MASSACHUSETTS. Barnstable county. North Truro, Joanna Paine, Berkshire county. Alford, Cong, ch, and so. West Stockbridge, Cong. ch. and so. Williamstown, Ist Cong. ch and so. Bristol county. Fall River, N. R. Earl, for student, care of Mr. Washburn, Pasumalai, Brookfield Association. Hardwick, Calvinistic ch. North Brookfield, 1st Cong, ch, and So. West Brookfield, Cong. ch. and so. Essex county, North. Byfield, Cong. ch. and so. Georgetown, Memorial ch. Haverhill, Centre Cong. ch. and so., 100; Mrs. Samuel Chase, 10, Essex county, South. Beverly, Dane-st. Cong, ch. and so. (of wh. m. c. 5.57), Gloucester, Evang. Cong.ch. and so. Manchester, Cong. ch. and so. Marblehead, 1st Cong. ch. and so. Franklin co. Aux. Society. Albert M. Gleason, Tr. Greenfield, 1st Cong. ch, and so. Northfield, Miss'y Soc'y, Northfield Seminary, for Miss Phelps, Hampden co. Aux. Society. Charles Marsh, Tr. 110 00--166 46 19 34 50 00 27 50 58 00-154 84 30 00 25 0055 00 7 14 12 26 29 04 14 13 70; Olivet Cong. ch. and so., 38, 194 72-257 29 Hampshire co. Aux. Society. Amherst, 1st Cong, ch. and so., 60; 107 18 Old Colony Auxiliary. Mattapoisett, Mrs. P. G. Hubbard, Wareham, Cong. ch. and so. (of which m. c., 1.25), Plymouth county. Bridgewater, Central sq. Cong. ch. and so. Brockton, Porter Evang'l ch. and so., to const. CHARLES A. RAY and Mrs. WILLIAM S. LORING, H. M. Hanover, 2d Cong, ch. and so. Kingston, 2d Cong. ch. and so. No. Abington, Rev. Charles Jones, Rockland, Mary N. Shaw, Suffolk county. Boston, 2d ch. (Dorchester), 187.45: So. Evang'l ch. (West Roxbury), 47.16; Eliot ch. (Roxbury), 41.83: Mt. Vernon ch., 5; A member of Old South ch. for Mr. Beach's work, China, ico; E. P. Earyes, 10; Missionary, 1, Chelsea, 1st Cong. ch. and so. Worcester co. Central Ass'n. E. H. Sanford, Tr. Leicester, 1st Cong, ch. and so. So. Worcester, Plymouth Cong. ch. and so., 240; Piedmont Cong. ch. and so., 50; Salem-st. Cong. ch. and So., 33.25; "H. H.," 77; A private Thank-offering, 5, Worcester co. South Conf. of Ch's. Legacies.-Amherst, Samuel C. Carter, by E. D. Bangs, Adm'r, Cambridge, Abijah E. Hildreth, add'l, Enfield, Henry Fobes, by W. B. Kimball, Ex'r, add'l, Worcester, David Whitcomb, by G. College ch. m. c., 47.18, Chesterfield, Cong, ch. and so. 10 20 Hadley, Russell ch. m. c. 8 82 Hatfield, Cong. ch. and so. 78 23 10,067 07 Carlisle, Cong. ch. and so. 94 56 5.00 Concord, Trin. Cong, ch. and so. 29 92 CONNECTICUT. Newton, Eliot Cong. ch. and so. Newton Centre, 1st Cong. ch. and so., 202.18; George P. Davis, 50, 252 18 Reading, Cong. ch. and so. So. Natick, John Eliot Cong. ch. Wakefield, Cong, ch. and so. Waltham, Trin. Cong. ch. and so. West Medford, Cong. ch. and so. West Newton, 2d Cong. ch. and so. Middlesex Union. Fitchburg, Rollstone ch., 10; Rev. and Mrs. J. M. R. Eaton, 15, Norfolk county. Easton, Cong. ch. and so. Greenwich, A." North Greenwich, Cong. ch. and so. Ridgefield, 1st Cong, ch. and so. Saugatuck, Cong, ch. and so. Sherman, Cong. ch. and so. Stratford, Cong. Sab. sch., for Miss C. Judson, Sendai, Japan, Hartford county. W. W. Jacobs, Tr. Bristol, Cong. ch. and so. Canton Centre, Cong. ch. and so. Farmington, 1st Cong. ch. and so. Hartford, Erastus Phelps, Southington, Cong. ch. and so. South Windsor, A friend, Wethersfield, Cong. ch. and so. Windsor, 1st Cong, ch. and so. Litchfield co. G. M. Woodruff, Tr. Canaan, Pilgrim Cong. ch. and so. New Hartford, 1st Cong. ch. and so. Roxbury, Cong, ch. and so. Salisbury, Cong, ch, and so. Thomaston, Cong, ch, and so. Middlesex co. E. C. Hungerford, Tr. East Haddam, A friend, Middletown, 3d Cong. ch. and so. 9 00 50 00 1355 18 05 New Haven co. F. T. Jarman, Ag't. Branford, Cong. ch. and so. with other dona. to const. HENRY G. HARRISON, H. M. New Haven, Miss H. S. Foster, Stony Creek, Cong. ch. and so. Wallingford, Cong. ch. and so. New London co. L. A. Hyde and H. C. Learned, Trs. Franklin, Cong, ch. and so.. New London, 1st ch. of Christ (of wh. m. c., 16.84), 101.08; 2d Cong. ch. and so. (of wh. from the Trust Estate of Henry P. Haven, 250), 1,245 08 100 00-1,355 08 26 43 28 00 70 60-125 03 2,450 71 300 00 2,750 71 25 00 300 00 I 00 Albany, Chas. A. Beach, Belmont, L. A. Hickok, for W. C. Brockport, A birthday gift, Candor, E. A. Booth, Dunnsville, Willard G. Davis, M.D. East Bloomfield, Mrs. Eliza S. Goodwin, Fredonia, C. P. Hubbard, Homer, B. W. Payne, Ithaca, 1st Cong. Sab. sch., for stu dent at Harpoot College, care Rev. C. H. Wheeler, Moriah, 1st Cong. ch., Miss E. Dewey, New York, 1st Reformed Epis. ch., A lady, toward expenses of Rev. G. M. Gardner, China, 40; Pilgrim Cong. ch., "Two Friends," 10; D. Willis James, 5,000; G. G. Williams, 100; A friend, soc. Norwich, 1st Cong, ch, and so. Olean, 1st Cong. ch. and Sab. sch., for Japan, Riverhead, Cong. ch. and so. Rochester, So. Cong, ch, and so. Legacies. -New York, Sarah Burr, by J. H. and G. Riker, Ex's, 61 00 8 20 70 00 45 II 31 50 Amboy, Cong. ch. U. P. Cong. ch., m. c., 8.94; Mrs. W. Ripley, extra, 25; B. F. Homer, extra, 10; A. B. Willcox, extra, 10; Mrs. L. A. Bushnell, extra, 10; "Cash," extra, 5, Glencoe, C. H. Howard, extra, Hinsdale, L. P. Haskell, extra, Jacksonville, Cong. ch., by J. M. Longley, La Harpe, Cong. ch. Naperville, Cong. ch. Oak Park, S. J. H.," extra, 100; S. W. Packard, extra, 50, 5,150 50 Columbus, Cong. ch. 72 50 Detroit, 1st Cong, ch. Grass Lake, Cong. ch. 5 00 75 00 15.00 10 00-6,039 38 20,000 00 26,039 38 New Baltimore, Cong. ch. Olivet, Cong, ch. So. Frankfort, A friend, Stockbridge, Mrs. R. W. Reynolds, WISCONSIN. 12 00 350 00 22 88 5 00 50 38 21 15 100 00 I 50 I 00-573 91 Farragut, Cong. ch. 38 50-147 50 Grinnell, Cong. ch., m. c. FLORIDA. Muscatine, Mrs. Louisa Hoffmann, Storm Lake, Cong. ch. Inter Lachen, Cong. ch. 5 48 Tabor, Cong. ch. Independence, New Eng. Cong, ch. 15 00 78 15 37 69 12 00 45 33 10 00 15 15 2 75 25 00-241 07 50 00 4 00 I 00 23 71 5 42 12 57 3.00 12 64 65 00-177 34 74 00 45 00 8 00 50 00-117 45 OREGON. Ashland, Cong. ch. COLORADO. White Water, Union Cong. ch. Bay Centre, Rev. and Mrs. C. W. Matthews, 5 00 WASHINGTON TERRITORY. DAKOTA TERRITORY. 4 00 MISSION SCHOOL ENTERPRISE. MAINE. - Brunswick, Cong. Sab. sch., for Boston, Village Sab. sch. (Dorchester), 50; So. Evang'I Sab. sch., for Mr. Chandler's school, Madura, 30; Surplus, Chinese Sab. sch. picnic, 9.30; Groton, Y. P. S. C. E. of Cong. ch., for girl in Miss Closson's school, 15: North Middleboro', "The Gleaners," for support of pupil in high school, Foochow, 25; for pupil in Ponape Training School, 20, CONNECTICUT. - Hampton, Y. P. S. C. E., for Africa, NEW YORK. Brooklyn, Foreign Sab. sch. Assoc., 50; New York, Infant Class, Broadway Tabernacle Sab. sch., for Miss Bush's work at Harpoot, 10, PENNSYLVANIA. - Harford, Y. P. S. C. E., for China, OHIO.- Tallmadge, Cong. Sab. sch. MINNESOTA.-Minneapolis, 1st Cong. Sab. sch. 149 30 500 60 00 4 00 16 26 650 28 07 3 00 2.39 I 50 4.00 23 20 422 22 CHILDREN'S "MORNING STAR" MISSION. MAINE.- Auburn, A friend, NEW YORK. - Buffalo, 1st Cong. Sab. sch., 33.30; Norwich, Cong. Sab. sch., primary department, 10, NEW JERSEY.- Vineland, Cong. Sab. sch. OHIO. Austinburg, Cong. Sab. sch., 10; Talmadge, Cong. Sab. sch., 16.25, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. CONCERNING THE YEZIDEES. BY REV. ALPHEUS N. ANDRUS, MARDIN, EASTERN TURKEY. YEZD is a Persian word signifying God. According to the derivation of their name the Yezidees should be worshipers of God; but it is plain they cannot be so regarded now, whatever they may have been in past ages. 1. They recognize One Supreme Being, but offer to him neither sacrifice nor prayer. They say he is so good that he will only and always do good anyway, so that there is no occasion to either appease his wrath or solicit his clemency. 2. They believe in a personal devil who was cast out of Paradise, but who will ultimately be reinstated. As the author of all evil he needs, they say, to be propitiated and honored, and, because of his final restoration, it is worth their while to curry favor with him while he is an outcast, so that when he shall be restored to favor he will intercede for them. These reasons explain the esteem and reverence in which they hold From Layard's "Nineveh and Babylon."-Harper & Brothers. CHIEF OF THE DEVIL-WORSHIPERS. Shaytan him, the sacredness with which his name is regarded, so that they never speak it, and the almost divine honors paid to his symbol, which is a brazen ox. They hope in this way to induce him, not only himself to do them no harm in this life, but also to use his good offices for them in the life to come so that no one else shall harm them. 3. They affirm that there are seven gods, each of whom, in his turn, governs the universe for a period of 10,000 years. These gods have the title of Melek, which is an Aramaic word signifying king, or ruler. The god now in power is called by them Melek Taäōōs. As they do not know when he began his reign they cannot tell when his 10,000 years will have expired. 4. They possess four symbols of this Melek Taäōōs which are of brass, an more nearly resemble a cock than any other winged creature. They call this symbol" Sanjak Taäōōs," which means the banner of Taäōōs. The reason they give why the symbol should be of this shape is that this god once appeared in the world in the form of a bird. They bow to and worship this symbol, advance to it on their knees, rise, deposit a contribution in a box These symbols are carried about in their respective districts to the Yezidee villages by members of the third order of their priesthood, who are called Kowâls. The Sheikhs Yusef and Aziz, who constitute the second order, farm this privilege to the Kowâls by an annual contract secured by bids. Only a few years ago a contract for one of these districts was sold for £ T.250 ($1,100). Several months are required to canvass a single district, because the villages of the Yezidees are so scattered, and the only means of travel is by horse. |