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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) - - - - - - -</pre> - -<hr class="full" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_i" id="Page_i">[i]</a></span></p> - -<div> -<p class="float-left"><span class="smcap">Vol. XXXII.</span></p> -<p class="float-right">No. 6.</p> -</div> - -<h1><span class="small">THE</span><br /> -AMERICAN MISSIONARY.</h1> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="wrap"><p class="centerline">“To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.”</p></div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="wrap"><p class="centerline xlarge">JUNE, 1878.</p></div> - -<div class="wrap"> -<h2><a name="CONTENTS" id="CONTENTS"></a><i>CONTENTS</i>:</h2> -</div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="toc" summary="Table of Contents"> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">EDITORIAL.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Paragraphs</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_161">161</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Principles and Plans</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_162">162</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Departure of the Azor.—The Indian Boys at Hampton</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_163">163</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">A Sunday-School Concert</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_164">164</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">An Educated Ministry.—Atlanta and Fisk Universities</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_165">165</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">News from the Churches</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_168">168</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Items from the Schools.—General Notes</td> - <td class="linenum"> <a href="#Page_169">169</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE FREEDMEN.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Straight University</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_172">172</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Virginia: <span class="chaplinen"> Additions to the Church—An Indian’s Creed—A Good Beginning</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_174">174</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">South Carolina: <span class="chaplinen">History of “Avery” Graduates</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_174">174</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Georgia: <span class="chaplinen"> Pilgrim Church and Sunday-School—Band -of Hope—Twitchell School.—School Children Farming—Their Parents -Buying Farms.—A Growing School—A Literary Society</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_175">175</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Mississippi: <span class="chaplinen">An Old School—Temperance Work—The Gourd Family</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_176">176</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Theological Department of Howard University</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_177">177</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">The International Sunday-School Convention.—Annual Meeting of the South-western Conference</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_178">178</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">The Singers to the Missionaries, Greeting</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_180">180</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">AFRICA.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Arrival of the New Missionaries.—First Impressions of Africa—A Sunday Service—A School Celebration</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_181">181</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Advantages of Colored Missionaries</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_182">182</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE INDIANS.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">School Wants and Farm Work</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_182">182</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">An Indian Wants a Cow</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_183">183</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE CHINESE.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Fung Affoo’s Bible Class—Visalia and Petaluma</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_183">183</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="toc-chapter">THE CHILDREN’S PAGE</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_185">185</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="toc-chapter">RECEIPTS</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_185">185</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="toc-chapter">CONSTITUTION</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_189">189</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="toc-chapter">WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, &c.</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_190">190</a></td> - </tr> -</table> -</div> - - -<hr class="quarter" /> - -<div class="center"> -NEW YORK:<br /> -Published by the American Missionary Association,<br /> -<span class="smcap medium">Rooms, 56 Reade Street.</span> -</div> - -<hr class="tiny" /> - -<p class="center">Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance.</p> - -<hr class="tiny" /> - -<p class="center medium">A. Anderson, Printer, 23 to 27 Vandewater St.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_ii" id="Page_ii">[ii]</a></span></p> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h2><a name="American_Missionary_Association" id="American_Missionary_Association"></a><i>American Missionary Association</i>,</h2> - -<p class="center">56 READE STREET, N. Y.</p> - -<hr class="quarter" /> - -<p class="center p1 small">PRESIDENT.</p> -<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Hon.</span> E. S. TOBEY, Boston.</p> - -<div> -<p class="position">VICE PRESIDENTS.</p> - -<table><tr><td class="tdpr"> -Hon. <span class="smcap">F. D. Parish</span>, Ohio.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">Jonathan Blanchard</span>, Ill.<br /> -Hon. <span class="smcap">E. D. Holton</span>, Wis.<br /> -Hon. <span class="smcap">William Claflin</span>, Mass.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">Stephen Thurston</span>, D. D., Me.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">Samuel Harris</span>, D. D., Ct.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">Silas McKeen</span>, D. D., Vt.<br /> -<span class="smcap">Wm. C. Chapin</span>, Esq., R. I.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">W. T. Eustis</span>, Mass.<br /> -Hon. <span class="smcap">A. C. Barstow</span>, R. I.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">Thatcher Thayer</span>, D. D., R. I.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">Ray Palmer</span>, D. D., N. Y.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">J. M. Sturtevant</span>, D. D., Ill.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">W. W. Patton</span>, D. D., D. C.<br /> -Hon. <span class="smcap">Seymour Straight</span>, La.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">D. M. Graham</span>, D. D., Mich.<br /> -<span class="smcap">Horace Hallock</span>, Esq., Mich.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">Cyrus W. Wallace</span>, D. D., N. H.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">Edward Hawes</span>, Ct.<br /> -<span class="smcap">Douglas Putnam</span>, Esq., Ohio.<br /> -Hon. <span class="smcap">Thaddeus Fairbanks</span>, Vt.<br /> -<span class="smcap">Samuel D. Porter</span>, Esq., N. Y.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">M. M. G. Dana</span>, D. D., Ct.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">H. W. Beecher</span>, N. Y.<br /> -Gen. <span class="smcap">O. O. Howard</span>, Oregon.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">Edward L. Clark</span>, N. Y.<br /> -</td> - -<td> -Rev. <span class="smcap">G. F. Magoun</span>, D. D., Iowa.<br /> -Col. <span class="smcap">C. G. Hammond</span>, Ill.<br /> -<span class="smcap">Edward Spaulding</span>, M. D., N. H.<br /> -<span class="smcap">David Ripley</span>, Esq., N. J.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">Wm. M. Barbour</span>, D. D., Ct.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">W. L. Gage</span>, Ct.<br /> -<span class="smcap">A. S. Hatch</span>, Esq., N. Y.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">J. H. Fairchild</span>, D. D., Ohio.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">H. A. Stimson</span>, Minn.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">J. W. Strong</span>, D. D., Minn.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">George Thacher</span>, LL. D., Iowa.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">A. L. Stone</span>, D. D., California.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">G. H. Atkinson</span>, D. D., Oregon.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">J. E. Rankin</span>, D. D., D. C.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">A. L. Chapin</span>, D. D., Wis.<br /> -<span class="smcap">S. D. Smith</span>, Esq., Mass.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">H. M. Parsons</span>, N. Y.<br /> -<span class="smcap">Peter Smith</span>, Esq., Mass.<br /> -Dea. <span class="smcap">John Whiting</span>, Mass.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">Wm. Patton</span>, D. D., Ct.<br /> -Hon. <span class="smcap">J. B. Grinnell</span>, Iowa.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">Wm. T. Carr</span>, Ct.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">Horace Winslow</span>, Ct.<br /> -Sir <span class="smcap">Peter Coats</span>, Scotland.<br /> -Rev. <span class="smcap">Henry Allon</span>, D. D., London, Eng.<br /> -<span class="smcap">Wm. E. Whiting</span>, Esq., N. Y.<br /> -</td></tr> -<tr><td class="center" colspan="2"><span class="smcap">J. M. Pinkerton</span>, Esq., Mass.</td></tr> -</table> -</div> - -<p class="position">CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.</p> - -<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Rev.</span> M. E. STRIEBY, <i>56 Reade Street, N. Y.</i></p> - -<p class="position">DISTRICT SECRETARIES.</p> - -<div class="center"> -<span class="smcap">Rev.</span> C. L. WOODWORTH, <i>Boston</i>.<br /> -<span class="smcap">Rev.</span> G. D. PIKE, <i>New York</i>.<br /> -<span class="smcap">Rev.</span> JAS. POWELL, <i>Chicago, Ill.</i><br /> -<br /> -EDGAR KETCHUM, <span class="smcap">Esq.</span>, <i>Treasurer, N. Y.</i><br /> -H. W. HUBBARD, <span class="smcap">Esq.</span>, <i>Assistant Treasurer, N. Y.</i><br /> -<span class="smcap">Rev.</span> M. E. STRIEBY, <i>Recording Secretary</i>.<br /> -</div> - -<p class="position">EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.</p> - -<table><tr> -<td class="tdpr"> - <span class="smcap">Alonzo S. Ball</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">A. S. Barnes</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">Edward Beecher</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">Geo. M. Boynton</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">Wm. B. Brown</span>,<br /> -</td> -<td class="tdpr"> - <span class="smcap">Clinton B. Fisk</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">A. P. Foster</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">Augustus E. Graves</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">S. B. Halliday</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">Sam’l Holmes</span>,<br /> -</td> -<td class="tdpr"> - <span class="smcap">S. S. Jocelyn</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">Andrew Lester</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">Chas. L. Mead</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">John H. Washburn</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">G. B. Willcox</span>.<br /> -</td></tr> -</table> - -<p class="center p1 small">COMMUNICATIONS</p> -<p>relating to the business of the Association may be addressed to either of the -Secretaries as above.</p> - -<p class="center p1 small">DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS</p> -<p>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 <i>Assistant Treasurer</i>. -</p> - -<p>A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_161" id="Page_161">[161]</a></span></p> - -<hr class="full" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> - -<p class="center">THE</p> - -<p class="center xxlarge">AMERICAN MISSIONARY.</p> - -<hr class="full top" /> - -<div> -<div class="third" style="padding-left: 2%"><span class="smcap">Vol.</span> XXXII.</div> -<div class="third center">JUNE, 1878.</div> -<div class="third right">No. 6.</div> -</div> - -<hr class="full bottom" /> - -<p class="center xlarge"><i><b>American Missionary Association.</b></i></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>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.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>We read with unfeigned regret of the disasters and delays which the <a name="Err_1" id="Err_1"></a>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_162" id="Page_162">[162]</a></span></p> - -<p>Our friends at Talladega College miss their names from the Institutions we mentioned -in the May <span class="smcap">Missionary</span>, 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.”</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>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.</p> -</div> -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> - -<h3>PRINCIPLES AND PLANS.</h3> - -<p>—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 <em>before God and the Law</em>; 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.</p> - -<p>—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.</p> - -<p>—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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_163" id="Page_163">[163]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>—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.</p> -</div> -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> - -<h3>DEPARTURE OF THE “AZOR.”</h3> - -<p>The departure of the <i>Azor</i> with the first instalment of the African exodus, from -Charleston, S. C., marks an epoch in the history of the colored race.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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 <i>Azor</i> 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.</p> -</div> -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> - -<h3>THE INDIAN BOYS AT HAMPTON.</h3> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_164" id="Page_164">[164]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.”</p> - -<p>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.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> - -<h3>A SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONCERT.</h3> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_165" id="Page_165">[165]</a></span> -in quantity, on application to District Secretary Woodworth, at the Congregational -House, Boston.</p> - -<p>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.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> - -<h3>AN EDUCATED MINISTRY.</h3> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>In the dark days, when States did not allow people of a certain color to read, or -any one to teach them, preachers were <em>born</em>, not <em>made</em>. 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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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 <span class="medium">BEST</span> 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.</p> - -<p class="smcap right">Prof. T. N. Chase, in the <cite>Christian Recorder</cite>.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> - -<h3>ATLANTA AND FISK UNIVERSITIES.</h3> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_166" id="Page_166">[166]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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 <cite>Memorabilia</cite>, 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.</p> - -<p><a name="Err_2" id="Err_2"></a>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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_167" id="Page_167">[167]</a></span> -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.”</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_168" id="Page_168">[168]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="smcap">Rev. Addison P. Foster.</span><br /> -</p> -</div> -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> - -<h3>NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Hampton, Va.</span>—Four students received to the church by profession May 5th. One -of the Indian students lately received gives evidence of Christian character.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Raleigh, N. C.</span>—“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.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Orangeburg, S. C.</span>—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.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Byron, Ga.</span>—“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.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Savannah, Ga.</span>—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.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Marion, Ala.</span>—The Sabbath audiences are steadily increasing. Three or four are to -unite with the church at the next Communion.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Florence, Ala.</span>—Mr. L. C. Anderson reports the attendance on church services -good, and one member received on profession at his last visit.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Abbeville, La.</span>—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.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Memphis, Tenn.</span>—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.”</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_169" id="Page_169">[169]</a></span></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> - -<h3>ITEMS FROM THE SCHOOLS.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Charleston, S. C.</span>—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.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Macon, Ga.</span>—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.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Forsyth, Ga.</span>—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.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Cuthbert, Ga.</span>—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.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fort Valley, Ga.</span>—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.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">New Orleans, La.</span>—“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.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Mobile, Ala., Emerson Institute.</span>—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 <span class="smcap">Missionary</span>.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> - -<h3>GENERAL NOTES.</h3> - -<h4>The Negro.</h4> - -<p>—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.</p> - -<p>—April 21st, the barque <i>Azor</i> sailed from Charleston, S. C., with 250 emigrants, -one-fifth being children. They go under the auspices of the Liberian Exodus Association<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_170" id="Page_170">[170]</a></span> -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 <cite>News -and Courier</cite> accompanies the <i>Azor</i>.</p> - -<p>—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.”</p> - -<p>—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.</p> - -<p>—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.</p> - -<p>—“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.”—<i>President E. P. -Tenney, Colorado College.</i></p> - -<p>—“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.”—<cite>Evangelist.</cite></p> - -<p>—A correspondent of the <cite>Christian Observer</cite> is informed that there are twenty-five -Romish schools in the three States of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, with free -board and tuition.</p> - -<p>—The following is the closing sentence of an affidavit, signed by Gen. Lopez Analto, -and sworn to before a U. S. Commissioner in Florida:</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>“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.”</p></div> - -<p>The investigation of this matter was interrupted by the sudden death of Judge -Leonard.</p> - -<p>—The delays, and partial defeat, of the various Central African Missions, are referred -to on an editorial page.</p> - -<p>—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.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h4>The Chinaman.</h4> - -<p>—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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_171" id="Page_171">[171]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>—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.</p> - -<p>—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.”</p> - -<p>—A correspondent of the <cite>Intelligencer</cite> 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.</p> - -<p>—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.</p> - -<p>—Prof. Mooar in <cite>Evangelist</cite>: “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.”</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h4>The Indian.</h4> - -<p>—A writer in the <cite>Advance</cite> 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.</p> - -<p>—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.</p> - -<p>—The Bill creating the Territory of Oklahoma has been agreed upon by the House -Committee on Territories.</p> - -<p>—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.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_172" id="Page_172">[172]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>—The Nez Percés Indians take a Turkish bath every morning.—See Leavenworth -<cite>Times</cite>. The <cite>Christian Recorder</cite> (A. M. E.) says: “No people can go down who -make a plentiful use of soap and water.”</p> - -<hr class="full" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> - -<h2>THE FREEDMEN.</h2> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3><a name="STRAIGHT_UNIVERSITY" id="STRAIGHT_UNIVERSITY"></a>STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY.</h3> - -<p class="center">New Orleans, Louisiana.</p> - -<p class="secauth">REV. W. S. ALEXANDER, PRESIDENT.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>It bears the name of Hon. Seymour -Straight, of Ohio, who is one of its steadfast -friends and benefactors.</p> - - -<h4>LOCATION.</h4> - -<p>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.</p> - - -<h4>THE RESULTS WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH.</h4> - -<p>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,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_173" id="Page_173">[173]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - - -<h4>LAW DEPARTMENT.</h4> - -<p>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.</p> - - -<h4>THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.</h4> - -<p>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.</p> - - -<h4>THE NEW UNIVERSITY.</h4> - -<p>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 <em>Italian</em>, -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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_174" id="Page_174">[174]</a></span> -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 <em>dormitories</em>. 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.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> - -<h3>VIRGINIA.</h3> -<h4>Additions to the Church—An Indian’s Creed—A -Good Beginning.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">REV. RICHARD TOLMAN, HAMPTON.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> - -<h3>SOUTH CAROLINA.</h3> -<h4>History of “Avery” Graduates.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">PROF. A. W. FARNHAM, CHARLESTON, S. C.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>Thirty-eight of our graduates are members -of Evangelical churches; twenty at -present are engaged in Sunday-school work.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_175" id="Page_175">[175]</a></span></p> - -<p>“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 <a name="Err_3" id="Err_3"></a>“Africa’s sunny -fountains.”</p> - -<p>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: <em>Black</em>, 19; <em>brown</em>, 55; <em>fair</em>, 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?”</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> - -<h3>GEORGIA.</h3> -<h4>Pilgrim Church and Sunday-School—Band -of Hope—Twichell School.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">REV. JOHN H. H. SENGSTACKE, WOODVILLE.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Twichell School.</span>—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.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h4>School Children Farming—Their Parents -Buying Farms.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">SEABORN SNELSON, MCINTOSH.</p> - -<p>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.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_176" id="Page_176">[176]</a></span> -We have not yet commenced night-school -this year, though it is desired by many.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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’ <em>hard</em> -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.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h4>A Growing School—A Literary Society.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">COSMO P. JORDAN, MARIETTA.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> - -<h3>MISSISSIPPI.</h3> - -<h4>An Old School—Temperance Work—The -Gourd Family.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">MISS ANNA HARWOOD, GRENADA.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_177" id="Page_177">[177]</a></span> -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.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> - -<h3>THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF HOWARD -UNIVERSITY.</h3> - -<h4>Its Catholicity—Closing Exercises.</h4> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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, <em>pro</em> and <em>con</em>, 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.</p> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_178" id="Page_178">[178]</a></span></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> - -<h3>THE INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY-SCHOOL -CONVENTION.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">MRS. T. N. CHASE, ATLANTA.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.”</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> - -<h3>ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOUTH-WESTERN -CONFERENCE.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">REV. W. S. ALEXANDER.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_179" id="Page_179">[179]</a></span></p> - -<p>The South-western Conference is composed -of fourteen Congregational churches, -of which twelve were represented at our -Annual Meeting.</p> - -<p>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,) <em>one hundred and thirteen</em>, and -four by letter. Forty-seven adults and -<em>eighty babies</em> have been baptized.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - - -<h4>QUESTIONS DISCUSSED.</h4> - -<p>Among the topics considered at the -Conference were the following:</p> - -<p><em>Revivals</em>: The best method of promoting -and conducting them. <em>Education</em>: The -demand of the hour; how shall we meet -it? <em>Faith</em>: 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?</p> - -<p>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.</p> - - -<h4>PUBLIC SERVICES.</h4> - -<p>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.”</p> - - -<h4>ORDINATION.</h4> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_180" id="Page_180">[180]</a></span> -student in Straight University. He expresses -his willingness to leave his beautiful -home, and go anywhere, even to Africa, -where God may call him.</p> - - -<h4>FAREWELL MEETING.</h4> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> - -<h3>THE SINGERS TO THE MISSIONARIES, -GREETING.</h3> - - -<p class="medium">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:</p> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="smcap">Erfurt, Germany.</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>To <span class="smcap">Albert P. Miller</span>, <span class="smcap">Ada Roberts -Miller</span>, <span class="smcap">Andrew E. Jackson</span>, and -<span class="smcap">Ella Hildridge Jackson</span>, Missionaries -for Africa:</p> - -<p><em>Dear Brothers and Sisters</em>: 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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>With the love and best wishes of the -Jubilee Singers.</p> - -<p style="padding-left: 30%;">(Signed)</p> - -<p style="padding-left: 45%;"> -<span class="smcap">Georgia M. Gordon</span>,<br /> -<span class="smcap">F. J. Loudin</span>,<br /> -<span class="smcap">B. W. Thomas</span>.<br /> -</p> - -<p style="padding-left: 55%;"><i>Committee</i>.</p> -<hr class="full" /> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_181" id="Page_181">[181]</a></span></p> - - -<div class="article"> - -<h2>AFRICA.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<h3>Arrival of the New Missionaries.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">REV. FLOYD SNELSON.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p> -<span class="smcap">Freetown, Sierra Leone</span>,<br /> -<br /> -<i>March 25th, 1878</i>.<br /> -</p> -</div> -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> - -<h3>First Impressions of Africa—A Sunday -Service—A School Celebration.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">REV. ALBERT MILLER.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">April 3, 1878.</span>—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),<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_182" id="Page_182">[182]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="article"> - -<h3>Advantages of Colored Missionaries.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">EXTRACT OF LETTER FROM A. E. WHITE.</p> - -<p>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.</p> -<hr class="full" /> -</div> - -<h2>THE INDIANS.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="article"> - -<h3>School Wants and Farm Work.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">W. W. WHEELER, KESHENA, WIS.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_183" id="Page_183">[183]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> -</div> -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="article"> - -<h3>An Indian Wants a Cow.</h3> - -<p> -Dr G L Mahon<br /> -</p> - -<p>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</p> - -<p> -from <span class="smcap">Adawwan-ne qua benans</span><br /> -<br /> -<span class="smcap">Vermillion Lake</span>.<br /> -</p> -<hr class="full" /> -</div> - -<div class="article"> - -<h2>THE CHINESE.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p class="center large">“CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.”</p> - -<p class="center large">Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">President</span>: Rev. J. K. McLean. D. D. <span class="smcap">Vice-Presidents</span>: 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.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Directors</span>: 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.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Secretary</span>: Rev. W. C. Pond. <span class="smcap">Treasurer</span>: E. Palache, Esq.</p> -</div> -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> - -<h3>Fung Affoo’s Bible Class—Visalia and -Petaluma.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">REV. W. C. POND, SAN FRANCISCO.</p> - -<p>Remembering that the Sabbath worship -at our Central Mission had never been -described, though often alluded to in the -<span class="smcap">Missionary</span>, I requested Bro. Fung Affoo -to give an account of it, and received the -following communication:</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_184" id="Page_184">[184]</a></span></p><div class="blockquot"> - -<p>“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.”</p> - -<p class="right"> -“<span class="smcap">Fung Affoo.</span>”<br /> -</p></div> - -<p>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 <em>sinners</em> 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 <em>could be</em> better -fitted for those for whom the service is -arranged?”</p> - -<p>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!</p> - -<p>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 <em>sing</em>, 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.’”</p> -<hr class="full" /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_185" id="Page_185">[185]</a></span></p> - -<div class="article"> -<h2>THE CHILDREN’S PAGE.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p class="center large">A TEACHER’S STORY.</p> - -<p class="medium">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:</p> - -<p class="right medium">FLORIDA.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<hr class="full" /> -</div> - -<h2>RECEIPTS</h2> -<p class="center large">FOR APRIL, 1878.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—MAINE"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MAINE, $27.24.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Andover. S. W. Pearson</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bluehill. Mrs. S. D. and Mrs. P. C. 50c. ea.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Litchfield Corners. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Winthrop. Cong. Ch. $10.21; Mrs. S. B. -$1</td> -<td class="ramt">11.24</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—NEW HAMPSHIRE"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW HAMPSHIRE, $417.29.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bristol. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Deerfield. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Stephen Brown, by -Joseph T. Brown, Ex.</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Exeter. “Friends in Second Cong. Ch.,” -<i>for a Teacher</i></td> -<td class="ramt">78.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fitzwilliam. H. H. W. and M. W. W.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.20</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Franklin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. -<span class="smcap">Rev. Austin H. Burr, L. M.</span></td> -<td class="ramt">35.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hampstead. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hudson. Mrs. B. F. Chase, bbl. of potatoes.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kingston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $5; Jacob -Chapman $5</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Laconia. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l)</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Manchester. C. B. Southworth $50; Rev. C. -W. Wallace $25</td> -<td class="ramt">75.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mount Vernon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">19.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">34.78</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Stoddard. Rev. H. H. C.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Temple. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.81</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wilton. “Mistletoe Band,” <i>for Student Aid, -Wilmington, N. C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">17.00</td> -</tr></table> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_186" id="Page_186">[186]</a></span></p> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—VERMONT"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">VERMONT, $1,166.04.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Berlin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">11.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bennington. Mrs. M. B. K.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bradford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">35.35</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l)</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Burlington. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">165.36</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Clarendon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of wh. $3 -from “Mrs. G. M. H.”) $17.40; Cong. Sab. -Sch. $8.02</td> -<td class="ramt">25.42</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Danby. Rev. L. D. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dorset. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Barnard. Levi Belknap</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Montpelier. Bethany Ch., to const. <span class="smcap">Rev. -John H. Hincks</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">32.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Walden. S. W. O.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Peacham. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Ezra C. Chamberlin, -by Wm. R. Shedd, Ex. ($60 of which to -const. <span class="smcap">Miss Jane E. Chamberlin</span> and -<span class="smcap">Miss Jennie C. Watts</span>, L.M’s)</td> -<td class="ramt">500.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Londonderry. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Springfield. “Springfield Mission Circle,” -<i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">150.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Springfield. Mrs. F. P.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Swanton. Harry Smith</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.46</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Fairlee Centre. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.10</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $16.10; -Mrs. L. W. $1</td> -<td class="ramt">17.10</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westminster West. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Almira Goodhue, -by Homer Goodhue, Ex.</td> -<td class="ramt">150.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westminster West. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">11.00</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—MASSACHUSETTS"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MASSACHUSETTS, $3,959.55.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Agawam. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">21.71</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Andover. Mrs. J. B. Clough $10; C. H. G., -25c.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ashby. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, -Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ashfield. B. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.54</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ayer. Mrs. C. A. Spaulding, <i>for Theo. Student, -Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">70.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bolton. “A Friend,” <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta -U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Boston. Walnut Ave. Cong. Sab. Sch. -$132.16; Rev. Chas. Nichols $25</td> -<td class="ramt">157.16</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Braintree. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brocton. Joseph Hewett $5; Mrs. Baalis -Sanford, box of C.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brookline. Harvard Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">69.21</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Buckland. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">9.55</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Byfield. Mrs. Jerusha B. Root $30, to const. -<span class="smcap">Martin Nelson Root</span>, M.D., L.M.; -Cong. Ch. and Soc. $5.75</td> -<td class="ramt">35.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cambridge. No. Ave. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">74.91</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Charlton. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.66</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">48.22</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Concord. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $20; -Thomas P. Carlton $2</td> -<td class="ramt">22.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dedham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">87.02</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dorchester. Thomas D. Quincy</td> -<td class="ramt">2.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dunstable. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.16</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Charlemont. Cong. Ch. (of which $1.75 -from “Carpenter Bees,” <i>for Colored Girls</i>)</td> -<td class="ramt">21.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Longmeadow. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Medway. Mrs. M. N. M. $1; E. B. D. -$1</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fall River. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">126.89</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Feeding Hills. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.17</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Framingham. Plymouth Cong. Sab. Sch. -$14.40; Mrs. E. H. $1</td> -<td class="ramt">15.40</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Groton. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">36.02</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.56</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hadley. Mrs. E. Porter $5; Mrs. Eliza -Huntington $2</td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Holden. Cong. Sab. Sch. $15; Cong. Miss. -Ass’n $6, <i>for Wilmington, N. C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">21.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Holliston. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Holyoke. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.97</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hopkinton. First Cong. Sab. Sch. $121.87; -Mrs. P. J. Claflin $100.</td> -<td class="ramt">228.87</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">41.88</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lexington. Hancock Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">13.47</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lowell. Mrs. S. L. P.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">58.72</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Manchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Marshfield. Rev. E. Alden, 2 packages of -books.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Medway. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Clarissa A. Pond, by A. -Pond, Ex.</td> -<td class="ramt">135.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Medway. Mrs. A. D. Sanford, box of C.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Melrose. E. N. C.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Methuen. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Joseph F. Ingalls, by -Samuel G. Sargent and Will. C. Sleeper, -Ex’s.</td> -<td class="ramt">959.09</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Middleborough. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Middlefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. -<span class="smcap">Oliver Church</span> and <span class="smcap"> Rev. Chas. M. -Peirce</span>, L.M’s</td> -<td class="ramt">60.71</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Middleton. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Mrs. Catharine Merriam -Wilkins, by Francis P. Merriam, Ex.</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Monson. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">17.60</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Bedford. Miss H. M. L.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newburyport. Mrs. J. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Adams. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">27.68</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Northampton. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">47.06</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newton. Eliot Cong. Ch. and Soc. $150.64; -Mrs. C. F. R. $1</td> -<td class="ramt">151.64</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newtonville. Mrs. J. W. Hayes</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. </td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $21.39; -L. W. 50c</td> -<td class="ramt">21.89</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Pittsfield. James R. Jones</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Princeton. H. N. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Quincy. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">37.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Salem. Geo. Driver</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Shelburne. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">9.61</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Southfield. W. H. E.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Framingham. South Cong. Ch. and -Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">88.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Hadley. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Hadley Falls. First Cong. Ch. $42; -Cong. Ch. and Soc. $41</td> -<td class="ramt">83.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Plymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">11.13</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Weymouth. Union Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Spencer. Ladies’ Benev. Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Springfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. -$38.55; Hope Cong. Ch. $21.55; South -Cong. Ch. $12.96</td> -<td class="ramt">73.06</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sudbury. U.E. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sutton. R. L.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Templeton. J. L. $1; L. M. 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tolland. Mrs. N. E. S.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Waltham. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">36.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Warwick. Trin. Ch. and Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">12.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Webster. First Cong. Ch. </td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc., M. C. -Coll. $26.93; Cong. Sab. Sch. $56.02; Mrs. -W. F. Morse $5</td> -<td class="ramt">87.95</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">26.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westhampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Springfield. Park St. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Williamsburgh. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.14</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Williamstown. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.39</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wilmington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">41.80</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Winchester. P.S. $1; “Two Children” 86c.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.86</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Worcester. Salem St. Ch. M. C. Coll.</td> -<td class="ramt">19.10</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">——“A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">250.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">——“A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—RHODE ISLAND"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">RHODE ISLAND, 27c.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Providence. Rev. W. P. Doe, box of books.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Slaterville. M. J. T.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.27</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_187" id="Page_187">[187]</a></span></p> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—CONNECTICUT"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CONNECTICUT, $2,583.80.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ansonia. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">26.71</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Avon. Miss L. A. A.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Berlin. Second Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Birmingham. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">46.38</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bolton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bristol. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Broad Brook. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">11.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Darien. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">35.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Hartland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.24</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Woodstock. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of George A. -Paine, by John Paine, Ex.</td> -<td class="ramt">646.15</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fairfield. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">54.42</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Farmington. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">63.52</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Groton. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.44</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Guilford. “Lea.”</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Haddam Neck. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.15</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Higganum. Mrs. R. Reed $1.25; Mrs. R. G. -$1; Mrs. G. T. G. $1</td> -<td class="ramt">3.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Huntington. N. T. and D. L. $1 ea.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Killingly. Miss E. F. Jencks</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ledyard. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mansfield. Second Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Haven. Howard Ave. Cong. Ch. and -Soc. $22; College St. Ch. $10; Centre Ch. -(ad’l) $5; A. T. $1</td> -<td class="ramt">38.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Branford. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">22.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norwich. Mrs. J. M. Huntington, <i>for Student -Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plantsville. Mrs. E. Hotchkiss, <i>for Student -Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plainville. Dea. L. H. Carter, <i>for Student -Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Prospect. B. B. Brown $10: Andrew Smith -$5</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Putnam. Estate of Chandler A. Spalding, -by Emily Spalding and Calvin D. Williams, -Ex’s</td> -<td class="ramt">1,046.63</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rockville. Second Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">118.65</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Saybrook. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.81</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sherman. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">22.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Coventry. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">47.84</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Southington. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">18.17</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Thomaston. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">31.94</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westford. Cong. Ch</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Hartford. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">85.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Stafford. Cong. Ch. (ad’l)</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Windham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Windsor Locks. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">65.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Woodbury. Mrs. E. L. Curtiss</td> -<td class="ramt">10.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Woodfords. Dr. E. C.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—NEW YORK"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW YORK, $1,197,84.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Albion. L. S.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Binghamton. “A Friend” (ad’l) $12.50; -Mrs. J. E. Bean $10</td> -<td class="ramt">22.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brooklyn. Plymouth Church $329.15; Central -Cong. Ch. $182.50; Mrs. Mary E. -Whiton $15; Mrs. William Bane, packages -books and C.</td> -<td class="ramt">526.65</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cleveland. Rev. W. S. T.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.60</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Eagle Harbor. A. P.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.48</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Geneva. Mrs. G. F. Milton (of which $5 -for Student Aid)</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Himrods. Mrs. G. S. Ayres </td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Homer. Mrs. E. B. Dean</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hume. Mrs. L. H. P. and Mrs. J. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ithaca. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">11.52</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Martinsburgh. Mrs. W. Arthur</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Medina. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of Presb. Ch., -by Lina Burroughs, box of C. and books.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New York. Broadway Tabernacle Ch. -$440.93.—“Pilgrim Band,” Broadway Tab. -Sab. Sch. $11.41, <i>for Student Aid.</i>—“A -Friend,” package <i>for Memphis, Tenn.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">452.34</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norwood. “A Friend,” by Rev. C. H. Rowley</td> -<td class="ramt">4.37</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Nineveh. Reuben Lovejoy</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oxford. Ass’d Presb. Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">9.58</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rome. John B. Jervis</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Saratoga Springs. S. C.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Syracuse. Mrs. C. C. Clarke</td> -<td class="ramt">6.80</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Troy. Mrs. E. C. S.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Utica. Mrs. Cornelia Hurlburt</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Brook. T. S. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Winfield. L. Bucklen</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wolcott. H. M. Hamilton, box of books.</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—NEW JERSEY"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW JERSEY, $101.50.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Montclair. First Cong. Ch. (in part)</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Phillipsburg. H. P. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Trenton. Mrs. E. B. F.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—PENNSYLVANIA"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">PENNSYLVANIA, $15.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Philadelphia. Mrs. S. L. Chester</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Pittsburgh. Sam’l Boyd</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—OHIO"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">OHIO, $910.87.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Akron. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">81.70</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Andover. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">9.71</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bellevue. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">23.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cincinnati. Rent, <i>for the poor in New -Orleans</i></td> -<td class="ramt">78.72</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cleveland. Euclid Ave. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">18.80</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Deerfield. Mrs. Wm. Penn</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Geneva. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Huntington. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">23.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kent. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lenox. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mallet Creek. Dr. J. A. Bingham</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Marysville. Ladies’ Home Miss. Soc. of -Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mechanicsburgh. Mrs. M. K. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Richland. E. J.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Benton. Mrs. M. J. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Ridgefield. First Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.15</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oberlin. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Mary I. Hulburd, by -Hiram Hulburd, Ex.</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oberlin. L. F.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Penfield. B. R.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plymouth. Estate of Henry Amerman, by -J. H. Packer</td> -<td class="ramt">400.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Richfield. S. R. Oviatt $3; Mrs. S. Townsend -$2.50</td> -<td class="ramt">5.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sandusky. First Cong. Ch., to const. <span class="smcap">Rev. -Josiah Strong</span> and <span class="smcap">L. H. Lewis</span>, L. M’s.</td> -<td class="ramt">60.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Steubenville. Woman’s Miss. Soc. of First -Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Toledo. Mrs. Eliza H. Weed</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wadsworth. Cong. Ch. $10; Geo. Lyman -$5</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wauseon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.55</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Andover. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.29</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Williamsfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.20</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Youngstown. Woman’s Miss. Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—INDIANA"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">INDIANA, $21.67.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fort Wayne. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.67</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Liber. J. R. Wells</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sparta. John Hawkswell</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—ILLINOIS"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">ILLINOIS, $945.82.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Alton. “Church of the Redeemer”</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Aurora. New Eng. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bloomingdale. S. S. Harrison</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Champaign. Mrs. A. O. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.60</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chicago. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">473.78</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chicago. Plymouth Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. $25, -<i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i>—Three Subscribers -$1 ea.; Mrs. M. J. B. $1; Bethany -Cong. Ch. 50c</td> -<td class="ramt">29.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dunlap. Mrs. Elmira Jones</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Galesburg. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">83.64</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Geneseo. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">143.80</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hinsdale. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kewanne. Cong. Sab. Sch. <i>for Student Aid, -Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lake Forest. Mrs. W. H. F.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">La Harpe. Mrs. E. J. N.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Morris. Miss Narcissa Sample, <i>for Student -Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Morrison. Mrs. S. T. $1; Mrs. A. P. $1; -A. M. S. $1</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oak Park. Mrs. J. Huggins, <i>for Student -Aid</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Peru. Cong. Bible Sch., <i>for Student Aid, -Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">12.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plymouth. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rockford. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., <i>for Student -Aid, Fisk U</i>.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">St. Charles. Ladies’ Miss. Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sparta. Bryce Crawford $5; Robert Stevenson -$2</td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tolono. Mrs. L. Haskell</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tonica. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">23.00</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—MICHIGAN"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MICHIGAN, $132.41.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Detroit. Individuals, by Mrs. R. Nutting -$2.75; C. I. W. $1</td> -<td class="ramt">3.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Saginaw. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Grand Rapids. E. Ball and Mrs. Avery $10 -ea.; M. Wood $5, <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hudson. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.66</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kalamo. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lansing. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student -Aid, Fisk. U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Muskegon. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student -Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Stanton. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Warren. Rev. J. L. Beebe</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_188" id="Page_188">[188]</a></span></p> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—WISCONSIN"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">WISCONSIN, $145.60.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Big Springs. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Clinton. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">21.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Columbus. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.18</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fort Howard. Mrs. C. L. A. Tank</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">La Crosse. Cong. Sab. Sch. <i>for Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Milwaukee. Hanover St. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Stoughton. Box of C. and $1</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Warren. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">17.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Salem. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">27.17</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—IOWA"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">IOWA, $2,695.54.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Burlington. Mrs. Hannah Everall</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cedar Falls. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student -Aid</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chester Centre. Cong. Sab. Sch. $16.50; -Prairie Gleaners $13.50; Mrs. D. B. D. $1, -<i>for a Student, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">31.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Clinton. Cong. Ch. (ad’l)</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Des Moines. Ladies Miss. Soc., <i>for Student -Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">DeWitt. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">11.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dubuque. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid, -Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dunlap. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">9.06</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Grinnell. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Charles F. Dike, by Mrs. -C. F. Dike, Exec’x.</td> -<td class="ramt">2,500.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Grinnell. Mrs. S. H. Bixby $4.—Hon. J. B. -G., 50c., <i>for Mag.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">4.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hampton. Mrs. W. P. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kellogg. Mrs. Dunn</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Keokuk. “Signature”</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Maquoketa. Miss. Soc. of Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">13.53</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">McGregor. Mrs. R. G. and Mrs. E. P. D</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Muscatine. Henry Hoover, <i>for Student Aid, -Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Osage. Woman’s Miss. Soc., bal. to const. -<span class="smcap">Mrs. Lucretia Deering</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.85</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sheldon. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.10</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Waltham. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Miss Emeline E. -Williams, by William Mason</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Waterloo. Woman’s Cent. Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—MINNESOTA"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MINNESOTA, $47.45.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Minneapolis. Plym. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">23.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rushford. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Spring Valley. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">11.30</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tivoli. L. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Zumbrota. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.40</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—KANSAS"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">KANSAS, $66.32.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Blue Rapids. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.35</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Eureka. Cong. Sab. Ch. Sch., <i>for Student Aid</i></td> -<td class="ramt">3.12</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lawrence. Second Cong. Ch. $3; Rev. A. -M. R. $1</td> -<td class="ramt">4.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Leavenworth. Mrs. S. A. Cutts</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Meriden. “A Friend of Missions”</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Russell. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Topeka. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wabaunsee. “First Ch. of Christ”</td> -<td class="ramt">15.85</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—NEBRASKA"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEBRASKA, $31.50.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Nebraska City. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student -Aid</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Schuyler. By Rev. A. Dresser</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—CALIFORNIA"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CALIFORNIA, 51c.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Madison. Mrs. N. N. T.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.51</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—TENNESSEE"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">TENNESSEE, $461.26.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chattanooga. Rent $300; Church Coll. -$10.26</td> -<td class="ramt">310.26</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chattanooga. Rev. Temple Cutler, <i>for Student -Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">13.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Maryville. Prof. P. M. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Memphis. Le Moyne Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">137.75</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—NORTH CAROLINA"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NORTH CAROLINA, $290.40.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Raleigh. Pub. Sch. Fund $150; Washington -Sch. $8.20</td> -<td class="ramt">158.20</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wilmington. Normal School $121.75; Cong. -Ch. $7.40</td> -<td class="ramt">129.15</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Woodbridge. Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">3.05</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—SOUTH CAROLINA"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">SOUTH CAROLINA, $220.55.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Charleston. Avery Institute</td> -<td class="ramt">220.55</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—GEORGIA"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">GEORGIA. $417.61.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Atlanta. Atlanta University</td> -<td class="ramt">109.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Atlanta. “A Friend” $58; Rev. S. S. Ashley -$12, <i>for Student Aid.</i>—Prof. T. N. -Chase $25</td> -<td class="ramt">95.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Macon. Lewis High Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">62.70</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Savannah. Rent $83.33; Tuition $67.58</td> -<td class="ramt">150.91</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—ALABAMA"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">ALABAMA, $388.09.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Athens. Trinity Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">26.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mobile. I. G.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Montgomery. Pub. Fund</td> -<td class="ramt">225.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Selma. Rev. Fletcher Clark, <i>for Student -Aid, Tougaloo U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">6.35</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Talladega. Talledega College</td> -<td class="ramt">130.24</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—MISSISSIPPI"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MISSISSIPPI, $64.05.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Jackson. Byron Lumley $10; J. Stadeker & -Son $5, <i>for Barracks, Tougaloo</i></td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tougaloo. Tougaloo University</td> -<td class="ramt">43.05</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tougaloo. W. P. Dulaney, M. D., <i>for Barracks</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Yazoo City. Hon W. D. Gibbs <i>for Barracks, -Tougaloo</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—LOUISIANA"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">LOUISIANA, $137.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Orleans. Straight University</td> -<td class="ramt">137.00</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—TEXAS"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">TEXAS, 50c.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">San Antonia. G. W. W.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—CANADA"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CANADA, 50c.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Camlachie. Rev. J. M. G.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—ENGLAND"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">ENGLAND, $900.95.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Freedmen’s Missions Aid Soc., <i>for Mendi -Mission</i></td> -<td class="ramt">900.95</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—SCOTLAND"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">SCOTLAND, $200.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Glasgow. Mrs. Ann McDowell, <i>for a Teacher</i></td> -<td class="ramt">200.00</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Receipts—TURKEY"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">TURKEY, $10.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Van. Dr. Geo. C. Raynolds and wife</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="2">———— </td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">17,557.13</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total from Oct. 1st to April 30th</td> -<td class="ramt">$103,309.96</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<p style="text-align: right; margin-right: 10%;" > -<span style="padding-right: 5%;">H. W. HUBBARD,</span><br /> -<i>Ass’t Treas.</i> -</p> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Received for Debt"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">RECEIVED FOR DEBT.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brewer, Me. M. Hardy</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Portland, Me. “A Member of State St. Ch.”</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Manchester, N. H. C. B. Southworth</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Boston, Mass. Mrs. Nancy B. Curtis</td> -<td class="ramt">500.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Claremont, Mass. A. P. Leavitt</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rockport, Mass. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Woodworth, Wis. Rev. Thomas Gillespie</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Meriden, Kansas. A Friend of Missions</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chattanooga, Tenn. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">16.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="2">———— </td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="ramt" colspan="2">716.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Previously acknowledged March receipts</td> -<td class="ramt">8,921.72</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="2">———— </td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">$9,637.72</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="receipts" summary="Received for Austin, TX"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">RECEIVED FOR TILLOTSON C. AND N. INST., AUSTIN, TEXAS.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Glastonbury, Conn. J. B. and W. S. Williams</td> -<td class="ramt">400.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Englewood, N. J, “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">2.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="2">———— </td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="ramt" colspan="2">402.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Previously acknowledged Feb. receipts</td> -<td class="ramt">422.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="2">———— </td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">$824.50</td> -</tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_189" id="Page_189">[189]</a></span></p> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h2>Constitution of the American Missionary Association.</h2> - -<p class="center large">Incorporated January 30, 1849.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. I.</span> This Society shall be called “<span class="smcap">The American Missionary Association</span>.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. II.</span> 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.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. III.</span> Any person of evangelical sentiments,<a name="FNanchor_1" id="FNanchor_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1">[A]</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.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. IV.</span> 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.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. V.</span> 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.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. VI.</span> 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.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. VII.</span> 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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for transacting business.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. VIII.</span> 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.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. IX.</span> 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.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. X.</span> 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.</p> - -<h5>FOOTNOTE:</h5> - -<p><a name="Footnote_1" id="Footnote_1" href="#FNanchor_1">[A]</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.</p> - -<hr class="full" /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_190" id="Page_190">[190]</a></span></p> - -<div class="article"> - -<h2><i>The American Missionary Association.</i></h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<h3>AIM AND WORK.</h3> - -<p>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 -<span class="smcap">Freedmen</span> 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 <span class="smcap">Chinese</span> in -America, and to co-operate with the Government in its humane and Christian policy -towards the <span class="smcap">Indians</span>. It has also a mission in <span class="smcap">Africa</span>.</p> - - -<h3>STATISTICS.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Churches</span>: <i>In the South</i>—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. <i>Africa</i>, 1. <i>Among the Indians</i>, 2. -Total, 62.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Institutions Founded, Fostered or Sustained in the South.</span> <i>Chartered</i>: -Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala.; Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn., Tougaloo, -Miss.; New Orleans, La,; and Austin, Texas, 8; <i>Graded or Normal Schools</i>: -at Wilmington, Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Macon, Atlanta, Ga.; -Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn.; 11; <i>Other Schools</i>, 7. -Total, 26.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teachers, Missionaries and Assistants</span>—Among the Freedmen, 209; -among the Chinese, 17; among the Indians, 16; in foreign lands, 10. Total, 252. -<span class="smcap">Students</span>—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. -<span class="smcap">Indians</span> under the care of the Association, 13,000.</p> - - -<h3>WANTS.</h3> - -<p>1. A steady <span class="smcap">Increase</span> of regular income to keep pace with the growing work in the -South. This increase can only be reached by <em>regular</em> and <em>larger</em> contributions from the -churches—the feeble as well as the strong.</p> - -<p>2. <span class="smcap">Additional Buildings</span> for our higher educational institutions, to accomodate the -increasing numbers of students; <span class="smcap">Meeting Houses</span>, for the new churches we are organizing; -<span class="smcap">More Ministers</span>, cultured and pious, for these churches.</p> - -<p>3. <span class="smcap">Help for Young Men</span>, to be educated as ministers here and missionaries to -Africa—a pressing want.</p> - -<p>Before sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A. office, as below.</p> - -<table> - <tr><td class="smcap" style="padding-right: 20px;">New York</td><td>H. W. Hubbard, Esq., 56 Reade Street.</td></tr> - <tr><td class="smcap">Boston</td><td> Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Room 21, Congregational House.</td></tr> - <tr><td class="smcap">Chicago</td><td> Rev. Jas. Powell, 112 West Washington St.</td></tr> -</table> - - -<h3>MAGAZINE.</h3> - -<p>This Magazine will be sent, gratuitously, if desired, to the Missionaries of the -Association; to Life Members; to all clergymen who take up collections for the -Association; to Superintendents of Sabbath Schools; to College Libraries; to Theological -Seminaries; to Societies of Inquiry on Missions; and to every donor who does -not prefer to take it as a subscriber, and contributes in a year not less than five dollars.</p> - -<p>Those who wish to remember the <span class="smcap">American Missionary Association</span> in their last -Will and Testament, are earnestly requested to use the following:</p> - - -<h3>FORM OF A BEQUEST.</h3> - -<p>“I <span class="medium">BEQUEATH</span> to my executor (or executors) the sum of —— dollars in trust, to pay -the same in —— days after my decease to the person who, when the same is payable, -shall act as Treasurer of the “American Missionary Association,” New York City, to be -applied under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, to its -charitable uses and purposes.”</p> - -<p>The Will should be attested by three witnesses [in some States three are required—in -other States only two], who should write against their names, their places of residence -[if in cities, their street and number]. 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Send for Catalogues. -<span class="larger"><b>HORACE WATERS & SONS,</b></span> -<i>40 East 14th Street, New York</i>.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - - -<div class="advertisement"> - <p class="large center">Young America Press Co.,</p> - <div> - <div class="float-right"> - <img src="images/press.jpg" alt="Printing Press" /> - </div> - <div class="half vtop"> - <p class="medium vtop"><b>35 Murray St., New York,</b> -manufacture a variety of hand, self-inking, -and rotary printing presses, -ranging in price from $2 to $150, -including the <b>Centennial</b>, -<b>Young America</b>, <b>Cottage</b>, -<b>Lightning</b>, and other celebrated -printing machines. Our new rotary -press, the <b>United States Jobber</b> -for cheapness and excellence, is -unrivalled. Other presses taken in exchange. -Lowest prices for type and -printing material. Circulars free. -Specimen Book of Type, 10 cts. -A sample package of plain and -fancy cards, 10 cts. - </p> - </div> - </div> -</div> - - -<hr class="full" /> - - -<div class="figcenter figmargin" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/marvin.jpg" width="500" height="526" alt="Ad for Marvin's Safes and Scales" /> -</div> - - - -<hr class="full" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_194" id="Page_194">[194]</a></span></p> - -<div class="box" style="padding: 2%;"> - <p class="center large">THE THIRTY-SECOND VOLUME OF</p> - <p class="center">THE</p> - <p class="center xxlarge">American Missionary,</p> - <p class="center">ENLARGED AND IMPROVED.</p> - <hr class="tiny" /> - <p class="center xlarge">SUBSCRIPTION DEPARTMENT.</p> -<p> -We publish <b>25,000</b> copies per month, giving -news from the Institutions and Churches aided by -the Association among the Freedmen in the South, -the Indian tribes, the Chinese on the Pacific Coast, -and the Negroes in Western Africa. Price, <b>Fifty -Cents a Year, in Advance</b>. -</p> - -<p class="center xlarge">OUR NEW PAMPHLETS.</p> - -<p>No. 1.—<b>History</b> of the Association.</p> - -<p>No. 2.—<b>Africa</b>: Containing a History of the -Mendi Mission, a Description of the Land and the -People, and a presentation of their claims on -America.</p> - -<p>No. 3.—<b>The Three Despised Races in the -United States</b>; or, The Chinaman, the Indian, -and the Freedman. An Address before the A. M. A., -by Rev. Joseph Cook, of Boston, Mass.</p> - -<p>No. 4.—<b>The Educational Work.</b> Showing the -nature and reality of the black man's needs; the -way to help him; the sentiment of Southern men; -the work of the Romish Church; the wants of the -A. M. A.</p> - -<p><em>Will be sent free to any address, on application.</em></p> - -<p class="right">H. W. HUBBARD, Ass't-Treas., 56 Reade St., N. Y.</p> - - -<p class="center xlarge">ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT.</p> - -<p>A limited space in our Magazine is devoted to -Advertisements, for which our low rates and large -circulation make its pages specially valuable. Our -readers are among the best in the country, having -an established character for integrity and thrift -that constitute them valued customers in all -departments of business.</p> - -<p>To Advertisers using display type and Cuts, who -are accustomed to the "<span class="medium">RULES</span>" of the best Newspapers, -requiring "<span class="medium">DOUBLE RATES</span>" for these -"<span class="medium">LUXURIES</span>," our wide pages, fine paper, and -superior printing, with <b>no extra charge for -cuts</b>, are advantages readily appreciated, and -which add greatly to the appearance and effect of -business announcements.</p> - -<p>We are, thus far, gratified with the success of this -department, and solicit orders from all who have -unexceptionable wares to advertise.</p> - -<p>Advertisements must be received by the <span class="medium">TENTH</span> -of the month, in order to secure insertion in the -following number. All communications in relation -to advertising should be addressed to</p> - -<p class="right" style="padding-right: 2%;">J. H. DENISON, Adv'g Agent,</p> -<p class="right">56 READE STREET, NEW YORK.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="figcenter figmargin" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/kingsford.jpg" width="500" height="419" alt="Ad for Kingsford's Oswego Corn Starch" /> -</div> - - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div> -<h2>Transcriber’s Notes:</h2> - -<p>Punctuation, spelling and grammar were changed -only where the error appears to be a printing error. The -punctuation changes are too numerous to list; the others are as -follows:</p> - -<p>— “a” changed to “and” on page 161. (<a href="#Err_1">English and Scotch missionaries</a>)</p> -<p>— missing “is” inserted on page 166. (<a href="#Err_2">The discipline of these institutions is evidently giving</a>)</p> -<p>— missing a added to change “Afric’s” to “Africa’s” on page 175. (<a href="#Err_3">Africa’s sunny fountains</a>)</p> -<p>— extraneous “(” removed from E.D. Bassford’s Advertisement on page 191, just prior to “<a href="#Err_4">COOPER INSTITUTE</a>”.</p> -<p>— “attenion” changed to “attention” on page 192. 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