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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The American Missionary -- Volume 32, No. 06, June, 1878 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: October 7, 2016 [EBook #53227] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, JUNE 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. 6. - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” - - * * * * * - - JUNE, 1878. - - - - - _CONTENTS_: - - - EDITORIAL. - - PARAGRAPHS 161 - PRINCIPLES AND PLANS 162 - DEPARTURE OF THE AZOR.—THE INDIAN BOYS AT HAMPTON 163 - A SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONCERT 164 - AN EDUCATED MINISTRY.—ATLANTA AND FISK UNIVERSITIES 165 - NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES 168 - ITEMS FROM THE SCHOOLS.—GENERAL NOTES 169 - - - THE FREEDMEN. - - STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY 172 - VIRGINIA: Additions to the Church—An Indian’s - Creed—A Good Beginning 174 - SOUTH CAROLINA: History of “Avery” Graduates 174 - GEORGIA: Pilgrim Church and Sunday-School—Band of - Hope—Twitchell School.—School Children Farming— - Their Parents Buying Farms.—A Growing School—A - Literary Society 175 - MISSISSIPPI: An Old School—Temperance Work—The - Gourd Family 176 - THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY 177 - THE INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONVENTION.—ANNUAL - MEETING OF THE SOUTH-WESTERN CONFERENCE 178 - THE SINGERS TO THE MISSIONARIES, GREETING 180 - - - AFRICA. - - ARRIVAL OF THE NEW MISSIONARIES.—FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF - AFRICA—A SUNDAY SERVICE—A SCHOOL CELEBRATION 181 - ADVANTAGES OF COLORED MISSIONARIES 182 - - - THE INDIANS. - - SCHOOL WANTS AND FARM WORK 182 - AN INDIAN WANTS A COW 183 - - - THE CHINESE. - - FUNG AFFOO’S BIBLE CLASS—VISALIA AND PETALUMA 183 - - - THE CHILDREN’S PAGE 185 - - - RECEIPTS 185 - - - CONSTITUTION 189 - - - WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, &c. 190 - - * * * * * - - 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 THACHER, LL. D., Iowa. - Rev. A. L. STONE, D. D., California. - Rev. G. H. ATKINSON, D. D., Oregon. - Rev. J. E. RANKIN, D. D., D. C. - Rev. A. L. CHAPIN, D. D., Wis. - S. D. SMITH, Esq., Mass. - Rev. H. M. PARSONS, N. Y. - PETER SMITH, Esq., Mass. - Dea. JOHN WHITING, Mass. - Rev. WM. PATTON, D. D., Ct. - Hon. J. B. GRINNELL, Iowa. - Rev. WM. T. CARR, Ct. - Rev. HORACE WINSLOW, Ct. - Sir PETER COATS, Scotland. - Rev. HENRY ALLON, D. D., London, Eng. - WM. E. WHITING, Esq., N. Y. - J. M. PINKERTON, Esq., Mass. - - - CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. - - REV. M. E. STRIEBY, _56 Reade Street, N. Y._ - - - DISTRICT SECRETARIES. - - REV. C. L. WOODWORTH, _Boston_. - REV. G. D. PIKE, _New York_. - REV. JAS. POWELL, _Chicago, Ill._ - - EDGAR KETCHUM, ESQ., _Treasurer, N. Y._ - H. W. HUBBARD, ESQ., _Assistant Treasurer, N. Y._ - REV. M. E. STRIEBY, _Recording Secretary_. - - - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. - - ALONZO S. BALL, - A. S. BARNES, - EDWARD BEECHER, - GEO. M. BOYNTON, - WM. B. BROWN, - CLINTON B. FISK, - A. P. FOSTER, - AUGUSTUS E. GRAVES, - S. B. HALLIDAY, - SAM’L HOLMES, - S. S. JOCELYN, - ANDREW LESTER, - CHAS. L. MEAD, - JOHN H. WASHBURN, - G. B. WILLCOX. - - -COMMUNICATIONS - -relating to the business of the Association may be addressed to -either of the Secretaries as above. - - -DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS - -may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, -when more convenient, to either of the branch offices, 21 -Congregational House, Boston, Mass., 112 West Washington Street, -Chicago, Ill. Drafts or checks sent to Mr. Hubbard should be made -payable to his order as _Assistant Treasurer_. - -A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member. - -Correspondents are specially requested to place at the head of -each letter the name of their Post Office, and the County and -State in which it is located. - - - - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - VOL. XXXII. JUNE, 1878. No. 6. - - * * * * * - - - - -_American Missionary Association._ - - - * * * * * - - -As will be seen elsewhere, our new missionaries arrived at -Freetown, Sierra Leone, March 23d, just one month from the date -of their leaving New York by steamer for England. They had only -the ordinary discomforts of a sea voyage, and reached their -destination in good condition. Their first impressions of the new -field seem to be quite favorable, and their desire to be to enter -on the new work at once. We look to the Lord of the harvest for -His blessing on the lives and labors of all those who have gone -from us to the Mendi Mission. - - * * * * * - -We read with unfeigned regret of the disasters and delays which -the English and Scotch missionaries have met with, in attempting -to begin their new work in Central Africa. The expedition of -the London Missionary Society was, from July to January last, -trying to push its way with its supplies to its destination on -Lake Tanganyika, but was obliged to encamp for the rainy season -at Kirasa, only about one-third of the way. It is hoped that -during the present year they may reach the lake, and establish -themselves there. The mission of the Free and United Presbyterian -Churches is in danger of being driven from its station at -Livingstonia, on Lake Nyanza, by so insignificant an enemy as a -fly. The bite of the tsetse, deadly to all domestic animals, has -sadly impoverished them, impeded their industrial operations, -and curtailed their usefulness in advancing the civilization of -Africa. The station may have to be moved. A new site must be -sought with great care, which will not be liable to this pest. - -In South Africa another missionary institution has been -endangered by the Caffre War, three English officials having been -murdered not far away; while missionaries Smith and O’Neill, of -the Church Missionary Society in Central Africa, have been killed -by hostile natives, on their way back to Uganda, the capital of -King M’tesa. We believe that our forces at Good Hope and Avery -are not liable to any of these perils. The station is accessible -and reached; no deadly venom is in the insect life around them, -nor are there unfriendly nations near. Only the dangers common to -such regions are there to threaten them. And yet we must not set -our hopes too high, or base them too confidently on any of the -uncertainties which the future still holds. In a land of delays -we know not what may hinder; amid a thousand possibilities, we -cannot tell what peril lurks. Our hope is in the Lord—that He -will suffer no evil to befall them, but give them strength for -patient continuance in well-doing. - -Our friends at Talladega College miss their names from the -Institutions we mentioned in the May MISSIONARY, as needing -greatly, and at once, enlarged accommodations. We did not mention -their wants, as indeed we did not other important needs; and -perhaps the reason was, as they suggest, because, appreciating -the strain laid upon our resources this year, they have -considerately refrained from pressing the case which, last year, -they laid before us. They say “It is difficult for us to see how -any institutions in the South can be in more pressing need than -we of a new dormitory.” - - * * * * * - -Mr. Whidby’s fears that a colored delegate to the Atlanta -Sunday-school Convention would be either “lionized or snubbed” -to that extent that it would be better for him not to come, -proved to be not well grounded. The warned man did not come; but, -fortunately, another did, of similar complexion, and that from -Texas. He was received and treated just as the others were, and -he behaved as well. The fact is, they were much busier devising -for Sunday-school work than applying a color metre to each -other’s faces. We are very glad the Texas brother was there. - - * * * * * - - -PRINCIPLES AND PLANS. - -—This Association does not affirm that races, any more -than individuals, are equal in physical or mental fibre and -development. Some races, as well as individuals, are manifestly -below others in some respects. All that we claim is, that all -men shall be regarded as equal _before God and the Law_; and -that hence, in all churches of Christ, no distinction be made, -on account of race or color; and also that, in the enactment and -administration of the laws of the land, all races be equally -protected in person and property, and that whatever immunities or -privileges are granted to one, be extended to all. - -—This Association does not found exclusively colored churches. -They are only exclusive because they are not exclusive. They are -open to all races, and hence but few white persons unite with -them. But, while the work of the Association has been principally -among the colored people in the South, as being at present most -accessible, yet it has always favored the establishment of -churches, mainly white, where the distribution of population -calls for them, and which allow colored persons freely to -unite with them. Thus, the early efforts of John G. Fee, its -first missionary in the South, was in the formation of white -churches in Kentucky. So, also, the counsel of its officers was -sought and given in the organization of the Second (or white) -Congregational Church in Chattanooga, Tenn. Its first minister -was Rev. J. A. Thome, a life-long friend of the A. M. A., and at -one time its agent in Great Britain. The Congregational Church -in Jacksonville, Fla., was organized, and its house dedicated, -under the auspices of Rev. C. L. Woodworth, its Boston Secretary, -who spent a month in Jacksonville preaching and laboring for that -purpose. Not long since, the Association appointed a missionary -in Kentucky, who has surveyed the field in the vicinity of Berea -College, and expects to organize five or six churches, to which -he will preach in turn until each can sustain a minister. These -will be mainly white churches, but open to colored people. In -like manner, the Association has promised missionary aid to -a church, of similar character, about to be organized in San -Antonio, Texas. - -—The educational institutions of the A. M. A. in the South are -in order to its religious work in America and Africa. Its best -and most promising churches are established near the schools and -colleges, and receive intelligence and strength from them. These -schools furnish hundreds of Christian teachers, who instruct -thousands of pupils in day and Sunday-schools, and carry a -salutary influence into the homes, churches and neighborhoods -where they reside. The schools and theological departments also -send out many ministers and missionaries, who carry the Gospel to -their people in the South and in Africa. - -—The work of the Association is a providential growth, each part -having a relation to the whole, and its plans, while at present -embracing mainly the “Despised Races,” as they have been called, -are restricted in principle to no race or continent. - - * * * * * - - -DEPARTURE OF THE “AZOR.” - -The departure of the _Azor_ with the first instalment of the -African exodus, from Charleston, S. C., marks an epoch in the -history of the colored race. - -It may have been a question in some minds whether the freedman -could be aroused by the missionary spirit. By some, even of the -teachers in our schools, fears have been felt that, perhaps, the -call for missionaries might come and the people not be ready to -respond. The question is decided that, whenever this call shall -be made, there will be no lack of men. We have more to fear now -from unbridled enthusiasm than from want of zeal. - -This African Exodus Association had its origin, undoubtedly, -among disaffected politicians, but it soon became a sort of -religious crusade. It gained but little progress among the -people, until the idea was suggested that it be made a missionary -enterprise. From the time the _Azor_ sailed into the harbor -until her departure, on the 21st of April, with her living -freight for Liberia, the wharves and streets of the city were -thronged with people of all sexes and ages, eager to view the -African “Mayflower.” Hundreds, who had engaged their passages -months before, were left behind, for want of room. How long this -enthusiasm will continue, and what may be the success of this -first company, of course are questions to be answered by and -by. We dare not venture any prophecy, either good or evil. It -is an experiment, some features of which are not in the line of -our ideas; but if, in the providence of God, it shall prove to -be to Africa what the Pilgrim enterprise has been to America, -we shall rejoice. We should prefer to have a different class of -emigrants undertake this work, and lay the foundation of African -civilization upon a broader foundation. Our object is to raise up -men of intelligence, and sound and broad religious principle, for -this work, and we naturally look with some anxiety to the effect -of turning loose in Africa the freedman, as we find him in the -South at present. We hope for the best, however, and shall pray -for the success of the movement, that God may overrule all our -fears, and make it for good. This one question we are glad to -have settled, as we think it is by this movement, that there is -no lack of enthusiasm in the negro heart for his fatherland; and -that, when the call shall come for more laborers in that field, -we shall have this enthusiasm on our side. - - * * * * * - - -THE INDIAN BOYS AT HAMPTON. - -Visitors to St. Augustine, Fla., during the last three years have -been directed to Capt. Pratt’s Indians as among the objects of -interest in Fort Marion. There they were carried, as prisoners of -war, in the spring of 1875, after the terrible massacres which -had taken place in the Indian Territory by the Five Tribes. They -went South, each with his legs fastened to a log with chains. -They were filled with hatred over their real or fancied wrongs. -One jumped from the cars, and was shot by the guard; one killed -himself on the way. They wore only their Indian blankets, and had -great brass hoops in their ears. They knew no word of English. -It was their good fortune to fall into the hands of a Christian -army officer, who, by his skill in management, and patience in -seeking to do them good, at length won their confidence, and -succeeded, with the help of a few benevolent ladies, in teaching -them some of the simplest elements of civilization and learning. -A few of them can read very well. - -At the end of their second year, Mrs. Dr. Caruthers, of -Tarrytown, N. Y., who had been teaching among them, determined to -secure, if possible, the education of two young men of her class. -She obtained permission from the Indian Commission, and raised -money for the purpose. Other means and offers of help came in. -At length it was found that twenty-two of them desired to go to -school. They are now discharged from their imprisonment. The old -chiefs go back to their people, greatly changed for the better. -Fifteen of the young men were left at Hampton, April 13th, to be -educated in the Normal Institute. They have begun their regular -studies, and have been detailed to various departments of work, -in shop and on farm. They seem perfectly happy and contented, and -their new comrades treat them with kindness and consideration. - -Here is another of those curious comminglings, and crossings of -lines, of which life is so full, and yet which never cease to -surprise us. The African and the Indian meet at Hampton, to be -trained together, to be intelligent citizens and Christians, and -the teachers of their people. Thus the two races are brought face -to face—“the two races whose past involves America’s greatest -responsibilities; whose future, some of her hardest problems.” - -It costs $115 to keep one of these Indian boys at Hampton for -a year—that, with what he is able to earn by his labor. This -amount has been pledged by individuals alone, or together, for -the education of most of the number. Mrs. Caruthers, having done -so much, has asked the A. M. A., through its President and its -Secretary, to assume the tuition of one of her wards, and the -Executive Committee desire to do so; and Zone-ke-nh, twenty-one -years of age, of the Kiowa tribe, will go to Hampton, in addition -to those already there, as the pupil of the Association, if some -of our friends, who may be especially interested in the elevation -of the Indians, will make up this small amount, and help on this -work, in which the elements are combined of romance, beneficence, -and personality. - - * * * * * - - -A SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONCERT. - -Nothing is more welcome in these days than new ideas for use in -Sunday-schools. What to do with the Concert, has been a question -which has perplexed teachers and superintendents year after year, -as the months come, one after another, in rapid succession. The -verses containing “faith” and “hope” and “heaven” must be nearly -all learned now in some quarters, and the new suggestion is, try -a Missionary Concert, or, if you please, an American Missionary -Concert. - -But, how shall it be done? The answer is at hand. The pattern, -even, can be sent, like Demorest’s or Butterick’s, in paper and -by mail. We have one in our hands, about six inches by eight, -four pages. It consists of a series of questions and answers -(prepared originally by Rev. A. E. Winship, of Somerville, -Mass.) upon the nature and the work of the A. M. A., and we are -almost surprised to find so much valuable and exact information -compacted in this form, and in so taking and interesting a shape. -Coupled with this is a small sheet collection of eight or ten -Jubilee Songs, to be sung at intervals during the Catechetical -Exercise. We hear that this exercise has been used with great -interest and success in several Sunday-schools at and near -Boston; and we commend, most cordially, the thought and plan to -the consideration and use of Superintendents and Presidents of -Missionary Societies. The twenty-sixth article in the programme -is a collection, and a legend instructing generous youth how -to address their gifts to us. A new edition is in preparation, -or in press. The questions and songs may be obtained in -quantity, on application to District Secretary Woodworth, at the -Congregational House, Boston. - -District Secretary Powell has issued recently, from Chicago, an -appeal to the Sunday-schools in behalf of the “Colored Student’s -Aid Fund.” He says: “It is estimated that we are reaching (by -student and graduate teachers) not less than a hundred thousand -children in the South. But there are two millions of them to be -reached.” He urges every Sunday-school to help in this good work. -To know, is the first step toward supplying the want. - - * * * * * - - -AN EDUCATED MINISTRY. - -It is quite remarkable that the uneducated ministers among the -colored people of the South should be in such earnest sympathy -with the work of educating their people. Occasionally, we hear -one intimate that he is a trumpet for the Lord to “toot” through, -and express fear that the tone of the instrument might be injured -by the application of science; but the expression of such -sentiments is rare. - -In the dark days, when States did not allow people of a certain -color to read, or any one to teach them, preachers were _born_, -not _made_. The wether of the flock put a bell around his own -neck, and led off. As the Indian who could bring home from the -war-path the most scalps, or from the hunt the greatest amount of -venison or furs, was the man for chief; so the exhorter who could -pick up the most texts of Scripture, and evolve from his own -understanding the greatest amount of rhetoric, and with arrows of -his own manufacture pierce the largest number of souls, was the -minister by universal consent. - -Schools do not make brains; they only develop and bring out what -Nature implanted in a man. Leaders by the voice of God need not -fear those made leaders by the voice of a theological seminary. -They who, by their quickness of perception, tact and experience, -control men, need not fear that those who depend chiefly upon -ability gained from books will steal the hearts of their people. - -Now, in saying all this, as the expression of my own thoughts, -as well as the felt sentiments of the uneducated ministers -among the colored people, I have no intention of placing a low -estimate upon the schools. These uncultured giants might have -attained to a larger growth, if they had been supplied with -good mental nourishment, and no one feels this more than they. -The BEST minister combines natural ability of a high order with -liberal culture. The tendency of the times is toward an educated -ministry; and although the present pastors of the flocks may be -secure in their places without learning, the next generation will -insist upon education in their ministers. - - PROF. T. N. CHASE, IN THE _Christian Recorder_. - - * * * * * - - -ATLANTA AND FISK UNIVERSITIES. - -A recent visit to these institutions has resulted in some -observations, which may be worthy of record. The location of both -is unsurpassed. In these cities Atlanta and Fisk Universities -occupy, respectively, two of the most commanding and beautiful -sites. They are seen from afar, a perpetual reminder of the -importance of the work they represent. The buildings of both -institutions are good; Jubilee Hall surpassingly so. Our party -approached it late in the evening, when it was lighted from -top to bottom, as the students were studying in their rooms. -“Hallelujah!” cried one of our number, enthusiastically, “God be -praised for this great lighthouse in the South.” And not one of -us looked upon it without emotion. - -The teachers in both institutions are among the choicest of -educated Christian people. A more intelligent, cultivated and -consecrated body of instructors it would be hard to find. They -are doing their work at much personal sacrifice. Their social -privileges in both cities are few or none at all, and some of -them, for the sake of the work they are in, have refused tempting -offers from Northern schools. They are teaching the colored race -from a high sense of duty, and are filled with a missionary -enthusiasm in their work. Often did the eye flash and the face -glow, as they spoke of the trials and advancement of their pupils. - -The students in these institutions are, of course, the flower -of the colored race. Only those are likely to undertake so -many years of study, with the self-denials involved, who have, -to begin with, tolerably clear ideas of the privileges of an -education, and in whom are unusual elements of character. They -are procuring an education under great difficulties. There are -few to encourage them or aid them. But they are eager to fit -themselves for future usefulness, and burdened with a longing to -help their race. They work, therefore, with an enthusiasm needing -little urging or government. It is not strange, then, that when -both teacher and scholar are fired with a religious fervor, the -results should be unusually favorable. - -Among these results in both institutions, the good order is -specially noticeable. At the table, where teachers and scholars -eat together, all stand quietly till the teacher in charge takes -his seat. There is no loud talking or laughing, but, while no -restraints are put on conversation, only a gentle murmur of -voices, which does not prevent the slightest signal from being -heard. The least tap of a bell suffices to dismiss the hundred or -more boarders from the tables. In passing through the school-room -at Fisk University, we noticed that no teacher was present, -though perfect order was maintained. “Have you no instructor or -monitor here,” we asked, “to secure good order?” “Why, no, sir,” -one replied, wonderingly, “we do not wish to be disorderly.” We -could but recall certain days of our own student life when, if -our instructor chanced to step out of the room for a moment, -there were instantly missiles flying about, and students darting -here and there. - -There is a striking degree of refinement among the students. They -impress one at a glance as ladies and gentlemen. There is nothing -about them, in dress, or manner or language, to offend the most -fastidious. Never was there a better illustration than at these -institutions of the power of a Christian education to change the -whole character and appearance. A cultivated soul shines out from -these dark faces, and, in our admiration for the soul, we totally -forget the color of the skin. - -The education of these students is rapidly progressing. We must -remember that most of them were born in slavery, and have learned -to read since the war. A generation or two must pass before we -can see the results of life-long training in schools. What we -now see, however, is sufficiently surprising. It would be hard -to find at the North better teachers or better schools than the -two Universities of which we speak; and their influence over the -pupils is marvelous. Many of the recitations were very fine. The -normal training of Fisk University seemed to deserve special -commendation. We were also much pleased at a recitation in -Xenophon’s _Memorabilia_, in which three young men were reciting -to one of their own race, a graduate of the University—Miss -Laura S. Cary. It would not be strange if this were the first -instance of the kind in the history of the world. Perhaps a more -valuable evidence of educational progress than recitations was -the correctness of speech and richness of thought manifest in the -conversations and remarks of the students. We were permitted to -be present at a prayer-meeting, in which students of both sexes -took part freely. There are few pastors in the North who would -not be glad of such clear thought and apt expression in their -meetings as we there heard. - -The discipline of these institutions is evidently giving -the pupils rare qualities of earnestness and self-reliance. -Undoubtedly those who have these qualities inborn are the -ones who are most likely to be in the schools. But once in the -course of study, all the influences tend to develop a manly and -persevering spirit. The students are accustomed every summer -to scatter through the South, in search of schools. These, in -most of the States, they do not find ready to their hand. There -are few organized schools and few school-houses for the colored -people outside the cities. The University students desirous of a -school must first hunt up children who will agree to come; then -secure the use of some little colored church at the cross-roads, -or, perhaps, of a vacant log-cabin; then they must obtain -permission of the county commissioner to teach the school. It -evidently requires courage and resolution to succeed under such -circumstances, and yet these students earn every summer, in from -three to five months of teaching, about a hundred dollars apiece. -Sometimes parents are willing and able to educate their children, -without throwing them thus on their own resources. After Fisk -University was established, a colored man bought land near by, -built him a comfortable house, and made his home there, with the -express purpose of educating his large family of children. But -such cases are rare. The youth who desire an education generally -are obliged to secure the means themselves. We were much touched -with the story of one young lady (as truly so as any in our -Northern seminaries), who, at the age of fourteen, determined to -go to Fisk University, and went to teaching till she had earned -the means. For five years she has been securing an education, -paying her way by teaching every summer. Another student was -pointed out to us, whose persistence under difficulties is still -more remarkable. For the work of two successive summers, he -has been unable to collect a dollar of the money due him; and -for last summer’s work, when he was able to get a school that -would pay only half the average sum, he has as yet received -only a small portion of what he has earned. And yet he is not -discouraged, but works on cheerfully. At Fisk University, Mrs. A. -K. Spence is making efforts to secure gifts from Sabbath-schools -in the North, to supplement the meagre sums earned by the -students. One hundred and fifty dollars annually will carry a -student through. (We heard a gentleman say that it cost his -son a thousand dollars a year at a Northern college.) If any -Sabbath-school desires to assume the additional fifty dollars for -the support of one of these pupils, Mrs. Spence will be glad to -receive a letter on the subject. The great trouble is to induce -the students to receive aid. They are eager to do for themselves. -Recently, some kind words were addressed them by a visitor, on -the subject of self-reliance. “Oh,” said one of the teachers, “it -is a pity he said that; it was natural he should, but he does not -know them. It made them wince, and we shall have harder work than -ever to persuade them to receive the help they need.” - -We were greatly pleased at the piety of the students in both -institutions. Most of them, particularly among the boarders, are -earnest and consistent Christians. We were much moved at some -of their prayers, they were so tender, earnest and child-like. -The prayer of one of their number is still treasured up in the -memory of the instructors. Jubilee Hall had just been completed. -It seemed a paradise to the colored people. A farewell meeting -was held in the old dingy barracks, in the centre of Nashville, -where the school had hitherto met. It was then that one of the -students prayed—“O Lord, Thou knowest how eager we are to enter -this beautiful new building; but if Thou wilt not go with us, we -do not wish to go. Unless Thou wilt go, also, let us stay here.” -The Lord did go with them, and they have enjoyed frequent seasons -of revival ever since. - -The aims of these students are very high. They justly feel that -the elevation of nearly five millions of people rests largely -on them. They have a worthy ambition to be the leaders of their -race in everything pure and noble. Conjoined with this, a new -ambition has recently fired their hearts. The four students who -have just gone from Fisk University to Africa have left behind -them an enthusiasm for missionary work. The students are now -praying and planning for the conversion of Africa by missionaries -of their own color. There is nothing that so lifts up a people as -a definite and high aim. These students justly feel that in this -land, and abroad, there is work for them to do. A glorious future -lies within their reach, and the fact stimulates them to faithful -study and gives them Christian manliness, as could nothing else. - -It was a grief to us to learn that a shadow of financial anxiety -hung over Fisk University. Funds that were relied upon from -Great Britain for current expenses had failed, and retrenchment, -where expenses had already been cut down to the quick, was under -consideration. Surely the friends of this noble Institution will -not let it suffer. - - REV. ADDISON P. FOSTER. - - * * * * * - - -NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES. - -HAMPTON, VA.—Four students received to the church by profession -May 5th. One of the Indian students lately received gives -evidence of Christian character. - -RALEIGH, N. C.—“Our church has shared with others in a revival -blessing this spring.” Twenty were received to the church April -8th, which now numbers 72. Mr. Smith, the pastor, writes: “There -are several of the young men connected with our church and school -who are anxious that I should teach them theology. I think, if -I can get some simple, cheap work on that subject, that I will -form them into a class, and have them recite two or three times a -week. I want to do all I can to help the young men on.” - -ORANGEBURG, S. C.—Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Johnson have been two years -in this church and school. The church membership has increased -two-thirds. Two members received in April. Sunday-school thriving -and increasing, and feeding the church. A Woman’s Foreign -Missionary Association is organized, and has contributed to the -A. M. A. debt, and missions in India and Africa. Fifteen have -been in training for teachers this year. - -BYRON, GA.—“The church is active; Sunday-school increasing in -numbers steadily. A day-school will soon be opened. Young people -are asking for prayers every Sunday evening.” - -SAVANNAH, GA.—One of the workers in Savannah writes: “Our church -work is very encouraging. The Sabbath-school is splendid. I have -twenty boys from twelve to sixteen years of age in my class, and -am deeply interested in them. Never before, since I have been -here, has the church been so prosperous.” - -MARION, ALA.—The Sabbath audiences are steadily increasing. -Three or four are to unite with the church at the next Communion. - -FLORENCE, ALA.—Mr. L. C. Anderson reports the attendance on -church services good, and one member received on profession at -his last visit. - -ABBEVILLE, LA.—The church has been holding special meetings, -crowded every night. Two have been received to membership; others -are under deep conviction. Rev. Charles E. Smith is the pastor. - -MEMPHIS, TENN.—A genuine interest is manifested in the teachings -of God’s word, and a higher standard of personal godliness -sought. “The question, how to utilize the combined power of the -Church for its own unification and enlargement, is discussed -in the prayer-meetings with growing frequency, and manifestly -deepening interest. The church has passed in safety and triumph -through its financial straits, deficiencies have been made up, -current expenses provided for, and a small surplus is on hand for -the summer demands.” - - * * * * * - - -ITEMS FROM THE SCHOOLS. - -CHARLESTON, S. C.—The Avery Normal Institute held its thirteenth -anniversary April 17th. The school numbers 294. The pupils were -examined in Natural Philosophy, Grammar, Arithmetic, Botany, -Physiology, Spelling, Mental Arithmetic, History, Latin, -Grammatical Analysis, Reading, Geography, Algebra, Writing, etc.; -and an exhibition was held the following day, with music and -recitations, to the great delight of a large assembly. - -MACON, GA.—The school building was dedicated, with the chapel, -March 24. There are three rooms occupying the ground floor of the -building. The large one will seat 110 pupils; the smaller, or -recitation-rooms, twenty-five or thirty each. The whole building -is lighted with gas and heated by a furnace. Mr. Harrington -writes:—“We are credited by the people of the city—by the -white people, especially—with having the prettiest chapel and -school-rooms in the State.” - -FORSYTH, GA.—School-house built last year—“a two-story -building, without a chimney, plastering, or even laths.” Occupied -since February last. Attendance good. “A deep concern about the -most familiar truths of the Bible has led to a short lecture -every morning,” by Mr. Jackson, the teacher. That the young -people can only stay in school two or three months at a time, -is the greatest drawback. The white people are very kind, and -respond generously to every call for aid. - -CUTHBERT, GA.—There has been going on for over two weeks a -glorious revival. Nearly all the pupils of the school are -converted; all of the highest class but one, and that one an -inquirer. Three ministers are attending school regularly. A -reading-room has been opened. Mr. Wright divides his efforts -between the two (Methodist and Baptist) Sunday-schools of the -place. - -FORT VALLEY, GA.—The day-school is improving by degrees. The -Sunday-school is growing rapidly. The cold weather has prevented -many from coming out, but the prospect is that very soon the -school will be crowded. A small sum is in hand, with which to -purchase catechisms and lesson-papers. - -NEW ORLEANS, LA.—“The year has been in every way delightful -and profitable. God has blessed us in every department of our -work. Every month, and indeed every week, has brought some -new expression of the Divine favor. Upon our catalogue, soon -to be issued, between 280 and 300 names will appear, and they -represent as good a class of students as were ever gathered in -the University. So much for numerical success. What is better, -there has been entire harmony and affectionate co-operation in -the Faculty.” - -MOBILE, ALA., EMERSON INSTITUTE.—The new two-story brick -building, 34×64, with wings 10×21, was dedicated May 1st with -exercises of great interest. A full account was received just too -late to be inserted in this number, but in good time for the July -MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - -GENERAL NOTES. - - -The Negro. - -—We were misled by a usually reliable authority in regard to the -income of the Peabody Educational Fund. In 1866, its trustees -distributed, in eight States, $35,400; in 1873, in ten States, -$137,150; and in 1877, $89,400. We give the figures from their -report, and take the largest and smallest. - -—April 21st, the barque _Azor_ sailed from Charleston, S. C., -with 250 emigrants, one-fifth being children. They go under the -auspices of the Liberian Exodus Association to Boporo, about -sixty miles north-east from Monrovia. It is intended to purchase -a steamship to make regular trips to Monrovia. A reporter from -the Charleston _News and Courier_ accompanies the _Azor_. - -—Mr. Orcutt, General Secretary of the American Colonization -Society, writes that vessels will sail under their auspices in -June and November. He fears for the new exodus movement, as -having more zeal than knowledge; and remarks that, “at the very -outset, they were subjected to disappointments and annoyances, -which evinced the need of a competent controlling agency in the -management of their affairs.” - -—A meeting of colored men was held at Washington, a few weeks -ago, to organize a colony for the West, and measures were taken -to promote that object. They denounced the Liberian exodus. - -—Senator Ingalls has written a letter, in which he promises to -all the colored people who may choose to emigrate thither, a -cordial welcome to Kansas, the protection of her laws, and equal -facilities for education. - -—“We starve and pinch the American Missionary Association, -giving little more than $200,000 a year towards founding -Christian schools, and planting Christian pulpits, among four -million freedmen, in the pit of ignorance and degradation; we -do little to speak of among the Celestial pagans on the Pacific -slope; and our labor among the Indians is light. But our Romish -friends are now said to be spending $600,000 a year among the -freedmen, among whom they have 150,000 pupils under priestly -schools. There are 137 Catholic missionaries and teachers among -the Indians.”—_President E. P. Tenney, Colorado College._ - -—“The Roman Catholic Church has purchased a tract of 7,000 acres -of land within nine miles of Chase City, Va., and propose to -colonize it, and educate the freedmen, on the industrial farm -plan.”—_Evangelist._ - -—A correspondent of the _Christian Observer_ is informed that -there are twenty-five Romish schools in the three States of -Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, with free board and tuition. - -—The following is the closing sentence of an affidavit, signed -by Gen. Lopez Analto, and sworn to before a U. S. Commissioner in -Florida: - - “I further declare and say, to the best of my knowledge and - belief, that there are negroes from the United States at - different places on the Island of Cuba, who are to this day - held as slaves, shipped from the United States, under various - pretexts, since the rebellion in the United States, and upon - American vessels.” - -The investigation of this matter was interrupted by the sudden -death of Judge Leonard. - -—The delays, and partial defeat, of the various Central African -Missions, are referred to on an editorial page. - -—One of the results to be anticipated from the establishment of -new missionary stations in the interior of Africa, is the effect -which such civilized settlements among the hunting-grounds of the -slave-traders will have in suppressing that terrible evil. It is -still the whole business of thousands to buy or steal Circassian, -Abyssinian, and negro boys and, especially, girls. - - * * * * * - - -The Chinaman. - -—In the United States Circuit Court, at San Francisco, Judge -Sawyer has rendered a decision, in the case of the Chinaman who -applied for naturalization papers, holding that Chinamen are -not white persons within the meaning of the term as used in the -Naturalization Laws, and are not entitled to become citizens. -“White,” he holds to be equivalent to Caucasian; and that, by -exact construction of the provision, all but white persons, and -persons of African nativity and descent, are excluded forever -from citizenship. The case will probably be appealed. - -—We commend the story of Yung Wing, as told by Rev. Joseph -Twichell, in his recent lecture at New Haven, to those who are -either hopeful or hopeless as to the Chinese in America. Under -his care, the Chinese Government is expending annually $100,000 -in maintaining about 120 Chinese boys at schools in Connecticut, -where they are receiving a thorough course of education. - -—The Chinese in San Francisco paid, in 1866-67, more than -$42,000 in school taxes. California law omits Mongolian children -from the apportionment of school funds, refuses them admission -to the common-schools, and opens no schools for them. Thirteen -hundred Chinamen have petitioned the Legislature for separate -schools for their three thousand children of proper age. Such are -provided for those of African and Indian descent. The petition -was at once laid on the table. A leading paper stigmatized it -as a dangerous and aggressive indication of a movement on their -part to “obtain larger wages,” and showing a desire “to mingle -their youth with ours, with a view, doubtless, to more thorough -assimilation in the body politic.” And yet, the burden of the -complaints against them has been that they will not assimilate, -and will work cheap! If consistency is a jewel, it is evidently -not a “California diamond.” - -—A correspondent of the _Intelligencer_ asserts that the -opposition to the Chinaman is instigated mainly by the -liquor-sellers and the Roman Catholic priests, neither of whom -has John any use for, and whose patrons he displaces. - -—A Chinese church is to be organized at Oakland, Cal., composed -in part of members from Dr. Eells’ church, and the mission under -the care of Rev. J. M. Condit. This is the second church in -California, all the members of which are Chinese. - -—Prof. Mooar in _Evangelist_: “Our greatest danger in regard to -this problem is not that the Chinaman will be too pagan for us, -but that we shall fail to be Christian enough for him.” - - * * * * * - - -The Indian. - -—A writer in the _Advance_ says that there are 6,500 persons -in the Indian Territory, formerly slaves of the Choctaws and -Chickasaws. The treaty of 1866 provided for their citizenship -among the tribes, and an allotment of fifty acres of land to -each. In the first Indian Legislature after the treaty, a law was -passed refusing to comply with the treaty; so that, in the land -where they were born, and where they toiled in slavery to enrich -their masters, they can own no land, cannot send their children -to the nation’s schools, are not permitted to vote, and have no -protection from, nor access to, the Indian courts of law. So, the -big fish eat the little fish, all the way down. - -—The various plans for organizing the Indian Territory under -a territorial government, are in the face of solemn treaties, -and the opposition of the various tribes to whom it has been -promised. It is only another of the wrongs to which the poor -Indian has been subjected by the cupidity of his white neighbors, -and their disregard of the rights of so-called inferior races. - -—The Bill creating the Territory of Oklahoma has been agreed -upon by the House Committee on Territories. - -—As to the rebel Indians, Gen. Sheridan allows a Nez Percés -prisoner to go to the Canadian frontier, to offer immunity from -punishment to the fugitives of that tribe, if they surrender to -the military. Some have left Sitting Bull, and refused to fight -with him longer. A band are raiding in Texas, in the neighborhood -of Fort Ewell. The Bannocks at Lemhi Agency, in Idaho, complain -that the agent has defrauded them, and threaten trouble. To -Sitting Bull’s inquiries about peace, Gen. Miles answers that, -when the Indians give up their ponies and guns, they will receive -cattle and other property of greater value; and that when peace -is made, the Government will provide for them, as it does for all -friendly Indians. - -—The Nez Percés Indians take a Turkish bath every morning.—See -Leavenworth _Times_. The _Christian Recorder_ (A. M. E.) says: -“No people can go down who make a plentiful use of soap and -water.” - - * * * * * - - - - -THE FREEDMEN. - - - * * * * * - - -STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY. - -New Orleans, Louisiana. - -REV. W. S. ALEXANDER, PRESIDENT. - -The Institution was incorporated June 25th, 1869, and the first -school building was completed in February, 1870. The American -Missionary Association and the Freedmen’s Bureau co-operated -in the establishment of the University. From the first, great -numbers flocked to the school to enjoy its advantages, so that -the capacity of the building was taxed to its utmost. The -eagerness of the freedmen for education in 1870, and the two or -three years following, was, perhaps, more intense and general -than now. Between three and four thousand have been enrolled -as students in the University during the eight years of its -existence. - -It bears the name of Hon. Seymour Straight, of Ohio, who is one -of its steadfast friends and benefactors. - - -LOCATION. - -New Orleans, a city of 220,000 inhabitants, of whom 80,000 are -colored people, is a most important point to be occupied in -missionary work among the freedmen. As the commercial centre of -the South-west—as the great cotton, sugar, and rice market of -the Union—it out-ranks all others. In its intimate connections -by river, bayou, and railroad with the most thickly populated -negro districts of the old slave States, it is second to none. -Texas, Mississippi, and Florida are constantly adding to the -negro population of Louisiana. By the census of 1875 there were -369,000 colored people in this State, and each year swells -the number. Already it is fifty-five per cent. of the entire -population. Without disparagement to any other section, we claim, -also, that the colored population of New Orleans represents -the highest intelligence yet attained by the race in America. -It includes the genuine African, the mulatto, the quadroon, -the octaroon, and yet other shades and grades; and in this -mingling of races we see, also, the diffusion of intelligence, -and a corresponding increase in the capacity of culture and -development. It would require the quick eye of an “expert” to -detect, in the fair complexion and delicate features of many who -throng our churches and schools, the faintest trace of African -descent. Without speculating upon the cause, certain it is that -we find among the colored people of the Crescent City a quickness -of intelligence, and a capacity for the best culture and the -noblest development, and withal a thirst for knowledge, which is -worthy of our best sympathy and most generous benevolence. - - -THE RESULTS WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH. - -In a word, our aim is Education, in its broadest and best -meaning. The elevation, the prosperity, the highest manhood, -and the co-ordinate rank of the African race in America, in the -friendly rivalry of races, are still in the future—whether in -the near or remote future, depends largely upon the race itself -to determine. Education, under Divine guidance, is the gateway -to that longed-for future. That I mean education as allied with -religion, will be assumed. That the race is not educated, is -by no fault of theirs. That they desire education, is to their -credit. To help them to this education is both our duty and our -privilege. - -The courses of study in this Institution include in the Academic -Department, the Collegiate, the Normal, and the Preparatory; and -in the Professional Department, the Theological and the Law. - -We have a preparatory course, that we may secure better material -for the higher courses. In the Normal course, special attention -is given to those studies which will furnish young men and women -with the education needed in the various branches of business -life open to them, and which especially will qualify them as -teachers, for which there is, and must continue to be, a great -demand. In the Collegiate Department—which includes, among other -studies, the higher Mathematics, Mental and Moral Philosophy, -and Latin—a higher grade and wider scope of studies will be -added so soon as there is a demand for them. The school is yet -in its infancy, and the number of those who are fitted to pursue -to advantage the highest grade of studies is, of course, very -limited. - - -LAW DEPARTMENT. - -An able corps of Professors has been secured. Jurists of -reputation and successful practice at the bar of Louisiana have -kindly offered their services, with little hope of adequate -compensation, and every facility is provided for young men of -talent, who are attracted by the profession of the law, to -fit themselves for honorable and successful practice. Regular -graduates from this department, at the conclusion of a two years’ -course of study, and a well sustained examination, are admitted -to the bar of New Orleans, with authority to practice in all the -courts of the Commonwealth. - - -THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. - -College graduates, who can be instructed in the original -languages in which the Scriptures were written, are greatly -desired, and until they can be secured, this department will -but partially accomplish the object for which it was organized. -The churches need thoroughly educated ministers, with carefully -cultivated minds, who can intelligently preach the word. The -degree of suffering for the lack of such ministers cannot be -told. In the meantime, it is our aim to make the best use of -the material we have, and transform it from a state of utter -crudeness to one of partial fitness for the present demands of -the churches. Men of piety and ability to speak and to teach are -received, and advanced as far and as rapidly as their imperfect -preparatory education will admit. Louisiana, with a colored -population of 370,000, is ripe for a glorious spiritual harvest. -The churches are calling in vain for intelligent laborers to go -forth into the harvest. I wish the prospect was brighter for a -large class of intelligent, spiritual, and enthusiastic students -to enter this department, and to lift it to a high grade of -usefulness. - - -THE NEW UNIVERSITY. - -The building on Esplanade street, built in 1870, was entirely -destroyed by fire February 16th, 1877. Since that disastrous -event, our sessions have been held in Central Church, which -is also the property of the American Missionary Association. -A new site, more convenient and attractive, was purchased in -January last. It is located on Canal street, the most beautiful -avenue in New Orleans. It comprises a half square of land, 150 -feet front by 310 feet in depth. The new building, for whose -design great credit is due to Prof. Thomas N. Chase, while not -adhering strictly to any style of architecture, may be classed -as _Italian_, as it approaches more nearly to that order. The -dimensions of the building are 72 feet by 51½ feet. The five -large recitation rooms are 30 feet by 50½ feet. The halls are -10 feet in width. The building is conveniently arranged, and all -the requirements of the school, we think, have been anticipated -in its design. The funds at the disposal of the Association did -not admit of ornamentation; but the building, when completed, -will be substantial, convenient, and comely. It will be ready -for dedication and occupation at the opening of the fall term, -October 1st. Grateful as we are for this new structure, we are -not satisfied; neither should the friends of the freedmen in the -North be satisfied. Straight University, in order to fill the -measure of its usefulness, and cultivate the territory open to -its occupation, must furnish accommodations for students from -abroad—from towns outside of New Orleans, and from adjoining -States. It must have _dormitories_. Two buildings, one on -either side of the main building, are urgently needed, and at -the earliest possible day. Then, when our group of buildings -are completed, we can invite and welcome the best talent of the -race, at whatever distance from New Orleans it may be found. -Then our beloved University will become, among the educational -institutions of the South-west—and especially of the Gulf -States—the magnet, attracting to itself the best in intellect, -in heart, and in promise of future good. - - * * * * * - - -VIRGINIA. - -Additions to the Church—An Indian’s Creed—A Good Beginning. - -REV. RICHARD TOLMAN, HAMPTON. - -Four students united with the church by profession the first -Sabbath in May. It is several years since any Communion season -has passed without some additions to the church. - -The fifteen Indians who have lately joined the school have taken -hold of study and of manual labor with commendable zeal, and -give promise of becoming good teachers and guides of their race. -One of them now shows evidence of Christian character. Their -promptness and decision, as to the duties required of them, were -put to the test in reference to the use of tobacco, to which they -were so strongly attached that, as one of them said:—“There are -three things I love: I love God; I love Jesus; I love smoke.” -When asked if they would comply with the rules of the school, -prohibiting the use of tobacco, after considering the matter -awhile in silence, one of them gave an expressive sign that he -would cut loose from tobacco; and then all the others gave the -same significant pledge—a pledge which, their teacher assures -us, they will never break. - - * * * * * - - -SOUTH CAROLINA. - -History of “Avery” Graduates. - -PROF. A. W. FARNHAM, CHARLESTON, S. C. - -Avery Normal Institute was organized in Charleston, S. C., -October, 1865. The first formal graduation occurred in June, -1872, at which time eleven young people received diplomas from -the Institute. A class has been graduated each succeeding year, -numbering as follows: In 1873, fourteen; 1874, six; 1875, -fifteen; 1876, nineteen (including one post-graduate); 1877, -twenty-two—giving a total of eighty-six. Of this number, death -has taken five. - -Our school aims to fit its graduates to be competent teachers. -Forty-six have been engaged in the public schools of the -State—schools first in rank, in scholarship, and discipline. -Forty-one of the forty-six are teaching to-day; seventeen hold -State certificates. - -One young man of the class of 1872 is an ordained minister. He -was also graduated at South Carolina University in 1877. Another -from that class, and one from the succeeding class, are studying -with the ministry in view—one at Madison University, New York, -the other at Atlanta University, Georgia. Three others from later -classes are in higher institutions, preparing themselves to -preach the Gospel. - -Our graduates bid fair to represent all the professions. One is -in Howard University, studying medicine, and one in the leading -Normal school of our county, preparing for teaching. The total -number in higher institutions is seven, while four more have -already received the degree of A. B. Five others were in South -Carolina University when it closed its doors. These young men -were ready to enter the Junior year of the College course when -their studies were so abruptly ended. With one exception, they -are teaching. - -Thirty-eight of our graduates are members of Evangelical -churches; twenty at present are engaged in Sunday-school work. - -“By their fruits ye shall know them.” But is this all that Avery -has done? No! Her influence has pervaded the homes of hundreds, -and the lives of thousands. Her light has shone in every quarter -of the State; and other lands are destined to share in her -gifts, for the good ship Azor is carrying three of her pupils to -“Africa’s sunny fountains.” - -The questions are often asked: “What per cent. of your school is -brown?” “Don’t the browns receive instruction more readily than -the blacks?” The query, in the minds of so many, has led to an -actual count of the graduates with regard to color, which gives: -_Black_, 19; _brown_, 55; _fair_, 12. But, “the Lord is the maker -of them all;” nor is He “a respecter of persons.” We sow “beside -all waters.” “What shall the harvest be?” - - * * * * * - - -GEORGIA. - -Pilgrim Church and Sunday-School—Band of Hope—Twichell School. - -REV. JOHN H. H. SENGSTACKE, WOODVILLE. - -This small settlement of colored people is situated three miles -west of Savannah, Ga. It was bought by a Northern agent, and -divided into half-acre lots, which are now selling, on the -instalment plan, for seventy-five dollars each. The houses are -very small and uncomfortable; but since the American Missionary -Association has erected a new meeting-house and parsonage, the -people have commenced to put up better dwellings, and a strong -love for home comforts is gradually taking hold upon the masses. -The inhabitants of Woodville obtain a living by selling in the -city market, or laboring in gardens and on rice plantations. In -this settlement there are two groceries, and three on its border, -where strong drink is sold, even on the Lord’s day. - -The only house of worship in this place is the Pilgrim -Congregational Church. This church was organized in 1871 as the -Woodville Church, and re-organized in 1875 as the Pilgrim Church. -A new site was chosen, and the present meeting-house was erected -in the same year. This church has been a great blessing to the -people. A deep religious feeling has prevailed in our midst, and -many have become savingly acquainted with the Lord Jesus Christ. -Rev. Mr. Markham is deeply interested in this little church, -and a great assistant to the young pastor in charge. A revival -is still in progress; twenty persons have been recently added -to the church, and seven are waiting to be received at the next -Communion. - -The Sabbath-school is prospering. We have no well qualified -teachers as yet, but Twichell School is preparing instructors for -this work. We need lesson papers and other papers. Who will help -us in this direction? Our Band of Hope consists of both adults -and children. This society is working hard to save men from a -drunkard’s grave, and hell. It has much opposition to overcome. -The rum-sellers and whisky-drinking church-people are its worst -enemies. - -TWICHELL SCHOOL.—This school is held in the church, and is -taught by the pastor. Through the benevolence of the A. M. A. -and the Congregational Church Sabbath-school at Grand Rapids, -Mich., we have been able to instruct hundreds of children, and -it is pleasing to know that our labor has not been in vain, for -many of the little ones are rejoicing in Christ the Lord. Mrs. S. -N. M., of Dubuque, Iowa, “the Merry Workers,” at Grand Rapids, -Mich., and other Northern friends, deserve our sincere thanks -for the deep interest they have taken in this work. Every effort -put forth in the name of Jesus to elevate this ignorant people -deserves the heartiest encouragement. - - * * * * * - - -School Children Farming—Their Parents Buying Farms. - -SEABORN SNELSON, MCINTOSH. - -Our school is very small, as it always is at this season of the -year, the children having to assist their parents in farming. -For that reason, during the summer months of the previous years, -we have had to teach about two hours at night, for the benefit -of those who could not come in the daytime. We have not yet -commenced night-school this year, though it is desired by many. - -There are many children in our neighborhood who belong to our -school, but we find it very difficult to get all, or the most of -them, to attend school regularly. We have a pretty good average -attendance, but do not at all times have the same scholars, which -causes much discord and delay. - -The children seem to be anxious to learn, but it is done in -the midst of hardships which are uncommon to children in many -other places. The older people are not as much interested in the -education of their children as they should be, by a great deal. - -Only two schools for the colored children are kept up during the -year in this county, namely, Second Midway and Old Midway. There -are other places I know of in this county, where much might be -done in the way of instructing the people in the right way, and -they would be very glad to receive it; but the aid is wanting. - -About two-thirds of the colored people in this county are trying -to buy land, and really some have succeeded in so doing; but it -is done by about four years’ _hard_ labor and strict economy. -There is very little money in this county, and it will be so -until the colored people pay for and take possession of these -lands. After a couple of years they will be able to do much for -themselves in many ways. - - * * * * * - - -A Growing School—A Literary Society. - -COSMO P. JORDAN, MARIETTA. - -The Mission School at Marietta was opened Oct. 15th, 1877, -with four pupils only. The 2d day of January, 1878, there were -fourteen. The end of January found a roll of thirty-seven, which -has steadily increased to seventy-two. It may be seen that the -growth of this school was not very rapid, from the fact that it -was opposed by many of the colored people in the city. But the -more water they threw on this little spark, the brighter and -faster it burned, till it has become a centre of attraction. -Friends of this work are fast multiplying, and the future seems -bright. - -My school is composed of some very bright and promising young -men and women, seven of whom go out every summer to teach. The -studies are spelling, reading, writing, geography, composition, -grammar, and arithmetic. - -To this work is attached a literary society, known as the Junto, -the exercises of which consist of reading, speaking, discussions, -and singing. It was likewise opposed, but is now as largely -attended as any church in the city. - - * * * * * - - -MISSISSIPPI. - -An Old School—Temperance Work—The Gourd Family. - -MISS ANNA HARWOOD, GRENADA. - -Our school, in age, ranks among the older ones, having been -established in the Spring of 1866, and we have been its teachers -continuously up to the present time. First, we were missionary -teachers; after a time the Freedmen’s Bureau lent us its aid, -until the organization of free schools by the State; thereafter, -we taught the public school until last year. - -During all these years of varying fortunes our school has -steadily progressed, until there has grown up around us a -generation of young people, not great, nor wise, nor learned, -only as they are compared with those who have gone before them; -but, standing out from the blackness of darkness of twelve years -ago, they furnish a bright and hopeful outlook. - -We organized a Temperance society early in our work here, and it -has never died out. We, several years ago, gave the control into -the hands of the young people, being only members, for service, -when needed. They have changed names, and banners, and badges -more than once—just now it is blue ribbon—but the object has -always been the same. Our Sunday-school has always claimed our -best efforts, and we are glad to know that more than two-thirds -of our older scholars are professing Christians. But the work -done is but a drop compared with that which is not done. We -have lived to see very many hopes and dreams fade out, and to -learn that manhood and womanhood are not plants of the gourd -family—Jonah’s kind, at least. The knowledge of what we have -not done, and cannot do, is sometimes very hard to bear; and, -perhaps, we have thus learned to do what we can the more gladly, -feeling sure that we, ourselves, grow thereby. And maybe this is -a part of the work, for we, too, are our Father’s children. - - * * * * * - - -THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY. - -Its Catholicity—Closing Exercises. - -The year of the Theological Department of Howard University has -just closed. This department is under the joint care and support -of the Presbytery of Washington, and of the American Missionary -Association. The former sustains Rev. L. Westcott, as Professor -of Revealed Theology and Biblical History, and Rev. A. W. Pitzer, -D. D., as Professor of Biblical Studies and Moral Science; the -latter supplies the instruction given by the President, Rev. -Wm. W. Patton, D. D., in Natural Theology, the Evidences of -Revealed Religion, and Hebrew, and by Rev. John G. Butler, D. -D., in Pastoral Theology, Church History, and Homiletics. The -theological students this year have numbered thirty-two. These -are in all stages of preparation for their expected work. Several -are already ministers, and are preaching, every Sunday, as -pastors of colored churches in Washington; but, having had no -early advantages, they are making up deficiencies as best they -can. - -The theological students come from seven different denominations, -while their instructors represent four. This is an unusual -illustration of Christian union, and shows how much can be done, -on a simple evangelical basis, for meeting the pressing wants -of the colored population of our land. The work needs to be -conducted on a broad, generous basis. We can thus introduce a -powerful leaven of truth and righteousness where it is especially -needed. The plan of instruction has been, to meet the special -wants of each individual according to his age, his forwardness -or backwardness of study, the time that he could remain, etc. -Such as have enjoyed a classical education, are encouraged to -take the regular three years’ course pursued in all theological -seminaries. Others are taught what is found to be most needed -to fit them for their work, in the form of English studies. Six -have studied the Hebrew this year, and they passed a creditable -examination in the grammar, and in translation, averaging quite -as well as ordinary white students in theological institutions. -These students also attend the Bible-class conducted by the -president on the morning of the Lord’s day, and his preaching -service in the afternoon, in the latter of which he has lately, -in a series of discourses, pointed out the weakness and absurdity -of modern skepticism, as an antidote to the influence of the -infidel lecturer, popularly called “Bob” Ingersoll, who has taken -up his abode in Washington. - -Although the theological students have numbered thirty-two this -year, it so happens that but one has completed his course; and -as a distinguished clergyman who, it was hoped, would deliver -the address at the anniversary, failed us at too late a moment -to substitute any one else, the closing exercises took the form -of a debate by eight of the young men, on this question: “Has -a church a right to make total abstinence from intoxicating -drinks a condition of membership?” This point was debated with -much earnestness and shrewdness, and arguments, _pro_ and _con_, -were drawn ingeniously from reason and Scripture in a way which -testified favorably to the abilities of the speakers. One of -the Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States takes a -deep interest in this department of the University, and lately -expressed himself emphatically in favor of encouraging and -endowing it, as an important means of elevating the colored -ministry and churches of all denominations. Its friends -anticipate for it a future bright with usefulness. - - * * * * * - - -THE INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONVENTION. - -MRS. T. N. CHASE, ATLANTA. - -As gems are valued by their rarity, so you can imagine how such a -gathering as the Sunday-school Convention seemed to us in Georgia. - -We were favored, not more by hearing the appointed speakers in -the great Convention, than by the personal presence and good -words of many of its delegates in our own school-room. Gen. Fisk, -who has given not only his name, but his heart and hand to our -Fisk University, took Atlanta and the Convention by storm with -his happy address of welcome. It seems to me our young men can -never lose the inspiration of hope and courage that must have -come to them from him, whose youthful struggles had even exceeded -many of their own. Then we heard Dr. H. M. Parsons. All who -ever listened to him will understand how, at the close of his -words, we felt that, next to the Rock Christ Jesus, there was -not beneath the sun so firm a foundation as our blessed Bible. -Another day, Dr. McVicar, a college president from Montreal, -warned us of the Jesuits, with an earnestness such as, perhaps, -only a good Scotch Presbyterian could feel. Then we had “Hope -Ledyard,” the charming correspondent, whose young life seems too -exquisitely moulded to have always escaped the loving Father’s -crucible. - -Best of all, we had good words from many not heard in the -Convention, and, perhaps, unknown to fame. There was Judge -Harman, of Oswego. How his clear eye took in the large -possibilities of our work, and how his great heart went out -toward us! As he warned us of the perils of a life without Jesus, -and the depths of despair into which life’s trials could plunge a -soul unsupported by the Everlasting Arms, his peaceful face and -silvery hair assuring us he knew whereof he affirmed, some of -us had rare glimpses into the blessed beyond. The words of Rev. -A. P. Foster, Dr. Tully, and several that I was prevented from -hearing, so lifted both teachers and pupils above the plane of -plodding school life, that we almost trembled to look down. The -fact that many such men, of kindred mind and heart, filled the -silent pews of the Convention, seemed to me the secret of its -power. We had heard as good papers from other platforms, but the -sight of such a body, all delighting in the Master’s command, -“Feed My lambs,” was enough to send us to our homes feeling, as -one of our girls expressed it, “I know I shall be a better woman -for having attended the Convention.” - -In response to an invitation for the delegates to visit our -school, Governor Colquitt, who presided, remarked to the -Convention: “The University is a good place to visit, and is -doing a good work”; and added that he had a servant who had -attended our school some years, and the instruction received -there had not pushed him above his position—he was the same -humble, faithful boy about his work. Every summer he came to him -for a recommendation to teach, which he cheerfully gave him, and -the boy always returned in the fall the same good, modest young -man. - -Dr. McVicar also took a public occasion to express his -appreciation of our work. After the close of his sermon, at -the Central Presbyterian Church here, while recounting to the -audience the many things of interest he had enjoyed in their -city, he remarked that he had recently visited most of the -universities of Europe, and added that nothing in Atlanta, or -the great universities abroad, had interested him so heartily as -their Atlanta University. - - * * * * * - - -ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOUTH-WESTERN CONFERENCE. - -REV. W. S. ALEXANDER. - -New Iberia was the place selected for our Annual Meeting this -year, April 3-5, and one more attractive, or more important to -the general interests of our work, could not have been chosen. -This church was organized in 1866, and has a membership of 117, -of which thirty have been received on profession of faith the -past year. The population of the city is about 3,000, of whom -nearly, if not quite, fifty per cent. are colored. - -The South-western Conference is composed of fourteen -Congregational churches, of which twelve were represented at our -Annual Meeting. - -The reports from the churches showed very clearly that the past -year had been one of marked activity and spiritual prosperity. -Several churches, as the Central, in New Orleans, and St. Mark’s, -in Terrebonne, have been blessed with revivals of great power. -Other churches have been cutting off dead branches, and putting -themselves in condition for better service. In tabulating the -reports, I find that the present membership of the churches of -our Conference is 806. There have been added on profession during -the year (ending April 1st, 1878,) _one hundred and thirteen_, -and four by letter. Forty-seven adults and _eighty babies_ have -been baptized. - -As I have already spoken of the precious revival in Central -Church, in which more than fifty were converted, and the church -itself greatly quickened and refreshed, I will not recite the -facts again. The church of Brother Clay (one of the veterans and -pioneers of Congregationalism in Louisiana), in Terrebonne, has -passed through joyful and glorious experiences. The church has -been thronged for days and weeks. Mr. Clay said: “I did not know -where all the people came from. The church and church-yard were -filled with a dense mass of people. It seemed as though they -sprung out of the ground.” Night after night the earnest truths -of the Gospel were preached, and night after night “mourners” -crowded the anxious seats, crying for mercy. The people came from -long distances, five and seven miles. God put honor upon His -word, and many have been converted, and still the good work goes -on. Pastor Clay’s heart is filled with joy and thankfulness. - - -QUESTIONS DISCUSSED. - -Among the topics considered at the Conference were the following: - -_Revivals_: The best method of promoting and conducting them. -_Education_: The demand of the hour; how shall we meet it? -_Faith_: Its nature; how can we secure greater faith? Its joys -and its triumphs. What more can we do to reach the people with -the Gospel? - -These questions were discussed with vigor and interest. Of -course, no speeches had been prepared in advance, and I was -surprised at the real excellence of the addresses. Mistakes in -grammar were sometimes made, and there were not many classical -allusions, but the speeches had the true ring, and good will come -of them. - - -PUBLIC SERVICES. - -The opening sermon was given by the Moderator, Mr. Alexander, -from Matthew 1, 23: “They shall call his name Emmanuel; which -being interpreted is, God with us.” It was a great pleasure to -speak to such an audience. The church was densely packed, the -entry was filled; people took positions under the windows on -the outside, and fully one hundred, having sought admission in -vain, went reluctantly away. Mr. Hall, of New Orleans, preached -the second evening; after which, the Moderator made an address -on “Christian Unity,” in the hope of removing or modifying some -of the asperities and jealousies existing among the colored -churches. The address was received with strong expressions of -sympathy. One good old “auntie” said the next day: “Don’t you say -anything against that minister. He is trying to build up both -sides. He don’t wish to break down anybody.” - - -ORDINATION. - -On Friday evening Mr. Homer Jones, a member of the church at New -Iberia, but a resident at Lake Piegneur, having passed a faithful -examination before the Conference regarding his Christian -experience, his religious belief, and his ability to preach, was -ordained as an Evangelist. - -Bro. Jones is a warm-hearted Christian, and will make an able -and successful minister. He has served the churches faithfully -for two years or more without compensation. He owns a small farm -of eighteen acres on the shore of the beautiful Lake Piegneur. -His worthy wife was for a short time a student in Straight -University. He expresses his willingness to leave his beautiful -home, and go anywhere, even to Africa, where God may call him. - - -FAREWELL MEETING. - -Friday morning was devoted to a “farewell prayer-meeting.” It -was a most tender and impressive scene. As one after another -spoke, “the fire burned”; every eye was wet with manly tears, -and when the entire Conference rose and joined hands, and they -sang or chanted an old refrain, peculiar to themselves, beginning -“Good-by, and shake hands,” and we entered into covenant with -God and with each other to go forth to another year of labor and -self-denial, those dear brethren, in the excess of religious -emotion, laughed and cried together. Thus was our meeting of 1878 -brought to a close. The good pastor at New Iberia said: “Such a -light was never kindled here before.” The Conference adjourned to -meet in New Iberia next year, at the call of the Moderator. - -Dear brethren of the North, pray for us, and remember that we are -trying to hold this distant outpost of the Church, and to extend, -in this beautiful and fruitful land, the cherished faith and -polity of our fathers. - - * * * * * - - -THE SINGERS TO THE MISSIONARIES, GREETING. - - We give the following extracts from a letter, written by the - Jubilee Singers, from Erfurt, Germany, to the new missionaries to - Africa. From the fact that they are all Fisk University students, - the greetings of the gleaners in Europe to the sowers in Africa - is full of pathetic interest: - - ERFURT, GERMANY. - -To ALBERT P. MILLER, ADA ROBERTS MILLER, ANDREW E. JACKSON, and -ELLA HILDRIDGE JACKSON, Missionaries for Africa: - -_Dear Brothers and Sisters_: The Jubilee Singers send greeting. -Could we give you our greeting in person, it would be more -satisfactory, as we can but feebly convey to you, in writing, how -our hearts have gone out to you in love and sympathy, and up to -God in thankfulness, since the glad tidings reached us of your -having consecrated your lives and talents to mission work among -our brethren in Africa. We have prayed and labored long for this -day, and now, thank God, our prayers are being answered. - -We realize in how large a degree our success has been -attributable to the faithful prayers of you and your -fellow-students, sent up daily in our behalf from Fisk -University; and let us assure you that while you are doing battle -for the Master, by helping to lift the dark pall of barbarism and -superstition which enshrouds our kinsmen, you, in like manner, -will be sustained by the prayers of your fellow students, and -warm, earnest Christian hearts, not only in our own native land, -but in Great Britain, Holland and Germany. They will follow -your footsteps, faithfully and prayerfully, watching for the -fruits which ye shall reap, in due season, if ye faint not, and -rejoicing with you in the extension of Christ’s kingdom. - -You are our first band of missionaries at the outpost of the -American Missionary Association in the land of our forefathers. -May the light of God so shine in your hearts that its reflected -rays shall be a balm to those who may come to you, to be healed -and taught of God. May He give you strength to thrust in the -“sharpened sickle” when the fields are ripe for the harvest, and -the laborers so few. - -With the love and best wishes of the Jubilee Singers. - - (Signed) - - GEORGIA M. GORDON, - F. J. LOUDIN, - B. W. THOMAS. - - _Committee_. - - * * * * * - - - - -AFRICA. - - - * * * * * - - -Arrival of the New Missionaries. - -REV. FLOYD SNELSON. - -I received the letters, telling of the new missionaries on -the way to our mission, with great joy. I left home late last -Thursday afternoon for this place to meet them. We came on very -well until Friday night about ten o’clock, at which time we were -caught in quite a storm, and had to anchor. As I had not been -here since our first arrival, there were many things to look -after. - -Just as I was finishing up last night, the steamer came in, -bringing them. I got out to them about 8.30 P.M., and spent -nearly an hour with them. I am very favorably impressed with the -first view of my new co-workers, and hope now to be able to carry -on the work to greater success and with more ease. - -Next morning they came ashore, and expressed themselves as -favorably surprised at the appearance of the place and people. On -the 26th, we hope to leave early for Good Hope. - - FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE, - _March 25th, 1878_. - - * * * * * - - -First Impressions of Africa—A Sunday Service—A School -Celebration. - -REV. ALBERT MILLER. - -On reaching Freetown, and walking about the place and conversing -with the natives, we were very favorably disappointed. Some are -very intelligent and kind-hearted. We attended a Sunday-School -in the afternoon, and were much pleased to hear the children -read and sing. They reminded me of a small country school in the -South. A little boy played on the organ. We visited several of -the natives, and I was everywhere surprised at seeing so much -intelligence displayed. Brother Snelson had made all necessary -preparations for our coming. The mission house had been fitted -up nicely, so that we soon felt as if we were in an American -village. We remained in Freetown two days, and Brother Snelson -lost no time in showing us the many things of interest in this -African city. We visited the market, and saw many things in the -line of fruits to interest us. All were well pleased, but still -longed to reach our adopted home. - -Leaving Freetown on the 25th of March, we arrived here on the -28th, early in the morning. The men rowed all night. Mrs. -Snelson, Mr. White and the children of the mission met us at -the wharf. We could not have been more kindly received by any -persons. We have been here several days now, and find the work -promising and encouraging. Brother Snelson and his helpers are -hard at work, and things, I suppose, are much more hopeful than -they have been for years. - -The church was filled last Sabbath to its utmost capacity with -hearers. Brother S., I think is the right man in the right place. -The only charge I am able to bring against him is overwork. -He has the confidence of the people, which is so necessary to -success. Services were conducted by Brother Jackson and myself. - -I find the people kind and obliging. They are very happy to have -us, of their own race, come and teach and labor among them. Some -seem ready to shout. We are well pleased with our new home, and -are in a good state of health. The heat is very intense. All -things seem to indicate a better day for the sable sons of Ham. -Africa is not what rumor represents it to be—at least, what I -have seen of it. - -APRIL 3, 1878.—To-day has been one of great interest, both -to parents and children. The day-school, under the general -management of Brother White, turned out. An examination took -place in the forenoon, after which the schools (day and -Sabbath), with two banners waving o’er head, came marching to a -place near the mission-house, where a dinner had been prepared -for them. Brother Snelson led the schools, and the children, -full of joy, followed him. He led them through the principal -streets of this our city, the sides of the streets being filled -with lookers-on. All this seemed new to them, and I dare say it -is new to this part of Africa. We had music, but very different -from such as our American friends are accustomed to. An old tin -box served as kettle-drum. This, with other instruments, made -music sufficient for the children to march and keep pretty good -time. Returning to the tables, the little ones ate dinner, using -spoons, which is something very new to them. Each one seemed to -be happy. The patrons were called upon to contribute for the -giving of this dinner. Many responded, sending chickens, rice, -etc. Of course, the whole affair was devolved upon Brother -Snelson. He received contributions from traders and officials, -many of whom are here on the coast. These, you will remember, -are white, the friendship and kind favor of whom Brother S. -has gained. They did not attend the exercises of the day, but -came out at night, and listened to speeches from members of the -school. The pupils spoke and sang well, and reminded me very much -of my past experience in the South—so Southern-like. - -All were highly pleased with the exercises of the evening. The -American flag was on one side of the house, that of England on -the other—thus bringing all in attendance between them. These -two flags during the day were unfurled to the gentle breeze with -which we were favored. Many of the leading men of Bonthe were -here, and, with those from other places, took tea with us. I gain -more interest daily for this my field of labor. I shall not wait -to become acclimated, but shall proceed to labor at once. - - * * * * * - - -Advantages of Colored Missionaries. - -EXTRACT OF LETTER FROM A. E. WHITE. - -You would like to know what I think about colored missionaries -doing good here. My firm belief is, that they can do more than -any other missionaries under the sun. These people have always -been used to colored people. Most of the white men whom they have -seen were traders, seeking their own good. They robbed the people -of their produce and children, and destroyed their confidence. -A white missionary has to be more careful than a colored one. -The natives look upon a white person as unnatural, and think -he is above them in every way, and that God made him so. They -also think it is of no use for them to try to do the things they -see the white man do. But, on the other hand, when they see a -colored man do anything, they think if he can do it they can do -it themselves. They are a great people to imitate. For a proof of -what I have said, look at the Shengay Mission. It is conducted -altogether by colored missionaries, and stands ahead of others on -the coast. Do not think I say this because I am a colored man. I -say it because I know it is true. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE INDIANS. - - - * * * * * - - -School Wants and Farm Work. - -W. W. WHEELER, KESHENA, WIS. - -The school opened very encouragingly this term, and before the -close of the second week we had fifty-four different boarding -scholars, and were compelled to refuse admission to others, on -account of our limited accommodations. Soon the scarlet-fever -broke out, and before the close of the term twenty-three boarding -scholars, and many of our day scholars, had been sent home on -account of sickness. - -The boarding scholars seem, generally, to be happy and contented -with us, and eager to return at the opening of each new term; and -their progress in their studies, and general deportment, is much -greater than with the day scholars. The general interest, also, -of the tribe in the subject of education is greatly quickened. -The boarding-school, with suitable accommodations, might be made -a great blessing to the tribe. We feel sure we could readily -obtain 100 scholars if we had the accommodations. - -The tribe has asked the Department to appropriate, from their -funds in the United States Treasury, $6,000 for the erection of a -suitable building. - -We see the dreadful results, in other tribes around us, of -allowing the youth to grow up, without education, in contact with -the whites, learning their vices and not their virtues, and it -makes us long to see something done to save this people from the -blight which has fallen upon so many other tribes before them. - -I have spent nearly three weeks going over the Reservation since -school closed, visiting from farm to farm, encouraging the -Indians to make larger improvements; and I have been very greatly -gratified to notice so many already clearing up new lands. I have -only found three or four families who will not clear up some new -ground this spring. Some will clear as much as three or four -acres. Many are chopping and logging heavy timber without any -team to help them. - -I think there will be 300 acres of new land cleared this spring. -I expect to distribute (only to those who clear at least one -acre) 1,000 bushels of potatoes, besides corn, oats, wheat, and -vegetable seeds, for many of them have not yet learned to provide -beforehand. There are, however, quite a number who not only have -enough for their own seed, but some to sell. - -Could the boarding-school be kept up regularly for a few years, -we should have great hopes for the future of this tribe, but -there seems to be a strange lack of interest in this matter on -the part of the authorities at Washington. We are now anxiously -waiting for instructions to re-open this school. Meanwhile, the -day-school is in operation, with an attendance of twenty-two -scholars. - - * * * * * - - -An Indian Wants a Cow. - - Dr G L Mahon - - Dr Sir i thought i would write a few lines to you to asking you - that you dint not answered me when i was asking you while you was - here about the Cow i want you to give me one if you Can i thing - i would use the Cow very much if you would give me one i could - get Some Butter from her and i could make good living on Butter - with Potatoes if you Send me one Send who have a young Calf in - her thats the one i like to have her and you will let me know it - By G Wheeler and another thing about Potatoes Zack Brown told me - he hasent got enough Potatoes Seeds for in a spring and ive got - Plenty potatoes in Net Lake and if you want any i could Sell it - to you Some that is for Zack Brown wants it Now i send my Best - Regards to you - - from ADAWWAN-NE QUA BENANS - VERMILLION LAKE. - - * * * * * - - - - -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. - - * * * * * - - -Fung Affoo’s Bible Class—Visalia and Petaluma. - -REV. W. C. POND, SAN FRANCISCO. - -Remembering that the Sabbath worship at our Central Mission had -never been described, though often alluded to in the MISSIONARY, -I requested Bro. Fung Affoo to give an account of it, and -received the following communication: - - “As we have not much time to teach them the Scripture on any - other evening, we set apart Sunday and Wednesday evenings to - teach them to read the Bible instead of their other lessons. On - Sunday we have the “Bible-class,” commencing at half-past eleven - A. M., and continuing for one hour and a half. We sing about half - an hour either in Chinese or in English, then offer a prayer, and - then read a chapter from the Bible. Each verse they read after - me, then I translate it into Chinese; when through interpreting, - on each verse or paragraph I make some remarks which I have - studied out during the week days. After we get through the - chapter, I speak about ten minutes on a subject selected from - that chapter beforehand, then one of our brethren offers prayer; - we then unite in singing the Doxology, and close with the - Lord’s Prayer. Our exercises on Wednesday evening are similar - to those we have on Sundays. It gives me much encouragement in - the work seeing that they like to read the Bible more than ever - before. Formerly only about one-half of the school attended the - Bible-class on Wednesday evenings, but now they number nearly - as many on that evening as on any other evening of the week. It - seems as though their hatred of Christianity becomes less. Of - course, many come to read the Bible only for the sake of learning - the English, but in time we hope, when they know the truth of - God, they will change their mind and heart, as some of them have - already done, who are now on Christ’s side, battling for the - Lord.” - - “FUNG AFFOO.” - -The attendance at this Sabbath noon service averages about -fifty-five. Of course, my pastoral duties render it impossible -for me ever to be present. I do not think, however, that my -presence would add anything to the worship or the work. I assist -the helpers in their preparation, but I believe that in dealing -with their countrymen they are more skilful than I could be, even -if I could speak Chinese. It needs an experience in heathenism, -to enable one to reach the heathen in the most efficient way. God -chooses saved _sinners_ to be messengers of salvation to those -still lost. I think that the programme of this service, as Bro. -Fung Affoo gives it, illustrates this fact. It is not one of my -planning—not the one I should have chosen; but as I carefully -consider it, I ask, “What _could be_ better fitted for those for -whom the service is arranged?” - -Rev. T. M. Oviatt, whose missionary labors among the Chinese -at San Leandro were attended with so rich a blessing, is now -acting pastor of the Presbyterian church at Visalia. He has -carried there his zeal for this good work; has already rented a -small room, and opened a school. We shall aid him as far as we -are able. Would that we had a hundred men like-minded with him -touching this work! - -Miss Anthony is obliged to relinquish the care of the school at -Petaluma, and is succeeded by Miss Waterbury, whose Christian -spirit is not unknown at No. 56 Reade St., New York. This school -is quite small, but its members surpass those of every other -school in liberality, and I cannot consent to abandon them. -Christ, too, is becoming known to them. With increasing interest -they study God’s word. And they _sing_, somewhat at random, it -must be confessed, in the matter of time and of tune, but with -an eagerness and a gusto that betoken a beginning both of the -spirit and the understanding in their song. Miss Anthony writes: -“Wah Yene is a good Christian as far as he understands. He told -me, one evening, that he prayed ‘every morning, every dinnertime, -and every night. Some people,’ he added, ‘not much good; likee go -to church; make Mr. Hutchins [the pastor of the Congregational -church] think they good. Some people very good, and pray to God. -I likee be good—not much bad.’” - - * * * * * - - - - -THE CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - - * * * * * - - -A TEACHER’S STORY. - -The following letter is from a young girl who has not gone -through the Middle Class at Hampton, but is showing much energy -and tact, and doing good work as teacher in one of the rough -places of the far South: - - FLORIDA. - - I will first say, I am a colored girl; my native home is in St. - Augustine. I was raised by kind Northern friends. I am teaching - school on the St. John’s River, about thirty or forty miles from - St. Augustine. In giving my descriptions, I will first describe - my school-house. It is made entirely of logs, with the exception - of the door and windows, which were given by Miss M. The skies - may be seen in any part of the room. The cracks in the floor are - large enough to put your hands through. When it rains, it leaks - in like water dropping from the trees. There is no fire-place, - nor was there any way for keeping warm until, the past week, a - young man got me a little stove. But the house is so open this - does but little towards heating it up. We have had some cold - days, and the only way I had to keep my scholars warm was, to - build two large fires and have the poor little children set - around them (out of doors). I rubbed their little cold hands and - bare feet, and oh! how it made my heart ache to see the tears - stand in their eyes, when I asked them why they didn’t put on - shoes and warmer clothes, and the reply would be, “I have on all - the clothes I got, and I ain’t got no shoes.” Sometimes, when I - have on all I can to keep warm, most of my girls have only two - garments on, the boys nothing but pants and shirt. Some of my - pupils have to come between two and three miles, and then cross a - creek. I have a sewing-school for my girls once a week. I read to - them, and teach them things to sing while they are sewing. They - are to keep what they make. I have been teaching three-and-a-half - months. The age of my scholars is from three-and-a-half to - twenty-four years. I have enrolled thirty scholars, most of them - very good, all anxious to learn. The people are very, very poor, - and have real hard times in getting clothing, and keeping from - starving. They live in log huts, some of which leak, and are in - a dreadful condition. I don’t know how to describe some of them. - There are a few white settlers here; some of them, when the folks - work for them, won’t pay. This makes it real hard, as the work - they get from them is mostly their entire support. - - * * * * * - - - - -RECEIPTS - -FOR APRIL, 1878. - - - * * * * * - - MAINE, $27.24. - - Andover. S. W. Pearson 5.00 - Bluehill. Mrs. S. D. and Mrs. P. C. 50c. ea. 1.00 - Litchfield Corners. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Winthrop. Cong. Ch. $10.21; Mrs. S. B. $1 11.24 - - - NEW HAMPSHIRE, $417.29. - - Bristol. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.75 - Deerfield. ESTATE of Stephen Brown, by Joseph T. - Brown, Ex. 100.00 - Exeter. “Friends in Second Cong. Ch.,” _for a - Teacher_ 78.00 - Fitzwilliam. H. H. W. and M. W. W. 1.20 - Franklin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. REV. AUSTIN - H. BURR, L. M. 35.00 - Hampstead. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 - Hudson. Mrs. B. F. Chase, bbl. of potatoes. - Kingston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $5; Jacob Chapman $5 10.00 - Laconia. Cong. Sab. Sch. 6.75 - Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 3.00 - Manchester. C. B. Southworth $50; Rev. C. W. Wallace - $25 75.00 - Mount Vernon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.00 - Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 34.78 - Stoddard. Rev. H. H. C. 1.00 - Temple. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.81 - Wilton. “Mistletoe Band,” _for Student Aid, - Wilmington, N. C._ 17.00 - - - VERMONT, $1,166.04. - - Berlin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.25 - Bennington. Mrs. M. B. K. 0.50 - Bradford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.35 - Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 0.50 - Burlington. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 165.36 - Clarendon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of wh. $3 from - “Mrs. G. M. H.”) $17.40; Cong. Sab. Sch. $8.02 25.42 - Danby. Rev. L. D. M. 0.50 - Dorset. Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.00 - East Barnard. Levi Belknap 2.00 - Montpelier. Bethany Ch., to const. REV. JOHN H. - HINCKS, L. M. 32.00 - North Walden. S. W. O. 0.50 - Peacham. ESTATE of Ezra C. Chamberlin, by Wm. R. - Shedd, Ex. ($60 of which to const. MISS JANE E. - CHAMBERLIN and MISS JENNIE C. WATTS, L.M’s) 500.00 - South Londonderry. “A Friend” 5.00 - Springfield. “Springfield Mission Circle,” _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 150.00 - Springfield. Mrs. F. P. 1.00 - Swanton. Harry Smith 5.00 - West Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.46 - West Fairlee Centre. Cong. Sab. Sch. 14.10 - West Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $16.10; - Mrs. L. W. $1 17.10 - Westminster West. ESTATE of Almira Goodhue, by - Homer Goodhue, Ex. 150.00 - Westminster West. Cong. Sab. Sch. 11.00 - - - MASSACHUSETTS, $3,959.55. - - Agawam. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.71 - Andover. Mrs. J. B. Clough $10; C. H. G., 25c. 10.25 - Ashby. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 10.00 - Ashfield. B. H. 0.54 - Ayer. Mrs. C. A. Spaulding, _for Theo. Student, - Talladega C._ 70.00 - Bolton. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 20.00 - Boston. Walnut Ave. Cong. Sab. Sch. $132.16; Rev. - Chas. Nichols $25 157.16 - Braintree. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.00 - Brocton. Joseph Hewett $5; Mrs. Baalis Sanford, - box of C. 5.00 - Brookline. Harvard Ch. and Soc. 69.21 - Buckland. Cong. Ch. 9.55 - Byfield. Mrs. Jerusha B. Root $30, to const. - MARTIN NELSON ROOT, M.D., L.M.; Cong. Ch. and - Soc. $5.75 35.75 - Cambridge. No. Ave. Cong. Ch. 74.91 - Charlton. Cong. Sab. Sch. 14.66 - Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 48.22 - Concord. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $20; Thomas P. - Carlton $2 22.00 - Dedham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 87.02 - Dorchester. Thomas D. Quincy 2.50 - Dunstable. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.16 - East Charlemont. Cong. Ch. (of which $1.75 - from “Carpenter Bees,” _for Colored Girls_) 21.00 - East Longmeadow. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 1.00 - East Medway. Mrs. M. N. M. $1; E. B. D. $1 2.00 - Fall River. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. 126.89 - Feeding Hills. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.17 - Framingham. Plymouth Cong. Sab. Sch. $14.40; - Mrs. E. H. $1 15.40 - Groton. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 36.02 - Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch. 3.56 - Hadley. Mrs. E. Porter $5; Mrs. Eliza - Huntington $2 7.00 - Holden. Cong. Sab. Sch. $15; Cong. Miss. Ass’n $6, - _for Wilmington, N. C._ 21.00 - Holliston. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00 - Holyoke. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.97 - Hopkinton. First Cong. Sab. Sch. $121.87; - Mrs. P. J. Claflin $100. 228.87 - Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 41.88 - Lexington. Hancock Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.47 - Lowell. Mrs. S. L. P. 0.50 - Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 58.72 - Manchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00 - Marshfield. Rev. E. Alden, 2 packages of books. - Medway. ESTATE of Clarissa A. Pond, by A. - Pond, Ex. 135.00 - Medway. Mrs. A. D. Sanford, box of C. - Melrose. E. N. C. 0.50 - Methuen. ESTATE of Joseph F. Ingalls, by - Samuel G. Sargent and Will. C. Sleeper, Ex’s. 959.09 - Middleborough. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - Middlefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. - OLIVER CHURCH and REV. CHAS. M. PEIRCE, L.M’s 60.71 - Middleton. ESTATE of Mrs. Catharine Merriam - Wilkins, by Francis P. Merriam, Ex. 100.00 - Monson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.60 - New Bedford. Miss H. M. L. 1.00 - Newburyport. Mrs. J. B. 0.50 - North Adams. Cong. Ch. 27.68 - Northampton. First Cong. Ch. 47.06 - Newton. Eliot Cong. Ch. and Soc. $150.64; - Mrs. C. F. R. $1 151.64 - Newtonville. Mrs. J. W. Hayes 25.00 - North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00 - Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $21.39; - L. W. 50c 21.89 - Pittsfield. James R. Jones 15.00 - Princeton. H. N. M. 5.00 - Quincy. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 37.00 - Salem. Geo. Driver 5.00 - Shelburne. Cong. Ch. 9.61 - South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Southfield. W. H. E. 0.50 - South Framingham. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 88.00 - South Hadley. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.00 - South Hadley Falls. First Cong. Ch. $42; - Cong. Ch. and Soc. $41 83.00 - South Plymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.13 - South Weymouth. Union Cong. Ch. 30.00 - Spencer. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. 20.00 - Springfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $38.55; - Hope Cong. Ch. $21.55; South Cong. Ch. $12.96 73.06 - Sudbury. U.E. Ch. and Soc. 25.50 - Sutton. R. L. 1.00 - Templeton. J. L. $1; L. M. 50c. 1.50 - Tolland. Mrs. N. E. S. 0.50 - Waltham. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 36.50 - Warwick. Trin. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 12.00 - Webster. First Cong. Ch. 25.00 - Westborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc., M. C. Coll. - $26.93; Cong. Sab. Sch. $56.02; Mrs. W. F. - Morse $5 87.95 - West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.75 - Westhampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.50 - West Springfield. Park St. Ch. 15.00 - Williamsburgh. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.14 - Williamstown. First Cong. Ch. 15.39 - Wilmington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 41.80 - Winchester. P.S. $1; “Two Children” 86c. 1.86 - Worcester. Salem St. Ch. M. C. Coll. 19.10 - —— “A Friend” 250.00 - —— “A Friend” 20.00 - - - RHODE ISLAND, 27c. - - Providence. Rev. W. P. Doe, box of books. - Slaterville. M. J. T. 0.27 - - - CONNECTICUT, $2,583.80. - - Ansonia. Cong. Ch. 26.71 - Avon. Miss L. A. A. 0.50 - Berlin. Second Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Birmingham. Cong. Ch. 46.38 - Bolton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Bristol. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00 - Broad Brook. Cong. Ch. 11.00 - Darien. Cong. Ch. 35.50 - East Hartland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.24 - East Woodstock. ESTATE of George A. Paine, by - John Paine, Ex. 646.15 - Fairfield. Cong. Ch. 54.42 - Farmington. Cong. Ch. 63.52 - Groton. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.44 - Guilford. “Lea.” 10.00 - Haddam Neck. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.15 - Higganum. Mrs. R. Reed $1.25; Mrs. R. G. $1; - Mrs. G. T. G. $1 3.25 - Huntington. N. T. and D. L. $1 ea. 2.00 - Killingly. Miss E. F. Jencks 5.00 - Ledyard. Cong. Ch. 8.75 - Mansfield. Second Cong. Ch. 7.00 - New Haven. Howard Ave. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $22; - College St. Ch. $10; Centre Ch. (ad’l) $5; - A. T. $1 38.00 - North Branford. Cong. Ch. 22.00 - Norwich. Mrs. J. M. Huntington, _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 5.00 - Plantsville. Mrs. E. Hotchkiss, _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 5.00 - Plainville. Dea. L. H. Carter, _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 50.00 - Prospect. B. B. Brown $10: Andrew Smith $5 15.00 - Putnam. Estate of Chandler A. Spalding, by - Emily Spalding and Calvin D. Williams, Ex’s 1,046.63 - Rockville. Second Cong. Ch. 118.65 - Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 8.81 - Sherman. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.75 - South Coventry. Cong. Ch. 47.84 - Southington. Cong. Ch. 18.17 - Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 31.94 - Westford. Cong. Ch 5.00 - West Hartford. Cong. Ch. 85.00 - West Stafford. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 1.00 - Windham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.00 - Windsor Locks. Cong. Ch. 65.00 - Woodbury. Mrs. E. L. Curtiss 10.50 - Woodfords. Dr. E. C. 0.50 - - - NEW YORK, $1,197,84. - - Albion. L. S. 1.00 - Binghamton. “A Friend” (ad’l) $12.50; Mrs. J. E. - Bean $10 22.50 - Brooklyn. Plymouth Church $329.15; Central Cong. - Ch. $182.50; Mrs. Mary E. Whiton $15; Mrs. - William Bane, packages books and C. 526.65 - Cleveland. Rev. W. S. T. 0.60 - Eagle Harbor. A. P. 0.48 - Geneva. Mrs. G. F. Milton (of which $5 for Student - Aid) 10.00 - Himrods. Mrs. G. S. Ayres 5.00 - Homer. Mrs. E. B. Dean 5.00 - Hume. Mrs. L. H. P. and Mrs. J. H. 1.00 - Ithaca. First Cong. Ch. 11.52 - Martinsburgh. Mrs. W. Arthur 2.00 - Medina. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of Presb. Ch., by Lina - Burroughs, box of C. and books. - New York. Broadway Tabernacle Ch. $440.93. - —“Pilgrim Band,” Broadway Tab. Sab. Sch. - $11.41, _for Student Aid._—“A Friend,” package - _for Memphis, Tenn._ 452.34 - Norwood. “A Friend,” by Rev. C. H. Rowley 4.37 - Nineveh. Reuben Lovejoy 100.00 - Oxford. Ass’d Presb. Soc. 9.58 - Rome. John B. Jervis 25.00 - Saratoga Springs. S. C. 0.50 - Syracuse. Mrs. C. C. Clarke 6.80 - Troy. Mrs. E. C. S. 1.00 - Utica. Mrs. Cornelia Hurlburt 10.00 - West Brook. T. S. H. 0.50 - West Winfield. L. Bucklen 2.00 - Wolcott. H. M. Hamilton, box of books. - - - NEW JERSEY, $101.50. - - Montclair. First Cong. Ch. (in part) 100.00 - Phillipsburg. H. P. M. 0.50 - Trenton. Mrs. E. B. F. 1.00 - - - PENNSYLVANIA, $15. - - Philadelphia. Mrs. S. L. Chester 5.00 - Pittsburgh. Sam’l Boyd 10.00 - - - OHIO, $910.87. - - Akron. Cong. Ch. 81.70 - Andover. Cong. Ch. 9.71 - Bellevue. Cong. Ch. 23.50 - Cincinnati. Rent, _for the poor in New - Orleans_ 78.72 - Cleveland. Euclid Ave. Cong. Ch. 18.80 - Deerfield. Mrs. Wm. Penn 10.00 - Geneva. First Cong. Ch. 20.50 - Huntington. First Cong. Ch. 23.25 - Kent. First Cong. Ch. 15.50 - Lenox. “A Friend” 5.00 - Mallet Creek. Dr. J. A. Bingham 5.00 - Marysville. Ladies’ Home Miss. Soc. of Cong. Ch. 6.50 - Mechanicsburgh. Mrs. M. K. H. 1.00 - New Richland. E. J. 1.00 - North Benton. Mrs. M. J. H. 0.50 - North Ridgefield. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 1.15 - Oberlin. ESTATE of Mary I. Hulburd, by Hiram - Hulburd, Ex. 50.00 - Oberlin. L. F. 1.00 - Penfield. B. R. 1.00 - Plymouth. Estate of Henry Amerman, by J. H. - Packer 400.00 - Richfield. S. R. Oviatt $3; Mrs. S. Townsend - $2.50 5.50 - Sandusky. First Cong. Ch., to const. REV. - JOSIAH STRONG and L. H. LEWIS, L. M’s. 60.00 - Steubenville. Woman’s Miss. Soc. of First Cong. - Ch. 8.50 - Toledo. Mrs. Eliza H. Weed 10.00 - Wadsworth. Cong. Ch. $10; Geo. Lyman $5 15.00 - Wauseon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.55 - West Andover. Cong. Ch. 20.29 - West Williamsfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.20 - Youngstown. Woman’s Miss. Soc. 20.00 - - - INDIANA, $21.67. - - Fort Wayne. Cong. Ch. 14.67 - Liber. J. R. Wells 5.00 - Sparta. John Hawkswell 2.00 - - - ILLINOIS, $945.82. - - Alton. “Church of the Redeemer” 30.00 - Aurora. New Eng. Ch. 20.00 - Bloomingdale. S. S. Harrison 2.00 - Champaign. Mrs. A. O. H. 0.60 - Chicago. First Cong. Ch. 473.78 - Chicago. Plymouth Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. $25, _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._—Three Subscribers $1 ea.; - Mrs. M. J. B. $1; Bethany Cong. Ch. 50c 29.50 - Dunlap. Mrs. Elmira Jones 10.00 - Galesburg. First Cong. Ch. 83.64 - Geneseo. Cong. Ch. 143.80 - Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. 14.00 - Kewanne. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Student Aid, Fisk - U._ 25.00 - Lake Forest. Mrs. W. H. F. 1.00 - La Harpe. Mrs. E. J. N. 1.00 - Morris. Miss Narcissa Sample, _for Student Aid, - Tougaloo U._ 2.00 - Morrison. Mrs. S. T. $1; Mrs. A. P. $1; A. M. S. - $1 3.00 - Oak Park. Mrs. J. Huggins, _for Student Aid_ 10.00 - Peru. Cong. Bible Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk - U._ 12.50 - Plymouth. Cong. Ch. 14.00 - Rockford. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., _for Student Aid, - Fisk U_. 25.00 - St. Charles. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. 5.00 - Sparta. Bryce Crawford $5; Robert Stevenson $2 7.00 - Tolono. Mrs. L. Haskell 10.00 - Tonica. Cong. Ch. 23.00 - - - MICHIGAN, $132.41. - - Detroit. Individuals, by Mrs. R. Nutting $2.75; - C. I. W. $1 3.75 - East Saginaw. Cong. Ch. 25.00 - Grand Rapids. E. Ball and Mrs. Avery $10 - ea.; M. Wood $5, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 - Hudson. Cong. Ch. 10.66 - Kalamo. Cong. Ch. 3.00 - Lansing. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Fisk. U._ 25.00 - Muskegon. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk - U._ 25.00 - Stanton. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid_ 10.00 - Warren. Rev. J. L. Beebe 5.00 - - - WISCONSIN, $145.60. - - Big Springs. Cong. Ch. 1.25 - Clinton. Cong. Ch. 21.00 - Columbus. Cong. Ch. 8.18 - Fort Howard. Mrs. C. L. A. Tank 2.00 - La Crosse. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Fisk U._ 50.00 - Milwaukee. Hanover St. Cong. Ch. 8.00 - Stoughton. Box of C. and $1 1.00 - Warren. Cong. Ch. 17.00 - West Salem. Cong. Ch. 27.17 - - - IOWA, $2,695.54. - - Burlington. Mrs. Hannah Everall 5.00 - Cedar Falls. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid_ 2.00 - Chester Centre. Cong. Sab. Sch. $16.50; Prairie - Gleaners $13.50; Mrs. D. B. D. $1, _for a Student, - Fisk U._ 31.00 - Clinton. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 1.00 - Des Moines. Ladies Miss. Soc., _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 10.00 - DeWitt. Cong. Ch. 11.00 - Dubuque. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 25.00 - Dunlap. Cong. Ch. 9.06 - Grinnell. ESTATE of Charles F. Dike, by Mrs. - C. F. Dike, Exec’x. 2,500.00 - Grinnell. Mrs. S. H. Bixby $4.—Hon. J. B. G., - 50c., _for Mag._ 4.50 - Hampton. Mrs. W. P. B. 1.00 - Kellogg. Mrs. Dunn 5.00 - Keokuk. “Signature” 10.00 - Maquoketa. Miss. Soc. of Cong. Ch. 13.53 - McGregor. Mrs. R. G. and Mrs. E. P. D 0.50 - Muscatine. Henry Hoover, _for Student Aid, Fisk - U._ 5.00 - Osage. Woman’s Miss. Soc., bal. to const. MRS. - LUCRETIA DEERING, L. M. 5.85 - Sheldon. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid_ 1.10 - Waltham. ESTATE of Miss Emeline E. Williams, by - William Mason 50.00 - Waterloo. Woman’s Cent. Soc. 5.00 - - - MINNESOTA, $47.45. - - Minneapolis. Plym. Ch. 23.75 - Rushford. Cong. Ch. 3.00 - Spring Valley. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.30 - Tivoli. L. H. 1.00 - Zumbrota. First Cong. Ch. 8.40 - - - KANSAS, $66.32. - - Blue Rapids. Cong. Ch. 3.35 - Eureka. Cong. Sab. Ch. Sch., _for Student Aid_ 3.12 - Lawrence. Second Cong. Ch. $3; Rev. A. M. R. $1 4.00 - Leavenworth. Mrs. S. A. Cutts 5.00 - Meriden. “A Friend of Missions” 10.00 - Russell. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Topeka. First Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Wabaunsee. “First Ch. of Christ” 15.85 - - - NEBRASKA, $31.50. - - Nebraska City. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid_ 1.50 - Schuyler. By Rev. A. Dresser 30.00 - - - CALIFORNIA, 51c. - - Madison. Mrs. N. N. T. 0.51 - - - TENNESSEE, $461.26. - - Chattanooga. Rent $300; Church Coll. $10.26 310.26 - Chattanooga. Rev. Temple Cutler, _for Student Aid, - Tougaloo U._ 13.00 - Maryville. Prof. P. M. B. 0.25 - Memphis. Le Moyne Sch. 137.75 - - - NORTH CAROLINA, $290.40. - - Raleigh. Pub. Sch. Fund $150; Washington - Sch. $8.20 158.20 - Wilmington. Normal School $121.75; Cong. Ch. - $7.40 129.15 - Woodbridge. Tuition 3.05 - - - SOUTH CAROLINA, $220.55. - - Charleston. Avery Institute 220.55 - - - GEORGIA. $417.61. - - Atlanta. Atlanta University 109.00 - Atlanta. “A Friend” $58; Rev. S. S. Ashley $12, - _for Student Aid._—Prof. T. N. Chase $25 95.00 - Macon. Lewis High Sch. 62.70 - Savannah. Rent $83.33; Tuition $67.58 150.91 - - - ALABAMA, $388.09. - - Athens. Trinity Sch. 26.00 - Mobile. I. G. 0.50 - Montgomery. Pub. Fund 225.00 - Selma. Rev. Fletcher Clark, _for Student Aid, - Tougaloo U._ 6.35 - Talladega. Talledega College 130.24 - - - MISSISSIPPI, $64.05. - - Jackson. Byron Lumley $10; J. Stadeker & Son $5, - _for Barracks, Tougaloo_ 15.00 - Tougaloo. Tougaloo University 43.05 - Tougaloo. W. P. Dulaney, M. D., _for Barracks_ 5.00 - Yazoo City. Hon W. D. Gibbs _for Barracks, - Tougaloo_ 1.00 - - - LOUISIANA, $137. - - New Orleans. Straight University 137.00 - - - TEXAS, 50c. - - San Antonia. G. W. W. 0.50 - - CANADA, 50c. - - Camlachie. Rev. J. M. G. 0.50 - - ENGLAND, $900.95. - - Freedmen’s Missions Aid Soc., _for Mendi Mission_ 900.95 - - SCOTLAND, $200. - - Glasgow. Mrs. Ann McDowell, _for a Teacher_ 200.00 - - TURKEY, $10. - - Van. Dr. Geo. C. Raynolds and wife 10.00 - ————————— - Total 17,557.13 - - Total from Oct. 1st to April 30th $103,309.96 - - H. W. HUBBARD, - _Ass’t Treas._ - - RECEIVED FOR DEBT. - - Brewer, Me. M. Hardy 25.00 - Portland, Me. “A Member of State St. Ch.” 50.00 - Manchester, N. H. C. B. Southworth 50.00 - Boston, Mass. Mrs. Nancy B. Curtis 500.00 - East Claremont, Mass. A. P. Leavitt 50.00 - Rockport, Mass. “A Friend” 5.00 - Woodworth, Wis. Rev. Thomas Gillespie 10.00 - Meriden, Kansas. A Friend of Missions 10.00 - Chattanooga, Tenn. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 16.00 - ———————— - 716.00 - Previously acknowledged March receipts 8,921.72 - ———————— - Total $9,637.72 - - - RECEIVED FOR TILLOTSON C. AND N. INST., AUSTIN, - TEXAS. - - Glastonbury, Conn. J. B. and W. S. Williams 400.00 - Englewood, N. J, “A Friend” 2.50 - ———————— - 402.50 - Previously acknowledged Feb. receipts 422.00 - ———————— - Total $824.50 - - * * * * * - - - - -Constitution of the American Missionary Association. - -Incorporated January 30, 1849. - - - * * * * * - -ART. I. This Society shall be called “THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY -ASSOCIATION.” - -ART. II. The object of this Association shall be to conduct -Christian missionary and educational operations, and diffuse a -knowledge of the Holy Scriptures in our own and other countries -which are destitute of them, or which present open and urgent -fields of effort. - -ART. III. Any person of evangelical sentiments,[A] who professes -faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is not a slaveholder, or in -the practice of other immoralities, and who contributes to the -funds, may become a member of the Society; and by the payment -of thirty dollars, a life member; provided, that children and -others who have not professed their faith may be constituted life -members without the privilege of voting. - -ART. IV. This Society shall meet annually, in the month of -September, October or November, for the election of officers and -the transaction of other business at such time and place as shall -be designated by the Executive Committee. - -ART. V. The annual meeting shall be constituted of the regular -officers and members of the Society at the time of such meeting, -and of delegates from churches, local missionary societies, -and other co-operating bodies—each body being entitled to one -representative. - -ART. VI. The officers of the Society shall be a President, Vice -Presidents, a Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretaries, -Treasurer, two Auditors, and an Executive Committee of not less -than twelve, of which the Corresponding Secretaries shall be -advisory, and the Treasurer ex-officio, members. - -ART. VII. To the Executive Committee shall belong the collecting -and disbursing of funds; the appointing, counselling, sustaining -and dismissing (for just and sufficient reasons) missionaries -and agents; the selection of missionary fields; and, in general, -the transaction of all such business as usually appertains to -the executive committees of missionary and other benevolent -societies; the Committee to exercise no ecclesiastical -jurisdiction over the missionaries; and its doings to be subject -always to the revision of the annual meeting, which shall, by a -reference mutually chosen, always entertain the complaints of any -aggrieved agent or missionary; and the decision of such reference -shall be final. - -The Executive Committee shall have authority to fill all -vacancies occurring among the officers between the regular annual -meetings; to apply, if they see fit, to any State Legislature -for acts of incorporation; to fix the compensation, where any -is given, of all officers, agents, missionaries, or others in -the employment of the Society: to make provision, if any, for -disabled missionaries, and for the widows and children of such as -are deceased; and to call, in all parts of the country, at their -discretion, special and general conventions of the friends of -missions, with a view to the diffusion of the missionary spirit, -and the general and vigorous promotion of the missionary work. - -Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for -transacting business. - -ART. VIII. This society, in collecting funds, in appointing -officers, agents and missionaries, and in selecting fields -of labor, and conducting the missionary work, will endeavor -particularly to discountenance slavery, by refusing to receive -the known fruits of unrequited labor, or to welcome to its -employment those who hold their fellow-beings as slaves. - -ART. IX. Missionary bodies, churches or individuals agreeing -to the principles of this Society, and wishing to appoint and -sustain missionaries of their own, shall be entitled to do so -through the agency of the Executive Committee, on terms mutually -agreed upon. - -ART. X. No amendment shall be made in this Constitution without -the concurrence of two thirds of the members present at a regular -annual meeting; nor unless the proposed amendment has been -submitted to a previous meeting, or to the Executive Committee -in season to be published by them (as it shall be their duty to -do, if so submitted) in the regular official notifications of the -meeting. - -FOOTNOTE: - -[A] By evangelical sentiments, we understand, among others, a -belief in the guilty and lost condition of all men without a -Saviour; the Supreme Deity, Incarnation and Atoning Sacrifice -of Jesus Christ, the only Saviour of the world; the necessity -of regeneration by the Holy Spirit, repentance, faith and holy -obedience in order to salvation; the immortality of the soul; and -the retributions of the judgment in the eternal punishment of the -wicked, and salvation of the righteous. - - * * * * * - - - - -_The American Missionary Association._ - - - * * * * * - - -AIM AND WORK. - -To preach the Gospel to the poor. 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. 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