Northwood Ch.. Conway, Mrs. M. C. Boling. Charles City Ch Grinnell Ch., in part. 5 82 Clarence, Mrs. S. S. Camp. NEW MEXICO, $5.0г. S. S., desig. Indianola Ch Somerset Ch. Dr. Holland Grand Junction Ch. Cherokee Ch MONTANA, $15.00. 2.00 3 25 3 07 Des Moines, East Ch, by Mrs. Nevada Wom. Miss. Circle. 5 00 DONATIONS OF CLOTHING, ETC. South Berwick, Me., Church, barrel to Nebraska. Nashua, N. H., Women's Home Mission Society, barrel to Ind. Ter., $20. Adams, Mass., Woman's Home Mission Society, barrel to Ind. Ter., $95. Middletown, Conn., Woman's Home Mission Society, barrel to Minnesota. Buffalo, N. Y., Prospect Ave. Church, barrel and freight to Ind. Ter., $87. Buffalo, N. Y., Delaware Ave. Church, box to Dakota. New York, N. Y., Ladies' Benevolent Society of Calvary Church, barrel and express to Dakota, $55. Port Huron, Mich., Church, box of tools to Jackson College, Miss. We have closed the year without debt. For this we are truly thankful. But how has it been done? By offerings proportionate to the work of the Society? No. But by the legacies of unusual amounts. From the Chil- | son legacy, received a little more than a year ago, there remained a balance of $23,000, with which the work of the present year was begun. At the end of the year a deficiency of $13,000 existed which was met by the Coburn legacy. In other words, had it not been for help from these two sources, the receipts for the year would have fallen $36,ooo short of the expenditures. If, therefore, no larger offerings shall be made the coming year, while the proportions of our work re- | main unchanged, it will require not less than one-third of the $100,000 that is applicable from the Coburn legacy for general purposes, to meet the deficiency at the end of the year. Where, then, is the prospect of much enlarge ment ? It is impracticable to publish the usual receipts for the past month and issue the MONTHLY on time; inasmuch as the Treas urer's books did not close until April 11th, and the unusual demands connected with the end of the financial year, render the immediate preparation of receipts for the printer, impracticable. | The largest single check ever received by the Society was brought to New York by Dr. Mason, District Secretary for New England, on March 5th. It was a check payable to the order of the Society, from the Executors of the estate of Ex-Governor Coburn, of Maine, for the sum of $188,000. Let no one think that the reception of a large portion of the Coburn legacy relieves the friends of the Society from the necessity of as liberal offerings as hitherto, for the work of Home Missions. This amount is wholly needed for the strengthening and enlargement of our work the next three years. But no advance will be possible if contributions fall off on account of this legacy. Let not the gifts of the dead lessen the responsibilities of the living. Hon. Percival Bonney, of Portland, Maine, who has represented the Home Mission Society in the Coburn will contest, has attended to the important interest committed to him with such ability, fidelity, courtesy, and consideration in the matter of compensation for his valuable services, as to place the Society under special obligations to him, in the favorable issue of the case. The Railway Passengers' Associations have fixed rates for attendants at the Washington Meetings at one and one-third fare for the round trip, on the certificate plan. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON: BEGINNING 2.15. 4. To awaken and sustain a stronger interest throughout the denomination, in higher Christian Education.-Rev. T. T. Eaton, D.D., Ky. 5.-To furnish a suitable arena for the consideration of facts and questions pertaining to our Educational work.-Rev. H. L. More The meetings of the Home Mission Society at Washington will begin Wednesday evening, May 16th, closing Thursday even-house, D.D., N. Y. ing, 17th. Reports from the standing com- 6.-Report of the Educational Committee mittees of the Society are expected from Rev. on the Constitution of the proposed Society. David Spencer, D.D., Pa.; Rev. John Hump---Rev. J. B. Thomas, D.D., Mass. General Business. stone, D.D., N. Y.; Rev. Thomas Rogers, sermon. The following is the programme of the Educational Convention to be held in Washington, D. C., May 16th, 1888, as arranged by the Education Committee appointed under the Minneapolis resolutions: WEDNESDAY FORENOON: BEGINNING 9.30. After the organization of the Convention, addresses will be delivered in advocacy of a General Baptist Education Society, as follows: 1. To establish Fellowships and Lectureships on a liberal basis for Baptist Institutions of learning. Rev. W. Scott, N. Y. 2. To resist sectarian aggressions on common school and public funds.-Rev. O. P. Eaches, D.D., N. J. 3. To aid in the establishment of Institu tions of learning under Baptist auspices, especially in the West.-Rev. Geo. C. Lorimer, D.D., Ill. PERSONALS. Rev. D. C. Eddy, D.D., Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Brooklyn, E. D., has been elected a member of the Executive Board in place of Rev. J. B. Thomas, D.D., whose removal to Newton, Mass., has already been an Rev. Dwight Spencer, after a successful winter's work as representative of the Society in Iowa and Missouri, returns to his western field, including Utah, Idaho and Montana, about May 1st, to attend to missionary matters therein. Rev. Robert Cameron began his work as General Missionary in Colorado April 1st. Rev. J. Q. A. Henry, of Portland, Oregon, called at the Rooms on his return from Europe, in April. He has not yet sufficiently recovered from the severe accident which befel him in the early stages of his European trip, to enable him to resume preaching at once. But he is hopeful and courageous as usual. Rev. Dr. William M. Haigh, of Chicago, the Society's esteemed Superintendent of Missions for the West, expects to take a summer excursion to Japan, to visit his daughter, Mrs. Fisher, who is at one of the mission stations of the Missionary Union, and at the same time to obtain needed change and relaxation from the duties of his position. The admirable address of Hon. J. M. Hoyt at the funeral services of Rev. S. B. Page, D.D., leaves little to be added concerning our highly esteemed brother who so efficiently served the Society as District Secretary, first for Ohio and West Virginia, and then for the larger district, including Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. When Dr. Page resigned his position, because he felt that he could not do full justice to the work on account of his age and diminishing strength, he continued to take delight in what he called "doing chores" for the Society, by looking after its interests in will cases, and by securing special offerings for its work. His correspondence glowed with enthusiasm and devotion to the great cause whose success he justly regarded so vital to the welfare of the land we live in. | Cheering messages of encouragement were sent by him from time to time when the burdens on those at the Rooms were heavy and clouds at times obscured the sky. He kept the buoyant, hopeful spirit to the last, his path shining brighter and brighter to the perfect day whose blessedness, without doubt, his ransomed spirit now enjoys. REV. S. B. PAGE, D.D. By HON. J. M. HOYT. This venerable and beloved Christian minister died at Cleveland, Ohio, March 14th. Born in Fayette, Me., October 16, 1808, he had nearly reached the full term of eighty years. It is often said "The young may die, but the old must." No life, however short, is exempt from uncertainty as to its earthly stay; so that the great lesson of the importance of instant readiness by all for the summons hence is constantly enforced. But when, as with Dr. Page, a veteran passes away, matured and enriched by the experiences of a life of the full term, in which from youth to four-score each year has been strenuous with endeavor to live well, there is meaning in his death most salutary both to young and old. Such a life is a shining illustration to all, of the ennobling value of single minded and persistent rectitude in heart and act, maintained through long periods, amid whatever of task and trial, of vicissitude and endeavor were encountered in its unfolding years. Such a veteran, when removed, leaves a legacy of rich instruction to all who know of the fruits of his labors, the loyalty of his aim to realize cherished Christian ideals, and the pure, practical, loving, and reverent wisdom which such personal living garners in heart and character. Dr. Page was converted and became a follower of Christ at the age of eighteen and united with the Baptist church in Hartford, Conn., being the first person baptized by Dr. Barnas Sears, then just ordained and afterward so widely known as president of Brown University. After a full course of study in preparation for the Gospel ministry, Dr. Page was ordained, and in September, 1839, became pastor at Massillon, O., and in 1844, at Wooster, O., where he labored six years. In 1850 he took charge of the Baptist church at Norwalk, O., and in 1854 of the Third Baptist church in Cleveland, where he continued with much success until 1861, when he assumed the pastoral care of the then Second and now Euclid Avenue Baptist church of this city. In 1866 he resigned this pastorate to engage in an effort to complete an endowment for Denison University, in which he rendered very valuable aid. Soon after this he was engaged for nearly ten years under appointment by the American Baptist Home Mission Society as district secretary for Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan, in which office his fidelity, wisdom, zeal, and success were creditable to a marked degree. Added years and health impaired by labor and travel, admonishing him that his active life-work in this sphere must cease, he resigned his office, and, residing in Cleveland at his well-known home, No, 499 Prospect Street, he continued, down to his final illness, to exert whatever of bodily strength that remained in Christian effort, aiding as a church member in the work he loved, and as associated with other Christian churches of varied denominations in active personal influence. He also gave much time to correspondence in aid of the interests he formerly represented. As a man and citizen, as well as a Christian, he was ever interested in the promotion of the public welfare, with a zeal for the right undimmed, except as limited by increasing physical debility. Thus living, he was valued and beloved in a steadily widening circle. He never lost his enthusiasm for increasing knowledge. Now, in the void remaining, multitudes will miss his winning courtesy, and his genial welcome. The closing scene was a fitting end to a life so noble in aim and service. When, in the final hours, his beloved wife and children were around him, and his power of utterance became, at times, nearly suspended as the "silver cord" was being loosed, and the "golden bowl" was breaking, he tried eagerly, at intervals, to tell them of his rapt visions of a heavenly environment. Still they feel assured that they clearly caught some gleams of the celestial light that he saw. BENEVOLENCE. Isaac P. Langworthy left a bequest of $10,000 for the benefit of the library of the American Congregational Association. ter Academy, has just subscribed, without conditions, $20,000 toward a fund of $75,000, to be used in the erection of a new building to contain chapel, gymnasium, laboratory, etc. The will of Rev. Dr. W. H. Ryder, Chicago, disposes of $750,000. The only heirs are his widow and daughter, who are duly remembered. The following public bequests are made: First Universalist Society of Provincetown, Mass., $5,000; St. Paul's Church, Chicago, $10,000; Lombard University, Galesburg, $20,000; Old People's Home, Chicago, $10,000; Hospital for Women and Children, $10,000; Chicago Pub Mr. Peter Howe, of Winona, Ill., has given $10,000 toward the establishment of a Freed-lic Library, $10,000; Universalists' Convention, men's school at Memphis, Tenn., under Baptist auspices. A location has been secured. New York, $25,000; and $10,000 to provide for free moral lectures in Chicago. The will of the late A. S. Barnes (publisher) disposes of $644,000, in part as follows: $50,ooo to each of his ten children; $50,000 to his widow; to his five brothers and sisters, $1,000 each; to nine nieces, $1,000 each; and $1,000 to each of his thirty grandchildren; $25,000 to be equally divided between: The American Seaman's Friend Society, the Brooklyn City Mission and Tract Society, Home for Aged Men, Home for Aged Women, Home for Consumptives, Home for the Friendless, the Faith Home for Incurables, the Foreign School Union, the Newsboys' Home, the Colored Orphan Asylum, the Chinese Mission connected with Dr. Behrend's church, the Young Men's Christian Association, the Church of the Covenant, Atlantic Avenue Mission, Willoughby Avenue Mission, Fiske University, Howard University, the Yale University Divinity School, Oberlin College, Drury College, Hampton Institute, Colored Normal Institute, Austin, Texas; Colored Collegiate Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. ; American Education Society, Chicago, Ill., and Teachers' Rest. The sum of $25,000 is also to be equally divided between the American Board of Foreign Missions, the American Home Missionary Society, the American Missionary Association, the American Congregational Union, and the American Tract Society. |