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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. 9, September, 1878 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: October 27, 2016 [EBook #53376] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, SEPT 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. 9. - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” - - * * * * * - - SEPTEMBER, 1878. - - - - - _CONTENTS_: - - - EDITORIAL. - - PARAGRAPHS 257 - THE CLAIM OF SELF-INTEREST 258 - PLEASE PERUSE, AND PONDER 259 - THEN AND NOW 260 - ANNUAL REPORTS NEEDED 261 - A GOOD EXAMPLE—THE NEGRO IN THE UNITED STATES 262 - ITEMS FROM CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS 265 - GENERAL NOTES 266 - - - THE FREEDMEN. - - SYSTEMATIC BENEFICENCE IN ATLANTA UNIVERSITY: - Rev. Horace Bumstead 267 - CHARLESTON, S. C.—Avery Normal Institute.—Reunion - Exercises.—Impressions made on a Visitor from a - Neighboring State 270 - GEORGIA—Ogeechee: Rev. John R. McLean 272 - ALABAMA—A Surprise Party: Mr. E. C. - Silsby.—Anniversary of Trinity School: Rev. - Horace J. Taylor.—A Gospel Ship: Rev. P. J. - McIntosh 272–274 - MISSISSIPPI-Grenada 275 - KENTUCKY—Berea College Commencement.—Frankfort: - Miss Mattie E. Anderson 275, 276 - - - AFRICA. - - MENDI MISSION—In Good Health and Good Heart: - Rev. Albert P. Miller 276 - - - THE CHINESE. - - CHINA FOR CHRIST: Rev. W. C. Pond 277 - - - THE CHILDREN’S PAGE 281 - - - RECEIPTS 283 - - - WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, &c. 286 - - * * * * * - - 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, - E. A. 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. SEPTEMBER, 1878. No. 9. - - * * * * * - - - - -_American Missionary Association._ - - * * * * * - -The thirty-second Annual Meeting of the American Missionary -Association will be held in Taunton, Mass., by invitation of the -Congregational Churches of that city, commencing on Tuesday, -October 29th, at three P. M. - -The sermon will be preached by the Rev. S. E. Herrick, D. D., -of Mt. Vernon Church, Boston. Other speakers and the order of -exercises will be announced hereafter. - -A cordial welcome will be given to delegates, and a full -representation of the churches is earnestly desired. - - * * * * * - -On the 2d of July, Lord Polwarth gave a missionary conference -in the grounds of Mertown House, on the Tweed, at which Dr. O. -H. White, of America, Secretary of the Freedmen’s Aid Society, -made an address. He dwelt upon the explorations of Africa and the -emancipation of the slaves in America, and on the relation of these -two remarkable events to the evangelization of the 180,000,000 of -ignorant and idolatrous inhabitants of the hitherto almost unknown -continent. “The address was marked by intense earnestness and -pathos, and was listened to with rapt attention.” - - * * * * * - -The monthly concert arranged for Rev. Mr. Winship’s Questions and -the Jubilee Songs seems to be a great success. Almost daily orders -are coming in for the Songs and Questions. Wherever they have been -used they have given the highest satisfaction. We confidently -commend them, therefore, to churches and Sabbath-schools that -desire to spend a pleasant and profitable hour in considering the -work and wants of the Association. We do not see how the same -amount of information in regard to the Association could be so -readily imparted in any other way. - -Orders sent to Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Congregational House, Boston, -or to any A. M. A. office, will be filled gratuitously. - - * * * * * - -The friends of Fisk University will be interested to hear of -the safe return to this country of President Cravath. With him -have also come the Jubilee Singers, who have been giving popular -concerts during the last year in Holland, Germany and Switzerland, -and have now disbanded. - - * * * * * - - -THE CLAIM OF SELF-INTEREST. - -The claim of the three despised races in the United States is -enforced by a motive of self-interest, by the relation of their -leavening to the future prosperity and even perpetuity of our -nation. Especially is this true of the freedmen, as large enough -in their numbers to have weight, and endowed with privileges which -make their numbers powerful for good or evil. - -So large a mass, if it be corrupt, is also corrupting. Here are -three lepers; I can but hint at their diseases. They are full of -wounds and bruises and putrifying sores. You shrink and shudder -at the picture. But, my brother, they are at your very door. What -shall we do with them? This sickness is not unto death. Worse than -that; it is perpetuated and transmissible; but it may be cured. -The power of Christ, who touched the leper with His life-giving -hand, is still with us. But we must go in the name of Jesus of -Nazareth. We cannot bar the negro out; he has the right to sit in -our midst, even among the senators of the land; and if he be still -ignorant, and immoral, and superstitious, he will spread corruption -around him. The only way to prevent him from contaminating us is -to let virtue go forth from us to convert and cleanse him. And the -question is, is there enough in us to do it? The very _presence_ of -vice and ignorance is contaminating; it conducts all evil influence -and spreads it. The swamp malaria which fills the air, while it -chokes the hovels of the poor, can by no means be kept out of -the palaces of the rich. The foul odors of Hunter’s Point pay no -respect to the brown-stone fronts of Murray Hill. If one member -suffers, all the body is afflicted. - -Do you say, “It is not our concern”? But it is every one’s concern. -Is the ignorance and vice of your own town or city not your -concern? You have to pay for it dearly. Your taxes for police, for -courts and for prisons are only a small part of what it levies -on you. It, too, pervades the air and mingles its deadly poison -with it, and you breathe it in. You are proof against it; it only -imperceptibly lessens the tone of your health and vigor. But your -neighbor is not, and perhaps your son or daughter is not; and in -the traps which line our streets your son or my son may stumble and -fall; or behind the shaded windows where the snares are laid, your -son or my son may go to ruin. - -It is so in the nation. If the leaven be not more active and more -potent than the mass, it will be itself unleavened and spoiled. - -But there is a greater peril to us than the mere presence of -ignorance and vice in its _power_. By the chances of war, and for -the sake of its success, 1,000,000 slaves were made citizens. They -were armed with the rifle and the ballot. With the rifle they -turned the day of strife to the day of settlement; but with the -ballot, if left slaves as to their intelligence and manliness, -they may make of peace fatal disaster. Till they can exercise this -solemn trust with wise discretion, and with conscientious fidelity, -it is a perilous trust in their hands. One million more votes added -to the vast number which are swayed by demagogues of either party, -increase by a fearful percentage the dangers of the land. - -In their Christian education is our only surety for the future. -Education for their intelligence, and Christianity for their -morals, and as a foundation on which both intelligence and virtue -may rest secure. - -The same danger would be swelled by the numbers of the Indians and -the Chinese if they were citizens. As it is, the Indian can only -become so by forswearing all the relations which are most sacred to -him, and which mean to him family and religion. And the Chinaman, -it has just been decided, cannot vote, at least in California, -because he is neither white enough nor black enough. - -But it is the part of every wise man to see the danger, and to do -what he can to avert it. The Federal Government cannot do what -is needful. The States will not do it. Christian charity, with -far-sighted wisdom and self-denying philanthropy, can alone be -relied on for the work required—the training of these races. It -is an illustration of the truth, that all self-interests are met, -not by a narrowly planned seeking of them, but by that broader -conformity to the great law of love which, loving God first, has -love for each one in his place, and seeks the highest good of all. -In that is wrapped up, concealed sometimes, but surely there, our -own gain and good. - - * * * * * - - -PLEASE PERUSE, AND PONDER. - -Our friends will pardon us for reminding them that the fiscal -year of the Association will close with the month of September. -What is done to swell the receipts, either for diminution of debt -or to meet current expenses, must be done quickly. Let no one -imagine, however, that we are not duly grateful to God and to His -people, for the gifts which have made possible the work on the -field, and lightened so much the drag on our treasury. Still, we -feel constrained to ask these givers for a larger giving, in order -that we may free ourselves from an incumbrance which has sadly -embarrassed us for years, and keep pace with the openings before -us. Two things we ask: - -1. The debt _must_ be cleared away. Every interest of the -Association demands it. Our friends demand it—do they not? Else, -would they have reduced our indebtedness, within eighteen months, -from over $90,000 to some $40,000 at this present writing? Why -may we not believe that God has His reserves, both of men and of -money, at hand, to wipe out the remaining balance against us? We -wait to see who will step into the place of honor, and make some -great sacrifice in this behalf. This debt was incurred to aid the -poorest of the poor, as we thought, at the call of Christ himself. -May not they expect His blessing who shall now come to the rescue? -“Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my -brethren, ye have done it unto Me.” - -2. We need increased supplies to meet our constant outgo. Our -friends have done well by us during this year—such a year, too, as -it has been! But they must be faithful to the end of it to ensure -us a good record on the 30th of September. They need not be afraid -of overdoing it; for if, by any good fortune of ours and good-will -of theirs, we should, after paying all our current claims, have a -small balance, it will go at once to lessen this still burdensome -debt. - -Remember, too, that the work is ever increasing on our hands, save -as we have to keep it down. Millions of these freedmen must in the -next ten years, if ever, be brought under the influence of sound -learning and true religion. This generation must not pass away till -it be possible for every colored child to read the word of God. -The Chinaman and the Indian, too, make claims upon us which their -cruel treatment by our fellow-citizens only serves to emphasize. -Africa, also, as a culmination of our work, is calling for new -laborers of her own sons to come and bring back to those sitting -in darkness the light which is the life of men. But, in order to -this, our teachers and missionaries must be numbered by hundreds -and thousands, where now they are numbered by scores and hundreds. -This is the true economy and the true wisdom. If we are to realize -our ideal, there must be a new interest kindled in the work, and -a great advance in the gifts of God’s people. With the closing of -the year, therefore, we invite the intelligent and liberal men of -the land to consider _once more_ the work of this Association, in -its bearing upon this nation, and in its bearing upon the nations, -to which these races belong. We do not see how we can vindicate -ourselves as righteous men, as men who fear God and love our -neighbors, if we neglect this work brought to our doors and laid -upon us by sanctions as solemn and pressing as were ever imposed on -men. We do, then, in behalf of these races, and in the name of our -risen Lord, ask the good and the wise, everywhere, to give us their -sympathies, their prayers, and their money, in measure large enough -to put these fields under ample culture for a better and brighter -future. - - * * * * * - - -THEN AND NOW. - -REV. J. E. ROY, D. D., FIELD SUPERINTENDENT. - -Then—in October, 1860—as the newly-appointed District Secretary -for the A. M. A., I attended its fourteenth annual meeting, in -pastor M. E. Strieby’s church at Syracuse. It was an occasion of -congratulation that the receipts for that year had come up to -$56,000—$5,000 more than for the preceding, and $2,000 more than -for any previous year. There had been sixty missionary laborers in -foreign lands, and 112 in our own country, the most of whom were -in the West, and forty of them in Illinois. The churches aided -numbered 140, to which had been added 989 members, of whom 659 came -by profession of faith. Twenty-five revivals were reported. In the -South, North Carolina had one missionary and Kentucky had four, all -of whom were engaged in caring for little churches among the white -people. In a year and a half the war came on, and our missionaries -were driven out of the South. The American Home Missionary Society -had cleared itself, the first of all the national societies, from -complicity with slaveholding, and so the missionary churches of the -A. M. A. at the North and the District Secretary were transferred -to the old society. - -Now—after sixteen and a half years—I find myself, by the clearest -drift of Providence, back in the service of the Association. At -its anniversary of 1859, in Chicago, there was a discussion as -to what should come of the A. M. A. when all the societies and -churches should have reached the anti-slavery standard. Some -held that the Association was only a tug to help those noble -crafts out to sea. President Blanchard said, “Yes, a tug; but -when she has got them all over the bar we will change her into -a frigate, to course up and down all the Southern waters.” Last -fall, the Association came back to Syracuse to hold its thirtieth -anniversary, and, sure enough, the tug had come in as a frigate, -with report of engagements all over the South. And so it had been -running for the last twelve years. The Treasurer’s report ran up -to $264,709. Instead of the 112 white churches North, are shown 59 -churches among the ex-slaves; also 7 chartered institutions, 14 -high and normal schools, with 10,000 scholars, and with 100,000 -pupils reached by their teachers. The Indian work abides; the -Chinese has come on. The scheme for evangelizing Africa, by using -the Christianized freedmen, is opening into proportions immensely -beyond the conception of its early movers. - -Then—its constituents were individuals, and churches of the more -pronounced abolition sort. Now—since the National Council at -Boston—the Association has been recognized as the agency of the -Congregational churches for doing their work among “the three -despised races.” The old adherents, developed into generous giving -by the necessities of their enterprise, abide with the enthusiasm -of veterans; while now the mass of our people acknowledge -themselves under just as much obligation as they to use this -organization in its peculiar sphere of Christianization at home -and abroad. They find it by Providence marvelously developed and -fitted to its work—tested, toughened and trusted. They hear it said -from without, that our body of churches is doing more and better -work among the freedmen than any other. They find that the old -anti-slavery education in our families had prepared a multitude of -our cultured and consecrated young people to enter this work as -soon as the way was open, even at a salary little above the nominal -rate. And so they find this charge laid upon them and readily -accept the obligation, grateful for the opportunity. - -In coming back to this service, I feel that I am only shifting from -the right to the left wing of the home missionary army. No man can -go beyond me in appreciation of the sublime movement represented by -the American Home Missionary Society. But in this other department -I find that most of the same arguments are to be used. Do we call -for the Christianizing of the people of our country? Here are -millions of them at the South in need of that process. Do we plead -for the saving of our country from the spiritual despotism of -Rome? The Jesuits, using hundreds of thousands of dollars yearly, -are scheming to Romanize the congenial material found in the -ex-slaves. Do we appeal in behalf of the political interests of -our country? Here are 1,000,000 black voters who cannot read. Then -by their side, only lower down in the social scale, are 1,100,000 -white voters who also cannot read the ballots they are to cast; -and the conviction is now gaining ground that the most effectual, -if not the only way, to lift up that class is to put under them -the leverage of the educated negro. Do we use that grandest -argument—the salvation of our country for the sake of the salvation -of the world? Here in our own land is looming up the most potent -agency for the evangelization of Africa. That despoiled continent -may yet say to her despoilers, “Ye thought evil against me, but God -meant it unto good.” - -The A. H. M. S., true to its charter as a national institution, -as soon as war had battered down the walls that were in its way, -sought, with the Philip of its evangelism, to go towards the -South. It explored the chief cities and centres of that region, -and was entering devotedly upon that part of the field. It has -kept pressing every hopeful opening. It will still be true to its -national idea and do all it may be allowed to do there. None feel -more keenly than do its chief officers the chagrin at the few -opportunities afforded and the failure in so many of them. They -have done only their duty in making the costly experiments. And now -the apostolic spirit of our Congregational churches seems to say to -the white people of the South, “Seeing ye count yourselves unworthy -of these good things, lo, we turn to the freedmen.” - -If, in some distant part of the globe, a people had just been -discovered, numbering 5,000,000 souls, speaking our own language, -hungering for our ideas, our civilization and our Christianity, it -would thrill the Christian world to go in at once and possess that -land for Christ. That thing we may do in our own country, under our -own flag. And some of us who now, with our years, could not pass -muster to go and cope with a foreign language, have yet not a few -years left in which we may do an essentially foreign missionary -work in our own language, in that tongue, which, more than any -other spoken by man, is freighted with the associations and the -spirit of the Gospel of the Crucified One. - - * * * * * - - -ANNUAL REPORTS NEEDED. - -Any of our friends who have the following back numbers of the -Annual Report of the A. M. A. that they can spare, will confer a -favor by sending them to our office as soon as convenient: Numbers -3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 14, 16, 17, 21, 22, 24. We do not ask our friends to -break a set if they are anxious to keep it, but to send any extra -numbers they may have. Without realizing it, we have exhausted our -supply of these numbers, and now wish to make up a few extra sets -to have bound for our own use. As years go by, we learn more and -more the value to us of these old reports. - - * * * * * - - -A GOOD EXAMPLE. - -Mrs. Sally Perry died in Boston, Mass., June 17th, aged ninety-one -years. The slaves had a large place in her sympathies, when she -could do little more than offer her prayers in their behalf. But -when the war had set them free, and left her charity at liberty -to enter on practical offices of good will, she eagerly embraced -the opportunity, watching for openings. She read in the AMERICAN -MISSIONARY, for 1866, a call for funds to establish orphan asylums -for the thousands of homeless colored children in the South. She -came to our office in Boston for information in regard to it. The -result was a donation of $500, to found the Brewer Orphan Asylum in -Wilmington, N. C., in memory of her deceased daughter. And, year by -year, while the Asylum existed, she gave it the interest of $2,000, -devised in her will for its benefit. - -When the Asylum was no longer needed, the city of Wilmington -undertaking to care for its poor, with the consent of Mrs. Perry, -the funds which she had invested in it were transferred to the -Brewer Normal School in Greenwood, S. C. This school so enlisted -her thoughts and sympathies, that she determined to make over to -it, two years before her death, the amount she had designed for -it at her decease. Accordingly, she paid over to the Association, -for the benefit of the school, two one-thousand-dollar U. S. -Bonds, which realized $2,416.25. The writer remembers how her -face shone after the act was done. Indeed, giving seemed to be, -to her, a supreme luxury. The whole amount which she contributed -to the Association, for its work of physical relief and Christian -education, was not far from $4,000. And the school which she has -left in her daughter’s name, the support of which is mainly from -her bequest, will go on perpetuating her influence for the years -and generations to come. Many, in the great day, will rise up and -call her blessed. Are there not other dear saints of God, friends -of the poor and the needy, who will imitate her spirit and her -example? - - * * * * * - - -THE NEGRO IN THE UNITED STATES. - - We attempt to give, though it is difficult, a condensation of the - address made by President BUCKHAM, of Burlington, Vt., at the - Boston Anniversary of the A. M. A., May 29th, 1878. It has been - published in full in the _Congregationalist_, and in pamphlet - form already. - -The negro, it must be confessed, has lost the place he once -held as an attractive object of philanthropy. Invested with the -legal rights of a man, and thus by necessity thrust forward into -comparison and competition with other men, he not only exhibits his -inferiority on a conspicuous stage, but manifests some traits which -make him repulsive and odious. The negro cause has thus sunk from -an impassioned crusade to a common-place charity. - - -The Negro Question. - -And yet the Negro Question is still the great American Question. -Perhaps it is with questions like this as with the movements of a -battle; those at a distance see them more clearly than those in the -thick of action. The intelligent Englishman or Frenchman will tell -you in an instant that our great problem is the negro question—the -political, as dependent on the social and moral condition of the -freedmen. - -With a population as large as that of the colonies at the -Revolution, with the full privileges of American citizens theirs -by constitutional right, they hold in their hands—the very hands -but recently manacled in cruel and degrading bondage—the balance -of political power in the nation. As parties are now divided, -the supremacy of one or the other depends on the negro vote; and -whether the negro vote shall be the vote _of_ the negro, or merely -the vote _by_ the negro, will depend on the degree of manhood he -reaches through his social and moral condition. - - -The Southern Solution. - -One party in the South, not including the best elements of Southern -society, but for the present the dominant one, has already matured -and avowed its solution of the problem. “The negro,” they say, -“belongs to a race constitutionally and forever inferior—a race -foreordained to serve in some capacity the superior white race. -You have declared by law that he shall not be a chattel; we are -determined that he shall not be more than a serf. Rule over us -he shall not; rule with us he shall not; if he must vote, he -shall vote as we bid him; by all the methods usually employed for -that end wherever caste prevails, by compulsory ignorance, by -superstition, by terrorism, by fraud, when necessary by force, he -shall be compelled to stay in his place as a member of a subject, -an abject race.” - -There are others—and it must not be ignored that among them are -some of the leaders of opinion at the South—whose language is less -violent, and whose measures are less threatening, but whose end is -substantially the same. They are willing, possibly I should say -desirous, to better the condition of the negro, so far as to make -him a better laborer, a more thrifty and useful factor in political -economy, a more honest man and a more devout Christian, but with -stringent limitations to his social and political ambition. They -favor education, but an education so controlled by the superior -race, and so differenced from the education given to the children -of this race, that it shall beget no dangerous and revolutionary -aspirations. These men favor religion for the blacks—but such a -religion as shall keep them occupied with emotional fervors and -boisterous bodily exercises, not such as shall encourage thoughtful -study of truth in God’s word and works. - - -The Christian Solution. - -Now, as the policy of the party unfriendly in a greater or -less degree to the freedman, is based on the assumption of his -inferiority, so the policy of his friends and benefactors—and he -has friends at the South as well as at the North—must be based on -the counter assertion of his manhood. It is not necessary—it is -somewhat dogmatic, it is at least premature—to assert his equality -in all respects with the white man. That is an ethnological -question which it may take ages to settle, and when settled it will -be mainly a matter of scientific interest. But that the negro is -a man; that everything distinctively human belongs to him; that -he is capable of improvement; that his intellectual faculties -are expanded, and his moral nature is elevated by means of the -same truths and the same influences which invigorate and enlarge -and fructify the souls of other men, and that he is entitled to -his full share, without stint or reserve, of all the knowledge -and all the human agencies and the divine influences by which -it is ordained that our common humanity shall reach its highest -attainable perfection—this is the broad basis of principle on -which the American Missionary Association, and all true missionary -associations, found their policy in dealing with negroes, as with -all other races of men whom God has made of one blood on all the -face of the earth, and for whose common redemption and perfection -Christ died, who is the Saviour of all men. - -But in one sense the freedman is something more than a man; he is -an American citizen; and he is more than an ordinary citizen; he -is a voter. He has been entrusted by the nation with the highly -important duty of giving expression to the municipal, the State, -and the national will in legislative, judicial and executive acts. -He is an integral part of the sovereignty of this nation. We may or -may not think it a national mistake to have made him so important -a functionary. But the negro is here. He is here either to corrupt -our politics, to degrade our social life, to debase our religion, -possibly to drag us into another civil war, if we continue or -repeat in some other form our injustice and tyranny to him; or, he -is here to perform some useful, perhaps some noble, part in the -work of developing a Christian civilization at home and extending -it abroad through the earth, if we are faithful to the trust -committed to us by Providence in him. - - -The Negro Intellectually. - -The question of the negro’s intellectual capacity has almost become -obsolete as a debatable question. Strange that it should ever have -been seriously maintained, that a race which has produced its full -share of the world’s great men all along through history, a race -which has given to the world a Hannibal, an Augustine, a Toussaint, -is a race lacking intellectual capacity. Strange it is, on the -other hand, that a race, however gifted, should, though oppressed -and stupefied by ages of bondage, so frequently throw off minds of -a high order. - -If it should be said that these are a few picked men, whose cases -do not indicate the intellectual capacity of the race, I reply -it is only a few picked men of any race who are capable of high -intellectual attainments, and that, because the rarest of talents -is that ambition for high attainments which will carry one through -toils and sacrifices to the far-away prize. I know no better test -of intellectual capacity than the ardent desire for knowledge, and -that desire the freedmen have in a remarkable degree. When the -freedman spelt out, by the light of his pine-torch, the words: -“Thou God seest me,” and then jumped to his feet and exclaimed: -“John Martin, you can read! John Martin, you are a man!” he -uttered a truth which too few of the boasted superior race so well -appreciate—that manhood comes from power to appropriate great -ideas. There is no doubt that the returns for money invested in -freedmen’s schools are large. No one can read the accounts sent -to us by teachers in these schools, and doubt that. The soil is -a virgin one, and yields great crops for a small outlay. Think -what the Peabody Fund is doing for the whole South! Think how -wide-reaching would be the effects of a few thousand dollars put -into the colleges at Atlanta, Berea and Nashville, where it might -be hoped that almost every single dollar would quicken some mind -which else were benighted, but which, if enlightened, might carry -light to hundreds of benighted minds. - - -The Negro’s Moral Capacity. - -If the negro had come out of this long, cruel bondage without being -terribly degraded morally; if, as some pretend, his moral nature -had been under an elevating discipline, then had slavery not been -“the sum of all villainies.” But there is no denying that the -American negro bears the marks of his bondage, in his indolence, -his untruthfulness, his dishonesty, his animalism. But these are -all vices of the slaves, not of the men; of the condition, not of -the race. The possibilities of the negro nature are to be estimated -by its highest actual attainments in the most favored individuals. -Two of the noblest races of history have come from an ancestry less -promising than our Southern freedmen—the Israelites and our own -ancestors. - -He would be a daring prophet who, in face of these examples, and of -the instances of moral greatness actually produced by this race, -should assert that something noble in character, some unique type -of spiritual excellence, some splendid order of manhood, may not -yet emerge from this now degraded and unpromising race. What the -nature, the moral capacity of the American negro is, future ages -will determine; and if we believe that God made him and gave him -his nature, with all its unrealized possibilities, it surely cannot -be hard for us to believe that there is for him a glorious future -of moral and spiritual character. - - -Our Hope in Schools and Churches. - -To the schools and to the churches, then, of the South we look as -the hope of this race. But there are schools, and schools; there -are churches, and churches; and everything depends on the kinds of -schools and churches they have. - -Depend upon it, unless we help the negroes to establish schools -which will impart the kind of education which will give them -intelligence and thrift, which will bring to them a consciousness -of their resources and ambition to use them to the utmost, and -thus raise themselves in the social and political scale, others -will see to it that schools are established which, in response to -their cry for knowledge, shall keep the word of promise to their -ear, and break it to their hope; which shall give them the kind -of education that occupies and amuses the mind without developing -it, and that will leave them fit subjects for the ecclesiastical -and political yoke which has even now been prepared for them. And, -unless we plant churches among them, which shall aim to consecrate -and employ in Christ’s service heart, soul, mind and strength—the -whole man and all his capacities—others will see to it that -churches are established which, appealing to his love of display -and big responsiveness to sensational and dramatic demonstrations, -shall keep him a child forever, submissive to his self-constituted -masters at home and abroad. - - * * * * * - - -ITEMS FROM CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS. - -WILMINGTON, N. C.—“Applications for next school-term are coming in. -The students don’t mean to be caught as they were last year. I had -to refuse so many for want of room.” - -ATLANTA, GA.—There are known to be more than 142 of the present -pupils of Atlanta University engaged in teaching during their -three months’ vacation. This short term is all the present school -system of Georgia contemplates during the year. Although many are -prepared every year to take up the work, the demand is constantly -larger than the supply. A short time since, application was made -at the institution for three teachers in one day, to take schools -already organized in the country, and none could be found to go. -One graduate of the school, who has taught a school of his own in -the southern part of the State for two years past, has raised up -the present teachers of nearly every school in two counties, and a -large part of those in seven others. - -BYRON, GA.—Four persons united with the church, July 7th. One -infant was baptized. Many are inquiring the way of life. A woman’s -prayer-meeting is held every week. The Sunday-school numbers -fifty-two. - -WOODVILLE, GA.—Pilgrim Church has started a mission at Five-mile -Bend, which promises well. They have licensed a brother to preach -there. Mr. Sengstacke preaches there once or twice a month. Since -last March thirty-five persons have been added to the church. - -GEORGIA.—The railroads diverging from Atlanta generously passed -at reduced rates the students of Atlanta University, after -Commencement, to their homes and schools in the country. This -reduction on one line, and on one trip, resulted in a saving to the -students of a hundred and thirty-two dollars, a sum sufficient to -pay the board and tuition of a student in that institution one year -and two months. - -ATHENS, ALA.—At the July communion, six children were baptized in -Trinity Congregational Church. Two cases of discipline have just -been issued. Rev. Horace J. Taylor is pastor. - -NASHVILLE, TENN.—Nathaniel Nurse, a student of Fisk University, has -been appointed a city missionary. - - * * * * * - - -GENERAL NOTES. - -—The Atlanta _Republican_ says that, in proportion to their means, -the colored people of that city are paying a much heavier tax than -the whites, while their school facilities are far inferior. It also -alleges that the hostility of the mayor to the colored school is -evidenced by the removal of their best teachers, and especially of -those who have gone thither from the North. - - * * * * * - -—Catlin says that the Indians preserve their health by keeping -their mouths shut. Some pale-faces might preserve their spiritual -health by observing the same rule.—_Christian at Work._ - -—“It is a singular _non sequitur_ to refer to the discovery -of frauds made by the Interior Department, as proofs of its -inefficiency and unsuitableness to conduct the service, when, in -fact, they are proofs of exactly the opposite.”—_Independent._ - -—The following resolutions, written by men who have worked in -Oregon and Washington for thirty years, and who ought to know -something about this question, were unanimously adopted by the -Oregon Congregational Association: - -“_Resolved_, That the Association affirm its faith in the -redemption of the Indian from barbarism. - -“_Resolved_, That we deplore the policy that tends to his -extermination. - -“_Resolved_, That the provisions of the Constitution, and the acts -of Congress, and the pledges of treaties, furnish a strong motive -for effort on the part of the friends of the Indian to secure him a -homestead and citizenship as the best way to secure his rights in -law, and promote his manhood and his welfare permanently, and - -“_Whereas_, There is now a proposition in Congress to consolidate -the various reservations in Oregon and Washington Territory, -without regard to the previous labor and rights of the Indians, and -without their consent, and - -“_Whereas_, We believe such consolidation would be unjust to the -Indians, dangerous to the surrounding settlers, and, in the end, -of vast expense to the government, as well as a great hindrance to -the civilization of the Indians physically, mentally and morally, -therefore, - -“_Resolved_, That before any consolidation takes place, we -earnestly urge upon Congress the necessity of now, by positive act, -granting to the Indians of industrious habits, on the reservations, -homestead titles to their lands in severalty. - -“_Resolved_, That the recommendation of the Secretary of the -Interior, that boarding schools be established among Indians for -the better training of their children, meets our convictions of -what is needed. - -“_Resolved_, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the -Secretary of the Interior.” - -—General Crook is reported to have said, recently, to a newspaper -man, “It is hard to be forced to kill the Indians when they are -clearly in the right.” - -—The question of Indian loyalty or revolt is generally decided by -our treatment of them. If served by capable and faithful agents, -supplied according to agreement, and protected from whiskey-dealing -traders, they are peaceable and friendly. If defrauded of their -rights, starved, and driven from place to place, they become “bad -Indians,” and who wouldn’t? Witness the contrast between the Piutes -and Shoshones, of Nevada, and the Bannocks. - -—The Bannock war would seem to be nearly over. An official report -announces that the Bannocks and Piutes have separated, and are -fleeing, apparently towards their reservations or former haunts. -Wheaton, and the boats on the Columbia, with Bernard and Forsythe -pressing from other points, all under the direction of General -Howard, who also operated separately with a small force of cavalry, -prevented the intended crossing of the Columbia, and an escape -into Washington Territory and the British Provinces. Settlers in -the vicinity of Camas Prairie are now in terror from the returning -Bannocks. Well they may be. The war began in connection with -an attempt of these Indians to go back from their Fort Hall -reservation, when nearly starved, to dig the camas, a nutritious -root, from which that region is named. The white inhabitants -objected, as they wanted the roots for their hogs. A difficulty -arose, a white man was killed, the military was called upon, -and, though the tribe did not justify the killing, nor shield -the murderer, yet proceeded to inflict punishment upon the whole -tribe by taking their horses and guns—largely their dependence for -subsistence.—_Advance._ - - * * * * * - -—The President is said to be making careful inquiries into the -facts as to the immigration of Chinamen to our Pacific Coast, and -to purpose a special message to the next Congress on the subject. -He has been reported as favoring its limitation by modification of -the Burlingame treaty. - -—On the 19th of July, Judge Belden, of the District Court, rendered -a decision important to the interests of Chinese labor on the -Pacific Coast, declaring the exorbitant license tax on Chinese -laundries, of twenty dollars a month, to be void, and payments -made recoverable, on the ground that such charges were excessive, -disproportionate, and derogatory to fundamental principles of just -government. - -—Twenty-five Chinese laborers sailed July 19th for Peru, to work -on a sugar estate. They are guaranteed prompt payment of sixteen -dollars a month, and good treatment. Others will probably follow -them. - -—Judge Choate, of the United States District Court, ruled, July -10th, that a Chinaman cannot be naturalized under the laws of -the United States. The application was made by a Chinaman known -as Charles Miller, who has lived in New York for twenty-eight -years. Judge Choate was guided by the decision of Judge Sawyer, -of California, in the Ah Yup case, when thirteen hundred Chinamen -petitioned that schools might be provided for them, as for Indians -and negroes, and showed that in San Francisco alone they were -paying $42,000 in school taxes. Their request was not granted, -although it merely asked the carrying out of a provision of the -State Constitution which the honorable gentleman had sworn to obey. - -—Colonel F. A. Bee, attorney for the Chinese six companies, -declares, upon official records, that during the past two years, -up to June 1, the emigration and death-rate of the Chinese have -exceeded the immigration by about 500; and that the entire number -of Chinese residents on the Pacific Coast, as shown on the -registers of the six companies, does not exceed 65,000. - - - - -THE FREEDMEN. - - -SYSTEMATIC BENEFICENCE IN ATLANTA UNIVERSITY. - -BY REV. HORACE BUMSTEAD. - -During a portion of the past school-year a plan of systematic -beneficence has been in operation among the scholars and teachers -of Atlanta University. It was undertaken largely as an experiment, -and with many misgivings as to the results. Its success has been -so gratifying as to suggest the possibility that other schools and -churches in this missionary field might like to introduce it, if -made acquainted with its practical workings. - -THE PLAN.—This is set forth in the following recommendations, -drawn up by a committee of teachers and scholars, and adopted by a -unanimous vote of the school:— - - “1. That we recognize more fully the duty and privilege of - systematic giving. - - “2. That during the remainder of the school-year we make - twenty-five weekly offerings of money at the Friday afternoon - meeting, to aid in paying the debt of the A. M. A. - - “3. That all persons connected with the school be invited to hand - in on slips of paper, to be provided, a statement of the amount - which they will endeavor to give weekly. - - “4. That all persons handing in these statements be provided - with envelopes in which to deposit the weekly amount; and that - envelopes be furnished also to any who may desire to give as they - are able, without stating beforehand a definite amount. - - “5. That any persons who prefer to devote their offerings to - any other benevolent object than the one already suggested, be - allowed to do so by giving timely notice of their desire. - - “6. That arrangements be made for furnishing cents in exchange - for larger coins, so that all may be enabled to give as small - sums as they wish. - - “7. That an account be kept with each holder of an envelope - showing the amount given by each. - - “8. That some person be appointed by the president to superintend - the execution of this plan.” - -ITS OBJECT.—We desired not so much to raise a large sum of money -as to cultivate the habit of giving with thoughtfulness and -regularity. The value of this habit we sought to impress upon our -scholars in several prayer-meeting talks when the subject was under -consideration. If each one gave only one cent a week, the _habit_ -of giving would be acquired, and this would be worth acquiring. -We wished also to encourage the idea that benevolent giving is -a fitting act of Divine worship. Our offerings were made at the -weekly school prayer-meeting on Friday afternoon, and were always -preceded by a short prayer of consecration from the president. - -ITS FREEDOM.—So far as possible the word “pledge” was avoided in -presenting the matter to the school. Each person was asked to -consider carefully how much he was able and willing to give. The -handing in of a statement of his resolve to give so much per week -was designed chiefly to secure a thoughtful decision on the part of -each one. If any preferred not to do this they could still receive -an envelope and give what they liked from week to week. The keeping -of the record was not for the purpose of dunning delinquents; this -was never done. Undoubtedly, however, the mere fact that the record -was kept proved a stimulus to regularity in making the offerings, -and made it possible to tell any donor at any time how much he had -paid or had yet to pay. If any one desired to change the amount of -his offering, or to discontinue it altogether, he was met with no -remonstrance. While it was suggested that the offerings be devoted -to the debt of the A. M. A., full opportunity was given to each -one to contribute to any other object that he might select. The -scholars were especially urged not to be ashamed to give a small -sum if they could not give more. In a word, the whole management -of the plan was designed to be helpful rather than dictatorial or -inquisitive. - -ITS DETAILS.—These may be skipped by those not specially -interested. One thousand strong Manilla envelopes, of the size -represented below, were bought for eighty-five cents, and five -hundred of them were printed, with the dates of the twenty-five -weekly offerings, at an expense of one dollar. A blank cash -book, with stiff covers, was bought for twenty-five cents, and a -conductor’s punch for a dollar and a quarter. Thus, the cost of the -outfit was but $3.35, and we have the book and punch for indefinite -use, and envelopes enough for another year or more. - -There being no cents in general circulation in Atlanta, several -dollars’ worth were procured from the Post Office. Every Friday -morning, for half an hour before school, the “money-changer” sat at -his table in one of the school halls and gave pennies in exchange -for nickels and dimes. The sight of him, by the way, proved a very -serviceable reminder to the scholars that the day of the offering -had come. - -Each person was provided with only one envelope, to be used over -and over again. In case of loss a new one was cheerfully given. On -the envelope, between the columns of printed dates, are written -his name, the number of the name in the record book, and the page -where found, and a letter indicating the school-room or department -to which he belongs. On the inside of the flap is written the -number of cents he is to give weekly, or an interrogative mark if -no definite sum has been stated. When the holder of the envelope -receives it again, he finds a little hole punched opposite the date -which his last payment has covered; this constitutes his receipt, -and the unpunched dates show how many more offerings he has to make. - -[Illustration] - -George Brown, for example, has made ten offerings, and has fifteen -yet to make. His name is numbered “46” on page “8” of the record -book, and he is to receive his envelope back in the Middle (“M”) -school-room, where he studies. - -The envelopes as they are emptied of their contents are separated -into two piles, the first consisting of those which contain exactly -the stipulated weekly offering, and the second of those which do -not, as for example, when the donor wishes to make two or more -offerings at once. Care is taken to mark on each envelope of the -second pile, opposite the proper date, the amount which has been -found in it. Each of these piles is now assorted, so as to bring -together all the envelopes whose names occur on the same page of -the record book, for convenience in entering the amounts. Much -time is saved by having a second person read the name-numbers and -amounts to the person who enters them, reading of course, the -figures on the flaps of the first pile, and those opposite the -given date on the second. The envelopes are then properly punched, -and afterwards assorted according to the school-rooms, and given -to the respective teachers to distribute to the scholars. To -save loss, this distribution is deferred till the day before the -offering. - -The record book is long and narrow, so as to get as many names as -possible on a page. The account of each donor requires but one line -running across two opposite pages, which are ruled vertically for -twenty-five entries. The amount given each week, even when more or -less than the stipulated amount, is entered under the date of that -week, thus bringing all the offerings of the same week in the same -column. - -The handling of the money is facilitated by using small cotton bags -large enough to hold a hundred cents, or several dollars in nickels. - -ITS RESULTS.—Envelopes were issued to two hundred and nine persons. -Only ten of these preferred not to state how much they would give -each week. Sixty-nine, or about one-third, offered to give one -cent a week; forty-three, or about one-fifth, offered two cents; -fifty-one, or about one-quarter, five cents. Only fifteen out of -the two hundred and nine offered more than five cents a week. Among -the scholars, the amounts ranged from one to ten cents; among the -teachers, from five cents to one dollar. - -Out of the one hundred and ninety-nine who offered definite -amounts, sixty-three paid exactly what they had stated at the -outset; thirty-four (all scholars) paid more—in some cases double -and over; while one hundred and two (of whom a good many had left -school) paid less. Thus very nearly half paid in full or over. Many -of the others were deficient only a few cents, and these, in many -cases, unavoidably so. Little notes like this would sometimes come -in with the offerings: “This is all that I can pay; I have done the -best I could.” The record shows that many who fell behind for a -time afterwards made up the deficiency. - -The offerings of the ten scholars who did not state what they -would pay weekly, averaged a little over one cent a week; of the -remaining one hundred and eighty-five scholars, a little over two -cents a week; of the fourteen teachers, a little over twenty-one -cents a week. - -The scholars paid in all $102.02; the teachers, $73.00; making in -the aggregate, $175.02. _This was a little more than eighty-seven -and a half percent. of all that was offered at the start._ -Excluding the teachers, all of whom paid in full, the scholars -redeemed eighty percent. of the amount they set out to pay; and -this percentage would have been larger but for the scholars who -left school before the close of the year. - -Finally, the best result of all is, that we have learned something -of the happiness of Christian giving, when practised thoughtfully, -conscientiously and willingly. - - * * * * * - - -CHARLESTON, S. C. - -Avery Normal Institute. - -[_Extracts from the Charleston News and Courier, July 4th, 5th and -9th._] - -The Graduation Exercises of this institution were held at the -school building in Bull street, yesterday, commencing at nine -o’clock in the morning. - -The programme included singing by the school, and addresses and -essays, which reflected great credit upon the several pupils who -delivered them. - -A large number of prizes, including several handsome books, were -distributed to the successful pupils in the several classes, and -diplomas were presented to the graduates. - -Many features of the programme were excellently rendered, and it -is, perhaps, fair to award the palm to the salutatory and essay -by Julia D. Edwards, and to the discourse on “Class History” by -Elizabeth R. Tucker. These compositions were well conceived and -gracefully delivered. The singing, too, deserves special praise, -and there was one contralto voice in particular very noticeable for -its strength and clearness. - -The institution, which is devoted to the education of the colored -youth of this city, has turned out ninety-seven graduates since -1872, all of whom do honor to their instructors. - - -Reunion Exercises. - -The series of exercises which were arranged for three days, closed -most auspiciously, yesterday, with a reunion of the graduates. The -programme comprised vocal and instrumental music, original essays, -recitation, declamation, oration and closing address. The main -hall, where the exercises were held, was thronged with an audience -highly appreciative, as was continuously evinced. - -The exercises were opened by a piano solo, a galop, which was -admirably played by Martha C. Gadsden, of the graduates of ’73. -After an address of welcome by Mrs. M. S. Lowery, an oration on -“True Greatness” was pronounced by John M. Morris, an alumnus of -the institute. - -It is but justice to make special mention of the essays: “Youth the -Crisis of Character and Destiny,” by Merton B. Lawrence; “Avery -Normal Institute our Home,” by Susan B. Artson; “Woman’s Position -in Society,” by Susan A. Schmidt; “Necrology,” by Catharine A. -Wallace; “What is Life Without an Aim,” by Ada C. Turner. - -Avery can well afford to risk its reputation as an educational -institution on such essays, all of which showed no ordinary degree -of culture. The vocal gem of the exercises was the soprano solo, -“Blooming Springtide,” rendered with rare sweetness and taste by -Martha C. Gadsden. - - -Impressions made on a Visitor from a Neighboring State. - -Although daily notices were made in the _News and Courier_ of the -closing exercises of Avery Institute, as they took place from day -to day, the following account by a visitor from a neighboring State -will not be without interest: - - “Avery Institute has had four principals during its brief - existence of thirteen years, and has been fortunate in their - quality. Two of them, Mr. Warren and the present incumbent, Mr. - Farnham, were fitted for their work by a course of moral training - and considerable experience in schools of similar grade to this, - and especially by their ardent love for their occupation. - - “Absence of weeds from the flower-beds, tidiness of walks and - yards, cleanliness of floors and desks, and signs of neatness - everywhere suggested the possible theory of a ‘clearing-up - time’ for the occasion, but a quiet search for information on - this point revealed the fact that things were not ‘fixed up - for Sunday,’ but wore their every-day attire. If a maximum of - stillness, with a minimum of apparent effort, is the _ultima - thule_ of school discipline, there are no new lands for Avery - Institute to discover. - - “The plan of ‘native helpers’ is being tried here, the faculty - consisting of a principal and two lady teachers from the - North, and five graduates of the school. Full attendance, good - scholarship and excellent discipline point to a successful - experiment. - - “July 2d at Avery was ‘Children’s Day.’ There is not room for the - little ones at the closing exercises, and so Mr. Farnham gives - them _their_ day. The songs, ‘A Smiling Face for Me,’ ‘If I were - a Sunbeam,’ ‘I love the Merry Sunshine, and the recitations ‘The - Golden Side,’ ‘The Little Philosopher,’ and ‘The Summer Time,’ - indicate the joyous nature of the programme and the spirit of - the occasion. The teachers seem to appreciate the sentiment of - Dickens, ‘I love these little people, and it is not a slight - thing when they, so fresh from God, love us.’ - - “July 3d was ‘Graduates’ Day.’ The class of nine girls and one - boy furnished music sufficient for the occasion, both in quantity - and quality. Lessons with children, one on composition and one - on number, conducted by two of the graduates, constituted a - novel feature in the programme, and showed something of the - methods of teaching employed in the institute. By permutations - and combinations almost _ad infinitum_ on the numeral frame, the - children learned the ‘Table of Sevens,’ if they had never heard - of it before; and the fact that ‘reproduction’ without credit to - the author is plain stealing, was faithfully impressed upon the - young mind. One of the graduating girls made a strong argument in - the negative upon the question, ‘Should Young Men take a College - Course?’ The simplicity and self-possession of the graduates were - very pleasing. So also were their fine articulation and musical - voices. A little more volume, however, would not have been - offensive, and would have filled the hall better. - - “Prizes were distributed by the Rev. Mr. Patton and the Rev. Mr. - Dunton, and diplomas were presented by Prof. Chase, of Atlanta. - - “The 4th was ‘Alumni Day,’ and, despite all the attractions at - the Battery, the hall was well filled. The exercises consisted - of addresses, essays, recitations and songs, all by members of - the class. ‘Independence Day’ afforded some stimulus to the - occasion, and called forth some of the sentiments and feelings - of the emancipated race, but revealed no sign of bitterness or - malice. The orderly conduct, dignified demeanor, literary merit - and good elocution of the day, evinced that ‘Avery’s children’ - are an honor to their foster parent, the American Missionary - Association, and to their native State and city. Two or three - hours spent in discussing ‘viands that tickle the palate’ and - in social converse, reviving memories of past school-day life, - terminated the three days of closing exercises at Avery Normal - Institute. - - “The teachers and pupils were gratified by the presence of some - of the well-known and respectable residents of the city.” - - -GEORGIA. - -Ogeechee—Changes for the Better—Saving Souls and Saving Money. - -REV. JOHN R. MCLEAN, PASTOR. - -We have a good Sunday-school. It is not so large as it might be; -but the children, and all who attend, are getting thoughts of the -Bible that they can get nowhere else around here. And it is making -a great change with the old people, as well as with the children. -The other schools hold the children by giving them cake and candy; -I hold them by giving them Bible truth. I find that it has more -power over them for good than all the cake and candy that can be -given them. The children act better on the Sabbath than they did -when I first came here. I can see a great change. - -The church is doing, I think, quite well. It takes a steady, but -slow, patient and faithful work, to lead a people out who are so -far in the dark as these have been. I can see a manifest desire on -the part of the members to do better than they have been doing, and -even better than the members of other churches. - -Last Sabbath was our Communion-day, and I never was in a more -lovely meeting in my life. We had no one to join (for the first -time, I think, since I have been here), though there were three or -four who had been received some time before, but were not able to -be out on that day so as to join. Some of the churches that only -had preaching once in the month, have it now every Sabbath, since -they see that we have it every Sabbath. - -I know of no place in the South where the colored people get so -much money for labor as they do here. But they don’t save any money -at all; they get it, and it is gone, and they cannot see what they -got for it. I am trying to induce our members to save their money, -and buy for themselves homes; but it is hard to get them to do -this, like almost everything else that is right and for their own -good. - -I know the Lord has blessed me greatly in my work, for which I am -thankful. Pray for us at this place. - - -ALABAMA. - - -A Surprise Party—A Church well Organized—Burrell School. - -MR. E. C. SILSBY, SELMA. - -Brother Noble mentions a surprise party in Montgomery. I can -refer to an occurrence somewhat similar here. Last fall, during -the time that we were without a pastor, Brother Callen, of the -church, filled the pulpit. His labors were faithfully performed, -and our “Ladies’ Society” determined to give him a “pound donation -party.” The “Teachers’ Home” was decided upon as the place, and -the members of the church were quite eager to bestow upon him some -slight testimonial, indicating their appreciation of his Christian -character and faithfulness. It was a complete surprise to him, and -the articles contributed were opportune, although “pounded” at him. - -One of the most encouraging features of our church is the “Ladies’ -Society,” which holds a prayer-meeting every Sabbath afternoon, -and a sewing society every fortnight. At these prayer-meetings the -girls and young ladies of the church are frequently put forward -to lead, and thus are educated to Christian work. The older and -younger ladies are also brought more nearly together, and made to -realize more fully a common interest in the cause of Christ. An -account of this meeting has been given in the MISSIONARY, and, by -this means, a very pleasant correspondence has grown up between the -society here and one at Dedham, Mass. The ladies at Dedham sent -their greetings and sympathy, and encouraged and helped us with -their prayers. It has been a blessing to both societies. Hearing of -the efforts of our ladies to purchase matting for the aisles of our -church, they generously rendered assistance, and the matting has -been laid. - -One interesting and instructive feature of our work is that of the -Committee on Missionary Intelligence. This committee was organized -during the pastorate of Brother Pope. Its work is to present at -times reports of missions in this and other lands. On the occasion -of this presentation the attention is certain to be fixed, and the -matter of the papers is discussed for sometime afterwards. - -Four new members have been received on profession; two heads of -families and two young people. One has been received by letter. -One of those uniting on profession—a man—had long been the subject -of prayer by a wife, mother, sister, son and other friends, but at -last the stubborn heart has yielded, and he is free. - -The “Ministerial Association,” formed last year, and consisting -of the ministers from the various colored churches, has been -holding its meetings this year. The association meets at the study -or residence of each pastor, in turn. The time of the meeting is -occupied in discussing doctrines, presenting plans of sermons, -and deciding upon practical subjects to present to their various -congregations. - -The Sabbath-school still continues in interest, and is growing in -strength. I well remember that, a few years ago, when the Northern -teachers who were laboring in the Sabbath-school went home for -their vacation, we with difficulty secured a few to take their -places; but now, superintendent, organist and teachers could be -secured from resident members of the school. - -The church is now in charge of Brother A. J. Headen, a student from -the Theological Department of Talladega College. - -I will add that the interest in Burrell School is not diminishing. -The school was never so far advanced in studies before, and for -the coming year the prospect is good for having quite a number -of advanced pupils. We seem to be keeping a hold upon our older -pupils. I have a class of them in one study this summer. Some are -becoming very proficient in vocal music, singing by note. - - * * * * * - - -Anniversary of Trinity School—A Grateful People. - -REV. HORACE J. TAYLOR, ATHENS. - -The thirteenth anniversary of the commencement of Trinity School -occurred on the 28th of last May. On the Sabbath previous the -anniversary sermon was preached by the pastor. The scholars had -prepared themselves for the exercises of Tuesday evening. At the -appointed hour the church was full of a bright-faced throng of old -and young. A class of little girls, dressed in white, stood on each -side of the broad central aisle; and as Miss Wells (who begun the -school May 28th, 1865) advanced, they spread flowers in her way. -She was conducted to her seat, which was covered with flowers. The -exercises consisted of speeches, compositions, and music. One old -man—Uncle Dennis Collier—said he was very grateful to Miss Wells -for what she had done for him. He was blind, and couldn’t learn to -read, but his “wife was the grandmother of sixty-six children,” and -he doubtless felt that he had through them received a full share -of the benefits of the school. She had done him favors, he said, -“and if you want to know what kind of favors, here’s one of ’em,” -as he vigorously shook his coat. Then the offerings of flowers were -brought forward, and it seemed as if Miss Wells would be buried in -the mass of roses, lilies, magnolias, etc. - -These anniversaries do the people good, and enable them to look -back and compare their condition in May, 1865, with their present -condition, and to learn more forcibly what it is that is lifting -them up. - -School closed on the 28th of June. The examinations were on the -afternoons of the 25th, 26th, and 27th. The schoolrooms were -crowded with people from the neighborhood; they were of every -shade from black to white, but all “colored.” All the classes were -examined, from the little “tots” to those in grammar, analysis, and -algebra. The examinations showed patient drill on the part of the -teachers, and generally work on that of the scholars. - -Friday afternoon and evening—the 28th—occurred the exhibition. -Compositions, declamations, orations and music instructed and -amused the audience till well along to midnight. All were pleased -and edified. The colored people remember that, before the war, -they sometimes went to anniversaries and exhibitions of the white -people, but now they can attend those of their own. - - * * * * * - - -A Gospel Ship. - -REV. PETER. J. MCINTOSH, PASTOR, ANNISTON. - -The church building stood unoccupied about one year after the -students of Talladega Theological Class, under the direction of -Rev. H. E. Brown, had ceased to work upon it. Mr. Albert Brown and -J. R. McLean, students at Talladega, labored to organize a church -here, but the denominational prejudice was so great that they both -were compelled to give up in despair. - -I came to this place in April, 1875. My first sermon was preached -to a benevolent society, which assembled in the church building. -The society numbered about 100 members. You can imagine how -earnestly I plead with my heavenly Father that He might give me a -place in the hearts of these people. I preached from 1 Cor. xiii, -13, dwelling largely upon charity, interpreted love. I see before -me to-day those faces which were indexes to so many prejudiced -minds, as they commenced to show approval of my discourse. At -the close of the services, I asked the people if they would meet -me here in this house and take part in carrying on a series of -meetings, two weeks from that time. They said they would. - -On my arrival at the church at the appointed time for the meetings -to begin, I found the church crowded to its utmost capacity. We -held meetings for one week, which resulted in the conversion of -six persons, and the willingness of three others to join with -me in the formation of a church. Rev. H. E. Brown came up from -Talladega, and, on the 23rd of May, 1875, assisted by the Methodist -minister of the white church of this place, organized the First -Congregational Church of Anniston. With these nine members (all -heads of families) I took charge of the church, being elected by -them as pastoral supply. I preached here once in every two weeks, -and pursued my studies at Talladega. - -During my absence, Brother A. J. Logan took charge of the church -services, and conducted them as faithfully as any one could have -done under the same circumstances. (He was one of the converts). -With these means, we set sail on the ocean of God’s eternal power. -We drifted on until we reached October, 1875, at which time we took -on board nine more passengers for glory. We again set sail with the -eighteen passengers on board. By October, 1876, finding that we -numbered forty-two, we deemed it expedient to stop over, and thank -God for bringing us so far on our journey towards the heavenly -Jerusalem. - -It would have inspired every reader of this article to have heard -the words of thanksgiving and rejoicing, and to have seen the -sympathizing tears, as they stole silently down the cheeks of those -who had previously opposed the work here on account of its name and -obscure history to the colored people. Permit me to say just here -that many of the aristocratic whites of our village took part in -the above-stated exercises. - -We anchored here for some time, making repairs and casting -overboard all who were diseased with intemperance and other -maladies, which are so common to those who are not willing to -resist the devil. - -We rejoiced that the great Physician of souls had so wonderfully -preserved all of our number except six. One had taken the ship of -time, and sailed into eternity on the 26th of November, 1876—“Peace -be to his ashes”; three took leave for other churches; thus leaving -us thirty-two passengers for the next tour. - -After repairing all things needful, we set sail again, with a full -supply of _love_, _truth_ and _mercy_. We landed in the midst of -a glorious revival, in September, 1877. Here we took on board -nineteen passengers more, and one on the 7th day of July, 1878. - -A few days ago the church committee took account of stock, and -found that we have on board the gospel ship fifty-two _soldiers of -the Cross_, varying in age from thirteen to sixty, all of whom are -ready for the next tour, upon which we expect to start out on the -second Sabbath in September, 1878. - -We have in our community some of the finest colored people in the -State of Alabama, most of whom are absolute strangers to Christ. We -most humbly solicit a petition in the prayers of each one who reads -this article. - - * * * * * - - -MISSISSIPPI. - -Grenada. - -[_Extracts from, the Grenada Sentinel of June 29th._] - -A representative of the _Sentinel_ witnessed the closing exercises -on Friday night, the 21st inst., of one of our colored schools, -under the management of Miss Anna Harwood and Miss Carrie Segur, -which was an exhibition most creditable to both teachers and -pupils, receiving praises from all who attended. The audience was -very large, among whom we noticed quite a number of prominent -white citizens, both ladies and gentlemen. The call for order, -accompanied with the request for good behavior, and that there -should be no talking or stamping of feet, was, considering the -immense throng which filled the church, well observed, and we -doubt not that all went away pleased and highly gratified with the -exhibition. The exercises were commenced with an opening chorus, -entitled, “Hold the Fort,” which was followed with prayer, by Elder -J. D. Williams. The declamations, dialogues, songs, etc., were all -very fairly rendered, and, in several instances, worthy of special -mention. - -That the teachers deserve not only the congratulations of the -patrons of the school, but the encouragement and kindest regards -of every lover and promoter of education in our community, we -think all who were present, at least, will agree. That the colored -people are progressing, and that rapidly, too, in an educational -point of view, is a fact beyond any doubt, we will venture to say, -in the minds of those who have given the subject even a casual -investigation. We are impressed with the idea that our people in -general have not yet given to this system of free education that -reflection to which it is so richly entitled. But we are also -impressed with its growing favor, and the importance that will be -attached to the institution at no distant day. It is not only our -duty, but we should endeavor to make it our pleasure to encourage, -improve and build up our free schools. - - * * * * * - - -KENTUCKY. - - -Berea College Commencement. - -In one respect, Commencement at Berea, Ky., is unlike all other -colleges. It exhibits, in the centre of a Southern State, the -complete solution of the vexed negro question. In the large -tabernacle, on the 3d inst., was an audience of _two thousand_ -people, rich and poor, white and colored, ex-masters and ex-slaves, -sitting where they could find seats, without distinction, and with -the kindest feelings. On the large platform sat in the rear the -more advanced students, about half white and half colored; in front -of them a choir of twenty singers, selected, evidently, with no -thought of complexion; at the right a brass band of various shades; -in front of all a score of professional men, with their wives, -among whom were several colored preachers; outside was a mixed -crowd of five hundred or more. - -To this crowd twenty orations and essays were delivered by sixteen -young men and four young ladies, of whom fourteen were white and -six colored; and the only manifest thought of color was seen in -the fact that one side of the audience was of a darker shade than -the other. There was not the least sign of disturbance, nor any -indication of dissatisfaction with this order of things, though -more than two thousand of the audience must have come from regions -outside of Berea, which is a village of five hundred inhabitants. A -prominent Southern lawyer remarked that he never witnessed so good -order in so large a crowd. - -This state of things has been brought about without constraint, in -the most natural way imaginable. It was originally a white school, -but thoroughly anti slavery. A few months after emancipation, a -couple of colored youths were admitted. Half the white students -left immediately. But the vacancy was soon filled with colored -students; and eventually the white students returned, and the -trouble was over. The whole question seems to turn on the learning -of one simple lesson—that contiguity with a free man is no more -disagreeable than contiguity with a slave. The colors are mixed -in all Southern society. A little change in the mixture has here -occurred, and that is all. - -The college campus, in which are all the college buildings except -the Ladies’ Hall, consists of forty-five acres covered with -native forest trees. Under the shade of these trees, during the -intermission, two or three hundred groups spread and consumed their -basket-dinners. And, in the more retired parts, a thousand horses -were sheltered from the burning sun. - -The afternoon exercises consisted of a rousing address by Prof. -Dunn of Hillsdale College, Mich., on the conflicts of civilization, -and a statement from President Fairchild to the effect that the -annual number of students is about 275—males, 145; females, 128. -Thirty-one are in the college department, and over a hundred are -qualified to teach a common-school. Probably sixty or more will -teach during the long summer vacation. - -It has often been predicted that this school would either become -all white or all colored; but there seems to be no such tendency. -The idea of color seems almost to have passed away. Intellectual -culture and moral worth determine each man’s position in society. -It will be many years before this state of society becomes general; -but cheering progress in this direction is very manifest, and not -so tardy as many suppose.—_Kentucky, in the Congregationalist._ - - * * * * * - - -Frankfort. - -MISS MATTIE E. ANDERSON, TEACHER. - -The public examination of this school occurred June 13th, and was -one of great pleasure and interest. Each teacher conducted the -examinations of her own classes. Parents and friends were highly -gratified with the very flattering manner in which the young -ladies acquitted themselves. During the year the building has been -enlarged, and many improvements have been made. The new room was -opened about the first of March. - -The closing exercises took place at Major Hall, June 19th, and -consisted of vocal and instrumental music, essays, declamations, -tableaux, dialogues and concert exercises. - -Upon the stage were seated Rev. Mr. Evans, pastor of the A. M. E. -Church; Rev. Mr. Parris, of the Independent Baptist Church. Prayer -was offered by Rev. Mr. Evans. The children then sang “Away over -Mountain,” after which Miss Virgin Gatewood came forward and read -the Salutatory. The exercises were of more than usual interest, -and held the audience spell-bound from eight P.M. until twelve M. -The Valedictory was read by Miss Mittie Streets, after which “The -Star-Spangled Banner” was sung by the children, during which they -waved fifty flags in the most patriotic manner. Benediction was -then said by Rev. Mr. Martin, pastor of the First Baptist Church. -The hall was crowded with people, who seemed perfectly delighted -with all they saw and heard. We have received numerous compliments -from the citizens for giving such an interesting entertainment. -Four of our pupils are now teaching in different localities. - - * * * * * - - - - -AFRICA. - -MENDI MISSION, GOOD HOPE STATION. - -In Good Health and Good Heart. - -REV. ALBERT P. MILLER - - -After arriving on the African shores, and reaching our destination -(Good Hope), we soon decided to proceed at once to work. We had a -little hesitation in so doing, because we knew that we had been -instructed otherwise by the Executive Committee. Having been -assigned to our different posts of duty, we have been pushing -forward the work, with but little loss of time from sickness, ever -since. Brother Jackson had an attack of fever, which scared him -a little, but he soon rallied, and is now again in the field, -fighting valiantly. I was sick last week, but the trouble soon -passed away, and I am now walking about, feeling as well as any -African in this our fatherland. It may be of interest to you, and -to our many friends in America, to know that our wives have enjoyed -thus far an unusually good degree of health. - -We know not what the future has in store for us; still do we feel -thankful to that kind Providence which we have enjoyed since our -departure from “dear old Fisk” and the American shores. - -A great deal of the mist that gathered around our vision, in regard -to Africa and her people, while preparing to leave America, and -as the steamer bore us away and her land faded until lost in the -distance, has since been removed. - -The Americans have a very vague idea of the land of “Ham” and her -dusky sons and daughters, who are now depending on the institutions -in the South for the story of the Cross. - -If Africa is to be evangelized, as I believe it will be, it must be -done through the children of the summer and sunny clime, educated -and Christianized in the South. You in America can’t see this as -plainly as one who mingles with this people, and has all chances -to investigate in regard to this matter. If I could speak to every -institution in the South, I would ask each one of them to be true -to God and this common cause of humanity, which I would to God -would seize all Christendom, so that the many who have for ages sat -in darkness, might be brought into the light. - -The work here still moves on prosperously in both church and -school. Ten or eleven were received at our last Communion into -the church, among whom were some of our scholars. We hope to see -these develop into strong Christian manhood and womanhood. We have -a great many very promising boys and girls in our school here, -who are able to read and speak English very well. In these is our -hope for a missionary work in Africa, which may expand until the -interior shall receive of its influence. - -We have the material on which to work, and we ask our kind -heavenly Father to help us to shape these young hearts for fields -of usefulness, which they will have no difficulty in finding if -influenced by right motives. They sing well. The old plantation -songs are not without interest here in Africa; I have introduced -them into my school. - -May God help you in America in every effort put forth for the -advancement of His kingdom. - -May He provide for the wants of the eleemosynary institutions -planted in the South for the good of that people and the millions -of Africa. - -May these institutions foster such young men and women as shall be -willing to work for the Master anywhere He may want them. Pray for -us! - - * * * * * - - - - -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. Willey, D. D., Edward P. Flint, Esq., Rev. J. W. Hough, D. D., -Jacob S. Taber, Esq. - -DIRECTORS: Rev. George Moor, D. D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer, Rev. W. E. -Ijams, James M. Haven, Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, E. P. Sanford, -Esq., H. W. Severance, Esq. - -SECRETARY: Rev. W. C. Pond. TREASURER: E. Palache, Esq. - - -China for Christ. - -REV. W. C. POND, SAN FRANCISCO. - -A venerable Presbyterian minister of New York, to whom we are -indebted for a generous gift to our mission, writes as follows: “I -firmly believe that God in his providence is sending the heathen to -our doors, _in order that they may carry back the blessed news of -the gospel to their own land_; and if we turn them selfishly away, -He will surely require their blood at our hands.” - -The truth thus expressed is a chief source of our enthusiasm in our -Chinese mission work. “CHINA FOR CHRIST” is our motto. I wish to -lay before the readers of the MISSIONARY some of the facts in view -of which we believe that we do reach China, though we are working -here 10,000 miles away. - -There is nothing improbable in the idea. Indeed, it scarcely could -be otherwise. Hardly a steamer sails for China that does not carry -one or more of our pupils back to his native land. Most of these -are heathen still; but they are heathen with their eyes at least -half-opened. These, even, cannot be exactly what they were. But -many of them are Christians, as we confidently hope. Will these go -there to be silent? When neighbors and friends gather about them, -to hear the accounts they have to give of things in the Sunrise -Land, will they forget to tell of the Saviour they have found? I -do not believe it would be possible. The message to which they -have listened will be as a fire in their bones, and they will -feel that they must bear it on. Letters, too, are passing back -continually; and these are not empty of gospel. A missionary at -Canton writes me that the mother of one of our brethren lives near -his mission-house. “She enjoys the money he remits, but is not -pleased with his urging her to be a Christian.” I hear incidentally -that the parents of another of our brethren have been visiting all -the shrines near them, and, with wailings and prayers, have placed -their votive offerings where they thought they would do good, -hoping that thus he would be won back from Christian heresy to -their ancestral orthodoxy. What passes here in this regard is not -unknown at the old Chinese homesteads; and what is known is felt. - -But we ought not to be content with these spontaneous and sporadic -operations. We do not rise to the height of our great opportunity -while we leave this thing to work itself. It ought to _be worked_ -energetically, systematically. Never was battery better placed -for storming a stronghold than we are here, for pouring shot, hot -with the love of Christ, into that empire-fortress of selfishness -and superstition across the sea; but we need heavier guns, more -ammunition, and a truer aim. - -About four years ago, Wong Min died at Canton. He was spoken of -after his death as “the distinguished native pastor of the Baptist -Church in Canton.” It was said that, in the absence of American -missionaries, he had carried the pastoral care of three Baptist -churches, and all were flourishing. Wong Min was converted at -Sacramento, in this State. Returning to his native land, he began -to tell in the streets and elsewhere the good news of redeeming -love. His work attracted the attention of Baptist missionaries, -and they took him into regular mission work. He had been at it -more than twenty years when the Master called him higher. But he -has left a son walking in his father’s steps—a preacher of great -promise. Why have we not by this time sent back to China a hundred -Wong Mins? It might have been done; it ought to have been done. How -large the blessing if it had been done! We are verily guilty in -this matter. - -You will think me extravagant. “One hundred,” you say, “is a large -number; it would be a large proportion of the whole number reported -as converted in California from the beginning of missionary effort -to the present time.” I know it; but I do not flinch. It could have -been done, and the doing of it would have reacted on the work here, -and helped us to larger harvesting. - -1. I observe that our Christian Chinese have a strong desire to -do this work. One of them once wrote me as follows: “In China, -those who live in the villages don’t know Jesus and never heard -of Him. I am sorry I cannot go home. If I could fly I would go -home immediately, and tell how good and how kind Jesus is. Then -I think they would all learn to love Him also. I want all our -people in China to be Christian, and our mothers and sisters and -friends to get the key, so they will go to heaven when they die.” -I shall never forget the joy that shone in the face of our Jee -Gam when he told me, a few months since, that a mission had been -established near his home. Soon after, I found him writing for -other eyes than mine—“Oh, how glad I feel whenever I think of this -mission-house in my own beloved district. How much I am indebted to -the ever-living and merciful Father for sending these missionaries -there!” In expressions like these, these brethren represent the -almost universal feeling among our Chinese believers—not from San -Francisco and Oakland alone, but from San Leandro, from Petaluma, -from Santa Barbara, from Stockton. As conversions are reported, -there comes again and again the suggestion that such or such a one -wants to learn how to preach the Gospel in his native land. - -2. They are doing this thing now. The missionary sent to Jee -Gam’s district was converted in California. The story is full of -interest, and I give it in Jee Gam’s own words. It illustrates well -the truth I wish to state on more sides than one: “Six years ago, -a Chinese fortune-teller, while in California, heard a Chinese -missionary speaking to a crowd of his countrymen on the subject -of superstition. His heart was deeply touched. Not long after he -went home, and at once commenced to build a house for his family, -without going to an appointer of days to ask him to select a lucky -day to begin upon. And so his friends and relatives told him that -he must have a day selected before he put a single man to work, -or his house could never be built to stand, or somebody would be -killed by evil spirits before the house was completed. He told his -friends that he had done with that superstition, and that he would -keep on building. Finding they could not persuade him, they left, -saying they would have no more to do with him, for he had become -a foreigner. Then he was not only despised by these friends, but -by every one who lived in that village. They said the evil spirits -would soon take his life, or some great trouble would surely -visit his family. Finally, his house was completed. He moved in -and lived in perfect safety. People then began to wonder why the -evil spirits did not visit this house. Some said they were busy -elsewhere; but others said they must have gone away, and, on their -return, they would cause this home and this obstinate family to be -desolated. So they waited, but in vain; for this man prospered, -and in due time, in that very house, a son was born to him. When, -now, the people saw the joy of this household, they said one to -another, ‘He must have worshipped the foreign God, and so the -spirits dare not touch him.’ He came back to California and went -to fortune-telling again. This time he determined to learn more -of Christ, and every opportunity he could find he attended the -Chinese meeting, and searched for truth by reading the Bible. He -was finally converted, gave up his profession, and was baptized by -Rev. Mr. Loomis. He then went home the second time, and studied -at Rev. Dr. Happer’s mission in Canton, where he was fitted to be -a very able missionary, for he had a very good Chinese education -before he became a Christian. When he got through his studies, -he was sent to a large city, not far from his own home. There he -labored successfully for about two years, and he had been the means -of converting a number of his countrymen, among whom was one of -his villagers, a professor of Confucius. He was on his way to a -county examination; he visited the chapel where this missionary -was preaching, not that he might learn about Jesus, but merely for -curiosity. But the Lord’s design was otherwise. He sent him there -to be converted by the Holy Spirit, and fitted for the great work -which He intended to assign him. - -“After his conversion, this missionary and a delegate were sent to -visit Chuck Hum, a city about six miles from my home. When they -reached there, great was their surprise to learn that a man named -Quan Lang, who lived close by, had been Christianized in Australia, -and had been preaching there, in the open air, for the last three -months. They searched and found him earnest in the faith, glad and -anxious to join himself with these missionaries. They consulted -together about opening a chapel there. Then they wrote Dr. Happer -about it. He consented, and they began. But oh, what a hard time -they met! Opposition came upon them from every side. Even the whole -city firmly united against them. After violent persecution, the -governor was consulted. He sent proclamations to the head man of -the city and the judge of the district, commanding protection to -his person and property. Then this missionary could have as many -police officers to protect him as he pleased. They even became -burdensome to him, and he had to dismiss them. When the chapel was -dedicated, it was crowded to its utmost capacity.” This brings -the story down to the present time. The work in that district, it -will be perceived, was begun by an Australian convert, and is now -carried on by one from California. - -Two of our Oakland brethren, Joe Jet and Lee Sam, have recently -returned to China, and intend to commence at once their studies at -a mission-school, in order to preach the Gospel. One of our San -Leandro brethren, Jee Wee, started for China last October, and -has just returned. On the westward voyage he fell in with some -missionary families and a Chinese evangelist. The result was that -at once, on reaching Canton, he began evangelistic work, opening a -room for the distribution of Bibles, and preaching. He encountered -opposition and persecution at first, but, on application at -headquarters, was protected in the same manner with those of whom -Jee Gam writes above. The crowds that listened sometimes numbered -300 or 400. More than twenty were hopefully converted, his own -father and mother being among them. Another Lee Sam, who returned -to China about three years ago, and who, though a Christian, had -not at the time he left us been baptized, in his first letter -to his brethren here, told of the conversion of his brother, an -educated man and a sort of college professor, to whom he had been -speaking of the way of life. - -We have lost sight of this Lee Sam, of Lui Chung, also, a most -hopeful convert and Christian worker, whom I ought to have retained -in California, and many others likewise. It is not strange that -this should be. Indeed, it could not be otherwise. We, 10,000 miles -distant, could not possibly follow them, save with our prayers. But -they ought to be followed, and nurtured and edified. And not only -that, but set at work, as light-givers and soul-savers, where-ever -they go. - -It is easy to see that a Chinese, returning to his native land -from California, would be likely to have special advantages for -doing missionary work. In the first place, by a process of natural -selection, they are picked men. It is not the dullards or the -drones that undertake to cross the Pacific, and make their way -to fortune in a land so strange to them as this. And by the same -process it is, again, among those who come, the picked men that -enter our schools. The great mass do not care enough about learning -to follow up each hard day’s work with two hours of evening study. -Those that come do care, and care so much that they brave bitter -reproaches in coming, from those whom they leave behind. - -Then, besides the limited education which they are able to get in -our schools, there is an unconscious education, which they _must_ -be, all the while, unconsciously receiving, as they breathe the -air of a free and Christian land. Their views are broadened; the -old crusted conservatism is broken; and they can speak out, with a -force and an authority which, it seems to me, no Chinese who had -never left his native district could possibly use. - -Then, there cannot but be an interest gathering about them, as -having been in “the land of the golden mountains.” They have the -story of this to begin with where-ever they go; they gather a crowd -by means of it; they gain attention; and the gospel of Christ -will come in after it as easily as if it belonged—as, indeed, it -does—to the very theme. - -Now, what have I to propose? It is this: We ought to have a mission -at Hong Kong. It ought to be in close, vital relationship with our -California Mission. It ought to be at Hong Kong, because there our -steamers land their passengers, and from that point our brethren -scatter. Most of them do not enter Canton at all. We ought to have, -then, at least one American missionary—not necessarily a great -man, but a man of earnest piety and business capacity, and sound -common sense—a man who would give to his mission the atmosphere, -which, I am sure, our brethren recognize in the mission here, of -Christian kindliness and brotherly love—not that of a condescending -benevolence, but that of a hearty Christian brotherhood. - -He ought to meet every converted Chinese—at least, from our own -mission (others, if they are willing)—and take him home to his -mission-house; find out his destination, and arrange to keep track -of him, and make use of him as an errand-bearer for Christ. And we, -on our part, ought to be raising up and sending men who, educated -either here or in China, may give themselves, under direction of -this missionary, to district gospel work. - -So far forth, I am confident. It is no new thought with me, and, in -proposing it, I feel that I am walking on solid ground. I feel that -I speak in God’s name when I say this ought, forthwith, to be done. -Whether the proposed mission should be sustained by the A. M. A., -or by the American Board; whether more than one efficient American -missionary will ever be needed; what sort of mission work he should -go about in Hong Kong itself—concerning these and other matters of -detail, any suggestion I could make would be crude, and, likely -enough, mistaken. But the proposal itself, as to its essentials, I -stand in no doubt about, and I ask the prayers and co-operation of -all who love Christ and souls, that it may be speedily fulfilled. - -Let me add, as if by postscript, that a Chinese brother, Wun Ching -Ki, a member of one of the London Missionary Society’s churches at -Canton, who is in business at Hong Kong, has been doing something -in the line above marked out; has kindly welcomed and aided our -brethren on their arrival; has suggested that, in that English city -of Hong Kong, mission work among the Chinese could be conducted -most successfully, upon the very plan which we use here; and is -very desirous himself to send native preachers into the neglected -interior districts, asking whether our Chinese brethren here could -not help him so to do. The emphatic testimony which these bear -to his good judgment and general efficiency, as well as to his -Christian character, makes both the work he has done, and the work -he wants to do, confirm my confidence in the suggestion I have made. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - - We make the following extracts from letters of Mr. A. E. White, - one of our missionaries to Africa, to his former teachers at - Hampton Institute: - -I have just returned from the Shangay Mission, where I have been -for near two weeks (this mission is carried on by the United -Brethren of Ohio.) The brother there sent for me to come and spend -some time with him, and to give him some advice in regard to his -work while I was there. This mission is on the mainland, and one -can see more of the habits of the people than he can here. When -their children have gotten up to be two or three years old they -send them to the bush, called the Purroo and Bundoo. The Purroo is -the place where they send the boys, and the Bundoo where they send -the girls. They keep them there for a good many years, and cut on -their backs the shape of a hamper-basket, and teach them the use -of the country medicines and the way of worshipping the heathen’s -gods, and all the heathen’s habits. If a man wants to marry, he -can go to the Bundoo Bush and pay eight pieces of cloth, of two -yards each, and take any girl he wants. After these boys have spent -all the time which the chief says they must spend in the bush, -they come out and go to whatever trade they have learned. Some are -doctors, others teachers, and some are farmers. The doctors go -around with their medicine, and sell it at a very high price; and -when they attend the sick they carry a board about one foot long -and nine inches wide, with a bottle of ink and brush. On this board -they write, and then wash the ink off and give it to the sick to -drink. Then they have various things to sell to keep away sickness -and to give good luck. These children are taught all kinds of vice, -and they think it is right—such things as lying and stealing. They -are very easy to teach, and they put a great deal of faith in the -person who teaches them, and whatever they are taught they believe. -So one can see that the hope of this country lies in the children. -It is a hard thing to get a heathen to turn from his god; and I -believe you can only do this by prayer. The missionaries who want -to do anything must use the weapon of prayer. The chief of Shangay -is an educated man; he spent eight years in the high school of -England. When you find one of the heathen educated, he is ten times -worse than an uneducated one. This man was taken up and sent to -England and educated there. If he had been trained under some good -missionary, he might have been of use to the country. - -I have given the school to Mr. Miller, one of the new comers, and -I have taken other work. We had an examination, and all the people -seemed to be pleased. We had, also, pieces recited on the stage, -and a dinner for the children and the friends of the school. The -people said that they never saw anything of the kind in Africa -before. I think now we have about 140 pupils that are coming. We -don’t have that many any one day, but they are in attendance. I -have some fine boys in school, and one whom I want to send to -Hampton next fall, if I can find a place there for him, and some -one to help me pay for his board. Please ask the General if he can -have a place there? He is the boy who has been with me since I have -been here, and I have taken him and want to do all I can to educate -him. - -Last Sunday was the happiest day I have seen for many. We had -thirteen new members to unite with the church—twelve on profession; -and one who once was a member, and was shut out when the church was -closed, came back and united the second time. And of this number, -six were members of my Bible-class—four were my best boys, as I -call them, and two I own as the fruits of my own labor. The young -man whom I have already written you about was one. He has been -trying ever since his brother became a Christian on the ship, and -at last has made up his mind to follow Christ. You can imagine how -I felt to see all these—my boys—standing up acknowledging Christ to -be their Saviour. There was another of my class to unite with us, -but he was sick and could not. I hope he will be able by the next -Communion-day. - - * * * * * - - - - -RECEIPTS - -FOR JULY, 1878. - - - * * * * * - - - MAINE, $153.75. - - Cumberland Centre. O. S. T. 50c.; E. J. B. 25c. 0.75 - Foxcroft and Dover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - Newfield. Mrs. N. C. A. 1.00 - North Yarmouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.00 - South Berwick. J. B. Neally $5; Hugh and - Philip Lewis $5 10.00 - Windham. Rev. Luther Wiswall 5.00 - Winthrop. ESTATE of Mrs. Mary Carr 100.00 - Winthrop. Stephen Sewall 18,000 pages - Anti-Tobacco Tracts. - Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. 13.00 - - - NEW HAMPSHIRE, $460.88. - - Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.75 - Bristol. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.35 - Concord. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 45.82 - East Jaffrey. Eliza A. Parker 20.00 - Exeter. Friends in Second Cong. Ch., _for a - Teacher, Wilmington, N. C._ 40.00 - Gilmanton Iron Works. Luther E. Page 5.00 - Hebron. J. B. C. 1.00 - Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $11.30; Dea. G. - W. 50c. 11.80 - Keene. A Friend 50.00 - Lancaster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 - Lebanon. Cong. Ch. 25.66 - Manchester. Mrs. Kinsley (proceeds sale of - pictures) 3.00 - Mason. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00 - Meredith Village. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.45 - Milford. Cong. Ch. 50.01 - Nashua. W. P. Clark 20.42 - New Market. T. H. Wiswall $10; Cong. Ch. and - Soc. $9.36 19.36 - North Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.35 - Pembroke. Mrs. Mary W. Thompson, bal. to - const. MISS EMILY L. GRIGGS L. M. 10.00 - Rindge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.53 - South New Market. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.00 - Swanzey. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 - West Lebanon. Cong. Sab. Sch. 15.00 - Westmoreland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 31.13 - Wentworth. Ephraim Cook 5.00 - Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.25 - Wolfborough. Rev. S. Clark and Wife 10.00 - - - VERMONT, $201.70. - - Brandon. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. CHAS. - M. WINSLOW L. M. 30.00 - Danville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - Greensborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $5.75; Rev. - Moses Patton and Wife $17 22.75 - Lyndon. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00 - Lyndonville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00 - Manchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 39.56 - Newport. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.05 - North Craftsbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.81 - Sheldon. Cong. Ch. 8.73 - South Hadley. First Ch. and Soc. 8.00 - Townshend. Mrs. Nancy B. 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Willard, Ex. 9.55 - Hutsonville. C. V. Newton 2.00 - Lamoille. Cong. Ch. 8.35 - Lawn Ridge. Cong. Sab. Sch. 13.00 - Malden. Cong. S. S. 1.00 - Millburn. Cong. Ch. 8.00 - Moline. Cong. Ch. (in part) 61.27 - Oak Park. Cong. Ch. (in part) 64.75 - Odell. Mrs. H. E. Dana 10.00 - Peoria. Rev. A. A. Stevens 10.00 - Peru. First Cong. Ch. 13.22 - Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. 31.00 - Providence. Cong. Ch. 20.26 - Quincy. First Union Cong. Ch. $28.75; R. - McComb $2 30.75 - Rochelle. W. H. Holcombe 10.00 - Rockford. Thomas D. Robertson 50.00 - Roseville. Cong. Ch. $6.25; Rev. A. L. - Pennoyer and Wife $5 11.25 - Shirland. Mrs. J. G. L. 1.00 - Sycamore. Cong. Ch. 85.66 - Wayne Station. Cong. Ch. 5.60 - Wyanett. Cong. Sab. Sch. 12.40 - - - MICHIGAN, $176.53. - - Adrian. Stephen Allen 10.00 - Alpena. B. C. Hardwick, _for Emerson Inst._ 71.10 - Salem. Cong. Ch. 9.00 - Churches Corners. A. W. D. and others 1.00 - Concord. Henry Mann 2.00 - Jackson. “A Friend” 30.00 - Lamont. Cong. Ch. 3.00 - Memphis. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Missionary, - Memphis, Tenn._ 3.00 - Michigan Centre. Centre Cong. Ch. 3.10 - Oxford. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for a Missionary, - Memphis, Tenn._ 5.25 - Portland. Cong. Ch. 7.50 - Richland. J. B. 1.00 - Romeo. “Mrs. E. F. F.” $1.50; Mrs. Dr. A. $1: - Mrs. D. M. 50c., _for a Missionary, Memphis, - Tenn._—M. A. J. 50c 3.50 - Union City. Cong. Ch. (in part) 22.08 - Warren. Rev. J. L. Beebe 5.00 - - - WISCONSIN, $320.13. - - Beloit. First Cong. Ch. 130.00 - Black Earth. Cong. Ch. 1.15 - Geneva Lake. Presb. Ch. 15.00 - Green Bay. First Presb. Ch. 61.35 - Oak Grove. Cong. Sab. Sch. $5; Dea. D. Richard - $2; Rev. W. E. S. $1 8.00 - Milwaukee. Mrs. E. F. Rice 10.00 - Portage City. John Jones No. 4 2.50 - Rosendale. Cong. Ch. 17.35 - Waukesha. First Cong. Ch. 22.00 - Wautoma. Cong. Ch. 4.28 - Wawatosa. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 48.50 - - - IOWA, $205.82. - - Alden. Cong. Ch. 7.75 - Burlington. Mrs. Hannah Everall $5; M. L. $1 6.00 - Chester Centre. Cong. Ch. 32.00 - College Springs. Cong. Ch. 8.60 - Farragut. Cong. Ch. $6; C. W. H. $1 7.00 - Green Mountain. First Cong. Ch. 31.00 - Keokuk. Orthodox Cong. Ch. 55.55 - Muscatine. Cong. Ch. 26.35 - New Hampton. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. 5.50 - Newton. First Cong. Ch. 12.27 - Osage. Woman’s Cent. Soc. 4.80 - Rockford. Woman’s Miss. Soc. 2.00 - Rockford. Mrs. A. E. G. 50c.; Mrs. C. A. C. - 50c. 1.00 - Shenandoah. Rev. W. P. 0.50 - Sloan. Mrs. R. W. F. S. 0.50 - Toledo. Ladies’ Aid Soc., _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 5.00 - - - MINNESOTA, $141.33. - - Faribault. Cong. Ch. 41.58 - Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 20.55 - Northfield. First Cong. Ch. 49.95 - Spring Valley. Cong. Ch., quar. coll. $13.25; - Rev. C. W. M. $1 14.25 - Walcott. Mrs. Mary Adams 15.00 - - - KANSAS, $30. - - Osawatomie. Rev. S. L. Adair, to const. H. H. - WILLIAMS L. M. 30.00 - - - CALIFORNIA, $100. - - Oakland. S. Richards 100.00 - - - OREGON, $54.55. - - Albany. Cong. Ch. 4.00 - Portland. First Cong. Ch. 50.55 - - - NORTH CAROLINA, $241.16. - - McLeansville. Pub. Fund $42; Miss E. W. - Douglass $30 72.00 - Raleigh. Pub. Fund $150; Washington Sch. - $17.83.—Cong. Ch. $1.33, _for Indian M._ 169.16 - - - SOUTH CAROLINA, $188. - - Charleston. Avery Inst. 188.00 - - - GEORGIA, $258.61. - - Atlanta. Rent $104; Atlanta University $83; T. - N. Chase $50 237.00 - Macon. Lewis High Sch. 12.40 - Medway. Cong. Ch., _for Mendi M._ 8.00 - Savannah. First Cong. Ch. 0.71 - Woodville. Rev. J. H. H. S. 25c. _for Indian - M._ and 25c. _for Mendi M._ 0.50 - - - ALABAMA, $29.50. - - Anniston. Rev. P. J. McEntosh 0.50 - Athens. Trinity Sch. 29.00 - - - MISSISSIPPI, $26.20. - - Tougaloo. Tougaloo University 26.20 - - - MISSOURI, $7. - - Amity. Cong. Ch. 3.00 - St. Louis. Mrs. M. P. Chapman 4.00 - - - INCOME FUND, $101.50. - - Avery Fund, _for Mendi Mission_ 101.50 - - - SANDWICH ISLANDS, $1,000. - - Sandwich Islands. “A Friend” 1,000.00 - - - ENGLAND, $253. - - London. Freedmen’s Missions Aid Soc., by Dr. - O. H. White £50 243.00 - —— Miss S. L. Ropes 10.00 - - - TURKEY, $5. - - Van. Rev. H. S. Barnum 5.00 - ————————— - Total 13,362.75 - Total from Oct. 1st to July 31st $142,670.50 - - H. W. HUBBARD, _Ass’t Treas_. - - - RECEIVED FOR DEBT. - - Springfield, Vt. A. Woolson 100.00 - East Hampton, Conn. E. C. Barton 20.00 - West Haven, Conn. Mrs. Huldah Coe 6.00 - Gilbertsville Academy, N. Y. Rev. A. Wood 5.00 - Gloversville, N. Y. Mrs. U. M. Place 50.00 - Malone, N. Y. Mrs. S. C. Wead 100.00 - New Jersey. “Hearts Content” 25.00 - Clark, Pa. Mrs. Elizabeth Dickson and Miss - Eliza Dickson $5 ea. 10.00 - Hyde Park, Pa. Thomas Eynon 50.00 - Scranton, Pa. F. E. Nettleton 10.00 - Fredericktown, Ohio. “A. H. R.” 500.00 - Atlanta, Ga. Students and Teachers in Atlanta - U. 175.00 - Woodville, Ga. Rev. J. H. H. 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