  under 
the  instruction  of  the  lamented  Mrs.  James  L.  Maokey,  who  have  become  members 
of  the  church.  Three  Hindu  converts  were  baptised  by  Mr.  Chaterjee,  the  native 
minister  at  Hoshyarpore.  Mr.  Culbertson,  in  Bangkok,  Siam,  mentions  his 
having  baptized  three  more  converts  in  March.  Two  more  convert:)  were  received 
by  the  First  church  of  Canton,  and  nine  more  by  the  church  at  Pin-tu,  near 
Tungchow,  China.  Mr.  Merwin  mentions  the  admission  of  three  persons  to  the 
church  under  his  care  in  Valparaiso,  Chili.  And  two  more  members  were  re- 
ceived by  the  church  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,  June  7th.  Mr.  Cowley,  formerly  con- 
nected with  the  Nes  Perces,  at  the  request  of  Mr.  Spalding,  has  made  a  visit  to 
the  Spokanes,  and  there  baptised  fifty-nine  adults  on  profession  of  their  faith,  and 
eighteen  children.  Mr.  Spalding  and  some  of  the  Nez  Perce  converts  had  made 
visits  and  labored  among  the  Spokanes  a  year  ago.  The  Indians  were  anxious  to 
have  Mr.  Cowley  settle  amongst  them,  offering  to  build  a  parsonage,  school- 
house,  and  meeting-house.    Mr.  Cowley  expected  to  comply  with  their  request 

Calls  for  more  Laborers. — In  the  letters  acknowledged  this  month  we  find 
special  calls  for  more  men  in  the  Indian  Territory ;  in  Chili ;  in  Brazil ;  and  in 
the  Kolapore  mission,  India. 

Another  Native  Pastor. — In  our  last  issue  the  ordination  and  installation  of 
Mohan  Lai  at  Futtebgurh,  India,  are  mentioned.  We  now  learn  that  the  church 
at  Rakka,  Furrukhabad,  has  made  out  a  call  to  Baboo  Devi  Parshad,  for  some 
time  the  principal  teacher  of  the  boys'  High  School,  to  become  its  pastor.  The 
Presbytery  has  assigned  to  him  the  trial  pieces  for  his  ordination,  which  would 
probably  take  place  about  the  middle  of  August 

A  Good  Example. — Two  of  the  native  churches  near  Tungchow,  China,  have 
called  a  pastor,  offering  together  one-half  of  his  support,  which  in  their  circum- 
stances is  doing  well.  The  mission  will  pay  the  other  half  of  his  salary,  and 
expect  him  to  give  one- half  of  his  time  to  itinerant  missionary  work.         o 


272  Board  of  Forefgn  Mmriom$.  ISq^tember 

Thi  Persecutioit  at  Chih-mbh,  Shantung,  of  the  native  Ghristians  by  theOhineee 
authorities,  has  been  brought  to  an  end.  This  was  largely  owing  to  the  effiment 
conduct  of  the  U.  S.  Consul  at  Tient-sin,  whose  intervention,  at  the  request  of  the 
Acting  Minister  at  Peking,  became  proper,  owing  to  the  violation  of  some  pro- 
visions of  the  treaty  with  foreign  powers.  Mr.  Corbett  and  the  brethren  gener- 
ally are  greatly  rejoiced  at  the  result.  They  believe  it  has  prevented  perseeotion 
that  was  imminent  in  other  parts  of  the  country. 

Schools  of  the  Women's  Societies. — At  ''Woodstock/'  Landour,  India, 
twenty-nine  boarders  and  some  day-scholars  are  under  instruction,  and  an  en- 
couraging degree  of  interest  in  religion  is  reported.  At  Bangkok,  Siam,  the 
school  for  girls  was  opened,  and  several  scholars  had  been  already  recmved. 
Several  scholars  have  been  admitted  to  Miss  Youngman's  school  in  Yedo,  besides 
those  in  Mrs.  Carrother  s  school ;  and  others  still  in  Mrs.  Hepburn's  school 
in  Yokohama. 

See  Mr.  Bushnell^s  Letter  in  another  column  for  the  latest  news  from  Ghir 
boon.  We  are  glad  to  note  what  is  there  mentioned  about  an  effort  to  reach  the 
interior  by  the  Ugovi  river. 

Receipts  ih  Mat,  June  and  Jult. — From  churches,  $36,862;  from  individual 
donors,  $2,964 ;  from  legacies,  $9,935— in  all,  $49,762.  Last  year  the  receipts  in 
these  months  were  $65,437.  From  the  churches  and  individual  donors,  this  year, 
$39,826 ;  last  year,  $49,502. 

Letters  Received  to  August  ISTH.-^From*  the  Chippewa  Mission,  July  24th ; 
Dakota,  July  27th ;  Greek,  August  5th ;  Seminole,  August  3d  ;  Nez  Perce,  July 
13th',  Yokohama,  June  28th ;  Tungchow,  June  15th;  Chefoo,  June  5th;  Ningpo, 
June  9th ;  Shanghai,  June  6th  ;  Canton,  June  8th ;  Bangkok,  May  28th  ;  Fat- 
tehgurh,  June  5th  ;  Mynpurie,  June  22d ;  Etawah,  June  10th ;  Saharanpur,  June 
19th;  Landour,  June  8th;  Labor,  June  &th;  Kolapoor,  June  17th;  Ratnagiri, 
June  30th;  Oroomiah,  June  1st;  Zahleh,  June  26th;  Beirut,  June  16th;  Mon- 
rovia, June  3d ;  Benita,  April  25th  ;  Corisco,  May  4th ;  Caboon,  May  28th ; 
Bahia,  June  26th  ;  Rio  de  Janeiro,  June  24th ;  Rio  Claro,  June  10th  ;  Valpar- 
aiso, July  2d;  Copiapo,  June  20th;  Santiago,  July  6th;  Mexico,  July  11th; 
Zacatecas,  July  3d. 


THE  INDIAN  WORK  OF  OUR  MINISTRY. 

In  connection  with  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  there  are  three  ministers 
among  the  Senecas  in  New  York,  one  among  the  Chippewas  in  Wisconsin,  one 
among  the  Omahas  in  Nebraska,  three— one  of  them  a  native — among  the  Dako- 
tas  in  Dakota  Territory,  one  among  the  Seminoles  in  the  Indian  Territory,  and 
one  among  the  Nez  Perces  in  Idaho  Territory,  who  are  all  supported  from  the 
funds  of  the  Board ;  one  among  the  Creeks  in  the  Indian  Territory,  supported 
in  part  by  the  Board  and  in  part  by  the  Creek  Educational  funds  ;  two  among  the 
Navajoes  in  New  Mexico,  and  two  among  the  Nez  Perces  in  Idaho,  nominated 
to  their  positions  by  the  Board,  but  supported  by  Government  Indian  funds. 

Under  the  Board  of  Home  Missions,  there  is  one  among  the  Cherokees,  and 
another  lately  appointed  at  Fort  Gibson,  both  in  the  Indian  Territory ;  ooe  in 
Michigan  giving  a  part  of  his  time  to  the  Chippewas,  and  another  in  the  same 
state  having  as  a  part  of  his  charge  the  Chippewas,  formerly  connected  with  the 
mission  on  Grand  Traverse  bay ;  one  in  Washington  Territory  giving  attention 


1874.]  Board  of  Foreign  Mmiom.  273 

to  the  interests  of  the  Indtaos  in  addition  to  his  labors  for  the  white  people. 
These  brethren  reoeive  a  part  of  their  support  from  the  Board,  and  a  part  from 
the  people  to  whom  they  minister. 

Under  the  Amerioan  Board,  there  are  seren  among  the  Dakotas,  six  of  them 
natires.  Not  conneoled  with  any  Board,  one  among  the  Sfeockbridge  Indians  in 
'Wleoonsin,  supported  in  part,  we  believe,  as  a  teacher,  fVom  Goremment  funds ; 
and  one  laboring  for  a  time  among  the  Spokanes  in  the  north-west 

There  may  be  other  ministers  sdll  who  are  engaged,  more  or  less,  in  direct 
labors  for  Indians.  We  should  be  thankful  to  be  informed  of  their  address,  and 
to  reoeiye  particular  information  of  their  work.  We  should  be  glad  to  make  the 
list  a  much  larger  one  than  we  fear  it  is ;  less  than  thirty  of  our  ministers  are 
enumerated  above.  It  should  not  be  forgotten  that  many  of  the  Indians  are  not 
yet  under  the  influence  of  any  Christian  ministers  or  teachers.  The  door  is  fully 
open  in  various  places  for  their  entrance  on  direct  work  for  Christ  and  for  this 
poor  people.  The  missionaries  of  the  Board  plead  for  more  men  among  the 
Creeks  and  others  in  the  Indian  Territory,  among  the  Dakotas.  and  among  some 
of  the  tribes  in  the  far  north-west ;  while  it  is  expected  that  it  will  soon  be  found 
practicable  to  employ  teachers  among  the  Utes,  Apaches,  and  others  of  the  cen- 
tral south-west.  Prayer  should  be  offered  for  these  Indians  without  ceasing. 
Our  hope  for  them  is  in  God,  and  not  in  man.  It  is  sad  indeed  to  think  of  the 
evils  inflicted  on  them  by  their  connection  with  white  people  from  the  beginning. 
Tet  all  the  history  is  not  dark :  there  have  been  noble  examples  of  Christian 
labor  for  them,  and  signal  has  been  the  success  of  such  labor  in  many  cases. 
Their  future  is  by  no  means  hopeless.  It  is  a  remarkable  fact  that  in  most  cases 
when  the  tribes  and  bands  become  settled,  they  increase  in  number— notwith- 
standing adverse  influences.  Under  the  blessed  agency  of  Christian  education 
and  training,  they  will  become  fellow-citisens  with  our  best  people  here,  and  heirs 
of  the  heavenly  inheritance. 

We  may  add  a  word  on  a  minor  points  Why  are  the  Indians  placed  under  the 
Foreign  Board  and  not  the  Home  Board  ?  This  question  is  sometimes  asked.  In 
reply,  two  or  three  things  may  be  considered.  1.  They  are  not  all  so  placed, 
ma  shown  by  the  returns  given  above.  2.  The  reason,  however,  in  most  cases,  is 
that  work  for  them  has  to  be  conducted  in  much  the  same  way  as  in  Africa  or 
China.  Their  language  has  to  be  learned,  nor  can  this  knowledge  be  dispensed 
with,  even  when  it  is  the  aim  of  all  parties  to  introduce  English.  Schools  have 
to  be  conducted,  teachers  to  be  employed — both  men  and  women,  moneys  to  be 
expended  for  buildings,  native  laborers  to  be  trained,  &c.  This  kind  of  work 
seems  to  fall  to  the  Foreign  Board  subjectively  if  not  geographically ;  but  when 
the  Indians  become  settled,  civilized,  able  to  speak  English,  and  to  aid  in  sup- 
porting the  gospel,  then  the  work  seems  to  pass  readily  into  the  charge  of  the 
Home  Board,  as  in  the  cases  above  noted  in  Michigan  and  the  Indian  Territory. 
3.  There  is  no  feeling  as  between  the  two  Boards,  so  far  as  we  know,  but  that  of 
good-will  on  this  subject.  But,  4.  May  not  the  inquiry  be  raised,  whether  our 
Christian  people — ministers  and  also  our  members,  whenever  brought  in  contact 
with  the  Indians,  could  not  do  more  than  is  commonly  done  to  point  them  to 
the  Saviour  of  sinners?  We  were  much  grieved  to  learn  from  one  of  our  west- 
ern ministers  lately  that  some  three  hundred  Indians  in  his  State,  not  far  distant 
from  several  Christian  churches,  were  hardly  ever  taught  anything,  indeed,  were 
commonly  regarded,  to  use  his  phrase,  '*  as  a  nuisance  ;  people  wish  to  get  rid  of 
them."  This  was  deplored  by  the  good  minister  who  spoke  of  it.  In  all  such 
cases,  could  not  something  be  done  to  make  Christ  known  to  them?       o 


274 


Board  of  Foreign  Mwwm. 


ISeptember 


INDIAN  PROGRESS. 

The  Rev.  J.  R.  Ramsay  of  the  Semi- 
nole Misaion,  lately  paid  a  visit  to 
Tallahassee,  Creek  Mission;  and  thus 
warmly  does  he  speak  of  the  progress 
of  the  Indian  boarding  scholars,  as 
shown  in  the  dosing  exercises  of  the 
year.  He  writes  under  date  of  July 
20th. 

I  have  attended  the  examination  of 
the  Boarding-school  which  took  place 
on  the  16th  inst.  And  I  am  very  happy 
to  say  that  it  was  an  entire  success — 
the  best  I  ever  witnessed  here— and 
gave  ample  proof  that  Indians  can  be 
educated  even  in  some  of  the  higher 
branches.  As  I  saw  large  classes 
promptly  working  out  at  the  black- 
board difficult  problems  in  fractions, 
per-ccntuge,  and  some  even  in  square 
and  cube  root,  I  felt  that  the  faithful 
teachers  were  bein^  richly  rewarded 
for  their  untiring  diligence  and  patience 
in  drawing  out  the  mind  of  these  once 
untutored  youth.  The  examinations 
in  reading,  geography,  and  grammar 
were  also  very  creditable,  tjven  so  far 
as  to  Latin  and  algebra.  In  which 
latter  named  branches  my  heart  was 
thrilled  with  gladness  in  witnessing  the 
noble  proficiency  of  the  daughter  of  our 
dear  departed  brother  Winslett— now 
a  lonely  orphan,  but  one  in  whom  I  s  iw 
the  promise  being  fulfilled,  that  the 
righteous  should  not  be  forsaken  nor 
should  their  seed  have  to  beg  bread. 
[Mr.  R.  then  ppeaks  of  this  young  lad 7 
m  terms  too  flattering  for  her  to  read, 
so  we  omit  a  paragraph  here;  but  we 
are  gUd  to  see  her  spoken  of  as  one 
whoso  character  and  p'ety  will  make 
her  useful  to  her  people.] 

The  spelling  was  very  good,  and  the 
penmanship  exhibited  with  chalk  on 
the  blackboard  in  writing  from  memory 
the  names  of  the  capitals  of  States  ana 
Kingdoms  wa«  more  like  that  of  pro- 
fessional clerks  thun  of  school  children. 
Beautiful  et^says  were  read  by  some  of 
the  girls,  and  declamations  were  credita- 
bly spoken  by  some  of  the  boys.  Near- 
\y  the  whole  number  of  forty  girls  and 
forty  boys  were  present,  and  examined, 
and  it  was  truly  an  interesting  and 
pleasing  sight  to  see  the  whole  school 
march  in  in  perfect  order  and  take 
their  places  in  tiers.  When  the  sweet 
music  commenced,  the  girlff,  all  dressed 
in  pure  white  from  their  side,  and  the 
boys  decently  apparelled  from  theirs, 
all  joined  in  singing,  accoaipanied  by 


the  sweet  tones  of  the  organ.  The  trus- 
tees of  the  Mission  School,  and  parents, 
and  friends  from  all  parts  of  the  nation 
were  present,  and  witnessed  such  a  liter- 
ary treat  as  is  seldom  their  privilege  to 
enjoy  in  this  country.  Tallahassee  is 
now  in  a  more  prosperous  condition 
than  I  ever  saw  it  before. 


INTERESTING  SERVICES  AT 
ZAHLEII. 

The  Rev.  F.  A.  Wood,  writing  at 
Zahleh,  Syria,  June  26th,  among  other 
matters  of  interest  for  which  we  have 
not  room,  refers  to  a  recent  visit  of  one 
of  the  missionaries  from  Beirut— 4M 
follows : 

Our  position  in  Zahleh,  at  the  diver- 
gence of  the  roads  that  lead  respectively 
to  Beirut,  Damascus,  and  Baalbeo,  gives 
us  the  yearly  privilege  of  greeting 
many  of  our  countrymen,  who  pass  by 
our  doors  on  their  travels,  and  whom  we 
at  times  persuade  to  sit  an  hour  with 
us,  or  take  a  meal  at  our  table,  or  even 
pass  the  night.  For  beauty  of  situation 
our  home  has  hardly  a  superior  among 
all  the  towns  of  Syria  j  and  outside  of 
Beirut  and  Damascus,  no  missionary 
station  has  so  large  a  population  of  the 
accessible  sects  within  a  few  minutes 
walk.  We  are  eager  to  show  it  to  every 
friend  of  our  work.  During  the  last 
week  we  waylaid  a  passing  photo- 
grapher, and  expect  before  long  to  give 
you  a  pictorial  idea  of  our  location. 

Tu  tne  convenience  of  our  station  as 
a  half-way  house  we  owe  in  part  a  visit 
from  Dr.  Jes^up  on  his  way  to  Baalbeo 
about  six  weeks  ago.  Knowing  of  his 
intention  to  spend  the  Sabbath  with  us, 
we  announced  it  as  publicly  as  possible 
beforehand;  this  was  a  rare  privilege, 
and  we  desired  to  make  the  most  out  of 
it,  and  pressed  Dr.  Jessup  into  officiat- 
ing three  time« — not  much  of  a  rest  to 
one  who  is  worked  quite  as  hard  as  any 
pastor  in  New  York. 

At  10  A.  M.  the  assembly  was  gath- 
ered in  the  large  room  of  the  English 
school  for  girls,  not  le.is  than  one  hun- 
dred being  present — and  the  room 
would  hold  but  few  more.  About  all 
that  ever  attend  were  present,  and  many 
more  hardly  turned  their  unfamiliar 
countenances  away  from  the  preacher 
till  he  reached  the  end  of  his  sermon 
on  the  text,  **  Can  a  man  be  profitable 
to  Qod?"  He  spoke  in  language  that 
the  simplest  could  understand,  yet 
powerfully,  of  the  impossibility  of  lay- 


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ing  up  merit  before  God,  or  of  doinn; 
anythini;  worthy  to  be  held  up  ai  rixht- 
eouaneed  before  Him;  and  we  believe 
that  mtLUj  went  away  with  new  ideas 
about  their  expiatory  and  meritorious 
rites.  The  two  services  we  usually 
hoi  j  on  the  other  side  of  the  river  were 
(leathered  into  one,  at  2  P.  M.,  in  the 
court  of  Bro.  Dale's  house.  The  parYor 
was  assigned  to  the  women ;  the  table 
for  the  preacher,  and  the  or/^an,  were 
set  on  the  porch  before  the  door ;  and 
the  benches  from  the  chapel  were  set 
in  the  rest  of  the  porch,  snd  the  court 
for  the  men  and  boys.  Fully  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  adults  were  present, 
besides  large  numbers  of  children,  old 
enough  to  understand  much  of  the 
sermon  ;  and  by  their'reverent  decorum, 
their  hea^-ty  joining  in  the  hymns,  so 
far  as  they  had  booits  to  sing  from,  and 
their  eager  attention  to  the  sermon,  it 
would  hardly  have  been  thought  that 
most  of  them  had  never  attended  a  Pro- 
testant service  before.  The  sight  was 
one  to  move  us  deeply ;  we  looked  upon 
the  crowd  of  young  men  and  old,  of 
parents  and  children,  of  "devout 
women*'  and  men  of  intelligence,  as 
thev  drank  in  the  unwonted  sounds, 
and  inwardly  prayed  for  the  day  when 
they  would  all  receive  and  live  the 
truth.  ^  We  expect  in  our  day  to  see 
gatherings  as  numerous  every  Sunday, 
ana  pray  the  day  may  be  hastened. 
But  an  hour  ago  the  prolonged  erica 
that  make  known  a  death,  announced 
to  us  that  another  suul  had  passed 
through  those  gates  from  which  none 
ever  return,  and  gone — whither?  We 
find  it  hard  to  wait,  while  death  is 
reaping  his  daily  harvest  from  among 
those  who  Ive  almost  within  the  sound 
ofour  voices,  yet  will  not  listen  tons, 
or  look  when  we  beseech  them  to  turn 
the  gaze  of  their  faith  upon  Him  who 
alone  can  strengthen  and  comfort  and 
•a^e.  That  same  day  there  was  preach- 
ing in  the  Cathedral,  as  nearly  every 
Sabbath;  but  the  people  said  it  was 
jot  like  what  they  heard  in  How^a 
J)ale*8  house. 

The  third  service  we  did  not  announce 
till  the  morning  of  that  day,  not  being 
,  wre  that  Dr.  Jessup  would  feel  that  he 
could  hold  three  services ;  but  finding 
him  willing,  we  gave  word  to  the 
brethren  in  Menallaoa,  and  five  o'clock, 
t  •  M.,  found  about  fifty  persons  gathered 
in  the  house  where  the  Protestants 
usually  worship,  awaiting  the  arrival 
of  the  missionaries ;  and  there  too,  he 
^hose  labors  in  Beirut  have  been  so 


successful,  broke  to  the  little  band  the 
bread  of  life.  It  was  a  red-letter  day 
wth  us;  not  less  than  three  hundred 
souls  heard  of  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus, 
near  three  times  as  many  as  usual.  We 
trust  many  may  remember  what  fell 
upon  their  ears,  and  not  let  die  the 
new  thoughts  stirred  within  them. 

Along  with  so  much  that  fills  us  with 
pleasure  and  hope  we  have  now  to  tell 
you  too  of  a  reverse^the  most  serious 
one  that  has  befallen  us  in  Zahleh. 
We  have  vo  idea  that  it  is  to  be  perma- 
nent, and  look  for  a  speedy  turning  of 
the  tables  upon  our  adversaries;  but 
the  people  here,  whom  we  do  not  take 
into  confidence  in  all  our  counsels, 
think  we  are  quite  crushed.  The 
keeper  of  our  bookstore,  our  '*  walking 
ooncordance,'*  has  first  been  assaulted 
by  a  priest  in  his  shop,  and  then 
ordered  out  of  the  town  oy  the  Pasha 
of  the  Lebanon,  for  making  a  public  dis- 
turbance !  This  is  an  outrage  to  which 
it  is  hard  to  submit  even  temporarily; 
but  we  look  to  a  righting  of  our  case 
that  will  more  than  compensate  for  the 
present  annoyance. 

DEATH  OF  MAR  YOHANAN. 
The  Rev.  W.  L.  Whipple,  of  the  Oroo- 
miah  station,  Persia,  writes  June  1st: 

Mar  Yohanan,  the  Nestorian  Bishop 
who  accompanied  Dr.  Peikins  to  the 
United  States,  and  who  figures  so  prom- 
inently in  his  book,  and  also  who  assisted 
very  greatly  in  establishing  this  mission 
in  Persia,  has  lately  died  here.  He  was 
one  of  the  first  who  welcomed  Dr.  P.  to 
Oroomiah,  and  was  his  teacher  and  right- 
hand  man  for  many  years.  He  has  not 
been  in  the  employ  of  the  Mission  for 
some  years.  He  was  over  seventy  years 
of  age,  and  since  we  have  been  here  has 
been  in  rather  feeble  health  but  yet  able 
to  walk  about.  He  passed  away  quickly 
and  quietly.  He  was  buried  from  our 
chapel,  the  service  conducted  by  Pr. 
Yonan,  the  city  pastor.  Several  native 
helpers,  a  modek,  a  priest,  and  deacon, 
among  others,  made  some  remarks  at 
the  service,  as  I  also  did.  I  was  the 
only  male  missionary  present,  all  the 
rest  being  absent  from  the  city.  There 
was  a  great  jam,  as  he  was  well  known, 
and  on  the  whole,  liked.  Very  many 
villages  sent  delegates  to  attend  the  fu- 
neral. After  the  burial~he  was  buried 
inside  the  old  church,  where  the  brother 
of  the  former  Patriarch  was  buried,  and 
fifew  others, — the  friends  returned  to 
the  bishop^s  house,  as  the  custom  is,  and 


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partook  of  refreshmente,  which  in  this 
case  was  dinner.  . .  It  is  estimated  that 
nearly  fifteen  handred  were  served^ 
Many  friends  in  the  United  States  will 
no  doubt  feel  sad  to  hear  that  Mar  To- 
hanan  is  dead.  His  brother,  Doetor 
Joseph,  with  whom  I  conversed  on  the 
subject,  said  the  bishop  seemed  prepared 
for  death,  and  desired  to  go  and  be  with 
Jesus. 


A  PREACHING  TOUR  IN  THE 
FUTTEHGURH  DISTRICT. 

FuTTBHOufta,  India,  Maroh,  1974. 

We  have  just  come  in  from  a  two 
months*  preaching  tour  in  the  Furruk- 
habad  District.  As  I  look  back  over 
the  many  interesting  incidents  of  the 
tour — the  welcome  we  met  in  so  many 
Tillages — the  nearness  we  seemed  to 
come  to  the  hearts  of  so  many  hearers 
— the  hundreds  of  books  sold,  the  eager 
anxious  inquiries  of  not  a  few  who 
came,  Nicodemus  like,  to  our  tents  at 
night — when  I  recall  all  this  my  heart 
fills  with  joy  and  gratitude ;  joy,  because 
the  Lord  of  the  narvest  has  given  us 
who  are  just  entering  the  field,  some- 
thing  of  the  joy  of  the  reapers ;  grati- 
tude, because  He  counted  me  worthy 
to  engage  in  this  happy,  this  blessed 
work.  Let  me  briefly  sum  up  some  of 
the  lessons  learned  and  truths  im- 
pressed by  this  itineration. 

We  found  a  preparation  of  the  people 
for  hearing  the  truth  and  accepting  it, 
which  at  once  surprised  and  rejoiced 
us.  With  rare  exceptions,  in  nearly 
every  village  we  visited,  we  met  men 
who,  either  in  their  own  village  or 
in  the  city  of  Furrukhabad— the  centre 
and  largest  city  of  the  district — had 
heard  of  Christ  We  sometimes  met 
men  acquainted  with  truth  in  small 
villages,  where  we  expected  to  find  no 
one  with  any  knowledge  of  the  Chris- 
tian religion  save  that  picked  up  hj 
hearsay.  They  have  received  this 
knowledge  in  several  ways.  The  be- 
loved brethren  who  have  gone  before 
us — many  of  whom  now  sleep  in  Jesus, 
and  a  few  of  whom  are  still  with  us, 
have  preached  the  word  through  these 
villages,  and  now  when  we  visit  these 
places  w6  are  of^en  asked,  **  Where  is 
such  and  such  a  Sahib?"  In  one  large 
village  we  called  on  the  Nawab,  and  we 
had  hardly  tuken  our  seats  before  he 
asked  about  Mr.  Fullerton  and  Mr. 
Scott — expressing  the  warmest  feelings 
of  friendship  towards  them,  and  saying 
that  he  had  Christian  books  carefully 
preserved  which  were  presented  him 


by  these  brethren.  Thisold  man  seemed 
to  be  well  acauainted  with  the  Bible, 
and  showed  his  knowledge  by  allndini^ 
ooeasionally  to  characters  mentioned 
in  the  Bible.  He  said  in  substance  that 
his  hope  and  trust  were  the  same  as 
ours. 

Not  onl^  has  the  gospel  been 
preached  faithfully  in  most  of  these 
villages  in  years  gone  by,  and  thus  the 
hearts  of  the  people  prepared,  but  also 
the  distribution  of  Christian  books  has 
been  auite  extensive.  In  former  years 
these  books  were  given  away,  but  the 

Elan  of  gratuitous  distribution  of  books 
as  been  abandoned  in  this  district,  and 
I  believe  generally  throughout  the 
North-west  Provinces.  We  did  not 
ask  the  full  price  for  the  books,  bat 
offered  them  at  about  one- half  or  one- 
third  the  cost  price.  During  the  time 
we  were  out  we  sold  over  fourteen  han- 
dred books.  Considering  that  the  peo- 
ple are  poor — that  the  per  cent  of  those 
able  to  read  is  small,  and  that  a  taste 
for  such  literature  is  yet  to  be  created, 
we  think  the  number  of  books  sold  is 
astonishing,  and  a  clear  evidence  that 
the  hearts  of  the  people  are  interested 
in  this  new  religion  and  that  a  spirit 
of  inquiry  has  l>een  awakened.  Another 
way  in  which  the  people  have  been 
prepared  for  the  reception  of  the  truth, 
IS  through  their  visits  to  the  city  of 
Furrukhabad  and  Futtehgurh,  where 
the  Gospel  is  preached  in  the  Bazaar 
nearly  every  day.  When  we  inquired 
'*  Have  you  ever  heard  of  Christ  or  the 
Christian  religion?''  we  were  often  an- 
swered, **  Yes,  we  have  heard  about  it 
in  the  bazaar  in  Futtehgurh  or  Furmk- 
habad."  This  encourages  us  more 
than  ever  to  carry  on  zealously  oar 
bazaar  preaching  in  the  city  durin|( 
the  hot  weather,  when  we  canH  go  into 
the  district.  In  all  these  ways  then, 
viz.,  throughthe  preaching  of  the  breth- 
ren who  have  fpne  before  us,  through 
wide  distribution  of  Christian  books, 
and  through  the  preaching  in  the 
bazaars  near  our  homes  in  Furrukha- 
bad and  Futtehgurh,  the  knowledge  of 
the  truth  has  spread  widely,  and  the 
hearts  of  not  a  few  of  the  people  are 
turning  anxiously  and  longingly  to  , 
the  rest  from  sin  and  peace  to  be  umad 
in  Jesus. 

And  yet  there  has  been  another  way 
of  preparation  for  the  truth  which  I 
wish  to  emphasize — viz.,  the  direct 
workings  of  the  Holy  Spirit  on  the 
heart.  What  I  mean  is  this.  Thai 
persons  were  met  who  had  no  know- 


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ledge  of  the  Christian  religion,  and  yet 
the  moment  a  tnith,  which  can  only  he 
understood  by  being  felt  and  experi- 
enced, was  mentioned,  they  seemed  to 
take  in  its  meaning  at  once  and  to  feed 
on  it  as  on  the  sincere  milk  of  the 


word.  These  spiritnal  tmths,  the 
teachings  of  the  Spirit,  seemed  to  be 
born  in  them — **  born,  not  of  blood, 
nor  of  the  will  of  the  flesh,  nor  of  the 
will  of  man,  but  of  God.'' 

{To  be  eonchided,) 


DOHATIOM  TO  THE  BOABD  OF  FoBBIOH  MiSSfOHS,  W  JuLT  1874. 

49-  Synods  In  small  OAmALfr-PtesbjrterlM  In  UaUu-^hfiTohw  in  Roman. 


ALBAirT~ill6ai»y--Stato  St  ch,  Albany  84ft  20; 
8d  oh  Sab-Bob,  Saratoga  Spnngs  16  SS;  Espe- 
ranoo  8ab>8ch  10;  Nassau  en  6  29.  Champlain-~ 
KeoseTille  ch  26.    CM«fn6ia— Centrefille  eh  6 

906  84 

Snron  op  ATLAvria — 0B/ais6a— Biddle  Insli- 
tnte  8  13,  Sab-soh,  for  Africa  10—18  18.  Yadkin 
— MebaneAville  ch  60  cants  18  63 

BALTUfoaa— Boitimors— 1st  oh  Sab-sch,  Balti- 
more,  lor  Backus  sch,  C8ntoii.and  ed  obild  160; 
Harmony  ch  4.  New  CasUe— Port  Deposit  oh  82, 
8ab>sch  26—57;  Christiana  oh  7.  Waehington 
Ck'tj^— 1st  oh  Sab-sch,  Alexandria  10;  Gurley 
Chapel  8ab>sch,  to  sup  girl  in  Japan  4       288  00 

GnrnuL  Niw  Yomm.'-Binghamtom^lti  eh  Owe- 
go,  mo  con  27  20;  Ist  ch  Binghamion  114  16. 
ArraeiMe— 1st  Ward  ch,  8y  raonse  8  29 ;  Liverpool 
eh  6  77;  Trinity  on,  Manlios  26  181  60 

CiHcnrirATL— CAOIieotAe— WilkesTills  ch  20;  1st 
eh  Greenfield  49  76 ;  French  oh  10.  Cincinnati-^ 
Somerset  oh  4  60;  Pleasant  Ridge  ch  11;  1st 
Oer  oh  Cheviot  6.  Doytem— Hamilton  oh  131  48; 
Monroe  ch  10;  1st  oh  Sab-soh,  Dayton,  to  sup 
scholar  in  Oroomiah  28,  in  Dehra  4U-^ ;  3d  St  on 
Sab-soh.  Dayton,  to  sup  soh  at  Oroomiah  28;  at 
Dehra  40—68;  Memorial  oh  Sab-aoh,  Dayton,  to 
sap  soh  in  Uberia  10  887  68 

CLiruAiio.— crevsCmid— lat  ch  Cleveland  222; 
Strongsville  ch  18  69;  Ist  ch  Guilford  6;  1st  oh 
Ehnria,  N  B  Gates  6;  Rome  ch  8  70.  Mahomng 
—Hubbard  ch  10.  8L  a<Hr«vtfls— Buffalo  ch 
96  90;  Scotch  Ridge  ch  20.  SteubennilU  Car- 
ronton  Sab-sch,  for  China  14;  Mew  Hacerstown 
Sab-soh  18  887  29 

OoLiniBU8.i— i4<Asfi»— Pomeroy  ch  16  60;  Mid* 
dieport  oh  8  70,  8ab-soh  17  80—21  60.  itoriofi— 
Iberia  ch  24.  Woo$Ur—  Predericksborg  oh  81  46, 
Ibr  China  23—64  46;  Orange  and  Polk  ch  18. 
ZtmMvUU—Jenef  ch  80 ;  Duncannon  Falls  ch  6 

164  66 

Ban.— Att/^r— Scrub  Grass  Sab-soh  13.  CUh 
rioM— RoseTille  Sab-soh  l  80.  .Sris— Bdlnboro 
eh  48  60;  Fairfield  oh  26 ;  Park  oh  8ab-sch.  Erie, 
for  China  60;  Springfield  oh.  Mrs  James  Strong 
60;  Cambridge  ch  11  42;  MiIledgOTille  ch  10. 
ITiittasiataff—Mt  Pleasant  ch  7.  iSAstumoe— West- 
field  ch  m  10,  Sab-soh  40—226  10  441  82 

GnrsTA.— Cbyi«^— Port  Byron  Sab-soh,  for 
China  12  60;  Aurora  oh  10  74.  Olsmuiio— 1st  ch 
Elroira  46  26;  Watkins  ch  18  60.  Omevo— A 
Friend,  Romuinn  60.  X^om— 1st  ch  Lyons  4  87. 
^r«i6ef»— 1st  ch  Prattsburg  86 ;  Uornellsrilie  ch 
64  80,  Sab-soh  16  96—70  76;  Corning  ch  42  ul 

290  13 

HAaBi8Bi7aeHv—Cbrlurs» Upper  Path  Valley  oh 
61,  Sab-sch  18  29—09  29;  Mechanicsburg  Sab- 
•ch,  for  China  48.  Huntlngdon-^pTing  Greek 
Sab-sch  26;  Istch  Sab-sch,  AltoooA  4u;  Buffalo 
Bun  Sab-Kch,  Penny  coll  2  60;  2d  ch  Sab-sch, 
AltoonalS;  Newton  Hsmilton  oh,  Inton  Cope- 
land  Fund  12.  iV(>rtAiim6«rtond— Mooresbnrg  ch 
W  M  8oc*y  10:  2d  ch  Wilhamsport  60  24;  Bald 
Eagle  and  Niitany  chs  37;  Chiilisqnaqne  ch,  to 
con  Mrs  E  Van  Ztnt  l  m  30  GO.  WeUeboro—Ftdl 
Brook  oh  8  60,  Sab-soh,  for  China  4—12  60 

860  03 

iLLiKon,  Ct^iTmAL.— JS/oominoton  —  Urbana  ch 
10  88,  Sabsch  2  07—12  90.  iWta-Henry  Sab- 
scbVfor  Syria  16  90,  China  8  22—26  12.    Gales- 


burg  Sttb-seh.  to  ed  child  in  Persia  36 ;  Knozrille 
Sab-soh,  for  Aer  J  Bassett,  Persia  76  20.  apring- 
field—Ui  Port  oh  Sab-sch,  JacksouyUte  11  169  22 

iLUHon,  NoBVB.— iSodle  £tosr— Fulton  oh  8  18 

iLUHois,  SouTB.— illton— 1st  ch  Sab-sch,  Alton 
16  88;  Greenville  ch  12  12;  Hardin  ch  2  22; 
Plainvisw  ch  2  63 ;  Virden  oh  12  62.  Qiiro— Odin 
Sab-soh  •  76.    Muttoon—Neogti  oh  10 18       68  80 

IinnAMA,  NoETB.— Oois/oreboi/^e— Willlamspori 
oh  6;  Attica  ch  9  26.  Fort  IFoyne— Frankim  oh 
8  20.  XogaaaporC— Istch  Valparaiso  10.  Mtmeie 
—Marion  ch  7;  Perrysburg  oh  2;  Sbiloh  ch  2; 
Wabash  ch  80  80;  Libeny  oh  ft  74  76 

iBDiANAfSoDTB.— /iMttanopofto^lst  ch  Indian- 
apolis 166  93 ;  Acton  oh  3  38.  New  ilj6any— Jef- 
ferson Sab-soh  1 ;  Monroe  Sab-sch  83  cts;  Plea- 
sant Sab-sch  1  80;  Rehoboth  ch  8  00;  Sharon  ch 
2  60;  Vernon  Infant  Class  6  60.  WMe  Water— 
Greensborg  oh  102;  Mew  Castle  oh  8  02;  Sooth 
Providence  oh  8  68  289  69 

Iowa,  Nobtb.— OMlar  JSapidf— Marlon  eh,  a 
widow,  to  buy  Bibles  for  two  children  in  Syria 
(see  ''Young  Missionary**  for  July)  90  cts.  Dm- 
6<49iia— Bethel  ch  4;  Clermont  ch  3;  Wankoo 
Ger  ch  20.  Waterloo— Cedta  VaUey  Sab  soh,add»l 
1;  Albion  Sab-sch  2  so  90 

Iowa,  Soutb.— C(tMM«aS<^^s-Pleasant  Ridge 
oh  2  60.  /oiso— Kossuth  ch  11  29;  Somnsit  Sab- 
soh  16  26 :  Evan,  ch,  St  Peter's  1&  Jotsa  aty— 
Cedar  Valley  Sab-sch  4;  Brooklyn  Sab-soh  9  60. 
Nebraeka  O^y— 1st  oh  Sab-soh,  Nebraska  City  6 

00  74 

Kansas — ^Vpeibi— Solomon  oh  1  00 

KiMtccKT.— Xottisvtfte— Plum  Creek  oh  2; 
Pennsylvania  Bun  oh  3;  Walnut  St  oh,  Loals- 
Tille  6  44  11  44 

LoBO  l8L4Nn.— £roo%a— Throop  Ave  ch  16  68; 
1st  ch  Edgewater  9  80;  South  8d  St  Ch,  Wil- 
liamsburg 36;  Ger.  ch  Williamsburg,  Ladies' 
Mi8S*y  Soc'y  lo;  Franklin  Ave  oh  26  16.  Lona 
/Wand— Bridgehamton  ch  42;  1st  ch  EastHamp> 
ton  128  72;  East  Moriches  bab  soh  6  10;  Setan- 
kst  oh  21  60,  Sab-sch  4—26  60.  Aossau— Jamaica 
ch  133  76;  latch  Newtown  114  19;  2d  ch  Hunt- 
ington 27  76  573  e4 

MiOBiaAB—i)e<roi^ Westminster  oh,  Detroit 
84  24 ;  1st  ch  Ypsilanti,  in  part  16a  Grand  Bapide 
—Ionia  ch  60  77.  Lonsin^— Concord  oh  li  39; 
2d  ch  Sab-sch,  Lansing,  for  India  80;  Homer  oh 
89,  Sab-sch  22—111;  Irving  ch  7  60;  Hastings  ch 
6  14.  iSo^nats— Midland  City  ch  6  418  04 

MncBisoTA.- S^  Anil— Westminster  ch,  Min- 
neapolis 7  16;  House  of  Hope  oh,  St.  Paul  92  86; 
Redwing  ch  6  40;  Central  ch  Sab-sch,  SL  Paul, 
for  China  60  155  91 

MiBSoomL— PWot*— 1st  ch  Ironton  9  60 

Nbw  JiB8iT^ijri«a6e<A-3d  ch  Elisabeth,  sp, 
for  China  37  60;  Perth  Aroboy  ch  200;  Roselle 
oh  46  62.  Sab-sch  7  08—43  66 ;  Clinton  ch  84  28 ; 
Pluckaminch  7  14:  Wesifleid  ch  16  65;  Beth- 
lehem  ch  32;  X  Y  Z  20.  Jereey  atu-Ui  ch 
Rutherford  Park  26  84;  Hackensack  ch  Sab-sch 
12.  Ifoimoaa-farmingdalo  ch  8;  Jamesburg 
oh  40.  Jkorru  and  Orange— Ui  ch  Morristown 
1,023  90;  2d  ch  Mendham  7;  Madinon  ch  46  42; 
2d  ch  Orange,  in  part  839  28.  iVsuwrlt-South 
Park  ch 72  60;  2d  ch  Newark  112  66;  Boseville 


278 


Board  of  Foreign  MtMiioni. 


ISeptember 


eh  2»y,  Park  ch  N«wtrk  SI  4S;  Sd  eh  Newark 
18  10.  New  BrwiBwiek^Qioekton  eh  6.  NtwUm 
—Yellow  Kramecb  7  68;  Oreeowieh  AO  6S.  Wmt 
Jerteu—lui  cb  Ctiroden  100;  Woodftowo  ch  1080 

8,101  76 

Niw  To»K.  —  Boston— Firtt  ch  Newburyport 

103.    A4d«(m-Muiiroe  cb  10  27 ;  2d  oh  FforidA 

11  60;  (ioiilien  ch  66  68;  Port  Jervis  eh  21; 
Goodwill  ch  80  8« ;  Washlngtonyille  Isc  oh  14  80; 
2d  ch  MiddleiowD  25  02;  CochectoD  oh  1  80; 
Hftinptouburgch  13  88:  Nyaok  oh  47  86;  Scotch- 
towDCh  II  47.  Iftw  ForA—Madieon  Square  ch 
1.10(1 ;  Wa»hiniEion  UeiKhta  oh  18  08;  Uarlem 
oh  10  10;  UulTervity  Place  ch,  for  Papal  Europe 
72;  iHt  Union  oh  62;  Brick  ch  Chapel  13  76: 
Bootoh  ch  186 ;  Sea  and  Land  oh  8  14.  North 
Bivir— Oalvary  eh,  Newbarg  10  69;  Cold  Sprinc 
8ab*ach  for  new  Elfe  2i  86;  HughffOOTtlle  oh 
6  10.  irM<dkM/«r  — ^camford  oh  408  06 ;  J  P 
Hamilton,  to  con  J  Clark  l.  d.,  100;  8ab-»ch  13  40 
—621  46;  Wet«C  Parma  eh  Bab-teh,  to  ed.  etrl 
under  care  B^rfA  Wood,  Syria  40  46;  Bridge- 
port oh  '/6;  Por*  Cheater  oh  14  80:  1st  eh  Peek- 
akill  40  08;  White  Plains  ch  826  06;  North 
Salem  oh  17,  for  old  Debt  6-'22  2,868  72 

PAOina— &i«rae»snto— Plaoervllle  oh  4.  San 
FrotMkeu-^t  John's  oh,  fi>an  Francisco  26  40 

29  40 

PaiLABiLPBiA^^  Oksitsr-New  London  ch  74. 
lostoiMfuia— LrfirksviUe  Sab-sch  2  60;  Dimock 
ch  1;  HprlnKville  eh  l;  Wyoming  eh,  for  Ker 
J  J  Hull,  India  6v>;  dui>qu«hanna  Depot  clab-sch 
for  Syria  20;  Isi  ch  WUke»barre  *i07  26.  Lektgh 
— Lehlgbion  eh  2  10;  Hokendauqua  oh  6; 
AUenio«n  oh  70  8o;  Lower  Mt  Bethel  oh  9  78. 
PhikuU/phia^Uorih  ch  284  16;  Mariner's  eh 
8ab-sch  6  02.  thUad^phi'i  Clm(rai— Kensing- 
ton ch  Sab  sob  40.  PkUaddphui  JVorCA— Market 
Bquareoh.Qermantown,Chas  M  Knox26.  ir«i- 
mlfuter— Mt  Joy  tiab-sch,  for  Syria  12 ;  Union  oh 
6  84  766  90 

PiTTtBuitoB.— BtoirtvOIs— New  Alexandria  ch 
28  99;  LiTermore  oh  64;  Greensburg  ch,  Mrs 
Little's  Sab-sch  ('lass,  for  India  1  60.  PiUtburgh 
— Pleasantville  Sab  Mh  8  60;  2d  ch  Pittsburgh 
61  91 ;  Sab-Boh  35  6ii— 87  41 ;  Centre  oh  Sab  sch, 
for  Dehra  16;  Shady  Side  oh  48;  Lebanon  ch 
47  11.  JSsdst'ms— Round  Hill  ch  U  10;  Pleasant 
Unity  ch.  Miss  Ellen  Giffln  6.  WatkingUm^ 
1st  oh  Wh^-eling  79  82 ;  Clarsville  Sab-sch,  to 
ed.  boy  at  Kolapoor  19  84;  Upper  Buffalo  Sab- 
pch7  40;  4in  ch  Wheeling  83  cts,  Sab-sch  1  40 
—8  88;  181  ch  Washington,  Infknt  Dep*t^  for 
San  Francisco  Chinese  School  80;  Mt  Waithlng- 
ton  Sab  Hch  6.  Wnt  Ftryiiiia— Rayeuswood  Sab- 
Boh  6  ;  Lebanon  ch  6  446  60 

Tbnrbssib.  ~  Holston  —  Second  oh  Sahsch 
Rogers V file,  to  bup  Mara  Yofeph,  Persia  6. 
Vnion^'i^  ch  Bab-sch  Knozville,  **  Willing 
Worker^**  for  Mitrti  Yoneph  6,  Brother  in  Christ 
for  Bibles  in  Syria,  1*6  11  00 

Toledo.— BeOs/btt/aJiie— Baeyrusoh7  77.  Lima 
—Delphos  ch  2  9  77 

WasTBEii  New  YoBK.—Bv/ra(o~  WestminMer 
ch  Sab-tfOh,  for  Syria  66;  WeHtfleld  ch  89  11. 
Genesis— Pembroke  and  BataTia  ch  100;  Cai^tile 
Bab-sch  12  22.  Niagara^ A  H  Porter 60.  BoeKta- 
tsr— ist  oh  Gene-^eo  25  ;  Brick  ch  Roohester 
150;  C«*ntral  ch  Rochester  8i  88:  Westminster 
ch«  Rochester  10  h9\  1st  ch  Livonia  27;  1st  ch 
Charlotte  20;  Rev  Willis  C  Gay  lord  9  680  80 

WisooifsiN.  —  Lake  Superior  —  Marquette  ch 

12  40.  MUumukee-D Anfie\d  eh  1  9X  fFinn^ 
6aii'>— Juneau  ch  12.  Ifiseonstn  J2iv«r— Cottsga 
Grove  ch  Sab-fch2  70:  Gerch,  Platleville  6  75; 
LodI  cb,  for  Cliild*s  Paper  in  Syria  16  40     60  18 

Woman's  Bonrd  of  Missions  for  the  N.  W. 
724  60;  Troy  Branch  W  B  K  M.,  Synod  of  Al- 
bany 77  e^*;  W  B  F  M..  Albany  Hi;  I^adies' 
Board  ol  Missions,  N  Y,  2,^44  62,  less  66  ret.  on 
Miss  Flo  t>  aoc*t.  New  Mexico— 2,289  62;  W  F 
M  Society,  Phila  3,161  12  6,416  90 

Total  reoeipta  from  churches  in  July,  1874, 

$18,843  20 


Lboaorb.— Champion  EaUte  S,61T  18;  Legaey 
of  Mrs  P  M  Roosa,  South  Orange,  N  J.  100; 
Legacy  of  Eli  Snyder,  dee'd,  Morrison,  111.,  26; 
Legacy  of  £  B  Morgan,  dee*d.  Brooklyn,  Pa, 
149  76;  Bequest  of  Margaret  Ohamb4*rs,  dec*d, 
Chambersburg,  Pa.  SUO;  Legacy  of  Eliaa  Harper, 
deo*d.  N  Y,  93  8,164  88 

STBOD  op  RITOBMBS  PBBiBTTB>tAB  CavBOB.—Ref 
Presb  cb.  South  Ryegate,  Vt.,  to  sup.  girl  at 
Dehra  28  60 

MisoBLiAiTBOtra.  —  Little  Children's  Savings 
Bank,  1  76;  W  White  Mlss*y  Fuod,  6  mos.  in- 
terest, for  China,  272  89;  Mra  N  D  Orbison.  for 
Rawal  Pindi  oh.  60;  Robert  Beers,  lor  use  of 
Rev  U  C  Thomson,  Mexico.  500;  Henry  B 
Auehinolauss,  for  China  60:  Friends  of  Missions 
in  Conn.,  60;  Rev  S  N  Robinson,  Sherman.  N  Y, 
IH ;  Mrs  D  W  H  McGill.  Danville  3;  Succasunna, 
N  J,  A  Friend,  6;  •*W^MO;  W  Cowan.  Newioo, 
Ind,  6;  F 1  Slade,  Trenton.  N  J.  for  Ev.  Society, 
OeneTa,  »'0;  Mra  J  B  DeKlyn.  frviastoo.  6; 
Penny  a  Day,  8  66—8  66;  W  Mabie,  Peeki>kill, 
2:  A  Friend  2;  Friends  in  Louisville,  Ky.  (br 
Bogota  Chapel.  160;  D.,  Phila,  So;  W  H  K, 
Keniucky,  6;  George  Salmon,  Fulton.  N  Y,  7; 
E  Dickinson,  6;  Miss  E  F  Dickinson,  1;  Holly, 
Mich..  Tithes  for  Missions  in  China,  2;  A  Friend 
6:  J  S  Crane,  Goshen,  to  eon  Lissie  J  Crane  l  il, 
85;  Odanah,  Wis.  Mi«*s  H  M  Phillips.  10;  Mrs 
M  A  Williams.  Norwichtown.  Cr,  for  Chinese  in 
Cain  »*0;  R,  Oalifarnia,  1  25;  Miaa  E  Darling- 
ton. Pittsburgh,  60  I,fl71  04 

Total  Reoeipta  in  JulT,  1874 4^722  88 

••  •*        from  Itay  lst»  1874 49,702  uo 


WM.  RANKIN, 
18  Centre  Street.  New  Tork« 


Lbrbbb  relating  to  the  Miasiona,  or  other  opem- 
tlons  of  the  Board,  naay  be  addressed  lo  the  Rev. 
JoBH  0.  LowBXB,  Rev.  Davd  iBTixe,  or  Rev.  Fbabk 
F.  EixiBwoon,  Seeretaries,  Miaaion  House,  18 
Centre  street.  New  York. 

Lbttibs  relating  to  the  pecuniary  aflkirs  of  the 
Board,  or  containing  remittanees  of  money,  may 
be  aent  to  WnxuM  Roxur,  Baq.,  TVsoMrsr— 
same  addreaa. 

PotTAaBS.— 

To  Western  Afrioa.....^...w.^..««...16  oents. 

Syria 12  •• 

Persia,  to  Constantinople.»........12  * 

India ^.^ 22  •• 

Slam 28  « 

China  and  Japan....»....«...^....«  10  " 

Brasil. — 16  •« 

U.  S.  Colombia....... 18  ■ 

Mexico 10  •« 

Chili 22  • 

For  each  l^  ob  weight,  prepaid. 

Stampa  not  to  b^  put  on  the  letters,  an  these  sre 
enclosed  in  an  outside  envelope;  and  ih**  postage 
Is  assessed  according  to  the  weight  of  each  letter. 

For  Japan.  China,  and  Slam  the  mail  is  sent 
from  the  Mission  House  on  the  2>ith  of  each 
month;  for  India.  Syria,  Persia,  by  the  steamera 
nearest  the  1st  and  I5th ;  for  Western  Africa,  on 
the  1st;  for  Braail,  on  the  22d:  for  U.  S.  Colom- 
bia, on  the  6th  and  21at.  Newspapera,  from  8  to 
6  cents,  prepaid. 

The  Fobbio.x  Mtstioif4Br  is  published  monthly, 
at  ll.OO  a  year  tor  each  copy.  It  is  seui  free, 
when  desired,  to  donors  of  ten  dollar*  and  up- 
wards, and  to  the  ministers  of  o  ir  ehurchee. 

Tbt  Youife  .MiSAiovABT  Is  aent  ft^e  of  charge, 
except  for  posuge,  a  copy  to  each  Ikmily  in 
every  Sabbat h-nchool  making  regular  oontribo- 
tiona  to  the  Treasury  of  the  Board. 

AdJress  **The  Foreign  Missionary,"  Missioa 
House,  23  Centre  su.  New  York. 


1874.]  Board  of  Publication.  279 

BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION. 

No.  1334  Cheatnat  Street,  PhiUdelphia. 


Letten  relating  to  doofttiont  of  booki  and  tmotft,  the  appointment  of  Oolportenra,  and  the 
general  intereats  of  the  Board,  to  be  addreaaed  to  the  Rer.  Willux  E,  Sobimok,  D.D.,  Oorretpand- 
ing  Secretary,  ,  r 

Manosoripta,  and  eommanicationa  conoerning  matter  offered  for  pablicatlon,  whether  for  booka 
or  periodicals,  to  the  Rer.  John  W.  DcLUa,  D.D.,  BditorUU  SecreUny, 

Lettera  relating  to  SabbAth-sohool  work,  to  Mr.  J.  Bixan  TrLia,  Soperintendont  of  Sabbath- 
Bohool  Work. 

Correapondenoe  of  Colporteara,  remittanoea  of  money,  and  donationa,  to  Mr.  8.  D.  Pown. 
Soperintendent  of  Colportage  and  Treasurer. 

Orders  for  Books  (ezoept  from  Oolportenrs)  and  Basiness  Oorrespondence,  to  Mr.  Jobm  A.  Blaoz. 

Sabsoriptions  to  The  Preebs/teiian  Monthly  Record^  The  Sabbath-Sehtol  Vieitor,  The  Pree^terian 
€U  Work,  The  Weetmineter  Leeton  Leaf,  and  paymenta  for  the  aame,  to  Mr.  Pnaa  Waleie. 


THE  PROSPECT. 

What  is  the  outlook  in  regard  to  the  work  of  the  Board  of  Poblication? 
This  is  a  question  oflen  asked  in  one  form  or  another.  We  will  answer  it 
very  briefly. 

The  action  of  the  last  (General  Assembly  was  in  the  highest  degree  favora- 
ble to  this  Board  and  its  work.  With  the  exception  of  changing  the  name  of 
its  colporteurs  to  *'  Missionaries  of  the  Board  of  Publication,"  a  change  which 
in  no  degree  altered  the  nature  of  their  work,  the  Board's  work  was  directed  to 
be  prosecuted  precisely  as  before,  only  enlarged. 

This  work  is  in  great  demand — in  greater  demand  in  every  part  of  the 
Church  than  ever  before.  We  are  constantly  receiving  requests  for  the 
appointment  of  new  laborers  in  various  Presbyteries,  and  are  almost  over- 
whelmed with  applications  to  aid  pastors,  missionaries,  Sabbath-schools,  and 
others,  by  making  them  grants  of  books.  Our  books  and  papers  are  wanted 
badly.     Our  missionaries  are  needed  and  earnestly  sought  for. 

But  how  about  the  means  to  carry  on  this  work  ?  Just  here  is  the  source 
of  our  chief  anxiety  at  this  timeu  For  the  expansion  of  this  work  we  must 
have  enlarged  means.  But  money  for  our  Missionary  Fund  is  coming  in 
very  slowly.  Many  churches  are  pleading  "  hard  times'*  as  a  reason  for  not 
giving  as  much  as  usual,  and  some  as  a  reason  for  giving  nothing.  For  the 
last  three  months  the  receipts  of  the  Fund  have  been  less,  by  several  thou- 
sands of  dollars,  than  during  the  corresponding  months  of  last  year.  Will 
not  pastors  and  sessions,  and  our  friends  generally,  notice  this  fact,  and  do 
all  they  can  to  help  us  during  the  coming  months.  Unless  our  receipts  aro 
largely  increased,  our  missionary  work,  especially  our  donations  of  tracts  and 
books,  must  be  curtailed.     

ENCOURAGING. 
The  following  paragraph  is  clipped  from  a  recent  number  of  The  Interior, 
published  in  Chicago.     It  presents  a  hopeful  and  true  view  of  the  work  of 
the  Board  In  the  region  indicated. 

*^  The  missionary  work  under  the  auspices  of  ouf  Board  of  Publication,  as 
it  is  projected  and  supervised  at  St.  Louis,  is  gradually  radiating  and  ex- 
tending into  new  and  hitherto  unexplored  fields.     Throughout   Missouri, 


Board  of  PiMiciJUum,  I  September 

KaDsas,  and  Soatbern  Illioob,  men  are  actively  and  sacoessfally  at  work  in 
distributing  our  literature  and  establishing  Sabbath- schools  and  holding 
prayer-meetings  in  regions  not  heretofore  supplied  with  these  means  of  grace ; 
and  just  now  a  promising  field  is  opening  up  in  Texas,  and  calls  for  our 
Bibles,  books  and  Sabbath-school  literature,  and  for  missionaries  to  come  oyer 
and  help  them,  are  being  received  by  the  superintendent  here  every  day. 
T&ese  things  are  encouraging." 


AN  APPLICATION. 
A  letter  from  one  of  our  ministers  in  Nebraska  brings  before  us  the  need 
of  many  young  Sabbath-schools  in  that  extended  and  growing  State.    He 
says: 

''  I  am  requested  to  make  application  to  our  Board  of  Publication  for  a 
donation  of  Sabbath-school  books.  The  churches  in  the  bounds  of  our  Pres- 
bytery are  of  recent  organization,  in  settlements  of  less  than  three  years  old. 
The  people  are  mostly  ^  homesteaders,*  poor  and  suflfering  on  account  of  loss 
by  grasshoppers.  We  have  seven  Sabbath-schools  on  the  Union  Pacific  Rail- 
road, and  four  in  the  Republican  Valley  between  this  and  the  Kansas  line 
about  being  organized.  These  schools  are  necessarily  small,  say  of  twenty  to 
forty  scholars  each.  We  desire  to  introduce  our  books  ;  they  have  none  of 
any  kind  now.*' 

The  Board  would  gladly  supply  these  and  numberless  other  and  similar 
wants.  But  its  Missionary  Fund  b  unusually  low,  and  the  contributions 
coming  in  are  few.  It  is  therefore  able  to  do  but  a  small  part  of  what  it 
gladly  would  do.  Are  there  not  those  who  will  send  us  help  for  these  inter- 
esting and  needy  Sabbath-schools? 


INCREASING  DEMANDS. 
The  missionary  work  of  the  Board  of  Publication,  so  far  as  the  field  is  con- 
cerned, never  looked  more  inviting  than  at  present.  We  present  below  an 
extract  from  a  letter  written  by  the  Rev.  Robert  Irwin,  our  excellent  District 
Superintendent  of  Missionary  Work  at  St  Louis,  and  having  several  West- 
ern Synods  under  his  special  charge.  Its  statements  deserve  careful  atten- 
tion. 

**  The  demand  among  our  mission  churches  for  Sabbath-school  literature 
is  increasingly  urgent.  I  am  in  daily  receipt  of  letters  pleading  for  help. 
New  schools  are  l^ing  formed,  or  old  ones  awakened  into  new  life.  Feeble 
churches  are  realizing  that  their  future  growth  largely  depends  upon  the  frnit 
of  Sabbath-schools ;  that  the  children  must  be  fed  with  better  food  than  is 
offered  them  by  an  infidel  and  material  press.  If  we  would  save  the  children 
and  build  strong  and  active  churches  of  Christ  in  the  West,  we  must  supply, 
in  large  measures,  the  essential  Christian  literature.  Pastors  feel  the  need 
of  practical  pointed  books  and  tracts  to  arrest  the  careless  and  instruct  tbe 
inquiring.  Hence  earnest  pleadings  come  to  us  for  the  excellent  literature 
of  the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Publication,  and  in  response  we  scatter  through 
various  channels  as  liberally  as  means  will  allow.  Last  year  more  than  four 
hundred  thousand  pages  of  tracts  and  seventeen  thousand  volumes  found 
their  way  from  this  office  to  the  Sabbath-schools  and  homes  of  the  West 
The  demand  is  increasing.  The  missionary  work  of  our  Board  is  entering 
and  occupying  fields  not  otherwise  reached;  sowing  the  seed  and  laving  the 


1874.]  Board  of  Publication.  281 

fouadation  for  the  fature  prosperity  of  the  Church.  New  fields  are  opening 
as  numerous  and  as  broad  as  any  that  have  ever  been  cultivated.  God  rolls 
upon  us  the  responsibility  of  saving  thin  country  for  Christ;  of  rescuing  it 
from  infidelity  and  crime ;  of  outvying  Rome  in  planting  churches,  schools 
and  asylums  for  the  needy  on  the  frontier.  How  can  all  this  and  more  be 
accomplished  unless  Christians  consecrate  their  wealth  more  wholly  to  the 
Lord  ?  It  will  pay  to  plant  Sabbath-schools  and  scatter  good  books ;  pay 
the  country  materially  and  spiritually,  in  large  dividends;  pay  the  liberal 
.^ver  both  in  this  life  and  the  life  to  come.  The  poor  people  of  Glasgow, 
Scotland,  used  to  say  that  *  David  Dale  gave  his  money  by  shovelfuls,  and 
God  Almighty  shovelled  it  hack  again"  Try  it.  Send  us  some  of  your 
money  that  we  may  answer  the  calls  of  these  needy  schools,  and  you  will  live 
in  the  well  wishes  of  children  whose  future  you  are  instrumental  in  shaping 
for  the  glory  of  God.     Don*t  live  simply  for  self." 


THE   NEW  PRESBYTERIAN   HYMNAL, 

Prepared  by  the  Rev.  J.  T..  Duryea,  D.  D.,  under  the  direction  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly's  Committee,  will  be  issued  by  the  Board  of  Publication  on 
September  1.     It  is  published  in  four  forms,  all  containing  the  same  Hymns, 
and  differing  only  as  to  size  and  price. 
The  prices  will  bo  as  follows : 

8vo,  with  Music $2.00 

Sample  copy  for  examination 1.35 

Square  12mo,  with  Music 1.50 

Sample  copy  for  examination 1.00 

16mo,  Hymns  only 1.25 

Sample  copy  for  examination 85 

Square  ISmO;  Hymns  only 75 

Sample  copy  for  examination 50 

No  effort  has  been  spared  by  the  Committee  or  the  Board  to  make  this 
The  Book  of  our  United  Church. 

The  Board,  in  order  fully  to  do  its  part  in  the  introduction  of  the  new 
book — thus  helping  to  promote  uniformity  in  the  Psalmody  of  the  Church, 
has  fixed  the  prices  for  introduction  very  low. 

Churches  desiring  to  introduce  the  Presbyterian  Hymnal  will  please  send 
their  orders,  or  apply  for  specimen  copies,  to  John  A.  Black,  Business 
Superintendent, 


OFFER  OP  CATECHISMS. 
Any  needy  Sabbath -school  can  obtain,  without  charge,  a  supply  of  Shorter 
Catechisms  from  the  Board,  by  making  application,  very  soon,  either  to  the 
Rev.  W.  E.  Schenck,  D.D.,  Corresponding  Secretary,  at  1334  Chestnut  St., 
Philadelphia,  to  Dr.  C.  0.  Waters,  69  Dearborn  St.,  Chicago,  or  to  Rev.  Robert 
Irwin,  Corner  of  6th  and  Locust  Streets,  St.  Louis.  The  application  should  be 
signed  by  the  pastor  as  well  as  the  superintendent,  where  th^re  is  one,  and 
should  state  the  exact  number  of  copies  needed.        Digitized  by  VjOOgi 


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Board  of  Publication. 


{^S^tcmber 


Donatio vt  to  thi  Missiovakt  Fuhd  of  thb  Pkibbttikiah  Boabd  of  Pubuojltios. 

July  1874. 

49"  Synoda  in  ihau  oawtju  -Preabyterie*  in  ttoiiea— OhorohM  in  Bohmui. 


ALBAHT.^il/banv-AlbaDy,  8Uit«  StrMt  80  92; 
NaMaa  79  oia;  Saratoga  Springt  Sd  1  98.  Trov 
-Waterford9ai  42  8ft 

ATLAicTia~aitotp6a— Walker's  Chap«]       I  60 

Baltiiiok*— i\r«to  Qutfo— Christiana  3  fiO;  Port 
PeoD  IS  15  SO 

Ckitral  Niw  YomK.— BiftyAomton— Biogham- 
toD  Ist  16  22.  O^Moo— Oneoota  9  70.  8yrwau&~' 
Liverpool  86  otn ;  LvfiaDder  6  86 :  SyranuM  Ist 
•4  86;  Syracuse,  Ist  Ward  I  04.  {/tieo— Camden 
6;  Clinton  29;  Westeraville  6  84  139  86 

CwoiKHATi.  —  Cincinnati  ->  Cincinnati  Central 
81  29.    DoytoM— Clifton  22  67;  Piqua  1st  16 

118  86 

CuTBL4ifD.—Ct«Mtoiid— Cleveland  lat  28;  Roma 

40  ots;   SironsTille  I  73.     AfaAoning— Alliance 

12  71 ;  Deerfleld  10  60.  8t,  aaircva/«— Bealsville 
6;  BuffiiloS  26;  Powhattane.  SUubrnvilU^lron" 
dale  12  86;  BtUl  Fork  6  90;  Two  Bidges  14  73 

102  14 

Columbus.— if  M«ii»— M  iddlepor 1 46  ots.  Cb/um- 
b«M— Columbus  2d  76.  Jforton— Marysrille  6  60; 
Milford  Centre  4.  IFoo«<sr— Frederloksburjjh 
8  96;  Mt.  Eaton  4;  P(*rrysrilie  4  60  Zane$vau 
— Brownsville  4;  Jersey  6;  Roseville  4  36; 
Uoiontown  8;  Unity  2  65;  Zaneeville  let  12  64 

130  06 

ERXi.~Clarto»— ReynoldsTille  8  76.  ^r<«— 
Cambridge  1  44.  SA«nanao~West  Middlesex 
8  84  19  03 

QwMETA.—Oaifiiga—kaTorm  16;  Oenoa  let  10; 
Genoa  8d  4  26;  Meridian  7  60;  Sennet  6  CO. 
CTismuti^.— Elmira  1st  6  83;  Watklns  2  33. 
Geneva—  Gortiam  IS.  Luone  —  Newark  16  62. 
i5t«u6«ii— Corning  6  29;  HorneilsTilla  16  86  (of 
which  Sab-soh  9)  ,  101  27 

Hauusbueob.— CbrMsts— Big  Spring  16  91; 
Chambersburgh,  Falling  Spring  70;  Great  Cone- 
wago  and  Low<ir  Marsh  Greek  12  25;  Middle- 
town  1  67.  ^Tun^inydon— Milesbnrgh  oh  (add'l) 
1.60;  Perrysville20;  Pern  4.  Nordiumberiand— 
Bald  Eagle  and  Nittany4  67;  Bethel  2  26;  Wil- 
liarospori  2d  8  68.  lf«(/<6oro— lAwreno^rille 
6  75  143  48 

iLLnrou,  CiifTmAL.~B<oomliig(on— Bement  6; 
Paxton  4:  UrUna  27.  Peoria— Yates  City  9. 
SehtHfler—UonmoQih  14  76  83  02 

iLUirois,  NoaTB.—C%{ecH70— Chicago  3d  180  67. 
Oftotoo— Waterman  2.    Bock  iNv«r— Fulton  I  03 

138  70 

iLUNOii,  SouTB—ilUon— Alton  20  62;  Butler  6; 
Carrolton  6  65;  Greenville  I  65;  Hardin  28  ots  ; 
Plain  view  60  eta;  Virden  1  69.  ifattooift—Neoga 
1  28  88  67 

Iin>i4iiA,  NoRTB.  —  Oaw/brdfviUc— State   Line 

13  60.  Fort  Wayn4— Fort  Wayne  Ist  51  90:  Plea- 
sant Ridge 4  20  jlfanda— Union  City  1 ;  Waba«h 
8  82  74  42 

IiiMA!Vi,  SouTB.  —/ndtanopotit —Acton  42  cts ; 
Indianapolis  1st  16  66.  iVev  i^/fran^A—Browns* 
town  5  76.  FttiMfmM— Evansville,  Vine  St  13  60. 
White  Ifatsr— Greenaburgh  li;  South  Provi- 
dence 1  71  49  03 

low  A,  Soutb^-Dm  ifoines— Chariton  oh  10  (of 
which  Sab-9ch  5) ;  Indianola  7.  Iowa — Chequest 
66  cts;  KosKUth  Ut  1  42;  Troy  4.  Heln-atkor^ 
Nebraska  City  10  38  07 

KAirsiS.— iVdMAo— Fort  Soofet  S  70.  Topeka— 
Leavenworth  1st  38  40  70 

KivTUOKTw— £om«v(Ue— Elisabethtown  S;  Lonls* 
TiUe,  Walnut  St  81  ota  8  81 

Lona  Island.  — £oM  Xi(afid— East  Hampton 

41  16.    iVa«sou— Huntingdon  2d  3  60  44  66 

MtoBNAir.—DclroA— Detroit,  Westminster  4  80. 
X<afu<ii9— Concord  2  20.  ifoiiros— Tecum  seh 
U66  8506 


MiNirnoTA.— SC  i^uif—Dundas  8  86;    Forest 

1  26;  Minneapolis,  Westminster  67  81  (of  whieh 
Sab-soh  18  81);  Red  Wing  8ii  cts ;  Si  Paul,  House 
of  Hope  10  38.     IFmona— Winona  6  66         79  £4 

MissouBi.— OmtIp— Gsark   Prairie  6.     FJatie 
St.  Joseph,  Westminster  10  26  16  ii 

NBWjsB8KT.~JZ{ua6e<A— Clinton  l8t4  81;  Eliaa- 
beth  8d  37  60;  Pluckamin  90  cU;  RomUo  lat 
oh  6  76  (of  which  Sab-sch  89  cts);  Weatfleld 

2  10.  ifonmoutA— Farmingdale  2;  Hightaiowa 
25;  Holmanville  8;  .Mount  llolly  18  73;  Platta- 
burgh  2  75.  Morrie  and  Ohmys—Madinoo  6  72 ; 
Mendham  2d  4;  Morristown  Ut  6  78.  Newark— 
Bloomfleld  IM  30  90;  Montolair  66  87;  Newark 
2d  22  61;  Newark.  Park  2  70.  New  Bnuuwtek— 
Lambertville  21;  Stockton  150.  Newton  — 
Greenwich  8  72;  Yellow  Fr*me  97  cis.  Wett 
Jer9ey—Bndg<eioti  West  22;  Woodstown  1  75 

904  96 
Naw  YoBK.— J7udt0fi— Cooheoton  16  cts;  Good- 
will 8  8^:  Hampionburgh  1  75;  Middle  town  2d 

3  16;  Mount  Hope  8;  Nvaok  3  61;  Scoiohtown 
1  46;  Washington ville  im  1  87.  New  York— 
New  York,  Church  of  the  Sea  and  Land  1  03; 
New  York,  Scotch.  fh>m  J  Taylor  Jobn^too,  Esq 
28  33;  New  York,  University  Place  ch.  Eoiraan- 
uel  Chapel  8  26.     North  Rk>er  —  HaghsonTllle 

8  U6;  Kingston  6;  Maiden  15.  Weetehetter— 
North  Salem  4;  Peekskill  let  40  71;  Port 
Chester  1  87  112  06 

PACino.~Xo«  ilnyelof— Santa  Barbara,  from 
L  Quid  60  cts  .50 

Phxladblphia.— C%«t«r— Charleetown  6;  East 
Whiteland  10;  Great  Valley  12;  New   London 

9  33;  Pennington  ville  8.  LaekawoMna — Carbon- 
dale  20.  LsAi^A— Allentown  8  87;  Lebighcon 
Mission  Sab-sch  30;  Lower  Mk  Bethel  1  83. 
PAOodafpAfa— Philadelphia,  Clinton  St  25  64; 
Philadelphia,  South  Western  14  60:  Philadel- 
phia, Woodland  51.  PAUods^pAia  Nvrtk—G^T- 
roantown.  Market  Square  oh  Sab-sch,  Star  of 
Hope  class  2  20.  YmCmtatter— Union  86  eta. 
Stmod  op  Pbiladblpbia  ^'D**  10.  204  72 

PiTTSBintoB.— B/a»r«via*— New  Alexandria  2  96. 
PUUiMTgK—  Lebanon  6  96 ;  North  Branch  4; 
Pittsburgh.  Shaiy  Side  6  42.  Redeion^—Ui, 
Pleasant  16;  Round  Hill  1  40.  WaehitaUm— 
Cove  7 ;  Limestone  20 :  Three  Springs  3;  Whael- 
ing  4th  10  ota.    Weet  FSroimo^istersriUe  4 

68  82 

TBinnssBB.  —  JZo^fton— Reem's  Creek         1  60 

ToLBDO— .BeU^ontoine—Bucyrus  98  eta ;  Pat- 
terson 3  25 ;  West  Liberty  5  42.  J7t<ron— Blooro- 
ville  6  36;  Clyde  5  45;  Melotore  8  35;  Norwalk 
35;  Olena  II  58;  Peru  6  92.  JTaumM— Brraa 
27  06;  West  Betbesda  6  1C9  S6 

Wbstbbn  Nbw  Yorx  — Bu^o^o— Bnflklo,  Breeken- 
ridge  8t  15  50;  East  Aurora  10;  Fredonia  27  ii2; 
Went  Aurora  6 ;  Westfield  4  93.  Omesee— Perry 
7.  iZocAesCer— Gates  8;  Geneseo  Central  10  46; 
Rochester,  Westminster  IS)  84  28 

WiBooMSiB.— JftdoottAas— Delafield  24  ctA.  Wh^ 
ns6a470— Oshkosh  4;  st.  Sauveur  2  60.  Ifitcowsta 
iWv«r— Portage  6  11  74 

From  ohnrehea       $2,XB2  94 

Lboaous.— B<>qnest  of  Mrs  Margaret  Chambers 
decM,  late  of  Cnambersburg,  Pa,  through  her 
heirs  100. 


••  D"  interior  of  Penn'a,  5:  Mrs  Dr  W  H  MaciU. 
DanviUe,  Pa,  8;  Mrs  J  B  DeKlyn  6;  «*B,**  Galilbc^ 
nia  1  14  00 


Total  receipts  In  July, 
a  D.  POWSU 


$2,406  94 


1874.]  Board  of  Chureh  EncHon.  283 

BOARD  OF  CHURCH  ERECTION. 


Ooff^tponding  Steretary,  Rrr.  H.  B.  Wilbom,  DJ).,  18  Oentre  Btr^at,  Mew  Tock. 
Trmmurm',  Nathav  Lahi,  Esq^  00  Wall  Street. 


The  work  of  Churoh  Erection  goes  forward  while  the  eorUributions  of  the 
churohes  to  this  cause  fall  off.  Our  receipts  during  the  months  of  May,  June,  and 
July  are  nearly  $6)000  less  than  those  of  the  corresponding  months  of  the  preced- 
ing year.  At  the  same  time  the  demands  made  upon  the  Board  for  aid  are  more 
numerous  and  more  pressing  than  ever  before.  The  cry  of  distress  from  some 
sections  of  the  West  and  South-west,  where  there  have  been  an  almost  total  loss 
or  destruction  of  crops,  either  from  drouth  or  from  the  invading  armies  of  insects, 
is  overwhelming.  While  the  disappointment  to  all  is  very  great,  the  feeble 
churches  that  had  undertaken  to  build  "  the  Lord's  house"  is  peculiarly  distress- 
ing. Not  only  is  the  work  upon  these  buildings  stopped,  but  the  failure  to  pay 
contracts  has  placed  some  of  these  buildings  in  the  hands  of  the  sheriff.  A 
number  of  these,  to  whom  we  had  made  as  liberal  appropriations  as  we  could, 
have  come  back  with  the  cry  for  more  help,  to  save  their  property  from  being 
sacrificed :  but  alas,  our  limited  receipts  will  not  justify  us  in  responding  to  these 
calls,  lest  we  may  not  be  able  to  meet  our  liabilities,  or  fulfil  our  promises  to  the 
many  other  churches  depending  upon  us.  While,  therefore,  we  warn  churches 
about  to  engage  in  building  not  to  expect  large  appropriations  from  this  Board, 
and  entreat  them  not  to  attempt  costly  and  expensive  buildings,  with  the  expecta- 
tion of  canvassing  the  country  and  drawing  supplies  from  other  churches  as  well 
as  from  the  Treasury  of  the  Board — at  the  same  time  we  would  urge  upon  those 
churches  that  have  as  yet  sent  us  nothing  for  this  cause,  to  do  so  speedily,  that 
we  may  be  able  to  help  those  churches  that  really  need  help,  and  will  make  an 
economical  use  of  the  aid  given  them.  This  money,  given  through  the  Board, 
will  be  secured  from  alienation  and  loss  from  fire,  by  our  system  of  Mortga^  and 
Insurance.  A  letter  now  before  us  says,  '*  If  you  can  give  us  $500,  it  will  enable 
us  to  secure  a  property  worth  $3500,  and  in  addition  to  this,  we  shall  in  a  very 
short  time  become  self  supporting — thus  saving  to  the  Home  Board  the  aid  we 
now  receive,  besides  contributing  our  part  to  carry  on  the  work  elsewhere." 

Another  applicant  says,  "  Our  crops,  for  which  we  labored  so  hard,  are  cut  off 
almost  entirely.  I  know  not  how  the  people  are  to  live.  But  what  distresses  them 
most  of  all,  is  their  inability  to  pay  their  subscriptions  to  the  church,  and  the 
workmen  must  have  their  pay,  or  the  house  must  be  sold.  There  is  now  a  me- 
chanic's lien  upon  it,  so  that  we  cannot  give  you  a  first  mortgage.  What  are  we 
to  do?  If  you  could  advance  the  $500.  we  could  remove  this  lien,  give  you  the 
mortgage,  and  worship  in  the  house,  unfinished  as  it  is,  until  we  can  earn  some 
money.    Help  us  soonP* 

DovATioirs  TO  THi  BoABD  OF  Churoh  Ebxotiov,  Jvlt  1874. 

49"  Synoda  in  nuu.  OAPRALe^Presbyteries  in  itaKes— Cborohee  In  RomML 

AuAifT.—il{6afit/— Albany.  SUte  8t6l  81;  Am-  tIa  1»k  24 ;  Liverpool  I  60;  SjrMuae,  lot  Ward 
f^terdam  lut  10;  Galway  4  60;  Eingsboro  24  60;  2  OS;  Syracuse,  Parle  Central  40.  Uttea—Ciintoik 
MariaTille  8;  Naiwau  I  67;  Baratova  Sprlnn  2d,       64  90;  Ulica,  Bethany  61  60. 

H^kli  ?«^Wa?^^?riL*'''''*  ^  "*     ^^*  CiKCiinrATL-ChfltteoeJfc-Greenfleld  11  11  60; 

PMk  /7  18,  Waierford  18  4L  Moureytown  French  2.    Clndmurfi-Cincinnall 

BAWiiioai.-^ai<<mar«-Bmin  tteborgh  26  T2.  centiS  76  17;   Lebanon  16;   Pleasant   Rnn  6. 

Hew GM«e-Green  Uill  10;  Port  Penn  10.  i>oytcm-Piqui2d  8.   PbrtmoirfV-BedOak  6  SO, 

CtimuL  Nbw  TomK.~B^Aa«iloii— Binffham* 

ionlat  38  06.    CXM^o—CooperMown  36  20.    ^  OLBTBLAin>.—a<MlaiMl— Cleveland  lat  66  60; 

Xaior<Nce~i  anton  14  67 ;  Ooavemear  lat  61  11 ;  Room  83  ote;  Stronfleville  3  42.    ^  OmirmfttU^ 

Heavclton  IM  f ;  Le  Raj  f.   jS^rociwe-Caseno-  Boifiao  6  48;  Mottiugbam  26;  Book  HUl  li  U, 


284 


Board  of  Church  Erection, 


[^September 


O0LUICBU8.— iieA«ii«— MIddleport  93  ots;  Pome- 
roy  13.  Columbus — London  «  75.  Jfarton— Lib- 
erty  4;  Marysville  6  60;  Milford  Centre  8  60. 
Tfoo«<«r— FrederlcksburRh  7  87;  Mt  Eaton  8. 
2Saru8viU»^ J erney  5 ;  ZanesTille  let  12  47. 

Eru.— ilttegAony—Freedom  6;  Sewickley  46. 
BtUier— Concord  22;  MArtinsburgh  6;  New  81*- 
lem  2i):  Norih  Butler  6  W:  Plemeant  Valley  7  60; 
Sunbary  6  06.  Ctorion— Clarion  16  24.  Bria— 
Cambridge  2  8« ;  Eaat Greene  4  60 ;  Edinboro  80 ; 
Franklin  25;  Harbor  Creek  lat  18.  Kitktnnipg 
— Freeport  49  45,  Sab-ach  8  80— '»4  95.  Shenan^ 
po—ClarktTille  2i  81;  West  Middlesex  10  07. 

OsiriTi.— Oiyugo— Oeno*  8d  6  26;  Meridian  9; 
Port  Byron  15.    C*«man^— Elmlra  1st  11  66 ;  8u-  r 
car  Hill  1  76;  Tyrone  I  25  ;  Watklns  4  63.     Oe- 
neva^Newfleld  3  60.    Steuben-Coning  lU  61; 
fiornellsviUe  10  96. 

HARWSBuaoH.— C4irK«?«— Geitysburgh  eh  and 
8ab-80h  (of  which  84  66  lipecial)  36  26;  Green- 
castle  36;  Millerstown  3  10.  ^untmpdon— Alex- 
andria 18;  Altoona  2d  63  23;  MoshaDnon  1  97; 
Milesburgh  16  64;  Milroy  60;  8now8hoe  2  91; 
8inlcins  Valley  20  13;  Sprace  Greek  3:2  35;  West 
Kisbacoquillas  61.  Norihumbtrinnd^ha\d  Eagle 
and  Niiuny  9  25;  Bloomsburgh  1st  60  08;  Ma- 
honing, from  two  membf^rs  20;    Miffllnburgh 

6  34:  New  Berlin  4  36;  Williamsporl  1st  68; 
William8port2d  13  23. 

iLLnrois,  Cmtral.— Btooming^on— Chpnoa  18; 
Urbana  8  92.  Psorio— Farming(on6;  EnoxTille 
18  30 ;  Lewistown  Ist  32  97 ;  Princeville  9  40. 
S^uyter— Bushnell  6 ;  Camp  Creek  6 ;  Dodds- 
Tille  4  60;   Ebeneaer  14.    apringfield-DhWBon 

7  60. 

ILUHOU,  NoBTH. — Freeport^FTeepori  8d  Ger- 
man 12  41);  Galena  German  4  40;  Rock  Run  6. 
Ottawa— Ottawa  Ist  8 ;  Waterman  2.  Bocfc  River 
—Edgington  4  60;  Fulton  2  06;  Pleasant  Ridge 
2  60;  WoodhuUlO. 

iLLiwois,  SotiTH.—iliton  —  Alton  Ist  Sabisch 
0  71 :  Butler  8:  Greenville  4  18;  Hardin  7  18; 
Litchfleld2;  Pleasant  Ridge  12 60;  Piainview76 
cts;  Virden  3  16.  Chiro— Enfield  6;  Richland 
i.    Jfaetoon— Neoga  2  66. 

IinmiiA,  NoETB.—  CrawfordsviUe  —  Bethanv 
n  60:  Covington  Ist  6  67;  Covington  2d  6  10. 
Fort  Waj/fie— Blufflon  6;  Frank Im  1  60;  Ken- 
dullville  10  68:  New  Lancaster  4  26;  Pleasant 
Ridge  6  60;  8alem  10.  Jltiru;i«— Perry sburgb  1; 
Shiloh  1 ;  Wabash,  special  7  67. 

IifDi&ivA,  80UTB.—/ndaanajM>2tt— Acton  88  ots; 
Union  4  49.  New  i4M>any--Charle9lown  6  ?0; 
Corydon  4 ;  Ebenezer  8  60 ;  Hanover  8.  Fm- 
cennM— Evansville,  Grace  14  36.  WhiU  Water-^ 
Clarknburgh  Memorial  2  12;  Greensburgh  24; 
South  Providence  1  86. 

Iowa,  North  —Cedar  Rapidt^lAxxu  Grove  6  76. 
FoH  Dodge— ^xoMx  City  12. 

Iowa.  ^mn.—OouneU  BIu/fk--Gorning  1st  6; 
Council  Bluff*  16  46.  Dm  ilfomss— Uumeston  1. 
Joioo— Birmingham  3  05 ;  Kossuth  1st  2  83 ;  Win- 
field  8.  /010a  aty Brooklyn  6  65;  Tipton  1st 
16  60;  Wilten  8. 

Kahsas.— J^mporio— Enreka,  Westminster  2  26. 
Topeto— Solomon  City  1. 

Kriitiickt.—£ou<s«u;«— Louisville,  Walnut  St 
1  60. 

Loifo  IsiAKD.—BrooWyn— Brooklyn,  Lafayette 
Ave  200;  Brooklyn,  Tnroop  Ave  26  32.  Ncutau 
—Freeport  lot  16;  Huntingdon  1st  63;  Hunt- 
ingdon 2d  6  94 ;  Islip  8  80. 

MiOHiOAir.~i>0/roU— Detroit,  Fort  St  69  76 :  De- 
troit, WeetmiUHter  8  67.  Orand  jSapids— Port- 
land 8  no.  Xann'fii^^Conoord  4  81;  Hastings 
4  40.  Jfoitroe— Blissfield  4  20;  Monroe  Ist  13  10; 
Palmyra,  special  2  96.   BagkMw—iLu  Pleasant 


MnrvRiOTA.—iranito'o— Redwood  Falls  8  76.  8L 
Paw^ Jordan  6;  Red  Wing  1  60;  Sl  Paul,  House 
of  Hope  20  68;  Sull water  2d  16. 

MusouRL  —  Ptot^t  —  St  Joseph  Westminster 
20  85 ;  Willow  Brook  4. 

Nebraska  —N^atka  afy~Platlim»onth  6  «; 
Nebraska  City  1st  18;  Tecumseh  11 ;  Simeon  2. 

Nbw  Jbrsbt — SUsa6e^  — Clinton  l»t  8  66: 
Pluckamin  I  79;  RoMlle  let  11  64,8ab.Bch  I  76- 
13  40;  Weslfleld  4  16.  Jerstv  a<v— Hackensack 
1st  20;  J«»r8eyCity  2d  8.  JlfowiuoutA— Alleniown, 
special  26;  Bordentown  6  25*;  Cream  Ridge,  t^p 
12;  Farmingdale,  add'l  6;  Jacksonnlle  4.  Mjr- 
Ha  and  Oranae—Chatham  16  26;  Madison  1136; 
Morri>»town  let  11  47.  i^Tewor*— Newark  l»t  141 ; 
Newark'^d  46  02;  Newark,  Park  6  .%;  Newark, 
South  Park  114  69.  New  Brunwte*— Stockton 
2  60;  Trenton  Ist  162;  Trenton  4th  20  •;  Tren- 
ton 6th  8  30.  iV^wton— Greenwich  12  96;  Yellow 
Frame  1  91.  West  /«r««y— Bridgeton,  West  10; 
Camden  2d  25;  Cold  Spring  18;  Fislervillo26; 
Woodstown,  quar  coll  1  85. 

Nbw  YoRX.—-Bo«ton— Providence  1st  14.  Bmd. 
son— Cochecton  83cts;  Florida  Ist  27  26;  Goshen 
43  12;  Goodwill  7  60;  Hamptonburgh  3  47 ;  Mid- 
dietown  2d  6  26;  Nyack  66  ct«» ;  ticotchtown  2  8«; 
Washingionville  1st  8  70.  New  For*— Harlem 
1st  10  62;  New  York,  Ch  of  Sea  and  Land  2  08; 
New  York.  Scotch  46  26;  New  York.  I3th  Sl  59  91; 
New  York  4th  24  87.  Norih  iWpw— Hughson- 
vllle  6  10;  Pleasant  Plains  Ist  11  76.  Wetteheater 
— MU  Kisco  10  46;  North  Salem  4;  Port  Chest«' 
8  70;  Yonkerslst  106  78. 

PAomo.— Ain  PVtmcisc^— San  Francisco,  OaJ- 
Tary  150. 

PHiLA©BtPHU.— Cftsttsr— New  London  18  60; 
Oxford  37  16.  LacAaswnna— Dlmock  60  cents; 
Orwell  5;  Rushvllle  I;  Springvllle  60  cts;  8te- 
vensville  8;  Troy  1st  27  17:  Wilkesbarre,  Me- 
morial 60  29.  X,««aA— Allentown  17  57;  Lower 
Mt  Bethel  2  44;  Manch  Chnnk  26  26:  South 
Bethlehem  2.  PAitode^pAto— Philadelphia,  Wsl- 
nut  St  92  09.  PAOod^IpAia  Gmfro^Philadelphia, 
North  Broad  St  61  22;  Philad'a,  Princeton  4o  16; 
Philadelphia,  Spring  Garden  32  88.  PhOadelphia 
ilforfA— Car versvi lie,  special  2;  Germantown  1st, 
special  160;  Newtown,  special  46  60;  Norristown 
1st  34 :  Plumsieadvllle,  special  4  60.  WettmintUr 
— Monegan  8  74;  Strasburg  18  40;  Union  1 TL 

PiTTSBtnuiH.— Btotrwitfs— New  Alexandria  6  85. 
«««6uroA— Lebanon  11  78;  Pitt-burjih  2d  12  63; 
PittHbureh  3d  30  53;  Pittsburgh,  4hadv  Side 
10  76.  J2«d«(one— Dunbar  29;  Round  Hill  %  78. 
FFcuAinotoii— Forks  of  Wheeling  41;  Wheeling 
4th  21  cu.  West  Ftrytmo— HunUngton  1  60; 
Spencer  3. 


Tbhiibssbb^ Union— Hopewell  2  60 ;  Westmin- 
ster 2. 

Tolxdo.— Beff^onfoiiM— Bucyrus  1  04.  JAmor' 
Delphos  4.  If ovmse— Toledo  Ist  14  86;  West 
Belhesda  6. 

WxsTBBM  Nbw  Ycmz.— Buffalo— BufMo,  Breck- 
enridge  St  18;  East  Aurora  9;  We^t  Aurora  8; 
Westfield  9  78.  Gen«f«— Castile  7 ;  Perry  10  60; 
Pike  3 ;  Warsaw  26.  Oeneaes  ValUy—Cuhm,  sps- 
cial  20.  2^ta^ra— Niagara  Falls  Ist  76.  Bo- 
eAsttsr— GeneseoCential  2072;  Rochester,  Wes^ 
mmster  2  66;  Sparta  2d  6  60. 

WisooKsm.— CTi/ppeiM— New  Amsterdam  1 
Jlfi/uNittik«e— Delafield  48  cts:  Milwaukee,  Oal- 
Tary  26  63.  IFtnn<6a0o— De  Pere  4  16 ;  Osbkosh 
1st  8. 

MisoBLLAHBOUS.— ••  D,"  Philadelphia.  Pa  10; 
"Anonymous,"  Pa  6;  Mrs  W  H  Majrill.  Dan- 
Tille,  Pa  2:  Mrs  J  E  DeKlyn,  Irvlngton,  N  Y  6; 
Mrs  E  B  Wells,  Weston,  N  Y  1;  **R**  California 
1 ;  Interest  288  60. 

Total  rMelptB  in  July,  1874»    |6^  60 
IfATHAN  ULHE, 


1874.]  Rditf  Fund /or  DUahled  Ministers.  285 

RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS, 

AND   THE   WIDOWS   AND   ORPHANS   OF   DECEASED   MINISTERa 


Bit.  Oioeqi  Halb,  D.D^  Seeretarv.  Bit.  Chakus  Bmowir,  TVeaturer. 

Otwjqm,  1884  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 


'  Who90  hath  thU  worUPt  good,  and  Meth  hU  Ifrother  have  nui^  and  thutUth  up  kit  bcweU  of  compattiom 
from  him,  how  dwtOeth  the  love  qf  God  in  fdmr 


LETTER  FROM  A  DISABLED  MINISTER. 

"  The  money  remitted  was  much  needed;  it  being  almost  all  due  to  others,  who 
were  no  doubt  anxious  to  receive  it.  My  liabilities,  for  board  and  other  absolute 
necessities,  previous  to  the  reception  of  your  cheque  were  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
seven  dollars.  When  all  claims  are,  therefore,  paid,  there  will  remain  only  a  few 
dollars.  You  may  easily  perceive,  then,  my  joy  on  receiving  sufficient  to  liquidate 
these  liabilities. 

*^  My  wife  and  I  desire  to  express  our  profoundest  thanks  to  you  and  the  com- 
mittee for  your  timely  aid.  And  you  may  rest  assured,  that  so  far  as  we  possess 
an  interest  at  the  throne  of  grace,  it  shall  be  used  to  secure  the  present  and  eternal 
interest  of  you  and  your  coadjutors  in  this  great  work.  We  have  often  asked  our- 
selves the  question,  *  what  would  become  of  us  and  others  equally  needy,  had  we 
not  this  source  whence  to  look  for  help  I' 

**  I  sincerely  regret,  that  whilst  you  are  ministering  to  the  necessities  of  others  so 
assiduously,  you  have  to  encounter  sp  much  that  is  vexatious  «nd  discouraging, 
by  the  want  of  cooperation  on  the  part  of  many  of  the  churches.  I  pray  to  God 
to  strengthen,  sustain,  comfort,  and  direct  you,  and  dispose  delinquents  to  do  their 
duty  in  this  matter.  Yet  it  is  sad  to  reflect  that  while  many  of  the  churches  do 
well,  and  are  entitled  to  high  praise,  there  are  some  who  do  nothing  to  sustain 
your  Heaven-instituted  (I  believe)  and  greatly  needed  organization.  The  want  of 
interest  manifested  by  these  churches  must  arise  from  want  of  consideration,  and 
not  from  want  of  information.  They  must  know  that  common  benevolence,  to 
view  the  subject  in  no  other  aspect,  should  urge  them  to  contribute  their  portion. 
They  must  surely  know  that  the  Creator  has  endowed  us  with  a  sympathetic  na- 
ture, which  in  believers  has  been  rendered  still  more  highly  sensitive  by  intel- 
lectual and  moral  cultivation,  that  we  may  exercise  humane  feelings  towards  all 
mankind,  that  we  may  ^  do  good  unto  all  men,  especially  to  them  who  are  of  the 
household  of  faith.'  They  surely  know  that  the  exercise  of  this  benevolence  is  en- 
joined and  enforced  by  many  sacred  admonitions,  and  various  and  gracious  promises. 
Christians  are  commanded  to  be  kind,  tender-hearted,  pitiful,  and  merciful,  and  to 
*  consider  those  who  are  in  adversity.*  If  such  be  the  duty  of  Christians  with 
regard  to  the  needy  among  mankind,  how  much  more  are  they  under  obligation 
to  contribute  to  the  relief  of  those  who  have  spent  their  days  of  intellectual  and 
vigorous  manhood  in  preaching  unto  them  *  Christ  and  him  crucified,*  and  in 
'  breaking  unto  them  the  bread  of  eternal  life.'  " 

Contributions  in  July,  1874. 
49*  Synods  in  small  capitals— Presbyteries  in  t7a^iM— Chnrohei  in  Roman. 

AlBAirT.—i4/6ony— Albany,  State  St  44  74;  Ball-  Cwitbal   Niw  York.— BinoAam/ow— Bingham- 

•ton  Cenir<j  6  30;  Nasii'aa.l  15    Saratoga  Sprinfcs  ton  Ist  15  23;  Coventry  Ist,  Oonj^'l  10 :  CoTentry 

8d,  p'abMch  2  80.     CAamp/ain— Plattsbargh  22.  2d,  CongU  42  25;    Masonvilie  2.    O/sego— Coop- 

Cb/umbia— CatMkill  92  07.      Troy-^Glen'a    Falls  er»towQ  65  78;  Guilford  Centre  12.    SU  Latormce 

83;  Johnson vllle  12;  Waterford  18  41.  —Ox  Bow  14;  RosAie  6.    Suraeuse—Kxnboy  18; 

CamiUus  7  50;   Liverpool  1  23;  Marcellus  15: 

BAL»iM0»i.—Ba««»k>re— Annapolis  2490;  PIney  Pompey  11 ;  Skaneateles  20 ;  Svracoee,  Ist  Ward 

Creek  10  60.  1  50.    &Moa— Oriskany  2  85;  ttica  ls^  add'l  5. 


286 


ReHtf  Fund  far  DUahled  MmUterB. 


[September 


CiHCiHNATL— 9yno  1  of  Cincinnati,  per  ReT  A 
Kitobie,  Treas  41  66.  C^OUooti^e— Bloominga- 
burirh  24;  New  Plymouth  8;  North  Fork  13  20; 
PIssah  13  26:  South  Salem  8  34;  WilkesTiUe 
Sab  8ch,  apecial  6.  CViwtnnati— Cheviot  let  Ger- 
man 8 ;  Goshen  » ;  Moacow  6.  Dauton—Camden 
10;  Baton  10;  Yellow  Springs  12  20.  Porttmouth 
—Ripley  62  66. 

OuTKLAim.— Clevaland— CleTeland  1st  40  60 ;  In- 
dependence  6;  Parma  6  60;  Rome  68  cts; 
StrongfiUe  2  60.  8L  aa«rw«/#-Buf!klo  4  73; 
Martin's  B'erry  10.  8tmbmviU*-Hem  Haffers- 
town  10  ;  WelfsTille  12. 

Coi.oaA]>o.—CS9(orado— Colorado  Springs  8  26. 

OOLUVBITS.— ^CAsns— Middleport68ct3.  Oolum- 
6u4— Columbus  let  62  77.  Marion-  Berlin  6  76 ; 
Marion  12.  Ifoostsr—Fredericksburgh  6  74; 
PerrysTille  S;  Savannah  9  62.  Zan€9viU$  Jer- 
sey  6;  KirkersTille  3. 

£uB.->B«<(sr— Concord  4;  North  Butler  1 ; 
PonersTille  9 ;  Scrub  Grass  6.  Cterfon— Emien- 
ton  16  47.  iSrie— Belle  Valley  6  86;  Cambridge 
2  08. 

GsHivA.— C%«wwv— Elmira  1st  8  44;  Horse 
Heads  18;  Watkins  3  88.  Ocnwa-Branchport 
3;  Seoeca  Castle  6  60;  West  Fayette  4.  iMons 
—Lyons  1st  47  91.  -Stoufte*— Corniog  7  67;  Hor- 
nellsville  8  22,  Sab-acb  6  28—14  60. 

HamaiBBuaoH.— CkwKsfs— Fayetterllle  10;  Mil- 
lerstown  2  27.  flunttnydon  — Perrysville  sa 
Norlhumberlani—Ba\d  Eagle  and  NIttany  6  76; 
Williamsport  2d  10  67. 

Illinois,  CaimiAL.— Btoomiiv^on— Urbana  2  81. 
PMrio— Eureka  7  27;  Oneida  8  70. 

Illinois.  Nobth.— IJVicpore—  Freeport  1st  8; 
Middle  Creek  11.  0«awa— Farm  Ridge  13. 
Rock  fitoer— Fulton  1  49;  Garden  Plains  3  26. 

iLUNOis,  8ouTH.--i4tto»— Alton  IstO  78;  Bright- 
on  2  20:  Greenville  2  87;  Hardm  41  ots;  Plain- 
Tiew  66  eta ;  Vlrden  2  31.  Oiiro— Fairfield  6. 
Afattoon— Neoga  I  85;  Prairie  Home  6. 

iHDi^A,  No«TB.—OtMqfordwtJ^a— Dayton  21; 
Marshfield  2  40;  Rockville  12  ao.  Fort  Wayne— 
Franklm  80  cts.  LojoiMport— Mishawaka  1st 
8  07 :  Plymouth  9.  Afuncte— Marion  6 ;  Nobles- 
Tille  6;  Perrysburgh  60  cts;  Shiloh  60  cts; 
Xenia  6  64. 

Indian  A,  South.— /ndianapoZit—  Acton  61  cts ; 
Indianapolis  1st  80  07.  Nexo  Albany— ^ew  Wash- 
ioffton  9.  riTkjennM— Oakland  City  I;  Peters- 
burgh  2  40;  Terre  Haute  1st  13  10.  White  Wattr 
— Greensburgh  18  60;  South  Providence  3  77. 

Iowa.  NoRfH.- I>u6M9tt'»--Bethel  4:  Clermont 
4:  Dubnque  2d  26:  Kossville  6;  Winihrop  10. 
fFttf«r/oo— Cedar  Valley  Ist  9. 

Iowa,  South— D««  Afoincs— Osceola  6;  Winter- 
set  16.  /oioa— Kossuth  1st  2  06;  Montrose  2; 
Salina  1  60.  Iowa  (Xfy— Brooklyn  6  66;  Sum- 
mit 6  26. 

KiNTUCKT.—E6«ne»«r— Hopewell  6.  LouitvUU 
—Louisville,  Walnui  St  1  18. 

Long  IsLAND.—BrooiWyn— Brooklyn,  Ainslie  SI 
26  31;  Brooklyn,  Franklin  Ave  30;  Brooklyn, 
South,  189  60.  including  100  from  W  M  Aikman, 
E?q.  Long  /stond— Westhampion  10.  Nas$au-~ 
Huntingdon  2d  6  07 ;  Jamaica  60  32. 

MiOHiaAN.—Z>«<ro<t— Detroit,  Westminster  6  26. 
Orand  J2apW»— Ionia  2S  65.  ifatomazoo— Niles 
48  68.  Xonsing— Concord  3  17.  iSaginaw— Sagi- 
naw City  1st  86  33. 

MiNNB8orA.-5e.  Riul— Minneapolis,  Andrew 
10  11 ;  Red  Wing  1  17 ;  Shakopee  4  5U;  St.  Paul, 
U  ouse  of  Hope  15  02. 

Missouai.—Onx^s— Olive  Branch  8  60.  Oiark-^ 
Ebeoeser  3  76.  Pto<(s— Mirabile  66  cts.  St, 
I/oua— Bethel  German  6. 


NiwJaanT.— lEUsoMA^ClintonlstStft;  Ploek- 
am  in  1  80;  Roselle  1st  7  49.  Sab-sch  I  28-8  77; 
WestfleldS  06;  H  Y  G  10.  Jersey  a<y— Jersey 
City  2d  9  60.  AfoamoutJ^Farmingdale  6.  Jfor- 
rU  and  Oranps— Madison  8  29;  Morri«town  Ut 
8  37.  i^euKErJt- Newark  2d  22  51;  Newark  3d 
64  78;  Newark  Central  76;  Newark,  Park  3  9u. 
New  5r«n«eKc*— Amwell  2d  14  20;  Princeton  1st 
41  87;  Stockton  2.  iVewtoii— Greenwich  9  48; 
Sparta  6  96 ;  Yellow  Frame  1  41.  Weet  Jerttjf— 
Camden  1st  100;  Fairfield  17;  Woodstown  4  10. 

Niw  ToBK-— JJudson— Cochecton  24  cts;  Good- 
will 6  64;  Hamptonburgh  2  68:  Middletown  2d 
4  67;  Nyack  22  41:  Otisville  8;  Ridgebury  8; 
Scetobtown  2  09;  WashiDgtonvllle  let  2  70.  New 
For*— Mt.  Washington  44  64;  New  York,  Ch  of 
the  Sea  and  Land  I  48;  New  York,  Scotch,  John 
T  Johnston  Esq  88  76:  New  York,  Washington 
Heights  6  61.  North  JWiwr— Wappineer*8  Falls 
16.  If «tc*««sr— Bridgeport  66 ;  North  Salem  9 : 
Port  Chester  S  70;  Sing  Sing  liO;  South  East 
Centre  18  60. 

Philadklphia.— Anonymous  20.    C*s»f«r— New 


London  lo  60;  Waynesbnrgh  18  26.    Lackawaw- 
-Towanda  1st  92;  Tonkhannock  16  < 


;  64.    Le- 


AtoA—Allentown  12  81 ;  Lower  Mt.  Bethel  I  78; 
Mahanoy  City  8  20;  Shenandoah  8  60 ;  Weather- 
ly  16.  l*Atlad«/pAia— Philadelphia,  Tabernacle, 
Miss  C  H  10.  Philadelphia  Cenira/— Philadelphia 
Central,  trom  J  ^  26.  Wutminster—HL  Joy  Ist 
6;  Union  1  24;  Wrightsville  9;  York,  special 
180  60.  ^ 

PiTTSBUBOB  — BfotrsvOre— New  Alexandria  4  28. 
Pie<«6uroA— Miss  E  Darlington  9*;  Lebanon 
8  69;  Mingo  26  10;  Pittsburgh  2d  9  8i;  Pitts- 
burgh, Shady  Side  7  85.  i2ed«tone— Fayette  City 
8  6(» ;  Little  Redstone  14  60;  Round  Hill  2  {h\ 
FTosAftioton— Wheeling  4th  16  ots.  West  Vtr- 
ymia— Murgantown  18  43. 

TENNMSta.- floJiton— Wells  2  10.  Union— 
Spring  Place  6  10. 

ToLE3>o.—BeUefontaine—BucjrUB  1  42.  Limar' 
Kalida  3  70 ;  M  iddle  Point  1  06.  Afaiwnse- Bowl- 
ing Green  7  27 ;  Toledo,  1st  German  3. 

WBsrniN  New  York.— Bw/oto— Panama  5;  Sil- 
ver Creek  14;  Westfield  7  14.  Ocneeee  Valley— 
Ellicottville  8.  Niagar  — Lyndon ville,  Yateu  1st 
6  60.  i2o<;As«tor— Rochester,  Central  15  12;  Ro- 
chester, Memorial  6  25;  Rochester,  Westmia- 
Bter  1  93. 

Wisconsin.— Ht/iMiuJte^-Delafield  86  eta.  Ifb 
conem  Aivor— Middleton  6. 

MisoxLLANKOUS.- N  T,  EaFt  Pembroke,  Rev  G 
S  Corwin,  DDy  to  con  MIss  M  A  Bo>ton  sn  Hon 
Member  SO;  In  a  letter  poatrmarked  N  Y,  from 
•*  L  P"  100 ;  Pa,  Lock  Haven,  from  G  B  Perkins, 
Esq  10;  From  *•  A  Friend  of  the  Csuse**  ft;  N  Y, 
Gray,  ••  A  Friend  2;  Pa,  Danville,  Mrs  W  H  Ma- 

fill  2;  Money  returned,  balance  left  by  Mrs  N 
orman,  dec'd  20;  Interest  on  Permanent  (<  und, 
per  0  H  Van  Gelder,  EjK)  900;  Ohio,  Adams* 
Hills,  Hamiiton  Scott  and  Sister  Marv  10;  N  Y, 
Peekekill,  a  "Thank-offering**  6;  N  Y,  New 
Hamburgh,  Mrs  J  X  McLanahan  60;  From 
*'Cash  received**  76;  Gal,  Stockton,  from  **A 
Friend**  11;  Pa,  Philadelphia,  T  Chsriton  Hen- 
ry, Esq  100;  Interest  on  Permanent  Fund,  per 
Wm  E  Tenbrook,  E^q  100;  Kaasa^s  Hiawatha, 
E  a  Work  2  8>;  NT,  Irvinffton  on  Hudson,  Mrs 
A  H  Bsrney  60;  ^Kentuckv**  6;  N  J,  Orange, 
*•  Thank-offering**  6 ;  Mich,  Grand  Rapids,  Miss 
A  C  Dickinson.  add*l  2;  N  Y,  Sidney  Plains, 
Chas  S  Bradford  6 ;  N  T,  Kinderhook,  Mrs  H  0 
Howland  2;  Interest  on  Permanent  Fund,  per 
G  H  Van  Gelder,  Esq  100;  Worcester  Congre- 

!;ationBl  ch  8  60;  Mrs  J  E  DeKIyn  6;  "Thaok- 
ulness*'  2  60. 

Total  reoeipta  in  July  1874»    $5199  85 
CHARLES  BROWN,  Treaavrm-, 
Offlo^  18M  Oheafcnat  8tr««t»  PhtU. 


1874.]  General  Auemhly^B  Committee  on  Freedmen.  287 

GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN. 


BMy.  A.  a  MoOLUULins  Oor.  Seeretary,  Box  1246,  Pitteborgb,  Pa. 
RsT.  Jas.  ALLiaoir,  DJ>n  7V«Miir«r,  Look  Box  34,  PittoboTKh,  Pft. 
E.  O.  WooDWABD,  Bsq^  ReeeMng  AgmU,  1834  Ohestnot  street*  Philadelphia. 


STATEMENT. 
Our  receipts  for  the  first  foor  months — April,  May,  Jane,  and  July — of  last 
year,  were  $15,209.20,  and  for  the  same  months  in  the  present  year  only  $13,053. 
87 ;  while  during  the  present  month,  up  to  the  time  of  writing — August  11th — 
scarcely  any  money  at  all  has  reached  our  treasury,  which  is  now  so  low  that  the 
does  to  our  missionaries  for  this  month  cannot  be  met  until  it  is  replenished. 


EAGER  FOR  BIBLE  INSTRUCTION. 
It  will  be  understood,  of  course,  that  many  of  the  colored  ministers  in  the  South 
are  very  illiterate ;  and  the  following,  from  one  of  our  white  missionaries  (in 
Georgia),  illustrates  the  eagerness  of  the  people  to  receive  simple  Bible  instruc- 
tion from  the  lips  of  any  one  who  can  give  it.  Reporting  for  the  month,  he  thus 
writes: 

**  Kind  Providence  has  brought  us  safely  through  another  month,  and,  we  trust, 
has  been  with  us  in  the  mission  work.    The  preaching  of  the  month  has  been  in 

B^ and  in  W .    In  the  latter'  place  a  considerable  congregation  and  a  nice 

Sabbath  school  have  been  established  regularly,  but  principally  composed  of  Bap- 
tist people,  whose  minister  meets  them  once  a  month,  at  a  church  eight  miles 
distant  from  W .     Very  great  is  their  need  of  what  we  can  give  them. 

**  Here,  too,  the  larger  part  of  my  congregation  are  of  other  churches,  and  so 
also  with  the  Sabbath  school ;  but  both  congregation  and  school  have  settled  into 
regular  attendance,  and  call  me  ^  our  minister.'  Indeed,  all  the  blacks  in  the 
region  ignore  the  idea  that  I  am  a  Presbyterian,  and  claim  me  as  an  Evangelise, 
belonging  to  their  race  irrespective  of  names  or  creeds.  Whenever  I  enter  their 
churches,  the  pulpit  seems  to  be  mine  by  common  consent ;  and  if  I  am  not  there 
soon  a^ain,  I  am  taken  to  task,  as  though  I  had  neglected  my  duty  to  them,  as  I 
was  this  morning.  I  have  sometimes  gently  to  remind  them  that  I  am  a  Presby- 
terian •,  but  they  say  that  the  Presbyterian  Church  sent  me  to  them.  All  this 
means  that  they  are  hungering  and  thirsting  after  instruction ;  and  I  can,  as  they 
say,  make  them  understand  the  Bible  as  their  poor  preachers  cannot.  Correct 
reading,  clear  explanations,  and  unfolded  lessons,  as  flowers  are  unfolded  from 
the  growing  plant,  are  new  and  pleasant  in  their  pulpits;  and  so  they  want  more 
and  more  of  the  same.  We  are  establishing  a  realty  fine  little  Sabbath  school 
here — scholars  regular,  orderlv,  attentive,  and  interesting.  Tlie  night  school  has 
borne  a  fruit  of  grace.  I  had  dismissed  the  most  of  it,  but  keep  three  at  their 
earnest  request,  taught  by  one  or  another  of  the  family.  One  scholar  is  a  young 
man  of  twenty,  of  good  appearance,  an  intelligent  look,  self-respectful,  irreproach- 
able morals,  no  bad  habits,  and  a  most  devoted  learner ;  is  trjing  hard  to  be  a 
scholar  and  a  somebody.  I  am  pleased,  indeed,  to  say  that  last  Sabbath  he  united 
with  the  little  church  after  a  good  confession.^' 


READINESS  FOR  SELF-DENIAL. 
One  of  our  colored  ministers  having  a  very  large  mass  of  Presbyterian  material 
in  his  field  and  under  his  care,  well  advanced  in  years,  and  feeling  himself  inade- 
quate to  meet  all  the  wants  of  his  people,  it  was  suggested  that  the  writer  of  the 
above  should  go  to  his  aid,  and  in  particular,  with  the  help  of  his  family,  establish 
and  conduct  a  good  school  in  connection  with  this  very  large  church,  if  a  dwell- 
ing-place at  all  suitable  for  them  could  be  found  sufficiently  near  for  the  purpose. 


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General  Assembly  $  Committee  on  Freedmen.       ISeptemher 


The  change,  so  far  as  desirable  comforts  and  pleasant  surroundings  are  concerned, 
would  doubtless  be  great,  and  he  writes  concerning  it  as  follows: 

''A  letter  from  'Uncle'  J this  morning,  says  that  his  church  has  given  me 

a  unanimous  call,  with  his  own  hearty  consent.  They  had  not  heard  about  the 
school  yet.  That  will  please  them  mightily.  I  am  to  be  there  next  Sabbath  and 
spend  a  week  in  that  country.    A  vote  was  taken  in  the  mission  family  whether 

we  will  sacrifice  our  comfort  and  pleasure  here  to  the  mission  work  in  L ,  or 

sacrifice  the  interests  of  the  churcn  there  to  our  comforts  and  pleasures  here— the 
first  or  last.  We  have  here  a  large,  handsome,  convenient,  bright  and  airy  house, 
in  a  beautiful,  healthy,  and  breezy  city  by  the  sea,  have  many  city  privileges, 
many  pleasant  friends  and  neighbors.  *  *  Not  our  least  pleasure  is  our  weekly 
temperance  council,  so  prosperous  and  happy,  of  which  your  humble  servant  is 

at  present  the  chief,     in  L we  would  have  much  less  of  all  these  pleasant 

things.  Nevertheless  the  family  voted  unanimously  for  the  first  part  of  the 
proposition — some  a  little  falteringly,  it  must  be  confessed.     So  I  am  going,  God 

willing,  to  consult  M church,  and  see  what  arrangements  can  be  made  for 

residence  and  school." 


D05ATI0V8  AT  PiTTSBUROH  FOR  FrBBDMBIT  IB  JULT  1874. 
>  Synodi  in  small  cAPixAis—PrMbyteriM  in  ito/iM— -Charohes  in  Roman. 


AiBA!iT.—^i6any— Albany  lit  28  83.  Trop— 
Westminster  3. 

Atlantic—  yadArm-^MebaDesville  1. 

Baltimori.— Bo/a'more— Williampport  10. 

GiNTRAL  Niw  YoRR  — Ot««ao-FraDklin  88  els. 
BinghanUon—binghhmxon  Worth  91  cts.  Syra- 
eiisa— Syracuse,  1st  Ward  OS  ctip. 

CiMci!fHATi.—Cine«'nnaM— Monterey  2. 

Clivelard.— 5t.  CtainvUU— Scotch  Ridge  98 
cts;  Portland  I  0:i.  Oivetowd— Clefelsnd  30. 
SteubenviUe- IrondAle  Ist  10  60. 

Columbus.- Zan«6vi/2«— Madison  22  60;  Jersey 
6. 

Erir.— J?ris— Edinboro  80.  S*«nanoo— Her- 
mon  24  6b.  ButUr—lAdy  of  Pleasanl  Valley  eh 
6.    Kiltanning—MtiTXon  7  2\; 

GBNRyA.~(?en«va~Waterloo  40.  Cayuga—M^ 
rid:an  6  80. 

Harrisburob.— £ ttfiMnydon— Milroy  10;  Upper 
Tuscarora  8  60. 

Iluvois,  Cbntkal.— 5eAuy/er— Bushnell  8.  Peo- 
ria— Lewistown  So  65. 

iLunois,  North.— J^Mport— Qalena  lA  6  27. 
Sock  i2tver— Hamlet  1. 

iLLiRois,  South.— Jltofi—Virden  1  46;  Plain- 
Tievr  40  cts. 

Ikbiara,  Bovte.^  White  TTater— Greensburgh 
12  80. 

Iowa,  North.— Cedar  JRapidt— Bethel  1;  Ana- 
inosa  10  cts     Waterloo— Hock.  Creek  21  ots. 

KAiiSAS.—JEri^A^and— Irving  1. 

Kbrtuokt.— J^otiMinUfi— LouisTlIle,  Walnut  St 
1  07. 

Long  Iblard.— SrooA:/yn— Edgewater  1st  88  47. 

MicHioAir.—Z>«<ro<<  — Detroit,  Fort  8i  9  92; 
Westminster  *2  1 9.    Lansiny— Lansing  let  2  31. 

MuiitisoTA.— Jfan/»to— Windom  1. 

Missouri— Ptot/«— Hamilton  3;  N  T  Settle- 
ment 1 ;  Breckenridge  1 ;  Union  3 ;  King  City  1. 
St.  Louie—Ht.  Louis  let  10. 

Niw  Jbrsit.— £;txa6e(A— Metuohen  145;  Elis- 
abeth 3d  3  18;  Pluckamin  86  cts;  Westfield  2  lu; 
Summit  Central  2  2-U  Morris  and  Or an^s— Mor- 
ristown  Ist  139  97.  i^<«o^run«um^/c— Stockton  L 
Newton — Blair^town  3  17.  iVcwarA  —  Newark, 
Park  2  65.  Jersey  Ctt/— Tenafly  2.  West  Jersey 
—Camden  2d  15.  Monmouth — Farmiogdale  6; 
Platti^bargh  2  26. 

New  York.— JTudson  —  Hamptonbargh  2  96; 
Coeheoton  12  cts ;  Damascus  12  cts ;  Washing- 


tonville  1st  2;  West  Town  80  cts;  Middletown 
1st  1  88.  NiUf  Fori— Scotch  160;  Hrick  70  68; 
6th  A?e  and  19th  St  298  92.  WesUhesler—THem 
Rochelle  48. 

Pff iLADBLPBiA.—  rhUadtfphia  North—  German- 
town  1st  160;  Neshaminyoi  Warminster  6.  PhO- 
adeiphia  Cen/ra^Cohocksink  Sab  scri  60;  North 
Broad  St  34  17.  Lehigh— Lower  Mt  Bethel  I  10. 
Chester—  Media  1  64.  Lackawanna—  Franklin 
65  CCS;  Juvenile  Mis^'y  Assoc'nof  Ist  ch,  Scran- 
loo,  speciaJ,  for  Scholarship  in  bcoiia  lUO. 

P1TTF.BCR0H.— B^irtvt/fe— N"W  Alexandria  8. 
TTutAin^ton— Wl.eeling4th  10  eta.  Pittsburgh— 
Shady  bide  9  46. 

ToLBDo.— if aumee— Union  28  eta;  HickBTille47 
otf>.  i/uron— Green  Spring  24  cts.  BeUefoniatns 
— Bucyrus  I  87;  West  Litjerty  Isi  4  64. 

Wbsterr  New  Yorr.— (?ene«ee— G  8  C-rwin  ICO. 
Buffalo— Huffnlc  Westminster  9  46;  Central  9  33. 
i^oMMfer- Rochester  Central  12  65;  Lima  8  47. 

WI8C0H8I5  — il/f7toatiA:«e— Beloit  Ist  17  76;  Ot- 
tawa 46  cents;  Delafleld  24  cts. 

Mlr.1  feH,*.1r*n  ■?— T.  l\(Ji'    eh,    .S     I     0   itfv;    s<l,    A,li* 

CU;*!!!!**  ch,  rionrtii  1i4  rs;  Miuli=.nn  fci.|u*ro  flb. 
N  V  im  :i2;  Mrs  b  A  Kiee,  Kdioborij,  P»  2; 
Ftcdtfriciif^burgr,  Va.,  SaU  !ri;!h  ^  Wj  liBT  L  l>of- 
Uari  for  x*icoim,  ou  hJchnlnrfhi  p,  froin  lh«  Missies 
Thurston,  hronkiyn,  ^'  Y  £0;  Ltd  lea*  Board  of 
Miv?hOiiii,  PfDHt  jCfriflD  ihuTOlu  wr  Re?  A  <1 
Ruljrt>on  i*'i  Mr#  L  W  AHvq,  Briokba,  N  I 
9  a>i:  Mj-fl  M  D  nn!rin*i<.  Kocfeford.  I  if  I0|  On 
Mmn  BidldmBf  from  Upper  Paih  V»iiej  cb  s»d 
Lridi«s  Mi.*p'y  ^oc'y,  lo  eum|jile'i«t  a  rooral«4): 
Mifls  M  A  Bucbftnau,  Ches^ter  Co,  P»  25;  Mf*  F 
<i  Lewi*,  Che^^ter  Cn,  F^  ttt;  By  Missi  Kjiie 
McH.rJjeHrJ^  f<?r  <.;t*od  Will  8clsi*oU  8  C,  ftom  »iie 
Lrtilii»fl  fif  Green^bur^h,  Ind  HI ;  ttlsck  Cpe*k  eli* 
Ohio  3;  tfi  cU  Newark.  N  J  22  61;  A  Mjirl  eo  t 
Co.  ProprietorB  of  Preibv»«rlao,  through  A. 
^IcErjtyre.  for  a  Mitslonary'lti;  Dnhoa  Qh,  Ohio 
Ih;  J  H  N.  8t.  Ch »!■!-?»,  Mo  2  M;  Lefatff  of 
Pnidpnce  HiORn,  det-VJ,  liieof  tlftrhi>un  Gu.  Ohio 
4  If  a ;  By  Rev  L  Utfrlanj  for  Scuhh  iisniiiisrjr,citn 
^ehitilarship,  from  Mrs  V  L  Mori  on,  fionei- 
brorik,  Fmt*;  VfiUitia  W^urkeri^  im  eh  K«^mk 
Iowa  12;  CheHotte.  S  C,  ScfcooJ  18  60j  Mfi  I»r 
W  H  MftKill,  l«*B»il!e.  I^rt  "^s  Ui  eh  Champalftit 
in  VI  75;  Preibjleriim  Mi^Mloonrj&De  ot  Lake 
Kriti  Ftiinvlo  Beniipflry.  Pa:iJiea*iH(i,  Ohio  16  fO. 

Tq^hI  receipts  In  Julf.  f^'^l  4« 

JAMES  AfXtSO.'^,  Dtsatmw, 

Lock  Boi^^tlibBfslltt  f^ 


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Eccle»ia»tieal  Record. 

ECCLESIASTICAL  RECORD. 


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0RPT5ATI0KS  AND   INSTALLATIONS. 

Rev  Heury  A.  Nelson,  D.D.,  was  installed 
pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church  Gen- 
eva. N.  Y  ,  on  the  :9th  of  July. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  McKelvey  has  been  installed 
pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church  in  West- 
neld,  N.  J.,  by  the  Presbytery  of  Elizabeth, 
on  Tues«lay,  July  29th. 

The  Rev.  C.  W.  Backus  was  installed  pastor 
of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Northampton 
on  the  23d  of  July,  by  a  committee  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Albany. 

R«v.  Edward  Stratton  was  installed  pastor 
of  the  church  of  Greenbnsh,  Presbytery  of  Al- 
bany, on  the  25th  of  June. 

Mr.  R.  J.  Jones  was  ordained  and  installed 
pastor  of  the  church  of  Carlisle,  N.Y.,  on  the 
2d  of  July. 

Rev.  William  A.  Holliday  was  installed  pas- 
tor of  the  1st  oh  H  rch  of  Bel  videre,  N.  J.,  on  the 
25th  of  June. 

The  Rev.  D.  M.  Miller,  recently  of  Lock 
Haven,  Pa.,  was  installed  pastor  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church  of  Johnstown,  Pa.,  on  July 
24th,  in  the  preseiice  of  a  large  congregation. 

CALLS  BBOBIVBD  OB  ACCEPTED. 

Rey.  C.  8.  Dewing  to  the  church  at  Union, 
K.  Y. 

Rev.' Jas.  F.  Hamilton  to  the  Second  Presby- 
terian church,  Newport,  Ey. 

Rey.  C.  Dunlap  to  the  Waltham  Presbyte- 
rian church,  Utica,  Illinoia 

Rev.  £.  W.  Kellogg  to  the  ohnroh  at  Trux- 
ton.  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Geo.  S.  Woodhnll  to  the  church  at 
Marinette,  Wis. 

Rev.  D  S.  White  to  the  church  at  Richland 
Centre,  Wis. 

Rev.  J.  M.  McNnlty  to  the  church  at  Wood- 
bridge,  N.  J. 

FOST-OPFJCE   ADDRBS8BS   OHANQED. 

Rev.  £.  W.  Kellogg  from  Parma  Centre, 
N.  Y.,  to  Truxton,  iTy. 

Rev.  Silas  Hawley  from  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis., 
to  Beaver  Dam,  Wis. 

Rev.  Wm.  Kendrick  from  Gallatin,  Mo.,  to 
Melvern,  Kansas. 

Rev  Geo.  W.  Coons  from  Augusta,  Ky.,  to 
Falmouth,  Kentucky. 

Rev.  P.  Barbour  from  Augusta,  N.  T.,  to 
Chaumont,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  £.  J.  Hill  from  Kankakee,  III.,  to 
Enelewood,  Illinois. 

Rev.  E.  F.  Chester  from  Rochelle,  HI.,  to 
Glengary,  Nebraska. 

Rev.  D.  8.  White  from  AUwton,  lova,  to 
Richland  Centre,  Wisconsin. 

Rey.  J  M.  McNulty  from  Jersey  City,  N.  J., 
to  Woodbridee,  N.  J. 

Rev.  Joseph  L.  Lower  from  Union  City, 
Ind.,  to  De  Graff,  Logan  Co.,  Ohio. 
'  Rev.  David  Winters  from  Paterson,  N.  J., 
to  745  South  16th  St,  Philadelphia. 


Rev.  Jas.  H.  Clark  from  Cedarville.  N.  J., 
to  Nicholson,  Pa. 

Rev  J.  J.  A.  Morgan  from  655  Cass  Ave., 
to  793  Superior  St.,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Rev.  Nathan  Bosworth  from  WilUamson, 
N.  Y..  to  Dundee.  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Jacob  >chwartst  from  Mine  La  Motte, 
Mo.,  to  Farmington,  Mo. 

Rev.  Jno.  McMaster  from  Pittsfield,  Penn'a, 
to  Erie.  Penn'a. 

Rev.  H.  R.  Parmlee  from  Reed's  Mills,  Ohio, 
to  Mesopotamia,  Ohio. 

Rev.  E.  H.  Post  from  Logansport,  Ind.,  to 
Santa  Clara,  Cal. 

Rev.  Ezra  Jones  from  Lockport,  N.  Y.,  to 
Akron,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Jacob  Baay  from  Glen  Roy,  Iowa,  to 
Pleasauton,  Kansas. 

Rev.  B.  Mills  from  Sidney,  Iowa,  to  Shelby- 
yille,  Illinois. 

Rev.  H.  A.  Nelson,  D.D.,  from  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  to  Geneva,  New  York. 

Rev.  E.  W.  Childs  from  Plymouth,  Ohio,  to 
Jonesville.  Mich. 

Rev.  Alex.  Caldw^  from  Vinton,  Iowa,  to 
Jessup,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Joseph  Beers  from  Purdy's  station,  to 
45  Bond  street.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  A.  S  Badger  from  Evart,  Mich.,  to 
An  Sable,  Mich. 

Rev.  J.  Elbridge  Andrews  from  Allegheny, 
Penn'a,  to  Waynesburg,  Ohio. 

Rev.  Jos.  H.  Marshall  from  Young  AmericSi 
111.,  to  Hamilton,  Illinois. 

Rey.  L.  Rood  from  French  Mountain,  N.  Y., 
to  T4>mhannock.  K.  Y. 

Rev.  Jno.  M.Jenkins  from  Cincinnati,  Ohio,, 
to  Orrville,  Ohio. 

Rev.  H.  B.  Holmes  from  Yaphank,  L.  I., 
N.  Y.,  to  2344  St.  Alban's  Place.  Philafla..  Pa. 

Rev.  Chas.  Axtell  from  Knightstown,  Ind., 
to  Tipton,  Iowa 

Rev.  Jno.  M.  Jones  from  Blursville,  Penn'a, 
to  Markle,  Penn'a. 

Rev.  Geo.  T.  Everest  from  Korthwood,  Iowa, 
to  Floyd,  Iowa. 

Rev.  Wm.  A.  Holliday  from  Salisbury  Mills, 
N.  Y.  to  Belvidere,  New  Jersey. 

Rev.  £.  R.  Chase  from  Clyde,  Ohio,  to  Flint, 
Mich. 

Rey.  Jno.  McMaster  from  Marathon,  N.  T.« 
to  Athens,  Penna. 

DBATH& 

Rey.  William  H.  Goodrich,  D  D. ,  of  Cleyo- 
land,  0.,  at  Lausanne,  Switzerland,  on  the 
17th  of  July. 

Rev.  John  Hunt,  of  the  Presbytery  of  Mar- 
ion, on  the  19th  of  June,  in  the  77tn  year  of 
his  age. 

Rev.  William  S.  McLaren  at  Santa  Barbara, 
Cal.,  on  the  12th  of  July. 

Rev.  Isaac  N.  Candee,  D.D.,  at  Peoria,  UU- 
nois,  on  the  19th  of  June. 


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CONTENTS. 


Coard  of  Home  MisBlon*.— Siate  of  the  Co  miry  ami  the  corre^pondinir  dnik*— From  Hotne 
to  lloiiHe— Sowin>{  ihe  S«ed  andwaitiiiK  f*>r  iho  HMrvetit— Cnlif  .raia  ** heal— Labor* and Succei'f^ 
—   On  ihe  Ver^f  of  diarvaiion*'— Thank — Apiiolniinvnt:* — tifC«;i|Xi« ^.  -. —  :*a3 

SustrtUuUwi  IXi|Mr(M^ir<.— DMire:«»— Con>pl^Di»-AppoiDlii>eDis— i^Me  of  ih«  Treasury— Keceipt* 

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Board  of  SdacatioD.— The  Treasury— CaDdidates  lecehed-**  Ho  aealeih  up  the  band  of  iahd'* 
—Tobacco— l>riJI  the  Of&oerrf— Ueoeiptd...^ ^^.^....^ .«..,.«.......^.«. ......  «0 

Board  of  Foreign  Ml aaiODS.— Recent  iDtelligenee— The  Receipts  no4jret«Bcouragliig— Medi- 
cal Mi98ieDarie«— The  World  for  our  Country— A  Church  formed  in  Yokohama— Added  to  the 
Church  of  Corisco—Intereaiing  accounts  ftom  Brasil— Letter  f^oin  Mrs.  W.  P.  Jobaaon— Medical 
M issiona— Reoeipta^^^.. .«^.....^.. ....« ....^^ »^ ^ ....^..  -.^ .. .^  ...»m»...^ ..^.^  ...^.^ ^~~  8^ 

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The  Oeneral  Assembly  has  recommended  that  special  Collections  or  Coalriboliona  for  it* 
fiobemes  be  made  on  the  first  Lord*s  day  of  the  following  months : 
January t    ,..^„—.,..,/br..„^ ».».... Fbretgn  M'fBlonm, 

lf\tbruiirif, ^ ^Bdnention, 

March,         ...............  ^   ...».• SuBUmtaUoH. 

May,  ^^  «  ^.JfHbtlcatioti. 

jHly,  ..». ** ^..Church  JSr teflon. 

September,.,^ *«    ^....^ itelirf  J-Winl  for  . 

Jio9vtnbor,  ..............  **   ..............  iloMMc  Jf  iaaiona. 

J>ooem^bor,  ...............  **  ...... ..»»..JFV*e^iMeft. 

FORM  OF  BKQUEST  TO  ANY  OF  THE  BOARDS. 

The  Slate  laws  ditfer  »o  much  thnt  no  one  form  will  answer  in  all  the  States^  but  in  eraij  oese 
It  is  essential  to  give  the  aiouT  coRPoaATS  kamjb. 

Bequests  for  Home  Missions  sliould  be  made  to  **  The  Board  of  Home  MiuUm*  of  the  Prmbyttrian 
Church  in  th$  UniUd  StcUM  of  America^*^  which  is  now  the  corporate  title. 

Of  the  Board  of  Education,  the  corporate  name  is  **  7%«  Board  cf  Bdueatkm  </  the  iVasAyisrian 

Church  in  the  United  Stateeof  America.'* 

The  Board  of  Foieicn  Missions  is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  New  York,  under  the  atyie  of 
**The  Board  of  Foreign  Mt$$iont  of  the  Preebyterian  Ckureh  in  the  UnUod  Statee  of  Amorita,* 

The  Board  of  Pablication  is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Pennsylvania,  nndar  the  a^yle  of 
••  The  Trueteea  of  the  Preebyterian  Bonrd  of  Publication/' 

The  Board  of  Ohnrch  EreoUon  is  incorporated  under  the  style  of  **  The  TVatiass  ef  ike  Ckmreh 
Erection  Fund  of  the  General  Aeee»nbly  of  the  Preebyttrian  Church  in  the  Unitoi  StaUe  cf  Amorica," 
Incorpf^rated  March  31, 1856^  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

Bequests  thai  have  been  made  to  the  **  Tnuteee  of  the  General  Aeeemb^**  or  to  Um  *■  SVustes  ^ 
the  Preebyterian  Bouee/*  for  Church  purposes,  will  be  valid. 

All  Bequests  m^e  to  the  incorporated  Boards  or  Committees  of  the  two  late  Asaembliea  ara 

valid,  and  will  be  received  by  the  Boards  which  are  their  legal  suooeseors. 

The  Reliei  Fond  for  Disabled  Ministers,  and  the  Widows  and  Orphans  of  Psceasad  Ministars 
requires  the  following  form: 

**I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  executors  hereinafter  nan>ed,  —  dollars  in  trust,  nevertheleas, 

that  they  shall,  within months  alter  my  decease,  pay  the  same  to  the  TVuetcee  of  the  Gcmcrat 

Aeaembfy  of  the  Preebyterian  Church  in  the  UaUed  Stateeof  America,  for  the  use  of  the  Fund  for  Dis- 
abled Ministers  and  their  Fnmilies.'* 

When  real  eelate  or  other  property  it  gtven,  let  it  be  particularly  dmignated. 


THE 


PRESBYTERIAN  MONTHLY 
EECORD. 

Vol.  XXV.  PHILADELPHIA,  DECEMBER  1874.  No.  12. 

BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 


The  pages  of  the  Record^  daring  the.  last  few  montlis,  have  contained  full 
accounts  of  the  ravages  of  the  grasshoppers  and  other  pests — the  excessive 
heat  and  long-continued  drought  in  certain  portions  of  the  country.  But 
those  portions  are  nearly  all  beyond  the  Mississippi.  The  older,  more  cul- 
tivated, and  therefore  more  productive  portions  have  ^^  brought  forth  abun- 
dantly." 

In  New  York  and  Pennsylvania  the  wheat  crop  was  much  more  than  was 
expected  ;  the  hay  and  the  corn  crop,  the  supply  of  potatoes  and  fruits  were 
abundant,  and  all  have  brought  remunerative  prices.  The  agricultural  dis* 
tricts  are  decidedly  prosperous.  The  same  has  been  true,  generally,  in  Ohio, 
Indiana,  Michigan,  Wisconsin,  and  Illinois.  They  constitute,  at  the  present 
time,  the  most  prosperous  section  of  the  country.  They  have  been  substan- 
tially free  from  the  calamities  that  have  fallen  on  those  farther  West,  and 
have  not  suffered  from  the  panic  as  much  as  the  farther  East. 

The  lessons  to  be  learned  from  these  facts  are : 

1.  The  heart  of  the  country,  that  portion  from  which  the  bulk  of  our 
resources  is  drawn,  is  in  a  healthy  condition.  Inhere  can  be  no  doubt  about 
the  aVility  of  the  Church  to  relieve  the  debt  of  the  Board  and  pay  all  we 
have  promised  to  the  missionaries. 

If  there  is  any  shortcoming,  it  will  not  be  from  necessity,  but  from  general 
indifference  to  the  work.  If  the  pastors  and  elders  in  all  our  churches  will 
bring  the  subject  forward,  and  giYQall  tJie people  &n  opportunity  to  contribute ; 
if  all  will  awake  to  the  interests  involved,  and  plan  wisely,  and  pray  and  think 
more  about  Home  Missions,  we  shall  close  the  year  without  a  debt. 

2.  There  is  now,  also,  a  fine  opportunity  for  churches  that  have  been  re- 
ceiving Home  Missionary  aid  in  these  prosperous  sections  of  the  country,  to 
become  self-sustaining.  The  greatest  number  of  missionary  churches  are  in 
the  rural  districts,  and  those  districts  were  seldom  more  prosperous.  The 
products  of  the  earth  have  been  abundant,  and  prices  good.  Let  such  churches 
then  have  pity  on  their  more  afflicted  neighbors  west  of  the  Mississippi.     Let 


354  Board  of  Home  Misdom,  [DecmSber 

the  missionaries  themselves  stir  up  their  people,  and  encourage  them  at  this 
critical  period  to  strike  for  independence  and  self-support.  Let  them  imitate 
the  courage  of  their  hard-pressed  brethren  in  the  West ;  let  them  say  to  their 
people,  "  We  will  not  draw  Home  Missionary  aid  any  longer — we  will  not 
consent  to  it/'  and  their  people  will  cheerfully  assume  the  burden  in  many 
cases. 

3.  But  if  they  cannot  be  wholly  self-sustaining,  now  is  a  good  opportu- 
nity to  reduce  the  amount  applied  for  from  the  Board.  Prosperity  at  home 
and  suffering  elsewhere — what  other  arguments  can  be  necessary  to  induce 
a  spirited  missionary  and  people  to  increase  their  own  contributions  and 
relieve  the  Board  ?  The  suffering  must  have  more  help,  therefore  the  pros- 
perous must  ask  less, 

FROM  HOUSE  TO  HOUSE. 

Warrenshurgh,  Mo. 
The  great  work  to  be  done,  outside  of  regular  pastoral  work  in  one's  own 
church,  is  to  L'tither  together  and  preach  to  those  who  never,  or  seldom,  hear 
preaching  unless  it  is  taken  to  them.  They  are  to  be  reached  in  the  school- 
nouses,  and  by  visitation.  This  western  country  is  full  of  those  who  once 
were  members  of  some  church,  but  coming  West,  with  various  excuses  have 
justified  themselves  in  neglecting  and  almost  forgetting  the  means  of  grace. 
They  will  not  come  to  town,  but  will  go  to  the  school-house.     I  think 

THE   PLAN   OF  GROUPING 

three  or  four  of  the  smaller  of  the  feeble  congregations  in  a  circuit  charge 
for  one  man,  is  the  best  for  securing  the  spread  and  growth  of  our  own 
denomination.  Something  like  the  Methodist  plan  of  circuitSy  regular  preach- 
ing, and  administration  of  ordinances,  though  it  be  at  long  intervals,  will  hold 
the  different  points,  and  is,  in  my  opinion,  making  better  use  of  a  man  than 
to  allow  him  to  settle  over  a  small  congregation,  where  often  there  is  little 
prospect  for  growth. 

SOWING  THE  SEED  AND  WAITING  FOR  THE  HARVEST. 

N ,  lilt. 

The  precious  seed  must  be  sown  or  there  will  be  no  harvest.  This  is  the 
work  of  the  missionary.  In  the  economy  of  God's  spiritual  husbandry,  the 
missionary  is  the  sower  rather  than  the  reaper.  He  must  sow  beside  all 
waters ;  sow  in  the  morning,  sow  in  the  evening,  in  season  and  out  of  se^^son, 
and  the  Divine  promise  is  that  a  harvest  will  be  reaped ;  but  the  seed  must  be 
sown.  The  missionary  must  be  emphatically  a  hunter.  When  a  boy,  I 
used  to  hunt  among  the  mountains  of  Virginia,  my  native  State.  I  did  not 
^0  into  the  thick  woods  and  sit  down  on  a  log,  and  wait  for  the  game  to  come 
to  me.  To  be  successful,  I  had  to  hunt ;  the  game  was  sought  in  the  tangled 
thicket,  in  the  gorge,  on  the  lofty  hill  and  mountain  spur.  The  sinner 
must  be  hunted ,  he  will  not  come  of  his  own  accord.  The  bread  of  life  must 
be  carried  to  him,  or  he  will  perish.  My  heart  almost  faints  when  I  think 
of  this.  How  much  land  yet  remains  to  be  possessed !  A  mighty  work  yet 
remains  to  be  done — but  the  laborers  how  few.  The  Board  of  Missions  is 
doing  a  glorious  work  as  it  stretches  its  great  arms  from  sea  to  sea,  yet  it 
must  have  more  money,  more  sowers,  more  hunters  to  do  the  great  work  it 
has  undertaken.     In  this  work,  I  am  content  to  spend  and  be  spent. 

Yours  in  Christian  fellowship,  R,  A.  C. 


1874.]  Board  of  Home  Umions.  855 

D ,  Cal 

The  15th  of  the  present  month  will  complete  my  third  quarter  in  connec- 
tion with  oar  Homo  Board.  And  I  have  it  to  say,  and  the  saying  expresses 
the  joy  of  my  heart,  that  God's  smiles  of  approbation  have  been  resting  upon 
US  in  this  region,  in  a  very  marked  degree,  for  the  past  eight  or  nine  months. 
The  gospel  has  been  faithfully  preached,  and  its  glorious  truths  have  been 
made  effectual,  by  the  Spirit  of  God,  in  reaching  the  hearts  and  consciences 
of  men.  Our  extra  meetings  held  in  this  place,  continued  during  the  entire 
month  of  April,  indeed,  I  may  say  they  covered  a  period  little  short  of  six 
weeks.  The  word  was  accompanied  by  Divine  power.  Christ's  followers 
have  been  revived.  The  temperance  cause  has  gained  ground.  Sinners 
have  been  converted  and  brought  into  the  fold  of  Jesus.  The  Methodists 
have  had  an  addition  to  their  church  of  about  twenty  members.  We  have 
received  in  all  thirty-four,  most  of  them  on  profession  of  their  faith  in  Christ. 
We  feel  that  our  denomination,  in  both  of  my  fields  of  labor,  has  been  greatly 
strengthened. 

California  will  roll  up  about  40,000,000  bushels  of  wheat  this  fall,  or  some- 
thing near  this  amount.  Our  region,  I  mean  the  Davisville  region,  is  filled 
with  wheat.  We  intend,  by  the  blessing  of  God,  to  make  an  effort,  in  the 
course  of  a  couple  of  months,  to  put  improvements  on  our  church  to  the 
extent  of  $1000.  I  have  had  a  hand  in  building  six  nice  churches  in  this 
State.  Our  church  here  needs  this  improvement,  and  it  must  have  it,  Provi- 
dence permitting.  I  am  short  of  money.  I  cannot  pay  all  my  debts,  al- 
though my  people  are  very  prompt  in  paying  stipulated  salary.  Please 
remit  as  soon  as  you  can.         Yours  very  truly,  A.  F. 


LABORS  AND  SUCCESSES. 

/ G ,  Illinois. 

Dfiar  Brethren — The  past  quarter  has  been  one  of  great  labor  and  of  large 
reward.  At  P C ,  nearly  all  the  grown  people  are  already  profes- 
sors of  religion ;  so  I  turned  my  attention  more  particularly  towards  the 
youth.  The  Lord  blessed  the  effort,  and  while  Christians  are  quickened, 
their  children,  that  is,  the  older  of  them,  have  been  led  to  profess  Christ. 
We  have  received  two  by  letter  and  seventeen  on  profession  of  their  faith  in 

the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.     At  B ,  the  way  is  more  open  amonof  adults. 

Thirteen  young  men  and  women  have  united  with  the  church.  The  work 
there  is  new,  and  the  people  need  instruction.  I  am  led  to  cry  "  Who  is 
sufficient  for  these  things?'*  And  I  am  greatly  strengthened  by  the  declara- 
tion **  Our  sufficiency  is  of  Christ." 

Much  important  truth  was  placed  before  the  people  during  our  protracted 
meetings.  Our  dependence  is  on  the  truth,  and  one  great  advantage  our 
people  have  derived,  has  been  an  increase  in  their  knowledge  of  God,  more 
especially  his  law,  his  love,  and  what  should  be  our  exercises  towards  Him. 

The  work  is  great,  the  field  large  and  needy ;  but  I  know  that,  if  I  am 
faithful  and  wibO,  the  reward  will  be  large  and  lasting.  J.  S.  D. 


*'0N  THE  VERGE  OF  STARVATION." 

Perry,  Kansas, 

Dear  Brethren — In  giving  my  quarterly  report,  I  would  say  that  I  have 
spent  all  my  time  at  the  places  named  in  my  commission  and  the  school- 
houses  contiguous.  It  is  a  fact,  to  which  other  denominations  are  not  blind, 
that  Presbyterianism  is  stamping  its  character  upon  the  people,  and  on  ac- 


356  Board  of  Home  MtssioTis,  [Pecembtr 

count  of  this  others  are  doing  all  they  can  to  gain  the  popular  ear,  and  very 
frequently  this  is  done  in  a  way  that  is  foreign  to  the  religion  of  Christ.  In 
my  charges  everything  has  been  as  prosperous  as  could  be  expected,  alid  I 
have  always  had  full  houses,  even  in  the  very  hottest  of  the  weather.  Things 
have  materially  chanoed  in  Perry  in  the  last  few  years  in  favor  of  religion. 
But  now  God  has  laid  his  heavy  hand  upon  us,  for  he  has  sent 

THREE   SCOURGES, 

the  grasshopper,  the  chinch-bug,  and  drought  over  this  part  of  the  State, 
and  many  are  now  reduced  to  the  verge  of  starvation,  having  raised  nothing 
this  summer.  Men  who,  last  year,  were  able  to  give  quite  liberally  to  the 
church,  now  find  themselves  without  a  dollar.  Some  fields  are  not  as  bad  as 
mine,  but  some  are  worse.  All  I  can  look  for  is  what  the  Board  has  pro- 
mised, which  is  a  very  small  amount  to  live  on,  when  the  things  that  we  have 
to  live  on  are  high.  I  shall  be  very  much  obliged  if  the  Board  can  send  me 
a  check  as  soon  as  possible.  I  have  my  expenses  to  meet,  and  to  do  this,  we 
must  have  the  money,  for  now  a  man  might  as  well  try  to  fly  as  to  buy  with- 
out money.  I  am  persuaded  that  this  is  going  to  be  a  hard  year  for  mission- 
aries, for  their  fields  cannot  aid  them.  Hoping  to  hear  from  you  soon,  I  am 
yours,  T.  A.  R. 


Nehrdska, 

In  my  last,  I  reported  my  three  churches  in  a  prosperous  and  growing 
condition  for  frontier  work.  Since  then  the  great  grasshopper  plague  has 
finished  its  work,  and  turned  this  beautiful  land  into  a  desolation.  Hundreds 
are  leaving,  and  many  never  to  return.  This  lessens  the  membership  of 
these  already  feeble  churches.  This  condition  disqualifies  the  churches 
to  come  together  and  hold  their  meetings  during  the  winter  months.  Then, 
but  little  can  be  done  for  the  want  of  fuel  to  warm  places  of  worship,  and 
clothing  to  go  out  to  meetings  for  worship. 

The  hopeful  view  of  the  cause  is  in  the  fact  that  the  most  of  them  are 
homesteaders,  who  were  once  in  the  army,  and  never  knew  what  it  meant  to 
give  up  for  disaster;  and  being  men  and  women  of  true  grit,  their  motto  is, 
"  Try,  try  again,"  and  if  any  good  thing  can  come  out  of  Nebraska,  to  have 
it.  They  seem  resolved  to  "  fight  it  on  that  line,"  if  it  takes  them  another 
year. 

Since  my  last  report,  I  have  held  three  communion  meetings,  one  in  each 
of  the  three  churches.  Three  members  were  added  to  the  church,  two  by 
certificate,  and  one  on  profession  of  faith.  The  fact  need  not  be  concealed 
that  these  churches  will  be  wholly  unable  to  do  anything  for  the  support  of 
the  gospel  for  one  year  to  come.     When  I  commenced  my  work  with  the 

churc^s  of  Y and  H counties,  they  were  to  pay  me  their  part 

after  harvest;  but  that 'time  has  come  and  past,  and  I  have  received  about 
eighty  dollars  from  the  entire  field  during  the  year,  above  what  the  Board  of 
Home  Missions  has  paid  me.  My  buggy  horse  died  on  my  way  here  last 
fall.  I  traveled  the  best  I  could,  meeting  all  my  appointments  until  spring ; 
I  then  bought  a  horse  on  time,  the  friends  promising  to  pay  for  it ;  but  pay 
day  came,  and  no  money  with  it,  so  I  sold  the  horse  to  pay  for  it,  and  sold 
buggy  and  harness  to  pay  board  bill,  as  the  draft  was  so  long  coming.  But 
amid  these  discouragements,  I  have  enjoyed  my  work,  and  feel  thankful  to  God 
for  his  blessing  on  my  year's  work  in  Nebraska,  and  I  am  willing  to  keep  the 
field  when  it  can  be  improved  by  the  people,  and  be  of  service  to  advance  the 
interests  of  the  Church. 

I  have  never  met  with  greater  sacrifice  among  any  people  to  show  good 
will  and  appreciation  to  the  minister  for  the  sake  of  his  work.  ^ 


1874.]  Board  of  Home  MUsions.  357 

Now  you  can  see  what  would  have  been  our  lot,  only  for  your  generous 
Board  of  Home  Missions.  Thanks  to  the  Board,  to  the  Church,  and  to  God 
for  its  benefactions.  I  do  not  know  anything  special  of  these  churches,  as 
named,  differing  from  my  last  report,  only  the  facts  as  indicated. 

These  feeble  churches  would  be  prompt  and  liberal  in  the  support  of  the 
gospel,  with  ordinary  prosperity,  but  as  it  is,  every  dollar  given  now  is  taken 
from  the  stern  necessities  of  the  mother  and  children,  poorly  clad,  and  no 
better  fed. 

These  counties  are  newly  settled,  and  by  men  who  were  poor,  and  came  on 
these  plains  to  seek  homes.  These  settlers  stake  their  all  on  the  first  two 
years  of  their  stay  here.  Alas!  the  plague  has  destroyed  so  many  bright 
hopes,  both  as  to  their  homes  and  the  church  which  they  so  much  love. 

1  will  give  this  as  my  closing  report  for  the  year  in  Nebraska.  The  year 
has  been  one  of  toil  and  hardship,  but  of  more  than  usual  success.  I  have 
shared  the  privations  of  this  frontier  life,  but  I  have  done  it  as  unto  the  Lord 
and  his  Church. 

My  prayer  is,  that  the  Board's  work  will  be  greatly  blessed  in  this,  and  in 
all  parts  of  its  great  field.  T.  K.  H. 


-,  Kansas^  November  ^th,  1874. 


Dear  Brethren — 1  have  been  late  making  out  my  report.  Not  but  that  I 
needed  the  money.  I  knew  the  Board  was  behind.  I  have  been  waiting  to 
report  good  news  in  our  church,  spiritually.  We  have  been  laboring  for  and 
looking  for  the  outpouring  of  God's  Spirit.  God  seems  to  be  holding  a  bless- 
ing over  us.  He  is  doubtless  waiting  until  we  are  prepared  to  receive  it. 
We  have  communion  in  two  weeks,  and  we  expect  several  additions  to  the 
church.  The  last  year  has  not  been  a  year  of  growth  in  our  church.  Our 
congregations  have  been  very  good,  but  there  has  been  less  manifest  results 
than  any  year  of  my  ministry.  Not  the  riches  but  the  cares  of  this  world 
have  choked  out  the  word.  If  God  would  make  us  rich  spiritually,  we  would 
be  richly  repaid  for  all  the  poverty  he  has  sent  upon  us.  All  looks  dark  for 
us,  so  far  as  meat  and  bread  is  concerned,  but  1  will  get  through  much  better 
than  many  of  my  dear  people.  Thanks  be  to  God,  it  is  a  Father's  hand  that 
is  upon  us,  and  it  is  our  FatJier,  J.  R. 

M ,  lowa^  November  10th,  1874. 

Your  commission  for  the  churches  of  C and  P is  duly  received, 

and  I  would  tender  herewith  to  your  Board  my  heartfelt  thanks,  and  ask  to 
be  excused  for  not  acknowledging  its  receipt  sooner.  Since  the  application 
for  aid  to  these  churches,  my  circumstances  have  been  changed,  as  I  felt  it 

my  duty  to  accept  a  call  from  the  McG church ;  and  I  am  preaching  to 

this  church  since  the  18th  of  October.  I  have  also  undertaken  to  teach 
the  German  branch  of  the  public  schools  at  this  place,  and  this  church 
needs  therefore  no  aid  from  the  Board.  I  felt  it  my  duty,  in  these  hard 
times,  to  do  all  I  could  to  lessen  your  expenses,  that  other  brethren,  who  have 
no  such  opportunity,  may  have  more  certain  support. 

While  moving,  the  commission  was  mislaid  and  I  cannot  at  present  find 
it.  But  you  may  please  consider  it  cancelled,  and  accept  my  heartfelt 
thanks  for  the  very  great  kindness  I  received  from  your  Board.  I  Impe  that 
the  Lord  will  grant  me  grace  never  to  forget  your  fatherly  care  and  kind 
sympathy,  which  I  experienced  while  under  the  care  of  your  Board.  I  hope, 
also,  to  be  able  to  do  something  to  sustain  the  cause  of  Home  Missions.  May 
the  Lord  bless  you  I     With  much  respect  and  love,  your  servant, 

G.  M. 


858 


Board  of  Home  Missioni, 


{^December 


HOME  MISSION  APPOINTMENTS 
Madb  ih  Octobeb,  1874. 


Rer.  John  Mtttiry,  Hopkins  St.  G«nDan  ob.,  N.  Y. 
Kev.  E.  T.  A.  6ohmoll,  Foster't  MeMtow  German  eh^ 

NY. 
Rer.  John  V.  Oriswold,  Port  JefFeraon  ch ,  N.  Y. 
Rot.  Geo.  T^oook,  Clarkstown  German  ch.,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  Jaa.  T.  Kaowlea,  Ifiaat  Masaau  and  Bralnard 

chF.,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  0. 8.  Sherman,  Naaeaa  oh.,  N.  Y. 
Rer,  Cyrus  Offer,  Obasy  ch.,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  I.  0.  Fillmore,  D.  0.,  Green  Island  ch..  N.  Y. 
Rev.  John  Henrj  Perkins,  Queensbory  Bay  Bo»d 

ch.,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  L.  E.  Richards,  SUmlbrd  ch..  N.  Y. 
Rev.  R.  C.  Allison,  Soipio  and  8clpiovllle  cha..  N.  Y./ 
ReT.  R.  R.  Thompson,  Ni-wfoondland  ch.,  N.  J. 
Rev.  L.  P.  Stearns,  Norwood  ch.,  N.  J. 
Rev.  E.  J.  Pleree,  Farmlngdaie  ch..  N.  J. 
Rev.  0.  W  Cottrell,  Union  eh.,  N.  J. 
Rev.  Jas.  M.  Denton,  Forked  River  and  Waretown 

chs.,  N.  J. 
Rev.  H.  R.  Hall,  Colambns  and  Plattsbargh  chs., 

N.J. 
Rev.  0.  W.  Winnie,  Abseoon,  Leeds  Pt,  Somers  Pt, 

and  Atlantic  Oitr  chs.,  N.  J. 
Rev.  Jas.  R.  OampbeU,  May's  Landing  and  2  stft- 

tlons,  N.  J. 
Rev.  W.  W.  UoNair,  Gedarville  2d  oh.,  N.  J. 
Rev.Chas.  L.  Mttebell,  Wysox  ch.,  Ps. 
Rev .  S.  F.  Colt,  Laporte,  Dushore,  Bemioe  Oolllery 

and  Flowerdale  chs.,  Pa. 
Rev.  Geo.  Spaoldlng,  Brooklyn  ch.,  Pa. 
Rev.  A.  Tully,  Upper  Mount  Bethel  ch..  Pa. 
Rev.  Joel  Jewell,  Columbia  ^  Roads  eh.,  Pa. 
Rev.  J.  M  Salmon,  Bangor  oh..  Pa. 
Rev.  L.  C.  Ratter,  Jr.,  Upper  West  Nottingham  oh.. 

Pa. 
Rev.  E.  P.  Foresman,  St  Clairsville  oh.,  Pa. 
Rev.  U.  J.  Gaylord,  Eden  and  Blackwater  ohs.,  Md. 
Rev.  John  Newton.  Mary  Esther  ch  ,  Fla. 
Rev.  Loyal  Young,  D.D.,  French  Creek  and  Weston 

chs.,  W.  Vs. 
Rev.  W.J.  Trimble,  Toledo  ch.,  Ohio. 
Bev.  J.  De  La  Mater,  Reiley  ch.,  Ohio. 
Rev.  Thos.  Bloock,  ShMneeville,  Centre*  and  vicin- 
ity, Ohio. 
Rev.  John  H.  Harris,  New  Richmond  ch.,  Ohio. 
Rev  G.  M.  Maxwell.  D.D.,  Cincinnati  6th  oh.,  Ohio. 
Rev.  James  Black  Moscow  eh..  Ohio. 
Uev  Jas.  R.  Collier.  Mason  and  Somerset  chs.,  Ohio. 
Kev.  H.  W.Taylor,  Newport,  Columbia  Stch.,  Ky. 
Rev.  W.  S  lleindeil,  Marion,  Fredonia  and  Dycaa- 

burg  chs.,  Ky. 
Rev.  D.  M.  Williamson,  Perrysbnrg,  Shlloh   and 

Franklin  chs ,  Ind. 
Rev.  Jacob  Patch,  Salem  Centre  and  Benton  ohs., 

Ind. 
Rev.  Wm.  R.  HJggins.  Marion  oh.,  Ind. 
Rev.  John  A.  Campbell,  Lexington  and  Sharon  Hill 

chs.,  Ind. 
Rev.  J.  L.  Gourlay,  Mt.  Temon  ch.,  Ind. 
Rev.  Placode  Baudrean,  St.  Anne  2d  ch..  111. 
Rev.  Christian  Wisner.  Chicago  German  eh..  111. 
Rev.  S.  R.  Bellville,  Wenona  ch..  111. 
Rev.  8.  U.  Stevenson.  Jersey  ch..  111. 
Rev.  L.  G.  Littell,  Winchester  cb..  III. 
Rev.  T.  D.  Davis,  Camp  Point  and  Liberty  chs.,  HI. 
Rev.  B.  Edwards  Mayo,  Williamsviile  and  Davisville 

chs..  III. 
Rev.  J.  E.  Williamson,  Manchester  and  Murraya* 

ville  chs..  111. 
Rev.  A.  H.  Parks,  Edwardsville,  Lula  and  1  sUtion, 

111. 
Rev.  F.  G.  Strange,  Carlisle  and  New  Amity  ohs., 

III. 
Rev.  Geo.  W.  Ash,  Dubois  and  Odin  chs..  111. 
Rev.  K.  B#OIniMtead,   Caledonia,  America,  Villa 

Ridge  and  Vienna  Centre  chs..  111. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Stone,  D.D.,  Old  Du  Quoin  ch..  111. 
Rev.  Wm.  II.  Templeton,  Oak  Grove  and  Vergennea 

chs..  111. 
Rev.  James  Brownlee,  Newton,  Mt  Olivet  and  New 

Hope  fhii..  III. 
Rev.  B.  W  Borden,  Midland  City  ch>  Mich. 
Rev.  B.  Dickinson,  Evart  oh.,  Mich. 


Rev.  Bradley  Phillips,  Hudson  ch..  Wis. 

Rev.  J.  U.  Baldwin,  Big  River,  Exbert  and  Maiden 

Rock  chs..  Wis. 
Rev.  John  Patarson,  Cato  ch..  Wis. 
Rev.  Dan.  T.  Rowland,  Judson,  Rnsh  Lake  and 

8.  Bend  ohs.,  Minn. 
Rev.  Charles  Thayer,  Rockford,  Delano,  Long  Lake 

and  Independence  chs.,  Minn. 
Rev.  Ransom  Wait  Lynd  and  Shetek  ehe^  Minn. 
Rev.  0.  W.  Winohester,  Fergus  Falls  and  Western 

chs ,  Minn. 
Rev.  Ira  8.  Dodd,  Winnebago  City  ch.,  Minn. 
Rev.  D.   W.  James,  Hokan   and  Caledonia  ohs., 

Minn. 
Rev.  Isaac  0.  Sloan,  Bismarck  oh.,  D.  Ter. 
Rev.  Thos.  Burnet  Oronooo  and  vicinity,  Minn. 
Rev.  A.  Fits  Racdolph,  Bedford  and  Fairview  ohs., 

Iowa. 
Rev.  J.  Frothingham,  Lansing  ch.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  W.  L.  Lyons,  Bethel  and  Rolfe  chs.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  L.  Triest  Oyersburg  German  oh..  Iowa. 
Rev.  C.  M.  Allen,  Rock  Rapids  and  Sibley  ohs., 

Iowa. 
Rer.  C.  P.  Spinning,  Monteinma  and  Deep  Rivet 

chs.,  Iowa 
Rev.  Braxton  Bonn,  Storm  Lake  and  Eden  chs., 

Iowa. 
Rev.  A.  M.  Helser,  Wapello  and  Toolsboro  chs., 

Iowa. 
Rev.  D.  McDermid,  Shellsbnrg  and  Plaaaant  HiU 

chs.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  R.  11.  Cunningham,  Middletown  and  ^ring 

Creek  chs.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Lucas  Abels  Butler  Co.  1st  German  oh.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Geo.  Graham,  Grvene  ch.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Edw.  N.  Lord,  Melrose  Fornaca  and  Beaver 

City  chs.,  Iowa. 
Rev.  Geo.  W.  Newell,  Lone  Tree  and  Tloinity,  and 

Howard  Co.,  Neb. 
Rev.  C.  8.  Marvin,  Gibbon  and  Wood  River  chs., 

Neb. 
Rev.  Jas.  A.  Giiffls,  Hastings  and  vicinity.  Neb. 
Rev.  Geo.  B.  Smith,  Seward  abd  Ulysses  chs.,  Keb. 
Rev.  Frederick  Rea,  Schuyler  ch..  Neb. 
Rev.  Wm.  Coleman,  Greenwood  ch..  Mo. 
Rev.  H.  Strauss,  New  Frankfort  German  ch..  Ma 
Rev.  J.  F.  Bruner,  Concord  cb^  Mo. 
Rev.  W.  L  Miller,  Osark  Prairie,  Salem  and  SbUoh 

ohs..  Mo. 
Rev.  J.  B.  Vawter,  Linn  Creek  and  North  Prairie 

oh^M  Mo. 
Rev.  Wm.  R.  Baker,  Prosperity  and  Little  Osage 

chs..  Mo. 
Rev.  E.  M.  Halbert,  Mt  Zion,  Liberty  and  Orleans 

chs..  Mo. 
Rev.  Abram  Steed,  Moberly  eh..  Mo. 
Rev.  T.  H.  Tatlow,  Edlba,  Wilson  and  Knox  chs.. 

Mo. 
Rev.  Thoa.  Gallaher,  La  Grange  and  Canton  chs.. 

Mo. 
Rev.  John  T.  Evans,  Bevier,  Welsh  eh^  Mo. 
Rev.  J.  A.  Pinkerton.  Chilllrothe  eh..  Mo 
Rev.  Jas  M.  Crawford,  Trenton  oh.,  and  Two  statSons, 

Mo. 
Rev.  Uy.  A.  Tucker,  Parker  Co.  and  vicinity,  Tex. 
Rev.  A.  J.  Galen,  Gainesville  and  vicinity,  Tex. 
Rev.  J.  B.  Rideout  Caldwell  and  virlniiy,  Kas. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Brown,  Bays  City,  Victoria  and  Wallace 

cbs.,  Kas. 
Rev.  Jas.  E.  Platter,  Wlnfleld  and  Walnat  Valley 

obs ,  Kas. 
Rev.  H.  R.  Lewis,  Grasshopper  and  NortonviUechs., 

Kas. 
Rev.  M.  McFeeters,  Quenemo  ch.,  Kaa. 
Rev.  M.  M'sde,  Perry  HndTecumreb  ehs.,  Kaa. 
Rev.  V.  M.  King,  Burliogame  eh.,  Kaa. 
Rev.  J.  N.  Young,  Clinton  and  Marlon  cha.,  Kas. 
Rev.  Caleb  B.  Jones,  Belleville  and  Scotch  Plaint 

chs.,  Kas. 
Rev.  J.  H.  Held,  Manhattan  eh.,  Kas. 
Rev.  F.   B.    Sheldon,   Memorial,  Marysville  and 

Beattie  cbs..  Kss. 
Rev.  J.  A.  Tiffany,  Mapleton,  PleaMnt  Hills  and 

Elk  Creek  ohs.,  Kas. 


1874.] 


Board  of  Some  Mutiont. 


359 


Rev.  C.  H.  McCreenr,  Obetopa  ob.,  Keb 

ReT.  S.  F.  Farmer,  Parsons  oh.,  Kas. 

R«T.  Ch'q  Van  Derreen,  O^nyoD  City,  Labon  ftnd 

IV^eat  Mountain  Tailey  obs.,  Col. 
ReT.  R.  G.  Thompson,  Greeley  ch..  Col. 
Rev.  R.  L.  Stewart,  Ooldeo  and  Tloinl(y,  Col. 
Rey.  A.  J.  Comptou,  Yacarille  ob.,  Cal. 


Rer.  W.  Alexander,  Centerrille,  Washington   Ool 

lege  and  Alvarsdo  chs.,  Cal. 
Rev.  A.  F.  White,  LL.D.,  Los  Ansel  s  cb.,  Gal. 
Rev.  Frank  L.  Nasb,  San  Diego  cb .  Cal. 
Rev.  A.  B.  Nicholson,  Seattle  and  Taooma  cbs., 

OreROD. 
Rev.  J.  G  Downing,  CorvalHscb.,  Oregon. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  HOME  MISSIONS  IN  OCTOBER  1874. 
"  Synods  in  small  capitals— Presbyteries  in  (tolies— Churches  in  Roman. 


ALBA]nr.  —  ii;6aii2^— Albany,  State  St  129  65; 
Greenbuffh  27  2A;  SaratOKH  Springs  2d  9  47. 
CAatnp^ain— Belmont  25;  Burke  16.  QiUtmhia-^ 
Cairo  .3  iO.  TVov— Troy  l>t,  from  Mn»  J  H  H  20; 
Troy  9th,  mon  con  2;  Watertord  36  «6;  White- 
hall 37  3U5  12 

BALTivoBi.—Ba^A'mor»— Baltimore  Ist,  (of  wh 
G  8  Brown  l.iKKH  and  100  from  Mrs  A  Perkins) 
l.Ho;  Baltimore,  Brcwn  Mem'l  ISO;  Baltimore, 
Westmius  er,  a  member  ft;  Chestnut  Grove  25; 
Mt  Airy  (Harmony)  3;  Piney  Creek  6.  Hew 
C<M/i«— Milford  9  60;  Bnow  Hill  10;  White 
Clay  Creek  and  Head  of  (  hristiana  26  68;  Wil- 
min;;ton,  Hanover  Si  50.  Washington  CUy—VLer- 
Dion  4  1,388  23 

CsifTRAL  New  YoKK..—BinghamUm—Bmf.h2Lm- 
ton  Ifit  110  31 ;  Masonville  dab-5ich  3.  Otseqo — 
Franklin  3  60;  Miodleiown  3  25;  Stamford  20. 
St  Xcturerusa— Brownville  2  03;  Carthage  10; 
Dexter  7  45.  i;««ca--Camden  22;  Deerfield  7; 
Foresiport  and  Alder  Creek  3;  Orif>kany  4; 
South  Trenton  4;  Vernon  Centre  Sab-sch  41  16 

240  80 

CivcinvAfu  — Chillient he— MarnhfiW  8;  New 
Plymouth  10;  Wilkesvillo  25.  OnctnnoW— Cin- 
cinnati 2d  356  60 ;  Gosht^  n  24.  Z>a(/t'>n— Camden 
15;  Covinjzto :,  from  J  R  Blatchford  1 ;  Eaton 
lo;  Springfield  2d  125.  PortoiTum^A— Portsmouth 
bab-sch  1U7  686  60 

CLiYELAHB.  —  Cfwe/antl— Ashtabula  47;  Wil- 
louffhby  8  01.  St  aotrwil^e— Powhatian  6  45. 
•$e«u6enin/^— Corinth  30  30;  E^ist  Liverpool  10; 
tttiJl  Fork  7  25  109  01 

Colorado.— Cblorado— Golden  8  50.  Wyoming 
—Laramie  6  14  50 

CoLDMBD8.—i4tA«nt— Cross  Road  St.  Oolumbus 
— Circleville  Central  35  70;  Grove  City  I  01; 
London,  add'l  12.  ifarion— Iberia  16  60;  York 
10  56.  )Foo«ter  —  Apple  Creek  35  30;  Olives 
burgh  II.  ZanesviU^— J erney  35;  Keene  and 
Clark  24  2i;  Zane»ville  Ist,  a  Lady  5         220  42 

EBiB.—^/(e9A«ny— Allegheny  2d  49;  Sbarpes- 
burgh  81  40;  Tarentum  27  2«.  5u/ier— Centre- 
ville  22;  New  Saem  21;  Plain  Grove,  Female 
Miss*y  Soc'y  90  36;  Portersville  11;  Scrub  GrHss 
33  29  Erie— Cambridge  5  81;  Fairfield  15; 
Gravel  Run  8  91;  Meadville  1st  50;  Mercer  Ist 
70  75.  A't/tanninp— Apollo  90 ;  East  Union  2  80 ; 
Indiana  375;  Rayne5.  Shenango—Be&yer  Falls 
15;  Ho|>ewell  30  998  02 

GBNEVA.—atvii|i7a— Genoa  2d  I  85;  Dr  S  Wil- 
lard  1,000 ;  Miss  Jane  Johnson  5 ;  Wells  College 
MlPs'y  8oc'y  lo.  Chemung— Elm'm  let  24  66 ; 
Southpori  (in  part)  15.  Geneva— Canandnigu a, 
mon  con  coll  118;  Romulus  8ab-8ch  25;  Seneca 
Falls  Sab  )>oh  62  50;  Trumanaburgh  21  40 ; 
Waterloo  125  1408  41 

HA&Bi8BDaeH.~0>r//«2«— Gettysbnrgh  .30:  Har- 
risburgh,  PmeSil78  34;  LandiHburgh  and  Cen- 
tre 52  30;  MoConnellnburgh,  Green  Hill  and 
Wells  Valley  11;  Millerfitown  and  Upper  25; 
WayneBb<»ro  Sab-sch  3  64.  Huntingdon — Altsx- 
andria  Sab^soh  15;  Bedford,  from  W  W  Hall  10; 
Ooe-half  I'renby  coll  17  62.  Northumberlandi- 
Lewisburgh  62  50;  New  Columbia  lo;  Sunbury 
53  v9;  Warrior  Run,  a  bal  1  60;  WilliarnHport  2d 
16  62  486  71 

iLunois,  GKKntAL.—B{oomiiij7ton— Bloom  ington 

2d,  Sab-sch  5".    Pforia— Emden  Ger  10;  West 

Jersey  4.    fi<pHiiy/(s/d— Irish  Grove  19  60  ;  North 

Sangamon  15  98  60 

iLLWOu,  NoETH.—  CKiea^— Chicago  Ist  188; 


Du  Page  15;  Lake  Forest,  mon  con  coll  80. 
/Ve<porr— Free  port  2d.  a  lady  5;  Praine  Di»ll 
8  40;  LuHt  Creek  10  75;  Rev  N  Sulser  1.  Otta- 
wa—QomouRuk  3  80.  Boek  /Jiver— Camden  Sab- 
8ch8;  Edwards  8;  Hamlet  4;  Viola  4  325  46 
Ilunois,  South.— J ^on— Lu la  7  60;  Plainview 
2  25;  Virden4  21.  Ooiro— LJenmark  4  10.  Mat- 
toon— Neoga  7  92;  Taylorville  5  20;  Vandalia 
68  15 ;  West  Okaw  8  92  33 

Indiana,  North.— O-av/ordnnUs— Benton  3; 
Fewler  4;  Rev  D  A  Bassett  5.  Logansport— 
Keniland  9;  Rochester  3.  Jfuncis  —  Wabash 
10  48  84  48 

iNDiAiTA,  South.  —  Indianapolis  —  Greencastle 
22  08 ;  Hendricks  Co  3  64.  New  Albanu—hed- 
ford  4  70;  MMdi.««on  1st,  (8ab->.ch  25  66)  69  8o; 
MadlKon  2d  11  75;  Oak  Grove  3;  Smyrna  Sab- 
sch  3  26.  WhiU  H^a/*r— Greenuburgh  Sabsch 
47  fi9;  Rising  Sun  16;  .*^helby ville  Sab-sch  2.5; 
Shelby ville  Ger,  (Sab-sch  10)  20;  South  Provi- 
dence 2  69  219  60 

Iowa,  North.— Cadar  iZapida— Shell Pburgh  5. 
2>u6«ous— Bethel  7;  Clermont  3;  Dubuque  Ger 
IH:  I'rankville7;  Lansing  5  Wa/ertoo— Janes- 
ville  5  60:  Mon  «ur  2  50;  Nevada  5  65;  Rock 
Creek  6;  State  Centre  22  81  86  36 

Iowa,  South.— CbuneiZ  Bluffs— Lenox  1  06:  Vil- 
lisca  8.  Jowa— Uakland  13;  Pleasant  Plam  6  60; 
»t  Peter's,  Evangelical  12  60;  Toolsboro  ft. 
Iowa  CS^li/— Blue  Grass  3  60:  Martmsburgh  6  10; 
Oxford  3;  Walcotl  4  45.  ^earn^— Lone  Tree 
6;  Gibbon  6.  Nebraska  Cttv  —  Fairbury  2  5(i; 
Salem  1  40.    OmoAo— L;aily  l^ranch  1  78  80 

Kansas.— ^igrWand—Kennekuk  6.  Neosho  — 
Labette  2;  Ottawa  3  17;  Spnngdale  10         20  17 

KsNTUOKT.— £6«nezer— Ludlow  12;  Rev  H  P 
Thomppon  1.  LoutsvilU—LouiyfiUe,  Walnut  St 
.7  24;  Plum  Creek  11  60;  Swlem  4  40.  Tran- 
«v/t?anMi— Lebanon  (Sab-sch  6)  76;  Rev  J  T  Lap- 
sley  and  family  15  126  zi 

Long  IsLAWD.—BrooAf^m— Brooklyn,  Aiuj'lie  St 
8  63;  Brooklyn  Ist,  Ueury  St,  mon  con  39  ft4; 
Brooklyn,  Hopkihs  St  Ger  15;  Brooklyn.  La- 
fayette Ave,  (61  8G  mon  con)  1,951  0^;  Brook- 
lyn, Throop  Ave  37  58.  Long  /«/ond— Mattituck 
In;  Port  Jefferson  15;  Bouihhold  20.  Nassau— 
Freeport  16;  Huntington  2d  12  33  2,124  13 

MiOHiOAN.— i>eeroie— Birmingham  16  73;  De- 
troit, Fort  81  (Sab-pch  62  60)  99  19 ;  Detroit, 
Westminster  (Sab-sch  25  81)  49  88;  Pontiac 
10  60.  Orand  RnpicU—BefKr  River  2.  Kalamn' 
zoo— Burr  Oak  Sabsch  5;  Three  Rivers  47; 
White  Piiteon  17  26.  Saginaw— B&y  City  2ii  35; 
Port  AuAtin  16  58  ^83  48 

MiNNBsoTA,  — JfrtnAwfo-St  Peter*s, 'Union  7. 
St.  Pau^-Dulutii,  •  on  con  coll  4  71;  Mmne- 
apolits  Andrew  Sab-sch  lo;  Moorhead  5  60 

27  21 

Missouri.— Osage— Holden  Sab-sch  16  60;  Kan- 
sas City  iat,  SKt>-sch  3  60.  Ozorik— Bethel  6; 
Mt  Zion  10;  Oak  Grove  4;  White  Rock  3  70 
/^oiwj^ra  —  Pleasant  Prairie  4;  Williamstown 
2  80.  f>/o««— Oregon  12  66;  St  Joseph,  West- 
minster 74  75.    Poto«i— Ironton  1st  lu        146  95 

N«w  JussT.— £/t2a6etA— Ba^kingridge  100: 
Clinton  1st  18  61;  Elizabeth  1st  403;  Elizabeth 
3d  32  06:  Elizabeth  Westminster,  add'l  Z5; 
Perth  Amboy,  from  a  friend  ^00;  Plamfield  1st 
44  93;  Pluckamin6  07;  Roselle  1st  9  39;  West- 
field  11  10.  Jersey  Cttv—GarNtadt  Sabsch  6; 
Jersey  City  1st  300;    Rutherford  Park  11  46; 


360 


Board  of  Home  Mimon». 


\_Decemher 


Tennfly  10  82.  JlfwmouM  —  Forked  River  1. 
Jlfam«and  Oranoc— Ea«*t  Orange  18  30;  Lower 
VMlley  20  12;  Mendham  1st  8ab-»ch  21;  Mor- 
r  stown  l8t  40  4(1;  Morriniown,  Sonib  St  683  92. 
A'eirar^  —  Montclair  360;  Newark  2d  66  11; 
Newark  Central  Sab-sch  76;  ^ewa^k  Pnrk 
11  61).  New  BruwaurtrA—Stocklon  6  60;  TitiiR- 
ville38  3i  ;  Trenton  2d  3S  6";  Trenton  3d,  Mis- 
sion Hab-Pch  36.  iVeu7//>n— Belvidere  l8t  170; 
Greenwich  27  42.  West  Jer««y— Absecon  4:  Fi8- 
lerville  36  2,719  67 

N«w  YoRi.— Boston— East  Boston  11  68.  Hud- 
son—  Cpnire?llle  10;  Chester  7»>;  Greenbu.-h 
10  68;  IlamptonburKh  7  9  ►;  Haverstraw  Central 
and  Sab-fich  72;  Hempstead  6  66;  Middletowa 
1st  6  8:i;  Middletown2d  16  82;  Monticello  14  06; 
Nvack36  J»9;  Ramapo8;  Scotchtown  I  2;i;UnJnn' 
Tille  15;  West  Town  3  80;  Whit«  Lake  18.  Nno 
y^rfc  — Mount  WashinKton  250;  New  York, 
Church  of  the  Covenant,  add'l  00;  New  York, 
Memorial  446  77;  New  York  Scotch,  from  John 
Tflvlor  Johnston  123  a3:  ^^yff  York.  W  2M  St 
(Snb-sch  60)  76;  New  York,  4th  Avenue  2.  Ntfrth 
iJ/i'«r— Freedom  Plains  20;  Maiden  32  01;  Marl- 
borouRh  33;  Middle  Hope  In;  Rondou'  13  6*2. 
H'(e«teA«<cr— lrvin«ron  45i  87;  Patterson  11; 
Greenbur«h  160  46  2,428  80 

Pacipio.— Btfw^dT— Vall«MO  60.  Ore^'m— Tuall- 
tln  Plains  16  San  Jb«c— Hollister  10  Llvermore 
6;  San  Juan  43  60  123  60 

PHiLADELPHiA.^C/»««<er— Ridley  7;  Upper  West 
Notlin>jham  6  16;  WttyneHburgh  193  75.  Lacka- 
innna— Ararat  3  60;  Plains  7;  Silver  Lake  19. 
Z/t/iiy/i— Allen  Township  35;  Easton  1st  100; 
l»otisviile  2*116;  Strotid^'burg 71  10.  Phifadflphii 
Ccn/ro/— Philadelphia,  Columbia  Ave  10;  PhiU- 
delphia,  Broad  and  Diamond  122  '26;  Mantua  2d 
20  24.  PhxIadfJphia  iVbr^A— Carversville  3  lo; 
Newtown  Sab-soh.  Infant  class  60  cis;  Norris- 
town  1st  136  19:  PlumMt«»adville  3  60;  Port  Ken- 
nedy 26  2 i.  Westminsier^yii  Nebu  3;  Slaieville 
£6;  Centre  23  831  61 

PiTTSBtTROT.  —  BloirsvUle  —  Murravsvil le  31 ; 
New  Alexandria  18  7'J:  Poke  Hun  67;  Unity,  6 
months  penny  oolleclions  12  70.  PitUburgh— 
Centre  33  60;  East  Liberty  86  28;  Hebron  20: 
Lebanon  26  26;  Louk  Island  3  68;  Pitt^-bur^h  2d 
66  65;  Pitt^burKh,  Shady  Side  49  6i.  Redat'tne— 
Round  Hill  6  66.  IFas/iin<7/^n— New Cuml^wrland, 
addM  69;  Unny  6;  Wellsbureh  12  70;  West  Al- 
exander,  add'l  32  50.  West  r*r^ima— Point  Plea- 
sant 16  486  23 

ToLBDo.— Be^«fonto/n/— BellAfontalDe  4  03 ;  Bu* 
cyrusS  23.  ifuron— Fremont  18  60;  Huron  18. 
y/mifl— Delphos  1  08;  Mt  Jefferson  4;  Rev  R  H 
Hollyday  6.  lfaum««— Bo vrlin^  Green  Sab  sch 
6  73  61  67 

West  raw  New  York.— Bw/fi/o— Buflfnlo  Central 
74;  Westfield  13  04.  Oemsee  FoZ/'ry-Portville, 
in  part  U>.  iYiapara— Niagara  Falls  Sab-sch 
6i  60.  Rochester— Chili  18  60;  Geneaeo  Central 
SO;  Lima  4  L'3;  Ojiden  25  89;  Rochester  Briok 
150;  Rochester  Central  60  67;  Rochester  .Me- 
morial 6;  Sparta  2d  9  60  453  88 

Wi9Co?f8i5.—C^fpptftoa—n  art  land,  Egbert  4  62; 
Maiden  Rock  8  37.  i>i/c«tS''<pcrior— M^nomonpe 
IH;  SauItSte  Mnri«  20.  ilf»^u>a'iAt««—Beloit  Ger- 
man Sab-sch  6;  Brodhead  (Sab  sch  4  60)  7  60; 
Delafield  1  4"^;  Ottawa  82cts:  Pike  Grove  Sab- 
soh  11  15;  West  Granville  Sab  sch  7.  Wisconsin 
i2/t7cr— Belleville  8:  Dayton  3;  Fancy  Cr^ek 
10  75;  Kilbourne  Ger  Sab-sch  1;  Lodi  8:  Mon- 
t  llo  (Buffa'o  Sab-sch)  2  30;  Portajre Sab-ach  25; 
Richland  City  6  26;  From  a  Presbyter  63  cis 

141  72 


Total  received  from  the  churchea,    $16,765  76 
Less  3  refunded  to  Predcott  ch  8  00 


16,762  75 


Fund  686:  Mm  Eleanor  McMillin,  Collefte  Hdl, 
Ohio  60;  OAK  and  8  C  E  15;  RelisiouM  Comri- 
.  button  Soc'y  of  Princeton  TneolojEical  Seminary 
6  79 ;  '*  K"  3 ;  A  C  V  1 ;  "  Found  after  his  death 
in  a  dear  brother's  pocket  book**  1  60;  Six 
months'  interest  on  Bond  and  Morua^eon  Phil- 
adelphia property  600;  Mi>«j4  B  A  E,  l^nsingburfc 
N  Y  2;  James  Hoii"«e.  Mi-i-oun  Valley.  Iowa  5; 
Students  of  Lenox  Collegiate  Insti  ute,  Uopkin- 
ton,  Iowa  9;  ••  W,"  Moniclair,  N  J  2;  Mrs  Chariir 
H  Sears,  Seneca  Castle,  N  Y  6:  H  D,  Chinafco*  ill 
50 ;  *•  A  friend,"*  Tideoute,  Pa,  for  our  Home  Mis- 
sionaries in  gra<4snopper  devas  ar*»d  districts  5; 
Interest  on  Legacy  of  Samuel  UUer.  dec'd  40; 
Rev  Nehemiah  Cobb,  Wat^hinKton,  D  C  5;  J  Top- 
ley,  Vailejo.  Cal,  for  the  Grasshopper  country  6; 
Hon.  MoHS  Kent  Piatt.  Plattsbiirg.  N  Y  60; 
Simeon  Lucaa.  Cortland,  N  Y.'^a  thank  offeriog 
to  the  Lord  for  deliverance  frotn  threan»ned 
trouble  2o;  Mrs  Maria  Larned.  Baltimore.  Md  5; 
Mrs  E  C  Burbank,  Palmyra,  N  Y  5;  Annie  Wake- 
field. Minneapolis.  Minne^'Ota,  9  yrs  old  1;  Jay 
WakeHeld,  Minneapolis,  Minu,  7  yrs  old  1;  Kirk 
Wakt  tialtl,  Minn^a|>olis.  Minn,  4  yrs  old  lo  cts: 
C  D  Smith,  Westporl,  Conn  2;  ''Two  iriendV 
Oswego,  N  Y  60:  C  A  Koone.  West  Phila  lo;  **  D 
G"  6 ;  •*  W  A"  100 ;"  A  lady  of  Prts-by lerian  ch"  4 ; 
A  N  Demare-U  Marseilles,  Ohio  -£;  Rev  Alvsh 
Lily,  White  Water,  Wis  3;  Rev  J  S  Pomproy, 
Fairview,  W  Va  l;  Rev  Willis  C  Gay  lord  5;  Lem- 
uel JGaylord6;  Mrs  J  N  Treadwrll,  Si  Peters 
Minn  3;  H  Converse,  Mantua,  Otiio  5;  Mission 
Sab-sch,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  boy's  class  14  cts;  Au- 
rora, Ohio  4  36  ;♦  Use  of  Tent"  60 ;  ctevb**  tinrtc 
2  67 ;  Rev  J  K  Fowler  6  1.867  95 

Total  m  October  1874,        $18,811  43 

O.  D.  EATON,  7Vea«4r«r,\ 

23  tJentre  Street,  New  York. 

CLOTHING. 

1  box  from  "S^of  Liberty,  Ohio.     No  value 
given. 

1  box  from  the  Wonian!a  Misa'y  Soc'y  of  Ur- 
bana  ch,  Ohio  78  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies*  Miss'y  Soc'y  of  Plainfield 
let  CO,  N  J  118  31 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  New  Hartford  cb, 
N  Y.    No  value  given. 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Uonesdale  ch,  Pt. 
No  value  given. 

I  box  Irom  the  Ladies  of  Upper  Ootorara  eb. 
Pa  91  6S 

1  box  from  tlie  Ladies'  Mlss'y  Soc'y  of  Treuton 
Ist  ch,  fij  100  78 

1  box  from  the  Ladles  of  Livonia  ch,  N  Y 

35  60 

1  box  from  the  Ladles  of  Westfield  ch,  N  J 

275  00 

I  box  from  the  Ladies'  Home  Mi^s'y  Soc'y  of 
Pott -town.  Pa  26i»  00 

1  box  from  the  Ladies  of  Ballston  Spa  cl^  N  Y 

ei  00 

2  boxes  from  the  Ladies  of  Astoria  ch,  N  Y 

160  00 
1  box  from  the  Lidies*  Home  Mlss'y  Soc'v  of 

Hollidaysburg  ch.  Pa  liSOO 

1  box  from  the  Ladie«*Soc>  of  Salisbarfih  ch. 

Pa  74  31 

$,»8dtf 


Leo  A  cir  8.— Legacy  of  Elizabeth  Rider,  late  of 
Jamaica,  N  Y  60;  Pattersou  estate,  Pittsburgh, 
Pa  130  70  180  70 

MisoELLAXiotTs.— J  B  Low  and  sister,  Mt  Plea- 
sant, Iowa  1 0:  "  Two  sisters"  2  60 ;  Cyrus  Wells. 
Kensington,  Michigan  10;  Interest  on  BeivJAmin 


HOME  MISSION  ROOMS, 
No.  23  Centre  Street,  New  York  Citt. 
Cor.  .Secrstortst— Rev.  HsirKT  Ksif dall,  D.D., 

Rev.  Ctrus  DiCKSOM,  DJ), 
Traasurer—O.  D.  Eatok. 

Lkttbrs  relating  to  Missionary  Appointments 
and  other  operations  of  the  Boarcl.  stiould  be 
addressed  to  the  Corresponding  Secretaries,  Na 
23  Centre  Street,  New  York  Citv.  Letters  re- 
lating to  the  pecuniary  affairs  or  the  Board,  or 
containing  remittances  of  money,  should  be  sent 
to  O.  D.  Eato!«.  Esq,  Treasurer— same  address— 
P.  O.,  Box  3863. 


1874.]  Board  of  Home  Mtsnons.  361 

SUSTENTATION  DEPARTMENT. 


We  ask  the  attention  of  churches  and  ministers  to  the  following  statement  of 
the  condition  of  the  treasury  of  this  Department: 

The  receipts  since  the  transfer  of  this  work  to  the  Board  of  Home  Missions 
have  been  as  follows: 

Balance  from  Sastentation  Committee,  Pittsburgh,       .        .        $109  66 

From  churches,  &c., 5,463  97 

Pledges  for  debt, 7,012  59 


Total  to  October  1st,         .   $12,586  22 
The  Board  has  already  paid  out  for  work  done  before  the  transfer  $23,671  89. 
That  is  to  say,  $11,085  67  have  been  paid  out  by  the  Board  more  than  the  receipts 
from  all  sources  whatsoever.    The  Treasurer  estimates  that  $7,000  are  yet  due 
for  work  done  previous  to  the  transfer. 

Two  things  are  manifest  from  the  above  statements.  1.  That  the  Board  is 
doing  all  it  can  be  expected  to  do  to  carry  on  the  work,  as  shown  by  excess  of 
payments  over  receipts.  2.  That  the  Church  must  contribute  promptly  and  more 
largely  to  the  treasury  of  the  Sastentation  Department,  if  she  desires  for  this 
important  work  a  successful  prosecution.  The  men  who  have  performed  the  work 
patiently  and  faithfully  are  in  great  straits  for  the  money  promised  them.  How 
long  must  they  wait?  In  these  hard  times,  waiting  is  difficult  and  painful.  The 
letters  published  below  from  Sustentation  pastors  clearly  describe  the  condition 
and  wants  of  their  families  and  fields.  We  trust  they  will  be  read  carefully  and 
prayerfully.    The  law  of  Christ  is  to  bear  one  another^s  burdens. 


G-' — ,  Ills.,  SepUmber  15rA,  1874. 

Dear  Sir — I  am  sorry  fco  trouble  you,  but  I  feel  constrained  by  my  necessities 
to  appeal  to  you  for  aid.  I  am  one  of  the  pastors  under  the  Sustentation  Scheme — 
have  a  wife  and  five  children.  Living  is  expensive  in  this  place,  and  yet  I  could 
gee  along  very  well,  did  I  receive  my  full  salary  with  any  degree  of  promptness. 
My  little  church  has  been  quite  prompt  in  paying  me  what  she  promised,  but  the 
Sustentation  owes  me  for  services  rendered  sioce  the  10th  of  December  last,  and  I 
am  in  distressing  need  of  it.  Thus  there  is  due  me  on  lant  year  one-half  the 
amount  promised  me,  and  there  will  soon  be  one  quarter's  salary  due  me  on  this^ 
the  third  year  of  my  connection  with  that  Scheme.  With  the  expectation  of  get- 
ting soon  what  is  due  me  on  last  year,  I  have  borrowed  money  at  11  per  cent, 
interest.  This  I  was  compelled  to  do  in  order  to  meet  claims  that  were  pressing 
against  me,  and  now,  if  I  do  not  get  money  from  you,  I  do  not  know  what  to  do. 
My  note  is  given  for  $250,  and  must  be  met  by  the  Ist  of  January  or  my  security 
must  suffer.  Then  there  are  claims  against  me  for  rent  and  grocery  bills,  and 
Life  Insurance  which  must  be  met  soon.  I  must  pay  my  insurance  claim  by  the 
8th  of  October  or  forfeit  my  policy. 

I  lay  these  things  before  you  to  show  you  my  necessities,  and  I  beg  of  you  to 
send  me  help  as  soon  as  possible.  It  grieves  me  that  the  wealthy  churches  do 
not  give  more  to  the  Sustentation  Fund.  Hoping  to  hear  favorably  from  you  very 
soon,  X  remain  yours  in  Christ,  S.  Y.  McK. 

F ,  Wayne  Co.,  lUs,,  September  Uth,  1874. 

The  Presbytery  of  C ,  at  its  fall  meeting,  recommended  F church  to  the 

Board  of  Sustentation  for  $500,  for  one  year  from  the  1st  of  October,  1873.  The 
applieation — ^in  proper  order — 20  per  cent  ($25),  and  all  was  forwarded,  receipt 
acknowledged,  but  by  some  oversight,  no  commission  ^  as  sent  After  a  lapse  of 
time,  I  called  the  attention  of  Brother  Jacobus  to  the  condition  of  things.  His 
explanations  showed  that  Sustentation  was  falling  behind,  but  he  confidently 
expected  to  make  it  all  right  in  May.    It  is  now  September.    With  the  exception 


362 


Board  of  Home  Missions, 


^December 


of  two  collections  in  this  church,  amounting,  I  think,  to  $17,  which,  by  consent 
of  the  Board,  was  paid  to  me,  I  have  not  received  a  dollar,  and  have  been  living 
since  the  Ist  of  last  October  on  the  $500  promised  by  the  church.  The  advance 
payment  was  made  by  the  church  on  the  1st  of  October,  1st  of  January,  let  of 
April,  and  reports  duly  forwarded.  But  not  hearing  from  Sustentation,  has  so 
discouraged  the  church  that  they  hardly  pay  at  all,  and  I  am  now  threatened 
with  loss  from  both  sides.    Relying  on  Sustentation,  I  contracted  a  debt  of  $2)0. 

in  exchanging  my  house  for  the  one  in  F in  which  I  live ;  were  that  paid,  I 

could  reduce  my  expenses  to  the  $500,  and  not  call  upon  the  Board.  But  if  it  is 
not,  would  it  be  possible  to  obtain  $250  for  two  quarters  from  Sustentation,  and 
let  the  rest  go  to  the  account  of  hard  times?  You  can  sympathize,  IMoubt  not, 
with  one  who  is  willing  to  take  a  full  i-hare  of  the  *'  hardness,^*  but  to  whom  a 
debt  unpaid  is  a  lion  and  a  bear.     Your  brother  in  Christ,  K.  C.  G. 


APPOINTMENTS  IN  OCTOBER. 


Rev.  C.  B.  Austin,  Cohecton  ch,  N.  Y. 

Uev.  H.  Arm8troDg,  Monroetoo  ch,  Pa. 

Rev.C.  £.  Van  Allen,  Middle  Smiih field  ch,  Pa. 


Rer.  John  Kerr,  Verona  ch,  Pa. 

Rev.  W.  H.  Tttomati,  Fiiu»ourgh,  Orace  ch.  Pa. 


Rboeipts  15  October  1874. 
>  Synods  in  small  capitals— Presbyteries  in  ita^ica— Churches  in  Roman. 


ALBAKT.—il/Mitv- Albany,  SUte  8t32  19;  Sara- 
tofja  SprinRH  ^d  i  35.  Troy— North  Granviile 
7  60;  Waterford  17  97;  Cohoes  16  76  ul 

Baltihorb.  —  BaUimtre—  Lonaconins  16  77: 
Cumberland  :i9.  New  Oawttc— Mil  ford  3  2i); 
White  Clay  Creek  and  Head  ofOhrisliana  26  6i 

86  69 

OsitTRAL  Niw  Tore.— Btnj7Aamton— Binshann- 
tonl<ttI88.    0'-««<7o--Franklin  89  eta.    St  Law 

1  «n<^-Re7  U  M  Dodd  1  2^  »4  Oi 

Cincinnati.— C*n<jinnatt— Cincinnati  3d    120  17 

CbKTKLAifD.— Ofevetond— WilloUKhby  1  99.  Steu- 
60nt7t/l0-WellsviIlell  1^99 

CoLUiiD08.  —  Ot)/uff»dta  — Columbus  2d  7  J  27; 
Grove  Ciiv25  cts.  Wooater—MiEnton  (of  which 
Key  M  W  Brown  5)55.  ZanenUU— Jersey  b  laz  62 

Erie. —  Allegheny — Bakerstown  10;  B«lieTue 
13  tiO.  £nc— Cambridge  1  45;  Gravel  Run  98 
ct»«.  A'tftonntn^— Indiana  125;  tlural  Valley 
7  47;  Elder*H  Ridge  17  175  50 

GBNsyA.—Ch.vuyo— Genoa  2d  45  ct9.  Chemung 
— Elmira  liat  6  12.  Geneva — Waterloo  40.  Lvons 
—Newark  32  2.)  78  82 

HARRI9BDH0H.  ->  Onriitle  —Waynesboro  ch  Sab- 
sell  87;  Green  Hill  I.  Narthutnberland — Orange- 
vil.e,  from  a  friend  5:  Warrior  Run  I  62;  Wil- 
iiamfiporl  2d  3  60.  H^e/fo6oro— Coudersport  Ist 
5  17  09 

Illinois,  CbntR4l.  —  Paorto— Yates  City  (of 
wh  oh'Rev  J  £  Caruthers  5)  12  85.  Sehui/fer— 
Macomb  U  23  36 

iLUirots,  North.  — CAieoyo  — Chicago  Isi  44; 
Lako  Pore»t  44.  Freeport — Woodstock  62  60. 
R'Kk  iStuer— Hamlet  1  151  50 

iLUNois,  South.— ^/ton—Virden  1  05;  Plain- 
Tiew  8  40.  Cairo— Metropolis  2  55 ;  Fairfield  10; 
Carmi  35  25.    3faetoon— Neoga  1  97  54  22 

Indiana,  North.— 3fttne/«— Wabash  2  60 

Indiana.  Sovrn.-^New  A Ibanv  —  Mtid\9oa  2d 

2  75.     WhUe   Water— South  Proridence  4  15 

6  90 
IoWA,NoBTH.—  iraterloo— Nevada  Central  3  00 
Iowa,  Sooth  —/oica  Oi<j/— Ladora  5  Oo 

K A.f  8A8— iV*0O8Ac— Ottawa  28  cts  i  8 

RsNTDOKT.— £66nexer— Rev  H  P  Thonvpiton  I. 
LottttvWs— Louisville,  Walnut  Si  1  8a  Transvl- 
vania— Lebanon  10  12^80 

Long  Imland.— iVa«saii — Freeport  10;  Hunting- 
ton 2d  3  06  13  06 
Mi0HiOAN.—Z)«<rotf— Detroit.  Fort  St  9  11 ;  De- 
troit, Westminster  5  47.  Kalamazoo  —  White 
Pigeon  5  75  Laruin^— Albion  11.  Monroe— 
Hillsdale  18  90.    Ai^r^nato— Bay  City  3  37     63  60 


Minnesota.- Si.  PauZ— Independence  2  81; 
Delano  2  81;  Long  Lake  2  81;  Rockford  2  R2; 
Stillwater  4  75  16  00 

Nsw  JBR8BT.—^/iM6«<A— Clinton  4  62;  Roselle 
let  2  34;  Elizabeth  7  94;  Pluckamin  1  27;  Plaio- 
field  1st  1  96;  Westfield  2  75.  Jersey  CUy- 
Tenafly  2  69.  Morris  and  Orange—  Murri!<town 
1st  7  55;  East  Orange  Ist  4  56.  Newark— ^ew- 
ark  2d  U  02;  Newark  Park  2  85.  A'ew  Brune- 
MteAc— Stockton  2;  Titusville  9  56.  Newton— 
Greenwich  6  81  67  90 

New  York.— £fiirfion— Nyack  4  47:  Middletown 
2d  3  9i;  Hamplonburg  l  96:  We:«t  Town  7S  cts; 
Monticello  h  48;  Middletown  l^t  141;  Scotch- 
town  31  ctH;  Uempniead  1  3L  Ntw  Forik— New 
York  Scotch,  from  John  Taylor  John:iton  30  63. 
No^th  ^iPtfr- Rondom  3  J9  51  68 

Paoipio.— Saeramsn^o— lone  City  3  75 

Puiladblphia.— Chesisr— Doe  Run  1  25;  Upper 
West  Nottingham  I  5.S  L«A»^A— Rev  S  W 
Knipe  62  50;  Easton  1st,  from  Mrs  Mary  J 
l>avi8  20.  Philadelphia  Osnfroi- Pniladelphia. 
Broad  and  Diamond  St,  24  45  U19  73 

PiTTBBUROH.—BtatrsmUs— New  Alexandria  3  78. 
Pt««6urf//*  —  Shady  oide  12  31;  h^nt  Liberty 
1(1  15  ;  Lebanon  6  27 ;  Pittsburgh  2d  16  52.  R^ 
«eon«— Round  Hill  165.  If osAi/to ton— Upper 
Buffalo  20  70  68 

Toledo.— B«^«/bnta<fM—Bncyru«i  1  29;  Belle- 
foniaine  lat  I.    Lma— Delphos  26  cts  2  55 

Western  New  York.— Bu/Tato— Buffalo  Central 
18  80;  Wesifleld  3  39.  ifoeAss^sr  —  Rochester 
Central  12  56;  Lima  1  05;  Ogdeo6  43         41  78 

W1800.N8IN.— AfOiMttAcss— OtUwa  20  cts;  DeU- 
field 36  cts.  fFtnnebayo— B«aver  Dnra,  Asseroblv 
36  60.     Wiaconem  River— Poyuetio  3  25        40  si 

Total  in  October  1874.        $1,463  45 
O.  D.  EATON.  Tteoiurer, 
23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


HOME  MISSION  ROOMS, 
No.  23  Centre  Street,  New  York  Citt. 
Qw.  iSseretones— Rev.  Henry  Kendall.  D.D., 

Rev.  Ctrds  lickson,  D.D. 
Treasurer— O.  D.  Eaton. 

Letters  relating  to  Missionary  Appointmento 
and  other  operations  of  the  Board,  should  h« 
addressed  to  the  Corresponding  Secretaries,  Na 
23  Centre  Sireeu  New  York  City.  Letters  re- 
lating to  the  pecuniary  affaire  ot  the  Board,  or 
containing  remittances  of  money,  should  be 
sent  to  O. p.  Eaton,  Esq.,  Treasurer— same  ad- 
dreia— P.O.  Box  3863.  o 


1874.]  Board  of  EdvcaHon..  363 

BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 


Thb  HAmyin  trvlt  n  orbav,  but  thk  laborkba  am  pkw;  pkat  te  THntiroai  nti  Loed  op  ths  hartim 

THAT  BX  WOULD  BIND  PORTH  LAB0BKR8  INTO  HIS  HARTC8T. — LukO    X.  8. 


THE  TREASURY. 

On  the  first  of  November  the  Board,  instead  of  having  been  able  to  pay  all  its 
debts  and  be  in  a  condition  to  send  the  appropriations  due  on  that  day,  by  the 
summer  and  fall  contributions,  found  itself  with  notes  in  bank  to  the  amount  of 
$5,000,  and  with  $297  to  meet  them ;  so  that  it  stood  exactly,  to  commence  the 
winter,  with  a  balance  against  it  of  $4,703. 

The  Board  could  not  keep  the  students,  in  the  peculiar  circumstances  in  which 
they  are  placed,  without  the  means  which  they  need,  and  which,  in  behalf  of  the 
Church,  had  been  promised.  It  therefore  went  again  into  bank,  and  borrowed 
what  was  necessary  for  immediate  use.  So  the  day  when  we  write,  November 
17th,  erery  student  whose  recommendation  has  been  made  in  accordance  with  the 
Bules  of  the  Board  has  been  paid  for  the  quarter.  Some,  whose  recommendations 
are  not  yet  satisfactory,  have  not  been  paid;  but  we  ^ust  to  have  the  money  for 
them  from  the  churches  as  it  is  needed. 

The  demands  upon  the  Board  from  November  1st  till  May  1st  are  renewed  each 
alternate  month*.  It  is  needful  that  the  collections  which  are  made  by  churches 
at  this  season  should  be  liberal. 

CANDIDATES  RECEIVED. 
The  total  number  of  candidates  received  on  recommendation  from  the  Presby- 
teries, at  the  last  four  semi-monthly  meetings  of  the  Board,  has  been  375.  The 
recommendations  not  yet  made  in  accordance  with  the  rules  appointed  for  the 
Board,  and  the  number  which  are  daily  coming  in,  lead  us  to  suppose  that  the 
number  for  the  present  collegiate  year  will  be  about  the  same  as  that  of  the  year 
past.     It  should  have  larger  contributions,  to  clear  off  debts. 


*'IIE  SEALETH  UP  THE  HAND  OP  MAN." 

In  this  month  of  December,  will  you  receive  kindly,  and  profit  by  the  sugges- 
tion of  some  of  the  lessons  which  God  addresses  at  this  season  to  thoughtful  and 
praying  men  ? 

Another  winter  has  come.  How  important  to  each  of  us,  spiritually,  is  this 
season  of  the  year!  How  important  to  the  general  advancement  of  religion  among 
mankind  I 

God  has  many  ways  of  arresting  our  carnalities  and  worldliness;  and  of  com- 
pelling us  to  meditate  on  bis  providences  and  word,  to  pray,  to  turn  our  hearts 
and  devote  cur  lives  and  resources  to  a  more  holy  service  on  earth,  and  to  prepare 
our  spirits  to  appear  before  the  great  ^^  white  throne,^^ 

Night  is  such  an  arrest  And,  as  ^*in  the  beginning,"  so  now  "  the  evening 
and  the  morning"  are  blest.    God  sees  that  they  are  "good"  for  us. 

The  Sabbath  is  such  an  arrest.  Oh  what  would  our  souls  do,  in  this  dark,  barren , 
wicked  world,  without  a  weekly  glimpse  through  these  windows  of  heaven! 

Sickness  is  an  occasional  and  most  precious  opportunity  to  the  spirit. 

**  Thou  art  like  Night,  0  Sickness  !  deeply  etilling 

Within  my  heart  the  world's  disturbing  sound, 
And  the  dim  quiet  of  my  chamber  filling 

With  low  sweet  voices  by  life's  tumult  drowned. 

Thou  art  like  awful  Night;  thou  gatherest  round 
The  things  that  are  unseen,  though  close  they  liei^  j 

And  with  a  truth  clear,  startling,  and  profound,VjOOQlC 
Giv'st  their  dread  presence  to  our  mental  eye.  ^ 


364  Board  of  Education,  [Decemher 

Thou  art  like  starry,  spiritual  Nieht! 
High  and  immortal  thoughts  attend  thy  way; 

And  revelations  which  the  common  light 
Brings  not,  thoasch  wakening  with  its  rosy  ray 

All  outward  life.     Be  welcome  then  thy  rod 

Before  whose  touch  my  soul  unfolds  itself  to  God." 

Winter  is  a  grand  annual  spiritual  opportunity.  It  is  a  season  of  arrest  of  the 
processes  of  all  vegetable  life  by  the  cold,  and  of  the  supply  of  the  soil  and  earth 
with  moisture  for  the  droughts  of  the  summer.  Even  the  beasts  repose.  Surely 
man  should  learn  its  heavenly  design  I 

**  For  He  saith  to  the  snow,  Be  thou  on  the  earth ; 

Likewise  to  the  small  rain,  and  to  the  great  rain  of  His  strength.^' 
**  Then  the  beasts  go  into  dens. 
And  remain  in  their  places." 
**  He  sealeth  up  the  hand  of  "every  man, 
That  all  men  may  know  his  work." 

Winter  puts  a  seal  on  the  outdoor  employments  of  men.  It  is  the  great  season 
for  intellectual  effort,  a  time  for  the  most  earnest  devotion  to  those  studies  which 
are  to  furnish  the  minister  of  the  gospel,  and  candidate  for  the  ministry,  and  the 
wise  servant  of  Qod,  with  all  that  varied  knowledge  which  is  so  necessary  for 
instructing  and  moving  the  minds  and  hearts  of  men. 

It  is  the  period  for  much  prayer  and  deep  meditation  upon  one's  own  spiritual 
wants;  upon  the  questions  oi  God's  ways  and  purposes  in  us;  upon  the  methods 
in  which  we  can  best  advance  the  kingdom  of  mercy  throu;;h. Christ  on  earth; 
upon  the  sources  of  guidance,  help,  comfort,  and  success;  upon  the  certainty  and 
possible  proximity  of  death,  which  shall  forever,  as  to  opportunities  of  telling 
sinners  how  to  be  saved  and  of  glorifying  the  Redeemer  here,  be  sealed  up  in  the 
icy  grave;  and  upon  our  waking  again  in  the  resurrection — *'for,  if  we  have  been 
planted  together  in  the  likeness  of  His  death,  we  shall  be  also  in  the  likeness  of 
His  resurrection."  *' Christ  the  first  fruits;  afterward,  they  that  are  Christ's,  at 
His  coming." 

It  is  the  time  for  earnest  instruction  of  the  Church,  of  labors  for  revivals  of 
religion,  and  of  efforts  to  inspire  men  to  sympathetic  and  prayerful  cooperation 
with  the  means  and  instrumentalities  by  whicn  the  great  body  of  Christians  with 
which  we  are  connected  endeavors  to  fulfil  its  part  in  educating  and  sending  forth 
men  to  preach  the  gospel.  It  is  a  time  to  teach  believers  the  obligations  imposed 
by  their  participation  in  the  sacrament  of  baptism,  and  in  the  sacrament  of  the 
Lord's  supper ;  to  awake  them  to  their  momentous  responsibilities,  and  those  of 
their  sons  and  daughters,  to  a  world  which  is  yet  lying  in  sin,  through  the  sloth 
and  covetousness  and  unbelief  of  professed  disciples  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
eighteen  hundred  long  and  dreadful  years  since  he  made  on  the  cross  an  all-suffi- 
cient atonement  for  the  sins  of  men. 

Ah,  it  has  been  all  a  long,  long,  winter  through  which  the  Church  has  been 
passing  since  Christ  was  on  earth.  But  the  time  of  the  **  latter  rain"  is  very  near 
now.  It  has  begun  to  fall  very  abundantly  in  Scotland  and  Ireland.  There  have 
been  glad  signs  to  assure  many  waiting  and  anxious  hearts  that  the  Holy  Spirit 
is  preparing  great  blessings  for  us  and  for  the  world.  He  says  by  many  provi- 
dences :  **  Break  up  your  fallow  ground,  and  sow  not  among  thorns."  **  Break 
up  your  fallow  ground :  for  it  is  time  to  seek  the  Lord,  till  he  come  and  rain 
righteousness  upon  you."  

TOBACCO. 

We  believe  that  few  of  the  students  aided  by  the  Board  of  Education  use  tobacco. 
The  Professors  of  some  of  our  principal  institutions  think  that  wrong  impressions 
have  been  created  by  inconsiderate  articles  in  the  newspapers  on  this  subject. 

But  they  should  **  be  clean  who  bear  the  vessels  of  the  Lord."  And  now  at  the 
beginning  of  another  collegiate  year  it  is  proper  for  us  to  call  the  attention  of 
students  to  this  subject.  We  are  bound  to  notice  the  fact,  that  so  painful  to 
many  excellent  people  is  their  observation  of  the  use  of  tobacco  by  Toung  men 
preparing  for  the  ministry,  that  we  open  letters  containing  contributions  lor  the 
Board  with  such  words  as  these  added :  **  Not  one  cent  for  tobacco." 

A  brief  minute  of  the  Board  exhorting  students  against  this  pernicious  habit 
was  published  a  couple  of  years  ago.    We  allude  to  the  subject  now  fur  the 


1874.]  Board  of  Education.  365 

purpose  of  asking  those  students  who  do  use  tobacco  to  consider  seriously,  and 
with  prayer  to  God  for  sincerity  of  purpose  and  willingness  to  deny  themselves 
where  needful  for  Christ's  sake,  such  points  as  the  following : 

1.  Tobacco  is  in  its  nature  one  of  the  most  deadly  of  poisons  ;  and  muat^  and 
does,  even  in  small  quantities,  greatly  injure  many  constitutions.  Nine  medical 
men  in  ten  declare  this  to  be  so. 

2.  Its  use  creates  a  disposition  to  intoxicating  drinks.  Many  a  young  man 
kindles  thus  appetites  which  destroy  him  in  body  and  soul. 

3.  Tobacco,  as  prepared  for  common  use,  is  largely  drugged  with  opium,  and 
some  other  very  dangerous  narcotics.  The  importation  of  opium  to  this  country 
has  of  late  years  become  enormous  in  amount,  and  the  use  of  it  is  ruining  many 
victims,  both   male  and  female. 

4.  The  example  of  ministers  in  using  tobacco  has  been  pled  by  many  other 
persons  who  have  been  injured  by  it ;  their  example  in  abstinence  from  it  has 
supported  many  in  practicing  the  same. 

5.  The  expenditures  for  this  hurtful  drug  in  the  country  are  counted  by  many 
millions  of  dollars  annually.  It  is  appalling  to  contemphite  the  waste  of  pecuni- 
ary means  which  might  be  made  to  do  so  much  for  the  comfort  and  improvement 
of  men,  and  families,  and  society. 

6.  Many  professed  **  Christians'*  spend  a  larger  or  smaller  amount  in  this 
wretched  way,  which  they  owe  to  the  Lord  that  bought  them,  for  the  salvation  of 
the  lot>t  through  the  spread  of  his  gospel  among  all  nations. 

7.  Sincere,  industrious,  pious  people  are  often  prejudiced  against  ministers,  so 
that  they  receive  little  benefit  from  their  preaching — and  many  are  prevented 
contributing  to  the  education  of  candidates  for  the  ministry  and  related  objects — 
by  observing  that  money  which  they  have  earned  hardly,  and  which  they  have 
taken  from  uses  for  which  it  was  required  in  their  own  families,  has  been  thus 
foolishly,  wastefully,  hurtfully,  wrongly  spent. 

8.  One  bad  habit  hinders  a  man's  own  growth  in  grace,  undermines  his 
strength,  prevents  that  entire  consecration  to  God,  and  the  ends  of  his  holy  king- 
dom, whicL  is  one  great  secret  of  efficiency,  success,  and  joy  in  the  service  of  God. 

There  are  some  who  read  this  article,  who  are  not  candidates  for  the  ministry, 
to  whom  it  should  suggest  self-denial  in  their  own  persons.  Perhaps  they  should 
give  to  Christ  money  which  they  now  wrongfully  use  upon  their  appetites.  Per- 
haps they  withhold  money  which  is  needed  by  scores  of  faithful  students,  who 
are  suffering,  because  some  one,  for  whom  these  are  not  accountable,  abuses  the 
beneficence  of  good  people.  God  has  laid  no  duty  of  self  denial,  and  of  personal 
consecration,  and  of  general  obligation  to  a  dying  wor|d.  upon  these  young  men, 
which  he  has  not  also  laid  upon  every  one  who  hopes  for  final  redemption  through 
the  blood  of  the  cross. 

DRILL  THE  OFFICERS. 

In  very  many  of  the  great  conflicts  recorded  in  history  it  has  been  manifest  that 
the  presence  of  some  one  man  has  been  the  cause  of  success  on  the  one  side  or  the 
other.  The  military  skill,  the  unquenchable  courage,  the  quick  energy,  of  the 
leader  of  a  host,  or  even  of  some  one  regiment,  has  turned  the  tide  of  a  battle  and 
led  to  victory  I 

The  spirit  of  this  illustration  has  been  caught,  and  presented  in  a  fervent 
appeal,  which  recently  appeared  in  a  mi^^sionary  journal.  The  writer,  who  is  a 
layman,  thus  addresses  the  churches  of  Christ: 

•* Drill  the  officers!  What  would  the  Union  armies  have  done  but  for  the  West 
Point  drill?  Set  the  ministry  on  fire;  and  the  churches  will  soon  be  in  a  blaze, 
and  the  world  will  follow.  Preach  to  the  preachers;  and  may  God  help  you,  for 
the  world  is  perishing  of  ungodliness,  and  the  Church  is  asleep!  Get  the  minis- 
ters right,  and  alive,  on  this  subject,  and  they  will  preach,  and  pray,  and  talk, 
and  act  about  it,  and  the  people  will  catch  the  holy  fire;  Christ's  altar  will  be 
loaded  with  gifts;  mighty  prayers  will  go  up  from  Christian  closets;  godly  women 
will  exchange  their* pearls  and  costly  array'  for  simple  apparel,  that  the* fine 
white  linen  of  the  saints'  may  adorn  their  pagan  sisters.  Then  the  Lord  Jesus 
will  no  loujEjer  be  ashamed  of  us;  yea,  his  angels  will  begin  to  siiig  and  shout  over 
an^  evangelized  world !" 


366 


Board  of  Education, 


[^December 


The  Board  of  Education  feels  its  ^eat  responsibility  for  the  measure  of  influence 
which  it  exerts  over  the  candidates  for  the  ministry.  It  wants  to  make  that  influ- 
ence all  such  as  will  tend  to  raise  up  a  godly,  wise,  courageous  generation  of  min- 
isters of  the  gospel  of  salvation — a  generation  which  will  tell  the  mercy  of  Jesus 
to  many  **who  have  not  heard,"  and  who  shall  yet  be  called  **the  sons  of  the  liv- 
ing God."  For  that  it  wants  your  pecuniary  contributions;  because  it  would  be 
mere  mockery  to  say  to  these  future  officers  of  the  Christian  army,  **be  ye  clothed 
and  fed,"  **be  ye  warmed  and  filled,"  and  **give  them  not  those  things  which  are 
needful  to  the  body."  It  still  more  wants,  in  behalf  of  itself  and  its  wards, 
your  prayers;  for  it  is  prayer  which  brings  the  spiritual  gifts  of  the  Holy  Qhost. 


RECEIPTS  IN  OCTOBER  1874. 
'  Synods  tn  small  capitals — Presbyteries  in  italies— Churches  in  Roman. 


ALB\iir.—i4^ny— Albany  1st  48  16;  Albany, 
8lateSt36  14;  Saraioj5iiSi)rinKH  Ihi  Sab-«<*h7  16; 
Saratogn  Springs  2d  2  64.  Champtain — Chataaii- 
gay  7.     Troy— Waterford  17  97  119  07 

B  VLTIMORE— JJo/rtmora— Churchrillft  24;  Govane 
Chapel  26  29;  Lonacouinjf  16  77.  New  Castle  — 
Newark  20  87  06 

Central  New  York. — Binqhamton—WxnuhMwXon 
Isi  3J  88;  OwoKOia  la  O/a.'po— Franklin  1.  St, 
L<urrenre — Brownville  67  otn;  Dexier  2  07;  Wa- 
tertown  Ist  72  62.  5vra<ru«c— Amboy  16;  Oswe- 
go l»t  50 ;  Syr  icuae,  Ist  Ward  4S  cU  193  76 

Cleveland  —  afei'e/and— rierelan  1  l«t  4128; 
Clf?p|and,  Enchd  8t  3 J  07;  «^troncville  1  ftO. 
J/rt/joni/i<7— Beloit  6.  St.  CUiirsville—ShoTt  Creek 
7;  York '4  91  91 

CoLiTMBua— ^t/icns— Pomeroy  17.  CbZumftw*— 
(iiove  City  28  ois.  Wooater—App\f*  Creek  26  7« ; 
Fred^rick-bnrgh  3  30;  Orange  and  Polk  7  90. 
Znne^vi tie— Jersey  6  69  26 

Krie.—J5u^/^— Centre  3*33;  Pine  Grove  1  42. 
Erw—Carnhndne  I  (3;  Gravel  Run  1  ••9;  North 
y.n^t  16.  ATi^fanmn^— Indiana  100.  Shenango-^ 
Hopewell  10  13i  53 

ftKfCBVA.—CHvM^a— Genoa  2d  f*2  cts.  Chrmung 
—  Elraira  Isi  6  88.  iS^-uben— Corning  2  61:  Pnlt- 
ney  6  16  01 

Hakri8buroh.—  CViWj«/«— Green  Hill  2;  Harris- 
buruh,  7th  St  10;  Wnyncchoro  Sab  soh  98  cents; 
Wells  Valleys.  Northumberland— V>'}]\\fKm'*pon 
2d  13  04  29  02 

Illinoi»«,  North.— CA'C^^o— Chicago  Ipt  66 
Rock  liiver—VuUon  6:i  cm;  Hamlet  1  67  63 

Illinois,  South  —  .4/^>»n  — Plainview  1  60;  Sa- 
Inm  Gt-rman3;  V'irden  1  19:  Walnut  Grove  1; 
Zion  German  7.  Cavo—l)u  Q  join  2  7J;  Golcon- 
da6.    Jfaf^oon— Neojjft  :i  21  23  73 

Indiana,  North.  —  Loqamport—  Kentland  6; 
Union  3;  ValparaihO  11  16.      Jfurtctc— Wabash 

2  93  2i  08 
Indiana,  Sooth.— A'eio   A^bami — Madison   2d 

3  60.       White    ira^cr— South    Providence    4  83 

8  ;« 

Iowa,  NoRTH.—Zhifefi^fl — Frankville  6 ;  Mc(»re- 
gor  German  6  25  10  25 

Iowa.  South — /ojoi—-pring  Creek  4  26.  If*wa 
O'f/— Brooklyn  3;  Wa«»hinj?ton  6  10  12  41 

Kansah.— J?iip^nVi— Wi<*hita  7.  Neosho— V,fi- 
beiid  1  90;   Ottawa  31  cis  9  21 

KiNTCCKY.—Lo»4wrti/e— Louisville,   Wnlnui  St 

2  02 

LoNrj  HuND.  —  Bronkfun  —  La  Favett«  Ave 
313  10.  iVtwsau  — Hununaton  2d  6  88;  Smith - 
town  4  2S  350  23 

Mi  jiioan.  —  Detroit  —  Detroit.  Fort  St  10  '24; 
Detroit,  WV^tminM-er  fi  16;  Plainfield  3  80;  Una- 
dilia4.  Grand  Rapids — Gre«nwoo«i  3  II  Ka'a- 
mi^^)— Three  Rivers  14.  Lintin(j—S.\h\ox\  7: 
Lit'i-iiv^  Ist  4  62;  Stockbridj^e  4  Saginaw— ^»y 
r,ay  3  79  60  72 

Minnesota. —5^  Paul  —  Red  Wing  98  cts. 
SjHtUern  Minnesota— \i\y\e  Earth  City  4  4  98 

New  Jersey.  —  JSftzaftetA  —  Clarksville  1  26; 
Clmton  Ist  6  19;   Ehaabeth   3d  8  96;  Plainfield 


1st  2  20;  Pluckanoin  1  42:  Ros'-lJe  1st  2  62: 
Summit  Central  3  20;  Westfinld  6  6i.  Jersey 
a  V— Enjtlewood  13=>  30:  Tenafly  3  01.  M-n-ns 
and  Oiange-Emt  Oranse  6  12;  Madison  8  44; 
Morris' own  l«*i  8  49;  Orange  G-^rman  3  60. 
Newnr k—SewdTk  2d  22  04;  Newark  Park  3  21. 
iVffU7i5rwn»wicfc -Stockton  2;  Titu^ville  11.  Neuh 
ton — Blairsiown  6  8S:  Greenwich  7  64;  HacketH- 
lown40:  WIlow  Frame  1  87.  Wait  Jersey —CAtn' 
den  lHt,"aIamily"26;  Woodstown  I  26     315  U 

New  York.— fTiiffeon— Cochecton  4  41 ;  Hamp- 
tonburch  4  9.'):  Hemp<«tead  1  20;  Mtddletown 
1st  1  63;  Middletown  2d  4  41  ;  Montieollo  3  92; 
Nyack  6  03;  Sootchtown  2  ai;  Washinptonvill© 
Isl  3  44  ;  We«*t  Town  1.  Nno  For*— New  York, 
Church  of  the  Sea  and  Land  S">  cl** ;  New  York, 
Scotch  81  38.  iYuri A  iJtt?«r— Freedom  Plains  10; 
Rondout2l  88  98  93 

PniLADELpniA.  —  Chester —  New  London  2  89 ; 
Upper  West  Nottinuham  1  72;  Waynesburnh 
21.  Lackawanna  —  Nevf ion  6.  Lehigh— E^^ton 
1st  16;  Summit  Hill  (of  wh.ch  Sab-sch  3  43, 
Jame-*town  Sab-sch  I  67)  2-);  Weathertv  3  AO. 
Philadelvhia—^D'*  Philad'>lphU  20;  Philadel- 
phia. Calvary  234.  Phiiadephia  Centrrt/— Ptida- 
delphia.  Broad  and  Diamond  Si  4o  75.  Philndtl- 
phta  iVorM— Poltstown  36.  Westminster— ^\iil€- 
villel8:  StewartHtown  11  428  86 

PiTTSDOROH.— .^/<itr«MVte— New  Alexandria  4  26. 
Pit(Hbur0h—Efif*t  Liberty  13  06;  Lt»banon7  04; 
Lonit  Island  6  8?;  PntMburgh  2d  18  :i6;  Piits- 
biirsjh,  Shadv  Sid«  13  84.  Redstone  —  Round 
Hill  3  92,      West  Kir^mio— Morganlown   11 

n  49 

TR'JNf.ssKE  -- Hb'«f on  — Timber  Rids;e  6  cts. 
l/«wn— Spring  Place  4  26  4  31 

Toledo.  —  Beltefontaine —  B«>ll»-fontaino  2  41; 
Bucyrus  146;  Rush-ylvania  6.  Lima— Delphos 
30  CIS  9  20 

Western  New  York.— flrt/fa/o- Buffalo  Central 
20  60;  We^tfield  3  81.  Rocht^t^—L\mn  1  19; 
O^dHii  7  23;  Rochester,  Brick  9*  03;  Kochesier 
Central  14  10;   Rochester,  St  Peter's  41  66 

187  62 

Wisconsin.— 3fi7K»auA«—Delafield  41  cts;  Ot- 
tawa 24  cts.  H'»nne6apo— Beaver  Dam,  Assem- 
bly 12  12  W 

Total,       $2,433  71 

Legacies. 

Eli7..ibeth  Rider  60:   Interest  from  Patterson 

Es;aie,  Pittsburgh  130  70  180  70 

Miscellaneous. 

Religions  Contribution  «oc'y,  Princeton  Sem'v 

6  79;  L  M  Stevens  5;  Mary  Vance,  Glendale,  0 

6;  Rev  J  M  Thompson  I  16  79 

Total  Receipts  in  October,    $2,631  20 
E.  G.  WOODWARD,  Treasurer, 
1334  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 


Reports  and  correspondence  relating  lo^® 
general  business  of  the  Board,  address  to  Wil- 
liam Speer,  D.D.,  Corresponding  Secretary, 


1874.]  Board  of  Foreign  Missions.  ,367 

BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


RECENT  INTELLIGENCE. 

Notices  op  Missionaries. — The  Rev.  Willis  Weaver  and  his  wife,  and  Miss 
Kate  McFarren,  on  her  return,  embarked  on  the  13th  of  October  for  the  mission 
in  the  United  States  of  Colombia.  Mr.  Weaver  is  a  member  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Mahoning.  Dr.  S.  C.  Bliss  has  returned  to  this  country  from  Tungchow,  China, 
where  he  was  stationed  as  a  medical  missionary.  Ilis  views  oC  duty  having 
changed,  he  does  not  expect  to  go  back,  and  intends  to  repay  to  the  Board  the 
expenses  of  his  medical  outfit  and  journey.  He  has  the  respect  and  kind  regards 
of  his  missionary  friends  at  Tungchow,  who  much  regret  his  withdrawal. 

Added  to  the  church. — Mr.  Schneider  mentions  the  admission  of  two  persons 
as  communicants  at  Bahia,  and  Mr.  Blackford  of  eight  persons  at  Rio  de  Janeiro, 
Brazil — converts  from  Romanism.  Mr.  De  Heer  reports  six  new  converts  from 
heathenism  as  admitted  to  the  communion  of  the  Corisco  church,  Africa,  and  Mr. 
R.  M.  Deputie  mentions  that  three  new  communicants  were  admitted  to  the  church 
of  Monrovia.  Mr.  Wilder  gives  an  account  of  three  persons  received  as  communi- 
cants at  Kolapore,  India,  one  by  profession,  and  two  by  letter — these  two  being 
the  first  persons  so  received.  Mr.  Carrington  speaks  of  two  converts  from  Bud- 
hism  received  as  communicants  at  Ayuthia,  Siam.  Mr.  Loomis,  of  Japan,  reports 
the  organization  of  a  church  in  Yokohama,  with  eighteen  members;  and  there 
were  other  Japanese  who  had  applied  for  baptism,  and  who  would  probably  soon 
be  admitted  to  the  church.  Dr.  Loomis,  of  San  Francisco,  mentions  the  baptism 
of  another  Chinaman  at  Maryville,  California.  Two  Chinese  had  been  previously 
baptized  by  the  pastor  of  the  church  there. 

Receipts,  from  Mat  1st  to  November  1st. — From  churches,  $71,874*,.  from  indi- 
vidual donors,  S5,257  ;  from  legacies,  $13,782 — in  all,  $1K),914.  Last  year  the  re- 
ceipts in  these  months  were  $128,125.  From  the  churches  and  individual  donors, 
this  year,  $77,131 ;  last  year,  $99,438. 

Letters  Received  to  November  14th. — From  Dakota,  October  30th;  Creek, 
October  16th  ;  Nez  Perce,  October  14th  ;  San  Francisco,  October  27th ;  Yokohama, 
September  29th;  Ayuthia,  August  4th  ;  Futtehgurh, August  28th;  Lan dour,  Sep- 
tember 15th  ;  Kolapore,  September  23d  ;  Tehran,  September  10th ;  Oroomiah, 
September  9th;  Beirut,  September  19th;  Monrovia,  September  2rith;  Corisco 
July  30th  ;  Gaboon,  September  4th  ;  Rio  de  Janeiro,  September  114th  ;  Rio  Claro, 
September  7th;  Bahia,  September  26th;  Bcgota,  October  6th;  Mexico,  October 
6th.  

THE  RECEIPTS  NOT  YET  ENCOURAGING. 
The  returns  of  another  month  are  in,  and  the  deficiency  for  six  months  in  the 
income  of  the  Board,  to  November  Ist,  is  5^37,211 — see  particulars  in  the  para- 
graph on  Receipts  under  Recent  Intelligence.  To  October  Ist,  for  the  period  of 
five  months,  the  deficiency  was  $33,052 — (and  not  $36,054,  as  stated  through  fii^- 
ures  misplaced).  In  both  cases,  the  falling  ofi"  is  about  thirty  per  cent.  If  the 
same  rate  of  decrease  nhould  continue  until  the  end  of  the  year,  the  1st  of  next 
May,  a  very  large  indebtedness  will  certainly  then  exist.  From  the  nature  of  the 
case,  the  missions  being  mostly  in  distant* countries,  no  further  reduction  of  their 
expenses  can  be  made  in  time  to  avert  this  result.  And  when  further  reduction  is 
made,  if  this  becomes  inevitable,  it  will  have  to  be  made,  so  far  as  we  can  now  see, 
by  giving  up  some  of  the  missions.    This  calamity,  we  trust,  is  not  to  be  appointed 


36^  Board  of  Foreign  Mtsnons.  [Deceniber 

to  us.  Hard  as  the  times  are  to  many  of  our  friends,  we  feel  persuaded  that  a 
general  and  earnest  support  of  tbis  cause,  by  those  who  are  able  to  give  more  or 
less,  will  set  it  free  from  embarrassment.  It  is  the  Lord^s  cause.  In  this  is  our 
greatest  encouragement.    May  he  give  it  favor  in  the  sight  of  his  people  1 

MEDICAL  MISSIONARIES. 

The  article  on  Medical  Missions,  in  another  column,  deserves  attention.  It 
takes  the  right  view  of  the  subject.  Our  Board  has  had  to  regret  the  early  return 
from  the  missions  of  several  medical  men  in  the  last  three  years.  We  think  in 
some  cases  the  cost  had  not  been  well  counted.  In  other  cases,  the  merely  pro- 
fessional view  of  their  position  was  altogether  too  prominent.  In  one  or  two 
cases,  the  failure  of  health  was  the  cause  of  return. 

It  is  clear  to  us, — I.  That  medical  men  may  be  very  useful  as  missionaries,  using 
their,  professional  skill  as  auxiliary  or  introductory  to  the  direct  work  of  making 
the  gospel  known,  and  that  only  physicians  who  intend  to  pursue  this  course 
should  be  appointed.  2.  That  a  knowledge  of  the  native  language  is  indispensa- 
ble to  them  as  to  other  missionaries,  and  it  should  be  acquired  as  soon  as  possible. 
3.  That  missionaries  of  this  class  should  stand  on  the  same  footing  with  ordained 
missionaries  as  to  their  support,  their  disinterested  labors,  their  life-long  work. 
Several  medical  missionaries  are  needed  in  different  missions,  and  we  trust  the 
Board  will  yet  be  enabled  to  find  them  and  send  them  out. 


THE  WORLD  FOR  OUR  COUNTRY. 

In  missionary  speeches  we  often  hear  the  saying,  "  Our  country  for  the  world,'* 
as  presenting  a  strong  argument  for  the  duty  of  spreading  the  gospel  in  this  land. 
Here  is  the  base  of  missionary  movement ;  convert  our  countrymen,  and  then  yoa 
will  convert  the  world.  If  viewed  in  one  light,  this  saying  is  true  and  important; 
not  much  will  be  done  for  the  conversion  of  the  unevangelized  nations  by  our 
people,  if  our  country  falls  off  into  irreligion,  scepticism,  Romanism,  or  Broad- 
churchism.  Hence  we  all  agree  as  to  the  great  importance  of  our  varied  work  of 
Home  Evangelization ;  no  wise  or  good  men  should  undervalue  or  disparage  it ; 
every  Christian  should  regard  it  with  deep  sympathy. 

But  if  viewed  in  another  light — that  of  first  converting  all  our  countrymen 
before  we  try  to  convert  the  world,  this  saying  is  without  warrant  either  in  the 
Scriptures  or  in  the  history  of  the  Church.  In  this  sense,  it  cannot  be  reconciled 
with  the  general  tenor  of  the  gospel,  some  of  its  great  doctrines,  the  terms  of  the 
last  commandment,  the  example  of  the  primitive  Church,  nor  with  the  ways  of 
Providence  towards  the  nations.  We  boast  of  our  Anglo-Saxon  race — its  energy 
and  its  great  part  in  the  changes  of  the  world  ;  but  it  is  little  we  can  see  into  the 
future.  We  remember  the  old  Jewish  pride  of  race,  which  was  quite  up  to  the 
Anglo-Saxon  level ;  we  look  at  its  central  position  in  the  then  known  world  ;  we 
recollect  its  extraordinary  gifts  of  intellect  and  of  energy  j  we  think  of  its  wonder- 
ful history  among  the  nations  ;  and  we  can  easily  see  how  the  first  Christians, 
**  beginning  at  Jerusalem,''  might  have  argued  that  their  duty  was  to  convert 
their  countrymen  before  going  abroad  to  convert  the  world.  Perhaps  the  disci- 
ples of  Christ  were  so  minded  at  first,  but  if  so,  they  were  soon  taught  a  better 
lesson.  The  Jewish  race  has  fallen  from  its  high  estate  ;  but  we  hope  it  will  be 
restored  by  God's  blessing  on  the  missionary  labors  of  his  people. 

It  is  of  course  true  that  we  should  seek  the  salvation  of  our  countrymen  for  the 
sake  of  the  world ;  but  the  converse  is  also  true,  we  should  seek  the  salvation  of 
the  world  for  the  sake  of  our  country —  ^ 


1874.]  Board  of  Fi/rdgn  MUsions.  369 

1.  Ab  a  means  of  neutralizing  or  remedying  certain  tendencies  to  evil  in  the 
Tarious  churches  themselves.  We  refer  now  to  the  narrow  and  absorbing  claims 
of  local  interests,  and  to  the  unamiable  denominational  spirit  so  often  witnessed. 
Local  objects  must  indeed  receive  attention,  and  there  is  a  true  denominational 
spirit  which  is  to  be  cherished;  no  church  can  be  built  up  on  the  basis  of  ignoring 
revealed  truth.  But  often  the  danj^er  lies  in  the  opposite  extreme,  and  a  selfish 
spirit  is  manifested  which  can  see  little  that  is  f^ood  outside  of  its  own  denomina- 
tion ;  hence  churches  are  planted,  and  supported  from  missionary  funds  often,  in 
towns  and  neighborhoods  already  more  than  supplied  with  the  means  of  grace. 
What  is  more  discouraging  than  to  see  from  four  to  six  or  eight  evangelical 
churches  in  a  small  town  of  stationary  or  declining  population?  Jt  leads  irreli- 
gious persons  and  irregular  church  gr.ers,  solicited  to  attend  so  many  churches,  to 
count  their  attendance  a  favor  to  these  rival  churches  ^  and  it  ends  in  many  cases 
by  their  going  nowhere.  It  uses  up  too  many  ministers  and  too  much  money  to 
sustain  them  and  to  build  churches  which  can  never  be  filled.  We  deplore  all  this, 
while  we  sympathize  deeply  with  those  of  our  own  brethren  who  are  laboring  in 
such  places.  We  need  not  here  consider  the  remedies  for  this  state  of  things,, 
but  we  think  that  if  our  Christian  people  were  fully  engaged  in  the  great  work 
of  missions  abroad,  it  would  tend  to  correct  these  evils  in  some  degree. 

It  would  do  this  in  several  respects — by  the  broader  views  they  would  form  of  the 
sphere  of  Christian  duty  and  influence;  by  the  deeper  sense  of  the  spiritual  desti- 
tution and  necessity  of  those  who  have  never  heard  of  Christ ;  by  the  experience 
of  Christian  graces,  called  for  and  fostered,  in  their  efforts  to  spread  the  gospel 
abroad — the  faith  in  Christ,  luve  for  him,  self  denial  for  his  sake,  sense  of  his 
presence,  assurance  of  his  power  and  victory  over  the  nations.  We  are  far  from 
denying  that  these  graces  may  be  developed  in  our  evangelistic  work  at  home, 
but  in  the  same  work  abroad  they  are  at  once  indispensable  to  success  and  called 
forth  to  the  greatest  degree.  Now  all  this  bears  on  the  influence  and  power  of  the 
churches  at  home.  It  cannot  be  denied  that  causes  of  deep  solicitude  arrest  the 
thoughts  of  reflecting  men  amongst  us.  How  can  ^e  best  guard  against  acknow- 
ledged public  evils?  How  can  we  best  unite  our  countrymen, — our  colored 
people,  our  Irish  Catholics,  our  German  rationalists, — in  the  common  bonds  of 
intelligence  and  virtue  ?  '*  We  have  heathen  enough  at  home ;"  so  some  one 
objected  to  the  late  Bishop  Wilson,  of  Calcutta,  when  pleading  for  India  in  Eng- 
land.    **  Yes,  you  have,  but  it  is  only  missionary  piety  that  can  save  them.'^ 

2.  As  a  means  of  promoting  the  piety  and  devotedness  of  our  Christian  people^ 
we  think  the  ideas  just  suggested  go  fur  to  show  that  the  cause  of  foreign  missions 
exerts  a  benign  influence.     We  need  not  enlarge  on  this  point. 

3.  As  a  means  of  good  to  the  children  of  the  Church,  This  cause  will  help 
them  to  form  enlarged  views  of  their  work  in  future  life.  Their  training  for  use- 
fulness will  be  on  the  plane  of  the  gospel,  high,  noble,  and  wide  as  the  world. 
We  must  not  let  them  lose  the  benefit  of  missionary  biographies  and  books  of 
travel,  the  manifold  influences  of  our  work  in  China,  India,  Africa,  and  other 
foreign  fields  of  labor.     We  cannot  dwell  on  this,  nor  on — 

4.  The  connection  between  the  work  abroad  and  the  spiritual  interests  of  its 
friends  and  supporters  at  home  in  the  direct  blessing  thereby  given  to  them  by  our 
Lord,  Not  merely  does  this  work  react  on  the  intelligence,  piety  and  devotedness 
of  the  churches  of  this  land,  but  the  Saviour  fulfils  his  promise  to  them  ;  he  is 
mth  them  while  they  are  in  this  work,  and  he  is  not  with  them  when  they  neglect 
it.  What  examples  of  this  might  be  given  I  Our  own  history  as  a  branch  of  the 
Church  might  well  be  referred  to  here.     See  how  all   our  home  interests  have 


370 


Board  of  Foreign  Missions. 


[^December 


been  prospered  since  we  entered  as  a  Church  on  the  work  of  foreign  missions.  If 
the  growth  of  these  missions  has  been  something  wonderful,  so  has  been  the 
progress  of  our  varied  work  at  home,  following  the  former,  in  some  important 
respects. 

Hence  if  we  would  enjoy  prosperity,  even  the  blessing  of  God.  on  the  sacred 
interests  of  our  churches  in  this  country,  we  must  cherish  the  work  of  miseions 
abroad.  Because  we  love  our  country,  we  plead  for  the  forei*»n  work  of  the 
Church.  We  have  no  fears  that  any  of  its  home  interests  will  suffer  loss  by  our 
efforts  to  give  the  Gospel  to  other  nations ;  we  seek  the  conversion  of  the  world 
for  the  sake  of  our  country. 


A    CHURCH    FORMED    IN   YOKO- 
HAMA. 

The  Rev.  H.  Loomis,  writing  on  the 
22d  of  Septeoaber,  sends  the  following 
good  news. 

Last  spring,  I  wrote  to  you  of  the 
religious  interest  that  prevriiled  in  our 
school,  and  also  in  connection  with  a 
preaching  service  that  I  conducted. 
As  the  fruits  of  this  blessing,  we  had 
the  great  pleasure  of  organizing  a 
church,  under  the  care  of  our  mission, 
on  Sunday,  the  14th  inst.  The  whole 
number  of  members  is  eighteen.  The 
most  of  them  are  young  men  who  were 
attendants  upon  the  school  conducted 
by  Mr.  Green  and  myself. 

A  part  of  these  were  baptized  in 
July ;  since  that  time  their  conduct  has 
been  such  as  to  give  us  great  pleasure. 
They  have  shown  great  interest  in  the 
study  of  the  Scriptures,  and  have  been 
very  faithful  in  their  attendance  upon 
all  relijrious  service.  Several  have 
expressed  a  desire  to  become  preachers 
of  the  gospel,  and  they  are  just  such 
material  as  is  best  adapted  to  work. 

New  inquirers  are  coming  to  us  very 
often.  Two  young  men  attend  the 
school  every  day  for  the  express  pur- 
pose of  studying  the  Bible.  I  have  calls 
to  visit  people  and  teach  them  about 
Christianity  almost  every  day.  Places 
for  preaching  are  opening  all  around. 
I  have  given  up  the  school  to  Mr.  Green 
and  Mrs.  Loomis,  in  order  that  I  may 
have  all  the  time  f«»r  study  and  evan- 
gelistic work.  There  are  several  others 
who  appear  to  be  Christians  as  far  as 
they  know,  and  who  will  probably  be 
received  into  the  church  soon. 

ADDED  TO  THE  CHURCH  OP 
CORISCO. 

The  Rev.  C.  De  Heer  sends  the  follow- 
ing notices  of  additions  to  the  church, 
under  date  of  July  30th.  These,  and 
his  account  of  the  narrow  escape  of  Mr. 


and  Mrs.  Bushnell,  of  Gaboon,  will  be 
read  with  deep  and  grateful  interest : 

Our  last  communion  season  wa^,  as 
usual,  deeply  interesting.  One  of  the 
bright  spots  in  our  history,  the  remem- 
brance of  which  will,  we  trust,  live 
within  some  new-born  souls  through  all 
time  and  in  a  never- ending  eternity. 
Six  of  the  natives  were  admitted  into  the 
fellowship  of  the  phurch  upon  profes- 
sion of  their  faith,  four  females  and  two 
males,  all  of  them  adults,  their  ages 
ranging  between  twenty  and  sixty  yeAra. 
The  oldest  is  the  mother  of  five  children, 
who  are  professing  Christians,  all  of 
whom  were  present  and  stood  as  'wit- 
nesses when  the  aged  mother,  brought 
in  at  the  eleventh  hour,  professed  be- 
fore men  and  angels  her  faith  and  hope, 
and  kneeling,  received  the  solemn  «acra- 
mont  of  baptism. 

The  youngest  of  the  new  converts  is 
a  young  man  of  whom  we  entertain 
high  hopes,  he  possessing  most  attrac- 
tive qualities  that  promise  much  for  his 
future.  I  brought  him  to  this  place  up- 
on a  visit  north  about  a  3'ear  and  a  half 
since.  He  feels  very  deeply  on  behalf  of 
his  people,  who  are  far  removed  from 
the  influences  of  Christianity.  May  it 
be  his  and  our  privilege  to  have  him  re- 
turn to  his  people  with  the  tidini^s  of 
salvation.  His  tribe,  the  Baraka,  are 
most  anxious  to  receive  the  gospel,  and 
have  repeatedly  offered  to  build  me  a 
house,  if  I  could  come  or  send  some  one 
who  could  enlighten  and  instruct  them. 
The  other  four  received  were  less 
marked  characters,  perhaps,  but  with 
souls  no  less  precious  in  the  siijht  of 
God.  The  entire  number  represented 
four  different  tribes.  On  the  afternoon 
of  the  same  day,  four  were  admitted  in- 
to the  inquiring  class,  which  now  num- 
bers over  twenty  members. 

Our  semi-annual  meetings  of  Presby- 
tery and  Mission  were  held  here.  All 
the  male  members  of  the  mission  were 
present,  and  the  company  of  Mrs.  Bush- 
nell  and  Miss  Nassau  added  much  to 


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our  enjoyment,  and  made  oar  number 
almost  complete.  Five  young  men  were 
examined  and  received  under  care  of 
Presbytery. 

Brother  Nassau  arrived  amon^  us  in 
June,  in  jjood  health  and  spirits.  He 
has  been  appointed  to  visit  the  Ogovi 
river,  with  a  view  to  work  interiorward. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bushnell  left  us  on  the 
14th  inst.,  in  a  hired  cutter,  which 
proved  unseaworthy,  and  after  drivinj; 
about  in  imminent  peril  day  and  ni^rht, 
they  returned  to  us  on  Thursday,  al- 
most exhausted  in  mind  and  body.  Our 
hearts  overflowed  with  thanksgiving  for 
lives  preserved.  It  would  occupy  too 
much  space  in  this  letter  t^  tell  how, 
alter  much  tossinjj  about  and  peril,  they 
at  lentrth  reached  Gaboon;  but  it  makes 
us  realize  anew  how  much  we  need  our 
own  vessel,  now  soon  to  arrive. 


IXTEIIESTING  ACCOCNTS  FROM 

BRAZIL. 

The  Rev.  A.  L.  Blackford  writes  of 

the  missionary  work  in  Rio  de  Janeiro, 

as  follows,  under  date  of  September  23d. 

At  our  communion  on  the  6th  inst, 
eight  persons  were  added  to  our  church 
on  profession  of  their  faith,  all  converts 
from  Rome  or  rationalism.  One  of 
them  was  formerly  a  great  devotee,  and 
was,  till  five  or  six  months  ago,  in  the 
habit  of  going  to  confession  once  a 
week  to  a  Capuchin  friar,  who  did  all 
he  could  to  frighten  her  from  reading 
tlie  Bible.  Two  others  are  the  father 
and  mother  of  the  young  man,  the 
uccouiit  of  whose  conversion  is  in  the 
Foreign  Missionarij  of  July.  They  are 
both  over  seventy  years  of  age.  The 
father  was  also  a  rationalist,  but  of  a 
much  milder  type  than  the  son.  He  is 
a  man  of  education  and  intelligence,  (a 
retired  military  officer),  was  always  a 
man  of  high  «:hara'^ter,  a  seeker  for  the 
truth,  and  of  deep  and  strong  convic- 
tions; and  ho  fou^^ht,  step  by  ntep.  every 
change  of  opinion  on  his  part  till  the 
truth  and  Spirit  of  God  overcame  him. 
During  his  examination,  I  told  him  tlie 
t'tory  of  the  halfwitted  Scotch  lad,  who, 
when  asked  who  converted  him,  an- 
swered, *'  I  did  some,  and  God  did  some;" 
and  to  the  question,  What  did  you  do, 
and  what  did  God  do?  again  replied,  *'  I 
did  all  I  could  against  it,  and  God  did 
all  for  it."  "  It  was  just  so  with  me,'* 
said  the  old  gentleman  ;  **  I  resisted 
all  I  could  ;  God  did  all  for  me." 

We  have  opened  a  new  place  of 
preaching  in  one  of  the  suburbs.    A 


few  poor  men,  most  of  them  not  yet 
members  of  the  church,  joined  tojrether 
and  rented  a  room,  and  begged  us  to 
go  and  preach  to  them.  About  thirty 
were  in  attendance  last  Sabbath.  Five 
of  those  received  at  our  last  communion 
are  of  the  fruits  of  our  effort  in  S. 
Christanao,  which  we  thought  so  dis- 
couraging. 

On  the  17th  inst.,  our  church  elected 
four  elders  and  three  additional  dea- 
cons. 

I  send  you  pictures  of  our  church 
building.  The  larger  is  taken  from 
inside  our  own  ground**,  and  the  other 
from  the  street  outside.  In  the  rear 
in  both  pictures  a  corner  of  our  little 
dwelling  appears. 

LETTliR  OF  MRS  W.  F.  JOHXSON. 
The  f  jllowing  letter  of  Mrs.  Johnson, 
wife  of  the  Rev.  W.  F.  Johnson,  of  our 
mission  in  India,  was  written  a  short 
time  before  they  started  on  their  jour- 
ney returning  to  that  country.  Its  views 
of  Christian  duty  are  truly  impressive, 
and  we  think  our  readers  will  feel  drawn 
by  tender  sympathy  to  those  who  are 
thus  called  to  make  sacrifices,  almost 
the  greatest  that  can  be  made,  in  the 
service  of  Christ.  Well  may  we  all  re- 
joice that  grace  is  given  to  meet  such 
trials.  The  Saviour's  presence  and 
grace  will  surely  be  with  his  servants 
and  their  dear  children. 

HooKSTowx,  Sppt.  20th,  1874. 
LafJirs  of  (he  Mhsiotiary  Society  : — 
Dear  Friends — As  I  cannot  be  with  you 
tt)  acknowledge  in  person  my  apprecia- 
tion (»f  the  interest  you  have  taken  in  us 
as  missionaries  soon  to  leave  again  our 
dear  native  land,  I  would  send  a  message 
of  greeting  nnd  say  a  parting  word.  It 
is  very  cheering  to  us  to  feel  that  you 
are  ready  to  help  us  in  the  good  work 
of  bearing  the  Gospel  to  the  dark  places 
M'here  Christ  is  not  known.  We  need 
your  help  ;  hold  up  our  hands;  give  us 
your  pravers,  that  we  may  have  the 
needed  .strength  to  give  up  all  willingly 
and  joyfully  for  Christ's  sake.  The  flesh 
is  weak,  and  when  I  b)ok  at  our  two 
dear  children,,  so  soon  to  be  separated 
from  us,  to  miss  perhaps  for  years  a 
father's  and  a  mother's  care  and  caresses, 
need  I  tell  you  my  heart  aches  for  them  ? 
They  will  often  long  for  these  ;  oh  how 
often,  how  constantly,  will  our  hearts 
go  out  to  them  I 

An  old  lady  said  to  me  the  other  day, 


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**  God  has  given  you  these  children  to 
train  for  him.  and  if  you  go  and  leave 
them  jou  are  leaving  the  duty  he  has 
laid  upon  you."  The  only  answer  my 
heart  could  give  was  this :  **  He  that 
loveth  not  only  father  and  mother  more, 
but  SON  OR  DAUGHTER,  is  not  worthy  of 
me.'*  Did  not  our  Saviour  in  these  words 
point  out  the  duty  of  even  this  sacrifice, 
at  least  for  some?  The  old  lady  studied 
over  the  matter  a  little,  then  laid  down 
again  on  her  pillow,  for  she  was  sick 
and  aged — almost  home,  I  thought,  from 
her  wan  look — sayinsc,  **I  had  not 
thought  of  that;  I  will  think  ahout  it." 
I  do  not  need  to  justify  our  going  to  you, 
whose  hearts  are  in  accord  with  the 
work  of  missions.  I  only  mention  this 
to  show  you  that  we  often  meet  with 
like  words  of  discouragement,  and  while 
our  hearts  are  bruised  and  aching,  we 
feel  them  more  deeply.  At  such  a  time 
we  prize  the  sympathy  of  those  who  feel 
that  we  have  not  done  our  whole  duty, 
until  the  lands  where  woman  waits  in 
darkness  have  heard  from  woman's  lips 
the  story  of  the  cross. 

It  used  to  make  me  feel  strangely  sad 
to  pass  along  the  crowded  streets  of  the 
city  of  Furrukhabad,  in  India,  and  think 
of  all  that  mass  of  people  so  busy  chaf- 
fering about  the  trinkets  that  could  only 
adorn  for  a  few  days,  and  then  a  hope- 
less life  beyond — "  a  leap  in  the  dark." 
What  a  contrast  to  the  bright  hopes  of 
the  Christian  !  Let  us  not,  then,  be 
content  to  struggle  up  through  our 
pilgriumge  to  heaven  alone.  Let  as  all 
do  whatsoever  our  hands  find  to  do  with 
our  might,  that  we  may  lead  others  to 
share  the  hopes  that  brighten  our  path. 
May  God  speed  the  day  when  there 
shall  be  no  need  of  missionary  labor, 
but  when  this  land — India — and  all 
lands  shall  rejoice  in  the  service  of  one 
Lord.  Now,  dear  friends,  hopin^r,  work- 
ing, praying — may  we  all  be  faithful 
and  enjoy  the  preaence  and  approval  of 
our  Master. 

Pray  for  us  and  our  dear  children, 
that  we  may  have  strength  for  every 
trial  and  patience  to  endure  to  the  end. 

Affectionately, 

R.  L.  Johnson. 


MEDICAL  MISSIONS. 

It  is  sometimes  said  without  due 
thought  that  a  medical  missionary  dif- 
fers little  from  an  ordinary  medical  mail, 
and  that  it  is  not  his  function  to  preach. 
The  Hiiiiple  common-sense  view  upon 
this  sulject  is,  that  the  Church  is  not 
ordained  by  its  divine  Head  to  go  into 


all  the  world  t)  heal  diseases ;  and  we 
are  misjudging  missionary  work,  as 
defined  by  the  Lord  of  missions,  if  we 
call  any  man  a  Christian  missionary, 
and  tell  him  he  has  nothing  to  do  in 
making  known  the  gospel.  Besides,  we 
have  no  rijrht  to  use  missionary  funds 
in  sustaining  a  mere  philanthropist, 
who  goes  away  to  the  ends  of  the  earth 
to  heal  disease,  and  to  be  silent  regard- 
ing Him  who  is  the  Physician  of  souls. 

At  a  recent  conference  at  Cbefoo,  in 
China,  where  a  large  number  of  mis- 
sionaries, representing  many  Christian 
bodies,  were  assembled,  our  missionary, 
Dr.  Henderson,  introduced  the  subject 
of  medical  missions,  by  some  well-timed 
statements  regarding  the  interest  of  in- 
telligent Chinese  in  medical  practice, 
and  the  influence  which  medical  ladies 
could  exercise  in  China  among  those  of 
their  own  sex,  who  were  inaccessible  to 
medical  gentlemen.  It  was  stated  in 
the  course  of  the  discussion  (not  by  Dr. 
Henderson],  that  it  was  not  the  part  of 
medical  men  to  preach.  Dr.  Williamson, 
speaking  on  this  important  subject,  and 
on  the  question  of  female  agency  in 
China,  offered  some  remarks,  which  we 
quote  from  a  Shanghai  newspaper: — 

Dr.  Williamson  observed  :  •*One  fact 
was  too  much  overlooked  by  the  people 
at  home,  that  women  formed  one-half  of 
the  human  ra(*e,  and  that  in  China  the 
women  were  open  only  to  female  influ- 
ence. He  felt  sure,  if  this  fact  were 
realized  in  England  and  America,  far 
more  ladies  would  come  abroiid  to  the 
relief  of  their  unfortunate  and  unhappy 
sisters.  He  did  not  agree  with  some, 
that  preaching  should  not  form  part  of 
medical  misHions.  Some  men  had  no 
taste  for  preaching ;  but  all  medical 
missionaries  ought  to  take  a  part  in 
direct  missionary  work,  both  by  speak- 
ing to  the  patients  before  and  after 
treatment,  and  in  Sabbath-schools,  etc. 
Missionaries  were  thrown  upon  their 
own  resources  in  the  interior  of  the 
country  and  elsewhere.  It  was  impor- 
tant that  they  should  have  one  or  two 
years'  medical  tuition  in  addition  to 
their  theolojcical  training.  The  great 
majority  of  cases  they  bad  to  deal  with 
were  simple  diseases,  and  such  training 
would  enable  a  person  to  cure  these, 
and  thus  be  an  influence  for  great  good. 
If  we  cannot  cure  the  ten  cases,  why 
not  try  and  cure  the  six,  or  five,  or  four, 
or  two.  He  would  advise  medical  mis- 
sionaries to  acquaint  themselves  with 
the  native  practitioners.  A  kindly  treat- 
ment, a  willingness  even  to  consult  with 
and  advise  them  in  difficult  cases,  might 


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open  the  way  for  spreading  much  light, 
and  for  removing  the  prejudice  of 
native  doctors  to  the  foreign  system  of 
medicine.'' 

On  the  subject  of  female  agency,  our 
Mission  Board  is  making  inquiries,  in 
the  belief  that  both  in  India  and  Cbina, 
Christian  women,  especially  those  who 
possess  some  medical  education,  could 
do  Christian  work  among  girls  and 
women  with  great  advantage,  which  the 
associations  and  customs  of  the  people 
render  it  impossible  for  men  to  perform. 
On  the  subject  of  medical  missions,  and 
the  question  raised  as  to  the  right  and 
duty  of  the  medical  missionary  to  impart 
regularly  Christian  instruction  to  his 
patients,  our  Board  is  far  beyond  the 
stage  of  inquiry,  having  many  years  ago 
reached  the  state  of  clear  and  unhesi- 
tating conviction.  In  the  year  1861 
(see  Recirrd  for  November  of  that  year, 
p.  201)  the  Board,  in  sending  out  their 
lirst  medical  missionary,  Dr.  Valentine, 
said  to  him  :  '*  You  will  carefully  and 
prudently  take  advantage  of  your  posi- 
tion and  influence  to  commend  Chris- 


tian truth  to  your  patients,  and  through 
the  chinks  which  gratitude  has  opened 
to  drop  in  the  seeds  of  the  divine  word." 
Our  Board  of  Missions  has  not  retracted 
one  iota  of  this  view  of  the  medical 
missionary  office,  but  has  taken  occasion 
from  recent  circumstances  to  issue  the 
following  minute,  dated  29th  September, 
to  all  our  medical  missionaries  in  Cala- 
bar, in  India,  in  China,  and  in  Japan : 
— "  It  was  agreed  to  call  the  attention 
of  the  medical  missionaries  respectfully, 
but  earnestly,  to  the  standing  instruo* 
ti<ms  of  the  Committee  regarding  their 
primary  duty  of  systematically  evan- 
gelizing their  patients ;  and  to  state 
anew,  and  affectionately,  to  these  dear 
brethren,  that  in  the  view  of  the  Com- 
mittee, as  representing  the  Church  and 
the  contributors  toour  missionary  funds, 
it  is  matter  of  contract  with  these 
brethren,  that  they  make  their  medical 
work  not  their  chief  end,  but  a  means 
to  the  higher  end  of  directing  their 
patients,  diseased  by  sin,  to  the  divine 
and  only  Physician  of  souls." — U,  P, 
Miss.  Record^  Edmburgh^  Nov,  1874. 


D0!rATIOH8  TO  THB  BoARD  OF  FoRBIGIf  MlSSIGHS,  III  OCTOBER  1874. 

4^  Synods  \n  small  0APiTALf»— Presbyteries  In  itaUet—ChnrcheB  in  Roman. 


AiBA»T.—i4/6o»y— Albany  2d  ch  7nO;  Stale  St 
oh.  Altmny  104  60;  2dch  amtoj^a  Sprin^m  14  20. 
Champ'ain^Hnlonft  en  272  AO;  Int  ch  .Meters 
H  26.  Coiumbta-^evreit  ch  17  85.  TVoy-  3d  ch 
Troy  2'»  1^  0  3U 

Atlantic— FaiAcm^Gatawba  River  Sab-sch 

3  15 

BALTiMOftB.—  Baltimore— Ooxttne  Chapel  48  16 » 
Lonaconinv:  ch  -li  91.  New  Castle — Lower  We-^t 
NoUtnaham  uh  .36  SO;  Saow  HiU  Sab-Hch  7  23 

114  09 

CnmuL  New  Yoek— Btnv/iomton— Istch  Binu- 
hamton  144  6«;  NichoN  ch  10.  Otftego—  New 
Berlin  ch  U;  Franklin  ch  5  4f>.  St  Latorenee— 
Dexter  ch  11  18  ;  Brownsville  ch  3  f.O.  Sumcuse 
— Istch  Syracuse  1K8  16,  Sab-nch  12  60«180  66; 
l8(  nh  Fulion  194  67;  1st  ch  Sabsch  Marcellas, 
to  con  Mrs  Watson  Merrill,  l.  m.  :iO;  1st  oh  Caz^ 
DOTia,  Sab-sch  forZahleh,  Svria  40;  Hannibnl  ch 
23  60.     I7»ea— Rome  ch  45  50  699  97 

CnfoiirNATi.—Cine^nnaCt— Cincinnati.  7th  ch  Sab- 
sch  42  38:  Collese  Hill  ch.  Mrs  E  McMillan  60. 
P&rt$mouth-'lTonioa  ch,  W  Mission  Society  100, 
Sab-sch  26—126  217  38 

CLBTKiAin>.—(7«oe(and— North  ch  Miss  Snb-sch 
Cleveland,  to  snp  teacher  at  Tripoli.  Syria  76; 
lai  ch  Breokvllle  12  66.  Mahoning  —  Ist  ch 
Toan^town  87  66.  St  aa*r«nttc— Short  Creek 
en  22  06:  Crab  Apple  Sab-sch  26  39 :  Little  York 
ch  19.  8Uubemia&~?L\dg^  Ch  7;  Wellsvllle  oh 
Sab-sch  for  China  21  60  221  06 

CoLOEAXK)  -~Cb/orado— Trinidad  uh  6  00 

OouJHBVSw—iltAsas— Beverly  ch  18  80,  Pastor 
5.  Sab-ach  6-23  80;  Watertownch  10;  4ihStch 
MiriesU  10.  Cblumbus  —  Grute  Oity  ch  I  62. 
Jfarton— Brown  ch  2,  Sab-sch  3—^.  Woo$ter— 
Apple  Creek  oh  88  90;  Woofer  ch  40  .30,  Sab- 
sch 16-66  80.  ^snMvtUe-^ersey  oh  86;  Mil- 
ford  ch.  Mrs  Ellis  2  182  62 

Baic—Jtf^Asnv— Bakerstown  oh  16.  Actfer— 
Plain  Grove  oh  86  80.  ^is— CambHdxe  oh  8  78; 
Gravel  Ran  ch  6  86;  East  Greeae  Sab  ach  6. 
KUUtmittg—Uioh  Kittannlog  285  87;  Conoord 


ch  27  2ft.  f^absch  19  4.'*  Infant  sch.  a  little  girl 

1  03,  A  dyin^  gift  02  cts— 48  3^;  Saltsburj?  ch 
86  34;  East  Union  ch  2  70.  Shenango^HopO' 
well  ch  :^0;  Mt  Pleasam  Sabsch  29  76       492  70 

Gbxcva.— Ch'/ti^a-Aurora  ch  15;  2d  ch  Genoa 

2  78.  Cfiemung—lBt  ch  Elmira  37  Oeneva  — 
Geneva  eh  60  64;  Gorham  ch  25;  West  Fayette 
ch  4,  8ab  Hch  0—10.  Zrf/ons-lst  ch  Lyons  3  97, 
Indies  F  M  Soc'y  29  26~33  22  173  64 

HARBiSBniton.— Cbr/f«fe— 7th  St  ch  Harrisburir 
10;  Waynesboro  Sabsf»h5  3o;  Wells  VMJley  ch 
3;  Green  Hill  ch  12.  Ifaniing<ion—Vre»by lerini 
Collection  17  6!;  AlexHiidria  Sab-sch  16;  Dun- 
cansville  ch,  Mr-*  E  Knox  6;  Bedford  ch,  Hon 
W  M  Hull  10;  Fort  Matilda  ch  Sab-sch  5  Nor- 
thumberland—Vftirriot  Run  ch  4;  2d  ch  Wil- 
liamsport  23  03  io9  96 

lLUNois,CiMTgAL.—  /Vorta— Prospect  ch  42  18; 
Calvary  ch  17.  ^S^rtn^/te^d—Linooln  ch  7  76, 
SHtvsch  8—15  73  74  93 

Illinois,  North.-— C^iccMo— 1st  ch  Chica^ro  820. 
Rock  iJ/vcr-Peniel  Sab-sch  10;  Princeton  ch  Sab- 
sch 8;  Hamlet  ch  6  343  00 

iLLiifois.  South— ilJton—Zlon  German -eh  20; 
Salem  German  ch  7 ;  Virdeu  ch6  83;  Plainvtew 
ch  2  80:  New  Amity  oh  2.  Cbiro— Wabash  Sab- 
sch, for  Mexico  6  60.  Jfo«oo»  —  Neoga  ch 
H  88  66  61 

IHDIAR A,  North.  —  Crawfordnille  —  Waveland 
Sab^seh,  Mi«a  Alexander's  class  16.  Logantport 
—Union  ch  6  32  JfaMt^  — Wabash  ch  16  78, 
Sab  f>ch  for  Oroomiah  66—70  73;  tst  ch  Ander- 
son 7  60  99  65 

Indiaita,  SorTH.— /mi/anopo/is— Edinburj;  Sab- 
sch 76  cts.  New  ilf6a/iv— iHt  ch  Sab-  sch  New 
Albany,  10  con  airl  at  Mynptirie  6<i;  1st  ch  Madi- 
son 40;  2d  ch  Madifon  18;  Jrfferson  Sab-sch  60 
cts;  Monroe  Sab  neb  70  cts;  Jetlerrfonville  Sab- 
sch to  sup  boy  at  Saharanpur  26.  WhUe  Water-^ 
South  Providence  ch  3  68  138  78 

Iowa,  North.— CWar  i2np Jda—Snmmit  Sab-sch 
13  83:  Big  Grove  Sab-sch  2  90.  2)tt6i«9ti«— Inde- 
pendence Gerroan  ch  10;  Ist  German  ch  Da- 


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buque  16.    TRitertoo— Cedar  Valley  Sah-sch  3 

46  23 

Iowa,  South.— /ot«i— Montrose  oh  Sab-sch 

2  00 

Kansas.— i4u8fin—lnt  oh  Sab-soh,  Austin  66. 
Neosho -OtlAWik  ch  1  74  67  74 

Kr.srvcKY.—Ebenezer — Catnwba  ch  2.  Loui8- 
in^— Walnut  bt  ch,  Louisville  10  86  12  86 

Loso  Island.— BrooWi/n— Central  ch,  Brooklyn 
191  5o ;  Lafayette  Ave  ch  149  86;  South  ad  Si  ch, 
WilliftiTiMburx  35 ;  1st  ch  (lir  S-^arptV)  'da  ii;  Ger 
ch,  WiiliftriiKburj?  6;  iRtch  Ed«ewaler,rt  I  II  87. 
Long  /«/an<i— New  Villasje  Sab  ach  3.  Nassau — 
Newiuwn  ch  3u:  2d  ch  Huutin<{ton  18  50     48:i  20 

Michigan -/)c^rote— Fort  St  ch,  Detroit  84  72, 
Sab-^-ch,  for  Urtngkok  64^—134  72;  WH}»tmjnHier 
oh,  Detroit  33  09,  8ab•^ch  26  82=58  91;  let  ch 
BirminpiiRTTi  il  30;  South  Lyon  Sab-sch  8  60. 
Orand  Rapids— Greenwood  ch  14.  i/owro« -Cali* 
fornia  ch   10  60.    6'aainow— Bay  City  ch  13  66 

261  49 

Minnesota.— A^anAwto— St  Peter's  Union  ch  6. 
St.  Paul— iBtch,  Minneapolis 3  60;  Westminster 
ch,  Minneapolis  5  88  14  88 

Nkw  Jerut— j;/uafreM— 3d  ch  Elisabeth  Ai  10, 
Bab-ach  37  60— 8.i  tH);  Clinton  ch  27  92,  Sab-sch, 
forChina26— 6J92;  Istch  Roselle  14  lo;  Plucka- 
min  ch  7  6i;  lai  ch  Plainfield  11  84;  Wesifield 
ch  16  G6.  Jersey  CUy—Ut  ch  Jer.-ey  City  -lOO; 
Tenafly  ch  16  '23;  lul  ch  Paterson,  Mission  fch, 
for  school!*  in  Syria  6.  JfonntoutA— Burlington 
ch  2o  8l:  Farminjidale  ch  6.  Morris  and  Orange 
—South  Orange  ch  24  -.'9;  1st  ch  MorriHiown 
4>  62;  East  OranKe  ch  71  66:  2d  ch  Mendham 
6  77.  iVewar/fc— l8t  ch  Bloornfield  382  77;  :fiu  ohr 
Newark  8^  liJ;  Park  ch  17  26;  3.1  ch  Newark 
27  80.  New  Brunswick— 2d  ch  Sab-sch  Amwell  lo; 
Dutch  Neck  ch  6o;  Witherf«poon  St  Sabsch,  for 
Corisco30;  ist  ch  New  Brunswick  41  11;  atock- 
ton  ch  6;  Titusvslle  ch  21  tO.  Newton— 'id  ch 
Belvidere  114  60;  Greenwich  ch41  13.  WestJer- 
««/— Woodbury  ch  32;  Gloucester  City  ch  6; 
Woodstown  ch  2  9j  l,6o2  76 

New  York.- fl^udwm  —  West  Town  ch  6  86; 
Greenbush  ch  2ii;  Nyack  ch  27  01 ;  2d  ch  Mid- 
dletown  2)  70;  Uamptr>nburfr  ch  li  84;  Centre- 
ville  ch  '*  Misses  Hill"  lo;  Central  ch  Haver- 
straw  32,  Sab-sch  40—72;  Montlcello  oh  21  09; 
1st  ch  Middleiown  8  75;  Scotohtown  ch  I  86; 
Hempstead  ch  10  69;  2d  ch  Sabsch  Washina- 
tonville  10  60.  New  Forifc— 14ih  St  ch  29  22 ;  Uni- 
versity Place  ch,  for  Papal  lands  274  91;  4tn  Ave 
en  24  05;  Brick  ch  Chapel  14;  Maohattanville 
Sab-sch  10  26;  Spring  St  ch  18;  Einanuf  I  Ctiapel, 
6th  St  3;  Scotch  ch  185;  Washinxion  Heights  ch 
4  27.  North  i2/vcr— Rondout  ch  20  44;  Freedom 
Plains  ch  Sab  sch,  to  ed  boy  at  Sidon  22.  West- 
chester—South  Salem  ch  49;  Patterson  ch  2:*; 
Gilead  ch  29  9.9  52 

Philadelphia.— (%e»t«r— New  London  ch,  Dr  F 
L  Du  Bois,  U  S  N,  lor  Waldense^  6;  Uppf  r  West 
Nott)n$;hatn  ch  9  26.  Lackawanna— \ si  oh  Hor- 
nellsville6l8  60;  Montrose  ch  60;  Newton  Sab- 
sch  6.  Lehtgh— 2d  ch  Pottsville  20;  isi  ch  Ma- 
hanoyCiiy,  New  Boston  Sab-sch  5;  Istch  Easton 
76:  A  Pastor  H.  /^A»/ade/pA<a— Walnut  St  ch, 
lafant  sch  26.  PhUaddphia  Central— Nonh  lOth 
St  ch  Sab-sch,  a  puptl  lor  Papal  lands  2;  Broad 
and  Diamond  sts  en  122  26.  Philadelphia  North 
—Chestnut  Hill  ch  U6  6»;  Newton  ch,  for  Papal 
lands  21  41.    Wetitminster— Centre  ch  17    1,137  06 

PiTTSBinuiH.— .fitotr«rtf/«— New  Alexandria  ch 
22  93.  Pittsburgh— EsL»t  Liberty  ch  102  28;  Sha- 
dy Side  ch,  Pittsburg  74  42:  Mt.  Olive  ch  6; 
Lebanon  ch  37  87;  2d  ch  Pittsburgh  99  82; 
Long  Island  ch  11  63.  i2ed«<on0— Round  Hill  ch 
9  99.  Washington— i^ew  Cumberland  ch  66;  Ist 
ch  Wheeling  23  50;  Clnyaville  ch,  a  member  lo, 
Sab-sch,  for  boy  at  Kulapoor  13  65—23  66;  4th 
ch  Sab-Nch,  Wheelinir  2  07;  Beech  Glen  Sab  hch 
40,  Cornelia's  Mission  Box  45  cts— 40  45;  Upper 
Buffalo  Sab-sch  7  75;  Unity  ch  6  50  531  76 

Tennessee.- £ro'«ton— Old  Balem  Sab-sch,  to 
sup  Mars  Yosip  1  eu;  Richland  Sab-sch,  to  sup 
Mars  Yosip  2  20;  Jonesboro  Primary  class,  to 


sup  Mars  Yosip  3.  CTriion— New  Market  Sab-sch 
to  sup  Mars  Yosip  6;  2d  ch  Sab-sch,  Knoxville, 
to  sup  child  in  Persia  60;  Washington  ch  3  10 

74  90 

Toledo.— fi0U«/bnfains— Wyandotte  ch  2  20; 
Bucyrus  ch  7  85;  1st  ch  Bellefonlaine  6  6fi. 
if uran— Sandusky  Sab-sch  6;  Fremont  ch  28. 
/^tma— Delphos  ch  I  63  61  74 

Western  New  York.- Bu/fWo— 1st  ch  Ripley 
44  36:  Westfield  ch  »i  47;  Central  ch.  Biiff-do 
111.  ^«n«««— Warsaw  ch  47,  Miss  Adelutde  Mar- 
tin 10—57.  Rochester— Brick  ch,  Rochester  li>"; 
Lima  ch  6  3h;  Ogden  ch  88  85;  Central  ch, 
Rochester  75  85;  Isi  ch  Livonia  .H8  10        541  98 

Wisconsin.— Lafce  Supsrwr— MsHnetle  ch  10. 
Jlft^wouA:«— Ottawa  ch  1  24;  Delntt-^id  ch  2  16. 
Wuinebago—l»t  ch  Beaver  Dam  35  3j.  Wtseon^ 
sin  iZiver^Oregoo  Sab-sch  3  25  51  95 

Woman's  For  Mission  8oc*y.  Phllad'a  8,57»  34 ; 
Woman's  Board  of  Missions  for  the  North-west 
750;  Trov  Branch  W  B  F  M  314  37;  Ladies'  Bd 
of  Missions,  N  York  1,636  75  6,179  4« 

Total  receipts  from  churches  in  Octo- 
ber, 1874  $16,187  61 

Leo ACiES.— Legacy  of  Letty  Bate,  dec'd.  New- 
burji,  N  Y  1.747  64;  Patterson  Estate  130  70; 
Legacy  of  Elizabeth  Rider,  dec'd.  Jamaica,  L  I 
60  ;  Interest  on  Legacy  of  Samuel  Uiier,  dec'd, 
Denver,  Col  50;  Legacy  of  James  Moore.  Lick- 
ing Co.,  Ohio  26  47  2,004  71 

Miscellaneous— Presb  House,  Phila,  Benja- 
min Fund  686  ;  Cyrus  Wells,  Kensington.  Mich 
10;  A  briend,  for  Bogota  I  6o;  Soo'y  of  inquirv. 
Union  Theol  Sem'y  13  34;  Rfli^ious  Conirib^n 
Soc'y,  Princeton  Sem'y  6  79;  Mary  Vaosce  10; 
Rev  Profs  J  Coffin,  Lafayette  Coll  30;  Proceeds 
of  a  Fair  by  three  liiile  Girls,  We8tche«*ter,  Pa, 
for  Mi.xs  Jones'  school,  Bnraka,  Africa  35  5&; 
Rev  J  Shaw,  D.D^  and  family  20;  Mrs  F  C  Scott, 
Windham,  Onio  2;  H  D  50;  Nehemiah  Cobb, 
\\a.''hington.  D  C  5;  Father  John  Rosa.  Plain- 
view,  Minn  6;  Andrew  Johnson  2;  John  D  Fish 
100;  l^rom  Little  Fannie's  Box,  for  heathen  girl 
90  cts;  Ellesdie  Sab-sch  6  60;  Mrs  W  Minster, 
for  sch  in  Syria  10;  A  Lady  of  the  Pre^b  Ch  4: 
Rev  W  C  Gay  lord  6  l,uoi  88 

Total  Receipts  in  October,  1874,  $19,194  10 

Total  Receipts  from  May  Ist,  1874,       $9  >,914  53 
WM.  RANKIN,  Treantrtr, 
83  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


Letters  relating  to  the  Missions,  or  other  opersr 
tions  of  tiie  Board,  may  be  addressed  to  the  Rev. 
John  C.  Lowrib,  Rev.  David  Irvino,  or  Rev.  Frank 
F.  Elunwood,  Secretaries,  Mission  House,  23 
i^ntre  street.  New  York. 

Letters  relating  to  the  pecuniary  aiTiEtrs  of  the 
Board,  or  containing  remittances  of  money,  may 
be  sent  to  Wiluam  Rankin,  Esq.,  7Vea«ursr~ 
same  address. 

POSTAQES.— 

To  Western  Africa ^^..»«...16  oenta. 

Syria ^ 12       •• 

Persia,  to  Con8taniinople...........12       ** 

India 22       - 

Slam ^ 28      '• 

China  and  Japan....»..............^»10      ■* 

Braail — 16      •* 

U.  S.  Colombia ^ 18       " 

Mexico 10       •* 

Chili ^ «. 22      " 

For  each  ^  os  weight,  prepaid. 
Stamps  not  lobe  puton  the  letters,  as  these  art 
enclosed  in  an  outside  envelope  ;and  the  postage 
is  assessed  according  io  the  weight  of  eacn  letter. 
For  Japan^  China,  and  Siam  the  mail  is  sent 
ft-om  the  Mission  House  on  the  2utb  of  each 
month;  for  India,  Syria,  Persia,  by  the  steamers 
nearest  the  1st  and  16th:  for  Western  Afirica,  on 
the  1st;  for  Braiil,  on  the  28d;  for  U.  8.  Colom- 
bia, on  the  6th  and  Slst,  Newspapers,^ from  8  to 
6  oents,  prepaid.  O 


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BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION. 

No.  1334  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 


Letters  relating  to  donations  of  books  and  tracts,  the  appointment  of  Golportenrs,  and  the 
general  interests  of  the  Board,  to  be  addressed  to  the  Rey.  William  £.  Schbmck,  D.D.,  Corretptrnd- 
ing  Secretary. 

Manuscripts,  and  communications  concerning  matter  offered  for  publication,  whether  for  books 
or  periodicals,  to  the  Rev.  John  W.  Dulles,  D.D.,  Editorial  Secretary. 

Letters  relating  to  Sabbtjtih-school  work,  to  Mr.  J.  Bbnnr  Ttlbe,  Superintendent  of  Sabbath- 
school  Work. 

Correspondence  of  Colporteurs,  remittances  of  money,  and  donations,  to  Mr.  S.  D.  Powkl, 
Superintendent  of  Colportage  and  Treasurer. 

Orders  for  Bookn  (except  from  Colporteurs)  and  Business  Correspondence,  to  Mr.  John  A.  Black. 

Subscriptions  to  The  Presbyterian  Monthly  Record^  The  Sabbath-Sehifol  Fi»ttor,  The  Presbyterian  at 
Work,  The  WestmiTieter  Leeson  Leaf,  The  Sunbeam,  and  payments  for  the  same,  to  Mr.  Petxr  Walkcr. 


THE  MISSIONARY  FUND  EXHAUSTED. 

In  common  with  the  other  Boards,  that  of  Puhlication  is  feeling  severely 
in  its  Missionary  Department  the  effect  of  the  "  hard  times."  The  contri- 
butions to  its  Missionary  Fund  are  over  $7,000  short  of  what  they  were  up  to 
this  time  last  year.  The  Fund  is  now  entirely  exhausted,  while  many  obliga- 
tions must  be  met  in  the  near  future.  In  view  of  this  state  of  affairs,  the 
Board  has  resolved  to  commission  no  new  missionaries  at  present,  and  to 
make  grants  of  books  and  tracts  very  sparingly  and  only  in  cases  of  urgent 
necessity.  Should  not  more  liheral  contributions  soon  come  in,  the  Board 
may  be  compelled  to  dismiss  some  of  its  missionaries  now  at  work  in  the  field. 
Meanwhile  earnest  requests  are  received  from  various  needy  portions  of  the 
wide  field  that  men  who  arc  ready  to  work  may  be  commissioned,  and  urgent 
applications  are  constantly  coming  from  needy  churches,  Sah  bath -schools, 
missionaries,  and  others  for  grants  of  books  and  tracts.  All  these  are  now 
of  necessity  postponed  until  the  Missionary  Fund  shall  be  replenished. 

We  hope  this  announcement  will  be  enough  to  induce  many  churches,  Sab- 
bath-schools, and  benevolent  individuals  to  come  to  the  help  of  this  good  cause. 
In  every  respect,  except  the  lack  of  money,  the  missionary  work  of  the  Board 
never  was  more  useful  or  prosperous.  To  every  one  who  takes  an  interest  in 
its  book  and  tract  distribution  and  its  Sabbath-school  work  we  would  say — 
Kow  is  the  time  to  give  lis  your  aid.  Every  dollar  sent  now  will  be  worth 
much  more  than  at  any  ordinary  time. 


FOR  1875. 

We  would  earnestly  request  our  ministers  and  church  officers  to  use  their 
influence  in  securing  the  use  in  their  Sabbath -schools  of  the  periodicals  and 
helps  published  by  their  own  Board.  We  might  urge  this  on  the  ground 
of  their  being  specifically  prepared  for  Presbyterians  by  the  Board  of  the 
Church,  but  we  are  willing  to  rest  the  matter  on  an  intelligent  comparison 
of  them  with  any  and  all  others  from  outside  sources.  Great  care,  labor  and 
expense  are  bestowed  upon  them.  They  are  wonderfully  popular,  but  there 
are  Presbyterian  churches  in  which  they,  are  not  used.  C^  r\r\cs\o 

See  advertisements  in  another  part  of  the  Record,     '^' '^^    ^  o 


376  Board  of  Publication.  [^December 

INFORMATION  FEEDS  BENEVOLENCE. 
A  Pennsylvania  pastor  tells  us  that  in  his  church,  where  contributions  for 
all  the  Boards  are  taken  up  each  Sabbath  on  the  envelope  plan,  all  worked 
well  so  long  as  intelligence  was  furnished  the  people  through  the  Pnsbi/te- 
rian  Monthly  Record  ;  but  that  when  the  distribution  of  th«  Record  through 
the  pews  was  discontinued,  the  contributions  fell  off  nearly  one-half.  Any 
other  pastor  would  find  the  same  result  from  dropping  the  Record, 


A  QUESTION  BOOK. 
To  meet  the  wishes  of  those  who  prefer  a  hook  to  the  "  Lesson  Lear'  for 
use  in  Sabbath-school  study,  the  WEST»fiNSTER  Question  Book  for  1875 
has  been  prepared.  It  will  be  found  a  valuable  hand-book  for  the  teachers 
and  scholars  of  the  older  classes,  containing  the  text,  explanations,  home 
readings  and  questions.     It  is  sold  at  15  cents,  net 


THE  HYMNAL  APPROVED. 

The  General  Assembly  of  1874  adopted  the  following  minute:  (See  pp, 
60,  61.) 

"The  last  Assembly  having  approved  of  the  plan  and  progress  of  the  Book 
of  Praise,  instructed  the  Board  of  Publication  to  stereotype  and  publish  the 
same.  This  has  been  done,  and  the  hymn-book  is  to  be  made  in  four  forms: 
specimen  pages  have  been  submitted  to  the  Assembly,  and  the  known  qualifi- 
cations of  the  compiler  furnish  the  strongest  ground  of  confidence  for  its 
merits,  and  so,  it  is  earnestly  hoped,  for  its  adoption  by  the  churches." 

This  hope  of  the  General  Assembly  is  being  fulfilled.  Already  has  the 
voice  of  the  Church  in  widely  separated  portions  approved  the  new  Pr^bytc- 
rian  Hj^mnal.  The  fact  that  the  Board  of  Publication  has  not  been  able  to 
produce  the  book  in  quantities  to  meet  the  demands  for  it,  is  of  itself  a  suffi- 
cient evidence  of  the  judgment  of  the  Denomination;  but  it  may  be  helpful 
to  some  who  hesitate  before  adopting  the  Hymnal  to  know  what  is  said  of  it. 
Our  space,  however,  permits  us  only  to  give  a  few  samples,  taken  as  they 
oome. 

By  the  Presbytery  of  West  Jersey,  it  was 

"  Resolved^  That  the  new  Hymnal,  as  recently  issued  by  our  Board  of  Publi- 
cation, be  recommended  to  the  churches  under  the  care  of  this  Presbytery." 

The  Philadelphia  Minbterial  Association,  afler  a  full  and  critical  examina- 
tion of  the  new  Presbyterian  Hymnal,  adopted  unanimously  the  following 
resolution : 

"  Resolved^  That  in  view  of  the  great  desirabiltty  of  harmony  and  uniform- 
ity in  the  psalmody  we  use  throughout  our  Church,  and  in  view  of  the  intrio* 
sic  excellency  and  completeness  of  the  *  Presbyterian  Hymnal,'  prepared  by 
the  authority  of  our  General  Assembly,  and  recommended  by  it  for  use  in 
our  churches,  we  most  cordially  commend  it  to  our  own  congregations;  as  the 
most  desirable  book  that  has  yet  been  published."     Digitized  by 


1874.]  Board  of  Publication.  377 

The  Presbytery  of  Carlisle 

^^  Resolved,  That  in  view  of  the  great  importance  of  uniformity  in  the 
psalmody  used  in  our  churches,  our  congregations  be  urged  as  speedily  as 
possible  to  examine  the  new  Hymnal,  published  by  order  of  our  General 
Assembly,  preparatory  to  its  introduction." 

By  the  Synod  of  Harrisburgh  : 

"  The  Synod  of  Harrisburgh  commends  to  the  adoption  of  our  churches 
the  new  Hymnal,  for  the  following  reasons  : 

1.  The  desirableness  of  uniformity  in  the  hymnology  and  music  of  our 
churches. 

2.  The  peculiar  excellence  of  the  new  Hymnal,  in  its  selection  both  of 
hymns  and  tunes,  and  in  their  adaptation  ;  in  the  exclusion  of  a  large  num- 
ber of  hymns  with  which  most  of  our  modern  hymn-books  have  been  encum- 
bered ;  in  the  preservation  of  the  standard  hymns  and  tunes  so  dear  to  the 
heart  of  the  church ;  and  in  the  elegant  yet  inexpensive  manner  in  which 
the  book  has  been  prepared. 

3.  Because  it  is  the  book  prepared  and  published  under  the  direction  of 
the  General  Assembly. 

4.  Because  it  is  Presbyterian  in  its  origin,  in  its  preparation,  in  its  posi- 
tion as  authorized  in  its  publication,  and  will  also  be  in  its  pecuniary  result." 

The  Synod  of  Baltimore 

"  Resolved,  That  Synod  cordially  recommends  to  its  churches  "the  adoption 
of  the  New  Hymnal :  First,  because  uniformity  is  desirable ;  Secondly,  because 
it  is  the  book  of  the  Presbyterian  Church ;  Thirdly,  because  of  its  superior 
excellence." 

The  Rev.  Epher  Whitaker  sends  us  the  minute  of  the  Presbytery  of  Long 
Island,  unamimously  recommending  the  Hymnal  for  use  in  all  the  churches. 

From  San  Francisco,  The  Occident  thus  speaks  : 

"  Our  new  Presbyterian  Hymnal  is  receiving  much  praise  from  the  press, 
but  not  more  than  it  deserves.  Rev.  Dr.  Duryea,  the  chairman  of  the  Com- 
mittee of  compilation,  brought  superior  musical  attainments,  large  pastoral 
experience,  and  unwearied  application  to  this  labor  of  love,  and  assisted  by 
the  other  members  of  the  committee,  has  produced  a  volume  as  near  perfec- 
tion as  any  book  of  common  praise  that  we  have  seen.  The  old  tunes  and 
hymns  are  restored  to  the  rhythm  and  versification  as  we  learnt  them,  and 
all  the  generally  approved  new  ones  are  introduced.  The  profits  of  this  pub- 
lication go  to  our  own  Board  and  Church,  an  important  consideration,  as  the 
Methodist  Book  Concern  can  testify  respecting  their  hymn  book.  A  more 
full  notice  of  the  Hymnal  may  be  found  in  another  column." 

The  Synod  of  Indiana  South,  at  Indianapolis,  October,  1874: 

"  Owing  to  certain  circumstances  in  the  past  history  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  we  are  using  a  great  variety  of  hymn  books  in  our  churches,  some 
of  them  published  by  one  or  the  other  of  our  Boards  during  the  division, 
and  more  of  them  by  individuals  or  independent  publishing  houses.  Here- 
tofore this  state  of  things  could  not  well  be  avoided,  but  the  Church  now 
united,  harmonious  and  strong,  has  issued,  after  a  careful  preparation,  a 
*  Book  of  Praise/  which  many  persons  pronounce  equal,  if  not  superior,  to 
any  hymn  book  extant,  and  we  join  in  the  hope  expressed  by  our  last  Gene- 


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Board  of  PubliccUion. 


{^December 


ral  Assembly,  that  it  may  be  adopted  as  the  book  of  praise  in  all  the 
churohes  of  our  denomination." 

But,  after  all,  the  action  of  the  churches  in  adopting  the  Hymnal  is  the 
surest  testimony  to  the  approval  of  the  book.  In  two  months  and  a  third, 
there  were  actually  sold  50,497  copies,  and  many  more  were  ordered  but  not 
yet  delivered. 

D05ATI05B  TO  THB   MlSSIOVART   FtTBH  OV  THB  PrBABTTBKIAV    BOABD  OP  PUBLIOATIOB| 

October  1874. 
4^  Synods  in  small  capitals— Presbyteriea  in  italies—ChuroheB  in  Roman. 

New  Jkrsbt.  —  Etixabeth—ClskTkB^iWe  84  cU ; 
Clinton  lf>t  3  5i;  Elisabeth  1st,  add'l  69  35; 
Elisabeth  2d  79  4A;  Ehzabeth  Sd  43  M;  Plain- 
field  Ist  1  49;  Pluckamin  96  ct«;  Roeelle  Ift  I  78; 
Summit  Coniral  2  17;  W«8tfield  3  73;  Wood- 
bridae  ch,  Fairfield  Union  8ab-sch  3.  Jentift  City 
—  Tenafly  2  06.  Monmouth —  Columbns  7  41; 
Mount  ilolly  14  23.  Morris  and  Orange— Boon- 
ton  7;  Eant  Orange  3  47;  Madison  6  72;  Mor- 
rintown  lat  6  75.  Newark^SemAvk.  2d  14  63; 
Newark,  Park  2  18.  New  Brunsioick—SUxkloa 
1  60;  Tltusville  2  70.  iVetoton— BiainttowD  4  66; 
Greenwich  6  19;  Haokeitatown  80  71;  La  Fay- 
ette ch  Bab-sch  1;  Yellow  Frame  1  26.  Wat 
Jersey^*  A  family  in  Camden  Ist  oh"  26 ;  Woodi^ 
town  1  25  337  60 

Niw  York.— iTudtfon— Florida  2d  6  60;  Hamp* 
ionbur^ha  86;  Hempstead  80  eta;  Middletown 
lat  1  10;  Middletown  2d  2  98;  MonticelloS  66; 
Nyaok  &  40;  Sootchtown  I  68;  WashingionTille 
1st  2  83;  Weal  Town  70  eta.  New  For*— New 
York,  Church  of  the  Sea  and  Lard  23  ct«;  New 
York  Scotch,  from  J  Taylor  Johnstou,  E^q 
23  33;  New  York,  University  Place.  Emmanuel 
chapel  8  96.  North  Biver  —  Rondout  14  82. 
)fM/e^4rCer— Gilead  17  84  74 

PAomo.—£6nf<Ka— Mendocino  16;  San  Rafael 
2;  Shiloh  6;  Ukiah  2  60.  Or«yo»— Portland 
47  10.    Saeramento^lonB  4  So  76  90 

Pbilaoilphia.— C^Mter — Coateaville  24;  New 
London  1  06;  Upper  Weat  Nottingham  1  17. 
Xac/MiiMinna— Newton  6;  Tunkhannock  19  18. 
i^dAt^A— South  Bethlehem  1:  Summit  Hill*  (of 
which  Summit Sab-sch  3  26,  Jamestown  Sab-sch 
1  73)  20;  Weatherly  2  60.  PhUadeiphia  Central 
—Philadelphia,  Broad  and  Diamond  St  20  38 

96  19 

PiTTSBuniH.—fitoirsi;a/0— New  Alexandria  2  89; 
PUtatrtirgh  —  Lebanon  8  77 ;  Pittaburgh.  Shady 
Side  9  88.  RedeUme— Hound  Hill  2  66.  Watk- 
in^ton— Upper  Buffalo  23  10  42  80 

TsiricB88u.—J7o/:«/of»— Timber  Ridge  4  cts   04 

Tolsdo.  —  BeUefontaine  —  Bellefontaine  1  C6; 
Bucyrua  99  cts.    Z.iimi— Delphos  21  cts        2  86 

WsHTXRif  Niw  York— Bw/a/o—BufBUo  Central 
14;  Weatfield  2  67.  -Roc/iM<«r  —  Charlotte  10; 
Limtf   80  cts:  Ogden  4  89;    Rochester  Central 

9  66  4182 
WiscoirsiN.— ilf>7toauJt«s— Delafield   27  cU ;  Ot- 
tawa 16  cts.    Hltfineftopo— Beaver  Dam,  Assembly 

10  10  43 

From  chnrcbes»       $1,511  37 

LSOACT. 

Legacy  of  Ensabeth  Rider,  dec*d,  late  of 
Jamaica,  Long  Island,  New  York  60  00 

MlSCILLAMEOUS. 

TruBteea  of  the  Prej»bytehan  Honse.  Interest 
on  the  Benjamin  Fund  686;  Mim  Mary  Vance, 
Glendale,  Onio  6;  Religious  Contribution  Soc'y 
of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  6  79:  Red 
Cloud  ch,  Kansas  3  26;  Rev  D  S  Baker,  Belair. 
Md,  6  16  7C6  19 


ALBAinr.—  4H>on«— Albany  l8t  82  62;  Albany, 
State  St  24  63;  Saratoga  Springs  Ist,  Sab-sch 
4  84;  Saratoga  Springs  2d  1  79.  TVov— Watvr- 
ford  8  99  72  77 

Baltimori.— fioietoiors— LonaooningO  65.  New 
Ckistie—mifoTd  6  15  66 

CxjTTRAL  New  York.— J7inpAam/of»— Binghamton 
Ist  18  22;  Masonville  6.  Ototfgo— Franklin  67 
cts;  Guilford  Centre  4.  8t  Lawrence— Brown' 
▼ille  .39  eta;  Dszter  I  41.  ^Svracuse— Syracuse, 
1st  Ward  33  cts  •  30  02 

GiNaNNATi.  —  Davton— Dayton,  Memorial  10; 
Springfield  2d  15  25  00 

CLBTBLAMD.-C^evetond  — Cleveland  1st  27  96; 
Cleveland,  Euclid  Si  22  40;  Strongville  1  05. 
3faA<m»ri^— Poland  6  40.  SteubenviUe—lfew  Bar- 
risburgh  3  69  81 

Colorado.— Cblorodo— Denver  1st,  (I7lh  Street) 

20  00 

CoLnMBiTs.  —  Cbfum&tM  —  Grove  City  20  cts. 
TTooftor- A pplQ  Creek  21  60;  Frederlcksburvh 
2  24     Zan^mtts— Dresden  1st  10  6u  34  60 

Brib.— Su<^— Centre'2  81;  Plain  Grove  97 
cts.    ^ris— Cambridge  1  10 ;  Gravel  Run  74  cts 

6  12 

G»viTA.—Ox.yt4^a— Genoa  2d  85  cts.  Chemung 
— Elmira  Isi  4  66.    5t«tt6fln— (Jorning  I  77     6  78 

Harrisburoh.- Onr^iAld— Harrisburgh  7th  St  10; 
Green  Hill  and  Wells  Valley  4;  Waynes«boro  ch 
Sab-sch  67  cts.  iTunttnydon— Uollidaysburgh, 
(of  which  Sab-sch  5  6u)  26  23;  Lower  Spruce 
Creek  10  24.  Northumberland  —  Warrior  Run 
1  60 ;  Williamnport  2d  6  80  68  54 

Illinois,  Crntral  Sehuyler—VfMBaw        2  00 

iLUirois,  North.— Cfttoo^o— Chicago  2d  118  49. 
Preeport—Freeport  2d  9  68.  Bock  iKi>er— Ful- 
ton ^5  ots ;  Hamlet  1  129  52 

iLuirois,  South.- il^ton- Elm  Point  3  06 ;  Plain- 
Tiew  1  (10;  Virden  79  cts;  Walnut  Grove  2; 
Waveland  8  26  Cbiro— Du  Quoin  1  84.  Mat- 
toon— Seog&l  60;  TtylorviUe  5  60  18  93 

iHDiANA  North.  — 2x)9an«port  — Ken Uand  8. 
Muneie—yftkbrnnh  1  98  4  98 

IRDUNA,  South.— JndtonapoZis— Indianapolis  2d 
60.  iV6u;^f6any— Madlson2d2  60.  WMU  Water 
—South  Providence  2  01  64  61 

Iowa,  South.— Onm^i/ £Zv/«—Fairview  1  83; 
Lenox  I  95.    Jowa  aty— Washington  3  60    7  28 

KANBAS.-iVeo^Ao— Ottawa  25  23 

Kbntuokt.— Z>ouin7a{«— LoalBTllle,   Walnut  St 

1  87 

LoNQ  l8LAifD—£rooA%n— Brooklyn  Ist,  Henry 
St  (Rev  Dr  Seaver,  Pastor)  101  64.  Naeaau-- 
Huntington  2d  4  66;  Newtown  40  60;  bmith- 
town  6  151  80 

MiOHiOAir.—  Detroit  —  Detroit,  Fort  St  6  93 ; 
Detroit,  Westminster  4  17.  Kalamazoo— KaIa' 
masoo  2.  Lansing — Lansing  Int  3  12.  Sjginaw — 
Bay  City  2  66  18  78 

MiKNBSOTA.— ilfjin^Msto— Le  Sueur  4;  Lynd  12; 
Mankato  20.    St  PkuU— Red  Wing  66  cts.    South- 
ern Minnehota—Blut  Earth  City  3  39  66 
Missouri.  —  Ffofte—Mirabile    1;   St    Joseph, 
Westminster  7  66.    St  Xoujs— Carondelet  28  29 

36  84 


.  Total  reoeiplB  in  October, 
&D.POWBU 


$2,267  6< 


1874]  Board  of  Chureh  Erection.  879 

BOARD  OF  CHURCH  ERECTION. 


Oorretpondfng  Secretary,  lUr.  S.  B.  Wilsom,  D.D.,  38  Centre  Street,  New  Tork. 
Treaaurer,  Nathan  Laitb,  Eeq.,  69  Wall  Street. 


SHALL  THE  EVIL  INCREASE? 

Some  years  ago  we  ascertained  (by  sending  a  circular  to  the  Stated  Clerk  of 
each  Presbytery)  that  we  had  634  organized  churches  without  houses  of  worship 
of  their  own.  During  the  ensuing  three  years  the  number  of  new  organizations 
reported  to  the  General  Assembly  was  489  (an  average  of  163  per  annum),  and 
during  the  same  three  years  the  number  of  sanctuaries  built  by  the  aid  of  the 
Board  of  Church  Erection  was  591,  or  an  average  of  197  per  annum.  This  was  a 
clear  gain  of  '102  sheltered  flocks  in  three  years.  At  this  rate  of  increase,  we 
had  the  prospect  of  overtakins^  church  organization  in  a  little  less  than  nineteen 
years.  But  the  tables  have  turned.  In  the  last  two  years  344  new  churches  have 
been  organized,  and  only  326  houses  of  worship  have  been  erected,  thus  increas- 
ing the  number  of  shelterless  churches  by  18.  Again  we  ask,  Shall  this  evil  con- 
tinue to  increase  ?  for  most  assuredly  it  is  an  evil.  On  an  average,  each  of  these 
unsheltered  churches  costs  your  Board  of  Home  Missions  §500  per  annum. 
Many  of  these,  if  aided  to  the  amount  of  $500,  might  secure  the  erection  of  a  house 
of  worship  which  would  soon  double  the  size  of  their  congregation,  and  thus 
hasten  the  day  when  they  shall  cease  to  be  dependent  upon  the  Board  for  the 
support  of  their  missionaries.  Nearly  all  of  these  unsheltered  churches  are  with- 
out Pastors,  and  may  be  thankful  if  their  Stated  Supplies  do  not  leave  them  in  utter 
discouragement.  Growth  and  progress,  under  such  circumstances,  is  impossible. 
The  church  becomes  dwarfed,  not  only  in  size  and  strength,  but  in  spirit;  a  wil- 
lingness to  be  dependent — a  craving  spirit,  settles  down  upon  them,  which  cuts  the 
nerve  of  noble,  generous  effort  to  build  up  the  cause  of  Christ,  which  will  cost  the 
labor  of  years,  on  the  part  of  a  faithful  pastor,  to  overcome.  And  must  it  be 
that  the  number  of  such  feeble,  sickly,  inactive,  and  unfruitful  churches  be  multi- 
plied from  year  to  year,  like  barnacles  to  the  keel  of  a  ship,  impeding  its  progress 
and  hastening  its  decay?  We  would  by  no  means  restrain  the  pioneer  missionary 
in  his  noble  work  of  proclaiming  the  gospel,  nor  hinder  him  in  his  efforts  to 
gather  believers  together  in  organized  bands  for  work  and  worship;  but  we  would 
call  upon  the  Church  at  large  to  help  us  to  shelter  these  little  flocks  before  they 
become  stunted  in  their  growth  and  craven  in  their  feelings,  so  that,  in  the  ardor  of 
their  first  love,  they  may  begin  the  active  service  of  God,  and  consecrate  the  dew 
of  their  youth  to  the  upbuilding  of  his  kingdom.  Every  church  that  is  worth 
organizing  is  worth  sheltering;  every  missionary  that  is  worth  being  commissioned 
by  our  Board  of  Home  Missions  should  be  furnished  with  a  suitable  sanctuary 
into  which  he  may  invite  the  people,  and  within  whose  walls  he  may  proclaim  the 
blessed  Gospel,  Until  this  is  accomplished,  we,  as  a  Church,  are  not  acting 
wisely,  nor  proving  ourselves  faithful  stewards  of  that  which  God  has  committed 
to  us.  The  faithful  husbandman  takes  care  to  garner  the  grain,  the  faithful  shep- 
herd provides  a  fold  for  his  flock,  and  surely  the  servant  of  the  Good  Shepherd 
should  not  be  less  kind  and  faithful  to  the  flock  over  whom  ^'the  Holy  Ghost  hath 
made  him  overseer.^'  But,  brethren,  it  is  needless  to  multiply  words.  This 
tpork  must  be  done,  and  to  do  it  we  must  have  your  money — ^yes,  yourSt  not  some- 
body else's  money. 

The  last  General  Assembly,  without  a  dissenting  voice,  declared  that  for  this 
department  of  the  Church's  work  the  sum  of  $150,000  was  demanded  and  ought 


380 


Board  of  Church  Erection, 


[December 


to  be  provided.  Seven  months  of  the  year  have  passed,  and  our  receipts  up  to 
this  date  have  been  only  $20,455.  Hoif  much  of  the  remaining  $123,545  is  yours 
to  give?  We  have  already  been  asked  by  130  shelterless  churches  for  ^76,500. 
Winter  is  at  hand,  and  many  that  are  struggling  to  complete  their  houses  of  woi^ 
ship  are  in  great  straits.    Enable  us  to  help  them  speedily. 


DOVATIOHS  TO  THB  BOASD  OP  CHUBOH  EbEOTIOV.  OCTOBER  1874. 
4^  Synods  in  small  capitals— Presbyteries  in  i^o^tos— Churches  In  Roman. 


Albaht.  — J  iftanv  — Albany,  Stote  St  48  65; 
Beitilehem  13;  Sarato-H  SprinK^  2d  8  A&  C^i- 
umfcta— Jewett  16  66.  TVoy—Coboes  86;  Water- 
ford  17  97. 

Baltiuori.  —  BaJtimore—  Baltimore,  Brown 
Memorial  75  74.     WoihiTiqton  City— ManaHsas  5. 

CBifniAL  Nbw  York. — Binghamton-^B'mfihAm- 
ton  Ist  46  64;  Mclirawvllio  'il  a-i.  Otaego  — 
Franklin  I  36.  St  Lawrence— BrownvhWe  7rt  ot*; 
Dexter  2  80 ;  Waienown.  St^-ne  St,  addU  25. 
t/ijca— Clayville4;  New  Hartford  18. 

CixCTNWATi  —  CTnctnwaW— Cincinnati  Centrali 
add'l  2");  Cincinnati,  Lane  Sein'y  82  37;  Cincin- 
naii,  Walnut  Hills  iPt  1  80;  College  Hill  21; 
Loreland  8  16  Dai/*on— New  Jersey  4;  Ox- 
ford 8 ;  Springfield  2d  76. 

CLEVELAyn.— C?et)e/and— Collamer  18.  St^bm- 
viMe— Corinth  10  80;  New  flarrisburgh  4;  Wells- 
Tille  11. 

Columbus.  —  CWti»n6i«  —  Grove  City  88  cts. 
Wooster  —  Coug,Tef*9  8;  Jackeon  13  43;  Ontario 

3  16;  Wayne  6.    Z'lnesviUe— Jersey  b. 

E&iB.— .<4Z/«9Aflnv— Hilands  14  63;  New  Salem 
8  42.  Ctarton— Leatherwood  10;  Licking  20. 
.Br<«— Cambridge  2  19;  Erie  7  42;  Erie,  West- 
minster 8;  Grnvel  Run  1  47;  Pleasantville  16  60; 
Titusville  6  4^.  A'it/^nnin^— Indiana  140.  She- 
nanj/o— New  Brighton  Ist  16  90;  Sharon  1st  7  60. 

Gbnita.— OtvuffO— Genoa2d  70cts.  Chemung 
— Elmira  Ist  9  26.    Geneva— Oak's  Comers  3. 

HARRiSBuaeB.  —  CaWis^e— Carlisle  1st  65  75; 
Green  Hill  2;  Waynesboro  1  33.  Huntingdon — 
Hollidaysburgh  2u  63;  HollidayMbiirgh  Saboch 

4  74;  Lower  Spruce  t  reek  18;  Peru  6  26.  Nor- 
(Aum6er2and— William8port2d  9  47.  WtlUboro— 
Allegany  2. 

Ilunois,  Central. — fitooming/on— Gilman  5  60. 
Peoria  —  Elmwood  1  60.  Schuyler  —  Elvasion 
13  60. 

iLLiifois,  NoBTH, —  CWca.Qo— Chicago  Ist  64; 
Chicago  2d  260  97;  Lake  Forest  fiO.  Freepnrt— 
Belvidere  lst4r;  Freeport  2d  7  90.  Rock  River 
—Hamlet  1. 

iLUNois,  South.— ilifon—PlainTiew  1  60;  Salem 
German  3;  Virden  1  68;  Walnut  Grove  1  86; 
Waveland  3  05;  Zion  German  6.  Cbtro— Dubois 
4;  Odin  2.    ^fattoon— Neoga  2  97. 

Indiana^  North. — Oair/orcUvu/e— Lafayette  2d 
30  90.  Ft  ffayno— Ft  Wayne  1st  68.  Logansport 
— KentlHnd.3  J^unete— Hopewell  8;  Moblesville 
7;  WabasnS  93. 

Indiana,  South.  —  Indianapolis  —  Bethany  6. 
New  /I  jbanv— Madison  2d  4.  Fincennas— Terre 
Haute  Ist  6.  White  ffat^r— South  Providence 
2  16. 

lowA,  North —For<  Dodflre— Plymouth  7.  Tfa- 
tsrtoo— Clark8ville6;  Montour  2  60. 

low  A,  South.— Dm  Jfoines— Adel  7;  Centreville 
6;  Osceola  8;  WauRee  12.  /otoo— Middletown 
6  10;  Montrose  2. 

Kansas.  —  ^u*ttn  —  Austin  1st  44.  Neosho~- 
Hackberry  6  86 ;  Labette  2 ;  Ottawa  43  cts. 

KBNTUOKT.—Xouin»a«— Louisville,  Walnut  Bt 
2  71. 

LoNO  Island.— BrooA^yn— Brooklyn,  La  Fay- 
ette Ave,  aad'l  125  8;!.  JVossau— Huntingdon  2d 
4  63. 

MiCHXOAif.— Detroit — Detroit  Isl  40  17;   De- 


troit, Fort  St  13  77:  Detroit,  Wesirainsier  8  28; 
Plamfield  8  26;  Unadilla  4  06.  Orand  Baptdt— 
Grand  Haven  1st,  sp  18  90.  ITatomaiao— fr.rve 
Rivers  16.  Lansing— k\bion  8  49;  Siockbridse 
3  70.  Saginaw— BAy  City  6  09;  Mundy  6  10; 
Saginaw  Lity  Int  23. 

Minnesota.— iTonikato—Le  Sueur  let  8  25;  St 
Peter's,  Union  4.     Wwona — Winona  Ist  10. 

MissouRL—OxarA;— Salem  6  70. 

Nebraska.— iTeorncv^Lone  Tree  6. 

New  jERSBT.—  ^zo/^eM— Bethlehem  25  16 
Clinton  Ist  6  98 ;  Elizabeth  3d  12  04 ;  PlainfiWd 
let  2  96;  Pluckamin  1  91;  Roselle  Ist  3  5^; 
Westfield  4  16.  Jersey  aty  — Tenafly  4  i4w 
Morris  and  Orange— East  Orange  6  89 ;  Madi^NMi 
67  13;  Mendham  1st  38  80;  MorriHtown  Ist 
11  42;  Ml  Olive  27;  Parsippany  16:  Soaih 
Orange  70  60.  i\r«i'ar/c— Bloomfield,  Wc»*« min- 
ster 67;  Caldwell  26;  .Newark  2d,  add'l  33  iij; 
Newark,  Park  4  3^  Nrw  BmiMicwt— Amwell 
2d  7;  Lambertville  22  50;  Lawrenceville  m  5u; 
Stockton  2.  iVci«>«on— Greenwich  10  28,  West 
Jersey— Ab-»econ  2;  Woodstown,  add*l  I  25. 

New  YoR£.— Hwteon— CircleTille  10;  Florida 
2d  10;  hamptonburgh  2  96;  Hempstead  I  hi; 
Middletown  1st  2  19;  Middleiown  2d  5  93; 
Monticello  6  28;  Nyack  13  40:  Mcotchtown  46 
cts;  West  Town  I  10.  New  Forfc— N«w  York, 
MadiHon  Square,  from  J  R  Hills  7tiO,  fro»n  Wm 
E  Dodge,  Jr  250—030;  New  York,  Scotch  4«  «5; 
New  York,  4th  Ave  I.  North  Rioer—Bethlahem 
14  U7;  Maiden  25;  Rondout  6  II. 

PuiLADSLPHi A.— O^ter— Great  Valley  15; 
Upper  Went  Nottingham  2  31.  i>ic*a<oanna — 
Bcranton  1st  1.30:  Towanda  148;  Wilk««!alMrre 
117  11.  Z^ii/ft— Weaiherly7.  PhUadelphia  Cen- 
tral—?hi\hde\phifi,  Alexander  86  71;  Philadel- 
phia, r^road  and  Diamond  Sis  32  6*t;  Phitad^- 
nhia,  West  Arch  8t  44  5o.  PhUadelphta  North— 
BriMtol,  sp24;  Huntingdon  Valley,  sp4.  WiM- 
fRmeter— Belle vue  10  60;  Lancaster  6;  Leacock 
25  08;  Little  Britain  14  37;  Slate  Ridge  13. 

Pittsburgh.-  BlairsviUe — Armagh  6  45  ;  New 
Alexandria  6  75.  H</«6ur9A— Bloomfield  2  2^; 
East  Liberty  29  04;  Lebsnon  9  47;  Mt  Pmeah 
6  20;  Pittsburgh  2il  24  96;  Pittsburgh,  Shady 
Side  18  60.  iZofatone  —  George's  Creek  1"; 
Round  Hill  2  50.  Washington— G\fiy»vin9  1  15; 
Upper  Batfalo  k3  86;  West  Liberty  4  37. 

Toledo.— fietfefontoine—Bellefontaine  let  1  51; 
Bucyrus  1  96.  Huron— Clyde  2;  Olena  10  W. 
Xima— Delphos  41  cts ;  Findlay  1st,  sp  37  40. 

Wbstbrn  Nxw  York.— ^/oto— Buflblo  Central 
27  80;  Westfield  6  12.  .RocAsei^r—Geneseo  Cen- 
tral 18  96;  Lima  1  59:  Ogden  9  72;  Rocheoter 
8d  36  01:  Rochester  Brick,  sp  luo. 

Wisconsin.- Afi/t0auJte0—Delafie1d  64  ctSL  Ot- 
tawa 31  cts.  fTmnsfruj^— Beaver  Diun,  Assembly 
8.     Wisconsin  .Siver— Oregon  6. 

Miscbllanbous.— Princeton  Theological  Sem'v* 
*<  Religious  Contribution  Sooy*  6  79;  Friend* 
in  New  York  for  Belair2d  ch,  Md  88;  **  Special 
for  Manse"  In  W  Va  20 ;  ••  Special  for  Man*e"  of 
Eden  ch  at  Mr  haleyville,  Md65;  On  account  of 
Legacy  of  late  Mrs  Jenette  Wilkie  200,  Ititersst 
42—242;  Interest  69  U8;  Rev  W  G  Qaylord  3. 

Total  receipts  in  October,  1874»    |5,23«  n 

NATHAN  LANE,  Trsasxrtr. 


1874.]  Rdief  Fund  for  Disabled  Mmsters.  381 

EELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS, 

AND   THE   WIDOWS   AND   ORPHANS   OF   DECEASED   MINISTERS. 


RiT.  Gmboi  Hali,  D.Dn  Secretary.  Rir.  Charlss  Bbowh,  Treasurer, 

OrnoB,  1834  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 


'  Whoso  hath  tMs  worlds  good  and  seeth  Ms  brother  ?iave  neei^  and  ehutteih  up  his  howelt  of  compassion 
from  Aifik,  koto  dweiieth  the  love  of  Ood  in  him  /** 


WINTER  IS  AT  HAND. 
The  necessities  of  the  Relief  Fund  were  never  greater  than  they  are  now.     To 
meet  the  reasonable  demands  of  the  cause,  not  only  should  non-contributing 
churches  lend  their  aid,  but  the  contributing  churches  are  called  upon  to  increase 
the  amount  of  their  contributions  more  and  more. 

There  are  now  at  least  three  hundred  families  out  of  the  more  than  four  hundred 
who  are  on  the  roll,  that  are  now  pressing  their  claims  an<l  wants  on  the  attention 
of  the  Committee,  with  a  pathetic  earnestness  which  the  Church  will  heed. 
The  following  statement  shows  the  condition  of  our  finances: 

Instalments  past  due  and  unpaid^  $9,468 

Instalments  soon  coming  due,  1,334 

Recommendations  on  file  (not  yet  granted),  41,935 


Total  $52,737 

Some  of  the  parties  representing  the  applications  on  file  have  been  waiting  more 
than  pix  months,  but  while  a  debt  of  more  than  $10,000  remained  to  be  paid  the 
Committee  could  not  make  additional  promises.  In  the  mean  time  the  large 
amount  of  appropriations  already  made  has  been  reduced  as  fast  as  possible  by 
incoming  collections.  There  have  been  received  and  disbursed  since  April  1st, 
1874,  $43,110. 

The  sum  of  $67,000  additional  is  needed  to  make  up  the  $110,000  recommended 
by  the  last  Assembly. 

November  17,  1874.  

CONTKIBUTIOKS  BBCEIYED  IN  OcTOBEP,  1874. 
4^  Synods  in  small  capitals— Presbyteriee  in  t<a^ic«— Charohea  in  Roman. 
AiBAirr.—il/6anv— Albany   lat  47  32;    Albany       nam  62;  RoseTille  4  78;  Uniontown  2  47;  Unity 
{>tiue  St  35  48;  Amsterdam  1st  17  43;  A  meter-       2  76. 

d»m  2d  42  26;  GloversTi  lie  39;  Saratoga  Springs  _.,_      .„    .  ,„     .  «.  «,  ^ 

1«  Sab^ch    7  04;    8araioga  'Springs*  2d *^i  4        „h«^Vo^fh^*«7*Xr^M^i?y  ^  l*J®V^"*- 
Chatnplaivr-Kvi  Sable  Forkn  12;  Chateaugay  8;       ^^^^  ^?.l^%  ^^  ^^'    ^."^i.^L**?^  2.  ^^A  ^l^'''' 

^^'^r.uo^-^T^f-^?^!^  Sr^^r3r^C^J^j;°e^^n^i^ 

16;  New    Caslle  73;  Kehoboth  4  37;  St  George's  tJ^h  1  S.  ^itto«mn^Brady"s  BeSl*  iz^ 

*®in^.^''"'?Sr'"*°^'*'**'*^-    rfoiAtn^tonaty  ^he'^rry  Rui  4;  CoTcorlTo  S^^^^ 

—Clifton  6  16.  Freeport  (mcludlng  6  60  from  Sab-sch)  45  20 ; 

Cbittkal   Njtw  York— ftnpAomton— Bingham-  Indiana  160;    Mahoning  4  11;  Slate    Lict  10; 

ton  lat  18  21:  Cortland  Ist  46  2»;  MobrawvUle  West  Glade  Run  9;  Wonhingion  9.    Shenango-' 

1^2  16  ;  Windsor  4  26.    OCst'^o— Franklin  99  cts;  Hopewell  10;  Pulaski  11  64. 

Ocego  4  25.     i8£.  i^oivrsriM— Brown vi lie  66  cts;  _               ^^             .             ^       « 

I>exter2  04;Gouvernenr29  17;Os.regatchie2d  o  ^■''■7^T.^^"~^"'^**  ?*J   Oeno^   2d   3; 

10  35;    Watertown  let  67  89.    &^a<w««-Marcel-  8enneJt6  76.    C7iemunp— Elmira  Ute  76.    Lyons 

lus,  add'l  23;  Syracuse  ist  Ward  47  cu».     Utica—  —Newark  33  20.  5f<w6«n— Campbell  19  12 ;  Corn- 

Horn  Hartford  43  18;  Whiiesboro  11  31.  >°«  *-«  ^7. 

CwciwNATi^ReT  A  Ritchie,  Treas  41  66.    C%*ZW-  HABRiSBUROB.—OireMf*— Carlisle  2d  67  68;  Har- 

eoe^— Greenfield  1st  lO  01;  South  Salem  9  28.  risburgb  7ih  St  10;  Green  UiU  2;  Meroersburgh 

Cm^mnafi— Cincinnati,  Walnn'  UilU  14  20;  Cm-  23;  Waynesboro  Sab-Hch  97  ct««.   Huntinqdon—W- 

cinoati    1st  German  In;  College  Uill  12;  Glen-  loona  2d  68  79:   Clearfield  91  0»;    Uu.itingdon 

dale  47  60;  Pleasant  Ridge  6  80.    Dnyton—Clxf-  88  80;  Loaan*s  Valley  14;  Lovrer  Spruce  Creek 

ton    '/O  16;    Middletown    32  27;   Oxford    13  60;  19  35;  MitHiniown  and  Lost  Creek  64  40:  Mileu- 

Springfield  1st  60.    fV>r2«mout/«— Gallipolis  16  60.  burgh,  add' I  2;  Peru  6:   -^inking  Valley  18  96. 

CLEyu.AWD.  —  C/«>e/and— Cleveland  iHt  40  66;  iVor/Aaw6«rton4— Bloomsburgh  let  67  42;  Brier 

aeyeland,  Euclid   St  32  47;   Strongvllle   161.  p*"«f  ^  ,1"^    Lewlsburgh,  add'l  8;    McEwensville 

3faA«n»niy-Hubbard  6  10;    Maselllon  16.    Steu-  f„^:    ^^^'^^L/.f^JO  60;    Washington  9  26; 

6«f.»i//*- Bethlehem  3 ;  Madison  3  76;  New  Har-  Will.am-^port  2d  16  09.     Ffe/Wkwo-^oudersport 

riabargh  6.  «  76. 

CoLimBtra.—  CMumfru<— Columbus  2d  37  62;  Illinois,  CnrmAL.— B<oom<Rj7ton— Bement,  addM 

Grove  City  28  cts;   Lancaster  Ist  9.    Marion^  10;  Clinton    20;    Danville  66  44;  Oilman    8  80. 

CheAterville  7  lo;  Salem  3  83.     IFoortsr— Arh-  Peorio— Deer  Creek  6;  Farroington7;  Ipaval6; 

land  ^  60;  Fredericktiburgh  8  24.    ZanesviUe—  JLiOwistown 43  31.  Schuyler^ hugiaatAl  40;  Bush- 

Jersey  10;  Clark  8  80;  New  Lexington  1;  Put-  nell  6. 


882 


Rdief  Fund  /or  Disabled  MmuterB. 


[^December 


luiKois,  NoETB.— C%ica^  — ChlcR^  Ist  48; 
Lake  Forest  44.  Freeport—Freepori  ^d  12  88; 
Middle  Creek  U.  Ot/atoA— Streaior  18  66.  Roek 
River— EdyfidB  2 ;  Fulton  60  ots;  Hamlel  1 ; 
Viola  2. 

jLUHon,  8oDTB.—ilttoy»— Alton  8;  Elm  Point 
8  60;  Hiirdin  I;  Jersey  Tille  42  06;  Plain  view 
6  8(>;  Salem  German  6  'M;  Virden  1  10;  Walnut 
Grove  1  6u;  Waveland  3  60:  Zion  German  26  80. 
Guro—Da  Quoin  2  67.  Mat/oon— Charleston, 
addM  1;  Neoga2  17;  TajlorTtlle  4. 

IiTBUif A,  NoKTB.—  OrawfordtfV'tte  —  Thomtown 
20  6H.  Fort  Wayne— B\nffton  8  10;  New  Lancas- 
ter 3  05;  Pleasant  Ridge  6  18.  Logansport — 
Kentland  6;  Remington  6.  Ifonete— Anoerson 
1st  11  36;  Wabash  2  87. 

iHDiAifA,  South.— /fKi<a>u^oI{«—Qreenna8tle 
6  60;  Indianapolis  3d  79  05.  New  il<6anv— Beth- 
el 6;  Charlestown,  add*l  6:  Madison  2d  6:  New 
Albany  1st  38  16.  Vtneennea — Grace  .S9  6^;  From 
a  "minister's  wdow"  fO;  Petersburgh  4;  Upper 
Indiana  8.  WhUc  fF((U«r~  South  Providence 
4  67. 

Iowa,  NoKTH.~P(i6u9u»»Dubuque  German  20; 
Independence  German  4. 

Iowa,  Bovra—OotmcU  B/ti/To— Council  Bluffs 
20  60.  Dee  Moine*—DeB  Moines  1st  24  71.  Iowa 
—Montrose  2.  Imca  C»ty— Washington  6  07. 
Nebnuha  Gift/— Nebraska  City  Isl  (including  6 
from  Sab  sch)  17. 

KAir8A8.—£Titporia— Chelsea   2  36;    Eldorado 

1  10:  Enreka  6  30;  Hutchison  4;  Quenemo  2; 
Wellington  2;  Winfield  6;  Wichita  6  06.  Neoeho 
— Pairview  2  60;  Geneva  2  60;  Liberty  30  cents; 
Ottawa  31  ots. 

KawTTCET-— E6s»u«r--Be(hel  7.  LontitvUie— 
Louisville,  Walnut  St  1  98;  Olivet  6. 

LoHO  Iwiktm.— Brooklyn — Brooklyn,  Throop 
Ave  36  69.  Long  Jstond— Mlddletovrn  8  43;  8e- 
tauketl6.  iVossatt— Huntingdon  2d  6  76;  Smith- 
town  7  26. 

MiOHi0Aw.—i)eirot<— Detroit  Ist  60  06;  Detroit, 
Fort  St  112  30;  Detroit,  Westminster  6  (•<. 
GrandAaptds— Greenwood  2.  Lansiny—Lansing 
1st  4  62.    Saginaw— ^y  City  3  72. 

MiRKKSOTA.— JlfanJUzfo— Judson  1  60;  Mankato 
1st  20;  8r  Peter's  Union,  Mrs  J  N  Treadwell  2. 
Si  Pau/— Delano  1 ;  Independence  1 ;  Long  Lske 
1 ;  Red  Wing  97  cts;  Rockford  1.  Southern  Mm- 
nesota— Le  Roy  8. 

Missouri.  — Plo/to— St  Joseph,  Westminster 
13  36.    St  X^ts— Naaareth  6  25. 

NiwJim8«T.—E?£ra6e£A— Clark  svlllel  21;  Clin- 
ton Isr  6  10;  Elisabeth  3d  8  78;   Plainrield  1st 

2  16:  Pluckamin  1  39;  Roselle  1st  2  68;  Sum- 
mit Central  8  14;  Wesifleld  6  4o.  Jersey  City— 
Tenafly  2  04.  Monmouth—  Bordentown  6  16; 
Jacksonville  8  26;  Mount  Holly  32  51.  Morru 
and  Orati^e—Chatham  29  85;  East  Orange  6  03; 
Madi$>on  8  28;  Morristown  1st  8  83;  Orange  1st 
83.  i^ctoarfc  —  Newark  1st  37  60:  Newark  2d 
16  63;  Newark,  Park  3  16  ;  Newark,  South  Park 
89  70.  New  Brunewtch— A\exAndTiB  1st  7  66; 
Kingston  7  66;  Lambertvilie  52  75;  New  Bruns- 
wick 1st  49  (-3;  Stockton  2;  Titusville  9  86; 
Trenton  4th  117  24.  iVctr^m— Blairsiown  6  76; 
Greenwich  7  50;  La  Fayette  8;  Montana  4  26; 
Yellow  Fr^me  1  83.  West  Jer«fy— Bridget  on  let 
loO;  Bndgeton  West,  add'l  2  50;  Camden  1st, 
from  a  family  26;  Pittsgrove  60;  Salem  76; 
Woodstcwn  4  60. 

New  Toek— Boston— Bedford  16  26;  Boston 
1si27;  Newburyportlst37  45.  Hudson— Goshen 
47  29:  Hamptonburgh  4  78;  Hempstead  1  47; 
Middletown  l^t  1  69  ;  Middletown  2d  4  33;  Mon- 
iicello  3  86:  Mount  Hope  9;  Nyack  4  93;  Port 
Jervis  27;  Ramapo  8;  Scotchtown  2  29;  Wash- 
ingtonville  1st  3  38;  West  Town  80  cts.  New 
ForA;— New  York,  Church  of  the  Covenant 
44.^  72;  New  York,  Church  of  the  Sea  and  Land 
84  cts;  New  York,  Scotch,  ft-om  J  Taylor  John- 
ston 33  7ft:  New  York,  13th  St  39  18;  New  York 
4ih82.  North  River— LHHo  Britain  14  37;  Mai- 
den  90;   Newburgh,   Calvary   26  44;    Roodout 


81  48:  Smith  Held  16.  IfssfMssfsr— Bartford  Itt 
46;  Peekskill  1st  69  12;  South  Salem  20  ifO; 
Yonkers  1st  159  60. 

Paoipic— iSr&n  Jos*— Watsonville  6. 

Philadklpbia.— **  D"  10.  Cfcsstcr— Charlestown 
4;  Downingtown  6;  Eaat  Whteland  6  60;  New 
London  2  84;  Upper  West  Nottingham  1  69. 
I^adtaiiMmna— Langchff  6;  Newton  10;  Susque* 
hanna  Depot  22  60;  Troy  19  84.  Lehigh— Eta- 
ton  1st  76;  Mahanoy  City  61  42;  Mountain  20. 
PAitods/pAia  — Philadelphia,  Greenwich  St  6; 
Philadelphia.  W  Spruce  St  243  90.  Philadelphia 
OwKrai— Philadelphia  Central,  Mrs  E  A  Pierce 
25;  Philadelphia,  Cobocksink  lo8  26;  Philadel- 

ghia,  immanuel  86  89;  Philadelphia,  N  Broad 
t,Alex  Whilldm,  Esq  60:  Philadelphia,  North- 
ern Liberties  1st  66;  Philadelphia.  W  Arch  St 
66  87;  Philadelphia,  Broad  and  Diamond  Hi 
24  45;  Mantua  2d  26  14.  Philade/phta.  North— 
Bristol  66;  Germantown  Isc,  *-E  L  L**  60;  Oer- 
mantown.  Market  Sauare  in  pari  60,  also  2  60 
f^om  Miss  MoClelland's  class— 52  50;  Newtown 

82  90.  Wt$tm(nster  — Cedar  GroTe  10;  Straa- 
burgh  21  60. 

Pin8BUKOB.  —  B<a<r»v<U0  — Armagh  6;  Cross 
Roads  17;  Latrobe  17  76;  MurraysTille  13; 
New  Alexandria  4  19:  Pleasant  Grove  6  Pitte- 
burgh— EasI  Liberty  11  61;  Forett  Grove  'J7: 
Uaslewood  24  73 ;  Lebanon  6  91;  Long  Island 
3  64;  Mt  Olive, add'l  2;  Mt  Pisgah  8;  Pittnburgb 
2d  18  22;  PiUf burgh.  Shady  Side  IS  68;  Rac- 
coon 80  65;  Sharon  20  66;  Swissvale  19  32; 
Wilkinsburgh  60  60.  J2«d»tons— George's  Creek 
8;  New  Providence  12;  Reunion  25  28;  Round 
Hill  8  86.  ITasAtn^ton  —  Cross  Roads  7  87; 
Wewt  Liberty  6.  West  Fir^ima— Clarksbargh 
7  90 ;  Sistersville  4. 

TcNKE88u.—£ro2stoi»— Timber  Ridge  0  cents, 
ifin^ston— Bethel  7  26. 

ToLno^Bellefontaine  Bellefontaine  lat  2  41 ; 
Buoyrus  1  43 ;  Opper  Sandusky  6.  JJurow— Fre- 
mont 6 ;  Olena  10.  Ltmo— Delpboa  30  cts ;  Tur- 
tle Creek  3  26. 

WBsnaN  Niw  York.— ^/oto— Baflkloi*  Breck- 
enridge  St  17;  Bnffislo  Central  2U  3(i;  Clarence 
9:  East  Aurora  16;  East  Hamburuh  6;  West 
Aurora  6;  Westfield  3  74.  Geneses- Batavia 
41  <•«;  Wyoming  13  14.  ATia^rtra—Barre  Centre 
7  ;  Niagara  Falls  50.  i^oeAsstsr— Dansville  26  76; 
Lima  1  16;  Ogden  7  1<>;  Rochester,  Central 
13  84. 

Wisooifsnf.—C^^jfirtra— North  Bend  2  60.  JM- 
toauAes— Delafleld  99  cts;  Manitowoc  1st  8  <Q; 
Ottawa  22  cts.  Winnebago— O^hkosh  7  50.  Wis- 
constn  iUfsr —Reedsburgh  14  90. 

MisciLLAiraouB.— Ohio,  Glendale,  Mary  Vanoe 
6:  Ohio.  Adams'  Mills,  Misses  Catherine  and 
Margaret  Scott,  each  6—10:  Pa,  KishacoquUIas, 
Rev  S  U  McDonald  1 :  Interest  on  Permanent 
Fund,  per  G  H  Van  Oelder,  E"^  6'0  11 ;  Reli- 
gions Coniributioo  Soc'y,  Princeton  Theo  Sem'y 
6  79;  from  ••K"2;  N  Y.  ''a  minif>tfr*s  widow,'' 
special  10;  Pa,  Uniontown,  from  "C^  2;  Phils, 
from  "S  3  N"6  ;  Ohio.  Roseville  *•  Anonymous" 
6;  Pa,  Providence,  E  Weston  5;  Iowa,  Miwouri 
Valley,  James  Honf^e  1;  Interest  on  Permanent 
Fund,  per  Wm  E  Tenbrook,  E*^  318  60;  Phila, 
Rev  George  R  Moore  I ;  Cal,  V^allejo,  J  I'opley  5; 
Iowa,  McGregor,  John  R  Justus.  Enq  1  60;  N  C, 
Concord,  Rev  Luke  Dorland  5;  Iowa,  We^i 
Branch,  Wm  Brown,  Esq  8;  Mon^y  Refunded 
40;  from  **  Well- Wisher"  1;  Coll  ai  a  meeting 
of  the  Philadelphia  Synod,  to  redeem  a  gold 
ring  contributed  by  **  Thankfulness"  136  97; 
Phila,  from  •*alady  friend"  I ;  per  "^The  Pre^ 
byterian,"  Anonynious  4;  Phila,  1st  Reformed 
ch  Race  St  12  03;  ••  Thankfulneas"  2  60;  PhUa, 
from  **  a  friend."  special  100;  Phila,  "  Rev  Mat- 
thew Newkirk,"  special  100:  Phila.  Mrs  M  K 
Wetherill  26;  L  I,  Fre*hpond,  **from  a  friend" 
6;  Ohio,  Marseilles,  A  M  Demorest2  26. 

Total  receipts  in  October  1874»    |9,698  56 

CHARLES  BROWN,  Ttmmsrm; 

Office,  1884  Cheetaut  Street,  Phil*. 


1874.]  General  AssemhfyU  Committee  on  Freedmen.  383 

GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN. 


Bit.  a.  O.  HoOLSXAin),  Cbr.  Seeretary,  Box  1246,  Pittsbargb,  Pa. 
Riv.  Jab.  Allison,  D.D.,  Treanirer.  Look  Box  24,  PittsburKh,  Pa. 
E.  O.  WooDWAEO,  Esqn  BeeeMng  AgenU  1834  Ghestnat  street,  Philadelphia. 


"The  First  Sabbath  in  December" — named  as  the  day  for  colleotionB  in  behalf 
of  our  Church's  work  among  the  Freedmen,  is  at  hand ;  and  the  Committee  to 
whose  care  this  work  has  been  entrusted  earnestly  solicits  the  renewed  attention 
of  our  churches  to  its  interests. 

Growth. — For  this,  the  field  we  cultivate  has  adaptation  which  we  believe  is 
without  a  parallel.  But  with  a  decreasing  income  and  the  remains  of  the  **01d 
Debt"  still  upon  us,  we  have  had  no  heart  to  attempt  actual  enlargement  of  the 
work.  To  care  for  that  already  in  hand  was  deemed  the  most  that  we  might 
undertake.  But  a  healthy  child,  thougli  under  restraints,  will  grow,  and  will  in 
some  way  manifest  its  growth.  And  thus,  while  our  last  Annual  Report,  as  com- 
pared with  that  of  the  preceding  year,  shows  a  decrease  of  4  ministers,  5  teachers, 
6  schools,  and  $3642,  it  nevertheless  shows  increase  :~in  the  number  of  churches, 
12;  in  added  on  examination,  194;  in  total  number  of  communicants,  1045;  in 
Sabbath-school  scholars,  400 ;  in  the  number  of  pupils  in  our  higher  schools,  73 ; 
in  the  number  of  these  who  taught  part  of  the  year,  45;  in  the  number  of  months 
these  taught,  183  (over  15  years) ;  in  the  number  cf  pupils  thus  taught,  2368 ; 
and  in  the  amount  of  recompense  received  by  these,  an  increase  of  $3120. 

Schedule  of  Wore. — It  is  the  custom  of  the  Committee  of  Missions  for  Freed- 
men, in  the  beginning  of  each  fiscal  year,  to  make  out,  with  estimate  of  cost,  a 
schedule  of  the  work  that  may  be  undertaken — the  amount  being  fixed,  usually,  by 
the  cash  receipts  of  the  preceding  year.  But  this  year,  as  the  **  panic"  had 
reduced  the  receipts  of  last  year,  it  was  deemed  safe  to  reckon  upon  the  receipts 
of  the  year  preceding  that,  and  the  schedule  was  made  out  accordingly,  the  aim 
being  to  continue  about  the  same  amount  of  work  undertaken  last  year. 

Kbduction  of  Work. — As  the  months  advanced,  reduction  of  work  was  deemed 
necessary,  if  we  would  avoid  debt ;  and  accordingly  a  number  of  schools  have  been 
stricken  from  our  schedule.  This  will  be  sorely  felt  by  these  poor  people  who  so 
earnestly  desire  the  school  with  the  church ;  and  by  our  ministers,  who  feel  that  in 
order  to  the  best  success  in  church-work,  the  parochial  school  is  an  essential. 
And  yet,  if  we  shall  conduct  the  work  through  the  year  without  incurring  a  new 
indebtedness,  even  farther  reduction  may  be  found  necessary.  The  reason  for  all 
this  is 

Financial  Embarrassment — past,  present,  and  prospective.  This  has  come 
from  three  sources:  (I)  the  smallness  of  the  balance  in  hand  with  which  the  work 
bad  to  commence  the  year;  (2)  the  falling  of  the  receipts  of  this  year  to  even  a 
lower  figure  than  that  of  last;  and  (3)  the  application  of  a  considerable  portion  of 
these  reduced  receipts  to  liquidating  the  remnant  of  the  heavy  debt  found  upon 
the  work  at  Reunion. 

The  Remedt. — This  should  come  largely  from  two  sources:  (1)  by  non-contri- 
buting churches  becoming  supporters  of  the  work ;  and  (2)  by  many  contributing 
churches  giving  with  increased  liberality.  It  must  be  expected  that  in  these 
times  of  business  depression  many  persons  will  find  themselves  unable  to  con- 
tribute as  heretofore.  But  the  deficit  thereby  can  doubtless  be  far  more  than  met 
by  non-contributing  churches  and  individuals  falling  into  line,  and  many  small 
fivers  devising  and  executing  more  liberal  things  in  behalf  of  this  work.  Shall 
It  be  done  ?  • 

Let  it  not  be  Forgotten — that  since,  at  the  opening  of  the  late  war,  there  were 
17,000  colored  Presbyterians  in  the  South,  multitudes  of  these  poor  people,  with 
their  children,  are  of  our  "own  household"  of  faith  as  really  as  are  any  of  the 
white  population  of  our  Western  States ;  that  in  two  States  they  nearly  equal,  in 
two  more  than  equal,  in  one  nearly  double  the' white  population,  and  in  all,  out- 
number the  total  inhabitants  of  all  the  New  England  States  by  over  1,000,000 
souls ;  that  while  our  churches  and  schools  have  done  much  to  enlighten  and 
christianize  many,  and  other  denominations  have  done  the  same,  the  whole  is, 
comparatively,  but  a  little  ;  that  vast  masses  of  these  poor  people,  especially  in 
the  far  South,  are  as  ignorant  to-day  as  Emancipation  founa  them — many  of 
them  Btill  practising  rites  and  ceremonies  that  can  be  traced  only  to  a  heathen 


884 


General  AssembfyU  Committee  on  Freedm,en,        [^December 


origin ;  and  yet,  that  these  4,000,000  of  people  not  only  have  each  an  immortal 
soul  to  be  saved  or  lost,  but  with  all  their  ignorance  and  superstition  are  now 
American  citizens,  possessed  of  the  elective  franchise  in  our  own  country,  where 
the  people  rule. 

In  view  of  all  this,  who  wonders  that  the  writer  of  a  recent  article  affirms, 
that  '*  Neither  India,  nor  China,  nor  South  America,  nor  Africa,  nor  the  Isles  of 
the  Sea,  need  to-day  a  vital  Christianity  half  so  much  as  does  the  neo^  of  the 
Southern  States."  And  to  give  him,  by  God's  help,  this  "vital  Christianity,-'  is 
just  the  work  in  which  the  Presbyterian  Church,  through  her  Committee  of  Mis- 
sions for  Freedmen,  is  engaged.  Shall  caste  prejudice,  to  which  all  are  so  in- 
stinctively prone,  whatever  may  be  their  principles,  cause  her  to  embrace  but 
feebly  an  opportunity  for  doing  good,  a  parallel  to  which  we  believe  is  scarcely 
to  be  found  on  the  face  of  the  earth  ?  May  lie  who  preached  the  gospel  '*  to  the 
poor*'  prevent! 

D05ATI05S  AT  PITTSBURGH   FOB  FrBBDMBH  IB  OCTOBER   1874. 
4^  Synods  in  small  capitals — Presbjteries  in  italics — Churches  In  Roman. 


ALBAifT.— ^26anv~A1bany  Ist  32  62;  Saratoga 
8pnni{'4  Ist  ch  and  Sahsoh  4  84. 

Gkntral  New  York.— Utica—Utkotk  Ist  88  60; 
Clinton  ."U).  SyraeuMe— Li  <reTpoo\  93  cts;  Syra- 
cuse Ist  Ward  33  ots;  Rer  6  S  Boardman,  D  D 
10. 

Clevclaitd.— IfiAonin^— Tounsstown  1st  35  14. 
a«ve//ind  —  Cleveland    iRt   27  96;    StrongsTJlie 

1  06;  Cleveland,  Kuclid  St  22  40. 
CoLUMiJDS.—  Ifbo»i«r— Fredericksburg'  2  24. 
EMi.^AUeghmi/— B\i\\    Creek  7  50;    Bskers- 

town  10.     £uaer^  Pioe  Grove  97ci8;    Centre 

2  31. 

Gzyzyji —Steuben— Bsith  14  04;  Corning  I  77. 
Chemung— E'.miTA  1st  3  26.  Geneva —  Warsaw 
18. 

H  ARRi  SBfTRG  H.— A*or<Aum60r2an(i—W  ill  i  araspo  ft 
2d  5  8  J.    Huntingdon— ?exM  4. 

Illinois.  Cbntaau  —  Peoria  —  Elmwood  2  83. 
5c^ay/«r— Bardolph  6  25. 

Illinois,  North.— iioe/c  iSiosr— Mil lersbarg  7; 
Fulton  35  CIS. 

Ilunois,  South  — i4^ton—Virden  1  05;  Plaia- 
Tiew  4'>  CIS.    Cxtro— Da  Q  loin  I  84. 

Indiana,  North.— ifu/icts— Wabash  I  95 

Iowa,  South.— Jowa—  Mt  Pleasant  2  95 ;  Keo- 
kuk ist,  Westminster  4  42.  Iowa  City—  W^sh- 
in^^ton  3  60. 

Long  Island.— iVoisau — HunMngton  2d  2  33. 
Brooklun-^Ab-aoh  Miss'y  Asso'd  of  Brooklyn, 
Souih  ch  2U0. 

Miouiqan— De/rott- Detroit,  Westminster  1  95. 
Laming— Lunsing  1st  8  12. 

Minnesota.— Si.  Paul— St  Paul  Central  3  87 ; 
Red  Wing  66  cu». 

Missouri — Palmyra— Ist  ch  Moberly  2. 

New  .Ibrsbt. — MonmouM— Allen  own  15.  West 
Jflr*ey— Black woodiowa  20.  Elizabeth— HotmWB 
ch  and  Sah  sch  2  59;  3d  ch  Elizabeth  8  50; 
Pliickamin  99  cis;  Plainfield  iMt  I  77;  Clark««- 
ville  84  ct:i;  dummit  Central  2  17;  We^^ttiold 
1  63.  Jersey  O/y— Hackensack  13;  Norwood 
11.  A*<^o{o/i— tilairstown  4  66:  Yellow  Frame 
1  26.  iV«to  iJruiuioicJk— Stockton  I.  Newark — 
Newark  Park  2  33.  Morris  and  Oranye— Madi- 
son 5  72. 

New  York.— j89<ton— Londonderry  1  60.  New 
York— bih  Ave  and  l9ih  St  50;  Sea  anl  Land  21 
ci«;  13lh  Stch,  Sab-sch  Miss'y  A-«»o'n  125.  Hud- 
son—  scotohtown  2  56;  Went  Tuwn  I  69;  Good 
Will  2  «)8;  Middletown  Ut  1  25;  H*imptoaburgh 
1  87;  Washingtonville  1st  2  33.  North  Rioer— 
Rondout  12  25. 

PHiLADBLPBiA.—G^es^— Chester  8d  15;  New 
London  I  96.  Philadelphia  North— Deep  Run 
and  Doylestown  24  63;  LacAauxmna— Franklin 
75  CIS.   ZrsAigA— Shenandoah  6. 

Pirtf^nvMB.- Pittsburgh— EtMi  Liberty  14  51 ; 
Long  island  2  89 ;  bhady  Side  4  63.  BlairtmtU 
— N'>w  Alexandria  8  04.  i2ecbt<m«— Round  Hill 
1  40. 


ToLXDO.— Bef/sfontame- Bueyrus  1  12:  Belle- 
fnntaine  1st  89  cts.  ^ima— Del  phos  24  cts.  Ft 
Ffat/ns— Lima  7. 

TcirirxssBR.— Houston— Jonesboro  1  17;  Timber 
Ridge  4  cts. 

Wbstkrr  Ntw  York.- iVuigam— Ladioa  of  Nla- 

5ara  Falh  ch,  sp  for  Scotia  liO.     Boehegter— 
<ima  I  12:  Rochester  Central  10  11.    Buffalo— 
Weslfield  8  12. 

MtsciLLANSous— Mt  Morrls  ch  N  Y  20  :  Freed- 
men Cnapel  school,  Va  30;  S  McLaugtilin, 
Hookstown,  Pa  6;  Miss  Isabella  Grubb,  M  tcw. 
Pa  35;  Apple  Creek  ch,  Ohio  15  26;  Ui  ch 
Detroii,  Mich  73  16;  Rev  G  S  Corwm,  M  D,  East 
Pembroke,  N  Y,  for  Biddte  Insiituie  51 ;  Annie 
McOandless,  Clarinda,  Iowa  3;  Maria  B  Jon#is 
Clarinda,  Iowa  2>  cts;  I  si  Pren  Soc*y,  NunJa, 
N  Y  5;  Lewes  ch.  Del  5;  Mary  Vance,  Gleudale, 
Ohio  6;  2d  oh  Newark,  N  J  16  53;  J  Peoples, 
Gorman,  O  5. 

Total  receipts  In  October,       $1,824  1« 
JAMES  ALLISON,  Treasurer, 
Lock  Box  24,  Pittttbtirgb,  Pa. 


Money  received  and  expended  on  the  Field  during 
the  (Quarter  ending  Sept.  3UCA,  1874. 

Pbyof  Atlantic— Congruity  ch  10;  Good  Will 
ch  22  32  00 

Pifff  of  aitow6a— Bellefonte  ch  19  90 ;  Ben- 
salerin  ch  10  97;  Bethel  ch  45  56;  Beth  page  ch 
15  0);  Caldwell  ch  15  89;  Concord  ch  61  95; 
Fancy  Hill  ch  8  88;  Miranda  ch  1:  Mt.  Olivea 
ch  4;  Monroe  ch  4U;  Poplar  Tentch  17  85;  St. 
Paul  ch  8 ;  Woodlands  ch  2  50  251  00 

Pbu  of  J'htr/leM— Calvary  ch  4;  Lebanon  ch 
12 ;  Nazareth  on  6 ;  Tabor  ch  22  7u  43  70 

/%y  o/ iT'UNe 'Antioch  ch  83;  New  Hope  ch 
13  25  46  25 

Pby  of  Louis wMs-LouIsville  ch  24  95 

P6V  of  CTnion- Bethel  ch  3;  Calvary  ch  5; 
Rogersville  ch  14  60;  St.  Luke  ch9  3160 

Pbyof  V'^*ikin^-C.^v.>,.<,u■^  !;■  ,,■!  .'h  I'J  ■.:.■  l>*ii- 
ville'ch  7,>;  Fj^vxHtevj  U- r-h  i:  jn-  ^■f  r*^.J.Tiii  i^h 
13;  Frofvaam  (HtH(iaoy)  ch  T  l,"*;  i.iuUi  Hill  cH 
9  86:  Greetii-boro  sh  41;  Lrt^in^^on  cH  i;  Loi*- 
isburg  tHi  26  01 '.  Lo^an  oh  fi  iMii  LumlK'irtnn  ^9 
2  2!);  LitvB  droTtt  oh  1  b>i  \  MtiekuVlH^  ^ii  lt<| 
McClelistKl  f  h  I;  Mitmorial  ch  SSotM;  Ml.  ^M 
en  9;  Mt,  Tj^bar  r  b  4  U;  ML  Ple««aut  rh  I  IS  • 
Mt  Olive  Ob  >i;  Ne>vC*jniie  ch  It  Pn  '■ 

ch  12:  pmhbiiTttn  oh    J  *»■  O^kkin: 
Raleigh  rh  T;  Hed  tipflt^  cih  l;  Ha' - 
20  37;    i5riiri**vi]k'   (*h    ^1  13;    8arama[i   cti   -; 
White  11: J]  v\i  4  an  \  WibmiuKt^m  ^h  m      ISI  ^ 

Pby   0/    Wtahinfttm  Oiir— JtiMmll  Qivro  en 

T«t«i,     mo  9 


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Ecdetiastkdl  Record. 

ECCLESIASTICAL  RECORD. 


385 


DISSOLXmOK   OP  THB    FA8TORAL    RELATION 

Rev.  S.  M.  Morton  and  the  let  Presbyterian 
cbnrch  of  Urbana.  111. 

Rev.  G.  B.  Bfll  and  the  Seventh  Presbyte- 
rian church,  New  York  City. 

Rev.  H.  M.  Morev  an  I  the  Westminster 
Church,  Rochester,  New  York. 

Rev.  S.  H  McKown  and  the  First  Presby- 
terian church,  Wiiminglon,  Del. 

Rev.  Richard  Craighead  and  the  Second 
Presbyterian  church,  MeadviUe,  Pa. 

Rev.  J.  S.  Gilmer  and  the  church  at  Titus- 
Tille,  N.  J.  ^      . 

CALLS  RSCBIVBD  OR  ACOBPTED. 

Rev.  D.  W.  Evans  to  the  church  at  Chip- 
pewa Falls,  Wis. 

Rev.  fe,  M.  Morton  to  the  Westminster 
Presbyterian  church  of  Jacksonville   III. 

Rev.  John  Reicl  to  the  Third  Presbyterian 
church,  Paterson,  N.  J. 

Rev  H.  M.  Morey  to  the  Presbyterian 
church  at  South  6<>nd.  Jnd 

Rev.  J.  E.  Wrigljt  to  the  First  Presbyterian 
church  at  Walnut  Hills,  Ohio. 

PO0T-OrFJOB   ADDBE.S8BS   CHANGED. 

Rev.  John  C.  Meloy  from  Wellsville,  Ohio, 
to  West  Newton,  Pa 

Rev.  John  M.  AUls  from  Lansing,  Mich., 
to  Anaheim.  Cal. 

Rev.  E.  K.  Lynn  from  Seymour,  Ind ,  to 
Mahomet,  111. 

Rev.  David  Street  from  Waupaca.  Wis.,  to 
Manchester.  Iowa. 

Rev.  J.  W.  McGregor  from  Schoolcraft, 
Mich.,  to  Mil  ford.  Midi.. 

Rev.  AT  J.  Wintenck  from  Orange,  N.  J., 
to  Haver.*  traw,  NY. 

Rev.  John  Kelland  from  Soutlifield,  Mich., 
to  Franklin  Mich. 

Rev.  E.  H  Camp  from  Newark,  N.  J.,  to 
Avondale,  Cincinnati.  Ohio. 

Rev.  Ja:i;e8  R.  Collier  from  Greenfield, 
Ohio,  to  Mason.  Ohio 

Rev.  Samuel  H.  McKown  from  Wilmington, 
Del ,  to  Uerrardstown,  W.  Va. 

Rev.  Ravaud  K.  Rodgers,  D.D.,  from  Bound 
Brook,  N.  J.,  to  Athens,  Ga. 

Rev.  James  L  Amlong  from  Cedar  Valley, 
Iowa,  to  Mount  Zion,  Iowa. 

Rev.  D.  M.  Aniloug,  from  Schroon  Lake, 
K.  Y.,  to  26  Nassau  Street,  New  York. 

Rev.  E.  M.  Kelloffg  from  Manchester,  N. 
J.,  to  Bricksburch,  N7  J. 

Rev.  Henry  b  Swift  from  Parish ville  to 
Bethany  Centre,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  William  E.  Hamilton  from  Pueblo, 
Col.  Ter.,  to  Laramie,  Wyorains  Territory. 

Rev.  John  H.  Perkins  from  Mooers,  N.  Y., 
to  French  Mountain,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Faunt'eroy  Senour  from  Newport, 
Ky.,  to  PitUburgh,  Pa. 

Rev.  D.  W.  Evans  from  Mineral  Point, 
Wia,  to  Chippewa  Falls,  Wis. 


Rev.  R.  H.  Van  Pelt  from  Danville,  Pa., 
to  Mercer,  Pa.  » 

Rev.   L    H.  Reid   from  Kent.  Conn.,  to 
Canaan,  Conn. 

Rev    S.  A.  Stoddard  from  Independence, 
Kas  ,  to  Fort  Gibson,  Indian  Territory. 

Rev.  C.  W   Winnie  from  St.  James,  Minn., 
to  Absecon,  N.  J.  ^    ^    ▼     i. 

Rev.  John  Pollock  from  Oxford,  N.  J.,  to 
Belvidere,  N.  J. 

Rev   S.  M.  Morton  from  Urbana,  III.,  to 
Jacksonville,  III. 

Rev.  John  Reid  from  Lower  Valley,-W.  J., 
to  Paterson,  N.  J. 

Rev.  E.  Scofield  from  Chicago,  III,  to  8o- 
monauk.  111. 

kev  J.  H.  Byers  from  Lexington,  Mo.,  to 
Colusa,  California. 

Rev  A.  S.  Reid  from  Kingston,  Tenn.,  to 
Mineral  Point,  Wis.  .,^     ,  vt 

Rev  George  W.  Goodale  from  Knob  Nos- 
ter.  Mo.,  to  Pawnee  City,  Nebraska. 

Rev.  J.  E.  Wright  from  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  to 
West  Walnut  Hills,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Rev.  J  M.  Nourse  from  Cairo,  W.  Va.,  to 

Athens,  Ohio.  ^     .     ^       xt  yr 

Rev.  H.  M    Morey  from  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

to  South  Bend,  Ind.  ^  , «.      i. 

Rev  John  Moore  from  1334  Chestnut  Street 

to  3938  Pine  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Rev.  D.  A.  Wallace  from  Mahomet,  III,  to 
Piper  City,  111.  ^        ^  ^    ^ 

Rev.  H.  K  Hennigh,  from  Bonaparte,  Iowa, 
to   Bentonsport,  Iowa. 

Rev.  C.  B  Whitcomb  from  Derby,  Conn., 
to  Che.«ter,  Mass.  „   t   x 

Rev.  J.  S.  Gilmer  from  Titusvillo,  N.  J.,  to 
250  West  52d  St..  N.  Y.  City. 

Rev  John  C.  Truesdale  from  Watseka,  III, 
to  Sharon,  Pa.  .    ^,  ^ 

Rev.  G.  Moery  from  Peo8ta,Iowa,  to  McGre- 
gor Iowa.  ,        „      , 

Rev.  K.  Barr  from  Bedford,  Ind.,  to  Frank- 
fort, Ind  _         «  .    « 

Rev.  Wm.  J.  Moffatt  from  Cross  Cut,  Pa., 
to  New  Castle.  Pa. 

Rev.  A'ex.  L.  Knox  from  Homer.  III.,  to 
Cerro  Gordo,  111.  ^ 

Rev.  Wra.  J  Erdman  from  Fort  Wayne, 
Ind..  to  Jamestown,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Benj.  B.  Parsons,  D.  D.,  from  572 
Adams  St.  Philadelphia,  to  the  corner  of 
Frank  lord  Road  and  Somerset  St.,  Philad'a. 

Rev.  A  Hanna  from  Savannah,  Ohio,  to 
East  Greenville,  Ohio 

Rev.  George  Warrington  from  Beech  Creek, 
Pa.,  to  Manalapan,  N.  J. 

DBATH8. 

Rev.  C.  H.  Perkins  at  Radnor,  Ohio,  on  the 
— th  of  October. 

Rev.  James  S.  Hawk  at  San  Francisco,  Cal., 
on  the  28111'  of  October. 

Rev.  Robert  Irwin,  Sr.,  at  Muncie,  Ind., on 
the  4th  of  November,  in  the  75th  year  of  his 


As  tbe  Monthly  Record  and  various  other  publications  are  sent  to  all  our  Ministers  and 
Licentiate?,  it  is  imporUnt  that  all  changes  of  a-ldress  should  be  oommamcated  directly  to 
the  Record  office,  1334  Chestnut  Street.  Philadelphia,  Pa.  ^ 


O 


^5^     Action  of  the  General  Assembly  of 

1874 
on  the  PRESBYTERIAN  HYMNAL.— &e  Mmutes^p.  60. 

'*The  last  Assembly  having  approved  of  the  plan  and  progress  of  the  Book  if  A 
Praise,  instracted  the  Board  of  Publication  to  stereotype  and  publish  the  i 
This  has  been  done,  and  the  Hymn>book  is  to  be  made  in  four  forms: 
'*  1.  Hymn  and  Tane-book  in  large  type. 
^'^2.  Hymn  and  Tune- book  in  small  type, 
"  3.  Hymn-book  in  large  type. 
"  4.  Hymn-book  in  small  type. 
''Specimen  pages  have  been  submitted  to  the  Assembly,  and  the  knovE! 
qualifications  of  the  €ompiler  furnish  the  strongest  ground  of  confidence  for  ito  1 
merits,  and  so,  it  is  earnestly  hoped,  for  its  adoption  by  the  churches." 


THAT  THE  NEW 


PRESBYTERIAN   HYMNAL, 

PUBLISHED  BY  THE  BOARD  OF  PUBLrCATION  IN  SEPTEMBER, 

BAB  XVT  THV  EXPECTATION  OF,   AND   IS  DESTINED  TO  Bl 

A  LIVING  POWER 

IN"  THE  XJISriTED  CEEUIIOH, 

is  shown  by  the  fact  that  the  sales  have  been  OTer 

50,000  COPIES 

IN  SIZTV  BUSnfBSS  DATS 

From  the  date  of  pablication — the  actual  namber  disposed  of  -to  November  10th 
being  d0,497,  with  orders  on  that  day  for  over  3,000  more  to  be  filled. 

In  thus  responding  to  the  hope  of  the  Assembly,  the  Church  is  adopting  the 
surest  mode  of  securing 

THE    UNIFORMITY    SO    MUCH    DESIRED. 


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8vo,  with  Miisic $1  35 

Square  12mo,  with  Music 1  00 

16mo,  Hymns  only 8S 

Square  ISino,  Hymns  only SO 


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PRESBYTERIAR  BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION.  1334  CHESTNUT  ST., 

PHILAnELPHIA.  PA. 


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RECORD. 


J^NUA^RY   1875. 


PHILADELPHIA: 
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CONTEiNTS, 


Board  of  Home  MinslODS  — UevU-w  of  ihv  pnM  year— Tht  Trcuftirj'— The  Week  of  PtAv^-* 
Uorrfi!?rM;atJeuct'  from  Kansas— IrtMior  ftow  Wch  VfrglnlA  w**„. „. „„„_«„«_,««...♦„..    1 

Btt^tefJaiian  Dt'3iartmtnt.r^lii  Dvbis— Snttcrinirs— MorechetTftil  vrcwi ^,„ „„..^«.-,    b 

Board  of  EduciiUon.— Wcvk  vf  pmyer— The  Tre4i?rirj— <Tnn»  fcir  I/*btirer*  fnia  rort-Jjrn 
NjiHfUi^— ■■  Uv  shnU  in  no  wiiy  k**f*  his  rcuiird"— M'ete  the  t.iM  TItiie§  bciur  than  oowf— Uu« 
rii1lli»  l^HMridyrv  btviitiic  u  MluUtut*  .«♦♦ .*....««*. * «„„„^.*,h«h».*,.-«,«« ««-*««..,». T 

BoArd  of  Foretgn  tttssionfl,— lic^unt  1tit«1]ig«nce— Kotic««  ofMiitsion  AV*>rk  in  IRT*— I^bor* 
or^tmltcil  for  iii  1^5— *•  The  Kt-cgra**— Ouotl  Newt  fWnii  Mexloo— ( Mltirtjli  «f  i:iilh  Mch,  4*hii«i 
^-^'UlM'So  iu  CalH'ornlii  ...„ ,.,..«..,^ *,«♦, * ^.,»,«^„„ „*^*,.,  10 

Board  of  PublJcatioD.— ^mt  of  Fim<l§— The  Pn^ishyicrinti  irytimal— H«Ip  fo?  Uie  Child rm— 
Not  leiice  rails— A  jiMSlyr's  E«Hmiite— Diliiiicroua  lkiokR-.«..«. «„«« ~  IB 

Board  of  Church  Brdction.—Hctroapcet  at  ihe  >ear.« ««« „* * SD 

Belief  Fund  for  Siaablod  Mlulaters,— Ftttjd»  Ur  bolow  the  eKtlmntc-^Oood  done— A  "Wbl- 
ow's  I'lcii— I'riient  n«ed ,.., , ..««,.««..»»«^». ,^„ ,.„♦ .»_»«,»..»««».^  21 

General  Asaembly 's  Committee  on  Freedmeo.— Lthorty  County,  Ooorgta.  »»».»».»..  21 

Appointments  by  the  Board  of  Home  Mlsalone „»..„,.„„„»..„...„.o-«~ ».<  33 

IAoknowled^menta  of  Beoeipta ^,w».....»»^..*.. ,*.»..... «..,«^ ».»««,.** — ,^  23 
Tl 
Sch4 
The  5t4itc  tawi)  differ  ^u  much  thnt  no  one  Torm  will  uQswcr  in  all  the  Slates,  hut  la  erery 

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OF     THE 


PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES 

OF  AMERICA. 


BEING     THE    OKOAN    OF 


THE  BOARDS  OF  HOME  MISSIONS,  EDUCATION,  FOREIGN  MISSIONS, 

PUBLICATION,  CHURCH  ERECTION,  RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS, 

AND  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON   FREEDMEN. 


VOL  XXVI -1875: 


PHILADELPHIA: 

PRESBYTERIAN   BOARD  OF  PUBLIC ATiaN/^ 

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INDEX 


THE  PRESBYTERIAN  MONTHLY  RECORD. 


BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 


Able  but  not  willing,  323. 
Abstract  of  Annual  Report,  161. 
Annual  Meeting,  193. 
Appointments,   23,   54,   84,   117,   140, 

181,  216,  248,  279,  313,  344. 
Oalitornia,  Letter  from,  295. 
Calk  for  help,  258. 
Children's  help,  259, 
Chinese  Migration,  34,  259,  355. 
Debt  and  Pledges,  65. 
Deceased  Missionaries,  161. 
Denominational  Comity,  99. 
Donations  of  Clothing  by  the  Ladies, 

141. 
Duty  of  Missionaries,  258. 
Eastern  Florida,  Progress  there,  261. 
Falling  off  in  Receipts,  193. 
Filling  the  Blanks,  225. 
Financial  Statement,  353. 
Gratitude,  260. 
Graduates,  98, 

Grasshopper  Invasion,  33,  165. 
Hall,  Dr.  John,  on  Preaching,  130. 
**  Hard  Times,"  322,  354. 
Hill,  Dr.  T.,  Letter  from,  260. 
Home  Mission  Work  among  the  Chinese 

on  the  Pacific  Coast,  355. 
Illinois,  Letters  from,  297,  325. 
Intelligence     and     Contributions     go 

Hand  in  Hand,  130. 
Indiana,  Letter  from,  325. 
Indians,  35,  lOO,  260. 
K^ansas,  Correspondence  from,  3,  228, 

260,  296,  357. 


Kentucky,  A  Remarkable  work  in,  356. 

Minnesota,  Letter  from  a  Home  Mis- 
sionary, lately  a  Foreign  Missionary, 
324. 

Missouri,  Report  from,  356. 

Mormoni!«m,  35. 

Nebraska  Relief  Goods,  357,  360, 

Notes  from  the  Field,  197. 

Number  of  Missionaries,  162. 

Oregon,  Letters  from,  66,  325. 

Papal  Aspects,  355. 

Past  and  the  Future,  97. 

Prayer,  Week  of,  2. 

Presbyteries  and  Applicants  for  Aid, 
33,66,98. 

Receipts,  23,  54,  85,  118,  142,  182,  217, 
249, 280,  313,  344,  376. 

Reports,  Annual  and  Quarterly,  66. 

Review  of  the  past  Year,  1,  129. 

Revivals  of  Religion,  257,  354. 

Self-support,  289,  321. 

Standing  Committee,  Report  of,  194. 

Statistical  Reports,  98. 

Suggestion  to  Missionaries,  355. 

Synods,  293. 

Texas,  Letters  from,  69,  260. 

Timely  Relief,  99. 

Treasury,  State  of,  2,  34,  65,  130,  162, 
228,  259,  294,  323,  353. 

Utah,  Call  from.  356. 

Webber,  Rev.  L.  P.,  Death  of,  196. 

West  Virginia,  Letters  from,  5. 

Women  working.  36,  227,  294. 


SUSTENTATION  DEPARTMENT. 


Annual  Collection,  37,  71. 
Appointments,   23,  54,  84,   118,  249, 

280,  313,  344. 
Borrowing  to  pay  Debt,  262. 
l>ebt  of  Department,  5,  353. 
Distress,  38. 

General  Summary,  166, 
Good  Prospects,  326,  327. 
Increase  of  Donations,  132. 
Manse  rental,  358,  360. 
More  cheerful  views,  6,  231. 
Princeton    Review     on     Sustentation, 

295. 


Receipts,  26,  57,  70,  87,  120,  145,  183, 
250,  281,  314,  346,  377. 

Report  of  Committee  of  General  Assem- 
bly, 198. 

Resolutions  of  the  General  Assembly, 
326. 

Self-support,  262,  263. 

Sufferings,  6. 

Time  for  Collections,  220. 

Urgent  Claims,  263. 

Weak  churches  to  be  maintained,  350. 

What  has  been  done  in  the  last  Eleven 
Months,  102.  ^ 

Work,  166. 


INDEX. 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 


Annual  Collections,  39,  72, 

Baker,  Rev.  Daniel,  104. 

Calls  for  Laborers  from  Foreign  Na- 
tions, 7. 

Close  of  the  Financial  Year,  71. 

Collection  for  the  Board,  39,  232. 

Coming  Revival,  298. 

Correllative  Duties,  205. 

Cup  of  Cold  Water,  8. 

Danjrer  of  Reli^^ious  Liberty,  32S. 

Doddridge,  how  he  became  a  Minister, 
9. 

Education  Committees,  205. 

Edwards,  Jonathan,  232. 

Encouragement,  169. 

Fall  Synods,  297. 

Financial  Revival,  106. 

General  Assembly,  Action  of,  39,  200, 
20L 

German  Education,  72. 

God's  Instruments  in  the  British  Re- 
vival, 299. 

(ireat  Mistakes  as  to  Christian  Life  on 
Earth,  363. 

Hints  from  other  Churches,  40. 

McCoUum,  Hugh,  Death  of,  133. 

Mistaken  Religion,  361. 


Moody  and  Sankey,  or  the  Wonderful 
Power  of  a  Simple  and  Loving  Gos- 
pel, 300. 
Number  of  Students  for  the  Year,  361. 
Notes  on  the  Minutes,  264. 
Now,  and  Three  Hundred  Years  ago,  331. 
Our  Work  among  the  Colored  men,  40. 
Perseverance,  a  Lesson  of,  331. 
Prompt  Payments,  Thanks  for,  133. 
Receipts,  21.  58,  88.  121,  147,  184,  218, 

250,  282.  315,  347,  377. 
Rowland  Hill,  73. 
Scriptures,  the  most  important  of 

Studies,  330. 
Specimen  Professors'  Report,  364. 
Thoughts  for  the  Forgetful,  41. 
Transposition  of  Roman  Power  to  the 

New  World,  202. 
Treasurer  of  Board  of  Education,  235. 
Treasury,  State  of,  7,  39,  71,  104, 133, 

168,  264,  297,  328.  361. 
Week  of  Prayer,  7. 

Were  the  Old  Times  better  than  now  ?  8. 
What  is  the  *^  kingdom  of  heaven f' 

362. 
Work  in  1874-5,  167. 
Wrong  Imputation,  106. 


BOAKD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


Africa,  More  men  wanted  for,  365. 

Alexander  High  School,  305. 

Benita  School  and  Work,  174. 

Canton,  Work  of  Grace  at,  111. 

China.  Churches  constituted,  16 ;  pro- 
gress in  thirteen  years,  46.;  number 
of  Missionaries,  l35. 

Chinese  in  California,  16,  270. 

Chippewa  Mission,  76,  336. 

Church- sessions,  205. 

Danforth,  George  B.,  Death  of,  267. 

Debt  of  the  Mission,  171. 

Discriminating  Review,  368. 

Examples  of  Prov.  xi.  24,  367. 

Falling  off  in  Receipts,  268. 

Foreign  Missions  of  the  Church,  301. 

Good  News  from  Mexico,  14,  23S  ;  Ja- 
pan, 45. 

Great  fields  feebly  occupied,  333. 

Guyot's  Map  of  the  AVorld,  135. 

Guzman,  Rev.  Ibanez,  Death  of,  364. 

Hinduism  Unchangeable,  272. 

Indians,  we  ought  to  keep  faith  with 
them,  75. 

Invested  in  Buildings,  236. 

Japan,  glance  inland,  305. 

Laborers  called  for  in  1875, 12. 

Liberia,  the  less-favored  Races,  303, 
305. 


.Massacre  at  Acapulco,  74,    107,  134, 

239. 
Mexico,  Good  News  from,  238,  369. 
Mission  Work  in  lf{74,  11. 
"  Monthly  Record,"  13. 
More  Men  wanted  for  Africa,  365. 
Ningpo,  China,  Signs  of  Good,  136. 
Pray«r  for  the  Boards,  43. 
Protestant  Missions,  337. 
Questions  and  Answers,  44,  237,  367. 
Receipts,  27,  59,  89,  122,  150,  186,  219, 

251,283,315,347,  378. 
Recent  Intelligence,   10,  42,  74,   107, 

134,  170,   203,   235,  267,  301,  332, 

364. 
Sacred  Nest,  Death  of,  an  elder  among 

the  Dakotas,  271. 
Sacred  to  the  Memory  of  Lee  Mong 

Gim,  207. 
Seneca  Mission,  109. 
Shantung,  Two  Months  Tour  in,  240; 

work  in  the  capital,  334. 
Syria,  News  from,  47 ;  matters  in,  206. 
Unauthorized,  366. 
Utes    and    Apaches    in    the    Abiqait 

Agency,  77. 
What  can  be  done  in  a  Month,  108. 
Wright,  Asher,  Death  of,  170,  172. 
Zacatecas,  Work  at,  369.     o 


INDEX. 


BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION. 


Annual  Collection,  138, 
Cheering  Action,  209. 
Christian  Economicfl,  114. 
Daofi^erous  Books,  19. 
Fund  exhausted,  48.  139. 
Good  Opportunity,  113. 
Help  for  the  Children,  18. 
Hymnal,  18.80.  175,210. 
Is  it  Loyal?  339. 
"  Preparing  to  Teach,''  113. 
Presbyterial  -Comruittees.  309. 
Missionary  Department,  242. 
Missionary  Work  in  Nebraska,  339. 
Monthly  ffecm^dj  its  use  a  paying  con- 
cern, 210. 
Mexico  and  the  Gospel,  211. 
New  Appointments  338. 
New  Publications,  48,  176, 
"Not  fence  rails,"  19. 


Oversight,  241. 

Out  of  Funds,  18. 

Pastor's  help,  19. 

Presbyterian  Hymnal,  18. 

Ridgway,  Hon.  Thomas  S.,  his  obser- 
vations upon  the  Board,  370. 

Receipts,  29,  01,  92.  125,  153, 188.  221, 
253,  28:),  317,  349,  380. 

Sabbath- school  Mission  work,  307. 

Sad  Day,  112 

Shorter  Catechism  in  Japan,  114. 

Voice  of  the  Elders,  273. 

War  of  the  Hymn  Books,  80.. 

What  the  Board  is  furnishing,  48. 

Who  will  help?  79. 

Will  our  Sabbath  schools  help?  308. 

Words  from  a  working  Layman,  370. 

Work  done  last  year,  138. 


BOARD  OF  CHURCH  ERECTION. 


Annual  Report,  243. 

Appeal  to  the  Prosperous,  82. 

Applications  for  Aid,  how  they  ought 

to  be  made,  275. 
Difference  of  a  church  with  a  building 

and  without  one,  373. 
Oeneral  Assembly's  Report  on  Church 

Erection,  211. 
Good  Effect  of  Aid  in  Chnix^h  building, 

372. 
Good  Tidings  from  Wisconsin,  310. 
Plans  for  Church  Buildings,  309 
Receipts,  30,  62,  93,  126,  153, 190,  222, 

254,  280,  318,  350,  381. 


Receipts  ahead  of  last  year,  139. 

Retrospect  of  Operations,  20. 

Rules  of  the  Board,  178,  275. 

ShaH  the  poor  of  Christ's  flock  be  fed 
and  sheltered?  50. 

Strange  Thing,  341. 

What  a  lady  m  Montana  did  to  secure 
a  house  of  Worship,  115. 

What  prudence  in  Planning  and  Perse- 
verance in  carrying  out  Prudent 
Plans  will  effect,  372. 

What  the  Board  has  been  doing  during 
the  last  three  years,  340. 


RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS. 


Annual  Collection,  276. 

Appropriations  cut  down,  116. 

Cases  relieved,  276. 

Deficiency  in  Receipts,  83.     ^ 

Fund  far  below  the  estimate,  21. 

(iocd  done,  21,  22. 

Great  Destitution  relieved,  179. 

How  well  some  bear  the    Reductiofv, 

245. 
Kind  Responses,  52,  83. 
Let  the  work  be  done  thoroughly,  310. 
Opportunities  to  do  good,  244. 
Plea  of  a  Disabled  Minister,  51. 


Prompt    and     Liberal      contributions 

needed  now,  245. 
Receipts,  31,  63,  94.  127,  157,  191,  223. 

255,  287,  319,  3r)0,  382. 
Report  of  the  Standing  Committee  of 

the  General  Assembly,  214. 
Serious  Questions,  342. 
Sixty-nine  families  in  Want,  140. 
Value  of  the  Relief  Fund,  374. 
What  a    Foreign    Missionary   thinks. 

Widow's  Plea,  21.      nr^r^n]f> 
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INDEX. 


GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN. 


Attending  School  under  difficulties,  117. 
Concord  Mission,  N.  0.,  180. 
Day  for  Collections.  374. 
Discouragements,  375. 
Encouragements,  343,  374. 
Financial  Statements,  22,  52,  63,  116, 

140,  180,277,311,343,374. 
Forty-five  years  a  slave,  247. 
Labor  not  paid,  and  its  effects,  343. 
Liberty  county,  Ga.,  22,  52,  95. 
People  for  whom  we  plead,  374. 
Provoking  one  another  to  good  works, 

246.      , 


Receipts,   32,   04,  128,  158,  192,  224. 

256,  288,  352.  383. 
Report  of  Standing  Committee  of  the 

General  Assembly,  215. 
Teachers'  Institute,  278. 
Times  of  Refreshinji^,  246. 
Uncle  Joe,  22.  312.' 
AVallingford  Church,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

278. 
Woman's  Work  for  Woman,  117. 
Work  in  Fairfield  county,  South  Caro- 

Una,  312. 


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BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 


Befobs  this  number  of  the  Record  reo/ches  its  distant  readers,  1874  will 
have  gone,  and  1875  will  have  begun  its  eventful  history.  May  it  prove 
to  all,  in  the  best  and  highest  sense,  a  "Happy  New- Year." 

1874  has  been,  in  every  department  of  benevolent  work,  a  very  trying 
year.  It  began  in  the  midst  of  one  of  the  most  widely  extended  financial 
panics  of  modem  times.  Business  of  all  kinds  has  been  sadly  paralyzed. 
Thousands  of  furnace  fires  have  not  been  kindled,  and  machinery  has 
stopped  its  busy  wheels.  Hundreds  of  thousands  of  industrious  men  have 
sought  in  vain  for  employment,  and  the  "  Strikes"  and  "  Labor  Unions" 
have  diminished  the  little  employment  offered.  The  fortunes  of  multitudes 
have  shrunk  to  nothing,  and  many  incomes,  large  and  princely,  have  dis- 
appeared like  water  in  the  sands  of  a  desert.  Uncertainty,  and,  as  a 
necessary  consequence,  inactivity  has  characterized  all  departments  of 
business. 

The  drought,  the  chinch-bug,  and  above  all,  the  "grasshoppers,"  or 
locusts,  have  devastated  large  sections  of  the  Western  frontier, — the  chief 
field  of  our  aggressive  labors, — impoverishing  many  of  our  new  settle- 
ments and  congregations  beyond  the  power  of  self-help,  and  rendering 
contributions  to  our  treasury  next  to  impossible.  Then,  in  all  sections  of 
the  country,  old  and  new,  the  "hard  times"  have  compelled  many  congre- 
gations that  had  just  reached,  or  were  just  reaching  self-support,  to  fall 
back  on  the  Board  for  aid  in  their  time  of  trouble. 

Then  of  the  pledges  made  so  enthusiastically  by  persons  and  presbyte- 
ries at  the  last  Assembly,  for  the  removal  of  the  debt  burdening  Home 
Missions  and  Sustentation,  only  about  one-half  has  been  paid.  This  has 
led  to  great  disappointment  among  the  missionaries  in  both  Departments, 
as  they  expected  the  speedy  payment  of  their  claims  by  means  of  these 
pledges. 

From  all  the  causes  enumerated  above,  it  will  be  seen  how  and  why 
our  means  have  been  limited,  whilst  the  expenses  have  been  unavoidably 
increased,  and  how  and  why  the  year  has  been  one  of  unusual  trial  and 
difficulty.     On  this  account  many  new  and  hopeful  openings  have  had  to 


2  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  [January 

be  passed  by,  and  much  "straitness"  endured  by  the  laborers  abready  in 
the  field.  

THE  TREASURY. 
The  condition  of  the  Treasury,  December  1,  I8T4,  was  as  follows : 
Receipts  since  April  1st,  from 

Churches,  $100,628  60 

Legacies,  21,350  10 

Miscellaneous,  12,315  83 


Total,  $134,294  53 

which  leaves  $265,705  47  of  the  $400,000  allotted  to  Home  Missions  by 
the  last  Assembly  to  be  received  during  the  next  four  (4)  months.  This 
will  require  $66,426  36  per  month  to  make  up  the  apportionment  even  as 
reduced  by  the  Assembly.  This  sum  of  $265,705  47  ia  by  no  means 
beyond  the  ability  of  our  500,000  members  in  our  4,946  churches,  and 
with  our  more  than  half  a  million  scholars  in  our  Sabbath-schools. 

The  treasury  of  the  Sustentation  Department,  exclusive  of  money  con- 
tributed for  its  debt,  has,  to  December  Ist,  1874,  received  but  $9,484  30 
of  the  $100,000  allotted  to  this  important  work  by  the  last  Assembly, 
leaving  $90,515  70  to  be  received  before  the  close  of  its  fiscal  year,  March 
31,  1875.  

THE  WEEK  OF  PRAYER. 

This  annual  concert  has  for  its  object  the  conversion  of  the  world  to 
Qod,  as  promised  and  predicted  in  the  Bible.  Our  own  country  should 
hold  no  small  place  in  the  supplication  of  God's  people,  in  this  great  con- 
cert. Everything  in  its  past  history  and  present  position  among  the 
nations,  shows  the  great  influence  it  must  exert  in  this  wonderful  work 
of  evangelizing  the  race.  It  is  threatened  by  Paganism  and  the  Papacy, 
and  every  form  and  force  of  the  kingdom  of  darkness.  Good  people  every- 
where, and  especially  in  this  land — the  hope  of  all  lands — should  solemnly 
ponder  the  great  question  asked  by  David,  in  the  3d  verse  of  the  11th 
Psalm:  "If  the  foundations  be  destroyed,  what  can  the  righteous  do?" 
The  gospel  of  God's  grace  can  alone  establish,  protect,  and  preserve 
these  "  foundations"  of  the  safety  of  our  land,  and  of  the  world. 

The  year  past,  and  the  outlook  of  the  one  just  begun,  urge  to  earnest 
and  united  prayer  for  the  evangelization  of  our  country.  The  struggle 
in  Germany  with  the  Papacy  is  of  signal  interest  to  all  Christendom. 
The  sudden  and  wide-spread  excitement  awakened  by  the  little  pamphlet 
of  Mr.  Gladstone,  should  fix  attention,  like  a  bugle-call,  on  the  great  and 
final  conflict  foreshadowed  in  the  Scriptures,  which  is  coming  on  apace, 
and  must  be  fought  through  before  the  freedom  of  the  nations  can  be 
finally  settled  and  secured  1  Our  country,  the  citadel  of  the  world's  hopes, 
can  play  no  secondary  part  in  this  great  and  bloody  drama,  involving  the 
most  precious  interests  of  the  race  for  time  and  for  eternity.  The  gospel 
alone  can  prepare  us  for,  and  carry  us  safely  through  this  mighty 
conflict     Let  us  then,  in  this  Week  of  Prayer,  impressing  these  great 


18T5.]  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  3 

issues  upon  ourselves  and  upon  our  children,  bring  them,  with  all  other 
interests  of  His  kingdom,  to  the  throne  of  heavenly  grace,  saying,  "  God 
is  our  refuge  and  strength,  a  very  present  help  in  trouble."  "  For  thine 
is  the  kingdom,  and  the  power,  and  the  glory,  forever  and  ever.  Amen 
and  amen." 

00BRB8P0NDXNGE   FROM   KANSAS. 

In  submitting  to  you  my  third  quarterly  report,  I  desire  to  say  that 

I  have  been  laboring  without  interruption  at  the  two  points,  O and 

W ,  during  this  past  quarter,  excepting  the  first  Sabbath  in  October, 

when  I  was  at  the  meeting  of  the  Synod  of  Kansas,  in  session  at  Em- 
poria.    At  that  time  I  preached  in  one  of  the  city  churches  on  Sabbath 

morning.     I  have  preached  alternately  at  0 and  W ,  generally 

two  sermons  a  day  at  these  points,  and  in  the  afternoon  of  these  Sab- 
baths preaching  at  school-houses  in  the  rural  districts — averaging  three 
sermons  a  Sabbath. 

I  was  about  to  attempt  preaching  four  sermons  every  week,  besides 
lecturing  at  our  weekly  prayer-meetings,  when  my  physician  told  me  that 
I  must  not  preach  so  much.  I  had  a  difficulty  with  my  vocal  organs 
about  two  years  ago,  and  threatened  returns  of  bronchitis  bade  me 
desist  from  my  purpose  to  preach  so  much.  My  physician  even  advised 
me  to  preach  but  twice  on  the  Sabbath,  but  the  demand  was  and  is  so 
great  that  I  cannot  preach  less  than  three  times  on  the  Sabbath. 

I  have  very  good  audiences  both  in  the  towns  and  country.  The 
people  seem  willing  to  hear.     In  fact,  there   are  at  least  eight  or  ten 

Eoints  in  the  county  where  they  have  no  preaching,  and  I  am  asked  to 
old  services,  but  as  I  am  not  gifted  with  ubiquity,  many  of  these  people 
are  obliged  to  be  without  preaching.  But  notwithstanding  the  people 
want  to  hear,  we  do  not  succeed  in  gathering  many  into  the  churches. 
This  is  a  new  country,  people  unacquainted  with  each  other,  and  all 
seem  to  go  very  carefully.  We  have,  too,  a  fearful  mixture  of  religious 
sects,  each  generally  clinging  to  their  partisanship  with  a  great  degree 
of  tenacity.  This  is  a  formidable  barrier  toward  building  up  our  church, 
which  teaches  a  system  of  docti*ine  too  iron-clad  for  the  boasted  liberal- 
ism of  many.  We  thank  God  that  they  are,  however,  willing  to  hear 
those  grand  truths  which  are  the  base  of  New  Testament  teaching,  and 
consequently  of  Calvinism  and  Presbyterianism. 

The  growth  of  the  church,  without  a  powerful  baptism  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  must  necessarily  be  slow.  We  have  no  children  of  the  covenant 
large  enough  to  make  any  acquisition  to  us — all  our  additions  must 
come  either  from  Presbyterians  locating  with  us,  or  from  those  who  have 
long  been  enlisted  in  the  service  of  sin. 

With  regard  to  pastoral  work,  I  would  say  that  I  have  attended  to  it 
as  faithfully  as  I  could,  to  be  consistent  with  my  study  and  sermonizing. 
I  talk  and  pray  with  many,  but  I  find  now  that  what  a  great  many  need 
is  not  only  prayer  but  alms.  I  am  surprised  to  find  so  much  destitution. 
I  know  of  families  within  our  reach  which  are  on  the  verge  of  destitution, 
having  nothing  to  eat  but  bread,  and  nothing  to  drink  but  some  fourth  or 
fifth  class  tea,  costing  thirty  or  forty  cents  per  pound.  This  is  not  the 
worst  part,  these  people  are  almost  entirely  destitute  of  clothing,  having 
scarcely  enough  to  cover  their  nakedness,  let  alone  keep  them  comfortable 
amid  the  howling  blasts  of  these  bleak  prairies. 

I  go  to-day  to  take  a  bundle  of  clothing  to  a  poor  widow  lady  who  is 
very  sick  and  who  has  three  little  children  depending  upon  her  for  their 
daily  bread.     My  good  wife,  who  is  a  real   Tabitha,  has  succeeded  in 


4  BOARD  OP  HOME  MISSIONS.  [January 

gathering  enough  of  clothing  to  make  this  widow  and  family  comfortable 
for  the  winter,  but  like  many  others,  her  will  to  do  good  is  sadly  hindered 
for  want  of  material  to  work  up  for  these  poor.  If  some  of  the  good  peo- 
ple in  older  portions  of  the  country  would  send  to  my  wife  a  supply  of 
second-hand  clothing,  she  could  make  the  body  of  many  a  sufferer  com- 
fortable for  the  winter. 

The  greatest  discouragement  I  have  to  encounter  at  present  is  the  close 
times  for  money.  I  do  not  like  to  tell  it,  but  our  people  here  are  too  poor 
to  pay  anything  toward  my  support  except  one  or  two  individual&  The 
reason  is  obvious.  The  crops  of  the  farmer  have  failed,  by  reason  of 
drouth  and  grasshoppers.  I  do  not  feel  like  urging  prompt  payment  on 
the  part  of  the  Board,  when  I  know  there  are  very  many  Missionaries  in 
different  parts  of  the  great  field  who  have  not  been  paid.  But  we  are  cer- 
tainly more  destitute  here  than  in  some  older  Mission  fields.  In  older 
places  people  are  better  prepared  for  reverses.  Here  we  have  absolutely 
nothing  but  what  the  Board  gives.  If  you  think  it  best  under  the  pres- 
sure of  present  circumstances  to  have  the  field  abandoned  because  of  the 
straitened  circumstances  of  your  Board,  please  let  me  know  soon,  so 
that  I  can  shape  my  plans  accordingly.  The  Lord  has  a  great  work  to 
be  done  in  this  young  and  growing  country,  and  I  should  be  very  sorry 
to  abandon,  when  not  another  church  of  sister  denominations  is  able  to 
support  a  missionary  here.  If  the  Board  cannot  meet  its  obligations  I 
shall  be  compelled  from  bare  necessity  to  change  my  base  of  operations 
in  order  to  keep  my  family  from  suffering.     Yours  in  Jesus,      S.  B.  F. 


I  have  delayed  my  application  some  time,  hoping  that  a  more  con- 
venient season  for  raising  subscriptions  would  come  than  in  the  midst  of 
the  drouth  which  was  then  upon  us,  but  instead  of  growing  better 
things  became  worse.  We  thought  we  could  raise  $500  this  year,  but 
reached  only  half  that  amount,  namely,  $250  in  reliable  subscriptions. 
I  waited  till  I  went  to  Presbytery,  and  thought  I  would  comply  with 
the  desire  of  the  Board,  viz.,  present  my  application  to  Presbytery,  My 
churches  sent  up  an  application  for  $450,  but  I  thought  under  the  cir- 
cumstances I  would  make  $400  do,  and  so  at  my  suggestion  they 
endorsed  it  for  the  latter  amount.  It  will  really  be  for  less,  you  will 
see  as  it  comes,  from  August  to  August  instead  of  from  June.  I  will 
not  try  your  nerves  by  singing  the  song  of  the  drouth,  chinch-bug  and 
grasshopper,  but  simply  say  that  we  have  been  there  and  ara  still  here, 

and  expect  to  remain.    My  W V church  people  are  as  poorly 

off  as  you  can  imagine,  and  will  have  to  get  through  the  winter  on  very 
short  rations  and  light  clothes,  and  help  one  another  whenever  possible. 

The  W church  and  community  is  better  off,  and  will  be  able  to  give 

some  help  to  the  country.  I  might  make  out  a  very  doleful  story,  but 
you  have  heard  it  all.  Presbytery  meeting  developed  a  good  feeling 
among  the  brethren,  and  I  was  secretly  proud  of  many  of  our  men. 
They  don't  relish  poverty,  but  they  settle  down  to  it  with  a  cheerful 
faith,  which  is  half  the  battle  won.  That  is  a  good  recommendation  of 
the  Board,  to  have  the  applications  for  aid  come  before  open  Presbytery. 
It  showed  the  fact  that  the  more  unpromising  the  field,  and  the  longer 
the  time  they  had  been  on  the  Board,  the  more  tenacious  they  were  to 

get  the  largest  appropriation  possible.     For  instance.  Brother  R ,  at 

C ,  who  endures  more  hardness  as  a  soldier  of  Jesus  Christ  at  C 

than  any  of  the  rest  of  us,  was  almost  afraid  to  put  in  an  application,  for 
fear  he  would  stand  in  the  way  of  some  more  needy  than .  himself,  while 
an  old  church  which  has  been  on  the  Board  for  fourteen  years  mitst  have 
as  large  an  appropriation  as  usual.     Brother  F— * —  and  Brother  R— — • 


18t6.]  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  6 

are  the  only  regular  ministers  of  any  denomination  in  S county, 

and  it  seems  to  me  very  important  that  they  should  stay.  Both  are 
well  known ;  both  exert  a  wide  influence.  It  may  seem  to  you  out  of 
place  for  me  to  leave  my  own  work  to  talk  about  other  people.  But  it 
seemed  to  me  that  we  are  all  so  liable  to  see  the  vast  importance  of  our 
own  field,  that  it  might  be  of  more  use  to  you  if  I  would  speak  of  other 
interests  than  my  own.  If  we  should  hereafter  pursue  the  policy  of  the 
last  meeting  at  Presbytery  and  discuss  the  claims  of  the  churches  to  aid, 
and  get  to  voting  by  ballot  on  applications,  I  think  you  might  rely  on 
the  representations  and  needs  of  the  churches,  as  endorsed  by  Presbytery, 
as  very  near  the  truth ;  indeed  I  think  the  great  majority  of  the  brethren 
are  as  self-denying  in  asking  for  aid  as  the  Church  has  any  right  to 
expect.  P. 

LETTER   FROM   WEST   VIRGINIA. 

I  have  given  myself  to  labor  upon  my  field  with  whatever  of  conse- 
cration, zeal,  ability  and  faith  I  have,  or  can  command.  I  think  I  can 
honestly  say,  our  congregations  have  increased  in  numbers — that  many 
have  gained  a  stronger  faith  in  the  work,  and,  therefore,  have  taken  a 
greater  interest  in  the  same.  I  have  occupied  all  my  Sabbaths  (with 
the  exception  of  two,  when  I  had  a  sore  throat,  and  was  so  very  hoarse 
that  I  could  not  labor)  in  preaching  regularly  at  **my  three  county 
seats." 

What  are  we  now  doing  ?  I  answer.  Laboring,  hoping,  trusting,  praying 
— ^yea,  expecting  God's  blessing,  and  resting  in  the  conviction  that  this  is 

a  good  work,  (at  least  in  the  counties  of  W and  R ,)  and  that  the 

foundations  of  our  beloved  Zion  are,  by. God's  grace,  being  laid  deep  and 
strong,  as  time  will  show. 

What  do  we  expect  to  accomplish  in  this  field  ? 

1.  We  expect,  at  present,  to  labor  on  here  (if  the  Board  will  sustain  us,) 
in  earnestness  and  faith. 

2.  I  expect  to  see  these  churches  grow  in  numbers  and  increase  in 
influence ;  for  many  are  thinking  seriously  of  connecting  themselves  with 
us— some  surely  will,  and  soon. 

3.  We  expect  to  quit  Union  Sabbath-schools,  and  organize  our  own  as 
soon  as  we  can  get  into  our  own  church-building.  H.  G.  B. 


SUSTENTATION  DEPARTMENT. 

It  is  not  too  soon  to  remind  the  churches  that  February  is  the  month 
designated  by  the  Assembly  for  collections  to  be  taken  up  for  this  cause. 
Because  of  such  designation,  we  have  not  been  wholly  discouraged  at 
the  small  receipts  of  the  previous  months.  The  missionaries  have  been 
patiently  waiting.  But  if  February  does  not  bring  generous  responses 
to  their  claims,  they  will  despair. 

The  debts  of  this  Department,  the  first  of  June  last,  amounted  to  about 
$30,000.  The  amount  pledged  at  the  General  Assembly  to  liquidate  this 
debt,  and  that  of  the  Department  of  Home  Missions  proper,  and  which 
was  to  be  equally  divided  between  the  two,  was  about  $40,000.  Had 
this  amount  been  paid  over,  it  would  have  placed  at  the  disposal  of  our 
Treasurer  about  $20,000  for  Sustentation,  which  would  have  afforded 
prompt  and  substantial  aid  to  many  who  had  been  waiting  months  for 
their  dues.  But  those  pledges  have  been  redeemed  so  tardily,  and  the  con- 
tributions from  the  Church  have  come  in  so  slowly,  that  the  indebtedness 


6  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  [Jannwy 

of  the  Department  has  not  been  diminished.  In  other  words,  we  owed 
the  missionaries  under  Sustentation  about  $30,000  the  first  of  June,  and 
we  owe  them  about  that  amount  still.  We  are  paying  them  as  fast  as  we 
can,  in  the  order  in  which  their  claims  become  due ;  but  we  are  fully 
six  months  behind  in  our  payments.  That  is,  the  men  whose  sala- 
ries at  the  best  amount  to  only  $1000,  have  been  waiting  six  months  for 
the  sum  pledged  them  by  our  Board,  $25,.  $50  or  $100  per  quarter,  for 
six  months.  Who  can  fail  to  see  the  weariness  in  waiting,  the  heart- 
sickness  at  long  delays  which  these  men  have  experienced  ?  How  sad 
and  touching  are  their  appeals  for  relief  I  Their  credit  is  suflFering ;  they 
are  deprived  of  many  comforts  because  they  have  nothing  wherewith  to 
buy.  But  what  can  the  Board  do?  We  have  borrowed  all  we  dare 
borrow — we  have  told  the  story  to  the  Synods  and  the  Presbyteries, 
and  published  it  to  all  the  churches  and  all  the  world.  We  have  lifted 
up  our  voices  for  these  men,  and  we  call  again  to  all  men  who  love  the 
Sustentation  cause  and  the  cause  of  Christ  to  hasten  forward  their  col- 
lections to  aid  them.  There  is  no  other  way.  We  can  only  disburse 
what  we  receive. 

So  slowly  have  contributions  come  in,  and  so  great  was  our  indebted- 
ness to  the  men  already  under  appointment,  that  we  have  been  com- 
pelled to  decline  all  new  applications.  This  certainly  is  not  the  way  to 
evangelize  the  country.  We  need  more  and  larger  contributions  fbr 
Sustentation. 

The  following  letter  is  from  the  grasshopper-scourged  district  in  Kan- 
sas: 

"While  the  weather  was  warm  we  managed  to  get  along  quite  well; 
but  the  prospect  of  suffering  is  before  us,  and  that  very  near,  unless  we 
can  get  some  money.  We  shall  have  to  keep  our  children  at  home,  as 
they  will  not  have  clothing  fit  to  wear  to  school." 

MORE   CHEERFUL   VIEWS. 

Rev.  and  Dear  Brethren — With  a  strong  sense  of  gratitude  to  the 
Board  of  Home  Missions,  especially  to  its  two  honored  Secretaries,  I 
write  to  you  to  inform  you  that  our  church  became  self-sustaining  on  the 
Ist  of  November,  1874,  and  so  tendering  you  our  sincerest  thanks,  I 
herewith  send  you  our  last  Report.  It  may,  or  rather  it  will  doubtless 
try  their  Christianity  a  little,  what  stuff  it  is  of,  to  raise  an  extra  $350  in 
these  very  hard  times.  But  whether  they  raise  it  or  not,  I  declare  to 
you,  brethren,  that  I  feel  as  if  I  had  become  emancipated.  J.  D. 

Ddafldd,  Wis.,  October  15«A,  1874 
In  view  of  the  embarrassed  condition  of  the  Sustentation  Department, 
I  have,  from  and  after  the  1st  of  this  month,  renounced  Sustentation  in 
the  future  and  have  thrown  myself  upon  the  churches  of  my  charge. 
They  will  raise  a  salary  of  $700,  but  this  will  be  enough.  I  feel  that 
we  will  have  to  give  up  for  the  benefit  of  those  missionaries  and  Susten- 
tation men  who  are  more  needy. 

I  received  the  first  quarter's  salary  yesterday.  My  year  commenced 
with  January  1874 — two  more  quarters  due  with  this  report  The 
fourth  and  last  quarter  renounced.  We  still  contribute  to  all  the  Boards, 
and  will  in  the  future.  We  give  weekly  and  remit  monthly.  I  feel 
deeply  for  our  Western  Home  Missionaries  and  Sustentation  men,  and 
am  preparing  this  week  to  speak  upon  the  subject  next  Sabbath.  I  have 
ordered  thirty  copies  of  the  October  number  of  the  Presbyterian  Monthly 
Record  for  distribution,  and  have  received  them,  and  will  distribute 
them  this  week.  J.  AL 


18t5.]  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 


W*  WEEK  OP  PRAYER.  The  Board  of  Education  asks  special  re- 
membrance of  its  objects,  and  the  candidates  for  the  ministry  under  its 
care,  at  appropriate  times  during  the  present  Week  of  Prayer.  Its  work 
is  eminently  in  harmony  with  this  great  occasion.  It  desires  that  those 
under  its  care  now  shall  be  men  as  much  blessed  in  labors  for  the  conver- 
sion of  the  heathen  as  have  been  some  of  those  whose  names  have  pre- 
ceded them.  And  it  wants  to  see  the  number  of  devoted  young  men 
preparing  for  the  ministry  more  commensurate  in  number  with  the  wants 
of  our  country  and  of  the  unevangelized  nations. 


THE  TREASURY. 
The  receipts  for  the  past  month  are  but  liMle  more  than  half  of  what 
they  were  in  the  corresponding  one  of  last  year.  Those  for  the  eight 
months  of  the  fiscal  year  are  smaller  than  in  any  equal  time  since  the 
Reunion.  They  are  but  two-thirds  of  what  they  were  last  year,  and  less 
than  one-half  what  they  were  in  that  previous.  Another  quarterns  pay- 
ments are  due  to  the  students  on  the  1st  day  of  January.  Debts  from 
last  year  remain  unpaid.  The  Board  borrowed  money  for  most  of  the 
last  quarter.  Now  it  is  without  the  means  to  pay  the  new  demands. 
These  wants  are  pressed  upon  the  attention  of  churches  which  are  making 
their  annual  contributions  at  this  time. 


CALLS  FOR  LABORERS  FROM  FOREIGN  NATIONS. 
We  are  often  deeply  touched  with  the  earnestness  of  the  appeals  from 
missionaries  in  heathen,  Mohammedan,  and  pagan  fields  for  laborers  to 
assist  them.  It  is  amazing  to  see  how  the  barriers  to  the  progress  of 
the  gospel  are,  in  all  nations,  crumbling  and  falling  to  the  ground.  How 
can  we  read  without  emotion  such  an  appeal  as  the  following,  which  we 
use  only  as  a  sample  of  many  of  the  same  earnestness : 

"The  awakening  among  the  people;  the  agitation  and  commotion 
which  are  observed  on  every  side ;  the  increase  of  schools ;  all  these 
things  are,  we  believe,  exceedingly  favorable  to  our  work.  Never,  before, 
perhaps,  were  the  opportunities  for  labor  so  great ;  we  had  almost  said 
these  opportunities  are  unparalleled.  Our  courage  to  go  forward  in  this 
work  was  never  greater,  and  the  future  is  filled  with  hope.  *  *  *  We  feel 
that  our  present  force  is  utterly  inadequate  to  do  the  work  that  ought  to 
he  done.  And  so  we  utter  our  cry : — Who  will  stand  with  us  to  reap  in 
this  great  harvest  field  ?" 

It  is  the  great  business  of  the  Board  of  Education  to  sound  such  calls 
forth,  that  the  young  men  of  the  Church  may  hear  them ;  and  that  every 
congregation,  and  every  church  member,  may  be  roused  to  give  its  aid 
to  us  in  educating  those  who  have  expressed  their  willingness  to  labor 
wherever  God  shall  open  the  way.  Soldiers— courageous  and  armed — 
we  the  first  want  in  war. 


8  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION.  [January 

"HE  SHALL  IN  NO  WISE  LOSE  HIS  REWARD." 

It  will  encourage  some  Christian,  who  cannot  give  a  great  deal  to  the 
Lord's  cause,  to  yet  do  the  best  he  can,  if  we  present  to  him  a  ease  of  bless- 
ing which  followed  the  gift  of  only  "a  cup  of  cold  water."  It  is  one  of 
the  legends  of  the  massacre  of  St.  Bartholomew,  that  a  young  English 
woman  who  had  been  sent  to  France  to  be  educated,  was  taking  a  walk 
with  some  friends  in  a  place  where  they  passed  some  soldiers  who  were 
on  duty  as  sentinels.  One  of  the  soldiers  who  was  suffering  from  thirst 
besought  them  to  bring  him  a  drink  of  water,  as  he  could  not  leave  his 
post.  The  young  English  woman  left  her  party,  and  kindly  procured  for 
him  a  cup  of  water ;  though  ridiculed  for  it  by  her  companions.  The 
grateful  soldier  insisted  on  taking  her  name  and  address.  On  the  night 
of  the  terrible  massacre  this  man  contrived  to  save  the  life  of  this  young 
woman,  though  all  the  other  occupants  of  the  house  were  killed.  Jesus 
Christ  has  said  of  every  such  act,  even  the  humblest,  which  is  done  for 
one  of  his  disciples,  "  Ye  have  done  it  unto  me."  The  "  name  of  a  pro- 
phet" is  one  he  honors  as  his  own.    Ye  shall  in  no  wise  lose  your  reward. 


WERE  THE  OLD  TIMES  BETTER  THAN  NOWf 

It  is  the  impression  of  some  of  our  elder  Christian  friends,  who  remem- 
ber with  great  profit  the  deep  impressions  made  upon  them  in  their  youth- 
ful days,  by  the  preaching  of  men  whose  memories  are  precious  both  to 
them  and  to  the  Church,  that  the  ministry  were,  as  a  whole,  more  learned, 
able  and  efljpctive  then  than  now. 

They  certainly  were  not  so,  as  a  whole,  at  the  opening  of  the  century, 
when  literary  advantages  were  enjoyed  by  a  very  few,  and  those  chiefly 
persons  living  in  the  most  favored  regions.  The  Rev.  Dr.  A.  Alexander 
testifies  that  he  never  had  seen  a  Hebrew  Bible,  or  any  book  upon  the 
Hebrew  language,  until  a  year  after  he  was  licensed  to  preach. 

Let  us  come  down  then  to  the  close  of  the  first  quarter  of  the  century. 
Here  we  meet  with  a  very  plain  testimony  against  the  idea  of  which  we 
are  speaking,  from  the  well-known  colleague  of  Dr.  Alexander.  The  Rev. 
Dr.  Miller,  in  a  lecture  delivered  at  Princeton  Seminary  in  1825,  asks 
the  questions :  "  Why  is  it  that  there  are  at  this  time,  in  our  country,  so 
few  ministers  of  that  real,  commanding,  professional  eminence,  which  is 
within  the  reach  of  multitudes ;  nay,  which  is,  humanly  speaking,  within 
the  reach  of  every  man  of  good  sense,  fervent  piety,  and  persevering  dili- 
gence ?  Why  is  it  that  we  so  seldom  see  a  clergyman  who  is  at  once  a 
good  scholar ;  an  able  theologian ;  an  instructive,  interesting  and  impres- 
sive preacher;  and  a  meek,  humble,  fervently  pious,  polished  and  benevo- 
lent Christian  gentleman."  His  lecture  is  an  answer  to  these  questions. 
'^  The  prevailing  mediocrity  of  ministerial  character,"  he  attributes  to, 
1,  "a  prevailing  mediocrity  of  piety;"  2,  "a  prevailing  imperfection  in 
the  elementary  scholarship  of  those  entering  the  sacred  profession;" 
3,  "the  want  of  mature  and  adequate  professional  study;"  4,  "the  want 
of  opportunity  of  forming  the  mind  and  manners;"  6,  that  candidates 


18t5.]  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION.  9 

"  did  not  set  before  them  a  standard  of  professional  eminence  sufficiently 
elevated ;"  6,  that  the  time  of  so  many  was  so  "  divided  between  their 
ministry  and  secular  employments;"  and,  7,  that  ministerial  life  was 
"less  studious  and  contemplative"  than  formerly. 

The  truth  is  that  the  average  standard  of  scholarship  in  the  ministry 
has  been  steadily  on  the  increase.  The  curricula  of  studies  required  at 
the  colleges  have  been  constantly  becoming  more  full,  and  the  require- 
ments as  to  devotion  to  them  more  strict  With  the  unction  of  the  Holy 
Spirit,  ministers  now  should  be  much  more  able  and  skilful  men  than  the 
fathers  were.  The  danger  is  that  they  may  be  less  practical,  less  ener- 
getic, less  acquainted  with  the  hearts  of  men.  Against  that  the  Presby- 
teries and  themselves  must  guard. 

Our  only  object  at  present  is  to  show  that  the  ministry,  in  point  of 
intellectual  equipment,  occupies  a  better  position  than  did  those  of  any 
previous  generation.  Let  the  existing  instrumentalities  then  be  ear- 
nestly, cordially,  and  generously  sustained  in  the  work  committed  to 
them. 

HOW  PHILIP  DODDRIDGE   BECAME  A  MINISTER. 

More  than  a  century  ago  there  lived  in  England  an  orphan  boy,  of  no 
ordinary  promise.  From  his  early  childhood,  "  I  want  to  be  a  minister" 
was  his  chief  desire ;  but  being  deprived  not  only  of  the  counsel  of  a 
father  and  the  affection  of  a  mother,  but  also  of  the  necessary  amount  of 
money  to  carry  out  his  cherished  desire,  his  youthful  spirit  Was  bowed 
to  the  earth,  and  his  noble  heart  throbbed  only  with  feelings  of  bitter 
disappointment  and  despair. 

But  a  brighter  day  dawns.  There  is  a  prospect  for  his  ardent  desire 
to  be  gratified.  A  wealthy  lady — the  Duchess  of  Bedford — kindly  vol- 
unteers to  pay  all  his  expenses  at  the  University  of  Oxford,  if  he  will 
become  a  minister  of  the  Church  of  England.  His  noble  spirit  is  too 
proud  to-sell  the  religion  of  his  father  and  mother  for  the  perishable  riches 
of  this  world,  and  he  most  respectfully  declines  the  proffered  kindness. 
God  bless  thee,  noble  youth  I  Wait  patiently — ^never  give  up — "  where 
there's  a  will,  there's  a  way."  The  path  of  duty  is  always  the  path  of 
right. 

Not  long  after  this  occurrence,  a  poor  boy,  dressed  in  the  garb  of  pov- 
erty, presented  himself  at  the  door  of  a  celebrated  minister — Dr.  Edmund 
Calamy — and  asked  to  have  a  private  interview  with  him  relative  to 
studying  for  the  ministry.  The  minister  listened  patiently  to  the  recital 
of  his  many  difficulties  and  numerous  trials,  but  told  him  that  he  thought 
it  entirely  unheard  of  for  a  youth  like  himself  to  think  about  entering 
upon  80  high  and  responsible  a  calling.  He  advised  him  to  think  no 
more  of  preaching,  but  to  choose  some  other  calling. 

Disheartened  himself,  discouraged  by  his  friends,  poor,  penniless,  and 
forsaken,  he  knew  not  whither  to  go.  No  smile  of  encouragement 
met  his  eye ;  no  voice  of  approval  sanctioned  his  noble  endeavor.  There 
was  a  heavenly  Friend,  however,  who  had  never  forsaken  him ;  who  had 
never  turned  a  deaf  ear  even  to  his  smallest  desire ;  who  had  ever  loved 
him  with  fatherly  affection  and  motherly  tenderness.  To  that  friend 
he  then  betook  himself.  While  engaged  in  fervent  prayer,  a  postman 
knocked  at  the  door,  and  handed  him  a  letter  from  an  old  friend  of  his 
father — Dr.  Samuel  Clark — informing  him  of  his  willingness  to  take  him 


10  BOARD  OP  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [Januarj 

under  his  care,  and  assist  him  in  his  studies,  if  he  was  still  intent  upon 
studying  for  the  ministry.  "  This,"  he  exclaimed,  "  I  look  upon  almost 
as  an  answer  from  heaven,  and  while  I  live  I  shall  always  adore  so  sea- 
sonable an  opening  of  divine  Providence." 

The  wishes  of  the  poor  orphan  boy  were  thus  gratified ;  and  before 
many  years  had  passed  away,  under  the  guidance  and  instruction  of  his 
friend,  he  became  a  bright  and  shining  light  on  the  walls  of  Zion. 

Youthful  reader,  this  orphan  boy  was  Philip  Doddridge — the  pious 
and  devoted  minister  of  Christ,  the  beautiful  writer,  the  faithful  pastor, 
the  earnest  Christian. 

If  there  be  any  one  into  whose  hands  this  article  may  fall,  who,  like 
Doddridge,  "  wants  to  be  a  minister,"  and  is  prevented  from  accomplish- 
ing his  desire  on  account  of  want  of  means,  let  me  say  one  word, — never 
despair  I  If  God  wants  you  to  be  a  minister,  he  will  provide  the  means. 
Wait  patiently,  and  pray  earnestly.  The  funds  will  come  in  due  time ; 
and,  if  you  are  a  Presbyterian,  our  Church  guaranties  assistance  to  ena- 
ble you  to  follow  the  example  of  Doddridge  in  preaching  salvation  to 
dying  men. — Probably  by  Rev.  Dr,  Van  Rensselaer, 


BOARD  OP  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


RECENT  INTELLIGENCE. 
Notices  op  Missionaries. — The  Rev.  G.  W.  Coan  and  his  family 
have  arrived  in  this  country  on  a  visit,  from  the  Mission  in  Persia.  The 
Rev.  P.  Heyl  has  embarked  on  his  return  to  India.  A  part  of  the 
expense  of  his  visit  to  this  country  was  defrayed  by  Mr.  Heyl  himself. 
The  Rev.  James  T.  Houston  and  his  wife  have  sailed  for  Brazil,  expect- 
ing to  be  stationed  at  Bahia.  Mr.  Houston  is  a  member  of  the  Presby- 
tery of  Wooster. 

New  Communicants. — Two  persons  were  lately  received  by  the  Sen- 
eca church,  Cattaraugus,  one  of  whom  soon  afterwards  entered  into  her 
heavenly  rest,  as  there  is  reason  to  hope.  The  baptism  of  a  Chinese 
young  man  is  reported  from  San  Francisco,  who,  after  a  few  days,  sailed 
for  his  native  country,  hoping  to  be  useful  there.  Three  more  communi- 
cants were  received  by  the  church  of  Yokohama.  Seventeen  new  com- 
municants were  received  at  Chih  Meh,  China,  and  nine  children  were 
baptized,  making  the  whole  number  of  members  there  130  adults  and  75 
children.  Two  new  communicants  were  received  by  the  church  of  Rio 
de  Janeiro,  and  eight  were  admitted  to  a  new  church  organized  in  S. 
Antonio  do  Machado,  Brazil.  In  Mexico,  a  church  was  organized  in 
Vera  Cruz  and  eighty-two  communicants  were  received  on  profession  of 
their  faith,  all  of  whom  were  baptized,  having  been  Romanists.  In 
Fresnillo,  near  Zacatecas,  six  new  communicants  were  lately  received. 

New  Churches  and  Ordinations. — Besides  the  churches  organized 
in  Brazil  and  Mexico,  referred  to  above,  Mr.  Corbett  speaks  of  three 
churches  organized  in  the  district  of  Chih  Meh,  with  elders  and  deacons 
ordained  in  each ;  and  a  native  pastor,  who  has  lately  received  ordination, 
was  soon  to  be  installed  over  them  by  the  Presbytery.  Another  native 
pastor  was  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  and  installed  over  two  of  the 
churches  at  Pingtu,  China.  ^  j 

Africa— INLAND.— The  Rev.  R.  H.  Nassau,  M.  K^^^tofeMftfi  Vplaee 
175  miles  up  the  Ugovi  River,  October  3d,  ten  miles  below  the  junction 


1875.]  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  11 

of  the  Ngunge  with  the  Okandu,  to  form  the  Ugovi.  He  was  much 
indebted  to  Mr.  R.  B.  N.  Walker  for  a  passage  in  his  steamer  and  other 
kind  attentions,  and  was  staying,  when  he  wrote,  at  a  small  trading  post, 
the  guest  of  Mr.  Walker's  trader.  He  says  of  the  natives,  "  The  tribe  on 
the  coast  is  the  Nk&mi ;  they  cover  both  sides  of  the  river  with  a  very 
scattering  population  for  80  miles ;  the  100  miles  thence  to  here  are  the 
Galwa,  and  a  few  Ivili.  The  Nk^mi,  Osangu,  and  Galwa  speak 
Mpongwe.  From  here  to  the  Ngunge  are  a  mixture  of  Ininga,  Galwa, 
and  Bakale.  From  that  junction,  north  and  east,  are  the  Bak^le.  It  is 
to  them  I  wish  to  go.  Their  language  has  a  resemblance  to  the  Benga. 
"  There  are  some  beautiful  lakes  here,  and  I  think  the  country  will  be 
healthful.  The  current  of  the  river  is  strong,  and  the  river  itself  here  is 
full  as  wide  as  the  Delaware  at  Philadelphia." — Mr.  Nassau  was  accom- 
panied by  two  Benita  youths,  and  went  prepared  to  spend  two  or  three 
months,  and  to  look  out  for  a  good  site  for  a  missionary  station.  His 
report,  so  far,  is  encouraging. 

Receipts  to  December  1st. — From  churches,  $93,622 ;  from  indi- 
vidual donors,  $7,926 ;  from  legacies,  $19,256— in  all,  $120,805.  Last 
year  the  receipts  in  these  months  were  $160,985.  From  the  churches 
and  individual  donors,  this  year,  101,548 ;  last  year,  $122,650. 

It  will  be  seen  with  much  concern  that  the  aggregate  receipts  in  the 
first  seven  months  of  the  Board^s  financial  year  are  $40,180  less  than  the 
receipts  in  the  same  months  of  last  year. 

Letters  Received  to  Deoember  14th. — From  the  Seneca  Mission, 
December  3d ;  Chippewa,  November  1 1th ;  Creek,  December  5th ;  Navajo, 
November  24th ;  Nez  Perce,  November  26th ;  San  Francisco,  November 
26th;  Yokohama,  October  13th;  Chefoo,  October  22d;  Canton,  October 
23d;  Allahabad,  November  7th;  Mynpurie,  October  30th;  Futtehgurh, 
October  9th;  Simla,  September  29tb;  Lodiana,  October  23d;  Rawal 
Pindi,  October  21st;  Ratnagiri,  November  6th;  Beirut,  November  16th; 
Tripoli,  November  3d;  Monrovia,  November  3d;  Corisco,  September 
22d;  Gaboon,  October  12th;  Rio  de  Janeiro,  October  23d;  Rio  Clara, 
October  16th;  Bahia,  October  29th;  Valparaiso,  November  3d;  Mexico, 
November  14th;  Zacatecas,  November  6th. 


NOTICES  OF  MISSION  WORK  IN  18T4. 

The  foreign  pages  of  the  Record  for  1874,  contain  notices  of  the  depar« 
ture  from  this  life  of  Mrs.  A.  P.  Happer,  Rev.  E.  P.  Capp,  both  of  mis- 
sions in  China,  Mr.  D.  C.  Ferguson,  a  teacher  in  Liberia,  Mrs.  D.  Her- 
ron  of  India,  R«v.  J.  M.  da  Conceicao  of  Brazil,  Mrs.  C.  R.  Mills 
of  China,  Mrs.  J.  R.  Campbell  of  India,  and  the  Rev.  H.  H.  Spald- 
ing,  of  the  Nez  Perces  Indian  mission.  We  enumerate  their  names  in 
the  order  in  which  they  were  reported.  Eight  faithful  laborers'  have 
entered  into  rest,  and  their  works  do  follow  them.  Some  of  them  had. 
not  been  long  in  the  field ;  others  had  reached  an  advanced  age.  None^ 
of  them  now  regret  the  time  and  manner  of  their  death ;  all  of  them  now 
rejoice  that  they  were  counted  worthy  to  be  missionaries.  Their  fellow* 
laborers  will  follow  them  even  as  they  followed  Christ,  and  will  hope 
to  have  his  presence  with  them  when  they  too  shall  be  called  to  rest 
from  their  labors. 

These  pages  contain  notices  of  the  return  to  this  country  of  several 


12  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [January 

miBsionaries,  mostly  for  reasons  of  health  or  for  making  arrangements 
for  the  education  of  their  children.  Some  that  were  at  home  for  a  time 
have  gone  back  to  their  respective  fields  of  labor.  There  are  now  in  this 
country  Rev.  Messrs.  Woodside  and  Alexander  of  India,  McFarland  of 
Siam,  Coan  of  Persia,  Eddy  of  Syria,  and  Murphy  of  Africa,  and  their 
families ;  some  of  these  brethren  expect  to  return  to  their  missionary 
work  at  an  early  day.  Of  new  missionaries  we  find  notices  in  the 
Record  of  six  ministers  and  two  physicians — five  of  them  married  men, 
and  often  single  women,  who  were  added  to  the  list  in  1874,  not  includ- 
ing several  native  brethren  who  received  licensure  or  ordination ;  most 
of  the  new  laborers  from  this  country  were  sent  out  by  funds  specially 
given  for  this  purpose.  We  are  glad  to  see,  in  these  times  of  financial 
depression,  so  many  proofs  of  Christian  liberality  in  the  gifts  of  the 
people  of  God,  as  shown  in  the  columns  of  acknowledgments.  The  work 
has  been  in  some  good  measure  supported,  and  some  progress  has  been 
made  in  supplying  more  laborers  for  the  harvest.  This  may  be  regarded 
as  in  answer  to  many  prayers. 

When  we  look  back  through  these  pages  of  the  Record  to  see  what 
progress  the  work  itself  has  been  making,  we  see  much  to  encourage 
faith  and  labor.  Every  number  has  reported  new  converts  added 
to  the  church — ^in  not  one  month  has  this  good  notice  been  found 
wanting.  In  nearly  all  the  missions  the  laborers  have  been  made  grate- 
ful by  this  proof  of  the  blessing  of  God  on  their  work.  In  Mexico, 
Brazil,  China,  at  two  or  three  stations,  and  Japan,  the  number  of  new 
converts  reported  was  greater  than  in  any  former  year.  Other  proofs 
of  progress  may  be  less  noticeable ;  the  steady  influence  of  the  schools 
and  of  the  press,  the  training  and  the  growing  usefulness  of  native  evan- 
gelists and  Bible  readers,  the  spread  of  Christian  knowledge  bj  preach- 
ing and  conversation,  in  general  the  diffusion  of  gospel  leaven,  the  grow- 
ing of  the  small  seeds  of  divine  truth,  the  silent  influences  in  many 
hearts  of  the  Holy  Spirit;  these  cannot  be  enumerated,  but  who  can 
doubt  their  immeasurable  moment  in  this  missionary  cause? 

All  is  not  encouraging  in  this  little  review.  Our  pages  have  contained 
notices  of  a  growing  spirit  of  opposition  to  our  work  among  Mohamme- 
dans, and  of  violent  persecution  endured  by  converts  from  their  heathen 
countrymen  in  China.  Cases  of  backsliding  among  the  converts,  and 
even  of  return  to  heathenism  by  a  few  persons,  have  caused  great  grief. 
And  here  at  home  our  pages  have  latterly  borne  witness  to  the  sad  fall- 
ing off  in  the  receipts  of  the  Board.  Deeper  than  these  things  and  not 
to  be  recorded  in  these  pages,  are  the  want  of  faith  in  God,  of  love  to 
Christ,  of  compassion  for  lost  souls.  These  sad  shortcomings  are  found 
no  doubt  in  all  our  missions,  in  all  our  churches  at  home,  in  all  hearts  in 
greater  or  less  degree.  Yet  grace  reigns.  It  is  only  in  ourselves  we 
are  straitened.  If  we  ask,  we  shall  receive.  We  may  do  more  for  this 
cause  in  the  time  that  remains  to  us,  at  any  rate  we  may  do  better,  by 
the  help  of  God.  The  -cause  itself  shall  triumph.  We  shall  not  live 
here  perhaps.  We  ma«y  see  its  far  greater  advance,  looking  on  it  from 
a  clearer  field  of  vision ;  see  all  its  progress,  but  we  have  lived  to  see 
wonderful  advance  4  and  we  are  sure  of  its  full  success  in  the  end.  So 
we  believe  the  word  of  the  Lord,  and  press  onward. 


LABORERS  CALLED  FOR  IN  1875. 

As  we  enter  on  a  new  year  of  work  for  Christ,  we  should  hear  the  call 
of  his  Providence  for  more  laborers  in  our  mission  fields.  Among  the 
Indians,  three  ministers  could  be  emplojed — one  at  a  new  station  among 


18T5.]  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  13 

the  Sioux ;  and  one  for  the  Pottowatomies,  and  another  for  the  Creeks, 
both  in  the  Indian  Territory.  These  new  men  ought  to  be  sent  with  as 
little  delay  as  possible ;  others  could  probably  be  soon  employed  among 
the  Indians  of  New  Mexico  and  other  Territories.  In  Mexico,  at  least 
two  more  missionaries;  in  Chili,  one  or  two  more;  in  Brazil,  several  are 
called  for ;  in  some  cases  this  call  is  earnest  and  reiterated.  The  Portu- 
guese speaking  people  of  Brazil,  the  great  country  of  South  America,  seem 
to  be  left  to  the  missions  of  the  Southern  Presbyterian  Church  and  our 
Church.  Crossing  over  to  Africa,  the  probability  now  is  that  entrance 
will  soon  be  practicable  into  the  interior,  and  a  strong  force  should  be  sent 
inland ;  before  many  months,  we  trust  this  may  be  done.  Going  on  to 
Syria,  we  see  that  Aleppo  is  not  yet  occupied — a  city  of  150,000  souls, 
for  which  two  men  might  be  detached  from  other  stations,  if  the  expense 
were  provided  for.  Proceeding  to  Persia,  we  see  three  large  cities  hav- 
ing but  one  missionary  at  each,  where  there  certainly  ought  to  be  at  least 
two.  Passing  on  to  India,  here  many  more  men  could  be  employed.  We 
next  reach  Siam,  and  find  another  missionary  called  for  at  Ayuthia,  while 
several  men  are  wanted  in  the  Laos  country,  north  of  Siam,  a  mission- 
ary field  occupied  by  no  other  branch  of  the  Church.  Next,  we  see  the 
vast  population  of  China  very  far  from  being  yet  supplied  with  mission- 
aries; indeed,  several  provinces,  each  containing  more  inhabitants  than 
can  be  found  in  any  four  or  five  of  our  States,  have  not  one  Christian 
man  in  their  bounds  to  preach  the  gospel  to  their  people !  And  then  we 
reach  Japan,  where  our  brethren  are  fairly  entered  on  work  that  will  call 
for  more  laborers;  even  now,  new  men  might  be  getting  ready.  More- 
over, several  medical  missionaries,  men  in  earnest  to  speak  of  the  way  of 
salvation,  while  healing  bodily  illness,  are  needed.  And  at  several  sta- 
tions, single  ladies  would  find  good  work  to  do  amongst  the  native  women 
and  children. 

This  is  a  very  rapid  survey,  but  it  may  serve  to  recall  the  general 
subject  to  the  thoughts  and  prayers  of  our  readers.  We  have  come  to 
the  kingdom  for  such  a  time  as  this.  These  nations  and  tribes  are  per- 
ishing in  their  sins.  Can  we  not  do  more  to  give  them  the  gospel?  Can 
we  not  spare  more  of  our  best  ministers  for  this  service?  Can  we  not 
pray  more  for  the  speedy  salvation  of  these  souls?  The  pecuniary  means 
needed  would  then  be  assured,  given  in  faith  and  love. 


"THE    RECORD."' 

We  sometimes  hear  remarks  about  our  publication  that  seem  to  us  ill- 
considered  and  unjust — of  course  not  designedly.  These  remarks  often 
result  in  proposals  of  change.  One  would  make  the  Record  a  newspaper; 
but  past  discussions  do  not  seem  to  favor  this  plan.  It  would  not  relieve 
some  difficulties,  and  it  would  encounter  others,  and  yet  it  has  certain 
advantages.  Another  would  employ  a  general  editor;  but  this  involves 
expense,  and  the  right  editor  might  not  readily  be  found.  Moreover,  the 
editing  ought  to  be  done  within  the  executive  rooms,  rather  than  outside 
of  them,  if  the  varied  phases  of  the  work  are  to  be  properly  represented. 
The  plan  of  paying  for  space  in  the  weekly  newspapers  has  some  appar- 
ent advantages,  and  some  drawbacks ;  we  cannot  take  it  up  here  for  con- 
sideration. It  is  well  not  to  risk  what  is  good  and  does  good,  even  if  it 
be  not  all  that  is  desired  ;  and  so,  leaving  proposed  changes  to  the  wis- 
dom of  the  Church,  we  come  back  to  the  Record.  It  cannot,  from  the 
nature  of  the  case,  enter  into  discussions  of  controverted  questions, 
and  so  it  loses  this  element  of  interest     It  cannot  give  information 


14  BOARD  OP  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [January 

on  matters  of  general  religious  and  public  concern,  and  therefore  it 
ought  not  to  be  compared  with  the  weekly  religious  newspapers  of  the 
day.  It  is  a  semi-official  work,  and  therefore  articles  of  merely  sensa- 
tional interest  are  out  of  place  in  its  columns.  It  cannot  take  up  a  great 
many  subjects — ^yesl  What  then  can  it  do?  It  can  give  an  official 
acknowledgment  of  the  moneys  given  by  our  Christian  people  to  promote 
the  spread  of  the  gospel  at  home  and  abroad.  Let  not  the  practical 
importance  of  this  acknowledgment,  and  of  its  being  made  every  month, 
be  underrated.  Thus  mistakes  are  guarded  against,  or  are  sure  to  be  cor- 
rected ;  thus  responsibility  is  secured  to  a  degree  not  to  be  overlooked ; 
thus  a  reminder,  and  in  many  cases  a  noble  example  of  liberal  giving  is 
set  before  the  churches. 

It  can  give  valuable  information  concerning  the  evangelistic  work  of 
our  beloved  Church.  It  does  give  this  information.  We  read  the  let- 
ters of  our  ministers  in  various  parts  of  our  country,  as  given  in  the  first 
pages  of  each  number,  with  deep  interest — sometimes  with  tears  of  sym- 
pathy. And  so  do  we  read  many  things  in  each  monthly  number.  We 
pass  by  here  all  reference  to  the  editorial  articles  in  our  part  of  this 
magazine,  but  we  can  confidently  appeal  to  the  articles  written  by  our 
brethren  abroad.  The  Indians,  Mexico,  South  America,  Africa,  Syria, 
Persia,  India,  Slam,  China,  Japan,  come  before  our  minds  in  these 
letters.  Thus  our  views  are  enlarged,  and  our  impressions  increased  of 
the  supreme  moment  of  divine  things,  as  borne  to  our  lost  race  by  our 
missionaries.  We  only  wish  that  the  Record  could  give  more  space  to 
these  articles.  But  short  and  sometimes  fragmentary  as  they  are,  they 
yet  often  remind  us  of  the  first  lessons  in  church  history — in  Christ- 
ianity itself 

We  could  "pursue  the  subject,"  but  we  have  written  enough  perhaps 
to  invite  the  attention  of  our  readers,  and  especially  of  our  ministers,  to 
the  desirableness  of  extending  the  circulation  of  the  Record.  This  is 
"  in  order"  at  the  beginning  of  a  new  volume.  A  few  kind  words,  a 
little  wisely  planned  effort,  might  add  thousands  of  good  names  to  our  sub- 
scription list.  The  price  is  remarkably  low.  The  influence  of  such  a 
work  on  all  our  benevolent  causes  is  beyond  question,  as  shown  by  many 
examples.  And  if  such  effort  as  is  here  respectfully  suggested  is  worthy 
of  being  made  at  all,  it  is  worthy  of  being  made  soon — the  sooner  the 
better. 

GOOD  NEWS  FROM  MEXICO. 
The  Rev.  M.  N.  Hutchinson  writes  as  follows,  under  date  of  Novem- 
ber 14th,  at  Mexico  City.     Seldom  does  one  letter  contain  more  pleasing 
accounts.     The  Lord  is  indeed  with  his  servants,  to  bless  their  labors. 

I  have  not  yet  reported  our  last  communion  service,  held  in  our  church 
in  this  city  on  the  last  Sabbath  of  September.  During  the  two  months 
previous  thirty  members  had  been  received  upon  examination,  (making 
our  whole  membership  one  hundred  and  twenty-three,)  all  of  whom  were 
expecting  to  receive  the  sacrament  on  that  occasion,  but  the  day  was 
one  of  the  most  stormy  of  the  season,  and  several  were  detained  from 
coming.  However  the  occasion  was  marked  by  a  deep  solemnity  and  all 
felt  that  it  was  good  to  be  there.  Six  men  walked  a  distance  of  thirteen 
miles  in  all  the  rain  and  mud,  and  remained  over  night  in  order  to  be 

^     A    r    '     :i  •  TA  j^  ••x*  Dialled  bvKJiOOQLC     ^ 

A  few  days  smce  I  returned  from  a  visit  of  more  than  two  weeics  to 
Vera  Cruz,  where  the  Lord  is  sending  prosperity.    We  held  services 


18t5.]  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  15 

every  night  with  charming  results.  The  object  of  my  visit  was  threefold 
— first,  to  see  what  could  be  done  towards  securing  suitable  church  pro- 
perty.  Second,  to  try  to  correct  a  spirit  of  discord  which  had  found  its 
way  into  the  midst  of  a  limited  circle  of  the  members  of  the  congregation. 
Third,  to  organize  a  church  as  we  have  done  here  and  at  other  points. 
As  to  the  property  question,  it  is  too  early  to  report.  As  to  the  differ- 
ences, they  were  most  satisfactorily  settled  without  leaving  a  trace  of 
bitterness  that  could  be  detected.  The  third  point  engaged  most  of  our 
attention,  namely,  the  examination  and  reception  of  those  who  felt  that 
they  were  accepted  of  Christ,  and  who  wished  to  confess  him  before  men, 
together  with  such  teachings  as  seemed  especially  appropriate  at  such  a 
time.  To  give  only  results,  eighty-five  were  received  into  Christian 
fellowship — eighty^two  on  examination  and  three  by  letter,  (Mrs.  Dr. 
T ,  wife  of  the  American  Consul,  and  two  of  her  daughters).  Christ- 
ian baptism  was  administered  to  the  eighty-two  who  were  received  on 
profession,  and  also  to  six  children  of  professing  parents.  The  church  is 
organized  under  the  name  of  the  "  Ist  Presbyterian  Church  of  Vera  Cruz," 
(as  the  one  here  is  under  the  name,  "  1st  Presbyterian  Church  of  Mexico 

City.)     Mrs.  T ,  who  has  entered  into  the  work  with  true  Christian 

zeal,  has  presented  the  church  with  an  organ,  purchased  with  money  of 
her  own  collecting  and  contributing,  and  what  is  more,  she  is  always  on 
hand  to  play.  I  could  see  that  this  example  was  having  its  effect  for 
good  on  the  minds  of  numbers  of  others  in  the  same  social  circle. 

A  Sabbath-school  was  also  organized,  and  a  plan  for  systematic  giving 
adopted.  Please  bear  in  mind  that  when  I  speak  of  ** examinations," 
''profession,"  and  "members,"  I  use  the  words  as  I  would  do  at  home. 
I  am  not  talking  of  those  who  merely  come  to  attend  preaching  services, 
however  regularly,  but  of  those  who  come  forward  substantially  in  the 
same  manner  and  with  the  same  spirit  as  those  who  in  home  churches 
are  received  into  Christian  fellowship.  I  make  these  remarks  because 
while  on  the  one  hand  it  has  seemed  to  me  that  in  former  years  state- 
ments were  circulated  more  favorable  than  the  actual  state  of  things 
would  warrant ;  on  the  other  hand,  some  have  made  recent  statements 
quite  as  extreme  and  quite  as  injurious  to  the  cause — ^to  the  efi'ect  that 
there  are  none  among  this  people  who  know  what  experimental  religion 
is,  giving  the  idea  that  all  confound  not  being  a  Roman  Catholic  with 
being  a  true  Protestant.  .  . 

I  know,  as  well  as  any  man  can  know  in  this  world,  that  there  are 
numbers  with  us  whom  the  Lord  owns  and  loves,  and  who  love  and 
follow  Him.  There  are  those  who  have  suffered  and  are  suffering  for 
His  sake,  and  who  shall  judge  them  unworthy  of  a  place  at  the  Lord's 
table,  or  a  name  among  the  members  of  his  family  ?  I  could  multiply 
instances  to  prove  that  these  are  not  ignorant  of  the  spirit  of  Christianity- 
Let  one  suffice :  a  brother  who  had  been  examined  and  had  been  ac- 
cepted in  Yera  Cruz,  came  to  us  the  day  before  the  Lord's  Supper  was  to 
be  celebrated,  and  said  that  he  greatly  desired  to  partake  of  the  Lord's 
Supper,  but  that  he  felt  that  he  could  not  come  worthily  as  he  was — that 
some  time  before  he  had  trouble  with  his  employer,  and  that  he  did  not 
feel  as  a  Christian  should  towards  him.  He  was  asked  what  he  thought 
he  should  do.  He  said  he  knew  very  well,  but  that  it  was  a  great  trial 
for  him  to  do  his  duty  in  this  respect.  To  give  only  the  result, — he 
went  and  was  reconciled,  and  then  came  back  a  happy  man,  evidencing 
that  he  knew  something  of  the  Christian  spirit — winning  from  his  em- 
ployer commendation  of  the  religion  that  had  prompted  to  such  conduct, 
and  even  drawing  him  after  his  servant  to  see  more  of  such  religion. 


16  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [January 

CHURCH   OP   CHIH   MEH,    CHINA. 

EXPERIENCE    OF    FIRST    CONVERTS. 

The  Rev.  H.  Corbett  writes  as  follows  from  Chefoo,  October  22d: 

I  have  just  returned  from  a  trip  to  Chih  Meh,  extending  over  about 
six  weeks.  While  there  seventeen  adults  and  nine  children  were  bap- 
tized.  Three  churches  were  organized  and  elders  and  deacons  ordained 
in  each.  Calls  were  made  out  for  Mr.  Tsoong,  who  has  recently  been 
ordained,  and  being  accepted  at  a  called  meeting  of  Presbytery,  held  at 
Pingtu,  a  committee  was  appointed  to  install  him  pastor  over  the  churches. 
The  total  number  of  church  members  is  130  adults  and  75  children, 
nearly  equally  divided  between  the  three  churches. 

It  is  hoped  that  the  pastor  will  be  able  to  live  and  support  his  family 
without  aid  from  the  Mission.  Many  of  the  Christians,  however,  are  very 
poor,  and  others  are  members  of  heathen  families  and  will  not  be  able  to 
contribute  largely  to  the  support  of  the  gospel.  Mr.  Yuen  Kih  Yin  was 
ordained  and  settled  over  two  of  the  churches  at  Pingtu. 

There  are  a  number  of  secret  believers,  but  on  account  of  open  persecu- 
tion and  the  hostility  which  they  would  certainly  meet  from  their  families 
and  neighbors,  they  are  kept  from  openly  professing  faith  in  Christ  The 
hatred  of  many  of  the  heathen  to  Christianity,  regarding  it,  as  they  do, 
as  a  foreign  institution,  is  intense.  Nothing  but  the  fear  of  the  law 
seems  to  prevent  an  open  persecution,  but  in  a  quiet  way  opposition  and 
difficulties  innumerable  are  encountered  on  the  part  of  all  who  wish  to 
change  their  idolatry  for  the  service  of  the  true  God.  One  young  woman 
has  been  divorced  from  her  husband  and  driven  from  home  on  account  of 
her  refusal  to  give  up  the  service  of  her  Saviour.  A  number  of  the  hea- 
then, whose  children  have  from  infancy  been  betrothed  to  the  children 
of  those  who  have  since  become  Christians,  refuse  now  to  allow  their 
children  to  marry  into  Christian  families.  The  diflBculty  that  this  is 
causing  cannot  be  easily  understood  in  a  Christian  land  where  the  cus- 
toms are  different. 

The  heathen  refuse  to  give  Christians  employment,  partly  because  of 
their  dislike  to  Christianity  but  especially  on  account  of  their  refusing  to 
work  on  the  Sabbath.  One  of  the  most  inoffensive  of  all  men,  a  Christian, 
whose  fruit  trees  and  some  of  his  grape  vines  were  destroyed  by  the  mob 
last  winter,  has  been  wonderfully  blessed  by  an  unusually  fine  crop  of 
fruit  on  the  trees  and  vines  which  were  still  left.  His  neighbors  say  that 
the  God  whom  ho  serves  must  have  taken  pity  upon  him  and  thus 
rewarded  him  for  the  evil  done.  While  there  is  much  to  discourage  there 
is  also  much  to  encourage  and  stimulate  Christians  to  more  earnest 
prayer  and  more  liberal  contributions  to  the  cause  of  Missions. 


CHINESE    IN    CALIFORNIA. 

NOTICES  OF  MISSIONARY  WORK. 

The  Rev.  A.  W.  Loomis,  D.D.,  writes  as  follows  from  Sacramento, 
October  2Uh. 

Last  Saturday  we  received  a  telegram  from  the  colporteur  here  to 
come  at  once — they  had  "important  things."  As  there  had  been  trou- 
ble before  from  the  interference  of  opposing  Chinese,  I  complied  with  the 
request.  I  found  that  throe  Chinamen  had  already  been  arrested — they 
have  since  been  fined  for  disturbing  the  peace.  I  have  seen  the  Mayor. 
Chief  of  Police  and  influential  citizens,  also  have  seen  the  head  of  the 
Chinese   company  to  which  the   offending  persons   were  supposed   to 


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belong,  and  the  influences  brought  to  bear  upon  him  seem  to  have  been 
effectual,  for  last  evening  he  came,  bringing  one  of  the  boys  that  had 
given  trouble,  together  with  a  new  scholar,  and  was  voluminous  in  his 
professions  of  sympathy  with  the  work,  &c. 

The  school  is  doing  nicely — the  teacher  is  faithful  and  enthusiastic — 
the  new  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  his  wife  will  take  an  inte- 
rest in  the  school — she  will  teach  them  singing.  The  young  men  love  to 
gather  in  the  school  room,  when  at  leisure  during  the  day  or  evening,  and 
on  the  Sabbath.  They  read,  sing,  and  play  on  the  cabinet  organ.  The 
colporteur  is  faithful  in  his  work.  We  shall  rent  the  upper  story  of  our 
school-house  building  as  soon  as  it  can  be  accomplished — the  young  men 
paying  the  additional  rent.  This  will  enable  us  to  enlarge  the  school-room, 
and  will  give  room  above  for  conversation  and  reading-room,  and  for 
lodging  rooms  for  young  men  and  boys  who  otherwise  would  have  to 
lodge  where  temptations  to  dissipation  would  be  great.  We  have  a  fine 
company  of  youth  here,  and  by  watching  and  teaching  they  may  be 
gathered  into  the  fold.  The  assistant,  Tam  Ching,  came  with  me,  and 
I  will  leave  him  for  a  few  days;  our  visit  has  greatly  cheered  the 
scholars  and  the  colporteur. 

The  Sabbath-school  in  the  church  is  very  encouraging,  and  the  mem- 
bers and  teachers  are  becoming  more  interested.  I  expect  to  return  to 
San  Francisco  this  P.  M. 

San  Francisco,  Oct.  Slsl. — Wednesday  evening  we  baptized  a  young 
man  from  North  San  Juan,  who  embarks  for  China  to-day.  Two  days 
ago  we  received  letters  from  Honolulu,  desiring  us  to  send  a  Chinese 
preacher  or  colporteur.  Ah  Moon,  who  has  served  much  and  faithfully 
as  colporteur,  comes  nearest  to  answering  the  requirements ;  we  will 
send  him  if  the  terms  can  be  fixed  satisfactory,  but  this  will  cause  a 
delay  till  our  letters  can  go  and  an  answer  be  received. 

I  enclose  a  letter  from  Santa  Barbara  from  which  you  may  gather  some 
idea  of  the  work  to  be  done  here ;  such  letters  come  occasionally  from 
other  places,  and  something  has  to  be  done  for  them.  If  we  had  more 
colporteurs  we  could  find  employment  for  them  all ;  but  every  additional 
agent  of  this  kind  calls  for  additional  care  and  correspondence. 

Writing  from  San  Francisco,  November  26th,  Dr.  Loomis  adds  some 
interesting  notices  of  this  Sacramento  school,  and  of  the  work  in  other 
places. 

The  school  at  Sacramento  is  doing  well — members  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  visit  it  frequently  and  take  an  interest  in  the  Sabbath-school. 
The  new  pastor,  Mr.  McCoy,  enters  with  zeal  into  the  work ;  his  wife 
goes  to  the  school  on  Saturday  evening  to  teach  in  singing.  The  average 
attendance  at  evening  school  is  45. 

The  teacher  at  San  Jose,  Mrs.  C ,  is  sick — bad  cough  and  much 

run  down — another  lady  is  teaching  meantime  in  her  place. 

In  Oakland,  Ist  church,  (Dr.  Bells')  the  Sabbath-school  is  doing  well, 
and  the  scholars  are  so  much  engaged,  and  the  teachers  so  much  inte- 
rested, that  every  evening  there  is  an  exercise  of  one  kind  or  another  for 
the  Chinese.  Many  of  our  scholars  and  church  members  now  living  in 
Oakland  attend  and  assist  in  the  school ;  there  are  six  young  men  there 
asking  to  be  baptized.  Some  of  our  members,  or  the  assistant,  go  over 
there  to  be  present  at  the  school,  and  say  a  few  words  of  exhortation 
about  twice  each  week.  o 


18  BOARD  OP  PUBLICATION.  [January 


BOARD  OP  PUBLICATION. 


OUT  OP  PUNDS. 

The  Missionary  Fund  of  the  Board  has  expended  its  last  dollar.  Its 
receipts  are  over  $7000  behind  what  they  were  last  year.  Another 
quarter's  salary  was  due  to  the  Missionaries  of  the  Board  on  the  1st  inst. 

In  view  of  these  facts  the  Board  has  resolved  to  curtail  its  missionary- 
work  until  funds  come  in  from  the  churches.  Until  then  no  new  mis- 
sionaries will  be  appointed,  and  no  grants  of  books  and  tracts  will  be 
made,  except  in  extreme  cases  and  in  very  small  amounts. 

We  appeal  earnestly  to  churches,  Sabbath-schools,  and  benevolent 
individuals  for  aid.  Daily  applications  come  for  donations  of  books, 
tracts,  &c.,  &c.,  from  needy  churches,  Sabbath-schools,  and  missionaries, 
to  all  of  which  we  are  compelled  to  give  a  negative  answer.  Who  will 
help  ?     It  is  a  time  of  great  need. 


THE  PRESBYTERIAN  HYMNAL. 

It  will  be  gratifying  to  our  Presbyterian  constituency  to  know  that  the 
persistent  efforts  to  prevent  the  adoption  by  the  churches  of  the  new 
Hymnal,  published  by  the  Board  by  order  of  the  General  Assembly,  fail 
to  arrest  its  sale.  Its  merits,  even  were  it  not  the  book  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian Church,  would  command  applause.  These  merits,  united  to  its  rela- 
tion to  the  Church,  have  given  it  a  success  which  we  believe  to  be  entirely 
unprecedented.  Already  have  SEYENTY-TWO  THOUSAND  copies 
been  sold.  It  '  '^ed  in  churches,  in  lecture  rooms,  and  in  Sabbath- 
schools,  not  merely  with  satisfaction,  but  with  spiritual  refreshment  and 
joy.  It  is  equally  valued  for  what  it  omits  and  what  it  includes.  With- 
out claiming  perfection — alas,  what  human  work  can? — ^it  is  emphatically 
a  success. 


HELP  FOR  THE  CHILDREN. 

Whilst  the  Westminster  Lesson  Leaf  meets  general  approbation,  and 
has  an  immense  circulation,  there  are  many  boys  and  girls  who  desire 
more  assistance  in  the  preparation  of  their  lessons  for  the  Sabbath-school 
than  the  Leaf  can  give  in  its  limited  space.  In  such  cases  the  parents  will 
do  their  children  a  great  kindness  by  taking  for  them  the  Presbyterian  at 
Work.  This  paper  gives  full  and  able  expositions  of  the  Westminster 
Lessons  on  the  International  course,  together  with  illustrations,  that 
would  be  highly  appreciated  by  intelligent  young  people.  The  complaint 
is  frequent  that  the  teachers  get  much  help  and  the  scholars  but  little. 
Subscription  to  the  Presbyterian  at  Work  would  meet  this  complaint 
It  is  not  every  family  that  can  purchase  cyclopeedias  and  commentaries, 
but  all  are  able  to  take  a  paper  at  sixty  cents  a  year. 


18T6.]  BOARD  OP  PUBLICATION.  19 

NOT  FENCE  RAILS. 

We  take  the  following  from  a  letter  from  an  excellent  and  laborious 
German  brother,  laboring  in  Wisconsin : 

The  Catechisms  you  were  so  good  as  to  send  me  came  safely  to  hand. 
Please  accept  my  sincere  thanks.  There  are  a  good  number  of  them  in 
use  already,  and  I  have  several  scholars  who  can  repeat  the  "  Shorter'' 
from  the  first  to  the  last  page ;  and  still  larger  is  the  number  of  ^^ Kleiner 
Kinder^^  who  know  the  Catechism  for  Little  Children  by  heart.  It  does 
not  seem  to  us  at  all  like  feeding  the  little  ones  "on  fence  raih,^^  but 
rather  the  "sincere  milk,"  whereby  they  grow.  It  is  certainly  no  small 
blessing  for  us  Germans,  that  incomparable  book,  the  Shorter  Catechism, 
and  a  goodly  number  of  our  churches  make  good  use  of  it.  I  take  part  of 
three  days  in  each  week,  at  this  time  of  the  year,  for  teaching  the  cate- 
chism, and  we  have  it  in  Sabbath-school  also.  The  one  hundred  Cate- 
chisms were  a  gift  to  us  in  time,  for  this  year  it  goes  rather  hard  with  us, 
though  we  were  never  a  wealthy  people  here,  as  far  as  this  world's  go9d8 

go- 

Our  new  church,  which  we  built  this  year,  is  filling  up  from  week  to 
week,  (we  have  outgrown  the  log  chapel,  built  fourteen  years  ago,  at 
which  time  we  had  fifty  cents  in  cash  to  start  with),  so  that  the  main  room 
is  well  filled.  The  from-house-to-house  preaching  is  well  attended  twice  a 
week.     Peace  to  you  I 

A  PASTOR'S  ESTIMATE. 
A  Pennsylvania  pastor  gives  a  voluntary  estimate  of  the  worth  of  the 
labors  of  a  good  missionary  of  the  Board. 

I  had  one  of  your  missionaries  laboring  in  my  congregation  last  sum- 
mer, and  was  rejoiced  to  see  how  thoroughly  and  prayerfully  he  did  his 
work.  He  is  a  very  valuable  man  in  such  a  position  \  earnest,  faithful 
and  wise  in  his  deportment  among  those  with  whom  '  bors.  He  has 
the  faculty  of  talking  with  men  and  interesting  them,  of  stirring  up  men 
who  go  to  church  nowhere  and  impressing  them,  meeting  them  always 
on  their  own  ground  and  with  great  kindness.  I  wish  you  had  a  thou- 
sand such  to-day.  It  goes  in  as  part  of  his  labor  to  disabuse  men's  minds 
of  erroneous  opinions  about  our  Boards,  and  he  succeeds  well.  He 
proves  therefore  a  valuable  help  to  pastors  in  this  regard,  as  well  as  in 
all  other  ways.  I  believe  God  is  wonderfully  blessing  his  labors  else- 
where ;  I  know  He  has  here.  I  write  this  because  I  am  anxious  he 
should  be  retained  in  this  work.  I  do  not  know  what  are  his  plans, 
and  therefore  I  write,  at  my  own  instance,  to  ask  that  you  will  do  what 
jou  can  to  keep  him  and  sustain  him  well. 


DANGEROUS  BOOKS. 

Beware  of  books  of  war,  piracy,  and  murder.  The  first  thought  of  crime 
has  been  suggested  by  such  books.  The  murderer  of  Lord  William  Rus- 
sell confessed  on  the  scaffold  that  the  reading  of  one  such  book  led  him  to 
the  commission  of  his  crime.  Another,  who  was  executed  for  piracy,  was 
instigated  to  his  course  by  a  book  of  piratical  tales.  The  state  prisons 
are  filled  with  criminals  who  were  incited  to  crime  by  similar  means. 
They  stimulate  the  love  of  adventurous  daring,  cultivate  the  baser  passions, 
and  prompt  to  deeds  of  infamy.     Away  with  them. 


20  BOARD  OF  CHURCH  ERECTION.  [January 


BOARD  OP  CHURCH  ERECTION. 


So  pressing  have  been  the  wants  of  some  of  the  other  Boards,  so  load 
and  earnest  their  appeals  to  the  churches  for  increased  contributions  to 
liberate  them  from  grinding  debt,  that  we  have  designedly  refrained  from 
pressing  the  claims  of  the  Board  of  Church  Erection,  until  we  fear  the 
churches  have  imbibed  the  notion  that  we  ''have  all  things  and  abound,*^ 
and  no  longer  need  their  contributions.  True,  this  Board  is  not  in  debt, 
and  has  not  in  a  single  instance  failed  to  redeem  its  pledge ;  but  it  is  also 
true  that  the  demand  for  help  in  church  building  is*  far  beyond  the 
receipts  of  the  Board. 

Since  the  1st  of  April  we  have  received  applications  for  aid  from  no 
less  than  one  hundred  and  fifty-four  churches,  of  which  only  sixty  have 
been  granted.  These  applications  call  for  $94,500,  while  our  receipts 
from  the  churches  since  April  1st  amount  to  only  $32,500,  the  supply 
being  little  more  than  one-third  of  the  demand.  It  is  easy  to  see  how 
much  the  cause  must  suflFer  from  such  inadequacy  of  means.  In  the 
judgment  of  the  last  General  Assembly,  Church  Erection  was  made 
third  as  to  the  amount  of  means  necessary  to  carry  it  forward  effectively. 
It  was  decided  that  the  sum  needed  for  this  part  of  the  Churches  work, 
and  which  should  be  raised,  was  $150,000.  Of  this  amount  $115,500 
are  yet  to  be  raised,  if  the  Assembly's  recommendation  be  regarded,  or  the 
wants  of  the  cause  met.  The  disasters  of  the  year,  of  which  we  have 
all  heard  so  much,  have  fallen  with  peculiar  weight  upon  the  cause  of 
Church  Erection.  Many  church  buildings  that  were  commenced  In^fore 
these  disasters  occurred,  have  been  arrested  in  their  progress,  and  are 
now  in  an  exposed  condition,  and  if  not  closed  in,  must  suffer  great 
damage  and  loss  during  the  winter ;  whilst  others  that  have  been  com- 
pleted, but  not  fully  paid  for,  are  in  the  hands  of  the  mechanics,  who 
have  earned  and  greatly  need  their  money ;  and  who,  unless  they  receive 
payment  soon,  will  proceed  to  sell  the  property,  and  that  at  a  ruinous 
sacrifice.  One  beautiful  building,  for  which  the  people  have  labored 
hard  and  sacrificed  much,  has  actually  been  sold  by  the  sheriff  for  less 
than  one-fifth  of  what  it  is  worth.  The  pastor,  who  has  labored  faith- 
fully for  ten  years  to  gather  up  this  church,  has  been  obliged  to  leave  his 
field,  to  secure  employment  and  the  means  of  support  elsewhere.  This 
is  a  trial  to  which  few  of  our  ministers  have  been  subjected — to  see  the 
flock  they  have  gathered,  left,  in  their  poverty-stricken  condition  without 
an  under-shepherd,  and  the  building  which  had  been  reared  for  their 
shelter  about  to  be  converted  into  a  lager  beer  saloon  and  a  German 
theatre — all  because  of  the  panic  and  consequent  prostration  of  business, 
rendering  it  impossible  for  them  to  fulfil  their  engagements. 

Other  churches  are  in  a  somewhat  similar  condition.  They  are  utterly 
unable  to  meet  their  engagements.  For  want  of  this  their  credit  has 
been  impaired,  their  good  name  and  that  of  the  Presbyterian.  Church  has 
suffered,  and  the  usefulness  of  the  minister  sadly  diminished.  Shall  this 
state  of  things  continue  ?  If  any  relief  be  furnished,  it  must  be  soon,  or 
the  time  of  redemption  will  have  passed.  One  dollar  now  will  be  worth 
five  in  the  Spring,  or  when  the  opportunity  is  lost. 

In  the  last  number  of  the  EvangeliM  there  was  a  notice  of  the  dedica- 
tion of  the  church  at  Glidden,  Iowa,  with  which  we  have  been  struck, 
as  indicating  the  good  sense  of  the  people  who  erected  the  building,  as 
well  as  the  courtesy  of  him  who  narrates  the  fact. 

1st.  This  church  is  located  in  a  growing  town,  where  there  is  no  othtf 


1875.]      RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS.  21 

church  building,  and  where  there  is  reason  to  expect  steady  and  health- 
ful growth,  and  in  a  reasonable  time  self-support 

2d.  The  building,  though  neat,  comfortable  and  commodious,  cost 
(including  furniture)  only  $1800,  all  of  which  was  paid  for  by  the  peo- 
ple of  the  place,  with  what  aid  they  received  from  the  Board.  How  much 
better,  more  praiseworthy  and  pleasant  to  their  own  feelings,  such  a 
course,  than  if  they  had  secured  a  more  ostentatious  building  (to  please 
some  worldly-minded  people)  at  an  expense  of  four  or  five  thousand  dol- 
lars, to  raise  which  it  would  have  been  necessary  to  ransack  the  country 
and  then  call  upon  the  Board  for  twice  as  much  as  they  are  able  to  give, 
and  after  all,  perhaps  burden  themselves  with  a  heavy  debt,  which 
although  for  a  time  assumed  by  some  individuals,  would  in  the  end  fall 
back  upon  the  church,  and  drive  the  church  back  to  the  Board  for  addi- 
tional help.  Such  is  the  condition  of  some  of  our  churches  to-day,  their 
embarrassments  having  driven  their  ministers  away,  and  now  prevent 
others  from  taking  their  place. 

3d.  In  the  notice  of  this  dedication  it  is  said  "  the  Board  of  Church 
Erection  gave  $500."  This  is  an  acknowledgment  we  do  not  always  see 
on  such  occasions. 

In  the  same  number  of  the  Evangelist  there  is  a  notice  of  the  dedication 
of  another  church  which  is  very  gratifying.  This  building,  though 
larger  and  more  costly  than  the  former,  was  (with  the  acknowledged  aid 
of  $500  from  the  Board  of  Church  Erection)  entirely  paid  for  on  the  day 
of  dedication,  so  that  in  reference  to  it  there  will  be  none  of  those  detested 
appeals  in  the  newspapers  for  "  additional  funds  to  pay  off  a  debt,"  after 
the  Board  has  been  certified  that  their  appropriation  ''paid  the  last  cent 
of  debt:' 

To  all  the  churches  we  say,  as  you  love  the  gates  of  Zion,  send  us 
your  collections  promptly  and  liberally,  and  the  hearts  of  many  of 
Christ's  poor  shall  be  made  glad. 


RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS. 

Cast  thy  bread  upon  th^  waters,  for  thou  shalt  find  It  aOer  many  days.    Qive  a  portion  to 
seyen,  and  also  to  eight,  for  thou  knowestnot  what  eyil  shall  be  upon  the  earth.    £ccl.  xi.  1,  2. 

It  would  give  us  great  pleasure  if  we  could  say  that  our  Treasury  was 
full,  but  this  cannot  be  done  while  Sixty  Thousand  Dollars  yet  re- 
main to  be  gathered  in  to  make  up  the  $110,000  recommended  by  the 
last  Assembly.  We  rejoice,  and  thank  God,  that  the  sum  of  $50,000  has 
been  collected  and  distributed.  The  cheerful  and  grateful  hearts  which 
have  sent  replies  to  these  remittances  have  increased  the  desire  to  make 
two  hundred  more  families  comfortable  and  glad  amid  the  severities  of 
yinter.     The  time  is  short,  and  prompt  action  is  needed. 

Hear  how  the  needy  speak. 

A  Widow^s  Flea, 

"  I  write  with  hesitancy,  being  fully  aware  that  at  this  season  of  the 
year  you  are  pressed  with  the  demands  of  those  who  are  depending  on 
your  society.  Still  my  own  necessity  compels  me  to  ask  when  I  may 
look  for  another  instalment.  I  have  been  obliged  to  anticipate  it  for  the 
supply  of  some  immediate  wants,  and  pay-day  is  at  hand." 

Another  case  equally  urgent, 
"  Necessity  compels  me  to  ask  if  you  can  do  anything  for  me  just  now. 
We  have  never  experienced  such  times.     There  is  no  opportunity  to  earn 
enough  to  meet  our  barest  necessities.     There  is  such  a  stagnation  in  busi- 


22  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN.  [January 

ness,  it  i8  impossible  to  get  money.  Winter  has  found  us  unprovided  for, 
and  business-men  just  as  hard  as  the  extreme  scarcity  of  money  makes 
them.  Regretting  very  much  that  I  am  obliged  to  trouble  you — very 
respectfully." 

A  few  days  since  $T5  was  paid  to  keep  from  the  sheriflPs  hands  the 
dwelling-house  of  an  aged  minister  in  the  extreme  West,  and  $50  to  save 
the  cabin  of  a  poor  widow  whose  husband,  a  missionary,  had  but  recently 
died.     Who  will  replace  those  sums? 

A  box  for  a  needy  minister,  valued  at  $80,  has  been  received  from  the 
Ladies*  Sewing  Society  of  Rev.  T.  M.  Niven's  church,  Greensburg,  N.  Y., 
Mrs.  C.  T.  Lewis,  President. 


GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN. 


Financial. — The  receipts  for  November,  this  year,  are  $1,661  80,  a 
little  in  advance  of  the  amount  received  in  the  same  month  last  year. 
Yet  the  gross  receipts  of  this  year,  up  to  December  1st — eight  months — 
are  still  less  than  the  gross  receipts  of  the  same  period  in  last  year.  May 
we  not  hope,  however,  that  this  deficiency  will  be  more  than  met  by  the 
increased  liberality  of  those  who  believe  "  Blessed  xs  he  that  consid- 

ERETH  THE  POOR?"  _^ 

LIBERTY  COUNTY,   OBOROIA. 

In  Liberty  county,  Georgia,  about  60  miles  from  the  city  of  Savannah, 
and  about  eight  miles  east  of  station  No.  2,  on  the  Atlantic  and  Gulf  Rail- 
road is  Midway  Macedonia  colored  Presbyterian  church,  put  down  in  our 
last  Annual  Report  as  numbering  793  members,  the  largest  under  care 
of  our  Committee;  and  if  we,  this  month,  had  more  space  we  could  give 
a  very  interesting  account  of  this  field. 

It  was  in  this  place  that  Rev.  C.  C.  Jones,  D.D.,  whose  praise  is  in 
all  the  churches,  devoted  so  great  a  part  of  his  life's  labor  to  the  colored 
people,  in  connection  with  the  Midway  (white)  congregation.  Before 
the  late  war,  Midway  church  was  large;  after,  it  was  found  broken  and 
scattered.  Rev.  Joseph  Williams — ^familiarly  known  as  "  Uncle  Joe" — 
was  sent  there  by  the  General  Assembly's  Committee  on  Freedmen  to 
care  for  the  colored  Presbyterians,  then  "as  sheep  without  a  shepherd." 
With  about  380  of  these,  Midway  Macedonia  church  was  organized,  and  by 
the  kindness  of  the  remaining  trustees  of  Midway  church  they  have  wor- 
shipped ever  since  in  the  building  which  Midway  formerly  occupied — con- 
tinuing to  grow  and  prosper,  by  God's  blessing,  under  the  pastoral  care 
of  **  Uncle  Joe,"  who,  though  now  well  advanced  in  years,  still  continnes 
to  go  in  and  out  before  them. 

It  has  long  been  a  matter  of  sincere  regret  that  to  so  fine  a  body  of 
colored  Presbyterians  our  Committee,  from  year  to  year,  has  felt  obliged 
to  deny  parochial  school  privileges,  for  which  both  the  wants  and  the 
promise  of  such  a  field  so  earnestly  called.  Last  summer,  however, 
"Uncle  Joe"  wrote  our  highly  esteemed  white  missionary.  Rev.  J.  T.  H. 
W.,  then  at  Brunswick,  Ga.,  saying  that  his, church,  with  his  own  hearty 
consent,  extended  to  him  a  unanimous  call.  Mr.  W.  and  family,  though 
at  no  small  sacrifice  of  home  comforts,  social  and  other  privileges,  con- 
sented to  go.  (See  September  Becord.)  And  thus  began  the  dawn  of 
what  we  trust  will  in  the  future  prove,  by  God's  blessing,  to  be  a  bright 
day,  intellectual  and  spiritual,  to  that  patiently  waiting  people. 


1875.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OP  RECEIPTS. 


APPOINTMENTS  BY  THE  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 

Horns  MiSBIOH  APPOI2fTXE2fT8  IN  NOVEMBER  1S74. 


Rev.  A.  S.  Ghardiner,  Reading,  Mass. 

Rey.  A.  Coohran,  Oneida  Castle,  N.  T. 

Rev.  y.  Down,  Alder  Creek,  Foreatport,  ftnd 
Deerfleld,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  H.  W.  Lee,  Laurens,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  A.  N.  Freeman.  Slloam,  (oolored)  N.  Y. 

Rev.  T.  BrUtaln,  Cooneoton  k,  Damascus,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  R.  D.  Smith,  Union,  N.  J. 

Rev.  W.  Baldwin,  Hammonton  and  Brainerd, 
N.  J.  , 

Rev.  J.  H.  Frazee,  Toms  River,  N.  J. 

Rev.  A.  E.  A.  Wanderer,  Swedesboro,  N.  J. 

Rev.  C.  B.  Gillette,  Emporium,  Pa. 

Rev.  J.  T.  Osier,  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

Rev.  O.  W.  Seaman,  Jelferson  Centre,  Ger- 
man, Pa. 

Rev.  B.  B.  Parsons,  D.D.,  Philadelphia,  Trin- 
ity, Pa. 

Rev.  Wm.  H.  Hodge,  Philadelphia,  Columbia 

Rev.  L.  B.  iv.  Shryock,  New  Windsor,  West- 
minster, and  Union  Bridge,  Md. 

Rev.  C.  Hedges.  Baltimore,  Madison  Street, 
(colored),  Md. 

Rev.  N.  T.  Cnapman,  Mt.  Paran  and  Quarries, 
Md. 

Rev.  M.  T.  B.  Rice,  Washington,  Gurley,  D.  O. 

Rev.  P.  D.  Cowan,  Joneaboro,  Tenn. 

Rev.  T.  Y.  Gardner,  Streetsboro,  Ohio. 

Rev.  H.  M.  Curtis,  Willoughby,  Ohio. 

Rev.  W.  H.  Moore,  Gettysburg,  Ohio. 

Rev.  Wm.  R.  Vincent,  New  Cumberland,  O. 

Rev.  W.  E.  Hill,  Wapaooneta,  Ohio. 

Rev.  R.  C.  Stewart,  Syracuse,  Bashan  and 
Chester,  Ohio. 

Rev.  H.  Beeman,  RossvlIIe,  Uniontown,  Unity 
and  N.  Lexington,  Ohio. 

Rev.  W.  H.  McCarer,  Evansvllle,  2d  Av.,  Ind. 

Rev.  A.  M.  Meili,  Clyde.  Ind. 

Rev.  W.  W.  Eastman,  Union  City,  Ind. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Reints,  Hartsburg  and  EmdeiK  111. 

Rev.  H.  Hanson,  Oquawka  and  Oquawka  Junc- 
tion, 111. 

Rev.  F.  C.  Schwartz,  Nauvoo,  German,  111. 

Rev.  R.  Shide,  Beardstown,  German,  111. 

Rev.  F.  G.  Lurbrldge,  Chicago.  10th,  III. 

Rev.  A.  J.  Stead,  Geneseo,  111. 

Rev.  J.  G.  Butler,  Grand  Tower,  111. 


Rev.  R.  C.  Galbraith,  Fairfield,  111. 

Rev.  W.  B.  Minton,  Anna  and  Dongola,  111. 

Rev.  J.  B.  Hall,  Elk  Rapids  k  East  Bay,  Mich. 

Rev.  G.  Ransom,  Mulr,  jVIich. 

Rev.  J.  Redpath,  Clam  Lake,  Mich. 

Rev.  G.  W.  Wood,  Charlevoix  and  Bear  River, 
Mich. 

Rev.  T.  R.  Easterday,  Sault  Ste  Marie,  Mich. 

Rev.  A.  S.  Badger,  Au  Sable,  Mich. 

Rev.  O.  H.  Elmer.  Moorhead  H,  vicinity,  Minn. 

Rev.  J.  W.  Van  Eman,  Lake  Crystal  and  Ma- 
delta,  Minn. 

Rev.  S.  I).  Westfall,  Fremont,  Minn. 

Rev.  .T.  L.  Wilson,  Sprlngville,  Iowa. 

Rev.  D.  Russell,  Zion,  Iowa. 

Rev.  G.  W.  Leonard,  Mount  Hope,  Iowa. 

Rev.  S.  L.  McAfee.  Red  Oak  Junction,  Iowa. 

Rev.  J.  L.  Jones,  villisca.  Iowa. 

Rev.  H.  W.  Behle,  Mt.  Pleasant,  Ger.,  Iowa. 

Rev.  D.  Blakely,  State  Centre,  Iowa. 

Rev.  J.  L.  Amlong,  Summit,  Iowa. 

Rev.  A.  Caldwell,  Jessup,  Iowa. 

Rev.  H.  P.  Peck,  St.  Louis,  Fairmont  ch.  Mo. 

Rev.  H.  M.  Giltner,  Ebenezer  k.  Summit,  Neb. 

Rev.  W.  H.  Clark,  Ponca,  Neb. 

Rev.  G.  W.  G^KKlale,  Pawnee  City,  Table  Rock 
and  Turkey  Creek,  Neb. 

Rev.  A.  F.  Hale,  Salem  and  Humboldt,  Neb. 

Rav.  S.  G.  Fisher,  Washington,  Kansas. 

Rev.  W.  H.  Snyder,  Abilene,  Kan. 

Rev.  J.  Schesser,  \  ienna,  German,  Kan. 

Rev.  H.  Osborn,  Stranger  and  Summit,  Kan. 

Rev.  D.  R.  Todd,  Kennekuk  and  Netawaka, 
Kansas. 

Rev.  Geo.  A.  Irvin,  Morris  County,  Kan. 

Rev.  T.  Finkblne,  Princeton,  Kan. 

Rev.  J.  N.  Rankin,  Edgerton  &  vicinity,  Kan. 

Rev.  A.  Essick.  Wamego,  Kan. 

Rev.  F.  Schmidt,  Riley  Centre,  Germ.,  Kan. 

Rev.  B.  F.  Haviland,  Clay  Centre,  Kan. 

Rev.  J.  L.  Merritt,  Trinidad,  Col. 

Rev.  W.  P.  Teits worth,  Longmont,  Caribou 
and  Nedderland,  Col. 

Rev.  J.  G.  Lowrie,  Colorado  Springs,  Col. 

Rev.  C.  W.  Hawley,  Denver,  itth  street,  Col. 

Rev.  J.  Cameron,  San  Bernardino.  Cal. 

Rev.  George  C.  Smith,  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico. 

Rev.  W.  W.  Curtis,  Silver  City,  New  Mexico. 


SU8TB27TATION  APPOIBTXINTS  IK  NOYXXBKR  1874. 

Rev.  O.  O.  Thome,  Manchester,  N.  Y.  Rev.  N.  D.  Graves,  Kewanee,  111. 

Rev.  John  Brown,  Vienna,  Va.  Rev.  R.  R.  Westcott,  Clarinda.  Iowa. 

Rev.  George  K.  Scott,  Clarksburg,  W.  Va.  Rev.  John  Fisher,  Pella  and  Olivet.  Iowa. 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 

*  Synods  in  small  capitals— Presbyteries  In  ffolics— Churches  In  Roman. 
RECEIPTS  FOR  HOME  MISSIONS  IN  NOVEMBER  1874. 


ALBAWY.—ilZfcany— Albany  1st  98  66;  Al- 
bany 3d  40;  Albany  4th  150;  Amsterdam  2d 
86  72;  Charlton  (of  which  19  from  Ladies 
Miss'y  Soc'y)  81;  Saratoga  Springs  2d.  Sab- 
sch  8  67.  Champlain—  Au  Sable  Forks  28. 
Troy  — Chestertown  6;  Glen's  Falls  80  47; 
Schaghticoke80;  Troy,  Westminster  4;  Troy, 
Woodside  (Sab-sch  4  40)  62  52  660  04 

Atlantio.— C««aw*a— Davidson's  River  2  60. 
Ea»t  Florida^Sew  Smyrna  15 ;  St  Augustine 
ist  100  117  60 

BALTiMOiw.—BaW<morfr- Annapolis  47  67; 
Baltimore  9d,  two  members  35;  Baltimore, 
Brown  Memorial,  Ladies  Domestic  Miss'v 
Soc'y  160;  Baltimore,  Madison  St  10:  Balti- 
more, Westminster,  a  member  5;  Ellicott's 
City  76:  Fallston2;  Havre  de  Grace  (Sab-sch 
6)  66 ;  Plney  Creek  12  80.  New  C«»//«— Berlin, 
Buckingham  162;  Dover  65;  Elkton  28  20; 
Green  Hill  and  Rockland,  (of  which  Sab-sch 
22)  88;  Port  Penn  86  24.  IVathington  Citt— 
Georgetown,  Bridge  St  Sab-sch  100  642  08 

Ckktral  New  YoBK.—B<«aAa»toii— Coven- 
try 2d  96  60;  Preble  6;  Smithville  1st  22  26; 
Spenoer  80  60;  Tompkins  2d  6;  Waverly  72  98. 


Ottego—Chorry  Valley  80 ;  Oooperstown  118  90 ; 
Delhi  2d  26  60;  Franklin  2  71;  Gilbertsville 
40  88;  Otcgo  8  50.  St  La«0rence— BrownviUe 
1  08;  Canton  48  68:  Dextor  6  76;  Henvelton 
11;  Oswegatchle  2d  29  84;  Saokett's  Harbor 
42  50.  Syracuse— ChmllluB  12  20;  Fayetteville 
62  77 ;  Liverpool  6  87 :  Syracuse,  Ist  Ward 
4  87 :  Syracuse,  Park  Central  (of  which  mon 
con  80,  and  Adult  Bible  class  35)  220.  Vtica— 
Holland  Patent,  Ladies  Miss'y  Soc'y  20;  Little 
Falls  27  08;  Lyons  Falls  9;  Oneida  186  88: 
Rome  64  49 ;  Turin  Sab-sch  1  29;  Utica  1st,  (in 
part)  387  54;  Utica,  Bethany  67  66:  Utica, 
Westminster  (a  bal)  56;  Waterville  (in  part) 
92;  Westernvllle  34  84:  West  Utica  12  24 

1  844  40 
CurcivKATi. — CAitHco/i^e— Bethel  8;  iloom- 
ingburgh  67 ;  Chillieothe  1st  66  76 ;  Cynthlana 
6 ;  Pisgah  15.  C<ncii»na/i— Cinoinnati  6th,  (of 
which  Ladies  Miss'y  Circle  66)  106 ;  Cincinnati 
7th  76  35:  Cincinnati  2d  Ger  20;  Lebanon  60; 
Moscow  Sab-sch  8  16.  Dayton — Bethel  26  26 ; 
College  Comer  8 ;  Dayton  4th  196  09;  Green- 
ville  16 ;  Piqua  2d  40 ;  Yellow  Springs  60 ;  Vo- 
nice  82.    PoWmoitf*— Red  Oak  22  60      811  10 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS.       [January 


Clbvelard.— C{«r«Iand— AshUbula,  Wo- 
man's MiM'y  Soc'y  14  48;  Chester  15;  Cleve- 
land Ist  148 ;  Cleveland,  Euclid  Ave  (L  F  L  60, 
JEW  10)  80;  Cleveland,  Wowlland  Ave  100; 
Northfield  12.  Mahoning— EUa^orth  51  50; 
Warren  24  W;  West  Polnl  5  20;  Youngstown 
Ist  51  60.  St  ClainviUe  — Bell  Air,  Ladies 
Foreign  Miss'y  Soc'y  30;  Morristown  7  10; 
Powbattan  6  45;  Rock  Hill  51.  Steubenvillt— 
Bloomfleld  7 ;  Cross  (^reek,  Ladies  Miss'v  Soc'y 
21 ;  Harlem  24;  Long's  Run  7  30 :  New  Harris- 
burgh  2  00;  Oak  Ridge  13  80;  Waynesburgh 
8  660  72 

Colorado.— Colorado— Fort  Collins        5  00 

Columbus.— ^/A«n«—Ba8han  5  50;  Berea5; 
Chester  4  00;  Nelsonville  11;  Syracuse  2. 
Columbui — Columbus  1st,  add'l  35;  Columbus 
2d,  H  Miss'y  Soc'y  15 ;  Lancaster  20.  Marion 
—Berlin  7  25:  Delaware  52;  Liberty  13;  Mar- 
ion  22  15 ;  Marysville  28 ;  RIchwood  6  26. 
Wooiter-  Apple  Creek,  bequest  of  a  member 
60:  Chlppewa7;  Shelby22  26;  Wooster,  West- 
minster 40.  Zanetville  Dresden  46  46 :  Lin- 
ton 18;  Madison,  (in  part)  5;  Martinsburgh 
10  33;  Putnam,  (mon  con  7)  141;  Salem  Oer 
14  36  580  84 

Eri k.  —  Allegheny — All egheny ,  Provld ence 
28  58 :  Fairmount  8 ;  Leetsdale  91  05 ;  Sewiok- 
ley  430  34.  Butler— Amity  7  21;  Buffalo  7  50; 
HarrlsviUe  8  14;  Mount  Nebo  17  10;  Muddy 
Creek  21  64;  Pine  Grove  10  14;  Westminster 
7  30;  Zclienople  8  46.  C/arf on— Bethcsda  12; 
Clarion  30 ;  Emlenton  10  37 ;  Leatherwood  16 : 
Licking  23:  New  Bethlehem  8.  £r<e— Cool 
Spring  8;  Corry  12:  East  Greene  10 ;  Franklin 
65;  Fredonia  10;  Harbor  C'reek  16:  Harmon- 
burg  6;  Pleasantville  100;  Salem  5.  Kittan- 
ninj7  —  Elder  ton  15  08;  Saltsburgh,  Ladies 
Miss'y  Soc'y  30;  Shrader's  Grove  5  30;  Slate 
Lick  20.  Shenango  —  ClarksvlUe,  (Sab-sch 
83  50)  104  50;  Little  Beaver  6  65;  Mahunlng 
40  30 ;  New  Castle  2d  25 ;  Unity  40 ;  West  Mid- 
dlesex 19  11  1,277  77 

GKNEVA.—Cayufro— Auburn  2d,  Ladies  67 ; 
Auburn    Central    66  76;   Aurora    72;    Scipio 

i Sab-sch  3  88)  10;  Scipiovllle  4.  Chemung— 
»g  Flats  16  83 ;  Burdctt  24 ;  Elmira  1st  24  66 ; 
Elmlra  2d  176;  Horse  Heads  60;  Mecklen- 
burgh  9  50:  Sugar  Hill  2  76;  Tyrone  2  35; 
Mrs  E  B  Wells  1 ;  Watklns,  (Mrs  A  Ely  10,) 
22  33.  Geneva — Branchport  10;  Geneva  Ist, 
(of  which  25  (Vom  Mrs  Elis  Hall,  ft-om  Miss  M 
S  N's  class  of  boys  1  50)  193  94 ;  Ithaca,  Ladies 
116;  Phelps  126.  Lyont- Galen  12  66;  Huron 
81.    Steuben  -  Canaseraga  7  50  1,044  28 

H  ARRiBBUROH.  —  Cartitle  —  Bloomfleld  15 ; 
Chambersburgh,  Falling  Spring  300 ;  Dauphin 
42;  Great  Conewago,  firom  Mrs  M  McElhenney 
6;  Greoncastle  67;  Harrlsburgh,  Pine  Si, 
add'l  50 :  Shippensburgh  43  51 ;  Silver's  Spring 
48  70:  St  Thomas  and  Rocky  Spring  24; 
Welsh  Run  10  50.  Hunfinodon- Birmingham 
137  38;  Bradford  4  57;  Clearfield  10;  Fruit 
Hill  23  65;  Holidaysburgh  (Sab-sch  8  86) 
130  79;  Kylertown  2  61;  Middle  Tuscarora 
42  40;  Mifflintown  and  Lost  Creek  170  05; 
Spruce  Creek,  (Rock  Spring  Sab-sch  14,  Grays- 
ville  Sab-sch  10)  219  25:  Woodland  1  57. 
Northumberland  —  Bloomsburgh  1st  20139; 
Emporium  10  66;  Great  Island  06;  Hartlcton 

0  60;  Mahoning,  (Miss  M  A  Montgomery  10, 
Mrs  G  F  Guisinger  10)  20 ;  MiflSinsburgh  13  60 ; 
Washington  83  60;  Williamsport  £l  20  44. 
tVelUboro—Bteoher  Island  10 ;  Farmington  7 ; 
Tioga  23  1,754  80 

Illi  N018,  OEVTHAt..—Bloomington—Bement 
22  25;  Chenoa  46;  Danville  (in  part)  158  27; 
Jersey  10 ;  Montloello  7 ;  Paxton  7  30 ;  Urbana 
3  80.  PeoH4i— Canton  9 ;  Farmingfton  8 ;  Ipava 
14:  Knoxville  184  90;  Lewistown  Sab-sch 
106  76:  PeorU  2d  80;  Peoria,  Calvary  Mission 
38;  Prlnoeville,  (White  School  House  4  75) 
22  28;  Rev  J  £  Oaruthers  and  family  10. 
Schuyler— Hheneter  18;  Good  Hope  (Sao-soh 

1  60)  10 ;  Monmouth  37  25 ;  Quinoy  1st  113  65. 
5prinft/l«/d— Lincoln,  (Ladies  SocV  25)  46  85; 
Springfield  Ist  77  16  918  91 

Illi  nois.  North.— C^icaoo— Chicago,  Noble 
St,  Holland  Sab-sch  28;  Englewood  80;  Lake 
Forest  400;  Manteno  (Sab-sch  5)  87  61.  Fr<«. 
port--aalena  Q«r  8;  Lena  16;  Hebron  16; 


Marengo  (Sab-sch  10)  27  85;  Middle  Creek  28; 
Queen  Ann  Ger  (Sab-sch  2)  10;  Rookford, 
Westminster  69  35.  OMawa  — Streator  11  68. 
Rock  ftitjer— Calvary  8  66;  Fulton  2  96;  Mll- 
lersburgh  10 ;  North  Henderson  18  75 :  Prince- 
ton (Sab-sch  9)  67;  Woodhull  32;  Rev  Dr 
Shearer  5  804  35 

Illinois.  South. — Alton — Alton,  (in  part) 
190  36;    Belleville  50;   Carrolton  48;   Carlyle 

17  40 :  East  St  Louis  26 ;  Hillsboro  15 ;  New 
Amity  6;  Plalnview  16;  Plum  Creek  (Sab-sch 
6  35)  84  80;  Shipman  8  07:  SparU  103:  Tren- 
ton 13;  Troy  15;  Virdon  6  69.  Cairo — Hermon 
8  70;  KinmundV9;  MdLeansboro  12  60;  Nash- 
ville 85;  Oak  Grove  12;  Pisgah  13  25:  Salem 
7 ;  Union  6  75  ;  Mt  Olivet  14.  Mo/foon-^^^harles- 
ton,  (Sab-sch  12  04)  104  04;  Dudley  10;  Grand- 
view  7 ;  Kansas  10;  Morrisonville  19  20;  New- 
ton 11 ;  Palestine  10  770  75 

Indiana,  North. —  Crawford^vUle — (3raw- 
fordsvillc  Centre,  Ladies  Mii«8*y  Soc'y  70;  La- 
Cayette  1st  80 ;  Lafayette  Second  ch,  from  Mrs 
Catharine  F  Stearns  5;  Lexington  10  20; 
Rockvllle  16  85 :  Thomtown  40.  Fort  Wayne— 
Bluffton,  (of  which  pastor  and  fomily  6)  16  70; 
Elhanan  6  80;  Elkhart,  Ladies  Mis9'y  Soc'y 
27;  Kendallviho  31  76;  New  Lancaster  5  30; 
Pleasant  Ridge  81  20;  Warsaw  27.    Logan*- 

? or/— Bethlehem — 12;  Goodland  25;  Hebron 
20:  La  Porte  200;  Michigan  City  83  75; 
Mishawaka  17  65;  Rensselaer  6:  Rolling 
Prairie  2;  West  Union  6  10.  AfMn<ri«— Ander- 
son 21  25;  La  Gro  6  60;  Marlon  3;  New  Hope 

5  70 ;  Wabash  11  86  721  81 

Indiana,  South.  —  Indianapolii — Acton 
2  96 ;  Bethany  17 ;  Bloomington,  Ladies  of 
Walnut  St  ch  75  75;  Carpentersville  6  60; 
Franklin  55  40:  Southport  9  46;  Union  12  05, 
Hew  illdoiiy— Hanover  16  28;  Henry ville  (a 
bal)  60  cts;  Jackson  Co  20;  Lexington  and 
Sharon  Hill  22  25 ;  Livonia  80  cU :  New  Albany 
1st  80  95;  Pleasant  4;  Sharon  1  65;  Smyrna 
10.  Fincennft— Evansville,  Walnut  st  Wo- 
man's Miss'y  Soc'y  100;  Evansville,  Grace, 
86  70;  Pelersburgh  8.  White  H'afey^Kings- 
ton  50;  Lawrence  burgh  9  86;  Richmond  48  77; 
Union  11  85  650  32 

Iowa,  North.— Cetfar  Aaoidt— Cedar  Rapids 
1st  102  02 ;  Clarence  6  95 ;  Lyons  25 ;  Wyoming 

18  70.  Duftufue —Dyersville  3  70;  Ep worth 
5:  Farley  10;  Hopkinton  9;  Mount  Hope  8; 
Waukon  Ger  10;  Wlnthrop  28;  Rev  J  G 
Scheible  5  60.  Fort  Dodye— Carroll  17  80; 
Eden  Ger  Sab-sch  8  18 ;  Eden  Sab-8ch  1 ; 
Grand  Junction  8  40;  Jefferson  15;  Storm 
Lake  Sab-sch  2  85.     Waterloo— Ia  Porte  City 

6  50;  Marshal  I  town  30 ;  Rev  Isaiah  Reid  6 

321  70 

Iowa,  South. — Council  BluJJ^t — Afton  15; 
Council  Bluffs  06  00 ;  Mount  Ayr  11 ;  Union 
City  6.  Dei  Mo ine«— Cent  reville  0  60 ;  Corydon 
5;  Wlnterset  20.  /oura  —  Birmingham  9  25; 
Fairfield  22  82;  Keokuk,  Westminster  28  88; 
Liberty  ville  5;  Middletown  17 ;  Montrose  Sab- 
sch6;  OttumwalS  25;  Sallna6;  Spring  Creek 
9.  Iowa  Ci/y— Columbus  City  7  60 ;  Crawfords- 
ville  7  50;  MnscaUne  Ger,  (Sab-sch  8  25)  fl); 
Sugar  Creek,  fVom  Mrs  Jane  Keiser  10;  Tip- 
ton 24  15.  Nebraska  Cf/y- Marietta  3  03;  Ne- 
braska City,  (Sab-sch  7  60)  37  75;  Plattsmoutb 
20  45 ;  Simeon  1  25 ;  Tecumseh  9 ;  Wahoo  4  04. 
OmaAa— Fremont  10 ;  Omaha  2d  38  70 ;  Ponca, 
(Sab-sch  2)  5  499  12 

KAN8AB.—il«wftn— Austin  ist  25  70;  Oalvea- 
ton,  Ist  Ger  Sab-sch  2  20 :  Georgetown  10  25. 
Emporia — Burllngame  5 ;  Florence  17  60 ;  Mar- 
lon Centre  49  95.  HlyAtomt— Arvlnerton  6  76; 
Doniphan  10;  Effingham  10;  Frankfort  2; 
Holton  Ger  8  26;  Neuohatel  (Sab>«ch  1)  i. 
A>o«Ao— Oswego  14  00.  Toptk^  -  AbHent  8; 
Oskaloosa  4 ;  Topeka  Ist  105  2n  90 

K^itrvcKY. —  Ebenezer—CoringUm  let  100. 
Louitville—FreAonlA  7  16;  Louisville.  (Chest- 
nut St  73  86;  Penn  Run  0.  Transyivnia— 
Rev  J  P  McMillan  and  wife  10  190  60 

Long  Island.— £rooJt/yn— Brooklyn,  AlnsUe 
St  83  50;  Brooklyn  1st,  Remsen  St  43  82; 
Brooklyn  2d  210  07;  Brooklyn,  Slloam  12; 
Edgewater  Ist  148  70.  Long  Itland—Onen- 
port  64;  Morlolie8  26.   ^Mtati— Babylon  82  81 ; 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


25 


Hempstead  18  02;  Huntington  let  100;  Isltp 
8  90;  Roslynn  707  » 

MicHiOAif—P«fro</— Detroit  let  250;  De- 
troit, Westminster,  Ladles  60;  Holly  19  20: 
Plymouth  2d  18  85 :  Stony  Creek  27  60.  Grand 
Rapid* — Orand  Rapids,  Westminster  46  26 ; 
Greenwood  8  76;  Rev  James  Walker  8  75. 
Kalamazoo  — Niles  48  47.  Lanting  —  Battle 
Creek  51 ;  Homer  91 :  Tekonsha  5.  Monroe-- 
Clayton  (a  bal)  8 ;  Jonesrille  17  27 ;  Raisin 
17  50.  Siiginato-^An  Sable  and  Oscoda  4  81; 
Bay  City  72  74;  Fenton  19  11;  Lapeer  25  75; 
Sagrlnaw  11 ;  Wenona  10  08  815  64 

Minnesota.— ManJbafo— Wells  10;  Rey  J  E 
Conrad  10.  St  Paid— Dnndas,  (Sab-sch  1)  8  75; 
Forest,  (Sab-sch  1  12)  0  29;  Minneapolis  1st 
28  50 ;  Minneapolis,  Andrew  17  50 ;  Minneapo- 
lis, Westminster  30;  Minneapolis,  Franklin 
Ave,  (of  which  Sab-sch  10)28;  Pine  City  6; 
St  Paul,  House  of  Hope  68  79;  Taylor's  Falls, 
^ab-soh  2  02)  16  37;  White  Bear  Lake  7. 
Winona — Winona  Ger  8  65.  Southern  Min- 
ne«ota— Houston  Sab^oh  2  60;  Sheldon  Sab- 
sch  2  50  244  85 

MiBSocTRi.  —  0«aoe  —  Clinton  14  56:  New 
Frankfort  Qer  2;  Olive  Branch  9  75;  Osceola 
7  50;  Tipton  10.  0;sarifc  —  Ebeneser  8  50; 
Salem  5  70;  ShilohS.  Po/fiiyra— Hannibal  1st. 
add'l  84  20;  Newark  15;  New  Providence  5. 
P/a</e~ Akron  9;  King  City  4  25:  Lathrop5; 
Rosendale  2  50 ;  St  Joseph,  Westminster 
addU  10;  St  Joseph  North  10;  Union,  (Sab. 
sch  4  60)  1185.  Pototi— Bristol  8  25;  Rev 
John  Branch  and  wife  2.  St  Lowii— Bethel  5; 
Naxareth  3:  St  Charles  100  15;  St  Louis,  Ist 
Qer  (Sab-floh  5)  30;  St  Louis,  Westminster  5 

368  21 

New  Jkrset.— EH^KOftefA  —  Elisabeth  1st, 
add'l  70  86;  Elisabeth  8d  14  80;  Elisabeth, 
Westminster,  add'l,  of  which  60  fh>m  Ladies 
A88O80;  EUxabethnort  82;  Perth  Amboy  180: 
Plalnfleld  lst25;  Pluckamin4  94;  Roselle  1st 
22  68;  Summit  West  9  72;  Westfield  17  26. 
Jereey  City— Haokensack  26;  Newfoundland 
30;  Paterson  1st  125.  Monmouth—AUentown 
83;  Bordentown  8;  Cream  Ridge  20;  Freehold 
1st  41  91;  Manalapan  40:  Mattawan  57  04; 
Oceanic  11  64;  Plattsburgh  and  Columbus  80. 
Morrie  and  Oron^e'— Chatham  50;  Mendham 
Ist  76;  Morrlstown  Ist,  of  which  900  from  a 
member  866  22;  Mt  Freedom  25;  Orange  Ist 
50;  Orange  Central  150.  ^ewarifc—Bloomfleld 
Qer  Sab-seh  10  09;  Newark  Ist  (Ladies  80)  256 ; 
Newark,  Park  17  86 ;  Newark,  Roseville,  La- 
dies  H  M  Soo  107  80;  Newark,  South  Park 
038  04.  New  BrunevHek-^Ammen  2d  12  25: 
Milford  20;  Prineeton  Ist  191  85 ;  Princeton  2d 
110  75 ;  Stockton  0  50 ;  Trenton  Ist  588 ;  Trenton 
5th  17  35.  i^«wt<m->Branchville  (of  which  20 
tirom  Ladles)  74  85;  Harmony  60  80;  Oxford  2d, 
80;  SparU  9  40;  Yellow  Frame  7  94.  fVett 
Jersej^Bridgeton  1st  800;  Bridgeton  West 
80  10;  Camden  2d  80;  Cedarvllle  fst  (Sab-sch 
^35)  09  34:  Cold  Spring  23  76;  FislervilleSl; 
Wenonah  24  07;  Woodstown  1  4,298  49 

New  ToRK.~£o«fofi— Provldehoe  30;  Rev 
J  P  Watson  1.  HtMlt<m-<)ochecton  74  cts; 
Florida  1st  43;  Goodwill  12  08;  Jeffersonvllle 
Oer6  10;  MIddletown  IstO  35;  MIddletown2d 
16  82;  Milford  3  70 ;  Montgomery  31  01;  Mount 
Hope  25.  New  Forik— Mount  Washington  Sab- 
W?  W  36 ;  New  York,  Ch  of  the  Covenant,  addU 
W6 ;  New  York,  Ch  of  the  Sea  and  Land  2  90 ; 
Now  York,  Murray  Hill  88:  New  York  10; 
K«w  York,  Rutgers  450  02;  New  York,  13th 
greet  Sabbath  School  Association  260;  New 
York  Washington  Heights  29  27;  New  York 
wt,  (from  A  Healy)  10;  New  York,  Fourth 
Avenue  (mon  concert  81  42)  118  04.  North 
Kiver-^'Sew  Hamburgh  49;  Poughkeepsie 
^  19:  Pleasant  Plains  40  90;  Rondout  14  75: 
SmithfieW  86.  Wettcheiter—Brldgeport  115; 
Hartford  1st  102;  Mahopac  Falls  12  09;  Mt 
fjwo  100  01 ;  Potts  Memorial  90 ;  Port  Chester 
9  80;  South  Salem  108  13;  Stamford  (Sab-sch 
JP  OB)  617  00;  West  Farms  28;  Yonkers  1st,  in 
P»rt878  51  2,920  29 

PAoiFic.~Seii<c<a~8an  Bafisel  8;  Santa 


BoeaO:  YacavillelO;  MrsJM  Fraser60;Rev 
J  L  Woods  5.  Los  Jnorlof— Cambria  17  60; 
San  Buenaventura  12.  Oregon — Albany,  ladies 
22;  Brownsville  81;  Portland  450  44.  Sacra^ 
iiien/o-~Sacramento,We«tminster20L  SanJoee 
^Alvarado  2  25;  Centreville  4;  Uvermore 
2  46;  Mlljpitas  Township  8  50:  MenloPark20; 
Salinas  (Jlty  8  20;  San  Jose  48;  San  Leandro 
0  40  724  74 

Philadblphi  A.— CAss^^— Forks  of  Brandy- 
wine,  from  J  W  50;  Media  12  82;  Oxford  (Mt 
Joy  Sab-sch  15  58)200  12.  Laciawanna— Can- 
ton  (Sab-sch 5) 85 ;  Dimook  1 ;  Laporte  10 ;  Lang- 
cliflr  12;  Mehoopany  Creek  8;  Meshoppen  7 ; 
MonroetonO  10;  Springnrllle75ots;Sprlngville 
Tillage  1  25;  Stevensville  5:  Towanda  (Sab- 
sch  261238 ;  Troy  40  19.  I^^i^JU-Easton,  Brain- 
erd,  juven  Missy  Socy  260;  Hazleton  07  29; 
Lower  Mt  Bethel  5  09;  Reading  1st  194  09: 
Weatherly  15.  PA  ftodetofcio— Philadelphia  2d 
(from  C  E  5)  119  4L  Philadelphia  Central-- 
Philadelphia,  Alexander lOB  83:  Phihidelphia. 
Cohochsink  250;  Philadelphia,  Immanuel 
170  68;  Philadelphia,  Olivet  42;  Philadelphia, 
Trinity  5.  Philadelphia  JTortA— Bristol  81: 
Conshohooken,  mon  con  4  70,  J  H  S  6,  Mrs  J 
H  S  1,  W  D  50  cts,  C  J  25  cts,  J  B  1=12  45; 
Oermantown  ist.  s£  145:  Germantown,  Market 
Square,  in  part  28  TO ;  Manayunk  60 ;  Newtown 
60  21 ;  Norristown  2d  16 ;  Providence  23.  Weet- 
minster— Columbia  102  47;  Donegal 4;  Lancas- 
ter 38 ;  Union  4  24 ;"  D"  20  2,685  36 
Pittsburgh.  —  Blairtvitte  —  Beulah  134 ; 
Blair8vlllel79  20;  Braddock'sl7;Greon8burgh 
43;  Johnstown  30;  Latrobe  10;  LIvermore 
44  35 ;  New  Alexandria  8  83 ;  New  Salem  71  65 ; 
Salem  43  15.  Pitteburgh—EAgt  Liberty  32  2ft; 
Lawrenceville,  Ladies  Miss  Soo  15,  Sab-sch  80 
=b46;  Mansfield  18;  Mingo  30;  Montonrs  80; 
Mt  Olive  12  72;  Mt  Washington  0 ;  Pittsburgh 
ist,  in  part  625 ;  Pittsburgh  3d,  from  the  ladles 
75,  845  15;  Raccoon  102 ;  Wllkinsburgh  120  60. 
J2ed«fon«^Belleyemon40;  Brownsville  18  49; 
Dunlap's  Creek  94  40;  MeClellandtown  12  00  r 
Mt  Pleasant  30  OO;  Rehoboth87  18:  Round  Hill 
0  70;  Sewlekley  14  00;  Bev  J  Mo(31lntock  and 
family  10.  Wathington—Forlas  of  Wheeling 
and  Sab-sch  229;  Lower  Buffalo  T  25;  Pigeon 
Creek  88  05 ;  Upper  Buffalo  54 ;  Waynesburgh 
88 ;  Wheeling  4th  2  27.  Weat  Virginia— Beth" 
el  7  50 ;  Hughes  River  7  06 ;  Parkers  90 

2,678  08 

TmtivvB%VK^--Holtton—'KioggpoTt  10:  New 
Salem  8;  Oakland  10:  Richland  8  U;  Timber 
Ridge  3.  Kingatonr— New  FrorldenoeVk  New 
Or/0an«— Mary  Esther  5.  Union^Bor  W  H 
Leyle  5  56  11 

ToLKDO^p— Sel^«/(mXa<fie^Bellefontatae4  06; 
Belle  Centre  20  72;  Buck  Creek  40;  Bucyrus 
10  63;  HuntsvlUe  0  28;  Urbana  42  75;  West 
Liberty  14  80;  Nevada  4  28w  Huroii— Bloom- 
vllle9  85;  Florence  5;  Oreen  Springs  (Sab-sch 
4  03)  5  97 ;  Melmore  0  20 ;  Republic  1  81 ;  San- 
duBky  42  80.  Lima— Findlay  1st  81  66;  St 
Mary's  10  90.  Maumee— Hicksvflle  7  80;  Per- 
rysburgh  12  48 ;  Unicm  §  8a  42 

WsBTBRir  Nbw  YoBK.->0H/ro^o— Buffalo, 
Breokenrldse  St  20  96;  Clarence  10  10;  East 
Aurora  15;  Fredonlall6;  Qlenwood2  50;  Pan- 
ama  10;  Silver  Creek  20  40;  West  Aurora  5j 
Westfleld  18  42.  Geneeee—CMtile  15;  Corfti 
10;  North  Bergen  7;  Perry  23  32;  Pike  11  60; 
Portagevllle  80;  Warsaw  (Sab-sch  IT  60)  176; 
Rev  Q  S  Corwin  100.  Niagara— Wilaon  17. 
Rochetter—Brighton  59  12;  (iroveland.  Ladies 
Soc  40 ;  Lima  21  95 ;  Moscow  20 ;  Ogden,  Ladies 
Soc  25;  Osslan  (Sab-sch  10)18  13:  Rochester 
Central  49  50 ;  Koohester.  Westminster  0  41  r 
Tuscarora  and  Union  <Jor*8  0;  Wheatland 
62  25;  Rev  J  M  Harlow  4  915  24 

"W jBcovBiv.— Chippewa— Ri^cn  5;  Hudson 
1st  23.  LakeSuperior-4iTten  Bay  District  10 ; 
Marquette  70  75 ;  Menomonee  57  10.  Milwau- 
Jte0--Belolt  1st  52  50 :  Brodhead  Sab-seh  4 ;  De. 
lafleld  1  21 ;  Janesville  52  02;  Milwaukee,  Cal. 
vary  57  40;  Ottawa  1  88;  Waukesha  (Sab-sch 
^  40.  Winnebago— Rjinl  10 ;  Waupaca  0  05 : 
Weyauwega    5.      Witconein    River ^UamI 


26 


ACKNOWLEDaMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS.      [January 


Qreen  2  10 ;  Kllbourn  GIty  3  M ;  Liiberty  4  68 ; 
Lodi83  44;  LowviUeQ;  Oregon  10;  PUtteville 
2  26;  Pulaski  6  60  478  48 

Total  reoeired  firom  oharehes,      $31,400  80 

LsQACiBS.— Learacy  of  Sarah  B  Banta.  deo'd, 
Phelps,  N  l(\addM  800 :  Legacy  of  John  Moore, 
decM,  late  ofUtfca,  Ohio  20  47 ;  Liegaey  of  Hen- 
ry Herrey,  deoM,  late  of  Dunlap,  111  100 ;  I«g. 
aoy  of  Rev  N  S  Prime,  D.D  800  10 ;  Liegacy  of 
Charles  Macalester,  decM,  late  of  Phlladel- 

Shla,  Pa  6000;  Balance  of  Legacy  of  Peter 
chuester,  late  of  N  T  City  047  22 ;  Legacy  of 
Mrs  Arabella  Wilson,  dec^d,  late  of  Shippens- 
burg,  Pa  100  0,473  86 

MiscBLiJkNBOUg.— "  A  lover  of  Missions*'  1: 
Com  G  K  Strlbllng,  Baltimore,  Md  100 ;  Soc  of 
Inq  of  Union  Theo  Sem  16  07 ;  Int  on  Bowes 
Legacy  70;  Int  on  Hungerford  Investment 
280  73;  Rev  John  MoOnthan,  Youngstown, 
Ohio  0  62;  "Returned  by  a  Missionary'*  60 ; 
Rel  Gontrlb  Soo  of  Princeton  Theo  Sem  9  20 ; 
Trustees  of  Oeneral  Assembly,  Int  on  Perma- 
nent Fund  462  87 ;  Rev  James  O  King  and  wife, 
Ghase  City,  Va  10;  "W"  12:  "DD  R"  20; 
"Home  Missions,"  a  lady  66 ;  Mrs  Choate  and 
daughter,  East  Derry,  N  H  100  26;  W  S  De 
Frees,  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico  20 :  C  L  F,  Mich 
60 ;  "  Contribution  towards  providing  poor  mis- 


sionaries with  the  necessaries  of  life"  10;  "A 
lover  of  Missions"  1 ;  A  F,  Aurora.  Ill  16 ;  Fer- 
ry Ministry  Fund  187  60:  Adelia  Y  Freeman, 
Schenectady,  N  Y  26;  Mrs  A  O  Brown,  New 
York  City  76 ;  Rev  W  N  Q^des,  Hanover,  Ind 
20 ;  A  firiend  2000 ;  Robert  Henderson,  N  Y  City 
26;  Mrs  Hannah  Phelps,  Prattsburs^,  N  Y  60 
ots ;  Rev  J  S  Lord,  Lalngsburg,  Mich  2 ;  Ellsa 
E  Townsend,  Painted  Post,  N  Y  6 ;  Anonymous 
10;  Cash  60  (Mrs  Josephine  D  Jones,  Decatur, 
Ind  2 ;  Rev  w  E  Honeyman,  Denver,  Colorado 
10 ;  Ladies  at  Clifton  Springs.  N  Y  44  36;  Mrs 
Hattle  M  Ouerln,  Logan,  Ohio  6 ;  Mrs  Hamil- 
ton and  family,  Chicago,  111  1;  "S."  Philadel- 
phia 26 ;  "  A  and  E"  2 ;  '*  An  invalid^s  thanks- 
srlylng  offering  for  Home  Missions  6 ;  Rev  C  A 
Williams,  Geneva,  Wisconsin  60;  Anonymous 
180;  Davis  Cochran,  Kentucky  8  60;  "A 
thank  offering  to  the  Lord  ftom  a  gnrateftil 
heart  for  the  precious  gifts  of  his  love  during 
the  past  year"  6 ;  Mrs  Mary  Cratty,  Whites- 
town,  Pa  6;  "A  friend,"  Lawrence ville,  N  J 
60;  A  friend,  Wellsville,  Ohio  10;  Mrs  L  K 
Taylor,  Shipman,  111  6;  C  W  MoO,  Mt  Pleas- 
ant, Ohio  60  3,003  96 

Total  in  November  1874,  #41,027  19 

O.  D.  EATON,  Treatitrer, 

28  Centre  Street,New  York. 


ALBAirY.~il{&any— Albany  Ist  24  60;  Sara- 
toga Springs  2d  Sab-sch  216.  Columbia^ 
Oreenville  13  30.  Troy-^chagticoke26 ;  Lan- 
slngburg.  Olivet  26  80  96 

BAvniiOBX.^BaUimore^Bel  Air  2;  Havre 
de  Qrace  10.  New  Cotfie— Berlin,  Bucking- 
ham 18  10.  Wathington  City— New  York  Ave, 
sp  280  806  10 

Cbhtbal  Nbw  Yobx,— Binghamton—W a- 
verlyl8  24;  Tompkins  2d  6  10.  Ot««oo— Frank- 
lln  08  cts.  Syracuse— Syracuse,  1st  ward  1  00 ; 
Liverpool  1  70.    IZ/ico— Turin  Sab-sch  83  cts 

27  14 

CiNOiirirATi.— CAOIicofAe  —  ChlUicothe  1st 

10  67 

CiJEVBLAim.  —  Cleveland  —  Cleveland    Ist 

80  76.    MoAonino^Warren  0  18 ;  Poland  12  81. 

5f«tt6envi/to— Uhrioksvllle  7  02  19 

Columbus.— -if  *ent—Pomeroy  11  60.  Co- 
luiiiduf— Columbus  Ist  87  60.  IFoo«/e»^-Woos- 
ter  ch  20  78 ;  ZanetviUe—S^lem  Oer  0       81  78 

Erie.— Bu<Z«r— Pine  Grove2  62;  Harrisvllle 

2  02;  Amity  1  79.  XiMannimo— 01adeRun26. 
5Aenan^o— Hermon  10 ;  Rich  Hill  11  00     62  98 

CsirEVA.— CA^muno— Elmira  1st  0  12 ;  Wat- 
kins  3  00 ;  Big  Flats  28  09.  Lyons— Wolcott 
12  80.    5/ett6«n--Cohocton  36  80  17 

HAitRiBBUROH.—CaWi«Ze— Rocky  Spring,  St 
Thomas,  Estate  of  Matthew  Patton  6.  ffunt- 
incdim— Duncansville  9  60.  Northumberland 
— Willlamsport  2d  1  41  16  01 

Iluhois  Cbhtbal.— 5cAttytor— Elvaston  10 
Iluhoib  North.— ilocAc  River— FulUm  78  ots 
iLLiiTOis  South.— iiWon^Vlrden  1  42.   Mat- 
toon— Dndley  4 ;  Grandvlew  8  8  42 
Ikdiam A  North.— Afuficie— Wabash       2  70 
IiTDiAiTA  South.— Jnd<anaoo/i»— Acton   78 
ots.    New  il/6any— Jackson  Co  Oer  8.    White 
IFoler— Lawrenceburg  2  46  0  18 
Iowa  North.- Dufruf  im— Waukon  Qer  6  00 
Iowa  South. — ioioo— Keokuk,  Westminster 
ist  7  18  7  18 
LoHO  IsLAVD.— i<ras«ati— Roslyn             9  60 
Michigan.— X>«<roi/— Detroit  1st  00  40;  Ply- 
mouth 2d  0 ;  Monroe,  Tecumseh  20  11.    Sagi- 
naw—Baj  City  3  77                                      90  84 
MiHKJBSOTA.— 51.  PaiO— St  Paul  House  of 
Hope                                                              16  84 
Nbw   Jbrsbt.— £/<4ra6«rA  —  Boaelle    6  08: 
Pluckaminl  28;  Westfield4  28;  EUsabethSd 

3  00 ;  Summit  West  2  41.  Morrit  and  Orange 
"Morristown  Ist  18  90 ;  Mendham  60  20.  New 
«rA— Newark  Park  4  43.     New  Brunewick^ 


Reeeiptt  for  Suttentation  in  November  1874. 


Stockton  2.  Newton—  Yellow  Frame  1  97. 
Weet  Jertey— Woodstown  1  26;  Wenonah  0  13; 
Cedarville  1st  9  18  116  32 

Nbw  York.— Hudson— Milfbrd  92  cte;  Mld- 
dletown 2d  8  92;  Cooheoton  18 ots;  Middletown 
1  68;  Goodwill  8.  New  For*— Phi Uipe  17  00; 
University  Place  600  96;  Sea  and  Land  73  cts; 
Scotch  220;  Mt  Washington  62  18 ;  New  York 
6 ;  Fourth  Avenue  20  42.  North  River— Ron- 
dout  8  07 :  Freedom  Plains  8.  Weetcheeter— 
Mahopac  Falls  8 ;  Port  Chester  2  46 ;  Stamford 
ch  6 ;  West  Farms  12  920  00 

Philadelphia.- Ci^«f«r— MedlaS  18.  Lack- 
atrafino— Wyoming  82 ;  Monroeton  89  03.  Le- 
AioA— Middle  Smlthfleld  aO;  Lower  Mt  Bethel 

1  4X  PMladelphia  A'orfA— Neshamlny  War- 
minster 8  26 ;  Norristown  Central  26        144  88 

Pittsburgh.— Bl«tfrtiriii«— New  Alexandria 

2  18.  P^f/ffruryA— PitUburgh,  Grace  80;  Mo- 
nongahela  City  28  70 ;  Miller's  Run  7  70 ;  Mon- 
teurs21;  Pittsburgh  0th  ch  60;  East  Liberty 
9  03.  AtfiUrolM— Brownsville  4  60;  Bound  Hill 
1  08 ;  McKeesportlO  4L  ITatAiiicCaa— Wheel- 
ing 4th  60  cts  17186 

TBHNB88BB.—Hoi«<oii— Richland  16  cts      16 

ToLBDo.— BeUe/oaf aine  —  Bocyrus  81  cts; 
Bellefontaine  1  02.  Hitroa— Fremont  6;  Re- 
public 88  cts ;  Green  Springs  26  cts  7  41 

Wbstbrh  New  York.— Bu/'oto— Westfield 
4  60;  Silver  Creek  0  00.  Jtocftettet^— Rochester, 
Westminster  ch  1  69;  Rochester  Central  12  80: 
Lima  6  46  80  60 

WiBOOirsiR.-JIfitvauitee— Manitowoc  6  93: 
Delafleld  30  cU ;  Ottawa  40  cts  0  09 

Total  received  Arom  churches,     |2,286  08 

MiBCBLLANXOua.— J  Will  Kclly,  Bryan,  Ohio 
2;  **From  R''  1:  Eliia  E  Townsend,  Painted 
Post,  N  Y  6  8  00 

ToUl  in  November,  1874,    #2,298  03 
O.  D.  EATON,  Treaeurer, 
28  Centre  Street,  New  York. 

Letters  relating  to  Missionary  Appoint- 
ments and  other  operations  of  the  Board, 
should  be  addressed  to  the  Corresponding  Sec- 
retaries, 

Rev.  Hekrt  Kbkdall,  D.D.,  or 
Rev.  Cyrus  Dickson,  D.D., 
No.  28  Centre  Street,  New  York  City. 
Letters  relating  to  the  pecuniary  affairs  of 
the  Board,  or  containing  remittances  of  money, 
should  be  sent  to  O.  D.  £LA.TOir,  Esq,  Treasurer 
-«ame  addresa-P.  O.  Box  8808. 


18T6.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


27 


BECEIPTS  FOB  EDUCATION  IN  NOVEMBEB  1874. 


ALBAiTT.—ill&aiiy— Albany  Ist  27  60;  Al- 
bany 8d  20 :  Sand  Lake  0 ;  Saratoga  Springs  2d 
2  48.  Columdia— Oatskill  08  97:  Greenville 
10.    Troy-Johnsonville  6  186  90 

Baltimore.— ^£10  Cat/2«— Berlin,  Backing- 
ham  76  cm.  Wathington  Ci/y— Washington. 
Assembly  28  83  24  08 

Cjbntkal  New  York.— Of m^o— Franklin  70 
ots,  St  Lawrence — BrownviUe  29  cts;  Dexter 
1  62.  Syracu$e—UyeTpoo\  1  92:  Syracuse,  1st 
Ward  1  28.  l/fico— Little  Falls  18  68;  Turin 
Sab>sch  37  ots  24  82 

Ci  NCI  NIC  ATT.-.  C^a/icof  Ae—Ohillicothe  1st 
18  08 ;  Qreenfield  1st  12  80  08 

Cleveland.  —  Cleveland  —  Cleveland  1st 
41  25;  Cleveland,  Euclid  St  10.  Mahoning— 
Warren  0  87.  St  ClairtvUle-'MorrlBiown  10. 
SteubenviUe— Centre  2;  Island  Creek  7 ;  Bich- 
mond  0  48  88  66 

Erie.— Bti//e»wAmIty  2  01 ;  Harrisville  2  20 ; 
Pine  Orove  2  88.  £rie— Edenboro  40.  Kittan- 
n<ii9— Boiling  Sprinx  14;  Elder's  Bldge  12  73. 
Shenango — Hermon  26  98  88 

Geneva.— C^mun^— Big  Flats  10  66;  El- 
mira  1st  0  88 ;  Watkins  8  44.  Lyon*— Palmyra 
8242  6^29 

H arrisburoh.—  Carliele  —  Petersburgh  6. 
Hunfinodon— Altoona  Ist  48  22.  Northumber- 
land—Verry  2;  Washingtonville  6;  Williams- 
port  2d  2  80  68  02 

Illinois,  Cbntrai — Bloomington—VrhtaiA 
1  30.  Peoria  —  I^wlstown  83  68 ;  Prospect 
80  97.  ScAttv/et^Elvaston  7  60;  Good  Hope 
8.    S>Hnft/I«7tf— North  Sangamon  10         92  86 

Illinois,  North.— Cfttcaoo— Kankakee  0  62. 
Rock  River— Tn\U>n  88  cts ;  Penlel  10  26    23  80 

Illinois,  South.— iliion—Virden  1 00.  Mat- 
toofi— Palestine  6  0  00 

In Di ANA,  North.— Croii>/ord«t7iZie— Frank- 
fort 13.  LooafM/iorf- Bensselaer  4.  Muncie— 
Liberty  7 ;  Wabash  8  08  27  08 

Indiana,  South.— /ndianajM/it— Acton  88 
cts.  White  9Faf«r— Qreensburgh  8  80;  Law- 
renoeburgh  2  76  12  88 

Iowa,  North.— DuftK^ve— Bethel  6;  Cler- 
mont  8  8  00 

Iowa,  South.— Jawa— Keokuk,  Westmin- 
ster 8  07.    Iowa  Ci/y— Muscatine  Qer  2     10  07 

Kansas.— ^«o«%o— Independence  4  06 

Long  Island.— ^a««ati—Freeport        20  00 

Michigan.- 5a9<nai0— Bay  City  4  28 

Minnesota.— 5r  PatO— St  Paul,  House  of 
Hope  17  81 

Missouri.- S/  Loui$—St  Louis  1st  Q^r  16  00 

New  Jersey.— i;iii»a&«M— Elisabeth  Ist,  (of 
which  Sab-sch  1  88)  141  48;  Elisabeth  3d  4  12; 
Pluokamln  1  30 ;  Roselle  Ist  (Sab-sch  2  42) 
4  96 ;  Summit  West  2  70 ;  Westfield  4  84.  Afofi- 
mouf/i— Cranberry  Ist  46.  Morrit  and  Orange 
—Madison  42  67 ;  Morristown  1st  103  08 ;  Mor- 


ristown,  South  St  271  88.  ^ewarJfc— Newark 
8d  74  06 :  Newark.  Park  4  99.  New  Bruntwick 
—Stockton  2.  Newton— Yellow  Frame  2  21. 
ITetf  Jertey— Ab8eoon2;  (3edarville  1st  10  82: 
Pittsgrove  60  708  47 

New  York.- Hudton— Cochecton  21  cts; 
Goshen  83  03;  Goodwill  8  87:  Middletown  Ist 

1  78 :  Middletown  2d  4  40:  Milford  1  03.  New 
York— New  York,  Church  of  the  Covenant 
402  01 ;  New  York,  Church  of  the  Sea  and 
Land  88  cts;  New  York,  Madison  Square 
496  80;  New  York,  New  York  6;  New  York, 
West  861  60 :  New  Yorkj4th  Ave 22  91.  North 
Hiver— Bondout  4  12.  Wettche9ter—M.B.hopfM 
Falls  8  87;  Port  Chester  2  76;  Thompsonvllle 
16 ;  West  Farms  12  1421  01 

Philadelphia.— CA««/«r— Doe  Bun  4;  Me- 
dia 8  68 ;  Upper  Octorara  14  10.  Lackawanna 
— Monroeton  1  72;  Montrose  86.  Lehigh — 
Hasleton  80  69 ;  Lower  Mt  Bethel  1  00.  PAi/o- 
tf«<pA<a— Philadelphia  2d,  "EC"  6;  Philadel- 

?hialOth  014  60;  Philadelphia,  Clinton  St  26. 
Philadelphia  ^orf A— Germantown  1st  60 ;  Nor- 
rlstown  Central  26.     Wettmintter—Sew  Har- 
mony 7  83;  Union  1  20  818  02 
Pittsburgh.- B/a<r»WWe— New  Alexandria 

2  48.    P</f«6ttroA— East  Liberty  11  01 ;  Monon- 

fthela  City  86  46.  Jtedtrone- Brownsville 
10;  Behoboth  12;  Bound  Hill  1  91.  Wath- 
iagfofi— Wheeling  4th  03  ots  09  24 

Tennessee.— fiolf/on^Blchland  18  cts      18 

Toledo.— B<ne/'oala<n<»—Bellefontaine  1  14 ; 
Bncyrns  91  cts.  Hurofi— Green  Springs  29  cts ; 
Bepnblic  39  cts  2  78 

Western  New  York.— Bn^alo— Westfield 
6  18.  AocA««/er— Charlotte  10 ;  Lima  0  12 ;  Bo- 
Chester  Central  18  88;  Boohester,  Westminster 
1  79  80  87 

Wisconsin.— lfi/watiit«e—Delafleld  88  cts; 
Ottawa  62  cts.  t¥i$con*in  iZiver^Madlson 
18  08  14  78 

Total  receipts  fh>m  churches,  $8,882  72 
Miscellaneous. 
Com  C  K  Stribling,  U  S  N  100 ;  Welsh  Cal- 
vlnistlc  ch  240 ;  Bellgious  Contrib  Soc,  Prince- 
ton  Sem  9  26;  "W  A,"  Phvslcian  100:  E  E 
Townsend,  Painted  Post,  N  Y  6;  "N  N"  0; 
Mrs  Elisa  F  Piper,  MoEwentville,  Pa  60 

610  20 


Beoelpts  in  November,       #4,302  98 
E.  G.  WOODWABD,  Treaeurer^ 
1384  Chestnut  Street,  Phlla. 

Heports  and  correspondence  relating  to  the 
general  business  of  the  Board,  address  to 
William  Speer,  D.D., 

Correeponding  Secretary. 
The  Perxanent  Manual  of  the  Board  will 
be  sent,  on  application,  to  any  minister,  elder, 
or  person  interested  In  this  cause. 


BECEIPTS  FOB  FOBEIGN  MISSIONS  IN  NOVEMBEB  1874. 


Albany.— ilZftany— Albany  1st  ch  148;  Al- 
bany 3d  eh  40;  Rockweirs  Falls  oh  11  82; 
(3orinth  ch  3  18:  Princeton  Sab-sch  23;  Sara- 
toga Springs  Sao-soh  18  01.  Troy— Cohoes  Ist 
oh  17  01  266  02 

Baltimore.- ^eto  Ca«We— Central  ch,  Wil- 
mington 60.  Mrs  Howell  6se66  ;  Lower  Brandy- 
wine  ch  Sab-sch  27 ;  Bed  Clay  Creek  Sab-sch 
13;  Berlin,  Buckingham  ch  16  110  00 

Central  New  York.— Of#<oo— Franklin  ch 
i(n»  St  Lawrence— Vexter  en  8  66;  Browns- 
ville oh  3  04.  5yractite— Syracuse  Ist  ch  7  60, 
Sab-sch  12  60=20;  Syracuse,  1st  Ward  ch  0  60 ; 
Elbridge  ch  20;  FayetteviUe  ch  60;  Liverpool 
oh  10  sL    C/fico— Turin  ch  1 96  126  18 

Cincinnati.  — CftilKcofike—Chillloothe  1st 
eh  100  12.  C^furinntfli— Cincinnati  6th  oh  60; 
Oineinnati,  1st  Ger  eh  28.  DaWon— Xenia  ch 
64  81 ;  Greenville  ch  87  200  98 


Cleveland.— CZeuWand— Cleveland  Ist  ch 
222 ;  Cleveland  2d  ch.  for  Waldenses  60 ;  Kings- 
ville  oh  17  90;  Woodland  Ave  ch  100.  Mahon- 
ing — Warren  oh  37 ;  Youngstown  1st  ch  21  08 ; 
Belolt  Sab-sch  9  26.  St  C/air«v{/le— Wheeling 
Yallev  ch  Sab-sch  12  60.  SteubenviUe—Deen- 
ville  Sab-sch  for  China  10;  Centre  oh  6;  Bacon 
Bidge  ch  7  08 ;  East  Springfield  ch  20      612  90 

Columbus.— ilfft«nf—Pomeroy  Sab-sch  for 
Dakota  9  03.  MaHon— Marysville  Sab-sch, 
Tungohow  sch  10.  fFoo«ter— Jackson  Sab-sch 
17  46;  Apple  Creek  Sab-sch  10  68;  Holmesvllle 
oh  7  10 ;  West  Salem  ch  7  ;  CheeUr  Sab-sch 
16.  ZafM«tr<i/e— Muskingum  oh  80,  Sab.ech 
12-42;  Duncan  Falls  ch  0;  UUoa  oh  41;  Lin- 
ton  Sab-sch  6  26  170  90 

Erik.— B«/ler— Harrisville  eh  12  21 ;  Amity 
oh  10  82 ;  Pine  Grove  ch  16  20.    Ciarion— Book- 


28 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS.       [Jaauwj 


land  ch  5 ;  Aoademla  oh  6 ;  Emlenton  ch  2ft ; 
Bethesda  ch  11  60;  Greenville  Sab-8oh  for 
Chefoo  8ch  10.  £He— North  East  ch  43 ;  Fair- 
view  Sab-ach  5  60.  KUtanning— Single  Lick  oh 
Sab-Bch7  60;  Shrader's  Qrove  ch  6  56 ;  Worth- 
Ington  ch  Sab-sch  10 ;  West  Qlade  Run  oh  7. 
Shenango—Hermon  Sab-sch  70 ;  Little  Beaver 
ch  Female  Miss'y  Soo^y  10  80  254  68 

GBNBVA.—Coyu^o— Aurora  oh  16;  Meridian 
ch  32  50 ;  Port  Byron  Infant  class,  to  sup  child 
at  Shanghai  27.  Chemung— Blmlrtk  1st  ch  37 ; 
Watkins  ch  18  60.  Geneva^Peun  Yan  ch 
14«  37.  Lvon»— Lyons  Ist  ch  24  36:  Wolcott 
1st  ch  21  76.  Steuhen-Oorniag  1st  oh  Bab-soh 
2  60  324  97 

Harrisburoh.— Car/i«Ze— PineSt  ch,  Harris- 
burgh  617  72,  Sab-soh,  Dr.  Steme*s  Bible  class, 
for  Jtolapoor  100=617  72.  Huntingdon— An- 
sonville  oh,  Johnson^s  Sab-soh  4  26 ;  Clearfield 
oh  126  21.  Northumberland^Bloomaburg  oh 
216  27;  Wllliamsport  2d  oh  28  82:  Ohllllsqna. 
que  Sab-soh  10  86.  Well$boro—F%ll  Brook. 
1st  oh  Sab-soh,  for  China  6  1,008  02 

Illinois,  CBNTBAL.--B/o©i»<iH^on— Read- 
ing oh  3  20;  Urbana  oh  4  06.  Peoria— Henry 
Sab-soh  for  Syria  20  34.  Schuvler—Oooa 
Hope  oh  8 ;  Mt  Sterling  Sab-sch  40  17.  Sprina- 
^e/o— Petersburg  Sab-soh  to  sup  children  in 
India  66  140  80 

Illihoib,  North.  CAicoflro— Lake  Forest  oh 
21  06.  Freeporf— Winnebago  1st  oh  6  10.  0^ 
lawo—Farm  Ridge  oh  Sab-soh  6.  Rock  River 
—Fulton  oh  4  44  80  62 

Illihois,  South.— ilZ/on— Litchfield  1st  oh 
26  60;  yirden  oh  8  66.  Ma//oon— Palestine 
Ch  6 :  Dudley  ch  7 ;  Grandview  oh  6  62  06 

Indiana,  North.— Cr<m>/ord«t^M«— Roek- 
vlllo  oh  17  06.  Fori  FFayiw— Pleasant  Ridge 
Sab-soh  10  02.  Mitncie— Wabash  oh  18  S; 
for  Waldenses  1=10  28  62  01 

Indiana,  South.— /n<li«napoM«— Acton  oh 
4  44.  New  uKfrany— North  Madison  Sab-soh 
46  cts;  Jackson  Co  Ger  oh  7.  White  Water— 
Union  oh  11  36 ;  Greensburg  oh  66 ;  Lawrence- 
burg  oh  14  80  03  04 

Iowa,  North.— Cedar  Jlapid#— Cedar  Rapids 
9d  ch  Sab-sch  Mlss'y  Soo'y,  for  Persia  22 ;  Vin- 
ton Sab-soh,  Willie  Stanley  deoM  1,  Scotch 
Grove  ch  0 ;  Bethel  oh  2  60.  Pttfru^ue— Wau- 
kon  Ger  ch  10,  for  Waldenses  16=25  ;Epworth 
Sab-sch  10;  Farley  Sab-soh  20.  Waterloo— 
Salem  Sab-soh  4  03  60 

Iowa,  South.— loioa— Kossuth  1st  ch,  In- 
fant class  3  08 ;  Keokuk,  Westminster  Ist  oh 
43  28;  KIrkvllle  oh  9;  Morning  Sun  ch  Sab- 
soh,  Scholar  for  Syria  10.  Iowa  Ci/y— Musca- 
tine Ger  oh  2.    Omafta— Elk  Valley  oh  6 

72  38 

Kansas.— Topeibo—Edgerton  oh  10  00 

KBNTUCKT.—Io«<tt^Me— Princeton  oh  12  00 

Long  Island.— Brooikivfi—Remsen  St  1st  oh 
43  81 ;  Throop  Ave  oh  37  20 ;  Edgewater  1st  oh 
11  88 ;  Williamsburg,  South  3d  St  oh  36.  Long 
/<2and— Moriches  Centre  Sab-sch  6.  Naetau^ 
Roslyn  ch  10 ;  Huntington  ch.  West  Neck  Sab- 
sch  for  for  Rev  S  S  Wynkoop  12  164  80 

Michigan.- Defroit-Ypsllantl  ch  62  62. 
Qrand  fiopid^— Bear  River  ch  2  60.  Laneing 
— Sunfiela  ch  6.  Monroe — Monroe  Ist  oh  46 ; 
Raisin  oh  17  60.    Saginaw— Ba.y  City  oh  15  10 

137  08 

Minnesota.— Sf  Paul— Bloomlngftonch  Sab- 
sch  66:  Minneapolis,  Westminster  oh  mon  oon 
0  17 ;  St  Paul,  House  of  Hope  oh  96  72     167  89 

Missouri.  —  Oeoge— Olive  Branch  ch  2  46. 
P{a/fe— Rookport  oh  6.  St  Lou<«— Zoar  ch  8; 
Emanuel  ch  3,  S  Grote  6,  Sab-soh  10=18 ;  St 
Louis  1st  Ger  oh  26  68  46 

New  Jbrsby.- £liarabelA— Roselle  oh  13  66, 
Sab-soh  20  36=34  08;  Pluokamln  oh  7  42; 
Plalnfield  1st  oh  26;  New  Providence  ch  26; 
Summit  West  oh  14  67;  Wostfield  oh  26  00; 
Elisabeth  3d  oh  22  20.  /er«ey  City—Ruther- 
ford Park  1st  ch  81  40.  JtfonfiMK/A— Cran- 
berry 1st  oh  87  00;  Cream  Rldgv  eh  U  26; 


Manchester  oh  mon  oon  3  60.  MorriM  and 
Orange— Jjo-ner  Valley  ch  10  30 :  Oruige,  Cen- 
tral ch  200 ;  Dover  1st  oh  220,  Sab-sch  to  ed 
child  at  Beirut  100=320;  Morrlstown  let  ch 
84  36 :  Orange  Ist  oh  03 ;  Boonton  ch  470.  jr«ao- 
arit— RoseviTle  oh  340;  Newark,  iHlgh  St  4^ 
654  50;  Park  oh  20  78;  Newark  3d  oh  S2  39: 
WlcklifliB  oh  0  93;  Montelair  ch  15.  Kew 
BriintwieA:— Stockton  oh  5;  Pennington  ch, 
Mrs  S  Mttirhead  4.  Newton— Oxford  eh  31  41 : 
Yellow  Frame  ch  11  89,  Sab-soh  6  21=18  12 ; 
Wantage  1st  oh  60.  We$t  Jersey— Bridsretoa, 
West  oh  Sab-sch  for  China  60;  CedarvlUe  1st 
oh  66  60,  Sab-soh  79  02=185  12  2,719  77 

New  York.— BottoT*— Londonderry  ch  25  74. 
Hudeon-^lrolevllle  ch  10;  Monticello  Sab- 
soh  17  00 ;  Hamptonburg  Sab-sch  20  16 ;  Mfl- 
ford  oh  6  66:  Mlddletown  Ist  ch  9  54;  Middle- 
town  2d  oh  23  78 ;  Cooheoton  oh  1  11 ;  Goodwill 
oh  18  18.  New  York—fiew  York  1st  oh  8,400  Mi, 
Miss  soh  for  Shanghai  soh  84  01=8,408  SI ; 
Brlok  oh  Chapel  14  17 ;  Washington  Hei^hU 
ch  0  47;  Phillips  oh  60  30;  4th  oh,  a  member 
for  Syria  5 ;  Harlem  oh  4  78 :  Sea  and  Land  eh 
4  44;  Spring  St  oh  18;  New  York  oh  10:  4(h 
Ave  ch  123  SS.  North  fiirer— Cornwall  ch  » : 
Newburg,  Calvary  oh  87  42 ;  Rondout  ch  23  UL 
iret/c*e«/er— Sing  Sing  ch.  In  part  210 ;  Peeks- 
kill  Ist  eh  mon  con  60  32;  Mahopac  Falls  eh 
67  04;  Port  Chester  oh  14  80;  West  Farms  eh 
28  9,342  M 

Pacific- Socramen/o— Placervllle  oh  7  M. 
San  Francieeo—St  John*s  oh  40 ;  Chinese  Mis- 
sion soh  11,  Chinese  servant  8=14.  San  Jose — 
San  Juan  ch  43  60  106  00 

Philadblphia.— C*e#le>^-Forks  of  Brandy. 
wine  oh,  J  W  60 ;  Fagg's  Manor  ch  82  IS ;  Ken. 
nett  Square  oh  Sab-soh  6;  Media  oh  19  34^ 
Laciawanru^— Uarford  oh  17  60 ;  Soranton  1st 
ch,  Juve  Miss  Assoc,  to  sup  Miss  Fisher,  SyiiA 
187  60 ;  Towanda  ch  60 ;  Monroeton  ch  9  3S ; 
Amwell  ch  20 ;  Montrose  ch  40.  Lehigh—Shen- 
andoah oh  6;  Lower  Mt  Bethel  ch  8  56;  Hasle- 
ton  ch  60  18.  Philadelphia— Phll&AeXphia^  9th 
oh  88;  South  Westemen,Jas  Hemphill's  clan, 
for  2^1eh  10.  Philadelphia  Centrai—K^tn. 
slngton  eh  Sab-soh  84.  Philadelphia  North— 
Neshamlny  of  Warminster  oh  10 ;  Manayiuik  Ut 
oh  46 ;  Germantown  Miss  Meeting  8.  Waeimiu- 
«/er— Chestnut  I^vel  oh  62  08 ;  SlateviUe  eh 
Sab-soh  82  26 ;  Union  oh  0  37  781  06 

PiTTSBUBGH.- B/airn><JZe— New  Alexandrte 
oh  18  25;  Pine  Run  oh  81.  Pittsburgh— Law- 
renoeville  Sab-soh  30;  East  laberiy  ch  32  26. 
l{ed«f  one— Brownsville  ch  27  75;  Round  Hlllch 
14  20,  Sab-sch,  for  China  2  65=10  76.  Wash- 
ington—Wheeling 4th  oh  3  40,  Sab-soh  2  Olss 
6  41 ;  Mill  Creek  oh  17 ;  Wheeling  Ist  oh  22  08, 
Woman's  Miss  Assoc,  to  sup  Miss  Morrison 
200=222  00 ;  Fairvlew  oh  Sab-sch,  to  sup '-  Yu,** 
Hangohow,  China  12 ;  Island  Sab-soh  2 ;  Plgeoa 
Creek  oh  50  40  406  87 

TBNiiKe8BK.—Holefoii— Richland  eh  98  cents 

Toledo.— BeZZe/onlaine— West  Liberty  1ft 
oh  0  59 ;  Crestline  oh  8 :  Bucyrus  ch  4  92 ;  Belle- 
fontalne  1st  oh  0  14.  Hvron— Republie  oh  1  98 ; 
Qreen  Springs  oh  1  66  2»  18 

Wbstbrh  Nbw  York.— Bif/ffl/o— Jamestown 
oh  68 ;  Westfleld  oh  27  68.  Gene«e^-East  Pem- 
broke oh  and  Sab-sch  40 :  Castile  ch  Sab^h 
18  90.  Genesee  FaMey— Alleghany  ch  10,  Sab- 
soh  3=13;  Cuba  ch  20.  Jviacaro- Niagars 
Falls  Sab-soh,  sp,  for  Persia  25.  Rochester^ 
Sweden  oh  16  10 ;  Rochester,  Westminster  ch 
9  63;  Rochester  Central  oh  74  87;  Lima  ch 
829^  a««2 

WiflcowsiK.- JtfUwattJkee— Beloltlstch43  M; 
Racine  Ist  ch  68 ;  Dehifleld  ch  1  82:  Ottawa  ch 
2  81.  WUconsin  itiver— Pulaski  oh  0  10;  Kil- 
bourn  City  oh  2  60  U«  75 

Woman's  For  Miss  Soc,  Phlla  2,967  80; 
Woman's  Board  of  Miss  for  the  N  W  400:  la- 
dles Board  of  Missions,  Synod  of  Albany  SSO  » 

8,73*  w 

Total  receipts  from  ehurohes  in  No-  _ 
Tember,1874  $21,721 « 


18T5.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


LsGAOiKS.— LegaoT  of  Ohas  MaoaleBter, 
dee'd,  Phila  6000;  Estate  of  NathM  T  Prime, 
D.D  800  16 :  Bequest  of  Henry  Hervey.  dec'd, 
III  100 :  Legacy  of  Arabella  Wilson,  Shippens- 
burg,  Pa  100  6,600  10 

Synod  of  Rw  Prbsbttkrian  Church— 
3d  Ref  Pre«  ch,  Phlla,  to  sap  Rev  Mr  Woodslde, 
India  60  60  00 

MiscxiXARSonB.— Gom  G  K  Strlblin$r,  U 
8  N  100:  Rel  Oontrib  Sue, Princeton Theo Sem 
19  71 ;  Father^s  tobacco  box,  for  Tnngchow  8 : 
Henry  O  Blaney,  a  little  boy  1  26 ;  Right  Hand 
60 ;  D  D  R  36 ;  Mrs  W  Morris's  Glass,  Oreen 
Hill  Farm,  for  Rawal  Plndl  10;  A  Lady  60; 
Mrs  Saol  P  Fosdiek,  for  decM  son  Samuel, 
Ghatsworth,  111  10:  T  a  Shulti,  Phlla.  for 
Waldenses  36 :  J  £  Cooper,  New  Castle,  Ky  6, 
A  Porter,  Mich  2  60 :  John  Reuben  a6cts ;  Rev 
H  S  Huntington.  Lake  George  11:  Friends  In 
CasenoTla,  for  Chinese  sch,  San  Francisco  2; 
W  Hays,  for  Syria  7 ;  Anon  20 ;  Jews  20 :  R  O 
6;  Lenox  Collegiate  Institute,  Iowa,  Miss> 
Soo  8  60;  HobeH  Henderson,  N  Y  60;  Shiloh 
Sab-sch,  Pa  10  60;  Rev  Qeo  Morris.  Balt- 
imore 2000:  Mrs  Phelps,  PlatUburg,  N  Y  60 
cents;  Cash,  flrom  Cleveland,  to  con  M  D 
Pratt,  L  M  aO;  Cash,  Trenton,  N  J  60;  £  T 


Foote,  M  D  20;  Mrs  L  R  Taylor,  Waukesha, 
Mich  10;  Mrs  S  £  Burbank,  Palmyra  6;  A 
Widow's  Mite  26  cU ;  East  Bloomfield  Gong'l 
oh.  N  Y  16  60;  Hattle  Conway,  Sprout  Creek, 
N  Y  2 ;  Mrs  Hovey,  Poughkeepsle  30 ;  J  T  Gar- 
vin. Elkhart,  Ind  2  60 ;  Woodvale  Sab-sch,  Pa 
9 ;  Henry  Beaver.  Brownsville,  Oregon  2  75 ; 
Martha  Beaver,  Brownsville,  Oregon  2  76 

3,019  06 

Total  ReeeipU  In  November,  1874,  $29,890  04 
ToUl  Receipts  fVom  May  1st,  1874.     $120,806 16 

WM.  RANKIN,  Treasurer, 
28  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


LvTTERS  relating  to  the  Missions,  or  other 
operations  of  the  Board,  may  be  addressed  to 
the  Rev.  John  C.  Lowrib,  Rev.  David  Ir- 
TiifG,  or  Rev.  Tkavk  F.  Ellimwood,  Secre- 
taries, Mission  House,  23  Centre  street.  New 
York. 

Letters  relating  to  the  pecuniary  affairs  of 
the  Board,  or  containing  remittances  of  money, 
may  be  sent  to  William  Rankin,  Esq.,  Trea- 
««rer— same  address. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  MISSION  WORK  OF  BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION  IN  NOV.  1874. 


Albany.— il/frany— Albany  1st  18  07;  Al- 
bany 3d  20 ;  Saratoga  Springs  3d  1  04        40  31 

Baltimore.— £a//iffM>re^Havre  de  Grace  6. 
New  Caetle    Lewes  10  16  00 

Central  New  York.— 0/«*sro— Franklin  61 
cts.  St  Latorenc^- Brownvllle  21  cts;  Dexter 
1  09.  Syracuee—La.  Fayette  9 ;  Liverpool  1  30 ; 
Syracuse,  1st  Ward  ( Bible  Class  6)  6  82.  Utiea 
—Little  Falls  10  14 ;  Turin  ch  Sab-sch  24  cts 

87  81 

Cincinnati.  —  Chillicothe—  Ohlllicothe  1st 
12  02;Washlngton  8  60.  Cincinnofi— Cincin- 
natl,  Walnut  Hills  0  00.  Da  Won— Somervi  lie 
396  3097 

OLEVEiJLND.—CZ«««/aiM*— Cleveland  1st  38. 
IfaAofifno— Warren4  07.  St  Clainville—VloT- 
rUtown  6  11.  SteubenviUe—B&oon  Ridge  16  84; 
Centre  3 ;  Smlthfield  3 ;  Waynesburg  9     00  13 

Columbus.- il/Aen»— Nelsonvllle  4.  Marion 
—Delaware  9;  Marion  10.  ITooster- Jackson 
16  70 ;  WooBter  38  06  01  76 

Erie.— BufZer— Buffalo  3  80;  Pine  Grove 
1  91;  Westminster  0  66.  5A«nanao— Hermon 
1;  Hopewell  10;  Mt  Pleasant  10  16;  New  Cas- 
tle Ist  16  13  .  48  94 

Geneva.  — Covu^a- Auburn  Central  34. 
Chemung^Blg  Flats  9  08 ;  Elmira  1st  4  00 ; 
Watkln8  2  33.  Genera— Manchester  3;  Oak's 
Oomer  10  63  07 

HARRiSBUROH.—CarfifZe— Middle  Spring  10. 
Hunfinodon— Shlrleysburgh  20.  Nortkumber- 
land— Wllliam8port2dl  62  81  62 

Illinois,  Central.— Biooiiiinjr<<»»— Chats- 
worth  4  26.  Ptforia— Canton  8  80.  Schuyler— 
Q,ulncy,  Westminster  20  83  06 

Illinois,  North.— fioc*  lM»«r— Fulton  60 
cts.  60 

Illinois.  South.— ilZ/o»—Moro  2;  Salem 
Qer  2  60;  Virden  1  07;  Zlon  Ger  6.  Mattoon 
—Hebron  6  16  67 

Indiana,  North.— Crai0/(N*d«Hi<e— Bethel 
1  00;  Darlington  3  76;  Dayton  16  60;  Dover  4. 
Fort  (Favne— La  Grange  0 ;  Lima  6  70.  lfu?»- 
ci«-WaBash2  06  88  00 

Indiana,  South.— Indi«n«»oHi— Acton  60 
^  New  i/6anv— Bedford  1  46.  Vincennet— 
Princeton  6.  white  »F«/er— Lawrenceburgh 
187  8  88 

^lowA,  North.— Cedar  ilapid*— Wayne  1. 
i>ii*nf«e..LAnsing  6  0  00 

^Iowa,  South.- CoiMiHZ  B/H/Tt— Coming  60. 
^«  ifoinet—Dallas  Centre  2  20.    lotffo— Keo- 


kuk, Westminster  6  44.    Iowa  City   Musca- 
Une  Ger  2  69  04 

Kkntuokt.— £6enearet^-Mayivllle  Ist    4  00 
Long  Island.— Lona  isiand— Southampton 
eh.  Water  Mills  branch  Sab-sch  4  20.    Naeeau 
—Jamaica  18  78  33  98 

Michigan.- S«yincio— Bay  City  3  80 

Minnesota.- S<  Pauf— Delano  1 ;  Indepen- 
dence 1 ;  Long  Lake  1 ;  Rockford  1 ;  St  Paul. 
House  of  Hope  13  06  16  06 

Missouri.- Pa/myra— West  Ely  4  00 

NBBRASKA.-lTearney— Aurora  l  00 

New  Jersey.- £<tea6e<A  —  EUsabeth  8d 
2  80 ;  Plalnfield  1st  10 ;  Pluckamln  93  cts ;  Ro- 
selle  1st  (Sab-sch  3  60)  4  39;  Summit  West 
184:  West  field  3  20.  Jtfonmou/A— Cranberry 
1st  22  36 ;  Forked  River  10.  Morrit  and  Or- 
ange—"M-onlBtoyfu  Ist  10  08.  ^etrarJk— New- 
ark, Park  3  38 :  Newark,  Rosevllle  100  38.  New 
BraiMiHcik— Stockton  1  60.  ^«i0/on— Newton 
80;  StlllwaterS;  Swartswood  3;  Yellow  Frame 
1  60.'  Weet  Jtfr«ey— Camden  Ist  0  99  378  76 
New  York.— Httdfon— Cochecton  14  cts; 
Goodwill  3  29 :  Haverstraw  1st  16 :  Middletown 
Ist  1  20;  Middletown  2d  2  08:  Mllford  70  cts. 
New  York — New  York,  Ch  of  the  Sea  and  Land 
60  cts;  New  York,  Phillips  16:  New  York, 
West  112  17 ;  New  York.  4th  Avenue  16  66. 
jVor/^fiiwer— Rondout2  78.  Weetcheeter—^A- 
hopac  Falls  2  20 ;  Port  Chester  1  87 ;  Green- 
burgh  30  46  209  98 
Philadelphia.— CAM/er^— Forks  of  Brandy- 
wine,  flrom  J  W  30 ;  Media  2  72 ;  Waynesburgh 
17  40.  Locl:au>ann«— Monroeton  1  17 ;  Towan- 
da  ch  Sab-sch  26.  Lehigh— IjoyrBr  Mt  Bethel 
1  07.  Philadelphia  Cen/roi- Philadelphia,  Ol- 
ivet 19  69:  Philadelphia,  West  Arch  St  53  66. 
Philadelphia  i^or/A— Bensalem  ch  Sab-sch  26; 
Falls  of  Schuylkill  18;  Norristown  Central  26. 
ITesfmiiw/er— Columbia  00;  Union  80  cts 

208  70 

Pittsburgh.— BlairttKW*— New  Alexandria 

1  07.    Pt7/«6urgA— East  Liberty  7  26;  Monon- 

rkhela  City  19  00.  Redstone  —  Brownsville 
60;  Round  Hill  1  28.  Waehington^WheeU 
Ing  4th  48  cts.  Wett  Firyinio— Fairmont  7; 
Mannlngton  8  48  7s 

TENNESSBE.—HoI«ron— Richland  11  cents. 
Kingston— ?6,t  Tabor  1  1  U 

ToisKJ)0.—Bene/ontaine — Bellefbntalne  78 
cts;  Bucyrus  03  cts.  fittron— Green  Springs 
30  cts ;  Republic  26  cts  1  80 

Western  New  York.— £«^a/o— Westfield 
8  49.    Genesee— Oakfield  6.    £ocJie«fer— Grove- 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OP  RECEIPTS.      [JanaMT 


land  10  50 ;  Lima  4  16 :  Rochester  Central  9  87: 
Bochester,  Westmlniter  1  21  S8  72 

WisooirsiH.  ^  Lake  Superior  —  Marinette 
32  18.  Milwaukee—Deltkfield  28  cU ;  Ottawa 
SOcts  32  72 


From  churohefl,       $1«408  81 
Lboact. 

Starkweather  Trust,  from  the  Trustees  of 
the  Presbyterian  House  211  08 

MiSOKLLAinBOUS. 

Ck>m  G  K  Strlbllng,  U  S  N,  Baltimore,  Md 
100;  N  M  Adams,  Dakota  Ter  25;  J  Platte, 
Bandolph,  111  1;  Keligious  Contribution  Soc*y 
of  Princeton  Theol  Sem,  N  J  0  28 ;  J  U  Carson, 
latan,  Mo  60  cts  135  7^ 

Total  In  November,       $1,810  26 
S.  D.  POWEIi,  Treasurer, 


Letters  relating  to  donations  of  books  and 
tracts,  the  appointment  of  Missionaries,  and 
the  general  interests  of  the  Board,  to  be  ad- 
dressed to  the  Rev.  William  £.  Schkhck, 
D.D.,  Corresponding  Secretary. 

Manuscripts,  and  communications  oonoem- 
Ing  matter  offered  for  publication,  whether  for 
books  or  periodicals,  to  the  Rev.  Johb  W. 
Dulles,  D.D.,  Editorial  Secretary. 

Letters  relating  to  Sabbath-School  work,  to 
Mr.  J.  BsirirvT  Tyler,  Superintendent  of  Sab- 
bath-school Work. 

Correspondence  of  Missionaries,  remittances 
of  money,  and  donations,  to  Mr.  S.  D.  Powkl, 
Soperintendent  of  Mission  Work  and  Treasurer. 

Orders  for  Books  (except  from  MissionarieiL) 
and  Business  Correspondence,  to  Mr.  Johh  A. 
Black. 

Subscriptions  to  The  Presbyterian  Monthly 
Record,  The  Sabbath-School  visitor,  The  Pres- 
byterian at  Work,  The  Westmineter  Lesson 
Leaf,  The  Sunbeam,  %nd  payments  for  the 
same,  to  Mr.  Pktkb  walkkr. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  CHURCH  ERECTION  IN  NOVEMBER  1874. 


ALBAifT.->il2fraiiy— Albany  1st  87;  Albany 
8d  25;  Prlncetown  18  26;  Saratoga  Springs  2d, 
Sab-Boh  8  26.    rroy--Sohaghticuke  lO. 

Atlaktio.  —  Catawba  —  Davldson*s  River 
2  60. 

Baltimork.  —  BrtWiiaor*  —  Bel  Air  1st  2; 
Fallston  2.    New  Co««e— Federalsburgh  16. 

Cbntbal  New  York.— B<iig*amfofi— Cort- 
land ist  60  60;  Masonvllle  2  60.  Otseao — 
Cherry  Valley  46;  Franklin  1  02.  St.  Law- 
rence— Brownsville  40  cts ;  Dexter  2  17.  Syra- 
ciMe— Liverpool  2  68 ;  Syracuse Jst  Ward  1  66. 
Ufico— Little  Falls  Ist  27  08;  Turin  Sab-soh 
48  cts ;  Utica,  Westminster  30  60. 

CiKCiKHATi.  —  CAi/Hco/*« —ChllUcothe  1st 
25  04 ;  Hamden  7  60 ;  McArthur  4.  Cincinnati 
—Cincinnati,  Avondale  M ;  Montgomery  17. 

Clktelakd.  —  Cleveland  —  Cleveland  1st 
66  60.  MaAonino— Poland  12;  Warren  9  25. 
St  C/a<r«v<i/f— Morristown  4  68 ;  Short  Creek 
7.  Steubenville—htieon  Ridge  16  84;  Island 
Creek  0;  Waynesbnrgh  16. 

Columbus.— vl«*<?»»—Nelsonvllle  6.  Marion 
"  Marion  16.    Zane«t;<I/e— Zanesville  2d  16  50. 

Erie.— il//cffAeny— EmsworthO  88;  Plains  4. 
Sttlifr— Buflalo4  18;  Butler  36  16;  Pine  Grove 
8  80.  i:r<«— Mercer  Ist  10.  Kittanning— Cen- 
tre 6 ;  Cherry  Run  6.  S^cnanyo— Hermon  10; 
Hopewell  10;  Mt  Pleasant  17. 

Gemsva.  —  Cayuga  —  Union  Springs  6  70. 
CAemuny- Big  Flais  6 ;  Elmlra  Isi  0  26 ;  Wat- 
kins  4  68.    Sr««j)f fi— Pultney  6. 

Harrisburgh.— CflrH«/e— Big  Spring  27  M. 
^oWAum6eWand  —  Lewlsburgh  1st  50;  Wil- 
liamsport  2d  4  03. 

Illinois,  Central.— Bioo«<nof on— Chats- 
worth  4  15;  Reading  3  27;  Urbana  75  cts. 
P«oria— Canton  8  30.    Schuyler— Macomb  11. 

Illinois,  North.— Frc^porl—Fre^port  Ist, 
addM  1.  Offawo— Aurora  Ist  10.  Rock  River 
—Calvary  10;  Fulton  1  11. 

Illinois,  South.— ilZ/on-Alton  1st  10  06; 
Plum  Creek  10 ;  Staunton  5 ;  Virden  2  14. 
Mattoon  —  Palestine  6 ;  Prairie  Home  8  12 ; 
Taylorville  7  30. 

Indiana,  North.— CrawCordsvi/le— Frank- 
fort 13  10.  loyantvorZ-M ichlgan  City  1st  14. 
jtfuncic— Wabash  6  07. 

Indiana,  South.  —  Indianapolis  —  Acton 
1  11.  New  il/dany^Bedford  1  76 ;  Jackson  Co, 
Gor  15.  Fincenne«— Evansville  4  60;  Evans- 
vlUe,  Walnut  St  80.  White  Woofer— Greens- 
burgh  12;  Lawrenceburgh  3  70. 

Iowa,  North.  — Cedar  £apitf«— Richland 
Centre  4  25 ;  Wayne  2.    Pufrw^ue— Lansing  7. 

Iowa,  South.  —  Council  Bluffs  —  College 
Springs  8  60.  Des  Afoinet- Maple  Grove 
Union  Sab-sch  6  33.  iotoo— Keokuk,  WesU 
minster  1st  10  81.    Iowa  City— La  Claire  4  10; 


Mount  Union  4;  Muscatine  Ger  2;  Princeton 
4  60. 

Kansas.- HigAiaml— Bollevine  6  60.    Neo- 
sho— Independence  6. 
Kentuckt.— £6eiiearer— Lezingrton  2d  172  8S. 
Michigan.— ^o^tfiMW— Bay  City  6  00. 

Minnesota.- 91  Paid— Delano  2;  Indepen- 
dence 2;  Long  Lake  2;  Rookford  2;  St  Paul, 
House  of  Hope  28  06. 

Missouri.— Plafle-C^hlllicothe  12;  Rockport 
8.    SILonis— St  Louis,  1st  Ger  16. 

Nebraska. — Kearney— lone  5. 

New  Jersey.  —  Elizabeth  —  Baskingridge, 
addM  30;  Elisabeth  Sd  6  66;  Plalnfleld  1st  15; 
Pluckamin  1  86;  Roselle  Ist  3  41,  Sab-sch  5  00 
=8  60;  Summit  West  3  66;  Westfleld  6  48. 
ifonmotf/A— Brieksburgh  6  57.  ilforHt  and 
Oranye— Boonton  15:  Morristown  1st  21  10; 
Orange  2d  136  36.  >re«?ar*— Newark,  Park 
6  60;  Newark,  Roseville,  sp  100.  New  Bruns- 
wricik— Stockton  2.  ^ewron— Harmony  82  46; 
Yellow  Frame  2  07.  West  Jertey— Cedarville 
1st  13  80. 

New  York.— H«d«o9t— Cocheeton  28  cts; 
Goodwin  4  53;  Haverstraw  1st  17  20;  Middle- 
town  1st  2  38;  Middletown  2d  5  04 ;  Milfurd 
1  SO ;  Mount  Hope  10.  New  Yorh—Now  York, 
Ch  of  the  Sea  and  Land  1  11;  New  York  6; 
New  York  ist  5,660  86;  Now  York,  4th  Avenue 
30  83.  North  Kjoer- Kondout  5  54.  Westches- 
ter—Greenbur^h,  sp  28  03;  Mahopac  Falls 
4  64;  Port  Chester  3  70:  Thompsonville  15. 

Pacific.  —  Oregon  —  Brownsville,  per  two 
members  5  50. 

Philadelphia.— C/kc«f^—Charlcstown  4; 
East  Whiteland  8;  Fagg's  Manor  11  80;  Me- 
dia 4  82.  Lackawanna — Monroeton2  31 ;  Nich- 
olson 1st  4:  Wysox  5.  L«Aio*— Hasleton  80; 
I^ower  Mt  Bethel  2  14.  Philadelphia  Central 
—Philadelphia.  Olivet  16.  Philadelphia  North 
— Norristown  Central  25.  Jfe«/mm»rer— Co- 
lumbia 81  87 ;  Union  1  60. 

PiTTBBUROH.—B/air«viife— Cross  Roads  11 ; 
Now  Alexandria  3  32.  Pittsburgh— Kasi  Lib- 
erty  Ist  15  06 ;  Monongahela  City  23  60.  Red- 
stone—BTowuBviWe  6  04;  Round  Hill  2  56. 
Washington— y\'hMUng  4th  86  cto.  West  Vir- 
ginia— French  Creek  6. 

Tennessee.— Ho/«f on— Richland  24  centsi 
Union — Washington  6  55. 

Toledo.— Bc//«/o9t/aiae—BellefonUiBe  1st 
154;  Bucyrus  128.  Huron  —  Fremont  7; 
Green  Springs  80  cU ;  Republic  40  cts*  Man- 
mee— Hicksville  3  10;  Union  2  25. 

Western  New  Yobk.-B^/o/o— Panama  6 ; 
Silver  Creek  11  80 ;  Westfleld  6  00.  Genesee— 
Oakfleld  6.  N iagar a^Porter  Ist  14.  Roches- 
ter—Geneueo  Central  18  61;  Groveland  7  50; 
Lima  8  24;  Rochester,  Westminster    41. 


1875.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


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tings, sp  50 ;  Rot  H  P  Thompson,  OaUwbA, 
KyL 


Wi80ON8iv.—C%<pp€t9a— Barns  8  80.  Mil- 
waukee—De\a4ke\d  46  cts ;  Ottawa  70  ots ;  Ra- 
cine ist  18.     WUconHn  JMver— Hnrrleane  Gter 

1;  Pulaski  l8tG«r  10;  RookvUle  Ger  8.  «  .  ,  «      .  .   ,    ^         w  ^  ,„.  «. 

^      ^  -.  o*  .wi,       o-i  Total  Reeelpts  In  Noyember,       $8,124  W 

MiscKLLAinEOUS.— Ck>m  O  K  Strlbling,  Bal-  ..,.„.«.,.  ^,«  L 

tlmore,  Md  100;  Princeton  Theo  Sem,  Rol  Soc  NATHAN  LANE,  Treasurer, 

Corretponding  Secretary,  Rev.  H.  R.  Wilsoh,  D.  D.,  28  Centre  Street,  New  York. 
TVtfasurer,  Nathan  Laks,  Esq.,  00  Wall  Street,  New  York. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS,  NOVEMBER  1874. 


ALBAirr.—ilf&any— Albany  1st  27:  Albany 
9d  212  75;  Albany  8d  25;  Saratoga  Springy  2d 
2  87.  Troy--Cambridse  21  00;  SchaghUooke 
15. 

Baltimorb.— Boirtmore— Bel  Air  4;  Deer 
Creek,  (Harmony)  11  00;  Havre  de  Grace  15. 
New  CaeiU—BerUny  Buckingham  5  05. 

Cbntral  New  York.— B<njy*aia^on— Wa- 
verly  15.  Ot«eoo— Franklin  74  cts.  St  Law- 
renctf^Brownvllle  20  oto ;  Dexter  1  58 ;  Water- 
town,  Stone  St  85.  SyrociMe-Oaxenovla  25 ; 
Liverpool  1  87:  Lysander  5  50;  Syracuse,  1st 
Ward  1  20.  I7«c<i— Clay  vine  5:  Little  Falls 
Ut  20  45 ;  Rome  10 ;  Turin  Sab-sch  80  ots. 

CiwoiNNATi.  —  Cft««co<ft«— Chllllcothe  Ist 
18  20 ;  Hlllsboro  110.  Cincinna/i— Bethel  7  50 ; 
Cincinnati,  Lane  Seminary  08  02;  Reading 
and  Lockland  9;  Springdale  25  10.  Daj/tot^— 
Honey  Creek  15.  i'oWtiiioii/V-Eckmansvllle 
10;  Portsmouth  1st  260. 

Cleyblakd.  —  Cleveland  —  Cleveland  1st 
40  60;  Collamer  Ist  20.  itfaAonino— Warren 
0  75.  St  C/a<rti^W«— Morristown  8  57.  Steu- 
benville—KMWm  17  75;  New  Cumberland  6; 
Waynesburgh  10. 

CoJX>RADO.  —  Colorado  —  Denver  Central 
88  60. 

Columbus.— il  f Acnt— Nelsonvllle  4.  Colum- 
hue  —  Mifflin  10  00.  Marion  —  Delaware  8 ; 
Trenton  10  26.  IFoo«/er— Chippewa  5 ;  Hope- 
well 18  20;  Nashville  10  15.  Zaneeville— Mi 
Pleasant  5  48;  Mt  Vernon  82  80;  Salem  Ger 
842. 

Erie.— ilileff^eny— Emsworthll  40;  Natrona 
8.  Butler— Amitv  4  49;  Butler  29  70;  Harrls- 
vllle  5  62;  Muddy  Creek  7  05;  Pine  Grove 
2  78.  C/arion— New  Bethlehem  7 :  New  Beho- 
both  9 ;  Perry  5.  Sri*— Mercer  1st  15  50.  Kit^ 
(annino— Boiling  Spring  5 ;  Kittannlng  1st  05 ; 
Rural  Valley  18  58:  8hrader*s  Grove  8  60. 
54enan9ro— Hermon  25;  New  Castle  1st  44; 
Newport  14. 

GBNBVA.—Cayufira— Genoa  2d  4  25.  Che- 
mung—Big  Flats  0  10;  Elmlra  1st  0  76:  Wat- 
kins  3  38.  6«n«ira— Geneva  1st  74  41 ;  Seneca 
Falls  28  47;  Victor  85  80.  Lyon*— Savannah 
1st  8;  Wolcott  1st  11.  Sret*5e»*— Prattsburgh 
15. 

Uarrisburoh.  —  Cart  i«l«— Dunoannon  10 ; 
Harrisburgh,  Pine  St  190;  Middle  Spring  30; 
Petersburgh  5.  Httitfinodo?*— Tyrone  20  06. 
Northumberland— Bemlok.  4:  Derry  8;  Ly- 
coming Centre  12;  WashlngtonviUe  8;  WU- 
llamsport  2d  8  80 ;  w  atsontown  22  86. 

iLLtKois,  CBNTRAL.—Bio<Mninj7/on— Chats- 
worth  3  26 ;  Urbana  1  80 ;  Wenona  2  60.  Peo- 
ria—Canton  9  10.  5oHna/le2d— Jacksonville, 
Pisgah  16. 

Illinois,  North.  —  Hocik  iMv«r— Calvary 
7  85 ;  Fulton  81  ots ;  Munson  5. 

iLLiHois,  South.— ilMofi— Rev  Peter  Has- 
singer6;  Butler  17  16 ;  Chester,  add'l  5 ;  Lltch- 
fleld  10  66;  Pleasant  Ridge  9  dO:  Vlrden  1  60^ 
Cairo— Metropolis  2  00.     Ma//obn— Palestine 

Indiana,  North.— Craw/or d#tr</le— Delphi 
5;  La&yette  2d,  Mrs  Cath.  Steams  6;  Wave- 
land  7 ;  Wea  2  60.  Fort  Wayne— Fori  Wayno 
Ist  90  36;  Pleroeton  7  26.  Logantpori- Michi- 
gan City  9  60;  Valparaiso  1st  10  10.  MunHe 
—Liberty  7 ;  Wabash  2  97. 

Indiana,  South.— /ntfianapoKf— Acton  81 
ets.  New  ilidany— Madison  2d  49;  New  Al- 
bany ad,  sp  04  85.  White  >ra<«r— Greensburgh 
9  90;  Lawrenoeburgh  2  70. 

Iowa,  North.— cVtfor   Rapidt—W^jne  2. 


Dubuque  —  Prairie  2  50.  Waterloo  —  Rock 
Creek  5. 

Iowa,  South.— D««  AfoiiMS— Indlanola  4  06. 
lot9a— Keokuk,  Westminster  7  90.  Iowa  City 
—Muscatine  Ger  2. 

KA-KBAS.—Neoeho—Fort  Scott  1st  7  05.  To- 
peiko— Leavenworth  1st  20. 

Kentucky.- £5ci»e««r— Covlng^n  1st  100; 
Lexington  2d  98  92. 

Long  lBLAND.—Brooifc/¥fi— Brooklyn,  Gates 
Ave  14  64;  Greenpolnt  80.  A'ossau —Wood- 
haven  5  60. 

MicniOAV.— Saginaw— Btkj  City  4  15. 

Minnesota.- Sr  P««l— Minneapolis,  West- 
minster 08  96,  including  10  72  Trom  Sab-sch ; 
St  Paul,  House  of  Hope  60  81.  Southern  Min- 
ne«o/a— Albert  Lea  en  14  75. 

Missouri.- O«atf0— New  Frankfort  Ger  1; 
Tipton  8  05.    Platte—St  Joseph,  Westminster 

'  New  Jersey.-  Elizabeth  —  Elisabeth  8d 
4  00 ;  Plainfleld  1st  10 ;  Plalnfleld  2d  80 ;  Pluck- 
amln  1  85iBoselle  1st 2  40, Sab-sch 8  71sO  17 ; 
Summit  West  2  60 :  Westfleld  4  72.  Mon- 
moKtA  —  Bricksburgh  4;  Burlington  72  22: 
Jamesbnrgh  86;  Manchester  5.  Morrie  and 
Orange— boonton  20;  Morrlstown  1st  15  88; 
Parslppany  18  26.  Aeicarit— Newark  Park 
4  88.  New  Brun«wicik— Dutch  Neck  25 ;  Ham- 
Uton  Square  11  78;  Klngwood  20;  Lawrence, 
from  Dr  and  Mrs  S  M  HamlU  20;  Stockton  2. 
A'evfon— Stillwater  1st  7:  SwarUwood2;  Yel- 
low  Frame  2  17.  Weet  Jertey— Cedarvllle  1st 
10  14. 

New  York.— Htt^on  —  Cochecton  20 ots; 
Florida  1st  20;  Goodwill  8  81 ;  Haverstraw  1st 
10;  Middletown  Istl  74;  Middletown2d  2  34; 
Mllford  1  01.  New  Forit— Harlem  10  80;  Man- 
hattanvllle  7:  New  York,Ch  of  the  Sea  and 
Land  81  ots ;  New  York  6 ;  Now  York,  Phillips 
82  80;  New  York,  4th  Avenue  22  60.  North 
Jtirer- Rondout  4  12.  IFe«fcAe«/ef^-Mahopao 
Falls  3  31 ;  Port  Chester  2  70 :  Rye  07  12. 

Pacipic. — Benicia — Healdsburgh  8.  Sacra- 
mento—Stockton 54  25.  San  I'ranrisco— Con- 
tra  Costa  7  60. 

Philadelphia.— C*M<er— Great  Valley  17; 
Media  8  62.  Lackawanna — Monroeton  1  09 : 
Nicholson  Ist  3.    L«A<oA— Lower  Mt  Bethel 

1  60 ;  Mahanoy  City,  fh)m  Mr  John  Phillips, 
special  60;  Shawnee  8.  PAi/atfe/pAio— Phila- 
delphia  Calvary  313;  Philadelphia  Tabernacle 
84  68;  Philadelphia,  Chambers,  from  Mr  E 
M  H  10.  Philadelphia  Central— Philadelphia 
Alexander  Sab-sch  80;  Philadelphia  North 
65  10 ;  Philadelphia  Princeton,  adcTl  5.  PhUa- 
delphia  ^or/4— Carversville  2;  Chestnut  Hill, 
Including  16  trom  the  Infitnt  class,  237 ;  Ger- 
mantown  Ist  416;  Neshaminy.  Warminster 
10  13;  Norristown  Central  26;  Plumsteadvllle 
3  60.  Weetmineter  —  Columbia  00 ;  Leacock 
22  63;  Pequea  14;  Slateville  17. 

Pittsburgh.- il/a<rtH«e— New  Alexandria 

2  42;  Parnassus  20  75:  Plum  Creek  18.  PUtt- 
5ttrsrA— Canonsburgb  10  83 ;  East  Liberty  10  32 ; 
Lawrencevllle  60:  Mt  Washington  0;  Pitts- 
burgh 0th  40.  iCetft/ons— Brownsville  5  07 ; 
Laurel  Hill  18  30:  McKeesport  1st  18  09; 
Round  Hill  1  86.  ITatAiny/ofi— Wheeling  1st 
08  60;  Wheeling  4th  02  cts.  Weet  Virginia- 
Trench  Creek  6. 

TENNE8SEB.—fio/«fofi— Richland  17cts.  Uni- 
on—Hopewell  1  80 ;  Westminster  1  80. 

Toledo.— 0«l/efonla<nf—Bellefontalnel  12; 
Belle  Centre  9  89 ;  Bucyrus  00  cts ;  HuntsvlUe 
8  70;  Urbana  14  75.    Huroii— Bloomvllle  6  85 ; 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OP  RECEIPTS.        [January 


Oreen  Springs  38  ets;  HHron  6;  MtUn  80  2»: 
Norwalk  2s7Bepablle  30  eU ;  Sandusky  26  60. 

Wkstebn  New  York— Bu/«/a— Westfleld 
6  06.  Qenetee  F«/I«y— Elllootrville6.  Rochet- 
<«r— Geneseo  Central  IS  60 ;  Qroyeland  16 ; 
Lilma  6  01 ;  Booheeter,  Westminster  1  76. 

WiBOov0in.~CAip|i«tc«— Blaok  Riyer  Falls 
8  60.  Milwaukee—uela.^eld  83  ots ;  Ottawa  61 
cts;  Pike  Grove  0  66;  Baoine  1st  29  03.  Wit- 
co»9in  Jliver—UarrloaneGer  1 ;  RockvllleGer 
4. 

MisoBLLASKOCS.— Ohio,  Brjau.  J  Will  Kel- 
lej  2;  MlolL,  Adrian,  Mrs  CtomellaO  Bennett 
2;  Interest  on  Permanent  Fund,  G-  H  Van 
Oelder,  Esq  100 ;  Md,  Bait,  Com  C  K  Strlbllng, 
of  the  U  S  Nary  100 ;  Interest  on  Permanent 
Fund,  per  Wm  E  Tenbrook,  £:8q  111  22;  Rel 
Contribution  Soo  of  Princeton  Theo  Sem  0  26 ; 
From  "E"  2;  New  York,  Mrs  S  Bartholomew 


100 ;  From  "  a  tHend,"  near  Stockton,  Cal  6  60 : 
Chicago,  Mrs  A  M  Hamilton  and  family  3;  N 
Y.  Dobb^s  Ferry,  "a  friend"  6;  N  J,  Trenton, 
from  "Cash"  60;  N  Y,  Lake  Oeorge,  Rev  Hen- 
ry S  Huntington  10 ;  Ind.  Hanover.  Rev  W  N 
Geddes  7;  N  Y,  Painted  Post,  Mrs  Elixa  E 
Townsend  6 ;  Wis,  WaukeshaWjMrs  L.  K  Tay. 
lor  6 ;  Interest  on  Permanent  Fund,  per  Wm 
E  Tenbrook,  Esa  866 ;  Interest  on  Permanent 
Fund,  per  O-eo  H  Van  Oelder,  Esq  105 ;  From 
"  M"  8 :  Pa,  Providence,  Mr  E  Weston  6 ;  N  Y, 
Bath,  from  Mrs  L  Oooley  60. 

Total  for  November,       #7,084  46 

Note.— Schenectady  Ist  ch  276  42;  this,  by 
mistake,  was  published  to  the  credit  of  another 
church  last  March. 


CHARLES  BROWN,  Treaturer, 


RECEIPTS  FOR  FREEDMEN  IN  NOVEMBER  1874. 


ALBAirT.—ilI&an3r— Albany,  State  St  24  68: 
Saratoga  Springs  1  70.  Troy  —  Waterford 
17  07. 

BALTmoKR.^Watkington—Rex  N  Cobb  6. 

Cbntrai.  New  Yobk.— St  L^iwence— Water- 
town  1st  82  62 ;  Cape  Vincent  6 ;  Dioxter  1  41 ; 
Brownsville  80  cts.  Binghamton^^Blnghtkmion 
Ist  18  22.    Of«690— Franklin  67  cts. 

CIKCINN1.TU— Cincinnati— Goshen  6. 

Clbvelahd. — AfoJkonitiSH-Deerfleld  18. 

Columbus.  —  ZanttvilU — Muskingum  18 ; 
Jersey  6.    Columbut—Qroye  City  20  cts. 

EBiB.—fitrannin^— Indiana  100.  ButUr— 
Harrisville  166;  Amity  187.  firie— West- 
minster  8:  Cambridge  1  10;  Gravel  Run  74 
cts.  AUegkeny—Rev  £  S  Blake  10.  Shenango 
—New  Castle  2d  14. 

Gbhbva.— Lyon«— Walcottlstl6.  Chemung 
— Elmira  1st  4  66.    Cayuc^o— Genoa  2d  36  cts. 

HARRiSBUMOH.-^ortAuKibeWand— Warrior's 
Run  4  20;  McEwensvllIe  1;  Williamsport  2d 
3  70.  Huntingdon— Sinking  Valley  28  22. 
W^«/te6oro— Coudersport  1st  4  60.  Carlitle— 
Middle  Spring  10;  Gettysburg  16  26;  Waynes- 
boro  Sab-sch  67  cts ;  Green  Hill  2. 

Illinois,  CEBTRAL.—ScAttyier— Warsaw  8. 

Illinois,  North.- CAicayo— Chicago  1st  40. 
Rock  Aiver— Hamlet  1. 

Illinois,  South.  —  ^ Won  —  Butler  1166; 
Plain  view  1  76;  Vlrden  70  cts.  Mattoon— 
Neoga  1  60. 

Indiana.  Nobth. — Fort  TFayne— Pleasant 
Ridge  7  10 ;  La  Grange  4  20 ;  Lima  6.  Muncie 
—Wabash  1  08. 

Indiana,  South.  —  White  Water—  South 
Providence  1  80.  New  ilifrany— Madison  2d 
2  60.    Jntfianapoiit— Indianapolis  2d  60. 

Iowa,  South. —  Joica— Burlington  10  61. 
Dee  Moines — Adel  6. 

Kansas.— ^eotAo— Ottawa  28  cts. 

KBNTUOKr.—Lotti««ili«— Louisville,  Walnut 
St  1  87.    £:ben«xer— Lexington  2d  172. 

Long  Island.— BrooikZyn— Brooklyn  22  10. 
3ra««att— Huntington  2  88. 

Michigan.  —  Grand  Rapide  —  Greenwood 
1  60.  Detroit  —  Detroit,  Westminster  4  17 ; 
Fort  St  6  03.    Saginav>-~Bt,j  City  2  66. 

Minnesota.— St  Pau/— Rookford  1;  Delano 
1 ;  Long  Lake  1 ;  Independence  1.  Mankato — 
St  Peter,  Union  6. 

Missouri.— P2atte—Mirabile  1st  1. 

New  Jebsby.— jr«w  Br«n«tcicib— Milford  6; 
Tltusvllle  2  65;  Stockton  1.  Wett  Jertey— 
Family  in  Camden  1st  ch  26:  Woodstown  1. 
»irton— Haokettstown  20  84 ;  Greenwich  6  60. 
fiiarafretA— Elicabcth  1st  16 ;  Clinton  8  62:  Ro- 
selle  1st  1  7^ ;  Pluckamin  06  cts ;  Elizabeth  8d 
6  06;  Plalnfleld  1st  1  40:  Westfleld  2  10.  Jtfon- 
mouth — Cranberry  Ist  30.  Morrit  and  Orange 
— Morrlstown  1st  6  75;  East  Orange  1st  8  47. 
^etoarA>— Newark  Park  2  18,  Jertey  City— 
Tenafly  2  05,  Religious  Contribution  Soc*y  of 
Princeton  Seminary  6  70. 


New  Yobk.— -Vort*  Kiver— South  Ameala 
S6  17;  Rondout  2  67.  Hudson- Nyack  8  40; 
Hamptonburgl  40;  Monticello  2  66;  Middle- 
town  1st  1  10 ;  Scotchtown  23  cts ;  Hempstead 
80  cts.  New  rorifc— Scotch,  from  J  T  Johnson 
2888. 

Philadelphia.  —  Lehigh  —  Weatherly  6 ; 
Stroudsburg  2  76.  ^  ire«tiBin«ter— Christian* 
1 60.  Lacikau^anno— Barclay  6  40;  Wilkesbarre 
84  22.   C*e*t*r— Upper  West  Nottingham  1  17. 

Pittsburgh.- B/air«piM«-tPlum  (^reek  20 ; 
New  Alexandria  2  80.  PitttfruroA— Pittsburgh 
2d  44  14;  East  Liberty  12  00;  Shady  Side 
f  88 ;  Lebanon  4  77.  Wett  Firffinio— GlenviUe 
Ij  Sutton  1 ;  Lumberport  1.  ile<i«tone— Round 
Hill  1  26. 

Toledo.— Huron— Fremont  4  25.  Bellefon- 
fain«— Bucyrus  00  cts ;  Bellefontaine  1st  77  cts. 
Lima— Delphos  21  cts. 

Western  New  York.— Oen<tM— North  Ber- 
gen 6  00.  £ocAe«ter— Lima 80 cts:  Ogden  4  89; 
Rochester  Central  0  56.  Buffalo--weai&eld. 
2  67 ;  Buffalo  Central  14. 

Wisconsin.— FFinnebo^o—Oshkosh  5;  Bea- 
ver  Dam  Assembly  10.  Milwaukee — ^Llma  6; 
Ottawa  16  cts ;  Delafield  27  cents. 

Miscellaneous.— 1st  ch  Tecumseh,  Mich 
20  36;  Lewes  ch,  Del  6;  2d  ch  EUxabeth,  N  J 
78  90 ;  2<1  ch  Columbus,  O  37  63 ;  Mr  Hubberd'i 
Sab-sch  class  of  little  boys  in  La  Grange  Sab- 
sch,  Ind,  to  educate  a  boy  in  Miss  C  w  atts* 
school,  Charlotte^  C  6 ;  Rev  L  Borland,  Con- 
cord, N  C  7  60;  Broad  and  Diamond  St  ch, 
Phila,  Pa  20  37;  Eureka,  111  ch  10  05:  Walnut 
Grove  ch,  111  2;  Port  Byron,  N  Y  10 ;  North  ch 
La  Crosse.  Wis  1  12;  Ist  ch  La  Crosse,  Wis  . 
6  10;  North  Sangamon,  N  Y  6;  Madison 
Square  ch,  N  Y  100;  Fredericksburg,  Va, 
school  2  35 ;  Campbelltown  ch.  N  Y 16  24 ;  Han- 
nah Ferguson,  Shenandoah,  O  6 ;  let  ch  New- 
buryport,  Mass  38;  Mt  Hope,  Iowa  3;  Bloom- 
bury  ch,  Ohio  14 ;  Guilford  Centre  Con^rcga- 
tional  ch,  N  Y  4  50 ;  8d  ch  Albany,  N  Y  i»;  2d 
ch  Zanosville,  0 16 ;  Rev  W  C  Gaylord  2. 

Total  receipts  in  November,       $1,651  80 
JAMES  ALLISON,  Treaeurer, 

Rev  Luke  Borland  acknowledges  one  barrel 
of  bedding  from  Ladies*  F  M  Soc,  Lancaster, 
N  Y:  One  barrel  of  clothing  flrom  ladles  of 
South  Had  ley,  Mass. 

Rev  W  L  Johnson  acknowledges  a  valuable 
box  of  books  and  clothing  for  the  Sab-wsh  at 
Mebanesville,  N  C,  from  Dr  Rogers.  New  York 
City ;  also  a  new  suit  of  clothes,  value  $40. 

Miss  Mary  V  Moorhead  acknowledges  two 
boxes  of  clothing  from  ch  in  Fredonla,  N  Y ; 
also  two  from  Rochester,  Pa.  f 

OQle 

Rev.  A.  C.  McClelland,  Corretponding 
Secretary,  Box  1246,  PitUburgh,  Pa. 

Rev.  James  Allison,  D.D.yTreaturer.  Lock 
Box  24,  PitUburgh,  Pa. 


ECCLESIASTICAL  RECORD. 


DlseOLrTlOS    OP  THK    rASTORAL    BBLATfu:S     ' 
Rfv   TlioK.  J    Shwrrnrd  rtrxl  lh«  clairch  gi 

i>»liu   1:1.   rt?tvrs  and  tlie^liardi   of 
ton,  W.  Vft  I 

tiuf  s  iC,  bourse  and  the  chureli^^  of  ; 

Ibcv  VV  H  KIciJill«rt  Aail  Cttlviirj  clt Droll, 
r4ikt3raburi£,  W.  Vn. 

Kcv.  Wiraain  B.  ^'oltb  And  Ibe  North 
TtfiiJl*  SLr«et  uimrch,  lliila^fclj'hi.i, 

Kcv  Aafou  Peck  autl  lli<d  church  a(  Am- 
bov  N.J 

rUiV.  Ju:^e}lb  Vance  and  tlio  cburcti  tti  Vll- 

Uvv  E  M,  Kellogg  amJ  thocburch  M  Man< 
cbcsifr,  N.J. 

Eev  R.  T,  Price  amJ  th©  cbiireh  of  BclU- 
TUB,  Preabytery  of  Alle^jbeoy. 

CALLS  BECE[V£0  OB  ACCEPTED. 

?  '  "i  H  Full*^non  to2d  Pre«il»vierlaa 
cLi  ti-fi*ild.  Ubio. 

J  il^W,   Jjurtieid   to  the  KigbUi 

Prttb>Uii.ku  cburtb,  Cbica^o,  III 

Kvf  H  C  Priagie  to  tu'cburch  of  Wtslls* 
burn,  W.  Vft. 

Kev  Ocurijo  T.  Keiter  to  the  Mahoniag 
cburth,  Dhu^iUu,  ¥k 

Kev  8rv(uuel  W.  H«igart  to  the  cbarch  of 

iUv  VV  il,  Eicu  to  the  Gurluy  church, 
WAsbm^U;ii  City. 

Kc*.  JoUa  E,  Pax  ton  to  the  l-ioe  Street 
clutch,  Harnj>t>urgli,  i'a. 

Hw,  J.  \V.  Partndgi^  to  Uie  Secoad  church 
of^ciantoa,  Pa. 

liev.  II,  h  Newt'ymb  to  Lht)  ConynghftJM 
Vat. or  *;huroh,  I'lusbyl^ry  of  Lehigh. 

K«v  J,  Ji_  Claik  tu  ilie  ehut di  of  Emporia, 

lUv  K,  W.  Cfe!and  to  the  Presbyterian 
fthurch  lit  Purid.  Ky 

IWv.  J.   M.  Nuur*4t  to  the    Fry;abytertati 
cbiucli  itt  Attteus.  Ubio. 
^  K.jv    D.   K,  CAiiipbell   to  thfl  ohufch   at 
^   Pa. 
fiMilej*  D,  Shuw  to  thij  S«coud  chuj-ch 

i  M.N.J, 

U»:v  M.  L.  W^orttima  to  lb«  church  of 
Hituuda,  Prcibyiijry  of  Allegheny. 

lUv.  VVitliAfo  A-'McAteci^i  IbuGrovcPrcs- 
Vyvrmn  chuicb,  UuiivilU*.  Pa 

Ki  V  U  B  ijwin  to  inu  chaich  at  Bolhaoy 
C»iitrt»,  and  Kjial  littthaay,  N.  V. 

0RDl»ATr058  AIXV   l.H8TALLATt0irS. 
•    Mr.  W,  F.  (Jarre tt  w  isf  orJamf^.l  as nn  Kv-tn^ 
|elis«.  in   ib«  ilMli.m.i   Muiuon^ii   Chai^ci   on 
lJ»t^  12th  yf  November. 

iWv  J,  G>iritimi  Harnuer  was  instAlied  i.as^ 
tor  oi  tin.  church  •t  WaUsrville,  N.  Y..  oo  tbo 
5tb  of  November. 

Kt'v    Wbiliuik;  C    Buroh.ud   was   tnsralled 
pfl*inrof  ibft  Vallev  church,  Wood  s  Uuu  ?a 
OTi  tht,  1  yt  h  o  I  .^0 V  e  m  be  i , 
^  Her  W.  Y,  Brown  wa«  Instnlled  irnstor  of 
tb«  church  of  Ddrby  Lov*;l.  Phiia  ,  ou  Nuv  m. 
bcr  21« 


Krv  Cyrus  Off#jr  wa?  in^tnlli*  1  pnit^^f 
the  cimrcb  lu  Chniy,  Pru^bytery  of  iJtmm* 
fiUm.uu  iU«?  nth  urXov*3Jidjer 

R<*v  L-  11  W  Shryo^^k  wiis  itifilnllfrl  pnsh 
tor  of  the  Nvw  WimUrtr  ciiurch  Pteshvtery 
of  HaUuiior*,  Oil  \hv  lUthol  Novwiubt^r 

licv.  J  M  Nour^  was  insiniled  |»<tsior  of 
the  church  ol   Alhuus,  Ohm.  oti  ^ovcLub«rr 

iinh. 

R^v.  n«^vid  J  Waller  was  or«lnmed  ftt>d 
iuviallfJ  |>»t?ioP  of  tho  Loj^nn  8fjiiar«  trvsUy- 
tcrirtii  chmcfi,  by  the  Ci?ntr<Al  Prcsbyi*?ry  of 
Plulmicdphia,  on  thu  SiJih  of  November. 

posT-orrtCB  aphrbssjss  chakoeb. 

Hcv  E.  W,  Cutniu^s  from  Ptti»^  Paw,  Midi., 
to  JackaouviKff,  FlwndA. 

lU'v,  U.  V'alenttne  from  I^xingtoa.  Ky  ,  to 
AiiguvU  K\\ 

iUv  FA'siiid  Kennedy  from  Barclay,  Pa.. 
toMt^nvHli.  Pa 

K«v.  I.KHir;ri*  II.  Fntterion  from  Cincmnatip 
Ohio,  10  .SprmiilUjM  Illinois, 

Kev.  Friifikiiii  K^Kly  frnm  forrysvilh*  to 
Cuii{Tre#a,\Vaynu  ijoontv,  Uhio. 

liev.  yat(iatii«l  S.  Afr-FHtridge  from  Oil 
Oily,  Pa.,  to  Id  ."^cymodr  cStreet,  G*?rm»uitown. 
Pit 

Kev.  John  UcVey  from  Dayton,  Ohio,  to 
Cinghiiint'iri,  N    Y,, 

li«v  Edward  P.  Wells  from  Denver,  Colo- 
rndo,  to  ('hicMgo.  Hi. 

Rev  Wui.  L.  Smith  from  Limestone,  W. 
Va  .  to  WooiUfji'ld,  Ohio 

Uev,  Georgo  W.  linrrouphs,  M.  D,.  from 
Mv4uchpii  111  Xcw  Bru!is«1ck.  Jf.  J. 

Itev  John  tsiMweU.  M.  D.,  from  Bloea- 
burgh.  Pa  .  to  Canton,  Pa, 

iter.  Warren  Morion  from  Wood  River, 
Ktthraska  to  York,  Nubra^ka. 

K«v.  E  F  K^>bb  from  Trinidad.  CoK  Ter., 
to  Auburn.  K    Y.  . 

iWv.  Ch!i5  P  Colt  from  Bingliamton,  K.  Y.. 
to  liJ  Lexinaton  Sth**4t,  Baltifunro,  Md 

liev.  U,  wicka  from  Brighton,  N.  Y,,  to 
IktcbosU^r,  N.  Y 

Uev  F,  A.  ChaM  from  Lyons,  Iowa,  to 
Nas  ivitltj,  T«uri, 

Kev  M.  D.  A.  St«'en  from  ConneautviPe^ 
Pa  .  to  VVatorlord,  Pa, 

P^ev.  Jnine«  M.  Lau  Bocb  from  Morris.  111., 
to  Ambiiv,  £11, 

K«n'.  liivo,  Y.  Gardner  from  Elyria,  Ohio, 
to  ^^tri'ol*boro,  O. 

Hi;v.  Will.  A,  McAtee  from  Alexandria, 
Yit    lo  li(uu'illt\  ?«iiiia 

Rev.  Kit:!iard  Davis  from  Winnebago  to 
Maukato,  Miimeaota. 

DEXTun 

Tht^  Rev.  John  H  SyuKiies.  po-stor  of  tbe 
Preabyt^'rtiin  church  oT  CijnHh<ihockp«  d>*^d 
at  hi*  residence  there,  oo  thu  28th  of  Xovim- 
bt*r 

The  RifV.  Samuel  II,  Shipley  At  Bkirsvillc, 
Pa  ,  on  the  ITth  of  Koveraoer, 

Rt>v  ^.  S  SheM-in,  D  D  .aHtAhwaxiN-  J* 
on  tho  3Slh  of  0cL0hefc;e(ilifcvlSi^6lffi^l&  of 
bite  ag«,  *^ 


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JON  II  IT  A  AKD  IIIN  srCrCflUMIItlk 
PART  I, 

Uy  W.  H,  OROSER,  K.Q.SL 
Full  ^.r  tiifurutjiiiou  m  ilio  sUupv  ufMittortetr 

T. 
CLAHIi  A.%11  UTMU. 

DLli  TESTAMENT  SEFUES. 
A  MiiDUAl  fur  Snhhntli^eeHoot  ToftulionL   I 
vol,     I6BIU.    UUKh,  il  fio.  w«».* 

BtfUI'd  NOTEK  o!V  JKMIItTA  A»» 

By  I'lioKicftfttiji  rjKOKQE  HT^stl, 
*'rJhc«l  mid   Tnietical,     Coujul«tt<,     I  vol 

9. 
niCTIOlVART  or  THE  IIIBI.E. 

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Applicants  for  AltJ-Rccelpta  In  December  m4-Tho  (JhiQi5«^Muniiuiii»iii-lndiAJi#-Ttm 

New  Mexico,  and  Montaniir- Women  Working. ^,,„,»^.„««...«, -..^   I" 

HuMteniiitictt  Department,— Thi^  Auuaal  OollcoLlon— Dlstrcsa  .,.„— ^ — « 

Board  of  EducHUon.-Kecommcndatlon  of  the  aeocrat  Aaaembly-Febniwy  fw  E^**^ 
-The  TreiiSUTy-Niimber  of  Siudenta  received  this  yftar-Hlnw  from  other  otnir«lM»-«w 
Work  Among  the  Colored  Moo— Some  thoughtt  for  tho  forgetmi — —  ■ 

Board  of  Foreign  l£iHSloaa.-Rocetit  Intenigenee-Prayer  for  the  Bocrde-Uae^  i»l 
AnBwer»-Oood  Newa  from  Japan-Marked  pro^esi  In  TMrteca  year»-l lemi  of  N»«i^Oi* 

Syria... ..* —" - * — 

'  Board  of  PublloaUoa.-Help  greatly  needed-What  tHe  Board  l»  ftimlaWDg-New  PMb^  ! 
tloiu ,.««„^,.*«« --«««« - ' ' '"'  I 

Board  of  Churoh  BrooUon— Shall  the  poor  ofOhrltt*!  ftook  be  fed  and  abelUredt •• 

aeUef  Fund  for  DUablod  Minlalers^-Plea  of  a  Dl-abled  Mlnmer-^KUid  r«p««»-^  «l 

Oenwal  Aaaembly'a  Committee  on  Freedmeii.-R«5eipl»-Lib«riy  Ckumty,  Om^  ttj 

II I 

ADiKiiettBenUby  the  Board  of  Home  Mliialona.. - — ~^      I 

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A  ckuowledgmentB  of  Reoeiple «.*— - - - •' — ..^*-..      '"'  ^ 


'The  Ofjueral  Aaiembly  han  rwommend^d  tbiit  spoelal  roUi-cilone  or  CkmtrtlwitiOBi  ftf  «•  j 
tiobi»mM  be  madeoo  tho  flrtt  Lord^t  diyr  of  the  following  moDthe; 

^H»uanf - A"*" r^freiffH  MimtioM, 

ITf^hru^trtf,  ..«-♦ .  "   -.— Edue^ftian, 

JIfareA ^.«.«,-<' „.„.«,  «w«f.-H/*«li«**. 

-«fM|f#  ...   ~.«.»'**  ♦,.♦,«..«.... *^#t*rr/i   Krrrtinn, 

S^pl!^mb^, ^  .-.-«,..... «^' J  /  *>'^'rf  /•"•  JWKvMrd  jrfittofi«#«. 

jr««fewi«i«r,  «««  *  ."— "<*««  .V imIoiw. 

neermbcrp -*.  *«  ^.i-W^^efm*-**.  


^OKM  OF  BEQUEST  TO  AKfY  OF  THE  BOABDS. 

The  State  lawi  differ  eo  much  that  oo  one  form  will  anawor  tn  all  the  St»t««,  but  In  eretf  < 
It  la  cRHcntlal  to  give  the  mioht  coupoRi^TS  same. 

Beonc5U  for  Home.  MUMionM  ebould  be  made  to  "  r*f  »a«rrf  o/  mm*  MUtionM  i^m  I 
dtfferlfln  Church  in  the  Vnitid  StattM  o/lm*rt«,"  which  ii  now  the  cor|K*ratc  lltlo. 

Of  the  BiHfrd  of  Efiueatimt  tiie  corporate   name  i«  *'  Tht  Bnrd  of  Edmctiom  0/iht 
ttriAii  Church  in  tht  VnUed  Statet  t^  Anuric^** 

TUe  BtHird  »r  Foretffn  MUmton*  li  taeorporatod  under  tbe  law«  Of  New  ^ort,  «»««'^* 
ityleof^The  Board  a/  Fartifn  Miniom  of  th€  Pretbjfterimn  Ck^reh  in  tU  VnU^  M*»^ 

The  B*mrd  of  PuhHcaiion  1«  tacorporated  ondot  the  lawi  of  Pennf yWaola,  uwler  Uit  «/»• 
"  The  Tru§te€t  of  tht  Prtibyterian  Board  of  Publication.'' 

The  lU^nrd  **f  rhurrh  Errctfon  iB  incorporated  onder  theilyleof  "Tl*  B^rd  ^rtk^Ck^l 
Erection  Fund  of  the  General  Auembly  of  the  Preibyterian  C/it^reA  in  tht  Initid  Hl^mifl 
America,"  Incorporated  March  al.  im,  by  tho  Ugislawire  of  the  State  of  New  1  ort  ■ 

Beqncfiti  that  hare  boen  made  to  the  »Trii-/ret  of  tht  Otner^  Ateemblj,r  ^  ^  *««  **?V-«' j 
>ofthe  Pretbyterian  Houst^''  for  Church  purpoace,  will  be  valid. 

4n  UrqHf-mU  made  to  the  Incorporated  Boanls  or  Oommlttoea  oC  itie  two  late  AnemblNi 
▼alld,  and  will  be  received  by  the  Boards  which  are  their  legal  succcMora. 

The  fi*^tirf  Ftindpyr  ntmahlM  MtnfMtar0,  and   the  Widows  find  Orphnnm  of 
UinUtrTM  requires  the  following  form: 

-^I  rive  and  bequeath  to  my  eateoators  herelnaaer  named, dollaw  iQ  trutU  nc^*^  \ 

that  they  f hall,  within montha  after  my  dooeaae,  pay  the  aame  10  the  Truttetn  ^4lr  » 

tral  Aiitmbly  af  tht  Preibyterian  Church  in  the  United  ^alu  9f  AmtrUa,  fbr  the  «••!' 


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Vol,  XXVL      PHILADELPHIA,  FEBRUARY  1875. No.  2. 

BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 


SPECIAL  NOTES. 

BELIEF  FOB  THE   8UFFBBER8. 

Many  of  our  churches  send  to  us  for  the  names  of  missionaries  on  the 
field  of  the  ** OraasJiopper  Invasiorif^^  preferring  to  send  supplies  to  be 
distributed  to  the  suffering  by  their  hands.  Many  "boxes"  and  "bar- 
rels" of  Belief  Goods  have  gone  forward,  and  the  missionaries  write  back 
of  the  present  and  prospective  suffering  of  the  people  and  their  own  cheer- 
ful alacrity  in  making  a  wise  distribution  of  what  comes  to  their  hands. 
We  propose  to  take  notice  of  this  new  and  we  trust  temporary  charity,  on 
the  pages  of  the  Record.  Churches  are  requested  to  furnish  us  by  Pos- 
tal Card  the  number  of  boxes  sent,  to  whom  sent,  and  their  estimated 
value,  that  we  may  acknowledge  the  same  in  the  Record,  And  mis- 
sionaries are  requested  to  report  to  us  all  boxes  received,  and  from  what 
sources,  and  make  a  prompt,  careful,  and  judicious  distribution  of  the 
same. 

TO  PRESBTTERIES  AND   APPLICANTS   FOR   AID. 

The  practice  is  evidently  growing  to  have  applications  for  aid  from  the 
Board,  considered  and  endorsed  by  Committees  of  Presbytery  alonCy 
instead  of  by  the  Presbytery  itself  in  open  session.  In  some  cases 
the  Chairman  of  a  Committee  seems  to  act  without  reference  even  to 
the  Committee,  signing  the  application  without  any  allusion  to  its  con- 
sent or  order.  Now  these  Committees  were  originally  to  act  in  extreme 
cases  only,  or  when  the  Presbytery  could  not  be  convened.  By  this 
assumption  of  its  duties,  the  Presbytery  is  often  left  in  ignorance  of  its 
own  mission  field — its  wants,-  and  how  it  is  worked.  By  this  ignorance 
of  the  field  the  Presbytery  loses  its  interest  in  and  sympathy  with  the 
Board  in  its  struggles  to  render  aid. 

The  Committee  on  Missions  should  lay  each  case  before  its  Presbytery, 
when  at  all  possible,  with  all  its  details,  and  relations  to  other  cases,  so 
that  the  greatest  efficiency  and  economy  can  be  secured.  The  thorough 
supervision  by  each  Presbytery,  of  its  mission  field,  to  secure  the  group- 
ing of  feeble  ones  for  mutual  aid,  is  indispensable  in  this  time  of  debt  and 


34  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  [February 

great  financial  depression.     The  attention  of  the  Presbyteries  to  the 
above,  at  their  approaching  meeting,  is  earnestly  requested. 

Receipts  in  December,  1814,  were  as  follows: 

From  Churches,  $39,789  68 

Legacies,  1,650  00 

Miscellaneous,  1,852  94 


Total,  $43,292  62 

which,  added  to  the  amount  acknowledged  in  the  Becord  for  January — 
$134,294  53 — makes  the  entire  receipts  from  the  beginning  of  our  fiscal 
year,  April  1st  to  December  31st,  1874,  $177,587  15,  leaving  $222,412  85 
yet  to  be  received  of  the  $400,000  allotted  by  the  last  Assembly  to  Home 
Missions.  But  90  days  of  the  fiscal  year  remain  in  which  to  receive  this 
$222,412  851— $2,471  23  per  day  I  Who  will  help  to  accomplish  this 
great  and  good  work? 

The  treasury  of  the  Sustentation  Department  received  in  December 
$2,106  84,  which,  with  the  $9,484  30  acknowledged  in  the  January 
Record,  makes  the  entire  receipts  for  the  first  8  months  of  its  fiscal  year, 
$11,571  14,  leaving  $88,408  86  of  the  allotment  of  the  last  Assembly  to 
be  received  in  the  next  three  months.  The  books  of  Home  Missions  and 
the  Sustentation  Department,  in  compliance  with  the  instructions  of  the 
General  Assembly,  will  close  on  the  31st  of  March,  giving  but  11  months 
of  the  fiscal  year  to  Sustentation.  February  and  March  are  our  only 
hope  now. 

THE   CHINESE. 

The  Chinese  migration  to  this  country  presents  a  problem  of  difficult 
solution.  The  only  door  of  hope  for  them  and  for  us  lies  in  their  thorough 
evangelization.  Ready  access  to  them  for  this  end  is  found  in  their 
strong  desire  to  learn  our  language,  often  at  least,  if  not  always,  to  get  on 
in  business.  They  plainly  see  there  is  no  chance  for  them  in  this  direc- 
tion without  some  ability  to  read,  write,  and  especially  to  speak  the  lan- 
guage of  our  country.  Hence  their  more  than  willingness  to  attend  our 
Sabbath-schools.  Among  our  large  number  of  missionaries  in  California, 
Nevada,  Montana,  Oregon,  and  Washington  Territory,  almost  every  one  of 
them  has  more  or  less  of  this  interesting  people  in  their  schools.  A  single 
school  in  a  newly  organized  church  in  Southern  California  gathered,  in 
the  course  of  three  Sabbaths,  nearly  a  hundred  for  instruction  in  reading 
the  Scriptures,  chiefly  for  the  purpose,  on  their  part,  of  acquiring  the  lan- 
guage. Who  can  estimate  the  opportunity  thus  furnished  our  mis^on- 
aries  and  people  to  teach  them  the  knowledge  of  the  only  living  and  true 
God,  and  Jesus  Christ  whom  He  has  sent,  which  is  eternal  life.  We 
commend  this  to  Ood's  people  as  a  ''great  door  and  effectual"  to  prepare 
these  people  to  become  a  blessing  here  if  they  stay,  and  a  blessing  to  the 
millions  of  their  countrymen  beyond  the  ocean.  He  who  desires  a  solu- 
tion of  the  Chinese  problem  can  here,  and  in  our  work,  find  a  way  opened 


18T5.]  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  35 

up  by  the  gospel  of  God's  grace.  Already  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  million 
of  them  are  on  our  Western  shores.  We  plead  for  aid  to  assist  in 
supporting  these  missionaries  and  increasing  their  number. 

MORMONISM. 

Another  problem  attended  with  great  difficulty  and  danger  too,  awaits 
future  development.  Mormonism,  with  its  heathenism,  polygamy,  and 
other  abominations,  its  systematic  oppression  and  degradation  of  woman, 
sits  entrenched  defiantly  in  the  heart  of  the  continent,  exciting  fears  in 
thoughtful  minds  for  the  safety  of  our  transcontinental  communications. 
It  is  disintegrating  from  many  causes,  and  is  threatened  with  dissolution 
on  the  death  of  its  hoary-headed  and  badly  eminent  leader.  Just  now  i& 
the  time  for  sending  the  missionaries  of  a  pure  gospel  to  save  these  cor- 
rupt and  corrupting  masses.  Besides,  the  rapidly  developing  mining- 
interests  are  attracting  large  numbers  of  our  young  enterprising  men  to 
settle  in  Utah,  where  they  are  exposed  to  the  baneful  influences  of  these 
communities.  Nothing  can  save  the  Mormons  or  the  so-called  Oentile 
settlers  but  the  gospel.  This  divine  remedy  alone  can  cure  and  save 
these  people  in  the  heart  of  our  country.  The  Board  needs  to-day  the 
means  to  send  and  support  missionaries  to  occupy  many  interesting  and 
inviting  points  just  waiting  their  coming.  But  what  can  the  Board  do,, 
with  the  vast  burden  of  debt  upon  its  treasury?  Let  Christians  ponder 
and  pray  over  their  duty  and  responsibility.  These  people  are  not  away 
in  Asia  or  Africa,  but  in  the  very  heart  of  our  own  country,  asserting  and 
exercising  the  rights  and  privileges  of  citizens,  threatening  to  destroy  the 
very  foundations,  not  only  of  religion,  but  of  civil  order,  society,  and 
safety. 

INDIANS. 

Our  churches  should  remember  that  this  Board,  whilst  maintaining  ex- 
pensive  missions  among  the  Indians,  derives  no  aid  from  the  general 
government,  and  is  entirely  dependent  on  the  gifts  of  good  people.  The 
Indian  has  a  claim  preeminently  on  the  Christians  of  this  country.  Our 
homes  were  once  the  homes  of  these  wronged  and  exiled  tribes.  The 
salvation  of  the  Indians  was  one  of  the  professed  objects  of  the  first 
settlers  in  this  country. 

Alas !  how  they  have  suffered  and  perished  under  our  blighting  touch  I 
Shall  we  not  strive  to  bring  them  to  Jesus,  that  His  touch  may  cure? 
The  means  of  supporting  missionaries  among  them  is  what  the  Board 
needs.  Many  of  these  tribes  are  imploring  the  Board  to  send  them  men 
"  to  break  the  bread  of  life."  We  have  already  promising  missions  es- 
tablished among  the  Cherokees  and  Creeks,  which  need  enlargement  as 
well  as  present  support.  The  Indian  tribes  are  fast  disappearing,  and 
whatever  is  done  for  them  must  be  done  quickly. 

TEXAS,   NEW   MEXICO,   AND  MONTANA. 

Besides  the  Indian  country  there  are  other  very  interesting  fields  for 
work.    One — ^New  Mexico — with  a  large  and  ignorant  population  of  Mexi- 


36  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  [Februwry 

can  Papists,  and  a  growing  namber  of  our  American  people.  Here  the 
Papacy  has  to  be  met  and  struggled  with  in  one  of  its  old  camps  and 
strongholds,  where  it  has  been  entrenched  for  nearly  three  hundred  years. 
There  its  degrading  power  is  exhibited  amongst  the  native,  and  Spanish, 
and  mixed  people,  after  a  training  of  half  a  dozen  generations. 

They  are  now  a  part  of  our  permanent  population,  to  influence  for  good 
or  ill  the  future  of  our  dear  country. 

Then  here  is  Texas  with  its  imperial  territory,  and  vast,  and  varied 
resources,  with  an  ever-increasing  and  overflowing  tide  of  immigration 
from  the  South  and  the  North,  and  from  all  lands,  which  will  soon  make 
it  one  of  the  largest  and  most  powerful  commonwealths  in  our  National 
Confederation.  They  cry  to  us  to  come  to  their  help,  more  earnestly 
because  multitudes  do  not  feel  the  need  of  it.  There  are  forty  counties 
in  northern  and  western  Texas  needing  each  a  minister  to  look  after  the 
wandering  sheep,  to  gather  them  into  the  fold  of  Christ. 

Montana,  growing  in  population  and  importance  as  new  mineral 
interests  are  developed,  and  new  railroad  enterprises  approach  it,  calls 
for  devoted  laborers  to  sow  the  seed  of  the  gospel  in  its  wondrous  val- 
leys and  among  romantic  mountains. 

The  cry  from  all  these  fields,  so  urgent  and  so  great,  in  view  of  the  vast 
burden  of  debt  on  the  treasury,  is  oppressive,  almost  appalling  I  What 
will  the  Church  do  ?  Will  she  come  to  the  help  of  the  Lord,  to  the  help 
of  the  Lord  against  the  mighty  ? 

The  matter,  for  the  present,  must  be  decided  soon,  for  the  fiscal  year 
of  the  Board  is  drawing  to  a  close.  The  young  men  in  the  Seminaries 
are  saying :  "  Here  are  we,  send  us.  Can  you  not  send  us  to  these 
needy,  yet  hopeful  fields  f"  The  wastes  are  crying  to  us:  "  Can  you  not, 
will  you  not  send  us  these  men  to  tell  us  of  the  '  way  of  life?'  Many  of 
us  are  your  brethren,  your  children,  your  sons  and  daughters ;  do  not 
leave  us  to  spiritual  destitution  and  desolation  I" 

Brethren  of  the  ministry,  elders,  deacons,  and  members  of  our  five 
thousand  churches,  and  million  of  children  in  our  Sabbath-schools,  what 
answer  shall  we  give  to  these  urgent  cries?  From  you,  and  you  only, 
can  our  answer  to  them  come. 


WOMEN   WORKING. 


I  enclose  a  draft  for  $20,  making  in  all  $100  sent  to  your  treasury 
towards  the  support  of  Rev.  I D ,  by  the  Woman's  Home  Mis- 
sionary Society  of  the  Westminster  chqrch. 

This  was  pledged  in  faith,  and  with  many  misgivings  as  to  its  accom- 
plishment, but  we  have  been  taught  to  believe  as  did  John  £lliot| 
"  That  for  the  most  part  it  is  idleness  alone  creates  impossibilities,  and  that 
hard  work  performed  in  the  spirit  of  faith,  and  crowned  with  the  blessing 
of  God,  will  remove  mountains."  It  is  just  one  year  since  this  society 
was  organized,  the  first  Wednesday  in  January.  January  6th,  1875, 
we  propose  holding  our  annual  meeting,  at  which  time  we  wish  to 
present  the  Home  Mission  cause,  so  that  if  possible  to  attract  moi^  atten- 


1815.]  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  8? 

tion  to  it  and  excite  a  greater  interest  in  it — its  early  history,  its  present 
work,  extent,  &c.  I  have  the  annual  report,  which  will  be  invaluable, 
and  for  which  accept  my  thanks.  Anything  else  you  may  recommend 
to  be  read,  or  have,  that  would  excite  an  interest  at  that  meeting,  (which 
I  am  convinced  can  only  be  done  by  knowledge,)  will  be  thankfully 
received.  I  am  tempted  to  ask  you  to  write  a  note  to  the  Society  to  be 
read  that  day,  but  fear  I  am  already  trespassing  on  valuable  time.  In 
the  amount  sent  you  from  Westminster  Sabbath-school,  you  will  find 
$8  from  "  Woman  Mission  Workers,"  making  the  last  instalment  of  the 

$25  promised  toward  the  support  of  Rev.  J R ,  by  this  Band. 

Please,  if  possible,  receipt  for  this  separately.  We  are  truly  grateful  to 
our  Heavenly  Father,  who  has  permitted  us  to  fulfil  our  engagements, 
and  take  it  as  an  encouragement  to  attempt  more  liberal  things  in  the 
future.     I  am  yours  in  Christ  B.  C.  R. 

Enclosed  please  find  a  draft  for  three  hundred  dollars,  ($300,)  the 
dying  bequest  of  Gracy  0.  McWilliams,  to  the  Boards  of  Home  and 
Foreign  Missions.  You  will  please  retain  $150  for  the  use  of  the 
Home  Board,  and  pay  over  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  Foreign  Board 
the  remaining  $150.  Gracy  is  a  sister  of  my  wife,  and  died  last  June, 
while   we    were  on  a    visit  at  her  father^s   house  in   Pennsylvania. 

Shortly  before  she  died,  she  said  to  Mrs.  R ,  she  wished  to  give 

something  to  the  Home  and  Foreign  Missions,  and  requested  that  I 
attend  to  it  for  her.  The  family,  therefore,  sent  the  enclosed  draft  to  me 
as  she  desired.  A  few  months  before  she  died,  she  and  the  family 
movted  from  Westmoreland  county  to  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania. 
At  the  time  of  her  death  she  was  a  member  of  Westfield  church.  Pres- 
bytery of  Shenango.  She  was  about  nineteen  years  old.  She  died 
trusting  in  Jesus,  and  was  remarlfably  patient  and  cheerful  during  her 
entire  sickness.  J.  R.  L. 


SUSTENTATION  DEPARTMENT. 

Perhaps  we  made  a  mistake  in  the  last  number  of  the  Record  in  saying 
that  February  was  the  month  designated  by  the  General  Assembly  for 
the  Sustentation  cause.  Our  worthy  brother  of  the  Board  of  Education 
80  aflBrms,  and  he  is  good  authority.  We  can  find  no  month  designated 
for  Sustentation  in  the  Mivutes,  But  on  the  second  page  of  the  cover  of 
the  Record  from  April  1872,  till  August  1873,  among  the  standing  notices 
or  appointments,  by  the  General  Assembly,  February  is  uniformly  desig- 
nated for  Sustentation.  In  Dr.  Jacobus'  appeal  in  the  Record  of  February 
1872,  he  says:  "Most  have  doubtless  placed  this  contribution  in  the 
month  of  February,  according  to  the  Assembly's  schedule."  In  the 
next  number  of  the  Record^  the  March  number,  the  Secretary  of  Educa- 
tion opens  with  the  following  attractive  heading;  "Annual  Sabbath 
FOR  Education,  First  Sabbath  in  March,  or  as  soon  thereafter 

AS  POSSIBLE." 

And  in  February,  1874,  Dr.  Jacobus  opens  his  appeal  in  the  Record  as 
follows:  "The  month  of  February  is  specially  assigned  to  the  work  of 
Pastoral  Susleniationy  But  it  appears  now  that  the  Board  of  Educa- 
tion has  been  assigned  to  the  month  of  February,  and  therefore  Susten- 
tation is  crowded  out  of  the  schedule  entirely. 


38  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  [February 

We  beg  of  our  friends  to  remember  that  that  change  was  neither  planned 
nor  connived  at  by  the  Board  of  Home  Missions.  Not  a  person  in  this 
office  has  ever  heard  of  this  change,  or  had  any  idea  that  any  such  had 
been  made.  We  are  brought  nearly  to  the  end  of  our  fiscal  year,  still  over- 
whelmed with  debt.  But  our  hope  had  been  through  all  the  months  past, 
that  February f  the  month  the  churches  had  already  become  somewhat 
accustomed  to  remember  for  Sustentation,  would  bring  us  large  returns 
and  enable  us  to  close  the  year  out  of  debt.  This  had  been  our  hope,  and 
with  it  we  had  comforted  the  missionaries.  But  what  was  our  surprise 
and  sorrow,  what  must  have  been  theirs,  when  they  learn  for  the  first 
time,  through  the  religious  papers,  that  February  is  claimed  by  the  Board 
of  Education,  and  that  no  such  provision  whatever  had  been  made,  that 
is,  no  month — ^no  time  had  been  assigned  to  Sustentation?  To  men  who 
have  already  waited  six  months  for  their  pay,  who  have  been  compelled 
to  contract  debts,  depending  on  our  Treasury  for  relief,  it  must  be  a  great 
and  sore  trial.  How  weary  of  waiting,  and  yet  how  patient  these  men 
are,  will  appear  from  some  extracts  from  their  quarterly  reports  given 
below. 

What  then  shall  be  done  f  Let  the  churches  take  the  matter  into  their 
own  hands,  and  exercise  their  own  choice,  and  select  their  own  time.  No 
time  being  fixed  by  the  Assembly,  the  only  time  for  this  collection  having 
been  superseded  to  make  room  for  another  Board,  let  the  churches  fix 
their  own  time — suit  their  own  convenience  only,  so  that  these  men  may 
be  paid,  and  the  debt  they  are  suffering  from  be  removed.  February^ind 
March  are  all  that  remain  of  the  fiscal  year.  The  account  will  be  closed 
the  last  day  of  March,  and  we  beg  of  all  the  friends  of  Sustentation,  the 
pastors  and  people,  to  see  to  it  that  Sustentation  has  a  chance,  and  a  fair 
chance  before  the  close  of  the  year. 

To  go  on  to  the  end  of  the  year,  as  we  have  been  going,  is  a  great 
injustice  to  the  men  who  depend  on  this  cause  for  a  portion  of  their  sup- 
port. They  must  be  paid,  and  paid  more  promptly,  or  they  will  abandon 
all  dependence  on  a  scheme  that  does  not  meet  their  expectations  or  just 
demands. 


A  brother  from  Illinois  writes  as  follows : 

The  last  six  months  salary  of  the  second  year  is  still  unpaid.  I  have 
continued  the  excessive  labor  of  superintending  our  Sabbath-school, 
preaching  three  times  each  Sabbath,  and  riding  twelve  miles  each  Sabbath 
P.  M.,  until  the  present.  And  now,  with  a  diseased  throat,  and  impaired 
health,  I  am  compelled  to  quit  the  pulpit  for  a  season,  if  not  forever, 
unless  a  change  of  climate  may  enable  me  to  continue.  But  I  haven't 
a  dollar  to  live  upon,  or  seek  a  change  of  climate !  Can  you  not  help  me 
for  the  Lord's  sake,  in  whose  service  I  do  most  ardently  desire  to  con- 
tinue.   Yours,  in  bonds,  D.  J.  McM. 

ANOTHER   FROM    THE    SAME    STATE. 

I  have  heard  nothing  from  our  last  report  sent  three  months  ago.  If 
you  have  not  received  it,  let  me  know  immediately.  I  am  in  debt.  Ac- 
counts now  overdue,  which  I  expected  to  meet  with  the  Sustentation  aid, 
have  been  settled  by  notes  drawing  ten  per  cent,  interest;  besides  I  have 
borrowed  $50,  which  must  be  paid  by  the  first  of  February.  Do  what 
you  can  for  me  by  that  time.     Yours  in  need,  J.  R.  R. 


18T5.]  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION.  39 

BOARD  OF  EDUCATION, 

RECOMMENDATION  OF  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY. 

FEBRUARY   FOR   EDUCATION. 

The  Day  of  Prayer  for  Colleges  having  been  made  of  late  a  month 
earlier,  and  the  month  of  March  being  found  specially  unfavorable  for 
collections  on  account  of  the  simultaneous  appeals  of  other  Boards  for 
additional  assistance  before  the  close  of  the  financial  year,  which  occurs 
April  Ist,  the  last  General  Assembly  resolved  to  request  churches  which 
make  annual  collections  to  do  so  for  this  Board  in  February.  Its  action 
is  as  follows ;  "  Resolved,  That  the  Assembly  recommend  to  the  churches 
which  adhere  to  the  system  of  annual  collections  for  the  Boards,  the 
monlh  of  February  as  the  most  suitable  for  the  collection  for  this  Board; 
and  that  the  collections  for  other  causes  be  so  arranged  as  not  to  come 
into  conflict  with  this.^^ — Minutes^  p.  35. 

It  is  felt  that  the  weekly  Scripture  method  is  the  best.  But  as  many 
churches  take  up  annual  collections,  a  system  in  this  seems  necessary  to 
prevent  general  confusion.  It  is  hoped  then  that  in  every  church  a 
vigorous  effort  will  be  made  for  Education  as  soon  as  practicable. 


THE  TREASURY. 


The  General  Assembly  which  sat  at  St  Louis  last  May  determined, 
after  full  consideration  of  the  case,  that  the  Board  of  Education  needs 
for  the  current  year  the  sum  of  $112,000.  Nine  months  of  the  time  ended 
on  January  1st,  the  amount  received  till  then  was  only  $35,356.  That 
yet  needed,  according  to  this  estimate,  is  $76,644. 

When  we  add,  that  the  light  receipts  of  the  entire  summer  and  fall 
did  not  pay  the  debts  of  last  year,  and  that  the  1st  of  November  found 
the  Board  with  a  balance  of  $4,100  of  old  debts,  and  nothing  to  make  the 
fall  payments,  it  will  be  seen  how  much  it  has  been  straitened  during 
the  winter.  It  has  had  again  to  go  into  bank  for  various  amounts,  and 
is  now  in  debt  about  $25,000. 

Two  quarter  payments  are  yet  due  upon  the  promises  for  the  collegiate 
year.  The  spring  collections  are  our  reliance  to  meet  these,  and  to  also 
clear  off  all  these  debts,  which  it  should  be  remembered  have  been 
incurred  in  order  to  meet  promptly  the  engagements  with  the  students. 

This  statement  will  show  our  brethren  in  the  ministry  how  imperative 
and  great  is  the  necessity  for  very  liberal  contributions  at  this  time. 
The  Board  most  earnestly  hopes  that  this  representation  will  be  made  by 
them  to  their  people. 

The  number  of  students  satisfactorily  recommended,  and  received 
by  the  Board  until  this  time,  for  the  year,  is  483,  of  these  99  are  new 
students ;  a  gain  of  19  upon  the  number  on  the  roll  at  this  time  last  year. 

A  CIRCULAR  published  in  the  newspapers  furnishes  the  facts  which  are 
necessary  for  the  presentation  of  the  cause  of  Education  this  year  from 
the  pulpit  It  is  important  that  they  should  be  communicated  to  the 
people,  as  encouragements  to  prayer  and  to  the  contribution  of  aid. 

A  VOLUME  of  272  pages,  entitled  "God's  Rule  for  Christian  Giving," 
has  been  prepared  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Board,  and  will  be  distributed, 
by  some  special  contributions  for  the  purpose,  to  the  ministry  and  the 


40  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION.  [Febrnarj 

candidates  under  the  care  of  the  Board.  It  is,  at  the  time  we  write, 
about  coming  irom  the  hands  of  the  printer,  and  will  be  sent  by  mail  as 
soon  as  possible  after  it  receives  a  muslin  cover. 

HINTS  FROM  OTHER  CHURCHES. 

The  Presbyterian  Church  certainly  needs  more  men  for  the  increase  of 
the  number  of  her  ministry.  It  is  estimated  by  those  connected  with 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States,  that  the  entire 
body  needs  about  eight  hundred  new  accessions  to  its  ministry  eretj 
year,  in  order  to  keep  the  itinerant  ranks  filled.  The  Lutherans  occa- 
sionally make  appeals  for  men ,  they  say  that  they  are  suffering  for  want 
of  ministers ;  if  they  had  five  hundred  men  on  hand,  they  could  furnish 
every  one  of  them  with  pastoral  charges:  The  Episcopal  Triennial  Gen- 
eral Convention,  recently  in  session,  deplored  the  want  of  students  for  the 
ministry. 

In  Scotland,  on  the  other  hand,  where  the  Spirit  of  God  has  been 
poured  out  in  great  revivals  of  religion,  the  number  of  young  men  oflfer- 
ing  themselves  to  preach  the  gospel  has  at  once  become  large.  Two 
hundred  have  presented  themselves  for  foreign  missions.  The  hearts  of 
Christians  have  been  enlarged.  Funds  have  flowed  in  liberally  for  every 
kind  of  good  work. 

From  such  examples  we  learn  the  chief  reason  why  toe  are  straitened. 
It  is  not  in  the  Lord.  It  is  in  our  own  souls.  We  want  prayer  to  the 
Lord  of  the  harvest  for  laborers.  The  outpouring  of  the  Holy  Ghost 
would  start  up  large  numbers.  But  we  need  prayer,  also,  that  the  eyes 
of  Christians  may  be  opened  to  see,  and  their  hearts  to  feel,  the  wants  of 
perishing  men ;  and  thus  they  may  be  led  to  give  their  money  to  assist 
those  who  are  willing  to  preach  if  they  had  but  the  requisite  preparation. 


OUR  WORK  AMONG  THE  COLORED  MEN. 

We  now  and  then  receive  a  first  rate  letter  from  some  one  of  our 
colored  ministers  or  students ;  the  following,  with  some  omissions,  but 
retaining  the  language  and  thought,  is  in  point.  This  excellent  and 
faithful  brother,  who  has  lived  many  years  in  the  South,  is  most  anxious 
that  the  Board  should  not  lessen,  but  increase,  the  aid  it  is  giving  to 
colored  students.  They  are,  indeed,  greatly  needed  to  preach  to  the 
hundreds  of  thousands  of  their  race,  who  would  gladly  hear  them,  but  to 
whom  no  one  capable  of  teaching  them  has  yet  been  sent.  This  interesting 
part  of  our  work  should  move  some  good  people  to^  send  us  larger  help 
for  it. 

"  In  relation  to  the  inquiries  made  by  the  Board  of  Educati(Mi,  I  hardly 
know  what  to  answer.  The  subject  of  the  education  of  the  young  men 
seems  to  be  one  open  on  two  sides.  One  question  relates  to  the  field, 
which  is  white,  ready  for  the  harvest.  Christians  are  reqqired  to  pray 
the  Lord  of  the  harvest  that  he  would  raise  up  laborers  to  be  sent  forth 
into  the  field,  even  if  they  are  not  qualified  exactly  according  to  our  mode 
and  taste.  The  other  question  is,  how  shall  the  Church  be  aroused  to 
greater  liberality,  so  that  those  laborers  offering  themselves  to  the  Board 
for  qualification  may  be  sustained  ?  To  reject  these  young  men  would  be 
like  frost  nipping  plants  in  the  bud,  when  the  garden  ought  to  be  flourish- 
ing and  green.  I  cannot  conceive  for  a  moment  that  the  Board  would 
desire  to  lessen  the  number,  instead  of  increasing  it.  ^.^^^^  GoOQi 


1875.]  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION.  41 

"Rev.  and  dear  brother,  allow  me  to  call  your  attention  to  one  glorious 
promise  in  the  word  of  God :  *  a  nation  shall  be  born  in  a  day.'  When 
all  the  nation  was  declared  free,  without  respect  to  race,  or  color,  or 
previous  condition,  men  and  women  were  born  full-grown.  They  were 
children,  without  any  culture  of  mind,  and  little  desire  or  taste  for 
improvement.  There  has  been  all  manner  of  ignorance  and  wickedness 
practised  among  us.  Now,  to  save  our  race,  we  want  educated  young 
men.  The  fathers  are  like  the  children  of  Israel,  who  started  for  the 
promised  land,  but  died  in  the  wilderness  in  unbelief  and  ignorance. 
They  were  kept  in  slavery  so  long  that  they  loved  their  leeks  and  garlic. 
But  their  children  were  led  to  this  goodly  land.  I  can  only  hope  then 
that  God  in  His  infinite  goodness  may  enable  you  to  improve  the  young 
men,  and  send  them  forth  as  lights  to  chase  away  the  gross  darkness  from 
this  people. 

"  Be  pleased  to  accept  of  my  earnest  prayer  that  God  may  bless  your 
^eat  and  good  work." 

SOME  THOUGHTS  FOR  THE  FORGETFUL. 

Calls  for  contributions  to  good  objects  come  often.  "  Oh  how  many  col- 
lections there  are  at  church  I"  "What  a  number  of  claims  we  have  for 
money !" 

Yes,  just  think  how  many  Boards  of  the  Church,  and  how  many  calls 
for  matters  in  the  congregation,  and  out  of  it;  how  many  poor  people, 
how  many  pleas  for  help  I  Sometimes  one  feels  oppressed  with  the  number. 

But  there  is  a  reflection  which  takes  away  all  such  evil  thoughts,  and 
inspires  us  afresh.  It  is,  the  multitude  of  God's  mercies  to  ourselves. 
"  How  precious  are  thy  thoughts  unto  me,  0  God,  how  great  is  the  sum 
of  them  !  If  I  should  count  them,  they  are  more  in  number  than  the 
sand." 

God  thinks  of  every  one  of  us  three  hundred  and  sixty-five  times  or 
more  each  year  to  raise  us  from  the  death  of  sleep ;  and  this  is  twelve 
thousand  times  in  an  average  life,  and  twenty-five  thousand  times  if  we 
reach  three-score  and  ten.  God  thinks  of  us  eleven  hundred  times  a 
year  to  feed  us,  and  this  is  thirty-six  thousand  times  in  an  average  life. 
But  these  numbers  are  small  compared  to  those  of  his  other  mercies. 
God  thinks  of  us  forty-two  millions  of  times  a  year,  at  each  to  give  the 
machinery  of  the  heart  a  new  impulse  of  his  hand ;  each  one  of  these  is 
equal  to  the  lifting  of  fifty  pounds,  and  all  amount  to  the  amazing  aggre- 
gate of  a  million  tons  a  year. 

And  still  this  computation  gives  us  a  poor  impression  of  the  number 
of  his  thoughts  to  usward.  Every  one  of  the  many  thousand  hairs  upon 
our  head  is  an  organized  plant,  having  its  distinct  root  and  trunk,  its 
nutritive  vessels  and  its  separate  life ;  and  there  is  not  one  of  them  which 
is  not  tended  and  cared  for  by  our  heavenly  Father,  its  growth  or  its  fall 
to  the  ground  a  matter  of  thought,  as  it  affects  our  comfort,  our  useful- 
ness, and  our  preparation  for  the  eternal  state. 

Every  drop  of  rain  is  a  thought  of  God.  Every  ray  of  sunshine  is  a 
thought  of  God.  God's  thoughts  and  acts  of  goodness  and  mercy  to  each 
of  us  are  countless,  infinitely  beyond  the  numberless  millions  of  grains  of 
sand  in  an  acre  of  seashore. 

And  our  sins.  Oh  what  thousands  and  thousands  of  evil  words  and 
deeds,  what  innumerable  evil  thoughts,  does  God  observe,  and  yet  cover 
each  with  some  drop  of  atoning  blood,  so  that  it  is  hid  from  sight  forever ! 

What  countless  prayers,  and  desires,  for  good  to  the  souls  of  ourselves, 
and  our  kindred  I     What  sighs,  what  tears,  what  fears,  does  he  not^-— 


42  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [February 

millions  of  them,  in  the  rounds  of  each  year — and  suit  some  relief  or 
answer  to  every  one ! 

How  little  can  we  do  for  our  God  in  return !  All  that  he  asks  of  us  is 
some  gift  expressive  of  our  gratitude,  and  in  some  proportion  to  our 
material  possessions,  **  according  as  he  hath  prospered,"  each  Sabbath ; 
or  when  his  providence  presents  objects  for  them  through  the  week. 

Giving  to  others  reminds  us  of  the  number  of  God's  gifts  to  us. 
It  enlarges  and  multiplies  and  makes  still  more  valuable  those  gifts. 
Giving  makes  us  like  God,  and  trains  us  for  the  sceptre  and  crown  which 
he  has  prepared  for  us  above.  It  educates  us  to  pray  for  what  we  need, 
and  prompts  us  to  praise  God  for  what  we  receive.  It  teaches  us  to 
seek  out  objects  of  pity  and  care,  and  inclines  us  to  labor  to  take  them 
with  us  to  heaven  in  order  to  swell  the  joyful  company  there.  God  there- 
fore is  deeply  concerned  to  have  us  give  frequently  and  abundantly,  both 
for  our  own  and  others'  immediate  good. 


BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS, 

RECENT  INTELLIGENCE. 

Arrival  out  of  Missionaries. — Dr.  and  Mrs.  Holmes,  and  Mr. 
Potter,  arrived  at  Oroomiah,  October  26th,  "  all  v^ry  well,  and  in  good 
spirits." 

Added  to  the  church. — In  Yedo,  Mr.  Carrothers  reports  a  church 
organized,  consisting  of  thirteen  members,  all  received  by  baptism  on  pro- 
fession of  their  faith  in  Christ  Several  of  these  converts  are  young  men 
of  promise,  who,  it  is  hoped,  will  become  ministers  of  the  gospel.  In 
Canton,  Dr.  Happer  speaks  of  nine  new  members  admitted  to  the  church 
on  the  first  Sabbath  of  November.  One  of  them  was  a  woman,  who 
came  fifty  miles  from  her  home,  in  the  country,  to  make  her  profession  of 
faith.  She  had  been  led  to  Christ  as  her  Saviour  by  another  woman,  a 
member  of  the  church.  Mr.  Carrington  mentions  the  admission  of  a 
Siamese  woman  to  the  church  of  Ayuthia.  Mr.  Wynkoop  refers  to 
another  convert  received  in  Allahabad,  and  Mr.  Wilder  to  two  converts 
received  in  Kolapore.  Mr.  Easton  sj^eaks  of  two  Mohammedans  baptized 
in  Tabriz,  and  Mr.  Whipple,  of  Oroomiah,  reports  another  baptized  bj 
one  of  the  native  ministers.  This  convert  is  in  the  army,  and  says  "  there 
are  two  hundred  men  who  believe  as  he  does,  and  they  hold  secret  meet- 
ings, and  talk  about  this  religion.'^  Mr.  Priest  reports  two  members 
received  in  Sinou,  Liberia;  and  Mr.  Bushnell  one  in  Gaboon.  Mr. 
Blackford  mentions  four  new  communicants  received  by  the  church  of 
Rio  de  Janeiro.  In  Mexico,  the  missionaries  still  meet  with  encourage- 
ment, Mr.  Hutchinson  reporting  thirty  new  members  received  in  the 
city  of  Mexico,  and  nineteen  in  Vera  Cruz. 

An  earnest  spirit  of  inquiry  amongst  individuals,  is  reported  by 
missionaries  in  Yokohama  and  Yedo,  in  Canton,  in  Tabriz,  in  Rio  de 
Janeiro,  and  in  Mexico.  In  Oroomiah,  some  of  the  Jews  were  taking 
much  interest  in  Christian  instruction.  Several  of  the  brethren  express 
their  desire  that  their  work  may  be  specially  remembered  in  the  prayers 
Df  the  churches. 

Goon  WORK  OF  A  PRESBYTERY. — "A  principal  item  of  business,"  Mr. 
Hull  writes,  of  the  Presbytery  of  Kolapore,  "  was  the  examination  of  can- 
didates looking  forward  to  licensure,  of  whom  there  are  four  under  the 


1815.]  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  43 

care  of  Presbytery."  One  of  these  was  received  at  this  meeting;  they 
were  all  carefully  examined,  and  their  further  studies  were  directed  with 
evident  good  judgment. 

More  men  called  for. — In  the  letters  reported  below,  the  mission- 
aries in  Zacatecas,  Mexico,  urge  strongly  the  need  of  at  least  one  more 
missionary  without  delay  in  their  part  of  the  country.  An  urgent 
request  is  made,  also,  for  another  missionary  ip  Yedo,  Japan. 

As  TO  THE  Mohammedans. — While  our  letters  of  late  contain  refer- 
ences to  a  revived  spirit  of  bigotry  and  intolerance  in  some  parts  of  the 
Turkish  empire,  they  refer  also  to  the  inquiries,  made  more  frequently 
than  in  former  years,  of  Mohammedans  concerning  the  Christian  religion. 
In  Persia,  this  seems  to  be  remarkable.  We  should  remember  the 
great  risk  and  peril  encountered  by  converts  from  the  religion  of  the  False 
Prophet,  and  seek  for  them  divine  protection. 

A  Deceiver. — At  Allahabad,  a  professed  convert  from  Mohamme- 
danism had  been  admitted  to  the  church,  and  he  seemed  to  walk  well  for 
a  time.  But  his  subsequent  conduct  showed  that  his  religious  profession 
was  not  sincere,  and  the  brethren  had  to  mourn  over  his  criminal  conduct, 
which  came  to  light  after  he  had  disappeared  from  that  city.  We  must 
expect  such  things.  They  occurred  under  the  ministry  of  the  Apostles, 
and  sometimes  they  occur  in  the  churches  of  our  own  country. 

Receipts  May  Ist,  to  January  Ist. — From  churches,  $118,201; 
from  individual  donors,  $11,114;  from  legacies,  $23,403— in  all,  $153,319. 
Last  year  the  receipts  in  these  months  were  $186,818.  From  the 
churches  and  individual  donors,  this  year,  $129,915;  last  year,  $145,118. 

We  are  grateful  to  see  that  these  returns  show  a  considerable  gain 
over  those  of  last  month;  and  if  this  increase  can  be  maintained  during 
the  remaining  months,  to  May  1st,  the  year  will  end  well. 

Letters  received  to  January  14th. — From  the  Chippewa  Mission, 
December  31st;  Dakota,  January  2d;  JSeminole,  December  30th;  Nez 
Perce,  December  18th;  San  Francisco,  December  7th;  Yedo,  December 
3d;  Yokohama,  November  23d;  Peking,  November  12th;  Shanghai, 
November  25th;  Hangchow,  November  3d;  Canton,  November  23d; 
Bangkok,  October  24th ;  Chiengmai,  August  25th ;  Allahabad,  December^ 
6th;  Futtehgurh,  November  27th;  Mynpurie,  November  6th;  Dehra, 
November  2f)th;  Gwalior,  November  19th;  Kolapore,  November  21st; 
Tabriz,  October  31st;  Oroomiah,  October  28th;  Beirut,  November  28th; 
Abeih,  November  30th ;  Zahleh,  November  30th ;  Monrovia,  November 
11th;  Gaboon,  November  6th;  Rio  de  Janeiro,  November  24th;  Sao 
Paulo,  November  21st;  Rio  Clara,  November  14th;  Mexico,  December 
27th;  Zacatecas,  December  17th. 


Erratum. — On  page  12  of  the  January  number,  near  the  end, 
some  words  were  transposed  by  the  printer,  confusing  the  sense.  A  few 
lines  are  here  reprinted.  "  The  cause  itself  shall  triumph.  We  shall  not 
live  here  to  see  all  its  progress;  but  we  have  lived  to  see  a  wonderful 
advance.  And  perhaps  we  may  see  its  far  greater  advance,  looking  on 
with  a  clear  vision.     We  are  sure  of  its  full  success  in  the  end." 

We  do  not  know,  indeed,  that  the  redeemed  in  heaven  do  still  witness 
the  progress  of  the  cause  of  Christ  in  this  world;  but  we  think  they  do. 

PRAYER  FOR  THE  BOARDS. 

One  of  our  esteemed  pastors  writes  to  us,  expressing  his  earnest  desire 
that  prayer  should  be  offered  for  the  Boards  of  the  Church  during  "the 
week  of  prayer."    This  letter  has  appeared  in  some  of  our  religious 


44  BOARD  OP  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [February 

newspapers,  but  we  print  most  of  it  here.  It  is  not  chiefly  during:  any 
special  services  that  our  work  of  evangelization  should  be  remembered  in 
our  prayers ;  but  this  cause  should,  lie  near  our  hearts  all  the  time,  and 
be  presented  at  the  throne  of  grace  in  our  private  and  family  devotions, 
as  well  as  in  our  meetings  for  prayer,  and  in  the  services  of  the  sanctuary. 
We  agree  with  our  correspondent  that  it  is  mainly  prayer  that  is  needed, 
though  this,  of  course,  should  be  accompanied  with  the  use  of  all  other 
proper  means,  especially  the  spread  of  information  among  our  people  con- 
cerning the  nature,  difficulties,  progre^,  Ac,  of  the  work.  We  hope  this 
letter  will  tend  to  keep  the  subject  before  our  ministers  and  people. 

After  referring  to  the  great  want  of  larger  pecuniary  support  of  our 
Boards,  he  says:  "The  evil  is  not  confined  to  our  own  branch  of  the 
Church,  but  extends,  I  believe,  to  most,  if  not  all  the  others.  It  is  a 
most  serious  one,  as  you  very  well  know,  exerting  a  great  and  blighting 
influence.  Why  should  we  not  bring  it  before  a  throne  of  grace,  and  ask 
God,  through  his  Spirit,  to  bestow  upon  the  Church  the  disposition  and 
ability  to  give  liberally  for  the  work? 

"  We  have  tried,  I  think,  every  other  method  to  arouse  the  Church  to 
her  duty,  in  this  particular,  save  that  of  prayer.  Ought  we  not  now  try 
the  efficacy  of  that  ?  In  answer  to  the  supplications  of  the  Church,  God 
has  removed  many  serious  obstacles  to  the  progress  of  the  Church  within 
the  last  fifty  years.     Have  we  not  reason  to  believe  that  he  will  make 

way  with  this,  if  we  but  ask  Him? The  matter  is  one  that  is  ever 

before  my  own  mind  and  in  my  prayers." 

QUESTIONS  AND  ANSWERS. 

(Continued  (h>m  vol.  xxii,  page  144.) 

No.  35.  As  TO  THE  SALARIES  OP  THE  WIVES  of  missionaries  paid  by 
the  Ladies'  Boards.  These  are  not  additional  to  the  salary  allowed  by 
the  Board  to  a  missionary  and  his  wife ;  but  a  part  of  that  salary  is 
assigned  to  the  Ladies'  Boards,  as  their  portion  of  this  expense,  and  the 
missionary's  wife  is  then  accounted  in  each  case  respectively  as  their 
missionary.  It  is  an  arrangement  founded  not  on  the  idea  of  a  previously 
insufficient  support,  but  of  a  joint  support  by  the  Board  and  the  Ladies' 
Boards  as  its  auxiliaries — thus  enabling  the  women  of  the  Church  to 
come  into  direct  relations  with  their  missionary  sisters  abroad. 

No.  36.  As  TO  PRESENTS  TO  MISSIONARIES. — Thesc  are  in  the  same 
class  with  articles  of  outfit,  which  are  thus  referred  to  in  the  rule  of  the 
Board :  "  Moneys,  articles  of  clothing,  &c.,  furnished  to  missionaries  by 
personal  friends,  are  not  to  be  considered  as  a  part  of  the  missionary  out- 
fit, unless  the  donors  expect  them  to  be  acknowledged  by  the  Board  as 
gifts  to  the  cause  of  missions,  in  which  case  they  will  be  charged  as  a 
part  of  the  outfit  allowance."  In  other  words,  the  Board  has  nothing 
to  do  with  these  presents,  as  such.  Yet  wise  consideration  should  be 
exercised  by  churches  and  auxiliary  associations,  when  presents  of  large 
pecuniary  value  are  contemplated  by  them  in  any  case.  The  amount  of 
the  usual  outfit  when  taken,  and  of  the  regular  salary,  should  be  kept  in 
view,  and  also  the  unwisdom  of  making  differences  in  the  support  from 
church  funds  of  laborers  who  are  closely  associated  in  small  circles  and 
in  similar  circumstances  at  the  same  station.  These  things  should  be 
kept  in  mind,  while  many  special  circumstances  are  properly  regarded 
with  kind  and  judicious  liberality. 

No.  37.  As  TO  THE  CHURCH  IN  Las  Veoas,  Ncw  Mexico — ^referred  to 
in  the  Minutes  of  the  last  General  Assembly,  page  74.  The  Board  was 
requested  to  give  a  title  to  this  property  to  the  Board  of  Church  Erec- 
tion.    This  Minute  of  the  General  Assembly  was  adopted,  apparently. 


18t5.]  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  45 

without  a  knowledge  of  the  fact  that  the  Board  has  no  pecuniary  inte- 
rest, and  never  had  any,  in  this  property,  but  holds  it  only  in  trust  for 
the  New  York  Ladies'  Board.  The  Ladies'  Board  collected  from  its 
friends  in  this  part  of  the  country  far  the  greater  part  of  the  money  ex- 
pended for  this  church,  and  we  understand  that  it  prefers  to  have  the 
title  continued  in  its  present  form.  Its  purpose  is,  as  we  are  informed, 
to  provide  funds  soon  to  pay  off  the  not  very  large  debt  on  the  church. 
We  give  great  credit  to  the  Ladies  for  their  liberal  gifts  to  this  object ; 
but  for  them  there  would  have  been  no  church  in  Las  Vegas. 

No.  38.  Can  the  General  Assembly  properly  direct  one  of  the  Church 
Boards  to  change  the  tenure  of  property  held  in  trust  ?  This  question 
is  raised  by  the  case  just  referred  to.  We  state  the  question,  without 
reply,  that  it  may  receive  consideration. 


GOOD  NEWS  FROM  JAPAN. 
The  Rev.  C.  Carrothers  writes  as  follows,  from  Yedo,  November  20th. 

In  my  last  letter  I  spoke  of  the  admission  to  the  church  of  a  native 
teacher,  and  of  several  others  who  would  probably  desire  admission.  I 
am  most  happy  to  inform  you,  that  on  last  Sabbath,  assisted  by  Brother 
Lioomis  and  two  brethren  of  the  Scotch  United  Presbyterian  Church,  I 
organized  a  Presbyterian  church  consisting  of  eleven  members.  My 
work  is  now  of  the  most  interesting  and  encouraging  character.  There 
are  still  many  in  attendance  who  are  deeply  interested,  and  who,  I  hope, 
will  shortly  give  their  hearts  to  the  Lord.  Last  Sabbath,  at  the  evening 
service,  two  young  men  who  have  been  interested  for  months,  came  for- 
ward and  asked  to  be  admitted  to  the  church.  One  of  them  belongs  to  a 
very  re^ctable  family  of  this  city. 

God's  Spirit  is  evidently  manifesting  His  presence  among  us,  and  by 
His  continued  blessing  and  guidance,  I  trust  that  our  church  will  rapidly 
increase.  The  present  members  are  zealous  and  devoted,  and  I  trust 
will  heartily  cooperate  with  me  in  making  known  the  gospel  to  their 
people.  Now  is  the  time  for  our  Church  at  home  to  arise  in  her  might 
and  extend  to  this  people  a  willing,  helping  hand !  Now  is  the  time  to 
establish  on  a  permanent  footing  our  good  Presbyterian  Church  in 
Japan.  The  kind  of  aid  we  want  is  not  a  great  number  of  missionaries. 
Send  less  of  these  and  more  money  to  establish  churches  and  training- 
schools  to  prepare  with  all  possible  dispatch  native  young  men  to  go  into 
the  ministry.  The  men  are  here,  and  are  willing  to  give  themselves  to  the 
work.  There  are  five  of  my  church-members,  and  perhaps  an  equal  number 
of  Mr.  Loomis'  church  in  Yokohama,  who  would  gladly  become  preachers 
of  the  gospel  to  their  countrymen.  All  they  want  is  the  opportunity  of 
preparing  themselves  for  the  work.  Most  of  them  will  require  more  or 
less  pecuniary  aid  during  their  course  of  preparation,  but  the  amount  of 
Boch  aid  needed  for  each  individual  will  be  but  a  trifle.  Seventy-five 
dollars  each,  per  year,  I  think  would  be  sufficient. 

My  school  is  very  prosperous.     The  students  number  this  month 

seventy-three We  have  adopted  a  course  of  study  peculiarly 

adapted  to  the  wants  of  the  Japanese  students ;  the  Bible  occupying  the 
principal  place  among  the  text-books,  although  it  is  not  a  compulsory 
study. 

As  I  have  stated,  there  are,  this  month,  over  seventy  students  in  the 
school.  The  majority  of  these  are  fine  young  men,  and  almost  all  attend 
on  the  daily  religious  instructions.  The  school  bids  fair  to  be  a  complete 
success,  and  should  it  receive  patronage  from  the  friends  of  education  and 
religion  in  foreign  lands,  so  that  it  could  be  placed  on  a  more  permanent 


46  BOARD  OP  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [February 

basis,  it  would  soon  rank  among  the  best  schools  in  Japan.  It  is  now 
the  only  school  of  any  importance  in  Yedo  that  is  Christian,  and  it  is  the 
only  institution  in  the  land  where  a  young  man  could  get  an  education, 
and  at  the  same  time  be  under  gospel  influence.  My  wish  is  to  make  this 
school  a  permanent  College  and  Theological  Training  School.  We  charge 
the  students  for  their  tuition  a  moderate  fee,  and  the  amount  received  in  this 
way  will  more  than  pay  the  current  expenses  of  rent,  repairs,  fuel,  and 
such  like,  and  the  school  can  live  without  receiving  a  dollar  of  aid  from 
abroad ;  but  it  opens  up  one  of  the  most  important  fields  of  usefulness  in 
Japan.  It  may  be  made  a  training  college  for  the  young  men  who  shall 
go  into  the  ministry,  and  its  influence  as  a  Christian  school  will  be  very 
great.  All  the  schools  of  Japan  are  barren  of  moral  and  Christian  in- 
struction, and  they  will  doubtless  remain  more  or  less  so  for  years  to 

come Our  intention  is  to  develop  the  school  gradually,  using 

at  first  very  humble  buildings,  and  gradually  replacing  these  by  better 
and  more  permanent.  We  have  to  employ  a  number  of  native  teachers 
at  from  fifteen  to  twenty  dollars  per  month.  The  young  men  receiving 
help  to  enter  the  ministry  could  be  employed  in  teaching  lower  classes 
during  their  course  of  instruction. 

Under  a  later  date  Mr.  Carrothers  mentions  the  admission  to  the  church 
of  the  two  young  men  above  referred  to  as  applicants.  And  on  the  3d  of 
December,  he  adds: 

On  Monday  last  I  commenced  a  Theological  class  in  the  school.  Eight 
young  men  have  entered  it — five  of  my  church  members,  two  of  Mr. 
Thompson's  church,  and  one  who  has  not  yet  received  baptism.  All  of 
these,  I  have  reason  to  think,  will  continue  on  and  become  ministers  of  the 
gospel.  They  are  all  fine  young  men,  and  some  of  them  more  than  ordi- 
narily gifted.  I  repeat  my  request  that  you  will  make  this  school  a  per- 
manent institution.  If  you  would  just  let  it  take  the  place  of  a  missionary 
and  his  wife,  and  give  what  you  would  have  to  give  for  their  support, 
viz.,  $1,000  a  year,  it  would  be  abundantly  suflScient  to  put  the  school  on 
a  permanent  basis,  and  maintain  it  in  a  flourishing  condition. 


MARKED  PROGRESS  IN  THIRTEEN  YEARS. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Dodd,  of  Hangchow,  China,  writing  on  the  3d  of 
last  November,  in  refuting  some  ungracious  criticisms,  gives  a  very  con- 
clusive statement  concerning  the  growth  of  the  missionary  work  in  the 
Ningpo  Mission.  We  quote  a  part  of  this  statement,  which  will  he  read 
with  much  interest. 

You  are  aware  that  I  arrived  in  Ningpo  in  1861,  and  that  I  was  co- 
temporary  for  a  year  or  two  with  Mr.  Henry  V.  Rankin,  who  perhaps 
did  not  find  ten  native  Christians  on  his  arrival.  I  have  not  the  state 
of  the  work  at  that  time  at  hand,  and  need  not  now  look  it  up.  But  yen 
only  need  take  up  the  Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly  from  that  year 
to  this,  and  you  will  see  that  there  has  been  a  steady  growth  year  by  year, 
till  the  one  hundred  and  twelve  native  Christians  reported  that  year  have 
grown  into  the  four  or  five  hundred  reported  this  year.  You  will  notice 
too,  that  the  ten  missionaries  of  that  year  have  dwindled  into  the  four 
of  this  year,  only  two  of  whom  occupy  the  ground  that  was  occupied  by 
the  teii.  It  will  be  noticed  also  that  the  places  of  those  eight  foreign 
missionaries  have  been  filled  by  a  more  than  equal  number  of  native 
pastors,  eight  or  ten  of  whom  cost  only  a  very  little,  if  any,  more  in  a  year, 
than  one  married  foreign  missionary.  It  will  be  noticed  too,  that  whUe 
in  that  year  there  was  not  one  native  cent  contributed,  there  is  at  present 


18Y5.]  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  47 

one  church  in  the  Presbytery  self-supporting ;  (this  church  received  some 
donations  from  foreigners,  which  it  has  invested,  and  uses  the  interest 
towards  paying  the  pastor's  salary ;)  and  one  church  which  pays  the 
pastor's  salary  eight  months  in  the  year  ;  and  each  one  of  the  remaining 
nine  is  doing  something  towards  self-support 

When  I  first  went  to  Yuyiao,  a  year  or  two  after  I  arrived  in  China, 
there  were  four  professing  Christians  in  the  place,  one  of  whom  was  under 
suspension ;  there  is  in  this  place  at  present,  a  church  of  upwards  of  a 
hundred  members,  notwithstanding  the  fact  that  at  least  two  colonies 
have  gone  out  from  it,  and  formed  the  nucleus  of  other  churches.  There 
was  not  then  one  professing  Christian  anywhere  above  Yuyiao,  (Sanpoh 
is  to  the  side  of  Yuyiao).  The  work  has  since  spread  at  least  a  hundred 
and  fifty  miles  inland  beyond  that  point.  There  was  not  one  ordained 
native,  except  perhaps  one  or  two  elders,  and  there  were  two  or  three 
students  of  theology ;  there  have  since  been  something  like  a  dozen  natives 
ordained  to  the  full  work  of  the  ministry,  and  there  are  between  six  and 
twelve  students  and  licentiates. 

As  to  the  school,  I  know  that  the  severest  critic  it  has  had  could  not 
read,  without  the  aid  of  his  teacher,  one  of  the  weekly  compositions  pre- 
pared by  the  boys.  I  know  too,  that  the  first  and  only  boy  from  the 
school  who  ever  succeeded  at  the  public  examinations,  though  by  no 
means  the  first  who  has  tried,  is  a  boy  who  left  the  school  some  three 
years  or  so  after  it  came  to  Hangchow.  As  to  "  hangers  on,"  or  "  un- 
used lumber"  from  the  school,  it  has  been  in  operation  now  for  some 
thirty  years,  and  I  know  that  no  man  would  dare  to  say  before  rac  that 
there  is  one  "  hanger  on"  from  the  school, — I  mean,  of  course,  a  person 
who,  because  he  was  a  scholar,  must  be  supported — or  that  the  young  men 
from  the  school  who  have  engaged  in  mission  work  will  lose,  all  things 
considered,  in  comparison  with  their  foreign  teachers,  or  colleagues,  or 
co-presbyters. 

ITEMS  OF  NEWS  FROM  SYRIA. 
The  Rev.  S.  Jessup  writes  from  Tripoli,  November  3d.   His  brief  notice 
of  the  famine  in  some  districts  reveals  great  distress.     Worse  still  is  the 
spirijt  that  rules  in  many  hearts,  as  shown  in  the  first  paragraph. 

I  sent  a  messenger  some  days  ago  to  Safeeta,  to  take  word  to  Suleiman, 
a  Nusairiyeh  boy,  that  we  could  send  him  to  Abeih  Seminary.  He  was 
greatly  delighted  and  went  home,  a  half  hour's  distance  from  Safeeta,  to 
get  ready  to  come.  He  has  not  been  heard  of  since.  The  messenger 
has ;  he  was  murdered  in  a  valley  three  hours  this  side  of  Safeeta,  and 
not  robbed.     The  Nusairiyeh  have  ways  that  are  dark  in  these  regions. 

Terrible  hunger  is  staring  everybody  in  the  face  in  Safeeta  district 
and  the  districts  immediately  adjoining.  Not  a  few  are  starving  to  death 
because  of  sickness  preventing  them  from  work.  They  would  get  well  if 
they  could  get  bread. 

Miriam  Azar's  father  united  with  the  church  last  spring.  He  is  one 
of  our  best  men.  He  has  always  been  independent  in  his  circumstances. 
He  has  lived  off  his  farm.  But  these  three  years  of  blight  have  reduced 
him  along  with  many  others.  In  addition,  he  has  been  sick  all  this  sum- 
mer and  a  part  of  last  winter.  A  few  days  ago  his  land  was  sold  out, 
while  he  was  on  his  back,  sick,  to  meet  the  debts  of  these  three  years  of 
blight.  Now  he  is  without  land,  without  food,  and  without  strength  to 
work,  and  he  has  five  mouths  to  feed.  This  is  one  stocy  of  hundreds, 
and  many  are  worse.  Digitized  by  vjOOgi 


48  BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION.  [February 

BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION. 

Not  in  many  years  has  the  Missionary  Department  of  our  Board  of 
Publication  been  so  greatly  in  need  of  help.  It  has  not  a  dollar  now  in 
its  Missionary  Fund,  while  a  quarter's  salary  has  just  fallen  due  to  all 
its  one  hundred  and  more  missionaries.  Very  many  applications  for 
grants  of  books,  tracts,  papers,  &c.,  from  needy  Sabbath-schools,  mission- 
aries, mission  churches,  and  others,  are  on  hand,  and  from  absolute  neces- 
sity postponed  indefinitely.  It  is  also  from  the  same  cause  declining  at 
present  to  commission  any  new  missionaries. 

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tation to  do  so,  painful  as  is  the  alternative  of  refusing  aid  to  many  most 
worthy  and  needy  applicants,  and  more  painful  still  as  is  the  necessity  to 
curtail  its  noble  work  and  allow  some  of  its  missionaries  to  go  out  of 
commission. 

We  earnestly  appeal  to  churches  and  Sabbath-schools  to  come  to  our 
help  in  this  time  of  severe  need.  Let  them  remember  who  it  was  that 
said,  ''It  is  more  blessed  to  give  than  to  receive,^^ 


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SHALL   THE   POOR   OF   CHRIST'S   FLOCK   BE   FED   AND    SHELTERED? 

It  is  the  expressed  will  of  the  Master,  that  they  be  thus  cared  for;  and 
yet  thousands  of  them  are  to-day  destitute  of  the  stated  ordinances  of 
the  sanctuary,  because  they  have  not  the  sanctuary  itself.  In  order 
that  they  and  their  children  may  have  the  bread  of  life,  it  is  essentially 
necessary  that  some  suitable  place  be  provided  for  the  minister  of  Christ 
to  gather  the  scattered  flock,  to  feed  them.  Until  there  is  such  provision 
made,  few  ministers  are  willing  to  spend  their  time  and  strength  in 
preaching  to  the  small  groups  that  can  be  occasionally  gathered,  in 
cottages  and  cabins.  And  if  men  are  found  willing  to  labor  amidst  such 
discouragements,  how  are  they  to  be  supported  ?  The  Board  of  Missions 
cannot  afford  the  entire  support  of  the  missionary.  A  part  of  his  living, 
and  generally  the  largest  part,  must  be  furnished  by  the  people.  But 
how  can  a  little  congregation,  composed  of  half  a  dozen  poor  families, 
furnish  that  which  is  necessary  for  the  minister's  maintenance  ?  The 
expectation  is  preposterous.  The  experiment  has  been  made  again  and 
again,  and  proved  a  failure.  Many  a  missionary,  after  a  few  months  of 
self-denying  and  unsuccessful  labor,  has  been  compelled  to  abandon  the 
field.  But  in  most  places  where  a  comfortable  and  commodious  house 
of  worship  is  provided,  the  people  flock  to  it ;  not  only  professing  Chris- 
tians, but  also  people  of  the  world,  and  thus  the  minister's  congregation 
is  doubled,  if  not  quadrupled,  and  the  means  of  his  support  greatly  aug- 
mented, and  the  money  of  the  Board  of  Missions  in  proportion  saved  for 
other  fields.  Hear  what  some  of  these  men  of  God  have  to  say  on  this 
subject. 

A  missionary  in  Wisconsin,  in  acknowledging  the  receipt  of  $400  to 
enable  them  to  complete  a  church  that  cost  $1,800,  says:  '*  Fifteen  years 
ago  we  built  a  log  meeting-house,  for  which  only  Ji/ty  cents  in  money 
was  contributed — the  people  gave  what  they  had — material  and  lalior. 
I  had  to  travel  from  my  other  place  of  preaching  more  than  twenty  miles 
on  foot  to  reach  my  appointment,  for  the  luxury  of  a  horse  was  not  to  be 
had  in  the  congregation.  A  year  later  a  yoke  of  oxen  might  sometimes 
be  obtained  as  a  special  favor.  Well,  the  log  house  still  stands,  to  remind 
us  of  the  good  old  times ;  but  beside  it  stands  our  beautiful  church,  which 
holds  comfortably  more  than  three  times  the  number  of  worshippers,  and 
is  well  filled  from  Sabbath  to  Sabbath.  Our  people  are  beginning  to  say, 
if  our  congregation  increases  at  this  rate,  our  house  will  not  hold  them. 
Had  we  remained  in  the  old  log  cabin,  it  would  have  been  large  enough 
for  years  to  come.  Had  it  not  been  for  the  kind  assistance  of  the  Board 
of  Church  Erection,  this  church  could  not  have  been  built,  and  all  this 
increase  must  have  been  lost.  If  all  our  churches  in  the  East  could  but 
see  and  understand  the  necessity  for  church  buildings,  and  the  great  use- 


18t5.]      RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS.  61 

fulness  of  those  that  have  been  erected  through  the  aid  and  encourage- 
ment of  our  efficient  Board,  they  would  not  neglect  their  contributions  to 
its  treasury  as  they  do." 

Another  writes  as  follows :  "  Dear  Brother — The  appropriation  of  the 
Board  has  filled  our  hearts  with  joy  and  gratitude.  Our  building  is  fin- 
ished and  paid  for.  Last  Sabbath  it  was  filled  to  overflowing;  many 
were  there  who  have  not  been  in  a  house  of  worship  for  months  or  years. 
A  heavy  burden  has  been  lifted  from  off  my  heart.  I  can  now  preach  to 
four  times  the  number  of  hearers  I  used  to  have.  The  people  seem  to 
feel  that  they  are  in  God^s  House,  and  listen  with  more  devout  attention. 
I  trust  we  shall  now  become  self-supporting.  We  shall  send  you  a  col- 
lection soon — the  first-fruits  of  our  new  church  life.  Without  your 
assistance  we  must  have  remained  a  poor,  dispirited,  and  dependent  flock. 
God  bless  the  Board  of  Church  Erection." 


RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS. 

"He  that  hath  a  boutitiful  kye  shall  be  blessed." 

*♦  WhOBO  8TOPPETH  HIS  SABS  AT  THE  CBY  OF  THE  POOR,  HE  ArSO  SHALL  CRY  HIMSELF,  BUT 
SHALL  KOT  BE  HEARD."  

PLEA   OP   A   DISABLED    MINISTER. 

Let  him  state  his  own  case :  "  Dear  Sir — I  have  through  many  and 
severely  trying  circumstances  awaited  the  period  when  it  would  suit  you 
to  give  some  intimation  of  what  the  Board  or  Committee  have  done  in 
reference  to  my  application  for  an  appropriation  for  last  year.  Nor  do  I 
write  now  to  press  my  claim  prior  to  that  of  others  who  may  be  equally 
needy,  for  I  wish  my  'moderation  to  be  known  unto  all  men,'  yet  I 
believe  there  are  few  who  are  equally  indigent.  My  wants  are  numer- 
ous and  pressing.  My  clothing  is  exceedingly  shabby ;  and  uncomforta- 
hie  it  would  prove,  in  a  great  degree,  if  I  were  exposed  to  the  weather. 
My  wardrobe  would  not  have  been  so  dilapidated  quito,  had  my  wife 
been  well,  but  she  had  an  attack  of  sciatic  rheumatism  of  the  severest 
kind,  under  which  she  suffered  excruciating  pain  for  a  long  time.  It  is 
fourteen  weeks  since  she  was  taken,  and  now  she  is  trying  to  walk  with 
a  crutch.  All  this  time  I  was  without  a  cent  of  money  to  get  what  little 
things  she  wanted,  and  those  of  whom  I  might  borrow  were  equally 
indigent.  The  physician,  however,  was  a  very  humane  man,  exceedingly 
attentive  and  charitable,  and  at  his  own  expense  procured  all  the  medi- 
cine she  needed. 

"Regarding  myself,  I  have  only  to  say  that  I  am  exceedingly  debili- 
tated. I  am  unable  at  present  to  leave  the  house,  and  cannot  dress  or 
undress  without  assistance.  I  am  indeed  more  infirm  this  winter  than 
usual.  I  hope  I  shall  improve  towards  spring,  should  I  live  so  long, 
but '  the  will  of  the  Lord  be  done.'  The  relative  with  whom  I  am  living 
can  afiford  me  no  aid,  for  he  is  so  involved  in  debt  that  he  is  going  to  sell 
all  he  owns  to  pay  his  creditors.  You  perceive,  therefore,  that  I  am  phy- 
sically and  financially  dependent  on  the  assistance  of  others.  In  the 
latter  case,  what  I  have  received  from  the  Relief  Fund  has  been  my 
entire  dependence,  and  without  which  I  could  not  have  kept  out  of  the 
almshouse. 

"  You  will  readily  perceive  the  amount  of  gratitude  I  must  feel  to  God, 
the  Committee,  and  the  churches,  for  the  greatly  needed  aid  I  have  re- 
ceived, and  how  perpetual  must  be  my  prayers  for  the  present  and  eternal 
welfare  of  you  all.  And  now  may  God  protect,  guide,  and  eternally  save 
you  and  all  connected  with  you  in  your  eff'orts  to  relieve  the  necessities 
of  poor  ministers  and  their  families." 


52  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN.  [February 

Other  letters  of  like  import  might  be  added,  but  this  will  show  how 
sorely  these  worthy  men  are  tried  by  their  state  of  destitution. 


It  is  gratifying  to  notice  the  kind  manner  in  which  response  is  made  to 
appeals. 

From  Ohio  comes  this:  "I  enclose  a  draft  on  New  York  for  fifty 
dollars,  a  contribution  of  myself  and  wife  for  your  Committee  for  relief  of 
Disabled  Ministers.  Trusting  this  sum  may  aid  these  worthy  benefi- 
ciaries and  brethren  in  Christ,  I  am  yours  truly." 

A  clerical  friend  of  the  cause  writes :  "  You  may  acknowledge  the 
enclosed  contribution  of  Fifty  Dollars  to  the  Relief  Fund.  'A  memarial 
of  the  widow  of  a  minister.  In  life,  she  laved  to  supply  the  wants  of 
God^s  needy  servants.  Now  she  has  joined  the  flock  in  heaven.  Rev.  7. 
Mrs.  A.  H.  P."  Blessed  woman!  She  is  enjoying  the  treasure  she  laid 
up  in  heaven,  and  her  bright  exa;mple  is  yet  bearing  this  good  firuit  in 
those  who  tread  in  her  footsteps. 

An  elect  lady,  who  wishes  to  be  known  simply  as  a  friend,  says: 
"  Enclosed  I  send  you  Fifty  Dollars  by  post-office  order,  as  a  New  Yearns 
Offering  for  1875,  to  the  Relief  Fund  for  Disabled  Ministers."  The 
Lord  loveth  a  cheerful  giver. 

A  minister  faithful  and  beloved  writes:  "I  enclose  my  check  for 
Twenty  Dollars,  a  donation  to  the  Relief  Fund,  from  M.  T.  B.  It  is 
money  which  has  been  saved  at  intervals  during  the  year  to  buy  a  muff 
for  the  donor,  but  which  is  cheerfully  sacrificed  for  the  needs  of 
God's  dear  children."  This  gift  made  glad  the  heart  of  an  aged  servant 
of  God,  whose  want  was  extreme.  No  one  ever  parted  with  anything 
for  Jesus^  sake^  who  did  not  "  receive  manifold  more  in  this  present  time, 
and  in  the  world  to  come  life  everlasting." 

The  amount  still  needed  to  make  up  the  $110,000  recommended  by  the 
last  Assembly,  is  Fifty-five  Thousand  Dollars. 


GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN. 

Receipts. — In  December,  $4,648.02,  a  little  less  than  the  amount  re- 
ported for  December  1873.  From  April  1st,  1874,  to  January  1st,  1875, 
$22,861.39,  which  is  $2,240.80  less  than  the  amount  received  during  the 
same  period  in  1873.  But  our  balance  on  hand,  April  1st,  in  the  present 
year,  as  compared  with  that  of  April  1st  preceding,  was  less  by  $1,172.06, 
which,  added  to  the  $2,240.80  deficit  named,  makes  the  actual  deficit  of 
the  present  fiscal  year  up  to  January  1st,  $3,412.86.  If  the  apportionment 
($75,000,)  by  the  General  Assembly  for  this  work  during  the  current 
year,  shall  be  met,  there  remains  $52,138.61  to  be  received  in  three 
months,  from  January  1st,  1875. 

LIBERTY  COUNTY,  GEORGIA. — {Continued.) 
For  the  introduction  to  what  follows,  we  refer  our  readers  to  the  last 
number  of  the  Record ;  and  our  apology  for  occupying  so  much  space  with 
a  single  article,  is  the  interest  which  attaches  to  the  enlargement  of  our 
work  among  a  body  of  colored  Presbyterians,  numbering  some  800  in  a 
single  church. 

From  late  letters  of  Mr.  W.,  our  white  missionary,  who  has  but  lately 
entered  this  field,  we  give  the  following  extracts,  which  tell  their  own 
story. 


18Y5.]  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN.  63 

"  Here  we  are  in  Liberty  county,  near  old  Midway.  But  oh  what  a 
trial  we  have  come  through  I  I  found  it  was  cheaper  and  thought  it  was 
better  to  charter  a  little  steamboat  to  bring  us  here ;  but  I  had  occasion 
to  wish  that  I  had  spent  a  hundred  dollars  more  by  some  other  mode  of 
conveyance. 

"We  embarked  furniture  and  family  last  Tuesday  evening,  sending  a 
message  to  *  Uncle  Joe'  to  have  the  people  meet  us  with  wagons  at  the 
river  landing,  next  morning.  We  steamed  out  from  Brunswick,  and 
after  ten  miles,  found  the  tubes  of  the  boiler  leaking,  and  putting  out 
the  fire.  Turned  back  to  Brunswick  and  spent  the  day  in  repairs.  Tried 
it  again,  and  went  one-third  of  the  way,  when  out  flew  the  plugs,  and 
down  streamed  the  water,  and  put  the  fire  out  again.  Then,  for  three 
more  days,  it  was  go  a  few  miles,  stop  for  want  of  steam,  get  into  the 
boiler  and  plug  again.  The  top-heavy  little  boat  gave  a  lurch  now 
and  then,  sending  family  and  furniture  from  side  to  side.  The  little 
cabin  was  crowded  with  goods,  so  that  we  had  no  standing  place,  and 
our  family  of  six  slept  (if  we  could)  on  two  mattresses  spread  on  barrels. 
Mrs.  W.  declares  that  her  principal  covering  for  two  nights  was  a  table 
that  would  keep  slipping  down  upon  her.  The  crew  took  provisions  for 
one  day.  Fortunately,  the  good  ladies  of  Brunswick  had  filled  a  large 
basket,  to  keep  us  here  for  a  few  days.  For  one  day  we  were  all  out  of 
water.  Coming  up  North  Newport  river,  we  hailed  a  gentleman  on  a 
bluff,  who  proved  a  friend  indeed,  conveyed  us  to  his  house,  treated  us 
like  a  prince,  and  discovered  that  he  and  Mrs.  W.  had  been  playmates 
when  children;  and  this  was  the  first  meeting  since  their  childhood." 
Thus  instead  of  one  night,  as  they  had  expected,  they  were  out  over  four 
days.  "The  people,"  he  says,  "spent  two  days  at  the  landing  and 
then  gave  us  up  for  lost.  Our  eldest  son  had  come  round  by  railroad 
with  a  horse  I  bought  for  our  travelling  here,  and  he  was  sick  at  heart 
with  fears.  But  at  last,"  he  adds,  "our  whistle  woke  all  Dorchester  and 
the  region  round  about,  and  soon  a  multitude  of  whites  and  blacks  hur- 
ried to  welcome  us  and  convey  us  to  our  new  home." 

"  The  Sabbath-school  is  going  to  be  a  great  feature  of  our  Sabbath 
services.  I  gather  all  the  congregation  after  recess,  young  and  old, 
together  in  one  grand  class,  and  do  the  work  myself — catechise,  teach, 
preach,  sing,  varied  with  commandments,  creeds,  stories,  questions,  and 
responses.  It  is  a  big  school,  and  the  people  like  it  better  than  my 
morning  service.  .  .  It  is  exceedingly  interesting  to  me,  and  for  an  hour 
and  a  half  I  have  the  undivided  attention  of  young  and  old.  The  variety 
of  exercises  makes  the  time  pass  swiftly  and  unnoticed.  My  great  point 
is  to  preach  on  each  question  in  the  Catechism.  I  say  *  there  are  many 
great  and  necessary  questions  we  should  ask,  which  the  world  cannot 
answer,  and  which  only  Ood  can  satisfy,  and  which  he  has  answered  in 
the  Bible.'  Then  I  ask  a  question;  and  then  we  ask  the  Bible ;  and 
then  they  tell  what  it  answers ;  and  then  I  explain  and  illustrate,  and 
expatiate,  and  enforce  the  answer,  as  from  God,  for  their  good." 

The  Parochial  School. — At  Dorchester,  (five  miles  from  the  church 
in  which  the  parochial  as  well  as  the  Sabbath-school  is  conducted,)  is  the 
only  suitable  dwelling  which  Mr.  W.  could  obtain  for  his  family,  and 
thus  a  daily  journey  of  ten  miles  is  required  in  order  to  conduct  the 
school.     In  regard  to  which  he  says: 

"  Midway  school  still  grows — is  getting  to  be  '  a  big  thing,'  is  settling 
into  thorough  graded  organization,  and  is  going  to  be  a  success.  So 
far  the  order  has  been  excellent,  the  deportment  pleasant,  and  the  interest 
great,  at  times  exciting.     They  must  have  been  under  good  training 


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heretofore,  and  such  a  school  is  such  a  noyeltj  and  so  important  to  them. 
All  the  community  regard  it  with  delight,  as  the  hope  of  the  people.  I 
teach  both  church  and  school  to  thank  God  for  the  gift,  and  pray  his 
blessing  on  their  friends.  The  school  numbers  138  to-day.  There  was  a 
want  of  books  and  uniform  lessons.  I  have  been  to  Savannah,  and 
bought  about  $100  worth  of  books,  slates,  etc.  The  people  are  paying 
for  them  in  money,  corn,  poultry,  &c.  Poor  people,  they  are  still  wretch- 
edly poor,  with  a  few  exceptions.  I  have  got  them  to  promise  to  try  to 
give  your  Committee  one  dollar  a  year  for  each  child  in  the  school,  as  a 
token  of  their  gratitude  to  God,  and  their  sympathy  for  their  fellow- 
freedmen." 


APPOINTMENTS  BY  THE  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 

HoxB  Missioir  Appoiwtxbnts  isr  Dbcexbeb  1874. 


Rev.  R.  I.  Jones,  Carlisle,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  E.  H.  Bonney,  Lionox,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  W.  H.  Adams,  East  Q-reeoe,  Pa. 

Rev.  P.  Camp,  Fall  Brook  and  Morris  Run, 

Pa. 
Rev.  R.  Graham,  Christiana,  Del. 
Rev.  W.  R.  Sibbet,   Qlenville,  Satton  and 

Iiumberport,  W.  Va. 
Rev.  A.  Oullck,  Klngwood,  W.  Va. 
Rev.  R.  Valentine,  Murphysvllleand  Ang^ta, 

Rev.  P.  S.  Feemster,  Richland,  Tenn. 

Rev.  D.  M.  Wilson,  Mars  Hill,  Toun. 

Rev.  J.  Kromer,  Salem  Oerman,  Ohio. 

Rev.  G.  C.  Clark,  Fowler,  Ind. 

Rev.  J.  S.  Craig,  Hopewell,  Ind. 

Rev.  A.  L.  Knox,  (^erro  Gordo,  111. 

Rev.  H.  M.  Corbet,  Munsen,  111. 

Rev.  E.  A.  Elfeld,  Freoport  3d  Ger.,  lU. 

Rev.  J.  Huston,  Staunton,  111. 

Rev.  A  Busoh,  Salem,  German,  111. 

Rev.  J.  H.  SpUman,  Waveland  and  Elm  Point, 
111. 

Rev.  H.  F.  Murden,  Montague,  Mich. 

Rev.  W.  GranUy,  Detroit,  Calvary,  Mich. 

Rev.  D.  B.  .Tackson,  Black  River  Falls,  Wis. 

Rev.  D.  S.  White,  Richland  Centre,  Wis. 

Rev.  D.  W.  Evans,  Chippewa  Falls,  Wis. 

Rev.  H.  A.  Winter,  Belolt,  German,  Wis. 

Rev.  A.  A.  Joss,  Stevens  Point,  Wis. 

Rev.  H.  K.  BushnoU,  Lowvllle,  Wis. 

Rev.  A.  S.  Reld,  Mineral  Point,  Wis. 

Rev.  W.  B.  Chamberlain.  Redwood  Falls, 
Minn. 

Rev.  H.  O.  Cheadle,  Blue  Earth  01ty,*Mlnn. 

Rev.  S.  H.  Murphy,  Chatfleld,  Minn. 

Rev.  D.  Street,  Manchester,  Iowa. 

Rev.  J.  M.  Phillips,  Grand  Junetion  and  Car- 
rol, Iowa. 

Rev.  I.  Reld,  Albion,  Iowa. 

Rev.  A.  R.  Ross,  Lebanon  and  Chequest, 
Iowa. 

Rev.  G.  H.  Chatterton,  Northwood,  Iowa. 


Rev.  W.  T.  McAdam,  Cherokee,  Iowa. 

Rev.  C.  M.  Des  Islets,  Leon  and  Grand  River, 

Iowa. 
Rev.  B.  Wall,  Salem,  Pleasant  Plains  and 

Perlee,  Iowa. 
Rev.  A.  D.  Chapman,  Ponoa,  lona  Creek  and 

Elk  Valley,  mb. 
R«v.  W.  Norton,  Goshen,  Polk  and  Butler, 

Neb. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Wilson,  Madi8on,'Hampsbnrg  and 

Pleasant  Valley,  Neb. 
Rev.  G.  D.  Stewart,  D.D.,  Omaha,  3d  and 

Florence,  Neb. 
Rev.  J.  R.  Brown,  Bellevue  and  Papillion, 

Neb. 
Rev.  J.  G.  Venable,  Point  Prairie,  Mo. 
Rev.  C.  E.  Schaible,  Washington,  Mo. 
Rev.  H.  W.  Todd,  Ironton,  Mo. 
Rev.   M.    M.    Cooper,    Eik    Prairie,    Edgar 

Springs,  Lakevlow  and  Ozurk,  Mo. 
Rev.  S.  VV.  Mitchell,  Cuba,  Lakeview,  Salem 

and  St.  James,  Mo. 
Rev.  H.  R.  McDonald,  Florence  and  Marlon, 

Kan. 
Rev.  H.  Morell,  Neuchatel,  French,  Kan. 
Rev.  H.  F.  Albright,  Presbyterial  Missionary, 

Kan. 
Rev.  B.  Hoffman,  Holton  and  Arvington,  Kan. 
Rev.  G.  W.  McMIlUn,  New  Chioagos  Kansas. 
Rev.  W.  E.  Hamilton,  Laramie  and  Rawling, 

Wyoming  Territory. 
Rev.  J.  A.  Annin,  Las  Vegas,  New  Mexico. 
Rev.  W.  C.  Rommel,  Helena,  Montana. 
Rev.  C.  D.  Roberts,  Elko,  Nevada. 
Rev.  A.  Fairbairn,  Davlsville  and  Westmin- 
ster, Cal. 
Rev.  S.  B.  King,  Westminster.  Cal. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Allls,  Anaheim  and  Orange,  Cal. 
Rev.  W.  C.  Mosher,  San  Gabriel  Valley,  Cal. 
Rev.  J.  H.  Byers,  Colu:ia,  Cal. 
Rev.  M.  A.  Williams,  .lackson  county, Oregon. 
Rev.  T.  J.  Weekes,  San  Juan  and  Lupet, 

Washington  Territory. 

SUSTBNTATION  APPOIlTTMBlfTS  IN  DbCEMBBR  1874. 

Rev.  E.  C.  Hull,  Prairie  du  Lac,  Wis. 

Rev.  W.  A.  Ward,  Oakland  and  Cambridge, 
Rev.  8.  A.  Freeman,  West  Meudon,  N.  Y.  Wis. 

Rev.  M.  P.  Ormsby,  Eureka,  III.  Rev.  J.  H.  Phelps,  Oomnna,  Mich. 


Rev.  E.  D.  Newbury,  Haddonfleld.  N.  J. 
Rev.  C.  H.  Beebe,  Claysville,  N.  Y. 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


'  Synods  in  sicall  CAPiTALS—Presbyteries  in  <ra/ic« -Ohnrches  in  Roman. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  HOME  MISSIONS  IN  DECEMBER  1874. 


ALDAKT.—iKftany— Albany  1st  190  84;  Al- 
bany 6th  60 :  Amsterdam  1st  13  11 ;  Glovers- 
vlllo,  in  part  178  02;  Klngsboro  TOii  75;  Maria- 
ville  12 ;  West  Galway  8.  CAamp/a<n— Malone 
(S  C  Wead  120)  213  20.  Co2ttm6ta— Valatle 
22  84.  Troy— Brunswick  62  80 ;  Lanslngburgh 
1st,  firom  a  firiend  28;  Malta  16  25;    North 


Granville,  Ladles  Home  Miss'y  Soo*y  66 

1,064  81 

ATi:jiT«Tia  —  Ca/avda— Charlotte  Sab-aek 
1  10.     radJkifi— SUtesville  Sab-sch  2  8  10 

Baltimore.— BafNuftore— Baltimore  9d,  In- 
dies H  M  Soc'y  102;  Baltimore  12th  20;  BalU- 
more,  Westminster,  a  member  5 ;  Deer  Cr«6k, 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


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(Harmony)  15  35;  Emmlttsbargh  40 ;  Hagrers- 
town  60;  Taney  town  48  85.  New  Cattle^ 
Cool  Spring  26;  Georgetown  S4 ;  Georgetown, 
Westminster  a);  Glasgow.  Pencader  0  27; 
Lower  Brandy  wine  29;  Mlddletown,  Forest 
60  28;  Behoboth  9  55;  Wilmington,  Olivet  22. 
WaMhington  Ci/y— Clifton  18  83;  Georgetown, 
Bridge  St,  102  16 ;  HyattsvUle  10 ;  Falls,  from 
a  ftiend  1  75 ;  Washington  4th  150  769  01 

CbntralNew  YoRK.-^BinoAam/on— Apala- 
ohin  10;  Binghamton  Ist,  (Sab-soh  160)  217  76; 
Blnghamton  North  7  40.  Ottego  —  Guilford 
Centre  27;  Oneonta  17  31.  St  Lawrence^ 
Brasher  Falls  10 ;  Gouvernear  140  38 :  Ham- 
mond 27;  Morristown  2  80;  Sackett^s  Harbor 
27  14;  Watertown  Ist  274  48.  Syracuw— Caze- 
noTia  75:  Constantia  4  20;  Maroellus,  (of  wh 
15  from  R  C  Wadsworth)  115;  Oswego  Grace, 
(Sab-4ch25)115  89;  Syracuse  1st,  Ladles  116  50. 
l;/<ca— Grant  7 ;  Ilion  13;  Knoxboro  48;  Little 
Falls  44  77;  Rome  65  88;  Utica,  Westminster 
Sab^h  60;  WesteroviUe  (Sab-soh  5)  10  66 

1,426  85 

CtxcTTfKATi. —C%i</icoffte— Bloomingburgh, 
Ladies  30;  Frankfort  16  75:  North  Fork  50  98; 
Salem  65  90 ;    ''  U'*  5.     Cincinnati  —  Bethel 

26  14;  Cincinnati,  Avondale  142  35:  Cincinnati 
Central  230  67;  Cincinnati,  Lane  Sem  240  70; 
Cincinnati,  Walnut  Hills  80  64 ;  Berea  23  75 ; 
Glendale  197  22 ;  Mason  10  06 ;  Moscow  3 ; 
Pleasant  Ridge  12  75;  Pleasant  Run  6;  Read- 
ing and  Lockland  26;  Sharonville  14  25; 
Sprlngdale  30  35 ;  WiUiamsbnrgh  14  10.  Day- 
fon— i^Uaon  106  68:  Dayton,  8d  St  20O;  Day- 
ton. Memorial  15 ;  Hamilton,  (Sab-sch  8  10) 
15  10:  Middletown  53;  New  Jersey,  (Sab-sch 
2  98)  14  26;  Oxford  23  25;  Springfleld  1st  191  26. 
Porf smottfA— Decatur  26;  Gallipolis  17;  Hang- 
Ing  Roek  10;  Jackson  32  82;  Portsmouth  Gor 
17  1,914  92 

CLEVKLAHD.—CZeveZand— Akron  7;  Cleve- 
land 2d  300;  Cleveland  North  9  77;  Grafton 
13  52;  Guilford,  (Woman's  Miss'y  Soc*y  28  45) 
83  45 ;  Independence  10 ;  Parma  5 ;  Streets- 
borough  18  75;  Western  Reserve  College  59. 
Mahoning— Tiow  Lisbon  24  75;  Youngstownlst 
74  24.  St  Clair$vilU—Befi\svine,  (Sab-sch  2) 
13  35;  Buflalo,  Ladies  Soc*y  20;  Cambridge 
10  76 ;  Mt  Pleasant  50.  Steubenville— Anna- 
polls  1  75;  Bacon  Ridge  13^16;  Beech  Spring 
50  25;  Dennison  22;  Feed  Spring  5;  Irondale 
37  50:  Long^s  Run  17;  Perry  2  35;  Sloan  Sta- 
tion 6  56;  Two  Ridges  34  61 ;  WellsvlUo  55 

894  77 

Colorado.— Co/oraJo— Denver  ist,  (15th  St) 
74  15.     Afonfano— Helena  1  75  16 

Columbus.— -4 Mfn«— Barlow  9;  Bristol  10; 
Watertown  9.  Co/umfrut— Rush  Creek,  Bethel 
and  Bremen  11  50 ;  "  N"  80.  Afarion— Dela- 
ware, Ladies  Miss'y  Soc'y  5;  Mllford  Centre, 
Ladies    7.      Froo»/«r— Clear  Fork  6;   Dalton 

27  95;  Hayesvllle  23  60;  Joromovlllo  7  40; 
McKay  8  10;  Orange  and  Polk  13  49;  Perrys- 
vlllell  75 ;  West  Salem  6.  Zan<>«vi//f— Browns- 
villo35;  Evans  Creek  9  75;  Granville  116  25; 
Mt  Vernon  65  70;  Muskingum  18 ;  Newark  2d, 

imon  con  18  90)  100;  New  Lexington  2  16; 
'leasant  Township  6  30;  Roseville  5  25; 
UniontownS  60;  Unity  6;  Zanesville  1st  25 

565  60 
'Erit.— Allegheny—  Allegheny,  1st  111  50: 
Allegheny  Norlh  500;  Bull  Creek  10;  Cross 
Roads  10  66 :  Emsworth  18  50 :  Plains  5  27 ; 
Salem  6  60 :  Sprlngdale  11  88.  Butler— Bntler 
56;  Concord  43  60 ;  Jefferson  Centre  Sab-soh 
1 ;  Martinborgh  6 ;  North  Butler  8  42.  Clarion 
—Beech  Woods  15 ;  Greenville  10;  Perry  18  75; 
Plsgah  7  74 ;  Reynoldsville  12  60 ;  Troy  7.  Erie 
—Belle  Valley.  (Sab-sch  17  06)  28  06 ;  Erie  Cen- 
tral  100;  Erie,  Park,  (Ladies  20  58)  100 ;  Green- 
field 4;  Meadville  2d  22  54:  Mt  Pleasant  12; 
SanTine6  47.  JTi/Zaaninff— Crooked  Creek  2  83; 
Carriers  Run  14  66 ;  Freeport  60  95 ;  West 
Glade  Run  81 :  Worthlngton  40.  Shenango— 
Neshannoek  100 ;  New  Brighton  63  1,440  27 
GK^rBYA.— CayiMO— Ludlowviile  4  75;Sen- 
net  90  05 ;  Victory  10 ;  Weedsport  71  30 ;  Wells 


College  Miss'y  SooV  50.  Chemung —"Elmirvk 
1st  22  19.  Genera— Canoga  16 ;  Gorham  35  ; 
Ithaca  476  80;  Newfleld  3  50;  Oaks  Comer 
10;  Seneca  Falls,  (Sab-sch  62  50)  149  30;  Vic- 
tor  35 ;  West  Fayette  14  55.  Lyone— (lalen, 
from  a  Lady  6 ;  Huron,  addU  1 ;  Junius  84  35 ; 
Newark  43  29;  Savannah  5;  Sodus  14  68. 
5/ett6en— Coming  20  97  1,042  73 

HARRi8BUROH.—Car2ie/e— Carlisle  2d  167  32; 
Harrisburgh,  Market  Square,  Female  Prayer 
Moetlnff  50;  Mechanlcsburgh  24  70;  Waynes- 
boro, (Ladies  Soc'y  8)  20  83.  Huntingdon— 
Alexandria  110 ;  Altoona  2d  175 ;  Bald  Eagle 
21  67;  Bethel  32;  Huntingdon  85  70;  Mlfes- 
burgh  12  98 ;  Mllroy,  (LadloB  65)  145;  Moshan- 
non  and  Snow  Shoe  7  27 ;  Pine  Grove  18  25 ; 
Saxton  9  65 :  Sinking  Valley  46  27 ;  Tyrone 
27  78 ;  West  Kishacoqulllas  100.  Uorthumber- 
/and— ChiUlsquaque  10  50;  Jersey  Shore  59  35; 
Lewisburgh  Sab-sch  25 ;  Lycoming  Centre  8 ; 
Shamokin  Ist  22;  Warrior  Run  16  50;  Wash- 
ington 1:  Williamsport  Ist  90.  Weltsboro— 
Araot,  (Sab-sch  8  56)  14  1,309  65 

Illinois,  Cbivtral.— Bfoomingr/on— Bloom- 
Ington  2d  175 ;  Champaign  50  78 ;  Chatsworth 
13  60;  Piper  City  15;  Watseka  5  50;  Waynes- 
vllle  12;  Mrs  Samuel  Wilson  5.  Peoria— 
Bmnswick,  (Sab-sch  4)  10;  Deer  Creek,  add'l 
1;  Peoria,  Grace  Mission  18  65;  Salem,  (Sab- 
soh  2)  20 ;  Washington  10.  Schuyler— AusiuatA 
10  65:  Bardolph  7;  Brooklyn  4;  Camp  Creek 
18;  Huntsville4;  Kirkwood  14:  La  I^airie8; 
Rushville  15  08.  Sprin^ej((— Farmington  21 ; 
Irish  Grove  27  15;  Jacksonville  1st  115  05; 
Jacksonville,  Westminster  221  20;  North  San- 
gamon, Thanksgiving  collection,  (Sab-sch  12) 
70  50  862  16 

iLLiifOis,  North.  —  Chicago  —  Chicago  1st 
98  66 ;  Chicago  8th,  mon  con  19  25  ;  Chicago, 
Westminster  20:  Half  Day  7;  Liberty  ville  7: 
Maywood  13.  /-reepoW— Bethel  school  House 
2  50  ;  Belvldere  50 ;  Freeport  Ist  100 ;  Freeport 
2d  86  05 :  Freeport  3il  Ger  12  50;  Galena  South 
94  45;  Oregon  10:  Warren  36  25;  Rev  R  Proc- 
tor 10.  O^fatea— Ottawa  10  25:  Somonauk  6; 
Waterman  5 ;  Rev  E  Soofield  15.  Rock  River 
— Andover  12  :  Camden  16 ;  Edglngton  23  50  ; 
Kewanee  12 ;  Pleasant  Ridge  3  50 ;  Princeton 
Sab-sch  10  627  91 

iLLi  Nois.  South.  —  Alton  —  Brighton  11 ; 
Greenfield  5 :  Hardin  3 :  Litchfield  47  35 ;  Moro 
10  90;  Nokomis  10;  Plainvlew  2  25;  Salem 
Gor  10;  Vlrden  8  35;  Zion  Ger  20.  Cairo— 
Allendale  6  40;  Carml  22  35;  Dubois  3;  En- 
field, (Sab-sch  0)  36:  Fairfield  13;  Flora,  (Sab- 
sch  2)  15:  FriendsvlUe  8  60;  Grand  Tower  21; 
Odin  4;  Richview  5  35;  Sharon  9;  Shawnee- 
town  11  30;  Wabash  5.  Afa/^oon- Hebron  5; 
Kansas  10 ;  Mattoon,  in  part  46 ;  Pana  55  71 ; 
Robinson  12  416  56 

Indiah a.  North.—  Craw/ordtville—Alskmo 
4  75;  Bethany  27  ;  Covington  1st  4  60;  Coving- 
ton 2d  Salvsoh  3  40:  Delphi  35  75;  Frankfort 
36;  Wea  9  25.  Fort  Wayne— Fort  Wayne  Ist 
230  40 ;  Waterloo  27  10 ;  Rev  N  Jones  5.  Lo- 
aantport- Bourbon  11;  Plymouth  (Sab-sch  10) 
29;  Remington  5  75;  Salem  5;  Tassinong  5. 
Afwncte— Franklin  10;  Hopewell 7 ;  NoblesvUle 
31;  Perrysburgh  15  25;  Shiloh  10;  Wabash 
13  32  525  57 

iKDiAir A,  South.  —  Indianapolit  —  Acton 
Sab-soh  15  50 ;  Donaldson  5 ;  Franklin,  Ladies 
25 :  Indianapolis  8d  81  50 ;  Putnamville  7. 
New  Albany— Bethoi  7  85;  Brownstown  4  51; 
Charlestown  6  70;  Madison  2d  138  05;  Mill- 
town  3;  Monroe  10  86;  New  Albany  1st,  add'l 
26  10:  New  Albany  2d  85  26;  New  Washing- 
ton 10.  Fincennee— Bethany  12  07 ;  Claiborne 
8;  Evansville,  Grace,  addU  21  50;  HowsviUe 
7 ;  Oak  Grove  5 :  Poland  8  55 ;  Princeton  60 ; 
Saline  6  30;  Sullivan  11 ;  Terre  Haute  1st,  La- 
dies Thanksgiving  Supper  51 ;  Terre  Haute  2d, 
(Ladies  Soc^  47  &)  55  89 ;  Upper  Indiana  20 ; 
Worthlngton  18  25.  White  Water  —  Anrortk 
41  09;  Conncrsvllle  Ger  5;  Greensburgh  37; 
Knightstown  10;  Liberty  18  80:  Metamora  5; 
Mount  Carmel  15  65 ;  Newcastle  4  61 ;  Rush- 
TUle  18 ;  ShelbyviUe  Sab-sch  16  62  827  14 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OP  RECEIPTS.     [February 


Iowa,  North.— C<rfar  AapiJf— >Lviin  Grove, 
(Sab-seh  12)  20  50 ;  Onslow  6  30 ;  SpringTille 
b ;  Vinton  Ist  124  67.  Dubuque  —  Lansing, 
add'l  5 ;  Zlon  8 ;  Rev  J  Frothlngham  5.  Fort 
Dodge-^JEAea  Qer  7 :  Molng^na  11.  Waterloo 
—Albion  11  60;  Cedar  Fails  20:  Greene  6; 
Grundy  Centre  18;  Grundy  Centre  2d  4; 
Nortbwood  6  06;  Salem  12  00;  State  Centre 
22  66  280  98 

Iowa,  South.—  Council  Bluffs  —  Atlantic 
10  10;  Bedford  10  60;  Coming  7;  Falrvlew 
6  70 ;  Hopewell  42  cts ;  Page  City  2 ;  Sidney  36. 
Dei  Jtf oine«— Charlton  10;  Colflstx  12;  Des 
Moines  Ist  29  10:  Indlanola  6;  KnoxvIUe  10; 
Maryville  7  60;  Oskaloosa  6:  Plymouth  7  60; 
Woodburn  20.  /oto«  —  Burlington  let  27  96; 
Kossuth  1st  8  85;  Morning  Sun  20  10;  Sum. 
mit  6  60.  Iowa  City— Deep  River  6;  Monte, 
suma  0.  Nebraika  C'ify— Pleasant  Prairie  3  86. 
OmoMi— Decatur  1  30 ;  Lyon  1 ;  Omaha  Second, 
Sab-seh  24  20;  Papllllon  2  90  290  oj 

Kansas.- iltftftn— McKlnney  0.  Emporia 
— Florence  3  26;  Oxford  6  76;  Westmmster 
1  8L  HiyAZamf— Concordia  2 ;  NeUwaka  2  22. 
Neoeho—CheiopA  17  16 ;  Pleasanton  6  40.  To- 
peka — Choever  3;  Edgerton  10;  Lawrence 
26  31 ;  Manhattan  Sab-seh  2  84  89 

KssrTU0KY.—£6enear«r— Newport.  Columbia 
St  17.  Lout«vi//e  —  Louisville,  College  St 
102  68;  Louisville,  Walnut  St  10  67;  Olivet  6. 
TrantyZvanio— Uarrodsburgh  60  26         186  60 

Long  Island.— BrooJUyn — Brooklyn,  Clas- 
son  Ave  146  02;  Brooklyn  1st,  Henry  St,  (mon 
eon  68  40)  208  40 :  Brooklyn  1st,  Kemsen  St 
29  67 ;  Brooklyn,  2d  Sab-seh  37  86 ;  Brooklyn, 
La  Fayette  Ave,  add'l,  (of  wh  600  fVom  C,  fbr 
sufferers  In  Missouri)  760 ;  Brooklyn,  Memorial 
Sab-seh  84  28 ;  Brooklyn,  Throop  Ave  28  87 :  La- 
dies* Board  of  Missions  30.  Long  /«<aa<f— East 
Hampton  48  66;  Middletown  6  28;  Setauket, 
(Sab-seh  6  40)  18  90 ;  Southampton  107  66. 
Aa««au— Glen  Cove  16 ;  Jamaica,  mon  con  9  20; 
St  Paurs  11 ;  Sprlngheld  10  1,680  67 

Michigan— De/rof/— Ann  Arbor,  (mon  eon 
26  91)34  60;  Detroit  Ist  360 ;  Detroit,  Fort  St 
In  part  37133;  Detroit,  Jefferson  Ave  172; 
Detroit,  Westminster,  18  96 ;  Mt  Clemens  40 ; 
Plalnfield  6  66;  South  Lyon  30  77;  Unadllla 
8.  Grand  iZapkU— Evart,  (Sab-seh  2)  12. 
JTaiaina^oo —Alamo  26;  Rev  O  H  Barnard  6. 
Laneing  —  Marshall  62  60 ;  Stoekbrldge  6. 
Monroe— Bllssfleld  7  32;  Palmyra  6  32;  Te- 
cumseh  100 ;  Rev  J  Q,uick  3  02.  Saginau}— 
Saginaw  City  61  10  1309  67 

Minnesota.- Afanikalo—Judson  2  44;  Le 
Sueur  13  44 ;  Mankato,  (Ladles  Soc'y  20  00, 
Sab-seh  22  78)  86  20;  Redwood  Falls  4  60; 
Rush  Lake  2  26 ;  South  Bend  6  31.  St  Paul— 
Diamond  Lake  4 ;  Minneapolis,  Westminster 
(Sab-seh  82,  W  Home  MlssV  Soe'y  20)  267  40; 
Pine  City  8  60;  Red  Wing  6  77;  Shakopee, 
(Ladies  26)  26;  St  Paul,  Central  66  03:  St 
Paul,  House  of  Hope  90  12;  SUllwater  2d  24; 
White  Bear  Lake  8  60;  WlUmar  6.  South- 
ern 3finfie«of a— Albert  Lea,  ftom  J  S  Harris 
16.  H^inona—C laremont  6  11 ;  Frank  Hill  4. 
Fremont,  (Sab-seh  4)  14 ;  Ripley  1  86       069  02 

MissocRr.-Ofa^e— Bethel  8  60;  Holden8  60; 
Sedalla  19  36.  Ozar4c— Lime  Creek  4;  Peace 
\  alley  2  60;  West  Plains  2  60.  Palmyra-^ 
Brookfleld  1st  (Sab-seh  8  83)  8  33 ;  Glasgow  6 ; 
LaClede2;  Moberly  10;  Novelty  2;  Pleasant 
Prairie  7;  West  Ely  32.  P<a//e— Dawn  6  60; 
Ebeneser  3;  Maryville  9  80;  Mirabile  2;  Os- 
born  4 16 ;  ParkvlUe  8  16 ;  St  Joseph,  Westmin- 
ster, addU  10.  Pofo«<— Ironton  isi  16;  Pleasant 
Hill  8  60.  St  Lou<«— Klrkwood  37  26;  Point 
Pleasant  16 ;  Zlon  2  228  73 

Nnw  JZBSKY.—Blizabeth— Bethlehem  4S  82; 
Elisabeth  2d  187  23 ;  Elisabeth  8d  17  26 ;  Elisa- 
beth,  Westminster  Sab-seh  160 ;  Liberty  Comer 
24  04 ;  Perth  Amboy,  Ladies  26 ;  Plalnfleld  2d 
343  36;  Pluckamin  4  68;  Rahway  1st  66  34; 
Rah  way  2d  (Sab-seh  76)  200 ;  Roselle  1st  9  29 ; 
"  X"  16.  Jersey  C«y— Tenafly  (Ladies'  Soc  100) 
100  74.  Monmouth— BaM  River  1 ;  Bricksbnrgh 
17 ;  Cranberry  2d  99  24 ;  Farmlngdale  6 ;  Man- 


chester 3  80 ;  Perrineville  10  27 ;  Shrewsbury 
19;  Tuokerton  (Sab-seh  6  60)  19.  Morris  and 
Orange  —  Mend  ham  2d  21  60;  Morrlstown, 
South  St  100 ;  Parslppany  79;  Roekaway  Sab- 
seh  20  47 ;  South  Orange  836.  ^etoart— Bloom- 
fleld,  Westminster  41 ;  Newark  2d,  Young  Peo- 

gle's  Asso  47  70:  Newark,  Park  6  21;  Newark, 
outh  Park,  mon  con  86  07.  Sevf  Brunswick^ 
Alexandria  1st  6 :  Amwell  United  1st  83;  Ew- 
Ing,  flrom  a  member  16 :  Frenehtown  (Sab-seh 

26  72)  79  34 :  Hamilton  Square  11  78;  Kingston 

27  18 ;  Lamoertville,  in  part  61 ;  Lawreneeville 
103  40 ;  Pennington,  flrom  Miss  S  Mnirhead  3; 
Stockton  18;  Trenton  4th  180  66.  Newton— 
Blalntown  21  21 ;  Danville  16 ;  Harmony,  eon- 
tents  of  O  De  Witt's  Mlss'y  box2  20;  Mansfield 
2d  16;  Phtlllpsburg  Sab-seh  26;  Wantage  2d  60. 
IVest  Jersey— Bmluerd  3  26 ;  Cedarvi  lie  2d  Sab- 
seh  6;  Hammonton  11  29:  May's  Landing  30: 
Salem  100 ;  Swedesborough  16  06 ;  Ylneland  19 

2,012  93 
Nbw  York.— Bosf on— Antrim  87  60;  Boston 
1st  160.  Hudfon— Centrevllle  6 ;  Oochecton  60 
cts ;  Damascus  49  oU ;  Goshen  128  86 ;  Goodwill 
11  84 ;  Hamptonburgh  26  66 ;  Middletown  1st 
9  26 ;  Middletown  2d  13  60 ;  Monroe  8 ;  Palisades 
6;  Sootchtown  6  28;  Washingtonvillelst  19  73; 
Washlngtonvllle  2d  10.  New  Forifc— Harlem 
Ist  24  63;  New  York,  Brick  642  21;  New  York, 
North  24  38 ;  New  York,  Scotch  666 ;  New  York, 
4th  Ave  82  23;  New  York,  6th  Ave  and  19th  St, 
In  part  4,641  66;  Brick  eh  Chapel  150;  Rev  O 
S  Robinson,  D.D  460.  North  River— Beihle^ 
hem  44  90;  Kingston  7;  Maiden  26.  Rondont 
31  18;  Wappinger's  Falls  12.  Westchester— 
Gilead  18 ;  Hartford  lst,add'l  10 ;  Peekskill  1st 
78  70;  Sing  Sing  206:  South  East  Centre  36; 
South  Salem  30 ;  Yonkers  1st,  mon  eon  10  24 

7,309  61 
Pacitxc— Los  ila^c/os— Westminster  4  10. 
Or«9oa— Albany  7  60;  Pleasant  Grove  10  60; 
Rev  Dr  Geary  20 ;  Roseburg  7.  Sacramento— 
Sacramento,  Westminster  64  60.  San  Jose— 
Ylsalia  13  26  116  94 

Philadelphia.  —  Chester  —  Charlestown 
Sab-seh  6  68;  Chester  City  Sab-seh  6:  East 
Whiteland  Sab-seh  16 ;  Middleton  6  06.  Lacka- 
wafina— Barclay  6  66;  Bowman's  Creek  1  70; 
Franklin  8  46 ;  Gibson  4 ;  Lehman  2 :  Meshop- 
pen  6 :  Montrose  10 ;  Plttston  260 ;  Shiokshlnny 
18;  Wilkesbarre  206  21;  Rev  H  H  Wells  and 
family  60;  Wilkesbarre  Memorial  67  17.  Le- 
high—  Allentown  28  61;  Catasauqua  2d  10; 
Lower  Mt  Bethel  7  01;  Mahanoy  City  21  89; 
MounUln  7 ;  Reading  1st  Sab-seh  100 ;  Shenan- 
doah 3:  Weatherly  2.  PhUadelphia—Phllsk- 
delphla  1st,  from  M  S  2 ;  Philadelphia  10th  1,000 ; 
Philadelphia  16th  26;  Philadelphia,  Calvary 
1,062;  Philadelphia,  Clinton  St  80;  Philadel- 
phia, Walnut  St  208  76;  Philadelphia.  W 
Spruce  St,  (Yt>mGS  Benson  100.  Philadelphia 
Cen/ra/— Phlla,  Arch  St  (a  member200)  63t  17 ; 
Phlla,  Bethesda  260;  Phlla,  Central  470  26; 
Phlla,  Cohocksink  Sab-seh  76  S3;  Phtla^  Ken- 
sington 1st  62  40;  Phila,NorthI  Sab-seh  10; 
Phila,  North  Broad  St  201  26:  Phlla,  Oxford 
212  82 ;  Phlla,  Princeton  231  16 ;  Phlla,  West 
Arch  St  60  86.  Philadelphia  North— TJoylea- 
town  and  Deep  Run,  sp  130 ;  Falls  of  Schnvlklil 
32 ;  Germantown  1st  733  60 ;  Huntingdon  Valley 
8.  Westminster— M.ovini  Joy  20 ;  Stewartstown 
10 ;  Strasburgh  19 ;  Rev  W  H  Logan  7    6,866  33 

PiTT8BUiiGH.—B{«<rti»iil«— Armagh  10  64; 
Black  Lick  14  80 ;  Cross  Roads  60  31 ;  Ligonler 
12;  Murraysville  86 ;  New  Alexandria  16 ;  Par- 
nassus 114  27;  Pleasant  Grove  8;  Unity  60. 
Pittsburgh— Bethel  118;  East  Liberty  68 ;  For- 
est  Grove  40 ;  Haslewood  79  46 ;  Miller's  Run 
10;  North  Branch  10;  Pittsburgh  2d  61  63; 
PitUburgh  8d,  iVom  Mrs  M  J  Semple  160; 
PltUbnrgh,  Central  204;  Pittsburgh,  Shady 
Side  (of  which  Sab-seh  60)  110  76;  Swissvale 
( Sab-seh  26)  68  66.  Redstone— FaiTehnaee  6  26 ; 
George's  Creek  13 ;  Mt  Pleasant  Reunion  86: 
New  Providence  (Ladles  20)  68  26;  Round  UUl 
17 ;  Tent  6  26 ;  Unlontown  (Ladies  60)  200 ;  West 
Newton  42  60.  rrat4ii»o/on— Bethlehem  3; 
Cove  21 ;  Cross  Roads  17  26 ;  East  Haffalo  31 ; 


18t5.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OP  RECEIPTS. 


5t 


Fatrview,  W  M  Soo  02  71 ;  Hookstown  fl :  New 
Cmnberland,  proceeds  of  a  ft^tfyal  102;  Three 
Springs  9 ;  Upper  Buffalo  Satv4ch  8  30;  Wash- 
ingrton  Ist  180  78:  Washington  2d  60;  West 
Idherty  28  70;  Wheeling  1st,  from  J  Paull  60. 
Wett  Firkin  <a— Elisabeth  2:  Fairmount  (Sab. 
sch  2  43)  21  44;  Glenville  6:  GrantSYllle  2; 
Mannington8;  Uavenswood  6  68;  Spencer  2; 
Elizabeth  2      •  2,320  88 

TKivicK8SBB.~irino«foii^Baker'80reek8  60; 
Bethel  4  26 ;  Glover  Hill2 ;  Mars  Hill  6.  Union 
— KnoxviUe  2d,  W  M  Soc  81  42 ;  New  Market 
4 ;  New  Prospect  2 ;  St  Paul  10  70  02  87 

Toledo.— Bei/e/onfaine—  Bellefontalne,  of 
which  26  flrom  Woman^sMlssYSocSl  80:  Buoy, 
rus  4  68.  H«roti— Olena  20 ;  Pern  10.  Lima— 
Delphos  8  21:  Lima  66  80 :  WapakoneU  6. 
ifaum^e— Delta  16;  Eagle  Creek  0;  Fajette 

I  60:  Maumee  14  60  :  Mount  Salem  10 ;  Toledo 
lst(}er  (of  which  Sab^soh  2)  6;  West  Bethesda 
11 ;  Key  D  S  Anderson  1  200  86 

Westebit  New  York.— Bi^alo— Buffalo, 
Calvary  141  66 ;  Buffalo,  North,  from  Mr  and 
Mrs  Morris  Butler  100;  Buffalo.  Westminster 
46  16:  East  Hamburgh  10:  Fredonia  Sab^Sch 
26;  Ripley  1st  40:  Silyer  Creek  8  06;  Spring, 
yille  12 ;  Westflold  10.  Qenetee—Jjeroy  204  88 ; 
Oaklield  (Sab^sch  10)  20;  Wyoming  84  00. 
Genesee  Fa//ey— Almond  16.  Niagara— Know- 
lesyillc  and  Sab-sch  60;  Lockport  1st  (Sab-soh 
260)  438  60 :  Lyndonvllle  11 ;  Niagara  Falls  100. 
RocheMter—Brighton^  add^l  6 ;  Brockport66  80; 
Oeneseo  1st,  Ladies'  Anx  Miss'y  Soc  60 ;  Gene- 
seo  Villnge  1st  176  20;  Lima  6  61;  Ltyonla,  La- 
dies'  Home  and  Foreign  Miss'y  Soc  20;  Mount 
Morris,  BD  76  03 ;  Nunda,Thanksgiyingcoll  18; 
Parma  Cfentre  16 ;  Rochester  3d  116  74 :  Roches- 
ter Central  78  76 ;  Sparta  1st,  Woman^s  Mlss^y 
Soc  80;  Springwater  6  1,007  68 

WiscoNSiiv.  —  Chippewa  —  La  Crosse  1st 

II  67;  La  Crosse  North  1  08;  NasonyiUe  2; 
Neilsvi  1  lo  11 ;  Neshannoc  26.  Lake  Superior— 
Escanaba  11  23.  Milwaukee— DelAfield  8  16; 
RIchfleld  6 ;  West  Grany tile  10.  Winnebago- 
Dodge  Oenire  12;  OshkoshTO.  Wiscontin  River 
—Cottage  Grove  8  62;  Hurricane  1  26;  Platte- 
yille  (Sab-soh  8  42)  14;  Prairie  du  Sac  86  26; 
Richland  Centre  2  00 ;  RockviUe  8  60 ;  Sun 
Prairie  0  16  186  86 


Total  received  from  churches, 
Less  amount  refunded, 


$30,800  08 
82  40 

$30,766  68 


Leg Acns.— Legacy  of  Robert  Woods,  deo'd, 
late  of  Salem,  Ind  100 ;  Dying  bequest  of  Grade 
O  McWilliams  160 ;  Legacy  of  JuUa  T  Lyon, 
decM,  late  of  Newark,  N  J  400;  Legacy  or 
James  Huston,  Connersville,  Lad,  addTl,000 

1,660  00 

MiscBLLAKEOUB.— Hattie  Conway,  Sprout 
Creek,  N  Y  2 ;  J  H  Shnmaker,  Chambersburfl^ 
Pa,  for  the  grasshopper  regiop  20 ;  Mrs  C  M 
Hovey,  Poughkeepsle,  NYS);RRP150;JP 
Garvin,  Elkhart,  ind  2  60 ;  Rel  Contrib  Soo  of 
Princeton  Theo  Sem  0  46 ;  S  A  Russell,  Tterre 
Amarilla,  New  Mexico  6 ;  Rev  D  Sutherland, 
Earltown,  Nova  Scotia  6  26:  Rev  T  R  Town- 
send,  Meridian,  N  Y  6;  Mary  Yanoe.  Glendale, 
Ohio  8;  *'- Sunday  egg  money*'  1  76;*^  Home 
Missions,'*  to  spread  the  Bible  6;  Cash  6;  Dr 
W  T  Mathes,  Strawberry  Plains,  Tennessee 
0  67;  C  Arbuthnot,  Esq.  Plttsbuivh,  Pa  500; 
Rev  Norman  Kellogg,  Sheffield,  Mass  6 ;  Soo 
of  Miss'y  Inq,  Auburn  Theo  Sem  10  01;  Rev 
Joslah  Milligan  22  60 :  Rev  J  H  Byers  0  10 ; 
Miscellaneous 28 ;  AC  F,  TrentonjH  J  60;  Mrs 
Miles  Joy,  Buffalo.  N  Y  10 ;  Miss  Fannie  Oarrt 
fbr  the  Kansas  sufferers  6 ;  Rev  J  G  Craighead 
and  wife  100;  MN  W  C  Bowers,  Brooklyn,  N 
Y  60;  N  I  Findlay,  WiUlamsport,  Md,  fbr  Ne. 
braska  10 ;  Rev  P  H  Fowler,  D.D,  Utioa,  N  Y, 
for  Kansas  sufferers  10;  John  McCormick,  Ash- 
ley, Mo  10 ;  J  W  Gibson,  Fulton,  Mich  10;  J  O 
Cooper,  New  Castle,  Ky  6;  Mrs  A  G  N,  Or- 
ange, Va6 ;  Rev  Robert  MoCachren,  Newville, 
Pa  10 ;  "  F  M,"  Plqua.  Ohio,  through  the  Pres- 
byterian 6 ;  "  Mary,"  tnrough  the  Presbyterian 
2 ;  Mrs  J  B  Worth,  through  the  Presbyterian 
1 ;  H  M  F 10 ;  M  E  Marshman  and  family,  Cor- 
sica, Ohio  6 ;  Rev  E  W  Taylor,  Shipman,  111  6 ; 
Dr  W  N  Blakeman,  N  Y  City  100;  Rev  W  J 
G  Nutting,  St  Clair,  Mo  1 ; "  FJrom  a  believer 
In  the  verity  of  Acts  20,  86"  80:  "A  C,"  Lime 
Springs,  Iowa  6 ;  Temple  Grove  Sem,  Saratoga 
Springs,  N  Y  26 :  Rev  H  Kendall  D.D,  salary 
reftxnded  600;  General  E  B  Babbitt,  U  S  A, 
Portland,  Oregon  40,' C  H  Isoloy,  Sabatha, 
Kansas  6 ;  W  N  Jones,  Thurtown,  Ind  1  60 ; 
Mrs  C  P  Ward,  Geneva,  Ohio  1;  Jerusha 
Ward,  Geneva,  Ohio  6:  '%"  Erie,  Pa  4  26  r 
Rev  L  RiBher  6 ;  Mrs  £  P  RUher  6 ; '^  A  friend*' 
2  1,862  04 

ToUl  In  December  1874,       $43,202  62 

O.  D.  EATON,  Treasurer^ 

28  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


Reeeiptt  for  SuMtentation  in  December  1874. 


Albattt.— J ffraay— Albany  Ist  12  26.  Cham- 
plain — M alone,  from  Mrs  S  C  Wead  60.  Co- 
lumbia—X&lntie  7  40 ;  Troy,  MalU  1  60     81  16 

Baltiuoril- Washington  C<fy— Lewinsville 
and  Vienna  26  00 

Central  New  Yofo^.—Binghamton—Blng- 
hamton  Ist  16  66 ;  Blnghamton  North  1  61.  Si 
Lawrence — Saickett's  Harbor  6  73.  Sttracu9e-~ 
Hannibal  21  24  46  14 

Ci MCI irifATi.-^Ciacinfiali— Bantam  8;  Ven- 
ice 18  86;  Walnut  Hills  1st  6  86;  College  Hill 
12.    Porttmouth—KAnglug  Rock  6  44  20 

CLEVELAND.—C/etrelam*—  Cleveland  North 
2  42;  Collamer20.    Steubenville—lronioTk  lb 

87  42 

OoLUMBUB.—ITooffer— Dalton  4  81 

Erie.— £r<e— Edinboro  30;  Georgetown  0  60. 
Kittanning—ConeoTd  10  40  60 

Geneva.— CA«miina~Elmlra  1st  6  61.  Ge- 
neva—Manchester 37  60;  Ithaca  34  67.  Steu- 
ben—Coming  6  21  82  80 

HARRi8BrROH.—CaWi«Ie— Waynesboro  6  42. 
if ufUin^rdon— Birmingham  42  40.  Nortkumber- 
tond— Lewisburg  76  03  123  76 

Illinois  Central.— Peor<«— Peoria,  Grace 
8  41.  ScAuy/er— Brooklyn  8;  Huntsvllle  2 ;  La 
Prairie  2  10  41 

Illinois  North.  —  C*<cayo  —  Chicago  Ist 
84  60.    JZoeikHiver— PerrytonS  27  60 


Illinois,  South.— il/r<m—Vfrden  207 ;  Plain- 
view  1  70.  Ca  iro— Flora  1 ;  Shawneetown  2  80. 
if  a//oon— Pana  3  63  11  20 

Indiana,  North.— Craip/ordtt><//e— Oxford 
7  60.    Jtfttiurie— Liberty  2  41 ;  Wabask  8  80 

13  21 

Indiana,  South.— A'ew  Albany— ^c^  Al- 
bany 2d  8  26.  White  ITa/er— Greensburg  8; 
Liberty  8  80  24  66 

Iowa,  South.— Councii  B/i^s— Bedford  6  08 ; 
Hopewell  88  cts.  iowo^Burlington  26;  Kos- 
suth 2  10  83  68 

KANSAB.—HiyA/and— Hiawatha  8  36 ;  Neta- 
waka  66  cU  3  00 

Kentucky.— Lott<ft>i/le— Louisville,  Walnut 
St  2  65 

Long  Island.— Lony  /«/an(f— Sotauket  6 16. 
A^iMtau— Newtown  24  20  16 

Michigan.- De/roi/— Ann  Arbor  2  16 ;  De- 
troit, Westminster  2  07  6  13 

Minnesota.— Sr.  Paul- Red  Wing  148;  St 
Paul  Central  4  78 ;  St  Paul  House  of  Hope  8  06. 
ITiaono— Claremont  1 27 ;  Ripley  34  cts    16  85 

Missouri.- Sr  Louie— St  Louis  Ist      100  00 

New  Jersey.- £:«za6e<A— Elisabeth  3d  4  20 ; 
Liberty  Comer  6  07 :  Plnckamin  1 16 ;  Rah  way 
1st  12  26;  Roselle  2  80;  Jersey  C</y— Tenafly 
2  42.  Monmouth— Ja.meBbnrg  25.  Newark— 
Bloomfield  1st  84  {  Newark  Park  1  64.    N€W 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS.     [February 


Br«»«»<c*— Stockton  4;  Trenton  4th,  Ladles 
fiO.    ^tf lof on— Blairstown  6  26  198  10 

Nkw  York.  — Botf on— Londonderry  8  67. 
Httd«on— <:;ochecton  14  cents;  Palisades  1; 
Sootchtown  1  31 ;  Damascus  13  cts ;  Middle- 
town  2(1  3  34;  Centreville  12  60;  Washington- 
▼ille  4  89 ;  Qoodwill  2  94 ;  Middletown  Ist  2  29 ; 
Washingtonville  2d  5 :  Hamptonbnrgr  6  30.  New 
For*— Brick  705  80:  Scotch,  addl  S;  Fonrth 
Avenue  20  41.  'North  Wwr— Rondout  7  72 

807  49 

Pacific— Lot  iln^e/o^-Westminster     1  04 

PHiLADELFHiA.—LarX;a«oanna— Franklin  86 
cts.  Lekigh—VppeT  Lehlg^h  10;  Middle  Smith- 
field  4;  "From  a  Missionary"  25 :  Lower  Mt 
Bethel  1  73;  Allentown  7  10.  Philadelphia— 
Philad^a  1st,  from  "  M  S"  2  60  88 

PiTTSBiTROH.—B/airtvilZe— New  Alexandria 
8  72 ;  Verona  30.  PiWtfrur^*— Shady  Side  15  08 ; 
Pittsburgh  2d  12  80 ;  Bethany  27 ;  East  Liberty 
15.  lted«/on«— Ronnd  Hill  1  M.  Wathington 
—Wheeling  1st,  from  James  PaulL  Esq  20. 
We»t  Fir^rnio— Clarksburg  30 ;  Parkers  7 

182  28 

ToLKT>o.—Belle/ontaine  —  Bellefbntaine  Ist 
1  05 ;  Bucyrus  1  10.  Lima— Delphos  79  cents. 
lfattfn«e— Delta  10  18  60 


Wkstkrv  New  York.- Bu/Vito— Buffalo, 
Westminster  11  21 :  Westfleld  2  48.  Niagara 
—  Porter  12.  ilocae</er— Rochester  Central 
18  32 :  Rochester,  Memorial  3  20 ;  Lima  1  30 

48  67 

WiBOOKSiK.- CAippftPO— Neillsvllle  2.  MO- 
«>au*ee— Delafleld  77  cts.  Wiicontin  Rtptr— 
Prairie  dn  Sao  48  74  61  61 


Total  reoeired  from  churches,     $2,106  84 

MlSCELLAinBOUS.- "W"  1  00 


Total  In  December,  1874,    $2,100  84 
O.  D.  EATON,  TVeoturer, 
28  Centre  Street,  New  York. 

LsTTKHS  relating  to  Missionary  Appoint- 
ments and  other  operations  of  the  Board, 
should  be  addressed  to  the  Corresponding  Sec- 
retaries, 

Rer.  HvNBT  Kskdall,  D.D.,  or 
Rev.  Ctbus  Dickson,  D.D., 
No.  28  Centre  Street,  New  York  City. 
LsTTKRS  relating  to  the  pecuniary  aOialrs  of 
the  Board,  or  containing  remittances  of  money, 
should  be  sent  to  O.  D.  Eatok,  Esq,  Treasurer 
—same  address— P.  O.  Box  8863. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  EDUCATION  IN  DECEMBER  1874. 


ALBAirT.—ii;5anv— Albany  1st  18  76 :  May- 
field  Central  4.  Champlain—'Bluex  1%  Co- 
/wmdf a— Valatle  6  68.    Troy— Troy  1st  200 

23648 

BALTiiicoRK.—Ba/<{mor«— Baltimore,  Brown 
Memorial  48  28.  New  Ca«</e— New  Castle 
14  26.    Wilmington,  Olivet  8  66  63 

Cektral  New  York.— BlnoJkamron— Blng- 
hamton  1st  16  66 ;  Binghamton  North  1  81.  St 
Lawrence— Hammona   12;   Sackett>   Harbor 

7  66.     Syracu$e—  Syracuse    1st  68.      Utica — 
Deerfleld  16  10  117  03 

Cincinnati.  —  Cincinnati  —  Reading  and 
Lockland  6.  Dayton— College  Corner  6  87; 
Hamilton  28  00;  Somerville  6  86.  Porttmouth 
—Greenbrier  Oer  1 ;  Portsmouth  Qerman  3 

61  12 

Cleveland.  —  Cleveland  —  Ashtabula  10 ; 
Chester  10;  Cleveland  2d  200;  Cleveland  North 
2  71.  MaAonino— Youngstown22  46.  Steuben- 
ville—RMgti  4  15  249  81 

CoLFMBUs.- iroo«/er— Dalton6  19;  Wayne 
18.  Zan««v{/Z0— Dresden  10 ;  Muskingum  12 ; 
Pataskala  3  48  19 

Erie.— J/7e(iA«ny— Bakerstown  26.  Kittan- 
nino— Concord  11  40;  Currle's  Run  12  23;  El- 
derton  7  58;  West  Lebanon  10.  Shenango— 
Sharp8vllle  4  70  21 

Geneva.- C^emuno— ElmlralstO  19;  Elml- 
ra  2d  59.  Geneva— Ithaca  64  86;  Romulus, 
addU  1.    ^ffuften— Addison  4 ;  Coming  5  86. 

130  90 

HARRiBBURao.—CaWitZe— Waynesboro  6  10. 
Hun/ingdon— Bald  Eagle  7  20  13  30 

Illinois,  Central. — Bloomington  —Grand 
View  4  05 ;  Mackinaw  6  40 ;  Piper  City  10. 
Peoria—  Emden  8.  5cAuy/e»^- Macomb  12. 
Sprinft/I«/d— Springfield  1st  47  62  82  07 

Illinois,  North.— CAicaoo- Chicago  1st 

27  60 

Illinois,  South.— iiZf on— Plainview  80  cts ; 
Virden  2  84.    Cairo— Flora  1 ;  Shawneetown 

8  16.    Jf a//oon— Pana  4  62 ;  Robinson  8  25 

16  17 
Indiana,   North.— Jtfttncie— Liberty  6  70; 

MaHon  3 ;  Wabash  8  71  18  41 

Indiana,    Sovtw.- New   it Zbany— Madison 

Ist  16 ;  New  Albany  2d  10  60.     White   Water— 

Metamora  6  30  50 

Iowa,   Soxrrm.— Council   BluJTi  —  Bedford 

1  66 ;  Hopewell  12ots.    Joira— Kossuth  l8t2  49. 

Ntbra$ka  Ci<y— Falls  City  2 


Kansas.- H<grAIan<{— Netawaka  62  cts      02 

KBNTUCKT.—Lou<«t>i/i«— Louisville,  Wal- 
nut St  2  97 ;  Princeton  20  16  23  12 

Long  Island.- BrooJk/yn— New  Brlffhtoo, 
Calvary  17  68.    .yat^au— Springfield  16  56 

34  94 

MiOHTOAN.— Defroif  —Ann  Arbor  2  46 ;  De- 
troitfWestminster  3  33;  Plainfield  8  41;  Saline 
7  25;  Unadllla  2  80.  Lan«<n^— Mason  10: 
Stockbridge  2  30  31  04 

Minnesota-- 5/  Paw/— Red  Wing  1  61 :  St 
Paul  Central  6  32 ;  St  Paul,  House  of  Hope 
9  06.     fTinono— Claremont  1  42;  Ripley  38  ott 

17  79 

Missouri.- 5f  Louit— Klrkwood  43  86;  St 
Louis  2d  100 ;  ZIon  2  146  86 

New  Jersey.— E/israbf/A— Elizabeth  3d  4  82; 
Liberty  Comer 6  70;  Pluckaminl  31 ;  Rahway 
l8t  13  75;  Roselle  Ist  2  68.  Jersey  Cify— Tena- 
fly  2  72.  Monmouth — Jamosburgh  30.  AVir- 
arib- Newark  2d  24  05 ;  Newark  Park  1  73. 
New  Br«n«t0icJk— Dutch  Neck  25 ;  Stockton  4. 
J^etoton— Blalrstown  6  92  122  38 

New  York.— Hu4ton— Amity  20:  Chester 
48:  Coohecton  17  cts ;  Damascus  14  cts :  Good- 
will 3  30;  Hamptonburgh  7  14;  Middletown 
ist  2  68;  Middletown  2d  3  77;  Palisades  2; 
Scotchtown  1  48;  Washingtonville  1st  6  60; 
Washingtonvllle  2d  6.  New  Forjt— Mount 
Washington  26 ;  New  York  Bricl;  223  26;  New 
York,  Madison  Square,  add'l  60 ;  New  York 
1st  6,207  28;  New  YorkjUh  Ave  22  92.  North 
Atver— Rondout  8  71;  Wappinger's  Falls  14. 
Wettchetter—Soviih  East  Centre  6        6,660  24 

Pacific— Lot  .inoe/o*— Wilmington,  Cal- 
vary 118 

Philadelphia.  —  Lackawanna  —  Coalville 
10;  Franklin  96  cts ;  PIttston  100;  Terrytown 
6  26;  Wells  and  Columbia  6  20.  Left  i^A— Al- 
lentown 7  97:  Lower  Mt  Bethel  1  95.  Phila- 
d«/pftia— Philadelphia  8d  20  55;  Philadelphia, 
W  Spruce  St,  G  S  Benson,  Esq  60.    Philadel- 

Shia  Cen/ra2— Philadelphia,  North  Broad  St 
3  30.  Philadelphia  ^rf A  —  Providence  30. 
IFet<ffiinff<«r— Stewartstown  17  330  IS 

PiTT8BiTROH.—B/air»tr<Wc— New  Alexandria 
4  19.  Pi/fffburoA- East  Liberty  10 ;  Pittsburgh 
2d  14  36;  Pittsburgh,  Shady  Side  16  93.  Red- 
tfon«— Round  Hill  1  87.  ITatAin^f on— Wash- 
ington Ist  51  81 ;  Wheeling  Ist,  J  Panll  20. 
We9t  rir^inio— Ravenswood  6  05  134  21 

Tennessee.- ITnion—Mt  Horeb  8  46 


6  17       TouEDO.— BeU^onf  ain<— Bellefontaine  1  86; 


1875.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  Ot  RECEIPTS. 


59 


BncyrnslSl.  Ltmo— DelphosSOots.  Maumee 
—Delta  5  0  00 

Wbstkew  New  York.— B«#'a/o— Bnffalo, 
Westminster  12  69 :  Westfield  2  79.  Niagara 
— liOckport  l8t  46  50 ;  Ly ndonrll le  7.  Rochetter 
— Uma  1  54 ;  Mondon  5 ;  Boohester  Central 
SO  66 ;  Springrwater  6  99  9T 

Wisconsin.  —  Chippewa  —  Nasonyille  1 ; 
NeilsTille  6.  Miltoaukee—'DelttAeld  87  cts; 
Richfield  4:  Granville  6.  WisconHn  River— 
Fancy  Creek  1  60;  Middleton  2  50:  Prairie  da 
Sao  9  83 ;  Kichland  City  2  ai  70 

Total  receipts  iVom  chnrohes,       $8,776  92 

liSOACIBS. 

James  Huston,  Connersville,  Ind  1000 ;  Int 
on  Messrs  Chatten  and  Ryirer's  note  80 ;  Int  on 
John  Mean's  Iicg^cy  408 ;  Int  on  Oeo  W  Ban- 
kin's  Leffac  V  300 ;  Robert  F  Clark's  Leg^y  60 ; 
Judah  Colt's  Liegracv  34  60;  Int  on  J  A  Jacob's 
Legacy  33;  Int  oji  Fhelps  Scholarship  with 
premium  07  20  1,962  70 


RBltrNDBD. 

"H  S  B"  10  00 

Miscellaneous. 
Rellgfons  Contrib  Soc  Princeton  Sem  9  4d; 
"R"2;  Mrs  Mary  Forster,  Greensbnrgh,  Pa 
6 ;  Mrs  I B  Worth.  Tollala,  111  1 ;  Battle  Con- 
way, Sprout  Creek,  N  Y  2 ;  A  Ladv  5 ;  From 
friends  In  111  60;  W  T  Mathes,  M  D,  Straw- 
berry Plains,  Tenn  6  66  81  11 

Receipts  In  December,       110,829  73 
E.  G.  WOODWARD,  Treaeurer, 
1334  Cbestnut  Street,  Fhila. 


Reports  and  oorrespondenoe  relating  to  tho 
general  business  of  the  Board,  address  to 
William  Spekr,  D.D., 

Corregponding  Secretary. 
The  Permanent  Manual  of  the  Board  will 
be  sent,  on  application,  to  any  minister,  elder, 
or  person  Interested  In  this  cause. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  FOREIGN  MISSIONS  IN  DECEMBER  1874. 


Albany.— J /&any— Albany  1st  ch  74;  Al- 
bany, State  St  Sab-sch.  for  China  188  64;  Green- 
bush  ch  17 ;  West  Galway  Sab-sch  4.  Cham- 
o/ain— Port  Henry  ch  20,  i»r  Syria  20=940.  Co- 
ittm&io— yalatiech22  84.  Troy— Johnsonville 
oh  and  Sab-sch  26;  Saody  Hill  Ist  oh  Sab-soh 
7  74  375  22 

Atlantic— Cfl/ai06a— Concord  Sab-sch  6; 
Charlotte  Sab-sch  4  60  10  60 

Baltimore.— Ba2<imore—EIlicott*8  City  oh 
Patapsoo  Sab-sch,  for  Corlsco  30.  New  Cattle 
— Mlddletown  1st  ch  63  76,  Sab-sch,  for  Syria 
83  81=87  57 ;  Newark  1st  ch  Sab-sch,  Hamilton 
Band  24  44 ;  West  Nottingham  Sab-sch  6  64, 
Mary  Rowland's  Mlss'y  box  1  26,  Little  Peter 
Henrique,  dee'd  1  06=7  86;  Wilmington,  Oil. 
ret  ch  6.  Washington  Cify— Falls  ch,  a  n>iend 
1  50 ;  Clifton  oh  13  82  171  18 

Central  New  York.— BinsrAam/on— Bing- 
ham ton  Ist  cli  73 :  BInghamton  North  ch  10  ^ 
Of wgo— Stamford  1st  ch  31  06:  Worcester  ch 
16.  St  Lawrence— Ka,mmond  ch  27;  Sacketts 
Harbor  ch  40  70.  %rflcti»e— Oswego  1st  ch 
106  50 ;  Pompcy  1st  ch  32 ;  Skaneateles  oh  Sab- 
sch  20;  Constantino  ch  8  52.  Utica— Rome  oh 
79  94  438  95 

Cincinnati.- CA«/fca/*e—"  U"  6.  Cincin- 
nati—HarTisonch  10;  Bataylach20.  Dayton 
—Hamilton  ch  14.  .PoW«fnow/A— Portsmouth 
Ger  ch  9  68  00 

Cleveland.— CJr»«/tfnd— Cleveland  2d  ch 
800 ;  Cleveland  North  ch  14  ^ :  Ashtabula  oh 
78  50 ;  Newburgh  Ist  ch  25.  3faAon{nj7— Can- 
ton ch,  for  sch  buildings  at  Ningpo  20 ;  Massil- 
Ion  2d  ch  18.  St  Clairsv ille— TlocK  Hill  Sab-soh 
4 ;  Morrlstown  ch  16 ;  Crab  Aj  pie  ch  47  56 ;  Not- 
tingham ch  73  25 ;  Short  Creek  oh  12.  Steuben- 
vUle— Two  Ridges  Sab-sch,  for  China  28  50; 
Annapolis  Sab-sch,  for  China  16;  Bacon  Ridge 
Sab-sch  7  82 ;  Feed  Spring  ch  3 ;  Salineville 
Sab-sch  1  14 ;  Corinth  Sab-sch,  to  sup  Rev  J  J 
Hull,  India  30  693  41 

Columbus.— Co/tt«6tt«— Greenfield  1st  oh 
Sab-sch  10.  Wooster—DAlion  ch  23  63 ;  Savan- 
nah ch  21  23.  Za  ne«vtZ7e—Pataskala  ch  16; 
Muskingum  ch  1  71  86 

Erik.— B«//?r— Plain  Grove  Sab-«ch,  for  Chi. 
na  40.  C/arion—BrookvIlle  Sab-sch  60;  New 
Bethlehem  ch  13.  £He— Mill  Village  ch  1  76, 
Sab-sch  6  35=7  10:  Venango  Sab-sch  3;  Erie 
Central  ch  260 ;  Erie,  Westminster  ch  Sab-sch, 
to  eon  J  T  Reid,  L  M  30;  Snnvllle  oh  3  36; 
Franklin  Sab-sch  26 ;  Erie  Park  ch  Sab-sch, 
for  China  60 :  Mercer  1st  ch  60 :  Fairfield  Sab- 
sch  5.  i:iWttnnin<^MIddle  Creek  ch  6  26 ; 
Mahoning  ch  8  35.  SAenan^o— Slippery  Rock 
oh  2  50 ;  Beaver  Falls  oh  16  568  66 

GENKVA.—Cayusrtt— Union  Springs  ch  7  16 ; 
LndlowTiUc  ch  6  75.  CAcmttno— Tyrone  Sab- 
sch  2  14 ;  Elmira  1st  ch  33  30.  Geneva — Ithaca 
iBt  ch  292  26 ;  Trumansburgh  ch  86  06 ;  Oaks 


Comers  ch  9.  Lyont— Junius  ch  Sab-sch  8  65, 
Rev  A  Cooper,  for  Waldenses  6=13  86 ;  Lvons 
Ist  oh  2  33.  5/et*6eft— Coming  ch  31  49,  Sab- 
sch  &=83  49 ;  Campbell  oh  82  61  618  64 
HARRiSBUROH.—CarH«I«— Lower  Path  Val- 
ley eh  88;  Burnt  Cabins  oh  10  86;  Falling 
Spring  oh  100 ;  Waynesboro  ch  82  77.  Hunting- 
dofi— Fruit  Hill  ch  9 14.  Beulah  Sab-sch  10= 
19  14.  iSTor/AwmfterZond— Washington  ch  2  70 ; 
Bald  Eagle  Sab-sch  8  96.  Welltboro— Beech- 
or  Island  oh  10 ;  Farmlngton  ch  7  219  42 

Illinois,  Central.— B/oowiinjrf on—  Read- 
ing Sab-sch  2  40;  Farmer  City  ch  11  60;  Bloom- 
Ington  ch.  Miss  A  lice  Dickey  6.  Pf  orfo— Lew- 
Istown  ch  36  16 ;  Peoria  1st  ch,  C  E  Edwards  60 
ots;  Emden  ch  6  60;  Princevllle  Sab-sch  10. 
5fpHnfl/fWd— Providence  ch  60;  Jacksonville  1st 
oh  100 ;  North  Sangamon  ch  12  242  16 

Illinois,  North.  CAica^o— Chicago  Ist  cb 
148 :  Chicago  2d  ch  1,020 :  Chicago  8th  ch  19  26 ; 
Wilmington  1st  ch  17;  Du  Page  ch  10,  Sab-sch 
10=20;  St  Anne  2d  ch  6.  Fre«>or/— Galena 
Ger  ch,  Ladies  Soc  10.  Rock  River— Millers- 
burg  Sab-sch  6 ;  Sterling  1st  ch  50         1,294  26 

Illinois,  South.— J  Won— Plainvlew  ch  9; 
Vlrden  ch  12  64.  Coiro— Flora  ch  1 ;  Pisgah 
oh  19;  Cobden  1st  ch  Sab-sch  3;  Shawneetown 
ch  16  96.  Affl/foon- Tuscola  ch.  Juvenile  Miss 
Band  to  sup  Miss  Minnie  Andrews.  W(KKlstock, 
India  60 ;  Robinson  ch  6 ;  Oak  Ridge  Sab-sch  1 ; 
Hebron  ch  6 ;  Pana  ch  26  40  160  89 

Indi ana ,  North.  —  Crawfordeville  —  La 
Fayette  2d  ch  76  40.  Fort  Wayne— To.  Grange 
ch  11.    Lo9an«j9or/— Mlshawaka  oh  8  23    94  63 

Indiana,  South.  —  Indianapolis  —  Edin- 
burgh Sab-sch  2  76;  Greencastle  ch  16  06 ;  In- 
dianapolis 9th  oh.  Infant  class  6  60.  New  Al- 
bany—^ew  Albany  2d  ch  60;  Salem  ch  7  31; 
New  Washington  ch  10;  Chariest  own  Sab-sch 
2  62.  Fincenn€«— Bethany  ch  12  20.  White 
Water— niBin^  Sun  ch  18  60  134  94 

Iowa,  North.— C«dar  Htfoirf*— Marion  Sab- 
soh  20 ;  Wheatland  Sab-sch  2  35 ;  Blalrstownch 
23.    Fort  Dodoe- Eden  1st  ch,  F  H  Hahn  10 

^  55  86 

Iowa,  South.— Cownc^/  B/«^«— Bedford  ch 
4  68  ;  Hopewell  oh  36  cts ;  Sidney  ch  10.  Dee 
3fo<ne«— Newton  1st  oh  Sab-sch  6  70;  Dexter 
ch  20 ;  Winterset  Sab-sch  30  68.  Jowo— Mt 
Pleasant  Ger  ch  12  66 ;  Kossuth  ch  13  29.  Iowa 
C</w— Falrvlew  Sab-sch  14.  Nebraska  City— 
Fans  City  1st  ch  3  123  11 

Kansas.—  Highland  —  Netawaka  ch  3  33. 
Neosho— Oarnetl  oh  6  30  8  68 

Kentucky.— Lotti«tr<//e— Louisville  Walnut 
St  oh  16  00 

LoNO  Island.— BrooftZyn—Remsen  St  1st  ch 
29  67 ;  Memorial  oh  Sab-sch  84  27  ;  Ross  St  ch, 
branch  Sab-sch  20;  Tompkins  Ave  ch  64  72; 
WilUamsburgh,  South  8d  St  oh  36 ;  Edgewater, 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS.     [Febniarj 


S  I.  l8t  ch  Sab-soh  10  87;  Ist  eh,  Dr  Seayers 
M  40 :  Williamsborff  Oer  oh  6.  Long  Island-- 
East  Hampton  173  07 ;  E  Moriches  Sab-^h  7  50, 
W  Moriches  Sab^h  1  20=8  70;  SeUaketoh  b. 
i7a««Eii^Jamaioa  eh  13  40 ;  Freeport  Ist  ch  7b 

682  60 

MicmiOAK.  —  Detroit— Vljmoviih  Ist  eh  20, 
Rev  Jas  Dubnar  6=:25 ;  Detroit,  Westminster 
oh  10  94:  Milford  oh  4;  Saline  1st  oh  17 :  Ann 
Arbor  on  13  05.  Grand  Sapidf— Orana  Rap- 
Ids,  Westminster  Sab-soh  80  108  00 

MiNif  BsoTA.— JtfanJka/o—Ije  Seaer  eh,  to  ed 
boy  at  Peking  10.  St  Paul— Minneapolis  1st  oh 
moneon  6  10 ;  Red  Winsr  eh  8  00 ;  Minneapolis, 
Westminster  oh  0  07 ;  Goodhue  eh  7 ;  St  Paal, 
House  of  Hope  eh  48  70 ;  St  Paul  Central  eh 
28  58.  Southern  MinneeotOr—PreBton  Sab-soh 
0.  fTinono^Winona  Oer  oh,  Frank  Hill  8; 
Olaremont  oh  7  68 ;  Ripley  oh  2  08  147  51 

Missouri.  — Pa/myra— Hannibal  Ist  oh  100. 
P/afte— Chillioothe  ch  20.  St  Loui«— Garrison 
Ave  ch  mon  con  12:  St  Louis  2d  ch500;  Zion  oh 
8  68 ;  Bethel  oh  13  50 ;  St  Louis,  Emanuel  oh  8 ; 
Zoar  oh  8  655  18 

Nkw  jKRSBT.—£/i3;afre/&— Elisabeth  1st  oh 
437  70 ;  Elizabeth  2d  26  50 ;  Elisabeth  8d  ch 
25  00;  Roselle  ch  18  04;  Pluckamin  ch  7  03; 
Liberty  Comers  oh  36  07;  Rah  way  1st  ch  88; 
X  10.  Jersey  C«yL_Rutherford  Park  1st  ch 
11  66 ;  Hoboken  1st  ch  40 ;  Tenafly  ch  14  62. 
Monmouth  —Locust  Comer  Sab-soh  7 ;  South 
Amboy  8,  Sab-soh  4  10=12  10 ;  Bricksburgrh  ch 
moneon  13  40;  Allentown  eh  44  55:  Burling- 
ton eh  20  02;  Farminffdale  oh  5.  Morris  and 
Orange—Orange  2d  on  mon  con  92  20 ;  Whip, 
pany  oh  30;  Ml  Freedom  oh  25,  Wolf  Sab-soh 
fi=30.  Newark— Keytark  Sd  ch  366  81,  mon 
oon  10  03=376  24 :  Newark  2d  ch  00  21,  Toung 
People's  Mlss'y  Soc'y  47  70=187  91:  Newark 
2d  Ger  ch  5 ;  Newark,  High  St  ch,  a  Lady  2  60; 
Newark  let  oh.  Bethany  Chapel  60  cts ;  New- 
ark, Park  oh  0  33;  Bloomfleld.  Westminster 
ch.  from  "Ah  Me'' 2;  South  Park  eh  36  07; 
WlcklifTe  ch  7  26.  New  Brunswick— Stockton . 
oh  10;  Dutch  Nock  ch  6  00,  S  S  7  86,  C  N  Sab- 
soh  13;  P,  Sab-soh  6  46=34.  Newton— Blalrs- 
town  ch  31  82 :  Greenwich  oh  Sab-sch  8  26. 
West  J«rtey— CedarvUle  2d  ch  Sab-soh  6; 
Yineland  Ist  oh  13  26  1,640  86 

New  York.— l?4>ff<ofi— Newburyport  1st  eh 
30.  Hudton— Stony  Point  ch  71  86 ;  Washing- 
tonviUe  Ist  ch  40  60 ;  Palisades  ch  4 ;  Cooheo- 
ton  ch  88  cts :  Damascus  oh  74  cts ;  Sootohtown 
ch  7  93;  MIddletown  2d  ch  20  26;  Mt  Hope 
ch  21  42,  Sab-sch  8=29  42;  Otisville  oh  5; 
Goodwill  ch  17  76:  MIddletown  1st  ch  13  87; 
Washingtonville  2d  oh  10;  Hamptonburgh  ch 
38  48.  New  Korik— New  York,  4th  Ave  Ss  33, 
H  I  600,  mon  con  29  91=668  24;  New  York. 
Brick  ch  Chapel  17 ;  Emanuel  Chapel  6th  St 

3  70;  Brick  ch  713  02;  7th  Ave  oh  10;  Scotch 
ch,  R  Carter  and  Bros  600.  North  River— Cal- 
vary ch,  Newburgh  16  66;  Rondout  oh  46  79. 
Westchester  Sing  Sing  1st  oh.  a  Lady  10; 
South  East  Centre  oh  36 ;  Peeksklll  1st  oh, 
mon  con  27  61 ;  Yonkers  1st  ch,  mun  con  10  24 

2,884  06 

Pacific— Lot    J nyeZo*— Westminster   eh 

0  29.    Or^oon— Portland  1st  ch  60,  GenU  E  B 

Babbitt  60=110.    5acramen/o— Plaoervllle  ch 

4  80.  San  franc<«ro— Chinese  Mission  ch,  San 
Francisco  22,  n  Lady  by  K  Ming  8=26      146  69 

Philadelphia.— Laril;atpann«— Wells  and 
Columbia  ch  26;  Franklin  ch  618;  Pittston 
Ist  ch  250;  Hawley  1st  ch  Sab-sch  6;  Wilkes- 
barrc  Ist  ch  241  36 ;  Montrose  oh  22,  Sab-sch, 
Mrs.  Miller's  class  to  sup  girl  in  Beimt  Sem'y 
14=36.  L^AtoA— Allentown  ch  42  92;  Allen- 
township  ch  26;  Bridge  St  ch,  Catasauqua  20; 
Slatlngton  ch  20,  Sab-sch  10=30 ;  Lower  Mt 
Betherch  10  51;  a  IViend  20.  Philadelphia— 
Philadelphia  Ist  ch  1479  68,  M  S  2=1481  68; 
Clinton  St  Sab-soh  for  Kolapoor  100 ;  W  Spruce 
St  oh,  a  S  Benson,  Esq  100.  Philadelphia 
Central— Bethesda  oh  Sab-soh  for  Rev.  Mr. 
March,  Syria  100;  N  Broad  St  ch  201  26 ;  Oo- 
hocksink  oh  Sab-soh  100.  Philadelphia  North 
— Norristown  2d  oh  20,  Sab-soh  6=36;  Central 


oh  Norrlstown  100 ;  Pottstown  Ist  ch  86  18 ; 
Germantown  Mi8s*y  Meeting  6.  Westminster 
—York  ch  488  86;  Stewartstown  ch  9;  Mt 
Joy  Sab-sch  18 ;  Chaneeford  Sab-soh  for  Miss 
Gamble's  work  in  Japan  60  8,671  08 

PiTTSBintOH.— Blair«H/le— New  Alexandria 
eh  24  01 ;  Homer  City  ch  11.  Pittsburgh— 
Swissvale  ch  Sab-sch  26;  Shady  Side  oh  91  12; 
PltUburgh  2d  oh  77  28:  East  Liberty  ch  63; 
Sharon  eh  Sab-sch  for  Boys*  soh.  Canton  18  80, 
Contribution  of  Parry  and  Willie  Johnston 
56  cts=13  86 ;  Central  ch  PltUburgh  28 :  Hope- 
well  ch  4  66.  Redstone— Jjanrel  Hill  ch  41  46^ 
Sab-soh  8=49  46 ;  Round  Hill  oh  16  69.  Wash- 
ington—Wheellnu  1st  eh  18  86,  Mr  John  Reid 
Sr  20,  J  Paull  60=88  86 ;  Wheeling  4th  ch  Sab- 
schl  46;  East  Buffalo  Sab-sch  18  60;  Wash- 
Ington  1st  oh,  Children's  Iron  bank  for  Chip- 
pewa Hymns  21  50;  Washington  2d  ch  70: 
Fairview  Sab-soh  7  46.  West  Virginia— Blita- 
beth  ch  8;  Spencer  ch  3;  Grantsville  oh  2 

609  61 

TBNNB88KK.— Ho/«/on— Mt  Bethel  Sab-sch 
(br  Persia  6;  Kingsport  Sab-sch  for  Peraia 
1  60;  EUsabethton  oh  8  60.  Kingston— ^Satb 
Hill  ch  Sab-sch  4;  Bethel  ch  6.  Union- 
Strawberry  Plains  eh  6  67,  Dr  W  T  Mather 
14  73^21  89 ;  Caledonia  oh  4  26  44  74 

Toledo.- B<//</an/a<n«—Buoym8  ch  7  08; 
Crestline  chl2;  Bellfefontainelst  chO  99,  Wo- 
man^s  M  Soc'y  26=34  90.  Lima— Delphos  ch 
8  81.  Jtrattm««— Delta  ch  10;  Toledo  1st  Ger 
ch  2,  Sab-sch  2=4;  Defiance  ch  10;  Eagle 
Creek  eh  0 ;  Wabash  ch  19  98  U6  81 

WestebicNbw  York.— Btt/ViJo— Union  Mis- 
sion oh  1  46;  Fredonialst  eh  Sab-sch  26 :  West- 
field  ch  16  02;  Westminster  oh  67  73,  Sab-sch 
65=122  73.  Genesee  —  North  Bergen  ch  20. 
Genesee  Fa//«y— Almond  Sab-sch  16;  Cuba  ch 
83  66.  ^jaffaro— Niagara  Falls  ch  100;  HoU 
ley  ch  28  65;  Lockport  oh  260.  Rochester— 
Rochester  Central  oh  110  63;  St  Peter^s  Sab- 
soh  16  34 ;  Lima  ch  8  26 ;  Springwatcr  ch  6 ; 
EastMendon  oh  5  767  64 

W J600VBI v.— Chippewa— DeeoTOB  Prairie 
Sab-soh  2;  Hixton  Sab-sch  8.  Lake  Superior 
—Marquette  1st  ch  183  26 ;  Menominee  eh 
26  26.  M</tMiuJkee— Somersohll  26;  Delafield 
oh  4  74;  Cato  1st  ch  1  60;  Granville  eh  6| 
Richfield  oh  4.  Wisconsin  ilirer— PiatteviUe 
Ger  oh  7  07;  Fancy  Creek  ch  2  66;  Richland 
City  eh  1  44 ;  RockviUe  Ger  ch  8  ;  Hurricane 
ch  1 ;  Prairie  du  Sac  oh  65  88  261  06 

Woman's  For  Miss  Soo,  Phlla  6,280  96, 
Miller  Legacy  1000=6,280  96;  Presb'n  Wo- 
man's  Board  of  Miss  for  the  N  W  1200:  Wo- 
man's  Board  of  Missions,  Synod  of  Albany 
017  05  8,308  01 

Total  receipts  from  churches  in  Do- 
cember,  1874  $24,679  07 

LvOACiBS. — Legacy  of  Jos  M  Clelland,  dec'd, 
Butler  Co,  Ohio  2,141  40 ;  Bequest  of  Graoe  O 
Mc Williams,  Westfield,  Pa  160;  Legacy  of  W 
Graham,  dec'd,  Woodbury,  N  J  866  94 ;  Le- 
gacy of  Jas  Huston,  Connersvllle,  Ind  1000 

4,147  34 

Synod  of  Ref  Prbsbttkbiak  Chcbch— 
Ref  Pros  ch.  Bloom,  111  16  66 

Miscbllankodb.- A  H  Porter,  Niagara 
Falls  50;  Andrew  Yates  Sr,  West  Alexanaria, 
Pa  600;  A  (Viond,  Peabody,  Mass  1  29;  Mrs  A 
OH  1:HHB90;A  nriend  2 ;  Fur  blind  Chip- 
pewa Woman  50  cts ;  S  J  GaVlord,  Rochester 
2;  Jews  6;  Anon  6;  Mrs  E  Hills,  Windham, 
N  H  20 ;  Rev  C  R  French,  Grundy  Centre, 
Iowa  1 :  Rev  H  J  Huntington  11 ;  Friends  in 
Cazenovia  2 ;  Mrs  J  H  Heald,  Chatham,  N  J 
for  Waldenses  6 ;  Union  Theo  Sem'y  N  Y 10  80; 
W  N  Blakeman.  MD.  N  Y 100 :  Mrs  S  M  Stokes, 


66;  RevH  Hamill,  D.D.,  10;  Abby  C  Choate, 
East  Derry,  N  H  16,  for  Waldenses  16=80: 
Judge  O  M  Dorman,  Norfolk,  Va&O;  HScoti 
and  Sister,  Adams  Mills,  O  10 :  Augusta  Sab- 
soh,  Ohio  8  20;  Thos  McGarrah,  Monroe,  N  Y 


1875.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


61 


1:  Miss  H  H  5 ;  Mrs  J  M  Lloyd,  Angelica.  N 
T,  to  eon  Harlan  Page  Lloyd,  l  M  80 ;  Gash  1 : 
W  ao;  Dr  a  R  Keeves,  Yonkers,  N  Y  W: 
Lftwrenceyllle  High  seb.  N  J  26;  C  Arbnthnot 
Esq,  Pittsbnrgh  1000;  Anon  2:  W  F  Glick  1 ; 
Phflad'alOOO,  per  "The  Presbyterian ;"  Piqna, 
06 ;  Mary  2;  Mrs  J  M  Worth  1 ;  D  O  Frasee, 
Low  Point  52:  Jas  Bnssell,  Milton,  Ohio  100; 
JuTenile  HissV  Soc'y,  Abington,  Pa,  for  China 
T;  A  family  onering  6 ;  From  one  who  lores 
the  eause  6 ;  Soldiers'  Orphan  Home,  Ind,  for 
ffirl  in  .Japan  86;  N  B  Williams  2;  Mrs  O 
Williamson  and  Daughters,  Bridgeton,  N  J 
10;  Lavlnia  J  Piatt,  Heyworth.lll  20;  Samuel 
Waddle,  Kossath,  Iowa  6;  Cash  60 :  Bey  A 
Worthington  6;  Geo  S  Williams,  N  Y  60; 
Mrs  M  Rlrvlne2;  Miss  M  L  Diament,  High- 
land, Kansas  16:  A  fkmily  ''Tryst  Offer- 
hig.*^  Albany,  N  Y  20 ;  C  Chisbolm.  Holland, 
Ind  6;  MargH  McFarren,  Cambridge,  Ohio, 
8yria  6;  India  6;  Mrs  R  MoJuniin,  New 


•Texas.  Pa  6 ;  Miller*s  Union  Sab-soh,  Md  6 ; 
Mrs  Phebe  Tedford,  MaryrlUe,  Tenn  5;  A 
fHend  8 ;  Miss  S  Vertieck  10  8,772  17 

ToUl  Beceipts  in  December,  1874,      $22,614  2S 
ToUl  Beeeipts  flrom  May  1st,  1874.     $168,810  90 
WM.  BANKIN,  Trea9urer, 
28  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


Lbttbbs  relating  to  the  Missions,  or  other 
operations  of  the  Board,  may  be  addressed  to 
the  Bev.  John  C.  Lowrib,  Ber.  David  Ir- 
TiKG,  or  Bev.  Frank  F.  Ellimwood,  Secre- 
taries, Mission  House,  28  Centre  street,  New 
York. 

LRTTEB8  relating  to  the  pecuniary  affairs  of 
the  Board,  or  containing  remittances  of  money, 
may  be  sent  to  William  Bankin,  Esq.,  TVeo- 
surer— same  address. 


BECEIPTS  FOB  MISSION  WORK  OF  BOABD  OF  PUBLICATION  IN  DEC.  1874. 


Albany.— illftany— Albany  1st  0  38.  Cham- 
pjain— Essex  0  40.  Co/um6<4i— Valatie  7  48. 
Troy  —  Chestertown  8 ;  Hoosic  Falls  28  16 ; 
Troy  1st  100 ;  Whitehall  18  107  86 

BALTiMOBB.—Bairimore— Baltimore,  Brown 
Memorial  64  28.  New  CaWZe— Princess  Anne, 
Manokin  4  22 ;  Wilmington,  Olivet  8.  Work- 
ington Ci/y— Georgetown,  Bridge  St  17  81 

78  81 

Ckntbal  Nbw  York.— Binj^Atfiafofi— Bing- 

.hamton   ist  0  40;  Binghamton    North  1  xT; 

Owego  38  80.     St  Lat^rence— Chaumont  10; 

Sackett 'S  Harbor  6  12.     Syracu9€  —  Oswego, 

Grace  1  08  M 

CiNoiNNATi.  — C<a«<»«»afi— Cincinnati    9d 

136  63.    Parrtfaott/A— Higginsport  60  cents 

187  08 

CLBVKLAND.—Ci«9«/aad— Cleveland  9d  100; 

Cleveland  North  1  84.     MoAoain^— Youngs 

town  22.     5fettd«noi//e— East  Springfield  8; 

Bidge  4  06  180  4t» 

Columbus.— il/Aens—PomeroyO.    Columbu9 

-<k>lnmbu8  1st  84  01.     H^ooffer— Ashland  ch 

Sab-sch    7  16;    Chippewa  10;    Dalton   0  00; 

Olivesburgh  4  86 ;  Savannah  0  TJu    ZanetvilU 

— Paiaskala  3 ;  Putnam  ch,  add*l  08  cts     84  82 

ERiit,—ButUr— Amity  1  87 ;  Harrlsvillel  66. 

Ctartoa  — New  Bethlehem  8.     1:H«— Belle 

Valley  ch  Sab-sch  6;   Edenboro  80;  Girard 

10 :  North  East  10.    iriftonnln^—Concord  7  87; 

Crooked  Creek  1  82;  Mahoning  4;  Smioks- 

burgh  8.    Shenango—Rleh  Hill  8  80  11 

GBNBVA.—Coyu^o— Auburn  1st  08  00 ;  Lud- 

lowville   4  60.     Chemung^  Elmira    1st   4  20. 

Geaeoo— Ithaca  12  66;  Seneca  10  10.    Steuben 

-<3oming  8  07  188  88 

H  ARRi  8  Bu  ROB.— CarZi«i«— McConnellsburgh 

4 :    Waynesboro    4  12.      Huntingdon  —  Bald 

Eagle  7  20  U  82 

Illinois,  Central.— ScAaytor— Macomb  ch 

Sab^h  1  86.    SpringJUld—AvibVirn  6  0  86 

Illinois,  North.— Okicoi^o- Chicago  1st 

18  67.   FreepoH— Galena  G«r,  fh>m  the  Ladles* 

Soc  8:  Hanover  6     .  20  07 

Illinois,  South.— J/fon—Plainview  60  cts ; 

Virden  1  68.      Cairo— Flora  1 ;  Shawneetown 

2  18.    Jla<(ooa— Casey  0;  Pana  8  80;  Prairie 

Home  6  30  20  81 

Indiana,  North.— lf«nc<«— Wabash     2  62 

Indiana,   South.— ^ew  ^I6aay— Madison 

1st  6;  New  Albany  2d  8  76.     White   Water^ 

Greensburgh  6 ;  Metamora  6 ;  Bichmond  13  89; 

Shelby vi lie  7  02  40  10 

Iowa,  North.  —  Cedar  Aopid t- Blairstown 

1  60.    I>a6tt9tie— Bethel  4 ;  Clermont  2       7  60 

Iowa,   South.— Coancil   JBI^ir<— Bedford 

1  88.    /ova— Kossuth  1st  1  07.  3  06 

Kansas.- Hi^A/afui—Netawaka  42  cU      42 

Kbntucky.— £76«nez«r^~Ludlow  8  26.  Louis- 

HUe— Louisville,  Walnut  St  2  02  6  27 


Long  Island.  —  BrooiUyn— Brooklyn,  La 
Fayette  Ave  ch  Sab-sch  160.  Long  Uland— 
Southampton  ch  Sab-sch  02  40.  Nassau— Ja- 
maica ch,  add'l  1  213  40 
MioHiOAN.— Pe/roil- Ann  Arbor  1  04;  De- 
troit, Westminster  2  20 ;  Saline  6  8  00 
MiNNRSOTA.— 51  Paal— Bed  Wing  1  09:  St 
Paul,  Central  8  60;  St  Paul,  House  of  Hope 
0  16.  Southern  Jtf<aa«to/a— Richland  Prairie 
S.  ir^nono— ClaremoDt  97  cts;  Le  Boy  10; 
Ripley  26  cts  24  07 
Missouri.— Oso^e— Olive  Branch  1  e6.  St 
Loais— Zion  2  3  06 
I^Bw  Jbrsbt.  —  £Z<3;a6ef ft  —  Elizabeth  8d 
8  20 ;  Liberty  Comer  4  66 ;  Pluokamin  80  cts ; 
Bahway  1st  9  88 ;  Boselle  1st  1  70.  Jeney  City 
— Tentffly  1  84.  Jifoamoa/ft— Cream  Bidge  4; 
Squan  Village  6  60.  Newark  —  NewarK  2d 
18  04;  Newark,  Park  1  18.  New  Brunewick— 
Amwell  United  Ist  6 :  Flemington  ch  Sab-sch, 
Inftknt  class  10 ;  Stockton  8.  Xeir<on— Blairs- 
town  4  01 :  Harmony  18  80  92  02 
Nbw  YORK.— Iladsoa— Cochecton  11  cts; 
Damascus  9  cts;  Goodwill  2  24;  Hampton- 
burgh  4  80;  Middletown  1st  1  76;  Middleiown 
2d  2  60;  Palisades  1;  Scotohtownl;  Washing, 
tonville  1st  8  78;  Washingtonville  2d  6.  New 
For*— New  York,  Brick  83  00;  New  York,  4th 
Avenue  16  60.    North  Jiivn^Bondout  6  90 

127  40 
Pacific- Lot  if  ay«tofr— Westminster  79 
PHiLADBLPHiA.-Locifcaipanaa— Franklin  06 
cts;  PitUton  26.  LeAioA  —  Allentown  6  42; 
Lower  Mt  Bethel  1  88.  Philadelphia— W est 
Spruce  St,  flrom  G  S  Benson,  Esq  70.  Phila- 
detphia  Cen/ro^-Philadelphla,  N  Broad  St, 
aduU  40  26 ;  Philadelphia,  North'n  Liberties 
Ist  64.  Philadelphia  AortA— Doylestown  and 
Deep  Bun  13;  Neshaminy,  Warminster  6  80. 
Wettmineter—Monegnti  0  16;  Pequea  7  60: 
Stewarutown  6  234  10 

PiTTSBUBOH.— B/«<rtv<Z/«— New  Alexandria 
2  88.  Pitttburgh—E»ai  Liberty  17  46:  Pitts- 
burgh, Shady  Side  11  60.  Ite^/ons— McKees- 
port  1st  12  60;  Bound  Hill  1  27.  Wathington 
—Pigeon  Creek  11  86;  Wheeling  1st,  (of  wuloh 
Jas  Paull  16)  86  91  90 

Tbhnbssbb.- iCiajrtlaa— Mars  Hill  i  00 

TOLBDO.— JBe//i/on/ain«— Bellefontaine  1  20; 
Bttcyrus  894t8.  Haroa— Florence  2  60;  Fre- 
mont 4  26 ;  Olena,  add'l  60  cts.  L<iaa— Del- 
phos  01  cts.    MaasMe— DelU  6  16  01 

Wbstbbn  Nbw  York.— B^jfalo —Buffalo, 
Westminster,  (of  which  Sab-sch  60)  68  63:  Go- 
wanda  1;  Westfield  1  89.  Genesee  Valley-^ 
Angelica  6;  Portvllle  0.  Aiayaro— Lock  port 
1st  32  60.  Bocheiter—JAnuk  1  04;  Bochester 
Central  18  96 ;  Bochester.  St  Peter*s  81  160  91 
Wisconsin.  — lfi/tpaaA««— Delafield  50  cU ; 
Bichfleld  8.  Wisconsin  Jiioer- Prairie  du  Sao 
0  07  10  20 


From  churches,       #1,969  34 


62 


ACKNOWLBDaMBNTS  OP  RBCBIPTS.     [Febraary 


Miller. 
8000  00 


I«BaAOY.— Ijeg^aoj  of  Mrs  Ellen 
doo'd,  late  of  Philad'a 

M I S0BLLA?rBou8.~*' Friends  in  Illinois*' 60 ; 
Shenandoati^  89;  Religious  Oontribution  Soo*y 
of  Princeton  Theo  Sem'y  0  45 ;  fh)m  "  E"  1 ; 
f^om  a  Widow  1  20 ;  Lyme  Oong  oharoh  28  86 : 
Mrs  J  B  Worth  1;  A  Lady  6  04  00 

Total  in  December,       $6,084  34 
S.'d.  POWEL,  TreMurer, 


Letters  relating  to  donations  of  books  and 
tracts,  the  appointment  of  Missionaries,  and 
the  general  interests  of  the  Board,  to  be  ad- 
dressed to  the  Rer.  William  £.  Sohbsck, 
D.D.,  Corretpondinc  Secretary, 

Oorrespondenoe  of  Missionaries,  remittanoea 
of  money,  and  donations,  to  Mr.  S.  D.  Powkl, 
Soperintendent  of  Mission  Work  and  Treasnrei. 

Orders  for  Books  (except  (h>m  MisslonarieiL) 
and  Business  Corresponaenee,  to  Mr.  JoHir  A. 
Black. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  CHURCH  ERECTION  IN  DECEMBER  1874. 


Albaht.— J/frany^Albany  1st  18  60 ;  Sche- 
nectady ist  245  70 ;  Schenectady,  :East  Are 
24  26.  CAamc^ain— Beekmantown  7.  Colum- 
e»i«— ValaUe  Ist  U  84.  Tray— Troy  Ist  100; 
Whitehall  1st  14. 

Baltimore.  —  Waekington  dtp  —  Oeorge- 
town,  Bridjfe  St  44  80. 

Ckntral  New  Yobk.— Bin^*«fa/o»— Bing- 
hamton  Ist  23  65;  Bingham  ton  North  2  44; 
SmithTiUo  1st  8  82 ;  Virgil  7  26.  l/«ca— Knox- 
boro'  8  13. 

CiNCiNKATi.—C<nc<»n«/<— Venice  10.  Day- 
ion— Dayton  Memorial  10;  Hamilton  69  80; 
Piqua  ist  15. 

Clevbland.  —  Cleveland  —  Ashtabula  Ist, 
addU  30 :  Cleveland  2d  150 ;  Cleveland  North 
8  67.  itfaAonino— Jackson  8  80;  Youngstown 
28. 

Columbus.— FKoM/er—Dalton  14  28;Perryt- 
Tille  3  50. 

Eri B.—JZ/tfyAeny— Natrona  8.  Bv/Jer— Am- 
ity 2  70 ;  HamsviUe  8  05.  C7ar<ati— New  Beth- 
lehem 6.  frie— Girard  1st  10 ;  Kittanning— 
Washington  6. 

aENKVA.  — CayK^a— Weedsport  1st  82  58. 
CAetnuny— Elmira  Ist  8  88.  Geneva— Ithaca 
Ist  30  28;  Phelps  1st  19;  Romulus  14  46;  Seneca 
23.  Steuben-^CoTuing  7  87 ;  PratUburgh  Ist 
15. 


MiH irssoTA.— Sov/Aern  Minneeota  —  Rich- 
land Prairie  2;  Lanesboro  3.  St  Paul— R«d 
Wing  2  17;  St  Paul  Central  7  16:  St  Paul, 
House  of  Hope  12  19.  FTinona— Claremooi 
1  90;  Ripley  60  cts. 

Missouri.- Sr  Louit— St  Louis  2d,  sp  160. 

New  Jersby.— £/ia;afteM  —  Elisabeth   9d 

6  48;  Li)>erty  Comer  9  01;  Pluckamin  1  76; 
Rah  way  1st  18  50;  Roselle  Ist  3  48.  Jerety 
Cilf^-Hoboken  1st  16 ;  Tenafly  3  69.  Newark— 
Newark,  Park  2  83;  Newark,  Roselle,  sp  100. 
New  Brunewick—Amirell  United  1st  9;  Stock- 
ton 4.    Aftpfon— Belvidere  1st  60;  Blairstown 

7  96.    Weet  /er«ey— Fairfield  10  50. 

New  York.— Httdton— Cochecton  22  cts; 
Damascus  19  cts :  Goodwill  4  44 ;  Hampton- 
burgh  9  62;  Middletown  Ist  3  47;  Middletown 
2d  6  06;  Monroe  5  25:  Palisades  3:  Scotohtown 
1  98;  WashingtonTllie  Ist  7  41;  Washington- 
ville  2d  6.  New  Forik— New  York,  Brick- 
176  88:  New  York,  Oh  of  the  Covenant,  (In 
part)  626  68;  New  York.  Madison  Square,  (in 
part)  694  65 ;  New  York,  4th  Avenue  90  88. 
North  J««er— Highland  26;  Kingston  18  21; 
Newburgh  1st  48 ;  Bondout  11  71. 

Pacific— Lot  ^In^e/ot- Westminster  1  67. 
Socramen/o— Columbia  7  70. 
Philadelphia.  —  Lackawanna  —  Franklin 
HAERi8BUROH.-C«rZitJe-Blg  Spring,  fh)m      }  » ?  .""SSJ  U\  R;»>ii^*^i^T^"  n^i?i7V,n 
The  Little  Gleaners"  30 :  MccWellsburg  4 ;      ^  !J 'all^T-X  o?l'-^i™L?^-i  iL'i^^^K  H*" 
Wavnesboro  8  2L    ifunf iiMifon— Bald  Eairle      ^^  ^»  Sab-sch  91  cts,  Jamestown  Sab-sch  I  12= 
w^ynesDoro  B -«i.    ztumii»yoo»— x>»m  x«gi«      15  82;  W»therl;r  8.    PW/ode/pAifl— Philad^ 

iLLiifOis,  Cewtbal.— B/oomM^/o»  —  Phllo 


15  82;  Weatherly  8.  ^  

.,     _  „. ^,_      phla  2d  80.    Philadelphia  C*nlra/— Philadcl- 

,n^''K^*'''^,,^'^'!.™^T,?i  vStr?     ^nw^      phla,  N  Broad  St,  add'l  60  25;  Philadelphia, 
10;  Piper  City  10 ;  Prairie  Vi«w  ^•«^^"^<*-      Korth'n  LiberUes  1st  60. 
Elmwood  3.     Springjleld— north  Sangamon 
10. 
iLLiwois.  North.— CAictfflro— Chicago  Ist  87. 


Frcepor/— kanover5;  Lenal  45.  Rock  River 
^Munson  6  25. 

Illinois,  South.— iiMo»i—PlaInvlew  2  76; 
Vlrdon  8  13.  Cuiro— Flora  1;  Shawneetown 
1st  4  24.    Af atroon— Pana  Ist  6  28 ;  Robinson  6. 

Indiana,  North.— Fori  Wayne— New  Lan- 
caster 3.  Lo^irn»Dor/— Valparaiso  1st  16  46. 
Af uncie- Liberty  *i  41 ;  Wabash  6. 

Indiana,  South.  — -^eip  if /6a»y— Browns- 
town  4  38 ;  New  Albany  2d  12.  Vincennee— 
Mount  Vernon  10  85;  Princeton  10.  IVhite 
(Fater— Metamora  6 ;  New  Castle  2  82 ;  Shelby- 
TlUe  ist  6. 

Iowa,  North.— C«dar  Jlapidt— Blairstown 
0.     Waterloo— StAte  Centre  Ist  16. 

Iowa,  South.— Cownci/  B/ii^Ti  —  Bedford 
5  46 ;  Hopewell  24  cU :  Sidney  10.  Dee  Moinet 
—Colfax  8 ;  Olivet  8 ;  Pella  6.  Jowo— Klrkvllle 
5 ;  Kossuth  1st  3  88. 

KANSAS.-Fmooria— Wichita,  Westminster 
4.  HiyWand— Netawaka  88  cents.  Neoiho— 
Ohetopa  Ist  7  80 ;  Parsons  4  64. 

Kentucky.— Lott<t»<W<  —  Loul8Tille,  Wal- 
nut St  4. 

LoNO  l8LAND.—Brooik/y»  —  Brooklyn  Ist, 
Henry  St  505  08. 

Michigan.- Defroi/— Ann  Arbor  8  27 .  De- 
troit, Westminster  4  49 ;  Pontlac  6.  Jfonro^— 
Tecumseh  1st  28. 


Pittsburgh.- B/airtif<//f— New  Alexandria 
6  64.  Pittsburgh  — Etat  Liberty  1st,  add*l 
14  19 ;  PttUburgh  2d  19  82 ;  Pittsburgh,  Shady 
Side  22  77.  Redetone  —  McKeesporc  1st  94  79 ; 
Round  Hill  2  51.  IfotAinoron— Wheeling  1st 
66  10,  per  Jas  PauU  16^=71  10.  Weet  Virginia 
— OlenviUe  2. 

Tennessee.— JTin^^/on— Mars  Hill  2. 

ToLEDa— Btf/Z^/onfaJne— BeUefontalne  1st 
2  60;  Bucyrusl  76:  Wyandotte  1  10.  Lima— 
Delphos  1  20.  Jtfaimiee— Delta  10;  Maumee 
City  1st  6. 

Western  New  York.— Bti/'a/o— Buffalo, 
Westminster  16  94 ;  Westfleld  3  76.  Niagara^ 
Holley  1st  10.  ilocA««/«r— (leneseo  Village  Ist 
63  14;  Oeneseo  Ontral  27  66;  Lima  2  06; 
East  Mendon  6;  Rochester,  St  Peter's  88  87 ; 
Springwater  6. 

Wisconsin.  -MiZiMttfcfr-Delafield  1  20; 
Qranville  2;  Richfield  1.  IFina06«9o— Fre- 
mont 2 ;  Weyauwega  1  60.  Witconein  River 
—Marion  Oer  Sab^^ch  1  26;  Prairie  du  Sae 
13  22. 

Miscellaneous.- Princeton  Theo  Sem  Rel 


sale  of  Waseca  Pros  ch  Minnesota,  less  ex- 
change 407  76. 

Total  Receipts  In  December,       ^714  96 
NATHAN  LANE,  Treaturer, 


Correeponding  Secretary^  Rev.  H.  R.  Wilson,  D.  D.,  28  Centre  StrMt,  New  York. 
Treaeurer,  Nathan  Lane,  Esq.,  00  Wall  Street,  New  York.    . o 


1875.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


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BEOEIPTS  FOR  BELIEF  FUND  FOE  DISABLED  MINISTERS,  DECEMBER  1874. 


AI.B Ayr.— Albany -~AlbB,nr  Ist  18  60;  Al- 
bany Othf  add*!  10.  CAamp/atn— Essex  6.  CO' 
iumdio— Jewettl5  32;  Yalatle  0  99.  Troy^ 
Chestertown  2 ;  Troy  Ist  100. 

Baltimorb.  —  New  Cattle  —  Mlddletown, 
Forest  6 ;  Pitt's  Creek  14  26.  W—hington  City 
— Oeorgetown  41  86. 

Obictral  Nbw  York.— BlnsfftatB/on— Bins- 
hamton  Ist  0  46;  Blnghamton  North  1  78; 
Smith7ille  Flatts  Ist  16  27.  51  Lawrence-- 
Sackett^s  Harbor  7  44.  Syraeuee  —  Falton 
44  43;  Lysander,  add'l  2.  C7f<ca  —  Clinton 
71  21;  Knoxborol6  77;  Rome,  add*16. 

OmciJfNATi.  — CMKicoMe— From  "U"  10. 
Cincinnati— Cincinnati  Central  189;  Iioveland 
12  66.  Dayfon— Dayton  Memorial  10;  New 
Jersey  8  60.  Pori«  mout A— Qreenbrier  Oer  1; 
Ironton  22  80;  Madison,  Interest  on  money  left 
by  late  Matthew  Scott  197  28;  Portsmouth  Oer 
8;  Winchester  1st  6. 

Clbvbland.— C/0ve/am{— Rey  D  Witter  and 
Wife  8;  Ashtabula  13;  Cleveland  2d  100; 
Cleveland  North  2  67 ;  Northfleld  6.  Steuben- 
vii/e— Bacon  Ridge  7  64;  East  Springfield  4; 
Irondale  10. 

Columbus.  —  Columbut  —  From  "  N"  60. 
IFoo«ter— Dalton  14  97 ;  Fredericksburgh  60. 
Zanetr  i/Ze—Pataskala  10. 

Ebib.  —  Allegheny  —  Allegheny  1st  104  88. 
Btt/i^r— Butfalo  4  34 ;  Westminster  6  06.  Erie 
—Girard  16;  Mill  Village  3  80;  North  East  17 ; 
Venango  4  80.  Shenango — Beaver  Falls  14; 
Mt  Pleasant  18;  New  Brighton  24  07;  Sharps- 
TlUe  8 ;  Slippery  Rock  11  io,  Sab-sch  2=18  A, 

Obxbva. — Cayuga — Auburn  1st  60  40;  liUd- 
lowviile  6;  Union  Springs  4  88.  Chemung — 
Elmira  Ist  6  08.  Genei;a— Ithaca  1st  64  80. 
Lyonff-~SoduB  6.  Steuben— Addison  6;  Corn- 
ing 6  75. 

HARRiSBUBOH.—Car/i<to— Carlisle  Ist  76  40; 
Waynesboro   6  98.      Huntingdon— Mi   Union 

11  20  ;  Newton  Hamilton  16.    WeUeboro—F^ii 
Brook  1st  8. 

Illinois,  Cktttral.  —  Bloomington  —  Nor- 
mal 10  05.     Peoria— Prospect  22  47 ;  Eureka 

12  80.    ScAuy/er— Pioneers. 

Illikois,  North.  —  CAico^o— Chicago  Itt 
27.  Freeporf— Galena  Oer,  (Including  8  10 
flrom  Iiadies  Soc'y)  0  86;  Linn  and  Hebron  6; 
Willow  Creek  11  84.    Rock  Hiver —Perryton 

Illinois,  South.— JWon— Hardin,  Rev  H 
P  Carson  2  60 :  Plalnview  06  ots ;  Virden  2  28. 
Cairo— Flora  2 ;  Shawneetown  8  09.  Mattoon 
— Pana  8  96. 

Indiana,  North.  —  Craw/ordeville  —West 
Point  6.  Fort  H^ayne— Albion  6 ;  Idma  7  16 ; 
Swan  4.    Muncie— Wabash  3  66. 

Indiana,  South.— /ndianapoHs^Pntnam- 
TlUe  8  60.  New  Albany— Mndlaon  Ist  16 ;  New 
Albany  2d  9.  rinc«nn«t  — Princeton  8  76. 
White  Water— New  Castle  4  60. 

Iowa,  North.— Cedar  Aapitft— Bellevue  8 ; 
Blalrstown  4.    i7u&u^e— Lansing  6. 

Iowa,  South.  —  Council  Bluff t—  Bedford 
4  06 ;  College  Springs  1 ;  Hopewell  12  cts.  Dee 
itfoine»— CentreviUe  2;  Chariton  6.  low<k— 
Kossuth  1st  2  41.  lotoa  Cify— Mount  Union 
4  76;  Princeton  3.  Nebraeka  Ciiy— Falls  City 
S. 

Kansas.— HigA/and—Netawaka  61  ota. 

KKNTUCKY.—f^enearer— Augusta  10.  Louie- 
Hi/e— Louisville,  Walnut  St^  92 ;  Prinoeton 
17. 

Long  Island.—  BrooJb/yn— Brooklyn,  La 
Fayette  Ave  206  90.  Long  Itland  —  East 
Hampton  26  77.  ^a^tau— Babylon  88  17 ;  Ros- 
lyn87  60. 

MiOHiOAN.— Deiroii- Ann  Arbor  8  88:  De- 
troit, Westminster  3  27.  Grand  Bapidt^tooiA 
16  06.    Lan«i»9— Mason  10. 

Minnbsota.— ifanJka/o — Le  Sueur  4.  St 
PoiO— Forest  4  16 ;  Pine  City  6  86 ;  Red  Wing 


1  68;  St  Paul  Central  6  22 ;  St  Paul,  House  of 
Hope  8  89;  White  Bear  Lake  10.  (Tinono— 
Claremont  1  41 ;  Ripley  37  cts. 

Missouri.- Si  Loui«— St  Louis  2d  60;  St 
Louis,  Garrison  Ave  10. 

Nbw  jBRSBT.  —  fiizabef a  — Elizabeth  8d 
4  78 ;  Lamington  40 ;  Liberty  Comer  6  68 ; 
Pluckamin  1  28;  Rahway  1st  18  60;  Roselle 
Ist  2  64.  Jereey  Ciiy— Hoboken  1st  12 ;  Ruther- 
ford Park  16  98 ;  Tenafly  2  66.  Morrie  and 
Oranoe— Succasunna20  90.  ^et^arit— Caldwell 
26 ;  Newark  2d  18  04 ;  Newark  Park  1  70.  New 
Bruntwick  —  Amwell  United  1st  10;  Bound 
Brook,  LVD  Shepherd,  Esq  6 ;  Lawrence  16 ; 
Pennington,  Miss  S  Muirheid  3:  Stockton  4. 
^eirion— Belvidere  Ist  25 ;  Blalrstown  6  81 ; 
Danville  10;  Mansfield  2d  10.  West  Jereey— 
Bridgeton  1st  26;  Cold  Spring  27  95. 

Nbw  York.- Htidton— Amity  16;  Cochec- 
ton  17  cts;  Damascus  14  ots;  Goodwill  3  24; 
Hamptonburah  7  02;  Mlddletown  Ist  2  53; 
Mlddletown  2d  8  69 ;  Palisades  1 ;  Scotchtown 
1  46;  Washingtonville  1st  6  41.  New  York— 
New  York,  Brick  121  01 ;  New  York,  Univer- 
sity  Place  886  48 ;  New  York,  4th  Avenue  22  60. 
North  JZiver —Kingston  9;  Middle  Hope  6; 
Rondout  8  08. 

Pacific- Lot  J n^c/ot— Westminster  1 16. 

Philadelphia.— Cftetier— Chester  3d  87  81; 
West  Chester  40  27.  LacAaioanna— Franklin 
06  cts ;  Montrose  40 ;  PitUton  100 ;  W  ilkesbarre 
Ist  141  19.  LeAioA— Allentown  7  83:  Lower 
Mt  Bethel  1  92;  Stroudsburg  24  28;  Weather- 
ly  8.  PAiiad«ij)Aia— Philadelphia,  Walnut  St 
169  64;  Philadelphia,  W  Spruce  St,  G  S  Ben- 
son, Esq  60.  Philadelphia  Cen/rai— Philadel- 
phia, North  Broad  St  100  61.  Weetmineter— 
Chanceford  36. 

Pittsburgh.— B/air»t>i//e—BlairsvIlle  43  40 : 
New  Alexandria  4  11.  Pitteburgh—LtodioB.  of 
Centre  16  26;  East  Liberty  17;  Fairview  6; 
Monongahela  City  23  10;  Pittsburgh  2d  14  10 ; 
PitUburgh  Central  61;  Pittsburgh,  Shady 
Side  16  &  Redstone— Ronnd  Hill  1  83 ;  West 
Newton  14  08.  Washington  —  East  Buflalo 
12  96;  Lower  Ten  Mile  4  50;  Upper  Buffalo 
28  10;  Wheeling  1st,  James  Paull  16. 

Tbnnessbb.— Ainoffion— MarsHill2.  Union 
—New  Market  2  60. 

ToLBDO.— Be//e/'oniaine—  Bellefontalne  1st 

1  82;  Bucyrusl  SB.  if uron— Olena  6.  LivM— 
Delphos  88  cts ;  St  Mary's  8.  3faum«e— Mau- 
mee  City  6. 

Wbstbrn  Nbw  York — Bti/Talo— Buffalo, 
Westminster  12  86;  Newstead  7;   Westfield 

2  74.  Oenetee— Warsaw  82.  Aiagara— Albion 
16  88;  Lookport  1st  89.  Rochester— Qeneseo 
Village  1st  60  61 ;  Lima  1  60 ;  Rochester  Cen- 
tral 20  18 ;  Rochester,  St  Peter's  56  68 ;  Spring, 
water  7. 

Wisconsin.  —  Chippewa  —  Neshannoo  10. 
Jtfiitoavftee— Cato  1  40 ;  Delafleld  87  ots ;  Rich- 
field  8.  ^innefta^o— Fond  du  Lac  41  60.  Wis- 
consin River— FrtdrlQ  du  Sac  9  64. 

Misckllanbous.  —  Religious  Contribution 
Soc  of  Princeton  Theo  Sem  9  45;  N  M,  Sierra 
Amarilla,  S  A  Russell  6:  N  J,  Vinehind,  Rev 
WmT  Doubleday  lO;  Phlla,  Rev  Alexander 
Heberton,  special  10;  Interest  on  Permanent 
Fund,  G  H  Y  an  Oelder,  Esq  90 ;  Anonymous 
1;  N  J,  Clayton,  "Memorial  of  Mrs  A  H  P" 
60 ;  from  "M"  8;:  from  "  W,"  saved  by  omitting 
use  of  tobacco  8;  Pa,  Greensburgfa,  Mrs  Mary 
Foster  6:  N  Y,  Geneva,  Miss  Kate  McV  Smith 
9;  from  **Dr  R  K  R"  a  thank-offering  for  de- 
liverance" 10:  from  "M  T  B"  20 ;  from  "  B  W" 
6Lper"The  Presbyterian*' 1 ;  N  Y,  Auburn, 
»*E  F  R"  6 ;  Rev  L  R  Fox,  per  Mr  Du  Bois  25; 
Brooklyn,  Raolllia  B  Anderson  60;  Ohio, 
Wapakonetta,  Mrs  Catharine  Simmons  6; 
firom  friends  in  Illinois,  per  S  D  Powel,  Esq 
100 


Total  for  December,        $5,461  97 
CHARLES  BROWN,  Treasurer, 


fvTii:^;,  BJ;°dSSi?aSwif  ••  \  0»-.  "»* O"**""*  street,  PhlUdelphU. 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OP  RECEIPTS.      [February 


BEOEIPTS  FOB  FREEDMEN  IN  DECEMBER  187i. 


ALBAmr.— J/6a»f  —  Sftraton  Springs  9d 
S&b^h  1  64 ;  Albany  let  18  67 ;  SoheneoUdyUt 
902  46 ;  Carlisle  8.   TVoy— Woodslde  8  66. 

Baltimore.— Baltimore— Havre  de  Grace 
6.  Washington  Ci/y— Assembly  7.  New  Cat- 
/te— Port  Penn  8. 

CkntralNkw  YoaM.,—Binakamton—Coven' 
try  2d  Cong  11 ;  MasonriUe  2  60.  Sjfraetue—FnU 
ton  7  60 ;  Syracuse  1st  Ward  82  cu :  Liverpool 
1^  St  Lawrence— DeriGT  I  09;  Brownsville 
21  ots :  Canton  11  87.  Otte^o— Franklin  61  cts ; 
New  Berlin  6.  {//ico— Turin  Sab-sch  24  cts ; 
Holland  Patent  11 80;  West  UUca  10  26 ;  West- 
emville  6  46. 

OiNCiNNATi.— CAa/ico<A«— Wilkesville  10 ; 
ChilIicothelstl2  02.  Day/on— Hamilton  31  60; 
Davton  Memorial  10.  Portsmouth— Red  Oak 
7  60.  Cincinnati— Avondale  78  26 ;  Montgom- 
ery  10. 

Clbtblahd.— C7e«elan^— Elyria  1st  10;  D 
Witter  and  wife  2:  Cleveland  2d  100 ;  Cleveland, 
Euclid  Ave,  L.  F  L  6 ;  Cleveland  Ist  28 ;  North- 
field  4.  AfaAoniny— Warren  4  67 ;  Canfield  6. 
St  Ciair«viiie— MorrlstownO  80. 

Columbus.— Zan«<vii2<— Salem  Ger  8 ;  Mar- 
tlnsburg  12  02.  H^ootfer-^hippewa  6.  Co- 
lumbue— London  1st  16  10.  Afarion— Liberty 
7 ;  Berlin  2  20. 

Ebib.— BK/ier^— Martinsburg  6 ;  New  Salem 
8 ;  Pine  Grove  1  01 :  Plain  Grove  21  00.  She- 
nango— West  Middlesex  4  86;  Mt  Pleasant 
12  60;  New  Castle  2d,  Jno  Homer  1.  EUtan- 
nin^— Brady *8  Bend  14  76.  Jii«oAeny— Sharps- 
burg  Ist  20 ;  Providence  9  60 ;  Plains  8 ;  Spring, 
dale  6 ;  Cross  Roads  7  47 ;  Salem  6  63:  Sewick- 
ley  66.  £rie— East  Greene  8  60.  Clarion— 
Clarion  1st  8  40. 

GBNKVA.—L«on«— Newark  18  61 ;  Jonlns  14. 
C^tfiMttny— Elmlra  1st  4  66 ;  Watkins  2  88 ;  Big 
Flats  7. 

Harbisbuboh.  —  Northumberland  —  Wll- 
liamsport  2d  2  68.  Carii«ie— Valley  Spring  60. 
Hunttnydon —HolUdaysburgh  28  86. 

Illinois,  Cbktral.— SeA«y/er— Mt  Sterling 
14  66.  Bloominyion— Urbana  46  cts.  Peoria— 
Knoxvillel6  06;  Prlncevillel7  88;  Canton  6  76. 
S|»rin^«<<i— Lincoln  4  26. 

Illinois,  North.— ilocft  Jlir«r— Fulton  66 
ots ;  Princeton  Ist  10 ;  Wood  hull  6 ;  Peniel  7  86. 
Fr«eport— Galena  Ger,  Ladies  Soc  8.  Chicago 
—Lake  Forest  76. 

lLLiNois,SouTH.—^//on— Hardin  2;  Yirden 
1  07;  Carlyle  6  60;  Plum  Creek  20.  Cairo— 
Fairfield  13  60. 

Indiana,  North.— Crav/ortftvi Ji«— Wave- 
land  7 :  Bethanv  7  76 ;  Thomtown  11  60.  Mun- 
citf- Wabash  2  06.  X^yantjiort- Mlshawaka 
1st  8  80. 

Indiana,  South. —IFAife  IFo/er— Green- 
bush  6;  Lawrenceburg  1  87.  Indianapolis- 
Acton  66  ots ;  Greencastle  6  72. 

Iowa,  South.— Jotva— Keokuk,  Westmin- 
ster  1st  6  44.  Iowa  City— Muscatine  Ger  2; 
Tipton  ist  10. 

Kansas.— EmpoHo—WiohiU  4  10. 

Michigan.- 5ayinai0— Bay  City  2  86. 

Minnesota.— 5/  Pavi— St  Paul,  House  of 
Hope  12  06. 

Missouri.— PJa/ie  — Westminster  6  60.  Si 
Loui«— Bethel  Ger  6. 

Nbw  Jbrskt.— Morris  and  Orange— South 
St  277  70;  Orange  ad  116  44;  Morristown  1st 
10  68 ;  Madison  46  06;  Chatham  16  90,  EHxa- 
&e/A— Roselle  4  29;  Piuckamln  98  cU;  Plain- 
field  1st  16 ;  Summit  West  1  84 ;  Westfield  8  26; 
Elisabeth  3d  2  80;  Lamlngton  9;  Westmin- 
ster 116.  Newark— yowntk  Park  8  88.  New 
Bmn«t0icl^- Stockton  1;  Trenton  6th  6  66; 
Amwell  9d  6  26.  Newton— Yellow  Frame  1  60. 
We$t  Jer«ey— CedarviUe  1st  6  99. 

Nbw  York.— ^ortA  Aiver— Wapplnger*s  Falls 
1st  10:  Rondout  2  78.  New  Fori— New  York 
6:  Phillips  16;  Sea  and  Land  66  cts;  18th  St 
S  S  MlBs'v  Asso^n  126 ;  Fourth  Ave  16  66. 
Bttdson— Milford  70  cts;  C^heoton  14  cU; 
MIddletown   1st  1  20;  Goodwill  2  29;   West 


Town  70  cts.  Wettchetter — Mahopae  FallB 
2  20;  Port  Chester  1  87. 

Philadblphia.—  C&«fier— Penningtonville 
4:  Media  2  42;  Waynesburgh  66.  PhiladeU 
phia^  >ror/A—Norrislown  Central  26.  Laek^ 
•vanna— Monroeton  1  17 ;  Brooklyn  8 ;  Orwell 
6 ;  Wysox  3.  fVeetmineter—Vnion  »  eis.  Le- 
high —  Lower  Mt  Bethel  1  07 ;  AUentownshlp 
6.    PhUadelphia—WeBt  Spruce  St  238. 

Pittsbuboh.  —  Bedetone  —  Rehoboth  16  96 ; 
Brownsville  3  60;  Round  Hill  178.  PUte- 
burgh-Enst  Liberty  21;  Miller*s  Run  2  60; 
Pittsburgh  8d  73  47 ;  Grace  Memorial  6 ;  Cen- 
tral  36  98;  Mt  Olive  8  72;  Chartiers  6  06; 
Montours  19.  IFa«Ainyton— Holliday's  Cove 
13:  Three  Springs  6;  Forks  of  Wheeling  84; 
Wheeling  4th  48  cts;  Lower  Ten  Mile  4  16; 
Prospect  16  76 ;  Waynesburgh  6  18.  Blaire* 
ville—Vew  Alexandria  1  67:  Beulahao. 

Tbnnbssbb.— Hol«/an — Richland  11  cts. 

ToLBDo.—Huron— Republic  26  cts;  Green 
Springs  20  cts:  Huron  8.  Bell^ontaine  — 
Bucyrus  63  cts ;  Bellefontalne  1st  78  cts.  Man- 
mee—Went  Bethesda  10. 

Wbstbbn  Nbw  YoBK.—KodUsf«r— Roches- 
ter,  Westminster  1  21 ;  Rochester  Central 
9  37;  Lima  4  16.    Bi^aio— Westfield  3  40. 

Wisconsin.- Jtfi/teantec— Delafield  28  ots; 
Ottawa  86  cts.    IFitcontin— Lodi  6  06. 

MiscBLLANEOUS.— Mebanesville  N  0  School 
1;  Lewisburg  1st,  Pa  60;  C  A  Williams, 
Geneva,  Wis  M ;  Greenbush  ch,  N  Y 16 ;  West- 
minster,  Wooster.  0 16 ;  Westminster  Sab-aoh 
or  Minneapolis  10  64;  **A  Presbyterian"  10; 
Portsmoutn  Ist,  Ohio  104  81;  Porumouth  G«r 
ch,  O  2  70;  Green  Brier  Ger  ch  1  64;  Knowles- 
Tlllech,  N  Y  12  60;  Haverstraw  1st  ch,  N  Y 
16;Zlon  Gerch6;  Salem  Ger  ch  2  60:  Saline 
1st,  Mich  6;  Geneva  1st,  N  Y  6  90;  Ithaca  1st 
ch,  N  Y  22  70 ;  Religions  Contribution  Soo*y 
of  Princeton  Seminary  0  96 ;  Mrs  S  Cooper, 
Walnut  Hills,  0 10;  University  Plaee  ch,  N  Y 
296  90:  Pine  Run  ch.  Pa  4  70;  £  Weston, 
Scranton,  Pa  6 ;  by  Rev  S  Mattoon  tor  Blddle 
Institute,  firom  Friends,  Ballston  Spa,  N  Y  46; 
Friends,  Greenwich,  N  Y  16;  Rev  P  U  Cowan 
80 ;  Morristown  1st  ch,  N  J 100 ;  Rev  R  M  Hall 
19;  Mrs  A  C  Brown,  N  Y  160 ;  Spring  Garden 
ch,  Phila  47  86;  Mrs  Mary  King,  Plymouth, 
111  1;  Miss  R  Gould  60;  Friends  per  Rev  TO 
Perry  100 ;  Newark  9d  ch  Sab-soh,  N  J  100 ; 
Miss  H  Temple  16 ;  by  Rev  W  L  Johnson  firom 
Rev  J  Le  Ferres*  ch,  Raritan,  N  J,  for  ceiling 
church  at  Mebanesville,  N  C  17 :  By  Rev  A  3 
Billlngsly  for  mission  at  StatesviUe,  N  C,  from 
Mr  and  Mrs  J  as  Thomas,  New  Brighton,  Pa 
16 ;  Altoona  2d  ch.  Pa  29  47 ;  Falls  Ciiy  1st  ch. 
Neb  2;  The  Beavers,  Fredericksburg,  Va, 
school  1  60;  Enfield  ch.  111  6;  Pleasant  Plains, 
N  J  13;  Mason  ch,  Mich  10;  Mrs  L  C  Linn, 
Petrolia,  Pa  1;  Hookstown,  Pa  2;  Bethlehem, 
Pa  1 ;  "  R,*'  1 ;  Heuvelton  1st  ch,  St  Lawrence 
Co,  N  Y  8  76;  Freeport  lU  9d  Ger,  6;  Mary 
Foster,  Greensbuigh,  Pa  6:  Genesee  Village 
Ist  ch,  N  Y  86;  Rev  Luke  Borland  for  SooUa 
Seminary,  on  main  building,  from  Mrs  J  M 
Graham,  President  of  Ladles  Board  of  Mis- 
sions,  N  Y  46 :  on  scholarship,  from  Mary  D 
Holmes  10 ;  Willing  Workers  of  Kossuth  1st 
ch,  Iowa  14  60 ;  Mrs  Dr  Storrs,  Brooklyn,  N 
Y  40;  Dr  Alex  Guy,  Oxford,  O  80;  Park  oh, 
Syracuse,  N  Y  80:  Warsaw  1st  ch,  Ind  4  36; 
Lyons  1st  ch,  N  Y  90  80;  New  Albany  9d,  Ind 
7  60:  John  C  King  and  Wile,  Chase  City,  Va 
6;  Breckenridge  St  ch.  Buffalo,  N  Y  18  76; 
MIddletown  ch,  Long  Island  2  92;  Calvary  eb, 
Buflalo,  N  Y  48  70;  Silver  Creek  ch,  N  Y 
10  88 ;  Tecumseh,  Neb  City  2 ;  Simeon,  Neb 
City  1 ;  Balnbridge,  Blnghamton  10  08. 

Total  reeelpts  in  Deoember,        #4,^8  01 
JAMES  ALLISON,  Treaeurer. 


Rev.  A.  C.  MoClblland,  Correepondint 
Secretary,  Box  1246,  PltUbvrgh,  Pa. 

Rev.  Jambs  Allison,  D.D.,  7y««t«rer,  Look 
Box  94,  PtttsbBTgh,  Pa. 


ECCLESIASTICAL  RECORD. 


»WiOLCTf05   f>T  tHB    ?A8TORlt    RELATIOIt    ^ 

Ktf    J,  M    L*u  B^uh  and  tUe  churcU  al 
Morn«.  Hi. 
B«T  WtlHsjn  E  UamiUon  and  the  olmrch 

Ktfv  .S  V  McCorkle  and  the  cbarch  at 
GrMinvjlIe  Tenu 

Rf  \r  Jas  G  Ma50i»  rind  tli«  North  Pr«ahj- 
iermu  diurch.  Wishtaglrin   0.  C. 

R«T  J  M.  tVkin*  nad  th«  2i\  church  of 
Osdar  R^pidK.  Iowa 

h^v.  y  G.  Chirk  D  0..  and  the  Totnpkius 
▲vi»oue  church,  Br'oktvn,  N  Y 

R«f  WiMJam  C.  Wisnur,  D  D..  *ad  the 
Lii  oLareh  of  Locicpott,  N.  Y 

CALLS  BBCmVED  0&  AOOEfTCD. 

Ee7.  Francis  J.  Collier  to  t1>e  church  at 
Abingtoiii  Fa,     Declined. 

E«T.  Corliss  B,  Gardner  to  tlie  Wdflttnia- 
iter  Fresbylenaa  church,  Roohe^ter^  N.  Y. 

B«T  J  ^  V.  C.  KeUifl  to  the  church  of  Go< 
vanda.  N  Y, 

RcY,  Alfred  H  Fahneatock  to  the  Ut  Ward 
Preshyterian  church,  Syracuge,  N.  Y, 

Rev.  WilHdm  A<  Miisker  to  ihe  church  of 
Tbrte  Etvt>r3,  MicliigAO. 

JEUv.  L.  P  Walker  to  the  Niulh  church  of 
ladiaDapoliB,  lodianik 

Rev.  U^m.  M.  Kaic  to  tbe  church  of  Sakai, 
Allegheny  Presbytery. 

R,?v  iH'ori£t'  Fra.*er  to  the  church  of  Mii- 
iers  P*uri    i'resbytijry  of  Pittsburgh. 

Huv  J.  J  Bdueom  to  the  church  of  Bridge- 
taUt,  f  ri**by*ory  of  Alle^heoy. 

Itev  Aaron  Wjiltuma,  D,D,,  to  the  ohurch 
of  SprihgtJu'p,  I'jpsbyi^ry  of  Alipghetiy 

IWv.  Sitmutal  V  Mc'Jorkle  to  I  he  churches 
of  Kingston  %ud  Kocksroo^.  Teiitio«<^4d 

Kev.  J  G  SchaiHftTr  to  the  church  at 
BAr««3¥i1]e,Oh»o 

Rftv,  John  li  PiiJtton  to  the  Pine  Streot 
eLareh,  HarnsburgU,  Pa. 

E«y  John  K.  Hutchinson  to  the  church  at 
Marengo.  III- 

Rov.  Daniel  Macfte  to  the  church  of  51  id- 
dJeto>Tn.  i% 

Eev  RoUtiri  ttoasio  the  church  of  Titus- 
filk.  Pa. 

OBOIlTATtOirs  AMD    IXSTAtXATtOIfl. 

Rev  K.  S.  McPetridKe  was  iistftlled  pastor 
«f  the  Wakefield  church,  Germantowa,  Vy  the 
Presbytery  nf  Philadelphia  North,  on  the 
lOth  of  December 

R«7.  8  W.  Daffield  was  iaatal]«d  pastor  of 
the  Ktj^hth  ehttrch,  Chicago,  III ,  on  the  22d 
of  Dect*inber. 

Mr  Thomaa  L,  Springer  was  ordained  and 
tnAtalled  pa.^tor  of  t£e  ilopewell  Presbytchau 
ohurch,  York  county,  Pa.,  on  ih«  1st  of 
I>«e«inber.  187i. 

Rev  rharles  Wood  was  instalted  pastor  of 
Central  Presbyl4*run  church,  Bulfnlo,  on  the 
I5th  of  OcUihor. 

Eev  John  I^eid  was  installed  pastor  of  the 
Tbtrd  Pfvfrhyterian  church,  Poianoa,  K.  J., 
-•B  tlie  —  of  October 


Mr  £  P.  Hawes  was  ordained  and  in* 
stalked  pa«tor  of  the  church  at  Port  Kennedy, 
by  the  rresbylery  of  Philadelphia  >torth,  on 
the  ISth  of  Uctobor, 

Rev.  William  J.  Henderson  was  installed 
p.'iator  of  the  Middle  Octorara  churchy  on  the 
Utii  of  Uctt»ber. 

Rtiv  J.  F.  HamiUon  was  ordained  and  in- 
stailed  pi4Stor  of  the  Second  Presbyteriao 
tihurrh,  Newport,  Kv.,  on  the  9lh  of  October. 

Mr.  Wtlliain  H  Hubbard  was  ordained  ai 
an  Evtmeelist,  by  the  Presbytery  of  New 
BrunswicK,  on  the  29th  of  Uctober.* 

PC»aT  OPFtOS  AI>PaBBS£S  CBAITOED, 

Rev,  M  Witlenberger  from  Richfield,  Wb.. 
to  South  point,  Franklin  county,  Mo. 

Re?  E  N  Wlnto,  D.D.,  from  Buffalo, 
N,  Y,.  to  New  YorkCity- 

R«v  n  P  V.  Eogue  from  Buff*b.  N,  Y., 
to  East  Avou,  NY, 

R«?.  W  R  TeiUworth  from  Clark  Ctty, 
Mo.,  to  Lon^mout,  Col. 

The  address  of  the  Rev  Wm  Keiry  is 
Sniithville,  III.,  and  not  Salem,  III,  as  pub- 
lished io  tiie  AlinuUa. 

Rev  G  S  J.  Browne  from  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
tA  Philadelphia,  Pa 

Rev.  S.  6.  Smith  from  Kingston,  Ohio,  to 
We*t  Roshvi'le,  Ohio 

R«v.  Wra  W.  Beck  with  from  Tawas  City, 
Mich  .  to  Watertowa,  N.  Y. 

Rev%  R  F.  Caldwell  from  Crawfordsville, 
lad  ,  to  Thorntown,  Ind. 

Rev  Solotnon  C.  McElroy  from  Elysbnrgh 
to  Mansfield,  Pa. 

Rev,  .1,  U.  Schneffor  from  Girard,  Kansas, 
to  Barnesville,  Ohio. 

Rev  J  M  Cock  ins  from  Cedar  Rapids, 
Idwi,  to  Lawrence,  Kansaa. 

Rev.  Gideon  C  Clark  from  Fowler,  Ind.,  to 
Shipuian.  IlL 

Rev  Baniel  Rice,  B.D.,  from  Lognasport 
to  Keutland,  Indiana. 

Rev-  J.  M  Gillett  from  Union  City,  Pa,,  to 
West  Mill  Creek,  Pa. 

Rev.  Heman  H  Neill  from  Fort  Kdwardj 
N.  Y  ,  to  Amherst,  Maaa. 

Rev*  Luther  B.  Pert  from  Teouiuseh,  Mich., 
to  Londnndorry,  N.  H. 

Rev.  Wm.  M.  Campbell  from  Kfthoka,  Moi, 
to  Black  Hawk.  Colorado. 

Rev-  J.  C.  Willouehby  from  Knoxfill*, 
Tenn  ,  to  Ktn^sport,  Tenn. 

Rev.  S  N.  Httl  from  Vaasar,  Mich.,  to  Lad- 
ineton,  Mich. 

R43V  E  Black  from  Tuscola,  III,  to  Frank- 
lin, Indiana. 

Rev.  J,  A.  I  Lowei  from  Oxford,  Ohio,  to 
Felicity,  Ohio, 

Rev.  M.  B  Edwarils  from  Pittsburgh,  Pm., 
to  St  Paul,  Minn. 

DEATH 

Rev,  John  N.  Coombs  at  W*mhington 
City,  on  the  27th  of  December,  1874-  The 
coroner's  inqui^st  up<ia  )m  body  returned  a,  | 

verdict  of    'snip-ii^^^i^^^^y^^a^je'^^  ^* 
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CONTEiXTS. 


lomrd  of  Home  MittiaiiH  — fi^frt  iroil  Flt-tlAcw— BocefpiB— Hcporu,  AnnusU  and  (lojutcrtj' 

—Presbyteries— <.?ooimiinletttiun(i  (ivm  Ongon— Tc»h» »^ .«»«.,,.—. .«„„»^,«.«.-,.«    6^ 

^u«rrAf»f  ion  IHpmrt  uwfU.— R««vtpt*  of  ISTS  imd  MT4  compurod— l>ttor/JroiB  &  I^^tor  »—,.•    W 

Boiird  of  Education.— Olo«  Of  the  flnnttdAl  ye^r-^Ttie  Tr&n4m-y^AAli«»l  «Wl««tlci»— 

nvnfmm  I>l»eat»«»o— Hvv.  KowUntl  UiU ^, «^^ ^..._„,,„— . «-«,„„    H 

Board  of  Foreign  Miasiona.— H«cnnt  loten if^Jicc— Keep  Fiiitb  wltb  tte  lodlnw— ^*oilee« 

or  tl*o  Ulilpp*wa  Mlwlon— Ut«*  J%n0  ^pncliot  tn  lUt;  Altl*|»kiu  AjscQcy  ., ,«.,^ 14 

Boitrd  of  PuWIoallOD-^Wlio  w\\\  b^lp  t— The  Wjirof  thfe  Mjiaa  Buoka ■„    f^ 

Board  of  Church  Erection.— Ay t>eft1 1»»  llie  yrofperotB,^,.^.  ^»»^».<.....»«  .,->^ — ,_«..«.  O 
Belief  Puud  for  Disabled  MinlBterB^— Tlvi:  nutkileney— A  wining  hevrt  flodt  *  w»y.,.  9 
fleneral  ▲^sembly^s  Oommitte^  on  Prc«din«n^— Kiobarnusifteiit.... — ...-^^.-«-..«,.    8K 

Api>olntme&t»  by  the  Bo«rd  of  Home  Missions *».*.,.. 

AQknowledfKxnents  off  Baoelpt»«..-.^..-«<^— *»'-•*••'•  —-"•»*•'»-<•*<« 


The  i>ctirr»t  AMombty  }Mit  n^iflnniiUdcHl  t  tmi  ^t^ocHnl  <  ^^Uleotiuoa  vr  UaatrlbaUMkt  Hf  lit 
l^luiiaetf  be  luaac  on  tbo  IVrst  l*urtr9  dny^  of  the  follow  dm  tiiouthsi 

Mftrcht         „..««  *   ^«-.* Sttmiftttnttffn, 

Jiaij,  .».^  .,»...„  •*  .„« ...  1^11  ^ficM Mom. 

«#i4%r  ....  •»....^..  "    «,.«.«..,.« n* If rr/i   Krrnton* 

Kovt'whrr, «««  **    «*,«*,»«.«.JI»»»w«>  M{»»i9H9r 


FORM  OF  UEQIJEST  TO  ANY  OF  THE  BOAJIDS. 

Ttie  ^tflte  law«  ijiller  *«)  msi'b  ibnt  nu  «mo  form  wlU  suiwer  In  »ll  tbe  &Uit«ii»  b«t  to  evwrj 
tt  \a  ea8«Dt1at  ti>  glTo  tb€  eiout  cuupqiiats  sauo^ 

Bci)a«it»  for  nomc  MfJtHnit:*  »ho«ld  he  m»(\t  io  **  Th*  Soerd  af  Heme  Mi$HoiU0/tKt  Frt*^ 
[kyUr^an  Chwck  im  the  United  State*  of  Antrricit,^'  wlilcL  If  now  iho  earpor&t»  tltJ«. 

Of  the  nmfnf  *tf  Ktfnrn  t  hm  ib(?  crjipomtis    oatDe  If  **  Tht  Bo^rd  of  Edutrntitm  ^f  Uu  Frtsbp" 

terian  Church  in  the  United  State*  of  Americn.^ 

Th&  Ittufi*fi  of  Vorflf^H  MtwshtH0  It  IncfjrfKjratofl  nndcrtho  law*  of  PTcw  York,  mnler  th« 
itykof'T^f  BoBrd  vf  Fortign  Xii»ian$o/  thg  Pre^i^yUriAn  Church  in  Iht  Vtnttd  3lait9  <^f 
'^Atnerica.^' 

Tli«  B&nr4 e^f  p94UtUfftten%  IslDeorporat^d  an<ferthetairBOfr«tUiSflv»*l*»«ltf«f  Uiettytoof 

•  The  Tru$ttt»  af  Ihe  Frettfyterian  Boutd  of  PubHcation," 

The  Ht}*trff  ttf  Churrh  BrretioH  If  lTW?orj»onited  aniU»rthe  itjrlitof  **T)k«  Boar^tfthe  fhurth 
Ereetion  Fund  of  fht  Generat  Anembtf  o/  thf  PrrittytrHmn  Chwch  in  th9  Vnitrd  Stmt99  «f 
jtmerfra,"  incorporated  Msn>h  31,  ltS5,  bj  tki«  X«glBlatiir«  of  tho  Stat*  of  Kow  YorK 

Bequest*  thnt  hiiTO  hern  madn  to  the  '^Truttei*  of  tht  Generml  AMBtmbl^j^  or  lotlia  **Ttuwit^9 
of  the  Prttbyteritm  houmc^**  for  Church  pQrpoi»i!:i,  will  be  rnlld. 

A/l  litHfur^u  niAde  to  th0  Ineorponited  IViarda  orComiDUtctf  of  thdtwolAt«  AwembUeftAT« 
TnUd,  a  nit  will  bo  roeoivcd  by  the  Duarda  nhtcb  aro  their  legal  vooecis^m. 

Tho  Hrltef  f\tnd  firf  TH*nMt*H  3t(nUter»f  and  ihe  Wtfiotm9  4»Hfi  ffrjTf«rTnf  of  Tt9€§nm^ 
Mtnttthira  rtmti\rvn  the  f*>llowing:  fonn: 

•*1  glre  and  bequeath  to  my  Mocmori  hcr«^lnjin*m»mcd, dollarsln  tmft^DflTwnhol««i, 

thiU  lh«y  fhall,  wuhlu morithn  alUir  niy  deneaJitc,  \vsky  tho  tamo  li»  th«'  Trutieet  ofihe  C#» 

era/  At$emhty  of  thr  Presbyterian  rhnrch   in  tht  I'nited  St^Ut  of  Amrric^^f  ti>r  tt^e  mo  oi  lltS 
Fund  lur  l>lA«iMcd  MlntHors  an<l  thetf  Kftuiillc*.'* 


Whtn  rtai  e^tiile  Qr  othtr 


property  U  |?trei»»  M  it  ^f  Js>«rfic«larft^ifffffjr^9^d^OOQlc 


THE 

PRESBYTERIAN  MONTHLY 
RECORD. 

Vol.  XXVI.  PHILADELPHIA,  MARCH  1875.  No.  3. 

BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 


A  single  month  only,  of  the  fiscal  year  of  the  Board,  now  remains. 
The  General  Assembly  has  ordered  the  accounts  to  be  closed  on  the 
31st  of  March  annually.  Whatever  is  to  be  done,  therefore,  must  be 
done  quickly, 

DEBT  AND  PLEDGES. 
The  fiscal  year  began  with  a  debt  on  Home  Missions  of  $19,500,  and 
$22,000  on  Sustentation,  as  reported  by  its  Committee  to  the  last  General 
Assembly.  This  was  transfeiTed  to  the  Board  with  orders  to  pay  it. 
These  united  made  the  joint  debt  of  $41,500,  to  pay  which,  pledges  were 
made  at  the  Assembly  at  St.  Louis  in  May  last.  Of  these  pledges 
amounting,  it  was  reported,  to  some  $40,000,  but  $25,050.12  had  been 
received  to  February  1,  1875.  The  attention  of  persons,  societies,  and 
presbyteries,  whose  pledges  have  not  yet  been  redeemed,  is  earnestly 
invited  to  do  so  before  the  close  of  the  year.  Some  have  been  promptly 
and  generously  met,  and  great  hopes  were  excited  at  the  time  these 
pledges  were  given ;  and  now  in  behalf  of  these  laborious  and  self- 
denying  missionaries  and  their  families,  we  beseech  the  early  fulfilment 
of  these  voluntary  promises  to  the  Master. 


RECEIPTS. 

The  entire  receipts,  exclusive  of  the  debt,  from  April  1,  18T4,  to  Feb- 
ruary 1,  1875,  were  as  follows: 

From  churches,  $176,476.58 

Legacies,  26,392.57 

Miscellaneous,  16,131.84 


Total,     $219,000.99 
leaving  $180,999.01  to  be  received  before  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year,  of 
the  $400,000  allotted  to  Home  Missions  by  the  lost  General  Assembly. 


66  BOARD  OP  HOME  MISSIONS.  [March 

REPORTS— ANNUAL  AND  QUARTERLY. 

It  is  earnestly  urged  upon  all  who  have  been  for  any  part  of  the  year, 
or  are  now,  under  appointment  from  Home  Missions  or  Sustentation,  to 
forward  to  the  Board  both  Annual  and  Quarterly  Reports  promptly. 
Let  every  question  be  answered  distinctly,  and  every  blank  filled,  so 
that  a  full  and  complete  statement  may  be  made  to  the  next  Assembly 
of  the  whole  work,  as  required.  These  reports  should  be  sent  so  as  to 
certainly  reach  the  Board  on  or  before  the  Ist  day  of  April  next 


PRESBYTERIES. 

The  Presbyteries  are  requested,  in  considering  their  mission  fields  at 
their  approaching  meetings  and  in  making  applications  for  aid,  to  remem- 
ber the  embarrassed  condition  of  the  funds,  and  the  general  stringency 
of  financial  affairs,  and  act  accordingly.  Great  relief  could  be  secured 
by  the  Presbyteries  insisting,  with  all  rightful  authority,  on  the  group- 
ing of  feeble  fields  for  mutual  aid  in  the  support  of  the  gospel.  And  as 
the  last  Assembly  limited,  under  ordinary  circumstances,  the  period  of 
missionary  aid  to  Fire  years,  might  not  the  Presbyteries,  especially  in 
the  older  states,  require  feeble  fields  to  contribute  more  each  year  to 
their  own  support,  and  ask  less  aid  from  the  Board  annually  ? 


COMMUNICATIONS   FEOM   OREGON. 

During  this  period  I  have  preached  twenty-three  sermons.  The 
attendance  at  the  meetings  has  been  about  the  same,  except  on  the  occa- 
sion of  a  funeral  sermon,  when  the  congregation  numbered  between  two 
hundred  and  three  hundred.  On  that  occasion  the  whole  of  the  popula- 
tion for  miles  around  turned  out,  and  one  of  the  elders  said  that  some  were 
there  that  he  had  never  seen  in  the  church  before.  I  have  been  asked 
to  preach  several  funeral  sermons,  but  unless  I  have  reason  to  believe 
that  the  deceased  was  a  Christian,  I  invariably  avoid  any  sort  of  eulogy, 
and  do  my  best  to  improve  the  occasion  for  the  good  of  the  living.  The 
indiscriminate  practice  which  prevails  here  of  having  funeral  sermons  for 
every  one  that  dies,  from  the  child  of  a  few  weeks  old  to  the  man  of  four- 
score, is  to  be  condemned,  and  yet  we  have  to  do  the  best  we  can  to 
avoid  giving  offence.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that,  as  the  State  grows  older 
and  the  population  increases,  this  along  with  other  evils  will  be  banished. 
The  most  notable  event  in  connection  with  the  church  here,  was  my 
ordination  to  the  office  of  the  holy  ministry  on  the  8th  of  last  month. 

This  took  place  at  C ,  where  the  Presbytery  met  on   the  5th  uit. 

Most  interesting  reports  were  given  in  by  the  brethren,  of  the  progress  of 
the  Lord's  work  in  Oregon,  Washington  Territory,  and  Idaho.  Some  of 
the  ministers  travelled  four  hundred  miles  to  the  meeting.  What  a  large 
field,  and  what  spiritual  destitution!  Perhaps  it  impresses  me  more 
forcibly,  coming  from  Scotland,  where  a  minister  would  think  twenty 
miles  a  long  way  to  travel  to  his  Presbytery,  and  where  also,  men  could 
be  got  to  preach  the  gospel  to  the  perishing  masses  week  after  week 
Here,  indeed,  the  field  is  white  unto  the  harvest,  but  how  few  the  laborers! 
Whole  districts  have  had  only  a  passing  visit  of  a  minister  in  a  year,  and 
yet  what  can  be  done  ?  Such  a  visit  reminds  some  of  their  home  privi- 
leges, which  perhaps,  in  many  instances,  were  only  too  lightly  esteemed. 


1875.]  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  67 

Their*  children,  however,  are  growing  up  without  the  restraining  influ- 
ences of  the  Sabbath,  and  the  house  of  God. 

Between  this  and  A ,  a  number  of  families  have  settled  lately,  and 

the  only  thing  I  can  do  is,  if  spared  till  spring,  to  visit  them  now  and 
again,  and  endeavor  to  keep  them  from  sinking  down  into  heathenism. 
In  winter  it  would  be  impossible  to  get  to  them,  except  on  foot.  There 
is  ten  miles  of  a  wagon  road,  and  then  twenty  miles  of  the  roughest  kind 
of  bridle  path,  through  thickets,  over  huge  logs,  and  across  swamps. 
Besides,  I  have  the  desire  to  make  the  most  of  my  present  field.  I  keep 
up  my  appointments  regularly.  At  one  place,  where  I  had  for  two  or 
three  times  in  succession  only  eight  persons  or  so,  I  still  continued,  and 
the  people  of  late  have  been  talking  of  building  a  new  school-house,  that 
we  may  have  a  more  comfortable  place  of  meeting.  Here  I  may  mention 
that  the  Methodists  and  United  Brethren,  after  trying  to  establish  meet- 
ings, have  both  given  up  the  place.  Now  the  people  are  beginning  to 
regard  me  as  their  minister.  The  prayer-meeting  keeps  up  as  well  as 
usual,  and  we  havcf  reason  to  be  very  thankful  for  a  token  of  success  from 
such  a  meeting,  in  the  case  of  one  who  died  lately.  He  was,  a  little  more 
than  a  year  ago,  a  very  careless  person.  At  that  time  his  aged  mother 
became  sick,  and  it  was  proposed  to  hold  an  occasional  meeting  in  his 
house  for  his  mother's  sake.  When  asked,  he  at  once  granted  the  use 
of  his  house.  This  summer  he  was  seized  with  a  disease  which,  at  the 
time,  was  not  considered  dangerous,  but  which,  nevertheless,  ended  in 
death.  During  his  illness  those  in  the  habit  of  attending  the  prayer- 
meeting  frequently  visited  him,  and  had  a  good  deal  of  religious  conver- 
sation with  him,  and  before,  he  died,  he  gave  us  reason  to  believe  that  he 
was  resting  on  Christ.  May  the  Lord  bless  yet  more  abundantly  the 
word  of  His  grace.     I  am  your  servant  in  Christ,  G.  R. 

Since  I  last  wrote  you,  I  have  almost  been  constantly  on  the  move, 
and  now  even,  while  I  am  writing  to  you,  I  am  not  at  home,  but  with 

Brother  P ,  my  elder  in  U A .    If  I  should  have  to  write  you 

from  '*  Headquarters,"  I  would  have  to  head  it  with  "  In  the  Field,  &c." 

Though  I  have  given  most  of  my  time  to  C P ,  and  have  that 

church  now  in  good  running  order,  I  have,  for  the  last  few  months 
given  my  attention  to  those  long-neglected  fishing  and  farming  commu- 
nities and  settlements  along  the  C River.     I  must,  however,  confine 

myself  to  C P ,  U A ,  and  S ,  W.  T.     If  there  were 

more  Sundays  in  the  month,  or  if  I  could  quadruple  myself,  I  could  supr 
ply  other  destitute  places  with  the  preaching  of  the  gospel. 

During  the  summer  months,  and  while  visitors  kept  coming  for  their 
health,  I  have  preached  there  every  Sabbath,  and  taught  and  reorganized 
the  Sunday-school.  One  pleasing  feature  in  the  Sunday-school  is  the 
fact  that  the  people,  all,  young  and  old,  remain  after  the  morning  service, 
and  the  children  recite  the  lesson  m*emorized,  usually  ten  verses  of  one  of 
the  Gospels. 

Before  I  came  to  P ,  the  young  people  were  given   up  to  the 

dancing  mania.  To  counteract  it,  I  have  them  serve  the  church  by  invit- 
ing them  to  join  the  choir  and  sing  the  songs  of  Zion.  I  practice  with 
them  one  evening  during  the  week,  and  it  works  well ;  the  attendance  is 
usually  large,  and  there  is  also  a  greater  increase  at  the  Sunday  morning 
services. 

Rev.  J.  R.  T spent  five  days  with  me  last  week,  and  assisted  in 

the  Communion  services.  We  have  very  interesting  meetings,  the  good 
result  of  which  I  may  be  permitted  to  record  at  some  future  tim^. 


68  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  [March 

There  is  work  enough  for  me  to  do  in  P ,  but  still,  I  must  put  my 

dear  people  oflf  with  half  allowance,  and  divide  the  half  with  other  of 

God's  children.     U A-^ is  growing  in  size  and  significance,  and  I 

have  put  my  spade  into  the  ground  there,  and  in  time,  I  hope,  also  the 
sickle.  There  are  no  other  services  held  except  by  me,  and  yesterday, 
after  preaching  to  them,  they  requested  me,  by  a  unanimous  vote,  to  give 
them  monthly  services.  In  the  morning  I  had  an  audience  of  twenty- 
eight  persons  in  a  small,  temporary  school-house ;  in  the  evening,  about 
forty  at  a  private  house.     People  show  their  appreciation  by  walking  in 

the  darkness,  through  muddy  trails.     Elder  P is  doing  a  good  work 

here,  by  maintaining  the  Sunday-school.  He  is  an  earnest  Christian,  and 
a  zealous  Presbyterian. 

For  a  few  years  past,  there  have  been  a  few.  godly  men  and  women  in 

S ,  W.  T.,  who  have  been  praying  that  God  would  remember  them 

in  their  isolation,  and  send  them  a  minister  or  missionary.  The  Lord  heard 
their  requests,  after  a  long  trial  of  their  faith  and  perseverance.  I  believe 
the  Lord  has  sent  me  there  to  preach  His  word,  and  a  peach  has  been 
the  means  of  opening  to  me  a  secluded,  and  for  a  long  time  unknown  val- 
ley.    I  was  in  Portland  on  business.   I  stayed  with  our  energetic  elder  of 

Dr.  T r's  church,  and,  as  we  all  carry  satchels,  Mrs.  W put  a  few 

peaches  into  it,  together  with  a  lunch,  to  eat  on  the  steamboat.  Having 
no  lady  escort,  I  seated  myself  with  the  fishermen  and  farmers,  listening 
to  their  discussions,  to  learn  on  what  topics  their  minds  ran ;  and  strange 
to  say,  religion  and  theology  was  never  more  warmly  discussed  than 
when  they  have  not  the  opportunity  to  have  it  preached.  A  little  child, 
with  blue  eyes  and  flaxen  hair,  attracted  my  attention,  as  it  seated  itself 
by  my  side.  My  heart  grew  large,  my  satchel  opened,  and  I  was  minus 
a  fine  large  peach.  Presently  the  father  came  to  thank  me  in  behalf  of 
his  little  daughter.  In  his  rural,  unsophisticated  simplicity,  he  wanted 
to  know  all  about  me,  and  at  last  culminated  his  queries  by,  "Ain't  you 
a  preacher?"  Having  received  an  affirmative  reply,  or  something  to  that 
eflfect,  he  wanted  to  know  if  I  could  not  come  to  see  him  at  S-- — ,  and 
baptize  a  few  of  his  and  his  neighbors'  children,  saying  it  would  be  the 
first  time  that  a  minister  ever  entered  that  valley.  He  reminded  me 
much  of  the  Samaritan  woman  at  the  well.  While  I  talked  with  him 
about  Jesus  and  the  way  of  salvation,  a  large  number  of  other  men  of  like 
stamp  gathered  around  me,  so  that  I  had  quite  an  audience.  One  man, 
who  had  sold  liquor  as  a  make-shift  to  retrieve  some  losses,  told  me 
afterward  he  knew  it  was  wrong,  and  felt  ashamed,  and  would  abandon 
it  as  soon  as  he  could  get  out  of  it.  A  few  weeks  afterwards,  I  went  in 
search  of  these  scattered  families,  and  found,  contrary  to  my  expecta- 
tions, a  field  ready  for  the  harvest.  I  sent  out  messengers,  and  went  from 
house  to  house  myself,  to  invite  them  to  the  school-house  to  worship 
God,  and  to  the  preaching  of  the  gospel.  Even  on  a  week-day  fisher- 
men left  their  boats,  farmers  left  their  spades,  the  pioneers  far  up  in  the 
valley  the  saw  and  axe,  and  came  in  Sunday  attire.  We  all  felt  as 
though  the  year  of  grace  had  really  come. 

On  representation  of  these  facts,  the  Presbytery  of  O ordered  me  to 

preach  in  S one  Sunday  in  the  month.     I  have  been  there  twice 

since.  Christian  friends  in  Portland  supply  me  with  papers  and  books, 
which  I  distribute. 

I  would  not  exchange  missionary  work  for  any  other,  nor  could  the 
best  charge  in  an  Eastern  city  induce  me  to  relinquish  this  one.  This 
suits  me  exactly,  and  I  feel  convinced  I  am  just  where  I  ought  to  be. 
Dear  Brother,  you  must  pardon  my  verbosity,   but  really  when   the 


1875.]  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  69 

Lord's  cause  and  our .  cause  prospers,  we  feel  a  delight  in  recommend- 
ing it,  and  I  know  you  like  to  hear  of  it,  and  rejoice  with  us ;  and  thus  I 
have  been  induced  to  give  you  a  rather  lengthy  description  of  our  mis- 
sion field  on  the  lower  C . 

I  should  have  stated  above,  that  S is  on  the  Washington  Territory 

side  of  the  river,  twenty-five  miles  above  A ,  containing  about  forty 

families.  The  territory  which  I  occupy  is  large,  and  the  laborers  few. 
There  is  a  strong  probability  that  the  lower  C may  be  made  thor- 
oughly Presbyterian. 

I  cannot  look  after  one-half  of  the  places  where  I  am  invited  to  preach 
and  conduct  services.  The  peculiarity  of  my  charges  is,  that  the  ground  is 
not  disputed  by  any  other  minister.  The  settlers  and  new  comers  are  for 
the  most  part  poor,  and  can  pay  very  little  for  self-support ;  but  I  have 
no  doubt  but  that,  in  a  few  years,  these  tfiree  points  occupied  by  me  now 
may  become  self-sustaining.  In  the  mean  time,  they  must  crave  the 
beneficence  of  the  Board.  I  have  heard  expressions  such  as  these:  "We 
are  a  set  of  heathen,  and  by  preaching  you  bring  light  into  these 
benighted  valleys." 

May  God  bless  the  Board,  and  strengthen  your  hands.  I  remain 
yours,  with  great  respect,  M.  G.  M. 


TEXAS. 

Your  kind  letter  of  November  30th,  and  the  one  speedily  following  it, 
containing  a  still  more  substantial  evidence  of  your  interest  in  my  work, 

alike  awaited  my  return  from  the  frontier  to  G .     Never  was  the 

heart  of  the  missionary  made  gladder  than  was  mine,  on  the  receipt  of 
your  draft.  The  very  life  of  my  faithful  horse  seemed  to  be  wrapped  up 
in  the  matter  of  my  getting  aid  at  once.  Corn  is  $1.50  a  bushel,  and 
nothing  but  cash  can  get  it.  Your  correction  of  the  date  of  my  services, 
with  your  many  kind  words,  &c.,  puts  me  in  a  better  frame  of  mind,  and 
I  will  work  on  whilst  the  door  seems  to  be  open  to  me,  and  no  one  else 
ready  to  enter  in  and  t^ke  my  place.  Somebody  has  to  make  sacrifices, 
or  these  waste  places  will  remain  uncultivated  by  our  Church.  The  mis- 
sionary finds  his  reward  not  in  the  mere  pittance  doled  out  to  him  in 
dollars  and  cents,  but  in  the  reflection  that  he  is  laying  foundations  in 
destitute  places,  thereby  extending  the  area  of  the  visible  Church  of 
Christ.  I  have  just  returned  from  the  "regions  beyond,"  where  we 
planted  our  standards  in  advance  of  every  other  denomination.     Brother 

B very  promptly  responded  to  my  call  in  rendering  the  necessary 

assistance  in  organizing  at  such  places  as  I  felt  ready  for  the   work. 

Accompanied  by  Brother  B ,  of  McK ,  and  Brother  W ,  we 

arrived  in  G on  Wednesday,  December  2d,  and  preached  at  night  to 

a  large  and  attentive  audience.  We  were  not  yet  ready  to  organize 
here,  so  Thursday  we  proceeded  westward. 

The  first  place  we  reached  was  S J ,  a  thriving  village  in  the 

county  of  M .     Here   we  remained   until  after    the    Sabbath,    and 

organized  a  church  with  ten  members  and  two  elders.  We  also  organ- 
ized a  Sabbath-school  and  donated  a  library.  There  was  not  an  Old- 
school  Presbyterian  in  the  town  when  I  went  there  a  few  months  back. 

We  then  proceede4  to  A ,  at  V P ,  where  we  organized  a 

church  with  twenty  members  and  two  elders.  We  also  started  a  Sab- 
bath-school, and  will  send  books.  Two  adults  and  five  children  were  here 
baptized. 

We  next  proceeded  to  C county,  the  extreme  frontier  of  civilization. 

Our  work  was  very  much  hindered  here  by  heavy  rains  and  high  water. 


TO  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  [March 

I  had  the  names  of  a  dozen  persons  in  W C ,  beyond   the 

W River,  asking  for  an  organization.     This  we  were  compelled  to 

defer  for  the  present. 

At  H ,   a  village   of  one  year's  growth,  now  numbering  about 

two  hundred  souls,  we  organized  with  nine  members.  Others  intending 
to  unite,  were  absent  at  the  time.  We  also  started  a  Sunday-school  at 
this  place,  and  will  send  a  library.     This  is  the  first  and  only  church 

organization  ever  effected  in  C county.    The  ground  out  here  is  still 

contested  by  the  wild  Comanches,  and  men  sleep  upon  their  arms.  I 
feel  no  little  satisfaction  in  having  thus  made  ours  the  pioneer  church  in 
this  region.  As  you  are  aware,  my  commission  did  not  require  me  to 
push  out  into  these  new  regions,  and  I  have  done  so  at  a  personal  sacri- 
fice, for  not  unfrequently  have  J  slept  upon  the  bare  ground,  and  been 
exposed  to  Indians  and  robbers.  But  the  blessed  Lord,  in  whose  service 
I  was  engaged,  has  taken  care  of  me,  and  I  can  now  point  to  three  Pres- 
byterian churches  and  Sunday-schools,  on  a  line  westward  from  D , 

the  first  sixty,  the  second  eighty,  and  the  third  one  hundred  miles 
from  the  former  city.  These  churches  embrace  forty  communi- 
cants, and  the  Sabbath-schools  about  one  hundred  members.  Never  had 
an  Old-school  Presbyterian  minister  visited  any  part  of  this  region 
before.  What  say  our  Southern  brethren  to  this?  That  we  are 
intruders,  working  in  their  field  ?  Alas!  alas,  that  such  a  feeling  should 
exist  in  their  minds,  when  we  see  how  they  are  compelled  to  neglect 
these  waste  places!  May  God  give  us  all  more  of  the  spirit  of  our 
common  Master,  so  that  '*Ephraim  may  not  envy  Judah,  nor  Judah  vex 
Ephraim."  May  we  be  speedily  brought  to  see  eye  to  eye,  so  that  we 
can  unite  our  strength  in  the  cause  which  lies  so  dear  to  all  our  hearts. 
Then  will  our  Zion  truly  become  a  power  in  ^his  land. 

Truly  yours  in  Christ,  A.  J.  Y. 


SUSTENTATION  DEPARTMENT. 

We  give  below,  what  it  may  please  our  readers  to  see,  a  statement  of 
receipts  last  year,  beginning  May,  1873,  and  this  year  beginning  May, 
1874. 

1S78.  1874. 

May $2,162  56 $1,727  30 

June 1,832  71 505  92 

July 2,840  96 1,272  10 

August 773  82 876  19 

September 1,316  16 1,346  31 

October 2,048  82 1,463  45 

November 2,192  05 2,293  03 

December 2,309  15 2,105  84 

January 2,886  16 2,252  41 

February 6,201  38 

March 13,740  27 

•  April 13,149  97 

From  this  statement  it  appears  that  in  nine  months  from  May,  1873, 
$18,362  34  were  raised,  and  this  year  for  the  corresponding  period  we 
have  raised  only  $13,842  55,  a  falling  off  of  about  $4,500.  But  February, 
March,  and  April  are  the  fruitful  months  for  Sustentation,  and  if  the 
churches  but  do  their  duty  promptly,  the  cause  need  not  fall  much,  if  any, 
behind  last  year.  Digitized  by  VjC 


1875]  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION.  tl 

In  the  three  months  just  named  in  1875,  the  reader  can  readily  see 
$33,091  62.  Our  fiscal  year  closes  with  the  month  of  March,  in  order  to 
correspond  with  the  recommendation  of  the  Assembly,  which  really  makes 
our  fiscal  year  for  this  time  to  consist  of  only  eleven  months,  so  that  if  our 
receipts  do  not  aggregate  as  much  in  the  Annual  Report  as  in  the  former 
years,  we  must  not  be  disappointed.  But  if  February  and  March  do  not 
bring  us  large  returns,  we  scarcely  see  what  the  missionaries  will  do. 
The  close  of  the  year  is  at  hand.     What  is  done  must  be  done  quickly. 

A  pastor  at  the  West  writes  as  follows  about  the  change  of  time  in 
taking  up  collections,  to  which  reference  was  made  in  the  last  number  of 
the  Record. 

N ,  Feb.  8, 1875. 

Accept  my  thanks  for  the  bank  order  for  $100  towards  the  balance  of 
my  Sustentation  allowance.  I  think,  however,  you  will  discover  by  your 
books  that  I  have  been  paid  for  only  three-quarters  of  the  year  ending 
at  July  1st,  1874.  Consequently  the  date  on  the  order,  **to  July  1874," 
is  incorrect.     It  should  be  "to  April  1st,  1874." 

I  am  very  sorry  to  see,  by  the  last  number  of  the  Record,  that  the 
Education  Board  "  stole  a  march"  against  the  friends  of  Sustentation, 
and  have  captured  their  main  position  of  collection-day.  I  presume, 
however,  it  is  only  anticipating  the  result  which  would  have  come  at 
any  rate,  though  it  is  a  pity  the  blow  should  come  from  the  hand  of  a 
friend. 

If  the  funds  have  failed,  so  that  you  can  send  me  no  more  for  the  late 
Sustentation  year,  I  shall  try  to  be  content;  but  I  hope  you  will  excuse 
me  for  this  attempt  to  keep  our  accounts  straight. 

I  am,  dear  sir,  yours  very  sincerely,  W.  H. 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 


CLOSE  OF  THE  FINANCIAL  YEAR. 

But  a  few  weeks  more  remain  before  the  close  of  the  financial  year. 

Another  quarter  payment  is  due  to  all  the  students  on  March  1st. 
The  Professors'  Reports  are  now  coming  in  from  every  part  of  the  coun- 
try.    The  money  needed  cannot  be  deferred. 

The  attention  of  brethren  in  the  ministry,  and  members  of  the  churches, 
is  most  earnestly  asked  to  the  statement  of  the  condition  of  the  Treasury. 

Unless  general  and  larger  contrihiUions  are  made  to  this  cause,  its 
receipts  for  the  year  will  he  greatly  below  what  they  have  been  in  any 
recent  year. 

THE  TREASURY. 

The  present  very  painful  condition  of  the  Treasury  may  be  known 
from  the  fact  that  the  receipts  for  the  ten  months  of  the  financial  year 
ending  on  February  1st  are  only  $41,558,  which  is  but  little  over  two- 
thirds  what  they  were  in  either  of  the  last  two  years.  But  for  a  legacy 
just  received  they  would  have  been  but  $38,008.      ^  o 


72  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION.  [March 

There  is  needed  yet  the  sum  of  $70,442,  to  supply  the  amount  which 
the  last  General  Assembly  judged  requisite  for  Education  this  year. 

The  Board  increased  somewhat  its  loans  in  January  in  order  that  the 
credit  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  might  not  again  be  impeached  by  those 
persons — often  worldly  men,  who  think  that  Christians^  promises  should 
be  as  sacred  as  those  of  people  who  make  no  such  profession — to  whom 
students  have  of  necessity  gone  in  debt,  and  given  the  endorsement  of 
our  written  pledges. 

ANNUAL  COLLECTIONS. 

A  number  of  very  strong  reasons  impelled  the  last  General  Assembly 
to  request  of  the  churches  taking  their  *'  annual  collections"  in  March  to 
change  the  time  to  February.  This  is  the  only  appointment  made  now, 
or  at  any  time,  by  its  authority,  for  that  month.  The  action  was  pub- 
lished at  the  time  in  the  reports  in  the  General  Assevibly  Journal  and 
otherwise,  afterwards  in  the  Minutes  of  the  Assembly,  and  since  Novem- 
ber last  in  the  cover  of  the  Monthly  Record,  so  that  every  reader  of  those 
periodicals  who  is  interested  in  the  general  work  of  the  Church  has 
doubtless  noticed  it. 

But  as  many  churches  may  not  yet  have  made  the  change  advised,  the 
attention  of  such  is  requested  to  the  announcements  of  this  number  of  the 
Record  with  regard,  to  the  present  great  necessities  of  this  Board. 

We  will  be  glad  when  the  days  of  ''annual  collections"  arc  over;  and 
the  churches  adopt  God's  rule  for  Christian  giving. 


GERMAN  EDUCATION. 

The  Presbyterian  Church  should  aid  the  German  students  who  are 
preparing  for  her  ministry  to  obtain  a  good  theological  education. 

The  German  people  of  this  country  can  only  be  reached  and. influenced 
by  teachers  of  intelligence.  Germany  is  the  chief  fountain  of  intellectual 
influence  in  Europe.  It  has  near  six  hundred  schools  of  the  highest  grade, 
of  which  many  are  equal  in  the  range  and  thoroughness  of  their  instruction 
to  most  of  the  American  colleges ;  in  these  there  are  a  hundred  and  fifty 
thousand  scholars.  There  are  twenty  universities,  in  the  faculties  of  which 
there  are  about  seventeen  hundred  various  instructors,  and  eighteen 
thousand  students.  Even  English  scholars  are  found  to  concede  the  superi- 
ority of  the  German  university  system  to  their  own  in  some  of  its  most 
important  features.  One  of  them  says :  These  "  institutions  have  fostered 
German  genius,  and  encouraged  German  literary  industry,  till  they  have 
become  the  admiration  and  delight  of  Europe."  "  It  is  this  which  insures 
to  the  highly  gifted  minds  of  Germany  the  means  and  opportunity  for  the 
full  and  free  development  of  their  powers,  and  a  fitting  sphere  of  useful- 
ness and  honor.  It  is  this  which  secures  a  ready  entrance  for  newly  dis- 
covered truths  of  science  into  the  minds  of  the  rising  generation,  at  the 
very  time  when  they  are  most  free  from  prejudice,  and  filled  with  the  most 
disinterested  love  of  truth  and  knowledge."     "The  path  of  knowledge 


1815.]  BOARD  OP  EDUCATION.  73 

is  to  the  Qerman  the  path  of  ambition  too.  The  distinguished  professor 
holds  a  dignified  position  among  his  fellow-citizens,  and  is  not  excluded 
from  the  notice  and  favor  of  his  sovereign,  but  shares  them  with  the 
noble,  the  politician,  and  the  soldier,  who  in  England  are  almost  the 
exclusive  recipients  of  the  monarch's  smiles." 

The  most  thorough  and  original  scholarship  of  the  age  is  largely 
German ;  especially  that  which  relates  to  languages,  history,  philosophy, 
and  biblical  and  other  criticism.  In  the  practical  sciences  there  does  not 
exist  that  superiority,  partly  because  of  excessive  devotion  to  the  theory 
that  the  great  end  is  to  make  thinkers,  and  that  knowledge  is  the  fountain 
of  practice,  whence  the  fountain  has  been  honored  to  the  neglect  of  the 
stream ;  and  partly  because  of  the  secondary  position  of  Germany,  until 
within  a  short  time  past,  in  respect  to  manufactures  and  co^^nerce.  But 
this  deficiency  in  practical  spirit  and  influence  is  being  remedied  by  the 
immense  energy  which  the  still  recent  conflicts  with  Austria  and  France 
have  infused  into  the  whole  national  life. 

And  yet  university  education  in  Germany  does  not  qualify  men  for 
American  habits,  employments,  and  associations.  American  students 
who  go  there  young  are  denationalized,  and  probably  demoralized.  And 
Germans  in  America  are  best  fitted  for  work  in  America  by  education 
here.  The  Board  of  Education,  though  repeatedly  urged  to  do  so,  has 
never  given  aid  to  any  one  going  to  Europe  to  study. 

But  the  prime  reason  for  the  sound  education  of  our  German  candidates 
for  the  ministry  is  the  present  vigor  of  German  Protestantism,  and  the 
charge  to  which  God's  providence  is  calling  it  of  fighting  out  the  unfin- 
ished battle  of  the  Great  Reformation.  There  are  more  Luthers  and 
Melancthons  needed  for  Germany,  for  all  Europe,  and  for  America. 
Nay,  men  who  will  be  more  wise  and  catholic  than  Martin  Luther, 
while  they  possess  his  spiritual  power,  and  men  more  determined  and 
faithful  than  Philip  Melancthon. 

The  heaviest  blows  of  Romanism  and  of  rationalism  in  this  generation 
will  fall  upon  the  German  soldiers  of  Christ.  Some  of  the  hottest  battles, 
some  of  those  most  decisive  for  good  or  evil  to  all  mankind,  will  be  fought 
here  in  our  country.  The  men  whom  we  are  arming  for  them  ought  to 
be  generously  and  efficiently  sustained  by  the  material  aid  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church.    They  ought  to  have  our  warmest  prayers  and  sympathies. 


REV.  ROWLAND  HILL. 

The  famous  Rowland  Hill  was  a  descendant  of  Sir  Rowland  Hill,  the 
first  Protestant  Lord  Mayor  of  London.  From  a  child  he  was  remarka- 
ble for  activity,  vivacity,  and  enjoyment  of  religious  things.  He  was  a 
Cambridge  student,  and  while  there,  though  mocked  and  scorned  by  his 
fellows,  went  regularly  out  into  the  country  to  hear  the  sermons,  and  be 
benefitted  by  the  company,  of  the  celebrated  John  Berridge,  whose  zeal- 
ous and  cheerful  character  resembled  his  own.  (^ nr%a\c> 

The  Life  of  Rowland  Hill,  by  the  Rev.  Edwin  Sidney,  is  one  of  the 


74  BOARD  OP  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [March 

most  interesting  of  religious  biographies.  His  career  was  parallel  with 
that  of  Whitfield,  Berridge,  the  Wesleys,  Howell  Harris,  Toplady,  Sir 
Richard  Hill,  his  brother,  and  other  instruments  of  God  in  the  revival  of 
religion  in  Great  Britain  a  century  ago. 

He  built  the  famous  Surrey  Chapel  in  1782.  He  was  one  of  the  found- 
ers of  the  London  Missionary  Society,  and  preached  the  sermon  at  its 
first  general  meeting,  September  26,  1795,  from  Matt.  xxiv.  14.  He  was 
eminently  successful  in  promoting  its  interests.  He  threw  his  whole 
soul  into  his  appeals  for  it,  his  countenance  beaming  with  delight  as  he 
dwelt  upon  the  themes  of  the  hopes  and  triumphs  of  the  gospel  of  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

Nor  was  this  empty  declamation.  He  enforced  his  appeals  for  funds 
by  generous  contributions  of  his  own.  He  would  go  to  a  principal  door  of 
the  chapel,  and  hold  one  of  the  plates  to  receive  the  collection  from  the 
people  as  they  passed  out.  They,  kindled  by  his  spirit,  crowded  there 
for  the  privilege  of  putting  their  donations  into  his  hands.  He  invited 
many  of  them  to  dine  with  him  afterward,  that  he  might  enjoy  with  them 
conversation  on  the  subject.  If  at  any  time  the  collection  happened  to  be 
less  than  he  expected,  he  was  much  dejected  by  it ;  and  this  dejection  was 
likely  to  rouse  some  of  his  people  to  supplement  the  sum  by  farther  con- 
tributions. 

The  fervent  character  of  Rowland  Hill,  so  different  from  the  flaccid 
lifitlessness  of  many  in  these  times,  when  the  Spirit  of  God  seems  to  be  so 
much  withdrawn  from  the  churches,  diffused  its  life  through  the  large 
membership  of  his  own  church,  and  into  ministers  and  people  in  other 
and  even  distant  places.  The  influence  of  it  was  felt  by  many  laborers 
who  went  forth  into  the  world's  broad  harvest.  It  has  given  greater 
energy,  joyfulness  and  success  to  the  labors  of  those  who  have  succeeded 
them  until  this  day. 


BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS, 

RECENT  INTELLIGENCE. 
Arrival  out  of  Missionaries. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Weaver  and  Miss 
McFarren  have  arrived  at  Bogota,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Houston  at  Bahia. 

Danger  and  Escape  in  Acapulco,  Mexico.  The  Rev.  M.  N.  Hutchin- 
son went  from  Mexico  on  a  visit  to  Acapulco,  by  request  of  some  Protest- 
ants, and  a  church  was  organized.  This  was  followed  by  a  riot  of  bigotted 
Romanists,  which  was  suppressed  by  the  military.  Several  persons 
were  killed  and  more  were  wounded,  but  the  missionary  found  refuge  on 
an  American  ship.  We  learn  these  particulars  from  the  newspapers. 
By  telegraph  we  learn  the  arrival  of  Mr.  Hutchinson  at  San  Francisco. 

Africa — inland. — Another  letter  from  the  Rev.  R.  H.  Nassau,  M.  D., 
dated  Lake  Azingo,  Fanwe  Country,  November  1 6th,  gives  good 
accounts.  He  had  been  two  months  up  the  Ugovi  river  200  miles — 
direct  distance  from  the  sea,  130  miles, — ^without  being  able  to  communi- 
cate with  the  coast.  He  was  on  his  return,  by  another  route,  to  Gaboon. 
He  had  "  excellent  health  and  no  trouble,"  and  he  had  chosen  a  place  for 
a  mission  station  on  the  Ugovi,  to  which  he  expected  to  return  in  Janu- 
ary. 

"Added  to  the  Church." — Dr.  Loomis  refers  to  four  Chinese  bap- 
tized by  him  and  admitted  to  the  church  of  Sacramento,  and  Mr.  Condit 


1875.]  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  75 

mentions  four  Chinese  received  by  the  church  of  San  Jose,  and  one  by 
the  mission  church  in  San  Francisco.  Mr.  Carrothers  speaks  of  two 
more  Japanese  admitted  to  the  church  of  Yedo,  and  Mr.  Thompson 
reports  forty-one  persons  admitted  to  his  church  during  the  year.  Mr. 
Dodd,  of  Hangchow,  refers  to  three  converts  received.  Mr.  Goloknath, 
the  native  minister,  reports  one  Hindu  convert  received  at  Hoshyarpur. 
Mr.  Pond  mentions  the  admission  of  a  convert  by  the  church  of  Sidon, 
Syria.  Mr.  Vanorden,  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,  had  returned  from  a  visit  to  a 
place  twelve  miles  from  Lorena,  after  having  organized  a  church  of  seven 
members.  And  Mr.  Merwin  speaks  of  three  new  members  received  by 
the  church  of  Valparaiso,  and  one  by  the  church  of  Talca,  Chili. 

Japanese  candidates  for  the  ministry.  Dr.  Hepburn  speaks  of  no 
less  than  eight  young  men,  as  having  been  taken  under  the  care  of  the 
Presbytery  as  candidates  for  the  ministry.  They  are  regarded  as  sincere 
converts,  influenced  by  right  motives,  and  of  good  promise  as  to  useful- 
ness.    This  is  indeed  pleasing  news. 

Receipts — May  Ist,  to  February  Ist. — From  churches,  $172,516; 
from  individual  donors,  $25,5*71 ;  from  legacies,  $29,967~in  all,  $228,057. 
Last  year  the  receipts  in  these  months  were  $261,014.  From  the 
churches  and  individual  donors,  this  year,  $198,087 ;  last  year,  $203,982. 

In  the  receipts  in  January  a  large  special  gift  is  included ;  last  year,  a 
gift  of  the  same  amount  from  the  same  donor  reached  the  mission 
treasury  in  February ;  the  other  receipts  in  January  this  year  are  less 
than  those  of  the  same  month  last  year.  We  trust  that  the  earlier 
reception  of  this  noble  gift  may  be  considered  as  showing  the  promptness 
and  liberality  with  which  other  good  gifts,  large  or  small,  "  as  God  hath 
prospered"  the  givers,  will  reach  the  treasury. 

Letters  received  to  February  12th. — From  Seneca  Mission — Alle- 
ghany, January  13th,  and  Cattaraugus,  February  4th;  Omaha,  January 
19th;  Dakota,  January  15th;  fcfeminole,  February  2d;  Nez  Perce,  Janu- 
ary 5th ;  San  Francisco,  February  3d ;  Yokohama,  January  8th ;  Yedo, 
January  5th ;  Tsinanfu,  November  29th ;  Hangchow,  November  28th ; 
Ningpo,  December  21st;  Shanghai,  December  11th;  Canton,  December 
9th;  Bangkok,  December  12th;  Petchaburi,  November  24th;  Allahabad, 
December  15th;  Saharunpur,  December  30th;  Jalandar,  November  25th; 
Labor,  November  27th;  Kolapore,  December  26th;  Sidon,  December 
26th;  Tripoli,  December  2l8t;  Monrovia,  December  12th;  Gaboon, 
December  8th ;  Rio  de  Janeiro,  December  24th ;  Sao  Paulo,  December 
18th;  Bahia,  December  21st;  Valparaiso,  December  15th;  Bogota, 
December  17  th.  

KEEP  FAITH  WITH  THE  INDIANS. 

We  should  of  course  do  so  with  all  people.  We  should  especially  do 
so  with  the  Indians,  on  account  of  our  peculiar  relations  to  them.  One 
of  the  Indian  Agents — see  his  letter  on  another  page — refers  to  promises 
made  to  a  band  of  Apaches,  which  have  not  yet  been  fulfilled.  Thence 
may  too  easily  spring  trouble,  costing  many  lives  and  large  expense  for 
military  movements.  One  of  the  missionaries,  Mr.  Ramsay,  speaks  of 
the  discouragement  of  the  Seminoles  on  account  of  efforts  to  establish 
United  States  control  of  matters  in  the  Indian  Territory.  The  older 
settled  tribes  in  this  Territory — the  Cherokees,  Creeks,  Seminoles,  Choc- 
taws,  and  Chickasaws — over  54,000  souls  in  number — occupy  this  land 
\inder  explicit  stipulations  in  repeated  Treaties  between  our  Government 
and  these  tribes.     These  Treaties  certainly  give  them  the  exclusive  pos- 


76  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [March 

session  of  their  land,  which  we  understand  they  hold  by  deeds  also  from 
the  Government.  Railroad  companies  and  persons  living  in  the  border- 
ing States  have  no  more  right  to  adopt  measures  directly  or  indirectly  to 
take  their  land  from  them,  than  to  take  their  farms  from  our  people  in 
Pennsylvania  or  any  of  our  States.  The  faith  of  our  Government  stands 
engaged  to  protect  these  Indians  in  the  undisturbed  possession  of  their 
land. 

We  do  not  enter  here  on  any  questions  concerning  changes  that  may 
now  be  desirable  in  the  relations  of  the  Government  to  these  Indians. 
We  hope  the  time  will  come  when,  wUh  their  own  consent,  certain  great 
changes  will  be  made,  looking  to  their  giving  up  their  tribal  government 
and  becoming  citizens  of  our  country.  To  this  result  things  will  tend 
more  and  more  under  the  influence  of  the  gospel  and  of  education,  but 
less  and  less  under  the  suffering  of  wrong  from  our  people. 

The  obligations  of  the  Treaties  must  be  held  sacred,  especially  by  the 
stronger  party  in  the  case.  This  is  required  by  our  own  sense  of  justice, 
as  well  as  by  what  is  due  to  the  remnants  of  these  once  powerful  races. 
If  they  are  now  to  be  regarded  as  wards  of  the  Government,  as  we 
believe  they  ought  to  be,  yet  no  guardian  may  deprive  his  wards  of  their 
property  by  mere  force.  Legal  proceedings  must  be  taken,  every  step  of 
which  should  be  for  the  benefit  of  the  wards  and  not  of  their  guardian. 
But  we  stand,  and  must  stand,  on  the  obligations  of  our  Treaties  and  onr 
Promises.  The  strict  fulfilment  of  these  is  of  the  greatest  moment — ^first, 
to  ourselves  as  an  upright  people ;  and  next,  to  the  Indians  whom  we 
are  anxious  to  bring  under  Christianizing  and  civilizing  influences.  In 
these  humane  influences  we  see  the  only  solution  of  all  purely  Indian 
questions — the  end  of  all  Indian  difficulties. 

We  have  written  these  remarks  to  recall  the  attention  of  our  readers 
to  the  subject.  We  are  glad  to  see  that  the  project  of  a  United  States' 
Territorial  government  over  these  tribes  is  laid  over  by  Congress  until 
next  year.  It  ought  not  to  pass,  nor  should  any  other  measure  pass, 
looking  to  changes  in  the  civil  condition  of  these  Indians,  without  their 
consent  freely  given.  We  think  that  prayer  should  be  offered  to  the 
Supreme  Ruler,  that  all  unjust  schemes  should  be  defeated,  and  only 
what  is  right  and  best  should  be  done. 


NOTICES  OF  THE  CHIPPEWA  MISSION. 
The  Rev.  I.  Baird,  under  date   of  December  31st,  sends  us  some 
account  of  the  missionary  work  at  Odanah,    Chippewa  Mission,  (the 
former  Ojibwa  Mission  of  the  American  Board).     He  first  refers  to 

The  School.  We  have  now  just  twenty  scholars  in  the  boarding- 
housci  They  are  acquiring  English  rapidly,  and  learn  as  smart  as  white 
children,  and  have  improved  wonderfully  since  they  came  to  us.  Four  of 
them  are  members  in  our  little  church,  and  another  one  is  ready  to 
come,  and  will  probably  be  received  at  the  next  sacrament 

The  small  attendance  in  the  day-school  arises  largely  from  the  absence 
of  so  many  families  from  Odanah,  but  partly  from  the  lack  of  appreciation 
of  the  worth  of  education. 

Services.  As  heretofore,  two  each  Sabbath,  a  Sabbath-school,  and  a 
weekly  prayer-meeting,  together  with  a  Friday  night  meeting  to  instruct 
in  Christian  doctrine,  during  certain  parts  of  the  year. 

Attendance.  From  the  1st  of  January  to  Sugar  Bush  time,  the  15th  of 
March,  average  attendance  at  both  church  and  prayer-meeting  firom 
90  to  100;  Sabbath-school  from  75  to  80;  Friday  night  meeting,  average 


1875.]  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  n 

from  20  to  25.  Since  their  return  from  Sugar  Bush,  about  10th  April, 
average  attendance  at  church  and  prayer-meeting,  from  65  to  15— at 
Sabbath-school  about  45.  The  falling  off  is  due  largely  to  the  absence 
of  the  people  from  Odanah.  The  people  seem  as  eager  as  ever  to  hear 
the  Word  of  Life.  A  number  of  the  native  members  have  been  doing 
good  service  in  helping  me  to  keep  up  our  meetings  during  the  necessary 
absence  of  Mr.  Blatchford  on  government  duties.  We  have  five  men 
who  lead  in  prayer  very  intelligently,  and  two  or  three  of  them  can 
speak  very  well. 

Our  Church,  We  have  received  this  year  on  public  profession  of 
their  faith  in  Christ,  thirteen  new  members,  and  have  baptized  six 
children.  Of  the  thirteen  new  members,  6  were  males,  7  females.  We 
have  now  in  all,  33  native  members. 

Nighi  School.  [There  are  but  few  young  men  in  the  Odanah  settlement. 
For  these  Mr.  Baird  and  Miss  Dougherty  keep  up  a  night-school.  The 
^Ye  or  six  scholars  this  winter  afford  marks  of  progress. 

Reserves,  Mr.  Baird  thinks  the  Chippewas  of  Lake  Superior  region 
should  no  longer  be  confined  to  Reservations,  but  allowed  to  go  where  they 
choose,  while  white  people  should  be  allowed  to  settle  in  the  midst  of 
them;  the  Indians  would  thus  come  under  the  discipline  of  law,  and 
would  soon  become  prepared  to  be  citizens.]     This  is  one  of  "the  Indian 

Juestions."  Eventually,  the  result  of  favorable  measures  for  their 
'hristianization  and  civilization  will  be  their  giving  up  of  their  tribal 
relations  and  becoming  citizens.  Whether  that  stage  of  progress  has 
been  reached  by  the  Chippewas,  those  can  judge  who  are  best  acquainted 
with  them. 

Mr.  Baird  concludes  his  account  of  the  work  at  Odanah  with  an 
earnest  request  for  prayer  in  behalf  of  the  missionaries  and  their  work  for 
the  Indians. 


UTES  AND  APACHES  IN  THE  ABIQUIU  AGENCY. 
We  insert  here  some  extracts  from  a  letter  of  Mr.  S.  A.  Russell,  of 
December  the  18th.  The  Abiquiu  or  Tierre  Amarilla  Agency  is  in 
New  Mexico,  a  considerable  distance  North-westward  from  Santa  Fe. 
Mr.  Russell,  for  many  years  a  much  esteemed  elder  of  our  church  in 
Iowa,  was  appointed  as  Indian  Agent  upon  the  nomination  of  the  Board, 
and  entered  on  his  duties  about  the  1st  of  October  last.  His  letter  gives 
a  practical  view  of  the  difficulties  in  the  way  of  doing  good  to  these 
Indians;  yet  the  presence  of  an  upright,  benevolent  man  among  them 
as  their  Agent,  is  itself  no  small  blessing  to  them,  and  it  may  lead  to 
«till  greater  blessings.     Mr.  Russell  writes: 

There  has  never,  I  think,  been  any  effort  made  to  educate  or  Chris- 
tianize these  Indians,  nor  can  there  be,  with  a  reasonable  hope  of  success, 
until  they  are  located  on  Reservations.  This  done,  I  would  have  no 
doubt  of  success,  at  any  rate  with  the  Apaches,  [four  hundred  in  number,] 
and  through  their  influence  ultimately  with  the  Utes,  [about  nine  hundred 
in  number.] 

This  Agency,  you  are  aware,  is  located  on  a  Mexican  land  grant 
Tierre  Amarilla  is  the  name  of  a  section  of  country,  rather  than  a  town. 
There  are  within  a  radius  of  three  miles,  five  Mexican  villages,  or  as  they 
designate  them,  "plazas."  The  Indians  are  the  Capote  and  Weminuche 
Utes,  and  the  Jicarilla  Apaches.     Most  of  the  Utes  are  from  thirty  to 


IS  BOARD  OP  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [Uwtcb 

fifty  miles  West  and  South-west  of  the  Agency ;  the  Apaches  nearly 
as  far  South-east,  while  a  few  of  each  are  near  by. 

There  are  two  persons  in  each  of  two  of  these  villages — one  here 
where  the  Agency  is,  and  another  ten  miles  distant — ^that  are  licensed 
liquor  sellers.  One  of  these  in  this  village,  I  am  satisfied,  does  not  sell 
to  the  Indians,  but  it  is  easy  for  them  to  get  all  they  want  through 
Mexicans.  Con3idering  these  facilities  for  getting  whiskey,  I  wonder 
that  there  is  not  more  drunkenness  among  them  than  there  is.  There 
are  a  few  that  almost  always  get  drunk  when  they  visit  the  Agency. 
The  larger  majority  do  not,  and  I  have  been  less  annoyed  in  this  way 
than  I  anticipated.  My  rule  is  to  require  their  companions  to  take  them 
away,  and  take  care  of  them  until  they  get  sober.  In  one  instance  they 
voluntarily  tied  two  that  were  troublesome,  laid  them  down,  and  kept 
them  tied  all  night.     ... 

By  the  last  treaty  with  the  Utes,  concluded  September  13th,  1873,  a 
Reservation  was  made  for  them  of  a  strip  of  country  fifteen  miles  wide, 
and  about  one  hundred  miles  long,  immediately  on  the  Southern  boundary 
of  Colorado,  and  by  treaty  December  1873,  a  Reservation  was  agreed  on 
for  these  Apaches,  of  all  the  country  between  the  San  Juan  River,  and 
the  Northern  boundary  of  New  Mexico,  and  consequently  adjoining  the 
Ute  Reservation ;  and  the  Indians  were  to  be  under  the  care  of  the  same 
Agent  with  the  Utes,  who  were,  by  treaty,  to  have  an  Agency  estab- 
lished on  the  southern  part  of  their  Reservation.  .  .  .  The  last  of 
these  treaties  has  not  been  ratified  by  Congress,  and  I  do  not  know  that 
the  other  has,  but  the  Indians  do  not  understand  this,  and  are  disap- 
pointed in  not  having  been  pli^ced  on  these  Reservations  the  past  sam> 
mer.  This  is  particularly  true  of  the  Apaches.  They  say  that  they 
know  how  to  work,  and  are  willing  to  do  it.  And  I  have  not  talked 
with  one  of  them  (and  this  includes  all  the  chiefs,  and  many  others)  w^ho 
did  not  express  themselves  as  anxious  to  have  a  school  for  their  children ; 
they  also  want  a  physician,  and  would  very  readily,  I  am  satisfied,  adopt 
the  habits  and  customs  of  civilized  life. 

I  will  relate  an  incident  or  two  that  will,  I  think,  interest  you.  About 
the  1st  of  November,  an  Apache  Indian,  twenty-five  to  thirty  years  of 
age,  asked  permission  to  remain  at  the  Agency  during  the  winter.  I 
asked  him  if  he  would  try  and  learn  to  read,  and  work,  he  said.  Yes.  1 
concluded  to  try  him,  and  ten  days  ago,  when  he  left  to  visit  a  sick 
brother,  he  could  spell  and  pronounce  wDrds  of  two  letters,  and  is  very 
industrious.  Another  incident  is  this — recently  the  regular  interval 
between  "Issue  days,"  brought  the  day  on  Sunday;  I  appointed  it 
for  Saturday.  The  Apaches  nearly  all  came  in  just  at  night,  on  Satur- 
day, saying  the  roads  were  so  bad,  and  they  so  far  away,  that  they  could 
not  get  here  sooner.  I  told  them  that  it  was  too  late  to  give  them  their 
supplies  that  day,  and  that  I  would  not  do  it  on  Sunday.  Well,  said 
they,  give  us  some  flour  and  beef,  and  we  will  go  and  camp  near  here 
until  Monday.  I  did  so,  and  they  gave  me  little  or  no  trouble  on  Sun- 
day. The  son  and  son-in-law  of  the  principal  chief  were  present  at  a 
religious  service  which  I  held  on  Sunday  morning,  (having  commenced 
holding  such  a  service  when  I  first  came  here.)  After  service  the  eon, 
(and  prospective  chief)  who  was  at  Washington  last  year,  asked  if  I  was 
Protestant  or  Catholic.  I  said  Protestant.  "I  thought  so,"  said  he,  "for 
when  I  was  at  Washington,  I  noticed  that  the  Protestants  kept  Sunday, 
and  stayed  in  their  houses,  and  the  Catholics  didn't  make  any  difference!" 
I  asked  him,  among  other  things,  what  he  thought  of  the  future — what 
became  of  us  after  death  ?  He  replied  that  he  thought  a  good  man  went 
to  a  better  place  than  this,  and  a  bad  man  went  to  a  worse  place. 


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These  Indians  are,  however,  very  much  disappointed  at  not  receiving 
annuity,  or  ''  gratification"  goods,  all  my  efforts  to  procure  them  having 
been  unavailing,  and  yet  I  have  no  censure  for  the  Department ;  it  is  doubtr 
less  for  the  want  of  funds,  and  Congress  is  to  blame ;  but  the  Indians 
make  no  allowance  for  that,  and  many  of  them  are  actually  suffering. 
Ignatius,  the  most  influential  Ute  chief  on  this  side  of  the  mountains,  is 
very  sour ;  says  the  Government  has  got  his  land,  and  he  has  nothing  for 
it;  that  when  in  Washington,  he  was  promised  ''gratification"  goods  in 
October,  and  speaks  of  a  great  many  promises  that  were  made  to  him 
then,  that  have  not  been  fulfilled.  They  expect  a  promise  to  be  complied 
with,  not  only  in  the  spirit.of  it,  but  to  the  letter.  Doubtless  many  of 
these  promises  were  made  by  unauthorized  parties,  and  others  may  have 
been  misunderstood.  Of  course  I  do  all  I  can  to  satisfy  them  that  the 
Government  means  well,  but  that  it  takes  time.  I  trust  another  year 
will  find  them  all  on  their  Reservations,  and  doing  well,  under  the  care 
of  some  one  who  will  feel  a  proper  interest  in  their  welfare.  Whilst  I 
can  honestly  say  that  this  interest  has  increased  with  me  since  coming 
here,  time  can  only  determine  whether  I  care  to  remain,  or  will  feel  it  a 
duty  to  do  so. 

That  I  was  wise  in  not  bringing  my  family  here  at  the  expense  it 
would  have  been,  a  few  quotations  of  prices  will  convince  you,  viz : 
Flour,  $7  per  hundred-weight ;  Irish  potatoes,  6  cents  per  pound ;  eggs 
50  cents  a  dozen ;  chickens  $6  a  dozen ;  coffee  50  cents  per  pound ;  sugar 
25  to  33  cents  per  pound.  Dry  goods  and  everything  else  in  proportion — 
have  not  seen  a  pound  of  butter  since  I  came  here — beef  is  cheap,  only 
5  cents  per  pound.  I  think  the  Board  will  soon  have  to  look  for  agents 
among  those  who  are  so  unfortunate  as  to  have  no  family,  or  simply  a 
wife,  and  then  employ  both. 


BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION. 


WHO  WILL  HELP? 

If  there  are  any  churches.  Sabbath-schools,  or  individuals  interested 
in  the  missionary  work  of  the  Board  of  Publication,  now  is  the  time  for 
them  to  give  a  practical  expression  of  that  interest. 

The  Board's  Missionary  Fund  is  now  without  a  dollar,  and  on  the  first 
day  of  February  was  over  $3,000  in  debt  The  Missionary  Committee 
and  the  Board  are  unwilling  to  have  it  go  in  debt  any  further,  and  now 
wait  for  contributions. 

The  Missionary  Work  has  been  cut  down  to  the  very  quick.  No  new 
missionary  has  recently  been  appointed,  while  a  number  have  been  allowed 
to  retire  as  their  commissions  expired.  About  a  hundred  missionaries 
yet  remain  in  the  field,  mainly  in  the  far  West,  and  the  salaries  and 
expenses  of  these  are  to  be  met.  Must  more  of  these  laborers  be  dismissed 
for  lack  of  funds  to  sustain  themf 

Very  many  applications  for  donations  of  books,  tracts,  and  other  pub- 
lications, coming  from  pastors.  Sabbath-schools,  missionaries,  mission 
churches,  and  other  needy  and  deserving  quarters,  which  at  any  ordinary 
time  would  have  received  a  prompt  and  favorable  response,  are  constantly 
and  from  dire  necessity,  refused.     No  donations  can  now  be  made,  save 


m 


80  BOARD  OP  PUBLICATION.  [March 

very  small  ones  and  in  cases  of  most  urgent  necessity.  Musi  these  pain- 
ful refusals  be  continued  f 

Will  not  every  pastor,  elder,  Sabbath-school  superintendent,*  and  every 
private  Christian  too,  who  reads  these  lines,  ask  himself  the  above  ques- 
tions? 

Reader,  what  ought  you  to  do  for  this  cause  f  What  says  your  con- 
science?    What  says  your  Saviour? 

"  Whatsoever  thy  hand  findeth  to  do,  DO  IT." 


THE  WAR  OP  THE  HYMN  BOOKS. 

"  The  war  of  the  Hymn  Books"  is  spoken  of  by  the  religious  press, 
but  the  phrase  suggests  what  is  not  true — certainly  so  far  as  the  Pres- 
byterian Hymnal  is  concerned.  War  implies  two  combatants,  intent 
each  on  the  destruction  of  the  other.  Unprovoked  and  unretorted 
assaults  are  not  "war."  The  "Presbyterian  Hymnal"  has  been 
criticised,  decried,  and  disparaged,  by  those  interested  in  checking 
the  remarkable  favor  with  which  it  has  been  received,  in  some  cases 
with  a  bitterness  that  has  seemed  to  its  friends  indecent,  whilst  neither 
the  General  Assembly's  Committee  entrusted  with  the  preparation  of  a 
book  of  praise  for  the  denomination,  nor  the  Board  of  Publication  pub- 
lishing it  by  order  of  the  Assembly,  has  sent  forth  a  word  of  attack 
upon  these  would-be  competitors  for  the  patronage  of  the  Presbyterian 
churches.  The  "war"  has  been  all  on  one  side.  At  length,  in  response 
to  the  wishes  of  many  Presbyterians,  the  Assembly's  Committee,  the 
Rev.  Herrick  Johnson,  D.  D.,  Rev.  J.  Trumbull  Backus,  D.  D.,  Rev. 
James  O.  Murray,  D.  D.,  George  Junkin,  Esq.,  and  Ezra  M.  Kingsley, 
Esq.,  have  issued  a  calm,  dignified  and  unanswerable  vindication  of  their 
work.  After  replying  to  the  criticisms  of  the  assailants  of  the  Assem- 
bly's book,  they  add  the  following  with  regard  to — 

POINTS   OF   SXOELLSNOB   IN   TH<   HTMNAL. 

I.  In  respect  to  the  hymns.  It  contains  a  selection  of  hymns  for  the 
use  of  the  churches  in  the  public  worship  of  God,  in  meetings  for  prayer, 
praise  and  exhortation,  in  the  Sabbath-school  and  in  the  family.  It  is 
not  intended  to  be  an  encyclopaedia  of  hymm)logy,  nor  a  treasury  of 
research  in  the  field  of  religious  poetry,  but  a  service-book.  At  the 
same  time,  it  contains  matter  of  sufficient  quantity  and  of  appropriate 
character  to  make  it  a  suitable  companion  for  the  hours  of  private  medi- 
tation and  devotion.  If  anything  more  is  required  by  any  person,  books 
of  sacred  poems  are  plentiful  and  available  enough  to  release  the  Church 
from  the  necessity  of  swelling  its  Book  of  Praise  to  an  immoderate 
degree. 

The  Hymnal  contains — 

(1.)  The  hymns  approved  by  the  judgment  of  all  evangelical  Chris- 
tians as  expressed  by  the  selection  of  them  by  the  compilers  of  their 
standard  books,  and  the  use  of  them  in  their  services  of  public  and  pri- 
vate worship. 

(2.)  The  hymns  most  commonly  used  in  the  Presbyterian  churches,  as 


1875.]  BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION.  81 

discovered  from  records  of  such  use  kept  for  many  years,  and  by  inquiries 
conducted  in  all  portions  of  the  Church  and  responded  to  by  persons  of 
long  and  large  experience. 

(3.)  The  hymns  indicated  by  the  request  of  the  majority  of  three 
hundred  persons  in  all  parts  of  the  Church,  with  others  accepted  by  com- 
promise between  the  preferences  of  the  majority  and  minority  of  the 
same  number  of  persons.  The  primary  basis  of  selection  was  the  intrin- 
sic merit  of  the  hymns.  The  secondary  basis  of  selection  was  the  rela- 
tive value  of  the  hymns  in  view  of  individual  peculiarities  in  the  wor- 
shipper, and  the  power  of  various  and  sacred  associations.  But  one 
original,  and  consequently  untried,  hymn  was  admitted.  This  single 
exception  will  not  cause  complaint.     See  hymn  696. 

II.   In  respect  to  the  tunes. 

(1.)  No  original  music  from  any  source  has  been  admitted,  with  the 
exception  of  two  simple  chants.  The  music  is  such  exclusively  as  has 
become  standard  in  England  and  America  during  the  last  thirty  years, 
with  the  exception  of  a  few  tunes  which  musicians  would  prefer  to  class 
with  the  popular,  rather  than  with  those  of  standard  merit  and  accept- 
ance. 

(2.)  Most  of  the  music  has  been  tried.  It  was  played  and  sung  before 
the  Committee.  Nearly  all  of  it,  not  already  familiar  in  our  congrega- 
tions, was  tested  by  a  promiscuous  company  of  nearly  a  hundred  persons 
invited  to  assemble  for  the  purpose.  A  considerable  portion  of  it  had 
been  in  use  in  a  Sabbath-school  for  three  years.  The  very  tunes  which 
a  superficial  examiner  would  pronounce  appropriate  for  the  choir  are 
those  sung  best  by  the  children.    As  Longfellow  wrote : 

"  Sublimity  always  is  simple,  both  in  sermon  and  song ; 
A  child  can  seize  on  its  meaning." 

(3.)  The  quantity  and  variety  of  the  music  increases  the  excellenoe  of 
the  Hymnal. 

The  first  care  of  the  Committee  was  to  make  a  hymn  book,  and  then 
to  adapt  to  it  a  selection  of  tunes. 

The  reasons  for  the  presentation  of  so  much  music  are  as  follows : 

(1.)  The  determination  to  preserve  the  topical  arrangement  of  the 
hymns.  On  this  account  tunes  appropriate  to  hymns  were  repeated 
over  them  in  the  proper  place,  so  that  the  hymns  need  not  be  carried 
over  to  the  tunes,  and  so  put  out  of  place. 

(2.)  The  purpose  to  secure  nicety  of  adaptation.  This  required  the 
introduction  of  more  music  to  afford  the  needful  variety  of  style,  expres- 
sion, accent,  etc.  The  best  judges  have  warmly  commended  this  feature 
in  the  book. 

(3.)  The  desire  to  give  a  choice  in  the  matter  of  tunes. 

(a.)  To  suit  persons  of  different  degrees  of  musical  culture. 

For  example,  hymn  304,  Rock  of  Ages.  There  are  churches  in  which 
Toplady  will  be  sung.  There  are  others  in  which  it  will  not.  In  the 
latter,  if  no  other  tune  is  provided,  the  choir  will  select,  and  the  selection 
will  not  be  before  the  congregation.  To  meet  this  exigency,  Gethsemane 
is  provided — a  tune  worthy  to  be  used  with  the  words  and  in  harmony 
with  the  most  refined  taste,  while  within  the  capacity  of  any  congregation. 

(6.)  To  provide  for  different  occasions. 

For  example,  hynm  305,  Jesus,  Lover  of  my  soul.     Oyer  this  is  placed 


82  BOARD  OF  CHURCH  ERECTION.  [March 

Hollingside,  composed  for  it,  and  by  far  the  best  musical  expression  it 
has  ever  received — a  tune  sung  already  by  hundreds  of  children  in  this 
country  as  well  as  in  England.  And  yet,  doubtless,  while  many  would 
prefer  to  sing  this  in  public  worship,  they  would  still  sing  Martyn,  which 
is  also  provided,  in  a  prayer-meeting. 

(c.)  To  meet  the  advance  of  musical  culture  and  skill  in  congregations. 

If  the  book  were  graded  to  the  lowest  degree  of  musical  ability,  it 
would  surely  be  outgrown.  It  would  then  be  discarded,  or  the  hynms 
alone  would  be  used ;  the  tunes  would  be  selected  from  other  sources, 
and  consequently  the  book  would  fail  utterly  of  its  object  The  Commit- 
tee, aware  of  the  attention  paid  to  sacred  music  in  many  parts  of  the 
Church,  were  persuaded  that  the  Hymnal  could  not  last  twenty  years 
without  providing  to  some  extent  for  the  wants  of  those  who  are  rapidly 
advancing  in  musical  knowledge  and  taste  and  ability.  They  have 
abundant  assurance  already  that  they  were  not  mistaken. 


BOARD  OF  CHURCH  ERECTION. 


By  the  time  this  is  published,  but  one  month  will  remain  in  which 
contributions  can  be  acknowledged  in  this  year's  report.  In  view  of  the 
pressing  need  of  church  buildings,  and  the  many  appeals  that  are  coming 
up  to  us  from  all  directions,  but  especially  from  the  .pavertystricken  dis- 
tricts in  the  West^  we  cannot  but  feel  anxious  for  the  result  of  the  next 
few  weeks.  We  hope  sincerely  that  our  Annual  Report  may  not  exhibit 
so  large  a  number  of  delinquent  churches  as  that  which  preceded.  Some 
of  our  largest  givers,  upon  whom  we  chiefly  depended,  have  felt  com- 
pelled by  the  pressure  of  the  times,  greatly  to  reduce  their  contributions. 
But  we  hope  that  such  reluctant  deficiencies  will  be  made  up  by  the 
increased  liberality  of  those  who  are  not  under  the  same  pressure. 

We  are  thankful  to  say,  we  have  some  such  men  in  the  church,  who, 
as  they  see  some  of  their  fellow  Christians  sinking  under  a  burden  they 
are  no  longer  able  to  carry,  generously  pick  up  a  portion  of  that  burden, 
rather  than  let  the  Lord's  cause  suffer.  It  gives  us  much  pleasure  to 
state,  (a  pleasure  in  which  many  others  participate,)  that  within  the  last 
few  weeks;  by  the  aid  of  this  Board  three  church  buildings  that  must 
otherwise  have  been  sacrificed,  have  been  saved,  and  may  now  have — 
instead  of  the  sheriff's  bill  of  sale  written  on  the  door — "Holiness  to  the 
Lord,"  written  there.  None  that  have  not  learned  by  bitter  experience, 
can  tell  the  amount  of  self-denying  effort  required  for  a  little  church  of 
ten  or  fifteen  members,  in  a  new  country  where  the  price  of  building 
material  and  labor  is  very  high,  to  secure  the  erection  of  a  church  build- 
ing of  the  cheapest  kind. 

How  much,  dear  reader,  will  you  give?  Send  it  to  Nathan  Lane, 
our  worthy  Treasurer,  69  Wall  Street,  New  York. 


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1875.]  COMMITTEE  ON  PREBDMEN.  88 

RELIEF  FUiND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS. 


"Hb  that  hath  a  BOUirriFUL  EYS  shall  BK  BLB80BD." 

"  WHOeO  8TOPPBTH  HIB  SABS  AT  THB  OBY  OF  THX  POOB,  HB  ALSO  SHALL  OBT  HIMSELF,  BUT 
SHALL  »0T  BB  HEARD."  

The  Committee  on  the  Relief  Fund  for  Disabled  Ministers  would 
respectfully  ask  the  attention  of  the  churches  and  presbyteries  to  the 
following  statement: 

The  recommendation  of  the  last  General  Assembly  was  that  $110,000 
be  raised  for  this  fund  during  the  current  year.  From  present  prospects, 
unless  special  efforts  are  made,  the  contributions  will  fall  short  of  that 
amount  thirty  thousand  dollars  on  the  Ist  of  April,  the  end  of  the  financial 
year.  The  deficiency  is  now  over  $50,000.  The  result  of  this  failure, 
therefore,  will  be  either  that  this  cause  will  go  to  the  Assembly  in  May 
next  with  liabilities  nearly  double  those  of  last  year,  or  there  must  be  a 
reduction  of  at  least  ^/iJy  ^^er  cent,  on  the  amounts  appropriated  to  minis- 
ters and  widows  receiving  aid.  The  Committee  has  resolved  not  to  run 
into  debt,  and  therefore  is  driven  to  the  adoption  of  the  painful  alternative 
of  cutting  down  the  appropriations.  Why  will  the  churches  withhold 
the  needed  funds,  and  so  make  it  a  necessity  that  the  destitute  and  dis- 
tressed should  be  subjected  to  such  privation  ? 

A   WILLING   HEART   FINDS   A  WAY. 

A  letter  from  a  donor  says:  "Dear  Sir — Reading  the  Record  for  this 
month,  which  came  to  hand  yesterday,  my  heart  was  stirred  up  to  sympa- 
thy with  the  writer  of  the  letter  on  page  61.  At  first  I  thought  it  out 
of  my  power  to  do  anything,  for  caUs  are  numerous  and  money  not  very 
abundant,  and  I  am  a  member  of  a  church  elegant  in  its  house  of  worship, 
and  this  season  making  unusual  drafts  on  the  purse  to  sustain  its  luxury. 
But  second  thought  showed  me  a  way  in  which  something  might  be  done, 
the  result  of  which  I  send  you  in  a  P.  O.  order  for  twenty  dollars,  to  be 
sent  as  a  response  to  the  above-mentioned  touching  appeal.  I  hope  some 
one  else  will  be  moved  in  like  manner.  Will  you  please  to  say  to  my 
unknown  brother  that  the  widow  of  a  minister  in  our  church  wants  him 
to  use  this  small  sum,  as  far  as  it  will  go,  in  getting  him  something  warm 
and  comfortable  for  his  own  wear.  My  heart  aches  at  the  thought  of  the 
wants  of  our  ministry — those  who  are  on  the  field,- and  those  who  are 
laid  aside  from  age  or  ill  health.  Oh  for  a  clarion-blast  that  would  arouse 
all  who  have  much  goods  and  profess  to  love  Him^  who  though  rich 
became  poor  I  What  a  trying  position  the  Secretaries  of  our  Boards  are 
called  to  fill  I  Your  hearts  must  often  sink  at  the  prospect  of  an  empty 
treasury.  It  was  a  wise  suggestion  that  you  ought  to  be  prayed  for.  In 
that  case,  I  think  the  gifts  would  increase." 


GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN. 

Embarrassment. — Our  receipts  in  January  have  been  but  $6,848.49. 
Though  our  receipts  for  the  current  ecclesiastical  year  up  to  January  1st, 
have  not  equalled  those  of  the  same  period  in  the  year  preceding,  our 
hope  has  been  that,  by  somewhat  reducing  our  work,  (which  we  did 
early,)  and  carefully  husbanding  our  income,  we  would  be  able  to  reach 


84  HOME  MISSION  APPOINTMENTS.  [March 

the  close  of  the  year,  (March  Slst,)  without  incurring  debt.  But  while 
our  receipts  up  to  January  Ist,  this  year,  as  compared  with  the  same 
period  in  last  year,  were  but  $2,240.80  short,  our  receipts  in  January  of 
this  year  are  less  than  those  in  January  of  last  year  by  $3,521.06,  mak- 
ing the  whole  deficit  up  to  February  1st,  $5,161.86,  leaving  our  Treasury, 
February  1st,  about  $5,000  short  of  the  amount  necessary  to  meet  the 
liabilities  of  the  month ;  while  our  churches  have  only  till  April  Ist  to 
overtake  this  deficit — to  say  nothing  of  accumulating,  by  that  time,  the 
''  balance  in  hand"  so  essentially  necessary  for  supplementing  the  short 
receipts  of  the  summer  months. 

Having  made  this  plain  statement  of  the  financial  condition  of  the 
work  committed  to  our  care,  we  can  only  leave  it — under  God— to  the 
churches  to  say  whether  it  shall  be  reported  to  the  coming  General 
Assembly,  burdened  for  the  first  time  with  a  new  debt,  or,  as  making 
glad  the  hearts  of  those  blessed  in  having  considered  the  poor. 

But  we  earnestly  ask,  that  churches  and  individuals  who  have  not  con- 
tributed to  this  cause  during  the  present  year  will  do  so  now,  and  that 
all  persons  having  charge  of  funds  for  this  Committee  will  forward  them 
speedily  to  its  Treasurer,  Rev.  James  Allison,  D.D.,  Lock  Box  24,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.  

APPOINTMENTS  BY  THE  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 


HoKB  Mission  AppoiirTXsvTa  iv  Jakuart  1875. 

Bay.  D.  M.  Rankin,  Ilion,  N.  T.  R«t.  L.  O.  Thompson,  Sun  Prairie  and  Got- 

Bev.  A.  a.  Cochran,  Stillwater  ad,  N.  Y.  tage  Grove,  Wis. 

Rev.  E.  H.  Stratton,  Branchport,  N.  T.  Bev.  John  Berk,  Rockvllle  and  Horricane  Oer, 

Bev.  J.  Petrle,  Montana,  N.  J.  Wis. 

Rev.  J.  M.  Ensslln,  Bloomfleld  German,  N.  J.  Rev.  G.  W.  Hutching,  Petosky,  Mich. 

Rev.  A.  O.  Strange,  Paterson,  Broadway,  Ger-  Rev.  J.  E.  Conrad,  wells,  Minn. 

man,  N.  J.  Rev.  Alvah  Day,  WInthrop,  Iowa. 

Rev.  T.  Thompson,  M.  D.,  Doe  Run,  Pa.  Rev.  W.  O.  Hollyday,  Iiucas  and  Derby,  Iowa. 

Rev.  O.  U.  Ewlnff.  Ridley,  Pa.  Rev.  C.  R.  French,  Grundy  Centre,  Iowa. 

Rev.  D.  Lb  Rathbum,  Chestnut  Grove  and  Rev.  D.  Borgers,  Mt.  Ayr.  Iowa. 

FranklinvlUe,  vd.  Rev.  John  Arndi,  Eden  German,  Iowa. 

Bev.  C.  P.  Colt,  Hampden,  AM.  Rev.  T.  K.  Hedges,  Greenfield  and/  Whitney- 
Rev.  D.  J.  Boale,  Baltimore,  Light  Street.  Md.  vllle,  Iowa. 

Rev.  I.  J.  Henderson,  D.D.,  Annapolis,  Md.  Rev.  R.  Hahn,  Hummlston  and  Garden  Grove, 
Rev.  W.  A.  Hooper,  EUloott  City,  »id.  Iowa. 

Rev.  T.  W.  Simpson,  Hyattsvllle.  Md.  Rev.  D.  Craig,  Hartford,  Iowa. 

Rev.  A.  J.  Snyder,  Wilmington,  Olivet,  Del.  Rev.  J.  M.  Peebles,  Decatur,  Neb. 

Rev.  L.  R.  Janes,  Strawberry  Plains,  Tenn.  Rev.  A.  S.  Foster,  Fremont,  Waterloo  vad 
Rev.  A.  W.  Colver,  Hopklnsvllle,  Ky.  Nicholson,  Neb. 

Rev.  H.  O.  Atwater,  Ellxabethtown,  Tenn.  Rev.  J.  A.  Darrah,  West  'Eij^  Mo. 

Rev.  G.  ^icDonald,  Powhatan,  Ohio.  Rev.  J.  D.  Beard,  Avalon,  Hazel  Green  and 
Rev.  Wm.  Hamilton,  D.D.,  Northfleld,  Ohio.  Glenwood,  Mo. 

Rev.  P.  C.  Baldwin,  Presbyterial  Missionary,  Rev.  D.  C.  M liner,  Kansas  City  3d,  Mo. 

Ohio.  Rev.  J.  P.  Harsen,  Wichita,  Kan. 

Rev.  C.  D.  Huston,  Laeonla  and  Sharon,  Ind.  Rev.  M.  £.  Nelson,  Castleton,  Kan. 

Rev.  Wm.  Campbell,  Gh>odland,  Ind.  Rev  S.  N.  St.  John,  Effingham  and  Doniphan, 
Rev.  John  McCrea,  vit.  Lebanon,  Henryville,  Kan. 

Otisco,  and  Scottsburg,  Ind.  Rev.  James  Mitchell,  Lacygne,  Kan. 

Rev.  S.  y.  McKee,  Gllman,  111.  Rev.  F.  W.  Steffens,  Galveston  Ger.,  Texas. 

Rev.  M.  P.  Ormsby,  Eureka,  111.  Rev.  W.  G.  Bell,  Presbyterial   Missionary, 
Rev.  G.  A.  Pollack,  Edgewood,  111.  Texas. 

Rev.  J.  C.  Wagaman,  Chili  and  Pilot  Grove,  Rev.  J.  L.  Woods,  Clear  Lake,  Kelseyville 

111.  and  Lakeport,  Cai. 

Rev.  J.  S.  Davis,  Baldwin,  111.  Rev.  E.  HalUday,  Merced,  Cal. 

Rev.  J.  C.  Caldwell,  Burns,  Wis.  Rev.  S.  P.  Herron,  Menio  Park,  Cal. 

Rev.  L.  Figge,  Granville  and  Richfield,  Wis.  Rev.  H.  H.  Dobbins,  Watsonvllle,  Cal. 

Bev.  G.  Huyser,  Barton,  Wis.  Bev.  H.  T.  Cowley,  Spoken  Falls,  Wash.  Ter. 

SUSTKVTATIOIf   APPOIIfTlCKNTS  IH  JANUABT  1875. 

Bev.  H.  M.  Dodd,  Dexter  and  Brownsville,  Bev.  L.  Marshall,  Lebanon,  111. 

_    N.  Y.  Rev.  G.  F.  Hunting,  Kilboum  City.  Wis. 

Rev.  Geo,  Browne,  Hamden,  N.  Y.  Rev.  G.  Earhart,  Ackley,  Iowa.  jOQlt 
Rev.  D.  WilUams,  Wheeling  4th,  W.  Va.  .      '^  .         j^ql\^ 


1875.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OP  RECEIPTS. 


85 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 

'  Synods  in  small  oAPiTALS^Presbyteriei  In  Uaiici^Churehet  in  Boman. 
RECEIPTS  FOR  HOME  MISSIONS  IN  JANUARY  1876. 


ALBAinr.—illfttfny— Albany  2d,  Ladles  2W; 
Albany  State  st  106  88 ;  Nassau  18  28 ;  Sara- 
toga  Springs  ist,  Sab-soh  24  W;  Saratoga 
Springs  2d,  Sab-soh  9  40;  Schenectady.  East 
Axenue  flO  28 ;  Tribe's  Hill  10.  Champlain-^ 
Beekmantown  28  79;  Fort  Covington  41;  Ma- 
lone,  from  Mrs  S  O  Wead  40.  Columbia-- 
OreenrUle  26;  Hudson  (Ladles'  Soc'y  76)  282; 
Jewett  46  27.  Troy— Cohoes  add'l  26 ;  Green 
Island  12  60 ;  JohnsonvUle  ch  and  Sab-sch  28 ; 
Troy  2d  st  136  26;  Troy.  Woodslde,  Young  La- 
dles' Mission  Circle  18  1,168  8» 

ATLANTic.—Cafawfca— Rev  Luke  Borland 

7  60.    East  Florida-^i  Augustine  1st  82  90 

4040 
Baltimore.— Bo/fimor«— Baltimore  1st,  Sab- 
sch  100;  Baltimore,  Alsqulth  st,  Sab-sch  19; 
Baltimore.  Brown  Memorial  (Mrs  E Harrison 
60  and  a  member  60)  260;  Baltimore  Light  st 

26  86 ;  Baltimore,  Westminster,  a  member  6 ; 
Havre  de  Grace  Ladles  1686;  MtParan  6.  New 
Ca«««— Chriitiana  8;  Georgetown,  Westmin- 
ster, Ladies'  Mite  Soc'y  8;  Lewes  26;  Lower 
West  Nottingham  42  80 ;  Red  Clay  Creek  24. 
Washington  Ci/y— Falls  30;  Manassas,  from 
W  Chester  Avery  1 ;  Washington  1st  64  06 ; 
Washington,  North  12  71 ;  Washington,  7th 
st  66;  Rev.  J.  E.  Nourse  7  60  699  26 

Cbhtral  New  York.— Bin jrAamlon— Cort- 
land (Sab-sch  26)  120  69.  Otsego— Delhi  1st 
43  60;  Laurens  4  60;  Oxford  48  76:  Richfield 
Springs  21  60;  Shaveriown  Sab-sch  6  80.  St 
L«wrenc«— Canton,  add'l  6;  Chaumont  26; 
Watertown,  Stone  st  60.    Syracu««— Caienovia 

27  64:  Liverpool  46;  Mexico  48  90;  Syracuse 
Ist  (Sab-sch  126)  827  14;  i^yracuse,  1st  Ward 
9  08.  l//ica— Clinton  (Sab-vh  94  87)  871  24; 
LowviUe,  Ladles'  SocV  86;  Turin,  Sab-sch 
mite  chest  1  88;  Utica  1st,  add'l  76;  Utloa. 
Westminster,  Sab-sch  60 ;  Vernon  Centre  4  68 

1,277  26 
OiifCiirHATi.— CA«/icoMe— Bellkst  4:  Hllls- 
boro  144 ;  Now  Market  10.  Cincinnati—Che' 
viot  1st  Ger,  Sab-sch  2;  Cincinnati  2d  German, 
Sab-seh  6 :  Rev  A  L  Thomson  26.  Dayton^- 
Troy,  from  Geo  Coles  60;  Washington  16  20. 
P(^f«iiM>«t/A— Ironton,  W  M  Soc'y  100;  Man- 
ehester  41  09  896  29 

OLBTBLAND.-CTIevfland- Ashtabula  (Mrs 
Parsons  20)  66;  Cleveland  1st  148;  Cleveland, 
Euclid  st  86  66:  Elyrla,  Reuben  Wallace  6 ; 
Guilford  21;  Newburgh,  in  part  80;  Rome 
29  98;  Strongville  9  16.  ifaAontng— North 
Jackson  9  10;  Youngstown  68  08.  St  Clair*- 
vil/e— Beulah  6  10 ;  iiuffalo  14  80 ;  Morristown 

8  60;  St  ClairsviUe  84.  5/eiid«nviUe— Bethel 
26  18;  Bethlehem  8;  Steubenville  Old,  from 
Dr  and  Mrs  B 160  748  46 

Colorado.— Colorado— Georgetown  20;  Val- 
mont  Sab-sch  10.  Jtf onf ana— Helena  7  26;  FFy- 
owing— Laramie,  from  Rev  W  £  Hamilton  6 

4228 

OoLUMBU8.—iifA«n«— Beverly  6.  Columbus 
—Columbus,  Hoge  16 ;  Lower  Liberty  6 ;  Mif- 
iUn  12  06 ;  Reynoidsburgh  0  61.  Marion— De- 
laware Mission  Band  60 ;  Kingston  6 ;  Marion 
Sab-sch  10;  Mt  Gilead,  from  C  Shedd  1 ;  Mary 
F  Wingot6.  ITootfer— Ashland  70  06;  Holmes- 
Tllle  6  (K) ;  Mansfield  49  46 ;  Ontario  8 :  Savan- 
nah  28  20 ;  Wooster,  Ladles  26  60.  Zaneiville 
— Coshocton  60;  Froderlcktown  43  70;  Jersey 
30;  Martinsburgh  Sab-sch  16;  Newark  2d, 
add'l  10;  Patasicala  16;  Utica  21;  Jetferson 
12  61  604  72 

Erie.- ^Jle^Aeny- Hiland  7  73;  Springdale 
Sab-sch  7.  Bu/i«r— Centre  9  46.  Clarion— Re- 
hoboth  9  70;  Pisgah  8  06.  £rte— Cambridge 
6  03;  Erie  Ist  100;  Gravel  Run  3  46;  Mercer 
2d   (k  M  J  Z  10)  20;  Rev  R  Craighead  60. 


JTi/Zannina— Jacksonville  and  Bethel,  Ladles* 
Miss'y  Soc>  20;  Marion  14  80:  Saltsburgh  93. 
5Aenango  —  Neshannock,  add'l  44  80;  New 
Brighton,  Ladies'  Miss'y  Box  10;  Newport 
6  00;  Slippery  Rock  2;  Westfield  (Ladies* 
Soc'y  60)  184  694  63 

Gbneta.— Cayuga— Anbum  Ist  272  06;  Au- 
burn 2d,  Ladles  3;  Genoa  1st  68;  Port  Byron 
20.  CAemung— Dundee  12 ;  Elmira  1st.  of  which 
26  from  S  LGlllett,  89  80.  Geneva— Benton  68 ; 
Geneva  Ist,  mon  con  coll  80  40;  Geneva  2d,  La- 
dies 86 :  Penn  Yan  73  80.  Lyon«— Lyons  46  66 ; 
Newark  Sab-sch  102  88 ;  Palmyra  25  60.  Steu- 
ften— Elk  Creek  6 ;  HornellsvUle  (Sab-sch  18  92) 
68  92 ;  Jasper  20  886  71 

Harrisbitroh.  —  Carlisle  —  Dnnoannon  26 ; 
Harrisburgh,  Market  Square  660;  Mercers- 
burg  (of  which  Ladles*  Soc'y  84)  120 ;  Newport 
6 ;  Waynesboro  13  62^  Huntingdon— Bedford, 
6  mos  interest  on  Burd  Legacy  4  93 ;  Bellefonte 
279  69 ;  Curwensvllle  20 ;  .wilesburgS:  Peru  8; 
Pine  Grove  Sewing  Soc'y  8 ;  Shade  Gkp  13  96 ; 
Sinking  Valley  2  76:  Spruce  Creek,  add'l  6; 
WlUiamsburgh  60.  .^or/Aum6er/and— Bald 
Eagle  and  ISittany  12  83:  Grove  (Sab-sch  26) 
106  08 ;  Hartleton  6 ;  Lewishurgh  (Sab-sch  87  60) 
267  60;  Watsontown  11  96:  Willlamsport  2d 
(Sab-sch  22  66)  79  84  1,691  64 

ILLINOIB,  Central.  —  Bloomingion — Dan- 
ville, a  bal  63  26 ;  Falrbury  16 ;  Gilman  10 ; 
Hey  worth  10;  Pontiac  12.  Peoria— Delavan 
20 :  Elmwood  6  18 ;  Eureka  86 ;  Galesburgh  61 ; 
John  Knox  16  60;  Mansfield  8  60.  Schuyler— 
Hamilton  20 ;  Mt  Sterling  1st,  Ladles'  Soc  120 ; 
Rushvllle  Sab-sch  18  10:  Wythe  16.  Spring- 
^/d— Dawson  8  86;  Jacksonville,  Pisgah  26: 
WilliamsvUle  8  16  463  03 

Illinoib,  North.  —  Cikieago— Chicago  1st 
74 ;  Chicago,  Grace  Sab-sch  126 ;  Kankakee  60 ; 
Peotone  29  66.  jPreepoW— Foreston  Ger  29  33; 
Galena  Ger  18:  Willow  Creek  26  88.  Ottawa 
— Au  Sable  Grove  27 :  Wyoming  10.  Rock 
JZiver- Albany  3 ;  Fulton  3  21 ;  Kelthsburgh 
4  26 ;  Newton  8  48  408  70 

Illinois,  South.— ilUon — Butler  (Sab-sch 
6)  61;  Carlyle  Sab-sch  1  60;  Plainview  2  26; 
V  irden  12.  Cairo— America  6 ;  Du  Quoin  3  00 ; 
Gilead  4 ;  Richland  10 ;  Tamaroa  13.  Mattoon 
—Effingham  60 ;  Grandview  Sab-sch  3 10 :  Kan- 
sas 12;  Neoga  6  47  ;  Taylorville  21  16     204  66 

Indiana,  North.  —  Craur/ordevi/Ze — Craw- 
fbrdsvllle  1st  12.  Fort  FFayne— Auburn  Sab- 
sch  1 60.  Logan tporf—Laporte  71 ;  Logansport 
1st  20:  Michigan  City  60 ;  Valparaiso  11.  Mun- 
cie— Wabash  11 84  177  34 

I  NDi  AKA,  South.  —  Indianapolii  —  Acton 
1  48;  Bloomington,  Walnut  St,  Young  Ladles' 
Mission  Circle  36;  Columbus  6;  Greenwood 
6  26.  Kincennee- Bethany  12  07 ;  Evansville, 
Walnut  St  100;  Poland  3  66:  Salem  6  30; 
Spencer  6  86;  Vandalia  8  66,  White  Water— 
Greensburgh  24  208  06 

Iowa,  North.— Cedar  fiopiifs— Cedar  Rapids 
1st,  a  balance  207  46 ;  Marion,  Ladies'  Soc'y  17 ; 
Rev  D  L  Hughes  10.  i)u6ttgue— Jessup  10; 
McGregor  Ger  3:  Pleasant  Grove  8.  Fort 
Dddge— Jeflerson  6  60.  H^a/erioo— Cedar  Falls 
Sab-sch  36  60 ;  Nevada  Sab-sch  1 26         208  70 

Iowa,  South.— Council  B/ujft— Dalmanutha 
2;  Red  Oak  6  80.  Dee  Moinen—Adel  8;  Cory- 
don  6;  Dallas  Centre  4  66;  Hartford  6;  Wau- 
kee  6;  Wlnterset,  Ladies'  Soc'y  34.  Iowa — 
Bloomfleld  Sab-sch  11 68 ;  Burlington  Ist  10 11 ; 
Keokuk,  Westminster  31  69 ;  Kossuth  Ist,  La- 
dies 100;  Mt  Pleasant  1st  24  49;  Shunam28: 
Troy  19.  Iowa  City—Ije  Claire  4  60 ;  Mt.  Union 
4  60 ;  Princeton  6  40 ;  Tipton  Sab-sch  6  86 

O     310  17 


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Kansas.— it  i»«lin^  Austin  Ist,  Sab-soh  08  20 ; 
Denison  10 ;  G-alveston  1st  Gor,  Sab-soh  4  60. 
Emporiu—ArvonlB.  8;   Bnrlingsme   (Sab-soh 

4  75)  17.  HiffAtomi— Frankfort  11 ;  YermllUoa 
2.  >reo«Ao— Fairview  1  26 ;  Geneva  2 ;  Hum- 
boldt 17 ;  Liberty  1 :  Rev  S  M  Irwin  and  wife 
6  75.  Top«ika— Baldwin  City  5 ;  Black  Jack  5 ; 
EdgerUn  2  60 ;  V ineland  1  160  20 

KKMTUOKV.^£fren«zer— Augusta  20 ;  Frank- 
fort,  from  Mrs  Crittenden  6:  MaysviUe  Ist 
(Sab-soh  2  60)  6.    Lott<«va/e— New  Castle  4 

84  00 

LiOiva  IsLAKD.  —  Long  /«/ond  —  Greenport 
Sab-sch  OT ;  Port  Jefferson  Sab-sch  6 ;  Yaphank 
16.  ^a««au— Bun  ting  ton  Ist,  a  balance  0  50; 
Melville,  from  Mrs  A  Totten  6  ge  50 

MiCHiOAif—Dcfroif— Detroit,  Fort  St  (Sab- 
sch  02  60)  126  77 ;  Detroit,  Westminster,  11  74 ; 
Milford  10.    Grand  Rapid^^lonlA,  lAdies*  Soo 

5  20:  Seabwa  5  10.  Kalamazoo -^  RlchltLud 
55  00.  Lantinjr—Conoord  28  02 ;  Roxana  1  81 ; 
Tekonsha  7  70.  Saginaw— Bs^y  City  (Ladies 
24  48)  42  08 ;  Bennington  10 ;  East  Saginaw  20 ; 
Flint  127  80  458  71 

MiKHBSoTA.— Af«n*tf*o— Winnebago  City 
11  30 :  Windom  2  60.  St  Pauf—Farmington  7  50 : 
Litchfield  16  06;  Minneapolis  1st,  Ladies*  Aid 
Soc'y  12  15:  Minneapolis,  Westminster,  Sab- 
sch  10:  St  Cloud  8  40;  Vermillion  10.  South' 
em  Minneiota— Albert  Lea  80 :  Lanesboro  8  40; 
Preston  10:  Richland  7  10;  Woodbury  3  75. 
IFinono— Oronooo  6  142  83 

MI880DRI.— O^a^e— Sedalia  0.  0«ar*— Jop- 
linS;  Neosho  Sab-sch  45ot8.  Po/myro— Can- 
ton B:  Edlna  2  30;  KirksviUe  34;  La  Grange 
14 ;  Memphis  0  36  ;  Newark  7  70.  P/o/fe— Ak- 
ron 10 ;  Avalon  (Sab-sch  6)  12  60 ;  Hopkins  7  80 ; 
Trenton  3;  St  Joseph,  Westminster  10  25; 
Weston  Sab-soh  1.  Po/o«<— Irondale  Ist  20; 
Marble  Hill  6.  St  Loui«— Cuba  7 ;  Hanover  4 ; 
Hillsborough  0;  Kirkwood  Sab-soh  42  03:  Rol- 
la3  20;  Salem  12;  SteelvlUe  3  05:  St  James 
4  05 ;  Lane  Prairie  80  cts ;  St  Louis,  High  St 

21  255  80 

Nbw  jEil8KT.—£;<;7aber%— Clinton  1st  43  70; 
Elisabeth  Ist,  add*l  11  26 ;  Elizabeth  8d  (Sab- 
soh  87  60)  00  SO ;  Plainfleld  Ist  0  41 ;  Roselle 
1st  (Sab-sch   10  30)   10  08 ;   Summit   Central 

22  82 ;  Westfleld  10  73.  Jeney  Ci/y— Broadway 
Ger  10 ;  Jersey  City  Ist,  Sab-sch  60 ;  Jersey 
City,  Bergen  Ist  Sab-sch  60 ;  Rutherford  Park 
18  04.  Jtfonmou/A— Allentown  20 ;  Jacksonville 
4;  Jamesburgh,  add'l  00;  Mt  Holly  Sab-sch 
40  92;  Red  Bank  26.  Morrii  and  Orange — 
Chatham,  add*l  1 20 ;  Chester  60 ;  Hanover  160 ; 
Madison  23;  Mendham  2d,  Sab-sch  10;  Mor- 
ristown  Ist  17  81;  Morristown.  South  Street, 
(Ladies*  Society  250)  375;  Orange  Ist,  ad- 
ditional 20;  Orange  2d  (Sab-school  100)  125; 
Rockaway  52  76.  Newark  —  Bloomfleld  1st 
004  70;  Newark  2d  72  10;  Newark  Central 
(Sab-sch  75)  195;  Newark,  Park  16  94;  New- 
ark German  ist  20.  New  BrunttoJcik— Kings- 
ton 24  07 ;  New  Brunswick  1st  80 ;  Trenton  4th, 
add*l  12.  Neirfon— Hackettstown  (Sab-sch  60) 
805  57;  Marksboro  15;  Musconetcong  Vallev 
58  •  North  Hardistown  00;  Yellow  Frame  8  26. 
West  Jeney— Gtkpe  Island  Sab-soh  14;  Fisler- 
ville  80;  May's  Landing  10;  Salem  Sab-sch 
85  41  2»W8  80 

Nkw  YoKK.—Boiton—TnU  River  0  50 ;  Read- 
intr  8:  Rev  R  Court  10.  i/ud«on— Cochecton 
99  cts;  Hopewell  42;  Middletown  ist  14  40; 
Milford    17  47;     MonticoUo    8  00:    OtisviUe 

6  •  Port  Jervis  05 ;  Ridgebury  14  14 ;  Scotch- 
town  7  04.  New  rorik— Harlem  2d  36  62 ;  New 
York,  Brick  528  05 ;  New  York,  Sea  and  Land 
1  97;  New  York,  Madison  St,  in  part  8321; 
New  York  Memorial,  Sab-sch  160;  New  York, 
Phillips  (Sab-sch  80)  06;  New  York,  Scotch, 
from  John  Taylor  Johnston  123  38;  New  York, 
Westminster  Sab-sch  80;  New  York  1st,  in 
part  8060;  New  York  4th  500;  New  York,  4th 
Ave,  mon  con  28  65 ;  New  York,  6th  Ave  and 
10th  St,  add'l  7U0;  New  York,  42d  St,  4  02  from 
Mrs  J  G  M,  ''a  few  coins  (keepsakes  around 
which  pleasant  memories  cluster)  which  are 


consecrated  to  active  use  In  the  mission  work 
as  a  love  token  to  the  Master."  Sab-soh  75  (of 
which  25  firom  Sarah  Walmsley  Fund)==79  02. 
North  River^Pine  Plains  Sab-sch  15;  uondoui 
Sab-sch  25.  Weitcheiter— Bedford  SB,h-BehU; 
Port  Chester  9  80 ;  South  East  18 ;  Yonkers 
ist.  addM  150  14,047  02 

pAOiwic^Benicia^Rev  J  L  Woods  5 ;  Clear 
Lake  17  60 ;  Lockport  2:1  12  50 ;  Mendocino 
58  26 ;  Santa  Rosa  12  60.  Ore^oii^Bethany 
^  Id:  Port  III  ml  '>]>>:  >.n\r'm'^t.  San  Fr^nriMta 
—Sun  Frajicisicru  is-l  ^4  U  8'^  40 

Ph  I  LA OKLi* n  1  ^ *— Ch  fiif  r—  C hftrlea I: own  % ; 
C howler  City  Sitii-«rh  4  3&;  D*»wiiiij|^luWn  Cen- 
T  ra  1  10 ;  Eta^t  W  1, 1  r  u  lu  tni  1  a  ■  i  i  reft  I  V  a  i  1  ^y  14  ; 
IS\w  Luniiun  'M  AT;  I'pijer  Ok- torn ni  ai  UT, 
tdrAiuriJ nnff— lilt hondiile  (56;  TtWilvHifl  10 : 
ri.iuuihU  y,  Hoiid5  6?  Dimwk  1;  lljirfam 
'Z^i  'A*.  LiiprFrli?  lO;  Mfinlrrtfie  5;  Scott  U; 
Striiiilun  let  453  [  Scmntftn  tSil  SO  &5 ;  Sprlrifir- 
vSMcl:  Wynlu.^iiUC'itl  «  631  Wysox  35.  Lehifh 
— Lt»«kri<l^o  Merman II I  m;  Lnwcr  Mt  Bethfti 
t*  G7 :  rj.]i^^r  L :li1>cli  22.  Pkiladelfihia-^PhU^- 
<]t'LphJa  l.xt,  (uTifhk-li  Htiwani  Mission  Sabneeh 
Wi)  H4T  07;  i'hUii  Mlh  (Sttb-!»«;h  3a  10)  61  Wi 
CiiiUi,  TiibLTtiaclii  l&l  60.  Phftadclpkim  Ceiu- 
iral—^Ui]n.  OunirttJ,  n  lady  3;  PtoHa  North 
1U7  m ;  Phlla,  Spring  GariloD  +-»  ft*.  Phita- 
del  phi  a     KnrSft  —  fnK.is'hii.Jirnt^eii     Siib-B<?h    *i; 

1'  ,■.,■■   I    h       •.1,1   :..,!    ?i^J  ;  iK'TrtlAtttOWII^ 

........    .        ......  .  ,  ;-.;,         i   ;'.  .j.ti  i.:]fl.^*  ^  41?  J«f^ 

fersonville  41 ;  Providence  7  60 ;  Rev  B  Rob- 
erts 5.  We$tmin$ter—Cod9^r  Grove  7 ;  Chance- 
ford  85 :  Slate  Ridire  22 :  Union  2  07       8.058  81 

t}-  J I  win  iJ/i :  .IntMiftff'wn,  nddM  5;  Plum  Cfeet 
J  ih  F I  if  f  *  I*  H  rrjfi  —  111;'  t  hiiny  52  86 :  t '  anonsbu  rgh. 
Unit  If  HI:  t^isl  LltwrLy  S(j  *  WbwionaaOJ; 
I'lctHt^mrtrh  UU  a  ^ntlfttie*.*  4S  lh\  Pfttubunjfa  %i 
.11  7!^;  J^iiT-inirffU  M  (O  J  Tlarko  aott,  Mrs  M 
a  H^m\>]v  Vmt  120)1^  Pittsburgh  4Hi  ao;  Pm*- 
tmrich  isth  :L4»  K^:  Plttshurifh  Tito  3iPr  SbafOn 
LiiK  mixifute—rayL^lti-^  t'ltv  10;  Little  Rad- 
<(.^n]v  :^ii;  Ml  Wiw<l!iltii|Eftim  h;  PRMi^atit  I'nilj 
!•►  ^ly:  ii'Mitu!  Hill  0  T^Jj  Tvmne  W.  fVaihins- 
ron^Bursrettstown  50:  Claysviile  OS;  (^ross 
Creek  Sab-soh  26;  Fairview  45  85;  Mt  Pros- 
pect 84  60 ;  West  Union  (Ladies  15)  38  50.  Wett 
Virginia  —  French  Creek  25;  Morsantown 
14  88;  Weston  5  2,483  70 

TKHVK88CB.— Ho{«fon  ~  Elizabethtou  2  80 ; 
Jonesboro  7 :  Reedy  Creek  7  50.  Kinggton^ 
Cloyd's  Creek  5 ;  Maryville  2d  2.  New  Orleane 
—Mary  Esther  6.  l/nf on— Hopewell  2  70 :  New 
Market  20 ;  Spring  Place  Sab-soh  2  50;  Straw- 
berry Plains  3  50 ;  Washington  2  50 ;  Westmin- 
ster 2  10;  Rev  W  U  Lyle  5  07  00 

ToLBDO.— Be2/e/onfaift«— Bellefontatne  4  93; 
Gallon  20  60.  Huron— Milan  80;  MonroeviUe 
18.  Lima— Centre  2;  Delphos  1  85;  Harrison 
2  50;  Shanesville  5  60;  Sidney  1st  (Sab-sch 
21  80)  47  01  138  35 

Wkstkrh  New  York.— Bu^o/o— Buffalo, 
Central  74;  Buffalo,  Lafayette  St  149;  Buffalo, 
North  100;  Jamestown,  from  Dr  Fooie  85 ;  Lan- 
caster 48 :  Silver  Creek  (Sab-sch  0)  13  15 ;  West- 
field  (Sab-sch  21  04)  70  19.  Gen^«««— North 
Bergen  10;  Warsaw,  Mrs  Fisher  17;  Wyoming 
Sab-sch  7  25.  Genetee  Fa7/«y— Angelica  2  48; 
EUicottville  5.  A'iagara— Albion  (Ladies  100) 
284  15;  Niagara  Falls  Sab-sch  57  81.  Roches- 
ter—Caledonia  Sab-sch  11  40;  Groveland  21; 
Mendon  0 ;  Mt  Morris  32 ;  Ogden  14  30 ;  Roches- 
ter, Brick  260 ;  Rochester  Central  01  07 ;  Ro- 
chester, St  Peter^s  144  17  1,412  OT 

WiscoKBi  v.— Ch ippetra— Bums  Z  Lake  Su- 
perior—Marquette,  firom  Hon  J  W  Edwards 
100.  Jlfi/trau>««— Ottawa  1  01 ;  Pike  Grove  10. 
Winnebago— De  Pere  24  30;  Horioon  28  H; 
Robinsonville  10:  Shewano  17  53;  Woqulook 
2.  Witeojisin  Aifrr- Baraboo  16;  Madison, 
add'l  15 ;  Rev  B  G  Riley  25  2M  30 

Total  received  fW>m  churches,      $88,071  80 

Lboaci KB.— Legacy  of  Milton  Clark,  dec*d, 
late  of  Watertown,  add*l  1000 ;  Legacy  of  Mary 
T  Wood,  late  of  Bedford,  N  Y  18  01 ;  Legacy 


1876.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OP  RECEIPTS. 


SI 


of  Polly  K  Bouton  X8  861  Bequest  of  Alex  M 
MoSLInney,  late  of  Oerro  QordOf  III  20 :  Bequest 
of  Bev  Jonathan  Hovey,  Albion,  N  Y  »: 
Legraoy  of  Mrs  Mary  L  Candor,  dec*d,  late  of 
Hamlet,  111  100;  Legacy  of  Mrs  Ellen  T  Mil- 
ler, late  of  Philadelphia,  Pa  2000  3,392  47 

MiscsLLAiTBOUS.^Interest  on  Bequest  of  H 
Cook,  dec*d,  late  of  Homer,  Mich  16  07 ;  **  A 
»oor  but  ardent  lover  of  Missions"  1 :  Nelson 
Thaoker,  Q^orgetown,  DC  2;  ** Sunday  egg 
money"  2;  Mrs  J  H  Boblnson  and  family, 
Bloomington,  III  16;  Mrs  Eliza  J  Sherwood, 
Manllus.  N  Y  80 ;  T  F  McNair, Nunda,  N  Y  6: 
Mrs  J  Clark,  Zanesvllle,  Ohio  10;  Rev  W  J 
McCord,  Wassalc,  N  Y  1 ;  Reliflr  Contribution 
Society  of  Princeton  Theol  Senry  3  26 ;  Rev  O 
M  Johnson,  Clarkstown,  NY  6;  "To  spread 
the  Bible"  6 ;  I  J,  N  Y  10 ;  Mrs  Sarah  A  Wil- 
son. Muscatine,  Iowa  2 ;  Mrs  Sarah  T  Merwin, 
MalTern.  Iowa  10;  Joel  R  Parmalee.  Twins- 
burgh,  Ohio  2 ;  John  R  Qroves,  South  Danrille, 
N  Y  4 ;  W  M  Qookin,  Springfield,  Ohio  6 ;  Mrs 
Chester  Pierce,  North  Aurora,  111  1;  £  Q- 
Wallingford,  Columbia,  S  C  60;  Miss  Maggie 
D  Crawford,  Gettysburg,  Pa  8:  Friends  in  111 
50;  Miss  O  Hamilton,  Cambridge,  Mass  9  86; 
The  Widow's  Mite  1 ;  Mrs  Eleanor  Cook,  New- 
port  O  70 ;  Soo'y  of  MissW  Inquiry  of  Auburn 
Theol  Sem'y  6 ;  Ferry  Ministry  Fund  112  60 ; 


Mrs  S  A  Hamilton,  Sharpsrllle,  Pa  8;  Mr  and 
Mrs  £  a  At  wood,  Salem,  N  Y  3;  ''Cash"  60; 
Mrs  R  W  Dickinson,  Fordham.  N  Y  100;  In- 
terest on  Bowes  Investment  106 ;  A  Friend  of 
Home  Missions,  Utica,  N  Y  4;  Rob't  Ferriday, 
Harrisburg,  Pa  20:  H.  M  Shumway,  Allegan, 
Mich  5;  Mr  J  L  Glenn,  Plainfield,  Ohio  6;  A 
Friend  6 ;  ''The  offering  of  one  who  h&s  passed 
nTTnr,*'  fsyrftr'n^Jo.  N  ¥  2  60  gold-2  SI;  T  D 
I!|.».iti]^r,  iMiirUn^niUtsb.  N"  Y  1^;  Trurttc^es  of 
MjjMijr-w  Scott  Fuwl  *HJ%0];  Mr  JntHeaTwpley, 
\ull'  j'l,  r^jii^  "  for  poor  iiiliiieterfl  in  the  graan' 
ltM|»jiL-r  rt'^fkm*"  &;  '*C»ifth  fram  11  frleml"lOt*; 
ivirn  J<>iit]  Murriwii,  N  Y  City  10:  Ouorg® 
WigHj^n,  Ei»q,  Tmnitqiiifc,  Fa  SWj  M  F,  Phlfi^ 
dolplilii,  2  50  ;  Hev  Oeo  Morrl*,  DaUtlnore,  Md 
eOO;  ('yi3T»cl  Couk,  Ureencfl*U6,  Ind  5;  "A 
Gmmlmmhor  in  I»r»tir'  ft;  *♦!;»,"  ttiroupch Thfi 
I'rt*i<byterlfta  liiO ;  Oilw  Meft^?lJli),  Pa  2  j  W  J 
H,  !S'  Y  100 ;  Hunry  Euynaitin,  FMrtiand,  N  Y  0 ; 
'■  TUhes  ibr  Kum«  MIjssIod*"  2  ;  ChA^  Wtggtnfl, 
Bixicrn,  MpiSB  luOi  mr»  €  Wlflnur  1  M);  litjuls 
AlhtTt  W  \Mwf  I  m  I  HisXmi  W(:iTRir  &0  «it«;  IdA 
WUnur  1  &0;  Ca*li  U  AT;  JktmL-s  Runsoll, 
Mel  tun,  OiUu  10  1,96S  07 

ToUl  in  January  1876,       $41,426  84 
O.  D.  EATON,  Treaturer, 

28  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


Receipti  for  Suttentation  in  January  1876. 


ALBAiTT.^^Ibany— Albany,  State  St  20  SO ; 
Saratoga  Springs  1st.  Sab-sch  6 10 ;  Saratoga 
Springs  2d,  Sab-sch  2  38.  Co<ui»6<tf— Hudson 
80.    2yoy— Troy,  Second  St  68  81  163  87 

Baltimork.' If a«Aina/on  Ci/y— Damestown 

400 

Central  Nkw  Yobk.— Of«eyo— Otego  11 70 : 
Syracii««— Liverpool  1 36;  Syracuse,  1st  Ward 
2  26.     C/Ztco^Vernon  Centre  1  18  18  48 

CiHOiirirATi.—Cincinna/i— Cincinnati  6th 

10  00 
Clkvblavd.— C/e«e2an<I— Clerelandlst  41  76; 
Clereland,  Euclid  St  21  61 ;  Guilford  6 ;  Rome 
1  28;  StrongsvlUe  2  27.  St  ClaimilU^Bvif- 
&I0  8  07;  St  Clalrsville  82.  Steubenville— 
Bethel  8  88  116  81 

CoLiriCBU8.~iifaHoii~Brown  1 ;  Kingston  1. 
Zan««v^ZZ«— Jersey  6 ;  Rev  W  F  Milliken  3  87 

10  87 

EBiB.—Bu//«r— Centre  2  86.  rri«— Cam- 
bridge 1  26 ;  Qravel  Run  86  cts.  Kittanning— 
Marion  3  87  8  12 

GBRKVA.—Cayttgo— Auburn  2d  14  29.  Che- 
imifM^Elmlra  1st  3  87;  5te«6tfn— Homells- 
Tille  (Sab-sch  8  02)  18  02  88  88 

HABBi8BUHOH.—H«n(inyd<m— Bedford,  six 
mos  interest  on  Burd  legacy  1  23;  Belletonto 
eo  43;  Sinking  Valley  26  71.  Northumberland 
—Bald  Eagle  and  Niitany  8  08 ;  WlUlamsport 
2d  10  47  100  00 

Iluhois,  Cbntbai..— P«oria— Oftlesburg  16; 
Lewistown  83  07  48  97 

iLUKois,  NoBTH.  —  Chicago  —  Chicago  1st 
18  87.    J^oc^  Kiver— Fulton  79  cts  10  18 

iLUNOis,  South.— ilZfon^Alton  12  86 ;  Plain- 

▼lew  1  70 :  Virden  2  98.    Cairo— Du  (4,uoin  1st 

78  cts.    Af  olfoofi— Neoga  1  81  19  90 

IMDIAMA,  NoBTH.—Af unci*— Wabash      2  94 

Indiana,  South.— indianapo/<«— Acton  88 

ots.    Neu>il2frany— New  Washington  6.    White 

ITater— Greensburg  7  26  12  81 

Iowa,  North.— Cedar  Rapide—Big  Grove 

and  Eden  Centre  12  26;  Ceuar  Rapius  isi  8. 

Dtt6«9ue— Pleasant  Grove  4  24  26 

Iowa,  South.— iowo— Burlington  2  91 ;  Keo- 
kuk, Westminster  1st  7  83;  Ml  Pleasant  6  73: 
Summit  8  76  23  22 

Kahsas.  —  it««fin  —  Austin  81.  Neoiho^ 
Humboldt  6  60  88  60 

KBJiTUCKY.—£ben«:r«r— Lexington  2d  160; 
MaysvUle  (Sab-sch  2  60)  6  166  Ou 


JjOvq  Island.— A^attau— Huntington  Ist 

36  76 

MiCHiOAN.—Defrotf— Detroit,  Fort  St  16  71 : 
Detroit,  Westminster  2 18.  Lantinj^— Concord 
6  04.    5(ffyinau^— Bay  City  3  08  28  87 

MiNNKSOTA.— 3fanikafo— Windom  84  cents. 
Southern  ilf<nne«o/a— Chatfleld  9  20  9  84 

Missouri.— PaJmyro— Millard  2;  Kirksville 
6.    St  Louie — Salem  German  4  11  00 

New  Jkbsbt.- £2i;Ka6etA-p-Baskingridge  26; 
Clinton  3  81 ;  Elizabeth  3d  8  60;  Plarnfleld  1st 
1  69;  Roselle  1st  (Sab-sch  2  67)  4  73;  Summit 
Central  8  88 ;  Westfleld  (of  wh  Dr  (;  A  Kinch 
92  ots)  4  90.  ilf onmottf A— Be? erly  11 26.  ilfor- 
rie  and  Orange— Chester  10;  Madison  6  71; 
Morristown  1st  10  30 ;  Morristown  South  St 
98  91;  ^etcarA;  —  Newark  2d  12  08;  Newark 
Park  8  06.  New  Brunttricik- Dutch  Neck  16 ; 
Kingston  6 12.  Newton — Musconetcong  Valley 
10;  Oxford  1st  11  32:  Philltpsburg  26;  Yellow 
Frame  2  06.  Weet  j«r««y— Cold  Spring  18  26: 
May^s  Landing  8 ;  Salem,  in  part  31 78     826  90 

Nbw  Yobk.— Hiid«on— Cochecton 24  cents; 
Middletown  1st  2  88:  Middletown  2d  4  34; 
M  ontioello  2  01 ;  Scotchtown  1  74.  New  York— 
New  York,  Brick  98  84:  Ch  of  the  PuriUns 
8  82;  Madison  Square,  from  J  Crosby  Brown 
60 ;  Sea  and  Land  49  cts ;  New* York,  Scotch, 
firom  John  Taylor  Johnston  80  82.  Wettcheeter 
—North  Salem  8;  Port  Chester  2  46  207  91 
PAOirio.— Oregon— Salem  6  00 

PHiLADBLPHiA.—CAe«(er— New  London  8 12. 
LacA-airanno— Montrose  30  29;  Wyalusing  Ist 
4;  Wyalusing  2d  2  14.  L«AiaA— Eckley  3  60; 
Lower  Mt  Bethel  2  26.  PA i/o^ie/oAia— Phila- 
delphia 10th  60.  Philadelphia  Central-^Cen- 
tral  106 ;  Mantua  2d  16  11 ;  North  Broad  St 
4026  268  60 

P1TT8BUBOH.— B2air«vllle— HomerCHy  1  60; 
Johnstown  24.  Pitteburgh  —  Lebanon  6  48 : 
Pittsburgh  2d  7  80.  fiedttone— Round  Hill  1 4». 
9Fa«Ai»ytofi— Falnriew  7  40  47  78 

ToLBDO.— Be<I<Am/aine  —  BellefoDtatne  Ist 
1  28.    Lima— Delphos  46  oenU  1  8S 

Wbstbbn  Nbw  Yobk.  —  Bv#alo  —  Buffalo, 
Central  18  87;  lAUoaster  20;  Westfleld  8  24. 
Geneeee  Fa/ley— Angelica  88  cts.  Rocheeter— 
Charlotte  20 ;  Lima  8  20 ;  Ogden  3  68 ;  Roches- 
ter Central  16  81  92  00 

Wiscoifsiir.-Afi/waiiitfe— Ottawa  89  cents; 
Rev  John  Martin  6  /^  ^  ^  ^  6  3» 

:  ed  bv  Vj  O  O  \      

Total  reoeived  flrom  churches,     1(1,880  M 


88 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OP  RECEIPTS. 


[March 


MiscBLLAinrovs.— Ber  W  J  MoCk>rd,  Was- 
saio,  N  Y  M  ots ;  Mise  O  Hamilton,  Oainbrldge, 
M«88  2  46:  Mr  and  Mrs  £  G  Atwood,  Salem, 
N  Y  3;  Wr  J  L  Olenn,  Plalnfteld,  Ohio  2:  Rev 
Qeo  Morris,  Baltimore,  Md  400 ;  Oonrad  Cook, 
Oreenoaetle,  Ind  8 ;  «'  Cash^^  6  12  416  07 

Total  In  January  187(s    |2,2S8  41 
O.  D.  EATON,  Treaturer, 
23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


Iattbbs  relating  to  Missionary  Ap^ 
ments  and  other  operations  of  the  Board, 
should  be  addressed  to  the  Corresponding  Sec- 
retaries, 

Rer.  Hbnbt  Kbvdaxi^  D.D.,  or 
Rev.  CTRU8  DicKsoif,  D.D., 

No.  28  Centre  Street,  New  York  City. 
Iaettwbb  relating  to  the  pecuniary  affairs  of 
the  B<Murd,  or  oontamlng  remittances  of  money, 
should  be  sent  to  O.  D.  jSatok,  Esq,  Treasurer 
address— P.  O.  Box  8808. 


EEOEIPTS  FOR  EDUCATION  IN  JANUARY  18T6. 


ALBJLHT.—ir^aw— Albany  SUte  St  2B  fi2 ; 
Oreenbush  11 ;  Johnstown  20  74 ;  Saratoga 
Springs  Ist,  Sab-soh  6  87 ;  Saratoga  Springs 
2d,  Sab-sch  2  84 ;  Schenectady.  East  Ave  20  90 ; 
Tribe's  Hill  8.  C«/»f»*i4^-Durham  Ist  17] 
Hudson  80  171  78 

BALTiMOBE.->0«ll<i»«re~BaltImore,  Brown 
Memorial,  Mrs  E  Harrison  60,  a  member  12  80 
*=02  60 ;  Fallston  2 ;  Piney  Creek,  Stephen 
Smith  6.  Wtithington,  Ci<y— Falls  6;  Wash- 
ington, Westminster  10  84  60 

CsNTRAL  New  York.— Syracute— Liverpool 
1  68;  Syracuse,  1st  Ward  2  64.  I7«ca— Ver- 
non Centre  1  31 ;  Verona  2d  20  40  26  78 

CiKOiWNATi.—CA«lico**f— Concord,  Mrs  M 
li  GhMre  4;  Fall  Creek  6;  Hamden  6  60; 
MoArthur  3;  New  Market  2.  Cincinnati-^ 
Cincinnati  6th  80:  Cincinnati  Ist  Ger  10  60. 
I>ayfon--Camden  6;  College  Comer,  add'l  68 
cU;  Eaton  6;  Greenville  12  82  08 

Clkvbland.— Cto«€Za}uft-Clevelandlst41 26; 
Cleveland,  Euclid  St  24  16:  Guilford  6 ;  Rome 
1  88 ;  StrongviUe  2  66.  St  ClairtvUle^BuSfiklo 
4  18.  5ttf«frtfno<iie— Harlem  0;  Irondale  20: 
UhrioksviUe  6  114  47 

OoLORATKK  —  Colovodo  —  Colorado 


CoLUXBUB.— Mariofi— Marysvllle  6;  Tren- 
ton 10.    Zane«vai«~Falrmount  2 ;  Jersey  6 

22  00 

ERiB.—flu/Z«r— Centre  2  64.  l?He— Cam- 
bridge 1  41 ;  Erie  Ist  61  66:  Gravel  Run  06  cts. 
JTir/annina^Brady's  Bend  13  86 ;  Glade  Run 
86;  Kittanning  60;  Marion  4  18  100  64 

Geweva.— Cayttjro— G«noal8tl7.  Chemung 
— Burdett  10 ;  Eimlra  Ist  4  18.  Sttuben—UQi- 
hellsvllle  10,  Sab-sch  0  40=10  40  60  62 

HARBiSDDRaH. — Huntingdon — Bedford,  Int 
on  Burd  Estate  1  88;  Bellefbnte  77  02;  Sink- 
ing and  Spring  Creeks  60.  NortkumberlanA-' 
Bald  Eagle  and  Nlttany  8  44;  Willlamsport 
2d  9  60  142  84 

Ilunois,  Cbwtral.— B/o««<nyton— Philo  4; 
Tolono  7.  Peorto— Galesburgh  16;  Peoria. 
Calvary  Mission  16  41  00 

Illinois,  NoBTH.—Cfcicayo  — Chicago  Ist 
20  68.  Rock  £ioer— Albany  2  76;  Camden  6; 
Fulton  80  cU;  Millersburgh  6 ;  Newton  8  42 

88  60 

lLLi2roi8,SouTH.-'-iWo»— Plalnview  86 cts; 
Yirden  8  86.  Cairo^Dxx  Quoin  88  cts ;  Oak 
Grove  10.    Afo/Zoon— Neoga  1  81  16  80 

lifOiAKA,  North,— Craw/ord«t>«/e— Union 
2.  Loganuport  —  Rochester  8  26.  Muncit-^ 
Wabash  8  SO  13  66 

Indiana,  SouTB,^/n<l<a»i«po«»— Acton  41 
cts ;  Columbus  6.  Sew  wl iftany— Mitchell  6 ; 
Now  Washington  8.  White  Water—OTQenn- 
burgh  8  28  *1 

Iowa,  South.— Ca«mc<Z  B/u^t— Sidney  6. 
Iowa— Burlington  Ist  2  70;  Keokuk,  West- 
minster 8  70 ;  Mt  Pleafiant  Ist  7  20  28  87 

Kansas.— HtoW«n«i— Troy  6.  N^fO«Ao— Bax- 
ter Springs  7 ;  Humboldt  3  10  16  10 

Kentucky.— Lo«»<«wlM*— New  Castle  12  00 

XiONo  IsLANDw— Lon(^  i«<and— Port  Jefferson 


8  80 ;  Southampton  Ladies*  Soe  18.    ^«t«a«— 
Newtown  34 ;  Roslyn  20  60  77  80 

MioHiOAN.—i)e<ro</— Detroit,  Fort  St  17  63: 
Detroit,  Westminster  2  46.  Z^ntino— Concora 
18  64.     ^o^iiMK^-Bay  City  8  44  87  06 

MiNNBSOTA.  —  Hankato  —  Windom  72  cts. 
fFiaoaa— Winona  G^r  10  10  72 

MissouBi.  —  Poimyra  —  Hannibal  1st  75. 
PIclfe-ChilUcothe  10.  8t  Lo«it— Salem  Ger 
4  8800 

New  jEE8BT.—£/<ara5e/ik— Clinton  Ist  4  80 ; 
Elisabeth  1st,  add*l  8  66 ;  Elizabeth  8d  8  86 ; 
Plainfleld  Ist  1  70 ;  Rahway  2d  70;  Roselle  1st 
2  44,  Sab-sch  2  8»^  88;  Summit  Central  6  88; 
Westtield  4  47.  Afoamou/A— Red  Bank  16. 
Morrie  and  Oran^«— Chester  16;  Madison  6  41; 
Morristown  1st  4  84.  Newar Jb— Newark  Park 
4  46;  Newark,  Roseville  106;  Newark  Ger  1st 
23  75.  2iew  BritnitricJt:— Kingston  6  87 ;  Prince- 
ton 1st  86  81.  ^eio/on— Musconetcong  Valley 
22;  North  Hardlstown  26 ;  Yellow  Frame  2  30. 
Wett  J«rMy— Camden  1st  100 ;  May's  Landing 
8  476  20 

New  Yobk.  —  Boeton.  —  Iiondonderry  7  80. 
Hud«of»— Centrevllle6 ;  Coohecton  27  cts ;  Mld- 
dletown  1st  2  66;  Middletown  2d  4  88 ;  Monti- 
cello  2  26 ;  Scotohtown  1  07.  New  ForJb-^New 
York  Brick  110  04;  New  York,  Ch  of  the  Sea 
and  LAnd  66  cU ;  New  York  Scotch  34  37 ;  New 
York,  Ch  of  the  PuriUns  8  00.  North  River— 
"  C  H  H"  Thank  offering  in  gold  3 ;  Pleasant 
Valley  7  67.     Weetcheeter— Port  Chester  2  76 

103  41 

Pacific.  —  Oregon  —  Jackson  County  20 ; 
Pleasant  Grove  4.    Sacramento—  lone  4  20 

28  20 

Philadelphia.— CAe«/«f^-NewIjondon  6  87. 
Lackawanna  —  Wyalusing  2d  2  42.  Lehigh— 
Lower  Mt  Bethel  2  64.  Philadelphia— Phllt^ 
delphia  10th,  addM  60 ;  Philadelphia,  Green- 
wich St  10.  PhiUdelphia  ^orlA— Neshaminy, 
Warwick  40  44 ;  Providence  ch,  fVom  S  P  S, 
M  H  S  and  A  J  S  7  60.  ir««<mifw<er— Belle- 
vue  17  80;  Chanoeford  28  26 ;  Union  76  cts 

161  68 

PiTTSBUBOH.— PiMtfrnroA— Iiebanon  6  16: 
Pittsburgh  2d  8  86.  Redetone—Ronwl  Hill 
1  67  16  67 

TBNNE88BB.—irniafi— Caledonia  1 08;  Wash- 
ington 2  80  4  28 

Toledo.— JBel^ofifaine—Bellefontaine  1  38. 
Huron— Fremont  10.  L<m«— Delphos  62  cts ; 
Harrison  3  10 ;  Shanesville  1  66  16  66 

Webtbbn  New  Yobk.— 0«#a2a— Buffalo, 
Central  20  68;  lAucaster  20:  Silver  Creek  6; 
Westfleld  7  02.  Geneeee  FaHey— Angelica  48 
cts.  /2oc^«r«r— Geneseo  Central  30;  Mount 
Morris  4;  Ogden  8  00;  Rochester  Brick  67  15: 
Rochester  Central  17  10  166  41 

Wisconsin.— LaA«  ^•eHoy^-'Marquette  36. 
ilfiiwattiktfc- Beloit  1st  &  80;  OtUwa  46  cts 

74  96 


Total  receipts  firom  churches,       92,400  83 

I«B0ACIE8. 

From  Estate  Mary  J  Wood,  Bedford,  N  Y, 


18Y5.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OP  RECEIPTS. 


89 


18  01 :  fyom  the  Traatees  of  the  Estate  of  Mat- 
thew Scott,  Adams  Mills,  O.,  in  part  86  80;  from 
the  Estate  of  Felix  Negley  of  Allegheny  Co, 
Pa,  in  part  3,343  57  8,448  98 

Miscellaneous. 
J  W  Edwards,  Esq,  Marquette,  Mich  60; 
Welsh  Calvlnlstic  eh  thrbugh  Wm  W  Vaughan, 
Racine,  Wis,  148  72;  Religious  Contrlb  Soo 
Princeton  Sem  3  26 ;  Mrs  E  G  Wallingford, 
CJolumbia,  S  C  25;  Miss  C  Hamilton,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass  2  75;  Rev  W  J  McCord,  Wassalc, 
N  Y  1;  '^J  J"  New  York  City  6;  Rev  O  S 
Boardman,   Cazenovia,   N   Y   7  71;   Charles 


Wiggins,  Esq,  Boston,  Mass  100;  Charles  A 
Kinch,  M  D,  Westfield,  N  Y  1  03  342  47 

^  Receipts  In  Januuary,         $6,201  28 

E.  a.  WOODWARD,  Treaturer, 
1334  Chestnut  Street,  Phila. 


Reports  and  correspond enoe  relating  to  the 
general  business  of  the  Board,  address  to 
William  Spxkr,  D.D., 

Corre$ponding  Secretary, 


RECEIPTS  FOR  FOREIGN  MISSIONS  IN  JANUARY  1876. 


AxBANT.  — J /dany— Albany,  State  St  ch, 
168  84;  Amsterdam  2d  ch  05  30;  Schenectady, 
East  Ave  ch  89  07 :  Saratoga  Springs  1st  ch 
Sab-sch  36  01 ;  Saratoga  Springs  2d  ch  Sab-sch 
14  24;  Tribe's  Hill  ch  10;  Albany  1st  ch,  a 
Lady  for  Gaboon  20 ;  Marlaville  ch  17,  Sab-sch 
0=:2S;  Carlisle  oh  5  50.  Ckamplain  —  VoTt. 
Henry  Ist  oh  Sab-soh  15;  Au  Sable  Forks  ch 
16.  Columbia — Hudson  ch  305 ;  Canaan  Centre 
ch  21 ;  Jewett  ch  10  30.  Troy—Troy,  2d  St  ch 
274:  Glen's  Falls  ch  70;  Lansingburgh.  Olivet 
oh  61  50;  Warrensburg  ch  6,  Sab-sch  3=x8; 
Troy,  Westminster  ch  5  1,237  26 

Atlantic— yodJkin— Salisbury  ch         1  00 

Baltimore. — Baltimore — Baltimore,  Brown 
Memorial  ch  175  53,  a  member  26,  Mrs  Ellen 
Harrison  60=250  53 ;  Baltimore,  1st  ch  Sab-sch 
for  Brazil  100 ;  EUicott's  City  ch  Sab-sch  20, 
Thistle  Mission  Sab-sch  10=30;  Havre  de 
Grace  ch  40;  Bel  Air  ch  6;  Fallston  ch  2; 
Emmittsburg  ch,  a  member  8,  Sab-sch  23=31 ; 
Baltimore,  Aisqutth  St  ch  Sab-sch  20:  Baltl- 
more,  12th  oh  21  50 ;  Piney  Creek  ch  11  76. 
Hevj  Caatle—^ew  Castle  ch  96,  Sab-sch  35= 
181 ;  Elkton  ch  29  20 ;  Cool  Si»rlng  ch  20,  Sab- 
sch  10=30 ;  Christiana  ch  3 ;  Westminster  ch 
10:  Kenno<lyvil]e  ch,  a  Lady  1;  Port  Deposit 
Sab-sch  23  20 ;  Georgetown  ch  10 ;  Green  Hill 
ch  12.  Sab-sch  10=22.  Waahington  City— 
Washington  Ist  ch  77  35 ;  W^asbington,  West- 
minster ch  55 ;  Washington,  North  ch  8  90, 
Youth's  Mles'y  Soc'y  21  43=30  33;  Washing- 
ton 4th  ch,  Rev  Dr  J  C  Smith  60;  Falls  ch  20 

1,003  86 

Cbwtral  New  York.— BingrAamfon— Preble 
eh  10;  Masonville  oh  7.  Otsego — Oneonta  ch 
24  31;  Shavertownch,  proceeds  children's  sales 
5  30.  St  Lawrence— Canton  oh  43  65,  Sab-sch 
for  training  sch  at  Gaboon  26=69  65 ;  Wadding- 
ton  ch  65  24 ;  Brasher  Falls  ch  18 ;  Theresa  ch 
6;  Heuvelton  ch  8  90.  Syracuse — Syracuse, 
Park  ch  Sab-sch  130  44,  for  Cos,  Mexico  113,  to 
sup  Mr  Y^nu  56  50=308  94;  Syracuse,  Park 
Central  ch  200 :  Skaneateles  ch  100 :  Otlsco  ch 
Miss'y  Soc'y  23 ;  Liverpool  ch  8  17 ;  Pompey 
Sab-sch  5;  Syracuse,  1st  Ward  ch  13  63;  Con- 
stantia  ch  6  58 ;  Rev  G  S  Boardman,  Cazenovia 
41  47.  Utica  —  ITtica  Ist  ch  176  47 ;  Utica, 
Bethany  ch  34 ;  Westminster  ch  113  82;  West 
Utica  ch  12  64 :  Oneida  Valley  ch  Sab-sch  6 ; 
Lyons  Falls  Sab-sch  3;  Vernon  Centre  ch  7  03; 
Turin  Sab-sch  mite  chest  1  88  1,370  07 

CiiioiNNATi.—CAf//icoMe— North  Fork  ch 
69  15;  Concord  Sab-sch  5  71.  Cincinnati  — 
Harrison  ch  Sab-sch  6,  Rev  A  L  Thomson  26= 
30;  Cincinnati  2d  ch  48  30;  Berea  ch  20  25; 
College  Hlllch  Sab-sch  for  Gaboon  20;  Goshen 
ch  32;  Cincinnati  3d  ch  90 ;  Lebanon  1st  ch  42; 
Mason  eh  20 ;  Sharonville  ch  10 ;  Somerset  ch 
8  76;  Sprlngdalo  ch  31.  Dav/on— Springfield 
Ist  ch  237  86:  Xenla  Sab-sch  for  Dehra  and 
Saharanpur  60 ;  Twinsburgch  2;  Mlddletown 
eh  43  76 ;  Piqua  2d  ch  40 ;  ]&th  ch  8  46.  Ports- 
mouth —  ^Anchester  ch  4109;  Red  Oak  ch 
26  60;  Gallipolis  Ist  ch  20;  Ripley  Sab-sch  16 

920  80 

Olkvelawd. —  Cleveland— ClevelsLnd  1st  oh 
222,  Sab-sch  for  Beirut  Som'y  100=322 ;  Cleve- 
land, Euclid  Ave  ch  129  99;  Strongsvllle  ch 
18  73;  Rome  ch  7  40 ;  Guilford  Ist  ch  86;  Ely- 
rla  Ch  6,  E  De  Witt  to  con  self  l  m  60«66  ;  New- 


burgh  ch  21 ;  Streetsboro  ch  14  30.  Mahoning 
— Youngstown  1st  ch  46  82;  Poland  ch  12; 
Hubbard  ch  7.  St  Clairsville— Cambridge  ch 
70  66;  Rock  Hill  oh  41  16;  Beulnh  ch  8;  Mt 
Pleasant  Sab-sch  for  Mynpurle  30 ;  RockviUe 
ch,  Coal  Brook  Sab-soh  17  45;  Bethel  ch  20  60; 
Washington  Sab-sch  28  89:  Buffalo  ch  22  20. 
Steubenville—Bethlehem  ch  76  75;  Deersville 
ch  30  60,  Sab-sch  12  50=43;  Oak  Ridge  ch 
16  66;  Richmond  ch  Sab-sch  14  62         1,064  91 

Colorado.— Co/orado—Valmont  Sab-sch  20; 
Colorado  Springs  ch  19  89 

Columbus.  —  il/A«n*— Middleport  ch,  J  T 
Ayers  10,  M  L  Ayers  10,  O  G  Ayers  1  50,  L  B 
Ayers  25  ots,  Mrs  A  H  Scott  5=26  76;  Pome- 
roy  ch  11  66;  Athens  ch  Sab-sch  16  63;  Bar. 
ton  ch  7.  Co2um6u«— Columbus  2d  ch  262  41; 
Lancaster  1st  ch  20.  AfaHon— Liberty  ch  11  ; 
Mt  Gilead  oh  1,  Sab-sch  for  Tungohow  17  78= 
18  78;  Yorkch  14  67;  Berlin  Sab-sch  10;  Dela- 
ware  ch  62.  Wooster— Ashland  1st  ch  97  60; 
Nashville  ch  33  75,  Sab-sch  for  Boys  sch  at 
Ping  Tai  9  42=42  17 :  Shelby  ch  8  37 :  Con- 
gress Sab-sch  6  18 ;  Jackson  ch  47  29.  Sab-sch 
Mission  Band  to  sup  Mrs  Fitch,  Shanghai 
6=52  29:  Hopewell  ch  63  12,  Sab-sch  for  Boys 
sch  at  Ping  Tal  2  65=66  67.  Zanesville— Put- 
nam ch  11^  mon  con  14=127 ;  Fairmount  ch  10 ; 
Rev  .T  Pitkin  10;  Jersey  ch  30:  Martinsburg 
ch  10  70;  Linton  oh  28  ;  Salem  Ger  ch  6  23 

036  00 

Erie.  —  Allegheny  —  Allegheny,  North  ch 
1,377  32  ;  Allegheny  1st  ch  122  51,  for  Am  In- 
dians 04  50=217  01;  Tarentum  ch  26  20; 
Bridgowater  Sab-sch  27.  fiuZ/cr— Butler  ch 
and  Sab-sch  228  03 ;  Salem  ch  10,  Sab-sch  3= 
13;  Martinsburg  ch  5  85;  Centre  ch  14  19. 
C/aHo7»— Clarion  Ist  ch  30.  £r»c— E<llnboro 
ch  46  ;  Venango  ch  4  80 :  Mill  Village  ch  2  20: 
East  Greene  on  3 ;  Cambridge  ch  7  54 ;  Gravel 
Run  oh  5  18:  Sandy  Lake  ch  Sab-sch  3  72; 
Franklin  ch  53  50,  Mrs  CHE  Miss'y  box  8, 
Olive  Branch  Sab-sch  3  50=65 :  Girard  Sab-sch 
to  sup  child  at  Dehra  30 ;  Cochranton  ch  19. 
Kittanning  —  Marlon  ch  22  20.  Shenango— 
Mahoning  Sab-soh  28  38;  West  Middlesex  ch 
16  87 ;  Pulaski  Sab-sch  27 ;  Hermon  Sab-sch  2 

2,219  49 

Geneva.— Ca  ytt^o— Port  Byron  ch  20;  Au- 
rora ch  20 :  Cayuga  ch  64  76 ;  Auburn  2d  ch  66. 
CA«muno— Elmira  1st  ch  47  20;  Havana  eh 
14  90.  Geneva — Benton  Sab-sch.  for  Sidon  sch 
40.  Lyoa«— Palmyra  67 ;  Rose  en  10.  Steuben 
— Hornellsville  ch  64  SO ;  Corning  1st  oh  Sab- 
sch  1  10  406  26 

Harrisburoh.  —  Carlisle  —  Harrlsburgh, 
Market  Square  ch  500;  Landisburgh  ch  80; 
Dauphin  ch  35,  Juv  Miss'y  Soc'y  40=75 ;  Silver 
Springs  ch,  MissH  Bryson  25;  Shippensburgh 
cn69  04;  Great  Conewago  ch,  Miss  Margaret 
Dickson  6:  Gettysburgh  oh  22,  Rev  S  B  Smith 
10=32;  Greencastle  ch  110,  Sab-sch  20=130; 
Mechanicsburgh,  1st  ch  Sab-sch  45  50.  Hunt- 
ingdon—Spruce Creek  ch  281  61.  Colerain  Forge 
Sab-soh  31  82=312  93 ;  Saxton  chri3 ;  Hollidays- 
burgh  1st  ch  80,  Sab-sch  13  43=93  43 :  Milroy 
Sab-soh  8;  Bellefontooh419  40:  Mllesburgch 
14  63 :  Snow  Shoe  ch  4  80 ;  Moshannon  ch  47  cts ; 
Mifflintown  and  Lost  Creek  ch  178  66 ;  Bethel 
ch  21:  Birmingham  ch.  Warrior's  Mark  Sab-sch 
40  46;  Huntingdon  ch  108  40;  Bedford  oh,  Int 


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on  Bond  Legacy  7  40.  Northumberland  -- 
Orangeville  ch,  a  flrlond  %  a  Lady  5,  Self- 
denial  10=17 ;  Mahoning  Eng  ch,  Miss  M  A 
Montgomery  10,  Mrs  A  A  Oelaenger  10«20; 
Mlffllnsburgh  ch  20  14;  New  Berlin  l8t  ch  12; 
Willlamsport  Ist  ch  113,  Sab-8ch  50  - 103 ;  War- 
rior's Run  ch  17  10;  St  Mary's  Shlloh  ch  9; 
Willlamsport  2d  ch  40  52,  Sab-sch  16  61,  Infant 
class  to  sup  Miss  Maglnnis  3  38  -69  51;  Bald 
Eagle  and  Nlttany  cE  18  60.  IFeWtftoro— Al- 
legany ch  2  2,480  26 
Illinois,  CETCTBAL.—Bloomin5rfon— Cham- 
paign Ist  ch  107  21,  Sab-sch  15  11  122  32;  Ur- 
bana  Sab-sch  2  72;  Oilman  ch  7  25;  Lexjng- 
ton  ch  35 ;  Normal  ch  16  70,  Mrs  Ann  M  Wil- 
son 5=21  70 ;  Pontlac  ch  10 ;  Wenona  oh  14  50 ; 
Waynesvllle  ch  6  50.  PeoHo— Canton  ch  8  65; 
Elm  wood  ch  9  16;  Prospect  ch  46;  PrlncevlUe 
oh  29  30,  While  School  House  8  50  32  80 ; 
Ipava  ch  9;  Oreensburg  ch  75.  SckuyUr-- 
Carthage  ch  12  70 :  Nauvoolst  ch  6:  Bardolph 
ch  41 ;  Rushvlllolst  chlO  20,  Sab-sch  for  Japan 
19  17  -29  37 ;  Bushnell  ch  7;  Monmonth  Ist  ch 
05  85  ;  Ebenezer  ch  17.  SpHnft/le/d— Farming- 
ton  ell  28  80  WS  22 
I  LLi  Noi  8,  North.  C/iictf^o— Chicago  Ist  ch 
111 ;  Chicago,  41st  St  ch  9  18 ;  Chicago,  Zlon  Qer 
oh  5;  East  Wheatland  Sab-sch  5  50;  Manteno 
oh  12  35,  Sab-sch  5  - 17  35.  Fr««ooW— Freeport 
2d  ch  Sab-sch  10  ;  Galena  Oor  ch  4  65 ;  Warren 
Ist  ch  28 ;  Middle  Creek  ch  25 :  ArgyleohSS  68; 
Marengo  ch  11.  OfMwa  — Aurora  ch  10  60. 
Rock  ir*t?«r— Viola  ch  15;  Camden  ch  21,  Sab- 
80h  80  .  51 ;  Morrison  Sab-sch  for  Corlsoo  61 ; 
Woodhull  ch  25 ;  North  Henderson  ch  20,  Sab- 
sch  6  -25 ;  Princeton  1st  ch  47 ;  Kewanee  1st  ch 
14  55;  Elgington  ch  6;  Pleasant  Bldge  oh  2; 
Fulton  ch  4  81                   .  M9  47 

Illinois,  South.— J  Won— Carlyle  ch  6 ;  Al- 
ton 1st  ch  44  05 ;  Plum  Creek  ch  14  10 ;  Vlrden 
«h  47  25 ;  Plalnvlew  ch  1  40 ;  Hlllsboroch  10  80. 
Cciro^  Richvlew  ch  3  15 ;  Enfleld  oh  13  16, 
Sab-sch  4  63  17  78;  Fairfield  ch  10;  Shawnee- 
town  ch  20 :  Du  Q,uoln  Ist  ch  4  65 ;  Union  ch  8. 
Jtfa/foon— Taylorsville  ch  18;  Kansas  ch  10: 
Neoga  ch  9  71 ;  Morrlsonville  ch  14  26     238  64 

Indiana,  North.— Craw/ord* vi«e— Wave- 
land  ch  86  70,  Sab-sch  1  70-37  40;  Frankfort 
ch  67  50 ;  Thomtown  oh  84,  Infant  class  80  cts 
-84  80 ;  Lexington  ch  31  64;  West  Point  ch3. 
Fort  H^ayne— Blufflon  ch  12,  Sab-sch  6-18; 
Lima  ch  7  70;  Kendallvllle  ch  21 ;  New  Lan- 
caster ch  5 ;  Salom  ch  20,  Sab-sch  1  43^21  43 ; 
Benton  ch  8  36 ;  La  Grange  «h  7.  Logmntport 
—Union  ch  5.    A£ u»ci«— Wabash  oh  17  76 

286  68 

Indiana,    South.  —  IndianapolU  — South- 

e>rt  ch  17  60 ;  Union  ch  9  61 ;  Acton  oh  2  22; 
endricks  ch  4 ;  Greencastle  oh  28  86 ;  Edin- 
boro  ch  Sab-sch  1  40 ;  Greenwood  oh  9  65 ; 
Bethany  ch  18.  New  Albany— Vleta^ni  Town- 
ship ch  8  76;  Mitchell  ch  9;  Brownstown  ch 
4  38 ;  Hanover  ch  14  74.  Finc«nne»-Prince- 
ton  ch  112,  Sab-sch  3  50-115  60 ;  Upper  Indiana 
Sab-soh  9  50.  White  H^afer— Shelbyville  2d 
Oer  ch  14  SO  ;  Greensburg  ch  20  277  51 

Iowa,  North.— Cedar  RcpW*— Cedar  Rapids 
ist  ch  9  30 ;  Wyoming  ch  21  80 ;  Fairfax  ch 
8  60.  Dubuque— McQregOT  ch  4 ;  Manchester 
lat  ch  3  52 ;  Wlnthrop  ch  16  26 ;  Hopklnton  ch 
t;  Lenox  Collegiate  Inst  10.  Fort  Dodge— 
Jefferson  ch  6  79  37 

Iowa,  South.— Council  W«^»-Vllll8oa  oh 
7 ;  Corning  Ist  ch  23  20 ;  Atlantic  ch  2  71 ; 
Council  Bluffs  ch  27  60;  Red  Oak  ch  10  90. 
De»  Afo»nc»— Wlnterset  ch  40,  Sab^h  42  cts- 
40  42 :  Indlanola  ch  6,  Sab-sch  8  60  8  60 ;  Gar- 
den Grove  ch  6  35 ;  Humeston  oh  2  80 ;  Knox- 
ville  ch  20.  Iowa— Burlington  Ist  ch  13  66, 
Sab-sch  for  Peking  and  Benlta  91  60  108  16 ; 
Oakland  ch  9 :  W Infield  oh  6 ;  West  Point  oh 
6 ;  Birmingham  ch  6  60 ;  Keokuk,  Westmin- 
ster Ist  ch  47  37 ;  Bloomfield  ch  3  66 ;  Fairfield 
ch  27,  "  R"  10  .  37  ;  Troy  ch  7 ;  Croton  ch  4 ; 
Mt  Pleasant  ch  41  68.  Iowa  Ci/y— Woloott  ch 
10  05 ;  Blue  Grass  oh  3  50 ;  Summit  ch  6 :  Tip- 
ton oh  26.    lCearn«y— Plum  Creek  oh  8 ;  North 


Piatt  ch  1.    Nebratka  Cify— Tecumseh  ch  l\ 
Simeon  ch  2  ***  •• 

Kansas.  -  Auttln  -  CJa^^eston  ^  ch  4. 
NeoiAo— Chetopa  ch.  Sab-sch  15  60 ;  Ft  Scott 
ist  ch  8  60 ;  Humboldt  ch  14  05 ;  Geneva  ch  4; 
Liberty  ch  1 ;  Falrvlew  ch  1  48  » 

KsNTUCKY.-Efttfntf^rr— Bloom  Ingrtxm  ch  50; 
Maysvllle  ch  2  76,  Sab-sch  2  25-P-5;FrankftMrt 
ch,  Mrs  T  L  Crittenden  6  «  « 

Long  Island.— Broo*/sfii— 1st  ch,  iVj^f^ 
ver's)  In  part  600  36,  mon   oon  41  05  =541  40; 
South  oh  611  85;  Claason  Ave  ch  393  73;  let^ 
Edjrewater,  S  I,  of  which  17  lor  Zenana  work 
131  70;  Throop  Ave  ch  34  61;  Alnsllo  St  Sa^ 
sch  Mlss'y  Soe'y  6  47 ;  Ross  St  ch  43  55 ;  South 
3d  St  ch,  Wllllamsburgh  35.     Long  M^ni- 
Port  Jefferson  ch  Sab-sch  6 12 ;  BrldgehampUm 
ch  86;  Westhampton  ch  22 ;  Southampton  ch 
137  30 ;  Greenport  Sab-sch,  for  boy  at  Ot^wm 
80;  Amagansett  ch  3  68,  Sa^sch  8  eOj-7  M: 
Mattltnckch  5"  26.    Nawau— Melville  ch,Mn 
A  Totten  6,  Sab-sch  13  38  -18  88 :  Fresh  Pond* 
Sab-sch  4;  IsllpchO  60;  1st  ch  Babylon  a,^ 
con  Rev  L  C  Nightngale  l  m  30  ^59       2,180  H 
Michigan.  —  Derroif— Fort  St  ch,  Detroit 
122  66,  Rhea  Household  band  to  sup  MIm  An- 
derson 20^142  66;  Holley  1st  ch  19  20;  Wwl- 
minster  ch,  Detroit  18  11;   Ist  ch  Saline  18. 
Kalamazoo— Ut  ch  Nlles  92  85.    Lan*tny-;Te- 
konshaoh,  Women's  Mlss'y  Soo'y  20  70;  Con- 
cord   ch  35  89.     Saginaw— Wennnn   ch  6  «; 
Midland  City  ch  5 ;  Bay  City  ch  12  33      866  41 
MiNWBSOTA.  —  Maii*a/o— Wlndom  ch  3  88. 
St  Patii— Stillwater  ch  5  20;  1st  ch  S^-sea, 
Minneapolis  Mlss'y  Soo'y  to  sup  girl  at  Dehra 
40 ;  Bloomlngton  ch20.    Southern  Minnetot*-- 
Woodbury  Sab-sch  3  75.     If  iiwrno— Caledonia 
Sab-sch  9  11 :  Chatfield  ch  30  11 ;  Ist  ch  Fro- 
mont  6  60,  Sab-sch  2  40-8  ^  ^     ^  ."°  * 

Less  fVom  Frank  Hill  ch  acknowledged  In 
December,  4  H*  * 

MissouBi.— Oiage— Sedalla  1st  ch  7  60.    Pat- 
mura—Ut  ch  Moberly  10 ;  1st  ch  La  Grange  6. 
pfaMe— Oregon  ch  6  55,  Sab-sch  5  45  -13 ;  Mlra- 
blle  ch  2;  Hopkins  ch  1  76.    St  ^«<»-»\;j^ 
Gerch  5 ;  Emanuel  ch  10;  Zoarch  1  60;  Salem 
Ger  ch  12 ;  Kirkwood  Sab-sch  42  63         HO  48 
New  Ji:R8BY.—E/i«a6«M— Westminster  ch, 
Ellxabeth  506;  Perth  Amboy  Sab-sch  for  China 
137  34;  Summit  Central  ch  34  25,   Miss  OF 
Bonnol    90-124  26;    Elliabethport  ch  81  SO; 
Roselle  ch  13  08,  Sab-sch  15  54    28  62;  Cllnwn 
ch  23  10,  Ladles'  Sewing  Soc'v  28  40-51  50; 
3d  ch  Elliabeth  26  95,  Sab-sch  25    51  96;  Beth- 
lehem Sab-sch  for  China  15;  Ist  oh  PlalnfieW 
0  62 ;  Westfleld  ch  24  05 ;  X  17  65.    JertejfCitj 
—1st  ch  Paterson  100;  Ist  ch  Rutherford  Part 
24  40 ;  Hackensack  ch  31 ;  Prospect  Ave  ch, 
Jersey   City  6  73;   Newfoundland    ch   15  80. 
Monmouth  —  Burlington    ch    145  50;    Isi  ch 
Hlirhtstown    125;   Columbus    Sab-sch  » Wj 
Red  Bank  ch  60;  Mt  Holly  ch  34  75,  Sab^h 
40  93=75  67 ;  1st  ch  Freehold  32  60;   Boro«"*- 
town  ch  10  50 ;  Perrlneville  branch  Sab-sch  foj 
Corlsoo  3  36 :  Jacksonville  ch  7 ;  Beverly  ch 
48  86.     Morrii   and  Orange— iBi  oh  Oran^ 
328 ;  South  St  ch,  Morrlstown,  a  friend  a»: 
Central  ch.  Orange,  a  Lady  10 ;  2^1  ch  Orange 
mon  oon  48  26 ;  Chester  ch  60,  Sab-sch  30=». 
Chatham  ch  48  15 ;  Madison  eh  34  51 ;  1st  ch 
Morrlstown    28  97;  2d    ch    Mendham    21  IJ 
jyretrar*— South  Park  ch  488  53 ;  1st  ch  Newari 
454;  RosevlUeoh.Sabsch  M  iss'y  Soc'v  to  »W 
two  children  In  Oroomiah  100 ;  3d  ch  Newi 
mon  oon  27  27 ;  High  St  ch  mon  oon  8^  Sa^ 
sch  Christmas  offering  16  80,  Savings  of  Harry 
Toombs,  deo'd  75  cU-97  65;  Westminster  ch, 
Sab-sch  Bloomfield,  to  sup  child  In  China  »: 
Park  ch28  92 ;  Ist  Ger  ch  20;  Woodsldecii8M» 
New  Brumwick—lai  ch  Trenton  815;  2d  ch  Tw^ 
ton  38  60;  6th.ch  Trenton  19  70;  Klngwoodch 
25 : 2d  oh  Amwell  11 30 ;  LawrenccvlUe  ch  w« 
oon  87  60,  Centre  Sab-sch  for  Benlta  38  M- 
76  04;   Mllford  ch    1150,    Sab  sch  l«-»fj| 
Kingston  ch  60 ;  Ist  oh  Alexandria  13  86,  Sao- 
sch  6  74-20  40.     Newton— Ut  ch  Newt^  » 
sup  Rev  O  Hardin,  Syria  425;  2d  ch  Belrtderj 
mon  oon  66,  Sab  ach  for  OhiDa26,  LiUleOraod- 


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daagbtor  15-95 :  SparU  ch  10  85,  Sab-sch  6  15 
-^7:  Marksboro  on  21;  Branohvtlle  ch,  Wo« 
meQ^s  Mission  and  Sewing  Soo'y  30:  Yellow 
Frame  ch  12  37.  We*t  Jertey^lst  ch  Salem 
Sab  sch  110  41 ;  May's  Landing  oh  10:  let  ch 
Oamden  50;  2d  oh  Camden  81 ;  7th  ch  Bridge- 
ton  275 ;  Cape  May  City  Sab  ach  17  50 ;  TucKa- 
hoe  Sab-sch  3:  West  ch  Bridgeton  65;  Abseoun 
ch  3,  Sab  sch  2-5  0,058  86 

Nsw  York.—  Boiton  —  Bedford  oh  52  60. 
Hudson— Ut  oh  Middletown  19  26;  2d  oh  Mid. 
dletown  101  22 ;  Port  Jenrisch  8  58 ;  Oentreville 
ch  5;  Scotchtown  oh  S3  57  :  Cooheoton  ch  11  48 ; 
West  Town  ch  17  28,  Sab-sch  3  25=20  48 :  Mon- 
Ucello  oh  18  14 ;  White  Lake  ch  5  50,  Rev  O 
W  Hood  5=10  50 ;  Ramapo  oh  17,  Sab-sch  9, 
Woodbum  Sab-sch  5=31.  New  For*— 5th  Ave 
and  19th  St  eh  7015  33;  University  Place  ch 
2341  83 ;  1st  ch  New  York  8,  Earnest  workers 
for  Shanghai  sch  1300,  Sab-sch  50  51,  Mission 
•eh,  for  Shanghai  61  78=1429  29 ;  Brick  oh 
867  08:  Scotch  ch  535,  J  T  J  185=7«);  Harlem 
eh  8  15;  14th  St  ch  20  47,  Sab-sch  Miss'y  Soo. 
for  two  girls  at  Syria  75  and  two  at  Gaboon  50 
=145  47 :  Spring  St  oh,  add'l  50 ;  Brick  ch  chap, 
el  14  16 :  7th  ch  N  Y,  a  lady  6;  W  23d  St  ch 
163  80;  Emannel  ch  6th  St  3  10;  North  ch  23  90; 
Washington  Heights  oh  32  42;  Puritans  oh 
58  28;  13(h  St  oh  92  81;  Allen  St  oh  20;  Sea  and 
Land  ch  2  96.  North  /«»«•— Freedom  Plains 
Ota  for  Africa  20;  Little  Britain  oh  14  80;  1st 
oh  Pleasant  Plains  41  75,  Sab-sch  31  84=78  59; 
New  Hamburgh  ch  80  51 ;  Poughkeepsie  oh 
36  14 ;  Smtthtield  ch  93  05 ;  Cornwall  ch,  for 
American  Indian  Mis8ions20 :  Maiden  oh  28  17 ; 
Eondout  ch  60.  Weitche»ter— Rye  ch  400;  Ist 
oh  Hartford  155 :  Istch  Thompsonville  82  26; 
Mt  Kisoo  oh  22  70;  South  Salem  oh  71  30,  two 
children,  for  India  1^72  30;  Port  Chester  oh 
14  80 ;  Ist  ch  Bridgeport  85  14,499  73 

Pacific— ]?tf nicia— Napa  City  ch  30  50. 
Oregon — Pleasant  Orove  ch  12 ;  Jackson  ch  18. 
Sacramento-Stockton  ch  54  50;  lone  Cltv  ch 
6  60.  San  Franci$co—St  John*sch,San  Fran- 
oisoo,  mon  con  39  26  160  86 

PHiLADBLPHiA.—CAe«/er— Oxford  oh  132  52, 
Union  Sab-sch  5«137  52;  Waynesburgh  Sab- 
»eh  58  30;  Rockville  Sab-sch  tosupchiid  in  In- 
dia 5  70:  Forks  of  Brandy  wine  ch37 ;  New  Lon- 
don ch  37 :  Ist  ch  West  Chester  30  17 ;  1st  oh 
Darby,  Miss  Mary  Knowles  10  13.  Lackawanna 
— Wysox  ch  2  20 ;  Coalville  ch  13;  Rushvllle  ch 
2;  Stevensvllle  ch3 ;  Shickshlnny  ch  6  45,Sab- 
sch  1  60=8  04 :  vieshoppon  oh  10,  Sab-sch  3  -13 ; 
2d  ch  Wyal using  12  96 ;  Plymouth  ch  5,  Sab- 
seh  for  Gaboon  boat  28  50=33  60;  Laporte  ch 
10.  LeAJ^A— Brainerd  oh.  Easton  360 ;  Shawnee 
ch  4 :  Shenandoah  oh  3 ;  Weatherly  oh  20 ;  Au- 
denreid  oh  Sab-sch,  to  sup  child  at  Allahabad 
6;  Lower  Mt  Bethel  ch  13  62,  Sab-soh  8  69-- 
22  81.  PhiladelpMa-'lst  oh  Philadelphia,  in 
part  1094 ;  2d  ch  Philadelphia  81  06,  Sab^h  60 
=131  05 ;  Bethany  ch.  Infant  class  to  sup  boy 
ia  China  60.  Philadelphia  Cenft-o/— West  Arch 
St  eh  326  40;  Spring  Garden  eh  286  86;Imman. 
uel  oh  127  91:  2d  oh  Mantua  18  74.  PhiladeU 
Phia  ^orf A— Bristol  oh  68 ;  Newtown  oh  66  66; 
Market  Sq  oh,  Germantown  46  77 ;  Falls  of 
Schuylkill  oh  and  Sab-sch  36  53;  Port  Kennedy 
oh  13  28 :  Providence  ch,  S  P  I,  W  H  S,  and  A 
J  S  7  60 :  Rev  J  R  Moore  5 ;  Conshohocken  ch 
Spring  Mills  Sab-sch  2  02.  FFe«/m<n«/«r— Co- 
lumbia oh  65  95;  Sylvan  Retreat  Sab-sch  5  40, 
Jimmie  and  Willie^s  Miss'y  Corn  5=10  40;  Uni- 
on ch  4  01 ;  Slate  Ridge  ch  5,  F  A  Boatty  2  -  7 ; 
Little  Britain  Sab-sch  7  65  8202  95 

PiTTSBnnoH.—  BlaireviUe  —  Blalrsville  oh 
314  48,  Sab-soh  91  60  406  98;  Beulah  oh  116, 
Sab-sch  13  « 128;  Poke  Run  ch  100;  Unity  ch 
80 ;  Irwin  ch  19.  Sab-sch  34-63 ;  Black  Lick  oh 
11  10:  Penn  Sab-sch  6  40.  Pittaburgh-^lst  oh 
PUtsburgh  560;  Central  ch  PItUburgh  268 ; 
Lebanon  ch  33  11 :  2d  oh  Pittsburgh  47  67  ;  Mt 
OUve  oh  12  09.  Redttone—Vnloniown  oh  160 ; 
Reunion  ch,  Mt  Pleasant  58  65,  Sab-sch  25,  Rev 
Dr  McMillan  and  family,  to  sup  J  McMillao, 
Saharanpur,  India  25  «108  65 :  Mt  Pleasant  oh 
43  66 ;  Greensboro  Sab-sch  7  88 ;  Rehoboth  ch 


84  60 :  ist  oh  Belle  Vernon  33 ;  Little  Redstone 
Sab-soh  14 :  Round  Hill  oh  8  97 ;  Mt  Yemon  oh 
7  60.  Waihington—l8t  oh  Sab-sch  Whoeling 
75 ;  Upper  Buffalo  Sab-sch  8  10 ;  Waynesburg 
oh  21  21;  4th  ch  Sab-sch  Wheeling  1  88,  Sav- 
ings  of  Cephas  S  Davis  for  1874  1  27  -  3  15 ; 
Cross  Roaus  Sab-sch  to  con  Mrs  M  A  Mo(?ulley 
L  M  80;  Claysvllle  Sab-sch,  to  ed  boy  at  Kola- 
poor  16  64;  Pigeon  Creek  Sab-sch,  for  Tung- 
chow  33  22:  New  Cumberland  Sab  sch  59  lOT; 
Hoi lldav's  Cove  ch  46;  Three  Springs  ch  9; 
Upper  Ten  Mile  ch  21,  Sab-sch  29-  50.  We$t 
Firoinio— Fairmont  ch  13,  Infant  class  5  11^ 
18  11  2481  44 

Tbnn B88VE.— Ho<«/(m-> Jonesboro  ch  12  86, 
Old  Fogy  1,  Sab-sch,  Miss'y  Com  12  80,  Inftkut 
Class  nest  egg  8  10«29  75.  ATinatfon— New 
Providence  ch  lo.  (/nioa^Westmlnster  ch  5 ; 
St  Paul's  oh  3  50  48  26 

ToL«i>o.—0«/<r/on/a{ne— Belle  Oontre    oh 

7  25 ;  Eden  ch  3 ;  Nevada  oh  3 ;  Upper  Sand  usky 
ch  10 ;  1st  ch  Bellefontaine  7  40.  Lima— 1st  oh 
Sidney  19  79,  Sab-sch  13  11-32  90;  Van  Wert 
oh  24  45,  Sab-soh  11  56-86 :  Ada  oh  3 ;  Delphos 
oh  4  08 ;  Afattm«tf— West  Bethesdach  40 ;  Ist  ch 
Sabisch  Bryan  10;  Madison  oh  4  160  63 

Westkrx  New  York.— Bujfoio— La  Fayette 
St  oh,  Buffalo  149  02 ;  North  oh,  Buffalo  122  15 ; 
Central  ch  Buffalo  111;  Istch  Fredonla  125: 
Lancaster  ch  54 ;  Westfleld  ch  37  73.  Genetee 
—Warsaw  ch  95  70,  Mrs  Anna  V  S  FIshor  17- 
112  70 ;  Bergen  ch  11  53 ;  Cortn  ch  5 ;  Attica  ch 
88  89 :  Pike  ch  10,  Mrs  Dlantha  Smith  to  con 
Rev  Chas  Simpson  l  m  40-50;  Oakfleld  oh  6, 
Sab-soh,  for  Shanghai  sch  22=28 ;  Perry  oh  26. 
Genesee  roZ/ey— Angelica  ch  2  37.  Niagara- 
Porter  ch  66 ;  Lewiston  ch  30.  Rochetter— 
Brick  oh,  Rochester  200;  Central  oh,  Roches- 
tor  92  50;  Oansvllle  ch  133  75;  Nunda  oh,  F  F 
MoNalr  5;  1st  ch  Livonia  29  90,  Sab-sch  22— 
51  90 ;  Chili  ch  20 ;  1st  ch  Mt  Morris  30  60,  Sab- 
sch,  10  90—50  40 ;  Central  oh  Goneseo  9J ;  Og- 
den  oh  21  46 ;  Parma  Centre  oh  13  45      1646  85 

Wi8Coif8ii« — Chippewa  —  1st  oh  La  Crosse 

8  01.  Sab-sch  4  09-12  10;  Neshannoc  ch  17  15; 
Hudson  ch  16  62;  Nellsville  ch  10;  NasonvlUe 
oh  1.  Lake  Superior— Ist  oh  Marquette,  J  W 
Edwards  87  60.  Milwaukee— Pike  Grove  ch21 ; 
Calvary  oh,  Milwaukee  33  55 ;  Delavan  ch  30, 
Mrs  Eddy  20^60;  1st  oh  Manltowoo  6 ;  Ottawa 
ch  2  48.  Winnebago— De  Pere  oh  20  12.  Wie- 
eon$in  River— Lodl  oh  22  22;  Plattevllle  Sab- 
sch  5  95  262  64 

Woman's  For  Miss  Soc,  Phila  6,219  60, 
Miller  Legacy  1000=7,219  60;  Ladies'  Board  of 
Missions,  N  Y  1576  49,  less  300ref\inded  1376  40; 
Troy  Branch  Woman's  Foreign  Mission  Soc'y 
163  76  8,740  84 

Total  receipts  Irom  churches  in  Jan- 
uary, 1875  #54,302  45 

Lboac IBS.— Champion  Estate 4411  73 ;  Lega- 
cy of  Jos  Stuart,  decM,  N  Y  1000:  Int  from  W 
White  Estate,  to  sup  raiss'y  in  China  273  34: 
Legacy  of  Matthew  Mowatt,deo'd,  Springftela 
Ohio  236 ;  Legacy  of  Polly  K  Bouton.  Oswego 
Co,  N  Y  203  86 ;  Legacy  of  Robert  Wood,  Sr, 


V-rV,    i1        M.       -V%»     OW  ,       MJIM^OfUJ     Ul      MMVWt.%       *•    WWVl,    Ul, 

Washington  Co,  Ind  100 ;  Legacy  of  Mrs  Marv 
L  Candor,  Mercer  Co,  111  100:  Legacy  of  J 
Parker,  deo'd,  Bloomingburg,  Ohio  100 ;  Int  on 


Samuel  Negley  Estate  53  6U:  Legacy  of  Anna 
M  Allen,  Schenectady  Co,  NY  50:  Legacy  of 
Mary  S  Wood,  deo'd,  Bedford,  N  Y,  bal  18  61 : 
Bequest  of  H  Cooke,  dec'd,  Mioh  16  66    6,663  80 

Synod  or  Rsr  Prksbttkriax  Church— 
2d  Ref  ch  Sab-sch,  Phila  60  00 

MiscBLLANBOUS.— James  Lenox  10,000;  Rob't 
Brown,  Cincinnati  200;  Mrs  Luoetta  Phelps 
5;. Mrs  L  C  Calkins  5;  Miss  L  C  Calkins 6; 
Western  Theol  Som'y  10;  Nelson  Theaker  2; 
A  fViend  of  Missions  100;  Rev  A  H  Brown  10; 
Miss  Woodruff,  Cranford,  N  J  20:  Rev  J 
MoCord  1  20;  R  E  Hunter,  Pa  10 ;  Rel  Contrlb 
Soc*y  Princeton  Sem'y  8  26;  Rob'tBeer,  Esq, 
Pittsburgh  600 ;  Rev  O  M  Johnson  5;  Rev  W 
Hall  30 ;  Geo  R  Bain,  North  Chatham,  N  Y 
10 ;  Rev  J  L  Lyons,  Jacksonville,  Fla  10 ;  Mrs 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS.  [March 


FC  Soott,  Windham,  Ohio  6;  J  J,  N  Y  10; 
H  W  McKee.  Sprlngflold,  111  6;  Joel  B  Love 
and  Sister,  Mt  Pleasant.  Iowa  10;  Anon  6; 
Jews  6 ;  A  missionary  120 ;  Native  Christians 
in  Odanah  Mission  829;  O,  A  and  S  O  K  25: 
Franklin  Fife,  dec'd,  mission  box  1  46;  W  H 
Webster  1 :  H  M  Pond,  Ehnira,  N  Y  60;  J  M 
Graham,  Port  Royal,  Pa  1000:  J  E  Qravei. 
South  Danville,  NY4;ASK,  NY6;DM 
Oookin,  Springfield,  Ohio  6;  S  H  McDonald, 
Lewisburg,  Pa  4 ;  Mrs  C  B  Ohamt>erlain.  Co- 
lumbia Pa  10 ;  Rev  D  L  Hughes,  Vinton,  Iowa 
10;  Rev  H  Shedd,  Charlotte,  N  O  6;  Rev  J 
Tenney,  Beverley,  Ohio8;  Dorcas  Gould,  Bone 
Ghap.  fit  18  60 ;  Sarah  and  E  6  ;  Mrs  £  S  WaL 
lingford,  CJolumbia,  S  C  80 :  Rev  W  M  Burch- 
field,  CurwInsviUe,  Pa  20;  Miss  L  S  MoKIn- 
ney,  Brownstown,  Ind  100 ;  W  J  S  Nutting,  St 
Clair,  Mo  2 ;  E  H  Plumb,  Otto,  N  Y  4 ;  Mrs  B 
Wilson,  Paris,  Ills  6;  Mrs  E  E  Townsend  6; 
W  Y,  Allen  1;  Miss  E  Simlngton,  Milan,  III, 
to  con  E  S  Montgomery  lm  SO;  Mr  and  Mrs  E 
O  Atwood,  Salem,  N  Y  8;  Jas House,  ^o  Val- 
ley. Iowa  6:  H  E  Hitchcock,  Lincoln,  Neb  20; 
Rev  W  L.  Qavlord,  Rochester,  N  Y  6;  Gvx) 
Wlggan,  Tamaqua,  Pa  60;  Rev  W  M  Geddos, 
Hanover,  Ind  30 ;  Cash  60  ;  M  F.  Phtlada  2  60 ; 
Mrs  W  Minster,  to  supsch  In  Syria  10;  Julia 
L.  Axtell.  Batavia,  NY  10;  Pine  Grove  Mills 
Sewing  Society  6  20 ;  Mrs  R  W  Dickinson  160; 
C  E  E»l wards,  Peoria  1;  Mr  and  Mrs  S  C 
Wead,  MaUme,  N  Y  02  60;  Trustees  of  Mat- 
thew  Scott  Fund  86  80 ;  Mrs  John  Morrison,  N 


Y  20:  Friends  in  111  100;  Miss  C  Hamilton, 
Cambridge,  Mass  14  80;  Rev  R  Craighead. 
Meadvllle,  Pa  60;  M  60;  E  S  B  10;  B  Hatfield 
10 ;  W  J  H  10 :  Conrad  Cook,  Green  Castle,  Ind 
6  ;  A  roturnea  missionary  10 ;  Samuel,  Martha, 
William  and  Mary  Parke,  Circlevllle,  N  Y 
1  60 ;  "  S,"  through  the  Presbyterian  100 ;  John 
Rue,  RIngoes,  N  J  10 ;  Bessie  Bainbridge.  Bal- 
timore, for  Bogota  chapel  1  60;  Wm  Hays, 
Illlopolls,  111  16 ;  Tythe  2 :  Mrs  C  C  10 ;  Julia 
and  Laura  Howard  6 :  Cash  140 ;  Mary  McBrlde 
1 ;  R  C  6 ;  Rev  H  H  Welles  and  ftkmily.  Kings 
ton.  Pa,  for  teacher  In  Syria  70 ;  Rev  Jonn 
James,  D.D,  to  con  Belf  l  d  100 ;  C  A  Kinch. 
M.D,  Westfleld,  N  J  6  66;  Cash  37  ;  Rev  W  W 
Atterbury,  D  D  60  13,872  10 

Total  Receipts  In  January,  1875,         $74,738  86 
Total  Receipts  IVom  May  Ist,  1874,     $228,067  74 
WM.  RANKIN,  Treaturer, 
.  23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


liBTTBRB  relating  to  the  Missions,  or  other 
operations  of  the  Board,  may  be  addressed  to 
the  Rev.  John  C.  Lowbie,  Rev.  David  Ib- 
viico,  or  Rev.  Fhank  F.  Ellinwood,  Secre- 
taries, Mission  House,  23  Centre  street.  New 
York. 

Lbttbrs  relating  to  the  pecuniary  affairs  of 
the  Board,  or  containing  remittances  of  money, 
may  be  sent  to  William  Rankin,  Esq.,  Tre€- 
turer — same  address. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  MISSION  WORK  OF  BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION  IN  JAN.  1876. 


Albany.— J /6any— Albany,  State  Street 
20  03 ;  Johnstown  22 ;  Saratoga  Springs  Ist 
4  65:  Saratoga  Springs  2J  1  79 ;  Trlbe^sHlll 
3.  CAamp/a  in— Plattsburgh  10.  Columbia- 
Durham  Ist  10 ;  Hudson  30.  Troy— Troy,  Sec 
ond  Street  62  71  164  18 

Balti  more.— Bolriiaor*- Baltimore,  Brown 
Memorial,  from  Mrs  Ellen  Harrison  60  00 

Central  New  York. —  0/«<'y<>— Richfield 
Springs  14.  St  Lawrence— Rowie  4  60 ;  Water- 
town  1st  25  69.  Syracuse  —  Liverpool  1  03 ; 
Skaneateles  20 ;  Syracuse,  Ist  Ward  1  71.  Ufi- 
CO— Veruon  Centre  89  cts  67  92 

Cincinnati.- Cincianafi- Cincinnati  6th 
10 ;  Cincinnati,  Ist  German  7  60.  Dayfon— Col- 
lege  Corner  6  22  60 

Cleveland.— C7et>*7«nd— Cleveland  Ist  28; 
Cleveland  2d,  60;  Cleveland,Euctld  St  16  89; 
Rome  93  cts ;  Strongville  1  74.  St  Clainville 
—Buffalo  2  79 ;  Cadiz  ch  Sab-^h  40         139  86 

Columbus.- Marion— Brown 2;  Kingston  1. 
iroo«/er— Mansfield  21  77.  Zane«»i«c— Fair- 
mount  1  26  77 

Erie.— Bu//fr— Centre  1  79.  £rf«  — Cam- 
bridge  95  cts ;  Gravel  Run  66  cts.  Kittanning 
—Marlon  2  79  6  18 

Geneva.— Cayttjr«— Auburn  2i  10  05.  Che- 
itiuny— Elmira  1st  2  70.  S/eu&ea— Homells- 
ville  8 ;  Prattsburgh  16  •  35  84 

H  ABRiSBUROH.— Car/i«7«— Meroersburgh  17 : 
Upper  Path  Valley  20.  Hu a/ <nodo a— Bedford 
ch.  6  mos  Int  on  Burd  Lsgacy  03  cents;  Belle. 
fonte62  89;  Tyrone  21  48.  Northumberland— 
Bald  Eagle  and  Nittany  2  33;  WUlIamsport 
2d  3  13 ;  WUlIamsport  3J  0  17  126  03 

Illinois.  Central.— P«or<o—  Galesburgh 
13.  Schuyler— M-Aoomb  ch  Sab-sob,  addM  60 
cU ;  Plymouth  2.  Springjleld—Spring&e\d  Ist 
4082  W82 

Illinois,  North.— CAicooo— Chicago  ist  14. 
0//awa— Aurora  6.  Rock  J*i»er— Calvary  1 ; 
Fulton  61  cU  21  61 

Illinois,  South.— iiWoa  —  Plalnvlew  60; 
VIrden  2  27.  Cairo- Du  Ouoln  58  cts.  Mat- 
fooa- Brownstown  6  86 :  Neoga  1  22 ;  Watson 
2  16  12  67 

Indiana,  North.— Afuitcitf— Wabash     2  24 

Indiana,  South.— ind iaaapo/ is— Acton  28 
cts.     White  ITo/er— Greensburgh  2  66       2  93 


Iowa,  South.— Councii  B/«/r«— Pleasant 
Ridge  1  20;  Sidney  2.  /010a  — Burlington  Isi 
2  29 ;  Keokuk,  Westminster  6  98 ;  Mt  Pleasant 
6  21  16  68 

Kansas.- <4u»f in  — Gilvoston  1st  Ger  3. 
Neoeho—Oaraoa  4  25 ;  Humboldt  5  10 ;  Plea- 
santon  3  60  15  85 

Kentucky.- Loui»pi/7«— L>ulaville,  (^hest- 
nut  St  73  20.     Tran«y/vania— Lebanon  25 

98  23 

Long  Island.  —  Naeeau  —  Hempstead  ch 
Sab-soh  19  60 

Michigan.— Df/roif— Detroit,  F.»rt  Street 
11  97;  Detroit,  Wesimlnsterl  65.  Grand  Rap- 
ids^Jreenwood  2.  Lansing — Albion  6  7o: 
Concord  4  63.    Saginaw— B&y  City  2  33    28  23 

Minnesota.- Manfca/o— Wlndom  6  00 

M188OUBI.— Pa/myra— KlrksvllleS ;  Millard 
1.    St  Lottit— Salem  Gur  4  8  00 

New  Jersey.  —Elizabeth— OUnton  Ist  2  91: 
Elizabeth  3^1  2  40 ;  Pialntteld  1st  1  21 ;  Roselle 
Isi.  (of  which  Sab-sch  1  9d)  3  61;  Summit  Cen- 
tral 4  31;  Wesifield  3  03.  Monmouth— Bever- 
ly 4  70;  Manalapan  ch  Sab-sch  2i  17;  Matta- 
wan  19  75.  Morris  and  Orange— Cheater  6; 
Madison  4  35 ;  Morrlsiown  Isc  81  75.  Newark 
—Caldwell  22  10;  Newark,  Park  3  01.  New 
Brunswick — Dutch  Nock  15;  Klng8:on  4  67. 
^ei0<on— North  Hard Istown  10;  Yellow  Frame 
1  66.  West  J*r«ey— Atlantic  City  37  60;  Cam- 
den 1st  ch  80,  of  which  10  fh>m  Mrs  Ellaa 
Schenck,  and  Sab-sch22.  of  which  16  from  class 
of  W  Few  Smith,  E8q=102;  May's  Landing  1 

866  03 

New  York.— Hudwn  —  Centrevl lie  7;  Co- 
checton  19  cts;  Middletown  Isi  1  79;  Middle- 
town  2d  3  30;  Montlcello  1  63;  Scotchtown 
1  33.  New  York— yew  York  Brick  75  31 ;  New 
Y'ork,  Ch  of  the  Puritans  6  72;  New  York,  (^h 
of  the  Sea  and  Land  38  cts ;  New  York  Scotch, 
from  J  Taylor  Johnson,  Esq,  23  34.  North 
Jlit»er— Cornwall  12  67  ;  Pleasant  Valley  6  03: 
Rev  W  J  McCord  80  cts.  Westchester— Peek»- 
kill  2d  60;  Port  Chester  1  87 ;  Souch  East  8 

199  86 

Pacific.  —  B«nicia  —  Davlsvllle  6  10:  San 
Rafael,  add*l  11 ;  Westminster  8  66.  Oregon— 
Jackson  county  16  41  66 

Philadelphia.— C*««?er— New  London 4  67. 
Lackawanna— LtXporU  10;  Wyaluslng  1st  3; 


1875.} 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OP  RECEIPTS. 


93 


Wyalasln^  2d  1  03.  Lehigh  —  CateBauqaa  1st 
ch  Sab-sch  20 :  Lower  Mt  Bethel  1  72 ;  Read- 
ing: l»t  ch  Sab.80h  50.  Philadelphia—PhWti- 
delphia  3d  oh  Sab-soh  170.  Philadelphia  Cen- 
rraZ— Philadelphia,  Alexander  25;  Philadel- 
phla  North  10.  Philadelphia  NorM— Chestnnt 
Hill,  (of  which  a  member  100)  183;  Norrlstown 
l8t  ch  Sab-aoh  65  28;  Norri8U)wn,  Providence 
oh,  S  P  8,  M  H  S  and  A  J  S  7  50.  Weitmin- 
iter —CQairo  7 ;  Union  50  ots  550  30 

PiTTSBURaH.  — Pi/ftdur^A— IiCbanon  4  17. 
Redttone—I^eyt  Providence  6;  Round  Hill  1  18. 
IVashingiOTi—F&lrvleyflO  18  20  48 

Tknhbssbb.— l/nion — Wasbing^n  1  50 

Toledo.  —  Belle/ontaine  —  Bellefontatne  03 
cU.    Lima— Del phos  35  ots  128 

Wbstkrx  Nbw  York.  —  Buffalo  —  Alden 
10  50 ;  Buffalo,  Central  14 ;  Buflaio,  La  Fayette 
8t21;  Lancaaier20;  Westlieid  4  70.  Gene$ee 
Byron  0  17.  Genetee  Kal/ey— Angelica  30  cts. 
Rocheiter—'M.ovint  Morris  4;  Ogden  2  70;  Ro- 
chester Central  11  00  08  00 
Wi8CON8iw.  —  2kfi/iraafcM— Ottawa  30  cts. 
Wiicomin  JZiver—Baraboo  7 ;  Madison  24  00 

31  30 


MiBOXLLANBOU8.~S  S  Shultz,  M  D,  Dan- 
ville, Pa  25:  Mrs.  E  Q  Taylor,  Alden,  N  Y 
20;  Miss  C  Hamilton,  Cambridjre,  Mass  1  87: 
Religious  Contribution  Soc^y  of  Princeton  Theo 
Sem^y  8  20 ;  Mrs  E  G-  Walllngford,  Columbia, 
S  C  5 ;  "  D,"  Interior  of  Pa  5 ;  J  L  Olem, 
Plainfleld,  Ohio  8;  Chas  A  Kinch,  M  D,  WesU 
field,  N  J  70  oU;  "Cash"  4  67;  J  R  Collier, 
Ohio,  2  50  71  00 

ToUl  in  January,         $6,841  84 
8.  D.  POWEL,  Treaiurer, 


From  churches,       $2,225  45 

Lboacies. — Legacy  in  part  of  Felix  Negley, 
deo'd,  late  of  Allegheny  Co,  Pa  4,458  00 :  Trus- 
'     *       "      •         Soott    Fund,  Adams' 


tees  of  the    Matthew 
Mills,  Ohio  83  80 


4544  80 


Letters  relating  to  donations  of  books  and 
tracts,  the  appointment  of  Missionaries,  and 
the  general  interests  of  the  Board,  to  ot)  ad- 
dressed to  the  Rev.  William  E.  8ohknck, 
D.D.,  Corretpondina  Secretary, 

Correspondence  ot  Missionarior,  remittances 
of  money,  and  donations,  to  Mr.  S.  D.  Powkl, 
Superintendent  of  Mission  Work  and  Treasurer. 

Orders  for  Books  (except  firom  Missionaries,) 
and  Business  Correspondence,  to  Mr.  JoHir  A. 
Black. 

Letters  relating  to  Sabbath-dohool  work,  to 
Mr.  J.  BBNMKTTifLKR,  Superintendent of  Sab- 
bath-school Work. 

Subscriptions  to  The  Preebyterian  Monthly 
Fecord^  The  Sabbath-School  V i$Uor^  The  Pree- 
byterian  at  Work^  The  Weetmintter  Le$$on 
Leaf,  The  Sunbeam^  and  payments  for  the 
same,  to  Mr.  Pbt£B  Walkuu 


RECEIPTS  FOR  CHURCH  ERECTION  IN  JANUARY  1875. 


ALBAHT.—il{6any— Albany  State  St  30  71; 
Johnstown  37  03 ;  Saratoga  Springs  1st,  Sab- 
aeho  23;  Saratoga  Springs  2d  ch  and  Sab-sch 
3  50 ;  Tribe's  Hill  4.  CAamp/tti»i— Plattsburgh 
15.  Co/ttm6ta->Durham  ist  27;  Hudson  75. 
Troy— Troy,  Second  St  32  71. 

Baltimore.— fialfimore— Baltimore,  Brown 
Memorial,  add'l  58 ;  Elllcott's  City  20.  Wath- 
ington  City  —  Falls,  sp  50. 

Crktral  Nkw  York.— B<ngAai»/©»— Nine- 
veh 15  00.  Syracuse  —  Caxenovia  Ist  10  88 ; 
Liverpool  2  04;  Syracuse,  Ist  Ward  3  42. 
L'Nco— New  York  Mills  53  75 ;  Vernon  Centre 
170. 

CiNciwirATi.  —  c;ilMtcofA«— Fall  Creek  4. 
t'fncinnaft— Cincinnati  5ih  10  ;  Cincinnati  7th 
40  25.    Dayton— CollegG  Comer  0. 

Clkvklakd.  —  Cleveland  —  Ashtabula  10 ; 
(Cleveland  1st  55  50 :  (Moveland,  Euclid  Ave 
^  50;  Qui  1  ford  1st  7 ;  Newbnrgh  1st  25  ;  Rome 
185;  Strongsville  8  43.  ST  aair«ri<<«— Buf- 
falo 5  56.  Sieubenville—CroBB  Creek  4 ;  Ridge 
S;  Steubenviile  Old,  Dr  and  Mrs  B,  sp  50. 

Columbus.— Co2umbu«— Columbus  2d  78  26. 
FKoofffr- Mansfield  35  48.  ZanM»i7/«— Fair- 
mount  1 ;  Pataskala  10. 

^  Erie.— BuWcr— Centre  3  55.  Er<«  — Cam- 
bridge 1  80;  Gravel  Run  1  80.  Kittanning— 
CJrooked  Creek  2  00 ;  Marion  5  50.  Shenango 
—Slippery  Rock  2. 

OKKJCVA.-Cayujra— Auburn  2d  20  78.  Che- 
»tt»y— Elmlra  1st  5  56.  Steuben—  Homells- 
▼nie  15,  Sab-sch  8  21=23  21. 

Uarrisburoh.- Car2i«<e— DanphlnlO.  Hunt- 

jajdoa— Bellefonte  Ist  104  84.  Northumber- 
land—Bald  Eagle  and  Nlttany4  03;  Wliliams- 

ponadu  75. 
Illihois,  Central.- B/oaf»<«iyfon— Pontlac 

"  50.    Peoria— Oalesburg  88 ;  Peoria,  Grace 

10,  Sab-sch  3-18. 
iLLiifois,  Nc^TH.  —  Cftfcogo  — Chlcagfo  Ist 

**  75.    Rock  Aiver— Fulton  1 20 ;  MUlersourgh 

*.    Newton  4  32. 

^Illirois,   South.  —  il//on  —  Baldwin  5  05 ; 

Brighton  8  25;  Plainvlew  75  cts ;  Vlrden  4  50. 

;  «i»*o-Du  quoin   ist  1  17.    J»f o/foon— Casey 

*  »> ;  Greenup  2 ;  Neoga  2  48 ;  New  Hope  1  50. 

^  INDIANA,  North.— Craw/ordtvW/«— Bethel 

« ;  Dover  2  05.    Afunctc— Wabash  4  44. 


Indiana,  South.  —Jndianapo/is— Acton  50 
ots.  New  Albany— Ne-w  Wasiiiugton  5.  Vin- 
cennet  —  Saline  City  0  25.  tVhtte  Water  — 
Greensburgh,  add'l  11. 

Iowa,  NoRTH..-Cedar  fiapidt-Cedar  Rapids 
Ist  8  75. 

Iowa,  South.— Counci/  B/tt^«— Red  Oak 
4  GO.  iotro— Burlington  Ist  4  37 ;  Keokuk  1st, 
Westminster  11  84;  Mt  Pleasant  Ist  8  34;  St 
Peter's  Evangelic  0  25. 

Kansas.— Emporia— Emporia  1st  10 ;  New- 
ton 8  01.  J<reo«Ao— Humboldt  8  52.  Topeka— 
Baldwin  3;  Edgerton  5. 

Kentucky.— Edene^er-Maysville  1st  5. 

Michigan.— Defrolf- Detroit,  Fort  St  23  73; 
Detroit,  Westminster  3  28.  Grand  Rapide— 
Sebawa  4.  Laming — Concord  8  07.  ^aotnat* 
—Bay  City  Ist  4  03. 

Minnesota.- 3faiilfca<o— Windom  08  cts. 

Missouri.— Pa/myra-Klrksville  5 ;  Millard 
2.    St  Louis— Point  Prairie  8  3d ;  Salem  Ger  4. 

New  jER8EY.—£2i;ra2>tf/A —Elizabeth  1st, 
add'l  5  05 ;  Elizabeth  2d,  sp  105  80 ;  Elizabeth  3d 
7  OO;  Perth  Amboy  Sab-soh  35;  Plaintield  1st 
2  41 ;  Roselle  1st  3  27,  Sab-sch  3  88=7  15 ;  Sum- 
mit  Central  8  57 ;  Westfield  0  02.  Monmouth 
—Red  Bank  20.  Morrit  and  Orange— Chester 
10;  Hanover  1st  50 ;  Madison  8  03 ;  xdorrlstown 
1st  0  50.  ^eirarJI;- Newark  2d,  add'l  36  00; 
Newark  8d  230  21;  Newark,  Park  5  00;  New- 
ark Ger  isi  8.  New  Brunewick  —  Kingston 
0  26.  Newton  —  Andover  5 ;  Marksooro  4 ; 
Musconetcong  Valley  20:  Newton  Ist  134; 
Hardy  Store,  North  15 ;  Yellow  Frame  8  09. 
West  Jeraey— Oedarvilie  2d,  Sab-sch  2 ;  Green- 
wich 33  02;  May's  Landing  1. 

New  York.- Hudson— Cochecton  37  cts; 
Midaletown  1st  3  57:  Mlddletown  2d  0  50; 
Montlcello3  04;  Scotcntown2  05:  West  Town 
100.  New  York— Alonni  Washington,  sp  80; 
New  York,  Brick  140  27 ;  New  Yoric,  Ch  of  the 
Sea  and  Land  74  cts;  New  York,  Madison 
Square,  add'l  50 :  New  York,  Scotch  40  25 ; 
New  York,  University  Place  480  50;  New 
York,  Ch  of  the  Puritans  13  32.  North  River 
— Newburgh,  Calvary  15  70.  Westchester  — 
Port  Chester  3  70 ;  South  East  7 ;  Special  trovi 
churches  in  Westchester  Presbytery  1,070  07. 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


[March 


Pacific— B«nici«—SaiiU  Bosa  8;  Vallejo 
14.  Oregon—Beiha^j  4  60;  Jackson  County 
19.    San  /o«e— Menlo  Park  16. 

Philadelphia.— CAe«/fr— New  London  9  26; 
PhcenlxviUe  6.  Lackawanna  — Wyalnsing  l8t 
6;  Wyaluslng  2(1  8  24.  Lehigh  —  Ijower  Mt 
Bethel  3  41.  PAi/ade/pAio— Philadelphia  8d 
43  66.  Philadelphia  A'or/A— Chestnut  Hill,  sp 
83;  Noshaminy,  Warwick  17.  Weitminater-- 
Slaterville  1 ;  Centre  13 :  Union  1  01 :  York 
184  42. 

Pittsburgh.— PttttfrttroA— East  Liberty  Ist, 
addn,  23;  Lebanon  8  29;  Pittsburgh  2d  11  91. 
Reditone— Round  Hill  2  24.  Washington— 
Falrview  18  82 ;  West  Alexander  70  20. 

TSNNB88EB.— C/nion— Knoxville2d  88  76. 

Toledo.— 0el/«/on/a<n«—BeIlefontaine  1st 
1  86.  Huron— Fremont  8.  Lima- Delphos  70 
cts. 

Wkstebw  New  York.— B«^a/o— Buffalo, 
Central  27  76;  Buffalo,  La  layette  St  36; 
Lancaster  20  ;  Westfield  9  44.  Genetee  Valley 
—Angelica  60  cts.    ^ia^aro— Lockport  Ist,  sp 


62.  Rochetter—yLouni  Morris  13 ;  Oft^en  6  37 ; 
Rochester  Brick,  sp440  76;  Rochester  Central 
23  13. 

WiacovBiv.—Milwaukee  —Manitowoc  Irt  5; 
Ottawa  Ut  62  cts.  Wieconein,  Hiwr— Prairie 
du  Sao  Sab-sch  16  13. 

MiBOBLLANBOUB.— From  sale  of  Bastaan  eh, 
Ohio  200 ;  Friends  "spec''  for  Cheyenne,  Krete 
Memorial  oh,  Wyominsr  1000;  Rer  W  J 
McOord,  Wassalc,  N  Y 1;  Princeton  Sem'y  Bel 
Contribution  Soc  8  28 ;  Rer  T  B  Condit,  Still- 
water, N  J  8:  "  R"  1000;  Legacy  of  Mrs  Ellen 
T  Miller,  late  of  PhUadelphia,  Pa  2000;  Mr 
and  Mrs  E  Q  Atwood,  Salem,  N  Y  1 ;  J  L 
Q-lenn,  Plalnfleld,  O  6 ;  Conrad  Cook,  Green- 
ville, Ind  8 ;  Legacy  of  Matthew  Scott,  late  of 
Coshocton  Co,  O 86  80:  Friends  In  III  60 ;  Misi 
G  Hamilton,  Cambridge,  Mass  3  70 ;  Chas  k 
Kinch,  M  D,  Westaeld,  N  J  1  3»;  "Cash" 
9  26;  Bedford  oh,  Pa,  6  months  Int  on  Hood 
Legacy  1  86. 

Total  Receipts  In  January,  $8,009  44 

NATHAN  LANE,  Treasurer. 


Corre$ponding  Secretary^  Rev.  H.  R.  WxLSOir,  D.  D.,  23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 
Treasurer,  Nathan  Lake,  Esq.,  69  Wall  Street,  New  York. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS,  JANUARY  1«76. 


Albaxt. — Albany — Albany,  State  Street 
28  98 ;  Princeton  6 ;  Saratoga  Springs  1st  Sab- 
sch  6  73;  Saratoga  Springes  2d  Sab-sch  2  60; 
Schenectady,  East  Avenue  20  24.  Columbia-^ 
Durham  Ist  14;  Hudson  60.  Troy— Cohoes 
3d  65 ;  Troy,  Second  St  47  71. 

Atlantic— FoiiAin — Freedom  6  12. 

Baltimore. — Baltimore — Baltimore,  Brown 
Memorial,  including  60  fVom  Mrs  Ellen  Harri- 
son 70  60 ;  EUioott's  City  84 ;  Govane  Chapel 
20  10.  New  Cattle— Fori  Deposit  0  40;  Wil- 
mington, Hanover  St  30.  Wathifigton  City— 
Falls  6 :  Washington  4th,  Rev  J  C  Smith  D.D 
26 ;  Washington,  Westminster  10. 

Central  New  York.— Bin^Aam/oft— Nine- 
veh 28 ;  Union  1st  16  06.  Syractt«e— Liverpool 
1  49 ;  Syracuse,  1st  Ward  2  49.  Wico— Vernon 
Centre  1  28. 

Cincinnati.-  Chillicothe  —  Frankford  5. 
Day/on— Hamilton  89  22.  PorMmo u/ii— Man- 
chester 8  19. 

Cleveland.  —  Cleveland  —  Cleveland  1st 
40  60;  Cleveland,  Euclid  St  23  72;  Guilford  6; 
Newburgh  1st  26 ;  Rome  1  36 ;  Strongville2  61. 
Mahoning— OBXiton  14  60.  St  Clair tville  —  • 
Buffalo  4  46 ;  St  Clairsvllle  27.  Steubenville— 
Long's  Run  9  16 ;  Richmond  6  60.  / 

Columbus.  —  iiMent— Pomeroy  12  80.  Co- 
lttmbu«— Lower  Liberty  6.  JFoo«/«r— Chester 
4 ;  Congress  6 ;  Mansfield  16  67 ;  Wayne  6. 
Zan««t7l//e— Coshocton  32;  Fairmount  1 ;  Jer- 
sey 6. 

Erie.— Bttf ler  — Centre  2  69.  Britf— Cam- 
bridge 1  38 ;  Erie  Central  25 ;  Gravel  Run  95 
cts ;  Harbor  Creek  14 ;  Mercer  2d  7.  Kittan- 
nin^— Marlon  4  08. 

Geneva.— Cayttj^<»— Auburn  2d  23  98.  CA€- 
munp  —  Eddytown,  from  Mr  Baldwin,  Mrs 
Ayers,  and  Mrs  lieeder  15 ;  Elmira  1st  4  06 ; 
Elmira  21  65.  5<ett6en— Hornellsville  11  80, 
Sab-sch  8  71=20  61. 

Harbibburoh.— CaWi«le— Big  Spring  26  60 ; 
Great  Conewago  6 ;  Lower  Path  Valley  17 ; 
Burnt  Cabins  8 ;  Upper  Path  Valley  80.  Hunt- 
ingdon—Bedford,  Interest  125;  Bellefonte 
76  61;  Duncansville  10  36;  Sinking  and  Spring 
Creeks  50;  Upper  Tuscarora  8  6U.  Northum- 
berland—BM  Eagle  and  Nlttany  3  38;  WIU 
liamsport  2d  21  91 ;  WilUamsport  3d  7  27. 

Illinois,  Central.  —Peo ri«— Galesburgh 
30.    5cAuy/er^-Carthage  12  46. 

Illinois.  North.  —  C/iica^o— Chicago  1st 
20  25.    Rock  12 <v«r— Fulton  88  cts ;  Kelthsburg 
4  26  ;  Newton  3  91. 
Illinois,  South.— J/fon—Plainvlew  66  cts; 


VIrden  3  28.  Cairo— Dn  Quoin  Ist  84  cls. 
Afa/roon— Neoga  1  78. 

Indiana,   North. —Afun<ri«—Waba«h  S  24. 

Indiana,  Soitth. — Indiana^olie — Acton  41 
cts;  Greenwood  6  60.  New  il26any— Mitchell 
6;  New  Washington  6.  Vincenne* — Mount 
Vernon  10  05.  White  ITa/er— DuQlapsville  7; 
Ebeneser,  from  Isaac  Hendricks  5;  Gre«is. 
burgh  10:  Mount  Carmel  16;  New  Castle  13; 
South  Providence  21. 

Iowa,  North.— C«d«r  Rapidt  Cedar  Rap- 
ids 1st,  add*l  11  60. 

Iowa,  South.  —  Council  Blufft  —  Sidney 
6.  Jotoo— Burlington  1st  2  63;  Keokuk,  We5t- 
minstcr  8  64 ;  Mt  Pleasant  1st  6  25. 

Kansas.-  Highland  —  Troy  6.  Neceko  — 
Humboldt  8  40. 

Kentucky.— Eftenearer^Bethel 7  60 ;  Ebene- 
xer  14  60 ;  Frankfort,  Mrs  Thos  L  Crittenden  5 ; 
Greenup  6  10 ;  Greenup  Union  3  60 ;  Maysrille 
Ist  (Including  2  from  Sab-sch)  6;  Valley  4  30. 
Lo«Y«9ii<e— Louisville  4th  67  26. 

Long  Island.— Loa^  /t/and— Bridgehamp- 
ton2S. 

MioHiOAN.—D«/roi/— Detroit.  Fort  St  17  51 ; 
Detroit,  Westminster  2  39;  Plainfteld  6  63; 
UnadlUa  4,  Mrs  Jane  P  Affleck  6=9.  Grand 
/tapl<2«— Grand  Haven  29.  Lftn^tao— Albion 
10;  Concord  6  66,  "Cash"  6  76=13  30;  Stock- 
bridge  2  80.    Saginaw— B^y  City  8  28. 

Minnesota.- AfanJbafo— Blue  Earth  City  3; 
Windom  71  cts ;  If  inono— Chatfield  18  84. 

Missouri.— Pa/fnyro—Klrksville  9 ;  Millard 
1.    St  Loui»— Salem  Ger  4. 

New  JER8Br.—£{i;>afr«rii— Bethlehem  22  06 ; 
Clinton  1st  6  22:  Elisabeth  1st  209  13;  Eliza- 
beth 3d  6  86 ;  Plainfield  1st  1  76 ;  Boselle  Ut 
2  38,  Sab-sch  2  84=5  22;  Summit  Central  6  28; 
Westfleld  4  39.  Jersey  Ci/y— Jersey  City,  Ber- 
gen Ist  92  92  ;  Rutherford  Park  15  62.  Mon- 
mouth— Burlington,  sp  60;  Cream  Ridge  7; 
Hightstown  1st  60 ;  Red  Bank  20.  Morris  and 
Orange — Chester  16:  Hanover  40;  Madison 
6  80;  Mend  ham  Ist  48  07;  Morrlstown  Ist  190, 
"a  member"  4  74=104  74;  Morrlstown  South 
St,  a  lady  20.  ^«toarib— Newark,  High  St  50 ; 
Newark  Park  4  87 ;  Newark  Ger  Ist  20.  New 
Brunswick  —  Frenchtown  16;  Kingston  6  75: 
Princeton  2d,  add'l  10.  N^tofon— Andover  3; 
Belvldere  2d  80;  Musconetcong  Vallev  16; 
Newton  98;  North  Hardlstown  10;  Yellow 
Frame  2  28.     West  Jersey— May^a  Landing  S. 

New  York.— Htt^oi^— Centreville  5;  Oo- 
checton27  cts;  Middletown  Ist  2  60;  Middle- 
town  2d  4  78 ;  Monticello  2  20;Scotchtown  1  92 ; 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


95 


White  Lake.  Rev  Geo  Hood  4.  New  York^ 
New  York,  Brick  108  gs ;  New  York,  Church 
of  the  Sea  and  Land  64  cU ;  New  York,  Mur- 
ray Hill  60;  New  York,  Scotch,  J  T  Johnston 
83  75;  New  York,  University  Place,  trom  Mrs 
Storer  20,  Miss  Storer  10=30;  New  York,  Ch 
of  the  Puritans  9  72.  Weitchester—Forl  Ches- 
ter 2  ^;  South  East  8 ;  Qreenburgh  40. 

Philadelphia.—  Cheiter  —  New  London 
0  75.  Lackavanna — Carbondale  18 :  Herrlck  3 ; 
Laporte  10 :  W yaluslng  2d  2  36.  Lehigh~~lj0W' 
er  Mt  Bethel  2  47 ;  Mahanoy  City  Ist,  Infant 
elaJM  13  14.  PAi/atf«/pAia— Philadelphia  0th 
98;  Philadelphia,  Calvary,  addU  5.  Philadel- 
pkia  Cen/raf— Philadelphia,  Arch  St,  ("A  V 
&  C"  5,  also  5  fVom  "AC  M'')  492  ;*^Phlladel- 
phla  Central,  J  S  25;  Tioga  St  25.  Philadel- 
pkU,  ?ror//i— Oermantown,  Market  Square, 
add'l  10  21 ;  Holmesburgh  Sab-sch  8 ;  Jetierson- 
Tllle  7 :  Neehaminy.  Warwick  50 ;  Providence, 
from  S  P  S,  M  H  S,  and  A  J  S  7  60;  Wett- 
mimUr — Centre  23. 

PiTTSBrnoB.—Pitttburgh  —  Lebanon  6  04 ; 
PttUburgh  2d  8  69.  Reditone^New  Provl- 
denoe,  aud'l  5;  Round   Hill  1  64. 

ToLKDO.— Belief ontaine—  Bellefontalne  Ist 
1  35.  Huron— Fremont  4.  Lima— Delphos  50 
ots.    Jfaumtf«— Napoleon  22. 

Wkstkbn  New  York — Su/Ta/o— Buffalo 
Central  20  25 ;  Lancaster  25 :  Westfleld  6  89. 
Genetee—East  Pembroke  50.  Gene$ee  Valley 
— Angelica  44  eta.  Roche$ter— Mount  Morris 
6  50;  Ogden  3  92;  Rochester  Central  16  88. 

WiBCoirsiN.—Ari/waiiJkfe- Ottawa  44  cts. 
WUcon9in  A iver— Madison  1st,  add*l  60. 

MiacELLANEOus.—Tenn.Cloyd's  Creek,  "by 
a  friend"'  50 ;  Oregon,  Portland,  Oen  E  B  Bab- 
bitt, U  S  Array  10;  Philadelphia,  from  "D"  12; 
Ohio,  Oxford,  Mrs  A  O  Patterson  30;  N  J, 
Trenton,  Miss  Mary  Wynkoop  10 ;  D  C,  Wash- 
ington, N  Theakerl;  New  York,  from  Mary 
M  5;  Rel  Contrib  Soc  of  Prtnoeton  TheoSem 
S  26 :  Int  on  Permanent  Fund,  per  Oeo  H  Van 
Oelder,  Euq  905 ;  Ohio.  Ogden,  MrsC  A  Taylor 
5;  Florida,  Jacksonville,  Rev  J  L  Lyons  10; 
per  "The  Presbyterian,"  Out,  Hamilton,  from 
"  J  A  "  19  25 ;  N  H,  East  Derry,  Mrs  N  Choate 
5:  N  H,  East  Derry,  Mrs  Pigeon  5;  N  Y, 
Pitcher,  Rev  D  W  Bigelow  10;  Pa, "  Franklin, 
HlM'y  box  of  Mrs  S  J  T"  7 ;  SO,  Columbia, 


Mrs  E  S  Walllngford  25 ;  Phila,  Miss  K  M 
Llnnard  15 ;  CaL  Yuba  City,  from  Annie  Stew- 
art 5;  N  J.  Middle  Hope,  Rev  A  Phillips  5; 
Phila,  "S  A  F,"  sp  5;  Anonymous,  ap  5;N  Y, 
Cazenovia,  Rev  Dr  Q  S  Board  man  7  57  ;  Rev 
W  J  McCord  1 ;  N  J,  Flemington,  Mrs  Dr  Oeo 
S  Mott  10;  Phila,  Mrs  Mil  Wetherill  60; 
Phila,  Miss  Eliiabeth  R  Wethorlll  10;  A 
thank  offering  ft^m"TCH"100;  N  Y,  Salem, 
Mr  and  Mrs  E  G  Atwood  2;  111,  Odell,  Rev  R 
Frame  2;  Baltimore,  frH>m  "  J  L  Z"  5 :  Mass, 
Cambridge.  Miss  C  Hamilton  2  70 ;  Cal,  Yalle- 
jo,  James  Topley  5 ;  N  Y,  Harlem,  '*  a  friend'* 
2;  Ct,  New  London.  "M  A  W"  5;  N  J,  Tren- 
ton, "Cash"  50;  N  Y,  Brooklyn,  "Ogllvle"  20; 
New  York,  Mrs  James  X  McLanahan,  ap  185 ; 
N  Y,  Sidney  Plains,  Mrs  L  H  Harper  1 ;  Mich, 
Grand  Rapids.  Miss  A  C  Dickinson  5;  Phila, 
trom  "a  frlena,"  sp  60;  Pa,  York,  Miss  Jane 
L  Cathcart  20,  Miss  Latimer  5=25;  Ohio, 
Plalnfteld,  J  L  Qlem  8;  R  I,  Newport,  Mrs  S 
£  Magner,  D  B  Fltts,  wife  and  sister  3 ;  N  J, 
Clayton,  "  A  P,"  sp  10  ;  Phila,  Mrs  Nobllt,  sp 
10;  "Germantown"  l,"a  friend,"  1,  8^=2;  per 
"Presbyterian,"  "HW  P"5;  Robt Stevenson, 
Esq  5,  Mrs  E  T  Hardy,  20,  sp=25 ;  Baltimore, 
a  female  member  of  Brown  Memorial  ch,  sp 
10;  N  J,  Morrlstown,  Geo  Vail,  Esq,  sp  20; 
Harrrlsburgh,  Robert  Ferriday,  Esq  10 ;  N  J, 
a  member  of  Ist  ch,  Camden  6 ;  Iowa,  Oasis, 
John  P  Chambers  8  50:  Cal,  San  Francisco,  J 
K  S  Latham  25;  Money  returned  50;  Anony- 
mous 1 ;  N  Y,  RandalPs  Island,  from  "  a  friend" 
1 ;  N  Y,  Marion,  Rev  R  Mann  3 ;  Del,  New  Cas- 
tle, from  Miss  H  S  5;  Md,  Frederick,  Mrs  E 
R  Durnett  5:  N  Y,  Oswego,  Gilbert  Molllson 
10 ;  Pa,  Carbondale,  Mrs  H  R  Lathrope  25 ; 
Ct,  Stamford,  "W  A  C"25;  N  Y,  Babylon, 
Anon,  sp  20 ;  O,  Zanesvllle,  Mrs  Eliza  Mills  6 ; 
Miss  N  Buckingham  50  cts ;  N  J,  Trenton,  Dr 
HalPs  ch,  two  ladies  20;  A  member  of  Dr 
Hairs  ch  10 :  Mich,  Ypsilanti,  Mrs  M  C  Clay- 
ton  1 :  Chicago,  Mrs  A  M  Hamilton  1 ;  Pa,  Al- 
exanaria,  Mrs  J  E  B  2 ;  Int  on  Permanent 
Fund,  per  Mr  Van  Gelder  7 :  Phila,  James  S 
Earle.Esq  10;  N  J,  Westfleld,  Chas  A  Klnch, 
M.D  1  01 ;  New  York,  from  N  J  H  26 ;  per  The 
Presbyterian  1  75 


Total  for  January,        $6,066  82 
CHARLES  BROWN,  Treaturer. 
f?7/i2r?^.  rJ^.'oSTS?.?  B^^^        \  Offlc*'  1834  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  FREEDMEN  IN  JANUARY  1875. 


ALBAifT.— il/6any— Mariaville5;  Bethlehem 
1st  10  75;  Galway  Village  2  85;  Albany  1st 
9  33 ;  SUte  Sireet  20  03 ;  Amsterdam  2d  50  92; 
Albany  6th  12  47.  Champlain  —  Au  Sable 
Forks  6.  Co/umMo— Durham  Ist  15.  Troy— 
Cheatertown  3  20. 

Atlantic— ATnox—Dalton  3. 

Baltimore.- If a«A<nsrf Oft  C<ty —Washing- 
ton 6th  Mi8s*y  Soc*y  20. 

Central  Nsw  York.— Binj^Aam/on— Bing- 
hamton  Ist  9  47;  BInghamton  North  1  22; 
Cortland  37  60.  St  Latorence— Brasher  Falls 
5;  Hammond  11.  Utica — Oneida  33 ;  Sackett*s 
Harbor  5  12;  Gouverneur*  1st  26  46;  Rome 
20  05;  Augusta  Centre  1st  9  40;  Knoxboro 
9  87;  Bethany  85  93;  Vernon  Centre  89  cts. 
Syracuse  —Liverpool  1  03. 

CiKCiHUATi.  —  Cincinnati— Lebanon  13  52: 
Springdale  14 :  Sharonvllle  6 ;  Mason  5  40. 
CkiUicothe  —  South  Salem  10  40.  Dayton— 
Yellow  Springs  1st  20 :  Springfield  1st  60 ; 
Clifton  1st  24  60 ;  Plqpa  2d  12. 

CLBVBLAND.-C/eve/anii— Chester  7 ;  Cleve- 
land North  1  84;  Ashtabula  10;  Strongsvllle 
1  74 ;  Euclid  Ave  16  39 ;  Rome  93  cts.  MoAon- 
<ny— Masslllon  2d  8  10;  Ellsworth  15.  Stet/^ 
5enriM«— Oak  Ridge  4  75;  Two  Ridges  14  88. 

Columbus.  —  Aforion  —  A  M,  (York)  5; 
IfarysviUe  7  80  ;  Milford  Centre  5  60 ;  Brown 
1  60;  Kingston  1  50.      IFoo«<«r— Dalton  8  66; 


Wooster  23  54 ;  Jackson  11.  Zan««vi//«— Zanes- 
vllle 2d  ch  33;  Zanesvllle  Ist  ch  12;  Dresden 
21  41. 

'EAi^-Allegheny—  Leetsdale  36  69 :  Belle- 
▼ue  3  60;  Allegheny  Ist  ch,  Mrs  R  S  Hays 
100;  HI  lands  5  22.  Btt</cr— Scrubgrass  13  50; 
Mt  Nebo  4  05:  Zellenople  2  75;  Centre  1  70. 
C/arion  —  LlckluK  4  56;  Reynoldsville  8; 
Leatherwood  6;  New  Bethlehem  3.  Erie  — 
Corry  10;  Georgetown  7  60;  Cambridge  95  cts  ; 
FalrAeld  7  ;  Gravel  Run  65  cts.  Kittanning— 
Ourrie's  Run  8;  Elderton  5  83;  Freeport  20  65; 
Perry  7  25:  Worthlngton  39 ;  West  Glade  Run 
8:  Glade  Run  33;  Slate  Lick  12.  Shenango— 
Mahoningtown  12  31 :  Little  Beaver  10  13 ; 
Uopewell  10;  Rich  Hill  9;  Clarksvllle  43. 

Gbnbva.— Cayuga— Cayuga  16 ;  Aurora  15. 
CAemuna— Elmlra  1st  6  99.  Steuben— Cornlny; 
3  97.  Geneva — Canoga  11:  Angelica  30  cts. 
Genetee  Ka//ey— Pottsville  14  66.  Lyone  — 
Palmyra  10. 

HARRi8BUROR.—CaWitl«— Waynesboro  4  12 ; 
Harrisburgh,  Pine  St  164  50.  Huntingdon  — 
Bellefonie  52  89;  Spruce  Creek  75  38  ;  Mlfflln- 
town  and  Lost  Creek  40;  Bethel  6;  Mileshurg 
6  63;  Snow  Shoe  2  30;  Moshannon  1  62:  Clear- 
field 45  87.  Lacibatoanno— Canton  10  ;  Stevens- 
vlUe  2;  Rushvllle  2;  Troy  1st  14  75;  Wyalu- 
slng  2d  1  63w  A'ortAumder/and— Sunbury  14  28; 
Washington  5  n     ^  O 


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Iluwoi8,Cbhtral,— Bloominafon— Bcment 
l8t8  60;  Danville  28;  Oilman  4  10;  ChenoaS; 
Jersey  6  80.  Peoria— John  Knox  8 :  Gales- 
baryta  24.    Schuyler— ISheneier  9  ;   Bardolph 

7  60;  Bushnell  6.    SprinsJUld  ^^orth  Saga- 
more 10. 

Illinois,  North.  —  Cfticogo  —  Chicago  Ist 
18  67.  Rock  Biver^—liorth  Hudson  8  60 ;  Ful- 
ton 61  cls;  Perryton  3.     Freeport—F reeport 

8  50 ;   Westminster  16  05 ;   Hanover  4 :   Ijcna 
4  50.    Offawc— Aurora  1st  6. 

Illinois,  South.— ii Won— Plalnview  2  86; 
Virden  8  76.  Cairo— Flora  1:  Du  Ciuoin  68 
cts.  Maf/oon— Pana  3  30 ;  Shawneetown  2  18 ; 
Neoga  1  22. 

Indiana,  North.—  Lofirantpor/— Rochester 
1  70;  Kentland  3:  Laporl«20  76.  Fort  Wayne 
—Franklin,  O  Higglns  10;  Fort  Wayne  1st 
68  20.  Jtf  ttnci«— W  abash  4  76 ;  Marlon  3 ;  Lib- 
erty 2  41;  NoblesvlUe  8;  Hopewell  3;  New 
Hope  1. 

Indiana,  SoDTH.—Jndianapo/i*—Southport 
3  05 ;  Acton  28  cts  ;  Union  4  60.  New  Albany— 
Hanover  7  66 ;  New  Albany  Ist  16  25. 

Iowa,  North.— C«dar  Aapi<i«— Lansing  8; 
Blalrstown  3 ;  Madison  1st  7 ;  Clarence  8  10 ; 
Cedar  Rapids  1st  ch  71  76 ;  Bellevue  3.  Du- 
ftuflttc— Wlnthrop  0  ;  Hopklnton  6  60. 

Iowa,  South.— Council  Btujft —Bedford 
1  32.  Jowa— We8t  Point  2  60 ;  Knoxvllle  9  36 ; 
Kossuth  1  67:  Sherman  2  60;  Westminster 
6  48.  DcM  Jtfo»nc»— Wlnterset  22:  Oentrevllle 
8 ;  Des  Moines  1st  13 13.  Nebratka  City— Ne- 
braska City  Ist,  Sab-sch  12. 

Kansas.- Hi^/i/and— Netawana42  cts.  Neo- 
t^o- New  (micago  1 ;  Humboldt  3  86. 

Missouri.  —  Platte  —  Westminster  10 ;  5^ 
Loui«— St  Louis  2d  100 ;  Nazareth  6.  Palmyra 
— Klrkvllle6;  Millard  1. 

Kentucky.— Lotti»vi/Z<— Walnut  St  2  02. 

Long  Island.- Brooit/yfi— Throop  Avenue 
27  18.   jyTattatt- JamalcalS  78 ;  Babylon  1st  16. 

MiCHiOAX.—Df/roir— Weston  2  26 ;  Ann  Ar- 
bor  1  64 ;  Stony  Creek  10 ;  Plymouth  1st  11 ; 
Rev  James  Dubuar  2 ;  H  T  Bradley  10 ;  West- 
minster 1  65 ;  Fort  St  174  39.  Grand  Rapids— 
Portland  6.  Lansinsr— Homer  28.  Saginaw— 
Au  Sable  and  Oscoda  2. 

Minnesota.— S/  PauZ— Red  Wing  109; 
House  of  Hope  6  16 ;  St  Paul  Central  3  60.  Wi- 
nona—Cl&rcmoni  97  cts ;  Ripley  25  cts ;  Min- 
neapolis Ist  14 ;  StPaui,JF'rankllnAve8;  Still- 
water 2d  9. 

New   Jersey.  —  Eiiaradc/ a  —  Elizabeth   8d 

4  60;  Roselle  Ist  1  66,  Roselle  Ist  Sab-sch  1  96 
-3  61;  Clinton  2  91;  Roselle  1  75;  Elliabeth 
8d  8  26;  Plalnfield  Ist  1  21 ;  Pluckamln  89  cts  ; 
Liberty  Comer  4  66 ;  Rabway  Ist  9  33.  New- 
ark—FAvk  4  19 ;  Roseville  87  41 ;  Newark  Ist 
64;  Newark  2d  18  04  South  Park  63  42;  New- 
ark Central  34.  Jersey  Ci/y  —  Bergen  Ist 
60  42 ;  Rutherford  Park  7  99 ;  Prospect  Ave 

5  28 ;  Tenafly  1  84 ;  Paterson  2d  19.  Newtonr— 
Blalrstown  4 ;  Musconetcong  10  26:  Wantage 
1st  6  28;  Belvldere  1st  36  39;  Yellow  Frame 
1  56.  New  Brttn«tric*— Stockton  2 :  Lambert- 
vllle  26.  Monmouth— yii  Holly  13  68.  Morris 
and  Orange— Morristown  1st  4  36. 

NEwYoRK.—Httdwn— Palisades  1;  Olrcle- 
vllle  6 ;  Sootchtown  2  33 ;  Ramapo  6;  Cocheclon 
30  cts;  Damascus  9  cts;  MtHope5  60;  Wash- 
Ingtonvllle  1st  3  73;  Qoodwlll  2  24;  Middle- 
town  Ist  1  75;  Washlngtonvllle  2d  6:  Hamp- 
tonburg  4  86.  New  For*— New  York,  Brick 
83  66  :  Fourth  Ave  15  68  ;  Manhattanvllle  4  20 ; 
Scotch,  J  Taylor  Johnston  23  34 ;  Ch  of  the 
Puritans  6  72.  North  iJiwer— Rondout  6  90; 
13th  St  64  86 ;  Bethlehem  14  02,  Westchester 
—Rye  61  86 ;  Hartford  Ist  30 ;  South  East  6. 

Pacific— Lot  4n<7tf/o«— Westminster  79  cts. 

Philadelphia.  —  Chester  —  Downlngtown 
10:  Phoenlxvllle  6;  Great  Valley  16.  Phila- 
dWpftto^Phlla  3d  21  25 ;  Phlla  2d  41  00 ;  Phila 
1st  168  42.    LacA:au*anna—W likevbarre  Ist  18 ; 


Wilkesbarre    Memorial    28  95;   PIttston  40; 

Franklin  66  cts.    L«rfti^A— Weatherly  6; 

10;  Lower  Mt  Bethel  1  33;  Allentown  5  42; 
Summit  Hill  18  79,  Sab-sch  92  cts  — 14  71; 
.Jamestown  Sab-sch  1 12 :  Meshoppcn  3.  Phila- 
delphia Cen/rai— North  Broad  St  40  25.  PhUa- 
delphia  Worf A— Bristol  29 ;  Port  Kennedy  620; 
Newtown  24  74.  FTM/min »/«-—Stra8burg  8  78; 
Union  60  cts. 

Pittsburgh.- B/airttJi/Z^— Murraysvlllell: 
New  Alexandria  2  83 ;  Beulah  15 ;  Cross  Roads 
14 ;  Blalrsvlllo  44  20 ;  Parnassus  26  46 ;  Unit/ 
1st  23 ;  Llgonla  6  50 ;  Pleasant  Grove  4  60. 
Pi/ftfrurgA- Mansfield  7:  Raccoon  40  10;  Sha- 
ron 6  14;  Shady  Side  11  50;  Pittsburgh  Ist 
219  76;  Wllklnsburg  29  29;  East  Llbertv  20; 
Pittsburg  2d  24  46 ;  Canonsburg  12  08 ;  31  logo 
15  60.  Redstone— yii  Pleasant  Reunion  18 ;  Mt 
Pleasant  16 :  Round  Hill  1  27 ;  George's  Creek 
6  60 :  Laurel  Hill  11 05 ;  Dunbar  18.  Washino- 
jon— Wheeling  1st  25,  James  Paull  15-40; 
West  Liberty  6  60 :  Falrvlew  14  85. 

Tennessee.- iirin(7«/on— Moss  Hill  2.  Union 
—Westminster  1  10. 

Toledo— B«l/«/onfainf—  Bellcfontalne  lit 
1  26 ;  Bucyrus  1  89 ;  Buck  Creek  12.  Huron— 
BloomvIUe  3  60.  Lime— Delphos  61  cts ;  San- 
dusky City  4  25. 

Western  New  York.— Bu^aZo— Lafayette 
St,  Buffalo  35:  Westflold  8  37;  Buffalo  West 
8  63;  Sprlngvllle  12;  East  Aurora  10;  New- 
stead  10;  East  Hamburg  3  60:  Sherman  8  87. 
A'ia^yora— Lockport  1st  32  50.  Rochester— JAnA 
104;  Rochester  Central  13  95 :  SprlngwaterS; 
Brighton  10;  Mt  Morris  1st  9  10 ;  Central  11  9A; 
Ogden2  70. 

WiscoNBiN,—  Chippewa — Hudson  Ist  6  68. 
Afi/wauikee— Delafleld  69  cts ;  Poke  Grove  7  27. 
Waukesha  Ist  6.  Wisconsin  Hiwr— Platii- 
vllle  2  60 ;  Pratrte  du  Sao  6  67. 

Miscellaneous.- Penn  Yan,  N  Y  80  68; 
,Tohn  Russell,  Melton,  Ohio  10;  Mary  A  Lee, 
Wamersvllle,  Pa  10 ;  Rev  J  R  Agnew,  Green- 
castle,  Pa  2;  Rev  John  Pitkin,  Ml  Liberty.  O 
10;  '*  W,"  Poland  C)  16:  2d  ch  Saratoga.  Sab- 
Boh  1  79;  Isllp  8  25;  Mrs  N  Choate  and  Mrs 
Pigeon,  East  Derry.  N  H  50 ;  Religious  Con- 
tribution Soc  of  Princeton  Sem'y  9  45 ;  Defi- 
ance, O  8 ;  New  Providence,  Maryvllle,  Tenn 
7 ;  W  N  Geddes,  Hanover,  Ind  8 ;  Perry,  N  Y 
9  76 ;  West  Fayette,  N  Y  4 ;  1st  ch  Warren, 
111  11  70;  Bowling  Green,  O  8  26;  Winona, 
Mich  5  16 ;  1st  oh  Bloomfield,  Iowa  2  15 ;  1st  ch 
Fredonla,  N  Y  22;  Hannibal,  NY  16;  S  W 
Brewster,  Hannibal,  N  Y  10 ;  Mrs  E  D  Van 
Dyke,  husband  and  daughter  3;  Miss  M  A 
Montgomery,  Danville,  Pa  10;  Mrs  A  A  OnJ- 
slngcr,  Danville,  Pa  10 :  Wellsboro  ch.  111  3  75; 
Charleston,  Ind  8  85 ;  Pataskala,  O  6 ;  Bock- 
port,  N  Y  26  88:  G  D  Dayton,  StarkeyJ^  Y 
10 ;  Fremont  oh,  Minn  8 ;  Spencer  11  60 ;  WesU 
minster  ch.  Eureka,  Kan  190;  Valatio  ch,  N  Y 
6  45 ;  Tunkhannock,  Pa  18  85 ;  Brownstown, 
Ind  2  06;  Mantenoah,  111  14;  Gen  E  B  Bab- 
bltt,  Portland,  Oregon  10;  Waterman,  III  1; 
Somonaukl;  Pleasant  Unity,  Pa  7  80:  Wyo- 
mlng,  NY  8  87 :  Sab-sch  of  do.  11 13;  Frank- 
lln^  ind  12  46 ;  Unlonvllle,  N  Y  8 ;  Tennett  ch. 


John  Parker,  Bloomlngburg,  O  100;  Friends 
In  111  100:  Lower  Brandy  wine,  Del  8  58;  A 
Friend,  Emmlttsburg.  Md  10 ;  J  W  Edwards. 
Marquette,  Mich  60 ;  1st  ch  Lyons  6  25 ;  Cong  1 
ch.  Kinsman,  O  18  28;  Mllford,  Del  6:  Ist  ch 
Marcellus,  NY26;lstchMay8vlllo2  25;  Sabj 
sch  of  do.  2  76 ;  Streetsboro,  O  9  30 ;  Miss  C 
Hamilton,  Cambridge,  Mass  1 87. 

ToUl  receipts  in  January,        #6,869  41 
JAMES  ALLISON,  Treasurer. 

Rev.  A.  O.  McClelland,  Corresponding 
Secretary,  Box  1246,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Rev.  James  Allison,  D.D., Tr<a«uref,  WC» 
Box  24»  Pittsburgh,  Pft.  ^ 


ECCLESIASTICAL  RECORD. 


wssoLOTioir  op  Tra»  pastoral  relatiost. 
E«v   EdwAid  KifOoedjr  and  tbo  cburcli  At 
B;4Tdtty,  fa. 

Rcir,  J.  L.  Lnndia  and  ihe  church  at  Fen* 
field.  Vtk 

i\rv  A.  2,  D-S^nfi  has  resigned  the  cbiir^e 
r  iau  cbu  rch  of  Chfc9ter, 
jQ  have  0(4  coijsetited 

Hev  J  Aefinwall  Madge  hn<^  re<3lgnwd  tho 
pfiAli^rattf  of  iLe  First  I'luirch,  Hartford.  Con- 
n<>ctijnit,  but  the  cuugr^^gatiou  havo  dvdiued 
%i>  rtfceivi!  the  resignatJoo. 

rtcv,  Jiii.  S,  McCoy  Una  r«3ignt*d  the  pi^alor* 
»l4f 'jf  the  cliTjrcH  at  ftacraineiilo,  Califoruia, 
on  aoojiiut  of  ill  heftlth. 

Rw,  F-  M.  Kfiwman  and  the  Ut  Preshy- 
l«mo  church  of  Saratr>^a  Spring,  N.  Y 

K*?v.  K.  M.  Sherwood  ,  d  ibo  pasto- 

ral cbari;e  of  the  Secoo  ifiira,  N    Y 

Kav.  d  B.  Gardner  ni  ^roh  at  Ciiba^ 

Jftjw  York. 

Rer.  J.  Jay  Pomeroy  and  the  ehutoh  of 
Upper  ^X'tornra,  Pa. 

Kl'V  WjiIUt  Coadici  and  the  charch  at 
LiUlfj  Frtlla,  K.  Y. 

Rtiv,  W.  F.  Haiailtoii  aad  th«  charvh  at 
Liv«riuorej  Pa. 

CALLS  RIOBIVBD  OH  ACCBPTBD. 

Mr  McGonitjle,  a  studeiit  of  the  Wertern 
Therr.  MiQftry   U>   the    Pfesbytdriaj} 

chui  ''i^cg.  Pa> 

R*iv  ii  ...  T  Kink^jr  i^a  the  church  at  Dick- 
iuaon.  Presbytery  of  Crtrii-'le.  Pa, 

Eev.  Samuel  B  Tuij^art  to  the  First  Cburch 
of  Bloomiiijiitot],  Illinois. 

Evv.  S  Augustus  Duveuport  to  the  church 
At  Port  Cur  bo  a.  Pa. 

Ker  George  Frazer  to  the  ohoroh  at  MiU 
Jcrs  Run,  Pa.     Deetiued. 

Rey  Etlerv  Bh5cv>ju  to  the  church  at  Bridge- 
wator,  Pa.     becliiv'd 

Rev    C    '"    'chor  to  the  church  at 

Worthuigt  ta. 

Mr.  ir  I  n.dl  of  Coatesville.  Pa,, 

to  ihe  ThsrU  Ireabyteriaa  Charch,  Fori 
Wayne,  Ind. 

Rev  J.  S,  Beekman  to  the  First  Chuich  of 
AmwdU  Preabvtery  of  Now  Bronswtck. 

Rev,  J,  Addison  Priest  to  the  chnrch  at 
Itewtcio,  New  Jersttv. 

K«v  Henry  B  Tfiaver  to  the  Mai od  Street 
PreshTierirtn  churchy  Vincennea,  Indiana* 

Rci  John  R  Peters  to  the  church  at  Corfu, 
3?few  YorkL 

Rev.  John  MeVey  to  tl»e  the  North  Prey- 
bjterinn  churcli,  BiogHamlon,  New  York. 

Rev,  J.  C  Taylor  to  theelmtch  iij  Ctiba,  N.  Y. 

ORDiITATlO!ia   AND    INHTALLATrOfTS* 

Rev,  Geon^e  H.  Pool  was  inatallod  pastor 
of  the  Fourth  Presbyterian  Church,  PhilaUel- 
^hin,  on  the  17th  of  Jjtnunry. 

Rev.  Harry  W.  Ballantyun  waa  iostaltt^d 
pastor  of  the  triiurch  at  Bloomfieid,  N.  J.,  on 
the  6tli  of  J  an  tiary, 

Mr  Thoniivs  D.  Loean  waa  ordained  and 
iQitaned  p?*  *  "^  '  *' '  •^V^cond  Church  of  Moiui' 
nlU,  Pa,,  of  Jauuitrv. 

Rev    C.  I  WiVi  inslaf'ed  paf'tor  of 

Ihr^  Wi^^tmiii-icf  (  littrcb,  Eocbestur,  ^,  Y,, 
fu  iU*i  Itb  uf  FcbiUar^', 


Her.  J.  H.  Muztro  waa  ingfaTled  pAsbr  of 
the  Central  Church,  Philadelpbia^  on  the  8tb 
of  February. 

FOST  OFFICB   AI>DR£8SB8  CHATIOB1>. 

Rev.  J.  Ford  Sotton,  from  Frankford  to 
IfiOt  Girnrd  Avenue,  Philadelphia. 

Rev.  Juhn  B  Grier,  from  LawreocevUle, 
Pa.,  to  Jtick»:»nviUe,  Fla   , 

Rev-  Abraham  Poabon.  from  PbilAdelphit 
lo  Wilmuij^toD,  £H?I. 

Rev.  Alexander  M.  Jelly,  from  Washington, 
N.  J  ,  to  202  Carrol  ton  Aveuue,  Baliimore, 
Maryland. 

Rev.  Geo.  W.  Crofts,  from  B»Ddwioh,  HI.,  to 
Oregon.  Itlinoit. 

Rev.  Win,  Coulter,  from  St.  Mary'a,  Ohio, 
to  Brook lyri.  .fack.soD  Co,.  Miuhiij;ua 

Kev.  L.  1)  MtHhewa,  from  West  Plains,  Mo., 
to  Buffalo,  Mo. 

Rt^v.  J.  H.  Brown,  frooi  Irving,  Eangas^  to 
Belle vue,  Keb. 

Hev.  J.  L  Landi^  from  PeoEeld  lo  Coo* 
dersport,  Pa. 

Rev,  Wui  R.  Henderson,  from  Marengo, 
III.  to  1060  North  Halated  St,  Chicago,  lil 

Rev,  C  8.  Martiudaie,  from  Oberliu,  Qhio^ 
to  Toptika,  Kanaaa. 

Rev.  D  S  Andereon,  from  Pioneer,  Ohio, 
to  Spring  Lako.  Ohio. 

Rev.  C.  Otis  Thalcher,  from  Union,  K.  T., 
to  WorthiiigtoD,  Minne^ta. 

Rev  William  O  Johnstone,  D.D..  from  1216 
North  Tenth  Street,  to  1817  Frankford  Roai 

Rev  J.  B.  Beekman,  from  Metnohen  to 
Reaville.  N.  J. 

Rev,  J.  Cruik. thank,  from  Webster  Groves, 
Mo.,  to  Rockford,  Illmoie. 

Rev.  T.  D,  Davis,  from  Little  Indian  to 
Camp  Point,  Adams  Co,,  IlliooiB, 

Rev.  Tboa.  H.  Tatlow,  from  Newark,  Mo,, 
to  Edina.  Mo., 

Rev,  Clitts  Gillette,  from  MannavilJe^N.  T, 
to  Red  Croek,  New  York. 

Rev,  Joseph  Beers,  from  Brooklyn  to  White- 
stone,  Queens  Co,,  N.  Y* 

Bev  C.  B.  Gardner,  from  Cuba  to  2  New 
York  Street,  Roclteat«r.  N.  Y. 

Rev,  8.  T.  Boyd,  from  Savawnah  to  Polk, 
Ashland  Co..  Ohio. 

Rev.  £.  Grand  Oirard,  from  Eillsboro  to 
Kingston,  Ross  Co  ,  Ohio, 

Rev.  Joo  E.  Peters,  from  Newark,  N,  J., 
to  Corfu,  New  York. 

Rvv,  A.  J.  Leyenberger,  from  BeDison, 
Texas,  to  Champaign,  Illinois. 

Rev.  J  AH  Quick,  from  Bliaafield^  liiebigan, 
to  Bryan,  Ohio. 


Rev.  Alexnnder  Neabitt,  of  pnenmoniA,  it 
Tremcnt.  N.  Y.,  on  the  7ih  of  January,  in  the 
82d  year  of  hia  ag»e. 

Ruv.  Alfred  £.  Campbell.  D.D.,  at  Caatleton, 
N.  Y. 

Hev  William  R  MarahaU,  D  D./paator  oftht 
jfirKt  Frewbyturian  church,  Dubuque,  Iowa* 

Rev.  Thouiiia  E  Thomag,  D  D.,  at  Walnut 
Hills,  Dear  Cincinnati,  of  pleura-pDenmonia^ 
on  the  2d  of  Fehraary,  in^e  63d  VdMf  of  bis 
ftg^-  DiaitizedbyVjiOOQlC 

^  Rev.  An!iel  D  Eddy.D  D  .at  Lrfn^inehnrgh, 
N,  Y,^  on  the  7th  of  February,  ags»d  7o  years. 


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to  Ihu  Holy  Serli>tarog>    a  toIb.,  cloth,  f^^iM. 

Tlw  Tomplo— Its  Ministry  aad  Servicet  at 
th^  Time  of  Jeeas  Christ. 

BY  THK  BRV.  D«.  EI^UU^UttEM. 

Thi'  iitteution  of  ftlinlKterP.  BlMo  Stii«lenta, 
niMo  Clafi^fs,  inii  prtvaLu  uhrlaUaca.  Is  par. 
tiriilrulv  cuJlt"!  tu  thkj  most  lutereaUHg  voU 
uroc.    1  vol.,  l2mo,  |s2.00. 


The  Trades  and  Induittiol  OoonpAtloai  if 

the  Bible. 

BY  w.  a,  Lrwta, 

N'o  tOActter  ofttie  In^tin^J  Word  cli«%ti1d  It'l 

wit  hout  ilii«  rery  valaabio  work,   L  r^L^  0Mk  * 

iO. 
H&KD-BOOK  07  BIBLE  GEOaHAPHT 

BY  Bjcv,  oito,  tr.  WU  ^ 

OAntniiiltiic   the   nAmi%  >n    k&i 


lnw;»,  ttnii  iorty  tuans  anU  pluiiB.     I  ?Oil»  4 
li. 

Hand-Book  of  Bible  Msunf^rs  and  CQtt«tti. 

BY  RKV.  J  A  mv  >,  H.  Jt, 

Illustrated  by  ouv  jd  aUtr^^ 

cngriLvlni^.    i  Tol.^c,^, ,.   »_u^j. 

SABBATH.SCHOOL  WOBLO. 

BPiTrD  &v  ntx.  J.  cowrxn  qraT, 

I'.ia^d  ii    ^ 

lOWM      


lUi. 
Iff.. 


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SABBATH^SCHOOI  IFZ^EX. 

&Y  a.  O.  r  ARDKJ^  A.  IL 

Containing  pictorial  and  objeot  ttaehJus.   I 
YoL,  cloih,  itai.  *^ 

DICTIONAKY  OF  THE  BIBLE, 

grivpliy  :. 
map.san  ! 

LL.a     T-.„„...    ,. ..„    ....,.,... ,.^„^ 

HI8T0BT  OP  THE  JEWISH  KATlOt, 

BYi^  a,  FAL)rE:a,  icA* 
1  TuK,  iU60. 

HATITRAL  HISTORY  OF  THE  BI"' " 

BY  REV.  H.  B.  niMTHAH,   M.  A.,   LL.^ 


In- 

a  'I 

llui. 


PRESBYTERIAN  BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION. 
J3:t4  CJIiCSTyUT  STHEET,  PUiLAnBLFHiA. 

Diqitized  by  VjOOQlC 


THE 


il.^ 


I  PRESBYTERIAN  MONTHLY 


RECORD. 


isiJirsr  1875. 


PHILABELPmA: 
rRESBY'TERTAX    BOARD    OF    PUBLICATION, 

Su bsorlpt JQii«  should  b«  leot  to  PirrSB  Walekr,  1834  Ulteetnut  Str«i«t, 


Single  CopUi,  50  GcnU  per  anntun.     In  package^  |ro|^(q^|^^fe|^]» 00. 


CONTENTS, 


Board  of  Home  Misalont  -Rotro<pe<?t  or  tbo  Year-ReccHplf— Or.  Jobn  Hat!  on  Pwrne*' 
ing— Intemgeuce  ftml  Uoatrlbadou?  ?o  band  In  hAnd-Api)olotm«nU  bj  IIm  Bo*rd  In  X»Pi* 
—l)»n»Uoiii  of  Clothing  by  LUe  Ladlei— Uecelptu  In  M»rch  . „.„...„„*.^„« l»,ll» 

Sui/^n/d^fon  £rfp«rfmcft/.— locreaie  ol  Donation i—B«>n«eit«  of  th»  Sosteotifctloii    Scftetat- 

RecelptB ^./... ».- ^ -^- — ' »*2'^<* 

Board  of  Education.-ReTiew  of  tbe   3fwir— Thanks  tor  prompt  Fa jmenU— Death  of  a 

Siudnnt ..« .^.-^-. - -."- „^^Ma,wr 

Board  of  Foreign  Miaalooa.-Rcceot  lnUlllM:enc&— A  Mfaslooary  hUp—K  gftmt  AaM,  ftot 

few  laborerf-Slgoa  of  liooJ— Two  lntere«Ung  caaei— KecelpM«»«„.* «..,*«...•,-  \U,m 

Board  of  Fublication,— Oar  Aaoual  UoUacUoo— Worit  tlooa  Uft  jear— Hatp  b9o1i  Bovtlftl 

—Receipti .«. ' ■"-- ^.,.,..«»,*-^«««..««*.-«  13»,li> 

Board  of  Churcli  Ereotion^—Reeotpla  ahead  oflaat  /car— Kooeli>t* ^t*— .« 13*.  ^ 

Belief  Fund  for  Diaablod  Miotatera.— Waniof  Funils— Acknr.mtciliniionta.  .,^— ,•  140,133 
Ocaeral  Aaaembly'a  Committee  on  Freedmen,— H«ccli*t«  referred  to.».« «  Utt,  ISt 


Tlio  Guneral  A.iscmb!y  haa  n*eoiiiiTns ruled  thnt  irpecltil  Collc«tliiQ»  or  Coottibuiloo* 
S<:huuicji  bo  made  on  ibo  nrJt  Lfml's  liiwy  of  lUc  fid  lowing  months: 


lU 


J^W/rii'irjy,  ..»r«i. *♦ 

MftMrti,  , " 

J/rt//,  »..„ *' 

J"t!/,  « 

Novt'mhi*$*,  «  " 

J}ecemb«rf*f  .».,„«.  ** 


..„  Cf*  n  iv'/#  A>v'c/  frt  It. 
..*.  Ft'crtifnrttn 


FORM  OF  BEQUEST  TO  ANY  OF  TIIK  BOARI>S, 

The  Stiile  Iftwa  dliltr  bo  uiucb  that  no  one  form  will  answur  in  all  thf?  States,  butla  eirarf  < 
It  \»  essetiUul  to  give  the  mows  cotifoEiATK  »auk. 

Bequcstii  for  tlome  MiMHttntt  should  ba  minlo  to  "  TAe  floarrf  of  name  iViwt^fiKJ/rA*  1 
frj/fci  i»n  Church  \n  the  United  Slate*  of  AmeriC4t,'*  which  la  now  tbv  corpi»mte  title. 

Of  the  Btfttvtt  uf  Ethtrntlon  the  eorrKimtu  namo  Is  "  The  Boaf4  q/  Edtuatlon  of  the  Fr«*y- 
tertan  Church  in  the  Inilcd  Statet  a/  Atneriea.^ 

The  ttttnt'd  of  F*or*-tffH  Mtf^sfornt  Is  Incorporated  under  the  laws  of  New  York,  tinder  lU« 
t\y\o%>f'*The  Hoard  0/  Forefgn  Mittton*  0/  the  Prfitfj/terian  Chuvch  ift  the  Lntttd  SttUttoJ 
Amt'tiea,''* 

The  littnrd  ftf  PnbHrntfon  l8  Ineorporatod  nnder  the  laws  of  Pennfylmala»  uuder  Ibo  ttjle  al 
•*  The  Truxteci  of  the  Ptfthytei-iaH  B&ard  tf  Fublication.^ 

The  Hntird  tff  Chitrrh  Eri^tinn  U  IncoriMirated  under  the  ityle  of**  TA*  Board  of  fht  rhmrc% 
Errvfion  Fund  0/  the  Generot  Atnfmbly  of  the  Presb^terinn  Chvreh  in  the  VniUd  StAttteif 
Anvtriva,"  jin;ortorr>tcd  3Iare!i  ^V  IH^,  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

Heqwcnt»  ttiat  have  been  nmtle  to  the  **Tmif<*«  of  The  Qentral  ilsMaiWjr/'  or  to  the  **Trtiftm 
ftfiht  Preib^tertan  /foM«,"  lor  Church  purpoues^  will  b«  valid. 

AH  JirqufMtM  made  to  the  Incorporated  BoarflBor  UommltleePAf  the  two  lato  Astembllea  art 
THlCilr  aud  will  bu  receh-eU  by  the  Boards  wbloh  are  their  leg»t  8uoecaa<krfi. 

The  RcHrf  Fund  for  niMftblrd  Mlni»tera,and  th€  WidrnvBtkHd  Orph9H»  Qf  DmcraMtd 
Mi**i»t*rft  requires  the  following  totmi 

♦'  1  K'^^e  and  bequfftih  to  my  exeeutorf  herfilnaOer  named, dollars  in  trust,  oererth^leis* 

thttl  llicy  flhivll,  wUblo months  afler  my  decease,  pay  the  suroe  to  the  Trutlett  ofiht  Qf** 

era!  A**fmbty  of  the   Pteibytertitn  Ckureh  in  the  United  S(ate»  of  Ajturictk.  tor  Ihe  aio  of  tUt 
Fund  for  Disabled  Ministers  and  their  Families.*^ 

(Vfitn  real  ettate  or  other  property  (m  ^fvea^  Itl  it  be  porticuiarl^^^f^^fff^^^QiOOQl^ 


THE 

PRESBYTERIAN  MONTHLY 
RECORD. 

Vol.  XXVI.  PHILADELPHIA,  MAY  1875.  Na  6. 

BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 


On  the  3l8t  of  March,  1876,  the  fifth  fiscal  year  of  the  Board,  and  in 
some  respects  the  most  difficult,  closed.     The  year  was  begun  with  a 
burden  of  debt  amounting  to  $19,500.     The  debt  at  the  close  of  the  pre- 
sent year  was  $24,372.74.     This  had  been  all  along  foreshadowed  by 
financial  stringency  in  church  and  country.     Promises  to  remove  this 
and  another  debt,  were  made  generously  and  enthusiastically  at  the  last 
Assembly,  but  up  to  the  present  time  more  than  one-third  of  the  amount 
promised  is  unreceived.    The  Board  has  been  steadily  (struggling  against 
the  continued  paralysis  in  all  departments  of  business,  commercial,  manu- 
facturing, mining,  and  agricultural.     This  has  prevented  many  liberal 
congregations  and  individuals  from  contributing  so  largely  as  in  former 
years.     Then  many  congregations,  just  attaining  self-support,  or  nearly 
approaching  it,  have  been  compelled  to  look  to  the  Board  for  larger  aid. 
Thousands  of  men  out  of  employment,  though  willing  to  work,  have  been 
able  to  do  little  or  nothing  for  the  support  of  the  gospel  in  their  midst,  or 
contribute  anything  towards  its  support  in  missionary  districts.     Then 
the  striking  off  $70,000  from  the  apportionment,  by  the  last  Assembly, 
although  unanimously  recommended  by  the  Committee  on  Benevolence, 
had  a  depressing  influence  on  the  cause  in  the  mind  of  the  Church. 
These,  with  other  things,  have  rendered  the  year  one  of  peculiar  diffi- 
culty and  trial.     At  the  same  time  the  fields  have  been  extending,  and 
expenditures  increasing.     This  must  continue  to  be  the  case  so  long  as 
the  country  grows,  and  the  needy  millions  of  other  nations  and  conti- 
nents crowd  here  for  liberty  and  a  home,  and  the  Church  endeavors  to 
supply  them,  and  our  own  extending  population,  with  the  gospel  of 
Christ     Such  a  work,  in  the  present  state  of  things,  must  always  have 
debt  and  diffisulties  to  contend  with.     Let  the  Church  then  not  despair. 
Will  not  the  Assembly,  so  soon  to  meet  in  Cleveland,  largely  made  up  of 
men  from  sections  lately,  or  now,  largely  Home  Missionary,  demonstrate 
practically  the  truth,  that  the  evangelizcUion  of  this  land  is  the  Jiope  of 
the  world  f    Cleveland  itself  was  a  Home  Mission  field  less  than  a  gene- 


130  BOARD  OP  HOME  MISSIONS.  [May 

ration  ago!  The  whole  State  of  Ohio,  with  all  its  wealth  of  Ghorches, 
and  PresbTteries,  and  Synods,  is  the  fruit  of  Home  Missionary  enterprise 
within  the  present  century.  "What  oaks  from  little  acorns  growl" 
May  the  Assembly  meeting  within  its  bounds  be  moved  by  tender 
memories  and  prompted  to  generous  deeds  towards  this  great  and  needy 
cause. 

It  is  a  hopeful  sign  that,  notwithstanding  the  stringency  of  the  times, 
a  larger  number  of  our  churches  haye  contributed,  and  $23,2T4.2T 
more  than  last  year  have  come  from  churches  to  this  cause.  These 
facts  show  that  the  interest  is  extending  as  to  numbers,  and  deep- 
ening as  to  earnestness  in  the  heart  of  the  Ohorch.  The  church  is  the 
great  spring  out  of  which,  by  God's  grace,  the  stream  must  flow.  To 
these  churches  we  turn  for  help,  and  always  turn  to  them  with  hope  and 
confidence. 
Receipts  from  March  31,  1874,  to  March  31,  1875,  riz: 
From  churches,  .        .        $239,687  62 

Legacies,  .  .        .        35,773  47 

Miscellaneous,      .        .        .  20,460  78 

Special  for  Debt,     .        .        .        15,025  96 


Total,    $310,947  83 


DR.  JOHN  HALL  ON  PREACHING. 

Dr.  HalPs  Yale  Lectures  on  Preaching  is  a  most  valuable  little  book. 
A  friend  of  ours,  thinking  that  many  of  our  missionaries  would  like  to 
possess  it,  and  yet  might  find  the  price,  $1.50,  an  impediment,  offers  to 
send  it,  post-paid,  to  any  Home  Missionary  who  will  send  half  the  price, 
75  cents,  together  with  the  address  to  which  they  wish  the  book  sent 
Address  W.  J.  H.,  care  of  Home  Mission  Board,  23  Centre  St,  New  York. 


INTELLIGENCE  AND  CONTRIBUTIONS  GO  HAND  IN  HAND. 

Mfohigan. 

Dear  Sir— Please  find  a  draft  for  $200.  Credit  me  with  $150  and  the 
Sabbath-school  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  with  $50  that  I  pledged 
for  them  last  spring,  at  the  General  Assembly  in  St.  Louis.  All  the 
pledges  made  by  me  have  been  paid.  I  hope  to  be  able  to  do  more  for 
your  Board  in  the  future.  When  in  California,  a  little  over  a  year  ago,  I 
saw  the  destitution  of  the  country  and  made  up  my  mind  to  do  all  I  can 
to  help  the  Home  Mission  cause.  If  all  the  friends  of  the  Board  could 
only  see  with  their  own  eyes  what  is  wanted  in  the  West,  their  hearts 
would  be  opened  to  double  their  efforts  for  the  cause  of  Christ     A.  S. 


On  account  of  the  partial  failure  of  crops  in  this  region,  it  seemed  pro- 
bable that  the  church  could  not  raise  the  amount  of  salary  promised  for 
the  coming  six  months.  It  also  seemed  for  a  while  that  I  would  not 
receive  enough  to  pay  my  necessary  expenses,  but  provision  is  made 
now  for  me  and  my  family,  so  that  we  are  on  an  equal  footing  with  the 
majority  of  the  church  members. 

The  cause  of  the  deficiency  in  my  salary  was,  failure  of  crops  in  this 
region.     The  Spring  crops  were  very  short     This  cast  a  gloom  upon 


1876.]  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  131 

the  prospects  of  carrying  on  the  work  of  the  Church  here  for  the  present. 
But  I  am  happy  to  say  that  satisfactory  arrangements  have  been  made 
for  me  to  remain  here.     Otherwise  we  feel  encouraged.     The  stated 

services  at  M are  well  attended.     Our  Sabbath-school  is  in  a  very 

prosperous  condition ;  and  our  prayer-meeting  is  pretty  well  attended. 

At  F Lake,  one  of  the  stations  six  miles  from  M ,  we  held  a 

sacramental  meeting  some  weeks  ago.  Our  meeting  was  pleasant. 
Some  seemed  to  be  seriously  meditating  about  becoming  the  disciples  of 
Jesus.  If  I  am  permitted  to  judge,  I  think  they  were  not  far  from 
"the  kingdom  of  God." 

At  C 's  school-house,  another  station,  we  have  not  a  single  church 

member,  but  the  people  attend  preaching  very  regularly,  and  have 
expressed  a  desire  for  me  to  begin  a  series  of  meetings  there.  I  hope 
that  these  people  can  be  brought  to  Jesus.  Heretofore  they  have  not 
.been  cared  for,  and  were  considered  a  "rough  set."  But  I  must  say 
they  have  treated  me  very  courteously.  I  expect  I  must  turn  circuit- 
rider,  for  several  communities  in  reach  ought  to  be  looked  after.  Some 
parties  have  sent  me  word  to  visit  them ;  I  think  the  best  thing  I  can 
do  is  to  preach  for  these  people,  (I  mean  the  neighborhoods  that  I  have 
not  Visited,)  at  such  times  as  they  can  go  to  hear  me,  and  thus  try  to 
point  these  neglected  people  to  the  Saviour.  I  will  soon  visit  the  dis- 
tricts I  have  referred  to.  The  more  I  labor  in  this  field,  the  more  it 
grows  in  interest     Yours  truly,  J.  J.  C. 

MlBBonrl. 

Dear  Brethren — I  present  a  few  statistics  at  this  time,  in  lieu  of  a  report, 
so  that  you  may  be  able  to  form  some  conception  of  my  work  and  meth- 
ods. I  have  at  present  seven  congregations ;  afford  to  each  two  discourses 
per  month ;  am  on  the  saddle  about  sixteen  days  during  the  month,  per- 
forming a  monthly  circuit  of  a  hundred  and  fifty  miles.  The  average  of 
congregational  attendance  is  about  forty-two,  making  the  aggregate  of 
persons  reached  by  ministerial  service  during  the  month,  two  hundred  and 
ninety. . 

I  have  been  very  busily  engaged,  during  my  labors  here,  in  hunting  up 
Presbyterians  resident  in  our  county,  who  were  becoming  outlawed,  either 
by  carelessness,  or  lack  of  knowledge  with  regard  to  the  locality  of  adjacent 
Presbyterian  organizations.  I  have  been  very  much  blessed  in  this  work, 
and  am  receiving  considerable  accessions  to  the  membership  of  my  res- 
pective charges  from  this  source.  Not  having  had  the  opportunity  of  ad- 
vice from  other  brethren  relative  to  this  matter,  I  have  been  acting  on  my 
own  responsibility. 

When  we  entered  upon  our  work  here,  we  had  left  everything  behind 
us,  even  to  our  household  effects,  striving  to  follow  with  faith  the  call  of 
our  Heavenly  Father.  It  will  be  encouraging  perhaps  to  other  brethren 
to  learn  that  our  every  cry  to  God  for  help  has  been  promptly  answered, 
and  that  He  has  in  a  very  remarkable  manner  demonstrated  Himself  to 
be  a  Living  God,  with  a  hand  instantaneously  held  out  for  our  deliverance 
in  every  time  of  trouble.  We  are  enabled  by  the  extent  of  the  pecuniary 
aid  granted,  to  arrange  our  affairs  in  the  Territory,  and  move  our  effects 
to  our  present  place  of  residence.  Each  of  the  gifts  came  at  the  precise 
time  that  we  were  engaged  in  praying  for  them,  and  we  have,  in  grati- 
tude, reconsecrated  ourselves  to  Gk)d,  to  be  more  devotedly  His  than 
ever  before. 

Please  accept  our  personal  regards  for  yourselves,  and  our  prayers  that 
our  dear  Home  Mission  Board,  under  the  blessing  of  God,  may  be  more 
firmly  established  by  the  benefactions  of  the  Church.  ^-S-  ^' 


182  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  [May 

SUSTENTATION  DEPARTMENT. 

Larger  means  have  been  sent  by  Ood's  people  of  late  than  heretofore, 
80  that  the  Board  has  been  able  to  pay  off  the  quarters  falling  dae  in 
July,  August,  September,  October,  and  a  part  of  November,  1874.  We 
thank  God  and  his  people  for  this.  It  has  brought  joy  and  gladness  to 
many  heavy  hearts  and  households.  Would  to  God  the  whole  amount 
were  paid  which  was  due  on  May  1st,  1875.  The  debt  of  the  Sustenta- 
tion  Department  on  the  31st  of  March,  1875,  was  $13,639.63.  It  is  earn- 
estly hoped  that  the  Church  will  make  ample  provision  for  this  depart- 
ment of  her  work.  Since  the  days  of  Israel  in  Egypt,  the  "  making  of 
brick  without  straw"  has  been  a  difficult  enterprise.  The  Church  will 
not  find  it  an  easier,  task  now  than  then. 

The  Board  will  send  to  the  General  Assembly  its  Annual  Report  of 
the  work  of  Home  Missions  and  the  Sustentation  Department,  to  be 
examined  and  acted  on,  with  all  that  wisdom  and  kindness  which  has  so 
characterized  this  august  body  in  past  times.  The  favorable  issoe  of 
this  consideration  will  be  waited  for  by  the  Board  with  patience  and  con- 
fidence. May  the  Holy  Ghost  fill  the  Assembly,  its  ministers,  and 
churches,  and  Boards,  for  the  extension  and  establishment  of  the  glorious 
gospel  all  over  the  world. 


Harbor  Creek,  Pa. 

The  Sustentation  Committee  and  Board  have  helped  us  through  a 
crisis  in  our  church  history.  In  the  weakness  incident  to  our  building  a 
new  church  edifice,  and  the  withdrawal  of  a  number  of  our  substantial 
church  members,  who  were  not  pleased  with  the  location  of  the  new 
building,  we  know  not  how  we  should  have  struggled  through,  but  for 
God's  blessing,  and  the  aid  received  from  "  Sustentation."  We  trust  the 
Lord,  merciful  and  gracious  to  us  in  the  past,  has  greater  mercies  in  store 
for  us  in  the  future.       Yours,  with  many  thanks.  G.  W.  C. 

w ,  N.  J. 

At  th^  close  of  our  financial  year  with  the  Sustentation  Department 
we  have  resolved  to  become  self-sustaining.  To  this  step  we  have  been 
largely  helped  by  the  timely  and  kindly  aid  of  the  Board  of  Sustentation. 
We  feel  confident  that  we  could  not  have  been  in  the  position  in  which 
we  find  ourselves  now,  had  it  not  been  for  the  aid — and  just  the  kind 
of  aid — which  we  have  received.  We  think  that  the  operations  of  this 
Board,  so  far  as  they  have  related  to  us,  have  been  successful  in  develop- 
ing a  larger  scale  of  giving  to  the  Lord's  cause,  in  making  the  people 
more  prompt  and  punctual  in  the  fulfilment  of  their  promises  to  their 
pastor  in  regard  to  salary  payment,  and  in  leading  them  up  to  self- 
support.  It  is  true  that  we  have  to  complain  that  over  three  quarters 
are  and  have  been  overdue  since  February  26th,  1875,  but  we  trust  that 
the  amount  will  be  faithfully  paid  sooner  or  later.  We  need  the  money 
now  due  very  much. 

We  regret  to  find  that  the  Board  of  Sustentation  is  so  deeply  embar- 
rassed ;  but  we  trust  that  the  Church  may  come  to  its  help,  and  thas 
make  it  a  powerful  instrument  in  the  future,  as  it  has  been  in  the  past,  of 
leading  many  other  churches  to  the  position  of  self-support.  We  have 
experienced  great  benefits  from  its  general  working,  though  we  are  very 
badly  in  need  of  the  money  now  due.  G.  H.  S.  C. 


1876.]  BOARD  OP  EDUCATION.  1S3 

BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 


The  total  receipts  for  the  year  just  closed  are  $68,179. 

The  Board  has  paid  a  portion  of  the  money  which  was  borrowed  to 
meet  appropriations  when  due;  but  has  been  unable  to  lift  notes  to  the 
amount  of  $15,900  still  remaining  in  bank. 

It  has,  as  in  former  years,  paid  something  upon  the  May  appropria* 
tions,  thus  assisting  theological  students  especially  to  leave  their  institu- 
tions without  embarrassment 

The  receipts,  we  are  glad  to  say,  have  much  improved  since  the  appeals 
made  last  month ;  and,  when  the  unusually  large  amount  of  the  legacies 
of  last  year,  which  were  three  times  the  usual  average,  and  the  difference 
in  the  condition  of  some  parts  of  the  country  are  considered,  there 
appears  to  be  some  ground  of  encouragement. 

But  in  view  of  the  amounts  due  in  bank  and  to  students,  and  of  that 
which  is  necessary  to  replenish  the  treasury  to  meet  the  first  payments 
of  the  coming  collegiate  year,  we  must  urgently  renew  our  pleas  for  the 
most  liberal  contributions  from  churches  and  individuals. 

A.  really  earnest  effort  upon  the  part  of  each  minister  who  has  not  yet 
taken  up  the  collection  of  his  church  for  Education  would,  with  the  pre- 
sent diminished  number  of  students  and  reduced  rates,  clear  off  the 
remains  of  past  hindrances,  and  set  us  forward  again  in  the  path  of 
increased  usefulness. 

Surely  the  vital  importance  of  this  cause,  and  the  wants  of  our  country 
and  of  the  nations  calling  upon  us  for  the  gospel,  demand  such  an  effort 
to  be  made  by  every  one  in  its  be  halt 


THANKS  FOR  PROMPT  PAYMENTS. 
The  Board  has  received  most  grateful  acknowledgments  fVom  the 
professoris  of  several  leading  institutions  for  the  promptness  with  which, 
during  the  year  now  closing,  it  has  paid  their  students,  and  relieved 
them  from  anticipated  obstacles  to  continued  and  successful  study.  The 
fidelity  of  the  Board  to  its  engagements  has  had  a  very  happy  effect  upon 
the  young  men,  some  of  whom  have  written  their  personal  thanks.  Some 
of  the  professors  pointedly  remark  they  have  never  seen  the  standard  of 
piety,  talents  and  scholarship  so  high  as  in  the  classes  of  this  year. 
These  statements  and  acknowledgments  have  given  us  much  pleasure. 


DEATH  OP  A  STUDENT. 

The  decease  of  a  student  of  excellent  promise,  Mr.  H.  McCoUum,  is 
reported  to  us  at  Lafayette  College.  He  was  a  man  whose  warm  piety , 
led  his  friends  in  the  Presbytery  of  Chester  to  expect  for  him  a  useful 
career.  It  is  painful  to  think  that  his  disease,  diabetes,  is  one  which  is 
often  induced  by  excessive  taxation  of  the  brain,  an  undue  amount  of 
care,  and  insufficiency  of  nutritious  food.  Such  cases  should  awaken 
warm  sympathy  with  the  struggles  of  devoted  men  for  an  education  to 
preaqh  the  gospel,  and  lead  to  efforts  for  their  better  support 


184  BOARD  OP  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [May 

BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


RECENT  INTELLIGENCE. 

Notices  op  Missionaries. — The  Rev.  M.  N.  Hutchinson  embarked 
on  his  return  to  Mexico  on  the  30th  of  March.  The  Rev.  David  Tram- 
bull,  D.D,  of  Chili,  is  on  a  visit  to  this  country.  It  is  known,  we  believe, 
that  his  church  in  Valparaiso  does  not  allow  the  Board  to  be  at  any  ex- 
pense for  his  support.  We  hope  his  visit  will  be  extended  until  after  the 
meeting  of  the  General  Assembly.  The  Rev.  John  Carrington  and  his 
wife  have  returned  from  Siam,  on  account  of  Mrs.  Carrington's  he^th, 
which  though  benefitted  by  the  voyage  does  not  permit  her  to  live  in  that 
country.  We  trust  Mr.  Carrington  will  soon  find  a  field  of  labor  here. 
Miss  Elizabeth  S.  Dickey,  of  the  mission  in  Siam,  and  afterwards  of 
Tungchow,  China,  has  been  compelled  to  return  to  this  country  on  accoont 
of  her  health,  without  the  expectation  of  going  back. 

State  of  the  case  in  Mexico. — ^Mr.  Hutchinson's  visit  has  deepened 
the  interest  of  many  in  the  spread  of  the  gospel  in  this  country.  The 
door  is  open  for  evangelistic  work,  so  far  as  the  constitution,  laws,  and 
liberal  government  are  concerned ;  but  the  power  of  the  Romanist  priestr 
hood  over  the  ignorant  classes  is  very  great.  Violence,  persecution,  even 
death  may  be  expected  in  other  places  than  Acapulco,  by  the  followers  of 
Christ.  We  learn  that  a  Protestant  teacher  was  assassinated  at  Cuer- 
navaca,  and  at  Dolores  de  Hidalgo  a  religious  outbreak  was  excited  by  a 
priest,  which  resulted  in  the  death  of  seven  persons,  besides  eleven 
wounded.  The  crowd  rushed  from  the  church  to  attack  the  liberals.  All 
this  will  hasten  the  downfall  of  Romanism  in  Mexico.  Prayer  should  be 
offered  for  our  missionaries  and  for  the  people  to  whom  they  have  been 
sent 

An  interesting  Missionary  Meeting  was  held  in  the  Madison. 
Square  church  on  Sabbath  evening,  March  2Ist,  at  which  admirable 
addresses  were  made  by  the  Rev.  M.  N.  Hutchinson  for  Mexico,  and  by 
the  Rev.  J.  Leighton  Wilson,  D.D,  for  Brazil.  Dr.  Wilson,  formerly  one 
of  the  Secretaries  of  the  Board,  and  now  of  the  Southern  Presbyterian 
Board,  spoke  as  an  eye-witness  of  the  encouraging  condition  of  things  in 
Brazil.  The  Rev.  William  Adams,  D.D.,  made  some  eloquent  remarks  on 
the  protection  to  which  our  missionaries  in  foreign  countries  are  entitled 
ftom  our  government.  Our  rulers  must  not  neglect  this  matter.  Our 
missionaries  only  ask  the  same  protection  that  is  given  to  our  merchants, 
or  to  our  countrymen  travelling  abroad,  but  this  they  must  receive.  And 
they  will  receive  it.  But  after  all,  their  safety  is  in  His  hands  who  stiUeth 
the  tumults  of  the  people. 

Added  to  the  Church — ^in  Marshall,  Liberia,  one;  in  Rio  de  Jane- 
iro, two ;  in  Shanghai,  two ;  in  Allahabad,  two ;  in  Odanah,  one.  In 
Odanah,  special  interest  in  religious  things  was  shown  by  several  Chip* 
pewas,  and  also  at  Sao  Paulo  and  other  places  in  Brazil,  in  Japan  also,  and 
in  other  parts  of  the  mission  field.  The  brethren  often  express  their 
desire  to  be  aided  by  the  prayers  of  the  churches. 

The  Rebuilding  op  the  Canton  School,  reported  in  our  last  number 
as  burnt,  is  before  this  in  progress.  Some  local  funds  were  available  for 
this  purpose,  and  the  Philadelphia  Woman's  Society  made  a  generous 
grant  towards  the  expense  of  rebuilding. 

The  Alexander  High  School  in  Liberia,  it°'!S'tii^^|S^S,  will 


1816.]  BOARD  OP  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  136 

be  reopened  by  the  Rev.  Edward  W.  Blyden,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  Mr. 
Albert  King.  In  former  years,  especially  under  the  charge  of  the  ReT. 
David  A.  Wilson,  this  school  was  the  means  of  educating  young  men, 
some  of  whom  are  now  persons  of  influence  in  Liberia.  Dr.  Blyden  was 
one  of  its  scholars.  It  is  hoped  that  it  may  again  prove  a  means  of  great 
good  to  that  country. 

The  new  station  on  ob  near  the  XJaovi. — The  Rev.  R.  H.  Nas- 
sau, M.  D.,  expected  to  return  in  March  to  form  a  permanent  station 
inland.  It  is  a  feature  of  marked  interest  in  this  measure,  that  the  two 
languages  which  have  been  reduced  to  writing  by  the  missionaries  of 
Gaboon  and  Corisco,  viz.,  the  Mpongwe  and  the  Benga,  are  the  lan- 
guages most  in  use  in  this  interior  part  of  the  country.  Our  readers  will 
watch  the  further  progress  of  this  work  with  special  interest. 

Receipts  to  April  1st. — From  churches,  $284,419;  from  individual 
donors,  $32,038 ;  from  legacies,  $34,842 ;— in  all,  $351,359.  Receipts  in 
the  same  months  last  year,  $385,764.  Receipts  from  churches  and  indi- 
vidual donors — ^last  year,  $320,1T3;  this  year,  $316,517. 

Letters  reoeiyed  to  April  13th. — From  the  Chippewa  Mission, 
March  31st;  Creek,  Murch  10th;  Nez  Perce,  March  13th;  Spokan, 
March  17th  ;  San  Francisco,  March  27th;  Yokohama,  March  8th;  Yedo, 
February  4th ;  Chefoo,  January  23d ;  Soochow,  January  28th ;  Hang- 
chow,  February  1st :  Ningpo,  February  22d ;  Shanghai,  February  Ist; 
Canton,  February  26th;  Bangkok,  January  11th;  Petchaburi,  January 
15th;  Allahabad,  March  6th ;  Futtehgurh,  February  19th;  Mynpoorie, 
February  19th  ;  Dehra,  February  18th ;  Labor,  January  28th ;  Kolapore, 
February  20th ;  Tabriz,  January  7th ;  Beirut,  March  5th ;  Abeih,  Febru- 
uary  11th;  Sidon,  March  6th;  Tripoli,  February  17th;  Zahleh,  March 
10th;  Monrovia,  March  6th;  Gaboon,  January  30th ;  Rio  de  Janeiro, 
February  23d;  Sao  Paulo,  February  15th;  Rio  Claro,  February  16th; 
Caehoeira,  Bahia,  February  20th;  Santiago,  January  12th;  Zacatecas, 
March  1st 

A  Missionary  Map. — An  edition  of  Professor  Quyot's  splendid  Map  of 
the  World,  on  Mercator's  projection,  has  been  adapted  to  use  in  Lecture 
and  Sabbath-school  rooms  and  Monthly  Concert  services,  by  having  the 
names  of  many  of  our  missionary  stations  printed  in  distinct  type — so  as 
to  be  pointed  out  without  difficulty  or  delay.  This  Map  is  over  eight  feet 
by  six  feet  in  size,  and  contains  the  usual  general  information  found  in 
first  class  maps.  Through  the  favor  of  the  publishers,  copies  of  this  edi- 
tion can  be  had  at  the  low  price  of  $10  each.  Orders  should  be  addressed 
to  William  Rankin,  Treasurer,  23  Centre  street.  New  York.  The  Map 
can  be  had  on  rollers,  or  in  large  folio  form. 


A  GREAT  FIELD,  BUT  FEW  LABORERS. 
The  Rev.  George  F.  Fish,  of  the  Shanghai  Mission^  China,  writes 
under  date  of  February  10th,  to  the  Herald  and  PreHhyter^  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  the  following  valuable  information.  His  letter  will  lead  many  to 
think  of  our  Saviour's  words, "  The  harvest  is  plenteous,  but  the  laborers 
are  few."  Hence  the  duty  of  prayer  for  more  laborers — a  duty  still 
urgent 

From  a  recently  published  list  of  all  the  foreign  Protestant  missionaries 
in  China,  I  gather  the  following  data  in  regard  to  American  Societies. 


136 


BOARD  OP  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


[May 


They  are  arranged,  H  will  be  observed,  in  the  order  in  which  they  were 
established. 


h 

Q. 

^ 

11 

6 

1 
1 
9 
8 
4 
0 
0 

? 

0 
2 
2 

1 

27 

6 

10 

36 

25 

10 

1 

1 

2 

4 

1 

8 

2 

r 

2 

0 

1 
1 
2 
1 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

1 

0 

American  Board 

1830 
1834 
1835 
1838 
1847 
1847 
1847 
1847 
1848 
1858 
1860 
1867 
1869 

21 
5 
9 

27 

17 

6 

1 
1 
2 
3 
1 
6 
0 

Baptist  Misoionary  Union 

Frotestant  Epiecopal 

Presbyterian  Board 

Methodist  Episcopal 

Soathern  Baptist 

Seventh- Day  Baptist 

Independent  Baptist 

fiout  lern  Methodist 

Reformed  Church 

United  Presbyterian 

Soathern  Presbyterian 

Woman's  Union  Mission , 

Total 

90 

34 

133 

8 

Of  the  above,  let  us  take  the  Presbyterian  Board,  which  has  the  largest 
representation,  and  compare  these  figures  with  home  figures.  Here  are 
twenty-seven  men  who  represent  the  foreign  missionary  element  in  the 
Synod  of  China,  which  covers  an  area  of  1,297,999  square  miles,  and  has 
a  population  of  360,279,897.  If  this  population  were  divided  equally 
among  the  five  Presbyteries  of  our  Mission,  it  would  give  72,055,979 

5eople,  or  nearly  twice  the  population  of  the  United  States,  to  each, 
^he  Presbytery  of  Shanghai  has  just  six  foreign  ministers  connected 
with  it,  which  would  give  us  an  average  of  over  12,000,000  men  to  each 
man.  I  will  not  give  the  figures  of  any  home  Presbytery  to  compare 
with  these,  but  leave  it  for  your  readers  to  substitute  any  figures  they 
like. 

And  yet  China  is  open  far  beyond  what  we  have  the  men  or  the  means 
to  occupy.  Nor  is  China  such  a  dreadful  place  in  which  to  live,  as  many 
have  supposed.  Referring  to  the  above  figures  again,  we  find  that  out 
of  the  thirty-six  missionaries  of  our  Board,  but  one  is  absent  And  I 
think  I  may  safely  say  that,  in  general,  the  health  of  missionaries  in 
China  is  as  good  as  that  of  ministers,  as  a  class,  at  home. 

In  the  face  of  the  above  facts,  we  read  with  pain  the  reports  of  contri- 
butions for  Foreign  Missions,  of  our  Church,  for  the  past  summer  and 
fall.  (These  are  the  latest  that  have  yet  come  to  us.)  An  actual 
decrease  in  funds,  but  a  constant  enlargement  of  the  field  I  When  the 
Spirit  comes  down  with  power  upon  the  home  churches,  will  not  people 
and  pastor  think  more  upon  the  people  still  sitting  in  darkness?  Will 
you  not  heed  the  cry,  "  Come  over  and  help  us"? 

SIGNS  OF  GOOD— TWO  INTERESTING  CASES. 
The  Rev.  John  Butler  writes  from  Ningpo,  China,  December  20th,  as 

follows: 

The  present  year  is  not  as  encouraging  in  this  part  of  the  country  as 
some  former  years.  The  number  added  to  the  churches  has  been  small 
in  comparison  to  what  we  expected;  and  the  progress  towards  self- 
support  also  is  very  slow.  But  behind  these  apparent  discouragements, 
there  are  some  really  hopefUl  and  cheering  signs.     One  is,  that  persona 


1875.]  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  137 

joining  the  church  hare  seeraed  to  weigh  more  fully  all  the  facts  in  the 
case,  and  that  while  both  foreign  and  native  preachers  present  the  diffi- 
culties and  temptations  of  joining  the  church  as  well  as  the  advantages, 
yet,  without  the  least  hope  of  any  pecuniary  advantage,  and  with  the 
possibility  of  want  and  persecution  before  them,  there  are  found  persons 
at  nearly  all  our  stations,  who  cast  in  their  lot  with  the  few  who  are 
called  "Christians."  It  is  the  common  experience  of  all  the  mission- 
aries that  those  \tho  now  unite  with  God's  people,  are,  as  a  rule,  more 
intelligent  and  make  up  their  minds  more  fully  from  the  start,  to  "endure 
hardness  as  good  soldiers  of  Jesus  Christ,"  than  was  the  case  in  former 
years.  The  more  one  knows  of  the  traditions,  the  family  ties,  and  espe- 
cially of  the  power  of  ancestral  worship  in  China,  the  more  surprising 
does  it  seem  that  any  one  is  found  bold  and  courageous  enough  to  brave 
the  reproach  and  the  hardships  that  follow  on  breaking  through  the  time- 
honored  customs  of  the  land,  and  yet  in  our  province  alone  there  are 
nearly  two  thousand  who  prefer  the  reproach  of  Christ  to  the  treasures 
of  this  world. 

I  was  greatly  interested  and  encouraged  by  two  cases  which  I  met 
last  week,  while  on  a  preaching  tour  with  one  of  our  native  brethren. 
We  were  travelling  among  some  of  the  villages  nestled  between  the  hills 
south  of  Ningpo,  and  one  day  while  selling  books,  we  got  into  conversa- 
tion with  a  man,  who  told  us  that  "over  there,"  pointing  to  a  certain 
bouse,  "there  was  a  man  who  knew  our  doctrine."  As  the  house  was 
some  distance  away,  we  asked  this  man  if  he  would  kindly  go  along  with 
us  and  point  it  out  more  definitely,  and  also  introduce  us  to  the  person 
who  was  acquainted  with  the  doctrine  of  Jesus.  He  did  so  cheerfully, 
and  we  were  soon  seated  in  an  ordinary  Chinese  house,  where  sat  a 
man  apparently  about  thirty-five  years  old,  pale  and  sad.  He  told  us 
that  he  had  been  sick  for  a  long  time,  that  he  did  not  expect  to  live  long, 
and  that  he  was  afraid  to  die. 

"Why  do  you  fear  death?"  asked  the  native  brother.  "It  is  all  on 
account  of  this  doctrine  which  you  preach,"  was  the  reply.  "Before  I 
learned  about  one  true  God,  and  that  after  death  there  is  happiness  in 
store  for  the  good,  and  misery  for  the  bad,  I  had  no  fears  of  death,  but 
now  I  tremble  when  I  think  of  these  things,  because  I  have  been  a  great 
sinner."  "How  did  you  learn  about  this  doctrine  which  gives  you  so 
much  trouble  of  mind  ?"  "About  twenty  years  ago  I  attended  a  school 
in  Ningpo,  that  was  conducted  by  an  American  teacher  by  the  name  of 
The  (Rev.  R.  Q.  Way),  and  there  I  learned  about  the  doctrine  of  Jesus. 
I  was  sent  away  from  the  school  for  my  bad  conduct.  I  came  home  and 
went  into  business,  and  did  not  think  much  about  the  doctrine  till  this 
year,  when  I  have  been  unable  to  work  on  account  of  my  sickness.  If 
it  were  not  for  that  idea,  that  there  is  a  state  after  death,  I  would  not  fear." 
The  earnestness  and  solemnity  of  his  manner  during  this  conversation 
showed  how  deeply  he  felt  what  he  was  saying.  He  felt  himself  a  con- 
victed sinner,  but  he  felt  nothing  of  the  joy  of  pardoned  sin.  He  was 
most  anxious  to  talk  about  his  soul.  We  talked  and  prayed  with  him, 
and  having  given  him  some  good  Christian  books  and  the  Gospel  of 
Matthew,  we  left  him.  May  the  Holy  Spirit  take  of  the  things  of  Christ 
and  show  them  unto  him. 

Another  day  we  found  a  case,  the  opposite  of  this  one  in  almost  every 
particular.  In  our  journey  among  the  hills,  we  came  to  a  large  pottery, 
where  there  were  several  hundreds  of  men  engaged  in  making  various 
kinds  of  earthenware.  Not  many  of  them  could  read ;  so  there  was  but 
little  demand  for  our  books.     In  conversation  with  a  man  we  learned 


138  BOARD  OP  PUBLICATION.  [May 

that  one  of  the  workmen  in  another  department  of  the  pottery  worshipped 
heaven,  and  that  on  the  seventh  day  he  rested  and  prayed  to  heaven. 
We  said  we  would  be  very  glad  to  see  this  man,  and  asked  him  if  it 
would  be  too  much  trouble  to  take  us  to  where  he  was  at  work.  He 
said  if  we  would  sit  down  a  few  moments  he  would  send  for  the  man, 
and  so  he  despatched  a  boy  to  call  him.  He  soon  made  his  appearance, 
and  we  found  lifter  a  little  conversation  that  he  had  united  with  the  Bap- 
tist church  of  Ningpo  soma  years  ago ;  that  he  had  been  in  this  present 
position  for  five  years ;  that  at  first  he  suffered  from  ridicule  and  petty  per- 
secution ;  and  it  was  especially  hard  to  keep  the  Sabbath ;  but  he  bore  it 
all  patiently,  until  now  he  felt  no  more  annoyance  on  account  of  being 
a  Christian;  and  his  employer  had  consented  to  his  resting  on  the  Sab- 
bath. Moreover,  he  had  been  promoted,  and  he  expected  soon  to  be  in 
a  position  where  he  would  be  more  independent.  The  man  appeared 
cheerful  and  happy,  and  what  we  saw  of  him,  as  well  as  what  we  heard 
about  the  man  who  worshipped  "heaven,"  when  we  entered  the  village, 
convinced  us  that  he  was  one  of  those  Christians  who  do  not  hide  their 
light  under  a  bushel.  Here  was  a  solitary  Christian,  in  a  mountain  vil- 
lage, with  no  Sabbath  privileges,  with  no  Christian  friend  to  commune 
with,  who  had  suffered  for  the  sake  of  Christ,  and  yet  he  seemed  to  be  a 
cheerful  and  warm-hearted  believer,  known  and  respected  by  all.  Not 
by  might  nor  by  power,  but  by  my  Spirit,  saith  the  Lord. 


BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION, 

OUR  ANNUAL  COLLECTION. 

The  first  Sabbath  in  May  is  the  day  in  which  former  General  Assem- 
blies have  recommended  that  the  churches  take  their  Annual  Collection  for 
the  Missionary  Fund  of  the  Board  of  Publication,  and  in  which  the  most 
of  them  do  so.  This  day  is  again  at  hand.  We  would  remind  pastors 
and  churches  of  the  fact,  and  earnestly  appeal  to  them  to  lay  the  cause 
before  their  people  and  urge  them  to  give  a  generous  collection.  The 
following  ftiCiA  may  aid  them  to  do  so. 

WORK   DONE   LAST   TEAR. 

During  the  year  from  April  1,  1874,  to  April  1,  18T5,  the  Board  has 
had  in  commission  126  missionaries,  who  have  labored  in  33  Synods  and 
97  Presbyteries,  2  also  in  Canada. 

These  missionaries  distributed  by  sale  72,737  volumes  of  the  Board's 
publications. 

Through  them  and  by  grants  of  its  Missionary  Committee,  the  Board 
gdve  away  68,271  volumes  and  4,282,899  pages  of  tracts. 

These  missionaries  visited  136,026  families,  with  the  larger  number 
of  which  they  had  religious  conversation  and  prayer. 

They  also  visited  2,125  Sabbath-schools  and  organized  126  new  Sab- 
bath-schools in  destitute  places. 

The  Missionary  Committee,  by  means  of  its  Fund,  made  512  grants, 
which  went  to  39  States  and  Territories,  besides  some  to  Japan,  India, 
Persia,  Turkey,  South  Africa,  Liberia,  Brazil,  Mexico,  Canada  and  Nova 
Scotia,  to  aid  toiling  servants  of  Christ  in  those  lands.     These  512  grants 


18Y5.]  BOARD  OP  CHTJRCH  ERECTION,  189 

were  mainly  seat  to  needy  Sabbath-schools,  and  to  pastors  and  others  for 
grataitous  distribution,  to  yqung  or  feeble  churches,  and  to  Freedmen's 
churches  and  schoola 

The  last  Qeneral  Assembly  resolved  that  "ii  shall  be  the  Board's  duty 
io  disseminate  its  pyJblicatioTis  by  doriations.^^  This  the  Board  has  done 
to  the  utmost  limit  of  its  ability. 

The  Missionary  Fund  has  also  borne  all  the  expenses  of  the  new  Sab- 
baihrScJiool  department^  which  is  doing  so  much  to  develope,  improve,  and 
make  more  ofllcient  the  whole  Sabbath-School  system  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church. 

The  reasons  why  eeery  church  should  liberally  help  on  this  work  are 
almost  innumerable.  They  remain  the  same  from  year  to  year — only 
growing,  if  possible,  stronger  and  stronger  with  the  increase  and  spread 
of  our  population. 

HKLF    MUCH    NSKPBB. 

During  the  past  year,  the  calls  upon  the  Board  have  been  exceedingly 
numerous,  and  perhaps  more  numerous  than  ever  before.  The  same 
'*hard  times"  which  on  the  one  hand  diminished  the  contributions  to 
the  Fund,  on  the  other  hand  increased  the  numbers  and  need  of  the 
needy.  Far  a  considerable  part  of  the  year  the  Missionary  Fund  was  not 
only  empty,  but  overdrawn.  The  Board  was  compelled  to  turn  a  deaf 
ear  to  great  numbers  of  urgent  and  deserving  appeals. 

This  ought  not  so  to  be.  This  good  work  ought  not  only  to  be  sus- 
tained, but  greatly  enlarged.  We  earnestly  appeal  to  all  our  pastors  and 
churches,  but  especially  to  stick  as  gave  us  no  collection  last  year,  to  come 
to  our  help. 

We  ask  you,  dear  brethren,  to  give  this  cause  a  collection  on  the  first 
Sabbath  of  May,  (if  you  have  no  other  appointed  time),  or  as  soon  there- 
after as  may  be  practicable.  And  when  the  collection  is  taken,  forward 
it  as  soon  as  convenient  to  Mb.  S.  D.  Powbl,  Treasurer,  at  No.  1334 
Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 

''Thsrs  is  that  scattsreth,  and  tst  ingrkaseth;  and  there  is 
that  withholdeth  more  than  is  meet,  but  it  tendeth  to  poverty. '' 
Proverbs  xi.  24. 


BOARD  OF  CHURCH  ERECTION^ 

**GATHX&  VP  THB  FBAOXEKT8  THAT  BXHAIH,  THAT  HOTHIKO  BE  tXMT." 


Last  month  closed  our  accounts  for  the  year.  We  are  $15,000  ahead 
of  our  receipts  last  year,  for  which  we  are  profoundly  thankful.  Con- 
sidering the  stringency  of  the  times  this  is  very  encouraging.  Our  hearts 
would  prompt  us  to  say  much,  but  our  list  of  receipts  for  the  month  (in 
the  back  part  of  the  Record)  is  so  large  as  to  fill  all  our  space,  we  must 
therefore  forbear.  Were  it  so  every  month,  we  would  not  trouble  you 
with  our  episodes.  According  to  our  taste  the  most  interesting  reading 
in  the  Record  is  found  on  the  last  pages-— cornpo^ecJ  largely  of  fibres. 


140  COMMITTEE  ON  FREBI>MBX,  [May 

RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS. 


»*HE  that  hath  a  BOUITTIFUL  BTK  8HAIX  BB  BLBSBED/' 

**  Whoso  stoppbth  hib  kabs  at  the  oby  of  thb  foob,  hb  also  kiall  cbt  hixsklt,  but 

•HAXL  wot  BB  HBARD."  

As  there  are  sixty-nine  families  to  whom  appropriations  could  not  be 
made  before  April  Ist  (the  end  of  the  financial  year)  on  account  of  the 
want  of  funds,  our  friends  are  earnestly  entreated  to  forward  liberal  con- 
tributions to  the  Treasury  at  as  early  a  day  as  possible.  These  families 
greatly  need  help  at  once.     They  have  waited  long  and  patiently. 


A  contribution  of  $375.85,  which  is  credited  to  Philadelphia  1st  church, 
was  by  inadvertence  omitted  in  the  Record  of  December  1874,  and  is 
hereby  acknowledged. 


GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN. 

We  are  grateful  that  we  have  not  to  announce  a  falling  off  in  our 
receipts  for  March  below  that  of  1874,  but  the  increase  is  so  small  that 
there  will  still  be  a  deficiency  upon  the  year.  Much  more  could  be  bene- 
ficially applied  to  this  cause.  The  space,  however,  to  which  we  are 
entitled  in  the  Record  is  more  than  filled  by  our  receipts,  and  we  can 
only  direct  the  attention  of  the  reader  to  page  158,  with  the  suggestion 
that  he  will  look  for  his  name  there,  and  if  he  cannot  find  it,  inquire  why 
it  is  not. 


APPOINTMENTS  BY  THE  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 

HOHB  MlBBIOlf  APPOIKTXBITTS  IF  MABGfH  1876. 

Rer.  Jos.  BeerR,  WhiteBtooe.  N.  T.  B«v.  F.  M.  Symmes,  Alamo.  Ind. 

ReT.  J.  H.  Nohie,  D.D.,  JohnaonTiile  ADd  Pitt»-  Rev.  T.  Smith,  Enfield  and  Sharon,  III. 

town,  N.  Y.  Rer.  D.  Dimond,  D.D.,  Brighton,  III. 

Rev.  C.  Oillette,  Woloott,  2d.  N.  T.  lier.  J   P.  Mitla.  Moawequa,  III. 

ReT.  L.  Ealner,  East  Williamsburg,  German,  Rot.  W.  M.  Reed,    Larkensville,  Flora  and 

N.  Y.  LewisTille,  111. 

Rev.  R.  Arthar,  Warfordsbtirg  and  Buck  Val-  Rev.  J.  Walker,  Greenwood,  Mich. 

ley,  Pa.  Rev.  E.  P.  Clark,  Port  Austin,  Mich. 

Rev.  T.  D.  Jester.  Glen  Riddle  and  Middletown,  Rev.  W.  U.  Benediot,  Sebewa,  Mich. 

Pa.  Rev.  A.  Parsons,  Weyaawego  and  Premoatk 
Rev.  A.  J.  Schlager,  Cedar  Street,  Soranton.Pa.  Wis. 

Rev.  D.  Cook.  Herrick.  Pa.  Rev.  R.  B.  Abbott,  Albert  Lea,  Minn. 

Rev.  E.  8.  Schenck,  Jeansville  and  Beaver,  Pa.  Rev.  J.  a  De  Bruynkops.  La  Creanent,  Minn. 

Rev.  R,  B  Johns,  Philadelphia,  1st  African,  Pa.  Rev.  J.  Rodgers,  Wilmar  and  Diamond  Lake, 
Rev.  J.  M.  Rogers,  Morrisville,  Pa.  Minn. 

Rev.  T.  L.  Spring<>r,  Hopewell,  Pa.  Rev.  J.  dtiokel,  Maloora,  Iowa. 

Rev.  B.  W.  Gaylord,  Westminster  and  Kenne-  Rov.  G.  Miller,  Bethel,  Freeman  and  Ebeneser. 

dyyille,  Md.  Mo. 

Rev.  B.  L.  Being,  Federalshurg,  Md.  Rev.  A.  Walker.  Tipton,  Mo. 

Rev.  H.  G.  Blaney,  Elisabeth,   Spencer,  and  Rev.  W.  H.  Hillis,  Warrensburg,  Mo. 

Grantsville,  W.  Va.  Rev.  W.  R.  Fulton,  Ebeneser.Mo. 

Rev.  A.  J.  McMillan,  Ravenswood  and  Pleasant  Rer.  W.  P.  Baker,  Little  Osage  and  Vintil  CItr. 

FIat««  W. Va.  Mo.  •         *» 

Rev.  S.  E.  Lane.  Huntingdon,  ML  Pleasant  Jt  Rev.D.A  Wilson,  Sullivan  and  BirdaeyeRldn. 

vicinity,  W.Va.  Mo. 

Rev.  D.  McDonald,  Brick  Mill  and  Clover  Hill,  Rev.  D.  M.  Moore,  Hutobiaon,  Kan. 

Tenn.  Rev.  A.  Thompson,  Paola,  Kan. 

Rev.  W.  B.  Brown,  Unlta  and  Cloyd's  Creek,  Rev.  J.  D.  Caldwell,  Texas. 

Tenn.  Rev.  J.  £.  Anderson,  Boulder  and  Valmont, 
Rev.  W.  S.  Doak.  Oakland,  Tenn.  Col. 

Rev.  A  M.  Chapin,  Solon  and  Bedford.  Ohio.  Rev.  T.  E.  Blis«,  Denver. St.  PauPs,  Col. 

Rev.  A.  W.  Knowlton,  Strongville,  Ohio.  Rev.  T.  E  Taylor,  San  Bunaventura,  C^ 

Rev.  J.  M.  Pittenger.  Brecksville,  Ohio.  Rev.  R.  S.  Symington,  Cambria,  Gal. 

Rev.  Silas  Cooke,  Melsonvi lie,  Ohio.  Rev.  L.  Thompson,  Tehama,  C*l. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Aughey,  Leavenworth  and   Ebene-  Rev.  T.  M.  Ovlatt,San  Leandro.  CM.  \r> 

Mr.  Ind.  Rev.  J.  &  McDonald,  San  BafiMl,  CU.^^ 


MY5.] 


DONATIONS  OP  CLOTHING. 


141 


PONATIOHS    OV   OLOTHIKO   8SHT   BY    IjADIKS  TO   THB    MlSBIOVARIXS,  AUD   THB    ESTIMATED 

VALUE  OV  THE  SAME. 


Ewlng,  N  J,  1  box — .... $82  00 

Lewlflton,  111,  1  box .....    00  00 

St  Louis,  Mo,  North  eh,  1  box 76  00 

Jerseyvlile,  111,  1  box 06  00 

Olereland,  Ohio,  Second  oh,  2  boxes 250  00 

TonawandA,  P&J^l  box 200  00 

Spruce  Greek,  Fa,  S  boxes 141  00 

Kin^toB,  Pa,  1  box ralue  not  glren. 

Monroe,  Mich,  1  box »*       "       »» 

Hanover,  Ind.  1  box u       u       it 

New  York  Oliy,  Madison  ATenue  oh,  11 

boxes 192S  00 

Fhlladelphla.  Pa,  Calvary  oh,  2  boxes, 
value  not  nren. 

Orange,  N  J,  Brick  eh,  2  boxes 660  00 

Pittsburgh,  Pa,  Second  ch,  1  box 216  00 

Auburn,  N  Y,  First  oh,  2  boxes 070  88 

Bellefonte,  Pa,  1  box. 161  44 

Franklin,  Fa,  4  barrels  and  1  box 418  60 

Scheneetady,  N  Y,  Ist  ch,  1  box. 260  00 

"  **     "  Ibox. W  00 

Joliet,  111,  Central  ch,  1  box 126  00 

Madison,  Ind,  Ist  oh,  1  box „ 07  00 

Morrtetowa,  Ohio,  1  box 82  42 

Oakes  Comers,  N  Y,  1  box,  value  not 

given. 
Kewburyport,  Mass,  1st  eh,  "Qreen- 

leaf  Circle,"  1  box 132  40 

Clinton  Iowa,  1  box,  value  not  given. 
WilUamabnrgh.  N  Y,  8d  ch,  2  boxes —  468  94 

lAwrencevillOf  J,  Ibox 166  00 

Hannibal,  NY,  1  box 20  00 

Freeport,  IlL  2d  eh,  1  box 120  00 

Boehester,  N  Y,  Brick  oh,  2  boxes 800  00 

Charleston  111,  1  box 186  38 

Allegheny,  Pa,  1st  ch,  1  box 300  00 

Cincinnati,  Ohio,  Lane  Seminary  eh,  1 

box 186  00 

Steubenville,  O,  Old  Presbyterian  oh, 

1  box 70  00 

Elisabeth,  N  J,  Westminster  oh,  3  boxes  736  36 

Elizabeth,  N  J,  2d  eh,  1  box 236  00 

Pittsburgh,  Pa,  Ist  ch,  2  boxes 601  70 

Perth  Amboy,  N  J,  1  box 100  00 

Philadelphia,  Pa,  Fine  St  ch,  I  box 266  03 

Mt  Pleasant.  Pa,  Reunion  ch,  1  box, 
value  not  given. 

Trenton,  N  J,  Ist  ch,l  box 816  63 

Troy,  N  Y,  3d  ch,  1  box 110  00 

<Wben,  NY,  1  box 176  00 

Philadelphia.  Pa,  Tenth  ch,  6  boxes, 
value  not  given. 

Oreat  Valley,  Pa,  1  box 67  00 

Ponghkeepsle,  N  Y,  1  bale,  value  not 
given. 

Jonesville,  Mleh,  1  box 68  81 

Little  Falls,  NY,  1  box 200  00 

Evansville.  Ind,  Walnut  St  eh,  I  box...  200  00 
Sunbnry,  Fa,  1  box,  value  not  given. 

Saston,  Pa,  Brainerd  etu  1  box  362  00 

Geneva,  N  Y,  Istch,  1  box,  value  not 

given, 
iladelpfala,  Pa,  Woodland  Ave  eh, 

1  box 410  66 

Cambridge,  Pa- 1  box 73  11 

Brooklyn.  N  Y,  1st  ch  Remsen  St,  1 

box,  value  not  given. 

Old  Hickory,  Ohfo,  1  box „ 86  00 

Easton.  Pa,  1st  ch,  1  box 266  00 

Hyde  Park,  111,  Ibox „ 167  79 

Wilson,  N  Y,  1st  eh,  1  box    44  00 

SharpsDurg,  Fa,  1  box,  value  not  given. 

Mansfield,  Ohio,  1  box 108  60 

Fredonia,  N  Y,  1  box 71  00 

Pleasantvlllc,  Pa,  1  box 100  00 

Rockaway,  N  J.  1  box,  value  not  given. 

La  Porte,  Ind,  1  box 100  00 

Rahway,  N  J,  2d  ch.  1  box 800  00 

Terre  Haute,  Ind,  i  box 79  00 

Rahway,  N  J,  ist  ch,  1  box 176  00 

Parsipuany,  N  J,  1  box 160  00 

Dw   Moines  and  Dee  Moines  Central 

chs,  Iowa,  1  box  100  00 

Detroit,  Mich,  Jett'erson  Ave  oh,  1  box  220  00 

Sterling,  111,  1  box 60  00 

Huntingdon,  Pa,  1  box^................ .........  216  00 


Clinton,  N  J,  Ibox $204  00 

Buffalo,  N  Y,  1  box,  value  not  given. 
Canonsburg,  Penn'a,  1  box,  value  not 

Sflven. 
waterford.  New  York,  1  box,  value  not 

given. 

Richmond,  Ind,  1  box 26  00 

Camillus,  New  York,  1  box,  value  not 

given. 

Jersey,  Ohio,  1  box « 88  29 

MtHoily,  N  J,  1  box 132  00 

Camden,  N  J,  Istch,  2 boxes 600  00 

Newton,  N  J,  1  box 266  16 

Marshalitown,  Iowa,  1  box 140  00 

Monroe,  Mich,  2  boxes 327  00 

Michigan  City,  Ind,  Ist  ch,  1  box 85  00 

Wilminirton,  Del,  Hanover  Street  eh, 

Ibox   8195 

Lansingburgh.  N  Y,  1  box 188  60 

WashingtoxL  Pa,  8  boxes 362  38 

Baltimore,  Md,  Brown  Memorial  eh,  4 

boxes,  value  not  given. 

Flemlngton,  N  J,  I  box 207  27 

Pittsburgh,  Pa,  3d  oh,  8  boxes 461  00 

Peekskill,  N  Y,  1st  ch.  1  box 191  26 

Syracuse,  N  Y,  Fourth  oh,  1  box..».....  200  00 

Milton,  N  Y,  1  box...... 188  00 

Princeton,  N  J,  Istch  1  box 200  00 

Washlngtonvillo,  N  Y,  1st  ch  1  box 100  00 

Bloomsburg,  Pa,  1  box  and  4  barrels 636  20 

Orangeville,  Pa,  Clothing 73  80 

Bridgeport,  Conn,  2  boxes....^ 381  00 

Poland,  Ohio,  1  box 58  10 

Maesillon,  Ohio,  1  box 26  00 

Jamesburgh,  N  J,  1  box  ...- 70  00 

Plalnfltold,  N  J,  1st  ch,  2  boxes 143  00 

New  York  City,  3  boxes 726  00 

"       **        "2    boxes,    value    not 

given. 

Ann  Arbor,  Mich,  1  box. 174  00 

New  Albany,  Ind,  1  box ^ 46  00 

Norrlstown,  Fa,  Ist  ch,  1  box 250  00 

Chlllicothe,  Ohio,  ist  eh,  Ibox 250  00 

Washington,  N  J,  1  box    128  00 

Petersburgh,  Pa,  Bethel  ch,  1  box. —    68  00 

Plainfleld,  N  J,  Istch,  1  box 26  00 

Pluekamln,  N  J.  1  box 46  00 

Canton,  Ohio,  2  boxes 150  00 

Cleveland,  Ohio,  Woodland  Avenue  oh, 

2  boxes   ^ 269  25 

Lonaconing,  Md,  1  box...... 150  00 

Salem,  Ohio,  1  box 120  00 

Cedarville,  N  J,  1  box 40  00 

Cincinnati,  Ohio,  Ist  ch,  1  box 75  00 

Harrisburg,  Pa,  Westminster  eh,  1  box  125  00 
CbambersDurg,  Pa,  1   box,  value  not 

given. 

Sewickley,  Pa,  1  box 200  00 

Plainfleld  ch,  N  J,  1  barrel,  value  not 

given. 
Rochester,  N  Y,  St  Peter's  ch,  1  box  ....  100  00 
Milwaukee,  Wis,  Immanuel  eh,  2  bar- 
rels and  package 280  00 

St  Oeorge's,  DeL  1  box   134  00 

Baltimore,  Md,  Westminster  Sooiety, 

2  boxes 146  42 

Saltsburg,  Penn'a,  1  barrel,  value  not 

given. 

Hannibal,  Mo,  1  box 60  00 

Indianapolis,  Ind,  1  box 80  00 

Brooklyn-  N  Y.  South  ch,  1  box 675  00 

Sa^naw  City,  Mich,  1st  ch,  6  boxes...  400  00 
Philadelphia,  Pa,  West  Spruce  St  ch. 

Clothing      944  00 

Broekport,  N  Y,  2  barrels 254  15 

Media,  Pa,  1  box 222  00 

Cincinnati,  Ohio,  Lane  Seminary  ch,  4 

boxes. 416  05 

Lambertville,  N  J,  1  box 229  00 

Oxford,  O,  1  box 125  00 

Minneapolis,   Minn,   Westminster  ch, 

Ibox, 260  60 

Rochester,  N  Y,  Sab-sch  class,  1st  eh, 

1  box,  value  not  given. 

Wheeling,  W  Va,  f  box. 129  60 

Salem,  N  J,  2  boxes 220  00 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


[May 


Philadelphia.  Pa,  Oreeo  Hill  eh,  1  box 

value  not  given. 
Delaware.  Ijuwer  Brandy  wine  eh,  1  box    9i  (ff> 

New  York,  Waverly  ch,  1  barrels. 100  00 

Maryland,  North  Bend  eh,  1  box,  valae 

not  KiTen. 

Leech  burg.  Pa,  1  box 66  00 

Avondale,  Ohio,  1  box ~ 117  00 

Westchester,  Pa,  1  box 115  00 

WilllanMport,Pa,  1st  ch,l  box 66  60 

Ck>mwall,  N  Y, Canterfoary eh,  1  box...    U  80 
Philadelphia,  Pa,  Spring  Oarden  ch, 

ibox ...........7. !!:mooo 

Phila,  Pa,  2d  ch,  »' Dorcas  Society,"! 

bott 131  00 

Hamilton,  O,  ^  Ladles  Social,'^  1  box....  136  00 
Danellen,  N  J,  2  boxea 176  00 


PlatUbnrj^  N  Y.IH  A,  Ibmc 276  •• 

Elmira,JrY,latoh.lbox IH  M 

Hirotington,  1*  I,  In  ch,  1  bwc  valve  not 

glTen. 
Meohanicflbnrg,  Pa,  Silver  Spring  ch, 

1  box «.« Vim 

MoTOt  Airy,  Md,  TomgPeople'b  Baad, 

1  box 4660 

Newbnrg,  N  Y,  1  box  valae  not  given. 

Albany,  N  Y,ist  ch.  2  boxes. mw 

Shippensbvrg,  Penn'a,  1  box,  val«e  not 

given. 
Troy,  New  York,  ad  ch,l  box,val«e  not 

given. 
Brooklyn,  N.  York,  1  barrel,  val«e  not 

HoneoyeFklIs,NY,lbairel .-    »• 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


J^  Synods  in  smali.  OAFiTAL»~Pretbyteitea  tn  UaHct—Ohnitkim  la  BoiBms. 


BECE1PT8  FOR  HOME  MISSIONS  IN  MABOH  ITVk. 


ALBAirr.—i«/teny— Albany  1st  KKl  44:  Al- 
bany 4th  1,800:  Albany,  State  St  112  44 ;  Ball- 
ston  5  90 ;  Jefferson  Sab-soh  11 ;  Johnstown, 
(Ladles  Kl  67)  184  63;  Kingsboro,  ftx>m  Miss 
Brower  10;  Schenectady  Ist  4a  98.  Cham- 
plain  —  Beekmantown  8  41 ;  Belmont  16 ; 
Barke  10:  Essex  10;  Malone,ftrom  A  Pmrdy  10. 
Co/wm6ia— Oanaan  Centre  22 ;  Oatskill  228  00 ; 
Windham  Centre  80  60.  Troy— Argyle  10: 
Lansingfoargh  Ist  140  ;  Salem  04;  Troy  8d 
284  62 ;  Troy,  Park  43  8s0O4  80 

ATLAifTic— Cter««75a— Betbpage  2;  Con- 
cord 4 ;  Poplar  Ttent  4  10  00 

BALTiMORic—fialHiaor^— Ashland  •;  Balti- 
more 1st  2,460;  Baltimore  2d  133;  Baltimore, 
Brown  Memorial  212  60;  Baltimore.  Dolphin 
St  6;  Baltimore,  Madison  St  10:  Baltimore, 
Westminster  627  98;  Bel  Air  2  ;  FVanklinville 
6rGk)vane  Chapel  Sab-0eh  6.  New  Cattle— 
Blackwater  16 ;  Bridgeville  16;  Cool  Spring 
8:  Delaware  City  16;  Qlasgow,  Penoader 
12  14;  New  Castle  91;  Odessa,  Drawyer*s  18; 
St  Qeorge's  Sab-sch  89;  Whaleyville,  Eden 
18  32 ;  Wilmington.  Hanover  St,  Ladies*  Soc*y 
80.  Waehington  Cify— Darnestown  8;  Wash- 
ington 4th  76;  Washington  6th,  MissV  Soc*y 
100 ;  Washington,  16th  St  3  8,796  80 

Cewtbal  New  York.— BiayAam/^a— Bing- 
hamton  1st,  (Sab-soh  90)  240  60;  Maaonville 
10;  Nichols  ^  66*  Nineveh  120  76;  Traxton 
10.  0/teyo— Hamden  7  60;  Middlefield  Centre 
20.  St  Lawrenfc^Morristown  6;  Oswegatchie, 
Ut  30 :  Theresa  0  80 ;  Waddlngton  27 ;  Water- 
town  1st  38  26.  5yrafw«e— Col  lamer  10  10; 
Constantia,  mon  con  2;  Elbridge  20;  Janes- 
ville  7  38 ;  Lenox  26 ;  Liverpool  7  40;  Manliss 
8  34 ;  Oswego  1st  26 ;  Pompey  (Sab-sch  12)  86 ; 
Syracuse  1st,  mon  con  46  10:  Syracuse  4th  40; 
Wampsville  2  60;  Rev  A  Traver  6.  Vtica— 
Glayvillo  10;  Deerfield  2;  Forestport  and 
Alder  (^rcek  2;  Illon  Sab-soh  14;  New  Hart- 
ford, (Sab-sch  18)  100;  Sanquoit  27 ;  Utica  Ist, 
Sab-sch  104,  Mrs  Ledlie  2=106;  Vernon, 
Ladies'  Soc*y  26  1,073  87 

CiKCisif ATI.— aiimcof A«—Bainbridge  6; 
Chilllcdthe,  Memorial  6  16:  Mt  Pleasant  18; 
Wllkcsville  Sab-sch  6.  Cinc<a«o/<— Cincin- 
nati  3d  62  60;  Cincinnati  6th,  Ladies  100;  Oin- 
cinnati,  2(1  Qer  6:  Harrison  9;  Loveland  16  36 ; 
Mason  Sab-sch  8  60;  Montgomery  48  16;  New 
Richmond  6  60.  Dayfofi— Camden,  Mrs  Mit- 
chell 5:  Piqna  1st,  in  part  30:  Riley  10; 
Springfield  1st  80  76;  Springfield  2d  160. 
Portimouth  —  Eckmansville  U :  Qalllpolis 
Sab  sob  16;  Ripley  132  80;  Winchester  18 

680  28 


GuETsiiAHOi  —  CI««tl«i>d —Aahtnbvla  9; 
Cleveland  Ist  866  06 ;  Otevalaad  2d  MO;  Oleve- 
land  North  0  88;  Cleveland,  Westminster  U tt; 
Strongville  3  46;  Unloo  MeeUng  4»  68;  Per- 
sonal 6.  Mahoning— Oa>mike\d  0;  Canton  208; 
Leetonia  26;  Middle  Sandy  12 ;  New  Lisbon 
Sab-soh  60 ;  Warren  2&  87 ;  Yonngstown  1st 
88  14.  Sr  aairtm/le-.Bell  Air  80 ;  Cadit  IM; 
Crab  Apple  20.  SteukenvilU-JAmm,  6;  Madi- 
son, W  Miss'y  Soc'y  8:  Monrocvllle  1  80;  Oak 
Ridge,  W  Mlss'y  So^6;  StenbenvUle.  Old 


Kidge, 
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Cbiita.— Peiiay— Rev  D  O  MeOoy  and  WU^ 

60;  Paking  cbl7  7&  8176 

Co«x>RADo.— Colorado— Black  Hawk  8  18( 
Cariboo  6 ;  Oeorgetown,  (Sab-sch  8)8:  Goklfltt 
7;  Trinidad  lOi  Santa  F«— Las  Vegas  & 
FFyoMino— Evanston  8  60;  ^It  Lake,  (Sab- 
sch  16  70)  84  40  86  00 

ConTMBUB.— CalwatttM  Colwmbwslst66  68. 
Jfar{on~Mt  Ollead  26  66;  Salem  6l  Woofter 
—Belleville  10;  Black  Creek  fr;  Dalton  796; 
Fredericksbnrgh  96:  Orrville  f  00;  Shrevt 
6  6a  Zanesvlf le— Fairraonnt  7;  Jersey  36; 
KlrkersvUle  2;  Putnam,  f^m  H  C  Ward  6; 
Zanesvllle  U  Sab-soh  26  2M  28 

Erik.— -JliegAtay— Alle^eny,  Provideaee 
27  89;  Alleg^heny  Valley  &;  AU^beny  Ist  Oer 
17  61:  Natrona  6^  fiu/icr— Amity  5  72;  Har- 
risvllle  9  90;  Pine  Grove  8  96;  SnnbarT  8w 
Ciarion— Aoademia  6  60:  Brook vllle  16:  Coo- 
cord  4;  Maysville  7  49;  Mt  Tabor  &;  Richards- 
vine  7 ;  Richland  6^  Erie— Erie,  Weatminster 
22;  Qirard  20;  PleasantvUle,  Ladles  16.  £»• 
Unnino  —  Betheada  6;  Cherry  Tree  660: 
Clarksburgh  10;  Clinton  10:  Concord,  Ladles* 
Soc'y  10  10 ;  Ebeneter  30 ;  Harmony  12 ;  Jack- 
sonville 30;  Plnmville  7:  Raral  Valley  10  aOi 
Shenango — Enon  6;  Leesbarg  10;  Neshannoek 
21  40;  New  Brighton  Sab-soh  11  60;  Rich  HUl 
8;  Sharon  22  408  M 

Obitbta.—  Cafuga  —  Genoa  2d  1  23L  Che- 
mtmf— Elmlra  1st  10  74.  Geneva— Geneva  IM, 
mon  con  col  36  04 ;  Manchester  10 ;  Seneca  F^Us 
Sab-sch  62  60.  Lyont— Junlns  6  2Qi  Sienbtn— 
Coming  (mon  con  11  80)  24  72;  Howard  6 :  Ns- 
ples  7  76 ;  Prattsburgh  10 ;  W heeler  8       188  OS 

Habribbubgh.  —  CarlitU  —  Bnck*8  Valley 
2  26;  Chambersbargh,  Central  18  76;  Getty«- 
burgh  Sab-soh  61  10;  Lower  Marsh  Greek 
84  % ;  Harrisbargh  2d  4 :  St  Thomas  and 
Rocky  Spring  8 ;  Warfbrdsbargh  2  26.  Hunt- 
in^doa— BenTah  16;  Birmingham  100:  Martins- 
burgh,  from  T  Wilson  2  40 ;  Lewistown  Sabaoh 


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60 ;  Lower  Sprnoe  Greek  29 ;  Ijower  Tasearora 
84  Ti;  Pine  Qrore,  I^adies  4.  Northumberland 
— Beech  Creek  4  19;  Bloomsburgh  l8t,ftdd*I6; 
Jersey  Shore.  addM  20:  Lveomlng  84;  Milton 
I>6:  Wew  Berlin  ft;  Rohrabunrli  fl;  Sunbury 
SalMich  U  74;  Wllliarosport  Sd  28  19.  Wellt^ 
6oro— Fall  Brook  9;  Manafleld  4;  Welleboro 
T  4t  60834 

Illinois.  GBKTRAL.—Bloom{ii«loii— Bloom, 
inffton  IsL  Ladies  66  90 ;  aibcon  City  5;  Phllo 
10 :  Bossville  20 ;  Salem  •.  PeorU-Jjow  Point 
T  70.  ScAuy/er— Camp  Point  14;  ChlU  4;  El- 
Taston  40;  Falrmount  2  M:  Slaoomb  64  60; 
Prairie  City  26.  Sprinft;l«W  —  Decatur  1st 
S4  36 ;  Spring^field  Ist  81 81  431  H 

1LLIH018,  NoBTH.— CAteo^o— Ghleavo  1st  74 ; 
OhicagrOiOraoe  32;  Evanston  60:  Hvde  Park 
428  36;  Joliet  Ist  16;  JoUet,  Geniraf  60;  Peo- 
tone,  addM  3  06;  Riverside  61  60;  Waakegan 
Sab-seh  18 ;  Wilmington  23  60.  Freej^rf— Qa. 
lena.  South  28  81.  Of/a»«— Morris  10.  Rock 
Miver^FnlUm  4  71;  Hamlet  4;  Kewanee  10: 
Morrison  2S ;  Munson  10 ;  Sterllnflr  (per  P.  and 
00.60)110  068  63 

Illinois,  SocTB.>-il2fe»^Bayleu  6 ;  Belle- 
new  4  60:  Colllnsville  61  10;  Elm  Point  6; 
Oreenfield  4  60;  Hardin  12  02;  JerseyrllleCLa. 
dies  16)  41;  Lebanon  81  60;  Marine  8:  Plain. 
Tlew  16  07;  Sparta  18  66:  Spring  Gore  16; 
Sagar  Greek  10;  Virden  7  20;  WaveUnd  6. 
Catro— Anna  21  60;  Bridgeport  0;  Garbondale 
27;  Gobden  20;  Dongola  0;  Dubois  3  60:  Du 
Q,uoln6  62;  Flora  2;  ailgal2  26;  Harrisbnrg 
6 ;  Pisgah  14;  Salem  3  M.  jr«//oofi— Areola 
8  46;  Assumption  7  60;  Beekwith  Prairie  8  80; 
Dalton  0  76  -.Dudley  10  36 ;  Orandriew  10 ;  He. 
bron  16  60;  Hickory  Orore  8 ;  Marshall  8  96 ; 
Moawequa  11 ;  Neoga  0 13 :  Oakland  12  60 ;  Pa- 
lestine 41  50 ;  Pana  6  50 ;  Prairie  Home  60  13 : 
Prairie  Bird  1;  Robinson  12  76;  Shobonier  7 ; 
Taylorville  9  66:  Tower  Hill  20  26;  Walnut 
Prairie  9  07 ;  York  6  26  636  06 

IvDiAVA,  NoBTH.—Cr«W<>rtff«<i/e— Sugar 
Greek  4  07.  Fort  Wajfue—CoeMo  6  01 ;  Colum- 
bia City  6  62 ;  Decatur  6 ;  Goshen  60;  Rot  W 
M  Donaldson  10.  LooaatooW— Bethel  6  60;  La 
Porte,  l4idles  8  16,  Sab-scli  28  66. 36  81 ;  Pisgah 
2 ;  Salem  3 ;  Valparaiso  8  46.  Afan^ie— Perrys- 
b«rgh  26  cts ;  Tipton  10 ;  Wabash  11      10 166  71 

I  VDiAiTA^  South.— /a(2iana^oli«— Blooming- 
ton,  Walnut  St  43  70;  areencastle  Sab^oh 
90  61;  Oreenfield  20;  IndiaiMpolls  1st  63  88; 
Indianapolis  4th  31  26;  Indianapolis 6th  6  75; 
Indianapolis  7th  18  ;  New  Pisgah  2  8a  New 
^^aay— Bedford  6 ;  Hanover  6  60 ;  Jefferson* 
Tille  46  26;  Lexington,  add*l  1 ;  Mltohell  11; 
NewAlbany3d38j0:Orieans3  06:Paoli3  06; 
Salem  6  76 ;  Veray  /Sab-seh  3  U)  17 ;  Zoar  6. 
FiAOfnaet—Eransvllle,  2«l  Are  11  76;  Mount 
Vernon  17 ;  Royal  Oak  6.  WkiU  fVaier—Homer 
4  60;  Pleasant  Qrore  4  60;  Shelbyrllle  (Sab- 
«eh  17  40)  07  40;  Sooth  Provldenee  2  17 ;  Ver- 
•allies  1  60  447  22 

Iowa,  Nobth.— Cf<far  JUpitfs— Anamoea  3; 
Andrew2;  Bellevuo6:  Dysart4  76;  Fairraj[8: 
Fanner's  Creek  3;   Hanover  10;  MonUeello 

6  66;  Scotch  QroveO;  Sibley  2;  Wheatland 

7  6a  DttdU9ii«  — Centralla  4  21;  Dyersrllle 
1  30;  Epwurth4;  Farley  4;  Independence  1st  6: 
Sherriirs  Mound,  Ocr  10.  Fort  DoJps— Bethel 
8 ;  Rock  Rapids  3:  Rolf  6  10.  WmUrloo-But- 
ler  Centre  4  07;  Eldora  3:  Germantownship 
3  60;  La  Porte  City  4;  Mt  Pleasant  2;  Pisgah 
213;  Rock  Creek  2;  Waverly  4  60;  Williams, 
Ham.  Co  4  90  ,  132  71 

IowA«  South.—  Cottneil  Blnfft  —  Clarinda 
12  82 :  Council  Blufls  Sab-sch  10 ;  Hamburg  6 ; 
Stetler's  Orore  T.  D«$  Afoine*— Dexter  3 ;  Lu- 
cas 2  ;  Russell  6.  /otoo— Burlington  1st  14  71 ; 
Keokuk,  Westminster  16  72 ;  Kossuth  1st 7  40; 
Mt  Pleasant  Ger  10 ;  Rev  O  W  Hays  6.  lows. 
Ci/»— Brooklyn 6  40 ;  ColumbusClty  16:  Craw- 
fordsville  66 :  Eldridge  Sab-sch,  2  60 ;  Hermon 
§ :  Iowa  City  25 ;  KeotaO ;  Martinsburgh  6  26; 
MiMKcatine  Oer  10;  OzTord  4;  Red  Oak  10; 


Summit  8  60 ;  Unity  4  37 :  Washington  (Sab- 
sch  20)  64  47.  iteamey— North  Platte  2  60; 
Plum  Creek  2  60.    Nebraska  Cify— Humboldt 

1  26;  Lincoln  10 :  Pawnee  City  7  10 ;  Salem  1 ; 
Seward  1  86;  Ulysses  1  36.  Omafta  — Dallv 
Branch  1 ;  Madison  3 ;  Omaha,  Second  Sab-sch 
16  70 ;  Tekamah  6  376  08 

Kansas.— £in|ioHa—Gastleton  2;  Hutchison 
10;  Newton  10;  Osage  City,  Welsh  10;  Pea- 
body  6  60 ;  Walton  3  60.  HiaJUaad— Glasoo  6 : 
Holton  ist  4  86:  Irving  3  16;  Vienna  6  66; 
Washington  6.  Ifeoeho—Fort  Seott  8  20 ;  Fort 
Gibson  f ;  Hackberry  Township  8  66 ;  Neosho 
Falls  8 ;  New  Chicago  4.  TopffJka— Clinton  8 ; 
Delphos6;  Marlon  2:  08kaloosa4  60;  Riley 
Centre  2  60;  Salina23;  Stranger  2  60;  Sum- 
mlt  2  60 ;  Wamego  4  10 ;  Zion  2  60  164  10 

KsifTUCKT.  —  Ebenezer  —  Ashland  124  01 ; 
Lexington  2d  316 ;  Mt  Sterlln  z  20.  LouitvUU 
— Cloverport  61 ;  Louisville,  4th  (Sab-sch  6  70) 
47  76;  Pewee  Valley  20;  Shelbyville,  1st  38  6a 
7raJM|f/o«a<a— Rlcnmond  17  688  26 

LoHO  Island.  —  Brookljpi  —  Brooklyn,  Ist, 
Henry  st,  (mon  con)  28  70 ;  Brooklyn  Ist  Rem- 
sen  St  60  11;  Brooklyn,  Franklin  Avenue  26; 
Brooklyn,  French  10 ;  Brooklyn,  La  Favette 
Ave  (63  48  mon  con  coll)  319  48 ;  Brooklyn, 
Lawrence  st  30;  Brooklyn,  South  8d  st  217  16; 
Woman's  Home  and  Foreign  Miss'y  Soc^  267. 
Long  IfJand— Cutehogue  1 ;  Sag  Harbor  6a 
^MMtf— Astoria  U ;  Christian  Hook  3 ;  Wood, 
haven  23  30  1060  84 

Michigan.— De/ro</—Detroit,  1st  60;  Detroit, 
Jefferson  Avenue  322 ;  Detroit,  Westminster 
29  04;  Holly  (Sab-sch  1  33)  8  60;  Wyandotte 
la  Grand  Rapid*^E\k  Rapids  6 ;  Ionia  112 
60;  Muirl6;  Yuba  2.  Kalamazoo^A\&mo  6; 
Burr  Oak  13;  Kalamazoo  146  30;  Paw  Paw  4; 
Plalnwel  I  3 ;  Sehoolorafl  6  20.  L«n«ino— Lan. 
sing,  1st  14  56;  Mason  20.  3fonro«— Clayton 
22  25;  Monroe  163:  Petersburg.  10:  Reading  6. 
Saginaw— An  Sable  and  Oscoda  14  86 ;  Byron 
11;  Emerson  and  Larayette  7  60:  Flushing  6; 
Ithaca  3 ;  Midland  City  16  60:  Mt  Pleasant  1 ; 
Montrose  2:  Mundy  U  26;  North  Star  3  60; 
Pine  River  10;  Salt  Creek  8;  SaltRlvorS; 
Taymottth  3  1047  94 

Minnesota.— DaJtoftf— Yankton  Agency  8. 
St  Pa»<— Duluth  2  43 ;  Rice's  Point  6.  South- 
ern AfJnn«tofa— Caledonia  7 ;  Hokah  8;  Wash- 
Ington  1  36.  IF^nofut— Lake  City  Sab-sch  10; 
Stewartsvllle  1  60 ;  Winona,  Ger  2  40  28 

MiBOOURT.— Otap^AppletonClty  7  60;  CJon- 
eord  U;  H^gh  Point  6;  Jefferson  City  10  30: 
Kansas  City,  1st  40 ;  Lexington  6 ;  Malta  Bend 

11  25 ;  Weetfield  2  60 ;  W  indsor  6  10.  Ozark— 
Buffalo  6 ;  Rev  W  R  Fulton  2.  Palmyra— Be- 
vier  6  50 ;  Clarence  r Sab-seh  4)  28  85 ;  Edina 
6;  Lancaster  3  10:  Newark  6  60;  New  Cam- 
bria 6;  New  Providence  6  66.  PUtte—Alhnnj 
10  92;  Lincoln  2  16;  Martinsville  4  73:  Tren- 
ton  6 ;  Weston  6.  Pef oti— Ironton,  1st  dab-sch 
8  40.     St  Louie— De  Soto  26 :   Edgar  Springs 

2  60;  Elk  Prairie  2  60;  Emanuel  10:  Point 
Pleasant  6 ;  St  Louis  1st  (J  Richardson  100) 
600;  St  Louis,  2d  700;  St  Louis,  South  8; 
Windsor  Harbor  12  60;  Rev  M  M  Cooper  10; 
Mrs  J  E  Campbell  1  1,477  06 

N«w  Jbbsky.- Coriteo— Gorlsco  25.  £0x0- 
0<f A  — Clinton  1st  12  99;  Conneoticut  Farms 
41  38;  Cranford  66:  Elisabeth  8d  12  33;  Lam. 
Ington  U3;  Metuchen  1st  43  47;  Plainheld  1st 
16  77 :  Pluekamin  12  68;  Rahway  IsL,  (Sab-sch 
150)  218  66;  Rosello  Ist  26  86 :  Spring&eld  30; 
Summit  Central  16 ;  Summit  West  0  91 ;  West- 
field  19  74;  Woodbrldge  61  07.  Jersey  City— 
Jersey  City  1st,  a  bal  33  08;  Jersey  City  2d 

12  75;  Jersey  City,  Claremont  16  60;  Passaio 
16  40;  Patcrson  2d  38  14;  Rutherford  Park 
28  67 ;.  Tenafly  10  67 :  Union  1st  6 ;  West  Hobo- 
ken  26.  3f onmoa/A— Beverlv  Sab-sch  50 ;  Bor. 
dentown20;  Cranberry  1st  121  30;  Dayton  6; 
Delanco  6;  Fairview  6;  Matawan  Sab-sch 
14  76;  Merohantville  27:  Mount  Holly  47  33; 
Plamstead  2;  S<ittan  Village  7 ;  Tennent  73  60 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


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Tom's  River,  (Sab-soh  16)  27  50.  MorrU  and 
Orange — Bethel  5 ;  BooDton  Sab-8cb260 ;  Dover 
155:  £ast  Orange  45  48;  Flanders  1150; 
German  Valley  20;  Mendham  1st  15;  Mend- 
bam  2d,  Sab-8ch  10;  Morristown  iBt  20  06; 
Morristown,  South  St,  Ladles  225;  Mt  Olive 
22  20;  Orange  l8t,  Mr  R's  Bible  Class  6; 
Orange,  Central  150 ;  Orange,  Ger  8 ;  Sncou- 
Bunna  65.  A'cwar*— Newark  ad  8»  5V>  New- 
ark, Calvary  53  40;  Newark,  Park  18  31; 
Newark.  Rosevtlle,  Ladies  Soc'y  115  10.  New 
Brumunck  —  Amw-ell  1st  12 ;  FlerolDgton 
833  42:  Holland  10  85;  Kingston  24  08;  Lam- 
bertville  100  80 :  New  Brunswick  2d  20 ;  Pen- 
nington 17  04;  Princeton  2d,  addM  20;  Prince- 
ton, Wltberspoon  St  5 ;  Stockton  11 ;  Trenton 
8d,  (a  member  500)  606  21.  Newton — Andover 
6;  Asbury  10:  Belvldero  1st  12  06;  Blalrs- 
town,  (J  I  B  25)  50  04;  Bloomsbury  25; 
Branchville,  Ladles  18;  I>eckcrtown  30  73; 
Greenwich  37  34;  La  Fayette  2  65;  Montana 
6;  Stewartsvllle  134;  Yellow  Fhune  6  28; 
Bcv  J  Petrie  5.  fVest  J^rtey— Camden  1st  55; 
Cedarvllle  1st  19  74;  Fairfield  21  45;  Flsler- 
vllle  Sab-scbl6:  Wenonah  8  88;  Woodbury 
8350  4,22308 

Nkw  York.  — Bos/oh  — Londonderry  10; 
Lowell  10.  Hudson— Amity  27;  Clrolevllle 
10  50;  Clarkstown,  Ger  13;  Goodwill  18  60; 
Greenbnsh  17 ;  Hamptonburgh  19  74 ;  Hope- 
well, A  Crawford  jkO;  Middletown  1st  0  26; 
Mlddletown  2d  9  98;  Monticello  5  67;  Pali- 
sades 7  10;  Sootehtown  20 17 :  Washingtonvllle 
1st  14  80.  New  Fori:— ManhattanvllTe  11  20; 
New  York,  Brick,  (Ira  Bliss  100)  650  54;  New 
York,  Central  100;  New  York,  Ch  of  the 
Covenant,  add'l  1,235 ;  New  York,  Ch  oi  the  Sea 
and  Land  3  21;  New  York,  French  Evang'l  2; 
New  York,  Madison  Square,  add*l  225;  New 
York,  Scotch,  J  T  Johnson  123  36;  New  York, 
West  753  M ;  New  York,  Westminster  Sab- 
sch36:  New  York  4th  124  96;  New  York,  4th 
Ave,  (mon  con  41  25)  164  60;  New  York,  5th 
Ave  and  19th  St.add'l  50:  New  York,42d  St 
Sab-sch  107  35;  Rev  C  S  Robinson  160.  North 
Utrer-Newburgh,  Calvarj'  Sab-sch  50;  Pough- 
keepsie  37  22:  Rondout  12  97.  We$tcheiter — 
Bedford  116 ;  Croton  Falls  6;  Darlen  15;  Maho- 
pa<^  Falls  15 17 ;  New  Rochelle  100 :  Port  Ches- 
ter 4  93;  South  East  1  50;  South- East  Centre 
50:  South  Salem  Sab-sch  106  32;  Stamford 
Sab-sch  23  28;  Yonker8lst,mon  con  coll  8  35 

4,492  21 
Paciftc.  —  Benirta  —  Oalllstoga  27  60; 
Heald8burgh  9;  Shiloh  6;  Tomales  7;  Two 
Rock8  a  16 :  Rev  T  Fraser  25.  Los  Angeles— 
San  Diego  1st,  (G  W  Marsten  25)  60i  Oregon 
— Oly mpla,  (Sab-sch 3)  10.  Sacramento— Otey- 
son  80;  Plaoerville  6;  Rod  Blott  21  66;  Vlr- 

f:lnla  City  29  12.  San  Francisco  —  Danville 
4  60;  Ocean  View  6;  San  Pablo  7;  San 
Francisco,  Central  10;  San  Francisco,  West- 
minster 10.  San  Jo9eSaji  Leaudro  8 ;  Santa 
Clara  9;  Watsonvllle  18  308  04 

PHiLADBLPHTA.—CJ^fftfer —Chester  1st  75; 
New  London  22  20 ;  Wayne  20.  Lackawanna — 
AthenHl5  25;  Bennett  6;  Brooklyn  22  50;  Can- 
ion  Sab-sch  2;  Columbia  X  Roads  5 ;  Franklin 
8  94 ;  Honesdale  643  26 ;  Liberty  26  80 ;  Newton 
6:  Nicholson  8 ;  Plains  6;  Prompton  10;  Rash* 
viUe  3;  StevensviUe  2;  South  Wllkesbarre 
8  16:  Sylvanla  4;  Warren  10;  Waymart  10; 
Wllkesbarre  297  48;  Wyalnslng  2.1  2  85;  Wy- 
sox  7  50.  Lehigh— AUen  Township  Sab-sch  10 ; 
Audenrled  4;  Bangor  4  50 :  Catasaaqun  1st  200; 
Easton  1st  Sab-sch  62;  Hokendauqua.  (Sab- 
sch  4  00)  13  50:  Mabanoy  Cltv  36  10;  Middle 
Smlthfleld  3;  Port  Carbon  40;  Pottsvllle  1st 
100;  Stn>udsburg  50  cts:  Summit  Hill  and 
Sab-sch  10  71  Tamaqua  20:  Upper  Mt  Bethel 
10.  PAi/ade/pAU— Philadelphia  1st,  a  bal  63: 
Phlla^lelphia  2d,  E  C  5:  Philadelphia  9d 
862  11;  Philadelphia  9tb,  E  W  20;  Philadel- 

Shia  10th,  from  Mrs  Blddle  100;  Philadelphia, 
hreenwlch  St  10:  Philadelphia,  South  Wes- 
tern 25  78 ;  Philadelphia,  Talwr.  (Sab-sch  25) 
60;  Philadelphia,  Westminster  20:  Philadel- 
phia, Woodland  87  88;  Philadelphia,  Ist  Afrt- 
ean  6  57.     Philadelphia   Central  —  PhUadel- 


pbia,  Arch  St.  A  C  M  5;  Pblladelphis,  CThan- 
dler  6 :  Philadelphia,  Cohocksink  Sab-sch  50; 
Philadelphia,  Broad  and  Diamond  St  36  90; 
Philadelphia,  North  Broad  St  U8  M ;  Phila- 
delphia, North  Tenth  St  10:  Pbiia<ielphia, 
Northern  Liberties  1st  200:  Philadelphia, 
Princeton,  add'l  40:  Richmond  6w  Philadel- 
phia North  — BrIdesDurg  36 ;  Bristol  Sab-seh 
47  11 :  Cl«cstn«t  Hill,  fi-om  T  P  200 ;  ForestTlllc 
8;  Fhinkford  160;  Germantown,  Market 
Square  65  71 ;  Huntingdon  Valley  2 ;  Morris- 
vllle  6;  Neshaminy,  Warwick  56.  Wetimin- 
sf«r— Columbia  15 ;  Hopewell  12  75  :  Lancaster, 
add'l  42  22;  Pequea88  66;  Centre  IT  30 ;  York 
M6  10  4,288  26 

PiTTSBUROH.— B/<rfrsrfW<— CongTutty  19  60; 
Irwin  46;  LIvennore  75  cts;  Penn  7  46w  PiUt- 
Inirgh  ^hartiers  17  75 ;  East  Liberty  81  25; 
Mt  Oarmel  20;  Pittsburgh  2d  27  40:  Pitts- 
burgh,  Shady  Side  62  »;  Wilklnsburgh  Sab- 
soh  60.  B«dtfon«— Brownsville  8 14 ;  Oonnells- 
vllle  64  78;  .Tefierson  6  60:  McKceflport  lit 
69  30;  Mt  Vernon  10;  Round  Hill  8  27.  tTatk- 
inof on— Cameron  2  90:  Lower  Ten  Mile,  (Sab- 
seh  6)  12;  Upper  Buffalo  5  25;  Washington  2d 
14  ;  Waynesburgh  81  cts;  Wheeling  1st  271  6L 
We$t  Firwfnitf— Clarksburgh  4  11 ;  Manning- 
ton  2  26;  Pennsboro  10  799  92 

Tknnkssbb. — HoWon — ^Jonesboro  8  63:  Mt 
Bethel  6;  Oakland  3  80.  JC<»y*ton— Baker's 
Creek  2;  Clover  HIU  1;  Madlsonville  3  50: 
Unithik  6  28  98 

Tolkdo.— BtfUWcm/ain^^BelleibntaiDc  5  62 ; 
Buoyrus  4  19;  Kenton  7  50:  Patterson  3  70; 
Spring  Hills  4  08.  HMrofi— Fo0toria4  19:  Fre- 
mont 16 ;  Norwalk  77  21 ;  Ret>ublic3  07.  lisM 
—Ada  4 ;  Blanohard  28 ;  Dclphos  3  19 ;  Turtle 
Creek  Sab  soh  9  30.  Maumee^  Defiance  15 ; 
Toledo  3d  5  60:  Toledo.  Westminster  10    190  49 

Wbstebn  NmwYork.— Btt/TWo — Buffalo  1st 
800:  Buffalo  Central  4»34 ;  Buffalo,  North,  mon 
eon  col  f  82;  Buffalo,  Westminster  34  33;  Buf- 
fiilo,  Wells  St  2;  Wostfteld  41  60.  Gencfte— 
Pavilion  10.  Genesee  roi/ej/— Allegany  8.  W- 
aaara~Lockport,2d  Ward  6  20;  Medina 20  79; 
Wright's  Corners  6  10.  Rochester — Avon  8; 
Lima  8;  Nunda  25;  Rochester  1st  370;  Roches- 
ter 3d  (Sab-sch  151  83)191  83:  Rochesier,  Brick 
200;  Rochester  Central  61  67;  West  Mendon  15 

1,360  68 

Wi8roTf8iw  —  Chippewa  —  Big  River  10; 
Qalesvllle  6  60;  Hartland,  Egbert  3;  Lewis 
Valley  1  50;  Maiden  Rock  6;  North  Bend  7. 
Lake  Superior— Marinette  5.  Milwaukee— Co- 
to  2  SO;  DelaAeldl  32:  Milwaukee,  Immannel 
182  48 ;  Raolne  61  45 ;  M rs  Figgc  5.  Wi nnebago 
—Colby  3;  Fremont  2  40;  Omro20:  Robtnson- 
vllle  6 ;  Warsaw  16 ;  Weyauwega  2  10 ;  Winne- 
conne  10 ;  Rev  A  F  De  Camp  50.  Wiscomin 
Bftvr-^eaver  Dam  Ist  28  15;  <'edar  Grove 
13  45;  Kilboum  City  Ger  2;  Liberty  8  15; 
Pardee  vllle  3  10;  Ree<libargh  18  30         470  29 

Total  received  ttom  churches,  ((35,641  65,  less 
$100  reminded  ^$35,641  66. 

Leqaciks.— Legacy  of  R  J  Blytbe.  dee'd, 
late  of  Indianapolis,  Ind,  a  bal  10  48;  Estate 
of  Dr  John  Lyman,  dcc'd,  late  of  Sangamon 
Co,  III  168  66;  Legacy  of  Guy  Rlch;inl8,dec'd, 
late  of  N  Y  City,  a  bal  400 :  L-gacy  of  Harriet 
H  Evans,  decVf,  late  of  Hlllsboro,  Ohio  100; 
Legacy  of  Mary  Moore,  dec'd,  late  of  Belri- 
dore,  1116;  Bequest ofMrs  FS  Wil Hams, dee'd, 
late  of  Ithaca,  N  Y  1.000  U  S  Government 
Bond  and  premium  1,217  50;  Bequest  of  Mrs 
M 1 1  ler,  In  p:irt  2,500  4,402  53 

MiscELLAKBOUB. — A  Friend  60:  Relig  t^oo 
Soc'y,  Princeton  Theo  Sem'y  27  07;  RevTS 
Chllds,  D.D,  Hartfonl,  Conn  20:  Rev  O  W 
Wright,  Auburn  6:  A  friend  In  Herkimer  Oe, 
NY  6;  Mrs  Elizabeth  Soo\ill,C?llit4>nSpnn«, 
N  Y  6;  Mite  6;  Sunday  Egg  Monov  5;  Mi» 
Rev  C  Johnston,  Lwli,  N  Y  3 ;  George  Bawelt, 
Sag  Harbor,  N  Y  20;  SpreatI  of  the  cause  of 
religion  In  the  world  100;  Frlen^ls  in  111  l»: 
Rev  H  B  Smith  20;  Rev  W  E  Honey  man  10; 
Rev  H  P  Thompson  and  family,  Catawba.  Kr 
2 ;  Dividend  flrom  the  savings  bank  ef  UtUt 


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laidy  Edwards,  deo'd,  late  of  Peoria,  111  1; 
Mrs  Jane  N  Treadwell,  St  Peters.  Minnesota 
1  23:  A  Friend.  Bloomsbarg.  New  Jersey 
T;  Mrs  Henry  Wilson,  Perry,  Illinois  6;  Fos- 
ter Band,  Greensburff,  Pennsylvania  40 ;  Mrs 
J  H  SymmoH,  Cunshunocken,  Pennsylvania  8; 
A  Friend  198;  Trustees  of  Presbyterian  House, 
Interest  on  Irwin  Trust  432  64 ;  Mrs  S  M  Car- 
sen,  Lancaster,  Pa  10;  Trustees  of  General 
Assembly,  0  months  Interest  on  Permanent 
Fund  456  08:  The  Misses  Freeman,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa  5;  Augustus  Crevelingr,  Washinjrton, 
N.  J.  8 ;  Mrs  Sflas  Hall,  Hall's  Station,  N.  Y. 
5;  Rev  A  R  Clarke  and  family,  Collamer,  O. 


10 ;  Mrs  M  D  Braoken,  Eider's  Rldfire,  Pa  60; 
FBIO;  Mrs  Mary  Spellman  1 ;  Six  months 
Interest  on  Bond  and  Mortfcagcon  Arch  street 

Sroperty  Philadelphia,  Pa  600 ;  W  B 16 :  Ferry 
linistry  Fund  112  60:  Misoellaneous  1  50;  J 
P  Jones,  Portland,  W  Va  100;  The  Misses 
Patterson,  Green  Tree,  Pa  2;  Friends  In  N  H 
1 ;  Roy  Cyrus  Dickson,  D  D,  travelling  ex- 
penses refunded,  and  donation  200.      4t2,652  93 

Total  received  in  March,     $42,597  10 
O.  D.  EATON,  TreoMurer, 

28  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


Receipt*  for  Suetentation  in  March  1875. 


ALBAXT.—J/&afiy— Albany  1st  26  17 ;  Al- 
bany 4th  260 :  Albany  6th  10  60 ;  Albany,  State 
St  27  00;  Galway  1  60:  Kingsboro  28  60; 
Mariaville  6;  Mayfield  Central  2  50;  Nassau 
U ;  Schenectady  Ist  50  14 :  Schenectady,  East 
Aye  14  56.  Champlainr—kvL  Sable  Forks  40; 
Plattsburgh  20.  Co/um6ia^Windham  Centre 
7  26.  Troy— Chestertown  4 :  Cohoes52;  John- 
sonvllle  6;  Lansingburgh,  Olivet  15;  Troy, 
Westminster  11  02  600  04 

Atlantic— Faditin—Mocksvllle  1  00 

Baltimore.— Ba/r<f»ore— Annapolis  21  76; 
Ashland  2;  Baltimore  1st  880;  Baltimore, 
Westminster  01  11;  Cumberland  6;  Emmltts- 
bargh  33  37;  Fallston  1;  Frostburgh  2;  Go- 
vane  Chapel  20  46.  Neto  Ca«//e— Georgetown, 
Westminster  3;  Glasgow,  Pencader  6  72; 
Qreen  Hill  7  50 ;  Lower  Brandy  wine  8 ;  Odessa, 
Drawyer's  9;  Port  Deposit  0  62;  Port  Penn 
7  18.  Washington  Ci/w— Cllflon  4  44;  Wash- 
ington, Metropolitan  Iiadles'  Soc'y  5;  Wash- 
tn^ton,  15th  St  3  570  14 

Ckktral  New  York.— Bin^Aamfon— Bing. 
bamton  l8t43  95;  Cortland  88  18;  Masonville 
6;  Owcgo  33  60;  \lrgil  2.  0/«f 90 —Oxford, 
flrom  two  friends  6.  St  Lawrence- Morristown 
C;  Opwogatchle  Ist  20:  Waddington  6  70; 
Watertown  1st  64  88 ;  Watertown,  Stone  St 
80.  %rarute— Jamesville  5;  Liverpool  1  83; 
Manlins  20;  Skaneateles  26;  Syracuse,  Park 
Central  26.  L7tca— Lyons  Falls  2 :  New  Hart- 
ford 27  30  ;  Oriskany  1 ;  Rome  16  05:  Utioa  1st 
48 ;  Utica,  Westminster  25  50 ;  West  XJtica  1 

462  08 

Civcivi(  ATI.— Chillicothe^  Bloomlngburgh 
18  20;   Chlllicothe,  Memorial  1  63;  HUlsboro 

61  66;  New  Plymouth  6;  North  Fork  8  58: 
South  Salem  8  25.     Cincinnafi— Cincinnati  3d 

62  50;  College  Hill  7;  Glendale  30  30;  Le- 
banon  20 ;  Loveland  8  86.  Dayton — Dayton,  8d 
St  61 ;  Fletcher  6 ;  New  Jersey  6  25 ;  Plqua  2d 
8;  SpringHcld  Ist  76  26;  Springlleld  id  60. 
Porttmouth  —  Felicity  2 ;  Georgetown  8  66 ; 
Jackson  8  06 ;  Red  Oak  4  60  ;  Winchester  4  20 

444  27 
Olevelawd.  —  Cleveland  —  Cleveland  ist 
88  95;  Cleveland  .2d  200';  Cleveland  North 
1  60:  Cleveland,  Westminster  10;  Northfleld 
6;  Street sborougb  13  70;  StrongviUe  86  ots; 
Rev  K  Garland  26.  ifaAoninf^-Canton  80; 
Leetonia  2 ;  Warren  6  12.  Si  Clatrsville-^ 
Bell  Air  20;  Cadiz  87.  5fetf6<>nv{/;r— Corinth 
11;  Matlison  2  58;  Richmond  4;  Steubenvllle, 
Old  7 ;  Waynesburgh  8  76.  478  64 

Colorado. — Colorado — Colorado  Springs  6; 
Denver  Isi.  15th  St  36  60;  Georgetown  Sab- 
•ch  2 ;  Golden  2.    Santa  Fe— Las  Vegas  2 

47  60 

CoLUMBr8.—J/ft*n«— Barlow  2:  Watertown 
X  Co/um^ut— Columbus  1st,  a  member  20. 
Jfar ion— Clarion  10;  York  4  06.  Wooster— 
Ashland  38  50;  Bellevllie  2;  Dalton  8  06; 
Jackson  11  8d.  Zan*»t>»//c  —  Fairmount  2; 
Kirkcrsvtile  1;  Martlnsburgh  10  15;  Putnam 
20  ;  Utica  7  ;  Zanesville  Ist  12  60  162  01 

I^RiK.  —  Allegheny  —  Al legheny  North  86 ; 
Allegheny,  Providence  7  28 ;  Allegheny,  1st 
Ger  9  02 ;  Kmsworth  8  06 ;  Natrona  7 ;  Sewick- 
ley  60;  SprlngdaleS  60.  Butler— Amity  1  42; 
Buffalo  2  85 ;  ContrcvUle  12  60 ;  Concord  14  60; 


Harrlsvllle  2  48 :  Martlonbnrgh  6 ;  New  Salem 
4;  North  Butler  6  26 ;  Pine  Grove  2  22 ;  Plain 
Grove  12  70:  Westminster  2  80.  Clarion  — 
Beech  Woods  10 :  Bethesda  4  26 :  Brookville 
2:  Concord  7:  Leather  wood  12;  Licking  7  66; 
Maysvillel:  New  Bethlehem  5:  Rlcharasvllle 
2.  EHe— CorrylO:  East  Greene  2;  Franklin 
20:  Girard  10:  Harbor  Creek  18:*Mercer  2d 
10:  Mill  Village  7  00:  North  East  16:  Venan. 
go  7  60:  Waterford  6  20.  Kittanning—Be^ 
thesda8:  Centre  2;  Cherry  Run  2  50:  Clarks- 
burgh  6:  Clinton  2  76:  Cn^rie's  Run  8  44: 
Ebenezer  10:  Freeport  28  80;  Glade  Run  7: 
Harmony  6:  Jacksonville  and  Bethel  20:  Kit- 
tanning  60 :  Leechburgh  11  26  :  Alahonlng  6 : 
PlnmvTUe  1 :  Shrader's  Grove  4  61 :  Slate  Lick 
10:  Worthington  8.  Shenango — New  Castle 
9d  10  88 :  Transfer  7  60  614  72 

GsirsvA. — Cayuga — Aurora  12:  Genoa  2d 
81  ots  :  Genoa  8d  4  58.  CA^mtino— Elmira  1st 
4  00:  Havana  6  60.  Geneva  — Ithaca  86  07; 
Penn  Yan  26  66 :  Trumansburgh  14  00.  Lyont 
—Junius  1  28:  Rev  A  Cooper  5.  Steuben— 
Campbell  20  80:  Coming  8  32:  Howard  6: 
Prattsburgh  6  106  66 

Harrisburgh.— Carlitle — Chambersburgh, 
Falling  Spring  66:  Gettysburgh  4:  Great 
Conewago  2  50:  McConnellsburgn,  Green  Hill 
and  Wells  Valley  2:  Rev  S  B  Smith  6.  Hun- 
/in^don  —  Bethel  10:  Beulah  2:  Hollidavs- 
burgh  28  35 :  Lower  Spruce  Creek  13  78 :  Mlt- 
flintown  and  Lost  Creek  43:  Milesburgh  10  11: 
Moshannon  and  Snow  Shoe  3  40:  Spruce 
Creek  42  76.  Northumberland — Beech  Creek 
1  04:  Bloomsburgh  1st.  103  26:  Grove  27:  Ly- 
coming 12  07:  Milton  20:  Wllliamsport  2d 
4  88.    7re<J«6oro— Wellsboro  1  84  401  08 

Illinois,  Central. — Bloomington — (>henoa 
7:  Hey  worth  6:  Jersey  11;  Prairie  View  3: 
Salem  2:  Tolono  8.  Peoria —Brunswick  8: 
Canton  7  26:  Eureka  8  06:  Galesburgh  63: 
Peoria.  Calvary  Mission  16  50:  Salem  6. 
5cAuy/er— Bardolph  8:  Camp  Creek  7:  Ma- 
comb 12 :  Warsaw  6  76.  SpWna/le/d— Dawson 
8:  Macon  6  65:  North  Sangamon  10:  Provl- 
dence  32  50  2i0  71 

Illinois,  North. —Cfticogo  —  Chicago  1st 
18  87  :  Chicago  41st  7  27  :  Du  Page  6  :  Engle- 
wood  15:  Hyde  Par<  116  86:  Joliet  Central 
10:  Manteno  6  80:  Wilmington  8  62.  Freeport 
—Galena  Sout)i  87  00.  0/laira  —  Aurora  6: 
Streator  6.  Rock  /^ioer— Edgington  '6 :  Ful- 
ton 68  ots :  Hamlet  1 :  Sterling,  per  P  and  Co., 
26:  Viola  6:  Woodhnll  16  288  Oft 

Illinois,  South.— J//on— Butler  11  46;  Car- 
lyle  3  66;  Hardin  10  64;  Litchfield  4  75;  Plain- 
view  2  24 ;  Plum  Creek  10 ;  Virden  1  70.  Cairo 
— Du  Quoin  1  SO:  Tamaroal.  Afa//oon— Neo- 
ga  2  26 ;  Pana  1  61 ;  West  Okaw  4  15         68  78 

Indiana,  North. — Crauf/ord$ville—  Betha- 
ny 0 :  Dayton  10  76:  Dover  3  40 :  Wca  3  76. 
Fort  Wayne— Fort  Wayne  lat  78  50 ;  Franklin 
1;  Warsaw  8.  Lo(yan«por/ —  Michigan  City 
18  40  ;  Plymouth  4 ;  South  Bend  1st  24.  Mun- 
c<e— Marlon  2;  Perrysburgh  1 ;  Shiloh  1:  Wa- 
bash 2  76  167  65 

Indiana,  South.  —  Jndtanapo/is— Bloom- 
ington, Walnut  St  8;  Greencastle  1;  Indian- 
apolis 1st  31  00;  Indianapolis  2d  134:  Indian- 
apoUs  3d  00  48;  lodianapoUs  7th  2.  New  Alba-. 


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»«— Obarlestown  2  25:  JeflTeraonyillelO;  New 
Albany  Ist  46  20;  New  Albany  3d  14  60;  Ftn. 
<;e«ne«— Terre  Haute  lat  0  20;  Upper  Indiana 
6.  White  WMter—AnroT%  0:  New  Castle 
62  23 ;  South  ProYfdenoe  3  62  382  42 

Iowa,  Nobth.— Ceiar  Aapitfe— Hanover  4; 
Xjyons  0 ;  Onslow  6  80;  Scoten  Qrore  3:  Wyo- 
ming 7  20.  i)u6«9tt«— Centralia  Qer  1  06 ;  Du- 
buque 2d  12;  Independence  let  4;  Laneing  4; 
McGregor  Ger  3;  WInthrop  6.  Waterloo— 
A<  kley  30;  GerniantownshlpGer3  60       89  66 

Iowa,  South.— Coancii  fi/^/«  —  Clarinda 
Z  18 ;  Ck)rning  8  40;  Council  Bluffs  18  17 ;  Red 
Oak  6  80 ;  Sidney  1  60.  De$  Moiaes— Centre- 
▼illo  3 ;  Raymore  SUtlon  2  60;  Wlnterset  11. 
iotra— Bloomfield  4  16;  Burlington  Ist  4  06; 
Keokuk,  Westminster  4  13;  Koesnth  1st  1  86; 
Middletown  6;  Winfleld  16.  lowt  C</y— Blue 
Grass  4  95;  Columbus  City  6:  Crawfordsville 
10;  Summit  4  60;  Waloott  6  06;  Washinglon 
0  70.  ^«frr««itaCi/«— Falls  City  1  60;  Nebras- 
ka  City  Sab-soh  18  60;  Seward  60cU;  Ulysses 
60  cts  140  02 

Kansas.— £»poH«— Emporia  10  40.  Higk- 
iamf— Frankfort  1.  NestAo— Clietopa2;  Bax- 
ter  Springs  2  60;  Parsons 2  26  18  16 

KaNTucKY.—f^en^xer— Ashland  30  M.  Lou- 
iitti/Ze— Hopkinsville  2;  Louisville  4th  30: 
Shelbyyille  Ist  9.  80  Od 

Long  Island.— BrooJk/yn— Brooklyn,  Frank- 
lin Ave  17  40;  Brooklyn,  South  3d  St  60; 
Edge  water  Ist  63  41.  Ung  /«/«fuf— Bellport 
6  27  :  Middletown  10  12;  Port  Jefferson  6;  Sag 
Harbor  35;  Southampton  38;  South  Haven 
13  71.    Rattan— Springfield  8  13  230  04 

Michigan.—  De/roir— Detroit,  Westminster 
6  71 ;  Saline  7  20;  Wyandotte  3.  Grand  Rap- 
idi—Elk  Rapids  1 ;  Evart  2;  Greenwood  3  20. 
Kalamazoo — Constantine  3.  L«n«iao— Lan- 
sing let  3  61.  Saginato—Au.  Sable  and  Oscoda 
4;  WenonaS  00  37  38 

Minnesota. —Afanil:afo—Le  Sueur  7.  St 
Poul— Delano  5  62;  Duluth  12  66;  Independ- 
«noe  6  64;  Long  Lake  6  02;  Minneapolis.  An- 
drew 5;  MlnDeuj>oli8,  Westminster  46  41;  Kice*s 
Point  1;  Rock  ford  6  82.  Souihern  Minne90ic 
—Albert  Lea  3 ;  Fremont  6  102  60 

Missouui.—Otaye— Clinton  1;  Olive  Branch 
41  25.  PaJmyra  —  iiird's  Eye  Kidge  44  ots ; 
Hannibal  Ist  10  ;  Sullivan  1st  30  ots.  Platte— 
Albany  1  47;  Cameron  1;  Chillicothe  10;  La- 
throp  1;  Martinsville 42ots;  RockportS;  Tren- 
ton 3.  St  Louie— 'Sx.  Louis  2d  100 ;  St  Louis  1st 
Oer  8  142  07 

New  Jbrskt.- Coritro— Corlsoo  2.  Eliza- 
teM— liethlehem  10;  Clinton  1st  3  22;  Connec- 
ticut Farms  10  26;  Elisabeth  1st  166  65 ;  Elis- 
abeth 3d  3  06 ;  Elizabethport  4;  Metuchun  Ist 
10  18  ;  Plainfield  Ist  4  17 ;  Plalnfield  2d  44  64 ; 
Pluckamin  3  13 ;  Kahway  1st  15  43 ;  Rahway 
Sd  40  ;  KoscUo  Ist  6  68  ;  Summit  Central,  Trom 
MisH  C  F  Bonnell  4 ;  Summit  West  1  71 ;  West- 
fleld  4  90 ;  Woodbridge  12  07.  Jereey  dtp— 
Jersey  City  Ist  60:  Jersey  City,  Ben^en  1st 
63  25 ;  Jersey  City,  Prospect  Ave  4  86 ;  Passaic 
8;  Patcrsou  1st  50  Tenafly  2  66;  Union  1st  L 
Afonmottlft— Beverly  16 ;  Brioksburgh  2  80 ; 
Burlington  38  60 ;  Cranberry  Ist  26  75 ;  Cream 
Ridge  10;  Dayton  8;  Forked  River  1;  Jack- 
sonville 3;  Maualapan  10;  Mt  Hollv  20  20; 
Plumstea^l  2;  Red  Bank  13;  Shrewsbury  12: 
Sqmiu  Village  30 ;  Tennent  18  40.  Morrie  and 
Orange— Boonton  21 ;  Chatham  17  36 ;  East 
Grange  9  79;  German  Valley  10;  Mendham 
1st  5 ;  Mendham  2<i  12  60 ;  Morristown  1st  70  98  ; 
Morrisiown,  South  St  5 ;  Mt  Freedom  8;  New 
Vernon  11.  Orange  1st  110;  Parsippany  16; 
South  Orange  1 15.  Aevorik— Newark  1st  76  60; 
Newark  2d  4  93;  Newark,  Calvary  13  25; 
Newark,  Park  2  93;  Newark,  South  Park  102. 
Hew  Brunntoick—AmweH  1st  5  8:  Amwell 
United  ist  8 ;  Frenohtown  3 ;  Hamilton  Square 
8  75;  Hollan<i  2  70;  Klngwood  2;  Lawrenoe- 
ville  35  55 ;  New  Brunswick  ad  5 ;  Princeton 
1st  25;  Princeton,  Wltherspoon  St  2  Stockton 
4 :  Trenton  2d  20  Trenton  3d  288  09  Trenton 
6th  4  10.    ^Teioton—Andover  8^  Ashbnry  10; 


BelTtdere  Ut  12  73 .  Blairstown  6  21  •  Blooms- 
bury  12 ;  Danville  6:  Deckertown  7  63 ;  Green- 
wich 9  27 ;  La  Fayette  4  46.  Mansfield  2d  6: 
StewartsvlUe  34  Yellow  Frame  1  80.  Weei 
J«r«st^— Bridgeton,  West  87  16  Camden  9d  80 ; 
CedarvlUe  1st  4  90  Cold  Spring  5  76 :  Pitts- 
grove  20;  Salem,  add*l  40 ;  Wenonah  2  08 

2,018  00 
Nbw  Tobk.— Boffon— Newburyport  ivt  82. 
Hu(2«on— Chester  26 ;  Florida  1st  22;  Goodwill 
4  60 ;  Greenbush  2 :  Hamptonburgh  4  00 ;  Hope- 
well, A  Crawford  10;  Middletown  1st  1  66; 
Middletown  2d  2  48;  Monticello  1  41 ;  Otisrilla 
7;  Palisades  1;  Port  Jervis  15;  Ramapo  7; 
Scotchtown  6  01;  Stony  Point  3  19;  Washing- 
tonvllle  1st  8  87.  New  For*- Harlem  1st  26  96 ; 
New  York,  Brick  76  86 ;  New  York,  Central  96; 
New  York,  Ch  of  Sea  and  Land  79  cts ;  New 
York,  Memorial  80  06;  New  York,  North  U; 
New  York  Scotch,  J  Taylor  Johnston  80  60 ; 
N  Y,  18th  St  61  02:  N  Y  1st  6,666  26 ;  N  Y,4th 
Ave  30  60 :  N  Y,  6th  Ave  and  19th  St,  f  Messrs 
B  L  and  A  Stuart  2,000)  2,683  65.  North  River 
— Cornwall  14 ;  Newburgh,  Calvary  18  71 ; 
Pleasant  Plains  16;  Bondout  3  22;  Wapping- 
er's  Falls  IL  Weetckeeter— Bedford  10 ;  iMdga- 
port  06;  Croton  Falls  6;  Darlen  6  Mahopao 
Falls  3  76;  Mt  Kisoo8  10;  Peekskill  1st  37  76: 
Port  Chester  1  28;  Sing  Sing  40 :  South  East 
7  South  East  Centre  12  76 ;  Thompsonvillo 
IS  60 ;  Yonkers  1st,  add'l  60 ;  Yorktown  14 

0,006  11 

Paoifio.— B«iiiHs— Tomales  2 ;  Two  Books 
1  63.  Or«ooi»— Jackson  County  3;  Olympia  1. 
^ocramenFo— Elko  1  60;  Sacramento,  West- 
minster 17  32.    San  Jote— Milpltas  Township  1 

88  86 

Philadblphia.—  Cheeter — Coatesvllle  80 ; 
Forks  of  Brandy  wine  16 ;  New  London  6  61 ; 
Oxford   M;  Ridfey  2?  Vp]ier  OvUmm.  10  46; 

Hiiwliey  t;  Honej!rfJiil».>  }w;  Liinr^n  1  1>" ;  >((^h- 
it\mu  I ;  PIvDJimita,  Trwiu  pa?<tur  5 ;  SliU  t?«|jmny 
5;  Tonritndaftl;  Wilktj^obiif re  121  0>*  ;  VVjlkes- 
iHi  r  T^,  >1  V  mi  IT  ial  S»  mt  Sout  h  \\  1 1  ke*il  m  rre 
U  it3;  VVyomkii^  6«  otf^i  wysox  B  20.  Lehigh^- 
Allen  limmhii*  W;  Aud^nirrNl  a;  IvaMon, 
Hfttlarfg  30 ;  iMahanoy  City  6 ;  i\»rt  i^artx/a  10; 
ivinsiillu  l«t^;  StrouUHiuri^  10  Tamaiiua  e. 
Ph ila4ri fih i4i— VhWA  9lh  (  K  W  b}U:  Phlla 
}mh  SJO*:  Phlla,  Healunvilk  6;  PhlU,  WirmU 
iivtid  m,  Phitttd^luhia  Cunirai—Vhili^  Arch 
fyi  1?J  T4\  Phlia.  BiNthtJP'lii  'M  *i9:  PhiU,  Vo* 
]utiiMuAve4;  Phlla,  ImmaniuM  41  DT;  Phlla, 
Xnrili  BriiM  f^t  la  77  I  Pbilii,  Priuetatm  34  51: 
lirliu^ml  5:  Btchnaond  t;  Chnndler  3;  Broad 
mni  Pbtitiiiind  S|«  7  3S,  Fhitadelphm  Sorth — 
liriiliHhiirij  10;  Bristol  ^;  l^arvursirille  7; 
I'liiziLnui  Bill  ^:  FuremirilUi  4|  Ucrirmiittiwn 
l«i  '^ti  lir^rumntrtvn^  Market  Siiuare  ^  Wti 
Hi^riiiuu  ( Fmn k Turd) ^^ ;  MorrlsvUle  0 ;  K fsha* 
m  I  iiy,  V,'  m  rw  1 1  k  Vl  ^  t w  i-  mi\  38  60  PI  um  » lead- 
vUh:  2  &o,  H^^fminii'cr— LdtncaaHcr  20  Pa- 
quL<a  6.  Ytrrk  '^I  dH^  A^TB  21 

PiTT8BiTBOH.—fi/«frti^</«— Armagh  &,  Oen* 
trevilielO;  Cross  Boads  12:  Irwin  7;  Liver- 
more  12;  Murraysville  6;  New  Salem  22  66; 
Parnassus  7  01 ;  Poke  Bun  20 ;  Salem  9.  PUts. 
fruryik— Bethel  1;  East  Liberty  22  94;  Forest 
Qrove  18;  Mt  Carmel  8  26;  Ml  Plsgah  4  60; 
PitUburgh  1st  260 ;  PitUburgh  2d  6  85 ;  Pitts, 
burgh  6lh  50;  Pittsburgh,  Shady  Side  12  96; 
Raccoon  28  60 ;  Wilkinsburgh  82  22.  Redttona 
— Brownsville  2  02:  Qeorge*s  Creek  4rLong 
Run  10;  New  Providence  10  Pleasant  lenity 
7  60 ;  Reunion  16 ;  Round  Hill  2  06.  Waehing- 
ton— Cove  4 ;  East  Buffalo  9  50 ;  Three  Springs 
1;  Upper  Buffalo  23;  Waynesburgh  35:  West 
Alexander,  Ladles*  Soc'y  10 :  W  est  Liberty 
42  40.  Weet  Ftrgjnia— Clarksburgh  5:  Fair- 
mont  9,  Jttannlngton  1  10,  Pennsboro  10 

740  44 

TBirNKSSBiE.— Holffoa— Joncsboro  2  14.  King- 
«ron— Mars  Hill  1:  Mt  ZIon  1;  New  Provi- 
dence 7.  l/nion  — Hopewell  2.  Strawberry 
Plains  1 ;  Westminster  1  60  16  M 

ToLSDO.— Bel/e/onfo<n«— Bellefontaine  1  39 ; 
Bucynisl  04;  Sprhsg  Hills  1;  Urbana  17  10; 


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147 


Huron — BloomTille  4:  Fremont  4;  Huron  8; 
Molmore  1  76  Repnnlie  61  otf  Sandusky 
10  60.  Linui^DelpbosTSots:  Kalidal.  Mau- 
m««— Bryan  7  26  Maumee  9  Toledo,  West- 
mJnfter  6  40    West  Betbesda  6  T8  72 

WxsTERN  New  York.— Bu^alo— Buffalo  1st 
100;  Buffalo,  Calvary  40;  iiuffalo,  Central 
13  24;  Buffalo,  Westminster  4  80;  East  Anro. 
ra  10 ;  Ilast  Hamburgh  3;  Fredonla  20;  Pana- 
ma S  31 ;  Silver  Creek  8 ;  Westfleld  9  72. 
Oene«ee— Attica  17  60 ;  Uakfleld  8;  Perry  9  06. 
Qentite  Ka//«y  — Ellieottrille  6.  Niagara^ 
Medina  8  91.  Roche$ter—ATOTk  1:  Brfgbton 
16;  Brock  port  28  17  Groreland  7:  Uma  1 98: 
Nonda  8;  Parma  Centre  9;  Roebester  Ist 
91  88 ;  Rochester,  Brick  100 ;  Roebeiter,  Cen- 
tral 16  31  622  87 

WifiOoirsiir.—CAfopeioa— Hudson  1st  8;  La 
Crosse  1st  8;  La  Crosse  North  1  11 ;  Nason- 
vllle  L  Lake  ^o«rlor— Marinette  6.  Mil- 
waukee^DelAdeld  88  ets  Pike  Orove  8  66 ; 
Waukesha  9.  Wi$eon$in  River— FtMoy  Creek 
S  60;  Madison  82  76;  PlatteviUe  1  90;  Rich, 
land  City  1;  Roekrille  60  ots  64  76 


Total  reoeiyed  from  oburobes,      120,408  76 

MisoKiXATrBous.— A  friend  800;  Religions 
OoQtrib^n  Soc'y  of  Princeton  TbeolSem*y  8  97; 


Bey  S  N  Robinson,  Sherman,  N  Y  6:  Rev  W 
J  O  Nutting,  St  Clair,  Mo  1 ;  Rev  W  E  Honey- 
man  10;  Rev  H  P  Thompson  and  fkmtly,  Ca- 
tawba, Ky  2;  Dividend  from  sayings  bank  of 
little  Lida  Edwards,  dec*d,  Peoria,  111  1 ;  Mrs 
Jane  N  Treadwell,  St  Peters,  Minn  81  cents; 
Rev  W  N  Oeddes,  Hanover,  Ind  6 ;  Mrs  J  H 
Symmes,  Conshohoeken,  Pa  2  Mrs  Eliza  E  . 
Townsend,  Painted  Post  6  Mrs  Mary  P  Spell- 
man  1;  Gen  E  B  Babbitt,  Portland,  Oregon 
10.  J  B  Jones,  Esq,  Portland,  W  Ya  60   401  28 

ToUl  in  March  1876,       $20,899  98 
O.  D.  EATON,  Treaturer^ 
28  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


Litters  relating  to  Mtsqionarv  Appotat- 
ments  and  other  operations  of  the  Board, 
should  be  addressed  to  the  Corresponding  Sec- 
retaries, 

Rev.  Heurt  Kendall,  D.D.,  or 
Rev.  Cyrus  Dicxsoe,  D.O., 
No.  28  Centre  Street,  New  York  City. 
Letters  relating  to  the  pecuniary  affairs  of 
the  Board,  or  containing  remittances  of  money, 
should  be  sent  to  O.  D.  Eaton,  Esq,  Treasurer 
*-same  address— P.  O.  Box  8808. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  EDUCATION  IN  MARCH  1876. 


AUAirr.— 4 {6nny— Albany  Int  28  26;  AHany 
4tb  260;  Albany.  Sute  Street  31  31;  Amsterdatn 
1st  10;  Amsterdam  2d  86  (D:  Bnllftton  Centre 
4  60:  Kingfboro  'JO  36;  May^Hd.  Central  »  Ml; 
fichenePtaHy  ifit  269  11.  OunHpltHn— An  Sable 
Forks  8;  E^sex  IS  46.  To^'iin Wo— Canaan  Cen- 
tre 10;  R«>nBi»elaervill«*  12;  Windham  Centra  4  60. 
7V<>V  ~  Ch^alertown  3  22;  Salem  14;  *^chajfh- 
tleoke  10  60;  Troy,  Park  41;  Troy.  Woodnide 

15  68;  WarrpUfihurKh  2;  Whitehall  18        708  43 
ATLAiiTia— /I /{an/fe~  Charlenton.  Wallinf;for>l 

8.  FadUn-Mocksvillel;  White  Hall  12  10  00 
Baitim oar— fa/ttmore  — Baltimore  Ut  1064; 
Baltimore  12th  11:  Bileimore.  Dolphin m  3;  Bal- 
timore, Westminster  '^99  3:»;  Bel  Air  6;  Freder- 
ick 10:  Prcstbiirsh  ft;  Havre  de  Grace  24.  New 
Gut^e— Cool  Spring  8;  Elkton  19  60;  OeorRetown 
4;  Georgetown,  WeoiminMer  5;  Peocader  6  34: 
Lower  brandywine  14  2ii;  Odeosa.  Dra%ryer*rt  12; 
Piti'si  Creek  14;  Port  Penn  10:  Red  Clay  Creek 
80;  Rehobo(h  0  60.  WasMngton  CMv— Cliflon 
4  66;  Wnnhinston  4th  121  07;  Waithihgton.  Me- 
tropoliian  lo;  Waxhintrton.  IMh  St  3  1  68'^  50 
Gbittral  New  YoRK.'Bin^Aainfon—Bintf ham- 
ton  ifii  43  96;  Con  land  8(t  19;  Nineveh  2u;  Pru* 
lie  4;  Truxion  2     Of«e90— 'Hninden  8;  Oneonta 

16  21:  Oteffo3.  St  [awr'ence— Brasher  FalU5  60; 
Canton  !4  62:  Heiivelton  3  6:t ;  OMweeatchie  iHt 
10;  O  wefiatchiH'id  7  60;  Plei'8tK2:  Waddingion 
19  30:  Watertown,  Stone  St  40  Svracuee— Ctk- 
millnf>4  (t3:  Casenovla  22  lO:  HannibHl  17  60; 
JameHville  6;  Liverpool  2  06:  Marcellaf*  lf>; 
8yra«»a»«e  lat,  add'l  :  f* ;  Syr»eu«e,  Prtrk  Central 
27.  C/Z/eo-Oamden  7 :  C^avville  8 ;  Deerfl^  Id  I ; 
Fore>*tport  and  Alder  Creek  I :  Holland  Patent 
13;  Lyona  Falli  Sab-sch  1  fO:  Orinkany  I  30; 
Rome  24  71;  Sauquoit  12  76:  Utica  Bethany 
16  60 ;  Utioa,  WeAtminxter  24  40;  Westemville  8 

467  66 
CiwcnniAn.'-CkUlieotfu-'Ch  llioothe.  Memori- 
al 1  72;  Pif*2ah  10;  Sontti  Salem  6  46;  Waahinff- 
ton  12.  Onciniia/t— Bethel  6  1^6;  Cincinnati  3d 
4A:  Cinr«lnnaii,  Avondale  100;  Cincinnati.  Poplar 
St  6;  Moscow  1;  ShHronville  lo  46.  Dof/Um— 
GHAon  18;  Davton.  8d  Street  79;  Miadletown 
18  70;  New  Jeraey  9;  Hpringfield  l«t79;  SprinjE- 
field  2d  100;  Xenia  17  4V  i^n'/«motta— Felicity 
8  10;  (>allipoliM  11;  Ironton  26;  Jackson  8  06; 
PortsmoQth  186;  Winchester  4  706  67 

CLSTCLAMot—Cfevetoad— Akron  6  28;  Cleveland 
1st  09  63;  Clev.land2d  112;  Cleveland,  North 
1  78;  Cleveland,  Weatmlnater  10;  Cleveland, 
Woodland  Ave  26;  Independence  2;  8treeti«bor- 
Migb  7  60;  Strongvilleoeots.  ifoAoatfng— Brook- 


field  15  86 :  Canfi«ld  m :  Canton  62:  Hnbbard  7 ; 
Masoilion  2d  19  20;  MiJdle  Sandy  4;  Marion 
6  87;  Jackaon4  10;  Vienna  3.  ^t  CUiirtcUle^ 
Bell  Air  16;  BeaNvllle2  lu:  Cadis  46:  Grab  Apple 
19  80;  Olive  A;  Powhattan  2  16;  ttock  Hiil  12  16; 
St  Clairovllle  86.  Steuhenvme-CHTToUon  9  70; 
Centre  Unity  3;  Denninon  12;  Oak  Ridfte  6; 
Hteubenville,  Old  10 ;  Still  Fork  2  40;  Waynea- 
borKh  12  4U  668  44 

Colorado.— Cbtorodo— Georgetown  6.  Santa  F^ 
—Rev  J  A  Annin  6  10  00 

CoLUMBi7s.~JfAen«~ Barlow  2;  BeTcrly  17  60; 
Marietta.  4th  St  10  60.  Cb^uiiifrtia— Amanda  6 ; 
Bethel  1  50;  Coliimbiij*,  Hoge  1  f^;  London  16; 
Mifflin  6  62;  Reynold?«biirKh  9  76.  Marion  — 
Constant  la  2  AO;  Liberty  6:  Marion  )0.  Wooetrr^ 
Aahland  41  H;  Belleville  6;  Chippewa6;  DHlton 
2  4»:  Man**neld  16  81;  Shelby  6  M;  Wewt  Salem 
6.  2afi«svitf«— Brownsville,  addl  7;  Dreoden  18; 
Granrille 27 ;  Kirker^ville  1:  Linton  11  60;  Mar- 
tinsbnrfrh  ft  40;  Mt  Vernon  14  80;  Newark  2d  20; 
OtMOgo  2;  Z^ine<>Tllle  1st  12  60  290  63 

Bail  — il(/«/^i>/~AMeffheny.  North  64  88;  Al- 
lef  heny,  Providenee  10;  Allegheny  Valley  6; 
Allegheny  Int  Oer  0  4A ;  Cro^a  Roads  7  05 ;  Ems- 
wortn  16;  Fairmount7  60;  Freedom  6  80:  Leeta- 
dale  60  49;  Plainn  6;  Sewiekley  41;  ShHrpea- 
bursh  34  14 ;  Sprlngtlale  9  A4^«t— Amity  1  67 ; 
BoffiiloS  46;  Harr1sville2  78;  Mount  Nebo8  67; 
PineGrove2  V);  Plain  Grove  40;  Pleasant  Valley 
9;  Pnrter«vllle  10:  Wentminster  4:  Zelienople 
9  62.  Clarion— B  ookville  6;  Leatherwood  2ft; 
LicMoc  2^;  Mayr*ville  1;  New  Bethlehem  4; 
New  Rehoboth  6;  Perrv  6;  PiMrah  8  84:  Rey- 
nnldsvilleft:  Rchardaville  2;  Troy  6  40.  Erie 
—Belie  Valley  4  .'>0;  Concord  2  80;  Corry  10; 
Erle,Ceotral60:GirMrdl6;  Mercer  2d  12;  Water- 
ford  1.  iTit^ann^flr— Bethesda  6;  Centre  2  60; 
Cherry  Run  2  64;  Olarksbnrgh  6;  Clinton  6; 
Bbeneser  ir>;  Harmony  lu;  Jacksonville  10:  Ma- 
honing 3  6»»;  Pliimville  4;  Shrader'n  Grove  4  76; 
Slate  Lick  16;  WH8hington4  60;  West  Glade  Run 
9;  Wonhlngton  7.  SA«naii<^— Beaver  Falla  12; 
Rich  Hill  ft;  Sharon  2  60;  Unity  Sab-sch  6  36; 
Weftfield  20;  Weet  MiddleM*x  8  67  704  76 

Gbivb  a.— Chyu^n— Auburn  2d  21  14;  Aurora 
16;  Cavuga  IH  02;  Genoa  2d  86  cts;  Port  Byron 
10;  Sclpioville  3;  Sennett  8 ;  Union  Springs  7  26. 
Chemung— lSAm\t%  1st  6  60;  Mecklenburgh  12  26. 
Geneva— Canoga  6;  Geneva  Ist  37  20;  Manches- 
ter 2;  Phelpi*  16  60;  Seneoa  Castle  6  60:  Victor 
18  81 ;  Waterloo  90.  I^on»— Jumna  1  46;  Lyons 
84.    5te«6M— Corning  3  74  811  08 

HAmauBUBaH.  —  Cbrlislt  ^  Oarlisle  Sd  86  84 ; 


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[M»T 


Gbamhersbnrjrh,  Fallins  Spring  80;  Daaphio  9 ; 
GeKv^burgh  13  V>;  Oreat  Conewairo  6;  Gr*^o- 
castfe  31;  HArrisbtirsh,  Market  Square  100; 
Harricbnrffh,  Pine  8t  91  08 ;  Lower  Path  V«ll*»y 
16  :  Burnt  Gablnn  8:  Rookv  Bprin«  4  fiO.  Huf¥- 
f inj^don— Alexandria  27;  Bethel  9;  B<»iilah  8; 
Birmingham  41  76:  Clearfield  ftl  2A;  Riintins- 
don  60;  Lower  Spru^^e  Greek  13  60;  Mifflintowa 
and  Lo^t  Greek  65:  Mllroy  40;  Saxton  8:  Sink- 
ins  Valley  24  17 ;  Went  Khhaooqiiillaa  30-  Nor- 
thumherfand^B^eoh  Greek  1  18;  BloomitburKh 
l«t  44  0^;  Grove  21;  Hartleton  6;  Lycoming 
13  61;  Mahoninc,  M  A  M  and  0  20:  Mifflins- 
bursh  13  25;  Milton  36;  Mancy  12;  New  Berlin 
6;  Shiloh  8;  Warrior  Ran  6  66;  Washinffton 
8  40;  WilliArotport  2d  7  06;  Williamnpori  3d  4. 
IFdUflboro— Allegany  2;  Beecher  Inland  6:  RIk- 
land  4  60;  Fall  Brook  8;  Farmington  3;  Wells- 
boro  2  06  1,053  09 

Illinois,  CMHtfLkU—Bloomington—Bemeiki  7  60; 
Ohampaign  27  60:  Ghenoa  10;  Danville  78  10; 
Gilman4;  Heyworth  6;  Pax  ton  3  20;  RosavtUe 
10;  Salem  6;  Wenona  11.  Pflorta—Bronswick 
4  50;  Canton  6  60:  Galesbargh  61;  Ipava  16; 
Knoxville  17  66;  Low  Pomt  8  16;  Peoria,  Grace 
Missions;  Salem 6  60:  Tatea  City  7  90.  Schuff- 
tar— Gamp  Greek  9;  Carthage  lo;  Ebeneaer  II; 
Hamillon  8;  New  Salem  2;  Prairie  City  20; 
Wythe  4  76.  SpHng^eld—VtiWBon  4;  Decatur 
lat  38  36;  Jaoksonville,  Westminster  48  36; 
Jacksonrille.  let  Portugnese  2  10  438  06 

iLLiNoim  North.— CS^tM^o— Chicago  Ist  20  63; 
Chicago.  Noble  8\  Holland  10;  Eoglewood  16; 
Joliet,  Central  60;  Lake  Forest  80  60 ;  Manteno 

6  30;  Peotone  10.  J^fldport-- Galena,  SotiUi 
80  20;  Galena,  Ger  3  70;  Marengo  8;  Middle 
Greek  9;  Queen  Ann.  Ger  3;  Uidotte  12;  War- 
ren II;  Woodstock  4  86.  0/towa— Morris  8; 
Paw  Paw  1;  Somonank  2:  Ottawa  7:  Sireator 

7  65:  Waterman  1;  Wyoming  6.  Rock  River-^ 
Calvary  6:  Edwards  8  60:  Faiton  76  ots;  Ham- 
let 1;  Kewanee  4  60;  Morrison  12;  Munson 
S  60;  North  Henderson  22;  Viola  6  862  99 

Illinois,  South —il/tott— Carrol  ton  19  25;  Har- 
din 59cts;  Hillsboro  6;  Lebanon  6;  Plain  view 

1  81;  Plum  Greek  6  60;  Virden  2  01.  Cairo^ 
Allendale  1  4'»;  Gobden  2:  Du  Quoin  I  67;  Fair- 
field 3;  Metropolis 2;  Tamaroa2:  Wabash  2  20. 
3fa<foon  —  Assumption  7  60:  Brownstown  2; 
Dudley  6;  Grandview  4;  Neoga  2  64;  Pana  1  75 ; 
Watson  2  82  20 

Indiana,  North.— araio/ord«i;ifle--Bethany  17: 
Bethel  I;  CrawfordsvillH  Centr«  27:  Darlington 
8;    Delphi  17;    Rockville  7  35;   Sugar    Greek 

2  40:  Thorntown  17;  Wea  3.  Fort  Wayru— 
Blumon  13  19;  Franklin  I;  Kendallville  2.t  26; 
Lima  4  66 ;  New  Lancaster  6 :  Pleasant  Ridge 
11.  Irogamrpor^  —  Michigan  City  26  05:  West 
Union  7  45.  Mancie^fiew  Hope  65  cts;  Perrys- 
burgh  1 ;  Wabash  3  10  101  10 

Indiana,  South.  —  Indianapol4$  —  Bethany  7; 
Bloomiogton,  Walnut  St  3  66;  GreencasUe  12  21; 
Greenfield  1;  Greenwoods  rtO;  Indianapolis  1st 
8  49;  Indianapolis  5ih  3;  PutnamviUe 6;  Souih- 
Dort  6  68.  Hevf  Albany  —  Charletftown  2  4o; 
Corydon  6;  Jackson  Co  10;  JeflTtfr.Honvilie  10; 
Lexington  8;  MndiKon  1st,  addM  23  06:  Madison 
2d  27  16;  New  Albany  8d  17  60;  Pleasant  Town- 
ship I;  Vevay  3  4o.  FirwMne*— Bethany  6; 
Mount  Vernon  6 ;  Petersburgh  8  4(i ;  Prinoeton, 
(♦*  M  W"  26)  38  26;  Terre  Haute  Ist  12  27:  Upper 
Indiana  5  WhiU  Heater— Aurora  20;  Knijihts- 
town  3:  Plea-ant  Grove  2;  Rising  Sun  6  60; 
Shelbyville,  Mr-  Bennet  51  75;  Shelby ville,  Ger 
10;  Providence  6  17  301  47 

Iowa,  North.- Oedor  ficipidt— Cedar  Rapids  Ist, 
add'l  26  97;  Lyons  6  4^;  Marion  II  86;  Meant 
Vernon  5;  Richland  Centre  6  60;  Wyoming  10. 
/>tt/7uv««  — Cen'ralia  1  19;  Dubuque,  Ger  2u; 
Independence  1st  6;  Independence,  Uer  4; 
Lansing  6;  Manchester  2  60:  SberrilPs  Mound, 
Ger  8.    Fort  Dodge^Sioux  Guy  10  122  46 

Iowa,  SouTH.~Cbun«a  J3/i#«— Clarinda  3  68; 
Gnthrie  6.  Det  ifoinss— Dex*er  10;  Garden 
Grove  8  20;  Humeston  2  86;  Indianola  6; 
Olivet  1  75;  Pella  1  76;  Plymouth  6.  /owo— 
Birmingham  7  40;   Burlington  1st  4  06;    Fair- 


field 18  26;  Keokuk,  Westminster  4  86:  Kos- 
suth 1st  2  06:  Montrose  3;  Morning  Sun  16  75; 
Ottumwa  6  10;  St  Peter's.  Evangelical  6.  I«wm 
atv— Blue  Grass  2  90;  Cedar  Valley  1 ;  Oduin- 
bus  Git?  4:  Crawfordsville  11:  Eldridee  2  60; 
Iowa  City  20;  Keoia  2;  Lafayette  1;  Red  CHk 
6;  Summit  4;  Tinlon  n35:  W»»co"  ,f  ^?= 
Washington  11.  Nebmaka  COw— Humboldt  60 
cts;  Nebraska  City  and  «^ab  soh  20  76;  Seward 
1  16:  Ulvsses  1  16.  OmoAa— Decatur  1;  JK'^ 
Branch  1  21T  « 

Kansas.— -B-npori*— Hutchison  2:  Larned  I; 
Westminster  1  60.  HUjhiand  -  Vermillion  1. 
iVao»Ao-Ohetopa7  65;  Fsinhewl;  Fort  Gibson 
6:  Garnett  6:  Geneva  2;  Liberty  1.  '^P***— 
Edcrerton  3;  LeaTen worth  Ist  26  »o  » 

KsNTUOXT.— E&mCTsr- Ashland  65  03 :  Aagnste 
23:  Maysvllle  Ist,  (Sab^h  1  60)  14  60.  Lo«<is- 
vitts  —  Hopkinsvllle  2;  Louisville  4th  80  81; 
Pewee  Valley  14;  Plumb  Greek  2;  ShelbyTille 
1st  16.    Tronsi/liwiiio— Lebanon  20  1»  « 

LoNO  Island. —BroeWvn —Brooklyn,  Clawon 
Ave  161  72:  BrookWn,  Lawrence  8t2:  Brooklyn, 
South  8d  St,  •*  E  D"  60.  Lona  I<«and— Catcho- 
gue6;  East  Hampton  39  61;  Middletown  19  40; 
Sag  Harbor.  Ladles'  Ed  Hoc'y  64:  We'thampton 
10  ^rtwatt— Huntingdon  Ist  81;  Islip  -H  30: 
Woodhaven  2  60  378  68 

MiOHiOAN.  —  Drtro«  —  Detroit  1st  80  M:  De- 
troit. Westminster  7  66;  Mt Clemen*  27;  Saline 
7:  Wyandotte  3.  Qrand  Rapida—G\k  Rapids  2; 
Evart  2.  iTa'asMMOO— Constantine  6;  DecAtnr 
2  25.  I^nw'iijr— Brooklyn  6;  Homer  16;  Lan- 
sing 1st  4  06.  ifonros— California  2:  Teciimseh 
28.  &ffiiMHc  —  Flint  20  35:  Midland  Ciiy  3: 
Saginaw  City  12  18;  Wenona  3  28  230  «t 

MiNNisoTA.  —  Z)a*ote  —  Yankton  Agency  6. 
ifanikato— Mankato  24  26.  fit  PotU  —Delano  I; 
Independence  I;  Long  I.<ake  1:  Oik  Grove  3; 
Rice^s  Point  I;  Rockford  I;  Stillwater  2d  12; 
Wlllmar  UbO,  Southern  if mnsaoto— Richland  2: 
Sheldon  3;  Winnebago  2;  Jrolson  2.  Winona^ 
Frank  Hill  2  «1  76 

Missouri.  —a»ag«— Clinton  1 ;  Knob  Noeter  2; 
Lexington  2;  Tipton  3.  Opnk—lAme  Creek  2. 
PWmyra— Bird's  Eye  Ri^Ue  :t7c'8;  Linneus4; 
Sullivan  1st  32  cts;  Went  Bly  U  7n.  naif— 
Albany  1  V*;  Avalon  1 ;  Ca»m»on  1 ;  Forest  City 
2;  Lathrop  1;  Martinsville  4«  ets;  .Mirnbile  1 
Rockport  6;  Rosendale  1;  Trenton  1;  Weston 
4.  St  LoMis— Bethel.  Ger  6;  Emanuel  14  «6; 
Nazareth  7  46;  St  Louis  Ist  36;  St  Louis  ?H  ino 

807  82 
New  Jbrsst.— Cbriaco— Corisco  3.  Bttt^beth 
— Bf-lhlehem  21  20;  Clinton  1st  3  64;  Connecti- 
cut Farms  11  62;  Elisabeth  3d  3  44;  Elisabeth, 
Westminster  130;  Elis^beihport  18;  Maiuaben 
1st  12  95;  Penh  Amboy  li  60;  Pla^nfi^ld  1*1 
4  68;  Plainfleld  2d  (3ab-«ch  50)  81  67:  Plucka- 
min  3  53;  Rah  way  Ist  17  S3;  Ko^elle  l«t  (Sab- 
sch  2  7H)  7  5o;  Summit  Central  5  uO:  Summit 
West  I  92;  Westfield  6  50;  Woodbridge  34  A. 
Jersey  Ci.'y— Jersey  Guy  1st  6u;  Jersiey  City, 
Bergen  1st  39  62:  Jersey  Olty,  Qarpmont  5: 
Norwood  6  76;  Passaic  3  60;  Tenafly  2  97;  Union 
1st  1 ;  West  Hoboken  10.  AfonmoitM— Beverly 
16  36:  DavionS:  DelancoS;  Fd«rview.{:  Free- 
hold Ist  30;  Forked  River  1;  Hulmanville  4; 
Mt  Holly  30  31:  Plumsted  1:  Squan  Village  6; 
Tennent  ^.  Mttrrteand  Ora»y«— Boontoo  20; 
Bast  Oranue  12  Oi;  German  Valley  10:  M«»nd« 
haml!«t67  36;  Morristown  1st  (a  member  1M» 
166  76:  MyerrtVllSe  4  30:  Orange  Central  100; 
South  OrHUiie  106;  Succasunna  20;  Whippany 
6  Newark— yionitr\wr  161  6g  ;  Newark  Ist  106; 
Newark  2d  29  87 ;  Newark,  Calvary  14  88;  New- 
ark.  Park  3  30;  Newark.  South  Park  137  40. 
Ifew  Bruntwiek—KWxhtnirin  1st  4;  Amwi*ll  Uni- 
ted 1st  10;  Frenchtown  26 ;  Holland  H  03;  King- 
ston 7  38;  Ktngwood  20;  Lanb«riville  40;  MiK 
ford  12:  New  Brunswick  2d  10;  Pennioscton  6; 
Prinoeton  2d  39  40;  Prmceion,  Witherspoon  St 
4:  Stockton  4;  Trenton  1st  166;  Trenton  2d  17; 
Trenton  3d  263  91.  Aswton— Asbiiry  10;  Bel- 
videre  lat  8  72 ;  Blairstown  6  99 ;  Bloomsbury  27 ; 
Branchville  26;  Danvtlle  10;  I>eokeriown8  66; 
Greenwich  10  41;  HarmoDy  16  85;  La  Fl^ttU 


18T5.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OE  RECEIPTS. 


149 


1  80;  Maniieeld  2d  10;  Markuboro  3;  North 
iiardialOD  10;  Spartu  2  76;  8tewar(Hvllle  35; 
Waotaee'id  16;  Yellow  Frame  1  48.  Wtat  Jer- 
t^y— Black woodtowD  35;  BridxetoQ  let  )00; 
Bridgeton,  West  28  15 ;  Cedarville  Ist  5  50 ; 
Gedarfille  2d,  Babsoh  5;  Cold  Sprlnff  1175; 
Pialerrille  20;  Gloucester  City  0  50;  Balem  tt9; 
WilliamstowQ  5;  Wenonah  9  21  2,703  71 

Naw  Yoas.--5(wton— Bedford  14  20.  Hudaon^ 
QoodwiU  5  16;  Oreenbuah  2;  Uampu>DbarK5  50 ; 
flaverstraw Central  72;  Hopewell  Id;  MiddleCown 
lal  1  76;  Middietown  2d  2  7»;  Momicello  1  59; 
Mt  Hope  12;  Palutadea  2;  Ramapo  8;  Scotch* 
town  6  63;  UnioDTille  8 ;  Waahlnfrtonrille  let  6; 
WaahingtonTille  2d  4  13;  White  Lake  2  26. 
Ntw  Foz-Ac— New  York,  Brick  86  27 ;  New  York, 
Central  50 ;  New  York,  Church  of  the  Sea  and 
Land  89  eta ;  New  York,  North  17  97;  New  York, 
Phillips  SO  10;  New  York  Hcotoh  ^  J  T  J**  3«) 
844  36;  New  York,  I3th  St  69  54;  New  York, 
Waahiugton  Heights  89  72;  New  York.  4ih  Are 
34  35;  Brick  oh  Chapel  69  26.  North  Riv^r^ 
Bethlehem  15;  New  Hamburgh  10;  Fine  Flams 
10;  Koodou!3  63;  Smilhfield  17.  WutcKftar^ 
Bedford  10;  Bridgeport  31;  Croton  Falls  6; 
Darien  6;  Hartford  Ist  4U;  Mahopac  Falls  4  25; 
Feekskill  Ittt  46  21;  Port  Chester  1  88;  Rye 
65  47 ;  Sing  Smg  60 ;  South  Bast  6 ;  South  Salem 
15;  Yonkers  1st  288  83;  Yorktown  2u      1,663  71 

Paoma— B«tio<a— N<ipa  11 ;  Shtloh  7 ;  Tomalet 
6;  Two  Rooks  1  72.  Loa  ^n^efM— Santa  Bar- 
bara 10  40.  iSocramaito— Elko  6;  Sacramento, 
Westminster  16.  San  Franciaeo-^tin  Francisco 
Sonth  I ;  San  Francisco,  St  John  136  74.  San 
/m«— Milpitas  Township  1  103  8a 

pHiiADBLrmA.— (%e«rer~Avondale  12;  Chester 
latao;  Chester  8d  23;  Coatesville  20;  Forks  of 
Brandywine  13;  Kennett  Square  8;  New  Lon- 
don 6  19;  PhoeDizville  8;  Wayne  10.  Lackor 
tvoana— carbondale  30  69;  Columbia  X  Koads 
1:  Frankhnl  10;  Liberty  1  35;  Meshoppen  7; 
Montrose  40;  Newion  6;  Nicholson  2;  Plains 
2;  Plymouth  15  45;  Ruchviiie  2;  Scranton  2d 
83  43;  Shick»hinny  8;  StevensTille  2;  SyWiad 
1;  Towanda  lou;  Wilkesbarre  Chapel  2  28; 
Wyalusing  1st  66  cts;  Wilkesbarre  1st  112  31 ; 
Wilkesbarre  Memorial  34  56.  Lthigh  —  Allen 
Township  12;  Audenreid  2;  Catasauqua  1st  75; 
Easton.  Bramerd  40;  Mahanoy  City  9  46 ;  Port 
Carbon  10;  Fottsville  l.^t  20;  Pottsville  2d  16: 
Reading  1st  88  75;  Shenandoah  6;  Summit  tiill 
16  79,  sab-HOh  6  52—21  49;  Tamaqua6;  Upper 
Mt  Bethel  5;  Weatherly  3  50.  FhUadelphio— 
Philadelphia  1st  464  U;  Philadelphia  2d  90; 
Philadelphia  9th,  E  W  10;  Philadelphia.  Taber- 
nacle 88  21;  Philad'a,  NVesiininster  15;  Philad*a, 
Woodland  89;  Philad*a,  Walnut  St  210  66;  Phil- 
ad*a,  W  Spruce  St,  Sab-sch  26.  PhiUuMphta 
Omero^— Phila,  Alexander  l<il;  Phila,  Arcu  Sb 
241  59;  Phila,  Cohockbink  133  83;  Pbila, Colum- 
bia Ave  8;  Phila,  Iromanuel  41  u6;  Phiia,  Keu* 
slngton  86;  Phila,  North  Broad  St  50  68;  Phila, 
N  Liberties  1st  190;  Phila,  Oxford  25;  Phila, 
Princeton  70;  Pnila,  Spring  Garden  66  80;  Phila, 
West  Arch  St,  add*l  11  29;  Phila,  Chandler  3; 
Phila,  UoMiODTille  6;  Pbila,  Mantua  2d  20;  Phila, 
Richmond  5;  Phila,  Broad  and  Diamond  12  30. 
Philadelphia  North— Abmaton  36  60;  Bridesburg 
16;  Chestnut  Uill  luo;  l^restyllle  8;  German- 
town  1st  32i;  Germantown  2d  31  SO;  German* 
town,  Market  Square  ii  a7;  Huntingdon  Valley 
6:  Jeffer.-^onviile  4;  Newtown  58  lu.  Watmm- 
•<«r— Christ  Chapel  133  70;  Lancaster  25  25; 
Leacock  19;  Middle  Octorara  12;  Mt  Joy  14; 
Slate  Uidge  12;  Strasburg  14  3,702  78 

Pirr8BUBOH.~B/airffva<s— Armagh  10;  Beulah 
24;  Braddock*s  12;  Congruity  12;  Cross  Roads 
11  12;  Kev  G  M  bparsrove  5 ;  Greenaburgh  Sab- 
soh  14  z8;  Irwin  7;  Latrobe  16  5:^;  Livermore 
18;  MurraysviUe  10;  New  Salem  12  75;  Parnas- 
sus 18  69;  Poke  Run  42;  Salem  17  25;  Unity 
16  60;  Verona  10.  FittaUurgh  —  Bethimy  34; 
Centre  21:  East  Liberty  42  64;  Fairriew  4; 
Hazlewood  3i  43;  Maobtield  7;  Miller's  Run 
4  70;  Mt  Carmei  10  15;  Oakdale  lo;  Pittsburgh 
2d  7  64;  Pittsburgh  3d  58  96;  Pittsburgh  4th  20 ; 
PltUburgh  6th  60;  Pittsburgh  Central  50;  Pitts- 
burgh, Grace  3  51 ;  Pittsburgh,  Shady  Side  14  66; 


Raccoon  87  66;  Sharon  18;  Wllkinsburgh  38. 
jBfdstons— Belle  Vernon  17  28;  BrownsTille  2  27; 
ConnellsTille  47  29;  Dunbar  27  60;  George's 
Creek  7  96;  Laurel  Hill  10;  Long  Ron  10:  Mt 
Pleasant  22;  New  Providence  20;  Pleasant  Unity 
0  40;  Round  Hill  6  81.  )fa«Ainytofi— Forks  of 
WneelinjK  73;  Lower  Ten  Mile  6 ;  Mt  Prospect 
16  30;  New  Cumberland  22;  Upper  Buffalo 
27  75:  Washington  2d  10;  Wayuesburgh  7  54; 
Wheeling  1st  28  65  W«»t  Ftry«nia^Fairmonnt 
14  35;  Mannington  1  10  1,102  98 

TnfimsiB.— J7oMon— EHsftbethton  I  88;  Jones- 
boro  2  4^:  Kingnport  1  80;  Reedy  Creek  3  20; 
J  W.  C  W.  Thank  offering  5.  iTin^ston— Bethel 
9;  Mt  Zion  1  60.  C^aton—Uopewell  2  65;  New 
Market  7  90;  Spring  Place  4  40;  Strawberry 
Plains  4  50  43  76 

Toi.i»o.  —  Be2^ontain«  — Belle  fontaine  1  58; 
Buck  Creek  12;  Bucyrus  1  18;  Patterson  2  25; 
Spring  Hills  1  12;  Urbana  15  85.  Huron  — 
BloomTilie  7  80;  Huron  5;  Milan  20;  Kepublio 
58  cts;  Sandusky  18  55.  X«»ma— Del phos 90  cts ; 
Ealida  4  66.  ifaumes— Bryan  17  50:  Delta  2; 
Eagle  Creek  6;  Maumee  City  6:  Toledo  1st 
21  47;  Toledo,  Westminster  5;  Toledo,  1st  Ger 
2;  West  Bethesda  6  149  48 

WasTiE*  Nbw  YoBK.^£u/afo— Buflklo  1st  20 ; 
Buffklo,  Breckenridge  St  18  71;  Biinalo,  Calrary 
45;  Buffalo,  Oeniral  13  74;  Butfolo,  Westmin- 
ster 5  37;  East  Aurora  15;  East  Hamburgh  8: 
Fredonia3n;  GowandaS;  Panama  5;  Riptey  lat 
10;  Shernum  20  36;  Wesi6eld  10  90.  Qene$ee^ 
Attica  24  60;  BaUvia37;  castile  10;  Oak  add  6; 
Plks  4  60;  Warsaw  36;  Wyoming  9  2U.  Nia- 
gara —  Holley  10  ;  Medina  4  4u.  Roehmter  ~~ 
Avon  1;  Brighton  11;  Brockport  27  30;  Chili 
6;  Dansville  37  lo;  Geneseo  village  1st  48  80 ; 
Lima  2  23;  Nunda  8;  Parma  Centre  9  70;  Ao- 
ohe»ter  1st  lu3  12;  Rochester  Si  36  87 ;  Roches- 
ter, Bnck  65  18;  Rochester  Central  17  i9;  West 
Mendon  7  725  16 

Wisooirsnf.— CkippetMi— Hixton  3;  La  Crosse 
lAt  14  75;  La  Crosse,  North  25  cts;  Neshoanoo 
8  60.  Lake  Superior — Marinette  6 ;  Menominee 
25  41.  if tfiMii<j;:ss— Barton  8  86;  Delafield  37 
ots;  JanesviUe  18  62;  Manitowoc  Ist  5;  Mil- 
waukee, Calvary  28;  Waukesha  13.  Winnebago 
— Du  Fere  8  43:  Fond  du  Lao  25;  Neenan  16  66; 
St  Bauveur  5.  Wit>eonain  Biver— Oxford  2;  For- 
Uge  12  76;  Rock  ri lie,  Ger  2  197  20 

Total  receipts  fh>m  churches,       $19,821  10 
LiOAOiia. 
Mrs  O  P  Stewart,  Macomb,  III  651  75 ;  balance 
of  Bank  account  of  the  Estate  of  J  Blythe  10  48 

662  23 
RiPtriiDD. 
A  Student60;  **  H  S*'  2  60;  A  A  M  62  60 ;  >*  H 
8  B**  15  IJO  00 

MisoBLLAnooa. 
••O."  Phila  I;  "Friend"  6;  Religious  Contri- 
bution 8oo*y  Princeton  Sem'y  5;  Mr  and  Mrs  J 
Moore  1;  Kev  A  Cooper 5;  Misses  Patterson^; 
CaMh  10;  J  Milton  Shields,  M  D  4  00;  A  Crevel- 
ing  1 ;  H  C  Wsrd  5;  Rev  N  E  Lowrie  16;  Rev  0 
Cuder,  D.D^  lu;  Dorcas  Gould  10;  Welsn  Cat 
ch.  New  York  City  33  8u:  Lida  Edwards  1 ;  Mrs 
Treadwell  35  cto;  Rev  W  G  Nuitmg  50  ots;  Rot 
Samuel  Ward  and  Wife  10;  M  E  Welles  5;  1st 
ConsM  ch.  Bryan,  New  York  6  75:  Mrs  K  Troy, 
N  Y  5;  E  IB  Townsend5;  Rev  U  F  Thompson 
and  family  2;  John  C  King  and  Wife  5       147  50 

Total  Receipts  in  March,      $20,760  83 

E.  G.  WOODWARD,  Treantrer. 
1334  Chestnut  Street,  Ft.  ilauelphia. 


Reports  and  oorrespondenoe  relating  to  the 
general  business  of  the  Board,  address  to 
William  Spkbr,  D.D., 

Correeponding  Secretary, 

The  PKBMAifEirr  Manual  of  the  Board, 

cards  for  annual  collections,  and  other  needed 

information,  fttmiahed  on  application  to  the 

Secretary.         "        ^  O 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


[May 


RECEIPTS  FOB  FOREIGN  MISSIONS  IN  MARCH  1876. 


Ax.BAifT.-^ill^iiy— SobcneeUdy  ob  S28  TO, 
for  papil  In  Sem>  in  Sjria  17,  Sab-wh  111  80— 
M7  60;  ith  oh  Albanj  800;  aiorenrille  oh 
904  10 ;  SUto  St  eh,  ATbany  166  06 ;  Ist  eh  Al- 
bany 163  16;  Johnstown  eh  60  47 ;  1st  eh  Am- 
■terdam  90;  1st  oh  Bethlehem  16;  Prlnoeton 
oh  16 ;  Kingston  oh,  Miss  R  Brewer  10 ;  Espe- 
rance  Sab-soh  6 ;  Ballston  Centre  oh  6  00 ;  GFal- 
way  Village  oh  S  36.  Ch^mpUin^Ewke  Sab- 
•oh  8.  CoTitiift^itf— Jewett  oh  28  20 ;  Windham 
Centre  oh  78  60.  Troy— Od  oh  Troy  384  81,  to 
sup  three  students  in  India  00-808  01 ;  Ist  oh 
Ijan8in«burgl40;  Wood8ldeoh46  74,  Sab^ch 
80  02^83  30 ;  Salem  oh  82 ;  Park  oh,  Troy  46 ; 
North  OranTille  oh  84;  Uoosick  Falls  oh  21 83; 
Oreen  Island  oh  7,  Sab-soh  8-10;  MalU  oh 
802  8Jm68 

Baltimore.— BaUimore—lst  oh  Baltimoro 
4000 :  Westminster  oh  Baltimore  008  88,  Speolal 
for  BogoU  Chapel  100=^703  86 ;  Taney  town  oh 
49  43 ;  Havre  do  Grace  Sab>soh  48 ;  Gorane 
Chapel  Sab-soh  10 ;  Frostburg  oh  10 ;  Dames- 
town  eh  8 ;  Dolphin  St  oh  6.  New  Catfl«— Han- 
over St  oh,  Wilmington  86 ;  Pitts  Creek  oh  82; 
Pencador  oh  21  06 :  1st  ch  Delaware  City  20 ; 
Bridgeville  ch  16 :  Odessa  oh  18 ;  St  George  ch 
0.  Washington  Ci/y— New  York  Avenue  oh, 
Youths'  Miss  Soo'v  196  00 ;  4th  oh,  Washington 
86;  1st  ch,  Washington  80;  Assembly  oh, 
Washington  38  70;  16th  St  ch,  Washington  8: 
HyatUTille  oh  2  60  6,848  86 

Cbntral  Nbw  YoRK^^Bingkamioi^^lst  oh 
Binghamton  188  87 :  Spencer  oh  80 ;  1st  oh 
Coventry  20  88 ;  Waverly  ch  90:  Truxton  oh  6. 
OUego-Vherrj  Valley  oh  01  86;  1st  eh  Delhi 
40  23 ;  1st  oh  Hamden  8 ;  Otsego  oh  7.  St  Law 
r€nc€—Ui  oh  Watertown  802  60 ;  Stone  St  ch, 
Watortown  76:  Ist  oh  Heuvelton  0;  Morris- 
town  oh,  Sab-soh  Tor  China  6.  Syr«tf«««— Graoo 
eh,  Oswego  147  70 ;  1st  eh.  Syracuse  46 10 ;  Liv- 
erpool ch  37  60 :  Jamesville  oh  26 12;  Lvsandor 
oh  10 :  Itonox  on  10  10 ;  1st  oh,  Oswego  10 ;  Con- 
stantlneoh  2.  tZ/ico— Oneida  oh  201  82;  New 
York  Mills  oh  102  60;  Rome  oh  40  26:  New 
Hartford  ch  43;  Sauquoit  oh  28;  Camden  oh 
90  60,  Sab-soh  for  China  4  60a-26;  1st  oh,  Utioa, 
Mrs  Liodlin  2 ;  Deerfleld  oh  2 ;  Alder  Creek  oh 
a  1,614  68 

CiNOiirNATi.—Clk{l/icofA«— South  Salem  ch 
118  67,  Mrs  D  B  Fullerton  6,  Sab-soh  88  Ol^t 
162  68 ;  Pisgah  oh  80 ;  Washington  ch  20 :  Me- 
morial oh,  Chillioothe  0  26.  Cincinnati— lAXiQ 
Seminary  ch  862  61;  Montgomery  Sab-soh  86; 
7th  ch  Sab-soh  34  26 ;  Pleasant  Kidge  Sab-soh 
14  62:  Poplar  St  ch  6:  1st  Ger  oh  Sab-soh, 
Cheviot  6.  Day/on— 2d  oh,  Springfield  200; 
College  Corner  ch  16 ;  Osborn  oh  8  02 ;  Fletcher 
ch  10;  Somerville  eh  6  28;  Camden  ch,  Mrs 
Maggie  Martin  6.  Port$moutK-\%i  ch  Sab-soh 
Gaiupolls  10  ;  Eckmansville  oh  11 ;  Red  Oak 
oh  1,  Sab-soh  4—6  1,000  61 

CLBVBLAND.—C/eve/aact— 1st  oh  Cleveland 
677  03;  2d  oh  Cleveland  606;  Elyria  oh  83; 
Westminster  oh,  Cleveland  28  64 ;  Strongsville 
oh  6 18 ;  A  member  of  Presbytery  8 ;  North  ch, 
Cleveland  0  68.  Af«Aon<f»9--Canton  oh  88,  for 
Mexico  40,  to  sup  native  preaeher  in  Ningpo 
140=968;  1st  oh,  Toungstown  40  06:  Warren 
oh  SO;  Ist  oh.  Alliance  86<20;  Brookfield  eh 
32,  Union  Sab-soh  8  26ai26  26;  Poland  oh,  Fe- 
male  Miss  Soo'y  10  60 ;  Jackson  ch  18  80 ;  Mid- 
die  Sandy  ch  12;  Canfleld  oh  10 :  Vienna  oh  6. 
at  Ctoirftriiie— Cadis  eh  180;  St  ClairsviUe 
Sab-sch  36 ;  Bealesville  oh  4  40.  SteubtnvUU 
— Beeoh  Springs  Sab-soh,  for  China  81 ;  Den- 
niston  oh  80 ;  Two  Ridges  eh  17  67,  Woman's 
For  Miss  Soc'y  0  67=27  24 ;  Corinth  ch  26  66; 
Lonff's  Run  oh  26 ;  Waynesburgh  Sab-sch,  for 
OhiM  16  1,048  88 

Colorado.— C»l*r«4«— Georgetown  1st  ch 
Sab-sch  16 ;  Golden  oh  6 1  Trlniiiad  oh  8.  San- 
ta Fe—lM^  Vegas  oh  6.  fFyota^ii^— Salt  lAke 
City  ch  10  88  00 

CoLUX una.— Co/»iift6it«— Rush  Creek  ch  7  66; 
Hoge  Memorial  ch  6  50 ;  Bethel  ch  1  70 ;  Bre- 
men ch  2  75 ;  N  and  wife  60.  AfaHon— Marion 
ch37  75,  Sab-sch  10=s47  76:  MarysviUe  ch  26; 
MUford  Centre  oh  8  76.     If  oosftr— Mansfield 


oh  61,  Sab^h,  for  China  100^161 ;  Westmln* 
Btereh,  Wooster  72 ;  Lexington  Sab-sch,  to  con 
David  Strongh  l  x  60 ;  Apple  Creek  ch  80  60 ; 
Dalton  oh  47  76 ;  Belleville  eh  15 ;  Chippewa 
oh  11 :  Shrove  oh  7  80.  Zaii«t«i//e— Granville 
eh  107  16 ;  Coshooton  oh  60 ;  1st  ch  Zanesville 
48  40 ;  Jersey  oh  80 ;  Putnam  ch  20 ;  Otsego  oh 
0 ;  KirkersviUe  eh  8  ^80 

Erib.  —  illlsjv^eny— 1ft  Ger  oh  Alleghenr 
47  28;  Providence  oh  27  80;  New  Salem  oh 
16  06 ;  Plains  oh  10;  Industry  ch  7 ;  Valley  oh 
6.  Sttlfcr— Plain  Grove  oh  66  40 ;  Leesburg  eh 
16 ;  HarrisviUe  oh  14  08;  Pine  Grove  ch  18  44; 
Unity  oh  8  68.  Clarion— Perry  ch  16  60;  Pis- 
gah oh  12  40 ;  Rtohardsville  eh  11 ;  Conoord  eh. 
Ladies'  Miss  Soo'v  0 ;  Troy  oh  7  60 ;  Marvvllie 
ch  6 ;  Mt  Tabor  oh  8.  £ri<— Pleasantville  oh 
08  46;  1st  oh  Meadvllle  60;  Edlnboro  oh  86; 
9d  oh,  Mercer  27;  Girard  eh  26  70;  Harbor 
Creek  oh  16,  Sab-soh  1  68=16  68;  Geonretown 
oh  18;  Westminster  ch,  Erie  10;  Mill  Village 
Sab4oh  4.  KUtanning—Vt)LW  oh  88,  Ladies* 
Miss  Soo'v,  for  Laos  Bible  80=08;  Saltsburg 
Sab-soh,  for  Tungohow  61  60;  Ebeneser  ch  4CL 
Sab-soh  6  66-46  66 ;  Clarksburg  oh  16,  Sab-sch 
0-»^ ;  Harmon/  oh  16 ;  Clinton  eh  10 ;  Bethesda 
oh  8 ;  Appleby  Manor  oh  6  28.  Shtnango^-WtaX' 
field  oh  161 :  Unity  Sab-sch  107  06 ;  Neshannook 
ch  64  28;  Hanover  oh  08  66;  Mt  Pleasant  ch 
71  70;  New  Brighton  oh  34.  B  R  Bradford  to 
con  L  X  888-67;  3d  ch  New  Castle  20  80;  Sha- 
ron  oh  20;  Little  Beaver  ch  8  08 ;  Enon  eh  7  60 

1,86188 

GRHBTA.—Cayu^o— Aurora  ch  16  80;  Vi^ 
tory  oh  6 ;  9d  ch  Genoa  1 86.  Chtmung--\st  eh 
Elmira  30  60 ;  Horse  Heads  eh  90.  Gtntv^^ 
Waterloo  ch  160:  1st  oh  Phelps  72,  Mrs  E 
Richards  10aM62;  1st  eh  Geneva  27  41;  Seneoa 
Castle  ch  22  08 :  Canoga  ch  10 ;  Ist  ch  Man- 
chester 10.  Lyoa«— Junius  ch  7  80 ;  Savannah 
ch  6.  S/sud€f»— Corning  oh  81  48;  Pultney  oh 
13 ;  Howard  oh  8 ;  Wheeler  oh  8  446  07 

Harbisburoh.— CarMf/e— Meroersburg  oh 
42, Sab-sch  20»62;  Mechanicsburgoh  60 ;  Dun- 
cannon  ch  36 ;  Central  ch  Chambersburg  10  07, 
Miss  Schofield's  Sab-soh  class  1  75=20  82; 
Robert  Kennedy  Memorial  Sab-sch  0;  Gettvs- 
burgh  ch  6  60,  Grape  Vino  SalKsch  3  15=8  66 ; 
Dauphin  ch,  a  friend  1 ;  2d  oh  Carlisle,  a  mem- 
ber  8.  H«ii/<A^doa— Biruilngham  ch  640  68; 
2a  ch  Altoona  118  45 ;  Tusoarora  oh  68  26 ; 
Lewlstown  Sab-soh  60;  West  Klshaooquillas 
ch,  Belleville  Sab-sch  86 ;  Upper  Tusoarora 
oh  20  70 ;  Sab-soh  8«32  70:  Newton  Hamilton 
oh  26;  Logan's  Valley  oh  28;  Mt  Union  oh 
20  43 ;  Lower  Spruce  Creek  ch  90 ;  AUenville 
Sab-sch  16 ;  Beulah  ch  16 ;  Peru  ch  12  50 ;  Mif- 
flintown  and  Lost  Creek  oh  6 :  Oak  Grove  oh 
3  75.  ^oratffii^eriafuf— Lewisburgch  314  16; 
1st  ch  Bloomsburg  210  80:  Milton  ch  116,  Sab- 
sch  44«b160;  Washington  ch  41  60;  Newberry 
ch  38  75 ;  Sunbury  Sab-sch  37  63 ;  2d  ch  Wil- 
liamsport  90  21;  1st  ch  Watsontown  18  76; 
McEwensviUe  ch  10  06:  Briar  Creek  ch  10; 
Beech  Creek  oh  6  20.  WtlUboro—UX.  ch  Tioga 
22 ;  Wellsboro  oh  U  10 ;  Eckland  ch  8 

3,083  90 

iLLiKois,  CbiItral. — Bloomington  —  Dan- 
vllle  ch  40  66;  Hey  worth  oh  10;  Piper  City  oh 
10;  Salem  oh  6;  1st  ch  Paxton  C^86;  Chats- 
worth  ch  6  00 :  Reading  Sab-sch  3  85.  Peoriu 
—Henry  Sab-soh,  for  Syria  36  06 ;  Galesburg 
oh  76 :  Grace  oh  Peoria  12,  Sab-soh  5-17 ;  John 
Knox  oh  24  40:  Low  Point  eh  7  70;  Knoxvllle 
ch,  Mrs  W  Y  Miller  6,  Sab-sch,  for  Persia  %^ 
7 ;  Ipava  eh.  add'l  6 ;  Eureka  Sab-sch  2  60. 
5cik«y<er— Elvaston  on  47 :  Carthage  Sab-sch 
26;  Prairie  City  oh  15,  Sab-sch  8=18;  Hamll- 
ton  oh  14;  Wvthe  oh  13;  Doddsville  ch  4  36; 
New  Salem  on  4:  Fairmount  oh  2  60:  Chili  ch 
4.  Spr<na/f «{d— w  estminster  ch,  Jacksonvillo 
901  51 ;  ist  oh  Decatur  04 11 ;  Ist  oh  Springfield 
70  26 :  North  Sangamon  ch  40 :  3d  Port  Sab- 
sch,  Springfield  8 ;  Dawson  ch  6  806  08 

Illinois,  Nortr.— Chicago— Ut  oh  Hyda 
Park  682  61;  Lake  Forest  eh  478  57;  Ist  oh 
Chicago  111 ;  Peotone  ch  46;  Central  oh  Joliet 
30;  Maywood  oh  10.    Frteport—We§iB^ntUT 


18T5.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OP  RECEIPTS. 


151 


«li,  Rookford  06  U ;  Foretton  German  ob  28 ; 
Woodstock  oh  8  40;  Argyle  ch  4.  Ottawa^ 
Park  ch,  Streator  22  76,  Sal>>8ch  2.  VermillioB 
City  SatKSch  76  otSa:26  U ;  1st  oh  Morris  15^ 
Mock  Rivtr^lai  oh  Sterling  80:  Morrison  oh 
t6;  Fulton  oh  0  07;  Manson  ohe;  Hamlet  eh 
4 ;  J,  Ulffh  Point,  8  1,473  81 

lu^tNois,  South.— JUva— Virden  eh  13  81 ; 
BiUler  oh  9  50 ;  PlainTiew  oh  3.  Cairo->l8t  oh 
DaCtnoln  8  42 ;  FrlendsTille  ch  6  60 ;  Sab-soh 
1  14^7  04;  MoLeansboro  Sab^oh  7  66;  Wa. 
bash  Sab  sch  6  46;  Elba  ch  6  26:  Oobden  ch  6; 
Istch  Sab-sch  Kinmnndy  10;  Ghalam  ch  2  36; 
Allendale  oh  1  30 :  Flora  oh  1.  Mmitoon^ 
Gharlestonch  67;  Yandalla  oh  88  60;  Neoga 
oh  13  69 ;  Pana  eh  6  40;  AssnmptiOD  oh  0  61: 
Watson  ch  2 ;  Dalton  eh  2  208  48 

IvDiAKA,  North. — Crai0/enf«v<//«— Central 
«h,  Crawfordsyille  81  44 ;  Kob  Rot  ch  18 ;  Del- 
phi  Sab-sch  16;  WaTeland  Sab-soh,  to  tapport 
Rev  U  C  Thomson,  Mexico  6;  Alamo  en  3. 
Fort  Wayne^lBt  oh  Fort  Wayne  148;  Qoshen 
«h  22  60,  Sab-sch  26-47  60.  Logantport—JA 
Porte  ch  86  26 :  1st  oh  South  Bend  66  16 ;  Pis- 
cah  eh  6 ;  Rochester  eh  4  06 ;  Bourbon  ch  2  60. 
If  afie<«— Wabash  ch  Sab-sch  16  66,  to  support 
«liild  at  Zacateoas  eo«»60  66;  Noblesrille  eh 
SI ;  Hopewell  eh  6  60,  Sab-soh  8  60-10 ;  Tipton 
ell  6  60  670  08 

INDIAKA,  SouTB.— /tuMaiMpoZit— ad  ch  In- 
dianapolis 606 ;  1st  eh  Indianapolis  106  67 ;  3d 
Ob  Indianapolis  87  28:  Bethany  Sab-sch  20; 
Oreeneastle  Sab-sch  20:  Southport  Sab-soh 

5  60;  Shiloh  Sab-soh  2:  Edinburgh  Sab-sch  1. 
New  Albany— Ut  eh  Sab-aeh  Madison  82  90; 
Oorydon  ch  26 ;  2d  oh  Madison  7 ;  Mt  Vernon 
Oh  6  60 ;  New  Washington  oh  6 ;  Oak  OroTe  oh 
t;  Monroe  Sab-sch  1  76.  Fin^ennet— Oraee 
oh,  EvansTille  68  40,  Sab-soh  40  66-118  05; 
8penoer  ch  6  60,  Edie  Foz*s  savings  70  ot8« 
T  20;  Poland  oh  7  10:  Petersburgh  eh  0  1ft; 
Howetville  ch6;  SulUvan  oh  6  60;  Yandalla 
oh  2  26;  Claiborne  oh  10.  WhiU  Water— 
Knightstown  ch  4,  Sab-soh  20ar24 :  Istch  Rich- 
mond  28;  Liberty  eh  18  86;  Rusnyllle  ch  10, 
8ab-soh  1 36=i:ll  86 ;  Providence  oh  4  00 ;  Plea- 
sant Orove  and  Homer  eh  3  1,072  60 

Iowa,  NoRTH.^Ced«r  JIapiilf— Mechanics- 
burg  ch  28  60;  Mt  Vernon  oh  12 :  Clarence  eh, 
Wm  Shearer  6.  I>«daf ««— Sherriirs  Mound 
oh  16;  2d  ch  Dubuque  20;  Iianslng  eh  10; 
Wankon  QermMD  eh  10;  Independence  ch  8; 
Central ia  ch  6  33;  Rossville  oh  4  26.  Fort 
Dodge— l»t  ch  Sab-sch  Jefferson  18  76.  Water- 
loo—Iti  oh  State  Centre  11 ;  Qrundy  Centre  oh 
10 ;  1st  oh  Greene  6  163  88 

Iowa,  South.— Co«iic<I  Bli^t— G-uthrle  oh 
S8,  Sab-sch  2=30;  Council  Blutfs  Sab-sch  22; 
Clarinda  ch  10  24 ;  Coming  oh  1  60.  De8 
Moine$—Ut  ch  Des  Moines  28  46 ;  Colfkkx  ch 
8  60.  iowo— Mlddletown  ch  28 :  Westminster 
eh,  Keokuk  26  06 ;  Burlington  ch  20  08 ;  Kos- 
suth oh  11  23 ;  Summit  eh  9  46;  Spring  Creek 
ch  7;  Montrose  ch  Sab-sch  2  60;  Wiufield  oh 
10.  Iowa  Ci/y— Washington  ch  69  20:  Craw- 
fordsville  ch  42  60;  1st  ch  Iowa  City  80 ;  Red 
Oak  ch  26:  Princeton  ch  6,  Sab-soh  11-16; 
Mt  Union  ch  6  60,  Sab-seh  6  60-12 ;  Le  Claire 
eh  10:  Columbus  City  eh  7  60;  Brooklyn  eh 

6  06;  Muscatine  Ger  ch  6  26;  Keota  ch  6;  Ia 
Fayette  ch  2;  Montesuma  ch  2.  Vebratka 
Ci/y— Seward  and  Ulysses  ch  2  60 ;  Humboldt 
anu  Salem  ch  1  60.  Omakor—t^  ch  Omaha  40; 
Daily  Branch  ch  2;  1st  oh  Deeatur  1       490  61 

'KMJKSx%.—Au9tin—\Ml  ch  Austin,  Texas 
48 16.  Emporia— Westminster  ch  Eureka  6  06. 
HigMandr—Troj  ch  6 ;  Vermillion  oh  1.  Neo- 
sAo— New  Chicago  ch  3.  Topeka—Uteh  Lea- 
venworth 60 ;  1st  eh  Lawrence  86 ;  1st  eh  Man- 
hattan  10  162  21 

KEitrTJCKY.  —  Ehenezer—2d  ch  Lexington 
400,  Sab-sch  33  86-  433  86 ;  Ashland  oh  168 :  1st 
eh  Sab-sch  Covington  60  30 :  Paris  ch  68  70. 
Lo«<«in/2«— Cloverport  oh  40;  Shelby ville  eh 
S3  60;  Pewee  Valley  oh  14  787  36 

LoMO  iBLKVD,— Brooklyn— ThTOOp  Ave  ch 
08  68;  La  Fayette  Ave  oh,  of  which  88  Ollmon 


oon  68  08;  South  8d  St  eh,  Wllliamsburgh  86; 
Calvary  ch.  New  Brighton,  28  76;  1st  ch,  (Dr 
Seavers)  14  81;  1st  eh  Edsewater  9  40:  Hop- 
kins  St  Qer  ch  6.  Long  uland— 1st  ch  Sag 
Harbor  100 ;  Cutchogae  ch  8;  West  Hampton 
eh  6.  IfaM$au—B^\yTk  eh  111  60 ;  Ist  ch  Hemp- 
stead 16  16 ;  Springfield  ch  10  88  474  68 
Michigan.^  De/roK  —  1st  ch  Detroit  800; 
United  ch,  Milfbrd  48 ;  South  Lyons  ch  83  26 ; 
Westminster  ch,  Detroit  47  00 ;  2d  oh  Plymouth 
16  80;  Ist  ch  Holly  7  17,  Sab-sch  1  83  8  60; 
Wintc  Lake  ch  8  60;  1st  ch  Wyandotte  6. 
Orand  Rapid9—Ionl%  ch  16;  Elk  Kapids  ch  4; 
Evart  ch  8  60.  Kalama»oo—lBt  oh  Kalamazoo, 
for  Rays  of  Light,  Persia  260.  Lcntina— Mar- 
shall ch  89 17 ;  1st  ch  Lansing  21  88 ;  Mason  ch 
20.  Jtfonroe^Erie  ch  12  10.  Saginaw— \Bt  ch 
Flint  96  20 ;  Pine  River  eh  10  986  04 

MiHVK80TA.—DaAe/a— Yankton  Agency  ch 
88.    Jlfen*a/a— 1st  ch  Mankato  61  80,  Sab-sch 

88  60=80  40 ;  Le  Sueur  ch  Sab-sch,  for  boy  at 
Peking  80;  Winnebago  City  ch  8.  St  Paul— 
8d  oh  Stillwater  22:  Franklin  Ave  ch,  Minne- 
apolis 10;  Duluth  oh  10  46;  Rice's  Point  ch  6 : 
Andrew  eh,  add*l  6 ;  Rockford  eh  1,  Sab-sch  1 
k3  ;  Delano  oh  1,  Sab-sch  1-2 :  Long  Lake  ch 
1,  Sab-sch  1=4;  independence  ch  1.  Sab-sch  1 
"^2;  Wilmar  on  1  60.  Southern  Minnesota — 
Albert  Lea  ch  30;  Turner  eh  20:  Houston  oh 
6.  Sab-sch  8-8;  Sheldon  ch  6;  Richland  Prai- 
rie ch  8  77 ;  Lanesboro  oh  2 ;  La  Crescent  oh 
8  60  286  72 

MiB8OURi.—0«a$r«^  Clinton  ch  10;  Tipton 
eh  6.  O^arib— Ebeneser  ch  6.  Pa/iayr a— Bird's 
Eye  Ridge  oh  0  16 ;  1st  oh  Sullivan  7.  Platte 
—Westminster  oh,  St  Joseph  81  76;  Albany 
•h  8  88 ;  Weston  ch  4 ;  Martinsville  ch  2  69 ; 
Avalon  ch  2  60;  Rosendale  ch  2;  Lathropch 
2:  Cameron  ch  1 ;  Dawn  ch  60  ots.  St  Louie— 
8d  oh  St  Louis  260.  Ladies'  Aid  Soc'y,  to  sup 
Miss  Forman  400,  Sab-sch  200  60-860  60;  Is^ 
eh  St  Louis  160 ;  St  Charles  oh  60 ;  Garrison 
Ave  ch,  St  Louis  9 ;  Washington  ch  Sab-sch  4 

1,204  47 

New  Jxrsbt.— CoHtco— Corisco  ch,  to  con 
Rev  £  N  Sawtelle  l  m  60.  Elizabeth^2d  ch 
Plainfleld  860 : 1st  eh  Elizabeth  142  49;  Bask- 
Ingridg^  eh  116,  Sab-soh  60,  Franklin  Sab-sch 
6-170:   Lamington  ch  100:  Woo<l bridge  ch 

89  69 ;  1st  oh  Metuohen  74 ;  Connecticut  Farms 
eh  62 ;  Westfield  oh  29  60 ;  1st  ch  Plainfield 
26  16 ;  Roselle  oh  26  61,  Sab-sch  14  80 --40  81 ; 
Clinton  ch  19  61 ;  Pluckamin  ch  18  97;  3d  ch 
Elisabeth  18  60;  Summit  West  ch  10  86 :  Cran- 
ford  ch  10 ;  Now  Providence  oh  10.  Jereey  City 
—1st  oh  Jersey  City  70;  Ist  oh  West  Hobuken, 
Youths*  Miss  Soo'y  for  Syria  60 :  Claremont 
ch  20 ;  Passaic  ch  18  60 :  Tenafly  ch  16 ;  Ist  ch 
Rutherford  Park  18  68;  Union  oh  3.  Man- 
mouth— ^  ch  Cranberry  80  02;  Jamesburg  ch 
60 ;  Tennent  ch  86 :  AUentown  ch  88;  Manala- 

gan  ch  26;  1st  on  Sab  sch  HIghtstown  26; 
quan  Village  ch  10,  Sab  sch  10-20:  Matta- 
wan  ch  Sab  sch  14  76 ;  Holmansville  ch  10 ;  1st 
oh  Bordentown  10 ;  Dayton  ch  6 :  Fairview  ch 
2 ;  Plum  ch.  New  Egypt  2 ;  Forked  River  ch 
1 ;  Delanco  ch  2.  Morri*  and  Oran^«— Central 
ch.  Orange  600;  1st  eh  Morristown  81,  a  mem- 
ber 300  -  881 :  South  St  oh,  Morristown,  2  fViends 
8,  Ladies' Miss'y  Soe'y  626-633;  Madison  ch 
176 :  Boonlon  oh  100 ;  1st  oh  East  Orange  178  96, 
special  98  38,  for  Mexico  60-^327  34;  let  ch 
Orange,  for  Mexico  66 ;  1st  oh  Mendham  62  42, 
Sab-soh  4  46  66  88;  South  Orange  ch  47  69; 
2d  ch  Orange,  mo  oon  41  11;  Rockaway  ch 
24  86 ;  German  Valley  eh  17 :  LogansviUe  Sab- 
sch  4  64 ;  2d  oh  Mendham  2  60.  A«u;ar*— Cen- 
tral ch,  Newark  162;  8d  ch  Newark  30  02,  for 
Mexioo  117  06-147  08 ;  Lyon's  Farms  ch  128  61 ; 
8d  ch  Newark  lU  90 ;  Calvary  oh  80  11 ;  Park 
oh  28  78.  lievB  Brunewick—^  ch  Trenton 
1.193  67 ;  Lawrenoeville  ch  171 46 ;  Frenchtown 
on  79  14 ;  1st  eh  Amwell,  for  Woman's  Work 
16  12,  Sab-seh  for  Rio  Clara  16  80-81  42;  1st 
United  oh,  Amwell  28 ;  Pennington  eh  17 ;  Hoi. 
land  oh  16  28 ;  Klmrston  ch  9,  Rev  J  H  Soofield 
6,  Sab-soh  8-18 :  Stookton  oh  10 ;  8d  United  oh 
Sab  sch,  Amwell  6  60.    ^eis<»fi-StewartaTiU« 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OP  RECEIPTS. 


[May 


ch  201,  Sab-Bch  2t=r222 ;  Ist  ch  Bloomtbury  08; 
2d  ch  Wautn^e  76  34:  Oreenwioh  oh  74  64. 
Blairslown  ch  37  42,  Sal>^h  88  46,  and  1&  ct8 
found  amonK  keepsakes  of  N  ti,  ag«d  4  years, 
dec'd  20  years  nffo=7d  02 ;  Branohville  ch  88  68, 
mo  eon  6  60,  Sab-sch  7  47  18 ;  Dockertown  •  h 
46  09;  lMnHvllleoh2&,  Sab-eoh  10»S6;  Mans- 
field  ch  20;  Phillipsburg  Sab-sch  90:  Asbury 
ch  15;  l8t  ch  Belvidere  14  12;  ist  oh  Oxford 
8  38,  Sab  sch  9  17  88 ;  La  Fayette  <  h  T ;  Yel- 
low Frame  ch  7  02;  Markiboro  Sab>8oh  6 ;  An* 
dover  ch  6  ;  Sparta  ch  60  rts.  fVe9t  Jertey^ 
Blackwoodtown  vh  160 ;  Wenonah  oh  60; 
Woodbury  ch  86;  Ist  oh  Gedarville29  60;  Ist 
eh  Fairheld  18;  2d  ch  OedanrilU  16;  Yisler- 
vllle  Sab-sch  16 ;  Cold  Spring  ch  16  60 ;  Glass- 
boro  ch  16 ;  Uammonton  oh  6  06 ;  Elwood  eh 

I  60  7,886  66 
Nbw  York.— Boffon^Windham  oh  40  66; 

Antrim  ch  12;  Ist  ch  tiowell  6.  Hud$on^ 
Hopewell  ch  80,  Alex  Crawford  103=40 ;  Scotch- 
town  ch  31  27;  Goodwill  oh  27  76;  Hampton- 
burgh  ch  29  60;  Amity  oh  28;  Ist  oh  Wash- 
Ingionvllle  22  20,  Sab-sch  8  76-80  96:  Port 
Jervis  ch  12,  Sab-sch  6»-18;  West  Town  ch  10; 
Ist  ch  Middletown  0  41;  2d  oh  Mlddletown 

14  99 ;  Montlcello  ch  8  61 ;  Palisades  ch  4.  New 
Forib— Madison  Sq  ch  2492  61:  Mt  Washington 
ch,  Jas  McC^reary  600 ;  Brick  oh  670  97 ;  4th 
Ave  ch  185 ;  Scotch  ch,  J  Tavlor  Johnston  186; 
University  Place  ch  100;  6th  Ave  and  19th  St 
oh  100 ;  84th  St  oh,  JasSomerville.  100 ;  Central 
ch  100;  Westminster  ch  68 :  West  ch  Sab-soh, 
to  ed  girl  in  Beirut  60:  Manhattanrille  oh 

II  20,  Sab-sch  4  64-16  74 :  Briok  ch  ohapel 
12  61 ;  Memorial  ch  10 :  Spring  St  oh  8 :  Eman- 
uel chapel  6th  St  6  07;  «Id  St  oh  Sab-soh  6; 
French  Evan  oh  6;  Sea  and  Land  ch  4  81. 
North  /i<»cr— Bethlehem  oh  88  46;  Calvary 
ch,  NewburKh  10  60 ;  Rondout  ch  10  47 :  1st  ch 
Wappingor^s  Falls  17  81 :  Marlborough  Sab- 
soh  16 ;  Pine  Plains  ch  0,  Sab-soh  6-16.  fVett- 
chetter—Rye  ch  Sab-sch,  to  ed  four  children  in 
India  240;  New  Rochelle  oh  132;  Bedford  oh 
121 ;  Ist  oh  Peekskill  62  28 ;  Sonth-East  Centre 
oh  61  46 ;  Yorktown  oh  80 ;  Bridgeport  Sab-s  h 
26;  Mahopao  Falls  •  h22  79;  PotU  Memorial 
ch20;  Darien  vh  16;  South  East  vh  14  60;  Ist 
ob  Sab-8(  h  SUmford  14  12;  1st  ch  Hartford, 
add'l  10;  Port  Chester  ch  7  40;  Croton  Falls 
ch  6  6,820  63 

PAcmc— Ben<c<tf— Two  Rooks  oh  0  26 ;  Shl- 
loh  ch  6.  Oregon— Portland  ch  72  44 ;  Clatsop 
Plains  oh  6 ;  Olympla  oh  4.  Sacramento— Elko 
oh  16;  Westminster  ch,  Sacramento  11  60; 
Placervllle  ch  7  75.  San  Franci$co—St  John's 
eh,  San  Francisco,  mo  con  28  20 ;  Memorial  oh 
1  160  14 

PHTLAi>ELFHTA.—CAe«fer— Wayne  oh  60  71; 
New  London  ch,  Session  Sch-house,  for  Boys* 
school  at  Tungchow  68  80 ;  Upper  Octorara  oh 
62  06;  1st  oh  Chester  60:  Coatesville  ch  88; 
ATondalech28  86;  PhoenlxviUe  oh  13;  Forks 
of  Brandy  wine  ch  Sab-soh,  for  Canton,  China 
10 ;  Ridley  ch  8.  Lackawanna— \Ki  ch  Wilkes- 
barre  298  92 :  2d  ch  Scranton  03  92 ;  Canton  ch 
42  66,  East  Canton  Sab-soh  8  44=46 ;  Wash- 
bum  St  oh.  Scranton  42  46 ;  Kingston  ch  18  40 ; 
Dunmore  ch  15  80;  Newtown  oh  10,  Sab-soh  8 
«=18;  Barclay  oh  14 ;  Montrose  ch,  Mrs  Miller's 
class  to  ed  girl  In  Beirut  Sem  10 :  South  Wilkes- 
barre  Chan  12  24 ;  Liberty  ch  7  22 ;  Franklin  ch 
6  92;  Brooklyn  Sab-sch  6;  Carbondale  ch,  Mrs 
A  Mitchell  6 ;  2d  oh  Wyalusing  8  58 ;  Plalnseh 
2:  Bowman's  Creek  ch  1.  Lehigh— Uieh  Potts- 
vllle  160 ;  1st  oh  Rea<ling,  addM  10,  Sab-sch  100 
=110;  Ist  ch  Catasauqua  100;  Port  Carbon  ch 
76 ;  ist  ch  Sab-soh  Easton  68 ;  Stroudsburg  oh 
60  14;  Tamaqua  ch  20;  Hokendauqua  oh  18; 
Allen  Township  ch  Sab-soh  10 ;  South  Bethle- 
hem oh  4  86,  for  Woman's  Work  6=9  86:  Woa- 
therly  ch  8:  Audenreid  oh  6;  Middle  Smith- 
field  ch  6;  Shenandoah  Sab-soh  S.  PhUadel- 
pAia— 3d  oh  Philad'a  219  76;  Ist  oh  Phllad'a 

15  2i'  ^^**°^  ^^  180  88;  Tabernacle  oh 

BJddle  100;  Westnainster  oh  36;  OtJi  oh,  E  W 
40;  9d  oh,  Misses  Freeman  10;  Oreenwleb  8t 


oh  6.  Philadelphia  Central— Amh  St  *  h  535  87 : 
St  *h  Northern  Liberties  600;  North  Broad 
St  b  148  04:  North  oh  li6  24;  Cohocksink  ch 
86  47,  Sab-sch  80-166  47;  West  Ar<h  St  Sab- 
sch,  for  Svria  60;  i6th  ih  30,  Sab-sch  20=40; 
Broad  and  Diamond  St  oh  86  90;  Spring  Gar- 
den oh  26  83;  Hestonville  oh  lO;  <;  analer  f^h 
6.  Philadelphia  North^^UeetnulUm  .  i,  TF 
180,  Sab-soh  20 --300;  Frankford  on  .60;  Mar- 
ket Square  ch,  Germantown  02  66,  for  C<  tna 
36-87  66:  Bridesbnrgoh  40;  Ist  ch  Norristuwn, 
Mrs  C  Tower  to  ed  girl  at  Dehra  25 ;  Nesha- 
miny  ch,  8ab-s.b  of  Warwi  k  6  20;  Bristol 
Sab-S'h  i6;  Roxborough  ch  6  37;  Huntingdon 
Valley  «h  6 ;  Morrisvllle  oh 6;  PlurasteaoviUe 
ch  8;  CarrersviUe  ch  8;  Forestrille  .h  i. 
Weitmineter—JjMkcMiwcvh  iit  76:  Peqae««h 

30  68:  Bellevue  ch  10;  Hopewell  oh  18  76:  Co- 
lombia oh  10  4,778  01 

PiTTBBTTBOH.— Blafrtville— Plum  Creek  ch 
84,  Sab-soh  63  38-86  38;  Congrulty  ob  86  60; 
New  Salem  Sab-soh  88  34;  Armagh  eh  10  281 
Pitttburgh—Ut  oh  PitUburgh  243  24 ;  East 
Liberty  oh  60;  3d  oh  Pittsburgh  41  10 ;  Shady 
Side  ch78  80:  Mingo  oh  31  16:  Wilklnsburs 
Sab-soh,  for  Tungchow,  China  26;  Mt  Carmel 
ch  22  18;  West  Elisabeth  oh  20;  Central  ch, 
PitUburgh  30;  Mt  Pisgah  oh  14  60,  Miseee 
Patterson  2=16  60 ;  Grace  Memorial  .  h  3  Oil 
i<ed«/one— Connellsville  oh  80  16,  Sab-soh,  to 
sup  boy  at  Chefbo  60-^89  16;  New  Provldenee 
ch  88 ;  Dunlap's  Creek  eh  80  76 :  Round  Hill 
oh  13  41 ;  Brownsville  oh  12  21 ;  Tyrone  ch  11 ; 
Mt  Vernon  oh  6 :  Mt  Washington  oh  6.  Waeh- 
inofon— <;iaysviile  oh  68:  West  Alexander  oh 
160;  West  Liberty  oh  42  76 ;  Ist  ch  Wheeling 

31  38;  Lower  Ten  Mile  oh  0,  Sab-sch  7'°16; 
Hookstown  oh  13;  Bethlehem  oh  6  20 ;  4th  oh 
Sab-sch  Wheeling  1  83.  Weet  Virginia— Wt9% 
Union  oh  18  0,  Sab-soh  6=23 10 ;  Morgantown 
ch  18  16;  Pennsboro  oh  lO;  Clarksburgh  ch 
6  84 ;  J  P  Jones,  Portland  160  1,480  IS 

TairirB88KS.»Holtfon— Jonesboro  oh  12  06; 
Oakland  Sab-soh,  for  Persia  6,  R  A  W  1  60- 
e  60 ;  Mt  Bethel  Sab-soh,  to  sup  Mars  Yoeip  6w 
Kingeton— Bethel  Sab-soh  7,  Rittenhonse  Aca- 
demy 3  76-0  76:  Madisonyille  oh  3;  Mt  Tabor 
ch  1.     l/nion— 3d  oh  Knoxville  66  26         lOS  46 

Touayo.  — Belief ontaine—VrbtknA  ch  70; 
Bellefontalne  ch  8  48:  Wyandott  Sab-ech,  fbr 
Creek  Misaioo  8  86 ;  Bucyms  oh  6  29 ;  Spring 
Hill  oh  6  08.  Ifaroa— 1st  eh  Foetoria,  for 
Canton  18  27 ;  Republio  eh  8 10 ;  Sandosky  ch, 
add'l  1.  Lima— Otuwa  oh  146 :  Lima  oh  86  61 ; 
Van  Wert  Sab-soh,  Young  Ladies*  Bible  class 
10;  Turtle  Creek  Sab-sch  0;  Harrison  ch  0; 
Delphos  ch  8  68;  Kalidaoh  7  60.  Maumee— 
Perrysburg  ch  8  46  860  86 

Wkstkbit  New  Ycmx,— Buffalo— Ut  ch  But 
fklo  800:  Central  oh.  Buffalo  74 ;  Westfleldoh 
68  60,  Sab-sch,  for  Sban|[hai  80^88  60;  West- 
minster  ch,  Buffalo  20;  Panama  ch  11 ;  Wells 
St  ch.  Buffalo  10 ;  Clarence  ch  10 ;  Union  Mis- 
sion ch  8  06 ;  North  oh,  Buffalo  2  83.  Gene$e€ 
— Batavia  oh  60,  to  con  H  T  Tarbox  l  m  60— 
100:  CasUle  oh  Sab-soh  18  60;  Bergen  ch  7  87, 
Sab-sch  6  76—18  88.  Genesee  VaHey—lBt  ch 
Conklin  0.  i^ia^ara— Medina  oh  28  68 ;  Ist  eh 
Lyndonrille  17.  Roehe$ter—lBi  ch  Rochester 
666 ;  8d  oh  Rochester  194,  Sab-sch  161  89- 
846  82 ;  Ist  Oh  Geneseo  903  66 ;  Brick  ch  Bo- 
Chester  200  ^Central  oh  Rochester  02  60 ;  Mot- 
oow  oh  60 ;  Wheatland  ch  36  65 ;  Westminster 
oh,  Rochester,  Young  People's  Miss  Soc'y  80: 
1st  oh  Nunda  86 ;  Groveland  ch  21 :  Pittsford 
ch  16  73 ;  Ossian  oh  14  40 ;  Lima  ch  11  00;  West 
Mendon  ch  16;  East  Avon  oh  0;  Brookport  eh 
6  2,416  01 

Wr8OOK8iH—CA<0f»eip«— North  Bend  Sab- 
■eh  7  60 ;  1st  oh  Sab-soh  La  Crosse,  for  Ohtna 
3.  Lake  5ap«riet^— Marinette  oh.  Woman's 
F  Miss'y  SooS  30.  MUwaukee-^tl  oh  Stone- 
bank  6  10 ;  Pike  Grove  oh  6  48 ;  Delafleld  oh 
1  08.  Winnebago— Ui  oh  Fond  du  Lao  87  06; 
Neenah  oh  81 36 ;  RoblnsonviUe  ch  8  60 ;  Wey* 
auwega  oh  8  00.  Wieconein  River— BMnhn 
eh  14  60:  Oxford  eh  4;  Lodl  oh  1  tT,  Sab-seh 

1  48-8  »  mn 


1875.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


ns 


Woman's  For  MIm  Socy',  Phlla  8,635  84; 
Woman's  Board  of  For  ^[|M,  Albany  1, 412a  27 ; 
Woman's  Board  of  For  Misaions,  Troy  4  2  77 ; 
Woman's  H  and  F  M  Soc'y,  Brooklyn,  50 

10,426  29 

Total  receipts  l^m  ebnrobes  In  March 
1875  ♦50,570 10 

liKOACiBS.— I-eyacy  of  Guy  Kiehards,  dec'd, 
N  Y,  balance  400 ;  legacy  of  Bens  J  Blytbe. 
dee'd,  Indianapolis,  bal  10  48  410  48 

ML->t  r.i.i  A?.i:.iH  .<.— W  H  B?  LlO:  B  M  Brwl- 
Jcy  £:  Jo^li^h  Huyll  li>r  A  friend,  Kcrkhtiiir 
Co,  !S'  V  &:  CtiPh  for  «l.?tWU*ncy  ^i;  J  B  H^wlLt 
1«:  liflv  \V  KHolll^luy,  liuivi^i^ro  20;  JRfiV  J 
C  Kitiif  ainl  wUii,  Ctiivse  Clty»  Va  &;  A  mite  6; 
Jew*  h:  Thtol  Scni>,  Anlnirn  &;  HumEUyu 
Soott,  Ada^s  MJ118  10 ;  Misa  Ifemnr,  for  J;ipau 
40U:  China  600;  WlUio  McFurliUiJ,  pruC0edt 
of  inlifs^y  h*3n  l  SOj  Elchard  ivml  AUx  Morrl- 
ion,  ynunc  Wuflins  lO:  A  fWcnd  lOOO;  Kev  E 
P  O.KIIS  Pftlatiyrich  &;  Kev  H  FttUun  0;  Lo- 
noi  Ooll  Iml,  luwa  fi  SO;  Miss  I»  Fhred  I  j 
ftlnp  M  A  WUHftuia,  Uona»  for  Clilneee  in  Cal 
X&g  J  W  B^  CoJumbua,  U  lOO^  Lfmlerwood 
UolL  Mo«  Yutitijt  i:4i4iea  26;  Tcoebcf  \b:  Uist 
J  If  s\yf^T\  HTi'1  tiiiniW  TU:  f  ^  Arl'tir^.ruM  Plum. 
burgU  .  UOU ;  li  \V  : ;  P  C  U  i ;  luLihL  U.-jS  litSt 
MTg,  for  Mars  Toslp  S  70;  w  K  Honeyman  0: 
HP  Thompson  and  ilunUj,  Oatawtxa,  Ky  S  60; 


IHviilend  frrmi  th*?  iaTlnpn<  ^Tik  of  liltlc  Udl* 
E4wurils,  dpcM,  Peorlii,  111  i:  Mij^j^  Jtrjitlni  A 
Treiulw*!!,  St  Peler*^,  Minn  1  i^*  Wyddjjijs 
fetf  10:  A  Irien^l  313:  A  Prvsbytuflttn  miijister, 
fur  Mexidu  aiwl  BmU  60;  DP  K^rtlnntt, 
Hj>n<?&ilalQ.  Pn  2!*:  A  retttrned  mSsfsiOTinry  &! 
Bor  D  WtlieroniJ  wlfu&:  Mr*  A  S  Ht.tthKin* 
3t  Mm  E  A  Mt^'hw.K'k  l ;  Tiiib  f*0;  Rev  S  J 
4!ollnr,  €J4:  Mr*  M  H  Or«^.  N\  9;  R<5t  J 
Martin,  Wis  1:  O  W  Jtrmftin,  AU»any  I'O  ;  W 
Prwiort  Lflwiston,  IH  IUO3  Ktv  J  S  JewelU  D 
10 :  A  CrtfvelJBij,  Wasbinifttm,  N  J  & ;  <>S  1*  1 ; 
A  f dent  J,  Tn>y,  O  Ot  T  K  10;  H  Rcnulck.  t'ir. 
ekvUU;,  Q  100:  Rel[n;iuH«  t^omtibiiLkni  Suii'^, 
Prliioetou  iM>m-j  4«  1^;  W  U  3^  *,86T  a4 

Total  BeeelpU  In  March,  1876,  884,837  82 

Total  Beoeipts  fh>m  May  1st,  1874,    $85 1 ,859  88 
WM.  BANKIN,  Tre—rer, 
sa  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


relatlnsr  to  the  Missions,  of  other 
operations  of  the  Board,  may  be  addreeeed  to 
the  Bev.  Jobh  O.  Lo^vrib,  Rer.  Bavid  Ib* 
TiHO,  or  BeT.  Fbakk  F.  Ellinwood,  Seore- 
Uriea,  Mission  House,  2S  Centre  street,  New 
Tork? 

IiBTTSKS  relatlnsr  to  the  peenniary  affairs  of 
the  BoanI,  or  containing  remittances  of  money, 
may  be  sent  to  WiLLLaM  Bamkui,  Esq.,  Trea^ 
9ur€r   ssme  address^ 


BEOEIPTS  FOB  MISSION  WORE  OF  BOARD  OF  FUBUOATION  IN  MARCH  lf76b 


AXBANT.— J IMny —Albany  1st  10  90;  Al- 
bany 4th  00;  Albany,  State  St  21  80 ;  Ballston 
4  70.  Co<uin6 fa— Windham  Centre  4  6a  Trorf 
— JohnsonTille  4 ;  Warrensbnrgh  9  116  Oi 

Atlahtio.— ilflaiil<«-CharlestOB,  WaUin«* 

BALTtxom.  —BaKim^re— Baltimore  Ist  oh 
(Sab.sch  86  84)  207  84;  Baltimore,  Westmln. 
ster86  73;  Faliston  8.  New  Cas/I«  — George- 
town, Westminster  6;  Olawow,  Penoader  4  s 
Red  Clay  Creek  22  41.  Waihingtan  Ciry — 
Washington,  Wevteme;  WashingUMi,15th Bt, 
add'ld  ^816  83 

Ckhtbal  Nxw  Yobx.— BifMAaMfo*— Blng- 
hamton  let  25  11 ;  Truxton  2 ;  Waverly  ». 
Ofteyo— Hamden  8.  St  Laitreii«e— Adams  IS; 
Oswegatchle  1st  25 ;  Waddlngton  9.  Syrocius 
—Hannibal  10;  Jame8Tille8;  Liverpool  1  40; 
Oswego  1st  11  60.  Ulico— Deerfield  1;  San- 
qnoit  5  20  182  81 

CiHciNNATT.— CftiUicofAf— Ohillieothe,  M». 
mortal  1  17.  Ctnci»na/(— Cincinnati,  Poplar 
St  4;  Moscow  1.  Dayf on— OreenTllle  6  a 
Springfield  2d,  add*l  86  40  17 

Olkveland.  —  Cleveland  —  Clereland  1st 
80  15 ;  Cleveland  North  1  21 ;  Cleveh^nd,  WesU 
aninsterlO;  Newbnrgh  18;  Strongville  66  ets. 
JlfaA  oniny— Canton  22;  Leetonla  8;  Warren 
4  67.  SI  C{air«vi//e —Bell  Air  10;  Cadis  46: 
Concord  7  85.  S/tfu6efivi/l«-Stenbenville,  Old 
1  18853 

CoLORAXK).- Co7ora4l»--Colorado  Springs  6| 
Georgetown  6.  Santa  Fs— Rev  J  A  Annln  6. 
FTyoming— Ijaramie  4  80  0^ 

Columbus. -J/Aent— Marietta  4.  Marion 
—Iberia  8.  IFoo«/ef^— Belleville  4 ;  Chippewa 
f ;  Dalton  1  40.  Zaa^svOie— KirkertvilTe  1 ; 
UUoa  7  28  4» 

Ebix.  —  J//eoAen«  —  Allegheny  Valley  8; 
Allegheny  lit  Ocr  4  14 ;  Emsworth  10.  Bmtler 
—Amity  1  06 ;  Harrisvllle  1  00 ;  Plain  Orove 
1  60.  aaWon— Brookville  6;  Maysvllle  1 ; 
Richanlsville  1.  JCi/taniiino  —  Bethesda  8; 
Brady's  Bend  5:  Clinton  6 :  Olade  Run  10  00; 
Harmony  5;  Indiana  60;  Plnmvillea;  Parker 
Oity  8 ;  Washington  8  80  181  iT 

a-BNETA.—Cay«si0— Genoa  9d  88  ots.  Che' 
BMinp— Burdett  8 ;  Elmira  Ist  8  78.  Oeneva-^ 
IthaoaS  80;  Romnlns  86  ets.  Lyons— Junius 
88ctt.    Sfeii^«»-Coming8  64  14  68 


Habkibbuboh.  —  CarlUle  —  Harrlrtnirght 
Westminster,  add'l  10;  Rocky  Spring  4. 
Huniinoden— Bethel  9:  Benlah  4;  Duneans* 
ville  4 ;  Fruit  HUl  8.  ^oWAifmfrerlend— Beeeh 
Creek  79  ctsj  Grove  10  84 ;  Lyeoming  14  80 ; 
Milton40:Williamsport8d3  64.  WeUeboro^ 
Wellsborol40  98  87 

iLLiwois,  Ckbtral.— Jnooasln^on— Chanu 
mfgn  28  84 ;  Salem  2.  Peoria— Brunswick  8  ^ 
Peoria,  Grace  Mission  2;  Salem  4.  Schuyler 
—Chili  8;  Elvaston  8;  Prairie  City  6.  Spring^ 
JkM— Decatur  Ist  16  88 ;  North  Sangamon  5 

71  Id 

iLtiiroiB,  No»m.—CMMyo— Chicago  Ist  14. 
JVeeporl  —  Ridotte  10.  oF/awa  —  Morris  6w 
Moek  £fv«r— Fnlton  61  oU;  Hamlet  1 :  Kewa- 
nee  9 ;  Morrison  8;  Princeton  11;  Sterling  eh, 
(P.andOo.,)26  ^1  lA 

iLLiwois,  8otrni.r—  Altam  —Hardin  78'  otj ; 
Iiebanon  6;  Plainvlew  60  ots;  Virden  1  80. 
Cairo— Cobden  1 :  Carmi  8  84 ;  Dn  Oooln  1  06r 
TBmaroa  X    JUfBl^aen— Neoga  1  78;  Pana  1  66 

19  81 

Ibdiawa,  NoBTH^—  Oa«/oritsHUs-^ook 
Tllle  88  85;  Rockfleld  4;  Thorntown  7.  Fort 
fTayne— Franklin  1.  Jtfwncie— Liberty  2  26; 
Marion  1;  Penysbwrgh  1;  ShUoh  1 ;  Wabash 
8  10  48  61 

Ibdiaha,  SouTHw—ln4<anaoolis— Blooming- 
ion,  Walnut  St  8 ;  IndUnapolis  1st  6  65.  New 
J  {6any— Brownstown  8  66 ;  Cory  don  4 ;  Jack- 
son Co  4;  New  Washington  6;  Orleans  and 
Paoli  8.  Fiacennes— Evansville,  Walnut  St 
80;  Mount  Vernon  6  86.  White  Water— Avl^ 
roraO;  Liberty  6  46;  Pnyvldeuee  1  80;  Rising 
Sun  6  91  U 

Iowa,  NMrni.— CmKot  X«]H<ls— Mount  Ver- 
non 6.  DubBfiM— Centralia  70  ots;  Epwortb 
8;  Farley  2:  Independence  1st  6;  Indepen- 
dence, Ger  6;  MoQrogor,  Qer  2;  ShoTrill's 
Monnd,  Ger  8  83  79 

Iowa,  South.- CMmHi  Jlv#k— Clalvary  1 ; 
Ohirlnda  8  48 ;  Coming  13  60;  Gnthrie  &  Dem 
Moinef  —  Dexter  lOi  Java- Burlington  1st 
8  00;  Keokuk,  Westminster  8  17 ;  Kossuth  1st 
1  42;  Mt  Pleasant  1st  8  97;  Pleasant  Plaiis 
1  87.  l^yfa  Cfly— Columbus  City  4 ;  Craw- 
fordsville  U;  Keota  8;  LafhyetU  1;  Wash- 
ingtoa7  45  o  ••** 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


[May 


KAH8Aft.—Hliifc/««*— Frankfort  I;  Troy  2i 
TeniUUoiiL    if€ot*»-Oheiopa  a  «  0# 

KsimTCKT.  —  Ekeuezer  ^  Asklaad  22  88 ; 
Bey  H  P  Thompson  and  feinilly  2.  Loui$ville 
-ShelbFFlUe  Kt  «.  rr«»#y/i>*jua— I-«l>anon 
MM  « 38 

I*o»ol8LAWD.—Broo«am— Brooklyn,  Frank- 
lln  Ave  10 ;  Brooklyn,  lAwrenee  St  2;  Brook* 
lyn.  South  8d  St  43  46.  Long  /tUn4«— C«toho- 
pie  ft;  Middl«to««n  8  24 ;  da«  Harbor,  (Sab- 
■oh  10)  26.  A««ta»  — RoBlyn  20  26;  Spring- 
field oh  Sab^h  8  l^M 

Mic«iOAii.—Defr#«— Detroit,  Jetterson  Are 
M;  Detroit,  Westminster  6  12;  Wyandotte  2. 
Grand  I2api<f«— East  Bay  1 ;  Muir  6.  LanMing 
— LAii^inir  Ist  2  76 :  Mason  6.  5ayi»ato— South 
Saginaw  oh  Sab^h  10 ;  Wenona  6  10      108  07 

MiHME80TA.—DaJkot«— Yankton  Agency  2. 
S<  Paui  — Uice's  Point  L  Souf fcerw  A! tnn«.to/« 
—Albert  Lea  8;  Sheldon  2;  Winnebago  2 

10  00 

MissofTKT.— Ptfimyra—Btrd's  Eye  Ridge  58 
cto;  Uannibal  Ist  6;  Sullivan  Ist  64  ets. 
Pia/te— Albany  1  12;  Aralon  1;  Cameron  I; 
OhiliieothelO ;  Lathrop  1 ;  Martini>ville  83  ets ; 
Trenton  1st  1;  Weston  3.  St,  L»»if— St  Louis 
«d,  Young  Ladies'  Soo'y  6 ;  St  Louis,  1st  Ger 
T60  «T07 

NKBRA8KA.  —  Vtbtiuka  Citf  -  Falls  City 
I  60;  Humboldt  and  Salem  60  ets ;  Seward 
60  ets;  TJlyssos  60  ots.  OmaAa— Decatur  1; 
Parley  Branch  1  6  00 

Nkw  JEB8BT.  ~Cori«co— Oorisco  2.  Eliz^ 
betA ->  Baslclni?  Ridge  18;  Glinton  Ist  2  46; 
Connecticut  Farms  7  81:  Cranford  8:  Elisa- 
beth 8d  2  88;  Elisabethport  2;  Metuchen  Ist 
«  25 1  Plainfifild  l8t  3  17 ;  Fluckamln  2  30 ; 
HaiiWAv  l^iU  T5  :  Riihwiiy  2-1  2&  *  Kost'll^  1st, 
l4iftb-.«oM  1  B8j  6  uT ;  SuimuU  iTuutral  15  ;  Suin- 
ttjU  West  1  31 !  WesttttHd  3  73 ;  WoiHlbrid^o 
9  M.  Jer*€S  C»(y— Went  Hi^l^utccn  ch.»  Youlb's 
MlM'y  Soc*>  S&:  Jwrst^y  City  1ft t  W;  Norwood 
•  7I»i  Pfts^itio  '2  3S;  TiiOitlly  2  U!2;  Unlun  m  I, 
JfonRiiJitiA— DavUin  3?  Duliineu  1i  Falrview 
1 J  Fork td  liivi;r,  aiUn  I ;  Pliiiiistocl  1 ;  .Sbrewa- 
bury  1'2.  Morri*  and  Qr^ nse— East  Unrnj^e 
1  Uti  German  Vi*lloy  S ;  Murrlntu^Tii  Iftt  3  SO; 
Mt  Fro«tli>m  8  :  Parfli>patiy  14  60;  Whlnpaoy 
b.  ^'eiwart— XiJwsirlt  *iJ  2:2  40;  Nuwiirk,  Cftl- 
varv  10  11 :  N'c'wiirlt,  Park  U  21.  A'ew  Br uji$' 
widt— Aujwetl  lat  IS  3U ;  FrenGbtown  16;  Uul- 
land  2  UJ:  Klii^wuod  ^2;  N«w  Uruuiswteb  Int. 
HoUftMisfiioP  Siib'Scb  &tt|  New  Brun^wK'k  2*1 
fi;  I'oTiniltigton  A|  Prlneolen,  H'tiliur.-^iiuou  HI 
2;  SEtwkLou  a;  Trenton  3d  72  ffl.  ^e1rtQn— 
A*hbiiry  3;  Bulvkltire  lU  HAS;  Biiiirtitown 
4  1*;  Uk>iiicasbttry  10:BraiichTmo  11;  J>L'^k«r- 
towo  &  Bl  \  QractiwleJi  7  07  j  L.ii  F^yfltte,  aild*l 
60  ciL*  ^  MarkjfljHiru  2;  Stankopo  I ;  StewArt*- 
tUIg  2.1 ;  Ytiliuw  Frurno  1.  fVeit  Jer§ey  — 
Cedarvlile  lat  3  T*i  Fitligri>va  U{  Wiinonah 

0  26  600  69 
New  YoRi^—nutf  ton— Amity  fl  •Chester  aO; 

iJcKwlwlll  8  &Q  !  HarnpUinburKh  a  T3  :  Middle- 
tuwnl?tl  19l  MUiaknjwn3tl  1  SO;  aigiitificUo 

1  07  ■  PjillBud**  I  ;  Port  J&rvin  10 ;  Sootchtown 
i  61;  WifcShlDtflonviUe  iRt  3  §0.  Nevr  York— 
Munhatymvilltj  2  a^ ;  Pfew  York,  Brick  £8  58 ; 
New  \urlt*  Central  21;  New  Yurt.  Oh  uf  the 
CovL'nMit^a;!  W :  New  York,  Oh  til  thi*  S*:n  &nd 
Ljind  «L  cU;  Now  York,  Scotch  oh,  rr.;>m  J 
TEivlor  JohiiBton,  EiKi  £J2i;  New  Vorlt  Ist 
32711  93;  Ni?»  Ytjfk,  4 III  Ave  23  3&.  North 
ji  i  t?^  j-^F  I  eii  su  nt  PI  aln  ^ ;  Ry niUm  t  2  44.  II^M<. 
rAfii^r— Bed(urd  6t  CrOlon  F*11b  6;  MiilKi])ao 
FullB  2  87 1  Port  UhcBter  03  fitpj  South  Last 
Centra  4;  St^^mford  16  OS;  Yurktown  10 

4008  97 
PAoma  —  B«ii<tf<«— Two  Bocks  1 17.    Ore- 
tfofi— Oiatfop  f ;  Olympia  «.     fiacrameii/o— 
Bko  2  U  17 

PHiLAi>Bi.vHiA.—ClMfer~  Chester  iBt  10; 
Forks  of  Brandywine  7 ;  New  London  4  20 ; 
Wayne  10.  Lacftairanaa— Columbia  K  Beads 
1;  Franklin  76  ets;  Liberty  01  cU;  Montrose 
»;  KiohelflOQ  1;  Shiekshinny  2  «2;  SylTift  I; 


Towanda  87  H;  South  Wllkesbarre  Chapei 
1  64;  Wyaluslng  2d  44  ets.  LcAiy*— Allen 
Township  7 ;  Audenried  2 ;  Ca  taaauqua  Ut  75; 
Easton,  Brainerd  60;  Middle  Smlthfleld  4; 
Port  Carbon  10;  Pottsrillelst  W:  Stroudsburg 
7  87;  Tamaqua  (of  which  Q  WiMan  and 
Wife  10)  18 ;  Weatherly  1  60.  Pkiitidtlpkts 
—Philadelphia  4th  ch  Sab-sch  40;  Philadel. 
phia  0th,  from  £  W  6 ;  Philadelphia  lOih,  from 
a  member  26 ;  Philadelphia,  Calvary  ch,  O  F 
D  6 :  Philadelphia,  Tabernacle  ch  Sab  »ch  26; 
Philadelphia,  Westminster  6 ;  Philadelphia. 
Woodland  ch  Sab-sch  83  15.  and  Mission  ach 
16  86=100;  Philadelphia,  West  Spruce  St  ek 
Sab-sch  80,  and  IVom  a  friend  2  60  -32  &a 
PhiladelphU  Cen/ro/— Philadelphia,  Cohook- 
sluk  ch  Sab-sch  46  70 ;  Philadelnhia,  Chandler 
8:  Philadelphia.  North  Broad  St  add'l  29  79; 
Philadelphia,  West  Arch  St  ch,  (Sab-sch  tol 
TO  78:  Hcstonvllle  6;  Mantua  2*1  6.    PhiladtU 

fhU  Nori*  —  Abington   16;   Bridesburg  10; 
'orestville  3;   Fraukford  86;  Qermaniown, 
Market  Square,  addU  V  20  813  18 

PiTTSBUBOH.— BU<rt»iW«— Congrulty  8  68. 
Pi<U»aro/4  —  Bethuny  25;  Bellelleld  24  18; 
CharUers  0  06;  East  Liberty  28  28;  Pittsburgh, 
Shady  Side  9  80.  jRedttone— Brownsrille  1  64; 
ConnellsWlle  86  60;  Bound  UUl  1  67.  WMk- 
isiirlon-rClaysyUie  6  140  88 

TsirincssKX.— Hol«<oii^-Jonesboro  1  88 

ToLXDa— Bf/ZeAmlaine— Bellefbntalnel  08; 
Bucyrus  79  ets ;  Si.rlng  Hills  78  eta ;  Urbana 
60.  Baron— FostorU  4  10;  Republic  40  ets. 
Lima— Deiphoi  81  cu :  Kalida  L  Uanw^f-* 
Maumee  8  40;  Mount  Salem  8  16;  Toledo,  lit 
Ger  2  T8  3« 

WnTBBW  New  Tobk.  —  B«#Wo —BulTak) 
ist  20;  Buffalo,  Central  0  84;  Buffalo,  West- 
mineter  8  08 ;  Westlleld  7  41.    Genrtee— Attica 

17  60.     A'iatrora  —  Medina   2  00;    Porter  1st 

18  40.  Rocfu9ter—AYon  1 ;  Gene««o  Central 
11  68;  Limal  61:  Nunda6;  Boohester  UtTO; 
West  Mendou  8 ;  Sweden  12  178  49 

WisooKSiir.  —  Chippewa  —  Hixton  S ;  La 
Crosse  let  4  04;  La  Crosse  North  1  10.  Laks 
Super iof^Menominee  12  16 ;  Sault  Ste  Marie 
17  40.  ATiiwauftee  —  Delafield  26  eta;  West 
QrauTllU  4.    Witcantin  £<o«r— BookTille  2 

From  ehurehea,       $7,898  48 


Leoactes.- Legacy  of  M  H  Jaifirey,  dee'd, 
late  of  Boaver  Co,  Pa  400 ;  Legacy  of  James 
Huston,  dec'd,  late  of  (tenners Wile,  Ind  600; 


Starkweather  EsUte,  Chicago,  llUnoia  211  68; 
Guthrie  Fund  40  12  1,161  80 


H   Churehman,    Esq., 

«uri.»»vv..,  .,  ^  -,,   •Philos,"  Philadelphia 
6 ;  From  "  S"  10 ;  J  C5  King  (3ha 


MlBOKLLJLlTEOnS. 

Burlington,  N  J  26 


Philadelpb 

ov->"-w  ^iiy»  * «k ^ 

Mrs  Jane  A  Tread welL  St  Peter,  Minn  23  ets ; 
(George  S  Drake  10 ;  A  nriend  3 ;  Miss  Wilson, 
Paw  Paw  Grove,  111  1 :  Rev  W  E  Honeyman, 
New  Germantown,  N  J  6 ;  Duncan  Mcliellan 
Esq.,  East  Saginaw,  Mich  26;  Bey  TS  Child«, 
Hartford,  Conn  1 ;  Miss  Mary  P  Spllman.  Bos- 
ton Highlands,  Mass  1;  Alex  Crawford  10:  J 
B 10;  P  Carleton,  Utica,  Mo  28  ets j  Mrs  M  D 
B  Duncan,  Savannah,  Gal6 ;  The  Misses  Pau 
tarson,  Green  Tree,  Pa  2  VU  51 

Total  In  March,       $8,040  71 
8.  D.  POWEL,  Trtasnrer. 


BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION. 
1384  Che$tnui  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa, 

Letters  relating  to  donations  of  books  and 
tracts,  the  appointment  of  Missionaries,  and 
the  general  Interesta  of  the  Board,  to  be  ad- 
dressed  to  the  Rev.  Williav  E.  Sohs5ck, 
D.D.,  CorretpoiMliajr  Secretary. 

Manuscripu,  and  eommunioationa  eoneera' 
tng  matter  offered  for  publication,  whether  ftr 
books  or  periodicals,  to  the  Rev.  JoJU  W. 
Dytlleo,  D.D.,  Editorial  Secretmrf, 


1875.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OP  RECEIPTS. 


15» 


CorrespondeDoe  of  MisstonariM.  remittanoet 
of  money,  and  donations,  to  Mr.  8.  D.  Powsl, 
Snperintendent  ofMlMlonWork  and  Treasurer. 

Orders  for  Books  (exoept  Arom  Missionaries.) 
afnd  Business  Oorresponaenoe,  to  Mr.  Johv  A« 
BZJkOX. 

IfOtters  relisting  to  Sabbath-sebool  work,  to 


Mr.  J.  BEOKMWt  Ttueb,  SvperfntendeBt  of  Sab- 
batb-sehool  Work. 

Sabeoriptions  to  The  PrethTtterian  Montklv 
Becord,  The  Smbbatk-School  Vititor,  The  Pre*- 
hyteri^n  at  Work,  The  Wettmiifter  lA$9on 
Leaff  The  Sunbeam.  mhA  payments  for  Uk» 
same,  to  Mr.  Pbtxb  Walkbb. 


BEOEIPTS  FOR  OHUBGH  ERECTION  Ilf  MARCH  1876. 


ALBAKT.—JIfrany— Albany  1st  88  04 ;  Al- 
bany 2d,  sp  189  16;  Albany  4tb,  sp  276:  Al- 
banV,  State  St  42  16;  Carlisle  0  80:  Oreenbnsb 
I ;  Sand  Lake,  sp  2.  Co/tMH^io— Canaan  Cen- 
tre 10;  Hunter  6:  Wlndbam  Centre  4.  Trap 
— Warrensburgb  2. 

Atlantic.  —  Atlantic  —  Charleston,  Wat- 
Itngfbrd  8.  C0/ato6a— Charlotte  2.  Yadkin^ 
Lioulsburffb  1 ;  Mocksrllle  1 :  Mount  Pleasant 
1 ;  White  Hall  1. 

Baltimore.  —  0a//<more  —  Annapolis  1st 
14  72:  Baltimore  1st  600;  Baltimore, Xlght  St 
18 ;  Baltimore,  Westminster  141  88 ;  Ctorane 
10;  Harrede  Grace 24.  New  Catties-George-, 
town,  Westminster  6:  Glasgow,  Pencader 
1  62;  Odessa,  Drawyer's  10;  Fort  Deposit  6: 
Bed  Clay  Creek  10  81 ;  White  Clay  Creek  and 
Head  of  Christiana  12;  WUmingftim.  Hanorer 
St  60:  Wilmington,  Olivet  6.  Waihington 
Cily-Hyattsyille  2  60:  Prince  William  Istl: 
Washington,  Metropolitan,  from  Iiadies* 
Mlss'y  Soc'y  20;  Washington,  N  Y  Are,  sp, 
1,200;  Washington,  16th  St  8. 

Ckictbal  New  York,— Binghamton—Blnf^' 
hamton  1st  82  78;  Tompkins  2d  6  40;  Truxton 
«;  Warerly  10.  O/ie^o— Hamden,  sp  87;  Ox- 
fbrd  12  06.  St  Lawrence — Adams  80:  Brasher 
Falls  2;  Oswegatohie   Ist  )0;  Waddington 

4  26;  Watertown  1st  06  06 ;  Watertown,  Stone 
St.add'1  6.  SyraciMe— Amboy  0;  Oonstantia 
8  <»;  Hannibal  il;  Jamesville  8;  liTcrpool 
S78;  Oswego  1st  86;  Skaneateles  20;  Syra- 
onse  Ist  40  66.  l//ica— Deerfleld  1 ;  Forestport 
and  Alder  Creek  I ;  Oneida  Castle  3 ;  Ortskany 

1  :  Sauquoit  12  60;  Utica  Ist  87  44;  Water- 
TlUe,  sp  160 ;  Westemyille  6  76. 

CiHOi Nir ATI.— CAiZ/fcofAe— Chi llieotbe.  Me- 
morial 2  81 :  Hillsboro  62  18 ;  North  Fork 
18  88.  Cincinnati  —Cincinnati  8d  62  60;  Cbi- 
olnnati,  Poplar  St  6;  Cincinnati,  ist  Ger  13  60 ; 
College  Hill  14 ;  Somerset  2  66.  Dayfon— Os- 
bom  8  60 ;  Springfield  2d,  addM  28  tX 

CumcLAND.  —  Cleveland  —  Cleyeland  1st 
118  23 :  Cleveland  2d  260;   Cleveland  North 

2  40 ;  Cleveland,  Westminster  10 :  Cleveland, 
Woodland  Ave  20;  Solon  2;  Strongsville  1  80. 
JlfoAonincr— Canton  62;  OoltsviUe  10;  Deer- 
field  11  60 ;  Iieetonia  7 :  New  Lisbon  13 ;  War- 
ren 0  26 ;  Youngstown  26  06.  St  ClaireviUe— 
Bell  Air  st  10;  Cadiz  60;  Caldwell  6.  S/e«- 
benvUle — Dennisonl6;  Irondale  20;  Steuben- 
ville  Ist  6  00;  SteubenvUle  2d  81;  Steuben- 
▼llle,  Old  7. 

Colorado.  —  Colorado  —  Georgetown  20. 
Santa  Fe—Las  Vegas  3.  Wyoming  -Laramie 
0. 

Columbus.— il/^n«— Barlow  2:  Marietta, 
4tb  St  4.  Co/ufa6tt«— Greenfield  10.  Marion 
—Iberia  8 ;  Trenton  6.  fFootfer— Belleville  7; 
Dalton  8  71 ;  Orange  and  Polk  O;  OrrviUe  11 ; 
Shelby  8  44.  Zane«v{//e— Brownsville  7;  Kir- 
kersville  1 ;  Newark  2d  20;  XTUca  10. 

Ebix.— J J/eyAeny— Allegheny  Valley  4:  Al- 
legheny, Ist  Ger  8  28;  fieaver  0  Butter-^ 
Amity  2  16 :  Harrisville  3  74 ;  Jefferson  Centre 

5  60;  Middlesex  18;  Pine  Grove  8  80:  West- 
minster 4.  Clarion— Brookvllle  8:  MayviUe 
1 ;  Reynoldsville  6  60 ;  Klohardsville  8.  Erie 
—Jamestown  0 ;  Meadville  1st  26 :  North  East 
18.  JTif/anniny  —  Apollo  31;  Bethesda  6; 
Brady^s  Bend  6 :  Clinton  7 :  Concord  0 ;  Glade 
Bun  86;  Harmony  10;  Kittanning  1st  88; 
Mahoning  8;  Plumville  2.  Shenango^  Bioh 
Hill  4  86. 

GBKBVA.-Cayaya- Auburn  2d  18;  Auburn, 
C6&t^26  12;  Genoa  1st  10;  Qenoa  2d  40 ets ; 


Port  Byron  16;  SdploviUe  4.  CAemimy— El- 
mira  Ist  7  40.  Genevo— Trumansburgh  12  84. 
Lyon«  —  East  Palmyra  11  10 ;  Junius  6  06. 
Steuben^-CampheW  14  86;  Cohoeton  6;  Qonw 
ing  6  08;  Howard  4. 

HARRi8BUBOH.—Car2<«/»— Wells  Valley  2 ; 
Watsontown  1st  14  76.  Huntingdon—Benltkh 
4;  Curwensvllle  0  16;  Orblsonia  8:  Shtrleys- 
burgh  2.  Northumberland— Be^h  Creek  1  67 ; 
Derry  1 :  Jersey  Shore  88  92 ;  Lycoming  20  28 : 
Milton  80;  Washingtonvllle  2;  Williamsport 
2d  8  66.  Fr«U«6oro— Amot  9  26:  Wellsboro 
2  78. 

iLLnroiO,  CniTUAL.— F/oominyloa— Bement 
16  28:  Hevworth  6;  Normal  10  66;  Salem  2. 
Peoria— Brunswick  2 ;  Henry  2 ;  Limestone  7 ; 
Salem  2 ;  Yates  City  10.  5cAuy/er-Carihage 
0 :  New  Salem  6.  S^rino^e/d— Decatur  1st 
88  90;  Lincoln  16;  Springdeld  1st  01  06. 

Illinois,  North.— CAicoao  —  Chicago  Ist 
27  76 ;  Chicago.  Noble  St,  Holland  12 :  &gle- 
wood  16 ;  Joliet  Central  10.  Oe/atoo— Morris 
6 ;  Henderson,  Memorial  2  06.  Rock  River^ 
Fulton  1  02;  Hamlet  1 ;  Eewanee  12  76;  Mor- 
rison 19 ;  Sterling  80. 

iLLiirois,  South.— Jlfoa— Greenfield  12  06 ; 
Hardin  44  ets ;  Lebanon  6  ;  Nokomis  8  90 ; 
Plainview  66  ots;  Troy  10;  VIrden  2  70: 
Whitehall  6.  Cairo— Bridgeport  8 :  Cairo  10 : 
Cobden  2:  Carmi  8  88:  Du  Q,uoin  2  10:  Fair- 
field 2:  Tamaroa  6.  IfaMoot^— Dalton  2:  Ef- 
fingham 6 :  Neoera  8  42:  Pana 2  46. 

iKDiAH A,  North.— Cratp/ord«vilZ»— Oxford 
2  16:  Sugar  Creek  4  10:  Zionsville  6.  Fort 
ITayae  —  Franklin  00  ets:  Millersburgh  2. 
JL«yantporl— Rochester  2  70.  Mitncie— Mar- 
ion 2:  Perrysburgh  l:  Shiloh  1:  Wabash 
4  10. 

Indiana,  South.—  latfianapoli*  —  Bloom- 
ington,  Walnut  St  8  90 :  Groencastle  9 :  Green- 
field 2 :  Indianapolis  1st  120  10 :  Indianapolis 
6th  8.  New  Albany  —  Orleans  1  60 :  PaoU 
1  60.  Finceanef— Spencer  7 :  Vandal  la  6  40. . 
White  ffo/er— Connersvllle,  Ger  8:  Liberty 
8  10 :  Providence  2  40. 

Iowa,  North.— Cedar  Aa^idt— Mount  Ver- 
non  0 :  Onslow  4 :  Shellsburgh  6.  Dubuque-^ 
Bethel  6:  Centralia  1  68:  Clermont  2:  Du- 
buque, 1st  Ger  6:  Independence  1st  4:  Lan- 
sing, Ger  2.  Fort  Dodge— MolngouA  10  73. 
ITa/er/oo— Grundy  Centre  2d  8 :  Marshalltown 
1st  7  60 :  Nonhwood  4. 

Iowa,  South.— Coancii  Blif^s— Clarinda 
4  82:  Guthrie  7:  Lenox  2:  Mount  Ayr  6.  Dee 
Moinet  —Derby  1  60 :  Dexter  10.  ioiva- Bur- 
llngton  1st  0  06:  Keokuk,  Westminster  6  27: 
Kossuth  1st  2  81 :  Shunam  4  40.  Iowa  Ci/y— 
Columbus  City  10 ;  Crawfordsville  16;  Hermon 
6;  Iowa  City  1st  20:  Keota  4;  Lafiiyette  1; 
Oxford  3;  Red  Oak  6;  Scott  0;  Washington 
14«».  Nebraeka  Cily— Seward  1  90;  Ulysses 
1  90. 

Kansas.— HiaAtond—Fraakfbrt  8;  Troy  4; 
Vermillion  2.  N«o«^o— Baxter  Springs  1  40 ; 
Fort  Gibson  6:  Neosho  Falls  2  60;  New  Chi. 
cage  2. 

KBNTUCKT.—£6«ne9er— Ashland  08  00 ;  Bur- 
lington 20.  Lo«i«vi/ic^-Cioverport  7  60:  Hop- 
kinsvllle  2 ;  Pewee  Valley  16 :  Plumb  Creek  2 ; 
Shelby ville  1st  6.  7Va<wyi«aaia— Lebanon 
20. 

LoNO  Island.  —  BrooUyn— Brooklyn  1st, 
Henry  St  20;  Brooklyn,  Hopkins  St,  Ger  8. 
Long  ItZand— Sag  Harbor  26.  JTottai*— Baby- 
lon 64  60:  B08lyn22  26. 


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MiOHiOAH.— Delr^if— EMt  Nankla  10  16: 
Mi  Clemens  7 :  Wvandotte  &  Ctrcnd  Rapidi 
— ElkRapidsS:  GFreeDWood  2.  Kulama*oo— 
Kalamasoo  42.  Lanttoy-^BrooklynlO:  Lan- 
■ing  1st  ft  M.  SMtinaw-'Eaet  Saginaw  Ist  ao : 
Emerson  and  Latayetta  0. 

MiN»B8OTA.~-Da/k0/a— Yankton  Agency  8. 
JtfanJba/o— Judson  2:  Winnebago  City  2.  SI 
Pau^Florence  2  60:  Qoodhue  2  60:  Minne- 
apolis, Franklin  A?a  S  88:  Oak  Oroye  h: 
Rice's  Point  1  60:  SUll water  1st  11  82.  South- 
em  MifiiMfora— Sheldon  8.  IFinoiui— Frank 
Hill  2. 

Missouri.— OM9«—011nton  2  16:  Concord 
0  60:  Greenwood  176:  Lexington  6:  Olivo 
Branch  1 :  Sedalia  ft.  P«/fnyr»— Bird^s  Eye 
Bidgc  10  cis:  Clarence  ft;  Hannibal  ist  26; 
Memphis  8  60 ;  Moberly  6 :  SulllTan  1st  9  ots. 
Pia//e— Albany  2  22 ;  Ayalon  2  60;  Cameron  1; 
Forest  City  2;  King  City  8;  Lathrop  1;  Mar- 
tinsTlUe  06  oU ;  Mlrabile  1 ;  Oregon  6 ;  Bock- 
port  3:  Boeendale  1;  Union  %  26;  Weston  4. 
St  Louit-St  Louis  Isi  86 ;  81  Looli,  Weftmin- 
8ter6;  Zlon2. 

Nbw  Jbrsbt.— C«ri«c<H-Corisco  X  Eliza- 
frf/ft— Bfifiklnr  RJrljrp,  ap  SO;  Cllntoii  let,  pp 

hi  10  EhzLuhptli^J  4  mi  lA\im\n%tuti  30  i  Hutu- 
oh  1 11  lit  14  Sa;  HUUnHelil  UU  »p  n  ^  PIaIh. 
fltld  -i<L  ip,  126 ;  PrueknTnin  4  T4;  Kdhway  Ut, 
Iji^;  lUhWHj  %\  m\  Koaelle  iBt,  ap  41  09; 
Eimny^f\k'\i\^  sp  10;  Summit  OtHral,  sp  10; 
Sutnttin  WcBt,  w\i  S  Dflj  Wi'itfit^fU  dp  ^1  11; 
Woua|jrJ'lKt»»  J(p  If  U,  Juriew  Cif y—Eriglft* 
wotKl,  sp  -JSW  Oi  ;  l'iL6*<Alo4  70  :  feniilly  4|Uiiioa 
Ift  \y  Monifflcnn/A— rrn.nl>»rry  lal  yu;  DRyton 
8  J>*?lJ4rn!0  6  Fjitf¥J<jw  I  Fufked  Rlvarl; 
Hlght^tcmu  30;  HtftaianyUJo  B;  Jamesbnrgb 
^  Mftnniiirmn  10  \  Atouut  ttnllv  \\  40:  Ftutd- 
tt«)ft«l  1;  ktrt'i-iuQ,  t'AlfiLr.yU;  r^qtian  Vlllsi^o 
T.  iW*rrii  ffljirf  OrBng^^liii^l  (Jriitige  2a  21; 
German  VaHfj?  10;  lUurriiFLuwti  Ut  7  th\  Mt 
Fr«HH[(im  S;  Nnw  Vernon  lO;  Oraiifff*,  Contra! 
ISV'i;  Whijiiiiijy  6.  >>ifdrfe— Newnrit  ^,add'| 
44  HO;  NL'Wiirk,  Calvary  ^  oa,  Nfwurk,  Hlifli 
Si  14  He;  Ni^'vmrk  Fark  4  42;  Newark.  KoaovlJlB 
ISfi.  hew  Urunttwick—Amm<f\\l&il  10;  liuleh 
Hfrck  Jti;  HulltiJiU  4  07;  KIukw^khI  1;  N*.'w 
Urun^wkk  *J<1  10;  l*t^iiiilii||^luii  ^;  FrlueeluT]  Itt 
S6  Tl ;  PrliiCfituJi,  Wiliiyr^iHjau  Sit-'J;  Wioikton 
4;  TrtiiiUin  M  mA  m.  Acit'^oii-'Aalibiiry  lt>; 
Hc-Uidtrt  1^(  S  ar. ;  UelTldt-ru  a<J 28  G;* ;  HI b1  ra- 
in wn  0.  i:  1  rv  7;  Jir!iiipliv113o  4M.  iPiui- 
Vllle  6;  JUcv^Lufli^^M  21  ^.  UrciiUWiiiil  14: 
Mansfield  2(1  6  Oxford  ist  7  81 ;  Stewartsvllle 
21 ;  Wantage  1st  12:  Yellow  Frame  1  07.  Wttt 
Jertf  M— Brklgcton  1st  30 ;  Bunker  Hill  8 ;  Ce- 
darville  Ist  7  40;  Qiassborough  8;  Pittsgrore 
28 ;  Wenunab  12  40. 

New  York.  —  Botton  —  Boston  1st  40  88 ; 
Londonderry  8  36 ;  Lowell  4.  Hud^ofi— Amity 
0;  Chester  25  Qoudwill  6  04;  Hamptonbnrgh 
7  40;  Mid(ilctownl8l2  36;  Middletown2d3  76; 
Monticellu2  13:  Palisades  8 ;  Scutchtown  7  67; 
Wa8biiigtonvillol8td  65.  Hew  KorJ(— Manhat- 
UnvlUe  a:  New  York,  Brick  106  07:  New  York- 
Ontrai  60;  Now  York,  Ch  of  the  Sea  and 
Land  1  20;  New  York,  Madison  Sq,  add*]  26 ; 
New  York,  North,  add '1  60  SO;  New  York, 
Scotch  40  26;  New  York,  Washington  Heights 
14  26;  New  York,  West  400  80;  New  York, 
4th  Are  46  26 ;  New  York,  6tli  Ave  and  lOth 
St,  of  which  10,000  ftt)m  H  L  and  A  Stuart 
11,112  05.  North  River— Pine  Plalas  6 :  Ron- 
doui  4  88.  H>«/cAft/er— Bedford  10 ;  Darien 
6;  Gilead  30;  Mahopao  Falls  6  70;  Port  Chef, 
ter  1  85 .    W  est  Farms  10 ;  Yorktown  20. 

NKitKASKA.— A'edrMJba—Falla  City  1st  10; 
Hunibuiui  2o  cts ;  Salem  26  cts.  OmoAo— Deo»» 
tor  18L 1;  Ualiy  Branch  1. 

Pacific— If en<cia—Shiloh  7;  Temalet  •; 
Two  Kocks  2  81.  Lot  Angelet—SantA  Barbara 
10  40.  Oregon— Clatsop  10 ;  Olympia  6.  Sae- 
t anien to— Ohlco  20  Colusa  10;  Elko  6.  San 
Franci$co—Sa,n  Franoitooi,  Calyary  900;  Saa 


Francisco,  Memorial  6.    San  Jose— LtTerm< 
10;  Mllpitas  Township  10;  Salinas  City  10  i 


San  Jose— Ltrermore 
140. 

pHiLADSLPHiA.—CAe«r«i^- Chester  Ist  20; 
Doe  Run  1;  Downlngtown,  Central,  sp  22  60; 
New  London  8  82;  Wayne  10.  Lackawannor-^ 
Franklin  1  48:  Liberty  l  81 ;  Montruae  26; 
PlymoQth  6 ;  South  Wllkesbarre  chapel  8  05 : 
Tunkhannock  16  42;  Wyalusing2d  88cts.  L«. 
Ai^A— Allen  Township  7;  Audenreld  8  Cata. 
■auqua  Ist  76:  Mahanoy  City  7  64;  Middle 
Smithfleld  8;  Port  Carbon  10;  Pottsville  Ist 
40:  Stroudsburg  8:  TamaquaO:  Weatberlyl. 
PA</a<i«fpA<«— Philadelphia  1st  800:  Philadel- 
phia  0th,  flrom  *'  E  W"  6 ;  Philadelphia,  CalT*. 
ry  186:  Philadelphia,  Clinton  St  30.  Philadel- 
phia, areenwleh  St  6:  Philadelphia,  WeaU 
minster  8:  Philadelphia,  Woodland  80  74; 
Philadelphia,  West  Spruce  St  20.  Phiiadel- 
phia  Cen/raJ— Philadelphia,  Broad  and  Di». 
mond  SU  0  86:  Philadelphia.  Arch  St  122  72; 
Philadelphia,  Chandler  8;  Philadelphia.  Im. 
manuel  26:  Philadelphia,  North  Broad  St, 
addU  44  60;  Philadelphia,  Richmond  8:  Hes- 
tonrtlle  6.  Philadelphia  ^orfA— Bridesbnrgh 
10;  Falls  of  Schuylkill  21;  ForestYllle  3; 
•Frankford  20;  Qermantown,  Market  Sq  10  60; 
Manayunk  16;  Norrlstown  2d  10.  Wettmin- 
•<tfr--Chrl8t  Chapel  136  20;  New  Harmony  10. 

Pittsburgh.— B2air««ii/e—Congrulty  8  70; 
Johnstown  21 ;  Ligonler  6 ;  Pleasant  Orore  8 ; 
Poke  Run  84;  Salem  10  20 ;  Verona  10.  Pitt§. 
frttr^A— CharUers  10  06;  East  Liberty  68  86; 
Mt  Carmel  10;  PitUburgh  2d  10  28:  Pitts, 
burgh,  Shady  Side  10  60.  Jt«d«fo»e— Browns- 
yiUe  8  06 ;  ConnellsriUe  80  00 ;  Round  Hill 
8  10.  IFosAingrf on— Clay sville  60  H;  Core 
12;  Cross  Creek  82 ;  Lower  Ten  Mile  7 ;  Three 
Springs  8;  Wheeling  2d  10.  Wett  Virginia^ 
Cameron  8;  Fairmont  0  86 ;  Gnatty  Creek  S; 
Man]iington2  76 ;  Point  Pleasant  0. 

TumMxa.  —  Htfltfeii  —  Jonesboro  t  9i. 
JTin^sren  — MadisonTille  1;  Mt  Zlon  160. 
I/niM»-Oaledonia  •  26 ;  New  Prospect  3. 

TOLBDO.— BsUe/oafaine— Bellefontaine  8 11; 
Belle  Centre  6 j  Bncyrus  1  67 ;  Gallon  1st  10; 
HunUville2;  Patterson  1;  Spring  HIU  1  61; 
Upper  Sandusky  16.  H«ron— Huron  6:  Re- 
pQDlio  77  cts.  L/flui— Centre  1 :  Delphos  1  20: 
Harrison  9 :  Kalida  l ;  Shanesrllle  2.  Mausias 
—Toledo,  Westminster  6 ;  Toledo,  1st  Ger  8. 

WxsTBBV  Nbw  York.— fiit^aZo— Bnflalo  isl 
90 ;  Buffalo  Central  18  60 ;  Buffalo,  WesimlD. 
ster  7  26 ;  Westfield  14  06.  G«n««€«— AUlea 
28:  Corl>i  2  06.  ifiayaro— Medina  6  08L  Ite- 
cA«tfer— East  Aron  8;  Caledonia  21 04;  Char- 
lotte  10:  GroTeland  87  18;  Lima  3;  Nunda  8 ; 
Rochester  1st  138  76 ;  RoohesMr  Brick,  Sab^sob 
M24;  WestMendonft. 

Wzsoowaiir.— CA<j»pewa— Big  RiTor  T;  Eg- 
bert 8  60 ;  Hizton  4 ;  Lewis  Valley  1  60.  Laht 
5»peHor-Marinette  6.  Afi<toa«Aee— Delafleld 
40  cents:  Wheatland,  Ger  2.  Winnebago— 
Fond  du  Las  13  60 ;  Green  Bay,  Freuch  12  OOl 
WUconoin  AtvefwMadtson  14  40. 

MiBCBLLAirxoTrs.— H  P  Thompson  and  fiiml. 
ly,  CaUwba,  Ky  1:  Rev  S  N  Robinson.  Sher- 
man,  N  Y  6 :  Dividend  ft-om  savings  bank  ol 
little  Lida  Edwards,  Peoria,  111,  decM  70  cU : 
Mrs  J  N  Tread  well,  St  Peter,  Minn  40  cenU : 
W  B  6 :  Rev  M  C  King,  Chase  City,  Va  8: 
Rev  W  O  Heneyman.  Longmont,  Col  Ter  6 : 
Bloomsbnry,  N  j  2:  AC,  Lime  Spring,  Iowa 
6 :  Princeton  Sem^y,  Relig  Contrib  Soc'y  8  20: 
Sale  of  Addison  ch.  O  60:  A  W  Crevellno, 
Washington,  N  J  40:  Augustus  Crevellng. 
Washi.  gton,  N  J  8:  Mrs  Dr  Hamlll,  Newark! 
Del  26 :  Alex  Crawford,  Thompson  Ridge,  N  T 
10:  Anonymous  60 :  Legacy  or  James  Huston, 
late  of  Oonnersville,  Inu  600;  J  P  Jones,  Pari- 
land,  W  Va  60.  ^ 


Total  Receipts  in  March,       038,021  00 
NATHAN  LANE,  TWasurtr. 
Corre$ponding  Secretary,  Rev.  H.  R,  WiLSOW,  D.  D.,  98  Centre  Street,  New  Torki/> 
Treaturer,  Nathah  Lahr,  Esq.,  00  WaU  StrMt,  New  York.      .         ^  "^^ 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


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BIBOEIPIS  FOR  RELIEF  FUND  FOB  DISABLED  MINISTERS,  MARCH  1876. 


AfcBAirr.—AUaiiy— Albany  1st  27  76;  Alba- 
B7  iUi  140 ;  Albany,  State  Street  30  76 ;  JohnB- 
town«6  77 :  Soheneotady  Ist  980  14.  ColnmbU 
^Honter  6;  Windham  Centre  18.  Troy— Sa- 
lem 18 ;  Warrenabargh  2. 

BiXTiif  OBB.— Bai/i»or<— BaUimore  Iflt  680: 
Baltimore,  Dolphin  St  6;  Baltimore,  West. 
inlnster,141  88.  New  Cctfit^DelawareCity  8{ 
Oeorgetown,  Westminster  6:  Penoader  7  64; 
Odessa,  Drawyer's  12;  Bed  Clay  Creek  17  06. 
W€»hinaton  Cfify~Wa8bington4th210;  Wash- 
InfftoB,  N  Y  Avenue  100;  Washington  16th 
Street  3. 

Ckktral  Nkw  Youl— B<ii#%aiiil<m— Blngr* 
hamton  1st  25  12;  Traxton  S.  Ot$€go-^Qli- 
bertSTllle  18  60;  Hamden  8.  S/.  L«ior«nce— 
Oswefatehie  Ist  26.  5yrae««e— JamesriUe  8 ; 
LenoxOI;  Liverpool  2  03.  l^tco^Deerfleld  1; 
Forestport  and  Alder  Creek  1;  Lyon*s  Falls  2; 
Sanqaolt  0. 

OivoiiTNATi.— C%<//ieolAe-' Balnbrldg^e  6; 
OhlUioothe,  Memorial  1  00;  Washington  11. 
Cimriaaafi— Bantam  2  26 ;  Cincinnati,  Poplar 
St  6 ;  Ooshen  6.  Day/oa^Fletcher  6 ;  Spnng- 
lield2d,addM40. 

OLKVKLAifD.—C^evelaii^— Chester  7 ;  Cleve- 
Oaad  1st  88  01 ;  Clereland  2d,  sp  86 ;  Clereland 
Northa  76;  Cleveland,  Westminster  10;  Cleve- 
land, Woodland  Ave  20;  Strongville  06  cts. 
Jfoik^afao— Canton  70  60;  Le«tonia2;  Warren 
6  76.  ^  na<rtv<//e^Bell  Air  16;  Cadis  76; 
OonoordlO  16 ;  Nottfngbam  If  86 ;  Short  Creek 
e.  £fe«6eaviR^— Dennlson  10;  Stenbenville 
<old)  7. 

CoLORADa— 5aa/a  F«~Rev  J  A  Annln  3. 

CoLUKBus.— Co2«ia6tM— Columbns,  Bogs 
4  27.  Marion— Iberia  6.  ir0o«/«r— Bellevlile 
4 ;  Dalton  8  21 ;  MarshallvUle  6  40.  Z€n€nUU 
^Dresden  10;  Kirkersville  1;  Newark  2d  80; 
UUca  14. 

£Bin.~jneo%m|r— Allegheny  Valley  8;  Al- 
legheny Ist  Oer  4  14:  Beav«r  20.  Butler-^ 
Amity  1  60:  Harrisville2  78;  Plain  Grove  2  46; 
Snnbury  (West)  6.  CiaHoa— Academia  8  60; 
Brookville  8;  Max'sviUe  1;  RichardsvUle  2; 
Rockland  2  60.  £ri«->Erie,  Westminster  10. 
J^ii/aaain^— Apollo24;  Appleby  Manor  2  12; 
Bethesda  2;  Centre  7  73;  Clinton  4  20;  Bar- 
mony  6 :  Bethel  20 ;  Plnmville  2 ;  Washing, 
ton  6  40.  SheMngo  ~  Rich  UiU  «;  Unity 
Sab^h2. 

GBNaYA..— Cayuga— Genoa  1st  10 ;  Genoa  2d 
S4  ots ;  Soipio  and  SoipioviUe  6.  Chemung^ 
Dundee  12  66;  Eimira  Ist  6  40.  Qeneva^-Oot- 
bam  14;  Manchester  1st  3.  Lyont— Junius 
1  42;  Rose  7  50.  S<eu6tfa-^oming3  88;  Pult- 
ney  4. 

HABBI8B1TBOH.— CaW{»/«— Danphln,  includ- 
ing 6  from  Rev  D  C  Meeker  14 ;  Lower  Marsh 
Creek  0 ;  Barrisburgh,  Pine  St,  Mr  Graydon^s 

Joung  ladies'  Bible  class  35 ;  MoConnellsburgh 
;  Wells  Valley  2 :  Rocky  Spring  4.  Hunting- 
don-'Kltoona,  ist  42  97 :  Bethel  10;  Beulah  8; 
Hollidaysburgh,  Mrs  R  A  McMurtrie  2  60; 
ShellsbnrghS.  ivor/Aumfrer/and— Beech  Creek 
1  16;  Bloomsburgh  Isi  5;  Grove  61  77;  Ly- 
coming 12  58 ;  Milton  30 ;  Washington  10 ;  Wii- 
liamsport  2d  10  60.  H'c//«6oro— Beecher  Island 
7;  Farmington2;  Wcil9boro2  02. 

iLLiHois.  Cbntral.  —  B/oomifiofofi  ~Hey. 
worth  6;  Philo  2;  Piper  City  6;  Pontiac  10: 
Salem  2 ;  Tolono  4.  Peoria— Brunswick  and 
Salem  6;  Prince ville  2.  S(rAtttf<«r— Elvaston 
8;  Prairie  City  10.  Springfield^DecAinr  1st 
08  45;  North  Sangamon  6;  Springfield  1st 
48  75. 

Illinois,  North. ->  CAicaao— Chloago  Ist 
20  26;  Chicago  2a  113;  Engiewood  16;  Joliet 
Central  10.  0//aioa— Morris  8.  Rock  River-^ 
Camden  10;  Fulton  1  74;  Hamlet  2;  Kewanee 
10 ;  Morrison  21 ;  Sterling  1st  30. 

Illinois,  South.— J 7/oa— Hardin  69  cts; 
Lebanon.  addM  6 ;  Plalnview  2  34 ;  Virden 
1  97.  Cairo— Carmi  3  34 ;  Cobden  3 :  Du  Quoin 
1  63 ;  Kinmundy  1st  4  i  Tamaroa  3.  Mattoon 
—Dudley  6;  Grand  view  3;  Neoga  2  60;  r 
2;  Watson  180. 


Ib  DiAHA.  North.  —  OMiiBford9vill»^  Day- 
ton 12 ;  Reckfleld  6 ;  Sugar  Creek  1  60.  Fort 
iraya«— Coesse  1 ;  Columbia  City  1 ;  Franklin 
20  ots.  Jftmeis^Perrysburgh  60  ets ;  ShUoh 
60 ots;  Wabash  8  04. 

iHDiABA,  South.— In4i«na0oii»—BlooBilng- 
ton.  Walnut  St  16  46;  Franklin  28;  Indian- 
apolis 1st  68  20 ;  Indianapolis  4  th  28  70.  Hew 
i<6«air  ^Corydon  6 ;  Jackson  Co.,  1st  Ger  6 ; 
New  Albany  8d  26 ;  Orleans  and  Paoll  4  10. 
WhUt  ITafer^RisIng  Sin  8 ;  Shelbyville,  Ger 
9;  Providence  4  02. 

Iowa,  North.— Cedar  Jiapitfs— Lyons  1st 
4  68;  Mount  Vernon  6.  DaePa^ac^-Centralia 
1 16 ;  Independence  1st  9;  Independenoe  Ger  4 ; 
BCoGregor  Ger  3;  SherrtlPs  Mound  4.  WmUr^ 
/oo— Cedar  Falls  9  20 ;  State  Centre  1st  3. 

Iowa,  South.— Coaacii  Jfli^t  —  Clarinda 
3  68 ;  Guthrie  0 ;  Red  Oak  8  07.  Dm  Moi««f— 
Dexter  10.  iotso— Burlington  1st  3  90 ;  Keo- 
kuk, Westminster  4  67;  Kossuth  1st  2  06;  St 
Peter's,  Evangelical  6  86.  low  City— Colum- 
bus City  4;  Crawfbrdsvilie  11;  Iowa  City  1st 
10 ;  Keota  8 ;  Lafayette  1 ;  Red  Oak  10 :  Wash- 
Ington  10  60.  ^e6raf^a  Ci/y— Humboldt  and 
Salem  60  oU;  Seward  186;  Ulysses  180. 
OiaaAo— Darley  Branch  1. 

KABSAB.—H<tr*iaatf— Frankfort  1 ;  Vermil- 
lion 1.  ^«o*Ao— Chetopa  8  06.  ro]Mik«-Abi- 
lene  4 ;  Cheever  1. 

Kbntuoky  .—  Ebenezw  —  Ashland  71  46. 
Loaitoi//«— Shelbyville  Ut  9. 

Lono  Island.— firopik/ya— Brooklyn,  Bop- 
kins  St,  Ger  8:  Brooklyn,  Lawrence  St  2; 
Brooklyn,  South  8d  St  60.  Lona  Mand-^ 
Cutchogue  4 ;  Greenport  10 ;  Sag  Harbor  86. 
Nassau— Astoria  16 ;  Springfield  7. 

MioHiOAN.—Z>«fro<r— Detroit,  Westminster 

7  41 ;  Wyandotte  1st  8.  Orand  Jiapid t^Elk 
Rapids  1.    LanHn^— Delhi  8  20 ;  Lansing  1st 

Minnesota.— Daikola— Yankton  Agency  8. 
8t.  Pstti  —  Minneaoolis,  Westminster,  irom 
Thos  D  Similes  30 ;  Oak  Grove  2 ;  Rice's  Point 

I  60.  Southern  Jfinnesofa— Winnebago  City 
2 :  Richland  1 ;  Sheldon  2.  ITiaoaa-'^Frank 
HUl,Ger2. 

Mi880URi.—0«affe— Clinton  2;  Sedalla  1st 
7.  Paiiayro— Bird's  Eye  Ridge  84  cts ;  Sulli- 
van 1st  33  cts.  P/aff«— Albany  1  02;  Avalon 
1;  Cameron  1;  Forest  City  8;  Lathrop  1: 
Martiftsvllle  47  cts :  Rosendale  1 ;  Trenton  1st 
1 ;  Weston  8.  St  Lowit— St  Louis  1st  80 ;  St 
Louis  2d  100;  St  Louis,  Chouteau  Ave  10;  St 
Louis  North  16 ;  St  Louis  1st,  Ger  10. 

Nbw  Jsbsby.  ^Coriico  -  Corlsoo  10.  EHxO' 
beth  —  Clinton  1st  8  67 ;  Connecticut  Farms 

II  82;  Cranford,   add'l   11  84:    Elisabeth  8d 

8  28;  Metuchen  1st  11  10;  Plalnfleld  Ist  4  64; 
Pluckamin  8  48 ;  Rahway  1st  21  22 ;  Rahway 
2d  60;  Roselle  1st  Sabsch  7  37'r  Summit 
West  1  80;  Westfleld  6  40;  WoodbrIdgel8  97. 
Jereeu  Ci<y- Jersey  City  1st  00;  Passaic  3  60; 
Tenany  2  92 ;  Union  1st  1.  ifonmouf A— Cran- 
berry 1st  ao ;  Dayton  8 ;  Delanco  1 ;  Fairview  1 ; 
Forked  River  1 :  Holmanville  4 ;  New  Egypt 
1 ;  Shrewsbury  12 :  Sqnan  Village  4  ;  Tennent 
25.  Morrii  and  Orange— East  Orange  10  80 ; 
Flanders  10  60;  German  Valley  10;  Mendham 
Ist,  sp.  a  member  10;  Morristown  1st  06  08; 
Morristown,  Sonth  St  3 ;  Orange  Central  150 ; 
Whippany  6.  levari:— Bloomfleld  1st  97  86 ; 
Montolalr  111 ;  Nbwark  2d  22  40 ;  Newark, 
Calvary  I4  Oi ;  Newark,  Park  8  23;  Newark, 
Roseville  i23  11.  Vew  Braati0<cifc— Amweli 
1st  7  42:  Frenchtown  8;  Holland  2  97;  New 
Brunswick  2d  10;  Pennington  6;  Prinoeton, 
Witherspoon  St  4:. Stockton  4;  Trenton  8d 
283  09.  ^«wron —Ashbury  8:  Beividere  1st 
10  10;  Blairstown  8  96;  Bloomsbury  17; 
BranchTiile  17 ;  Deokertown  8  41;  Greenwich 
10  21;  MarlLBboro5;.Stewartsviile36;  Yellow 
Frame  1  45.  We»t  Jersey^-Camden  Ist^add'l 
7 ;  CiMnden  2d  45;  CedarviUe  1st  6  40;  Weno- 
nah  0  06. 

Nbw  YoftK.—Bof foa— Londonderry  10.  Hud" 
•on  — Goodwill   6  08;    Hamptonburgh    6  40; 
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[Mar 


I 


Middletown  ist  1  7S;  Middletown  9d  S  7S{ 
Montioello  1  66:  Pftlisades  1 :  S«otohtown  6  63; 
UnloDTille  10 :  WMhinstonTille  1st  4  06.  New 
yorik— New  York,  Brtok  100  70;  New  York, 
dentral  26;  New  York,  Oh  of  the  Sea  and 
XADd  88  cU;  New  York,  Madiaon  Square 
666  26;  New  York,  Memorial  80  86;  New 
York,  Sootoh,  J  T  Johnaton  88  76;  New  York, 
West  880  96:  New  York,  4th  Ave  88  76;  New 
York,  6th  Are  and  10th  St.  Includintf  8,000 
from  Messrs  &  L  and  A  Stewart,  4^227  66. 
North  KiMr— Marlborough  12  60;  Pine  Plains 
6:  Bondont  8  60.  Weslekester-^BedtoTd  10; 
Oroton  Falls  6  ;  Darlen  6 ;  QUead  16  90 ;  Maho- 

ao  Falls  4  16;  Port  Chester  1  86;  West  Farms 

;  Yorktown20. 

PAOiFio.~ll«i»<c<a^Two  Rocks  1 00.  Sacr*- 
mento  -  Elko  6 ;  Placerville  2.  Smn  Franeitco 
—San  Francisco,  South  1. 

PTfttADKt-PHiA.  —  r^eifcr— Clin«Ur  lit  40; 
Clit'flLi.'f  3tl  a  ri,  Xew  LLitidun  4  Ois;  KLdle<jr  3; 
Wftviiti  kU.  i^arJUv<4Afia— i.tuluiubU  H  Kuadi 
1;  Fr&nkJln  I  m\  lAhi^ny  131;  Plrmuulh 
10  ^^  .syivKxilK  I  :  tShJckublfiuj  3  'iQ\  £k>ut;h 
Wllkt'BiJiirrfl  ChapijJ  'i*U\  Tf^rrytawu  fljTo- 
wandu,  ikdil'l  60 ;  W  jf  ftiudkig  ^d  04  «ti.  Lehi$h 
—Alien  TawiiJ^lilfi  2U;  Auaunrtsia  3;  OatAiAa- 
qiiiL  list  ,U0  b^;  Pi>rL  Umrb4>u  .U;  PuitJ9vLU«3  ist 

PbUaUciipikiii  ;ki  ill  £i^;  Pijllu^lolphlA  i»itu  £  vV 
]U;  FhiUdtiipbitk  lUih,  lii€ludLi)jt(  Sii  U^^m  Mrt 
EiUflun,  ei*a  ;  PhlhMJoli^hin  fejoutu  'Ji  m.  FtiJJa. 
ilfiil|>blii,  Wc^tmiii^it^r  0;  PtiUitdoUifhiiaL,  Wuod- 
land  lu  ^;  FliiuUt.^lpliU,  Wt&lijut  8t,  ''A 
tliank  idleHug"  MJ;  i'hiUdciplUii^  W  Spruan 
gjt.  fruui  t>»b^«iL'b  ^.  Fhiiadetphia  i'tatrat— 
pmimlviphU^  iJvLbcida  Bl  £7  ^  PbJltkdt^ljilila, 
Chii.udlt?j-3,  t^hii^du^pbU,  UoiumbU  Avu  U; 
PhlJjLiiclpliiii,  Nurth  iiruad  S%  U  47:  Prlnccf- 
ton,  fn^ui  iL  mttmbvr  ^i  Ueiujuvilk  1st  &; 
Bluhmt^nd  5.  I'AtJA^ljsiAia,  ^t/rM  ^  BrM&S- 
biiFK  ia,  i'ht'iiiiui  Httl^  innu  ThoePi.iiiertK*iit 
m-f  iHi^jk'stvwu  'M  Vl».  PE>fviitvltli»  3,  FrH-iik:- 
lurfJ  Ut  4Ut  iliarmEiijt^jWD,  Mi^rkut  li^riuai-ci, 
add'l  2>i  m,  KurrMoiruM  lO;  linmd  ami  l>fa. 
mond  1  a«.     PtV*miii*f*r— Mop^wcii  T  W* 

PiTTSBUROH.— B/airtiri/2«— OongrultylO  70; 
Oreensburgh  Sab-soh  12  80;  Irwin  12;  Johns- 
town 28 :  LaTcrmore  12 ;  Salem  9.  Fittiburgk 
—Bethel  1 ;  East  Liberty  1st  40  81 ;  Fairview 
4;  Mt  Carmel  6;  PitUburgh  2d  7  60;  Pitts- 
burgh,  Qraoe  Memorial  6  04;  Pittsburgh,  Sha- 
dy Side  14  80.  Reditone—HrowuBvili*  2  23: 
ConnellsTlUe  42  81;  Mt  Vernon  6;  Round  Hill 
2  27.  Waihingtonr^CiAyBvlne  10;  Uoliiaay 
Cove  10 ;  Three  Springs  &  26.  Weil  Virginia 
—Fairmont  6;  Maanuigton2. 

TKWMWiaKic.— Ho<«ro»— Oarter^sDepotS  06; 
Elisabethton  1  06;  Jonesboro2  80;  NewSaiem 

1  00;  Oakland  8;  Salem  4  76;  Timber  Kidge 

2  08.    Kingiton—NLi  Zlon  1. 

ToLKD«.— BW/e/onfain«— Bellefontalne  1  68 ; 
Bucyrus  1  16 ;  Patterson  1  76 :  Spring  Hills 
1  10;  Wyandotte  6.    i#«rofi— Republic  67  cts. 

Stcrttarjf,  Rer.  Qkobob  Halk,  D.D.,  I 
rre«««rer,  Rev.  Charlxs  Baowir,      { 


•DeOaaoelO; 


Lima— Delphos  86  ets.    Mavsi 

Toledo,  Westminster  10. 

WxsTmv  Nbw  YonK'-'Biii^aio— Buffalo  isl 
100;  Buffalo  Central  13  60;  Buffalo,  Westmin- 
ster  6  20 ;  Bulfalo,Wells  St  2 ;  Jamestown  96; 
Ripley  1st  8  18 ;  Westfleld  10  71.  Otnetee-^ 
Attica  2L  A'iaoara— Medina  4  S2 ;  W tison  Isi 
10.  BocAssler— Brighton 20;  Charlotte  16;  East 
Aron  2 ;  Qeneseo  1st  0  90 ;  Oeneseo,  Central  IS ; 
Lima  2  10:  Nunda  10;  Rochester  1st  101  96; 
Rochester  Central  10  88 ;  West  Mendon  4. 

WisooNBiir.— CMppewa— Hlzton  8.  Uiki 
8uperior^M.%Tlneite  6;  Menominee  6.  Jfil- 
teranAee-^Delafleld  40  cts ;  West  OranTiUe  I. 

MiBcraLLAKBorK.— I  «iini>.  \\  ci!iTui,«rT,  Aii^miy* 
mous  I J  l.'csnn.  Siatorui^l,  irom  *  W  H*'  1 ;  Pa, 
HuncadiLli^,  Kdwin  F  Turry  apd  wife  i(>j  P*^ 
T«tPiiti|uji.  Mrs  John  Whftts  6 '  N  Y, ^racui«, 
MrflG  Wlnn  &;  Pa,  Eastoti.  Mr«S  FiLFqubai' 
6  I  Pii,  Fmnklin.  A  Dale  3  \  fmm  **S**  10 :  Ky, 
Calawtift,  Kev  H  P  TlK*irirrjiitii  and  family  5: 
N  Yj  UftWftg<^  **  wife  or  A  Foreign  iiilfaionary  ■'^ 
15;  Ya,  Ch»*e  Oitjr,  Juhu  C  Kiur  litid  wifet; 
Mrs  Harriet  A  Teaobout  t;  Ohiw,  A4am*t 
iMillA,  HamUtun  ."^Ott  b;  Phlla,  Gorald  ]>«K 
l-ijiHi  6  liifl  iHi  l>rmini«nt  Funtl,  jKir  t>wj  H  Van 
Gi'ldor,  KiH]  QU:  N  \\  ilro4>klyti,  Mfaa  Isabella 
n^iimldfon  6;  From^'E  t^  S^"  1  60;  tltwrgla, 
Fun  Vftll^J?,  MUi  J  C  KelloKg  b^  Phi  la,  a 
'  Ibank  uifurlng'^  2;  UliK  DcUjl,  M  L  MiJford 
2;  N  Y,  New  York,  airs  Kleanwr  U  Van 
li«iie««laer  100;  Tunu*  Jwiiesbtiruugb.  '"B  A 
W"3  10:  "  f  O  U''  6^  Uhio.  Uiiluiutma,  «^m 
^^  J  W  B^'  36  J  III,  Pf«rl»JUU0  l.tda  Ktlwurdf* 
tmnk  1 ;  SI  J  no,  St  I'etf  r'«,  ^^T9  Jdiu*  \  Tn-ad- 
w«ll  34  cU^  Sunday  tj^*;  lu.^^cy  f-  :  :  l'^  '  l, 
from  ** Mrs  L"  6;  N  ic,  Albion,  Miss  Mary  i* 
HoTOT  1 ;  Mrs  H  C  SooTel,  per  Mr  A  Marilen 
100;  Anonymous  6;  N  J,  New  Q-ermantown, 
Rer  W  E  Honeyman  10  N  J,  Ladies  of  Bloom- 
field,  for  I  8  22;  Sundry  donations  for  Q  M  42; 
Special  by  ''Q  W  M"  60;  Mo,  St  Charlei^  Rev 
JH  Nixon,  D.D  10;  from  "R" 2;  Phlla,  from 
"MBaW*'6:NewYork,from"JB,"or"B" 
40:  Iowa,  Falrleld,  fh>m'»R  A  Y''6;  Qer- 
mantown,  trom  **W*MO;  Int  on  Permanent 
Fund,  per  O  H  Van  Oeider,  Esq  180  06:  Conn, 
New  BriUin,  "from  a  fWen<P'  26.  "From 
Mary"  6:  Ohio,  Olendale,  R^r  Ii  D  Potter, 
D.D  6;  Cal,  near  Stockton  fh>m  ^'afHend"  14; 
From  J  H  Alameda  22 ;  Pa,  Phila,  from  '*  Miss 
C  A  B"  2.  From  *'a  lady  mend'*  2;  WIbl  Dela- 
ware, Emily  Eddy  1:  Mass,  Springfield,  from 
"A  B  O*'  6:  Washington,  from  "D  C"  1  Ct, 
New  London.  Mrs  M  E  Westoott  6;  Mass, 
Boston,  Highlands,  Mrs  Mary  P  Spllman  2; 
N  Y,  Albany,  Qeorge  W  Jermain,  Esq  16: 
Phlla,  from  "a  ladjp'  8  N  Y,  from  Mrs  L 
Torry  20  Cal,  Vallejo,  from  Jamos  Topiey, 
Esq  10;  W  y a,  Portland,  J  P  Jones  100;  Pa, 
CoTode,  J  Milton  Shields,  M  D  4  60;  Pa, 
Green  Tree,  the  Misses  Patterson  4. 

ToUl  for  March,       $14,661  72 
CHARLES  BROWN,  Treawurer. 

Oflloe,  1884  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  FREEDMEN  IN  MARCH  1876. 


ALIAITT— ^»«iy- Albany  id  05  06;  Aibauv4ih 
76;  AlbHnv  Ist  19  20;  Albany.  State  8t  il  lO: 
Troy  4.  CMttm6ia— Jeweti  2u  9  >.  TVu^—WaUfr- 
ford  17  82;  SHiem  6 ;  iMmmngburg  6;  Ccoee  Ibt 
83;  Warreosburg  2. 

ATLAMTia—Oilatoda  — Charlotte  colored  Sab- 
soh  2.    yadA»f»— Ureensboro  4. 

BALTivoaa  •*  BailiM'/rs  ^  balUmor^  1st  811; 
FHllfion  2;  We-tminnter  68  28;  AnnapoIiH  Im 
12  74 ;  OoTanesiown  7  l8.  New  VdBtU-1^^  ncMder 

I  86;  CoolSprinxO;  Georgetown  8;  Weytminnitr 
4.—  lfa*A<nolofi  Otfy—Vfenu  m  6;  Washington, N 
T  Are  AU;  War^hington,  loth  8(  3. 

Cbmtbal  Nbw  Yokk  ^  JBiaijAam/on  —  Waverly 

II  78;  Blnghamton  i«i  916  U;  Truzioa  t,   Oteeffo 


—  Franklin  4^  cts:  CooperMown  37;  Ot>iC»go  8. 
St  Lmerenee—Vf h'idmffxoa  18.  Sumeuee  Jame^f 
Ttlle2;  AmboyO;  OnweKo  ii*t  :fO:  ttyracuw*.  I^i 
Ward  46  otn:  Hyrneu^m  im  63  ^a-,  L  T«rpool  1  40; 
Ijcnox  6.  CTttea— Alder  Creek,  PoreMtport  1; 
8aoquoU6  3":  Clay-svilla  3;  Mrs*  Win  Mitchell, 
Waivriown  ch  6 

CiMOiiriiATL  —  Chmieotks  —  Hilli>boro  28  84; 
Fraokford  7  80;  Uhilliuoihe,  Memorial  1  17. 
OfianAad-ColleKe  Hill  6;  Kendall  19  21;  Lane 
Seminary  104  81;  Poplar  8i  4;  Bomervet  2  6u; 
Lorelnnd  4  46.  ^rtjy((/it~(>>Ilece  Comer  6 ;  iHiy- 
ton.8d  tft  66;  Sprinsllt'ld  2d  40.  i\>fUmomtk^ 
Hanging  Rock  and  Pine  Orore  6. 

Curaujia.  —  Owstoml  •*  Wa»tnilDster    10; 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


159 


0tr<Mi|(»Tlll«65  otstSolOD  1;  0l6T6lmd  Ist  66  16: 
ClereiaDd  Sd  86;  Woodland  Ave  iO;  CIeT«land 
Wonh  I  21;  Newbanrh  16.  JfaAoniiMF-.Leetonte 
8 ;  Canloii  60;  Warren  4  67.  sTaairmrUU  - 
Boala^lle  4 ;  Belair  lat  80 }  Powhattan  8  10;  Gad<« 
56.  Stfubetnm^Ki\tp}n  18  80;  Beeob  Spring 
SO}  Old  Riobmond  3  60;  Ridge  a  70. 

OoiARAM.—  Cbtorado  — Colorado  Springs  5} 
Georgetown  let  4. 

Oowii»UB^Jfori(»-.Iberla  6 ;  Marion  A.  IPbot- 
{w^-Shelfcgr  60  cto;  OliTeebarg  9;  BelleTiUe  6 ; 
Dalton  4  96;  Black  3.    ZanemiitU-^tAt  Creek  4 
Brownir  lie  6;  Otaego  8;    Utiea  11;  Jesee  »; 
KirksfiUe  1;  Pairmouoi  1. 

Baii^.4^;^AeiH^— AlleirhtDf  NortK  74  (Tt;  Val- 
ley 3,  BatitF—Wis-^t  SuDbiirygj  B'itler2U8l; 
Ceutr*  t»3  ct*;  Mud-iy  Crflok  B  23;  Wesrmmjrter 
|Ta;  CenlrsTJlle  lO;  Amiiy  I  05i  tInrritfilLa 
Sffiij  FineOrtirel  S9:  tae^burji  IS;  BLtfTi^ma. 
Oanim— RfllinfjfUh  ti  :i5*  BrmjkFi?le&:  Beth^Ma 

y  i  1 1  e  1 .  iirie— Cfin  t  ritl  'i"t ;  Q  j  m  rd  1m  ;  5f  ^  rdflf  Id 
10  r  V« n ^n «o  3  Bi.  /TtiCdJin in^^a |  t»bu re  ! 7  tr7 ; 
*>ii*!ord  6  25 !  Ma  h  dq  i  n  it  2  :iO :  El  do  rto  d  1  ?>  a* ; 
HflrfnDny4:  B«tht>Jda5;  Cltoton  i  7S;  ftathpl 
3f>r  Plumvitrf,  2;  (Jrookftd  Crtek  2  27.  ^Hwnrtn^o 
—L/nny  ^.,:  Bw^flr  Frtlli  IS;  let  oh  tfeirCuae 
»  00;  8haron8  6U. 

«®"'"I^^*^'*-<5«»*»*'  •*»  Anbam  81  77; 
Genoa  M  88  cto;  Genoa  Sd  4  74;  Victory  6.  Cki 
miwMh-Elmira  Ui  s  78;  Chemnng  4.  Oama-^ 
Oak^j  Corners  1.  Z4Wis-Janias  96  eta;  itafan- 
nab  7.   i»M(6«ii— qoming  8  48. 

BmmmaB^Qn-Ua^Ui  oh  Carlisle  26  66; 
BfoOonnelisburg  8;  Wells  Valley  8;  Rocky 
Sff'W-'--'''***'''^*^*  — 8*oking  and  Spring 
Creek  16;  Brerett  8;  Lower  Spraee  Creek  16  42; 

^*i?*°t '?!  **.*®/  ?•"'•*»  *«;   DancanTilli 

4  80.  NortHunbertand^Derrf  8;  Washlnston- 
jilleS;  Shiloh  6;  Wlllianwport  8d  6  70;  Milton 
?•  "IS^^fi  ?*"••**  ^  c*»J  Lycoming  4  61.  WdU- 
6oro- Wellsboro  1  10;  PArmington  8. 

IhuoKcm,  OurnAL^Bloominiiton--Ut  eh  Pa«. 
ton8  i3;  Bloomington  6;  Tolooo  10;  Salem  8L 
Ptorfa-Lewistowa  8^  88;  French  Grove  4  06; 
j£h«i  Knox  8;  Peoria,  Grace  1.  SchuyUr-^ 
2*t^9J*y..*»  Hamilton  8  00;  Branston  10. 
4»r<iiy/le((i.-.Deoator  Ist  83  64. 

lumois,  NoBTH.  —  Ckteaao^  Chicago  1st  14. 
f^^^P^T*^*"*  *<>"*»>  *<>•  0<<«wo-^orrl8  Isl 
6.    Aoel;i2iver— QaiTai7  6  80;  Hamlet  1;  Falton 

v7  CtS. 

rtUHois,  SouTB— ^Zton-Virden  I  86;  Plain- 
r?y  *  LV  "*'^'°  ^'  «*"•  CUiro— Jhawoeetowo 
119;  KinmuDdy  «;  Tamaroa  1:  Garmi  3  84; 
Do  Quoin  19C  1  06;  Cobden  1.  JfoMoon-Pana 
1  23;  Neoga  1  18. 

IiruAVA,  HwfB.—CrawforditHUs^  Sagar  Creek 
3;  Covington  Ist  8  26.    /W-<  HTiyns-Franklin 

5  ^°J!^  .  ^^'wP«»-'-Plymomh  4.  MumeU-^ 
Wabasb-i  lO;  Perry  sburg  60  cts;  Shiioh  60ct». 

IroiAifA,  South.  —  /«dianapo/<s— Bloomiogf on, 
W^notSt  2  06;  Indianapolis  8d  43  61 ;  Indian* 
apolia  1st  9  86 ;  Indianapolis  4th  19  33:  Green- 
Hold  8.  Nm  il«6a»nf  — Orleans  and  Pa  .11  8; 
Cprydon  4;  New  Alb*iny  8d  8  06.  Vinewne^-^ 
?^i*^1^°*^"«*  *?•  ^^^^  ^"^^  -  Providence 
0^^  ^  **•  Oreensbarg  6  66;  Lib- 

lowA^  If«jiTH.^Cjd«r  UipMt-Mt  Vernon  18; 
Wheatland  3.  DAhuqvM -Dubnque  2d  8 ;  McGre- 
gor 2;  8herrill*s  Monnd.  Ger  .S;  Bpworth  2; 
Farley  2;  Independence  1st  4;  Oentralia  79  ots. 
H'Usrtoo— Rock  Centre  2. 

Iowa,  South— Omn^tf  ^/t//« -. Clarinda  2  48: 
Guibrie  6.  Da  Moinn  -Dexter  6.  /otsi—Mt 
Pleasant  8  97;  Kowuth  I  42;  Barllncton  2  64; 
Keoknk,  1st  We<itmlnster  8  17;  Montrose  2. 
/Msa  a<lf— Red  Oak  6;  Iowa  City  6;  Keota  8: 
Wanhlngton  12  47;  Grawfordsfllle  7;  Colnmbaa 
City  8.    OmoAo— Daily  Branch  2. 

Kahsas.— JETii^AtoJifl-Troy  1  7a  i^sosAo— Cbe- 
topaS. 

Kiifr9CKT.—JS&«iMMr— Burlington  80;  Ashland 
87  87;  Angosta  10;  Ludlow  4.   XoMisviOe— Wal- 


nut St  8  47 ;  Gloverport  10 ;  Sbelbyrille  4.    Traw 
aylvonia— TraasylTsnia  10. 

LoaroIs&AinK.— SrooA^/fi— RoBe8t86  48:Fnuik* 
lin  Are  la    ifataau— St  Fsnl  2. 

MJceiaiji.-Z>rtro<^Fort  St  0  66;  JeflbrsoQ 
A?e8);  Detroit,  Westminster  6  10;  Wyandotte 
1st  2.  GFrondBapid^-Elk  Rapids  1.  Lanmmg^ 
Lan«ing  1st  2  76.    AitFteoiy-Saginaw  1st  12  13. 

MunmovA.  —  X>aAoto««  Yankton  Agency  ^ 
Jbntoto- Winnebago  City  2;  Le  Sueur  I  60, 
at  Anil— Andrews  6:  Dnndas  66  ets;  Foreet  80 
ots;  Rice  Point  1.     VTmoiM-dbeldon  2. 

Musonu.— QMSFS-Tipton  1.  i\i<myn»-Hao- 
Bibal  10;  dvlliTan  54 ots;  Bird's  Eye  Ridge  68 
ots.  AaMs-^Iameron  1 ;  Avaion  1 ;  Uockport  4 ; 
Latbrop  I;  Chilliootbe  6;  Trenton  1st  1;  Wee- 
ton  8;  Martio«Tille  83  ots;  Albany  I  \2,  St 
Xoii<»-8t  Louis,  Ger  7  60;  8t  Loul^  Garrison 
Ave  10;  St  Louis  1st  66;  St  Louis  Sd  100;  Orore 
3  84. 

NiBaABXA.— ATsbrcwfta  CSi^HusBboldt  and  S» 
lem  60  cts;  Seward  and  Aiyroo  1. 

EJiiMibcih  5d  4  m\  HosHbS  :£!  ;  R&*(<l]u  sftb-Mh 

1  ni\;  We^iifitftd  (J  0&;  WcM^ibndj^e  St  1^ ;  SuEnmil 
Cenlral,  SJ*l>-«^h  lil;  Meiuchen  t?<l  V  a^^  Oran- 
ford  tat  10;  Fiuerkacnici  ^3!*r  S*tlmmii  Waat  {  Si: 
ClmtoQ  2  45;  PUintleld  1st  a  |7  ;  Connecillcul 
Fttrmw  7  »t  J^inif  Ciiv— derroy  City  bf>r  Teo^ 
fiy  %  \l\  Pfts>«nic?  U  3J?  j  WenofinJi  rt  ifi  •  Uaiod  \ : 
KiJtherford  Park  9  52 ;  Newfoufldlmnd  3  9S, 
Mmmouth^Smifin  VillnBo  4;  Shrewsburf  Ui 
UolrniinTilJe  6;  PlqfiiMfrad,  New  Ejiyai  I;  Mm* 
awftn  10  -«;  Forked  RtTer  I;  Port  Wapbiagton 
'J;  Dny%oa  3.  Mtrrit  ftud  OraugB^Ch^ataiT  lO; 
Urani^e  Ceniral  lilO;  Uraag*i*ouLh  yi»;  A  friflnd, 
South  ch,  Morrimowu,  for  SeotiH  Uern'y  frlfl; 
Ea*t  Orange  lux  1  *b;  Morrintiswd  If*  S  9o: 
BooDioni^i  Whlpp«nj  S;  Meodtmm  lO;  Mendr 
bam  IniU  uO;  Mt  Fret^dom  8;  i^ermaa  Valley 
la  JViworfc— Newark,  Purk  «  31^  ^i-Wllfk.  C«I- 
Tsry  10  H;  Newurk  Kd  ita  4iL  iVtfii'  £rH»i4Lricit» 
Am  wen  iBt  Ui^ited  fi;  SLoektoti  2;  Amw«il  Ut 
S  *^;  TreDloii  3ii  Sit  «ls   KiMgwoiHi  8;  jjelland 

2  05;  New  Bniu^wlL-k  2d»  f*>r  iJiddlu  liiatUuieft. 
JVtifl^B— IjIi  KajfflUefi;  Blpofosbtiry  l^t  .4;  ¥  el- 
low  Kramo  1:  ^tawArtsviUe  a4r  Anbury  2; 
OrH**tiWi<jh  13  'in*,  BlMlmtowEi  -I  7t;  AndoTsr  3: 
D«ckertowD  &  »l ;  Brnoehf  die  lU  (Tijil  Jermt-^ 
West  oh,  Hridgfliflo  aoj  Abseoon  1  j  Ced^rPilie 
1st  3  78. 

Niw  T<»Kw— Jffiidtoa— West  Town  4  84;  Mid- 
dletown  1st  8  47;  Montioello  107;  Circlefille 


6;  WashingtonTille7  80;  Goodwills  86;  Hami>- 


V,  *«<»iifiuKivu*iiiv  f  ov;  uooawiii  s  so;  Hamp 
tpnburg  3  73;  Monroe  8  t6;  Scotchtown  8  81: 
IJilisades  1 ;  Greenbush  3 ;  Port  Jervis  la  Asis 
ForA— Covenant  431  28;  Fourth  Avenue  23  86: 
Greenpolnt  li;  Brick  6S  66;  Madison  Square 
Mission  ch  «;  Hannah  Ireland,  4ih  Ave  oh  10: 
Sea  and  Land  67  cts;  Central  «;  Mt  V^ashmg- 
i??/^  S\J^^''^  Aesr-CornwBllaO;  Kondout 
2  44;  Maiden  ID.  IFetteVf<«r-New  Roobelle 
24;  Mahopac  Falls  2  87;  Greensburs^  14  87; 
Yorktown  U;  Port  Chester  98  cts;  Bedford  6. 

PAciFic^l^nieio-Two  Rocks  1  17.  Oregim-^ 
Olympia2.  ^Sacramento— Elko  2.  San  F  cmtuBco 
— 181  ch  San  Francisco  73  38.  &m  /oss— Salinas 
City  8;  Mil  pitas  I. 

London  4  8);  Fagg's  Manor  7  70;  Upper  West 
Nottingham  93  cis;  Media  I  66;  Wayne  iS 
XjwJteisoiiiw-Newton  8  77;  Soranton  1st  160; 
Wyalu-ing  2d  44  cts;  Liberty  01  ota;  Soutb 
Wilkesbarre  chapel  1  64;  PlaiuJl  60;  Columbia 
M  Roads  3;  Svlvania  2;  Montrose  20:  Franklin 
MMHua'-.if^i^i::'*.'"*^"*  •'  A  "dinned  8; 
'•Ji*'***..?"?*********  ^i  '•*  Pottsvilie  19.  HhUadJ- 
pWa- Walnut  8t  ;»  97;  GrMnwicn  St  2;  WeST 
?!T*•^*•u  ^'f^it'^pMa  QsUrol-Immanuri 
nrS^A^S^^'  '*^*'*'  «5«onvllle  6;  N^nh 
frS?  S.^Ak'^*^?"'*!?"  Sab  seh  86 ;  Wei.t  Aroh 
5  ^i  WJ  Chandler  3.  PkUmtMpMa  North -^ 
5!nlJ*  Sl"5^  Oermaniown  38  tW;  Jeffsrson- 
ville  6;  Nesharainy  12;  Cheetnut  Hill  60;  Pro- 
2?.i"*t.^*?'  S~"ord  86;  Maiivunt  S? 
Bridesburg  lu;  Chester  tot  86;  ForsstVille  SL 


160 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  EECEIPTS. 


[May 


fn*Bh  4  77 ;    LWermoT©  U.     PiUMlmrgk--EMi 

meU :  Shiirty  aide  S  89;  s*wi3«v»le  6;  W»lkm»- 
hurith  3ft»>sch  ^:  IstOer,  AUeahoDy  414;  0«k- 

Round   Hi«  :i97;   Uatootown  *Qi  McKeeiBPort 
la  60:  BrowfiMTille  I  Si;  Mt  VerriDO  A.     WiwA- 

UpS'T^ren  nan  10.     W^i  Virginia-UAnniug- 
ton  t  10. 

Jl^Beihel  6  10;   Ml  Zioa  1.     ITiiofi-Neir 
Prospect  I. 

ToLB>o.^BtlUfimtaine-Vr\Maui  9;  Baoyra« 
1  72-  Patterson  I  80;  Belle  Centre  8  10;  Hnn»- 
illle*2  76;  BelJefontiine  I  06;  Spring  Hill.  t« 
ItA.  Vttroi»-Premoni  8;  Republic  89  ote.  Lima 
!-^elpho»6lcw;  Lima  I.  Maumse^lHAton  6; 
Toledo.  Westminster  ft. 

WisTBM  Niw  York.— -Bi^^o/o— Buffulo  North 
17  «•  Buflklo.  Wesimlnstef  8  68;  BatTslo  let  20; 
BuffJo,  Cenirsl  9  81;  We^ifleld  8  41.  ,?<5~^7 
7tti^l4:  AUetfhsny  4.  Niagam^k  U  Porter, 
NlSSii^  bT  Birre  Centre  11;  Medina  2  99. 
SSJSSr-Boebwter.  Central  II  66:  rtoohesier 
SJrin  Ume  1 61 ;  West  Mendon  8;  East  Avon  2. 
Wwooir8iJi^-CWpp«w»-Hlxton  2.  Lake  8ur 
•Jcnr--k enomlnee  6 ;  Marinette  6.  MUwaukH 
f!ijelaield  25  cls;  Jaaesrille  9  3J;  Bar.on  3; 
WeaKiranTille  1  45.  Wuconsin  iffocr-Rock- 
TlUe  German  U 

iftaniAiSMOi— J^mee  Robbj  Andrew*  J*f!k- 
™  Co  lo*ai  flfi:  **W  Robinson,  Shenniio,>y 

1  Fr'ieuil.  Umontown,  P»4;  Tjw^iwftier  .^h.  Me- 
nard c"  ill*  Ai'i  J  P  Jone«.  Porllsnd,  W  Va  W: 

Ii  {f-  Join  hAu  Orncige.  N  VS;  T..e  H«.r*r^ 

C  irbuthnou  Pttt*b«rMb,  I'*,  for  B.ddle  M«mD^ 
rl»S  latt  BAN);    H  P  TtiompMTP.  Ciitftwbi.  Ky  M 

ter    ^ft^m;n^*nn,  LiU  j*p«-eiiii  ftjr  J  P  CrH*fi.id, 

S  o«  PUia«  cli>  Y  5  ;  Mr^  A  ::t  lloti>hki^^CleTft. 

STSirsu^rmnn  W  li*li,  Aahlmidj  O  30,  ^  ^ 
Mtn^kT^'ri^Uih  rfi  Pr^  eh.  N  V  36  JIK*,  Mrs 
Sl'7l/Eom^e*.  Ko^kfora  Id  1^  Mr.  A.o«*  M 

?i,  Bl,  Mr^T  Fai-oruP-ymoiiib.  M  i,  Pre.  eh, 
J^rCf^-r  C^P*.rry  4^114  f-  -    By  B*.t  W  L 

hTJ  HHFbor  I^»^  N  Y  JO;  Uvaaibou  ch,  U  6; 
?^?adSnd  Diamond  81  ch,  Phila  6 15 ;  Au«a;uis 
Cre?eC.  Wash.nRion  N  J  U;  istch,  Ha.nden 
NY  2-  Mm  B  H  Billlnicsley.  Hialesfille,  N  C  7; 
Mill  Villaue,  P«8  25:  Andrew  Porter.  Couliers^ 
^1  le.  Pa  6l%<i  ch,  jfewaric,  0  25:  Dunoannoii. 
Pa  6-  l*»oi  J  klobertson,  Jr.  Sieubenriile,  O  4; 

Wor;e9tl?^0onK'lc^^^  ^  *' A' rS^«'/iJ 
Mill  Cre.k  15;  Oaks  Corners  oh  N  Y^J  R«;  J- 
GftHand.  (*ran?il»e,  O  26;  Jas  H  BeoK,  iioy, 
SSa4-  Mahimoyi^ity  1st  6  tw;  DiTidend  from 
{hetaT^n^bank  of  lalle  L.da  iidward..  Peorta, 
miTMrS  Jane  A  Treadwell.  St  Peter.  M.nn  28 
ita.  Malmore.  O  2  25;  Weedsport,  N  Y  18  49; 
B?AJ2SK3rn  Ger.Ind  5;  Miss  Uatlie  Deairtch, 
dXSS^  O  U  !>or««  Gould,  Bone  Gap,  111  W; 
^BiSSes.  Newark.  N  J.  for  Scotia  Sem'y  60. 
Biddle  Institute  60,  Schools  ™o8t jn  need  6o— 
So-  StU»«»<l'>»'  **»  **J  •'*""•"  Walker,  Phila, 
Pa  I  wrA8l*illlnMl«yv?t*tesTllle,  N  U  7 :  J  A 
Annin,  Las  Vegas,  New  Mexico  I ;  Port  Carbon. 


Pa  10:  Ma-wrn,  Micii  Ifl  :  Ladiea  f^(  Nifc^ar*  i^asi«> 
N  Y*  for  impport  of  HI-mi  U  H  Ci^y  7fi.  »«> 
ahallTjye  csb,  O  6  gd;  The  Mii«««  Pmierwo. 
Gt^d  Treis  P*  2:  Nqot+i  cb,  N  Y  6^  W  BS; 
N9W  York  Scotch  ab,  John  Taylor  JobnsiMi 
!t3  U:  Al««n>iria  oh»  Pa  16:  M>fi  Siowrlt.  Si^sar 
Run,  Pa  h:  K*?*  S  N  Miller.  Maupfit^ldp  O. JwJk 
anoQ  for  siippori  of  schoal  ^l  Qo\i  Hili*  K  C, 
under  drreouon  of  W  R  Ciit«*  'iO;  I»t  Prei  c&, 
Williamn  t.>J,  Va  I:  Shi^k*hidny  ch*  Prt  2-  Oo* 
IniTibus  tiroTa.  O  10;  1*1  0-«eiC4*chi«  cb  al  Ottr 
d^-n^burar-  NY  10 ;  Youth**  Mis-'y  Soo  t*t  eb.  Ho* 
bokdo,  £^  Ji  to  be  applied  to  lomu  Sab  ««li  10; 


Sparta  90. 


TdttU  Moeipii  tn  Mareh,       $B.f»ft  98 
JAMBS  ALLISON,  Tnamtrer, 


Mmev  rtut9^  and  expemUd  on  tka  FiOd  dmrimg 
the  Six  Montkt  tnding  March  8UI,  1875. 
Pbw  of  AaanUc-CnXwarf  oh  81  M;  Congrafty 
oh  166;  Kb  neser  eh  62  50;  Edisto  eh  224  87; 
Good  Will  ch  115;  Bethel  eh  8  50:  Bebnm  eb 
8  76:  Zion  ch  18  67:  Malina  ch  78 :  Maosdoate 
oh  9!  Mz  Mi  Sinai  cb44  90:  St  Andrews     rh 

16  M;  St  Paul  ch  .18  67 :  Sumter  eh  2:  Summer- 
Tillech27  70:  Salem  ch  27  9i»:  WalllngfonI  eh 
andech  287  71  ^»«  «• 

fby  of  Boltimora^-Bel  Air  oh  8:2  10 

Pbu  of  OUawba^  B  ^llefonte  ch  26  45 ;    Ben 

Salem  ch   16  At:  Bethel  oh  17:   Bethpage  oft 

17  10:  CaWwellch  10  75;  Charlotie  ch  and  ach 
205  45:  Concord  eh  and  sch  91  75:  Da»ldaoB 
College  Ch  92  21:  Panoj  Hdl  oh  10:  aamaton 
eh  30  76:  Love*s  Chapel  I:  Lloyd's  ch  8:  Mi- 
randa ch  3  16:  Murklandi  eh  47:  MeCllatoek 
eh  16:  Ml  Olives  ch  55  50:  New  Hope  cb  48: 
Poplar  Tent  ch  18  08:  Salem  Hill  ch  6:  St  Faal 
ch  20  60:  Woodland  eft  9  40 :  Walker's  Chapel 
ch  10  '«»  •• 

i»^yo/J»W^**l-CalTaryoh  16:  Carmel  ch  and 

sch   36  40:  Uermon  ch  M:  Lebanoo  ch  2:  Mt 

Pisgah  ch  5:  Niia%reth  oh  16:  Olivet  oh  »i  M: 

Winnsboro  ch  19  90  184  •• 

Phy  qfflbtotoa— Greenville  eh  14  00 

Pby  of  Kiagstoa— Mary vlllo  sch  7  00 

Ptw  of  KiMC  —  Antioch  ch  4t  8«  :    Midway. 

Macedonia  ch  67:  New  Hope  oh  125  35      2^  15 

/>lbyqf  LotiiMi/ie-Louisville  oh  184  81 

PiMi  of  lAiio»— Bethel  ch  87;  Calvary  ch  7  26 : 

Rosersvilis  ch  47  90:   St  Luke*s  eh   and  sch 

17  45 ;  Shiloh  ch  61  10  170  00 

Pf^of  FtfdWw— Balnesville  eh  184  90:  CaUw. 

ba  River  ch  29  95 ;  Payettevllle  ch  25 :  Fraak- 

linton  nch  28  87 :  Preedom,  Bethany  ch  and  sch 

n  33:  Freedom  ch  8'>  90:  Gold  Hill  ch  41  25: 

Greensboro  sch  4  50;   Lexington   sch    8  »»: 

Louisburgh  oh  and  sch  108  80 :  Logan  ch  90: 

Lumberton  ch5l  10:  Lon«»  Grotech  l  26:  Me- 

banesvillu  ch  and  sch  116  tM :  Mocksville  ch  and 

sch  34  28:  Mi   Vernon  ch  and  ech  8ii  5o:  Mt 

Zion  ch  21  42  :  Ml  Tabor  ch  ft  35 :  Mt  Olife  ch 

6t> :  Mt  Plea»>ant  ch  71  67 :  New  Centre  ch  U  40: 

Oakland  ch  42  2t»:  Pnntherford  ch  s :  Pitt-burgh 

ch  85  cu«:   Raleigh  ch  2  60:  Salii*ury  ch  and 

sch  64  66;  Stateaville  ch  and  sch  148  99;  White 

Ball  ch  4  14  :  WilminKton  ch  650  97 :    wib«oo 

ch  8  85  1,864  98 

Pbu  of  WaahingUm  O/y-Rtiasel  Grove  ch  and 

sch  •  ** 

No  Prttbyterial  coimscMoii— Frederick  fborgh, 

Va  sch  45:  Columbia,  Tenn,  ch  and  sch  35  » 

to  s 

Total,       |*,C9'i  68 


Rev.  W.  R.  Coles,  acknowledges  reof*P'^  • 
valuable  box  of  second-hand  ciotning  for  Salis- 
bury Mission,  from  Rev.  A.  G.  Rulffftfon,  N.  Y. 

Eer.  A.  O.  MoClbllawd,  Corretpondiu§ 
Secretary,  Box  1246,  PlttaburKh,  Pa. 

Bev.  Jakbo  Allison,  D.D.,Tr#««r«r,  IjOOK 
Box  24,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  ^  q^q 


ECCLESIASTICAL  RECORD. 


I 


oiswhtrrioN  of  the  pastoral  REnATco.t. 

hti  couiirctiuu  wiUi  ili^  fyutiU  cimiclj,  Stw 
Xoik  Uily 

R*?v.  VViJiiam  Ef.  rmstlcy  nud  the  Tniri 
cbaicb,  Chtlhooilie,  a 

llev.  il.  VV    StrviUou   atxf]   the    cluticb  tU 

Oswego     K!IE1?H* 

Rev  Tliuinns  L  SeXtou  HU<i  thd  Westmi«» 
iter  f  r^il^yitTJun  chufoh,  Xioy,  N    Y. 

Hfiv  Wiiliiiu  hubne  aitd 'ilie  Laktj  View 
Prvitvt«riJUi  chtit'di,  i'liteison.  K  J. 

Kev.  Jain^j  Fniaer  an^i  the  chuireh  of  Kea- 
D^tS^junr^.  Pa. 
*  n  '^t^    'i*?orgfl  S    Bishop    ami    the   S«ooiid 
Frf^bytermti  thiireh,  Ortiogo,  S.  J. 

Rev.  11.  hAkar  and  tUe  Stvoad  church  \n 
ITttrn^buri/h.  Fa. 

Eev,  J.  J,  UjiiQilton  Aud  th«  Upper  church, 

CALUS  BECEIVUD  OR  ACCEPTED. 

R«v.  R  J.  BeaUie  to  tie  church  nt  Fort 
Edw;Ards,  N.  Y. 

iUv.  J.  V,  Stock  too,  of  ike  senior  class  in 
I  be  Wesiero  Theologienl  atimiuAry,  to  the 
church  «i  Van  Wen,  Ubio. 

Mr  David  McLeod*  of  the  seobr  class  in 
Priocetoo  S*inmftry,to  the  church  at  Florida, 

Rttv,  W»  H  Priestley  to  the  church  at  Tus- 
oola.  111 

Rev.  John  M  Mealy  to  the  church  of  New 
J?Mghtou,  Pa. 

llvv  (\  b  Nott  to  the  Tompkms  Av«nuo 
church.  BiiH^kiyu.  N.  Y. 

Rev  ttjuaueffi.  Webster  to  th^  church  in 
Wa-ilimgtuii,  N  J. 

liev,  \Viltuini  Jewett Tucker  tii  the  Madisou 
frtjUHre  chuicJi,  New  Vork  L'lty. 

i»lr  W.  S  Fuliou  to  the  Fust  church  of  Oil 
City.  Pa* 

Mr  A,  B,  Mar .< hull  to  the  First  church  of 
Moru^,  111. 

i:  V  8.  11  Hollidny  to  the  church  of  Belle^ 
vu>»,  Prt?sbyt«ry  of  AJleglieny 

Kev.  Cyriifi  Hatch  to  the  bhurch  of  Dravoa* 
buric.  Pa, 

Kev  L.  n.  Augiar  to  iho  church  at  Parkew- 
buig.  W   Va 

Kev  Charles  Little  to  the  church  at  Colleff© 
fltll.  Ohio  * 

Rev  A.  S.  Dudley  to  the  Lane  Setniuary 
ehiirch.  Walnut  Hillg,  Ohio 

Kev.  John  M.  Brovru  to  the  church  at  Fort 
■fi»ycs,  Kansas. 

Poat-OPFICB  ADDRESSEa  CHARGED. 

Rev  Johu  Caldwell,  M  D  ,  from  Cantoa  to 
Elys  bo  re,  Norfhumberland  Co,  Pa. 

Kev.  Edmund  F,  Waldo  from  Linden  to 
Grand  Rapid«,  xMich. 

Rev.  RA>bert  Slosa  from  N^w  York  City  to 
Bojt  1217,  Titiirtviilo,  Pa. 

Ri'v.  K  LkiQover  from  Bloouiiueton  to 
ToWrtnJa.  III.  *      ' 

K'ev.  S.  Fleming  from  Crown  Point,  lad,  to 
BuiT  Oak,  Mich. 


Kev.  Henry  Kitiker  from  Newbo,  N.  J.  to 
DiCAtflyjii,  i*n, 

Kh*v.  J,  J  Potu<»roy  from  ParkcsbursL  P«l 
to  lUhwav,  ^.  J.  a  '       . 

K'jv.  W"  F.  Hamilton  from  Livermur^r.  Pa., 
to  Wiiabu^^tufii  Pa 

Ufv.  a.jity  K  Lipntrt  from  Pittsburgh  to 
Wiiftiiiaburga,  Pu 

Ktfv.  K  c  Hull  Irum  Prairie  du  Sac,  Wi*. 
to  Hanoibal,  X.  Y. 

lU'V  Jucob  Patch  from  Angola,  lad,,  to 
Hudson,  iud. 

lUv  Ludwig  Ti'^e  from  Granville  to  Wust 
braavilic^  WtA, 

Hbv  L  U  lieldcn  from  Cljatsworth,  HL,  to 
Mouut  PJttLiSiiiit,  lijvffk, 

Kev.  Uet^rge  U  Milton  from  Jones vilk, 
Mich.,  to  8t  Cloud,  Muui, 

Kev.  (Jeorgo  W.  hhailfer  from  Hook&towu 
to  Beaver,  la 

Uev.  Winiarn  Guthrie  Baines  from  Kni 
Aorth  Oxford  uireet.  to  20i  Kydtn-y  slrcvt 
Brook lyu,  h   D. 

Kov.  Chailu^i  Pttlton  froui  Ciuciunrtti,  to 
Wojthiugtou,  Uhm. 

Uev.  Frudyrick  T,  Browu,  D  D..  from  St 
Paul,  Miuu.,  to  Ami  Arbui,  Miuh. 

Kev.L  C  Kutu-r,  Jr..  from  KottrnghannPa, 
to  Hopewell  Cotton  Woiks,  Pa 

Rev.  Jos.  M.  MeNu:ty  from  Newburch.  N. 
\.,lo  Woodbridjit..,  N.l 

Kev.  A,  K&iiek  from  Watncgo,  Kun,,  to  Fort 
Barker,  Kan  if  as. 

K«v.  Li«o.  G.  f>mith  from  Williamsmrt.  Md., 
to:<anLa  Fe   ^ew  iJaxico. 

Kev.  J.  E.  Alexaoiier  from  Elkton,  Md.,  to 
Kidley  Park,  Pa 

Kev.  W.  T.  Bartle  from  PlatUmouth,  Neb., 
to  Ciomwetl,  luwa, 

K«v.  M,  A.  Parkinson  from  Carroll  ton,  Ohio, 
to  Industry,  Pa 

Kev.J  A.Priai3t,  D,D,,  from  Quinoy,Hl  ,to 
Newton,  N.J.  ^ 

Kev.  N.  M.  date  irom  Clean,  N.  Y.,  to 
Deposit,  N   Y 

Hev.  John.  M  Layman  from  Ptqaa,  Ohio, 
to  Wooaler,  Ohio. 

K«v  F,  A.  Pralt  from  Sterling  Centre^  Mm  u., 
to  Mapleton,  51miL 

Kev.  Th.ideua  AlcRae  from  Keaovo^  Pa.,  to 
Cedar  Eapids,  Iowa 

DEATHS. 

Rev.  Alexander  F  Morrison,  at  Chanceford, 
York  Co.,  Pa ,  on  the  Kith  of  March 

Rev.  8.  P.  lliJdrfth  nt  Dresden.  Ohio,  on 
the  7ih  of  Aliirch.  Of  pnoumoma,  in  the  55th 
year  of  Ins  age. 

Kev,  Howell  Poweli  in  New  York  city  on 
the  2.id  of  Miirch,  iti  the  .5.1th  year  uf  hij*  age. 

Rev.  David  PutLon,  jitwior*  ol  ih^  Centre 
Presbylerian  church,  l'r«sbyl«iy  oJ  Butk'r.ou 
February  2'Jd,  in  the  38th  year'ot  lii.s  h^b 

Kev.  Jainefi  E.  Curulhor-,  pn^Jiur  of  iho 
church  ttt  Yatt'fi  city.  Hi,  ou  tlic  Tth  of  M'Aruh 

Kev.  Franklin  A  »\l;ig3iiuis,  pji^^tor  of  Iha 
church  at  Rome,  Ohio,  on  the  4lh  of  Marek 

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Board  of  Hotoe  Miasions—Annnal  Meeting  of  the  Board— FftlUng  off  In  r«celpt»—Muit 
thv  £kppUi!j%Uous  tK) '* cut  Uovrn?"— Report  of  the  Standing  Uommlttoo  oci  Muine  MiMloD»-> 

On  the  tloiith  of  Li.  P.  Wwbber— Nolea  from  the  Held— ApfH>lntinent»— R«celpU .,  1«J,  'H9 

Sitiffntation  fJrpaHm*nf.— Koport  on  Suatentallon  In  General  Amcmblj— RocelpU  ..  !»«,  21^ 

Board  of  Education.— The  Gunoriil  Asaombly— Tho  porformftnco  of  duttos-^Tbo  need  of 
Ministern— MDfttiircs  to  create  Incntupcd  Lntere»t  and  Pmyer— TUo  fnnt  ruoi  of  trouble — 
App<ml  ol  the  Aisembtj  to  I'liurcht*!  vihlf'h.  hare  not  contributed  lo  Education— The  tnin«- 
pupltlvn  uf  Roumn  power  to  the  New  WurliJ— Kceetpta  for  EdueaUo»...».-«*^ aiKJ»  21» 

Board  of  Forelgti  Mlaalon*.— Rt»eer»t  Ifiielllgenoo— Thia  Year'a  Work—TO  the  Cbureli 
t^eMioiie^Notico^  of  IVIatters  U>  S^ria— ^'Saercd  to  ihc  ueinQrjr  of  Z^ee  Mvns  Oim*^—U»otipim 

Beard  of  PubltcaUon.— Cheering  Action— A  h&ppy  cwtelniton— Tettimony--lt  pajA—Mexfoo 
ami  Uit^  t\*n^\w\—'liv<'*i\pii .^....»..*..^»...»...»... .»*,*.^».».  — *.^ — ..  1KM«  X21 

Board  of  Church  Erect  ton  .—Report  on  CJitipch  Erection— Reueipla. ««*„.  S11«1ES2 

Beltef  Fund  for  Biaabled  Minlaterr.— Ktportoltbe  Standing  Uotomlttee of  the  General 
A  WPin hi y— Receipts ^,...^ ^.«.-,. ^. ^ ««♦ -  314,  2£5 

Gdoerai    Aaaemblf*s  Committee   on   PreedmeD.— The  Oenoral   AiiMmbljr--Roceipt» 

2ia,  '224 


The  (leneml  Atnembty  has  reeommonded  that  8)veala1  UoUeetlona  or  OuatribuUoni  Ctic  lU 
Schetoea  bo  made  on  the  tiraL  Ij«jrd'A  day  of  the  lullowtu;!:  tikontha: 

JtiHHttt'ff,    ..«. «./&r^ - F*>re/f/t*  MimMtont, 

J-Uffftftri/,  >.»«.»„.-«.  '*   ,„„Effif**fttiftt9. 

Mnfchf         »»>.  ^   „„....•.* ^«S>«jffr'ri/fi//<»il« 

Mtttff  ....^..^,^.»  **   «.«- .Jf*ttMic4iHon, 

Smpti'mhfr,.»^..,»*...  «*  «,-«« — ,/**/*r/  rnnd  for  Vimabied  MiHl^ietm 
Jirt]/pfmb**p,  M».»,«.  **   «„«^*— «.JIr»Me  ilfi»»JoN«w 


FORM  OF  BEQUEST  TO  ANY  OF  THE  EOARDa 

The  Stare  laws  dtltvr  io  mnoh  th&t  no  one  form  tvlll  answer  in  all  tbe  &iate»T  bat  in  erory  cM9 
it  1^  efficntlal  to  give  the  ukimt  «oM»otLATis  KAitu. 

Hrqiieflf  Tor  Hmt**^  JttfJtfiifknn  ahotild  be  made  to  **  The  Board  of  Home  dtitiion9  a/ ihi  Ftts- 

tnjtrriittn  i'huit'h  in  Ihe  Vnifed  State*  a/  America,**  which  Is  now  tho  corporate  title. 

or  tlie  R*tnrd  of  £^€itieaUon  the  eorp^rn^^    name  If  **  Tht  Board  o/  Edncation  9/tht  Pre§b}f* 

terian  Vkurch  in  thi  United  Stmtfi  of  America.^ 

The  H»ntHl  ttf  Forrign  M(ttmton»  l»  inecrpofuted  nnder  ttw  laws  of  New  TccIe,  midor  tbo 
■itjrli!  af  **  7V<t  Board  uf  Foreign  Mitftiont  of  Ih*  Preibijterimn  Ckttrrh  in  Ihe  Vn%ted  Statts  ajT 

The  itttnnt  ttf  l*ttbHmiion  If  Infftrpontted  mnrler  tke  lava  of  Ponn^lvaniaT«nfter  tt»e  style  of 
»♦  The  Trufte€*  of  Ike  Frevb^terian  Board  of  Publicati(m,*^ 


The  Hoard  nf  Chnrrh  tCrrctton  1»  Ineon^oratod  wider  tlie  iiyleof  **7Tif  B^vrdcfth*  Ckurek 
t:rectioH  fvnd  of  the  General  jMtfmbif  t*f  the  Prethytrrian  Churtk  in  tht  Vniud  StaUt  of 
jlTjirrictf,"  Incorporated  Marth  U,  U^y  by  the  LcgflMainre  of  tbe  Slate  of  New  York. 

BpqDe!^t<t  that  hate  been  miide  to  the  **Tru»rres  of  the  General  jiaieiiaM|p,**or  to  tbo  **'Tru9teea 
vf  the  Pre^hj/terian  Hovte,"  fur  Church  piirpo»u5,  will  be  valid. 

AH  Iif§jH'-Mt»  made  to  the  lncurf*orjited  BoarclH  or  Committees  of  tho  two  late  Asaembliee  are 
valiil,  and  will  be  receilved  by  the  JLkiardB  wtiich  are  their  le^l  saooeayon. 

The  Hriirf  p\tnd  ftrr  nittihlrtt  Minitteim,  atvM  the  WidoivaanH  Orpham»  of  Deem^mea 

Min(9t«frM  requires  the  following  Tormt 

*'I  iriTO  and  bequeath  to  my  ezecntora  beretnafier  D»medf ^doflBrt  In  tmtt,  neTenhele#«, 

ihat  the  J  99ha11,  wltbln months  after  my  deceane,  pay  the  same  to  Ike  Trutteaa  oflkM  Oe»* 

trai  AfntiaMu  of  the  Pre»t^yterian  Church   in  the  Vniled  State§  of  Amerieu^fStihfJUMfl^  tllf 

Fund  Tor  iHiabled  Mtnlsters  and  their  FamlUe?/'  Digit  zed  bv  vlrOOyiC 

WKtn  rtml  tUaH  or  othtt  pr^ertjf  i$  given,  t(t  it  be  particutarlv  ^€iignait4. 


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RECORD. 

Vol.  XXTT.  PHILADELPHIA,  JULY  1875,  No.  7. 

BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 


The  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian Church  in  the  United  States  of  America  was  held  on  the  22d  of 
June,  1875. 

The  ReV.  W.  M.  Paxton,  D.D.,  was  chosen  President.  The  other 
oSicers  remain  as  before.  The  meeting  was  hopeful  and  fixed  in  its 
determination,  notwithstanding  its  gr^at  indebtedness  and  the  universal 
financial  depression,  to  push  on  with  vigor  and  courage  the  extension 
and  establishment  of  the  gospel  throughout  our  dear  country,  as  urged 
by  the  last  Assembly.  In  order  to  accomplish  this,  the  Board  looks  with 
confidence,  under  God,  to  the  Synods,  the  Presbyteries,  the  churches, 
with  their  ministers  and  members,  their  noble  women,  their  generous 
Sabbath-schools,  indeed  to  all  friends  everywhere,  for  sympathy,  prayers, 
co-operation,  and  liberal  and  self-denying  contributions.  The  end  is 
worthy,  may  the  means  be,  forthcoming. 


As  the  income  of  the  Board  from  the  Church  is  the  measure  of  its 
ability  to  aid  the  mission-fields,  its  financial  condition  must  always  be 
regarded  with  interest,  and  often  with  anxiety.  Its  present  state  is  a 
matter  of  profound  concern.  The  receipts  for  April  and  May  are 
$15,133.38  less  than  during  the  same  months  last  year,  and  the  Board, 
on  June  1st,  was  $50,000  in  debt  to  the  missionaries. 

This  condition  of  its  treasury  will  compel  the  Board  to  "cut  down" 
many  of  the  applications.  This  will  cause  great  inconvenience,  and 
often  much  suffering,  among  missionaries  and  their  families. 

We  beg  the  prayerful  attention  of  ministers  and  elders  and  members 
to  this  state  of  things.  Let  the  women  in  our  great  and  wealthy  coni- 
munion  remember  their  thousand  self-denying  sisters  in  this  vast  field. 
Let  the  ministers  and  churches  once  planted  by  the  contributions  of  this 
Board  remember  it  in  its  indebtedness  and  trial.   Their  number  is  legion, 


194  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  [July 

and  they  extend  from  the  St.  Lawrence  to  the  Rio  Grande,  and  from 
ocean  to  ocean.  Let  the  missionaries  and  churches  still  receiving  aid, 
and  yet  contributing  far  more  to  other  objects  than  to  this,  remember  itf» 
wants,  and  in  simple  justice  do  more  to  supply  them.  Let  the  children 
and  Sabbath-schools  not  forget  the  land  they  live  in,  and  whose  bless- 
ings they  enjoy,  and  contribute  to  help  this  foundation-work.  Let  all  in 
every  way  do  their  utmost  to  support  the  more  than  thirteen  hundred 
men  who  are  devoting  themselves  to  spread  the  gospel  in  waste  places. 

In  the  midst  of  a  century  of  memories  of  God's  mercy  to  our  land  and 
Church,  let  the  grateful  acknowledgment  of  them  not  be  forgotten. 
May  a  more  earnest  and  self-sacrificing  desire  and  determination  for  the 
thorough  evangelization  of  our  own  country  be  awakened  and  strength- 
ened by  the  memory  of  a  hundred  years  of  God's  loving-kindness  to  our 
fathers  and  ourselves.  Moved  by  such  considerations,  the  last  GJeneral 
Assembly  exhorts  the  Church  to  raise  this  year  at  least  Two  Millions  of 
Dollars  as  an  expression  of  its  love  and  gratitude  to  God  and  his  kingdom. 

In  this  indebted  condition  of  the  treasury  all  concerned  will  see  a  suf- 
ficient reason  for  the  "  cutting  down"  of  applications  by  the  Board.  It 
was  compelled  last  year,  by  the  same  cause,  to  reduce  the  amount  of  aid 
applied  for  $55,500. 

REPORT  OF  THE  STANDING  COMMITTEE  ON  HOME 

MISSIONS. 

Your  Committee,  having  carefully  considered  the  Annual  Report  of 
the  Board  of  Home  Missions,  respectfully  offer  the  following  suggestion? 
for  the  action  of  the  Assembly ; 

I.  Gratitude  is  due  to  the  Head  of  the  Church,  that  during  a  year  of 
financial  stringency,  the  Board's  work  has  been  so  successful.  The  year 
began  with  a  debt  in  the  Home  Missionary  Department,  only  about 
three-fourths  of  which  was  cancelled,  through  the  pledges  made  at  the 
last  Assembly.  Besides  covering  that  debt,  the  income  has  exceeded 
that  of  the  previous  year  by  $1,500.  The  contributions  of  individual.'i 
and  churches  show  an  increase  of  $43,095.78,  a  pleafeing  feature  of  which 
is  that  it  came  largely  from  the  Synods  of  the  West.  Unusual  demands 
for  aid,  however,  growing  out  of  the  grasshopper  scourge  in  Minnesota, 
Western  Iowa,  Nebraska  and  Kansas  last  summer,  followed  by  an 
unusually  severe  winter  over  the  whole  land,  and  also  out  of  the  opening 
of  new  missionary  fields,  put  the  Board  under  the  painful  necessity  of 
reducing  the  appropriations  much  below  the  demands,  of  course  subject- 
ing many  brethren  to  trial,  above  what  came  upon  them  through  the 
depressing  influence  of  the  times  upon  their  local  supporters.  But,  for 
the  faith  which  held  these  servants  of  Christ  true  to  their  work  under 
such  unwonted  pressure,  we  may  well  give  thanks  to  God.  The  fruits 
of  enduring  labor,  sealed  with  divine  blessing,  appear  in  the  organization 
of  93  new  churches,  in  the  elevation  of  38  others  to  self-support,  in  the 
erection  of  50  church  edifices,  in  the  establishment  of  345  Sabbath-schools, 
in  the  addition  of  5,538  members  to  the  communion  of  the  Church  on 
profession  of  faith,  and  almost  as  many  by  letter,  and  in  the  other  usual 
tokens  of  the  Lord's  presence.  Of  the  1 123  missionaries  aided — of  whom 
339^ are  pastors — a  fair  proportion  have  thus  rejoiced  in  the  gifts  of  the 
Spirit.     "Many  souls  have  been  converted,  and  many  churches  have 

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been  encouraged  and  strengthened  by  considerable  accessions  to  their 
number." 

II.  Attention  is  once  more  called  to  the  Bureau  for  vacant  churches 
and  unemployed  ministers.     If  during  the  two  years  of  its  existence,  its 

•  efficiency  has  been  small  in  securing  the  settlement  of  pastors  in  vacant 
fields,  the  reason  must  be  found  in  the  neglect  of  Synods  and  Presbyte- 
ries whose  cooperation  has  been  urged  by  the  Assembly.  Some  such 
agency  of  communication  is  imperatively  demanded,  in  order  to  unite  the 
unemployed  talent  and  neglected  work  of  the  Church.  It  might,  at  least, 
help  us  forward  towards  a  remedy  for  one  of  the  greatest  evils  in  the 
working  of  our  system. 

III.  The  effort  to  -harmonize  our  missionary  work  with  that  of  our  Con- 
gregational brethren,  approved  by  the  last  Assembly,  has  found  embodi- 
ment in  a  plan  jointly  adopted  by  our  Board  and  the  American  Home 
Missionary  Society.  Its  worthy  designs  are  economy  in  labor,  avoidance 
of  animosities,  and  the  development  of  missionary  stations  into  self-sup- 
porting churches,  where  rival  organizations  would  cripple  each  other. 
Success  will,  of  course,  depend  upon  mutual  fairness,  whilst  even  the 
lessons  of  failure  might  still  point  toward  Christian  brotherhood.  The 
formation  of  independent  and  irresponsible  churches  in  such  ca^es  as  has 
sometimes  been  suggested,  would  be  unwise,  inexpedient  and  hurtful. 

IV.  The  increase  of  Missionary  Churches  in  some  of  the  older  States, 
is  a  matter  of  deep  concern.  Doubtless,  in  many  such  cases,  aid  is  as 
truly  needed  and  promising  of  results,  as  in  the  new  States  and  Territo- 
ries. But  so  large  a  number  of  such  must  be  taken  as  evidence  either  of 
decline,  or  of  great  neglect  in  the  Presbyteries  to  group,  as  far  as  possi- 
ble, contiguous  churches  into  one  pastoral  charge.  Of  the  Missionaries 
of  the  Board,  39  labor  in  New  Jersey,  75  in  Ohio,  87  in  New  York,  and 
91  in  Pennsylvania.  Such  expenditures,  at  the  very  centres  of  the 
Church's  strength,  may  or  may  not  be  a  necessity.  If  it  be  proper,  then 
surely  it  is  a  loud  call  for  increased  liberality,  lest  the  aggressive  work 
in  behalf  of  the  growing  population  of  the  far-away  States  and  Territo- 
ries may  be  neglected.  The  subject  is  one  of  grave  responsibility,  and 
strongly  commends  itself  to  the  solemn  attention  of  the  Presbyteries, 
upon  whose  recommendations  the  Board  must  rely. 

V.  The  organization  of  our  Christian  women  in  several  of  our  large 
cities,  with  auxiliaries  in  a  large  number  of  the  churches,  in  behalf  of 
Foreign  Missions,  has  infused  new  life  into  the  work  for  the  heathen,  and 
has  brought  large  increase  to  the  resources  of  that  excellent  Board,  with- 
out diminution  of  other  contributions.  To  some  extent  such  societies 
have  also  helped  forward  the  cause  of  Home  Missions,  both  in  money 
and  in  sending  boxes  of  clothing  to  the  families  of  missionaries.  Memo- 
rials have  reached  the  Committee  from  different  parts  of  the  church,  ask- 
ing for  some  more  effective  plan  of  woman's  work  for  the  evangelization 
of  our  own  land.  We  beg  leave  to  suggest  that  the  Assembly  now 
recommend  the  organization  of  a  Woman's  Home  Missionary  Society, 
with  auxiliary  societies,  under  the  advice  and  counsel  of  the  Board  of. 
Home  Missions,  or  its  officers.  And  further,  that  the  formation  of  dis- 
tinct auxiliary  societies  be  recommended  in  those  churches  in  which  this 
course  may  be  deemed  expedient,  and  that  in  those  in  which  one  society 
only — embracing,  if  possible,  all  the  ladies  in  the  church — may  seem 
best,  the  disposition  of  its  funds  be  left  to  the  determination  of  every 
such  society  for  itself.  Such  recommendation,  without  restricting  the 
liberty  of  the  women  of  each  congregation,  will  express  the  clear  judg- 
ment of  the  Assembly  that  home  evangelization  and  the  conversion  of 
the  heathen  are  one  and  the  same  work  of  the  Lord.     In  the  distinction 


196  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  [July 

and  the  blending,  this  is  but  following  the  Master,  who  said,  '*  B.ut  je 
shall  receive  power  after  that  the  Holy  Ghost  is  come  upon  you ;  and  ye 
shall  be  witnesses  unto  me  both  in  Jerusalem  and  in  all  Judea  and  in 
Samaria,  and  unto  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  earth." 

VI.  In  view  of  the  great  struggle  of  the  Board  to  meet  the  demands 
of  the  work  pressing  so  heavily  upon  it,  the  Assembly  would  urge  upon 
the  churches  more  liberal  contributions  to  this  cause.  And,  without 
interference  with  other  objects,  the  like  appeal  is  hereby  made  to  the 
Sabbath-schools,  in  order  that  the  children  may  learn  to  take  the  salva- 
tion of  their  own  country  into  their  hearts. 

YII.  It  is  not  without  meaning,  that  nine  missionaries,  and  several 
wives  of  missionaries  have,  within  the  year  now  closed,  been  called  from 
toil  to  glory.  The  Lord,  at  His  own  sovereign  pleasure,  accepts  the 
work  of  His  servants,  and  crowns  them  with  joy.  They  still  live  in  the 
example  of  their  faith  and  zeal,  to  bid  us  onward  and  upward  to  the 
heavenly  rest.  The  servants  die,  but  the  Lord  "ever  liveth."  A  great 
and  effectual  door  is  opened  for  our  entrance  in  the  land  of  our  birth. 
The  populations  of  the  earth  are  gathering  to  our  shores.  The  increase 
of  our  generations  is  by  millions.  Rationalism  and  ritualism  bury  their 
antagonism  to  make  war  upon ''the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus."  The 
trumpet  calls  the  soldiers  of  the  Cross  to  the  field  of  battle,  for  the  liberty 
and  purity  of  the  gospel.  Let  the ''centennial"  year  of  the  nation's 
birth,  which  shall  lay  the  treasures  of  our  agriculture,  commerce,  art  and 
science  before  the  eyes  of  the  world's  representatives,  be  signalized,  as 
well,  by  large  offerings  of  holy  consecration  upon  the  altar  of  the  Lord. 
Let  the  praises  of  a  redeemed  people  echo  back  to  heaven  the  proclama- 
tion, "Happy  is  the  nation  whose  God  is  the  Lord." 

James  I.  Brownson,  Chairman. 

ADDITIONAL  RESOLUTION. 

Resolved,  That  the  work  of  Home  Missions  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
has  an  additional  reason  for  its  vigorous  prosecution,  in  its  adaptation  to 
conserve  and  propagate  a  sound  gospel  faith  amid  the  dangers  from  the 
laxness  of  the  times,  and  the  increasing  prevalence  of  the  various  types 
of  rationalism. 

The  resolution  was  adopted. 


ON  THE  DEATH  OF  REV.  L.  P.  WEBBER. 

Westminster,  Gsl. 

Your  favor  with  enclosed  draft  was  received  two  days  ago,  for  which 
the  Board  has  my  heartfelt  thanks,  with  a  prayer  that  God  will  open  the 
hearts  of  the  people  to  pour  into  this  treasury  more,  yet  more  abundantly, 
thereby  blessing  themselves  and  the  world. 

You  write,  you  think  it  strange  my  husband  should  have  died  of  con- 
sumption in  this  delightful  climate.  Our  climate  is  delightful,  it  is  true, 
but  my  own  observation  and  sad  experience  teach  me,  that  while  it  is 
true  that  the  invalid,  as  also  the  healthy  and  strong,  can  be  out  in  the 
open  air  almost  the  entire  year,  it  is  equally  true,  the  same  care  is  neces- 
sary in  guarding  against  taking  colds  here  as  in  your  Eastern  climate. 
This  care-taking  of  himself,  my  husband  never  seemed  fully  to  have 
learned  until  too  late,  while  for  others  he  was  ever  one  of  the  first  to 
think  and  to  do. 

The  fatal  cold  was  taken  one  Sabbath  morning  while  on  his  way  to 
Anaheim  from  this  place,  to  fill  un  appointment.  I  called  his  attention 
several  times  to  the  fact  that  the  air  was  a  very  chilly  one,  asking  if  he 


18T5.]  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  197 

was  not  cold,  and  every  time  receiving  the  negative  answer.  But  when 
we  reached  our  destination  he  was  perfectly  chilled.  The  fact  is,  his 
mind  was  intensely  occupied  with  the  message  he  was  about  to  deliver, 
and  he  did  not  realize  his  situation. 

He  doubtless  undertook  too  much,  but  he  seemed  to  be  in  such  position 
for  two  or  three  years  past,  that  what  he  did  not  actually  take  upon  him- 
self, came  upon  him  some  other  way.  He  had  not  health  to  endure  con- 
finement to  study  as  he  would  have  liked,  and  he  rejoiced  to  know  that 
he  might  be  instrumental  in  accomplishing  something  in  the  cause  of 
Christ  in  this  colony  enterprise;  and  it  was  a  great  joy  to  his  heart  to 
live  to  see  the  work  fully  begun. 

He  contemplated  death  with  composure,  arranging  everything  as  if 
preparing  for  a  long  journey,  assuring  me  that  the  God  of  all  grace  would 
be  with  me,  and  strengthen  me  when  that  strength  should  be  needed.  In 
this  he  was  not  mistaken,  for  God  has  been  my  strength  and  support,  and 
without  such  help  as  He  only  can  aflford,  I  cannot  understand  how  I 
could  have  endured  such  a  dispensation.     Yours  truly, 

Mrs.  L.  p.  Webber. 


FROM  THE  FIELD. 

I  received  your  letter  last  week,  with  $20  enclosed  from  the  Ladies' 
Board  of  Missions  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  We  are  very  thankful  to  you  for 
securing  this  for  us,  as  welf  as  grateful  to  the  donors.  Oh,  you  don't 
know  how  much  good  it  did  us,  and  how  seasonably  it  came.  Our 
hearts  overflowed  with  gratitude.  We  are,  and  have  been  very  needy  of 
late. 

The  church  here  has  paid  very  promptly,  but  that  is  not  enough  to 
live  upon.  But  some  very  kind  friends  have  helped  us  along,  together 
with  the  $20  you  sent.  We  were  beginning  to  fee  J  very  much  the  need 
of  some  money.  But  God  has  never  let  us  suffer  yet,  He  will  provide  in 
time.  S.  T.  D. 


Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  March  17th,  1875. 

At  Its  late  meeting  in  this  city,  the  Presbytery  of  Utah  passed  unani- 
mously the  following  resolution : 

**  Moved,  that  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  be  respectfully  asked  to  com- 
mission Rev.  D.  J.  McMillen  for  San  Pete  Co.,  Utah,  at  a  salary  of  one 
thousand  dollars  per  annum :  and  that  all  money  he  receives  on  the  field 
be  accounted  for  to  the  Board." 

This,  in  our  judgment,  is  the  least  amount  that  he  can  live  upon,  com- 
fortably. His  support  must  be  provided  for  entire,  outside  of  his  field, 
as  much  so  as  if  in  the  centre  of  China,  for  the  present,  inasmuch  as  the 
.people,  several  thousand  in  number,  are  either  all  Mormon,  or  apostate 
Mormon.     His  field  is  a  grand  ''foreign  work^^  on  home  soil! 

J.  W. 

SUted  Clerk  of  Presbytery,  and  Committee  on  Home  Mission?. 


S ,  N.  Y.,  April  1, 1876. 

Dear  Brethren — The  church  at  S is  comparatively  new  and  weak. 

S is  a  growing  county-seat  of  a  good  county,  and  destined  to  be  a 

centre  of  influence  for  a  densely  populated  district.  Campbelliteism  has 
been  the  predominant  religion  heretofore.  The  standard  of  piety  and 
Christian  character  is  low  with  them.  We  think  the  Presbyterian  church 
is  exerting  a  good  influence  here.     We  have  a  normal  department  con- 


198  BOARD  OP  HOME  MISSIONS.  [Julj 

nected  with  our  Union  School,  in  which  are  about  one  hundred  and  fifty 
ritudents  from  a  distance.  We  are  trying  successfully  to  give  them  reli- 
gious instruction.  Our  church  has  received  forty-five  new  members  in 
the  last  three  years,  and  the  Sabbath-school  has  grown  from  about  thirty 
or  forty  to  one  hundred  and  fifty ;  it  is  called  the  best  in  the  town.  Our 
congregations  are  increasing.  We  think  we  are  improving  slowly  but 
surely.  We  must  spend  at  least  one  thousand  dollars  in  repairing  our 
church.  We  are  not  rich — we  need  help.  I  am  very  much  in  need,  can 
you  not  send  me  the  balance  of  the  allowance  for  1873  and  1874?  It 
would  greatly  help  and  encourage  me.     Yours,  &c.  J.  S.  R. 


SUSTENTATION  DEPARTMENT. 

The  receipts  for  Sustentation  in  April  and  May  of  last  year  were 
$14,877.27  against  $5,307.09  for  the  same  time  this  year,  showing  a  dif- 
ference of  $9,570.18.  This  will  explain  to  the  Church  at  large  and  to 
the  needy  men  waiting  for  their  already  too  long  postponed  payments, 
the  real  and  only  cause  of  the  delay. 

Will  not  the  churches  so  largely  and  promptly  contribute  to  this 
Department,  as  to  enable  the  Board  at  least  to  discharge  all  past  obli- 
gations to  the  Missionary  Pastors,  and  thus  acquire  fresh  courage  and 
comfort  for  future  liabilities.  A  very  little  effort  by  all,  will  accom- 
plish this  most  desirable  end. 


REPORT  ON  SUSTENTATION. 

It  is  now  four  years  since  the  General  Assembly  established  the  com- 
mittee to  take  charge  of  this  business.  The  double  design  was  to  bring 
the  weak  churches,  as  far  as  possible,  under  the  pastoral  relation,  and  to 
secure  the  permanency  of  that  relation  by  providing  a  regular  and  ade- 
quate ministerial  support.  For  three  years  that  committee  pushed  for- 
ward this  work  with  much  energy  and  success,  under  the  4ead  of  its  effi- 
cient Secretary,  who  declined  to  receive  any  remuneration  for  his  yalua- 
ble  services.  But  the  last  Assembly,  acting  upon  the  general  subject 
of  the  consolidation  of  the  Boards,  transferrjed  this  whole  business  to  the 
Board  of  Home  Missions — in  addition  to  its  own  work  as  hitherto — 
under  the  following  directions,  viz:  "This  work  of  the  Board  shall  be 
divided  into  two  departments — that  of  Home  .Missions,  and  that  of  Sus- 
tentation. The  claims  of  each  of  these  departments  shall  be  presented  to 
the  churches  for  a  separate  collection.  Each  collection  shall  be  applica- 
ble to  its  own  department  exclusively,  and  the  churches  are  hereby 
directed  to  contribute  to  each ;  and  the  Home  Board  is  hereby  ordered 
so  to  alter  its  rules  as  to  adopt  and  operate  the  Sustentation  scheme  in  * 
all  cases  to  which  it  applies,  subject  only  to  such  modification  as  the 
Assembly  may  hereafter  direct."  *****  "And  it  is  also  ordered  by 
the  Assembly  that  the  pecuniary  obligations  of  the  Committee  of  Sus- 
tentation shall  be  and  are  hereby  transferred  to  and  shall  be  liquidated 
by  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  out  of  the  funds  contributed  for  the  work 
of  Sustentation,  especially  provided  for  such  obligations." 

It  is  due  to  all  parties  concerned  to  recall  the  fact  that  this  cause  came 
to  the  Home  Board  under  heavy  embarrassments.  The  Sustentation 
Committee's  liabilities,  as  then  known,  were  about  $20,000.  Subsequent 
discoveries  appear  to  have  swelled  that  amount  to  over  $30,000.  The 
last  report  of  the  Committee  stated  that  "  It  will  not  be  counted  strange 


1875.^  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  199 

that  the  work  of  this  committee  received  a  check  by  the  financial  panic. 
Soon  after  its  outbreak,  in  September,  the  Presbyteries  had  their  meet- 
ings, and  recommended  to  us  many  new  cases  in  different  quarters.  It 
seemed  a  hardship  to  these  churches,  after  they  had  taken  the  required 
steps  and  fulfilled  all  the  conditions  of  the  scheme,  and  in  some  instances 
with  very  unusual  exertions,  to  be  declined.  But  our  Committee,  after 
anxious  and  prayerful  deliberation,  when  the  means  of  sustaining  such 
as  we  already  had  on  our  list  were,  falling  short,  decided  that  it  would 
not  be  safe  to  engage  for  any  more,  and  they  so  announced  to  the 
churches ;  and  up  to  this  time  wo  have  been  compelled  to  discourage 
and  decline  numerous  applications." 

In  view  of  these  conditions,  all  will  see  with  what  diflSculty  this  branch 
of  the  work,  now  so  dear  to  many  in  the  Church,  has  been  carried  on  the 
last  year.  The  most  diligent  inquiry  of  your  Committee,  under  the 
stimulus  of  complaints  from  various  quarters,  has  failed  to  discover  any 
unfaithfulness  on  the  part  of  the  Board  or  its  officers.  The  exact  contrary, 
we  think,  clearly  appears.  If  no  more  than  163  pastors  have  been  sus- 
tained under  this  scheme  during  the  year,  we  may  not  forget  the  burden 
of  indebtedness  which  had  to  be  carried.  The  Board  acted  under  the 
explicit  injunction  of  the  Assembly  to  liquidate  these  obligations.  Some 
of  its  members,  upon  their  own  responsibility,  borrowed  $12,000  for  this 
purpose.  The  entire  labor  of  this  part  of  the  work  was  performed  gra- 
tuitously, notwithstanding  the  express  warrant  of  the  Assembly  to 
employ  "official  and  clerical  aid."  Thus  all  the  contributions  of  the 
churches,  without  reduction,  were  applied  to  the  objects  for  which  they 
were  given.  The  receipts  for  eleven  months,  ending  in  March,  amounted 
to  $49,750.53,-  or  $2,007.50  less  than  for  the  twelve  months  of  the  pre- 
vious year.  The  addition  of  another  month  to  equalize  the  time  would 
raise  them  above  those  of  that  year.  These  facts,  as  we  conceive,  are  the 
best  possible  answer  to  the  complaints  made  of  the  supposed  shortcomings 
or  indifference  of  the  Board,  or  its  Secretaries,  in  this  part  of  their  trust. 

Yet  the  Committee  are  convinced  that  at  this  time  the  attention  of  the 
Assembly  is  called  to  the  inherent  difficulties  connected  with  the  manage- 
ment of  Home  Missions  and  Sustentation  on  the  same  general  field, 
under  the  difierent  and  conflicting  rules  hitherto  applied  to  them  respec- 
tively. The  principle  of  Sustentation  as  a  power  to  foster  the  pastoral 
relation  lies  deep  in  the  heart  of  the  Church,  whilst  the  wider  missionary 
work  is  our  right  arm  in  home*evangelization.  The  logic  of  their  mutual 
relations  and  the  testimonies  of  experience  alike  demand  for  them  one 
general  management,  under  the  wise  discretion  of  the  same  body  of  men, 
so  as  to  avoid  needless  friction  and  serious  damage  to  the  general  inter- 
est. Let  all  that  is  precious  and  practicable  in  Sustentation  be  preserved 
and  applied.  But  let  it  be  also  in  harmony  with  the  working  of  Home 
Missions.  To  secure  these  ends,  there  is  simply  needed  a  proper  adjust- 
ment of  the  two  systems  to  each  other.  And  in  view  of  the  delicate 
relations  of  the  whole  subject,  it  is  believed  that  such  modification,  what- 
ever it  may  be,  can  be  best  accomplished  by  a  special  committee  acting 
directly  under  the  authority  of  the  General  Assembly. 

Your  Committee  therefore  respectfully  recommend  the  adoption  of  the 
following  resolutions,  viz : 

I.  That  a  committee  of  four  Ministers  and  three  Ruling  Elders  be 
appointed  by  this  Assembly,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  meet  in  New  York, 
and  after  a  thorough  examination  of  the  whole  subject,  with  full  access 
to  the  records  pertaining  to  Home  Missions  and  Sustentation,  and  avail- 
ing themselves  of  the  information  to  be  derived  from  all  other  sources, 


200  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION.  *[Jrfy 

especially  the  actual  working  of  the  two  schemes,  report  to  the  next 
Assembly,  if  possible,  a  plan  by  which  they  can  be  brought  to  unity  and 
efficiency  of  operation. 

II.  That  the  necessary  expenses  of  this  conunittee  be  psAd  out  of  any 
funds  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  General  Assembly,  which 
may  be  available  for  this  purpose,  upon  the  statement  and  receipt  of  the 
acting  chairman. 

III.  That  the  same  management  shall  continue  for  the  next  year  which 
has  operated  during  the  year  that  is  past,  and  that  the  churches  be  urged 
to  contribute  as  heretofore  to  the  cause  of  Sustentation. 

lY.  That  it  be  recommended  to  all  the  churches  which  have  no  fixed 
.  time  for  taking  collections  for  the  cause  of  Sustentation,  to  make  their 
contributions  to  this  object  on  the  first  Sabbath  of  March,  or  as  near  to 
that  time  as  may  be  convenient. 

In  conclusion  the  Committee  recommend  that  the  following  members 
of  the  Board,  whose  term  of  office  now  expires,  be  re-elected,  viz :  Mini^^ 
ters — Rev.  J.  P.  Stearns,  D.D.,  Rev.  George  Ij.  Prentiss,  D.D.  Laymen 
— Robert  Lenox  Kennedy  and  John  Taylor  Johnson.  Also  that  John 
E.  Parsons  be  elected  in  the  place  of  Thomas  C.  M.  Paton  who  declines 
re-election. 

All  of  which  is  hereby  respectfully  submitted  by  the  unanimous  instruc- 
tion of  the  Committee. 

James  I.  Bbownson,  Chairman, 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 

The  harvest  tbult  is  great,  bitt  the  laborers  are  vew  ;  prat  tb  thkbkfore  the  Lord 

or  THE  harvest,  that  he  would  BEICD  rORTH  LABORERS  IHTO  HIS  HARVBBT. — liJlke  X.  2. 


THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY. 

The  action  of  the  General  Assembly  contains  some  points  of  interest, 
additional  to  the  statements  as  to  its  work  for  the  year  which  were  pub- 
lished in  the  Record  of  last  month,  from  which  we  make  the  following 
extracts : 

THE   PERFORMANCE   OP   DUTIES. 

"The  books  and  accounts  of  the  Board  show  that  its  officers  have  faith- 
fully discharged  the  duties  devolved  upon  them  during  another  year  of 
its  operations;  and  we  take  pleasure  in  referring  to  this  fact  as  an  incen- 
tive to  a  continued  confidence  in,  and  a  warmer  co-operation  with  the 
Board,  showing,  as  they  do,  that  in  intrinsic  worth  and  real  importance 
it  is  second  to  no  other  agency  in  the  Church." 

The  Board  was  commended  for  having  fulfilled  promptly  its  engage- 
ments with  the  students. 

THE  NEED  OF  MINISTERS. 

It  was  resolved,  "that,  as  the  times  demand  carefully  trained  ministers 
of  Jesus  Christ — men  competent  to  preach  the  Word,  and  at  the  same 
time  qualified  to  command  the  respect  and  confidence  of  the  communities 
in  which  their  lot  shall  be  cast — the  churches  be  earnestly  requested  to 
make  this  a  subject  of  serious  thought  and  believing  prayer,  in  the  hope 
that,  doing  so,  they  will  feel  moved  to  consecrate  more  of  both  their 
money  and  their  children  to  the  work  of  preaching  with  all  fidelity  and 
success  the  unsearchable  riches  of  Jesus  Christ."  ^  j 

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■  *■     - 

MEASURES   TO   CREATE  INCREASED   INTEREST   AND   PRAYER. 

It  was  recommended  that,  "inasmuch  as  certain  days  of  the  session  of 
the  Assembly  have  been  set  apart  for  the  consideration  of  other  impor- 
tant objects,  hereafter  the  cause  of  Education  be  made  the  first  special 
order  of  the  day  for  the  business  session  of  the  Monday  morning  after 
the  Assembly  meets,  and  that  the  membership  of  the  churches  be 
requested  to  pray  on  this  day,  as  well  as  during  the  Week  of  Prayer 
and  the  Day  of  Prayer  for  Colleges  and  Seminaries,  that  the  Lord  of  the 
harvest  would  supply  more  competent  laborers  for  His  harvest  through- 
out the  world ;  since  so  long  as  prayer  for  this  comes  up  from  only  a  few 
believing  hearts,  of  a  certainty  we  can  look  for  but  an  inadequate  supply 
of  the  faithful  preachers  of  the  Word,  while  shallow  excuses  and  paltry 
prejudices  will  stop  the  supply  of  the  necessary  means  and  the  recruiting 
of  needful  forces,  and  turn  the  battle  against  Israel." 

THE  GREAT  ROOT  OF  TROUBLE. 

The  Presbyteries  are  earnestly  reminded  of  the  vital  importance  of 
their  duty  in  regard  to  the  recommendation  of  suitable  men ;  the  negli- 
gent performance  of  which  is  the  great  source  of  objections  to  the  cause. 

The  Assembly  presses  the  fact  that  "it  is  the  duty  of  the  Presbyteries 
to  sustain  the  high  standard  of  ministerial  character,  looking  carefully 
at  the  qualities  of  the  soldiers  needed  for  service,  and  with  this  end  in 
view,  to  take  special  pains  to  inquire  into  the  fitness  for  the  work  of  the 
ministry  of  the  young  men  offering  themselves  as  candidates  for  the 
office ;  that  their  examinations  be  thorough,  and  in  the  highest  degree 
satisfactory;  that  no  one  be  encouraged  to  enter  upon  this  work,  or 
recommended  to  the  Board  of  Education  for  aid,  who  does  not  give  to 
the  Presbytery  so  recommending  him  the  best  evidence  of  true  conse- 
cration of  heart  to  his  Lord  and  Master,  and  of  decided  mental  capacity, 
and  satisfy  it  that  he  has  not  only  the  heart,  but  as  truly  also  the 
brains,  empowering  him  for  the  service  to  which  that  Lord  and  Master 
.calls  him." 


APPEAL  OP  THE  ASSEMBLY  TO  CHURCHES  WHICH 
HAVE  NOT  CONTRIBUTED  TO  EDUCATION. 

A  most  earnest  appeal  is  made  by  the  General  Assembly  to  churches 
which  have  not  contributed  to  Education  during  the  past  year.  The 
number  of  contributing  churches  has,  it  is  true,  greatly  increased.  Be- 
fore the  reunion  there  was  an  annual  average  of  but  about  1190  churches, 
in  both  branches  together,  contributing  to  Education.  This  in  three 
years  increased  to  1,636,  and  in  three  years  more,  ending  in  1875,  to 
2,024  churches — the  report  of  the  Committee  of  the  Assembly  made  it  a 
little  more,  2,079. 

In  regard  to  a  cause  so  important  as  this,  it  should  be  the  effort  of 
every  congregation  to  do  something,  "as  God  hath  prospered."  The 
"indifference"  is  "alarming."  The  Assembly  urges  in  strong  language 
that  "far  more  ought  to  be  done  to  awaken  a  greater  and  more  general 
interest  in  behalf  of  this  important  work  of  educating  for  the  gospel 
ministry  th«  able  and  devoted  young  men  of  the  Church.  Since  it  is 
the  great  office  of  the  Church,  in  obedience  to  the  great  commission  of 
the  Master,  to  preach  the  gospel  to  every  creature,  the  Church  is  surely 
derelict  in  duty  and  regardless  of  her  high  privilege,  if  the  men  are  not 
trained  to  preach  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus — ^if  the  laborers  are  not  sent 
forth  to  reap  the  field  already  white  for  the  harvest" 

It  was  therefore  resolved  by  the  Assembly:  "  That,  as  a  large  majority 
of  the  Presbyteries  draw  more  by  way  of  recommendation  out  of  the 


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treasury  of  the  Board  than  is  returned  to  this  treasury  by  the  churches 
under  their  care,  the  sessions  of  these  churches  be  earnestly  requested 
to  see  to  it  that  all  our  congregations  have  the  apportunity  afforded  them 
to  contribute  to  the  Board  of  Education  at  least  once  a  year,  and,  if  pos- 
sible, in  the  month  of  February." 


THE  TRANSPOSITION  OF  ROMAN  POWER  TO  THE  NEW 

WORLD. 

The  power  of  Romanism  in  the  Old  World  is  rapidly  and  surely  fall- 
ing. The  severest  direct  blows,  perhaps,  which  it  could  receive,  were 
those  of  the  confiscation  of  the  property  at  Rome  by  which  its  churches 
and  missions  have  largely  been  maintained.  These  have  been  inflicted. 
The  necessity  of  crippling  effectually  the  temporal  power  of  the  pope, 
and  the  insatiable  demands  of  the  royal  treasury,  have  been  two  potent 
reasons  for  selling  these  immense  estates. 

It  was  a  calamity  almost  without  parallel  in  the  eyes  of  the  pope  to 
see  the  property  of  even  the  grand  cherished  cathedrals  of  Romanism, 
St.  Peter's  and  St.  John  Lateran,  put  up  and  scattered  at  auction.  Yet 
those  have  been  blows  still  more  severe,  at  the  very  centre  of  the  ecclesi- 
astical life,  which  have  seized  the  great  missionary  colleges,  and  taken 
possession  of  even  their  libraries  and  correspondence,  and  thus  stopped 
the  very  fountains  of  their  world-wide  influence ;  and  this  notwithstand- 
ing all  the  agonizing  protests  and  resistance  of  generals,  procurators,  and 
the  pope  himself. 

The  impoverishment  of  the  papal  power  by  these  stupendous  losses, 
and  by  other  confiscations  of  vast  amounts  of  property  belonging  to 
monasteries  and  convents,  within  recent  years,  leaves  it  like  a  tall 
spire  from  the  support  of  which  the  attached  buildings*  and  buttresses 
have  been  removed,  which  now  is  supported  by  long  but  fragile  props, 
but  which  a  strong  wind  at  any  time  may  overthrow.  What  a  fall ; 
whp,t  a  scatterment  of  rotten  timbers,  and  stones  and  plaster  polluted 
with  ordure  of  foul  birds,  and  with  unimagined  vermin ;  what  dust  and 
ashes  rising  to  the  heavens;  what  thunder  sending  its  noise  over  the 
world,  will  there  be  when  that  old  tower  shall  come  down! 

What  shall  be  done  with  these  fragments  and  ruins?  It  is  easy  to 
see.  •  The  unhoused  orders,  priests,  monks,  nuns,  are  flying  to  distant 
places  of  security,  especially  to  the  New  World,  Here  they  would 
bring,  and  build  again,  the  old  stones  and  lumber.  How  shall  we  receive 
them? 

The  safety  of  mankind,  of  communities,  of  families,  of  the  defenceless, 
demands  sufficient  quarantine,  police,  and  sanitary  measures.  The  right 
to  shut  out  the  rinderpest  from  cattle,  cholera  and  smallpox  from  conta- 
gious contact  with  the  body,  and  all  the  vehicles  of  pestilence  and  death 
from  the  ports,  the  highways,  and  the  common  air  and  waters  and  sup- 
plies of  food,  implies  the  greater  right  to  keep  pure  the  intellectual  and 
spiritual  air  and  food  and  drink  of  the  people.  That  duty  implies  this 
duty.     For  its  discharge  the  highest  Judge  will  call  us  to  answer. 

The  common-school  education  must  be  kept  sacred  and  free,  and  the 
word  of  God  be  planted  on  every  teacher's  rostrum  to  shade  it  and  scatter 
thence  its  healthful  fruit  to  the  young  mind.  Our  politics  must  be  pre- 
served uncorrupted  by  sectarian  ambition  and  greed.  Our  ministry 
must  be  made  sufficiently  numerous  and  strong  to  confront  the  great 
dangers  which  threaten  us.  More  of  our  capable  young  men  must  be 
directed  to  the  work  of  preaching  the  gospel,  as  "the  power  of  God"  to 
destroy  all  the  dominion  of  evil;  and  those  who  accept  thecall  of  the 

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Church  of  Christ  and  of  hamanitj  must  be  generously  armed  with  the 
best  panoply  we  can  afford  to  give  them,  and  sent  forth  courageously, 
with  our  prayers  and  blessings  upon  them,  to  a  struggle  the  result  of 
which,  while  God  rules  in  heaven,  no  Christian  can  doubt. 


BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 

RECENT  INTELLIGENCE. 

New  CcfMMTJNiOANTS. — Mr.  Cowley  refers  to  twenty-three  persons 
received  to  the  church  among  the  Spokans.  Mr.  Condit  mentions  the 
admission  of  eight  hopeful  converts  to  the  Chinese  church  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. Dr.  Happer  reports  the  same  number,  eight,  received  by  the  First 
Church  of  Canton.  Mr.  Lyon  speaks  of  four  persons  admitted  to  the 
church  of  Hangchow.  Mr.  Vandyke  refers  to  six  converts  at  Petchaburi, 
Siam,  who  were  admitted  to  the  church  in  December.  Dr.  Jessup 
speaks  of  eight  new  members  received  this  year,  thus  far,  by  the  church 
of  Beirut,  and  about  as  many  in  the  Tripoli  field.  Mr.  Bushnell  reports 
the  addition  of  one  member  to  the  church  of  Gaboon,  and  Mr.  De  Heer, 
one  to  the  church  of  Corisco.  Mr.  Blackford  mentions  four  new  commu- 
nicants, and  Mr.  Yanorden  five,  in  Rio  de  Janeiro;  and  Mr.  Da  Gama 
reports  twenty-three  at  two  places  in  his  part  of  Brazil,  besides  fifteen 
children  baptized. 

Notices  of  Missionaries. — The  Rev.  B.  D.  Wyckoff  and  his  family 
have  returned  to  this  country  for  reasons  of  health,  not  expecting  to  go 
back  to  India.  Mr.  Wyckoff  will  be  able,  however,  in  this  climate,  to 
engage  in  the  work  of  the  ministry,  and  we  trust  he  will  soon  receivje  a 
call  from  a  church.  The  Rev.  T.  S.  Wynkoop  has  returned  from  Alla- 
bahad,  India^,  on  a  visit  for  a  few  months.  Mrs.  H.  B.  Myers  has 
returned  from  Lodiana,  India,  with  her  two  sons,  to  make  arrangements 
for  their  education.  Mrs.  N.  A.  McDonald,  of  Siam,  and  her  children, 
have  arrived  in  this  country  for  the  same  purpose.  Miss  Lillie  Happer 
has  returned  from  Canton, — a  visit  rendered  necessary  by  over-exertion 
in  her  work;  but  we  trust  she  will  be  able  to  resume  her  efficient  service 
in  China.  The  younger  children  of  her  father  came  with  her  for  their 
education. 

Letters  Received  to  June  14th. — From  Cattaraugus,  Seneca,  June 
11th;  Chippewa,  May  20th ;  Omaha,  June  8th ;  Creek,  May  18th;  Semi-; 
nole,  May  8th;  Nez  Perce,  May  14th;  Spokan,  May  24th;  San  Fran- 
cisco; May  26th;  Shanghai,  March  30th;  Suchow,  March  STth;  Hang- 
chow, March  31st;  Canton,  April  13th;  Petchaburi,  April  1st;  Allaha- 
bad, April  ITth;  Dehra,  April  15th;  Sabathu,  April  10th;  Labor,  April 
8th;  Morar,  Gwalior,  April  15th;  Kolapore,  April  ITth;  Oroomiah, 
April  27th;  Abeih,  May  14th;  Beirut,  May  15th;  Tripoli,  May  1st; 
Monrovia,  May  1st;  Corisco,  April  Tth;  Gaboon,  April  12th;  Rio  de 
Janeiro,  April  24th;  Sao  Paulo,  April  20th;  Rio  Clara,  April  16th; 
Mexico,  May  —  ;  Zacatecas,  May  14th.  r^^^^T^ 

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Receipts  in  May. — From  churches,  $10,398;  from  individual  donors, 
$1,668;  from  legacies,  $3,256 — in  all,  $15,324.  Last  year  all  the  receipts 
in  May  were  $14,5*75.  From  churches  and  individual  donors — last  year, 
$10,836;  this  year,  $12,066. 

A  Missionary  Map. — An  edition  of  Professor  Guyot's  splendid  Map 
of  the  World,  on  Mercator's  projection,  has  been  adapted  to  use  in  Lec- 
ture and  Sabbath-school  rooms  and  Monthly  Concert  services,  by  having 
the  names  of  many  of  our  missionary  stations  printed  in  distinct  type — 
so  as  to  be  pointed  out  without  difficulty  or  delay.  This  Map  is  over 
«ight  feet  by  six  feet  in  size,  and  contains  the  usual  general  information 
found  in  first-class  maps.  Through  the  favor  of  the  publishers,  copies  of 
this  edition  can  be  had  at  the  low  price  of  $10  each.  Orders  should  be 
addressed  to  William  Rankin,  Treasurer,  23  Centre  street.  New  York. 
The  Map  can  be  had  on  rollers,  or  in  large  folio  form.  We  may  now  add 
that,  of  the  edition  of  100  copies  prepared  for  our  missionary  use,  over  20 
have  been  already  sold.  The  Map  is  greatly  admired  for  its  beauty,  but 
its  usefulness  is  of  course  its  recommendation. 


THIS  YEARNS  WORK. 

The  Missions  should  be  maintained,  at  the  least.  This  means  that  the 
rmipport  of  the  mission  families  and  of  then*  native  assistants  should  be 
provided ;  that  churches  and  preaching  stations  should  be  kept  open  in 
countries  containing  many  hundred  millions  of  unevangelized  people; 
that  the  thousands  of  scholars  under  Christian  instruction  should  be 
taught  as  heretofore ;  that  the  young  men  preparing  for  the  ministry  in 
Mexico,  Brazil,  Africa,  Syria,  Persia,  India,  Siam,  China,  and  Japan 
should  be  kept  under  Christian  training ;  that  the  printing  presses  should 
not  stop  in  several  of  these  countries,  their  great  work  of  sending  forth 
the  divine  word  in  the  printed  page  being  only  begun ;  that  the  heathen 
women  in  Zenanas  and  more  humble  abodes  should  be  taught  the  way  of 
life  and  the  blessings  of  Christian  homes.  We  need  not  enlarge  here, 
but  we  beg  our  readers  to  remember  how  many  and  how  great  are  the 
departments  of  labor,  all  included  in  this  rapid  statement  of  the  one  gen- 
eral wofk  of  our  foreign  missions. 

Besides,  provision  should  be  made  for  sending  out  some  new  men. 
Losses  from  failure  of^  health  and  return  should  be  made  good  by  new 
recruits,  as  in  the  march  of  an  army.  There  are  eight  approved  brethren 
under  appointment,  who  ought  to  be  sent  out  within  the  next  two  or 
three  months.  Must  the  Board  keep  any  of  them  at  home  for  want  of 
funds? 

After  careful  consideration  of  the  estimates,  with  an  earnest  purpose 
not  to  aim  at  much  enlargement  of  expenditure  in  these  times,  the  Board 
is  satisfied  that  not  less  than  $512,000  will  be  needed  before  the  1st  of 
next  May  to  maintain  the  Missions  as  they  stand,  including  the  sending 
out  of  some  of  the  new  men  whose  services  seem  to  be  imperatively 
needed ;  to  send  out  all  now  under  appointment,  and  to  pay  off  the  debt 

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of  last  year,  would  increase  the  amount  to  $560,000.  At  least  $t5,000 
more  could  be  used  to  great  advantage,  making  the  aggregate  sum  which 
was  recommended  in  the  Budget  by  the  Committee  of  the  General 
Assembly.  All  of  the  $t5,000  might  well  be  invested  in  buildings  in 
different  countries,  thus  saving  large  expense  for  rents ;  while  new  work 
might  be  undertaken  on  a  larger  scale  than  the  closely  watched  estimates 
call  for.     Such,  very  briefly  stated,  is  the  financial  case  for  the  year. 

If  all  our  Christian  people  would  but  take  this  work  earnestly  in  hand, 
they  could  easily  free  this  cause  from  financial  restriction.  We  call 
attention  to  this  matter  thus  early  in  the  year,  so  that,  if  possible,  anxiety 
and  embarrassment  may  be  avoided  in  its  later  months.  Timely  devising 
is  often  next  thing  to  liberal  devising. 

We  have  been  impressed  with  the  need  of  more  prayer  for  our  work — 
not  at  set  times,  but  at  all  times.  The  same  impression  has  been  felt  by 
some  of  our  brethren,  whose  letters  have  referred  to  the  subject.  Surely 
all  will  be  in  vain,  unless  God  bless  the  work  of  the  year.  And  he  will 
be  inquired  of  by  the  house  of  Israel  in  this  matter.  In  answer  to 
prayer,  how  greatly  may  the  work  of  this  year  be  advanced  in  many 
unevangelized  countries  I 

TO  THE  CHURCH-SESSIONS. 

The  "  Budget,"  or  schedule  of  moneys  for  the  Boards  recommended 
to  be  collected  by  the  churches,  was  discontinued  by  the  last  General 
Assembly.  The  objects  or  causes  to  be  aided  by  these  collections 
received  as  heretofore  the  warm  approval  of  the  Assembly,  but  the  pro- 
portional amount  of  aid  to  each  object  was  left  undetermined.  The 
collections  for  these  objects  are  to  be  ordered,  as  heretofore,  by  the 
church  sessions,  under  the  supervision  of  the  Presbyteries.  While  all  of 
these  objects  are  commended  to  the  liberality  of  our  Christian  people, 
how  many  collections  are  to  be  taken  in  each  church,  in  what  manner, 
and  at  what  time,  as  well  as  the  proportional  amount  to  be  given  to 
each  object  in  cases  where  the  collections  are  general  and  not  specific, 
are  questions  properly  to  be  decided  by  the  session. 

We  apprehend  no  evil  from  this  disposal  of  the  matter.  The  church 
session  can  best  open  the  door  to  church-work  for  Christ,  asking  for  the 
liberal  gifts  of  the  members.  It  can  specify  the  plan  and  the  times  of 
taking  collections,  and  can  so  arrange  these  matters  as  not  to  interfere 
with  the  personal  choice  of  donor§.  When  a  collection  is  made  every 
Sabbath,  as  a  part  of  public  worship,  the  session  can  set  apart  a  certain 
number  of  days  for  each  cause  respectively,  according  to  the  judgment 
of  the  minister  and  elders  as  to  its  relative  importance.  Beginning  with 
January,  for  example,  the  collections  of  ten  or  fifteen  Sabbaths  could  be 
assigned  to  foreign  missions ;  other  objects, — the  other  Boards,  certain 
home  expenses  of  the  church,  &c., — should  have,  each,  the  collections  of 
so  many  days.  This  general  plan  has  met  with  favor  where  it  has  been 
tried.      It  is   easily  understood,   comprehensive,   and    particular.      It 


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saves  a  good  caase  irom  injury  by  a  rainy  day  or  the  absence  of  its 
friends.  It  gives  the  members  of  the  church  the  opportunity  of  propor- 
tioning their  gifts  themselves  among  the  various  objects.  It  gives  a 
good  opportunity  to  the  minister  of  the  church  to  set  forth  the  nature 
and  claims  of  the  cause  to  be  aided,  when  its  turn  comes  round  and  is 
notified  from  the  pulpit;  and  it  is  hard  to  overstate  the  importance  of  his 
instructions  and  influence  in  the  whole  matter.  One  of  the  greatest 
advantages  of  this  plan  is  that  derived  from  the  frequency  of  the  collec- 
tions. This  feature  of  the  plans  of  the  former  "  Committee  of  Benevo- 
lence" of  the  General  Assembly,  we  have  always  highly  valued.  Other 
things  being  equal,  weekly  gifts  will  yield  the  best  results.  Those  who 
regard  the  duty  of  giving  on  each  Sabbath  as  of  divine  warrant,  need  no 
plea  for  frequent  gifts  based  on  ideas  of  expediency ;  others  may  well 
give  much  weight  to  these  ideas.  Other  good  plans  might  be  mentioned ; 
probably  no  plan  would  equally  suit  all  the  churches;  much  is  left  to 
the  good  judgment  of  the  sessions ;  but  our  space  forbids  remark. 

We  deprecate  resting  the  cause  of  foreign  missions  solely  on  an  annual 
collection — unless  thorough  instruction  is  repeatedly  given  from  the  pulpit, 
and  missionary  intelligence  is  well  circulated  among  the  people ;  but  if 
the  church  session  will  see  to  it  that  nothing  shall  be  allowed  to  keep 
this  cause  from  receiv.ing  the  practical  consideration  of  all  the  members 
of  the  church,  then  good  results  may  be  expected. 

As  the  case  stands,  after  the  recent  action  of  the  General  Assembly, 
we  hope  this  subject  will  receive  the  early  consideration  of  ministers  and 
elders ;  we  mean,  in  all.  cases  where  no  plan  exists,  and  also  in  any  cases 
where  the  Assembly's  action  has  modified  plans  heretofore  in  use. 


NOTICES  OF  MATTERS  IN  SYRIA. 
The  Rev.  H.  H.  Jessup,  D.D.,  at  Beirut,  May  15th,  gives  us  an  inter- 
esting account  of  various  things,  which  connect  themselves  with  our 
missionary  work  in  Syria;  some  of  them  are  of  no  little  moment. 

We  have  received  thus  far,  this  year,  to  the  Beirut  church  8  members. 
About  as  many  have  been  received  in  the  Tripoli  field,  and  several  in  the 
other  stations.  We  have  now  in  Beirut  about  16  candidates  for  church 
membership.  Quite  a  number  of  new  Protestants  are  reported  at  Beino 
and  Mt.  Hardee  in  the  northern  field.  The  recent  violent  persecutions 
against  the  Protestants  in  the  Merj  Aiyun  district  have  ceased,  and  the 
enemies  of  the  gospel  have  become  more  pacific  in  their  attitude.  There 
are  signs  of  greater  friendliness  on  the  part  of  the  Turkish  authorities, 
both  here  and  in  Constantinople.  The  Nusairy  converts  in  the  Turkish 
Dragoons,  in  Beirut,  have  been  treated  in  such  an  unreasonable  and  unfair 
manner,  that  two  of  them  have  again  run  away.  We  hope  that  they 
will  return  soon,  but  they  think  their  wrongs  are  intolerable.  They 
receive  no  pay,  have  cast-off  clothing  assigned  them,  receive  no  instruc- 
tion in  military  drill,  are  kept  at  menial  work,  and  finally,  after  being 
promised  a  furlough,  it  was  denied  them,  and  they  ran  away.  This  is 
their  own  statement.  It  palliates,  but  does  not  justify,  desertion.  After 
all  the  efforts  of  the  Christian  public,  the  Turks  are  determined  to  insist 


1875.]  BOARD  OP  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  20t 

on  the  right  to  draft  every  convert  to  Christianity  from  among  the  non- 
Christian  sects. 

Syria  has  received  a  new  Imperial  benediction  in  the  shape  of  a  stamp 
act.  Revenue  stamps  have  now  to  be  affixed  to  every  business  paper 
written  in  the  Empire,  and  to  every  newspaper  published.  Scientific 
journals  are  exempted,  so  that  Dr.  Post's  Medical  journal  escapes  the  tax, 
and  we  hope  to  have  our  Child's  Paper  exempted,  as  it  is  in  no  sense  a 
newspaper.  Taxation  is  coming  down  hot  and  heavy  on  the  subjects  of 
the  Sultan,  as  the  funds  must  be  raised  to  carry  on  the  Empire.  The 
new  Grand  Vizier,  Asaad  Pasha,  is  spoken  well  of  by  all,  and  there  is 
hope  that  he  may  do  something  to  better  the  condition  of  affairs.  Dr. 
Thomson  and  Mr.  Calhoun  have  returned  from  their  extended  tours 
through  Palestine,  and  both  testify  to  the  luxuriance  of  the  vegetation 
on  every  hand,  the  magnificence  of  the  coming  crops,  and  the  apparently 
increasing  degradation  and  oppression  of  the  farming  population.  Mr. 
Calhoun  says  that  there  is  wild  grass  enough  growing  in  the  vicinity  of 
the  Sea  of  Galilee  to  supply,  if  cut  and  cured,  all  the  hay  needed  for  the 
Turkish  army,  yet  it  is  all  left  to  run  to  waste.  The  same  is  true  in  all 
parts  of  the  land,  outside  of  the  Pashalic  of  Mt.  Lebanon.  Ristum  Pasha, 
Governor  of  Lebanon,  has  returned  from  a  long  absence,  and  is  laboring 
to  improve  the  government  schools  of  Lebanon,  as  well  as  the  adminis- 
tration of  justice. 

The  long  expected  celebration  of  the  introduction  of  the  Dog  River 
water  into  Beirut,  took  place  yesterday,  in  an  immense  canopy  erected  on 
the  top  of  the  upper  reservoir.  .  .  .  This  living  volume  of  streams  from 
Lebanon  is  a  glorious  boon  to  this  ancient  city.  The  name  Beeroth, 
(Beirut,)  "  City  of  WelW^  will  remain,  but  the  wells,  from  which  water 
has  been  drawn  for  thousands  of  years,  will  soon  go  into  disuse.  Public 
hydrants  are  opened  in  the  different  quarters  of  the  city,  fountains  are 
beginning  to  play  in  private  gardens;  dwellings,  schools,  churches,  khans, 
mosques,  shops,  and  coffee  houses  are  being  rapidly  supplied  with  the 
delicious  water,  and  Beirut  is  receiving  fresh  vitality.  Editors  and  poets 
are  vieing  with  each  other  in  singing  and  writing  the  praise  of  Dog 
River  water,  and  Damascus  is  no  longer  suffered  to  boast  over  its  rival, 
Beirut. 

What  a  type  water  is  of  the  blessings  of  the  Gospel !  May  the  life- 
giving  streams  of  gospel  truth  soon  flow  in  every  house  and  every  heart, 
not  only  in  Beirut,  but  in  all  Syria!  Then  shall  the  desert  blossom  as 
the  rose !  May  we  ever  be  able  to  tell  you  of  new  gospel  fruits,  and  new 
trophies  won  for  Christ! 

"SACRED  TO  THE  MEMORY  OF  LEE  MONG  GIM." 

A  few  words  will  tell  his  "short  and  simple  annals."  Four  years  ago 
he  came  here  (San  Francisco)  from  his  native  Canton,  and  within  the 
last  fourteen  months — under  the  influence  of  the  missionaries  of  this  city 
— became  a  convert  to  Christianity,  and  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
Mission  Church.  On  the  afternoon  of  the  1 8th  of  April,  while  spending 
an  hour  in  the  Chinese  Sunday-school  of  Trinity  Church,  I  noticed,  at 
its  close,  a  young  man  bidding  farewell  to  the  Superintendent  and  his 
wife.  It  was  Lee  Gim,  on  the  eve  of  starting  to  Philadelphia,  full  of 
energy,  buoyant  with  enthusiasm,  and  avowing  his  purpose  to  do  what- 
ever his  hands  found  to  do  in  the  service  of  the  Master.  Early  on  the 
morning  of  the  following  Sabbath  an  invitation  was  brought  me  to  attend 
the. funeral  of  a  Christian  Chinese,  at  eleven  A.  M.,  in  the  Mission  Chapel, 
corner  of  Stockton  and  Sacramento  streets.  Digitized  by 


208  BOARD  OF  FOREIlSN  MISSIONS.  [Julj 

It  was  that  of  Lee  Gim,  who  had  died  the  previous  Friday  eveoiDg, 
stricken  suddenly  and  fatally  in  the  very  dawning  of  his  young  man- 
hood's promise.  The  Chinese  physicians  had  no  sooner  pronounced  his 
case  hopeless  than  the  poor  heathens  sought  to  aid  his  last  struggle 
with  the  fearful  noises  and  hideous  jugglery  peculiar  to  their  Joss  wor- 
ship. 

"  I  do  not  want  to  die  here.  Please  take  me  to  the  Mission  House," 
pleaded  the  dying  youth,  and  no  sooner  did  he  find  himself  within  the 
familiar  room,  surrounded  by  loving  faces  and  the  tenderest  nurses,  than 
he  exclaimed,  "Home,  home,  Jesus,  home." 

**  Never,"  said  Mrs.  Condit,  **did  I  witness  a  passing  away  so  calm,  so 
conscious,  so  triumphant.  Around  him  were  gathered  the  members  of 
the  Chinese  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  to  whom  his  broken 
exhortations  to  cling  to  and  follow  Christ  were  continuous.  As  I  stood 
rubbing  his  arm,  which  seemed  full  of  pain,  he  laid  his  right  hand  upon 
his  heart,  saying,  *No  pain  here.  Full  of  Jesus.  I  die,  but  I'm  not 
afraid.  I  go  to  Heaven.'  As  the  last  minutes  approached,  he  bade  each 
one  a  smiling  *  Good-bye,'  and  with  the  words,  *  Going  home  to  Heaven,' 
upon  his  pale  lips,  passed  on  into  the  higher  life  of  the  redeemed..  It 
was  not  death,  but  transition." 

The  small  chapel  was  already  crowded  with  Chinese  as  we  entered  it, 
while  a  few — how  few — sympathizing  friends  and  teachers  were  grouped 
to  the  one  side.  An  odor  of  flowers  was  our  first  greeting.  They 
wreathed  the  slender  pillars,  they  drooped  from  brackets,  they  lay  upon 
the  pages  of  the  Holy  Book,  while  a  cross  of  snowy  lilies  surmounted  by 
a  crown  of  pink  daisies  adorned  the  centre  front  of  the  sacred  desk.  A 
member  of  the  school  distributed  slips  upon  which  were  printed,  in  Chi- 
nese characters,  two  verses  of  Lee  Gim's  favorite  hymn,  "  There  is  a 
Happy  Land."  There  was  a  quiet  in  the  little  chapel  peculiarly  impres- 
sive to  those  who  had  almost  daily  witnessed  in  the  streets  of  San  Fran- 
cisco the  meaningless  orgies  of  a  heathen  funeral.  At  a  signal  from  one 
of  their  number,  all  arose,  as  the  polished  casket,  covered  with  floral 
emblems,  was  borne  in  by  four  of  Lee  Gim's  associates,  and  set  down 
almost  on  the  very  spot  where,  one  week  previous,  his  head  had  bowed 
as  he  partook  of  the  Sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper.  After  an  opening 
prayer  in  the  Chinese  language,  Rev.  Dr.  Loorais  read  the  thirty-ninth 
Psalm,  which  was  succeeded  by  the  hymn,  "  When  He  cometh  to  make 
up  his  jewels."  A  Chinese  presided  at  the  organ,  and  as  those  prophetic 
words,  as  well  as  the  time-honored  and  forever  consecrated  "Rock  of 
Ages  cleft  for  me,"  rolled  from  the  lips  of  those  precious  converts,  there 
was  an  undercurrent  of  significance  upholding  the  melody  of  those  dear 
old  tunes  which  was  full  of  an  indescribable  pathos. 

The  fourteenth  chapter  of  John — that  rainbow  of  promise — was  also 
read,  and  then  Rev.  Mr.  Condit,  standing  at  the  head  of  the  closed 
casket,  addressed  the  congregation.  Of  course  to  us  his  language  was 
in  an  unknown  tongue,  but  to  the  friends  and  classmates  of  Lee  Gim  his 
words  and  expressive  gestures  must  have  come  as  messengers  of  light 
and  eternal  life.  I  never  saw  more  reverent  attention  nor  such  upturned, 
earnest  faces,  and  I  longed  more  than  tongue  can  tell  for  the  fresh,  beau- 
tiful faith  of  those  so  lately  benighted  ones,  as  they  accepted,  with  the 
unquestioning  confidence  of  little  children,  the  gospel's  sublime  yet  sim- 
ple truths. 

The  rest  was  soon  over.  The  body,  placed  in  a  hearse,  was  escorted 
to  Lone  Mountain  cemetery  by  the  members  of  the  Association,  each 
one  bearing  the  badge  of  mourning  upon  his  left  arm,  and  followed  by  a 

-  -^  -         o 


1815.]  BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION.  209 

long  line  of  carriages  containing  lamenting  friends.  Almost  the  last 
request  of  Lee  Gim  was  that  his  body  should  forever  lie  in  American 
soil,  thus  proving  conclusively  that  in  accepting  Christ  he  had  wholly 
forsaken  his  native  idolatry  and  every  superstition  which  cleaves  to  it. — 
The  Occident,  May  6//i,  1875. 


BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION. 

CHEERING  ACTION. 

The  late  General  Assembly  gave  a  hearty  greeting  and  a  cordial 
approval  to  the  work  of  the  Board  of  Publication.  In  these  days  of » 
criticism  and  investigation,  it  was  a  gratification  to  note  an  enlarged 
appreciation  of  the  work  of  this  potent  arm  of  the  Church.  The  Stand- 
ing Committee  of  the  Assembly,  by  its  Chairman,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Heck- 
man,  of  Hanover  College,  presented  a  report  that  was  adopted,  we 
believe,  unanimously.  Its  statements  and  resolutions,  condensing  the 
judgment  of  the  Assembly  on  the  work  of  the  past  and  the  hopes  of  the 
future,  are  worthy  of  note.  We  give  the  statements  and  reserve  the 
resolutions  for  another  number  of  the  Record. 

Unexpected  Success. 
Notwithstanding  the  financial   pressure  which  affected  our  country 
during  the  past  year,  and  the  prostration  of  business  arising  from  various 
general  and  local  causes,  the  work  of  this  important  Board  has  been  pro- 
secuted with  unexpected  success,  and  a  large  advance  on  previous  years. 

Sabbath' School  Work. 
The  Sabbath-school  work  of  the  Board  has  been  conducted  with  great 
energy  and  prosperity,  has  greatly  enlarged  the  sphere  of  usefulness  of 
the  Board,  and  has  established  itself  as  one  of  the  wisest  and  most  effi- 
cient of  the  later  missionary  and  benevolent  agencies  of  the  Church. 

New  Publications. 
The  new  publications  of  the  Board  for  the  past  year  constitute  a  valu- 
able addition  to  the  literature  of  our  Church,  while  the  New  Hymnal 
presents  a  most  excellent  and  commendable  contribution  to  the  hymu- 
ology  of  the  Church  of  God  in  this  land. 

Shorter  Catechism. 
The  Assembly  is  to  be  congratulated  on  account  of  the  large  and  grow- 
ing demand  for  the  Shorter  Catechism,  and  on  its  unprecedented  circula- 
tion by  the  Board  during  the  past  year,  giving  ground,  as  it  does,  for 
the  hope  of  the  more  thorough  indoctrination  of  the  children  of  the 
Church,  and  furnishing  another  proof  of  the  reviving  interest  of  the  Church 
in  the  doctrines  of  our  Confession  of  Faith. 

Missionary  Work. 
Of  the  Missionary  work  of  the  Board  we  would  say  that  its  past  use- 
fulness, its  still  undeveloped  possibilities,  and  the  irreverence,  scepticism 
and  licentiousness  of  so  much  of  the  press  of  to-day,  all  call  upon  the 
Board  and  Church  to  enlarge  this  work,  and  make  it  more  commensu- 
rate with  its  capabilities  and  the  moral  necessities  of  the  country  and  the 
Church.  r^^^^T^ 

Digitized  by  VjOOQIc 


210  BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION.  [July 

Benevolence  aided  by  Business, 

We  call  the  attention  of  the  Assembly  to  the  important  fact,  that  out 
of  the  gross  profits  of  its  sales  the  Board  has  contributed  to  the  mission- 
ary fund  an  amount  more  than  equal  to  all  the  office  expenses  of  the 
Missionary  Department,  so  that  every  dollar  which  the  churches  have 
donated  has  gone  directly  and  wholly  to  the  missionary  field  and  work. 
We  are  glad  of  this,  for  it  shows  not  only  a  wise  and  faithful  administra- 
tion of  this  scheme,  but  also  an  increasing  demand  for  the  publications  of 
our  Church. 

Contributions, 

We  observe  with  gratification  that  though  the  churches  contributing 
to  the  missionary  work  of  this  Board  are  290  less  than  the  previous  year, 
yet  the  contributions  for  the  year  are  larger  in  proportion  to  the  number 
of  the  churches  contributing,  and  the  falling  off  has  been  chiefly  in  those 
regions  of  the  West  which  have  sorely  suffered  by  peculiar  afflictions  of 
Providence. 


A  HAPPY  CONCLUSION. 
The  many  questions  asked  with  regard  to  the  Presbyterian  Hymnal 
have  been  answered.  The  final  report  of  the  *'  Committee  on  a  Book  of 
Praise"  for  the  Presbyterian  Church,  was  presented  to  the  Assembly,  at 
Cleveland,  by  its  Chairman,  the  Rev.  Herrick  Johnson,  D.D.  The  report 
simply  and  concisely  narrated  the  history  of  their  efforts  to  secure  a 
Hymnal  worthy  of  adoption  by  the  body,  referred  to  the  wonderful  wel- 
come accorded  the  book,  and  asked  for  the  discharge  of  the  Committee. 
It  did  not  eulogize  the  Hymnal,  or  parade  the  services  of  the  Committee. 
This  was  not  needful,  and  the  omission  was  appreciated  by  the  Assembly. 
Without  hesitation  or  debate,  the  Assembly  accepted  the  Committee's 
report,  approved  their  work,  thanked  the  Committee  for  the  efficient 
manner  in  which  they  had  performed  their  duty,  and  discharged  them 
.  from  further  responsibility.  The  vote  was  unanimous.  A  happy  con- 
clusion to  a  difficult  and  important  service. 


TESTIMONY. 

The  following  commendation  comes  to  us  from  a  popular  and  apprecia- 
Uve  leader  of  a  church  choir  in  the  north-west.  It  was  preceded  by  an 
order  for  a  supply  of  the  new  Hymnal,  and  is  only  one  of  many  such 
expressions  of  approval. 

"  I  have  led  a  choir  for  twenty  years,  and  this  is  the  finest  collection 
of  church  music  I  ever  saw  between  two  covers." 


IT  PAYS. 

One  of  our  best  pastors  says  a  word  on  the  question  whether  it  "pays'* 
to  circulate  our  magazine: 

"  Please  find  enclosed  my  check  for  $19.00  for  a  renewal  of  subscrip- 
tions for  76  numbers  of  the  Monthly  Record,  to  be  sent,  as  were  the  last 
year's  package,  to  the  Mission  House,  for  the  use  of  my  church.  We 
have  found  this  a  paying  concern;  the  paper  has  helped  us  largely  in 


1875.1  BOARD  OP  CHURCH  ERECTION.  211 

our  collections.  We  put  one  in  each  of  the  pews  where  families  are 
seated,  and  the  papers  are  taken  home  and  read.  I  think  that  all  of  our 
collections  have  increased.  You  will  see  that  every  column  in  the 
MiniUes  is  filled,  up  with  a  collection. 


MEXICO  AND  THE  GOSPEL. 
The  driving  of  our  missionary,  the  Rev.  M.  N.  Hutchinson,  from  Aca- 
polco  by  a  brutal  mob,  will  tend  to  the  furtherance  of  the  Gospel  in  that 
land.  The  fanaticism  of  the  priests  and  their  blinded  vassals  treads  on 
the  torch  only  to  scatter  its  embers  and  kindle  new  fires  in  many  places. 
It  is  a  great  satisfaction  to  the  Board  of  Publication  to  aid  with  the  printed 
page  the  voices  of  the  living  preachers,  and  to  multiply  a  thousand-fold 
their  utterances  of  the  truth.  It  asks  from  those  who  love  the  truth  and 
the  cause  of  Christ  in  Mexico,  contributions  to  meet  such  calls  as  that 
given  below  from  our  brother,  now  again  at  his  post  of  labor. 

Mkxico,  May  24th,  1875. 

Rev.  Wm.  E.  Schenck,  D.D. 

Dear  Sir — It  is  nearly  two  years  since  I  asked  a  grant  of  Spanish 
tracts  of  the  Publication  Board,  for  Mexico.  You  then  responded 
promptly  and  cordially.  Those  tracts  have  been  very  widely  circulated 
from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific.  No  one  can  doubt  that  they  have  done 
much  good,  but  how  much  no  one  can  tell.  Even  the  fearful  persecution 
at  Acapulco  has  resulted  in  calling  the  attention  of  great  numbers  to  the 
subject  of  religion,  and  calls  are  coming  from  all  parts  of  the  west  and 
south  of  Mexico  for  Bibles,  tracts  and  religious  reading.  The  same  is 
true  of  many  other  parts  of  the  country.  At  present  we  only  have  such 
as  we  print  ourselves.  May  I  not  again  ask  for  as  generous  a  grant  as 
your  Board  can  possibly  give  us  f 


BOARD  OF  CHURCH  ERECTION. 

The  Committee  on  Church  Erection,  through  Rev.  Dr.  R.  W.  Patter- 
son, its  Chairman,  presented  the  following  report: 

REPORT   ON   CHURCH   ERECTION. 

We  are  deeply  impressed  with  the  importance  of  the  work  of  our 
Church  in  the  department  of  Church  Erection.  Without  it  many  of  our 
congregations  would  become  scattered  and  lose  their  existence,  and  many 
others  would  drag  out  a  long  history  of  weakness  and  unfruitfulness. 
By  this  work  a  large  number  of  feeble  churches  are  supplied  with  neat 
and  inviting  houses  of  worship  free  from  the  burden  of  oppressive  debt. 
The  wisdom  of  the  general  plan  of  the  distribution  of  funds  for  this 
object,  which  has  been  adopted  by  the  General  Assembly  and  is  acted 
upon  by  the  Board  of  Church  Erection,  becomes  increasingly  manifest 
from  year  to  year. 

We  have  carefully  examined  the  Annual  Report  submitted  to  us  by 
the  Board,  and  also  the  records  of  the  Board  for  the  past  year. 

TTie  stringency  of  the  times  has  restricted^  to  some  extent,  the  work 
of  church  erection  and  the  contributions  of  our  churches  to  this  cause 
during  the  year  lately  closed.  But  the  amounts  bestowed  for  the  assist- 
ance of  churches  whose  property  was  in  danger  of  being  sacrificed  has 


212  BOARD  OF  CHURCH  ERECTION.  [July 

been  especially  helpful,  because  of  the  unusual  pecuniary  pressure. 
At  the  beginning  of  the  year  there  was  a  balance  in  the  treasury  of 
$12,469.42.  In  consequence  of  the  embarrassments  of  other  Boards,  the 
receipts  of  this  Board  have  beeli  somewhat  diminished,  though  they  have 
still  been  slightly  in  advance  of  those  of  the  preceding  year.  The  gross 
receipts  for  the  last  year,  including  payments  of  debts  to  the  permanent 
fund,  have  been  $116,801;  aud  the  working  capital,  exclusive  of  perma- 
nent fund,  has  been  about  $88,710. 

Two  hundred  and  twelve  churches  have  applied  for  aid,  asking  for 
sums  making  in  the  aggregate  more  than  $145,000.  These  applications 
have  come  from  all  parts  of  the  country,  but  especially  from  the  Western 
States  and  Territories. 

One  hundred  and  fifly4hree  appropriations  have  been  made,  amount- 
ing in  the  aggregate  to  $68,080.  Adding  to  the  congregations  thus 
assisted,  thirty- eight  whose  houses  of  worship  were  not  completed  at  the 
beginning  of  the  year,  one  hundred  and  ninety-one  churches  have  been 
aided  to  the  amount  of  $81,480 — an  average  of  about  $445  to  each 
church.  Of  these  appropriations  some  have  been  made  to  the  Freedmen 
of  the  South,  and  one  to  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  among  the 
Indians  at  Fort  Gibson.  One  hundred  and  thirty-nine  churches  have 
already  received  these  appropriations,  amounting  to  $69,236,  whUe 
$39,375  remains  to  be  paid. 

The  Board  has  met  all  its  engagements,  and  has  wisely  and  commenda- 
bly  adhered  to  the  rules  prescribed  for  its  guidance  by  the  General 
Assembly.  We  are  glad  to  find  that  no  debt  has  been  incurred.  The 
surplus  on  hand  is  due  to  recent  contributions  which  will  soon  be  appro- 
priated to  needy  churches. 

The  Board  has  made  its  work  secure  by  requiring  the  churches  receiv- 
ing aid,  as  in  the  two  preceding  years,  to  procure  insurance  policies  at 
least  to  the  amount  of  the  donation  given  by  the  Board.  This  will 
enable  the  Board,  in  case  of  destruction  of  the  buildings,  to  redonate  the 
amounts  covered  by  the  policies  placed  at  their  disposal.  This  is  an 
important  item,  considering  the  number  of  churches  that  are  annually 
destroyed  by  fire. 

During  the  last  five  years,  or  since  the  reunion  of  the  two  Assemblies, 
the  Board  has  enabled  nine  hundred  and  two  congregations  to  complete 
their  houses  of  worship  free  of  debt;  thus  securing  church  property  worth 
$4,550,000,  and  affording  church  accommodation  to  307,000  worshippers. 
The  results  have  been  a  great  enlargement  of  the  congregations,  an 
important  increase  in  the  contributions  of  these  churches  to  the  various 
causes  of  Christian  benevolence,  the  placing  of  many  churches  on  a  foot- 
ing of  self-support,  and  the  ingathering  of  many  souls  into  the  kingdom 
of  Christ  besides  the  sure  promise  of  stability  and  financial  and  spiritual 
progress  for  the  future. 

We  would  strongly  emphasize  the  advice  of  the  Board  to  churches, 
not  to  accept  securities  for  debts  given  them  by  individuals  for  the  pur- 
pose of  enabling  them  to  keep  their  property  unincumbered,  so  as  to 
obtain  aid  from  the  Board.  This  course  is  deemed  unwise,  because  the 
individuals  securing  debts  in  this  manner  may  be  cut  down  by  death  or 
become  financially  embarrassed;  and  thus  great  injury  may  be  inflicted 
upon  the  interests  and  honor  of  the  churches. 

We  would  also  unite  with  the  Board  in  dissuading  Presbyteries  from 
endorsing  applications  for  large  sums,  while  so  many  small  amounts  are 
needed  by  feeble  churches. 

In  this  connection,   the  committee  would  venture  to>  caution  our 

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1875.]  BOARD  OP  CHURCH  ERECTION.  213 

churches  against  making  eontribtUions  to  churches  that  may  apply  to 
them  directly  for  help,  apart  from  the  regular  channel  of  the  Church's 
work  through  the  Board.  Such  contributions  are  often  applied  in  the 
building  of  houses  that  are  heavily  encumbered  with  debt,  and  that  are 
liable  to  be  finally  lost  to  our  denomination,  the  property  not  being 
secured  by  mortgage,  as  under  the  rules  of  our  Board.  Besides,  such 
contributions  are  likely  to  diminish  the  gifts  of  the  churches  to  the  trea- 
sury of  the  Bocurd.  The  established  methods  of  benevolence  through 
the  channels  appointed  by  the  church,  are  in  all  ordinary  cases  the  safest 
and  the  best. 

It  should  be  considered,  in  relation  to  the  prospects  of  this  cause  for 
the  next  year,  that  many  new  churches  are  being  organized,  and  that 
unless  the  resources  of  the  Board  are  largely  increased,  and  that  speedily, 
it  will  be  impossible  to  grant  the  aid  that  will  be  urgently  needed  by 
these  new  congregations.  We  would  earnestly  urge  upon  the  attention 
of  all  our  churches  the  importance  of  making  liberal  additions  to  their 
contributions  for  this  cause  during  the  coming  year.  We  suggest  also 
the  propriety  of  forwarding  to  the  Board,  ^&  speedily  as  possible,  all  col- 
lections that  may  be  taken  for  this  object.  And  we  add  the  request  that 
all  our  Presbyteries  will  take  efficient  measures  to  procure  for  the  trea- 
sury of  the  Board  an  annual  collection  for  this  cause  from  every  church 
under  their  care.  The  smallest  contributions  from  the  feeblest  churches 
have  their  value,  and  will  add  so  much  to  the  ability  of  the  Board  to 
cwrry  forward  its  great  work. 

A  very  important  feature  in  the  report  of  the  Board,  which  has  been 
referred  to  us,  will  be  found  in  the  remarks  on  heat  and  ventilation  and 
the  numerous  designs  for  church  buildings  that  are  spoken  of  in  the  body 
of  the  Report  and  presented  in  an  appendix.  These  suggestions  and 
designs  have  been  generously  furnished  to  the  Board  by  Mr.  Samuel 
Sloan,  a  superior  architect  of  Philadelphia,  (office.  No.  152  South  Fourth 
street,  Philadelphia.)  We  commend  them  to  the  careful  consideration 
of  churches  that  may  contem]f>late  the  erection  of  houses  of  worship. 
The  Board  expects  to  add  in  future  to  the  number  of  these  beautiful 
designs. 

Only  two  congregations  have  received  aid  within  the  past  year  to 
enable  them  to  build  Manses;  and  the  sums  thus  appropriated  by  the 
Board  were  sent  to  the  treasury  for  that  special  purpose.  It  is  to  be 
hoped  that  other  like  amounts  will  be  forwarded  for  the  same  object,  if 
collections  are  not  taken  in  the  churches  on  this  behalf. 

The  Committee  would  call  the  attention  of  the  Assembly  to  the  report 
of  the  Board  of  Church  Extension  at  St.  Louis,  That  Board,  it  will  be 
remembered,  has  been  perpetuated  for  some  years,  to  make  certain  funds 
or  property  legally  secure  until  the  affairs  of  the  Board  could  be  duly 
closed  up.  This  object  has  now  been  fully  accomplished,  and  the 
remaining  assets  of  the  Board  of  Church  Extension,  amounting  to  about 
$20,000  in  notes,  may,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Board,  be  safely  transferred 
to  the  Board  of  Church  Erection  at  New  York.  We  recommend  that 
the  Board  of  Church  Erection  be  instructed  to  receive  these  assets,  and 
that  the  Board  of  Church  Extension  at  St.  Louis,  be  now,  in  accordance 
with  its  own  request,  dissolved  by  this  Assembly. 

The  Committee  recommend  for  answer  to  the  memorial  of  the  Synod 
of  Erie,  asking  for  the  release  of  mortgage  on  certain  conditions,  the 
statement  that  that  request  could  not  be  safely  granted  without  a  change 
in  the  charter  of  the  Board,  and  that  one  object  of  taking  mortgages  is 
to  secure  the  property  permanently  to  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

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214         RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS.      [Julj 

The  Commitiee,  having  examined  The  Records  of  the  Board  of  Church 
Erection  for  the  year  now  closed,  recommend  that  they  be  approved  by 
this  Assembly. 

All  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

R.  W.  Patterson,  Chairman, 


RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS. 

"He  that  hath  a  BOUKTIFtrL  BTE  SHALL  BE  BLESSED." 

"  Whoso  stoppbth  his  bars  at  the  cry  or  the  poor,  hb  also  shall  cbt  hiksblf,  but 

SHALL  not  be  heard." 


From  the  report  of  the  Assembly's  Standing  Committee,  May  1875: 

"  After  a  careful  perusal  of  the  Annual  Report  for  May  1875,  of  the 
'  Committee  on  the  Relief  Fund  for  Disabled  Ministers  and  the  Widows 
and  Orphans  of  Deceased  Ministers, 'this  Committee  desire  to  express  their 
approval  of  the  wise  and  economical  course  pursued  by  the  Committee 
of  said  Relief  Fund,  in  the  exigency  of  a  debt  of  over  $15,600  of  appro- 
priations past  due  and  unpaid,  brought  over  from  the  previous  year,  with 
the  prospect  before  them  of  almost  certain  embarrassments  growing  out 
of  the  disturbed  condition  of  the  finances  of  the  country,  which  even 
extraordinary  efforts  could  not  be  expected  to  overcome ;  we  would  call 
attention  to  this,  as  shown  in  pages  five  and  six  of  said  report. 

"  We  also  express  our  approval  of  the  Committee  in  not  borrowing 
money  to  carry  on  the  work  under  the  present  exigency,  though  we  can 
easily  understand  the  propriety  of  loans,  under  certain  circumstances,  to 
prevent  suffering  on  the  part  of  its  feeble  and  helpless  pensioners. 

"  While  there  has  been  an  advance  in  the  cause  of  ministerial  relief, 
yet  the  great  number  of  churches  who  do  not  send  any  contributions  to 
its  funds  demand  attention,  and  the  adoption  of  some  method  by  which 
these  churches  may  be  aroused  to  their  duty.  In  view  of  this  fact,  we 
recommend  the  following  action  on  the  part  of  this  General  Assembly. 

"  1.  That  Synods  and  Presbyteries  that  have  drawn  from  the  fund 
more  than  they  have  contributed  to  it  be  earnestly  entreated  to  augment 
their  gifts,  and  to  notify  all  defaulting  churches  within  their  bounds. 

**  2.  That  every  pastor,  stated  supply  and  church  session,  be  enjoined 
to  afford  opportunity  to  their  respective  churches  for  contributing  to  this 
cause  once  in  each  year. 

"  3.  That,  in  order  to  prevent  any  appropriations  being  made  where 
not  actually  needed,  every  Presbytery  be  enjoined  to  appoint  a  Commitr 
tee  on  the"  Relief  Fund,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  carefully  scrutinize 
every  appropriation  made  for  relief  before  it  be  granted. 

*'  In  view  of  the  great  and  growing  importance  of  the  cause  of  Minis- 
terial Relief,  and  of  the  necessity  of  something  more  certain  and  stable 
than  voluntary  contributions  from  year  to  year,  we  recommend  that  lega- 
cies and  large  gifts  to  the  permanent  fund  of  this  cause  be  encouraged 
by  the  General  Assembly. 

''  After  a  careful  consideration,  this  Committee  have  become  deeply 
impressed  with  the  importance  and  actual  need  of  the  cause  9f  Ministe- 
rial Relief  being  clothed  with  the  dignity  of  a  separate  Board  of  the 
Church,  with  incorporated  powers. 

"No  cause  should  be  dearer  to  the  Church  than  the  support  of  her 
aged  and  disabled  ministers.  So  many  '  endure  hardship  as  good  sol- 
diers of  Jesus  Christ;*  so  many  encounter  the  evils  of  poverty  in  the 
midst  of  theii*  labors,  that,  although  the  ministry  of  the  go^el  is  a  self- 

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1875.] COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN.  215 

denying  office,  and  without  this  element  ceases  to  be  of  value  to  the 
Church,  yet  the  self-denying  element  is  so  extreme  out  of  the  large  towns 
(where  salaHes  vie  in  amount  with  those  of  the  great  officers  of  the  Govern- 
ment, and  indicate  degeneracy  instead  of  advance,  and  decay  rather 
than  life,)  that  some  decent  support  of  our  aged  and  disabled  ministers 
is  a  matter  both  of  duty  and  humanity.  If  we  '  muzzle  the  mouth  of  the 
ox  that  treadeth  out  the  corn,'  let  us  come  to  his  rescue  when  he  drops 
in  the  furrow,  disabled  by  toil." 

Funds  are  greatly  needed  to  carry  forward  this  work.     Will  not  our 
friends  remember  the  poor  and  needy  1 


GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN. 


THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY. 

The  Standing  Committee  on  Preedmen  presented,  at  the  late  meeting 
of  the  General  Assembly  in  Cleveland,  a  synopsis  of  the  Annual  Report 
of  the  Committee,  with  these  additional  facts: 

"  That,  notwithstanding  the  gratifying  results  and  the  earnest  calls  for 
the  enlargement  of  the  work  among  the  Freed  men,  the  sad  fact  is  recorded 
that  the  number  of  white  churches  contributing  to  this  cause  was  433 
less  last  year  than  the  year  previous,  making  a  total  of  3,471  churches 
not  contributing,  and  consequently  a  small  debt  remains  which  has  not 
been  liquidated,  as  was  fondly  hoped  by  the  committee,  though  retrench- 
ments were  made  wherever  they  were  deemed  admissible. 

*'  That  the  fields  opening  before  the  Committee  are  constantly  growing 
wider  and  larger,  and  whitening  to  the  harvest,  and  if  garnered  for  the 
Master,  demand,  not  only  the  earnest  prayers  and  sympathy  of  the  peo- 
ple of  God,  but  larger  and  more  liberal  contributions  from  the  churches. 

"That  the  influence  of  our  churches  and  schools,  together  with  the 
Christian  faithfulness  and  prudence  of  their  pastors  and  teachers,  have 
drawn  out  a  confidence  in  and  sympathy  with  the  Committee's  work 
among  the  white  population  of  the  South,  which  a  few  years  since  was 
unknown." 

In  view  of  these  facts  your  Committee  recommend  the  following  action : 

1.  That  the  Assembly  heartily  commend  the  fidelity  and  economy  of 
the  Committee  in  accomplishing  so  good  a  work  under  the  embarrassing 
circumstances  of  the  past  year,  and  with  the  limited  means  at  their  com- 
mand. 

2.  The  Assembly  again  cordially  commend  to  its  churches  the  Com- 
mittee of  Missions  for  Freedmen,  urging  upon  its  ministers  and  ruling 
elders  the  importance  and  necessity  of  presenting  the  claims  of  this  cause 
to  the  people,  with  a  view  of  enlarging  the  work  and  prosecuting  it  with 
more  vigor. 

3.  That,  in  view  of  the  present  indebtedness  of  the  Committee,  and  of 
the  special  need  of  funds  for  the  support  of  the  work  during  the  summer 
months,  a  special  appeal  for  aid  be  made  to  the  3,471  churches  which  did 
not  contribute  last  year. 

4.  That  the  Presbyteries  be  directed,  at  their  fall  naeetings,  to  call 
the  attention  of  delinquent  churches  to  the  importance  of  this  cause. 

5.  That,  in  view  of  the  lasting  benefits  which  would  result  from  & 
thorough  education  of  the  Freedmen  of  the  South,  and  the  great  danger 
which  threatens  our  country  by  a  neglect  of  it,  the  Assembly  directs  the 


216 


HOME  MISSION  APPOINTMENTS. 


[July 


Committee  to  take  means  without  delay  to  increase  the  efficiency  and  use- 
ftilness  of  our  institutions  in  the  South,  designed  for  the  higher  education 
of  both  sexes,  by  securing  additional  buildings  and  endowments. 

6.  That  the  Assembly  directs  that  the  Annual  Report  of  the  Committee 
be  printed  under  its  supervision ;  that  the  Minutes  of  the  Committee  be 
approved,  and  that  the  following  persons  be  appointed  the  Presbyterian 
Committee  of  Missions  for  Freedmen  for  the  present  year,  viz : 

Ministers— E.  E.  Swift,  D.D.,  S.  J.  Wilson,  D.D.,  James  Allison, 
I),D.,  F.  A.  Noble,  D.D.,  John  Gillespie,  S.  M.  Henderson. 

Laynien — James  B.  Lyon,  R.  C.  Totten,  John  C.  McCombs,  Robert 
S.  Davis,  W.  C.  Aughinbaugh,  Charles  W.  Hubbard. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

R.  H.  Allen,  Chairman. 

After  addresses  by  Rev.  E.  E.  Swift,  D.D.,  Rev.  R.  H.  Allen,  D.D., 
Rev.  L.  Dorland,  Rev»  C.  McCurdy  and  others,  the  report  submitted  by 
the  Committee,  with  its  recommendations,  was  unanimously  adopted,  and 
the  feeling  expressed  by  many  was,  that  the  $100,000,  recommended  by 
the  Standing  Committee  on  the  Benevolent  Work  of  the  Church,  should 
be  raised  in  full  this  year. 


APPOINTMENTS  BY  THE  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 

Horn  Mission  AppoiimtBifTi}  in  Mat  187(. 


Rev.  H.  Lanoa8hlr«.  Malta,  N.  T. 

Rev.  A.  E.  Smith,  WarrensburgluN.  Y. 

Rev.  S.  Mandervllle,  Mosonvllle,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  J.  H,  Board,  Canaseraga,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  J.  M.  Ballou,  Clarence,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  A.  Cooper,  Junias.  N.  Y. 

Rev.  R.  H,  Dexter,  Pavilion,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  C.  D.  Buok,Weehaaken,  N.  J. 

Rev.  J.  W,  Earnshaw,  Tuckerton  and  Baas 

River,  N.  J. 
Rev.  D.  w.  Cassat,  Reynoldsvllle,  Pa. 
Rev.  F.  R.  S.  Hunsicker,  PlamsteadviUe  and 

Carveravllle,  Pa. 
Rev.  J.  B.  Krewson,  ForestvUle,  Pa. 
Rev.  M.  Burdett,  NewporlviUe  and  Bensalom, 

Pa. 
Rev.  J.  Peacock,  Holmesbarg.  Pa. 
Rev.  J.  Rogers,  Pencader,  Del. 
Rev.  R.  A.  Brown,  Smyrna,  Del. 
Rev.  J.  Alexander,  D.D.,Mound8Ville,  W.  Va. 
Rev.  J.  B.  Qraham,  Three  Springs,  w.  Va. 
Rev.  J.  H.  Flanagan.  Grafton,  W.  Va, 
Rev.  W.  B.  Brown,  North  Carolina. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Taylor,  North  Carolina. 
Rev.  R.  H.  Coulter,  North  Carolina. 
Rev.  E.  N.  Sawtelle,  New  Prospect  and  Cale- 
donia, Ten  n. 
Rev.  G.  W.  Nioholls,  Sandy  Springs  and  Rome, 

Ohio. 
Rev.  W.  O.  Smith,  Woodsfleld,  New  Castle 

and  Buchanan,  Ohio. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Richmond,  Columbus.  Hoge,  Ohio. 
Rev.  Solomon  Cook.  Nevada,  Ohio. 
Rev.  M.  Kohler,  Toledo,  Ist  Gherman,  Ohio. 
Rev.  F.  F.  Friedgen,  Connersvillo,  Ind. 
Kev.  W.  C.  Neely,  Piper  City,  111. 
Rev.  William  Johnston,  East  St.  Louts,  111. 
Rev.  H.  S.  Beavls,  Vermont,  Ast^^ria  and  vie, 

111. 
Rev.  Wm.  Kelry,  Brunswick  and  Salem,  111. 
Rev.  W.  L..  Boyd,  Elgin,  III. 
Rev.  H.  W.  McKee,  Springfield,  Portuguese, 

Rev.  j!  B.  McOlure,  River  Park,  IlL 

Rev.  W.  F.  Brown,  May  wood,  111. 

Rev.  E.  R.  Davis,  Homewood,  Braldwood  «nd 

Will.Ill. 
Rev.  T.  Dougan,  North  Bend,  Wis. 


Rev.  J.  D.  Oowan,  Bellerllle  aad   Dayton, 

Rev.  E.  P.  Heborton,  Duluth,  Minn. 

Rev.  W.  S.  Wilson,  Dundas  and  Forest,  Minn. 

Rev.  A.  J.  Buell,  Litchfield,  Minn. 

Rev.  C  O.  Thatcher,  Worthington,  Minn. 

Rev.  F,  W.  Bruechert,  Richland  Centre^  Oer- 
man,  Iowa. 

Rev.  T.  A.  Shaver,  Glidden  and  Vail,  Iowa. 

Rev.  J.  R.  Brown,  Malvern  and   Riverside, 
Iowa. 

Rev.  J.  Liesveld,  Malvern,  Oerman,  Iowa. 

Rev.  G.  Plerson,  Adel  and  WauKee.  Iowa. 

Rev.  J.  Osmond.  Russell,  Iowa. 

Rev.  J.  M.  McElruy,  BaUvia,  Iowa. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Reynard.  Little  Blue  Klver,  Neb. 

Rev.  .r.  A.  Hood,  Columbus  and  Schuyler,  Neb. 

Rev.  L.  P.  Rowland,  White  Water,  Marquaad 
and  vicinity.  Mo. 

Rev.  D.  R.  HIndman,  Memphis,  Mo. 

Rev.  J.  Branch,  Bristol,  Pleasant  Hill  and 
Marble  Hill,  Mo. 

Rev.  R.  S.  Reese,  Knob  Noster,  Mo. 

Rev.  S.*M.  Irwin,  Geneva,  Liberty  and  Fair- 
view,  Kan. 

Rev.  S.  T.  Davis,  Hiawatha.  Kan. 

Rev.  Wm.  Bishop,  H.H.^  Independence,  Kan. 

Rev.  E.  Paradls,  Beaver  Creek  and  Plnm 
Creek,  Kan. 

Rev.  John  Elliott,  Muskogee,  Ind.  Ter. 

Rev.  W.  Mayo,  Baxter  Springs,  Columbus  and 
Pleasant  View,  Kan. 

Rev.  J.  Mitchell,  La  Oygne,  Kan. 

Rev.  S.  W.  Griffin,  Labette  and  Hackberry, 
Kan. 

Rev.  J.  Baay,  Pleasanton,  Kan. 

Rev.  W.  G.  Bell,  Presbyterlal  Missionary, 
Texas. 

Rev.  D.  E.  Finks,  Falrplay,  Col. 

Rev.  F.  L.  Arnold,  Evanston  and  Ogden,  Wy- 
oming and  Utah. 

Rev.  N.  B.  Kllnk,  Vall«Jo,  OaL 

Rev.  J.  Cameron,  San  Bernardino,  Cal. 

Rev,  J.  B.  Jewell.  Mt.  Aukem,  Cat 

Rev.  Geo.  Ross,  Tualatin  Plains,  Oreiroa. 

Rev.  H.  Gans,  Bethany,  Eagle  Park  and  R 
River,  Oregon. 

Rev.  M,  A.  Williams,  Jackson  Go.,  Oregon. 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 

*  Synods  in  small  capitals— Presbyteries  In  italict- Chnrthes  in  Roman. 
BEOEIPTS  FOR  HOME  MISSIONS  IN  MAY  1876. 


ALBAirr.— CAampIa in— OhateaiiKay  8;  Fort 
Guvingcon2a;  Keesevillo,  (of  which  Mrs  H  E 
Prescott  5)  le.  C'o/tt»»Ma— Hillsdale  20.  Troy 
—Caldwell  14  84  00 

Baltimorb.  --Ba«<iiu»re— Baltimore.  West- 
minster, a  member  6 ;  Bethel  and  North  Bend 
10:  Chestnut  Grove  Sab-sch  6;  ElUcott  City, 
(of  which  Sab-sob  10)  25.  New  C<i«fl«— Wil- 
mington Central  Sab-sch  50.  Wa$hington 
C«y— Lewinsvllle  and  Falls  3  50  98  50 

Central  Njiw  YoRK.—Binghamton^Bing- 
hamton  West  18  14 ;  Coventry  Ist  28 ;  Union 
20;  Virgil  2.  0/»«^o— Unadllla  2  W.  Syra- 
ctt«e— Syracuse  4th,  Sab-sch  171  61 ;  Syracuse, 
1st  Ward  6  63.     Utica— Rome  28  03  275  27 

CiKOiKNATi.— Dayfon— Troy  78  30 

Cleveland.— C/«t>dand—Elyria,  EDe  Witt 
25,  M  W  Cogswell  10,  E  W  West  5,  M  IJ  Gates 
6  •45 :  Klngsville  3  31 ;  Rome  2  47.  Mahoning 
— Habbard 5 ;  Salem  28 ;  Youngstown  1st  17  00 ; 
Rev  John  McCntohan  7  20.  St  Clair svilte— 
Bethel  3;  Martinsville  10;  Washington  42  50. 
•^«ttdentHU/e— Buchanan  4;  Richmond  10 

173  20 

Colorado.— Afonfano— Deer  Ledge        2  60 

Columbus.— ^fAen«— Marietta,  4th  St  12. 
Co/umfriM— Grove  City  2  05 ;  Mt  Sterling  2  05 ; 
Scioto  2  01.  »Foo«/er— Berlin  6 ;  Canal  Fulton 
10     Zanesville—aii  Zion  5  30  11 

Erie.  —  Butler  —  Amity  2  20 ;  Harrisvllle 
1  00 ;  Pine  Grove  33  62.  Erie  —  Cambridge 
5  67;  Oil  City  2d  18;  Springfleld  6.  Kittan- 
ning — Marion  14  80.  Shenango — Enon  5  50; 
Hopewell  5 ;  New  Castle  Ist  52  05  140  64 

GBif ETA.  —  Cayuga  —  Auburn  1st  Sab-sch 
6(^28.  CAemuny— Elmira  l8tl8  50.  Geneva- 
Geneva  Ist,  mon  con  coll  23  05.  Steuben  — 
Arkport  7 ;  Bath  38  40  145  23 

HARRi8BUROH.—CaWi«/e— Burnt  Cabins  10; 
I«owor  Path  Valley,  (of  which  a  meml>er  25) 
53;  Upper  Path  Valley  25;  Waynesboro  6  86. 
Huntingdon — Shaver's  Creek  15.  Northum- 
fr«r/and—LiQwisburg Sab-sch  136  50;  Northum- 
berland l8t20;  Witliamspon2d  44  11.  fVellt- 
6oro— Kane  5 ;  Wellsboro  3  70  310  17 

Illinois,  Central.  —  Bloomington—  Dan- 
ville, from  S  S  Dobbins  100;  Springvale  5. 
Peoria  —Peoria  1st  67  50  172  50 

Illinois,  North.  —  Chicago  — Ciilcngo  Ist 
142  61.  OWawa— Mendola  25.  Rock  fiiyer— 
Peuiel  14  181  61 

Illinois,  South.— J  Won— Blair  15;  Rev  A 
P  BlBSOil  18  50  33  50 

Indiana,  North.— For/  Wayne— Hudson  3; 
Salem  Centre  2.  Lof^antpor/— Lioganspon  Ist 
1  77.    Jtfwncie— Wabash  10  61  17  38 

Indiana,  South.  —indiona»oW«— Indian- 
apolis, iDdianola'lO.  New  Albany— MLxxdison 
Isi  Sab-sch  30  08  ;  New  Washington  5.  White 
ITa/er— Shelby ville,  Ger  0  00  54  68 

Iowa,  South.—  Council  Bluffs  —Casey  1. 
/owa— Fremont  3;  KirksviUe  10;  Kossuth 
5  63 ;  Mt  Pleasant  7  43 ;  Mt  Pleasant,  Ger  11 

37  06 

Kansas.— >iu«/jn— Austin  1st,  Texas  41  50. 
Highland — Vienna,  German  60  ots.  Neosho — 
Elk  Creek  75  cts ;  Pleasant  Hil  1 1  56.  Topeka 
—Bennington  1 ;  Liindsey  2 ;  Minneapolis  3  60 

51  00 

Kentucky.-  Louf«t>iii«— Louisville,  Walnut 
St  15  51 ;  Olivet  2  17  51 

LiONQ  Island.  —  Brooklyn  —  Brooklyn  1st, 
Remsen  St  46  02;  Brooklyn  1st,  Henry  St, 
add»l  166 ;  Brooklyn,  La  Fayette  Ave  Sab-sch 
250.    ^attau— Roslyn  7  '  458  92 

MicHiOAN.—Dc/ro</— White  Lake  17.  Lan- 
cing—Lansing  Ist,  a  member  2  19  00 

MiNNB8OTA.—itfanA:a/0— Saratoga  Welsh  6. 
Trinon<i— Kasson  6  19  10  19 


Missouri.— O^arik— Buffalo  8  60;  Carthage 

22  10;  Springfleld,  Calvary  84  85.  Palmyra— 
New  Cambria  5  120  45 

Nebraska.— JiCearney— Kearney  Junction  2. 
OtnoAa— Bell  Creuk  5  7  00 

New  J BttaMY.— Elizabeth  —  Elizabeth.  Si- 
loam  8  80;  Plnokamln  4  10;  Roselle  Sab-sch 
5  24;  Summit  Central  13  60;  Westfield  24  67. 
Jersey  C</w— Jersey  City  3d  10  20 ;  Rutherford 
Park  17  02 ;  Tenafly  10  86.  Monwou/A— Ten- 
nent,  addU  16  40 ;  Whiting  and  Shamony,  add'l 
2.  Morris  and  Orange— E&st  Orange  34  38 ; 
Orange  2d,  add'l  100;  Orange  Central  140: 
Morristown  Ist,  add*!  21  64.  ^i^arib— Newark 
1st,  mon  cpn  coll  38  50 ;  RoseviUe,  add*l  35 ; 
Newark,  High  St  123  70.  -^«u»/o»  —  Yellow 
Frame  7  5!3.  West  Jersey — Cape  Island  21; 
Greenwich  68  56  608  04 

New  York.— Bo«/on— Newburyi>ort  1st,  (of 
which  mon  oon  ooll  10)  86.    Hudton— Goodwill 

23  50;  Middletown  2d  6  86;  Scot«htown  7  15. 
New  For*— Fourth  Ave,  mon  con  coll  42  28 ; 
University  Place,  add'l  461 ;  Ch  of  Covenant, 
addn  600 ;  Madison  Square,  add*l  60 ;  Sea  and 
Land  3  46.  Westchester  —  Pouudrldge  60; 
Peekskill  1st  Sab  soh  50  1,247  83 

Pacific— San  Jote— Gilroy  11  10 

Philadelphia.  —  CAc»/er— Darby  Borough 
16;  Media  0  65.  PAiZadeJoAio— Philadelphia, 
Chambers  100 ;  Philadelphia  0th  76 ;  Walnut 
Street,  In  part  400;  W  Spruce  St  Sab-sch 
107  46.  Philadelphia  Central  —  Green  Hill 
110  70.  Philadelphia  North—  Bensalem  and 
Newport  14.  Westminster  —  Marietta  34 ; 
Union  4  05  880  76 

Pittsburgh.  —  BZair«r<//e— Ebensburg  12 ; 
Fairfield  23  35;  Union  22  60.  Pittsburgh  — 
East  Liberty,  ftom  a  member  300 ;  Hebron  35 ; 
Pittsburgh  2d  28  03 ;  Pittsburgh,  Grace  Me- 
morial 3;  Shady  Side  20  83  ;  Valley  17.  Red- 
«/on0— Dunbar  16.  IFatftino/on  — Wheeling 
2d  75;  Wheeling  4th  1  81.  West  Virginior^ 
Newburg  10 :  Pleasant  Flats  5  50  573  12 

Toledo.- Be/ZeA>n/a<ne— Bellefontalne6  33; 
Bucyrus  6  10.  Huron— Clyde  6  68.  Lt'mo— 
Deiphos  1  28.  Maumee— MTilton  Centre  4  50 ; 
Kidgeville8  50  32  30 

WiwTBRN  New  York.— Bu^oJo— Fredonla, 
add'13.  JViagrara- Lockport  ist  87.  Rochester 
—Lima  5  47 ;  Tuscarora  10  106  47 

Wisconsin.-  CAippeipa— Chippewa  Falls 
8  40.  Af i/waufcee— Delafleld  1  73.  Winnebago 
— Neenah  20  26;  Stevens  Point  25  61  38 

Total  received  from  churches,  $6,147  00 
Legacies.— Legacy  of  Hon  Walter  Craig, 
decM,  late  of  Cross  tfreek  Village,  Pa  200,  leaf 
collateral  inheritance  tax  10=190 ;  Legacy  of 
Mrs  Lucina  Parsons,  decM,  late  of  Qouver- 
neur,  New  York,  in  part  100 ;  Legacy  of  Rev. 
Levi  Griswold,  decM  1,400;  Legacy  of  Mrs. 
Mary  B  Cooper,  decM,  late  of  New  Castle,  Del 
1000,  loss  5  per  cent  inheritance  tax=050. 

2,040  00 
Miscellaneous. — "A  mite  to  spread  the 
Bible"  5 ;  Woman's  Foreign  Miss'y  Soc*y  of 
the  North  West  22 ;  Six  months'  Interest  on 
Hungerford  Trust  204,  Gold  at  116^=303  93: 
Larger  X  Roads  Sab-sch,  N  J  0;  Soc'y  or 
Miss^y  Inquiry  of  Auburn  Theological  Sem'y 

,'WellsI 

Tiiiu,  vyiiiu  1.1.  i  laijk  uivruviia    ^ubvivow    vU   BOWCS 

Legacy  70 ;  G  W  Parkell,  Caldwell,  Texas  1 ; 
J  F  Bergen,  Little  Indian,  111  339  80;  Eliza 
E  Townsend,  Erwins,  N  Y  6;  J  H  Colt,  Esq, 
Atwater,  Ohio  5 ;  Mrs  A  O  Brown,  N  Y  City 
76j  **C,''Ky87  1,147  43 

Total  received  In  May,  1876,       $0,036  33 
O.  D.  EATON,  Treasurer, 

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


[July 


Albany. —  i4/6any— New  Scotland  20  61. 
CA  amp/a  in— Mooera  10.     Troy— Oaldwell  3 

89  61 

Baltimore.  —  BalHmore  — ElUoott  City  10; 
a«»vane  (Jhapol  16  25  00 

Central  ffEW  York.— 0<no/kam/on— BIn|$. 
hamton  West  4  26.  0/wyo— Unadllla  78  cis. 
.Vyracii  ««--CaKenovla  20;  Syracuso,  Is  t  Ward 
1  66.     t;/ica~ClayvlUe  46  71  W 

Cincinnati.— C<nc<n»<rri—ao8henfl.  Day- 
fon— Cllflon  18  80:  Greenville  4  28  80 

Cleveland.— C/«ve/and— Rome  61  cents: 
Stronj^PvIlle  82  cents.  Afa/ion<no— Deer  field 
10  35:  Hubbard  6;  Salem  8.  S  Clair  ville^ 
Martinsville  6.  Steubenville—Bwoou  Bldge  6 : 
East  Sitringrfiold  6  40  78 

CoLUMBus.-MarfoTi— Delaware  12.  Woo  - 
•er— Berlin  1:  Blooming  Grove  2:  Canal  Ful- 
um  1:  Chester  6;  Congress  7;  Hopewell  16; 
Naghvllle  7;  Wayne6  '  65  00 

Erik.- Ba//«-— Amity  60  cts;  Harrlsvlllo  85 
ot8;  PortersvlUe  6.  Er»>  — Cambridge  1  41; 
Franklin,  add'l  5;  Oil  City  2d  8;  Springfield  2. 
Kiltanning—M.a.rloii  8  87.  SAenanoo— Beaver 
Falls  14;  Clarksville  21  38 ;  Hopewell  2    83  81 

Geneva.- CA«muny— Bardett  6;  Elmlralst 
4  60.  Geneva— Seneca  Castle  6  60.  Steuben— 
Bath  10  40 ;  Cohocton,  (Blood  Station)  65 

81  40 

HARRi8BUROH.—Car/<«i«— Upper  Path  Val- 
ley 20 ;  Waynesboro  1  70.  Hu aft ngrdon- Bald 
Eagle  and  Nlttany  6 ;  Huntingdon  48  25 ; 
Logan's  Valley  9;  Peru  4  60;  Shaver's  Creek 
8:  Upper  Tuscarora  7  46.  Northumberland— 
WllHamsport2d  12  33.  irc/l«6oro— Wei Isboro 
92  cU  112  16 

Illinois,  CENTRAL.—Peori<i— Peoria  Ist  48. 
Schuyler— dulney  Ist  16  26  81  26 

Illinois,  North.— CAieaao— Chicago  1st 

36  41 

Illinois,  South.— Rev  A  P  Bissell        4  59 

Indiana,  North.  —  Craw/ordsville  —  Li* 
Fayette  2*1  42  43.  Looanipor/- Logansport  1st 
43  cts.    Af  uncte— Waoa^h  2  67  46  43 

Indiana,  SovTn.—New  Albany— MtaWfon 
Ist  12.  Ffnc«nne«  —  Princeton  12.  White 
»'a/er— Shelbyvllle,  Ger2  40  28  40 

Iowa,  North.— Duftu^ue— Dubuque  2d  25  00 

Iowa,  South.— Counci/  a/t^«— Clarlnda 
35.    /oico— Kossuth  1  88  ;  Mt  Pleasant  1  73 

„  3809 

KANSA8.—H<^A/and— Vienna  Ger  18  cts 

Kentucky.—  Lou<»t»iZ/e— Louisville,  Wal- 
nut St  3  84;  Olivet  2  6  84 

MirnioAN.— Dc/roi/— Plalnfleld  1  60;  Una- 
dlUa  1  26.     Grand  i2a/;id«— Charlevoix  1  01 

3  76 


Receipt*  for  Suttentation  in  May   1875. 


New  Jkrhky.— Elizabeth— F\ue\i&mln  1  04; 
Roselle  Sab-sch  1  30;  Summit  Central  3  41: 
Wostfleld  6  12.  Jeney  CUy—  Tonafly  2  57. 
Afonmou/A— Tenncnt,  add'l  1  60.  Morrii  and 
Oranoe— East  Orange  6  06;  Morristown  Ist, 
add'l  6  37.  Ne war*  —  Newark,  Central  75. 
Kew  0run«iDicib— Princeton  Ist  12.  Newton— 
Harmony  24  26;  Yellow  Frame  1  86         140  58 

New  York.- HtttUon— Goodwill  6  63 ;  Ha- 
verstraw  Ist  6  36;  Mlddletown2.1  1  82;  Scotch- 
town  1  78.    New  York—SeA  and  Land  86  cts 

15  98 

Pac I Eic— San  Jo»tf— Gllroy  2  75 

Philadelphia.— CA?»rcr—  Darby  Borough 
1 :  Media  1  DO.  Lackawanna  —  Soranton  2d 
29  36.  PAitad^/pAia— Phllad'a,  West  Spruce 
St  254  32.  Philadelphia  North— \UinBa.\em  10. 
IFe«ffn<n«/«r—(  Christ  Chapel  70;  MarietU  10: 
Slateville  16 ;  Union  4  00  806  67 

PiTTSBiTROH.—  BlairsvUle  —  Ebonsburg  3 ; 
Fairfield  9;  Ligonier  8:  Pleasant  Qrove  4; 
I  nion  11  40.  Pi /tibur ah  — Hebron  6;  Man?- 
field  10;  Mt  Washington  10:  Pittsburgh  2d 
6  72 ;  Shady  Side  7  41 ;  Swissvale  3  20.  Wash- 
ington—Vrheelng  2d  17  81 ;  Wheeling  4th  44 
cts  90  98 

Toled<».  —  Belle/ontaine—  BellefontAine  Ist 
1  67:  BucyruB  1  27.  Lmo— Delphos  82  cts; 
Madis<m  1  4  16 

Western  New  York.- ilocAe  /er— Caledo- 
nia 6;  Lima  1  35  6  35 

Wisconsin.— Jtfiitraiafe—Delafield 42 cts  42 


Total  received  from  churches,       $1,420  94 

Miscellaneous. — Hcv  D  LHughes,  Vinton, 

Iowa  60 :  Frances  Z  S  Knight,  N  Y  City  30; 

Rev  A  D  Barber,  Clarendon  Vt  S;  "C,^'  Ky 

9  18  92  18 


Total  in  May  1875,        $1,513  12 
O.  D.  EATON,  Treaturer, 
23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 
Erra/um.— Page  184,  for  Trenton  142  57,  read 
Trenton  Ist  ch  142  67. 


Letters  relating  to  Missionary  Appoint- 
ments and  other  operations  of  the  Board, 
should  be  addressed  to  the  Corresponding  Sec- 
retaries, 

Rev.  Hbnrt  Kendall,  D.D.,  or 
Rev.  Cyrus  Dickson,  D.D., 
No.  23  Centre  Street,  New  York  City. 
Letters  relating  to  the  pecuniary  affairs  of 
the  Board,  or  containing  remittances  of  money, 
should  bo  sent  to  O.  D.  Eaton,  Esq,  Treasurer 
—same  address— P.  O.  Box  3863. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  EDUCATION  IN  MAY  1876. 


Albany.  —  Albany  —  Gloversville  130  10. 
Champlain — Beekmantown  6;  Plattsburgh 
20.     Troy- Lake  George  2  157  10 

Baltimore.— 0a// imorf— Baltimore,  Bethel 
10;  Ellioott's  City  28:  Mt  Airy,  (Harmony)  3; 
Piney  Creek,  S  Smiin  6.  New  Cattle — Dover 
•0 ;  Mil  ford  8.  Washington  Ci/y— Georgetown, 
West  St  25  80  99  L^ 

Central  New  YoRK.—Binghanton—hing- 
hamton,  West  4  79;  Coventry  2d  12  8> :  Masou- 
Tille4;  Virgil  2.  0<«<yo— tfnadllla  83cts.  St 
Latvrence— Hammond  12  60.  5yrac««»— Syra- 
cuse, 18 1  Ward  1  84  38  81 

CiKOiNNATi.—Day/on— Riley  4  00 

Cleveland. —  Cleveland  —  CoUamer  46  60 ; 
Kingsviile  92  cts;  Rume  69  cts.  Mahoning — 
Ellsworth  13.  St  C7air«pi//«— Maniitsvllle  6. 
Steubenville—B&oon  Ridge  2;  Beech  Spring 
24;  Corinth  12;  East  Springfield  2  106  ll 

Columbus.- J/A«n«— AmcsvUle  6;  Bashan 
2 ;  Chester  1  35  ;  Syracuse  1.  Wooater—iiGriln 
I ;  Blooming  Grove  2 ;  Canal  Fulton  5 ;  Ches- 
ter 4 :  Congress  7 ;  East  Hopewell  16 :  Nash- 
ville 8;  Shiloh  1;  Wayne  6.  Zanesville—Hi 
ZIoD  6  06  85 


Erie.— il//«9Aeny^AIlegheny2d  26  80:  Bull 
Creek  6.  tf«//er— Amity  50  cts;  Harrisville 
35  018;  Middlesex  15.  ifHr— Cambrldgt)  1  59: 
Erie,  Westminster  3  40;  riensantville  24; 
Springfield  2.  JTif/anntn^?— Marion  4  18 ;  Ru- 
ral Valleys  80.  5ftenanya— Hopewell  3;  Lit- 
tle Beaver  5 ;  Mt  Pleasant  12 ;  New  Castle  Ist 
18  25  125  82 

Geneva.— CAemvno- Elmlralst  6  16.  Steu- 
ben—Arkporl  8 ;  Bath  26  34  16 

Harrisuurou.  —  Carlisle  —  Pazton  14  43; 
Waynesboro  1  91.  Hun/<nydoa— Peru  4  50; 
Shaver's  ('reek  3;  Upper  Tuscarora  7  45. 
JVor/A«mftcr/and— Jersey  Shore  58  69;  North- 
umberland 12 :  Williamsport  2d  12  70.  WelU- 
6oro— Wei  iHboro  1  03  115  11 

Illinois,  Central.— PfoHo— Peoria  1st  40; 
Prospect  3«J.    ScAuyter— t^ulncy  Ist  30  76 

106  75 

Illinois,  North.  —  Chicago  —Chicago  Irt 
89  75.    0//aipa— An  Sable  Grove  6;  Morris  13 

56  75 

Illinois,  South.— vl //on— Rev  A  P  BIssell 
6  16 ;  Brighton  2.     Cairo— Odin  2  9  W 

iNDiANAf  North.—  CrawfordtviUe  — New- 


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town  6:  Waveland  7.  Fort  Wayne  — Tori 
Wayne  lat  00  75.  Lotfentporf — I/oganaport  iBt 
4»  cu.    MuncU—Wt^MSh  2  89  85  13 

IicDiAXA,  South.— ^«w  Albany— Ve^  Al- 
ban/  Ist  41  10.  Kincetinet— Evansvllle,  Wal- 
nut St  30  n  10 

Iowa,  North.— Puftti^iM?— Mount  Hope  6  50. 
Waterloo— Qrundj  Centro  6  11  50 

Iowa,  South.  —  Council  Bluft  —  College 
Sprinn  1.  lotra— Koesuth  let  1  55;  Middle- 
town  6 :  Mt  Pleasant  1st  9  21  10  70 

KAK8A8.— H<yA/and— Blue  Baplds  60  cts; 

Vienna  20  cts  70  cts. 

Kritucky.  —  Ebenezer  —  Frankfort    7  06. 

Lou<#t;«l€— Ii0Uisvllle,WalnutSt4  33;  Olivet 

2  ;  Uwensboro  Ist  10  75  83  13 
LoKO  l8LAMD.—Broo*/yn— Brooklyn,  Throop 

Ave  32  00 

MiCHiOAic.— D^froi/- Holly  5  80.  Grand 
Rapirf*— (.Charlevoix  1  01.  Laming— La-nslug 
lat,  a  member  1  7  81 

MiNWKBOTA.- DaJko/a— RevT  S  Williamson 
1.  Mankato— South  Bend  1.  5/  Paui— Still- 
water ist  3  55  0  55 

Missouri.— 0»«ye  —  Sedalla  14.  Ozark— 
Springfield,  Calvary  11  50.  PM//e— St  Joseph, 
Westminster  31  80  .  57  30 

New  Jersey.— r/iarafte/A—Pluokamln  1  18: 
Boeelle   Ist   Sab-sch  1  47 ;   Summit  Central 

3  81 ;  Wcsifleld  0  87.  Jersey  City  —  Jersey 
City  3d  2;  Tenafly  2  80.  Morris  and  Orange— 
East  Orange  0  81;  Morristown  Ist,  addM  0  03; 
Orange  Ist  114  60.    Newark  — Bloomfleld  Ist 

04  85 ;  Newark,  Central  70.  New  Brunswick— 
Hamilton  Square  4  00;  Trenton  4th  70  25. 
»ir/on— Yellow  Frame  2  10.  West  Jersey— 
Camden  2d  80:  Cape  Island  10;  Woodbury 
16  36  413  71. 

Nbw  York.  —  Boston  —  Newbury  port  1st 
23  50.  fiiMison —Goodwill  7;  Jefl'ersonviUe, 
Ger  0  20 ;  Mlddletown  2d  1  60 ;  Scotchtown  2. 
New  For*— New  York,  Church  of  the  Sea  and 
Land  00  cts;  New  York,  Rutgers  205  07. 
Westchester  —  Grwuhurgh  32  60;  Throg's 
Neck  10  355  83 

FACiFic—OreffOfv— Eugene  City  5 ;  Pleasant 
Grove  4.    San  Jose— Oilroy  3  10  12  10 

PHiLAD«LPHiA.—CAc«/«r— Darby  Borough 
2  ;  Media  2  13.  Lackawanna— LangcUff  4  80. 
PAi/iide/pAia— Philadelphia,  Tabernacle,  Miss 
UH15.    Philadelphia  cVnrral— Philadelphia, 


Spring  Garden  Sab-sch  23  14.  Westminster— 
irfarietta  20 ;  Pequea  8  15 ;  Union  1  30  70  01 
Pittsburgh.— B/a^rtviWc—Ebensburgh  3 ; 
Fairfield  18:  Union  15  60;  Johnstown  28. 
Pi««6ttroA  —  Hebron   0:   Monongahela    City 

21  05;  Pittsburgh  2d  0  42;  Pittsburgh,  Shady 
Side  8  33;  Swl88valo7;  Valley  3.  Redstone— 
Little  Redstone  10.  Washington  — YiKeon 
Creek  13  70 ;  West  Liberty  5  65 ;  Wheeling 
2d  20  40:  Wheeling  4th  50  cU.  West  Virginia 
—French  Creek  22;  Weston  2  65  102  74 

TBNJfE8SBE.—  l7n<o»— Washington  2  50 

ToLKDO.— Bei/</on/a<n«— Bellefontalnel  77 : 
Bueyrus  1  43.  Ltma— Delphos  37  cts.  Mau- 
mee— HicksvIUe  3 :  Union  2  8  67 

Westkrw  New  York.— Mayaro— Lockport 
1st  21;  Porter  1st  12.  Rochester —lAmt^  1  53; 
Moscow  0  *0  53 

Wi8CON8iw.—C*ipp«?iro— Black  River  Falls 
2  30.  3i</tPflw*<?c— Delafleld  48  cts.  H^<nn«- 
6ago— Osbkosh  2  55;  Wlnneconne2  7  33 

ToUl  receipts  flrom  churches,       |2,340  01 

Legacies. 

David  Wright,  Mechanicstown,  O  208  83; 

Mrs  Mary  B  Cowper,  New  Castle,  Del,  200  less 

5  per  cent  tox,  100  «<*  *> 

Refunded. 

**T  S  L**  ""  ^ 

MiSCELLASEOUS. 

Rev  E  b  Morris,  D.  D.,  12  60 ;  A  M  Carson 

22  50 ;  Error  in  Miscellaneous  account  ^;  G 
W  Parkell,  Caldwell.  Texas  1;  Key  D  L 
Hughes,  Vinton,  Iowa  60;  Frances  Z  S  Knight, 
New  York  City  30 :  D  C  M  6 :  A  friend  1;  E 
H  P  30  cents ;  ^'  O,'^  Kentucky  10  31         \i&  fll 

Total  Receipts  In  May,       $3,032  85 
E.  G.  WOODWARD,  Treasurer^ 
1334  Chestnut  Street,  Phila. 


Reports  and  correspondence  relating  to  the 
general  business  of  the  Board,  address  to 
William  Spebr,  D.D., 

Corresponding  Secretary, 

The  Permanent  Manual  of  the  Board, 

cards  for  annual  collections,  and  other  needed 

Information,  ftirnished  on  application  to  the 

Secretary. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  FOREIGN  MISSIONS  IN  MAY  1875. 


Albany.  —  Albany  —  East  Nassau  ch  5. 
CAamp/aiTi— Chateangay  ch  0.  Columbia  — 
LlvingstonvlUe  ch  10 ;  Catskill  oh  172  04. 
Troy— 3d  ch  Troy  35;  Sand  Lake  oh  4;  Cald- 
well ch  8  243  04 

Baltimore.— fifl//imore— Bethel  and  North 
Bend  ch  .0.  New  Castle— Dover  ch  40;  New- 
ark  eh  0  13.  Washington  City— West  St  oh, 
Georgetown  00  140  13 

Central  New  York.- BinyAam/oa— 1st  ch 
Union  20  73;  Ist  ch  Deposit  13  67;  West  ch, 
Binghamton  25  72;  Virgil  ch  2.  Otsego— Vn\- 
dilla  ch  4  44.  St  Lawrence— Tter  B  Burnap 
10.  Syracuse— 1st  Ward  ch,  Syracuse  7  04; 
4th  ch  Syracuse,  Mr  Shumway's  class,  for 
Mexico  0  75.  l/fica— Rome  ch  26  23;  South 
Xrenton  ch  7 ;  Turin  Sab-sch  5  180  88 

Cincinnati.- C<ncfnna/i — Lebanon  Sab-sch 
38.  Por/«iaoii/A  —  Hanging  Rock  and  Pine 
Grove  ch  10  43  00 

Cleveland.  -C/eve/and— Western  Reserve 
College  ch  0;  Klngsville  ch  4  00;  Rome  ch 
3  70.  AfoAoaino— Salem  ch  40 ;  1st  ch  Youngs- 
town  17  80.  St  C/flir»»iW«— Cambridge  ch, 
Woman's  Mission  Soc'y  to  sup  pupil  at  Dehra 
35;  BealsvillechS;  York  ch  ll  Steubenville 
—2d  ch  Steubenville  174,  Sab-sch  80=264 ;  Yel- 
low Creek  ch,  Ladies  MIss'y  Soc'y  02  63; 
Bethel  oh  34  50 ;  Beech  Grove  ch  25 ;  Carroll- 


ton  Sab-sch  for  China  17 ;  Cross  Creek  Sab- 
sch  for  China  13  75;  Ist  ch  Steubenville,  a 
fViend  10:  Bloomfleld  Sab-sch  lor  China  14  60: 
Sloan  Memorial  ch,  children  of  Rev  J  M  Shaw 
and  David  Allen  3  .  660  80 

Columbus.- Co/ttm5tt«  —  Groveport  ch  5. 
fFoo«/?r— Nashville  ch  for  Canton  sch  60,  fbr 
Ping  Tai  0  50=50  60;  Canal  Fulton  ch  10; 
Beech  Creek  ch  5;  Hopewell  ch  3  60;  Chester 
Sab-sch  0  61;  Berlin  ch  2.  Zanesville—Mt 
Zion  ch  5  W  61 

Erie.— ii//f<7*eny— Bull  Creek  ch  0 :  Hobo- 
ken  Sab-sch  4.  C/tf Hon— Greenville  ch,  Sab- 
sch  to  sup  boy  In  India  75.  Erie—Ut  ch  Sab- 
sch  Meadvlile,  to  sup  Miss  Joseph  at  Dehra 
37  50 ;  Oarabrlage  ch  8  51.  KiManntno— Mar- 
lon ch  22  20;  Boiling  Spring  Sab-sch  6 ;  Clin- 
ton ch  1.  Shenango—\»i  ch  New  Castle  68  10 ; 
Beaver  ch  48 ;  Enon  ch  5  50  270  81 

Geneva.— CawM^a- Aurora  ch  10  80.  Che- 
mung—Ist  Ch  Elmira  27  75;  Southport  ch  10. 
Geneva— Romulns  ch  81 :  1st  ch  Geneva  21  10. 
Steuben— B&th  ch  18 ;  Arkport  ch  7,  Sab-sch  2 

Harrisburoh.- CflrH«/e— Pine  St  ch.  Har- 
risburgh  000  77;  Falling  Spring  ch  Sab-sch, 
fbr  India  112  08 ;  Middle  Spring  ch  Sab-sch,  to 
sup  boy  at  Tungchow  60 ;  Paxton  ch  20  85 ; 


220 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OP  RECEIPTS. 


[July 


"Waynesboro  eh  10  28 ;  Greencastle  ch  8.  Hunt- 
ingdon—1st  oh  Holllday«burg  04  08^  Sab-sch 
11  40-76  08;  3haveT'8Creekch28;  Bald  Eagle 
and  Nittany  ch  20:  Port  Roval  ch  Sab-sch 
10  16.  NorthumberUnd —2d  ch  WlUlamsport 
67  80:  Derry  ch.  Female  MlasW  Soc'y  30  50; 
iBt  ch  Northumberland  6,  Sab-sch  7Xh=M, 
fF«/l»*oro--Well8boroch  6  66  1,070  23 

Illinois,  Central. — Peoria— let  oh  Peoria 
02  87,  Sab-sch  60~142  87.  Schuyler— Ut  oh 
Qninoy  108  80;  Mt  Sterling  Sab-sch  60  30 

301  97 

Illinois,  Noeth.— CAica^o—lst  ch  Chicago 
218  92;  Grace  ch,  Chicago  22  28.  Ottawa— 
Mandotta  ch  30.  Rock  River— Feniel  oh  8  26 : 
Fulton  Sab-sch  for  Canton,  China  8         282  46 

Illinois,  SoDTH.  — ^Wa»— Sugfar  Creek  ch 
11 ;  Rev  A  P  Blssell  27  76.  Mattoonr^GtTMd- 
view  ch  8  60 ;  Dudley  ch  3  60  46  76 

Indiana,  North,— Cr«w/'ord«t;<W«— Wave- 
land  ch  6.  Logan9port^  fat  ch  Liogansport 
2  04.    JfKiitfie— Wabash  ch  16  64  !»  18 

Indiana,  SovrtL—New  Albany—^  ch  New 
Albaoy  26  60;  New  Washington  ch  10 ;  Henry- 
vllle  ch  1  90;  Mt  Lebanon  ch  2  10.  Fincf  fi- 
ne*—Ytnoennos  ch.  Infant  class  3  04         43  14 

Iowa,  North.— Cedtfr  Rapids— Ist  ch  Cedar 
Rapids  1,19175;  Richland  Centre  ob  4  20. 
ira/«r/oo— Grundy  Centre  oh  10  26        1,212  20 

Iowa,  South.— Counci/  Bluffi—lst  ch  Sab- 
sch  Corning  2.  Iowa— M.i  Pleasant  ch  12  04 ; 
Kossuth  ch  8  28,  Helping  Hands  1  78=10  02; 
Liberty vllle  Sab-sch  8  00.  Jf enrney— Kearney 
ch2  30  20 

Kavbab.— Highland— (J\9Moe  ch  2:  Del- 
phos  oh  2;  Vienna  ch  1  04;  Bear  Rapids  ch  1 

6  04 

KBNTUOKT.—  ^oiiitvii/e— Walnut  St  oh, 
Louisville  23  27  ;  Olivet  oh  8  26  27 

Long  Island. — Brooklyn— Isi  oh  Remsen 
St  40  82 ;  Throop  Ave  ch  84 ;  Tompkins  Ave 
ch  24  96 ;  South  8d  St  ch,  WilHtfrnsburgh 
17  77:  Greenpoint  ch  10  88;  Ist  ch,  (Dr  Sea- 
ver's)  10.    Long  i«/and— Melville  ch  18  86 

100  87 

Michigan.  —  D«^roi/—Fort  St  ch  Sab-sch, 
Detroit,  teachers  to  sup  child  at  Bangkok  33. 
Grand  JKapid*— Charlevoix  oh  1  01.  Kalama- 
jroo— Sturgls  ch,  for  Debt  21:  Ist  oh  Deoatur 
1  26.  Lansing— iBt  ch  Lansing,  a  member  2; 
Delhi  ch  2  60  00  70 

MiNNKSOTA.  —  5f  P«it/ —  Westminster  ch, 
Minneapolis  6  78 

MissouRi.—Oiraril:— Calvary  ch,  Springfield 
44  60.    Palmyra — Empire  Prairie  Sab-sch  3 

47  60 

New  Jeesby.-  Elizabeth  —2d  ch  Rahway 
300;  Springfield  ch  40 ;  Westfield  ch  87;  Sum- 
mit Centre  oh20  64;  Roselle  Sab-sch  7  80:  Clin- 
ton ch,  Ladles  For  Miss^y  Soo*y  7 ;  Pluokamin 
ch  0  29.  Jersey  City—Ut  ch  Rutherford  Park 
19  13;  Tenaflvch  16  64;  3d  ch  Jersey  City  8. 
Afonwotti*— Allentown  ch  37 ;  Shrewsbury  ch 
Sab-sch  17  86;  Burlington  oh  16  37 ;  Janicsburg 
ch.  Rhode  Hall  Sab-sch  11  13;  Wyckotf  Mills 
Sab-sch  6  60.  Morris  and  Oranyf— Istch  East 
Orange  93  46 :  Ist  ch  Morristown  32  44 ;  Hano- 
ver en  100 ;  Pleasant  Grove  ch  16.  Newark— 
.3d  ch  Newark  64  28;  Ist  ch  Newark  88  60; 
Wlcklifl^  ch  18  20.  New  Brunswick— 2d  ch 
Sab-sch  Princeton  46 ;  4th  ch  Trenton,  Infiunt 
BCh,  to  sup  child  in  India 28  76.  ^eir/on— New- 
ton Sab-sch,  for  Beirut  31  09;  Yellow  Frame 
oh  U  SO;  1st  eh  Sab-sch  Oxford  2.  West  Jersey 
—Greenwich  oh  00  01;  Cape  Island  ch  20  60; 
Cold  Spring  Sab-sch  3  40,  Cape  Sab-sch  ID  70= 
14  10  1,110  10 

New  York.— Hudson  —Goodwill  ch  86  40 ; 
Scotohtown  oh  10  78 :  2d  ch  Middletown  8  04. 
New  For*— 4th  ch  000  73,  Sab-sch,  for  India  60 
—  660  78;  Madison  Square  ch  266;  1st  ch  New 
York  43  39,  Miss  sch  03—100  80 ;  14th  St  ch 
Sab-sch,  to  ed  two  girls  at  Gaboon  and  Sidon 
126 :  Ch  of  the  Covenant  86 ;  Brick  ch  Chapel 
13  26;  Sea  and  Landch6  18;  Emanuel  Chapel, 


0th  St  4  66;  Washington  HeishU  ch  6  33; 
Spring  St  ch,  mon  oon  18.  North  River  — 
Matteawan  ch  18 ;  Calvary  ch,  Newburgh  12  66. 
Westchester— Ponndrldge  ch  46,  Sab-sch  16— 
00 ;  Ist  oh  PeeksklU  82  87 ;  Westchester  ch  11  05 

1,4W27 
PAOiTia— S«»  /o»«— Gllroy  ch  10  06 

Philadelphia.  —  C*<«/ef^-Wayn©8bnrg  ch 
192  40;  Media  ch  11  47.  Lackawanna — Memo- 
rial ch,  Wllkesbarre  88  02.  Uhigh—  Auden- 
ried  Sab-sch  0;  Upper  Lehigh  ch  4.  Philadel' 
phia—Weat  Spruce  St  ch  Sab-sch  107  40:  1st 
ch  Philadelphia  102  43:  Tabernacle  ch.  Miss 
C  H  20;  2d  ch,  £  C  6.  Philadelphia  Central— 
1st  ch  Kensington  233  06.  Philadelphia  North 
— Neshaminy  of  Warwick  ch,  Josepn  Laverell 
0;  Bensalem  and  Newport  ch  4;  Doop  Run 
and  Doylestown  chs  28  80.  West  4/Vica— 1st 
ch  Monrovia  0.  Westminster  —  Marietta  ch 
46 ;  Middle  Octorara  ch  20 ;  Union  oh  7  48 

888  00 

Pittsburgh.  —  Blairsville  — Ebensburr  eh 

20:  Pine  Run  Sab-sch  8.    Pittsburgh— KASt 

Liberty   ch,  a  member  060;  Shady  Side  ch 

44  70 ;  Monongahela  City  ch  42  20  : 2d  Oh  Pitts- 

burgh  34  66 ;  Long  Island  ^  23  90.     Redstone 

—Dunbar  oh 6.    Washington — 1st  ch  Wheeling. 

Judge  James  Paull  200;  2d  ch  Wheeling  76; 

4th  ch  Wheeling  2  70,  Sab-sch  1  60=4  29.    West 

Fir^fnia- Newburgh  ch  6  1,112  70 

Tennessee.— l^niox— Spring  Place  ch    4  00 

Toledo.— Be//«/im/iiii»e—Bucyrus  ch  7  06 ; 

1st  oh  BeilefonUine  9  60 ;  De  Graff  Sab-soh 

I  40.    Lima— Delphoe  ch  8  11  21  06 
Western  New  Yobk^— Niagara  — Ist  ch 

Lookport  120.  Rochester— OikXtdonia  ch  56  24 ; 
Tusoarora  ch  10 ;  Lima  ch  8  10  194  43 

Wisconsin.— Jlf</«oa«Jb««  —  Delavan  ch  10; 
Delafleld  ch  2  00.  Wisconsin  River— lat  eh 
Madison  48  60 ;  Cottage  Grove  oh  6,  Sab-sch  67 
ot^-6  07;  Richland  Centre  ch  5  ;  Fancy  Creek 
ch  2  60 ;  Richland  City  ch  1  44;  Lodl  ch  1  62 

72  29 

Ladies'  Board  of  Missions,  New  York  552  00 

Total  receipts  IVom  churches  in  May, 

1876,        $10,388  97 

Lbgaoies.— Champion  Estate  3,107  04:  Be- 
quest of  Mrs  L  Parsons,  Gouverneur,  N  Y  100 ; 
Legacy  of  Miss  M  Braddon,  Norristown,  Pa 
81  M) ;  Legacy  of  Mr  McElwane,deo*d,  Lancas- 
ter Co  12 ;  Estate  of  Mary  Gordon,  deoM,  Phila- 
delphia 6  3,260  54 

Miscellaneous.- J  F  Bergen,  Esq,  Little 
Indian,  Ind  839  60;  J  H  Pratt  Phiiad*u  10 ;  E  J 
R,  for  Acapulco  1;  A  mite  6;  For  Jews  6;  A 
fViend,  Rochester  6;  E  A  Buchanan,  for  the  l>ebt 
2;  Miss  Jane  R  Wilson,  Shippensburg:,  Pa  b ; 
J  V  Landerdale,  Ft  Wiugaie,  N  M,  lur  Aca^ 

Eulco  100;  R  C,  Philad'a  6  26;  H  B  Williams, 
►rydcn  6 ;  S  D  Powell,  ati'v  for  Rev  J  Miller 
Fund,  lea  by  S  Cope,  decM,  Philad'a  201  00: 
Arthur  and  Laura  Grubb  and  their  little  sis- 
ter who  died  a  year  ago  11 ;  Soo*y  of  MissV 
Inquiry,  Auburn  Theo  8em'y  00;  Rev  D  L 
Hughes,  Vinton,  Iowa  200;  Wm  Proctor. 
Lewiston,  111  400 ;  Lenox  Collegiate  Institute, 
Iowa  8  60;  A  child,  for  Africa  2;  Rev  D  L 
Dickey  and  family,  Armagh,  Pa *i6;  H  W  Bea^ 
die,  Washington  1;  G  W  Parker,  Caldwell, 
Texas  1;  John  Perkins,  Ossian,  Ind  2;  Mr 
Dows,  Waterford,  N  Y,  to  sup  girl  under  Miss 
Anderson,  Siam  86;  "For  child  Abby"  34  80; 
Miss  W,  for  Debt  6;  H  D,  for  Rio  de  Janelra 

II  60:  for  Rio  Grande  do  Sol  11  60;  District 
sch  No  10,  Schenectady  Co,  N  Y  8  78;  Rev  U 
W  Stratton,  Albany,  Oregon  6 ;  A  friend  6 ; 
Mrs  E  M Stokes,  Worthington,  Minn  11 ;  Mist 
H  N  Phillips,  Odaifah,  Wis  l6;  Cash,  to  sup 
miss'y  in  Persia  40;  C,  Kv  66  60;  Rev  Q  :> 
Boardman,  Casenovia,  N  Y,  for  Debt  40 ;  Mrs 
HB  Myers  6  04  1,008  63 

Totol  receipts  In  May.  1876,       $16,324  14 
WM.  RANKIN,  Treasurer, 
28  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


1876.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


221 


LiVTTSRB  relating  to  the  Missions,  or  other 
operafions  of  the  Board,  may  be  addressed  to 
the  Rev.  John  O.  Lowbik,  Bev.  David  Ib- 
TIRO,  or  Rev.  Frank  F.  Ellinwood,  Secre- 
taries,  Mission  House,  23  Centre  street,  New 
York. 

LiVTTKRS  relating  to  the  peonnlary  affairs  of 
the  Board,  or  containing  remittances  of  money, 
may  l)e  sent  to  William  Raitkin,  Esq.,  TreO' 
turer — same  address. 

For  Japan,  Oliina,  and  Slam  the  mail  is  sent 
from  the  Mission  House  on  the  20th  of  each 
month ;  for  India,  Syria.  Persia,  by  the  steam- 
ers nearest  the  1st  and  15th ;  for  Western  Africa, 
on  the  1st ;  for  Brazil,  on  the  22d ;  for  U.  S. 
Colombia,  on  the  6th  and  2l8t.  Newspapers, 
from  2  to  0  cents,  prepaid. 


POflTAOEB.— 

To  Western  Africa 16  cents. 

Syria 12     " 

Persia,  to  Constantinople 12     *' 

India 22     " 

Slam 28     " 

China - 10     " 

Japan 15     »* 

Bratll 16     " 

U.  S.  Colombia 18     " 

Mexico 10     " 

Chill  22     " 

For  each  }4  os  weight,  prepaid. 
Stamps  not  to  be  put  on  the  letters,  as  these 
are  enclosed  in  an  outside  envelope ;  and  the 
postage  is  assessed  aooording  to  the  weight  of 
each  letter. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  MISSION  WORK  OF  BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION  IN  MAY  1876. 


ALBAifT.  —  illfrany— Amsterdam  2d  87  60; 
Bethlehem  6  60 ;  Qreenbush  11  76 ;  Klngsboro 
17 ;  Mariavllle  9 ;  Mayfield  Central  8.  Cham- 
plain— A.u  Sable  Forks  6.    Tro if— Cambridge 

11  66 ;  Lake  George  2 ;  Troy,  Woodslde  15  06 

118  66 
BALTiMORB.—Ba<fiinorc— Baltimore,  Bethel 
10;  Bel  Air  6;  Fallston  2;  Mt  Airy,  (Har- 
mony)  7.  New  C««««— Dover  20;  Green  Hill 
and  Rockland  7.  Waihington  Ci<y— Clifton 
6  50  67  60 

Cbntral  Nbw  YottK.—Binghamton—Blug- 
hamton  West  3  24;  Virgil  2.  Ottego—Vna- 
dilla  56  cts.  St  Lawrence— Brasher  Falls  6; 
Canton  11  10;  Gouvemenr  28  60;  Ueuvelton 
S.  $yracu«f— Camillus  2  86;  Maroellns  16; 
Syracuse,  Ist  Ward  1  24 ;  Syracuse,  Park  Cen- 
tral 23  50.  l/fica— New  York  Mills  60  50 ; 
Uneida  42  06;  Oriskany  160;  Rome  17  14; 
UUca,  Bethany  U»  45;  Westemvllle  7  71: 
WestUtica  16  6(9  356  63 

CiwciKNATi.  —  CKiUicotke  —  South  Salem 
6  70;  Washington  13.  Cincinna/i— Cincin- 
nati, Avondale  100;  Cincinnati  2d  2;  Cleves  8; 
College  Hill  5.  Payfon— Springfield  Ist  60; 
Troy  II  76 ;  Venice  10.    Porttmoutk—ned  Oak 

5  215  46 
Cleveland.— CZewZand  —Cleveland  2d  86  : 

Collamer  SO  80 ;  Kingsvllle  63  cts ;  Rome  46 
ctfl  ;  Streetsborough  4  60.  Mahoning—Stklem 
8.  St  C/air«vi2<e— Klmbolton  2  50.  Steuben- 
9i//e— Canonsburgh  7;  Madison  8  10;  New 
Cumberland  2 ;  Oak  Ridge  4  68  148  72 

Colorado.  —Colorado  —Colorado    Springs 

6  25 ;  Falrplay  10.    l/loA— Corlnne  2  60     17  76 

CoLUMBue.—lfaHon— Delaware  10 ;  Liberty 
4.  Wootter— Berlin  1 ;  Canal  Fulton  6 ;  Nan- 
kin 6;  Shelby  5  57.  Zan««vi<le  —  Martins- 
burgh  7  07 ;  Mt  Zion  6 ;  Putnam  86 ;  Zanes- 
Tille  2d  18  92  54 

Erie.-  Allegheny— Alleghtiky,  Providence 
8;  Fairmount  6  75:  Industry  6;  Leetsdale 
42  07.  Bu/Zer —Amity  50  cts;  Harrisville  35 
CIS :  Plain  Grove  8  60.  Clarion  —  Leather- 
wood  6  15 ;  New  Bethlehem  4  20.  Erie— Cam- 
bridue  1  07;  Corry  0:  Pleasantvllle  12.  ATt/- 
tanning—M-ATlon  and  Rockbridge  2  80 ;  Par- 
ker 10  06  116  58 

Gbweva.  —  Cayuga  -r  Aurora  28 ;  Cayuga 
0  66.  Genoa  8d  4  60;  Port  Byron  16;  Sennett 
6  23.  CAemufi^— Elmira  1st  3  60.  Geneva— 
Ithaca  40  30.    S/eitfren— Arkport  8  105  00 

Harribburoh.- CarZ<«/e— Gettysburgh  8  60; 
Greenoastle  88 ;  Harrlsburgh,  Pine  St  186  72; 
MechanicsburghlO;  Waynesboro  1  80.  Hunt- 
ingdon—A^lexAudrlA  20 ;  Altoona*.  2d  8 :  Bethel 
9  40;  Birmingham  24  10;  Clearfield  86  69; 
Uttle  Valley  8 ;  Milesburgh   14  40 ;  Mllroy 

12  56 ;  Moshannon  1  42 ;  Snaver*s  Creek  2 ; 
Snow  Shoe  2  68:  Spruce  Creek  25;  Tyrone 
14  11.  A'orfAumfrer/and— Mahoning  20:  Mlf- 
fllnebnrgh  8  45:  St  Mary*s  18  50;  Williams- 
port  2d  5  40.    If  tf//t6oro— Wellsboro  70  cts 

46482 


Illinois,  Central.— Bioomingfotv—Bement 
16;  Chenoa  6:  Danville  88  66;  Jersey  8; 
Prairie  View  3  50.  P«oria— Ipava  12;  Knox- 
vine  11  10;  Lewistown  100  51.  Peoria  1st  40  ,- 
Prlnceville  11  87.  Schuyler— Et>ene%6r  10; 
Ellington  4;  Hamilton  8  80 ;  Q,ulncy  Ist  15  25 ; 
Wythe  4  50  298  19 

Illinois,  North. —;cWcaffo  —  Chicago  Ist 
26  98 ;  Chicago.  Noble  St,  Holland  8 ;  Man- 
teno  4  70;  Peotone  6  48.  Freeport —Freepori 
2d  9;  Middle  Creek  8  25;  Warren  5.  Ottawa 
—Aurora  6  25.  Rock  Jliver— Centre  4;  Edg- 
.ington7  75;  Edwards  1  25;  Gene8eo2:  Nortn 
Henderson  12;  Pleasant  Ridge  2  26;  Viola  4; 
Woodhull  12  116  91 

Illinois*  South.— ilMoa—Carlyle  2.  Cairo 
—Enfield  7 ;  Fairfield  5 ;  Pisgah  8.  Mattoon— 
Palestine  6  27  00 

Indiana,  North.—  Crawfordeville—Cnkvr- 
fordsvllle  Centre  16 ;  Waveland  7  25.  Fort 
irayne— Kendallvllle  14  25  ;  Lima  3  95 ;  War- 
saw 6.  Logantporl- Logansport  1st  84 cts; 
Plymouth  6  60;  South  Bend  1st  9.  Muncie— 
Hopewell  8;  Noblesville  6;  Peru  26  69;  Wa- 
basli  1  96  98  04 

Indiana,  South.— ^ew  J fftany— Browns- 
town  8  48 ;  Pleasant  Township  1  60.  Vin- 
cennet— Bethany  12  80 ;  Bratil  6 ;  EvansvlUe, 
Grace  19;  Vlncennes  1st  16  15.  White  Water 
—New  Castle  3  25 ;  Shelby  ville  26  86  78 

Iowa,  North.— C«<l<ir  Aapitft— Lynn  Grove 
6;  Spring^llle  8.  Dufru^tte— Manchester  2. 
Fort  Dodge— Jefferson  4  60.  If  a/«r/oo— Grun- 
dy Centre  2d  6 ;  Northwood  3  22  50 

Iowa,  South.— CoiinciZ  Blu^t— Logan  8. 
Dei  Moinee  —  Des  Moines  1st  20 ;  Garden 
Grove  4  16 ;  Humestown  1  85 :  Winterset  16. 
Iowa  —  Birmingham  4  50 :  Bloomfield  4  55  ; 
Kossuth  1st  1  05;  Liberty  ville  3  10;  Middle- 
town  4;  Mt  Pleasant  1st  1  58;  Ottumwa2  25  ; 
Spring  Creek  7  40.  Iowa  City—Ije  Claire 
4  16  ;  Mount  Union  2  80 ;  Princeton  8  24 ; 
Sugar  Creek  3  60;  Tipton  15  80 ;  Wilton  2 

103  92 
,  Kansas.— Emporia— Wichita,  Westminster 

6  86.  Highland— Bine  Rapids  50 cts;  Vienna 
13  cts.  Neoiho  —  Baxter  Springs  7  30 ;  La 
Cygne  1  56  15  84 

KBNTUCKT.—Loi«<«vi/<e— Louisville,  Walnut 

St  2  94;  Olivet  2  4  94 

Long   Island.- Lono  J«24S»d— Mlddletown 

7  02 ;  Southampton  27  20.  A^attau— Isllp  3  50 ; 
Woodhaven  2  89  72 

MioHiOAN.  —  Grand  Rapide  —  Charlevoix 
101.  Monroe — Monroe  19.  Saainaic- Mid- 
land City  4  .  24  01 

MiNNBSOTA.—  MankatJi  — Madelia  8:  Red- 
wood Falls  2  16 ;  South  Bend  1.  St  Pauir- 
Duluth  4  05 ;  St  Paul  2d  9.  Southern  Min- 
neeota— Home  Mission  8  22  20 

Missouri.-  Otaoe— Kansas  City  1st  5  10. 
0;rarib— Spring^eld,  Calvary  6  75.  Palmyra 
— Moberly  3.  P/a//e— Mlrabile  1.  St  Louie— 
Bethel,  Ger  10  26  85 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


[Jolv 


New  J erbey. ^Elizabeth— Eiizfiheih,  West- 
minster 27 :  Pluckamin  79  ots :  Koselle  Ist  90 
CIS ;  Sammit Central  2  S9;  Westfleld  4  67.  Jer- 
tey  City  —Jersey  City  8d  1 ;  Tenaflv  1 96.  Mon- 
mouth—Bonientown  A  04;  Freehold  Ist  28  88; 
Ked  Bank  18.  MorrU  and  Oranoe— Chatham 
19  40:  East  Orange  4  03;  Mendham  2d  0  76; 
Morristown  1st  4  O-J ;  Morristovrn,  South  St 
IM  92 :  Pleasant  Grove  6.  Newark— JiewArk 
1st  M  25 ;  Newark,  W  ickliffe  8  68.  New  Brunt- 
vicJb— Alexandrii  Ist  6  46;  Amwell  2d  7  60; 
Hamilton  Sq  4  16;  Kirkpatrlck,  Memorial  9 ; 
Milford  9  20;  New  Brnnswick  5ih  8  75;  Tren- 
ton  1st  116.  .Yetof on— Harmony  18  26 ;  Yellow 
Frame  1  42.  tVett  Jertev^ AXweoon  2;  Bridgcv 
ton.  West  16 ;  Camden  2a  10 ;  Cape  Island  6 

669  21 

Nbw  York.— H«<2«on— CI  roleville  6 :  Florida 
1st  19  67 ;  OoodwiU  4  01 :  Middletown  2d  1  01 ; 
Scotchtown  1  36 ;  White  Lake  2  10.  New  York 
—New  York,  Brick  23  10;  New  York,  Ch  of 
the  Sea  and  Land  06  cts;  New  York,  Murray 
Hill 26;  New  York,  Philips 23 ;  New  Yorkist 
26.  North  Aiver— Pleasant  Plain  18  18 ;  Smith- 
field  13.  IFe«/cAtf<ffr— Hartford  1st  27;  Mt 
Klseo  9  00 ;  Yonkers  1st  73  64  272  81 

Pacific— San  Jo«e—Qilroy  2  10 

Philadelphia.— CAf«rer— Darby  Borongh 
2;  Downlngtown  .Central  16;  Medial  46;  Ox- 
ford 30  26.  Laclravanna— Memorial  64  27 ;  Oiv 
well  4:  Ru8h?ille  2;  Stevensrille  3;  Wysoz 
2  60.  L^AioA— Mahanoy  City  8  21 ;  Portland 
60.  PAi<ad€/0Aia— Phllad'alst76  26;Philad*a 
2d  130  00 .  Phllad'a,  Calvary  213  82;  Philad'a,  * 
West  Spruce  St  92  72.  Philadelphia  Central 
— Philad  a.  Bethe8da27  40;  Phiiac^a  Central 
62  67;  Philad'a,  Cohocksink  91  70;  Philad'a 
North  67  78:  Pbilad*a,  Spring  Garden  47  06. 
Philadelphia  NortA- Carvers vi lie  2;  Plum- 
stead vllle  2.  H'tfs/minf/er— Marietta  10 :  Mid- 
dle Octoram  10 ;  Slatevllle  17 ;  Union  93  cts 

1,019  12 

PiTTBBrROH.  —  Blairtville  —  Beulah.  21; 
Ebensburgh  2 :  Johnstown  28.  Pitttburgh—Ml 
Olive  7  18;  Pittsburgh  3d  86  60;  Pittsburgh, 
Shady  Side  6  66.  Red»tone—Dua\tx\t^B  Crock 
13  40 ;  Mt  Pleasant  20 ;  Pleasant  Unltv  6;  Re- 
union  11  08.  ira«Ain9fon— Forks  of  Wheeling 
23 ;  Mount  Prospect  28  40 ;  West  laberty  4  06; 
Wheeling  4th  84  cts  264  79 

TBNNK88BB.—  I7ni<m— Westminster         1  60 

Toledo.— BWi</on(flfn«—Bellefontalne  1  20 ; 
Bucyrus  96  cts.  Huron— Elmore  2;  Fremont 
3;  Monrocville  6.  Lima— Delphos 24 cts;  Ka- 
llda  3  03;  Middleport  1  12.  3lat<tnee— Hicks- 
ville  3 ;  Spring  Lake  2 ;  Tontogony  2;  Union  2 

26  66 


Wbstebw  New  Yobk.— Bn/falo— B«tfalo, 
Breckenridge  St  10  26 ;  Clarence  6 ;  East  Ham- 
burgh  8;  Kipley  1st  6.  Gentf««f  —  Batavia 
33  38:  Castile  8  60:  Warsaw  22.  Genesee  Fai. 
/ry- Franklinvflle  2.  Niagara — Lockport  1st 
16.  AocJk««/er— Brockport  29  48;  Ldma  1  04: 
Sparta  1st  4  76  139  40 

Wi8CON8iir.— CAtppeio«~BIack  River  Falls 
2  66;  Hudson  Ist  6  60.  Milwaukee-^DcUdeW 
33  ots :  Pike  Grove  4  80.  Winnebago—Jye  Pere 
8  26 ;  Stookbrldge  Indian  10.  Witeontin  River 
— Lodi  7  83 ;  Platte  ville  2  43  37  78 

From  churches,       $4,888  76 

MigcBLLAKEOus.— Anonymous  6;  John  S 
Pierson  100;  G  W  Parkell,  Caldwell,  Texas  1 : 
Rev  W  P  liissell  8  60 :  J  J  Lister,  Richwood. 
O  1  67;  Miss  Emma  Erwln's  Infant  class  2; 
Rev  D  L  Hughes,  Vinton,  Iowa  60;  Rev  K 
Frame,  Chicago,  1112;  Rev  J  Orr,  Oconto,  Wis 
6;  Rev  J  Slingerland,  Shawnee,  Wis  1 ;  Al- 
bert  Porter,  Magain  Falls  11  86;  Rev  W  N 
Geddes  r»;  Rev  David  McKinney,  D.D  81  72 

Mrs  K -  - 

Ky7 


Total  receipts  in  May,       $6,174  89 
S.  D.  POWEI.,  Treasurer. 


BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION. 
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Letters  relating  to  donations  of  books  and 
tracts,  the  appointment  of  Missionaries,  and 
the  general  interests  of  the  Board,  to  be  ad- 
dressed to  the  Rev.  William  £.  Sohbscck. 
D.D.,  Corresponding  Secretary. 

Manuscripts,  and  communications  concern- 
ing  matter  offered  for  publication,  whether  for 
books  or  periodicals,  to  the  Rev.  Johm  W. 
Dulles,  D.D.,  Editorial  Secretary. 

Correspondence  of  Missionaries,  remittances 
of  money,  and  donations,  to  Mr.  S.  D.  Powkl, 
Superintendent  of  MissIonWork  and  Treasurer. 

Orders  for  Books  (except  fVom  Missionaries.) 
and  Business  Correspondence,  to  Mr.  John  A. 
Black. 

Letters  relating  to  Sabbath-school  work,  to 
Mr.  J.  BemmbtTylbb,  Superintendent  of  Sab- 
bath-school  Work. 

Subscriptions  to  The  Presbyterian  Monthly 
Record,  The  Sabbath-School  Visitor,  The  Pres- 
byterian at  Work,  The  Westminster  Lesson 
Leaf,  The  Sunbeam,  and  payments  for  tli« 
same,  to  Mr.  Pktbb  Walkeb. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  CHURCH 

Albany.— il/6any— Rockwell's  Falls  4.  Co/. 
um6ia— Greenville  8.     Troy— Caldwell  2. 

Baltimobk.—  Washington  Cf/y  Washing- 
ton 4th  60. 

Centbal  New  Yobk.— Bingrfcom/on— Binif^ 
hamton  West  6  48.  Otsego  —  l^nadilla  1  11. 
Syracuse — Syracuse  Ist  Ward  2  60. 

CiNCiNicATi.—CincCnntt^i— Cincinnati,  Lane 
Sem'y  100  97;  Cincinnati  2 1  Ger  3;  Cleves  1 ; 
Colleare  Hill  6;  Borea  3  96.  Day/on^Hamil- 
ton  1. 

Cleveland.— C/eveiand  —  KlngsviUe  1  24; 
Rome  93  cts.  3f tfAonino— Salem  10.  Youngs- 
town  22  04.  S/  C'iair«tJi//e— Bethel  3 ;  Martins- 
ville 6;  Rock  Hill  9  60.  $/cu!>enH//e— East 
Sprlogfleld  2. 

Colobaiw. — Jlf onfan<i — Deer  Lodge  3. 

Columbus. —  Woo«/er— Berlin  1;  Canal  Ful- 
ton  6;  Olivesburgh  6.    Zanesville—yLi  Zion  6. 

EniK.— ilW«j^cny~Hebron  4.  Bttf/fr— Amity 
60  cts :  Hariisvilie  36  cts.  C7aHon— Oil  City  2d 
8.  Erie  Cambridge  2 13 ;  Springfield  1.  /f*7- 
fann/n^- Marion  6  66. 

Geneva.— CAemunj^Elmlra  let  6  94.  Steu- 
6cn— Bath  7  80. 


ERECmON  IN  MAY  1876, 

HABBi8BUBOH.—CarH«/«— Waynesboro  2  57 
Northumberland  —  Williamsport  2d  16  98* 
Wellsboro-^'tUBboTO  1  80. 

Illinois,  CBNTRAL.—Ptf0rfa— Peoria  Ist  60 
Schuyler— Q,nincy  1st  11  60. 

Illinois,  Nobth.  —  Ciki^oao— Cbicairo  l.-t 
63  48;  Hyde  Park  88  66.  OMawo—Au  Sable 
Grove  6;  Plato  1st  860. 

iNbiANA,  NoBTH.— Looan«»or/— LoiransDort 
1st  66  cts.    ^unci«— Wabash  3  88. 

Indiana,  South.  —  /n4<aaap«;i«  —  Carpen- 
ters ville  4. 

Iowa,  Nobth.  —  Cedar  Rapids  —  Cedar 
Rapids  1st  142  98. 

Iowa,  South.— Coaaeif  B/a^s— Log&n  1st 
2.  /otpo— Kossuth  Ist  2  06 ;  Mt.  Pleasant  Ist 
253. 

Kansas.- Hi^A/ancI— Blue  Rapids 2;  Glasco 
1 ;  Vienna  26.  Topeka-^  Bennington  1 ;  Lind- 
sey  2 ;  Minneapolis  3  60. 

Kentucky.  —  LouisviUf— Louisville.  Wal- 
nut St  6  82;  Olivet  2. 

Long  Island.— A'assait— Newtown  19. 

MfCHiOAN.- 2)«/rot7— DetroiU  Jefferson  Art 
68.    Lanttny— Delhi  2  76 ;  Oneida  Ist  4. 


1876.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OP  RECEIPTS. 


228 


New  J«r81^y.— Elizabeth— J*\xi(ika,m\n  1  67; 
Roselle  1st  Sab-soh  1 96;  Summit  Central  5 13 : 
Westfiold  9  26.  Jersey  Ci/y— Jersey  City  3il  2 ; 
Tenafly  3  88.  Monmouth  —  BurliD^ton  43. 
Morris  and  Orange^FoL^t  Orange  1st  9  17; 
Morristown  1st  8  11.  Newton— YeWow  Frame 
2  83. 

New  York— Hwdton— Goodwin  8  58;  Mid- 
dletown  2d  2  01 ;  Scotchtown  2  68. .  Neip  York 
—New  York,  Ch  of  the  Sea  and  Land  1  30 ; 
New  York,  Madison  Sq,  odd'l  260. 

Nebraska.— Oma Ao—Ponca  Ist  2. 

Pacific.  —Orefiron— Pleasant  Grove  4;  Port 
Townsend  1st  6.    San  Jow— Gilroy  4  16. 

Philadelphia.— CAM/<rr— Media  2  86.  Le- 
high— Shenandoah  3.  Philadelphia  North  — 
Chestnut  Hill,  sp  100.  >re»/min«/er— Marietta 
10:  Middle  Octurara  10;  Pequea  8  66;  Unlop 
186. 

Pittsburgh.  —  Blairsville—EhcTnshxirgh  4 ; 
Fairfield  13  &0.    Pittsburgh— Mln^o  16 ;  Monon- 


gahela  City  18  80:  Mt  Washington  6;  PlttH- 
burgh  2d  8  64;  Pittsburgh,  Shady  Side  11  10 : 
Swlssvale  7  60;  Valley  2.  Washington— Fl- 
geon  Creek  19  61 ;  Wheeling  4th  68  cts. 

Toledo.- Be/Zf^/bn/aine— Bellefontaine2  87 ; 
Bucyrus  1  91.  Lima— Delphos  48  ets.  Mau- 
iii^e— Haskins  6 ;  Madison  3 ;  Tontogony  3. 

Western  New  York.— Bw/Ta/o— Ripley  1st 
6.  G^n^tee— North  Bergen  6  24.  Rochester— 
Lama  2  04. 

Wisconsin.— Jtfi/tt?au*«e—Delafield  66  cts. 

Miscellaneous.- Rev  A  P  Btssell.  Ill  6  94; 
Miss  Jane  R  Wilson,  Shipponsburg.  Pa  6;  Rev 
D  L Hughes, Vinton,Iowa  100;  RevHH  Wellets, 
Kingston,  Pa  26;  Rev  Stephen  Torrey,  Hones- 
dale,  Pa 26;  J  B  Low  and  slsier,  Mt  Pleasant. 
Iowa  10:  From  Church  Extension  Board,  St 
Louis,  Mo  1,800 ;  **C"  Ky  18  88. 

Total  receipts  in  May,       $3,406  M 
NATHAN  LANE,  Treasurer. 


Corresponding  Secretary^  Rev.  H.  R.  Wilson,  D.  D.,  23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 
Treasurer^  Nathan  Lane,  Esq.,  69  Wall  Street,  New  York. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS,  MAY  18T6. 


Albany. — Albany — Albany  1st,  a  member 
10.    Troy— Lake  George  2. 

Baltimore.  — ^£147  Ca«//tf— Milford  8. 

Central  New  YoBK.—Binghamton^BiDg' 
hamton.  West  4  69;  Virgil  2.  Otsego — Stam- 
ford Ist  10  10;  Unadilla  81  cts.  Syracuse— 
Amt>oy  11 ;  Syracuse,  Ist  Ward  1  81. 

Cincinnati.— Dayton— Troy  19  30.  Ports- 
mouth-Ripley 26. 

Cleveland.- C/evefand—KingBvtlle  91  cts; 
Rome  68  cts.  Afa/^oftin(p  —  Salem  10.  St 
C/a frfviWe— Martinsville  6.  Steubenville  — 
Buchanan  2. 

Colorado. — Montana — Boieman  Ist  6. 

Columbus.— FFoo«ttfr— Berlin  1;  Canal  Ful- 
ton 6.    Zanesville — Mt  Zion  6. 

Erie.— Bu//€r— Amity  66  cts;  HarrtsviUe 
35  cts;  Middlesex  6;  Plain  Grove  8.  Erie— 
Cambridge  1  66 ;  East  Springfield  3.  Kittan- 
ning — Marion  4  06.    5Aefi an j^o— Hopewell  2. 

Geneva.  —  Cayuga — Meridian  6.  Chemung 
— Elmira  Ist  6  00.  G«n«va— Geneva  1st  19  46. 
Steuben— \iBXh  23  40. 

HARRi8BUROH.—Car/<#/e— Waynesboro  1  87. 
Huntingdon — Bald  Eagle  and  Nitiany  3  30 ; 
Shaver's  Creek  3.  ^orf A «m6?r/and— North- 
umberland Ist  10;  Willlamsport  2d  16  20. 
H^ei/^froro— Wellsboro  1  01. 

Illinois,  Central.— Peoria— Peoria  Ist  42. 
Schuyler— mwiOloX)  18 ;  Q,uincy  Ist  9  60. 

Illinois,  North.— CAicayo — Chioag^>  1st 
39  03;  Manteno  6  30.  0/fa toa—Menduta  Ist 
20. 

Illinois,  South.— ilWon— Rev  A  P  BistoU 
6  06 ;  Plum  Creek  12  76. 

Indiana,  North. —  Logansport  —  Logans- 
purt  1st  48  cts.    itfuncie— Wabash  2  84. 

Indiana,  South. — New  j4/6any  -  Greenville 
6  70.     White  FTa/er— Greensburgh  9  60. 

Iowa,  South.  — Iowa  —  Kossuth  1st  1  61 ; 
Mt  Pleasant  Ist  1  90;  Oakland  3.  Kearney- 
Kearney  Junction  ch  2. 

Kansas.  —HiyA/and— Blue  Rapids  60  cts  ; 
Vienna  Ger  19  ci/j. 

Kentucky.— Ky,  ftrom  **C"  10  18.  Louis- 
ri/Ze— Louisville,  Walnut  St  4  28;  Olivet  2. 

Michigan.— Dtf/roiZ—YpsIlantl Ist 27.  Sagi- 
naw — Bennington  6  10. 

Missouri.  —  Ozark  —  Springfield,  Calvary 
37  60. 

NkwJersey.- Eiixaftc/ft— Pluckamin  1  16; 
Roselle  1st  Sabsch  144;  Summit  Central 
3  74;   Westfleld   6  76.     Jersey    Ci/y- Jersey 


City  8d  2 ;  Tenafly  2  84.  Morris  and  Orange— 
East  Orange  6  69 ;  Morristown  Ist,  aUd*l  6  92. 
A'etoron— Yellow  Frame  2  06.  West  Jersey— 
Cape  Island  10 ;  Greenwich  41  90. 

New  York,  —  Hudson  —  Goodwill  6  68 : 
fiaverstraw  1st  7  18;  Middletown  2d  1  47; 
Scotchtown  1  96.  New  York— New  York,  Cli 
of  the  Sea  and  Land  96  dts ;  New  York,  Scotch 
310.     Fr««fcA««/er— Thompsonvillo  17  26. 

PAOiric— B«nic<a— Vallejo22  60.  Oregon— 
Pleasant  Grove  4.    San  Jose— Qilroy  3  04. 

Philadelphia.—  rA«#f«r— Darby  Boroagb 
1;  Media  2  09.    Lacikatoanna- Houesdale  36. 


gan«  16;  Union  1  86. 

PiTTSBUROH.^BIairtvil/e— Ebensburgh  3  • 
Fairfield  2 ;  Pine  Run  6  66 ;  Union  14  50* 
Pilf «6uryA.-Hebron  10;  Mansfield  9;  Mt  Wash*, 
ington,  add'l  4:  Pittsburgh  2d  6  80;  Pitts, 
burgh,  Shady  Side,  (including  26  from  Sab- 
sch)  33  17;  valley  6.  Jtedsfon;— Dunbar  7. 
Washington— Pigeon  Creek  9  71;  West  Alexl 
ander  36;  Wheeling  2d  21  26;  Wheeling  4tb 
49  cts. 

Toledo.- fitf /{</on/ain«—  Bellefontaine  Ut 
1  73;  Bucyrus  9  40,  (Including  8  from  J  H  S 
and  family.)  Lima— Delphos  36  otsj  Findlay 
Isi  17  86.  ifaum«e— Hicksville  3;  Mladison  1 ; 
Tontogony  8 ;  Union  2. 

Western  New  York.— (?en«t«e— Perry  9  66. 
Genesee  FaW«y— Clean  Ist  10.  A'ia^aro— Lock- 
port  1st  18.    i<oc*««/er^Lima  1  49 ;  Tusoarora 

Wisconsin.— 3fi/vatfl;ee—Delafield  47  cts. 

Miscellaneous.— Ohio,  Mt  Gilead,  D  T  H 
Gooriey2;  N  Y.  New  Rochelle,  Rev  Chas  E 
Lindsley  and  Wife  10;  Iowa,  Vinton,  Rev. 
D  L  Hughes  60;  Mrs  J  McNair  Wright  16: 
Interest  on  Permanent  Fund,  per  G  H  Van 
Gelder,  Esq  216 ;  N  Y,  Frances  Z  S  Knight 
80;  N  Y,  fW>m  B,  "Missionary  Nest"  I;  N  V, 
William8[>ort,  from  ** Sympathy"  2 ;  per  ''The 
Presbyterian''  1;  from  ♦'a  friend,*^  Green- 
burgb,  N  Y  6. 

Total  for  May,       $1,674  03 
CHARLES  BROWN,  Treasurer. 


$80  received  from  Uniontown  chnrcb.  Pres- 
bytery of  Redstone,  was  duly  credited  Fctra- 
ary  16, 1876,  but  not  having  been  reported  in 
the  Recordj  is  hereby  acknowledge. 


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RECEIPTS  FOR  FREEPMEN  IN  MAY  1876. 


ALBANT.—  iiJfrany-' Saratoga  Springs  2d 

1  81 ;  Saratoga  Springs  Sab-sch  1  60.  Colum- 
bia— Windham  8.  froy—  Waterford  12  74 ; 
Sandy  Hill  2  33. 

Baltimors.  — Bo/limorc  — Aisqalth  St  6; 
Barton  3  36. 

Okntbal  New  York.  —  Binghamton  — 
MeGrawvUleia  86;  Binghamton  North  1  10; 
Binghamton  Ist  6  97.  OUego  —  Unadllla  03 
ot8.  St  L«i0r«iice— Sackett^s  Harbor,  per  Dr 
L  A  Edwards  2  01.  Sprccme — Syraonse,  ist 
Ward  63  cU ;  Llf erpool  1  08.  l/fico— Oorinne 
1. 

Civoivv ATI.— Ckillicothe''  Ohlllloothe  Ist 

0  67  ;  North  Fork  6.  Cincinnati  —  Reading 
and  x^ockland  10 ;  Venice  16 ;  Berea  4  96 ;  Qer> 
man  2d  3;  Olevesl;  College  Hill  3-;  Walnut 
Hill  Ist  10  72.    Dayton— Camden  6. 

Clbvklaitd.  —  C<«ve/and  — Rome  40  ots; 
Wheeling  2d  20.  ifdAonina— Belolt  4:  Kins- 
man 1  20;  Youngstown  11  18.  St  Clairsville 
—  Kirkwood  1  40;  Wheeling  Valley  2  60. 
St€ubenville—EMi  Springfltld  2  27 ;  Baeon 
Ridge  2  32. 

Columbus.— Wootfer— Wayne  0;  Chester 
3;  Berlin  1. 

Erie.  — Btt//«r— Portersvllle  8 ;  OllntonvUle 
1:  Amity  60  ots;  Harrlsvllle  86  cts;  Middle- 
sex 6.  C/aHon— Eralenton  4  80.  £He— Fair- 
view  0 ;  Oil  City  Ist  7 ;  Oil  City  2d  8.  Kitian- 
ntna  — Meohanicsburg  8.  SAenanyo  —  Hope- 
well 3 ;  SharpsviUe  4  40. 

Qbneta.  —  Chemung  —  Elmersville  8  28. 
Lyont— Junius  60  cts.  Steuben— Oom\ng  70 
cts;  Pratt8burg6;  Hammondsport  2  06;  Hor- 
nelisTllle  7. 

HARRi8BUROH.—Car/<»Ze— Waynesboro  1  03. 
HunHnodon— Benlah  36  cts.  Northumberland 
— Williamsport  2d  6  06. 

iLLiBOis,  Cbktbal.  —  Bloofiiifi^fofi— Hay- 
worth  6. 

Illinois,  North.— Freepor/— Galena  North 

2  79.  Rock  JKiver— Fulton  40  cts ;  Morrison 
11. 

Illikois,  South.  —  Alton  —  Vlrden  2  61 ; 
Qreenville  1  80;  Plalnview  88  cts.  Cairo- 
Metropolis  8  40.  ^raftoon— Pana  1;  Tuscola 
2  04 ;  Charlestown  8  90. 

Indiana,  North.  —  Loyantporf— Logans- 
port  1st  1  10.    Jfuncitf— Wabash  1  87. 

iNDi ANA,  South.  —  /ndianapoKt— Indian, 
apolls  7lh  2;  Acton  42  cts. 

Iowa,  North.— C«dar  ilapid«— Scotch  Grove 
3 ;  Bethel  1.  Dubuque— "W Aukon^  German  3 ; 
Pleasant  Grove  1. 

Iowa,  South.— De«  Moinct— Colfax  4 ;  Albla 

1  64.'  /otoo— Union,  Ft  Madison  6;  Keokuk. 
Westminster  3  82;  Burlington  1  07.  Iowa 
City—lovftk  City  Ist  10. 

KANSAS.-fmporio— Lamed  60  ots.  HiaA- 
tend- Atchison  6.  Topeiko— Leavenworth  Ist 
16. 

Kentucky.  —  Louitville-  —  Hopkinton  2 ; 
Olivet  6. 

Long  Island.- Lona  J«/and— Setanket  6. 
Xa««att— Green  Lawn  6 ;  Huntington  2d  4  67. 

Missouri.  —  Palmyra  —  Louisiana  68  cts. 
P/af/«— Hope  80  cts ;  rilmore  60  cts.  St  Louie 
—Emanuel  2;  Zoar2  60;  Rolla  38  cts. 

MiCHiOAN.—De/roi/— Detroit,  Westminster 

2  68.  JTaiamasoo— White  Pigeon  0;  Sturgls 
1.  Lantiny— Concord  2  00.  itfonroe— Peters- 
burg  2.    5a^inat0— Bay  City  2  82. 

Minnesota.- S/  Pav2  — Red  Wing  1  79; 
House  of  Hope  18  18. 


New  Jersey.— £/i;ra5etA— Bethlehem  eh« 
ftx)m  W.  S.  Wyckoff  2  80 ;  Liberty  Comer  98 
ots;  Elisabeth  2d  2  88;  Roselle  Sab-soh  80 
cts:  Pluokamln  06  cts;  Roselle  1  87.  MorrU 
and  Oranof ->Succasnnna  8.40;  Morristown 
1st  8  92;  Orange  1st  70 ;  Madison  8  29.  Mon- 
mouth—Toms  River  1  66;  Farmington  2  60. 
^ewar*— Park  2  41.  New  Brunewich— Law- 
renceburg9;  Stockton  I.  Newton — Stanhope 
1 ;  Phillipsburg  10.  Weel  Jertey— Woodstown 
2. 

New  York.— Hiki«on— Nyack  3  07 ;  Liberty 
98  cts;  Middletown  2d  21  02;  Middletown  1st 
1  14.  New  Kor ft— Sab-sch  Missionary  Asso*ii 
of  4th  Stch,  for  Greensboro  school  60;  West 
84th  St  6;  4th  Ave  7  78;  New  York  1st 
41958  96.  North  J2<ver— Rondout  6  00.  fVe$t* 
csA««<er— New  Rochelle  24;  Gilead  6. 

Paoivio. — Lot  A  ngelee — Los  Angeles  L  San 
J0«e— Holister  40  cts .  San  Juan  6  ots. 

Philadelphia.- Lacitatoanna — Providence 
6 ;  Athens  2  47.  LeAiyA— Lower  Mt  Bethel 
1  14 :  Pottsville  2d  10.  Philadelphia  —  Mrs 
Sinclair,  Walnut  St  ch  10;  Philadelphia 
South  90.  Philadelphia  Cen/rol— Columbia 
Ave  3;  Alexander  Sab-soh  16  38;  Philadelphia 
North,  Infant  School  8.  WeamlneUr—i^oiVim- 
bia  82;  Middle  Octorara  12. 

Pittsburgh.— 6/air«vin«— New  Alexmndria 
6  28;  Fairfield  18  00;  Ebensburg  8.  PUte- 
6ttroA— West  Eli&abeth  10  00 ;  Lebanon  2  81 ; 
Hebron  14;  Valley  2;  Shady  Side  Sab-sch  26; 
Monongahela  City  14  76.  Redttont  —  Belle- 
vernon  7  47;  Round  Hill  1  98.  Waehington— 
Claysville  6;  Pigeon  Creek  9  28.  Weet  Vir- 
ginia—i^\tkT^i\iVLr^  6. 

Tennessee.- l/o{«/oii— Mt  Lobanoo  1 ;  Oak- 
land 00  CIS.    ICivyton— MaUisonville  1. 

ToLEDo.-«B«{<e/'on/a<f»«  —  Bellefontaine  Ist 
80  Cts.  /luron— Fremont  8  81 ;  Milan  6.  Lima 
— Delphos  20  Cts.  Mauinee— West  Unity  2; 
Hocking  0 ;  Tontogany  7. 

Western  New  York.— B«^a/o — Botfalo, 
Westminster  6  60 ;  Buffalo,  East  1  40 ;  West- 
field  8  30.  Oeneeee  —  Bvron  1  08.  Genette 
FaZ/ey— Angelica  89  cts ;  Cuba  6.  Rochttter— 
Genesee,  Central  10 ;  Ogden  1  87 ;  Rochester, 
Central  27  96 ;  Rochester,  Western  92  ots. 

Wisconsin.— Af«tra«it€«— Manitowoc  Ist  4; 
Ottowa  47  cts.     FF<nn€6ayo— Horlcon  2. 

MisoELLANEOUS.- Ist  oh  Troy,  N  Y  10;  Rev 
N  S  Lowrie,  Gorham,  N  Y  6 ;  Istch  Shamokln, 
Pa  12  86;  Perth  Ambov  ch,  N  J  10  26;  West- 
minster ch,  St  Joseph,  Mo  2  06;  Union  ch, 
Empire  Pralrie,Mo*i;  Hackberry  ch,  Savan* 
nah.  Mo  30  cts .  Ik>ver  ch,  N  J  10 ;  1st  ch  Troy, 
Ohio  14  86;  BanUm  ch,  Ohio  1  90;  Delaware 
ch,  OhloO;  T  F  Ealy,  Ft  Arbuckle,  Ind  Tor, 
Transportation  money  retumod  306;  Fulton 
ch,  N  V  60:  The  "Beavers,*'  Frederleksburg, 
Va  3  70;  East  Springfield  ch.  Pa  2;  ist  ch 
Ripley,  N  Y  6;  Ist  ch  Newton,  N  J,  Sab-soh 
for  Biddle  Memorial  Institute  10  84 ;  PIquea 
ch.  Pa  6;  R  A  W,  Jonesboro,  Tenn  24  cts; 
Lake  George  ch,  N  Y  0. 

ToUl  Receipts  In  May,  1876        6,442  86 

JAMES  ALLISON,  TreoMurer. 


Rev  L  Porland,  Concord,  N  C,  acknowledged 
receipt  of  a  valuable  barrel  of  clothing,  bed* 


ding, 

NY, 


for  Scotia  Seminary. 


Rev.  A.  C.  MoClblland,  Correep<mdin§ 
Secretary,  Box  1240,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Rev.  Jakes  Allison,  D.D.,  Treatwrtr^  Look 
Box  24,  PitUburgh,  Pa.  (^^^^ 


ECCLESIASTICAL  RECORD. 


lH^ROLtlTTO!?    OF  Tn«    FASTOBAL    RELATIOa-, 

Kev.  T,  M  Da  \f9oa  ftud  tb«  church  »t 
Brooklyn,  Caltturuia. 

CAUS  RECEIVED  OE   ACOEPTKD. 

R«v.  D,  DsruelJe  has  arcepkd  calls  to  tlae 
churcben  of  KnowlLaQ,  Kop^,  uad  Dehtwivro 
Stuuou,  N.  J. 

Ktav  .ItiliD  Woods  to  the  cliuroli  m  Chico, 
Catitoruia, 

E<?v  Clj\rence  FAdj  to  the  WestmiQatei 
church,  Troy.  N*  Y. 

R<?v  John  Bro\f  n  b  the  Fifteenth  Street 
Pre.sbylerinij  thurclt,  Wttibingtoa  City. 

Ktrv  Ja?,  W,  Shearer  to  the  church  at 
Liberty  Cornora,  N  J. 

Rev,  C.  8-  Kubinson.  D.D„  to  the  Memo- 
nA\  church.  Bosbm,  Mass* 

Htiv.  Leigh  Hichmond  Smith  to  ths  church 
of  BorJenloMrn,  2f,  J. 

OEDlilATtOHS  A  no  IKSTALLATIOITS. 

Bcv,  Willium  Coulter  waa  ipitalled  pastor 
of  xlw  riesbyteriuQ  church  of  Brooklyn, 
ilichigiiQ,  on  ihe  27Lh  of  April 

Rev.  Alcxnudt^r  U  Jdck  w*s  installed  pas- 
tor of  the  oburiL'h  at  Haileton,  Fa.,  on  the  6th 
of  May. 

Rev.  J*  W*  McGontiigte  was  ordained  and 
iattalled  pastor  of  thtj  church  of  Ebenaburg, 
6d  the  1 1  ih  of  May. 

Rev.  W.  J.  Tucker  was  inBtalled  pastor  of 
the  Madison  Square  church,  N.  Y.  City,  on 
Ui«  11th  of  Mny. 

Mr  Harlan  G.  Mcndetihall  was  ordained 
and  installed  pastor  of  the  Third  church  of 
Full  Wayne,  lud..  on  the  Gth  of  Mat. 

Kev  1).  K  Campbell  was  installed  pastor  of 
the  old  Lejicock  charge  ia  Paradise  church, 
on  the  lith  of  May. 

Rev,  R  E  lUwIey,  Jr.,  wag  installed  pas- 
tor of  rhe  churohea  ol  Cloves,  Etiaabethtown, 
and  Bi^rea,  Pieabytery  of  Cincmuati,  on  the 
9thofMAy 

Rev  E.  P  Welts  was  installed  pastor  of 
the  Fortv  firat  Street  Presbyterian  ehureb. 
OQ  May  ^3d. 

Hfv  Robert  J  Lntillaw  was  insttlled  paa- 
lor  of  the  JelTiTSdn  Avenue  church,  Detroit, 
Mich.,  on  the  lith  of  May 

Rev,  R,  T  Price  was  installed  pnstor  of 
the  Dunhnr  church,  Preflbytery  of  Redstone, 
on  the  27lh  of  Mny, 

Kev.  W.  W,  Eastman  wiw  ordained  and 
instLilled  pasLor  of  tlie  Prtiabyi^nan  chwrch 
at  tluion  CJtv   '    ^    '^^  •'•'»  'fth  of  April 

Rev    '  installed  pastor 

of  tb  lurcb  of  Scran- 

U 

ctcfird   waa  installed 

ertan  chnrch  of  Abing- 

e 

PRES^'^'^y  was  installed  pastor 

^drisin  church,  Wooater,  Ohio, 

«  ol  May 

-^^v.   A'exandcr  Swaney,  DD»    was  in* 
'  itailed  pastor  of  the  united  churcheaof  Anna- 
poiia  and  Uuionport,  Presbytery  of  Steuben- 
Tille,  on  the  28th  of  May. 


POSTOTFICTE  Ar»DEEfl3M  CHAFOEO. 

Rev,  Edward  P.  Lewis,  from  Wayaesburgh 
to  Rocheateri  Pa. 

Rev.  Hunter  Corbett,  from  Chefoo,  China, 
to  LeatheriTood,  Pu 

Rev.  Atexaadi'r  B.  Jack,  from  D&nville  to 
HazletoQ,  Pa. 

Rev,  Jonathan  Osmond,  from  Osceolft  to 
Ros+.ilIe,  Iowa. 

Rev  £.  P.  WelTi,  from  Denver,  Col.,  to 
Oakland  Postal  Statioa,  Chicago.  Ill 

Rev.  \V,J.  Bollman.from  FarTpitigton,  HI, 
to  IH  South  Marshall  Bt ,  Burlington.  Iowa. 

Rev.  X  L.  Seilon,  from  Troy,  N.  Y.»  to 
New  LondoQ,  Iowa 

Rev.  E.  L.  Adams'  addrefis  is  laid  to  b« 
RarHao,  N.  J-,  and  not  Painter,  III 

Kev  WiUiatii  Young,  from  Rose,  N.  Y.,  to 
Joy.  Wbyne  Co ,  N.  YT 

Pvev,  Albert  J.  Wioterick,  from  H&verstraw^ 
N.  Y.,  Uy  7Ut5  Jay  Street.  Elmira,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  0  J  McMillan,  from  Cnrrollton,  III, 
to  Mt.  Pkiifluot,  San  Pete  Co.,  Utah. 

Rev,  N  Elmer,  from  Belmont,  N.  Y,,  to 
Emporium,  Pa. 

Rev.  F.  G.  Clark.  D  D.,  from  Brooklyn,  N, 
Y.,  to  3()2  Second  Ave.,  New  York  City. 

Rev.  D.  Deruelle,  from  Audeiried,  Pa.,  to 
Knowltoa,  Warreu  Co.,  N.J. 

Rev.  Ell  ward  H.  Say  re,  from  Claremont, 
Minn.,  to  High  Forett,  Minn. 

Rev.  8  L.  Finney,  from  Eatiway,  N,  J,,  to 
South  Ryegate,  Vermont. 

Rev.  H.  A,  Brown,  from  Smyrna  to  61S 
Weat  9th  St,  Wilmington.  Del 

Rev  Alex.  Jackson,  from  Auburn^  K.  Y», 
to  Rock  Stream,  N  Y. 

Rev.  H  Graham  Finney,  from  Crogan  Sta- 
tion to  Mat  Loon,  Pa. 

Rev.  Jacob  Scbwarti^  from  Mine  La  Moite 
to  Farmington,  Mo. 

Rev,  John  Armstrong,  from  Muscoiine  to 
Fairfield,  Iowa. 

Rev.  J,  L.  Lower,  from  Union  City^  Ind.,  to 
De  Grasse,  Ohio. 

Rev.  W.  W.  Eaatroan,  from  Hanover  to 
Union  City,  Indiana. 

Rev.  J.  Scott  Davis,  from  Jordan's  Grove, 
III ,  to  Rock  Bridge,  III 

Rev.  Theodore  D.  March, from  Hastings  to 
Paw  Paw,  Michigan. 

Rev.  Hiram  11.  Kellogg,  Jr.,  from  Evans 
Mills  to  Senaca  Castle,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  T,  A.  McCurdy,  from  Btenbenvili«  to 
Woi>»ter,  Ohio. 

Rev.  S.  Halliday,  from  Brady's  Bend  to 
Robedn,  Pa. 

i>EATira» 

Rev.  John  Wilson  Drake,  at  BInfflon,  Indi- 
ana, on  the  1 9th  of  April 

Rev.  Jctf^e  L  Howell  at  Bloomington, 
Minn  ,  by  suicide,  on  the  5th  of  May. 

Rev,  Robert  H.  Reeves,  at  Franklin,  Indi- 
ana, on  the  7th  of  May, 

Rev.  Wm  Bridgman,  at  Strealor,  Illinois, 
on  tbo  27th  of  May,  in  the  77ih  year  of  hii 


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lf€».  1.  HAP  OP  PAI.GflT1]¥K  Ajljp 
PART  or  !^¥RIA.— <Jtt«  lwa«d.)  With 
t*-rM.Kn»phicAl  plan  of  th«  City  of  Jernialem 
an  vloliiltf.  The  g«ogTai>bkal  bnae  of  the 
nimi»  l«  in  itrict  oooformity  with  the  muit 
rtsctjut  e3ti»loraiionB»n4  MrTc>A  both  KuKllsh 
ftn.J  American,  and  the  td«nllflcatJon  of  pl»o«t 
pr*vluu»ly  tinkoown,  hiiB  tiuabliKl  th«  roftlterl 
of  U  lo  fix  the  bouBiljiricB  of  tht  Irlbei  wlUi 
much  more  prcclaioa  than  bia  b«fore  been 
p-jMible,  PrlDte^l  on  elothi  eyelet*.  Site, 
mxSl  Inchw,    Prie« - ^ H^W 

!i€»-li,   TOPOCJRAPHirAI-MAPOr 

PALKI*TIXE,— With  pi  una  of  the  Pen  Insula 
of  Mount  Stnal,  ihe  tUivlrona  of  JeruBiikm, 
ana  ttjpographlcml  plan  of  Ibe  City  of  Jeru- 
ialem.    Siif,  74x63  inobei,  moonted  on  cloth, 

Tarnteh^i  ami  od  rollers.    Priee  ,..-» $7,00 

3VO*  S  (&)•  Same  m  above,  oa  cloth, 
anmounted  ana  uovarDiabed.    Prke  .....  I^.CW 

KO.  4.    TOPOtiRAPHICAl*  WAP  OP 

PAiiKSTl^K  — With  plana  of  the  City  of 
Jcfuaalein  and  Envlroiia  of  Jerosalcni.  Site, 
i3x3:t  Incheflf  moiaitod  oo  eloUi,  varnUked,  and 
ou  roller*.    Price * — >  13,00 

MO.  5.    01,0  TERTAJHEHT  MAP  OP 

PAI.t:i4TI.^K.  —  (Ju«t  iMUOd.)  fehowing 
th«  lilvlPtun  of  th«  Land  afler  Ihe  Oonqaeat, 
IndliiKjnsttblo  lo  lbo*e  Htadylng  ihe  Old  Te»- 
tamem  Scrip tiiro«,  Slio,28xWlnche4*  niounied 
on  eloth,  varnichwl,  and  on  rollers.  PTic«  t^.OO 
HO.  0*  (ft).  Same  as  above,  printed  on 
ololht   nomounied   and   unvarnished.     Prke 

irO^e.    HKWTEWTAMEWT  MAPOP 

PAI.ENTIKr^— <Ju9ilBSU»i.)  Showing  tb« 
Uouniry  in  our  8avioar's  llmew  with  tablo 
nf  dlfttances,  elevations,  etc— Companion  ta 
mftp  No.  4.  sue,  28x99  loohetf  moonted  oa 
olotb,  varnished,  and  on  rollere.  Price  ..  <(2.<W 
NO.  6*  (n).  Same  as  above,  printed  on 
cloth,  unmoiLute«l    and    anvarnlihed.     Prtc^o 


WO.    7.      MAP    OP    PAl,CST!^r 
Prlnte<l  on  thin  linen  paper^  and 
elotli  oover,  with  gill  side  eiamp.    S 
(nchee.    Price .* - ** 

WO.  N.     NEW  TESTAMENT  MAP  OF 
PAI^EMri^'e.~A  help  In  the  iiu-ly  uf  tT.r 
International  Sunday-Jcbool  7 
on  cards,  *lie,  i^xSH  Inches,    Pat 
velopt^e  containing  10 
per  pack  of  Hi  cards. 

IVO.  9.  .lfAP<»r  I.ANIM9M£?ITfOWKII 
IW  THE  BIBI.E.— EspMlally  llIii^LtJil.rLtf 
the  Travels  of  Paul.  SUe»  "Ht-  : 
mounted  on  eloth,  varnltbodf  aod  m 
Price...* « . 

MO.  14*.  (a).  Same  aj  aboT«k,  on  etoTn, 
unmounted.    Price.       ...      - ....-...-.  ♦A.o) 

2«o.  II.  MAPorrifr  ff  %r^*if  i  ^ 
OP    Mor^T    f«I.^AI 

Wandtrliiara  of  th«  I*r&>  I 

firom Hgypt  to  ' '  •  -    '• 

scale,  of  the  \ 

the  Ordnanei 

mounted,  variii- IK- J  *iti  vu.  i-.-nTu      ,,,     .--   - 

Printed  on  cl«ih o.w> 

MO.  12.  BI1II.E  MAP.— A  map  of  the 
countries  mentioned  In  the  New  Te«iameut, 
and  of  the  Travels  of  the  Apotlle#,  with  x 
general  plan  of  the  oountrlesi  mentioned  iti  the 
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Board  of  Homo  M*ftaiooa»*-How  some  cTJurtlieB  ♦*flll  »ll  the  Wanki*'  tn  Uieeoltwnfw  of  cod- 
tilt>uUona-Womiin'«  work— Flimaolal  Statemeiit— Kaheab— AppolnimfinUla  June— Rwe>t»l5 

Stittentation  Department. —Time  fbr  tJoUeotloni— Seir-anpport— Enwmragiog  wor»lf  tb>tii  N«w 
Joriscy— Appolnlmenta  In  Juno— RecolptB.*.* ,...,. ^ —» 2ao,  SJO 

Board  of  Eduoatlon.— Sumraor  Collection*— Clloalng  up  the  BuBlnesa  of  the  Ijwt  Yonr— 
Jonathan  E-lwarls— Treaguror  of  the  Board  of  EduoaUon— Kecolpu ^ SSI,  S*t» 

Board  of   Foreign  Missions.— Recent  Intelllgenoe— "l&Tcated  la  Bulldingj^'— QtieaUanf 
Ana  Answora— Interesting  Nowb  f^om  Mertoo— A  Two  Montha  Tour  in  Shantung— Kt»ci>ti.t-f 

BoArd  of  PublioatJon.— Overtl^ht— EeaoluUona  of  the  Uto  Geser^l  ABaembly— A  tro«  inls* 

ftlooary  work— Ruceipta ««.„„....«,..,«.......*«*« -* 

Board  of  Church  Ereotlon,—Our  Annual  Report- Receipt«.,.„ ....* 

Belief  Fund  for  Disabled  Ministers.— Opp*iriuaIttoB  to  do  r>iKl— How  well  luroc  bear 
reduction— Prompt  and  Liberal  ContrihulltJiiB  needed  now— Reoefpra  .,. — 'Mi^  2i4 

General  Aaaembly's  Commlttoo  on  Freedmeii.—FroTnklng  one  another  to  ffood  worki 
*' Times  of  roCroshiug'*— Forty 'flvoyeara  &  alave — Reoolpts. • ;— 


344,  250 


The  a-cneml  Aasombly  has  rcoomniendod  tbiit  apocml  Oollwatlon*  or  Ooutribuilun*  foe  lit 
SekeniM  be  mode  on  the  first  Ltord's  day  of  the  follow ini;  monilia: 
tfanuary,    ...».....,,.„for. .,,*,..,.*,*.* foreign  Hi»Hint%m, 
J^hrufxrifj,  ».«...«...«**   „.„... *..**^  Ed ucif Hon* 
March,        »»»... «.^,«  *   ^.««..«..«^twil'»iif'it*o*». 

Mnff,  ,.„„.*„„„-  •»  — I^uMU-altou. 

Juttft  ............  **   .#*««. .*.»*.CA»ir#i/»  Krt'Ctian^ 

jSfljjf cm &*v,  «„„„.»«.„  **  •««*•. iUliff  M^'uHd  /'or  mmahicd  Ministerm. 

^owmbrr, **   «.../Iowic  Jf|ji#iofi«. 

J>»e«fnber,  ., «-  «  ....«*- .FWerfmim, 


FORM  OF  BEQUEST  TO  ANY  OF  THE  ROATIDS. 

The  i?Mile  lawa  diller  ao  much  that  no  ono  form  will  anawor  In  all  the  Slat*??,  Imt  In  Ofery  caae 
It  la  4^««entlal  to  gi¥o  ihij  kiout  ooRPonATK  if  Am* 

Itcqueita  for  nt}$o^  iJriinrionitslnmld  be  mad©  to  "  The  Boar4  of  ttome  Miaiom  of  the  Prt*- 
bi/tprian  Church  in  th^  United  State*  of  America^'*  which  la  now  the  corporate  title. 

or  the  tinnrd  of  Eft%iftativn  Iha  corporate  name  la  *♦  The  BiHtrd  of  Edtication  oftkt  PrfMbjf- 
terian  t  it  arch  in  the  United  Stair*  of  America." 

The  Bttrtrtt  uf  For^iffu  Mission*  la  incorporated  under  the  lawa  of  New  York,  under  the 
Btylcof'*rfti!  Board  of  Foreign  M»f*ion«  <%/  the  Prenbyterian  Church  in  the  Untied  Statti  ^f 
America,** 

The  Jiofirtl  *tf  PithHrtfiinrt  i?  ineorporateo  under  the  awi  of  Pcnnaylrania,  vnocr  tfte  ityle  oi 
*♦  The  TruKtrei  of  ike  Prenftytcrtan  Board  of  Publication.^^ 

The  itnnrtf  of  rhurrh  t'tr^ttoH  la  Inc^nrporntcil  nndor  the  atyloof '*ni*  Board  of  the  Church 
Erettion  Fund  of  the  GtHfrdJ  Aaemttty  of  the  Pretbyterian  Church  in  the  United  Statn  OJ 
America,''  In  oorpti  ruled  IVUrch  31,  IHitb,  by  the  L»ct^ttilature  of  the  State  of  Now  York. 

Ik'uueat^  that  hnve  hem  mnde  to  tho  **Tr«#/rM  of  the  General  Auembly,^  lit  to  the  **Tnur*§i 
of  the  Pretbfjterian  J/ottif/'  lV>r  Uhnrob  pnrpoaea^  wHl  ho  valid. 

^^1  Ii^u*j,tf(  made  to  the  lncr>rpt»rii1fd  Bcmrds  or  Commttteea  of  the  two  late  AMem^Ues  are 
Talidt  and  will  bu  roculvod  by  the  BourUa  which  are  their  le^al  Buoooafort. 

The  Rrliff  Fiteid  fitr  nts*ihtfd  aitnt^tera,  un4  the  Witiows  and  Orphans  of  IHemtd 
Miniatvr*  requires  tho  following  fhrm: 

"1  jftvo  and  bequeath  to  my  executora  hereinafter  namedf  -         dollars  in  trtnli  iie?erlhe1«iii 

thnt  they  aball,  within ujouMik  iiner  tny  deae»fl«,  pay  thn  aamo  To  the  Tru*ttti  <^fik«  (l«i»- 

tral  Annrmbt^  of  the   Pifnbytenan  Uhurch  in.1he  United  S/a*<f*  «»/4ia#rl<«rftjrUMI  J«tt« 
Fund  for  I>lBaljlod  MUdsterti  and  their  Famlliea."  Digitized  by  VjVJU^ IC 


Whsn  real  estate  or  vthet  propertu  ingiven^  let  U  he  particularJ^itMijfn^tHk 


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THE 


PRESBYTERIAN  MONTHLY 
RECORD. 

Vol.  XXVI.  PHILADELPHIA,  AUGUST  1875.  No.  8. 

BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 


Since  the  Reunion  there  has  been  a  great  pressure  brought  to  bear  on 
all  the  churches,  the  feeblest  as  well  as  the  strongest,  to  contribute  to  all 
the  Boards, — "  to  fill  all  the  blanks"  in  the  columns  for  contributions  in 
the  Minutes.  But  we  have  discovered  a  mischievous  tendency  in,  or  a 
perversion  of  this  attempt  to  help  the  Boards,  to  which  we  are  constrained 
to  call  attention,  and  which,  we  hope,  will  be  sufficient  to  arrest  and  coun- 
teract it. 

It  would  undoubtedly  astonish  many  of  the  readers  of  the  Record  to 
be  told  that  any  churches  or  pastors  would  solicit  aid  from  our  Board  for 
the  purpose  of  being  better  able  to  contribute  to  the  other  Boards.  But 
such  is  the  case.  The  evil  came  to  us,  obscurely  hinted  at  in  the  first 
place,  and  we  could  hardly  believe  the  intimation,  and  did  not  dare  speak 
of  it,  lest  some  of  our  friends  would  withdraw  their  contributions  in  dis- 
gust ;  but  more  recently  we  have  the  open  announcement,  in  several  cases, 
that  one  of  the  reasons  for  asking  Home  Missionary  aid  is,  that  they  may 
contribute  to  all  the  Boards.  But  what  right  has  a  church  to  draw  $100 
from  our  Board,  in  order  "to  fill  all  the  blanks,"  and  contribute  the  same 
amount  to  the  other  Boards?  What  conception  can  such  a  church  have- 
of  the  necessities  of  our  missionaries,  or  the  load  of  debt  under  which  we 
are  staggering,  or  what  sense  can  they  have  of  charity,  when  they  obtain 
a  certain  amount  from  us  that  they  may  transfer  it  to  others?  This, 
certainly,  is  neither  charity  nor  justice,  whatever  name  they  give  it. 
We  will  not  call  it  obtaining  money  under  false  pretences,  but  obtaining 
it  for  unwarrantable  purposes !  We  have  found,  within  a  few  weeks,  a 
church  that  is  receiving  $300  from  our  Board,  and  pays  out  $T00  to  the 
other  boards  of  the  Church ;  and  $88  more  to  one  of  them  than  it  receives 
from  us!  We  have  discovered  another  church  that  gave  last  year  to 
three  other  Boards  $10  more  than  all  it  received  from  us  I 

We  have  been  accustomed  to  see  the  missionary  churches  draw  aidi 
from  us  while  they  were  building  church  edifices;  and,  when  they  have 
gone  on  to  purchase  a  bell  and  an  organ,  and  hymn-books,  and  communion: 
furniture,  and  lamps,  we  have  been  silent,  because  all  these  seemed  to  be 


226  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  [August 

necessary  accompaniments  and  appliances  of  worship,  and  to  help  the 
congregations  forward  to  self-support.  But  when  it  comes  to  asking 
monejr  from  us,  in  our  straitened  condition,  to  give  to  others,  we  must 
beg  leave  to  object.  The  point  of  greatest  importance  for  a  missionary 
church,  and  the  highest  form  of  benevolence  and  its  best  development, 
may  be  in  concentrating  all  its  energies  to  reach  self-support.  If  a  church 
can  be  but  simply  self-sustaining,  though  it  be  not  able  beyond  that  to 
contribute  to  any  of  the  Boards,  let  it  become  self-sustaining.  We  do 
not  suppose  such  an  alternative  can  often  become  necessary,  for  we  think 
there  is  seldom  a  church  that  does  all  it  can  in  reaching  the  self-support- 
ing point.  But  that  is  the  goal  all  the  feeble  churches  ought  to  seek, 
and  to  reach  which  they  should  make  the  greatest  sacrifices,  for  then  only 
have  they  become  masters  of  the  situation,  or  attained  to  that  conscious 
and  acknowledged  ability  that  is  compatible  with  the  highest  self-respect. 
Let  the  missionary  churches  make  it  their  first  duty  to  be  self-sustaining, 
whether  they  help  the  Boards  or  not,  for  that  is  the  first  work  of  charity, 
the  highest  form  of  benevolence,  and  the  first  step  towards  a  healthy  and 
growing  liberality  towards  all  the  Boards. 

Once  more.  The  applications  from  the  churches  mentioned  come  to 
us  with  the  cordial  endorsement  of  Presbytery ;  and  once  more  do  we 
appeal  to  Presbyteries  and  Presbyterial  Committees  to  exercise  a  more 
careful  scrutiny  of  all  applications  that  pass  under  their  review.  We 
organized  93  churches  last  year,  but  only  38  became  self-supporting ;  and 
some  of  them  only  because  the  Board  refused  to  grant  them  further  aid. 
But  that  leaves  an  addition  to  our  missionary  churches  of  more  than  50 
a  year,  or  more  than  600  in  ten  years.  This  ought  not  so  to  be.  We 
must  push  forward  the  older  and  abler  missionary  churches  to  immediate 
self-support.  We  beg  of  the  Presbyteries  to  employ  all  proper  methods 
of  encouragement  and  stimulation  to  bring  them  to  that  point;  to  teach 
them  that  there  is  no  obligation  to  aid  any  Board  so  high  as  their  obli- 
gation to  become  self-sustaining  at  the  earliest  possible  moment. 

In  keeping  with  this  subject,  we  publish  a  letter  from  a  pastor  of  a 
church  that  applied  to  the  Board  for  $200,  and  received  the  promise  of  a 
grant  of  $100,  on  condition  that  the  church  raise  the  other  $100.  The 
letter  is  a  model  of  simplicity,  and  the  writer  regretfully  announces  the 
severance  of  himself  from  the  Board ;  and  yet,  in  entire  unconsciousness 
of  anything  wrong  in  the  case,  tells  what  use  was  to  be  made  of  the 
money  if  they  had  obtained  it.  For  our  part,  we  are  glad  the  church 
concluded  to  become  self-sustaining,  and  we  say  to  it  and  to  all  such 
churches — You  have  done  well;  and  we  hope  the  good  work  will  go  on, 
and  may  others  *' go  and  do  likewiaey  It  is  well  to  help  "the  regions 
beyond,"  but  that  help  will  appear  much  more  graceful  and  appropriate 
when  they  have  made  their  own  church  self-sustaining. 

The  letter  is  as  follows: 

Dear  Brethren — Our  people  find  it  impossible  ^t(;^ .  fomply  with  the 
terms  of  the  Board.     Last  year  we  gave  $99.76  to  ^e  Boards,  from  the 


1875.]  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  22t 

P church,  and  $16  from  B ,  but  the  officers  find  they  cannot  raise 

the  amount  required,  and  then  give  as  much  more  to  the  Boards.  And 
inasmuch  as  "self-preservation  is  the  first  law  of  nature,"  the  oflBcers  have 
resolved  to  apply  these  mission  contributions,  or  so  much  as  may  be 
needed,  to  the  sustentation  of  our  home  work.  And  if  not  able  to  give 
anything  to  the  Boards,  we  will  at  least  thus  be  enabled  to  support  our- 
sefves.  I  am,  therefore,  with  many  thanks  for  past  favors,  instructed  to 
return  the  commission  to  the  Board.  I  am  truly  sorry  the  Board  could  not 
grant  our  request,  for  the  encouragement  thus  given  would  have  enabled 
me  to  develop  the  benevolence  of  the  people  to  all  the  Boards;  but  in  the 
absence  of  the  needed  help  and  encouragement,  we  will  trust  in  God,  and 
give  to  regions  beyond  as  He  shall  constrain  and  enable  us  to  do, 
I  am,  dear  brethren  in  gospel  labor,  yours  most  faithfully. 


WOMAN'S  WORK, 

We  have  received  much  encouragement,  since  the  meeting  of  the 
Assembly,  with  regard  to  Woman's  Work  in  Home  Missions.  The  press 
interested  in  our  church- work  has  cordially  endorsed  the  advanced  move- 
ment recommended  by  the  Assembly.  At  a  Home  Missionary  meeting 
for  Ladies,  at  Cleveland,  during  the  sessions  of  the  As.sembly,  the  ques- 
tion was  asked — so  often  asked — "What  can  we,  women,  do  for  women 
in  Home  Missions  when  you  have  no  female  missionaries?"  The  reply 
was:  True,  we  do  not  commission  the  woman  as  such,  but  her  support 
is  guarantied,  and  she  is  substantially  embraced  in  the  commission  of  her 
husband.  Most  of  the  Home  Missionaries  are  married  men,  and  they 
are  as  much  more  useful  for  being  married,  in  the  Home  as  in  the  Foreign 
field ;  and  a  missionary's  wife,  and  her  presence  and  labors,  add  as  much  to 
her  husband's  usefulness  at  home  as  abroad.  Oftentimes  she  is  his  most 
efficient  helper — visiting  the  sick,  teaching  in  Sabbath-schools,  assisting, 
perhaps  leading  in  the  service  of  song  on  the  Sabbath  and  at  the  weekly 
prayer-meeting,  doing  more  than  all  others  in  the  social  elevation  of  the 
people,  and  giving  type  and  tone  to  the  forming  community;  and  as 
really  giving  her  time,  strength  and  life  to  the  Lord's  cause  as  if  she 
bore  a  commission  in  her  own  name.  Many  of  them  live  in  localities 
as  malarious  as  India  or  Persia,  but  no  sanitarium  or  mountain  retreat  is 
prepared  for  them  during  the  hot  weather,  and  as  no  cheap  and  ready 
servants  are  at  hand,  they  are  compelled,  in  addition  to  all  their  other 
labors,  to  attend  to  their  own  household  affairs.  They  have  children 
that  need  educational  advantages  as  much  where  they  are  as  if  in  India 
or  China.  Such  missionary  wives  and  their  families  in  the  Far  West^— 
Kansas,  Minnesota,  the  Rocky  Mountains  or  further  West — are  worthy 
of  the  sympathy  and  assistance  of  their  sisters  in  the  older  parts  of  the 
Church.  Sustain  a  Home  Missionary — and  it  will  cost  on  an  average 
but  $250  or  $300 — and  you  also  support  his  wife  and  help  her  on  in  her 
missionary  work,  and  you  help  to  educate  a  family  of  children  where  an 
intelligent  Christian  woman  and  educated  children  are  most  needed,  that 
is,  in  the  newer  sections  of  our  country  and  along  the  frontier.     ^ 


228  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  [August 

*» 

A  NOBL£   EXAMPLE. 

We  are  happy  to  record  that,  as  a  result  of  this  conference,  the  ladies 
of  the  1st  church  in  Cleveland  pledged  themselves  for  $300,  and  sent  for 
the  name  of  a  missionary  who  had  a  family,  for  them  to  support.  We 
sent  them  the  name  of  a  man  of  a  few  years'  experience  in  the  ministry, 
who  is  now,  with  his  wife  and  children,  on  his  way  to  Washington  Ter- 
ritory— the  farthest  North-west. 

Tennessee,  also,  one  of  our  mission  fields,  sends  us  the  following : 

^*The  Home  Mission  cause  has  certainly  received  new  impetus  in  our 
churches  since  January  last.  I  can  see  the  interest  growing  among  our 
own  church  members.  We  have  13  Woman's  Missionary  Societies  in  our 
Synod.  Kingston,  Marysville,  New  Market  and  Knoxville  are  the  largest 
societies.  Jddging  by  the  past,  I  think  we  may  safely  rely  on  these 
four  societies  for  $150.  Our  own  church  will  do  much  better  than  last 
year.  I  wish  I  could  show  you  some  of  the  letters  I  have  received,  to 
let  you  understand  the  interest  that  is  so  evident  among  our  ladies  in  this 
move.  One  lady  speaks  of  endeavoring  to  get  some  active  East  Tennes- 
seean,  who  understands  the  people  of  our  counties,  and  who  would  know 
how  to  approach  them,  and  also  how  to  put  up  with  all  the  hardships  of 
the  work.  We  ought  really  to  have  a  missionary  for  every  county ;  the 
counties  are  so  large  that  it  is  as  much  as  any  one  person  can  well  attend 
to." 

From  many  other  sources  we  receive  words  of  encouragement,  showing 
that  the  women  are  getting  ready  for  vigorous  work  in  the  early  fall — 
nay,  many  of  them  have  begun  already. 


FINANCIAL  STATEMENT. 
For  the  three  months  ending  July  Ist,  1875: 

1874. 

Receipts  from  churches,         $32,751  99 
Legacies,                                       9,982  18 
Miscellaneous,                               4,206  38 

1876. 

$24,551  57 
6,993  80 
2,154  32 

$46,940  55  $33,499  69 

Loss,    $13,440  86.        Debt  of  Uome  Missions,    $65,000  00 
Sustentation: 

1874.  1875. 

$15,383  19  $6,530  69 

Loss,    $8,852  50. 


KANSAS. 

My  quarterly  report  was  due  on  the  last  of  September,  but  as  the 
meetings  of  Presbytery  and  Synod  occurred  at  that  time,  I  thought  I 
would  wait  until  after  those  meetings  ere  making  the  report,  in  order  to 
ascertain  if  my  experience  were  singular,  or  like  that  of  other  laborers  on 
the  frontier.  After  the  meetings  I  am  able  to  say  that  the  experience  of 
the  missionaries  in  Kansas  is  singularly  alike.  We  have  all  had  the 
same  hardships  and  trials  in  some  respects,  this  year.  Drought  and 
grasshoppers  are  familiar  words,  and  the  destitution  created  by  them  is 
felt  sorely  in  the  newer  portions  of  the  state.  The  reports  of  the  breth- 
ren all  bore  testimony  to  the  scourge.     And  yet,  dear  brethren  of  the 


1875.]  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  229 

East,  while  we  have  been  afflicted  in  temporal  things,  I  am  happy  to  say 
there  is  a  hopeful  foreshadowing  of  great  spiritual  blessings  in  store  for 
us.  I  speak  of  the  sentiments  which  pervaded  both  the  meetings  of 
Presbytery  and  Synod,  which  sentiments  I  share  with  the  rest.  When 
I  made  my  last  report,  I  cherished  the  hope  of  an  encouraging  letter  to  the 
Board  at  this  time.  But  God  has  turned  the  current  of  that  hope  from 
its  anticipated  channel.  I  cannot  report  encouragement  in  pecuniary 
matters,  nor  in  additions  to  the  church  at  this  place.  There  has  been 
great  depression  of  mind  and  spirit  Yet,  as  a  watcher  by  the  sea-shore 
notices  the  receding  wave  arrested  by  the  swell  of  the  sea,  and  looks  con- 
fidently for  the  billow  which  will  wash  higher  up  on  the  shore,  so  I 
have  watched  and  prayed,  and  seem  to  have  the  assurance  that  the 
spiritual  tide  of  refreshing  is  coming  in.  My  dear  brethren,  it  is  anything 
but  pleasant  to  be  obliged  to  report  "no  additions,"  and  it  has  been  in  my 
mind  to  give  up  this  field  for  other  and  more  hopeful  ground.  Yet,  when 
I  reflect,  I  conclude  that  here  in  this  little  place  the  work  for  the  Master 
must  be  done,  and  I  must  do  it.  I  would  gladly  resign  at  any  moment 
to  anyone  who  can  do  more  and  better  work  than  myself.  1  have  for 
three  years  been  at  war  with  trying  circumstances  and  trying  men,  and 
so  hopeless  has  seemed  the  task  of  establishing  the  Presbyterian  church 
here  that  I  have  sometimes  despaired  of  doing  it.  You  understand,  gen- 
erally, how  a  frontier  town  grows  fast  for  a  time,  halts,  and  becomes 
depopulated;  but  you  cannot  realize,  without  the  actual  experience,  the 
depressing  effect  it  has  upon  the  minister,  to  see  the  very  heart  and 
strength  taken  suddenly  out  of  his  church  and  beyond  his  reach.  It 
pains  me  to  say,  that  the  hopes  I  have  entertained  of  fashioning  other 
workers  to  take  the  place  of  those  who  have  left  us,  are  yet  unfulfilled, 
and  that  this  church  languishes.  I  cannot  explain  all  the  causes  in  a 
letter.  I  did  enter  at  some  length  upon  the  subject  at  the  last  meeting 
of  Presbytery,  and  the  sentiments  of  my  brethren  accord  with  my  own, 
viz.,  that  this  point  is  destined  to  be  important,  and  that  it  should  be  held. 
I  preach  every  Sunday  morning,  and  fill  two  other  regular  appointments 
and  one  or  two  irregular  ones.  I  have  spread  myself  over  this  country 
as  thinly  as  it  is  safe  to  do. 

My  congregations  here  fill  the  seats,  and  God  gives  me  reason  to  hope 

they  receive  the  food  which  perishes  not.     At  H C the  house 

is  crowded,  and  though  there  are  only  a  few  Presbyterians,  the  Metho- 
dists and  others  receive  the   word   kindly   and  eagerly.      At   C 

C ,  north-west  of  here,  there  is  a  general  willingness  to  hear,  and 

they  give  me  crowded  houses.  I  cannot  report  conversions,  but  I  am 
hopeful  of  a  number  of  men  and  women,  who  seriously  attend  and  hear 
the  word.  My  Sunday-school  is  large  and  flourishing,  and  I  anticipate 
the  best  results  from  the  eflForts  put  forth  to  reach  the  young.  1  am 
teaching  three  classes  the  Shorter  Catechism,  by  three  strong  teachers. 
And  my  school  outnumbers,  by  far,  either  of  the  others.  I  circulate 
books  and  tracts  freely,  and  look  for  some  fruits  of  the  work  this  winter. 
My  heart  is  enlisted  here,  and  it  would  cause  me  grief  to  part  with 
many  over  whom  I  have  prayed  and  preached,  and  for  whose  peace  in 
Christ  1  have  yearned  and  do  yearn. 

The  "times  of  refreshing"  have  already  come  to  many  souls,  and  mine 
among  the  number.  Our  disasters  will  yet  work  "the  peaceable  fruits 
of  righteousness,"  and  the  Church  at  large  cannot  afford  to  abate  one  iota 
of  its  endeavors  to  sustain  the  work  in  Kansas.  I,  with  my  brethren, 
feel  the  force  of  the  argument,  that  we  receive  from  the  Board  thirty 
dollars  for  every  one  dollar  we  contribute,  and  the  apparent  necessity 
for  diminishing  this  draft  upon  the  Board  and  equalizing  the  ratio  of 


230  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  [August 

|]^iving  and  receiving.  Yet,  I  am  persuaded  that  this  is  no  time  to 
retrench  in  the  Kansas  field.  The  interests  at  stake  here  are  too  vast  to 
be  prejudiced  or  ruined  by  contraction  of  expenditure  at  present.  The 
day  is  not  far  distant  when  Kansas  will  repay  every  dollar  to  the  Church 
at  large  that  she  expends  upon  her  early  support  and  training.  The  boy 
is  growing  into  a  man.  The  time  to  check  expense  is  not  now,  I  am 
sure.  And  I  am  sure  the  Board  will  feel  the  truth  of  this  statement,  if 
we  can  assure  her  that  Kansas  is  not  the  Prodigal  Son,  wasting  the 
substance  of  the  Church  in  riotous  living,  but  the  needy,  hard-working, 
studious  one,  who  improves  the  time,  and  whose  greatest  longing  is  for 
the  time  of  ripe  manhood,  when  her  sturdy  arm  and  disciplined  mind 
shall  both  devise  and  do  excellent  things  for  the  Church  who  has  fosiered 
him  in  weakness.  I  speak  for  myself,  brethren,  from  my  standpoint  on 
the  frontiers.  I  speak  the  sentiment,  however,  of  my  brethren  all  over 
the  state.  The  conviction  forces  itself  upon  us  that  the  wealthy  churches 
of  the  east  would  not  wish  to  retrench  in  this  field  at  present,  if  they  did 
but  know  the  true  state  of  need  and  the  infallible  growth  that  will  follow 
more  extended  giving  rather  than  retrenchment.  Kansas  has  been  over- 
rated as  an  agricultural  state,  and  too  much  has  been  expected  from  her. 
But  the  golden  dreams  of  prosperity  will  yet  have  their  fulfilment  in  the 
herds  of  cattle  that  will  fatten  on  her  pastures  and  the  flocks  of  sheep 
that  will  cover  her  plains.  Wrongs  have  been  done  to  Kansas  by  creat- 
ing false  hopes  of  her  agricultural  resources,  while  the  full  truth  of  her 
capabilities  as  a  stock  ranche  has  not  been  told.  She  has  been  swallow- 
ing up  an  immigration  for  the  past  three  years  that  would  have  peopled 
New  England,  yet,  so  vast  are  her  prairies,  and  so  limited  are  her  waste 
lands  that  she  is  scarcely  half-settled.  Her  settlers  are  poor — this  is  the 
rule — poor,  but  eager  to  secure  homes  and  a  competence.  Wealth  is 
making,  not  so  slowly  either,  as  some  imagine.  Sheep  and  cattle  of  im- 
proved breeds  are  being  brought  into  the  state  now — in  the  very  face  of 
the  droughts  and  grasshoppers — for  we  have  learned  that  drought  nor 
grasshoppers  takes  a  pound  of  flesh  from  stock.  Cattle  never  were  fat- 
ter. Kansas  will  be  rich  in  a  very  few  years,  and  will  be  able  and  will- 
ing to  make  liberal  returns  for  every  penny  expended  now  on  her  spirit- 
ual interests.  Let  our  eastern  brethren  not  be  disheartened ;  help  us  in 
our  extremity,  and  we  will  help  this  cause  largely  in  the  near  future,  out 
of  our  abundance.  Fraternally,  W.  B.  C. 


SUSTENTATION  DEPARTMENT. 

We  beg  leave  to  remind  all  the  churches  that  the  Assembly  has  fixed 
no  time  for  the  collections  for  Sustentation.     Its  language  is : 

**That  it  be  recommended  to  all  the  churches  which  have  no  fixed  time 
for  taking  collections  for  the  cause  of  Sustentation,  to  make  their  contri- 
butions to  this  object  on  the  first  Sabbath  of  March,  or  as  near  to  that 
time  as  may  be  convenient." 

We  hope  the  "convenient,"  the  opportune  time  will  come  long  before 
next  March.  For  we  have  not  yet  been  able  to  begin  to  pay  what  be- 
came due  last  February.  We  have  not  been  able  to  reduce  the  debt  since 
the  General  Assembly,  which  stood  then — therefore  stands  now — at 
$13,500.  We  hope  the  missionaries  are  not  to  be  kept  thus  far  behind 
till  next  March.  Is  it  not  convenient  for  many  of  the  churches  that  have 
no  fixed  time  for  Sustentation  collections,  to  take  them  up  during  the 
summer?  ^  o 


1875.J  BOARD  OP  HOME  MISSIONS.  331 

SELF-SUPPORT — ENCOURAQINQ  WORDS  FROM  NEW  JERSEY. 

There  was  a  happy  couple  when  your  two  cheeks  for  $100  each  reached 
US  yesterday.  I  am  glad  for  my  own  sake,  and  especially  glad  for  the 
Sustentation  Department,  if  you  are  able  to  meet  all  the  wants  of  the 
men  under  your  care.  I  appended  no  remarks  to  my  report,  sent  a  few 
days  ago,  because  I  was  suffering  from  gloomy  prospects ;  but  now  the 
sky  is  clearer,  and  I  might  add  a  few  words.  I  am  sorry  now  that  I 
made  complaint,  but  when  one  is  severely  tried,  it  is  hard  to  restrain  his 
feelings.  Some  one  has  to  "  take  it,"  unless  the  grace  of  patience  abounds. 
The  receipt  of  the  $200  for  quarters  ending  August  6,  1874,  and  Novem- 
ber 6,  1874,  closes  our  account,  and  now  my  church  is  no  longer  depen- 
dent on  the  Sustentation  Fund.  It  not  only  makes  me  feel  thankful  for 
the  efficient  aid  given  us  the  two  years  we  were  under  your  care,  but  it 
will  do  my  church  good.  My  people  feared  thiat  they  might  have  to 
make  up  what  the  Sustentation  Fund  lacked,  but  now  they  will  have 
fresh  courage  in  trying  to  sustain  themselves.  If  the  checks  had  come  a 
little  sooner,  our  last  quarter's  benevolence  might  have  been  larger,  for,  as 
I  have  said,  my  people  couldn't  get  rid  of  the  thought  that  they  might 
have  to  make  up  the  $200.  I  hope  they  will  never  lose  their  gratitude 
for  the  help  they  have  received,  and  manifest  it  by  their  liberality.  Still 
it  is  a  struggle  for  a  country  church  of  85  members,  under  Quaker  influ- 
ences, to  pay  a  salary  of  $1000,  and  we  must  not  be  discouraged  if  they 
are  not  able  to  do  a  great  deal  for  the  general  benevolence  of  the  Church 
for  a  few  years.  The  church  has  been  in  existence  for  nineteen  years  and 
always  received  aid  from  the  Home  Mission  Board  until  they  were  taken 
under  the  Sustentation  Scheme.  They  never  raised  more  than  $500  a 
year  for  salary  till  last  year,  when  they  increased  it  to  $600,  and  now  they 
are  paying  the  $1000  themselves.  This  is  not  due  to  any  marked  in- 
crease of  strength  in  the  church,  though  it  is  prospering  somewhat  in 
this  respect,  but  chiefly  to  the  development  that  has  been  made  in  Chris- 
tian benevolence  under  the  careful  training  that  the  Sustentation  Scheme 
requires.  Its  encouragements  and  spurs  have  done  wonders  in  develop- 
ing the  latent  strength  of  our  church  and  in  increasing  their  beneficence. 
It  is  my  humble  opinion  that  if  the  Sustentation  Scheme  receives  the 
sympathy  of  the  wealthier  churches,  it  will  one  day  become  one  of  the 
greatest  sources  of  strength  in  the  Church.  The  churches  that  are  now 
being  helped  will  not  be  ungrateful  when  they  become  self-sustaining. 

Again  thanking  you  and  the  church  at  large  for  the  help  we  have  re- 
ceived.    I  remain  yours,  &c.  Mo. 

OTHER  ENGOURAOINQ  WORDS. 

With  this  report  the  Chateaugay  church  takes  leave  of  the  Sustentation 
Department  in  its  relation  as  beneficiary  of  the  Department.  We  feel  that 
Sustentation  has  been  a  decided  help  in  enabling  the  church  to  get  back 
to  being  self-sustaining.  Were  it  not  for  the  encouragement  and  material 
assistance  afforded,  we  doubt  whether  we  could  have  been  where  we  now 
are,  if  even  we  had  an  existence  as  a  Presbyterian  church.  Since  we 
commenced  receiving  help  from  the  Sustentation  Committee,  two  years 
ago,  the  society  has  paid  all  indebtedness,  and  now  has  a  good  pros- 
pect of  financial  prosperity.  There  have  been  added  to  the  church  in 
that  time  some  forty  members,  mostly  on  examination,  and  the  church  is 
now  a  power  for  good  in  the  community  and  enjoying  the  divine  blessing. 
Under  God  we  feel  that  the  Sustentation  Scheme  has  been  a  chief  instru- 
ment in  bringing  about  the  present  happy  state  of  things.  God  bless 
this  means  to  other  churches,  and  enable  them  to  attain  like  or  even  greater 
prosperity.  J.  W.  G. 


232  BOARD  OP  EDUCATION.  [August 

BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 

THB  harvest  TRXTLT  is  ORBAT,  but  THB  LABORBB8  ARB  FKW;  PRAT  TB  THERBPOBB  TBB  ItOmD 
OF  THB  HABTBST,  THAT  HE  WOULD  SEUD  FORTH  LABORERS  IHTO  HIS  HARVB8T.— LukC  X.  2. 


SUMMER  COLLECTIONS. 

The  winter  and  spring  collections  are  heaviest  in  city  and  town 
churches.  That  is  the  season  of  their  principal  activity  and  prosperity, 
whether  secular  or  spiritual. 

But  during  the  summer  season  the  chief  gifts  of  Providence  are 
bestowed  upon  the  churches  whose  members  are  engaged  in  agricul- 
tural employments. 

The  newspapers  are  filled  with  the  accounts  of  great  commercial  dis- 
asters in  Europe.  Old  established  English  firms  are  failing  for  millions 
of  pounds  sterling.     Merchants  say  that  the  future  here  is  uncertain. 

This  we  do  know,  however,  that  Nature  rejoices  on  every  side.  The 
pastures  are  covered  with  flocks.  The  valleys  also  are  covered  with 
corn.  And  the  God  of  our  salvation  has  satisfied  us  with  the  goodness 
of  his  house. 

Those  who  enjoy  these  bounties  of  God's  hand  owe  to  him  a  proper 
return  for  all  his  benefits.  We  appeal  to  every  congregation  thus  blessed, 
to  aid  us  to  multiply  and  fit  men  to  proclaim  the  goodness  of  God,  to 
show  transgressors  their  sins,  and  to  hold  up  the  atonement  which  alone 
can  give  peace  to  the  conscience  and  deliverance  from  eternal  death. 


CLOSING  UP  THE  BUSINESS  OP  THE  LAST  YEAR. 
It  should  be  remembered  that  the  last  collegiate  year  closed  with  a 
balance  against  us  of  fifteen  thousand  dollars.  This  should  be  all  paid 
during  the  summer,  and  our  treasury  should  be  prepared  to  meet  the 
payments  which  another  collegiate  year  will  soon  bring  upon  us.  This 
will  require  faithful  appeals  from  the  pulpits  in  behalf  of  this  cause. 


JONATHAN  EDWARDS. 

The  mid-summer  months  are  a  period  of  comparative  rest  and  refreshment  for 
many  ministers  and  students.  It  is  a  most  favorable  time  for  every  one  of  ns  to 
commune  with  God  in  his  works,  to  commune  with  him  in  his  word,  to  commnDe 
with  him  in  our  own  heart;  a  time  to  gird  up  our  loins  afresh  for  the  great  ends  of 
our  profession.  The  example  of  some  fellow-Christian  of  shining  excellence  is  often 
greatly  profitable  to  us.  "  Let  us  walk  by  the  same  rule ;  let  us  mind  the  same 
thing." 

The  man,  who,  in  these  later  ages  of  the  world,  united  together,  above  all  others 
known,  the  loftiest  traits  of  a  seraphic  character,  was  Jonathan  Edwards.  His  love 
to  God  was  the  most  pure  and  most  ardent;  his  intellectual  powers  were,  beyond 
those  of  any  other  man  of  later  times,  clear  and  penetrating;  his  self-denial  was 
most  complete  and  humble ;  his  zeal  for  the  kingdom  and  glory  of  Christ  was  a  flam- 
ing  fire. 

UNPARALLELED  INFLUENCE  OP  EDWARDS  IN   THE  CHRISTIAN  WORLD. 

This  man  has  moulded  American  thought,  he  has  given  impulse  to  spiritual  reli- 
gion in  the  New  World,  he  has  excited  missionary  zeal  iu  the  breasts  of  men  of  every 
land,  beyond  any  other. 


18Y5.]  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION.  233 

Jonathan  Edwards  was  born  in  New  England,  in  the  third  year  of  the  century 
which  gave  form  to  our  political  and  ecclesiastical  institutions;  and,  says  the  best  of 
our  national  historians,  Bancroft,  **  he  that  will  know  the  workings  of  the  mind  of  New 
England  in  the  middle  of  the  last  century,  and  the  throbbings  of  its  heart,  must 
give  his  days  and  nigh-ts  to  the  study  of  Jonathan  Edwards.*'  He  died,  and  the 
honored  graves  of  himself,  of  his  wife,  of  his  son-in-law,  the  Rev.  Aaron  Burr,  a  presi- 
dent of  the  college,  of  Mrs.  Burr,  and  of  his  grandson,  Aaron  Burr,  a  vice  president 
of  the  United  States,  all  remain,  in  Princeton  ;  a  place  which  Edwards,  and  Dickin- 
son, and  Davies,  and  Witherspoon  made  the  fountain  of  the  educated  Republicanism 
and  Presbyterianism  which  was  the  most  powerful  influence  of  the  century  in  the 
Middle  and  Southern  States. 

In  the  great  movements  of  the  Christian  world  during  the  past  century  and  a  half, 
we  trace  the  influence  of  no  one  uninspired  man  so  constantly  and  deeply  affecting 
them  as  th«t  of  Edwards.  He  drew  much  of  his  spirit  from  the  revivals  of  Scotland  ; 
and  he  in  turn  powerfully  aff'ected  the  Erskines,  Robe,  McLaurin,  Balfour,  Whitfield 
and  others,  whose  labors  communicated  their  flame,  and  spread  it  wherever  the 
English  language  is  spoken. 

The  writings  of  Edwards  had  much  to  do  with  the  revival  of  evangelical  religion 
within  the  English  Established  Church,  in  which  Charles  Simeon,  Henry  Martyn, 
and  others  at  Cambridge,  were  the  chief  agents.  The  Memoir  of  Henry  Martyn 
says  that  it  was  the  perusal  of  the  Life  of  David  Brainerd,  written  by  Edwards,  by 
which  the  soul  of  this  most  eminent  missionary  of  our  own  day  was  '*  filled  with 
a  holy  emulation  of  that  extraordinary  man,  and,  after  deep  meditation  and  fervent 
prayer,  he  was  at  length  fixed  in  a  resolution  to  imitate  his  example." 

We  find  the  influence  of  Edwards  moving  Ryland,  Fuller,  Sutcliflf,  Robert  Hall,  and 
the  Baptists  who  regenerated  their  Church,  and  planted  its  numerous  and  successful 
missions  in  India  and  in  other  British  colonies.  The  Life  of  Fuller  says,  that  the 
dissemination  of  Edwards'  appeal  for  "  Union  in  extraordinary  Prayer  for  the  Revi- 
val of  Religion,*'  in  1784,  was  a  great  means  in  kindling  the  flame  of  zeal  which 
created  the  Baptist  Missionary  Society  in  1792,  and  inspired  Carey,  Marshman  and 
others  to  labor  under  it.  The  celebrated  Robert  Hall,  according  to  his  biographer, 
Dr.  Olinthus  Gregory,  **  before  he  was  nine  years  of  age,  perused  and  reperused  with 
intense  interest  the  treatises  of  that  profound  and  extraordinary  thinker,  on  the 
'  Affections'  and  on  the  'Will,'  '*  and  "for  full  sixty  years,  he  read  Jonathan  Edwards' 
writings  with  undiminished  pleasure."  Hall  declared  that  *'  Edwards  ranks  with 
the  brighest  luminaries  of  the  Christian  Church,  not  excluding  any  country  or  any 
age." 

The  first  powerful  impulse  to  the  religious  character  of  the  great  leader  of  the 
Scotch  Free  Church  is  thus  described  by  Prof.  Duncan  :  Chalmers  *'  studied  Edwards 
on  *  Free  Will'  with  such  ardor  that  he  seemed  to  regard  nothing  else,  could  scarcely 
talk  of  anything  else,  and  one  was  almost  afraid  of  his  mind  losing  its  balance."  Chal- 
mers himself  says :  "  I  remember  when  a  student  of  divinity,  and  long  ere  I  could 
relish  evangelical  sentiment,  I  spent  nearly  a  twelve-month  in  a  sort  of  mental 
elysium  ;  and  the  one  idea  which  ministered  to  my  soul  all  its  rapture  was  the  magni- 
ficence of  the  Godhead,  and  the  universal  subordination  of  all  things  to  the  one  great 
purpose  for  which  He  evolved  and  was  supporting  creation."  We  learn  from  that 
picture  of  exquisite  beauty,  the  Life  of  Robert  Murray  McCheyne.  by  Bonar,  that  its 
colors  were  derived,  to  no  small  extent,  from  his  '*  studying  so  closely  the  works  of 
Jonathan  Edwards."  The  Rev.  Islay  Burns,  the  biographer  of  that  singularly  holy 
and  devoted  man,  William  C.  Burns,  missionary  to  China,  says  that  "  the  shining 
example  of  missionary  faith  and  heroism"  in  Edwards'  life  of  Brainerd  was  among 
the  means  by  which  "  he  rose  to  the  full  idea  of  entire  ^nd  absolute  consecration  of 
his  whole  being  and  life  to  the  service  of  Christ."  and  the  '*  purpose  of  devoting  him- 
self to  the  missionary  field."     The  holy  energy,  and  the  spiritual  and  soul- moving 


234  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION.  [Augxist 

poetry  of  Horatias  Bonar,  which  did  so  mnch  to  prepare  the  soil  for  the  labors  of  the 
American  evaDgelista  which  are  now  gathering  in  harvests  of  tens  of  thousands  of 
converts  in  Great  Britain,  were  derived  no  little  from  the  deep  study  of  the  sermons 
of  Edwards,  the  Tennents,  and  their  contemporaneous  fellow-laborers  in  America. 
Bonar,  along  with  a  quotation  from  a  sermon  of  Edwards,  says  of  those  men  :  "  Their 
preaching  seems  to  have  been  of  the  roost  masculine  and  fearless  kind,  falling  cm  the 
audience  with  tremendous  power.  It  was  not  vehement,  it  was  not  fierce,  it  was  not 
noisy  ;  it  was  far  too  solemn  o  he  such  ;  it  was  massive,  weighty,  cuttibg,  piercing, 
sharper  than  a  two-edged  sword.  .  .  .  These  warriors  did  not  fight  with  the  scabbard 
instead  of  the  blade  Nor  did  they  smite  with  the  flat  instead  of  the  edge  of  the 
sword.  Nor  did  they  spare  any  effort,  either  of  strength  or  skill,  which  might  carry 
home  the  thrust  or  the  stroke  to  the  very  vitals."  But,  says  Bonar,  with  this  they 
-preached  "  the  glad  tidings  of  great  joy,  through  Him  who  finished  transgression  and 
made  an  end  of  sin  on  the  cross.*' 

The  intellectual  influence  of  Edwards  upon  the  secular  thought  of  the  last  and  the 
present  century  is  a  fertile  theme.  It  profoundly  aff'ected  some  of  the  principal  phi- 
losophers and  historians  of  this  period.  But  our  one  object  now  is  to  show  the  unpar- 
.alleled  power  of  a  great  preacher  of  the  gospel,  and  to  direct  by  such  an  illustration 
the  attention  of  every  other  preacher  and  hearer  of  the  gospel  to  the  sources  of  that 
power.  We  can  but  name  them.  The  full  conception  and  proof  of  them  must  be 
derived  from  the  thorough  reading  of  the  writings  and  sermons  of  Edwards. 

THE    SOURCES   OF   HIS   POWER. 

The  first  impression  one  derives  from  them  is :  here  is  a  man  all  the  powers  of  whose 
soul  are  saturated  with  the  spirit  of  God's  word ;  his  only  and  inten^^e  desire  is  to 
know  what  God  speaks  in  his  word,  and  to  communicate  its  infinitely  important 
declarations  to  his  fellow  mortals.    As  for  the  judgments  or  actions  of  men,  he  can 

*•  perceive  the  noise  no  more 
Than  we  can  hear  a  shaking  leaf 
While  rattling  thunders  round  us  roar.'* 

Then  we  are  overawed  with  the  vision  of  the  intimacy  of  the  personal  communion 
to  which  God  admits  him.  The  writings  of  no  man,  since  the  apostle  John  closed  the 
book  of  Revelation — Augustine,  Thomas  a'  Kempis,  Calvin,  Baxter— bring  one 
so  near  to  the  di^lays  of  the  inner  audience  chamber  of  the  Eternal  Ruler  of  the  uni- 
verse, to  such  views  of  his  infinite  glory  and  sovereignty,  and  wisdom,  and  power,  and 
truth  and  goodness ;  to  such  assurance  of  the  perfect  justice  of  the  everlasting  pun- 
ishment of  sin;  to  such  clear,  loving,  rapturous  communion  with  the  Friend  and 
Saviour  of  man,  the  Divine  Mediator  and  Messiah,  Jesus  Christ. 

We  have  here  the  loftiest  uninspired  conceptions  of  the  all-embracing  extent,  heav- 
enly grandeur  and  majesty,  continuous  progrera  from  the  creation  through  all  time, 
and  certain  and  joyful  prevalency  in  the  promised  millennium,  of  the  kingdom  of  the 
Son  of  God. 

And  we  behold  here  the  power  of  the  gO!»pel.  How  it  cleaves  open  the  heart  of 
man,  and  strips  him  of  all  excuses,  and  slays  his  old  nature;  yet  how  it  raises  him  to 
a  new  life  in  Christ  Jesus.  It  is  a  new,  sanctified,  joyful,  eternal  life.  It  is  a  life  of 
cross  bearing,  a  life  of  conflict;  but  it  is  a  life  in  which  heaven  is  already  begun,  and' 
through  which  heaven  will  be  «  ur  portion,  forever  and  forever.  It  is  a  life  which,  in 
proportion  as  it  existo  in  the  pouI,  makes  a  man  an  angel  of  mercy  to  our  sinful  world ; 
yes,  more  than  an  angel,  for  he  becomes  a  true  **  brother"  of  the  Lord  Jeeus,  the  Son 
of  God.  How  blessed  are  those  whose  earthly  business,  and  whole  employment,  it  is  to 
guide  their  fellow  men  to  Jesus,  to  teach  them  U>  be  like  Jesus,  and  to  prepare  them  to 
appear  with  us  before  him  in  glory.  How  bleseed  all  they  who  in  any  way  are  fel- 
low workers,  who  help  to  raise  up  and  qualify  men  men  to  proclaim  the  truth  as  it  is 
in  Christ  to  a  world  lying  in  sin. 


1875.]  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  235 

TREASURER  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 

In  fulfilment  of  the  instructions  of  the  last  General  Assembly,  a  joint 
treasurer  has  been  elected  for  the  Board  of  Education,  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees of  the  General  Assembly,  and  the  Committee  of  the  Relief  Fund  for 
Disabled  Ministers.  Mr.  E.  G.  Woodward,  who  has  been  treasurer  of 
the  Board  of  Education,  has  been  selected  for  that  position.  Ho  will 
assume  the  joint  office  as  relates  to  the  two  first  named  of  those  corpora* 
tions  at  once,  as  relates  to  the  other  not  until  the  1st  of  October. 


BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


RECENT  INTELLIGENCE. 

Notices  of  Missionaries. — The  Rev.  S.  H.  Calhoun  and  his  family, 
from  Syria,  and  Miss  Dean  from  Oroomiah,  Persia,  have  arrived  in  this 
country — the  latter  in  very  feeble  health.  Mr.  Calhoun's  visit  has  refer- 
ence to  considerations  of  health  and  also  to  arrangements  for  the  educa- 
tion of  his  younger  children.  He  will  be  warmly  welcomed  by  the 
churches  as  one  of  the  older  missionaries  of  the  Board,  formerly  of 
the  American  Board,  under  which  the  Syria  mission  was  conducted  so 
many  years.  The  Rev.  D.  Trumbull,  D.D.,  has  returned  to  Valparaiso, 
hoping  to  be  followed  soon  by  one  or  two  new  missionaries,  who  are 
much  needed  in  Chili. 

Admitted  to  the  Church. — Mr.  Ramsay  reports  one  new  member 
received  by  the  Seminole  church.  Mr.  Carrothers  mentions  the  admis- 
sion of  eight  new  members  by  the  church  of  Yedo.  Messrs.  Mills  and 
Crossette  speak  of  twelve  new  converts  admitted  to  churches  connected 
with  Tungchow.  In  Bangkok  three  new  communicants  had  been  received, 
making  twenty  admitted,  as  Miss  Grimstead  writes,  in  a  few  months  at 
Bangkok  and  Petchaburi.  Mr.  Deputie  refers  to  one  new  member 
received  at  King  Tom's  town,  and  Mr.  Bushnell  to  one  received  at 
Gaboon.  In  Brazil,  Mr.  Da  Gama  reports  a  church  organized  at  St. 
Carlos,  within  reach  of  Rio  Claro,  and  seven  communicants  received ; 
six  children  were  baptized.  In  Mexico,  Mr.  Hutchinson  speaks  of  nine- 
teen new  members  received  on  profession  of  their  faith — See  his  better 
on  another  page.  ' 

Items  of  Interest  prom  Africa. — The  Rev.  R.  H.  Nassau,  M.P., 
was  at  a  place  on  the  Ugovi,  when  he  wrot«,  proceeding  up  the  river  to 
form  a  new  station.  He  was  accompanied  by  the  Rev.  W.  Schorsch,  we 
suppose  for  a  temporary  sojourn.  From  Benita,  Miss  Nassau  writes  in 
encouraging  terms  of  the  five  natives  who  are  under  the  care  of  Presby- 
tery as  candidates  for  the  ministry.  From  Gaboon,  Mr.  Bushnell  writes 
of  a  Conference  of  missionaries  on  the  coast,  soon  to  be  held  at  that  place. 
Itmay  include  Scotch  United  Presbyterian,  English  Baptist,  perhaps  Mftne 
more  brethren,  and  the  missionaries  of  our  Church. 


236  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [August 

Receipts  IN  May  and  June. — From  churches,  $23,195;  from  indi- 
vidual donors,  $2,284;  from  legacies,  $5,159— in  all,  $30,639.  Last  year 
the  receipts  in  these  months  were  $26,039.  From  churches  and  indi- 
vidual donors — ^last  year,  $19,288;  this  year,  $25,479. 

Letters  Received  to  July  14th. — From  the  Seneca  Mission,  July 
7th;  Chippewa,  June  30th;  Omaha,  June  29th;  Dakota,  June  lltb; 
Seminole,  June  30th;  San  Francisco,  July  1st;  Yedo,  June  8th;  Yoko- 
hama, June  12th  ;  Peking,  May  7th ;  Tungchow,  May  11th;  Chefoo,  May 
3d;  Ningpo,  May  24th;  Hangchow,  May  7th;  Shanghai,  May  28th; 
Canton,  May  29th;  Bangkok,  May  10th;  Futtehgurh,  May  28th;  Kola- 
pore,  May  29th;  Tiflis,  June  7th;  Teheran,  April  19th;  Beirut,  June 
14th;  Monrovia,  May  26th;  Benita,  April  27th;  Gaboon,  May  10th;  on 
the  Ugovi,  April  18th;  Rio  de  Janeiro,  May  25th;  Rio  Claro,  May 
15th;  Bahia,  May  29th;  Cachoeira,  April  22d  ;  Bogota,  May  27th; 
Mexico,  May  25th;  Zacatecas,  June  7th. 


"INVESTED  IN  BUILDINGS.^' 

In  our  last  number  it  was  said  that  "all  of  $75,000  might  well  be 
invested  in  buildings  in  different  countries,  thus  saving  large  expense 
,for  rents."     A  few  words  may  be  added  to  this  statement.     In  many 
of  the  missionary  fields  it  is  not  practicable  to  rent  houses  for  family  use, 
and  building  them  is  a  matter  of  necessity;  but  it  is  also,  in  nearly  all 
the  missions,  a  matter  of  economy,  as  house  rents  are  usually  very  high. 
It  is  considered  a  wise  policy  for  the  Board  to  own  these  houses,  both 
to  save  expense,  and  to  furnish  better  accommodation  to  the  families  of 
missionaries.     Among  the  Indian  tribes,  in  Africa,  India,  Siam,  China, 
and  Japan,  to  some  extent  in  Persia,  and  at  Abeih,  in  Syria,  houses  are 
thus  owned.     In  some  of  these  countries  new  dwelling  houses  should  be 
provided.     In  Mexico,  Chili,  United   States  of  Colombia,  Brazil,  such 
houses  are  rented,  and  it  would  be  much  better  if  they  were  owned  by 
the  Board.     It  is  probably  safe  to  say,  that  if  between  thirty  and  forty 
new  houses  could  be  built  or  purchased  this  year,  the  missionaries  would 
be  better  accommodated  and  the  Board  would  save  a  large  outlay  for 
rents.     It  is  a  cause  of  thankfulness  that  the  Board  does  own  so  many 
houses — ^probably  not  less  thau  seventy,  which  may  be  worth   some 
$175,000  or  more,  but  which  save  in  rents  the  interest  of  twice  that  sum. 
It  would  be  a  good  investment,  therefore,  to  expend  $75,000  in  this  way. 
And  it  is  almost,  if  not  quite  a  matter  of  necessity  that  the  Board  should 
give  its  consent  to  the  building  of  some  new  houses,  without  much 
longer  delay. 

Besides  dwelling  houses,  the  enlargement  of  the  mission  premises  for 
the  Chinese  mission  in  San  Francisco,  a  chapel  in  the  city  of  Mexico,  and 
another  in  Zacatecas,  chapels  also  at  several  places  in  South  America, 
and  in  other  mission  fields,  are  urgently  called  for  by  the  brethren, — not 
costly  buildings  in  any  case,  but  plain  in  style,  not  large  in  siz^  and 


1875.]  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  237 

moderate  in  expense.  Twenty  such  small  churches  would  be  a  great 
matter  in  our  work,  and  all  of  them  need  not  cost  anything  like  the  sum 
invested  sometimes  in  a  single  church  edifice  in  this  country. 

As  a  rule,  it  is  not  best  to  incur  large  expense  for  these  buildings  in  a 
missionary  field.  Great  care  should  be  taken  lest  a  discouraging  or  inju- 
rious example  in  the  style  and  cost  of  buildings  should  be  set  before  the 
weak  native  churches;  and  yet  modest  chapels  of  some  kind  are,  for 
obvious  reasons,  much  to  be  desired  in  most  of  the  missions. 


QUESTIONS  AND  ANSWERS. 

{Continued  from  Vol.  xx!!.,  pay«144.) 
No.  35.    As  TO  THE  RELATION  OF  THE    LaDIES'  BoARDS  TO  THE  BOARD 

OF  Foreign  Missions. — It  is  in  a  general  sense  that  of  auxiliaries.  Inde- 
pendent action  is  not  desired  by  any  of  the  Woman's  Boards  or  Societies, 
so  far  as  we  are  informed ;  and  there  are  strong  reasons  adverse  to  such 
action.  In  this  auxiliary  relation  three  things  are  reserved  to  the  Board 
of  Foreign  Missions  for  control,  besides  the  general  supervision  which 
extends  to  all  parts  of  the  missionary  work  at  home  and  abroad.  These 
three  things  are:  1,  the  appointment  of  missionaries;  2,  the  designation 
of  their  fields  of  labor;  and  3,  the  amount  of  their  salaries.  See  Annual 
Report,  1871,  page  4.  The  existing  relation  between  the  Board  and  the 
Ladies'  Societies  gives  a  wide  margin  for  their  co-operation — in  seeking 
missionaries,  providing  for  their  support,  corresponding  with  them  as  to 
their  duties,  aiding  in  undertaking  particular  parts  of  the  work,  sympa- 
thizing with  the  laborers  abroad,  and  awakening  an  interest  in  them  and 
in  the  cause  of  missions  here  at  home. 

No.  36.  We  have  been  asked,  What  is  the  relation  of  the  Wom- 
en's Boards  TO  each  other? — No  official  relationship  exists  between 
them.  All  are  auxiliaries  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  but  towards 
each  other,  each  is  independent;  yet  all  are  united  in  common  bonds  of 
Christian  love  and  sympathy.  In  several  cases  missionaries  supported  by 
different  societies  are  stationed  at  the  same  place  and  engaged  in  the  same 
kind  of  work.  This  is  easily  practicable  under  the  immediate  charge  of 
the  Mission  and  the  general  supervision  of  the  Board. 

No.  37.  What  is  the  division  of  work  among  the  Secretaries 
IN  the  Mission  House? — As  to  the  correspondence  with  and  for  the 
Missions: — the  Seneca,  Chippewa,  Omaha,  Dakota,  Creek,  Seminole,  New 
Mexico  Indian,  Nez  Perce,  Spokan,  Chinese  in  California,  Japan,  Libe- 
ria, Gaboon  and  Corisco  are  in  the  charge  of  the  senior  Secretary;  the 
United  States  of  Colombia,  Brazil,  Persia,  Kolapore,  Lodiana,  Furrukha- 
bad — the  three  missions  in  India,  Siam  and  Laos,  of  the  second  Secretary ; 
Mexico,  Chili,  Syria,  Canton,  Ningpo,  Shantung  and  Peking — the  three  mit<- 
sions  in  China,  and  also  the  work  in  Papal  Europe,  of  the  junior  Secre- 
tary. As  to  the  press : — the  foreign  pages  of  the  Record  are  in  the  charge 
of  the  senior  Secretary ;  the  Foreign  Missionary  and  the  Young  Mission- 


238  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [August 

-    ♦■  ■ 

ary,  of  the  second  Secretary ;  articles  for  the  religious  newspapers,  of  the 
junior  Secretary.  The  preparation  of  the  Annual  Report  devolves  on 
each  for  the  missions  under  his  charge.  And  as  to  answers  to  letters  from 
friends  in  this  country,  relating  to  the  appointment  of  missionaries,  their 
preparation  for  going  out,  various  matters  in  regard  to  the  support  of 
scholars,  native  laborers,  &c.,  these  and  other  things  not  here  specified, 
are  arranged  according  to  circumstances.  So  are  visits  for  the  Board  to 
ecclesiastical  and  missionary  meetings,  chiefly  by  the  two  younger  Secre- 
taries. 

This  statement  will  serve  to  answer  in  part  another  question  which  is 
sometimes  asked — ^Why  are  three  secretaries  needed?  Because  of  the 
WDrk  to  be  done;  and  also  because  the  Church,  through  the  General 
Assembly,  has  adopted  the  theory  of  thorough  i^uperintendence  as  best 
for  this  work.  Each  secretary  is  expected  to  be  particularly  acquaintx'd 
with  ail  parts  of  the  missionary  work  in  the  missions  in  his  correspondence, 
and  with  all  that  concerns  the  people  for  whom  these  missions  are  estab- 
lished, very  much  as  if  he  were  himself  one  of  the  missionaries  in  each 
country  respectively.  On  the  theory  of  a  less  careful  administration,  less 
executive  force  would  be  required.  This  paragraph  of  course  does  not 
exhaust  the  subject,  but  it  contains  all  that  need  be  stated  here. 


INTERESTING  NEWS  FROM  MEXICO. 
The  Rev.  M.  N.  Hutchinson,  writing  in  Mexico,  May  25th,  sends  the 
following  accounts.  They  quite  sustain  the  impression  previously 
made,  as  to  the  open  door  in  Mexico,  and  its  marked  features  of 
encouragement.  And  yet  there  are  many  adversaries — one  of  whom,  at 
least,  excites  somewhat  painful  surprise  by  his  course: 

Here  we  have  received  nineteen  members  on  profession  of  their  faith 
since  1  wrote  last.  In  Yera  Cruz  our  congregation  has  been  reduced  by 
the  illness  of  many  members,  but  as  yet  not  one  has  .died  of  the  painful 
disease. 

I  send  extracts  from  letters  received  from  Don  Procopio  Diaz ;  you 
will  see  something  of  »his  faith  and  zeal.  I  have  had  ten  of  the  Acapulco 
brethren  in  my  house,  seven  of  them  for  several  weeks.  Four  of  them 
are  now  on  their  way  to  Chilpancingo,  the  capital  of  their  State,  each 
with  a  bundle  of  Bibles,  tracts,  &c.  The  calls  are  daily  multiplying  in 
all  that  region.  We  have  not  suffered  in  vain.  Indeed  the  calls  for 
spiritual  help  are  so  numerous  that  I  must  beg  you  to  send  us  all  the 
means  that  can  possibly  be  obtained  for  Mexico — every  dollar — I  can  ask 
no  less.  Not  that  the  Mexican  people,  as  a  whole,  are  turning  their  faces 
Zionward,  but  little  bands  of  believers  and  seekers,  all  over  this  country. 
I  know  less  of  other  missionary  fields,  but  if  in  other  lands  the  demands 
are  as  numerous,  the  world  is  in  a  wonderful  condition  indeed.  The 
enemy  is  present,  but  the  Lord  is  present  also.  He  is  not  only  with  us, 
but  he  goes  before  us.  Will  not  the  Christians  at  home  co-work  with  us? 
The  Lord  points  to  one  place  and  to  another,  and  bids  his  Church  occupy 
it  in  his  name.  We  are  only  the  servants,  we  are  not  the  Church.  We 
could  profitably  use  several  times  the  amount  of  money  sent  us  la^t  year. 
I  hope  the  movement   to  give  us  a  memorial   church   is  prospering. 


1875.]  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  239 

Dr. [We  omit  the  name — Ed.]  is  telling  the  young  men  that  the 

Presbyterian  Church  is  poor — little  means,  little  influence,  and  pointing 
to  our  inferior  places  of  worship  in  proof  of  what  he  says.  I  care  little 
for  this,  excepting  as  it  affects  him.  But  I  know  it  has  means  enough  to 
give  us  a  respectable  place  of  worship,  and  at  least  as  much  money  for 
the  whole  field  under  my  care  as  is  expended  in  a  single  first-class  church 
at  home,  (if  I  may  use  the  expression  ''first-class*-  to  indicate  one  of  the 
larger  home  churches.) 

In  connection  with  my  other  duties,  I  have  commenced  a  course  of 
Bible  lectures  in  the  church,  on  Tuesday  evenings.  Have  a  Bible  study 
with  the  native  preachers  Monday,  P.  M.,  and  a  class  of  young  men  in 
theology  on  Wednesday  and  Friday. 

Mr.  Dias  writes  to  Mr.  Hutchinson,  as  follows.  He  is,  says  Mr. 
Hutchinson,  the  pastor  elect  of  Acapulco,  but  now  in  the  State  Legisla- 
ture, to  which  position  he  was  elected  just  before  the  massacre : 

Chilpanzingo. — "Here  I  am  since  a  month  and  ten  days,  and  now 
am  the  President  of  the  House.  I  am  almost  well  of  my  wounds,  only 
suffer  some  pains,  that  I  attribute  to  the  blows  upon  my  head,  and  the 
lack  of  blood.  [He  received  eight  wounds.]  Respecting  the  question 
that  you  asked  me,  if  I  wished  to  come  to  Mexico,  I  say,  dispose  of  me 
as  you  think  will  be  best  for  the  service  of  God.  My  heart  is  divided ; 
while  I  would  wish  to  be  there  helping,  I  see  that  here  I  am  interested 
in  so  many  that  wish  to  embrace  the  Holy  Apostolic  religion.  It  is 
true  that  I  am  menaced,  that  they  persecute  me,  speak  of  me  with  con- 
tempt ;  but  I  prefer  to  be  in  danger,  as  you  have  seen,  and  I  wish  rather 
to  die  than  leave  the  work.  I  wish  to  give  you  the  good  news  that  I 
have  opened  a  church.  But  such  have  been  the  fears  of  some  that  they 
have  taken  away  the  students  of  the  Institute,  that  is  to  say,  they  have 
prohibited  them  to  come  to  the  celebration  of  worship ;  but  to  take  away 
from  the  heart  the  faith,  cannot  be  done:  on  the  contrary,  they  have 
lighted  in  them  an  undying  fire.  We  have  a  brother,  the  preceptor  of 
a  school  of  highest  standing,  that  for  his  adherence  to  our  doctrines  has 
lost  his  pay.  To  what  lengths  will  not  fanaticism  run.  I  also  would  be 
impeded  in  starting  soon,  as  I  need  money,  since  I  have  my  family 
here,  and  my  salary  has  not  yet  been  paid.  I  have  had  to  sell  some 
things  and  pawn  others  for  daily  necessities.  Yet  it  is  not  of  this  1 
would  write." 

In  a  later  letter,  Mr.  D.  says — *'  When  I  wrote  to  you  I  was  in  sorrow, 
for  it  seemed  a  crisis  in  my  work.  They  have  given  the  order  that  no 
one  should  come  to  my  house,  and  it  is  from  authority.  Since,  I  have 
received  letters  and  remembrances,  and  this  has  reanimated  me ;  if  there 
be  a  prohibition,  more  active  is  the  faith  of  our  brothers.  Yesterday  I 
received  a  letter  from  Santa  Barbara;  they  are  ready  to  follow  the  true 
doctrine  of  the  disciples  of  Jesus.  I  gave  them  Bibles  and  tracts,  and  they 
went  away  contented.  I  say  the  same  with  respect  to  going  to  Mexico 
city  as  in  my  last,  although  I  am  positively  interested  in  the  propaga- 
tion of  the  gospel  before  a  Colossus  which  I  ought  to  vanquish.  I  judge 
my  presence  here  to  be  useful,  for  not  a  day  passes  but  a  brother 
is  gained.  They  still  menace,  but  thanks  to  the  Almighty,  myself,  my 
wife  and  children  have  no  fear.  If  He  is  with  us,  what  have  we  to  fear  ? 
I  can  now  play  on  the  organ  almost  all  the  hymns,  playing  with  my 
three  fingers  on  the  one  hand.  [Two  he  lost  in  the  massacre.T  I  cease 
not  to  ask  for  tracts  ;  I  have  much  need  of  them.    . OglC 


240  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [August 

"  I  conclude  by  asking  you  that  you  pray  to  God  for  our  work  in  this 
city,  that  it  increase,  and  that  he  send  a  copious  blessing.  We  do  this 
for  you,  and  cease  not  to  entreat  that  blessing  of  the  Saviour  to  those 
who  persevere  even  to  the  end.  My  wife  and  children  are  hungry  to 
be  in  the  capital,  to  celebrate  worship  in  liberty.  They  grieve  over 
the  inconveniences  that  there  are,  and  the  improbability  of  these 
being  better.  The  remembrance  of  you  consoles  them.  I  am  convinced 
that  my  spirit  will  be  tranquil  when  I  hear  your  voice,  your  explication^ 
that  were  my  joy,  my  health  ;  but  if  God  does  not  permit  me  to  unite  with 
you  in  this  life — the  consolation  remains  of  seeing  you  in  the  celestial 
country,  redeemed  by  the  merits  and  precious  blood  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ.  My  wife  and  children  cry  to  see  you  and  hear  you  again  sing 
the  hymns,  and  I  ? — I  ? — I  do  not  know  what  to  say  to  you,  more  than 
may  you  be  happy  in  laboring  for  our  holy  Church  I 

"  Your  brother  in  Christ  Jesus." 


A  TWO  MONTHS'  TOUR  IN  SHANTUNG. 
The  Rev.  J.  F.  Crossette  writes  from  Tungchow,  China,  in  May  last, 
sending  interesting  accounts,  as  follows : 

"Mr.  C.  R.  Mills  and  I  have  made  a  two  months'  tour  to  Chenanfa 
and  back,  riding  both  ways  in  a  Peking  cart.  On  our  way  out,  we 
spent  a  Sabbath  with  our  good  Scotch  friend.  Rev.  John  Macintyre,  who 
is  still  battling  alone  at  Wei  Hien.  He  was  not  idle  with  an  audience 
of  heathen  to  address  every  day,  and  for  literary  work  an  elaborate 
essay  on  Ancestral  Worship.  Another  day  farther  on,  we  found  our 
Welsh  brother.  Rev.  Timothy  Richard,  also  alone  occupying  Chingcho- 
fu  as  Mr.  Mcllvaine  did  Chenanfu  at  first.  The  occupation  of  these 
two  cities,  midway  from  Cheefu  and  Tungchow  to  Chenanfu,  should 
certainly  encourage  us  to  go  out  and  make  a  full  occupation  of  Chenanfu. 

Upon  reaching  our  destination,  we  found  our  helper,  a  Ping  Too  man, 
preaching  in  the  chapel  every  day ;  but  we  were  so  impressed  with  the 
unhealthiness  of  our  house,  because  of  wet  floors,  we  began  immediately 
to  search  for  another,  and  succeeded  in  renting  a  furnished  house  inside 
of  the  south  gate,  a  merchant  going  our  security  because  of  the  favor 
which  he  considered  he  owed  foreigners  in  that  he  was  cured  from  opium 
smoking  by  medicine  given  him  by  Rev.  T.  Richard  last  year.  Rev,  J. 
L.  Whiting  and  Rev.  J.  S.  Mcllvaine  arrived  from  Peking  after  we  had 
been  there  a  week,  when  we  divided  our  forces,  and  opened  the  two 
chapels  every  day  to  good  audiences,  keeping  the  old  chapel  inside  of 
the  east  gate  and  opening  the  one  inside  of  the  south  gate  for  the  first 
time.  An  event  of  much  interest  to  us  was  the  meeting  of  an  English- 
man, who  as  a  Major-General  in  the  Chinese  army  has  been  subduing  the 
Mohammedan  rebellion  for  the  last  six  years.  Now  China  being  at 
peace,  he  is  engaged  by  the  Governor  of  the  Shantung  Province  to  make 
internal  improvements.  As  the  General  came  out  and  made  a  profession 
of  his  faith  in  Jesus  before  our  little  native  church,  it  was  an  occasion  of 
no  little  joy  to  us.  No  natives  were  baptized  while  we  were  in  Chenanfu, 
but  a  few  candidates  should  be  examined  after  a  little. 

I  hardly  knew  how  to  turn  my  back  on  Chenanfu,  leaving  Mr.  Mcll- 
vaine alone  again,  but  Mr.  Mills  had  left  his*  four  little  children  in  the 
care  of  the  ladies  of  the  Baptist  mission  at  Tungchow,  and  he  could  not 
allow  too  much  of  their  time  to  be  interrupted.  I  had  a  wife  too  from 
whom  a  year's  separation  so  recently  was  almost  enough.  j 

Mr.  Whiting  and  his  native  helper  had  early  returned  to  Pekii^ft  we 


1876.]  BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION.  241 

left  one  of  our  trusty  helpers  with  Mr.  Mcllvaine,  and  the  General  being 
still  in  the  city,  we  left  Mr.  Mcllvaine,  hoping  that  his  loneliness  would 
not  be  too  great  till  some  missionary  could  join  him.  Returning  as  far 
as  Lai  Chowfu  we  met  Mrs.  Mateer,  who  was  working  among  the 
women.  On  the  Sabbath,  Mr.  Mills  baptized  five  men  and  two  women, 
at  the  little  Lai  Chowfu  church,  seventy-five  miles  from  Tungchow.  I 
passed  over  to  Ping  Too,  and  at  the  T'sah  Ling  Chwang  church  baptized 
three  women  and  two  men.  At  the  church  meeting  a  petition  was  pre- 
pared for  Presbytery,  requesting  (because  of  the  distance  apart  of  the 
church  members)  that  the  church  be  divided.  From  Ping  Too,  I  came 
home  on  wheelbarrows  and  donkeys,  reaching  here  the  Uh  of  May. 


BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION. 


OVERSIGHT. 

A  radical  distinction  between  the  many  excellent  voluntary  associ^ 
tions  for  good  works  which  ask  our  support,  and  the  Boards  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church,  will  be  found  in  the  matter  of  oversight.  Unlike  these 
societies,  our  ecclesiastical  Boards  are  strictly  supervised  by  their  actual 
constituency.  Each  Board  presents  annually  to  the  General  Assembly 
a  full  and  detailed  report  of  its  receipts  and  expenditures,  of  its  work,  its 
aims,  and  its  needs.  ThesQ  reports  are  put  by  the  Assembly,  each  into 
the  hands  of  a  committee  of  picked  men,  including  both  ministers  and 
elders.  The  report  is  studied  by  these  committee  men,  and,  if  desirable, 
the  Secretaries  are  called  before  them  and  interrogated.  Any  overtures 
relating  to  the  work  of  the  Board  are  referred  to  the  same  committee. 
This  Standing  Committee  then  reports  to  the  Assembly,  recommending 
such  action  as  seems  appropriate.  Its  report  is  discussed  in  open  Assem- 
bly, and  is  followed  by  action  expressing  the  sense  of  this,  the  representa- 
tion of  the  denomination.  Thus  the  supervision  is  thorough,  the  control 
complete.  The  Boards  are  the  hands  of  the  body,  executing  its  will. 
The  last  Assembly  unanimously  adopted  the  following  resolutions  on 
the  work  of  the  Board  of  Publication : 

1.  That  the  Assembly  calls  the  attention  of  the  Presbyteries  to  the 
increasing  excellence  of  the  periodicals  of  the  Board,  viz :  The  Prenhyte- 
rian  at  Work,  The  Westminster  Lesson  Leaf,  The  Sabbath-school  Visitor , 
and  The  Sunbeam,  and  urges  them  to  watch  that  these  be  not  shut  out 
of  our  Sabbath-schools  and  churches  by  the  intrusion  of  inferior  and  irre- 
sponsible publications. 

2.  That  the  intrinsic  merit  of  the  new  Hymnal  in  its  various  forms,  and 
the, wonderful  favor  it  has  received  from  the  churches,  in  the  sale  of  over 
one  hundred  thousand  copies  in  eight  months,  justifies  the  Assembly  in 
having  approved  it  as  its  own,  and  in  now  earnestly  and  confidently 
commending  it  to  our  congregations  for  general  adoption  in  the  worship 
of  the  sanctuary  and  the  Sabbath-school. 

3.  That  the  Assembly  recommend  to  the  Presbyteries  the  holding  of 
Institutes  or  Conventions  at  different  points  within  their  bounds,  to  con- 
sider the  various  benevolent  schemes  of  the  Church,  and  in  them  to  give 
due  prominence  to  the  missionary  and  Sabbath-school  work  of  this  Board ; 


242  BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION.  [August 

and  that  a  recent  issue  of  this  Board,  entitled  "Preparing  to  Teach,"  be 
recommended  to  the  careful  study  of  pastors  and  Sabbath-School  Insti- 
tutes and  teachers. 

4.  That  the  Assembly  counsels  the  Board  and  the  Presbyteries  to  regard 
more  the  qualifications  of  the  missionaries  they  employ  than  their  number 
and  cheapness,  earnestly  recommends  Presbyteries  to  press  this  mission- 
ary work  of  the  Board  within  their  bounds,  and  calls  upon  the  churches 
not  to  forget  the  duty  of  an  annual  collection  to  aid  these  useful  missions 
to  the  waste  and  lonely  places  of  our  land. 

5.  That  the  Assembly  re-elect  to  the  Board  the  members  whose  terms 
of  office  will  expire  this  present  month. 

And  further,  the  election  of  the  Rev.  Marvin  R.  Vincent,  D.D.,  of  New 
York,  to  fill  the  vacancy  occa.sioned  by  the  resignation  of  the  Rev.  R.  R. 
Booth,  D.D. ;  of  Mr.  John  B.  Gest  to  fill  the  place  of  Mr.Morris  Pat- 
terson, resigned ;  and  Mr.  James  Hogg  to  fill  the  place  of  Winthrop  Sar- 
gent, deceased. 

6.  That  the  Assembly  order  the  printing  of  the  Annual  Report  of  the 
Board  under  its  supervision. 

The  Rev.  A.  W.  Loomis,  D.D.,  offered  the  following  resolution,  which 
was  adopted  as  supplemental  to  the  Report. 

Remlved,  That  the  Board  of  Publication  be  direjcted  to  issue  once  each 
month  a  Supplemental  Lesson  Sheet  in  connection  with  the  Westminster 
Lesson  Series,  for  the  use  of  the  teachers  and  scholars  in  our  schools,  in 
the  int^Test  of  the  Home  and  Foreign  Mission  work  of  our  Church. 


A  TRUE  MISSIONARY  WORK. 

In  the  Assembly,  the  Rev.  Wm.  E.  Schenck,  D.D.,  Corresponding  Sec- 
retary of  the  Board,  followed  the  report  <^  the  Standing  Committee  with 
an  address  with  regard  to  the  work.  After  referring  to  the  state  of  the 
finances  of  the  Board,  its  periodicals,  and  its  wide  circulation  of  our 
standards,  he  thus  spoke  of  the  Board's  Missionary  Department. 

**  This  is  separately  constituted,  and  keeps  a  distinct  account  with  the 
commercial  work  of  the  Board.     It  comprehends — 

"  L  The  Sabbath-school  Work.  This  is  itself  far-reaching  in  its 
power  and  influence,  beyond  all  calculation.  Here  it  sustains  a  Superin- 
tendent of  Sabbath-school  Work,  whose  principal  occupation  is  *to  circu- 
late through  all  the  Church  a  knowledge  of  healthful  improvements  in 
the  work  of  Sabbath-schools,  and  by  visiting  Synods,  Presbyt<?ries  and 
Schools,  and  assisting  in  Sabbath-school  meetings  in  connection  with  these 
bodies,  to  impart  information,  stimulate  interest  and  excite  liberality.' 
His  work  is  beginning  to  tell  upon  the  Schools  of  our  Church  in  the 
unity  of  their  action  and  the  improvement  of  their  methods  of  instruction, 
as  well  as  in  drawing  them  closer  to  all  the  benevolent  interests  of  their 
own  Church.  All  the  Missionaries  of  the  Board  are  likewise  actively 
engaged  in  aiding  Sabbath-schools,  supplying  them  with  libraries  and 
periodicals,  and  in  organizing  new  Mission  Schools  in  needy  and  desti- 
tute places.  The  influence  of  this  work  of  the  Board  upon  the  children 
of  the  Church  is  becoming  more  and  more  widely  and  powerfully  felt. 

**2.  The  Missionaries  of  the  BoB.Td.  The  Board  has  had  in  commis- 
sion during  the  past  year  126  Missionaries,  who  have  labored  in  33 
Synods  and  97  Presbyteries,  and  two  in  Canada.  They  have  distributed 
by  sale  72,737  volumes.     Through   them  and  by  the  Missionary  Com- 


1875.]  BOARD  OF  CHURCH  ERECTION. 243 

mittee  the  Board  has  given  away^  without  money  and  without  price, 
68,271  volumes  and  4,282,899  pages  of  tracts.  They  have  visited, 
besides  the  Sabbath-schools  already  mentioned  and  many  meetings  for 
prayer  and  exhortation,  136,026  families,  with  much  the  larger  number 
of  which  they  have  had  religious  conversation  and  prayer.  Thus  in 
every  part  of  the  land,  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific,  and  from  Canada 
to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  these  men  have  been  sowing  the  good  seed  of  the 
Kingdom,  and  the  good  Spirit  of  God  has  been  attending  it  with  His 
divine  blessing.  Several  of  these  Missionaries  are  here  to-day  as  com- 
missioners from  their  several  Presbyteries. 

**3.  Oar  grants  of  books  and  tracts.  The  same  ^hard  times^  which 
compelled  the  Board  to  use  spai'ingly  its  more  limited  resources,  have  in- 
creased the  number  of  applicants  for  aid.  During  the  year  the  Board  has, 
through  its  Missionary  Committee,  apart  from  what  has  been  done  by  its 
missionaries  on  their  fields,  made  512  grants,  which  have  been  distributed 
mainly  in  39  States  and  Territories  of  the  Union.  Some,  however,  have 
been  sent  to  Japan,  India,  Africa,  Mexico,  and  other  lands  to  help  on 
toiling  Foreign  Missionaries  there.  There  are  on  the  floor  of  this  Assem- 
bly to-day  both  Foreign  and  Home  Missionaries,  and-sabbath  School  Su- 
pL»rintendents,  and  others  who  can  tell  this  Assembly,  if  they  have  an  op- 
portunity, what  unspeakable  help  they  have  received  from  such  grants 
of  books  and  tracts  sent  b}^  this  Board.  Oh  that  our  churches  would  so 
estimate  the  power  of  the  press,  and  so  appreciate  the  blessed  truths  this 
Board  is  scattering  over  the  world,  as  to  supply  the  means  for  giving  a 
more  ample  supply  of  these  precious  books  and  tracts." 


BOARD  OF  CHURCH  ERECTION. 


Our  Annual  Report  has  been  printed  and  is  ready  for  distribution,  but 
we  are  loth  to  send  it  out  at  this  time,  when  so  many  of  the  churches  are 
thinned  out  and  their  pastors  absent.  To  send  it  now  would  be  blit  to 
replenish  the  waste  paper  basket,  which  we  cannot  afford.  Moreover,  we 
think  our  Report  this  year  is  better  worth  perusal  than  any  of  its  prede- 
'  cessors,  as  we  have  taken  considerable  pains  to  provide  Plans,  Specifica- 
tions, and  Estimates  of  cost,  that  cannot  fail  to  be  helpful  to  those  about 
to  build,  and  who  may  not  be  within  reach  of  an  architect.  These  esti- 
mates are  perfectly  reliable,  taking  the  cost  of  material  and  labor  at 
Philadelphia  as  the  standard.  For  the  sum  of  $1500,  a  comfortable  and 
attractive  building  maybe  secured,  large  enough  to  accommodate  170 
with  comfort;  while  for  $2800,  as  large  and  elegant  a  building  as  any 
church  of  limited  means  should  desire  can  be  provided,  with  ample  accom- 
modation for  a  congregation  of  216  persons.  This  being  so,  why  should 
feeble  churches,  consisting  of  not  more  than  ten  or  fifteen  members,  only 
able  of  themselves  to  raise  from  $500  to  $1000,  undertake  a  building  to 
cost  $4000  or  $5000,  with  the  certain  prospect  of  a  debt  of  $3000,  to 
remove  which  an  agent  must  be  sent  East,  or  the  country  flooded  with 
pitiful  appeals  for  help  to  extricate  church  property  from  impending  ruin  ? 
We  confidently  expect  a  great  improvement  in  this  respect  during  the 
current  year.     The  painful  experience  of  many  churches  during  the  past 


244         RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS.      [Aug. 

year  must  prove  a  profitable  lesson  to  those  about  to  build.  To  all  these 
we  say,  the  Board  stands  ready  to  help,  to  the  extent  of  its  means,  all 
reasonable  and  practicable  attempts  to  build  the  Lord's  house  and  for 
his  glory,  without  extravagance  and  incurring  of  debt. 

To  the  contributing  churches  we  would  say,  as  there  is  now  no  budget, 
(the  attempt  to  bring  in  one  having  utterly  failed,)  they  are  left  to  make 
their  own  distribution  of  funda  We  hope  their  voluntary  contributions 
for  Church  Erection  will  not  fall  off,  but  greatly  increase.  The  demand 
this  year  will  be  greater  than  ever.  The  work  of  church  building,  in 
some  places  suspended  for  the  last  few  months,  has  been  resumed,  and 
as  of  old,  in  troublous  times  the  walls  of  our  beloved  Zion  are  being 
built.  We  claim  a  remembrance  from  all  our  churches,  but  especially 
from  those  who,  in  the  time  of  their  weakness,  received  help  from  this 
Board,  many  of  whom  have  grown  strong  and  are  able  to  help  the 
weak.  May  such  learn  from  their  experience  that  "  it  is  more  blessed  to 
give  than  to  receive." 


RELIEF  FUiND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS. 

"hi  that  hath  a  bountipul  kte  bhall  bb  blbssbix.^* 

**  Whoso  stoppisth  his  kabs  at  the  cay  ov  thb  pooe,  hb  also  shall  cbt  himsblv,  but 
shall  not  bk  hkabd.*^ 


OPPORTUNITIES  TO  DO  GOOD. 

The  effects  of  the  reduction  in  the  grants  for  a  year  past  may  be  esti- 
mated by  the  following  letter,  just  received: 

"  I  learned  from  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  our  Presbytery, 
that  application  had  been  made  in  my  behalf  to  your  Committee  lor  the 
usual  appropriation,  and  had  been  favorably  entertained  by  them.  In 
consequence  of  the  loss  recently  of  my  own  little  means  of  support,  and 
the  receipt  of  only  fifty  per  cent,  of  last  year's  appropriation  from  the 
Relief  Fund,  I  have  been,  and  am  at  present,  sorely  pressed,  and  greatly 
need  $ —  to  meet  bills  for  clothing  and  provisions  now  due.  If  I  could 
have  this  amount  just  now,  it  would  relieve  me  from  great  embarrass- 
ment. Some  kind  friends  have  agreed  to  answer  for  my  house-rent, 
though  I  know  it  must  straiten  them  to  do  it.  It  is  store-bills  that 
have  si6od  some  time  that  trouble  me." 

Is  it  not  a  blessed  opportunity  to  step  in  and  relieve  this  faithful  servant 
of  God,  now  almost  eighty  years  of  age? 

From  another,  who  has  served  more  than  fifty  years  in  the  gospel, 
very  poor,  aged,  afflicted  in  body,  and  with  a  sick  family,  comes  an  ac- 
knowledgment of  a  small  remittance : 

*' Yours,  enclosing  $50,  received.  Thank  you  for  it,  and  for  your  sym- 
pathy with  it.  I  was  obliged  to  ask  a  loan  of  a  merchant  of  $100,  to 
meet  demands  that  were  urgent.  I  shall  pay  this  $50  in  part  for  said 
loan.  I  never  was  quite  so  pressed  as  now,  but  I  *  cast  this  care  on 
Him'  who  says  'He  careth  for  us.'"  If  our  readers  knew  the  worth  of 
this  aged  saint,  they  would  rejoice  to  minister  to  his  necessities,  and  so 
obtain  his  benediction.  " o 


1875.]      RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS.        245 

HOW  WELL  SOME  BEAR  THE  REDUCTION. 

One  writes:  "The  check  was  duly  received.  If  I  understand  aright, 
this  is  all  I  am  to  expect  this  year.  I  anf  grateful  and  heartily  thank 
you  for  this  amount,  and  although  necessities  rise  before  me  in  the 
future,  I  am  not  troubled,  for  I  know  that  my  Heavenly  Father  loves  me, 
and  He  will  provide." 

From  a  minister  we  have  this  receipt:  "My  sincere  thanks  are  most 
heartily  given  to  the  Board  for  this  favor.  Though  comparatively  small, 
yet  to  me,  just  at  this  time,  it  is  a  great  benefit.  /  hope  in  Ood  the  day 
is  dawning  when  old  and  worn-out  minister h  in  the  Presbyterian  Church 
tcill  be  better  cared  for  than  heretofore^  or  even  at  presents 

A  widow  expresses  herself  in  these  kind  words :  "  Your  letter,  enclos- 
ing draft,  is  received,  and  I  hasten  to  acknowledge  it.  I  am  very  grate- 
ful to  the  Committee  for  it,  and  will  trust  the  rest  to  the  Father  who 
knows  all  my  wants.  But  when  I  think  of  the  aged  ones  who  depend 
so  greatly  upon  your  Fund,  and  will  suffer  so  much  more  even  than  I 
and  mine  will  do,  my  heart  is  sore  for  such  unnecessary  trial.  May  the 
Head  of  the  Church  touch  the  hearts  of  His  members  to  place  in  your 
hands  what  you  need,  for  I  know  well  that  it  is  a  great  trial  to  your- 
selves to  be  obliged  to  retrench  in  this  way." 

Another  widow,  besides  sending  receipt,  thankful  for  even  "  half  a  loaf," 
says:  "I  wish  in  few  words  to  express  my  gratitude  and  surprise  for 
this  unexpected  favor.  I  have  read  of  the  want  of  means  to  supply  the 
numerous  applications,  and  feared  that  there  would  be  nothing  for  me. 
But  God  has  been  better  to  me  than  my  fears.  I  have  nothing  to 
lean  upon  but  what  I  get  from  the  Fund — no  home  only  as  strangers 
give  me,  not  a  relative  to  whom  I  may  look  for  help,  my  age  over  sixty, 
poor  health — ^yet  God  takes  care  of  me,  and  blessed  be  his  name.  I  have 
no  words  to  express  my  gratitude  for  this  precious  favor,  and  with  my 
present  health,  can  get  along  nicely,  for  the  burden  is  gone  from  my 
heart." 


PROMPT  AND  LIBERAL  CONTRIBUTIONS  NEEDED  NOW. 

To  meet  the  demands  at  this  date  twenty  thousand  dollars  are 
required.  There  is  a  necessity  that  something  be  done  at  once.  A  ItJhough 
the  grants  have  been  cut  down  one-half,  there  is  painful  and  alarming 
deficiency  in  the  supplies  contrasted  with  the  demand.  Surely  the 
Church  cannot  intend  to  diminish  her  gifts  because  the  Committee  has 
taken  this  method  to  pay  the  old  debt,  and  so  to  lessen  the  liabilities 
that  no  new  debt  may  be  incurred.  This  would  make  the  condition 
of  these  poor  ministers  and  widows  far  worse  than  before.  They  are 
suffering  at  this  time  from  destitution,  and  plead  with  us  to  send  them 
relief  without  delay.  If  the  cases  were  to  be  spread  out  in  detail,  it 
would  tire  your  patience  to  read  them,  though  the  brief  recitals  cannot 
be  a  fair  exhibition  of  the  reality.  Pray  for  them,  sympathize  with 
them,  and  be  their  comforters  and  helpers  in  their  days  of  darkness,  and 
you  will  not  regret  what  you  do  for  Christ's  sake.  "If  thou  draw  out 
thy  soul  to  the  hungry  and  satisfy  the  aflSicted  soul,  then  shall  thy  light 


246  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN.  [August 

rise  in  obscurity  and  thy  darkness  be  as  the  noonday,  and  the  Lord  shall 
^ide  thee  continually,  and  satisfy  thy  soul  in  drought  and  make  fat  thy 
bones;  and  thou  shalt  be  like*a  spring  of  water,  whose  waters  fail  not" 


GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMIITEE  ON  FREEDMEN. 


PROVOKING  ONE  ANOTHER  TO  GOOD  WORKS. 

One  of  our  colored  missionaries  in  North  Carolina,  having  been  absent 
from  his  field  for  a  few  weeks,  on  his  return,  reporting  for  the  month, 
wrote  as  follows : 

"  On  the  third  Sabbath,  I  preached  to  my  people  here,  who  were  very 
much  pleased  'to  see  their  preacher  home  again. ^  On  Sunday  last,  (the 
fourth  Sabbath,)  I  preached  at  G H three  times,  morning,  after- 
noon, and  at  night.  I  found  quite  an  interesting  revival  going  on  there. 
Several  had  been  converted,  and  at  once,  on  my  arrival,  united  with  the 
church.  Among  the  additions  were  a  daughter  fourteen  years  old,  and 
her  mother,  about  forty  or  fifty  years  old.  The  scene  was  very  impres- 
sive ;  both  wept  for  joy. 

"  Pardon  my  infringing  on  your  time  right  here.     I  feel  constrained  to 

tell  you  of  one  point  connected  with  this  revival  at  G H which, 

no  doubt,  you  will  be  pleased  to  know  of.  It  shows  that  our  Presby- 
teries here  can  exert  an  influence  for  good  as  well  as  some  in  other  places. 

"  L.  M ,  an  elder  of  G H church,  told  me,  last  Sunday, 

the  following  story,  and  regards  it  as  one  of  the  causes  of  the  revival. 

Says  he,  *  When  I  came  home  from  Presbytery,  which  met  in  L ,  last 

April,  I  first  told  our  people  that  we  must  all  go  to  work  and  pray  for  a 
revival.  I  have  been  to  Presbytery  twice,  and  every  time  I  go  I  hear 
from  other  churches,  that  revivals  have  been  among  them,  that  many 
have  united  with  the  churches,  and  I  am  not  able  to  say  that  anything 
has  been  done  in  ours ;  I  am  ashamed  of  it.  We  must  go  to  work.  So 
we  went  to  work.  At  first,  only  a  few  came,  but  after  awhile  the  houses 
was  crowded  whenever  we  had  prayer- meetings,  and  the  Lord  has 
blessed  us.'     To  which  I  could  say.  Amen!" 

Poor  old  Philis. — "Then  there  is  'poor  old  Philis' bending  under 
the  wei*ght  of  near  a  hundred  years,  who  walks,  or  rather  hobbles,  with 
iLe  aid  of  a  staff,  nearly  three  miles  to  the  Sabbath-school,  to  hear  about 
*de  bressed  Lord  Jesus.'  She  said  to  me  last  Sabbath,  with  tears 
streaming  down  her  black  face,  'Ise  gettin'home  by  long,  slow  journeys, 
I  is,  but  last  night  I  seed  de  pearly  gate  wide^  and  my  bressed  Lord 
say,  Come!  notting hinders  old  Philis  now.  Ah,  missus,  I  see  de  pretty 
angels  right  soon!  right  soon !'  The  manner  and  effect  of  her  words  are 
indescribable." 

•'TIMES  OP  REFRESHING." 

A  teacher,  (colored,)  in  N.  C,  writes  as  follows: 

"I  am  highly  gratified  and  encouraged  in  being  able  to  report  to  you 
that  the  revival  among  us  here  is  not  confined  to  one  place,  but  there  is 
a  general  awakening  throughout  the  whole  county.     At  L- ,  twenty- 


1876.]  COMMITTEE  ON  PREEDMEX.  247 

five  have  professed ;  many  others  are  seeking  Him  whom  they  once  hated 
and  rejected.  Eight  have  professed  here  to  have  found  favor  with  God, 
and  twenty-one  are  seeking  the  Saviour^s  face.  The  Lord  is  indeed 
making  bare  his  conquering  arm  here,  calling  sinners  from  the  path  of 
sin  to  a  higher  and  godly  life  in  Christ  Jesus.  There  has  been  a  spir- 
itual drought  in  this  country  for  three  or  four  years,  and  though  it  came 
unexpectedly,  the  need  of  a  pentecostal  shower  was  much  felt.  Oh !  let 
us  pray  for  a  continuance  of  the  same,  that,  where  sin  abounded,  grace 
may  much  more  abound." 


A  well-educated  colored  minister  who  has  recently  entered  upon  an 
important  field,  including  a  large  city  in  North  Carolina,  says : 

"  The  work  here"  [in  the  city,]  "  is  prospering  admirably  in  all  of  its 
departments.  Meetings  are  well  attended,  and  a  good  degree  of  interest 
is  manifested.     All  are  quite  hopeful  for  the  future." 


A  faithful  minister,  (colored,)  in  South  Carolina,  writes: 
**Glad  to'be  able  to  say' that  the  Master  seems  still  to  smile  upon  us 
here.  1st  P church. — The  ardor,  regularity  and  interest,  as  mani- 
fested by  the  members,  are  such  as  may  be  considered  highly  commenda- 
ble, and  very  encouraging.  The  church  is  growing  rapidly,  not  only  in 
numbers,  but  also  in  the  principles  and  spirit  of  Christianity.  I  have 
a  clever  set  of  officers,  and  am  giving  more  of  my  time  to  this  church. 
I  meet  with  the  elders  and  deacons,  with  the  candidates  for  membership, 
once  a  fortnight,  for  religious  instruction ;  spend  an  hour  with  the  officers 
and  one  with  the  candidates,  instructing  from  the  Confession  of  Faith 
and  the  Catechism.  This  is  on  every  alternate  Wednesday  afternoon  at 
6  o'clock,  after  which  we  have  preaching. 

"  We  are  all  aglow  about  erecting  a  house  of  worship,  and  are  strain- 
ing every  nerve  to  do  so.     We  are  about  to  purchase  a  tract  of  land,  and 

expect  soon  to  be  at  work.     Pray  for  our  success.     2d  P church  is 

also  in  a  flourishing  condition.     I  was  up  on  last  Sabbath  a  week  ago. 
Had  a  large  attendance,  with  the  enjoyment  of  a  good  time." 


"FORTY-FIVE  YEARS  A  SLAVE." 

Under  the  head  of  **  Elders'  Convention,"  in  Yadkin  Presbytery,  held 
at  Salisbury,  N.  C,  "A.  S.  B.,"  in  the  Christian  Freednian^  writes  as 
follows : 

"After  disposing  of  the  unfinished  business,  they  took  up  aid  discussed 
with  great  interest,  *  The  sxibject  and  manner  of  preaching.'  On  this  im- 
portant subject  Rev.  W.  J.  Williams,  who  said,  *  1  have  been  forty-five 
years  a  slave,'  made  some  very  important  suggestions.  He  spoke  from 
experience.  He  urged  ministers  to  write  their  sermons,  and  said,  *  I  write 
all  my  sermons — did  from  the  beginning.  At  first  I  wrote  on  brown 
paper,  pasteboard,  backs  of  old  books,  and  old  women's  old  bonnets.  I 
can't  read  my  first  sermons  now ;  I  wrote  such  a  poor  hand,  nobody  else 
could  read  them.'  He  said:  'Never  take  big  texts;  never  take  little 
texts ;  always  get  hold  of  the  text  and  explain  it ;  never  use  big  words ). 
instesrd  of  felicity ^  always  say  Jiappiness.  Don't  be  afraid  of  getting 
your  pay.  Don't  be  afraid  to  preach  doctrine,  such  as  depravity  and  elec- 
tion. Always  preach  without  manuscript,  but  never  without  due  prepa- 
ration— don't  do  it.     Never  preach  what  you  don't  practice.'"  o 


248 


HOME  MISSION  APPOINTMENTS. 


[August 


APPOIiNTMENTS  BY  THE  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 


HoHs  Mission  AppoiifTMBifTS  iir  Jmra  1876. 


Rev.  Albert  Worthington.  LiTingstoaville,  N.Y. 

Rev.  L.  Wil.i.im»,  Foret«t,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  F.  H.  RiohRrd.  Brooklyn.  French,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  GuBiAv  Alexis.  Boliemians,  N.  Y. 

Rbv.  Ezra  Jones.  New.siead,  N.  Y, 

Rev.  J.  F.  MnLaury,  aiinveriowo,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  L.  W.  BillioKlon.  Aleg  my,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  D.  W.  Marvin,  Alexandria,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  A.  D.  Olds,  Conewungo.  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Isaac  Todd.  HolmanMville,  N.  J. 

Kev.  B.  D.  Smiih.  Union.  N.  J. 

Rev.  N.  L.  Upham,  .Mt*rclmnlville,  N.  J. 

Kev.  F.  Kern,  CHrl^tadl.  N.  J. 

Rev.  J.  B.  Woodruff.  LnfaynttH,  N.  J. 

Rev.  J.  U.  Fleming.  Robt.  Kennedy  Memorial, 

Pa. 
Rev.  Wm.  Prldeanx,  Mapleton  Pa. 
Rev.  P.  B.  Van  iiyckel.  Beech  Creek,  Pa. 
Rev.  Robert  White,  .-ihiloh.  Ph. 
Rev.  JaincH  Robinson,  Ashland,  Pa, 
Rev.  J.  L.  Jenkins.  Shawuee,  Pa. 
Rev.  W.  R.  Templeton,  Reading.  Washington 

St,  Ph. 
Rev.  A.  MoElw.iln,  He«tonville.  Pa. 
Rev.  B  B.  Parsons,  D.D.,  Phlla.Jelphia,Trinity, 

Pa. 
Rev.    J.    A.    Marshall,    Philadelphia,    George 

Chandler,  Pa. 
Rev.  1.  C.  Anderson,  Huntingdon  Valley,  Pa. 
Rev.  B.  Roberts,  Nor ristown  2d,  Pa. 
Rev.  J.  W.  Scolt.  D.I).,  Jefferson,  I'a. 
Rev.  E.  P.  Elcook,  Bridgeviiie  and  MispillioD, 

Del. 
Rev.  S.  S.  Sturgis,  Harrington,  Del. 
Rev   I.  J.  Cushinan,  Bethel.  Ohio. 
Rev.  R.  H.  Leonard,  Cincinnati.  Orchard  St., 

Ohio. 
Rev.  W.  C.   West,  Bantam,  Monroe  and   Mt. 

Carmel,  Ohio. 
Rev.  J.  D.  yhanks.  Centre  Unity,  Ohio. 
Rev.  R.  D.  Scott,  Youngstown  2  i,  Ohio. 
Rev.  A.  B.  Maxwell.  Columbiana,  Ohio. 
Rev.  J.  N.  Swan.  Sloan's  biaiion.  Ohio. 
Rev.  W.  E.  Hill.  Wapakoneta.Ohio. 
Rev.  A.  P.  Johnson.  Elmore.  Ohio. 
Rev.  J.  E.  Vance,  Mt.  Salem  and  Fayette,  Ohio. 
Rev.  M.  L.  .Milford,  Delta.  Ohio. 
Rev.  G.  W.  Coons,  Day  ion.  Ky. 
Rev.  John  B.  Worrnll,  Greenup.  Ky. 
Rev.  M.  A.  Malhes,  West  Liberty,  Ky. 
Rev.  D.  R.  McCrtMlIn,  Bowling  Green,  Ky. 
Rev.  C.   £.    TedTord,  Madisonville   and    ML 

Zion.  Tenn. 
Rev.  Alex.  Bartlett.  New  Providence,  Tenn. 
Rev.  J.  A.  Carmichael,  Manassas,  Pr.  William 

and  Hermon,  Va. 
Rev.  C.  C.  B.  Duncan,  Fairmountand  Manning- 
ton,  W.  Va. 
Rev.  J.  Odell,  Lewensville  and  Vienna,  Va. 
Rev.  JacoD  Patch,  Salem  Centre  and  Benton, 

Ind. 
Rev.  Norman  Jones.  Decatur   Ind. 
Rev.  W.  Pattinson,  Columbia  City  and  Coesse, 

Ind. 
Rev.   W.  M.  Donaldson,  Pleasant  Ridge  and 

Elhanan,  liid. 
Rev.  C.  T.  White,  Greenfield.  Ind. 
Re^.  L.    R.   Booth,  Worthington  and  Scaffold 

Prairie,  Ind. 
Rev.  P.  H.  Golladay,  Centreville  and  Hagers- 

town,  Ind. 
Rev.D.  M.  Stewart,  Pleasant  Grove  and  Homer, 

Ind. 
Rev.  R.  A.  Criswell.  Gibson  and  Grandview,  III. 
Kev.  F.  S.  Schwartz,  Nauvoo.  German,  111. 
Rev.  E.  L.  Hurd.  D.D.,  Highland  Park,  III. 
Rev.  P.  Hoiier,  Queen  Ann.  III. 
Rev.  A.  S.  Peck,  Wyoming,  Paw  Paw  Grove  and 

Meriden,  III. 
Rev.  J.  B.  Andrews.  Oswego  HI. 
Rev.  H.  P.  Carson,  Hardin  and  Bellevue,  III. 
Rev.  C.  G  Van  Thoran,  Rock  Island,  German, 

ni. 


Rev.  E.  L.  Davis,  Cobden,  III. 

Rev.  A.  H.  Gaston.  Burr  Oak,  Mich. 

Rev.  M.  GelMton,  South  Lyon,  Mich. 

Rev.   D.  D    Hamilton,  Emerson,  Ithaca,  and 

North  Star.  MicK. 
Rev.  J.  H.  Dulles.  Jr.  Negaunee,  Mich. 
Rev.  J.  C.  DeBruynkeps,  G:iie»ville  and    Am- 
sterdam. WlH. 
Rev.  C.  B.  Gil.ette.  Milwaukee.  Bethany.  Wis. 
Rev.  P.  Dougherty.  Pike  Grove,  Wis. 
Rev.  R  A.  Fuller  Colby.  Wis. 
R'v.  J.  Grob.  Platteville.  Wii. 
Rev.  J.  E.  Miller,  Taylor's  Falls  and  St.  Croix 

Falls.  Minn. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Brack,SheIdon  and  Houston,  Minn. 
Hev.  jHcob  Suhaednl   Fiank  Hill.  G<*r.,  Minn. 
Rev.  W.  T.  M oAdam.  Cherokee.  Iowa. 
Rev.  L.  C  Grav.  Fort  Dodge,  Iowa. 
Rev.  W.  R.  Smith,  Albion,  low.u 
Rev.  J   D.  Cftldwell,  Wilson's  Grove.  Iowa. 
Rev.  S.  M.  Keir,  College  Springs  and  Plea^nt 

Ridge.  Iowa. 
Rev.  D.  Borgers,  Mt.  Ayr,  Iowa. 
R"V.  A.  ('aldwell,  Je,«^up,  lowii. 
Rev.  H.  Bishop  Kldredge,  Iowa. 
Rev.  E.  C.  Haskell,  Columbus  City,  Iowa. 
Rev.  A.  Porter,  Cedar  Valley  and  Solon,  Iowa. 
Rev.  N.  Williams,  Hermon,  Iowa. 
Rev.  D.  V.  Smock.  Keoia.  Iowa. 
Hev.  G.  W.  Goodale,  Pawnee  City,  Neb. 
Rev.  J.  B.  Linskea.  FhIIh  City,  Neb. 
Rev.  W.  H.  Clark,  Daily  Branch,  Neb. 
Rev.  C.  S.  Marvin,  Humboldt  and  Salem.  Neb. 
Rev.  G.  J.  Schults,  Meridian  and  Alexandria, 

Neb. 
Rev.  F.  M.  Hickok.  PI  asant  Prairie.  Palmyra, 

Hopewell  and  Highland.  Neb. 
Bev.  W.  M.  Newton,  Appleton  City  and  Weat- 

field.  Mo. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Morrison,  King  City.  Mo. 
Rev.  N  H.Smith.  Fillmore  and  Hope,  Mo. 
Rev.  A.  D.  Workman,  Maryville.  Mo. 
Rev.  J.  H.  France.  Cameron  and  Lathrop,  Mo. 
Rev.  W.  H.  Buchanan.  St.  Louis,  Wesiminster, 

Mo. 
Rev.  H.  P.  Perk.  St.  Louis,  Fairmount,  Mo. 
Rev.  a  W.  Mitchell.  Cuba,  Elk  Prairie,  I^ke- 

ton  and  Salem,  Mo. 
Rev.  E.  B.  Zublie.  Osage  City   and    L3mdon, 

Kms. 
Rev.  H.  R.  McDonald,  Florence  and   Marlon 

Centre.  Kas. 
Rev.  Wm.  Kendrick,  Malvern  and  Rock  Creek, 

Kas. 
Rev.  D.J.  McAuley,Big  Creek  and  Barlington, 

Kas. 
Rev.  H.  H.  Cambern,  Catalpa  and  Osage  Mi»- 

sion,  Kaa. 
Rev.  J.  C.  .Miller.  Oarnetfc,  Sugar   Valley   and 

Central  City,  Khs. 
Rev.  D.  C.  Milner.  Ottawa,  Kas. 
Rev  J.  Y.  Cowhiek,  Cheyenne,  Wyoming  Ter. 
Rev.  L.  B.  Crittenden,  Boxeman  and  vicinity, 

Montana. 
Rev.  C.  H.  Crawford,  Big  Valley   and   Storm 

Point,  Cal. 
Rev.  R.  Boag,  Wilmington,  Cat 
Rev.  W.  C.  MoHher,  San  Gabriel  Valley.  Cal. 
Rev.  H.  B  Macbride.  lone  and  Amador.  Cal. 
Rev.  W  H.  Tallmadge,  Woodbridge.  Gait   and 

Elk  Gi  ove,  Cal 
Rev.  J.  N.  Hubbard,  Grey  son,  Cal. 
Rev.  James  Curry.  San  Pablo.  Cal. 
Rev.  John  Mack,  Columbia  and  Sonora,  Cal. 
Rev.  H.  A.  Mayhew,  Rel  Blutf,  Cal. 
Rev.  Josiah  UcClain.  Bareka,  Nev. 
Rev.  E.  R.  Geary.  D.D..  Eugene  City,  Oregon. 
Rev.  Roliert  Rooe,  Brownsville,  Oregon. 
Rev.  John  Rea.  Port  Townsend,  Wa»n.  Ty. 
Rev.  H.  W.  Stratton,  Albany,  Oregon. 
Rev.  W.  R.  Stewart.  Salem,  Oregon.  f 

Rev.  W.  A.  smick,  Roseburg.  OregoiOQ  p 
Rev.  M.  6.  Mann,  Clatsop  Plains,  Oregoh. 


18Y5.] 


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SU8TENTATION  APPOINTMBIVTS  IN  JUNK  1876. 

Rer.  C  V  McKnig  Bloomfi-ld,  Pa.  K«v.  D.  McG.  Bar.iwe  I   Whj)panv.  N.  J. 

Rer.  W.  F.  Kean.  Braddock'-,  Pa.  Kev.  Thomas  Cnmubel',  L«  Si.e  ir,  .Mi».n 

Rev  G.  E.  Northrop  WaldburR.  N.  Y.  Rev.  F.  S.  Bailey,  Far.fV  and  bpwur  h  Iowa. 
Rev.  F.  L>.  Siewttrd,  Hannilml,  N.  Y. 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 

'  Synods  In  small  capitals— Presbyteries  In  i/a/ict- Churches  In  Boman. 
RECEIPTS  FOR  HOME  MISSIONS  IN  JUNE  1876. 


Albany.— ^/fcany— Albany  1st  172  67 ;  Balls- 
ton  Spa  26.  Champlain—FoTt  Henry  56  68. 
Troy— Chest ertown  80 ;  Queensbury  Bay  Rood 
22;  Troy  2d  St,  Sab-sch  21  88;  Waterford  29  47 

367  10 

Baltimorb.  —BtfZ/<j»ore— Baltimore,  West- 
minster, a  member  6:  Chestnut  Grove,  Ladies' 
Miss'y  Soc'y  16  76;  Churchville  10;  ElHoott 
City,  Women's  For  Miss'y  Soc'y  25.  New  Cat- 
tle—RocIl  20 ;  Zion  60  128  75 

Central  New  York.— Btnjyfcam/on— BlnjK- 
hamton  1st  83  39.  St  Lawrence— Adams  40; 
Brownville2  63;  Dexter  7  69;  Ox  Bow  15  82; 
Kossie  6  18.  Syracii««— Fayetteville,  mon  con 
coll  16 ;  Liverpool  4  95.  I7aca— Oriskany 2  68 ; 
Rome  62  50  280  64 . 

Cincinnati.  — C«W<co/fte— Marshall  6  66. 
CinHnnaf i—Cinolnnati  6th  12;  Cincinnati, 
PopUrSt32;  Cleves  16;  College  Hill  64:  Elijsa- 
beth  and  Berea  11.  Dayton— kilne  Ball  28  35; 
Hamilton  20 ;  Seven  Mile6.  Portimouth^RuB- 
sellviUe  30  208  01 

Clbvkland.  —  Cleveland  —  Cleveland   1st 
220  74 ;  Mrs  James  Shaw  10 ;  E  S  Shaw  6.    St 
^  Clairaville—Scoioh  Ridge  4  93.    Stextbenville 
—Bethel  8  46  260  12 

Colorado.- itfon/Afuf— Bozeman  10.  Santa 
Fe— Taos  1  .  11  00 

CoLcrMBn8.—CoZum&tt«— Columbus  ad  261; 

London  10  261  00 

Erie.- CZarfoT*— Mrs  L  C  Linn,  Petrolla,  Pa 

86  cts.  Kittanning-BoniuK  Spring  16 ;  Smlcks- 

burgh  6  20  86 

Geneva.—  Cayuga  —  Wells  College  Miss'y 

Soc'y  60.    CAemunj/— Elmiralstl8  60.    Geneva 

— Geneva  let,  mon  con  coll  19  90.    Steuben  — 

Coming  9  62  98  02 

Harrisbuboh.  —  CarlUle  —  Petersburg  6. 

Hun/i n^do n  —  Altoona  Ist  61  62;  HolUdays- 

burgh  (of  which  Sab-sch  6  84)  40  60;  St  Clairs- 

Tille  4  89.    W^f//«*oro— Wellsboro  8  70     115  11 

Illinois,   Central.— Peoria  —  Lewistown 

29  23;  Limestone  7.  Springjleld — Murraysville 

14  80  61  03 

Illinois,  North.— Frceporf— Apple  River 

11 :  Rock  Run  7.    Rock  Riwr— Fulton,  Ladies' 

Miss'y  Soc'y,  from  Mrs  Amanda  Baker  10 

28  00 

Illinois,  South.— il  Won— Cave  Spring  6  96 ; 

Plalnview  1  22;  Rockwood  7  30;  Shiloh  9  80; 

VIrden  7  66 :  Whitehall  6.  Catro— Carmi  24  90. 

Ifa/f  oon— Pana  8  70  66  08 

Indiana,  Noutu,— Crawf or diville  —West 

Point  6.    Logansport — Centre  6 ;  Logansport 

1st  3  47 ;  West  Union  4  46.    Jtfttnc<e--Waba8h 

18  07  80  99 

Indiana.   South.  —  IndianapolU  —  New 

Hope  6.    New  Albany  — New  Albany  2d  47. 

White  If  a/«r— GreensDurg  18 ;  Richmond  33 

103  00 
Iowa,  North.— Cedar  Rapidt—Ced&r  Rap- 
ids ad.  Woman's  For  Miss'y  Soc'y  10;  Mt  Ver- 
non 12.     Fort  Dodge— CtkTToM  8  40 ;  Glidden 
b  4a  80  82 

Iowa,  South.— Co«nciZ  B/u^f— Greenfield 
7:  Red  Oak  Junction  7  80;  Whltneyrille  4. 
/oi9a— Burlington  20  40  88  70 

Kansas.— IJmporia—Ellenwood  4  20;  Mai- 
vern  8  80 ;  Rock  Creek  4  30.  ^eo»Ao— Fort 
Q-lbson  6 ;  La  Cygne  (of  which  Sab-sch  8  01) 


16  61.    Topeka  —  Auburn  6 ;  Grasshopper  2 ; 
Hays  City  10 ;  Norton ville  2  62  91 

Kentucky.— E6«n««er— Falmouth  8;  Flem- 
ingburgh  9  40 ;  Greenup  6  10  ;  New  Hope  2  60 ; 
Valley  6.  Lou<jrrf//c-Prlnoeton  18.  TramyU 
vanio— Burkesville  16 ;  Paint  Lick  22  60    86  60 

Long  Island.  —  BrooWyn  —  Brooklyn  Ist, 
Henry  St,  add'l  125 ;  Brooklyn  1st,  Rcmsen  St 
80  28;  Brooklyn,  South,  from  a  member  300; 
Brooklyn,  Throop  Ave  33  25.  Lona  Island— 
Setauket  Sab-sch  3  75.  ^attai*— Huntington 
2d  24  67 ;  Newtown  2d  1  91  518  88 

Michigan.- De/ro</— Detroit,  Calvarv  (of 
which  Sab-sch  5  31)  17  31;  Detroit,  Fort  S'treet 
222  33;  Detroit,  Westminster  16  45.  Grand 
Rapid$—Gla.m  Lake  4 ;  Evart  1.  Kalamazoo— 
Niie842  68.    Jtfonroe— California  15         318  77 

Minnesota.— ilfaniba/o  — Lake  Crystal  3; 
Madelia  8.  St  Pau/— Minneapolis,  Westmins- 
ter. Woman's  Miss'y  Soc,y  26.  Southern  Min- 
neiota  —  Fillmore  10.  IVinona  —  Claremont 
6  36 ;  Dundas  3  10 ;  Frank  Hill  (Sab-sch  50 cts) 
6  60;  Harmony  10;  Forest  1  84;  Ripley  2  18 

68  98 

Missouri.— 0«a^e— Kansas  City  3d  6;Seda- 
lla  18 ;  Tipton  80.  Paiwyrfl- Louisiana  2  88. 
Platte  —  Breckinridge  4  66 ;  Hamilton  4  76 ; 
New  York  Settlement  8  91.  Po/o«t— White 
Water  4  60  73  69 

Nebraska.- ^efrratJba  Cify— Beatrice  8  20 ; 
Pleasant  Prairie  2  60  10  70 

New  Jersey.  —  Elizabeth  —  Elisabeth  8d 
12  38;  Elizabeth,  Westminster  Sab-sch  160; 
Plainfleld  1st  6  18 ;  Pluckamin  8  96 ;  Roselle 
(of  which  Sab  sch  6  83)  19  19;  Sprlngtleld  32. 
Jersey  City- Dundee  Chai>el  1  39;  Jersey  City 
75 ;  Rutherford  Park  21  40.  Afonmou//U-Ai- 
lentown  36  40:  Manalapan  20.  Morrit  and 
Orange— Morrlstown  1st,  add'l  56  27.  Newark 
— Moutclair  200 ;  Newark  2d  87  37.  New  Bruns- 
wick—Stockton  6  60.  ^ew/on— Beivldere  1st 
39  97 ;  Oxford  2d  93  71.  West  Jersey— At eo, 
add'l  1  46:  Berlin  2  40;  Cedarvllle2d  9 ;  Tuck- 
erton  3 ;  Waterford  3  20  878  72 

New  York.— Httdton— Hamptonburg  13  57 ; 
Haverstraw,  Central  and  Sab-sch  86  60 ;  Good- 
will 14  80;  Middlctown  Ist  16  63;  Middletown 
2d  16  25;  Oti8ville6;  Scotchtown  6  24.  New 
yorA— Brick  636  84;  First  Union  20  40;  Fourth 
Ave  41  11;  Manhattan  ville  3  30;  Murray  Hill 
Sab-sch  No  69, 40.  North  River— Hu^hmnviUe 
4  12;  Newburgh,  Calvary  24  11;  Poughkeepsie 
31  92.  Westchester  —North  Salem  Sab-sch  7 ; 
Pound  ridge  18;  South  Salem  Sab-sch  46; 
White  Plains  230  1103  29 

Pacific- 7-ot  Angeles— Kntihelm  4.  Sacra- 
mento—Colnmbla.  6 ;  Eureka,  Nevada  15.  San 
Jo««— Livermore  8  60 ;  San  Leandru  8  25     36  76 

Philadelphia.  —  C^et/cr— Darby  Borough 
16;  Fairvlew  62.  Laribatcanna— Hawley  W; 
Franklin  8  04;  Liberty  148;  Rushville  3; 
Shickshinny  Sab-sch  2  13 ;  Stevensville  2.  L«- 
AiyA— Weatherly  8.  Philadelphia  North— Not- 
ristown  1st,  fh>m  a  member,  towards  the  sup- 
port of  an  Evangelist  in  the  Far  West  60. 
Westminster  —Chestnut  Level  30  51 ;  Donegal 
7  226  06 

Pittsburgh.- B/a<rtviWc—Livermore  10  92. 
P<Wt6iiroA  — Chartiers,  add'l  2;  East  Liberty 
94 ;  Pittsburgh  2d  (of  which  Sab-sch  75)  126  79; 
Pittsburgh.  Shady  Side  38  01.  Redstone  — 
Round  Hill  9  74;  Somerset  6.  Washington— 
Unity  a  76;  Upper  Buffalo  10  86 ;  WashUigton 


250 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS.         [August 

LBOA0IB8.— Balance  of  Iiegacj  of  Mrs  Sarah 
B  Banta,  dec'd,  late  of  Phelps,  N  Y  1,048  10; 
Legracy  of  Amos  Smith,  decM,  late  of  Iicbanon, 


Ist  Sab-sc»h  00;  Wheeling  Ist  20;  Wolf  Run 
4  25.  We$t  Ktri^info— ttlenville  1;  Lumber- 
port  2;  Sistersville  10;  Sutton  1  803  82 

TKNNB8SKE.—  [/nton— Pleasant  Forest    7  00 

ToLKiH).— Be/Zf/on/aine— Bellefontalno4  44 ; 
Bucyrus  0  38 :  Urbana  3  58 :  SprlDsr  Hill  2  22 ; 
Wyandotte  3.  Maumee^  Eagle  Creek  2  60 ; 
Pioneer  2  50;  ToleUo,  Westminster  9  62;  Ton- 
togany  4  S8  24 

WasTKBN  Nkw  York«— Gene«e^— Oorf\i  6; 
Eabi  Peinbrok'.',  from  Ker  G  S  Oorwln  100; 
Genaee  Ka//ey— Allegany  12.  Niagara — Hol- 
ley  30.  Rochester—i'AArkaon  22;  Lima  3  88; 
Pittsfurdll  52:Uoche8torOentralM  14;  Spar- 
ta  Isi  10  258  02 

WiscoifSiK.— La' «  Superior —Menominee  45. 
ikfi/trauA:(re— Delatield  1  87:  Manitowoc  3  40. 
H'inconiiiii  iiitjer— .ainoral  Point  15  30 ;  Piatte. 
ville  10  75  37 


Total  receired  from  churches  In  June,  $8,172  88 


egacvo 
Ohio,  in  part  500;  Legacy  of  Kll  Snyder,  dec'd, 
late  of  Morrison,  III,  addM  25;  Legacy  of  MIL 
ton  Olark,  dec'd,  late  of  Wateriown,  N  Y, 
add'l  1,200;  Legacy  of  John  E  Stokes,  decM, 
late  of  Lunembnrg  Co,  Va  300  3,073  10 

MisoBLLANBOUS.— Mrs  Daniel  Parish,  N  Y 
Olty  100 ;  S  D  Cochran,  Auburn,  Kentucky  5; 
Hon  J  B  Williams,  Ithaca,  N  Y,  mileage  1©  55 : 
Kev  L  O  Gray,  Fort  iHxlge.  Iowa  1 ;  ••Cash'* 
500;  "A  Friend"  10;  Ferry  Ministry  Fund  75; 
Kev  W  H  Williams.  Hendersonrille,  N  C  10; 
A  Lady  Missionary  10 ;  Mrs  M  K  Piatt,  Platts- 
burg,  N  Y  25;  "Amite  to  spread  the  Bible" 5; 
"S  E,"  CoTlngton,  III  1  781  55 

ToUl  In  June,  1875,       $10,007  51 
O.  D.  EATON,  Treaiurer, 

88  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


Receipt*  for  Stutentation  in  June  1875. 


Alba?(Y.— ;4/5(iny~Albany  Ist  42  87.  Troy 
— Waterford  14  37  57  24 

Baltimoue.  Sew  Cattle—Zlon  10  00 

Central  New  YoHK.—Binghamton—Blny;- 
hamton  l8t  24  31.  St  Lawrence— Canton  10  03 ; 
Hammonl  12  50.  SyraciMe  — Liverpool  1  24. 
C//tca— Camden  8  85  08 

Cincinnati.— CAi</<ro/A«— Concord  8.  Cin- 
cinnati— Cincinnati  8th  3  25;  Cincinnati  7th 
31 :  Cincinnati.  Lane  Seminary  78  11 ;  Cleves 
8;Colloge  Hill  4;  Elizabeth  and  Berea  4.  Day- 
/on— Suiuerset  3  132  38 

Clbvkland.  —  Cleveland  —  Cleveland  1st 
61  33.  itfaAontnsr— Youngstown  1st  21  88.  S'. 
C/air»tJ»7/c— Morri8town4;  Scotch  Ridge  1  23 

78  44 

Erie.— J //<^A«ny— Cross  Roads  5  78.  iCi/- 
/anntn^r— Jacksonville  10.  SAeaaatfo— New 
Brighton  18  42.  34  15 

Geneva.  —  Cayuga  —  Meridan  8  60.  CA«- 
ffiuny— Elmira  1st  4  50.   S/eafren— Corning  2  39 

18  48 

HARRiSBUROH.—CarHfle— Carlisle  Ist  46  05. 
ire//«6oro— Wei  Isboro  92  cts  45  97 

Illinois,  North.— Freeporf—Freeport  Ist 
30  75.  Rock  HftJcr— Fulton,  Ladies'^ Miss'y 
Soc*y,  fh>m  Mrs  A  Baker  2  50  33  25 

Illinois,  South.— v4 //on  — Alton  Sab-sch 
4  45;  Plalnview  1  10;  VIrden  1  87.  Mattoon— 
Pana  02  cts  8  34 

Indiana,  North.  —  LooantoorZ-Logans- 
port  1st  85  cts.    ^uncie— Wabash  8  18        4  03 

Indiana,  South.— ^etp  J <6any— New  Al- 
bany 2d  11.     White  fra/«r— Greensburgh  3  75 

14  75 

Iowa,  North.— Cedar  Rapidt^^t  Vernon 
8.  i>u6tt9tte— Bethel  3  50;  Clermont  3;  Mt 
Hope  2  18  50 

Iowa,  South.— Jovo— Burlington  5  48 

Kentucky.— £6ene;;er— Augusta  10  00 

Long  Island.— ^^a««a1l— Huntington     6  12 

Michigan.— D«/ro</—  Detroit.  Fort  Street 
20  44;  Detroit,  Westminster  4  07  24  51 

Minnesota.- (Tinona—Ciaremont  46  cts; 
Dundas  77  cts :  Forest  48  cts ;  Ripley  19  cts 

1  87 

MissouRT.—Pa/myro— Louisiana  72  cts      72 

New  Jersey.  —  Elizabeth  —  Elizabeth  3d 
8  08 ;  Lamlngton  8 ;  Plainfleld  1st  1 28 ;  Pluoka- 


min  00  cts ;  Rosolle  (of  which  Sab-sch  1  82) 
4  75;  Woodbrldge  IL  Morrit  and  Orange-^ 
Morristown  Ist,  add*I  13  97.  Newark  —New- 
ark  2d  14  58.  New  Bruaiiricik— Stockton  2. 
i^et0/on— Belvtdere  1st  8  94;  Newton  90:  Ox- 
ford 2d  50  308  65 

New  York.  —  Hudton  —  Goodwill  5  67; 
Hamptonburg  8  37:  MIddletown  ist  12  89; 
Middletown  2d  8  78 ;  Sootchtown  1  30.  New 
Fort— Brick  193;  4th  Avenue  10  21 ;  Washing- 
ton Heights  6.    North  Hioer-Hughson ville  2 

285  2S 

Paoipic— Zx>«  ilny«{e«— Anaheim  2  00 

Philadelphia.-  Lacibawanna  —  Franklin 
98  cts;  Liberty  38  cts;  Shlckshinny  Sab-sch 
2  30.  Lehigh—SovLih  Bethlehem  15 ;  Weath- 
erly  3.  Philadelphia  Cenfra^-North  Broa^l  St 
14  92.  Philadelphia  ^or/A— Neshamlny,  War- 
minster 8.  We$tmin*ter  —  Chanceford  10; 
Hopewell  9  25  ;  MoHnt  Joy  3  08  81 

Pittsburgh.  —  Blairtville  —  Greensburg 
80  50.  Pitt9burgh—ChnHieT9^  50;  East  Lib- 
erty  27;  Pituburgh  2d  12  88 ;  Pittsburgh,  Sba- 
dy  Side  8  19.  Reditone  —  Round  Hill  S  4X 
Weit  Virginia— Gmfion  10  97  47 

Toledo.  —  Belief nntaine—  Bcllefontaine  1st 
1  10;  Bucyrus  1  83;  Spring  Hill  55  cis;  Ur- 
bana 88  cts.  ilfaiiiaee- Toledo,  Westminster 
239  8  25 

Wbstbbn  New  York.— ilocAftf er— Lima  8S 
cts ;  Rochester  Central  16  91 ;  Sparta  Ist  6 

21  74 

WiSGOHSiir.- JfittoauJfcef— Delafield  41  ots; 
Lima  2.     IFiancdayo— Neenah  20  22  41 

Total  received  in  June  1875,       $1,223  OS 
O.  D.  EATON,  Treaturer^ 
28  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


Lbttbrs  relating  to  Missionary  AppoiDt- 
ments  and  other  operations  of  the  Board, 
should  be  addressed  to  the  Corresponding  Seo- 
reUries, 

Rev.  Henrt  Kendall,  D.D.,  or 
Rev.  CVRUS  Dickson,  D.D., 
No.  28  Centre  Street,  New  York  City. 
Lbttbrb  relatiuK  to  the  pecuniary  affairs  of 
the  Board,  or  oontaining  remittances  of  money, 
should  be  sent  to  O.  D.  Eaton,  Esq,  Treasiurer 
—same  address— P.  O.  Box  3888. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  EDUCATION  IN  JUNE  1876. 


ALnANY.—i!/&<xny— Albany  1st  48  12;  Balls- 
ton  Spa  23  44.  Troy— North  Granville  14  50 ; 
Waterford  14  37  100  48 

BALTiMOBE.—Ba;/{more— Cumberland  10 ; 
Emmittsburgh  30:  Piney  Creek  7  85.  New 
Ca«//e— Rock  20 ;  Zion  26  88  86 


Cbmtbal  New  YoKK,—Binghamton — Btng- 
hamton  1st  24  32.  5/  Lanfreace— Brownvllte 
71  cto;  Carthage  10;  Dexter  2  12;  Ox  Bow 
8  88.    5yra<r««#-Liverpooll  80  40  92 

OiwciifWATi.—CA<Mico/A<— Concord  9.  Cin- 
citinati— Cineinnati  7th  36 ;  Goshen  7;  Pleasant 


1815.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


251 


Bidge  7  70.    2>ay/o»— Yellow  Sprinars  10  81 

09  01 

Olbvsland.  —  Cleveland  —  Cleveland    let 

57  62;    Indcpendenoe  5.     Mahonina—yilddlo 

Sandy  10.    St  ClairsviUe—Seotoh  Ridge  1  38. 

Sieubenville—Ijong's  Run  10  84  00 

CoLuuBus.— Colaiii&tt«-~Golumbtts  2d  M: 
IrfMKlon  10  .  7e  00 

£BiB.—Ctorf on—Mrs  L  O  Unn  26  eta.  She- 
naayo— Clarksville  13  02  13  27 

Qbnbva.— CAemiin^— Elmira  Ist  6  16.  Gen- 
ei>a--Senoca  26.  S/e«6en  —  Oampbeli  10  08; 
Corning  2  08  61  92 

Harkisbukoh.  —  CarliiU  —Bloom&eld  16 ; 
MbohanlcsDurgh  2d  61 ;  Feiersburgti  o.  Hunt- 
inydon— Altooaa  2d  40  00;  MoV'eytown  26  ID; 
WiiliamsDurgh  16.  Northumberland— Brior 
Creek  6;  Jeiujy  Shore,  add'l  22;  Suubury 
16  05.     H^e//«6oro— Wellsboro  1  03  177  »0 

lLLiirot3,CBifTBAL.— 5cAtty<«r— Bardolph  4. 
Springjield  —  FAtmiagMa  a;  Jackaonvilie, 
Fisgan  15  24  00 

Illinois,  North.  ~  AocA;  River  —  Falton, 
Liadios  Soc*y  2  50 

Illinois,  South.— it Woa—Plalnriew  W  eta ; 
Virden  2  11.  Cairo— i:>i8gan  10;  Uuiou  6. 
AfaZ/oour— Morrlaunvilie  7  4a ;  Fana  1  03 

26  49 

Indiana,  North.— Logantjior/— Bethlehem 
0  16 ;  Xjogansport  iBi  90  cis.  ikfancie— Wabash 
8  58  10  09 

Indiana,  South.— Jfew  ilJfrany— Iiezlngton 
3;  New  Albany  2d  14;  Sharon  3.  Vincennea 
- Vlneennes  Isi  15  10.  White  >Fa/er— Oreens. 
borgh  4  90  40  00 

Iowa,  North.— DubuftM—Hopklnton     0  00 

Iowa,  South.— Counci/  BJtfjT'— Bedford  3. 
Dee  Motnet— Adel  7.  ioico— jJurlingion  Ist 
5  04.    iCearney— Hastings  4  19  04 

Kentucky.— £6ene2er—CoTington  1st  80  00 

liONO  Island.— ^aMau—Unutington  2d 

0  87 

Michigan.  —  Detroit  —  Detroit,  Fort  St 
91  08;  Detroit,  Westminster  4  o9.  Lansing — 
Marshall  9  70  106  97 

Minnksota.- 3fanAafo— Le  Snenr  8  27.  St 
Paul — Shakopee  2  60.  Southern  Minnesota — 
Pleasant  Ricfge  1.  Winona — Claremont  61 
cts;  Danias  8<)ois;  Forest  ol  ots;  Ripley  22 
ots  18  87 

MissorRi.— PaZmyra  — Louisiana  Slots. 
Pto/fc— Dawn  1  1  81 

Nb  w  jERSKY.—£:{<«a6e/A— Basking  Ridge  34; 
ElisabetU  3d  3  44;  Piaintleld  Isc  1  4o;  Piucka- 
min  1  11 ;  Koselle  1st  and  Sab-soh  6  36.  jtfon- 
motifA— Bricksbnrgh  3  50.  Morrit  and  Orange 
—  Morrlstown  Ist,  add'l  16  09;  Orange  2d 
83  52.  Newark  —  Newark  2d  29  12.  '  New 
ffrunfuncA— Stockton  2.  DTeic/on— iielvidere 
1st  11  43  190  01 

New  York.  —  ffttdton  —  Goodwill  4  13; 
Hamptonburgh  8  78;  Mlddletown  1st  13  24; 
Middletown  2d  4  20 ;   Sootchtown  1  47.     ^eto 


For*— New  York,  Brick  138  00;  New  York, 
Unlrerslty  Place  630  84;  New  York,  4th  Ave 
11  46.  North  Afver— Hugbsonville  6:  Pongh- 
keei>sie  28  20.  WeatcheeterSonth  East  Cen- 
tre 6  750  99 

Pacific. — Benicia — Bollnas6.  Lo9  Angelet 
—Anaheim  2.    SarrameM/o— Columbia 2  50 

9  60 

Philadelphia. —  Lackawanna  —  Franklin 
1  10;  Liberty  41  ots;  Shlckshinny  Sab-soh 
1  78;  Rev  W  Darrach  1  22.  LeAio*— Weath- 
eriy  1.  PhUadelphia  C>»/ra^-PhlIadelphia, 
North  Broad  St  59  00.  PhUadelphia  North-- 
Doylestown  and  Deep  Run  21  00;  Pottstown 
80  08.     ITfs/mintfer— Hopewell  20  137  46 

Pittsburoh.- Bte<rttft7/tf— Pine  Run  10  43. 
Pitteburgh—Bethel  30;  East  Liberty  34 ;  Pitts- 
burgh 2d  14  44;  Pittsburgh,  Shady  Side  9  la 
i{«d</on«^Ronnd  Hill  2  72L  Waehinglon  — 
Burgettstown  13  89  120  04 

Tbnnbssbb.  —  HoUton  —  Carter's  Station 
6  85.  JTinotlon- Baker's  Creek  1;  Cloyd's 
Creek  2 ;  IJnItia  1  9  85 

Toledo.— 0e//e/onfaine— Belle  Centre  1  26; 
Buoyrus  1  51 :  Spring  Hills  82  cts ;  Urbana  1. 
Afaufa««— Toledo,  Westminster  2  08  7  00 

Western  New  York.  —  Genetee  —  North 
Bergen  7  70.  itocAet/er- LimaOSots ;  Roches- 
ter Central  17  87 ;  Sparta  1st  0  82  60 

Wisconsin.  —  C*/»p«toa  —  Hlxton  1;  La 
Crosse  Ist  6  60;  La  Crosse  North  1  07.  Afi/- 
ioa«*«e— Delafleld  47  ots ;  Lima  2  10  04 

Total  receipts  fh>m  churches,       ((2,318  18 
Legacies. 
Mrs  C  H  L  Brown,  Alton,  111,  In  part     70  00 

Interest  on  Permanent  Fund. 

Mean's  Legacy  408 :  Rankin's  800 ;  Clark's 
00;  Colt's  34  60;  Jacob's  88;  Rev  Jos  Piatt  3: 
Phelps'  70  20  908  70 

Interest  on  Chatten  and  Ryger's  note    00  00 

Refunded. 
"J  J"  800;  "H  S  B"  10 ;  "  F  K  C"  50 


800  00 


Miscellaneous. 


From  a  ftiend  8 ;  James  Hite,  Terre  Haute, 
Ind  100;  LC  Gray,  Astoria,  III  1;  Rev  M  A 
Sackett,  Cleveland,  U  6  109  00 

Total  Receipts  in  June,       $3,826  88 
E.  O.  WOODWARD,  Treaeurer^ 
1884  Chestnut  Street,  Phila. 


Reports  and  correspondence  relating  to  the 
general  business  of  the  Board,  address  to 
William  Speer,  D.D., 

Correeponding  Secretary. 

The  Permanent  Manual  of  the  Board. 

cards  for  annual  collections,  and  other  needed 

information,  fUrnished  on  application  to  the 

Secretary. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  FOREION  MISSIONS  IN  JUNE  1876. 


Albany.  —  Albany  —  1st  oh  Albany  260 : 
Ballston  Spa  oh  47 ;  Qreenbushch  10  26 ;  West 
Milton  ch  7  69.    Champlain—BelmQUt  oh  26 

864  84 

Baltimore.- ^ew  Ca«/l€— ZIon  eh  60 ;  Rock 
ch  20;  Lewes  oh  12;  Olivet  Sab-soh,  Wilming. 
ton,  Llzsle  Ervin  1  83  00 

Central  New  Yokk.— Binghamton— Isi  oh 
BInghamton  104  24.  St  Lawrence— Dexter  oh 
11  89 :  Brownsville  ch  3  79.  Syracuce— Hanni. 
bal  oh  20 ;  Liverpool  ch  7  44.  i;/<c«— Clinton 
ch  127  21  274  07 

Cincinnati.— C<ncinna/<— 1st  oh  Walnut 
HlUs  55  26;  Montgomery  oh  88.    Day/on— 1st 


oh  Dayton  92  04 ;  Bethel  ch  80 ;  Oxford  ch  81. 
Portemouth  — Russellville  ch  26  277  30 

Cleveland.  —  C/ere/and— 1st  ch  Cleveland 
386  09;  Guilford  oh  6.  Mahoning  —  Isi  oh 
Youngstown  48  06 ;  Pleasant  Valley  ch  12. 
St  CJa<r«vi/<e— Nottingham  ch  82;  Morris- 
town  ch  10 ;  Scotch  Ridge  oh  7  40.  Steuben- 
9i/i«— Bethel  oh  26  58 ;  Wellsville  Sab  soh  for 
China  17  687  07 

Colorado.— 5an/«  Fe- Taos  oh  1  00 

Columbus.— Co/tifii6ti« —Ist  ch  Clroleville 
22;  London  oh  10.  Marion — Chestervllle  ch 
12,  Mrs  E  F  Patterson  1,  Sab-sch  5=18 ;  Iberia 
Sab-soh  10,     Country   Sab-sch  1  05—11  06. 


252 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS.        [August 


Woo$ter—She\by  Sab-soh  10 ;  Blooming  Grove 
oh  2  50  74  15 

Erik.—  Allegheny  —Cross  Roads  ch  15  80. 
Butter— Muddy  Creek  ch.  Ladles  MIss'y  Soc'y 
85 ;  Concord  Sab-sch  9  45.  C/art on— Mrs  L 
C  Lynn,  Petropolls  1  81.  Erie— Park  ch  Sab- 
soh,  Erie,  for  China  50 ;  Franklin  eh  15;  Har- 
bor Creek  Sab*8ch  2.  i^if/anntno— Jackson- 
vllle  ch  25.    SAenan<70— Newport  ch  12    165  5« 

Oenbva.—  Cayuga  —  Aurora  ch  16.  Che- 
mung—Ist  oh  Etmira  27  75.  Geneva — Phelps 
ch  Sab-sch  78  70;  1st  ch  Victor  33:  Ist  ch 
Geneva  19  95.  Lyont- Lvons  ch  8  92.  Steu- 
b«n— Corninir  ch  14  48;  Addison  oh  21  10 

213  85 

HARRi6BUROH.—CarZ{«/e— Middle  Spring  ch 
75;  Petersburg  oh  5;  Bucks  Valley  ch  2  45; 
WarforUsburgh  ch  1  83,  Sab-sch  1  22 --2  55. 
Huntingdon—SpTiDg  Creek  ch  115:  Mllrov 
Sab-sch  10.  Northumberland  —Lycoming  ch 
40  10,  Sab-sch  03=103  10 ;  1st  ch  Sunbury 
70  08;  Chilllsquaque  oh  85.  WelUboro  — 
Wellsboro  ch  5  55  424  83 

iLLiKois,  Cewtral.—  Bloomington—  Dan- 
villech,  Mrs  S  S  Dobbins  50;  Keaulng  Sab-sch 
2;  Gllman  Sab-sch  1  50.  PeoWo— Prospect  oh 
45.  SpringJield—lBi  ch  Sab-sch,  Jacksonville, 
MIss'y  Suc'y  for  Syria  181 :  Bates  ch  22 ;  Ist 
Portuguese  ch  Sab-sch,  Springfield  12  25 ; 
Pisgan  eh  17;  Irish  Grove  ch  14  55  345  30 

Illinois,  North.— CAfcayo— 4th  ch  Chicago 
225.  Freeport—Zlon  ch  5,  Sab-sch  3  «8=t8  »8. 
Rock  River— 1st  ch  Sterling  100;  Camden  Sab- 
sch  14 ;  Geneseo  Sab-sch  3  850  68 

Illinois,  Sodth.— ilWon— VIrden  ch  11  34, 
Sab-sch  fur  Miss  Dean's  sch,  Persia  3  75^ 
16  09;  Ist  ch  Sab-soh  Alton  7  14;  Plalnvlew  ch 
1  48.  Cairo— Sharon  ch  IL  ifa//oon— Pana 
ch  5  66  40  26 

Indiana,  North.— For/  FFayne- Sdch  Fort 
Wayne  20;  Lima  oh  6.  Logamport— let  oh 
Valparaiso  25 ;  Union  ch  6 ;  Isc  ch  Logansport 
6  20.  Afu/icie— Liberty  ch  29  40 ;  Wabash  ch 
19  24;  Union  City  Sab-sch  7  66;  1st  ch  Marion 
8  40  126  89 

Indiana,  SovTH.-New  Albany— 2d  ch  New 
Albany  80;  Charleston  Sab-sch  1  55,  Mrs  Bent- 
ley's  Class  1  50=8  05.  White  JTa/er— Greens- 
burg  ch  40  123  05 

Iowa,  North.— Cedar  Rapide—Unn  Grove 
ch  Sal>-schlO.  Dudu^ue-Manchestor  Sab-soh 
1  10.     W^af« Woo— Grundy  Centre  oh  1        12  10 

Iowa,  South.— Councf/  B/ujTt- Red  Oak 
Junction  ch  11  85;  Fairvlew  ch  Sab-sch  7. 
Iowa — 1st  ch  Sab-soh  Mt  Pleasant,  for  Persia 
40 ;  Burlington  oh  28  85 ;  Zion  ch  2 ;  Montrose 
Sab-sch  1  5U.    £earn«y— Hastings  ch  2     93  20 

Kansas.- A>o»Ao— Fort  Gibson  ch         5  00 

Kentucky.  —  Louitvti/e— New  Castle  ch 
Sab-sch  10  00 

Long  Island.— Brooiblyrt-lst  ch  Remsen 
St  30  28 ;  Ist  ch  Edgewater,  S  1 16  90 :  Souih 
3d  St  ch,  Williamsburgh  32.  Long  Jeland— 
Centre  Moriches  Sab-sch  3  66,  East  Moriches 
Sab-sch  8  50,  Miss'y  Corn  2  ^9  15.  Naaau— 
Jamaica  ch  100  87 ;  1st  ch  Sab-sch  Huntington, 
to  sup  sch  at  Beirut  70 ;  2d  oh  Huntington  37 ; 
Koslyn  ch  18  813  20 

Michigan.- D«/roi/— Fort  Street  ch,  De- 
troit, 201  68;  Westminster  ch,  Detroit  28  67. 
ira/ai»a;)roo— Sturgis  oh  1.  Laneing— Ist  oh 
Sab-sch  Lansing,  for  China  15.  3f onrof— 1st 
oh  Monroe  20  266  86 

Minnesota.— Jfanlsafo— Pleasant  Ridge  ch 
2.  St  Pa u/ —Tavlor's  Falls  oh  6  26;  Ist  oh 
Stillwater  6  85 ;  Westminster  ch,  Minneapolis 
5  69;  Bedford  ch  2  10.  >Fi«ona— Dnndas  ch 
4  64;  Forest  ch  2  76;  Claremontoh2  76;  Rip- 
ley ch  1  18  38  78 

MiBSOtJRi.—  PaZmyra  — Louisiana  oh  4  88. 
St  Lout«— Bethel  Gtsr  ch,  a  member  17,  Sab- 
sch  8  -25  29  88 

New  Jbrset.— £2i2;a6f /A— Roselle  ch  20  80, 
Sab-sch  8-28  80;  8d  oh  Elliabeth  18  50;  1st  ch- 


Plainfleld  7  77 ;  Plnckamin  ch  6  96.  Jereew 
Ci/y— 1st  ch  Jersey  City  135:  Is.ch  Rutherford 
Park  17  86.  Jtfonmou/A— Farmlngdale  ch  6. 
Morrii  and  Oranoe— Central  ch.  Orange  340, 
Sab-sch,  for  blind  boy,  Bodha,  India  2()-860; 
2d  .ch  Orange,  in  part  360;  Ist  ch  South  Or- 
ange 286  81 ;  1st  on  Morrlstown  84  30 :  Ist  ch 
Orange,  C  G  Reynolds25 ;  2d  ch  Mendham  8  88. 
^etoarib— 1st  ch  Bloomfleld  447  81 ;  2d  ch  New- 
ark 109  21;  3d  ch  Newark  21  98.  New  firuns. 
vric/c- Stockton  ch  6.  Newton— lat  eh  Newton 
176 :  Ist  oh  Belvidere  82  16 ;  Ist  ch  Sab-sch  Ox- 
ford 2;  8d  Ward  Sab-soh,  Phillipsburgh  8. 
Weft  Jersey— Tuckahoe  ch  2  2.1 16  13 

New  York.— Botf on— Beech  St  ch,  Boston 
100.  Huilson— Chester  ch  101 ;  2d  ch  Middle- 
town  22  88,  Sab-sch,  fbr  Mohan  Lai  75=97  88 ; 
Central  ch  Sab-sch,  Haverstraw  86  50 ;  Good- 
will  oh  22  20;  Hamptonburg  ch  20  35;  1st  ch 
MIddletown  17.44;  Stony  Point  ch  10  36: 
Sootchtown  ch  7  86.  New  Forik— Brick  ch  803; 
1st  oh  New  York,  proceeds  of  little  girls'  fair 
100;  4th  Ave  ch  96  07;  West  ch  Sab-sch,  for 
sup  of  girl  in  Syria  50;  1st  Reunion  ch  20  40 : 
Brick  en  Chapel  14  70;  Harlem  ch  4  76:  Eman- 
uel  Chapel,  6lh  St  3  9J;  ManhattBnvlHe  3  30. 
North  ittoer— Poughkeepsie  oh  37  11;  Maiden 
oh  27  03;  Calvary  oh,  Newburgh  16  16;  Hugh- 
sonviUe  ch  8.  )Fe«/cAe«<er— Pound  Ridge  ch 
13  1,610  02 

Paoivic— Benic/o — Bolinas  6.  Lot  Angelet 
—Anaheim  oh  2.  Sacramenfo— Placervliie  ch 
8.  San  Francttco— Calvary  oh  Sab-sch.  San 
Francisco  646  86.    San  Jose— Li vermore  3  50  ch 

560  36 

Philadelphia.— C^«/er—Downingtownch 
9;  Kenuett  Sq  ch  6.  Lackawanna — 1st  ch 
Scran  ton,  Juven  Miss'y  Asso'n,  to  sup  teacher 
at  Beirut  187  60;  Montrose  oh  60 ;  Mt  Pleasant 
ch  27 ;  Franklin  ch  5  92 ;  Liberty  ch  2  22.  U- 
high  —  Summit  Hill  ch  20  88,  Sab-sch  3  79, 
Jamestown  Sab-sch 3  33=38;  Weatherly  ch  10 ; 
Shenandoah  Sab-sch  1  80.  Philadelphia  Cen- 
tral—Oohoelialnk  Sab-sch  61  64.  Weit  Africa 
—Clay,  Ashland  oh  6  60.  Weetmineter  -Mt 
Joy  oh  Sab-sch  13  357  48 

Pittsburgh.— B/airsviiJe— Salem  ch  23  06 ; 
LIvermorech  19  48 ;  Somerset  oh  6.  PiUeburgh 
—Bethany  ch  98  16 ;  East  Liberty  ch  94 ;  2d  ch 
Pittsburgh  77  69;  Shadv  Side  ch  49  51;  Can- 
nonsburg  ch  23  18.  Aeds/one— Uniontown  ch 
194 ;  Round  Hill  ch  14  62 ;  Jefferson  ch  5  55  ; 
Connellsville  cb,  White  Rock  Sab-sch  1.  Wath- 
ington—lBich  Wheeling 22  88:  Unity  ch  2  76; 
Wolf  Run  ch  4  25;  4th  oh  Sab-sch  Wheeling 
1  76;  Weit  Hryinia— Lumberportchl     637  31 

Tennessee.- Ho2«/on — Jonesboro  Sab-sch, 
for  Mars  Yoslp  1  70 ;  Reedy  Creek  Sab-wh  25 
CIS.  RAW.  for  Mars  Yosip  3=3  25.  Kingtton 
— Cloyd's  Creek  ch  2;  Baker's  Creek  ch  1: 
Unitia  ch  1 ;  t'nionviUech  1.  Union— Si  Pan! 
ch  4  25 .  14  20 

Toledo.- Bei/^/ontaine— Buovrus  cb  8  27  ; 
Bellefontaiue  ch  6  66 ;  Url)ana  en  5  33 ;  Spring 
Hill  ch  3  33.  Afaumee— Defiant  e  ch  21 ;  Wesu 
minster  ch,  Toledo  16  43  60  06 

Western  New  York.— ^iaoara— Albion 
ch  67  40 ;  Millville  Sab-soh,  for  Persia  6 ; 
Knowlesville  ch,  Mrs  Stevens  1.  Rochester — 
Central  oh  Rochester  96  20;  Ist  ch  Sparta  10; 
Lima  oh  5  06  184  08 

Wisconsin.— lf</wa«*ee—Delafleld oh 2  50: 
Emerald  Sab-soh  66  ets.  Wiscon$in  Rivera 
Platte vi lie  oh  6  18 ;  Oxford  ch  6 ;  CotUge  Grove 
Sab-soh  40  cts  16  73 

Woman's  For  Miss'y  Soc'y,  Philadelphia 

3.096  00 


Total  amonnt  receiyed  from  churches 

in  June,       $12,796  H 

Lbgacibs.- Legacy  of  Mrs  M  B  Cooper, 
decM,  New  Castle,  Del  048  50;  Estate  of  Amos 
Smith,  dec'd,  Lebanon,  Ohio  500;  Legacv  of  J 
C  Stokes,  deo'd,  Lunemburg,  Ya  300 ;  Oham- 

5 ion  Estate  120  46 ;  Legacy  of  Ely  Snvder. 
ec'd,  Morrison,  111  26^ ^902  96 


1875.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


253 


Mi8CKLLAXBO(T8.~lflt  Ref  Pres  Sab-8ch,  N 
Y,  to  gup  Alex  McLeod  and  Alex  Wood  at 
Saharaupur,  India  57  81;  Mr  I  Potta,  Troy,N 
Y  2  50 ;  I  D  Cochran.  Auburn,  Ky  5 ;  Richard 
and  Alox  Morrison,  N  Y,  yonn^  cousina  9  85 ; 
J  H  Beck,  Troy,  Iowa  5;  Piney  FlaU  Sab- 
8ch,  renn  1  50 ;  M  £  Janes,  Monrovia,  West 
Africa  5  ;  Cash,  to  sup  mlss^y  In  Persia,  add^l 
10;  Mrs  Reutllnger.  t^aboon,  West  AfHca  6; 
Rcr  I  F  Boyd  and  family,  for  Mis8*n  sch, 
Tungchow,  CJhina  16 ;  Ira  Bliss,  Stamford, 
Conn  100 ;  Bethlehem  Sab-sch  5 :  Phelps  Mis- 
sion Sab-sch,  N  Y,  to  sup  girls  at  Behra  90 ; 
Lenox  Collegiate  Inst  Iowa  0;  A  fMend  10;  O 
J  30;  X  Wm,  Ohio  22;  A  H-lend  of  missiuns, 
Cleveland,  for  Tungohow,ChIna5;  White  Oak 
Sab-sch,  Mass,  for  Syria  16 ;  Oeo  H  Shaffer  6; 
Charlie  Buffeld,  for  Persia  60  ots ;  Mrs  Martha 
Scudder,  Rah  way,  N  J,  per  Rev  Dr  Fairchild, 
for  Kolapore  100;  Mrs  Wm  Conkhfte  8;  Mrs 
Albert  Barclett  2;  Charlie  R  Shedd,  proceeds 
of  his  garden,  for  a  sch  at  Mt  Seir,  Persia  1 ; 
Rev  S  L  .Tuhnson,  Harmony,  Pad ;  W,  of  Iowa, 
for  Brazil  Mission  10:  Rev  M  Pomeroy,  Mom- 
inz  Sun,  Iowa  5  30 ;  SamM  Miller,  Hammond, 
N  1*.  to  con  L  M  10;  Bertie  McChesuey,  to  re- 
build (Canton  sch  house  10;  A  friend,  to  con 
Mrs  H  P  Ellenwood,  L  d  100 ;  Cash  5 :  Jews  5 ; 
S  E.  Lovington,  111  1 ;  Henry  Wlneman,  Jr, 
Fanneiaburgh,  Pa  10  015  90 

Total  receipts  In  June,       $15,315  09 
Total  amount  ftom  May  ist,  1875,       $30,039  88 
WM.  RANKIN,  TreMurer, 
88  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


IjBttebs  relating  to  the  Missions,  or  other 
operations  of  the  Board,  may  be  addressed  to 
the  Rev.  John  C.  IjOWRie,  Rev.  David  Ir- 
ving, or  Rev.  Frank  F.  Ellinwood,  Secre- 
taries, Mission  House,  23  Centre  street,  New 
York. 

LiRTTBRS  relating  to  the  peonniary  affairs  of 
the  Board,  or  containing  remittances  of  money, 
may  be  sent  to  William  Rankin,  Esq.,. Treo. 
turer — same  address. 

PoeTAOBe.— 

To  Western  AfVica. 10  cents. 

Syria 12  " 

Persia,  to  Constantinople 12  " 

India 22  " 

Slam ~ 28  " 

China 10  " 

Japan 15  " 

Bratll  15  " 

V.  S.  Colombia 18  " 

Mexico 10  " 

Chili    ....22  " 

For  each  ]4  ox  weight,  prepaid. 

For  Japan,  China,  and  Slam  the  mail  Is  sent 
flrom  the  Mission  House  on  the  20lh  of  each 
month ;  for  India,  Syria,  Persia,  by  the  steam- 
ers nearest  the  Ist  and  15th ;  for  Western  AfVica, 
on  the  1st ;  for  Brazil,  on  the  22d ;  for  U.  S. 
Colombia,  on  the  5th  and  21st.  Newspapers, 
from  2  to  0  cents,  prepaid. 

Stamps  not  to  be  put  on  the  letters,  as  these 
are  enclosed  in  an  outside  envelope ;  and  the 
postage  is  assessed  according  to  the  weight  of 
each  letter. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  MISSION  WORK  OF  BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION  IN  JUNE  1875. 


ALBANT.—jIZfcanjr— Albany  Ist  82  07;  Balls- 
ton  Centre  5  66:  Princeton  7  50.  Champlain 
—Essex  8  60.  Troy— Chestertown  2  11 ;  Wa- 
terford  7  18. 

Atlantic— Fadtin—Mocksville  Sab-sch  1. 

BALTiMORE.~Ba«iiiiore— Baltimore  12th  10 ; 
Taneytown  21.  New  C««//e-Bridgevllle  17; 
Cool  Si>ring  6 ;  Elkton  12  70 ;  Georgetown  2 ; 
Lower  rtrandy  wine  0  17 ;  Lower  West  Notting- 
ham 20  24 :  Red  Clay  Creek  10  15 ;  Rook  6 ; 
Zion  10. . 

Central  Nbw  York.— BinoAamron— Bing- 
ham ton  1.0 1 13  90 ;  Cortland  88  24.  5<  Lawrence 
— Brownville  47  ots;  Dexter  1  43;  Theresa 
8  25;  Woddington  10  00:  Watertown,  Stone  St 
20.  Syrocwte— Liverpool  93  cis.  l//fca— Knox- 
boro  10  58 ;  Utioa,  Westminster  27  50. 

Cincinnati.— C*<M<coMe— Concord  5;  HlllB- 
boro  46  75 ;  Mt  Pleasant  11  76.  Cincinnati— 
Bethel  5  62 ;  Lebanon  18 ;  Loveland  6  07 ;  Ma- 
son 8:  Pleasant  Run  6;  Sharonville  7;  Somer- 
set 2  10 ;  Springdale  17  24.  Day/on— Clifton 
16  48;  Mlddletown  15  74;  New  Jersey  6 ;  Riley 
8  40  Yellow  Springs  9  67.  Por/tmouM— Ce- 
dron5  20;  Felicity  2  80;  Portsmouth  88  50. 

Cleveland. — C/evc{an<i— Chester  6 :  Cleve- 
land  lat  39  11.  AfaAonino- Ellsworth  11  50; 
Liberty  3;  Jackson  5.  St  ClairtvilU  —  Mt 
Pleasant  29  70;  PowhattanS  85;  Scotch  Ridg^ 
93  cts.  Steubenville—BMon  Ridge  7 ;  Centre 
Unity  2;  Still  Fork  2  55;  Waynesburgh  8; 
WellsviUe  20. 

Colorado.— Colorado— Del  Norte  2  80. 

COLUMB17S.— Co/«i»^«— ColnmbnsSd  50  25 ; 
Groveport  3  60;  Mifflin  7  97:  Reynoldsbnrgh 
8  47.  Afa rion— Marysvllle  10;  Mllford  Centre 
2 :  York  4  60.  IToot^er— Jackson  8  60.  ZaneS' 
H//e— Dresden  14  00;  Zanesville  1st  11  08. 

Erie.— il//ey^f»y  — Allegheny.  North  100; 
Bull  Creek  6;  Freedom  4  46;  Snarpesburgh 
29  28,  Butler  —Concord  30  82 ;  Martinsburgh 
6;  Mt  Nebo8  96;  New  Salem  6;  North  Butler 
6 ;  Plain  Grove  24  60 ;  Zelienople  4  87.  Clarion 


— Callensburg  6  46.  i:r<«— East  Greene  2  50 ; 
Harbor  Creek  6 ;  Mercer  1st  19.  Kittanning— 
Jacksonville  10 ;  Klttannlnjr,  Bethel  8.  She- 
nanyo— Clarksviile  18  88:  New  Brighton  19; 
Sharon  11  51 ;  West  Middlesex  10  37. 

Geneva.— Cay uya— Fayette vllle  14  33 ;  Mt 
Hope  1  25.  CAemuny— Elmira  1st  8  50;  Sugar 
Hill  1  64;  Tyrone  2  10.  Geneva— Trumans- 
bnrgh  28  62.    5/eu6eii— Coming  1  82. 

Harrisburoh.- CaWi«/«— Chambersburgh, 
Falling  Spring  70;  Middle  Spring  10.  Hunt- 
inydon— Logan's  valley  9;  Mifflintown  and 
Lost  Creek  44  90;  Sinking  Valley  18.  Korth- 
«m5er/and— New  Berlin  2  76:  Sunbury  14  95. 
ire//«6oro— Allegany  2;  Tioga,  Nelson  5  50; 
Wellsboro  70  cts. 

Illinois,  Central.— B/oofii<ny/<m—Maren- 

?o  1st  9  61 ;  Minonk  2  75 ;  Waynesvllle  8  30. 
for<a— Yates  City  4  60.  5anyamon— Farm- 
ington  6  10.  5cAifty/«r— Bardolph  4  60;  Brook- 
lyn 8;  Huntsville5;  La  Prairie  6;  Macomb  9. 

Illinois,  North.— CAicayo  —  Chicago  41st 
St  4 ;  Lake  Forest  80  24 ;  Wilmington  1st  10  15. 
Frcepor/— Argylel2;  BelvidereU;  Foreston 
Ger  12  88 ;  Rocklbrd,  Westminster  14  25 ;  Zion 
6.  0//a«»fl— Paw  Paw  Grove  1 :  Waterman  8. 
Rock  i»t>er— Fulton,  Ladies'  Soo'y  2  60 ;  Penlel 
15. 

Illinois,  South.— il //on— Butler  8  45; 
Plalnview  59;  VIrden  1  48.  Afa//oon— Pana  70 
ots. 

Indiana,  North. —  Logantport  —  Logans- 
port  1st  65  cts.    Afttac<e— Wabash  2  42. 

Indiana,  South.— Itidianapo/<t— Bethany 
6  60 ;  Greencastle  18  66  ;  Greenwood  8  80 ; 
Southport3  37.  ^ew il/5any— Lexington  1  70; 
New  Albany  20  70;  New  Albany  ad  6;  Sharon 
1.     White  Water— AvLTorn  6  50. 

Iowa,  North.  —  Dubuque  —  Wlnthrop  6. 
Waterloo— Rook  Creek  2. 

Iowa,  South.— CottnciZ  Bii^s— Coming  1st 
12  70.  DeM  Jfo<n««— Indianola  6  25.  Iowa— 
Burlington  Ist  4  17.  Iowa  C</y^-Summit  3  76. 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OP  RECEIPTS.         [August 


KA1CBA8.—  Neat  ho  —  Fairview  1 :  Oenera 
a  50;  Ijlberty  1. 

Kentucky.— Edeneser—lAexiagtom  ad  §2. 
LouisviUe^Pewf  Valley  9  50. 

Itova  Island.— firo#.%/yn— Brooklyn,  South 
ei  St  36  M,  Sab.ech  27  12-68  M.  Long  Itlfind 
— Setauket  0  25.  Aattau— Moriches  Centre 
1;  Heropftoad  80 ;  UttQtiu((Con  1st  26  20;  Uuai- 
Ington  2(1  4  07. 

MiOHiOAN.—De/roif— Detroit  Ist  03  47;  De> 
trolt.  Fort  Street  86  07;  Detroit,  Westminster 
3  11.  KaUmazoo^^tnrgis  8.  Sagina¥>^AvL 
Sable  and  Oscoda  2;  Wenona4  54. 

MiNNBSOTA.  —  St  Paul  —  Shakopee  2  50. 
Southern  Minnti0ta^ A^lberi  Lea  8;  Wlnne- 
b.igo  3  09 ;  Fiuasaat  HidKe  I.  K^i nana— Clare- 
munt  35  cts;  Dundas  58  cts;  Forest  85  cts; 
L.ake  City  4;  Ripley  15  cts. 

MiasouRi.— Pc/myra— Ijoui8iana54  cts. 

Nvw  Jbus BY.— LVix«6eM— Bethlehem  17  75: 
Elizabeth  3i  2  38 ;  I'lainAuld  Isc  98  ots ; 
Pluokamin  75  cts:  Roselle  Sab^oh  8  63; 
Woodbrldge  10.  Jenef  Cify —.Tcrsey  City, 
Prospect  Ave  6  54 ;  Paterson  1st  35  30 ;  Unther> 
lord  Park  10.  Morrit  and  Oranye— Morris- 
town  1st,  addU  10  64 ;  Orange  Isi  81.  Newark 
«~Monlclair  93  47;  Newark  2d  21  84;  New<irk, 
South  Park  67  10.  New  ilruntioidt— Lam- 
bortviUe  18 ;  New  Brunswick  Isc  43  59 ;  Stock- 
ton  1  60.  3r«u?ftf n— Andovcr  2 :  Ashbury  9  58  ; 
Belvidcre  2d  15  50;  Oxford  2d  26;  Stillwater 
fl ;  Swartswood  2.  IVeH  Jrr«f y— Cold  Spring 
13  96;  Fairfield  9;  Fislerville  15;  aio«ioesU»r 
City  10;  Salem  40 ;  Waterford  5. 

Nkw  York.— Ha<<«on— Goshen  22  04 :  Good- 
will 2  80;  Hamptonburgh  2  57:    Middletown 

1  St  2  89;  Middletowu  2d  2  21;  Mount  Hope  7; 
Kamapo  7 ;  Scotchtown  99  cts.  New  York— 
Harlem  9  18 ;  New  York,  Briok  148  71 :  New 
York,  18th  St  66  05 :  New  York,  4th  Ave  7  78. 
Iforth  Atv«r— New  Hamb«nKh  15.  Wettchttter 
--Bridgeport  87 ;  South  Satem  16. 

Nkbraska.- A>^ra«lra  Cify— Fairmonnt  1 ; 
York  Centre  1;  Nebraska  City  Sab-sch  12  50. 
JiTtfariiey— Hastings  2. 

PACiFia— L#«  ^»f<le«— Anaheim  L  Ora- 
j;o»— Portland  44  65. 

Philadblphia.  —  CketUr  —  Oxford  7  69. 
Lacfcaavanno— Canton  10;  Franklin  76  cts; 
I«aporte  11  05 ;  Lehman  28  cts ;  Mehoopany 
Creek  1  66 ;  Meshoppen  1  95 ;  Scranton  2d 
48  75 :   Tunkhannock  24  40.    L«A<pA— Eckley 

2  50 ;  Portland  50  :  Upper  Lehigh  4  50;  Weath- 
erly  L  P/i</ad«/oAio— Phllad'a,  West  Spruce 
St  280.  Pkiladtlphia  OeiKralHPhfladelphia, 
North,  Sab-sch  No  1  20 :  Philadelphia,  North 
Broad  St  28  83.  Philadelpkia  N«rf A— Bristol 
20 ;  German  town.  Market  Square,  Star  of  Hope 
class  2  25;  Huntingdon  Valley  5;  Newtown 
24  47.  ire«<mi««/er— Ohanoeford  10;  Colum. 
bla  33  18;  Hopewell  U  25;  LanoMter  22  56; 
Slate  Rldgo  14  26;  Strasburgh  4. 


PiTTSBURQH.  —  BlcirtvUle  —  Unity  25  25. 
Pittsburgk  ^  BMt  Liberty  19;  Fairview  4; 
North  Branch  9  39;  PltUburgh  Ist  173; 
PitUburgh,  Shady  Side  6  25;  Raccoon  39  70; 
Wllkinsburgh  25.  Redtfonc— Belloview  6  87  ; 
Lvurel  HiiriSdO;  Long  Run  22  75;  New 
Providence  7  46 ;  Round  Htll  1  84 ;  West  New- 
ton 14.  IT^u^iAofon— ClaysvlUe  21 ;  Upper 
Ten  Mile  14. 

TBNNB8BBB.—^iftytfon— Baker's  Creek  ^; 
Bethel  0  40;  Forest  UIU  8;  Marvville  8: 
Mary vi lie  Sd  4 ;  Unltia  1.  l/afoa— nopowell 
2  25;  New  Market  8  65;  Strawberry  Plains 
1  86. 

ToLBDo.  —  BeUtfontaint  —  Bellefnntalne  M 
cts;  Belle  Centre  7  04;  Bucyrus  1  02;  Hunts- 
Tlile  2  53;  Spring  Hills  43  cU ;  Urbana  67  eta. 
KMr«n— Samiuskv  16  60.  Linui— Sidney  let 
0  10.    JlfatiiM^— Toledo,  Westminster  1  82. 

Wbstbrn  Nbw  York.— Oe»w»«e— Lcroy  20 ; 
Perry  8  11.  Niagara  —  KnowlcsviJle  5  30. 
ItorAcf/er- Brighton  16  50;  Clarkson  5;  Lim* 
64  e;^;  Rochester  Central  12  14;  SparU  North 
5. 

WiscoxsiN.— J#il»auJk««— Delafield  31  oU; 
Milwaukee,  Calvary  21.  ITinaefra^o— Green 
B^y,  (French)  6  09.  Witconsin  ili»fr— Poyo- 
ette  and  Lowviile  4» 

MiBOBLLAiCBors.— **A  Man  and  Wire^*40: 
Rev  A  S  Powel  1 ;  "  Friend"  In  Emmetuburx 
» ;  **  F  B  C,"  Troy,  Ohio  5. 

We  also  acknowledge  a  Bond  for  $1,000  of 
the  Domestic  Sewing  Machine  Company  of 
Ohio,  ftrom «« A  Man  and  Wife*' 

Total  receipts  In  June,       $4,289  14 
S.  D.  POWEL,  Trea$urer. 


BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION. 
1834  CheUnut  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa, 

Letters  relating  to  donations  of  books  and 
tracts,  the  appointment  of  Missionaries,  and 
the  general  Interests  of  the  Board,  to  be  ad- 
dressed to  the  Rev.  William  £.  Scukjscjl, 
D.D.,  Corrttponding  Secretary, 

Manuscripts,  and  oommunloatlons  concern- 
ing matter  offered  for  publication,  whether  for 
h<N>ks  or  poriodloals,  to  the  Rev.  Jousr  W. 
DuLLBS,  D.D.,  Editorial  Secretary, 

Correspondence  of  Missionaries,  remittances 
•f  money,  and  donations,  to  Mr.  S.  D.  Powkl, 
Superintendent  of  Mission  Work  and  Treasurer. 

Orders  for  Books  (except  fWMn  Missionaries,) 
and  Business  Oorrespondence,  to  Mr.  Johk  A^ 
Black. 

Letters  relating  to  Sabbath-school  work,  to 
Mr.  J.  BBif  hbtTylbb,  Snperlntendent  of  Sab- 
bath-school Work. 

Subscriptions  to  The  Prtehyteriam  Momlhlff 
Pecord,  The  Sabbath^School  VisUor,  The  Pret^ 
kgterian  at  Work,  The  Westminster  Lesson 
Leaf,  Th€  Sunbeam,  and  payments  for  the 
tame,  to  Mr.  Pbtbb  walkbb. 


BEOEIPTS  FOR  CHURCH  ERECTION  IN  JUNE  1875. 


ALBAirT.—ilZ5any— Albany  1st  64  75;  New 
Scotland  23:  West  Milton  8  72.  Troy -^ 
Waterford  14  37. 

Baltixorb.  —  Baliimore  —  Annapolis  1st 
10  48;  Cumberland  i.  New  Cat/2e— Rook  10; 
Zion  20. 

Cbktral  Nbw  YoRK.~ll<fi7AaiBroi»— Bing- 
hamton  Ist  84  74.  Otsego  — Oneonta  IS  10.  St 
Lawrence-^  Brownville  95  cts ;  Dexter  2  85. 
$yracm«e— Liverpool  I  86.  CHca— Clayville 
4;  Oneida  36. 

CLBTBKiAirD^—C)le««tentf— Ashtabula,  flrom 
Mrs  H  K  Parsons  80;  Cleveland  1st  77  58. 
Mafconino— MasslUen  2d  18.  St  ClairsvilU— 
Scotch  Ridge  1  85. 

Columbus.— il/^»f—Pomeroy  12  68.  Ma^ 
i#  a— Delaware  IT. 


Erib.— CJarien— Leatherwood  10:  Lacking 
16 ;  Personal  84  ots.  Erie  Mercer  1st  90.  KU- 
toaniao— Bethel  12;  Centre  2;  Jacksonville 
10;  Smlcksbttrgh2.    S&e«ai»^o— Westfleld  20. 

Gbvbva.— Cfc«m«n^— Elmlra  Ist  6  94.  SteU' 
6en— Coming  8  61. 

Ha.RBi8BUB«H.—0arf<tle— Upper  Ptath  Val- 
ley 22.  Northumberland^St  Mary's,  Shiloh 
17.     fFe2a5ore— Wellsboro  1 89. 

Illinoib,  CBBTRAx.—PeeHa— Eureka  11  88; 
Oneida  8. 

iLLivoiB,  North.— Jtocik  !<#« r  —  (3amde& 
Sab-sch  8 ;  Fulton  2  50. 

Illtnois,  South.— iHlon— Alton  Ist  Sab-aeh 
8  26 ;  Plalnvlew  27  ots;  Ylrden  2  84.  Cairo-^ 
OarboBdale  17.    Maltoom^Pnun  1  89. 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


255 


iHDiAHA,  North.— Lo^antpoW—LiOganspori 
Isi  1  31.  Muncie—Cnloa  Oiiy  2  85 ;  W'abash 
4  82. 

l3rDii.KA,  South.— Wtfw  Albany^Ne-w  Al- 
bftnyaa  10.     (FAife  (Fafef^-QreeDSburgh  6  60. 

Iowa,  North.- Ptt6u9u«— Frankviile  4  10. 

Iowa,  South.— Co«nc</  JJin^»— Greenfield 
8;  KeU  Oak  10.  Dei  itfoinet  —  Oolfnx  4  50. 
iowa  —  Burlington  let  8  17 ;  Morning  Sun 
17  93;  New  Iiondon  8  65.  Iowa  Ci/y— Ata- 
llssa  2  50. 

Kansas.- .y«o«Ao— Oswego  4  00. 

MiGHiQAV.— D«(ro</— Detroit,  Fort  St  80  87; 
Deiroii,  Wesimins^or  0  10.  Sagina1C^sl^^x' 
land  2  80. 

MiifNBSoTA. — Jtfanftafo— Pleasant  Ridge  1. 
St  Paul — c$aai£uptie  a.  Southern  Minnsiola — 
Fillmore  5.  W^tnona — Ularemont  69  ets ;  Dna- 
das  1  10 ;   Forest  69  ots  ;  Ripley  80  cis. 

Missouri.- 0«ao«  —  Tipton  6.  Palmyra — 
Ljuisiaaa  1  00.  P/a//«— Dawn  1.  HI  Loiii«— 
St  IjOuIs,  High  St  4. 

Nebraska.— fTeam^y— Hasting^  8  60. 

Nbw  Jbrsbt.  — EZiarofre/A— Ellsabetli  1st 
146  46;  Elizabeth  aj  4  <»;  Elisabeth,  M^est- 
minsier  i  5;  i^laiaheld  Ise  1  04;  P.uckamm 
1  49;  Roselle  l8t  7  21.  Jertey  City-^Jeney 
City  Ist,  sp  60;  Jersey  Ulty,  Prospect  Are 
6  24;  Rutherford  Park,  sp  7.  Morrii  and 
Orange — Morristown  Ist  21 11.  .ycwarik— New- 
ark 2d  43  69.  New  Uruntwick-^S  coekton  2. 
JTeipf an— Uelvldere  1st  12  20;  Oxiurd  2d  62; 
Stillwater  7  42;  Swarlswood  1  58. 

Nbw  York— Hudtott— Goodwill  5  55 ;  Hamp- 
tonbnrgh  5  08;  Havorstraw  1st  12;  Middle- 
town  Isc  4  35;   Middletown  2d  5  72;  Sootoh- 


town  106.  New  For  A— New  York,  Brick 
255  75;  New  York,.4th  Ave  15  41. 

FAOiriO.  —  Benicio^Bollnas  1  85.  Lot  An- 
9e2e«— Ankhelm  2. 

Philadblphia.— CAe«/«r—  Darby  Borough 
8.  Lackawanna — Franklin  1  48;  Liberty  56 
cts.  Lekiah — Upper  Liehigh  4;  Weatherly  8. 
PAi/a<<e<siia—t  hiladelpbia.  Tabernacle,  iroui 
Miss  ''13  H"  16;  Philadelphia,  Walnut  St 
153  10.  Philadelphia  Cen/ra/— Philadelphia, 
North  Broad  St  44  75.  Philadelphia  Norths 
Falls  of  Schuylkill,  sp  25;  Germautown  1st, 
8p  185.     H^«»fwiint/fr— Ohnncelord  12. 

Pittsburgh.— P<//«5ur(^A— Bethel  80;  East 
Liberty  41:  Plttsburgii  Is.  190  24;  Pltisburgh 
3d  19  42;  Pittsburgh,  Shady  SiUe  12  87.  Red- 
«fone— Dunlap's  i;reek  13  50 ;  Mt  Pleasant, 
Reumun  12  88:  Round  Hill  3  66. 

TBKNB88Bic.—#Ciny»/on— Baker's  Creek  2; 
Cloyd's  Greek  2 ;  Untiiu  1. 

ToLBDO.— Be//</on/a<nc— Bellefontainel  66 ; 
Bucyru8  2;  Spring  Hill  83  c.s;  Urbana  1  35. 
Maumee — Eugle  Creek  10;  Toledo,  Westmiu* 
Ster  8  61. 

Wbstbrw  Nbw  York.  ^iIocA««/er— Lima 
1  25;  Bophester  Central  24  06;  Sparta  Ist  5. 

WisooKSiif.^Ari/wattA'ce— Delaheld  64  cts; 
Lima  2. 

Lboacy.— On  account  of  legacy  of  Mrs  C  H 
L  BroWn,  late  of  Minonk,  111  42. 

MiscTBLLAVEOUB.  —  G  W  Parkwcll,  Cald- 
well, Texas  1;  Rev  Carson  Reed,  Fairfield, 
Iowa  ;  Rev  W  N  Geddes,  Hanover,  lud  10 : 
Mrs  E  E  Townsend,  Painteu  Post,  N  Y  6. 

Total  receipts  in  June,      $2,491  67 
NATHAN  LANE,  Treaturer. 


Correeponding  Secretary ^  Bev.  H.  B.  Wilsoh,  D.  D.,  28  Centre  Street,  New  York. 
Treasurer,  Nathak  Lamb,  Esq.,  60  Wall  Street,  New  York. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  RELIEF  FUND  FOB  DISABLED  MINISTERS,  JUNE  1875. 


ALBA!fT.—ii;6any— Albany  Ist  47  25.  Troy 
— Waterford  14  37  ;  Whitehall  8. 

Baltimorb.  —  Baltimore  —  Cumberland  5. 
New  Ca«//«— Rock  10 ;  Zlon  20. 

Cbntral  New  York.— BinyAamton— Blng- 
hamton  1st  13  90.  St.  Ltftrrence— Brownvllle 
70  ots :  Dexter  2  08.  Syracuse^  Liverpool 
1  86 ;  Syracuse  1st  52. 

CiHciwifATi.  —  Chillicothe  —  Concord  12. 
Dayron— Dayton  1st  21  40.  Por/«mou<A— Rus- 
sellvllle  6. 

OLETELAif  D.  —  Cleveland  —  Cleveland  1st 
56  57.  AfaAonirt^— Liberty  3.  St  Clairtville— 
Scotch  Ridge  1  35.  Steubenville—Ceutre  1 ; 
Smlthfield  2. 

Erib.- C/arion— Mrs  L  C  Linn  24  cts.  Kit- 
tanning— CeniTe  3 ;  Jacksonville  10.  Shenan- 
po— Neshannock  29  30 ;  Newport  9. 

GENBVA.—Cayttg*— Auburn  Central  M  85. 
CAemun^— Elmlra  1st  5  06.  Geneva— Geneva 
1st  41  10;  Gorham  14;  Seneca  Castle  5.  Steu- 
6efi— Corning  2  63. 

Habrisburgh.  —  Carlitle  —  Bloomfleld  7 : 
Middle  Spring  25.  H'ei/tdoro  —  Wellsboro 
1  01. 

Illinois,  Cbntral.— Peoria— Delavan  7  10; 
John  Knox  5 ;  Lewisiown  32  86. 

iLLiirois,  North.  —  Rock  River  —  Fulton, 
Ladles  SocV  2  50. 

Illikois,  South.— ilZ^on— Alton  (Including 
157  flrom  Sab-sch)  13  21;  Plalnvlew  115; 
Virden  2  07.    Afa//ooa— Pana  1  01. 

Indiana,  North.— Cratc/ordttri/to^Bethel 
8  25:  Dover  4  40.  Looanepor/ — Logansport 
l8t06cU.    Maacte- Wabash  8  52.  V 

Indiana,  South.— ^eio  il/5any— New  Al- 
bany 2d  12.    Kincenne«— Bethany  6. 


Iowa,  South.  —Iowa— Burlington  Ist  5  44. 
JjCearney— Hastings  2. 

Kansas.  —  Emporia  —  Emporia  1st  11  70. 
A'tfot^o- Fort  Gibson  3. 

Long  Island.— BrooiWyn  — Brooklyn  1st, 
Remsen  St  110  11.  Aattau— Williamsburgh, 
South  3d  St  27  80 ;  Huntingdon  2d  6  75 ;  Ja- 
maica 10. 

MioHio AN.— Pefroi/- Detroit,  Fort  St  22  5i ; 
East  Nankin  4  5L  Monroe—  Tecumseh  1st 
11  50. 

MiNNBSOTA.  —  Southern  Minneeota—  Plea- 
sant Ridge  1.  Winona — (Ularemont  50  ots; 
Dundas  85  cts ;  Forest  50  cts  ;  Ripley  21  cts. 

MissouRi.—Pa/myra— Louisiana  70  cents. 
P2a//e— Dawn  1. 

Nbw  Jbrsby.  —  r/iaraftefJt- Basking  Ridge 
25 ;  Elisabeth  2d  100  21 ;  Elizabeth  3d  8  aS ; 
Elisabeth,  Westminster  100;   Plainfield   Ist 

1  42;  Pluckamln  1  09;  Roselle  1st  and  Sab  sch 

5  26.  Jertey  City -Engle wood,  (including  W 
R  Vermilye^s  Mileage  fh>m  General  Assem- 
bly 30)  361  81;  Rumerford  Park  1st  23  60. 
Morfit  and  Orange — Madison  42  90 ;  Morris- 
town  1st,  add*l  17  39 ;  Parsippany  19  10.  New- 
ark —  Newark  2d  21  84.  New  Brunswick— 
Stockton  2.  Newton  —  Belvidere  1st  10  44. 
fVeet  Jertey— Rev  W  T  Doubleday  10;  Cam- 
den Ist,  ^'  from  a  fumily**  26. 

Nbw  York.  —  Hudson  —  Goodwill  4  06 ; 
Hamptonburgh  8  71;  Middletown  1st  3  18; 
Middletown  2d  4  18 ;  Seotchtown  1  44.  New 
York— New  York,  Brick  235  55;  New  York, 
Scotch 25;  New  York  Ist  4,091  57;  New  York. 
4th  Ave  11  25.     North  -Riwcr— Hughsonvlllc 

2  66 ;  Newburgh  Ist  53.  Westchester— Ponnd- 
ridge  85. 

PAOiric— Lot  Jn^tf/et^Apaheim  1.  Sacra- 
m«n/o— Columbia  2  50.    San  Jote— San  Juan 

6  50. 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS.         [August 


Philadelphia.  —  Lackawanna  —  Franklin 
1  08;  Liberty  41  Ota.  LeAioA— Catasauqualst, 
Kate  McV  Smith  10;  Slieiandoah  3;  Weath- 
erly  2.  Philadelphia—PhilaAelphitk  10th,  Mrs 
Penrose  25,  Prof  Baird  6==80.  Philadelphia, 
Ccnfrai— Philadelphia,  North  Broad  St  74  67 ; 
Philadelphia,  West  Aroh  St  50  80. 

Pittsburgh.— Pitft&ur^A— East  Liberty  80 ; 
Piltaburgh  2d  W  17 ;  Pittsburgh,  Shady  Side 
9  03.  Redttone— Round  Hill  2  66.  IVaihing- 
/on—Washington  Ist  57  49. 


Wkstebn  New  York.  —  Genetee  —  Pem- 
broke, from  Rev  Q  S  Oorwln,  D  D,  50.  Nia- 
ar<ir<i--ClarkBon  5.  Rocheiter — Lima  02  ots; 
Boohestor  Central  17  55 ;  Sparta  Ist  6. 

WiBoovBiv,— Milwaukee —'DelAtLeld  47ct8; 
Lima  2. 

MiBCBLLANBouB.— Interest  on  Permanent 
Fund,  per  G  U  Van  Gelder,  Esq  228 ;  Int  on 
Deposits  132  14 ;  N  Y,  Elmlra,  from  "  a  friend" 
6 ;  Mo,  St  Ciair,  Bev  W  J  G  Nutting  47  cts. 


Toledo. — Bellefontaine—BeWe  Centre  1  2b; 
Bucyrus  2  47 ;  Spring  Hills  01  cts ;  Urbana  9S 
ots.    Maumee — Toledo,  Westminster  2  63. 


Total  for  June,       #6,790  08 
CHARLES  BROWN,  Treaeurer. 

Tr'::'.t7.'rXi!'^^SLSB^^^-'  \ 0»-.  ^^ Che.tn»t  Street,  Phll«lelpbUt. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  FREEDMEN  IN  JUNE  1876. 


ALBANT.—il/6any— Bethlehem  1st  6.  Cham- 
plain— ChtkinBLUgAy  6. 

Balti  MORE.  —  Wathington  City  —  George* 
towu  Wesc  St  26  32. 

Central  New  York.  —  Binghamton  — 
Bin^hamton,  West  3  24;  Bingham  ion  1st 
13  90.  Otsego  — Unadllla  56  ots.  Rocheiter^ 
Sparta  2-1  5  76.  Syracute— Otlsco  7  35 ;  Syra- 
cuse, Ist  Ward  1  25 ;  Liverpool  03  ots.  Utica 
— Oueida  Castle  8. 

Clevelakd.  —  Cleveland  —  Klngsrille  68 
ots ;  Rome  46  ots ;  Cleveland  Ist 39  11.  Mahon- 
ing—SaIqui  10.  St  Clair tville— Short  Creek 
6. 

Columbus.— IFootf«r— Canal  Fulton  5. 

Erie.  —  Bu//cr— Concord  8 :  North  Butler 
3  90.  frie— Cambridge  107:  Erie  1st  20. 
ITi/ranntn^— Marlon  2  80;  Jacksonville  16. 

Geneva.  —  C*emun^— Elmlra  Ist  7 ;  Dun- 
dee 10.  Lyon«— Palmyra  19  20.  Steuben  — 
Bath  5  20 ;  Corning  1  82. 

HARRi8BDROH.—Coriit/e— Waynesboro  1  80; 
Upper  Path  Valley  21.  Httnfinjroon— Shaver's 
Creek  2;  Bald  Eagle  and  Nlttanv  3  30;  Blr- 
min;i^ham  05.  ^or/Jium6er/an(t— WiUiamsport 
2d  18  75.     jre//t5oro— Wei Isboro  1  40. 

Illinois,  Central.  —  Bloomington—lsi 
Champaign  17  82.  Peoria  —  Peoria  Ist  36. 
Schuyler— Q,nlnoy  1st  16  60.  Springjleld  — 
North  Sangamon  6. 

Illinois,  North.  —  Chicago  —  Chicago  1st 
26  98 :  Evauston  1st  45.  Rock  i^^ver— Garden 
Plain  5. 

Illinois,  South.— -4Woi»— Rev  A  P  Bissell 
3  50;  Virden  1  43;  Plainview  87  cts.  Mattoon 
—Palestine  5 ;  Pana  70  ots. 

Indiana,  North.  —  Loaan«por/— Logans- 
port  l8t  99  cts.    itfuncie- Wabash  4  38. 

Indiana,  South.— If *i<e  If a<er— Greens- 
burg  5. 

Iowa,  South.  — /o»a— Kossuth  106;  Mt 
Pleasant  1  58 ;  Burlington  3  72. 

Kentucky.  —  Ebeneaer  —  Frankfort  4  45. 
Louttvilitf— Louisville,  Walnut  St  2  94. 

Kansas.— Hiy^/amt— Blue  Rapids  60  cts; 
Vienna  Wots. 

MiCHiOAN.— Defroi/— Plainfield  5 :  Unadllla 
6;  Detroit,  Westminster  3  11;  Fort  St,  De- 
troit .5  58.    Lancing— Stookbridge  2  25. 

Minnesota.— ifanifca/o— Pleasant  Ridge  1. 

Missouri. -Otajrc— Lexington  1.  Ozark-- 
Springtleld,  Calvary  3  76. 

New  Jersey.-  CoHtco— Gaboon  5.  Eliza- 
6fM— Summit  West  2  59:  Roselle  Sab-soh  90 
cti: ;  Piuekamin  70  ots  ;  Westfield  4  67 ;  Plain- 
field  l8t  98  cts.  Jereey  Cily— Paterson  1st  30: 
Tenafly  1  96 ;  Jersey  City  3d  1.  Morrie  and 
Oranye— Morristown  1st  in  91;  flast  Orange 
Isi  4  63;  New  Vernon  11;  Pleasant  Grove  6. 
Aett?  firuntiriei— Stoekton  I.  ^etofon— Yel- 
low Frame  1  42. 


New  York.— Httdtoa  —  Sootohtown  3  84; 
Hamptonburgh  7  18 ;  MIddletown  Ist  2  21. 
Hew  For*— Sea  and  Land  65  ots ;  Brick  08  71 : 
4rh  Ave  7  78;  Madison  Square,  Memorial 
Chapel  10.  Wettcheeter  —  Thompsonvlll© 
17  25 ;  Sing  Sing  15. 

Pacific— Lot  iln^etet— Anaheim  1.  Oregon 
—Eugene  City  6.    San  Jo«c— Gilroy  2  10. 

Philadelphia.  —  Chetter  —  Media  1  46 ; 
Darby  Borough  1  85.  Locikauranna— Liberty 
28  cU ;  Franklin  75  ois.  Lehigh— Upper  Lehigh 
4.  Philadelphia— Uis8  C  H,  Tabernacle  ch  5, 
Wettmintter—  Union  93  ots;  Marietta  10; 
Slatevlile  8. 

Pittsburgh.  —  BlainvilU  —  Greensburg 
16  80 ;  Rev  D  L  Dickey  5.  Pitttburgh—ShAdy 
Side  11  90;  Bethany  25;  Pittsburgh  7th  8  05. 
IFatAin^ron— Wheeling  4th  34  cts. 

Tennessee.- JTinatfon— Cloyd's  2;  Baker's 
1;  Unltia  1 ;  Madlsonville  1. 

Toledo.— B«lie/oa/aine— Bucyrus  96  ot«; 
Bellefoiitaine  Ist  1  20 ;  Spring  Hill  42  cts. 
LiffM- Delphos  24  ots.    Maumee— Madison  1. 

Western  New  York.— Niagara— Lookport 
1st  15.  Rocheiter  —  Lima,  168;  Rochester 
Central  12  14. 

WiscoNSiK.— Mili^auibee— Delafleld  64  cts. 

MisoBLLAifKOUS.— By  Rev  S  Mattoon,  D  D, 
for  Biddle  Institute,  from  Rev  Henry  Shedd, 
Mt  Gilead,  Ohio  50,  South  3d  St  Presbyterian 
oh,  Brooklyn,  N  Y  50,  Mrs  A  C  Brown,  New 
York  350,  Mrs  Mary  Noble  and  Miss  Nellie 
Whiting  25=475;  By  RevL  Dorland  for  Scotia 
Sem  y.  on  scholarship  ft>om  Mrs  A  L  Smith, 
W  P  Board  of  Missions,  N  Y,  of  1st  ch  Chi- 
cago,  111120.  Infant  class  2d  Presbyterian  ch, 
Newark,  N  J  45,  Miss  Caroline  Wlllard, 
Auburn,  N  Y  80,  Rev  Henry  Shedd,  Mt 
Gilead,  Ohio  2=247 ;  C  A  B  Pratt,  OrwelL  O 6; 
Rev  D  L  Hughes,  Vinton,  Iowa  60 ;  "C/*  Ky 
7:  The  *' Beavers,"  Fredericksburg,  Va,  seh 
1  70 ;  2d  ch  New  Albany,  Ind  10 ;  Presbyterian 
Soc,  Fulton,  N  Y  17  48 ;  Elllcottsville  ch,  N 
Y  2;  By  Rev  L  Dorlaml  for  Scotia  Seminary, 
on  scholarships  nrom  Ladles  Auz  Society  or 
Genesee,  11146,  Mrs  A  S  Billingsley,  States- 
vllle,  N  C  13  60,  Mrs  Julia  M  Graham,  N  Y, 
Balance  on  scholarship  20,  Mrs  Lewis,  Honey- 
brook,  Pa  25,  Miss  M  A  Buchanan,  Honey- 
brook.  Pa  2&=128  50 ;  Russelville  oh,  Ohio  4 ; 
Annie  McCandless,  Clarinda,  Iowa  3 ;  X  W, 
Poland,  O  10. 


Total  Receipts  In  June  1876,       2,048  18 
JAMES  ALLISON,  Treaeurer. 


Rev.  A.  O.  MoClbllaitd,  Correeponding 
Secretary,  Box  1246,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Rev.  Jambs  Allison,  D.D.,  Treasurer^  Look 
Box  24,  PltUburgh,  Pa.  o 


ECCLESIASTICAL  RECORD. 


Ill^n i.T7TI0!r   OF  the    rASTORAI,    BELATION. 

''    '.   riftreuce  Kiidy  and    ihe  Woodslde 

1  ,  H^fiiry  F,  Hickok  aad  the  Cetilral 
tliurwh  of  Auburn   N.  Y, 

P.^v  P  B.  ??ftviigo  iiod  tlie  cliurch  of  Coop- 

iicr  Kdwjird  C.  Bftj  and  Ihe  church  bI 
V%»iu<>n  (Viitre,  K    V 

Ktv.  2  M.  nrjinpl^roy.  D  D..  and  Ihfl  Cal^ 
viiry  chutdi,  Thilafh^li^iia.  lU  hrta  sccepled 
t     "     '        -In p  of  Ulmrcb  History  and  PolHj 

I  w  Tiiraoaa  and  the  chufcbes  of 
WtvuuwtigAaud  ii^mout. 
HeT.  A  K.  Uh.iiim  and  the  cburoh  at  Shaw* 

|M«tOWIlT  III 

Eer.  .r   Y.  Cow  hick  und   iho   churches  of 
[ewarlstownand  Centre.  Presbytery  of  Weat- 
miu$t4»r. 

ounnrATrojTB  a»i>  ihstallatiom. 

Mr.  Asbury  Clark,  pas ti>r  elect  of  church 
of  Slijuaokiti,wa«  ordained  at  Jersey  cibore,  OB 
the  8th  of  J  line.  ,       J 

Mr  John  B  Oliver  wm  nrdiiined  and  m- 
stalled  piiator  of  the  Lower  Tuscaroracboroht 
on  tlni  HtU  of  June 

Mr  CtttfBi^r  I'fluU  Murray  was  ordained 
ftitd  installed  pastor  of  the  Lower  Valley 
chariih  bv  Ihe  Presbytery  of  Morris  and 
Oittnge,  N.  J 

XI r^  Frederick  B  Du?al  was  ordained  and 
i«Mj«ne«l  paiator  of  tike  First  PrMbyterian 
church  \Vilmingt»3n,t»eluwaEe,on  the  17th  of 

—  ttrv,  K  S,  Goodman  was  installed  pastor  of 
Jie  church  of  Kendall  ville,  Indiana,  oo  the 
fclh  of  Junrt  ,  »     ,        , 

Mr  J  Bo.vd  Andrews,  was  ordained  and 
UistaJlcd  pastor  of  the  cliurch  at  Oswego,  III., 
on  lUe  15tb  of  June 

Ri^v  R  T.  Price  wa«  instAllud  pAstor  of  the 
Duubar  churcli,  Presbytery  of  Redstone,  on 
IbQ  27ih  of  May 

Mr  U  H  Campbt'U  was  ordained  and  in- 
Bulled  pjwtorof  the  Fruit  Hill  tdmrch,  on  the 
ntti  of  Jiioe.     Hia  post-office  is  AoaonyUle, 

Mr  Itohert  Dilworth  Scott  was  ordamed 
and  mstal't-d  yt^Un  of  lh<'  church  at  Vouags- 
town,  U,  on  the  8th  of  Juno 

Mr  J  Gray  Holtofl  was  ordained  in  Hope 
CUapfr  Phihtdclphia.  oo  the  28th  of  June. 

Kev.  Thomas  B,  McLeod  was  installed  pas- 
tor ot  the  church  of  Balavid,  N,  Y.^  on  the 

-  Richardson  waa  ordained  and 
1  Lstor  of  the  German  churches  of  Mor- 

fiaLywo  and  MyersTUle,  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Morris  and  Orange,  on  the  7lh  of  July. 

Key.  H.  F,  Ilickok  was  installed  paator  of 
ihe  Pecond  chnrch  of  Orange,  N,  J,  on  the 
8th  of  July. 

Mr,  R.  Ranlall  Hotfl  waa  ordained  and  in- 
etalt^d  pastor  of  the  ohurch  at  Mount  Holly, 
N  J.,  on  the  Istof  July. 

Mr  John  n  Eastman  was  ordained  and 
installed  pastor  cf  the  chorch  at  Katonali,  N. 
Ym  on  the  8th  of  July. 


Rev,  George  ^ixon  was  m?ta11ed  pastor  of 
the  chorch  at  Tremont,  N,  Y ,  on  the  8th  of 
July, 

FOST-OmcB  ADORESaSS  OHAKOED. 
Kev,  Geo  R  Carroll,  from  Cedar    Rapidi, 
Iowa,  to  St.  Aomistine,  Fla, 

Kt'V  Joa  G  K^fjiser,  D.D.,  from  Leaven- 
wttrth  to  Uiuhlaod,  Kas. 

Rov,  W.  R.  Smith,  from  Boylan'i  Grove  to 
Albion,  Iowa. 

Kev  William  G  Thomas,  from  Mound  City, 
Mo.,  to  Mmonk,  WoDdlord  Co  ,  Hl- 

Rev  Archibald  A,  Malhes,  from  Goloonda, 
111 ,  to  Miirioii,  Ky 

Rev.  Wm  Giiissie,  from  Edinboro  to  Citm- 
brldgp,  Crawford  Co  ,  Pa. 

Rev,  E.  R  Fftirchild,  I)  D..  from  New 
Providonce  toMeodham,  K.  J. 

Re¥  Jaa.  Harrison,  from  Chicago,  111.,  lo 
OioeolA.  Iowa. 

Re?  W  W  Whipple,  from  Clayton,  IlL. 
to  Jane^vitle.  Iowa. 

Rev  W.  H,  Prealley^  from  Chir.icothe,  Ohio, 
to  Tu?*cola,  III. 

Thn  po&t-offi*€  address  of  the  Rev  E  P, 
Wells  IS  42d  St ,  oor  ol  Boulevard,  Chicago. 
111. 

Rev.  J.  W.  Boa],  from  Sajtton  to  Cairo, 
Union  Co ,  Pa. 

Rev,  R  Hamill  PaTii,  from  Dcerfield  to 
Lawrenceville,  N.  J 

Rev.  E  P  Hehenon,  from  Duluth,  Minn., 
to  Columbus.  Ohio. 

Rev  William  A  Jenks,  from  Bride.Hhurgh 
to  box  4i^J,  UorrifiU'Wii,  Pa. 

Rev,  George  W.  Znhniser,  from  Hunting* 
don,  Pa.,  to  CouoeautvJlle,  Pa. 

Rev,  Adelbcrt  J  Schlager.  from  Mount 
Pleasant  to  Scranlon,  Pa 

Rev.  ilui5h  W, Guthrie,  from  Nam  riolland 
to  Chilticotbw,  Ross  C<i ,  Ohio 

Rev.  R  E.  Cutter,  from  SoduB,  N  Y..  to 
Maiden,  llL 

Rev.  N,  K,  Crowe,  from  Savannah  to  Rad- 
nor,  Ohio* 

Rev  J,  E.  Funk,  from  Hermon,  Mo.,  to 
Houghton.  111. 

Rev.  D:  S.  White,  from  Theological  Semin- 
ary  of  Chicago,  Illinois,  to  Reedsburgli,  Wii- 
conain. 

Rev.  Chas.  W  Seaman,  from  Saionbnrgh, 
Pa.,  to  Butler,  Pa. 

Rev  Hebtir  Gill,  from  Obillicolhe,  Ohio,  to 
Rising  Sun,  Indiana, 

R«v.  R.  Bofig,  from  Afton,  Iowa,  to  WU- 
miogton,  Cal. 

DEATHS. 

Rev.  Robert  W.  Marquis,  in  Ke«n©,  Ohio, 
on  the  30th  of  May,  in  the  56th  year  of  his 

age 

Rev.  Irwin  Carbon,  in  Chillicothe,  Ohio,  on 
the  3 1st  of  May,  in  the  66th  year  of  his  a^e. 

Rev.  Morris  C,  Sutuhen,  D  D.,  at  Murris- 
town,  N.  J,,  on  the  iStli  of  June. 

Rev  Hu-h  R.  Prioo,  at  New  London,  0,. 
on  the  25th  of  May,  aged  63. 

Rev  Jtimea  Campbell^t  New  Orleans, 
Lonii-iana,  oa  JBfiftiztft^fefeO^tey*''^  *>^ 
bis  agt.  O 


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T»xu8,  and  tliu  Indian  Territory— liotter  from  Bdt.  T.  Hill,  D,D.— FloridB— ^ppotntJUtMiU — 
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.^Uf/enrari<>n  Drpar/mi-n/n.— "S^'anl  of  Spport— Enrly  Hope  of  Self-support — Debt  as  nieanf  o*^ 
Self-supp<3rt — Uri^out  Ulatms— liccclpta ....«.,*,..... ^ «,. *.^., . „  aw.  til 

Bo&rd  of  UduoAtion.— Tbo  Treaeury— Notos  oa  llio  MlciuteA^Edaoatloii  Oommlttees>— 4Jor^ 
relative  Duties— Rocclpl8.,,*» ^..««„.„.* .„.«..«..„.. , „ ,.„.., „.„  »*,  292 

BoBTd  of  Forelirn  MisBiona.—Rt^eent  IntcDIi^oncc!— Id  there  a  nulling  off?— Qrowin^  Worit 
ainonsf  the  Chinese  in  California— A  Dakola  Elder,  by  Rov.  T,  S,  Wtltlamfon,  M.  D.— 1«  fttii* 
tJuJein  Uuchtin^oable';  by  Kev.  Joseph  WarroD^  D.D.,  Qwallor,  India— Rc>c«JpU  .....  5!67,  29a 

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fBellef  Fuud  for  DUabled  Ministers.— Tbu  Soptetnber  Cotle<:tlon»—H&ar  a  Dlsablea  Stit%~ 
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FebruffrUf '*   ^^Ettucation* 

Marehf        ............^  «   ^.„,i,»^^^,»Stnitt'niaH4>n, 

Mntj,  «,»....  *'   .»«» »I*t*hlicnlioft, 

Jttft/t  «•..„„«„**  **   *..„..*.»•»€/<  11  rr/«  Ei'fvtion. 

Jirpf^'mber, . «  .««^« HHiff  F^tnd  for  Disabttd  jr(Hf«i«rtt, 

AovfmtH^r,  •^.^..n  **   ...»....M..»/foii(0  Miswtont* 


FOKM  OF  BEQITEST  TO  A^Y  OF  THE  BOARDS. 

The  State  laws  dlHer  no  much  that  no  ono  form  wiU  ausw«;r  In  all  tb©  SUtea,  but  In  erery 
It  (fl  GBseotlal  to  give  the  kiout  ctmroUATs  3f  auk. 

Bequcits  for  Home  MimsUynM  should  be  made  to  ^^  The  Board  of  Bomt  MUtioiu  aftht  Fr^9^ 
bficrian  Church  in  tkt  United  Statti  of  America,''  which  is  now  the  corporate  tlllc. 

Of  the  Hoard  of  ISHncatiitrt  the  corpoi^te    name  Ia  "  The  Botxrd  nf  Education  of  the  Prtmhm^ 
ttriun  Church  in  the  United  StottM  of  America/^ 

The  Jtonrti  of  yorriffn  HthMionn  in  Incorporated  under  the  laws  of  N«w  York,  uti..ir  tn? 
ityle  of  *'rA«  Bo^rd  of  foreign  MUtiont  of  the  Pre»byterian  Church  in  the  United  5t*tl<i  «/ 


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The  Bottrd  of  Puhlirattnu  Is  incorporated  und«r  the  laws  of  FctinByl?aaJa,  UDdortlie  atylectf 
r**  The  Tru9tcei  of  the  Prttbyterian  B^^ard  of  Pubiicttii&n." 

The  Hoard  of  C/inr^h  Errettion  la  Inearpnrated  under  tho  ityle  of  *^TIhe  Bo^rA  offht  Ckwff% 
Erection  Fund  of  the  General  A9$emUy  of  the  PreMbt/tcrian  Church  in  the  Vnited  Stl^ttM  vf 
A  merica^'''  tncorjwrated  March  31, 18M,  by  tho  tiogtslature  ot  the  State  of  New  York. 

Ijeqneats  that  ImYe  been  made  to  the  '^Truiteea  of  the  Qencral  Attembljf,*^  or  to  tho  *^TtuHe^§ 
fthe  PreHbyterian  Wduki','*  for  Church  piirpoaes,  will  bo  valid. 

AH  Hrqui^Mts  made  to  tho  IncoriMratcd  Boartin  or  Oommitteea  of  the  two  lttC«  Asvembtles  nr* 
'Valid,  and  will  be  reeeived  by  the  IJoarda  which  are  their  legal  sucue&sortf. 

The  Hrth'f  Fit  ft  4  fur  iilM'ttifrd  Ministers,  and  the  fridowaamtf  Orphanm  tif  J^ceit^mt^ 

3ti§iiMttrg  requlreft  the  following  form: 

*♦!  B^lve  and  bequeath  to  my  exeentom  herclnftacr  named, dollars  in  trust,  Q0Tenb<^1»siL 

that  they  ghalJ,  within monUi*  after  my  decease,  pay  the  name  to  the  Trtttteea  of  the  Ge^ 


eral  AuMfoibhj  of  the  Preshyfcrian  Church  In  the  United  Stntct  of  Ameritn^  fur  the  oae  of  i 
Fund  For  Disabled  i^lluiBtera  and  tholr  Famillen.^* 


WKtn  real  cttate  or  other  ^rO}terty  ft  given,  ttt  it  be  particularly  detignaii 


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RECORD. 

Vol.  XXYI.        PHILADELPHIA,  SEPTEMBER  1875.  No.  9. 

BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 


RE  VITAL  OF  RELIGFON. 

A  statesman,  whose  father  and  grandfather  were  celebrated  before 
bim,  declared,  in  a  recent  address  at  a  College  Commencement,  that 
nothing  was  so  much  needed  as  a  thorough  revival  of  religion  through- 
out the  nation.  Any  one  looking  at  the  present  state  of  things  will  be 
impressed  with  its  truth.  The  world ly-mindedness  in  the  Christian 
public,  the  loose  ideas  of  morals  and  honesty,  the  rings  and  combinations 
to  corrupt  men,  and  especially  the  young,  "the  accursed  thirst  for  gold" 
and  "haste  to  be  rich,"  the  boldness  and  prevalency  of  godlessness  and 
infidelity  in  their  thousand  forms,  the  wide  and  widening  pretensions 
and  exhorbitant  claims  of  the  Papacy,  the  untrustworthiness  in  persons 
in  places  of  power  and  trust,  the  formal  attendance  of  many  on  the 
church,  and  the  general  indifference  to  the  gospel,  with  a  thousand  other 
things  of  like  temper  and  tendency,  force  upon  the  thoughtful  observer 
the  need  of  a  powerful  revival  of  true  religion  throughout  the  land, — 
such  a  revival,  only  more  extensive,  as  at  the  opening  of  this  century 
saved  the  country  from  moral  ruin  and  desolation.  These  causes,  and 
others,  are  not  only  sapping  morality  and  religion,  but  are  undermining, 
and  will  eventually  destroy,  the  very  foundations  of  our  personal  and 
national  safety.  "  If  the  foundations  be  destroyed,  what  can  the  righteous 
do?"  In  view  of  dangers  so  great,  let  us  turn  to  God  as  one  man,  and 
with  Habbakuk  cry,  "  O  Lord,  revive  thy  work.  In  the  midst  of  the 
years  make  known.  In  wrath  remember  mercy."  Warmed  bjr  the 
memory  of  his  loving  kindness  for  a  hundred  years  to  our  nation  and 
Church,  let  us  beseech  him  to  remember  mercy.  Our  land  must  be 
saved,  or,  humanly  speaking,  the  world  will  perish.  Religion  can  alone 
save  the  Church  and  the  land. 


CALLS  FOR  HELP. 

**  The  hard  times*''  and  other  visitations  are  scattering  the  people  into 
new  and  frontier  sections.  Their  cry  comes  to  the  Board  to  send  and 
support  missionaries  in  these  "new  settlements."    It  qomes  figm  Texas, 


258  BOARD  OP  HOME  MISSIONS.  [Sept. 

Arkansas,  the  Indian  country,  New  Mexico,  Kansas,  Nebraska,  Colorado, 
Wyoming,  Dakotah,  Utah,  Arizona,  Nevada,  Montana,  Idaho,  California, 
Oregon,  Washington,  and  Alaska.  The  same  comes  from  the  older  yet 
still  trans-Mississippi  States  of  Missouri,  Iowa,  Minnesota,  Wisconsin, 
— from  destitutions  in  Kentucky,  Tennessee,  the  Carolinas,  Georgia, 
Florida,  West  Virginia,  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois,  and  Michigan.  Then 
from  the  still  older  States  of  Virginia,  Maryland,  Delaware,  Pennsyl- 
vania, New  Jersey,  New  York,  and  many  places  in  New  England.  To 
all  these,  if  we  had  the  means,  men  ought  to  be  sent  in  answer  to  these 
Macedonian  calls.  Distant  Alaska!  General  Howard  publicly  urges 
all  denominations  to  send  good  ministers  and  teachers  there  as  the  best 
means  to  preserve  the  public  peace  among  whites  and  Indians.  We 
allude  to  Alaska  in  corroboration  of  the  tidings  we  brought  and  the  tes- 
timony we  bore  to  the  churches  on  our  return,  four  years  ago,  from  the 
Rocky  Mountain  country  and  the  Pacific  coast.  Alas!  the  tidings  and 
testimony,  as  far  as  Alaska  is  concerned,  have  borne  but  little  fruit. 
These  vast  fields  whose  names  are  printed  above,  call  upon  our  minis- 
ters, elders,  and  people,  women  and  children,  to  do  more  than  ever  to 
bring  these  wide-spread  and  needy  people  to  Christ. 

These  lines  will  be  published  by  the  1st  of  September.  The  vacations, 
spent  for  rest  and  recreation  at  seaside,  or  springs,  or  mountains,  or 
beyond  the  ocean,  Avill  be  over.  Ministers,  elders,  members  and  chil- 
dren will  have  returned  home,  fresh  for  duty  and  work.  Much  will  have 
been  spent  on  self,  and  some  on  self  alone.  Remembering  Him  who 
came  down  from  heaven  not  to  be  ministered  to  but  to  minister — not  to 
please  himself,  but  to  suffer  and  die  for  men, — let  us  give  ourselves  and 
all  ours  to  him,  for  work  or  sacrifice.  More  than  twelve  hundred  of  his 
ministers,  with  their  wives  and  children,  laboring  under  th»  care  of 
this  Board,  for  the  salvation  of  our  dear  country,  are  in  need  of  their 
promised  aid.  What  they  want  is  the  Church's  promised  help  for  over- 
due claims.  They  are  reaping  our  harvests;  let  not  their  cry  for  unre- 
quited toil  "enter  the  ear  of  the  God  of  Sabbaoth,"  lest  he  call  us  to  a 
reckoning. 

THE  DUTY  OF  MISSIONARIES. 
In  their  debts  and  troubles,  missionaries  are  apt  to  look  not  to  their 
congregations,  but  to  the  Board  for  relief,  although  heavy  burdens  of 
debt  oppress  its  treasury.  We  are  confident,  from  no  very  limited 
observation,  that  if  a  minister  would  kindly  present  to  the  people  the 
burdened  condition  of  the  Board,  with  a  frank  statement  of  his  own 
trials,  they  would  promptly  arise  to  his  relief.  Much  of  their  delay  and 
apparent  indifference  arise  from  ignorance  of  the  wants  and  necessities 
of  the  minister.  We  remember,  as  a  boy,  being  present  when  a  worthy 
minister  read  to  the  congregation  a  censure  passed  upon  him  by  the 
Presbytery  for  absence  from  its  meetings.  Having  read  it,  he  i>aid: 
"My  dear  people,  you  will  naturally  expect  from  me  a  reason  for  absence 


1875.]  BOARD  OP  HOME  MISSIONS.  259 

. ♦— 

meriting  so  severe  a  censure."  Holding  up  his  arm,  exhibiting  a  hole  in 
the  elbow  of  his  threadbare  coat,  he  said,  "  As  two  reasons  are  better 
than  one,  I  will  show  you  the  other  in  the  same  condition."  The  congre- 
gation felt  the  force  of  the  defence,  and  from  that  time  ceased  to  forget 
their  duty.  The  knowledge  of  trials  and  necessities  begets  sympathy ; 
let  needy  ministers  furnish  the  knowledge  kindly  and  gently.  Let  it  be 
tried. 

CHILDREN'S  HELP. 

The  Board  is  sending  out  cards  to  call  the  attention  of  churches  and 
Sabbath-schools  to  the  need  of  the  evangelization  of  their  country.  What 
will  become  of  it  if  our  children  are  not  trained  to  love  and  pray  and 
give  for  its  redemption  to  Christ?  What  will  become  of  them,  and  of 
us  too,  in  less  than  a  generation,  unless  the  hostile  and  destructive  forces 
now  at  work  are  counteracted?  Recall  the  French  Revolution,  with  its 
bloody  butcheries  and  wars,  and  destruction  of  countless  millions  of 
property,  because  her  children  "knew  not  God  and  obeyed  not  the  gos- 
pel of  his  Son."    May  we  be  wiser,  and  hence  happier  than  they. 


FINANCIAL  STATEMENT 

For  the  four  months  ending  August  1,  1875: 

1874. 

1875. 

Receipts  from  churches,        $39,621  33 

$32,949  25 

Legacies,                                     10,649  93 

8,566  97 

Miscellaneous,                              5,623  98 

3,059  83 

$55,895  24  $44,575  05 

Loss,     $11,319  19.  Debt  of  Home  Missions,    $75,000. 

SusterUation  Departvient, 

1874.  1876. 

$16,655  29  $8,239  53 

Loss,     $8,416  26. 


OUR   CHINESE  WORK   ON   THE   COAST. 

S L. ,  California. 

There  have  been  added  to  the  church,  since  last  report,  six  adults,  two 
by  certificate  and  four  by  profession,  the  latter  all  baptized,  also  an  infant. 
Of  the  four  joining,  three  were  from  our  Chinese  class,  who  are  now 
purposing  a  thorough  course  of  instruction  with  a  view  of  becoming 
assistant  teachers  and  missionaries  to  their  countrymen.  They  are  inde- 
fatigable and  successful  students,  and  after  a  long  and  critical  examina- 
tion, prove  to  be  intelligent  and  thoroughly  converted.  Their  walk  is 
consistent  amid  persecution.  Two  others  of  the  class  are  catechi)niens, 
and  if  the  three  months  probation  be  found  satisfactory,  they  will  be 
received  in  the  October  communion. 

Our  congregations  are  full,  with  increasing  interest.  Sabbath-school 
and  prayer-meeting  well  sustained.  Our  envelope  plan,  or  weekly  sys- 
tem, works  well,  and  by  the  end  of  the  year  of  my  commission,  the  pros- 
pect is  there  will  be  near  $50  more  for  Board  of  Home  Missions.  One- 
half  of  all  so  raised  wiM  go  to  your  Board,  one-fourth  to  Foreign  Board, 
and  one-fourth  distributed  to  all  other  Boards.  -  o 


260                       BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.                    [Sept 
— •► 

GRATITUDE. 

As  this  will  be  my  last  report  to  the  Board,  I  must  say  that  ray  recent 
experience  of  its  care,  as  well  as  my  experience  some  sixteen  years  ago, 
wiien  I  was  a  missionary  in  Indiana,  has  convinced  me  of  its  excellence, 
kindness  and  consideration  to  the  destitute  fields.  And  as  I  am  now  about 
to  take  a  self-sustaining  field,  I  expect  to  remember  it  as  it  has  remem- 
bered me  in  a  place  where  I  so  much  needed  help.  There  is  not  a  Board 
in  our  Church  that  I  think  claims  a  larger  share  of  contributions  and 
prayers  of  the  Church  than  the  Board  of  Home  Missions.  My  church 
would  have  sunk  in  despair  this  last  winter,  and  at  one  time  I  would 
have  been  compelled  to  leave  and  the  church  have  gone  down,  if  I  had 
not  encouraged  their  hearts  by  large  pulsations  beating  from  you.  They 
would  take  fresh  courage  and  start  afresh.  J.  N.  S. 

KANSAS,    TEXAS,    AND   THE   INDIAN    TERRITORY. — LETTER    FROM   REV.    T. 

HILL,  D.D. 

MoAlcster,  Ohootaw  Nation,  Indian  Territory. 

I  left  home  on  the  13th  inst,  went  to  Junction  City  and  attended  the 
meeting  of  Topeka  Presbytery,  came  down  to  Fort  Gibson  on  the  I5th, 
and  attended  the  meeting  of  Neosho  Presbytery.  Preached  at  Muskogee, 
Sabbath,  have  been  down  to  Denison,  Texas,  and  am  now  waiting  here 
to  preach  on  Sabbath  and  arrange  to  organize  a  church. 

There  is  little  to  be  said  about  the  Topeka  Presbytery ;  all  things 
move  on  much  in  the  usual  way.  There  are  a  few  places  calling  for 
organization,  but  no  new  men  will  be  needed,  at  present,  except  to  keep 
the  present  churches  filled. 

The  Neosho  Presbytery  is  in  need  of  a  few  men  at  once,  but  is,  in  the 
main,  in  a  good  condition.  The  brethren  are  united,  hopeful  and  earnest. 
Most  of  the  brethren  report  accessions  to  their  churches,  but  speak  of 
the  great  depression  of  business,  and  in  some  cases  of  great  want  among 
their  people. 

At  Muskogee,  in  this  Territory,  things  have  greatly  improved  within 
a  year.  They  have  a  very  neat  church-building,  and  an  organization 
made  two  weeks  ago  of  thirteen  members.  The  church  proper  here  is 
of  much  better  character  than  at  Fort  Gibson.  There  was  a  very  good 
congregation  Sabbath  morning,  and  I  see  no  reason  why  Brother  Elliott 
may  not  accomplish  much  good  there. 

This  place  where  I  am  now  writing  is  one  of  the  most  important  in 
the  Territory.  There  is  a  very  large  coal  mine  here;  a  Btvatum  five  feei 
thick' — coal  of  very  excellent  quality.  This  has  been  leased  by  a  company 
from  the  Choctaw  Government,  and  is  now  operated  on  a  large  scale. 
There  are  about  five  hundred  white  men  here,  as  miners,  besides  the 
traders  and  their  families.  Near  this  place  both  lead  and  iron  are 
found,  and  it  looks  inevitable  that  a  manufacturing  village  must  come 
here,  Indian  or  no  Indian.  There  are  several  Presbyterians  here,  but 
no  preaching  of  any  description  whatever.  The  Sabbath  is  given  up 
to  base  ball  and  card  playing. 

At  Denison  I  met  Mr.  B ,  and  had  a  long  conference  with  regard  to 

Texas.  Denison  is  growing,  is  a  good  town,  and  there  should  be  a  first- 
class  man  there  at  once.     A  man  like  L could  bring  that  church  to 

self-support  in  one  year,  and  make  it  the  centre  of  operations  for  a  wide 
section  of  country.  North-western  Texas  is  a  mission  field  that  will 
yield  the  richest  harvest  if  cultivated  now.  A  steady  stream  of  emigra- 
tion is  pouring  into  it,  much  of  it  from  the  Nor|}i.  There  should  be  at 
least  six  men  sent  there  at  once.  Digitized  by 


1875.]  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  261 

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FLORIDA. 

New  Smyrna,  Florida. 

I  have  this  month  completed  two  years  of  labor  in  Eastern  Florida. 
In  reviewing  the  past,  I  am  led  to  inquire,  What  is  the  gain?  How 
does  the  present  compare  with  the  state  of  things  thenf  In  mate- 
rial  things  there  is  progress.  Population  has  increased,  houses  have 
been  built  and  repaired,  schools  have  been  established,  new  lands  have 
been  cleared,  and  orange  groves  have  been  planted.  In  the  means  of 
intercourse  by  land  and  around  by  the  sea,  with  Jacksonville  and  the 
North,  there  is  decided  improvement. 

The  social  condition  of  this  whole  region  is  much  improved,  compared 
with  what  it  was  two  years  ago.  Above,  and  more  than  all,  religion  is 
and  has  been  steadily  on  the  advance.  As  I  have  stated  before,  when  I 
first  came  into  this  region  there  was  not  a  school,  not  a  Bible  class,  not  a 
church,  nor  teacher,  nor  minister  of  Christ  of  any  denomination.  From 
that  time  to  this  a  Sabbath-school  has  been  regularly  kept  up  in  Smyrna, 
a  Bible  class  in  Daytona,  and  part  of  the  time  in  Port  Orange.  In  the 
last  mentioned  place,  the  want  of  a  competent  teacher  has  been  the  great 
difficulty  since  Dr.  Nicholls  left.  More  recently,  there  is  decided  increase 
in  Sabbath  attendance  wherever  I  preach ;  but  more  especially  in  Day- 
tona and  Port  Orange. 

If  the  inquiry  be  made,  In  what  respects  is  our  mission  of  greatest 
use?  I  would  specify.  First,  the  revival  of  the  Christian  life  in  professors 
of  the  several  denominations.  There  were  but  few  indeed,  but  those  few- 
have  been  revived,  united  and  made  one. 

Secondly,  in  the  hopeful  conversion  of  a  number,  mostly  of  young  per- 
sons.    Of  these  I  hope  to  report  more  definitely  in  a  few  months. 

Thirdly,  in  the  observance  of  the  Sabbath  and  attendance  upon  sacred 
ordinances.  There  seenied  no  Sabbath  when  I  came  here ;  or,  if  there 
was  any,  it  was  noted  more  as  a  day  of  pleasure,  sailing,  fishing,  hunting, 
and  the  like.  The  lines  are  being  drawn  now,  and  although  there  is 
great  looseness  in  the  country  generally,  as  to  Sabbath  keeping  on  the 
part  of  many  there  is  decided  reform. 

It  may  be  said  literally  that  we  have  no  intemperance.  So  decided  is 
public  sentiment  on  the  subject  of  dram-drinking,  that  no  dealer  dares  to 
introduce  intoxicating  liquors  as  an  article  of  sale.  Our  church  edifice 
in  Smyrna  is  nearly  completed.  We  propose  to  erect  one  in  Daytona 
this  year.  A  new  colony  from  Connecticut,  my  own  native  State,  is  now 
in  the  process  of  forming  a  settlement  on  the  Ualifa.x,  five  miles  north  of 
Daytona.  I  have  recently  returned  from  a  visit  in  that  direction.  They 
intend  to  build  a  church  and  a  school-house  there  soon. 

As  to  material  support  from  the  people,  we  cannot  report  much  in  the 
shape  of  money.  We  have  contributed  $15  for  Home  Missions.  But  in 
reality  the  few  that  constitute  New  Smyrna  have  done  more  than  their 
proportion  to  keep  up  this  mission.  Peter's  words  to  the  impotent  man 
might  find  their  illustration  in  what  the  few  have  done.  "Silver  and 
gold  have  I  none,  but  such  as  I  have  give  I  thee."  Half  of  the  year, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  L furnished  us  board  at  their  own  table;  and  the  sum- 
mer past,  rent  of  rooms  free  of  cost,  we  keeping  our  own  table.  We 
have  the  happiest  clime  in  the  world ;  a  reviving  sun,  genial  beeezes  all 
the  year.  Here,  in  cold  December,  I  sit  by  my  window,  without  tire,  in 
my  shirt  sleeves,  writing  to  the  Board.  An  acre  of  orange  shrubs, 
planted  in  March,  waving  in  the  breeze  to-day,  green  as  the  emerald, 
closes  around  our  little  dwelling.  Across  the  way,  a  four  year  old  orange 
orchard,  now  golden  with  fruit.  Land  a  dollar  per  acrel  I  ask  myself 
often,  why  is  this  delightful  country  so  generally  neglected  and  waste  ? 

•     C.  G.  S. 


262  BOARD  OP  HOME  MISSIONS.  [Sept 

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SUSTENTATION  DEPARTMENT. 

The  financial  statement  on  a  previous  page  shows  that  this  Department 
of  the  Home  Board  has  received  $8,410.26  less  in  the  past  four  months 
of  April,  May,  June,  and  July,  of  this  year,  than  in  the  same  period  last 
year.  It  gives  but  poor  promise  of  speedy  payment  of  the  long  overdue 
claims  of  needy  men.  The  Board  felt  pressed  by  the  wants  of  these  men 
to  borrow  $5,000,  which  pays  the  quarterage  ending  on  or  before  March 
31.  Thus  the  claims  maturing  in  April,  May,  June,  July  aud  August 
are  unprovided  for.  No  more  can  be  borrowed  in  these  dark  times, 
because  men  in  the  midst  of  such  great  financial  uncertainty  are  unwill- 
ing to  endorse  any  paper,  and  especially  such.  Indeed,  borrowing  is  not 
the  wise  way,  saying  nothing  else  about  it,  for  benevolent  bodies  to  cany- 
on their  affairs.  The  Church,  if  she  desires  to  employ  such  agencies, 
must  provide  the  means.  The  Board,  in  this  department,  as  in  Missions, 
can  do  no  more  than  enabled  by  the  benefactions  of  the  people  of  God. 

The  General  Assembly  has  ordered  this  Department  to  l>e  carried  on 
for  the  current  year  as  in  the  past,  but  the  means  must  be  furnished  to 
accomplish  the  end.  The  Board  has  been  struggling  under  the  vast  debt 
transferred  to  it  in  1874,  by  the  General  Assembly,  yet  trying,  at  the 
same  time,  to  carry  on  the  current  work  with  its  heavy  expense.  Let  it 
be  remembered,  also,  that  it  was  carried  on,  during  the  last  year,  with- 
out any  cost  to  it,  by  the  Board,  except  its  printing,  postage,  and  interest. 
Its  rent,  clerkship,  treasury,  and  entire  management  were  entirely  gra- 
tuitous. With  these  things  in  view,  may  we  not  earnestly  and  urgently 
call  upon  the  Church  to  provide  **  liberal  things"  for  this  branch  of 
evangelization. 

EARLY    UOPE   OP    SELF-SUPPORT. 

More  than  two  years  since,  I  commenced  my  labors  with  this  ancient 
church,  then  in  a  desolate  condition.  But  they  were  induced  by  the 
encouragement  given  them  by  the  Sustentation  Committee  to  settle  a 
pastor.  The  effort  they  had  to  make  to  raise  the  $500,  inspired  them 
with  new  life ;  and  since,  the  Lord  has  blessed  us  beyond  our  most  san- 
guine expectations.  The  first  year  the  Sustentation  Committee  gave  us 
$500 ;  the  second  year  we  were  enabled  to  reduce  our  application  to 
$350,  and  this  year  to  $250,  which  application  was  granted  April  1st 
The  first  appropriation  was  hiade  February  1st,  1872.  But  as  the  Pres- 
bytery with  which  we  are  connected  (the  Philadelphia  North)  meet  but 
twice  in  the  year,  October  and  April,  and  there  being  no  adjourned 
meeting  during  the  last  winter,  we  were  under  the  necessity  of  wait- 
ing until  the  1st  of  April  before  we  could  make  the  application  for  aid 
for  this  year ;  and  as  the  Sustentation  Committee  do  not  antedate,  we 
lost  two  months  of  aid  for  this  year,  viz:  February  and  March,  but  the 
people  in  kindness  have  made  it  up. 

Our  people  are  in  moderate  circumstances, — no  people  of  wealth 
among  them.  But  in  the  estimation  of  those  acquainted  with  their  past 
history  and  present  circumstances,  they  have  the  last  two  years  made 
praiseworthy  efforts  and  sacrifices.  The  first  Sabbath  I  preached  to 
this  people  (a  pleasant  day),  I  had  fifteen  hearers.     Now  in  t^e  course 


1875.]  BOARD  OP  HOME  MISSIONS.  263 

of  the  day  I  preach  to  several  hundred.     The  people  are  scattered  over 
a  large  territory.     We  have  service  in  the  morning  at  the  old  church,  in 

the  afternoon  at  the  new  chapel  we  have  built  at  S Station,  on 

the  Philad'a  and  Trenton  Railroad,  and  in  the  evening  either  at  H 

or  N ,  making  three  services  each  Sabbath,  and  a  ride  of  twelve 

miles. 

Our  people  have  raised  the  last  two  years,  for  salary,  for  building  a 
chapel,  and  repairing  the  old  church,  and  for  the  Boards,  $4,T25 
more  than  they  raised  in  the  aggregate  the  ten  preceding  years.  Our 
places  of  worship  are  now  well  filled  with  attentive  hearers,  and  addi- 
•  tions  have  been  made  to  the  church  nearly  every  communion  for  the  last 
two  years.  We  hope  we  shall  not  be  under  the  necessity  of  asking  aid 
more  than  one  year  after  the  present.  I  have  been  thus  minute,  suppos- 
ing you  to  be  unaciquainted  with  our  circumstances,  and  knowing  that 
you  feel  a  deep  interest  in  those  churches  that  are  struggling  for  life  and 
growth. 

There  is  $89.50  due  on  the  fourth  quarter  of  last  year's  appropriation, 
ending  February  1st.  I  am  very  much  in  need  of  what  is  due,  and  will 
be  very  grateful  if  you  will  send  it  as  soon  as  convenient.  Very  truly, 
yours,  M.  B. 


DEBT   AS   MEANS   OF    SELF-SUPPORT. 

Dear  Brethren — After  carefully  and  prayerfully  considering  the 
matter,  I  have  decided  to  make  you  this  proposition,  viz :  If  you  will  send 
me  the  balance  due  on  last  quarter  ($150)  immediately,  and  return  to  the 
congregation  the  $35  sent  to  the  Treasurer  at  the  time  this  year's  appli- 
cation was  made,  I  will  try  to  get  along  without  any  further  aid.  Last 
year's  experience  taught  me  and  my  wife  such  a  lesson  in  economy  that 
we  think,  with  what  I  can  do  in  the  way  of  supplying  some  outposts, 
we  can  get  along  and  feel  much  more  comfortoble  than  waiting^  waiting, 
waiting  on  the  aid  of  Sustentation.  Our  patience  has  been  so  sorely 
tried,  that  we  will  be  greatly  rejoiced  if  you  will  release  us  from  the 
trial  of  waiting  on  the  still  slower  movements  of  the  Church  at  large 
another  year. 

Accept  this  proposition,  and  we  part  the  best  of  friends.  Yours  fra- 
ternally, J.  R.  R. 


URGENT    CLAIMS. 

F ,  Iowa. 

I  am  very  much  distressed  for  means.  In  erecting  our  house  (a  par- 
sonage) I  assumed  obligations  necessarily  quite  onerous.  One  of  them 
.for  $150  is  now  threatening  to  give  me  trouble.  I  doubted  not  when  I 
assumed  it  that  by  this  date  I  should  have  received  the  means  from  the 
Board  to  meet  it. 

Can  you  not  consistently  come  to  my  relief  in  some  amount  at  once? 

T.  S.  B. 

W ,  Iowa. 

I  am  sorry  to  annoy  you  with  frequent  applications,  but  I  am  really 
very  much  in  need  of  the  quarterage  due  May  1st.  I  will  fill  out  a  blank 
whenever  you  will  send  one  to  me.  I  am  in  hopes  the  pledges  made  at 
the  Assembly  may  be  realized  soon,  so  that  both  Home  Missions  and 
Sustentation  may  be  relieved H.  L.  S. 


264  BOARD  OP  EDUCATION.  [Sept 

BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 


The  harvbst  truly  is  great,  but  the  laborers  are  few;  prat  ye  therefore  the  Lobd 
of  the  harvest,  that  he  would  send  forth  laborers  isto  his  harvest.— i*ukc  x.  2. 


THE  TREASURY. 

The  receipts  of  the  summer,  thus  far,  are  inadequate  to  the  wants  of 
the  Board. 

After  paying  the  balance  of  the  May  appropriations,  we  have  been  as 
yet  only  able  to  pay  $3,000  upon  our  $15,000  of  debt. 

It  is  exceedingly  important  that  this  debt  should  be  all  paid  and  the 
Board  be  supplied  with  $25,000  to  meet  the  requirements  of  the  opening 
months  of  next  collegiate  year. 

Who  will  come  to  our  help  ? 


NOTES  ON  THE  MINUTES. 

In  the  Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  just  published,  the  total  num- 
ber of  candidates  reported  by  the  Presbyteries  is  676.  As  486  of  these 
were  on  the  roll  of  this  Board,  it  shows  that  72  per  cent,  of  the  men  pre- 
paring for  the  ministry  are  of  those  important  classes  who  are  most 
needful  to  her  missionary  work,  and  will  be  largely  evangelists  in  the 
West,  the  South,  and  to  the  destitute  parts  of  the  Church. 

It  should  be  a  matter  of  serious  reflection  to  the  membership  of  the 
Church,  that  but  190  men  who  do  not  need  assistance,  from  its  families  in 
more  affluent  circumstances,  have  hearkened  to  the  calls  of  the  kingdom 
of  Christ  for  heralds  of  the  gospel. 

Of  the  32,059  persons  added  to  the  Church  on  examination,  if  one-half 
are  males,  and  one-half  of  these  between  the  ages  of  16  and  22,  there  are 
8,014  converts  of  suitable  years  and  sex  to  consider  the  claims  of  the 
ministerial  office.  About  200,  or  1  in  40  of  these  converts,  will  probably 
devote  themselves  to  it.     Is  this  enough  ? 

The  contributions  accredited  to  "Education"  are  $381,424.  Those 
acknowledged  to  most  of  the  other  Boards  approximate  their  actual  re- 
ceipts. But,  alas!  "Education"  in  the  Minutes  includes  funds  given  to 
endowments,  and  for  a  considerable  number  of  purpo.ses.  The  men  to  be 
qualified  for  her  sacred  office,  the  vital  and  central  objects  of  concern  to  the. 
Church,  received,  so  far  as  they  needed  her  aid,  but  $68,179.  A  heavy 
balance  of  debt  from  last  year  presses  upon  this  great  cause.  It  should 
be  instantly  removed,  and  means  supplied  for  the  calls  which  will  soon  be 
made  upon  its  treasury.  The  total  annual  gifts  of  money  to  all  the  ends 
of  the  Church,  $9,626,594,  of  which  between  seven  and  eight  millions  are 
for  salaries  and  congregational  purposes,  shows  how  quickly  and  easily  this 
could  be  done.  And  yet  these  gifts  are  much  beneath  the  Church's 
ability,  under  the  influence  of  the  Spirit  of  God  and  of  a  scriptural  sys- 
tem of  giving.  Digi^i,,d  by  Google 


18750  BOARD  OP  EDUCATION.  265 

EDUCATION  COMMITTEES. 

The  summary  of  the  Professors'  Reports  for  the  four  quarters  of  the 
last  collegiate  year,  in  regard  to  all  the  candidates  under  the  Board's 
care,  has  been  sent  to  the  chairman  of  the  Education  Committee  of  each 
Presbytery. 

This  summary  is  not  to  be  the  ground  of  the  renewal  of  the  recommenda* 
tion,  in  cases  where  it  is  needed ;  but  only  an  aid  in  supplying  informa- 
tion. If  possible,  the  student  should  personally  attend  Presbytery  and 
be  examined;  or  his  suitableness  for  the  ministerial  calling,  and  progress 
in  preparation  for  it,  be  satisfactorily  ascertained,  by  either  the  Presby- 
tery or  its  Education  Committee.  If  he  cannot  be  present,  a  renewal 
should  not  be  granted  without  full  and  satisfactory  correspondence  with 
him. 

No  duty  of  a  Presbytery  is  more  important  than  the  acceptance  of  men 
who  offer  themselves  as  candidates  for  the  holy  office  of  the  ministry  of 
the  gospel.  It  should  be  performed  intelligently,  considerately  and 
•  prayerfully. 

The  blank  used  in  notifying  the  Board  of  a  recommendation  or  renewal 
should  be  such  as  are  now  furnished— not  an  old  and  superseded  one. 

Churches  which  have  not  contributed  to  the  work  of  Education  during 
the  year,  should  be  called  xjn  to  have  this  cause  presented  and  a  liberal 
collection  taken  for  it  as  soon  as  practicable. 

Information  calculated  to  warm  and  interest  the  churches  should  be 
communicated,  and  prayer  made  for  the  outpouring  of  God's  Spirit  and 
an  increase  of  laborers  for  the  spread  of  the  gospel  in  our  land  and 
throughout  the  world. 

CORRELATIVE  DUTIES. 

It  seems  but  yesterday  since  we  saw  the  devoted  Christian  women, 
who  had  been  roused  to  intensest  sympathy  by  the  awful  ravages  of 
intemperance,  engaged  in  that  crusade  of  prayer  and  effort  by  which 
they  hoped  to  sweep  this  curse  from  the  land. 

Why  has  its  merciful  career  been  arrested?  Partly  through  the 
neglect  of  those  correlative  duties  which  were  necessary  to  carry  it  tri- 
umphantly on.  Not  alone  must  the  door  of  the  drinking  place  be  closed, 
and  the  liquors  be  poured  into  the  streets.  The  want  of  the  drunkard 
must  be  supplied  by  something  satisfying  to  his  physical  and  mental 
natures.  He  must  be  furnished  with  a  refuge  from  temptation,  and 
means  to  elevate  himself  above  his  old  habits  and  associations,  by  open- 
ing for  him  the  door  to  new  and  beneficial  employments  of  body  and 
spirit  If  Christians  shut  up  the  dramshop,  they  must  open  the  reading- 
room,  the  library,  the  lecture  hall ;  they  must  interest  good  men  in  pro- 
viding mechanical  and  other  employments  for  those  who  are  reclaimed ; 
they  must  engage  these  very  men  in  vigorous  efforts  to  rescue  and  uplift 
their  former  vicious  companions.  Their  families  must  be  the  objects  of 
the  same  care. 

In  like  manner,  restrictive  Sabbath  laws  imply  the  Christian  duty  of 
giving  church  accommodations,  profitable  instruction,  and  religious  privi- 
leges for  young  and  old,  to  all  classes  of  society.  ^  I 

And  so  all  the  labors  to  prevent  or  restrain  #^«agb  vif^fil^^Pedge 
those  who  are  sincere  and  wise  to  plant  for  men  inducements  and  means 


266  BOAED  OP  EDUCATION.  [Sept. 

to  virtuous  and  useful  life.     Such  necessities  God  has  made  fundameotftl 
to  true  and  great  reformations. 

god's  wisdom  and  goodness  in  this  appointment. 

God  makes  nothing  in  vain.  God  does  nothing  in  vain.  Everything 
that  he  has  formed,  every  act  of  his  government,  implies  wise  and  benefi- 
cent purpose. 

He  embodies  in  every  diflTerent  form  of  life  capacities  of  improvement 
and  of  reproduction.  This  is  the  law  and  the  privilege  of  organized 
existence.  Everything  in  the  vegetable  world,  or  in  the  animal  world, 
conforms  to  these  ordinances  of  the  Great  Creator.  On  the  side  of  a 
barren  mountain  one  meets  with  the  tall,  naked,  bitter  brassica  from 
which  has  arisen  the  nutritious  and  massive  heads  of  our  cultivated  cab- 
bage. He  sees  in  packs,  in  Eastern  lands,  the  wild,  coarse  and  wolf-like 
dog,  which  has  become,  under  good  influences,  man's  most  intelligent 
and  faithful  household  friend.  How  infinite  the  possibilities  of  creatures 
formed  in  God's  own  image  I 

These  capacities  in  intelligent  beings  involve  responsibility.  They 
must  improve.  They  must  increase  and  multiply,  and  replenish  the 
earth  with  the  celestial  gifts  of  their  Creator  to  them ;  and  every  one 
will  be  judged  according  to  the  good  or  bad  done. 

To  every  kind  of  gift  is  attached  a  correlative  duty.  God  gives  "  to 
every  man  his  work."  The  natural  and  spiritual  capacities  which  qualify 
some  men  to  perform  some  manifest  parts  in  the  great  work  of  renovating 
this  sinful  and  sad  world,  and  filling  it  with  the  glorious  fruits  of  holi- 
ness, beauty,  peace,  purity  and  love,  have  th^ir  equivalents  in  capacities 
wherewith  others  are  endowed  also  for  the  same  divine  end.  No  member 
of  the  body,  however  honorable,  can  say  to  any  other  member,  however 
apparently  insignificant  or  humble,  "  I  have  no  need  of  thee."  Every  one 
has  some  useful  part  to  fulfill  in  the  regeneration  of  our  race.  Every  one 
who  is  faithful  to  his  part  shall  see  his  reward  here,  and  in  heavenly  and 
everlasting  honors  and  benefits  at  the  final  account. 

application  to  the  support  op  the  ministry  op  the  gospel  and 

THOSE   preparing   FOR   IT. 

God  forms  some  men  to  glorify  him  in  the  office  of  the  ministry  of  the 
gospel.  They  are  endowed  by  him  with  natural  qualifications  for  it. 
They  are  called  by  him  from  the  womb.  His  Spirit  enriches  them  with 
his  chosen  gifts.  The  Church  points  them  out  as  persons  suitable  to 
perform  the  functions  of  this  highest  earthly  calling.  It  is  to  them  "the 
burden  of  the  Lord."  They  cry  out,  under  the  weight  of  its  responsi- 
bility and  necessity,  "Woe  is  me  if  I  preach  not  the  gospel!" 

This  is  plain  to  all  men.  Not  so  the  truth  that  God  has  formed  every 
one  for  his  glory;  or  the  truth  that  God  has  appointed  every  usefdi 
earthly  employment  of  believers,  so  that  "  whatsoever"  they  do,  they 
may,  and  indeed  must,  "do  all  to  the  glory  of  God." 

Oh  how  great,  how  important  is  this  truth  I  How  important  to  teach, 
to  realize,  to  illustrate  before  Christ,  and  angels  and  men,  the  momentous 
truth,  that  the  faculties  and  powers,  and  all  the  means  of  exercising 
them,  which  God  bestows  upon  men  who  are  not  in  the  ministry,  he  has 
given  to  them  for  the  same  end  as  that  of  the  ministry,  namely,  the 
establishment  of  his  kingdom  and  dominion  in  all  the  earth!  Oh, 
how  mighty  and  rapid  the  conquests  of  that  kingdom  if,  while  a  due 

Eroportion  should  devote  themselves  to   preaching  Christ,  all    other 
elievers  should  act  as  if  equally  called  to  devote  themselves  to  famish 
those  preachers,  and  other  direct  laborers,  with  the  training,  the  main- 


1875.]  BOARD  OP  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  267 

tenance,  and  the  facilities  in  their  task,  which  they  need  in  order  to  cast 
down  all  the  powers  of  superstition  and  sin,  and  make  him  Lord  of  all  I 

PRESENT   PRESSURE   UPON   THE   CHRISTIAN   PULPIT. 

Brethren  of  the  Christian  ministry !  The  teaching  of  these  infinitely 
momentous  principles,  upon  the  practice  of  which  now  hangs  so  much  of 
the  destinies  of  this  generation  of  dying  souls,  so  much  of  the  honor  of 
your  Redeemer  and  Lord,  so  much  of  the  success  of  this  Board  in  its 
efforts  to  raise  up  and  train  a  capable  ministry  of  his  gospel,  so  much  of 
that  of  all  the  CMurch's  instrumentalities  for  the  evangelization  of  the 
world,  now  chiefly  depends  on  you  I 

These  truths  are  not  new.  Neither  is  it  that  death,  and  heaven  or  hell, 
are  very  near.  Neither  is  it  that  souls  are  departing  as  swiftly  as  your 
pulse  beats.  Put  your  hand  on  your  wrist,  and  think  of  it.  And  you  or 
I  may  be  among  the  first  to  be  called  away,  and  the  account  of  our 
stewardship  demanded  of  us. 


BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS, 

RECENT  INTELLIGENCE. 

Death  op  a  Missionary. — We  learn,  with  much  regret,  the  death  of 
George  B.  Danforth,  M.  D.,  at  Tripoli,  Syria,  on  the  9th  of  July,  after 
an  illness  of  between  two  and  three  weeks,  of  the  Syria  fever.  Dr. 
Danforth  was  in  the  twenty-ninth  year  of  his  age.  He  has  left  a  wife, 
daughter  of  the  Rev.  S.  H.  Calhoun,  and  two  children;  his  widowed 
mother  made  her  home  with  him.  Much  sympathy  will  be  felt  for  these 
bereaved  friends,  and  the  loss  of  his  labors  as  a  missionary  physician 
will  be  deeply  regretted. 

Missionaries  Embarked. — The  Rev.  Benjamin  Labaree,  Jr.,  and  his 
wife,  Miss  Mary  K.  Vanduzee,  of  the  North  church,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Miss 
Sarah  J.  Bassett,  of  the  Central  church,  Crawfordsville,  Ind.,  and  Miss 
Annie  E.  Poage,  of  the  La  Grange  church.  Mo.,  embarked  at  this  port 
on  the  7th  of  August,  for  Persia, — Mr.  Labaree  and  his  wife  on  their 
return  to  that  field  of  labor. 

Added  to  the  Church. — In  Odanah,  Chippewa,  one  new  convert; 
in  San  Francisco,  one  new  convert,  in  addition  to  eight  admitted  lately; 
in  Japan,  several  new  converts;  in  Bangkok,  three;  in  Lodiana  and 
vicinity,  three ;  in  Corisco,  one  restored  after  ten  years'  relapse ;  in  Rio 
de  Janeiro,  one  received;  in  Sao  Paulo,  five,  and  in  Sorocaba,  four;  in 
the  neighborhood  of  Rio  Claro,  two;  in  Mexico,  at  a  second  place  of 
worship  which  has  been  opened,  and  at  several  places  in  the  interior,  new 
converts  reported. 

In  Mexico,  the  brethren,  both  in  the  capital  and  at  Zacatecas,  are 
still  able  to  speak  of  good  progress,  indeed,  in  some  cases,  of  quite  remarka- 
ble results.  In  one  place  the  three  principal  men  and  their  employes 
gathered  together  all  their  pictures  of  saints  and  their  images,  and  made 
a  bonfire  of  them.  A  church  was  formed  at  Chilpanzingo,  capital  of 
Guerrero,  the  Mexican  State   of  which  Acapulco  is  the  seaport,  and 


268  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [Sept 

another  of  forty-four  members  at  Platanillo  in  the  same  State.  Mr. 
Dias,  who  was  badly  wounded  in  the  Acapulco  Romanist  riot,  and  who 
is  now  the  President  of  the  State  Legislature,  but  whose  greater  privi- 
lege it  is  to  be  the  pastor-elect  of  the  Acapulco  church,  is  still  zealous 
and  useful  in  his  labors  for  the  cause  of  Christ.  He  and  other  native 
brethren  are  often  in  serious  peril,  through  the  efforts  of  the  priests  to 
excite  their  followers  to  deeds  of  violence.  We  trust  they  will  be  kept 
in  safety,  in  answer  to  many  prayers.  • 

In  Syria,  we  learn  that  the  cholera  at  Damascus  and  at  other 
places  still  nearer  our  missionary  stations,  has  caused  great  alarm  among 
the  inhabitants ;  it  may  seriously  hinder  for  a  time  some  parts  of  the 
work  of  the  missionaries.  It  delays  also,  for  a  few  weeks,  the  return  of 
a  missionary  family,  to  be  accompanied  by  two  ladies  under  appointment, 
to  the  Syria  mission. 

Receipts  in  May,  June  and  July. — From  churches,  $39,551 ;  from 
individual  donors,  $2,690;  from  legacies,  $7,822 — in  all,  $50,070.  Last 
year  the  receipts  in  these  months  were  $49,762.  From  churches  and 
individual  donors — last  year,  $39,826;  this  year,  $42,247. 

Letters  Received  to  August  14th. — From  the  Seneca  Mission, 
August  6th;  Chippewa,  August  5th;  Omaha,  August  7th;  Dakota, 
August  5th;  Creek,  July  16th;  Seminole,  July  12th;  San  Francisco, 
July  26th  ;  Yokohama,  July  9th;  Yedo,  July  9th;  Tungchow,  May  29th; 
Ningpo,  June  12th;  Shanghai,  July  6th;  Canton,  July  8th ;  Bangkok, 
May  26th;  Allabahad,  Landour,  June  28th;  Lodiana,  June  22d ;  Rawal 
Pindi,  June  4th;  Teheran,  June  — ;  Beirut,  July  10th;  Abeih,  July  6th; 
Tripoli,  July  11th;  Monrovia,  July  3d;  Corisco,  April  7th;  Gaboon, 
June  7th;  Rio  de  Janeiro,  June  23d;  Sao  Paulo,  June  19th;  Rio  Claro, 
June  15th;Cachoeira,  June  22d ;  Mexico,  July  30th ;  Zacatecas,  July  16th. 


The  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  is  now  published.  A  copy  will  be 
sent  with  pleasure  to  the  address  of  any  minister  of  our  Church,  Life 
Member,  or  Donor,  who  may  desire  to  receive  it.  The  postage  of  the 
Report  is  six  cents. 

The  Foreign  Missionary  is  sent  free  of  charge,  for  one  year,  to  each 
Life  Member,  and  to  each  donor  of  $10  it  is  sent  free,  in  each  case  when 
the  desire  to  receive  it  is  signified.  The  Record  is  sent  free  to  ministers, 
as  is  also  the  Foreign  Missionary, 


IS  THERE  A  FALLING  OFF? 
In  1870,  the  number  of  communicants  in  the  late  Old  School  part  of 
the  Church  was  242,177;  and  their  donations  to  the  Board  of  Foreign 
Missions  were  $211,665,  or  87  cents  for  each  communicant  on  an  average. 
This  sum  includes  all  that  was  given  by  the  living  members  of  the  body 
— church  collections,  individual  donations,  Sabbath -school  gifts,  &c.,  but 
not  legacies,  Bible  and  Tract  Society  grants,  nor  interest  on  investments. 


o 


1875.]  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  269 

The  amount  given  in  1870  to  Foreign  Missions  by  the  late  New  School 
part  of  the  Church  was  probably  not  less,  perhaps  more,  than  87  cents  per 
member;  but  this  cannot  be  readily  ascertained,  as  the  American 
Board's  acknowledgments  of  receipts  were  classified  geographically, 
not  according  to  denomination. 

In  1875,  the  number  of  communicants  reported  is  506,034;  and  their 
donations  to  the  Board  were  $396,636,  or  78^  cents  to  each  on  an  aver- 
age. This  sum  includes  the  gifts  of  the  Women's  Boards  as  well  as  the 
others  specified  above,  but  not  legacies,  &c.  This  shows  a  falling  off 
relatively  of  8f  cents  per  member,  or  about  one-tenth  of  the  whole. 

Again,  in  1872  the  number  of  churches  contributing  to  the  Board  was 
3,027;  in  1873  it  was  2,962;  in  1874,  2,838;  in  1875,  2,746,  or  281  less 
than  in  1872.  The  year  1872  is  taken  as  the  first  in  this  series,  because 
the  whole  Church  was  then  fully  represented  in  its  missions  and  collec- 
tions. 

These  figures  do  not  tell  an  encouraging  story.  They  show  that  a  large 
number  of  our  4,999  churches  are  non-contributing;  we  suppose  that 
some  of  these  ought  to  be  reported  as  having  sent  forward  their  gifts 
through  the  Sabbath-school*  or  the  Women's  Boards;  some  of  them  have 
but  a  nominal  existence ;  but  still  it  is  afflicting  to  see  so  large  a  number 
not  embraced  in  these  returns.  We  do  not  overlook  the  influence  of  the 
times  through  which  we  are  passing  on  the  gifts  of  Christian  people;  on 
the  contrary,  we  can  well  believe  that  the  returns  of  last  year  indicate  a 
really  deeper  interest  in  this  cause  than  those  of  1870,  requiring  greater 
self-denial,  and  showing  greater  liberality.  How  well  we  know,  too, 
that  very  many  of  our  church-members  are  making  noble  gifts  to  this 
work,  giving  all  that  they  can,  sometimes,  we  are  ready  to  think,  more 
than  they  ought  to  give;  but  it  is  not  for  any  man  to  say  so.  Surely 
they  shall  not  lose  the  Saviour's  blessing,  and  many  shall  rise  up  and 
call  them  blessed  from  many  now  dark  lands. 

We  come  back  to  these  returns  to  ask.  What  can  be  done  ?  Well,  the 
last  thing  to  be  done  is  to  give  up  any  of  the  missions.  They  are  the 
children  of  the  Church ;  a  family  in  straitened  means  would  i\ot  think  of 
parting  with  son  or  daughter,  but  would  turn  to  the  best  account  all  its 
resources,  recast  its  way  of  living,  put  forth  strenuous  efforts,  and 
hope  for  better  days.  The  pecuniary  pressure  of  these  years  has  already 
led  both  the  Board  and  the  missionaries  to  study  careful  expenditure, 
and  it  may  lead  to  further  changes ;  but  no  purpose  of  withdrawing  from 
any  field  in  the  great  work  can  be  at  all  entertained.  Neither  can  we  de- 
spair of  receiving  a  larger  income  for  the  support  of  these  missions.  We 
may  have  relied  too  much  on  the  largeness  of  our  Church ;  we  may  have 
made  too  little  of  patient  instruction  and  of  systematic  giving;  we  may 
have  been  mistaken  in  some  of  our  methods ;  let  earnest  and  discriminat- 
ing thought  be  given  to  everything  that  concerns  this  cause :  but  in  the 
end,  and  all  the  time,  let  us  not  doubt  as  to  one  thing — our  beloved 
Church  will  go  forward  in  this  cause.     Give  two  things  to  all  our  con- 


270  BOARD  OP  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [Sept 

gregations,  both  accompanied  by  prayer,  the  greatest  of  all — first,  infor. 
mc^tion  about  these  missions,  and  second,  the  opportunity  of  contributing 
to  their  support.  It  is  in  the  power  of  our  church  sessions,  it  is  in  the 
influence  of  our  ministers,  to  secure  these  two  things. 

And  then  what  will  follow?  We  cannot  doubt  that  larger  means 
would  be  soon  consecrated  to  this  cause.  The  average  gifts  above  stated 
cannot  be  the  measure  either  of  the  ability  or  the  willingness  of  our  peo> 
pie  to  support  such  a  work  as  this.  We  see  that  in  the  life-time  of  men 
now  living,  great  fields  of  Christian  labor  have  been  opened  to  the 
Church — in  Africa,  India,  Siam,  China,  Japan,  not  to  speak  of  countries 
and  tribes  still  nearer,  Brazil,  Mexico,  &c.  We  see  that  these  missions 
connect  us  closely  with  many  unevangelized  millions  of  our  fellow  men. 
We  count  it  a  great  privilege  that  we  are  members  of  a  Church  whose 
glory  it  is  to  spread  the  gospel  in  the  world ;  and  we  see  in  the  history 
and  present  condition  of  these  missions  abundant  evidence  that  the  hand 
of  God  is  pointing  us  to  our  work.  Can  we  be  too  grateful  that  we  are 
herein  allowed  to  be  co-workers  with  our  Saviour  ? 


GROWING  WORK  AMONG  THE  CHINESE  IN  CALIFORNIA. 

Nine  new  members  were  lately  received  by  the  church  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. The  schools  are  crowded,  the  rooms  being  too  strait  for  the  youth 
who  wish  to  attend  as  scholars.  The  work  for  Chinese  women  is  well 
begun,  and  a  home  for  them  will  be  a  blessing  to  many.  Chinese  col- 
porteurs and  evangelizing  converts  are  employed  to  some  extent.  Visits 
are  made  by  missionaries  to  places  in  the  interior  where  Chinamen  are 
found,  and  schools  are  opened  in  some  towns,  while  Sabbath-schools  for 
Chinese  scholars  are  held  by  an  increasing  number  of  our  churches. 
Our  esteemed  missionaries,  Dr.  Loomis  and  Mr.  Condit,  are  often  con- 
sulted and  called  into  service  for  work  in  the  interior,  enjoying,  as  they 
deservedly  do,  the  confidence  and  the  sympathy  of  their  brethren  in  the 
ministry.  We  have  long  believed  that  this  mission  is  far  the  foremost 
agency  for  good  to  the  Chinese.  It  needs  enlargement  in  some  respects. 
Means  to  defray  the  expense  of  employing  more  native  laborers  should 
be  provided ;  every  well-qualified  convert  should  be  set  at  work  among* 
his  own  people.  Means  to  meet  the  expenses  of  visiting  the  Chinese 
inland,  and  for  superintending  carefully  the  native  evangelists,  should 
also  be  furnished.  But  especially  should  the  mission  premises  in  San 
Francisco  be  enlarged.  The  house  is  quite  too  small  for  the  work  now  in 
progress.  We  do  not  object  to  its  plainness ;  this  is  no  drawback  to  its 
use  in  Chinese  eyes.  Nor  do  our  mission  families  object  to  living  in  it, 
though  its  neighborhood  is  by  no  means  attractive ;  but  it  affords  apart- 
ments for  only  one  family,  and  more  room  is  needed  in  it  for  Chinese 
services.  The  Board  has  long  desired  to  enlarge  it,  but  the  adjoining 
ground  could  not  be  obtained  until  recently ;  now  it  seems  to  be  practi- 
cable to  buy  it,  if  only  the  funds  for  the  purpose  and  for  putting  up  an 
additional  building  could  be  secured.     Dr.  Loomis  and  his  wife  we,  at 


1875.]  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  211 

present,  in  this  part  of  the  country  for  rest  and  health, — address  care  of 
23  Centre  St., — and  he  would  be  glad  to  give  practical  information  to 
any  of  our  friends  in  regard  to  this  subject 


A  DAKOTA  ELDER. 

BY  REV.  T.  S.  WILLIAMSON,  M.D. 

This  good  man,  called  Sacred  Nest,  departed  this  life  May  18th,  1875, 
at  Ascension,  Sissiton  Reservation,  D.  T.  A  brief  notice  of  him  may 
be  useful,  as  his  life  illustrates  the  power  of  Divine  grace,  and  shows 
that  a  gentle,  kind,  and  amiable  disposition  is  found  among  red  men  as 
well  as  white  men.  When  I  first  saw  him  at  Lacqui  Parle,  forty  years 
ago,  he  was  apparently  about  sixteen  years  old,  the  eldest  of  half  a 
dozen  children.  When,  not  long  after,  we  started  the  first  school  for 
teaching  the  Dakota  language,  he  and  some  of  his  brothers  attended,  and 
were  among  the  first  who  learned  to  read  and  write  it.  Most  of  the 
men  forbid  their  children  attending  school,  but  his  father  was  dead,  and 
his  people  did  not  recognize  that  a  woman  had  any  right  to  control  a 
boy  over  ten  years  old,  so  he  could  do  as  he  pleased.  He  was  naturally 
of  a  gentle,  amiable  disposition,  but  we  thought  hira  fickle,  ^t  times, 
he  listened  to  the  gospel,  and  seemed  almost  persuaded  to  be  a  Christian, 
and  then  joined  in  heathen  rites.  But  I  never  heard  him  charged  with 
the  gross  vices  common  among  the  heathen.  When  his  wife's  brothers 
and  his  own  were  engaged  in  deadly  strife,  he  gave  no  offence  to  either, 
though  he  sometimes  fled  because  his  life  was  in  danger.  In  the  sum- 
mer of  1858  or  1859,  a  white  man  became  crazy  near  Saint  Peter,  and 
imagining  himself  under  military  orders  to  go  to  the  North-west,  wan- 
dered up  the  Minnesota  river,  eating  such  food  as  was  given  him  by 
whites  or  Indians,  but  refusing  to  sleep  in  house  or  tent,  and  carrying 
with  him  neither  bed  nor  blanket.  We  had  not  seen  nor  heard  of  him 
for  a  long  time,  when  one  evening  Sacred  Nest  brought  hira  to  ray 
house,  much  emaciated.  While  hunting,  he  had  found  him  in  a  plura 
thicket,  thirty  or  forty  miles  away,  where  the  Indians  supposed  he  had 
subsisted  for  weeks  on  the  plums,  which  were  then  rotten.  After  giv- 
ing him  the  best  food  he  had,  he  put  him  on  his  own  horse,  aod  walking 
himself,  brought  him  to  my  house.  If  Sacred  Nest  ever  received  any 
reward  for  this,  I  am  ignorant  of  it.  The  crazy  man.  whose  name  I  can- 
not now  recollect,  was  so  weak  that  he  was  content  to  remain  with  us 
some  days,  when  the  Indian  agent,  J.  R.  Brown,  who  was  about  sending 
some  teams  for  supplies,  took  charge  of  him,  and  sent  him  to  Saint  Paul. 
Thence  he  was  sent  to  Ohio  where  he  had  friends,  who  sent  him  to  the 
Insane  Asylum,  where  he  recovered  his  reason. 

The  church  and  nearly  all  the  Christians  had  left  Lacqui  Parle,  but 
Sacred  Nest  still  had  his  home  in  that  neighborhood,  and  through  the 
influence  of  A.  W.  Huggins,  who  was  teaching  there,  at  length  deter- 
mined to  be  a  Christian,  and  February  16th,  1862,  wafl  baptized  by  the 
name  of  Reuben. 

When  the  war  began,  in  the  August  following,  he  and  most  of  his 
relatives  were  at  a  distance  hunting  buffalo.  When  he  returned  and 
found  his  friend  Huggins  had  been  murdered,  he  was  much  distressed, 
and  did  what  he  could  to  make  his  widow  and  children  comfortable. 
She,  not  long  after  this,  went  to  Walking  Spirit,  the  chief  man  of  the 
neighborhood,  an  uncle  of  Reuben's.  When  Walking  Spirit  learned  that 
Colonel  Sibley's  army  had  passed  Fort  Ridgely,  he  informed  Mrs.  H.; 
tbat  he  was  afraid  to  remain  longer  where  they  were,  and  had  deter- 


212  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [Sept. 

mined  to  flee  to  th^  British  on  Red  river.  The  journey  was  long,  and 
they  would  often  be  very  hungry  and  very  weary  ;  she  might  go  or  not, 
just  as  she  pleased.  He  had  a  yoke  of  oxen  and  wagon.  If  she  chose 
to  go,  she  and  her  children  might  ride,  though  himself  and  wife  and 
children  and  grandchildren  all  walked.  She  chose  to  go ;  Reuben  and 
his  wife  accompanied  them,  and  whenever  they  got  such  food  as  Mrs. 
H.  or  the  children  could  eat,  gave  it  to  them.  But  the  party  were  not 
only  destitute  of  tea,  and  coftee,  and  sugar,  and  milk,  but  of  salt,  and 
bread,  or  anything  of  which  to  make  it,  and  scarce  of  ammunition,  and 
consequently  of  meat.  They  had  been  journeying  North  for  a  week  or 
two,  (Mrs.  H.  was  too  unwell  to  count  the  days,)  when  several  young- 
Indians,  whom  Colonel  Sibley  had  sent  from  Camp  Release  to  bring- 
Mrs.  H.  and  her  children  back,  overtook  them.  They  had  been  sent  in 
such  haste  that  they  brought  no  vehicle  for  her,  and  sick  as  she  was,  she 
could  not  ride  an  Indian  saddle  and  pony.  Reuben  seeing  the  difficulty, 
said  Mrs.  Huggins  should  not  suffer  for  what  he  had,  and  taking  what 
of  earthly  store  he  had  brought  so  far  from  his  on©  hcwse  wagon,  deposited 
it  on  the  prairie,  and  putting  Mrs.  H.  and  the  children  in  it,  told  the 
young  men  to  take  it.  And  lest  the  young  men  might  not  take  "proper 
care  of  her,  he  and  Walking  Spirit  returned  with  her  to  Camp  Release. 

Togiv^  further  details,  however  interesting,  would  make  this  article 
too  long.  For  eleven  years  he  was  a  ruling  elder  in  the  church,  and 
well  acquitted  himself  as  such.  He  was  a  very  consistent  Christian  ; 
humble,  gentle,  speaking  evil  of  no  one,  and  patient  in  afflictions,  of 
which  he  had  a  large  share,  he  rests  with  the  Saviour  he  loved.  To 
Jesus  be  all  the  glory. 

IS  HINDUISM  UNCHANGEABLE  ? 

BY   REV.    JOSEPH    WARREN,    D.D.,    OWAIJOR,    INDIA. 

Formerly  it  was  very  extensively  believed  that  Hinduism  had  been, 
for  untold  ages,  just  what  it  now  is;  and  the  argument  was  brought  for- 
ward, that  it  was  folly  for  us  to  think  that  a  system  would  ever  be  sul>- 
verted,  which  had  withstood  the  shocks  of  time  so  long.  The  studies  of 
more  recent  scholars,  however,  have  rendered  it  certain  that  there  has 
been  no  less  change  in  Hinduism  than  in  any  other  system  of  religion  or 
philosophy.  To  illustrate  this  statement,  I  send  you  an  extract  from  a 
book  lately  written  by  a  Hindu,  and  published  in  Calcutta.  The  design 
of  the  book  is  to  give  the  history  of  Orissa  as  illustrated  by  its  temples 
and  other  monumental  remains.  The  extract  sufficiently  explains  itself; 
and  I  need  only  say,  that  it  appears  that  two  great  changes  have  taken 
place  in  the  religion  of  the  Hindus — the  first,  the  revolution,  by  which 
Buddhism  nearly  displaced  the  old  Yedic  worship;  the  second,  the  con- 
version of  the  mass  of  the  people  to  Brahmanism.  Beside  these  great 
changes,  there  have  been  various  minor  ones,  by  which  rival  gods,  sys- 
tems and  sects  have  become  amalgamated,  and  the  present  monstrous 
system  produced. 

'*The  fact  is,  that  even  as  Buddhism  rose  mainly  by  working  on  the 
religious  sentiment  of  the  people,  so  did  modern  Hinduism,  At  a  time 
when  the  rituals  of  the  Yedic  worship  deluged  the  country  with  the 
blood  of  thousands  of  animals  slaughtered  in  the  name  of  God,  the  uni- 
versal benevolence  of  Sakya  appealed  to  the  feeling  of  the  people  with  a 


18T5.]  BOARD  OP  PUBLICATION.  273 

force  and  directness  of  purpose  which  proved  irresistible.  No  man,  who 
had  seen  a  dozen  heads  of  cattle  killed  by  spikes  driven  into  their  chests, 
the  usual  mode  of  sacrifice  at  the  time,  could  for  a  moment  deny  the 
superiority  of  a  religion  which  preached  mercy  for  all  created  beings, 
and  absolutely  prohibited  slaughter  of  every  kind.  But  the  Brahmins 
were  not  slow  in  perceiving  their  weak  points;  they  soon  dropped  the 
sacrifices  of  the  Vedas;  inculcated  universal  love  and  kindness,  even  in 
the  very  words  of  their  rivals ;  and  adopted  a  system  of  anthropomorphic 
theology  which  completely  restored  to  them  their  hold  on  the  mind  of 
the  masses.  The  theory  of  a  gradual  intellectual  perfection,  which 
formed  the  corner-stone  of  Buddhist  philosophy,  could  not  stand  against 
a  man-god  endowed  with  supernatural  attributes,  and  ever  ready  to 
attend  to  the  call  of  his  devotees;  and  faith  and  devotion  offered  to  illit- 
erate people  far  easier  means  of  attaining  salvation,  than  the  cultivation 
of  the  intellectual  powers  to  a  high  theoretical  standard.  The  Brahmins 
went  farther;  they  exalted  the  author  of  Buddhism  by  calling  him  an 
incarnation  of  the  divinity;  and,  instead  of  exciting  antagonism,  gradu- 
ally won  the  Buddhists  over  to  their  way  of  thinking  by  explaining  away 
their  theology  and  their  philosophy.  Generally  speaking,  their  policy 
was  not  to  excite  an  odium  theologicum,  but  to  enlist  the  sympathy  of 
the  people  in  behalf  of  their  creed  by  advancing  half  way,  and  agreeing 
to  a  compromise.  They  admitted  the  sanctity  of  the  shrines  and  holy 
places  of  the  followers  of  Buddha,  adopted  their  customs  and  religious 
observances  to  a  large  extent,  and  preached  in  the  language  of  their 
teachers;  but  all  in  a  manner  so  as  completely  to  undermine  their  system, 
and  transform  it  into  a  difl'erent  religion. 

"Where  it  was  impossible  to  appropriate  a  Buddhist  temple  to  Hindu 
worship,  rival  temples  were  erected  in  its  close  neighborhood,  and  ser- 
vices and  ceremonials  were  so  moulded  and  adapted  as  to  leave  nothing 
to  the  former  to  maintain  its  pre-eminence  in  the  estimation  of  the  people. 
The  Hindu  temples  of  Orissa  and  their  superior  sanctity  are  evidently 
due  to  this  policy,  for  it  is  from  the  seventh  century  that  we  find  the 
province  noticed  in  Hindu  writings,  not  as  the  abode  of  outcasts  and 
barbarians,  as  the  Mahabharata  made  it,  but  as  the  chosen  home  of  the 
gods.  The  Puranas,  which  underwent  an  extensive  system  of  tampering 
and  interpolation,  and  were  brought  to  their  pre*eent  shape  between  the 
fifth  and  the  tenth  centuries,  bear  evidence  on  this  head;'*  [which  the 
author  sustains  by  citing  passages  from  Hindu  sacred  writings.] 


BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION. 


THE  VOICE  OF  THE  ELDERS. 

At  the  last  Assembly,  the  Ruling  Elders  met  in  council,  and  before 
adjourning  appointed  a  committee  to  call  upon  the  Eldership  at  large  to 
magnify  and  illustrate  in  practice  an  office  so  high  in  its  ideal.  That 
Committee  has  sent  forth  an  address  of  which  we  can  give  only  a  portion, 
but  this  portion  we  commend  to  the  close  study  of  our  elders.     It  says: 

The  Council  of  Elders,  attending  the  General  Assembly  of  our  Church 
in  this  city,  present,  through  their  Committee,  for  your  careful  study, 
consideration  and  prayer,  this  letter,  after  its  public  ratification.  Would 
that  they  could  convey  to  you  the  spirit  and  enthusiasm  of  their  various 
meetings.     That,  though  very  desirable,  they  cannot  do.     With  their 


2V4  BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION.  [Sept. 

two  hundred  and  twenty-seven  voices  they  entreat  your  aid  in  extending 
to  our  Sessions  and  Churches  increased  knowledge  of  the  privileges  and 
duties  of  each  and  all,  as  connected  with  the  various  topics  suggested 
and  discussed  in  their  meetings.  The  discussions  clearly  showed  the 
deep  and  pervading  interest  and  desires  of  those  present,  for  united, 
intelligent,  and  multiplied  effort  for  the  growth  of  vital  godliness  through 
our  entire  membership,  as  well  as  for  denominational  unity  and  benevo- 
lence. The  Committee  only  name  the  subjects  proposed,  with  the  sugges- 
tion and  hope  that  they  may  be  taken  up  and  utilized  by  Sessions  and 
Presbyteries. 

1.  What  shall  we  do  for  the  development  and  culture  of  Christian  life 
in  the  members  of  our  Church,  especially  in  those  who  unite  with  us  on 
profession  of  faith  ? 

2.  What  are  the  needs  and  value  of  information  to  our  Church,  and  its 
work,  and  how  shall  it  be  supplied  ? 

3.  What  plans  for  Systematic  Benevolence  have  proven  the  most  useful 
and  successful? 

4.  The  relation  and  duties  of  the  Eldership  to  lay  evangelization? 

5.  The  importance  to  our  Church  of  a  more  thorough  knowledge  of, 
and  sympathy  with,  her  Polity,  Doctrines,  and  Agencies. 

6.  The  special  duties  of  Elders  to  Presbytery,  Synod,  and  Assembly. 

7.  Our  peculiar  relation,  privilege,  and  authority  toward  and  over  our 
Sabbath-schools. 

8.  How  shall  our  Sabbath-schools  be  increased  in  efficiency? 

9.  What  duty  have  we  in  securing  students  for  the  Gospel  Ministry  ? 

10.  How  shall  our  entire  Eldership  be  made  more  effective? 

11.  How  can  we  increase  individual  interest  in  Public  Worship? 

12.  Are  we  not  (as  a  Church,)  neglecting  the  adults  in  our  work  for 
the  children  ? 

13.  Special  privilege,  honor,  and  authority  of  the  Eldership. 

The  first  five  of  these  topics  were  considered  in  five  several  meetings 
in  the  order  in  which  they  are  here  named. 

Under  the  first  topic:  necessity  of  thorough  familiarity  with  the  Bible ; 
Christian  example  of  the  Elders ;  cultivation  of  social  intercourse ;  care- 
fully looking  after,  and  engaging  in  Christian  work  and  in  Bible  study, 
those  who  unite  with  the  Church;  the  encouragement  of  young  people's 
meetings ;  the  assignment  of  certain  members  to  the  care  of  each  Elder, 
or  other  church  member. 

Under  the  second  topic:  the  general  distribution  of  the  publications 
of  our  Board;  Sunday-school  libraries,  Lesson  Leaves,  Presbyterian  at 
Work,  The  Sabbath-school  Visitor^  The  Sunbeam,  and  other  papers; 
Foreign  Missionary;  the  Home  and  Foreign  Record;  the  circulation 
throughout  our  entire  Church  of  some  one  of  our  denominational  papers, 
that  our  people  may  be  thoroughly  acquainted  with  the  work  and  wants 
of  our  Church  Boards  at  home  and  abroad.  An  illustration :  In  one  of 
our  Presbyteries,  an  Elder,  at  his  own  risk,  with  the  approbation  of  the 
committee  of  Presbytery,  selected  a  young  Christian  man,  and  promised 
him  a  suitable  salary  and  his  expenses,  to  act  as  colporteur  (now  called 
missionary)  for  the  Presbytery,  embracing  three  counties,  not  a  large  or 
wealthy  Presbytery.  The  Elder  frequently  advised  the  young  man, 
each  pastor  recommended  him  and  his  work  from  the  pulpit,  and  in  less 
than  six  months,  he  sold  over  $1,400  worth  of  strictly  religious  books, 
almost  entirely  of  the  Board  of  Publication,  and  secured,  as  a  prominent 
part  of  his  work,  ninety  subscribers  for  a  denominational  paper,  which 
goes  weekly  to  as  many  families.     His  entire  expenses  and  salary  were 


1875.]  BOARD  OP  CHURCH  ERECTION.  2t5 

paid  by  the  commission  given  by  the  Board  and  the  publishers  of  the 
paper :  the  whole  work  not  costing  the  Board,  Presbytery,  or  Elder  one 
dollar.  The  colporteur  exerted  a  good  influence  in  the  churches  and 
Sunday-schools,  and  on  completing  his  work  commenced  preparing  for 
the  gospel  ministry.  Could  not  this  be  done  in  most  of  our  Presby- 
teries? No  doubt  of  it.  Let  some  Elder  or  Elders  in  each  Presbytery 
at  once  undertake  this,  obtaining  a  regular  commission  for  the  laborer 
from  the  Board,  through  the  Presbytery  or  its  Presbyterial  Committee 
on  Publication,  making  the  introduction  of  some  weekly  denominational 
paper  approved  by  the  Presbytery  a  special  part  of  the  work. 

Under  the  third  topic,  ^'plan  of  benevolence  :^^  monthly  collections  by 
envelopes  furnished  each  communicant  at  the  commencement  of  the  year ; 
weekly  Sabbath  morning  offerings  as  an  act  of  worship  in  the  house  of 
God ;  weekly  collections  by  envelopes ;  monthly  collections  on  the  pres- 
entation of  the  wants  of  some  one  of  the  Boards,  were  among  the  plans 
named.  The  preponderance  of  value,  we  think,  is  in  the  weekly  offerings, 
consecrated  by  prayer  as  an  act  of  worship,  each  person  settling  with  his 
Lord  and  Master  the  measure  of  his  duty.     &c.,  &c. 

Our  readers  can  profitably  take  up  the  several  topics  for  private  con- 
sideration, and,  if  members  of  Session,  for  sessional  discussion. 


BOARD  OF  CHURCH  ERECTION. 

Churches  desiring  aid  from  this  Board  in  erecting  houses  of  worship, 
should  make  their  application  directly  to  the  Board,  through  its  execu- 
tive officer,  and  not  by  some  circuitous  route,  with  the  hope  of  gaining 
outside  injluence.  These  applications  must  come  through  Presbytery, 
or  if  endorsed  by  Committee  of  Presbytery  on  Church  Erection  should 
be  signed  by  all  the  members  of  such  committee,  who  shall  have  made 
themselves  acquainted  with  the  facts  in  the  case,  and  can  thus  testify 
'^  of  that  which  they  knowy  For  want  of  this,  many  applications  are 
necessarily  returned,  and  when  their  endorsers  are  asked  for  fuller  infor- 
mation, they  are  frequently  obliged  to  admit  they  know  nothing  about  the 
case.  Such  committees  are  worse  than  useless.  Each  application  should 
be  carefully  scrutinized,  and  the  facts,  pro  and  con,  clearly  stated,  for  the 
information  of  the  Board.  The  Committee  have  more  to  do  than  merely 
sign  their  names  to  a  paper,  and  the  Board  has  something  more  to  do 
than  merely  pass  a  vote  of  compliance  with  the  wishes  of  the  applicants. 
There  is  solemn  responsibility  to  be  borne.  It  is  the  Lord*s  house  that 
is  proposed  to  be  built ;  it  is  the  Lord^s  money  that  is  asked  for,  and  if 
given  out  in  needlessly  large  sums  to  some  applicants,  others  of  the 
Lord's  poor  must  suffer.  All  these  things,  and  others  of  a  similar  nature, 
must  be  taken  into  the  account,  and  in  this  distribution  we  must  "  know  no 
man  after  the  flesh."  But  the  usefulness  of  these  Committees  of  Pres- 
bytery pertains  not  merely  to  the  wise  and  judicious  distribution  of  these 
sacred  funds,  but  also  and  especially  to  their  collection.  They  should 
see  to  it  that  every  church  in  Presbytery,  whether  great  or  small,  strong 
or  weak,  makes  an  annual  contribution  to  this  Board,  and  they  should 
endorse  no  application  on  behalf  of  any  church  that  has  failed  to  comply 
with  the  directions  of  the  General  Assembly,  (see  Minutes  for  1871,  page 
551,)  by  making  a  contribution  to  the  Board  annually.  If  that  law  of 
the  Church  were  enforced,  through  the  vigilance  of  these  standing  com- 
mittees of  Presbytery,  our  funds  would  be  doubled,   and  our  feeble 


276         RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS.      [Sept. 

churches  be  greatly  strengthened  and  blessed  of  the  Lord,  for  His  mouth 
hath  spoken  it — *'They  that  water  others  shall  be  watered."  "  There 
is  that  scattereth  and  yet  increaseth."  "  The  liberal  soul  shall  be  made 
fat."  For  the  want  of  this,  many  of  our  churches  are  weak  and  sickly, 
and  like  the  heath  in  the  desert  "  know  not  when  good  cometh." 

A  brother  on  the  Pacific  coast  writes :  "  Our  building  will  soon  be 
finished  and  dedicated  to  God's  worship  free  of  debt,  and  then  the  next 
thing  will  be  a  rousing  collection  for  the  Board  of  Church  Erection, 
This  good  brother  has  got  the  proper  idea,  which  we  sincerely  hope  he 
will  infuse  into  others  who  have  received  like  aid  from  this  Board. 
Another  brother  says:  "  We  are  going  to  test  Scripture,  which  says- '  It 
is  more  blessed  to  give  than  to  receive.'  We  found  it  a  blessed  thing 
in  our  weakness  to  receive  your  kind  help;  we  are  now  resolved  to  enjoy 
the  greater  blessing  of  making  our  '  first  offering'  of  gratitude  to  the 
dear  Board  of  Church  Erection." 

There  is  a  large  number  of  other  churches,  whose  names  are  on  our 
books,  whom  we  would  like  to  have  gratified  in  the  same  way.  To 
them  we  would  say : 

"  0  make  but  trial  of  His  grace ! 
Experience  will  decide." 


RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS. 


**Hb  that  hath  a  bountiful  eye  shall  be  blessed." 

"Whoso  stoppeth  his  bars  at  the  cry  of  the  poor,  he  also  shall  oby  himself,  but 
shall  not  be  heard." 


THE  SEPTEMBER  COLLECTIONS. 

September  is  the  month  assigned  to  the  annual  collections  for  the 
Relief  Fund,  where  some  other  time  or  some  other  method  has  not  been 
already  adopted.  We  put  in  our  most  earnest  plea  to  those  churches 
that  did  not  contribute  last  year,  not  to  permit  this  month  to  pass  with- 
out an  offering  in  the  name  of  Christ  to  the  cause  of  the  needy  and 
suffering.  The  cutting  down  of  appropriations  one-half  is  most  keenly 
felt  by  these  ministers,  widows,  and  orphans.  Nothing  but  the  want 
of  funds  created  that  hard,  we  had  almost  said,  cruel  necessity.  Shall 
the  Committee  on  the  Relief  Fund  be  compelled  to  continue  this  plan 
of  reducing  appropriations?  Will  not  both  churches  and  individuals 
increase  their  gifts,  and  lift  up  the  cause  so  that  the  measure  of  supply 
shall  equal  the  exigencies  of  the  case  ?  Our  widely  extended  and  strong 
Church  has  all  the  pecuniary  ability  to  do  this  work  thoroughly  every 
year.  Shall  it  not  be  done?  Are  these  worthy  and  faithful  servants  of 
God  to  be  tantalized  with  a  measure  of  aid  that  is  entirely  insuflBcient,  or 
else  be  turned  out  upon  the  cold  charities  of  the  world  ?  God  forbid. 
Our  church  has  begun  the  good  work,  and  she  must  go  forward  in  the 
strength  of  Him  "who  went  about  doing  good." 

HEAE   A    DISABLED    MINISTER'S   WIFE. 

"  My  husband  is  not  able  to  write,  so  I  try  with  a  trembling  hand  to 
acknowledge  your  remittance.  We  are  very  grateful  to  the  Committee 
for  the  favor.     Our  young  daughter,  with  her  scanty  earnings  as  teacher, 


1875]  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN. 211 

has  been  the  sole  support  of  our  family.     It  seemed  a  burden  too  great 

for  her  frail  shoulders  to  bear.     The  Rev.  Mr. undertook  to  make 

application  for  us.  We  have  nothing  to  lean  upon.  My  own  health  is 
poor.  Our  little  daughter,  eight  years  old,  has  been  sick  all  summer, 
requiring  almost  constant  care.  A  son  of  fifteen  has  always  been  deli- 
cate. These  two  are  altogether  dependent.  Other  resources  had  long 
been  used  up  ere.  we  a|)plied  for  aid.     God  grant  i^may  not  fail  us." 

A   MINISTER'S  WIDOW    SAYS: 

"  I  am  confined  to  my  room,  and  have  been  since  last  November,  with 
acute  and  now  chronic  rheumatism,  much  of  the  time  helpless  and 
dependent  on  an  invalid  daughter.  Mr. said  he  would  make  appli- 
cation for  us,  and,  if  possible,  obtain  help  for  another  year  from  the 
Relief  Fund.  I  feel  very  anxious,  as  it  is  necessary  I  should  know  before 
this  month  is  past  what  I  am  to  do  for  the  future.  Please  excuse  me 
from  troubling  you.     I  am  sick  and  very  anxious." 

A   DISABLED    MINISTER   SATS: 

"We  write  you  under  stress  of  circumstances.  We  received  the  draft 
of  $25,  for  which  we  have  been  very  grateful.  We  paid  it,  as  soon  as  it 
was  received,  for  rent  as  far  as  it  would  cancel.  The  landlord  says  he 
will  wait  no  longer  than  another  week.  We  pledged  to  him  the  grant 
that  you  made  us.  Please  assist  us  in  our  straitened  case.  We  have 
been  sick,  and  feel  the  effects  at  present.  We  have  tried  to  help  our- 
selves, and  could  in  a  measure,  was  there  opportunity.  My  wife  is  very 
feeble,  and  my  daughters  work  fifteen  and  more  hours  per  day  to  assist 
when  they  can  get  work  to  do.  We  pray  the  Lord  to  put  it  into  the 
hearts  of  those  who  have  to  supply  your  Fund." 

Christian  friends,  we  reiterate  the  cries  of  these  suffering  ones,  and 
beseech  you  to  send  promptly  as  the  Lord  shall  prosper  you. 


GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN. 


Financial. — The  receipts  of  the  first  four  months  of  the  present  fiscal 
year,  as  compared  with  those  of  the  same  months  in  last  year,  are  as 
follows,  viz:— In  April  1875,  $1,828.31,  in  18T4,  $2,349.88;  in  May  1875, 
$6,442.26,  in  1874,  $7,282.42 ;  in  June  1875,  $2,043.13,  in  1874,  $-1,445.51 ; 
in  July  1875,  $1,382.25,  in  1874,  $2,271.49.  These  figures  show  that 
the  receipts  of  the  first  four  months  of  the  present  year  are  $1,653.25 
less  than  they  were  during  the  same  period  last  year.  But  at  April  Ist, 
1874,  our  Treasury  had  a  balance  in  hand  amounting  to  $2,653.25, 
while  at  April  1st,  1875,  instead  of  a  balance  in  hand,  there  was  a  deficit 
of  $5,285.14  borrowed  money.  Considering  these  figures  alone,  our 
pecuniary  condition  at  the  present  writing,  August  7th,  is  $9,631.18 
worse  than  it  was  at  the  same  period  in  1874 ;  while,  to  say  nothing  of 
other  bills  due  for  current  expenses  of  last  year,  there  is  now,  and  has 
been  for  some  time,  an  entire  payment  overdue  to  all  our  missionaries, 
because  our  Treasury  lacks  the  funds  to  meet  it.  Doubtless  most  of 
these  laborers  feel  sorely  the  want  of  their  salaries.  Will  not  the 
churches,  especially  those  which '  contributed  nothing  to  this  cause  last 


278  COMMITTEE  ON  PREEDMEN.  [Sept. 

year,  come  to  its  relief  speedily?     "Blessed  is  he  that  considereth  the 
poor." 


Teachers'  Institute. — It  will  be  readily  perceived  that  the  proper 
training  of  colored  teachers  for  their  own  race  is  of  great  importance,  and 
the  following,  by  Rev.  S.  Loomis,  who,  in  addition  to  the  care  of  several 
churches,  has  charge  of  the  Brainard  school,  at  Chester,  S.  C,  will  doubt- 
less be  read  with  interest. 

"We  closed,  with  July,  our  'Teachers'  Institute,'  which  had  lasted  two 
months.  There  were  thirty-three  students,  most  of  them  having  taught, 
or  preparing  to  be  teachers.  Of  these,  twelve  were  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  and  the  rest  nearly  all  members  of  our  Sabbath- 
school  and  congregation. 

"  One  very  excellent  girl  has  been  teaching  two  years.  Before  that 
time  she  was  one  of  our  pupils,  and  in  time  of  a  revival  in  the  school  she 
thought  she  became  a  Christian.  She  wished  to  unite  with  our  church 
when  some  fourteen  of  her  associates  united,  but  her  parents,  who. 

belonged  to  a  different  denomination,  made  violent  opposition We 

had  very  much  lost  sight  of  her  until  she  came  to  the  Institute,  as  she 
lived  away  from  Chester.  A  few  days  ago  she  came  to  me,  saying  she 
was  ready  to  unite  with  the  church  now  whenever  there  was  opportunity ; 
that  the  difficulties  in  the  way  were  removed.  Such  evidences  of  the 
reality  of  conversion  and  of  stability  of  character,  of  which  there  are 
many  among  us,  are  very  gratifying  indications  of  the  Lord's  blessing 
on  this  work. . .  .  Professor  Shedd  was  with  us  a  week  in  the  Institute, 
giving  us  eleven  most  interesting  lectures.  Mr.  Richardson  was  here 
two  weeks,  rendering  valuable  assistance,  and  Dr.  Mattoon  came  down 
and  gave  a  closing  address  on  the  day  of  examination,  in  connection  with 
exercises  on  the  part  of  the  pupils.  Our  daily  session  lasted  ten  hours, 
with  recesses. 

"  I  look  for  very  valuable  results  from  the  efforts  of  these  two  months. 
We  have  taken  great  pains  to  give  the  teachers  Christian  instruction, 
and  the  latest  improvements  in  matters  pertaining  to  education.  They 
begin  their  State  schools  September  13th.  They  go  forth  a  band  of 
united  laborers,  imbued,  I  believe,  with  earnest  desires  for  usefulness. 
In  the  course  of  the  year,  a  thousand  children  will  probably  be  under 
their  care,  to  be  guided  and  moulded  by  them." 


Wallingfobd  Church  and  Academy,  Charleston,  S.  C. — Rev. 
W.  A.  Patton,  Superintendent  of  Wallingford  Academy  and  stated  sup- 
ply of  Wallingford  church,  in  the  city  of  Charleston,  S.  C,  reviewing 
the  work  of  the  preceding  year,  at  the  close  of  last  school  term,  writes  as 
follows : 

'^  Permit  me  to  take  a  hurried  glance  at  the  work  of  the  past  and  its 
results.  I  have  written  you  at  times  of  my  discouragements.  This  has 
been  one  of  the  most  discouraging  winters  I  have  had  in  the  South. 
We  have  had  almost  three  months  of  constant  rain.  This  has,  no  doubt, 
been  the  cause  of  the  indisposition  of  the  scholars  and  members  of  the 
church.  But  after  all,  I  believe  that,  by  God's  blessing,  some  good  has 
been  done. 

''ATKiount  of  Money  Collected, — In  the  church  and  school  we  raised 
$522.41.  This,  we  think,  is  encouraging,  considering  the  inability  of 
many  of  the  people  to  make  more  than  can  barely  keep  them  aliy^  and 


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eomfortable.  I  have  endeavored  to  keep  the  idea  of  self-support  promi- 
nently before  them.  Many  have  caught  the  idea,  and  are  doing  nobly. 
We  hope  to  increase  our  contributions  until  we  are  able  to  say  that  we 
are  no  longer  a  burden  to  our  friends. 

"  Our  Yearly  Classes. — Of  the  last  year's  class,  three  are  now  in  busi- 
ness. One  has  been  teaching  public  school,  and  another  expects  to  teach 
in  the  fall.  Of  this  year's  class,  one  will  teach  in  the  fall,  and  the  other, 
with  two  young  men  from  the  church,  will  enter  Biddle  Institute  as  a 
candidate  for  the  ministry.  We  feel  that  our  work  has  not  been  in  vain 
in  this  respect. 

"  Olivet  Mission  Chapel, — This  enterprise  was  begun  two  years  since. 
Services  are  held  there  duriug  the  week  and  on  the  Sabbath  without  the 
least  abatement  of  interest.  We  have  also  a  very  flourishing  Sabbath- 
School  there,  under  the  care  of  a  lady  of  the  Southern  Colored  Presbyte- 
rian Church.  She  succeeds,  and  is  doing  a  good  work.  I  have  been 
preaching  there  nearly  every  Sabbath  night  to  large  and  attentive  audi- 
ences. 

"  Good  Work  Done. — We  have  had  faithful  laborers  during  the  year. 
The  teachers  in  the  day  and  Sabbath-school  have  been  faithful  in  im- 
parting religious  instruction,  with  other  studies.  Mr.  Mills  is  the 
excellent  superintendent  of  our  church  school.  The  Catechism  is  taught 
in  both.  In  the  day-school,  fifteen  have  memorized  the  entire  catechism 
during  the  term.  May  we  not  safely  say  that  this,  with  the  Scriptures 
which  have  been  read  and  expounded  daily,  will,  by  the  blessing  of  God, 
bring  forth  fruit  in  after  years  ? 

"  The  Condition  of  the  Church. — We  have  on  our  roll  165  names. 
These  can  all  be  accounted  for.  We  are  a  peaceful,  happy  little  house- 
hold. We  have  no  such  divisions  as  those  about  which  the  Apostle 
speaks.  The  Lord  is  adding  to  our  number  at  every  communion  season. 
The  people  are  growing  in  grace  and  in  the  knowledge  of  Christ. 

''  Beside  all  this,  God  has  enabled  me  to  do  a  little  to  help  the  dear  breth- 
ren Shedd  and  Sanders  to  establish  our  little  paper.  The  Southern 
Evangelist.  I  think  the  Master  will  use  it  in  his  work  among  hie  people. 
Thus  you  see  I  have  tried  in  my  weak  way  to  serve  the  Master  with  my 
head  and  hands,  and  heart.  God  called  me,  I  trust,  from  the  printer's 
case — he  seems  to  be  calling  me  back  to  it  again.  May  the  Saviour  enable 
me  to  labor  and  suffer  for  him  in  whatever  position  I  may  be  placed." 


APPOmXMENTS  BY  THE  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 


Horn  MiSBiox  AppoiirTmNTS  iir  July  187ft. 

Ber.  O.  Alnelie,  Argyle,  N.  Y.  Bev.  A.  Culver,  Philadelphia,  Graoe  Mission, 

Rev.  J.  Marple,  Jefferson,  N.  Y.  Pa. 

Rev.  H.  Benson,  Apalaohin,  N.  Y.  Rev.  B.  F.  Myers,  Snow  Hill,  Md. 

Rev.  P.  Orlffln,  Otego,  N.  Y.  Rev.  W.  Bradley,  Clifton,  Va. 

Rev.  T.  A.  Hamilton,  Beekmantown,  N.  Y.  Rev.  H.  Q-.  Blaney,  Klngn?ood,  W.  Va. 

Bev.  H.  M.  Dodd,  Dexter  and  Brownsville,  Rev.  M.  D.  A.  Steen.  Ludlow,  Ky. 

N.  Y.  Rev.  J.  B.  McDonald,  Plum  Creek  and  Penn 

Rev.  E.  C.  Prltchett,  Orlskany,  N.  Y.  Run,  Ky. 

Rev.  G.  Craig,  Chill,  N.  Y.  Rev.  T.  H.  Cleland,  D.D.,   Paint  Lick  and 

Rev.  W.  A.  Liynch,  Elizabeth,  Siloam,  N.  J.  Richmond,  Ky. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Wolff.  Newark,  3d  German,  N.  J.  Rev.  W.  O.  Goodloe,   Mount   Sterling  and 

Rev.  C.  F.  Worrall,  D.D.,  Squan  Village,  N.  J.  Sharpesburg,  Tenn. 

Rev.  W.  M.  Robinson,  Providence,  Pa.  Rev.  .T.  A.  I.  I^owes,  Felicity  and  Cedron,  Ohio. 

Rev.  T.  S.  Leason,  Mount  Pleasant  and  Mill  Rev.  D.  S.  Anderson,  Eagle  Creek  and  Mont- 
Creek,  Pa.  pelier,  Ohio. 

Rev.  S.  H.  Holliday,  Bellevue,  Pa.  Rev.  D.  C.  Cooper,  liCipflio  and  Arcadia,  Ohio. 

Rev.  J.  N.  Dlameni,  Cherry  Tree,  Burnside,  Rev.  A.  G.  Martin,  Plerceton,  Ind. 

and  N.  W.,  Pa.  Rev.  J.  R.  Sutherland,  Indlanola,  Ind. 

Rev.  J.  Best,  Prompton,  Pa.  Rev.  J.  Ustick,  Earlville.  111. 

Rev.  J.  MoMasters.  Athens,  Pa.  Rev.  J.  H.  Trowbridge,  Riverside  and  Lyons, 

Rev.  G.  Locker,  Philadelphia,  1st  German,  111. 

Pa.  Rev.  J.  G.  Condit,  VIoU  and  Edwards,  111. 


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[Sept. 


Rev.  Wm.  Ellers,  Watson  and  Edgewood,  III. 

Rev.  W.  K.  Ingorsoll,  Wyandotte,  Mich. 

Rev.  E.  O.  Bryant,  Independence,  Mich. 

Rev.  A.  Marsh,  Clam  Lake,  Mich. 

Rev.  W.  T.  Hendron,  Neills^ille,  Wis. 

Rev.  F.  Z.  Rosslter,  Oshkosh,  Wis. 

Rev.  L.  Leonard,  Fancy  Creek  and  Richland 

Citv,  Wis. 
Rev.  H.  A.  Dodge,  Redwood  Falls,  Minn. 
Rev.  J.  C.  MoKoe,  Shakopee.  Minn, 
Rev.  £.  H.  Sayre,  Stewartsviileand  Washing- 
ton, Minn. 
Rev.  VV.  S.  Pryse,  Belle  Plain  and  Jordan, 

Minn. 
Rev.  .T.  .T.  Ward,  Kasson.  Minn. 
Rev.  .T.  M.  Pryse,  Lake  City,  Minn. 
Rov.  J.  Cameron,  White  Bear  Lake  and  Pine 

City,  Minn. 
Rev.  O.  W.  Leonard,  Mt.  Hope,  Iowa. 
Rev.  W.  Q.  Kephart,  Atlantic  and  Elkhom, 

Iowa. 
Rev.  D.  Blakely,  State  Centre,  Iowa. 
Rev.  C.Merwln,Greenfleldand  Whltneyville, 

Iowa. 
Rev.  T.  K.  Hedges,  Logan  and  Hasel  Dell, 

Iowa. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Smith,  Minburn  and  Dallas  Centre, 

Iowa. 
Rev.  J.  D.  Mason,  Newcomb  and  Ronwlck 

Mission,  Iowa. 
Rev.  D.  Brown,  Oxford  and  Unity,  Iowa. 


Rev.  E.  N.  Lord,  Melrose,  Beaver  City  and 

Furnas,  Neb. 
Rev.  J.  C.  Sloan,  Tekamah  and  Belle  Creek, 

Neb. 
Rev.  O.  Root,  Jr.,  Glasgow,  Mo. 
Rev.  M.  Williams,  New  Cambria,  Glasston 

and  Brush  Creek,  Mo. 
Rev.  J.  O.  Pierce,  Weston,  Mo. 
Rev.  W.  G.  Ready,  Jefferson  City,  Mo. 
Rev.  J.  R.  Armstrong,  De  Soto  and  Hlllsboro, 

Mo. 
R«v.  A.  Van  dor  Llppe,  SL  Louis,  let  German, 

Mo. 
Rev.  A.  E.  Garrison,  Newton  and   Emporia, 

Kan. 
Rev.  R.  M.  Overstreet,  Burton,  Kan. 
Rev,  H.  Moroll,  Neuchatel,  French.  Kan. 
Rev.  N.  Bracken,  Glasco  and  Delphos,  Kan. 
Rev.  L.  Sternberg,  D.D.,  Fort  Marker  and 

Ellsworth,  Kan. 
Rev.  S.  T.  McClure,  Glrard,  Cherokee   and 

Monmouth,  Kan. 
R^v.  F.  W.  Steffuns,  Galveston,  Texas. 
Rev.  J.  F.  Stewart,  Evans  and  Fort  Collins, 

Col. 
Rev.  J.  R.  Russell,  Deer  Lodge,  Montana. 
Rev.  J.  Mitchell,  Calistoga  and  St.  Helena, 

Cal. 
Rev.  H.  G.  Klome,  TJklah,  Cal. 
Rev.  A.  Ostrom,  San  Luis  Obispo,  Cal. 
Rev.  J.  R.  Thompson,  Olympia,  Oregon. 


SUSTBNTATION  APPOINTMBNTS  IS  JULY  1876. 


Rev.  L.  Kellogg,  North  Granville,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  J.  Q,.  A.  FuUerton,  Monagan,  Pa. 


Rev.  G.  K.  Soott,  Clarksburg,  W.  Va. 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


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RECEIPTS  FOR  HOME  MISSIONS  IN  JULY  1876. 


ALBA2fT.—jl/6any— Albany  2d  446  69;  Alba- 
ny,  State  Street  71  89;  Saratoga  Springs  Ist 
Sab-sch  8  05 ;  Saratoga  Springs  2d  9  26.  Troy 
—Sandy  Hill  17  652  88 

Baltimorb.— B«Z/fmor«—  Baltimore,  West- 
minster, a  member  6:  Taney  town,  Woman's 
For  Miss'y  Aux'y  Soc'y  29.  New  CastU—Ber- 
lln,  Buckingham,  Mrs  John  M  Taylor  2  40; 
Lewes,  Young  Ladies  Bible  class  2;  Princess 
Anne,  Manokln  18  20.  Washington  City  — 
Washington,  Metropolitan,  Ladies*  Soc'y  10 

66  60 

Central  Nbw  York.— Bi7ioAai»/on— Bing- 
ham  ton  lat  60  16 ;  Preble  7.  0/«fpo— Colches- 
ter 6  50;  Deposit  Sab-sch  8  87 ;  Franklin  1  77. 
Syracuse— Amhoy  16;  Fayettevillel7  78;  Liv- 
erpool  8  63 ;  Syracuse,  Ist  Ward  8  71       130  37 

CiwoiUNATi.  —  Chillicothe  —  WllkesvlUe 
30  50.  Portsmouth— Ironton^  Woman's  Miss'y 
Soc'y  100  130  60 

ChuvKj^ATXTy.— Cleveland—  Brecksvllle  Sab- 
sch  15:  Cleveland  1st  148 ;  Collamor (of  which 
from  Rev  A  R  Clark  and  family  10)  50 ;  New- 
burgh  21;  Rome  2  47 ;  StrongsvUle  6  49.  itfa- 
Aontn^— Kinsman  40:  Poland  60.  St  Clair s- 
t>i/te  —  Madison,  Ladies'  Miss'y  s  Soc'y  10: 
Wheeling  Valley  4  15.  SteubenvUle—CMrol- 
ton  13  80 ;  Ridge  7  65  367  56 

Colorado.— CoZor<ida—Fairplay  25  60 

CoLUMBU8.—i4M«n«— Beech  Grove  4.  Co- 
lumbus—OlrclerlUe  ist  81  20.  fFoo»f«r— Lex- 
ington 26  50  61  70 

Erie.— Buffer- Centre  8  84;  Jeffenon  Cen- 
tre Ger  2 ;  Scrub  Grass,  Ladies'  Miss'y  Soc'y 
4.  £rie— Meadville  1st  60;  North  East  60. 
iCi/fannin^— Elderton  12  16 ;  Kittanlng  200 

836  99 

Q^KKVA.— Chemung— Dundee  25.  Geneva^ 
Geneva  Ist.  mon  con  coll  22  16 ;  Manchester, 
mon  oon  ooll  10 ;  Seneoa  Falls  Sab-sch  62  60. 


Lyon«— East  Palmyra  28  66.  Steuben  —Com- 
ing 6  68  154  83 

Harribbuboh.  —  Carlisle  —  Harrlsburgh, 
Pino  St225;  McConncllsburg  fof  which  1  from 
DrS  E  Dumeld)5;  Shermansaale 3 ;  Wavnes- 
boro  Sab-sch  11  74.  Huntingdon— Betifor^, 
semi-annual  Int  on  Burd  Legacy  4  97;  Belle- 
fonte  60 ;  Perrysvllle  80.  Northumberland— 
Bald  Eagle  and  Nittany  10;  Wllllamsport 
22  63.     W^//tft«;ro— Wellsboro  3  70  416  04 

Illinois,  CiiHTRAL.-^SpringJleld—  Beards- 
town  12;  Winchester  12  24  00 

Illinois,  North. —Cfctco^o— Chicago  Ist 
98  66.  Jol let,  Central  20.  Fre«i>arr— Froeport 
2d,  from  a  .lady  member  10.  ♦  Rock  River  — 
Fulton  3;  Geneseo  4  136  66 

Illinois,  South.— J /f on— Plalnview  1  24; 
Virden  12  91.  Cairo— Allendale  160;  Du 
Quoin  5  62.    AfaWoon— Vera  2  50  23  77 

Indiana,  North.— Craw/ordtpfKe —Lado- 

Ea.  1  60.  Fort  H'^aync— Swan  8.  Logansport— 
a  Porte  Sab-sch  35  51,  Ladles  Soc'y  22  67 
=68  18 ;  Logansport  1st  2  30 ;  Peru  75  60. 
Afuncte— Wabash  11  85  151  93 

Indiana,  South.  —  Indianapolis  —  Acton 
2  22;  Greencastle  10;  Indianapolis  3d  6.  New 
Albany  —  Jeffenon  8;  Walnut  Ridge  5  85. 
rincenne«-Wa8hingtonl6  75  42  8S 

Iowa,  North.— Duftu^tw— Rowley        10  00 

Iowa,  South.— Coumri/  B/t^/ff— Hamburg  6. 
Des  Motn««— De  Soto  1 :  Earlham  5 ;  Jefferson 
2;  Newton  20;  North  Prairie  2.  Jowa— Bur- 
lington 11  10 ;  Keokuk,  Westminster  Ist  29  03: 
Kossuth  6  12 ;  Mt  Pleasant  9  26;  Ottumwa  Isi 
8.  Iowa  City— Red  Oak  20;  Toole8boro2  60; 
Wapello  10  50  120  60 

Kansas.— .itt«fi»— St  Paul,  G«r  Sab-sch  4. 
fmporio— Atlanta  1.  Htflfc/an<t— Neudtatel 
Sab-sch  1  56.  Topeka^^KUEirorth  8  60;  Fort 
Harker860  -'  o^65 


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Kktxtvoky, —LouiBville  —  Louisville,  Wal- 
nat  St  9  08 

LfOKO  Island.— BrooAr/yn— Brooklyn  ist, 
Henry  St,  add'l  300 ;  Brookiyn,  AlnslleSt,  Sab- 
Bch  MUs'y  Asso'n  8  24;  West  New  Brighton, 
Calvary  30.  Long  Island— BrldKe  Hampton 
20;  Mallltuok  8  860  24 

HicmoAV.— Detroit— Ann  Arbor  16  80;  De- 
troit, Weuimlnster  (of  which  Sab-sch  100) 
116  89 ;  East  Nankin  10  76 1  Plymouth  ist  38  32: 
Vnadilla,  fVom  Mrs  Archibald  Marshall  6 gold 
at  1 15 --6  76.  Lan«<ii(r~(JoDcord  11  36 ;  Lansinir 
Ist  11  26.    Saginaw— Buy  City  9  25         220  37 

MiNNKSOTA.— 5/  Pau/— Oak  Grove  14  86; 
St  Paul,  Uuuso  of  Hope  67  46  72  'M 

MiaaovHU— Palmyra— M.iilfhd  2;  Sbelblna 
2;  Sbelbyvillo  3.  Platte— liathel  8.  Gallatin 
10 :  Hockport  6.  Po/o«i— Mine  I«a  Moite  (<if 
which  Sab-sch  2)  12  60  42  60 

Nebraska.— ^earn^y— Beaver  City  2;  Fur- 
nas  2  25 ;  Melrose  2.  Omaha— OmAha.  2J,  Sab- 
soh  18  30  24  66 

Naw  Jerskt.  —  Elizabeth  —  Clinton  (of 
which  Sab-sch  60)  70  67 ;  Ellxabeth3d,  Youth's 
Mlas'y  Asso'n  87  60;  Liberty  Corner  6  92: 
Perth  Amboy  Sab-sch  91  76;  Summit  Central 
18  53;  Westlleld  19  74.  Jersey  Ci/y— Enjrle- 
wood  1022:  Tenafly  18  07.  Atonmouth-t^ar- 
mlngdale  6;  Manalapan  40;  Perrineville  10. 
Morris  and  Orange— Madison  89  63;  Mend- 
ham  2d  26 ;  Morristuwn  Ist,  add'l  24  27 ;  Orange 
1st  180.  iVeicarJk— Caldwell  66  10;  Newark 
Central,  Sab-sch  76;  Newark  Park  29  89;  New- 
ark, Souih  Park  94  42;  Newark,  KoseviUe, 
Ladies'  Soo'y  68  66.  New  Brunswick— Bulch 
Neck  18;  Klngwood  26  60;  Stockton  6  50. 
A'evfon— Branohville,  Women's  Mlss'y  and 
Sewing  Soc'y  6  74;  Greenwich  37  78;  Stillwa- 
ter 9;  i'ellow  Frame  7  63.  tVest  Jersey— Ce- 
darville  1st  66  83 ;  Vlneland  12  2,116  86 

New  York.— Ifof/on— Londonderry  32  18. 
Utidson — Centre ville  7;  Hamptonburg  10  12; 
Middletown  2d  16  31;  Nyack  16  24;  Scotch- 
town  10  37 ;  WashingtonviUe  l?t  20.  Hew  York 
— Ch  of  the  Covenant,  Ladies*  Aux*y  Soc'y  60: 
Fourth  Ave  (of  which  H  I  260)  258;  Weatmins- 
ter  Sab-sch  39  75 ;  li^rlem  Ist,  raon  con  coll 
4  20;  Mt  Washington  100;  Madison  Sq,  add'I 
850  ;  Scotch',  from  John  Taylor  Johnston  123  34 ; 
Sea  and  L.ind  2  96.  horth  A<ver— Cornwall 
40 ;  Uunduut  24  67.  H^e</cAe«/er— Bridgci>ort 
26;  Thompsouville  110  60:  Yonkcrs  Isi,  mon 
con  coil  15  38;  Yonkers,  Wcstmiusier  10  92 

1,266  94 

Pacific. — Oregon — Albany  30;  Jackson  Co 
28:  Pleasant  Grove  15.  San  Jo««— Bakers- 
Held  25;  Hollisier  10;  Cambria  6  113  00 

Philadelphia.— CAtf«/tfr—Marplo  20;  New 
London  62.  LdcAatranna— Bowman's  Creek  1 ; 
iiruoklyn  10:  Wells  and  Columbia  8.  Lehigh 
— Malianoy  Sab.|oh  53  46 ;  Shawnee  10 ;  Weaih- 


erlv  8.  Philadelphia  —  Grace  Mission  20 ; 
Wharton  St  Sab-sch  16  08.  Philadelphia  Cen- 
Ira/— Konderton  25 ;  North  Broad  St  149  16. 
Philadelphia  North  —  Chestnut  Hill  16*> ; 
Doy lostown  and  Deep  Run  39  04 :  Gorraantown, 
Market  Sq,  In  part  33  30;  Norristown,  Central 
100 ;  Synod  leal,  "  P"  40  755  02 

PiTTSBUROH.-  Blairsville—  New  Alexan- 
dria 82  77.  PifrtfrttrsrA- Bethel  100;  Miller's 
Run  4  28;  Shaily  Side  23:  Westminster  10. 
J2tftf«/on«— Rohoboth  37;  Rev  R  R  Galley 
16  26.  'Washington— J^Mt  Buffalo,  fVoin  an 
aged  mother  60;  Mt  Pleasant  10;  Pino  Grove 
6  12.  West  Kjr^inio— F.airmount  13  91 ;  Man- 
nlngton  6  06  307  39 

Toledo.—  Bellefontaine—  Bellefontalne  (of 
which  ladles  SO)  84  80;  Bucyrus  6  21;  Urbana 
4  06.    Afattm«e— Perrysburg  16  60  07 

Western  New  York.— Bii^a/o— Buffalo, 
Westminster  42  91;  Newstead  37;  Silver 
Creek  8  96.  Gen^se^- Attica,  a  balance  16  73. 
A'ia^ara— Know  les  ville  1.  KocAc»fer— Dans- 
ville  71  40;  Lima  (of  which  Ladles'  Soc'y  40) 
46  06;  Ogden  13  70;  Rochester,  Brick  150; 
Rochester  Central  61  30  438  04 

WiBOONSiN.-CAipptftro—L  I  Crosse  1st  7  23; 
La  Crosse  North  1  13.  Milwaukee— Be\o\U 
Sab-sch  10 ;  Dclafield  1  46 ;  Octawa  2  49 ;  Stone 
Bank  7  30.  WisconHn  iit»«;r— Prairie  du  Sao 
Sab-sch  14  62  44  23 


Total  received  (h)m  churches  In  July,  ^,697  68 

Lboaciks.  —  Legacy  of  Rollin  McC'urly, 
dec'd  208  76 ;  Legacy  of  Nathan  H  Coleman, 
dec'd.  late  of  Orange  Co,  N  Y  1000;  Lcgjicy  of 
Isaian  Benson,  dec^d,late  of  Salliicvillc,  Ohio 
264  42 ;  Bequest  of  Mrs  Orra  C  Dickey,  dec'd, 
late  of  East  Liberty,  Pa  100  1,573  17 

Miscellaneous.— Avails  of  sale  of  church 
edifice  at  Addison,  Ohio,  a  bal  15;  Henry 
Wineman,  Jr,  Fannettsburg,  Pa  10;  Int  oa 
Bowes  Legacy  87  60:  Int  on  Permanent  Fund 
17  60 ;  Mrs  Rev  J  J  Buck,  Glasco,  N  Y  10 ;  Int 
on  Baxter  Legacy  125  74;  **A  friend,  through 
Rev  F  S  Barnum"  100 ;  Reuben  Tyler,  Esq, 
Cincinnati,  Ohio  250:  Ur  Fox,  San  Buenaven- 
tura, California  2:  Rev  H  H  Dobbins,  Santa 
Clara,  California  t  33;  Allegheny  25;  Thank 
offering  for  sale  of  first  hundred  of ''Talks  to 
my  Bible  class"  2  60 ;  W  L  Eastman,  Esq, 
Ovid,  N  Y  25;  "Home  Missions"  5:  I  M  Cooji, 
Newtown, Ind  6 ;  W  H  5;  "  Friends,"  N  H  100 ; 
A  friend,  Napoleon,  Ohiol ;  S  A  Logan,  Min- 
eral Point.  Pa  6 ;  Mrs  ♦*  E  McC,"  Milton.  Pa  6; 
Rev  James  Cameron,  San  Bernardino,  Cali- 
fornia 3  94 ;  "  Friends  in  Illinois"  100      905  61 

Total  In  July,  1876,       $11,076  36 
O.  D.  EATON,  Treasurer^ 

23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


Receipts  for  Sustentation  in  July  1876. 


AhnASY.— Albany— Albnny  State  St  17  85; 
Saratoga  Springs  1st,  Sab-sch  2;  Saratoga 
Springs  2d  2  29  22  14 

Baltimore.— ATfto  Ca«//tf— Berlin,  Bucking, 
ham,  from  Mrs  J  M  Taylor  60  cts.  Washing, 
ton  C*«y— Washington.  Metropolitan,  Ladles' 
Society  10  10  60 

Central  New  York.— Bin^Aamf on— Blng- 
hamton  1st  17  66.  Otsego — Franklin  43  cents. 
St  Lawrence— Ox  Bow  8  20.  Syracuse  —  Han- 
nibal  36  34 ;  Liverpool  2  14 ;  Syracuse  1st 
44  64 ;  Syracuse,  1st  Want  92  cts.  Utica— 
Holland  Patent  8  40;  Rome  18  79  132  31 

Clevkland.  —  Cleveland  —  Cleveland  Ist 
39  75 ;  Rome  61  cts;  Strongsvllle  1  36.  Mahon- 
ing—Uheriy  3  41  72 

Colorado.— Co/orado — Georgetown     12  00 

CoLfM»u8.—froo»/er— Lexington  4.  Zanes- 
rf/ltf— Jefferson  6  9  00 

Erik.— -<l//«^Aenw— Allegheny  North  129  41. 
JiiWer— Conlro  2  19.  £ri«— Pleaiantville  9. 
iTiZ/anntny- Freeport,  add'l  50  cts  141  10 


Geneva.— 5/tfiifrtfii— Coming  1  66;  Pultney 
4  10  6  75 

Harrisburoh.— CarMtZe— Harrl8burgh,Plne 
St  164  12.  if«nftni/don— Bedforii,  6  mos  Ini 
on  Burd  Legacy  1  24;  Clearfield  40  21;  Per- 
rysvUle  60.  A'or/Aiiinfrfr/and— Willlamsport 
2d  8  84.     K^«{/«6oro— Wellsboro92o(S      205  33 

Illinois,  Central.- ScA»y/«^  Klrkwood 

7  00 

Illinois,  North. —  Chicago — Chicago  Ist 
24  60.  Freepor/— Hanover  3.  Rock  River  — 
Fulton  1  28  60 

Illinois,  South.— ^//on—Plainvicw  1  12; 
Virden  3  20.     C'a»ro— Du  Quoin  1  39  5  71 

Indiana,  North.— Forf  fTayne— Ossian  7. 
Loyanfoor/- Logansport  1st  67  cts.  Muncie— 
Wabash  2  81  10  38 

Indiana,  South.- JndfancpoZit-Acton  66 
cts.     Fincennet— Sullivan  40  40  56 

Iowa,  North.  —  Cedar  Rapids  —  Bellevne 
O  3  00 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


[Sept. 


Iowa,  South.— /otra—Burlington  8 18 ;  Kos- 
0uth  1  52;  Kookuk,  Westminster  let  7  26;  Mt 
Pleasant  2  16 ;  Ottumwa  74  cts  14  78 

Kkntucky.— Lottitvt//e—  Louisville,  Wal- 
nut St  2  48 

Michigan.— De/ro«— Detroit,  Wostminstcr 
4  20.      Lansing— Conoord   2  81 ;   Lansinfj:   Ist 

2  78.    SaginaiD— Bay  Oily  1  63  11  32 
MiMMBSOTA.— S/  Paul—Si  Paul,  House  of 

Hope  62  47 

Nkw  Jkrsbt.  —  Elizabeth  —  CUnion  6  10; 
Liberty  Corner  1  47:  Summit  Central  4  35; 
Westrteld  4  90.  Jer$ey  C'fry— Tenafly  3  24. 
Morrit  and  Orange— Madison  3  91;  Morris- 
town  Ist,  addM  d  01.  A'eurarib— Newark  Park 
7  41.  tievo  BruiuwicA— Stockton  2.  Newton 
—Greenwich  5  87;  Yellow  Frame  1  89.  West 
Jersey— Oedarvl lie  Ist  4  18;  Haddonfield  36 

86  33 

Nkw  York.— Hudson— Bethel   5:    Centre- 

Tille3;   Hamptonburg  2  61;  Middletown  2a 

3  79;  Nyack  4  04;  Suotchtown  2  68;  Wash- 
Ingtonville  1st  5.  New  For*— N  Y  4th  81  34; 
North  22  22;  Sea  and  L-md  74  ots;  Scotch, 
fVom  John  Taylor  Johnston  30  62.  North 
Aioer— Hondout  6  12.  Westchester— Yonken, 
Westminster  2  73  149  60 

PAOiFic-Oregoji— Albany  12  00 

Philadklphia.— CA««fer— New  London  13. 
Lackawanna — Monrooton  26;  Wilkesbarre  1st 
178  74.  Philadelphia  Central— Northern  Lib- 
erties 1st  35.  Philadelphia  North — German- 
town,  Market  Square,  m  part  13  61.  Synod  i- 
oal,  "P"  20  286  36 

Pittsburgh.- B/A<rto<//tf— Draddock*8  86 ; 
New  Alexandria  8  10.      Pittsburgh— ShuAj 


Side  6  71 ;  Westminster  6.  Redstone— lAttle 
Redstone  26.  ITatMfio/oa  — Wheeling:  1st 
80  60 ;  Wheeling  4th  30  180  31 

Tbmnbsskb.— l/nion — Spring  Place        4  80 

Toledo.- Be/ie/on/aine— Bellefontaine  1 10 ; 
Bucyrus  79  cts ;  Urbana  1  02  3  00 

WK8TKUN  Nmw  York.— fTif/faio- Buffalo, 
Westminster  10  66.  Rochester— Mt  Morris 
7  70;  Lima  126;  Ogden  3  40;  Rochester, 
Brick  100 ;  Rochester  Ucntral  12  74         136  7» 

Wisconsin.— AfiiioattJbee—Delafleld  37  cts; 
Ottawa  02  cts  00 


Total  fVom  churches,       $1^0^  90 

MiBCBLLANBOus.— Mrs    E  G  Wallingford, 

Bollofonte,  Pa  60;  S  A  Logan,  Mineral  Point, 

Pa  6 ;  Rev  James  Oameron,  San  Bernardino, 

Ual  08  cts  66  08 

ToUl  rMoived  In  July  1876,       tlt'08  34 
O.  D.  EATON,  Treasurer^ 
23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


Lbttkrs  relating  to  Missionary  Appoint- 
ments and  other  operations  of  the  Board, 
should  be  addressed  to  the  Corresponding  See- 
retaries,  ^  , 

Rev.  Hbkbt  Kbmdall,  D.D.,  or 
Rev.  Cyrus  Dickson,  D.D., 
No.  23  Centre  Street,  New  York  City. 
Lbttbrs  relating  to  the  pecuniary  alfairs  of 
the  Board,  or  containing  remittances  of  money, 
should  bo  sent  to  O.  D.  Eaton,  Esq,  Treasorar 
—same  address— P.  O.  Box  3868. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  EDUCATION  IN  JULY  1875. 


ALBANT.—il/6any— Albany,  State  Street 
20  03 ;  Saratoga  Springs  Ist  Sab-sch  2  24 ;  Sar- 
atoga S[>rlng8  2d  2  58  24  85 

Baltimoub.— 0a//<mor«— Doer  Creek  (Har- 
mony) 18  37.  New  Catf/e- Berlin.  Bucking- 
ham 60  cts.  Washinqton  Ci/y— Washington 
6th,  Miss'y  Soc*y  30;  Washington,  Metropoli- 
tan, Lotlies*  Mission  10  68  97 

Cbntral  Nbw  YonK.—Binghamton^ning' 
haiiiton  Ist  17  66.  O/t^yo- Cherry  Valley 
39  75:  Franklin  49  cts.  %rccu»«— Constantia 
3  80;  Liverpool  2  42;  Syracuse,  1st  Ward  1  03 

66  04 

Cincinnati.- Cincinnati —Cincinnati  7th, 
add'l  5 ;  Cincinnati,  Central  84  10.  Portsmouth 
—Ripley  37  126  10 

Clbv  eland.  —  Cleveland  —  Cleveland  1st 
41  25 :  Home  69  cts ;  Strongvlllc  1  64.  Mahon- 
ing—Kintmnn  7.  St  C/o irtui/Zc— Antrim  1  96; 
Cambridge  17  25;  Klmbolton3  30;  Morrlstown 
16  03.  Stcubenvitl^^Old  Stcubouville,  *'  B  and 
wife"  60  139  01 

CoLUMHUS.- J  r^^nt— Beech  Grove  1.  Woos- 
t«r— Lexington  2  75;  Woostor  14  30  18  06 

ERiB.—Ba//er— Centre  2  48.  Kittanning— 
EttPt  I'nion  2;  Freeport26  cts:  Leechburgh 
16:  Rayne6  30;  Saltsburgh  62  73  87  76 

Geneva.— Cflyugo— Auburn  1st  90  16  ;  Dry- 
deu  15.  Gfneoa— Romulus  10.  Lyon»— New- 
ark 16  85.    5/ett6fn— Corning  1  86  133  86  , 

Harrssburoh.— Ccr/i»/tf— Mercer8burgh28. 
Knnftn ydon -Bedford,  Int  on  Legacy  1  89; 
Perrysnile  25:  Shellsbnrgh  1  27.  Northum. 
6<>r/and— McEwensvllle  4;  New  Columbia  10 ; 
WIlliam8port2d  7  86.  WeUsboro—VfellBboro 
1  03  78  04 

Illinois,  CBNTRAL.-BJoominjir'on — Normal 
8.  Peoria  —  Lewistown  24  82.  Schuyler  — 
Warsaw  4  80  87  12 

Illinois,  North.— CAicaoo  —  Chlcagro  Ist 
37  60.  Fri'iroor/— Freeport  2a,  a  lady  6 ;  Hano- 
▼er  5.    Rock  River— FuWon  1  38  60 

Illinois,  South.— J 2f on— Plalnvlew 02  cts; 
Virden  3  60.    Cairo— Dn  Quoin  1  67  0  09 


Indiana,  North.— For/  Wayne— Franklin 
8.  Logansport—La  J'orte  80  16  :  Logansport 
Ist  64.  Afuncitf- Hopewell  3;  Noblcsvllle  5: 
Perrysbnrgh  7 ;  Shiloh  2;  Wabash  3  16  63  06 

Indiana,  South.— /n<fianapo/i*— Acton  62 
cts;  Indianapolis  3d  6.  -Fincennes— Washing- 
ton 0  60  16  13 

Iowa,  North.— Cedar  itapidt— Bellevne 

300 

Iowa,  South.— Joira— Burlington  1st  8  04 ; 
Keokuk,  Westminster  8  10;  Kossuth  Ist  1  70; 
Mt  Pleasant  1st  2  76 ;  Ottumwa  84  cts      16  44 

Kentucky.- Fftenezer-Loxington  2d  204  2&; 
Lotti«vi//e— Louisville,  Walnut  Street  2  70 

207  04 
Long  Island.— Na««au—Roslyn  10  00 

Michigan.— De/roi/— Detroit,  Westminster 
4  71.  Lan«ino— Concord  8  16 ;  Lansing  1st  3  14. 
Sa^inaiff—Bay  City  1  72  12  73 

Minnesota.- St  Paul—Si  Paul,  House  of 
Hope  14  es 

Mi880i7Ri.—P/a/(e— Hopkins  2  26;  Rockport 
8  6  26 

Nbw  jBR8BY.—F/i7a6e<A— Clinton  Ist  6  74 ; 
Liberty  Corner  1  66 ;  Summit  Central  4  87 : 
Westfiold  5  80.  Jersey  Cily— RutherfonI  Park 
13  16 ;  Tonafly  3  66.    MonmoitlA— Burlington 

01  88 ;  Cream  Ridge  10 :  Farmlngdalo  6.  Mor- 
ris and  Orange— Madison  4  40;  Morrlstown 
1st,  add'l  6  77.  Neirar*- Newark  Park  8  33. 
New  Brunswick— Stockton^.  Newton — Green- 
wich 6  84:  HackctUtown  40:  Yellow   Frame 

2  13.  West  Jersey— Camden  1st,  a  family  26, 
Mr  and  Mrs  Parrish  2-27;  Cedarville  1st 
4  70  243  62 

New  York.  —  Hti^on  —  CentrerlUe  2; 
Hamptonburgh  2  82;  Middletown  2il  4  28; 
Nyack  4  62:  Sootcbtown  2  SO:  Wasblngton- 
vllle  1st  6.  New  For*— New  York.  Ch  of  the 
Sea  and  Land  82 cts;  New  York,  Scotch,  "J 
T  J"  34  38.  North  River  —  Rondout  6  87. 
ITeefcAetfer— Yonkers,  Wettmlnsterfl^      70  68 


1875.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


283 


PACiviix^Benicia—CXeakT  Lake  60  ctfl.  Ore- 
yon— Pleasant  Grore  5  5  60 

Philadklphia.— "P"  80.  Cheiter—ChM- 
leetowD  2;  East  Whiteland  11;  New  London 
10.  Lackawanna — 6oranton  2d  20.  Lehigh — 
Monntain  10.  Philadelphia —  VhWadelphin, 
Wharton  St  Sab-ech  20.  Philadelphia  Central 
—Philadelphia,  Kensington  Ist  28  20.  PhUa- 
delphia  A'orf  A— Qerraanlown.  Market  Square, 
in  part  16  84.     Weitmimter—Y  ork  166  31 

807  86 

PiTTSBUBOH.— .  Blaivville — Blalrfrille  79 ; 
New  Alexandria  0  18.  Piff«6t(raA— Bethel  1; 
Pittsburgh,  Shady  Side  6  43;  Westminster 
6.  Aedt/onf— McKecsportlst  26.  WaMhing- 
ton— Cross  Creek  34  05  160  60 

Toledo.— Bef/e/bn/aine—Bellefontaine  1  85; 
Bucyrus  89  cts ;  tJrbana  1  14.  Jtfaumee— Ton. 
togony  4  7  38 

Wkstkrn  New  York.— AocAft/er  —  Lima 
1  42 :  Mount  Morris  11  41 ;  Ogden  3  81 ;  Ko. 
Chester  Central  14  30  •  30  94 

W16CON8IH.  —  Chippewa  —  NasonviUo  2 ; 
NeiUville  2.    JIf iit^auftee  —  Delafleld  42  ots: 


Ottawa  70  cts.      Witcontin   Jlirer— Madison 
14  80  19  42 


Total  receipts  from  ohurobes,       $1,996  44 

Bbvvmdbd. 
•*R  O"  143  76 

MlSCSLLAIfKOITS. 

RcT  E  J  Hill,  Englewood,  111  6;  Friends  in 
111  60;  S  A  Logan.  Mineral  Point,  Pa  6;  Rev 
James  Cameron,  Cal  1  10  61  10 


ToUl  Receipts  in  July,       $2,201  29 
E.  G.  WOODWARD,  Treasurer, 
1334  Chestnut  Street,  Phila. 


Reports  and  correspondence  relating  to  the 
general  business  of  the  Boanl,  address  to 
William  Spkkr,  D.D., 

Corretponding  Secretary. 

The  PBRMAinBKT  Manual  of  the  Board, 

cards  for  annual  collections,  and  other  needed 

Information,  fUmished  on  application  to  the 

Secretary. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  FOREIGN  MISSIONS  IN  JULY  1876. 


Albakt.  -^  Albany  —  State  St  ch.  Albany 
107  83;  6th  ch  Albany  17;  Princeton  oh  27  60; 
Ist  ch  Sab-sch  Saratoga  Springs  12  06;  2d  ch 
Saratoga  Springs  13  88.  Troy— 1st  ch  White- 
hall  28  83,  J  U  U  Parke,  to  con  Mrs  Parke  l  m 
80==58  83  237  10 

Atlastic— Ca/aiofta— Bellefonte  ch       6  00 

Baltimorb.— Ba//<mor«— ElUoott  City  ch 
60,  Patapsco  Sab-sch  80  90;  Hiigerstown  ch. 
Miss  Thompson  100.  New  CatZ/e—Port  Deposit 
ch  80;  Berlin,  Buckingham  ch,  Mrs  John  W 
Taylor  4.  tVathington  Ct7y— Metropolitan  ch. 
Ladles'  Mis8»y  SocV  10  234  00 

Ckmtral  Nrw  York.— fiin^Aam/oi^— Ist  ch 
Blnghampton  75  21.  OM^^o— GilberisviUe  ch 
46;  Guilfortl  Centime  oh  26;  Franklin  ch  2  66. 
St  Lawrence — Pelcssis  ch  3.  Syracute — Con- 
stantia  oh  3  36 ;  Ist  Ward  ch,  Syracuse  6  56 ; 
4th  ch  Sab-sch  Syracuse  100;  FayettcvIIle  ch 
20  11 ;  Hannibal  ch  17  20 ;  I.averpool  oh  12  95. 
Utica— Roma  ch  47  11  869  16 

Cincinnati.— Ctnc<iinal<—<?entral  ch,  Cin- 
cinnati 60 ;  Venice  ch  36,  Sab-sch  16  50. 
Da yf on— Eaton  ch  4  50  114  50 

Clkvbland.  — C7«»«/a»d— 1st  ch  Cleveland 
232;  Rome  ch  8  70;  Sirongville  oh  8  23.  St 
C/a<r»»r</Ze— Wheeling  Valley  ch  9  60;  New 
Athens  ch  20,  Sab-sch 4  25=24  25:  Brownsville 
ch  5.  S/fu6«nvt7/e— Richmond  on  18  05 ;  Two 
R.dges  ch,  L  F  Miss'y  Soc'y  14  75;  Waynes- 
burg  ch  6  65;  Bethesda  oh  10  317  23 

Colorado.— 5an/o  Fe— Taosch,  Mr  and  Mrs 
Romero  2 ;  Silver  City  Sab-sch  2  4  00 

CoLUMRDS.—MaHon— Marlon  ch  38  83;  Rich- 
land ch  9  71.  IFoo«f er—Ijoxlngton  ch  18;  Con- 
gress Sab-sch  6  40.  Zane<viT/«— Fredericks- 
town  ch  84  70,  Sab-sch  12  90-47  60  120  54 

^VLXVi.—  Allegheny — Sharpsbnrg  Sab-sch,  to 
sup  girl  at  Dehra  30;  1st  ch  Alleghany,  ft»r 
American  Indians  30;  Emsworth  ch  30.  Bu£- 
/er— Harlinsburg  ch  26;  Slippery  Rock  Salk^ 
sch  18 :  (Centre  ch  13  26.  Clarion — Bethestia 
ch  8;  Mt  Pleasant  ch  6  60;  Mill  Creek  oh  5  50; 
Northville  ch  10.  fHf- North  East  ch  35; 
WaterfortI  Sab-sch,  Missionary  Soc*y,  to  sup 
scholar  at  Tungohow  46 ;  Concord  ch  28  10 : 
Utica  ch  13  75.  ^t/fann<ny— Ist  ch  Apollo  154, 
Sab-sch  15-169;  East  Union  oh  2  60;  Rayne 
oh  4  ;  Boiling  Spring  ch  18  486  61 

Geneva.- ^Atfnan^o— Mt  Pleasant  Sab-4ch 
26.  Cayuga  —  Aurora  ch  16 ;  Ist  ch  Genoa 
82  26.  CAemttng— Burdett  ch  20.  Geneva — 
1st  ch  Geneva  24  70;  Romulus  ch,  a  friend 
25  35.  LyofM— 1st  ch  Lyons  8  77.  5/e«6en— 
Cohooton  oh  10 ;  Coming  oh  9  06  171  02 


Harbibbcroh.- CaWit/f— McConnellsburg 
ch  6 ;  Mechanicsburg  Sab-sch,  for  Tungchow 
sch  50.  Huntingdon — Birmingham  Sab-sch 
40  84;  Bedford  ch,  semi-annual  int  on  Bond 
Legacy  7  46 ;  1st  ch  Altoona  76  54 ;  PerrysviUe 
chi50:  Newton  Hamilton  ch.  Copel and  Fund 
12.  Northumberland  —  Miffllnburg  Sab-sch 
3  35 ;  Brunswick  ch  9 :  2d  ch  Wiliiamsport 
82  63;  Bald  Eagle  and  Nlttany  ch  10.  Welh- 
6oro— Wei Isboro  ch  6  66  403  37 

Illinois,  Central.  —  Peoria  —  Knoxvlllo 
Sab-sch,  to  ed  boys  at  Teheran  86.  Springfield 
-Ist  Port  ch,  Jacksonville  iT  50  00 

Illinoib,  North.— CAifttoo— 1st  ch  Chicago 
148 ;  Bloom  ch  14  60 ;  Noble  St  Mission  Sab-sch, 
(Chicago,  for  Rawal  Pin<ll  56.  Freeport—Sd 
Ger  ch  Freeport  10 ;  Ridgefleld  ch  22  ^;  Ist 
ch  Frce!>«>rt  100,  Sab-sch.  Ellsa  Carey  scholar- 
shin  270=375.  Rock  iliver— Fulton  ch  3; 
Kelihsburg  Sab-sch  6  633  95 

Illinois,  Sodto.- il/Zon— Virden  ch  19  41, 
Sab-sch.  to  sap  pupil  in  Miss  ])ean*s  sch  6— 
25  41;  Plitinvlew  ch  3;  Brghton  ch  4  35. 
Cairo— Fairfield  ch  6 ;  Du  Ciuolu  ch  8  42      47  18 

Indiana.  North. — Logantport—lsi  ch  Lo- 
ganspori  3  44.    Muncie—W Abash  ch  17  02 

20  46 

Indiana.  South. — Indianapolie — 3d  ch  In- 
dlauai>oIi8  20 :  Acton  ch 3  33 ;  Grecncasile  Sab- 
sch,  Aliss'y  Soc*y  8.  New  J/6any— Walnut 
Ridge  ch  6 ;  Jefferson  Sab-sch  1  38  33 

Iowa,  North.— Cedar  Rapidt—YAen  Ger 
ch,  F  Hahne  20.  Dubuque—VL  ch  Dubuque  15. 
Waterloo— Yioe)L  Creek  Sab-sch  8  10         38  10 

Iowa,  South.— Dm  Afoines- Newton  Sab- 
sch  11 ;  Oskalo(»Ka  Sab-sch  5.  /oti^a— Burling- 
ton oh  14  90;  Kossnrh  ch  9  18;  Westminster 
ch,  Keokuk  43  50:  Isi  ch  Mi  Pleasant  15  74; 
Ist  eh  Oliurawa  4  49.  Iowa  Ci/y- Red  Oak  ch 
20 ;  Brooklyn  Sab-sch  17.  OmaAo— Madison  ch 
3  143  87 

Kbntuoky.  —  Lou<tvf//e—f Chestnut  St  ch, 
Louisvil  le  200 ;  Walnut  St  ch,  Louisville  14  99 : 
Olivet  ch  14  228  99 

Long  Island.- 0rooit2yn— 2d  oh  Sab-sch 
Brooklyn,  MIss'y  Soc'y,  for  Persia  100;  Tomp- 
kins Ave  oh  8  78 ;  Throop  Ave  oh  18  21 ;  South 
8<l  St  ch,  Williamsburg  16  56.  Long  Uland— 
East  Hampton  oh  114 ;  Bridge  Hampton  ch  68 ; 
Setauket  ch  20,  Sab-sch  6  50-26  60;  Shelter 
Island  ch  80.  ATastau— Newtown  ch  106  35, 
Sab-MJh  50=160  86  54140 

Michigan.- Dtffroif— Westminster  oh,  De- 
troit 26  84:  Calvary  oh  Sab-sch,  Detroit  4  71 ; 
l8t  ch  Ypailantl  67.    Laiuin^— 1st  ch  Lansing 


284 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


[Sept, 


10  88;  Ck>noord  ch  17  02.    Saa<nau>— Bay  City 
ch  66  10 ;  Vassar  Sab>8ch  2 ;  Lapeer  ch  40 

229  11 

Mtnkbsota.— S^  Paul  —House  of  Hope  oh 
93  68;  Westminster  ch,  MlDncapoIIsi  21   97  89 

Missouri.— Otagr— 1st  ch  Sedalla  12  76; 
Butler  Sab-sch  12  52,  Pa/myra— Palmyra  ch 
2  76.    P/a//e— Trenton  Sab-soh  2  05  30  07 

Nkw  Jbrsbt.— CHflradtf/A- Perth  Amboy  oh 
176;  3d  ch  Elizabeth,  Youths'  MU8>  Assoc'n 
26;  Clinton  ch  30  86,  Sab-sch  26-66  86;  Liber- 
ty Corner  ch  8  88;  Summit  Central  ch  26  80; 
wcstfield  ch  29  60.  Jer»cy  Ci/y- Tenafly  ch 
19  61.  Afonmott/A— Matawan  ch  4'-'  62.  for  Can- 
ton  School-honse  7  -49  62:  .SprJnj?  Valley  Sab- 
sch  13  61.  MorriM  and  Orange— iBt  ch  Mor- 
rlstnwn  1,042  41:  South  St  ch,  Morrlstown 
679  48;  Central  ch.  Orange,  mo  coll  213;  Ma- 
dison ch  23  70:  Mt  Freedom  ch  16 :  Mine  Hill 
ch  17.  Newark— Sovkih  Park  ch,  Newark,  mo 
con  04  43;  3d  ch  Newark  22  64 ;  Park  ch  44  82  ; 
Roseville  ch  409.  New  Brumwick—  Dutch 
Neck  ch  38  60,  mo  con  11  60  -60 :  Stockton  ch 
6.  Newton — Branchville  ch,  W  Miss  and  Sew- 
ing Soc'y  6  74;  Yellow  Frame  ch  11  46;  1st  ch 
Sab-sch  Oxford  2:  Greenwich  ch  61  30.  West 
Jersey— 1st  ch  Cedanrllle  26  27 ;  Absecon  ch  2 ; 
1st  ch  Vineland  8  3,096  61 

Nkw  York. — Boiton — South  RycKatech,  for 
American  Indians  9.  Hudion — Monroe  ch 
23  11 ;  Scotchtown  ch  16  66 ;  2'!  ch  Middletown 
22  96 ;  Hamptonburg  ch  16  17 ;  1st  ch  Wash- 
ingtonville  30,  Sab-sch  11  64=41  64 ;  Union, 
virie  ch  33  ;  Goshen  ch  46  40  ;  Nyack  ch  39  76. 
New  Ko rib— Madison  Square  ch  760  ;  Brick  ch 
Chapel  13  26;  Washington  Heights  ch  9  46; 
Emanuel  Chapel  2  20;  4th  Ave  ch,  H  I  260; 
Sea  and  Land  ch  4  44 ;  Spring  St  ch  16 ;  Scotch 
ch,  John  T  Johnston  186.  North  River— CaI- 
vary  ch,  Newburgh  17  01,  Sab-soh  23  45*40  46 ; 
Cold  Spring  oh  Sab-sch.  Class  No  4  1  60  ;  Lit- 
tle Britain  ch  16  41 :  Maiden  Sab-sch  6  13 ; 
Rondout  ch  39  10.  FTet/cAet/er- Westminster 
ch,  Yonkcrs  14  83  ;  1st  oh  Yonkers  16  37 ; 
Greenburg  ch  40  67 ;  1st  ch  Peekskill,  mo  con 
63  62 ;  Bridgeport  ch  26 ;  Gllead  ch  20    1,767  91 

Pacific.— 0en<c/a— Clear  Lake  ch  2  60.  5a- 
cram«n/o— Plaoervllle  ch  3.  San  Franciico — 
St  John  ch,  San  Francisco  36  16  40  66 

Philadelphia.— Cfcet/er— New  London  ch 
83.  Lackawanna — 1st  ch  Scranton,  Ju v  M  iss ^ 
Asso'n,  for  teacher  at  Beirut  275 ;  Montrose  ch 
60,  Sab-sch,  Mrs  Miller's  class,  to  sup  girl  at 
Beirut  10=60.  LeA<y/t— Weather  I  y  ch  4;  She- 
nandonh  Sab-sch  2.  Philadelphia— W\iaTtA}n 
St  Sab-sch,  Phlla  16  07 ;  S  W  Sab-sch.  John 
Hemphlirs  class,  for  Zahleh  10.  Philadelphia 
Central— fiorth  Hroad  St  ch  149  16;  Kender- 
ton  oh  26;  "P"40.  Philadelphia  North— lal 
ch  Sab-sch,  Norristown,  to  sup  gtrl  at  Dehra 
60;  (Central  ch,  Norristown  100:  Market  Sq 
ch,  Gormintown  49  68 ;  Holmesburg  Sab-sch 
12  33.     Weitminster-Uouegfil  ch  4  W     880  73 

Pittsburgh.  —  Blairsville-  Now  Alexan- 
dria ch.  Rev  T  R  Ewlng  49;  Union  ch  27  68; 
Groensburg  Sab-sch  18  61;  Fairfield  Sab-sch 
1.  Union  Sib-sch  1=2.  PUfburgh—lih  ch 
Sab.sch,  Pittsburgh,  for  Mrs  Tracy,  India  40 ; 
Westminster  ch,  Tittsburgh  10;  Shady  Side 
ch  34  61 ;  East  Liberty  ch.  lMM]u«stof  Mrs  Orra 
C  Dickey  100.  fted«/one— McKoesport  ch  100, 
Sab-sch  20^120.  Waghington—Ensi  Buffalo 
ch,  an  aged  mother  60;  4th  ch  Sab-sch,  Wheel- 
ing 1  10;  Ist  ch  Wasliingion  135  08;  Clays- 
vllle  Sab-sch,  to  ed  boy  at  KolaiH>or  14  09. 
Wett  Ftr^inio— Ravens  wood  Sab-sch  6   607  67 

TENNK8SBK.—Ho/«/on— Salem  Sab-soh,  to 
sup  Mar  Yosip  2 ;  Elizabethton  ch  1  38.  King- 
</on— Kingston  ch,  for  Persia  6  9  38 

Toledo.— fle//e/on/tf/ne— Urbana  ch  6  12; 
Bucyrus  ch  4  81 ;  Isc  ch  Wesi  Liberty  16  88  ; 
Wyandot  ch  3  60;  1st  ch  Bellefontaine  7  23 

88  63 

Western  New  York.— flaJT^'o— Lafayette 
St  ch,  Buffalo  100;  Westminster  eh,  t^uffalo 
04  30.  Genesee- Attica  oh  83  41,  John  Bred  en 
10=43  4L    Genetee  Fa//ey— PoriviUe  oh  20  08. 


RocheMter—Briet  ch,  Rochester  160.  Mrs  H  F 
Fenn,  for  Mexico  10—160 ;  Central  on,  Roches- 
ter 76  96;  Lima  ch  7  60 ;  Ogden  ch  20  64;  Chili 
ch  27  26;  Ist  ch  Livonia  80  660  20 

WiBCOVBiv.— Chippewa — 1st  ch  La  Crosse 

7  36  ;  North  La  Crosse  ch  1  70.  Milwaukee— 
Barton  ch  7;  Pike  Grove  ch  11  91 ;  Ottawa  ch 

8  74 ;  DelaAeld  ch  2  18.  Wiscontin  River— 
Cottage  Grove  Sab-sch  2  60 ;  Fancy  Creek 
Sab-sch  2  27  38  66 

Woman's  For'n  Mlss*y  Soc'y,  Philadelphia 
2,620  83:  Ladies'  Board  of  Mtosions,  N  York 
1,776  66  Woman's  Board  of  Missions,  North- 
west 492  42  4,789  30 


Total  amount  received  ftrom  churches 

In  July  1876,  $16,361  50 

Lboaoibs. —  Interest  on  Baxter  bequest, 
Cincinnati  126  73;  Int  on  Wm  White  Fund, 
for  Missionary  in  China  273  34;  Legscy  of 
Isaiah  Burscn,  deo'd,  Sallneville,  O  264  42: 
Legacy  of  Mrs  Jane  Dorr,  dcc'd,  Springfield, 
III  2,000  2,663  49 

Miscellaneous.— A  Friend,  for  Africa Llv- 
Ingstonla  6;  Rev  Alvah  Lllley,  White  Water, 
Wis  8;  Rev  Arthur  Conklln,  Rochester  10; 
Richard  and  Alex  Morrison,  young  oousins. 
N  \'  6;  A  Little  Boy,  for  Laos  Bible  1 ;  R  O 
6;  Henry  G  Blayney,  West  Alexander,  for 
Slam  1  60:  Mrs  Mary  F  Holmes,  Sibley,  <)  2; 
Walter,  of  Washington  Heights  14  cU ;  Fath- 
er's Tobacco-box,  to  ed  boy  at  Tungchow  16 ; 
A  Friend,  Knoxville,  111  10;  John  Brecken- 
ridge  1;  Allegheny,  for  China  100:  Thank- 
offering,  for  sale  of  first  100  copies  of  "  Talks 
to  My  Bible-class"  2  60:  L  P  Tibbals,  N  Y  26; 
For  Jewish  Mission  6;  .Tapan  6;  J  M  Coen, 
Newtown,  Ind  6:  Mrs  B  J  Davis,  Chester, 
Iowa  2;  Friends,  N  H  100 :  Woolam,  Mo,  Chil- 
dren's Mlss'y  Box  6;  A  Friend,  Napoleon,  O 
1;  Hope  Sab  sch,  Norfolk,  Va  6  68;  Rev  J  B 
and  Mrs  Smith,  Williamsburg,  O  10 ;  Rev  M 
L  Milford  2;  E  S  6;  Mrs  E  M,  Milton,  Pa  6; 
S  A  Logan,  Mineral  Point,  Pa  10 ;  Rev  James 
Cameron,  San  Bernardino,  Cal  6  92;  Friends 
in  Illinois  60  406  64 

Total  reoeipu  in  July  1876,  $19,430  63 

Total  amount  from  May  ist,  1875,       $60,070  46 
WM.  RANKIN,  Treasurer, 
23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


Letters  relating  to  the  Missions,  or  other 
operations  of  the  Board,  may  be  addressed  to 
the  Rev.  John  C.  Lowrib,  Rev.  Datid  Ir- 
ving, or  Rev.  Frank  F.  Ellin  wood,  Soere- 
tarios.  Mission  House,  23  Centre  street.  New 
York. 

Letters  relating  to  the  pecuniary  affairs  of 
the  Board,  or  containing  remittanoes  of  money, 
may  be  scut  to  William  Rankin,  Esq.,  Trea- 
surer— same  address. 

Postages. — 

To  Western  Africa 16  cents. 

Syria    12  " 

Persia 83  " 

India 22  *» 

Siam  28  " 

•    China  and  Japan • 10  "'' 

Brazil    16  " 

U.  S.  Colombia 18  " 

Mexico 10  " 

Chill 22  " 

For  each  ^  os  weight,  prepaid. 

Stamps  not  to  be  put  on  the  letters,  as  these 
are  enclosed  In  an  outside  envelope ;  and  the 
postage  is  assessed  according  to  the  weight  of 
each  letter. 

For  Japan,  China,  and  Shim  the  mall  Is  sent 
fVom  the  Mission  House  on  the  20th  of  each 
month ;  for  India,  Syria,  Persia,  by  the  steam- 
ers nearest  the  Island  16th ;  for  Western  Africa, 
OQ  the  Ist ;  for  Braiil,  on  the  22d ;  for  U.  S. 


1875.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


285 


Colombia,  on  the  6th  and  2l8t.    Newspapers, 
from  2  to  6  cents,  prepaid. 

The  Forbion  Missionary  is  published 
monthly,  at  $1.00  a  year  for  each  copy.  It  Is 
sent  ft-ee,  when  desired,  to  donors  ot  ten  dol- 
lars and  upwards,  and  to  the  ministers  of  our 
churches. 


Thk  Youno  Missionary  Is  sent  fVee  of 
charge,  except  for  postage,  a  copy  to  each 
family  In  every  Sabbath -school  making  re- 
gular contributions  to  the  Treasury  of  the 
iioard. 

Address  fur  cither,  "The  Foreign  Mission- 
ary," Mission  House,  28  Centre  St.,  New  V  ork. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  MISSION  WORK  OF  BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION  IN  JULY  1876. 


Albany.— J  26any— Albany.  State  St  18  00; 
Amsterdam  Ist  6 ;  Galway  2  66 ;  Qloversville 
44  05 ;  Saratoga  Springs  Ist  1  62 ;  Saratoga 
Springs  2d  1  76. 

Atlantic— FadAin—Mebanesville  1  10. 

Baltimork.— ^Tctt?  Cat«e— Berlin,  Bucking- 
ham 60  CIS ;  Miiford  6.  fVashingon  City— 
Washington  4th  23;  Washington,  Metropoli- 
tan, Ladies*  Miss  Suc*y  10. 

Obmtral  Nkw  York.— Binghamton — Bing- 
hamton  1st  10  02 ;  Nineveh  21  13.  Otsego— 
Franklin  34  cUi;  Otego  4  66.  St  Lawrence— 
Oswegulchie  2d  12  17.  5yractt«e— Cazenovia 
1st  23 ;  Liverpool  1  68 ;  Syracuse  1st  46  94 ; 
Syracuse,  1st  Ward  70  cts. 

Cincinnati. — C<nctnaaf<— Cincinnati  Cen- 
tral 71  48 ;  Elizabeth  and  Berea  60  cts.  Portt- 
mott//i— Gullipolis  Ist  8. 

Clbvelawd.— CZeveiand — Cleveland  Ist  28; 
Rome  46  cis;  Strongvllle  1  04.  St  Clairtville 
—Cool  Brook  2  86 ;  Crab  Apple  10  76 ;  Rock 
Hill  8.  SteubenviUe— Annapolis  7;  Corinth 
12  86 ;  Unionport  2. 

Colorado. — Colorado — Denver  Ist,  16th  St 
87  10;  Georgetown  6. 

Columbus.— AfaHon — Trenton  6.  Wootter 
—Canal  Fulton  (of  which  Sab-Bch  2  50)  16; 
Lexington  3  50 :  McKay  3  77  ;  Millersburgh  6 ; 
Ontario  2  30;  Orange  3  19;  PcrrysviiSe  2  05; 
Shrevo  3  30;  Wooster,  Westminster  10  60. 
Zanetville — Clark  2  20;  Jefferson  6. 

Bmh.— Alt egheny —Millvale  8.  Butler  — 
Amit.v  13  ;ontre  1  67;  Harrisville  12  32. 

(7<»rion— J:-;..;euton  10;  RejnolUsville  6 :  Trov 
10.  Erie—  Girard  8.  Kiltanning  —  EldcrMi 
Ridge  20;  Freeport  20  40;  Mahoning  4  76; 
Shradcr*s  Grove  3.    S/ienangro— Westfield  20. 

GKNBVA.-Covu^a— Genoa  1st  13  26.  Geneva 
— Geneva  1st  22  85 ;  Manchester  2 ;  Seneca 
Castle  6.  Lyon*— Newark  10  27.  Steuben — 
Corning  1  26. 

H ARRiBiiURGH.—  Cor/i«/«  —  Dauphin  8  26. 
Hun/inyrfon— Bedford  04  cts;  LowerTuscarora 
18  40;  Perrysvillc  20;  Upper  Tuscarura  6  70: 
West  Kishacoquillas  40.  Northumberland — 
Bloomsburgh  1st  30  67;  BuffaloO  36:  Danville 


Ist  1  07 :  Now  London  6  66;  Ottumwa  67  cts ; 
Summit  6  26. 

KANSAS.-rmporifl— Emporia  8  60;  P)um 
Creek  10  40. 

KKNTUCKY.-LottitriWtf-  Louisville,  Wal- 
nut St  1  89. 

LoNO  Island. — Long  Island — East  Hamp- 
ton 36. 

MiOHiOAN.—De/ro«— Detroit,  Westminster 
8  19.  Lansing — Concord  2  16:  Lansing  1st 
2  18.  Monroe— Tecumseh  16  28.  Saginaw — 
Bay  City  1  17. 

Minnesota.  —  St  Paul  —  Minneapolis  1st 
8:  Minneapolis,  Westminster  46  47;  St  Paul, 
House  of  Hope  9  92.  Southern  Minnesota— 
Le  Roy  6. 

Missouri.- Po/oti— l^eavenworth  86;  Mine 
La  Motte  26  76.    St  Loutt— Carondelet  88  16. 

Nkw  J KRSRW— Eliza beth^-AJllnion  1st  8  89; 
Lil>crty  Comer  1  12;  Summit  Central  3  33; 
Westflold  3  78.  Jersey  Ci/y —Teuafly  2  47. 
Monmouth— H&n  River  1;  Cream  Ridge  8; 
Matawan  12  35;  Tuckerton  7  76.  Morns  and 
Oranj^e— Madison  2  09;  Morristown  1st  4  60; 
Succasunna  16.  ^eu^art— Newark  Park  6  66. 
Hew  Brunswick — Lawronceville  17  10 ;  Stock- 
ton 1  60 ;  Trenton  4th  69  75.  Newton— Qreon- 
wich  6  62;  La  Fayette  6;  Yellow  Frame  1  46. 
IVest  Jer»«y— Ccilarville  8  19. 

Nkw  York.— Bo«fon— Newburyport  1st  (of 
which  Ladies*  Wesi  Col  SooMr  86)  66  60.  Hud- 
ton— Humptonburgh  1  91 :  Mlddletown  2d  2  80 ; 
Nyack  3  07 ;  Port  Jervis  20;  Scotch  town  1  96 ; 
WashingtonvillelstS.  New  For*- New  York, 
Church  of  the  Sea  and  Liind  66  cts ;  New  York, 
Scotch  23  83.  North  Jilver- Bethlehem  11  67 ; 
Newburgh  Isl  16  04 :  Uimdout  4  67.  Westches- 
ter—Giinail  13;  Peukskilllsi  42  68;  Yonkers, 
Westminster  6. 

pACivic.—Benicia — Clear  Lake  1  60 ;  Toma- 
Ics  10. 

Philadelphia.  —  Chester—  Bryn  Mawr 
28  i26 ;  Chitrleslown  2;  East  Whiteland  11; 
New  London  0  60;  PeniiiiiKtonviUe  3.  Lacka- 
wanna—  Carbopdnle  28  87;  Lringclllf  6  20; 
Wiikcsbarre  108  96.    Philadelphia— VhilatlGl- 


11  86;  Mllroy  1 ;  Williameport  2^1  3  24.    Wells-       phia»  Clinton  St  26:  PhiiiMlelphia.  Woodland 
6oro— Farmington  2  66;  VVell8boro70  cts.  ^^«    Philadelphia   Cen/rfl/—Phllad'a,  Prince- 


Illinois,  Ckntral. — Bloomington — Weno- 
na  16.  Peorio— Canton  7  10.  Springjield— 
Dawson  8  20. 

Illinois,  North.— CAicajro  —  Chicago  1st 
18  67.  Frtf«poW— Freeport  1st  24  80 ;  Hanover 
2.  O/rat^a— Ottawa 8.  Rock  River— Fulton  1 ; 
Newton  6  63. 

Illinois,  South.— yl/foi^—Plainview  60  cts; 
Vlrden2  45.  Cairo— Du  Quoin  1  06 ;  Mt  Cur- 
mel  8  76. 

Indiana,  North.— Forf  ITayne— Pleasant 
Ridge  6.  Logansport  —  Logansport  1st  48  cts. 
iiftfficie— Wabash  2  16. 

Indiana,  South.— Indt'onapoMf— Acton  42 
cts ;  Indianapolis  8d  6.  New  J/6any— Laoonia 
2  50 ;  Rehoboth  2  76;  Sharon  1  26.  Vincennes 
—Claiborne  3 ;  Howsville  8 ;  Perry  3. 

Iowa,  North.— Cedar  i{ap«d«— Belle vue  2; 
Big  Grove  6  86 ;  Marion  9.  Dubuque— lAmlug 
6. 

Iowa,  South.— Cotmrt/  Bluffs  —  Oonncll 
Bluffs  Ist  8  07.  Des  Jlfoinet- Centreville  4. 
ioioo— Burlington  Ist  3  41 ;  Keokuk,  West- 
minster  6  49;  Kossuth  lat  1  10;  Mt  Pleasant 


ton  38 ;  Maniua  2.1 18  36.  Philadelphia  North 
— Germantown,  Market  Sq  11  80.  Westmins- 
ter— Christiana  1. 

Pittsburgh.— B/a<r»v<//e— Black  LIek  6  66 ; 
Homor  City  6;  Lairobe  18  67.  Pittsburgh— 
Bethel  68  60 ;  Pittsburgh,  Shady  Side  I  86. 
Redstone— OiiOTQc'a  Creek  6. 

ToLKDo.  —  Belief ontaine  —  Bellefontaine  91 
ots ;  Bucyrus  61  cts ;  Urbaua  77  ots.  Maumee 
—Toledo,  1st  Ger  2. 

Wbstrrn  Nkw  York.— Bk^o/o— Buffalo, 
Westminster  8  18;  Panama  6.  Genesee  — 
North  Bergen  6.  Rockester—Ohili  12;  Lima 
95  cts ;  Mount  Morris  7  60 ;  Ogden  2  69 ;  Ro- 
chester 8d  86  25 ;  Rochester  Central  9  71. 

Wisconsin.-  Chippewa  —  Nasonville  2; 
Nellsville  8  76 ;  Nesnaunoc  6.  Milwaukee — 
Bclafiold  27  cts;  Manitowoc  1st 3 ;  Ottawa 40 
cts;  Waukesha  9.  Wisconsin  River— Kil- 
bourn  City  Ger  1. 

MisoBLLANBous.— Robert  R  Davis.  Ottawa, 
Kan  60  cts;  Davidson  College  Sab  son  2 ;  Fort 
Mill  Sab-soh  1  60 ;  Louisburg  Sab-sch  3  15 ; 
S  S,  Banesvllle  1  60;  "A,  "Presbytery  of  Indi- 
anapolis 10;  ''P,"  Synod  of  Philadelphia  10; 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OP  RECEIPTS. 


[Sept. 


«*  D,"  Interior  of  Pa  6;  "Friends  In  Illinois" 
60;  Buoi  lev  Springs  Salvsch  3  40;  Rev  James 
Oameronf  San  Bernardino  75  cts. 


Total,       $2,297  40 
S,  D.  POWELh  Treaturtr, 


BOARD  OP  PUBLICATION. 
1334  Ckettnut  Street,  Philadelphia^  Pa. 
Letters  relating  to  donations  of  books  and 
tracts,  the  appointment  of  Missionaries,  and 
the  general  interests  of  the  Board,  to  be  ad- 
dressed to  the  Rev.  William  £.  Scbbnck, 
D.D.,  Corre%ponding  Secretary, 
Manuscripts,  and  oommuuicatlons  oonoem- 


ing  matter  offered  for  pnblioatton,  whether  fbr 
books  or  periodicals,  to  the  Rev.  Johk  W. 
DuLLBS,  D.D.,  Editorial  Secretary, 

Ck>rrespondenoe  of  Missionaries,  remittanees 
of  money,  and  donations,  to  Mr.  9.  D.  Powkl, 
Superintendent  of  Mission  Work  and  Treasurer. 

Orders  for  Books  (except  ft^m  MisBionarles.) 
and  Business  Oorresponaenoe,  to  Mr.  John  A. 
Black. 

Letters  relating  to  Sabbath-school  work,  to 
Mr.  J.  BBrrNBTTrLKR,  Superintendent  of  Sab- 
bath^school  Work. 

Subscriptions  to  The  Preebyterian  Monthly 
tiecordy  The  Sabbath-School  vUUor,  The  Pre*- 
byterian  at  Work,  The  Weitmineter  Leteon 
Leaf,  The  Sunbeam,  and  payments  for  tiM 
same,  to  Mr.  Pbtkb  Walkbk. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  CHURCH  ERECTION  IN  JULY  1876. 


ALBAWT.—il/6<in|f— Albany,  State  St  20  96 ; 
Amsterdam  8d  S9  26 :  E8i>erance  3  60 :  Green- 
bush  15  SO;  Kingsboro  21 ;  Mariaville  6;  Mav- 
field  Central  8;  Saratoga  Sprln;;s  Ist,  Sao- 
8ch  3  01 :  Saratoga  Springs  2d  3  47.  Cham- 
mla  in— A  u  Sable  Forks  7.  Troy^Troy,  Woo<l- 
side  10  37. 

Baltimorb.  —  BaUimore  —  Emmlttsbnrgh 
26  80 ;  Havre  de  Qrace  26 ;  PIney  Creek  10. 
Hen  CMfte— Berlin,  Buckingham  2  60;  Red 
Clay  Creek  11  60.  Wathington  C«y— Hyatts- 
ylUe6;  Washington^  Western 26  50. 

Central  New  York.— Bitiffftamfon— Bing- 
hamton  1st  25  07  ;  Smithvllle  1st  0  03.  Ottego 
—Cherry  Valley  87  ;  Franklin  67  cts.  St  Law- 
rence—Bmsher  Falls  3:  Canton  19  19;  Ox 
Bow  11  86.  Syracuse—  Liverpool  3  24 ;  Mar- 
celluslst  26;  Syracuse,  1st  Ward  1  39;  Syra- 
cuse, Park  Central  29.  U/ic«— Orlskany  8; 
Utica  isi  40  20;  Utlca,  Bethany  OS;  West 
Utica  10. 

OiwciNNATi.—CfcfW£cot*e— Concord  9.  Cin- 
cinnati—Oinclnnaul  Central  88  21 ;  Lebanon 
Ist  16  75;  Mason  and  Pisgah  6.  Dayton  — 
Dayton,  Memorial  10 ;  Springfield  1st  78  7a 
Porr«i»ottf/i— Jackson  8  09 ;  Red  Oak  4  60. 

Clbvblamd.  —  Cleveland  —  Cleveland  Ist 
66  50;  Rome 03 cts;  Streetsboro4  40  Strongs- 
ville  2  06.  Mahonina—1^ orih  Jackson  8  20. 
St  C/airtviWe— <3ambrldge  10 ;  Concord  12  76 ; 
Olive  8  96;  Short  Creek  16.  Steubenville— 
Canonsburgh  8  30 ;  Centre  Unity  2 ;  New  Cum- 
berland? 70;  Oak  Ridge  6  26;  Waynosburgh 
8. 

Columbus.  —  Athen9  —  Beech  Qrove  6  66. 
Co/ttiafruf— Dublin  4;  Mifflin  6  80:  Reynolds- 
burgh  9  44 :  Worthlngton  6.  Jlarioi^— Marys- 
vlile  8 ;  Milford  Centre  3  50.  WooMter— Lex- 
ington 6  76;  Millcrsburirh  T;  Ontario  3  86; 
Shelbys;  Shreve2  80;  Wooster,  Westminster 
15  50.    ZaneevUle—ClMlL  2  20;  Martinsburgh 

6  26. 

Erib.— JUtf^Aeny— Leetsdalo  68  02 :  Sowick- 
ley  40 ;  Tarentum  II  46.  JBufter— Centre  8  32 ; 
Martinsburgh  3 ;  Mt  Nebo  9:  New  Salem  7; 
Portersville  6 ;  Zellenople  6  61,  Clarion  — 
Callensburg  4  40;  Clarion  9  16;  Emionton 
8  86;  New  Bethlehem  6  29;  Perry  4  10;  Sllgo 
10.  £rtc— Belle  Valley  4  31:  Corry  9;  East 
Oreene  2;  Franklin  26;  Harbor  Creek  8  60. 
Kittanning  —  Freeport  26 ;  Harmony  42  70 ; 
Parker  City  Ist  12;  Shrader's  Grove  8.  She- 
nango—l,lule  Beaver  4  66. 

Obwkva.— Cayuyfl— Ghenoa  3i  6  06;  Port 
Byron  15.  Cfcemunj^— Mecklenburgh  9.  Gen- 
ct?a— Ithaca  1st  88  72;  West  Fayette  1st  6. 
Lyont— Lyons  1st  24  62.    5/e«6cn— Canaseraga 

7  45 ;  Corn  tug  2  50. 

HARRiSBtROH.— Car/<«?e— Big  Spring.  (Vom 
Lltllo  Gleaners  10;  Chambcrsburgh,  Falling 
Spring  100;  Dauphin  15;  Gettysburgh  4; 
Greeneastlo  89;  Shippensbnrgh  83  04;  St 
Thomas  8  06;  Rocky  Spring  7.  Huntingdon 
—Bedford  1  86;  Little  Valley  7;  Mifflintown 
80 ;     Milesburgh    18  16 :    Moshannon    2  42 ; 


Perrysville25;  Snow  Shoe  3  11 ;  Tyrone  12  17. 
Northumberland-^  BA\d  Eagle  and  Nittany 
17  05;  Butt'aloO  35:  Mahoning  26  83;  Mifflin- 
burgh  6  60:  New  Berlin  1st  i;  Williamsport 
2d  9  54.     jr«W»6oro— Wellsboro  Ist  1  39. 

Illinois,  CBXTRAL.—0Zoomitiy/ofi—Chenoa 
6 ;  Clinton  8  60:  Prairie  View  4;  Wayncsville 
6  26.  Peoria— Canton  7  25 ;  Elba  2  60 ;  Ipava 
10;  Knoxvillel4;  Princevllle  9  15.  Schuyler 
— Beth-horan  6;  Doddsville  6  50;  Ebenezer 
14 ;  Hamilton  1st  6 ;  Wythe  6  50.  Springfield 
—Dawson  7 ;  Virginia  10  25 ;  Winchester  1st 
8  60. 

iLLiirois,  North.— CAico^o- Chicago  1st 
87;  Manteno  8  75.  FreepoW— Freeport  2d,  (of 
which  fVom  a  member  6)  18 ;  Hanover  3 ;  Mid- 
dle Creek  7  60;  Oregon  1st  14  10.  Ottawa — 
Ottawa  1st  8.  Rock  Kioer— Fulton  1  10 ;  New- 
ton 4  25. 

Illinois,  South.  —  ilWon  — Oarlyle  2  76; 
Hillsboro  6:Plainview  27  cts:  Virden  4  86. 
Cairo— Du  Quoin  1st  2  10;  EndeldO;  Metro- 
polis 1  80;  Mt  Carmel  8.  itfa/Zooa— Charles- 
ton 20  76. 

Indiaha,  North.— Cratq/'or«ft»W/«— Wave- 
land  4  76.  Fort  IFayn«— Franklin  8;  Ken- 
dallvllle  1st  20;  Lima  6  16;  Pleasant  Ridge 
6  48 ;  Warsaw  1st  6.  Logansport — Lcminsport 
1st  86  cts;  South  Bend  1st  17  17.  Muncie— 
Perrysbnrgh  6;  ShilohS;  Wabash  4  26. 

Indiana,  SovTft.'-'Indlanapolie — Acton  8S 
cts  ;  Bethany  21  60 ;  Indianapolis  8d  6.  Hew 
iif6any— Hanover  8  75;  Pleasant  Township  2. 
F<nc«nne«— EvansviUe,  Grace  12  56 ;  Prince- 
ton 6  65;  Sullivan  6;  Torre  Haute  2d  6  90. 
White  ITafcr- Shelbyvlllelstl4. 

Iowa,  ^orth.— 0<f«r  Aapidi- Bellerue  2 ; 
Linn  Grove 6 :  Richland  Centre  6  40:  Spring- 
vlUe  3.  17tt6ttott«  — Epworth  2;  Farley  4; 
Mount  Hope  3  50 ;  Wintnrop  6  50.  Fort  Dodge 
—Sioux  City  10.     Waterloo— GroenQ  4. 

Iowa,  Sovth.— Council  BJuJft— Corning  Isi 

6  50.  De»  Moinei—Des  MoIrcs  1st  27  66 ;  In- 
dianola  6;  Russell  7;  Winterset  1st  12  2& 
/oira  —  Bloom  field  1st  2  10;  Burlington  isi 
4  09;  Fairfield  11  60;  Keokuk  Ist,  Westmin- 
iter  10  89;  Kossuth  1st  2  29;  Middletown  0; 
Mt  Pleasant  1st  3  16:  Ottumwa  Ist  112; 
Wapello  2  96.  /010a  Cify— Sugar  Creek  6  30 ; 
Tipton  17;  Wilton  3  66. 

KANSAS.-^eotAo— Baxter  Springs  Ist  3  70; 
Ottawa  1st  6  20. 

Kft-STVcKr.- Louisville— ttouiayille.  Wal- 
nut St  3  76. 

Long  Island.— Lony  JWand— Middletown 

7  16.    ya««au— Huntington  1st  20;  Islip  8  53. 
MiCHioAN.—De/ro«— Detroit,  Westminster 

6  84.  La ntifiy— Concord  4  25  ;  Lansing  Ist 
4  23.  ^ayinato— Bay  City  1st  2  81 ;  Wenon* 
Ist  5  53. 

MiNNKSOTA.  —  Mankato  —  Redwood  Falls 
4  55.  St  Paul—St  Paul.  House  of  Hope  19  67. 
Southern  Minnesota— Tremoni  6;  Le  Roy  2. 
fTinona- Lake  City  4.  o 


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MissouRi.—Oioj^f  — New  Frankfort  Ger  2. 
Palmyra  — Bevior  2  M.  Platte—  Mirabile  2. 
St  Loui«— Bethel  Qer  6. 

New  JwuMY.—Elizabeth-^OMnion  let  7  71; 
Elisabeth,  Westminster  Sabsch  60;  Liberty 
Corner  2  22;  Sammlt  Central  0  67;  Westfield 

7  40.  Jeney  Ci<y— Haokonsack  1 ;  07  ;  Pater- 
son  lift  30  57 ;  Tenafly  4  91.  Monmouth—Red 
Bank  8.  Motrin  and  Or an{rc— Madison  6  93; 
MorriBtown  Ist  9  10.  JV^tearik— Newark  Ist 
48  60;  Newark  Park  11  20.  New  Brumwick-^ 
Alexan<tria  Ist  3  6d;  Amwell  2a  10  86 ;  Prince- 
ton  2d  30  11 :  Stockton  2;  Trenton  Ist  111  00; . 
Trenton  2d  20 ;  Trenton  4th  88  26 ;  Trenton  6th 

8  06.    Newton-— Greenwich  Ist  11  13;   Sparta 

0  00 ;  Yoilow  Frame  2  87.  West  Jcr»ey— Cam- 
den 2d  25 ;  Cedarville  1st  0  32. 

Nkw  York— Ht«i«on  —  Florida  ist  25  09; 
Hamptonburgh  3  79;  Mlddletown  2<1  6  74;  Ny- 
ack  0  08 ;  Port  Jenrls  82 ;  Sootchtown  8  89 ; 
Washlufl^ionYllle  Ist  8.  New  Korfc— Harlem 
1st  15:  New   York,  Ch  of  the  Sea  and  Land 

1  11 ;  Now  York,  Scotch  40  26 ;  New  York,  18th 
St  68  19.  North  Uiwr— Pleasant  Plains  14  90 ; 
Rondont  9  26;  Smlthflcld  10.  WeHchcster— 
Mount  Kisco  12  35;  Uye  69  78;  South  East 
Centre  8  25;  South  Salem  22  60;  Y'unkers  1st 
81  07  ;  Yonkers,  Westminster  6. 

Pacific— Benicio— Clear  Lake  1  60. 
Nkbraska.— ^TefrrafJba  Ci/y— Fairbury  1  60; 
Nebraska  City  Ist  12  76. 

Philadelphia.  —  Chester  —  ATondale  16 ; 
New  London  20;  Oxford  89  06;  Pennington- 
▼ille6.  LacJbawanna— Brooklyn  12  60;  Knsh- 
▼ille  1 ;  Stevensvllle  2;  Troy  Ist  8  42.  Lehigh 
— Wcathcrly  1.  Philadelphia  Ccn/ra/— Phila- 
delphia, Cohocksink  ^0  81 ;  PhtladelpUla, 
Spring  Garden  80  80 ;  Mantua  2d  14  40.  PhilO' 
delphia  Norf ft— Bristol,  sp  40;  Germantown, 
Market  Sq  17  90 ;  Holmesburgh.  sp  7 ;  Nor- 
rlstown  Ist  39  89.  JTetfrnint/tfr— Christiana  1 ; 
Mount  Joy  7  ;  Strasbnrgh  3. 

Pittsburgh.—  Blaireville  —  Armagh  7  00 ; 
Benlah  20;  Cross  Roads  14;  Johnsiown  26; 


Latrobe  20;  New  Alexandria  69  75:  New  Sa- 
lem 21  25 ;  Parnassus  14  70 ;  Pine  Run  7  38 ; 
Unity  17  26.  P<«»6uryA— Canonsburgh  12  70; 
Miller's  Run  3  20;  Mount  Olive  5 :  Mount  Pis- 
gah  6  35:  Oakdale  13;  Pittsburgh  8d  46  34; 
Pittsburgh,  Bellefield  20  60 ;  Pittsburgh,  Cen- 
tral 60;  Pittsburgh,  Shady  Side  8  02;  Rao- 
coon  47  20;  Sharun  10;  Westminster  6.  Red- 
stone—'Itfiurel  Hill  26 ;  Long  Run  10:  McClol- 
landtown  6  20;  Mt Pleasant  18  07;  west  New- 
ton 13  60.     Washington—W ellBhnrgh  17  00. 

Tknkessbb.— ACing«foit— Maryville2d  4;  Mt 
Tabor  1  60;  New  Providence  7.  Union — Hope- 
well 120;  Now  Market  8  60;  Strawberry 
Plains  4  05;  Westminster  1  70. 

ToLKDO.—Belle/ontaine—  Bellefontalno  ist 
1  81;  Bucyrus  1  20;  Nevada  8:  Urbana  ist 
1  62.  Huron — McCutcheonvilie  8.  Maumee — 
Bryan  UtlO;  Toledo  1st  13  80;  West  Bethesda 
6. 

Western  New  York.— Dttjf«/o— Buffalo, 
Westminster  10  00;  East  Aurora  20:  James- 
town 10  50 ;  Panama  5.  Genesee—O&kheld  4 : 
Pike  6  40 ;  WarSiiw  42.  Niagar a -^I'orier  1st, 
sp  10.  Rochester -^Dansrino  65;  Lima  1  90; 
Mt  Morris  16  90 :  Ogden  6  13;  Koohesier  Cen- 
tral 19  24 ;  Sparta  2d  4. 

WiscoNSiif.—CAippetffa— Hudson  1st  10  60; 
NasonvlUc  2;  Noilsville  9;  Noshonnock  14  05. 
Jlfi/toauilce«— Delaheld  05 cis;  Ottawa  Ist  94ct8. 
fFinne6aao— OshkoBh  1st  11  63.  Wisconsin 
liircr- Piattcviile  2  40    Portage  1st  8. 

Legacy.— Legacy  of  Mrs  Eliza  S  Boyd  of 
Philadelphia,  to  be  held  in  trust  4,750. 

Miscellaneous.-**  A,"  Indianapolis  Pres- 
bytery 10;  8  A  Logan,  Mineral  Point,  Pa  5; 
Synod  of  Philadelphia,  **  P"  10 :  Rev  James 
Cameron,  San  Bernardino,  Cal  1  48:  Mrs  E  G 
WalllDgford,  Bellefonte,  Pa  50;  Friends  In 
Illinois  60 ;  Loan  returned  2,000 ;  Int  on  call 
loan  800;  Sale  of  church  at  Reynolds,  Ind  260. 

Total  receipts  in  July,       $12,101  22 
NATHAN  LANE,  Treasurer. 


Corresponding  Secretary^  Rev.  p.  R.  Wilson,  D.  D.,  23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 
Treasurer^  Nathan  Lame,  Esq.,  09  Wall  Street,  New  York. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS,  JULY  1876. 


Albany.- J ifrany— Albany,  State  St  19  07; 
Saratoga  Springs  1st,  Sab-sch  2  20 :  Saratoga 
Springs  2d  2  63.     Co/um&ia— Catekill  02  00. 

Baltimore.—  fia//imore— Baltimore,  West- 
minster, a  member  of  Young  Ladles  hible  class 
8;  Govanstown  20;  Havre  de  Grace  16.  New 
Castle— Berlin^  Buckingham,  Mrs  J  M  Taylor 
80  ots.  Washington  Ci/y— Washington,  Metro- 
politan, Ladies^ Mi6S*y  Soo*y  10. 

Central  New  York.— l^injrAa m/on— Blng- 
hamton  1st  10  03 ;  Masonvlllo  4  26.  Ots-go— 
Franklin  48  cts.  Svracute— Liverpool  2  30 ; 
Syracuse,  1st  Ward  1  01. 

Cincinnati.  —Rev  A  Ritchie,  Treas41  00. 
Dayfon— Dayton,  Memorial  16 ;  Xonla  13  20. 

Cleveland.— CZewtf tend — Akron  4:  Clove- 
land  1st  40  60 ;  Rome  08  cts ;  StrongvlUe  1  60. 
Mahoning— Kinsman  8.  5/««6envi/7«— Bloom- 
field  1  05 ;  Cross  Creek  4  06 ;  Irondale  1st 
18  76. 

Columbus.— il/Aent— Marietta  14.  Wooster 
— Lexington  0  60;  Wooster,  Westminster  14  31. 

Erie.— ilZ/ff^Aeny— Bakerstown  12.  Butler 
— Centre  2  42.    Shenango — Slippery  Rock  13. 

Geneva.— S/etifren— Corning  1  82. 
Harrisburoh.  —  Huntingdon  —  Bedford, 
Semi-annual  Int  of  Burd  Legacy  1  30;  Perrys- 
vlllo  25.    ^orM umber/and— Williamsport  2d 
0  69.     >r«H«5oro— Wellsboro  1  01. 

Illinois,  North.— CAtcfloo— Chicago  1st  27 ; 
Chicago  3d  276.  Freepo r^—JtYeeport  2d,  Lady 
meml>Br  6.  Rock  River — Centre  0  20 ;  Fulton 
L 


Illinois,  South.  —  iiZ/an— Brighton  4  20; 
Plalnvlew  1  17  ;  Vlrdcn  3  50.  Cairo  —  Du 
Quoin  1  53.    itfa//oon^Morrisonvillo  11  16. 

Indiana,  'Soms.  —  Logansport  —Logans- 
port  1st  03  cts :  Rochester  2  78.  M uncie- Tip- 
ton 6  06  ;  Wabash  3  11. 

Indiana,  South.— /n<Nanapo2i«—Aoton  01 
ots;  Indlanai)oli8  3d6. 

Iowa,  North.  —Cedar  Rapids— Ylnioji  1st 
47  13. 

•  Iowa,  South.— lawo— Burlington  Ist  2  00 ; 
Keokuk,  Westminster  7  9h;  Kossuth  Ist  1  07; 
Mlddletown  4;  Mt  Pleasant  Ist  2  50;  Ottum- 
wa  82  CIS.    Iowa  City— Red  Oak  10. 

Kansas,  —ilut/in— Austin  1st  25. 
Kentucky.  —  Ebenezer  —  Frankfort  7  46. 
Loui'tv{/<e— Louisville,  Walnut  St  2  73. 

Long  Island.- Lonj/  /t/an(f— Wcsthampton 
16.    ATottau— Freeport  1st  20;  Jamaica  40  25. 

Michigan.— Defroi/— Detroit,  Westminster 
14  02 ;  Saline  1st  6.  Lantjn^— Concord  i  11 ; 
Lansing  1st  3  08.    ^a^^nat^— Bay  City  1  00. 

Minnesota.— S/  Paul—Si  Paul,  House  of 
Hope  14  35. 

Missouri.- 51  Lo»i«— Bethel  Ger  10. 

New  JER8BT.—EZi»a6«/*— Clinton  Ist  6  08; 
Liberty  Corner  1  02;  Summit  Cjutr.il  4  80; 
Westfleld  5  40.  Jersey  City  —  Tenafly  3  58. 
jtfonmou/A— Farmingdale  2.  Morris  and  Or- 
ansre— Madison  4  32;  Morrlstown  l?t,  adrt'l 
0  04;  Rockaway23  09.  ^tfwarv— Newark  Park 
8  18.     New  Brunswick  —  Amwp|^l  Ist  8  34 ; 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


[Sept. 


Princeton  Ist  47  20;  Stockton  2;  Trenton  2d 
20.  NetDton  ^Greenwich  7  02 :  Haokettstown 
40;  Yellow  Frame  2  00.  Weit  Jer»«y— Cam- 
don  1st  100;  OedarvlUe  ist  4  01;  Fairfield  let 
11  60. 

Nkw  Yobk.— Wudton— Hamptonbargh2  77; 
Mlddletown  2d  4  20;  Nyack  13;  Sootchtown 
2  84;  Washingtonvllle  Ist  6.  New  York—Sew 
York,  Ch  of  the  Sea  and  Land  Hi  ots ;  New 
York,  Scotch,  John  Taylor  Johnston  83  75. 
North  Hiver  —  Cornwall  10;  Rondout  6  76. 
jretrcAc»/er— Yonkers,  Westminster  6. 

pACiric.—Benicia—Olanr  Lake  60  ots. 

PHiLAD«LrniA.— From  "  P,"  Synod  of  Phil- 
adelphia 80.  Chester— New  London  16.  Lack- 
awanna—Terry  wwny  ft-om  Geo  F  Horton  4  60. 
LeAioA  —  StroatUburjc  28  05;  Weatherly  1. 
Philadelphia.  Cca/rai— Kendorton  26.  PhilO' 
delphia  Aor/A—Germantown, Market  Square, 
in  part  23  65. 

PiTT8B0iioH.—Wa»rn>iW<  —  Johnstown  26. 
PittsburghS  orth  Branch  5 ;  Pittsburgh,  Sha- 
dy Side  6  30 ;  Westminster  5.  Weet  Virginia 
— Morgantown  11  20. 

TENNKSSKie.— Xingtfon  — Maryvllle  2d  4. 
l/nion— Caledonia,  inciading  1  ft*om  Rot  E  N 
Sawtell  6 ;    New  Prospect  1  25. 


ToL«DO.-'Be2<e/'onfaine— Bellefontaino  1  31 ; 
Bucyrus  88  cts ;  tJrbana  1  12.  Lima— Kalida 
4  45 ;  Middle  Point  1  41. 

WB8TBRN  Nbw  Yobk.  —Btt^«*/o— Buffalo, 
Westminster  11  73.  Niagara— Porter  IZ,  Ho- 
cheeter—ltlmA  I  38;  Mount  Morris  11  70;  Og- 
den  3  74 ;  Rochester  Central  14  04. 

WiBOovBiv.— Milwaukee— J}elaLtie\6  41  ots; 
OtUwa  69  cts. 

MisoBLLANBOUS.— Ill,  Englowood,  £  J  Hill 
6 ;  Pa,  Paxton,  Miss  E  O  Rutherford  6 ;  Pa, 
Paxton,  Miss  £  M  Rutherford  6 ;  Ohio,  Sun- 
.  burv,  R  A  Larrlmore  and  wife,  sp  1 ;  N  Y, 
New  York,  Mrs  A  H  Barney  60 ;  Interest  on 
Permanent  Fund,  per  E  G  Woodward,  Esq 
993;  flrom  "Friends  In  Illinois*'  per  Mr. 
Powel  60 ;  Pa,  Milton,  "  Mrs  E  Mo—'*  5 :  N  H, 
N  Conway,  Miss  Racilla  B  Anderson  25;  Pa, 
Mineral  Point,  S  A  Logan  6;  Mrs  Harriet  A 
Teaohout6:  "Allegheny" 26:  Pa,  Phila,  **  In 
Meraoriam"  6;  Cat,  San  BemArdfno,  Rey 
James  Cameron  1  08. 

ToUl  for  July,       10,830  82 

NoTB.— In  March,  ftrom  Fair  Play  ch  $0. 

CHARLES  BROWN,  Treaturer. 


Secretary,  ^v- ^«>f»«  Hale,  D.D.,  J  q^      ^,34  obestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 
Treaturer,  Rev.  Chablks  Bbowm,      \  * 


RECEIPTS  FOR  FREEDMEN  IN  JULY   1876. 


Albany.— i!/6aiiy— Albany  Ist  32  67 ;  New 
Scotland  17 ;  Albany,  State  St  18  60.  Troy- 
Water  tord  14  37. 

Baltimour.— New  Ca»«€  — Lower  West 
Nottingham  14;  Zton  6;  Rock  6. 

Central  Nkw  Yobk.— 5/  Lflwren«— Dex- 
ter 1  43;  Brownvllle  47  cts.  Syracutc— Syra- 
cuse. 1st  Ward  70  cts.  l/rica— Camden  Ist  8 ; 
W^esimlnster28  60. 

Clbvbland.— C/eo«f«nd— Rome  46  ots.  St 
Clairsville— Scotch  Uidge  03  cis ;  Morrlstown 
2  17.  Steubenville—lr<mdvi\e  Ist  13;  Bethel 
8  07. 

Columbus.- Ifoot/er— Lexington  4. 

Ebib.  —  Erie— PleasantTlllo  10. 

Gen  BV  A.— S/eufren— Corning  1 25 ;  Pulteney 

HABBiBBUBOH.-Car/it/tf-Lower  Path  Val- 
lev  17  :  Hurnt  l^abins  8 ;  Dauphin  8.  Hunttng- 
don-Uppcr  Tusoarorifc  5  70;  Bedford,  Semi- 
aunuai  interest  on  Burd  legacy  94  els.  North- 
umber  land-W  imamspori  2d  4  64.  Welltboro 
— Well8boro70ci8. 

Illinois,  Nobtii.  —  CAicayo  —  Chicago  1st 
18  67.  Rock  /?irer— Fulton  1 ;  Fulton,  Ladles 
Missy  boc'y  2  60. 

Illinois,  South.  -  Alton  -7  Virden  1  25  ; 
Plainview  88  cts.    Cairo— Du  Quoin  1  06. 

Indiana,  Nobth.- Looontpor/  — Logans- 
port  ist  43  cts.    Jtf unci*— Wabash  2  16. 

Indiana,  South.  —JndianapoHt—Aelon  42 
ots. 

Iowa,  South.  —  lotoa  —  Burlington  1  96 ; 
Kossuth  1  16. 

Kkntucky.  -Louieville—  Louisville,  Wal- 
nut  St  1  89. 

I^no  Island.- A'attatt  — Huntington  2d 

4  67. 

Minnesota.- W^inono—Claremont  35  oU; 
Ripley  16  CIS ;  Dundas  58  cts ;  Forest  36  ots. 

Missoubi. -0«fly«-New  J'r*nl«,PO»'|,^'  ?• 
Pa/myra-Loulsiana  54  ct«.    Pla//tf- Dawn  1. 

Nkw  Jbbsbt.  -  Elizabeth  -  Clinton  8  89; 
Eimabelh  3.1  2  33 ;  Elizabethport  12;  Basking 
RldKC  25 ;  Pluckamln  75  cts ;  Roselle  Ist.  bab- 
8ch»  03.  Jertey  Ct/y-Tenafly  2  47.  IforrJ* 
and  Orange  —  Morrlstown  1st,  add  I  4  89 ; 
Madison  2  99.     >e war*  —  Newark  2d  21  80; 


Park  6  66.  New  BrunnHek  —  Stockton  1 ; 
Trenton  3d  17  11.  Newton  —  Yellow  Frame 
1  45.  Weet  Jertey— Ct^mden  2d  18;  Cedarrllle 
1st  3  19. 

Nbw  Y'obk.  —  Htt<i»o»  —  Good  Will  2  80; 
Scotchtown  1  20:  Hamptonburg  1  91.  New 
For*— Brick  24  40 :  Madison  Square  85  65 ; 
Murray  Hill,  40th  St  24  59 ;  Scotch  271 ;  Sea 
and  Land  66  cts.  Wettchetter— Round  Rldgo 
20;  Westminster  6. 
Pacific— Ben<c<«— Clear  Lake  60  cts. 
Philadblpui A.  —  Lehigh—  Shenandoah  2 ; 
Weatherly  3.  Philadelphia— Oa\\Ary  131  11 ; 
»»p»»  20.  Philadelphia  Cen/ro/— Cohockilnk 
Sab-schOl;  North  Broad  St  29  82.  PhUadel- 
phia  JVor/A— Germantown  1st  60;  German- 
town.  Market  Square  14  60;  Bensalcm  3. 
Wetlmintter—Ch9knoei)»rd  12. 

PiTTSDUBOH.—PMrtdury*— Shady  Side  4  36 ; 
Westminster  6.  Redttone-Honnd  Hill  2  34. 
IfatAin^/on- Washington  IstSab-sch,  for  Job 
Jackson,  S  C,  to  be  paid  orer  as  needed,  by 
Rot  Knox  44  75. 

Tolkdo.  —  Belief ontaine  —  BcllofonUlne  84 
ots;  Bucyrus  3  63;  Urbana  1  44. 

WB8TBBN  Nbw  Yobk.— BH^alo— Buffalo, 
Westminster  8 18.  Hochetter—  Rochester  Cen- 
tral 9  71 ;  SparU  4 ;  Rochester,  Brlok  50  93 ; 
Lima  95  cts ;  Ogden  4. 

Wisconsin.  —  Chippewa  —  MaBonville  2 ; 
Nelllsrllle  2. 

Ml scBLLAif Boue. — "  Prcibyterlan,"  John- 
•onvllle,  N  Y  4:  Wyoming  1st,  N  ^  18  86; 
Samuel  McLaugnlln,  Hookstown,  Pa  5:  Rev 
W  J  G  Nutting,  St  Olalr,  Mo  96  cts :  ch, 
Northwood,  Iowa  2;  The  **  Beavers,"  ired- 
erlcksburg,  Val  95;  John  R  HUl,  New  York 
25 ;  Mrs  L  Hussion,  Clrclevllle,  O  2;  S  A 
Lo^an,  Mineral  Point,  Pa  10.  

ToUl  ReoolpU  in  July  18T6,       1,382  25 
JAMES  ALLISON,  Treaturer, 


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Secretary,  Box  1246,  PltUborgh,  Pa. 

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DrRHOLUTIOW   OF  THE    PA8TORA  I.    BELATJOIT, 

Rev.  ThtToD  BnUnin  RUd  the  clinrcln'a  of 
Coehef^lon  and  Dttmtksciis,  Presbytery  of  Ilod- 
Auru 

K ev    W  S  C.  Webster  and   the  church  of 

Itov  Will  M  Col«manAQdtlieNinUi  church, 
PUUluugh,  Pa. 

hex  Jiiin<»*  Lewis  ond  the  church  of  Hum- 
boldt, Kntisas, 

Kvv  l^uQoO  Bost  <uid  1  he  church  of  OUftCo, 
F  j'es  by  I*?  ry  tt  f  S  v  i  fn-ui  ?«? 

Kfv  JoM-uh  W  Hubbnrd  utid  the  church 
nt  Ujiyton  S  J.  Ho  hn5  nvvA*pli^i\  the  pryji- 
dencY  «>t  ihii  Kortbern  llHnoisLollegeut  Kul- 
t<>n.  Ill 

Rev  A  S  Fisko  and  St.  Peters  ehurch, 
Bocbt?^ll)^,  N   V 

Kev  Tbomtks  Dobbin  and  the  church  of 
Grovolfind,  NY 

Rev,  Gforce  M  Lodge  ftud  the  church  At 
liUirstown,  Fowii. 

ChU^    RKOKIVED   OE   ACX'EPTETk, 

Rev.  Ajidruw  Lees  to  the  church  at  Darby, 
P». 

Rev.  W  T.  Linn  Kiefler  to  ihe  Churchvillo 
church,  Mftiykrid 

Liev.  V  i}  Ki'tnlaXi  to  thecharch  of  Grand 
RftjndH.  Mu;hi);aa. 

Hev.  Willmiu  A,  .iHikflta  th«  Ceotrftl  Prea- 
hyu*riiiu  church,  Niirr>.*tMwn,  Pa. 

Kev  William  S.  Knight  to  the  church  ni 
Cnriliftj!*',  Mo 

KtfV,  D  H  Wliite  to  the  chareli  at  Reedis- 
buTjg.  Wis, 

Rev  A  W,  WilUmns  to  the  Whartoa  St 
church,  F*hihtileltvhia, 

Ri**  E  P.  Jli'Urt.m,  of  Daluth.  Minn.,  to 
the  Ui  churchy  t.'olunibu?,  Ohio. 

Rev.  Uoor^e  AlexHoder  has  r<>ceived  a  call 
to  ilie  Yn'si  i'rp&byienan  churcli  of  Scbeacc- 
iMilv,  N  Y. 

IJev  XC.  Hill  to th«  church  of  TaylorviUe. 
Hi. 

Rev,  0  ITowell  Hrtcsard  to  the  church  of 
IlitfhUn.tsN.  Y 

Rt'v  Jiitiioa  I^wis  to  the  church  of  How- 
ell, Micl^ 

Rev  Rodeii^ik  Terry  to  theSec<rnd  Pre^by* 
lerirtu  I'htir/'h^  I  teksUill,  N,  Y. 

Rov  Jrjlta  Carrinr^l4Ja  to  the  church  of  Le- 
highiiin   Vn 

livv,  Jjinies  L  McNftir  to  the  church  of 
lUttcMju   ni 

R»'v  Johtt  Mimtjjomery. B  D  ,to  the  church 
III  Hmtv  ijjbmg  Ky. 

iWv  Heuiy  Kiiltuu  to  Hulton,  AHephimv 
t:o  Pit. 

Rev.  WilUnm  B.  Heed  to  the  ehurch  of  O^- 
tornra,  J're*bvti*ry  «l  Chester 

Ri'v  I{«Mi  kzrtC  8  Ely  to  the  eh  arch  at 
Willow  Cr*ck.  Presbyti»rv  of  Freeport 

Bcv  F  A  Slierwerto  thechorches  at  West 
Liberty  nnd  A  t;l^t^!sa  Iowa* 

Hev  Jo-itb  Welch  to  the  First  Preabyte- 
rinii  church  m  ^alt  Luke  City. 

ORDlZSAtlOXS  A9D  iKSTALLATIOItB. 

Rev.  S  11  n»i1liday  was  installed  paator  of 
t)!**  trhurch  of  Belle vuB,  Presbytery  of  Alle- 
gheny, on  the  22d  of  July. 

Ki'v.  J,  P  lletidrick  was  in<^{a]led  pmtor  of 
thechorch  of  FlemingBburg,  Ky,,  on  the  14th 


Rev.  J.  M  Scott  WM  installed  pastor  of  the 
Second  church,  Jerseyville.  on  the  llth  of 
July. 

POBT  OFFICJt  ADDRTOSB8  CH4KOED. 

Rev  W  F.  P  Uohle  from  Heatonvtlle  ta 
South  Hi-rmitrtge,  Pa, 

Rev.  John  Ketly  front  Lima  to  Savannah, 
Ohio 

Rev  Therf»n  Brittain  from  Cochefiton  to 
Eiitgeburv,  N   Y. 

Kev  J'  V.  C.  KeRis  from  Addison  to  Go- 
wandA,  N.  \'- 

Rev.  Andrew  G  Ea^leson  from  Wheeling,  i 
W.  Va ,  to  Wnshineton,  Goernwy  Co  ,  Ohio,   I 

Ri'v  J.  N*  8 w ill n  from  Sloane  s  Sution  to  ] 
New  Jlftgeritowu  Carmll  Oo.,  Ohio 

Rt>v  Tl>o^  B.  McLeod  from  Sandy  Hill  to 
BiUavift,  N.  Y 

Rev,  A.  Baker  from  Greeu  Springs  to 
Elconiville.  Ohvo. 

Rev,   R.  A.  Curran  from  Minerva,  C.  tof 
Becalur,  Adama  Co  ,  Indiana. 

Rev  G  B  McCoutb  from  Pinckneyville  to 
Emmlity.  111. 

Rev  Oeor^e  W,  Coons  from  ^J|||moath  to  . 
Covington*  Ky. 

Rev.  Jnfl  H.  Maleer  from  Thayer^  Kan.,  1 
Bra«tl,  Clay  Co  ,  Indiana. 

Rev   J-  L.  Emery  from  Lanark,  III., 
Lisflomb.  Murshall  Co  ,  Iowa. 

Rev-  E  P.  Aduma  from  Hanging  Rock.  0.,l 
to  V«nc«dnirg,  Lewis  Co  ,  Ky.  1 

Rev  George  W.  Lloyd  from  Horieon.  Wii.J 
to  Monmgone.  Boone  to,,  Iowa,  1 

Rev  Jits  L  McNair  from  Pax  ton  to  Mat-] 
toon.  111 

Rev  Thomas  Dobbin  from  Groveland  to 
Mornstown*  N    Y. 

Rev.  W,  S.  Knight  from  Auguftta,  I1L»  to 
CarthRge  Mo.  J 

Rev.  W.  8.  a  Webster  from  Weatherly ,  Pa  J 
to  £lli£ftbrth.  N,  J  1 

Rev,  John  C.  Hill  from  Princeton  to  Tuy-J 
lorvilli?.  ChfiKtiiui  Co.,  IlL 

Rev.  Froderiek  Ltppe  from  B^eger't  Stor 
to  New  Frnnhfurt  J^aline  Co  .  Mij<i«ouri 

Rev  J  L  Landia  from  C-oudejsport,  Pa^I 
to  Frtinklinville,  NY  T 

Rt^v.  W  J  McConkev  from  High  HiU,  0., 
to  Wo  f  Creek,  Mercer  Co.,  Pa. 

Rev  Charl*>s  L\  Simpaoa  fro  mi  Pike,  N.  Y,, 
to  Lausini;.  Mich 

Rev  W  E  Iloneytnati  from  Longmont^J 
Colora^lo,  toS.inta  Ihubara,  CAliforiita.  i 

Bev.  H  M  ColUton  from  Argyle,  III,  to 
Ottawa,  Crtuadft. 

Rev  John  Cnrrlngtoa  from  Aynthia,  Siam,  ^ 
to  Lehichlon,  Pa 

IWv.  P.  H   Leonard  from  Ludlow,  Ky., 
to  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 

Rev  Joel  Kennedy  from  Hamilton,  ICa 
to  Gardner,  Grundy  Co.,  III. 

Rev.  Jai  Lewis  from  Humboldt,  Kan.,  to 
Howell,  Mieh 

Rev.  Alej.  Jackson  from  Rook  Stream,  Sfpi 
Y.,  to  Auhtirn   N  Y, 

Rev  D  H  Palmer  from  Brockport,  N.  Y.,  ' 
to  Penn  Yun.  N,  Y 

The  addre^  of  the  Rev.  Louia  K  Fox  m  , 
care  of  C.  H.  Matthews  Jgsq,  221  Boutb  Ftftl 

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-  lo  ihi  llrilfib  Kuvlval— Wondcrlal  iM.Ter  of*  simiile  uiul  luring  a».vj,cl 

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B 'JtKr7>t  Forefgn  Mf«8ton«*— Rc«?Tit  luttiUIgrncc^rorcIgn  M(f*1oD9  or  tf»«  Pni*l»3rtcrafi 

■       Cliorcli^TJhcrln— Tlie  Itfi*  Cuvoitd  Race*— A  glimpse  ot  Jnpnn  iDlnml— Mi&tter»  i>f  lotcix-ia 
iu  LsburU— Ki;celi>t»  .,.« - .»,**,»^ . — «..-^ aw*,  ;*i* 

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heJtJ*— Tuthe  rrLfbylcrics— j;«oeli*tA «...* -  .»......» .*—,...«..**. — «.  W7,  Ml 

B^ard  of  Church  Erection.- PUnp  for  tThiin?li  tufflffrng— flood  IFcirngfl  fVoiii  Wljir<m?in^ 
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Belief  Paud  for  Disabled  MiDlctora.— Ijiit  tlt«  Work  bo  Dawa  Tliorouglity— Keferpi^. 

G-eneral  Assembly'*  Oowimlttee  oo  Freetlmon.— FlnanelaT— Work  fn  FairficH  o^mmv, 
^outli  Cun»liiia— t{e(?einta-.,.« ^ — ..»♦.,..-«...*»,..-.«.«.,,*-» — «,„..„« — .*..*  StlU  X^J 

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B4*i|UC9U  for  tlnfue  MinnloHH  s»liuiiUl  bu  lumlv  to  '^Thf  Botrnt  of  Home  Mikiii>n»  afthtFrf*^ 
bj/terian  Church  iu  the  Inilti  Stafe^o/  J«i«rcfii/'  wliieh  In  tiuw  lli«  eiirpomt^ title* 

or  the  Jiwtrtt  «/  Eitftrntiftu  thr  eoi-i'omto  namQ  li  ^  TA«  Bo€rd  0/  Kd^tvai^o»  mffheWtttbj^ 
tcriatt  Vhurck  iu  Ihe  I'nited  Si  tit  b  0/  Ata€*ita,** 

TUo  Jtitf*rd  of  h'urftffH  MinBtttrnt  \w  lufoqK>ratctl  tinder  the  Tawr  of  ITfw  Toric,  «tht«r  tlitt 

ftiicof^^TAc  hoard  of  Foreign  MiAniont  of  the  Fretl>yUNcn  Church  ia  the  Vniltd  &laic»  of 
America.^* 

Th*?  Sotfftt  of  Ptthfirfftit>n  fJineorporatctt  nnder  the  InwaofFctifisylraDl&f  iinJot  iho  ftjtc  of 
*'  The  Trvittee^  of  the  rfc9byti'ri<a»  Hoard  of  Putifitat ion.** 

T!jc  Bnnrti  nf  Vhitrett  BrprtwH  If  inf^orp^Jrnt«•^J  under  the  rtjrieof  **T3ir  Poar^  ofthf^  rf>Hreh 
Erertion  Fnnd  of  the  General  AuMemUg  of  the  Vrttbtflrrimn  Vhmck  i«  ihr  tmfed  Sl(UcttJ' 
America,**  lncori>oruUMl  Murch  31^  l!Jl>&»  by  the  Legislature  uf  llie  SUileorXe»  Vurk. 

B^qne.its  that  liave  lipen  made  tn  the  ""TrMj/rf*  <»/Me  (Jntrr^t  Auembtt/^^  «r  tii  Iho  '*Tr««/«» 
of  Ihe  Prenbijterian  HotAtc^*"  forClmreh  iiurffosfeji,  wHl  be  valid. 

-If*  llequrxtH  tna<lc  to  tho  tncorporjUwl  Runnls  or  f  VnimUteef  of  the  two  tat«  iLiveaiblieft  are 

Viillil,  and  wiil  lit  rccxti'td  hy  tUw  Hoaf»l»  whirh  urt-  theEr  legal  #Bcc«»or*. 

The  ItHUf  t'^fHd  fm-  DlnaMeft  Jihihtet»,  nt^tt   the  Uidrnpsunii  Orpttau* ef  Ihtmtsea 

:HitiMt^a  n*iiulrc8  tlw  fallofrlnEy  forin: 

*»I  gire  ftntJ  Ik.h|Oi?ii1»i  u>  J¥iy  <?xe<^ntors  hrrplnaftor  nrtmed, d^^^M^!^fn  irn«t,  nerprthclr.*! 

that  they  sh»ll,  wUhm ijumilj*  iKtlvr  my  dccini3«i\  i^iy  Iho  vamo  to  tho  Truster*  o/fht  Ge% 

rrat  Aaxrmhttf  of  the   Vrestnjttrian  Chmch   in  the  Initcd  Stafet  of  AmvrUa^  (utihv  u*0  ol   Ihtt 
Fund  lor  Dtnabled  i\llnl»lcr»  and  thutr  Famlllua.** 

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YOL.  XXVI.  PHILADELPHIA,  OCTOBER  1875.  Ko.  10. 

BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 


SELF-SUPPORT. 
We  should  suppose  there  were  inherent  reasons  why  all  the  men  and 
women  in  our  feeble  churches  would  long,  and  labor,  and  pray  for  the 
time  to  come  when  they  may  be  sole  masters  of  the  situation,  and  wholly 
independent  of  foreign  interference  or  control.  But  there  are  several 
important  reasons  bearing  on  general  church-work,  why  they  should 
desire  to  be  self-supporting.     We  give  the  following: 

1.  The  amount  saved  to  the  Home  Board  by  the  missionary  churches 
becoming  self -sustaining  ^  would  be  so  much  released  by  that  Board  to 
Jioio  into  the  Treasuries  of  the  other  Boards.  There  is  a  given  amount 
of  money  which  the  churches  may  be  supposed  to  hold,  subject  to  the 
ne.'c'ssities  of  its  various  Boards.  This  money  will  go  most  largely  into 
the  treasuries  that  seem  to  the  donors  most  needy.  Suppose  there  are 
200  missicMiaries  now  drawing  from  our  Board  at  the  average  rate  of 
$250  per  annum,  whose  churches,  by  a  vigorous  and  united  effort,  could 
at  once  spring  to  self-support ;  that  would  release  a  demand  for  $50,000, 
which  might  be  expected  to  find  its  way  to  the  other  Boards.  But  if 
only  half  the  amount  came  to  them,  and  these  churches  gave  nothing  to 
the  Boards,  they  would  in  this  way  receive  far  more  than  all  the  two 
hundred  churches  would  give  them,  if  still  depending  on  us  for  aid.  In 
any  view  of  the  case  there  is  great  advantage  gained  by  the  church 
when  its  missionary  enterprises  become  self-sustaining. 

2.  Wli-en  a  church,  even  by  an  extraordinary  effort^  becomes  self-sUfS- 
taining,  it  is  in  a  condition  to  give  mx>re  largely  to  all  the  Boards  than 
ever  before,  A  church  dependent  on  missionary  aid  is  like  a  person 
under  age.  What  he  has  is,  in  some  sense,  another's ;  or  he  has  deriyed 
it  from  another,  or  by  another's  permission,  or  as  a  gift.  Hence  it  is  so 
commonly  said,  and  there  is  force  in  the  remark — "  Why  ask  us  to  give 
to  the  cause  of  Missions,  when  we  are  living  on  the  funds  of  the  Church  ?" 
''Let  us  become  self-sustaining,  and  then  we  will  heecUyour  appeal." 

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And  there  is  a  kind  of  incongruity,  and  we  do  not  wonder  that  people 
feel  it,  when  they  draw  from  our  missionary  treasury  with  one  hand 
and  contribute  to  another  treasury  with  the  other.  When  they  get  to 
be  self-sustaining  then  all  this  is  changed.  The  attitude  of  those  who 
ask,  and  of  those  who  give,  is  wholly  changed. 

God  forbid  that  any  word  of  ours  should  divert  a  single  penny  from 
the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions.  Our  regard  for  that  cause  is  too  well 
known  to  the  officers  of  that  Board  and  to  all  our  friends,  to  allow  them 
to  entertain  such  a  suspicion  for  a  single  moment.  Our  zeal  for  Home 
Missions  has  wrought  no  abatement  of  interest  in  the  foreign  work. 
And  no  word  have  we  ever  spoken  or  penned  that  was  intended  to 
lessen  the  influence,  power,  or  resources  of  that  Board.  We  have 
always  insisted  that  it  has  asked  from  the  churches  the  smallest  amount 
compatible  with  its  advancing  labors  and  necessary  outlay,  and  have 
always  deplored  the  lack  of  liberality  in  our  churches  to  meet  its  urgent 
demands.  No  more  would  we  divert  from  any  other  Board  to  fill  our 
own  treasury.  We  might  encourage  our  feeble  churches  to  continue 
to  depend  on  us,  and  give  their  annual  collection  to  Foreign  Missions. 
It  would  be  but  a  pittance  at  best.  We  have  no  doubt  there  is  a  more 
excellent  way.     One  example  must  suffice  for  many  cases : 

A  minister  was  invited  to  serve  two  churches,  that  for  some  years  had 
been  receiving  missionary  aid.  He  accepted  the  call  on  condition  that 
they  should  ask  no  more  aid.  In  vain  they  pleaded  poverty  ;  predicted 
failure  if  they  made  the  effort  But  he  was  inexorable.  They  made  the 
effort,  and  the  result  was —  They  raised  his  salary ,  and  paid  it  promptly, 
and  contributed  more  to  every  Board  than  they  had  ever  done  be/ore/ 

Such  is  the  natural  and  common  result  The  uncommon  effort  does 
not  impoverish,  weaken  or  paralyze  the  subject,  but  gives  new  and  con- 
scious vigor,  courage,  hopefulness,  manliness,  and,  by  the  blessing  of 
God,  enlarged  ability.  Make  it  self-sustaining,  and  it  immediately  comes 
into  fellowship  with  a  new  class  of  churches,  and  by  the  effort  becomes 
able  to  do  more  than  it  ever  had  done  before. 

When  Dr.  Chalmers  was  wrestling  with  that  problem  of  pauperism 
in  large  cities  and  manufacturing  centres,  he  dwelt  much  on  the  impor- 
tance of  keeping  up  the  manliness  and  conscious  independence  of  the 
poor,  so  that  they  would  not  consent  to  receive  charity  except  in  some 
emergency,  or  continue  to  receive  it  a  day  longer  than  the  emergency 
lasted.  When  one  consents  to  receive  help,  though  able  to  support  him- 
self, he  is  pauperized  in  spirit ,  and  his  pauperism  is  likely  to  become 
chronic  and  incurable.     And  hence  we  have  so  many  paupers. 

And  a  church  that  consents  to  draw  aid  from  our  Board  one  day  after 
it  is  able  to  be  self-supporting,  is  demoralized,  pauperized  in  spirit,  in  no 
healthy  condition,  and  in  danger  of  continuing  to  clutch  all  proffered  aid, 
and  lose  all  desire  to  assume  its  normal  condition  of  self-support  There 
are  such  churches,  churches  that  are  able  to  live  by  their  own  sufficient 
and  inherent  vitality,  but  who  do  live  by  drawing  nutriment  from  others. 


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Bat  in  this  category  we  do  not  by  any  means  include  all.  There  are 
many  feeble  churches  most  worthy  of  aid,  and  doing  all  in  their  power 
to  sustain  the  means  of  grace.  To  such  it  is  always  a  pleasure  to  render 
aid,  as  it  is  always  to  lend  a  hand  to  the  tottering  child  trying  to  walk 
alone.  But  these  other  churches,  that  have  received  aid  so  long,  that 
were  able  to  walk  alone,  that  ought  to  have  withdrawn  from  the  Board 
long  ago,  that  are  receiving  aid  from  other  churches  much  weaker  than 
they, — such  churches  ought  to  be  made  to  cut  loose  from  the  Board.  If 
persuasion  will  not  avail,  aid  ought  to  be  withheld.  And  when  we  are 
overwhelmed  with  debt,  and  every  mail  brings  us  almost  frantic  appeals 
from  the  missionaries  for  aid  long  overdue,  and  we  are  trying  to  rouse 
these  demoralized  churches  to  self-support,  to  quicken  their  moral  sense, 
to  "  create  a  soul  under  the  ribs  of  death ;"  we  beg  of  our  brethren  of 
the  other  Boards  not  to  misunderstand  us,  or  thwart  our  endeavors,  or 
suppose  we  would  belittle  them  or  dwarf  their  resources,  but  to  lend  a 
helping  hand  to  effect  the  desired  result,  being  sure  that  every  church 
that  can  be  carried  up  to  self-support  is  sure  to  be  a  better  contributor 
to  every  good  work  than  ever  before. 

3.  In  building  up  self-sustaining  churches^  we  are  doing  most  effectu- 
ally what  all  the  Boards  seek  to  accomplish.  The  extension  and  building 
up  of  the  Church,  and  the  conversion  of  men,  is  the  great  end  and  aim  of 
all  the  Boards.  Many  people  talk  about  giving  to  the  Boards  as  if  they 
were  a  divinely  appointed  end,  and  not  means  to  an  end.  But  the  end  is 
the  conversion  of  the  world ;  and  that  is  to  be  done  by  covering  the  earth 
with  churches.  And  when  those  churches  are  self-sustaining,  they  will 
accomplish,  in  themselves,  every  object  sought  by  any  Board.  They 
will  have  a  church  edifice,  and  a  minister  of  the  gospel,  and  a  Sabbath- 
school,  and  religious  literature.  We  may  then  disband  our  Boards. 
Their  work  is  done.  The  end  has  been  reached;  the  means  to  that  end 
are  no  longer  necessary.  When  a  church  becomes  self-sustaining,  so  far 
forth,  and  in  its  particular  field,  it  does  the  work  of  all  the  Boards,  and 
whether  it  contributes  anything  directly  to  them  or  not,  it  releases  its 
grasp  on  all  it  might  have  claimed  from  them  to  be  used  elsewhere.  To 
build  up*  a  church  and  make  it  effective,  is  a  higher  duty  and  a  greater 
work  than  to  contribute  to  any  Board  the  Church  ever  made  I  *'  For  if 
any  provide  not  for  his  own^  and  specially  for  those  of  his  own  house , 
he  hath  denied  the  faith,  and  is  worse  than  an  infideV^     (I  Tim.  v.  8.) 

What  if  our  Board  were  utterly  bankrupt,  and  could  not  furnish  the* 
feeble  churches  a  single  dollar,  and  here  is  a  church  that,  by  its  utmost 
endeavor,  can  barely  raise  salary  enough  to  keep  its  pastor, — which  is  the 
more  important,  to  keep  him  and  give  nothing  to  the  Boards,  or  give 
$100  to  the  Boards  and  lose  their  pastor?  And  if  they  lose  him  they 
lose  the  preaching  of  the  gospel,  God's  great  instrumentality  in  consery- 
ing  the  Church  and  saving  the  souls  of  men.  At  length  the  congrega- 
tion and  Sabbath-schools  would  be  scattered,  the  weekly  prayer-meeting 
cease,  the  house  of  God  go  to  decay,  and  immorality  4Lnd  infidelity  come 


292  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  [Oct 

in  like  a  flood.     Which,  then,  i»  the  most  important  duty  m  such  a  time 
of  financial  distress  aa  this  ? 

But  the  Church  and  the  Boards  are  not  to  be  placed  in  antagonism, 
or  weighed  one  against  the  other ;  they  belong  to  the  same  scale.  And 
while  we  magnify  self-support  in  the  churches,  we  do  not  degrade — we 
magnify  the  Boards  themselves — by  laying  over  on  the  individual  church 
what  would  otherwise  be  a  tax  on  the  Boards. 

We  know  a  church  planted  at  an  important  point,  a  congregation  of 
faithful  souls,  in  whose  houses  are  heard  the  voice  of  prayer  and  songs 
of  praise;  they  maintain  a  weekly  prayer-meeting  and  sustain  a  thriving 
Sabbath-school.  They,  with  their  pastor,  have  determined  to  pay  as 
they  go  and  ask  no  foreign  aid.  They  are  not  able  to  pay  half  his  salary ; 
what  they  fail  to  make  up  he  supplies  from  a  too  scanty  purse.  They 
are  building  a  church  edifice — asking  no  aid  from  the  Church  Erection 
Board — adding  stone  to  stone  as  theur  means  allow.  They  ask  nothing 
from  any  of  the  Boards  and  give  nothing  to  them;  but  they  make 
great  and  heroic  sacrifices  to  plant  a  church  of  Christ  permanently  in 
that  locality,  to  open  a  fountain  that  shall  flow  perpetually  for  the  spir- 
itual refreshment  of  all  the  people  that  surround  them. 

What  has  this  church  done  ?  It  has  wrested  from  the  grasp  of  the 
dt?vil  a  portion  of  God's  fair  earth  that  had  been  ruled  over  by  the  great 
usurper,  and  they  have  annexed  it  to  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven  on  the 
earth  1  They  have  fought  the  battle  and  obtained  a  victory  for  Christ, 
and  henceforth  no  Board  of  the  Church  need  have  any  care  for  that  field. 
That  church,  on  that  field,  has  released  them  from  all  care.  And  when 
the  whole  world  is  thus  occupied,  the  Church  will  shine  in  all  her  glory, 
but  the  Boards  will  be  no  more  I 

This  church,  so  far  forth,  has  fulfilled  its  divine  commission;  and  to 
go  about  inquiring  whether  it  has  contributed  to  all  the  Boards  or  not, 
is  as  absurd  as  it  is  short-sighted  and  superficial.  It  has  done  the  work, 
no  matter  what  record  of  its  deeds  is  wanting!  To  build  up  such  a 
church  is  the  highest  form  of  benevolence.  It  is  charity  broad  as  the 
world  in  its  spirit,  but  limited  in  its  eff'ort  only  by  limited  resources. 

And  does  any  one  suppose  that  the  divine  impetus  they  obtain  in  this 
self-sacrificing  eftort  will  have  expended  itself  in  reaching  the  self-sus- 
taining point?  All  analogy  is  against  it.  When  the  "American  Board" 
pushed,  almost  forced  the  Sandwich  Islands  Mission  to  self-support,  it 
sprang  at  once  into  the  work  of  carrying  the  gospel  to  the  idolatrous 
islands  beyond. 

Most  of  the  Foreign  Missionary  churches,  even  in  this  country,  give 
nothing  to  the  other  Boards,  yet  who  doubts  their  self-denying  spirit  or 
their  willingness  to  aid  others  the  moment  they  have  the  ability  to  do  so. 
The  missions  of  Central  Turkey  may  be  called  the  glory  of  all  mission 
fiejds,  and  it  has  become  such,  partly,  if  not  mainly,  because  of  the  most 
persistent  pushing  of  the  missionaries  that  they  should  assume  self-sup- 
port.    And  we  have  never  known  a  church  that  struggled  nobly  to  reach 


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self-support,  that  did  not  thenceforward  aid  all  the  Boards  with  corre- 
sponling  liberality. 

B  it  we  know  churches  that  draw  $250  or  more  from  our  Treasury, 
and  they  contribute  to  all  Ute  Boards,  and  some  of  them  do  it,  not  by 
taking  up  a  collection  in  any  proper  sense,  but  by  sending  forward  $5  to 
be  divided  among  them  pro  rata,  according  to  the  Assembly's  Schedule. 
Which  of  the  twp  have  done  the  better  service  for  the  Master?  The 
Church  is  God's  agency — divine  and  perpetual.  The  Boards  are  tempo- 
rary expedients,  human  inventions,  good  in  their  place  and  time,  and  as 
such  to  be  commended  and  aided.  But  they  must  never  be  put  in  the 
place  of  God's  permanent  organizations  for  the  conversion  of  men,  the 
churches  of  Christ 

Hence,  we  do  not  hesitate  to  urge  anew,  to  repeat  all  that  we  have 
said  at  other  times,  about  the  importance  of  self-support-  We  have  not 
said  enough  in  the  past,  and  we  wish  we  could  give  it  tenfold  emphasis,  < 
when  we  say  to  the  missionary  churches  that  have  long  had  aid  and  are 
approximating  self-support,  Reach  forth!  make  a  vigorous,  united  effort! 
Get  out  of  this  condition  of  dependence!  We  are  willing,  according  to 
our  power,  yea  beyond  our  power,  as  many  can  testify,  to  aid  a  church 
that  is  needy.  But  we  would  say  to  them  all,  *'  If  thou  mayest  be  made 
FREE,  use  it  7'ather."  Gird  up  your  energies!  Combine  your  efforts! 
Assert  your  independence  and  be  free!  Then  inquire  what  new  duties 
your  new  position  demands. 


THE  SYNODS. 

Nearly  all  the  Synods  meet  in  October,  and  mainly  the  second  and 
third  weeks.  The  secretaries  have  received  many  invitations  to  be 
present  at  the  various  Synods,  and  will  attend  as  many  as  possible,  hop- 
ing to  assist  the  brethren  in  action  appropriate  to  the  present  demands  of 
the  Home  Missionary  work.  But  it  is  apparent  at  a  glance,  that  the 
secretaries  cannot  attend  the  half  of  the  synodical  meetings.  Eighteen 
or  twenty  Synods  meet  the  third  week  in  October. 

We  hope  the  brethren  in  all  the  Synods,  having  regard  to  the  desti- 
tutions in  their  own  bounds,  and  in  all  the  frontier  States  and  Territories, 
will  devise  liberal  things  for  the  Board,  not  forgetting,  by  any  means, 
the  Department  of  Sustentation.  We  ask  especial  attention  to  the 
small  amount  received  this  financial  year,  and  the  enormous  debt 
which  we  are  carrying  into  the  fall  and  winter.  The  times  are  indeed 
hard — business  is  not  prosperous  in  the  country.  But  how  few  have 
become  bankrupt — how  many  are  making  steady  gains  against  dis- 
advantages ;  and  the  crops  of  the  country  are  wonderful.  Floods  and 
heavy  rains  in  a  few  small  sections  of  the  country,  and  grasshoppers  in 
a  few  others,  did  some  damage  to  the  crops,  but  mainly  the  products  of 
the  earth  have  turned  out  in  great  profusion. 

We  hope  the  strong  men  in  the  Synods  will  speak  animating  and 
encouraging  words  for  Home  Missions.     For  if  railways  cease  to  be 


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built,  or  mines  to  yield  large  dividends,  the  erer-advancing  tide  of  popu- 
lation makes  continual  demand  for  churches  and  missionaries.  Whether 
the  times  be  prosperous  or  adverse,  the  call  for  missionaries  continues, 
and  the  Church  must  heed  the  call  and  send  out  helpers.  We  hope  the 
large  churches  will  take  a  fit  opportunity  and  obtain  large  contributions, 
for  we  shall  surely  need  them ;  and  let  the  missionary  churches  remem- 
ber that  to  reduce  their  applications  to  the  Board,  not  by  cutting  down  the 
pastor^s  salary,  but  by  paying  anotlier  $100  toward  it,  is  equivalent  to  a 
contribution  to  us  of  $100. 


WOMAN'S  WORK. 


The  warm-hearted  Christian  women  are  busy  making  preparation  to 
aid  the  Home  Missionaries.  Many  a  missionary  box  is  already  under 
way.  Let  nothing  but  what  is  good  and  serviceable  find  way  into  them, 
and  let  something  good  for  every  member  of  the  family  find  way  there. 
We  hope,  if  the  acquaintance  the  various  societies  made  with  the  mis- 
sionaries they  supplied  last  year  was  pleasant,  they  will  send  boxes  to 
the  same  families  this  year.  Knowing  what  you  sent  last  year,  you 
will  know  the  better  what  to  send  this  year. 

But  the  women  are  taking  an  advanced  position  in  our  Church  with 
regard  to  Home  Missions.  They  are  no  longer  content  to  furnish  a  box ; 
they  are  now  undertaking  to  furnish  the  missionary  himself  with  the 
amount  promised  by  our  Board.  Let  that  work  go  on.  How  many 
Women's  Mission  Societies  in  our  Church  could  furnish  $250  per  annum, 
and  that  is  the  average  support  of  a  missionary.  Many  of  the  ladies 
see  that  money  is  needed  as  well  as  boxes,  and  if  they  cannot  give  $250, 
let  them  forward  half  that  amount,  or  a  quarter,  or  a  tenth  part.  Let 
them  by  all  means  raise  some  money  besides  the  missionary  box,  and 
send  to  us,  and  it  shall  not  fail  of  the  purpose  they  have  in  view. 


FINANCIAL  STATEMENT. 

Home  Missions. 
For  the  five  months  ending  September  1,  18T5: 

18T4.  1W5. 

Receipts  from  churches,         $44,616  60  $3([,996  86 

Legacies,  13,844  09  8,566  9T 

Miscellaneous,  6,245  68  3,321  81 


$64,206  3Y  $49,885  64 

Loss,     $14,230  73.    Debt  of  Home  Missions,  Sept.  1,     $90,000. 
Susteniation  Department. 


Loss,     $8,009  22. 


1874.  1876. 

$17,531  48  $9,522  26 


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SUSTENTATION  DEPARTMENT. 

The  Presbyterian  Quarterly  and  Princeton  Review  for  July,  in  speak- 
ing of  the  Committee  appointed  by  the  Assembly  "to  report  to  next 
Assembly,  if  possible,  a  plan  by  which"  Home  Missions  and  Sustenta- 
tion  "can  be  brought  to  unity  and  efficiency  of  operation,"  says: 

"We  hope  so  able  and  judicious  a  Committee  can  find  some  way  to  a 
solution  of  the  alleged  conflict,  or,  as  some  say,  incompatibility  between 
Home  Missions  and  Sustentation,  Vithout  sacrificing  or  jeopardizing 
either.  Of  course  some  friction  or  temporary  collision  is  always  likely 
to  attend  the  early  experimental  workings  of  new  and  untried  schemes, 
from  causes  unforeseen,  and  therefore  incapable  of  being  guarded  against 
till  they  are  revealed  by  experience. 

"  The  Sustentation  Scheme  encounters  difficulties  here  in  our  numerous 
and  ever-expanding  missionary  field,  not  experienced  in  the  compact 
communities  and  settled  social  and  ecclesiastical  conditions  of  the  Old 
World. 

"But  none  the  less  do  we  think  it  would  prove  an  irreparable  loss, 
if  we  should  suffer  the  principle  of  Sustentation  to  perish  out  of  our 
church  schemes." 


CORRESPONDENCE  OF  MISSIONARIES. 

Oallfornia. 

My  commission  has  arrived.  It  was  so  near  my  first  quarterly  report 
that  I  did  not  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  it  when  first  received.  My 
aged  heart  was  made  warm  when  I  told  the  members  of  our  little  church 
that  my  commission  had  come.  Tears  stood  in  the  eyes  of  aged  parents, 
and  with  extended  hands  and  broken  accents,  they  said,  "  We  shall  be  able 
to  support  our  minister  now,  so  that  he  can  give  his  whole  time  to  the 
work."  Oh  how  thankful !  said  one  ;  God  has  provided  for  this  vine, — 
this  young  and  tender  vine,  not  yet  one  year  old. 

I  have  labored  on  this  field  over  two  years,  and  have  suffered  many 
privations  for  the  want  of  a  little  help.  I  was  not  willing  to  call  on  the 
Board  of  Home  Missions  for  aid  until  I  had  reason  to  believe  that  a  self- 
sustaining  church  could  be  built  up  here.  Last  September,  we  organ- 
ized a  church  of  three  members ;  we  now  number  eighteen  members ; 
twelve  are  heads  of  families,  six  are  children  of  these  parents,  and  mem- 
bers of  our  Sabbath-school.  I  preach  at  four  different  places  on  this 
field ;  once  in  two  weeks  at  each  point.  Have  two  Sabbath-schools  to 
superintend  in  the  meantime.  God  is  at  work  in  our  Sabbath-schools ; 
children  are  learning  that  Christ  has  power  on  earth  to  forgive  sins.  This 
is  more  fully  seen  in  our  weekly  prayer-meetings.  I  have  two  weekly 
prayer-meetings  at  two  different  points  where  I  preach.  In  these  meet- 
ings Zion  is  travailing ;  the  revival  spirit  has  continued  with  us  since 
last  fall.  Two  weeks  ago  seven  rose  up  to  be  prayed  for;  two  were  a 
young  married  couple,  two  others  prominent  men,  and  three  children. 

The  last  Sabbath  of  May  was  our  communion.  A  minister  of  the 
M.  E,  Church  from  near  Stockton  came  out  on  a  visit.  He  spent  the 
Sabbath  with  me,  and  took  part  in  the  services.  Between  twenty  and 
thirty  came  to  the  Lord's  table.  The  season  was  pleasant  and  refresh- 
ing. Jesus  was  truly  at  the  feast.  Members  of  three  different  churches 
communed  together :  they  were  all  one  in  Christ  Jesus.  ^-^  , 

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296  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  [Oct. 

Kansas. 

Dear  Brethren — The  labors  of  the  last  three  months  have  been  in  the 
line  of  the  injunction  to  the  angel  of  the  church  of  Sardis — "Be  watchful, 
and  strengthen  the  things  that  remain,  that  are  ready  to  die."  While 
I  cannot  say  with  strictest  truth  that  our  cause  is  ready  to  die,  I  can 
say  that  in  all  things  we  have  been  depressed.  Our  finances  arc 
depressed.  Very  few  of  my  people  have  had  enough  fruits  from  last 
yearns  labor  to  carry  them  and  their  families  through  the  year.  Conse- 
quently, their  subscriptions  to  the  ftind  for  building  our  church,  when 
they  mature,  are  either  slowly  paid  or  only  paid  with  promises  for  the 
future.  It  is  somewhat  so  with  their  subscriptions  to  my  salai:y,  so  that 
in  these  things  we  are  not  buoyant.  Then,  as  a  partial  consequence, 
instead  of  being  driven  to  God  with  great  courage  and  faith,  we  have 
been  in  some  degree  spiritually  paralyzed.  But  I  think  I  see  more  hope- 
ful indications.  Already  I  think  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  has  begun  to 
move  for  our  better  health.  There  is  more  inten^st  and  prayer  for  our 
Sabbath-school;  there  is  a  better  understanding  between  some  of  our 
brethren,  and  there  is  the  first  breath  of  a  movement  toward  finishing 
our  church.  We  have  enough  subscribed,  with  what  is  promised  by  the 
Board  of  Church  Erection,  to  complete  the  house,  but  we  cannot  make 
our  subscription  immediately  available.  I  cannot  but  believe,  however, 
that  our  good  Lord  will  soon  open  the  way  for  us  to  begin  to  finish  the 
house. 

Although  some  of  our  circumstances  are  depressing,  I  am  led  to  see 
that  the  work  of  "holding  on"  and  "staying  by  the  stuff"  is  as  necessary 
as  the  aggressive  victorious  warfare.  I  recently  took  a  little  trip  west 
of  this,  some  175  miles,  in  an  open  buggy,  to  hunt  up  a  prodigal  son  of  a 
father  in  Ireland,  and  also  to  inquire  into  the  destitution  of  some  of  the 
frontier  counties.  I  found  the  man,  and  carried  him  the  blessing  of  his 
father  and  of  our  Father,  but  while  he  thanked  me  for  the  mission,  he 
was  not  ready  to  arise  and  go  to  his  father.  I  found  also  some  facts  in 
regard  to  the  .suffering.  There  is  a  great  deal  of  privation,  much  actual 
suffering,  much  more  than  most  people  are  aware  of;  there  is  also  a  vast 
amount  of  aid  coming  in,  and  needful  too,  to  carry  the  destitute  over  till 
warmer  weather;  there  have  also  been  great  abuses  of  the  charity,  and 
many  have  represented  themselves  as  needy  who  are  abundantly  able  to 
take  care  of  themselves.  I  hope  that  the  stream  of  loving-kindness, 
flowing  from  the  East,  will  not  stop  till  the  warm  weather  fairly  sets  in. 
The  abuses  of  benevolence  are  no  argument  for  withholding  charity 
when  needed,  for  fear  that  the  unworthy  will  receive  of  it.     We  cannot 

kill  sharks  by  starving  the  good  fish.     I  found  our  churches  at  C 

and  C were  vacant;  also  heard  that   B was  vacant.     I  hope 

these   places   may   be   manned  soon.     They  are  especially  desirous  at 

C to  have  a  minister.     If  our  young  men  at  the  Seminaries  could 

only  see  how  much  men  need  the  gospel  in  these  new  places,  and  how 
much  good  churches  planted  and  cared  for  really  do,  I  think,  with  the 
.spirit  of  Christ  in  their  hearts,  they  would  press  more  eagerly  into  our 
new  fields.  I  was  amazingly  encouraged  in  our  work  here  by  the  con- 
trast for  good  with  any  other  place  that  I  visited.  I  thought,  although 
we  had  labored  amid  what  I  thought  were  uncommon  discouragements, 
we  had  not  labored  in  vain — we  had  been  richly  rewarded  thus  far.  AVe 
have  boen  "  breaking  prairie"  for  a  long  time,  but,  with  God's  blessing,  a 
rich  harvest  will  come.  God  bless  our  churches  that  are  interested  in 
the  great  Home  Mission  work.  C.  F.  M. 


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Illinois. 

Dear  Brethren — This  month  closes  my  connection  with  you,  since, 
as  I  have  heretofore  informed  you,  we  have  concluded  to  make  a  strong 
effort  to  be  self-sustaining,  in  order  that  the  very  needy  churches  may 
receive  more  help.  It  is,  of  course,  an  experiment,  and  may  fail.  But  we 
shall  trust  God  to  give  us  prosperity.  I  and  my  church  are  under 
the  deepest  obligations  to  you.  1  especially  am  under  bonds  of  love  to 
you  for  the  promptness  of  your  payments. 

In  the  three  years  of  my  pastoral  work  here  we  have  had  quite  as 
great  growth  as  could  have  been  expected.  But  few  have  been  added, 
and  yet  among  them  are  more  than  an  average  number  of  efficient,  ear- 
nest Christians.  We  have  paid  off  the  church  debt  of  a  few  hundred; 
finished  and  furnished  our  basement  room ;  purchased  an  organ  for  Sab- 
bath-school;  refixed  our  church-steeple  injured  by  storm.  My  salary 
has  been  paid  promptly.  The  prayer-meetings  are  well  sustained. 
There  is  no  division  in  the  church.  The  town  is  growing.  Our  male 
members,  forty-one.  are  industrious  and  prospering.         ^  ■         H.  L. 


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TbK  HARVKST  truly  IB  GREAT,  BUT  TBB  LABORBR8  ARE  FEW;  PRAT  TS  THERK70RB  THE  LORD 
OF  THE  HARVEST,  THAT  BE  WOULD  BEIfD  FORTH  LABORERS  IK  TO  HIS  HARVEST. — LfUkO  Z.  2. 


THE  TREASURY. 

The  lessons  of  "the  treasury"  are  among  the  most  important  and 
significant  in  respect  to  the  zeal,  self-denial,  and  real  consecration  of  pro- 
fessed Christians  to  the  service  of  their  Lord. 

The  contributions  to  the  cause  of  Ministerial  Education  through  the 
Board  for  the  summer  have  been  light.  We  need  at  this  time  about 
eleven  thousand  dollars,  after  paying  all  the  last  collegiate  year's  dues, 
to  make  us  square.  And  we  have  nothing  yet  with  which  to  meet  the 
demands  which  the  recommendations  that  you  are  now  making  through 
your  Presbyteries  will  very  soon  press  upon  us. 

It  is  certainly  one  of  your  first  and  most  urgent  duties  to  supply  the 
means  of  procuring  instruction  and  the  necessaries  of  life  to  those  whom 
you  have  adjudged  qualified  to  prepare  themselves  to  be  laborers  in  the 
spiritual  harvest  field. 

THE  FALL  SYNODS. 

The  Synods  meet  this  fall  under  circumstances  which  fill  the  Chris- 
tian heart  with  concern.  The  Spirit  of  God  stands  waiting  to  bestow 
gifts  of  salvation,  greater  and  richer  probably  than  the  land  has  ever 
enjoyed.  Men's  hearts  everywhere  are  troubled,  and  looking  for  those 
things  which  are  coming  on  the  earth.  The  urgent  prayers  of  the 
Church  in  recent  years  for  the  conversion  of  the  world  have  ascended  to 
heaven  and  moved  the  arm  of  the  Lord.  He  is  making  it  bare  in  the 
eyes  of  all  the  nations,  and  all  the  ends  of  the  earth  shall  see  the  salva- 
tion of  our  God.  Now  our  great  duty  is,  to  "  prepare  the  way  of  the 
Lord,  and  make  his  paths  straight."  ^.^.^.^^^  ^^ GoOglc 


298  BOARD  OP  EDUCATION.  [Oct. 

The  summary  of  information  in  regard  to  the  work  of  this  Board 
within  the  bounds  of  each  Synod  will  be  sent  to  its  Education  Commit- 
tee. This  summary  should  be  carefully  examined,  and  the  statements  as 
to  each  of  the  Presbyteries  be  carefully  considered,  in  their  bearings  upon 
the  advancement  of  the  cause  of  our  Redeemer ;  upon  the  want  of  men 
to  preach  the  gospel  in  home  and  foreign  fields ;  upon  the  duties  of  young 
men,  parents,  teachers,  and  Christians  generally;  and  upon  the  claims 
of  the  Board  of  Education  upon  all  for  their  sympathy,  prayers,  and 
liberal  pecuniary  support.  This  pecuniary  support  is  greatly  needed 
just  now.  

THE  COMING  REYIYAL. 

The  Great  Revival  has  begun!  In  a  historical  account  of  "the  Great 
Revival  of  1800,"  which  was  published  three  years  ago,  the  writer  of 
this  article  used  the  following  language  as  the  opening  words  of  the 
first  chapter:  "It  is  most  evident  that  the  Christian  Church  is  again 
upon  the  eve  of  one  of  those  great  impulses  in  the  growth  of  the  King- 
dom of  God  on  earth  which  we  commonly  entitle  a  'reformation'  or  *  revi- 
val.' The  Lord  Almighty  does  not  carry  forward  the  growth  of  that 
Kingdom  by  an  even  and  gradual  expansion,  which  would  leave  it  to 
men  to  claim  the  glory  of  it.  It  advances  like  a  river,  which  rarely 
follows  far  a  straight  line,  which  may  for  long  distances  be  troubled  and 
turbid,  but  suddenly  breaks  out  at  intervals  upon  its  course  into  broad, 
peaceful  expansions  or  lakes,  surrounded  by  scenes  of  extraordinary 
fertility  and  beauty.  It  grows  upon  a  principle  like  that  which  the 
Creator  has  impressed  upon  many  genera  of  the  vegetable  kingdom — 
grasses,  canes,  trees — by  a  succession  of  nodes,  or  axes,  or  joints;  points 
where,  at  considerable  distances  apart,  the  compressed  life  of  the  stem 
breaks  out  into  spreading  branches,  laden  with  foliage  and  fruit.  The 
Kingdom  of  God  has  thus  ever  increased  by  a  succession  of  sudden  and 
vigorous  expansions,  whose  intervals  have  not  been  without  regularity 
or  plan.  It  is  one  of  these  great  expansions  of  spiritual  life  which  seems 
now  to  be  at  hand." 

How  wonderfully  have  these  deductions  from  the  history  of  the 
Church  in  past  ages  been  fulfilled  in  the  experience  of  our  fellow-chris- 
tians  in  Great  Britain  I  The  outpourings  of  the  Holy  Spirit  began  there 
in  June,  1873.  First  they  were  felt  in  the  cities  of  the  English  border, 
then  in  those  of  Scotland.  The  oldest  ministers  there  say  that  they 
"have  never  seen  anything  that  in  extent  and  depth  of  interest  ap- 
proached to  the  present  movement,"  and  that  "there  has  been  nothing 
like  it  since  the  Reformation."  It  went  with  undiminished  power 
through  Ireland.  It  recently  came  to  a  climax  in  London,  wh^re  four 
series  of  meetings,  in  different  parts  of  the  city,  were  attended  by  the 
amazing  and  almost  incredible  number  of  over  two  millions  one  hundred 
thousand  people.  Tens  of  thousands  have  been  converted  to  God.  The 
religious  spirit  of  millions  has  been  revolutionized.  Impulses  have 
gone  forth  into  the  countries  of  the  continent  of  Europe,  and  into  all  the 
British  colonies,  which  will  prepare  the  way  among  them  also  for  revi- 
vals of  unprecedented  power.  It  is  the  preparation  for  a  still  greater 
work  of  God  in  America. 

God  has  ploughed  up  the  soil  of  this  whole  nation  by  the  horrors  of 
war,  by  great  commercial  and  financial  calamities,  by  the  permission  of 
many  dreadful  exhibitions  of  the  sinfulness,  and  wretchedness,  and  help- 
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lessness  of  men  without  the  gospel.  Here,  where  religion  is  untram- 
melled by  old  bondage  to  the  state  ;  here  where  the  poor  and  laboring 
classes  are  in  so  much  more  favorable  circumstances  to  hear  and  to  enjoy 
the  privileges  of  the  gospel ;  here  where  the  people  of  all  nations  have 
flowed  together,  and  whence  they  shall  bear  with  so  much  effect  the 
truth  to  the  kindreds  and  nations  which  are  untaught ;  here  where 
great  and  powerful  revivals  have  so  often  been  granted  in  the  past,  what 
immense  outpourings  have  we  to  expect  in  the  days  to  come !  Tens  of 
thousands  of  converts  in  the  Old  World  are  earnestly  praying  that 
''America^^  maybe  visited  speedily  with  such  a  revival!  The  Great 
Revival  has  indeed  begun,  through  Americans,  in  Britain.  Thus  God  is 
commencing  that  glorious  work  of  grace  to  a  fallen  world  which  will 
soon  fill  all  this  continent,  and  swiftly  spread  hence  to  the  old  continents 
on  either  hand,  and  to  the  islands  of  the  sea.  0  Lord,  hasten  it,  for 
Jesus'  sake. 

THE  SPIRIT  OF   GOD'S   INSTRUMENTS  IN  THE   BRITISH 

REVIVAL. 

The  men  whom  God  used  as  his  instruments  were  thoroughly  filled 
with  the  spirit  and  power  of  his  word.  They  intensely  realized  the 
infinite  power,  the  infinite  wisdom,  the  infinite  goodness,  the  infinite  holi- 
ness, the  infinite  mercy  of  the  Divine  Being.  They  were  fully  sensible 
that  they  were  nothing  at  all  except  as  his  instruments.  They  were 
inspired,  energized  and  exalted,  with  ardent  and  never-resting  zeal  for  the 
glory  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  Thus  they  were  qualified  for  the  use 
to  which  God  put  them.  Iron  is  the  basest  and  commonest  of  metals ; 
but  it  is  iron  which  the  surgeon  chooses  as  the  material  for  his  operating 
instruments.  They  are  made  not  of  gold,  or  silver,  or  other  costly  sub- 
stances; they  are  not  enriched  with  ornaments,  but  are  plain  in  their 
form.  But  this  iron  can  be,  and  must  have  been,  purified  in  successive  fur- 
naces, carbonized  into  steel,  hammered,  filed,  ground,  polished,  sharpened, 
until  it  is  just  suited  to  the  Master's  designs. 

Some  of  us  can  remember  the  humble  beginnings  of  Mr.  Moody's 
labors,  and  have  seen  him  go  out  into  the  drinking  saloons,  the  haunts 
of  vice,  the  homes  of  the  poor  and  despised,  and  bring  in  men  and  women, 
black  and  white,  people  sometimes  yet  under  the  influence  of  liquor  and 
noisy,  into  the  hall  in  Chicago,  with  its  broad  platform  and  its  galleries. 
A  person  who  had  heard  something  of  him  went  once  to  a  meeting, 
expecting  to  hear  a  thrilling  and  powerful  address,  but  was  surprised  to 
find  it  held  in  a  low  room,  dimly  lighted  with  a  few  tallow  candles,  and 
the  leader  occupied  in  teaching  a  poor  negro  boy  to  read,  while  he  could 
himself  not  pronounce  some  of  the  words.  Nothing  has  more  astonished 
the  wise  and  the  learned  in  Great  Britain  than  the  unlettered  plainness, 
the  ungrammatical  language,  the  ''American"  phrases,  and  pronunciation, 
and  accent  of  this  apostolic  man.  And  they  have  been  as  much  aston- 
ished to  see  him  often  shut  them  all  out  of  the  meetiugs,  and  admit  only 
two  classes  of  persons,  by  tickets  which  had  been  distributed  by  suitable 
agents  through  every  comer  and  by-place  in  a  large  city,  that  is,  those 
who  needed  salvation  and  those  who  were  willing  to  help  them  to  find  it. 
Mr.  Moody  has  often  said:  ''Paul  counts  up  five  things  that  God 
makes  use  of — the  weak  things,  the  foolish  things,  the  base  things,  the 
despised  things,  and  the  things  that  are  not;  and  for  this  purpose,  that 
no  flesh  might  glory  in  his  sight ;  all  five  being  just  such  as  we  should 
despise.  He  can  and  will  use  us,  just  when  we  are  willing  to  be  humble 
for  Christ's  sake;  and  so  for  six  thousand  years  God  has  been  teaching 


300  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [Oct. 

men.  So  with  an  ass's  jawbone  Samson  slew  his  thousands.  So  at  the 
blowing  of  ram's  horns  the  walls  of  Jericho  fell.  Let  God  work  in  bis 
own  way,  and  with  his  own  instruments.  Let  all  rejoice  that  he  should. 
And  let  us  too  get  into  the  position  in  which  God  can  use  us." 


WONDERFUL  POWER  OF  A  SIMPLE  AND  LOVING  GOSPEL. 

The  subduing  power  of  the  gospel  of  Christ's  grace  was  seen  at  Mr. 
Moody's  meetings,  in  the  melting  down  of  the  hatred  and  prejudices  of 
people  of  all  sects ;  in  the  gathering  together  of  those  of  every  rank, 
from  the  late  Prime  Minister,  Mr.  Gladstone,  down  to  the  very  lowest 
and  wretchedest  inhabitants  of  the  kennels  of  the  great  towns ;  and  in 
the  concession  of  even  the  Romanist  priests  and  editors  that  this  "  won- 
derful quickening  of  religious  thought"  was  a  mighty  barrier  to  the  infi- 
delity into  which  society  is  drifting,  and  deserved  '*the  homage  of  their 
"respect."  What  a  testimony  to  the  eflfect  of  the  gospel  upon  the  spirits 
of  men  was  a  scene  when  Messrs.  Moody  and  Sankey  bade  farewell  to 
Scotland.  "His  sentences  were  interrupted  by  bursts  of  tears;  he  bent 
over  the  pulpit  sobbing,  and  buried  his  face  in  his  hands.  Among  the 
audience  the  flood  of  emotion  was  overpowering;  the  whole  meeting  was 
bathed  in  tears.  It  was  a  moment  of  inexpressible  tenderness;  the 
thoughts  and  feelings  of  past  months  came  rushing  back  in  a  torrent." 
Did  our  hearts  yearn  with  love  and  sympathy  and  pity  over  the  immor- 
tal souls  around  us,  how  many  who  now  despise  and  reject  our  labors 
would  most  joyfully  welcome  them ;  how  would  hard  hearts  and  bitter 
enmity  and  mocking  infidelity  be  melted  into  penitence,  aflTection,  and 
triumphant  rejoicing  in  Jesus  Christ!  A  fire  would  be  kindled  which 
would  run  swiftly  over  our  mountains,  and  over  our  prairies,  and  leap 
across  seas  to  other  lands  I 


BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 


RECENT  INTELLIGENCE. 

NoTicms  OF  Missionaries. — The  arrival  of  the  Rev.  D.  McGilvary 
and  his  family,  and  Dr.  Cheek,  at  Chiengmai,  is  reported ;  also  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Reading  and  Miss  Dewsnap  at  Gaboon.  We  have  to  report 
the  arrival  in  this  country,  on  visits,  of  Rev.  J.  Wherry  and  his  family, 
of  Peking;  Mrs.  Janvier,  of  Sabathu,  and  Mrs.  Phillips,  of  Zacatecas. 
The  Rev.  S.  J.  McFarland  and  his  family,  returning  to  Siam,  Rev. 
Eugene  P.  Dunlap  and  his  wife  also  for  Siam,  Rev.  William  Imbrie  and 
his  wife  for  Japan,  and  Miss  Prances  E.  Harshberger  for  Ningpo,  em- 
barked at  San  Francisco  on  the  1st  of  September.  Mr.  Dunlap  is  a 
member  of  the  Presbytery  of  Shenango.  Mr.  Imbrie  is  a  member  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Jersey  City,  a  son  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Imbrie  of  that  city. 
Miss  Harshberger  is  a  member  of  the  church  of  Milroy,  Penna.  The 
return  of  Rev.  J.  S.  Woodside  and  his  family  to  India  was  not  men- 
tioned at  the  time.  They  embarked  May  29th,  but  spent  some  time  in 
Ireland,  and  expected  to  proceed  on  their  journey  in  October. 

New  Converts. — In  the  city  of  Mexico,  ten  new  communicants  are 
reported ;  and  in  the  state  of  Guerrera,  brought  to  special  notice  by  the 
Acapulco  massacre,  eleven  congregations  are  now  spoken  of,  having 


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two  hundred  and  eighty  communicants,  the  fruit  mainly  of  native  evan- 
gelistic labor.  In  Rio  de  Janeiro  one  new  convert,  and  in  the  vicinity 
of  Rio  Claro  eleven  converts  at  one  place,  and  thirteen  at  another,  and 
the  baptism  of  eighteen  and  eleven  children  at  each  place  respectively, 
show  continued  encouragement  in  BraziL  At  Gaboon,  two  new  com- 
municants; in  Tripoli  two;  in  Zahleh  three;  in  Oroomiah  one,  a  Moham- 
medan religious  teacher;  in  Sabathu  two;  in  Ambala  three,  inmates  of 
the  Leper  Asylum. 

Letters  Received  to  September  14th. — From  the  Seneca  Mission, 
September  10th ;  Chippewa,  August  26th ;  Dakota,  September  3d :  Yoko- 
hama, August  14th;  Shanghai,  July  30th;  Ningpo,  July  1st;  Canton, 
July  29th;  Chiengmai,  May  28th;  Futtehgurh,  July  13th  ;  Saharunpur, 
July  5th;  Sabathu,  July  5th;  Rawal  Pindi,  July  31st;  Kolapore 
July  27th;  Tabriz,  July  20th;  Oroomiah,  June  Ist;  Teheran,  July  5th; 
Abeih,  August  17th;  Zahleh,  July  15th;  Monrovia,  August  3d;  Ga- 
boon, July  5th;  Rio  de  Janeiro,  July  24th;  Sao  Paulo,  July  25th; 
Rio  Claro,  July  14th;  Bahia,  July  20th;  Mexico,  August  18th;  Zacatecas, 
August  5th. 

Receipts  from  May  Ist  to  August  30th. — From  churches,  $53,338; 
from  individual  donors,  $4,170;  from  legacies,  $8,872 — in  all,  $66,382. 
Last  year  the  receipts  in  these  months  were  $63,036.  From  churches 
and  individual  donors — ^last  year,  $51,508;  this  year,  $57,509.  We  are 
very  grateful  to  be  able  to  make  so  good  a  report  Let  it  be  borne  in 
mind  that  the  expenditures  of  the  Board  average  this  year  about  $46,000 
a  month,  according  to  the  estimates  as  reduced,  and  then  approved. 
This  makes  a  sum  nearly  three  times  as  large  as  the  amount  received  in 
the  four  months  above  reported;  but  then  the  far  larger  part  of  the 
receipts  of  the  Board  reach  the  treasury  in  the  later  months  of  the  mis- 
sion year. 

Pkesbyterial  Co-operation. — The  last  General  Assembly  adopted 
the  following  recommendation:  "That  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 
endeavor  to  find  some  member  in  each  Presbytery  who  will  freely,  and 
from  his  own  zeal  in  behalf  of  missions,  act  within  his  Presbytery  as  its 
special  friend" — see  the  whole  resolution  on  page  498  of  the  Minutes. 

The  Board  has  not  yet  taken  any  action  on  this  recommendation.  In 
the  meantime,  the  Secretaries  agreed  to  send  a  circular,  asking  attention  to 
the  subject — ^not  suggesting  the  appointment  of  any  one,  but  leaving  it  to 
the  Presbytery  to  make  such  appointment,  if  it  were  coosidered  expe- 
dient. This  plan  was  tried  to  some  extent,  years  ago,  and  it  is  still  sub- 
stantially in  use  in  some  cases,  under  the  action  of  Presbyteries.  Their 
zealous  action  and  cooperation  are  of  essential  advantage  to  this  cause. 


FOREIGN  MISSIONS  OF  THE  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 

In  view  of  the  fact  that  most  of  our  churches  make  their  collections 
for  the  foreign  cause  in  the  ensuing  months,  we  give  here  some  general 


302  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [Oct 

statements  concerning  these  missions,  taken  chiefly  from  the  last  Annual 
Report. 

I.  Among  the  Indian  Tribei—lhe  Seneoas,  In  Wertern  New  York ;  Ohippewas,  in  Wisconsin ; 
Omahas,  in  Nebraska ;  Dakotas,  In  Dakota  Territory ;  Creeks  and  Seminoles,  in  Indian  Terri- 
tory ;  Navajoes,  In  New  Mexico  Territory ;  Nes  FerceSf  In  Idaho  Territory ;  Spokans,  In  Wash- 
ington Territory ;  15  ministers,  two  of  whom  are  natlvos ;  17  female  missionaries ;  13  natiro 
assistants ;  1,670  communicants ;  813  scholars. 

II.  Chinese  in  California— -2  ministers;  Z  female  missionaries;  6  natire  assistants;  00  com- 
municants ;  160  scholars. 

UI.  Japan— b  ministers ;  1  medical  missionary ;  7  female  missionaries ;  40  communicants ;  M 
scholars. 

JV.  Cftina— 30  ministers,  of  whom  12  are  natlres ;  — native  licentiate  preachers;!  medical 
missionary,  and  1  printer;  28  female  missionaries;  60  native  assistants;  1,143  communicants; 
746  scholars. 

V.  Siam  and  Laos— 7  ministers ;  8  native  licentiate  preachers :  1  medical  missionary ;  10  female 
missionaries ;  4  native  assistants ;  40  oommnnleants ;  40  scholars. 

VI.  India— AS  ministers,  of  whom  12  are  natives ;  46  female  missionaries ;  108  native  assistants ; 
067  communicants ;  7,261  scholars. 

VII.  Persia— 20  ministers,  of  whom  12  are  natives ;  10  native  licentiate  preachers ;  1  medical 
missionary ;  10  female  missionaries ;  64  native  assistants ;  707  communicants ;  064  scholars. 

VIII.  Syria — ^16  ministers,  of  whom  3  are  natives ;  1  printer ;  16  female  missionaries  ;  70  nativs 
assistants;  483 communicants ;  2,106 scholars. 

IX.  Western  Coast  of  Africa— 11  ministers,  of  whom  0  are  Amerioo-LIherians,  and  1  native ;  8 
native  licentiate  preachers ;  8  male  and  8  female  missionaries;  14  native  assistants;  430  commu- 
nicants ;  281  scholars. 

X.  Brazil—^  ministers,  of  whom  1  is  a  native ;  3  native  licentiate  preachers ;  11  female  mission- 
aries ;  503  communicants ;  246  scholars. 

XI.  Chili-^  ministers,  of  whom  1  is  a  native;  3  female  missionaries;  86  communicants;  06 
scholars. 

XII.  United  States  of  Colombia— 2  ministers ;  8  female  missionaries ;  1  native  assistant ;  20 
communicants;  25  scholars. 

XIII.  Mexico—^  ministers;  0  assistant  missionaries  appointed  In  the  country;  4  female 
missionaries;  1,000 communicants;  100  scholars. 

These  statistics  show  136  ministers  from  this  country  to  be  connected 
with  these  missions,  and  160  of  our  American  ladies.  The  staff  of  native 
ministers,  licentiate  preachers,  and  other  assistants,  is  large  and  increas- 
ing; 512  of  these  laborers  are  reported,  of  whom  45  are  ordained  minis- 
ters. The  number  of  communicants  is  nearly  7,000.  The  work  of  the 
printing  press  in  Syria,  India,  China,  Ac,  is  not  here  exhibited,  but  it  is 
large  and  of  great  moment.  The  number  of  scholars  reported  is  12,509. 
Besides  what  is  done  in  the  missions  here  enumerated,  the  Board  stands 
ready  to  forward  the  gifts  of  those  who  may  desire  to  aid  the  spread  of 
the  gospel  in  Papal  Europe,  at  no  cost  for  transmission,  and  with  the 
best  guaranty  of  judicious  expenditure  in  France,  Italy,  and  other  coun- 
tries.  Considerable  sums  have  been  expended  in  this  way,  and  with 
the  best  results. 

These  returns  are  to  the  1st  of  last  May.  Some  changes  have  since 
taken  place ;  several  new  missionaries  have  been  sent  out,  as  the  pages 
of  the  Record  show,  and  some  others  will  soon  be  sent  forth ;  but  speak- 
ing generally,  the  statistics  here  given  represent  the  foreign  work  of  the 
Church  as  well  as  such  figures  can  represent  it.  The  time  has  not  yet 
come  for  reporting  the  results  of  missionary  labor;  it  is  a  time  of  sowing 
seed,  rather  than  of  reaping.  The  leavening  work  of  the  gospel  in 
countries  like  Syria,  India,  and  China,  indeed  in  nearly  all  the  fields  of 
these  missions,  cannot  be  fully  seen  by  any  eye  but  that  of  faith,  but  it 
is  unquestionably  a  work  of  the  greatest  moment.       Digitized  by  GoOglc 


1876.]  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  303 

The  greatness  of  the  harvest  in  these  fields  should  ever  press  on  the 
heart  of  the  Church.  How  many  hundred  millions  of  our  fellow  men, 
sitting  in  the  region  and  shadow  of  death,  are  in  the  greatest  possible 
need  of  our  help;  and  how  remarkable  is  the  ordering  of  Divine  Provi- 
dence that  has  brought  them  within  reach  of  the  Church — ^nearly  all 
of  them  in  our  own  day!  And  alas,  how  few  are  the  laborers  I 
Our  Church  has  more  ministers  in  each  of  several  Synods,  and  more 
ministers  in  a  single  Western  State,  that  of  Iowa  for  example,  than 
in  all  these  missionary  countries  put  together.  We  must  not  cease  to 
offer  prayer  to  the  Lord  of  the  harvest  that  he  will  send  forth  laborers 
into  his  harvest.  * 

LIBERIA— THE  LESS  FAVORED  RACES. 

Dr.  Blyden's  letter,  on  another  page,  will  be  read  with  interest,  espe- 
cially as  it  speaks  of  the  reopening  of  the  High  School  in  Liberia.  He 
himself  graduated  from  this  school  when  it  was  under  the  charge  of  the 
Rev.  D.  A.  Wilson ;  and  so  did  Mr.  J.  T.  Dimery,  of  whose  death  in 
Monrovia  we  have  just  received  the  sad  news — one  who  was  among 
the  foremost  citizens  of  Liberia.  We  trust  this  school  may  now  become 
what  it  formerly  was,  and  what  is  still  greatly  needed,  a  manual  labor 
school  of  thorough  training  and  truly  Christian  influence. 

The  Liberia  missionary  work  of  the  Board  was  begun  in  1833.  Its 
primary  field  was  among  the  Americo-Liberians,  but  its  purpose  from 
the  first  had  reference  mainly  to  the  native  population  of*  the  interior. 
This  is  not  the  place  to  speak  of  the  good  men,  white  and  colored,  who 
have  been  at  work  for  Christ  in  this  field,  nor  of  their  discouragements 
and  success.  Latterly  the  missionaries  have  all  been  colored  men, 
and  their  work  has  been  conducted  somewhat  on  the  plan  of  home  mis* 
sions,  their  salaries  being  supplemented  by  the  Board ;  but  owing  to  the 
feebleness  of  their  churches,  nearly  all  their  support  has  been  derived 
from  the  Board.  The  last  Annual  Report  enumerated  six  ministers, 
one  licentiate  preacher,  ten  churches,  two  hundred  and  fifty  communi- 
cants, and  thirty  scholars.  More  men  could  be  employed  if  the  receipts 
of  the  mission  treasury  permitted;  but  the  Methodist  and  Baptist 
churches  in  Liberia,  as  in  this  country,  attract  our  colored  friends  more 
than  the  Presbyterian  or  the  Episcopal ;  the  latter,  however,  has  an  effi- 
cient mission  at  Cape  Pal  mas,  and  supports  ministers  at  other  places,  as 
does  also  the  Lutheran  Church. 

The  prospects  of  our  work  in  Liberia  proper  now  more  than  ever  will 
be  influenced  by  the  course  of  events.  We  must  hope  that  this  part  of 
Africa,  by  its  incentives  to  industry  and  enterprise,  by  its  good  schools, 
and  especially  by  its  religious  privileges,  may,  before  long,  be  able  to 
offer  to  colored  people  the  same  attractions  that  bring  German  and  other 
European  emigrants  in  such  large  numbers  to  this  country.  In  the 
greatly  changed  political  and  social  condition  of  the  colored  people  here, 
emigration,  rather  than  colonization,  is  the  idea;  and  in  order  to  emigra- 


304  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [Oct. 

tion  there  must  be  progress,  in  important  re8f>ect8,  in  Liberia — progress 
which,  we  trust,  will  soon  be  made  in  a  greater  degree  than  has  jet  been 
achieved.  Towards  this  progress  our  missionary  work  is  a  valuable, 
indeed,  an  indispensable  factor. 

Lying  back  from  Liberia,  and  also  within  its  borders,  is  the  purely 
native  population.  The  interior  tribes,  it  is  believed,  are  becoming 
accessible.  Our  missionary  plans  should  more  and  more  look  to  their 
having  the  gospel  preached  to  them.  We  cherish  hopes  of  great  good, 
both  for  Liberia  and  for  the  regions  beyond,  as  the  result  of  our  missionary 
labors.  The  past  colonization  and  missionary  labors  and  influences  have 
by  no  means  been  in  vain.  The  future,  we  trufet,  will  be  marked  by  the 
greater  spread  of  the  gospel  and  its  benign  influences. 

Let  us  remember,  first,  that  a  great  work  of  preparation  and  of  sowing 
good  seed  has  been  performed  in  Liberia,  and  generally  on  the  western 
coast  of  Africa,  from  Sierra  Leone  to  Gaboon,  though  with  large  inter- 
vening districts  as  yet  unoccupied.  And  second,  that  no  considerations 
of  race,  of  intelligence,  of  conventional  culture,  are  of  much  account  in 
our  missionary  views.  The  reader  of  such  a  book  as  Four  Years  in 
Ashantee,  by  a  Swiss  missionary,  which  has  been  lately  published,  will 
be  distressed  by  the  terrible  accounts  of  degradation  and  bloodshed 
which  he  describes.  These  Ashantees  are  not  polished,  interesting  peo- 
ple, such  as  many  account  the  inmates  of  Hindu  zenanas,  or  many  of  the 
Japanese,  the  Brahmans  or  the  Mandarins.  Alas!  for  the  poor  Ashantee 
women  I  Aad  the  best  men  of  the  kingdom  are  repulsive  savages  in  many 
respects.  But  they  are  not  beyond  the  reach  of  the  grace  of  God.  And 
that  grace  may  be  as  signally  displayed  in  the  lifting  up  of  a  down- 
trodden race  as  in  the  conversion  of  Brahmans  or  Mandarins,  perhaps  in 
a  far  more  signal  manner.  So  too  of  declining,  expiring  tribes,  such  as  we 
are  told  our  American  Indians  are ;  a  book  has  been  printed,  and  by  a  Pres- 
byterian minister  too — not  of  our  country,  to  show,  among  other  things, 
that  Missionary  Boards  make  a  great  mistake  in  spending  their  funds  on 
tribes  that  are  "dying  out."  But  is  not  this  a  wrong  way  to  put  the 
case  ?  If  they  are  not  to  continue,  but  must  pass  away,  the  more  do  they 
need  speedily  to  receive  the  knowledge  of  eternal  life.  As  to  passing  by 
the  degraded,  ignorant,  and  uncivilized  races,  in  order  to  reach  those 
who  are  in  some  degree  intelligent,  polite,  and  civilized — well,  we  do 
not  80  understand  our  Lord's  commandment.  This  respects  *'  every 
creature" — civilized  or  savage.  Neither  do  wo  so  understand  the  exam- 
ple of  the  first  Christians.  The  Apostle  Peter  might  have  made  a  splen- 
did argument  for  the  Hebrews  as  the  main  people  to  be  first  evangelifed, 
pointing  to  their  wonderful  history,  their  unrivalled  geographical  posi- 
tion, their  intellectual  force,  their  widely  spread  settlements  in  other 
countries;  so  the  Apostle  Paul  might  have  spent  a  part  of  his  unequalled 
eloquence  in  a  plea  for  the  Greeks  as  the  people  of  culture,  and  of  the 
Romans  as  full  of  energy.  But  how  little  do  we  find  in  the  first  mission- 
ary records  of  ethnographic,  political,  commercial,  conventional  ideas  as 


18t5.]  BOARD  OF  JFOREIGN  MISSIONS.  305 

motives  for  evangelizing  labor!  We  ought  to  understand,  moreover,  the 
lesson  of  our  own  Anglo-Saxon  history ;  where  were  men  and  women  to 
be  found  who  were  less  attractive  than  the  early^  inhabitants  of  Great 
Britain  and  Ireland  I  The  same  gospel  that  brought  them  to  their  present 
standing  can  change  the  people  of  Africa  and  make  them  intelligent,  cul- 
tured, devoted  Christians.  There  may  be  a  place,  a  small  place,  in  our 
thoughts  of  missions  for  ideas  of  secular  interest;  but  it  is  for  sinful,  lost, 
and  perishing  sinners  that  this  cause  has  its  existence.  And  it  is  for  the 
sake  of  Jesus  that  we  are  in  this  work.     May  our  faith  be  stronger  I 


A  GLIMPSE  OF  JAPAN  INLAND. 

Dr.  J.  C.  Hepburn,  of  Yokohama,  writes  as  follows,  under  date  of 
July  23d  : 

My  wife  and  I  have  been  taking  a  trip  of  some  three  weeks  into  the 
country.  We  were  both  very  much  run  down.  .  .  We  must  have  travelled 
over  200  miles,  in  the  most  beautiful  country  eyes  ever  beheld,  full  of 
towns  and  villages,  mostly  among  the  mountains,  varying  from  2,000  to 
13,000  feet  high.  The  valleys  cultivated  in  rice  and  silk  mulberry.  I 
made  known  the  gospel  at  every  opportunity,  that  is  wherever  we 
stopped,  to  willing  and  interested  hearers,  and  distributed  a  few  books. 
There  is  no  hindrance  to  talking  on  religious  subjects,  and  the  people  are 
always  glad  to  hear.  As  soon  as  it  was  known  that  I  was  a  doctor,  I 
was  overwhelmed  with  patients,  for  every  one  found  out  they  had  some 
pain  or  ailment,  from  which  they  wanted  relief.  In  every  village  and 
K)wn  I  found  government  schools  well  attended  with  children.  The 
schools  are  divided  into  three  grades,  classed  in  Japanese,  as  upper, 
middle,  and  lower.  Most  of  the  schools  are  of  the  lower  grade.  We 
there  found  the  children,  generally  from  8  to  15  years  old,  were  learning 
to  read  and  write,  besides  studying  arithmetic  and  geography.  The 
schools  were  furnished  with  blackboards,  slates,  maps,  globes;  and  the 
children  were  sitting  on  benches  at  desks,  in  the  American  manner. 
How  wonderful  all  this  is!  And  what  a  mighty  influence  will  these 
schools  exercise  upon  this  people  I  These  schools  are  scattered  over  the 
whole  country ;  education  is  compulsory,  and  they  are  supported  by  a 
tax  upon  the  people,  which  I  believe  they  cheerfully  pay. 


MATTERS  OF  INTEREST  IN  LIBERIA. 

The  Rev.  E.  W.  Blyden,  LL.D.,  writes  as  follows,  under  date  of  June 
3d. 

We  have  carried  on  considerable  repairs  on  the  Alexander  High 
School  buildings,  but  there  is  still  a  great  deal  to  be  done  that  is  really 
necessary.  We  have  cleared  and  planted  a  large  quantity  of  land. 
Enough  has  been  done  to  enable  us  to  begin.  I  have  admitted  six  boys, 
though  we  have  no  books.  While  waiting  for  books,  the  boys  can  assist 
in  continuing  the  preliminary  work  on  the  premises. 

On  the  $500  allowed,  we  could  not  undertake  the  support  of  more 
than  six  boys ;  and  I  recognize  the  fact  as  true  which  is  stated  in  one  of 
your  last  letters,  that  a  few  well-trained  youths  will  do  more  good  than 
twice  their  number  poorly  educated.  I  shall  therefore  give  more  atten- 
tion to  the  character  of  the  boys,  mental,  moral  and  physical,  than  to  secure 
indiscriminately  any  very  large  number,  especially  in  view  of  the  present 


306  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [Oct. 

financial  prospect.  [The  hope  is  then  expressed  that  friends  may  be 
found  who  will  generously  aid  in  the  larger  support  of  the  school.] 

About  three  weeks  ago,  I  made  a  journey  of  twenty  miles  north-east 
of  this  point,  and  visited  a  number  of  native  towns.  Most  of  the  towns 
belonged  to  pagans — Deys  and  Golahs — but  in  every  one  I  found  a  school 
taught  by  Mohammedans.  I  entered  a  town  beautifully  situated  on  a 
hill,  with  a  view  of  passing  through  rapidly  to  reach  another  more  dis- 
tant town,  but  my  attention  was  arrested  by  the  cleanness  and  neatness 
of  every  thing  outside  and  within  the  enclosure.  The  chief,  a  man  about 
forty  years  of  age,  had  been  brought  up  in  Monrovia.  He  can  neither 
read  nor  write,  but  spoke  English  with  remarkable  fluency  and  propriety. 
In  one  part  of  the  town  I  saw  Mandingo  Mohammedans  sitting  on  a  mat, 
reading  Arabic.  They  were  so  busily  engaged  that  they  did  not  notice  me 
as  I  passed ;  in  another  part,  I  saw  females  reading  from  a  Yey  manu- 
script ;  in  another  direction  a  beautiful  coffee  nursery  met  my  gaze,  con- 
taining about  300  thriving  plants.  The  chief  informed  me  that  he  had, 
besides,  some  three  thousand  trees,  already  set  out,  of  which  many  were 
bearing.  Here  were  to  be  seen  in  this  single  town  results  of  three  dif- 
ferent influences.  There  was  the  Oriental  in  the  Arabic  cantillation  on 
the  one  hand ;  there  was  the  Western  or  Liberian,  in  the  fluent  English 
of  the  chief,  and  the  careful  husbandry  and  skilful  culture  of  coflee ;  and 
there  was  the  indigenous  in  the  Yey  recitations.  Dr.  J.  L.  Wilson,  in 
his  Western  Africa,  (p.  95)  gives  an  account  of  the  invention  of  the  Vey 
writing.  It  has  since  his  time  received  quite  a  development,  and  the 
Yeys  keep  up  regular  correspondence  in  their  own  vernacular  and  in  the 
syllabic  writing  of  their  own  invention. 

I  visited  two  villages  exclusively  Mohammedan,  conducted  very  much 
the  same  as  Mohammedan  villages  of  the  same  size  near  Cairo  or  Jeru- 
salem. I  did  not  urge  the  natives  to  send  us  many  children  just  now,  as 
we  are  not  yet  prepared  to  receive  more  than  a  few. 

June  ^th. — Since  writing  the  above,  your  letter  of  April  30th  has 
come  to  hand.  So  far  as  human  foresight  can  now  determine,  the  Alex- 
ander High  School  will  be  kept  up. 

I  have  been  laboring  up  here,  preaching  and  teaching,  for  the  last  two 
months,  and  I  feel  greatly  encouraged.     I  think  this  field  for  me  far  more 

promising  and  satisfactory  than would  be,  or  any  position  in  America 

to  which  I  have  been  invited.  If  the  Board  will  sustain  us  in  our  efforts, 
the  school,  I  trust,  will  become  an  important  and  permanent  agency  in 
the  work  of  African  education.  I  fully  endorse  the  closing  remarks  of 
your  letter  of  March  31.  "  Given  a  good  education,  fully  pervaded  by 
the  spirit  of  the  gospel,  and  I  do  not  see  why  Liberia  may  not  come  to 
the  front  in  Africa  in  the  possession  of  men  of  intelligence,  integrity,  en- 
terprise and  power — "  and  for  this  it  is  my  determination  to  labor. 
Pray  for  us,  for  there  are  many  hindrances. 

In  nearly  every  number  of  the  PresbyteHany  I  see  some  reference  to 
Dr.  Alexander  (Archibald) — some  interesting  and  instructive  reminis- 
cence of  his  teachings ;  some  germinal  principle  which  he  laid  down  in  the 
work  of  mental  and  spiritual  education,  and  which  has  developed  and 
borne  such  glorious  fruit  in  the  American  Presbyterian  Church ;  and  it 
has  struck  me  that  while  you  are  erecting  in  America  the  "  Witherspoon 
statue,''  it  might  be  well  for  us  in  Liberia  to  have  a  more  distinct  and 
definite  memorial  of  the  great  Alexander,  who,  though  he  forbade  **  any 
word  of  eulogy,  any  attempt  at  delineation  of  character  or  any  praise," 
yet  considering  his  labors  in  the  cause  of  education  in  our  Church,  and 
for  Liberia  particularly,  (we  cannot  forget  his  great  work  on  A  fricao 


1875.]  BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION. 30t 

Colonization),  is  entitled  to  a  loving  remembrance  in  this  Republic.  I 
am  often  asked  after  what  Alexander  is  the  school  named,  and  sometimes 
I  receive  letters  from  intelligent  persons  addressed  Alexandrian  High 
School.  Would  not  the  Board  consent,  if  it  would  not  be  contravening 
the  spirit  of  Dr.  Alexander's  dying  request — to  prefix  the  name  Archibald 
to  the  designation  of  the  school,  and  call  it  the  Archibald  Alexander  High 
School,  for  the  sake  of  historical  definiteness  ?  As  the  school  was  named 
during  his  life-time,  and  he  did  not  object  to  the  compliment,  we  can 
hardly  suppose  that  if  he  were  consulted  he  would  interpose  any  objec- 
tion to  making  the  compliment  more  precise  and  definite. 


BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION. 


WANT  OP  SABBATH-SCHOOL  MISSION  WORK. 

In  the  well-ordered,  long-settled,  and  thoroughly  tilled  sections  of  our 
country,  it  is  hard  to  realize  the  actual  condition  of  other  parts  of  our 
Union.  In  many  and  many  a  county  we  have  not  one  pastor  or  Home 
Missionary ;  and  where  we  have  earnest  ministers,  their  own  work,  with 
two,  three,  or  four  stations,  is  more  than  they  can  overtake.  It  is  impos- 
sible for  them  to  cultivate  all  the  field  which  they  would  desire  to  fill 
with  Christian  influences.  Into  these  open  fields  goes  the  Missionary  of 
the  Board  of  Publication.  He  visits  from  house  to  house ;  he  talks, 
exhorts,  encourages,  consoles,  and  prays.  He  sells  and  gives  books  and 
tracts;  he  gathers  a  meeting  and  seeks  to  organize  the  prayer-meeting 
and  the  Sabbath-school,  that  when  he  passes  on  he  may  leave  behind 
him  the  germ  of  a  permanent  religious  force.  This  work  is  one  with 
which,  in  such  a  land  as  ours,  we  cannot  dispense. 

As  a  sample  take  the  following  letter  from  a  missionary  of  the  Board 
of  Publication  in  Missouri : 

"  There  are  a  few  well-regulated  Sunday-schools,  mostly  in  the  larger 
towns,  (Potosi,  Ironton,  Predericktown,  etc.,)  but  in  most  places  where 
schools  ought  to  be,  there  is  either  none  or  a  very  poorly  conducted  one, 
continued  only  from  three  to  six  months  in  the  year.  In  one  county,  I  am 
told,  there  is  no  Sunday-school,  and  but  one  Protestant  church.  There 
may  be  other  counties  no  better  off.  The  great  difficulty  in  the  way  of 
organizing  Sunday-schools  is  the  lack  of  superintendents  and  teachers, 
and  this  arises,  in  a  great  measure,  from  a  lack  of  interest  in  Bible  study. 

"  For  instance :  A  man  professes  conversion  and  joins  the  Church,  but 
he  knows  almost  nothing  of  the  Bible ;  has  never  been  in  a  well-regu- 
lated Sunday-school ;  perhaps  in  none  at  all.  He  has  never  acquired  a 
habit  of  study,  and  in  many  cases  cannot  read  well  enough  to  get  a  cor- 
rect idea  of  what  he  reads,  and  has  never  been  called  upon  to  pray  in 
public.  How  can  such  a  man  make  an  efficient  superintendent  or  teacher  ? 
He  may  hear*  a  class  read  in  the  Testament,  and  this  is  about  all  that  is 
attempted.  In  this  county,  of  about  5,000  inhabitants,  in  1870  only 
about  one-half  could  read  and  write.  There  are  now  in  operation  about 
thirteen  Sunday-schools,  including  two  colored  schools.  Of  these,  four 
have  been  continued  the  whole  year,  the  others  from  three  to  six  months, 
seventeen  in  towns,  three  in  this  place,  Ironton.    ThQ  whole  thirteen 


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are  in  nine  school  districts.  There  are  about  twenty-five  school  districts 
having  no  Sunday-schools,  and  they  are  entirely  destitute  of  public  reli- 
gious services. 

"  I  travel  in  these  rural  districts,  selling  and  giving  religious  books  and 
tracts,  conversing  with  the  parents,  showing  them  as  well  as  I  can  the 
need  of  Sunday-schools,  which  most  of  them  readily  admit,  but  when  I 
propose  to  them  to  organize,  the  reply  is  something  like  this :  *  We  tried 
it  last  year  and  failed  ;'  or,  '  We  bought  a  library  and  kept  up  our  school 
a  few  weeks,  and  then  it  got  to  be  an  old  story,  the  scholars  dropped  off, 
the  teachers  became  discouraged,  and  the  school  went  down,'  or  there  is 
no  one  to  superintend,  etc.  Sometimes  I  can  prevail  upon  them  to  meet 
and  listen  to  an  address  upon  the  subject,  and  then  to  organize,  and 
sometimes  such  a  school  will  continue  several  months. 

"  Now,  how  is  the  Sabbath  ordinarily  spent?  Sometimes  a  large  num- 
ber ride  several  miles  to  attend  a  *big  meeting.'  Sometimes  whole  fami- 
lies spend  it  in  visiting  their  neighbors,  and  sometimes  the  boys  spend  the 
sacred  hours  in  fishing  and  hunting,  and  other  recreations.  This  will  give 
you  an  idea  of  the  state  of  things  in  Iron  county.  In  the  surrounding 
counties,  so  far  as  I  can  learn,  a  worse  state  of  things  exists. 

"You  will  see  the  importance  of  constant  missionary  efforts.  My 
Sundays  are  all  spent  either  in  Sunday-school  work,  or  helping  to  organize 
a  Sunday-school,  or  in  addressing  a  Sunday-school,  or  in  visiting  a 
Sunday-school.  I  can  easily  see  that  progress  has  been  made,  and  that 
Sunday-school  work  has  been  fruitful  of  good  results.  But  so  much 
remains  to  be  done  before  all  can  be  brought  under  the  influence  of  thor- 
ough religious  instruction,  that  what  has  already  been  accomplished 
seems  scarcely  a  beginning,  but  the  promises  of  God's  word  are  abund- 
antly encouraging,  forbidding  that  we  should  weary  in  well-doing." 


WILL  OUR  SABBATH-SCHOOLS  HELP? 

Do  our  Sabbath-schools  know  how  much  the  Board  of  Publication  is 
doing  to  help  in  organizing  and  aiding  Sabbath-schools  ? 

During  the  last  year  the  missionaries  of  this  Board  visited  2,125 
Sabbath-schools,  and  organized  126  new  schools  in  destitute  localities. 

In  the  same  year  the  Board  made,  through  its  Missionary  Committee 
and  its  District  Superintendents,  grants  of  library-books,  catechisms, 
hymn-books,  papers,  &c.,  &c.,  to  over  400  needy  Sabbath-schools,  thereby 
greatly  encouraging  and  strengthening  them,  and  vitalizing  some  that 
were  ready  to  die. 

Earnest  requests  for  such  aid  are  now  coming  to  the  Board  constantly 
from  needy  Sabbath-schools  in  all  parts  of  the  land,  and  it  is  supplying 
their  wants  with  as  liberal  a  hand  as  the  small  amount  of  money  in  its 
Missionary  Fund  will  allow. 

Older  and  abler  Sabbath-schools  can  find  no  more  appropriate  use  for 
their  contributions  than,  through  this  Board,  to  help  and  bless  the  mul- 
titudes of  children  who  have  not  the  privileges  they  themselves  enjoy. 

Will  not  the  Superintendents  and  teachers  of  our  Sabbath-schools  lay 
this  matter  before  their  scholars,  and  secure  their  help  for  the  Board  ? 

Just  now  is  a  time  of  great  need.  We  beg  our  Sabbath-schools  to  give 
us  their  help.  Send  contributions  to  S.  D.  Fowel,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  at 
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18T5.]  BOARD  OP  CHURCH  ERECTION.  309 

TO  THE  PRESBYTERIES. 

The  first  re-united  General  Assembly,  at  its  sessions  in  Philadelphia, 
in  May  1870,  adopted  the  following  resolution: 

"  Each  Presbytery  is  directed  to  appoint  one  or  more  of  its  members  a 
Presbyterial  Publication  Committee;  which  Committee  shall,  in  that 
Presbytery,  supervise  the  work  of  securing  an  annual  collection  for  this 
Board  from  each  of  its  churches;  shall  search  out  and  recommend  to  the 
Board  suitable  persons  to  act  as  colporteurs ;  shall  correspond  with  the 
Board  in  reference  to  its  work  in  that  Presbytery,  and  shall  do  whatever 
else  may  tend  to  promote  the  work  and  interests  of  the  Board,  and  to 
secure  a  thorough  distribution  of  the  Board's  publications  within  and 
throughout  the  bounds  of  the  Presbytery." — See  Minutes  of  1870,  p.  115. 

This  plan  has  been  found  to  work  admirably  wherever  the  Presby- 
terial '  Committees  appointed  have  performed  the  duties  assigned  to 
them  with  a  fair  measure  of  fidelity  and  efficiency. 

As  many  of  the  Presbyteries  will  appoint  new  Committees  at  their 
approaching  Fall  meetings,  the  Stated  Clerk  of  each  Presbytery  is 
respectfully  requested  to  communicate  to  the  Corresponding  Secretary  of 
the  Board  of  Publication  the  name  and  address  of  each  Committee-man 
appointed.  In  each  Presbytery  where  no  such  committee  has  heretofore 
been  appointed,  the  Stated  Clerk  is  earnestly  requested  to  cause  the 
above  direction  of  the  Assembly  to  be  complied  with. 

The  last  General  Assembly  adopted  unanimously  the  following : 

5.  Of  the  Missionary  work  of  the  Board,  we  would  say  that  its  past 
usefulness,  its  still  undeveloped  possibilities,  and  the  irreverence,  scepti- 
cism and  licentiousness  of  so  much  of  the  press  of  to-day,  all  call  upon 
the  Board  and  the  Church  to  enlarge  this  work,  and  make  it  more  com- 
mensurate with  its  capabilities  and  the  moral  necessities  of  the  country 
and  the  Church. 

It  also  adopted  unanimously  the  following  resolution  : 
4.  That  the  Assembly  counsels  the  Board  and  the  Presbyteries  to 
regard  more  the  qualifications  of  the  missionaries  whom  they  employ,  than 
their  number  and  cheapness;  earnestly  recommends  Presbyteries  to  press 
this  missionary  work  of  the  Board  within  their  bounds ;  and  calls  upon 
the  churches  not  to  forget  the  duty  of  an  annual  collection  to  aid  these 
useful  missions  to  the  waste  and  lonely  places  of  our  land. 

The  Board  is  earnestly  and  carefully  striving  to  do  its  part  in  carrying 
this  resolution  into  eflfect.  Will  the  Presbyteries  at  their  approaching 
meetings  and  by  their  Presbyterial  Publication  Committees  do  all  they 
can  on  their  side  in  the  same  direction  ? 


BOARD  OF  CHURCH  ERECTION. 

The  work  of  Church  Erection  goes  forward.  The  demand  for  oar 
last  Annual  Report  (on  account  of  the  information  it  gives  on  church 
building)  increases.  One  pastor  writes:  "You  have  done  the  Church 
good  service  by  the  information  which  your  plans,  estimates,  and  specifi- 
cations afford  us.     We  find  that  comfortable  and  attractive  sanctuaries 

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310  RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS.      [Oct. 

may  be  had  at  a  much  less  cost  than  the  poor,  unsightly,  and  uncomfor- 
table structures  we  used  to  have.  I  only  fear  that  many  of  our  people 
will  become  dissatisfied  with  the  houses  they  have  but  recently  erected, 
at  considerable  cost." 

Another  from  Ohio  writes  :  "  Your  plans,  &c.,  will  be  very  valuable. 
Many  of  our  small  churches  in  the  old  settled  portions  of  our  country 
will  be  encouraged  by  the  information  you  have  given,  to  go  forward 
and  build  without  aid  from  the  Board.  I  think  this  new  feature  in  your 
report  will  give  increased  interest  to  Church  Erection.  I  know  two 
churches  that  think  they  see  their  way  open  now  to  build.  This 
they  did  not  think  possible,  until  they  saw  your  plans.  Send  me 
another  copy  if  you  can  spare  it."  This  is  but  the  first  step  in  this 
direction,  which  we  propose  to  follow  up  each  succeeding  year.  In  our 
next,  we  Shall  go  more  into  detail,  giving  carpenters'  plans  of  framing, 
Ac,  &c.  Of  one  thing  we  are  assured,  that  far  more  comfortable  and 
attractive  houses  may  be  had  for  less  money  than  has  hitherto  been 
expended  in  securing  bamSj  rather  than  sanctuaries. 

The  demand  for  the  Report  has  nearly  exhausted  our  supply,  but  we 
have  had  some  sheets  struck  off  containing  the  plans,  Ac,  which  we 
will  send  to  those  who  send  us  the  postage. 

GOOD   TIDINGS  FROM   WISCONSIN. 

I  take  the  following  from  a  letter  before  me :  "  The  house  has  been 
dedicated,  and  the  Lord,  through  His  blessed  Spirit,  has  accepted  the 
offering  and  prayers  of  his  people,  coming  down  and  lighting  his  temple 
with  the  glory  of  his  presence,  and  filling  it  with  the  praises  of  new-bom 
souls  in  large  numbers — the  children  in  most  cases  of  the  church,  the 
beloved  lambs  of  the  fold.  The  accomplishment  of  that  work  is  to  be 
noticed  also  as  having  given  a  mighty  impulse  to  church  interests 
throughout  all  that  community."     The  same  writer,  alluding  to  another 

case  in  the  same  Presbytery,  says:  "Our  building  at  B has  also 

received  its  finish,  and  a  divine  acknowledgment,  with  proportionate 
blessing  has  followed.  The  church  itself  has  been  rescued  from  a  state 
of  almost  utter  hopelessness,  and  established  in  a  condition  of  eflBciency 
and  heaven-bestowed  prosperity."    And  yet  a  third  case  in  the  same 

field :  "  The  church  at  L stands  like  a  gem  in  the  midst  of  others 

erected  within  the  last  two  years.  Thus,  at  an  aggregate  cost  of  $15,000, 
of  which  $2,050  from  your  Board,  this  blessed  work  has  been  effected." 
Surely  in  view  of  such  facts  as  these  we  find  the  fulfilment  of  God's 
promise :  "  I  will  take  pleasure  in  it  and  I  will  be  glorified." 


RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS. 

**HB  that  hath  a  BOUKTIFUL  its  shall  BB  BLB88BD." 

"  WhOBO  STOFPKTH  his  XABS  at  THB  CRT  OV  THB  poor,  HB  ALSO  SHALL  OBT  RIMBBLF,  BW 
•HALL  NOT  BB  BBABD.** 

LET  THE  WORK  BE  DONE  THOROUGHLY. 
Probably  there  are  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  about  six  hundred  fami- 
lies who  are  in  want,  and  who  have  a  righteous  claim  to  aid  from  the 


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Relief  Fund.  These  would  receive  the  help  which  thej  deserve  and 
greatly  need,  if  an  adequate  supply  were  annually  furnished  by  the 
churches.  There  are  about  four  hundred  families  to  whom  appropria- 
tions are  actually  made.  The  others  suffer  in  silence  and  hesitate  to 
apply  because  they  have  heard  of  our  straitness,  and  of  the  cutting 
down  of  the  last  year's  grants  one-half 

This  cause  is  not,  like  the  mission-work  at  home  and  abroad,  so 
measureless  that  the  expenditure  gf  millions  of  money  cannot  overtake  it, 
but  it  is  so  defined,  limited,  and  ascertainable,  that  it  could  be  accom- 
plished fully  and  satisfactorily  from  year  to  year.  An  average  of  $300 
a  year  for  six  hundred  families  would  be  only  $180,000.  Surely  a 
Church  which  raises  and  expends  more  than  a  million  dollars  yearly  for 
mission  work  alone  is  abundantly  able  to  provide  that  $180,000  for  the 
sustenance  and  comfort  of  the  men  who  have  worn  themselves  out  in 
her  service,  and  for  the  destitute  widows  and  orphans  whom  they  have 
left  behind.  It  is  a  thing  possible  that  this  whole  work  should  he  com- 
pletely finished  with  appropriations  reasonable  in  amount  and  promptly 
paid,  if  our  ministers,  elders,  and  communicants  will  take  the  matter  in 
hand,  and  see  to  it  that  the  amount  of  the  contributions  from  all  sources 
is  increased — the  contributing  churches  giving  more  liberally,  and  the 
non-contributing  churches,  even  the  most  feeble,  helping  according  to 
their  ability.  When  the  claims  of  this  cause  are  well  weighed,  how  easy 
will  it  be  to  reach  the  end  desired ;  and  when  the  accounts  are  closed  on 
the  1st  of  April,  the  Church  can  rejoice  to  know  that  there  is  not  one 
among  the  families  of  our  Disabled  Ministers,  and  of  their  widows 
and  orphans,  who  have  a  right  to  receive  assistance,  that  has  been  over- 
looked.    God  grant  that  this  may  be  done. 

We  put  forth  our  plea  to  the  Church,  asking  that  the  Committee  may 
be  saved  from  the  sad  necessity  of  reducing  appropriations  fifty  per  cent. 
Let  the  generous  inflow  of  funds  encourage  the  hope  that  our  suffering 
friends  shall  not  see  another  year  of  such  trial  and  distress.  Helping 
hands  and  sympathizing  hearts  there  are  in  the  Church  who  have  sus- 
tained this  cause  and  made  it  a  blessing  to  hundreds;  and  we  have  faith 
in  the  Christian  people  among  us  who  will  not  fail  us  in  the  day  of  our 
extremity. 


GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN. 

Financial. — The  receipts  for  August,  this  year,  are  $1,351.92  agfwnst 
$1,316.64  in  the  same  month  last  year,  which  leaves  the  receipts  of  the 
first  five  months  still  short  of  the  amount  received  in  the  same  period 
last  year,  while  borrowed  money  and  bills  due  for  current  expenses  of 
last  year  remain  unpaid ;  and,  worse  than  all,  we  are  in  debt  to  our  mis- 
sionaries more  than  two  full  payments,  which  brings  trial  and  distress 
upon  faithful  workers. 

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312  COMMITTEE  ON  FREEDMEN.  [Oct. 

After  a  long  delay,  in  hope  of  being  able  to  pay  a  full  salary  to  our 
missionaries,  we  finally  paid  but  half,  and  the  following,  from  our  vete- 
ran colored  missionary,  Rev.  Joseph  Williams,  familiarly  known  as 

"UNCLE    JOE," 

gives  an  illustration,  though  not  the  strongest  we  have  received,  of  the 
trials  to  which  the  failure  of  our  churches  to  supply  the  "  hire"  of  her 
laborers  subjects  them.     Under  date  of  August  2tth,  he  says: 

"Dear  Brother — Yours  of  the  21st  I  received  this  morning,  with  ten 
thousand  thanks.  Though  only  in  part,  it  was  received  with  as  much 
thanks  as  though  it  were  the  whole  amount,  for  I  have  never  been  so 
necessitated  before,  since  I  have  been  in  the  Mission  work.  I  have 
been  compelled  to  borrow  and  beg  until  I  did  not  know  who  to  borrow 
from,  but  now  I  feel  a  hope  that  my  barrel  will  be  replenished  with 
meal." 

Surely  such  letters  as  this,  which  we  could  multiply,  should  bring  a 
speedy  and  liberal  response  to  the  "  special  appeal  for  aid"  which  our 
last  General  Assembly  authorized,  and  which  has  been  made  "to  the 
3,471  churches  which  did  not  contribute  last  year;"  as  well  as  inspire 
many  others  to  devise  and  execute  more  liberal  things  in  behalf  of  so 
good  a  cause  and  those  who  in  need,  and  even  suffering,  are  laboring 
in  it.  

WOEK   IN   FAIRFIELD  COUNTY,    SOUTH   CAROLINA. 

From  this  field  our  laborious  missionary,  Rev.  W.  R.,  writes  as  fol- 
lows: 

"  I  have  just  had  a  very  interesting  communion  season  at  J C . 

I  went  over  on  Friday,  and  preached  to  good  houses  on  Friday  and 
Saturday,  day  time  and  evening,  slept  on  the  benches  in  the  church  and 
had  my  meals  brought  to  me.  They  have  here  a  very  large  and  pros- 
perous Sunday-school.  The  meetings  were  more  serious  and  solemn  than 
any  I  have  attended  anywhere  south  among  this  emotional  people. 
The  house,  the  largest  on  the  field,  could  not  near  hold  the  people. 
Eight  promising  young  people  joined,  and  nearly  one  hundred  communed. 
We  sang  together  the  soul-touching  songs  of  Rev.  John  Newton,  who 
before  he  was  a  minister  was  a  slave  and  also  a  slave-dealer.  The  '  Caro- 
lina Singers,'  members  of  the  church,  were  present,  and  sang  the  na- 
tive songs,  breathing  forth  the  doctrines  taught  by  Presbyterian 
teachers  and  preachers,  for  Presbyterianism  is  indigenous  to  the  soil  of 
South  Carolina.  Dr.  Ramsey,  in  his  history,  says,  *The  Presbyterians 
were  among  the  first  settlers,  and  were  always  numerous  in  Carolina.' 
Here  Whitefield  preached,  and  left  his  '  impress  upon  the  ages.'  Fairfield 
county  was  the  home  of  Presbyterianism.  Mount  Zion  College,  located 
at  Winnsboro,  during  the  first  eight  years  of  its  existence  graduated 
over  twenty  Presbyterian  ministers,  men  of  note  in  the  Church  and  in  the 

country.     A  century  ago,  Rev.  W.  R- ,  of  the  same  English  family 

as  myself,  gathered  Presbyterian  congregations  in  this  region.  A 
church  was  built  on  Jackson  Creek,  near  where  we  now  worship,  and 
Rev.  W.  Tennent,  of  New  Jersey,  preached  there,  .  .  .  and  what  was 
being  done  for  the  whites  then,  is  being  done  for  the  colored  now. 

"  The  churches  in  other  parts  of  the  field  have  been  usually  prosperous, 
though  we  have  had  some  unpleasant  cases  of  discipline.  The  Sabbath- 
school  cause  is  decidedly  in  the  advance."  ^  . 

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HOME  MISSION  APPOINTMENTS. 


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APPOIiNTMENTS  BY  THE  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 


Home  Mission  Appointmknts  in  Auocst  1876. 


Rev.  .Tas.  F.  Knowle8,  East  Nassau  and  Brain- 

enl,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  Geo.  S.  Bell,  ConkUngvIlle  and  Day, 

N.  Y. 
Rev.  J.  H.  Eaatman,  Katonah,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  John  H.   Perkins,  Bay  Road,  West  Mt. 

and  French  Mt.,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  C.  Francisco,  Middleflold,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  K.  Walker,  Lock  Ridge,  Pa. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Shields,  MillvaTo,  Pa. 
Rev.  M.  A.  Parkinson,  Industry,  Pa. 
Rev.  Benj.  Russell,  Farniington.  Pa. 
Rev.  J.  Newton,  Marv  Esther,  Fla. 
Rev.  C.  W.  Seaman,  i^etferson  Centre,  Pa. 
Rev.  Johannes  Kromer.  Newark  (ler,  Ohio. 
Rev.  A.  M.  Meili,  Clvde,  Ohio. 
Rev.  Philip  Bevan,  Mllltown  and  St.  Johns, 

Ind. 
Rev.  R.  C.  McKlnney,  Brownstown,  Ind. 
Rev.  M.  M.  Cooper,  Pickneyville  and  Qalum, 

III. 
Rev.  A.  C.  Dickerson,  Presbyterial  Mission- 
ary, Ky. 
Rev.  wm.  Grandy,  Detroit,  Calvary,  Mich. 
Rev.  E.  M.  Toof.  Schoolcraft,  Mich. 
Rev.  A.  S.  Badger,  Au  Sable  and  Oscoda, 

Mich. 
Rev.  J.  Q.  Wells,  Hlxton,  Wis. 


Rev.  T.  S.  Johnson,  Beaver  Dara  Assembly, 

Wis. 
Rev.  G.  W.  Lloyd,  Horlcon,  Wis. 
Rev.  E.  Thompson,  Leroy  (and  Linn  Springs, 

Iowa,)  Minn. 
Rev.  A.   A.    Kiehle,  Minneapolis,   Franklin 

Ave,  Minn. 
Rev.  A.  F.  Randolph,  Bedford  and  Falrview, 

Rev.  R.  j.  Hughes,  De  Soto  and  Worthing, 
ton.  Iowa. 

Rev.  W.  B.  Chamberlln,  Hamburgh,  Iowa. 

Rev.  A.  Herron,  Avoca  and  Walnut.  Iowa. 

Rev.  F.  A.  Shearer,  D.D.,  West  Liberty  and 
Atalissa,  Iowa. 

Rev.  A.  M.  Dixon,  Edgar,  Belvidore  and 
Hebron,  Neb. 

Rev.  Squire  Glascock,  Joplin  and  Preston, 
Mo. 

Rev.  W.  H.  Ilsley,  Hopkins,  Mo. 

Rev.  Geo.  A.  Irvin,  Council  Grove  and  Morris 
County,  Kas. 

Rev.  N.  A.  Rankin,  Shannon,  Kas. 

Rev,  (^aleb  E.  Jones,  Scotch  Plains  and  Belle- 
ville, Kas. 

Rev.  A.  F.  Hale,  Oswego,  Kas. 

Rev.  Joslah  Welch,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

Rev.  W.  H.  Wilson,  Salinas  City,  Cal. 


SUSTKNTATION   APPOINTMENT  IN  AUGUST   1875. 

Rev.  O.  W.  Backus,  Northampton,  N.  Y. 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


J^  Synods  in  small  capitals— Presbyteries  In  i/a/tc«- Churches  In  Roman. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  HOME  MISSIONS  IN  AUGUST  1875. 


Albany.  —  Albany  —  Ballston  6  14 ;  East 
Nassau,  and  Brainerd  5 ;  Sand  Lake  8.  Troy^ 
Green  Island  20  39  14 

BALTiMORK.—Ba//<morf— Baltimore,  Brown 
Memorial,  Ladles'  Domestic  Miss'y  Soc'y  100; 
Baltimore,  Westminster,  a  member  5;  Elli- 
cott  City  Sab-sch  30;  Govane  Chapel  15  95. 
Hew  Castle— VuTi  Deposit  30;  White  Clay 
Creek  17.  Washington  Ct/y— Washington 4th 
75  272  95 

Ckntral  Nkw  Yokk.— Otsego  —  Otcgo  20. 
St  Lairrcnctf— Sackett'8  Harbor  26  78.  Syra- 
cute— BaldwinsvIUe  12  87.  LVfca— Rome35  02: 
Vernon  Centre  5  43  100  10 

Cincinnati. — Ctncinna/t— Moscow  4.  Day- 
/on— Eaton  3  60  7  00 

Cleveland.  —  Cleveland  —  Chester  17  70 ; 
Cleveland  North  6  28.  Mahoning—  Youngs- 
town  1st  64  08.  St  Clairsville—i^colch  Rl<lg:*i 
Sab-sch  8  70.  .9fcu6er»r»7/c— Steubenvllle  Old 
Presbyterian  ch,  from  Drand  Mrs  B  50    141  76 

CoLOBADO.— 5an/«  Fe — Santa  Fe  Sab-sch 

10  00 

Columbus.  —  Columbus  —  Greenfield  7  82. 
Wooster—  Wayne  Sab-sch  15.  Zanesville— 
Jersey  46 :  Muskingum  26  92  82 

Erik. —  Allegheny  —"A  friend"  5.  Butler— 
Centre  6  29;  Muddy  Creek  16  72.  Clarion— 
Brookville  10.  Erie-MiW  Village  4  50;  Vc- 
nango4  80.   ICt//an»»»j^— Glade  Run  46    9131 

Gbnkva. — Cayuoa  —  Sciplo  8;  Scipiovllle 
2  60.  Chemung— myt  Flats  Sab-sch  19 ;  Elmlra 
l8t  16  03.  Geneva — Geneva  Ist,  mon  ooll  20  16 ; 
Romulus,  "A  Friend  of  Missions"  25.  Steuben 
—Campbell  92  65 ;  Corning  13  32  205  76 

Harrisbuuoh.— CaWi«/«— Harrlsburgh  Ist, 
from  Mrs  E  E  Haldeman  60;  McConnells- 
burg,  add'l  1 ;  Waynesboro  10  30.    Hunting- 


don —  Clearfield  83  95 ;  Duncansville  9  36. 
Northumberland — Buttalo,  in  part  27  62;  .Ter- 
sey  Shore  100;  Williamsport  2d  (of  which  Sab- 
sch  21  08)  56  84.  WeUsboro—FaW  Brovk  10; 
Morris  Run  1  60;  Wellsboro  11  10  381  67 

iLLiNore,  Ckntral.  —  Springfield  —  Irlfh 
Grove  20;  Springtlehl  2d  20;  Springfield  1st 
Portuguese  Sab-sch  3  43  00 

Illinois,  North.— CAica^o— Bloom  14  75  ; 
(Chicago  1st  279;  Chicago  2d,  add'l  400;  Chi- 
cago  4ih,  In  part  124  ;  Joliet  lsi2I  90.  Freeport 
— Freeport  3<1  10  20 :  Kidott  13  30.  Rock  River 
—Hamlet  5  ;  Perryton  6  873  16 

Illinois,  South.— J //on  — Plalnvlew  1  24. 
Cairo— Fairfield  6.  ^Ma//oon  —  Neoga  4  88 ; 
Pana  2  17  13  29 

Indi AXA,  North.  —CrawfordsvUle— Rock- 
villo  29  12.  Logansport—L,  jgansport  Ist  2  69; 
Mlshawaka  11  01.    Jiuncic— Wabash  11  35 

54  17 

Indiana,  South. — Indianapolis —  Browns- 
burg  6  20 ;  Clermont  6  85.  White  Water  — 
Shelbyville,  Ger  Sab-sch  10  23  05 

Iowa,  North.— Deiftugue— Dubuque    J,  00 

Iowa,  South.— Councf/  BluJTs—AdoTi  32  60 ; 
Avoca  5;  Walnut  5;  Hev  Andrew  Herron  5. 
Des  Moine« -Albla  3  70;  Derby  1  Lucas  1. 
Iowa  Ci7y— Malcom  13 ;  Martiusburg  Sab-sch 
2  26  ;  Muscatine  Ger  25  93  46 

Kansas.— -4 u«/tn— Galveston  Ger  (of  which 
Sab-sch  3)  12  65.  i^mporia— Caldwell  3.  High- 
land— Maryvllle  Sab-sch  7;  Mulbery  Creek  3; 
Rev  F  E  Sheldon  6.  TopeJfca  —  Manhattan 
6  36  37  00 

Long  Island.  —  BrooA7yn—Throop  Ave 
28  62.  Long  Island  — Amagansott  2  81 ;  Se- 
tauket  26  56  43 


314 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


[Oct. 


MiCHiOAif.— Grand  Rapids— lonlA,  Wom- 
an's Misfl'y  Soc'y  9  16  ;  Portland  16.  Lanting 
—Hastings  6  40;  Homer  Sab-soh  11  15:  IrvinK 
4  50.  Monroe— aequesi  of  Mrs  R  S  Boyd  100. 
Saginaw— Bennington  13  12 :  LApeer  (Sab-sch 
14)  36  196  32 

.  Minnesota.— Af an*a/o— St  .Tames  6.  St 
Paul— St  Paul   Central  19  47:  Stillwater  iBt 

7  36.  Southern  Minneto/a— Fillmore  10.  Wi- 
nona—Frank  Hill  Sab-sch  2  44  82 

MiHsouRi.  —  Otage-  Sedalla  24.  Ozark-^ 
l^onway  3  26.  Palmyra— Hev  James  Keed  6. 
P/a//e— Trenton  Sab-sch  3  50:  Union  10  95.  St 
Lout«— Kirkwood  Sab-8oh56  95;  SalemGerS; 
Washington  13  50  125  15 

New  Jersey.  —  Elizabeth  —Elizabeth  3d 
22  46;  Elizabeth,  Siloam  1  16;  Plainfleld  1st 
6  66;  Rosellelst  (of  which  Sab-sch 6  11)  13  9.: 
Westfiold  11  10.  Jerseu  City  —  Ratherford 
Park  19  90.  Morris  and  Orano«!— Mend  bam 
1st  26  77 :  Mount  Freedom  12 ;  Alorriitown  Ist, 
add'l  33  40.  Newark  —  Newark  Park  9  95. 
New  Brunswick  — Stockton  5  60.  Newton  — 
Wantage  Ist  46.     West  Jersey— Ahmcon  3 

209  88 

New  Youk.— Boston  —  Londonderry,  add'l 
30  cts.  H«d«on  — ClrcleviUe  12;  Goodwill 
13  82:  Hempstead  11  02;  Mldilletown  1st  12  67; 
Middlotown  2d  14  34.  New  Forfc— University 
Place,  add'l  25.  North  fif»er— Marlboro  60; 
MlllertonlO;  Poujrhkeop?Ie  48  41.  Westches- 
/er— Stamford  Ist  Sab-sch  7  47  202  93 

Pacific— Bcnicia—Calistoga  6;  DavisviUe 

8  76 ;  Fremont  7  60 ;  Healdsburgh  49 ;  Napa 
10;  Santa  Kosa  4  60;  St  Melena  4;  Tomafei 
6  26;i:klahl3;  Vacavllle Sab-sch  10  10;  West- 
minster 21  65.  Lot  iln^e/ef— Anaheim  11;  Los 
Angele«*20 ;  Orange  16  36  :  Westminster  5  38  ; 
Wilmington  13  60.  Orcob»— Eugene  Oity  26  ; 
Portland  1st  533  70.  San  Francisco —  San 
Francisco,  Howard  St  16;  Oakland  Ist  82  85. 
«an  Jo»c— Menlo  Park  50  gold  @  1  13J^=68  75 ; 
San  Luis  Obispo  12  927  18 

Philadelphia.— CAetfer—Bryn  Mawr  (of 


which  Sab-sch  20)  78  17;  Media  5  67.  Lacka- 
wanna—Ru»hYllle  2;  Silver  Lake  7:  Stevens- 
ville  8 ;  Wysox  6.  J>A<^A— Lower  Mt  Bethel 
8  58.  Philadelphia  Central— North  113  34; 
Log^D  Square  10.  Philadelphia  North-Port 
Kennedy  14  68.  IFc«rmin«/er— Bellevue  10  ; 
Leacock  21  278  44 

PiTTSBUROH.—  Blairsville  —  Union  21  84. 
Pittsburgh— East  Liberty  67:  Mt  Pisgah  8; 
Mt  Washington  IS;  PitUburgh  2d 23  12;  Pitts- 
burgh, Shady  Side  18  41.  fied«/o»i€— Browns- 
ville 8  14 ;  Round  Hill  9  06.  Washington^ 
Wheeling  1st  22  08 ;  Wheeling  4th  3  41.  West 
r<rfftnta— Raveoswood  6;  Scotch  Hills  Sab- 
sch  5  203  60 


Tennessee.— Ho/«/on— Salem 


2  50 


Toledo.  —  Bellefontaine  —  Bucyrus  4  46 ; 
Syring  Hills  2  81.  Huron— Republic  6  45. 
Lima— Delphos  7  20;  Wapakoneta  5         25  92 

Western  New  York.— Bu/Ta/o —Buffalo 
Central  49  34;  Westfield  64  4L  Genesee  — 
East  Pembroke,  (of  which  Sab-sch  6)  36  32. 
Genesee  Fa/Zfy- Almond  5;  Angelica  9  41; 
PortviUe  26.  Rochester— Rochetter^  Calvary 
15;  Rochester  Central  51  30;  Sweden  20 

276  78 

Wisconsin.  —  Milwaukee  —  Barton  13  53. 
Wisconsin  fifrer- Baraboo  17  30  63 


Total  received  trovn  churches  in  August, 

$6,047  01 

Miscellaneous. — Int  on  Permanent  Fund 
88  98;  J  J  Schnall,  Tedrow,  Ohio  10;  "Tithes 
for  Home  Missions"  2;  Rev  "A  O,"  Lime 
Springs,  Iowa  2  50 ;  Jacob  Leyenl>erger,  Mon- 
tour, Iowa  10 ;  R  A  Drake,  Damascus,  Pa  1  ; 
Mrs  A  C  Brown,  Morning  Sun,  Iowa  10;  Mrs 
A  C  Brown,  N  Y  City  75;  Ferry  Ministry 
Fund  112  50  261  98 


Total  in  August,  1875,        $5,309  60 

O.  D.  EATON,  Treasurer y 

23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


Receipts  for  Sustentation  in  August  1875. 


Baltimore.— ^tfu>  Ca«f/«— Head  of  Christi- 
ana, (of  which  Sab-sch  4  60)  28;  White  Clay 
Creek  13  41  OO 

Central  New  York.— 0/«^o— Otego  6. 
5yracu««  —  Hannibal  1  26.  Utica —  Vernon 
Centre  1  34  7  69 

CLEVKLAND.—C/<»pf /and— Cleveland    North 

1  66.  .S7  r/air«pi//e— KIdge  Sab-sch  92  cts. 
Steubenville—L,onK  Run  10;  Steubenville  Old, 
from  Dr  and  Mrs  ji  50  62  48 

CoLL'MBUs.—Zane»pi//c— Jersey  5  00 

Erie.— Bu//fr— Centre  1  31.  Kittanning— 
Boiling  Spring  8;  West  Lebanon  28         29  31 

Geneva.— CAfmttno—Elmira  1st  3  99.  Steu- 
ben—kilood  Station  17 ;  Corning  3  30  24  29 

HARRisnuROH.—Car/u/tf— Waynesboro 2  66. 
Uuntinijdon — Clearfield  2  60;  Duncansville 
9  33.  Aor/At«m6fr/ond— WIiliam8port2d  6  32. 
ir«//»ftoro— Wolisboro  2  76  22  49 

Illinois,    Central.  —  Peoria  —  Prospect 

26  10 

Illinois,  North. —CAicacyo- Chicago  1st 
18  31|  L  vke  Forest  26  28 ;  Peotone  4  26.  Rock 
Jttver— Hamlet2  49  90 

Illinois,  South.- JI/o?i— Lebanon  27  50; 
Plalnview  1  12.  Afo/foon— Neoga  1  21 ;  Pana 
64  cts  30  37 

Indiana,  North.  —  Crawfordsville  —  La 
Fayette  1st  21  10.  Loya n«por/— Logansport 
1st  67  cts;  Mishawaka  8.    3funcie— Wabash 

2  81  32  58 

Iowa,  North.  —  Cedar  Rapids  —  Cedar 
Rapids  1st  275  09.  Duftu^ue— Epworth  and 
Farley  34  76.     fFaferloo-S tate  Centre  3 

812  84 


Iowa,  South.— De«  itfoin««— Albla  92  cts 
Michigan.- Grand  Kapidt- Portland  4  35. 

Lantin^- Brooklyn  10  14  35 

Minnesota.— S/  Paul -St   Paul  Central 

4  84;  Stillwater  2d  20  24  84 

New  Jersey.  —  Elf aradf /a— Elliabeth  'd 
2  76;  Plaiufield  1st  1  65;  Ruselle,  (of  which 
Sab-sch  128)  3  47;  Westtteld  2  75.  Morris 
and  Ora n(7tf—Morristown  Ist,  (add*!)  8  28.  New- 
ark —  Newark  Park  2  47 ;  Roseviile  116  40. 
New  Brunswick — Stockton  2  138  77 

New  York.  —  Hudson  —  Goodwill  3  42 ; 
Hempstead  1  38;  Middlotown  Ist  3  12;  Mid- 
dleiown  2d  3  67.  New  Vorik- Brick  ch  Cha|>el 
26;  Phillips  24  30.  North  Kir^r- Mlllerton 
10.     Westchester— Greensbnrgh  16  61        87  40 

Pacific— Lo»  J nyel?»— Westminster     1  33 

Philadelphia.  —  CAet/er  —  Media  1  41. 
Lackawanna  —  Carbondalo  22:  Scranton  2d, 
(add'l)  20.  LMiyA— Lower  Mt  Bethel  2  13; 
Shenandoah  2.  PA i/ndf/pAia- Philadelphia 
2d  100;  Tabernacle  64  77.  Westminster— Lctk- 
cock  12;  Middle  Octorara  10;  SLateviUe  18 

252  31 
PiTTsarROH.— P<//»ftur<7A— East  Liberty  18 ; 
Pittsburgh  2d  5  74 ;  PitUburgh,  Shady  Side 
4  67.  Ae<u/onc— Brownsville  2  02;  McKeesport 
16  41 ;  Round  Hill  2  24.  Washington— Sew 
Cumberland  17;  Wheeling  4th  84  cts        66  82 

Tennessee.— t/nioft — Washington  3  80 

Toledo.  —  Bellefontaine  —  Bucyrus   1  11 ; 

Spring  Hills  70  cts.  Lima— Delphos  1  80  3  61 
Western  New  York.— Bu/To/o  —  BuflTalo 

Central  12  24 ;  Weitfield  11  o£    Genesee  Val- 


O 


1875.J 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OP  RECEIPTS. 


315 


/ey— A-lmond  5;  Angelica  1  13. 
Rochester  Central  12  74 


Rochetter— 
42  13 


Total  ft-om  churches,       $1,280  23 

MisosLLANBoue.— A    E  V,  Jackson,  Ohio 

300 


Total  received  in  August  1875,       $1,283  23 
O.  D.  EATON,  Trea9urer, 
28  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


liBTTERS  relating  to  Missionary  Appoint- 
ments and  other  operations  of  the  Board, 
should  be  addressed  to  the  Corresponding  Sec- 
retaries, 

Rev.  Hbnrt  Kkxdall,  D.D.,  or 
Rev.  Cyrcs  Dickson,  D.D., 
No.  23  Centre  Street,  New  York  Cit  j. 
liBTTBRS  relating  to  the  pecuniary  affairs  of 
the  Board,  or  conlalnlng  remittances  of  money, 
should  be  sent  to  O.  D.  Eaton,  Esq,  Treasurer 
—same  address— P.  O.  Box  3863. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  EDUCATION  IN  AUGUST  1876. 


ALBAvr.— Albany—  Rockwell  Falls  16  83. 
Champlain— Fort  Covington  10.  Columbia — 
Jewett  20  76  47  58 

Central  New  YonK.—Binghamton — Smith- 
vlUe  Flats  3;  A  Friends.  0/»cjfo— Guilford 
Centre  5  20.     l7/»ca— Vernon  Centre  1  52 

12  72 

Cincinnati.  —  Cincinnati  —  Montgomery 
16  35.     Dfly/o»— Springfield  2 1  75  »1  35 

CLBVELAND.—C/<»re/and— Cleveland  North 
1  76:  Northfield  3.  iVfa/ionin^— Youngstown 
21  90.  St  ClairfvilleSooloh  Ridge  Sab-sch 
1  03.     Steubenville—n&nover  3  25  30  M 

CoLUMBrs.- IFoo»/er— Wooster,  addU  37  85. 
Zantf«vi//«— Brownsville  7  69;  Coshocton  15; 
Mt  Vernon  13  86  74  39 

Erik.— Btt//er— Centre  1  48.  Kittanning— 
Elder's  Ridge 25.  Shenango—Hermon2b;  Ne- 
shannock  17  49  68  97 

Gbneva.— CAemuno— Elmira  Ist  4  47.  Gen- 
eva—Benton 35 ;  Gurnam  15  40 ;  Oak's  Comer 
4.    S/eu6«»>— Coming  3  71 ;  Pultney  2  60 

65  18 

HARRi8B(TROH.—Car/i«;f— Carlisle  Ist  44  15 ; 
Wayneaburo  2  88.  Hun/tn^ctori— Duncansvllle 
8;  Hollidaysburgh  23;  Kylertown  2.  North- 
umberland—L,e\9l»burgh  32  70;  Williamsport 
2d  10  70.     jre//«6oro— Wellsboro  3  09     126  52 

Illinois,  CKNTRAL.—Spr<na/f«?/d— Spring- 
field Ist  48  37 

Illinois,  North.— CAicaoo— Chicago  Ist 
20  63;  Chicago  3d  173  30;  Hyde  Park  48  50. 
Rock  /J <ver— Hamlet  2  244  43 

Illinois,  SopTH.—il//o»—Plainview  92  cts. 
lfa//oon— Neoga  1  36 ;  Pana  61  cts  2  89 

Indiana,  North.— CraM/orrf^pi//*— Lafay- 
ette 1st  6  86:  Rockviile  8  13.  Logantoort— 
Liogansport  Ist  76  cts.    itfuncie—W abaen  3  16 

18  90 

Indiana,  South.  —  Vineennei  —  Spencer 
3  05;  Vandulia3  50  6  56 

Iowa,  North. —  Waterloo — Northwood  2; 
State  Centre  3  5  00 

Iowa,  South.— De»  Moine»—Adel  1  03 

Kansas.— iltttf in— Austin  Ist  27  25.  High- 
land—MvLlberry  Creek  1  28  26 

Michigan.- Grand  Rapidt—PorilAnd    4  00 

Minnesota.- Sr  Pan/— St  Paul  Central 

6  41 

Missouri.  —  Palmyra  —  Brookheld  Ist  6. 
P/o«tf— Chilllcothe  10;  St  .Joseph,  Westmin- 
ster  2  50  18  60 


Nbw  Jersey.  —  i;/iara6e/A  —  Elizabeth  3d 
4  56 ;  Plalntield  Ist  1  86;  Rosolle  1st  2  48.  Sab- 
sch  1  43=3  91 ;  Westfleld  3  10.  Jeney  City— 
Englewood  61  75.  Morrit  and  Orange— mot- 
ristown  Ist,  addM  9  82.  ^TetrarA:— Newark  Park 
2  77.    New  Bruntwic*— Stockton  2  89  23 

New  York.— Hudfon— Goodwills  84: Hemp, 
stead  1  57;  Middletown  Ist  3  61;  Middlotown 
2d  4  01  12  93 

Pacific— Lo«  Angeles— WesiminBier     1  50 

Philadelphia.— CAe»/<»r— Media  6  59.  Le- 
high—lMwer  Mt  Bethel  2  40.  Philadelphia— 
Philadelphia,  Tabernacle,  Miss  E  B 10.  Phila- 
delphia Central  —  Philadelphia,  Trinity  7. 
Wettmintter-  Bellevue  13 ;   Slatoville  14  53 

52  52 

PiTTSBrROH.— B/afrtuf/Ze- Murraysvillel7. 
Pittsburgh— Y^^al  Llber:y  24;  Pittsburgh  2d 
6  46  ;  Pittsburgh,  Sh  i  ly  Side  5  11.  Redstone 
—Brownsville  2  27:  Round  Hill  2  54.  Wash- 
ington—^eyf  Cumberland  17;  Wheeling  4th 
94  cts  76  81 

ToLEDp.—BW/c/on/ain«— Belle  Centre  7  25; 
Bucyrus  126;  Huntsville  2  75;  Spring  Hills 
79  cts  12  05 

Western  New  York.— Ba/Ta/o— Aldin  9; 
Buffalo  Central  13  74;  Westfiord  12  37.  Gene- 
see Valley—  Angelica  1  29.  Rochester—  Cal- 
edonia 40  15 ;  Rochester  Central  14  30  90  85 
Wisconsin.- JffZirattikee— Cato  1  62.  Wis* 
consin  AJver— Mineral  Point  6  6  62 


Total  receipts  trom  churches,       $1,242  02 

Interest  on  Permanent  Fund. 

Means^  Legacy,  in  part  175  00 

Miscellaneous. 

Cash  6;  "W"  5;  "  A  C  V,"  Jackson,  O  1 : 

J  D  Scott,  Gilbertsville,  N  Y  4  80  15  80 

Total  Receipts  in  August,       $1,432  82 

E.  G.  WOODWARD,  Treasurer, 
1334  Chestnut  Street,  Phila. 


Reports  and  correspondence  relating  to  th« 
general  business  or  the  Board,  address  to 
William  Speer,  D.D., 

Corresponding  Secretary. 

The  Permanent  Manual  of  the  Board, 

cards  for  annual  collections,  and  other  needed 

information,  furnished  on  application  to  the 

Secretary. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  FOREIGN  MISSIONS  IN  AUGUST  1876. 


Albany.- il/ftany- 2d  ch  Albany  561  66; 
Rockwell's  Falls  ch  27  94:  Jefferson  ch  11  45; 
East  Nassau  ch  5.  CAanip/ain— Kees«evllle  ch 
35  ;  Burke  ch  20.  Columbia — Spencertown  ch 
22  75 ;  Jewett  oh  18  701  70 

Atlantic— Ca/atr6a— Poplar  Tent  ch   6  00 

Baltimore.  —  Baltimore  —  Churchville  ch 
21  50.  New  Castle  —  Eden  ch  6  11 ;  Black- 
water  ch  2  76  29  86 

Central  New  York.— Bin^ftamron— Nine- 


veh ch  121  08.  Syracuse— Isi  ch  Baldwinsville 
12  88;  ('ollamer  ch  10.  I'/ ico  — Vernon  ch 
31  20;  Vernon  Centre  ch  8  14;  Oriskauy  ch 
3  75  187  06 

Cincinnati.  —  Cincinnati  —  College  Hill 
Sab-sch,  for  Gaboon  and  Dohra  60;  Moscow 
ch  4.  Por/tmouM— Jackson  ch  Mission  Bees, 
for  Rev  G  F  Fitch,  China  33  97  OO 

Cleveland. —C/f re/and— 2d  ch  Cleveland 
460 ;  North  ch  Cleveland  9  45 ;  Chester  ch  18. 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


[Oct. 


Mahoning— 1st  ch  Youngstown  80  21 ;  2 1  ch 
Youngatown  4  23 :  Champion  ch  16.  St  Claim- 
i'///e— Scotch  RIcljre  ch  6  55.  Steubenville— 
Old  ch  Steubenville,  l>r  and  Mrs  B  100: 
Bethel  ch  8,  Sab-sch  16  98=24  98;  Still  Fork 
Sub-sch  6  657  42 

Colorado.— ro/orado— Colorado  Springs  ch 

18  00 

Coi^vHnve.— A  then  — Poraeroy  Sab-sch.  for 
Dakota  10  80 :  Bristol  ch  6  50  :  Doerfield  ch 
8  50.  Jfarton— Berlin  ch  10;  Brown  Sab-sch 
4.  H^oo«/er— Ontario  ch  6.  Zane9ville—Jcr- 
say  ch  36 ;  Evans  Creek  ch  10  90  60 

Ehik.— Allegheny— A  Friend  6.  Butler— 
Centre  ch  7  94.  CVarton— Brookville  ch  10; 
Callensburg  Sab-soh  3.  iCrtV— Sun ville  ch 
13;  Mt  Pleasant  ch  7  ;  Mill  Village  ch  Sab- 
sch  6;  Harbor  (^rcck  Sab-sch  2  50.  Kittan- 
niny— West  Lebanon  ch  40.  Shenango—Haor- 
ver  Falls  ch  15  109  44 

Okxkva.— Cayuga— VoTl  Byron  Sab-sch,  for 
China  25;  Aurora  ch  15.  Chemung— Isl  ch 
Elinlra  24  05  :  2(1  ch  Emlra  108  27.  Geneva— 
Ist  ch  Ooneva  24  05;  Ist  ch  Manchester  10. 
Lyonn—lstrch  Lyons  2  26.  S/fu&en— Corning 
ch  19  98  228  60 

HARuisBUROH.—ra?7t«/^— Lower  (^onewago 
ch  Miss'y  Soc'y  46,  Hunlersiown  Sab-sch,  tor 
Tungchow  50  93;  Waynesboro  ch  15  43. 
Huntingdon— Manlixf^hnrg  ch  10;  Bedford  ch 
2.  iVorMum6^r/and— 2d  ch  WiUiamsport  38  36, 
Sab-sch  15  23  53  59.  >re//«fcoro— Wei Isboro 
ch  16  65;  Fall  Brook  ch  8,  Sab-sch  6  ^  13 

208  67 
Illinois,  Central.— B/oomino/on— Jersey 
ch  6.  Peoria— Lewislown  ch  41  29,  Schuyler 
— Mt  Sterling  eh  42  67.  Springfield— 2i\  ch 
Springlleld  20;  Irish  Grove  ch  20;  Mason 
City  ch,  W  Hays  4,  Sab-sch,  J  B  Wallace's 
class  14  10-18  10  147  96 

Illinois.  North.— CAicogro— Ist  ch  Chicago 
111;  6th  ch  Chicago,  mon  con  17  01;  Lake 
Forest  ch,  raon  con  3  86,  0/rawa— Walthara 
ch21,  Sab-sch  3=24.  Hock  iiircr— Maiden  ch 
16;  Hamlet  ch  6  177  86 

Illinois,  South.— M//on— Ist  ch  Sab-sch 
Nokomls  5;  Plainvlcw  ch  1  60.  Mattoon— 
1st  ch  Paris  34  16;  Neoga  ch  7  33;  Hickory 
Grove  ch  6  ;  Pana  ch  3  25  56  24 

Indiana,  North.—  Crawfordivillc-  Rock 
(Yeek  ch  6.  Logan » port— \si  ch  Valpara  so 
13  50;  Ist  oh  Ljgausport  4  03.  Muncie — 
Wabash  ch  17  02  40  55 

Indiana, Sovtk.— White  Wa/rr- Lawrence^ 
burg  Sab-sch,  for  Mexico  75;  Brookville  ch 

6  68,  Sab-sch  10=16  68  91  63 

Iowa,  North.— Ci-dar  fiaptds— Wheatland 
Sab-sch  2.     Wa/er/oo— Janesvllle  ch  6       8  00 

Iowa,  South.— Councf/  B/u/f*— Villisca  ch 

7  03;  1st  ch  Coning  2.  Den  jWotne*- Albion 
ch  8  55.  lowa-VsV  ch  St  Peter's  15 ;  Kirk vi lie 
ch  4.     iou>a  Ci/y— Muscat inech 26  6160 

Kansas.— //ff^A/and— Mulberry  Creek  ch 
1.    Seosho — Creek  Mission  ch  6  55  7  56 

Long  l3LAND.—Broo*/yn— South  3d  St  ch, 
Williamsburg  16  54.  Long  /«/and— .^ ma gan- 
sett  ch  Sab-sch  3  19  54 

Michigan.- De/rof/- .TefTerson  Ave  ch.  De- 
troit 280;  Ann  Arbor  ch  16  77.  Grand  Rapid* 
—Portland  ch  11.  La  at  tn«/— Homer  ch  79  45, 
Sab-sch  11  15^90  60,  ^onro^— W  H  Bovd 
103  478  37 

Minnesota.— S/  Pau/— Central  ch,  St  Paul 
29  22;  Westminster  ch,  Minneapolis  6  12 

35  34 

Missouri.- Pa/myra— 1st  ch  La(Jrange,  for 
Persia  7.  St  Lomm— Zoar  ch  6  10,  H  Shuto  10 
=15  10;  KIrkwood  Sab-sch  36  96;  Salem  Ger 
ch  8  67  05 

Njtw  JvRa^r,— Elizabeth— B,ose\\fi  ch  13  26, 


Sab-sch  7  68-20  94;  3d  ch  Elizabeth  19 ;  West- 
field  ch  16  65;  Ist  ch  Plalntteld  9  99.  Jerteu 
City— iBt  ch  Rutherford  Park  18  08:  1st  ch 
Sab-sch  Hackcnsack  8.  Monmouth— Jainv^ 
burg  ch  100;  Burlington  ch  36  46;  Farming- 
dale  ch  10.  Morris  and  Orange— 1st  ch  Mor- 
rlstown,  add'l  50  10,  Sab-sch  for  l^hina  and 
India  260=300  10:  2d  ch  Orange,  add'l  .•J24  ; 
Ist  ch  Mend  ham  167 :  South  St  ch.  Morristown, 
mld'l  160;  Bo<mlon  ch  100;  (^fntral  ch  Infant 
sch,  Orange,  for  Africa  32  41 :  2d  ch  Mend- 
ham  7  17 :  Ger  ch  Morrlstown  2  25.  Newark — 
Park  ch,  Newark  14  93.  New  Brunswick — 
Tltusvlllc  ch  20  .^;  Ewlng  ch  Sab-sch  7  44; 
Stockton  ch  5.  Newton— \<cv  W  A  Halliday 
26  ;  1st  ch  Sab-sch  Newton  17  12  1,409  86 

Nkw  York.— Bo«/on— 1st  ch  Newbury iH)rt 
142;  South  Kyegatech,  for  Brazil  8  50.  Wud- 
«o?»— Mont Icel loch  18  76,  Sab-sch  9  53=28  28; 
Port  Jervls  ch  ^5;  2d  ch  Mlddletown  21  52; 
Gooilwlllch  20  72;  Ist  ch  Mlddletown  18  87; 
Hempstead  ch  lo  46  ;  Centreville  ch  10;  Cir- 
clevllle  ch  8.  New  York— Isl  ch  New  York 
600;  Mt  Washington  ch  125  78:  Ma<llson  Sq 
ch  100;  Chof  the  (>ovenant,  add'l  60;  l-niver- 
slty  Place  oh,  a  member  10;  4th  Ave  ch  7  25 ; 
Brick  ch  Chapel  6;  Emanuel  Chapel,  6th  st 
1  68.  North  Hiver—Souih  Amenia  ch  81  09; 
Cornwall  ch  80  ;  .Mlllerton  ch  10.  Westchester 
— Irviugton  ch  463  07;  White  Plains  ch  380; 
Istch  Siainford  364  27:  Is.ch  Pcokskill36  83; 
Katonah  ch  22;  Patterson  ch  11;  North  Sa- 
lem ch  6  2,538  32 

Pacific— Lo»  Angeles— L,os  Angeles  ch9; 
West  minster  ch  8  07.  Oregon— 1st  cU  PortlamI, 
mon  con  50  17  67  24 

Philadklphia.— CAc»/cr—  Bryn  Mawr  ch 
75  62;  Media  ch  8  61.  Lackawanna— Tunk.- 
bannock  Sab-sch  35.  LeAfyA— Tamaqua  Sab- 
sch  20;  Lt)werMt  Bethel  ch  12  88:  Shenan- 
doah Sab-sch  1  75.  Philadelphia— \\tL\nui  Si 
ch  697  60;  North  ch  104  64;  2d  ch,  add'l  50; 
Mariner's  ch  Sab-sch  2  31.  Philadelphia  Cen- 
/ra/— Kensington  ch 33  34.  Philadelphia  North 
— Neshainlny  of  Warwick  ch  66  10;  L»eep  Run 
and  Doylesiown  ch  37  22;  Nesharainy  of  War- 
minster ch  4.  H>«/mf/i«/er— Slate ville  ch 
31  02  1,079  89 

PiTT8BUROH.—B/oir«rf//*— Fairfield  eh  26. 
Pittsburgh— VaxsI  Liberty  ch  67;  2d  ch  Pitls- 
bur^h  34  67 :  Shady  Side  ch  27  61.  Redstone 
— Dunlap's  Creek  ch,  Woman's  Miss'y  Soc'y 
30;  Round  Hill  eh  13  60:  iirownsville  ch  12  21, 
Washington — New  Cumberland  ch  72;  Istch 
WMieellng  22  08;  Hookstown  ch  10;  4ih  ch 
Wheeling  5  11,  Sab-sch  1  13    6  24  321  41 

Tennesskk.- f/o/«/on— P  DC  60 ;  Jonesbtiro 
Sal>-sch  infani  class,  for  Mars  Yoslp  2,  Kings- 
ton—Bethel  Sab-sch  7.  Union — Cfaledonia  ch 
6,  Rev  E  N  Saw  telle  1-7  66  00 

Toledo.— Bc//e/on/a/He  —  Bucyru8  ch  6  70; 
Spring  Hill  ch  4  22.  Lime— Delphos  ch  3  66, 
Sal>8ehl35 '6.   Mflumc*-— Weston  eh  10    25  92 

Western  New  York.—  Buffalo—  I'ulfalo 
Centra  I  ch  74;  Westflelil  ch66  bO:Gowandaeh 
10.  Genesee— VmM  Pembroke  ch  26  33,  Sab-sch 
10  36  33.  Genesee  Kfl/iey— Angelic*  ch  10  65; 
Almond  ch  5.  Magara—HitUy  cli  25.  Roches- 
/er— Central  ch,  Rochester  76  96;  Istch  (rene- 
seo  19  12  323  66 

Wisconsin.- If'iJtrontin  Ritrcr— Madison  eh 
30:  Lowvllle  ch  4;  Lodi  ch  2  60;  Richland 
Centre  ch  1  53  38  03 

Woman's  For'n  Miss'y  Soc'y,  Philadelphia 
2,035;  Ladles'  Board  ol  Missions,  New  \ork 
1,657  Woman'a  Board  of  Missions,  Norir.- 
west  695  27  4,387  27 

Total  receipts  from  churches  In 

August,  1875,  $13,781  07 

Legacies. —Bequest,  of  Jane  Dorr,  dec'd, 
bal,  1111,000;  Bequest  of  Bev  J  Hovey,  dec'd, 
Nt60  r^^  1,050  00 

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18t5.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


31:7 


MiBCBLLANBOus.  —  Ladics,  for  Mrs  Hep- 
barn'?  sch  In  Japan  70;  Village  Green  Sab- 
8ch,  Pa.  for  Mrs  Ue  Heer  7 ;  Mrs  J  H  N  Young, 
Pitisineld,  Mass,  for  Oroomiah  Sein'y  10 ;  John 
J  Sohmall,  Tedrow,  Ohio,  10:  Tithes,  for 
China  2;  Jacob  Leyonberger,  Iowa  10;  Trust 
0;  Vial  Thomas,  Angelica,  N  Y  10;  Robert 
Beers,  Pittsburgh,  for  Rev  H  C  Thomson's 
salary,  Mexico  625 ;  R  H  Phelan,  Waynesburg, 
Pa  o:  A  Frien<l,  for  Africa  10  ;  Mary  Vance, 
Glendale.  Ohio  10 ;  Rev.T  E  Vance  and  family, 
Ohio  9:  N  C  2;  A  Friend,  l.owville  10;  J  H 
Sweetzer,  N  Y,  for  Mexico  25 ;  Mrs  Harriet 
Jerome,  Cazenovia,  N  Y  6;  Mrs  Elixa  Hills, 
Windham,  N  H  20;  EC  McCallum,  Chicago 
2;  John  Hawsen,  Cal,  for  Memorial  ch,  Mexi- 
co 2  50;  A  Nova  Scotia  Minister  118:  Mission- 
ary 1 :  :\l  L  S  500,  of  which  200  for  Japan ;  U  1), 
for  Brazil  Mission  13  1,480  50 


Total  receipts  In  August,  1875,  $16,311  57 

Total  amount  from  May  ist,  1875,       $86,882  03 
WM.  RANKIN,  Treasurer, 
23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


IiBTTKRfl  relating  to  the  Missions,  or  other 
operations  of  the  Board,  may  be  addressed  to 
the  Rev.  John  C.  Liowrik,  Rev.  David  Ir- 
YiNO,  or  Rev.  Frank  F.  Ellin  wood,  Secre- 
taries, Mission  House,  23  Centre  street.  New 
York. 

L1KTTKR8  relating  to  the  pecuniary  affairs  of 
the  Board,  or  containlngremittances  of  money, 
may  be  sent  to  William  Rankin,  Esq.,  Tree- 
9ur£r— same  address. 
Postages.— 

To  Western  Africa 16  cents. 

Syria 12     '* 

Persia 83     ** 

India 22     " 

Siam  28     ** 

China  and  Japan 10     " 

Brazil 16     " 

IT.  S.  Colombia 18     " 

Mexico 10     " 

Chili  22     »' 

For  each  \^  oz  weight,  prepaid. 
Stamps  noi  to  be  put  on  the  letters,  as  these 
are  enclosed  In  an  outside  envelope;  and  the 
postage  is  assessed  according  to  the  weight  of 
each  letter. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  MISSION  WORK  OF  BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION  IN  AUGUST  1876. 


Albany.— J/ftany— New  Scotland         20  00 

Baltimore. —  Baltimore  —  Annapolis  7  88 ; 
Mt  Airy,  Harmonv  12  61.  New  Ca»//c— Mil- 
ford  6  50;  St  George's  8  17  35  16 

Central  Nbw  York.— Syracutf— Camillus 
3.     I// fca— Clinton  25  66  ;  Vernon  Centre  1  03 

29  69 
Cincinnati.—  Cfncinna/i- Cincinnati  2d 
85  56;  Glendale  26  25;  Goshen  5r;  Pleasant 
Ridge  5  40;  Reading  and  Lrookland  7.  Day- 
ton—FleHiher  3  50  •  Springheld  2J  25.  Porti- 
mou/A— Hanging  Rock  5;  Mt  Lolgh  3  20 

166  91 

Cleveland.— Cler^lond —  Cleveland  North 
1  19;  NorthIield3.  St  C/air«tTi//e— Bealsville 
4  65;  Scotch  Ridge  Sab-seh  70  cts.  Steuben- 
tji//e— Beech  Spring  11;  Two  Ridgos  17; 
UbrlcksvlUe  7  44  54 

Columbus. — /lfA<fn«— Pomeroy  8  35.  Mari- 
on—Merlin  Z;  Brown  2.  F^'oo«fer— Canal  Ful- 
ton 5;  Hopewell  17  50;  Frederlcksburgh  60; 
Holmcsvllle  10  50;  Nashville  9  50:  Shreve 
Sab-8ch  6.  2anc«»i//c— Brownsville  7      128  85 

Erie. — Bu//er— Centre  1.  SAcnanjfo— Her- 
mon  5;  Mt  Pleasant  6  50  12  50 

Geneva.— Cftcwwnj^—Elmira  1st 8  03.  Gene- 
va— Geneva  1st  19  36.    Steuben — Corning  2  52 

24  90 

Harribburoh.— Cor/i«/f— Big  Spring  16  23; 
Duncannon  5  74  ;  Waynesboro  1  95.  Hunting- 
don— WlUiamsburgh  15.  Northumberland — 
Hartleton  5;  Muncy  5  50;  Williamsport  2d 
3  80.     If  e//«6ora— Wellsboro  2  10  54  82 

Illinois,  Central.— Pcorfa— Eureka  8  56. 
Sj>rina/fe/c^-SprIngfleld  1st  33  30  41  86 

Illinois,  North.— CAtcesro  —  Chicago  let 
14.    Rock  fiiwer— Hamlet  1 ;  Princeton  1st  12 

27  00 

Illinois,  South.— i!«on—Moro  4;  Plain- 
view  60  cts.  itfa//oon— Neoga  03  cts ;  Pana  41 
cts  6  W 

Indiana,  North.— Cra«>/ord«vt7/f— Lafay- 
ette Ist   10;    Woa   3  25.     Fort    Wayne— Fort 
Wayne  1st  63  60.  Lo^a n»por /—Logansport  Ist 
.   50018;  Michigan  City  10  40.   Afuncie- Wabash 
2  15  89  90 

Indiana,  South.— JndianapoHt  —  Indian- 
apolis 3d  62  21.  r<nc«n7k!«— Petersburgh  2  60 ; 
Upper  Indiana  7  71  81 

Iowa.  North.— Cedar  ilflj>id»— Wheatland 
.  *  600 


Iowa,  South.  —  Councf/  B/«>f«  —  College 
Springs  1.  Des  Maine* — Albla  TOots;  I'hari- 
ton  Sab-sch  10 ;  Russell  2  13  70 

Kansas.— Hi^A /and— Mulberry  Creek  2. 
A>o»Ao  —  Pleasanton  5.  Toj^e/ra- Wamego 
2  50  9  50 


Brooklyn  —   Brooklyn, 
23  55 

9  70 


LiONO  Island. 
Throop  Ave 

MicHiOAN.-Lanjirtjr— Marshall 

Minnesota.- Manitafo— Mankatolst  80.  St 
Pau/— Minneapolis  1st  Sab-sch  15  34;  St  Paul 
Central  3  70  49  04 

Mi88OURi.—0»a<7e— Tipton  3  10.  Platte— St 
Joseph,  Westminsier  20  50  23  60 

New  Jersey.  —  Elizabeth  —  Elizabeth  3d 
8  10;  Plainfleld  let  1  28  ;  Hoselle  Iqt  (of  which 
Sab-sch  96  cts)  2  63;  Westfleld  2  10.  Jersey 
Ci/y— Englewood  62  92.  Afontnot*/A— Bricks- 
burgh  3  74.  Morris  and  Ora/tjre— Boon  ton  11 ; 
Morristown  Ist  74  87;  Orange  2d  60.  Newark 
—  Newark  Central  26 ;  Newark  Park  1  89. 
New  Brunswick^Boxind  Brook  80  53;  Stock- 
ton 1  50 ;  Tiiusvllle  4  56.  J^^tr/ow— Hacketts- 
town  50 ;  Newion  5  89.  West  Jer«ey— Black- 
wood town  25  366  90 

New  York.— Bo»/<;n—  Liondonderry  12  23. 
Hudson  —  Goodwill  2  62;  Hempstead  105; 
Mlddletown  1st  2  38;  Mldaleiown  2d  2  71; 
Shavertown  1.  North  Kiver  — HughsonvIHe 
10.  Jfc«/cAc»/«r— Stamford  Sab-sch  10  36; 
Yorktown  12  54  85 

Nebraska. — OmaAa— Dally  Branch        2  OO 

Pacific.- Lo«  J n^rtf/ft— Westminster     1  02 

Philadelphia.— CAe»/<fr— Media  1  07;  Up- 
per  Octorara  6  50.  Lackawanna — Scranton 
Ist  115.  Lehiah  —  Ltover  Mt  Bethel  163. 
Philadelphia  Central  —  Philadelphia,  Ken- 
sington 28  25;  Philadelphia,  Trinity  16.  Phila- 
delphia  A'orM— Huntingdon  Valley  25;  Nor- 
rlsLown  Ist  50  28.  W^e»/mtn«/^— Christ  Chapel 
106  85  345  58 

Pittsburgh.  —  Blairsvilie  —  Armagh  6. 
Pittsburgh— EABt  Liberty  14;  Holliday's  Cove 
5 ;  Piltsburgh,  Shady  Side  3  49 :  Three 
Sbrlngs  2.  i2«d«/one— Brownsville  1  54 ;  Round 
Hill  1  72;  Uniontown  40.  Washington  — 
Wheeling  1st  18  05;  Wheeling4th65cis.  West 
rirj^inia— French  Creek  7  98  45 

TBNNESBitE.— jrinfir«/on— Mara  HIU  2 ;  Mary- 
Ville  ad  6  ^  8  00 

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OP  RECEIPTS. 


roct 


ToLBDO.— BcW«/onhrin«— BucyruB  84  ota; 
Sprlntf  Hills  63  ots.  //uron— Bloomvllle  7  40 ; 
Peru  and  Olena  11.  Afftumee— Bryan  18  62: 
Manmee  8;  West  Bethesda  6  48  39 

Wkstern  Nhw  York.  -^Bvjfalo^  Buffalo 
Central  9  34 ;  East  Aurora  10 ;  Fredonla  28  69; 
West  field  8  40.  QeneBte  F«//«|f— Angelica  86 
cts.  ilocfte«/«r— Rochester  Central  9  Tl    67  00 

Wisconsin.— Lflikc  SuoeHor- Menominee 
11.    |«^t«contini«tJer^MadlBonl8tll  76    22  75 

MiBCTBLLAHEOus.— Mrs  E  G  Wallingford  6; 
Mrs  J  Simon  1;  I-yons  Congregational  22  72 

28  72 

Total,       $1,927  17 
S.  D.  POWEL,  Treaturer, 


BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION. 
1334  CheMtnut  Stretty  PhiladelphUy  Pa. 
Iietters  relating  to  donations  of  books  and 
tracts,  the  appointment  of  Missionaries,  and 


the  general  Interests  of  the  Board,  to  be  ad- 
dressed to  the  Rev.  William  E,  Scheitck, 
D.D.,  Corretponding  Secretary, 

Manuscripts,  and  communications  concera> 
ing  matter  offered  for  publication,  whether  for 
books  or  _perIodIcal8,  to  the  Rev.  Johk  W. 
BULLKS,  t}.J).^  Editorial  Secretarff. 

Correspondence  of  Missionaries,  remitt«ne«f 
of  money,  and  donations,  to  Mr.  ».  D.  Powu., 
Superlntendentof  Mission  Work  and  Treasurer. 

Orders  for  Books  (except  (torn  Missionaries,) 
and  Business  Correspondence,  to  Mr.  John  A. 
Black. 

Lietters  relating  to  Sabbath-school  work,  to 
Mr.  J.  BiBNNBTTrLBR,  Superlntendentof  Sab- 
bath.Bchool  Work. 

Subscriptions  to  The  Pretbpterian  Montkljf 
Ftcord,  The  Sabbath-School  Vieitor,  The  Prea- 
byterian  at  fVork^  The  We9tmineter  Lesson 
L^a/y  The  Sunbeam,  and  payments  for  the 
same,  to  Mr.  Pstbr  Walkkh. 


RECEIPTS  rOR  CHURCH  ERECTION  IN  AUGUST  1876. 


Albany.— ilJftany-Ballston  4  27 :  Carlisle 
7-  Princetown  9  79.  Champlain—Fort  Cot- 
ington  10  36.     Troy— Cambridge  21  06, 

BaLtimorb.— Boi«more— Taneytown  11  72. 
Hew  Ca«</«— Green  Hill  10;  Lower  Brandy- 
wine  1 ;  Lower  West  Nottingham  16  31 ;  Mfl- 
ford  7  60.     Washington  C«y-Cllfton  4  46. 

Central  New  York.— 0/«csro— Otego  8  26 ; 
Shavertown,  sp  1.  St  I.«trrenc«--Gouverneur 
1st  17  36:  PlesKls  6 ;  Theresa  6  26:  Wadding- 
ton  11  30 ;  W  atertown  Ist  68  80.  Wica-Cam- 
den  Ist  12 ;  Vernon  Centre  2  03. 

CiNCiNNATi.-C*iii<co/Ae-Pl8gahlO;South 
Salem  7.  C<ncinn#«— CInclnnail,  Avondale 
65  46:  Pleasant  Run  6.  Dayfan— Mlddletown 
Ist  18  96 ;  Springfield  2d  76.  Portsmouth^ 
Hanging  Rook  4;  Mt  Leigh  4. 

CLBVBLAND.—C/eo«/and— Cleveland  North 
2  36;  Collamer  27.  Mahoning '-Veerfkeld 
10  50.  St  Clairsville^BeAlBvlUeJ  76;  Morris- 
town  7  6tf;  Powhattan  3  25;  Scotch  Ridge 
SaTschlW.  5/ci»6fnt»iWe-Corinth  7  70;  Mad- 
ison 4  64. 

Columbus,— ii/Aent-Bashan  2  60;  Chester 
R  70-  Syracuse  1.  Co/uin*ti«— Llthopolls  6  10. 
Sfar'ion-Delaware  26.  iroo«f#r-Canal  Ful- 
Sn  9  50:  Fredericksburgh  3;  HolmesvIIIe 
6  36  •  Orange  and  Polk  8.  2«ntf«t;iMf— <3oshoc- 
ton  16  •  Dresden  16  66 :  Evan's  Creek  4 ;  Linton 
6 ;  Zanesvllle  1st  17  70. 

Erie.— ilM<^*«»y— Allegheny  2d  24  76:  Al- 
legheny North  86  38;  Allej^heny,  Providence 
7-  BaUerstown  12;  Falrmottnt  6  56;  Industry 
b\  Springdale  7.  BW/er— Centre  1  98;  Scrub 
GraM  7  •  Sunbury  4  60.  CI«rio»— New  Reho- 
both  7  97 :  Reynoldsville  6.  AVie— Kane  4  10; 
Mill  Village  1st  2  60 ;  Vonanp  6  60.  f;''«n- 
ning  -Cherry  Run  4;  Curr  ejs  Run  11  10;  El- 
derton  6  82.  S/ieii«n^o  — Olarksvllle  28  86; 
Hermon  24;  Mt  Pleasant  16 ;  West  Middlesex 
U19. 

Geneva.- Caywpa— Auburn  ist  66  47;  Au- 
rora 16 ;  Sennett  7  66.  C*«int«no— Elmira  Ist 
6  01  Gc»«r«— Branchport  30  40;  Seneca  24. 
Lyont-Newark  29  80.  Steuben^-Comlng  6; 
Jasper  10. 

Harri8buroh.—C«W<«J«— Big  Spring  18  76; 
Duncannon  5  74 ;  Waynesboro  3  86.  Hujtting. 
don— Alexandria  82:  Birmingham 67  11;  Mar- 
tlnsburgh  7;  Logan^s  Valley  12;  Lost  Creek 
12  05*  Mllroy  19  60;  Mt  Union  10  46 ;  Newton 
Hamilton  13;  Shade  Gap  6;  Sinking  Valley 

'".79 •  Spruce  Creek  66,    Horthumberland-^ 

Bloomsburgh  Ist  82  86 ;  Hartleton  6 ;  Mlfllin- 

burgh,  addu  1;  Muncy  6  60;  Willlamsport2d 

W.     irwi«frara— Allegany  2 ;  Wellsboro  l«t 

17. 


Illinois,  Central.— B/oomin^fon—BemeDt 
10  ;  Jersey  3  20.  Peoria — John  Knox  6  75 ; 
Peoria,  Grace  7,  Sab-soh  2^9.  ScAity/^— Bar- 
dolph  6;  Bushnell  4.  5/} rmo/^/d— Auburn 
1  20;  Chatham  Sab>?ch  2;  Springfield  1st 
27  71;  Springfield  2d  49  50. 

Illinois,  North,— CAIco^o— Chicago  1st 
27  75 ;  Chicago  2d  292  78 ;  Chicago  4l8t  St  6  09 ; 
Lake  Forest  51  41 ;  Peotone  10  37;  Wilming- 
ton 11  05.  Fr«epor/— El iRabeth  1st  4  60 ;  Zloa 
Ger8.    Ofrat0a->Somonauk  8 ;  Waterman!. 

Illinois,  South,  —  Alton  —  Plalnvlew  27 
cts.     Cairo— Plsgah  12.     Mattoon  —  Neoga 

1  83 ;  Pana  1st  81  cts. 

Indiana,  North.— Crai0/erJ«v{Ii«— Delphi 
17  60 ;  Lafayette  Ist  12  20 ;  Rossvllle  3;  Wea 
8  26.  Loffantporf— Logansport  1st  1  02.  Mun- 
c<e— Wabash  4  26. 

Indiana,  South.— Wfw  ^Z6any— Lexington 

2  25 ;  New  Albany  1st  32  80 ;  Sliaron  Hill  2  25. 
Fi»cenn««— Upper  Indiana  7. 

Iowa,  North.— Dufrufwe-Lansing  Ist  6  08 ; 
Rowley  5. 

Iowa,  South.— Cauacii  B/v/'t— Atlantic  2; 
Malvern  7.  Des  .Voin«t— Albla  1  30 :  Hart- 
ford  1st  2  50:  Knoxville  6.  /oira  — Blrming- 
ham  4  80;  Liberty vllle  8;  Mt   Pleasant  Ger 

7  15.     lovja    City^  Blue  Grass  6;    Eldridge 

8  75 ;  Summit  4  26 ;  Walcott  7  80. 

Kansas.— l/i$rA/and— Hiawatha  1st  4. 

KENTUCKT.—i;*#a€ar«r— Valley  6  01.  Louis- 
ri//«— Pewee  Valley  14. 

LONO  Island.- Lon^  J«/<»n<i— Amagansett 
1st  3  08 ;  Southampton  27  50.  A'Mtaa—Hunt- 
Ington  1st  10. 

Michigan.  —  Kalamazoo  —  Decatur  8  25; 
Sturgls  6  65.  Saginaw^AvL  Sable  and  Oscoda 
2  60;  Flint  ist  32  60. 

Minnesota.  —  St.  PaiO^Minneapolls,  An- 
drew 4  IT ;  Minneapolis,  Westminster  Sab-seh 
10  21 ;  St  Paul  Central  7  81;  SUllwater  2d  10. 
Southern  Miimeto/a— Winnebago  Olty  4. 

M I8SOURI.— Palmyra  —  Memphis  Ist  2  90; 
Palmyra  2d  1  80.  >/«»«— St  Joseph,  West- 
minster 18. 

New  JBR8KT.—E{ira6ef a— Bethlehem,  sp- 
11 ;  Dunellen,  sp  10 ;  Elisabeth  8d  (of  which 
60  sp)  66  76;  Elisabeth,  Westminster,  sp  906: 
Metuchln  1st,  splO ;  Perth  Amboy  0  60 ;  Plahi- 
Held  1st 2  60 ;  llosellelst,  ch  and  Sab-soh  6  94; 
Westfleld  4  16.  Jersey  Cify— Rutherford  Park 
Ist,  addU  14  84.  AfoaiaoK/A- Borden  town  4; 
Shamong  and  Whitiog  6  06.    Harris  and  Or- 


1875.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


819 


«nye— Morrtstown  Ist  92  80 ;  Mount  Freedom 
10 ;  Orange  l8t  120 ;  South  Orange  80.  Newark 
— Montclair  lat  143  56:  Newark  Central  52; 
Newark  Park  3  73.  New  tfrttn««)<c*— Stock- 
ton  2;  Titusfllle  8  12.  .ATtftrfoii— Branchville 
25  23;  Harmony  27  75.  FTc*/ Jer«f  w— Black- 
woodtown  40;  Brtdffeton,  West  20;  Cold 
Spring  15  75 ;  Salem  Ut  60. 

Nbw  York  —  Boston  —  Newburyport  ist 
40  35.  Httd«on— GoBhen  40  75;  Goodwill  5  18 ; 
Hamptonburgh  83;  Hempstead  2  09;  Middle- 
town  l8t  4  72;  Middletown  2d  5  3S  ;  Bamapo  8. 
New  Kor*— New  York  4th  81  06.  North  River 
—Bethlehem  14  40;  Cornwall  31;  Huarhson- 
Tille  5.  Westchester— Bridgeport  47;  Peeks* 
kill  1st  44  52;  Yorktown  16. 

NKBRASKx.^Nebraska  0</y— Palmyra  Ist 
2  30. 

Pacitic.— B«n<ci*— Napa  City  17.  Los  In* 
9e/e9— Westminster  2  01 ;  Wilmington,  Cal- 
vary 19  70. 

Philadelphia.  —  Chester  —  Media  2  18 ; 
Waynesburgh  25.  Lackawanna — Canton  12; 
Langollffe  4  50:  Mehoopany  Creek  2:  Me- 
shoppon  5 ;  Scranton  2d  43  91 ;  Susquehanna 
Depot  1st  10;  Tunkhannook  21  50.  Lehigh-^ 
Lower  Mt  Bethel  3  21.  Philadelphia— PhilA- 
delphia  2d,  from  Walter  B  Smith  75.  Phila- 
delphia Central  —  Philadelphia,  Bethesda 
24  21;  Philadelphia  Central  31  60:  Phlladel- 
phia  North  47  23.  Philadelphia  North— Cslt- 
Tersville,  sp  2:  Neshamlnv,  Warwick,  sp 
83  80;  Newtown,  sp  39  60;  Plumsteadvllle,  sp 
8  50. 

P1TT8DUROH.—  fl/alr«t><//«— Braddock's  14 ; 
L.igonier4;  Murraysville  10 ;  Pleasant  Grove 
4;  Salem  10.  Pittsburgh— Oenlre  20:  East 
laberty  Ist,  add'l  30;  Mansfield  6 ;  Pittsburgh 


2d  8  66;  Pittsburgh,  Shady  Side  6  00;  Swiss, 
vale  10  63.  /itfd«/one— Brownsville  3  05 ;  New 
Providence  23 ;  Pleasant  Unity  7  60 ;  Hound 
Hill  3  89;  Sewickley  8.  Washington— Ctobb 
Roads  8  82 ;  Forks  of  Wheeling  26 ;  Holliday's 
Cove  10;  Mount  Prospect  21  40;  Three  Springs 
2  ;  Upper  Ten  Mile  18  87;  Wheeling  4th  1  ^. 
West  Rrj^fnio— French  Creek  6;  Grafton  5; 
Newburgh  5. 

TKNIVB88RB.  — •  Holston  —  Greenville  Ist, 
Colored  1 ;  RogersvlUe  Ist,  Colored  2  75. 
Union — Washington  4. 

Toledo.  —  Belief ontaine  —  Buoyrus  1  67 ; 
Spring  Hills  1  0>.  Huron— BloomviUe  0  55. 
Lima— Lima  1st  22  20. 

WEflTERir  New  York.— BH/fa/o  — Buffalo 
Central  18  50:  Fredonia  1st  14  11;  Westfield 
16  65.  Gen«Wtf  —  Bata via  52  07:  Castile  8; 
Leroy  1st  17 ;  Perry  4.  Oentsee  Valley— An- 
gelica  1  71.  Nio^ara— Lockport  Ist  24.  Ro- 
chester—Brighton 80;  Geneseo  Village  1st 
66  51 ;  Geneseo  Central  19  24 ;  Osslan  4. 

W iBCovBiv. -^Chippewa— lok  Crosse  Ist  Sab- 
seh,  sp  1  05.  Lake  Superior— Menominee  1st, 
sp  20.  Milwaukee— P\\ie  Grove  3  76;  Wan- 
kesha  1st  11  05.  If  innefra^ro —Shawano  1st 
9  23.  Wisconsin  Rivsr— Fancy  Creek  2  18 ; 
Richland  City  1. 

Miscellaneous.  —  Mrs  Wm  Mattlson, 
Branchville,  N  J  1:  Mrs  E  D  Van  Dyke, 
Jackson,  O  1  50;  returned  27  52;  on  account 
of  sale  of  Eyota  oh,  Minn  25 ;  on  account  of 
sale  of  old  ch  Elisabeth,  111  18  50;  Legacy  of 
Joseph  G  Brearley,  late  of  Trenton,  N  J 
1,000. 

Total  receipts  in  August,       $5,743  82 
NATHAN  LANE,  Treasurer. 


Corresponding  Secretary^  Rev.  H.  R.  Wilsow,  D.  D.,  28  Centre  Street,  New  York. 
Treasurer^  Nathan  Lane,  Esq.,  69  Wall  Street,  New  York. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS,  AUGUST  1875. 


Albany.— if /5any— May  field  Central  8  25. 
Baltimobb.— Aew  Ca«We— St  George's  37  80. 

Central   New   York.—  BinoA«w/on— De- 

S>sit  Ist  12  48.  St  Latrrence— Hammond  18; 
ossie  4  86 ;  Watertown  Isl  58  65.  Sffracuse 
— Baldwlnsville  12  00 ;  Hannibal  12  95.  Utica 
— Clayville  6 ;  Vernon  Centre  1  48. 

Cleveland.  —  Cleveland  —  Cleveland  2d 
100 ;  Cleveland  North  1  72.  JtfaAonin^— Deer- 
field  9  15;  Youngstown  34  68.  St  Clair sville 
—Scotch  Ridge  Sab-sch  1  01.  ^teubenville— 
Annapolis  9 ;  Wellsville  14 ;  Unionport  8. 

Columbus.— Co/«i»ft«t— Dublin  7  ;  Worth- 
ington  6.  Afarion— Berlin  9.  Zanesville— 
Jersey  10. 

Em^— Allegheny— TATeninm  18  88.  Butler 
—Centre  1  45.  £ri«— Harmonburg  7  80.  She- 
nango — Hermon  26. 

Gbneta.— Cajruaa— Port  Byron  16.  Che- 
mung— Elmiralst  4  89.  iS<cu&«n— Canaseraga 
6  87 ;  Corning  8  66. 

HARRi8BUROH.—CaWi«/e— Waynesboro  2  81. 
Httnrin^don  —  DuncansviUe  10:  HoUldays- 
burghlst,  (Inelndingfrom  MrsW  H  Chamber- 
lain 5,  and  Sab-sch  3  24)  20  87  ;  Kylertown  2  ; 
McVeytown  25.  Northumberland  —  Lewis- 
burgh  78;  Willlamsport  2d  17  07.  Wellsboro 
— Wellsboro  8  03. 

Illinois,  Central.—  5prina4e/d— Spring- 
field 1st  60  86 ;  Springfield  2d  57  98. 

Illinois,  North.— CAiraoo —Chicago  Ist 
90  25 ;  Hyde  Park  60  42 ;  Lake  Forest  26  25. 
Rock  IZivtfr— Hamlet  8 ;  Perryton  8. 

Illinois,  South.  —  Alton  —  Lebanon  10; 
Plainview  1  17.  Cairo— Pisgah  9.  Mattoon^ 
Neoga  1  88 ;  Pan*  60  cts. 


Indiana,  North.—  Cra«e»/ord«t»i//e— Rock- 
villo  8  35.  Fort  (Kavn«— Pleasant  Ridge  5. 
Lo^antpoW— Logansport  1st  74  cts.  Muncie—' 
Hopewell  2 ;  Noblesville  5 ;    Wabash  3  11. 

Indiana,  South.— .^cw  yl/5any  — Smyrna 
2.     Vincennes — VIncennes  1st  11. 

Iowa,  North.  — Duftu^ue- Frankvllle  6  86. 
Fort  Dodge— Sioux  City  10. 

Iowa,  South.  —  CoanciZ  B/u^«— College 
Springs  50  cts ;  Corning  15  35.  Des  Moines— 
Adel  8;  Albla  1  01;  Indianola  8;  Russell  3. 

Kansas.— NtfotAo— Oswego  4. 

Kentucky.  —  Ebenezer  —  Frankfort  7  46 ; 
Ludlow  2  25. 

Long  Island.— Lon^r  Itland— Franklinville 
10.    ^a««a«— Roslyn  8  50. 

Miohioan.— Grand  iZapidt— Portland  6. 

Minnesota.  —  St  Paii<— St  Paul  Central 
6  88. 

Missouri.— P/a/l«—Mirabile  Ist  2. 

New  JEfLSmr,  —  Elizabeth— EUtAheih  3d 
0  06;  Plainfield  1st  1  82;  Roselle  Ist,  (inolud- 
ing  1  41  ftom  Sab-sch)  8  82;  Westfield  3  04. 
Morris  and  Orange— Morrlstown  1st,  add'l 
0  14.  Newark  —  Newark  Park  2  72.  New 
Brunswick— Dviich  Neck  20;  Pennington  00; 
Stockton  2;  Trenton  Ist,  ''from  one  who 
knows  what  sufl'erlng  is,*'  special  10 ;  Trenton 
4th,  fk-om  A  A  Hutchinson  10.  West  Jersey— 
Blackwoodtown  86 ;  Pittsgrove  47. 

New  York.— Hudton— Amity  16 ;  Goodwill 
8  78;  Hempstead  4  77;  Middletown  1st  8  46; 
Middletown  2d  3  93.  New  York^S^w  York, 
Washington  Heights  13.  ^^  j 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


[Oct 


Pacific— Lot  Anye/c«— WoBtmlniter  1  47. 

Philadelphia.— CAe«/cr—Modia 8  66.  Lc- 
AtV*--<-'»*^ta8auqua  l8t,  from  a  member  10; 
Lower  Mt  Bclhel  2  34.  Philadelphia  Central 
—  Philadelphia,  Trinity  10.  Philadelphia 
A'or/A— Qermantown  ist,  J  O  28,  MIbb  T  ii  10, 
T  C  H  10=^45.     tVettminster—liehevvie  7  67. 

PiTT8BUROH.—P»««6ur^ft— East  Liberty  22; 
Pitlsburah  2d  6  33;  Pittsburgh,  Shady  &ide 
6  03.  i«^d«/onf— Brownsville 2  23;  RouudHlll 
2  47.  iVashington^Clayevllle  20;  Wheeling 
4th  03  cts. 

ToLKDO.  —  Belief ontaine  —  Bucyrus  1  67 ; 
Spring  Hills  77  cts. 

Western  New  York.— Bu^a/o  — Buffalo 
Central  13  60;  Wesifield  12  16.  Genesee  Val- 
/cy— Allegany  7;  Almond  4  60:  Angelical  69. 
Niagara^  Knowlesville  10.  Rochester  —  Ko- 
Chester  Central  14  04:  Sparta  2d  9  50. 

Wisconsin.—  Witcontin  fiivcr  —  Mineral 
Point  3. 

M I scELLANKorB.— Anonymous  2 ;  Pa,  Belle- 
fonte,  Mrs  E  a  Wallinglord  25:  N  Y,  Bridge 
Hampton,  "iVom  two  sisters"  6  ;  Iowa,  Rev  A 
C  Lime,  sp  2  50;  Pa,  York,  Miss  JancL  Cath- 
cari,  sp  20;  Pa,  Providence,  E  Weston  6;  N 


Y,  Babylon,  per** The  Presbyterian,"  sp  10; 
Int  on  money  left  by  Will  of  Matthew  Soott 
172 ;  Pa,  Lock  Haven,  Bona  10 ;  Del,  Dover, 
"  M"  6;  Pa,  Chambersburg,  "  M"  3,  "  W"  2= 
6:  N  J,  Clinton,  S  A  McNalr  6;  "S  C  H"  10; 
Mass,  Boston,  Chas  Wlegins,  Esq  100;  D  O, 
Washington,!)  C  F  Pelting,  sp  10;  "A  wid- 
ow's Mile,"  sp  6 ;  Va,  ClTrton,  "A  widow's 
mite,"  sp  1;  per  '*The  Presbyterian,"  Del, 
New  Castle,  from  "  E  B,  a  thank  offering  for 
special  mercy"  10;  Ohio,  Marseilles,  Miss  A  M 
iJemarest  6 :  Pa,  Harrisburgh,  Mrs  E  E  Hal- 
deman  75;  111,  Bloomlngton,  Mrs  M  Wilson, 
8p2  60;  N  Y,  Bridgehampton,  "R,"8p2;  Mass, 
Newburyport,  Mrs  Jane  Caldwell  25;  111, 
Bloomingtou,  Anonymous,  sp  2;  N  Y,  Malone, 
from  S  C  Wead,  sp  46 ;  Interest  on  Permanent 
Fund,  per  Wm  E  Tenbrook,  Esq  313  60. 

Total  for  August,       $2,329  36 
CHARLES  BROWN,  Treasurer. 


Mr.  E.  G.  Woodward,  Treasurer  of  Educa- 
lion,  is  now  also  Treasurer  of  the  Relief  Fund, 
to  whom  collections  should  be  sent. 

Charles  Bbowit. 
Late  Treasurer  of  Relief  Fund. 


^^rr//:r7;,  e!  G^'w^^^^^^  ^•^•'  \  Office,  1884  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  FREEDMEN  IN  AUGUST  1876. 


ALBANY.— ^Z6any— Saratoga  Springs  Ist, 
Sab-sch  1  52 ;  Saratoga  Springs  2<1  1  75. 

Baltimore,- ATew  Co»//€— Berlin,  Bucking- 
ham ch,  Mrs  John  M.  Taylor  60  cts. 

Central  New  York.— Bi3»ffAam/on— Bing- 
hamton  1st  10  03.  0/«e^o— Franklin  34  cts. 
.Syracuse- Liverpool  1  63.  l//ica— Utica  Ist 
85. 

Cleveland. — C/«tJcland— Cleveland  1st  28; 
Strongsville  1  04.  St  Claireville  —  Sooich 
Ridge,  O  S  70  cts.  <S/cutcnt;»//c— Wellsville 
14. 

CoLDMBU8.—-Wor ton— Columbus  2.  Zanet- 
vi7/e -Jersey  6. 

Erie.— fiu/icr— Centre  1  67. 

Geneva.— Cayaya— Meridian  6.  Chemung 
— Elraira  Ist  8  03. 

Harrisbdroh.  — Hunfinydon  — Perrysville 
20;  Woodland  2.  Northumberland— 'BmUblIo 
6  12;  Wllliamsport2d  8  9d. 

Illinois,  Central.— ScAuy/er-Maoomb  11. 

Illinois,  North.  —  Frf«/>or/— Freeport  1st 
23  43.    Rock  y.iver- Hamlet  1. 

Illinois,  South.  —  Alton  —  VIrden  1  20 ; 
Plainview88cts.    itfa/Zoon— Neoga  93  cts. 

Indiana,  North.  —  Logansport —  Alisha- 
waka  5  70.    Muncie— Wabash  2  16. 

Indiana,  South.  —  /ndianapo/it— Indian- 
apolis 3d  6.  Kevj  .i/6any— Le.\ington  and 
Sharon  Hill  4  50. 

Iowa,  North.— Du6ugMe—Zlon  2  80. 

Iowa,  South. —/owo — Keokuk,  Westmin- 
ster 1st  5  49;  Mt  Pleasant  1st  1  97;  Ottumwa 
Ist  67  cts. 

MicHiOAN.-JDtffroir— Detroit,  Western  3  19. 
Lansing  —  Concord  2  15;  Lansing  1st  2  18. 
Sayinaio— Bay  City  1  17. 

Minnesota.- St  PaW— House  of  Hope  9  92; 
St  Paul,  Central  3  70. 

New  Jersey.-  Elizabeth  —Liberty  Comer 
1  12;  Summit  Central  8  33:  Wesifield  3  73; 
Plainfleid  2d  66  71:  Elizabeth  1st  124  20; 
Plainiield  Ist  1  26:  Elizabeth  3i  6  60;  Roselle 
1  67 ;  Rosolie  Sab-sch  96  cts.  Morris  and 
Orai^oe- Mendham  Isi  44  94;  Morristown  Ist, 
(addi)    4  60.     Monmouth  —  Farmlngdale   2. 


AVttJarfc- Park  1  80:  High  St  42;  Newark  3d 
172  13.  New  Crunt«»icJfc— Hamilton  Square  4 
Stockton  1,  A'c wton  — Greenwich  Ist  3  94; 
Stillwater  let  2;  Newton  1st,  for  Biddle  Insti- 
tute 4  10.  West  Jer«fy— Flslerville  20;  A 
family,  1st  ch  Camden  26. 

New  York.— Hadton— Nyack  3  07;  Hemp- 
stead 1  06;  Scotchtown  76  cts;  Washlngton- 
vllle  1st  3.  New  Forik— Scotch  ch,  J  T  John- 
ston, Esq  23  88.    North  fiitrer— Rondout  4  67. 

Philadelphia.— CA«»/cr  — Chester  3d  23: 
New  London  10;  Media  1  07.  Lehigh— Tjower 
Mt  Bethel  1  63.  PA t7ad<?/pA<a— Tabernacle 
61  72.  PA  t/adWi)A ta  A'or/ A— Holmesburg  Sab- 
sch  6. 

PiTTSBriiOH.—  B/flir»i7t7/€— New  Alexan- 
dria 7  30.  Pittsburgh  —  East  Liberty  27  ; 
Shady  Side  8  49.  FFaxAiny/on— Wheeling  4th 
66  cts ;  West  Alexander  64. 

Tennessee.— L'n to n— St  Paul  1  76. 

Toledo.  —  JB«Wc/on/a<ne—Bellefontaine  let 
91  cts. 

Western  New  York.—  Buffalo—  Buffalo 
Central  9  34  ;  Westfleld  8  40.  Genesee— CsiS- 
tlle  10.  Genesee  Va//fw— Angelica  1  76.  Nia- 
gara— Porter  16.  Rochester— Mi  Morris  24  68; 
Rochester  Central  9  71 ;  Geneseo  Village  35. 

Wisconsin. —  i(f<2iratiJI(««— Ottawa  46  cts; 
Delafield  27  cts. 

Miscellaneous.- Interest  on  Mortgages 
120:  A  Lady  member  of  2d  ch  Freeport,  III  5: 
Rev  Jas  Cameron,  San  Bernardino,  Cal  76 
cts;  "  Friends  In  Illinois"  60;  Mrs  E  G  Wal- 
llngford,  Bellefonte,  Pa  25:  Henry  S  Hunt- 
ington, Lake  George,  NY  10 ;  £  P  Dunlap, 
Van  Wert,  O  7. 

Total  Receipts  in  August  1876,       1,861  92 

JAMES  ALLISON,  Treasurer. 


Rev.  A.  O.  McClelland,  Correspondinf 
Secretary,  Box  1246,  Pittsbui^h,  Pa. 

Rev.  Jambs  Allison,  D.D.,  7V«Miir«r,  Look 
Box  84,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

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UtiHOLVTlOlf   or  TAB    FAFTnrAL    RELATION, 

UeT.  T.  NT  Duwson  nf  Brook!yn.  C»lifnrirtft( 

di'tf^rinJiAliou  lu  wiilidrtiW  frotu  iLti  Piuaby* 
Wriafi  CliliTtrh. 

U"?v  F  V^^l^  tier  Lip]>a  nnd  tiie  cbarcli  at 
&j>irfm»  hlo. 

CALT^   RE0EJVKI>  OR   A^CEPTEO. 
Ret.   AiLliur   VuUJi  of  Muti'k6i;in;k,  to  the 

Kt'v.  A.  McMtivlec  lutlittL'UurcIi  atMeoomi* 
ntrv,  VVt8eo«.«in 

ii<?v.  AlbeiM  C  Bishop  to  the  ist  church  of 
West  Troy.  N.  Y. 

itov,  liohert  i1ir»«tiaoii  to  the  church  at 
E^litiboiu,  El  ie  Co..  Pa. 

iWv  H  Q.  Bull  lo  iho  tOiurch  «i  Geneva, 
Wi*^ou9<n 

i;ev  Willinui  K  Tally  to  the  First  Pros- 
bytei^ian  Cl<ijrch  tyi  Mtditin,  N   Y. 

*  llev.  F.  A    Xoblf  Ui  the  Ceotr«  chorch, 
Kewli+ivrij,  U<»nnrci«»,ut 

Kev  F  Vdii  tlt*r  Lipp**  to  the  church  at 
l?ew  Fmukiiat  6flliri«  Cu  .  Mq 

Kev.  Joiicph  H  Kuuituni  to  the  clmrtli  at 
Hfidt^&burg,  Ctiiitiai  rresbjtery  of  PbiJadeU 
phia. 

Rfev  B*a  E*ia  Ely  to  the  churoh  at  Wil- 
luw  Ciei'k,  N.  Y. 

The  CLiu;irf^:ilion  of  tliie  Bridge  St.  F'reshy- 
teruui  cbiircli,  C<au5Aiiq»)A,  Pa.,  huve  oomii- 
mouply  re[a<eU  to  najte  wstb  tin:  Ruv.  Mr. 
Futtcn  iu  flikiiig  PreHttytorjf  to  Ji*54>lve  fhi3 
ptJkftorai  ot^iti'fU.  Mr  Fulluu  hoA  heeu 
tilled  to  tb«  PjeibykfriAU  cbareh,  CourUo- 
hucktun,  Pa. 

Kev  J  \\\  Boftl  to  tbe  chmch  of  WLite 
Dctr  Fri^^ltvtery  of  Noiihumbei  land. 

H<;v  H,  a'.  Daviwo  ti»  llie  Fuat  Tieibyter- 
iai)  ohui'ch,  Nurtii  ^ew  Yuxk. 

Rpv*  1-  !*,  Van  Syckdi  to  the  church  at 
£tf«cU  Creek,  Pa. 

Mr.  D.  S  White  to  tho  church  at  Eeuds- 
buve.  Wi.s<x.r.s:n 

Ut.  G  F.  LwHrre  to  the  chtiroh  ai  Prairie 
d«  Sac,  \Vi!iCuii6:n. 

Kev.  Fie"<ertck  Stovooour  to  the  chareh 
at  blulft^jti,  Indu^na. 

OaOIN  AtlOSS  AUD  INSTALL  AT  10318. 

Mr  JanvHa  tljiirnUera  was  rn  Inmed  to  the 
ti\iiitstry  OM  tljo  ^d  of  Au^M-t  hi  tLe  Second 
Prei^byLerijin  Cburch  of  Ti iuieton,  N.  J. 

n^jv  Join  B  Kk*«v«  D  D  vix-i  inslalled 
r^ivtorof  th«  Lombard  -street  <.>tj( ml  Pr^iby- 
tcit-ui  ^^iiuicU  uu  the  iJih  ol  S«pt4^rtibtfr. 

Mr  Stcjilieii  D.  i^iiiith  w.wi  ordcuned  Aud 
in^tnllod  pjwtor  of  ih^  ILtuover  churcb,  by 
ine  Piejjbytety  uf  Zuinsiville.  on  the  Tth  oi 
Sfpltfiubor 

FObT  OFFICB   ADDRE^ES  OHA?rGBD. 

Bfv  T  (')  ar»es  TbotUiis  from  New  Cad  isle 
to  Pl«ii£^ot  ilid^ft,  Ubio. 


Rev.  h^inc  da  la  Muter  from  Keily  to  Dclbi«,J 
Ohio, 

K*r.  J  B  Cvowe  from  Quintry,  III,  to  J 
Re'njMgtini,  Ind. 

Kfv  J,  T.  *-)sIer  from  Betblehem,  Pi* ,  to  ! 
Piiiicelon.  N.  J- 

Huv.    A.    W.   TIhium   from  Brooklyn    to 
C r^i w fords V it le,  Waiibifigt4jo  Co,  Jowu 

lU'V  T.  A  Hobinsoii  Uom  Perry  vilk\  Kao  ,  ] 
lo  Totlur  s  Mii!?i,  Vn  j 

R^r.  AeXHiidt'r  U,  Darlcy  from   Hi^souiiJ 
Valley,  lawa,  to  Del  IJuite,  Kio  Grande 
Co  orado. 

Rev.  Al<*xrtuder  6  Wilson  from  Streatoti] 
lit  ,  tu  Fiitrtit^td,  lawa. 

K»*v.  Andrew  Piirsoni*  from  Weyanwegj||» J 
W lilt udj^ ill,  to  Hunter,  Gre*'ii  Co  »  N.  Y.  J 

IWv   \V.  W,  BUuveU,  D  D  ,  trorn  New  0<ir* 
ntiintufrii  to  Lainiugton,  ^ooitiiset  Co<,  H^^l 
Jcriicy 

Key.  G,  F  WhUe worth  from  Olynipia  t<^J 
Seatti^t  Waaljiiigtoo  Territory. 

Pvev,  Auj^iistiis  Coni}  frum  Iude[)eiideric0, 
Obiu,  to  K{?cQe,  O. 

Kev.  tit»oige  A.  M^KIuU'y  froim  Mtrabilef 
Mo.,  lo  AubuiR,  N,  Y. 

Hdv,  J    Emory  Fishur  from  Auburn,  Iiid., 
to  Woouiftock,  IIL 

K«v.  K  i^  GMQtlrich  from  Bocatur  to  box  , 
GS",  Yf^^ilaGli.  Mich 

lUv.  Ua4\o  O.  B«ot  from  Otisco,  N",  Y,  ta 
OintoD.  N.  Y. 

liov.  Geo  Spnuiding  from  Brooklyn p  Pii., 
to  Caaa&era^-t,  N.  Y 

Rev.  R  Ktiw  frum  Wftrreu^  Pa.,  to  AU 
mood,  N-  Y. 

Rev  Mout's  D.  A  Steenfroio  ConntrjiuLviil^p  1 
Prt ,  lo  IH  WVsi  Fourth  stre**l,lun:innrtU,  O, 

Hev  It.  A  Thicker  from  BuUak  Mo.,  ta\ 
Wtalhtriord.  .Tcx*ia. 

Rev.  Dwigtu  B.  Hcrvey  from  Jersey  laj 
Grniivino.  Licking  Co^  Oliio. 

Rev.  l&jiuu  N  Kluya  fiom  Junction  Ci'y^J 
Kau  ,  to  Sbifjpeiisburfl;,  Pn 

Rv^v,  Robf-t  Croik^hank.  D  D ,  from  S*i»^ 
Tjinuuh,  Mo.,  to  Htghlnnd   Kan«4ij. 

Rev  Jjimtjj?  Biack,  DDj  from  Pittshur^hJ 
Ps  ,  to  Wooster,  Uliio. 

Rf'V.  Joijn  B.  Keev«5.  D  D,,  from  Wftih- 
iti;<tou»  D.  C,  to  FhtUdel|dua,  Pa 

Kev.  Henry  J.  Crane  from  Hunter,  N.  Y*|,lj 
to  Gibsun,  «Su«queha:iUEi  Co  ,  Pii. 

Rev.  Aitbor  Foi>om  Lium  Diutock  lo  Fl^a^-^^ 
ail t  Mount,  Wayn«  Co  .  Pa, 

Hev\  George  W.  Cuao  from  Homer  to-j 
Nite».  Midi. 

Rev.  Hvjiry  T.  Ford  from  Norriitowti,  Pa,| 
to  Adrian,  Mich. 

Rov,  A  S  Fiske  from  Rochester,  N,  Y.,  to  i 
San  Fraueisco,  Cal. 

PEATQ^. 

Rhv,  Henry  Mivrlyn  KerTftJ  4t  Noir4r!£,l 
©.,  ou  the  Isl  o\  ^v}^iii-\\]W^r.  1 

Rev,  Kxm  n  Gtlifii.  D  D ,  in  New  Y'oikl 
CiLyi  oa  the  :id  ol  iie^Usuiber, 


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Bonrd  of  Home  Miasions— HnrJ  Tltat'3— Fliiiindnl  Slnienieot'^nevirsrs  of  Tf<»ffgirjn— 
Pupal  yViPjieftff  A  Sii!^|^5tlm»  to  Mlitfiouiiric;*— Coirrtyiofirffac*  *?/  .UiiTiiantfr/<«— II>m»ic  jVHj»- 
t)ou  Wurk  miiongUifJ  Chine*}  <jii  tlicPrttilW  C-iMiSt— tJ^ll  fr\»m  l/ri*li— R<»^»()rt  lY^iii  Mlsdooh 
^A  roiimrkiUiUr  wurk  (n  K^ntuclty— Kaui&ft— Miui^  Jitniit;^!— WVak  chmvUvt  tu  l)«  nniUi- 
ItUtiCHl— L^ili^^rfrom  Nef»riiBku.  ...««.* — » ^ .„.. » „.    3ia 

Bonrtt  cf  Education.— The  Treasury— Nitmbcr  of  Slacfenti  tor  tlie  Y«ar— Mt9tsk«fi  Rcil- 
g1ui>— M'linr  Ip  the  king  lotn  'tf  lieavt^n  ^— Whirt  is  the  BpiriL  tliaK  mako0  )>caroQ *-^tviAC  ml^ 
tukutPittf  to  UliiMJtiivn  lifeuji  ^(wlh— A  «i>odm«n  Pmfoitfors''  Keiwrt* ..,.» „ $)1 

Bn«rti  of  Foreign  Missions.— Hceont  Intc1ll|^ii{:o^I>i*niU  nf  Ibjuiex  Oiumnn— M«»nj  mvn 
wsiiiltfl  for  Afrlcn— Utifinlln>rj*c5<l— Pruv*  Jtl,  24.  Kiniuiilt;)^ — A  tU«crtwlafttin|j;  Ktvltu^-Tlitf 
Wvrk  ul  ZjteiiK'Cft*  anA  Vielftitjr.  ..-- *"...* «..».,».  .,„^.,... ^ «„»,,.*....,  ^,**  d&l 

B<jard  of  PubUottilo*.r-W"<»'i9  ft^m  a  Work!n|f  lAyniftii .  .«..««..«... „..«».* ^.«..,.. 3£70 

Bonrcl  of  Church  Erection.— What  Pr«ileiio«  In  PUtininif  and  PeT9PTcraiice  Ift  cattj^N^ 
mit  PiiiikMit  Plans  wlU  elfect ..., .» «a 

kehfet  Fund  for  Bisiibled  Minlaten,— VThut  a  Foreign  Mlwiooary  thl5k«—V»l«e  of  Uic 
Keller  Fum! ^ « »  — -^ - :...^....... 8T» 

a^aeril  Aaserobly^a  Gommlttee  on  Freedaiexi.— Flniuiciiil  Slatomcnt— The  Piwt  Snb- 
Unlh  in  Ileeember...-. .**.......« -... .....,«- «*.^.. »,..«.»,. ....««  „,.,„.„.„,  3T4 

Aeko iw^ied^monto  of  Booalptft--—...  "«*".«"—."—*—— ^"—^-""«-..»*— «.*-..♦**-.«  *J* 


.1 


The  Gent>ral  A^ecmbljr  lius  rc«\»niinGndocl  tliat  fpoclal  CoTleHivHi*  ur  CoolrlbtiUunA  for  i^ 
6cUuiuv«  b«  iimd«  on  (ho  iirftt  Iiord'«  day  of  iUo  followln;^  mm^th?*: 

^nttuitrif,    »...»«»..«iibr....... ^Fitrvi/jn  Ati*Mittu9, 

M^^iftitttriff  ^,*^ ,  **   «.«* M'J'ltK*tiiion, 

Jlff»|^,  .p^..*,*^,.  <*  .»« i*uMicitti*t»k, 

^inlif,  «..»,  **  ♦„„«4.,«^.».CA<«*v/4  AVri?/fi»rt. 

HepittHbfT,  ****** '^  .*^MM»»«.l^^f''/ Fi4«i'f  /«#«-  liimtbttfd  MiniBUrtf* 

Now^ntbert  «  ^  .,.„„,..«*,*. /if»iMe>  MiitmivHm, 


FOTl]\r  OF  BEQUEST  TO  AKY  OF  THE  BOARDS. 

Ttit;  StAif?  laws  iliHer  io  much  ibut  no  one  form  will  Aiivvor  in  aH  tUo  StAieJ,  but  la  eTciry  ctjiso 
tt.  iB  ff^eiJliftl  W  giVB  ilie  uiout  coKrok^TK  stamk. 

Deqtio^U  (or  Itomn  Mis^inutt  sliouM  bo  made  to  **TA<*  Doat'W  «►/  f/f»n»#  J/Uf4>iitcrf  M#  Trr*. 
iy/rffflN  (^Ain  cJi  in  fA«  Vnited  State*  of  Jmtr^tfA/*  whJcli  Is  nuw  the  curiiumto  lUle. 

t>l  Ihv  ShuMvH  nf  JCtltti-nfltm  tbo  eorporftlo  nkino  la  ^Th«  Mo^vd  t\f  Ldnemtitm  9/  the  Pre^hy- 
Uriun  Churvh  in  lAe  l^nitri  Stata  •/  jiwfFJca/* 

The  tUtttiHi  vf  J'\*t'rfffn  MffntioMit  Is  lncorporflt(>d  under  I  bo  luwi  of  ICow  York,  ttmlrr  iht» 
ityloof  »*T^*  Hoard  of  Fanign  Minion*  ntf  tkt  PrtMbifterUn  i'kureh  trt  Ike  Vnittd  Sl^f»  &/ 

Tbi'  lluftt^itof  r^iittficotlott  [$  int'orpomled  nndtr  tfeo  law*  of  rcoii*ylTaalA,ttiidor  Ukj  »tyle  of 
**  T/i*'  Trttiicc*  o/the  Prttbyterian  BiMvd  0/  rutflicatittn/^ 

Thtt  ttffftrtl  ttf  f  iturrh  Fitefim*  li  lnciorfn>ratc*!  under  the  J^tytoof  ***'ni^  li<»4irt^  a/f)k*  Churt^h 
£rrct(on  Fund  &f  fht  Gtntr^l  AiK^mt^fy  »/  tti*'  Pft^bifttrian  VImrck  in  th£  VniUdStaffto/ 
Jimrrica^"  Incorporated  Pdurcli  ;tl,  I8'i6,  by  the  Legd^lninrc  of  liie  St*ie  ot  Now  York. 

J]oii«CHt»  tlijit  \\i\w  bcftn  nmdp.  to  tbe  **Trustri'M  cf  the  General  Atnembly,'"  or  lo  tll«  **Tru»te€9 
o/tttr  Preubyierimt  JiovMe"  Tor  tUinrcb  porj^vicSf  will  Xw  valid. 

Afl  tttqur^tv  mmie  to  thf*  Incorporated  Ik^nrdp  or  C«mniltti'««  of  ibi?  two  IbM  AisembUea  Aie 
vnlid.  And  will  be  received  by  tho  13oivrd»  which  arc  their  l|L'gut  sactieesiurf. 

Tlie  litftef  #^*«rf  /^>#'  litMHhtt'ft  Mini/iterit,  ttint   th**  ft'hloffmut^d  Ort^ftatiM  of  Mhtifea^fii 

JUit*i«t*-r§  rofimrcs  the  following  f«irm: 

**I  Kitre  uid  heqtuMith  to  my  execuiorB  hcrpinftfler  ij»iD<?iI, didtari>ln  truKt,  ncT6rth6l««iiSp 

that  they  shall^  wUhtn months  aifler  my  de«e&»«>^  pay  tho  aaino  to  iho  Trutttet*  p/th^  C#». 

erttl  Attembl-if  of  thtt  Prffbyterian  Church  in  the  United  State*  t^  Jmtricm^  Stir  tH^B  OM  of  t^ 
Fund  for  IMsftblod  Mln(»t«r9and  thoir  Famtlioi,^ 


Whtn  r$ml  estate  or  o(h«r  property  i*  givfu,  let  it  l^  p^i-Uc^Uarlu  Mi^nkti^ 


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BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS. 


The  last  month  of  1875  has  come.  The  year  has  been  marked,  thus 
far,  by  the  continuance  of  "  Hard  Timea.^^  Financially  the  hardness  has 
increased  and  intensified,  especially  in  the  eastern  sections  of  the  coun* 
try  and  church.  Contributions  hare  diminished  in  frequency  and 
amount.  All  benevolent  institutions  have  suffered  more  or  less.  This 
Board,  whose  income  is  derived  almost  exclusively  from  the  churches, 
has  not  escaped  the  sad  effects  of  this  general  stringency. 

To  put  this  state  of  things  more  clearly  before  the  churches,  we  pub- 
lish the  following  from  the  Treasurer. 

FINANCIAL  STATEMENT. 

For  the  seven  months  ending  November  1,  1876,  the  receipts  were, 
from  all  sources,  as  compared  with  the  similar  period  of  last  year,  thus : 


18T4. 

1876. 

Receipts  from  churches, 

$69,138  21 

$66,385  70 

Legacies, 

14,876  26 

9,574  67 

Miscellaneous, 

8,352  88 

5,603  21 

Total,  $92,367  34  $71,563  58 

Showing  a  loss  to  Home  Missions,  in  seven  months,  of  $20,803  76. 

In  Sustentation  Department  for  the  same  period,  thus : 

1874.  1876. 

Receipts,  $20,341  24  $12,105  84 

Loss,     $8,235  40. 

The  debt  of  Home  Missions  on  the  1st  of  November,  1875,  was,  in 
round  numbers,  $115,000,  and  Sustentation  Department  $8,000.     Total 


354  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  [Dec. 

indebtedness  of  Board  $123,000.  To  illustrate  further  these  difficulties 
of  the  "  Hard  TimeSy'*^  we  may  state  that  at  the  last  monthly  meeting 
of  the  Board,  there  were  presented  205  applications  for  aid  to  the 
amount  of  $74,835. 

We  have  endeavored  to  set  out  in  a  clear  light  the  state  of  things  for 
the  prayerful  consideration  of  God's  people.  If  this  continues  to  increase 
for  the  remaining  five  months  of  the  Board's  fiscal  year,  great  distress 
must  come  on  the  1200  missionaries  and  their  families,  and  discourage- 
ment and  disaster  befall  this  wide-spread  work  of  evangelizing  the  land. 
Under  such  circumstances,  the  Board  feels  compelled  to  exercise  special 
wisdom  and  care  to  avoid  unbearable  burdens  of  debt,  or  to  cripple  the 
work  by  too  great  reductions,  familiarly  called  "cutting  down"  the 
applications  commended  by  the  Presbyteries. 


REYIYALS  OF  RELIGION. 

The  Presbyterian  Church  has  not  become  so  poor  as  to  render  neces- 
sary the  small  contributions  to  this  fundamental  work.  She  is  still  dan- 
gerously rich.  She  yet  has  left  a  "place  where  to  lay  her  head,"  which 
her  Redeemer  and  Lord  had  not.  What  she  needs  in  her  ministers, 
elders,  members,  and  children,  is  more  of  the  spirit  of  her  Master.  She 
needs,  above  all  things,  more  of  the  presence  and  power  of  the  Holy 
Ghost. 

There  seems  to  be  a  wide-spread  expectation,  perhaps  desire,  felt  for 
His  coming  to  revive  the  church  and  country.  From  these  "signs  of 
the  times"  arise  largely  our  hopes  for  relief  and  help.  True  religion 
cannot  be  revived  without  reviving  the  spirit  of  benevolence  among 
God's  people.  It  will  break  up  "  coveteousness,  which  is  idolatry,"  and 
excite  desire  and  effort  to  help  the  needy.  Now,  does  any  person,  or 
church,  long  for  a  true  revival  ?  The  means  to  secure  it  are  revealed  by 
the  Spirit  in  Malachi  iii.  10:  "Bring  ye  all  the  tithes  into  the  store- 
house, that  there  may  he  meat  in  mine  house^  and  prove  me  now  herewith, 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  if  I  will  not  open  you  the  windows  of  heaven,  and 
pour  you  out  a  blessing,  that  there  shall  not  be  room  enough  to  receive 
it!"  Bread,  "meat,"  is  wanting  to  twelve  hundred  of  God's  missionary 
servants  and  their  families !  The  Board  is  not  able  to  promptly  afford 
support.  How  can  the  Church  secure  the  large  return  of  his  life-giving 
favor  but  in  obeying  at  once  his  command  to  prove  him,  by  bringing 
their  tithes  into  this  store-house  ?  "  The  liberal  soul  shall  be  made  fat," 
is  still  true,  and  those  words  of  Jesus  never  fail,  from  age  to  age,  "  The 
merciful  shall  obtain  mercy  I"  "  Inasmuch  as  ye  have  done  it  to  the 
least  of  these  my  brethren,  ye  have  done  it  unto  ife".'  Is  there  not 
much  prayer  for  revival  rain,  and  unanswered,  because  the  tithes  are 
withheld.  God  has  not  changed  His  ways.  The  means  of  grace  are 
the  same  through  all  generations.  May  God's  people  try  them,  with 
full  confidence  of  their  divine  efficacy !  C^ r^r^ni\r> 

''  Digitized  by  VjOOQIC 


18Y5.]  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  355 

PAPAL  ASPECTS. 

The  missionaries  in  all  parts  of  the  country  notice  and  report  the 
aggressive  yet  stealthy  movements  # of  Rome  against  the  Bible,  and 
especially  its  use  in  the  public  schools.  Indeed,  the  hostility  is  directed 
towards  our  system  of  public  education.  They  purpose,  as  in  Catholic 
lands,  to  secure  the  control  of  education  to  the  Papacy,  and  especially 
to  the  Jesuits.  This  subtle  and  dangerous  conspiracy  must  be  over- 
thrown, or  our  civil  and  religious  liberty  will  be  destroyed.  Home 
Missions  are  our  only  hope  in  our  new  and  frontier  settlements.  A 
free  gospel  and  civil  and  religious  liberty  will  stand  or  fall  together.  It 
has  always  and  everywhere  been  so.  Rome,  since  she  assumed  "Infalli- 
bility," is  making  her  last  great  eflfort  to  extinguish  light  and  liberty,  so 
that  she  may  sit  alone  in  solitude  and  darkness.  The  Bible  and  the 
school  must  be  exterminated  in  this  land  in  order  to  this.  Let  patriot- 
ism and  piety  awake  to  the  issue  in  time.  Support  the  churches,  scatter 
the  Scriptures,  send  and  support  the  missionary  into  all  the  new  aad 
rapidly  forming  settlements,  to  kindle  the  watch-fires.  The  future  and 
final  conflict  with  this  hoary-headed  foe  may  not  be  far  away.  The 
conflict  for  the  Bible  and  liberty  in  this  land  is  the  conflict  for  the  world. 
If  we  fail  here,  a  new  and  deeper  midnight  will  settle  upon  the  race. 


A  SUGGESTION  TO  MISSIONARIES. 

Would  it  not  be  wise  in  many  cases,  when  the  Board  is  behind  in 
its  payments  in  these  diflScult  times,  to  state  the  burdens  of  the  Board, 
and  their  own  trials,  to  their  people  ?  Many  letters  come  to  this  office, 
detailing  wants,  which  almost  any  congregation  could  and  would 
willingly  relieve,  if  laid  gently  yet  urgently  before  them.  Let  the 
people  know. 

CORRESPONDENCE  OF  MISSIONARIES. 

HOME    MISSION   WORK    AMONG   THE   CHINESE    ON    THE    PACIFIC    COAST. 

"During  the  year,  the  congregations,  morning  and  night,  have 
steadily  increased.  The  prayer-meeting  has  not  been  interrupted  once, 
and  has  grown  from  two  to  twenty-five  steady  attendants,  and  some- 
times we  have  forty.  We  have  had  four  communion  meetings,  and  addi- 
tions to  the  church  at  every  one.  Without  any  excitement  or  extra 
meetings,  eighteen  good  members  have  been  added — twelve  by  profes- 
sion and  six  by  letter.  Twelve  were  females  and  six  adult  males.  A 
young  ladies'  mission  band  has  been  organized  in  the  Sabbath-school  on 
Home  Missions,  and  they  pledge  the  average  ($12.50)  of  the  six  thou- 
sand schools  for  the  past  indebtedness  of  the  Board,  and  will  accomplish 
it,  I  think,  by  January  1st. 

"  Of  the  additions  to  the  church,  three  were  from  our  private  class  of 
Chinese,  most  thorough  and  intelligent  converts.  One  was  a  Portuguese 
man,  a  convert  from  Romanism.  One  of  the  Chinese  converts  has  been 
called  to  Oakland  and  employed  by  a  missionary  society  to  super- 
intend a  Chinese  Sabbath-school  of  one  hundred  and  fifty,  and  to  do 
mission  work  among  them;  and  he  is  worthy  and  well  qualified.      Of 


356  BOARD  OP  HOME  MISSIONS.  [Dec. 

. , ■ ■ 

our  private  class  of  ten,  my  wife  and  I  think  there  are  five  more  truly 
converted.  We  are  waiting  for  more  thorough  instruction  and  for  fur- 
ther proof  before  admitting  to  the  church,  as  the  prejudice  is  such  that 
nothing  short  of  the  severest  proofs  and  unequivocal  piety  will  recon- 
cile the  community. 

"As  these  young  men  are  all  house  servants,  and  somewhat  homeless, 
and  cut  off  from  all  society  of  the  pagan  Chinfese,  on  account  of  religion, 
I  am  now  trying  to  secure  them  a  mission  home,  to  cost  $250,  as  a 
place  for  study,  for  prayer-meetings  in-  Chinese  among  themselves, 
(now  held  every  Sabbath  night  in  the  church-yard  after  divine  service,) 
a  rendezvous  in  case  of  sickness;  or  out  of  a  place — in  order  to  hold 
them  as  permanent  as  possible  during  their  education.  These  ten  are 
all  studying  to  become  mission  teachers  to  their  race,  and  their  studi- 
ousness  and  progress  are  wonderful.  My  wife  and  I  give,  one  of  the 
four  nights,  Bible  lessons  only,  and  all  of  them  gratuitous.  I  regard 
this  work  as  of  immense  moment  and  wonderfully  blessed." 

Large  numbers  of  these  people  gather  into  our  Sabbath-schools  and 
churches,  on  the  coast,  to  learn  the  English  language,  often,  it  is  true, 
for  business  ends,  but  they  learn  it  by  means  of  our  English  Bible; 
thus  God's  word  gains  entrance  into  their  minds,  which  is  "  able  to 
make  wise  the  simple"  and  "to  make  them  wise  unto  salvation."  Pray 
for  God's  blessing  on  this  great  and  important  work,  alike  important  to 
this  country,  and  to  the  millions  of  China.  In  this  work  lies  the  gospel 
way  to  Eastern  Asia. 

CALL   FROM    UTAH. 

We  need  the  moral  influence  of  more  workers  in  Utah.  We  have 
over  twenty  towns  in  this  territory,  which  have  a  population  of  one 
thousand  and  upward,  and  not  an  evangelical  minister  in  a  single  one 
of  them.  Now  it  seems  to  me  that  a  half  dozen  good  live  men  planted 
down  in  these  Mormon  centres,  would  be  a  good  investment  for  the 
Board.  I  know  they  will,  if  they  will  use  their  pens  occasionally. 
But  whether  they  do  or  not,  I  think  the  Church  ought  to  provide  for 
this  work,  because  every  consideration  which  can  be  urged  in  favor  of 
the  Foreign  work,  can  be  urged  in  favor  of  this  Utah.  And  then  we 
can  urge  this  besides,  that  the  people  of  this  Territory  are  growing  into 
the  warp  and  woof  of  our  country's  web.  I  would  like  to  see  the  ban- 
ner of  Christ  raised  in  every  valley  throughout  this  priest-ridden  dis- 
trict; and  yet  1  am  conscious  of  the  fact  that  the  Church  is  taking  no 
insignificant  step,  when  she  sends  a  missionary  into  one  of  these  neigh- 
borhoods ;  for  he  must  be  provided  for,  not  for  one  year,  but  for  half  a 
score  perhaps.  But  I  am  perfectly  willing  to  leave  this  subject  to  your 
wisdom  and  judgment.     With  kindest  regards, 

Your  brother  in  Christ,  J.  W. 

REPORT   FROM   MISSOURI. 

Please  receive  this  as  my  last  quarterly  report  for  the  year  ending 
November  1st  This  is  to  be  my  final  report.  Although  it  is  exceed- 
ingly hard  times  with  us  in  this  region  this  year,  yet  it  is  harder  times 
with  the  Board;  and  I  thought  I  could  do  without  the  $200  I  have  been 
receiving  from  you  better  than  you  could  afford  to  send  it  to  me.  I  shall 
ask  for  no  aid  this  year. 


1875.]  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  357 

I  deeply  sympathize  with  you,  dear  brethren,  while  you  are  under 
such  a  burden.  I  know  how  kind  you  have  been  to  me  during  the  two 
and  a  half  years  I  have  been  a  missionary  of  the  Home  Board.  My 
church  has  wonderfully  grown — many  souls  have  been  saved. 

Let  this  be  my  farewell:  God  bless  the  Board  of  Home  Missions — 
bless  its  Secretaries,  and  show  them  daylight  soon.  We  shall  meet  one 
glad  day  in  the  Church  triumphant,  after  we  have  labored  to  the  last  in 
the  dear  Church  militant.     Christ  shall  reign. 

Yours  fraternally,  W.  J.  L. 


KENTUCKY. — A  REMARKABLE  WORK. 

My  quarterly  report  is  due.  Since  last  report  1  have  been  enabled  to 
preach  every  Sabbath  twice,  and  sometimes  thrice.  Eight  additions  to 
P L church ;  none  to  the  church  at  P ,  which  I  have  sup- 
plied mostly  by  proxy,  by  professors  at  D .  There  is  a  most  remarka- 
ble work  of  grace  among  my  neighbors,  growing  out  of  a  series  of  services 
held  in  an  abandoned  church  by  Brother  Lapsley  and  myself,  last  fall. 
The  meeting  for  prayer,  held  only  by  plain  laymen,  and  in  a  section  of 
the  country  ten  years  ago  so  infested  by  "  banditti"  that  it  was  unsafe  to 
pass  after  dark,  goes  from  house  to  house,  often  filled  to  overflowing, 
and  the  deepest  feeling  is  manifested  and  several  conversions  reported. 

I.  H.  C. 

KANSAS. 

The  brother  who  penned  this  report  died  in  the  prime  of  his  years  a 
few  weeks  ago. 

The  last  quarter  of  the  year  covered  by  your  commission  closed  yes- 
terday, and  I  hasten  to  report.  I  am  sorry  that  I  cannot  speak  of  any 
revival  of  religion  in  this  field  during  the  year.  But  while  we  mourn 
the  absence  of  any  special  work  of  grace,  there  has  still  been  progress 
in  our  work.  There  is  more  of  harmony  and  unanimity  of  action  among 
our  people  than  formerly.  The  reputation  of  our  church  among  "  out- 
siders" is  improving,  and  consequently  the  influence  of  your  missionary 
among  this  class  is  on  the  increase.  The  attendance  on  our  church  ser- 
vices is  twenty-five  per  cent,  better  than  it  was  one  year  ago,  and  our 
prayer-meetings  are  larger  and  more  interesting.  And  yet  truth  compels 
me  to  say  that  there  are  in  the  community  a  great  many  habitual  neglect- 
ers  of  the  sanctuary.  During  the  past  year  fourteen  persons  have  united 
with  this  church,  and  four  with  the  Wathena  church,  making  eighteen  at 
both  stations;  of  these  five  are  males  and  nine  females. 

The  most  encouraging  feature  of  our  church  is  that  several  business 
men  are  becoming  interested,  and  some  few  are  now  regular  attendants, 
and  the  church  is  now  more  united  than  at  any  time  for  the  last  four  or 
five  years.  The  longest  ride  (per  buggy)  for  a  parochial  purpose  was 
thirty-four  miles,  to  visit  a  family  (Scotch-Irish)  in  which  I  found  three 
generations,  and  baptized  five  children,  the  youngest  in  the  mother's 
arms.  But  this  was  a  pleasure  trip  compared  with  many  others  I  have 
had  to  perform.  I  ought  to  add  that  the  wife  and  mother  of  the  above 
family  came  in  from  the  country,  seventeen  miles,  and  united  with  our 
church  in  July  last.  She  has  resided  in  this  State  ten  years,  but  owing 
to  location  has  rarely  enjoyed  the  privilege  of  attending  Presbyterian 
meetings.  But  owing  to  her  education  and  training  in  this  church  in 
Ireland,  she  could  not  unite  with  any  other  denomination.  And  while 
our  church  here  is  making  some  progress  in  moral  and  spiritual  things, 


358  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  [Dee. 

we  are  not  very  strong  pecuniarily.  The  majority  of  my  people  are 
farmers  and  their  families,  and  I  need  not  dwell  upon  the  calamities  that 
have  befallen  the  agricultural  interests  of  our  State.  Because  of  these 
disasters,  and  the  heavy  debt  that  still  hangs  upon  our  church,  we  shall 
be  obliged  to  look  to  you  for  aid  for  another  year.  A.  H.  L. 


MANSE   RENTAL. 

Your  letter  of  30th  ult,  asking  an  explanation  of  the  omittal  of  men- 
tion of  parsonage  in  our  application  for  this  year,  received. 

First.  The  parsonage  has  been  built  within  the  year  past,  and  was 
occupied  by  me  about  six  months  ago,  and  I  was  told  that  no  considera- 
tion would  be  asked,  and  no  rental  affixed,  as  my  eflforts  had  so  far  ex- 
ceeded their  expectations.  Besides,  they  were  cognizant  that  without  a 
house  the  salary  was  not  sufficient  to  allow  me  to  keep  my  family  with- 
out incurring  debt.  Furthermore,  the  anxiety  produced  by  "  turning  and 
twisting,"  in  order  to  live  on  such  an  income,  enhanced  by  delay  of 
payment  on  the  part  of  the  Board,  made  it  necessary  that  I  should  have 
relief  in  some  form. 

Secondly.  Before  I  came  to  this  place  (from  Seminary)  I  had  care- 
fully considered  my  habits  of  living  and  those  of  my  wife,  and  was  con- 
vinced we  could  not  live  on  less  than  a  thousand  dollars,  together  with 
a  house.  This  was  the  first  and  only  church  I  preached  in,  and  as  they 
called  me  without  hearing  another,  I  came,  putting  myself  under  the  lead- 
ings of  Providence.  But  I  used  my  own  eyes  also,  as  well  as  I  knew 
how.  My  interpretation  of  the  laws  of  the  Board  was,  that  it  would 
allow  a  man  b,**  salary  of  a  thousand  dollars  at  least,"  and  if  it  were 
there,  or  it  could  be  brought  about,  a  house  to  live  in  would  not  break 
in  upon  this ;  especially  if  the  circumstances  of  the  case  would  warrant  it. 

When  my  case  came  up  in  Presbytery,  the  naked  call  was  read,  and 
I  arose  and  stated  to  Presbytery  in  substance  what  I  have  said  above, — 
that  I  was  confident,  with  my  best  eflForts,  I  could  not  live  on  less  than 
a  thousand  dollars  and  a  house.  The  elder  arose  and  said  he  could  not 
promise  a  house  certain,  but  they  would  do  what  they  could.  I  accepted, 
on  the  feeling  that  they  would.  I  have  worked  hard  at  a  church  that 
seemed  on  its  "last  legs."  They  never  made  any  such  progress  before 
in  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  years  of  existence.  But  1  was  compelled 
to  keep  my  family  at  my  father-in-law's  more  than  half  of  the  first  year. 
I  have  been  unable,  and  have  not  subscribed  for  a  single  paper  or  maga- 
zine. I  have  bought  scarcely  a  book,  I  have  tied  myself  right  here,  in 
a  place  in  many  respects  as  much  out  of  the  way,  or  more,  than  some  of 
those  places  you  tell  of  out  West,  preaching  twice  on  Sunday,  lecture 
on  Wednesday,  attending  funerals  for  all  denominations,  sermon  for  every 
one,  and  mitst  be,  even  though  an  infant  a  month  old,  (we  get  our  largest 
audiences  at  funerals,)  until  I  thought  that  my  health  was  alto- 
gether undermined.  Then  add  to  this  the  constant  anxiety  and  looking 
for  funds  delayed;  and  now,  at  the  end  of  the  second  year,  to  look  at  the 
state  of  my  affairs  and  find  that  if  it  were  not  for  the  individual  presents 
of  sympathizing  friends,  I  would  be  in  debt  to-day  for  the  daily  expenses 
of  the  household — (and  I  have  never  been  so  pinched  in  food  and  clothing 
in  my  life) — ought  1  not  to  have  a  little  sunshine?  I  can  live  as  cheaply 
in  Philadelphia  (and  have)  as  here,  and  cheaper  in  Princeton. 

Our  relatives,  besides,  furnished  our  house,  I  have  planted  my  garden, 
and  for  the  first  time,  last  week  I  felt  revived  in  health  and  spirits, 
with  hopes  of  coming  out  even  the  coming  year.  I  felt  unusually  good, 
even  though  I  had  four  sermons  on  hand,  to  be  preached  within  three 


18t5.]  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  359 

days.  But  right  in  comes  your  letter,  and  my  little  sand  heap  threatens 
to  be  like  that  of  the  boy's  the  buggy  (not  mine)  passed  through  the 
other  day.  It  looks  as  though  you  thought  of  asking  the  congregation 
to  affix  a  rental  on  the  parsonage,  which  will  only  fix  me  in  debt  and 
make  me  more  unsettled  than  ever,  and,  what  is  worse,  just  at  this  time, 
possibly  interfere  altogether  with  that  progress  I  had  instituted  here,  and 
was  hoping  to  crown  in  a  year  or  two  with  the  report,  self -sustaining. 
I  think  it  would  be  better  to  allow  them  to  give  me  the  use  of  the  house 
at  least  a  year  or  two,  than  by  a  reverse  throw  the  church  on  some 
Board,  possibly,  for  years  to  come  1 

By  the  way,  it  is  now  drawing  to  the  end  of  the  first  quarter  of  this 
Sustentation  year.  Last  year  I  received  but  one  payment  from  the 
Board  direct.  A  second  I  received,  but  that  was  by  special  vote  of  Pres- 
bytery for  the  churches  to  send  me  funds — which  I  reported  to  you. 
But  I  see  it  is  hard  to  get  ahead  of  a  Board,  even  if  the  Board  does  get 
behind.     With  highest  respect,  yours  truly.  F. 


.WEAK   CHURCHES   TO   BE   MAINTAINED. 

N ,  Angttst  leth,  1875. 

With  the  12th  of  August  ended  our  first  year  with  Sustentation.  I 
have  your  receipt  for  the  application  for  renewal.  With  reference  to 
another  year,  it  is  important  to  me  to  ascertain  just  what  are  my  financial 
prospects  under  such  a  relation  to  Sustentation.  I  cannot  live  on  only 
the  $500  paid  by  this  church.  I  have  as  yet  received  only  half  from  the 
Board  for  the  past  year.  I  suppose  the  rest  is  good  in  tinier  but  time  is 
sometimes  important.  It  is  impossible  to  keep  out  of  debt,  and  to  be  in 
debt  reflects  injuriously  upon  a  minister's  reputation.  Fortunately  for 
me,  father  has  been  able  to  help  me  some  this  past  year,  but  this  cannot 
be  so  another  year.  Of  course  I  know  the  Board  cannot  pay  what  it 
has  not  received.  I  know  the  burden  that  must  be  on  your  heart  with 
reference  to  this  whole  subject,  and  I  would  not  trouble  you  but  from  a 
sense  of  duty ;  it  is  very  important  for  me  to  know  what  prospect  there  is 
of  soon  receiving  the  back  pay,  and  what  the  prospect  of  actual  and  regular 
support  from  Sustentation  for  another  year.  Upon  the  answer  to  these 
questions  must  necessarily  depend,  in  a  large  measure,  my  remaining 
here  another  year.  I  cannot  incur  debts  with  no  righteous  hope  of  pay- 
ing them,  and,  under  existing  circumstances,  I  cannot  live  here  other- 
wise. Will  you  please,  so  far  as  you  are  able,  to  answer  the  above  ques- 
tions? It  is  of  vital  importance  to  me  and  this  church.  Of  course  this 
all  presupposes  that  the  Board  grants  the  application  for  renewal  of  aid. 

This  church  has  developed  considerably  in  the  last  two  years.  Its 
oflicers  and  members  regard  it  as  being  in  better  condition  than  it  has 
been  for  years  past.  There  is  one  point  with  reference  to  these  country 
churches  it  will  not  do  to  overlook.  Th^y  are,  in  a  large  measure,  the 
feeders  of  our  city  churches,  and  therefore  their  maintenance  is  import- 
ant, though  they  be  weak.  From  this  place  itself  have  gone  forth 
young  men  who,  with  their  families,  are  to-day,  by  their  wealth, 
strengthening  some  of  our  strong  city  churches.      Close  this  church  of 

N ,  or,  what  is  equivalent,  make  a  mere  preaching  station  of  it,  and 

in  less  than  one  year  all  the  young  active  life  and  vigor  in  it  now 'will 
have  passed  over  into  the  Methodist  church  here,  there  to  be  educated, 
and  from  there  to  go  into  Methodist  churches  in  the  city.  It  is  not 
only  so  here,  but  wherever  the  Presbyterian  Church  neglects  these 
country  churches,  it  is  thereby  feeding  the  other  denominations  at  its 
own  expense  and  weakening.      When  I  first  came  here  I  found  all  the 


360  BOARD  OF  HOME  MISSIONS.  [Dec. 

young  people  in  the  Methodist  church.  I  could  not  get  a  "corporal's 
guard"  for  a  Sabbath-school.  To-day  I  have  them  all  back  again.  Our 
Sabbath-school  is  flourishing.  Must  the  work  now  go  backwards? 
The  Episcopal  church  is  now  closed,  and  will  doubtless  remain  so. 
Their  people,  in  the  main,  attend  our  church.  The  Baptists  in  the  neigh- 
borhood incline  the  same  way.  Of  course  I  do  not  pretend  to  judge  of 
the  duty  of  the  Board  towards  this  church;  still  I  think  it  is  worthy 
their  serious  consideration,  and  I  know  that  it  is  in  God's  hands.  If 
the  Presbyterian  Church  neglects  its  stewardship,  He  will  doubtless 
give  it  to  another  servant. 

N ,  September  13th,  1876. 

I  am  just  in  receipt  of  your  letter.  In  all  probability  this  church  will 
fail  to  meet  your  conditions.  In  that  case  you  will  likely  hear  that  the 
church  is  vacated ;  yet  there  are  those  able  to  put  this  church  beyond 
the  need  of  help,  and  who  are  interested,  though  not  of  this  church.  The 
crisis  may  bring  them  out ;  if  not,  I  fear  all  is  up  with  the  church.  As 
to  the  rental  of  manse,  I  have  not  thought  it  right  to  credit  this  church 
as  yet  with  any  such  rental.  The  parsonage  has  been  very  sadly  out 
of  repair,  being  an  old  building ;  and  while*  the  church  has  done  some 
little  to  putting  it  in  repair,  (perhaps  all  they  were  able,)  I  have  myself 
paid  out  twice  $50  every  year  so  far,  towards  what  I  regarded  as  essen- 
tial repairs.  If  a  people  are  to  be  credited  on  their  salary  account  with 
the  rent  of  manse,  it  should  be  the  rent  of  a  manse  essentially  in  repair. 
To  force  a  minister  to  accept  and  keep  in  repair  a  manse,  which  is  such 
merely  as  a  dilapidated  piece  of  church  property,  is  hardly  reasonable. 
I  have  already  this  year  put  $100  into  essential  improvements,  but  will 
regard  it  of  no  account  if  the  Board  succeeds  in  paying  up  the  $250  back 
on  last  year's  salary.  I  will  let  you  know,  so  soon  as  matters  here  are 
definitely  determined.     Respectfully  and  fraternally  yours,  B. 


NEBRASKA. 


I  have  preached  regularly  at  my  missionary  appointments.     In  E- 


and  B ,  my  congregations  are  increasing,  and  I  flatter  myself  that 

I  am  gathering  together  the  people  of  God,  and  combining  them  in  sym- 
pathy. In  both  places  we  have  a  Sabbath-school,  and  I. teach  a  Bible 
class.  We  have  a  Sabbath-school  for  all — Presbyterians,  Methodists, 
and  others  not  known.  These  towns  are  filling  up  rapidly — located  in 
fine,  rich  country — easily  developed  ;  they  must  be  large  and  flourishing 
towns  soon.  They  will,  if  carried  now,  soon  support  the  gospel  for 
themselves,  and  pour  into  the  Home  Mission  treasury.  I  believe,  with 
labor,  faith,  and  prayer,  we  can  plant  the  gospel  here. 

But  the  incapacity  of  this  population  to  sustain  the  gospel  I  I  had  no 
conception  of  it  till  I  came  among  them.  I  will  not  begin  to  describe  on 
this  small  sheet.  But  men  here,  without  house,  coat,  or  shoes,  give  $10 
to  preaching,  and  their  wives  weeping  and  saying  our  dear  little  ones 
must  have  the  gospel.  Had  I  known  one-half  that  I  now  know,  while 
I  was  preaching  in  Illinois,  on  a  salary  of  $1000  and  $1200  per  annum, 
I  would  have  cried  to  my  people,  I  will  give  one-half  my  support,  if 
you  will,  and  plant  the  gospel  in  the  far  west.  I  read  the  flaming 
speeches  of  the  Secretaries,  but  a  strange  negation  held  me;  I  felt  that 
these  Secretaries  must  be  eloquent,  and  make  thrilling  appeals.  But 
when  I  came  and  saw  the  facts,  I  said,  these  Secretaries  fell  far  below 
the  facts  for  fear  they  would  leave  the  impression  of  a  figure  too  highly 
drawn.     I  know  the  society  is  in  debt.     But,  dear   brethren,  I  must 


18T5.]  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION.  '  361 

suffer,  with  my  family,  unless  I  can  get  my  draft  immediately.  I  have 
been  here  only  three  months,  have  only  nailed  some  boards  together  to 
shelter  my  family.  I  cannot  finish  for  the  want  of  money.  There  is  no 
money  here  to  borrow,  or  I  would  do  it.  I  know  you  cannot  squeeze 
money  out  of  an  empty  Treasury ;  but  cannot  some  means  be  devised  to 
help  in  such  times  of  necessity  ? 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 

The  habtbbt  trvlt  is  obxat,  but  the  laborjirs  abb  fbw  ;  pbat  tb  therevobb  the  Lord 

OF  THE  HABYEBT,  THAT  HE  WOULD  BEND  FOBTH  LABOBEBB  IITTO  HIB  HABVEST.— Luke  X.  2. 


THE  TREASURY. 

The  beginning  of  November  has  brought  promptly  the  demands  from 
all  our  theological  seminaries  and  colleges  for  the  fall  appropriations  for 
the  students.  Some  of  the  young  men  had  been  waiting  for  two  or  three 
months  for  the  money  to  launch  them  fairly  into  the  work  of  the  year. 
Books  must  be  bought;  furniture,  room-rent,  fuel,  light,  and  other  neces- 
saries must  be  paid  for ;  clothing  must  be  procured  before  the  storms  of 
winter  set  in ;  weekly  board-bills,  already  mounting  up  for  several  weeks, 
must  be  paid. 

Will  not  Christian  men  seriously  lay  the  requirements  of  our  candi- 
dates to  heart,  and  send  us  the  means  to  make  the  payments  which  we 
have  pledged,  as  promptly  as  possible?  If  some  men,  and  some  churches, 
are  oppressed  with  pecuniary  trials,  then  let  those  who  can  help  do  it 
the  more  abundantly.  Our  Lord  is  not,  surely  he  is  not,  a  hard  man, 
demanding  fruits  for  what  he  has  not  sown,  and  gathering  what  he  has 
not  strewed.  

NUMBER  OF  STUDENTS  FOR  THE  YEAR. 

The  number  of  candidates  recommended  by  the  Presbyteries  this  fall 
is,  until  the  Board's  first  semi-monthly  meeting  in  November,  almost 
exactly  the  same  as  last  year  at  this  time.     Then  it  was  362 ;  now  352. 

The  number,  say  all  our  missionary  fields,  is  insufficient.  But  more 
important  than  efforts  to  increase  the  number  is  it  to  deal  honestly  and 
faithfully  with  those  whom  we  have. 

This  should  be  the  chief  consideration  just  now.  Let  us  supply 
what  we  have  promised,  and  pay  our  debts.  Our  Presbyterian  charac- 
ter must  not  suffer. 


MISTAKEN  RELIGION. 
A  person  living  in  a  certain  city  knew  that  he  and  his  family  were 
among  the  heirs  to  a  large  estate.  But  his  father  had  neglected  to 
secure  the  property,  the  taxes  had  long  remained  unpaid,  it  would 
require  a  good  deal  of  expense  and  trouble  to  obtain  possession  of  it ;  so 
he  and  they  omitted  to  inform  themselves  as  to  their  duties  and  rights, 
and  year  after  year  slipped  away  without  proper  attention  to  the  pro- 


362  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION.  [Dec. 

pertj,  until  they  waked  to  discover  that  the  day  of  legal  limitation  had 
swept  nearly  the  whole  of  it  from  them,  that  it  was  irrecoverably  lost. 

By  such  facts  as  this  unbelieving  sinners  are  often  warned  of  the 
tremendous  hazard  of  losing  the  everlasting  salvation  of  the  soul.  But 
they  convey  a  lesson  as  decided  to  professors  of  religion.  There  are 
great  honors  and  enjoyments  which  they  may  lose  in  this  life  through 
inattention,  mistakes,  and  negligence.  And  they  may  forfeit  far  greater 
honors  and  joys  in  the  life  to  come,  on  account  of  the  very  same  mis- 
taken conduct  on  earth. 

WHAT   IS   THE   KINGDOM   OF   HEAVEN? 

One  of  the  greatest  and  saddest  mistakes  of  Christians  is  concerning 
what  "  the  kingdom  of  heaven"  is.  This  "  kingdom"  is  pushed  away 
into  the  region  of  invisible  and  future  things,  by  ninety-nine  in  a  hundred 
professors  of  religion.  Its  glory  and  its  happiness  are  unearthly, 
shadowy,  somewhere  hundreds  of  millions  of  miles  away.  But  John 
the  Baptist  said,  "the  kingdom  of  heaven  is  ai  hand;^^  as  near  "at 
hand"  as  Christ's  personal  manifestation  and  ministry ;  as  the  last  pass- 
over,  the  last  supper,  the  sepulchre ;  as  his  atonement  and  resurrection. 
Jesus  taught  his  disciples  to  pray,  "Thy  kingdom  come."  When? 
Then,  Where  ?  Just  therej  and  in  this  lower  world,  and  in  all  the 
earth.  "  Thy  will  be  done  in  earth,"  in  the  same  way  and  spirit,  and 
fully,  truly,  and  joyfully,  "as  it  is  in  heaven." 

As  Dr.  Chalmers  thundered  forth  in  Glasgow:  "  heaven  is  a  charac- 
ter, and  not  a  locality."  "Mainly  and  essentially  it  is  a  moral  glory, 
which  is  lighted  up  there ;  it  is  virtue,  which  blooms  and  is  immortal 
there ;  it  is  the  goodness  by  which  the  spirits  of  the  just  are  regulated 
here,  it  is  this  which  forms  the  beatitude  of  eternity.  The  righteous 
now,  who,  when  they  die,  '  shall  be  righteous  still,'  have  heaven  already 
in  their  bosoms  ;  and  when  they  enter  within  its  portals,  they  carry  the 
very  being  and  substance  of  its  blessedness  along  with  them." 

WHAT   IS   THE    SPIRIT   THAT   MAKES   HEAVEN? 

An  English  lady  possessed  it.  Miss  Thompson,  born  sixty  years  ago 
in  Islington,  a  northern  suburb  of  London,  was  deeply  interested  from 
her  youth  in  works  of  usefulness  among  the  poor  children  of  her  vicinity, 
and  for  the  benefit  of  all  in  her  native  land,  and  for  those  in  foreign  mis- 
sion fields.  She  became  Mrs.  Luke,  and  was  honored  for  her  accomplish- 
ments, piety,  and  benevolence ;  for  several  years  she  edited  "  The  Mis- 
sionary Repository." 

A  village  school  at  Poundsford  Park  enlisted  her  sympathies  and 
labors.  Once,  when  her  heart  was  warm  with  questions  of  how  she 
could  best  make  the  children  happy  in  the  service  of  Christ,  and  while 
rolling  along  the  road  in  a  stage  coach,  she  shaped  her  thoughts  into 
that  tenderly  beautiful  hymn,  for  them  to  sing  : 

"  I  think  when  I  read  that  sweet  story  of  old, 

When  Jesns  was  here  among  men."    Digitized  by  GoOg Ic 


1875.]  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION.  363 

She  led,  in  it,  the  thoughts  of  the  dear  little  ones  to  say, "  I  wish  that 

his  hands  had  been  placed  on  my  head ;"  and 

"  Yet  still  to  bis  footstool  in  prajer  I  may  go, 
And  ask  for  a  share  in  his  love." 

But  she  well  knew  that  selfishness  is  the  prolific  seed  of  "the  root  of 

all  evil ;"  and  that  a  true  love  to  Jesus  incessantly  goes  forth  in  prayers, 

labors,  and  gifts,  which  will  tend  to  make  his  will  done  on  earth,  on  all 

the  earth,  as  it  is  in  heaven.     So  she  added  the  two  crowning  verses ; 

"But  thousands  and  thousands  who  wander  and  fall 
Never  heard  of  that  heavenly  home. 
I  should  like  them  to  know  there  is  room  for  them  all, 
And  that  Jesus  has  bid  them  to  come. 

"I  long  for  that  blessed  and  glorious  time — 
The  fairest,  the  brightest,  the  best — 
When  the  dear  little  children  of  every  clime 
Shall  crowd  to  his  arms  and  be  blessed." 

This  is  the  spirit  that  will  bring  the  millennium.  This  is  the  spirit 
of  Jesus  Christ,  the  spirit  of  heaven  where  Christ  reigns.  How  strange 
that  many  compilers  of  hymn-books,  who  have  professed  to  love  and 
serve  Christ,  could  cut  off  from  this  hymn  the  ardent  aspiration,  the 
precious  prayer,  the  crowning  and  glorious  hope,  with  which  it  ends; 
and  prevent  children  singing  the  words  by  which  the  good  and  honored 
author  of  it  designed  to  inspire  the  love  of  charitable  and  useful  toils 
and  benefactions  for  those  "who  wander  and  fall,"  and  for  those  "of 
every  clime  I" 

It  is  a  fatal  mistake  to  suppose  that  we  can  sing  selfish  hymns,  and 
complaining  hymns — or  that  we  can  pray  chiefly  for  our-selves,  and  for 
our  family,  and  for  our  congregation,  and  for  our  personal  and  local 
interests — and  that  Christ,  **the  Saviour  of  the  xoorld^^^  will  regard  us. 

GREAT   MISTAKES   AS   TO    CHRISTIAN   LIFE   ON   EARTH. 

It  is  a  great  mistake  to  imagine  that  life  in  Christ  begins  with  birth 
in  a  Christian  land:  if  any  love  not  truly  Jesus  Christ,  "it  had  been 
good  for  that  man  if  he  had  not  been  born." 

It  is  a  great  mistake  to  expect  a  high  position  in  heaven  from  a  high 
position  on  earth :  "  many  that  are  first  shall  be  last,  and  the  last  shall 
be  first." 

It  is  a  great  mistake  to  suppose  all  the  worshippers  of  earth  will  wor- 
ship in  heaven:  "many,  I  say  unto  you,  will  seek  to  enter  in,  and  shall 
not  be  able." 

It  is  a  great  mistake  to  suppose  orthodoxy  and  the  knowledge  of  duty 
will  ensure  salvation :  "  every  one  that  heareth  these  sayings  of  mine, 
and  doeth  them  not,  shall  be  likened  unto  a  foolish  man  that  built  his 
house  upon  the  sand — and  it  fell;  and  great  was  the  fall  of  it." 

It  is  a  great  mistake  for  one  to  dread  humiliation,  poverty,  losses, 
earthly  affliction,  separations,  for  Christ's  sake:  they  "work  for  us  a  far 
more  exceeding  and  eternal  weight  of  glory." 

It  is  a  great  mistake  for  one  to  withhold  money,  time,  or  life,  from  the 
wants  of  Christ's  kingdom:  he  "shall  receive  an  hundred  fold,  and 
shall  inherit  everlasting  life." 

It  is  a  great  mistake  for  Christians  to  be  impatient:  "the  Lord  God 
giveth  them  light;  and  they  shall  reign  for  ever  and  ever." 

ARE   YOU,   READER,   MAKING   ANY  OP  THESE  GREAT   MISTAKES? 

O 


364  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [Dec. 

A  SPECIMEN  PROFESSORS'  REPORT. 

The  following  is  a  specimen  of  reports  which,  we  are  thankful  to  God 
to  be  able  to  say,  are  not  rare  among  those  which  we  receive  from  our 
institutions  of  various  kinds,  in  respect  to  the  character  of  students 
under  the  care  of  the  Board. 

''We  regard  Mr. as  a  young  man  of  rare  worth.     He  is  attentive 

to  his  studies,  and  his  scholarship  ranks  among  the  first.  His  conduct 
is  without  exception  excellent.  The  assistance  you  render  him  is  wisely 
and  worthily  bestowed.  You  need  have  no  fears,  with  the  limited  aid 
given  to  students,  that  any  *  portion  of  goods'  bestowed  on  him  will  be 
*  wasted  in  riotous  living  P  It  gives  me  pleasure  to  be  able  to  bear  this 
testimony." 


BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS, 

RECENT  INTELLIGENCE. 

Death  op  the  Rev.  Ibanez  Guzman. — We  learn  with  much  regret 
the  death  of  this  missionary  at  Santiago,  Chili,  September  13th,  after 
an  illness  of  but  a  few  days.  He  was  a  native  of  Chili,  but  was  edu- 
cated partly  in  California.  It  is  about  four  years  since  he  was  ordained, 
and  his  usefulness  in  his  work  was  becoming  very  marked.  Dr.  Trum- 
bull speaks  of  his  unexpected  death  as  a  serious  loss  to  the  mission  and 
the  church  of  which  he  was  pastor. 

Notices  of  Missionaries. — The  Rev.  James  M.  Alexander  and  his 
wife,  on  their  return,  and  the  Rev.  Joseph  M.  Goheen  and  his  wife, 
embarked  for  India  on  the  30th  of  October ;  the  Rev.  David  J.  Stewart, 
for  Mexico,  October  26th  ;  Mrs.  E.  P.  Capp,  for  China,  on  her  return, 
October  1st.  Mr.  Goheen  is  a  member  of  the  Presbytery  of  Hunting- 
don; and  Mr.  Stewart,  of  Alleghany.  The  arrival  of  the  Rev.  W. 
Imbrie  and  his  wife  in  Japan,  is  reported,  where  they  were  warmly 
welcomed.  The  Rev.  T.  F.  Wallace,  of  the  mission  in  the  United  States 
of  Colombia,  has  lately  arrived  in  this  country. 

The  Seneoa  Mission  has  met  with  a  severe  loss  by  the  resignation 
of  the  Rev.  George  Ford  and  his  wife,  who  have  removed  to  Sioux  City, 
Iowa.  Considerations  of  health  have  in  part  led  to  this  withdrawal, 
and  not  any  diminished  interest  in  the  missionary  work.  They  have 
the  confidence  and  sympathy  of  their  fellow-laborers  both  on  the  Indian 
Reservation  and  in  the  Mission  House,  with  the  best  wishes  for  their 
usefulness.  The  missionary  work  for  the  Senecas,  Tuscaroras,  and 
Tonawandas,  has  reached  a  stage  at  which,  it  is  hoped,  the  services  of 
native  assistants  can  be  turned  to  more  account,  under  the  general  super- 
vision of  the  Rev.  William  Hall,«who  has  so  long  been  a  member  of  the 
mission.  But  our  missionary  friends  all  think  that  by  next  year  it  will 
be  important  that  he  should  have  the  help  of  a  younger  missionary. 
Before  many  years,  we  trust,  these  Indian  churches  will  be  prepared  t^ 

o 


18T6.]  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  365 

take  their  place  on  the  usual  footing  of  our  home  churches,  and  then 
close  their  connection  with  the  Board. 

Added  to  the  Church. — Mr.  Carrothers  mentions  the  admission  of 
five  new  members  to  the  church  of  Yedo.  Mr.  Da  Gama  of  Rio  Claro, 
Brazil,  speaks  of  eight  persons  received,  and  Mr.  Houston  of  three  at 
Cachoeira,  Brazil,  where  a  church  was  organized.  Mr.  Phillips  refers 
to  nine  new  communicants  received  at  Zacatecas  and  vicinity,  and  eight 
children  baptized. 

Licentiate  Preachers. — The  Presbytery  of  Japan  had  the  privilege, 
after  satisfactory  examinations,  of  licensing  two  of  the  young  men  under 
its  care  as  probationers  to  preach  the  gospel.  Several  other  young  men 
are  pursuing  studies  with  a  view  to  the  ministry. 

Receipts  prom  May  Ist  to  November  Ist. — From  churches, 
$81,733;  from  individual  donors,  $5,280;  from  legacies,  $10,524 — ^in  all, 
$97,538.  Last  year  the  receipts  in  these  months  were  $90,914.  From 
churches  and  individual  donors — last  year,  $77,158;  this  year,  $87,013. 

Letters  Received  to  November  12th. — From  the  Chippewa  Mis- 
sion, October  28th;  Seminole,  October  22d;  San  Francisco,  October 
20th ;  Yokohama,  October  8th ;  Yedo,  October  10th ;  Chefoo,  September 
lOth ;  Shanghai,  September  29th ;  Hangchow,  September  — ;  Soochow, 
September  24th ;  Canton,  September  27th ;  Bangkok,  September  4th  ; 
Petchaburi,  August  4th;  Futtehgurh,  September  13th;  Mynpurie,  Au- 
gust 5th ;  Etawah,  September  29th ;  Saharunpur,  September  20th ; 
Dehra,  September  27th;  Kolapore,  September  22d;  Oroomiah,  August 
30th ;  Tabriz,  September  10th ;  Beirut,  October  6th ;  Monrovia,  October 
1st;  Benita,  August  3 Ist;  Gaboon,  September  2d;  Rio  de  Janeiro, 
September  25th;  Sao  Paulo,  September  20th;  Rio  Claro,  September 
16th;  Bahia,  September  28th;  Cachoeira,  September  25th;  Valparaiso, 
September  24th ;  Bogota,  June  29th;  Mexico,  October  19th;  Zacatecas, 
September  16th. 

MORE  MEN  WANTED  FOR  AFRICA. 

The  letters  lately  received  from  the  Gaboon  and  Corisco  Mission  show 
the  urgent  need  of  more  laborers  in  that  field.  The  health  of  Mr.  Bush- 
nell,  who  has  been  in  Africa  thirty  years,  and  of  Mrs.  Bushnell,  who  has 
been  there  over  twenty  years,  and  also  of  Mr.  De  Heer,  who  has  been 
there  twenty  years,  will  probably  soon  require  visits  again  to  this  coun- 
try, to  rally  from  the  effects  of  an  extreme  tropical  climate ;  this  would 
greatly  weaken  the  two  older  stations  of  Gaboon  and  Corisco.  At 
Benita,  there  is  no  minister  from  this  country,  and  the  two  ladies  ought 
not  to  be  left  without  such  protection.  On  the  Ugovi,  the  Rev.  R.  H. 
Nassau,  M.D.,  should  have  a  colleague,  if  the  new  station  is  to  be  well 
maintained ;  it  is  not  wise  to  leave  the  interests  of  a  station  dependent 
on  the  health  or  life  of  one  man.  The  fourth  white  minister,  Mr. 
Schorsch,  is  probably  before  this  on  his  way  to  Geffbtlny^W  to  this  coun- 


366  BOARD  OP  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [Dec. 

try,  for  reasons  not  implying  any  want  of  devotedness ;  it  is  believed 
that  he  can  be  very  useful  among  German  speaking  people.  There 
remain  a  native  minister  and  a  native  licentiate  preacher,  both  of  them 
well  occupied  with  their  work;  and  there  are  two  laymen  and  five 
unmarried  ladies,  all  pursuing  their  regular  duties,  though  one  or  two 
of  the  latter  are  compelled  to  think  of  revisiting  this  country,  before 
long,  for  health. 

Such  is  a  brief  statement  of  the  case  as  to  the  laborers.  Their  work 
is  conducted  in  at  least  three  languages,  at  stations  on  the  coast  one 
hundred  miles  from  Benita  to  Gaboon,  and  at  two  places  in  the  interior 
— one  seventy,  the  other  perhaps  two  hundred,  miles  from  Gaboon. 
Preaching  services,  boarding  and  day-schools,  training  young  men  for 
the  ministry,  superintending  the  labors  of  native  assistants,  preparing 
works  for  the  press,  occupy  the  time  of  the  missionaries.  If  one  of  them 
is  laid  aside,  the  existing  work  must  suffer;  while,  on  the  other  hand, 
there  ought  to  be  men  for  new  work.  Mr.  Bushnell  writes  that  a 
new  station  should  be  occupied,  without  delay,  farther  down  the  coast. 
We  need  not  dwell  on  these  statements,  and  we  only  add  that  the  door 
of  usefulness  never  seemed  so  widely  open  before  this  mission  as  it  is 
now.  We  trust  our  readers  will  keep  in  mind  its  urgent  wants  in  their 
prayers,  and  we  hope  the  right  men  will  soon  be  found  and  sent  out  to 
aid  our  African  brethren  in  their  labors. 


UNAUTHORIZED. 

Prom  newspaper  reports  of  recent  Synodical  proceedings,  we  learn 
that  in  two  or  three  instances  erroneous  impressions  existed  to  some 
extent — 1st,  as  to  a  special  collection  of  funds  in  behalf  of  the  Board;  and 
2d,  as  to  the  purpose  of  giving  up  any  of  the  missions  for  want  of  funds. 
So  far  as  the  Board  is  concerned,  these  impressions  are  quite  unauthor- 
ized. No  action  of  this  kind  has  been  taken  in  either  case,  nor  has  any 
such  question  been  under  its  consideration.  Special  collections  are  always 
embarrassing,  and  are  seldom  successful.  To  give  up  missions  for  want 
of  funds  would  be  almost  suicidal;  and  for  a  year,  at  any  rate,  it  would 
cost  more  to  bring  mission  families  home  than  to  support  them  in  the 
field,  so  that  no  immediate  relief  would  be  gained  thereby.  But  when 
we  consider  what  our  Church  might  do  for  the  support  of  this  cause,  and 
when  we  further  think  of  the  hundreds  of  millions  of  the  unevangelized 
who  are  now  accessible  by  these  missions,  we  cannot  but  rely  on  the 
grace  that  is  in  the  hearts  of  our  Christian  people  as  warranting  the 
belief  that  they  will  go  forward,  and  not  backward  in  this  work.  Until  the 
gifts  of  our  people  for  the  support  of  this  cause  greatly  exceed  the  pre- 
sent limit  of  about  two  cents  a  week  on  the  average  to  each  communi- 
cant, giving  up  any  mission  is  not  to  be  thought  of.  What  is  to  be 
thought  of  and  labored  for,  is  to  enlist  a  larger  number  of  givers  and  a 
higher  standard  of  giving.  Many  of  our  people  are  giving  to  this  cause 
on  a  noble  scale.  If  one-half  of  our  church  members  would  give  with 
equal  liberality,  or  as  the  Lord  has  prospered  them,  the  income  of  the 
Board  would  be  more  than  doubled  in  a  single  year.  We  shall  vet 
reach  this  result.     So  we  believe.  Digitized  by  GoOglC 


1875.]  BOARD  OP  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  367 

QUESTIONS  AND  ANSWERS. 

Continued  from  page*  42  and  237,  of  thit  volume. 

No.  42.  As  TO  THE  Mission  to  the  Chinese  in  California — Why 
is  it  not  placed  in  the  charge  of  the  Home  Board  of  Missions  ?  For 
very  much  the  same  reasons  that  govern  the  case  of  our  missions  to  the 
Indians — see  Record  of  September,  1874,  page  273.  In  addition  to  the 
kind  of  work  to  be  done,  requiring  the  knowledge  of  the  Chinese  lan- 
guage, the  support  of  schools,  the  employment  of  ladies  as  missionaries 
and  of  native  assistants,  all  very  much  the  same  as  in  China  itself,  there 
is  the  close  connection  between  this  work  and  the  work  at  Canton, 
making  the  former  almost  a  branch  of  the  latter.  The  special  reason 
given  by  the  latest  "  question"  that  has  reached  us  hinged  on  the  idea 
of  lessening  the  expenses  of  the  Board.  We  need  hardly  suggest  that 
no  reduction  of  expense  to  the  Church  would  be  gained  by  a  transfer,  if 
the  work  itself  is  to  be  maintained.  Whether  the  Church  defrays  the 
expense  of  its  Indian  and  its  Chinese  missions  through  one  Board  or  the 
other,  is  a  matter  of  little  moment.  We  apprehend  that  those  who  study 
the  question  of  transfer,  in  either  case,  most  thoroughly,  will  be  the 
most  decided  in  their  convictions  that  no  change  of  administration  is 
expedient ;  but  our  only  desire  is  that  in  any  case  the  work  may  be  done 
in  the  best  way,  and  on  a  larger  scale. 

No.  43.  As  TO  the  Chinese  Mission  premises  in  San  Francisco — 
No  considerable  donations  have  yet  bpen  received  for  this  object.  We 
understand  that  it  is  by  no  means  lost  sight  of  by  friends  in  the  Synod 
of  Cleveland  who  have  been  devising  liberal  things  in  its  behalf.  They 
would  doubtless  welcome  the  cooperation  of  friends  in  other  parts  of 
the  Church.  The  enlargement  of  the  building  is  considered  a  necessity. 
To  buy  the  land  adjoining  the  mission  house,  and  to  erect  a  plain  build- 
ing on  it,  will  require  about  $20,000.  This  sum  should  be  so  given  as 
not  to  lessen  the  gifts  to  the  Board  for  the  current  expenses  of  the  missions. 

PROV.  XI.  24:  EXAMPLES. 

"  There  is  that  scatiereth^  and  yet  increaseth;  and  there  is  that  withhold- 
eth  more  than  is  meet,  but  it  tendeth  to  poverty, ^^ 

A  few  years  ago  one  of  the  Baptist  papers  contained  an  instructive 
narrative,  which  illustrated  this  text.  Two  churches  were  organized 
about  the  same  period,  in  the  same  district,  of  nearly  equal  numbers  and 
pecuniary  means,  and  both  with  good  prospects  of  growth.  Their  young 
and  vigorous  pastors  adopted  diflferent  views  on  the  subject  of  church  col- 
lections. One  encouraged  his  people  to  give  liberally  to  the  usual  denomi- 
national objects,  though  they  were  not  yet  able  to  defray  all  of  their  own 
church  expenses.  The  other  discouraged  collections  for  all  outside 
objects,  until  his  people  could  fully  support  their  own  church.  So  they 
began,  and  so  they  continued,  until  at  the  end  of  live  years  the  former 
church  was  strong  and  prosperous,  while  the  latter  was  almost  dead. 

This  narrative,  which  seemed  to  be  truthful  and  not  exaggerated, 
made  quite  an  impression  on  the  mind  of  the  present  writer.  And  now 
he  would  add  to  it  another  case,  with  which  he  was  personally  some- 
what acquainted.  In  one  of  our  cities,  some  years  ago,  we  had  a  church 
in  a  good  position,  having  a  young  pastor  of  more  than  ordinary  ability 
as  to  natural  and  acquired  talents,  and  especially  as  a  preacher;  but  its 
house  of  worship  was  a  very  plain  building,  while  ottier  churches  in  the 
same  city  were  handsome,  and  some  of  them  costly  edifices.  The  growth 
of  the  church  to  which  we  specially  refer  was  not  remarkable,  but  not 


368  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  [Dec. 

particularly  discouraging ;  certainly,  it  did  not  satisfy  the  pastor,  and  the 
elders  agreed  with  him  in  his  views.  What  was  needed  for  success,  in 
their  judgment,  was  a  fine  church  building.  The  congregation  was  not 
able  to  erect  an  edifice  of  this  kind,  it  was  supposed,  unless  they  should 
concentrate  all  their  energies  on  this  object  during  as  long  a  period  as 
might  be  necessary;  and  this  course  was  resolved  upon.  All  collec- 
tions for  outside  objects,  as,  for  instance,  for  any  of  the  Church  Boards, 
were  to  be  refused  until  the  fine  church  was  built.  This  course  was 
decided  on  by  the  church  session  ;  if  not  adopted  at  the  instance  of  the 
pastor,  it  was  sustained  by  him,  though  with  feelings  of  regret.  What 
was  the  result  ?  The  plan  did  not  meet  with  the  expected  success ;  after 
a  while  the  minister  resigned ;  another  minister  was  called  ;  but  the  fine 
new  edifice  was  never  built,  and  the  church  was  eventually  merged  in 
another  congregation. 

Other  examples,  differing  in  circumstances,  but  teaching  a  similar  les- 
son, might  be  given.  On  the  other  hand,  have  we  ever  known  a  church 
that  was  weakened  and  its  growth  hindered  by  what  its  members  con- 
tributed to  the  cause  of  Christ  beyond  their  own  congregational  bound- 
aries ?  After  more  than  forty  years'  observation  in  the  ministry,  the 
answer  is,  No,  not  one  I  J. 

A  DISCRIMINATING  REVIEW 

Of  the  work  for  the  Senecas  of  the  Cattaraugus  Reservation,  the  Tus- 
caroras  and  the  Tonawandas,  all  in  Western  New  York,  is  given  by  the 
Rev.  George  Ford,  under  date  of  September  29th,  as  follows.  All  in  this 
picture  is  not  sunshine,  by  any  means ;  labor  and  care  are  still  needed ; 
but  yet  there  is  encouragement. 

It  may  not  be  improper  for  me  to  make  a  brief  statement  of  the  reli- 
gious condition  of  the  people  on  the  three  reservations  where  I  have 
been  permitted,  in  God*s  providence,  to  labor  for  a  season.  Things  are 
not  in  the  highest  degree  encouraging,  nor  are  they  in  the  lowest  degree 
discouraging.  These  Indian  churches  must  not  be  judged  strictly  by 
the  standard  fixed  for  churches  among  the  whites.  The  peculiar  traits 
of  Indian  character  and  the  circumstances  among  which  the  people  live 
must  be  taken  into  consideration.  By  nature  they  are  dilatory  and  slow 
of  action.  Great  occasions  and  something  remarkable  are  necessary 
thoroughly  to  arouse  their  attention  and  move  their  hearts.  They  are 
slow  and  tardy  in  attending  meeting,  and  we  blame  them  for  these 
defects.  But  they  show  the  same  traits  in  the  common  afifairs  of  life. 
They  are  governed  by  their  caprice  in  many  of  their  every  day  acts. 
So  they  seem  to  be  in  religious  observances.  They  become  excited  in 
religion  when  their  brethren  from  other  reservations  are  present  and 
take  part  in  their  meetings,  and  they  will  crowd  together  on  such  occa- 
sions. At  other  times  they  attend  meeting  when  it  is  convenient. 
Many  things  are  allowed  to  detain  them  from  attendance.  They  live 
scattered  over  a  large  extent  of  land,  and  the  distance  to  church  affords 
to  some  an  excuse.  During  portions  of  the  year,  they  find  some  excuse 
for  irregularity  of  attendance  from  the  inclemency  of  the  weather  and 
the  difficulty  of  travelling.  Many  of  them  are  unable  to  provide  them- 
selves constantly  with  such  clothing  as  they  deem  fitting  to  attend  the 
public  services  of  the  sanctuary.  This  is  another  reason  for  irregularity. 
There  are  families  in  considerable  numbers  connected  with  our  congrega- 
tions, whose  members  attend  from  time  to  time.  Yet  on  many  Sabbaths 
the  number  present  is  small.     At  some  seasons  of  the  year,  for  several 


1875.]  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS.  869 

successive  Sabbaths,  the  gatherings  are  larger  than  at  other  times.  And 
then  there  is  a  falling  ofiF.  The  congregation  on  the  Cattaraugus  reserva- 
tion, during  the  past  year,  has  not  varied-  much  from  what  it  was  during 
ray  first  year  of  labor  here.  The  discipline  of  the  church  has  been  lax, 
owing,  in  part,  to  the  leniency  of  the  missionaries  coupled  with  a  prevail- 
ing aversion  to  it  in  the  native  church.  The  change  from  Congregational- 
ism to  Presbyterianism  having  awakened  some  opposition,  has  delayed,  in 
some  instances,  action  in  reference  to  erring  brethren.  Divisions  exist  in 
all  these  churches,  which  greatly  hinder  the  work  of  the  Lord.  What  the 
people  need  is  a  thorough  revival  of  religion.  This  would  allay  strife. 
This  would  restore  harmony  between  the  two  elders  who  are  at  variance 
with  one  another  at  Tonawanda.  This  would  awaken  in  church  mem- 
bers a  desire  to  labor  for  the  eternal  salvation  of  the  pagan  portion  of 
the  population. 

The  ordinances  of  the  gospel  should  be  sustained  in  all  these  churches. 
The  members  of  the  churches  need  special  care*  to  keep  them  on  the 
Lord's  side,  and  it  is  evident  the  ordinances  would  not  be  kept  up  unless 
a  white  minister  is  at  the  head  of  religious  affairs  to  direct,  and  counsel, 
and  instruct.  There  is  some  native  talent  consecrated  to  the  great 
Master  which  can  be  used  to  advantage  under  the  guiding  hand  of  a 
missionary.  Therefore  it  seems  to  me  the  Board  is  doing  a  good  work 
in  sustaining  a  missionary  to  look  after  Ihe  spiritual  interests  of  these 
red  men.  God  has  through  such  instruments,  in  times  past,  introduced 
souls  into  his  pure  kingdom,  and  it  seems  to  me  his  blessing  will  still  be 
bestowed  in  at  least  some  small  measure,  if  not  in  such  large  degrees  as 
follow  mission  labor  in  some  portions  of  the  heathen  world. 

That  God  would  abundantly  bless  this  portion  of  the  field  occupied  by 
the  Board,  and  all  the  other  parts,  is  my  sincere  prayer. 


THE  WORK  AT  ZACATECAS  AND  YICINITY. 
The  Rev.  M.  Phillips,  writing  at  Zacatecas,  Mexico,  October  8th, 
gives  interesting  accounts  of  the  work  of  evangelization  in  that  part  of 
the  country.     Our  brethren  still  meet  with  encouragement,  but  there 
are  many  adversaries. 

I  took  advantage  of  the  last  Sabbath  that  Mr.  Thomson  was  here  to 
visit  Jerez,  to  reopen  worship  there.  We  held  worship  in  a  private 
house,  which  was  the  best  that  offered  for  the  time,  and  that  was  full 
morning  and  evening,  with  as  many  around  the  door  as  could  get  within 
hearing  range,  some  drawn  by  mere  curiosity,  and  some  by  worse 
motives,  as  an  occasional  stone  thrown  in  through  the  door  gave  evi- 
dence. However,  the  meeting  was  of  a  good  deal  of  interest.  You 
know  that  worship  has  already  been  held  there  before,  and  finally  could 
not  be  maintained,  on  account  of  the  bitter  opposition.  I  hope  we  may 
be  able  to  continue  this  time,  but  do  not  know  about  it  yet.  Our  new 
effort  to  recommence  there  has  awakened  a  very  bitter  spirit  of  opposi- 
tion. I  took  down  with  me  a  young  man,  and  left  him  to  take  charge 
of  the  congregation;  but  I  find  that  he  will  not  do,  as  he  has  not  much 
experience  and  is  afraid,  and  so  has  asked  me  to  remove  him,  which  I 
shall  have  to  do,  as  the  congregation  do  not  seem  to  have  as  much  con- 
fidence in  him  as  I  think  he  merits.  They  do  not  attend  worship,  he 
writes  me,  and  some  of  the  congregation  have  written  me  that  they 
think  they  know  about  as  much  as  he  does,  and  urge  that  a  foreign  mis- 
sionary be  sent  them.     Indeed,  the  point  is  one  well  worthy  of  the 


3t0  BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION.  [Dec. 

labors  of  a  foreign  missionary.  .The  city  contains  about  twelve  thousand 
inhabitants,  with  numerous  villages  around  it.  The  opposition  that  has 
begun,  united  with  the  fact  that  the  members  of  the  congregation  are  not 
perfectly  harmonious,  make  me  anxious  about  it,  and  so  I  shall  try  to 
arrange  it  so  as  to  be  able  to  make  them  a  visit  every  month  till  Brother 
Thomson's  return,  though  to  be  able  to  do  so  I  shall  have  to  call  in  the 
pastor  from  Fresnillo  to  take  charge  of  this  congregation  the  Sabbath 
that  I  am  absent.  The  Romanists  are  trying  to  introduce  a  reign  of 
terror.  Already  they  have  driven  away  two  of  the  members  from  Jerez, 
and  will  try  to  frighten  the  rest.  They  attacked  a  Catholic  for  the  sole 
crime  of  having  employed  in  his  shop  two  Protestants  to  work  for  him, 
and  gave  him  such  a  severe  drubbing  that  he  has  declared  "  the  Catholic 
religion  is  very  cruel."  With  respect  to  the  opening  of  worship  there,  I 
enclose  a  translation  of  a  letter  sent  by  a  Roman  Catholic  of  Jerez,  and 
published  in  the  organ  of  the  Catholic  Society  of  this  city.  I  think  it 
will  give  the  best  idea  possible  of  the  spirit  and  style  of  the  opposition 
we  receive.  [This  is  a  false  and  violent  attack  on  the  missionaries,  as 
Yankees  who  want  to  get  possession  of  the  country,  &s  infamous  per- 
verters  of  religion,  &c. — Ed.] 

The  congregation  here  in  Zacatecas  continues  about  the  same.  In  the 
last  four  weeks  we  have  received  six  adults  by  baptism,  besides  five 
children.  Added  to  three  adults  in  Jerez,  and  two  children,  and  one 
child  in  the  Rancho  of  Moral,  where  I  stopped  one  day  on  my  return 
from  Jerez,  makes  a  total  of  nine  adults  and  eight  children. 

I  have  had  some  difficulty  about  an  organist  since  Mr.  Thomson  left, 
as  I  cannot  play  well  myself,  but  have  finally  succeeded  in  employing 
an  American  who  is  here,  who  also  gives  lessons  to  one  of  the  young 
men  of  the  congregation,  for  a  very  small  consideration. 

The  newspaper  continues  to  prosper,  except  the  withdrawal  of  the 

name  of ,  on  account  of  the  rebuke  we  published  of  one  of  his 

articles..  .  .  .  His  withdrawal  just  at  this  time  adds  somewhat  to  my 
burdens  and  embarrassments ;  but  if  the  Lord  gives  me  health,  I  trust 
that  all  the  departments  of  the  work  will  proceed  without  much  detri- 
ment till  Brother  Thomson's  return.     At  least  I  shall  do  what  I  can. 


BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION. 


WORDS  FROM  A  WORKING  LAYMAN. 

[The  following  remarks  of  the  Hon.  Thomas  S.  Ridgway,  Treasurer 
of  the  State  of  Illinois,  at  the  meeting  of  the  Synod  of  Illinois  South, 
are  clear  and  strong.  We  give  them  to  our  readers  with  pleasure, 
rejoicing  also  to  know  that  the  people  of  the  great  State  of  Illinois  have 
the  wisdom  to  put  such  men  in  positions  of  honor  and  trust.] 

Mr.  Moderator  and  Friends — 

I  most  heartily  endorse  every  word  that  has  been  spoken  by  the 
gentlemen  who  have  preceded  me,  in  regard  to  the  Presbyterian  Board 
of  Publication,  and  I  most  cordially  and  earnestly  recommend  its  publi- 
cations to  our  people  and  to  the  world.     As  to  its 

SABBATH-SCHOOL   LITERATURE, 

I  can  say  a  few  words  in  its  favor,  from  my  own  personal  knowledge 
and  experience,  having  been  for  sixteen  years  superinteudcAt  of  a  Pres- 


1875.]  BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION.  371 

byterian  Sabbath-school  at  Shawneetown,  Illinois,  and  during  that  time 
selecting  and  purchasing  the  books  for  the  library,  the  papers,  and  all 
other  Sabbath-school  helps.  As  business  called  me  each  year  to  Phila- 
delphia, New  York,  and  Boston,  I  had  the  opportunity,  and  often  looked 
through  the  publication  houses  of  the  ''American  Tract  Society,'* 
"American  Sunday-school  Union,"  "Methodist  Book  Concern,"  and 
other  publishing  concerns  of  those  cities,  as  well  as  our  own  Publication 
House,  on  Chestnut  street,  Philadelphia.  I  have  often  spent  a  day  or 
two  at  a  time  in  making  examinations  and  selections  of  books,  and  after 
a  number  of  careful  examinations,  I  can  say  most  positively  that  the 

BOOKS  PUBLISHED  BY  OUR  BOARD 

will  compare  favorably  in  price,  and  are  equal,  if  not  superior,  in  every 
particular,  to  any  other  Sabbath-school  books.  The  composition  and  sub- 
ject-matter are  just  as  they  should  be;  the  binding,  paper,  and  printing 
are  most  excellent,  and  in  good  taste,  style,  and  finish.  With  the  choice 
and  neat  pictures  in  each  book,  I  think  them  the  most  attractive,  instruc- 
tive, and  best  that  are  published  in  this  country. 

And  where  will  you  find  a  paper  for  the  children  and  youth  that  will 
compare  with  our  own  dear  little 

SABBATH-SCHOOL   VISITOR. 

Take  it  up,  and  look  into  its  clean  face ;  turn  it  over ;  see  the  paper, 
type,  and  cuts,  all  clear  and  pure,  the  reading  matter  good  and  appro- 
priate. There  is  nothing  in  that  line  more  interesting  and  attractive 
than  the  "  Visitor."  It  is  published  semi-monthly.  We  hava  taken  it  in 
our  school  in  Shawneetown  regularly  every  year,  for  over  twenty  years, 
^nd  all  we  regret  is,  that  it  is  not  published  weekly  instead  of  semi- 
monthly. 

Since  the  Christians  of  the  world  have  adopted  the  heaven-inspired, 
and  glorious  system  of  uniform  or 

INTERNATIONAL   BIBLE   LESSONS 

for  Sabbath-schools,  our  Board  has  come  right  up  to  the  front,  and  pub- 
lishes The  Presbyterian  at  Work,  (a  most  appropriate  name,)  a  paper 
issued  monthly,  containing  interesting  and  instructive  articles  and  sug- 
gestions on  the  Sabbath-school  work,  from  the  ablest  writers  in  our 
Church  ;  and  in  connection  with  it  are  the  Westminster  Lessons  for  the 
teachers,  and  the  Westminster  Lesson  Leaf  for  the  scholars,  with  able 
expositions  of  the  lesson  for  each  Sabbath  of  the  month.  I  think  that 
every  Presbyterian  Sabbath-school,  by  all  means,  should  supply  them- 
selves with  the  publications  of  our  own  Board,  taking  its  excellent  and 
beautiful  books  for  the  Library,  The  Visitor  for  the  scholars,  and  the 
Presbyterian  at  Work,  with  its  ''Lessons^^  and  "  Leaves,^^  for  teachers  and 
scholars.  There  is  nothing  better,  cheaper,  or  more  desirable  for  our 
Sabbath-schools,  or  our  families,  than  our  own  denominational  publica- 
tions. As  the  Sabbath -school  is  part  and  parcel  of  the  church,  I  think 
it  is  the  duty  of  every  minister  in  our  Church  to  see  that  this  rule  is 
enforced  in  all  the  Sabbath-schools  under  their  care. 

Now,  a  few  words  to  Sabbath-school  workers  and  Christian  parents. 

OUR   GREAT   WORK   IS   WITH   THE    CHILDREN, 

and  young  men  and  women  of  our  land.  If  we  save  the  children  by 
bringing  them  to  Jesus,  we  save  all.  These  children  constitute  the  life- 
blood  of  the  Church  and  of  the  nation. 

Why  were  the  soldiers  of  Alexander  the  Great  invincible,  and  why 
did  his  armies  conquer  the  world  ?     History  tells  us,  that  he  took  the 


3t2  BOARD  OF  CHURCH  ERECTION.  [Dec. 

able-bodied  male  children  and  put  them  into  bis  military  camps,  training 
them,  when  little  boys,  to  the  use  of  arms,  putting  into  their  hands 
the  javelin,  spear,  sword  and  shield ;  so  that  when  those  boys  grew  up 
to  be  men,  they  were  trained  soldiers,  ready  to  go  forth  to  battle  and 
to  victory.  So  we  must  give  to  the  children  and  youth  of  this  genera- 
tion that  moral  and  religious  training  that  will  fit  them  for  this  life  and 
for  the  life  to  come,  by  putting  into  their  hands  and  hearts  the  truths 
of  God's  word,  that  they  may  acquire  thoughts  and  habits  of  honesty, 
industry,  obedience,  temperance,  and  righteousness.  How  is  this  to  be 
done  ?  First  at  home,  then  in  the  Sabbath-school,  and  then  in  Church. 
•A  party  of  distinguished  men  were  once  visiting  Sparta,  in  her  palmy 
days,  and  as  the  commanding  general  was  showing  them  around  the 
famous  city,  they  seemed  astonished  at  not  seeing  any  stone  walls  sur- 
rounding it.     Turning  to  the  general,  they  asked, 

WHERE   ABB   THE   WALLS   OP   8PABTA  ? 

"Do  you  see  these  young  men,"  he  replied,  pointing  to  his  soldiers; 
"  These  are  the  walls  of  Sparta,  and  each  man  is  a  stone."  If  you  and 
I  were  asked  to  show  the  bulwarks  of  our  liberties,  our  laws,  and  our 
lives,  we  would  bid  the  world  behold  the  seven  hundred  and  fifty  thou- 
sand teachers,  and  the  six  million  scholars  in  the  Sunday-schools  of  these 
United  States,  and  we  should  say  with  hope  and  pride.  These  are  our 
defences,  these  are  our  bulwarks,  mightier  than  a  standing  army,  or  an 
iron-clad  navy.  Yes,  and  eveYy  teacher,  and  every  scholar,  is  a  living 
stone  in  the  sacred  structure. 

I  tell  yoti,  my  friends,  that  the  hope  of  the  Church,  of  the  nation,  and 
of  the  world,  is  in  the  conversion  and  consecration  to  God  of  the  chil- 
dren and  youth  of  this  beautiful  land — America.  Oh,  let  us  each  and 
all  take  hold  and  labor  earnestly,  faithfully,  and  prayerfully,  in  this  all- 
important  work  of  bringing  the  children  to  Jesus,  and  the  good  Master 
will  own  and  bless  our  efforts,  and  to  him  be  all  the  honor  and  glory. 


BOARD  OF  CHURCH  ERECTION, 

WHAT  PRUDENCE  IN  PLANNING  AND  PERSEVERANCE 
IN  CARRYING  OUT  PRUDENT  PLANS  WILL  EFFECT. 

A  good  brother  in  Illinois,  who  has  had  a  good  deal  of  experience  in 
church  building,  writes  as  follows: 

"  I  want  now  to  report  something  of  our  condition  as  a  church  since 
our  house  of  worship  has  been  completed.  The  Presbytery  has  just 
held  its  meeting  in  our  new  church,  and  the  members  unanimously  pro- 
nounced it  a  suitable  and  beautiful  building.  It  is  generally  well  filled. 
Last  night  there  were  at  least  three  hundred  hearers.  The  entire  cost, 
including  the  ground  and  furniture,  was  about  $3,500.  Less  than  |J0O 
remain  unpaid,  but  that  will  be  easily  raised.  By  the  building  of  this 
house,  the  church  has  been  greatly  strengthened.  Without  it  the 
organization  could  hardly  have  been  preserved.  The  assurance  of  aid 
from  your  Board  stimulated  the  people,  and  developed  strength  that  was 
not  before  believed  to  exist.  The  community  came  out  liberally  to  our 
aid  when  they  saw  our  beautiful  church  almost  completed.  To  preach 
to  an  attentive  audience  of  two  or  three  hundred,  in  a  comfortable  build- 
ing, is  a  very  different  thing  from  addressing  eighty  or  ninety  in  a  very 
uncomfortable  hall.     We  have  now  a  delightful  place  for  our  Sabbath- 


18Y5.]     RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS.         3t3 

Bchool,  which  has  greatly  increased.  Ten  days  ago  we  received  eight 
new  members  into  the  church.  We  feel  greatly  encouraged,  and  hope 
now  to  exert  a  good  influence  upon  the  community." 

Another  minister,  in  a  very  needy  field,  writes  thus: 
"  Your  appropriation  of  $600  to  this  church  was  received  in  due  time. 
Words  cannot  express  the  gratitude  we  feel  towards  the  Board  for  their 
prompt  and  generous  aid.  But  for  this  assistance,  our  beautiful  house 
of  Worship  must  have  been  lost,  and  with  it,  undoubtedly,  our  church 
organization.  None  but  those  who  have  experienced  it  can  realize  the 
stimulus  there  is  in  your  Board  to  induce  churches  to  help  themselves, 
in  order  that  they  may  be  helped.  In  the  present  case,  so  great  was  the 
embarrassment,  and  so  nearly  had  the  church  given  up  in  despair,  that 
without  the  promise  of  help  from  you,  they  could  not  have  been  induced 
to  attempt  anything  to  help  themselves,  saying,  *We  can't  do  it,'  *  Let 
it  go.'  To  have  given  up  the  building  here  would  have  been  to  give  up 
the  church.  Over  twenty  years  of  observation  in  this  field  has  taught 
me  that  churches  do  not  grow  to  self-support  until  they  have  a  house  of 
worship.  Many  eke  out  a  miserable  existence,  leaning  all  the  time  on 
the  Board  of  Home  Missions,  whereas,  could  they  be  excited  to  'rise 
and  build,'  it  would  double  their  strength,  and  give  them  character  in 
the  community  in  which  they  live.  Through  this  very  stimulus  imparted 
by  your  Board  of  Church  Erection,  more,  perhaps,  than  by  the  amount 
of  aid  they  receive,  many  churches  have  gained  courage  to  make  the 
effort,  and  have  found  on  trial  that  they  could  do  far  beyond  their  high- 
est expectations." 


RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS. 

"Hb  that  hath  a  BOUXmriTL  BTB  shall  BB  BLB88KD." 

"  Whoso  stoppbth  his  babs  at  thb  obt  ot  thb  poob,  he  also  shall  cbt  hixsklf,  but 
8hall  not  bb  hbabd."  

WHAT  A  FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  THINKS. 
Hfi  writes  to  the  Secretary  as  follows: 

"My  Dear  Sir— 

"It  is  with  much  sorrow  that  I  read,  month  after  month,  the  sad 
letters  of  those  who  are  begging  for  what  your  Board  has  promised 
them. 

"I  think  our  Church  does  not  do  right  in  thus  neglecting  her  disabled 
servants  or  their  widows  and  children,  who,  on  account  of  old  age  or 
helplessness,  cannot  supply  their  own  wants. 

"  I  am  afraid  that  God  will  surely  and  severely  visit  this  neglect  upon 
us.  God's  holy  word  warns  us,  in  so  many  places,  to  provide  for  the 
aged,  the  widow,  and  the  fatherless.  Would  to  God  that  his  word  were 
more  and  better  studied  I     Then  his  people  would  not  neglect  his  poor. 

"It  seems  to  me  that  the  Board  you  represent  ought  to  occupy  a  first 
place  in  the  hearts  of  our  people,  and  its  cause  should  not  be  sacrificed 
to  any  other  benevolent  object,  whatever  its  claims  or  its  merits  may  be. 

"  I  know  some  of  your  beneficiaries,  and  my  heart  bleeds  in  thinking 
of  their  necessities  and  difficulties.  May  God  have  mercy  upon  them  I 
Yea,  and  certainly  he  will. 

"  Enclosed  please  find  an  order  on  Mr.  Rankin  for  $ — . 

"  Yours  very  truly  in  the  Lord, , 

DiQiforeign  Missionary." 

^  o 


374  COMMITTEE  ON  PREEDMEN.  [Dec, 

VALUE  OP  THIS  RELIEP  PUND. 

The  testimony  of  one  who  knows,  and  whose  letter  we  copy : 

"  Dear  Sir — If  ever  true,  soul-deep  thanks  went  up  to  God  from  a  full 
heart,  it  was  just  now,  when  I  opened  your  letter  of  the  3d  inst.  I  hope 
that  my  gratitude  is  somewhat  proportional  to  the  relief  which  you  sent. 
Por  a  year  I  have  been  trying  to  find  employment  by  which  I  could,  in 
part,  earn  my  board,  my  health  not  being  sufficient  to  do  more  than  that; 
but  failed  in  every  effort.  Deeply  in  debt  for  board  as  I  am,  you  can 
guess  something  of  the  unspeakable  relief  I  feel  now  that  I  can  pay  my 
debts.  God  bless  you  for  your  kindness  and  sympathy.  Yes,  *  Though 
He  slay  me,  yet  wUl  I  trust  in  Him.'    Yours  in  Him,  " 


GENERAL  ASSEMBLY'S  COMMIHEE  ON  FREEDMEN. 


PiNANCiAL. — The  receipts  for  October  have  been  $2,883.84 — only 
$1,883.84  of  which  came  from  the  churches — against  $1,324.16  in  the  same 
month  last  year ;  and  the  receipts  of  the  first  seven  months  of  this  year 
have  been  $17,T35.12  against  $16,607.01  in  the  same  period  last  year, 
which  is  a  gain  of  $1,128.11.  But  there  still  presses  upon  the  work 
heavy  indebtedness  from  last  year,  money  borrowed  this  year,  and  long 
arrears  due  our  missionaries. 


The  Pirst  Sabbath  in  Deoember  having  been  recommended  as  the 
day  for  taking  collections  for  the  work  of  our  Church  among  the  Preed- 
men,  we  would  now  call  attention  to  some  statements  concerning  it. 
That 

The  People,  among  whom  it  is  conducted,  were  once  slaves,  are  now 
citizens,  number  4,000,000,  are,  as  a  whole,  very  poorly  fitted  for  the 
responsibilities  of  their  new  position  in  this  life,  and  in  lamentable  need 
as  to  all  that  pertains  to  the  life  which  is  to  come,  all  are  aware,  and 
we  need  not  dwell  upon  it.  All  know,  too,  that  hence,  the  work  which 
our  Church  seeks  to  conduct  among  them  is  simply 

Missionary  Work.  As  to  the  foreign  field,  so  to  this,  our  Church 
sends  the  Christjan  missionary  and  the  Christian  teacher  to  plant  the 
church  and  the  school  among  the  people ;  and  we  are  glad  in  being  able 
to  say,  that  there  is  pleasing  evidence  that  our  teachers,  as  well  as  our 
preachers,  earnestly  seek  the  spiritual  welfare  of  their  pupils,  feeling 
that  they  are  not  mere  educators,  but  Christian  missionaries,  whose  work 
is,  by  God's  blessing,  to  make  the  heart  good  as  well  as  the  mind  intelli- 
gent. 

Yery  Encouraging. — Beginning  at  the  close  of  the  late  war,  with- 
out any  organizations,  we  now  report  1  Synod;  5  Presbyteries;  123 
churches ;  added  on  examination  last  year  918,  making  an  average  of 
25  to  each  minister ;  whole  number  of  communicants  9,952 ;  Sabbath- 
school  scholars  6,780;  pupils  in  parochial  schools  3,284;  and  mission- 
aries of  every  class,  including  a  few  assistant  teachers,  116;  also,  that 
many  of  those  being  trained  in  our  schools  now  go  forth  and  do  for 
others  of  their  race  what  has  been  done  for  themselves — 149  of  these 
having  last  year,  mostly  in  vacation,  gathered  into  their  day-schools 


1875.]  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OP  RECEIPTS.  375 

5,425  pupils,  and  39  of  them  2,400  into  Sabbath-schools  which  they 
superintended. 

Very  Discouraging. — 1.  The  fact  that,  with  such  a  people  in  our 
midst,  with  such  wants,  and  such  a  work  among  them  blessed  with  such 
results,  the  funds  placed  at  our  disposal  have  not  allowed  us,  for  years 
past,  to  make  any  direct  attempt  to  enlarge  our  operations  in  fields 
"  white  already  to  harvest,"  with  laborers  pleading  to  enter  and  reap. 
Hence 

2.  That  there  are  whole  States,  each  containing  a  dense  colored  popu- 
lation, in  the  greatest  need  of  church  and  school  privileges  such  as  we 
afford,  into  which  our  Committee  has  never  yet  felt  able  to  send  a  single 
missionary. 

8.  That  of  our.  more  than  4,000  white  churches,  we  can  report  but 
1,475  as  having  given  to  this  work  during  the  past  year. 

4.  That  the  contributions  of  last  year  failed  to  meet  the  current  and 
other  wants  of  the-  work  by  nearly  $8,000 ;  thus  obliging  us  to  enter 
upon  the  present  year — as  never  before — with  a  large  new  debt,  consist- 
ing of  borrowed  money  and  current  bills  unpaid,  and  with  our  treasury 
overdrawn.     Hence  » 

5.  We  have  been  and  still  are  unable  to  pay  our  rnissionaries  the  sala- 
ries promised,  and  as  they  occupy  isolated  positions,  and  are  serving  a 
very  poor  people,  this  has  produced  among  them,  as  their  letters  but 
too  plainly  indicate,  a  degree  of  embarrassment,  hardship,  and  distress 
which  it  is  painful  even  to  contemplate.     And 

6.  The  fact  that  the  worky  as  well  as  the  workers,  must  suflfer  unless 
relief  comes.  Having  felt  that  it  could  not  be  further  contracted  with- 
out great  injury,  we  are  trying  to  carry  on  about  the  same  amount  of 
work  we  had  on  hand  last  year,  judging  that  it  was 

Not  the  will  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  that  her  servants  should 
utterly  cripple  her  good  work  among  the  Freedmen.  We  thus  judged, 
not  only  from  its  intrinsic  excellency  and  encouraging  success,  but  also 
from  the  very  favorable  consideration  which  it  received  by  our  last 
General  Assembly ;  and  we  have  been  still  further  encouraged  in  this 
regard  by  the  more  than  usual  attention,  as  we  think,  which  has  been 
given  it  in  late  synodical  meetings.     And  now  we  wait  for 

The  Voice  of  our  Church  to  say  whether  we  shall  go  forward,  stand 
still,  or  retreat,  as  it  shall  be  expressed  by  the  gifts  which  she  is  now 
called  to  cast  into  the  Lord's  treasury  for  the  uplifting  of  this  lowly 
people,  upon  whom  we  are  not  called  to  press,  but  who  earnestly  plead 
for  church  and  school  privileges. 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 

Jl^  Synods  in  small  capitals— Presbyteries  in  tfa/<c«— Ohurohes  in  Bomsn. 
RECEIPTS  FOR  HOME  MISSIONS  IN  OCTOBER  1876. 

Albany.— ilZftany— Albany  Fourth,  from  O-  minvton  Central  100.  Wa9hington  City-^ 
W  Jermain  20 ;  Albany,  State  St  71  60 ;  Sara-  Waihingtoa,  Metropolitan,  Ladies*  Soc*y  8 
toga  Springs  2d,  (of  which  Sab-sch  6  18)  17  18 ;  230  34 
West  Milton  14  41.  Ckamplain--  Malone,  Cbmtbal  Nbw  York.  —Ottego  —  Unadllla 
from  Hon  W  A  Wheeler  bOO,  Columbia^  4  gg,  Syracii«e— Liverpool 6  98.  17/fc**— Cam- 
New  Lebanon  Sab^h  12  60.  Tray-Cohoes  den  (Sab-sch  4  44)  28;  Clayyille  10;  Verona 
63  84;  Troy,  Second  St  102;  Troy,  Westmin-  42 17                       /       »        j                     91  03 

W  7^'WhH/hanw^'*'^'  ^"^  *^^  ^•'«?66  CiKOiNNATi.-Cft<//<corft*-Chillicothe  8d 

28  70,  Whitehall  20                                   w»  00  ^^      Cincinaa/i-Clncinnati,  Ist  German  26; 

BALTijf OBE.-BaZ«m^-Baltlmore,  West-  MadisonviUe  2  60 ;  Venice  24                     61  60 

minster,  a  member  6 ;  EUIcott  City  80.    New  '                                        _ 

CMl/e— Lower  West  Nottingham  87  84 ;  Wil-  Olbtsland.  —Ci«vel«ful— Ashtabula,  Wo- 


376 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OP  RECEIPTS. 


[Dec. 


man*8  MIsa'y  SocV  16 :  Olereland,  Eaolid  St 
246  66:  South  Cfleveland  SO;  StronKsyiUe 
4  10.  Mahoning— O&nton  Sab-sch  16^  Cham- 
pion 7 ;  Youngstown  1st  30  66.  St  ClairtvilU 
—Scotch  Kidffe  1  73.  Steubenville—BetheadA 
10 ;  Madison  7  82  368  06 

Colorado.— Sa»/«  Fe— Las  Yogas  8  25 

Columbus.— itfarion— Iberia  6;  Mt  Ollead/ 
add'l  1 60.  fVootter—Mi  Eaton  6 ;  Wooater  Ist 
60  61  83  21 

"Ebih.— Allegheny— NAtronsk  4:  Tarentum  8. 
Butler  —  Centre  3  58 ;  Martinsburg  6 ;  Pine 
Grove  6  16.  CZar ion— Perry ville  8  13.  Erie 
—  Belle  Valley  Sab-sch  "8  33;  Georgetown 
14  60  ;  Girard,  Ladies'  Society  75 :  Mercer  Ist, 
South  Side  Sewing  Soc'y  22;  Milledgeville 
3  50.  Kittanning— Appleby  Manor  0 ;  Apollo 
80 ;  Clinton  7 ;  Crooked  Creek  12 ;  Mahoning 
12  81 :  Rural  Valley  21.  ^Aenan^o— Clarks- 
Tille  Sab-sch  86.    Synodical  Collection  110  06 

442  07 

Gbwbva.  —  Chemung  —  Elmira  Ist  24  67. 
Geneva— Seneca  Falls  Sab-sch  62  60.  Lyont 
—Junius  0  25  06  42 

Harrisbuboh.  —  Carliile  —  Harrisburgh, 
Pine  St,  add'l  165  51;  Middle  Spring  100; 
Waynesboro  8  81.  Huntingdon— MoYey town 
25  40 ;  One-half  Presbyterial  Collection  6  60. 
Northumberland^-Greht  Island  60 :  Williams- 
port  3d  22  30.  H^cZ/»6oro  —  Elkland  2  22: 
Wellsboro  7  40  388  14 

Illinois,  Cjbntbal.  —  Bioominy/on— Lex- 
ington 16;  Normal  10  20.  Springfield— Fa.Tm- 
ington  6 ;  V irg^inla  20  60  61  80 

Illinois,  North.— CAtcaj^o— Chicago  1st 
08  64 ;-  Chicago  2d,  add'l  440  04 ;  Kankakee 
Sab-sch  3  08.  Freeport  —  Oakvillo  Sab-sch 
8  28.  0//awa— Morris  30 ;  Ottawa  12  15.  Rock 
ilfwer— Center  7 ;  Sterling  1st,  from  "  P  and 
Co"  60  654  00 

Illinois,  South.— iiWon—Hillsboro  7  10; 
Plainview  1  20;  Virden  6  62.  Coiro— Cobden 
Sab-sch  13 ;  Du  Q,uoin  1st  5  61.  Mattoon  — 
Neoga4  07 ;  TaylorviUe  6  77  44  37 

Indiana,  North.—  Cratc/ordtvi/Ze- Day- 
ton, Mrs  C  B  Carnahan's  Sab-sch  class  2  75 ; 
Delphi  Sab-sch  16  50.  Fort  Wayne  — 1^9, 
Grange  8 ;  Lima  10 ;  MiUersburg,  (of  which 
Young  Ladies  Miss'y  Soc'y  10)  15.    Logan*- 

£or/— La  Porte  101  05 ;  Logansport  1st  2  57 ; 
K)gan8port  2d,  IVom  Mrs  Col  Partridge  6; 
Union  6;  Valparaiso  10.  ATunci*- Wabash 
11  84  276  71 

Indiana,  South. —  Indianapolit — Colum- 
bus, Woman's  Foreign  Miss'y  Soc'y  11;  »*E" 
26.  New  JZfcany- JJrownstown  2  12.  Vin- 
ccnn««— Indiana  8  30.  White  Water— R\BlnK 
Sun  20  66  ^ 

Iowa,  North.  -Dttftu^ite— Bethel  5 ;  Cler- 
mont 3;  Dubuque  German  11;  McGregor  6. 
Waterloo— Albion  2  60 ;  Butler  Co  German 
7  35  84  05 

Iowa,  South.— Dc*  Jtfoine«- Col  fax  2.  lotoa 
— Batavia  1  67 ;  Keokuk.  Westminster  16  20 ; 
Ottumwa  4  44;  Pilot  Grove  2;  Primrose  7; 
West  Point  12.    Iowa  Ci/y— Montezuma  6 

60  31 
Kansas.— A'cofAo—Springdale  2  60 

KnvTVCKr.—Ebenezer—GToennp  6  40 

Long  Island.  —  Brooklyn  —  Brooklyn, 
Throop  Ave  61  70 ;  Throop  Ave  Mission  Sab- 
sch  50.  Long  Island  — Southhold  25.  Nattau 
—Astoria  120;  East  Williamsburg  German 
10 ;  Freeport  16 ;  Jamaica  74  50  847  20 

Michigan.- Grand  RapidB-Muir  10.  han- 
ging —  Concord  12  33;  Lansing  1st  10  86; 
Mason  20.    Afonro«— Monroe  27  70  60 

Minnesota.— S/  Pau/— Minneapolis,  An- 
drew Sab-sch  40;  St  Paul,  House  of  Hope 
27  30;  Western  3  05.  Ff^inono— Dundas  2  73; 
Forest  2  47  75  66 

Missouri.- 0»age— Jefferson  City  6.  Pal- 
myra—ItouisiAna,  2  71.  PZa«e  —  Chill  Icothe 
20 ;  Mirabile  Sab-sch  2  20.    St  Loiii*— Bethel 


German  10 ;  Nazareth  German,  Proceeds  of  » 
Festival  12;  St  Louis  Ist  German  20         71  91 

^HBttASKJi.—Nebragka  Ci/y— Ebenexer  1  75 ; 
Falrbury  3  60 ;  Summit  2  7  25 

New  Jrr&ky.— Elizabeth  -Basking  Ridge, 
(of  which  Sab-sch  25,  and  Franklin  Sab  sch  3) 
00;  Elizabeth  Ist  410  86;  Elizabeth  3d,  (of 
which  Youths'  Miss'y  Asso'n  37  50)  40  83; 
Elizabeth,  Westminster  610;  Elizabeth,  Madi- 
son Avenue  Chapel  Sab-sch  26 ;  Plainfleld  Ist 
0  37 ;  Rahway  44  47 ;  Roselle  Sab-sch  6  11 ; 
Summit  Central  23  26.  Jersey  C</y— Paterson, 
Broadway  German  Sab-sch  3;  Rutherford 
Park  0  06 ;  Weehawken  3.  Morris  and  Oranae 
—East  Orange  46  67 ;  Madison  22  60 ;  Morria- 
town  ist,  add'l  24  01 ;  Morris  town,  South  St 
713  41;  Mt  Olive  21  26.  ^ewarJt— Montclair 
450;  Newark  1st  Ladies'  Home  Miss'y  Soc'y 
80  ;  Newark  Park  18  80.  New  Brunswick  — 
Bound  Brook,  Steele  Leg^acy  86;  Princeton 
Ist  115  64;  Stockton  5  60.  ^e»/on— Belvidero 
1st  47  21:  Blairstown,  in  part  50 ;  Greenwich 
20  50.  West  J«r<ey— Camden  Ist,  in  part  50 ; 
Cedarvllle  2d,  Sab-sch  6  2,802  44 

Nbw  York.— Hi«ttofi— Haverstraw  Central 
Sab-sch  56  60;  Middletown  2d  14  97;  Milford 
4  03 ;  Nyack  25  80 ;  Scotchtown  5  22 ;  Union- 
ville  16.  New  York— Oh  of  the  Covenant.  IVom 
Hon  W  E  Dodge  500 ;  Memorial  227  75 ;  Scotch, 
John  Taylor  Johnston  123  84;  Westminster 
Sab-sch  82  16.  North  HitJW- Little  Britain 
14  27 ;  Poughkeepsie  52  45 ;  Rondout  8  22. 
Wtfj/cfcet/er- Greenburg  180  50;  Irving^ton 
410  60 ;  New  Rochelle  100 ;  South  Salem  58  60 

1,708  SO 

Pacific.— Lot  J  n^el««— Pasadena  5.  San 
Francitco— San  Franoisoo,  Westminster  24 

20  00 

Philadelphia.  —  Chester  —  Waynesburgh 
170  86.  Locftairanno— Lebanon  8  84.  Lehigh 
—Allen  Township  40;  Lower  Mt  Bethel  4  06; 
Shenandoah  Sab-sch  1  26.  Philadelphia^ 
South  Western  18  30.  Philadelphia  North— 
Germantown,  Market  Square,  in  part  33  82 ; 
Merlon  Square  4;  Norristown  1st  80:  Potts- 
town  20  14.  Westminster— L»\a\e  Britain  6; 
Slateville  28  418  76 

Pittsburgh.  —  Blair  sville  —  Greensburgh 
Sab-sch  28  25 ;  Johnstown  40 :  Unity  Sab-scti, 
0  months'  penny  collections  16  05.  Pittsburgh 
—Bethel,  add'l  13;  East  Liberty  84:  Pitts- 
burgh 2d  26  54.  A«d«(one— Brownsville  7  00; 
Laurel  Hlil  Female  Miss'y  Soc  17  50 ;  Union- 
town  160  70.  Washington— Cro8»  Creek  47  75 ; 
Upper  Buffalo  Sab-sch  7  68 ;  Washington  Isi 
182  70:  Wheeling  iBt  38  88.  West  Virginia— 
Point  Pleasant  Sab-sch  2  615  40 

Toledo.— BeWe/onfairw—Urbana  7  81 ;  West 
Liberty  4  18.    Lifno— Delphos  2  86  14  35 

Western  New  York.— Bh^o/o- Buffalo, 
Calvary  54;  Buffalo  Central  42  53;  Buffalo, 
Westminster  44 ;  Dunkirk  27  65.  Rochester- 
Brighton  80 ;  Caledonia  83  87 ;  Ogden  10  18 ; 
Rochester,  Brick  200 :  Rochester  Central  40  38 

641  56 


Total  received  fh>m  churches,      $10,837  61 

Legacies.- Bequest  of  J  Y  Anderson,  add'l 
55 ;  Patterson  Estate,  Pittsburgh  180  70 

185  70 

Miscellaneous. — Religions  Contribution 
Societv  of  Princeton  Theol  Sem'y  6  57 ;  Rev 
W  H  Logan,  Carlisle,  Pa  5 ;  East  Bloomfleld 
ch,  N  Y  (of  which  Ladies'  Home  Miss'y  Soc'y 
88  65)  30  80 ;  Rev  W  £  Honeyman,  Santa  Bar- 
bara, Cal  10 :  A  Friend  10 ;  •*  For  the  spread 
of  the  Bible''  5 :  Miss  Mary  Vance,  Glendale, 
0 10 ;  Six  months  interest  on  Bond  and  Mort- 
gage  on  Philadelphia  Property  600;  Dr  J  B 
Chapin  and  wife,  Battle  Creek,  Mich  6: 
"Third  Hundred  of  Talks  to  mv  Bible  Class" 
8;  Rev  M  Noerr,  Milan,  111  5:  Six  months 
interest  on  Hungerford  Trust  806  00 ;  Interest 
in  part  on  Bowes  Trust  8  48 ;  R  M  Welles, 
Davenport,  Iowa  2f  ^.vails  of  sale  ofciiurch 


1876.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


3n 


property,  Addiaon,  O  75:  "O  O"  8  02;   Mrs 
Douglas,  decM,  Latrobe,  Fa  25  1,119  77 

Total  in  October  1876,       $12,143  08 

O.  D.  EATON,  Treaiurer, 

23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 

CLOTHING. 

S  boxes  flrom  Ladles*  Mlss'y  Soo*y  of  Cedar 
Rapids  2d  ch,  Iowa,  valued  at  76  68 

1  box  trom  Ladles  of  Soheneotady  Ist  oh, 
N  T,  Talued  at  200  00 


1  box  ftrom  Ladies*  Home  Miss'y  Society  of 
Pottstown  ch,  Pa,  valued  at  211  76 

1  box  Hrom  Ladies  of  Trenton  3d  oh,  N  J. 
valued  at  300  OO 

1  box  from  Ladles  of  Franklin  ch,  Pa,  val- 
ued at  76  00 

2  boxes  from  Ladles  of  Auburn  Ist  ch,  N  Y, 
valued  at  660  87 

1  box  from  Ladies  of  Cortland  oh,  Tf  Y,  val- 
ued at  200  00 

1  box  fr^m  Ladies  of  Tarenturo  ch.  Pa,  val- 
ued at  1T4  00 


ToUl, 


$1,047  26 


Reeeipti  for  Suttentation  in  October  1876. 


ALnAinr.— il2frantf--Albany,  State  St  17  75 ; 
Northampton  25;  Saratoga  Springs  2d  (of 
which  Sab-sch  2  08)  4  20;  West  Milton  4  21. 
Troy— Cohoes  11  76 ;  Troy,  Second  Street  40 ; 
Waterford  11  37  114  36 

Baltimorb.—  Wa$h ington  Cify— Washing- 
ton, Metropolitan,  Ladles*  Miss  Soc*y         6  00 

Central  Nkw  York.— O/s'^o— Unadllla 
1  21.  5tfracii««— Hannibal  10 ;  Liverpool  1  49. 
U/ica— Oneida  88  80  67  60 

CiiroiKNATi. — Cincinnati — Cincinnati  Cen- 
tral 100  34 

CLBVBLAi7D.—CZev«Zand— Cleveland,  Euclid 
St  01  26;  Strongsville  1  04.  Mahoning — 
Youngstown  1st  40  16.  St  Ciair«v<iie— Scotch 
Ridge  42  cts  102  86 

Columbus.— iltAent—Pomeroy  10  20 

£RiB.—Bu/ier— Centre  88  cts;  Pine  Orove 
1  63.  CZaHon— Pcrryvllle  3  18.  Kittanning 
—Appleby  Manor  6  10  64 

Qbneva.— Co yu<7fl— Auburn  2d  10  86  ;  Cay- 
uga 11;  Genoa  2d  48  cts.  C/i^munj^— Elmira 
1st  0  12.  Geneva— Geneva,  Ist  18  96.  Lyons— 
Junius  2  20  49  19 

HARRi8BUROH.—CaWi«Ze— Middle  Spring  26; 
Waynesboro  2  19.  Northumberland — Lewis- 
burg  36  66.  )Fe//«6oro— Elkland  56  cts ;  Wells- 
boro  1  84  66  24 

Illinois,  North.  — C/i{caj^o— Chicago  Ist 
24  60.    Rock  iliver— Sterling  1st,  "  P  &  Co'*  10 

34  60 

Illinois,  South.— J«<m—Plainview  1  09; 
Virden  1  64.  Cairo— Du  Quoin  1st  1  38.  Jtfal- 
foon— Neoga  1  01  6  12 

Indiana,  North.  —  Logantport  —  Logans- 
port  1st  63  cts.    Af uncie— Wabash  2  94       3  57 

Iowa.  South.— /otro—Batavia  77  cts ;  Keo- 
kuk, Westminster  1st  4  03;  Ottumwa  110; 
West  Point  3.  Iowa  C</y— Malcom  3 ;  Slgour- 
ney  32  43  90 

Michigan.— D«/ro</— Detroit,  Fort  St  66  27; 
Ann  Arbor  23  32.  Lanctn^— Concord  3  06; 
Lansing  let  2  57  86  22 

Minnbsota.- AfanJbafo— Le  Sueur  32.  St 
Paul— House  of  Hope  0  60.  K^inona— Dundas 
67  cts;  Forest  61  cts  39  88 

Missouri.— Pa/myra — Louisiana  68  cts.  St 
Louit— St  Louis  1st  Qer  10  10  68 

Nbw  Jbrsby.  —  Elixabeth  —  Elisabeth  :id 
3  06;  Plalnlield  Ist  2  33:  Hahway  1st  9  79; 
Koselle  Sab-sch  1  27 ;  Summit  Central  5  27. 
Jersey  Ci/y— Newfoundland  2  76 ;  Rutherford 


Park  13  49;  Weehawken  1.  MontMuth—AX- 
lentown  70.  Morris  and  Oranoe— East  Orange 
11  57:  Madison  60  06;  Morristown  Ist,  add*l 
4  93 ;  Whlppany  40  60.  ^«trarib— Newark  Park 
4  06.  Hew  Brunswick— Sioe^ion  2.  Newton 
— Belvidere  1st  9  02 ;  Qreenwich  4  92       246  63 

Nkw  York.— Hudson— Middletown  2d  8  71 ; 
Mllfordl  23;  Nyack  3  69;  Scotchtown  1  29; 
Waldberg  30.  New  York—yew  York  Scotch 
rof  which  John  Taylor  Johnston  80  62)  206  62. 
North  i2if«r  — Rondout  2  04.  Westchester— 
New  Rochelle  24  '  271  48 

Philadelphia.— L«ft<j^/i— Lower  Mt  Bethel 

1  01.  Philadelphia  Central— Spring  Garden 
36  44.  Philadelphia  North  —  Germsntovrn. 
Market  Square,  in  part  13  40  49  85 

Pittsburgh.— B2air«viZ/e—Penn  2  68.  Pitts- 
burgh—PlttshuTgh  2d  6  34 ;  East  Liberty  24. 
iZedt/one— Brownsville  1  76;  Danlap*8  Creek 
14  90;  McClelland  town  6  10  66  67 

TBNNBSSBB.—  C^n<on— Hopewell  1  70 

Toledo.— Be//«/on/a<nc—Urbanal  82;  West 
Liberty  1  04.  Huron— Bushnell  6  ;  Norwalk 
9  11.    Lima— Delphos  72  cts  17  69 

Western  New  York.— Bn/falo— Calvary 
8  20 ;  Central  10  56 ;  Westminster  10  92.  Gene- 
see—C&alile  6.    Rochester— Brighton  8  ;  Ogden 

2  63 ;  Rochester  Central  12  24  68  44 
WisooNSiN.—lft/iraiit«e— Manitowoc     4  00 

Total  received  from  churches,    $1,443  61 

Miscellaneous.— Religious  Contribution  • 
Soc'y  of  Princeton  Theol  Sem'y  1  76;  "CO" 


1  99 ;  Rev  a  W  Lloyd,  Molngona,  Iowa  2 


6  75 


Total  received  in  October  1876,       $1,449  86 

O.  D.  EATON,  Treasurer, 
23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


Letters  relating  to  Mlssionarv  Appoint- 
ments and  other  operations  of  the  Board, 
should  be  addressed  to  the  Corresponding  Sec- 
retaries, 

Rev.  Henbt  Kendall,  D.D.,  or 
Rev.  CvRus  Dickson,  D.D., 

No.  23  Centre  Street,  New  York  City. 
Letters  relating  to  the  pecuniary  affairs  of 
the  Board,  or  containing  remittances  of  money, 
should  be  sent  to  O.  D.  Eaton,  Esq,  Treasurer 
—same  address— P.  O.  Box  3863, 


RECEIPTS  FOR  EDUCATION  IN  OCTOBER  1876. 


Albany.- i4 <&any— Albany,  State  St  19  93; 
Jefferson  2  50 ;  Saratoga  Springs  1st  2  52 ; 
Saratoga  Springs  2d,  Sab-sch  2  28.  Cham. 
pioin— Koosevllle  12,  Troy—Malta  Sab-sch 
8;  Troy,  Second  Street  46;  Waterford  11  37 

98  60 

Atlantic— Fa<r^«Zd— Blue  Branch  3  70; 
Hebron  4  20;  Howell  Salem  4  60;  Pleasant 
Qrove  8 ;  Olivet  6 ;  Tabor  4  34  40 


Baltimore.—  Ba/n'more—ChurchviUe  IL3. 
New  Ca«/{«— Wilmington  Central  100.  Wash- 
ington Ci/y— Washington,  Metropolitan,  La- 
dies* Miss'y  Soc'y  6  118  00 

Central  New  York.— O/se^o— XJnadiUa 
1  36.  St  Lawrence  —  Watertown  Ist  46  89. 
Syracuse — Liverpool  1  67  48  tf 

CiNOiNNATi.  —  CAi/iico/Ae— Bloomlngburgh 


378 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OP  RECEIPTS. 


[Dec. 


18  20 ;  Wllkesvllle  10  26.    Cincinnati— Cheviot 
l8t  Qerman  4  32  45 

Cleveland.  —  Cleveland  —Cleveland,  Eu- 
clid St  ©8  76;  Strongvllle  1  18.  Mahoning-^ 
Poland  16.  St  Clairsville—Mi  Pleasant 22  07; 
Scotch  Hidge  48  cts.  $/eufrentri/;«— Bethosda 
10 ;  Steubenville  2d  34  152  48 

Erie.— B«//cr— Butler  99  cts;  Pine  Oroye 
1  72 ;  Plain  Grove  32  68.  C/a Hon— Bethesda 
9;  Concord  7  ;  PerryvllleS  12.  £He— George- 
town 11;  North  East  17.  JTiWanniny— Clin- 
ton 0.    5Aenan470— Slippery  Rock  8  96  51 

Geneva.— Covuya— Genoa  2d  56  cts.  Che- 
mung— Elmira  ist  6  87.  Lyont- Junius  2  58 ; 
Palmyra  34  44.    Steuben— Ntiplet  4;  Pultney 

1  49  45 
HARRi8BUROH.—Car2<«<«— Waynesboro  2  48. 

IF««»(»oro— Elkland  62  cts ;  Wellsboro  2  06 

6  16 

Illi  NOI8,  Central.— Bioomin^/on— Jersey 
6 ;  Lexington  20  26  00 

Illinois.  North.— CAicaj^o  —  Chicago  1st 
27  60;  Kankakee  20  24.  Rock  iZiver— Garden 
Plains  2  70;  Newton  4  65  55  09 

Illinois,  South.- ^{/oit— Plalnvlew  80  cts; 
Vlrden  1  86.    Cairo— Du  Quoin  1  57 ;  Union 

2  80.    Afa/<ooit— Dudley  2  60 ;  Grand  view  2  40; 
Neoga  1  15  13  26 

Indiana,  North.  —  Crawfordtville  —  La- 
fayette 2d  89  50.  Logo  n«por t-Logansport  Ist 
72  cts.    Jtfuncie— Liberty  4 ;  Wabash  3  30 

47  62 

Indiana,  South.— JndianapoZi«— Hopewell 
10.  While  FTo/er- Klchmond  18  50;  Shclby- 
ville  2d  6  34  50 

Iowa,  North.— Cedar  Rapidt— Wyoming 
6  10.    i>u&ugtt€— Dubuque  1st  16  21  10 

Iowa,  South.— Jou^o—Batavla  76  cts ;  Keo- 
kuk, Westminster  4  52 ;  Ottumwa  1  25 ;  West 
Point  3.    Iowa  Ci/y— Malcom  3  12  53 

Kentucky-.— Lou<«vi/<e— Princeton       19  50 

Long  ISLAND.-Broot/yn- Brooklyn,  La 
Fayette  Ave  148  36.    ^a««au— Astoria  60 

198  35 

MiCHiQAN.-Lantifio— Concord  3  44;  Lan- 
sing 1st  2  89 ;  Mason  15  21  38 

Minnesota.— S/  Paul—St  Paul,  House  of 
Hope  8  90.  Winona — Dundas  76  cts ;  Forest 
69  cts  10  35 

Missouri.- PaZmyro— CaDton2:  Louisiana 
76  cts ;  Palmyra  4  40.    St  Lou<«— Nazareth  8 

15  16 

New  Jersey.  —  Elizabeth  —  Elisabeth  2d 
105  44;  Elisabeth  3d  3  44;  Plainfleld  Ist  2  61; 
Bahway  Ist  11 ;  Hoselle  1st,  Sab-sch  1  43 ; 
Summit  Central  6  94.  Jeney  Cify— Weehaw- 
ken  1.  Afonmou/A— Farmlngdale  3.  Morrii 
and  Orange— EABt  Orange  12  99;    Madison 


6  38:  Morristown  Ist,  add'l  6  56.  Nevark— 
Newark  Park  5  25.  New  BrunewickStock- 
ton2;  Trenton  3d  25.  A'ew^on  — Belvldere  Ist 
9  76;  Greenwich  5  74.  Weet  Jc»*«y— Camden 
1st  100 ;  Fairfield  8 ;  Pittsgrove  25  339  48 

New  York.— Hud»o»— Hopewell  20;  Mld- 
dletown  2d  4  18;  Milford  1  38;  Nyock  4  04; 
Sootcbtown  1  46.  New  York  —  New  York, 
Scotch,  J  Taylor  Johnston 84  38.  North  River 
— Rondout  2  29.  Weetcheeter—^em  Rochelle 
28  95  73 

Pacific— San  Jo«e— Llvermore  4  00 

Philadelphia.— Lacifcawanna— Orwell  4. 
Lehigh— Vpoer  Mt  Bethel  1  14.  Philadelphia 
—Philadelphia,  Calvarv  145  60.  Philadelphia 
^or/A— German  town.  Market  Souare  13  73; 
Holmesbnrgh  6.  We»tmin$ter—uonega\  6; 
Hopewell  14  60  190  87 

Pittsburgh.  —  Blairtville  —  "  R  S"  2  25. 
Pittsburgh— 'EABt  Liberty  31:  Forest  Grove 
20:  Pittsburgh  2d  7  11.  ilcdtf one— Browns- 
ville 1  97;  West  Newton  11  23.  Washington 
—East  Buffalo  16.  West  Firginia— Morgan- 
town  13  46  103  02 

Toledo.— B«/l«/onfa<n£— Urbana2  05.  Hu- 
ron—Fremont  11  20:  Norwalk  9  94.  Lima— 
Delphos  80  cts;  Kalida  2  60;  Middle  Point 
1  77  28  86 

Western  New  York.— B«^a/o— Buffalo, 
Calvary  10 ;  Buffalo  Central  11  83.  Roche$ttr 
—Brighton  9;  Ogden  2  84;  Rochester,  Brick 
78  89 ;  Rochester  Central  13  76  126  81 

Wisconsin.- Ifinnebo^o— Juneau 8;  Horl- 
oon  6.     Wiscontin  Aiver— Pulaski  5         14  00 


Total  receipts  iVom  churches,       $2,001  98 

Refunded. 
»'  F  A  B"  60  00 

Miscellaneous. 
Interest  on  Patterson  Estate  130  70 

Miss  Mary  Vance,  Glendale,  O  5;  "C  O'' 
2  24 ;  A  ftrlend  In  Baltimore  5;  "  F B,"'  through 
Presbyterian  5;  Wm  Ashmead,  M  D.  Ger- 
mantown,  Phila  100;  Religious  Contribution 
Soo'y,  Princeton  Sem'y  1  76  118  90 

Receipts  in  October  1875,        $2,301  62 
ToUl  amount  flrom  April  1875  $18,472  27 

E.  G.  WOODWARD,  Treasurer, 
1334  Chestnut  Street,  Phil». 


Reports  and  correspondence  relating  to  the 
general  business  of  the  Board,  address  to 
William  Speer,  D.D., 

Corresponding  Secretary. 

The  Permanent  Manual  of  the  Board, 

eards  for  annual  collections,  and  other  needed 

information,  ftirnlshed  on  application  to  the 

Secretary. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  FOREIGN  MISSIONS  IN  OCTOBER  1875. 


ALBANT.—J/6any— State  Street  ch  Albany 
107  27 ;  2d  ch  Saratoga  Springs  13  61,  Sab-sch 
12  26^25  77 ;  4th  ch  Albany,  G  W  Jerman  20 ; 
Prlncetown  oh  18.  Troy— 2d  ch  Troy  114 ;  1st 
ch  Cohoes  26  23 ;  Malta  ch,  mo  con  10     320  27 

Baltimore.— iVtfio  Ca«/Ze— Central  oh  Wil- 
mington 100 ;  Red  Clay  Creek  ch  Sab-sch  16  60 ; 
White  Clay  Creek  ch  18.  Washington  City— 
Metropolitan  ch.  Ladies*  Miss^y  Soc'y  26 

159  60 

Central  New  YonK.—Binahamton—Bikln- 
brldge  ch  20.  O/xej^o— Una d Ilia  ch  7  83.  St, 
Lawrence— Br Asher  Falls  ch,  C  T  Hurlburd, 
Esq  17.  Syracuse— Ist  ch  Oswego  20  26 ;  Liv- 
erpool ch  8  98.  CTKca— Westminster  ch  Sab- 
sch,  Utica  50  128  66 

OivciVK jLTi.—Chillicothe—Qd  ch  Chllllcothe 


17  40.  Cinc^nna/i- 7th  ch  Sab-sch,  Cincinnati 
82  12;  1st  Ger  oh  Cincinnati  25;  Masonvlllech 
3  70.  Day/on— Now  Paris  ch  10.  Portsmouth 
—1st  ch  Portsmouth  300  388  22 

Cleveland.— C/evelantf— Euclid  Street  oh 
Cleveland  370 ;  Strongsville  ch  6  29.  IfoAon- 
in^— 1st  ch  Youngstown  46  35;  Beloit  ch  10; 
Poland  Sab-sch  8.  St  Clairs ville— Crskh  Ap- 
pie  ch.  Ladies  For  Mission  Soc*v  48;  Cam- 
bridge ch.  Woman's  For  Mission  Soc'y,  to  sup 
pupil  at  Dehra  36:  Mt  Pleasant  Sab-sch,  to 
ed  girl  at  Mynnurle  30 ;  Scotch  Ridge  ch  2  69. 
Steubenville— Yellow  Creek  ch  37;  Pleasant 
Hill  ch  9  76 ;  Madison  ch.  Woman's  Miss  Soo 
9:  Two  Ridges  oh  7  75;  Still  Fork  ch  6  90; 
Feed  Spring  ch  2  60  628  S3 

Colorado.— Co/orado— Del  Norte  Sab-sch 

-' o-*» 


1875.J 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


379 


OOLUMBUS.— i4M«n«— 4th  ch  Marietta  17: 
Pomeroy  Sab^ch,  for  DakoU  9  60.  Marion^ 
Iberia  ch  10.  fFoo«/er— Shiloh  ch  2  86  ;  Ash- 
land  Sab-sch,  for  Shanghai  2  60.  ZanetvilU 
—Coshocton  ch  60;  MusKingum  ch  26,  Sub-soh 
10=35;  Brownsville  ch  30  188  86 

Erik.  — Bu//^r  — Plain  Grove  ch,  Female 
MlM'y  Society  02  60;  Mt  Nebo  ch  34;  Pine 
Grove  ch  9  25;  Centre  ch  6  36;  Zellenopie  oh 
6.  C/ar ton— Licking  ch  12;  Perrysvlfle  ch 
3  12.  £ric— Girard  Sab-sch,  to  sup  child  at 
Dehra  30 :  \Vaterloo  ch  10 ;  Cambridge  Sab- 
8ch  6 ;  Millodgevllle  ch  4.  ICtMannino— Glade 
fiun  ch  60 ;  Appleby  Manor  oh  9 ;  Mahoning 
ch  4  273  22 

Gbnkva.— Cay«^a— l8t  ch  Auburn,  to  con 
Rev  .1  *  Adams  l  m  61  60:  Aurora  ch  38 ;  Port 
Wyron  Infant  class,  for  Shanghai  26;  2d  ch 
Genoa  2  95.  CAemunp— 1st  chElmlra  37.  Ge- 
neva—Ovid  ch  116 ;  Ist  ch  Geneva  22  27 ;  Sene- 
ca Castle  oh  17.  Lyon«— Palmyra  ch  62  77, 
mo  con  13  26,  to  con  l  m  20=8«  02 ;  Lyons  ch 
6  32,  Ladles'  Foreign  Miss  Soc'y  33  26=38  67  ; 
Junius  ch  13  88 ;  FalrvlUe  ch  6.  Steuben— Na- 
ples ch  10  484  19 

Harrisbcboh.  — CaW»#Z«— 2d  ch  Sab-sch, 
Carlisle,  to  ed  girl  In  Japan  72 ;  Waynesboro 
eh  13  24 :  Lower  Path  Valley  ch  10 ;  C  O  12  OS. 
Hun/ 1  n^don— Middle  Tuscarorach  13  80;  Pres- 
byterial  Collection  6  60.  Northumberland  — 
Lycoming  ch  31,  Sab-sch  31  4««e2  4« ;  Great 
Island  ch  50 ;  3d  ch  Willlamsport  18  60 ;  Elys- 
burg  ch  4  12 ;  Shamokin  ch  3  38 ;  Centralla  ch 
3.  irc«»i>oro— Wellsboro  ch  11  10;  Elkland 
ch  8  33  283  66 

iLLiifois,  CBirTRAL.—Peort'a— Prospect  ch, 
to  con  Mrs  Dr  Hall  l  M  60.  SpHna/feld—Ut 
ch  Springaeld  70  68  120  68 

Illinois,  Nomn.— Chicago— 2a  ch  Chicairo 
811  10;  1st  ch  Chicago  168;  Jefferson  Park  ch 
Chicago  30:  Bloom  ch  10  76:  Will  Sab-sch  4. 
Freeport—Zd  ch  Sab-sch,  Freeport,  to  sup 
pupil  in  India  31:  Oakvllle  Sab-sch  3  28.  Rock 
Stper— Penlcl  Sab-sch  10;  Garden  Plains  oh 
*  1,072  13 

Illinois,  South.— ilZf on— VIrden  ch  9  93, 
for  Female  Seminary,  Oroomlah  3  =  12  93* 
Shlpman  ch  6  60 ;  Plafnvlew  ch  1  45.  Cairo— 
Ist  ch  Dxx  Quoin  33  12 ;  Wabash  Sab-sch  7  60 
^a/foon— Neoga  ch  6  18  66  63 

Indiana,  North.— Lo^antpor/— Sumptions 
Prairie  ch,  Jackson  Greene  10,  Mrs  S  Ham- 
mond  2,  Mrs  H  1=^13 ;  1st  ch  Logausport  3  86. 
Afttnct>— Wabash  ch  17  76,  Sab-sch,  for  Oroo- 
mlah 50=67  76  H4  61 
Indiana,  South.— ^ew  ^76anv— Jetferson- 
vllle  Sab-sch,  to  sup  boy  at  Saharanpur  26. 
White  W^a/er— Connors vl lie  Ger  ch  11  06,  Sab- 
sch  3=14  05  39  06 
Iowa,  Noms.— Dubuque— Ut  Ger  ch  Du- 
buque 10.  Fort  Dodge— Moingona.  ch  6  31 ; 
Cherokee  ch  4.     Waterloo— Northwood  ch  2 

22  31 
Iowa,  Soins.— Council  B/u^t— Guthrie  ch 
Sab-sch  2  35 ;  ist  ch  Sab-sch  Corning  2.  Iowa 
—1st  Western  ch,  Keokuk  24  30:  West  Point 
chl4;  Otlumwa  ch  6  66 ;  Plolet  Grove  ch  3; 
Batavia  ch  2  64.    Iowa  Oily— Malcom  oh  3 

67  96 
Kansas.- J^«o«Ao— lola  ch  23  30 

Kentucky. — Tra n«y2vania— Lebanon  ch 

36  00 
Long  Island.— Brooik/yn— 1st  ch,  Dr  Sea- 
ver's,  add'l  50:  South  3d  St  ch,  Wllliamsburir 
24  26  :  Ger  ch  Williamsburg,  Woman's  Miss'y 
Soc'y  8.  Long  Island— B&8i  Moriches  Sab-sch 
4  80,  West  Moriches  Sab-sch  1  20 -=6.  Nassau 
— Astoria  ch  100;  East  Williamsburg  ch.  La- 
dles' Society  6  193  26 
MiCHiOAN.—Dc/ro«— Fort  Street  ch  Detroit 
67  28,  mo  con  14  82=72  10;  Birmingham  ch  23; 
UnadlUach,  Mrs  Affllck  5.  Grand  Rapids— 
Greenwood  ch  10.  Lantin^— Concord  ch  18  60 ; 
l8t  ch  Lansinff  16  64.  ^a^inau^— Emerson  ch 
16 ;  Vassar  Sab-sch  3                                162  14 


Minnesota.- 5/  Paul— House  of  Hope  ch, 
St  Paul  58  16;  Westminster  ch,  Minneapolis, 
Sept  mo  con  4  04.  FTinono— Dundas  ch  4  07 : 
Forest  ch  3  70  69  96 

Missouri.- PaZmyra— Ist  ch  Hannibal  100 ; 
Louisiana  ch  4  07.  P/a//e— Rosendalo  ch  2. 
St.  Louis— let  Ger  oh,  St  Louis  20 ;  Nazareth 
G^r  ch.  Mission  Festival  12  138  07 

New  JER9EY.— Elizabeth— l8t  ch  Rah  way 
66  20 ;  3d  ch  Elizabeth  18  60,  Youths*  Miss  Soo 
26--43  60:  Summit  Central  ch  31  90;  Ist  oh 
Plalnfield  14  06:  Rosell^  Sab-sch  7  67.  Jersey 
Ct/y— Englewood  ch  691  71,  mo  con  149  02- 
840  73;  Broadway  (Jer  ch,  Paterson,  Ladies' 
Soc'y  6  ;  Weehawken  ch  8.  Monmouth  —  Ist 
ch  Cranbury  97  06 ;  Manalapan  oh  40 ;  Mata- 
wan  ch  82  38 ;  Farmlngdale  ch  6.  Morris  and 
Orange— Dover  ch  200,  Sab-sch  to  ed  girl  at 
Beirut  100=300;  Ist  ch  East  Orange  122  43, 
Special  121  45-243  88 ;  2d  ch  Orange,  mo  con 
36  37 ;  Madison  ch  34  04 ;  1st  ch  Morristown, 
add'l  29  84.  JVcwarJfc— Caldwell  ch  78 ;  Park 
ch  Newark  28  20 ;  3d  ch  Newark,  mo  con  27  07. 
New  fir ttn»t<7tcJt— Stockton  ch  6;  2d  ch  Sab- 
sch,  Amwell  3  26.  Newton— 2A  ch  Belvldere, 
mo  con  105 ;  1st  ch  Blalrstown  76 :  Branchvllle 
oh  72 ;  Ist  ch  Belvldere  39  64 ;  Greenwich  ch 
30  34 ;  1st  ch  Stillwater  22 ;  Swartswood  ch  8. 
West  Jersey— 2d  ch  Sab-sch  OedarvUle  6 

3,324  02 

New  York.— Hudson— Ut  ch  Sab-sch,  Mon- 
roe, to  sup  girl  at  Dehra  62;  Central  eh  Ha- 
verstraw  66  60;  West  Twn  ch  64  80;  2d  oh 
MIddletown  22  47:  Nya*  ch  21  71;  Scotch- 
town  ch  7  82 ;  Milford  ch  7  40.  New  York- 
Scotch  ch,  J  T  Johnston,  Esq  186 :  University 
Place  ch.  Rev  R  R  Booth,  DD,  for  Geneva  Ev 
Society  100;  1st  ch  N  Y,  Mission  school,  for 
child  in  China  83  60 ;  4th  Ave  ch,  mo  con  21  86 ; 
Brick  ch  Chapel  16  26 ;  Emanuel  Chapel,  6th 
St  4  13.  North  River— C&lv&ry  ch  Newburg, 
mo  con  38  68 ;  Maiden  ch  36  95 ;  New  Hamburg 
ch,  Ladles'  MIss'y  Soc'y  32;  Rondout  ch  12  33. 
Westchester— Ne\f  Rochelle  ch  132  902  39 

Pacific.- Lot  Angeles— S&nia.  Barbara  ch 
26  44.  5acramen/o— Placerville  ch  3.  San 
Francisco — St  John's  ch,  mo  con  32  70.  San 
Jo«e— Hollister  ch  9  46  71  69 

Philadelphia.  —  Lackawanna  —  Montrose 
ch  60.  Le^i^Ai— Lower  Mt  Bethel  ch  6  11. 
Shenandoah  ch  3,  Sab-sch  1  75=4  76;  A  Fam- 
ily 25.  Philadelph  f a— W alnut  St  ch,  add  1  20, 
Infant  class  25=45.  Philadelphia  North— 
Market  Square  ch,  Germantown  63  14 ;  Rox- 
borough  ch  4.  Jrc«/m<n«/er— Hopewell  ch 
21  60,  Sab-sch  6  83^28  33;  Pequa  ch  23  96; 
Union  Sab-sch  16 ;  Little  Britain  ch  6     271  28 

Pittsburgh.- P<«»6ur^A— East  Liberty  ch 
84;  Canonsburg  ch.  Woman's  MIss'y  Soc'y  60; 
2d  ch  Pittsburgh  38  80;  Bellevue  Sab-sch  7  80. 
i2«d«/on€— Brownsville  ch  10  64.  Washinjfton 
—Frankfort  ch  25,  Ladles'  Miss  Soc  for  Slam 
86«60 ;  Beech  Glen  Sab-sch  60 ;  Ist  ch  Wheel- 
ing 38  39;  Wellsburgch  28  10;  West  Liberty 
oh  Sab-sch  12  53;  Hopewell  ch,  for  Slam  10; 
Tapper  Buffalo  Sab-sch  4  93;  4th  ch  Sab-sch, 
Wheeling,  Sept  and  Oct  3  86  398  64 

Tknnksbke.  — Ho/«/nn  — Reems  Creek  ch 
7  10 ;  Mt  Lebanon  ch,  E  Kuhyer,  bal  omitted 
In  Sept  receipts  25  ois  7  35 

Toledo.— Bc//e/on/a/ne—Urbana  ch  10  98; 
West  Liberty  ch  6  53;  Kenton  Sab-sch  2  60. 
Huron  — Ist  ch  Norwalk  47  26.  Lima — 
McComb  ch  6 ;  Delphos  ch  4  30,  Sab-sch  1  10 
-=6  40  78  66 

Western  New  York.  —  Bw/fa/o  —  Central 
ch,  Huffalo  63  79,  Rev  Chas  Wood  10=-  73  79; 
Westminster  ch,  Buffalo  66  01,  Sab-sch,  to  sup 
child  in  China  50=118  01.  Genesee— Bergen 
ch  36  30;  North  Bergen  ch  15.  Rochester— 
Central  ch,  Rochester  74,  Special  177  06,  Rev 
LConkllng  10=261  06;  Brick  ch  200;  St  Peter's 
ch  Sab-sch,  to  ed  student  in  Svrla  80;  Brigh- 
ton ch  37 ;  Ist  ch  Webster  24  46 ;  Plttsford  oh 
16  10 ;  Ogden  oh  16  26  874  97 


380 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


[Dec. 


WisooNfliN.— CA<pp«u?a— Neshonoc  Sab-sch 
16.  Winnebago — Janeau  oh,  Women's  Miss'y 
Asso'n  6.  l^iaconMin  River— Ltodl  oh  2  11, 
Thos  Storly  19=21  11 ;  Highland  oh  10     51  11 

Ladles'  B'd  of  Missions,  N  Y  2,772  67 ;  Wo- 
man's Board  of  For'n  Missions,  Philadelphia 
2,649  74 ;  Woman's  B'd  of  Missions,  North-west 
1,281  88 ;  Troy  Branch  Woman's  B'd  Foreiifn 
Missions  71  30  6,076  59 

Total  receipts  fVom  churches  In 

October  1876,  $10,643  04 

ItBGAOiw.— Patterson's  Estate,  Int     130  70 

MiscBLLAVKOUS.  — Rcv  W  H  Iiogan,  Car- 
lisle, Pa  5 ;  Harry  S  House,  Malone,  N  Y,  for 
Kolapoor  10;  Miss  E  L  Smith,  New  Oastle, 
Del,  for  Kolapoor  6:  A  Lady,  for  AfVica  10; 
J  T  M,  Qosport,  Ind  10 :  Religious  Contribu- 
tion Soc'y,  Princeton  Sem'y  48  32 :  A  Friend 
of  Foreign  Missions  43  75;  Mrs  F  E  Dickson, 
Danville,  N  Y6:  C  H  Isely,  Kansas,  for 
Mexico 6;  FH  Wakely,  Greenville,  N  Y  10; 
F  P  Britt,  Allegheny,  Pa  6 ;  W  P  J,  Brook- 
vllle,  Pa  26;  Miss  Mary  Jenks,  Brookville, 
Pa  6;  For  the  spread  of  the  Bible  6;  Jews  5 ; 
A  Friend,  Chatham  60;  John  Condlt,  Glrard, 
Pa  6;  A  Friend,  Springfield  6;  W  Hays, 
Bioomlngton  1  50;  M  Emily  D.  Cal,  first  sav- 
ings 1  60;  R  C  6 ;  Ellesdie  Sabsch,  N  Y  7 ; 
Rev  T  WlUIston,  sale  of  **  Talks  to  Bible 
class"  2;  Mrs  C  C  McCarthy,  Portage,  N  Y  6; 
Miss  Jennie  Loomis,  Attica,  N  Y  1:  Mrs 
Morris'  class,  Qreeniilll  Farm.  Pa,  for  Rawai 
PIndi  10 ;  Rev  B  Mllchell,  D  D,  Mt  Pleasant, 
Ohio  60;  MrsOgIlvIeJudd,NY50,  for  Dr  Nas- 
sau's work  in  Africa  50—100 ;  Prof  Wilder, 
Greenfield,  1114;  A  Friend  800 ;  F  B,  per  Pres- 
byterian 4 ;  A  Presbyterian  Lady  5  764  07 

#17,427  81 
$97,538  80 


Total  receipts  In  October,  1875, 
Total  amount  from  May  I8t,1876, 


WM.  RANKIN,  Treasurer, 
23  Centre  Street,  New  York. 


Lkttsbb  relating  to  the  Missions,  or  other 
operations  of  the  Board,  may  be  addressed  to 
\be  Rev.  John  C.  Lowbib,  Rev.  Datid  Ir- 
ving, or  Rev.  Frank  F.  Ellin  wood,  Secre- 
taries, Mission  House,  23  Centre  street,  New 
York. 

Letters  relating  to  the  pecuniary  affairs  of 
the  Board,  or  containing  remittances  of  money, 
may  be  sent  to  William  Rankin,  Esq.,  Trea- 
•ur«r— same  address. 
Postages.— 

To  Western  Africa 15  cents. 

Syria  5     ** 

Persia « 21     " 

India  •. 21     " 

Slam  « ..27     " 

China 10     " 

Japan 15     " 

Braall ...» : 15     " 

Bogota 6     " 

Mexico 10     " 

Chill  ..17     " 

For  each  ]4  ox  weight,  prepaid. 
Stamps  not  to  be  put  on  the  letters,  as  these 
are  enclosed  In  an  outside  envelope ;  and  the 
postage  Is  assessed  according  to  the  weight  of 
each  letter. 

For  Japan.  China,  and  Slam  the  mall  is  sent 
IVom  the  Mission  House  on  the  20th  of  each 
month ;  for  India,  Syria,  Persia,  by  the  steam- 
ers nearest  the  Ist  and  15th ;  for  Western  AfHca, 
on  the  1st ;  for  Brazil,  on  the  22d ;  for  U.  S. 
Colombia,  on  the  5th  and  2l8t.  Newspapers, 
f^om  2  to  6  cents,  prepaid. 

The  Foreign  Missionary  Is  published 
monthly,  at  $1.00  a  year  for  each  copy.  It  is 
sent  firee,  when  desired,  to  donors  or  ten  dol- 
lars and  upwards,  and  to  the  ministers  of  our 
churches. 

The  Young  Mibstonart  is  sent  ftee  of 
charge,  except  for  postage,  a  copy  to  each 
family  in  every  Sabbath -school  making  re- 
gular contributions  to  the  Treasury  of  the 
Board. 

Address  for  either,  "The  Foreign  Mission- 
ary," Mission  House,  23  Centre  St.,  New  York. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  MISSION  WORK  OF  BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION  IN  OCT.  1875. 


ALBANT.—JZfcany— Albany,  State  St  13  58; 
Saratoga  Springs  1st  1  70;  Saratoga  Springs 
2d  1  56.     Troy— Troy  2d  22;  Waterford  5  69 

44  47 

Baltimore.-—  Wathington  Cffy— Metropoli- 
tan ch.  Ladles'  Miss  SocV  6  00 

Central  New  York.— B<n^Aam/o»— De- 
posit 8  63.  0/««^o— Unadlila  93  cts.  St  Law- 
rence—Watertown  1st  21  46.  Syracuse— Liv- 
erpool 1  18  82  05 

Cincinnati.—  Cincinna/i —Cincinnati  7th 

47  15 

Cleveland.— CZevWand— Cleveland,  Euclid 
St  46  67;  Strongville  79  cts.  Mahoning— Po. 
land  7.  St  Ctatraville-Scotoh  Ridge  38  cts. 
Steubenville—lTond&le  11  75;  Pleasant  Hill 
4  80;  StcubenviUe  2d  34  105  34 

Colorado. — Colorado — Laramie  11  00 

Columbus.— JTooa/er- Ashland  32  76;  Chip- 
pewa oh  Sab-sch  7  24.  Zane«»iiZc— Salem  Ger- 
man 3  60  43  59 

Erie.— ^//e<7Aeny— Plains  3.  Butler— Cen- 
tre  87  cts ;  Pine  Grove  1  17.  Clarion  -  Perry- 
viUe  3  12.  *:i//anninsr— Clinton  3  75 ;  Concord 
11  30 ;  Crooked  Creek  8  75  26  76 

Geneva.- Cayiigrff  -  Auburn  2d  11 10;  Genoa 
2d  37  cts.  CAcmwno— Elmlral8t4  67.  Geneva 
— Koraulus  6  65;  Waterloo  30  Lyoni— East 
Palmyra  ch  Sab-sch  10 ;  Junius  1  76.  Steuben 
— Pultney  8  22  67  76 

HARRiSBUROH.—CarM«/c— Lower  Path  Val- 
ley 7  65;  Burnt  Cabins  6;  MoConnellsburgh 
2;  Shippensburgh  24  86;  Waynesboro  166. 
//un/mydon— CurwensvIUe  1  60.  Korthum- 
fcer/and— Lvcoming  20.  Welltboro—ElklAud 
42  cts ;  Wellsboro  1  40  04  48 


Illinois,  North.— CAico^o  —  Chicago  lit 
18  68.  FreepoW— Scales  Mound  8  60.  Rock 
Aiver— Garden  Plains  3  50 ;  Sterling  10    35  68 

Illinois,  South. — Alton — Lebanon  5 ;  Plain- 
view  68  cts ;  Vlrden  1  25.  Coiro— Du  Quoin 
1  07.    Jtfattoon— Neoga  77  cts  8  67 

Indiana,  North.— For/  ITayae- Franklin 

1  88.  Looa  n«por/  —  Logan8port  1st  48  cts. 
Af«nc<«— Wabash  2  24  4  10 

Indiana,  South. — Indianapolis — ^Hopewell 
23  50.    Neto  Albany — Jackson  Co  German  5 

28  50 
Iowa,  North.— Cedar    JZapidt— Wyoming 

Iowa,   South.  —  CounH/   BZu/TJi— Bedford 

2  70;  Clarlnda  7  35;  Falrview  2  75.  Iowa— 
Batavia  38  cts ;  Keokuk,  Westminster  3  06 ; 
Ottumwa84cts;  West  Point  2.  Iowa  City— 
Malcom  3  22  08 

Kentucky.— jEfreneser-Frankfort        13  15 

Long  Island.- BrooWyn  — Brooklyn  Ist, 
Henry  St  88  68;  Brooklyn,  Throop  Avenue  25 

113  68 

Michigan.- Lantin^— Concord  2  83;  Lan- 
sing 1st  1  96  ;  Mason  5  9  29 

Minnesota.— Sf  Paul —St  Paul,  House  of 
Hope  8  30.  H^inono— Dundas  50  cts ;  Forest 
46  cts  4  26 

MissouRT.—Palmyro— Louisiana  51  cts.  St 
Louif- Nazareth  6  6  51 

New  Jersey.  —  ^/izabefi^  —  Elizabeth  Sd 
2  33;  Perth  Amboy  18  75;  Plalnfleld  1st  1  77: 
Rahway  Ist  7  47:  Rosetle  1st  ch  Sab-sch  96 
cts ;  Summit  Central  4  02.  Jersey  City-Jer- 
Bey  City,  Bergen  Ist  80  80;  Weehawkon  1. 


1875.] 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


381 


Morrii  and  Oran^«— East  Orange  8  84:  Madi- 
son 4  29 ;  Morristown  let,  add*l  8  76.  Newirk 
—Bloom field  let  22  60 :  Newark  ad  23  81 ;  New- 
ark Park  8  66:  Newark,  RoseTille 07  48.  New 
BruntwicJc— Stockton  1  60.  Newton —  B^IyI' 
dere  let  6  68 ;  Greenwich  4  10.  Wett  Jertey-^ 
A  family  in  Camden  let  26  268  48 

Nkw  York.— Htkifon— Middletown  2d  2  88; 
Milford  93  ots ;  Nrack  2  74 ;  Scotcbtown  99  cts. 
New  rorik— Mt  Washington  16  27 ;  New  York, 
Sootch  ch.  firom  J  Taylor  Johnston,  Esq  23  83. 
North  Hirer  — Rondout  1  66.  Wettcheeter^ 
New  Itochelle  20 ;  Rye  66  40  123  05 

Philadelphia.— L«A<^A— Lower  Mt  Bethel 
77  cts.  Philadelphia  Cen/ro/— Philadelphia, 
Northern  Liberties  Ist  41 :  Phllad'a,  Ollret 
16.  Philadelphia  ^orf/i— Qermantown,  Mar- 
»•  et  Suuare,  in  part  9  10 ;  Holmesburgh  ch 
Sab-sch  6  70  87 

Pittsburgh.  —  Pittiburgh  —  Falnrlew  16. 
Jleiftfone— Brownsville  1  86 ;  George's  Creek, 
addM  6.  Waihington^'EtkSt  Buffalo  14 ;  West 
Union  3  66  89  90 

Toledo.— Bel/^/onraine—Urbana  1 38 ;  West 
Liberty  63  cts.  Lima— Delphos  64  ots ;  Find- 
lay  1st  24  46  26  90 

WssTKRir  New  York.— Btf^oio  —  Buffalo 
Central  8  06:  Buffalo,  Westminster  ch  (of 
which  Sab-Bch  100)  108  36.  JlocA€«<er— Gene- 
see Central  9  34 ;  Ogden  1  92  127  67 

Wiscoirsiir.— Jlfi/wauil:ee— Barton2  82.  IFin- 
neftayo— Juneau  2  4  82 


From  churches, 


$1,366  81 


MiBOBLLANBOUS.- Miss  Mary  Vance.  Glen- 
dale,  O  6;  Religious  Contribution  Society  of 
Princeton  Theol  Sem'y  1  23;  S  £  Weir,  New 
Brunswick,  N  J  2;  Rev  O  Carrothers,  Tokeo, 


Japan  66  89;  "O  C"  1  61 :  Rer  G  W  Lloyd, 
Molngona,  Iowa  2;  *•  F  B,"  through  the  Pre$- 
byterian  6  73  18 

ToUl  for  October,       $1,428  94 

S.  D.  POWEL,  Treaturer. 

Note.- The  acknowledgment  In  November 
Record  of  $12  66  trom  St.  Thomas  ch,  Carlisle 
Presbytery,  should  have  been  St.  Thomas  ch 
$4  66,  and  Rocky  Spring  ch  $8. 


BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION. 
1884  Cheitnut  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Letters  relating  to  donations  of  books  and 
tracts,  the  appointment  of  Missionaries,  and 
the  general  interests  of  the  Board,  to  be  ad- 
dressed to  the  Rev.  William  E.  Schsnck, 
D.D.,  Correiponding  Secretary, 

Manuscripts,  and  communications  concern- 
ing matter  offered  for  publication,  whether  for 
books  or  periodicals,  to  the  Rev.  Johv  W. 
Dulles,  D.D.,  Editorial  Secretary, 

Correspondence  of  Missionaries,  remittances 
of  money,  and  donations,  to  Mr.  S.  D.  Powel, 
Superintendent  of  M  ission  Work  and  Treasurer. 

Orders  for  Books  (except  iVom  Missionaries,) 
and  Business  Correspondence,  to  Mr.  John  A. 
Black. 

Letters  relating  to  Sabbat^-school  work,  to 
Mr.  J.  BemmetTyxbe,  Superintendent  of  Sab- 
bath-achool  Work. 

Subscriptions  to  The  Pretbyterian  Monthly 
hecord.  The  Sabbath-School  Viiitor,  The  Pret- 
byterian at  Work,  The  Wettmintter  Letton 
Leaf,  The  Mittionary  Letton  Leaf,  The  Sun- 
beam, and  payments  for  the  same,  to  Mr. 
Peter  Walker. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  CHURCH  ERECTION  IN  OCTOBER  1876. 


Albakt.— ilI6any— Albany,  State  St  26  88; 
Saratoga  Springs  2d  ch  and  Sab-sch  6  44. 
Troy— Cohoes  20  18;  Troy,  Second  St  46; 
Waterford  Ist  11  87. 

Baltimore.— Ba/f<morf— Baltimore,  Brown 
Memorial  48  69;  Deer  Creek  (Harmony)  10  70. 
New  Ca«r/e— Cool  Spring  6;  Dover  8  60;  Elk- 
ton  12.  Wathington  Cify— Washington  6th, 
spec  SO. 

Central  New  York.  — 0/«fyo— Unadilla 
1  83.  St  Latrrenctf— Watertown,  Stone  St  20. 
5yracv«tf— Fayetteville  23  16 ;  Liverpool  2  24. 
C//ica— Westemvllle  IL 

Ci  NCiNN ATI.— Cincinna/i— Cincinnati.  Lane 
SemV  71  41 ;  Goshen  4  26 ;  Madisonvllle  90 
cts ;  Montgomery  18  40. 

Cleveland.— C/ere/and— Cleveland,  Euclid 
St  92  60;  Strongsville  1  67.  Mahoning— Cnn- 
tield  7.  St  Clairtville—Sootoh  Kidge  66  cts. 
Steubenville^Beeoh  Spring  17;  Harlem  10; 
Steubenville  2d  31. 

Columbus.— Afarion— Liberty  1,  Wootter 
—Ashland  Ist  34  40;  Blooming  Grove  1  60; 
Savannah  7  66 ;  Shiloh  2  80. 

Erik.  —  J //e^A«ny  —  Allegheny  1st  67  86; 
Cross  Roads  7  87.  frtt//«r— Centre  1  34 ;  Pine 
Grove  2  81.  C/arion— Oak  Grove  8  18.  Erie 
— Girard  Ist  8.  Kittanning—  Concord  18  10 ; 
Saltsburgh  37  08;  West  Glade  Run  9;  Worth- 
ington  7. 

Geneva.— Cayii^c— Cayuga  11:  Genoa  2d 
74  cU.  CAefnuno— Elmira  Ist  9  26.  Geneva-^ 
Geneva  1st  26  26;  Waterloo  60.  Lyon«— Jun- 
lus  8  47. 

HABRiSBUBOH.—CaWi«/«— Carlisle  2d  60  20; 
Waynesboro  3  81.  Httnf<ay4of»— Huntingdon 
29  76 ;  Middle  Tuaoarora  8 ;  Peru  6.  Northum. 
(>er/and— Lewisbiirgh  46  66;  Wllllamsport  8d 
6  60.  H'W/ffroro- Elkland  83  ots ;  Wellsboro 
1st  2  78. 

Illinois,   Central.—  Peoria  —  Lewlstown 


86  69 ;  Mansfield  1  60.  ScAuy/er— Bushnell  6 ; 
Monmouth  1st  26  48. 

Illinois,  North.— CAica^o— Chicago  Ist  87; 
Chicago  2d  161 ;  Chicago,  Fullerton  Ave  42  16. 
Freepor/— Galena  Ger  4.    O/fatoo- Morris  10. 

Illinois,  South.— J //on— Carrol  ton  9  96; 
Pleasant  Ridge  6  26;  Plainview  26  ots;  Vir- 
den2  49.  Cairo— Du  Q,uoln  1st  2  10.  Mattoon 
— Neoga  1  64. 

Indiana,  North.  —  Crawfordtville  —  La 
Fayette  2d  34  60 ;  Prairie  Centre  4  20.  Fort 
Wayne— Fori  Wayne  1st  71  26.  Logantport^ 
Goodland  8.    Jlfuncle- Wabash  4  44. 

Indiana,  South.— F<iu;«ii}itf«  — Bethany 
6;  Ohio  2  76. 

Iowa,  North.— Cetfar  Raoidt—Bi^  Grove 
8  21 ;  Benton  Station  2  96.  //ttfrtt^ue- Prairie 
2  26.    Fort  Dod^e— Grand  Junction  6  60. 

Iowa,  South.  —  Council  Blujft  —  Bedford 
0  17 ;  Falrvlew  8.  Det  Moinet  —  Osceola  8. 
iowo— Batavia 86  cts;  Keokuk  1st,  Westmin- 
ster 6  07 ;  Ottumwa  1  66 ;  West  Point  8.  Iowa 
Ci/y— Bethel  8;  Malcom  8;  Montesuma  8; 
Renwick  6. 

Kansas.- J tttlin— Austin  Ist  84  26. 

Kentucky.- E6e»«2;er— Augusta  14;  Lex- 
ington 2d  169  88. 

Long  Island.  —  Brooik/yn— Brooklyn,  La 
Fayette  Ave  60. 

Michigan.  —  Detroit  —  Ann  Arbor  12  61 ; 
Detroit,  Fort  St  42  69;  Plainfleld  4:  Saline 
6;  Unadilla  1st  2.  Lantin^— Concord  4  63; 
Lansing  1st  8  88;  Stockbridge  2  60. 

Minnesota.  -AfanAa/o— South  Bend  1  70. 
St  Pav(— Delano  8;  Independence  1;  Long 
Lake  1 ;  Rockford  3 ;  St  Paul,  House  oi  Hope 
71  21.     ir<iiona— Dundas  1  02 ;  Forest  93  cts. 

MissoiTRi.- Palmyra  — Brookfleld  1st  4; 
Louisiana  1  02 ;  West  Ely  6.  Plaff«— Chilli, 
oothe  10.    St  Loii<«— St  Louis,  Ist  Ger  10. 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


[Dec. 


NkwJbrsvy.— £/<«a6ef  A— Bethlehem  20  16; 
Elizabeth  8d  4  63;  Plainfleld  Ist  3  62:  Rah- 
way  l8t  14  80 ;  Rosellelst  oh  and  Sab-eoh  1  92; 
■  Summit  <>entre  7  98.  Jer««yC</y— Newfound- 
land 5;  Woebawken  1.  Monmouth — Cream 
Ridge  8 :  Jamesburgh,  sp  60.  Morrit  and 
Oranoe— East  Orange  17  61 ;  Madison  47  09 ; 
Mendham  18139  64 ;  Morristown  l8t,add*17  47. 
Newark  —  Newark  2d  82  17  ;  Newark  Park 
7  06.  New  Brumwick  —  Flemington  66  08 ; 
New  Brunswick  Ist  26  68;  Stockton  2.  New- 
ton  —  Bolvidere  1st  6  12;  Belvidere  2d  26; 
Greenwich  let  7  38. 

New  Yobk— Httdfon— Middletown  2d  6  62; 
Milford  1  86;  Mount  Hope  9;  Nyack  12  09; 
Scotchtown  1  95.  North  /{<ver— Rondoat  3  08. 
Weitchetter—^e'w  Roohelle  62. 

Paoi VIC— Lo«  Angelei — San  Buenaventura 
10.  San  Francitco--Sa,Ta  Francisco,  Memorial 
6. 

PHiLADitLPHiA.—CAe«/er— Darby  Borough 
12  18;  Great  Valley '20.  Lehigh— iMwer  Mt 
Bethel  1  63.  Philadelphia  Centra/  — Phlla- 
delphia.  Trinity  6.  Phila4elphia  North-~OeT' 
mantown,  Market  Square,  sp  13  98;  Hunting- 
don Valley  6.  fTet/mint/er  —  Leacook  17; 
Slate  Ridge  16  82. 

PiTTSBUBOH.— Pi//«6«ry*— Ohartiers  9  69; 
Pittsburgh  2d  9  66;  Pittsburgh  7th  16  76. 
iiedtrone  —  Brownsville  2  66.      IVathington — 


West  Union,  sp  16  60.     We$t  Virginia^— Qien- 
vllle  1 ;  LiUmberport  2 ;  Sutton  1. 

TBNicB88KK.—Ho/«fon— Amity  1  10.  King- 
«/on— Bethel  1186.  C/nion  — Knoxville  2d 
38  46. 

Toledo.— B«//c/onfa<ne—Urbana  Ist  2  76 ; 
West  Liberty  1  04.    Kma— Delphos  1  07. 

WfiSTKRir  Nkw  York.— BujTa/o —Buffalo, 
Calvary  14;  Buffalo,  Central  16  94;  Buffalo, 
Westminster  16  49.  Genetee— Wyoming  7  66. 
Genetee  Ka//ey— Frankllnvllle  2.  Rocheiter— 
Moscow  6 ;  Ogden  3  81 :  Rochester  Central 
18  60. 

WiscoifsiN.  —  Milwaukee  —  Barton  4  64. 
Winnebago — Juneau  2.  Witcontin  River — 
Pulaski  10. 

MiscBLLAif «ou8.— ♦'  O  O"  3  01 ;  Rev  G  W 
Lloyd,  Molngona,  Iowa  2 ;  Mrs  D  Sims,  Oon- 
shohooken.  Pal;  Princeton  Sem*y,  Religious 
Contribution  Soc'y  2  66;  A  familv  in  Ist  oh 
Camden,  N  J  26 ;  On  account  of  sale  of  Eyota 
ch,  Minn,  36  23;  On  account  of  sale  of  Addi- 
son ch,  O  76;  On  account  of  sale  of  lands  in 
Mo,  8,000;  Ladles*  Society  of  Washington 
Metropolitan  ch,  D  C  6 ;  J  Taylor  Johnston, 
N  Y  City  46  26. 

Total  receipts  in  October,        $11,968  22 
NATHAN  LANE,  Treasurer, 


Corre$ponding  Secretary,  Rev.  H.  R.  WiLSoir,  D.  D.,  28  Centre  Street,  New  York. 
Treaiurer,  Nathan  Lanb,  Esq.,  69  Wall  Street,  New  York. 


RECEIPTS  FOR  RELIEF  FUND  FOR  DISABLED  MINISTERS,  OCTOBER  1876. 


ALBANT.—it/ftany— Albany,  State  St  19  67 ; 
Galway  8  66 ;  Mariaville  7 ;  New  Scotland 
22 ;  Saratoga  Springs  1st  2  46 ;  Saratoga 
Springs  2d  2  24.  Troy— Cohoes  16  82 ;  Troy, 
Second  St  28;  Waterford  11  37. 

Baltimorb. — BaZHmore— Annapolis  20  68; 
Baltimore,  Brown  Memorial  48  69;  Emmltls- 
burgh  30  19;  Pinoy  Creek  7  76;  Taneytuwn 
80.  New  Ca<//€— Elkton  6;  Lower  Brandy- 
wine  14  60;  Port,  Deposit  20;  Red  Clay  Creek 
20;  Wilmington  Central  100.  Wathington 
Cif y__011fton  11  10 ;  Washington,  N  Y  Avenue 
203. 

Cbntral  New  York.— BingrAamfon— Cort- 
land 31  92.  O/wgo— unadllla  1  33.  St  Law- 
renre— Brasher  Falls  6 :  Canton  18  21 ;  Car- 
thage 6;  Morrlstown9  60;  Theresa  and  Pies- 
sis  8  81;  Waddington  16:  Watertown,  Stone 
St  20.  Swrocute— Cam!  11ns  4  17 ;  Casenovla 
Ist  26 ;  FayetteviUe  20  28 ;  Liverpool  1  64 ; 
Marceilus  30;  Oswego  1st  20  36.  Utica—HoU 
land  Patent  6  60;  Utlca  Ist,  Mrs  B  S  Wal- 
cott,  Sr  1,000 ;  WesternvlUe  7  08. 

CiNCiNWATi.  —  Chillicothe  —South  Salem 
13  65.  Cinrinno/i— Cincinnati,  Ist  Ger  6  60. 
i>ayfon—M iddletown  25  71 ;  Oxford  18  90. 

Cleveland.— C/fv«/oiirf— Chester  6 ;  Cleve- 
land, Euclid  St  67  60;  Collamer  80:  Strong- 
ville  1  16.  Afa/ioniny- MassiUon  2d  26.  St 
C/a<rtvJ//e  — Barnesville  13  25;  Bealsvllle 
6  80;  Crab  Apple  6  60;  PowhatUn  2  80; 
Scotch  Ridge  47  cts.  S/<u6fn»f//«— Canons- 
burgh  11  76;  Centre  Unity  2;  New  Cumber- 
land 6  30 ;  Richmond  6  67 ;  Steubenvllle  2d 
22;  UhrlcksviUe  6. 

Columbus.- JMfni—Bashan  2  60.  Colum- 
^u«— Groveport  6  60;  Mifflin  8  82.  Marion— 
Liberty  6;  Trenton  9  60.  Wootfer- Ashland 
39  40;  Holmes  vllle  6  60:  Jackson  12  63;  Sa- 
vannah 14  20.  Zanetville  —  Dresden  14  71 ; 
Putnam  60. 

Erie.— i4//ea*<ny— Allegheny  2d  26;  Cross 
Roads  6  68 ;  Highland  11  32 ;  LeeUdale,  add'l 
1;  Plains  6;  Sharpsburgh  38;  Springdale  6. 
Bttf/er- Centre  98  cU;  Marllnsburgh  8  60; 
Plain  Grove  1  69 ;  PortersviUo  9.  Clarion— 
Perry  vllle  8  18.    £ri«— Georgetown  7 ;  Girard 


10;  Mercer  Ist  13;  Titnsvllle  26.  Kittanning 
—Boiling  Spring  8;  Elderton  9;  Freeport 
19  60;  Mahoning  2  60;  Shrader's  Grove  3  60. 
S^enan^o— Mahoning  8 ;  Westfleld  20. 

GEWEVA.—Cayuaa— Cayuga  16;  Genoa  2d 
68  cts;  Sennett  10.  CAenmna— Elmlra  1st 
6  76.  Geneva— Ithaca  1st  66  82;  Penn  Yan 
43  16;  Phelps  22;  Tmmansburgh  23  66;  West 
Fayette  4.    Lyon t— Junius  2  63. 

HARRi8BUROH.—Carl<«/e— Dickinson  6  60; 
Waynesboro  2  14.  Hunflnodon— Alexandria 
41 ;  Altoona  1st  26  60 ;  Clearfield  61  60 ;  Logan's 
Valley  11:  Lower  Tusoarora  35  66;  Mllroy 
40:  Shade  Gap  6:  Sinking  Valley  16  46; 
Upper  Tuscarora  18  60.  Northumberland  — 
Great  Island  60 ;  Grove  42  86 ;  Lycoming 
13  60;  Sunbnry  16  18;  Warrior  Run  11  76; 
WiUiamsport  3d  3.  ire//«6oro— Elkland  61 
cts ;  Wellsboro  2  02. 

Illinois,  Central.  —  Bloomington  —  Dan- 
ville 77  86.  Peoria— Brunswick  4;  Eureka 
10  74;  John  Knox  4;  Mansfield  2  50;  Salem 
7.  SrAuy/er— Bushnell4;  Ebenozerl3:  Mon- 
mouth 1st  22  09.  5pr<n^e/d— Farmingcon 
6  46. 

Illinois,  North.— CAica^ro —Chicago  Ist 
27;  Chicago,  FuUerton  Ave  24.  Freeport— 
Freeport  Ist  28  16 ;  Freeport  2d  16  60 ;  Maren- 
go 7  80 ;  Oregon  6  26 ;  Scales  Mound  2 ;  ZIon 
4  46.  OWawa— Aurora  6  76 ;  Au  Sable  Grove 
10.  BocJc  Blver— Aledo  14  60;  Geneseo  4; 
Sterling  1st  10. 

Illinois,  South.— JWon-Jerseyvllle  10  06; 
Plalnview  113;  Vlrden  182.  Catro— Du 
Quoin  1  63 ;  Metropolis  2  76.  Jkfa/f oon— Neoga 
1  12;  Paris  1st  18  20. 

Indiana,  North.— Craw/ordiriWe—Craw- 
fordsvllle  Centre  16 :  Dayton,  Mrs  C  B  Carna> 
han's  Sab-soh  class  2  76;  Delphi  1st  20; 
Frankfort  10;  Lebanon  12.  Fort  Wayne— 
Franklin  1  89.  Lo^antporf- Logansport  1st 
71  cts :  Michigan  City  26 ;  South  Bend  Ist  19. 
Aftincte— Liberty  4;  Wabash  3  24. 

Indiana,  South.  —  Indianapoli*  —  From 
" E'*  10 ;  Southport  6  66.  New  Albany— ntkU- 
over  4  80;  Jackson  Co  German  6.  Vincennet 
—Princeton  10.  , 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


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Iowa,  North.— Cedar  JJapid«— Wheatland, 
add'l  fl.  Pttftu^ue— McGregor  German  4; 
Mount  Hope  3  19. 

Iowa,  Sovtk.— Council  B/«#«— Bedford  8 ; 
Clarinda  11 ;  Falrvlew  3  30.  7owa— Batavla 
50ct8:  Birmingham  4;  Keokuk,  Westminster 
4  43;  Ottumwa  121;  West  Point  2.  Iowa 
City— IbO  Claire  6;  Maloom  3;  Mount  Union 
8;  Princeton  4;  Tipton  28  20.  Xebratka  City 
—Nebraska  City  Sab-sch  12. 

Kansas.  —  Emporia  —  Wichita  Ist  «  40. 
^co«io— Ottawa  3  60. 

Kkntucky.  —  Ebenezer  —  Flemlngsburgh 
11  60;  Lexington  2d  79  «7;  Newport  2d  9. 
Loui<vi/2e— Louisville  4tb  27. 

Long  Island.  —  Brooklyn  —  Brooklyn, 
Throop  Ave  86  32.  Long  /«fand— Mattltuck 
8.    A^a««atfr— Astoria  60. 

Michigan.— P</ro«— Detroit  I8t94  04;  De- 
troit, Fort  St  87.  Grand  ilopid«— Greenwood 
2.  Laniinfl'— Concord  3  88 ;  Lansing  1st  2  84 ; 
Mason  16.  Stt(^<n««;— Lapeer  16  60 ;  Saginaw 
City  30  70;  Wenona  10  06. 

MiKNBSOTA.— 5/  Pauf— Delano  1:  Indepen- 
dence  1 ;  Long  Lake  1 ;  Minneapolis  Ist  14 ; 
Minneapolis,  Westminster  Sab-sch  10  04; 
Rookford  1 :  St  Paul,  House  of  Hope  69  01 ; 
Stillwater  2d  17 ;  White  Bear  Lake  6.  fFino- 
na— Dundas  76  ots ;  Forest  68  cts. 

Missouri.  —  Osarifc— Ebeneaer  7  15.  Pal- 
myra— Louisiana  74  cts.  gt  Louft— Nasareth 
Ger5. 

New  Jersey. —BHarafca/A- Elizabeth  3d 
8  88;  Plainfield  1st  2  67;  Rahway  Ist  10  80; 
Roselle  1st  Sab-sch  1  40;  Summit  Central 
6  83.  Jertey  Ci/y— Newfoundland  6 ;  Weehaw- 
ken  1.  MonmoufA— Farmlngdale  3.  Morri$ 
and  Orange— E&ai  Orange  Ist  12  76 ;  Madison 
6  22;  Morrlatown  Ist,  add'l  6  66;  Orange  1st 
100.  ^ewor^  — Caldwelll7  43;  Newark  Park 
5  15.  New  Brunswick  —  Amwell  2d  16  30 ; 
Flemlngton  86  20;  New  Brunswick  Ist  68  61  ; 
Pennington  40;  Princeton  2d  86  37 ;  Stockton 
2.  ^etr^n— Belvldere  1st  9  06 ;  Belrldere  2d 
72  48 ;  Greenwich  6  74 ;  Harmony  16  60.  We»t 
Jersey— Absecon  3;  Salem  Ist  60. 

New  York.— Bo«/on— Bedford  18  66.  Hud- 
«on— Clrclevlllel2;  Florida  Ist  20  61;  Goshen 
32  26;  Mlddletown  2d  4  10:  Mil  ford  1  86; 
mount  Hope  8  ;  Nyack  3  96 ;  Scotchtown  1  43. 
New  For*— New  York,  Oh  of  the  Covenant 
200;  New  York,  Phillips  34;  New  York, 
Scotch.  John  Taylor  Johnston,  Esq  33  76 ; 
New  York,  13th  St  61  91.  North  Hipcr— Beth- 
lehem 13  76;  Newburgh,  Calvary  17  84;  Ron- 
dout  2  26;  Smlthfield  20.  Wettchetter  ^ 
Bridgeport  26 ;  Hartford  1st  41 ;  New  Rochelle 
24. 

Philadelphia.  —  Chester  —  Avondale  11 ; 
Bryn  Mawr  30  41.  Lackawanna — Canton  11 ; 
Langcliff  6  60;  Orwell  4:  Towanda  1st  166  10; 
Troy  19  50;  Tunkhannock  30.  LeAi^A— Le- 
hlghton  3  61 ;  Lower  Mt  Bethel  1  IL  Phila- 
^ZpAio- Philadelphia  2d  94  08 ;  Philadelphia, 
Woodland  60.  Philadelphia  Centra/— Phila- 
delphia, Alexander  91  81 ;  Philadelphia,  Be- 
theeda25  25;  Philadelphia,  Cohocksink  103  52; 
Philadelphia,    Immanuel   50;  Philadelphia, 


Olivet  30;  Philadelphia,  Princeton  66;  Man- 
tua 2d  18  13.  Philadelphia  North—  Bristol 
60 ;  Germantown  1st  506 ;  Germantown,  Mar- 
ket Square  46*63;  Holmesburgh  Sab-sch  4  ; 
Newtown  36  52 ;  Roxborough  4  28.  Weitmin- 
«fer— Loacock  26;  Little  Britain  6;  Slate 
Ridge  11 ;  Strasburgh  5. 

Pittsburgh.— fl/rtiriw«/e —Black  Lick  3; 
Cross  Roads  14;  Homer  City  3  60;  Irwin  10; 
Parnassus  21  42 ;  Penn  2  93 ;  Unity  20.  Pitts- 
burgh —  Bethany  28  65 ;  Centre  80 ;  Forest 
Grove  20 ;  Hazlewood  17  19;  Mansfield  5;  Mt 
Plsgah  8 ;  Oakdale  11 ;  Pittsburgh  2d  6  99 ; 
Pittsburgh,  Bellefield  37  14:  Kaoooon  45; 
Sharon  12  98.  Redstone— Belle  Vernon  14  66 ; 
Brownsville  1  94 :  Laurel  Hill  16 ;  i^lttle  Red- 
stone 14;  Carmichaels  or  New  Providence  19. 
Fra«Aing/on— HoIilday'sCove  9 :  East  Buffalo 
1196;  Forks  of  Wheeling,  add'l  6;  Mount 
Prospect  12  45;  Three  Springs  5 ;  Upper  Buf- 
falo 17  80.     West  rir^<nia— Kanawha  8  26. 

Tennessee.  —  l/n<on—New  Market  8  26; 
Strawberry  Plains  2. 

Toledo.— B<We/on/ain«—Urbana  2;  West 
Liberty  1  09.  LitiM— Delphos  78  cts;  Lima 
16  60;  Sidney  1st  14  75. 

Western  New  York.— Bujfa/o— Buffalo, 
Calvary,  Including  5  from  a  member,  special, 
71 ;  Buffalo  Central  11  64 ;  Buffalo,  Westmin- 
ster 12  04 ;  East  Aurora  16 :  East  Hamburgh 
8;  Fredonla  10  92:  Jamestown  18  25;  Panama 
5 ;  Sliver  Creek  21  70.  Genesee— Castile  16 ; 
Leroy  Ist  20  12 ;  North  Bergen  7.  Genesee 
KaWey  —  Elllcottville  10:  FrankllnvIUe  6; 
Portville  30.  /loeAe«/er— Brighton  9 ;  Moscow 
10:  Ogden  2  79;  Rochester  3d  40;  Rochester 
Centralis  60;  Wheatland  27  18;  Victor  33  52. 

Wisconsin.- CAijjpewe— Hixton3;  Hudson 
1st  10  76.  Afi2t0auAee— Milwaukee.  Immanuel 
106  80.     Wisconsin  fiiwer— Pulaski  6. 

Miscellaneous.  —  Pa,  Meadvllle,  Rev  R 
Craighead  and  Wife  100;  Pa,  Philadelphia. 
Hon  W  S  Pelroe  26 ;  Cal,  Stockton,  per  F  E 
Shearer,  "  Cash"  2  72 ;  Ind,  Hanover,  Rev  W 
N  Gcddes  10;  Pa,  Germantown,  "TM"  2; 
Religious  Contribution  Soc'y  Princeton  Sem'y 
1  76  ;  Md,  Frederick,  Mrs  Emma  B  Dunott  6; 
Pa,  Greencastle,  Mrs  J  R  Agnew,  special  1 ; 
Ohio,  Greenfield,  Rev  John  Barrelt  5;  N  Y, 
Cazenovia,  G  S  Boardman  10:  Cal,  Vallejo, 
James  Topley  10;  Minn,  South  Bend.  D  J 
Lewis  1 ;  Pa,  Philadelphia,  flrom  "  E  J'^  2;  N 
Y,  Lockport,  Chas  I  Kllbome  6:  Ct,  New 
London.  "M  AW"  6:  "Rehinded*'  160:  "A 
lady  ofPhiladelphia,"  special  60 ;  Ohio,  Brett- 
land,  Frank  W  Peet6;  *'ln  Memorlam"  8; 
Mich,  Plymouth,  M  S  Clayton  2;  N  Y,  Co- 
hoes,  H  B  Sllllman,  Esq  100;  per  "The  Pres- 
byterian "  "  F  B"  5 ;  N  Y,  East  Worcester, 
Rev  A  G  Beebee2;  Interest  on  Permanent 
Fund,  per  E  G  Woodward,  Treas  960 ;  Iowa, 
Molngona,  Rev  G  W  Lloyd  3;  from  "C  O'* 
2  19;  rf  Y,  Dobb's  Ferry,  fh)m  "C"  6;  Gen'l 
E  B  Babbitt,  U  S  Army  io. 

Total  for  October,         $9,688  59 

E.  G.  WOODWARD,  Treasurer, 
1334  Chestnut  Street,  Phlla. 


Secretary,  Rev.  George  Hale,  D.D., }  q^j^  ^gg^  chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 
Treasurer^  E.  G.  Woodward,  s  ^"^^^  *^  ^  ^ 


RECEIPTS  FOR  FREEDMEN  IN  OCTOBER  1876. 


ALBANT.—ii/&dny— Albany  Ist  18  68;  Al- 
bany, State  St  13  53 ;  Saratoga  Springs  2d 
1  70.    Columbus— J evreit  20  65. 

Baltimore.— ^eio  Ca«/Ie— Dover  8  60. 

Central  New  York.— flinoAomlon— Owe- 

go  34  66.    Ofee^o— Franklin  60  cts ;  Unadllla 
icts.    Syracuse— Constantia  8  03;  Liverpool 
1  13. 


Cleveland.  —  Cleveland  —  Akron  1st  8 ; 
Cleveland  1st  28 ;  Cleveland,  Euclid  St  46  67 ; 
Memorial  24  50 ;  StrongsvUIe  79  cts.  Mahon- 
ing—Brooktleld  8 ;  Poland  20.  St  Clairsville 
—Buffalo  3  73.  Steubenville—ljOTkf^  Run  6  56 ; 
Steubenvllle2dl2. 

Columbus.— Columbut— Columbus  2d  34  18 ; 
Dublin  3  25;  Worthington  3  26.  Wooster— 
OnUrlo  3  80.    Zan<«vi/7e— Clark  6  10. 


384 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  OF  RECEIPTS. 


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Erie.  —  Butler  —  Harlansburff  6  16 ;  Pino 
Qrove  1  17.  C/«r<o»— Perryvlllo  8  12.  Erie 
— Utloa  0.  Kittanning—KltUnulug,  Jas  £ 
Brown  26. 

QBWBVA.—Cayttflra— Auburn  2d  12  60 ;  Gen- 
eva 2d  87  Ota ;  Port  Byron  12.  Lyont— -Junlua 
1  76.    S/ett6tf»— Oanaseraga  4  27. 

H ABRiBBUEOH.— Hunr injfdon — Altoona  2d 
Si  26:  Hollidayeburg  Ist  18  Od.  Northumber- 
ten<i--L.ewl8burg  Isi  40  W;  William  sport  2d 
8  16 ;  WllUamsport  8d  2.  Welltboro—Ane- 
gany  2 ;  Elkland  42  cti ;  Wellaboro  70  cts. 

Illinois,  Obktral.— Peoria— John  Knox 
6. 

iLLiifoiB,  North.— CAica^o—Jollet  9.  Ot- 
ifltrfl— Union  Qrore  8.  Rock  River—  Fulton 
1-  Pleasant  Ridge  2  40;  Sterling  Ist,  P  and 
do  20 ;  WoodatocK  6  86. 

Illinois,  South.  —  Alton  —  Plalnvlew  86 
ets :  Salem  German  2 ;  Vlrden  1  26 ;  Zlon  Ger- 
man 6.  Cairo— DVL  Quoin  Ist  1  07.  Mattoon 
— Neoga  77  cts. 

IKDIAKA,  North.  —  Craw/ordwiUe—Zion- 
vine  8.  Fort  FFay««-FrankIln  1  88.  LoaanM- 
«or/— Logansport  1st  48  cU;  Mt  Zion  1  46; 
Rochester  4  07 ;  South  Bend  Ist  18  86. 

Indiana,  South.— Inditfntfpo««— Hopewell 
10;  "E"10.     White  PTfl/er-ShelbyvlUe  2d  6. 

Iowa,  North.— Cedar  fiapiei*— Bethel  1  60 ; 
Marlon  20 ;  Scotch  Grove  4 ;  Wayne  1. 

Iowa,  South.— Dm  Afoine«— Adel  6;  Wau- 
kee  8.  iowo— Batavla  2  18 ;  BurllnKton  1  81 ; 
Keokuk,  Westminster  1st  6  01 ;  Llbertyyllle 
8  W;  West  Point 2;  Wlnfleld  10.  Iowa  City- 
Blue  Grass  4 ;  Malcom  8 ;  Walcott  4. 

Long  lBLANi>.—Broofc/yfi— Brooklyn,  Hop- 
kins St  Ger  6 ;  Brooklyn  2d  20.  Na$tau  —As- 
toria 60. 

MioHiOAH.—Defroil— Detroit,  Westminster 

6  22 :  Ypsllantl  1st  26.  Grand  Jlapid*— Char- 
levoix a:  JTclamairoo— Kendall  10.  Lamina 
—Concord  2  88 ;  Mason  6.  Afonro*— Teoumseh 
1st  20  47. 

MiiiHEflOTA.-S<  PauZ— Florence  4  60;  Red 
Wins  8  32.  Southern  Jtfinne«o/a— Fillmore  6. 
FTinono— Dundas  60  cts ;  Forest  46  cU. 

Missouri.— Palmyra— Louisiana  61  cts.  St 
Lotti«— Herman,  Natareth  German  6. 

New  Jersey.  —  Elizabeth  —  Bahway    1st 

7  47:  Rosellel8t2  18;  Roselle  Ist,  Sab-sch  98 
cts;  Roselle  Sabsch  08  cts;  Westfleld  1  87. 
Jeney  Cify -Tenafly  1  73;  Weehawken  1. 
Af orri«  and  Oranye— East  Orange  Ist  8  84; 
Children's  Missionary  Society,  Morrlstown 
1st  68  66 ;  Morrlstown  Ist,  add*l  3  76 :  Madison 
4  29.  2^it0lo»— Greenwich  3  28.  Newark  — 
Newark  Park  3  66:  Newark  ^  18  08.  New 
BruntwicJ:— Dutch  Neck  16.    Stockton  1. 

New  York.— Boiloii— Londonderry  11  40. 
Hud«on— Goodwill  3  03;  Haverstraw  6;  Mid- 
dletown  ist  1  90 ;  Mllford  98  cts ;  Nvack  2  74; 
sISShtown  99  cti.  New  rorfc-thllllps  17  66; 
Scotch,  J  T  Johnston,  Esq  23  33 ;  Washington 
HelKhts  18  60.  North  ilirer— Bondout  1  66. 
PTeScActfer— Gllead  11 ;  Katonah  16 ;  Potts 
Memorial  24  cts. 

Paoific— Benici4^-Shlloh  6.  Lot  Angeles 
—Westminster  86  cts. 

Philadelphia.  —  Chetter  —  West  Chester 
1st  15  44.  Lacfcawanna— Franklin  70  cts. 
PAi/ade/pAia— Calvary  10.  Philadelphia  Cen. 
/roi- Trinity  7 ;  Spring  Garden  28  66.  PhiU- 
delphia  North— Beep  Run  and  Dovlestown 
20 ;  (Jermantown,  Market  Square  14  68.  Wett- 
«in«<er— Union  86 cU;  Mt  Joy  6. 

Pittsburgh.  —  Blairtville  —  Penn  Station 
1  76 :  Johnstown  14.  Pi««i>ttry&— East  Lib- 
erty Sab-sch  100 ;  Shady  Side  6  16;  Swlssvale 
10  76.  B«d«/one— Brownsville  1  86.  Wathing- 
<oii— Wheeling  8d  3.  Wett  Firyinia— Ell»a- 
beth  1  26. 

Tennessee.- Ho2«/ofi— Jonesboro  1  68. 

Toledo.— BeU^o»<ain«—Urbana  1  88 ;  Wy- 


andotte 8.    Lima— Delphos  64  ots.    Muncie— 
Wabash  2  24. 

Western  New  York-— Btf^alo— Buffalo, 
Calvary  6  26;  Buffalo  Central  8  06;  Buffulo, 
Western  8  86;  Westfleld  7.  Oenetee— Byron 
1  87;  East  Pembroke  100;  Warsaw  20.  Ro- 
eAe«fer— Dansvllle  46  86 ;  Lima  1  06 ;  Livonia 
Ist  13  76 ;  Ogden  1  92 ;  Rochester  Central  9  34. 

Wisconsin.  —  Chippewa  —  Baldwin  4  50. 
AfilwauJfcee— Fergus  Falls  8  71 ;  Delafleld  86 
cts ;  Ottawa  46  cts.    IFinn«6ayo— Juneau  2. 

Miscellaneous.— G  D  Dayton,  Stwkey, 
N  Y  10;  Mr  Carpenter,  Elmlra,  N  Y86 ;  Prea- 
byterlan  Society,  per  H  H  Johnson,  KankA. 
kee,  111  10 ;  Rev  A  A  Morrison,  Sallna,  Kan 
1 ;  Gideon  Hlgglns,  Sliver  Lake,  Ind  10 ;  "  M 
P,"  Washington  Co,  Pa  60;  Mary  Vance, 
Glendale,  O  6 :  Ist  ch  Sab-sch  Watertown,  N 
Y22  61;  ^*A  Friend"  6;  Rev  Sam*l  Houston, 
Tecumseh,  Mich  1;  Joseph  Young.  Vinton, 
Iowa  1,000;  Theological  Seminary  Princeton, 
N  J  1  23;  Rev  W  E  Honeyman,  Santa  Bar- 
bara, Cal  6 ; Fonda,  N  Y  1 ;  Parochial 

School,  Charlotte,  N  C  2 ;  Rev  A  Cooper, 
Junius,  N  Y  6 ;  Z  SUles  Ely,  Lyme,  Ctl60. 

ToUl  Receipts  in  October  1876,     $2,888  84 
JAMES  ALLISON,  T^eotwrer. 


Money  received  and  expended  on  the  Jleld  dur- 
ing the  aUs  Monthe  ending  September  80th, 
1876.  ♦ 

Pby  of  Atlantic— OtArt^rj  ch  17  76 ;  Con- 
grultychl;  Ebenezer  ch  6  60;  Edisto  ch  14; 
Bethel  oh  27  44;  Hebron  ch  22  50;  Zlon  ch 
21  81:  Macedonia  ch  26;  Mt  Slnal  ch  46;  St 
Andrews  ch  6  60;  St  Paul  ch  10  60;  Summer- 
vUle  ch  26  69;  Salem  ch  18  76;  Walllnjsrord 
ch  and  soh  90  46  838  80 

Pby  of  Catawba— Ben  Salem  ch  16  82;  Cald- 
well ch  17  46 ;  Charlotte  ch  and  sch  186 :  Con- 
cord  sch  32  10;  Davidson's  Col  ch  6;  Hamil- 
ton ch  12  60 ;  Love's  Chapel  9  84 ;  Miranda 
ch  9;  Mt  Olives  12  66;  New  Hope  ch  36  43; 
Salem  Hill  ch  46  23;  St  Paul  ch  18  27 ;  Wood- 
land  ch  7  40 ;  Walker's  Chapel  ch  4  411  80 
P6y  of  Fairjleld— Bine  Branch  ch  11 ;  Cal- 
vary ch  7  60 ;  Carmel  soh  8  60 ;  Hebron  ch 
4  20;  Howell  Salem  ch4  60 ;  Lebanon  ch  36  25; 
Natarethch  19  76;  Pleasant  View  ch  6  ;  Plea- 
sant Grove  ch  3 ;  Tabor  ch  12  70 ;  Wlnnsboro 
sch  4  70  117  10 

P&y  0/ Ho/«/on— Greenevllle  chS8;  Rogers, 
vine  ch  40  78  00 

P6y  of  iCinyi/oti— MaryvlUe  sch  1  00 

Pby  of  Jrnoc— Antloch  ch  46  40 ;  New  Hope 
eh  23  89 ;  Oglethorpe  ch  1  40 ;  Union  Point  oh 
4  60  76  19 

Pby  of  Lo«i«oi/le— Louisville  oh  88  10 

Pby  of  l/ntoti— Bethel  ch  12 ;  Calvary  oh  18; 
RogersvlUe  ch  70 ;  St  Luke's  oh  and  soh  30  80 

126  80 
Pby  of  Yadkin— Cuaeron  eh  28  29 ;  CaUw- 
ba  Ulver  ch  80  67;  Frankllnton  soh  16  66; 
Freedom  ch  11  24 ;  Gold  Hill  ch  81  34 :  Lex- 
Ington  ch  and  sch  28  70;  Louisburgh  oh<and 
sch  34  86:  Logan  ch  12  20;  Mooksvllle  ch  and 
sch  86 ;  Mt  Ternon  oh  78  74 :  Mt  Zlon  ch 
24  97 ;  Mt  Tabor  ch  16  86 ;  Mt  Pleasant  oh  4; 
New  Centre  oh  16  69 :  Oakland  oh  29  84 :  Pitts- 
burgh  ch  18  60 ;  Raleigh  eh  2  90;  SalUbury 
ch  and  sch  68  79  ;  Statesville  ch  and  sch  60  80 ; 
White  Hall  ch  84  03;  Wilmington  ch  176  30; 
Wilson  ch  87 ;  Winston  oh  62  90  838  47 

No  Pretbyttrial  CcmiKclion  —  Fredericks- 
burgh  sch,  Va  24  86 ;  Columbia  oh  and  sch, 
Tenn  124  76  149  10 


Total, 


12,162  86 

Rev.  A.  C.  McClelland,  Corrttpondinf 
Secretary,  Box  1246,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Rev.  James  Allison,  D.D.,  Treaturtr,  Look 
Box  24,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  o 


ECCLESIASTICAL  RECORD. 


DISSOLUTION    OF   THE    rASTORAI.    RE1,ATm5l. 

Il<*v  J  fti  >[c<'hint;  and  the  chiiuhc^  ol 
Or   jun  AU'l  F«'*e?t  Viiy  Mt» 

1.  V   J   T.  Eviuii  ami  lUn  ulinfcli  uf  Bevier, 

Rev.  J  H,  Frnnue  and  the  churches  of 
<  itmeron  nnd  Lalliiop,  Mo 

tburoh,  Qujuov,  ll!. 

K*tv  J*.  R  llunneyxvDfl  llie  cliarcli  in  Rxim 
iipo,  N   Y, 

Hev.  JuIjd  C- Backus.  DD^^hdvI  the  Fir^t 
rt':'=byteiinri  thufch,  Ikttimure,  MJ. 

i>v  G  S  Pluujlcy  and  the  church  of  Me- 
la--hrij  5,  J. 

Rev  AD  >foor<i  uud  tha  Finit  church  of 
Korthumhtjihuil,  V», 

R«v  R  P  Gib?iju  and  thii  Silver  Spring 
ch  u  ro  h ,    P !  i-  ?  hy  U'  1  y  0 !'  Car  lisle,  Pa 

Rav   Wiilintu  IL  Teiietl  and  tlie  church  of 

Ri-v.  Beojamin  L.  Swun  and  tho  church  of 
Oyster  Bjiv.  N   Y* 

Rev.  Wiliutn  S.  Curlia,  D  D.,  and  Ihe 
church  at  Rocltfrird,  Jll 

Rev  C.  P.  Wing,  D.D.,  and  the  First  Pres- 
byteriao  church  of  Curlialo,  Pa. 

OEIUHATIOHS  A«l>  IJfSTALLATlOlfS, 

Rev.  A.  WilUama  waa  installed  pastor  of 
the  church  Ninth  and  Whnrtou  sireetii^  Philiii 
delphjn,  on  the  5th  of  October. 

Ml  Walter  A  Brooks  was  ordained  and 
in  t  air.!  pastor  of  tlie  Prt>i9ji<'ct  Streets  Pr^aa- 
Lytcnan  ciuircb,  Trenton,  N.  J,,  on  tho  14tb 
ot  October, 

Mr  N.  F.  Kiclterson  was  ordttined  and 
in^talli^d  iv^islnr  ol  ihw  church  at  Ev^n^  MiUs, 
on  the  71  h  ot  October 

Rev.  K  P  HeLiTton  waa  itistaMed  paiitor 
of  the  First  Pro^bMoritm  cliurch  atColambuji, 
Ohm,  on  the  17lh  ol  Uclub«*r 

Rev  A.  S,  Fjsk<^  wni4  jU'-Wl  ed  pn-stor  of  the 
Uovt-nrd  clnirch,  Htui  Finncisco,  Cal ,  on  the 
lOlh  ol  Octuber 

Rev.  Wi  liam  R  R»^t«il  wn*  ins-tivlled  pastor 
of  the  church  of  Octwrnru,  un  tht*  3d  of  Ho* 
vuDiber. 

CAhtB  BKCBJVKD  Oft   ACCEPTED, 

Re¥  B,  Y,  Qcorge  to  the  whiirch  of  Cairo. 
Ill 

Rev.  J  S,  McCliiog  to  tha  church  in  Sid- 
ney. Iowa, 

Rev.  J  H.  France  to  the  church  of  Kala- 
mazoo, Mich. 

Rev  Dr  Marling  cf  Toronto  to  the  Prea- 
bytei  mn  church.  Fourteenth  street  and  Second 
Avenue,  New  York 

Rev,  Joseph  R.  Kerr  to  the  Fourth  church, 
New  York  <Jity. 

Rev  N,  W  Wells  to  the  church  at  Ooop^ 
eratown.  N.  Y, 

Rev  J  L  Kehoo  to  theohnrch  at  Worces- 
ter O'sf^o  Co,.  N,  Y. 

Hev  M,  L  P  HiJl  to  the  Firat  Prwbyt*- 
rian    church,  Corning,  N,  Y. 


Rev,   a  II,   FfmtB   lo  the   Walnut  »tr 
jhureh,  Ev^msville   Ind 

Ml  ti  M  Keed  to  the  churches  at  Hayea- 
villti  aiiil  Monroe  Ohio. 

Rev  Goidou  Mitchell  to  the  oliureli  of 
N.  rth,  New  York. 

R*v,  Jair.es  Luiimvr  to  the »' Firat  Union" 
church  New  York  Cily.  ^ 

P68TOFFI0E  AtiDIlSfiSlS  CnAKGEH. 

Rev.  David  M  Wi]linm«fin  from  Pt^rrys- 
burtrh,  Ind  .  to  Duncun's  Falb.  OIjim 

Rev  S  Henry  Bell  from  BruDEWick.  Oa , 
to  Wriglit&vitje.'pa 

Rpiv  R  Pioudfit  Gibson  from  Mechauttfi- 
burgh.  Pa  ,  U,  He  b;*rt.  K.  Y. 

Rev.  A  W  Colvcr  from  HopUin^ville  to 
Kftn»nN  City,  Mo 

Rf^Y  W  W  Tiiylor  from  Wt-iit  PhiladeU 
phia  to  Wtfioia^toii,  Del, 

Rev.  J  ilorn'-r  Kerr  from  MeCoun^I]!tburg 
to  ,rer»ey  Shore.  Pa. 

Rev.  S.  Lyuo  from  Peru.  Ind,  to  Honpea- 
tou,  111,  ^        >  I 

Rev,  Abram  J.  Clark  from  Steele's  Mj51« 
to  Lilohlield,  III, 

R+'V,  Jriseph  Mrt(eer.  D.D ,  from  L'urllsvilk 
to  iShgo,  Pn. 

Rev.  F.  C  8chwarta  from  NaovoQ,  III,  to 
Pluttsmouth.  >'ebrnbka 

Rev  .ImnPH  Rodacrs  from  Wilnier,  Minn,, 
to  Farmtn^ton,  Dakota  Co  .  Minn 

Rev  G  W.  Nassau  from  Lawrenceville,  N. 
J,,  to  Trenton,  Nihw  Jer  ey. 

Rev  Cteorge  W  Ford  irora  V^r^nilles,  N. 
Y..  to  Elk  Point,  Dakota- 
Rev  G,  C,  Beam  an  from  Montroee,  luwa, 
toKeosnuaua.  Vnn  Burcn  Co.,  Iowa 

Rev  Jolin  Patterson  from  Cato,  Wij.,  to 
Cambridge,  Win, 

Rev.  J  L-  Kehoo  from  Amsterdaia  to  Wor* 
oester,  N.  Y. 

Eev  W.  Otis  Rustoa  from  JJew  York  City 
to  Fairmonnl.  Hunterdon  county,  N.  J 

Rev.  Ilartan  Page  Wei  ton  from  ilrtsiiuga 
to  MinneaptjUfi,  Minn 

Rev,  M.  Witlenberger  from  South  Pouit, 
Mo,  to  Beloit,  Wis 

Rev.  J,  F,  Donaldson  from  New  York  to 
Eckford»  Michigan,  ^ 

Rev,  George  W.  Kennedy  from  Smyrna  to 
Middletown,  Del. 

Rev.  Cochran  Forhea  from  1701  Mouat 
Vernon  to  1026  Fitbort  Street,  Phibiilelplia. 

Rev.  William  J,  Essiok  from  Wiiliamsport 
to  Elkhart,  Indiana. 

PBATH8. 

Bflv.  J.  S,  Stuchell,  pastor  of  the  HaBTe- 
wood  church,  Pitl«burgh  of  diphtheria,  oo 
the  I2tb  of  Uctober,  in  the  4 1st  year  of  tm 
age 

Rev,  Is&ac  O.  Fillmore.  DD,  at  Green 
Island,  near  Troy,  N.  Y.,  on  the  22d  of  Octo- 
ber. 

Bev  James  Knoi^  at  Cedar  Rupula,  Iowa, 
on  tlifl  loth  of  Octobcfi  aged  68  yeura. 


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