e seen that nine of the State organizations now measure
their dollars for the A. M. A. by the thousand, and some of those in
the list immediately following we hope will soon join the
thousand-dollar rank.
Massachusetts and Rhode Island $4,853.89
New York 2,530.06
Ohio 1,893.29
Maine 1,708.02
Connecticut 1,517.05
Iowa 1,231.54
Illinois 1,184.17
Vermont 1,134.00
Missouri 1,019.96
Minnesota 851.61
New Jersey 589.35
Michigan 528.28
New Hampshire 527.57
Wisconsin 466.63
Nebraska 274.39
Southern California 207.85
Kansas 199.32
California 102.10
South Dakota 85.92
Colorado 82.05
Louisiana 45.52
Pennsylvania 35.00
Alabama 30.00
North Carolina 29.90
Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky 20.25
Washington 20.00
Indiana 15.00
North Dakota 11.50
Black Hills, S. D. 6.28
Wyoming 5.75
New Mexico 1.60
In assigning these contributions to some definite portion of the work,
as has been desired, the choice has naturally been the support of
women as missionary teachers, forty-five having been thus assigned.
The total number of missionaries in the A. M. A. churches and schools
is six hundred and forty-nine. The churches number two hundred and
twelve. The schools number one hundred and seventeen, and the five
hundred and thirty teachers engaged in them, many of whom preach as
well as teach, are indeed too few for the broad lines of instruction,
the varied industrial training, the intellectual and spiritual, or, to
use a favorite expression, the training of "head, hand and heart." But
it is often noticeable how cheerfully these missionaries meet the
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