take the poorest who cannot pay a cent
of their own expenses. On this base it will be doing the greatest and
grandest work possible for the two millions and a half who are scattered
as lost sheep over the mountains of our own land.

B. DODGE.

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RECEIPTS FOR DECEMBER, 1888.

MAINE. $371.03.

Auburn. Sam'l J.M. Perkins $10.00

Augusta. Mite Boxes, Miss K. Carpenter's
S.S. Class, 7.50: S.S. Class, Mite
Boxes, 2, _for student Aid, Talladega C._ 9.50

Bangor. First Ch. 30.00

Bath. "Helping Hands" of Central Ch.,
_for Ind'l Sch., Williamsburg, Ky._ 50.00

Blue Hill. Mission Circle, by Grace
Dodge, _for Selma, Ala._ 2.50

Brewer. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.70

Brunswick. First Cong. Ch. 50.00

Farmington Falls. Cong. Ch. 5.93

Foxcroft. Mrs. D. Blanchard 2.00

Freeport. Cong. Ch. 15.32

Gorham. First Cong. Ch. 95.08

Island Falls. Cong Ch. 10.00

Machias. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 5.00

North Bridgton. Cong. Ch. 4.50

Norway. Mrs. Mary K. Frost 0.50

Patten. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Emerson Inst._ 7.00

Portland. Fourth Cong. Ch. 15.00

Portland. Infant Class, St. Lawrence St.
Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Gregory Inst._ 3.00

Skowhegan. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Box
Goods, by Mrs. L.W. Weston

South Paris. Cong. Ch. 4.50

Phippsburg. Cong. Ch. 10.00

York. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.50

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $314.87.

Brookline. Cong. Ch. 1.00

Concord. South Cong. Ch., to const. REV.
ALFRED T. HILLMAN L.M. 60.64

Concord. "Light Bearers," _for Student
Aid, Storrs Sch._ 18.00

Concord. "Friend" _for Rev. Alfred Connet_ 10.00

Great Falls. First Cong. Ch. 20.00

Greenfield. Cong. Ch. 6.00

Goffstown. Sab. Sch. Class, _for Brewer
Normal Sch._ 5.00

Hampton. Cong. Ch. 13.70

Hancock. Cong. Ch.