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In order to make the work so well begun tell most for the future, the woman's skill is required in its every phase. The homes must have their visitors, schools their teachers; pastors urgently call for the special missionary. There are those who are willing to go. Will the ladies of the churches provide the means? Will you Christian women—the women of our churches, come to the aid of the American Missionary Association, in support of your sisters in the field? If you will do this, we shall have no more debt. If you will do this, there will be far less of heart-aching denial to those who plead with us year by year to send them just one—only one Christian woman to guide and teach.
It costs but four hundred dollars a missionary. Yet of those who have been appointed for the new year—some already at work, others now on the way—there are one hundred whose support is not yet provided; and only four hundred dollars a missionary! What a glow would enter the hearts of these noble, self-denying woman, if from the Woman's Bureau word might go that the ladies of such churches have provided for you, and you, and you! Weary with the constant drain upon mind and heart, as they come in contact with the warped, barren lives of the people whom they would help, how it would refresh them to feel that because they are your missionaries you are working for, thinking of and praying for them. One hundred woman missionaries unprovided for!
At the word of the Lord we put out into the deep and let down the nets. The draught is great, our nets are breaking, and we beckon unto you, our partners in the other boat to come and help us—to share in the work and the reward.
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RECEIPTS FOR OCTOBER, 1888.
MAINE. $261.51.
Alfred. Cong. Ch. and Soc. …12.92
Bingham. Cong. Ch. …2.00
Brewer. M. Hardy 50 to const. MRS. ADDIE B. GARDNER L.M., Mrs. C.S. Hardy 30, to const. MRS. SARAH L. WING, L.M. …80.00
Bridgton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. …17.03
Brunswick. First Cong. Ch. …54.25
Castine. Class of little girls. No. 9. Trin. Ch. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Tougaloo U. …2.31
East Orrington. Cong. Ch. …4.00
Gorham. "Young Ladies Helping Hand" Cong. Ch. …25.00
Lebanon Center. Mrs. Sophronia D. Lord …1.00
Lewiston. Richard C. Stanley …5.00
Norridgewock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. …35.00
Oxford. Rev. Geo. F. Tewksbury …2.00
Princeton. Cong. Ch. …6.00
Richmond. Sab. Sen. of Cong. Ch. for Student Aid, Talladega C. …10.00
Sherman Mills. Washburn Memorial Ch. …5.00
NEW HAMPSHIRE, $340.97.
Bennington. Cong. Ch. …8.22
Candia. Mrs. A.E. Page …1.00
Campton. Cong. Ch. …16.22
Concord. By Mrs. Enoch Gerrish, Freight for McLeansville, N.C. …1.00
Deerfield. Cong. Ch. …8.60
Milford. Cong. Ch. to const. WILLIAM C. CLEAVES and ARTHUR M. WINSLOW L.M'S …65.00
Nashua. Pilgrim Ch. (30 of which from SUSAN P. PEARSON to const. herself L.M) …150.08
New Ipswich. Childrens' 26th Annual Fair for Benev. objects (4.67 of which for Indian Schools) …18.18
Peterboro. "Mother and daughter" …5.00
Union. "Ladies and Band of Hope" by Mrs. G.S. Butler, for Storrs Sch. Atlanta, Ga. …11.00
Warner. Cong. Ch. …10.41
Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (24 of which for Student Aid. Gregory Inst., Wilmington, N.C.) …40.41
Winchester. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. …5.85
VERMONT, $866.60.
Brattleboro. Central Cong. Ch. …100.00
Brownington. Martha S. Stone …10.00
Burlington. First Cong. Ch., adl. …2.00
Derby. Cong. Ch. …5.00
Derby. Ladies of Cong. Ch., by Mrs. David Hopkinson, for McIntosh, Ga. …4.00
Essex Junction. Cong. Ch. …20.00
Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. …10.21
Grandby and Victory. Cong. Ch. and Soc. …2.77
Grand Isle. Mrs. Martha Ladd, for Indian M. …3.00
Highgate. Cong. Ch. …7.30
Jamaica. Cong. Ch. and Soc. …10.27
Marshfield. Lyman Clark …15.00
New Haven. "A Friend" …15.00
Newport. Cong. Ch. and Soc. …14.20
North Ferrisburg. Mrs Maria D. Wicker (120 of which to const. ROXA M. CHAMPLIN, ALMA M. WEBB, Mrs. EMMA W. WICKER and ABBIE D. WICKER L.M's) …500.00
Orwell. Cong. Ch. and Soc. …13.75
Saint Johnsbury. Mrs. T.M. Howard and Mrs. E.D. Blodget, for Student Aid, Fisk U. …50.00
Salisbury. Cong. Ch. 15, bal. to const. DEA. CYRUS BUMP L.M., "Friends in Cong. Ch." $1.50 …16.50
Sharon. "Three Friends in Cong. Ch." …2.00
Swanton. C.C. Long …10.00
Vergennes. Cong. Ch. …10.00
Vergennes. Eliza S. Stevens, Freight for McIntosh, Ga. …2.00
West Dover. Cong. Ch. …3.00
West Randolph. Mrs. Laura Salisbury Smith to const. H. PORTER SMITH, L.M. …30.00
Wilmington. Cong. Ch. …8.00
Vermont Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. Wm. P. Fairbanks, Treas. for McIntosh, Ga.:
Manchester. Miss Ellen Tuttle in memory of her brother 2.60
—— 2.60
MASSACHUSETTS, $4,089.39.
Amherst. First Cong. Ch., 35, South Cong. Ch. 4.08, Miss Mary H. Scott, Bbl. of C. etc. …39.08
Andover. Ladies' Union Home M. Soc. …92.59
Andover. West Cong. Ch., adl. …23.00
Baldwinville. Memorial Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Gregory Inst., Wilmington, N.C. …8.00
Beverly. Wm. O. Grover, for Talladega C. …100.00
Beverly. Washington St. Ch. …30.00
Boston. C.H. Bond, 250; John N. Denison, 100; H.O. Houghton, 50; Dr. Wm. P. Wesselhoeff, 50; F.L. Garrison. 5, and Mrs. A.H Batcheller, 25, for Talladega C. …480.00
C.A. Hopkins, for Boarding Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn. …100.00
S.D. Smith, American Organ, for Sherwood, Tenn. …75.00
Brighton. Evan Cong. Ch. and Soc. …153.73
Dorchester. Mrs. Ruth W. Prouty …5.00
Miss Mary A. Tuttle, for Indian M. …9.10
Roxbury. Immanuel Cong. Ch. …96.65
Eliot Ch., adl. …1.00
John H. Soren …1.00
——— 921.48
Bridgewater. Central Sq. Cong. Ch., 48; "E.F.H.," 1 …49.00
Brookline. Harvard Ch. …54.76
Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Ch. …26.00
Chelsea. "A Friend in First Ch." …5.00
Concord. Trin. Cong. Ch. …25.58
Cummington. Mrs. H.M. Porter …2.00
Danvers. Maple St. Ch. …176.47
Deerfield. Orthodox Cong. Ch. …30.32
Easthampton. First Cong. Ch., for Santee Indian M. …12.50
East Marshfield. Second Cong. Ch. …5.00
East Wareham. Abby Bourne and Hannah B. Cannon …10.00
Everett. Cong. Ch. …25.10
Fall River. Mrs. R.K. Remington, for New Out Station, Indian M. …700.00
Fall River. Leonard N. Slade …5.00
Fitchburg. Rollstone Ch. 35; Cal. Cong. Ch. 24.30 …59.30
Gardner. Woman's Miss'y. Soc., by Mrs. F.H. Whittemore, for Indian Sch'p. …50.00
Haverhill. Chas. Coffin …4.50
Harvard. Cong. Ch. …14.75
Haydenville. Cong. Ch., adl., to const. THOMAS S. PURRINGTON L.M. …2.00
Holbrook. Winthrop Ch. …44.85
Lakeville and Taunton. Precinct Cong. Sab. Sch. …11.05
Lowell. "Friend" …14.00
Ludlow Center. Ladies of First Cong. Ch. for Tougaloo U. …10.00
Lynn. Chestnut St. Ch. …5.00
Manchester. Cong. Ch. …18.38
Medfield. Second Cong. Ch. …92.36
Melrose. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. …89.92
Melrose Highlands. Mrs. F.W. Lewis …0.50
Methuen. First Parish Cong. Ch. …23.42
Middleboro. Central Cong. Ch. …36.00
New Salem. Cong. Ch. …8.00
Newton. Sab. Sch. Class, North Evan Ch. for Student Aid, Santee Indian Sch. …37.50
Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. …71.80
North Abington. Rev. Jesse H. Jones …5.00
Northampton. Edwards Ch. Benev. Soc. …185.06
Northboro. Evan. Cong. Ch. …41.98
Northbridge. Rockdale Cong. Ch. …4.00
North Leominster. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. for Rosebud Indian M. …20.10
Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. …10.00
North Wilbraham. Grace Union Ch. …10.50
Saxonville. Edwards Cong. Ch. …18.00
Shelburne. Cong. Ch., to const MISS MARY E. FELLOWS L.M. …42.00
Sherborn. "By a former Teacher." …10.00
Somerville. Miss M.C. Sawyer, for Tougaloo U. …20.00
Southampton. Teachers and Pupils, Infant Class, Cong. Ch. …1.00
Southboro. Member of Pilgrim Ch., adl. …8.00
South Byfield. By Mrs. Geo. L. Gleason, Freight for Williamsburg, Ky. …1.00
South Egremont. Cong. Ch. …26.68
Southfield. Cong. Ch. …15.00
South Framingham. South Cong. Ch. …87.77
South Hadley. Cong. Ch. …24.00
South Royalston. Amos Blanchard. …10.00
Spencer. First Cong. Ch. …85.00
Springfield. Sab. Sch. of South Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Santee Indian Sch. …70.00
Stockbridge. Miss Alice Byington, for Indian M. …30.00
Sudbury. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Freight for Straight U. …3.00
Oxford. Woman's Miss'y Soc. by Miss L.D. Stockwell, for Tougaloo U. …14.00
Oxford. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., Freight for Kittrell N.C. …2.50
Pittsfield. Mrs. Mary E. Sears …5.00
Revere. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. …13.50
Rockland. Cong. Ch., to const. FRANK SHELDON L.M. …30.00
Topsfield. Rev. Daniel D. Tappan …2.20
Townsend. By Mrs. Ralph Ball, Freight for Sherwood, Tenn. …2.00
Ware. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Santee Home, Indian M. …25.00
Warren. Mrs. J. Ramsdell, for Chinese M. …5.00
Westford. Ladies' Soc. Bbl. of C. for Storrs Sch., Atlanta, Ga.
West Granville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. …5.00
Westhampton. Cong. Ch. …28.20
West Newbury. First Cong. Ch. …6.00
West Springfield. Ladles' Mission Circle of Park St. Ch. for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. …100.00
Worcester. Mrs. G.F. Orr, 10; Mrs. Laird, 2; for Talladega C. …12.00
Hampden Benevolent Association, by Charles Marsh, Treas.
Agawam. …15.00
Holyoke. Second. …92.43
Springfield. South. …57.62
Olivet. Ladies Praying Cir. …2.18
Westfield. Second. …14.46
——— …181.69
CLOTHING, BOOKS, ETC. RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE.
Concord. N.H. First Cong. Ch. 2 Bbls. Val. 37.06
Saint Johnsbury, Vt. Juvenile Sew. Soc. of North Ch., Box, for Grand View, Tenn.
Lanesville, Mass. W.L. Saunders, 2 Bundles
Ashmont. Mr. Hale, Bbl. and Box
Groton. By F.D. Lewis, Box for Lexington, Ky.
Oxford. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., Bbl. for Kittrel, N.C.
South Byfield. By Mrs. George L. Gleason, Bbl. for Williamsburg, Ky.
Sudbury. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl.
Townsend. By Mrs. Ralph Ball, Bbl. for Sherwood, Tenn.
West Newton. Henry O. Barker, Bbl.
RHODE ISLAND, $726.28.
Little Compton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Mountain White Work …12.23
North Scituate. Cong. Ch. and Soc. …3.00
Peace Dale. Cong. Ch. …30.00
Providence. Central Cong. Ch., 630; Free Evan. Cong. Ch., 25; Plymouth Cong. Ch., 24.05; Mrs. Ann Torry, 2 …681.05
CONNECTICUT, $1,783.19.
Birmingham. J. Tomlinson, for Indian M. …20.00
Birmingham. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. REV. CHARLES W. PARK L.M. …7.50
Bridgeport. Second Cong. Ch. …60.27
Bristol. Cong. Ch. …75.50
Chaplin. H.T. Crosby. 5; Miss J.W. Crosby, 5 …10.00
Cheshire. Cong. Ch. …23.50
Cheshire. Mrs. Stoddard's S.S. Class, for Rosebud Indian M. …0.50
Cornwall. E.C. Starr, for Tougaloo U. …10.00
Danielsonville. Westfield Cong. Ch. and Soc. …44.91
Ellington. Cong. Ch., for 4 Life Memberships, 140.11; Incorrectly ack. in Nov. number from Rockville
Gilead. "A Friend" …5.00
Goshen. Mrs. Moses Lyman …10.00
Hartford. ROLAND MATHER, to const. himself L.M. …30.00
Hockanum. Second Cong. Ch. (5 of which from Mrs. E.M. Roberts) …29.28
Lisbon. Cong. Ch., for Conn. Indl. Sch., Ga. …6.00
Mansfield. Ind. Cong. Ch. …14.00
Monroe. Rev. H.M. Hazeltine, Box of Books for Talladega C.
New Britain. South Cong. Ch., 123.37; Member So. Cong. Ch., 3. to const. H. DAYTON HUMPHREY, PHILIP CORBIN, MISS KATE M. BROWN and MISS JANE M. CASE L.M's …126.37
New Haven. Dwight Place Cong. Ch. 138.87; "A Friend," 50 …188.87
New London. First Cong. Ch. …65.11
Norfolk. Robbins Bartell, for Tougaloo U. …10.00
North Branford. J.A. Palmer …2.00
Northford. Cong. Ch. …12.00
North Madison. Cong. Ch. and Soc. …14.00
Plymouth. Cong. Ch. …56.50
Pomfret. Two S.S. Classes, by Miss Mathewson, for Mountain White Work …10.00
Poquonock. Cong. Ch. …30.78
Poquonock. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of Books, for Grand View, Tenn.
Rockville. Sab. Sch. Class of young ladies, Union Cong. Ch., for Mountain White Work …10.00
South Killingly. Cong. Ch. …5.00
Southington. Y.P.S.C.E. of Cong. Ch. …4.35
Stratford. "Old Abolitionist" …5.00
Taftville. Cong. Ch. …8.25
Torrington. Third Cong. Ch. …10.17
Wallingford. Mrs. C.B. Darling, for New Out Station, Indian M. …700.00
Watertown. Cong. Ch., to const. DEA. SAMUEL T. DAYTON L.M. …37.76
Westville. Cong. Ch. …39.00
Wethersfleld. Cong. Ch. (35 of which from Ladies, for Conn. Indl. Sch., Ga.) …60.10
Winchester. Cong. Ch. …15.05
Woodbury. North Cong. Ch., 14.35; First Cong. Ch., 12.07 …26.42
NEW YORK, $3,888.36.
Albany. "A Friend" …25.00
Amsterdam. Mrs. Chandler Bartlett …2.00
Brooklyn. Stephen Ballard, for Ballard Sch. Building, Macon, Ga. …1950.00
Brooklyn. "A Friend." by Stephen Ballard, for Macon, Ga., to purchase land …1000.00
Brooklyn. Tompkins Av. Cong. Ch. …400.00
Brooklyn. Sab. Sch. of Central Cong. Ch., for Indian M. …37.50
Brooklyn. Park Av. Prim. Meth. Sab. Sch., 20; R.M. Raymond, 10; Robert Burchell, 3, for Williamsburg, Ky. …33.00
Big Hollow. Nelson Hitchcock …5.00
Canandaigua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. …67.50
Churchville. Cong. Ch., to const. Z. WILLARD L.M. …31.82
Coventryville. Cong. Ch. …4.00
Ellington. Cong. Ch. …7.00
Fort Covington. "A.B." …2.00
Groton. Cong. Ch. …29.00
Honeoye. Mrs. Gideon Pitts, to const. MISS JENNIE W. PITTS L.M. …30.00
Ovid. D.W. Kinne …4.50
Lisle. R.C. Osborn …10.00
Newark Valley. Cong. Ch. …20.37
New Lebanon. Ellen C. Kendall …5.00
New York. Member Tab. Ch., 5; J.N. Washburn, package of C. …5.00
Nunda. "A Friend" …15.00
Nyack. John W. Towt …50.00
Port Leyden. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. …3.00
Rodman. Cong. Ch. …20.00
Schenectady. Cong. Ch. adl., to const. HON. JOHN YOUNG and DEA. ALEX. F. VEDDER L.M'S …50.00
Syracuse. Plymouth Cong. Ch. …35.17
West Groton. Cong. Ch. 13.65; and Sab. Sch. Birthday Box, 1.85 …15.50
Woman's Home Missionary Union of N.Y., by Mrs. L.H. Cobb., Treas., for Woman's Work:
Fairport. Ladies' Aux. …31.00
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NEW JERSEY, $332.56.
Arlington. Mrs. George Overacre. …1.50
East Orange. Trinity Cong. Ch. …140.50
Montclair. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of First Cong. Ch., for Meridian, Miss. …30.00
Montclair. Sab. Sch. Class Cong. Ch. for Student Aid , Talladega, C. …10.00
Roselle. "A Friend" …50.00
Westfield. Cong. Ch. …100.56