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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The American Missionary -- Volume 32, No. 01, January, 1878 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: September 16, 2016 [EBook #53058] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, JANUARY 1878 *** - - - - -Produced by KarenD, Joshua Hutchinson and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by Cornell University Digital Collections) - - - - - - - - - -VOL. XXXII. No. 1. - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” - - * * * * * - - JANUARY, 1878. - - - - - _CONTENTS_: - - - EDITORIAL. - - 1877-1878. 1 - LARGE GIFTS AND LARGE GIVERS 2 - CHANGES IN THE MAGAZINE 3 - WOMAN’S WORK FOR WOMAN 4 - THE JUBILEE SINGERS—A GOOD USE OF NEGRO - SUFFRAGE 5 - PARAGRAPHS 6 - NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES—SOUTHERN EXODUS NOTES 7 - INDIAN NOTES 8 - CHINESE NOTES 9 - BOOK NOTICE 10 - - THE FREEDMEN. - - NORTH CAROLINA: Revival in Church and School. - GEORGIA: Revival in Atlanta University 11 - ALABAMA: Church Organized—A New Pastorate 12 - TENNESSEE: Le Moyne Normal School 13 - “ State Teachers’ Institute 14 - TWO SIMPLE RULES. J. P. Thompson, D. D. 15 - DR. PATTON’S INAUGURAL 16 - - THE INDIANS. - - FORT BERTHOLD, D. T. 17 - - THE CHINESE. - - ANNUAL MEETING—GENERAL ASSOCIATION—THE WORK 18 - - COMMUNICATIONS. - - PROTECTION BY DEVELOPMENT. Rev. C. H. Richards 19 - EDUCABILITY OF THE BLACKS. A Virginia School - Superintendent 21 - CAMPAIGN IN CONNECTICUT. Dist. Sec’y, Powell of - Chicago 22 - - THE CHILDREN’S PAGE 24 - - RECEIPTS 24 - - CONSTITUTION 27 - - WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, &c. 28 - - * * * * * - - NEW YORK: - - Published by the American Missionary Association, - - ROOMS, 56 READE STREET. - - * * * * * - - Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance. - - - - - _American Missionary Association_, - - 56 READE STREET, N. Y. - - * * * * * - - PRESIDENT. - - HON. E. S. TOBEY, Boston. - - - VICE PRESIDENTS. - - Hon. F. D. PARISH, Ohio. - Rev. JONATHAN BLANCHARD, Ill. - Hon. E. D. HOLTON, Wis. - Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, Mass. - Rev. STEPHEN THURSTON, D. D., Me. - Rev. SAMUEL HARRIS, D. D., Ct. - Rev. SILAS MCKEEN, D. D., Vt. - WM. C. CHAPIN, Esq., R. I. - Rev. W. T. EUSTIS, Mass. - Hon. A. C. BARSTOW, R. I. - Rev. THATCHER THAYER, D. D., R. I. - Rev. RAY PALMER, D. D., N. Y. - Rev. J. M. STURTEVANT, D. D., Ill. - Rev. W. W. PATTON, D. D., D. C. - Hon. SEYMOUR STRAIGHT, La. - Rev. D. M. GRAHAM, D. D., Mich. - HORACE HALLOCK, Esq., Mich. - Rev. CYRUS W. WALLACE, D. D., N. H. - Rev. EDWARD HAWES, Ct. - DOUGLAS PUTNAM, Esq., Ohio. - Hon. THADDEUS FAIRBANKS, Vt. - SAMUEL D. PORTER, Esq., N. Y. - Rev. M. M. G. DANA, D. D., Ct. - Rev. H. W. BEECHER, N. Y. - Gen. O. O. HOWARD, Oregon. - Rev. EDWARD L. CLARK, N. Y. - Rev. G. F. MAGOUN, D. D., Iowa. - Col. C. G. HAMMOND, Ill. - EDWARD SPAULDING, M.D., N. H. - DAVID RIPLEY, Esq., N. J. - Rev. WM. M. BARBOUR, D. D., Ct. - Rev. W. L. GAGE, Ct. - A. S. HATCH, Esq., N. Y. - Rev. J. H. FAIRCHILD, D. D., Ohio. - Rev. H. A. STIMSON, Minn. - Rev. J. W. STRONG, D. D., Minn. - Rev. GEORGE THACHER, LL. D., Iowa. - Rev. A. L. STONE, D. D., California. - Rev. G. H. ATKINSON, D. D., Oregon. - Rev. J. E. RANKIN, D. D., D. C. - Rev. A. L. CHAPIN, D. D., Wis. - S. D. SMITH, Esq., Mass. - Rev. H. M. PARSONS, N. Y. - PETER SMITH, Esq., Mass. - Dea. JOHN WHITING, Mass. - Rev. WM. PATTON, D. D., Ct. - Hon. J. B. GRINNELL, Iowa. - Rev. WM. T. CARR, Ct. - Rev. HORACE WINSLOW, Ct. - Sir PETER COATS, Scotland. - Rev. HENRY ALLON, D. D., London, Eng. - WM. E. WHITING, Esq., N. Y. - J. M. PINKERTON, Esq., Mass. - - - CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. - - REV. M. E. STRIEBY, _56 Reade Street, N. Y._ - - - DISTRICT SECRETARIES. - - REV. C. L. WOODWORTH, _Boston_. - REV. G. D. PIKE, _New York_. - REV. JAS. POWELL, _Chicago, Ill._ - - EDGAR KETCHUM, ESQ., _Treasurer, N. Y._ - H. W. HUBBARD, ESQ., _Assistant Treasurer, N. Y._ - REV. M. E. STRIEBY, _Recording Secretary_. - - - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. - - ALONZO S. BALL, - A. S. BARNES, - EDWARD BEECHER, - GEO. M. BOYNTON, - WM. B. BROWN, - CLINTON B. FISK, - A. P. FOSTER, - AUGUSTUS E. GRAVES, - S. B. HALLIDAY, - SAM’L HOLMES, - S. S. JOCELYN, - ANDREW LESTER, - CHAS. L. MEAD, - JOHN H. WASHBURN, - G. B. WILLCOX. - - -COMMUNICATIONS - -relating to the business of the Association may be addressed to -either of the Secretaries as above. - - -DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS - -may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, when -more convenient, to either of the branch offices, 21 Congregational -House, Boston, Mass., 112 West Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. -Drafts or checks sent to Mr. Hubbard should be made payable to his -order as _Assistant Treasurer_. - -A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member. - -Correspondents are specially requested to place at the head of each -letter the name of their Post Office, and the County and State in -which it is located. - - - - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - VOL. XXXII. JANUARY, 1878. No. 1. - - * * * * * - - - - -_American Missionary Association._ - - - * * * * * - - -1877-1878. - -Year after year the work of the American Missionary Association -goes on with steady increase. We glide from one year to another -noiselessly, and take up on the New Year’s Day the same tools we -dropped when the signal came that the working hours of the old year -were ended. One seems very much like the other, and yet, as we look -back, we find that each year has, to some extent, a character and -a work of its own. Changes come unheralded, proportions vary; each -phase is now conspicuous and now in almost eclipse, while the whole -work goes on. - -A few years ago it was the large number of our common school -teachers sent from the North to the just-opened Southern -field; then came the era of Normal instruction, as the States -opened schools for the colored children, but could not furnish -schoolmasters fit to teach them. The facilities for higher -education, and, especially, for training for the ministry, came in -then for our care—1877 saw what seemed to be the beginning of the -end in this direction, in the sending of three men, trained in our -schools, for missionary work to Africa. - -What shall be the peculiar work of 1878? There is no portion of the -whole which those who work through us are willing to have dropped. -Among the Indians, what little we have done we must continue to do, -until some Providence as plain as that which gave it to our hands -shall discharge us from the duty. We cannot withdraw our help from -the churches on the Pacific Coast, in their endeavors to lead the -Chinaman through the knowledge of the English language to the God -of the English-speaking people. We cannot close the Normal school, -for the intelligent Christian teacher is yet the greatest want of -the Southern Freedmen. To the young men who desire to preach Christ -Jesus and Him crucified to their own people, we cannot deny the -instruction in the word of God and in the truths of religion which -they ask of us. All these, which are distinctively departments of -Christian effort, must be kept up, and, especially, this work among -the negro youth of the great South. - -What we should be glad to make the great and characteristic work -of the new year, is the Southern church work. We have now more -students in our three theological schools than we have churches in -the entire South. Of course, this does not limit the opportunity -of these young men. It does not altogether destroy our influence -through them. They will go out and preach the Gospel, but they -must go into other ecclesiastical relations to fill churches of -other orders, and, as we feel, many of them to do far less telling -work for God and good than they might in churches founded anew by -them under our care. This direct evangelizing and church work is -very dear to those to whom the management of this Association is -entrusted. Shall 1878 be for us the year of church extension? - -There are favoring conditions in more respects than one. The -comparative freedom of the South from political agitations gives -the opportunity for undisturbed effort for the enlargement of this -work. The impulse given by the Syracuse meeting will be felt long -by us and by all connected with the Association. The diminution of -the debt already relieves for use in active service nearly $3,000 a -year, which was absorbed by its imperative demands. - -If this debt can be wholly put behind us we may add this to the -achievements of the coming year. - -It is easier to write prophecy than history, and yet the pen will -glide lightly over the paper, and the press will resound with a -more cheery clatter than in other days, if a year from now, they -shall be able to make it known that the churches in the South have -been largely increased in numbers and efficiency, and that the debt -of the Association has every cent of it been paid. - -With a “happy new year” all round the circle, officers, -missionaries, teachers, contributors, let us to the work! - - * * * * * - - -In the fall of 1866, Mr. Warren Ackermann gave to the Foreign -Board of the Reformed Church of America $55,000 in one gift, thus -entirely extinguishing its debt, and leaving it a fund of nearly -$10,000 for expenditure upon the field. - -Last spring the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions was on -the point of reporting a debt of $50,000, when a like gift, by -the liberality of Mrs. John C. Green, of New York, freed them -from that necessity, and enabled them to close the year without a -deficit. The Methodist Episcopal Missionary Committee, by special -effort during the last year, paid off over $100,000 of their large -indebtedness. None of us have forgotten the noble spontaneity of -the successful movement this fall at Providence, resulting in the -complete liberation of the American Board from their debt of nearly -$50,000, and we cannot fail to notice with rejoicing every success -of “the finangelist” (as he has been called), Mr. Kimball, in -casting the mountains of church debt into the sea of solvency. - -All these things encourage us to hope and pray and labor for -great things. Our debt is diminished already from $93,232.99 to -$57,816.90. This is quite within the average of the sums named -above. Not one of these societies or churches but will say: “These -gifts, to deliver us from the bondage of debt, have proved the -grandest helps to our forward work.” Let no one think that money -thus given does not tell upon the work. It does tell: not this year -alone, but every year it puts money in our purse to be expended in -the directest furtherance of our mission to carry the Gospel of -light and love to the poor and neglected races. It is in effect a -permanent fund, the interest of which we have for yearly use. - -Is there not some one, or may there not be more far-sighted men, to -whom the Lord has entrusted a liberal share of His gold and silver, -whom these examples and this opportunity may stimulate? - - * * * * * - - -In accordance with the decision at the last Anniversary Meeting of -the American Missionary Association, the printing of this paper -will be done hereafter in New York City. - -In parting with General Armstrong and his printers at Hampton, it -gives us pleasure to bear our warmest testimony to their uniform -courtesy and to their untiring efforts to relieve, as far as -possible, the unavoidable difficulty of printing at so great a -distance from these rooms. Of the excellence of the work done at -the Hampton office, we need use no words of commendation, for each -successive number has carried to our readers its best evidence. - -During the past year, as we learn from General Armstrong, it has -given help to eight young colored girls who, as folders, have been -able to earn enough to materially assist them in meeting their -school bills; it has given steady employment to two young men who, -twelve years ago, were enrolled in the first schools opened at -Hampton by the Association. From little bright-eyed pickaninnies -they have grown to be competent printers; they are now a help to -their parents and are growing up to be among the solid men of -Hampton. - -Extra help being needed, a very worthy colored mechanic in -Litchfield, Conn. was engaged. He not only worked on the -MISSIONARY, but having rented a house in a region destitute of -workers, he at once gathered the young and the old, and every -Sunday morning during the summer a motley crowd of about fifty in -number was collected in his verandah. Seated on boxes, tubs, pails, -etc., they received excellent instruction from Mr. Rowe, through -whose good work we hope that some who were blind can now see. - -The officers of the Hampton Institute bear testimony to the decided -benefits received from the printing of the MISSIONARY at Hampton. -It has been of no small advantage as an aid to the Industrial -Department there, which is the peculiar and difficult feature of -the Institute. - - * * * * * - - -With this number, then, the MISSIONARY returns wholly to this -office and its vicinity for preparation. As our readers have -already noticed, the advice of the Annual Meeting has been followed -in restoring it to its old form, which many of its familiar -friends think more becoming than the perhaps sprightlier, but less -dignified manner of the last year. We trust they will not like it -less because it has a little more of body than formerly, and is -attired in a new, and, we trust, not inappropriate dress. A few -of its additional pages are given to advertisements by the same -advice. We shall be glad to serve and be served by our friends, -who know our circulation and constituency, in opening to them this -channel of communication with one another. - -It is our hope to make the MISSIONARY of certainly as much, and, -if possible, of more value than in former years. We should be glad -to do what we can to dissipate the impression that an exposition -of Christian opportunity and a record of Christian work is of -necessity dry reading—of use mainly by way of fitting preparation -for a Sunday afternoon nap. We know that the opportunities, if -realized, are full of encouragement and stimulus, and that the work -itself is intense in its earnestness and interest. We know that -the considerations which enforce its claims are among those which -appeal most irresistibly to thoughtful men, and stir their deepest -feelings. If the presentation, then, be dry, it must be the dulness -of those who write, or the indifference of those who read. We will -try to prevent this at one end if our friends will at the other. - -We shall try to procure the freshest and most recent news from -the field, in regard to the general progress and the particular -incidents of the work, by diligent application to our missionaries -and teachers—remembering ourselves, and reminding others, that -they are busy men and women, far more intent on doing the work than -in telling about it. We shall endeavor to give, in condensed form, -a record of the current events, religious, social and sometimes -political, which affect the various departments of our work. We -hope to arrange for special presentation of the nature and needs of -our larger institutions in successive numbers. So we shall try to -bring within the range of our readers’ vision the stars of larger -and of lesser magnitude which gem our Southern and Western sky, -only regretting that our, like other telescopes, can only bring -far-off things a little nearer—can by no means reveal them as they -are. - -With the old form we return, of necessity, to the old subscription -price—50 cents a year. Will our good friends remember that if each -of our 25,000 magazines should bring us in a half a dollar, they -would be a source of income to the Association, beside the valuable -service which it does us indirectly? If this suggestion impresses -any one favorably, please let the money be inclosed, and the letter -sealed and directed at once before it can be forgotten. - -In accordance with the further recommendation of the Annual -Meeting, Rev. George M. Boynton, of Newark, N. J., who, as a member -of the Executive Committee, is familiar with the work, and whose -pen has contributed freely to our columns during the last year, has -been associated with us in the editorial charge of the MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - -WOMAN’S WORK FOR WOMAN. - -Specific missionary work by devoted women, among the colored women -and girls in the South, is one of the many interesting departments -of our enterprise. “Woman’s work for woman” has not been neglected, -although it has not been made prominent before the public by the -Association. It is enough to say that more than three-fourths of -our missionaries have been women, and the majority of our church -members and pupils, females, to make it evident that much work of -this kind must have been done; still it has not been singled out -and magnified as _the_ work to which, as an association, we had -given ourselves. It has all along been a matter of deep regret -that we could not make more of this branch of our work. We have -noted the inexpressibly sad condition of the colored woman in -the South—no future before her, public opinion giving her no -recognized standing of respectability, dooming her to an evil -reputation, whether in character she was deserving it or not, and -this, too, in a Christian country—these things we have noted and -felt; but our receipts were all swallowed up in the current demands -of our general work. We are glad to be permitted to record that a -step has recently been taken, promising relief in this direction. -A lady in one of the Western States, who has been for years known -as an indefatigable worker for Christian missions, has had the -elevation and salvation of the colored women of our country on -her heart and mind for years. She has made herself thoroughly -acquainted with the fact that if anything is done, it must be _in -addition_ to what the ordinary receipts of the American Missionary -Association would warrant. Self-moved, she said to our Executive -Committee a few months ago, “If you will commission a competent -and devoted woman missionary and assign her to one of your mission -stations, to give herself _entirely_ to the work of visiting the -homes of the colored women, for the purpose of saving them by the -use of every method her enlightened judgment may suggest as wise, I -will become personally responsible for her support, and will pledge -that what I do shall not in any way interfere with the general -receipts of the Association.” The Executive Committee thankfully -accepted the proposition. A lady missionary was appointed and sent -to Memphis, Tenn., in November. She entered at once upon the field, -and the beginnings of her work are full of promise, and already -assure us of the usefulness of her mission. - -We hear from Memphis the week after her arrival of the favorable -impression made, and of the rejoicing on the part of our teachers -that there is help for them in the homes of their pupils and in -mothers’ meetings, etc. One teacher says, “I hope to visit with -her a little, especially to take her to the homes of our girls.” -Another writes, “We regard her being sent here as a special -Providence in our favor. I think there is no place where she could -do more.” - -We trust that many such workers may be sent by the Christian women -of the North to these their needy sisters in the South. - -The _Advance_ mentions the Church Sewing Circle as the medium, and -the spring as the most convenient time, to carry out the following -suggestion. In this way, it says, there need be no friction between -what is done for the A. M. A. and other missionary work: - - “There was a time, directly following the war, when the American - Missionary Association was wonderfully aided in its work by - the special efforts of the philanthropic women. There has - been nothing finer done in the way of immediately urgent but - far-reaching influence, by the Christian women of America, - either before or since. Every one rejoices in the helpfulness of - the Woman’s Boards, creating and fostering as they do a mighty - interest on behalf of their benighted sisters in heathen lands, - and we will not believe the Christian women in our American - churches incapable of again inaugurating some similar work, - equally worthy of them, toward meeting the inexpressibly urgent - moral necessities of their sadly darkened and depressed sisters - nearer home.” - - * * * * * - - -THE JUBILEE SINGERS AT THE IMPERIAL COURT OF GERMANY. - -The Jubilee Singers have recently gone to Germany to continue the -work they have for the last six years been so successfully doing in -the United States, Great Britain and Holland, in the interests of -the education of their race at Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. - -Within a few days of their arrival at Berlin, they had the -honor of appearing before the Imperial family of Germany under -circumstances of peculiar interest. They were invited by their -Imperial Highnesses, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess, to sing -some of their slave songs at the New Palace, Potsdam, on Sunday -afternoon, Nov. 4, and on presenting themselves at the appointed -hour they found, to their joy, that they stood in the presence of -His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of Germany, as well as in the -presence of the Crown Prince and Princess, with their children -gathered around them. Thus three generations stood together in the -home circle, listening to this little company of emancipated slaves -from the United States, as they sang the songs of the days of their -bondage. And never did their strange, touching songs produce a -deeper impression, or call forth heartier expressions of sympathy -for, and interest in, the work they are laboring to do for their -race in America and in Africa. - -His Majesty, the Emperor, made many inquiries of the President of -the University respecting the Singers, and their personal history, -and the work they had accomplished, while the Crown Prince and the -Crown Princess conversed freely with the Singers, making inquiries, -and expressing great delight in the singing. It was especially -gratifying to learn from the Crown Princess that four years ago, -when the Jubilee Singers had the honor of singing before her Royal -Mother, the Queen of England, she had received a long letter -speaking of the Singers and their mission. The Crown Prince said, -“These songs, as you sing them, go to the heart—they go through -and through one.” - -The first public concert was given in Berlin, at the Sing -Academy, on the 7th of November, and was greeted with such hearty -demonstrations of approval, that success in Germany seems quite -well assured. - - * * * * * - - -A GOOD USE OF NEGRO SUFFRAGE. - -An article of two and a half columns in an Augusta, Ga. paper, -begins thus: “The Superior Court room in the City Hall was crowded -last evening with the colored voters of the county who had -assembled to listen to addresses from Hon. Jos. B. Cumming, the -Democratic nominee for Senator, from the Eighteenth Senatorial -District, and Hon. H. Clay Foster, Independent candidate for the -same position. Both these gentlemen were present by invitation -of the colored people themselves.” Then follow abstracts of the -speeches of the two candidates, wherein each attempts to show the -colored voters that he has a stronger claim upon them than his -competitor. This political gathering was peculiar in several -respects. The audience was composed of Republicans, while the -speakers were both avowed Democrats. The assemblage comprised -a distinct class in the Senatorial district. This class was -composed of those who during most of their lives had enjoyed -fewest opportunities to obtain knowledge and learn how to vote -intelligently. And what is most vital, they, as the speakers seemed -to tacitly acknowledge, held the balance of power. In other words, -they, whatever their standing might be in society, and whatever -qualifications they might possess or lack, were to decide which of -the two candidates should represent the PEOPLE of the Eighteenth -District in the State Senate. - -Whether or not it was humiliating to the pride of “high-bred” -citizens of the Empire State of the South to vie with each other -thus publicly in soliciting the votes of their former servants, is -of little consequence. Neither is it a matter of very great import -that a political gathering of “niggers” (negroes would be more -elegant, but less pointed,) was respectfully addressed by Southern -white men, and respectfully referred to by a Georgia Democratic -paper. That all the colored voters of that district will be urged -and helped to pay their taxes, and thus for one year at least avoid -disfranchisement, and will have an opportunity to vote unmolested, -though a good reason for congratulation, is nothing worthy of -very great consideration. But the prominent and startling feature -of this incident is the fact that those who, through no fault of -theirs, are least qualified for the responsible trust, hold the -balance of power and cast the decisive vote. In this instance, no -great issues are involved, and if, under the influence of wise and -virtuous leaders of their own race, our colored friends always -see as clearly what is really for their good, the danger will -be lessened. As an indication of what is now uppermost in their -minds upon such occasions, and for the encouragement of those who -contribute to the funds of the A. M. A., I will quote the questions -they put to the candidates: - -“1. Are you in favor of the States levying a tax for educational -purposes—the benefit to be equally enjoyed by all classes? - -“2. Are you in favor of the State continuing the annual -appropriation of $8,000 to the Atlanta University for the higher -education of the colored youth? - -“3. Are you in favor of the law known as the ‘Laborers and -Mechanics’ Lien Law’?” - -Such danger coupled with such encouragement ought to nerve the -arms of A. M. A. laborers, and stimulate the alms-giving of its -contributors. - - * * * * * - - -We are rejoiced to hear of the increasing prosperity of Howard -University under the presidency of Dr. W. W. Patton. The attendance -and attention of the students to their work, is, we are informed, -most gratifying and encouraging. Dr. Patton, in addition to his -presidential duties, fills an important chair in the Theological -department, the maintenance of which department our Association -shares with the Presbytery of Washington. On another page, we give -some extracts from the thoughtful Inaugural address of the new -President, which we are sure will interest our readers. - - * * * * * - -The barque “Jasper,” which sailed from the port of New York, -September 24th, carrying the missionaries Snelson, James and -White, with their families, to reinforce the Mendi Mission in -North-western Africa, was reported in the New York _Herald_ of -Saturday, Dec. 1st, as arrived at Sierra Leone. The date of arrival -was not given. A note just received from Mr. Snelson, dated Nov. -20, then at Freetown, assures of the health and safety of the -party. The same Hand which we trust has delivered them from the -perils of the sea is able also to deliver them from perils by land -and from perils by their own countrymen. We hope before our next -issue to receive the account of their voyage, and their first -impressions of the field they go to cultivate. - - * * * * * - - -NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES. - -Rev. J. E. Smith has accepted the pastoral charge of the Midway -Church, Liberty Co., Ga., succeeding Rev. Floyd Snelson, who has -gone to the Mendi Mission in Africa. - -Rev. Wilson Callen has gone to the churches at Belmont and -Louisville, Ga. - -Rev. J. G. Kedslie, from Jamaica, West Indies, to McLeansville, N. -C. He reports an increasing religious interest there. - -Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke is with the church at Woodville, Ga. - -Mr. J. R. McLean, a student at Talladega, is preaching at Ogeechee. - -Rev. William Ash has gone from Providence, R. I., to the church at -Mobile, Ala. - -Two brethren from the North have recently gone to take charge of -churches in the Southern field: and Rev. Fletcher Clark, son of -Rev. Rufus W. Clark, D. D., of Albany, N. Y., to Selma, Ala., and -Rev. Geo. E. Hill, recently of Southport, Conn., to Marion, Ala. - -A church of twenty-one members was recognized by Council, Nov. 12, -at Marietta, Ga. It has been gathered under the labors of Rev. T. -N. Stewart, formerly of the African Methodist communion. Rev. S. S. -Ashley preached, and Revs. H. S. Bennett and J. Q. A. Erwin bore -other parts in the service. The place is a beautiful town of three -or four thousand inhabitants, with a large colored population. -Several young men have joined the new enterprise, and seem very -much interested in it. - -The Central South Conference of Congregational Churches met Nov. -9th in Atlanta, Ga. The meeting was very spirited, though the -attendance was not large. The narrative of the state of religion -was, on the whole, very encouraging. Prof. Bennett, of Fisk -University, occupied one evening in giving an account of the -National Council at Detroit, and the Annual Meeting of the A. M. -A. at Syracuse. Mr. Clark, referred to above, was ordained in -connection with the meeting of conference. - - * * * * * - - -SOUTHERN EXODUS NOTES. - -The enrolment still goes on; 65,000 in South Carolina, 69,000 in -Louisiana, and large numbers in North Carolina, Alabama, Florida, -Arkansas and Mississippi. In South Carolina, five commissioners -have been appointed to visit Liberia and make arrangements for -emigration; and a joint stock company has been formed to issue -30,000 shares at $10 each—2,000 shares already taken. - - * * * * * - -The appeal is made especially in South Carolina and Louisiana, on -the ground of the changed political situation, which is interpreted -to signify a denial of the rights of the negro citizen, and a risk -of future oppression and even of a future restoration of slavery. -Africa is pictured as “a land flowing with milk and honey, with -no white man to molest or make afraid.” Names are enrolled on -impulse, and with little consideration, and speedily swell to large -proportions. It is much easier to write a book of Exodus than to -cross the sea and go through the wilderness. - - * * * * * - -Meanwhile, the question of emigration is being, of necessity, -investigated. Among intelligent colored men, some press their right -to the country in which they have been born, and for which they -have shed their blood; others suggest that the wealthy inhabitants -of the rich Republic of Liberia send over vessels to transport them -there, so proving their ability; others, less wise and prudent, -have sold out everything and gone to Charleston, expecting to find -speedy transportation, and have returned chagrined and disappointed. - - * * * * * - -The United States Government has issued a report of the condition -of Liberia, showing the dangers of the sea shore climate to the -health of immigrants; that Liberia has never produced sufficient -food for her own consumption, and that provisions are very -high; that while the interior is fine and healthy, it is almost -inaccessible, and thoroughly inhospitable from the jealousy of the -petty kings. - - * * * * * - -Rev. Dr. Dana, of Norwich, Conn., who has given no little time to -the study of Africa, in a recent letter to the New York _Herald_, -on the other hand, makes the following statements: That the -country in the interior east of Liberia is healthy, productive -and accessible. Boporo, 75 miles inland, is elevated, with an -invigorating climate and a productive soil. “The exhibit of -Liberian products at the Centennial was sufficient to set beyond -all question the richness of the country, and the returns it makes -to average industry.” A beginning of manufacturing has been made. -The government sustains primary schools, and five higher schools -are managed by missionary societies, and a college. The war with -the natives of Cape Palmas has terminated and a treaty been made. -The Methodist, Episcopal, Baptist and Presbyterian Churches are -represented there, and have made efficient progress. Iron ore is -found there, and coffee plantations are a source of wealth. The -natives, both Pagan and Mohammedan, are represented by Dr. Blyden -as anxious to have Christian settlers occupy the beautiful hills -and fertile plains in their neighborhood. Dr. Dana concludes: “A -general exodus to Liberia of the colored people of the South need -not be apprehended, but it is anything but commercially wise or -politically just to disparage the condition or speak derisively of -the prospects of the African Republic.” - - * * * * * - -The American Colonization Society has sent to Liberia, since the -close of the war, 3,137 colored persons. It is now preparing to -dispatch another expedition on the 2d of January next. The number -of emigrants will depend, to a considerable extent, on the means -yet to be contributed for the purpose. The society is constantly -receiving urgent applications for passage and settlement. These, -with other movements, especially in South Carolina and Florida, -represent, it is estimated, a quarter of a million of men, women -and children. - - * * * * * - - -INDIAN NOTES. - -Notwithstanding the successful termination of the Nez Percès war, -in which General Howard so happily vindicated both his valor and -his courtesy, there is no settled and general peace among the -Indian tribes. Some 1,700 Sioux broke away while being removed -from the Red Cloud agency to their new agency on the Missouri -River, and are now on the war path. They have since been committing -depredations in the immediate vicinity of Deadwood, Dakota. They -number about two hundred lodges, a number not sufficient in itself -to render operations against them on a large scale necessary, but -probably quite large enough to keep our small available force -(exhausted as it is by the long campaign against the Nez Percès) -fully occupied should the Indians open hostilities. Although a -general Indian war is not considered to be imminent, such an event -is not impossible as the outcome of the present troubles, and may -be deemed almost probable. - -The most serious feature of the situation lies in the probability -that the many roving bands who live in the country north and west -of the Black Hills, and who are thought to be in sympathy with -Sitting Bull, and to have experienced more or less injustice at -the hands of the whites, will join with the small band which is -creating the present alarm at Deadwood, and thus bring about an -outbreak which it would be quite beyond the power of our present -reduced military establishment to suppress. The opinion is -expressed by officers at the War Department, that the removal of -troops from the Black Hills region to the Texas border, may result -in the protection of people in the latter section, at the expense -of the lives of those who are exposed to much greater danger. - -Meanwhile, the Ponca Indians have sent a deputation to Washington, -to remonstrate with the President against their removal to a new -reservation. They are a peaceful and civilized people, who cannot -bear to leave the houses, schools and churches they have built and -maintained. The assurances which they received of restitution for -their losses, and protection in their new homes, though liberally -made and with honest intent, were a poor comfort to them in their -enforced removal. - - * * * * * - -The Sitting Bull Commission report that that doughty chief will -not return to this country at present from his retreat across -the Canada border. His camp, however, keeps up communication -with hostile tribes, stimulating dissatisfaction, and inciting -hostility; it furnishes an asylum, also, to fugitives from -justice—one hundred of the defeated Nez Percès are now there. The -commission suggests, as required by international comity and usage, -that they be removed so far into the interior of the neutral State -that they can no longer threaten in any manner the peace and safety -of our citizens. - - * * * * * - -The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has reported a bill for -enabling Indians to become citizens of the United States. The -conditions of admission to citizenship are that the Indian shall -belong to some organized tribe or nation having treaty relations -with the United States, and that he shall appear in a United States -Circuit or District Court and make proof to its satisfaction that -he is sufficiently intelligent and prudent to control his own -affairs and interests, that he has adopted the habits of civilized -life, and has for the last five years been able to support -himself and family, and that he shall take an oath to support the -Constitution of the United States. The bill also provides that the -Indian shall not, by becoming a citizen, forfeit his distributable -share of all annuities, tribal funds, lands, or other property. - - * * * * * - -In his Annual Report, the Secretary of the Interior says that, -respecting the Indians, the great difficulty in dealing with them -is that there is no longer any frontier line; they are divided -among the whites who are constantly spreading over the Western -country. The immense region allotted them, and the strict dividing -line between them and the whites, in British America, is the reason -the English Government is enabled to manage them so easily. We -can make no such restriction, with our growing population. The -report recommends as progress toward civilization that the Indians -be gathered in smaller reservations and taught agriculture and -cattle raising; that small tracts be deeded each one, so that they -may have fixed homes; that hunting be discouraged; that proper -tribunals of justice be established; that schools be introduced, -and attendance by youth made compulsory; that farmers be employed -to teach Indians agriculture, and that Indian labor be employed on -all reservations. - - * * * * * - - -CHINESE NOTES. - -Governor Irwin, of California, has urged the Legislature of that -State to memorialize Congress that it is the duty of the United -States Government to prevent unlimited Chinese immigration. The -State Senate has forwarded such a document. The Memorial says, that -the 180,000 Chinamen constitute one sixth of the population of -California, pay less than one-four-hundredth of the State revenue, -and send back to China $180,000,000 annually ($1,000 each); that -they have no families here; that not one has been converted to -a Christian faith or way of living; that the cheapness of their -labor, owing to their cheap living, stops American and European -immigration, and interferes with the development of the State; that -if not interfered with, they will ultimately drive out white labor, -and leave only masters and serfs on the Pacific Coast. - - * * * * * - -The “Chinese Six Companies” make a representation on their own -account, calling attention to the fact that, since the treaty, -the United States Government has received from China nearly -$800,000 indemnity for outrages on American citizens and their -property, while in not one case in fifty of similar offenses -against themselves have the perpetrators been brought to justice. -In the July riots in San Francisco, when upward of thirty Chinese -laundries and dwellings were raided, some burned, one Chinaman -killed, and his body thrown into the flames, not one arrest was -made by the authorities, State or municipal. They say that for -twenty-five years the emigration has not averaged over 4,000 -annually. They reiterate what they said to the chairman of the -late Chinese Congressional Commission, the late Senator Morton, -in a communication addressed to him—“That if the restricting the -emigration of our people to this free country would have a tendency -to allay the fears of the timid, and protect our people in their -just rights, we would give our aid and countenance to any measure -to that end.” - - * * * * * - -If the assertion of the California Senate, in its memorial to -Congress, that “there is no evidence that a single Chinaman has -been converted to Christianity, or has been persuaded to adopt -Christian manners and habits of life,” is a fair sample of the -truthfulness of the statements of that document, it offers a very -weak foundation on which to base a legislative enactment. This we -know to be false. Those who have read our monthly letters from -Mr. Pond will not need to be reminded that more than a hundred in -our schools alone are now giving convincing evidence that they -are Christian men, and that not simply in name, but in deed and -in truth; and that a large number have united to establish and -maintain a Christian home for the expressed purpose of adopting -Christian manners and habits of life. We are regretfully compelled -to doubt the familiarity of California Senators with the progress -of Christian missions in their own State. Are their other “facts” -no truer than this? - - * * * * * - - -BOOK NOTICE. - -ETHIOPIA, _or Twenty Years of Missionary Life in Western Africa_. -By Rev. D. K. Flickinger. - -As indicated in the title, the author of this modest volume has had -long experience as a missionary of the United Brethren to Africa. -Their mission station is near our own, and its story sheds light -on our work. With no pretension to literary or artistic merit, a -very simple and vivid description is given of the people of the -north-western coast, their homes, their houses, their food, their -dress (or lack of it), their sleep, their work, their war, their -play. The grossness of their polygamy, the superstition of their -faith in gree-grees, and their Purrow society (an Oriental Ku Klux -Klan) are exposed. - -We extract the account of the legend current among the Mendi tribe, -as to the order of the creation of the races, and their explanation -of their differences. The story runs thus: - -“God made white man early in the morning, and take plenty time to -show him book palaver [how to read], and God palaver [a knowledge -of the Gospel], and how to make plenty fine things. Then he tell -him go. Next he make Mohammedan man, and show him little book -palaver, and how to make some fine things, and then he tell him -go. After this he make Mendi man, and showed him how to farm, make -country cloth, mats, canoes, and such like things; and then he tell -him go. In the last place, he make Sherbro man; and when he get him -done, the sun go down, and he had no time to show him anything but -make salt and catch fish, but promised to come back and show him -more things. But he forgot to do it, and that the reason Sherbro -man know so little.” - -Over against this we quote an old negro’s prayer: - -“O God, you must remember me. You must make my heart clean; make me -no hate nobody; you made me; all my mind then to you. Please God, -you must show me how for pray, because I don’t know how.” - - * * * * * - - - - -THE FREEDMEN. - - - * * * * * - - -NORTH CAROLINA. - -Revival Work in Church and School. - -MISS E. W. DOUGLASS, MCLEANSVILLE. - -I must tell you the good news. Our protracted meeting is over, -and it has, indeed, been a glorious time. Never did I witness -anything like it before. I was so busy talking with inquirers, -that I could not keep any account of the number converted. I can -now think of twenty. Last Sabbath Mr. Welker was with us, and we -had our communion season. Twenty-seven were added to the church, -and two others were restored who have been wandering. Fifteen were -baptized—of these, eight were recent converts. The others were -fruits of a previous revival. One woman who wished to join us last -Sabbath could not, as she desired to be immersed. She is to be -baptized next Sabbath. - -After sermon at each meeting, the inquirers were invited to go into -my rooms for instruction, while the meeting continued in the large -room. My rooms were filled every night, and many were weeping who -could not go in for want of room. As soon as one was converted and -came out, another took the place. There were very few unmoved in -the house. - -Outsiders came in and made the meetings too noisy at times, but -we had less confusion than usual when such crowds gather. Our own -congregation were willing to abide by our rules, and they helped to -restrain others. - -Ten of those who united with the church were from my Sabbath-school -class. Fourteen others were heads of families. Seven infants were -baptized, all from those families. Mr. Ingle was with us all the -week, and had no outside help except last Sabbath. He came over and -preached again last night. - -There are many little ones who are interested; and I feel that the -Lord has given me much work in caring for these lambs. - -The fame of this place has gone abroad, and I think a good teacher -will draw a large school this winter. Who are coming? When will -they come? The church is in a better state now than it has been for -years. Those who needed discipline have most of them come back to -duty. - - * * * * * - - -GEORGIA. - -Revival in the University. - -REV. C. W. FRANCIS, ATLANTA. - -We have never had more occasion for thanksgiving in this school -than in the season just past, on account of the work of the Lord -among us. A deep solemnity has pervaded the school since the -opening of the term, and every week some have been coming to -Christ. On account of the closing of schools in South Carolina, -quite a number of the young men from the University were led to -unite with college classes here this year, and nearly all these -have been converted. May we not believe that it was by special -Divine leading that they were brought to this place at this time? -There has been no interruption of regular work, and no special -services have been held, but the Lord has blessed richly the -ordinary means of grace, and in His own way has been gathering in -the precious harvest. Five members of the junior class have been -brought, as we hope, to Christ, and are seeking the best places -and ways of serving Him. There are left only two or three, who are -not followers of Christ, while most of those in the higher classes -have already been brought in. We seek the continuance of this -blessing all the year, and the ingathering of the whole school. -There was never a more auspicious time to work in this field, so -far as spiritual results are concerned, and “the regions beyond” -were never more accessible or more needy than at present. May -the sympathies, aid and prayers of good people be continued and -increased! - - * * * * * - - -ALABAMA. - -A Church Organized—Other Churches Revived. - -REV. E. P. LORD, TALLADEGA. - -I have thought for some time I would try to do less, and tell you -more about it. But the things to be done are nearer at hand and -more exacting. - -The Sabbath before school opened I went into the country, eight -miles from here. One of the students had been working there during -the vacation, teaching day-school, without receiving enough to -pay his board, carrying on a very successful S. S., and holding -meetings. I believe twelve had shown a change of heart and life. -Nearly one hundred people met in and around a log schoolhouse -hardly large enough to hold half the number. Those outside, -however, were about as favorably situated as those within, for -the crevices between the logs were about as large as the logs -themselves. A Congregational church, of six men and women, was -organized. Three others expected to unite with them, but were kept -away that day. Four or five more will unite soon, and we have -reason to expect a vigorous church there. It is one of the best and -largest neighborhoods in the region, and the people have already -set to work upon a church building. The next Sabbath I was there -again, and baptized six persons. - -Last Sabbath I went up to Anniston, twenty-five miles away, where -another student is in charge of the Congregational church. There -have been twenty-one conversions in this church during the summer. -I immersed nine, baptized nine by sprinkling, and received nineteen -into the church. The little church building was crowded to its -utmost capacity in the evening, hardly room enough being left upon -the platform for the speaker. The church and parsonage adjoining, -finished and painted with taste, clean and tidy inside and out, -as well as the energetic and faithful pastor and his wife, and -their earnest, quiet, decorous people, remind one of a New England -village church. The contrast with most of the neighboring churches -is very marked. - -I go again next Sabbath to Childersburg, twenty miles south, to -baptize and receive into that church quite a number of converts. - -The school is unusually full this term, and the spirit of the -pupils is marked by all of us. - - * * * * * - - -A New Pastorate—“Pauses” in Prayer Meetings not yet Introduced. - -REV. CHARLES NOBLE, MONTGOMERY. - -I have seen all my people in their homes now, and some of them -repeatedly, have had a crowded and very pleasant reception at the -“Home,” and begin to feel as if I knew the ground. I see great -reason for encouragement. We have 60 members on the ground whom I -can find, and who seem to be quite as consistent as the average -church members at the North. This, out of a list of 77, seems to -me a pretty good showing. Half of the absentee list is accounted -for by the former teachers who have not taken their letters, -and students at Atlanta and Talladega. I have more reliable -“prayer-meeting” members in proportion to our number than most -pastors enjoy. _“Pauses” in the prayer meeting_ have not yet been -introduced. The majority of Christians who come to prayer-meeting -at all seem to take it for granted that they must take an active -part in carrying it forward; and the majority, male and female, do -so with great acceptance. They are free from the “Shame-facedness” -of Northern Christians about religious activity; and have not -yet fallen into any routine ways. Of course they are generally -ignorant; but I find their spiritual exercises very quickening and -helpful to me. In this respect the work is very delightful. We -sustain two prayer meetings every week, at the church Wednesday -evening, and from house to house Monday evening; and I have begun a -young people’s meeting Sunday evening half an hour before regular -service, which opens with good promise. The Lord has given us one -soul as a pledge of His readiness to bless. A bright, promising -young girl has been seeking Christ for a long time, but has been -hindered by the general superstitious notion that she must have a -_vision_ or tangible evidence of God having heard her prayers. She -has finally been persuaded to trust God, and try to walk by faith, -and has found peace in believing. So we can already set up our -Ebenezer, and go forward. - -Outside of the direct church work I am impressed with two things -especially. First, that a good number of the people are making -substantial progress in material things. They show a very healthy -tendency to seek the outskirts of the city, and to obtain homes -of their own. Montgomery is girdled all around with little -cottages (not very fine, to be sure, but a vast improvement on the -plantation cabins), which they have built on land bought with their -savings since Emancipation. The Democratic Legislature a year ago -took advantage of this fact, and, by drawing in the city limits, -changed Montgomery from a Republican to a Democratic town, throwing -out a thousand colored votes. This shows the extent of the movement. - -The second thing which has struck me, is the improvement in the -old churches; or rather the evident straining after something -better. There cannot be _much_ change while the present generation -of ignorant preachers survives; but the changes recently have all -been for the better, and a new Baptist organization has just been -started among the people themselves with no outside persuasion, -with the avowed purpose of securing an educated minister and -maintaining better discipline. It is an interesting fact that the -leaders in this last movement are all men who have been in close -relations with our church and its work. I think our Northern -friends need have no fear of the effect upon our principles of -_Southern kindness_ here in Montgomery. The white people let us -severely alone, unless they can make a little money out of us. The -Presbyterian Pastor, Dr. Petrie, has, called upon me; but, besides -that, our only visits have been from business men who wanted -patronage. - - * * * * * - - -TENNESSEE. - -Le Moyne Normal School—The Year Begins Well. - -MISS L. A. PARMELEE, MEMPHIS. - -The first month of school has closed with a larger attendance than -during the corresponding month one year ago, while the class of -students is much superior in every respect. This is especially true -of the young men from other places who attend Le Moyne for the -first time. They enter the advanced classes and have capacity for -more rapid progress than we have been accustomed to find. - -We regret the absence of many girls, who prefer teaching to -thoroughly fitting themselves for their work. With very limited -qualifications, they secure positions in country schools, where -they doubtless do fair work for present needs. Some time, they will -see the mistake of not pursuing their studies further. - -Our Thursday evening family readings have been resumed. This week -the Alumni joined us. When two or three guests have come, it -has been the habit to have an author designated, but this time -the circle was so large it was thought best to invite each to -contribute any selection he chose. The first offering was Joseph -Cook’s remarks upon uneducated suffrage in the South. It provoked -very earnest discussion. Every one was surprised at Mr. Cook’s -familiarity with the true condition of affairs. A young man who has -taught in the neighborhood, was inclined to dispute the educational -statistics. “Go out into the country and you will find that most of -the children can read a little,” was one remark. He admitted the -ignorance of the adults. He is certainly mistaken in applying his -statement to the country at large, however true it may be of the -region within a radius of thirty miles from this city. - -His hopefulness concerning the children is an offset to the report -of another young man teaching forty-five miles away, where the -children in Sabbath School could not tell who betrayed Christ, or -answer similarly easy questions. I think it is the same place -where the minister told his people, in a vivid description of the -Flood, that “the rain drops fell as large as a flour barrel.” - -Our student teachers have generally accomplished excellent -work during vacation. Some of the least promising have shown -capabilities which surprised us. - -We commence the year with hope as to the intellectual progress to -be attained, and trembling over the spiritual condition of the -school. Several of the active Christians, heretofore leaders, -do not return to us. Their influence is missed. The new element -is earnest and determined so far as lessons and deportment are -concerned, but indifferent towards higher interests. Yet, even as -I write, there is a gentle movement, as if the south wind were -blowing upon the garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. - - * * * * * - - -TENNESSEE STATE TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE. - -PROF. A. K. SPENCE, FISK UNIVERSITY. - -I think it may be a matter of interest to you and the readers of -the MISSIONARY to know that, last winter, an organization was -formed here called the State Teachers’ Institute. Its object is the -promotion of education, and especially that of the colored people -in Tennessee and adjoining territory. It embraces in its membership -all those engaged in the work of colored education who may choose -to join it. It unites all the forces so engaged in a general -educational effort for lifting up the common schools, by improving -those who teach them. It operates in accordance with the views of -the State Superintendent of Education, by whom it is endorsed and -to whom it reports. - -The plan was first proposed by this institution, and the Methodist -and Baptist institutions located here heartily responded. It thus -forms a bond of union and a way of co-operation long felt to be -desirable on the part of schools of learning occupying the same -ground. It also unites these with the public schools, and combines -all educational forces in the work among the freedmen. - -During the summer, sixteen local institutes were held in Tennessee -and North Alabama, with a total attendance of five hundred -teachers. These institutes continued two or three days each and -varied in attendance from fifteen to seventy-five each day. Two -sessions were held in the day time, and one at night. The day -sessions were for the professional instruction of teachers of -schools. This was done by lectures, class drills and the like, -adapting those exercises to circumstances and persons, aiming -always at practical benefit to the teachers present. The sessions -at night were made popular gatherings in the interest of education -and sought to reach the masses. Men of influence, both white and -colored, in the various localities, were invited to make addresses. -Good music was provided when it was possible. One speaker called it -_an educational revival_. This is what we sought to make it. This -is what I think it was. - -As you may suppose, there were many obstacles in the way of this -good work—ignorance as to what an institute is, prejudice of -white and colored, the sickly season of the year and the previous -exhaustion of those who gave instruction. These were men who, in -ordinary circumstances, should have been resting after the toils of -the last school year in preparation for those of the year to come. - -All sorts of misconception must be met. Frequently the lecturers -arrived at the place, and found almost no one there. Yet by singing -and speaking and work generally, success would come at last, but -with an immense outlay of effort. - -In other cases the house would be packed with people, but scarcely -a teacher there. They came on horseback and muleback and in wagons -and on foot, bringing their children and dinners with them, to stay -all day. The infants were passed from one to another as nurses grew -tired, or were quietly palleted on the floor or toddled about among -the feet of the people. - -What should be done with an institute like that? Turn the people -away? By no means. The teachers present were taught how to teach -by seeing these people taught the alphabet, and how to count and -the like. One thing never failed—rote singing. Oh, what a wealth -of music in voice and ear lies in this people! And it was a study -for an artist to see those earnest dark faces, with their great, -dreamy eyes, as they peered in at the portals of the temple of -knowledge so long closed against them, and just got a glimpse of -the glory beyond, and knew, if they themselves could not enter, -their children might. Many a parent vowed then that his child -should go to Fisk University or Central Tennessee College, or the -Baptist Institute, as the crowded halls of these institutions, -filled almost to bursting, now testify. I think that some of these -strange, nondescript institutes were, perhaps, our best. - -One case of zeal I may not omit. A man came seventeen miles across -the country, staid the first day, and at the close of the night -session, about eleven o’clock, started for home, woke up his -friends and neighbors, and was back with them by nine the next -morning. And, oh, the hand-shakings, and the God-bless-yous! Who -would not be willing to re-enlist in so good a work? - -But it was hard work. Night sessions could not begin till nine, -or later, as the people could not be got together sooner, and so -we were up till eleven or twelve. Add to this the thermometer in -the nineties and up to a hundred, small rooms, impure air and many -other things, and no wonder if nearly every one of the workers -suffered. - -As to actual expenses for travel, &c., we expect to get them from -the Peabody Fund. They were only between two and three hundred -dollars. We were, for the most part, kept free of expense, -sometimes at hotels and sometimes in families, white or colored. -This we left for the colored people of the place to decide. They -generally thought it best for the cause that we stop with white -people. We made some friends in that way whom it is pleasant to -have. - -We let politics alone, but kept ourselves to education; still, -being Christian educators, we often preached Jesus. In one case a -revival meeting was resumed each day at the close of the institute. - -I have written thus minutely, thinking that our experience may -lead A. M. A. workers to go and do likewise in other States. Great -masses of our school teachers can never come to us. We must go to -them. - -But, dear Secretary, do not work us so hard in our schools that -there will be nothing of us left for this or any other of the many -things we see to do about us, that need so much to be done. - - * * * * * - - -TWO SIMPLE RULES. - - We welcome with peculiar pleasure the volume just issued by - our old friend and co-laborer, Rev. J. P. Thompson, D.D., the - former pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle. It consists of six - lectures delivered in the leading cities of the continent during - the Centennial year. It is entitled “The United States as a - Nation.” Among many valuable things which it contains, we select - the following extract, giving from this life-long friend of the - colored race his counsel as to their treatment by the government - and their treatment of themselves: - -“1. Let the general government refrain from all further legislation -or interference on behalf of the negro as such. If riots arise that -the State authorities cannot quell, the National Government, duly -invoked, should interfere, to preserve the public peace; and also, -if necessary, it should use the arm of power to sustain the courts -in putting down injustice, outrage and wrong, by the arm of the -law. But all this without making a point of caring for the negro in -distinction from any other man; for the best way of caring for the -negro is to cease to know him as a negro, and to treat him always -and only as a man. Above all, should the government refrain from -legislating upon social customs, instincts and prejudices. A legal -injustice can be done away by law; a moral wrong, in the form of -overt action, can be dealt with by law; but a taste, a sentiment, -a feeling, an instinct, a prejudice—these pass the bounds of all -legislation; and the attempt to rectify or regulate these by law -serves only to irritate opposition. At these points human nature -has much in common with the porcupine. - -“2. The black race should be taught that they are to depend upon -themselves. Having freedom, schools, the rights of citizens -guaranteed by law, and the inducement to self-culture presented -by opportunities of political action, they should be made to feel -that their future is in their own hands; that, if they would rise -to a position of respect and of responsibility as men, they must -show themselves to be men. There is no other way for any race. If -they cannot do this, they must go under. If they will not do this, -they ought to go under. But no one who knows the negro race in -America can doubt, that with time on their side, and patience and -justice toward them on the part of others, they will rise to the -full measure of their opportunities, and, with their capacity for -work, their docility, their kindliness, their adaptivity, their -mirthfulness, their religious faith, will form as good a part as -any in the social system of the future. Time, patience, justice, -will cause the friction of races to disappear in the working of the -American system of harmonized humanity.” - - * * * * * - - -EXTRACTS FROM DR. PATTON’S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. - -As “there is no royal road to learning” to suit dullards of kingly -birth, so no peculiar and accommodating pathway to wealth and -power, to civilization and culture, opens before those of African -descent. Their own expectations, and the efforts of those who would -assist them, must be based simply on their manhood. It is only as -this shall be developed and brought to bear upon life’s duties -and opportunities, that progress can be made in outward condition -and in the estimation of mankind. There are no sudden results -to be secured by artificial means. Neither special legislation, -nor military protection, nor favor extended by those in power, -nor the peculiar regard and effort of philanthropists, will, of -themselves, avail to procure the abolition of caste-feeling, and -the elevation of the colored people to an entire equality with the -whites. The effects of ages of slavery are not to be removed in a -day, by a mere legislative vote. An amendment to the Constitution -alters no fact of ignorance, of poverty, of moral debasement. -The prejudices of the whites, descending through generations, -imbibed by individuals in infancy, and strengthened by universal -sentiment, practice, and association of ideas, cannot be easily -and soon overcome, and are not, so far as feeling is concerned, -wholly within the power of volition, so as to be annihilated at -will. They will vanish gradually in the presence of increasing -evidence of a noble manhood. Developed intellectual power, the -higher education, success in industrial pursuits, the acquirement -of wealth and culture and character, will cause them to disappear -as the sun does the heavy, chilly, obscuring mists which night -generates in the valleys. When I deposit a gold coin on the table, -it commands a certain degree of respect. No one is obliged to argue -in its behalf. It speaks for itself. Having intrinsic value and -the added stamp of the national mint, it represents so many grains -of precious metal and their equivalent in whatever money will buy. -Hence everybody welcomes it, and looks upon it with regard. Will -the result not be analogous, when the colored man shall be seen to -have an intrinsic value equal to that of the white man? When one -shall no longer associate with him the ideas of bondage, pauperism, -and barbarism, but those of freedom, prosperity, intelligence, and -culture; when he shall not only carry in his person the stamp of -American citizenship, but shall come out from a university training -a scholar and a gentleman, like a glittering coin from the die? - - * * * * * - -Every case which is at all parallel, confirms the validity of our -reasoning. The classical scholar will, perhaps, remember that -Cicero, in writing to one of his friends, advises him, when he -has occasion to purchase a slave, not to buy one of those stupid -Britons. Doubtless, after the Roman wars in Britain, thousands of -captives had been sent to Italy and exposed for sale, according -to ancient custom; and those who bought them had learned that -they were intellectually inferior to slaves obtained from other -sources. Why does a Briton no longer bear such a reputation? -Because generations of favorable influences have brought him out of -the barbaric condition in which he then was, and have educated him -into the representative of civilization. - - * * * * * - -There can be no reasonable doubt that educational forces, rightly -brought to bear upon the colored people, will in time work a change -in the matter of prejudice; which is only partially an incident -of difference of feature and complexion, and is principally a -manifestation of caste-pride. - - * * * * * - -The only certain corrective for this evil is general and -special education, which shall raise the average intelligence -of the masses, so as to make them more capable and independent -in their judgments of men and measures, and which shall also -provide appropriate leaders, worthy of their confidence, from -among themselves. These leaders must be such as naturally come -to the front in organized and cultivated society—the men in -all professions and pursuits who to native talent add superior -education. There must be a speedy addition of cultivated mind to -the colored population if it is to be saved from follies which will -be fatal. That grade of mind must operate not only directly and -purposely through public addresses and by the press, but in all -those quiet, incidental, and unconscious ways of daily and hourly -intercourse, which are equally, or even more, effective. Hence we -must have colored lawyers, physicians, editors, authors, clergymen, -artists, statesmen, and teachers, whose attainments shall be equal -to those of white men in similar occupations, and whose expressed -opinions shall have just weight with their race, on the various -mooted questions which may arise in Church and State. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE INDIANS. - - - * * * * * - - -FORT BERTHOLD, DAKOTA TERRITORY. - -A Discouraging First View. School Teaching and Brick Making. -Increasing Hope. - -E. H. ALDEN, INDIAN AGENT. - -My work here since January has been incessant, and unprecedented -in trial and difficulty in all my experience. I can labor on the -wild frontier of Minnesota, organize Sunday-schools and churches, -and labor with my own hands in the erection of meeting houses, -with the mercury more than 30° below zero. But harder still it -is to have the burden of care for 1,200 savages, bowed down by -superstition and sin, through whom the rough ploughshare of the -most degraded and vile white civilization has been driven for the -last fifty years. With the prejudice of Indians against all agents -to overcome, the strife arising from the desire to _make money_, in -conflict with the desire to promote the highest and best welfare -of the Indian, in our very midst, the underground whiskey traffic, -with the vilest of all whites to encounter—these were barriers -requiring time and pluck to overcome. Added to this, the red-tape -of the department, making one always feel the force of the Latin -words—“_Incidet in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim._” - -The time for forwarding my report for your anniversary came when -this deep, dark gulf of difficulty first opened to my view, and the -letter that I then wrote, but did not send, had scarcely a gleam of -hope for these savages. I am glad it was not sent. Since then, I -have been laboring to overcome the difficulties, and I believe it -is possible to do what I then thought was impossible. I have just -come in from visiting our school of 40 Indian boys and girls, in -the new schoolhouse we have built this summer. It was a pleasant -sight. Miss Briggs has care of the Arickarees, and Miss Calhoun, -Missionary of the A. B. C. F. M., has care of the Grosventres and -Mandans, both excellent Christian young ladies, who guarantee -success. Not far away is a new building for Indian supplies, -120×20; and at the new agency a barn 400×22, just completed. And -near by is a pile of superior brick, which the Indians have aided -in manufacturing, in the face of obstacles to overcome in the clay, -probably unprecedented in the history of brick making. - -While I am writing, “Son of the Star,” chief of the Arickarees, an -intelligent, sensible man, comes in and gives me the shake of his -friendly hand—one of the great majority of all the tribes who now -look up to me with confidence as their friend and “chief.” All this -assures me that the Indian can be civilized and Christianized. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE CHINESE. - - * * * * * - -“CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.” - -Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association. - -PRESIDENT: Rev. J. K. McLean, D. D. VICE-PRESIDENTS: Rev. A. L. -Stone, D. D., Thomas C. Wedderspoon, Esq., Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon. -F. F. Low, Rev. I. E. Dwinell, D. D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S. -H. Willey, D. D., Edward P. Flint, Esq., Rev. J. W. Hough, D. D., -Jacob S. Taber, Esq. - -DIRECTORS: Rev. George Moor, D. D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer, Rev. W. E. -Ijams, James M. Haven, Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, E. P. Sanford, -Esq., H. W. Severance, Esq. - -SECRETARY: Rev. W. C. Pond. TREASURER: E. Palache, Esq. - - - * * * * * - - -THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION. - -REV. W. C. POND, SAN FRANCISCO. - -By virtue of a tacit understanding, a place is given, year by year, -in the course of the meetings of our General Association, for the -Anniversary of “The California Chinese Mission.” This meeting was -accordingly held this year at Sacramento, October 12th. It shared -with the American Home Missionary Society the evening service. A -large congregation was present. Rev. J. K. McLean, D.D., president -of the mission, occupied the chair, and conducted the devotional -exercises. The reports of the Treasurer and of the Directors, (some -of the main points of which may be found in the Annual Report of -the A. M. A.), were read by the Secretary, and stirring addresses -were made by our helper, Mr. Fung Affoo, and by Rev. Joseph Lanman, -of Woodland, and Rev. Martin Post, of Stockton. A very satisfactory -token of the interest of the meeting appeared in the goodly number -and generous amount of the offerings received. - - -THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION ON THE CHINESE QUESTION. - -The action of our General Association on the Chinese question has -excited attention and surprise among our Eastern friends. I am not -prepared to defend it, and do not believe that it is defensible. -Yet it was not so bad as to the spirit that prompted it, nor so -bad in itself as to our Eastern friends it will naturally seem -to be. The mistake was in meddling with a question on which we -could scarcely speak at all without being misunderstood. The -resolutions adopted were three: the first, in emphatic terms, -rebuked lawlessness and riot; the second, in terms equally -emphatic, endorsed the missionary work among the Chinese; the third -set forth the perils attending Chinese immigration, and urged some -modification of the Burlingame treaty and the adoption of any other -just measures which may restrict this immigration. The fault and -the danger is, not so much in what was really said, as in what will -naturally and easily be inferred. For the first two resolutions -will be taken as practically meaningless;—designed simply to -smooth the way for the last: while the last will be interpreted as -a surrender on the part of Christian people to the hoodlum element; -a cowardly backsliding of Congregationalists in California from -the position as up-holders of the liberties and rights of men, -which our churches here and elsewhere held so bravely in the years -gone by. The following extracts from a paragraph in the _Pacific_, -truthfully represents, as I believe, the real sentiments of the -Association: - -“Christians in all parts of our land have long felt that, if any -‘_just_’ method could be found of restricting immigration, whether -European or Mongolian, our country’s future would be less full of -peril. But they have not felt that, for this purpose, it could be -safe to violate the inalienable rights of men, or contradict those -truths which our forefathers declared to be _self-evident_, and -which constitute the very vitals of our body politic. And in this -view, as we humbly believe, our General Association would be found -in unanimous accord with Christian people elsewhere in our land.” - - -THE WORK. - -The story of hindrance from cruel race-antipathies has been so -often told of late, that to continue it would be tedious. But the -hindrance still exists, and what with the meetings of so-called -“workingmen,” held every evening to nurse a mob-spirit, and the -perpetual droppings of venom from our daily press, we cannot tell -when it will be removed. “Nevertheless, the foundation of God -standeth sure, having this seal: The Lord knoweth them that are -His.” And while the attendance on our schools is diminished, and -one of them is for the time suspended, still the Spirit finds and -saves His own. At our next communion in Bethany Church, we are -expecting to baptize and welcome to membership five Chinese; and -several others, as I understand, will soon present their names to -the First Church in Oakland. We do not hasten this step. All who -are thus received, have been on probation in the Association of -Christian Chinese, for six months or more, and they come before the -church only when recommended by vote of their brethren. Meanwhile, -others are listening; and we hope to reap our harvests even in -the midst of the storm. Mrs. Denton, writing from Sacramento, -says: “Our school has been one of unusual interest this past month -(October). ‘He leadeth me,’ seems to be the choice song of my -pupils. After singing it last evening, I explained it to them:—how -God leads us by his word and love, through care, sickness, sorrow, -death, on towards heaven. All were _so attentive_, that I felt -sorry to see the hour-hand pointing to nine. The harvest truly is -ripe.” Another teacher writes: “To those engaged in the work, every -week gives fresh proof of the power of the simple truths of the -Bible to reach the heart, and elevate and purify the life. They -say, ‘I hear about God’s love for us all—how Jesus came to die to -save us—that is something new. Then when I hear He with us all the -time, ready to hear and help us, I think it much better to pray to -Him than to idols; and now I pray to Jesus; I _know_ He helps me.’ -It is the unanimous testimony, when asked what they pray for, ‘I -pray Jesus help me do right—to know more about the right way.’ So -we are not disheartened, for surely they that be with us are more -than they that be against us.” - -Words of cheer from other quarters might be cited, but I fear that -I have trespassed already too much upon your space. - - * * * * * - - - - -COMMUNICATIONS. - - - * * * * * - - -PROTECTION BY DEVELOPMENT. - -BY REV. C. H. RICHARDS. - -There are two methods of protection against dangers that threaten -from without. One is the artificial method that builds up walls of -defence on the outside. The other is the vital and Divine method -that develops inward power enough to ensure safety. God braces the -oak against the storms, not by outward props, but by growth of -inward strength. He gives a man successful life, not by providing a -nurse to carry and feed him half a century, but by teaching him the -art of self-development, which makes him capable and masterly. - -In the great problem of Southern reconstruction, which is so -slowly being solved, two parties feel themselves in danger. The -colored man finds himself at an immense disadvantage amid the -prejudices, the ambitions, the wider experience, the superior -knowledge and skill of the whites. The old yoke is removed, but -his new life is oppressed with a thousand petty exactions, which -the strong are always able to make upon the weak. With the ballot -thrust into his hands, he hardly knows how to use it wisely, and -suspects that it may be snatched from him again. - -Now this outward guardianship of law and force has been needed; -just as the transplanted flower needs special shelter and the -upholding aid of the stick to which it is tied, _until_ its -vital power can build it into independent strength. It is still -necessary, to a certain degree, though God’s providence is fast -showing us that law and force can do but a transient work for the -race, and must soon be superseded by something better; and that -something better is the development of the colored man himself into -wisdom, and capability, and moral power. - -The only permanent safety for the blacks is in their intellectual -and religious education. A weak race, helpless in its ignorance and -corrupted by immorality, will always be kept down. The ambitious -and intense desires of those who are wiser and stronger will -take advantage of its weakness, and will crowd it to the wall. -No legislation can prevent the working of this natural law in -the struggle for prosperity. But a strong race, with vigorous, -well-disciplined minds, balanced with virtue, will always hold its -own in the world. Cobden used to say that he must see a Turkish -ship, wholly built, equipt and manned by Turks, sailing from a -Turkish port, and freighted with genuine products of Turkish -manufactures; and then, and not till then, would he believe in -Palmerston’s dream of Turkish regeneration. So when the colored man -shows by his deeds that he is able to do all that a white man can -do, he will hold his footing of equality secure. The race is to be -tested by results. - -The political safety and social elevation of the negro race depend -on the resolution, patience and enterprise with which it takes up -this work of self-development. And the only way the friends of -the black man can permanently protect him, is to help him gain -this inward power. The primer and the Testament, well used, will -be a better paladium than Congressional enactments. The grammar -schools and colleges, the industrial and theological schools, and -the churches, where a more reasonable and sober religion may be -taught them, will do more to secure their rights as freemen than a -standing army can do. - -The other party, looking out for “rocks ahead,” is the nation -itself. Victorious in the struggle for its very existence, it -has been ever since in constant perplexity as to the way of -readjustment which would make its future safe. For a dozen years -the Southern question has been one of commanding interest and -momentous importance. The wisdom of our statesmen has been taxed to -the utmost to avert calamities continually impending. But although -time, and the steady purpose of the North to have equal rights -for all recognized and enforced everywhere, and the new policy -of pacification, have done much to change the perilous condition -of things, and bring quiet, the danger is by no means gone. It -has changed its complexion, but it lurks there still. The dense -ignorance, the wide spread immorality, the pride of blood, the -antagonism of races, the prevalence of mischievous notions about -capital and labor, the indolence and “shiftlessness” of great -numbers of the working class, the ambitions that will seize and -manipulate these diverse elements with shrewdness and trained -skill, still exist all over the great South, and are likely to make -it a turbulent caldron of contentious elements for years to come. -Race conflicts and class feuds are likely to arise, and sectional -hatreds are ready to break out again, with new danger to the whole -country. - -How can the nation protect itself against such dangers? Only by -this method of self-development. The South must become homogeneous -in itself, and harmonious with the North by the spread of -intelligence and right principles. Education and a reasonable -religion will bring all up to a higher level, break down walls of -difference, give broader and better ideas. They would so change -the whole structure of Southern society, and unify its various -elements, that the causes of dissension that now exist would exist -no longer. - -The American Missionary Association, then, is giving to the colored -race its best and only permanent protection. It helps the black -man to develop his inward power, so that his defence shall be in -himself. And its work is the nation’s safeguard, for by promoting -intelligence, integrity and moral power throughout the South, it -increases the elements that alone make a Republic safe. Every -motive of philanthropy and patriotism urges us to push forward its -work more earnestly. - -MADISON, WIS. - - * * * * * - - -EDUCABILITY OF THE BLACKS. - -BY A VIRGINIA COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT. - -The great mistake most people make, in regard to the education -of the negro, is that too much is expected in a short time. -Education in its broad sense is by no means confined to the study -of text-books, however well these may be learned. It takes a -generation to correct evil tendencies and predilections, and the -fruits of a systematic course of instruction do not appear at once. -It takes time to do this; and not only is this true of the negro -race, but of all other races as well. The entire history of our -foreign missionary efforts goes to prove this. It would be folly to -argue that no effort should be made to enlighten and Christianize -the heathen, because the fruits were not apparent in a few years. -This is just the case with the negroes among us. Although they have -been in contact (in a certain sense) with the white race for a -considerable period, yet no systematic or general effort has been -made for instructing their minds or educating them in morals. - -Having for the past six or eight years had abundant opportunity -to compare the relative advantages of our system of public -education on the white and colored races, I am free to say that, -considering the advantages of the former over the latter, I am as -much encouraged to go on with the effort to instruct the blacks -as the whites. It is true that where intellect is concerned, the -white greatly excels, but it is not so with regard to memory. The -colored pupil memorizes as rapidly as the white, but lacks the -faculty of applying the things learned to everyday life; and I am -of opinion that this will remain so for a considerable time—till -habits of thought and individuality of ideas are educated. A great -deal depends upon home influences; and here the colored pupil is -decidedly at a disadvantage, and must remain so till home influence -is changed to a great extent. These are general rules, to which -there are noticeable and valuable exceptions. Take, for instance, -the graduates of Hampton Normal School, and they make not only -better men and women in a general sense, but better for every -special calling in after-life. This, however, is due in a great -degree to the constant drill, the daily systematic exercises, the -thoroughly qualified instructors, and to their separation for the -time from associations with the vulgar. - -It is gravely contended by some, whose opinions are worth a good -deal, that the negro is below the white man because of deficiency -of cerebral matter, and that an examination of the brain will -demonstrate this average deficiency by weight or cubic inches. I -do not know whether this is true or not, but this I have observed, -and have had abundant evidence of, that the average colored pupil -will, and does, keep pace in learning with the average white, _if -the white associations are the same as the colored_, i.e., if the -parents and kinsfolk or acquaintances of the white are as ignorant -and ill-bred as the black. All things being equal, the black will -outstrip the white in acquiring knowledge and applying it. I have -noticed a greater facility for rising above caste in the colored -youth than in the white. - R. W. P. - - * * * * * - - -CAMPAIGN IN CONNECTICUT. - -DIST. SEC’Y, POWELL OF CHICAGO. - -Perhaps it may interest some of the “MISSIONARY’S” readers to learn -a little concerning the speaking campaign in which Rev. G. D. Pike, -Rev. Temple Cutler, of Chattanooga, and myself, have been engaged -the past few weeks in Connecticut. For the gratification of such I -send you the following sketch: - -Our first meeting was a convention—Greenwich the place, and the -afternoon of Tuesday, Oct. 30, the time. We met in the church; the -audience was small but representative, and as our object was to -talk to people whose _weight_ rather than number was to be taken -into the account, we had no reason to complain of our send-off. -Four churches greeted us in this meeting. Rev. Chas. R. Treat, -son of the late revered Secretary of the American Board, gave us -cordial welcome, and spoke words of hearty endorsement of our work -and mission. At Norwalk we held a convention similar in character, -and, so far as appearances went, similar in results. Rev. Messrs. -Hamilton, Dunning and Bradford were present, and despite a -rain storm that had set in with violence and long continuing -determination, we had a good audience. “Come again,” said the -brethren, “and you shall have a rousing reception”—a remark which -in substance we heard at many other places, and a remark which I -interpret to mean—“You can count on us as co-workers with you in -your grand work.” There is inspiration in such interpretation, and -with such co-workers as Norwalk and South Norwalk contain, we can -rightfully jot down our visit to Norwalk as a success. - -Our next meeting was in Danbury, the home of the “News-Man.” We -did not notice that he was present, and, for that matter, we could -hardly see that there was any other man. Nobody was to blame. The -_dryness_ of the news-man’s jokes, I presume, has had such an -effect upon the citizens of Danbury that they have not even the -ordinary love of mortals for wet weather; but, were it otherwise, -they were excusable for not coming out “to hear about missions” on -that particular night. Noah’s Deluge was distantly suggested by -that terrible and incessant down-pour of rain. We went through with -our meeting, however, and it did seem as though Brother Cutler, -extracting courage out of desperation, was bound to do his very -best. The memory of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, beneath -whose frowning battlements stands his home at Chattanooga, must -have been vivid, for “he carried the night.” Rev. Mr. Hough, just -home from Detroit and Syracuse, weary from the long journey, and -suffering from a severe cold, ought to have stayed at home, but his -determination to give us at least an audience of _one_ brought him -out, even at the peril of his health. - -Our first Sabbath was spent in New Haven. At nine o’clock in the -morning we met the students of the Theological Seminary. Had I -remained silent and Mr. Pike taken all the time, the students would -have had occasion to be under obligation to me. He was in good -trim, full of his subject, and effective in speech. Africa was his -theme, and he handled it in such a way as to hold the continuous -attention of the young men. During the day we spoke in several -of the pulpits, and in the evening held a “Union Meeting” in the -Center Church, which was well attended. The venerable Dr. Bacon was -in his chair in the pulpit, as the “Emeritus” pastor of the church; -Rev. Dr. Noble, the present pastor, and Rev. Dr. Hawes, of the -North Church, were also on the platform, while the presence of Rev. -Messrs. Todd, Williams and other ministers in the audience, showed -that it was really a union meeting. The work, needs and claims -of the A. M. A., I think, were clearly presented and discussed; -though, judging from a report in one of the Monday papers, things -were rather mixed; for example, one of us was represented as saying -that “the colored people are going down to eternity, and if nothing -is done by the people in the North they will drag the white people -with them”—a very alarming statement surely, and well calculated -to fire the popular heart, but I cannot find that either of my -companions acknowledges its authorship, and I don’t quite like to -assume it myself. The reporter must have been experimenting with -a telephone. On Monday, the ministers very kindly accorded us a -hearing. - -We were indulging the hope that at last we had entered upon -the favorable time for our meetings. New Haven had furnished -us something of a field day, and strong desire, stimulated by -encouragement, was shooting out into confidence; but that “one -swallow does not make a summer”—a trite old adage we are in danger -of forgetting just when we should remember it, was forcefully -brought to our minds as we went to New Milford. The storm king came -out in full force, with wind and rain, to give us welcome, and -right pitilessly did he continue to rage all the night long. We -hastily took back all we had thought and said about Danbury. There -we had merely a distant suggestion of Noah’s Deluge—here we had an -advance section of the genuine thing; yet so thoroughly had Rev. -Mr. Bonar advertised our coming, and so strongly urged his people -to attend, that we had a goodly number out to hear us. - -We struck Waterbury on election day; still the union of the two -churches, under the lead of Rev. Messrs. Beckwith and Anderson, -furnished us with a fine congregation and a profitable meeting. -These brethren are both in special sympathy with the work of our -Association. At Norfolk, elevated thirteen hundred and sixty -feet above the level of the sea, we encountered the opposition -of a minstrel troupe, which paraded the town with a brass band -just about the time our meeting was to commence. It affected our -audience very little, however, as the church-going people in that -region are not given to such things. A well filled house greeted -us, and with the aid of Pastor Gleason, whose earnest words gave -us welcome and introduction, we had what appeared to be a very -interesting meeting. - -Winsted favored us with another rainy reception, but a fair -audience, while a well trained choir was present, which, by the -excellent rendering of an introductory anthem, as one of the -newspapers facetiously put it, “gave tone to the meeting.” - -New Britain was the next place, and may be noted as the turning -point in the adverse circumstances attending the Connecticut -campaign. A pleasant evening and a large audience here greeted us, -and an interest evoked that was decidedly manifest. From this time -onward until the last day, which proved rainy, we had good weather, -and, with only one or at most two exceptions, well-attended -meetings. What has been said regarding the co-operation we received -from the ministers in the preceding places is true of all. -Everywhere the ministers gave us cordial help, and to them is owing -very largely the success of our meetings. Milford, Manchester, -Glastonbury, Southington, Colchester, Danielsonville, New London -and Stonington are the remaining places visited on week days; -Bridgeport, Wethersfield, Hartford, Berlin, Wallingford and Meriden -on Sundays. In Bridgeport, we had a hearing in all four of the -churches, with a union meeting in the evening. In Hartford, three -of the churches—Pearl street, Fourth and Dr. Burton’s—gave us -audience. Mr. Cutler spoke in the morning at Wethersfield, greatly -enjoying the service by reason of the three-mile walk he took in -order to reach the church, and yet he does not speak in favor of -ministers taking such walks. He thinks the Scripture is right in -saying that “bodily exercise profiteth little.” As just intimated, -the last day of the campaign in Connecticut, Sunday, Nov. 25, was -rainy. The closing meeting was held in Meriden. It was a union -meeting of the First and Second Churches, Rev. Messrs. Hall and -Hungerford entering heartily into it. A good audience braved the -storm, and gave interested attention to our message. - -We contemplate a short campaign in Massachusetts during the month -of December, of which I may give some account in the future. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - - * * * * * - -DEAR S. S. FRIENDS: - -The other day I heard one of our teachers say, “I’d rather anybody -would be really blunt, if he means what he says, than ever so fine, -if I cannot depend upon him.” Yesterday, I heard another teacher -say, “Mrs. J. is not deceitful enough to be decent.” - -Now I know I ought not to write you a sermon, but these two -sayings, like texts, will stay in my mind when I think of you. - -A good many of you have been to school enough to study U. S. -history, and you remember about the stern old Puritan who settled -in New England and the Cavalier who settled in the South. Well, we -Puritan Yankees, many of whom have been taught to feel that it is a -sin even to greet an acquaintance with “I’m glad to see you,” when -for some reason we cannot be glad at heart, are very much annoyed -when we come South, by being so often deceived, because we cannot -tell how much allowance to make for expressions which were intended -only to please. For instance, I explain a difficult problem, -and ask if it is understood. “Yes, ma’am,” is the prompt reply. -Surprised, as well as delighted, at the brightness of my pupil, I -ask, “Are you sure you understand perfectly?” “Yes, ma’am,” with as -much assurance as before. The next day I assign the problem to the -confident pupil, and he knows nothing about it. Or, a pupil comes -to me for assistance in a problem. I give it, and he replies: “I -started to do it that way, but thought it was wrong.” Of course, -such a strange thing as thinking we were wrong when we were right, -could not happen very often. But when the same words—“I started to -do it that way, but thought it was wrong,” and other expressions -equally suspicious, are often repeated, with what weight they come -to fall upon our hearts, almost burying our hope and courage as we -see how hard it is to be simply true. - -So you see there was some reason for my first friend’s saying she -preferred honesty to refinement. - -Now, perhaps some frank, brave little boy or girl is thinking—I’m -not deceitful; I always say what I think, whether people like it -or not. My dear little friend, do not be too proud of that honest -tongue! Does not the same Bible that teaches us to be truthful, -also say, “Be courteous,” and “Be ye kind!” Need I be either a -severe Puritan or an insincere Cavalier? You see we old people -cannot help feeling that somehow these Puritans and Cavaliers -helped to make people believe that one must either be blunt and -honest or refined and deceitful. It is a great pity that we should -ever think beautiful, lovely Truth, must always speak cold or -cutting words. - -Now we ought not to fret because we cannot make everything straight -in this crooked world, but should we not be a great deal happier if -every man and woman and boy and girl who speaks the truth, would -always speak it kindly and courteously; and if every one who is -truly polite would always be thoroughly truthful? When that time -comes, no one will ever think of making such a strange remark as -my second friend did yesterday—“She is not deceitful enough to be -decent.” - -MRS. T. N. CHASE. - -ATLANTA, GA. - - * * * * * - - - - -RECEIPTS. - - - * * * * * - - MAINE, $186.92. - - Bangor. Hammond St. Soc. $53.18, and Sab. Sch. - $25.; First Parish $16.19. “A Friend” $2.; - Central Ch. Sab. Sch. $25 $122.17 - Belfast. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.50 - Dennysville. Peter E. Vose, Box of C., val. $40 - Machias. “L.” of Centre St. Ch. 10.00 - Milltown. Miss. F. M. A. 0.25 - Norridgewock. Hattie Boardman, Bbl. of C. - Searsport. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - Woolwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $9; Mrs. J. P. - Frott $2 11.00 - West Newfield. Samuel C. Adams 10.00 - - - NEW HAMPSHIRE, $632.53. - - Acworth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.00 - Amherst, L. & L. K. Melendy, _for Wilmington, - N. C._ 300.00 - Centre Harbor. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.68 - Fisherville. J. C. Martin, $5.; Geo. S. - Meseroe, $2 7.00 - Great Falls. First Cong. Ch. 47.00 - Keene. Second Cong. Sab. Sch. 50.00 - Lempster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00 - Milford. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 60.00 - New London. Mrs. L. M. Trussell (deceased) by - Mary K. Trussell, $10.; M. K. T. 25c. 10.25 - Plymouth. Cong Ch. and Soc. 14.26 - Rindge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.87 - Salmon Falls. Cong. Ch., _for Wilmington, N. - C._ 15.00 - Sanbornton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - Sullivan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 - Temple. Cong. Sab. Sch. 22.70 - West Lebanon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.50 - Wilton. Second Cong. Ch. 6.27 - - - VERMONT, $1,489.96. - - Castleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. M. - CASWELL, L. M. 32.65 - Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 42.24 - Danville. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00 - Essex Junction. E. T. M 1.00 - Johnson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 7.00 - Manchester. One case C. - North Ferrisburgh. ESTATE of Sylvia Dean, by - J. M. Dean, Ex. 15.00 - Pittsford. Mrs. Nancy P. Humphrey 10.00 - Roxbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $14., and Sab. - Sch. $6 20.00 - Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 44.48 - Saint Johnsbury. “Friends of Missions” 1000.00 - St. Johnsbury. ESTATE of Erastus Fairbanks 250.00 - Saxtons River. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $16.50, _for - paper_, $1.50 18.00 - Waits River. J. F. W. 0.50 - West Hartford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.25 - Woodstock. Hon. Frederick Billings $25; First - Cong. Ch. and Soc. $5; Cong. Sab. Sch. $4.84 34.84 - - - MASSACHUSETTS, $3,556.17. - - Acton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 - Andover. Hastings H. Hart 3.00 - Athol. Mrs. D. A. Bowker 5.00 - Auburndale. Rev. J. M. 0.50 - Belchertown. Cong. Sab. Sch. 15.00 - Boston. Shawmut Cong. Ch. and Soc. $600.15; - Mrs. N. B. Curtis $200; “A Friend” $5; Mount - Vernon Ch. (ad’l) $2 807.15 - Boston Highlands. Elliot Ch. and Soc. $68.85, - Immanuel Ch. and Soc. $50 118.85 - Boxborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.50 - Boxford. Mrs. G. P. 0.25 - Boylston Centre. Ladies of Cong Ch., bbl. of - C., and $1 _for freight_ 1.00 - Bradford. Young Ladies of Bradford Sem. $10 - _for Atlanta, Ga._; “A Friend” $5 15.00 - Brimfield. Mrs. P. C. Browning $10; J. A. - Upham $3 13.00 - Cambridgeport. Ladies Aux. $19.25; J. S. P. - 50c. 19.75 - Concord. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 37.50 - Conway. Mrs. O. S. 1.00 - Dana. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.00 - Dorchester. Mrs. R. M. L. 0.25 - Dracut. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 - Fitchburgh. Cal. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $183 to - const. REV. S. J. STEWART, L. M. 183.00 - Fitchburg. ESTATE of Deborah Snow 6.68 - Great Barrington. “A. C. T.” 1.00 - Hatchville. Mrs. V. H. 1.00 - Harvard. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 36.50 - Harwich Port. Rev. J. R. Munsell 5.00 - Hopkinton. Cong. Sab. Sch. $26, bbl. of C. 26.00 - Jamaica Plain. “A Friend.” 20.00 - Lynnfield Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.25 - Matfield. Mrs. S. D. Shaw 2.25 - Merrimac. John K. Sargent $3, Chas. N. Sargent - $2 5.00 - Millbury. First Cong. Sab. Sch. $25, _for - Student Aid_, M.D. Garfield $5 30.00 - Newbury. Ladies of First Parish, bbl. of C. - _for Selma, Ala._ - Newburyport. Mrs. J. C. Cleaveland bbl. of C., - val. $60.50, _for Talladega_, and $3 _for - freight_ 3.00 - New Marlborough. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.80 - Northampton. “A Friend.” 200.00 - Northborough. Ladies’ Sewing Circle, bbl. of - C. _for Atlanta, Ga._ - North Brookfield. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 63.87 - Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 32.00 - Phillipston. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., bbl. of C., - val. $33.60, and $3 _for freight_ 3.00 - Princeton. Mrs. James Pratt, p’k’g of papers - Reading. Mrs. S. P. W. 1.00 - Rockland. Mrs. A. S. Reed, to const. MRS. - HORACE W. STUDLEY, L. M. 30.00 - Royalston. Joseph Estabrook 10.00 - South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - South Deerfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. - C. B. TILTON, L. M. 30.00 - South Hadley. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 51.00 - South Natick. John Eliot Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.00 - Templeton. Mrs. Marier P. Sabin and “A Friend” - $5 ea. 10.00 - Wakefield. Mrs. A. S. 0.25 - Warren. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MYRON L. - HENRY and GEORGE E. PUTNEY, L. M.’s 68.40 - Waltham. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.54 - Watertown. Miss E. A. Linsley, by Corban Soc., - $10; E. S. P. 50c. 10.50 - Wenham. Dr. J. L. R. 0.25 - Westhampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.00 - Whitinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 1,305.50 - Wilmington. Mrs. Susan Bancroft 8.00 - Winchendon. North Cong. Sab. Sch. 27.03 - Worcester. Union Ch. $114.10; Old South Cong. - Ch. and Soc. $50; Piedmont Cong. Ch. $24.50; - Rev. J. M. R. Eaton and wife $10; Mrs. John - B. Gough, bbl. of C. 198.60 - - - RHODE ISLAND, $414. - - Central Falls. Cong. Ch. 289.00 - Providence. Beneficient Cong. Ch. 125.00 - - - CONNECTICUT, $675.19. - - Ansonia. “J. J.” 1.00 - Bridgeport. Park St. Ch. (ad’l) to const. - PHILO J. PIERCE, MRS. WILLIAM MILLER and - CALVIN H. STUDLEY, L. M.’s 74.31 - Deep River. Cong. Soc. 16.25 - Durham. “A Friend” $5; Mrs. Olive Merwin $2; - Gaylord Newton $5 12.00 - Ellsworth. Cong. Ch. 9.40 - Enfield. First Cong. Ch. 33.64 - Guilford. Third Cong. Ch. $50.26; “A Friend” - $30, to const. MRS. LUCY E. DUDLEY, L. M. 80.26 - Mansfield. Second. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.33 - Morris. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.00 - New Haven. “A Friend in Centre Ch.” $5; E. F. - S. 50c. 5.50 - Norwalk. First Cong. Ch. 52.40 - Plainville. Cong. Sab. Sch. to const. - CHAS. LAWRENCE, L. M. 30.00 - Preston City. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 32.50 - South Norwalk. Cong. Sab. Sch. $100; F. N. $1 101.00 - Southport. Rebecca Pennell 5.00 - Stonington. Cong. Ch. 64.72 - Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 55.38 - Washingten. “A Few Friends” 12.50 - Waterbury. “A Friend” 30.00 - Wethersfield. “A Lady” 25.00 - West Killingly. Isaac T. Hutchins 5.00 - Westport. Amsey Warren 5.00 - Windsor. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - - - NEW YORK, $802.31. - - Camden. “A Friend” 1.00 - Brasher Falls. Elijah Wood 15.00 - Brooklyn. Julius Davenport, $50; Mrs. Lewis - Tappan $10 60.00 - Buffalo. W. G. Bancroft 200.00 - Elmira. Park Ch. Sab. Sch., _for the debt_ 60.00 - Evans. Individuals, _for mag._ 1.00 - Gaines. M. & B. H. 0.50 - Grandby Centre. J. C. Harrington 10.00 - Gouverneur. Eli Mix 15.00 - Hamilton. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., _for the - debt_ 30.00 - Hopkinton. Cong. Ch. 8.87 - Kingsborough. J. W. 1.00 - Oriskany. Mrs. L. B. Porter $5; Rev. S. F. and - L. H. Porter $5 10.00 - New York. Rev. L. D. Bevan, D.D., $50, _for - the debt_; Mrs. Hannah Ireland $50; Rev.C. - P. Bush, D.D., $5.00; “A Friend” $5, - for rebuilding, and bundle of C. 110.00 - Parma. Ezekiel Clark, deceased, by Mrs. Clark 5.00 - Penn Yan. Chas. C. Sheppard 150.00 - Poughkeepsie. First Reformed Ch. 10.12 - Poughquag. E. W. S. 0.25 - Ransomville. John Powley 5.00 - Rodman. John S. Sill 5.00 - Saratoga Springs. Nathan Hickok 2.00 - Sherburne. First Cong. Ch. 59.57 - Spencerport. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $17; Mary E. - Dyer $10 27.00 - West Chazy. Rev. L. Prindle 5.00 - Westport. Mrs. A. M. S. 1.00 - ——. “A Friend” 10.00 - - - PENNSYLVANIA, $85.00. - - Clark. Mrs. Elizabeth and Miss Eliza Dickson 30.00 - Norristown. Mary W. Cook 10.00 - Pittsburgh. 6th Ward Mission Sab. - Sch.,connected with Third Presb. Ch., _for - Student Talladega C._ 15.00 - Washington. “A Friend of the Freedmen” 30.00 - - - OHIO, $206.49. - - Castalia. Cong. Ch. 10.43 - Berlin Heights. Cong. Ch. 4.00 - Brighton. Mrs. L. A. Strong 5.00 - East Toledo. Cong. Ch. 11.00 - Edinburgh. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $16.50.;Mrs. A. - Hayden $5 21.50 - Harmar. Cong. Ch. 60.06 - Harrison. John D. Bowles 10.00 - Mansfield. E. Sturges, Sen. 50.00 - Mechanicstown. Mrs. S. M. 0.50 - Nelson. Dea. Harvey Pike 10.00 - Windham. T. Wales 5.00 - Wooster. Daniel Bates 2.00 - Parisville. Welsh Cong. Ch. $15.30, - incorrectly ack. in Dec. paper from - Painseville. - Pittsville. Cong. Ch. 4.00 - Sheffield. Cong. Ch. 13.00 - - - INDIANA, $2.00. - - Versailles. J. O. Nichols 2.00 - - - ILLINOIS, $1,465.23. - - Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 17.00 - Chicago. New England Cong. Ch. (of which$5 - _for Straight U._) $127.42; Philo - Carpenter$5; W. C. Grant $5, _for Atlanta U._ 237.42 - Crystle Lake. ESTATE of Simon S. Gates, by Wm. - D. Gates, Ex. 1,000.00 - Bunker Hill. “Mrs. S. V. M. Q.” 10.00 - Buda. Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Downer’s Grove. J. W. Bushnell 5.00 - Farmington. Phineas Chapman 44.00 - Granville. First Cong. Ch. 80.26 - Griggsville. J. Green 5.25 - Ivanhoe. Mrs. L. C. S. 1.00 - Lee Centre. Cong. Ch. $13.30, and Sab.Sch. $3 16.30 - Ouargo. Mrs. L. C. Foster 100.00 - Rockford. Ladies’ Soc. of First Cong. Ch., _for - Student, Talladega C._ 12.00 - Sheffield. First Cong. Ch., _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 15.00 - Wheaton. Cong. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., 2 bbls. and - 1 box of C., val. $54.60, by Mrs.H. W. Cobb, - _for Savannah, Ga._ - Woodburn. Cong. Ch. 2.00 - - - MICHIGAN, $998.35. - - Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. 2.00 - Clare. Mary E. Norris 5.00 - Covert. Cong. Ch. and Soc.; M. C. Coll. 2.62 - Detroit. First Cong. Ch. $337.24; Mrs. Z.Eddy, - $10; Edith Eddy, Alice M. Eddy and Mrs. G. F. - Milton $5 ea.: “A Friend” 50c.; Mrs. C. C. - Foote $25, _for a Teacher_ 387.74 - Detroit, ESTATE of Mrs. Harriet Stewart 225.10 - Dorr. First Cong. Ch. 6.00 - East Riverton. Mrs. J. S. Barnes 3.00 - East Saginaw. Mrs. Miram Seymour 5.00 - Grand Blanc. Cong. Ch. $13; Cong. Sab.Sch. - $20, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 33.00 - Greenville. Cong. Ch. 54.50 - Jackson. First Cong. Ch. 53.00 - Joyfield. Coll. by Rev. J. S. Fisher 10.20 - Kalamazoo. J. W. S. 0.25 - Lowell. Jeremiah Stanard 200.00 - Mancelona. Cong. Ch. 0.86 - New Haven. Cong. Ch. 3.60 - St. Johns. Cong. Ch. 4.72 - Union City. Mrs. L. Hungerford, bbl of C., val. - $25, _for New Orleans_, and 60c. _for freight_ 0.60 - Westwood. Cong. Ch. 1.16 - - - WISCONSIN, $177.25. - - Appleton. Mrs. Minnie Pfenning $5; others$2, - _for Atlanta U._ 7.00 - Barabos. Cong. Ch. 8.50 - Beloit. First Cong. Ch. 21.30 - Bristol and Paris. Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Dartford. Cong. Ch. 7.45 - Eau Claire. W. W. C. 1.00 - Fort Howard. Mrs. C. L. A. Tank 50.00 - Genesee. Cong. Ch. 8.00 - Janesville. L. P. L. 1.00 - La Crosse. First Cong. Ch. 30.00 - Milwaukee. E. B., _for Atlanta U._ 1.00 - River Falls. Wm. M. Newcomb $10; S.Wales $2 12.00 - ——. “A Friend” 10.00 - - - IOWA, $195.48. - - Belleplain. J. P. Henry $10; Rev. David Lane $5 15.00 - Castalia. W. H. Baker, to const. MRS. - HARRIET P. CLARK, L. M. 45.00 - Cincinnati. Cong. Ch. 2.25 - College Springs. Cong. Ch. 8.20 - Corning. Cong. Ch. 3.00 - Council Bluffs. Cong. Ch. 22.72 - Denmark. Cong. Ch. 57.17 - Emerson. Mrs. E. H. D. F. 1.00 - Lewis. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.44 - Maquoketa. Missionary Soc. of Cong. Ch. 23.20 - Prairie City. First Cong. Ch. 4.50 - Waverly. Cong. Ch. 8.00 - - - MINNESOTA, $112.23. - - Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 17.47 - Northfield. Cong. Ch. 43.99 - Winona. First Cong. Ch. 50.77 - - - NEBRASKA, $32. - - Beatrice. Melinda Bowen 5.00 - Nebraska City. “A friend” $10; Woman’s Miss. - Soc. of First Cong. Ch. $5; K. U. S.S. Class - $2, _for Cal. Chinese M._ 17.00 - Strahenburg. Pilgrim Ch. $5; “A Friend”$5 10.00 - - - OREGON, $20. - - Eugene. Mrs. L. W. Judkins 20.00 - - - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $10. - - Washington. Mrs. A. N. Bailey 10.00 - - - TENNESSEE, $432.75. - - Memphis. Le Moyne School 101.00 - Nashville. Fisk University 281.75 - - - NORTH CAROLINA, $208.59. - - Raleigh. Public Fund $200; Washington Sch. $8.59 208.59 - - - SOUTH CAROLINA, $201.13. - - Charleston. Avery Inst. 201.13 - - - GEORGIA, $313.65. - - Atlanta. Atlanta University $91.40; Rev.Joseph - Smith $25, _for Student Aid_ 116.40 - Macon. Lewis High School 47.25 - Savannah. Rent 150.00 - - - ALABAMA, $240. - - Selma. Rent $100; Cong. Ch. $3.20 103.20 - Talladega. Talladega College 136.80 - - - LOUISIANA, $79.50. - - New Orleans. Straight University 79.50 - - - DOMINION OF CANADA, $20.52. - - Toronto. J. Thorn ($10 of which _for - Cal. Chinese M._) 20.52 - - - HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, $1,000. - - “A Friend” 1,000.00 - —————————— - Total $13,507.25 - Total from Oct. 1st to Nov. 30th $24.789.12 - - H. W. HUBBARD, - _Ass’t Treas._ - - * * * * * - - - - -Constitution of the American Missionary Association. - -INCORPORATED JANUARY 30, 1849. - - - * * * * * - -ART. I. This Society shall be called “THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY -ASSOCIATION.” - -ART. II. The object of this Association shall be to conduct -Christian missionary and educational operations, and diffuse a -knowledge of the Holy Scriptures in our own and other countries -which are destitute of them, or which present open and urgent -fields of effort. - -ART. III. Any person of evangelical sentiments,[A] who professes -faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is not a slaveholder, or in the -practice of other immoralities, and who contributes to the funds, -may become a member of the Society; and by the payment of thirty -dollars, a life member; provided, that children and others who have -not professed their faith may be constituted life members without -the privilege of voting. - -ART. IV. This Society shall meet annually, in the month of -September, October or November, for the election of officers and -the transaction of other business at such time and place as shall -be designated by the Executive Committee. - -ART. V. The annual meeting shall be constituted of the regular -officers and members of the Society at the time of such meeting, -and of delegates from churches, local missionary societies, -and other co-operating bodies—each body being entitled to one -representative. - -ART. VI. The officers of the Society shall be a President, Vice -Presidents, a Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretaries, -Treasurer, two Auditors, and an Executive Committee of not less -than twelve, of which the Corresponding Secretaries shall be -advisory, and the Treasurer ex-officio, members. - -ART. VII. To the Executive Committee shall belong the collecting -and disbursing of funds; the appointing, counselling, sustaining -and dismissing (for just and sufficient reasons) missionaries and -agents; the selection of missionary fields; and, in general, the -transaction of all such business as usually appertains to the -executive committees of missionary and other benevolent societies; -the Committee to exercise no ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the -missionaries; and its doings to be subject always to the revision -of the annual meeting, which shall, by a reference mutually -chosen, always entertain the complaints of any aggrieved agent or -missionary; and the decision of such reference shall be final. - -The Executive Committee shall have authority to fill all vacancies -occurring among the officers between the regular annual meetings; -to apply, if they see fit, to any State Legislature for acts of -incorporation; to fix the compensation, where any is given, of all -officers, agents, missionaries, or others in the employment of the -Society; to make provision, if any, for disabled missionaries, and -for the widows and children of such as are deceased; and to call, -in all parts of the country, at their discretion, special and -general conventions of the friends of missions, with a view to the -diffusion of the missionary spirit, and the general and vigorous -promotion of the missionary work. - -Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for -transacting business. - -ART. VIII. This society, in collecting funds, in appointing -officers, agents and missionaries, and in selecting fields -of labor, and conducting the missionary work, will endeavor -particularly to discountenance slavery, by refusing to receive the -known fruits of unrequited labor, or to welcome to its employment -those who hold their fellow-beings as slaves. - -ART. IX. Missionary bodies, churches or individuals agreeing to -the principles of this Society, and wishing to appoint and sustain -missionaries of their own, shall be entitled to do so through the -agency of the Executive Committee, on terms mutually agreed upon. - -ART. X. No amendment shall be made in this Constitution without -the concurrence of two thirds of the members present at a regular -annual meeting; nor unless the proposed amendment has been -submitted to a previous meeting, or to the Executive Committee in -season to be published by them (as it shall be their duty to do, if -so submitted) in the regular official notifications of the meeting. - -FOOTNOTE: - -[A] By evangelical sentiments, we understand, among others, a -belief in the guilty and lost condition of all men without a -Saviour; the Supreme Deity, Incarnation and Atoning Sacrifice -of Jesus Christ, the only Saviour of the world; the necessity -of regeneration by the Holy Spirit, repentance, faith and holy -obedience in order to salvation; the immortality of the soul; and -the retributions of the judgment in the eternal punishment of the -wicked, and salvation of the righteous. - - * * * * * - - - - -_The American Missionary Association._ - - - * * * * * - - -AIM AND WORK. - -To preach the Gospel to the poor. 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