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diff --git a/old/53188-0.txt b/old/53188-0.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 0430505..0000000 --- a/old/53188-0.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,3917 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary -- Volume 32, No. -5, May, 1878, by Various - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most -other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of -the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. 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. 5, May, 1878 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: October 1, 2016 [EBook #53188] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY, MAY 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. 5. - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” - - * * * * * - - MAY, 1878. - - _CONTENTS_: - - EDITORIAL. - - PARAGRAPHS 129 - IN A NUT-SHELL—OUR FINANCES 130 - OUR NEW CARTRIDGES 131 - THE BOARD OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS 132 - KING DAVID AND KING SOLOMON 133 - GEN. O. O. HOWARD 134 - NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES 135 - NOTES: FREEDMEN 136 - INDIANS 137 - THE PRESS. - CONSECRATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS. Rev. - James Powell 137 - - THE FREEDMEN. - - TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI 139 - VIRGINIA: The Church and School at - Franklin—Beginnings and Results 140 - GEORGIA: A Large Sunday - School—Faithful Teachers—A Temperance S. - S. Concert.—The Old Midway - Church—Returning Courage and - Prosperity.—Interest in Church and - Sunday-School.—Needs of this - Field.—Ogeechee 141 - ALABAMA: The Alabama Conference—Science and - Religion 143 - LOUISIANA: Part of a Day Among the Poor 145 - KENTUCKY: Temperance and Evangelistic - Work 146 - - THE AFRICAN MISSIONARIES. - - THE FREEDMEN’S MISSIONS AID - SOCIETY—A Public Meeting in Liverpool 147 - WANTED—Cloth, Bibles and School-books 148 - - THE INDIANS. - - S’KOKOMISH AGENCY, W. T.: - Sunday-School Progress—An Indian - Festival—Temperance and Order 148 - GREEN BAY AGENCY: Education Among the - Menomonee Indians 149 - - THE CHINESE. - - A REBUKE AND A RESPONSE 150 - - THE CHILDREN’S PAGE 151 - - RECEIPTS 152 - - WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, &c. 156 - - * * * * * - - NEW YORK: - - Published by the American Missionary Association, - - ROOMS, 56 READE STREET. - - * * * * * - - Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance. - - * * * * * - - A. Anderson, Printer, 23 to 27 Vandewater 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 THATCHER, 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. MAY, 1878. No. 5. - - * * * * * - - - - -_American Missionary Association._ - - - * * * * * - -We are glad to recognize in the columns of papers friendly to our -work, articles, items and condensations from the pages of the -MISSIONARY. It is a matter of far less moment to us to -be credited than to be copied. What we want is, to have the minds -of the American people filled with the facts which may lead them -to appreciate the importance of the work in which we are engaged. -Further than that, we shall be glad to have them use the A. M. -A. as the almoner of their charities, so far as they may prefer -this channel. But, above all, we want the general work to be known -and prosecuted. Use us, then, friends—use us freely—we feel -no cuts, even of sharpest scissors, if you insert us into your -own circulation. Only, when it will serve your ends, as well as -ours and the common good, add at the end: “For particulars, see -AMERICAN MISSIONARY.” - - * * * * * - -One of our missionaries in the South, who has had long experience -in the work, and has made close observations, writes thus in -respect to the need of a female missionary: - -“BROTHER STRIEBY: I feel that it is necessary to have a -female missionary in this city. There is work to be done which only -such a worker can do—a work in the homes of the people, with the -_women_, young and old. We are not reaching the women as we should. -A man cannot do the needed work. The women of the North want to -do something for their colored sisters of the South. Here is an -opportunity for them. The homes of these people must be reached. -As many of them are, morality is well-nigh impossible. The vice -that is engendered in them is frightful. Do, my brother, give me a -missionary. Do beg the Christian women of the North to help in this -matter. Oh, the fearful degradation and ruin that stream from some -of the homes of these people!” - - * * * * * - -Rev. Mr. Cutler, of Chattanooga, Tenn., desires to acknowledge, -through us, the receipt of one dollar, from “Tennie’s Yankee -Friend,” West Medway, Mass. Mr. C. has received from various -sources, in response to his plea for this poor girl, sums amounting -to about seventy-five dollars. - -While temperance revivals, under various auspices—of men and -women, of ribbons red and blue—are noted through the land, our -Southern field is not neglected. Our readers will see, in a -majority of the communications from our schools and churches in -this number, references to the increase of a temperance sentiment, -and an abstinence practice; here in a church, and there in a -school; here in the reformation of dissipated lives, and there -in the preoccupation of the minds of the young. Intemperance is -a giant evil South, as well as North, among the colored people -and the Indians, as well as with the whites. Thank God for every -victory. Pray God for wisdom and patience with which to withstand, -and then to stand. - - * * * * * - - -IN A NUT-SHELL. - -The only caste-oppressed races in America are the Negroes, Indians -and Chinamen. - -—The quarrels of the white people in America over the negro have -caused more bloodshed, and wasted more treasure, than all other -causes combined, and we are not yet at peace among ourselves about -him. - -The South contains a little more than one-third of the population -of the country. It has 3,550,425 persons over ten years old who -cannot read; the West has only 409,175. The South has 1,137,303 -_voters_ who cannot read their ballots; the West has only 217,403. -Have _patriots_ no duties here? - -The Negroes in the South are more accessible to the Gospel than any -other people on earth; they welcome it; they are near us, speak our -language, their fervency will add a warmer element to our piety, -and they seem called of God to carry the Gospel to the land of -their fathers. Have _Christians_ no duties to them? - -—The American Missionary Association bears to these -caste-oppressed races the help they need in education, practical -morality and piety. It has founded or fostered permanent -educational institutions for training ministers and teachers. In -its forty-five schools are 6,962 scholars, and its former students -are now teaching 100,000 pupils. - -Its church work lays sure foundations. Sixty-two churches are under -its care, with 4,127 members—an average of sixty-six—nearly -all the growth of fifteen years. It has seventy-four theological -students in training; has prepared many ministers of the colored -race, and has sent out nine colored missionaries to Africa. - -Seldom, if ever, has so much been accomplished in so short a time -at so small a cost. - - * * * * * - - -OUR FINANCES. - -We have reached the half-way station in our annual journey. The -statement of receipts, in this number of the MISSIONARY, -is the sixth since the last annual meeting. Our friends and patrons -naturally desire to know how we have weathered the stormy seas, and -what the prospect is of reaching port in good condition, and we -desire to tell them frankly and fully. We might refer them to the -monthly report, but we know that many of them are too busy to keep -accounts for us, their agents. - -We know too well how the financial pressure of the year has -crippled one and another of them. Their letters—not empty, -either—have told us, in confidence, from time to time, of their -losses, and we know that their gifts this year have testified to -unusual self-denials, and to deepening convictions of the greatness -of their work through us. And the best of it all is, that these -gifts have not diminished from either of the classes from which -our work is supported, the living or the dead. For the ability -to make this statement, and in times like these, we thank you, -generous friends, and we thank Him whose money you are permitted to -administer. We take courage, and congratulate the poor for whom we -labor, and whose hope is in your remembrance of them. - -In addition to the receipts above mentioned, we have received, -towards the payment of our debt, to April 1st, $8,921.72, and -also pledges, for the same purpose, of $6,950, the most of which -is conditioned on the payment of the whole debt within the year. -These figures encourage us to hope that our friends will go on, in -the same quiet and inexpensive way, until our whole debt shall be -entirely extinguished, and our hands unloosed for a more earnest -grapple with the great task of lifting up the needy and ignorant, -and yet hopeful races, for which we labor in America and in Africa. - -Brethren, we may not be thought politic by all, but we believe in -perfect frankness with our donors and the whole public. We have a -diminishing debt, curtailed expenses, and an increasing revenue. -What, then? Shall any one withhold a dollar designed for us on -that account? By no means. Rather continue to endorse our policy -of economy and thrift. You are showing your confidence; do not -withhold it. And the need? The work is pressing on us from all -sides. We have to plan continually how to make each dollar do the -work of two. - -The facts given in this number of the MISSIONARY, and -those of the past few months, show some of the wants which crowd -upon us continually. A new and commodious building must be erected -at Tougaloo, Miss., to accommodate the overflow of students, whose -beds have crowded into recitation rooms and out-buildings, and who -are now sheltered in temporary barracks of rough boards. A new -building is greatly needed at Atlanta, to accommodate its enlarged -work, and to meet the just expectations of the State Legislature, -which has granted it $8,000 a year, for several years, for current -expenses. The finishing of the church at Golding’s Grove, and the -enlargement of the school building there, are absolute necessities. -These are but specimens of the claims of this sort pressing upon -us. Added to these, is the imperative demand for the extension of -our church work in new and promising fields, stretching down to -the farthest limits of Texas. The enlarged African work is making -increasing demands upon our treasury. Besides all this, the three -coming months will witness the return of our Southern workers, when -the payment of their last bills and traveling expenses must be met. -With such an outlook before us, we are compelled, while uttering -our gratitude for the liberality of our friends, to entreat them -not to forget the pressing wants near at hand. - - * * * * * - - -OUR NEW CARTRIDGES. - -We have prepared with much care, and have in hand, a series of -pamphlets, to which we desire to attract the attention of our -readers. - -No. 1 is a brief history of the origin and growth of the A. M. A. -It is contained in sixteen pages; shows the Providential opening -up of the work on this side and on that, and serves to answer many -questions—_e.g._, how we came to have a mission in Africa—many -of our friends, even, being ignorant of the fact that this was our -first work, and that we have a permanent fund set apart by its -donor for this very purpose. The same is shown to be true, in part, -as to the work among the Indians and Chinamen; while the demands of -the freedmen, and the opportunities after emancipation, are their -own vindication in the statement of the facts. - -No. 2 is the African pamphlet, and contains (1) a history of the -Mendi Mission, carefully compiled by Dr. Dana, now of Minnesota. It -is much more full and detailed than that read by him at Syracuse, -and printed in the December MISSIONARY. The valuable -suggestions at the close of the paper are repeated only in their -headings. (2) A brief supplement brings the history down to the -departure of the second party of colored missionaries, Feb. 23rd, -1878. Large extracts are given (3) from the sermon by Dr. Scudder, -of Brooklyn, full of information, quaintly put, as to the land, -its products and its people; (4) from an address by Dist. Sec. -Pike, on “The Relation of the Freedmen to Tropical Africa”; (5) -from Secretary Strieby’s address, before the National Council, on -“America and Africa”; and (6) from a paper by Dr. Bevan, of the -Brick Church, New York, on the “Relations of England and America -to Africa”. The history, the present aspects, and many important -relations of the African Mission, are set forth with great fulness -in this pamphlet of forty-eight pages. - -No. 3 contains the address by Rev. Joseph Cook, at the Annual -Meeting in Syracuse, revised and corrected by him. Those who heard -it will not need to be reminded how vividly, in his own inimitable -way, he set forth the perils to the nation from the three despised -races, if suffered, by neglect, to remain in ignorance and -degradation. - -No. 4 is on the educational work of the Association. Its contents -are excerpts from various papers, sermons and addresses. (1) “The -Negro and his Needs,” by Gen. S. C. Armstrong, of Hampton, Va.; -(2) “Who are Affected?” by Rev. Dr. Brown, of Newark, N. J.; -(3) “Can he Care for Himself?” by Dr. Noble, of New Haven, Ct.; -(4) “The Weapons of our Warfare,” by Rev. Washington Gladden, -of Springfield, Mass.; (5) “Southern Attitudes,” by Dr. Rankin, -of Washington, D. C.; (6) “A Southerner’s Approbation,” by Col. -Preston, of Virginia; (7) “Rome in the South,” by Dist. Secretary -Powell, of Chicago; and (8) “The Special Needs of the A. M. A.,” by -Secretary Strieby. - -These four pamphlets are not intended for indiscriminate -distribution, nor for a temporary need. Rather, we have prepared -them to serve as fixed ammunition, to be drawn upon by requisition, -according to need. They are cartridges which will fit any gun, -anywhere. If sent to individuals from our office, it will be always -with a purpose, and for an end. But they will be most gladly sent -in answer to requests from pastors, or from friends who may be -seeking information on the special departments of our work. If we -find these useful, and in demand, we may hasten the publication of -other four, which are in process of preparation; on (5) The Church -Work in the South; (6) The Chinese Work; (7) The Indian Work; and -(8) Systematic Beneficence. - - * * * * * - - -THE BOARD OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS. - -The Ninth Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners is full of -condensed information and valuable suggestion. - -The tabulated results of the peace policy during nine years -appeared in the MISSIONARY for March. In view of these -figures, the Report says:— - - “These results in industry, education, and Christianity in the - short space of nine years confirm our belief, often expressed in - former reports, that the peace policy is the only right policy, - and there should be no longer any doubt as to its continuance as - the permanent policy of the government. And yet every year the - proposal is renewed to recommit the management of Indian affairs - to the War Department, and abandon the work of civilization - so well begun. The grounds upon which the transfer is urged, - namely, greater economy, a more honest purchase and distribution - of Indian supplies, more complete protection of the frontier - settlers from Indian massacres, and a more effectual prevention - of Indian wars—these are repeated year after year, in Congress - and in the public press, and as often patiently answered and - fully refuted.” - -As to economy, a tabular comparison is published, which shows that -“supplies contracted for and furnished to military posts have cost -much more—in some cases thirty-eight to seventy-eight per cent. -more—than at the neighboring Indian agencies.” - -It is asserted that the quality of goods supplied, as well as -the prices paid, command the approval of all competent and -disinterested judges, while the vigilance exercised over the -transportation and delivery of these supplies has been productive -of most satisfactory results in securing for the benefit of the -Indians the appropriations made in their behalf. - -The Report refers to the conclusion of the wars with Sitting Bull -and Joseph, and calls attention to the fact that, though it may -have appeared as though the disturbances had been quite general, in -fact only a few hundreds, even of the Dakotas and Nez Perces, have -been engaged in them. The wars of the last nine years (of the peace -policy) have been more limited, and have cost far less than in any -other equal period of our history as a nation. During the forty -years preceding 1868, the direct cost of the Indian wars averaged -twelve and a half millions a year. Even the war with Joseph -demonstrated the effect of civilizing agencies, in its freedom from -the barbarities to women and children, which have attended such -outbreaks in former years. - -Civilization and ultimate absorption into the body politic should -be the one purpose steadily pursued. Military means cannot -accomplish it. “Civilizing agencies must come from civil life.” The -testimony is that the influence of military posts in or near Indian -reservations is generally prejudicial to good morals, good order, -and progress in civilization. To teach Indian children to read and -write, or Indian men to sow and reap, are emphatically civil and -not military occupations. - -The summary of recommendations, which are not new, but none the -less worthy of consideration on that account, is as follows: - - 1st. Government of Indians by law. - 2d. Division of reservation lands and homestead rights. - 3d. Larger appropriations for the support of schools. - 4th. Consolidation of agencies, and reduction of expense. - 5th. Gradation of salaries on an equitable basis. - -In view of the excellent results, and the greater promise _of -the peace policy_, and of the imminent danger of the speedy -transfer of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the War Department, it -behooves every friend of the red man, who hopes for his ultimate -civilization and citizenship, to bring every legitimate influence -to bear upon our legislators to prevent the consummation of this -scheme. - -Reader, do you know the mind of your senator and representative -upon this subject? If you do not, will you not find it out, and do -all that you can to make him a minister of peace, and not of war, -to these poor people? - - * * * * * - - -KING DAVID AND KING SOLOMON. - -The fourth article in _Scribner’s_, for April, is entitled “King -David.” That regal personage proves to be only David King—a -long, lank, awkward, shy, near-sighted Yankee, who, up among the -New Hampshire hills, felt an inward call to go South and teach -the blacks. He was a man not much missed from his old home, and -not warmly welcomed at his new one. He was good, but not wise -nor practical. The blacks came to him, young and old, in flocks, -to learn to read, and he taught them morning, noon and night. -But all the while the white planters “regarded the schoolmaster -as an interloper, a fanatic, a knave or a fool, according to -their various degrees of bitterness.” He tried the experiment of -offering work to the idle blacks, but with little success. And now -a Northern carpet-bagging politician, of the baser sort, came into -his vicinity, and finding him an honest man, with some influence -over the poor freedmen, set himself to overthrow it by offers -of whiskey and promises of power. And poor David, innocent, and -ignorant of human nature, makes weak and ineffectual fight with -him, as he had before with haughty planters and ignorant negroes, -yields the ground and goes home again, baffled and discouraged. - -This charmingly told story has but one fault, and that, probably, -is without intention. It may give the impression that King David -is a fair sample of the Northern teachers in the South, and that -his ill-success is the record or the prophecy of their general -disaster and defeat. The true lesson of the story, and that which -may have been, if any, in the writer’s mind, is only this: That -this David was no Solomon. That goodness, unsupported by wisdom, -is not sufficient capital for educational work. That a man who is -a failure at home, amid favorable surroundings, will not be likely -to succeed abroad, alone, with everything against him. That the -lame, the halt and the blind do not make good recruits for the war -against ignorance and sin. - -Just to offset this story, which has doubtless had its counterpart -in Southern as in Northern schools and villages, we give the -story of one of our teachers in the State of South Carolina, -as written to us by himself only a few months ago. Its simple, -straight-forward truthfulness will, we think, make amends for its -lack of the spiciness and crispness of expression, which give so -delicate a literary flavor to the story of King David: - -“I was born in Western New York, and, as all my friends continue -to reside there, I still call it my home. I have been a member of -the Household of Faith since 1859; I have been engaged in teaching -the freedmen since the fall of 1866, and, for the greater part of -the time, my salary has been quite small; but I love the work, and -expect my reward hereafter. - -“I came to this place in 1872, and organized a Normal school, and -am still at its head. I met with much opposition, but I put my -trust in God, and went on doing what I thought was right, and soon -saw a change coming over the people. Students began to come in from -neighboring counties, and those who had talked most against me now -came to visit me. I organized the first temperance society for the -colored people in this part of the State, and thus got quite a hold -on the people. The organization is still continued, and is doing -much good. Several of our students, who are out teaching, have -organized similar societies, and I hear good reports from them. - -“Early last fall, a couple of young men from another county, asked -me if they could not stay in a vacant room in the building and do -their own cooking. I, of course, gave them permission, and did -what I could to assist them in preparing the room. I had some old -lumber in the wood-shed, and from it we made a bedstead and table; -had boxes for chairs and newspapers for window shades. It was soon -reported that we had good accommodations for boarders, and, before -winter had fairly set in, there were nineteen men living in the -room, which measured 30 x 22. We had only enough lumber for four -bedsteads, and on these the nineteen men slept for four months. -A part of them would retire at 8 o’clock, and sleep till after -midnight; then arise and let the others take their places. They all -did their own cooking, and, as we had but one cooking vessel, they -were all night doing their cooking for the next day. Those who sat -up the fore-part of the night spent the time in cooking, and while -they were asleep the others were cooking in the same room. - -“Twenty-three of our students are teaching in three counties, and -over 700 pupils are under their care. One of these closed his -school for a week, and walked sixty miles, in order to be present -at our closing exercises in June. - -“We have a weekly prayer-meeting, which is well attended, and is -very interesting. We also spend an hour and a half each Sabbath -afternoon in reading and explaining the word of God.” - - * * * * * - - -GEN. O. O. HOWARD. - -We wish to add our congratulations, to the many which have already -been given, to Gen. Howard, upon his final release from the legal -difficulties that have so long perplexed him. It is not easy to -understand the reasons for the persecutions heaped upon Gen. -Howard’s head. His Christian life, so kind in its spirit, and so -efficient in its activities, should not, in this day, provoke -enmity. His record as a soldier, making one among the bright pages -in the history of our Civil War, and his recent campaign among the -Indians, in which he was conspicuous for his active energy, as well -as for his courtesy to a brother officer, do not find critical -censors. It is in his connection with the Freedmen’s Bureau that -the rock of offence is found. We claim to know something about -that Bureau, and, therefore, speak the more freely. We believe -that no appropriation made necessary by the results of the -rebellion was more wise, nor has any trust under the Government -been more conscientiously executed than that of Gen. Howard in -its administration. So far as any part of the sum was used to -relieve physical suffering, it was divided impartially; and, in -the appropriation of the larger part of it to the education of -the colored people, there was the clearest comprehension of their -highest wants. The money was appropriated with just reference to -the claims of the different religious bodies co-operating with the -Government, and the educational institutions founded by it will be -perennial sources of blessing to this people, and will bear their -testimony more and more distinctly, as the years roll on, to the -wisdom of the Government in its bestowment, and of Gen. Howard in -its disbursement. - - * * * * * - - -NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES. - -RALEIGH, N. C.—“About twenty united with the church April -6th. Seven were members of the choir.” - -WOODBRIDGE, N. C.—“A wave of the Gospel temperance -revival has reached Woodbridge. Brother Peebles printed two large -pledges, one for the ‘Band of Hope,’ and the other the ‘Murphy -Pledge.’ He also promised to print all the names that would sign -either pledge, and to-day there are upon the chapel walls the names -of eighty under the Band of Hope pledge, and it is expected soon -to have fifty names under the other. Already more than half that -number have signed.” - -MACON, GA.—The church and Lewis High School have, after -an interval of a little more than a year since their buildings were -burned, a home again, in a substantial brick building, together. -The upper story is for the church. The hall will seat about 450 -persons, and is neat and tasteful. It was dedicated a few weeks -ago, with appropriate services. Rev. S. S. Ashley, of Atlanta, -preached the sermon. A description of the lower part of the -building, which is designed for the High School, we hope to furnish -in our next issue. - -SAVANNAH, GA.—Church building needs to be enlarged. One -hundred and eighty scholars present in Sunday-school, and good -teachers, “as faithful as Moses and as zealous as Peter,” always on -hand in time. - -EAST SAVANNAH, GA.—Will be recognized by council -very soon. Three united with the church March 17th. Has eighty -Sunday-school scholars. - -WOODVILLE, GA.—“Still in the midst of a revival. Nine -school children and four adults received to church membership April -7th. Six were baptized by immersion in the Savannah River—nearly -500 people were present; and one was baptized by sprinkling in the -church—the edifice could not hold the people. All the persons -baptized are members of Twichell School, held in the church.” - -OGEECHEE, GA.—Received five members March 10th. -Sunday-school doubled in last four months. - -LOUISVILLE and BELMONT, GA.—Numbers and interest -increasing. - -MARION, ALA.—Mr. Hill writes: “The work is increasing -in interest. Our Sunday-school has more than doubled since we -came, numbering seventy-one. Twelve or fifteen had never been in a -Sunday-school or church before. Last Sabbath I visited a mission -organized, about a year since, by one of our church members, four -miles from here. The average attendance is forty. I found an -audience of seventy-five crowding the little school-house.” - -ATHENS, ALA.—A larger number of scholars than heretofore -is reported, and a deepening religious interest. Several have -professed faith in Christ, and many more have been seeking the Lord. - -SAND MOUNTAIN, ALA.—The church has no pastor, and only -about a dozen members, but meets every Sunday, and a sermon is read -by one of the members. The Sunday-school is also kept up. - - * * * * * - - -NOTES—FREEDMEN. - -—There are in the State of Georgia 81,164 colored voters, who own -457,635 acres of land, valued on the tax list at $1,244,104, and -city property valued at $1,790,525, and about $1,000,000 worth -of horses, cattle, etc., and $2,100,000 on other property not -enumerated. - -—The Atlanta _Republican_ asserts that a Campbell county negro -farmer raised, last year, seventeen bales of cotton and thirteen -hundred bushels of corn on nine acres of land, his only help being -a bob-tailed yearling. - -—A Kentucky law orders the sale of certain convicts for a term of -servitude to the highest bidder. A negro was sold for six months -the other day at Hickman. It seems to many that the aim of the law -is altogether at the colored people. Is it not a dangerous weapon, -even if constitutional? - -The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, in 1874, decided, -after thorough discussion, to continue its Freedmen’s Committee, -as then located and constituted, for five years (_i.e._, until -1879), “during which period its affairs shall be conducted with the -view to the final merging of the Committee with the Board of Home -Missions, the churches to be transferred as soon as possible to the -Board.” During this fourth year of the proposed five, this last has -been done; all the missionaries exclusively engaged in preaching, -and their churches are thus transferred. Evangelical work is still -retained by the Committee. - -—The shrinkage in value of real estate has reduced the income of -the Peabody Educational Fund from $100,000 in 1876, to $60,000 in -1877. It may be still less this year. - -—The Congressional Committee on Education recommend that the -proceeds of the sale of all public lands be set apart as a fund for -school purposes, the income for the first ten years to be divided -among the States on the basis of illiteracy. - -—The Kentucky Legislature propose to make of their share an -endowment for the State University, against which the colored -teachers of Fayette County protest, as a gross injustice to the -common-schools, in the following resolutions: - - “WHEREAS, The _per capita_ for each colored child in - this Commonwealth is only forty-five cents, while that of a white - child is at least four times as great; and, whereas, the passage - of the proposed education land bill by Congress presupposes the - granting of equal school facilities to all; therefore, be it - - ”_Resolved_, That we regard the attempt, both of the Legislature - of this State and the friends of Kentucky University, to maintain - that institution at the expense of the colored common-school - system of Kentucky, as an act unjust to the colored people of - this Commonwealth, unworthy of the chivalry of the age, and as an - act deserving the execration of a generous and magnanimous people. - - “_Resolved_, That we urge the friends of humanity in Congress to - defeat the bill now pending in the Senate of the United States, - unless it can be so modified as to render futile all efforts of - the enemies of the colored common-school system to misapply the - aforesaid funds.” - -—At a meeting held in Baltimore, March 3d, under the auspices -of the P. E. Board of Missions, it was stated that there are in -the South thirty-seven chapels for colored worshippers of that -denomination, fifty-seven clergymen and teachers (five of whom are -colored) and one colored evangelist. - -—In this Assembly it was held that of the 5,000,000 colored -people, one-third had, since the war, risen to a higher -civilization and a higher life; one-third had gone down to a lower -plane, and one-third were left victims of circumstances. If this -last estimate be correct, the upper third will work more and more -effectually upon the lower two-thirds to lift them to its level. - - * * * * * - - -INDIANS. - -—General Howard testified the other day, as the result of his -personal observation among the Indians, that “wherever there has -been faithful teaching of the Scriptures, there have been most -abundant and remunerative results in civilization.” - -—The representatives of the Five Nations, in the Indian Territory, -in their memorial to Congress, opposing the transfer of the Indian -Bureau to the War Department, appeal to the history of the more -than half century in which that department had complete control of -the Indian affairs. After setting forth the evils connected with -that period, they say, “May God spare us, and our race, from even -the possibility of ever again witnessing the recurrence of such -scenes.” - - * * * * * - - - - -THE PRESS. - - - * * * * * - - -CONSECRATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS. - -BY REV. JAMES POWELL. - -Not long since, I spent a Sabbath in a well-known Ohio town, where -are two of the largest Congregational Churches in the State. In -one, the annual offering to the work of the American Missionary -Association was made that day. But, before the contribution -was taken, the pastor offered a prayer that both impressed and -instructed me. It was a prayer of special consecration of the -offerings that were about to be made. He prayed that the people -might give thoughtfully and intelligently; that God’s blessing -might rest upon the gifts, accompany them to the treasury, and -out upon the mission field of the society. No mere formality was -this petition, but a glowing, heartfelt prayer for the object -in view. I am quite prepared to hear that many other pastors -are equally thoughtful to publicly consecrate the benevolent -contributions of their congregations, although my observation leads -me to believe that such fidelity is exceptional. But why should -it not be the rule? Indeed, when one comes to think of it, the -wonder is that it is not. So large and important are the interests -involved—interests connected with the extension of Christ’s -kingdom; so sacred are many of the gifts—the devising of generous -hearts and the fruits of self-denial—surely very tender should be -the spirit of the occasion when the offering is made. - -Yet not only on account of this should consecrating prayer be -offered when church contributions are taken, but also on account -of the money that is thoughtlessly, and often unwillingly, thrown -into the contribution box. It would be an interesting revelation -to have placed before us just what proportion of the so-called -benevolent contributions is consciously given as an offering to -the Lord. I fear it would be startlingly small. Now, all this -money that is thrown into the Lord’s treasury, by givers who have -no higher prompting than that which governs them when they toss a -nickel to an organ-grinder on the street, needs to be consecrated. -It is rather sarcastic to couple the word “benevolent” with such -contributions; they sadly need prayer before they go out on their -mission of benevolence. - -Consecrating prayer would tend to correct this great evil by -inspiring thoughtfulness. “How much owest thou thy Lord?” would -have a recognized place in deciding the amount to be given. The -Lord is a party in the transaction. In the persons of the poor -and the perishing, He stands over against the treasury, and -rightfully asks for evidence of loyalty to His cause. Are crumbs -that fall from an over-supplied table, are drops that trickle -from an overflowing cup, a sufficient evidence? Christ knows the -heart. Think of what it is to bring to Him the mere waste of our -plenty, and call that charity. There is a possibility of actual sin -here, whose guilt is but increased by explanation. It was given -thoughtlessly—no reference to the debt owed, no reference given -to the needs of the cause to be aided—thoughtlessly! That is -precisely where the Christian conscience should sting most keenly. -For thoughtlessness in what is paid to Christ, is a most aggravated -form of sin. Grocery bills, clothing bills, rent and taxes shall -be paid with thoughtful reference to what is justly due, and the -world shall label him dishonest who tries even to quibble about the -point; but upon this transcendently higher plane of obligation, -involving the question of what the soul owes its God and Saviour, -many Christian men will do what, on the lower plane, they would -scorn as highly dishonorable. Prayerful thoughtfulness will work -reform in this respect, and develop a more genuinely benevolent -Christian character. - -The money, too, that comes from unwilling hands needs consecration. -Many of the dimes and quarters that keep the deacons so long after -the service laboriously counting, had they voices and permission to -speak, would tell a story complimentary neither to the generosity -nor benevolence of their donors. They would say: “We are here -chiefly because the contribution box was passed, and our donors did -not like to appear niggardly. The hand that dropped us was so held -that the man passing the box could not see us had he wished to, but -we made quite a noise as we clinked down into our places, and by -our clatter produced an impression that there was a good deal more -to us than there is.” The hypocrisy entering into this portion of -the contribution needs casting out by prayer. - -Another good would be secured by the offering of a consecrating -prayer when benevolent offerings are made in the churches. The -contribution box would be held in worthy esteem as a genuine -means of grace. By many it is so held; it should be by all. It -is no intruder in the sanctuary; it has the sanction of Divine -appointment, and is the necessary outgrowth of “pure religion -and undefiled” in the heart. Its visits to the pews should be -hailed with delight, for it brings even a greater blessing to the -giver than it carries away to the receiver. Still, it is not thus -welcomed by every one. Indeed, such an aversion have some people to -it that an announcement a week beforehand that it is to be used, is -to make certain that Sunday will find them sick. The nature of the -contribution-box sickness need not be particularly inquired into, -but “indisposition” is a good-sounding word with which to designate -it, and it is so elastic in meaning withal, that it can be made -to stretch over into the domain of conscience. Yet a very serious -sickness it is, and should be so regarded. Next to willingness -and ability, is opportunity to do good. To turn away from the -opportunity is to confess unwillingness; and such confession, the -Apostle James unqualifiedly affirms, is denial of having love to -God. Indisposition, therefore, means, on apostolic authority, that -the love of God dwells not in the heart. - -I desire to commend the example of the Ohio pastor to all -pastors who desire to increase the benevolent contributions of -their churches. Let the contributions be consecrated by special -prayer. It interferes with no method that may be in use to take -contributions. It will impart new power to all.—_Advance._ - - * * * * * - - - - -THE FREEDMEN. - - - * * * * * - - -TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI. - -REV. G. STANLEY POPE. - -General View. - -This is one of the youngest of the A. M. A. schools. Some of our -sister institutions have the advantage of us by four or five years. -None have had such frequent changes in managers and instructors. -At the commencement of the present year, there was almost an -entire change in the workers. In the face of many discouragements, -there is a remarkable degree of confidence on the part of the -pupils. This is manifest in the increased attendance, which, in -the Normal and Intermediate Departments, is sixty per cent. larger -than last year, and this without special effort on our part. The -ladies’ hall is full, and some are compelled to occupy a room in -the mansion. The young men’s dormitories have been more than full, -so that we have been obliged to put up some rough barracks, for -the accommodation of twenty young men. Before the building could -be finished, half the rooms were taken. Recitations are heard -in Professor Miner’s office and private sitting-room, as well -as in the public sitting-room at the ladies’ hall. Letters are -continually coming in, asking for work with which to pay board. It -seems more like the first two or three years after the surrender -than anything I have since seen. One young man walked fifty miles, -carrying his trunk on his back, to get here. There ought to be -means furnished us to help all such “tramps.” - -The school will accomplish the work intended by its founders, when -it shall send out each year a class of well-trained teachers, who -will build up good schools and churches. It is not proposed, at -present, to enter upon a higher course of training than is given in -our best Normal schools. - -Our location could not well be bettered, being almost in the very -centre of the State, and upon the great through line from New -Orleans to Chicago. The place is both beautiful and healthful. The -ground is high and rolling, and the great oaks, with their heavy -hanging moss, lend a grandeur and charm to the place. There are -only two schools of similar grade in the State open to colored -people—Alcorn, in the extreme south-west, and Shaw University, -in the extreme north. The field is before us. Mississippi, with -her 350,000 souls, over sixteen years of age, who cannot read -and write, is calling for our teachers. Chicago and New Orleans -are ready to consume our berries and hay just as soon as we can -produce them in sufficient quantity to ship. The farming community -around us is calling for shoes and harnesses. But our buildings are -entirely inadequate. The _immediate need_ is a plain, substantial -three-story brick building, that will cost $12,000, the first floor -for recitation rooms, and the second and third for dormitories -for young men. We ought to have it before our opening next year. -The ladies’ hall must also be enlarged, for we cannot put the -young women into barracks as we have the young men. There is every -indication of greatly increased attendance another year. We must -not close our doors. Will the readers of the MISSIONARY -give us the means to open them wide? The demand is for a forward -movement. Shall the demand be met? - - * * * * * - -The Farm. - -PROF. D. I. MINER. - -Since the present school year commenced it has been a matter -of a good deal of study with us, who are now in charge of this -institution, how to so employ the labor of the students as to have -it a source of _some_ income to the school. During the past year, -the farm brought in very little revenue, owing to drought and other -unfortunate circumstances, and we have been compelled to purchase -largely some things which the farm ought to produce in _excess_ of -our needs. - -We are expecting to cultivate seventy or eighty more acres than was -attempted last year, and, with better cultivation and the blessing -of God, it is hoped we shall produce as much corn, hay, potatoes -and vegetables as we consume during the year, even if there should -be no surplus to sell. On April 1st we had over sixty acres of corn -planted. - -During the winter term we have had forty-six young men working for -half their board. The principal work in January and February was -preparing wood for a year to come; but since the 1st of March, the -farm and garden have taken all the labor. And this will be true for -the remainder of this school year, which closes in June, when our -heaviest crop (corn) will be “laid by.” - -We are hoping gradually to work into crops which will occupy less -ground, and still be more remunerative than corn and potatoes. To -this end, last fall, we commenced in a small way with strawberries -by setting some two thousand plants, which are doing remarkably -well. From these, we expect to increase till we have several acres -in strawberries. Being on the line of the Illinois Central and New -Orleans Railroad, we have direct communication with a good Northern -market for such fruit. - -The prime want of the farm is fences. During the war, and the -few years immediately succeeding, the fences in this part of the -country were nearly annihilated, in consequence of which the -plantations are almost all connected together, with no line of -fences between them. We need at least four hundred rods of fence -to divide this farm from neighboring plantations. If there was -_rail timber_ on the place, we would soon have the fences; but such -timber is scarce here, and lumber must be obtained for this purpose -from the pine region, fifty or sixty miles south of us. Much is -lost every year, in consequence of the exposed condition of our -crops. - - * * * * * - -Industrial Department for Girls. - -MRS. G. S. POPE. - -We deem it of the greatest importance that the girls be taught how -to do all kinds of housework and sewing, neatly and thoroughly. So -our house and laundry work is nearly all done by the girls, their -work being changed every month, as for example: a girl who was last -month in the laundry is in the sewing-room this month, the next -is sweeping and dusting, the next washing dishes, etc. Our sewing -department has only been in existence a part of the year, and we -can hardly tell how it will pay financially. The girls have made -some bedding and done other sewing that was needed; have made and -sold some shirts. If materials are donated for sewing, I know we -can accomplish very much. One of the girls said the other day: -“Well, I have learned to make button-holes this month, any way.” -Another thought she could go to work and make a shirt all alone. -They are all willing and anxious to learn, and to work to help pay -their board. - -A great deal yet remains to be done for the girls of Mississippi. -They need our help. We must throw about them such influences as -will restrain them from the terrible evils around them, and lift -them into a better life. - - * * * * * - - -VIRGINIA. - -The Church and School at Franklin—Beginnings and Results. - -MISS M. A. ANDRUS, CARRSVILLE, VA. - -Ten years ago, the 10th of last month, I was sent by the American -Missionary Association to Franklin, Va. The building I occupied -they called their church. It was a slab building, without any -windows, so that the light had to be admitted by an open door. The -school was large, having, I think, some sixty scholars, and was the -first school ever taught there for the freedmen. After teaching two -sessions, I was providentially called to another place. - -In the building spoken of, I also taught my first Sunday-school in -the South. Soon a revival of religion followed, and a number were -added to the church, many of whom are members still, though some -have gone to their reward. One of these converts, after living -three years a happy Christian life, said, to those around his dying -couch: “As a little child rests in the arms of its mother, so I am -resting in the arms of Jesus,” then sweetly fell asleep. - -Some three weeks ago, God in his providence brought me again to -Franklin. Instead of the old slab building, there was a new church, -well lighted, lathed, plastered, comfortably seated (they sat on -boards when I went there), and nicely warmed with two large stoves; -and a minister, to whom they pay $400 a year. - -I had the privilege of being in the Sabbath-school. After the -lessons were over, the superintendent said, “The founder and first -teacher of the school is with us this morning, and we should all -be glad if she would address the school.” I arose and spoke to -them some words of encouragement, then took my leave. I there -saw some who were once my little ignorant scholars, now teachers -in the Sabbath-school. The superintendent himself was under my -instruction, and the preacher also. I commenced while there a -Woman’s Prayer-meeting, which is still continued, and in which, -last winter, began a revival, the largest they have ever had. - -The day-school is now taught by Miss Delia Irving, a young woman -who graduated last June at Hampton, and received the first prize, -awarded to her by the hand of Mrs. President Hayes. - -And now, in looking back upon these events and scenes, we behold -some of the little streams which have flowed out of the American -Missionary Association, and which are designed, no doubt, to widen -and deepen, through time and through eternity. - - * * * * * - - -GEORGIA. - -A Large Sunday-School—Faithful Teachers—A Temperance S. S. -Concert. - -MRS. R. F. MARKHAM, SAVANNAH. - -For several months past, our Sabbath-school has been gradually and -steadily increasing in numbers and interest. Last Sabbath morning -there were one hundred and eighty-six present. We have a very -faithful and efficient class of teachers—twelve in number. They -are scarcely ever absent. We as much expect to see all our teachers -in their places each Sabbath morning as to see the minister in the -pulpit, and we are almost never disappointed. And their hearts are -evidently in the work. We suggest the example (not boastingly) -as worthy of imitation by some schools at the North, where the -superintendents must, every Sunday, apply to the Bible-classes for -substitutes to fill the places of absent teachers. - -Last Sunday evening the school gave a temperance concert. The -programme contained many passages of Scripture condemning the use -of wine and strong drink, also showing the terrible effects and the -final consequences of its use. In addition to the Bible showing of -the matter, we had declamations, dialogues, recitations, music, and -remarks by the pastor, all pertaining to the same subject. - -All our classes (except one of very little children) were -represented. We were almost proud of our scholars, they performed -their parts so well, and we had given them very little time for -preparation. We had a crowded house, many stood about the doors, -and many others left, unable to gain admittance. The audience -gave marked attention, and evinced much interest during all the -exercises, and excellent order was maintained, though the house was -crowded. During some of the performances there were indications -of rather noisy demonstrations of delight, which, however, were -readily restrained. The music contributed much to the interest of -the occasion. - -We hope that good may result from the effort, as intemperance -presents formidable obstacles to the progress of our work here. - - * * * * * - - -_McIntosh, Liberty County._ - -The Old Midway Church—Returning Courage and Prosperity. - -SILAS DANIELS, GOLDING’S GROVE. - -When Brother Floyd Snelson was first taken from us to go to Africa, -we almost believed that we should have to strike camp in the -wilderness. It gave us much pain to have him go, and the church -did become very feeble at one time. Since Brother Jos. E. Smith -took the place, we have had fresh courage, and have been going -forward again. Yesterday was our Communion Sabbath. As usual, we -had about 500 persons at the church. One young man was received to -its membership. At the three communions since Brother Smith came, -nine persons have joined the church. The people are coming up to -their church duties with much zeal, and becoming more and more -attached to their minister, and he is doing a good work among them. -Our Sabbath-school, also, has been re-organized, and, with four -teachers added, has an average of twenty-three or more scholars in -each class. We have for the first time introduced the International -Sunday-school Lessons, and all seem to be very much delighted with -them. - -We have a large church built by the A. M. A. that can seat five -hundred persons comfortably, and it is pretty well filled every -Sunday with people from all denominations, anxious to hear the true -Gospel preached. - - * * * * * - - -Interest in Church and Sunday-School. - -REV. JOSEPH E. SMITH. - -As the weather grows warm, and the wet, muddy roads become dry, -thus favoring travel, the people from all directions flock in great -crowds to the house of God, eager to hear the “words of eternal -life.” I preached to a crowded house on last Sabbath, and many -wanted to know what they “must do to be saved.” God is with us. -Every Sabbath brings new signs for encouragement. There are marked -evidences of a growing interest on the part of the people to learn -of God through His Word. Especially has this been true since the -“International Lessons” were introduced in our Sabbath-school. It -makes a peculiar impression upon one to see persons fifty, sixty, -seventy, and sometimes eighty years of age, whom slavery has worn -out, sitting in their Sunday-school classes, with white heads -and bent over bodies, with their dim, sunken eyes fixed on the -teachers, and sometimes lips and throat moving as if to swallow -every word. None of them can read, and it is quite amusing at times -to watch them trying to recall the kings of Judah in their order, -telling who the good ones were, and naming some of the good things -they did. The joy and satisfaction which one shares, in being an -instrument in God’s hands for the revealing of His Word unto such -babes, are inestimable. - - * * * * * - - -Needs of this Field. - -REV. S. S. ASHLEY. - -Not only is this field needy, but promising. A majority of -the people, and those living about the old Midway Church, are -nearly all colored. Many of the white landed proprietors are -non-residents. Rice culture is the principal employment. The -colored people are rapidly becoming land owners, and are remarkably -successful in making their payments. Just now, their means are -mostly consumed in this effort, consequently they can expend very -little in improving their habitations; yet there is improvement -in this respect. They are beginning to come out of the swamps and -build by the roadside. As slaves, they were not allowed to dwell -near the “big road”; therefore, the woods and the swamps seem to -them more like home than the roadside. But without instruction they -will not achieve much domestic improvement. In fact, they need -instruction in every direction—in house-building, in road-making, -in agriculture, in domestic economy, in the improvement of time, in -business, as well as in schools and churches. A missionary to this -people should be an Oberlin. An Oberlin’s work will pay richly. The -whole field is accessible to missionary labor. Very many desire -instruction. They listen eagerly to kind, plain, Christian advice, -and will travel many miles for the privilege. Certainly these are -the marks of a good missionary field. - -But to energize this prosperity, the meeting-house should be put -into comfortable condition. It is a large but unfinished structure. -In damp and chilly weather, it is uncomfortable—so much so, that -the pastor doubts about the propriety of holding, in the winter, -meetings at night. The place of Divine worship should be, not only -comfortable, but refining and elevating. The people who have good -meeting-houses will have good dwelling-houses. The meeting-house -should be a teacher of neatness, care, attention, thrift and -reverence. Unless the house is attractive, attractive preaching is -well-nigh impossible. - -Again, the school-house should be removed to the road, beside the -meeting-house, and enlarged. Its present situation is out of the -way, and it is too small to accommodate the pupils. - -These are my impressions concerning the A. M. A. work in -Liberty County. Brother Smith is succeeding well, but he needs -the improvements I have mentioned. I hope that you can aid in -completing the meeting-house. If the building stands a year longer -without attention, it will require repairs as well as finishing. -A portable _saw-mill_ would be a grand civilizing and missionary -agency. - - * * * * * - - -Ogeechee. - -REV. JOHN K. MCLEAN. - -Rejoice with me, for the Lord has answered our prayer for an old -man, who has spent sixty-five years in the service of Satan, but is -now rejoicing in the great grace and love of a forgiving Saviour. -It is quite a change in the old man, to see him in Sunday-school -and at preaching service, and to hear him using his tongue in -telling how good God has been to him, instead of taking His name in -vain, as he used to do. But while we rejoice with this one, there -are others for whom we are praying, and for whom we ask an interest -in your prayers, that they may be brought into the fold of Christ. - -I hope to be able to help a few of the young people, but the way -seems dark at present. One of our Northern friends, who is here in -the work, said to me not long ago, “The people North know nothing -of the real condition of the people here; it is so unlike anything -there, that they cannot realize just how it is. Before I came here -I had heard a great deal about the state of things, but had no -thought of finding the people in the condition in which they are.” -I know that what she said is true, and that many of our friends -North, and in England, have but little idea of the real condition -of our people. - -I am sure that if the representations that Christ and His disciples -gave of the Christian life be true, there must be a much greater -and deeper work among the people here before the Spirit of God -can make them His. I have thought and said often, and I say it -yet, that the work of the A. M. A., or a work of the same kind, is -the only thing that will save the people of the South. Nine out -of every ten know but little or nothing of what it is to live an -upright life, and, therefore, they have no real communion with God, -such as all His true children do have. - -If the people here could be made to see the wrong there is in rum, -and to put it down, there would be some hope for them; but so long -as rum takes their labor, their money, their brains, and their -God from them, there is no hope for them, and but little chance -of doing them good. This is saying a great deal, but the truth -is light, and that is what we want. Fourteen persons have been -received into the church since I came here, and more are expected -to come in with us. I am sure the Lord is waiting to bless this -place. - - * * * * * - - -THE ALABAMA CONFERENCE. - -Papers, Reports, Sunday-School Convention, Theological Institute. - -REV. CHARLES NOBLE, MONTGOMERY. - -The Alabama Conference met Friday evening, March 29th, in the -college chapel at Talladega; the exercises opening with the annual -sermon, by Rev. Mr. Ash, of Mobile, and an address of welcome to -the delegates, by Prof. Lord. Rev. Mr. Andrews read a paper of very -great interest, on the “Mission of Congregationalism in the South.” -He first dwelt upon the history of Congregationalism, especially -in its freedom from complicity with slavery, its prominence in -the anti-slavery movement, and its comparative freedom from the -sect spirit, as peculiarly indicating its call to work among the -freedmen. He then brought out the peculiar features of the polity, -independence and fellowship, and showed how they tend (1) to -develop and sustain republican institutions, and to fit the church -member for his duties as a citizen; (2) to promote intelligence; -(3) to sustain an unshackeled pulpit, and (4) to develop personal -piety, including moral reform and revivals. This is a very bare -abstract of an essay which aroused great interest, and tended to -encourage and cheer on the workers very much. Other papers were -read, on “How to Develop Benevolence in our Churches,” by Rev. -Fletcher Clark, of Selma; on the “Relation of Talladega College -to our Church Work,” by Prof. Lord; and on the “Mission of the -Young Ministers in the South,” by Rev. P. J. McEntosh—himself one -of those young colored men who have gone out from Mr. Andrew’s -teaching to work among their own people. - -The reports from the churches showed a very encouraging condition -of things. One new church has been organized during the year, -making a total of thirteen within the bounds of the State. All are, -at present, supplied with ministers. Almost all reported additions -on profession of faith, and evidence of the special presence of -the Spirit. Though it has not been a year of remarkable revivals, -it has been one of hopeful and vigorous growth. The feeling seemed -general and strong, that these little churches have “come to stay” -in Alabama, and have no idea of dying whatsoever. A great deal -of missionary activity was reported. Talladega College sustains -twenty-five Sabbath-schools; Montgomery and Selma, four each; and -others are not behind, according to their means and opportunities. -It is certainly a suggestive and encouraging fact that, in the -very heart of Alabama, a body of men could come together so full -of enthusiasm for Puritan ideas, and should, without exception, -report that their hold upon the communities in which they labor is -manifestly strengthening. - -The Sunday-school Convention opened Monday night, with an address -on “The Object of Sunday-school Effort, Winning Souls,” by Rev. -George E. Hill, of Marion; followed by a lecture on the “Geography -of the kingdom of Judah,” by Rev. G. W. Andrews. Tuesday, Mr. -Clark, of Selma, gave a Bible Reading on Faith; Prof. Lord taught -the lesson for the following Sunday; Mr. Hickok opened the question -box, and gave a variety of helpful answers; and the delegates from -the different Sunday-schools made their reports. These showed that -the work of our churches rests on a good foundation, in numerous -live, growing Sabbath-schools; and that, in trying to save as many -as possible of the present generation, the men and women of the -next thirty years are not being forgotten. - -Tuesday night, the Theological Institute began with a very -elaborate paper on the “Relation of Mental Philosophy to Theology,” -by Rev. D. W. Hickok. Wednesday, we were treated with examinations -in Smith’s O. T. History, and the Psalms, conducted by Prof. -Andrews and Mr. Hickok, and a paper on “Future Punishment,” by -Rev. Mr. Hill. Thursday, there were plans of sermons offered for -criticism by Mr. Clark and Mr. Hickok; a paper on “Joseph Cook,” by -Mr. Noble; and an examination on the “Patriarchal Period,” by Mr. -Andrews; closing with a free conference of workers in the evening. - -Even more interesting to many of us than the proceedings of -Conference, was our observation of the work of Talladega College. -The Conference met Prof. Lord, for formal consultation in regard -to the College work by a committee; and that committee’s report -will be published. We met the students and faculty constantly at -table, and in the meetings; had a very pleasant picnic gathering in -the woods of the College Farm, and listened to a very entertaining -concert by the “Musical Union.” I cannot forbear expressing, what I -feel sure was the _universal_ feeling, interest and admiration for -the good work Prof. Lord and his co-laborers are doing. Many of us -were specially interested in the “Industrial Department,” and wish -the brethren of the College the greatest success in that effort to -build up manly, womanly, _self-reliant_ characters in the pupils. - -My visit at Talladega, and my intercourse with the workers there, -have made me feel more deeply interested in the work than ever. I -could not ask a happier lot than to be permitted to give my life to -this field. It seems to me so _unmistakably_ the work of Christ. - - * * * * * - - -ALABAMA. - -Science and Religion. - -REV. G. W. ANDREWS, TALLADEGA. - -The Theological Department of Talladega College has just been -favored with a special course of lectures on the “Relation of -Science to Religion,” by the Rev. D. L. Hickok, recently of -Kingsville, Ohio. The lectures were full of instruction, and -awakened a great deal of interest among our pupils. Mr. Hickok is -an able thinker, and an inspiring and enthusiastic speaker. - -Skepticism has little footing here, and will have still less now -that we have such a flood of light thrown upon what was before -mysterious, and supposed to be known only to the scientist. Let the -scientist give us the “living” from the “not living” if he can, and -let him bridge the frightful chasm between different species of -the animal kingdom, before our faith in his new theories is much -strengthened. We believe in Mr. Cook, and wish we could see him -face to face to thank him a thousand times for his three published -volumes. We hail with joy these lectures by Mr. Cook, and mean to -do our part to reflect the light he is shedding, until it finds its -way, as it is sure to do, into the hearts of the masses, to bless -them with the “rest of faith.” His powerful arguments are taking -strong hold of us all. - -Rev. Mr. Hickok is an original thinker, and has done us a good -service by his lectures. It is such men, of commanding influence -and power, that we need in this work of peculiar difficulties among -the freedmen. We wish other and similar institutions might be -favored as we have been. - - * * * * * - - -LOUISIANA. - -Part of a Day Among the Poor. - -MISS JOSEPHINE PIERCE, NEW ORLEANS. - -In the rear of St. Charles Avenue you may enter and see an old man. -He says he has been converted since he was ninety years of age. -The Psalms are all his delight. There has not been a chip of wood -nor a grain of coal in his room all this winter. With the strength -of a hundred years in his muscles, he grasps a crust of bread, and -asks for more. His daughter replies: “Father, you should put your -mind on the Lord, and then you wouldn’t be so hungry; people that -pray all the time don’t have such an appetite.” As if this were not -enough, in this same room, the worse than fatherless baby, Leopold, -has come into New Orleans life, with that stain upon his birth, -which all the waters in the ocean cannot wash away. For these four -generations, from the great-grandfather to the babe of yesterday, -only one woman’s frail hands to keep the wolf from the door, and -hers held from going out to work, by the sickness that cannot spare -her from home. With all Father H’s ever-flowing liberality, there -have been weeks in succession, this winter, when there has not been -twenty-five cents’ worth of corn-meal to give the old man; for if -he had it, Aunt Deborah, who has seen General Washington many and -many a time, would have to go without; and if she had it, blind -Aunt Bagatelle would have to go without; and if she had it, blind -Aunt Milly would have to go without. - -Perhaps it will be easier to breathe in the next house. Over the -way, as the mother’s hand is clasped in greeting: “You miss your -boy?” “Yes, James is dead. He wanted white sugar in his tea, and I -couldn’t get it for him. He wanted medicine, and I couldn’t get it -for him. He was hungry-like. So it’s good the Father has taken him; -I gave him the medicine your minister sent him. I put a spoonful of -the medicine that didn’t need sweetening into the medicine that did -need sweetening. It seemed to do him good.” - -Let us go to the sunny side, three miles away. “God bless you, my -child,” was all the mother’s gift to Baby Vasa. A foster-mother -welcomed the orphan to her heart and her home. As she stands by -the tub—“I have no bonnet,” she says; “but we have the baby. -We used to have milk in the family, but since the baby came we -haven’t stopped the cart. I don’t know how to make clothes for him, -but I think I can learn.” God bless thee, Baby Vasa, for all the -unselfish love thy little fingers work out in the daily life about -thee! A can of milk for Baby Vasa brought a never-to-be-forgotten -light into the foster-mother’s eyes. - -Here is a house without a number. As you lift the wooden latch, -you feel that some one is waiting for a coming step. “I was sick -last night,” Aunt Jemima says. “I thought the angels would come for -me; I sometimes think they will come very soon.” Her bed is under -the rafters, just at the head of those narrow stairs. The room, -without a door, is the only thoroughfare for another family. There -is no sheet on the bed; cotton was given for it, but was saved for -something else. She goes on: “People won’t come in one of these -mornings, and say, ‘Aunt Jemima’s dead, and she’s very poor, and -we’ll have to go right out and buy her some clothes,’ for I have -a skirt and a white dress, and a pair of new stockings.” “But the -stockings were given to you year before last—ar’n’t they worn out -yet?” “Oh, no! you don’t think I would ever put them on. When -the sun shines, I hang them on that pole to air them.” A piece -of sugar-cane is in the ashes for fuel. The old limbs failed the -last time they went out to Lake Pontchartrain for drift-wood. A -satisfied smile lights up the whole face—the ear bends close to -the lips, and they murmur: “I am rich; when the angels come for me, -I have a pair of new stockings.” - - * * * * * - - -KENTUCKY. - -Temperance and Evangelistic Work. - -REV. JOHN G. FEE, BEREA. - -For more than two months we have had weekly meetings on the subject -of temperance, attended by large audiences, and securing more -than a thousand names to the Murphy Pledge. The moral effect of -the movement is strengthened by the fact that each pledge is made -whilst invoking the assisting grace of God, and is accompanied by -reading the Scriptures, and Christian song. Taking this one step in -the right direction is a preparation for a complete surrender to -Christ. - -During a part of this time Brother Myers, from Hillsdale, Mich., -has been here preaching at night. Our chapel is occupied during -the day as a recitation room, and though the weather has been -peculiarly unfavorable, yet a goodly number have been in attendance -each night, with some nineteen or twenty conversions, and many -other persons deeply impressed. - -Each day brings to us fresh grounds of hope, and enlarged prospects -for usefulness. At no other time since its organization has Berea -College had so hopeful a prospect as now. Once or twice we have -had as many pupils, but at no other time so many of high moral -worth and social influence. Daily, the prejudice against a school -of colored and white pupils is subsiding; and young men and young -women of good habits and character are coming in, and such as -appreciate an education, in connection with just and righteous -sentiments. We feel that the demonstration here—that God leads and -is over us for good—is important for society and our country. We -have an abiding conviction that our heavenly Father approves, and -that we may, in faith, ask for grace and means. - -With the people around us, our association is free and pleasant. -With many of the neighboring towns and congregations, exchange of -laborers and speakers is frequent, and to mutual advantage. What we -need is good men, discreet, self-sacrificing and earnest; and this -land will be brought under the power of the Gospel, and of a Jesus -who loves all impartially. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE AFRICAN MISSIONARIES. - - - * * * * * - - -THE FREEDMEN’S MISSIONS AID SOCIETY. - -A Public Meeting in Liverpool. - -On the evening of March the 8th, a large congregation came -together in the Great George street church (formerly Dr. Raffles), -to welcome to Liverpool four colored missionaries, ex-slaves, -from Fisk University, and also to bid them farewell on the eve -of their departure; under the care of the American Missionary -Association, for the Mendi Mission, on the west coast of Africa. -The missionaries were very cordially greeted by many of the old, -and also the new, friends of the African race. - -William Crosfield, J. P., a life-long friend of the oppressed race, -presided. After an appropriate hymn, prayer was offered by the Rev. -Stanley Rogers. Then the chairman said: “It gives me great pleasure -to preside at such a meeting of this society. These missionaries -before you are the first-fruits from the Fisk University, which was -established at Nashville, Tenn., for the education of those who -were freed from slavery by the late Civil War in America. And now, -here they are ready for work in that great mission field of Africa. -It is a vast field. And it is to be hoped that the British people -will do their part in the aid of this most important enterprise. -Fisk University was introduced to the English people a few years -ago by the Jubilee Singers, who have done wonders towards its -support.” The chairman then turned and added: “We must not forget -the wives of these young missionaries; we must give them a shake of -the hand, as a token of our interest in them.” - -The Rev. Dr. O. H. White (one of the secretaries of the Freedmen’s -Aid Society), then gave an interesting statement of the origin of -the American Missionary Association, of its plan and work for the -African race, and of the formation of the Freedmen’s Missions Aid -Society, with the Earl of Shaftesbury as President, to be auxiliary -to the Association in New York. And he stated that the united -societies are now making a special effort to send missionaries from -among the freedmen to that dark and long-plundered continent beyond -the sea—Africans to teach and to save Africans! - -The Rev. Andrew Jackson, one of the missionaries, then spoke, and -gave a very interesting account of their call to the work, and of -the great increase of the missionary spirit in Fisk University -during the year, and of the great self-denial on the part of the -colored parents and of pupils, that larger numbers may get an -education, and so be prepared for a greater usefulness among their -own benighted people. - -The chairman then called on the Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown, pastor -for many years of the Myrtle street Baptist Church. He stated his -great interest in the Jubilee Singers, and in the efforts making -to send the Gospel to that long-neglected Africa, which is now -so wonderfully opening up to trade and commerce, and especially -to Christianity. He expressed his strong hope that these young -missionaries would be brought safely to their field of labor, and -that they might be greatly successful in their work, and that many -more might follow their example, and go forth to that great African -field. - -Rev. Albert Miller (a true type of the African race), then -addressed the meeting, with the warmth and glow peculiar to the -sable children of the summer and more genial climes. He spoke of -the depressed condition of his people in America, and of the need -on that dark continent, to which he and his associates were now -going, under the Divine lead. He expressed the desire of his heart -that all Christians should pray and give for the evangelization of -the benighted millions of Africa. - -The Rev. Mr. Pearson, M. A., pastor of the church, next spoke, -in the most cordial manner, of his great pleasure in welcoming -these young missionaries and the freedmen’s cause to that ancient -historic church. He commended the plan for sending educated -Africans to that great work to be done in those vast fields, which -have proved so fatal to Anglo-Saxon life. He said the British -people had special reasons for taking part with the American people -in this effort to redeem Africa from the darkness and doom of the -past centuries. If the work so well begun was followed up, as it -ought to be, the time was not distant when we should see a far -better day for that dark continent with its millions of people. - -In the absence of the Rev. Mr. Wech, M. A., who was expected to -speak, his Elder, John Patterson, Esq., was called to fill the -place. He spoke with the pith and pathos characteristic of those -from the Emerald Isle. He recalled a little of the past history -of Liverpool and contrasted it happily with the present state of -things, when so many, from the different denominations of the city, -could come together so harmoniously to greet the young missionaries -from Fisk University, on their way to the west coast of Africa to -teach the knowledge of the Gospel to the benighted of their race. - -The Rev. Wardlaw Thompson, in a few words, cordially commended the -Freedmen’s cause to the hearts and to the pecuniary support of -the friends of Africa. He then led the congregation in an earnest -prayer for the blessing of God upon the missionaries, in their -voyage to their distant home, and upon their work for many years -among their own people. - -An appropriate hymn was then sung, and the services, which had been -highly satisfactory, were closed with the Benediction. - - * * * * * - - -Wanted—Cloth, Bibles and School-books. - -REV. FLOYD SNELSON, SHERBRO ISLAND, W. AFRICA. - -I must “strike while the iron is hot.” - -There is very little of anything found here. Most of the children -and parents go naked, with the exception of those who wear a -handkerchief or country cloth. When you ask them to send their -children to school, they show a willingness, but render, as excuse, -that they have no clothes, and that they are unable to furnish -them. Cloth here is very high, and in most cases their excuse -is reasonable. If some person would be so kind as to send out a -quantity of cheap cloth, to be made up for clothing, it will prove -a blessing to many a suffering one. - -The disadvantages and sufferings through which this people have -to pass are indescribable. I have had many calls for Bibles, but -regret to say I have been unable to honor any. We have a very -flourishing Sabbath-school, and are in great need of Sabbath-school -papers and tracts. The day-school is larger. Some of the scholars -are unable to pursue their studies for want of books. We cannot -keep the number together we now have, unless this evil is removed. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE INDIANS. - - - * * * * * - - -S’KOKOMISH AGENCY, W. T. - -Sunday-School Progress—An Indian Festival—Temperance and Order. - -REV. MYRON EELLS. - -Our Sabbath-school is accustomed to make a specialty of inducing -the children to learn the lesson in the Bible, believing that the -Bible is the best Sabbath instruction with which we can store their -minds. Learning six verses places a child on the roll of honor, -and reciting them perfectly gives him two credit marks. For four -Sabbaths during the past year there was no Sabbath-school, hence -the highest number which a child could receive was ninety-six. -That number was received by one Indian girl, and it is the best -that has ever been done in the school. Last year the highest number -was eighty-six, and that was better than the year before. Ten -others, out of about thirty who can read English, received over -fifty credit marks. - -In January and February, I was absent some three weeks at an Indian -festival, ninety miles from here. They are wholly heathenish, but -thus far it has been about as impossible to prevent them as it is -to prevent a river running down stream; hence, the next best thing -is to guide them. Drunkenness at such places is one of their worst -dangers, and the principal Indians are beginning to realize it. -About 550 Indians were present, seventy-five of whom went from -this reservation. I have made the trip by canoe several times in -the summer, and in the winter by steamer, but the prospect was not -pleasant of traveling 180 miles in an open canoe; camping out when -it might rain, snow or freeze all the time. But the chiefs there -and here urged me to go, and assist in guarding against worthless -white men and Indians. There was no one else to go, and it did seem -that if they should get on a “big drunk,” and I should be asked -why I did not go and try to prevent it, and should reply, because -I was afraid it would be stormy, it would be a poor excuse. It -was a hard place to attempt to elevate the Indians, though I held -several services with them, but there was a prospect that I might -prevent their falling as deep into the pit as they would otherwise. -The result justified the work. One drunken Indian was arrested, -one drunken white man and wife were sent home; and it was plain -that, had I not been there, no one could have told where it would -have ended. Out of the seventy-five who went with me, I do not know -of more than half a dozen who have been drunk within four years, -although nearly all drank more or less previous to the adoption of -the present policy; and it is considerable to say that 550 Indians -were together for a week, and that there was only one case of -drunkenness, and only one of quarreling. - - * * * * * - - -GREEN BAY AGENCY. - -Education Among the Menomonee Indians. - -JOS. C. BRIDGMAN, KESHENA, WIS. - -Education among the Menomonee Indians is making very perceptible -headway. At the suggestion of Colonel E. C. Watkins, United States -Indian Inspector, the three day-schools upon the reserve were -merged into a boarding-school, in September, 1876. This has proved -a success beyond our most hopeful expectations. No like school -among white children, so far as my observation goes, shows more -enthusiasm on the part of the scholars, more zeal on the part of -the teachers, or better progress, when the obstacles to success are -taken into consideration. - -It is almost impossible to induce the children to talk English. -Only when forced to do so, will they speak in other than their -vernacular tongue. Naturally very timid, a proper and pleasant -familiarity with them is a sure inroad to their confidence, and the -knowledge of them thus gained convinces us that they are capable -of comprehending and grasping ideas of knowledge. We have no -difficulty in filling our limited accommodations; and, could they -be increased sufficiently, we should expect an average attendance -of one hundred children. This tribe very enthusiastically voted -$6,000 of their own funds, to be expended in the erection of a -school boarding-house; but the possibility of part of the tribe -becoming citizens within a few years, leads the Indian Bureau to -delay the building, so much needed and desired. - -The Indian problem will never be satisfactorily solved until -education and citizenship are brought to the foreground, and take -the prominence they deserve. - -This is strictly a government school. The two teachers are -Protestants, the assistant matron a Catholic. When first -established, the Romish priest attempted to break it up; but -understanding the agent’s aim, that it should be free from -sectarianism on the part of both teachers and matron, he has kindly -and wisely withdrawn all opposition, and is in pleasant harmony -with both agent and school. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE CHINESE. - - - * * * * * - -“CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.” - -Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association. - -PRESIDENT: Rev. J. K. McLean, D. D. VICE-PRESIDENTS: Rev. A. L. -Stone, D. D., Thomas C. Wedderspoon, Esq., Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon. -F. F. Low, Rev. I. E. Dwinell, D. D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S. -H. Willey, D. D., Edward P. Flint, Esq., Rev. J. W. Hough, D. D., -Jacob S. Taber, Esq. - -DIRECTORS: Rev. George Moor, D. D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer, Rev. W. E. -Ijams, James M. Haven, Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, E. P. Sanford, -Esq., H. W. Severance, Esq. - -SECRETARY: Rev. W. C. Pond. TREASURER: E. Palache, Esq. - - * * * * * - - -A Rebuke and a Response. - -The following communication is clipped from the San Francisco -_Chronicle_. The club which expresses its mind after this sort, -is a society of so-called (miscalled) “workingmen,” followers -of Dennis Kearney. Bernal Heights is in the immediate vicinity -of Bethany Church, of which Rev. W. C. Pond is the pastor. The -production has marked peculiarities, not only in moral tone, but in -grammar and rhetoric as well, and affords to our readers all the -elements necessary for a correct and vivid picture of its authors: - - - “BERNAL HEIGHTS CLUB. - - “The Bernal Heights Club met last evening, in Ewald’s Hall, J. - Clancey in the chair. The following resolution was read and - adopted: - - “The Committee on Chinese, in the discharge of the duties - assigned them, do submit the following, with the recommendation - that the same may be communicated to the parties addressed, - either through the public press or by letter, as follows: To - the Rev. Pond, pastor of the Bethel[A] Congregational Church - Society, and members of the aforesaid society: We, the members - of the Bernal Heights Club, having been informed that you, and - the members of your society, are devoting your energies in the - endeavor to teach and instruct Chinese in the English or our - language, in order to Christianize them, and bring them up to - our standard in all their requirements (a futile undertaking), - knowing as we do that they consider their theory of spiritual - economy and their doctrines concerning the soul’s immortality, - and such things, far superior to our own, and they treat us and - all our endeavors to bring them over to the theory and belief - with absolute contempt, should convince us, without doubt, of the - fallacy, we take this method of expressing our disapprobation of - the course that you are pursuing, in encouraging Chinese in this - country. We do not object to your following the commands of our - Divine Master. Where He enjoins you to go out to all the world - and teach and preach, He did not command the whole world to come - to you. He said go out to the world and preach. Therefore, if you - must preach and teach Chinamen, go to China, and you will there - find an opportunity to unburden your full load of Christianity - for the heathen lepers. We tell you now, and we shall tell you - again, in all earnestness and candor, that we shall and will - handle this question without gloves, and that the Chinese must - go. Our organization is perfecting to attain that end, and the - beginning of the end is not yet. We tell you these facts in all - friendship. Do not think that we array ourselves as enemies, but - as friends of our race we will defend and protect you as far as - we can, consistently with our obligation; but we tell you you - must stop this Chinese business. If there is no other way to - perpetuate Christianity in this country but through the medium - of the Chinese, why, let Christianity slide; if you cannot get - a society of your own race and kind to support you, without the - help of Chinamen, quit the business you are at, and try something - else. Do not think we have signaled out your especial case. - Other similar Chinese Christian factories will receive their - full share of attention in due time in their own districts. To - expel the Chinese from our shores is a duty we owe to ourselves - and to posterity, and we will not relent one particle until that - end is attained; and, in our struggle to attain that end, we - have a right to expect the sympathy of all. We have a sufficient - guarantee to warrant us in asserting that every member of the - Workingmen’s Party of California will do his duty in this regard.” - -Justice to San Francisco demands that we append to this deliverance -of the club the following editorial response, which appeared the -same week in the _Mission Mirror_, a paper published in the -section of the city in which Bethany Church and Bernal Heights are -located: - - - “MOBOCRACY. - - “If that Bernal Heights Club don’t quit fooling with the bull, - the first thing they know, that animal will turn and gore them. - Their late pronunciamento against the Protestant Christian - churches generally, and Rev. W. C. Pond in particular, for - teaching the English language to the ignorant heathens in our - midst, stamps the majority of that club as a body of men who, in - point of civilization, stand away below the ignorant, helpless - pagans at whom they profess to strike. No one for a moment - believes them so reckless as to mob a Christian church. It is - only another one of those little bluff games, for which political - anti-Coolieites have become famous, and in which they propose to - frighten somebody into their way of thinking. We greatly mistake - the callibre of Mr. Pond if he is not more than a match for the - whole mob. We agree with the great body of intelligent people on - this coast that “the Chinese must go,” but the course proposed by - this club will only tend to prolong their stay in this country. - There is, at least, abundant opportunity yet for the fool-killer, - if not the hangman, to reap a rich harvest on Bernal Heights.” - -FOOTNOTE: - -[A] A mistake for _Bethany_. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - - * * * * * - -ALBERT, THE SLAVE BOY. - -MRS. A. K. SPENCE, NASHVILLE, TENN. - -Twenty-three years ago, in one of the northern counties of -Mississippi, there was born a little slave boy. No white blood -coursed in his veins. No one cared for his birth save, perhaps, his -weary slave mother. Some one called him Albert, and that was all, -for slave children had only one name. No future opened before him, -for slave children had no future, but service to a master. He grew -up to a life of poverty and toil and neglect, and early learned -what it was to be cold and hungry and sorrowful. - -By and by began the fierce struggle between slavery and freedom. -The slaves were sent from place to place, to prevent their escape -to the Union army. Albert wandered about with them—to Tennessee, -to Texas, to Georgia—till the close of the war found him back in -Tennessee, and near the city of Nashville. Here he picked up his -letters, and, at the age of fourteen, learned to read. In 1869, he -went to a school taught by one of the first student teachers from -Fisk University, who encouraged him to look to something higher -than the spelling-book and reader. - -In 1870 he entered that institution. Then began the long, hard -struggle for an education. For two years he groomed horses and did -housework. For two years more he took care of a drunken young man, -the son of wealthy parents in Nashville; and often might Albert -have been seen with his Greek or Latin book, far into the night, -sitting in some saloon or grocery, waiting for the young man, whose -aged mother had made him promise that he would never leave her son -in a saloon at night. Poor, awkward, and dressed out of missionary -barrels, often the recipient of student aid, sometimes well-nigh -disheartened, but always pressing on; once bought off by Mr. Spence -for the sum of ten dollars, when his father wanted him to work in -the field, he toiled slowly on, step by step, winning honor and -respect, and loved by his teachers as, perhaps, few students of -Fisk University were ever loved. - -Always good in scholarship, always among the first of his class, in -nine years he passed from the alphabet to within three mouths of a -college diploma. - -He was converted in 1872, and at once gave himself to the ministry. -In common with most students of Fisk University, he had thought, -though not very definitely, of missionary work in Africa. - -On the 1st day of February, there came a call for two men for -the Mendi Mission. Albert had his plans. He hoped to graduate -from college, a thing few colored youths have attained. He had -two orphan brothers and a little sister, to whom he purposed to -give an education and Christian training. Perhaps he had also his -ambitions in the ministry, where educated colored men will soon -rise so high; but he laid them all aside when God called, and with -a fellow-student, whose soul was mightily stirred by that call, he -said, “Here am I, Lord, send me.” He said, “How I should feel, to -have God call, and I not be ready!” - -His last request to the students of Fisk University was that they -would make this its motto: - - _“Her sons and her daughters are ever on the altar.”_ - -To-day Albert Miller is on the shores of Africa. The prayers, -the tears, the affections of the institution, are with him. The -prayers of the Christian heart of America will be with him, and his -companions, in that distant land. Did not God, who chose Abraham -and David, and Paul and Luther, choose him for such a time as -this, and make all the years of his slavery—his privations, and -his discipline—but the means to fit him for this great work of -carrying the Gospel to Africa? - - * * * * * - - - - -RECEIPTS - -FOR MARCH, 1878. - - - * * * * * - - MAINE, $146.95. - - Andover. Mrs. E. P. 1.00 - Bangor. First Parish Sab. Sch. 6.00 - Bath. “Friend” $50; Mrs. J. C. 25c 50.25 - Bethel. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Biddeford. J. N. A. 1.00 - Bluehill. M. E. Johnson. 5.00 - Brunswick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 - Calais. First. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.55 - Castine. Lucy S. Adams. 20.00 - Kenduskeag. Rev. J. S. 1.00 - Machias. Centre St. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.64 - Newport. M. S. N. 1.00 - Sweden. Cong. Soc. 7.00 - West Bethel. Mrs. E. C. 0.51 - - - NEW HAMPSHIRE, $967.54. - - Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $51.53.—“Memorial - Union” $20; _for Wilmington, N. C._ 71.53 - Bennington. Miss Emily Whittemore, _for a - Student, Atlanta U._ 75.00 - Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.75 - Colebrook. J. A. H. 0.50 - Concord. C. T. P. 0.50 - Exeter. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. - $72.11.—Ladies of Second Cong. Parish $3, - and bbl. of C. _for Wilmington, N. C._ 75.11 - Fitzwilliam. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.50 - Francestown. Young Men’s Christian Ass’n. 9.75 - Haverhill. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.67 - Keene. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of 2d Ch., bbl. of - C. and $3 _for freight_.—Mrs. N. R. C. 50c 3.50 - Lebanon. Mary L. Choate. 5.00 - Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.94 - Marlborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.37 - New London. M. K. T. 0.25 - Orford. Ladies, bbl. of C. and 60c, _for - freight_.—Miss A. E. 50c 1.10 - Peterborough. Mrs. E. H. 1.00 - Plymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.94 - Portsmouth. ESTATE of Dea. Joshua - Brooks, by Henry A. Yeaton, Ex. 500.00 - Rindge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.10 - Troy. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.03 - —— “A Friend” 100.00 - - - VERMONT, $205.41. - - Burlington. Third Cong. Ch. $32.02; Rev. D. G. - $1 33.02 - Bridport. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.25 - Cambridge. Dea. S. Montague 10.00 - Fayetteville. Individuals, by Austin Birchard 2.00 - Granby and North Victory. Cong. Ch. 2.00 - Ludlow. Mrs. P. M. $1; N. M. P. $1.20 2.20 - Marshfield. Lyman Clark 10.00 - North Waterford. S. E. H. 1.00 - St. Johnsbury. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. - $99.44; W. W. T. 50c 99.94 - Strafford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - Williamstown. Individuals, by R. D. Nichols 1.00 - —— “Life Member” $9.50; Mrs. S. D. 50c 10.00 - - - MASSACHUSETTS, $1,232.07. - - Abington. Mr. Talbot 5.00 - Amherst. Second Cong. Ch. $17.75; E. T. S. 50c 18.25 - Ashfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.40 - Athol Centre. Mrs. Emily Eaton 2.00 - Belchertown. D. B. B. 0.50 - Boston. Mrs. E. C. Ford $25; Mrs. E. C. - Parkhurst $20; L. F. H. 50c.; Smith Organ - Co., 1 Organ, val. $100 45.50 - Brimfield. Benev. Soc. 41.00 - Cambridgeport. Ladies’ Aux. of Pilgrim Ch. - $40, to const. MRS. R. V. RUGG, L. - M.; Mrs. I. J. 50c 40.50 - Clinton. MRS. MARTHA C. GIBBS, to - const. herself L. M. 30.00 - Coleraine. Miss E. McG. 1.00 - Dana. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.00 - East Douglass. Cong. Ch. M. C. Coll., to - const. MRS. MARY JANE WILLIS, L. M. 30.22 - East Medway. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $13; H. D. 50c 13.50 - East Woburn. Wm. Temple. 2.50 - Fall River. M. E. 1.00 - Fairhaven. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - Foxborough. Mrs. W. P. P. 0.50 - Fitchburgh. W. L. B. $1.—Rollstone Benev. - Soc. 1 box of Bedding, _for Atlanta U._ 1.00 - Florence. Two S. S. Classes of Cong. Ch., - “Little Pets” $2.74; “Pilgrims” $3.63 6.37 - Granby. Cong. Ch. 27.17 - Groveland. Mrs. M. A. R. 1.00 - Hanover. Mrs. McLauthlin and Mrs. Allen, - bundle of C. - Haverhill. North Cong. S. S. $50; John B. Case - $5; Dea. J. Flanders $5 60.00 - Holden. Bbl. of C., _for Wilmington, N. C._ - Hopkinton. Ladies 1.50 - Hyde Park. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Hampton - N. and A. Inst._ 70.00 - Lancaster. Ladies of Trin. Cong. Ch., 1 bbl. - of C., _for Atlanta U._ - Lee. Cong. Sab. Sch. 75.00 - Malden. “A Friend” $3; Mrs. C. F. B. 50c 3.50 - Mansfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.45 - Matfield. Mrs. O. Grover 2.00 - Melrose. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. $36.11; - E. N. Chapin $4.50 40.61 - Monson. Miss E. A. W. 1.00 - New Braintree. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.10 - Newbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.74 - Newburyport. P. H. Lunt 25.50 - Newton Centre. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.28 - Newtonville. Mrs. A. W. G. 0.50 - Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 34.00 - Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $15; “A Friend” - $10 25.00 - Norwood. Mrs. W. B. 0.50 - Pepperell. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00 - Princeton. “Ladies” 14.00 - Rehoboth. Cong. Ch. 25.00 - Rochdale. Miss A. G. L. 0.50 - Rockland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 103.00 - Sandwich. Mrs. J. French $5; Robert Tobey $5; - Silas Fish $3 13.00 - Sharon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $16.55; Dr. Bacon - $5.00 21.55 - Somerville. Broadway Cong. Ch. and Soc. $13; - Prospect Hill Sab. Sch. $9 22.00 - South Dartmouth. Mrs. M. P. S. 1.00 - South Deerfield. Mrs. M. B. 0.50 - South Framingham. G. M. Amsden 5.00 - Tolland. Cong. Ch. $2.74; Rev. D. J. O. 50c 3.24 - Wakefield. H. L. H. 1.00 - Walpole. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00 - Waverly. Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Student, - Atlanta U._ 17.72 - Westborough. E. J. G. 0.50 - West Boxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.56 - West Dennis. Mrs. S. S. C. 1.00 - Westfield. Mrs. J. F. 1.00 - West Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.50 - Weymouth. ESTATE of Abby C. Pratt, by - Henry Dyer, Ex. 193.56 - Weymouth and Braintree. Union Ch. _for Marion, - Ala._ 45.35 - - - RHODE ISLAND, $1. - - Pawtucket. Mrs. G. W. K. and A. B. 1.00 - - - CONNECTICUT, $3,075.99. - - Bantam Falls. Miss C. B. 1.00 - Brooklyn. D. C. R and S. H. T. 50c. ea. 1.00 - Canton Centre. Mrs. S. B. H. 1.00 - Chester. Cong. Ch. 39.00 - Colchester. Mrs. H. T. Newton 5.00 - Cornwall Hollow. K. W. S. 0.50 - Derby. Cong. Ch. 25.00 - East Berlin. M. W. W. 1.00 - East Windsor Hill. Mrs. J. S. Clapp 3.00 - East Windsor. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Ellington. ESTATE of Mrs. Mary Pease - Collins, by C. B. Pease, Ex. 566.82 - Fair Haven. Second Cong. Ch., to const. - DEA. ALBERT ROWE, L. M. 49.27 - Franklin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.00 - Glastonbury. Cong. Ch. 115.00 - Goshen. Cong. Ch. 30.36 - Greenwich. Second Cong. Ch. 61.88 - Hartford. Member of Asylum Hill Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Hebron. “A few lady friends,” by Mrs. Jasper - Porter, bbl. of Bedding and $2 _for - freight_, _for Tougaloo U._ 2.00 - Huntington. Mrs. Sarah A. Nichols 2.00 - Kensington. Cong. Ch. to const. SAMUEL - UPSON, L. M. 39.00 - Meriden. Centre Cong. Ch. $38; C. H. Learned - $30, to const. MRS. ELIZA G. - LEARNED, L. M. 68.00 - Middle Haddam. Second Cong. Ch. ($10 of which - from Dea. D. Dickenson) 30.00 - Middletown. First Ch. 22.10 - Morris L. J. W. 0.50 - Naugatuck. Cong. Ch. 130.00 - New Britain. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 150.16 - New Preston Village. Cong. Ch. $29.50; Mrs. B. - A. 50c 30.00 - Newtown. Miss E. Leavenworth 5.00 - New Haven. First Cong. Ch. $200.63 (of which - $25 from Rev. Wm. Patton, D.D., _for Howard - U._)—“A Lady” $3; B. P. $1 204.63 - New Haven. ESTATE of Elias T. Foote, - by Gardiner Morse, Ex., to const. - EMERSON L. FOOTE, ARTHUR H. - FOOTE, EMMET L. CROSBY, - SAMUEL F. CROSBY and AMELIA L. - FOOTE, L. M.’s 200.00 - North Haven. Cong. Ch. 50.00 - Norwich. Second Cong. Ch. 236.90 - Plainfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 33.95 - Plainville. “A Friend” 2.00 - Plantsville. Cong. Ch. $203.57—Mrs. E. P. - Hotchkiss $5, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 208.57 - Plymouth. Cong. Ch. 12.00 - Stanwich. Subscribers, by David Banks 3.00 - Thompson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.00 - Warren. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 47.50 - Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. (in part) 596.37 - Wapping. Mrs. H. S. 1.00 - West Killingly. Miss M. W. 1.00 - West Stafford. Cong. Ch. 6.48 - Windsor Locks. Mrs. L. P. Dexter 6.00 - Woodbury. Benj. Fabrique $20.—Mrs. C. P. - Churchill $3, _for Tougaloo U._ 23.00 - - - NEW YORK, $568.58. - - Albany. V. S. K. 1.00 - Albion. Primary Dept. Presb. Ch. Sab. Sch., - _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00 - Batavia. Mrs. A. D. L. 1.00 - Binghamton. “A Friend” $12.50.—G. S. N. 50c 13.00 - Brooklyn. Miss E. Cutler 2.00 - Buffalo. E. J. Buttolph 2.00 - Camden. S. S. 1.00 - Canoga. ESTATE of S. Chatham, by B. - M. Chatham and G. W. Bockoen, Ex.’s 241.40 - Crown Point. Mrs. Loraine H. Page 25.00 - Dryden. Mrs. L. C. Phillips 10.00 - East Bloomfield. R. B. Goodwin 5.55 - East Palmyra. Mrs. Laura E. Dada, _for - Tougaloo U._ 5.00 - Fayetteville. O. D. B. 1.00 - Flatbush, L. I. “A Friend” 5.00 - Fulton. S. C. R. 1.00 - Griffin’s Mills. Cong. Ch. 6.00 - Hamilton. Cong. Ch. 5.88 - Hobart. Mrs. N. C. Blish 5.00 - Homer. “A Lady” 50.00 - Holley. Mrs. Matilda Huff, $5; Miss Columbia - Harrison and Mrs. Laura Farwell $3 ea., _for - Berea C._ 11.00 - Honeoye. Cong. Ch. $55, and Sab. Sch. $17 72.00 - Jefferson. S. Ruliffson 4.00 - Kiantone. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 - Lebanon Springs. B. S. 1.00 - Le Roy. Mrs. S. Covert 5.00 - McDonough. C. Sawtelle 1.50 - Marcellus. H. B. 1.00 - Mexico. A. W. 1.00 - New Hamburgh. Miss S. H. S. 0.50 - New York. L. B. B. $1.—Biglow and Main, 60 - copies “Fountain of Song,” _for Atlanta U._ 1.00 - North Rose. G. A. 1.00 - Oneida. Stephen H. Goodwin $5; Edward Loomis $2 7.00 - Pulaski. S. C. 1.00 - Salem. B. C. 1.00 - Schenectady. A. W. V. 0.25 - Spencerport. “A Presbyterian” 10.50 - Strykersville. Cong. Ch. $5; Dea. M. W. 50c 5.50 - Troy. Mrs. E. C. S. 1.00 - Union Valley. Dr. J. Angel 10.00 - West Java. Cong. Ch. 9.00 - Whitney’s Point. Presb. Ch. 8.50 - - - NEW JERSEY, $186.64. - - Newark. C. S. Haines 50.00 - Orange Valley. Cong. Ch. 65.88 - Paterson. Benj. Crane 20.00 - Rahway. Mrs. B. T. 0.25 - Salem. W. G. Tyler 20.00 - Summit. “A Friend” 30.00 - Westfield. Mrs. P. W. C. 0.51 - - - PENNSYLVANIA, $45.25. - - Candor. Miss I. C. 1.00 - Mount Jackson. A. N. 1.00 - North East. C. A. T. 1.00 - Pittsburgh. Rev. A. C. McC. 1.00 - Prentissvale. Rev. M. W. Strickland $20 and - Mrs. C. A. B. Lovejoy $10, to const. - MRS. NETTIE S. MORSE, L. M.; C. S. - A. 25c 30.25 - Sharpsburgh. Joseph Turner ($5 of which _for - Indian M._) 10.00 - West Elizabeth. J. W. 1.00 - - - OHIO, $320.74. - - Bellevue. J. S. 0.27 - Burg Hill. J. J. $1; Mrs. H. B. 75c 1.75 - Chagrin Falls. Cong. Ch. 11.20 - Chatham Centre. Cong. Ch. 27.00 - Cincinnati. Rent $98.92, _for the poor in New - Orleans_.—Sab. Sch. of Storrs Ch. $30, to - const. MRS. HORACE WILSON, L. M. 128.92 - Clarksfield. Mrs. H. B. Fraser $8; W. A. A. - and J. M. F., 50c. ea. 9.00 - Cleveland. F. M. S. 0.50 - Columbus. Miss M. E. H. 0.50 - Elyria. Presb. Ch., by Birdsey Nevins 5.00 - Four Corners. W. C. St. J. 0.50 - Hartford. S. C. B., Miss H. J. and A. N. $1 - ea.; Mrs. B. 50c 3.50 - Hubbard. Welsh Cong. Ch. 5.87 - Jersey. Mrs. Lucinda Sinnet $10; L. N. 25c 10.25 - Lake Breeze. M. L. R. 0.50 - Lorain. H. L. K. 1.00 - Lyme. Cong. Ch. 26.34 - Mansfield. Miss S. M. Sturges 5.00 - Oberlin. First Cong. Ch. 63.88 - Painesville. Ladies of First Ch. $5.26, and - box of Bedding, _for Tougaloo U._—Mrs. L. - S. $1 6.26 - Rochester Depot. Mrs. W. S. and E. L. C. 0.50 - Savannah. J. A. Patterson 5.00 - Strongsville. Isaac I. Gifford 6.00 - Steuben. Levi Platt 2.00 - - - INDIANA, $10. - - Union City. Mrs. John Commons 5.00 - Wolcottville. Jonathan Law 5.00 - - - ILLINOIS, $3,231.05. - - Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 5.00 - Chicago. Lincoln Park Ch. $30; Bethany Ch. - $7.74; New Eng. Ch. Mon. Con. Coll. $9.48 47.22 - Crystal Lake. ESTATE of Simon S. - Gates $1,500, and $421.20 on account of - Interest, by Wm. D. Gates, Ex. 1,921.20 - Dundee. Cong. Ch. 6.25 - Earlville. Cong. Ch., to const. MISS EVA - SEELEY, L. M. 34.50 - Elgin. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 25.00 - Galesburg. E. A. Cooley 3.00 - Griggsville. Cong. Ch. 24.90 - Hutsonville. C. V. N. 1.00 - Mendon. ESTATE of Jireh Platt, by Rev. H. D. - Platt, Ex. 346.53 - Mendon. Mrs. J. Fowler ($100 _for Florence - Chapel_) 100.50 - Metamora. A. C. Rouse 5.00 - Millington. Mrs. D. A. Aldrich 5.00 - Morrison. John Roy $2; —— $1;—— $1 4.00 - Oak Park. Mrs. J. Huggins, _for Student Aid_ 10.00 - Ontario. Cong. Ch. 30.50 - Peoria. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Griswold, _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 100.00 - Plainfield. Rev. Edward Ebbs 10.00 - Polo. Robert Smith 500.00 - Princeville. W. C. Stevens 5.00 - Quincy. Lucius Kingman 5.00 - Rockford. Ladies of First Cong. Ch. $25 _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._—Ladies of First Cong. - Ch. $13, _for a Student, Talladega C._ 38.00 - Wyoming. Cong. Ch. 3.45 - - - MICHIGAN, $1,138.18. - - Adams. Julius Hackley 10.00 - Armada. Miss Lydia A. Jackman 5.00 - Calumet. Cong. Ch. 231.75 - Charlotte. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.38 - Covert. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 12.00 - Dexter. “A Friend” 10.00 - Hadley. Mrs. L. H. 0.55 - Leland. Rev. G. T. 1.00 - Ludington. Cong. Ch. 8.00 - Memphis. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. $5.—Cong. Ch. - Sab. Sch. $5, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00 - Mount Morris. Amasa Currier 10.00 - Michigan City. Miss C. J. Parry, _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00 - Olivet. A. T. 1.00 - Port Huron. ESTATE of Mary J. - Sweetser, by John P. Sanborn, Ex. 750.00 - Portland. Rev. J. L. Maile 4.00 - Royal Oak. Rev. C. S. C. 1.00 - Three Oaks. Cong. Ch. 15.00 - Unadilla. Mrs. Wm. S. Bird 5.00 - Union City. Mrs. L. B. Webber $2; Mrs. E. J. - H. 50c 2.50 - Wheatland. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 42.00 - Ypsilanti. F. C. C. 1.00 - - - WISCONSIN, $80.75. - - Appleton. Ann S. Kimball $30; “W. J. A.” $2; - A. C. B. 50c 32.50 - Mazo Manie. R. L. 1.00 - Oconomowoc. Cong. Ch. 12.00 - Racine. Individuals, by Mrs. S. B. Peck 7.00 - Ripon. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.25 - - - IOWA, $162.55. - - Atlantic. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.50 - Chester. Cong. Ch. 26.42 - Clinton. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Fisk U._ 15.00 - Dewitt. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 3.65 - Des Moines. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 30.00 - Dubuque. Mrs. C. C. R. 0.50 - Green. R. L. 0.50 - Hillsborough. John W. Hammond 5.00 - Independence. S. W. N. 0.50 - Iowa City. Ladies’ Sew. Soc., _for Tougaloo U._ 2.15 - Logan. Cong. Ch. 6.72 - New Hampton. Woman’s Miss. Soc. 1.50 - Osage. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 21.31 - Sibley. C. E. Jenney 5.00 - Tabor. Friends, by Julia E. Williams 6.50 - Waterloo. Mrs. W. W. T. 0.50 - Wittenburg. Cong. Ch. $24, and Sab. Sch. - $2.80, to const. REV. SETH A. - ARNOLD, L. M. 26.80 - - - MINNESOTA, $119.03. - - Afton. Cong. Ch. 4.50 - East Prairieville. Mrs. Mary Adams 5.00 - Litchfield. Mrs. S. B. Cathcast $2; W. E. C. - 50c 2.50 - Marine. Cong. Ch. 2.04 - Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. $19.22; Plymouth Ch. - Sab. Sch. $25, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 44.22 - Northfield. Individuals 2.00 - Plain View. Woman’s Cent. Soc. 8.00 - St. Paul. Plymouth Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 - Winona. Cong. Ch. 25.77 - - - NEBRASKA, $3. - - Steele City. Cong. Ch. 3.00 - - - DAKOTA, $15. - - Fort Berthold. Rev. C. L. Hall 10.00 - Riverside. Rev. Lewis Bridgman 5.00 - - - CALIFORNIA, $515.90. - - National City. Theron Parsons $5; J. T. $1. 6.00 - —— Receipts of “The California Chinese - Mission” 509.90 - - - OREGON, $31.00. - - Forest Grove. ALVIN T. SMITH, to - const. himself L. M. 30.00 - Hillsborough. Rev. J. S. G. 1.00 - - - DELAWARE, $2.50. - - Felton. Talmon Dewey 2.50 - - - MARYLAND, $100. - - Baltimore. T. D. Anderson 100.00 - - - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $0.50. - - Washington. H. N. F. 0.50 - - - KENTUCKY, $11.85. - - Berea. Cong. Ch. 11.85 - - - TENNESSEE, $186.53. - - Memphis. Le Moyne Sch. 144.25 - Nashville. Fisk University 42.28 - - - NORTH CAROLINA, $267.49. - - Raleigh. Public Fund $140; Washington Sch. - $18.45 158.45 - Wilmington. Normal Sch. $94.05; Cong. Ch. $5.54 99.59 - Woodbridge. School 9.45 - - - SOUTH CAROLINA, $229.30. - - Charleston. Avery Inst. 229.30 - - - GEORGIA, $463.31. - - Atlanta. Atlanta University $122.50.—Rev. S. - S. Ashley $12, _for Student Aid_ 134.50 - Atlanta. Storrs School. 183.10 - Macon. Lewis High Sch. 64.55 - Savannah. Beach Inst. $77.16; First Cong. Sab. - Sch. $3 80.16 - Woodville. Pilgrim Ch., _for Indian M._ 1.00 - - - ALABAMA, $717.75. - - Athens. Trinity School 33.75 - Long Island. Mrs. Chubbuck and Miss Standish - 700 Apple Trees, _for Atlanta U._ - Mobile. Emerson Inst. 79.50 - Montgomery. Public Fund $440; First Cong. Ch. - $75 515.00 - Selma. Rev. Fletcher Clark $9.55, _for Student - Aid, Tougaloo U._—First Cong. Ch. $8.10 17.65 - Talladega. Talladega College 71.85 - - - MISSISSIPPI, $91.40. - - Jackson. S. Lemley and Son, _for barracks, - Tougaloo U._ 20.00 - Tougaloo. Tougaloo University $60.40.—Rev. G. - S. Pope $9, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 69.40 - Verona. Sab. Sch., _for Mendi M._ 2.00 - - - MISSOURI, $2.50. - - Index. F. P. M. $1; Others $1.50, by W. B. - Wills 2.50 - - - LOUISIANA, $157.25. - - New Orleans. Straight University 157.25 - - - TEXAS, $1. - - Whitman. A. F. 1.00 - - - CANADA, $23.23. - - Montreal. John Dougall & Co. $8; A. Spaulding - $5; Robert Dunn $5; P. H. Barton $3; R. W. - Cowan $2; Premium 23c 23.23 - - - SCOTLAND, $5.89. - - Innellan. Young Women’s Prayer-Meeting, by - Mrs. P. Taylor, _for Cal. Chinese M._ 5.89 - - - AFRICA, $2. - - South Africa. Miss Emelia F. Brewer, _for - Raleigh, N. C._ 2.00 - ————————— - Total 14,319.13 - Total from Oct. 1st to March 31st $85,752.83 - - H. W. HUBBARD, - _Ass’t Treas._ - - RECEIVED FOR DEBT. - - Keene, N. H. “A Friend” 0.50 - Cambridge, Vt. Madison Safford 10.00 - Dedham, Mass. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., M. C. - Coll. 11.39 - Enfield, Mass. Edward Smith 300.00 - Newburyport, Mass. H. Lunt 25.00 - Salem, Mass. Joseph H. Towne 50.00 - —— Mass. “Worshiper at Indian Orchard” 500.00 - Waterbury, Conn. Chas. Benedict, of Second - Cong. Ch. 500.00 - Cazenovia, N. Y. Mrs. Mary Woodward 10.00 - Homer, N. Y. “A Lady” 50.00 - Spencerport, N. Y. “A Presbyterian” 10.00 - Hampton, Va. Helpers in Hampton N. & A. Inst., - by J. F. B. Marshall, Treas. 25.00 - Greenville, Mich. M. Rutan 500.00 - Ripon, Wis. Rev. H. W. Carter 5.00 - Danville, Iowa. Mrs. H. Huntington 5.00 - Index, Mo. W. B. Wills 4.00 - —————— - 2,005.89 - Previously acknowledged Feb. receipts 6,915.83 - —————— - Total $8,921.72 - - -Receipts of the CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION, E. Palache, Treasurer, -from Sept. 26th, 1877, to March 20th, 1878: - - - FROM AUXILIARIES, $64.20. - - Petaluma Chinese Mission. Chinese Pupils 30.70 - Santa Barbara Chinese Mission. Friends 20.00 - Stockton Chinese Mission. Mrs. M. C. Brown $6; - Chinese $5 11.00 - —— By D. W. C. Putnam, Treas. 2.50 - - - FROM ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS, $68.50. - - 1876-1877. Paid at Annual Meeting 39.00 - 1877-1878. Paid at Annual Meeting 29.50 - - - FROM CHURCHES, $141.70. - - Benicia. Cong. Ch., Ladies $25, to const. - REV. J. A. BANFIELD, L. M.; J. A. - B. 50c 25.50 - Oakland. First Cong. Ch. 38.00 - Redwood. Cong. Ch. 8.30 - Sacramento. Cong. Ch. 11.20 - San Francisco. First Cong. Ch. $18.70; - Plymouth Ch. $30 48.70 - Santa Cruz. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - - - INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS, $115.50. - - San Francisco. Rev. J. K. McLean, D. D., and - C. T. Christensen, Esq., $25 ea., _for - Barnes Mission House_.—Rev. Joseph Rowell - $20; Miss Ella M. Pinkham $2.50; Rev. W. C. - Merritt (annual membership) $2 74.50 - Sacramento. Rev. I. E. Dwinell, D. D. $1; Cash - $1 2.00 - Sonoma. Rev. F. B. Perkins $5; “A Friend” $5 10.00 - San Francisco. Chinese $13.50; Chinese at - Central School $11 24.50 - Bethany. Chinese 4.50 - - - FROM EASTERN FRIENDS, $120. - - Bangor, Maine. Mrs. E. H. Coe (gold) 25.00 - Portland, Maine. State St. Cong. Ch. 40.00 - Boston, Mass. Mrs. James Means 5.00 - Granby, Mass. Cong. Sab. Sch. Mrs. John - Church’s class, $18; Mrs. R. H. Davis’ class - $12 30.00 - Norwich, Conn. Mrs. E. B. Huntington $20, bal. - to const. REV. F. B. PERKINS, L. M. 20.00 - —————— - Total $509.90 - - * * * * * - - - - -_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 -accomodate the increasing numbers of students; MEETING HOUSES, for -the new churches we are organizing; MORE MINISTERS, cultured and -pious, for these churches. - -3. HELP FOR YOUNG MEN, to be educated as ministers here and -missionaries to Africa—a pressing want. - - Before sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A. - office, as below. - - NEW YORK H. W. Hubbard, Esq., 56 Reade Street. - BOSTON Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Room 21, Congregational House. - CHICAGO Rev. Jas. 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PHILA._ -] - - * * * * * - - - THE THIRTY-SECOND VOLUME OF - - THE - - American Missionary, - - ENLARGED AND IMPROVED. - - - SUBSCRIPTION DEPARTMENT. - -We publish =25,000= copies per month, giving news from the -Institutions and Churches aided by the Association among the -Freedmen in the South, the Indian tribes, the Chinese on the -Pacific Coast, and the Negroes in Western Africa. Price, =Fifty -Cents a Year, in Advance=. - -OUR NEW PAMPHLETS. - -No. 1.—=History= of the Association. - -No. 2.—=Africa=: Containing a History of the Mendi Mission, a -Description of the Land and the People, and a presentation of their -claims on America. - -No. 3.—=The Three Despised Races in the United States=; or, The -Chinaman, the Indian, and the Freedman. An Address before the A. M. -A., by Rev. 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DENISON, Adv’g Agent, - 56 READE STREET, NEW YORK. - - * * * * * - - -[Illustration: - - KINGSFORD’S - OSWEGO - CORN STARCH - —FOR— - PUDDINGS | BLANC MANGE | CAKE, ETC. - PURE AND DELICATE. - PREFERABLE TO BERMUDA ARROW ROOT. - ☞Inferior and spurious articles are often sold for =Kingsford’s=.☜ - To avoid GROSS IMPOSITION, see that =T. KINGSFORD & SON= - is on each =BOX= and on each =PACKAGE=. -] - - - - -Transcriber’s Notes: - - -Punctuation, spelling and grammar were changed only where the error -appears to be a printing error. The punctuation changes are too -numerous to list; the others are as follows: - -“our” changed to “four” on page 135 (doubled in last four months). - -“thec ontribution” changed to “the contribution” on page 138 (the -contribution needs casting out). - -“fa ar” changed to “a far” on page 148 (we should see a far better -day). - -“Cougregational” changed to “Congregational” on page 156 (Room 21, -Congregational House). - -“aud” changed to “and” on page 160 (Hall Chairs and Hanging -Glasses). - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary -- Volume 32, -No. 5, May, 1878, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY, MAY 1878 *** - -***** This file should be named 53188-0.txt or 53188-0.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/3/1/8/53188/ - -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) - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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