ILLINOIS. Beardstown, Cong. ch. Chicago, Longwood, St. Paul's Evan. ch., for work in Armenia, 30; Chicago Theol. Sem., for support Rev. C. N. Ransom, 28.50; Green-st. Cong. ch., 11.68; Union Park Cong. ch., 8.85; Rev. R. S. Stapleton, for support Rev. C. N. Ransom, 5, Englewood, Pilgrim Cong. ch. Evanston, 1st Cong. ch., 177.31; Wm. H. Rice, 5, Hinsdale, Cong. ch. 3. 00 675 5 00--6,089 75 Rust, Cong. ch. Sterling, Rev. B. R. Shultze, Summer Hill, Cong, ch. 2 00 213 00 Victoria, Cong, ch. 12 58 MICHIGAN. 150 00 Adrian, Ellen C. Shaw, 10 00-387 58 Belding, 1st Cong. ch. 902 70 1,290 28 Somonauk, Union Cong. ch. Stockton, Cong, ch. IO OO 20 65 84 03 70 75 182 31 10 14 123 17 30 00 10 00 117 05 106 26 7 17 9 00 I 00 365 2 00--794 18 Grand Rapids, South Cong, ch. Richmond, Cong, ch. Legacies. Kalamazoo, Emeline A. House, by James M. Davis, Ex'r, 5 00 II 00 5 00 8 20-37 74 1,500 00 1,537 74 ILLINOIS. Bunker Hill, Y. P. S. C. E., 3.15: Chicago, Grand-ave. Y. P. S. C. E., 5.90; do., Gross Park Cong. Sab. sch., 3.60; Glen Ellyn, Y. P. S. C. E., 3; Oak Park, Forestave. Y. P. S. C. E., 6, MICHIGAN. Detroit, 1st Cong. Sab. sch., 38.58; Oakwood, Y. P. S. C. E., 2, IOWA. - Clay, Cong. Sab. sch., 93c.; Muscatine, Pilgrim Cong. Sab. sch., 3, MINNESOTA. Sab. sch. Worthington, Union Cong. WISCONSIN.- Beloit, 1st Cong. Sab. sch., 15; Roberts, Y. P. S. C. E., 3.50, UTAH.Salt Sake City, Phillips Y. P. S. C. E. 21 65 40 58 393 5 25 18 50 2.00 Salt Lake City, Ist Cong. ch. OKLAHOMA. 33 45 3 00 700 00 MAINE. Rockland, Young People's Ass'n NEW YORK.- Brooklyn, Willoughby-ave. Sab. sch., 75; New York, Olivet Sab sch., 50, ОнIо.-Cleveland, Lake View Y. P. S. C. E., Two-cents-a-week Fund, 25; do., do., Int. C. E. S., 5, and Jun. C. E. S., 5: do., Bethlehem Cong. Sab. sch., 15c.; Windham, Y. P. S. C. E. of 1st Cong. ch., 5, INDIANA.Hammond, Y. P. S. C. E. of 1st Cong. ch. 17 00 4.21 140 77 80 75 125 00 40 15 2 00 FOR SUPPORT OF YOUNG MISSIONARIES. ILLINOIS.Amboy, Y. P. S. C. E., for Lar- 10, KANSAS. - Independence, Y. P. S. C. E., for Bates Fund, NEBRASKA.Clay Centre, Y. P. S. C. E., for Bates Fund, 4.70; Fremont, do., for do., 5, MINNESOTA. Graceville, Y. P. S. C. E., for White Fund, 5; Mapleton, do., for do., 5, SOUTH DAKOTA. - Chamberlain, Y. P. S. C. E., for Albrecht Fund, 4; Highmore, do., for do., 1.76, CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE DEBT. VERMONT. — Brattleboro, Center ch., Friend, MASSACHUSETTS. - Auburndale, Cong. ch., 100; Boston, J. J. ARAKELYAN, to const. HIMSELF, H. M. 100; do., Rev. M. H. Hitchcock, 15: Boylston, Rev. D. E. Burtner, 5; Chelsea, Central Cong. ch., 100; Coleraine, Chas. M. Crooks, 2; Lexington, Rev. Cyrus Hamlin, D.D., 5; Mill River, Rev. J. B. Lewis, 5; Newburyport, Robt. P. Morse, 1; Newton, Eliot ch., 35: Springfield, South Cong, ch., 64; do., Rev. F. B. Makepeace, 5; Winchester, 1st Cong. ch., 10: Worcester Co., Friend, 5, RHODE ISLAND. - Providence, R. B. Risk, CONNECTICUT. - Bethel, Mrs. H. L. Slack, 5: Cheshire, Rev. J. P. Hoyt, 2; Groton, Mrs. Belton A. Copp, 5; do., Miss Julia Copp, 5: Hartford, Rev. J. Spencer Voorhees, 5; do., Rev. A. T. Perry, 5; do., 115 02 10 00 22 00 17 50 I 50 9 70 10 00 5 76 191 48 50 00 452 00 10 00 Rev. J. H. Roberts, 4; do., Mrs. J. H. Roberts, 2.50; Middletown, Arthur W. Smith, 25; New Haven, Miss Mary E. Scranton, 250; Rev. Chas. Ray Palmer, 100; Mrs. H. J. Bennett, 100; F. W. Pardee, 50; Albert S. Holt, 50; G. W. Bacon, 25: Mrs. M. Louise Lyon, 25; H. W. Pope, 10; John S. Bradley, 10; Hope Bennett, 10; Irving Fisher, 10; Walter B. Law, 10; T. D. Seymour, 10; Harriet Bennett, 5; Mrs. H. S. De Forest, 5; Clara Sherman, 5; Mrs. Harriet Munger, 5; Rose M. Munger, 5; Albert S. Cook, 5: John C. Eastman, 5; H. B. Rowe, 2.50; Chas. S. Bodwell, 2; Katharine Eastman, 2; Mrs. Jeannie T. Kingsley, 2; Miss L. S. Barnes, 2; Mrs. Emily F. Thatcher, 1; Miss Eleanor E. Cutler, 1; John K. Moore, 1; Mrs. S. J. Douglass, 1; E. W. Lyman, 1; L. B. Chase, 1; "C.,"1; North Haven, Rev. W. G. Lathrop, 5; Pomfret, Y. P. S. C. E., 44.60; do., Ethel Allen, 1; South Norwalk, Cong. ch., Lewis H. Nash, 25; Stony Creek, Rev. and Mrs. Geo. A. Pelton, 2: Suffield, Rev. D. W. Goodale, 5; do.. Friend, 1; West Woodstock, "C. E. H.," 10; Woodbury, 1st Cong. ch., 13.68, NEW YORK. Brooklyn, Tompkins-ave., Cong. ch., 1,000; Bronxville, Rev. W. S. C. Webster, 2; Gloversville, Rev. and Mrs. Wm. E. Park, 10; New York, P. B. Keskar, 1; Waterville, Rev. Thomas Wilson, I, NEW JERSEY.-Atlantic City, Mrs. John 878 28 1,014 00 10 00 10 00 25.00 135 00 -- NOVA SCOTIA. Sherbrooke, Katharine B. Fraser, CHINA. -, Friend, 5 00 4 00 MASSACHUSETTS. Amherst, North Cong. ch., Friend, for use of Rev. Geo. C. Raynolds, 5; Cambridge, Shepard Memorial ch., Friend, for Dormitory, care Rev. Chas. Hartwell, 25; East Bridgewater, Union Cong. Sab. sch., for Bible-reader, India, 25; Greenfield, Elizabeth B. Loomis, for work, Yozgat, 5; Hadley, 1st Cong. Y. P. S. C. E., for use of Miss H. J. Gilson, 5.50; Leominster, Y. P. S. C. E., for student, Anatolia College, 15; Lincoln, Cong. ch., Jubilee Gift for new dormitory, care Rev. L. P. Peet, 25; Newtonville, Chinese Sab. sch., for work in Canton, 16.60; Northbridge, Cong. ch., Mrs. S. T. Greenwood, for native pastor, care Rev. J. S. Chandler, 30; Springfield, North Cong. ch., for work, care Rev. H. J. Bruce, 56.79; Ware, Jun. C. E. S. of East Cong. ch., for work, Yozgat, 10; Warwich, sale of Bookmarks for Tai-ku Building Fund, 1; do., Friend, for do., 1; do. Children of Cong. ch., for work in India, 85c.: West Medway, 2d Cong. ch., 6.83, and other friends, 3.67, for work, care Miss M. L. Daniels; Worcester, Mrs. Mary H. Goddard, for work, care Rev. Dwight Goddard, 20; Friend, for native teacher, care Miss E. S. Hartwell, and Sab. sch. of do., 10, for work in China; So. Coventry, Y. P. S. C. E., for work, care Rev. J. P. Jones, 12.50, NEW YORK.Angola, Miss A. H. Ames, for scholarship Antolia College, 5; Brooklyn, C. S. Hartwell, for use of Miss E. S. Hartwell, 10; New York, Through the Misses Leitch, for work, care Rev. R. C. Hastings, 15; Oxford, Dr. E. L. Ensign, "in memory of Mrs. Ensign," for native preacher, Madura, 50; Rochester, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Davison, for Okayama Orphanage, 25; Sherburne, Y. P. S. C. E., for work, care Rev. W. N. Chambers, 25: Wellsville, Mrs. Farr, for printing Chinese Gospels, 1.30, NEW JERSEY.-Haddonfield, J. D. Lynde, for pupils, care Rev. H. Fairbank, 25, and care Rev. C. F. Gates, 25: Westfield, Cong. ch., J. L. Clayton, for native preacher, Madura, 15, NORTH CAROLINA. Kings Mt., Miss L. S. Friend, for work in China, De Pere, Y. P. S. C. E., for use of Mrs. Dwight Goddard, NEBRASKA.Inland, Ger. Cong. ch., for work, care Rev. G. E. Albrecht, MINNESOTA.— - Minneapolis, W. H. Norris, for work, care Rev. H. C. Hazen, 7.50; Northfield, Mrs. Huntington's Sab. sch. class, for work, care Miss F. C. Gage, 8; St. Paul, Carrie A. Tupper, for use of Miss E. S. Hartwell, 20, CALIFORNIA.Chico, Elizabeth Rogers, for pupil, care Miss C. E. Ely, 25; Santa Cruz, George Ford, for pupil, care Mrs. M. E. Bissell, 30, SOUTH DAKOTA.- Emmanuel, Ger. Cong. ch., for work, care Rev. G. E. Albrecht, 3; Hoffnungsfeld, do., for do., 3; Immanuel Creek, do., for do., 5; Tyndall, do., for do., 10: Friends, for work, care Rev. J. F. Clarke, 45, WEST CENTRAL AFRICA.-Cisamba, Through Rev. W. T. Currie, for Hospital Fund, Cisamba, 152 50 131 30 88 00355 05 From CANADA CONGREGATIONAL WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS. Mrs. Frances A. Sanders, Montreal, Treasurer. For work, care Mrs. F. W. Read, 327 24 Donations received in November, Legacies received in November, 15.00 Total from September 1 to November 30, 1897: Donations, $87,193.29; Legacies, $41,183.68-$128,376.97. FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. THREE YOUNG CHRISTIANS OF INDIA. BY REV. WILLIS P. ELWOOD, OF PALANI, MADURA MISSION. THE Second Sunday of July was a notable day in the church and boarding school of the Palani station, in the Madura Mission of the American Board. Three young people, representing three classes in this land, were received into the church, and connected with each of them is an interesting story. One of the three is a tall lad of perhaps sixteen years of age, black, and not so very come ly, but he has an excellent spirit and not a little strength of character for one of his age. He was a Kavandan, one of the many subdivisions of the Vaisiya caste, which includes farmers, traders, and craftsmen, and it was his privi lege to wear the sacred THE THREE WHO UNITED WITH THE CHURCH. thread. But his heritage as a Hindu was of no account to him, and he forsook all for better things. He formerly lived in a little thatched house that most American children would call a hut or shanty, but it kept off the water when it rained, and served as a place to eat and sleep in. At one side of the small room was a box or sort of frame made of earth, in which was an image also made of earth and afterwards burned in a kiln, as common earthen vessels are. This image was then gayly painted and set up in the box and was called the god of the household. It was worshiped by this boy until he learned in our school, held in his village, that idols are nothing at all, and that the true God is a living God, who loved him. In another village a half mile distant there was then a catechist who preached in a little thatched church every Sunday, and he welcomed the boy to The boy was did not obey When it was his congregation and instructed him in the truth about Christ. forbidden by his parents to attend services in the church, but he them, and they at last gave up trying to keep him from the church. proposed that he should come to the boarding school, they resisted, but at length gave their consent. A few months ago his father told him that he never wished him to enter his house again, and from that time the boy became practically homeless. His name before was Veerappan, the name of a god, but when he was baptized he received the name of Daniel. Another one of the three is the daughter of heathen parents, both of whom died several years ago. She is not only an orphan, but she has no relatives except a younger brother, who is also in this school. One day last year the girl, dressed in rags and showing in many ways her life of poverty, came to see her brother. I noticed then that she had a pleasing face and also a good mind; but she was not admitted, as we had all for whom food could be provided. At the beginning of the year she came again, though with some diffidence, because she felt so old, being then perhaps fourteen years old, and quite old enough, according to customs here, to be married. Before coming she used daily to go off to the mountains and get a large bundle of wood and carry it on her head to her village, where she sold it for four or five cents. She did not know one letter from another, had little conception of Christian truth, and her future promised nothing better than a life of hardship and dense ignorance. Now she is little like her former self in any respect, for all signs of her hard and pinched life have passed away and she looks and acts like one who has a good home, which she surely has. She is making good progress in her studies and is in all respects a promising girl. She has taken the name of Annal. |