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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. 02, February, 1878 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: September 17, 2016 [EBook #53065] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, FEBRUARY 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. 2. - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” - - * * * * * - - FEBRUARY, 1878. - - - - - _CONTENTS_: - - - EDITORIAL. - - PARAGRAPHS 33 - GIFTS FROM THE FIELD 34 - AFRICAN EVANGELIZATION 35 - LIFE OF EDWARD NORRIS KIRK, D.D. 36 - NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES 37 - CENTRAL SOUTH CONFERENCE—IS THE NEGRO - DYING OUT? 38 - AFRICAN EMIGRATION 39 - INDIAN NOTES 41 - CHINESE NOTES 43 - - NEW APPOINTMENTS. - THE SOUTHERN FIELD 44 - AMONG THE CHINESE—AMONG THE INDIANS—MENDI - MISSION, WEST AFRICA 48 - - AFRICA. - - OUR NEW MISSIONARIES 48 - KAW MENDI, SHERBRO, W. AFRICA. REV. J. - M. WILLIAMS 49 - - COMMUNICATIONS. - - POETRY. “Christ in the Person of the Poor.” - —REPLACING THE BURNED BUILDINGS 50 - CAMPAIGN IN MASSACHUSETTS. DIST. SEC’Y - POWELL, OF CHICAGO 51 - AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. From - the _Fisk Expositor_ 53 - - THE CHILDREN’S PAGE 54 - - RECEIPTS 55 - - CONSTITUTION 59 - - WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, &c. 60 - - * * * * * - - NEW YORK: - - Published by the American Missionary Association, - - ROOMS, 56 READE STREET. - - * * * * * - - Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance. - - * * * * * - - A. Anderson, Printer, 28 Frankfort St. - - - - - _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. FEBRUARY, 1878. No. 2. - - * * * * * - - - - -_American Missionary Association._ - - - * * * * * - - -We desire to express our grateful appreciation of the kind -notices with which “THE MISSIONARY” in its new form -has been received, especially by the newspapers edited under -Congregational auspices. Their relations to us have always been of -the pleasantest, and their readiness to do us favors has been a -constant help and encouragement. May their circulation never grow -less! - - * * * * * - -We are daily receiving enclosures of twenty-five cents, as payment -for the MISSIONARY for 1878. We trust that the receipt of the -January number, and the present form of the magazine, will monthly -remind our friends that _a quarter of a dollar only pays for half -a year_. Please send the other quarter, all who have made this -mistake. - - * * * * * - -The Belleville Avenue Congregational Church of Newark, N. J., -and the Congregational Church at Mount Carmel, Conn., have -already accepted our proposition to send 100 copies of the -MISSIONARY for the year to one address for $30.00. Other -churches and neighborhoods are canvassing for it; who will go and -do likewise? We want readers, and those who pay something for the -magazine will read it. A letter, enclosing his subscription, from -a Presbyterian minister, says that he can secure the information -he desires in regard to the Southern field and work from no other -source. - - * * * * * - -We welcome with special pleasure to our table, the first number -of the _Fisk Expositor_, published at Fisk University, Nashville, -Tenn., from which we give an extract on another page. It is an -additional witness to the devotion and enterprise, with which -our professors and teachers are working in all directions, to -extend their influence for the information and enlightenment -of those among whom they labor. This is another of a group of -such publications, among which are the _Southern Workman_, of -Hampton, the _Southern Sentinel_, of Talladega, and the _Straight -Occasional_, of New Orleans. They are full of information as to the -work of these institutions, and of valuable discussions of topics -of interest and importance to the colored people of the land. - - * * * * * - - -SMALL GIFTS. - -We cited in the MISSIONARY for January a number of -large gifts from wealthy men and women, to relieve from debt the -Missionary Boards of various churches, as worthy examples to some -of the men of liberal heart and means who are in especial sympathy -with our work for the lowly. We still have hope that such, alone or -in combination, will do great things for us, and make us glad, in -freeing us from accumulated but already diminishing indebtedness. - -Meanwhile, to enable us to carry on our constantly increasing work, -it may not be needless to address this word to those who cannot -give large sums from a large store of good, but who, out of their -moderate incomes and limited means, have been in the habit of -sending us smaller amounts. - -Dear friends, after all, it is on you that we depend. If you will -look through our list of receipts from month to month, you will -see how large a proportion of it all comes to us in little sums—a -few dollars here and a few dollars there. You must not fail us, -then. We cannot afford to give up the large contributors, perhaps; -still less the small ones. Sometimes, when it has gone abroad that -such an one has given his five, ten or twenty thousand dollars, -the givers of five, ten or twenty dimes are checked for a while in -the flowing of their generosity. Because there was a heavy rain -yesterday, the dews will not form to-night. The suggestion of -plenteous supplies goes abroad because of one large receipt, and -the small sums seem so very small to the givers as they compare -them with the large ones. - -But, after all, good friends, a deluge of beneficence only comes -once in a great while. Our bow of promise of unfailing resources -is formed upon the drops of your steady giving. Forty days and -forty nights the Deluge lasted; but, for forty years, each morning, -“when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the -wilderness there lay a small, round thing...on the ground”—it was -the daily bread of Israel. So your gifts—if they be only “small, -round things,” the dimes and quarters, the ancestral dollars—are -the gifts to which we look for the maintenance of the great host -which we are trying to lead from the bondage of ignorance and sin -to the liberty of intelligence and Christ. - - * * * * * - -There has been coming into our treasury during the last month a -class of offerings for the debt, which have a peculiar and almost -pathetic significance. They are the gifts from the Southern -field—from the teachers and pupils in our institutions, from the -pastors and people of our poor colored churches; one from a Band of -Hope, one from a Sisters’ Benevolent Association. One Sunday-school -agrees to take a monthly five-cent collection from its 200 members, -and hopes to send $10.00 a month. The Avery Normal Institute at -Charleston. S. C., and the Chattanooga Band of Hope gave each -a holiday entertainment, and sent us, the one $38.60, and the -other $50.00, for the debt, “as tokens of love and respect from a -grateful people.” We believe the original suggestion was made by -Rev. G. S. Pope, of Tougaloo, Mississippi. The amounts have varied -from over one hundred to three dollars, and are accompanied with -hearty expressions of kind and grateful feeling. - -A missionary, who has devoted the last ten years to work among the -freedmen, writes: “I think the story of these Christmas gifts from -the South toward the A. M. A. debt, ought to bring ten-fold from -the North. I tell you, boys and girls here have given their five -cents, dimes, quarters and half-dollars, who have hardly decent or -sufficient clothing to wear.” - -One old and poor colored member of one of the churches said: “I -will give a dollar for that, if I have to go without meat and bread -for a week.” A teacher writes: “Would that the history could be -written of every dime and ‘nickel’ of this offering, which comes -from old men and women, youths and maidens, and little children in -their rags, to the A. M. A., which God has ordained as a channel of -blessing to the colored race in the South and their fatherland.” -Such gifts are sacred, by the sacrifices of which they are the -fruits, and by the spirit of loving devotion to which they testify. - - * * * * * - - -PROVIDENTIAL PREPARATIONS FOR AFRICAN EVANGELIZATION. - -It is a significant fact that God moves His providences on parallel -lines. One great event is made to match another. The supply and the -demand spring up together, as the following circumstances, with -many others, illustrate: - -In 1855, Mr. Charles Avery gave $100,000 worth of property to this -Association, to constitute a perpetual fund for charitable use, -in sending the Gospel and the blessings of civilization to the -colored people on the continent of Africa. Almost simultaneously, -Burton and Speke made known to the world the fact that the heart -of Africa, instead of being a wild waste, possessed a wonderful -lake system, a most fertile country, and millions upon millions of -vigorous and interesting people. - -At a later day, Mr. Stanley visited these lakes, and made an -appeal for missionary effort, which was answered by a response as -liberal as the donation of Mr. Avery; and as a result, the Church -Missionary Society of England is sustaining a mission at Uganda, in -Mtesa’s Kingdom. - -When Dr. Livingstone was in the heart of Africa, he wrote: “Come -on, brethren, to the real heathen. You have no idea how brave -you are till you try.” His words were caught up, and the story -of his explorations, devoured with eagerness, resulted in the -establishment of three missions at least, far in the interior. More -than $60,000 was given for the establishment of Livingstonia, on -the Nyassa Lake. A large amount was also given for the University’s -Mission in the same vicinity, and $25,000 by Mr. Arthington, -of Leeds, to the London Missionary Society, for the purpose of -establishing a mission at Ujiji, on the shores of the Tanganyika. - -To this latter amount was added a sum sufficient for sending forth -a full corps of missionaries to that locality, and recent reports -warrant the hope that they have already reached their destination. - -Perhaps no more striking illustration of the parallelisms we have -suggested has been exhibited, than the one recently brought to our -knowledge by the report of Mr. Stanley’s explorations, and the -doings of the Baptist Missionary Society of London. - -Last May, this Society received a letter, stating, “There is a -part of Africa on which I have long had my eye. It is the Congo -country. There is not much knowledge of the Christian religion -in the Congo. Only three or four of its inhabitants can read and -write. The language of the coast is the original African. The old -king has strongly expressed his hopes that some white men would -come to them. It is, therefore, a great satisfaction, and a high -and sacred favor to me, to offer £1,000 if the Baptist Missionary -Society will undertake to teach these interesting people the words -of eternal life. By and by, possibly, we may be able to extend the -mission eastward, and carry the Gospel, as the way may open, as far -as Nyangwe.” - -While this letter was being penned, Mr. Stanley was pushing his -way from Nyangwe, through a vast unexplored region, to the mouth -of the Congo, having overcome the obstacles which had baffled -Dr. Livingstone and Commander Cameron, who attempted the same -explorations, from the same point of departure. - -It is to be remembered, also, that there have been other forces -affecting Africa, parallel to these gifts, and explorations and -missions. Fervent prayers of faith have been offered for its -redemption, and many things indicate that these are being speedily -answered. - -“I go,” said Dr. Livingstone, in his last public utterance, before -leaving England, “to open the door to Central Africa. It is -probable I may die there; but, brethren, I pray you see to it that -the door is never again closed.” - -It requires no great reach of faith to apprehend that the time -has fully come when the words of the risen Saviour may become our -assurance respecting tropical Africa—“Behold, I have set before -thee an open door, and no man can shut it.” - - * * * * * - - -LIFE OF EDWARD NORRIS KIRK, D. D. - -The appearance of this biography renews our remembrance of the -honored man whose life and work is chronicled so well by his former -pupil and friend, Rev. David O. Mears. As the President of the -American Missionary Association for nearly ten years—from 1865 -until death sundered the relation—it is fitting that there should -be a notice of this published record of his career in the organ of -the Association. - -Dr. Kirk was born in New York City, was graduated from Princeton -College, and pursued legal studies for a year and a half, living a -life which he characterizes as profligate. His conversion, after -a severe struggle, was complete, and the purpose of his life was -utterly changed. He immediately devoted himself to preparation for -the ministry of the gospel. - -Handsome, gifted and ardent, he at once took a leading position. -His two pastorates, at Albany and in Boston, were full of -fruitfulness. While yet a pastor, he did the work of an evangelist, -with a power and success which has been seldom paralleled. He was -a direct and pungent preacher, sometimes, as in Albany, stirring -up opposition, and yet wonderfully tender and conciliating in his -manner, and so gaining friends even from those who antagonized him. - -He was always a reformer, but a radical only in the best sense. -He spoke manfully of the slave, and of the possibilities of -the African race, in 1820, when only in his eighteenth year, a -student at Princeton. Not until much later was he in sentiment -an Abolitionist. He was never a denunciator. In opposing a false -system, he made all charitable allowance for those involved in it, -and was careful to recognize the fact that there were slaveholders -who became or continued such that they might protect and benefit -the slave. In the summer of 1860 and in the spring of 1861, when -the South was peculiarly sensitive, Dr. Kirk was traveling in -Virginia, North Carolina and beyond, expressing his sentiments -frankly, and yet so courteously and wisely that he was always met -with kindness. - -In 1865, when the emancipation of the slaves had opened to the A. -M. A. the work of their instruction and Christianization, Dr. Kirk -was chosen its President, as a man representing its aim and spirit -most fully. His sympathy with its work was deep and earnest, and -continued to the end. - -But this was not a specialty. He was equally earnest in the -cause of Foreign Missions, of work among the Roman Catholics, of -Education (as shown by his interest in Amherst College and the -Mount Holyoke Seminary), of Temperance, and of evangelistic work at -home. - -So far as the memoir reveals the secret of his power, it seems to -have been a rare combination of fearlessness and tact—the courage -which comes from deep conviction, and the tact which comes from -a loving sympathy with men, and a real sweetness of disposition. -But more than all, it shows him as a man who walked with God in -reverential yet familiar intercourse—who realized that the Lord -Jesus was indeed with him always, and whose prayers were in accord -with the resolution of his early life—“I intend hereafter, in my -prayers, to converse with God, and not make speeches before Him.” - -Such lives are powerful in their influence while they are with us, -and profitable in their instruction when we have only the record of -them to read. - - * * * * * - - -NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES. - -SAND MOUNTAIN, ALA.—This church has no pastor. Sunday -services kept up by the reading of sermons; does not sustain a -prayer-meeting or Sunday-school. The church is composed of white -people, all from the North. A day-school, numbering fifteen, is -sustained in connection with the church. - -SELMA, ALA.—Rev. Fletcher Clark, pastor, reports the -field as encouraging, with earnest workers in the church. The -meetings are well attended. The church is very strong in favor of -temperance, and against the use of tobacco, as compared with the -other churches in vicinity. Sabbath-school flourishing. An earnest -effort is making in behalf of the young men. A very encouraging -feature of the work here is a Woman’s Prayer-meeting, which meets -once a week. - -ATLANTA, FIRST, GA.—Rev. S. S. Ashley, pastor. Several -additions during the year. Large proportion of the church, heads of -families, also in the Sabbath-school, which numbers about 275. The -church has adopted the plan of “Envelope Collections,” and finds it -increases the amount of collections. - -BYRON, GA.—This church has been supplied, during the -year, by Bro. H. Watkins. The church holds its own, and still -sustains the mission-school at Powersville. - -MACON, GA.—Rev. M. O. Harrington, pastor. This church -has not been in a very good condition for two or three years past; -their church and school building have been burned during the year -past, and consequently they are much broken up. A new building is -nearly completed, and much hope is felt that the church will take -a “new departure” in Christian earnestness and godly living. The -school sustained in connection with the church is in as prosperous -a condition as could be expected under the circumstances. - -MARIETTA, GA.—Rev. T. N. Stewart, pastor. This church -was organized February 8, 1877; now numbers 21. The Sabbath-school -averages 20. - -CHATTANOOGA, FIRST, TENN.—Rev. T. Cutler, pastor. This -church is in good condition, though the Young People’s Meeting has -been given up. The Band of Hope prosperous; a Mother’s Meeting is -held once a month; Sabbath-school, 175. - -NASHVILLE, UNION, TENN.—Rev. H. S. Bennett, pastor, is -connected with Fisk University. The church is composed almost -entirely of students. A hopeful feeling manifest. - -GOLDING’S GROVE, GA.—“The condition of the church -spiritually is pretty good. The presence of the good Spirit has -been felt in our midst, and we have gathered some of the fruit. -At our last communion season, which was on the last Sabbath in -November, six joined with us, five by confession of faith. Three -of these five were very old persons; one eighty odd years of age. -The old man’s experience was full of useful lessons, and it seemed -as though we could almost see the long, patient love of God toward -sinners, as he sat and told of a wasted life, and, with tears in -his eyes, sorrowed for his sins. There is much interest in our -midst still.” - -SAVANNAH, GA.—“We received six new members into our -church last week, two by letter and four by profession.” - -HAMPTON, VA.—“We are still favored with the influences -of God’s Spirit in the conversion of souls. These influences, -with which we were so richly blessed the last school year, did -not end with the year, but in some instances bore fruit unto life -during the long summer vacation, and, since the beginning of the -new school year, have been manifested in turning heavenward the -thoughts and steps of one and another of our pupils. Four united -with the church on the first Communion Sabbath of the year, and at -least as many more are expecting to make a public profession of -their faith in Christ on the coming Sabbath. - -“Another item of interest is the increase of the missionary spirit, -and we trust that the reflex influence of the one who has gone as -a missionary to Africa, will be more and more richly blessed to -those still in the school, quickening them to corresponding works -of faith and love. Such certainly should be the result.” - - * * * * * - - -THE CENTRAL SOUTH CONFERENCE. - -At the recent meeting of the Central South Congregational -Conference, the minutes of which have just been laid on our table, -the following resolutions were passed: - -On the subject of Education, it was - - _Resolved_, That education is a matter of prime importance, and - that it is the duty of all our churches to advance the cause by - contributions, by sending promising young persons to the schools - within their reach, and in every other way. - - _Resolved_, That the necessity for aid from the North is still - pressing, and that the American Missionary Association be - requested and urged to continue its assistance in this direction. - -In regard to Church Extension the following resolution was passed, -viz.: - - That the needs of the churches represented in this Conference - call for the appointment of a man of wisdom and experience to - be a Missionary Superintendent, whose labors should be first - directed toward establishing, upon a firm basis, the churches - already organized; and next toward selecting promising and - needy fields for planting new churches and directing our young - ministers in opening such fields. - - * * * * * - - -IS THE NEGRO DYING OUT? - -—In the lull of political agitation over the colored people, the -question is being discussed as to their continuance. Are they dying -out? What are the ascertained facts? - -—A correspondent of the Cincinnati _Gazette_, in Jackson, Miss., -has taken the pains to collate the deaths of the white and colored -people in the various Southern cities. In Washington, during the -year 1875, 19.22 died out of every thousand whites and 47.60 out -of every thousand blacks. In the succeeding year, the proportion -was 26.53 whites and 49.29 blacks. In Baltimore, the rate for 1875 -was 19.80 whites to 34.42 blacks. In Knoxville, during 1876, the -mortality per thousand whites was 18; per thousand blacks 31.2. In -Richmond, for the same year, the rate was 17.36 whites, and 28.13 -blacks. In Mobile, during the previous year, the proportion was -12.1 to 23.1. In New Orleans, the rate for the same year was 25.45 -whites to 39.69 blacks. In Charleston, during the ten months of -the present year, 17.4 out of every thousand whites have died, and -38.7 out of every thousand blacks. In Memphis in 1876, there were -652 deaths among the white population, and 601 among the negroes: -in other words, considering the proportion of white and colored -inhabitants, the death-rate among the negroes was nearly four times -as great as among the whites. - -—It has been suggested that these death-rates may not hold -throughout the country places in the South, and that the cities -whither the freedmen flocked after the close of the war have become -peculiarly fatal to the race. In answer, the Charleston _News -and Courier_ states that the negroes of the rural parts of South -Carolina are dying out even more rapidly than those in Charleston. - -—The _Scientific American_ deduces the following results, from the -Surgeon-General’s report, as to comparative health and mortality -in the army. For the year ending June 30, 1877, the army consisted -of 23,284 white men and 2,075 colored men. Total cases of sickness -of all kinds, 40,171; deaths, 260. Among colored troops, total -sicknesses, 4,348; deaths, 32. The colored men’s sicknesses were 20 -per cent. more than those of the whites; while in deaths, we find -the proportion reversed, for only 7 per thousand of colored men -died of disease, as against 8 per thousand of white men. In cases -caused by wounds, accidents, or injuries, 8 per thousand negroes -died, against 3 per thousand of white men. It thus appears that -the negroes become diseased more easily than white men, and also -recover more readily; but when actual bodily injury occurs, the -death-rate is more than twice that of white men. - -—The United States Census of 1860 showed the increase among the -blacks in ten years to have been 25 per cent.; from 1860 to 1870 a -little over 10 per cent., though these were years of war and want. - -—In view of these statements, General Armstrong, of Hampton, Va., -writes in the _Southern Workman_: - -“Many close observers believe that the decrease is general, but -equally good authorities assert the contrary. No conclusion is -satisfactory; but we incline to the belief that the colored race -will at least hold its own, because in the corresponding class -of whites in all cities there is great mortality. It would be -interesting to know the death-rate among the poor whites of -Washington, Richmond and Charleston, whose dying out has never been -hinted at. The negro is prolific. The phenomena of a dying race, -such as one sees among the decaying Polynesian tribes are not seen -among them. Children are abundant and healthy in city and country. -The pickaninnies do not seem destined to die young. They are a -numerous, frisky, healthy class, of unfailing humor and appetite, -as unlike as anything can be the sore-spotted, scarce Hawaiian -child, whose race is doomed.” - - * * * * * - - -AFRICAN EMIGRATION. - -—It appears that the “information from Liberia,” said to have been -received by “the Department of State,” already widely circulated, -was not in any sense an official publication, nor is the name or -standing of the author given. - -—Rev. Dr. George W. Samson, for forty years a resident of -Washington, for twelve years President of Columbian College, and -for sixteen years a member of the Executive Committee of the -American Colonization Society, has written a weighty reply to -these statements in the Boston _Traveller_. In it he shows the -economical planting, the rapid progress, the fertility of the soil, -the intelligence and educational facilities of the colony, by the -testimony of U. S. naval officers and other distinguished witnesses. - -—Fifty-two colored emigrants sailed for Liberia recently in the -bark Liberia. They were forwarded by the American Colonization -Society. Three clergymen were among the cabin passengers, one of -whom goes to the Boporo Mission in the interior. The majority of -those emigrating are mechanics and farmers. Many of them are -members of Christian churches. They are comfortably quartered -on board, and have more conveniences than is usual on emigrant -vessels. The American Colonization Society has made a contract with -the agents of the vessel, who agree to carry adults for $50 and -children for $25. This amount includes everything required during -the voyage, and the Liberian Government insures their support for -at least six months after their arrival. Each single immigrant -receives ten acres of land, and the head of a family twenty-five -acres. Ex-President Warner, recently elected Vice-President of -the Republic, is the Society’s agent to receive the emigrants, -and under his charge they will be kept until they can support -themselves. The Society has sent many parties before this and -reports the applications as so numerous that space cannot be found -to accommodate them. - -—A very different enterprise, apparently, is the Liberia Exodus -Association, which failed to provide the steamship which was to be -ready December 15th. Says Mr. Scarborough, an intelligent colored -man connected with Wilberforce University: - - I regard the Liberia Exodus Association as another Credit - Mobilier affair on a small scale. We judge of an undertaking by - the character of the men engaged in it. Now, it does not require - a profundity of knowledge to tell who and what these men are; - what has been their past history, what it is now, and what it - will probably be in the future. All these we can pretty well - determine. It is stated on good authority that a petition will be - sent to Congress praying for aid; the exact amount is not stated. - However, I am confident that I express the feelings of hundreds - of the better-thinking colored citizens when I say that Congress - should make no appropriation for any such pell-mell movement. If - Congress wishes to make an appropriation for the negro, let it - make it with the restrictions that it shall be used to pay off - the deficit caused by the sinking of the Freedmen’s Savings Bank, - or for the purchasing of lands and outfits in the great West, - that the negro may wend his way thither, build up and utilize the - hitherto barren country. In South Carolina, it is said, thousands - are selling or letting their little farms and homes by way of - preparation for leaving America; men, women and children all - have the African mania. My advice to these people now is this: - To pay no attention to these fair promises; if they have sold - their homes, buy them back if possible; if they have leased their - farms, rent others till the lease expires and then return to - their own; or, if this is not desirable, seek homes in the great - West, in the country that gave us birth, forgetting color, race - or condition, only to rise above it. - -—As bearing on the question of a general or large transportation -of ignorant and untrained men to Liberia, were it possible, -we quote from Prof. Blyden in a late number of the _Methodist -Quarterly Review_. He, in speaking of unskilled labor, says: - - In Liberia, there is no lack of the lower kinds of unskilled - labor supplied by the numerous aborigines who throng the - settlements. The immigrant who comes from America is at once - made a proprietor. He has land given him by law, but having no - capital to employ labor, he must enter, single-handed, upon the - work of subduing the forest, and with all the efforts he may put - forth, it is with the utmost difficulty that he ever rises above - a hand-to-mouth existence. Hence, very often men owning their - twenty-five acres of land, pressed by their necessities, prefer - to leave it a wilderness and go to the arduous and, for new - comers, perilous labor of shingle and lumber getting, or enter - the employ of men who may be able to keep them from starving, but - hardly able to give them a start toward self-support on their own - lands. - -When it is remembered that Prof. Blyden is a citizen of Liberia and -knows whereof he speaks, there will be no reason to doubt the truth -of the above statement. - -—One of the workers in the Liberia movement met a wise, old -colored man in Shreveport, La. He was describing the great benefits -the negro would enjoy by emigrating, and told him that there the -negro did not have to work; bread and sugar trees covered the -forests, and bananas, cocoanuts, pine-apples, lemons, and all the -tropical fruits, grew everywhere. “Dat’s ’nough of dat story,” said -the old man; “dat ain’t so, kase if it was, de white man would a -went dar long ago, and the niggers neber would hah known nuffin -’bout it.” - -—We notice now, as the most recent movement, that a State -convention of the Mississippi Colonization Society, held a few -weeks since, to consider the project of emigrating from the South, -was attended by some 4,000 persons, including 300 delegates -from other States than Mississippi. The proposition to emigrate -to Africa was not looked upon with favor, but the proposition -to emigrate to Arizona, New Mexico or Texas was approved. The -following resolution was adopted: - - _Resolved_, By the people of color of the State of Mississippi, - in convention assembled, that we earnestly entreat our countrymen - throughout the Union to form a national colonization association, - with branches in every county and State in the Union, for the - purpose of effecting a peaceable separation of the blacks from - the whites, and concentrating our numbers as a body in certain - States or Territories within this Union, as may be hereafter - agreed upon in national convention assembled. - -A national convention is to be held in February next, at Corinth, -Miss., in furtherance of this project. - - * * * * * - - -INDIAN NOTES. - -—Are the Indians dying out? Major S. N. Clark, of the Bureau of -Education, has compiled these various estimates of their population -as follows: - - 1789—Estimate of Secretary of War 76,000 - 1790-91—Estimate of Gilbert Imlay 60,000 - 1820—Report of Morse on Indian Affairs 471,036 - 1825—Report of the Secretary of War 129,366 - 1829—Report of the Secretary of War 312,930 - 1834—Report of the Secretary of War 312,610 - 1836—Report of Superintendent Indian Affairs 253,464 - 1837—Report of Superintendent Indian Affairs 302,498 - 1850—Report of H. R. Schoolcraft 388,229 - 1853—Report of United States Census of 1850 400,764 - 1855—Report of Indian Office 314,622 - 1857—Report of H. R. Schoolcraft 379,264 - 1860—Report of Indian Office 254,300 - 1865—Report of Indian Office 294,574 - 1870—Report of United States Census 313,712 - 1870—Report of Indian Office 313,371 - 1875—Report of Indian Office 305,068 - 1876—Report of Indian Office 291,882 - -These figures are, however, in part conjectural, and all based upon -varying data, and limited by varying boundaries. They do not show -any constant movement of increase or decrease. - -In regard to particular tribes, the Cherokees, since 1809, -notwithstanding the depressing influences of removal, and loss by -civil war, have increased from 12,395 to 21,072. The Seminoles -have, since 1870, increased from 2,638 to 3,000. The Iroquois, 100 -years ago numbering about 11,500, are now 13,668. Within forty -years the Sioux are computed to have increased from 25,000 to -40,000. - -A comparison of births and deaths for the last three years has been -made, but it is too incomplete to be the basis of any conclusions. - -Major Clark says, in summing up, that several years of study have -convinced him that the usual theory that the Indian population is -destined to decline and finally disappear, as a result of contact -with white civilization, must be greatly modified—probably -abandoned altogether. - -—Missionaries Riggs and Williamson substantially agree that (1) -the Indians, in their wild state, increase quite rapidly, unless -disturbed by some violent agent, as war, famine, or pestilence; (2) -the first effect of a change to civilized life is to diminish their -numbers; (3) the final effect, however, is to a recovery and more -rapid growth, even, than in their former state. - -—From the best official estimates, there are in the country about -275,000 Indians. Of this number, 56,630, or only about one-fifth, -receive subsistence from the government. Perhaps a majority of -the whole number are self-sustaining. The tribes in the Indian -Territory are said to compare favorably in moral, social and -material condition with many of the white communities in the -neighboring States. Schools, courts, church organizations and local -legislatures are among their cherished institutions. - -—The only Congregational Church in Indian Territory was dedicated -Sunday, December 2d. Its site is in the town of Caddo, on the line -of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad. Having been begun in -the year 1876, it is known as the “Centennial Church.” - -—Official statistics lately published show that, for the past -forty years, the military operations against the Indians by the -United States have cost $12,000,000, on an average, each year. -The wild Apaches, 10,000 in number, cost the government nearly -$2,000,000 annually for the pay of the army that takes care of -them; while the 60,000 Cherokees, who are civilized and quiet, cost -us almost nothing. - -—The governor and delegates of the Chickasaw nation, and the -delegates of the Choctaw nation, have united in a memorial to the -Senate, remonstrating against the passage of the bill to enable -Indians to become citizens. They say: - - We have no objection to the measure in so far as it permits - citizens of our nations to become citizens of the United States, - if upon such change of citizenship they leave our jurisdiction, - and surrender all rights growing out of and depending upon the - tribal relation, retaining, however, all their separate property. - But this bill expressly provides that, after one of our citizens - becomes a citizen of the United States, he shall retain all his - rights and interests in the lands, claims, annuities, funds, and - other property of our nations or tribes. The result of these - provisions is that after he ceases to be a citizen of the Choctaw - or Chickasaw nation, he retains every right which he had while a - citizen. The proposed statute will violate the treaty, and confer - on citizens of the United States, who are not citizens of the - Chickasaw nation, a part of a large fund which the United States - have covenanted shall be the property of the Chickasaw nation. - Certainly we could not be expected to consent that a treaty - stipulation of such great importance to us should be annulled by - an act of Congress. - -—A bill to allow the civilized tribes of the Indian Territory to -elect a delegate to Congress has been introduced in the House, -and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. A sub-committee -has been appointed to consider and report upon the bill. Their -report is favorable, and will be made to the committee on the -re-assembling of Congress. It will no doubt be adopted. It provides -that a delegate, who shall be a member of some one of the Cherokee, -Creek, Seminole, Choctaw, or Chickasaw tribes, shall be chosen at -a general election, to be held under the supervision and direction -of the Secretary of the Interior, and shall have all the rights, -privileges and emoluments of a delegate from any of the regularly -organized Territories. The report shows that it costs the natives -upward of $60,000 yearly to send delegates here. Under the present -system each tribe now sends from two to five or six delegates, at -an expense of about six dollars a day each. One delegate for all, -who shall have the privilege of the floor of Congress, would give -the tribes much more influence with the government. - -—The new Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Mr. Hayt, took the oath -of office Dec. 18th, and received his commission. - - * * * * * - - -CHINESE NOTES. - -—No one seems to fear lest the Chinaman will die out. To allay -apprehensions as to their over-swarming, Prof. S. Wells Williams, -LL.D., for forty years an honored resident in the Flowery Kingdom, -says: - - Some fear that this country will be swamped altogether by this - flood of aliens, but the 125,000 or so of Chinese now in this - land, with few exceptions, all came from a small portion, two - prefectures, of Kwangtung province. There is no probability of - other parts of the empire joining in this emigration, for several - reasons, one of which is the great differences in their dialects. - -—Congressman Shelley, of Alabama, has introduced into the House -a bill providing that, after January, 1879, all Chinamen coming -here (except officially) _from any country_ shall be taxed $250 per -capita, or serve five years in the penitentiary! - -—Over 300 Chinese have been received as members of the Protestant -churches of California, and in addition there are 700 Chinamen in -Christian associations for learning Christian doctrine; 750 Chinese -attend the mission schools of San Francisco, and over 1,000 go to -the Sunday-schools. - -—Representative Page, in a letter to the President of the United -States, writes: - - I desire still further to state, that in California there is - no division of opinion as to the evils of Chinese immigration, - and I, therefore, on behalf of the people of that State, very - respectfully suggest that you make this matter the subject of a - special message to Congress when it convenes in January next. - -—On the other hand, Mr. D. O. Miles, formerly of the Bank of -California, says: - - There are about 60,000 Chinese in California, and I do not - know what we could do without them. They are industrious and - peaceable, generally speaking, and it would be impossible readily - to supply our manufactories with labor, but for the Chinese. - Their wages—the wages of the laborers, I mean—average $1 a - day. In Virginia City white labor costs as much as $2.50 a - day. We need whatever Chinese labor we have in California. It - might be well for Congress to check temporarily the flow of - Chinese immigration by levying a tax upon each immigrant. But - those who are now on our shores are needed, and they should be - treated with humanity, and protected from the persecution of the - rougher element of society. The Chinese, generally speaking, are - temperate, exceedingly industrious and economical. - -—The Attorney-General, by direction of the President, has given -considerable attention to the question of protecting the Chinese in -California. The Attorney-General finds that there is no authority -for the United States to interfere unless the State should ask -for aid, and is of opinion that this matter should be referred to -Congress, and a special message from the President on the subject -has been talked of. The President, and all members of his Cabinet, -are anxious to use every means which they can constitutionally -command to prevent the threatened outbreak. The class of people -engaged in the attempt to create disorder is chiefly confined -to the foreign laboring element, aided by roughs and the lower -classes of San Francisco population. The fact that the Chinese -have completely armed themselves has held the roughs in check; but -matters are believed to be in a much worse condition than has been -reported, and news at any time of horrible scenes in San Francisco -would not create surprise in Washington. - - * * * * * - - - - -NEW APPOINTMENTS. - -1877-1878. - - -The following list presents the names and post-office addresses -of those who are under appointment in the Churches, Institutions -and Schools, aided by the American Missionary Association, among -the Freedmen in the South, the Chinese on the Pacific Coast, -the Indians, and the Negroes in Western Africa. The Theological -Department of Howard University is supported jointly by the -Presbytery of Washington and the A. M. A. The Berea College and -Hampton Institute are under the care of their own Boards of -Trustees, but being either founded or fostered in the past by this -Association, and representing the general work in which it is -engaged, their teachers are included in this list. - - -THE SOUTHERN FIELD. - - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. - - HOWARD UNIVERSITY. - _Theological Department._ - Rev. W. W. Patton, D.D., Washington, D. C. - Rev. Lorenzo Westcott, Washington, D. C. - Rev. Alexander Pitzer, D.D., Washington, D. C. - Rev. John G. Butler, D.D., Washington, D. C. - - * * * * * - - VIRGINIA. - - HAMPTON. - _Minister._ - Rev. Richard Tolman, Hampton, Va. - NORMAL AND AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE. - _Instructors and Managers._ - Gen. S. C. Armstrong, Hampton, Va. - Gen. J. F. B. Marshall, Hampton, Va. - Mr. Albert Howe, Hampton, Va. - Mr. M. B. Crowell, Hampton, Va. - Mr. J. B. H. Goff, Hampton, Va. - Lt. S. R. Jones, Hampton, Va. - Miss Ann M. Hobbs, Hampton, Va. - Miss Charlotte L. Mackie, Newburgh, N. Y. - Miss Susan B. Harrold, Franklin, Mass. - Miss Mary F. Mackie, Newburgh, N. Y. - Miss Nathalie Lord, Portland, Me. - Miss Isabel B. Eustis, Springfield, Mass. - Miss Helen W. Ludlow, New York City. - Mrs. Sophia Buck, Orange, N. J. - Miss Eleanor W. Collingwood, Hampton, Va. - Miss Eunice C. Dixon, Hampton, Va. - Miss Mary A. Coe, Boston, Mass. - Miss Elizabeth P. Hyde, Brooklyn, N. Y. - Miss Margaret W. Buck, Hampton, Va. - Miss Jeannie I. Hincks, Hampton, Va - Miss Carrie Watson, Hampton, Va - Miss Emily Kimball, Hampton, Va - Mr. Albert H. Tolman, Hampton, Va - Mr. Charles G. Buck, Hampton, Va - Mr. Thomas T. Brice, Hampton, Va - Mr. James C. Robbins, Hampton, Va - Mr. Frank D. Banks, Hampton, Va - Mr. John E. Fuller, Hampton, Va - - CARRSVILLE. - _Teacher._ - Miss M. A. Andrus, Riceville, Pa. - - * * * * * - - NORTH CAROLINA. - - WILMINGTON (P. O. Box 207). - NORMAL SCHOOL. - _Minister and Superintendent._ - Rev. D. D. Dodge, Nashua, N. H. - _Principal._ - Miss Lucy Goodwin, Mason, N. H. - _Assistants._ - Miss Martha Moore, Holden, Mass. - Miss E. A. Warner, Lowell, Mass. - Mrs. D. D. Dodge, Nashua, N. H. - - RALEIGH. - _Minister._ - Rev. Geo. S. Smith, Raleigh, N. C. - _Teachers._ - Miss E. P. Hayes, Limerick, Me. - Miss Kate Randall, Lorain, Ohio. - Mr. William R. Harris, Raleigh, N. C. - Miss Anna M. Day, Sheffield, Ohio. - Miss Ida M. Ransom, Raleigh, N. C. - Miss Eliza Gant, Raleigh, N. C. - - DUDLEY. - _Minister._ - Rev. David Peebles, Long Island, Ala. - - McLEANSVILLE. - _Minister._ - Rev. J. Kedslie, Jamaica, W. I. - _Teacher._ - Miss E. W. Douglass, Decorah, Iowa. - - WOODBRIDGE. - _Teacher._ - Miss Carrie E. Waugh, Scriba, N. Y. - - * * * * * - - SOUTH CAROLINA. - - CHARLESTON. - _Minister._ - Rev. W. G. Marts, Delmont, Pa. - AVERY INSTITUTE. - _Principal._ - Prof. A. W. Farnham, N. Hannibal, N. Y. - _Assistants._ - Mr. C. C. Scott, Charleston, S. C. - Miss Jane S. Hardy, Shelburne, Mass. - Miss Julia E. Phelps, Syracuse, N. Y. - Miss Eugenie C. Gaillard, Charleston, S. C. - Mr. E. A. Lawrence, Charleston, S. C. - Mrs. L. J. Brown, Charleston, S. C. - Miss Monimia H. McKinlay, Charleston, S. C. - - ORANGEBURG. - _Minister._ - Rev. W. L. Johnson, Orangeburg, S. C. - _Teacher._ - Mrs. W. L. Johnson, Orangeburg, S. C. - - GREENWOOD. - BREWER NORMAL SCHOOL. - Mr. J. D. Backenstose, Geneva, N. Y. - - * * * * * - - GEORGIA. - - ATLANTA. - _Ministers._ - Rev. C. W. Francis, Atlanta, Ga. - Rev. S. S. Ashley, Northboro, Mass. - ATLANTA UNIVERSITY. - _Instructors and Managers._ - Rev. E. A. Ware, Atlanta, Ga. - Rev. C. W. Francis, Atlanta, Ga. - Rev. Horace Bumstead, Atlanta, Ga. - Prof. J. F. Fuller, Atlanta, Ga. - Prof. Frank W. Smith, Lincoln, Mass. - Miss Emma C. Ware, Norfolk, Mass. - Miss Mary A. Chapin, Uxbridge, Mass. - Miss Susie A. Cooley, Honek, Kansas. - Miss Mary E. Sands, Saco, Me. - Mrs. Lucy E. Case, Millbury, Mass. - Miss Carrie H. Loomis, Hartford, Conn. - Miss Mary L. Santley, New London, Ohio. - _STORRS SCHOOL._ (104 Houston St.) - _Principal._ - Miss Amy Williams, Livonia Sta., N. Y. - _Assistants._ - Miss Emily Robinson, Lake City, Minn. - Miss M. E. Stevenson, Bellefontaine, Ohio. - Miss Fannie Andrews, Milltown, Me. - Miss F. J. Norris, Atlanta, Ga. - Miss Julia Turner, Atlanta, Ga. - PARISH SCHOOL. - _Teacher._ - Mr. George Clarke, Atlanta, Ga. - - MACON. - _Minister._ - Rev. M. O. Harrington, Macon, Ga, - LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL. - _Teachers._ - Mrs. M. O. Harrington, Macon, Ga. - Miss Lizzie Abbott, Andover, Mass. - - BYRON. - _Minister._ - Rev. L. A. Rutherford, Macon, Ga. - - AUGUSTA. - _Teacher._ - Miss S. A. Hosmer, Augusta, Ga. - - MARIETTA. - _Minister._ - Rev. T. N. Stewart, Marietta, Ga. - _Teacher._ - Mr. Cosmo P. Jordan, Atlanta, Ga. - - ALBANY. - _Teacher._ - Mr. Howard Burts, Atlanta, Ga. - - ATHENS. - _Teacher._ - Mr. John McIntosh, Atlanta, Ga. - - CUTHBERT. - _Teacher._ - Mr. Richard R. Wright, Atlanta, Ga. - - DALTON. - _Teacher._ - Miss Blanche Curtis, Atlanta, Ga. - - FORSYTH. - _Teacher._ - Mr. Wm. F. Jackson, Atlanta, Ga. - - STONE MOUNTAIN. - _Teacher._ - Mr. William C. Craig, Atlanta, Ga. - - SAVANNAH. - _Minister and Supt. of Missions._ - Rev. R. F. Markham, Wheaton, Ill. - _Teachers._ - Mrs. R. F. Markham, Wheaton, Ill. - Miss Hattie Markham, Wheaton, Ill. - Miss E. H. Twichell, Saratoga, N. Y. - - _MISSION CHURCHES._ - WOODVILLE. - Rev. J. J. H. Sengstacke, Savannah, Ga. - OGEECHEE. - Rev. John McLean, McLeansville, N. C. - LOUISVILLE AND BELMONT. - Rev. Wilson Callen, Selma, Ala. - - McINTOSH, LIBERTY CO. - _Minister._ - Rev. Jos. E. Smith, Atlanta, Ga. - _Teachers._ - Mr. Seaborn Snelson, McIntosh, Ga. - Mr. Silas Daniels, McIntosh, Ga. - - * * * * * - - ALABAMA. - - TALLADEGA. - _Minister._ - Rev. D. L. Hickok, Kingsville, Ohio. - TALLADEGA COLLEGE. - _Instructors and Managers._ - Rev. E. P. Lord, Olivet, Mich. - Rev. G. W. Andrews, Collinsville, Conn. - Rev. D. L. Hickok, Kingsville, Ohio. - Mr. Warren E. Wheeler, Salem, Wis. - Miss Annie Sawyer, Boxford, Mass. - Miss Emma L. Miller, Huntsburg, Ohio. - Miss Mary Kernan, Locust Valley, L. I. - Miss Kate A. Lord, Olivet, Mich. - Mrs. G. W. Andrews, Collinsville, Conn. - Mrs. D. L. Hickok, Kingsville, Ohio. - Mrs. Lucy Alford, New York City. - _MISSION CHURCHES._ - ALABAMA FURNACE, CHILDERSBURG, KYMULGA, THE COVE, ANNISTON. - _Superintendent._ - Rev. G. W. Andrews, Collinsville, Conn. - - MOBILE. - _Minister._ - Rev. Wm. Ash, Providence, R. I. - EMERSON INSTITUTE. - _Teachers._ - Mr. B. F. Koons, Sulphur Springs, O. - Miss Jennie Stevenson, Bellefontaine, O. - Miss Sara J. Irwin, Galesburg, Ill. - - MONTGOMERY (P. O. Box 62). - _Minister._ - Rev. Charles Noble, Norwich Town, Conn. - SWAYNE SCHOOL. - _Principal._ - Miss Martha J. Adams, Columbus, Wis. - _Assistants._ - Miss Julia E. Goodenough, Davison Sta., Mich. - Miss Annette Lynch, Ballston, N. Y. - Miss May Merry, Providence R. I. - Miss Fannie A. Wilson, Montgomery, Ala. - Mrs. M. Hardaway Davis, Montgomery, Ala. - - SELMA. - _Minister._ - Rev. Fletcher Clark, Albany, N. Y. - - MARION. - _Minister._ - Rev. Geo. E. Hill, Southport, Conn. - _Missionaries._ - Mrs. Geo. E. Hill, Southport, Conn. - Miss —— Hill, Southport, Conn. - - ATHENS. - _Minister._ - Rev. Horace Taylor, McMinnville, Tenn. - TRINITY SCHOOL. - _Teachers._ - Miss M. F. Wells, Ann Arbor, Mich. - Miss Nettie Underwood, Burlington, Mich. - - FLORENCE. - _Minister._ - Mr. L. C. Anderson, Nashville, Tenn. - - * * * * * - - TENNESSEE. - - NASHVILLE. - _Ministers._ - Rev. Henry S. Bennett, Nashville, Tenn. - Rev. Joseph Moore, Nashville, Tenn. - FISK UNIVERSITY. - _Instructors and Managers._ - Rev. E. M. Cravath, Brooklyn, N. Y. - Rev. A. K. Spence, Nashville, Tenn. - Rev. H. S. Bennett, Nashville, Tenn. - Rev. F. A. Chase, Nashville, Tenn. - Mr. Edw. P. Gilbert, Nashville, Tenn. - Mr. John Burrus, Nashville, Tenn. - Mr. W. G. Rappleye, Mineto, N. Y. - Miss Helen C. Morgan, Cleveland, Ohio. - Miss Anna M. Cahill, Binghamton, N. Y. - Miss Henrietta Matson, N. Bloomfield, Ohio. - Miss E. M. Barnes, Bakersfield, Vt. - Miss Laura S. Carey, St. Johnsbury, Vt. - Mrs. J. D. Lee, Nashville, Tenn. - Miss Irene E. Gilbert, Fredonia, N. Y. - Miss Sarah M. Wells, Big Rapids, Mich. - Mrs. M. M. Cahill, Binghamton, N. Y. - - MEMPHIS. - _Minister._ - Rev. W. W. Mallory, Memphis, Tenn. - _Missionary._ - Miss Hattie Milton, Romeo, Mich. - LE MOYNE SCHOOL. - _Principal._ - Prof. A. J. Steele, Whitewater, Wis. - _Assistants._ - Miss Laura A. Parmelee, Toledo, Ohio. - Miss Emma Rand, Whitewater, Wis. - Miss Ella Woodward, Royalton, N. Y. - Miss S. M. McGill, Memphis, Tenn. - - CHATTANOOGA. - _Minister._ - Rev. Temple Cutler, Athol, Mass. - - * * * * * - - KENTUCKY. - - BEREA. - _Minister._ - Rev. John G. Fee, Berea, Ky. - BEREA COLLEGE. - _Instructors and Managers._ - Rev. E. H. Fairchild, Berea, Ky. - Rev. John G. Fee, Berea, Ky. - Rev. J. A. R. Rogers, Berea, Ky. - Prof. L. V. Dodge, Berea, Ky. - Rev. Charles G. Fairchild, Berea, Ky. - Rev. B. S. Hunting, Sublette, Ill. - Miss L. A. Darling, Akron, Ohio. - Miss Kate Gilbert, W. Brookfield, Mass. - Miss Anna Haylor, Oberlin, Ohio. - Miss Juan Kumler, Berea, Ky. - Miss Etta McClelland, Berea, Ky. - Miss Clara A. Saxton, Oberlin, Ohio. - - CAMP NELSON. - _Minister._ - —— —— - - * * * * * - - MISSISSIPPI. - - TOUGALOO. - _Minister._ - Rev. G. S. Pope, Strongsville, Ohio. - TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY. - _Managers and Instructors._ - Rev. G. S. Pope, Strongsville, Ohio. - Prof. D. I. Miner, Bavaria, Kansas. - Miss Kate K. Koons, Sulphur Springs, O. - Miss Orra A. Angell, Greenville, R. I. - Miss Mary H. Scott, Auburndale, Mass. - Miss Dora Ford, N. Abington, Mass. - Mrs. G. S. Pope, Strongsville, Ohio. - Mrs. D. I. Miner, Bavaria, Kansas. - Miss S. L. Emerson, Hallowell, Me. - - GRENADA. - _Teachers._ - Miss Anna Harwood, Grenada, Miss. - Miss Carrie Segur, Grenada, Miss. - - * * * * * - - LOUISIANA. - - NEW ORLEANS. - _Ministers._ - Rev. W. S. Alexander, Pomfret, Conn. - Rev. Isaac Hall, New Orleans, La. - Rev. Henry Ruffin, New Orleans, La. - Rev. N. B. James, New Orleans, La. - STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY. - _Instructors and Managers._ - Rev. W. S. Alexander, Pomfret, Conn. - Prof. J. K. Cole, Lawrence, Mass. - Prof. J. M. McPherron, New Orleans, La. - Miss Mary J. Robinson, Lake City, Minn. - Miss H. J. Halleck, Success, L. I. - Miss Frances Stevens, Oswego, N. Y. - Mrs. C. E. Alexander, Pomfret, Conn. - Miss Josephine Pierce, Tallmadge, Ohio. - - ABBERVILLE. - _Minister._ - Rev. Charles E. Smith, New Orleans, La. - - NEW IBERIA. - _Minister._ - Rev. William Butler, New Iberia, La. - - * * * * * - - TEXAS. - - GOLIAD. - Rev. B. C. Church, Goliad, Texas. - - CORPUS CHRISTI. - _Minister._ - Rev. S. M. Coles, New Haven, Conn. - - HELENA. - _Minister._ - Rev. Mitchell Thompson, Goliad, Texas. - - AUSTIN. - _Teacher._ - Mrs. E. M. Garland, Austin, Texas. - - * * * * * - - - AMONG THE CHINESE. - - _Superintendent._ - Rev. W. C. Pond, San Francisco, Cal. - _Teachers._ - SAN FRANCISCO, Mrs. M. T. Hunting. - D. M. Boker. - Mrs. Boker. - Fung Affoo. - I. Hackley. - Lue Lune. - Mrs. C. A. Sheldon. - OAKLAND, Mrs. M. M. Hardy. - Jee Gam. - PETALUMA, Miss Isabella Crapser. - SACRAMENTO, Mrs. S. Denton. - SAN LEANDRO, Rev. T. M. Oviatt. - SANTA BARBARA, Mrs. C. P. Stevenson. - STOCKTON, Mrs. M. C. Brown. - - * * * * * - - - AMONG THE INDIANS. - - _Red Lake Agency, Minnesota._ - Agent, R. M. Pratt. - Teacher, Miss M. C. Warren. - - _Lake Superior Agency, Wisconsin._ - Agent, Dr. Isaac L. Mahan. - Teacher, —— - Teacher, Robert Pew. - - _Green Bay Agency, Wisconsin._ - Agent, Jos. C. Bridgman. - Farmer and Teacher, W. W. Wheeler. - Matron, Mrs. W. W. Wheeler. - Teacher, Miss S. B. Dresser. - - _Ft. Berthold Agency, Dakota Territory._ - Agent, E. H. Alden. - - _Sisseton Agency, Dakota Territory._ - Agent, E. H. C. Hooper. - Teachers, (Connected with the Mission - of the A. B. C. F. M.) - - _S’Kokomish Agency, Washington Territory._ - Agent, Edwin Eells. - Missionary, Rev. Myron Eells. - Teachers, (Supported by Gov’t.) - - * * * * * - - - MENDI MISSION, WEST AFRICA. - - _Missionaries and Assistants._ - Mr. Jas. Kirk. Mrs. M. M. Mair. - Rev. Floyd Snelson. Mrs. Floyd Snelson. - Dr. Benj. James. Mrs. Benj. James. - Mr. A. E. White. Mr. Samuel Goodman. - Mr. Elias Tucker. Mrs. During. - Mr. Buel Tucker. Mrs. Thomas. - Mr. —— Jewett. - - * * * * * - - - - -AFRICA. - - - * * * * * - - -OUR NEW MISSIONARIES. - -Arrival at Sherbro—A Hearty Welcome—First Impressions. - -Our letters from the newly arrived band of missionaries at the -Mendi Mission have been, of necessity, brief and hurried. We learn -from them that the party arrived at Sierra Leone on the 19th of -November, and landed the next morning. - -In a letter dated Nov. 22, from Sierra Leone, Mr. White says: - -“We had, as you know, fifty-seven days on our voyage. The sea is -a bad road to ride. All of us were sick some, and Mr. and Mrs. -Snelson, Mrs. James and Mrs. Pardoe’s little boy, we thought would -not be able to make the voyage. The captain is a very fine man, -indeed, and tried to do all for us that was in his power. We are -very thankful to him for the kindness he showed toward us. We are -very well pleased with Africa—that is, so far as we have seen, but -we cannot compare Sherbro with this place, because the people here -are not all native, and those at Sherbro are. The mission has a -house in Sierra Leone, in which we will stay till we go next week, -by steamer, to our station. I want to visit some of the Industrial -Schools here before I leave, so that we can tell how they are -carried on. - -“The people here are very kind to us. The place looks like some old -towns in America, which are going to ruin. The houses are all built -in the old style. Some of the people will compare with any of our -people in the States, while others are far behind them—some of -them dress very well, while some only wear a piece of cloth around -their hips. You can tell the natives because all of them bear some -kind of a mark, as all the tribes mark their children while they -are small, to distinguish them from other people.” - -From Rev. Mr. Snelson, under dates of Nov. 28 and Dec. 1, we learn -that during the week while they were compelled to wait for the -government steamer, they were the objects of many kind attentions -from the ministers, Governor and leading gentlemen of Sierra Leone. -Mr. Kirk met them on their arrival there. - -Under the later date, Mr. Snelson writes from Bonthe: - -“I am glad to inform you that we have arrived here safely. We left -Freetown Thursday evening, taking deck passage on the governor’s -steamer, as cabin passage cost three times as much, and reached -here yesterday (Nov. 30) afternoon. I found Mrs. Mair here making -ready for us. As the boat returns to-day, I shall not be able to -make any report. I like the place so far very well. The people seem -very anxious to receive us. I have asked Mr. Kirk to come down from -Avery next week, that we may all consult together as to what it is -best to do.” - -Mr. Burton (now in this country and retired from missionary labor), -who was for so many years in our service in Africa, writes to us: - -“I am very glad to hear of the safe arrival of the missionary -company in Africa. I have been for many years looking forward to -the time when the mission should be carried on by laborers taken -from among the freedmen, and I believe that God will use them to -bless Africa. - -“I received a letter from Mr. Gomer (a colored missionary of the -United Brethren) a few days since. He had just returned from a -visit to Avery, and spoke of it as being in a very flourishing -condition. I seem to be there in spirit a great part of the time, -and I do not know as it is strange, for a generation has grown up -under my care, who seem almost to be my children. My prayer is that -these freedmen may be God’s instruments to bring them to Christ.” - - * * * * * - - -KAW MENDI, SHERBRO, W. AFRICA. - -LETTER FROM REV. J. M. WILLIAMS. - - Mr. Williams is a native of Demerara, South America; was educated - in the schools of the London Missionary Society, and was formerly - in the employ of the United Brethren. He has been for some months - at Kaw Mendi, once a mission station of the Association, and - writes to assure us that our former labors there have not been - altogether in vain. - KAW MENDI, SMALL BOOM RIVER, - SHERBRO, W. A., _7th November, 1877_. - -Since I left Shengay, in May, I was directed by the providence -of God, through chiefs Wm. and C. H. Tucker, to this, the first -station of the Association. I opened a school, and commenced -telling of Christ to the adults, in July, to the great joy of all -who remembered the former missionaries who labored here. Chief C. -H. Tucker has hitherto done nobly, in helping me in every way to -prosecute my work. He defrays my traveling expenses, and, when -his duties as a chief permit, he accompanies me, and interprets -for me when I go to preach in the other towns and villages. I -had up to last week twenty scholars, but one was sent home to -be cured of a bad ulcer, and five others because their parents -have not fulfilled their duties as promised—that is, to feed -them while under our care. My plan is, that all who are able, pay -something for the education of their children, or the children -work to support themselves. Chief C. H. Tucker subscribes readily -and largely to the support of the school. He is about erecting a -large mission house, a children’s home for boys and girls, and a -chapel and schoolhouse, all of country materials except the doors, -etc. I fear it will be too much for him, but he does not think -so. He hopes to be able to have all ready at the commencement of -the ensuing year, God willing. Chief Tucker is one of the most -intelligent men about Sherbro, educated by your missionaries, -Brooks and White. There is another, a Mr. King, that is an -excellent interpreter, and is of help to me. - -The children are progressing very fast. Though I cannot yet boast -of converts to Christ, yet I am cheered by the fact that here and -elsewhere, among those who have attended the preaching of the -Gospel, many are inquiring after the way of salvation. Last Lord’s -day, an adult attended our Sabbath-school. Our present place of -worship here is too small to seat the congregation who meet to -worship with us. Thus, while we are called to suffer hunger and -other inconveniences often, yet the signs of a successful future -inspire me with hope and confidence, and nerve me to go on. - -Let me have your prayers. I shall be glad to communicate as -regularly as I can with you. I regard this as the Association’s -field of labor. As soon as the buildings and chapel are completed, -I hope to be more comfortable, and to be able to work more -efficiently. - -I have named this institution, in honor of my ever-to-be-remembered -friend, Lewis Tappan, “Tappan Literary and Industrial School, -Brooklyn, near Kaw Mendi, Small Boom River, Sherbro, W. A.,” to -which place please direct my AMERICAN MISSIONARY paper for -the future, and all communications. - - * * * * * - - - - -COMMUNICATIONS. - - - * * * * * - - -CHRIST IN THE PERSON OF THE POOR. - -MATT. XXV. 40.—“And the King shall answer and say unto -them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one -of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me.” - -_Dedicated to the American Missionary Association._ - - O, the hearts, all crushed and bleeding, - Who can pass them by unheeding? - Who resist their piteous pleading? - When mine eyes the King shall see, - Shall the waiting welcome be, - “Ye have done it unto Me”? - - Lo, our Lord has condescended - To uplift the unbefriended, - And the poor man’s cause defended. - When mine eyes the King shall see, - Shall the waiting welcome be, - “Ye have done it unto Me”? - - Came He to the pure and holy, - Or to save the sinners solely? - Lo, He loved the lost and lowly. - When mine eyes the King shall see - May the waiting welcome be, - “Ye have done it unto Me”! - - When the ruined, rescued races, - Sit with us in heavenly places, - Christ-like love shall crown the graces. - Then mine eyes the King shall see, - And the waiting welcome be, - “Ye have done it unto Me.” - - JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 26, ’77. - - * * * * * - - -REPLACING THE BURNED BUILDINGS. - -The new building at Macon, Ga., which contains both chapel and -schoolrooms is nearly completed. It is built substantially and -plainly of brick, fully supplies the place of the two buildings -burned, and in cost will come quite within the insurance money -received. It will probably be ready for dedication about the first -of February. - -A lot, on which is a building for a teacher’s home, has been -purchased at Mobile, Ala., and the rebuilding of the Emerson -Institute will be begun at once. It will also be of brick, -commodious and convenient in its proportions and arrangement. - -At New Orleans we have met with delays from time to time, arising -from the necessity of a change of location, and the customary -vexations of real-estate transfers. We sympathize with the trials -of our Straight University corps of teachers in the disadvantages -under which they are working. We hope soon to have a desirable -lot fully secured, and shall then press the building with all the -speed which is compatible with prudence and safety. - -One of the teachers, in a personal letter, writes: - -“As far as numbers make a school a success, Straight is a -success. There must be now two hundred pupils, of which there -are ninety-three enrolled in my department, with an average of -eighty-seven. - -“When you know the disadvantages under which the pupils labor, -you will wonder, with us, at their constant attendance. More than -half in my room sit in chairs in which their feet cannot touch the -floor; and the other half are seated at old-fashioned wooden desks -that are loose from the floor and often so nicely balanced that one -child leaving his seat will cause the books, &c., of three others -to come to grief. Think of ninety-three huddled together in a room -twenty-five by twenty-five, with the only two windows on one side, -the other three sides being dark, the only passage from this room -to the street being through another, in which recitations are being -heard through the entire day. This, of course, prevents any recess, -so necessary in a primary or intermediate department. - -“Quite unexpectedly the severe weather has come upon us, in which, -because of the unsuitable clothing of the children as well as lack -of conveniences for heating the rooms, the children suffer with -the cold. Last Friday the gentlemen teachers kept their winter -overcoats on all day, and shivered at that. With the exception -of severe colds, the teachers are well, and at their posts. The -accession of new pupils each month somewhat retards school work. -What to do with any more in my department is beyond my ability to -answer at present. But if wishes could lay a brick or drive a nail, -the new building would be well toward completion.” - - * * * * * - - -CAMPAIGN IN MASSACHUSETTS. - -DIST. SEC’Y POWELL, OF CHICAGO. - -Thanksgiving week ended, we began our campaign in Massachusetts, -at Sheffield, Monday afternoon, December 3d. Very unfavorable were -the circumstances attending our first meeting. The brutal murder -of an old man and woman on Thanksgiving-Day, had thrown the quiet -town into an unusual state of excitement. Evidence pointed strongly -to a negro as the murderer; and only the determined resistance of -the sheriff at the time of arrest, had saved the town from the -disgraceful presence of Judge Lynch. A murder committed by a white -man would not, I think, have affected unfavorably a meeting in -behalf of home missions; rather, such an event would have given it -special point and interest; but a black man being the criminal, -the result was different. The meeting was small, and yet I should -not be surprised if that meeting at Sheffield should prove to be -the most fruitful in results of any held. That murder ought to -lead the “sober second thought” of the community to a very hearty -endorsement of the American Missionary Association, and I believe -it will. - -The uniform heartiness with which the ministers of Connecticut -received us was emulated by our Massachusetts brethren. Wherever we -came, a cordial welcome awaited us, and when we left, an equally -cordial God-speed accompanied us. Our meetings were held almost -entirely in the western part of the State. Hampshire, Hampden and -Berkshire counties were the field, and forty-two different churches -were visited. Just here I might as well make note of the delightful -weather we had all through our Massachusetts campaign—only one -unpleasant evening during the time, and that not sufficiently so -to keep the people at home. Very fortunate we were that evening -in Lee—the well-known go-to-meeting habits of the people gave -us a large audience, compared with some other places visited on -pleasant evenings; and in connection with the weather, how can -I forbear mention of the country—its native beauty, striking -grandeur, and historic interest—who that knows New England can -be ignorant of these? Valleys where poets might go crazy in the -vain attempt to sing their glory, New England’s sturdy sons have -turned into factories of wealth. The Mountains Holyoke, Sugar -Loaf, Tom and Toby, seeming to keep perpetual watch of the busy -life in the valleys below, and then the stories of Indian romance -that, lingering still, encircle some spots with their own weird -interest; the houses of such as Edwards, Field and Bellamy, open up -historic trains of thought which lead to the fountain-head of those -intellectual and moral forces which have made not only Western -Massachusetts, but all New England such an influential power -in the best development of our country. These “sceptred dead,” -from whom not yet has the realm of empire departed! What with -pleasant weather, beautiful scenery, romantic tales and historic -reminiscence, the fatigue of travel and wear of speaking, were -considerably lightened. - -In many cases, the afternoon meetings proved, both in point of -numbers and interest, the best. People who leave their homes and -business in the afternoon, riding in some cases four or five miles -to attend a meeting, bring with them an inspiration which a speaker -cannot fail to feel; and after he has gone, his words remain to -be thought over and acted upon. What a difference between an -audience pleased only when the speaker entertains them, and one -that is gathered because of already awakened interest in the cause -of missions! Well, we had both kinds, but our afternoon audiences -were chiefly of the latter. Buckland, Ashfield, Lee, Amherst and -Chicopee, are especially worthy of mention for the large audiences -given us, while, with the exception of two places, which I will -not mention, all the others accorded us a generous hearing, larger -indeed than, under the circumstances, could have been expected. - -A little episode occurred during the first week, that broke up our -speaking force for a few days, but added at the same time to the -value of the campaign. The Worcester Central Missionary Society -held its Fifty-Third Annual Meeting, December 6th, in Worcester, -to which meeting Mr. Woodworth and myself repaired, and occupied a -full hour kindly given us, to set forth the claims of the American -Missionary Association; while Mr. Cutler, reinforced by Mr. Pike, -kept on, and filled the appointments in their original order. There -were two things about this Worcester meeting I wish to mention. -_First_, it indicated the growing interest of the churches in the -subject of missions. This Society was organized fifty-two years ago -as auxiliary to the American Board, and, during these intervening -years, has preserved this exclusive relation. This year the Society -voted to change its constitution, in order that hereafter _all_ the -Missionary causes may have recognition in its deliberations and -benefactions. _Secondly_, this meeting indicated that a whole day -can be profitably given by the churches in convention assembled, -to the consideration of missions. From the beginning the power of -the meeting increased, and the evening session, at which there was -a mingling of stirring pleas for the Education Society, the Board -Home Missions, and the Missionary Association, was the crowning -interest of the day. - -Brethren, let us move for a “Missionary Day” in our conferences, -and put the Missionary Societies under requisition for the very -best material they can furnish to kindle a fire of missionary -enthusiasm in our churches. The Sabbath following this Worcester -meeting was spent by Mr. Woodworth in Worcester, Mr. Cutler in -Gardner in the morning, and with his former charge in Athol, in -the evening; while I went to Keene, New Hampshire, and spent the -day with my old Seminary class-mate, Rev. Cyrus Richardson. His -sensitive regard for my physical well-being, led him to let me off -with three preaching services, at all of which I had to talk A. -M. A. and all the time. The evening meeting was a crowded union -service, Rev. Mr. Leech coming over with his people in full force, -showing that the churches of Keene have a warm place in their -hearts for missionary work among the despised races in America. - -By previous arrangement, we were to again unite our forces at -Buckland, near Sherburne Falls, on Monday afternoon; but - - “The best laid schemes o’ mice and men gang aft agley.” - -Mr. Woodworth failed to start, Mr. Cutler missed his train, and I -found myself dumped at a station, marked Buckland in the railway -guide, three miles away from the town, and the only living creature -I discovered, from which to get directions what to do and where to -go, was a poor little cat that came bounding to my side, purring -out as plainly as anything could be said—“I am glad to see you.” -After a brief interchange of the compliments of the season, I -buttoned my overcoat, adjusted my satchel, and started up the -only road it was possible to take, and in the only direction -possible—for the road terminated at a river, on the bank of which -stood the depot. It proved to be the right way. How easy it would -be to get along if the right way was the only way in which we could -go! As I drew near the village, the cheery notes of the church bell -rung out their merry call, while well-filled carriages, whirling -along in the direction of the church, told me that the people were -evidently interested in missions. I was on hand, and in time. A -fine audience had gathered; but my brethren, where were they? Well, -they did not come; that was all I knew, and in their absence I did -the best I could. The gift of continuance was given me in copious -plenteousness, and the time was exhausted before I was. I failed to -notice, however, whether my audience was not also exhausted. The -next day the _disjecta membra_ came together again at Sherburne -Falls, and henceforth to the close kept together. - -And now as I review this entire series of meetings, the question -comes—have they been profitable? Others, I presume, will ask -the same question, and therefore I take a brief space to answer -it as I may be able. The object we had in view was, _first_, to -impart information concerning the work of the American Missionary -Association, and to discuss its claims upon the churches, to the -end that the receipts of its treasury might be increased, and -its work correspondingly strengthened; and, _secondly_, that -the distinctive missionary nature of our work might have a more -prominent place in the religious thought of the churches, and -thus become a factor in the development of such Christian life -as has a tender regard for those who are despised and poor and -oppressed. So far, then, as our object is concerned, we must wait -for time to bring an answer, but the meetings themselves developed -certain data out of which we can construct an answer. The data are -these: _First_, while no contributions were asked for or taken -from the congregation, individuals, self-moved, have handed to us -considerable money that otherwise would not have come into our -treasury, while pledges have been made of amounts far more than -sufficient to meet the expense of both campaigns. _Secondly_, I -took occasion to ask nearly all the ministers, and, so far as I -could, the leading men attending the meetings, the question—“In -your judgment has it paid for us three men to come here and hold -this meeting?” And _without exception_ the answer has been, -“_Yes_,” and in the majority of cases the additional remark, “I -wish it were so you could come again.” With this testimony, and -personal knowledge of the general interest of the meetings, I can -only answer the question raised in the affirmative, with the strong -conviction that time will confirm its correctness. - - * * * * * - - -[_From the Fisk Expositor._] - -AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. - -Great honor is due George Peabody, because he donated to the South, -for the purposes of general education, upwards of three millions of -dollars, the interest of which is to be appropriated to the work of -developing the school systems of the various States. - -But the American Missionary Association of New York City, the -almoner of funds received from the Congregational churches of the -United States, has already, since the war, disbursed more money in -the South for educational purposes than the entire gift of George -Peabody, and is expending for the prosecution of the same work, -every year, more than twice as much as the interest of the Peabody -Fund. - -In this statement no intention exists to depreciate the munificence -of Mr. Peabody’s gift, but to call attention to the fact that -the South owes a debt of gratitude to the American Missionary -Association, which it should not be slow to recognize. - -The Association was organized in 1846, for the purpose of “carrying -the Gospel to the poor.” The first school for colored children -was opened at Hampton, Virginia, in 1861. Since that time it has -expended between $3,500,000 and $4,000,000, ninety per cent. of -which has been appropriated to the support of its work in the South. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - - * * * * * - -AN EXAMPLE FOR THE BOYS. - - The following letter explains itself. A boy who gives to the - poor the whole proceeds of his farm, and that within a month of - Christmas, is worthy of special note. We would like to hear from - more such boys. - -I have wanted to do something for the freedmen. I am a little -boy seven years old. Last spring grandpapa gave me a little plot -of ground for my vegetable garden, consisting of corn, pop-corn, -beans, summer squashes, Hubbard squashes, cucumbers, tomatoes, -cabbages, watermelons. I took most of the care of the garden -myself; only when I went on a sail my grandma picked the squashes. -I sold the products of my garden to my grandma, and she paid me in -money, amounting to a _dollar and a half_, with which I cheerfully -send to you for the freedmen. - - AMASA DAY CHAFFEE. -MODUS, CONN., _Nov. 29, 1877_. - - * * * * * - -SIX COMPOSITIONS. - - A graduate of Hampton writes to a former teacher enclosing sample - compositions of his pupils in “The Sunday School.” We copy from - the _Southern Workman_: as it says; “We do not remember ever - seeing a richer collection of children’s compositions. The - teacher has no reason to despair.” - - “VA. - -“_Dear Teacher_:—On returning from my school this afternoon, I -thought I would write and let you hear of my sojourning. To-day -is Friday (the last day in school week), and, after a review of -the week’s studies, the children are requested to write short -compositions. I send you six, copied just as they were written: - -‘SUNDAY SCHOOL. - -‘Sunday school is a good place to go. To keep out of badness. And -learn the words of god good boys and girls goes to sunday school -every sunday when they can. Everybody ought to go to sunday school; -and hear the Bible because it tell them what is right and wrong. M. -F. Hancock.’ - -‘Sunday school are the place that people ought to go, and learn -to read about god and his diciples, and of him to learn good and -not bad like Biley done to day killed a little sparrow, where will -never do him no harm in the world, and he put the bird to death. -Poor bird. Peter S. Hancock.’ - -‘Sunday School is a good place that all bad children ought to go -to. And some of the members do not come to the Sunday School. And -this School is a very emportant one. And the people ought make -their children come where gods work are going on. And if they fuse -to come whip them. I do not fuse to come where the Lord work is. -Jerry Chappell.’ - -‘Sunday School are a place that people ought to go to learn -something about the scripture Sunday School are a very pretty place -to go to learn and to spell and to read People ought to be have -there Selves. Emily Farmer.’ - -‘Sunday School is a very useful thing; though I don’t go to it but -I hope every body will go if I dont go. Sunday School is a place -where every body ought to go to learn sense, and read the scripture -and hear the word of God. Ellen Coles.’ - -“These were written by the Fourth Reader class. My school numbers -fifty-one pupils. I have no little task to undergo. Besides -worrying with the children all the week, I have the responsibility -of head Deacon and Clerk of the church. I sometimes despair; -but when I look and see that there is no one in our midst more -competent than I am for either position, I look to the ‘Great I Am’ -and do the best I can. - -“Ere this, you are somewhat experienced in the movements of our -race. They suit quite well to begin with, but the end, alas! how -different from the beginning! Our people are quick of apprehension, -but do not continue in it. - - “Very respectfully, - “Your once pupil and scholar, - “H.” - - * * * * * - - - - -RECEIPTS - -FOR DECEMBER, 1877. - - - * * * * * - - MAINE, $288.54. - - Alfred. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $23.07 - Augusta. Joel Spalding, to const. - MRS.HELEN G. ECOB, L. M. 30.00 - Bangor. Hammond St. Ch. 10.00 - Bath. Mrs. J. C. 0.25 - Bethel. Francis Barker 2.24 - Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.00 - Blanchard. "A Friend" 5.00 - Blue Hill. "A Friend" 1.00 - Brewer. First Cong. Ch. $12; and Sab. Sch. $4.53 16.53 - Dennysville. Peter E. Vose, box of C. and new - cloth, _for Atlanta, Ga._ - Fryeburgh. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.10 - Gorham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.60 - Hampden. Chas. E. Hicks and others 5.00 - Hallowell. Mrs. Mary Flagg $10; H. K.Baker $2, - _for printing press Talladega, Ala._ - —— "Friends" $1.25, _for Ogeechee Ch._ - —— "Two Lady Friends" $5 ea. 23.25 - Norridgewock. Cong. Ch. 50.00 - North Bridgton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 - North Vassalborough. Joseph White 10.00 - Norway. Wm. Frost and Mary K. Frost 5.25 - Portland. "Two Ladies" 4.00 - Topsham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Vassalborough. —— 0.25 - Waterford. Cash 5.00 - Wells. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., to - const. SARAH A. SOUTHWORTH, L. M. 40.00 - - - NEW HAMPSHIRE, $755.32. - - Antrim. "Friends," by Imla Wright 40.00 - Atkinson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.25 - Auburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.50 - Brookline. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00 - Bristol. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.05 - Centre Harbor. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (bal. coll.) 1.00 - Concord. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 55.22 - Concord. North Cong. Ch., B. of C., _for - Wilmington, N. C._ - Dunbarton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 42.50 - Exeter. "A Friend" 30.00 - Grafton Co. "A Friend" ($30 of which to const. - MRS. GEO. E COLBURN, L. M.) 130.00 - Hanover Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Hollis. "Lady Friends," bbl. of C., by Mrs. J. - C. Burge - Hopkinton. D. S. 0.35 - Keene. First Cong. Sab. Sch. $117.85; Second - Cong. Ch. and Soc. $37; J. P. $1; Mrs. C. C. - W. 25c. 156.10 - Milford. Nathan Jewett 5.00 - Nashua. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.35 - ——. "A Friend," _for the Debt_ 100.00 - Newport. "A Young Lady" 10.00 - Stratham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - ——. "A Friend" 100.00 - - - VERMONT, $536.98. - - Brandon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.65 - Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. 70.00 - Brookfield. C. E. B. 0.25 - Cambridge. Dea. Solomon Montague $10; Mrs. - Benj. Barrett $2 12.00 - Charlotte. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $29.61; Rev C. C. - Torrey $15 44.61 - Chester. "X. Y. Z." 1.00 - Granby and North Victory. Cong. Ch. 1.50 - Hardwick. A. M. Amsden and wife 15.00 - Hartford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $52.73; - Woman’s Miss. Soc. of Cong. Ch. - $11.—Ladies’ Miss. Soc., B. of C., _for - Wilmington, N. C._ 63.73 - Lower Waterford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.75 - Ludlow. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $22.45; Sab. Sch. - $1.81 24.26 - North Cambridge. John Kinsley 10.00 - Peacham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 34.40 - Pittsford. Thos. D. Hall 5.00 - Royalton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.00 - Shelburn. Mrs. Mattie Duncan, bal. to const. - MRS. JOSIE. MERILL, L. M. 10.00 - Stowe. Cong. Ch. 44.14 - West Charleston. Rev. W. T. Herrick, _for the - Debt_ 25.25 - Westminster. Cong. Ch. 8.50 - West Randolph. M. A. and S. E. Albin 6.00 - West Rutland. Young Ladies’ Working Band, by H. - D. Tuttle 65.00 - West Townsend. Charitable Soc., by Mrs. R. P. - W. Baldwin, bbl. of C., val. $42, and $2 _for - freight_ 2.00 - Windham. Cong. Ch. $10.29; Cong. Sab. Sch. $1.65 11.94 - Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00 - - - MASSACHUSETTS, $3,447.27. - - Abington. Mrs. Sullivan 3.00 - Amesbury and Salisbury. Union Ch. and Soc. 5.80 - Amherst. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - Andover. South Cong. Ch. $105.—Rev. J. - H. Laird $10; E. Taylor $6; M. C. Andrews $5; - Dr. Gilbert $2; H. J. and Mrs. D. G. $1 ea., - _for Talladega C._—Individuals, _for Mag._, $1 131.00 - Ashfield. Henry Taylor, $6.—Ladies $1, - _for freight_ 7.00 - Ashburnham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. - NOYES B. HERRICK, L. M. 43.00 - Athol. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 103.21 - Auburn. Cong. Ch. 41.00 - Ayer. "Friends" 3.25 - Bedford. M. E. R. 0.50 - Blandford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.35 - Boston. Union Ch. and Soc. $83.92; Mrs E. W. B. - 50c. 84.42 - Bradford. Young Ladies of Bradford - Academy, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 10.00 - Buckland. E. S. 0.25 - Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 47.65 - Charlton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. - $74.98; "Memorial Offering from Member - of Central Ch." $50 124.98 - Chicopee. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.72 - Cohasset. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.63 - Concord. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.33 - Cummington. Mrs. S. R. Wilbur $5; Mr. and Mrs. - M. Porter $2; Mrs. H. Porter $1.50; Mrs. - Alivia Wilbur $1.30; others $1.20 11.00 - Dalton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $19.59; Cong. Sab. - Sch. $5 24.59 - Danvers. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00 - Dorchester. Miss E. Pierce 1.50 - Douglass. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $10; A. M. H. 50c. 10.50 - Dracut Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.75 - East Hampton. Payson Ch. and Soc. $283.95; L. - D. L. 25c. 284.20 - East Weymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.15 - Florence. Florence Ch. 132.65 - Great Barrington. L. M. Pixley 10.00 - Greenfield. C. C. Phillips $2.—Woman’s Miss. - Soc., by Mrs. Newell, bbl. of C., _for - Atlanta, Ga._ 2.00 - Georgetown. First Cong. Ch., _for Chinese M._ 4.53 - Goshen. Mrs. Wm. Tilton 2.00 - Groton. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 64.27 - Hanover. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.50 - Hatfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 45.75 - Harvard. Mrs. C. S. 0.50 - Haverhill. Mary B. Jones $10; W. H. E. 25c. 10.25 - Haydenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.41 - Hinsdale. J. H. 1.00 - Hingham. R. J. F. 0.25 - Holden. Ladies’ Sewing Circle, B. of C., _for - Wilmington, N. C._ - Lakeville. Betsey Kinsley 2.00 - Lawrence, Lawrence St. Ch. and Soc. 75.19 - Leicester. Mrs. C. C. Partridge 5.00 - Lincoln. Miss. S. R. 0.25 - Lowell. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $104; - "A Friend in Eliot Ch." $50. to const. - DEA. JAMES W. MORSE, L. M. 154.00 - Lynn. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 37.68 - Lynnfield Centre. "A Friend" 5.00 - Ludlow. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.45 - Malden. Rev. J. C. 0.27 - Medfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 61.00 - Monson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.69 - Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $129.63; Cash, - _for postage_, 12c. 129.75 - North Abington. Mrs. A. S. Reed, to - const. MRS. GEO. ADAMS, L. M. 30.00 - Northampton. W. K. Wright 30.00 - North Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00 - Northborough. "Friends" $7, _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._—Mrs. Martha D. Wells $3 10.00 - North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. 84.46 - New Bedford. "A Friend" 5.00 - Newton. Elliot Cong. Ch. 59.18 - Newton Centre. S. A. E. 0.50 - Newton Lower Falls. "Friend" 7.00 - North Chelmsford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.25 - Norfolk. Mrs. Wm. Mann, _for Student’s Aid, - Atlanta, U._ 2.00 - Plympton. Cong. Ch. 3.80 - Randolph. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 86.19 - Rochdale. Mrs. R. W. 0.25 - Salem. South Cong. Ch. and Society (Mon. Con. - Coll.) $8.12; J. P. A. 50c. 8.62 - Sherborn. Miss M. B. 1.00 - South Boston. Miss J. A. 1.00 - Southbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.03 - South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 - Springfield. Hope Cong. Ch. $21.08; Olivet Ch. - and Soc. $1.39; Miss L. B. $1 23.47 - Stockbridge. Cong. Ch. 38.83 - Sutton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.66 - Swampscott. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 34.00 - Taunton. E. S. E. 0.50 - Tewksbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 33.25 - Topsfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 64.10 - Townsend. Cong. Ch., Sab. Sch. and friends $25, - _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._; Friends 90c. 25.90 - Upton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.78 - Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 114.00 - Ware. "A Friend," _for the Debt_ 10.00 - Warren. S. Blair 2.00 - Watertown. Mrs. A. 0.50 - Whately. L. B. W. 2.00 - West Andover. A. L. Goodell 25.00 - West Boylston. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 80.00 - West Springfield. Park St. Ch. 63.00 - Westminster. E. A. Whitney 5.00 - Winchendon. "Two Friends" 10.00 - Woburn. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 100.00 - Worcester. Plymouth Cong. Ch. $138.83 (of which - $15 _for Talladega_); Piedmont Ch. and Soc. - (ad’l) $182. (of which $100 from John B. - Gough); E. A. Goodnow $10; Mrs. J. 50c.; Mrs. - H. B. F. 25c. 331.58 - Yarmouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.25 - - - RHODE ISLAND, $140.25. - - Barrington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $50; J. I. S. - 25c. 50.25 - Providence. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. and Soc. 90.00 - - - CONNECTICUT, $3,680.48. - - Abington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 - Ashford. Cong. Soc. 10.00 - Avon. By A. U. Thompson $130 (of which $100 - from Harry Chidsey, to const. L. - H. CHIDSEY, MRS. L. H. CHIDSEY and HARRY C. - HUMPHREY, L. M.’s); M. A. $1 131.00 - Berlin. Second Cong. Ch. 8.47 - Birmingham. Mrs. C. A. B. 0.25 - Clinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to - const. CHARLES E. REDFIELD, L. M. 43.58 - Cromwell. Mrs. Stephen Topliff 3.25 - Durham. Cong. Ch. 25.50 - East Woodstock. H. C. 0.25 - Enfield. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 20.00 - Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.29 - Hanover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 76.90 - Haddam. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Ch. $207.75; J. E. - Cushman $160 ($60 of which _for - the Debt_),—Mrs. Polly Johnson $1.50 _for - Mendi M._—A. W. 50c. 369.75 - Higganum. Cong. Soc. 6.00 - Hebron. Cong. Ch. 15.00 - Jewett City. Mrs. M. A. Rockwell 25.00 - Lisbon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.08 - Old Lyme. by M. S. _for Mag._ 0.50 - Marlborough. Miss L. A. Carter $2; Geo. H. Lord - and Others $8 10.00 - Meriden. C. H. Learned 5.00 - Middletown. J. G. Baldwin 25.00 - Milford. Plymouth Ch. $36.50; First Cong. Ch. - $29.50 66.00 - Milton. Rev. S. J. M. Merwin 15.00 - Montville. —— 7.00 - Moodus. Amasa Day Chaffee 1.50 - New Canaan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.40 - New Haven. Davenport Cong. Ch. $62.75; Third - Cong. Ch. and Soc. $32.58; R. E. Rice $20; - Mrs. E. R. Marvin $8.25; "A Friend in Centre - Ch." $10; Individuals _for Mag._ 50c. 134.08 - New Hartford, North Cong. Ch., Rev. F. H. - Adams’ Bible Class $10.26; John Richards’ - Bible Class $10, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.26 - New Milford. Cong. Ch. 95.69 - New London. Miss M. A. R. Rogers 2.00 - Norwich. Park Cong. Sab. Sch. $50 _for Student - Aid, Atlanta U._—"A Friend" $5 55.00 - Portland. First Cong. Ch. 11.02 - Redding. Cong. Ch. 5.90 - Rockville. Rev. G. Pease, Box of C., - _for Savannah, Ga._ - Roxbury. Individuals _for Mag._ 0.75 - Saybrook. Second Cong. Ch. 6.90 - South Glastonbury. Cong. Ch. 6.00 - South Windsor. First Cong. Ch. 30.00 - Stratford. Cong. Ch. 25.50 - Suffield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.85 - Terryville, Cong. Ch., M. C. Coll. 6.00 - Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 46.80 - Tolland. "Family Thanksgiving donation by L. J. C." 1.00 - West Avon. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - West Hartford. Miss E. C. H. 0.62 - West Haven. Mrs. Huldah Coe 6.50 - West Meriden. E. K. Breckenridge $10; "H. L. - C." $5 15.00 - West Winsted. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 59.40 - Whitneyville. H. H. 0.50 - Willimantic. Cong. Ch. 54.39 - Winchester. Cong. Ch. 11.93 - Winsted. Cong. Ch. $51.13; Mrs. Emily Case $10 61.13 - Winthrop. Miss. C. Rice 2.00 - Woodbury. ESTATE of Judah Baldwin $1,689.05; - ESTATE of Mrs. Eunice Baldwin $278.07, - by A. W. Mitchell, Ex. 1,967.12 - Woodbury. A. W. Mitchell and Mrs. J. G. Minor - $5 ea. 10.00 - Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for a - Theo. Student, Straight U._ 40.42 - —— "A Friend" 50.00 - - - NEW YORK, $2,115.77. - - Adams. Mrs. D. R. S. Colton $2, and box of books 2.00 - Alfred Centre. Mrs. Ida F. Kenyon 5.00 - Barnes Corners. Mrs. L. R. Greenly 10.00 - Brentwood. E. F. Richardson 8.50 - Brooklyn. Clinton Ave. Cong. Ch. (of - which $1,000 from A. S. Barnes _for the debt_) 1,227.94 - Brooklyn. South Cong. Ch. $51; Ch. of - the Covenant $5 56.00 - Cincinnatus. Thanksgiving Coll. Union - Service, by Rev. E. Rogers 10.00 - Durham. Mrs. H. I. 1.00 - East Avon. Mrs. F. D. 1.00 - Elma. Mrs. E. S. A. Bancroft 5.00 - Elmira. Miss Clarissa Thurston 5.00 - Felts Mills. Joel A. Hubbard 30.00 - Fillmore. L. L. Nourse 10.00 - Franklin. Cong. Ch. 17.42 - Gainesville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 - Gouverneur. Mrs. E. R. B. 1.00 - Harford. Robert Purvis 30.00 - Harlem. Cong. Ch. 10.30 - Harris Hill. Thomas Hutchinson and John Berry 5.00 - Lima. Rev. H. N. P. 0.25 - Lisle. Miss A. B. 1.00 - Little Valley. Cong. Ch. 3.00 - Lockport. H. W. Nichols 5.00 - Locust Valley. Mrs. S. Palmer 5.00 - Madison. Cong. Ch. 4.00 - Marcellus. First Ch. $20; S. C. Hemenway $5; A. - Rockwell and others $1; Mrs. L. H. 50c. 26.50 - Mexico. M. Midlam $3; Individuals, by Dr. - Smith, $1.75 4.75 - Middlesex. Lester Adams and E. J. Adams 10.00 - Oneonta. Mrs. L. J. S. 0.27 - Newark Valley. First Cong. Ch. 38.09 - New York. E. A. Graves $100; Alex. Ostrander $5 105.00 - Oriskany Falls. Joseph C. Griggs 25.00 - Palmyra. Pliny T. Sexton, to const. - MISS MARY SQUIRE, L. M. 30.00 - Paris Hill. Cong Ch. 27.50 - Perry Centre. "A Friend" 10.00 - Penn Yan. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 18.00 - Pierpont. Mr. and Mrs. James Gleason 5.00 - Rochester. Mrs. J. H. 0.25 - Sag Harbor. Chas. N. Brown to const. MISS - ANNA C. POLLEY, L. M. 30.00 - Sing Sing. Mrs. Harriet M. Cole to - const. REV. DAVID E. JONES, L. M. 30.00 - Springville. Lawrence Weber 3.00 - Syracuse. Mrs. S. J. White 5.00 - Union Falls. Francis E. Duncan $15; Mrs. Fanny - D. Duncan $10 25.00 - Union Valley. Wm. C. Angel 5.00 - Watkins. Mr. G. $1; others $1 2.00 - Westfield. Mrs. L. S. 1.00 - West Mount Vernon. I. Van Santvoord, overcoat, - package of C. and $2 _for freight_ 2.00 - Williamsburgh. ESTATE of Mary - Withington, by J. M. Stearns, Ex. 250.00 - Windham. Rev. O. B. Hitchcock, Set of - Appleton’s Cyclopedia, val. $80, _for - Talladega C._ - Windsor. Mrs. Jonah Woodruff $3; Rev. J. S. P. - $1 4.00 - - - NEW JERSEY, $12.50. - - Bricksburg. Rev. G. L. 1.00 - Camden. J. E. S. 0.50 - Newark. David Owen $1, and five Sab. - Sch, Banners 1.00 - Trenton. S. T. Sherman 10.00 - - - PENNSYLVANIA, $3.50. - - Orwell. Rev. Wm. Macnab 2.00 - Providence. Welsh Cong. Ch. 1.00 - Terrytown. Dr. G. F. H. 0.50 - - - OHIO, $405.21. - - Berea. James S. Smedley 5.00 - Bellevue. J. S. 0.25 - Belpre. Cong. Ch. 21.48 - Cincinnati. Rev. B. P. Aydelott $10; C. - B. Ruggles $3; Mrs. Charlotte Ruggles $2 15.00 - Cleveland. Euclid Ave. Cong. Ch $19.70; A. H. - L. $1 20.70 - Delaware. Froedshindalar Welsh Cong. Ch. ($5 of - which from Wm. Bevan) 10.32 - Garrettsville. Cong. Ch. 5.50 - Granville. Mrs. C. G. Olds 2.00 - Greenfield. Wm. Smith 5.00 - Geneva. Mrs. S. Kingsbury $10; Miss M. M. - Kingsbury $5; W. C. P. $1; W. M. A. 50c. 16.50 - Georgetown. Joseph W. Hill 5.00 - Greenwich. Mrs. Luther Mead 5.00 - Hampden. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 - Huntsburgh. A. E. Millard $10; Mrs. M. E. - Millard $5 15.00 - Hudson. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Paper_ 3.00 - Madison. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. $35, _for - Student Aid, Tougaloo U._; M. B. H. 50c. 35.50 - Marietta. Rev. I. M. P. 0.25 - Medina. N. B. Northrop 20.00 - Moores Saltworks. Robert George 2.00 - Oberlin. Mrs. C. C. Wheat to const I. C. V. - WHEAT, L. M., $30; Rev. J. S. 25c. 30.25 - North Benton. Mrs. Margret J. Hartzel 5.00 - North Eaton. Mrs. M. O. 0.57 - Prairie Depot. A. B. F. 0.25 - Rootstown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 - Ruggles. Cong. Ch. 23.75 - Saybrook, W. C. Sexton 2.00 - Steubenville. Woman’s Missionary Soc. by Miss - Anne G. Elliott, Treas. 10.00 - Sullivan. Mrs. M. McC. 1.00 - Tallmadge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($5, of - which from Ladies, _for a student, Talladega - C._) 29.14 - Toledo. Mrs. M. A. Harrington 10.00 - Wellington. Cong. Ch. to const. REV. J. - A. DALY, L. M. 50.00 - Welshfield. S. P. 0.25 - Westerville. G. W. F. 0.50 - Windham. First Cong. Ch. 25.00 - - - INDIANA, $5. - - Goshen. A. M. Lee 5.00 - - - ILLINOIS, $3,231.61. - - Albion. Mrs. Martha Skeavington 5.00 - Aurora. N. L. James 5.00 - Avon. F. H. M. 0.25 - Chicago. First Cong. Ch. $14.30; Leavitt St. - Cong. Co. $11.24 25.60 - Crystal Lake. ESTATE of Simon S. - Gates, by William D. Gates, Ex. 3,000.00 - Evanston. First Cong. Ch. 25.25 - Galesburg. Ladies of Cong. Ch. _for Ind. Sch. - Talladega C._ 25.00 - Geneseo. Cong. Sab. Sch. 40.00 - Kewanee. Cong. Ch. 29.07 - Knoxville. W. H. Holcomb and others $1.00 ea. 5.00 - Marshall. Mrs. G. E. C. 0.50 - Mattoon. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Naperville. Mrs. L. C. 1.00 - Port Byron. Woman’s Miss’y Soc. 8.50 - Quincy. Lucius Kingman 5.00 - Rosemond. _For Mag._ 0.25 - Rockford. First Cong. Ch. 37.44 - Sterling. First Cong. Ch. 7.75 - Sycamore. Rev. A. S. 1.00 - - - MICHIGAN, $318.96. - - Alpena. Woman’s Miss. Soc. of Cong. Ch. $25 - _for a student Atlanta U._—Miss J. F. F. 60c. 25.60 - Birmingham. Mrs. A. D. Stickney 1.25 - Detroit. "A member of First Cong. Ch." 3.33 - Dexter. Dennis Warner 10.00 - Dowagiac. Cong. Ch. $6; Ladies Soc. $3.20 "The - Widow’s Mite" $1 10.20 - Grass Lake. Z. Boynton 5.00 - Hillsdale. J. W. Ford 2.00 - Jackson. Mrs. R. M. Bennett $1.25; "A Friend" - 75c. 2.00 - Kalamazoo. Webster Johnson $100; Cong. Ch. - $77.93 ($30 of which to const. CLARENCE L. - DEAN, L. M.) 177.93 - Lodi. Eli Benton 30.00 - Milford. E. G. 1.00 - Richland. Presb. Ch. Coll. $4.62; S. Mills $5; - Mrs. S. Boyles $1.50; Mrs. C. T. 25c. 11.37 - Vermontville. First Cong. Ch. 34.28 - Warren. Rev. J. L. Beebe 5.00 - - - WISCONSIN, $146.16. - - Appleton. M. C. P. 0.50 - Brodhead. Mrs. M. A. C. 1.00 - Cooksville. Edward Gilley _for African M._ 5.00 - Madison. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Student Aid_ 25.00 - Milwaukee. Spring St. Cong. Ch. 12.35 - Watertown. Good Templars, by T. D. Rauouse, - _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 27.50 - Whitewater. Cong. Ch. 74.81 - - - IOWA, $231.64. - - Anamosa. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - College Springs. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 15.00 - Cherokee. First Cong. Ch. 10.03 - Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.00 - Des Moines. Plymouth Cong. Ch. $45.81; Rev. M. - N. Miles, "Family Thanksgiving donation." - $7.10 52.91 - Fairfax. Cong. Ch. 7.00 - Genoa Bluff. Cong. Ch. $7.75; H. A. M. 25c. 8.00 - Gilman. Cong. Ch., M. Coll. 1.00 - Green Mountain. Cong. Ch. 30.00 - Grinnell. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $44.20; By Mrs. M. - B. Day $2.50 46.70 - Iowa Falls. Cong. Ch. 7.00 - Mantor. Cong. Ch. 8.00 - New Hampton. Mrs E. F. Powers 4.00 - Riceville. Mrs. A. B. C. 1.00 - Tabor. Friends by Miss Julia E. Williams 5.00 - - - MINNESOTA, $92.92. - - Hastings. C. S. Campbell 5.00 - Lake City. Cong. Ch. 24.00 - Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 13.92 - Morris. Cong. Ch. 1.00 - Northfield. A. N. N. $1; Rev. J. W. S. $1 2.00 - Plainview. Cong. Ch. $34; Cong. Sab. Sch. $6 40.00 - Sauk Centre. Cong. Ch. 7.00 - - - NEBRASKA, $5. - - Milford. Rev. H. A. French 5.00 - - - DAKOTA, $24.25. - - Yankton. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., _for a Student_ 24.25 - - - COLORADO, $16.95. - - Denver. Cong. Ch. 15.45 - Greeley. "Evans" 1.50 - - - CALIFORNIA, $9. - - Benicia. Mrs. N. P. S. 1.00 - Mojave. W. F. Montague 8.00 - - - OREGON, $16.55. - - Forest Grove. Jos. W. Marsh $10; Cong. Ch. $5; - Mrs. S. H. P. $1 16.00 - Forest Grove. S. T. W. 0.25 - Portland. W. W. 0.30 - - - WASHINGTON TER., $15. - - Skokomish Agency. Cong. Mission Ch. of Christ 15.00 - - - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $36. - - Washington. Christmas Gift from the Officers - and Students of Howard University, _for the - Debt_ 36.00 - - - VIRGINIA, $5.25. - - Farmville. T. N. W. 0.25 - Salem-Fauquier. Catherine V. 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Hamilton 1,500.00 - - * * * * * - - - - -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; this 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. It originated in a sympathy with -the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted its -main efforts to preparing the FREEDMEN for their duties as citizens -and Christians in America and as missionaries in Africa. As closely -related to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted CHINESE -in America, and to co-operate with the Government in its humane -and Christian policy towards the INDIANS. It has also a mission in -AFRICA. - - -STATISTICS. - -CHURCHES: _In the South_—In Va., 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2; -Ga., 11; Ky., 5; Tenn., 4; Ala., 12; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2; -Texas, 4. _Africa_, 1. _Among the Indians_, 2. Total, 62. - -INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE SOUTH. -_Chartered_: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala.; Atlanta, -Ga.; Nashville, Tenn., Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.; and -Austin, Texas, 8; _Graded or Normal Schools_: at Wilmington, -Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Macon, Atlanta, Ga.; -Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn.; 11; _Other -Schools_, 7. Total, 26. - -TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS—Among the Freedmen, -209; among the Chinese, 17; among the Indians, 16; in foreign -lands, 10. Total, 252. STUDENTS—In Theology, 74; Law, 8; -in College Course, 79; in other studies, 5,243. Total, 5,404. -Scholars taught by former pupils of our schools, estimated at -100,000. INDIANS under the care of the Association, 13,000. - - -WANTS. - -1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with -the growing work in the South. This increase can only be reached by -_regular_ and _larger_ contributions from the churches—the feeble -as well as the strong. - -2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational -institutions, to accommodate the increasing numbers of students; -MEETING HOUSES, for the new churches we are organizing; -MORE MINISTERS, cultured and pious, for these churches. - -3. 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