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later in the
religious press and in the next number of the MISSIONARY.
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THE FIGURES STILL IMPROVING.
Our receipts for nine months to June 30th are: From donations,
$147,213.31; from estates, $50,121.54; from income, $8,117.96; from
tuition, $30,239.62; from United States Government for Indians,
$15,219.37; total, $250,911.80. Our expenditures for nine months to

June 30th are, $265,526.59. Debtor balance, $14,614.76.
The improvement is seen in the following figures: Debtor balance at
the close of April, $28,318.14; at the close of May, $25,795.07; June,
as above, $14,614.76. This improvement is due, in large part to legacies,
and yet there has been marked improvement in the donations as
compared with last year. We trust our friends will be encouraged to still
further increase their contributions, and enable us to rejoice in a
triumphant balance sheet.
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OUR PRACTICAL, THOUGHTFUL FRIEND.
Nearly a year ago, we had the satisfaction of referring to a friend who
contributed regularly to all the Congregational Societies, and yet
reserved one hundred dollars for the society standing in need of special
help. We are glad to say that was not a transient purpose, for the friend
has appeared again this year and has doubled his special contribution.
We trust that he stands not alone in this thoughtful and practical
watchfulness over the missionary societies.
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EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS.
"Enclosed find my draft for ---- for the good work doing among the
Freedmen. For nothing do I give money more cheerfully than for the
advancement of that race."
"The earnest plea of Mr. Pond for help in his California Chinese work
was brought to the notice of our Chinese teachers yesterday. We would
hereby pledge you fifty dollars. His work must not stop. Would that we
could do more towards its support. Would, too, that we could have one
of his earnest Christian Chinese workers in our own city."
"I have just been reading the June number of the MISSIONARY, and
do what I can at this time toward paying the debt. I am specially
impressed by the extract from Mr. Pond's letter, and shall be pleased if
you see fit to assign the enclosed to his work. However, please to use it
at your discretion in any way."
"I have been able to do so little for your society of late that it has been a
grief to me, but as I am in receipt of a little money I send you ---- as a
thank offering. May it do a little for the cause my husband and myself
have had so much at heart. With best wishes and prayers for your
abundant success."

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Rev. C.J. Ryder writes:
After the work of the Association had been presented in a
comparatively small church near Boston, the pastor arose, and with
earnestness and deep feeling said, "What are we going to do about it?
Shall we let this great work be delayed because of our inaction? Let us
now take a collection of one hundred dollars!" This seemed an
impossible thing to do to the visiting Secretary. They brought back in
the bags one hundred and ten dollars, the extra collection of this
comparatively small church!
It makes a heap of difference whether the pastor follows the Secretary's
address with such cordial and enthusiastic endorsement or not. I am
glad to testify that there is a good deal of this cordial co-operation on
the part of pastors in New England.
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CIVIL RIGHTS IN COURT.
During the National Council at Chicago, three years ago, Rev. S.P.
Smith, a delegate from Knoxville, Tenn., applying for a dinner at a
restaurant, was refused service. He prosecuted the proprietor. A jury in
Chicago has just given him a verdict of $125 damages. The defence
asked for a new trial on the ground that the judge had prejudiced the
jury by his instructions; the judge denied the motion, stating that if he
had been on the jury he would have made the fine $500. The defence is
seeking a compromise, with the threatened alternative of an appeal. Mr.
Smith, standing for the principle, will abide the final act of the court.
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TIMHAKA TA IVANGELI.
We are very proud of this book as being the first literary production in
an African language of one of our graduates at the South, the Rev. B.F.
Ousley, now of the East Central Africa Mission. The missionaries there
have already reduced the language to writing, having formed a
vocabulary of over three thousand words, and from it have printed a
few books. Among them, is the one whose title appears above. It is a
translation of "The Story of the Gospel," in a little