JAS. GODFREY WILSON, PATENTEE AND 74 West 23d Street, New York. Send three two-cent stamps for Illustrated Catalogue and mention this publication. In For dividing Church and School Buildings. Sound-proof and air-tight. various kinds of wood. Made also with Blackboard Surface. They are a marvelous convenience, easily operated, very durable and do not get out of order. Also made to roll vertically. Over 1,500 Churches and many Public School Buildings are using them. VENETIAN BLINDS. In all kinds of wood, for Schools, Dwellings and Public Buildings. What other work besides preaching the Gospel does the Society do? Ans. It builds chapels and helps young churches to erect meeting-houses. How much does it cost to build a Baptist Chapel in the West? Ans. That depends, of course, upon the location. Frequently a very neat, attractive house of worship can be erected for $1,000; sometimes even a smaller sum will provide a comfortable house. In larger places from $2,000 to $10,000 are frequently needed. A gift of from $300 to $500 often secures the erection of a house worth several times that amount. One woman has helped to erect twenty-one Baptist chapels. CHURGHAND SCHOOL SUNDAY SEATING PULPIT & PLATFORM GLOBE FURNITURE CO., FURNITURE. "ACTINA" is the marvel of the Nineteenth Century, for by its use the Blind See, the Deaf PROF. WILSON'S MAGNETO-CONSERVATIVE GARMENTS NEW YORK AND LONDON ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, 1832. The American Baptist The General Missionary Organization of American Baptists for the Evangelization 1. MISSIONARY. -) $600,000 needed Annually. (- 2. EDUCATIONAL. OFFICERS: PRESIDENT.-H. K. PORTER, Esq., Penn. 3. CHURCH EDIFICE. SE. M. VAN DUZEE, ESQ., Minn. AUDITORS.- CHARLES B. CANFIELD, Esq., N. Y. GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS OF MISSIONS. Rocky Mountain Division.-Ok., Wy., Ida., Mont., The French in N. E.-Rev. J. N. Williams, 615 Broad St., The Germans.-Rev. G. A. Schulte, 3201⁄2 Webster Ave., The Chinese.-Dea. H. F. Norris, 1101 Clay St., San The Indians.-Indian and Oklahoma Territories.-Rev. J. GENERAL MISSIONARIES. W. Virginia.-Rev. W. E. Powell, 916 Swan St., Parkersburg. North Dakota.-Rev. W. L. Van Horn, Fargo. Indian and Oklahoma Territories.-Rev. L. J. Dyke, Montana and S. Idaho.-Rev. L. G. Clark, Helena. Colorado and New Mexico.-Rev. Geo. P. Wright, Denver. Oregon.-Rev. Gilman Parker, 162 Second St., Portland. Northern Mexico.-Rev. Thomas M. Westrup, Monterey. SECRETARY OF BOARD. PARKER C. PALMER. 1. N. E. District.-Me., N. H., Vt., Mass., R. I., Ct.Rev. F. T. Hazlewood, D.D., 2A Beacon St., Boston, Mass. 2. N. Y. District.-N. Y. and Northern N J. Rev. Halsey Moore, D.D., 111 Fifth Ave., New York City. Philadelphia District.-Southern N. J., Pa., Del. and D. C.-E. B. Palmer, D.D., 1420 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 3. 4. Lake District.-Mich. and Ohio. Rev. E. H. E. Jameson, D.D., 106 Smith Ave., Detroit, Mich. 5. Wabash District.-Ind. and South Ill.-Rev. Dwight Spencer, Lock Box 106, Indianapolis, Ind. 6. Chicago District.-N. Ill. and Wis.-Rev. W. M. Haigh, D.D., 177 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. 7. Red River District.-Minn., N. D. and S. D.-Rev. O. A. Williams, D.D., Minneapolis, Minn. 8. Missouri River District.-Iowa, Nebr. and Ks., Okla., Ind. Ter.- Rev. N. B. Rairden, Omaha, Neb. GENERAL MISSIONARIES (Colored). Alabama. Arkansas. Rev. J. H. Hoke, Little Rock. North Carolina.-Rev. A. B. Vincent, Raleigh. LEGACIES. Form of Bequest to the Society.-"I give and bequeath to the American Baptist Home Mission Society, formed in New York in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two, the sum of..... .......for the general purposes of said Society." Be very careful to comply with the requirements of the law in making your will, A BETTER WAY. The Society will receive your money now, giving a bond for the payment to you of an annuity during life, if you so desire it. Communications relating to the work and general affairs of the Society, should be addressed to Rev. T. J. Mergan, Corresponding Secretary. In the transmission of funds, all Checks, Drafts and Post Office Orders should be made payable to the order of the "American Baptist Home Mission Society," and addressed to J. G. Snelling, Treasurer. Contributions may also be sent to the several District Secretaries. Headquarters of the Society: CONSTABLE B'LD'G, 111 Fifth Ave., New York City. Have you paid your subscription? Have you made a personal contribution this year for the cause of Home Missions? If not, you have missed a favorable opportunity of participating in one of the great religious enterprises of the century. It is doubtful if there is any work now in progress on the face of the globe which is telling more effectively and more beneficently on the advancement of the race, than the work that is done by the Baptist Home Mission Society in its efforts to aid in making the United States a Christian Republic. Very, very much depends upon the success of such efforts in the immediate future. Every lover of Christ's kingdom, every friend of human liberty, every lover of the Republic, who takes a personal interest in this great enterprise, certainly every Baptist, ought to have a share in this good work. If you have not already made a contribution, it is not too late to do so. REV. GEO. W. FREEMAN. On Wednesday, March 13th, Rev. Geo. W. Freeman, one of the pioneer missionaries of this Society, died suddenly at Elk Point, So. Dak. He first labored in Minnesota and Wisconsin, from 1862 to 1867; and when the Union Pacific Railroad was pushing across Nebraska, he was appointed General Missionary, and followed its construction from Omaha to the Pacific, preaching the Gospel and securing sites for chapels. He labored subsequently in Dakota as General Missionary, from 1871 to 1874, and continued to reside in that No. 4. State, where he was widely known and highly esteemed. He rests from his labors, and his works do follow him. HOME MISSION MAP. The price of the large cloth map of the United States, 7x12 feet, showing the number of missionaries of the American Baptist Home Mission Society and its schools in every State and Territory, has been reduced from four to three dollars. Every church and mission circle should have it. Send in orders at once. Let the missionary map of this continent be a companion piece to the foreign mission map-for the field is the world. PARSONAGES-A CORRECTION. On page 63 of the March number of the Monthly the statement is made, in reference to our Society, that "We do not build parsonages." On page 70, second column of the same number, the statement is made that the Home Mission Society furnished the money to build a parsonage on Elk Creek. While it is true, as a general proposition, that the Home Mission Society does not build parsonages, it is also true that it would be glad to do so if it had the money, and occasionally it receives special gifts designated for parsonages, and is always glad to use the money for that purpose. The parsonage at Elk Creek, Oklahoma, for the Kiowa Indians, has been erected by the Women's Missionary Society of the Dayton Baptist Association, Ohio. These good sisters have shown a great deal of interest in |