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F d i t o r i a l •— Our Women Loyal ...... 339 L'U UK1 :Our Colleges and Schools. One Notes ...... 358 Qur pi omen ...... 340 Ne>v Mission Workers ..... 326 ; Missionary Concert Exercises . . 355 Value of Medical-Missions . . 327 One Branch of Woman’s Work. W om an’s Convention at Ocean ; ,> F Avcrv Park • ‘ ' ******''', j:3/ Personals' : ’ ' ‘ «6 From THE Field.— ...... Recent Happenings. L. C. Coombs, 343 In G eneral :— A Bit of M idhapore Life, from a Eij^ht Thoughts from Shakespeare, 325 ; Piivate Letter from “ Dr. M ;u y ,” 345 William C a re y . Xellsme /. Aa%e- 1 practical C hristian Living, 347 ...... 328 I helps for M onthly Meetings, 350 Sealed Orders ...... 331 , - „ H o w Much Shall I Give? . . . . 331 j W ords' FROM HOME WORKERS, 35i A Missionary Reminiscence. M. ! In Memoriam ...... 354 M , J l / H i l i s ..... ^ • 333 : o u r YotJ.NG P eople:— Normal Mission Course at Ocean r \ ; , - , , . Park. One Who Was Present. 335 : A Remarkable Meeting. A ev. C. A Special Call. Dr. J . L. P h illip s, 337. : A .lm c e n t ...... 354 S h a r e d . Lucy Larcom ...... 338 CONTRIBUTIONS ...... 359 g i t t *!♦ M issionary helper.

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Mi s s L . a . D k M e r i t t e , M rs. A. W. A n t p o n y - M r s . F . 8 . M o s h e r , M r s . N. W. AViirrmwB, Mr s . F . L . H a t e s , M r s . a . a . M c K e v k v y . M r s . E . w . PORTTtR, Mr *. M. B. W in g a t e , Mb s . E l l a E . St a n t o n . Mi *-« vI a r y B r a c k k t t . M r s . M a k ia n a M. T a l l m a n , M i s s E l l a L . D a b l i n g M r s A b b ik D a y C u r t i s .

P u b l i c a t i o n C o m m i t t e e . Mr s . S. A . P o r t ®». M r s . Su s a n e . D a v is o n , Mr s . H . C. K k t t h . M r s . m . s . W a t e r m a n , M r s . C a r o l in e L. B r a d b u r y . Mr s .E l l a E S t a n t o n , Mr s . I d a L . R e m ic k .

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3ost-Office Addresses of Missionaries. D h . o . R . B a cbju u isr, M ldnapore. Ke v . E . B. St e l e s , M ldnapore. M r s . B a c h e l i*«, Mr s . St i l e s , D r. M a r y W . Iía o h e l e r , M idnapore. Re v . Z. F . G r i f f i n , . Balasore. Mr s . G r i f f i n , MISS L . C. COOJttBS, Balasore. Miss E. M. B u t t s , M idnapore. Mis s J . B . H o o f k r , Balasore.

M h s . H .O . P h i l l i p s , R e v . t . W . Bu r k h o l d e r , M ldnapore. M b s . B u r k h o l d e r , M is s H a t t ie P . P h i l l i p s , . Balasore. D r . N e l l i e M . P h i l l i p s , e y o l d r e n B . M . J . C , Chandball. Mr s . D . F . Sm i t h , M r s . Co l d r e n , M r s C . I . Bo y e r , B alaso re B e v . M. C. Mi n e s , M id n ap o re. r e v . G e o . A g e r , t M r s . tf i n e r , B hudruck. r k v . e . C. H a l l a m , Mr s . a g e r . C handb M r s . H a l l a h , tsstonarg

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EIGHT THOUGHTS FROM SHAKESPEARE. S un day. Heaven is above all yet; there sits a Judge That no king can corrupt. M onday. Ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. Tuesday. How would you be If He which is the top of judgment should But judge you as you are ? O think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips Like man new made. W ednesday. A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry; But were we burdened with like weight of pain As much or more we should ourselves complain. Thursday. Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all. F rid a y . The patient dies while the physician sleeps; The orphan pines while the oppressor feeds; Justice is feasting while the widow weeps; Advice is sporting while infection breeds. Sa tu rd a y. He that will have a cake out of the wheat must needs tarry the grinding. Sun day. Heaven still guards the right. 326 THE MISSIONARY HELPER.

NEW MISSION WORKERS. S it is the duty as well as privilege of Free Baptist' women A to understand the general work of the denomination we call attention to recent action of importance. For some years the matter of cooperating with Free Baptists in mission work has been under consideration by the Church of God. Rev. T. H. Stacy, secretary of the F. B. F. M. Board, attended the meeting of the General Eldership of this church in June, and presented plans for working together. He was most cordially received, and the result of the Conference was the passage of resolutions committing the Eldership to enter at once on foreign mission work and to appoint two persons to represent them on the F. B. F. M. Board. We understand that one of these is to be a woman. Our readers will be interested in the following quotations from the Church Advocate, the organ of the Church of God, as they show the feeling in regard to woman’s work : “ The General Eldership of the Church is to begin foreign mission work in India shortly, and the work has been com­ mitted to the Woman’s General Missionary Society. There will be two representatives of the Church on the Free Baptist Board of Foreign Missions, who will thus have a voice in con­ trolling matters in the field, while the Woman’s Society will have the work at home in hand, the raising of funds, the selec­ tion of missionaries, etc. It is a work of considerable magni­ tude, and general cooperation will be needed. “ One of the principal reasons for giving the work into the hands of the Woman’s General Missionary Society was that it gives them a separate and distinct field of operation. The local societies can either work along the two lines of Home and Foreign Missions, or separate woman’s societies can be organ­ ized to look after the foreign interests.” “ The sisters in various Elderships are awake and are organ­ izing missionary societies, and are laboring to secure larger and more regular and more frequent contributions to the mission THE MISSIONARY HELPER. 327 cause. They are laboring and praying for the advancement of mission work all along the line. May their devotion be deepened, their number increased, and their hearts cheered with enlarged success. Their work should receive the most hearty encouragement from all the Elderships and from the entire brotherhood.” The Missionary Signal is the authorized missionary paper of this body. We extend the hearty greeting of the Free Baptist W. M. S. to this band of sisters whose labors are to be in our own field. We hope to know more of each other as time passes, and we trust that mutual helpfulness may result.

VALUE OF MEDICAL MISSIONS. CCASIO N ALLY a question arises in the minds of the most O honest Christian workers as to the wisdom of devoting much time to medical work in mission fields. The infinite value of the soul compared with the body makes them hesitate as to how much time should be given to relieving the sufferings of the latter. Such persons will1 be glad to look at the subject through the eyes of Dr. J. E. Post of Beirut, Syria. In an article in The Missionary Review he tells us how during many years de­ voted missionaries one after another labored in a province of Syria with great faithfulness, “ but although they had preached and talked and taught school there was almosi no yisjble re­ sult and their long service seemed well-nigh lost. As soon as Dr. Metheney arrived a change came over the spirit of their dream. They took turns in interpreting for him at his clinics and visiting with him at the houses. At once those who had been cool before became their warm friends. They had access to poor and rich alike. A most encouraging work is now carried on and an era of prosperity has succeeded one of dis­ couragement and barrenness.” Again we quote: “ A few years ago Mr. Lethaby, an un­ 328 THE MISSIONARY HELPER .

educated poor layman, began work at Kerak, a turbulent, half- rebellious city near the Dead Sea. He was abused, threatened, and would have been killed long ago but for his heroic wife, who though not having a medical education has knowledge enough to treat simple diseases, and has so ingratiated herself with the people that they protect her and her husband where no foreigner nor eve.i an official of the Turkish government would be safe. There she has lived for body and soul to­ gether, cut off from the world but in direct communication with heaven.” Medical work has been attended with such wonderful suc­ cess in preparing the way for the Gospel that women of fortune and benevolence have established both at Jerusalem and at Damascus training institutions for nurses, through whose at­ tendance on the sick it is hoped to Christianize many homes, thus applying in the very cities where Christ ministered his own method of reaching the soul through the body. The Review tells us that Dr. Pennell says, “ Medical missions are the picture language of the church militant. The rudest and roughest, the simplest and most uneducated, can underhand the language of Christian love, kindness, and charity.”

WILLIAM CAREY. ['A, paper read at the Ocean Park Model Auxiliary Meeting.] ILLIAM CAR EY, the father and founder of modern mis­ W sions, was born at the small village of Paulerspury on the 17th of August, 1761. His earlv ancestors were people of considerable social distinction; his father was a weaver, a man of faithful and upright character. Early in life William showed a thirst for knowledge. In boyhood his character was marked by resolute perseverance and indomitable spirit; he was always firm to his purpose and steady in his endeavor to improve. At the age of fourteen he began as a field-laborer to earn his livelihood, but was soon obliged to abandon .this, and at the age of seventeen he learned the trade of a shoemaker. He THE MISSIONARY HELPER. 329 was a stanch churchman, always attending the regular services. In his youth he made the acquaintance of Rev. Wm. Law, through whose influence he was brought to Christ. Before he had reached the age of twenty he married Miss Dorothy Placket. Various circumstances brought him to a decision to preach, and he soon began to speak before small audiences; this occasional ministry continued for a period of three and a half years, at the end of which time he was formally set apart by the church for the purpose of preaching the Gospel wher­ ever God in his providence might call him .' He soon ac­ cepted a call to the Baptist church in Moulton, a small village near Northampton; here he was obliged to resort to teaching to provide for the needs of his family. His settlement at Moulton brought him in contact with ministers of the Association, and here he soon became imbued with the spirit of missions; he was convinced that a solemn responsibility rested upon Christians to send to the heathen a knowledge of the Saviour. In 1789 he became pastor of the church in Leicester, here also he was obliged to teach in order to eke out his scanty income. In an Association meeting held in 1801 Carey preached a sermon on missions; such was the effect of his earnestness that at the next session a society was organized for propagating the Gospel among the heathen, the motto being, “ Expect great things from G o d ; attempt great things for God.” A collection amounting to a little more than jQ 13 was taken and this great missionary enterprise was duly inaugurated. Bengal was chosen as the field and Carey offered himself as the first missionary; three faithful friends pledged themselves never to desert him as long as their lives were spared. His wife at first refused to accompany him but afterward decided to go. The voyage from London to Bombay at that time occupied five months; it can now be accomplished in three weeks. Mr. Thomas, a physician who was to be the colleague of 33° THE MISSIONARY HELPER.

Carey, sailed with him. The voyage was occupied in the study of the Bengalee languague. After arriving at Calcutta, Carey studied the vernacular under a native teacher. Disease came and his family were placed in straightened circumstances, but his courage was undaunted. Their home was for a time in a rude hut in the jungle, but soon he accepted the office of manager of an indigo factory. This paid a good salary while it gave him considerable time to devote to missionary work. While holding this position Carey began translations of Gen­ esis, Matthew, Mark, and James into the Bengalee tongue; also a small vocabulary and grammar into the same languague. Carey’s heart was now cheered by the arrival of Mr. Fountain, who was to aid him in the work. They decided to move to Serampore, a Danish setdement on the Hoogly, fifteen miles north of Calcutta, and here the force was increased by the arrival of four men and several women. In this party were Wm. Ward and Joshua Marshman, with whom for many years Carey was intimately associated. A large house in the center of the town was secured and the Danish authorities gave them a hearty welcome and promised protection. The missionaries were of one heart and soul, “ neither said any of them that aught of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things common,” A printing press was purchased at a low price, which became very useful in the mission. In their preaching they followed the example of Paul, preaching Christ crucified. In 1800 occurred the baptism of the first convert, an event of great importance to the mission. The name of this man was Krishnu. He afterward became the author of the well known communion hymn: “ O thou, my soul, forget no more The Friend who all thy misery bore; • Let every idol be forgot, But O my soul, forget him not.” {To be continuedi.) N e l l s in e I. A a g e s q n . THE MISSIONARY HELPER 33 1

SEALED ORDERS. U T she swung from her moorings, O And over the harbor bar, As the moon was slowly rising She faded from sight afar— And we traced her gleaming canvas By the twinkling evening star. None knew the port she sailed for, Nor whither her cruise would be; Her future course was shrouded In silence and mystery; She was sailing beneath “ sealed orders 1— To be opened out at sea. Some souls cut off from moorings Go drifting into the night, Darkness before and around them With scarce a glimmer of light; They are acting beneath “ sealed orders ’’— And sailing by faith, not sight. Keeping the line of duty Through good and evil report, They shall ride the storms out safely, Be the voyage long or short; For the ship that carries God's Qrders Shall anchor at last in port. — Leeds Mercury.

HOW MUCH SHALL I GIVE ? [An abstract of “Christian Giving,” by “A Layman," Ocean Park Aug. 19,’93.] TT7 HY should I give or pay one-tenth of my income to VY Christian and benevolent objects?” First, because it is God's law ; and second, because it pays. The paying of tenths dates farther back even than the Mosaic law. Abraham paid his tenths to the representative of God hundreds of years before Moses was born. So in giv­ ing the law to Moses there is this simple statement, “ The ithe is the Lord’s.” (Lev. 27 : 30), 332 THE MISSIONARY HELPER.

So truly does the divine origin of the tithe date from the earliest times that we find the Phenicians in Asia, the Cartha­ ginians in Africa, and others of the most ancient nations, pay­ ing tithes to their gods. Even now the heathen mind recog­ nizes this to be a natural law. Please read the letter of Mrs. Burkholder in the August H e l p e r , page 265. She says, “ It was during this Q. M. that the subject of tithes was thoroughly canvassed. These people just out of heathenism grasped it at once. When harvest came each man brought a tithe of his rice and gave it to the Lord.” During the first thousand years of the early church this was an acknowledged obligation, as binding as the Sabbath law. Afterward, during the dark ages, this usage was lost sight of amid the perversions of the papal hierarchy. The seventh of time and the tenth of income or “ increase ” belong to God, and while we can work seven days in the week and keep it up a few or more years, only to lose in the end, we can keep the ten-tenths of all that is given us, and be the poorer for it spiritually and financially— yes, financially, for the giving of our tenths to the Lord does pay. You have asked, “ Can I afford to obey this law of God? ” You not only can, but you cannot afford not to do it. Hear what the Almighty sa'ith : “ Them that honor me I will honor.” “ Honor the Lord with thy substance and with the firstfruits of all thine increase, so shall thy barns be filled with plenty.” “ The liberal soul shall be made fat, and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.” “ Give and it shall be given unto you; good measure pressed down and shaken together and running over shall men give into your bosom.” “ Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows o f heaven, and pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it.” Thousands upon thousands have made a test of this matter, THE MISSIONARY HELPER. 333

and have proved that God keeps his promises. And it is also true that disobedience will have its reward ; as Mrs. Burkholder says, “ The Lord has his own collector.” Again, possession is only stewardship. That which I now call mine belonged to some one else before ; me it will belong to yet another when I leave it; God has given it to me, and he asks for a constant, practical recognition of his ownership. When bestowing my tenths to others it is my gift to them ; to him it is my pay­ ment— the earnest to Him “ whose I am and whom I serve.” In almost every community now there are sensible, practical business men and large numbers of Christian women who have become tired of the so called “ liberty ” of giving little or nothing, spasmodically or impulsively, and have quietly de­ cided to adopt proportionate giving as their rule of life. Will you not decide thus, and that at once, even to-day? Try the delights of obedience to this law of God, and the satisfaction to be received from the keeping of a tenth purse, the only reliable source of cheerful and systematic giving; or, to coin a suggestive word “ system-at-it.”

A MISSIONARY REMINISCENCE. [Read at Ocean Park W . M. S.] HE first missionary I ever saw was Rev. Amos Sutton, at a session of the New Hampshire Yearly Meeting sixty years ago. As he arose in the pulpit his pale, emaciated face in­ stantly secured the sympathy of his large audience. He spread before us in living light the terrible condition of the heathen in his India field, strikingly exemplifying the scripture, “ Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after other gods.” We saw the throngs of thousands of pilgrims from distant parts of India wending their weary way to the famous shrine of the great idol Juggernath at Pooree. We saw them as they moved on, fainting, falling, and dying. We saw them as they arrived, sacrificing their lives to their cruel god, throwing 334 THE MISSIONARY HELPER.

themselves beneath the wheels of his ponderous car, and crushed to death. We saw mothers casting their children to the crocodiles and into the Ganges, the sacred river of India. We saw them flying through the air attached to a raised frame like a well-sweep, their bodies suspended on iron hooks thrust through the flesh of their backs. We saw the funeral pile lighted and the widow burned with the dead husband. Other horrible rites of India’s heathen passed in review before us. The audience was strangely moved. Sighs and sobs were heard in different parts of the congregation. The piteous plea for help was followed by a collection of $100, the first so far as I know that was ever taken for foreign missions in any Free­ will Baptist congregation. Mr. Sutton visited many of our churches, fanning the mis­ sionary fire he had kindled, and succeeded in securing two of our young ministers, Messrs. Noyes and Phillips, and their wives to accompany him back to his field of labor in the province of Orissa in the eastern part of India. These were our pioneer missionaries, one of whom, Mrs. Noyes, still sur­ vives. Mr. Sutton had also secured missionaries for other fields than his, so that on the 22d p f September, 1835, a company of twenty-one missionaries embarked on board the Louvre, anchored at Long Wharf, Boston. This was the largest group of gospel messengers that at that time had ever sailed America to heathen lands. An immense crowd of friends and spectators thronged the wharf. American ships then sailing to the eastern world were not built to accommodate passengers. The contrast between them and our modern ocean steamers, as to the comforts afforded for a long voyage, is very striking. I had been permitted to go with some friends on board the Louvre. Their little staterooms constructed with bare boards, improvised for the occasion, seemed like a row of cells appro­ priate for criminals, but they appeared happy in the privilege of bearing privations. Mr. Sutton, standing with his band of THE MISSIONARY HELPER. 335

workers arranged on the side of the ship, looked on the crowded wharf and exclaimed, “ This is the happiest day I ever saw.” As the ship’s anchors were raised and the ship bore away, the glad voices of the missionaries were heard singing, “ Yes, my native land, I love thee.” Thus passed out of Bos­ ton harbor the Louvre with its precious burden.

M. M. H . H il l s .

NORMAL MISSION COURSE AT OCEAN PARK. HE success of normal courses verifies the Greek proverb, T “ Sight is worth more than hearing.” Believing that information is one of the greatest needs of our mission work, facts relative to our field in India were pre­ pared by Mrs. V. G. Ramsey. Mrs. O. R. Bacheler says that she knows of no one better fitted for this work. Its object is to furnish multum in parvo an outline that shall incite research. This course has become an integral part of the beneficent work of the Educational Bureau in connection with the As­ sembly at Ocean Park. It has been ably conducted by its efficient teacher, Mrs. Addie B. Webber, who has spared no pains to gather missionary history and items of every-day life among the peoples of India and to present them to her class in an interesting and helpful manner. The class work comprises a general history of ancient and modern India with specific instruction relative to the provinces of Orissa and Bengal. Mrs, D. F. Smith of Balasore has made a study of Orissa, consulting the best authorities. Letters were received from her during the Assembly; interesting chronology, legends, and a picturesque description of the face of the country were so vivid that we could almost see her environ­ ment with its floral profusion. Hinduism, Brahmanism with the varied ph *ses of their early history and evolutions down to the present age, also Mahommedanism, were carefully consid­ ered, that we might understand the principles that control the people. 336 THE MISSIONARY HELPER.

Rev. R. L. Frost came in and supplemented some of the lessons with facts from personal experience. The results of our mission work during the last sixty years with the aid of the English government gives to us to-day a most hopeful field for aggressive work. The report of the Bible and Ragged Schools by Dr. and Mrs. O. R. Bacheler brought us in touch with the work and the workers. Mrs. B. was quite enthusiastic, and bought fifteen sets of the leaflets and has secured the Rev. G. L. White to teach the course at New Hampton. Miss Fannie L. Sanborn of Haverhill, Mass., and Mrs. Amy W. Churchill of Oakland, Me., took the examination and received diplomas; others would have done so if they could have remained. Indian curios were furnished by Mrs. E. D. Jordan; these attracted much attention from visitors. One man said, as he held a heavy anklet in his hand, “ There is no doubt that the heathen need civilization.” This course would be very helpful in Auxiliaries; it also may be adapted with tact to children’s bands. The helps recommended were T h e M is s io n a r y H e l p e r , The Missionary Review o f the World, “ Reminis­ cences,” “ Encyclopedia of Missions,” “ Dr. Dutt’s History of Ancient and Modem India.” We also learn that Rev. T . H . Stacy is to prepare a work on the mission fields that he visited, making a specialty of our own field.

O n e W h o W a s P r e s e n t . [This series of Normal Mission Lessons includes six leaflets containing lessons on the geography and history of the decades o f the Free Baptist Foreign Mission Field. They should be taught by the aid of the blackboard. They may be ordered of Mrs. Ida E. G. Meader, 14 White St., Pawtucket, R. I. Ten cents for the series of six leaflets. Six sets or more in one order, at five cents per set.]

“ F a il u r e after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.” THE MISSIONARY HELFER. 337

A SPECIAL CALL.

BY DR. J. L. PHILLIPS. (S. S. Secretary for India.) H E rapid progress of missions in our day is bringing to the front new methods, and opening up lines of service hitherto unknqwn. During my extensive tours throughout India and Ceylon I have been meeting with a class of very diligent toilers known in missionary circles as “ honorary ” workers. Most of those whom it has been my privilege to meet are English women who have gone out to mission fields at their own charges, and are living upon their own income, the mission supplying them with a house to live in and perhaps traveling allowances when on tour. The well known writer, A. L. O. E. (Mrs. Tucker), is one of those honorary mission­ aries of the Church of England, who went to India late in life, but has done a noble work. The China Inland Mission has quite a number of these un­ paid or unsalaried workers, and they are beginning to appear in other fields too. I have been greatly interested in this new line of service, and while in Europe recently made special in­ quiries concerning it, only to esteem it more highly and com­ mend it the more heartily. There are two or three points to be considered. First, the church needs this supplementary or extraordinary line of helpers for overtaking the demands of her growing fields in pagan and papal lands. Do all we may to recruit and maintain our paid agencies, native and foreign, we shall still want many more active workers than our funds will warrant. Secondly, there are in every church and in every land those who may be spared from home for foreign service of this kind. There are men and women who are not pressed by special home claims, who might be spared for work abroad, and whose income will keep them comfortably without stated stipend from a missionary society. Thirdly, the example of such voluntary workers would be 33« THE MISSIONARY HELPER.

helpful to the church, both at home and abroad. The golden age of the missionary enterprise will be marked by such a con­ secration of money to Christ as the wildest enthusiast has not dreamed of. The Magi— I was thinking of it the other day while visiting the traditional spot of our Lord’s nativity in Bethlehem — brought gold to the infant Saviour, and his church is yet to bring her gold in profusion to his altar. And this will tell wonderfully, I believe, upon heathen tribes and upon covetous ^ gold-worshipers in Christendom. So far as I now recollect I have not found a single American honorary missionary abroad. “ Why should it be thought a thing incredible ” that Americans and Free Baptists should be able to answer to this special call, and take up this line of service ? Have we not in our Zion some Phoebe who longs to be “ a succorer of many” in far-off India? Some “ beloved Persis ” who would gladly “ labor much in the Lord ” among the millions of our foreign field? I cannot but believe there are such women, and men too, who will yet appear for our dear India’s weal. May some one be heard to say this very year, I will go . As the great work o f evangelizing the whole earth moves on I believe that many in the home churches will volunteer for service abroad, and to not a few will come this special call of which I am writing. And while the Roman church is welcom­ ing such a host of wealthy women to her institutions should not the women of our Protestant churches to whom God has intrusted wealth be equally eager for service or sacrifice?

SHARED. SAID it in the meadow path, I say it on the mountain stairs— TheI best things any mortal hath Are those which every mortal shares. The air we breathe, the sky, the breeze, The light without us and within— THE MISSIONARY HELPER. 339

Life with its unlocked treasuries, God s riches— are for ail to win. The grass is softer to my tread For rest it yields unnumbered feet; Sweeter to me the wild rose red Because she makes the whole world sweet. Into your heavenly loneliness Ye welcome me, O solemn peaks ! And me in every guest you bless Who reverently your mystery seeks. And up the radiant peopled w:>y That opens into worlds unknown, It will be life's delight to say, “ Heaven is not heaven for me alone.” Rich through my brethren’s poverty— Such wealth were hideous! I am blest Only in what they share with me, In what I share with all the rest. —L u c y L a r c o m .

OUR WOMEN LOYAL. [We waive our objection to publishing resolutions relating to individuals, and gladly insert the following which represent the consistent position of our Michigan women.— E d i t o r .] I n consideration of the recognition of woman’s work shown by the Free Baptist denomination from the earliest days of its organization the following resolutions were passed at a special meeting of the Woman’s Missionary Society of the Hillsdale Q. M. held at N. Reading Sept. 6-8, 1893 : R esolved, (1) That loyalty and courtesy to our Conference Board and our denomination demand that we await their action in matters that affect us as a whole body, taking due care that we as state organizations avoid whatever might impede the general work of Free Baptists or tend to relinquish responsibilities given to us as a people. (2) That we believe in Christian fellowship and kindly recogni­ tion of all, but that our field, is given to us as a people to care for and sustain. 340 THE MISSIONARY HELPER.

OUR COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS.

BV ONE OF OUR WOMEN. H E prospect that “ we shall know each other better when T the mists have rolled away ” may be a pleasant one, but we should be more helpful one to another if we knew each other better here. An appreciation of the work bfing done would help some Free Baptists who despair of our future to sleep better o’nights. Elizabeth Colley was bom in Sanbomton, N. H. She en­ tered New Hampton at the age of 13, and after alternately attending school and teaching, graduated in 1867. Two years of this time were spent as “ pupil teacher ” in a home school in Amherst, N. H. She entered this school a gay young girl, but rose up to her duties so fully that at the close of the two years she received high commendation from the principal as having been a model for the young ladies. Soon after graduating at New Hampton she was called back as teacher. After spending four years there, three of them as preceptress, she resigned for the sake of study and needed ie*>t. But she had scarcely begun her course in Boston when she listened to a most urgent appeal from Green Mountain Seminary to come and supply the place of the preceptress, who was seriously ill. After remaining while needed she returned to her course of study. In the fall of 1872 she went as preceptress to Lyndon Institute. Let us leave her here while we note some things connected with the history of Green Mountain Seminary. This institution is situated at Waterbury Center, Vt., a quiet country village. It has two large fine school buildings, the main one with red stone underpinning and slate roof and very substantially built; the other is a nearly new structure, called Green Mountain Lodge, containing reception rooms, lodging rooms for young ladies, and boarding accommodations. It was the first school founded by Free Baptists in the state, and into it the founders put great sacrifice and devotion, but THE MISSIONARY HELPER. 341 amid their struggles they reached a point where the school was closed. During Miss Colley’s third year as preceptress at Lyndon she received an earnest appeal to come and open the school at Green Mountain Seminary. This she did, and continued there while for four years the trustees were laboring to estab­ lish a financial foundation. In spite of their efforts at the close of the third year the property passed out of their hands. Friends of the school suffered such financial losses that when it was redeemed with a mortgage upon it they shrank from assuming further responsibility, and without her knowledge voted to deed the property to Miss Colley, saying if anybody could make the school a success she could. She protested against assuming such responsibility, but con­ sented to allow her name to be temporarily used on the deed, and returned to her former position at Lyndon. In 1880 she yielded to the plea to go back to G. M. S. and reopen, saying to herself, “ If I must do this I will sink it or float it.” From this time she has devoted to it her best energies. An academic course has been maintained of such high grade that Miss Colley’s certificate has admitted students to Wellesley, Vermont University, e tc.; a commercial course has given first- class training for business, and a musical course has been sus­ tained. The main building has been kept in repair, G. M. Lodge built and well furnished, apparatus, valuable sets of maps, pianos, etc. added. During a part of this time the school found a generous ben­ efactor in Mr. J. M. Mathews of Burlington, and his death was a severe blow. But, notwithstanding generous offers of salary elsewhere, Miss C. has stood bravely by the institution, putting into it everything she had, even using her life insurance as security. In 1890 she again began earnest efforts to have the denomination retake the school. As a result in 1892 the N. E. Association appointed a board of trustees to aid in planning. But among our varied interests this has had small recognition. 342 THE MISSIONARY HELPER.

The uncertainty as to the future of the school had its effect on the attendance and was a serious drawback; and during the financial stress of last winter it began to look as though the brave woman would have to give up the struggle. But God knows how to help his own. Just when it seemed darkest word came that a Vermont woman, Celestia Densmore, had left to the school a bequest of $1500. With this amount paid on the mortgage, and a hopeful prospect that more will soon be paid, it is now expected that Miss Colley will be able to deed the main building free from debt to the trustees before the close of this year. In Rev. C. H. Richardson, who is to be principal of the school while Miss Colley remains president, the school has secured an earnest worker. The plan for maintaining the school is to secure two hundred persons who will each agree to give five dollars annually during the next five years. At the recent session of the Vermont Y. M. held at Waterbury about twenty of these were secured, most cordial invitations were given by pastors to send an agent to their churches, and the prospects of the school are pronounced flattering. In 1884 Miss Colley received from Bates College the honor­ ary degree of Master of Arts, which we believe to be the first given to a woman in New England. In 1889 Miss C. was a delegate from Vermont Y. M. to the first General Conference admitting women. Rarely does life furnish an example of more complete self- sacrifice than has been shown by this true woman working for years with scant sympathy from the denomination she was trying to serve.

“ Leaning, resting, trusting, loving, Enter thy new year ! For the Lord, who lives to love thee, Will be always near, Shielding, guiding, caring, blessing, W hat hast thou to fear ? ” THE MISSIONARY HELPER. 343

FROM THE FIELD.

RECENT HAPPENINGS.

BY L. C. COOMBS. AM reminded by a note just received that “ incidents ” are I due from me for the H e l p e r this month. Well, incidents surely have been happening ever since I last wrote, for I had then just gone to Darjeeling rather hurriedly, and was living with Mr. and Mrs. Stiles, hoping to gain strength for myself and to be of some benefit to the latter as “ cheerful company ” ; but that last proved a failure, though the vigorous warfare carried on with the fleas infesting the place did prove somewhat beneficial. Reading, writing, sewing, talking, going to walk, to Bible readings, prayer-meetings, chapel services, etc., were constantly recurring incidents of more or less interest, while the continual enjoyment of the scenery of hills, snows, and clouds was not an incident but a perpetual pleasure. Then one day came the unfortunate incident of a “ stitch dropped ” in my back, followed by days of pain and accom­ panying uninvited ills and old complaints renewed, till all the hoped for good seemed farther off than ever. The incident of an invitation from a “ mother in Israel ” to come to her house for a week or two and get well was a bright spot amid dark days, and her persistent, loving, efficient care can only be repaid when she shall hear the “ Inasmuch ” from the lips of the Master. On my return to Calcutta, when the two months allotted for vacation were spent, an incident occurred which resulted in lengthening my stay there from the intended three days to nearly three weeks. It was just at the time when thousands of pilgrims are annually going to the great car-festival of Jagar- 344 I HL MISSIONARY HELPER.

nath at Puri; but this year, as he was to have a new body given him and his soul was to be changed from the old to the new (a performance happening but rarely), their number was many times larger than usual, and as railways give them facil­ ities not formerly enjoyed they had been gathering in Calcutta ior day^, till the authorities were obliged to take measures to forward them on their journey in boats; so all the steamers (river and canal) lunning that way were loaded to dangerous tullness. I knew nothing of this and went on board the Balasore steamer in the evening previous to starting the next morning, and got settled for my journey, but when the captain came on bojrd later he told me they were not going to Balasore at all that trip, but only to Chandbali with pilgrims and directly back. By the time I had collected my wits the steamer was swarming with a shouting, screaming, scolding mass of human­ ity, ami it was impossible to get off with my baggige and I thought I should have to go on to Chandbali with Liem ; but when the bedlam increased and the captain was forced to stand on guard, plying a cane with no weak arm to keep them from crowding on and sinking the boat, I concluded to get off as best L couid ; was glad enough to clamber down ovt_r the side without steps or ladder, with such things in my hand as I had hurriedl) picked from my wardrobe, and go back in the middle of the l.ight to my stopping-place. From July i to the 20th I was the guest of Mrs. Jewson, who used to wotk with us in Midnapore as Mollie Millar. During this forced stay I was puzzled to know what to do with myself.’ but with a visit to the dentist, the “ Zoo,” the museum, thr industrial home, the girls’ school with its accompanying interesting kindergarten, attendance at the monthly missionary conft rence and at various services connected with missions, along with a large amount of resting, the days passed pleas­ antly, and at last I received notice that the Bassein would make her regular trip to Balasore on the following day. I THE MISSIONARY HELPER. 345 found my baggage all safe that had been traveling back and forth to Chandbali, but the trip was miserable with seasickness, and I was glad to get back to old scenes and friends, though feeling that vacation had been a failure as far as renewed strength was concerned. Meantime other events have been occurring which are too far reaching to be counted as incidents merely. Mrs. Stiles, after gaining for a time, again began to fail, and the doctor said the sooner she could get home to America the better; so that which we have feared so long has come upon us, and they are to sail Aug. 8. The new house at Contai is finished, but the cyclone threw down the outhouses, and the almost constant rains since have rendered the place unfit for occupancy for the present, and Mr. and Mrs. Hallam are still in Balasore. The health of many of our workers seems very precarious, and the news that fresh hands are coming to us soon is cheering indeed. We are praying that they may come specially endued for their difficult work. Balasore, July 30, 1892.

A BIT OF MIDNAPORE LIFE, FROM A PRIVATE LETTER FROM “ DR. MARY.” July 19, 1893.— Last Friday evening, just as we were sitting down to tea, Udoya, who lives with Samuel Das, came in in great excitement, saying Behari, the eldest son, was insensible, his teeth set, and he would not answer when spoken to. His pulse had stopped, and he was the same as dead. It was raining heavily, so I took off my shoes and stockings, put on a storm suit, and, ammonia bottle and lantern in hand, started off. On the way I met Udoya coming again, saying he was worse— would not swallow. I found Samuel sitting on the bed holding his son in his arms. The mother was sitting at the foot of the bed crying. As I went in they both turned to me and said, “ He is no more.” I found a pulse, very weak but 346 THE MISSIONARY HELPER. regular. After a little trying I got him to swallow a little ammonia, and then to smell it, and Jie soon revived. Udoya went home with me to get medicines and directions for the night. By the time I had got on dry clothes tea was over and our usual prayer-meeting had begun. It was destined to be a broken evening, for just in the midst of a prayer a terrific shriek from the south veranda startled us. It proved not to be a cobra but a wasp bite, but there was a good deal of con­ fusion and the meeting was pretty much broken up. July 23.— Behari is much better. When Samuel came in the morning for medicine he thanked me as well as the Ben­ gali language would allow, and he had to turn away and swallow more than once. Poor fellow ! (H e is the head teacher in the Bible School). Mr. Stiles has dismissed the English classes in the Bible School for this week, for which I am obliged to him and the young men are not sorry. The fever of this year seems to be of a new type, not so responsive to the usual remedies.

T h e Hindus have discovered that some influence is beginning to work strongly against their old heathen customs and their religion in the household. One of the Calcutta newspapers tells us what this subtle and powerful influence is : “ It is the lady of the zenana mission, inoffensive in appearance, who in­ troduces herself into the apartments of our women to turn their heads upside down. The mistresses of the zenanas receive them with eagerness. If these missionaries succeed it is all over with Hinduism.” They are therefore beginning an agi­ tation on the subject and are entering into leagues to banish the missionaries from their zenanas. The missionaries have been expecting this opposition and do not wonder at it. One lady writes, “ I am not surprised at this opposition; indeed, for two or three years I have felt that opposition must come, there was so much real good being done in the zenanas. Do pray for us all and for all the hidden believers in the zenanas.” THE MISSIONARY HELPER. 347

PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN LIVING.

WOMAN’S CONVENTION AT OCEAN PARK. H E two days devoted to this purpose in connection with the Assembly were used in a most practical way. The committee cannot be too highly commended for the instructive character of the exercises. We can refer only to the most important of these. Miss Inez Ford, m. d., spoke of “ Diseases of Women and Their Causes.” She said : Concerning woman as woman, education is almost wholly lacking, while diseases of women are more common than ever before. Even the higher education of women has given no help. “ There has never been a girl,” said Confucius, “ who knew how to bring up a girl to become a mother.” The relations of a mother are more comprehensive than those of a father. She should feel it to be her duty to give her children necessary instruction to keep them virtuous and pure. It is often the case in a public school that one girl imposes upon herself the duty of instructing all the younger girls in re­ gard to matters of which they should learn from their mothers. Dancing as practised with tight clothes, late hours, and in impure air injures many women for life. Girls are often in­ jured by playing tennis. Intemperance in living leads to disease. Fathers and mothers should be equally taught the ethics of true living and that the body is God’s temple. As Christian women we should demand the same purity in men as in women. Questions were asked by different persons present and answered in a practical way by Dr. Ford. Miss Alice Parker, counselor-at-law, spoke on “ Wives, Wills, and Widows.” She related many curious facts showing the opinions of judges in different centurbs as to what are neces­ 348 THE MISSIONARY HELPER. saries and what luxuries for women, their husbands being under obligation to pay for necessaries only. A wife has no legal right to the property she is helping to earn. She has no legal right to her own children, though the courts generally regard a mother’s claims very favorably. Widows need cautious advice. Their rights are carefully protected by law if they do not sign them away. A husband cannot prevent by will his wife’s having her legal rights in his property. She has the first right to be administrator. She can stay rent free in her husband’s house such length of time as the law of the state allows. She is not wise to settle with other heirs for a life interest. In most cases there is a natural enmity shown by husband’s relatives, which makes it desirable for the widow to be independent. Mrs. Catherine L. Stevenson lectured in the evening on “ God’s Use of Woman’s Powers in the Evangelization of the World.” The Normal Mission work, in care of Mrs. A. B. Webber, was well presented by a condensed leview of the main points studied in the course. We give a few disconnected notes : Rice is planted in May and June, giving two crops per year, which are harvested in December and January. Hindus are descended from the same stock as we. They memorize very readily, but reason more slowly. Intemperance is not a common vice among them. Mohammedans are from the lower class of Hindus. The Santal language was reduced to writing by Rev. J. Phillips in 1847. The Free Baptist Foreign Missionary Society was organized in 1832, and chartered in 1833. Mother Hills was present when the first missionaries sailed in 1835. Hindus religiously refrain from eating beef, but Dr. Mary Bacheler uses beef tea constantly in her medical practice, and the Hindus will say, “ Missi Baba cured me ” without realizing that they have broken caste. In Bombay there are five towers of silence which are used THE MISSIONARY HELPER. 349 for burial purposes. The Parsees— the fire-worshipers— carry their dead there, and vultures are waiting to devour them. Mrs. E. VV. Ricker of Massachusetts had charge of the annual Auxiliary .meeting, which is intended to be a model in suggestive helps. It was deeply interesting and instructive. Elsewhere in this number we give several papers read at that time. The parliamentary drill, given by Mrs. E. Burlingame Che­ ney, consisted of a use of many parliamentary rules and tactics in a playful discussion of the question, Shall hand-organs be allowed at Ocean Park ? After many amusing speeches a committee on resolutions was appointed and a temporary adjournment took place; Miss Helen Cole then gave interesting readings from Esther. When the convention was again called to order Mrs. Whitcomb re­ ported for the committee in most flowery language in favor of the hand-organ ; while her stanch friend Miss L. A. DeMeritte brought in a minority report in opposition, founding her ob­ jection on the dancing bears and monkeys which attend the hand-organ. Amusement reached its climax when after try­ ing three or four times to pronounce “ dancing bears,” and too full of fun to succeed, she announced that her “ emotions were too deep for expression.” After further discussion, during which Mrs. J. C. Osgood said that she objected to saving up money for a year to go to Ocean Park, and then having her husband spend it all on hand-organ ^nen, the question was disposed of by having every motion and amendment voted down. On the whole the Woman’s Convention this year was fully equal to that of any past season. The work of the Educational Bureau is in part reported in the article on “ Normal Mission Work,” in this number. It is purposed next year to have a “ New England Kitchen,” where cooked food will be for sale at reasonable rates to all who wish to buy. For the carrying out o f this plan it is purposed to buy the house and lot adjoining Curtis Home. 350 THE MISSIONARY HELPER.

HELPS FOR MONTHLY MEETINGS.

THE CONCERT CALENDAR, 1893.

January, The World; February, China; March, Mexico; A p ril, India and Burma; May, Malaysia; June, Africa; July , United States; August, Italy and Bulgaria; September, Japan and Korea; October, Scandinavia, Germany, aud Switzerland; November, South America; December, United States.

0 PROGRAM FOR NOVEMBER. A Study o f Faith.— W e are supported by faith. (Ps. 27: 13.) Saints die in faith. (Heb. 1 1 : 13.) Saints should be full of faith. (Acts. 1 1 : 24.) They should be sincere in faith. (1 Tim . 1: 5.) They should abound in faith. (2 Cor. 8: 7.) They should continue in faith. (Acts. 14: 22.) They should be strong in faith. (Rom. 4: 20.) They should stand fast in faith. (1 Cor. 16: 13.) They should be grounded in faith. (Col. 1 : 23.) Faith must be associated with a good conscience. (1 Tim. 1: 19.) W e should pray for increase of faith. (Luke 17: 5.) W e may have full assurance of faith. (2 Tim . 1 : 12.) [See article following, on “ South America.”] What can you say of South America as a mission field? W hat about it leading religious thought? W hat two needs can you state? Give numbers of population of each nationality. W hat about its republics? On what country rests the responsibility o f evangelizing it? T o what extent is it open to the Gospel? Subject fo r discussion. How can we make our Auxiliary meetings most in­ teresting? SOUTH AMERICA AN AMERICAN MISSION FIELD. Its people share with us the heritage given to the world by the penetrating genius, the mighty faith, and the God-sustained, indomitable perseverance of Columbus. It is constituted a mission field by the fact that its predominant religious thought and life are determined by a perverted and corrupted form of the Chris­ tian faith, while in the heart of the continent there still remains the darkness of paganism, unillumined by a single ray of the Light of the World. This field therefore invites to each of two chief forms of mission work. On the one THE MISSIONARY HELPER. 351

hand it calls for the continuance among peoples of Latin origin of the work of the Reformation, which in the sixteenth century won such mighty victories among the nations of central and northern Europe, while it was so strangely hindered in its progress and finally completely paralyzed among the Latin peoples of southern Europe. On the other hand, it invites to the first evan­ gelization of pagan tribes who have for centuries resisted the efforts of Roman Catholic missionaries, and have as yet never had the offer of a pure gospel teaching held out to them. A continent with 23,000,000 of Spanish and Port­ uguese mixed races, with 3,000,000 of Negro freedmen and 4,000,000 of pagan Indians, surely offers a vast field for evangelization. It is a continent of American republics, with ten nations who have modeled their civil institutions after those of the United States of North America, yet are lacking in that sense of individual responsibility to God and regard for his revealed W ord which are the only sure ground for truly republican institu­ tions. If we are to maintain American institutions for all America we must give the Bible and the faith of the Bible to South America, This continent, considered as a mission field, has been left to the Christian churches of North America. The great missionary societies of Great Britain and continental Europe have relegated to us the evangelization of this Western world. By a marvelous historic development under the guidance of that Providence which administers the government of this world with a view to its redemption, this whole contintnt has been opened to the proclamation of the GospeL With the single exception of Ecuador, there are everywhere to be found re­ ligious toleration founded upon legal enactment, or upon a well-defined and intelligent public conviction, a strong sentiment among influential men in favor o f the prosecution of our evangelical work, hearts prepared to receive the message and embrace the truth, and fruits already gathered which are God's seal of approval upon the work already done and his call to the wide open doors which no man can shut.

WORDS FROM HOME WORKERS.

The following is from a private letter relating to the Iowa Y. M. W. M. S .: “ We had a grand program for the evening, consisting of recitations, songs, and addresses, conducted by our president, Mrs. Theo B. True, assisted by Mrs. W. B. Lawrence, Mrs. H. J. Reeves, and Miss M. A. Deets. The house was full. It 352 THE MISSIONARY HELPER. was a good meeting in the interest of the Lord’s work, and was enjoyed by all present.

K a n s a s .— The Salem Q. M. W. M. S. met with the Mt. Pleasant church Saturday evening, Aug. 5. Officers for the ensuing year are : president, Mrs. H. A. Dodge ; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. S. P. Belden. Sunday evening a missionary concert was held. The program consisted of readings, recita­ tions, and singing, followed by remarks by the different minis­ ters present. Collection $4. H a t t ie A. D o d g e , Sec.

M a i n e .— A public meeting of the W . M . S. of the Sebec Quarterly Meeting was held at La Grange, Sept. 16. Owing to a severe storm the attendance was not so large as usual, and many of the children who were to have taken part in the exercises were prevented from being present. Susie Heald, a bright little girl, rendered a missionary greeting in a very pleas­ ant manner. Bro. Howes preached a missionary sermon from the following te x t: “ Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward.” Although largely historical it was full of good things both cheering and practical. The choir rendered sev­ eral fine selections. The collection, which is always a promi­ nent feature of the exercises, was all that could have been expected. Cheering reports were given by corresponding messengers from other Quarterly Meetings of a general awak­ ening among the churches. Surely there are better things in Store for us as Christian women. Let us arise and occupy, ever remembering the whitened fields await the reaper’s sickle. Sept. 19, 1893.

N e w H a m p s h ir e .— The annual meeting of the New Hamp­ shire F. B. Y. M. W. M. S. was held at Lakeport, June 14, at 10 a . m . The small vestry of the church was more than filled with women from all parts of the state. President, Mrs. M. G. Osgood, in the chair. The secretary’s report was not a full one by reason of failure on the part of some Quarterly Meetings to report. The following officers were elected for ensuing THE MISSIONARY HELPER. 353 y e a r: president, Mrs. M. G. Osgood, Alton, N. H. ; secretary, Miss Ella C. Hurd, West Lebanon, Me. ; treasurer, Mrs. J. W . Scribner, Gossville, N. H .; executive committee, Mrs. N. C. Lothrop, Mrs. W. H. Getchell, Mrs. J. E. Dame, Mrs. L. E. Hall, Mrs. J. S. Neal, Mrs. J. S. Harrington, Mrs. N. A. Avery. M issio n a r y H e l p e r committee, Mrs. C. W. Talpey, Farming­ ton, N. H. Mrs. Porter brought greetings from our Massachusetts sisters. Mrs. Waterman, our former president, our dear Mother Hills, and good Mrs. Ramsey were present and spoke words of hopefulness and encouragement. The subject of the bequest to our society named in the will of Clara D. True deceased, late of Rochester, was introduced by the secretary, and it was voted to authorize the treasurer to receive and receipt for all property coming to the society under said will. Our beloved sister Mrs. S. P. Bacheler was introduced and given the Chautauqua salute. At 4 P. m . the executive com­ mittee held a meeting in the vestry. A basis of apporiionment was voted upon and a committee appointed to apportion the money to the various Quarterly Meetings, and ways and means of raising money and enlarging our borders talked up thoroughly. Voted to adhere strictly to our rule about sending our funds ; i. e., each local Auxiliary sending to the treasurer of t'-e Q . M. to which it belongs, who will send to the state treasurer, Mrs. Scribner, who will in turn send to our general treasurer, Miss DeMeritte. A resolution was adopted on the removal of Mrs. Mary A. Davis to another state, which expressed sincere regret at her departure, and said, “ We shall miss her inspiring presence and wise counsel, but submit to the will of the Master, feeling that New Hampshire’s loss is Rhode Island’s great gain ; and we pray our Father’s continued benediction on her labors wherever he may call her.” A public meeting of the society was held at 7.45 p. m., Mrs. Osgood presiding. After music by choir Mrs. Osgood read Scripture and Mrs. Ramsey offered prayer. Next followed a 354 THE MISSIONARY HELPER. carefully prepared and most excellent address by Mrs. J. M. Brewster; subject, “ The Golden Year.” Introduction of Dr. and Mrs. Bacheler and a short address by Dr. Bacheler fol­ lowed. Most excellent music was furnished by the choir as­ sisted by Mrs. Anna Ellis Dexter. Collection $22.72.

E l l a C. H u r d , Sec.

IN MEMORIAM. R e s o l u t io n s of respect were adopted by the “ Ladies’ Mis­ sion Society ” of Oakland, Wis., upon the death of their beloved sister, Alida C. Champney, containing the following sentiments: Our heavenly Father has seen fit in his divine wisdom to call our sister from an earthly to a heavenly home. Our society has lost a faithful member, one who was ever ready for every good work. Although absent from us we mourn her not as dead, but as having entered a higher life. Though we deeply feel her loss let us not be discouraged, hoping her mantle may fall on some one of a spirit like her own. We ex­ tend our earnest, heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved husband, children, and parents. M r s . C h a s . G o o d r ic h , M r s . C h a s . E u s t is, j- Com. M r s . G e o . H . P e r r y , )

OUR YOUNG PEOPLE

A REMARKABLE MEETING. BY REV. C. A. VINCENT. F all the meetings I have been privileged to attend during O the summer the missionary meeting at Ocean Park was especially helpful. Rev. H. E. Wyman, who expects to go to India in October, read an inspiring letter from Brother Stiles. Written as it was by one of noble nature, at the bedside of his sick wife, with whom he must soon leave the work in India for a home journey, it could not do other than move those who heard, as it pleaded for the work there and a higher consecra­ tion here. THE MISSIONARY HELPER. 355

Rev. G. H. Hamlen also spoke in his quiet, earnest way. His words had in them expressions of noble aims and pur­ poses. He realizes whence his power must come. It was a spiritual uplift to think that such as he are going to reinforce the little army bravely holding the fort at our distant outpost. Father and Mother Bacheler spoke to us about the qualifica­ tions of a missionary : i. A call and a spotless character. 2. Common sense. 3. Good health. 4. An even, hopeful spirit. 5. A good practical education. 6. Studious habits. Dr. Bacheler gave this compliment to Brother Stiles, “ He is an ideal missionary.” As we listened to these veterans of the cross, so hopeful and gentle after all these years- of trial and service, we thought of Lowell’s words to Holmes : “ You keep your youth as yon Scotch firs Whose gaunt line my horizon hems, Though twilight all the lowland blurs, Hold sunset in their ruddy stems. “ You with the elders ? Y e s ,’tis true, But in no sadly literal sense— With elders and coevals too Whose verb admits no preterite tense.” The whole congregation stood as each of these saints arose to speak. May the Lord use them yet mightily to inspire our people. Much credit is due the secretary, Miss Perkins, and others who gave us for three days a program of strength and inspiration.

MISSIONARY CONCERT EXERCISES. T he following list of poems which are suitable for missionary concerts, to be read or recited by young people, will be loaned for one month on receipt of postage. Address Miss Emma C. Gifford, Olneyville, R. I. “ A Bird’s Ministry,” “ Heartless Prayers,” “ One Man Needs To Be Saved,” "The Scarlet Thread,” “ The Lands Be­ yond the Sea,” “ The Dying Indian Girl,” “ The Converted Brahman,” “ The Starless Crown,” “ Two Cents a Week.” 356 THE MISSIONARY HELPER.

PERSONALS. Cousin C. of Massachusetts wishes to thank Mrs. Mary B. Wingate for her “ Tithes and Offerings ” in Aug. H e l p e r . One Massachusetts woman takes eleven copies of the H e l p e r , making presents of ten— a good way to awaken mis­ sionary interest. Miss Elizabeth Colley is invited to read a paper before the annual meeting of the Vermont Bible Society, also to read one before the State Woman Suffrage Association at Burlington. Mrs. G. Prescott of Lyndon was made chairman of the committee on resolutions at the Vermont Y. M. Among the women who were at Ocean Park during the last season who are related to ministers, formerly well known among us were : Mrs. G. T. Day, widow of the former well known editor of the Morning Star, who was with the family of her daughter, Mrs. Abbie Day Curtis, at the Raymond Cottage. Mrs. C. Milliken and Mrs. Prof. Jordan, both of whom spend much time at the Park, daughters of Rev. E . Knowlton, so prominently known in our denominational work. Miss Phinney, who was welcomed for her own sake and that of her honored father, Clement Phinney. Mrs. C. W. Talpey, daughter of Rev. Father Berry, whose pleasant cottage is open during the whole season. Miss Sarah Perkins, well known as secretary of the young people’s work, daughter of the late Rev. Gideon Perkins, who was at the cottage of her brother, Rev. C. S. Perkins. Miss Jessie Waterman, grand-daughter of Rev. Dexter Waterman and daughter of Rev. G. C. Waterman, who like Martha ministered to physical needs, but who was not “ cum­ bered with much serving.” Miss L. A. DeMeritte and Nellie Wade Whitcomb, the latter the daughter of Deacon Wade, have a cozy domicile in full view of ocean’s grandeur. Mrs. S. A. Porter, daughter of the late Deacon Prescott of New Hampshire, has given years of service to woman’s work at the Park. Miss H. Deering, who was at the cottage of her father, Dea- THE MISSIONARY HELPER. 357

con Deering of Portland, is preceptress at Hillsdale College. Mrs. E. D. Jordan, another daughter, is especially helpful in Ocean Park work.

ONE'BRANCH OF WOMAN’S WORK. URTEEN years ago the attitude of our government to­ F wards the Indian was as barbaric as that of Russia towards the Siberian exile. Our laws gave him no protection whatever, either for his property or his life. He was subject to cruel and enforced removals from his own land; he was constantly robbed; the United States agent was armed with despotic powers over him, and could not only suspend all trade on the reservation|and|suspend the chief, but could also drive off or arrest all visitors whose presence the tyrant might not approve of or desire. The Indian could make no contracts, he could not himself sell anything he could raise or manufac­ ture except to the trader appointed by the government, he had no title to or interest in the annual productions of the soil, he was banished to wild reservations, ordered to farm where farm­ ing was impossible even to instructed farmers, and at the same time he was forbidden to leave the reservation and was de­ prived of arms and ammunition for hunting. The first organization to call the attention of the people to these great wrongs committed by the government in the peo­ ple’s name was formed in 1879 through the efforts of two women, Miss MarytL. Bonney and Mrs. Amelia Stone Quinton of Philadelphia. By printing and widely distributing leaflets which set forth the disgraceful facts of our government’s deal­ ing with the Indians, by circulating petitions for the people to sign in protest, these two unselfish souls gradually fired all other unselfish souls who heard the story, and to-day the Woman’s National Indian Association has branches, officers, or helpers in forty states of the union; more than thirty mis­ sions have been established within the last nine years, and work was carried on in fifteen tribes during the last year. What is 358 THE MISSIONARY HELPER. still most urgently needed is money and teachers to multiply the industrial and other schools for Indian children; an awakened public conscience whichfshall demand the abolition of unfit political agents on the reservations; government aid for irrigating land in regions where Indian agriculture is im­ possible without it, and popular aid in securing appropriations for Indian education. It is hoped that a great impetus will have been given this effort to help the Indian to become self-supporting by the presentation of the subject before the World’s Congress of Representative Women, and through them to the eye and ear

o f the nation. R. F. A v e r y .

EDITORIAL NOTES.

T h is number may almost be called an “ Ocean Park Sym­ posium.” We had hoped to give reports of the admirable work done by women at the Keuka Assembly, but shall have to give that its chance in due time. . . . Please note the change o f address of Mrs. E. H. Andrews, our publisher, to j g Vinton St., Providence, R. I., instead of Washington St. . . . Let us read the following from our Treasurer with thanks to our Heav­ enly Father : “ Our receipts for year ending Aug. 31 gloriously sustained the former reputation of our workers in meeting the demands of our treasury for the year— all bills paid and a margin for future need. In the midst of the present financial stringency this is something to be very grateful for. The coming year must be one of hard work, as the field is in great need. If the Board should decide to send a missionary at once the past justifies the hope that our women will be ready to meet the demand.” . . . The following resolution, presented by Rev. R. W. Churchill, was passed unanimously by the Ver­ mont Yearly Meeting: “ Resolved, That we as a body recog­ nize the ability and helpfulness of our women who have had part in this Yearly Meeting and through them woman’s work in our land.” . . . At the meeting of the Maine State Associa­ tion women ably took part in the discussions, and one was asked to present action of General Conference for their con­ sideration. THE MISSIONARY HELPER. 359 CONTRIBUTIONS.

F. B. WOMAN’S MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

Receipts for August, i 8q3. MAINE. at H arper’s F e r r y ...... $3-°° West Falmouth aux., Balasore Bath, a frien d ...... $5.00 w o r k ...... 2.00 Bangor, Mrs. R. A. Blake child Wells Branch aux...... 20.00 in Sinclair Orphanage .... 6.35 West Lebanon aux., income from Biddefoid aux ...... 30 Dearborn fund for F. M. . . . 8.10 Dexter, Mrs. H. Leonard Har­ Windham Center sewing dept., per’s F e r r v ...... • . . 1.30 H . F ...... 3.00 East Otisfield aux., Bible woman with M rs. S m i t h ...... 4.00 NEW HAMPSHIRE. East Raymond aux...... 1.00 Alexandria friends ...... $5.00 East Parsonsfield aux., Sinclair Concord ch...... 7.0® Orphanage and L. M. of Miss Canterbury Cen. ch., for Mrs. Callie W eeks ...... 1.33 Lightner and Miss Butts . . . 3.00 Ellsworth Q_. M., Mrs. C. Hard­ Deerfield ch., for Mrs. Lightner ing and Miss A. J. Harding and Miss Butts ...... 5.00 $1.00 each for F. M ...... 2.00 Gonic au x...... 7.50 East Corinth, Mrs. Mary B. Win­ New Durham Q. M., col. Mrs. gate ...... 17.50 Lightner and Miss Butts . . . 11.31 Georgetown ch.. 1st F. B. for Meredith, Julia A. Eaton Miss missionary to India ..... 10.00 Butts’s salary ...... 3.00 Houlton, Mrs. W. Kinney and New Hampton, Mrs. O. R. Bach- M rs. J. V . Noble each $1.00 . 2.00 eler Miss Butts’s work .... 10.00 Harrison aux., Minnie ..... 6.25 New Durham aux...... 6.25 Lisbon Y. P., Miss. Soc. Miss Northwood Ridge aux., for Mrs. Coombs’s w ork ...... 16.00 L ig h tn e r ...... 10.00 Lisbon aux., Miss Coombs’s work, 10.00 Rockingham Q. M. col...... 3.55 Lewiston aux.. Main St. Miss Strafford Corner aux...... 7.00 Coombs’s w o r k ...... 21.57 Strafford Bow Lake aux...... 3.75 Mapleton aux., Paras ...... 8.35 Somersworth aux., Bessie Peck- New Portland 1st ch., F. M. . . 3.00 ham sch. and on L. M. Miss N orth Gorham, Abbie F. Phinney, 1.00 Nellie M errick ...... 10.00 North Gorham, Mrs. Atherton . . .50 Parsonsfield Q. M., col. for L. M. VERMONT. Jennie W. Haynes South Par­ Charleston ch., M rs. Smith’s sal., $10.00 sonsfield ...... _ • z-6c East Randolph aux., Mrs. D. F. Raymond, Mrs. Dolly Miss Smith’s salary . . 15.00 Coombs’s s a l a r y ...... 5.02 Lyndon Center aux., Mrs. D. F. South Parsonsfield aux., Miss Smith’s salary ...... 25.50 Coombs’s rag. sch. and L. M. Middlesex ch. $1.00, and Anna A. Mrs. J. F. Bickford ...... 14.03 Cummings $1.00, Mrs. Smith’s Sprague’s Mills S. S., little girl in s a l a r y ...... 2.00 Sinclair Orphanage...... 10.00 No. Danville aux., Mrs. Smith’s Steep Falls aux., Moine in Sin­ s a l a r y ...... 6.00 clair Orphanage ...... 10.00 So. Strafford aux., Mrs. Smith’s So. Windham ch., Midnapore s a l a r y ...... 5.00 work ...... 2.06 Starksboro aux., Mrs. Smith’s So. Gorham lad ies ...... 5.00 s a l a r y ...... 20.00 Saco, M rs. M . J. B. F . M . . . - 1.00 St. Johnsbury aux., Mrs. Smith’s So. Berwick aux., for orphan in s a l a r y ...... 15.00 Sinclair Orphanage...... 10.00 Sutton ch., M rs. Sm ith’s salary . 15.00 West Buxton aux...... 2.00 Wheelock Q. M., col. Mrs. Smith’s West Buxton aux., Harper’s s a l a r y ...... 11.61 F e n y ...... 2.00 West Derby,- F. B. ch. Mrs. West Hollis aux., F. M ...... 5.00 Smith’s salary ...... 6.45 West Falmouth aux., sewing dept. W h eelock aux., M rs. Smith’s sal., 10.00 360 THE MISSIONARY HELPER.

MASSACHUSETTS. INDIANA. Amesbury, Miss. Band for cook­ Noble Q. M. aux...... $3-07 ing sch...... $2.00 do ch. T . 0 . for cooking OHIO. s c h o o l...... - ...... 6.73 Seneca and Huron Q. M. aux., Blackstone aux., India work $4.75, for gen. fu n d ...... $5.00 and gen. fund $ 3 .3 7 ...... 8.12 MICHIGAN. Boston ch., T. O. for F. M. . . . 11.13 Lynn aux., T. O. cooking sch. . 13.00 Charlotte, a friend for F. M . . . . $2.00 Lowell aux., Paige St. T. 0 . for Calhoun and No. Branch Q. M., cooking school...... 5.00 D r. M . Bacheler $6.66, H . M . do aux...... 20.00 $ 1.3 2 ...... 7-98 Lowell aux., Chelmsford St. Su- Genesee aux., do $6.39, do matti $6.25, O rn a.$5.00 . . . . n.25 $ 2 .12 ...... 8.51 Somerville aux., T. O. cooking Hillsdale Q. M. aux., do $41.01 s c h o o l...... 4-75 do $ 1 0 .6 3 * ...... 5r -64 do a u x .,...... 2.86 Holton and White Pigeon do Taunton aux., India work . . . . 9.00 $1.52, do $.76 ...... 2.28 N ew bury aux. do $1.60, $ 80 . *.40 RHODE ISLAND. Oakland aux., D r. Bacheler $2.90, H . M. $ .7 0 ...... 3.60 Auburn ch., Ind. dept. $4.93, Miss River Raisin do $1.12, do $1.12, 2.24 H . Phillips $4.49, gen . fund Van Buren aux., do $12.60, do $8.84...... $18.26 $1.58, and Storer Col. $2.50 . . 16.68 Block Island, India work .... 5.00 do mission boxes gen. fund, 6.00 IOWA. Carolina aux., India work . . . 5.00 Delaware and Clayton Q. M., Greenville aux., Miss Phillips Mrs. M. Miller and Miss Laura $5.00, India $ 5 .0 0 ...... 10.00 Miller each $1.00, Mrs. Miner’s Johnston ch., gen. fund $0.00, s a l a r y ...... • ...... $2.00 M iss Phillips $3.00, and Ind. Horton ch. d o ...... 5-°° dept. $5.00...... 17.00 Edgewood aux. d o ...... 5.00 No. Scituate aux., gen. fund . . . 2.50 do Band d o ...... 8.00 do ch. F. M. and H. M. . . 2.00 Lincoln aux. d o ...... 12.18 Pascoag aux., gen. fund $5.00, Lockbridge aux. d o ...... 5-°° Ind. dept. $5.00, T . O. gen. L ittle Sioux V alley aux. do . . . 2.00 fund $8.00 18.00 Six Mile Grove ch. d o ...... 1.00 Pawtucket Central Ave., Miss, Spencer aux d o ...... 10.00 aux. India work $12.00, T . O. do S. S. do ...... x.25 India work $3.00 ...... 15.00 Wilton Junction, Ida P. Conwell Pawtucket aux., gen. fund . . . 10.00 d o ...... x-oo Providence aux., Park St. Miss Waterloo aux. do ...... 5.00 P h i l l i p s ...... 10.00 do Miss. Band Park St. gen. MINNESOTA. f u n d ...... 2.50 Champlin aux., for Gera at Mid- do aux. Greenwich St. gen. n a p o r e ...... _ . $12.5° f u n d ...... 12.50 Crystal aux., Russell Memorial do aux. do T. O. gen. fund, 14 85 school ...... 18.00 do S. S. Miss. gen. fund . . 6.50 do M ission Band do .. . . 7.00 do Y. P. S. £. E. Roger Minneapolis aux.. 1st ch. for F. W illiam s gen. fund ...... 18.74 M . $22.50, and Storer College Providence aux., Roger Williams $ 10 .0 0 ...... 32-S° gen. fu n d ...... 26.88 R. I. District, inc. fund .... 25.00 KANSAS. Tiverton ch., gen. fund ...... 12.50 Clear Fork aux., 1st ch. home work ...... $15 00 N E W Y O R K , PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. West Oneonta aux...... $12.00 Stanstead aux., for Emily .... $9.00 PENNSYLVANIA. Sherbrooke, Miss F. R. Moulton Salem aux., for Dr. N. Phillips’s T. O. for Mrs. Sm ith ...... 1.00 work at Balasore ...... $13.00 T o t a l ...... $i»°73-75 ILLINOIS. L a u r a A . D e M e r i t t e , Treas. Tamaroa aux., for F . M ...... $2-75 Dover, N. H.