NEW HAMPSHire. - Exeter, Nathaniel Gordon, for school in No. China, 125; Sanbornton, Cong. Sab. sch., 10.30, VERMONT.- Brattleboro, Cong. Sab. sch., for India, 25; Dummerston, Cong. Sab. sch., 8.15; So. Royalton, Cong. Sab. sch., for catechist, Pasumalai, 40; Swanton, Cong. Sab. sch., for student, Japan, 25, MASSACHUSETTS. - Chelsea, the little Guttersons, for school work in India, 2; Chesterfield, Y. P. S. C. E., 5; East Douglass, Earnest Workers, 35: Easton, Y. P. S. Č. E., for student in Japan, 6.25; Florence, Y. P. S. C. E., for scholarship in Euphrates College, 30; Holyoke, 2d Cong. Sab. sch., 19.85; Williamstown, So. Cong. Sab. sch., 13.21, CONNECTICUT.-Cromwell, Cong. Sab. sch., 119.26; Salisbury, Bible class, for boy in Dr. Davis' school, Japan, 6.30, NEW YORK. - Brooklyn, South Cong. Sab. sch., 50; East Cong. Sab. sch., for Aintab school, 25; Lockport, 1st Cong. Sab. sch., 75; Moravia, Cong. Sab. sch, 6; Phoenix, Y. P. S. C. E., 50c.: Cong. Sab. sch., for Testaments, 5: Syracuse, Good Will Cong. ch., for village school, Ahmednagar, 41.12, PENNSYLVANIA. - Farmington, Mission Mite Society, OHIO.- Cincinnati, Y. P. S. C. E. of Central ch., for Sivagurer, Ceylon, 30; Cleveland, Chinese Sab. sch., for student at Tung-cho, 30; No. Ridgeville, Cong. ch., for school work in Ruk, 15; Wellington, Cong. Sab. sch., 10, FLORIDA. -Winter Park, Young Ladies' Miss. so., for girl in Kobe, MISSOURI.-Amity, Cong. Sab. sch., for Micronesia, 9.25: St. Louis, People's Tabernacle Cong. Sab. sch., for Mr. Snelling's work, 16.50, ILLINOIS.Aurora, New Eng. Y. P. S. C. E., IOWA.- Creston, Pilgrim Cong. Sab. sch., 4; Davenport, Ger. Cong. Sab. sch., 5; Eagle Grove, Cong. Sab. sch., 3.15; Edgewood Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Platt, for scholarship Madura, 30; Grand View, Cong. Sab. sch., 10, 65 00 135 30 98 15 111 31 125 56 202 62 5 00 85 00 50 00 25 75 90 43 12 04 52 15 MAINE.-Monson, Sunshine Band, 5; Sears- ILLINOIS.Greenville, C. S. Peach, Total from September 1, 1888, to April 30, 1889: Donations, $245,675.77; Legacies, $57,652.12=$303,327.89. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SUFFERERS' RELIEF FUND. FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. THE MORNING STAR'S REPORT TO HER STOCKHOLDERS PRESENTED BY REV. F. E. RAND, OF PONAPE. O MY DEAR OWNERS, You have heard much from others in regard to what has been accomplished in Micronesia since you sent me to assist your missionaries in bringing those islands to Christ. Some of you, I hear, are becoming impatient because you have not had a word directly from me. Forgive me, and I will tell you something of the delightful trip just finished. On July 12, 1888, we left Honolulu with two new missionaries, Rev. Mr. Snelling for Ruk, and Miss Little for Kusaie. Arriving at Kusaie August 1, we remained a week and then hastened on to Ponape, three hundred miles, not knowing what might have befallen the laborers there who have passed through so many trials on account of the coming of the Spaniards. I found everything quiet and the work in a more prosperous condition than ever before. After remaining here a few days I went on to Ruk, over three hundred miles, to leave Mr. Snelling, and then back to the east, to carry the missionaries for their annual visitation of the Marshall and Gilbert Islands, returning to Ponape December 26, just too late to witness the Christmas festivities. Though I missed the Christmas-tree and a wedding ceremony at Ponape, I was glad of the privilege of congratulating the two newly wedded couples, old friends of mine, - pupils of the training and girl's schools. They were just closing one of the most interesting years of school they ever had. Good reports came to me of what had been accomplished by many of the pupils during the year. The gospel boat, Rodney Hyde, which I brought from Maine, and left at Ponape in 1885, was still doing good service, carrying the students to preach at the out-stations in different parts of the island. Taking three of these young men I sailed for Ngatic, an island ninety miles from Ponape, which I had never visited before. I sailed as near the reef as I thought safe, then lowered my boat to send the missionary on shore. The tide was low, and the boat could not get near the landing. Seeing this, many of the natives waded out on the reef to welcome the missionary. Taking him from the boat they carried him safely through the water to the landing, where the king and his people were waiting to receive him. They were very much pleased when they found I had brought them a teacher from Ponape. They held a meeting in the house of one of the chiefs. During the service the natives did not behave very well. They talked and laughed, but that was because they had never been taught to do differently. When the missionary returned on board, the king of Ngatic and many of his people came with him. I have had many heathen people on my decks before, but this is the first crowd of well-dressed heathen I ever saw. I enjoyed their visit, but was shocked to hear them ask for gin and tobacco. My captain was delighted with his visit ashore. He says their houses are cleaner and better than any in Micronesia. The missionary too was pleased with the warm reception given the teacher. He thinks we went there just at the right time, when they were beginning to see the folly of their heathen worship. Their worship is quite different from that of any other island in Micronesia. The idol they worship is a stone placed on an altar, about fifteen feet high. This altar, which was built fifty or sixty years ago, under the direction of a woman who drifted there from the Gilbert Islands, consists of three platforms of solid masonry. The lower platform is 20 feet square and 5% feet high; the next one is 8 feet square and 42 feet high, and the upper one 4 feet square and 3 feet high. The idol on this altar is a stone somewhat the shape of a man's body; it has a small round stone for the head with a piece of coral the shape of a hat on the top. The woman who planned the building of this altar was the priestess for many years. At her death her son became priest. He seemed very glad when he found I had brought them a teacher, "for now," he said, "we shall learn how to read and write." I The next Sabbath I spent at Lukunor, one of the Mortlock Islands. watched the crowds of natives going into the thatched church, of which a picture is given opposite. This is one of the largest congregations in Micronesia, three hundred remaining at the Sunday-school. There were seventy-five little children in the infant class. You would enjoy spending the day with me while anchored near one of these islands. Everything looks so strange and queer you would almost think you were in another world. One of the pleasantest and strangest sights is a large fleet of canoes of all sizes, from the little paddle canoe, only large enough for one small boy, to the seagoing canoe like the one represented on this page, which will carry with ease thirty or forty people. You will see by the picture that there are two decks on these canoes. They are made of boards hewn from the breadfruit-tree, and tied together with Cocoanut twine. The Mortlockers are skilful navigators, often going five hundred miles without chart and compass. Opatia and his wife, the Princess Opatinia, from Ponape, still have charge of the Mortlock work. They were very anxious to have their daughter and sonin-law, whom I had brought from Ponape to visit them, stay and help them in the work, but when they were told that they were needed to start the work on Fairuk, an island in the Ruk lagoon, they willingly yielded and smiled through their tears when they bade them good-by. The other married couple whom I brought with me from the school at Ponape were left at Utet, another island in the Ruk lagoon. This is the place where Emelioj, the native teacher, labored and died. Perhaps you remember how much the people there thought of their teacher; how eager they were to learn, and how willingly they built a |