NOTES FROM NEW ENGLAND.

BY REV. C.J. RYDER, DISTRICT SECRETARY.


An exceedingly good plan for increasing the collections for benevolent
objects has been hit upon by some members of a Boston church. They have
what they call an "Extra Cent-a-Day Band." Each member pledges himself
to lay aside one cent each day for some benevolent object. They elect a
treasurer and put into his hands this "Cent-a-Day" fund, as they please,
some paying frequently, others waiting until considerable has
accumulated. At a given time each month they divide the accumulated
contributions among the different societies as they may elect. The
American Missionary Association has occasion to be grateful for this
"Extra Cent-a-Day" plan in the pledge of about thirty dollars to its
treasury. I pass it along in these "Notes," as these friends hold no
patent right upon the method, and would gladly see it adopted in many
churches.

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There seems to be a great localization of patriotic Christian thought in
New England upon the Southern problem now, as there has not been since
the war closed. I bought recently one of the leading magazines on the
train, and the leading article in it was on the Southern problem. I
picked up the _Forum_, and the leading article was on the Southern
problem. Mr. Grady comes from the South to address the business men of
Boston, and turns aside from questions which would naturally be
discussed to speak of the Southern problem. At a recent meeting of the