their contributions? We answer emphatically that if this should be the
result of that gift, we should esteem it no blessing; and in this we
are sure Mr. Hand himself would unite with us. We are told that he was
accustomed to read the "Receipts" acknowledged in the AMERICAN
MISSIONARY, and was greatly delighted that so many small donations were
reported. He said that one thing that confirmed him in the choice of
the Association as the almoner of his bounty was the hold it seemed to
have upon the mass of intelligent and praying members of the New
England churches, No! the gift of Mr. Hand, generous and large as it
is, provides for only a part of our great work. It does not touch the
Church, Mountain, Indian, Chinese or Higher Educational Departments. It
is wisely appropriated; it goes directly and practically to a point
where help is much needed. But it is limited to that and does not cover
even all of that. Let the churches do neither themselves, the
Association nor Mr. Hand the great wrong of withholding because he
gives; rather let them take this gift as God and the generous donor
meant it to be--a help in lifting the heavy load, to be responded to by
heartier co-operation and larger contributions.


A Helping Hand Extended to the South.

How strange are the links that sometimes bind events together, and how
obvious are often the compensations that Providence renders to faithful
work.

In 1846 a society was formed in the North distinguished mainly by its
sympathy for the slave. But slavery then ruled the North as well as the
South, and this society was made to feel the rod of its power. Some of
its founders learned that rewards had been offered for their abduction;