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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. 7, July 1878 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: October 10, 2016 [EBook #53242] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, JULY 1878 *** - - - - -Produced by KarenD, Joshua Hutchinson and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by Cornell University Digital Collections) - - - - - - - - - - VOL. XXXII. No. 7. - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” - - * * * * * - - JULY, 1878. - - - - - _CONTENTS_: - - - EDITORIAL. - - PARAGRAPHS 193 - PERMANENT, INTEREST-BEARING INVESTMENTS.—THE CLAIM OF - NEED 195 - “THESE STUPID BLACKS.”—AN AGED MINISTER’S ENTHUSIASM 197 - THREE EXTRACTS 198 - OBITUARY.—ITEMS FROM CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS 200 - CHINESE ITEMS.—GENERAL NOTES 201 - - - THE FREEDMEN. - - COMMENCEMENT AT HAMPTON INSTITUTE 203 - FISK UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT 205 - KENTUCKY: Then and Now 206 - GEORGIA: Religious Life in Atlanta University.—A - Photograph with Lights and Shades 207 - ALABAMA: Dedication of Emerson Institute.—The Church - and the Literary Club.—Montgomery—Swayne School—A - Year’s Work—Closing Exercises.—A Surprise Party in - a Southern Church—Another Female Missionary Needed.—A - Blessed Work 210 - - - THE CHINESE. - - JEE GAM’S LETTER 215 - - - THE CHILDREN’S PAGE 216 - - - RECEIPTS 218 - - - CONSTITUTION 221 - - - WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, &c. 222 - - * * * * * - - NEW YORK: - - Published by the American Missionary Association, - - ROOMS, 56 READE STREET. - - * * * * * - - Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance. - - * * * * * - - A. Anderson, Printer, 23 to 27 Vandewater St. - - * * * * * - - - - - _American Missionary Association_, - - 56 READE STREET, N.Y. - - * * * * * - - - PRESIDENT. - - HON. E. S. TOBEY, Boston. - - - VICE PRESIDENTS. - - Hon. F. D. PARISH, Ohio. - Rev. JONATHAN BLANCHARD, Ill. - Hon. E. D. HOLTON, Wis. - Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, Mass. - Rev. STEPHEN THURSTON, D. D., Me. - Rev. SAMUEL HARRIS, D. D., Ct. - Rev. SILAS MCKEEN, D. D., Vt. - WM. C. CHAPIN, Esq., R. I. - Rev. W. T. EUSTIS, Mass. - Hon. A. C. BARSTOW, R. I. - Rev. THATCHER THAYER, D. D., R. I. - Rev. RAY PALMER, D. D., N. Y. - Rev. J. M. STURTEVANT, D. D., Ill. - Rev. W. W. PATTON, D. D., D. C. - Hon. SEYMOUR STRAIGHT, La. - Rev. D. M. GRAHAM, D. D., Mich. - HORACE HALLOCK, Esq., Mich. - Rev. CYRUS W. WALLACE, D. D., N. H. - Rev. EDWARD HAWES, Ct. - DOUGLAS PUTNAM, Esq., Ohio. - Hon. THADDEUS FAIRBANKS, Vt. - SAMUEL D. PORTER, Esq., N. Y. - Rev. M. M. G. DANA, D. D., Ct. - Rev. H. W. BEECHER, N. Y. - Gen. O. O. HOWARD, Oregon. - Rev. EDWARD L. CLARK, N. Y. - Rev. G. F. MAGOUN, D. D., Iowa. - Col. C. G. HAMMOND, Ill. - EDWARD SPAULDING, M. D., N. H. - DAVID RIPLEY, Esq., N. J. - Rev. WM. M. BARBOUR, D. D., Ct. - Rev. W. L. GAGE, Ct. - A. S. HATCH, Esq., N. Y. - Rev. J. H. FAIRCHILD, D. D., Ohio. - Rev. H. A. STIMSON, Minn. - Rev. J. W. STRONG, D. D., Minn. - Rev. GEORGE THACHER, LL. D., Iowa. - Rev. A. L. STONE, D. D., California. - Rev. G. H. ATKINSON, D. D., Oregon. - Rev. J. E. RANKIN, D. D., D. C. - Rev. A. L. CHAPIN, D. D., Wis. - S. D. SMITH, Esq., Mass. - Rev. H. M. PARSONS, N. Y. - PETER SMITH, Esq., Mass. - Dea. JOHN WHITING, Mass. - Rev. WM. PATTON, D. D., Ct. - Hon. J. B. GRINNELL, Iowa. - Rev. WM. T. CARR, Ct. - Rev. HORACE WINSLOW, Ct. - Sir PETER COATS, Scotland. - Rev. HENRY ALLON, D. D., London, Eng. - WM. E. WHITING, Esq., N. Y. - J. M. PINKERTON, Esq., Mass. - - - CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. - - REV. M. E. STRIEBY, _56 Reade Street, N. Y._ - - - DISTRICT SECRETARIES. - - REV. C. L. WOODWORTH, _Boston_. - REV. G. D. PIKE, _New York_. REV. - JAS. POWELL, _Chicago, Ill._ - - EDGAR KETCHUM, ESQ., _Treasurer, N. Y._ - H. W. HUBBARD, ESQ., _Assistant Treasurer, N. Y._ - REV. M. E. STRIEBY, _Recording Secretary_. - - - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. - - ALONZO S. BALL, - A. S. BARNES, - EDWARD BEECHER, - GEO. M. BOYNTON, - WM. B. BROWN, - CLINTON B. FISK, - A. P. FOSTER, - AUGUSTUS E. GRAVES, - S. B. HALLIDAY, - SAM’L HOLMES, - S. S. JOCELYN, - ANDREW LESTER, - CHAS. L. MEAD, - JOHN H. WASHBURN, - G. B. WILLCOX. - - -COMMUNICATIONS - -relating to the business of the Association may be addressed to -either of the Secretaries as above. - - -DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS - -may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, when -more convenient, to either of the branch offices, 21 Congregational -House, Boston, Mass., 112 West Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. -Drafts or checks sent to Mr. Hubbard should be made payable to his -order as _Assistant Treasurer_. - -A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member. - -Correspondents are specially requested to place at the head of each -letter the name of their Post Office, and the County and State in -which it is located. - - * * * * * - - - - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - VOL. XXXII. JULY, 1878. No. 7. - - * * * * * - - - - -_American Missionary Association._ - - - * * * * * - - -We are happy to state that the “New Cartridges” are in frequent -demand, and from sources which insure their best and most judicious -use. By the way, that name, which was used quite casually, appears -to have clung to them, so that they are called for under that title -more than as the Pamphlets. One brother writes: “I am the only one -in our religious society that fires the American Missionary gun -at the mission meetings, and I want cartridges to suit.” Another -says: “I will fire them at my people in the course of a month or -two, and you shall have the game.” And a third: “I hope they will -kick enough to have you feel the effect.” We refer any who may not -understand these allusions to the list of new Pamphlets on the last -page of the cover. We send them free to all who will use them and -let us “have the game.” - - * * * * * - -The question is frequently asked, especially at our Boston -office, “What is the price of the Questions and Songs prepared -for Sunday-school concerts?” We answer: They are furnished -gratuitously, and gladly, to any pastor or superintendent who will -use them as designed. Only send in your requests for them for this -purpose, and you shall receive them free. The interest and the -gifts which they incite pay us a hundred fold. - - * * * * * - -At the Boston Anniversary, held May 23d, addresses were made by -Rev. George R. Merrill, of Biddeford, Maine, and by President -Buckham, of the University of Vermont. The remarks of the latter -appear in full in the _Congregationalist_. - - * * * * * - -The season of the year has come again, when the schools are -closing, and teachers returning North for the summer. The year’s -work being ended, the laborers must be paid. Just at this time the -receipts grow less, and the income is not so well adapted as at -other times to the unusual outgo. If the churches which have taken -their collections recently will forward them promptly, and if those -who are purposing to send us money soon will send it a few days -sooner, we may be saved considerable embarrassment. We do not want -to have a single teacher’s or preacher’s claim unpaid the day it -becomes due and is presented. - - * * * * * - -We have referred recently more than once to special wants among our -Southern institutions, especially at Tougaloo and Talladega. Both -of these, and Straight University as well, are in pressing need -of new dormitories, to accommodate the students from abroad, who -come to them for instruction unless deterred by the well-known want -of room. Several thousands of dollars have been pledged for the -Tillotson Normal School in Texas, an eligible site for which has -been already secured; and it is important that this stock should -grow speedily to be a fruit-bearing tree. These special needs must -be kept in mind, and if there should be, during the summer months, -some special pleas for help in meeting them, we trust the friends -of the freedmen will be ready to respond, if not waiting impatient -to be asked. Some of these college presidents and professors will -be in the North before very long, and may think it worth while to -tell the things they know and the things they have not got, which -are often harder to bear than the things they have. The pleasantest -way of all would be for their friends to lay by in store something -for them, that there be no gatherings when they come. - - * * * * * - -Special exigencies during the past year demanded of us that we -should have a special agent in the field. It was necessary that the -burned buildings at Macon, Mobile, New Orleans and Savannah should -be replaced as speedily as it could be wisely and intelligently -done. It was not merely to rebuild, but to build better, both as -to location and adaptation for the work, with a constant view to -economy and the limits of insurance money. The Executive Committee -persuaded Prof. T. N. Chase to leave his chair, at Atlanta -University, temporarily, and undertake the general supervision -of the educational work, and, especially, the oversight of these -important measures for replacing, improving and enlarging the -school buildings. We have now gratefully to record the achievement -of this latter work, in great part, and its forwardness so far -as it is not yet fully done. Three of the locations have been -changed, involving the sale and purchase of lands. Plans have been -made, altered, adapted, in all cases, we believe, to the excellent -accommodation of the schools and churches, and to the entire -satisfaction of the teachers and missionary pastors. - -As Prof. Chase returns to his chosen and preferred work at Atlanta, -we desire to express our appreciation of the great value of -his services in this special work. Nor has his usefulness been -limited to the supervision of buildings alone. He has always -had more interest in the schools themselves than in their mere -habitations; and his suggestions in regard to them have been -valuable and practical, while in many other ways he has rendered -important service to the executive officers of the Association. The -wider acquaintance which he has made during his journeyings and -sojournings with the work at large, will, we doubt not, increase -his usefulness to the institution with which he has been so long -and honorably connected. - - * * * * * - -It may be remembered that we said, at the beginning of the year, -that we should be glad to make the enlargement of the Southern -church work the characteristic work of 1878. We have not done very -much as yet in this direction, though the subject has constantly -and increasingly received attention and earnest thought. And yet -it is a matter which, for practical results, must be considered -in detail, rather than at large; in the concrete, rather than in -the abstract; and in the field, rather than in the office. This -consideration, in part, as well as the frequent need of speedy -communication with the various departments of our Southern work, -have led us to be on the lookout for a man peculiarly qualified -for the position of Field-Superintendent of the Southern work. -Providentially, in the changes going on in the Home Missionary -Society, the Rev. J. E. Roy, D. D., of Chicago, was at liberty to -consider the claims of this position, which was tendered to him. -And we are glad to announce, as the weekly press has already done, -that Dr. Roy has accepted the position, and will enter speedily -upon its duties, making his home at Atlanta, Ga., during the larger -part of the year. - -It must not be expected by our friends that there will follow this -new appointment a rapid and spasmodic enlargement of the Church -work, or that the first few months will add largely to the small -list of Congregational churches in the South. The Doctor is too -wise and experienced a field-marshal to design or desire any such -sudden and apparent gain. Nor shall we estimate his efficiency by -any such shallow measure. But we can assure the friends of the A. -M. A. that the whole subject will receive a consideration careful, -patient, and detailed, the results of which will appear in a policy -which, we trust, may be consistent and approved. For fifteen years -we have been laying foundations with care, in the education of the -freedmen and their preparation for citizenship in the State. We -believe that this same education is fitting them for a church in -which all are most fully citizens. But, after these years of toil, -efficient, as we think, and full of promise, we wish to build on -these foundations—not wood, hay, stubble, transient and perishable -things, deservedly short-lived and weak;—but the gold, the silver, -and the precious stones of Christian character and Christian -churches, which shall be able to stand all the tests of time and of -temptation. - - * * * * * - - -PERMANENT, INTEREST-BEARING INVESTMENTS. - -Many persons, affected by financial disasters, have at least one -consolation—what they have given for Jesus’ sake is saved. More -than this, it is bearing interest, and no human power can lessen or -destroy it. It is not like a bond, payable in full at the option -of the one who issues it. It draws interest throughout eternity. -The grain sown will multiply, some thirty, some sixty, and some an -hundred fold, and the sheaves will aggregate a much larger amount -than the seed. Those who have sown bountifully, will reap also -bountifully. - -The only bags that wax not old are those woven by gifts. These -are stored away in the heavenly garners, and will add to the -exceeding weight of glory. Gifts do give relief to the recipients; -they further the work for man’s redemption. This fact is the -objective reason for them; it lies upon the surface, and is soonest -comprehended. There are times, however, when it is proper to -consider how our charities may abound to our own account—how we -may secure for ourselves enduring mansions, spotless robes, and -imperishable crowns. - -If we have been tempted to trust unduly to uncertain riches, which -have made for themselves wings and used them, it is time to ask, -what investments are safe—what are the treasures that never fail? -Bountiful givers cannot be absolutely poor. They may be called to -wait a little for their inheritance, but only for a little, for -their Master’s word is sure: “Behold, I come quickly, and my reward -is with me, to give to every man according as his work shall be.” - - * * * * * - - -THE CLAIM OF NEED. - -What claim on us of the Caucasian race—us of the Christian -Church—have the Negro, the Indian, and the Chinaman, the three -despised races in the United States? We, who have the leaven, what -do we owe to those who have it not? We, who are the leaven, what to -that which is a foreign and corrupting mass, that we may transform -it into not only that which is leavened, but, as all which is -itself leavened becomes, into leaven itself? - -What claim on us have they? - -We answer, the claim of _need_. We do not even say, of want, which -is conscious need, but of need; the mere absence of that which we -have to enjoy, the mere contrast of their want with our plenty, -that of itself is, perhaps, the greatest of all claims. - -That is not the truest generosity which waits to be besieged -with tears and cries for help, which lingers behind the closed -door of its comfortable home, until it is called out by special -application, and its sympathies are moved by loud appeals—as that -is not the truest need which proclaims its wants most loudly—but -that which goes and looks, and, knowing or suspecting want, seeks -it out, patiently and lovingly, to relieve it. - -So God has treated this sinful world. He looked from heaven, he -saw, he bowed the heavens and came down. It was the need, and not -the prayer, of the world which brought the Lord Jesus to its relief. - -Once here, He sees a man lie in the porches of the pool Bethesda; -He only sees him, and He asks at once, “Wilt thou be made whole?” - -He sees the multitudes in the wilderness, and it is only bread they -lack, and He has compassion on them, and from the storehouse of the -Father’s wealth, supplies their need. - -He sees the sins of the world, in which the world is taking -pleasure and rejoicing, and against their rejection, their -blasphemy, and their persecution, dies by their hands to free them -from their sins. - -And if need _be_ a claim, then the claim is in proportion to the -need. That is the loudest call which comes from the deepest depths. -But what are these? Not poverty, for that may consist with all -which is best and worthiest in this life—with intelligence, virtue, -and faith in God. But the opposites of these—ignorance, immorality, -and superstition. - -We need not tell you that the 5,000,000 of freed men in the South, -the 300,000 Indians of the Northwest, and the, at least, 150,000 -Chinamen on the Pacific Coast, are, by our standard, in this direst -want. The negroes and the Indians, unlettered and unintelligent, -given over by the habits of their lives, these to the vices which -are found among the degraded classes which are domesticated, and -those to the immoralities which attend a wild life, and in both -cases, made worse by the neighborhood of those possessing greater -knowledge and power, but who have used this knowledge and power -only to depress them, and to make them serve the interests of -intelligent greed and lust. - -The negro, religious, but full of superstition and sensuousness, -whose religion consists largely in seeing visions and dreaming -dreams, and singing songs of a heaven they are unfit for—a -religion, too, which has been almost utterly divorced from -morality. As General Armstrong says: “The story of the devout old -Auntie who would go to the communion service, and not let one poor -old goose (that she had stolen) come between her and her blessed -Lord, shows how little a broken commandment disturbs the peace of -the unenlightened.” The Indian, with a vague and dreamy notion of -a Great Spirit, and a happy hunting ground, and a definite fear -of the medicine men, who send evil spirits to possess them, and -drive away disease with a dance. The Chinaman, with the remains of -an ancient civilization, which has taught him to imitate and to -worship his ancestors and to burn Josh-sticks to Confucius, and, -though temperate as to the use of alcoholic liquors, has learned -the worse drunkenness of the opium pipe, and to whom the thought -of a Saviour from sin, and a life of doing good, is an unheard-of -gospel. But we may not dwell longer here. This depth of need may -only be hinted at. That it is real and pressing, no one can doubt. - -It is a claim which these races have in common with all who are in -want. We merely ask the question: Can you find needs more real, -degradations more deep, and therefore claims more pressing, than -these we need only not shut our eyes to see, for which we need not -cross the ocean, nor even our own continent—the needs of the three -despised, oppressed, and largely neglected races in these United -States? - - * * * * * - - -“THESE STUPID BLACKS.” - -BY REV. G. B. WILLCOX, D. D. - -That they are not altogether idiotic, is occasionally made to -appear rather significantly. In a class in Yale College, not long -ago, was a colored youth of high scholarship and fine promise. In -the same class was a white student from South Carolina, with nearly -or quite the same name, and consequently a seat at recitation -next to the sable scholar. Anent which occurred, substantially, -the following correspondence between the Southern father and a -gentleman of the faculty: - - “——, South Carolina. - - “PROF. —— - - “DEAR SIR:—My son informs me that he is obliged to sit next - a negro day after day, which is highly disagreeable to him - and offensive to me. Will you please provide some different - arrangement? Yours, etc., - - ——.” - - “YALE COLLEGE, New Haven. - - “——, ESQ., - - “DEAR SIR:—Your favor is at hand. It is true that the students - are arranged alphabetically for the present term, and a colored - student has his place next to your son. But, at the commencement - of the next term, the arrangement will be in the order of - scholarship, in which case, the colored youth will be so near the - head of the class, and your son, I regret to say, so near the - other extremity, that there will be no farther embarrassment on - that score. Yours, etc., - - ——.” - -Speedy result: A note from a disgusted father, calling home a -disgusted son. - - * * * * * - - -AN AGED MINISTER’S ENTHUSIASM. - -Having commenced my ministry among a class whom it was my lot to -know as slaves, your privilege to know as freedmen, no sooner does -the AMERICAN MISSIONARY cross the threshold of my house than one -pair of eyes is running over its pages. The report of the Alabama -Conference in the May number just received, thus closes a record -that has “stirred a fever in the blood of age”: “I could not ask -a happier lot than to be permitted to give my life to this field. -It seems to me so _unmistakably_ the work of Christ.” I met in the -report one name with which I am familiar, and it occurred to me -that if the sainted mother of him who bears the honored name were -living to-day, she could not ask a happier lot “for her son than to -be permitted to be a laborer in a field where the germinating seed -is giving promise of an abundant harvest in due season.” I have -before me, while I write, a card which that mother, as the wife of -the Treasurer of the American Board, put in circulation, in her own -handwriting, nearly fifty years ago. I have preserved it carefully -during this long period, and it has struck me that it may still do -good service reproduced in the columns of the AMERICAN MISSIONARY. -I will transcribe it in substance. It is a fine specimen of _multum -in parvo_: “Expect great things, and attempt great things. Little -causes produce great effects. The poor heathen are perishing. We -may be the means of saving them. What we do we must do quickly. -‘Love thy neighbor as thyself’ is a Divine command. ‘The Lord -loveth a cheerful giver.’ ‘The liberal soul shall be made fat.’ -Who would live to be ‘creation’s blot, creation’s blank, whom none -can love, whom none can thank?’ Rather let the heathen rise up and -call you blessed. The noblest object in the world is the surest of -success. The young and the old, the rich and the poor, may aid it. -The child’s penny, the widow’s mite, will be acceptable. If you -have no money to give, offer a jewel, a second-hand dress, a book, -or if you have none of these, your influence and your prayers.” - -Let me repeat one sentence from Mrs. Hill’s card, and emphasize -its application to the work in which the American Missionary -Association is engaged: “_The noblest object in the world is surest -of success._” - - REV. T. L. SHIPMAN (ordained 1826.) - - JERSEY CITY, CONN. - - * * * * * - - -THREE EXTRACTS. - -From a paper read by MR. J. H. ALLEY, of Boston, before the Essex -South Conference. The writer testifies, from his own observations, -as to - - -The Africans in Africa. - -The African, in his native land, is little known by us; but a year -among that people gave me opportunities for observation. They are -far from being the stupid race we so often hear them called. Keen -at a bargain, they are often a match for some of us in that boasted -Yankee trait. Apt to learn, quick to understand and to appreciate -advantages, they are a people easy to assume and appropriate the -best results of civilization—brave in the defense of their rights -and homes, yet not aggressive, except when forced by circumstances -and their teachings. We forget the whole history of this people in -looking only at some particular phase or trait. Their land, the -field of the slave-stealer for centuries, has been the scene of -cruelty, fraud, and all the worst forms of vice. A people educated -by so long a course of schooling in its vicissitudes might well -be cruel and vicious. The land has been hunted, from Egypt to the -Cape of Good Hope, by foreign and native stealers. Tribes have -been driven for self-protection, or by greed of gain, to make -captures from other tribes or other parts of their own. To show the -debasing power of slavery and slave-hunting, let me say that I have -seen slaves brought to the coast from the central parts of Africa -who were the most abject specimens of the human race I have ever -known—brought by a strong, stalwart tribe, noble in bearing, and -brave in war; and these, too, were the same tribe or people only -a comparatively short time before. Why this great difference? A -simple explanation is only required to show it all. Together and at -peace, they had a generous and varied diet of animal and vegetable -food, for they had extent of territory in which to hunt and gather; -but divided and at war, fighting for self-protection, one party -gained the supremacy. Then the other were a defeated people; -circumscribed within small limits, unable to hunt, they were soon -confined to a vegetable diet alone, and then to a single kind, -and often to a few simple roots; courage gone, they were reduced -to servitude and slavery, and brought to a market. This is no new -theory, for the same effects have followed the same causes over and -over again. - -After references to the evils of slavery in this land, and the good -to be accomplished by it under the Divine overruling, follows this - - -Thrilling Incident. - -One of the most thrilling incidents of the late war was one in -which I was an observer and part participant. I never more wished -for the powers of a great painter than then, or even now, for I can -see it to-day as vividly as when it occurred, fourteen years ago; -for to me it seemed to contain a history of slavery, embodied in -a single act. The army, in suddenly swinging round, had enclosed -within its lines a large number of slaves who could not be taken -further South before this was done. As we could not encumber -ourselves with the women and children, the steamers bringing -supplies for the army were prepared to take them to Washington. A -very large steamer was brought as near the shore as possible, and -a plank gangway, some fifteen feet in length, and at an angle of -about 45°, was laid from the shore to the entryport of the steamer. -Just back from the shore, the bluff, at about the same angle, rose -some 100 feet, and this bluff and the plain above were occupied -and covered by some three or four thousand slaves. All being made -ready, the order was given for embarkation; the women and children -were to go on board first. For some moments no one started, and -then a single figure, that of a woman of some sixty years, was -seen slowly advancing alone up the plank; no one else followed. A -perfect hush seemed to hang over the scene, as if some great event -was to take place, and if ever an emblematic scene was enacted it -was here. Slowly the bent form went forward, bearing the weight of -years of toil in the field—years of bodily and heart suffering such -as you and I never knew, and pray God _never_ may. Her face, her -whole frame, was a perfect picture of a doubt. All eyes seemed to -watch her in silence; officers and men waited—they probably knew -not for what; her own people—as though she was their “path-finder.” -At last she reached the side of the steamer; the open port was -right before her, and just then it seemed to her as the open portal -to all her heart’s longings, and God’s open door. She and her race -had poured, for long years, their tales of trial and suffering into -His ear, “who never slumbers nor sleeps.” _Was this the answer to -her prayers?_ That seemed to be the question of her heart all the -way up. Suddenly the bent form straightened, the homely, wrinkled -face glowed with a new light, her coarse, ragged garb was a royal -robe, as she turned and looked towards her people, raising her hand -and eyes to heaven, and exclaiming, in tones so loud and clear that -they reached every ear, and made the very hills ring: “_I’s free! -Thank God, I’s free! Come on!_” For a single instant there was -perfect silence, and then cheer on cheer rent the air, and, with a -shout, the rest followed up the gangway till the steamer was full. -It was, indeed, their way to liberty and happiness even in this -life, and by such efforts as this Association is making and aiding, -shall it not be to the life to come? - -The paper closes with a plea for the liberal support of our work -among the freedmen, enforced by - - -Two Examples of Liberality. - -About giving, let me relate two incidents and I close, for if they -appeal to you as they did to me they will be more effective than -any mere words of mine. As I sat in Mr. Woodworth’s office, the -other day, an elderly lady came in and took a chair by his desk, -saying, as she opened her bag, that she had come to bring her -offering. Her dress was not of the latest fashion, her bonnet was -not of the spring style; but her face was one of those beautiful -motherly faces you and I used to look into years ago, and which, -though years have come and gone since they were covered from our -sight, are still as sweet to our memories as ever—such faces as -we know will greet us lovingly in heaven, for they are watching -and waiting for us, and our entrance there will be, in no small -measure, in answer to their prayers. From her pocket-book she took -a bill and handed it to Mr. W., saying, she wished it were more, -and in such a tone that I knew it was a heart gift, and that the -wish was almost a prayer, which might go with the gift and make -it as effectual as if it were all she had desired it to be. Gifts -made in such a spirit, in His hands, who multiplied the bread of -old, grow to wonderful results. The bill, to my surprise, for I had -imagined the circumstances of the donor to be very limited, was -twenty dollars. - -I have another: A poor woman, with an income of less than one -hundred and fifty dollars a year, whose yearly offering had been -a single dollar, came and laid down on the secretary’s desk (I -had almost said at the Master’s feet, for the place seemed sacred -ground) ten dollars, saying that she could not be here long, her -journey was almost ended, and that she felt she must do all the -could while she stayed, for she could not give after she had gone -home, and so, after prayer, long and earnest, she had been enabled -to make this, perhaps her last gift. What a gift from such scanty -resources! It meant the giving up of many necessaries, as we should -call them. Have _we_ so given? She had cast in of her want, and may -well expect to hear the Master’s commendation. May she not have -cast in more than we all? - - * * * * * - - -OBITUARY. - -We are called to notice the death of REV. SILAS MCKEEN, D. D., -of Bradford, Vt., whose name, for fourteen years, has stood upon -our list of Vice-Presidents. Mr. McKeen was born in Corinth, Vt., -March 16, 1791. His education was obtained amid many difficulties. -So great was his desire for knowledge that, in his father’s -grist-mill, he occupied his leisure moments in studying, without -a teacher, Latin and the higher mathematics. During an illness -which caused him to abandon all thoughts of a collegiate education, -he was led to devote himself entirely to the service of Christ; -and, in the following spring, he commenced the study of theology -with Rev. Stephen Fuller, of Vershire. In 1814 he was licensed by -the Orange Association to preach the gospel. His first sermon was -delivered in Vershire, and his second in Bradford, where, shortly -afterwards, he was installed as pastor. Twelve years later, he -was dismissed from this church, but in less than three months was -recalled, and remained its pastor five years longer, when he was -again dismissed, this time that he might accept a call to Belfast, -Me. After nine years of labor in Belfast, he was a second time -invited to return to Bradford. His whole ministry in this place -was about forty-three years, he finally resigning when he was -seventy-five years old. During these years, there were added to -the church three hundred and forty-two members. A man of great -diligence and decision, with tender sympathies and warm affection, -true and judicious, his ordinary work among his own people, as -well as in protracted meetings and in revivals, was eminently -successful. He took a lively interest in education, and was a true -and eloquent friend of the colored people. Full of years, with his -work well done, he was ready to leave it for the reward. - - * * * * * - - -ITEMS FROM CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS. - -DUDLEY, N. C.—“A deep and increasing religious interest is -reported. The work of conviction and conversion is going on. -Backsliders have been restored. Brother Peebles was assisted for a -time by Rev. Mr. Smith of Raleigh.” - -GEORGIA.—Of the thirty-seven graduates from Atlanta University, -thirty are teachers, two are pastors, one is a missionary in -Africa, one a theological student at Andover. Only three are not -teaching or preaching—two who are wives and one who has died. - -ALABAMA.—The Trinity Church, Athens, Rev. Horace J. Taylor, pastor, -received one on profession at the May communion. This church has a -flourishing missionary society, which contributed in February $16 -for the support of colored missionaries in Africa. It has sustained -during the year just closing, thirteen mission schools, in which -over 700 have been taught. - -LOUISIANA.—The Minutes of the Southwestern Congregational -Conference, which met at New Iberia, April 3-5, have been printed. -The statistics give fourteen churches, with a total membership of -865. - -—The following relates to a recent convert in one of our churches: -“Mr. K. proves a very strong man in the church. He is evidently -of the material which makes a first-class sinner or a first-class -saint. He was lately invited to a dinner-party by his brother, who, -when he entered the room, began in a mocking way to give an account -of his (Mr. K’s) conversion. Mr. K. listened patiently, and when -the account was finished, said it was true, but all had not been -told. He then gave his own story in such a way that one of the -company there determined to follow his example.” - -MEMPHIS, TENN.—Miss Woodward writes: “For the past thirteen weeks -the Murphy temperance movement has been very successful among the -white people of Memphis. A few earnest workers, seeing the need -of a like effort among the colored people here, inaugurated a -series of meetings at the Second Congregational Church. From the -first there has been a very decided interest manifested, and the -meetings are productive of great good, both directly and as a means -of awakening thought on this important subject. Some two hundred -in all have signed the pledge, and new names are added at every -meeting.” - -TOUGALOO, MISS.—A teacher writes: “I think there is not one in the -school who has not signed the pledge. They came in one by one, till -last week one who has stood out all these months, came and put -his name on the list of total abstainers. He said: ‘You all got -away with me at the meeting last night, and I am going to sign the -pledge, for I cannot teach others to do what I will not do myself.’” - -—The following is a good illustration of perseverance among the -colored people of the South. While the missionary was persuading -a sick woman to put her trust in Jesus, the husband came in, when -the following conversation took place: “Mr. Williams, are you a -Christian?” “No, Miss, I’s left on de docket yet.” “Do you ever -think about becoming one?” “Yes, Miss, I thinks a heap about it -sometimes. I tries a while, then I stops.” “I fear you do not seek -for it as you do for money; you should keep at it all the time, as -you do when working for money.” “Yes, Miss, that is jes the way I -works for money. I works a while for the ole man, then I stops. Jes -the same way, Miss.” - - * * * * * - - -CHINESE ITEMS. - -—Wong Sam has returned from China, and has resumed his place in the -Barnes School. Lee Hame, who was there before, has been sent to -Sacramento. There are now four Chinese helpers regularly employed. - -—Mr. Dakin has retired from the Central School, having removed to -Arizona. Mr. Henry C. Pond, a son of our efficient superintendent, -takes his place. He is a graduate of the State University, and well -qualified for the work. - -—Mr. Gilbert is doing good work at Woodland, and approving himself -to all. - -—Six Chinamen were received to Bethany Church June 2d, making -forty-four Chinese members in all. There are two Chinese Christian -families in the church. - - * * * * * - - -GENERAL NOTES. - -The Negro. - -—Howard University, for colored students, Washington, D. C., shows -a strength of two hundred and twenty-five in all departments. -There are thirty-two theological students, fifty medical, six law, -twenty-two academical, eighteen preparatory, and ninety-five in the -Normal department. - -—The Reformed Episcopal Church has organized fourteen colored -congregations in and around Charleston, S. C. Some of them meet in -log buildings. One church is staggering under a debt of ten dollars. - -—The Baltimore Annual Conference of the A. M. E. Church passed -resolutions denouncing the action of the School Commissioners of -that city, in refusing to employ colored teachers for the separate -schools for colored children. Two colored delegates, representing -the African Methodist Church, were most cordially received. - -—Prof. Bennett, of Nashville, makes an important contribution to -the question of negro mortality, in the _Independent_. He sums up -the causes of its large percentage: (1) The old and sick, broken -by slavery, are dying as the effect of former hardships; (2) they -lack vital force, are scrofulous, and readily succumb to disease; -(3) ignorance of the laws of health; (4) late and excited religious -meetings; (5) inadequate clothing and food; (6) crowded tenement -house life. He also names the following grounds for expecting an -improvement: (1) They are gradually improving their condition, -as to homes, food and clothing; (2) they are progressing in -intelligence and knowledge of the laws of health; (3) the younger -ministers are leading them to earlier hours and quieter modes -of worship; (4) boards of health are securing better sanitary -conditions. - -—The first negro who has sat on an important jury in New York, in -many years, was accepted May 22d, in the Supreme Court circuit, in -a case involving $6,500. - -—Should the barque _Azor_ make four trips a year, it would take one -hundred years to transport to Africa the 100,000 now ready to go, -and able and willing to pay $20 each for passage and food. It is -most important that the 99,000, at least, should neither give up -home nor work. - -—A French Roman Catholic mission is to be established at Lakes -Victoria and Tanganyika, in Central Africa, with government aid to -the amount of $20,000. Ten missionaries, who have seen service in -Northern Africa, will soon set out for Zanzibar. They have already -large and extending missionary enterprises in the north and in the -south. - - * * * * * - - -The Indian. - -—It is hard to tell, from the contradictory accounts, whether -Sitting Bull will continue seated over the Canada lines, trading in -the spoils of raids on Black Hills trains, or will issue from his -camp of 1,500 lodges to take possession of his old home and fight -out his claim to the end. Authorities differ. - -—Meanwhile, the Bannock Indians, numbering about 200 warriors, -under the command of Buffalo Horn, the noted scout, are encamped in -the lava beds, between Big Campus Prairie and Snake River, and have -ordered the whites to leave the prairie on penalty of death. The -Indians on the Upper Columbia are equally hostile, and the Sioux -still threatening. - -—General Sherman says that, if the present indications of an Indian -war are realized, and he fears they will be, the army, as it now -stands, would be entirely insufficient to cope with the weight of -Indian strategy and valor that would be thrown against it. - -—The Commissioner of Indian Affairs is about to try a new -experiment with the Indians. He has given orders forbidding further -gratuitous issue of coffee and sugar to them at their agencies. -In order to secure application to duty on their part, he says -that only as they work, and in payment for their labor, will they -receive coffee and sugar rations in future. - -—The _Tribune_ says: “The Senate will certainly raise the army to -25,000 men, and concur in the transfer of the Indian Bureau to the -War Department. The first will almost certainly be yielded by the -House in Conference Committee, and the other has already received -its approval.” The same paper contains this paragraph, also: -“Before the Indian Bureau is transferred from the Interior to the -War Department, however, Congress should strive to comprehend the -fact that even the War Department can have very little success in -managing Indian affairs unless we contrive to attain some settled -Indian policy. We have been in the habit of putting the Indians -by turns under the immediate care of missionaries and thieves, -of Quakers and Catholics, of army officers and contractors. We -have made solemn treaties, and broken them. We have moved them to -reservations, and then crowded them off whenever they were found -to be in the way. We have pauperized them by promising supplies, -and starved them by breaking our promises. We have made a pretence -of civilizing them, without furnishing them with any code of law, -and of educating them, without furnishing them with any teachers. -After supplying them with rifles to fight with, and worrying them -into hostilities, we have made war upon them; and when they have -proved so conspicuously cruel and treacherous as to deserve swift -retribution, we have tried moral suasion. No one ever dreamed that -the same tribe was to receive the same treatment for two successive -years, and no two tribes ever received the same treatment at the -same time. What is first needed is a definite and persistent policy -of some kind, so that both Indians and white men will be able to -form some clear idea of what will probably happen the day after -to-morrow. A bad system is better than no system; any system is -better than caprice.” - -—A small Indian church was dedicated at Jamestown, Clallam County, -Washington Territory, Sunday, May 12th, by Rev. M. Eells. The idea -of erecting it originated entirely with the Indians, who bought -the lumber, and have done all the work. The windows and casings, -nails, paint, oil, and lime came as annuity goods. They have also -had encouragement, pecuniarily, from white friends. It is the first -church building in the county, although it has been settled for -about twenty years, and the first white house in the Indian village. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE FREEDMEN. - - * * * * * - - -COMMENCEMENT AT HAMPTON INSTITUTE. - -BY TELESCOPE. - -This always interesting occasion came on the 23rd of May. The -special feature of public interest this year was the attendance of -the President of the United States, with his private secretary, -Rogers, and General Devens and Mr. McCrary of the Cabinet. A large -party went, also, from New York and Boston on this most enjoyable -and instructive excursion. - -The trustees were in session on Wednesday, the 22d, on which -day also was held the first meeting of the graduates of Hampton -Institute. There were assembled in the beautiful “Whittier Chapel,” -on the upper floor of Virginia Hall, a large representation of -the 277 who had gone out, most of them as teachers of their race. -Of that whole number, not a complaint has been made. They have -become good and useful citizens, maintaining the high moral tone -of Hampton, and evidencing that growth in character which is the -best witness to the existence of a true life within. Says the -correspondent of the Springfield _Republican_: - -“All this was abundantly manifest by their general bearing on this -occasion, the prompt organization of their meeting, the dignity -and good sense of their presiding officer, a negro black as night, -the secretary likewise, but models of courtesy and tact, their -self-possessed and orderly manner of conducting their business -in a large presence of trustees, teachers, and visitors, in the -accounts they gave of their work, their trials, their methods, and -successes.” - -After giving reports of their varied experiences, hindrances, and -hopes, a discussion followed as to the desirableness of raising the -educational standard of Hampton and making it a real college. There -was a good deal of feeling in favor of such a move, and the alumni -came, finally, to a standing vote requesting such a change of the -trustees and faculty. - -General Armstrong, the Principal, seconded by Secretary Strieby, -the President of the Board of Trustees, with a good deal of -frankness and tact, managed to bring the meeting to a feeling of -the sensibleness of just such a course as that they had enjoyed, -and to receive finally, in response, hearty expressions of approval -of that which had been already done, and of the general sufficiency -of the advantages provided. - -Early on Thursday morning the Presidential party arrived, and were -welcomed by a salute from the guns of Fortress Monroe. With other -guests, they were escorted over the farm to the new barn, 100×150 -feet in size, and covering the stables, the agricultural and other -machinery, blacksmith shop, etc. The cash balance against the farm -for the year is $326.03. The printing-office shows a credit balance -of $400. The students have earned during the year $12,236.75 in -the varied industries, which, though not profitable in the net -pecuniary result, are among the most important educational agencies -of the institution; for the knowledge of practical work, and the -ability to perform intelligent labor, are among the most important -attainments for the colored students, both as citizens and as -teachers. - -The catalogue shows 332 pupils on the roll, of which 202 are young -men, and 130 young women. The graduating class numbered 57. In the -examinations of Thursday morning, the teachers showed the tact -and thoroughness for which they have been always noted, and the -results in the intelligence and interest of their pupils were most -gratifying. - -The new class of fifteen Indians attracted much attention. Their -history has been already given. Five of these Indians are going, in -September, to Bishop Whipple’s school in Minnesota. Ten remain at -Hampton as permanent students. Bear’s Heart, White Goose, Squint -Eyes, High Forehead, Wild Horse, and Big Nose will probably change -their names, although the Indian for each has a romantic sound. The -negro students take very kindly to their new friends, and there -is promise of entire harmony between the two races. Proposals -are in discussion between General Armstrong and the Government -at Washington that include the education of more Indians, and -the co-education of an equal number of Indian girls, so that the -experiment may not be one-sided in its future developments. - -We abbreviate from the admirable letter of an editor of the -Baltimore _American_ his account of the commencement exercises: - -“At 1:30 P. M. a procession, headed by the Normal School brass -band, was formed on the lawn. President Hayes and the trustees of -the school took the lead, while the invited guests and visitors -followed after, in rather irregular order. Seats were reserved on -one side of the hall for the pupils of the school. The platform was -occupied by distinguished visitors, with President Hayes as the -central figure. The audience was composed of the most intelligent -and highly cultivated people of Hampton and the surrounding -country, reinforced by the _élite_ of Norfolk, who came in two -excursion steamers. Nearly all the educated people of this section -of Virginia are friendly to the Hampton Normal School, and take -much pride in its success. - -“Four essays were read by members of the graduating class, and four -speeches were made. The subjects discussed were of a practical -nature, and were treated with vigor and originality. - -“I can barely mention the speeches that were made in Virginia Hall -after the graduates received their diplomas. Rev. Dr. Strieby, of -New York City, President of the Board of Trustees, briefly reviewed -the work of the year, and commended the spirit of liberality shown -by the Virginia Legislature in providing for the support of the -Institution. After he had concluded, Attorney-General Devens was -introduced by General Armstrong, and made an impromptu speech of -remarkable directness and force. - -“In speaking of the historic associations of the place, he alluded -to the fact that, fourteen years ago, he had been brought here -immediately after the great battle of Cold Harbor, and had remained -three months. At that time there were sixty officers and more -than four thousand soldiers in the hospitals erected upon these -same grounds. The natural surroundings were then the same as now; -the river ran lazily along; the roadstead, which glitters to-day -under the Virginia sun like a sea of molten silver, was filled -with ships. They were not ships of a broad, peaceful, prosperous -commerce, such as are now resting upon its bosom, but ships filled -with supplies for the great army that was lying up the river. The -army has gone; the bugles of war have sounded their last notes; the -sick and wounded soldiers that were camped on these grounds have -struck their tents. Three or four hundred of them remain in yonder -cemetery, where stands the monument erected by Miss Dorothea Dix -to commemorate their heroism. But I regard this Institution as a -more fitting monument to the army that fought for law, and order, -and civilization, to the patriotism of the men that rushed to the -defense of a constitutionally elected President when his authority -was defied and his office menaced.” - -The President, also, made a telling little speech, expressing his -deep interest in the education of the freedmen, and his approbation -of the things which he had seen and heard. - -Thus ended another memorable day for Hampton. - - * * * * * - - -FISK UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT. - -A. R. MERRY, STUDENT. - -The commencement exercises of Fisk University began on Sunday, -May 19th, at eleven o’clock A. M. Addresses were made before the -Society for the Evangelization of Africa, by Professors Spence and -Chase. - -As the readers of the MISSIONARY doubtless know, from this Society -already have gone forth four young consecrated souls to bear the -light of the Gospel and civilization to the perishing ones on the -west coast of Africa; and in the future we are sure that many more -will verify the prophetic saying of one of those already gone: “Her -sons and her daughters are ever on the altar.” - -At three P. M. the baccalaureate sermon was preached by the Rev. H. -S. Bennett, from the text, Matt. xxii. 21: “Render, therefore, unto -Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and unto God the things that are -God’s.” - -On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, commencing at 9.30 o’clock, -examinations were held in all the departments of the University, -and were, on the whole, unusually satisfactory. - -On Monday evening the Common-school Normal Exhibition took -place, at which time those who have completed that course were -granted certificates of ability to teach in the common-schools. -The exercises of the evening consisted of essays and original -declamations. - -On Tuesday evening the Union Literary Society held its ninth -anniversary. The exercises were unusually interesting, especially -the debate, “Should the colored people of the United States migrate -to Africa,” which was well sustained on both sides, by Mr. J. C. -McAdams, of Tennessee, in the affirmative, and Mr. R. H. Harbert, -of Texas, in the negative. - -On Wednesday evening the Senior Preparatory and Higher Normal -Exhibition took place. Six young men were admitted to college, and -three young ladies secured the Higher Normal diploma. - -On Thursday, College Commencement day, the interest of the week -culminated. At an early hour the chapel of the University began to -be filled, until all available space was occupied. The audience -room was tastefully and elaborately decorated. At the back of -the platform, extending its entire length, was the national -flag, gracefully folded and festooned. Above, on one side, was -the portrait of the hero, Livingstone; on the other, that of the -statesman and philanthropist, Wilberforce; from the centre, the -generous, open countenance of General Clinton B. Fisk smiled -benignly down; above all, in evergreen, were the words, “CLASS OF -’78.” - -At eleven o’clock the exercises commenced with the chorus, “Hail, -Festal Day,” well rendered by the University choir, after which -prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Baird, of Ohio. Mr. H. S. Merry, -one of the two graduates, then delivered his oration, “Beyond -the Alps our Italy.” The young man acquitted himself with honor. -The manuscript of Mr. Miller, the other graduate—now absent as -Missionary to Africa—not having arrived as expected, extracts from -letters recently received by various members of the University -were read instead. These letters breathed forth a spirit of zeal -and devotion, and a courage unabated, even in the presence of the -obstacles and difficulties with which he must daily combat, thus -showing that his was not a mere romantic sentiment, but a deep, -controlling principle. - -After a well-rendered instrumental solo, Mr. John H. Burrus, -candidate for the Master of Arts degree, read a carefully prepared -thesis on “American Citizenship.” - -Rev. A. J. Baird, D. D., of Nashville, then delivered the -Commencement Address, which was full of wholesome, practical -advice, interspersed with happy illustration. He dwelt largely upon -the great tendency of young men to rest upon their laurels won in -college, and to expect afterward to float with folded arms into a -haven of prosperity and success. He maintained that substantial -success is achieved only by unmitigated toil. After the address, -the degree of A. B. was conferred upon Messrs. H. S. Merry and A. -P. Miller, and the degree of M. A. upon Mr. Jno. H. Burrus and -Mrs. Virginia Walker Broughton. After a few pertinent remarks by -Prof. A. K. Spence, Dean of the Faculty, a shield, bearing in -golden letters upon a blue field the parting words of one of our -missionaries, which have been unanimously adopted as the motto -of our institution—“Her sons and her daughters are ever on the -altar”—was suspended upon the wall of the chapel amid sounds of -hearty applause. The benediction was then pronounced by Rev. L. N. -Merry. - -In one hour, professors, students of boarding department and -invited guests assembled in the dining hall to partake of a -carefully prepared collation. After all had partaken heartily, -remarks were interchanged by invited guests, professors and -students. Among the many pleasant features of the occasion was -the presence of two old friends of the Institution from Great -Britain—Rev. George Crow, of Belfast, Ireland, and Rev. William -Bathgate, of Kilmarnock, Scotland, who gave many words of cheer -and congratulation. Thus pleasantly closed the most prosperous and -eventful year in the history of the institution, with a clear gain -of thirty-five per cent. in attendance over last year. On the day -after commencement, the 24th, the Union Jack floated from the tower -of Jubilee Hall, in honor of the birthday of Queen Victoria, and -significant of the close relation the institution sustains to its -friends in Great Britain. - - * * * * * - - -KENTUCKY. - -Then and Now. - -_Berea College._ - -The builder working day after day placing stone upon stone, -polishing here and there, might well get discouraged if he stopped -to look at each day’s work. Progress in all great things is slow, -and nowhere slower than in building character. - -Twelve years ago, two little black children made their first -appearance in our Berea School. The scholars, all of whom at that -time were white, scattered before those two little bits of color, -as if scared by the plague. The school that in the morning numbered -fifty, by noon scarcely counted a dozen. Then commenced the long -and weary work of rowing against the stream of prejudice. With a -whole State against us, with even our country, so far as it knew -us, looking on in doubt, with colored people, who held the most -absurd notions of freedom and learning, flocking to us, we found -ourselves under a heavy burden. - -Our students were fresh from town and country, plantations and the -army; some with misty thoughts that education was a good thing, and -that about all they had to do was to open the pores and let it soak -through. When the restraints of the school-room came, and the study -that brought slow results, the courage of this class flagged, and -they were easily wooed back to their first love, where the liberty -of the corn-field and the swing of the axe was much more to their -fancy. - -There were some, however, of sterner stuff, who, counting the cost, -came through poverty and self-denial, and are remembered as among -our best students and graduates. One man, the father of fifteen -children, came to Berea years ago, and has somewhat educated almost -all his children. Some have taught, and others are preparing to do -so. How, in their poverty, they have managed to keep four or five -in school at once, we can hardly imagine. We, who are mothers, and -know how the little shoes wear out, and the clothes always need -a button or patch, stand almost in awe of a mother who not only -prepares her children’s daily bread, but helps to earn it. If their -little ones have had less than others more favored, they do not -seem to mind it. Their laugh is just as merry, and their appetite, -perhaps, better for the work that helped to earn the meal. On last -Thanksgiving-day, the father spoke of his trials and hindrances, -but counted them all as nothing for the joy that the children had -gained the privileges he had so longed for, but had been denied. - -Only this winter a noble girl, well on in her course of study, -whose influence over her companions was always good, the help and -stay of the principal, was, inexplicably to us, called to leave her -work below and go to the mansion prepared for her. Another sweet, -dark-eyed girl, frail in health, but strong in spirit, for two -years has not only paid her own way, but has had something left to -send to a tired and over-taxed mother. Last year, directly after -Commencement, she engaged a school where for months she taught very -successfully. At the close of her school, mounted on horseback, she -rode to Berea to make final preparations for a new term, telling -gleefully how she had secured this and that comfort for the year, -and that now she could give herself wholly to study. Imagine her -surprise and distress to find, on her return to her boarding -place, that all her possessions were burned to ashes, her clothing -all gone; and this with only a little money due her. But, though -stunned and almost broken-hearted, her courage never failed. Using -her means with the greatest economy, willing to deny herself, she -is here with us, though how she manages to get along, only she and -her Lord fully know. - -These are but few cases out of the hundreds that might be -mentioned, showing heroism of a very quiet sort; but in God’s own -time, when faithfulness in little things is appreciated, many -of these poor people will wonderingly receive the crown of the -blessed, astonished to find that their plain, hard lives had aught -of glory in them. - -Missionaries to heathen lands are glad to give their lives to plant -Christ’s banner on foreign soil, and we, looking back through these -years, take courage, thinking of the souls which have been helped -here, and are going out, carrying the good seed, and planting it in -all the waste places about us. - -Berea opens her arms to the poor about her, with a welcome for -all. Those who come here rarely go away without benefit, and many -outward signs of improvement. The old people gaze with delight on -their children. Weary mothers who have toiled over the wash tubs, -fathers who have worked alone in the field while their children -studied, are more than rewarded for their toil. Through these hard -times, when expenses are great and money comes in slowly, we have -had to learn anew the lesson of waiting on the Lord; but we know in -whom we trust, and that for the sake of His poor He will supply all -our needs. - - L. R. - - * * * * * - - -GEORGIA. - -Religious Life in Atlanta University. - -MRS. T. N. CHASE, ATLANTA. - -The other day, when one of our young men handed me a letter to -read from a dear old lady “up North,” in which was the sentence, -“I’m so disappointed when the MISSIONARY comes, not to read of a -revival in your school,” I felt like saying to her: “Dear, praying -mother, if you could be here one week, you would go home rejoicing, -even though there were no revival.” As the years go by, there is -less inclination here to come in flocks to the Lord’s side, or to -be led into the kingdom by impulse or excitement. Our students act -more and more upon the spirit of the motto that hangs in each of -our buildings—“Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart -from iniquity.” They look upon religion less as a Sunday garment, -and more as a robe of righteousness, that transforms our selfish -natures into earnest, self-denying lives of obedience. - -Let me give a week’s religious duties. Sunday, two of our young men -preach in an adjoining town. Quite a number go out to neighboring -Sunday-schools, and return about eleven o’clock, when our -preaching service begins. Our pastor, a graduate of Yale College -and Theological Seminary, came South at the close of the war, to -build the first Congregational church in Atlanta. For years he did -foundation-work there that placed it in the front rank of A. M. -A. churches. The past four years he has been our college pastor. -With such a knowledge of the needs of this people as his experience -gives, you may have an idea of the kind of sermons we enjoy. -Simple truth, such as young people, with such a history and such a -future, need, is presented so forcibly, that often the meal, which -immediately follows, is almost a silent one, owing to the serious -thoughtfulness produced. - -In the afternoon, all meet for Sunday-school, which is -superintended by the President, who is also a graduate of Yale. -As his rich tones come to us in the hymns and Bible readings, -both in Sunday-school and at morning devotions through the week, -we are thankful for the rare gift—a good reader. In a large -school-building, of course each class can have a separate room, and -so secure a delightful hour of quiet, uninterrupted Sunday-school -work. - -In the evening, all assemble in a general prayer-meeting. I do -not think it would be possible to give an adequate idea of this -meeting, or of similar ones in other A. M. A. schools. It is simply -an inspiration to one who realizes what a part these pioneers have -in shaping the destiny of their people. In all the meetings I have -attended here during these years, I do not recall ever hearing the -remark, “Improve the time, brethren,” or any other expression of -like import. - -Monday, most of the school devote the time of one -recitation—three-fourths of an hour—to Bible reading and study in -classes. After school there is held a female prayer-meeting of a -half hour, led by a lady teacher. - -Wednesday evening is the regular church prayer-meeting, led by the -pastor, attendance upon which is voluntary. The last half hour of -school, Friday afternoon, is devoted to a prayer-meeting, led by -the President, and attended by the entire school. This is the only -meeting at which the day scholars are required to be present, and -so is the most important of all the week. At its close almost every -member of the school deposits in the box an envelope containing his -regular weekly contribution toward paying the debt of the A. M. A. - -A very profitable meeting is announced on Sunday in this way: “On -Friday evening bring your Bibles, and tell us what it says about -the evils of the tongue;” or, at another time: “Select passages -referring to the Sabbath, the Holy Spirit, Repentance,” etc. -Most of the family gladly come, each reading one of his selected -passages, and discussing it. Familiarity with the Bible and -Concordance is a very apparent benefit of this exercise. It is -also remarkable how they improve in clearness of expression, and -in confining their thoughts to one point. Best of all is the broad -view they get of Bible truth, by looking at it from all sides. -No disputed points—as Baptism or Perseverance of the Saints—are -discussed in this Bible exercise, or in Sunday-school, or any -other religious meeting. No Baptist or Methodist need fear being -proselyted in Atlanta University. - -Saturday evening is the teachers’ prayer-meeting of a half hour. -The best test of the religious interest is the number of voluntary -students’ meetings. Sunday evening, just before the general meeting -of an hour, the young men always gather for another hour in a -meeting of their own. The burden of this meeting is praying for the -Spirit’s blessing on the sermon and Sunday-school, and pleading for -His presence in the general meeting that follows. - -There are many other students’ meetings, among both the young -men and women, whose interest, and existence even, depend upon -circumstances. Nearly every summer term these meetings multiply. -As the pupils realize they are soon to leave this peaceful home, -and for three months take on the responsibilities and trials of -teachers, they seem impelled to a new consecration. Many, each -year, go out to teach for the first time, and all feel it is a -solemn undertaking. Another occasion for extra meetings is to plead -for those so soon to leave us, and not yet in the fold. - -This is a hasty view of what may be seen of our religious work. -Eternity alone will reveal the number and effect of the private -personal appeals, or of the pleading notes written to the timid -ones. So, dear friends, do not think, because no revival is -announced, that souls are not often coming into the kingdom, and -that Christians are not receiving a most careful culture. - -I have often thought that the prayers of Northern friends, more -than anything else, have been the occasion of such a deep Christian -spirit in the A. M. A. schools. Think of that old lady watching the -MISSIONARY to see if her prayers for us were answered! I once knew -a man, who was not rich, or even a professing Christian, who, for -some years, gave $300 each year for the support of a teacher, who, -as he said, “would teach a knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ” to -the freedmen. Many of our best friends are in such haste for us to -do simply church work, that they can hardly wait in patience for -us to build on an intelligent, educational basis. If God has so -burdened hearts for the spiritual welfare of the freedmen, may it -not indicate that, in His plan, He may have a glorious part for -them, in bringing the nations to His feet? - - * * * * * - - -A Photograph with Lights and Shades. - -MR. JOHN MCINTOSH, TEACHER, ATHENS. - -The lights and shades are the things which make the photograph -appear natural; and so, in attempting to give a true, and thus -natural, picture of my field of labor, I must give the lights -and shades. But, in order that my picture may leave a favorable -impression upon the mind, I will first give the shades, and then, -the lights. I came to this place October 6th, 1877. On the first -day only two pupils met me, and the increase, during this and -the following months of the same year, was so very small that I -began to be discouraged. I called several educational meetings, -and, to my surprise, there was no response. I became still more -discouraged. Failing to get as large a day-school as I desired, -I offered my services at night, for one dollar per month each to -those who could not come in the day. A few accepted the offer, and -when these few became weary in well-doing and fainted by the way, -I offered to teach at night, free of charge, any young man who was -not able to pay his tuition. Only one accepted this offer. I then -offered to teach vocal music, free of charge, to any who would meet -me every Saturday. The first Saturday, none came; the second, eight -came, far behind time; and this has been the greatest number that -has ever accepted the offer. In my day-school the variety of books -was large; the number of misused books was great. I had for several -months to labor very hard to reduce chaos to form and order. - -But why did I not have a full school all the while? The assigned -reasons were various. Many did not know whether I was Baptist, -Methodist, or something else; and so sectarianism kept some away; -some parents said their children were just out of school, and -their minds needed rest—these, and many excuses less plausible, -were rendered for non-attendance. After my school was pretty well -established and my scholars were somewhat classified, one other -fact became apparent, and this was, and is, indeed, a sad fact, -viz.: in the acquisition of knowledge, the teacher is considered -one distinct party, the parent another, and the child another. -Sad fact that, in the pleasant and most beneficial work, teacher, -parent, and scholar are not one. When Christmas-day came, most of -my patrons said: “It is Christmas, and there should be no school -for one week;” and, indeed, I had but little. A short time ago -a circus drifted down this way. “Of course,” said many of my -patrons, “the children must go to the circus, and omit going to -school until the circus is over with”; and they went. - -But all shade, says the photographer, makes no picture; and so I -will show the lights, and thus complete my picture. Many of my -pupils, who were once, apparently, ignorant of what punctuality -was, have learned to be punctual. Those who once thought it best -to be disorderly, disrespectful, disobedient, careless, idle, -and the like, now think it their duty to act differently; and so -a much better state of things exists than formerly. Some months -ago, when I would ask a reason for working an example in a certain -way, the answer invariably was, “because”; and if I asked “because -what?” the reply would be lengthened, thus: “because that gets the -answer.” But now my pupils can not only work their examples, but -tell why. - -Strange to say, my third class (by name) is my best class in -arithmetic, and the best scholar in this class is the smallest, -and probably the youngest—not thirteen, perhaps. This same class -is very good in geography, and, indeed, as a class, good in all -their studies. My class in composition, for three months, have -been endeavoring to understand the theory of composition, and now -they are writing, or learning to write, essays according to the -theory which they have learned. A few in the class compose very -well already. In nearly all of my classes, strange to say, the dark -pupils are the ones that stand at the head. In composition, good -morals, geography, reading, grammar, writing, the leading scholars -are dark—dark in color, but bright in intellect. I think it must be -acknowledged that color has no influence over mind. I have several -grown men, who have left their farms in the country that they may -attend school and receive instruction, which they may impart to -others. They are getting along fairly. When I asked my scholars -what I should write concerning them, they said, with one accord, -“The truth, and nothing but the truth;” and I think I have done -just as they said. Clouds still hang over me, but they are not so -dark as they were some months ago. - - * * * * * - - -ALABAMA. - -Dedication of Emerson Institute. - -MR. B. F. KOONS, PRINCIPAL, MOBILE. - -Since the burning of Emerson Institute in 1876, our school has -passed through some very dark clouds of discouragement. All of last -year, and the first four months of this, it occupied an old store, -very poorly fitted for school purposes. - -In December last, the A. M. A. purchased property known as Holly’s -Garden, located near the centre of the city. There are nearly three -and three-quarter acres of ground, covered by over one hundred -beautiful live oak, cedar, and various other trees, and near the -centre of the lot is located quite a comfortable and commodious -frame dwelling. Into this we moved the school in January, and have -since occupied three rooms, some sixteen by eighteen feet square. -In these, we have accommodated about one hundred pupils. - -Readers of the MISSIONARY will recall the account in the March -number of the breaking ground for a new school building upon this -lot December 26th. Since that time the proposed structure has -steadily grown, and on the 30th of April we were able to pronounce -it completed. It is a well constructed two-story brick building, -34×64, with wings at the centre of each side 10×21. The lower -story is divided into two school rooms, 28×31½ feet, and between -these is what may be called a hallway, divided into four hat and -cloak rooms. From this floor there are two stairways, occupying -the wings, and leading to the second story. At the head of each -of these is a commodious hat and cloak room, through which the -pupils pass as they enter the chapel, or large school-room, of the -second floor. This room is 31½×48; at one end, on each side of the -teacher’s desk, are doors leading into two recitation rooms, each -15×15½. The building is surmounted by a very neat belfry, which -awaits the new bell daily expected from New York, via the ocean. -The original plan was to place above the whole a weather-vane in -the shape of a large gold quill, but just as it arrived here from -New York the railroad depot was burned, and with it our quill. We -sincerely hope that the burning of this is not an indication of the -fate of our building. - - -THE DEDICATION. - -At last the 1st of May arrived, the day set apart for the -dedication of our new building; and to the teachers and pupils, -and all friends of the school, it was a glad day indeed. Just in -proportion as the former days of the school were dark, so this was -bright and joyous. It seemed that the sun never shone more clearly, -that the sky was never brighter, and that all nature rejoiced with -us. At an early hour the people began to gather, and at eleven -o’clock, the doors of the new building were thrown open, and the -chapel was soon filled by an eager, expectant multitude. A few -moments later the school, about one hundred in number, filed in, -and took seats in front and to the right of the platform. Upon this -were seated Rev. Drs. Burgett and Walden, pastors of the First and -Third Presbyterian Churches of Mobile; Rev. W. S. Alexander, of -Straight University, New Orleans, and Rev. Wm. H. Ash, pastor of -the Congregational Church of Mobile: and to the left were several -ladies of Mobile, invited guests; the Rev. Mr. Owens, pastor of one -of the Baptist Churches; Dr. Murrell, a leading physician of the -city; Mr. Wheeler, the oldest merchant of Mobile; D. S. Richardson, -Principal of Mobile Military Academy, and others. - -The exercises were opened by a chant—the 121st Psalm—sung by the -school; appropriate passages of Scripture were read by Rev. Mr. -Walden, and prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Ash. The little folks -then sang “Marching On!” after which a short oration was delivered -by one of the boys of the school, and an essay read by one of -the girls. One spoke of the past, and the other, of the present -and future of our school. After this, the principal gave a short -history of the school, and in a few words explained the object for -which it was established, and the aims of the American Missionary -Association in the South. - -We told them that we are here for no political ends, but that our -whole aim is to cultivate the minds and hearts of our pupils, to -lift them up to higher planes of true manhood and womanhood, and to -fit them for usefulness to themselves, to their people, to their -employers, to all with whom they come in contact, to the world, -and especially to God. That our aim is to send forth cultivated -and Christian hearts, endowed with the nobler aims and aspirations -in life, and fitted for efficient work in the vineyard of our -Master. If mistakes had been made in the past by workers under -the Association, it was not in accordance with the will of its -officers, their expressed wish being that we ignore politics. That -ours is a mission work, and finally, that if the people of the -South and we have not fully understood each other in the past, we -hope that in the future we may know each other better. As for us, -we earnestly and sincerely ask the sympathy and co-operation of the -Christian people of the South; we need it. - -The school then sang one of the Jubilee Songs, “We shall walk -through the valley and shadow of death,” after which Mr. Alexander -offered the dedicatory prayer. The original plan was to have one -regular address, and possibly a few words from others present, but -the plan was changed, and it was concluded to have an informal talk -from the invited guests, the colored ministers present, and others, -and as the programme was carried out it became more and more -evident that the latter was a fortunate choice. - -Dr. Burgett, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Mobile, was -first called upon. He said: “I fully endorse all the efforts of -the A. M. A., and congratulate it, and all present to-day, because -of its high and praiseworthy efforts, its success in the past, -the immediate present, and the bright prospects of the future. I -have visited the school in former years, and never heard better -recitations anywhere, nor saw greater advancement.” His speech was -full of good thoughts, as his talks always are; and just before he -closed, he turned to the teachers, and said: “I cannot understand -the composition of a man who will oppose your efforts here. As -a representative of the Christian people of Mobile, I speak -authoritatively when I say you deserve their sympathy and hearty -co-operation, and you have it. Deep down in the heart of every -Christian here, there is a kindly feeling for you and your work.” - -The next person called upon was Rev. E. D. Taylor, one of the -oldest colored ministers of the M. E. Church in this place. He -said “I have cautiously watched the movements of these teachers, -and their school work, and I am convinced that they are here for -lifting up of my race, and as I go down the steps of life, I look -back upon this school, and these teachers, with a great deal of -pleasure, knowing that they are leading my people out from a -bondage worse than slavery. I thank God that we have these friends -to help us.” - -Rev. Mr. Bryant, a former pupil of Atlanta University, spoke of -the many thousands of children taught in the South, as the direct -result of the work of the A. M. A. through its teachers and pupils. -Some of the white brethren expressed much surprise at the figures -he presented, and were astonished at the magnitude of the work, -both direct and indirect, of the Association. - -Rev. Mr. Walden said: “Deep down in my heart there is a little -niche held sacred to the memory of that good old mother who cared -for me when a child, and for that little colored boy who was my -playmate in childhood. I have lost sight of them, but their memory -is still sacred, and I hope to meet them in eternity. There is much -in common between the white and colored people of the South. We -cannot afford to be anything but friends, for we must be saved by -the same blood, we must walk through the same ‘valley and shadow of -death,’ and if saved, we must spend eternity in the same kingdom.” -And then, turning to the teachers, he said: “May God bless you in -your noble work—Christian work. Yours is a Christ-like calling, and -I say that you not only deserve the hearty sympathy, co-operation, -and support of the Christian people of the South, but you have it. -I repeat it, _you have it_.” At this point all sang, “Hold the -Fort.” - -Dr. Murrell said: “I endorse every word of Drs. Burgett and Walden, -but I feel just a little jealous, as I would like to stand in the -place of those who have contributed to erect this building; and if -I had the means, I would have just such a building in every county -in Alabama. I heartily feel with you, and ask God to bless you.” -After the exercises closed, he showed us his good will by offering -his professional skill to the teachers free of charge. - -Mr. Wheeler was not in the habit of making speeches, but he -heartily sympathized with us in our work, and wished us a great -deal of success. - -Rev. Mr. Owens said: “My heart is full of joy to-day at being able -to be here. I can only endorse all that has been said.” And, after -the exercises were over, he showed his sincerity by asking me to -meet his people in their church, and talk to them of our work. - -Many good words were spoken by Rev. Mr. Ash, and Rev. Mr. Evans, -of State Street M. E. Church. Rev. Mr. Wilson, of Little Zion -Church, was called upon, and said: “Since listening to Dr. Burgett, -and others, whose words were like drops of gold, I must decline. -I am like the uncultivated pear-tree which Dr. Burgett spoke of. -Education knows education, therefore I must keep silent lest I -betray myself.” - -Mr. Alexander, as the closing speaker, made some very happy -remarks. He told the colored people that by trying to get on too -fast, and to begin at the top instead of the bottom, and by seeking -to fill positions which they could not, they had set themselves -back twenty-five years. He advised them to claim the right to -nothing till they had earned that right; to work patiently, and -_wait_ for results. - -A spirit of earnestness and sincerity pervaded all the exercises, -and, as the old colored man said, the words that fell from the lips -of Dr. Burgett, and others, were truly _drops of gold_, utterances -from the depths of sincere hearts, and all went away feeling that -it had been good to be present, and that during those three hours a -new era had dawned upon the work of the A. M. A. in this city. - - * * * * * - - -The Church and the Literary Club. - -REV. WILLIAM H. ASH, MOBILE. - -I found my church in rather a discouraging condition, when I came -in November last; since that time, I have been greatly encouraged -to see the work prospering in my hands. - -My congregation has increased to three times the number which I -found when I came to Mobile, and principally of people who have -never visited our church before. But the great difficulty is that I -am not able to hold a permanent congregation of the better class, -or to reach the young people, because of the want of a church with -better facilities for the needed work. The Sabbath-school has -increased from about a dozen to forty scholars. This is remarkable, -because one half of the time I have had no one to assist me in the -work of teaching. Four have united with the church, one of whom is -a young lady, who promises to be of great service to the church. - -The prayer-meetings have been kept up well, considering that -my members are hard laboring people, and there is a growth in -spirituality and purity of life, such as is consistent with the -Bible. It is a custom in the fairs here to have a table devoted to -the punch-bowl, and different kinds of wines, to raise money for -the church or minister’s salary; but my church is a model so far as -temperance is concerned, feeling that it cannot encourage a demon -that destroys the happiness of so many homes, both North and South. - -Another fact, to show the influence of our church, is the -organization of a literary club among the young people, which has -proven a success. About three months ago, I sent out notices to the -ministers, and some of the better class of colored people, to meet -at my church for this purpose; an organization was completed, and -since that we have met from church to church. - -Last night the club gave its first special entertainment. It was -certainly a credit to the members who took part, and compared well -with similar entertainments which I have seen in New England. The -following notice is from the Mobile _News_: - - “THE ARISTOTLE LITERARY CLUB.—This club, whose members are - among the most cultivated of Mobile’s colored citizens, gave - its first entertainment, last night, at St. Emmanuel Church, at - eight o’clock. The exercises consisted of literary and musical - recitations, debates, etc. The programme was a choice one, and - the large audience in attendance enjoyed the occasion very much. - The ‘Aristotles’ are the true representatives—or rather, the best - representatives—of the colored population in our city, and we bid - them God-speed in their earnest efforts to elevate themselves - above the low standard that generally prevails among our colored - people.” - - * * * * * - - -Montgomery—Swayne School—A Year’s Work—Closing Exercises. - -MISS MARTHA J. ADAMS, PRINCIPAL. - -My first school year’s work among the colored people at the -South, has just closed. What a history it has! How rich in new -experiences!—experiences which I should deeply regret to have -stricken from my life. - -How vividly do I recall that sunny morning, the first day of -October, 1877, as I stood upon the steps of “Swayne School” -building, with five lady teachers at my side, while before us, in -almost military lines, were drawn up some three hundred colored -children and youth. These were our pupils. What a work lay before -us! We have been repeatedly told, since our arrival, that the -general feeling was, “No woman can control this school.” We, too, -knew, in the depths of our hearts, that without Divine aid, we -should utterly fail. But God has been true to His promises, and has -given us a quiet, happy and successful year in our work, and one -full of kindly, appreciative testimony from those among whom we -have labored. - -Our school, with only a few days’ notice, closed half a month -earlier than we had expected. This, of course, interfered greatly -with preparations for the closing exercises. Besides, two or -three Sunday-school May festivals and picnics had been previously -arranged to take place the same week, and so many of the pupils -were absent; but we did the best we could, under the circumstances, -each teacher having in her own room reviews and examinations of -her classes, which have borne abundant testimony to the earnest, -faithful and kindly work they have done. - -On Thursday night we had an exhibition in the Congregational -Church. It was a lovely moonlight night. The church was crowded to -its utmost capacity; many, indeed, were unable to gain admittance, -so great was the throng. The exercises, consisting of declamations, -essays, recitations, and songs, were listened to with great -interest and apparent delight. - -One young woman read an essay upon P. P. Bliss, whose visit here is -lovingly remembered, closing with reciting the last hymn he set to -music: - - “I know not what awaits me; - God kindly vails mine eyes.” - -The Secretary of the City Board of Education, now acting -Superintendent, and another member of the Board, were present the -entire evening, and expressed gratification at what they had seen -and heard. As they passed out of the church, they were heard to -remark to each other: “That was _good_.” “Yes, it _was_ good.” - -I will close in the words which one of the colored boys printed in -large letters in colored crayons upon the Sunday-school blackboard, -“GOD BLESS SWAYNE SCHOOL.” - - * * * * * - - -A Surprise Party in a Southern Church. - -REV. CHARLES NOBLE, MONTGOMERY. - -That our people can do a pleasant thing, and do it gracefully, -they proved the evening before our departure. The Sunday previous, -we had had a business-meeting of the church, and at its close -one of the brethren requested me to leave them, as they had some -business on hand in which my absence would assist them more than -my presence. Of course, we inferred from this that “something was -up”; but were unable to discover what it was. Nothing happening, -however, until the close of the Wednesday night prayer-meeting, -we had all come to the conclusion that whatever was intended had -probably proved impracticable. We were sitting together at the -Home, talking over the experiences of the year, when the notes -of a guitar struck our ears, and a few voices began singing the -“Sweet Bye-and-Bye” very softly and sweetly. I supposed that some -of the people had come down to give us a little serenade, and -stepped to the door to return thanks for the pleasure the song -had afforded. When I opened the door, instead of the half-dozen -singers I expected, a perfect throng of merry faces met me. The -yard was crowded, and they seemed to reach out indefinitely down -the road. I had barely sufficient presence of mind to ask them -in, and then met the wave of increasing congratulations with very -much the sort of feeling with which one meets a good big wave at -the sea-shore. It was exhilarating, but bewildering. An enormous -freezer of ice-cream, and strawberries, raspberries, and cakes -_ad infinitum_, were brought in, and our rooms were soon crowded -with about one hundred and fifty as happy-looking people as I ever -saw. Young and old, grave and gay, Christians and worldlings, -Methodists and Baptists, as well as Congregationalists—it was a -thoroughly representative gathering. Our own people were out in -force, and there were prominent members of all the other colored -churches. For about two hours they amused themselves and us with -conversation, singing, and playing. There was not a rude word or a -boorish action. It was a gathering that would have done credit, in -its behavior, to any community. They made the pastor and his wife, -with the teachers, gather together and partake of the delicacies -so generously provided, and then attacked them (the delicacies, -not the teachers) on their own account, with right good will. For -two hours they made the house echo with merry laughter and with -singing—patriotic, sentimental, and religious—and then, after a -siege of hand-shaking, which made me realize somewhat the trials -our popular Presidents have to undergo, and with many pleasant -words of kindly appreciation, they took their leave. - - * * * * * - - -Another Female Missionary Needed. - -The work at Montgomery stands greatly in need of more visiting -than the pastor can accomplish. While the church and congregation -are small, the field includes the whole colored population of the -city and suburbs—not far from 10,000 souls—and no form of labor -seems so likely to be fruitful as the work of a good woman in -the homes of the people. One of our good teachers has kept up a -Bible-reading in one of the poorer neighborhoods, and has thus -reached a number whose ignorant prejudice renders them inaccessible -to the Congregational minister. She has been able, also, to reach -the hearts and homes of many others, and has shown herself to have -the power to win their affection and sympathy, and lead them to -higher thoughts and purposes. The attempt to combine this labor -with her school duties, and the vexatious responsibilities of the -matron of the Home, had its natural result in broken health and -depressed spirits. Is there some church or society, or generous -individual, who, in addition to regular contributions, would be -willing to provide for the maintenance of a “Woman Missionary” -in this field, that this faithful worker may be able to use her -talents more efficiently, or, if she cannot return, that some other -good woman may take her place? “But when He saw the multitudes, He -was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were -scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith He unto -His disciples: The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are -few. Pray ye, therefore, the Lord of the harvest, that He will send -forth laborers into His harvest.” - - * * * * * - - -A Blessed Work. - -REV. GEORGE E. HILL, PASTOR, MARION. - -We had an interesting day last Sunday. Seven were admitted on -profession and six children were baptized—a new thing here. The -audience was the largest we have had, quite filling the church, and -the floral decoration of the pulpit and its surroundings added to -the effect. - -Our Sabbath-school is flourishing. Mrs. H. and my daughter both -have classes. A few Sabbaths since, I drew a map of Palestine -on the blackboard, and proposed to the scholars to “go and do -likewise.” They have brought in twenty-five maps; some of them -would do credit to any school at the North. There is a good promise -for the future of the church in the children, many of whom already -give evidence of a change of heart. - -At a recent “praise-meeting,” we had testimony from twenty-five -different persons, who mentioned special causes for gratitude. -The people all seem eager to be helped, and to improve every -opportunity. We enjoy our work more and more. It is a blessed, -blessed work! - - * * * * * - - - - -THE CHINESE. - -“CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.” - -Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association. - - PRESIDENT: Rev. J. K. McLean, D. D. VICE-PRESIDENTS: Rev. A. L. - Stone, D. D., Thomas O. Wedderspoon, Esq., Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon. - F. F. Low, Rev. I. E. Dwinell, D. D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S. - H. Wiley, D. D., Edward P. Flint, Esq., Rev. J. W. Hough, D. D., - Jacob S. Taber, Esq. - - DIRECTORS: Rev. George Moor, D. D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer, Rev. W. E. - Ijams, James M. Haven, Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, E. P. Sanford, - Esq., H. W. Severance, Esq. - - SECRETARY: Rev. W. C. Pond. TREASURER: E. Palache, Esq. - - * * * * * - - -Last month I gave an account from the pen of our missionary helper, -Fung Affoo, of the Sabbath services at our Mission House in San -Francisco. Jee Gam, at my request, has prepared the following -statement respecting the method pursued at Oakland, where his -labors are specially centred. I am sure that it will be read -with interest, the very simplicity with which details are given -rendering more vivid and distinct the picture. - - “OAKLAND, CAL. - - “REV. W. C. POND: - - “_Dear Friend_—As I am requested to give you a little outline - about our manner of conducting the Christian work in Oakland, - I will try to do so. On Sunday morning, those brethren who - can get out in time from their occupations generally attend - church, but this number is comparatively small, owing to the - way in which they are situated. Our Chinese Sunday-school is - held immediately after the morning service in the church, and - continues till fifteen minutes of two P.M. The average number of - scholars during the last few months was about fifty-five. Mr. - E. P. Sanford is our superintendent, and I am the assistant. - The school is generally opened by singing two hymns in Chinese - and two in English, followed by a prayer. After the latter, - each teacher proceeds to take charge of his own class; and when - the lesson ends, passages of Scripture are recited by most of - the Bible-reading pupils. Then the notices are given for all - the exercises of the following week. The Lord’s Prayer is then - recited in concert, and the school is dismissed. - - “From 6.30 to 7.15 P.M., we assemble at our Christian Association - Room (a small house of five rooms) for prayer-meeting. This - meeting is conducted by the president of the Association. The - exercises consist of singing, praying, and speaking from two of - the members who are appointed by the president at the previous - meeting. After these speakers get through, eight to ten minutes - are allowed to all who wish to speak or pray. The meeting is - closed with the Doxology and prayer. From this meeting we go back - to the chapel where we held our Sunday-school. There we open our - regular Sunday evening service. The average attendance is about - twenty-five. The first part of this service is singing from 7.25 - to fifteen minutes of eight. The singing is conducted by Mr. - Sanford, assisted by Miss L. Gill and Miss Sanford. To these - persons we are greatly indebted for their kindness in teaching - us, especially Mr. Sanford, whose labors for us are unspeakably - great. After the singing and prayer, Mr. Sanford takes the Bible. - He then reads, and explains to them in English; I take the same - lesson and explain to them in Chinese, after which the meeting - is closed with a prayer in Chinese. On Wednesday evening our - prayer-meeting is conducted entirely by myself. Its average - attendance is about the same as that of Sunday evening. Thursday - evening I have the whole Bible-class, consisting of from ten to - eighteen pupils. Beside this Bible reading we also have another - very interesting Bible exercise in the Association Room every - evening throughout the whole week, with the exception of Saturday - and Sunday evenings. This exercise commences immediately after - the brethren get back from school and continues until ten P.M. - We begin by reading and explaining the Scripture alternately. - If one fails to explain his verse correctly, the one who sits - next to him follows it up, and if he fails also, the third, - fourth, and so on to the last one in the class. If he fails to - succeed, I then explain the verse to them again. When this lesson - is through, I read and explain to them the new lesson for the - following evening. Then this exercise is closed with a prayer in - English by one of the brethren successively. - - “Yours respectfully, JEE GAM.” - - * * * * * - - - - -THE CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - * * * * * - -“KING DAVID’S DANCE” AND THE “HOLY MARCH.” - -The signification of the above terms may not be familiar to -all our readers, and hence a description of them may prove of -interest. They are religious exercises, and constitute a part of -the regular Sabbath worship of the colored Baptist Church of Mount -Vernon, Ala. The members of this church are very emotional, and -exceedingly demonstrative in their religion. The order of services -each Sabbath are as follows: A Union Sabbath-school is held from -nine to half-past ten A.M., after which one of the leading brethren -conducts a prayer-meeting for about an hour. - -Then preaching begins. The young minister preaches a sermon first, -and he is followed by the old minister, who preaches another sermon -from the same text. Mourners are then called for, the doors are -opened to receive members, and other necessary business transacted, -after which the benediction is pronounced. - -It is then about three P.M. Instead of going home, the members -all remain, move the benches aside, and prepare for “King David’s -Dance” and the “Holy March.” The first consists in forming a -circle—or “ringing up,” as they term it—joining hands, and jumping -up and down, keeping time to the tune of some lively “spiritual -song.” This performance is carried on for some time, and then they -march the “Holy March.” - -This is done by forming in single file, each one placing his hand -on the other one’s shoulder, and marching around and around, going -through a number of bodily contortions, better seen than described. -They march and dance alternately until about sundown, when, -completely exhausted, they go home. - -During these exercises they shout and scream vehemently. The above -is a true statement of the manner in which the colored people here, -of the Baptist connection, worship. The so-called “King David’s -Dance” would remind one more of the war-dance of some savage tribe. -Several other churches in the neighboring settlements carry on -these performances.—_The Southern Sentinel._ - - * * * * * - - -NEGRO RELIGION. - -Negro religion is as varied as the character and grade of its -professors: some as dignified as African princes, others as wild -as children playing at church. And yet, who shall say that either -extreme is the more acceptable to Him who looks through outward -demonstrations at the hearts of worshippers? One of their own -utterances perhaps best expresses the idea: - -“We has our own ways ob doin’ things; white folks don’t allus -understand us, but de Lord seems to get along with us putty well, -an’ dat’s all we need care fur.” - -White folks do not understand, and certainly cannot but be amused -at seeing an old black woman, whose gray wool is bound up in a -brilliant turban, moving in slow, undulating waves of a mystic -dance up and down the church aisles, and round its altar, as -she chants forth her testimony to “de leadin’s of de Lord all -dese eighty years”; but they can quite appreciate the reverence -which sends every one to his knees at the words, “Let us pray,” -and sometimes wish that the custom might prove possible of -transplantation. Quaint and racy words sometimes come from these -colored preachers. “Ta’n’t no use dodgin’,” said one the other day; -“yer may poke yer head dis way and stick yer feet dat way, but yer -can’t go round yer grave; yer may shut yer eyes and make b’lieve -yer don’t see it, but ye’s got to tumble inter it, after all. Dere -it is, right in yer path. Is yer all ready?” - -“I can’t read much,” said a preacher; “I can’t say all dem long, -hard names. I couldn’t read a word when the good Lord Jesus found -me, in the South Caroliny cane-brake; but I taught myself to spell -out de name ob Jesus, and now I can read all ’bout how He carries -sinners to heaven; dat’s ’nough.” - -We were present at a communion service in which there was nothing -calculated to draw a smile. Tears of apparently genuine earnestness -stood in many eyes, and suppressed sobs mingled with the rich, -quaint hymns in many parts of the room. The preacher was a young -man, who drew a moving picture of the crucifixion, which, in its -pathos, simplicity, and correct diction, would have done honor -to any white preacher in the land. But one point, that of the -substitution of _w_ for _r_, marked the speaker as one of that -subject race, which, in thus slowly rising from barbarism, while -it loses much that is amusing to the merely curious observer, is -steadily gaining in what pertains to the dignity of manhood, and -the well-being of immortal souls.—_Illustrated Christian Weekly._ - - * * * * * - - - - -RECEIPTS - -FOR MAY, 1878. - - - * * * * * - - - MAINE, $111.42. - - Augusta. John Dorr 15.00 - Bangor. First Cong. Ch. 31.42 - Brewer. First Cong. Ch. $6.40, and Sab. Sch. - $2.50; Dea. J. Holyoke $5.10 14.00 - Hallowell. Miss Mary Flagg $10; Hon. H. K. - Baker $2, _for Printing Press, Talladega - C._; “A Friend” $1, _for Student, Tougaloo, - Miss._ 13.00 - Houlton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.00 - Oak Hill. —— 30.00 - Wells. “A Friend” 5.00 - Wild. Rev. D. D. T. 1.00 - - - NEW HAMPSHIRE, $254.02. - - Concord. R. P. S. 1.00 - Exeter. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for a - Teacher, Wilmington, N. C._ 70.00 - Greenland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.85 - Hanover. Cong. Ch. Dartmouth Col. 50.00 - Henniker. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.00 - Hooksett. Union Soc. 3.87 - Littleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 37.00 - Marlborough. “Ladies’ Freedmen’s Aid Soc.” 16.00 - New Boston. Ladies, bbl. of C. and $2, _for - freight, for Wilmington N. C._ 2.00 - New Ipswich. “Hillside Gleaners,” _for - Memorial Inst., Wilmington, N. C._ 16.00 - West Concord. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.30 - - - VERMONT, $259.62. - - Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 - Brownington and Barton Landing. Cong. Ch. and - Soc. 13.25 - Clarendon. Mrs. N. J. Smith 5.00 - East Arlington. Rev. Chas. Redfield 10.00 - Jericho Centre. Miss J. Graves 2.00 - New Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 39.37 - North Springfield. Chas. Haywood 5.00 - Peru. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Rochester. Cong. Soc. 15.00 - St. Albans. Mrs. J. Gregory Smith 10.00 - Thetford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.00 - Wallingford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 69.00 - Wells River. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $30; C. W. - Eastman $10 40.00 - Westminster West. Mrs. A. S. G. 1.00 - Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00 - - - MASSACHUSETTS, $4,078.34. - - Andover. Free Cong. Ch. and Soc. $30.81, to - const. CHARLES W. CLARK, L. M.—“Friends” - $25, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 55.81 - Ashby. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.25 - Ashburnham. M. W. 1.00 - Belchertown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 32.00 - Boston. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. - $600.40.—“Howard” $500, _for two - Chapels_.—Mrs. N. B. Curtis $200; Mrs. S. A. - Bradbury $25.—Juvenile Class of Phillips - Cong. Ch. $18.75, _for Student, Talladega C._ 1,344.15 - Brocton. —— 15.00 - Brookline. Howard Ch. and Soc. 92.50 - Cambridge. Geo. H. Fogg 20.00 - Charlestown. Ivory Littlefield (of which $25 - _for Chinese M_) 50.00 - Chelsea. Mrs. P. N. P. 1.00 - Conway. Cong. Soc., to const. DEA. EDWIN - COOLEY and Mrs. L. L. LEE, L. M ’s 70.45 - East Bridgewater. Union Ch. and Soc. 25.09 - Easton. Cong. Sab. Sch. $30, to const. EVERETT - C. RANDALL, L. M.; Cong. Ch. and Soc. $10.70 40.70 - Egremont. Cong. Ch. 19.50 - Everett. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 33.88 - Florence. Florence. Ch. 108.88 - Foxborough. D. Carpenter 80.00 - Framingham. Mrs. T. F. $1; Mrs. S. M. B. $1 2.00 - Georgetown. “A Friend” 10.00 - Greenfield. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of First Ch. - $18, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._—Ladies, - Box of C. 18.00 - Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $66.40; J. H. $1 67.40 - Ipswich. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 - Lancaster. ESTATE of Miss Sophia Stearns, by - W. W. Wyman, Ex. 7.00 - Leominster. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.62 - Linden. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.00 - Lowell. M. Moore and wife $20.—Ladies of First - Cong. Ch., bbl. of C. and $1 _for freight, - for Wilmington, N.C._ 21.00 - Lynn. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.47 - Malden. Mrs. C. F. Belcher, pkg. of papers. - Mittineague. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.35 - Natick. Mrs. S. E. Hammond 10.00 - Needham. N. S. R. 0.50 - Newburyport. Mrs. T. C. Tyler $10; Miss P. N. - 50c. 10.50 - North Andover Depot. F. D. F. 0.50 - North Beverly. Mrs. Rebecca Conant 15.00 - North Hadley. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.48 - North Orange. Cong. Sab. Sch. 3.00 - Norton. Wheaton Fem. Sem., _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 21.00 - Norton. ESTATE of John Hunt, by E. T. Jackson, - Ex. 804.75 - Orleans. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00 - Paxton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00 - Peru. Cong. Sab. Sch. 3.50 - Phillipston. Mrs. J. L. 0.50 - Plainfield. Albert Dyer 2.00 - Pittsfield. JAMES H. DUNHAM, to const. himself - L. M. 30.00 - Rochester. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 30.00 - Salem. Tabernacle Ch. and Soc. $46.13; South - Cong. Sab. Sch. $21.32 67.45 - South Abington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.07 - Somerville. Broadway Ch. and Soc. 12.25 - South Weymouth. Union Cong. Ch. $55; Second - Cong. Ch. and Soc. $36, to const. MRS. ELLEN - A. CHANDLER, L. M. 91.00 - Springfield. Olivet Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.67 - Ware. East Cong. Ch. and Soc. $313.85; First - Cong. Ch. and Soc. $21 334.85 - Watertown. Phillips’ Ch. and Soc. $37.50; - Phillips’ Sab. Sch. $10 47.50 - West Cummington. Rev. J. B. B. 0.25 - Westfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of which - $5 from the late Mrs. Dickinson and $5 from - Miss Lizzie Dickinson) 31.40 - West Newbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00 - West Newton. Ann Miller 5.00 - West Springfield. Prof. M. S. Southworth, _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Wilbraham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00 - Winchendon. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. 101.00 - Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 101.31 - Woburn. Mrs. G. A. B. 0.25 - Worcester. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. - $55.56.—Plymouth Ch. $15, _for printing - press, Talladega_,—Mrs. C. M. F. and Dr. W. - D. 50c. ea. 71.56 - - - RHODE ISLAND, $81.15. - - Little Compton. Cong. Ch. to const. REV. WM. - D. HART, L. M. 81.15 - - - CONNECTICUT, $698.87. - - Bristol. By Mrs. H. L. Bartholomew, _for Ind. - Dept. Talladega C._ 20.00 - Berlin. Rev. J. Whittlesey 10.00 - Bozrahville. Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.50 - Buckingham. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.50 - Cheshire. G. K. 1.00 - Colchester. Mrs. C. B. McCall, _for Tougaloo - U._ 5.00 - Cornwall. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 20.00 - East Hartford. First Cong. Ch. 32.00 - Ekonk. Elizabeth W. Kasson 10.00 - Enfield. First Cong. Ch. 11.40 - Guilford. Mrs. Lucy E. Tuttle $50; First Cong. - Ch. $20 70.00 - Hanover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.95 - Hartford. D. R. Howe $30, _for Ind. School, - Talladega C._—Mrs. L. C. Dewing, $20; “Armor - Bearers” in Talcott St. Cong. Sab. Sch. by - M. K. Stevens, $3 53.00 - Harwinton. EVELINE S. BARKER to const. herself - L. M. 30.00 - Meriden. Box of papers, by Edmund Tuttle. - Middletown. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 39.96 - Mt. Carmel. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for a Student, - Atlanta U._ 26.71 - New Haven. North Church $118.—Rev. Wm. Patton, - D. D. $25 (ad’l), _for Howard U._—College - St. Ch. $10; Mrs. Julius Gale $5 158.00 - North Branford. J. A. P. 1.00 - North Haven. Elihu Dickinson 2.00 - Norwich. Broadway Cong. Sab. Sch., _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 100.00 - Rocky Hill. Mrs. U. C. D. 0.25 - Rockville. G. P. 0.55 - South Killingly. Rev. W. H. Beard 4.00 - Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 29.58 - Wallingford. Mrs. C. P. Hall 2.00 - Washington. Cong. Ch. 20.00 - West Haven. Cong. Ch. 19.32 - West Stafford. Cong. Sab. School 1.15 - - - NEW YORK, $1,282.03. - - Antwerp. First Cong. Ch. 24.05 - Binghamton. First Cong. Ch. 151.00 - Brooklyn. Mrs. M. E. W. $1; J. E. $1 2.00 - Gilbertsville Academy. Rev. A. Wood 15.00 - Goshen. F. E. C. 1.00 - Greigsville. Mrs. S. J. C. 1.00 - Hamilton. O. S. Campbell, Mrs. M. Tompkins and - Mrs. S. K. Bardin $5 ea. 15.00 - Harris Hill. ESTATE of Thomas Hutchinson, for - _Freedmen Foreign and Home M.,_ by John Berry 18.00 - Irvington. Mrs. R. W. Lambdin 5.00 - Lisle. Cong. Ch. 5.34 - Madison. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00 - Morrisville. Cong. Ch. 30.14 - New Lebanon Centre. Ladies, by Miss E. W. - Frary, Bbl. of C. - New York. ESTATE of Edwin S. Dewing, by Mrs. - L. C. Dewing 250.00 - New York. Mrs. Hannah Ireland $50; Miss J. F. - $1 51.00 - Niagara. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., Bbl. of C., _for - Tougaloo_ - Orwell. Cong. Ch. 11.00 - Oneonta. Mrs. H. Slade and others 1.90 - Philadelphia. W. C. 0.75 - Poughkeepsie. Mrs. M. J. Myers 30.00 - Rochester. Emily Boardman, _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 20.00 - Rodman. Cong. Ch. 17.25 - Sag Harbor. Mrs. A. E. Westfall 10.00 - Syracuse. Mrs. S. J. White 10.00 - Union Valley. Sab. Sch., by Dr. J. Angel, Supt. 1.25 - West Brook. T. S. Hoyt 3.00 - Westmoreland. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.85 - Williamsburgh. ESTATE of Lewis Chichester, by - John M. Stearns and E. C. Wadsworth, - Executors 594.00 - Windsor. Mrs. Julia Woodruff 5.00 - Wyoming. H. S. S 0.50 - - - NEW JERSEY, $128.40. - - Newark. Belleville Ave. Cong. Ch. 38.39 - Orange. Trinity Cong. Ch. 70.01 - Trenton. Misses A. P. and S. T. Sherman, _for - Indian pupil_ 20.00 - - - PENNSYLVANIA, $47.75. - - Farmers’ Valley. Mrs. E. C. O. 1.00 - Pittsburgh. E. P. 0.50 - Prentiss Vale. Rev. M. W. Strickland $20; C. - L. Allen $10.25, to const. MISS ABBIE L. - SPILLER L. M. 30.25 - Providence. E. Weston 5.00 - Sewickley. Miss Lucy Bittinger 6.00 - Washington. Mrs. H. H. Templeton 5.00 - - - OHIO, $368.71. - - Berea. Cong. Sab. Sch. 1.30 - Belpre. Cong. Sab. Sch. 16.50 - Cincinnati. Western Tract and Book Soc., Books - and Tracts val. $45.18, _for Savannah - Mission_ - Cleveland. S. W. Pierson 5.00 - Clifton. J. K. 1.00 - Collinwood. Union Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid_ 21.00 - Eagleville. E. M. T 0.50 - Elyria. First Presb. Ch. $61.28 and Sab. Sch. - $40 101.28 - Fredericktown. A. H. Royce 10.00 - Madison. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 43.66 - Marietta. Rev. I. M. P. 0.25 - Martinsburgh. Church Property 74.62 - Norwalk. Cong. Ch. 8.55 - Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch. 12.02 - Paddy’s Run. Cong. Ch. 20.25 - Ravenna. Young People’s Miss. Soc. $10, _for - Student Aid, Talladega C._—Howard Carter $10 20.00 - Seville. Mrs. Julia Hulburt 5.00 - Sharon Centre. Mrs. R. A. 0.25 - Sheffield. Cong. Ch. 10.50 - Springfield. First Cong. Ch. (Quar. Coll.) 7.03 - Willoughby. Miss Mary P. Hastings 10.00 - - - INDIANA, $25. - - New Corydon. George Stolz 5.00 - Orland. Union Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid_ 5.00 - South Bend. R. Burroughs 15.00 - - - ILLINOIS, $1,243.29. - - Aurora. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Fisk - U._ 25.00 - Batavia. Cong. Ch. 36.93 - Bondville. “A Friend,” _for Mendi M._ 10.00 - Chicago. Plymouth Ch. $83.57; Mrs. M. C. S. - 50c. 84.07 - Chillicothe. R. W. Gilliam 5.00 - Cobden. E. W. T. 0.50 - Danvers. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.63 - East Waupaunsee. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Evanston. J. M. Williams, _for Fisk U._ 25.00 - Galesburg. Mrs. Julia T. Wells $20.—“Friends” - $15; Mrs. D. Hurd $5, and Box of C., _for - Ind. Dept., Talladega C._ 40.00 - Galesburg. ESTATE of Warren C. Willard, by - Prof. T. R. Willard 17.00 - Galva. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Fisk U._ 30.00 - Geneva. Mrs. G. F. Milton, _for Ind. Sch. - Talladega C._ 5.00 - Hampton. Cong. Ch. 4.00 - Lisbon. G. K. 0.50 - Macomb. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 5.80 - Morris. Cong. Ch. $14.45 and Sab. Sch. $4.05 18.50 - Morrison. Mrs. E. H. 1.00 - Nora. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid_ 2.26 - Oak Park. Mrs. J. Huggins, _for Student Aid_ 20.00 - Onargo. Mrs. L. C. Foster 150.00 - Payson. Cong. Ch. 50.00 - Polo. Robert Smith 500.00 - Port Byron. Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Princeton. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Fisk U._ 16.50 - Princeville. Mrs. Olive L. Cutter 20.00 - Quincy. Mrs. E. T. Parker $30, to const. MRS. - GEORGE T. HOLYOKE L. M.;“A Friend” $5 35.00 - Rockford. First Cong. Sab. Sch. $20, _for Fisk - U.;_ Ladies of First. Cong. Ch. $13, _for - Ind. Dept, Talladega C._ 33.00 - Rock Island. “A Friend” 10.00 - Sparta. P. B. Gault 2.00 - Tonica. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch, _for Fisk U._ 26.50 - Wheaton. First Church of Christ 14.00 - Winnebago. Cong. Ch. 5.10 - Woodburn. A. L. Sturges, bal. to const. MRS. - CLARISSA E. STURGES L. M. 10.00 - - - MICHIGAN, $202.75. - - Benzonia. “Friends” $10 bal. to const. - CHAUNCEY BUSH, L. M.; “A Friend” $1 11.00 - Chelsea. John C. Winans 5.00 - Clinton. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. 5.00 - Covert. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Talladega_ 8.00 - Detroit. Rev. C. C. Foote $25; J. C. H. $1 26.00 - Flint. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Fisk U._ 10.00 - Grand Rapids. T. B. W. 0.25 - Hillsdale. Mathews Joslyn 100.00 - Lansing. Ag’l Coll., Mrs. R. C. K., Mrs. W. J. - B., Mrs. G. T. F., Mrs. A. J. C. and Mrs. R. - G. B. $1 ea.; Mrs. C. L. I. 50c. _for a - Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._ 5.50 - Oceola. B. F. Batchelder and Mrs. Sarah E. A. - Batchelder $2.50 ea. 5.00 - Romeo. Cong. Sab. Sch. $20; Mrs. J. T. $1, - _for Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._ 21.00 - Royal Oak. Cong. Ch. $5.—Mrs. C. S. C. $1, - _for Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._ 6.00 - - - IOWA, $215.85. - - Ames. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.50 - Bowen Prairie. —— 7.00 - Clinton. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. $15, _for - Fisk U._—H. R. W. 50c. 15.50 - Cincinnati. Wm. T. Reynolds 2.00 - Cresco. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.65 - Denmark. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Fisk U._ 22.00 - Dubuque. Mrs. S. N. M. 0.50 - Genoa Bluff. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid_ 4.27 - Grinnell. Cong. Ch. $37.50; “Friend,” gold - ring and 43c. 37.93 - Hampton. “A Friend” 2.00 - Kellogg. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid_ 5.00 - Keokuk. Mrs. E. M. Wilson 5.00 - Mason City. First Cong. Ch. 5.70 - McGregor. Cong. Ch. $12.42; Woman’s Miss. Soc. - 12.01 bal. to const. MISS CATHARINE - GILCHRIST, L. M. 24.43 - Monticello. Cong. Ch. 16.50 - Muscatine. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 25.00 - Oskaloosa. Rev. Asa Turner 10.00 - Stuart. Cong. Ch. 6.00 - Tipton. William Coutts 5.00 - Traer. Mrs. C. H. B. 1.00 - Williamsburg. Welsh Cong. Ch. 1.87 - - - MISSOURI, $35. - - St. Louis. First Cong. Ch. 35.00 - - - WISCONSIN, $266.40. - - Albion. S. G. A 0.25 - Arena. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Fon du Lac. Cong. Ch. 42.93 - Hartford. R. F. 1.00 - Keshena. S. J. Marshall, M. D. 6.00 - Madison. Cong. Ch. 68.47 - Mazo Manie. Cong. Ch. $8.10; Cong. Sab. Sch. - $2.40 10.50 - Menomenee. “A Friend” 50.00 - Milwaukee. Spring St. Cong. Ch. 25.00 - Oconomowoc. J. S. Kenyon 5.00 - Plymouth. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Wauwatosa. Cong. Ch. $37.—Cong. Sab. Sch. - $10.25, _for Student Aid_ 47.25 - - - MINNESOTA, $25.43. - - Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. $22.80; Pilgrim - Cong. Ch. $1.38 24.18 - Morris. Cong. Ch. 1.25 - - - KANSAS, $1. - - Burlingame. A Friend 1.00 - - - NEBRASKA, $14.65. - - Linwood. Union Sab. Sch. 1.00 - Weeping Water. Cong. Ch. 13.65 - - - COLORADO TER. 50c. - - Littleton. H. C. W. 0.50 - - - CALIFORNIA, $30. - - Madison. MRS. TYLER THACHER to const. herself - L. M. 30.00 - - - OREGON, $32. - - Salem. Cong. Ch. to const. DEA. JOHN J. - MCFARLAND, L. M. 32.00 - - - MARYLAND, $50. - - Baltimore. Rev. Geo. Morris, _for Fisk U._ 50.00 - - - TENNESSEE, $193.50. - - Covington. H. C. Gray, _for rebuilding S. U._ 1.00 - Memphis. Le Moyne Sch. 119.65 - Nashville. Fisk University 72.85 - - - NORTH CAROLINA, $231.22. - - Raleigh. Washington Sch. 126.22 - Wilmington. Normal Sch. $98.73; Cong. Ch. $6.27 105.00 - - - SOUTH CAROLINA, $228.50. - - Charleston. Avery Inst. 223.50 - Orangeburgh. Ladies’ Miss. Ass’n of Cong. Ch., - _for Mendi M._ 5.00 - - - GEORGIA, $214.20. - - Atlanta. Atlanta University $103.—M. Blanche - Curtiss $5, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 108.00 - Columbus. R. P. Lewis, _for Atlanta U._ 5.00 - Macon. Lewis High Sch. 51.20 - McIntosh. Rev. Jos. E. Smith, _for Student - Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00 - - - MISSISSIPPI, $65.55. - - Tougaloo. Tougaloo U. 65.55 - - - LOUISIANA, $152.75. - - Houma. Rev. A. E. P. A. 0.50 - Lake Peigneur. Cong. Ch. 2.00 - New Iberia. Cong. Ch. 5.25 - New Orleans. Straight University $144.50; W. - A. C. 50c. 145.00 - - - TEXAS, 50c. - - Goliad. S. M. 0.50 - - - ALABAMA, $746. - - Mobile. Emerson Inst. 154.75 - Montgomery. Pub. Fund 420.75 - Selma. Cong. Ch. 11.35 - Talladega. Talladega Col. $126.15.—Cong. Sab. - Sch. $30; B. L. $1, _for Farm_; Willis Ferry - $2, _for Ind. Dept. Talladega C._ 159.15 - - - INCOME FUND, $3,511.82. - - Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 2,286.82 - Le Moyne Fund 770.00 - Hammond Fund 350.00 - ESTATE of Dr. M. C. Williams 35.00 - ESTATE of Sarah J. Nason 35.00 - ESTATE of A. Miner 35.00 - - - CANADA, 16.08. - - Guelph. Rev. J. H. 1.00 - Sherbrooke. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 15.08 - ————————— - Total 14,812.30 - Total from Oct. 1st to May 31st $118,122.26 - - H. W. HUBBARD - _Ass’t Treas._ - - - RECEIVED FOR DEBT. - - Amherst, Mass. Mrs. R. A. Lester 50.00 - Barnstable Co., Mass. “A Traveler” 5.00 - Holbrook, Mass. Mrs. C. S. Holbrook 100.00 - Holbrook Mass. Miss Sarah J. Holbrook 25.00 - North Abington, Mass. Mrs. A. S. Reed 20.00 - Hartford, Conn. “A Friend” 500.00 - Brooklyn, N. Y. Julius Davenport 25.00 - Goliad, Texas. Rev. Mitchell Thompson 5.00 - Helena, Texas. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - —— Payment on Land in Mich. 150.00 - —————— - 885.00 - Previously acknowledged April receipts 9,637.72 - ———————— - Total $10,522.72 - - * * * * * - - - - -Constitution of the American Missionary Association. - -INCORPORATED JANUARY 30, 1849. - - - * * * * * - -ART. I. This Society shall be called “THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY -ASSOCIATION.” - -ART. II. The object of this Association shall be to conduct -Christian missionary and educational operations, and diffuse a -knowledge of the Holy Scriptures in our own and other countries -which are destitute of them, or which present open and urgent -fields of effort. - -ART. III. Any person of evangelical sentiments,[A] who professes -faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is not a slaveholder, or in the -practice of other immoralities, and who contributes to the funds, -may become a member of the Society; and by the payment of thirty -dollars, a life member; provided, that children and others who have -not professed their faith may be constituted life members without -the privilege of voting. - -ART. IV. This Society shall meet annually, in the month of -September, October or November, for the election of officers and -the transaction of other business at such time and place as shall -be designated by the Executive Committee. - -ART. V. The annual meeting shall be constituted of the regular -officers and members of the Society at the time of such meeting, -and of delegates from churches, local missionary societies, -and other co-operating bodies—each body being entitled to one -representative. - -ART. VI. The officers of the Society shall be a President, Vice -Presidents, a Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretaries, -Treasurer, two Auditors, and an Executive Committee of not less -than twelve, of which the Corresponding Secretaries shall be -advisory, and the Treasurer ex-officio, members. - -ART. VII. To the Executive Committee shall belong the collecting -and disbursing of funds; the appointing, counselling, sustaining -and dismissing (for just and sufficient reasons) missionaries and -agents; the selection of missionary fields; and, in general, the -transaction of all such business as usually appertains to the -executive committees of missionary and other benevolent societies; -the Committee to exercise no ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the -missionaries; and its doings to be subject always to the revision -of the annual meeting, which shall, by a reference mutually -chosen, always entertain the complaints of any aggrieved agent or -missionary; and the decision of such reference shall be final. - -The Executive Committee shall have authority to fill all vacancies -occurring among the officers between the regular annual meetings; -to apply, if they see fit, to any State Legislature for acts of -incorporation; to fix the compensation, where any is given, of all -officers, agents, missionaries, or others in the employment of the -Society; to make provision, if any, for disabled missionaries, and -for the widows and children of such as are deceased; and to call, -in all parts of the country, at their discretion, special and -general conventions of the friends of missions, with a view to the -diffusion of the missionary spirit, and the general and vigorous -promotion of the missionary work. - -Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for -transacting business. - -ART. VIII. This society, in collecting funds, in appointing -officers, agents and missionaries, and in selecting fields -of labor, and conducting the missionary work, will endeavor -particularly to discountenance slavery, by refusing to receive the -known fruits of unrequited labor, or to welcome to its employment -those who hold their fellow-beings as slaves. - -ART. IX. Missionary bodies, churches or individuals agreeing to -the principles of this Society, and wishing to appoint and sustain -missionaries of their own, shall be entitled to do so through the -agency of the Executive Committee, on terms mutually agreed upon. - -ART. X. No amendment shall be made in this Constitution without -the concurrence of two thirds of the members present at a regular -annual meeting; nor unless the proposed amendment has been -submitted to a previous meeting, or to the Executive Committee in -season to be published by them (as it shall be their duty to do, if -so submitted) in the regular official notifications of the meeting. - - -FOOTNOTE: - -[A] By evangelical sentiments, we understand, among others, a -belief in the guilty and lost condition of all men without a -Saviour; the Supreme Deity, Incarnation and Atoning Sacrifice -of Jesus Christ, the only Saviour of the world; the necessity -of regeneration by the Holy Spirit, repentance, faith and holy -obedience in order to salvation; the immortality of the soul; and -the retributions of the judgment in the eternal punishment of the -wicked, and salvation of the righteous. - - * * * * * - - - - -_THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION._ - - * * * * * - - -AIM AND WORK. - -To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with -the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted its -main efforts to preparing the FREEDMEN for their duties as citizens -and Christians in America and as missionaries in Africa. As closely -related to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted CHINESE -in America, and to co-operate with the Government in its humane -and Christian policy towards the INDIANS. It has also a mission in -AFRICA. - - -STATISTICS. - -CHURCHES: _In the South_—In Va., 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2; Ga., 11; -Ky., 5; Tenn., 4; Ala., 12; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2; Texas, 4. -_Africa_, 1. _Among the Indians_, 2. Total, 62. - -INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE SOUTH. -_Chartered_: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala.; Atlanta, -Ga.; Nashville, Tenn., Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.; and -Austin, Texas, 8; _Graded or Normal Schools_: at Wilmington, -Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Macon, Atlanta, Ga.; -Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn.; 11; _Other -Schools_, 7. Total 26. - -TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS—Among the Freedmen, 209; -among the Chinese, 17; among the Indians, 16; in foreign lands, 10. -Total, 252. STUDENTS—In Theology, 74; Law, 8; in College Course, -79; in other studies, 5,243. Total, 5,404. Scholars taught by -former pupils of our schools, estimated at 100,000. _Indians_ under -the care of the Association, 13,000. - - -WANTS. - -1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the -growing work in the South. This increase can only be reached by -_regular_ and _larger_ contributions from the churches—the feeble -as well as the strong. - -2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational institutions, to -accomodate the increasing numbers of students; MEETING HOUSES, for -the new churches we are organizing; MORE MINISTERS, cultured and -pious, for these churches. - -3. HELP FOR YOUNG MEN, to be educated as ministers here and -missionaries to Africa—a pressing want. - -Before sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A. -office, as below. - - NEW YORK H. W. Hubbard. Esq., 56 Reade Street. - BOSTON Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Room 21, Congregational House. - CHICAGO Rev. Jas. 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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. 7, July 1878 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: October 10, 2016 [EBook #53242] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, JULY 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" /> - -<div> -<p class="float-left"><span class="smcap">Vol. XXXII.</span></p> -<p class="float-right">No. 7.</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">JULY, 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_193">193</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Permanent, Interest-Bearing Investments.—The Claim of Need</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_195">195</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">“These Stupid Blacks.”—An Aged Minister’s Enthusiasm</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_197">197</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Three Extracts</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_198">198</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Obituary.—Items from Churches and Schools</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_200">200</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Chinese Items.—General Notes</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_201">201</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE FREEDMEN.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Commencement at Hampton Institute</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_203">203</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Fisk University Commencement</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_205">205</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Kentucky: <span class="chaplinen">Then and Now</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_206">206</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Georgia: - <span class="chaplinen">Religious Life in Atlanta University.—A Photograph - with Lights and Shades</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_207">207</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Alabama: <span class="chaplinen">Dedication of Emerson Institute.—The -Church and the Literary Club.—Montgomery—Swayne -School—A Year’s -Work—Closing Exercises.—A Surprise -Party in a Southern Church—Another -Female Missionary Needed.—A Blessed -Work</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_210">210</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE CHINESE.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Jee Gam’s Letter</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_215">215</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="toc-chapter">THE CHILDREN’S PAGE</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_216">216</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="toc-chapter">RECEIPTS</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_218">218</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="toc-chapter">CONSTITUTION</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_221">221</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="toc-chapter">WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, &c.</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_222">222</a></td> - </tr> -</table> -</div> - -<hr class="quarter" /> - -<div class="center">NEW YORK:<br /> -Published by the American Missionary Association,<br /> -<span class="smcap">Rooms, 56 Reade Street.</span> -</div> - -<hr class="tiny" /> - -<p class="center"><b>Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance.</b></p> - -<hr class="tiny" /> - -<p class="center medium">A. Anderson, Printer, 23 to 27 Vandewater St.</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. -</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. -</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 /> -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>. -</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>, -</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>. -</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 <em>Assistant Treasurer</em>.</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><a class="pagenum" name="Page_193" id="Page_193">[193]</a></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. XXXII.</span></div> -<div class="third center">JULY, 1878.</div> -<div class="third right">No. 7.</div> -</div> - -<hr class="full bottom" /> - -<p class="center xlarge"><i><b>American Missionary Association.</b></i></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>We are happy to state that the “New Cartridges” are in frequent -demand, and from sources which insure their best and most judicious -use. By the way, that name, which was used quite casually, appears -to have clung to them, so that they are called for under that title -more than as the Pamphlets. One brother writes: “I am the only one -in our religious society that fires the American Missionary gun -at the mission meetings, and I want cartridges to suit.” Another -says: “I will fire them at my people in the course of a month or -two, and you shall have the game.” And a third: “I hope they will -kick enough to have you feel the effect.” We refer any who may not -understand these allusions to the list of new Pamphlets on the last -page of the cover. We send them free to all who will use them and -let us “have the game.”</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The question is frequently asked, especially at our Boston -office, “What is the price of the Questions and Songs prepared -for Sunday-school concerts?” We answer: They are furnished -gratuitously, and gladly, to any pastor or superintendent who will -use them as designed. Only send in your requests for them for this -purpose, and you shall receive them free. The interest and the -gifts which they incite pay us a hundred fold.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>At the Boston Anniversary, held May 23d, addresses were made by -Rev. George R. Merrill, of Biddeford, Maine, and by President -Buckham, of the University of Vermont. The remarks of the latter -appear in full in the <cite>Congregationalist</cite>.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The season of the year has come again, when the schools are -closing, and teachers returning North for the summer. The year’s -work being ended, the laborers must be paid. Just at this time the -receipts grow less, and the income is not so well adapted as at -other times to the unusual outgo. If the churches which have taken -their collections recently will forward them promptly, and if those -who are purposing to send us money soon will send it a few days -sooner, we may be saved considerable embarrassment. We do not want -to have a single teacher’s or preacher’s claim unpaid the day it -becomes due and is presented.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>We have referred recently more than once to special wants among our -Southern institutions, especially at Tougaloo and Talladega. Both -of these, and Straight University as well, are in pressing need -of new dormitories, to accommodate the students<a class="pagenum" name="Page_194" id="Page_194">[194]</a> from abroad, who -come to them for instruction unless deterred by the well-known want -of room. Several thousands of dollars have been pledged for the -Tillotson Normal School in Texas, an eligible site for which has -been already secured; and it is important that this stock should -grow speedily to be a fruit-bearing tree. These special needs must -be kept in mind, and if there should be, during the summer months, -some special pleas for help in meeting them, we trust the friends -of the freedmen will be ready to respond, if not waiting impatient -to be asked. Some of these college presidents and professors will -be in the North before very long, and may think it worth while to -tell the things they know and the things they have not got, which -are often harder to bear than the things they have. The pleasantest -way of all would be for their friends to lay by in store something -for them, that there be no gatherings when they come.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Special exigencies during the past year demanded of us that we -should have a special agent in the field. It was necessary that the -burned buildings at Macon, Mobile, New Orleans and Savannah should -be replaced as speedily as it could be wisely and intelligently -done. It was not merely to rebuild, but to build better, both as -to location and adaptation for the work, with a constant view to -economy and the limits of insurance money. The Executive Committee -persuaded Prof. T. N. Chase to leave his chair, at Atlanta -University, temporarily, and undertake the general supervision -of the educational work, and, especially, the oversight of these -important measures for replacing, improving and enlarging the -school buildings. We have now gratefully to record the achievement -of this latter work, in great part, and its forwardness so far -as it is not yet fully done. Three of the locations have been -changed, involving the sale and purchase of lands. Plans have been -made, altered, adapted, in all cases, we believe, to the excellent -accommodation of the schools and churches, and to the entire -satisfaction of the teachers and missionary pastors.</p> - -<p>As Prof. Chase returns to his chosen and preferred work at Atlanta, -we desire to express our appreciation of the great value of -his services in this special work. Nor has his usefulness been -limited to the supervision of buildings alone. He has always -had more interest in the schools themselves than in their mere -habitations; and his suggestions in regard to them have been -valuable and practical, while in many other ways he has rendered -important service to the executive officers of the Association. The -wider acquaintance which he has made during his journeyings and -sojournings with the work at large, will, we doubt not, increase -his usefulness to the institution with which he has been so long -and honorably connected.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>It may be remembered that we said, at the beginning of the year, -that we should be glad to make the enlargement of the Southern -church work the characteristic work of 1878. We have not done very -much as yet in this direction, though the subject has constantly -and increasingly received attention and earnest thought. And yet -it is a matter which, for practical results, must be considered -in detail, rather than at large; in the concrete, rather than in -the abstract; and in the field, rather than in the office. This -consideration, in part, as well as the frequent need of speedy -communication with the various departments of our Southern work, -have led us to be on the lookout for a man peculiarly qualified -for the position of Field-Superintendent of the Southern work. -Providentially, in the changes going on in the Home Missionary -Society, the Rev. J. E. Roy, D. D., of Chicago, was at liberty to -consider the claims of this position, which was tendered to him. -And we are glad to announce, as the weekly press has already done, -that Dr. Roy has accepted the position, and will enter speedily -upon its duties, making his home at Atlanta, Ga., during the larger -part of the year.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_195" id="Page_195">[195]</a></p> - -<p>It must not be expected by our friends that there will follow this -new appointment a rapid and spasmodic enlargement of the Church -work, or that the first few months will add largely to the small -list of Congregational churches in the South. The Doctor is too -wise and experienced a field-marshal to design or desire any such -sudden and apparent gain. Nor shall we estimate his efficiency by -any such shallow measure. But we can assure the friends of the A. -M. A. that the whole subject will receive a consideration careful, -patient, and detailed, the results of which will appear in a policy -which, we trust, may be consistent and approved. For fifteen years -we have been laying foundations with care, in the education of the -freedmen and their preparation for citizenship in the State. We -believe that this same education is fitting them for a church in -which all are most fully citizens. But, after these years of toil, -efficient, as we think, and full of promise, we wish to build on -these foundations—not wood, hay, stubble, transient and perishable -things, deservedly short-lived and weak;—but the gold, the silver, -and the precious stones of Christian character and Christian -churches, which shall be able to stand all the tests of time and of -temptation.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<h3>PERMANENT, INTEREST-BEARING INVESTMENTS.</h3> - -<p>Many persons, affected by financial disasters, have at least one -consolation—what they have given for Jesus’ sake is saved. More -than this, it is bearing interest, and no human power can lessen or -destroy it. It is not like a bond, payable in full at the option -of the one who issues it. It draws interest throughout eternity. -The grain sown will multiply, some thirty, some sixty, and some an -hundred fold, and the sheaves will aggregate a much larger amount -than the seed. Those who have sown bountifully, will reap also -bountifully.</p> - -<p>The only bags that wax not old are those woven by gifts. These -are stored away in the heavenly garners, and will add to the -exceeding weight of glory. Gifts do give relief to the recipients; -they further the work for man’s redemption. This fact is the -objective reason for them; it lies upon the surface, and is soonest -comprehended. There are times, however, when it is proper to -consider how our charities may abound to our own account—how we -may secure for ourselves enduring mansions, spotless robes, and -imperishable crowns.</p> - -<p>If we have been tempted to trust unduly to uncertain riches, which -have made for themselves wings and used them, it is time to ask, -what investments are safe—what are the treasures that never fail? -Bountiful givers cannot be absolutely poor. They may be called to -wait a little for their inheritance, but only for a little, for -their Master’s word is sure: “Behold, I come quickly, and my reward -is with me, to give to every man according as his work shall be.”</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>THE CLAIM OF NEED.</h3> - -<p>What claim on us of the Caucasian race—us of the Christian -Church—have the Negro, the Indian, and the Chinaman, the three -despised races in the United States? We, who have the leaven, what -do we owe to those who have it not? We, who are the leaven, what to -that which is a foreign and corrupting mass, that we may transform -it into not only that which is leavened, but, as all which is -itself leavened becomes, into leaven itself?</p> - -<p>What claim on us have they?</p> - -<p>We answer, the claim of <em>need</em>. We do not even say, of want, which -is conscious need, but of need; the mere absence of that which we -have to enjoy, the mere contrast of their want with our plenty, -that of itself is, perhaps, the greatest of all claims.</p> - -<p>That is not the truest generosity which waits to be besieged -with tears and cries for<a class="pagenum" name="Page_196" id="Page_196">[196]</a> help, which lingers behind the closed -door of its comfortable home, until it is called out by special -application, and its sympathies are moved by loud appeals—as that -is not the truest need which proclaims its wants most loudly—but -that which goes and looks, and, knowing or suspecting want, seeks -it out, patiently and lovingly, to relieve it.</p> - -<p>So God has treated this sinful world. He looked from heaven, he -saw, he bowed the heavens and came down. It was the need, and not -the prayer, of the world which brought the Lord Jesus to its relief.</p> - -<p>Once here, He sees a man lie in the porches of the pool Bethesda; -He only sees him, and He asks at once, “Wilt thou be made whole?”</p> - -<p>He sees the multitudes in the wilderness, and it is only bread they -lack, and He has compassion on them, and from the storehouse of the -Father’s wealth, supplies their need.</p> - -<p>He sees the sins of the world, in which the world is taking -pleasure and rejoicing, and against their rejection, their -blasphemy, and their persecution, dies by their hands to free them -from their sins.</p> - -<p>And if need <em>be</em> a claim, then the claim is in proportion to the -need. That is the loudest call which comes from the deepest depths. -But what are these? Not poverty, for that may consist with all -which is best and worthiest in this life—with intelligence, virtue, -and faith in God. But the opposites of these—ignorance, immorality, -and superstition.</p> - -<p>We need not tell you that the 5,000,000 of freed men in the South, -the 300,000 Indians of the Northwest, and the, at least, 150,000 -Chinamen on the Pacific Coast, are, by our standard, in this direst -want. The negroes and the Indians, unlettered and unintelligent, -given over by the habits of their lives, these to the vices which -are found among the degraded classes which are domesticated, and -those to the immoralities which attend a wild life, and in both -cases, made worse by the neighborhood of those possessing greater -knowledge and power, but who have used this knowledge and power -only to depress them, and to make them serve the interests of -intelligent greed and lust.</p> - -<p>The negro, religious, but full of superstition and sensuousness, -whose religion consists largely in seeing visions and dreaming -dreams, and singing songs of a heaven they are unfit for—a -religion, too, which has been almost utterly divorced from -morality. As General Armstrong says: “The story of the devout old -Auntie who would go to the communion service, and not let one poor -old goose (that she had stolen) come between her and her blessed -Lord, shows how little a broken commandment disturbs the peace of -the unenlightened.” The Indian, with a vague and dreamy notion of -a Great Spirit, and a happy hunting ground, and a definite fear -of the medicine men, who send evil spirits to possess them, and -drive away disease with a dance. The Chinaman, with the remains of -an ancient civilization, which has taught him to imitate and to -worship his ancestors and to burn Josh-sticks to Confucius, and, -though temperate as to the use of alcoholic liquors, has learned -the worse drunkenness of the opium pipe, and to whom the thought -of a Saviour from sin, and a life of doing good, is an unheard-of -gospel. But we may not dwell longer here. This depth of need may -only be hinted at. That it is real and pressing, no one can doubt.</p> - -<p>It is a claim which these races have in common with all who are in -want. We merely ask the question: Can you find needs more real, -degradations more deep, and therefore claims more pressing, than -these we need only not shut our eyes to see, for which we need not -cross the ocean, nor even our own continent—the needs of the three -despised, oppressed, and largely neglected races in these United -States?</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_197" id="Page_197">[197]</a></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>“THESE STUPID BLACKS.”</h3> - -<p class="secauth">BY REV. G. B. WILLCOX, D. D.</p> - -<p>That they are not altogether idiotic, is occasionally made to -appear rather significantly. In a class in Yale College, not long -ago, was a colored youth of high scholarship and fine promise. In -the same class was a white student from South Carolina, with nearly -or quite the same name, and consequently a seat at recitation -next to the sable scholar. Anent which occurred, substantially, -the following correspondence between the Southern father and a -gentleman of the faculty:</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="right">“——, South Carolina.</p> -<p>“<span class="smcap">Prof.</span> ——</p> - -<p>“<span class="smcap">Dear Sir</span>:—My son informs me that he is obliged to sit -next a negro day after day, which is highly disagreeable to him -and offensive to me. Will you please provide some different -arrangement? Yours, etc.,</p> - -<p class="right">——.”</p><br /> -</div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="right">“<span class="smcap">Yale College</span>, New Haven.<br /></p> -<p>“——, <span class="smcap">Esq.</span>,</p> - -<p>“<span class="smcap">Dear Sir</span>:—Your favor is at hand. It is true that the -students are arranged alphabetically for the present term, and -a colored student has his place next to your son. But, at the -commencement of the next term, the arrangement will be in the -order of scholarship, in which case, the colored youth will be -so near the head of the class, and your son, I regret to say, -so near the other extremity, that there will be no farther -embarrassment on that score. Yours, etc.,</p> - -<p class="right">——.”<br /></p> -</div> - -<p>Speedy result: A note from a disgusted father, calling home a -disgusted son.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>AN AGED MINISTER’S ENTHUSIASM.</h3> - -<p>Having commenced my ministry among a class whom it was my lot to -know as slaves, your privilege to know as freedmen, no sooner -does the <span class="smcap">American Missionary</span> cross the threshold of my -house than one pair of eyes is running over its pages. The report -of the Alabama Conference in the May number just received, thus -closes a record that has “stirred a fever in the blood of age”: -“I could not ask a happier lot than to be permitted to give my -life to this field. It seems to me so <em>unmistakably</em> the work of -Christ.” I met in the report one name with which I am familiar, and -it occurred to me that if the sainted mother of him who bears the -honored name were living to-day, she could not ask a happier lot -“for her son than to be permitted to be a laborer in a field where -the germinating seed is giving promise of an abundant harvest in -due season.” I have before me, while I write, a card which that -mother, as the wife of the Treasurer of the American Board, put -in circulation, in her own handwriting, nearly fifty years ago. I -have preserved it carefully during this long period, and it has -struck me that it may still do good service reproduced in the -columns of the <span class="smcap">American Missionary</span>. I will transcribe it -in substance. It is a fine specimen of <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">multum in parvo</i>: “Expect -great things, and attempt great things. Little causes produce great -effects. The poor heathen are perishing. We may be the means of -saving them. What we do we must do quickly. ‘Love thy neighbor -as thyself’ is a Divine command. ‘The Lord loveth a cheerful -giver.’ ‘The liberal soul shall be made fat.’ Who would live to be -‘creation’s blot, creation’s blank, whom none can love, whom none -can thank?’ Rather let the heathen rise up and call you blessed. -The noblest object in the world is the surest of success. The young -and the old, the rich and the poor, may aid it. The child’s penny, -the widow’s mite, will be acceptable. If you have no money to give, -offer a jewel, a second-hand dress, a book, or if you have none of -these, your influence and your prayers.”</p> - -<p>Let me repeat one sentence from Mrs. Hill’s card, and emphasize -its application to the work in which the American Missionary -Association is engaged: “<em>The noblest object in the world is surest -of success.</em>”</p> - -<p class="right"><span class="smcap">Rev. T. L. Shipman</span> (ordained 1826.)</p> -<p class="smcap">Jersey City, Conn.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_198" id="Page_198">[198]</a></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>THREE EXTRACTS.</h3> - -<p class="medium hang">From a paper read by <span class="smcap">Mr. J. H. Alley</span>, of Boston, before -the Essex South Conference. The writer testifies, from his own -observations, as to</p> - - -<h4>The Africans in Africa.</h4> - -<p>The African, in his native land, is little known by us; but a year -among that people gave me opportunities for observation. They are -far from being the stupid race we so often hear them called. Keen -at a bargain, they are often a match for some of us in that boasted -Yankee trait. Apt to learn, quick to understand and to appreciate -advantages, they are a people easy to assume and appropriate the -best results of civilization—brave in the defense of their rights -and homes, yet not aggressive, except when forced by circumstances -and their teachings. We forget the whole history of this people in -looking only at some particular phase or trait. Their land, the -field of the slave-stealer for centuries, has been the scene of -cruelty, fraud, and all the worst forms of vice. A people educated -by so long a course of schooling in its vicissitudes might well -be cruel and vicious. The land has been hunted, from Egypt to the -Cape of Good Hope, by foreign and native stealers. Tribes have -been driven for self-protection, or by greed of gain, to make -captures from other tribes or other parts of their own. To show the -debasing power of slavery and slave-hunting, let me say that I have -seen slaves brought to the coast from the central parts of Africa -who were the most abject specimens of the human race I have ever -known—brought by a strong, stalwart tribe, noble in bearing, and -brave in war; and these, too, were the same tribe or people only -a comparatively short time before. Why this great difference? A -simple explanation is only required to show it all. Together and at -peace, they had a generous and varied diet of animal and vegetable -food, for they had extent of territory in which to hunt and gather; -but divided and at war, fighting for self-protection, one party -gained the supremacy. Then the other were a defeated people; -circumscribed within small limits, unable to hunt, they were soon -confined to a vegetable diet alone, and then to a single kind, -and often to a few simple roots; courage gone, they were reduced -to servitude and slavery, and brought to a market. This is no new -theory, for the same effects have followed the same causes over and -over again.</p> - -<p class="medium hang">After references to the evils of slavery in this land, and the -good to be accomplished by it under the Divine overruling, follows -this</p> - - -<h4>Thrilling Incident.</h4> - -<p>One of the most thrilling incidents of the late war was one in -which I was an observer and part participant. I never more wished -for the powers of a great painter than then, or even now, for I can -see it to-day as vividly as when it occurred, fourteen years ago; -for to me it seemed to contain a history of slavery, embodied in -a single act. The army, in suddenly swinging round, had enclosed -within its lines a large number of slaves who could not be taken -further South before this was done. As we could not encumber -ourselves with the women and children, the steamers bringing -supplies for the army were prepared to take them to Washington. A -very large steamer was brought as near the shore as possible, and -a plank gangway, some fifteen feet in length, and at an angle of -about 45°, was laid from the shore to the entryport of the steamer. -Just back from the shore, the bluff, at about the same angle, rose -some 100 feet, and this bluff and the plain above were occupied -and covered by some three or four thousand slaves. All being made -ready, the order was given for embarkation; the women and children -were to go on board first. For some moments no one started, and -then a single figure, that of a woman of some sixty years, was -seen slowly advancing alone up the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_199" id="Page_199">[199]</a> plank; no one else followed. A -perfect hush seemed to hang over the scene, as if some great event -was to take place, and if ever an emblematic scene was enacted it -was here. Slowly the bent form went forward, bearing the weight of -years of toil in the field—years of bodily and heart suffering such -as you and I never knew, and pray God <em>never</em> may. Her face, her -whole frame, was a perfect picture of a doubt. All eyes seemed to -watch her in silence; officers and men waited—they probably knew -not for what; her own people—as though she was their “path-finder.” -At last she reached the side of the steamer; the open port was -right before her, and just then it seemed to her as the open portal -to all her heart’s longings, and God’s open door. She and her race -had poured, for long years, their tales of trial and suffering into -His ear, “who never slumbers nor sleeps.” <em>Was this the answer to -her prayers?</em> That seemed to be the question of her heart all the -way up. Suddenly the bent form straightened, the homely, wrinkled -face glowed with a new light, her coarse, ragged garb was a royal -robe, as she turned and looked towards her people, raising her hand -and eyes to heaven, and exclaiming, in tones so loud and clear that -they reached every ear, and made the very hills ring: “<em>I’s free! -Thank God, I’s free! Come on!</em>” For a single instant there was -perfect silence, and then cheer on cheer rent the air, and, with a -shout, the rest followed up the gangway till the steamer was full. -It was, indeed, their way to liberty and happiness even in this -life, and by such efforts as this Association is making and aiding, -shall it not be to the life to come?</p> - -<p class="medium hang">The paper closes with a plea for the liberal support of our work -among the freedmen, enforced by</p> - - -<h4>Two Examples of Liberality.</h4> - -<p>About giving, let me relate two incidents and I close, for if they -appeal to you as they did to me they will be more effective than -any mere words of mine. As I sat in Mr. Woodworth’s office, the -other day, an elderly lady came in and took a chair by his desk, -saying, as she opened her bag, that she had come to bring her -offering. Her dress was not of the latest fashion, her bonnet was -not of the spring style; but her face was one of those beautiful -motherly faces you and I used to look into years ago, and which, -though years have come and gone since they were covered from our -sight, are still as sweet to our memories as ever—such faces as -we know will greet us lovingly in heaven, for they are watching -and waiting for us, and our entrance there will be, in no small -measure, in answer to their prayers. From her pocket-book she took -a bill and handed it to Mr. W., saying, she wished it were more, -and in such a tone that I knew it was a heart gift, and that the -wish was almost a prayer, which might go with the gift and make -it as effectual as if it were all she had desired it to be. Gifts -made in such a spirit, in His hands, who multiplied the bread of -old, grow to wonderful results. The bill, to my surprise, for I had -imagined the circumstances of the donor to be very limited, was -twenty dollars.</p> - -<p>I have another: A poor woman, with an income of less than one -hundred and fifty dollars a year, whose yearly offering had been -a single dollar, came and laid down on the secretary’s desk (I -had almost said at the Master’s feet, for the place seemed sacred -ground) ten dollars, saying that she could not be here long, her -journey was almost ended, and that she felt she must do all the -could while she stayed, for she could not give after she had gone -home, and so, after prayer, long and earnest, she had been enabled -to make this, perhaps her last gift. What a gift from such scanty -resources! It meant the giving up of many necessaries, as we should -call them. Have <em>we</em> so given? She had cast in of her want, and may -well expect to hear the Master’s commendation. May she not have -cast in more than we all?</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_200" id="Page_200">[200]</a></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<h3>OBITUARY.</h3> - -<p>We are called to notice the death of <span class="smcap">Rev. Silas McKeen</span>, -D. D., of Bradford, Vt., whose name, for fourteen years, has -stood upon our list of Vice-Presidents. Mr. McKeen was born in -Corinth, Vt., March 16, 1791. His education was obtained amid many -difficulties. So great was his desire for knowledge that, in his -father’s grist-mill, he occupied his leisure moments in studying, -without a teacher, Latin and the higher mathematics. During an -illness which caused him to abandon all thoughts of a collegiate -education, he was led to devote himself entirely to the service -of Christ; and, in the following spring, he commenced the study -of theology with Rev. Stephen Fuller, of Vershire. In 1814 he was -licensed by the Orange Association to preach the gospel. His first -sermon was delivered in Vershire, and his second in Bradford, -where, shortly afterwards, he was installed as pastor. Twelve years -later, he was dismissed from this church, but in less than three -months was recalled, and remained its pastor five years longer, -when he was again dismissed, this time that he might accept a call -to Belfast, Me. After nine years of labor in Belfast, he was a -second time invited to return to Bradford. His whole ministry in -this place was about forty-three years, he finally resigning when -he was seventy-five years old. During these years, there were added -to the church three hundred and forty-two members. A man of great -diligence and decision, with tender sympathies and warm affection, -true and judicious, his ordinary work among his own people, as -well as in protracted meetings and in revivals, was eminently -successful. He took a lively interest in education, and was a true -and eloquent friend of the colored people. Full of years, with his -work well done, he was ready to leave it for the reward.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<h3>ITEMS FROM CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dudley, N. C.</span>—“A deep and increasing religious interest -is reported. The work of conviction and conversion is going on. -Backsliders have been restored. Brother Peebles was assisted for a -time by Rev. Mr. Smith of Raleigh.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Georgia.</span>—Of the thirty-seven graduates from Atlanta -University, thirty are teachers, two are pastors, one is a -missionary in Africa, one a theological student at Andover. Only -three are not teaching or preaching—two who are wives and one who -has died.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Alabama.</span>—The Trinity Church, Athens, Rev. Horace J. -Taylor, pastor, received one on profession at the May communion. -This church has a flourishing missionary society, which contributed -in February $16 for the support of colored missionaries in Africa. -It has sustained during the year just closing, thirteen mission -schools, in which over 700 have been taught.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Louisiana.</span>—The Minutes of the Southwestern Congregational -Conference, which met at New Iberia, April 3-5, have been printed. -The statistics give fourteen churches, with a total membership of -865.</p> - -<p>—The following relates to a recent convert in one of our churches: -“Mr. K. proves a very strong man in the church. He is evidently -of the material which makes a first-class sinner or a first-class -saint. He was lately invited to a dinner-party by his brother, who, -when he entered the room, began in a mocking way to give an account -of his (Mr. K’s) conversion. Mr. K. listened patiently, and when -the account was finished, said it was true, but all had not been -told. He then gave his own story in such a way that one of the -company there determined to follow his example.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Memphis, Tenn.</span>—Miss Woodward writes:<a class="pagenum" name="Page_201" id="Page_201">[201]</a> “For the past -thirteen weeks the Murphy temperance movement has been very -successful among the white people of Memphis. A few earnest -workers, seeing the need of a like effort among the colored people -here, inaugurated a series of meetings at the Second Congregational -Church. From the first there has been a very decided interest -manifested, and the meetings are productive of great good, both -directly and as a means of awakening thought on this important -subject. Some two hundred in all have signed the pledge, and new -names are added at every meeting.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Tougaloo, Miss.</span>—A teacher writes: “I think there is not -one in the school who has not signed the pledge. They came in one -by one, till last week one who has stood out all these months, came -and put his name on the list of total abstainers. He said: ‘You -all got away with me at the meeting last night, and I am going to -sign the pledge, for I cannot teach others to do what I will not do -myself.’”</p> - -<p>—The following is a good illustration of perseverance among the -colored people of the South. While the missionary was persuading -a sick woman to put her trust in Jesus, the husband came in, when -the following conversation took place: “Mr. Williams, are you a -Christian?” “No, Miss, I’s left on de docket yet.” “Do you ever -think about becoming one?” “Yes, Miss, I thinks a heap about it -sometimes. I tries a while, then I stops.” “I fear you do not seek -for it as you do for money; you should keep at it all the time, as -you do when working for money.” “Yes, Miss, that is jes the way I -works for money. I works a while for the ole man, then I stops. Jes -the same way, Miss.”</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>CHINESE ITEMS.</h3> - -<p>—Wong Sam has returned from China, and has resumed his place in the -Barnes School. Lee Hame, who was there before, has been sent to -Sacramento. There are now four Chinese helpers regularly employed.</p> - -<p>—Mr. Dakin has retired from the Central School, having removed to -Arizona. Mr. Henry C. Pond, a son of our efficient superintendent, -takes his place. He is a graduate of the State University, and well -qualified for the work.</p> - -<p>—Mr. Gilbert is doing good work at Woodland, and approving himself -to all.</p> - -<p>—Six Chinamen were received to Bethany Church June 2d, making -forty-four Chinese members in all. There are two Chinese Christian -families in the church.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>GENERAL NOTES.</h3> - -<h4>The Negro.</h4> - -<p>—Howard University, for colored students, Washington, D. C., shows -a strength of two hundred and twenty-five in all departments. -There are thirty-two theological students, fifty medical, six law, -twenty-two academical, eighteen preparatory, and ninety-five in the -Normal department.</p> - -<p>—The Reformed Episcopal Church has organized fourteen colored -congregations in and around Charleston, S. C. Some of them meet in -log buildings. One church is staggering under a debt of ten dollars.</p> - -<p>—The Baltimore Annual Conference of the A. M. E. Church passed -resolutions denouncing the action of the School Commissioners of -that city, in refusing to employ colored teachers for the separate -schools for colored children. Two colored delegates, representing -the African Methodist Church, were most cordially received.</p> - -<p>—Prof. Bennett, of Nashville, makes an important contribution to -the question of negro mortality, in the <cite>Independent</cite>. He sums up -the causes of its large percentage: (1) The old and sick, broken -by slavery, are dying as the effect of former hardships; (2) they -lack vital force, are scrofulous, and readily succumb to disease; -(3) ignorance of the laws of health; (4) late and excited religious -meetings; (5) inadequate clothing<a class="pagenum" name="Page_202" id="Page_202">[202]</a> and food; (6) crowded tenement -house life. He also names the following grounds for expecting an -improvement: (1) They are gradually improving their condition, -as to homes, food and clothing; (2) they are progressing in -intelligence and knowledge of the laws of health; (3) the younger -ministers are leading them to earlier hours and quieter modes -of worship; (4) boards of health are securing better sanitary -conditions.</p> - -<p>—The first negro who has sat on an important jury in New York, in -many years, was accepted May 22d, in the Supreme Court circuit, in -a case involving $6,500.</p> - -<p>—Should the barque <i>Azor</i> make four trips a year, it would take one -hundred years to transport to Africa the 100,000 now ready to go, -and able and willing to pay $20 each for passage and food. It is -most important that the 99,000, at least, should neither give up -home nor work.</p> - -<p>—A French Roman Catholic mission is to be established at Lakes -Victoria and Tanganyika, in Central Africa, with government aid to -the amount of $20,000. Ten missionaries, who have seen service in -Northern Africa, will soon set out for Zanzibar. They have already -large and extending missionary enterprises in the north and in the -south.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - - -<h4>The Indian.</h4> - -<p>—It is hard to tell, from the contradictory accounts, whether -Sitting Bull will continue seated over the Canada lines, trading in -the spoils of raids on Black Hills trains, or will issue from his -camp of 1,500 lodges to take possession of his old home and fight -out his claim to the end. Authorities differ.</p> - -<p>—Meanwhile, the Bannock Indians, numbering about 200 warriors, -under the command of Buffalo Horn, the noted scout, are encamped in -the lava beds, between Big Campus Prairie and Snake River, and have -ordered the whites to leave the prairie on penalty of death. The -Indians on the Upper Columbia are equally hostile, and the Sioux -still threatening.</p> - -<p>—General Sherman says that, if the present indications of an Indian -war are realized, and he fears they will be, the army, as it now -stands, would be entirely insufficient to cope with the weight of -Indian strategy and valor that would be thrown against it.</p> - -<p>—The Commissioner of Indian Affairs is about to try a new -experiment with the Indians. He has given orders forbidding further -gratuitous issue of coffee and sugar to them at their agencies. -In order to secure application to duty on their part, he says -that only as they work, and in payment for their labor, will they -receive coffee and sugar rations in future.</p> - -<p>—The <cite>Tribune</cite> says: “The Senate will certainly raise the army to -25,000 men, and concur in the transfer of the Indian Bureau to the -War Department. The first will almost certainly be yielded by the -House in Conference Committee, and the other has already received -its approval.” The same paper contains this paragraph, also:<a class="pagenum" name="Page_203" id="Page_203">[203]</a> -“Before the Indian Bureau is transferred from the Interior to the -War Department, however, Congress should strive to comprehend the -fact that even the War Department can have very little success in -managing Indian affairs unless we contrive to attain some settled -Indian policy. We have been in the habit of putting the Indians -by turns under the immediate care of missionaries and thieves, -of Quakers and Catholics, of army officers and contractors. We -have made solemn treaties, and broken them. We have moved them to -reservations, and then crowded them off whenever they were found -to be in the way. We have pauperized them by promising supplies, -and starved them by breaking our promises. We have made a pretence -of civilizing them, without furnishing them with any code of law, -and of educating them, without furnishing them with any teachers. -After supplying them with rifles to fight with, and worrying them -into hostilities, we have made war upon them; and when they have -proved so conspicuously cruel and treacherous as to deserve swift -retribution, we have tried moral suasion. No one ever dreamed that -the same tribe was to receive the same treatment for two successive -years, and no two tribes ever received the same treatment at the -same time. What is first needed is a definite and persistent policy -of some kind, so that both Indians and white men will be able to -form some clear idea of what will probably happen the day after -to-morrow. A bad system is better than no system; any system is -better than caprice.”</p> - -<p>—A small Indian church was dedicated at Jamestown, Clallam County, -Washington Territory, Sunday, May 12th, by Rev. M. Eells. The idea -of erecting it originated entirely with the Indians, who bought -the lumber, and have done all the work. The windows and casings, -nails, paint, oil, and lime came as annuity goods. They have also -had encouragement, pecuniarily, from white friends. It is the first -church building in the county, although it has been settled for -about twenty years, and the first white house in the Indian village.</p> - - -<hr class="full" /> - -<h2><a name="THE_FREEDMEN" id="THE_FREEDMEN"></a>THE FREEDMEN.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>COMMENCEMENT AT HAMPTON INSTITUTE.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">BY TELESCOPE.</p> - -<p>This always interesting occasion came on the 23rd of May. The -special feature of public interest this year was the attendance of -the President of the United States, with his private secretary, -Rogers, and General Devens and Mr. McCrary of the Cabinet. A large -party went, also, from New York and Boston on this most enjoyable -and instructive excursion.</p> - -<p>The trustees were in session on Wednesday, the 22d, on which -day also was held the first meeting of the graduates of Hampton -Institute. There were assembled in the beautiful “Whittier Chapel,” -on the upper floor of Virginia Hall, a large representation of -the 277 who had gone out, most of them as teachers of their race. -Of that whole number, not a complaint has been made. They have -become good and useful citizens, maintaining the high moral tone -of Hampton, and evidencing that growth in character which is the -best witness to the existence of a true life within. Says the -correspondent of the Springfield <cite>Republican</cite>:</p> - -<p>“All this was abundantly manifest by their general bearing on this -occasion, the prompt organization of their meeting, the dignity -and good sense of their presiding officer, a negro black as night, -the secretary likewise, but models of courtesy and tact, their -self-possessed and orderly manner of conducting their business -in a large presence of trustees, teachers, and visitors, in the -accounts they gave of their work, their trials, their methods, and -successes.”</p> - -<p>After giving reports of their varied experiences, hindrances, and -hopes, a discussion followed as to the desirableness of raising the -educational standard of Hampton and making it a real college. There -was a good deal of feeling in favor of such a move, and the alumni -came, finally, to a standing vote requesting such a change of the -trustees and faculty.</p> - -<p>General Armstrong, the Principal, seconded by Secretary Strieby, -the President of the Board of Trustees, with a good deal of -frankness and tact, managed to bring the meeting to a feeling of -the sensibleness of just such a course as that they had enjoyed, -and to receive finally, in response, hearty expressions of approval -of that which had been already done, and of the general sufficiency -of the advantages provided.</p> - -<p>Early on Thursday morning the Presidential party arrived, and were -welcomed<a class="pagenum" name="Page_204" id="Page_204">[204]</a> by a salute from the guns of Fortress Monroe. With other -guests, they were escorted over the farm to the new barn, 100×150 -feet in size, and covering the stables, the agricultural and other -machinery, blacksmith shop, etc. The cash balance against the farm -for the year is $326.03. The printing-office shows a credit balance -of $400. The students have earned during the year $12,236.75 in -the varied industries, which, though not profitable in the net -pecuniary result, are among the most important educational agencies -of the institution; for the knowledge of practical work, and the -ability to perform intelligent labor, are among the most important -attainments for the colored students, both as citizens and as -teachers.</p> - -<p>The catalogue shows 332 pupils on the roll, of which 202 are young -men, and 130 young women. The graduating class numbered 57. In the -examinations of Thursday morning, the teachers showed the tact -and thoroughness for which they have been always noted, and the -results in the intelligence and interest of their pupils were most -gratifying.</p> - -<p>The new class of fifteen Indians attracted much attention. Their -history has been already given. Five of these Indians are going, in -September, to Bishop Whipple’s school in Minnesota. Ten remain at -Hampton as permanent students. Bear’s Heart, White Goose, Squint -Eyes, High Forehead, Wild Horse, and Big Nose will probably change -their names, although the Indian for each has a romantic sound. The -negro students take very kindly to their new friends, and there -is promise of entire harmony between the two races. Proposals -are in discussion between General Armstrong and the Government -at Washington that include the education of more Indians, and -the co-education of an equal number of Indian girls, so that the -experiment may not be one-sided in its future developments.</p> - -<p>We abbreviate from the admirable letter of an editor of the -Baltimore <cite>American</cite> his account of the commencement exercises:</p> - -<p>“At 1:30 P. M. a procession, headed by the Normal School brass -band, was formed on the lawn. President Hayes and the trustees of -the school took the lead, while the invited guests and visitors -followed after, in rather irregular order. Seats were reserved on -one side of the hall for the pupils of the school. The platform was -occupied by distinguished visitors, with President Hayes as the -central figure. The audience was composed of the most intelligent -and highly cultivated people of Hampton and the surrounding -country, reinforced by the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">élite</i> of Norfolk, who came in two -excursion steamers. Nearly all the educated people of this section -of Virginia are friendly to the Hampton Normal School, and take -much pride in its success.</p> - -<p>“Four essays were read by members of the graduating class, and four -speeches were made. The subjects discussed were of a practical -nature, and were treated with vigor and originality.</p> - -<p>“I can barely mention the speeches that were made in Virginia Hall -after the graduates received their diplomas. Rev. Dr. Strieby, of -New York City, President of the Board of Trustees, briefly reviewed -the work of the year, and commended the spirit of liberality shown -by the Virginia Legislature in providing for the support of the -Institution. After he had concluded, Attorney-General Devens was -introduced by General Armstrong, and made an impromptu speech of -remarkable directness and force.</p> -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_205" id="Page_205">[205]</a></p> -<p>“In speaking of the historic associations of the place, he alluded -to the fact that, fourteen years ago, he had been brought here -immediately after the great battle of Cold Harbor, and had remained -three months. At that time there were sixty officers and more -than four thousand soldiers in the hospitals erected upon these -same grounds. The natural surroundings were then the same as now; -the river ran lazily along; the roadstead, which glitters to-day -under the Virginia sun like a sea of molten silver, was filled -with ships. They were not ships of a broad, peaceful, prosperous -commerce, such as are now resting upon its bosom, but ships filled -with supplies for the great army that was lying up the river. The -army has gone; the bugles of war have sounded their last notes; the -sick and wounded soldiers that were camped on these grounds have -struck their tents. Three or four hundred of them remain in yonder -cemetery, where stands the monument erected by Miss Dorothea Dix -to commemorate their heroism. But I regard this Institution as a -more fitting monument to the army that fought for law, and order, -and civilization, to the patriotism of the men that rushed to the -defense of a constitutionally elected President when his authority -was defied and his office menaced.”</p> - -<p>The President, also, made a telling little speech, expressing his -deep interest in the education of the freedmen, and his approbation -of the things which he had seen and heard.</p> - -<p>Thus ended another memorable day for Hampton.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>FISK UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">A. R. MERRY, STUDENT.</p> - -<p>The commencement exercises of Fisk University began on Sunday, -May 19th, at eleven o’clock A. M. Addresses were made before the -Society for the Evangelization of Africa, by Professors Spence and -Chase.</p> - -<p>As the readers of the <span class="smcap">Missionary</span> doubtless know, from this -Society already have gone forth four young consecrated souls to -bear the light of the Gospel and civilization to the perishing ones -on the west coast of Africa; and in the future we are sure that -many more will verify the prophetic saying of one of those already -gone: “Her sons and her daughters are ever on the altar.”</p> - -<p>At three P. M. the baccalaureate sermon was preached by the Rev. H. -S. Bennett, from the text, Matt. xxii. 21: “Render, therefore, unto -Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and unto God the things that are -God’s.”</p> - -<p>On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, commencing at 9.30 o’clock, -examinations were held in all the departments of the University, -and were, on the whole, unusually satisfactory.</p> - -<p>On Monday evening the Common-school Normal Exhibition took -place, at which time those who have completed that course were -granted certificates of ability to teach in the common-schools. -The exercises of the evening consisted of essays and original -declamations.</p> - -<p>On Tuesday evening the Union Literary Society held its ninth -anniversary. The exercises were unusually interesting, especially -the debate, “Should the colored people of the United States migrate -to Africa,” which was well sustained on both sides, by Mr. J. C. -McAdams, of Tennessee, in the affirmative, and Mr. R. H. Harbert, -of Texas, in the negative.</p> - -<p>On Wednesday evening the Senior Preparatory and Higher Normal -Exhibition took place. Six young men were admitted to college, and -three young ladies secured the Higher Normal diploma.</p> - -<p>On Thursday, College Commencement day, the interest of the week -culminated. At an early hour the chapel of the University began to -be filled, until all available space was occupied. The audience -room was tastefully and elaborately decorated. At the back of -the platform, extending its entire length, was the national -flag, gracefully folded and festooned. Above, on one side, was -the portrait of the hero, Livingstone; on the other, that of the -statesman and philanthropist, Wilberforce; from the centre, the -generous, open countenance of General Clinton B. Fisk smiled -benignly down; above all, in evergreen, were the words, “<span class="smcap">Class -of ’78</span>.”</p> - -<p>At eleven o’clock the exercises commenced with the chorus, “Hail, -Festal Day,” well rendered by the University choir, after which -prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Baird, of Ohio. Mr. H. S. Merry, -one of the two graduates, then delivered his oration, “Beyond -the Alps our Italy.” The young man acquitted himself with honor. -The manuscript of Mr. Miller, the other graduate—now absent as -Missionary to Africa—not having arrived as expected, extracts from -letters recently received by various members of the University -were read instead. These letters breathed forth a spirit of zeal -and devotion, and a courage unabated, even in the presence of the -obstacles<a class="pagenum" name="Page_206" id="Page_206">[206]</a> and difficulties with which he must daily combat, thus -showing that his was not a mere romantic sentiment, but a deep, -controlling principle.</p> - -<p>After a well-rendered instrumental solo, Mr. John H. Burrus, -candidate for the Master of Arts degree, read a carefully prepared -thesis on “American Citizenship.”</p> - -<p>Rev. A. J. Baird, D. D., of Nashville, then delivered the -Commencement Address, which was full of wholesome, practical -advice, interspersed with happy illustration. He dwelt largely upon -the great tendency of young men to rest upon their laurels won in -college, and to expect afterward to float with folded arms into a -haven of prosperity and success. He maintained that substantial -success is achieved only by unmitigated toil. After the address, -the degree of A. B. was conferred upon Messrs. H. S. Merry and A. -P. Miller, and the degree of M. A. upon Mr. Jno. H. Burrus and -Mrs. Virginia Walker Broughton. After a few pertinent remarks by -Prof. A. K. Spence, Dean of the Faculty, a shield, bearing in -golden letters upon a blue field the parting words of one of our -missionaries, which have been unanimously adopted as the motto -of our institution—“Her sons and her daughters are ever on the -altar”—was suspended upon the wall of the chapel amid sounds of -hearty applause. The benediction was then pronounced by Rev. L. N. -Merry.</p> - -<p>In one hour, professors, students of boarding department and -invited guests assembled in the dining hall to partake of a -carefully prepared collation. After all had partaken heartily, -remarks were interchanged by invited guests, professors and -students. Among the many pleasant features of the occasion was -the presence of two old friends of the Institution from Great -Britain—Rev. George Crow, of Belfast, Ireland, and Rev. William -Bathgate, of Kilmarnock, Scotland, who gave many words of cheer -and congratulation. Thus pleasantly closed the most prosperous and -eventful year in the history of the institution, with a clear gain -of thirty-five per cent. in attendance over last year. On the day -after commencement, the 24th, the Union Jack floated from the tower -of Jubilee Hall, in honor of the birthday of Queen Victoria, and -significant of the close relation the institution sustains to its -friends in Great Britain.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>KENTUCKY.</h3> - -<h4>Then and Now.</h4> - -<p class="medium center"><i>Berea College.</i></p> - -<p>The builder working day after day placing stone upon stone, -polishing here and there, might well get discouraged if he stopped -to look at each day’s work. Progress in all great things is slow, -and nowhere slower than in building character.</p> - -<p>Twelve years ago, two little black children made their first -appearance in our Berea School. The scholars, all of whom at that -time were white, scattered before those two little bits of color, -as if scared by the plague. The school that in the morning numbered -fifty, by noon scarcely counted a dozen. Then commenced the long -and weary work of rowing against the stream of prejudice. With a -whole State against us, with even our country, so far as it knew -us, looking on in doubt, with colored people, who held the most -absurd notions of freedom and learning, flocking to us, we found -ourselves under a heavy burden.</p> - -<p>Our students were fresh from town and country, plantations and the -army; some with misty thoughts that education was a good thing, and -that about all they had to do was to open the pores and let it soak -through. When the restraints of the school-room came, and the study -that brought slow results, the courage of this class flagged, and -they were easily wooed back to their first love, where the liberty -of the corn-field and the swing of the axe was much more to their -fancy.</p> - -<p>There were some, however, of sterner stuff, who, counting the cost, -came through poverty and self-denial, and are remembered as among -our best students and graduates. One man, the father of fifteen -children, came to Berea years ago, and has somewhat educated almost -all his children. Some have taught, and others are preparing to do<a class="pagenum" name="Page_207" id="Page_207">[207]</a> -so. How, in their poverty, they have managed to keep four or five -in school at once, we can hardly imagine. We, who are mothers, and -know how the little shoes wear out, and the clothes always need -a button or patch, stand almost in awe of a mother who not only -prepares her children’s daily bread, but helps to earn it. If their -little ones have had less than others more favored, they do not -seem to mind it. Their laugh is just as merry, and their appetite, -perhaps, better for the work that helped to earn the meal. On last -Thanksgiving-day, the father spoke of his trials and hindrances, -but counted them all as nothing for the joy that the children had -gained the privileges he had so longed for, but had been denied.</p> - -<p>Only this winter a noble girl, well on in her course of study, -whose influence over her companions was always good, the help and -stay of the principal, was, inexplicably to us, called to leave her -work below and go to the mansion prepared for her. Another sweet, -dark-eyed girl, frail in health, but strong in spirit, for two -years has not only paid her own way, but has had something left to -send to a tired and over-taxed mother. Last year, directly after -Commencement, she engaged a school where for months she taught very -successfully. At the close of her school, mounted on horseback, she -rode to Berea to make final preparations for a new term, telling -gleefully how she had secured this and that comfort for the year, -and that now she could give herself wholly to study. Imagine her -surprise and distress to find, on her return to her boarding -place, that all her possessions were burned to ashes, her clothing -all gone; and this with only a little money due her. But, though -stunned and almost broken-hearted, her courage never failed. Using -her means with the greatest economy, willing to deny herself, she -is here with us, though how she manages to get along, only she and -her Lord fully know.</p> - -<p>These are but few cases out of the hundreds that might be -mentioned, showing heroism of a very quiet sort; but in God’s own -time, when faithfulness in little things is appreciated, many -of these poor people will wonderingly receive the crown of the -blessed, astonished to find that their plain, hard lives had aught -of glory in them.</p> - -<p>Missionaries to heathen lands are glad to give their lives to plant -Christ’s banner on foreign soil, and we, looking back through these -years, take courage, thinking of the souls which have been helped -here, and are going out, carrying the good seed, and planting it in -all the waste places about us.</p> - -<p>Berea opens her arms to the poor about her, with a welcome for -all. Those who come here rarely go away without benefit, and many -outward signs of improvement. The old people gaze with delight on -their children. Weary mothers who have toiled over the wash tubs, -fathers who have worked alone in the field while their children -studied, are more than rewarded for their toil. Through these hard -times, when expenses are great and money comes in slowly, we have -had to learn anew the lesson of waiting on the Lord; but we know in -whom we trust, and that for the sake of His poor He will supply all -our needs.</p> - -<p class="right">L. R.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>GEORGIA.</h3> - -<h4>Religious Life in Atlanta University.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">MRS. T. N. CHASE, ATLANTA.</p> - -<p>The other day, when one of our young men handed me a letter to read -from a dear old lady “up North,” in which was the sentence, “I’m so -disappointed when the <span class="smcap">Missionary</span> comes, not to read of a -revival in your school,” I felt like saying to her: “Dear, praying -mother, if you could be here one week, you would go home rejoicing, -even though there were no revival.” As the years go by, there is -less inclination here to come in flocks to the Lord’s side, or to -be led into the kingdom by impulse or excitement. Our students act -more and more upon the spirit of the motto that hangs in each of -our buildings—“Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart -from iniquity.” They look upon religion less as a Sunday garment, -and more as a robe of righteousness, that transforms<a class="pagenum" name="Page_208" id="Page_208">[208]</a> our selfish -natures into earnest, self-denying lives of obedience.</p> - -<p>Let me give a week’s religious duties. Sunday, two of our young men -preach in an adjoining town. Quite a number go out to neighboring -Sunday-schools, and return about eleven o’clock, when our -preaching service begins. Our pastor, a graduate of Yale College -and Theological Seminary, came South at the close of the war, to -build the first Congregational church in Atlanta. For years he did -foundation-work there that placed it in the front rank of A. M. -A. churches. The past four years he has been our college pastor. -With such a knowledge of the needs of this people as his experience -gives, you may have an idea of the kind of sermons we enjoy. -Simple truth, such as young people, with such a history and such a -future, need, is presented so forcibly, that often the meal, which -immediately follows, is almost a silent one, owing to the serious -thoughtfulness produced.</p> - -<p>In the afternoon, all meet for Sunday-school, which is -superintended by the President, who is also a graduate of Yale. -As his rich tones come to us in the hymns and Bible readings, -both in Sunday-school and at morning devotions through the week, -we are thankful for the rare gift—a good reader. In a large -school-building, of course each class can have a separate room, and -so secure a delightful hour of quiet, uninterrupted Sunday-school -work.</p> - -<p>In the evening, all assemble in a general prayer-meeting. I do -not think it would be possible to give an adequate idea of this -meeting, or of similar ones in other A. M. A. schools. It is simply -an inspiration to one who realizes what a part these pioneers have -in shaping the destiny of their people. In all the meetings I have -attended here during these years, I do not recall ever hearing the -remark, “Improve the time, brethren,” or any other expression of -like import.</p> - -<p>Monday, most of the school devote the time of one -recitation—three-fourths of an hour—to Bible reading and study in -classes. After school there is held a female prayer-meeting of a -half hour, led by a lady teacher.</p> - -<p>Wednesday evening is the regular church prayer-meeting, led by the -pastor, attendance upon which is voluntary. The last half hour of -school, Friday afternoon, is devoted to a prayer-meeting, led by -the President, and attended by the entire school. This is the only -meeting at which the day scholars are required to be present, and -so is the most important of all the week. At its close almost every -member of the school deposits in the box an envelope containing his -regular weekly contribution toward paying the debt of the A. M. A.</p> - -<p>A very profitable meeting is announced on Sunday in this way: “On -Friday evening bring your Bibles, and tell us what it says about -the evils of the tongue;” or, at another time: “Select passages -referring to the Sabbath, the Holy Spirit, Repentance,” etc. -Most of the family gladly come, each reading one of his selected -passages, and discussing it. Familiarity with the Bible and -Concordance is a very apparent benefit of this exercise. It is -also remarkable how they improve in clearness of expression, and -in confining their thoughts to one point. Best of all is the broad -view they get of Bible truth, by looking at it from all sides. -No disputed points—as Baptism or Perseverance of the Saints—are -discussed in this Bible exercise, or in Sunday-school, or any -other religious meeting. No Baptist or Methodist need fear being -proselyted in Atlanta University.</p> - -<p>Saturday evening is the teachers’ prayer-meeting of a half hour. -The best test of the religious interest is the number of voluntary -students’ meetings. Sunday evening, just before the general meeting -of an hour, the young men always gather for another hour in a -meeting of their own. The burden of this meeting is praying for the -Spirit’s blessing on the sermon and Sunday-school, and pleading for -His presence in the general meeting that follows.</p> - -<p>There are many other students’ meetings, among both the young -men and women, whose interest, and existence even, depend upon -circumstances. Nearly every summer<a class="pagenum" name="Page_209" id="Page_209">[209]</a> term these meetings multiply. -As the pupils realize they are soon to leave this peaceful home, -and for three months take on the responsibilities and trials of -teachers, they seem impelled to a new consecration. Many, each -year, go out to teach for the first time, and all feel it is a -solemn undertaking. Another occasion for extra meetings is to plead -for those so soon to leave us, and not yet in the fold.</p> - -<p>This is a hasty view of what may be seen of our religious work. -Eternity alone will reveal the number and effect of the private -personal appeals, or of the pleading notes written to the timid -ones. So, dear friends, do not think, because no revival is -announced, that souls are not often coming into the kingdom, and -that Christians are not receiving a most careful culture.</p> - -<p>I have often thought that the prayers of Northern friends, more -than anything else, have been the occasion of such a deep Christian -spirit in the A. M. A. schools. Think of that old lady watching the -<span class="smcap">Missionary</span> to see if her prayers for us were answered! I -once knew a man, who was not rich, or even a professing Christian, -who, for some years, gave $300 each year for the support of a -teacher, who, as he said, “would teach a knowledge of the Lord -Jesus Christ” to the freedmen. Many of our best friends are in -such haste for us to do simply church work, that they can hardly -wait in patience for us to build on an intelligent, educational -basis. If God has so burdened hearts for the spiritual welfare of -the freedmen, may it not indicate that, in His plan, He may have a -glorious part for them, in bringing the nations to His feet?</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - - -<h4>A Photograph with Lights and Shades.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">MR. JOHN MCINTOSH, TEACHER, ATHENS.</p> - -<p>The lights and shades are the things which make the photograph -appear natural; and so, in attempting to give a true, and thus -natural, picture of my field of labor, I must give the lights -and shades. But, in order that my picture may leave a favorable -impression upon the mind, I will first give the shades, and then, -the lights. I came to this place October 6th, 1877. On the first -day only two pupils met me, and the increase, during this and -the following months of the same year, was so very small that I -began to be discouraged. I called several educational meetings, -and, to my surprise, there was no response. I became still more -discouraged. Failing to get as large a day-school as I desired, -I offered my services at night, for one dollar per month each to -those who could not come in the day. A few accepted the offer, and -when these few became weary in well-doing and fainted by the way, -I offered to teach at night, free of charge, any young man who was -not able to pay his tuition. Only one accepted this offer. I then -offered to teach vocal music, free of charge, to any who would meet -me every Saturday. The first Saturday, none came; the second, eight -came, far behind time; and this has been the greatest number that -has ever accepted the offer. In my day-school the variety of books -was large; the number of misused books was great. I had for several -months to labor very hard to reduce chaos to form and order.</p> - -<p>But why did I not have a full school all the while? The assigned -reasons were various. Many did not know whether I was Baptist, -Methodist, or something else; and so sectarianism kept some away; -some parents said their children were just out of school, and -their minds needed rest—these, and many excuses less plausible, -were rendered for non-attendance. After my school was pretty well -established and my scholars were somewhat classified, one other -fact became apparent, and this was, and is, indeed, a sad fact, -viz.: in the acquisition of knowledge, the teacher is considered -one distinct party, the parent another, and the child another. -Sad fact that, in the pleasant and most beneficial work, teacher, -parent, and scholar are not one. When Christmas-day came, most of -my patrons said: “It is Christmas, and there should be no school -for one week;” and, indeed, I had but little. A short time ago a -circus drifted down this way. “Of course,” said many of my patrons,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_210" id="Page_210">[210]</a> -“the children must go to the circus, and omit going to school -until the circus is over with”; and they went.</p> - -<p>But all shade, says the photographer, makes no picture; and so I -will show the lights, and thus complete my picture. Many of my -pupils, who were once, apparently, ignorant of what punctuality -was, have learned to be punctual. Those who once thought it best -to be disorderly, disrespectful, disobedient, careless, idle, -and the like, now think it their duty to act differently; and so -a much better state of things exists than formerly. Some months -ago, when I would ask a reason for working an example in a certain -way, the answer invariably was, “because”; and if I asked “because -what?” the reply would be lengthened, thus: “because that gets the -answer.” But now my pupils can not only work their examples, but -tell why.</p> - -<p>Strange to say, my third class (by name) is my best class in -arithmetic, and the best scholar in this class is the smallest, -and probably the youngest—not thirteen, perhaps. This same class -is very good in geography, and, indeed, as a class, good in all -their studies. My class in composition, for three months, have -been endeavoring to understand the theory of composition, and now -they are writing, or learning to write, essays according to the -theory which they have learned. A few in the class compose very -well already. In nearly all of my classes, strange to say, the dark -pupils are the ones that stand at the head. In composition, good -morals, geography, reading, grammar, writing, the leading scholars -are dark—dark in color, but bright in intellect. I think it must be -acknowledged that color has no influence over mind. I have several -grown men, who have left their farms in the country that they may -attend school and receive instruction, which they may impart to -others. They are getting along fairly. When I asked my scholars -what I should write concerning them, they said, with one accord, -“The truth, and nothing but the truth;” and I think I have done -just as they said. Clouds still hang over me, but they are not so -dark as they were some months ago.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>ALABAMA.</h3> - -<h4>Dedication of Emerson Institute.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">MR. B. F. KOONS, PRINCIPAL, MOBILE.</p> - -<p>Since the burning of Emerson Institute in 1876, our school has -passed through some very dark clouds of discouragement. All of last -year, and the first four months of this, it occupied an old store, -very poorly fitted for school purposes.</p> - -<p>In December last, the A. M. A. purchased property known as Holly’s -Garden, located near the centre of the city. There are nearly three -and three-quarter acres of ground, covered by over one hundred -beautiful live oak, cedar, and various other trees, and near the -centre of the lot is located quite a comfortable and commodious -frame dwelling. Into this we moved the school in January, and have -since occupied three rooms, some sixteen by eighteen feet square. -In these, we have accommodated about one hundred pupils.</p> - -<p>Readers of the <span class="smcap">Missionary</span> will recall the account in the -March number of the breaking ground for a new school building upon -this lot December 26th. Since that time the proposed structure has -steadily grown, and on the 30th of April we were able to pronounce -it completed. It is a well constructed two-story brick building, -34×64, with wings at the centre of each side 10×21. The lower -story is divided into two school rooms, 28×31½ feet, and between -these is what may be called a hallway, divided into four hat and -cloak rooms. From this floor there are two stairways, occupying -the wings, and leading to the second story. At the head of each -of these is a commodious hat and cloak room, through which the -pupils pass as they enter the chapel, or large school-room, of the -second floor. This room is 31½×48; at one end, on each side of the -teacher’s desk, are doors leading into two recitation rooms, each -15×15½. The building is surmounted by a very neat belfry, which -awaits the new bell daily expected from New York, via the ocean. -The original plan was to place above the whole a weather-vane in -the shape of a large gold quill, but just as it arrived here from -New York the railroad depot was burned, and<a class="pagenum" name="Page_211" id="Page_211">[211]</a> with it our quill. We -sincerely hope that the burning of this is not an indication of the -fate of our building.</p> - - -<h4>THE DEDICATION.</h4> - -<p>At last the 1st of May arrived, the day set apart for the -dedication of our new building; and to the teachers and pupils, -and all friends of the school, it was a glad day indeed. Just in -proportion as the former days of the school were dark, so this was -bright and joyous. It seemed that the sun never shone more clearly, -that the sky was never brighter, and that all nature rejoiced with -us. At an early hour the people began to gather, and at eleven -o’clock, the doors of the new building were thrown open, and the -chapel was soon filled by an eager, expectant multitude. A few -moments later the school, about one hundred in number, filed in, -and took seats in front and to the right of the platform. Upon this -were seated Rev. Drs. Burgett and Walden, pastors of the First and -Third Presbyterian Churches of Mobile; Rev. W. S. Alexander, of -Straight University, New Orleans, and Rev. Wm. H. Ash, pastor of -the Congregational Church of Mobile: and to the left were several -ladies of Mobile, invited guests; the Rev. Mr. Owens, pastor of one -of the Baptist Churches; Dr. Murrell, a leading physician of the -city; Mr. Wheeler, the oldest merchant of Mobile; D. S. Richardson, -Principal of Mobile Military Academy, and others.</p> - -<p>The exercises were opened by a chant—the 121st Psalm—sung by the -school; appropriate passages of Scripture were read by Rev. Mr. -Walden, and prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Ash. The little folks -then sang “Marching On!” after which a short oration was delivered -by one of the boys of the school, and an essay read by one of -the girls. One spoke of the past, and the other, of the present -and future of our school. After this, the principal gave a short -history of the school, and in a few words explained the object for -which it was established, and the aims of the American Missionary -Association in the South.</p> - -<p>We told them that we are here for no political ends, but that our -whole aim is to cultivate the minds and hearts of our pupils, to -lift them up to higher planes of true manhood and womanhood, and to -fit them for usefulness to themselves, to their people, to their -employers, to all with whom they come in contact, to the world, -and especially to God. That our aim is to send forth cultivated -and Christian hearts, endowed with the nobler aims and aspirations -in life, and fitted for efficient work in the vineyard of our -Master. If mistakes had been made in the past by workers under -the Association, it was not in accordance with the will of its -officers, their expressed wish being that we ignore politics. That -ours is a mission work, and finally, that if the people of the -South and we have not fully understood each other in the past, we -hope that in the future we may know each other better. As for us, -we earnestly and sincerely ask the sympathy and co-operation of the -Christian people of the South; we need it.</p> - -<p>The school then sang one of the Jubilee Songs, “We shall walk -through the valley and shadow of death,” after which Mr. Alexander -offered the dedicatory prayer. The original plan was to have one -regular address, and possibly a few words from others present, but -the plan was changed, and it was concluded to have an informal talk -from the invited guests, the colored ministers present, and others, -and as the programme was carried out it became more and more -evident that the latter was a fortunate choice.</p> - -<p>Dr. Burgett, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Mobile, was -first called upon. He said: “I fully endorse all the efforts of -the A. M. A., and congratulate it, and all present to-day, because -of its high and praiseworthy efforts, its success in the past, -the immediate present, and the bright prospects of the future. I -have visited the school in former years, and never heard better -recitations anywhere, nor saw greater advancement.” His speech was -full of good thoughts, as his talks always are; and just before he -closed, he turned to the teachers, and said:<a class="pagenum" name="Page_212" id="Page_212">[212]</a> “I cannot understand -the composition of a man who will oppose your efforts here. -As a representative of the Christian people of Mobile, I speak -authoritatively when I say you deserve their sympathy and hearty -co-operation, and you have it. Deep down in the heart of every -Christian here, there is a kindly feeling for you and your work.”</p> - -<p>The next person called upon was Rev. E. D. Taylor, one of the -oldest colored ministers of the M. E. Church in this place. He -said “I have cautiously watched the movements of these teachers, -and their school work, and I am convinced that they are here for -lifting up of my race, and as I go down the steps of life, I look -back upon this school, and these teachers, with a great deal of -pleasure, knowing that they are leading my people out from a -bondage worse than slavery. I thank God that we have these friends -to help us.”</p> - -<p>Rev. Mr. Bryant, a former pupil of Atlanta University, spoke of -the many thousands of children taught in the South, as the direct -result of the work of the A. M. A. through its teachers and pupils. -Some of the white brethren expressed much surprise at the figures -he presented, and were astonished at the magnitude of the work, -both direct and indirect, of the Association.</p> - -<p>Rev. Mr. Walden said: “Deep down in my heart there is a little -niche held sacred to the memory of that good old mother who cared -for me when a child, and for that little colored boy who was my -playmate in childhood. I have lost sight of them, but their memory -is still sacred, and I hope to meet them in eternity. There is much -in common between the white and colored people of the South. We -cannot afford to be anything but friends, for we must be saved by -the same blood, we must walk through the same ‘valley and shadow of -death,’ and if saved, we must spend eternity in the same kingdom.” -And then, turning to the teachers, he said: “May God bless you in -your noble work—Christian work. Yours is a Christ-like calling, and -I say that you not only deserve the hearty sympathy, co-operation, -and support of the Christian people of the South, but you have it. -I repeat it, <em>you have it</em>.” At this point all sang, “Hold the -Fort.”</p> - -<p>Dr. Murrell said: “I endorse every word of Drs. Burgett and Walden, -but I feel just a little jealous, as I would like to stand in the -place of those who have contributed to erect this building; and -if I had the means, I would have just such a building in every -county in Alabama. I heartily feel with you, and ask God to bless -you.” After the exercises closed, he showed us his good will by -offering his professional skill to the teachers free of charge.</p> - -<p>Mr. Wheeler was not in the habit of making speeches, but he -heartily sympathized with us in our work, and wished us a great -deal of success.</p> - -<p>Rev. Mr. Owens said: “My heart is full of joy to-day at being able -to be here. I can only endorse all that has been said.” And, after -the exercises were over, he showed his sincerity by asking me to -meet his people in their church, and talk to them of our work.</p> - -<p>Many good words were spoken by Rev. Mr. Ash, and Rev. Mr. Evans, -of State Street M. E. Church. Rev. Mr. Wilson, of Little Zion -Church, was called upon, and said: “Since listening to Dr. Burgett, -and others, whose words were like drops of gold, I must decline. -I am like the uncultivated pear-tree which Dr. Burgett spoke of. -Education knows education, therefore I must keep silent lest I -betray myself.”</p> - -<p>Mr. Alexander, as the closing speaker, made some very happy -remarks. He told the colored people that by trying to get on too -fast, and to begin at the top instead of the bottom, and by seeking -to fill positions which they could not, they had set themselves -back twenty-five years. He advised them to claim the right to -nothing till they had earned that right; to work patiently, and -<em>wait</em> for results.</p> - -<p>A spirit of earnestness and sincerity pervaded all the exercises, -and, as the old colored man said, the words that fell from the lips -of Dr. Burgett, and others, were<a class="pagenum" name="Page_213" id="Page_213">[213]</a> truly <em>drops of gold</em>, utterances -from the depths of sincere hearts, and all went away feeling that -it had been good to be present, and that during those three hours a -new era had dawned upon the work of the A. M. A. in this city.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - - -<h4>The Church and the Literary Club.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">REV. WILLIAM H. ASH, MOBILE.</p> - -<p>I found my church in rather a discouraging condition, when I came -in November last; since that time, I have been greatly encouraged -to see the work prospering in my hands.</p> - -<p>My congregation has increased to three times the number which I -found when I came to Mobile, and principally of people who have -never visited our church before. But the great difficulty is that I -am not able to hold a permanent congregation of the better class, -or to reach the young people, because of the want of a church with -better facilities for the needed work. The Sabbath-school has -increased from about a dozen to forty scholars. This is remarkable, -because one half of the time I have had no one to assist me in the -work of teaching. Four have united with the church, one of whom is -a young lady, who promises to be of great service to the church.</p> - -<p>The prayer-meetings have been kept up well, considering that -my members are hard laboring people, and there is a growth in -spirituality and purity of life, such as is consistent with the -Bible. It is a custom in the fairs here to have a table devoted to -the punch-bowl, and different kinds of wines, to raise money for -the church or minister’s salary; but my church is a model so far as -temperance is concerned, feeling that it cannot encourage a demon -that destroys the happiness of so many homes, both North and South.</p> - -<p>Another fact, to show the influence of our church, is the -organization of a literary club among the young people, which has -proven a success. About three months ago, I sent out notices to the -ministers, and some of the better class of colored people, to meet -at my church for this purpose; an organization was completed, and -since that we have met from church to church.</p> - -<p>Last night the club gave its first special entertainment. It was -certainly a credit to the members who took part, and compared well -with similar entertainments which I have seen in New England. The -following notice is from the Mobile <cite>News</cite>:</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>“<span class="smcap">The Aristotle Literary Club.</span>—This club, whose members -are among the most cultivated of Mobile’s colored citizens, gave -its first entertainment, last night, at St. Emmanuel Church, at -eight o’clock. The exercises consisted of literary and musical -recitations, debates, etc. The programme was a choice one, and -the large audience in attendance enjoyed the occasion very much. -The ‘Aristotles’ are the true representatives—or rather, the best -representatives—of the colored population in our city, and we bid -them God-speed in their earnest efforts to elevate themselves -above the low standard that generally prevails among our colored -people.”</p></div> - -<hr class="tb" /> - - -<h4>Montgomery—Swayne School—A Year’s Work—Closing Exercises.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">MISS MARTHA J. ADAMS, PRINCIPAL.</p> - -<p>My first school year’s work among the colored people at the -South, has just closed. What a history it has! How rich in new -experiences!—experiences which I should deeply regret to have -stricken from my life.</p> - -<p>How vividly do I recall that sunny morning, the first day of -October, 1877, as I stood upon the steps of “Swayne School” -building, with five lady teachers at my side, while before us, in -almost military lines, were drawn up some three hundred colored -children and youth. These were our pupils. What a work lay before -us! We have been repeatedly told, since our arrival, that the -general feeling was, “No woman can control this school.” We, too, -knew, in the depths of our hearts, that without Divine aid, we -should utterly fail. But God has been true to His promises, and has -given us a quiet, happy and successful year in our work, and one -full of kindly, appreciative testimony from those among whom we -have labored.</p> - -<p>Our school, with only a few days’ notice, closed half a month -earlier than we had expected. This, of course, interfered greatly<a class="pagenum" name="Page_214" id="Page_214">[214]</a> -with preparations for the closing exercises. Besides, two or -three Sunday-school May festivals and picnics had been previously -arranged to take place the same week, and so many of the pupils -were absent; but we did the best we could, under the circumstances, -each teacher having in her own room reviews and examinations of -her classes, which have borne abundant testimony to the earnest, -faithful and kindly work they have done.</p> - -<p>On Thursday night we had an exhibition in the Congregational -Church. It was a lovely moonlight night. The church was crowded to -its utmost capacity; many, indeed, were unable to gain admittance, -so great was the throng. The exercises, consisting of declamations, -essays, recitations, and songs, were listened to with great -interest and apparent delight.</p> - -<p>One young woman read an essay upon P. P. Bliss, whose visit here is -lovingly remembered, closing with reciting the last hymn he set to -music:</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 25%;">“I know not what awaits me;</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 25%;">God kindly vails mine eyes.”</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>The Secretary of the City Board of Education, now acting -Superintendent, and another member of the Board, were present the -entire evening, and expressed gratification at what they had seen -and heard. As they passed out of the church, they were heard to -remark to each other: “That was <em>good</em>.” “Yes, it <em>was</em> good.”</p> - -<p>I will close in the words which one of the colored boys printed in -large letters in colored crayons upon the Sunday-school blackboard, -“<span class="smcap">God Bless Swayne School</span>.”</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - - -<h4>A Surprise Party in a Southern Church.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">REV. CHARLES NOBLE, MONTGOMERY.</p> - -<p>That our people can do a pleasant thing, and do it gracefully, -they proved the evening before our departure. The Sunday previous, -we had had a business-meeting of the church, and at its close -one of the brethren requested me to leave them, as they had some -business on hand in which my absence would assist them more than -my presence. Of course, we inferred from this that “something was -up”; but were unable to discover what it was. Nothing happening, -however, until the close of the Wednesday night prayer-meeting, -we had all come to the conclusion that whatever was intended had -probably proved impracticable. We were sitting together at the -Home, talking over the experiences of the year, when the notes -of a guitar struck our ears, and a few voices began singing the -“Sweet Bye-and-Bye” very softly and sweetly. I supposed that some -of the people had come down to give us a little serenade, and -stepped to the door to return thanks for the pleasure the song -had afforded. When I opened the door, instead of the half-dozen -singers I expected, a perfect throng of merry faces met me. The -yard was crowded, and they seemed to reach out indefinitely down -the road. I had barely sufficient presence of mind to ask them -in, and then met the wave of increasing congratulations with very -much the sort of feeling with which one meets a good big wave at -the sea-shore. It was exhilarating, but bewildering. An enormous -freezer of ice-cream, and strawberries, raspberries, and cakes -<i lang="la" xml:lang="la">ad infinitum</i>, were brought in, and our rooms were soon crowded -with about one hundred and fifty as happy-looking people as I ever -saw. Young and old, grave and gay, Christians and worldlings, -Methodists and Baptists, as well as Congregationalists—it was a -thoroughly representative gathering. Our own people were out in -force, and there were prominent members of all the other colored -churches. For about two hours they amused themselves and us with -conversation, singing, and playing. There was not a rude word or a -boorish action. It was a gathering that would have done credit, in -its behavior, to any community. They made the pastor and his wife, -with the teachers, gather together and partake of the delicacies -so generously provided, and then attacked them (the delicacies, -not the teachers) on their own account, with right good will. For -two hours they made the house echo with merry laughter and with -singing—patriotic, sentimental, and religious—and then, after a -siege of hand-shaking, which made me realize somewhat<a class="pagenum" name="Page_215" id="Page_215">[215]</a> the trials -our popular Presidents have to undergo, and with many pleasant -words of kindly appreciation, they took their leave.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h4>Another Female Missionary Needed.</h4> - -<p>The work at Montgomery stands greatly in need of more visiting -than the pastor can accomplish. While the church and congregation -are small, the field includes the whole colored population of the -city and suburbs—not far from 10,000 souls—and no form of labor -seems so likely to be fruitful as the work of a good woman in -the homes of the people. One of our good teachers has kept up a -Bible-reading in one of the poorer neighborhoods, and has thus -reached a number whose ignorant prejudice renders them inaccessible -to the Congregational minister. She has been able, also, to reach -the hearts and homes of many others, and has shown herself to have -the power to win their affection and sympathy, and lead them to -higher thoughts and purposes. The attempt to combine this labor -with her school duties, and the vexatious responsibilities of the -matron of the Home, had its natural result in broken health and -depressed spirits. Is there some church or society, or generous -individual, who, in addition to regular contributions, would be -willing to provide for the maintenance of a “Woman Missionary” -in this field, that this faithful worker may be able to use her -talents more efficiently, or, if she cannot return, that some other -good woman may take her place? “But when He saw the multitudes, He -was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were -scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith He unto -His disciples: The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are -few. Pray ye, therefore, the Lord of the harvest, that He will send -forth laborers into His harvest.”</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - - -<h4>A Blessed Work.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">REV. GEORGE E. HILL, PASTOR, MARION.</p> - -<p>We had an interesting day last Sunday. Seven were admitted on -profession and six children were baptized—a new thing here. The -audience was the largest we have had, quite filling the church, and -the floral decoration of the pulpit and its surroundings added to -the effect.</p> - -<p>Our Sabbath-school is flourishing. Mrs. H. and my daughter both -have classes. A few Sabbaths since, I drew a map of Palestine -on the blackboard, and proposed to the scholars to “go and do -likewise.” They have brought in twenty-five maps; some of them -would do credit to any school at the North. There is a good promise -for the future of the church in the children, many of whom already -give evidence of a change of heart.</p> - -<p>At a recent “praise-meeting,” we had testimony from twenty-five -different persons, who mentioned special causes for gratitude. -The people all seem eager to be helped, and to improve every -opportunity. We enjoy our work more and more. It is a blessed, -blessed work!</p> - - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="article"> - -<h2><a name="THE_CHINESE" id="THE_CHINESE"></a>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 class="medium"><span class="smcap">President</span>: Rev. J. K. McLean, D. D. -<span class="smcap">Vice-Presidents</span>: Rev. A. L. Stone, D. D., Thomas O. -Wedderspoon, Esq., Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon. F. F. Low, Rev. I. -E. Dwinell, D. D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S. H. Wiley, D. D., -Edward P. Flint, Esq., Rev. J. W. Hough, D. D., Jacob S. Taber, -Esq.</p> - -<p class="medium"><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 class="medium"><span class="smcap">Secretary</span>: Rev. W. C. Pond. <span class="smcap">Treasurer</span>: E. -Palache, Esq.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<p>Last month I gave an account from the pen of our missionary helper, -Fung Affoo, of the Sabbath services at our Mission House in San -Francisco. Jee Gam, at my request, has prepared the following -statement respecting the method pursued at Oakland, where his -labors are specially centred. I am sure that it will be read<a class="pagenum" name="Page_216" id="Page_216">[216]</a> -with interest, the very simplicity with which details are given -rendering more vivid and distinct the picture.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="medium right">“<span class="smcap">Oakland, Cal.</span></p> -<p>“<span class="smcap">Rev. W. C. Pond</span>:</p> - -<p>“<i>Dear Friend</i>—As I am requested to give you a little outline -about our manner of conducting the Christian work in Oakland, -I will try to do so. On Sunday morning, those brethren who -can get out in time from their occupations generally attend -church, but this number is comparatively small, owing to the -way in which they are situated. Our Chinese Sunday-school is -held immediately after the morning service in the church, and -continues till fifteen minutes of two P.M. The average number of -scholars during the last few months was about fifty-five. Mr. -E. P. Sanford is our superintendent, and I am the assistant. -The school is generally opened by singing two hymns in Chinese -and two in English, followed by a prayer. After the latter, -each teacher proceeds to take charge of his own class; and when -the lesson ends, passages of Scripture are recited by most of -the Bible-reading pupils. Then the notices are given for all -the exercises of the following week. The Lord’s Prayer is then -recited in concert, and the school is dismissed.</p> - -<p>“From 6.30 to 7.15 P.M., we assemble at our Christian Association -Room (a small house of five rooms) for prayer-meeting. This -meeting is conducted by the president of the Association. The -exercises consist of singing, praying, and speaking from two of -the members who are appointed by the president at the previous -meeting. After these speakers get through, eight to ten minutes -are allowed to all who wish to speak or pray. The meeting is -closed with the Doxology and prayer. From this meeting we go back -to the chapel where we held our Sunday-school. There we open our -regular Sunday evening service. The average attendance is about -twenty-five. The first part of this service is singing from 7.25 -to fifteen minutes of eight. The singing is conducted by Mr. -Sanford, assisted by Miss L. Gill and Miss Sanford. To these -persons we are greatly indebted for their kindness in teaching -us, especially Mr. Sanford, whose labors for us are unspeakably -great. After the singing and prayer, Mr. Sanford takes the Bible. -He then reads, and explains to them in English; I take the same -lesson and explain to them in Chinese, after which the meeting -is closed with a prayer in Chinese. On Wednesday evening our -prayer-meeting is conducted entirely by myself. Its average -attendance is about the same as that of Sunday evening. Thursday -evening I have the whole Bible-class, consisting of from ten to -eighteen pupils. Beside this Bible reading we also have another -very interesting Bible exercise in the Association Room every -evening throughout the whole week, with the exception of Saturday -and Sunday evenings. This exercise commences immediately after -the brethren get back from school and continues until ten P.M. -We begin by reading and explaining the Scripture alternately. -If one fails to explain his verse correctly, the one who sits -next to him follows it up, and if he fails also, the third, -fourth, and so on to the last one in the class. If he fails to -succeed, I then explain the verse to them again. When this lesson -is through, I read and explain to them the new lesson for the -following evening. Then this exercise is closed with a prayer in -English by one of the brethren successively.</p> - -<p style="margin-left: 5%;">“Yours respectfully,</p> -<p class="right"><span class="smcap">Jee Gam</span>.”</p> -</div> - - -<hr class="full" /> - -<h2><a name="THE_CHILDRENS_PAGE" id="THE_CHILDRENS_PAGE"></a>THE CHILDREN’S PAGE.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<h3>“KING DAVID’S DANCE” AND THE “HOLY MARCH.”</h3> - -<p>The signification of the above terms may not be familiar to -all our readers, and hence a description of them may prove of -interest. They are religious exercises, and constitute a part of -the regular Sabbath worship of the colored Baptist Church of Mount -Vernon, Ala. The members of this church are very emotional, and -exceedingly demonstrative in their religion. The order of services -each Sabbath are as follows: A Union Sabbath-school is held from -nine to half-past ten A.M., after which one of the leading brethren -conducts a prayer-meeting for about an hour.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_217" id="Page_217">[217]</a></p> - -<p>Then preaching begins. The young minister preaches a sermon first, -and he is followed by the old minister, who preaches another sermon -from the same text. Mourners are then called for, the doors are -opened to receive members, and other necessary business transacted, -after which the benediction is pronounced.</p> - -<p>It is then about three P.M. Instead of going home, the members -all remain, move the benches aside, and prepare for “King David’s -Dance” and the “Holy March.” The first consists in forming a -circle—or “ringing up,” as they term it—joining hands, and jumping -up and down, keeping time to the tune of some lively “spiritual -song.” This performance is carried on for some time, and then they -march the “Holy March.”</p> - -<p>This is done by forming in single file, each one placing his hand -on the other one’s shoulder, and marching around and around, going -through a number of bodily contortions, better seen than described. -They march and dance alternately until about sundown, when, -completely exhausted, they go home.</p> - -<p>During these exercises they shout and scream vehemently. The above -is a true statement of the manner in which the colored people here, -of the Baptist connection, worship. The so-called “King David’s -Dance” would remind one more of the war-dance of some savage tribe. -Several other churches in the neighboring settlements carry on -these performances.—<cite>The Southern Sentinel.</cite></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>NEGRO RELIGION.</h3> - -<p>Negro religion is as varied as the character and grade of its -professors: some as dignified as African princes, others as wild -as children playing at church. And yet, who shall say that either -extreme is the more acceptable to Him who looks through outward -demonstrations at the hearts of worshippers? One of their own -utterances perhaps best expresses the idea:</p> - -<p>“We has our own ways ob doin’ things; white folks don’t allus -understand us, but de Lord seems to get along with us putty well, -an’ dat’s all we need care fur.”</p> - -<p>White folks do not understand, and certainly cannot but be amused -at seeing an old black woman, whose gray wool is bound up in a -brilliant turban, moving in slow, undulating waves of a mystic -dance up and down the church aisles, and round its altar, as -she chants forth her testimony to “de leadin’s of de Lord all -dese eighty years”; but they can quite appreciate the reverence -which sends every one to his knees at the words, “Let us pray,” -and sometimes wish that the custom might prove possible of -transplantation. Quaint and racy words sometimes come from these -colored preachers. “Ta’n’t no use dodgin’,” said one the other day; -“yer may poke yer head dis way and stick yer feet dat way, but yer -can’t go round yer grave; yer may shut yer eyes and make b’lieve -yer don’t see it, but ye’s got to tumble inter it, after all. Dere -it is, right in yer path. Is yer all ready?”</p> - -<p>“I can’t read much,” said a preacher; “I can’t say all dem long, -hard names. I couldn’t read a word when the good Lord Jesus found -me, in the South Caroliny cane-brake; but I taught myself to spell -out de name ob Jesus, and now I can read all ’bout how He carries -sinners to heaven; dat’s ’nough.”</p> - -<p>We were present at a communion service in which there was nothing -calculated to draw a smile. Tears of apparently genuine earnestness -stood in many eyes, and suppressed sobs mingled with the rich, -quaint hymns in many parts of the room. The preacher was a young -man, who drew a moving picture of the crucifixion, which, in its -pathos, simplicity, and correct diction, would have done honor -to any white preacher in the land. But one point, that of the -substitution of <em>w</em> for <em>r</em>, marked the speaker as one of that -subject race, which, in thus slowly rising from barbarism, while -it loses much that is amusing to the merely curious observer, is -steadily gaining in what pertains to the dignity of manhood, and -the well-being of immortal souls.—<cite>Illustrated Christian Weekly.</cite></p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_218" id="Page_218">[218]</a></p> - - -<hr class="full" /> - -<h2><a name="RECEIPTS" id="RECEIPTS"></a>RECEIPTS</h2> - -<p class="large center">FOR MAY, 1878.</p> - - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MAINE, $111.42.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Augusta. John Dorr</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bangor. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">31.42</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brewer. First Cong. Ch. $6.40, and Sab. -Sch. $2.50; Dea. J. Holyoke $5.10</td> -<td class="ramt">14.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hallowell. Miss Mary Flagg $10; Hon. H. -K. Baker $2, <i>for Printing Press, Talladega -C.</i>; “A Friend” $1, <i>for Student, Tougaloo, -Miss.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">13.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Houlton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oak Hill. ——</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wells. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wild. Rev. D. D. T.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW HAMPSHIRE, $254.02.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Concord. R. P. S.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Exeter. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., <i>for a -Teacher, Wilmington, N. C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">70.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Greenland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.85</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hanover. Cong. Ch. <a name="Err_1" id="Err_1"></a>Dartmouth Col.</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Henniker. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">17.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hooksett. Union Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.87</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Littleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">37.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Marlborough. “Ladies’ Freedmen’s Aid -Soc.”</td> -<td class="ramt">16.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Boston. Ladies, bbl. of C. and $2, <i>for -freight, for Wilmington N. C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Ipswich. “Hillside Gleaners,” <i>for Memorial -Inst., Wilmington, N. C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">16.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Concord. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.30</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">VERMONT, $259.62.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brownington and Barton Landing. Cong. -Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">13.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Clarendon. Mrs. N. J. Smith</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Arlington. Rev. Chas. Redfield</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Jericho Centre. Miss J. Graves</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">39.37</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Springfield. Chas. Haywood</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Peru. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rochester. Cong. Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">St. Albans. Mrs. J. Gregory Smith</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Thetford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">19.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wallingford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">69.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wells River. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $30; C. -W. Eastman $10</td> -<td class="ramt">40.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westminster West. Mrs. A. S. G.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MASSACHUSETTS, $4,078.34.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Andover. Free Cong. Ch. and Soc. $30.81, -to const. <span class="smcap">Charles W. Clark</span>, L. M.—“Friends” -$25, <i>for Student Aid, Talladega -C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">55.81</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ashby. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ashburnham. M. W.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Belchertown. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">32.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Boston. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. $600.40.—“Howard” -$500, <i>for two Chapels</i>.—Mrs. -N. B. Curtis $200; Mrs. S. A. Bradbury -$25.—Juvenile Class of Phillips Cong. Ch. -$18.75, <i>for Student, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1,344.15</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brocton. ——</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brookline. Howard Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">92.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cambridge. Geo. H. Fogg</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Charlestown. Ivory Littlefield (of which -$25 <i>for Chinese M</i>)</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chelsea. Mrs. P. N. P.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Conway. Cong. Soc., to const. <span class="smcap">Dea. Edwin -Cooley</span> and Mrs. L. L. <span class="smcap">Lee</span>, L. M ’s</td> -<td class="ramt">70.45</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Bridgewater. Union Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.09</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Easton. Cong. Sab. Sch. $30, to const. -<span class="smcap">Everett C. Randall</span>, L. M.; Cong. Ch. -and Soc. $10.70</td> -<td class="ramt">40.70</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Egremont. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">19.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Everett. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">33.88</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Florence. Florence. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">108.88</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Foxborough. D. Carpenter</td> -<td class="ramt">80.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Framingham. Mrs. T. F. $1; Mrs. S. M. B. -$1</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Georgetown. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Greenfield. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of First Ch. -$18, <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i>—Ladies, -Box of C.</td> -<td class="ramt">18.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $66.40; J. H. -$1</td> -<td class="ramt">67.40</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ipswich. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lancaster. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Miss Sophia Stearns, -by W. W. Wyman, Ex.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Leominster. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.62</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Linden. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lowell. M. Moore and wife $20.—Ladies of -First Cong. Ch., bbl. of C. and $1 <i>for -freight, for Wilmington, N.C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">21.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lynn. North Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">9.47</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Malden. Mrs. C. F. Belcher, pkg. of papers.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mittineague. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.35</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Natick. Mrs. S. E. Hammond</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Needham. N. S. R.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newburyport. Mrs. T. C. Tyler $10; Miss -P. N. 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Andover Depot. F. D. F.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Beverly. Mrs. Rebecca Conant</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Hadley. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.48</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Orange. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norton. Wheaton Fem. Sem., <i>for Student -Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">21.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norton. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of John Hunt, by E. T. -Jackson, Ex.</td> -<td class="ramt">804.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Orleans. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Paxton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">11.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Peru. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Phillipston. Mrs. J. L.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plainfield. Albert Dyer</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Pittsfield. <span class="smcap">James H. Dunham</span>, to const. -himself L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rochester. First Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Salem. Tabernacle Ch. and Soc. $46.13; -South Cong. Sab. Sch. $21.32</td> -<td class="ramt">67.45</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Abington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">22.07</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Somerville. Broadway Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">12.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Weymouth. Union Cong. Ch. $55; -Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. $36, to const. -<span class="smcap">Mrs. Ellen A. Chandler</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">91.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Springfield. Olivet Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">27.67</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ware. East Cong. Ch. and Soc. $313.85; -First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $21</td> -<td class="ramt">334.85</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Watertown. Phillips’ Ch. and Soc. $37.50; -Phillips’ Sab. Sch. $10</td> -<td class="ramt">47.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Cummington. Rev. J. B. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of -which $5 from the late Mrs. Dickinson -and $5 from Miss Lizzie Dickinson)</td> -<td class="ramt">31.40</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Newbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Newton. Ann Miller</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Springfield. Prof. M. S. Southworth, -<i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wilbraham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Winchendon. North Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">101.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">101.31</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Woburn. Mrs. G. A. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Worcester. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. -$55.56.—Plymouth Ch. $15, <i>for printing -press, Talladega</i>,—Mrs. C. M. F. and Dr. -W. D. 50c. ea.</td> -<td class="ramt">71.56</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">RHODE ISLAND, $81.15.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Little Compton. Cong. Ch. to const. <span class="smcap">Rev. -Wm. D. Hart</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">81.15</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CONNECTICUT, $698.87.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bristol. By Mrs. H. L. Bartholomew, <i>for -Ind. Dept. Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Berlin. Rev. J. Whittlesey</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bozrahville. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Buckingham. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cheshire. G. K.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Colchester. Mrs. C. B. McCall, <i>for Tougaloo -U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cornwall. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Hartford. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">32.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ekonk. Elizabeth W. Kasson</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Enfield. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">11.40<a class="pagenum" name="Page_219" id="Page_219">[219]</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Guilford. Mrs. Lucy E. Tuttle $50; First -Cong. Ch. $20</td> -<td class="ramt"> 70.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hanover. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.95</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hartford. D. R. Howe $30, <i>for Ind. School, -Talladega C.</i>—Mrs. L. C. Dewing, $20; -“Armor Bearers” in Talcott St. Cong. -Sab. Sch. by M. K. Stevens, $3</td> -<td class="ramt"> 53.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Harwinton. <span class="smcap">Eveline S. Barker</span> to const. -herself L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Meriden. Box of papers, by Edmund Tuttle.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Middletown. South Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 39.96</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mt. Carmel. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for a Student, -Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt"> 26.71</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Haven. North Church $118.—Rev. -Wm. Patton, D. D. $25 (ad’l), <i>for Howard -U.</i>—College St. Ch. $10; Mrs. Julius -Gale $5</td> -<td class="ramt"> 158.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Branford. J. A. P.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Haven. Elihu Dickinson</td> -<td class="ramt"> 2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norwich. Broadway Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for -Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt"> 100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rocky Hill. Mrs. U. C. D.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 0.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rockville. G. P.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 0.55</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Killingly. Rev. W. H. Beard</td> -<td class="ramt"> 4.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Thomaston. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 29.58</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wallingford. Mrs. C. P. Hall</td> -<td class="ramt"> 2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Washington. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Haven. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 19.32</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Stafford. Cong. Sab. School</td> -<td class="ramt"> 1.15</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW YORK, $1,282.03.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Antwerp. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 24.05</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Binghamton. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 151.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brooklyn. Mrs. M. E. W. $1; J. E. $1</td> -<td class="ramt"> 2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Gilbertsville Academy. Rev. A. Wood</td> -<td class="ramt"> 15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Goshen. F. E. C.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Greigsville. Mrs. S. J. C.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hamilton. O. S. Campbell, Mrs. M. Tompkins -and Mrs. S. K. Bardin $5 ea.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Harris Hill. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Thomas Hutchinson, -for <i>Freedmen Foreign and Home M.,</i> -by John Berry</td> -<td class="ramt"> 18.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Irvington. Mrs. R. W. Lambdin</td> -<td class="ramt"> 5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lisle. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 5.34</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Madison. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Morrisville. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 30.14</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Lebanon Centre. Ladies, by Miss E. -W. Frary, Bbl. of C.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New York. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Edwin S. Dewing, by -Mrs. L. C. Dewing</td> -<td class="ramt"> 250.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New York. Mrs. Hannah Ireland $50; Miss -J. F. $1</td> -<td class="ramt"> 51.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Niagara. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., Bbl. of C., <i>for -Tougaloo</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Orwell. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 11.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oneonta. Mrs. H. Slade and others</td> -<td class="ramt"> 1.90</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Philadelphia. W. C.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 0.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Poughkeepsie. Mrs. M. J. Myers</td> -<td class="ramt"> 30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rochester. Emily Boardman, <i>for Student -Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt"> 20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rodman. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 17.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sag Harbor. Mrs. A. E. Westfall</td> -<td class="ramt"> 10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Syracuse. Mrs. S. J. White</td> -<td class="ramt"> 10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Union Valley. Sab. Sch., by Dr. J. Angel, -Supt.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 1.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Brook. T. S. Hoyt</td> -<td class="ramt"> 3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westmoreland. First Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 2.85</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Williamsburgh. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Lewis Chichester, -by John M. Stearns and E. C. Wadsworth, -Executors</td> -<td class="ramt"> 594.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Windsor. Mrs. Julia Woodruff</td> -<td class="ramt"> 5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wyoming. H. S. S</td> -<td class="ramt"> 0.50</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW JERSEY, $128.40.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newark. Belleville Ave. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 38.39</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Orange. Trinity Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 70.01</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Trenton. Misses A. P. and S. T. Sherman, -<i>for Indian pupil</i></td> -<td class="ramt"> 20.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">PENNSYLVANIA, $47.75.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Farmers’ Valley. Mrs. E. C. O.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Pittsburgh. E. P.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Prentiss Vale. Rev. M. W. Strickland $20; -C. L. Allen $10.25, to const. <span class="smcap">Miss Abbie -L. Spiller</span> L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 30.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Providence. E. Weston</td> -<td class="ramt"> 5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sewickley. Miss Lucy Bittinger</td> -<td class="ramt"> 6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Washington. Mrs. H. H. Templeton</td> -<td class="ramt"> 5.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">OHIO, $368.71.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Berea. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 1.30</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Belpre. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 16.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cincinnati. Western Tract and Book Soc., -Books and Tracts val. $45.18, <i>for Savannah -Mission</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cleveland. S. W. Pierson</td> -<td class="ramt"> 5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Clifton. J. K.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Collinwood. Union Sab. Sch., <i>for Student -Aid</i></td> -<td class="ramt"> 21.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Eagleville. E. M. T</td> -<td class="ramt"> 0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Elyria. First Presb. Ch. $61.28 and Sab. -Sch. $40</td> -<td class="ramt"> 101.28</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fredericktown. A. H. Royce</td> -<td class="ramt"> 10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Madison. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 43.66</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Marietta. Rev. I. M. P.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 0.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Martinsburgh. Church Property</td> -<td class="ramt"> 74.62</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norwalk. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 8.55</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 12.02</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Paddy’s Run. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 20.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ravenna. Young People’s Miss. Soc. $10, -<i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i>—Howard -Carter $10</td> -<td class="ramt"> 20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Seville. Mrs. Julia Hulburt</td> -<td class="ramt"> 5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sharon Centre. Mrs. R. A.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 0.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sheffield. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 10.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Springfield. First Cong. Ch. (Quar. Coll.)</td> -<td class="ramt"> 7.03</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Willoughby. Miss Mary P. Hastings</td> -<td class="ramt"> 10.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">INDIANA, $25.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Corydon. George Stolz</td> -<td class="ramt"> 5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Orland. Union Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid</i></td> -<td class="ramt"> 5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Bend. R. Burroughs</td> -<td class="ramt"> 15.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">ILLINOIS, $1,243.29.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Aurora. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., <i>for -Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt"> 25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Batavia. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 36.93</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bondville. “A Friend,” <i>for Mendi M.</i></td> -<td class="ramt"> 10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chicago. Plymouth Ch. $83.57; Mrs. M. C. -S. 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 84.07</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chillicothe. R. W. Gilliam</td> -<td class="ramt"> 5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cobden. E. W. T.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Danvers. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 10.63</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Waupaunsee. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Evanston. J. M. Williams, <i>for Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt"> 25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Galesburg. Mrs. Julia T. Wells $20.—“Friends” -$15; Mrs. D. Hurd $5, and -Box of C., <i>for Ind. Dept., Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt"> 40.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Galesburg. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Warren C. Willard, -by Prof. T. R. Willard</td> -<td class="ramt"> 17.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Galva. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., <i>for Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt"> 30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Geneva. Mrs. G. F. Milton, <i>for Ind. Sch. -Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt"> 5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hampton. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 4.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lisbon. G. K.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Macomb. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 5.80</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Morris. Cong. Ch. $14.45 and Sab. Sch. -$4.05</td> -<td class="ramt"> 18.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Morrison. Mrs. E. H.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Nora. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid</i></td> -<td class="ramt"> 2.26</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oak Park. Mrs. J. Huggins, <i>for Student -Aid</i></td> -<td class="ramt"> 20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Onargo. Mrs. L. C. Foster</td> -<td class="ramt"> 150.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Payson. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Polo. Robert Smith</td> -<td class="ramt"> 500.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Port Byron. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Princeton. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., <i>for Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt"> 16.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Princeville. Mrs. Olive L. Cutter</td> -<td class="ramt"> 20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Quincy. Mrs. E. T. Parker $30, to const. -<span class="smcap">Mrs. George T. Holyoke</span> L. M.;“A -Friend” $5</td> -<td class="ramt"> 35.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rockford. First Cong. Sab. Sch. $20, <i>for -Fisk U.;</i> Ladies of First. Cong. Ch. $13, <i>for -Ind. Dept, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt"> 33.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rock Island. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt"> 10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sparta. P. B. Gault</td> -<td class="ramt"> 2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tonica. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch, <i>for Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt"> 26.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wheaton. First Church of Christ</td> -<td class="ramt"> 14.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Winnebago. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 5.10</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Woodburn. A. L. Sturges, bal. to const. -<span class="smcap">Mrs. Clarissa E. Sturges</span> L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 10.00<a class="pagenum" name="Page_220" id="Page_220">[220]</a></td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MICHIGAN, $202.75.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Benzonia. “Friends” $10 bal. to const. -<span class="smcap">Chauncey Bush</span>, L. M.; “A Friend” $1</td> -<td class="ramt">11.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chelsea. John C. Winans</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Clinton. Ladies’ Miss. Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Covert. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Talladega</i></td> -<td class="ramt">8.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Detroit. Rev. C. C. Foote $25; J. C. H. $1</td> -<td class="ramt">26.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Flint. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., <i>for Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Grand Rapids. T. B. W.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hillsdale. Mathews Joslyn</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lansing. Ag’l Coll., Mrs. R. C. K., Mrs. W. -J. B., Mrs. G. T. F., Mrs. A. J. C. and -Mrs. R. G. B. $1 ea.; Mrs. C. L. I. 50c. <i>for -a Missionary, Memphis, Tenn.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oceola. B. F. Batchelder and Mrs. Sarah -E. A. Batchelder $2.50 ea.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Romeo. Cong. Sab. Sch. $20; Mrs. J. T. $1, -<i>for Missionary, Memphis, Tenn.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">21.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Royal Oak. Cong. Ch. $5.—Mrs. C. S. C. -$1, <i>for Missionary, Memphis, Tenn.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">IOWA, $215.85.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ames. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bowen Prairie. ——</td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Clinton. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. $15, <i>for -Fisk U.</i>—H. R. W. 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cincinnati. Wm. T. Reynolds</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cresco. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.65</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Denmark. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., <i>for Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">22.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dubuque. Mrs. S. N. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Genoa Bluff. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student -Aid</i></td> -<td class="ramt">4.27</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Grinnell. Cong. Ch. $37.50; “Friend,” -gold ring and 43c.</td> -<td class="ramt">37.93</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hampton. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kellogg. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student Aid</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Keokuk. Mrs. E. M. Wilson</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mason City. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.70</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">McGregor. Cong. Ch. $12.42; Woman’s -Miss. Soc. 12.01 bal. to const. <span class="smcap">Miss -Catharine Gilchrist</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">24.43</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Monticello. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">16.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Muscatine. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oskaloosa. Rev. Asa Turner</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Stuart. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tipton. William Coutts</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Traer. Mrs. C. H. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Williamsburg. Welsh Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.87</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MISSOURI, $35.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">St. Louis. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">35.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">WISCONSIN, $266.40.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Albion. S. G. A</td> -<td class="ramt">0.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Arena. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fon du Lac. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">42.93</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hartford. R. F.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Keshena. S. J. Marshall, M. D.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Madison. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">68.47</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mazo Manie. Cong. Ch. $8.10; Cong. Sab. -Sch. $2.40</td> -<td class="ramt">10.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Menomenee. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Milwaukee. Spring St. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oconomowoc. J. S. Kenyon</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plymouth. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wauwatosa. Cong. Ch. $37.—Cong. Sab. Sch. -$10.25, <i>for Student Aid</i></td> -<td class="ramt">47.25</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MINNESOTA, $25.43.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. $22.80; Pilgrim -Cong. Ch. $1.38</td> -<td class="ramt">24.18</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Morris. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.25</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">KANSAS, $1.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Burlingame. A Friend</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEBRASKA, $14.65.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Linwood. Union Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Weeping Water. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">13.65</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">COLORADO TER. 50c.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Littleton. H. C. W.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CALIFORNIA, $30.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Madison. <span class="smcap">Mrs. Tyler Thacher</span> to const. -herself L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">OREGON, $32.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Salem. Cong. Ch. to const. <span class="smcap">Dea. John J. -McFarland</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">32.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MARYLAND, $50.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Baltimore. Rev. Geo. Morris, <i>for Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">TENNESSEE, $193.50.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Covington. H. C. Gray, <i>for rebuilding S. U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Memphis. Le Moyne Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">119.65</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Nashville. Fisk University</td> -<td class="ramt">72.85</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NORTH CAROLINA, $231.22.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Raleigh. Washington Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">126.22</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wilmington. Normal Sch. $98.73; Cong. -Ch. $6.27</td> -<td class="ramt">105.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">SOUTH CAROLINA, $228.50.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Charleston. Avery Inst.</td> -<td class="ramt">223.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Orangeburgh. Ladies’ Miss. Ass’n of Cong. -Ch., <i>for Mendi M.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">GEORGIA, $214.20.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Atlanta. Atlanta University $103.—M. -Blanche Curtiss $5, <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta -U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">108.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Columbus. R. P. Lewis, <i>for Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Macon. Lewis High Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">51.20</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">McIntosh. Rev. Jos. E. Smith, <i>for Student -Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MISSISSIPPI, $65.55.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tougaloo. Tougaloo U.</td> -<td class="ramt">65.55</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">LOUISIANA, $152.75.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Houma. Rev. A. E. P. A.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lake Peigneur. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Iberia. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Orleans. Straight University $144.50; -W. A. C. 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">145.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">TEXAS, 50c.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Goliad. S. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">ALABAMA, $746.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mobile. Emerson Inst.</td> -<td class="ramt">154.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Montgomery. Pub. Fund</td> -<td class="ramt">420.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Selma. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">11.35</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Talladega. Talladega Col. $126.15.—Cong. -Sab. Sch. $30; B. L. $1, <i>for Farm</i>; Willis -Ferry $2, <i>for Ind. Dept. Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">159.15</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">INCOME FUND, $3,511.82.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Avery Fund, <i>for Mendi M.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2,286.82</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Le Moyne Fund</td> -<td class="ramt">770.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hammond Fund</td> -<td class="ramt">350.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1"><span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Dr. M. C. Williams</td> -<td class="ramt">35.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1"><span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Sarah J. Nason</td> -<td class="ramt">35.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1"><span class="smcap">Estate</span> of A. Miner</td> -<td class="ramt">35.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CANADA, 16.08.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Guelph. Rev. J. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sherbrooke. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.08</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td></td> -<td class="ramt">——————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">14,812.30</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Total from Oct. 1st to May 31st</td> -<td class="ramt">$118,122.26</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p class="right" style="margin-right: 10%;"> -<span style="padding-right: 5%;">H. W. HUBBARD</span><br /> -<i>Ass’t Treas.</i> -</p> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">RECEIVED FOR DEBT.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Amherst, Mass. Mrs. R. A. Lester</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Barnstable Co., Mass. “A Traveler”</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Holbrook, Mass. Mrs. C. S. Holbrook</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Holbrook Mass. Miss Sarah J. Holbrook</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Abington, Mass. Mrs. A. S. Reed</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hartford, Conn. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">500.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brooklyn, N. Y. Julius Davenport</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Goliad, Texas. Rev. Mitchell Thompson</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Helena, Texas. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">—— Payment on Land in Mich.</td> -<td class="ramt">150.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td></td> -<td class="ramt">——————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td></td> -<td class="ramt">885.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Previously acknowledged April receipts</td> -<td class="ramt">9,637.72</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td></td> -<td class="ramt">——————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">$10,522.72</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_221" id="Page_221">[221]</a></p> - - -<hr class="full" /> - -<h2><a name="Constitution_of_the_American_Missionary_Association" id="Constitution_of_the_American_Missionary_Association"></a>Constitution of the American Missionary Association.</h2> - -<p class="center">INCORPORATED JANUARY 30, 1849.</p> - - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<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" class="fnanchor">[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> - - -<p>FOOTNOTE:</p> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_1" id="Footnote_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1"><span class="label">[A]</span></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> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_222" id="Page_222">[222]</a></p></div> - - -<hr class="full" /> - -<h2><a name="THE_AMERICAN_MISSIONARY_ASSOCIATION" id="THE_AMERICAN_MISSIONARY_ASSOCIATION"></a><i>THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.</i></h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<p class="center">AIM AND WORK.</p> - -<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> - - -<p class="center">STATISTICS.</p> - -<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. <i>Indians</i> under the care of the Association, 13,000.</p> - - -<p class="center">WANTS.</p> - -<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">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> - - -<p class="center">MAGAZINE.</p> - -<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> - - -<p class="center">FORM OF A BEQUEST.</p> - -<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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