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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 33, No. 5, May, 1879 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: January 15, 2017 [EBook #53966] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, MAY 1879 *** - - - - -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. XXXIII. NO. 5. - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” - - * * * * * - - MAY, 1879. - - - - - _CONTENTS_: - - - EDITORIAL. - - PARAGRAPHS 129 - THE LAND—ITS WEALTH AND ITS WANT 130 - WAR OR MISSIONS 132 - THE NEGRO HEGIRA 133 - WOMAN’S WORK FOR WOMAN—CONGREGATIONALISM IN THE SOUTH 135 - ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 137 - GENERAL NOTES 138 - - THE FREEDMEN. - - TOUR INTO THE SOUTHWEST: Rev. J. E. Roy, D. D. 140 - GEORGIA, ATLANTA—Lady Missionary Needed 143 - ALABAMA, MONTGOMERY—Tenantry, Promising Field, &c.: Rev. - F. Bascom, D. D. 143 - ALABAMA, MOBILE—Emerson Institute: Rev. D. L. Hickok 145 - MARION—Revival of Education; Rev. Geo. E. Hill 146 - LOUISIANA—Straight University: Prof. J. K. Cole 147 - TEXAS—CORPUS CHRISTI—Revival 148 - TENNESSEE—Yellow Fever Fund 149 - - AFRICA. - - NATIVE PREACHERS—ADVANCE CALLED, &c. 150 - - THE CHINESE. - - SOME POINTS ON THE CHINESE QUESTION: Rev. W. C. Pond 151 - - RECEIPTS 153 - - CONSTITUTION 157 - - WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS &c. 158 - - * * * * * - - NEW YORK. - - Published by the American Missionary Association, - - ROOMS, 56 READE STREET. - - * * * * * - - Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance. - - * * * * * - - - - - American Missionary Association, - - 56 READE STREET, N. Y. - - * * * * * - - PRESIDENT. - - HON. E. S. Tobey, Boston. - - - VICE-PRESIDENTS. - - Hon. F. D. PARISH, Ohio. - Hon. E. D. HOLTON, Wis. - Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, Mass. - Rev. STEPHEN THURSTON, D. D., Me. - Rev. SAMUEL HARRIS, D. D., Ct. - WM. C. CHAPIN, Esq., R. I. - Rev. W. T. EUSTIS, D. D., 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. - Hon. W. W. PATTON, D. D., D. C. - Hon. SEYMOUR STRAIGHT, La. - 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., Minn. - Rev. H. W. BEECHER, N. Y. - Gen. O. O. HOWARD, Oregon. - 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. - PETER SMITH, Esq., Mass. - Dea. JOHN C. WHITIN, 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. - Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D. D., Ct. - DANIEL HAND, Esq., Ct. - A. L. WILLISTON, Esq., Mass. - Rev. A. F. BEARD, D. D., N. Y. - FREDERICK BILLINGS, Esq., Vt. - JOSEPH CARPENTER, Esq., R. I. - - - CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. - - REV. M. E. Strieby, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._ - - - DISTRICT SECRETARIES. - - REV. C. L. WOODWORTH, _Boston_. - REV. G. D. PIKE, _New York_. - REV. JAS. POWELL, _Chicago_. - 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, - ADDISON P. FOSTER, - E. A. GRAVES, - S. B. HALLIDAY, - SAM’L HOLMES, - S. S. JOCELYN, - ANDREW LUSTER, - 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 above; letters for the Editor of the -“American Missionary” to Rev. Geo. M. Boynton, at the New York -Office. - - -DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS - -should be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Ass’t Treasurer, No. 56 Reade -Street, New York, or when more convenient, to either of the Branch -Offices, 21 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 112 West -Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. - -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. XXXIII. MAY, 1879. No. 5. - - * * * * * - - -American Missionary Association. - - * * * * * - -We wish to remind our readers that the offer of Mr. Arthington, -as it has come under our consideration by the report of the -Foreign Committee, and as it has been put before them by its -publication in the MISSIONARY for April, is still commended to -their consideration, and open to acceptance or declinature, as they -may decide. We are well aware that such great things are not to be -lightly or suddenly decided. It is a subject which demands careful -weighing, and all the light which may be gained from earthly -as well as from heavenly sources. The first offer was not made -suddenly or unadvisedly. Dr. O. H. White, of the Freedmen’s Aid -Society of England, writes us that he conversed with Mr. Arthington -about it more than a year ago, who said then, “_I will think of it, -and you pray earnestly that Robert Arthington may be led to a right -decision._” We can say nothing better now. Do you, friends, think -about it, and we will pray earnestly that you may be led to a right -decision. - - * * * * * - -We have just received from the estate of the late Charles Avery, of -Pittsburgh, Pa., $12,000 as an endowment, the interest to be used -in the work of African evangelization. As the money has just come -to hand as we are going to press, there has been no opportunity for -action on the part of the Executive Committee as to its specific -appropriation. It may be deemed advisable to use it in furtherance -of the mission proposed to us by Mr. Arthington, of Leeds, England. - -In behalf of Africa and her descendants on two continents, we -cannot forbear another tribute to the memory of Mr. Avery, and to -his executors who have so faithfully carried out his benevolent -wishes. - - * * * * * - -Rev. W. H. Willcox, of Reading, Mass., and his brother, Rev. G. -B. Willcox, D.D., of Stamford, Conn., have returned from a tour -among our institutions of the South, in which they have been -accompanied by District Secretary Pike. It is with no small degree -of pleasure that we record their great satisfaction in what they -saw and their hearty approval of the work, and the proof they have -given of their sincerity in it. It is well known that Mr. Willcox -has been acting in behalf of Mrs. Daniel P. Stone, of Malden, -Mass., in the distribution of a large fund among the educational -institutions of our land. As a result of his observation of the -work done at Atlanta and Fisk Universities, he has appropriated -one hundred thousand dollars to be divided equally between these -two institutions. This affords aid, which is greatly needed, for -the enlargement of the work at these most important places. It -will go into buildings and other permanent equipment. We devoutly -wish that men and women who have money to give would go and do -likewise,—visit our institutions for the education of the Freedmen, -see the work which is being done, and the work which needs to -be done, and then act in the light they have gained from actual -observation. - - * * * * * - -Rev. B. C. Church, of Goliad, Texas, who has been long and -faithfully occupied in our service, needs a _buggy_, not for -pleasure-driving, we assure our readers, but that he may be able -to visit not only his immediate field, but the new station at -Flatonia, as often as may be needed for the supervision of that -new and promising work. He says “the running part will do, and a -second-hand one at that.” Surely that is a modest request. Is there -not some one of our readers who has such a vehicle to spare for the -Lord’s work, _top and all_? - - * * * * * - -Two months ago, among our _Items from the Field_ was a plea, -condensed into less than two lines, for an organ for the church at -Orangeburg, S. C. A few days after, Mr. S. T. Gordon generously -offered to give us the needed instrument, and it is now helping -“the service of song in the house of the Lord” in that place. -The pastor writes: “We have received that invaluable gift, the -cabinet organ donated by Mr. S. T. Gordon in aid of the day and -Sunday-school and church work in this field. For this goodness -the children, the congregation and ourselves unite in sending -Mr. Gordon and the A. M. A. ten thousand grateful thanks. And we -beseech the Lord to abundantly reward this labor of love. It will -afford us very great aid indeed.” It is encouraging to receive such -prompt responses to wants thus simply made known. We are emboldened -to call attention to a similar petition for an organ, in the letter -from Corpus Christi, Texas. What other generous and prompt friend -will be moved to answer, “_Here it is?_” - - * * * * * - - -THE LAND—ITS WEALTH AND ITS WANT. - -Among the explorers of the eastern part of Equatorial Africa no -other has given us so full descriptions of the land, its wants and -woes, and its brilliant possibilities, as Sir Samuel Baker. And he, -too, in his “Ismailia,” traverses largely the territory suggested -for our occupation by Mr. Arthington. The following paragraphs are -from his description of the natural scenery, and of the beauty and -fertility of the land on the east side of the Nile above and below -Fatiko. Is this not a pleasing picture of a portion of our proposed -field? - -“I reveled in this lovely country. The fine park-like trees were -clumped in dark-green masses here and there. The tall dolape-palms -(Borassus Ethiopicus) were scattered about the plain, sometimes -singly, at others growing in considerable numbers. High and bold -rocks, near and distant mountains, the richest plain imaginable in -the foreground, with the clear Un-y-Amé flowing now in a shallow -stream between its lofty banks, and the grand old Nile upon our -right, all combined to form a landscape that produced a paradise. -The air was delightful. There was an elasticity of spirit, the -result of a pure atmosphere, that made one feel happy in spite of -many anxieties. My legs felt like steel as we strode along before -the horses, with rifle on shoulder, into the magnificent valley, -in which the mountains we had descended seemed to have taken -root. The country was full of game. Antelopes in great numbers, -and in some variety, started from their repose in this beautiful -wilderness, and having for a few moments regarded the strange -sights of horses, and soldiers in scarlet uniform, they first -trotted and then cantered far away. The graceful leucotis stood in -herds upon the river’s bank, and was the last to retreat. * * * * * -Magnificent trees (acacias), whose thick, dark foliage drooped near -the ground, were grouped in clumps, springing from the crevices -between huge blocks of granite. Brooks of the purest water rippled -over the time-worn channels, cut through granite plateaux, and as -we halted to drink at the tempting stream, the water tasted as cold -as though from a European spring. The entire country on our left -was a succession of the most beautiful rocky undulations and deep, -verdant glades, at the bottom of which flowed perennial streams. -The banks of these rivulets were richly clothed with ornamental -timber, the rich foliage contrasting strongly with the dark gray -blocks of granite, resembling the ruins of ancient towers.” - -But this land, so rich and beautiful, is all going to waste. Its -game and cattle are doomed to as swift destruction as the countless -herds of buffalo and antelope which only fifteen years ago thronged -the prairies of Dakota. We copy from the same source this picture -of the waste which is the sure precursor of want. - -“By the Nile traders’ arrangements the companies of Abou Saood -receive as their perquisite one-third of all the cattle that may be -stolen in successful razzias. The consumption of cattle by these -brigands is enormous. All flour is purchased in exchange for flesh, -while flesh is also necessary for food: thus the cow is being eaten -at both ends. The frightful drain upon the country may be imagined -by the following calculation, which is certainly below the truth: - -“If 1,000 loads of ivory must be carried to Ismailia, - - 2,000 cows are required as payment of carriers; - 1,000 belong to the brigands as their perquisite; - 300 are necessary to feed the native carriers and soldiers during - the journey; - ————— - 3,300 cows are required to deliver 1,000 loads of ivory a distance - of 165 miles from Fatiko to Ismailia (Gondokoro). - - A station of 35 men consumes daily 700 lbs. - In addition they require to exchange for flour 350 lbs. - —————————— - Daily consumption of flesh 1,050 lbs. - - The oxen of the country do not average more than 170 lbs. - cleaned. - - 2,255 beasts are thus required annually. - ————— - 5,555 oxen are necessary to feed and pay for the transport from a - station only 350 strong, according to the customs of White - Nile brigandage. - -“It must be remembered that at least a thousand, and sometimes -double that number of slaves, are prisoners in each station. All -these must be fed. The same principle is adopted in the exchange -of flesh for flour; thus the expenditure of cattle is frightful. -Not only oxen, but all the breeding cows and young calves are -killed without the slightest reflection. No country can support -such wilful waste; thus, after many years of ravage, this beautiful -country has become almost barren of cattle. The central districts, -occupied by the slave-traders, having been denuded of cattle, it -has become necessary to make journeys to distant countries.” - -But this is not the worst aspect of affairs. For by how much a man -is better than a beast, by so much his life is more sacred, and -to be guarded with more jealous care. Read this story of a slave -raid, its treachery, its brutality, its capture not only of slaves, -but its slaughter of many times the number led away to sale. But -this is not all; for in the pages of “Ismailia” follows the record -of a dreadful retribution in which the whole 103 of Abou Saood’s -men are put to death and 150 of their allies. This is but one of -many like scenes which have helped to make the slave regions of -Africa as degraded as they are found to-day. - -“A man named Ali Hussein was a well known employé of Abou Saood. -This ruffian was an Arab. He was a tall, wiry fellow, with a -determined but brutal cast of countenance, who was celebrated -as a scoundrel among scoundrels. Even his fellows dreaded his -brutality. There was no crime that he had not committed, and as -his only virtue was extreme daring, his reputation was terrible -among the native population. He had arranged to make a descent -upon the Umiro tribe, about six days’ march to the southeast. He -accordingly sent natives as spies with specious messages to the -Umiro, announcing his intention of visiting them to purchase ivory. -With a party increased by volunteers from other stations to a force -of about 300 men, he arrived at Umiro. The simple natives received -him gladly and showed extreme hospitality. The country was thickly -populated and abounded with vast herds of the finest cattle. After -a week’s sojourn among the Umiro, during which he had received -large presents of elephants’ tusks and seventy head of oxen from -the confiding natives, the treacherous ruffian gave an order to -his brigands at sunset. They were to be under arms an hour before -daybreak on the following morning, to set fire to the adjacent -villages of their generous hosts and to capture their large herds -of cattle, together with their women and children. - -“At the time appointed, while every Umiro slept, unconscious of -approaching danger, several villages were surrounded, and volleys -of musketry were poured upon the sleeping inmates. The straw huts -were ignited, and the flames rapidly spread, while a massacre -commenced similar to the butcheries to which the slave-hunters were -so well accustomed. The Umiro, thus taken by surprise, and appalled -by so dastardly a treachery, were easily defeated. Their children -and wives were captured, together with large herds of cattle, which -are celebrated for their size. All these were driven in triumph to -Fatiko.” - -We only ask, in conclusion, is not this a field for Christian -men to occupy—this fair land, with such means of supporting life, -and with horrors like these enacted year by year, against which -the presence of even a few white Christian men would be a most -effectual check? - - * * * * * - - -WAR OR MISSIONS? - -Christian England is at war with the Zulus, not altogether -successfully, we fear not altogether justly. It seems to be about -the same question which is at issue perpetually between the United -States Government and the Indians—a disputed strip of territory -lying between Transvaal and Zululand is, by arbitration mutually -agreed upon, decided to belong of right to the Zulus. But the Dutch -Boers who had settled therein decline to give up their claims. The -English Government, to whom that territory had been transferred, -defend them in maintaining their resistance to what had been -declared to be the rightful owner, and because King Cetywayo is a -small sovereign, the Queen on whose dominions the sun never sets -proposes to compel him. This is about the story as it comes to us. -So Christian England and America—not the Christianity in England -and America—treat their poor neighbors. - -Now, in the prosecution of this Zulu war thousands of men are -sent out to do battle—generals, captains, common soldiers. Money -is freely spent, millions of dollars, to keep a rude race from -acknowledged rights. Blood is spilt and lives are sacrificed, not -by the one or two, but by the hundred. But there is another battle -to be fought in Africa, in the interests of the Christianity that -is in England and America; a battle against superstition, and all -the ignorance and violence included in it, against the slave trade -and its demoralizing influences. It, too, will cost men and money. -In its accomplishment, lives will be laid down. Already in the new -fields opening, one and another have fallen, until six, perhaps, -have thus far given up their lives in this cause. The advance -guard, the scouts, have not all escaped the perils of such service. -It costs money, too; but it will not cost half as much to convert a -savage African as it will to kill him. Missions are cheap compared -with war. - -And then, look at the end of it all. Money and blood to extend -territory, to defend a flag! Where is the treasury, and where the -lives ready to be laid down that the banner of the Prince of Peace -may be set up in Equatorial Africa, and its inhabitants be made -subjects of Him whose dominion hath no end? - -Read these emphatic words of _David Livingstone_, so well -illustrated by his own quietly heroic life: - -“We talk of ‘sacrifices’ until we fear the word is nauseous to -God. We have no English female missionary biography worth reading, -because it is all polluted by the black man’s idea of sacrifice. It -ought not so to be. Jesus became a missionary and gave His life for -us. Hundreds of young men annually leave our shores as cadets. When -any dangerous expedition is planned by Government, more volunteers -apply than are necessary to man it. On the proposal to send a band -of brave men in search of Sir John Franklin, a full complement -for the ships could have been procured of officers alone, without -any common sailors. And what thousands rushed to California from -different parts of America on the discovery of gold! How many -husbands left their wives and families! How many Christian men tore -themselves away from all home endearments to suffer and toil and -perish by cold and starvation on the overland route! How many sank -from fever and exhaustion on the banks of the Sacramento! Yet no -word of sacrifices there! Our talk of sacrifices is ungenerous and -heathenish.” - - * * * * * - - -THE NEGRO HEGIRA. - -It is not many months since we had to record the Liberian exodus -fever. The movement which excited so great hopes among the deluded -blacks has passed out of sight, and the holders of ten-dollar -shares in the barque Azor are no nearer the tropical shores of -Africa than they were a year ago. From those who went out in so -ill-advised a manner, for a long time almost nothing came back to -us but their wail of suffering as they reached their journey’s end. - -And now another impulse has seized upon thousands apparently of the -negro population of Mississippi and Louisiana, to leave the places -where they were born and reared and seek new homes. As early as -the middle of March probably fifteen hundred had found their way -to St. Louis under the impression, it is said, that they would be -supported in that city and provided with free transportation to -Kansas, where, on arrival, they would receive from the Government, -lands, mules, money and agricultural implements. A small proportion -of them appeared to be in comfortable circumstances, and proceeded -by steamer or rail to Kansas City or Topeka. Others were entirely -destitute and dependent from the first on charitable aid. -Thousands more were reported as only deterred from coming by lack -of means to pay their way up the river. The mayor and citizens -of St. Louis were in quite a panic over their visitors. What -should they do with them, or how keep them away? But the feeling -of kinship led the colored people of the city to give them such -welcome as they might. The basements of three colored churches were -opened to them, and food and shelter were generously given by their -brethren according to the flesh, and they were helped toward their -destination as far as might be. - -Thus another is added to the many strange, sad stories in the -history of this dark-skinned race. This sudden impulse moving upon -this great mass of men and women may not have been reasonable, -and yet it must have had a reason. Kansas seems to be to them a -magical name, synonymous with freedom, friends and happiness, in -their crude thought. It was sought to turn some of them to Iowa, -where work and pay were offered; but no, Kansas was the goal from -which they could not be turned away. There seems to be no possible -interpretation of this so general migration, other than that they -have given up in despair the thought of peace or prosperity in -their old homes. For of all the inhabitants of our soil they are -the least migratory in their nature; they cling to the old State -and the old homestead on which they were reared. But repeated -wrongs have worked at last on their slow minds the conviction -that better things can only be in store for them far away. Not -political deprivations, for they seem easily to have given up that -contest, and they “don’t vote much;” but the wrongs of a hard -tenantry system, by which they have been compelled to rent land -at $10 an acre for the year—land worth not much more than that at -sale—with various other extortionate charges by the way, bringing -the laborer out at the year’s end no better, but rather the worse -off for all his toil, and with no liberty even of complaint; these -are the things which have at length wrought out their natural and -inevitable result. - -The consequences of this movement, if it be suffered to go on—and -who can stop it?—are manifold and of most serious import. The -planters are already alarmed at the lack of laborers for the year -which is just opening upon them. A desertion of “hands” is a most -dire calamity in an agricultural community. Political changes -may follow those of population, and if this hegira goes on, the -proportion of representation may be seriously changed between -Louisiana and Kansas. - -There can be no question but that the negro can, if he be well -treated, do better in the Gulf States than in the cold climate of -Kansas—at raising cotton and the sugar-cane than wheat and stock. -Is there no serious warning in this movement to the people of those -States?—a lesson not political so much as industrial; an intimation -that fair treatment even of the lowest, poorest and most ignorant -classes, especially if they are held by no artificial bond like -ownership, is essential to a rendering of the service for which -they were valued once as slaves, and for which they are no less -indispensable as freemen. There is policy as well as right in -justice, and the law of gravitation is as real and as irresistible -in masses of men as in the realm of material things. The South -needs the negro quite as much as the negro needs the South; and -unless its leaders of thought and action help its people to -recognize their mutual dependence, and teach them to conciliate and -not to abuse the arm that is ready to sow and gather their crops, -they will have to do without it. The present hegira is but a hint -of what may be. Is it not a hint, also, as to how so great a loss -may be avoided? For, after all, dislike the truth who may, the -negro is “a man and a brother.” - - * * * * * - - -WOMAN’S WORK FOR WOMAN. - -Every once in a while a feeling prevalent in the churches gets -voice in the question: “Cannot women find some recognized method of -doing more for the elevation of the freed women of the South than -they are doing now?” There has been an unwillingness on the part of -many to agitate this question lest there might be in it a seeming -antagonism to the work of the Woman’s Board; a work that in origin -and development is so clearly providential. Still the want has -been keenly felt. Some attention has been given it, and in a few -instances the thought has developed into action. - -Nearly two years ago Mrs. Zachary Eddy, of Detroit, interested a -number of ladies in Eastern Michigan in the matter, and the result -was that these ladies became responsible for the support of a lady -missionary, to be appointed by the American Missionary Association, -to work exclusively among the freed women; and the work then begun -has been steadily sustained ever since by Miss Hattie Milton, at -Memphis, Tenn. It is no longer an experiment, it is now a success. -Miss Milton, in a letter, not long since, says: “This has been the -happiest year of my life; for this work has its own reward, both to -the missionary and those who send her, which is more valuable than -silver or gold. I sometimes think the angels might almost envy us -in this work.” - -Within a few months the ladies connected with the First and Second -Churches of Oberlin have united to support a lady missionary -among the freed women. The money is already provided for, and the -missionary will soon start on her mission of love. And now I learn -that the young ladies connected with the Congregational church -in Waukegan, this State, have organized a society for the same -purpose, the aim being to work chiefly through the Sunday-school. -Monthly meetings, called “mission parties,” are held. A profitable -programme is prepared, consisting of an essay, information from -some mission station, brief addresses and singing. To these -meetings invitations are issued by card, with the understanding -that everybody invited will come. Thus far two meetings have been -held, and they give promise of great popularity. - -May there not be in the organization of this young ladies’ society, -designing to work through the Sunday-school, a suggestion that the -ladies might take up everywhere? Why not, after first defining the -word young to have reference to feeling rather than years, organize -young ladies’ missionary societies in all our churches, to work -through the Sunday-schools for the support of lady missionaries -among the freed women?—SCROOBY, in _The Congregationalist_. - - * * * * * - - -CONGREGATIONALISM IN THE SOUTH. - - -2. Since the War. - -DIST. SEC. C. L. WOODWORTH, BOSTON. - -The denomination which took possession of this country in the -name of Christ, which brought in the cabin of the Mayflower the -model of a democratic state, as well as of a democratic church, -was, practically, ruled out of the South for two hundred and fifty -years. Only since 1865 has it been possible for her to enter the -South in all the largeness of her freedom and of her faith. If it -now be asked, What has she to show for these thirteen years of -opportunity among the poorest of the poor, we answer, “Something of -which she need not be ashamed.” - -Within five months from the time when the first gun of -the rebellion sent its shot at the heart of the Union, -Congregationalism, through the American Missionary Association, -was at Fortress Monroe with bread and clothing, with books and -Bibles, with teachers and preachers. Nor was this the only channel -of its charity to the needy. It maintained a vast work of physical -relief _during and after the war_, through the New England and -National Freedmen’s Aid Societies, and through agencies of more -private bounty. And not alone in the way of physical relief, but -a large number of teachers were sent out by these same agencies, -and kept in the field for years and years. They have passed away, -indeed, but the amount expended by them was very large, how large -we will not try to estimate even approximately. - -The Society first in the field alone remains to do the work for the -Congregational churches. No sooner had General Butler established -himself at Fortress Monroe than the Association pushed in its -workers among the unhoused, half-clothed, half-starved thousands of -contrabands that had flocked inside his lines. From that beginning, -in 1861, the work has spread into every Southern State, and though -its income and its working force are scarcely half what they were -in 1870, yet it is among the great societies which our churches -cherish and love. It has just completed seventeen full years of -labor on the Southern field, and the number of laborers sent out -year by year are tabulated below: - - Teachers, 1862 15 Teachers, 1872 346 - “ 1863 83 “ 1873 323 - “ 1864 250 “ 1874 273 - “ 1865 300 “ 1875 260 - “ 1866 353 “ 1876 206 - “ 1867 528 “ 1877 203 - “ 1868 532 “ 1878 209 - “ 1869 532 ————— - “ 1870 533 Total No. of Teachers 5,267 - “ 1871 321 - -The tangible results of this work, as they appear in permanent -Christian institutions, and their natural outcome in the South, -will be seen in the statement below: - - -DETAILS OF SCHOOL WORK AT THE SOUTH. - -_Chartered Institutions_, 8.—Hampton N. and A. Institute, Hampton, -Va.: Number of pupils, 332; boarding accommodations for 180. Berea -College, Berea, Ky.: Number of pupils, 273; boarding accommodations -for 180. Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.: Number of pupils, 338; -boarding accommodations for 150. Atlanta University, Atlanta, -Ga.: Number of pupils, 244; boarding accommodations for 150. -Talladega College, Talladega, Ala.: Number of pupils, 272; boarding -accommodations for 100. Tougaloo University, Tougaloo, Miss.: -Number of pupils, 193; boarding accommodations for 90. Straight -University, New Orleans, La.: Number of pupils, 287; no boarding -accommodations. Normal Institute, Austin, Texas: Number of pupils, -146. - -_Other Institutions_, 11.—Normal School, Wilmington, N. C.: -Number of pupils, 126; Washington School, Raleigh, N. C., 435; -Avery Institute, Charleston, S. C., 294; Brewer Normal School, -Greenwood, S. C., 58; Storrs’ School, Atlanta, Ga., 701; Lewis High -School, Macon, Ga., 93; Trinity School, Athens, Ala., 158; Emerson -Institute, Mobile, Ala., 117; Swayne School, Montgomery, Ala., 436; -Burrell School, Selma, Ala., 421; Le Moyne School, Memphis, Tenn., -184; Common Schools, 18;—total, 37. - -Whole number of pupils, 7,229. Scholars in the South, taught by our -former pupils, estimated at 100,000. - -Whole number of churches in the South, 64.—Virginia, 1; North -Carolina, 5; South Carolina, 2; Georgia, 12; Kentucky, 7; -Tennessee, 4; Alabama, 13; Louisiana, 12; Mississippi, 1; Kansas, -2; Texas, 5. - -Whole number of church members, 4,189. - -From this exhibit it will be seen that eight of the schools are -chartered, and contain nearly two thousand students. Four of them -are of college grade, and are doing regular college work. The -other schools are of Normal grade, and designed to bring forward, -as rapidly as possible, the teachers for the untaught millions. -They are all children of the Association, and in them are gathered -up the fruits of Congregational liberality and labor in behalf of -the colored race. These schools are an enduring investment for -this work, and hold property in buildings, lands, apparatus and -endowments, to the value, probably, of eight hundred thousand -dollars. It should be said, however, that many of the buildings -were put up by aid from the Freedmen’s Bureau; but this aid was -set apart as the proportion of the public moneys which should -appropriately flow through Congregational channels. The churches -established in the South are a result of the same effort. Their -chapels and houses of worship represent a money value of fifty -thousand dollars more. What Congregationalism has to show is in -these permanent institutions for the mental and moral training -of the colored people. It is not all that is needed, but it is -an investment of inestimable value, and one which will compare -favorably with the work of any other denomination, for thorough -educational and religious work among the enfranchised race. - - * * * * * - - -ITEMS FROM THE FIELD. - -DUDLEY, N. C.—“We have quite a class of teachers in the school, -and I have spent a part of each day with them. I induced one of -the young men I found in Woodbridge to come here for the present. -He has had but little schooling, but is far ahead of all the young -people here and has taught several terms. He is now commencing -Latin and Algebra. He desires to fully fit himself for work among -his people, and his present idea is to devote himself to teaching. -He has a splendid voice and has never had any drill. One great -object in bringing him here was to train his voice and give him -instrumental lessons, and he is doing finely. Another was to secure -him, if possible, to us, and find a chance for him in one of the A. -M. A. Colleges. Is there any way of getting help for such a young -man?” - -MCINTOSH, Liberty Co., Ga.—“Nineteen persons united with the church -last Sunday on confession of faith.” - -WOODVILLE, Ga.—The annual examination of the school was held March -28th. From 400 to 500 persons were present. One conversion from the -Sunday-school during the month. - -The St. Philip’s Society, Sengstacke’s Band of Hope, and Sons and -Daughters of Jerusalem, celebrated emancipation, Jan. 1st, in the -Congregational church. Rev. Mr. Markham, of Savannah, addressed -them on the results of freedom and the work of the A. M. A. A -thank-offering was sent in the form of a contribution to the -Association. - -TALLADEGA, Ala.—Nine young men, students at Talladega, after -examination, were approved to preach by the Alabama Conference. - -MONTGOMERY, Ala.—A deep religious interest has been manifested -during the last month. Some of our pupils are trusting in a -newly-found Saviour. A Sabbath afternoon Bible-reading at the -school-house has been blessed. - -MARION, Ala.—There are thirty subscribers to the New York _Witness_ -among the colored people in this place—a fact which speaks well for -their general intelligence. - -MOBILE, Ala.—“God is pouring out His Spirit on our school. Several -have expressed a hope in Christ and many more are inquiring. -The interest is among the older scholars. We have a daily -fifteen-minute prayer-meeting just before school, and a half-hour -prayer-meeting after school on Friday. Pray for us.” - -ANNISTON, Ala.—Sabbath-school very interesting, especially to the -older people. One conversion. - -CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas.—The church has been revived. Six members -thus far have been received on profession. - -FLATONIA, Fayette Co., Texas.—This young church has twenty-five -members, and several are waiting an opportunity to unite. It is -negotiating for a church building. - -CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—“The Sabbath-school is well attended. We had -a concert last Sabbath evening; the house was crowded and the -exercises went off quite well, after which a collection for the A. -M. A. was taken.” - -INDIAN AGENCY, KESHENA, Wis.—From the report of the school at the -Green Bay Agency we extract the following: “Our school closed on -the 20th, and we are happy to report that this has been the most -favorable term since the opening of the boarding-school. We have -had very little sickness and very few changes, nearly all who came -at the beginning of the term remaining till its close. In this -respect, of steady, persevering work, we notice great improvement. -It is so contrary to the habits of the Indian that we note it with -pleasure. The progress, too, in studies is very satisfactory.” - - * * * * * - - -GENERAL NOTES. - - -The Freedmen. - -—In commenting on the Windom Emigration Scheme, the _Atlanta -Constitution_ says: “In Georgia the colored people are doing as -well as could be expected. If they are to remain citizens they -ought to be educated, and they ought to have constantly before -them the example of the whites. They are beginning to appreciate -the responsibilities of citizenship; they are thrifty enough to -accumulate property, and they are anxious to take advantage of -the educational opportunities afforded them.” The colored man is -valuable to the South. The white people know it. The above is -important testimony to his worth and increasing usefulness. - -—The Bainbridge _Democrat_ gives, unwittingly, testimony to the -industry and thrift of the colored laborer: “The ambition of every -negro man is to have a home of his own; and it is no mean ambition; -yet, if something is not done, this generation will live to see -the day when this class of labor cannot be obtained at any price; -and if we cannot supply it with labor just as good, there will be -no other alternative for the white man but to ‘go.’ People have no -use for lands when there is nobody to cultivate them; and as the -colored people set up in their little cabins upon their poor and -sickly lands, just in proportion will our finest and best acres -depreciate in value. This is a question big with interest to our -people, beside which others sink into nothingness.” Application: -The colored laborer is becoming a settled, independent property -holder, and his own master. When he can work, buy and sell for -himself, and own his cabin, he is emancipated from domineering -dictation. Whoever owns his own labor must control the market. - -—After all, there is an inclination to block this aspiration of -the colored man. The _Atlanta Constitution_ holds that it is an -open question whether this effort should be encouraged. It holds -that there are two solutions of the labor problem which is now -vexing the farmers. Either the negro must be made comfortable as a -tenant, or he must be encouraged to provide himself a home. Either -something like the English tenant system must be adopted or the -system of small farms will prevail. There is something peculiarly -attractive in this English system. Whether it could be made to fit -the peculiar needs of the present and the contingencies of the -future, is a question that the editor is not just now prepared to -discuss. - -—The colored man being an American citizen, it is improbable -that the English tenant system can be made to fit his case. The -rights of citizenship will secure to him the rights of labor. -The homestead delivers him from serfdom, and secures to him the -independent ballot. - -—Many influential colored men are advocating colonization as a -remedy for the evils that afflict their race. One says, “We cannot -get equal rights in the South before the law. A white man will -pay ten dollars for the same offence that a negro will go to that -second death, the chain-gang, for.” He also says, “There are some -counties in Georgia, and in every one of the Southern states, where -a white man will whip a negro just the same as formerly.” Again, a -certain lawyer defending a white man the other day, at Jefferson, -in Georgia, said, “God made the negro inferior, and the white man -was justified in killing the negro for insulting him.” The jury -acquitted the white man (Atlanta _Rep._, March 1). The darkness -still lingers. - -—The _Marietta Journal_, Cobb County, Ga., reports that a young -colored man, now a school-teacher, but who has been studying law -for the last three years, will soon apply for admission to the bar, -and says that he is so thoroughly prepared that his application -cannot be denied. - -—A National Emigration Aid Society has been organized at -Washington, with Senator Windom at its head, its object being to -assist and regulate emigration from the South to the West. Rev. Dr. -J. E. Rankin is one of its Executive Committee, as are also Senator -Hamlin, Representative Garfield and other leading men. - -—At the recent anniversary of the City Bible Society in Atlanta, -Ga., it was reported that the colporteur, who had just commenced -the canvass of the community, had found that of the first one -hundred and fifty-eight white families visited in the first ward, -_twenty-six_ were destitute of the Word of God; and that of the -first one hundred and seventy-two colored families visited in the -same ward, _forty-eight_ of them have no Bibles. Rev. Dr. Haygood, -who stated the fact, said that it had surprised and gratified -him to find that so large a proportion of the colored families -had supplied themselves with the Scriptures. It gave him great -encouragement for the welfare of the country. Of one hundred and -seventy-two colored families, one hundred and twenty-four had the -Bible. This people hunger for the Word. Here is a wide field for -the American Bible Society. - - -Africa. - -—The Church Missionary Society has ordained missionaries at nine -stations on the River Niger, under the charge of the native Bishop -Crowther. At some of these stations the idols have already been -given up. At others there has been long and severe persecution, -which, however, appears to have largely broken down. On the whole, -these missions have been a great success. - -—The “_Cardiff Livingstone Mission_” (Welsh) was originated about -three years ago, and has two stations on the Congo River. - -—Dr. Laws and Mr. Stewart, of the Scottish Missionary Society on -Lake Nyassa, are examining the country on the west coast of the -Lake to find a permanent location better adapted to the wants of -the mission than Livingstonia. They have visited several of the -tribes, being received with some suspicion, and finding it hard -to make it understood that they are neither there to fight nor to -trade. At last advices (Oct. 30th) they were still investigating. - -—Gordon Pacha, Governor-General of Southern Egypt, reports that -the capture of all the slave depots is considered certain. The -Egyptians, he says, killed ten chiefs and 2,000 men while following -up a victory they had gained over the slave-traders. - -—The steamer Kangaroo, with part of the cable to be laid between -Natal and Aden, last month left the Thames for Natal via the Suez -Canal. The Natal and Zanzibar section will be open for business in -July. This will place South Africa within a week’s communication of -London. The remainder of the line will be completed before the end -of the present year. - -—Mr. Henry M. Stanley is reported to be now on his way to Zanzibar -with a commission from the King of the Belgians to re-organize the -hitherto unsuccessful Belgian expedition. - -—The Khedive has dismissed his English and French Ministers, and -appointed a Cabinet composed exclusively of his own subjects. He -has also prepared a financial scheme on his own account, and set -aside that of the English financier. This revolutionary conduct -will re-awaken anxiety in both England and France, for the future -of Egypt and for the safety of European capital invested in that -country. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE FREEDMEN. - -REV. JOS. E. ROY, D. D., - -FIELD SUPERINTENDENT, ATLANTA, GA. - - * * * * * - - -A TOUR INTO THE SOUTHWEST. - -Through Alabama, Mississippi and Texas. - -It took seven weeks. It started off with a week in the revival -meeting at Talladega College, where some score and a half of souls -were hopefully led to Christ. - -I tarried for a day at Montgomery to contract for the repairing and -re-painting of the Swayne School building, and for the re-renting -of the same. Erected by the Freedmen’s Bureau, it had been put -into the hands of a local Board of Trust, and by that Board it had -been leased for ten years to the American Missionary Association, -which, after running it for several years, sub-rented it to the -City Board of Education—the A. M. A. giving the rent, keeping -the house in repair and appointing the teachers, the city paying -the salaries. This arrangement was renewed for another five years -by the appropriate legal papers. The teachers and the pastor’s -family—that of Rev. Dr. Flavel Bascom, for the winter—are domiciled -in the “Home.” A quiet, persuasive spiritual work was at that time -manifest in the school. The pastor was found to be happy in his -work, and to have made many friends in the city, being a regular -member of the weekly ministers’ meeting. - -On the tour a week was given to New Orleans for the inspection -of the church and educational work in that vicinity, and for -attendance upon the first meeting of the Sunday-school Association -of Louisiana. This cause got a grand send-off. The Northern helpers -were greatly useful. The Freedmen’s interest was well represented in -the Association, as reported last month. The Straight University, -with its edifice rebuilt upon a much better location, was found -in a healthy working condition, with 200 pupils in the academic -department; twenty-five in the law department, one-half of them -white; and ten in the theological. The Central Church—Pres. -Alexander, pastor—had been having a revival that had brought in -a score of members. The three or four other churches were found -in a hopeful condition under their native pastors. Great was the -satisfaction in preaching for some of these congregations. Straight -is now in great need of dormitory buildings for boarding students. - -A couple of days was given to Terrebonne parish in preaching for -Rev. Daniel Clay, and in visiting the other pastors and churches -under his fatherly eye. Mr. Clay, a son of the great “Commoner,” is -doing much in bringing the Gospel among the common people of his -race. - -The tour led us by another cluster of Louisiana churches, the one -centering at New Iberia, on the Bayou Teche, in the region of the -ancient settlement of “Evangeline’s” story. Two parish seats and -three settlements belong to this cluster. All but one have plain -houses of worship. All are under colored preachers. At New Iberia, -besides fair public schools for the Freedmen, there is a fine -select school in Grant Hall, built by the colored people. Three -sermons sought to confirm these churches in the Gospel way. - -Thence across the Gulf to Texas. The Barnes Institute, at -Galveston, built by the Bureau, and run for a time by the American -Missionary Association, is now used for a Freedmen’s public school, -with four teachers and over three hundred scholars. At Houston the -“Gregory Institute” duplicates the history of “The Barnes,” and is -doing remarkably well. Such is also the story of the Institute at -Waco. The American Missionary Association may count in with its -best work the founding of these Institutes, which being well set up -have flowed into the public school system. The impetus given and -the standard put up yet abide in large measure. - -The tour finds its western limit at San Antonio, that ancient seat -of Spanish Romanism, with its antique mission fortifications yet -standing in their frowning strength. That early pre-emption secures -two-thirds of the present population, 21,000, to the Romanists, who -have three massive stone cathedrals—one for the Spanish, one for -the German and one for the English speaking people, and who have -their extensive Nunnery and Jesuit College, which are patronized -not a little by American families. This city is the metropolis for -Southwestern Texas, which is as large as the whole of New England. -It has also an immense wholesale trade with cities in Mexico. San -Antonio becomes also a strategic point for Protestantism. The M. -E. Church North is just now establishing itself here at large -expense. The colored people are well supplied with churches and -schools. The second best Protestant church edifice is that of -the African M. E. Church, just completed, at a cost of $8,000, -and nearly all paid for. Superintendent West was there the same -Sabbath, reconnoitering. He was urged by the M. E. South people to -remain and hold a protracted meeting; but a campaign just at hand -in Massachusetts prevented. Western Texas was suffering dreadfully -from an eight months’ drought. The plain of San Antonio was an -exception, being irrigated by the waters of the mighty springs just -above the city, which, forming the San Antonio River, furnish the -hydrant supply for that great population, and send babbling streams -through all the streets and over all the surrounding gardens and -farms. So may that sainted city be a fountain of moral refreshing -in all that region! - -The Tillotson Normal Institute of Texas, under the excellent Mrs. -Garland, has already sent out twenty teachers. Its beautiful site, -overlooking the city, is this summer to be crowned with its comely -edifice, which, beyond the outer shell, is to await the incoming -of funds for its completion. This trip has resulted with me in a -profound impression as to the need of this institution and as to -the grand sweep of its future usefulness. Nothing better can be -done for the Freedmen of Texas. This empire, stretching a thousand -miles on the Rio Grande and eight hundred miles eastward to the -Sabine, calls mightily for such an institute to train those who -shall be the teachers of her sable children. These immense areas of -cheap, rich, southern lands, that were never cursed by the filth of -slavery, are calling in the Freedmen to take to themselves homes -and farms and the respectability that comes from ownership of the -soil. Such people, most of all, hunger for good schools. Texas -is liberal toward her colored school children. To furnish them -teachers, skilled in the art and trained so that they shall exert a -wholesome social and spiritual influence, is the great desideratum. - -The cluster of churches made up of Corpus Christi, Goliad, Helena, -Schulenburg and Flatonia, are organized into the Congregational -Association of Southwestern Texas. The only two without houses of -worship are now moving to purchase “church houses.” Rev. B. C. -Church is a very patriarch among them. Rev. S. M. Coles, pastor -and teacher at “Corpus,” is a colored graduate of Yale. Brothers -Thompson and Turner, native pastors, are sound, pure and able men. -It was a treat to minister the Word to each of these hungering -congregations. - -At Flatonia, when the local authorities went back upon their -promise of the public school-room for a service which had been -advertised in the town newspaper, because the white citizens would -not allow that place to be used by “niggers,” we resorted to the -platform of the R. R. Station, in the center of the village, and -had a rousing open-air meeting that attracted many of the white -citizens, who were cordially welcomed to our place of worship, for -our God is no respecter of persons. At Corpus Christi a two days’ -meeting followed upon some special interest, under the preaching of -Mr. Thompson, which had greatly confirmed the church, and had added -a half dozen to the company of the believers. - -One day by the mail-schooner from “Corpus” to Indianola, another -day by steamer to Galveston, and a third day by Morgan’s line, -carried the tour back to New Orleans. A day there for supplementary -reconnoissance, a Sabbath with the thriving church of Rev. D. L. -Hickok, and the Emerson Institute at Mobile, and then a long run -up to Atlanta finished this tour of many hundred miles among our -schools and churches of the Southwest. - - * * * * * - - -GEORGIA. - -A Lady Missionary Needed. - -REV. S. S. ASHLEY, ATLANTA, GA. - -I desire to call your attention to the need of a missionary for -this city. This has been a pressing necessity in all the past of -the work here, but at present is more urgent than ever. This city -is rapidly increasing in population. The increase of the colored -population keeps pace with the white in numbers, and far outstrips -the white in ignorance and poverty. The number of vagabond black -children here would astonish you. On the Sabbath, the vacant lots -and outskirts of the city are thronged with them. They are without -parental restraint, and never attend meeting or Sabbath-school. -They are ripening in vice and crime. There is a chain-gang in the -city, composed, as I learn, of boys ranging from ten to fifteen -years of age. There are many children among the county convicts. -Thus they are drifting to the penitentiary and to ruin. Once in the -penitentiary, they are lost, for the convict prison system of this -State is bad. - -This city is full of devil-traps. These strangers who are moving -in will largely become victims. Now, we should have some agency by -which as many as possible of these families can be reached. Their -domestic condition is deplorable. In fact, this may be said of the -colored families generally of the South. They need influences and -instruction that can best, and, as I believe, only be carried to -them by a woman missionary. The women, the mothers, the homemakers -of this people, must be instructed and led to better things in -their homes. They must be seen in their houses. With such homes -as are common among them, it is well nigh impossible for them to -be Christians. Large families living in one room—you know how it -is—comfort, cleanliness, modesty and religious devotion are almost -impossible. Illiterate, the Bible must be read to them; ignorant -of their moral duties as parents, they must be taught. Strangers -to domestic comforts and necessities, they must be made acquainted -with them. Superstitious and fanatical, they must be introduced -to places and modes of a scriptural, instructive and reasonable -worship—a thousand matters of great importance must be brought -to their attention and kept before their minds, until the proper -impression is produced. This can only be done by a missionary -moving about among them _at their homes_. This person should be a -woman, because women are principally to be reached. Now, can you -not commission Miss Stevenson for this work? In connection with -her school, she now does a great deal in this direction, but not a -tithe of what needs to be done. She is thoroughly acquainted with -all these people, has had ten years’ experience among them, and -is admirably adapted to the work. She has a heart for it. Please -consider this. - -Another matter: The young men connected with this church and -congregation have organized a Library Association. A Library has -been started—number of volumes at present very small. I have -thought that perhaps you had in or about your office some spare -books that you could send to us. We want to build up a Parish -Library. I should like, especially, some works on Africa. - - * * * * * - - -ALABAMA. - -Tenantry—A Promising Field—Politics. - -REV. FLAVEL BASCOM, D.D., MONTGOMERY. - -I gave you some first impressions on entering the service of the A. -M. A. last autumn, and you now ask for my impressions after three -months’ experience and observation. - -So brief a residence in a single Southern city does not qualify -one to speak with authority on the various questions pertaining to -your work among the Freedmen; but it does enable him to test your -methods and to examine the results achieved. He can thus judge -of the adaptation of means employed to the ends desired, and can -forecast the future with more confidence. - -There are some things of which I am fully persuaded, by my short -residence at the South; one of these is, that the colored people in -this country are not dying out. I occasionally hear it said that -they are. Possibly the wish is father to the thought. But they are -not only here to stay, but they are here to multiply and increase -as did the Jews in Egypt; and they are already so large a factor -in our population that their character and condition are to affect -the character and welfare of our country far more than is generally -realized. - -I have been happily disappointed in witnessing the industry and -thrift of the Freedmen as mechanics and common laborers; the -colored men seem to do very nearly all the work which is done, and -with the aid of the women, who are equally industrious, they secure -an honest and, what is to them, a comfortable living. - -The most dependent and least progressive class of the Freedmen are -those who work the plantations on shares. The planter dictates his -own terms to the tenant—furnishes him team and tools at his own -price—sells him provisions on credit at rates far above the cash -market price, and then charges interest, fixing the per cent. to -suit himself. When the crop is gathered, if the renter does not -find himself in debt to his landlord, he is more fortunate than -many. He rarely finds himself richer for his summer’s work. The -simple rules of arithmetic, thoroughly understood by the tenant, -will remedy all this; and when I hear the colored children at -school reciting the multiplication table so enthusiastically, I am -sure it is a prophecy of a “good time coming” to them. - -My observation convinces me that the colored people are very -desirous for the education of their children, and that their -children acquire learning with as much facility as any other class. -Let all the colored children and youth of the Southern States have -access to schools conducted by competent teachers, and in a very -few years they will solve the political and social problems that -are just now so embarrassing. They will not only take care of -themselves, but they will be very valuable auxiliaries in taking -care of the nation. - -I find in the colored churches of different denominations specimens -of very estimable Christian character. I find, also, just those -infirmities which I should expect if God made the Caucasian and the -African of the same blood. - -I have found the colored congregations very decorous and eagerly -attentive to the preaching of the Gospel. I find them quite -accessible for religious conversation, and apparently thankful for -the interest manifested in their behalf. They furnish, therefore, -a field for Christian effort that is full of promise. If there -is another missionary field more inviting, or promising richer -harvests to faithful culture, I know not where it is found. - -I am profoundly impressed with the importance of the schools, -and especially of the higher institutions established by the -American Missionary Association, and by the Mission Boards of -other Christian denominations. These institutions must train -multitudes of competent teachers, who will educate the masses. In -these institutions must also be educated a native ministry to meet -the wants of their people at home, and to carry the Gospel to the -dark continent from which their fathers came. It is difficult to -conceive of a work more important, or promising more beneficent -results, than that which is being done by the higher educational -institutions for the Freedmen. The importance of enlarging their -capacity for receiving pupils, and enabling them to aid indigent -pupils in defraying the expenses of their education, cannot be -over-estimated. - -The relation of the Freedmen to politics raises questions that are -very perplexing and threatening. The Southern States have, for the -present, virtually disfranchised the colored men; and they seem -united and firm in the purpose to exclude them from all influence -in politics, unless they will vote for the party that so recently -sought to perpetuate their bondage by a dissolution of the Union. -What, then, should the colored men do, and what should their -friends do for them? Many of them are intelligent and patriotic, -and worthy to have a share in the government of the State and -the nation. But many of them are as utterly unfit, at present, -for such responsibility as are the most ignorant classes in our -Northern cities; but they are improving. Every year adds to their -intelligence, and if the helping hand of Christian philanthropy is -not withheld, they will, by education, by temperance, by morality -and more intelligent piety, by industry and the accumulation of -property, win for themselves a position of respectability. They -will not then need soldiers to protect them at the polls. They -will take care of themselves. Their ballots will be received and -counted. Not only so, among the whites there will be two parties, -as of old, that will vie with each other in soliciting the colored -vote, by out-bidding each other in the promise of favors in return. -Is it not wisdom, then, for the colored man patiently to bide his -time, meanwhile striving more earnestly for the qualifications than -for the rights of a voter? And is it not wiser for the friends -of the Freedmen to furnish him every facility for acquiring the -qualifications of a voter, than to wrangle forever about his rights? - - * * * * * - - -Emerson Institute—Early Discouragements, Later Encouragements. - -REV. D. L. HICKOK, MOBILE. - -For various reasons, among them the sickness of yellow fever, our -work here commenced under very unfavorable circumstances. Our -school opened the 20th of November, almost two months after the -regular time, with only 17 scholars the first week, and with but -little prospect of any considerable increase. The teachers were all -new except Miss Stephenson, and hence they did not know what to -expect, and therefore not enough about the work to be discouraged. -Ignorance, sometimes at least, is bliss. If it did not give us -faith, it saved us from being faithless. There are some things that -are food in a negative way by preventing the usual waste in the -system. Knowledge is power. Ignorance is somewhere along there when -it saves us from the need of power. We accepted what we found as -being all that we had any right in our simplicity to expect, and -carefully hid it as leaven in the meal. The leaven, however, seemed -wonderfully “little,” and the meal a great deal more than three -measures; but God has blessed our work beyond our expectation and -faith. The measure, “according to our faith,” was pressed down and -running over. Our numbers rapidly increased so that by Christmas -we had about 75 scholars, and after the holidays our numbers came -up to more than 150. We still have accessions every week, and the -prospect is that before the close of the year we shall have more -scholars than we have room for. Already the primary room is filled -beyond its seating capacity. - -The school has at present four departments: the primary, which -numbers about 60; the intermediate, which numbers between 40 and -50; the normal, which numbers about the same, and the higher -normal, which at present is only a small class studying Latin, -geometry and natural philosophy. The “A” class of the normal, which -is quite large, will soon be in this department. - -We feel that we are having the confidence and co-operation of the -colored people. The last few weeks has encouraged us very much. -We recently had a literary, musical and social entertainment for -the pupils and patrons of the school. It was held in the normal -room of our building, which we also use as an assembly room, where -we provided extra seats somewhat beyond rather than according to -our faith; but not only was every seat filled, many went away -because they could not even find standing room. At the close of the -literary exercises the pupils brought forward their parents and -friends and introduced them to the teachers, when sociability and -“the shaking of the hands” became the order for the remainder of -the evening. - -The history of our school work for the past few months is repeated -in our Sabbath-school and church work. We began with scarcely more -than five loaves and two fishes. At the first religious meeting -which I attended there were just seven present—five colored and two -white people. What were they among so many? But God has graciously -given us the increase here also. Our Sabbath-school now numbers -60, with 10 teachers, and is increasing every Sabbath. It is yet -a small school, indeed, but it is in good working order. The -machinery is complete in all its parts. Its lack is inward rather -than outward. It needs only the animating power of the Holy Spirit -to make it a living body. We have got the dust together and have -formed it, and we are praying that God would breathe into its -nostrils that it may become a living soul. To this end the teachers -have just resolved to hold a half-hour prayer-meeting at the close -of the school each Sabbath. - -Our church is quite small. Congregationalism makes but little show -in this typical Southern city. It will be a good many years before -we have New England on the Gulf; yet I believe the leaven is here -that is to leaven the lump. Our church contains a few earnest, -faithful workers. There are those who have watched with Christ in -the dark hour. Their days of vigilance will soon be over, when they -may sleep in Jesus and take their rest. May God bless them! - - * * * * * - - -A Revival of Education—A Useful Church. - -REV. GEORGE E. HILL, MARION. - -I cannot say that we are enjoying a revival of religion, but we -are in the midst of a revival of education, which is here at the -South, emphatically, the handmaid of the Gospel. The Lincoln Normal -Institute, for colored pupils of both sexes, was founded in 1869 by -the A. M. A. Six years ago it passed into the hands of the State, -which makes an annual appropriation of $4,000 for the teachers’ -salaries. - -This year the school has taken a fresh start, having enrolled -217 pupils, and a new building is about to be erected for their -accommodation. In the Normal Department for the training of -teachers, there are classes in Latin, Greek and French, as well as -the higher English branches. The order and discipline are equal to -the average of our high schools at the North. Its pupils sustain -a literary society, for weekly essays and discussions, and also -publish a monthly paper. One young man walks ten miles every day to -attend the school. - -The influence of such an institution is felt in the very -atmosphere. The fever for learning is contagious. Men who work hard -all day in the field or at their trade are so eager for knowledge -that, to meet the demand, classes have just been organized for a -night school. - -Meanwhile our little church is keeping on the even tenor of its -way. There have been several hopeful conversions, and four are -about to unite by profession. No falling off in attendance on -Sabbath or evening meetings. Four of our young people are this year -at Talladega College, and two promising young men have the ministry -in view. Nineteen were present at our teachers’ meeting last week. - -At the “Home” we have three meetings Sunday evenings: one for -women, one for boys, and a girls’ class prayer meeting, with a -kindergarten for the little ones during the week. - -One of the pleasant incidents in our winter’s work has been the -distribution of five barrels of clothing from kind friends at the -North. The people are poor, but not penurious. A girls’ sewing -class has sent $21, the avails of their handiwork, for the Mendi -Mission, and the church appropriates the “weekly offering” once a -month towards the pastor’s salary. - -It is truly delightful to see the readiness of this people for -religious instruction, and to witness the fruits of our labor in -their marked elevation. They are quick, industrious, pleasing, -and unobtrusive in their manners, with a decided distaste for -“loudness” of every sort; showing, too, as much decorum at church, -and as proper a regard for the Sabbath, as I have ever seen in any -community. - -From all which, it may be inferred that here, at least, the -uplifting process has already passed the stage of incipiency. - - * * * * * - - -LOUISIANA. - -Concert—Last Year’s Graduates—Gifts Acknowledged. - -PROF. J. K. COLE, STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY. - -We have reached another mile-stone in our school work. Many of our -older pupils, especially the senior class, would have been glad to -keep in harness, but circumstances were favorable for a two days’ -break in school routine, and we have it. - -Last evening the singing class, under the direction of Prof. -McPherron, gave a concert at Central Church. The house was filled -with as fine an audience as could be gathered in any city. There -was a generous sprinkling of “white folks,” including several of -the local board of trustees and other appreciative friends. The -proceeds will help some of our needy students to books; while a -greater and more lasting good will result from the influence of the -music sung—not upon those only who took part in the singing, but -upon the large audience who listened so attentively, and who were -cheered and encouraged by what the young people of their race are -doing. - -New scholars come in almost every week, and though some drop out -our number is kept well up to 200. - -We hear interesting and encouraging reports from our last year’s -graduates, who are all teaching. Dr. J. E. Roy has lately seen two -of them, and reports that they are doing well. One has an evening -school for the parents and older ones, and both are doing good work -in Sabbath-school. - -In a letter just received from one of them she says that she has -to humor the parents in their whims, or they keep their children -out of school. She writes: “Before school began my ability to -teach was doubted by a father. He wanted to get a book for his -son, who had never been to school; he intended to buy a Webster’s -speller. I told him what book he needed, but he would not get it -until many of the patrons of the school reasoned him into it. I -have a Sabbath-school, which is almost beyond my ability to teach. -I am superintendent, treasurer, secretary, and everything. I find -it difficult to interest the children. Last Sabbath there was an -attendance of twenty-seven.” Of her day-school she writes: “It is -very difficult to make the children think that they do not know -everything. Many of them have been studying books that they cannot -even read understandingly. I am trying to govern by kindness as -much as possible, and punish only when I see that I cannot possibly -help it. I think the children are progressing as rapidly as they -could anywhere under like circumstances.” - -Thus the influence of our school and our teaching is extended, -and in this way are the masses to be reached. Christian people of -the North, let the means be liberally provided to educate these -_teachers_ who are to carry light and knowledge to their people. - -Our work is not all overspread with cloudless skies. We are under -many disadvantages, and experience some sore disappointments. -Not all whom we look upon with great hopes and earnest desires -that their future may be marked by Christian usefulness, meet our -expectations. We find careless and idle and heedless pupils; some, -though they are very eager to learn, and work hard, make very -slow progress; but, to the credit of this people be it said, a -stubborn or wilfully disobedient pupil is rare. On the whole, the -encouraging cases are largely in the majority, and the opposite -kind lead us to exercise more care, perseverance, patience and -prayerfulness. - -Our thanks are due to the ladies of the Congregational Church at -Colchester, Conn., and to the ladies of the Free Church, Andover, -Mass., for a barrel of bedding each, for the Mission Home. The -contents were especially acceptable at the time received, for the -Sunny South had on, just then, a decidedly winterish aspect, with -the mercury at 18 degrees. Now we are in the midst of spring, with -a profusion of orange blossoms, roses and green leaves. - - * * * * * - - -TEXAS. - -Revival—Ministerial Carpentry—Organ and Papers Needed. - -REV. S. M. COLES, CORPUS CHRISTI. - -“Surely the Lord is in this place and I knew it not.” I have been -led to feel the force of these words with somewhat of the surprise -of their author, within the last two or three weeks. My work among -this people has been, I confess, a little discouraging; but now the -Lord has smiled upon us, aye, He has showered upon us blessings -from heaven. Brother Thompson, from Helena, has been with us the -last four weeks. We have worked together, and God has crowned our -feeble efforts with success. In our conference we decided to hold -a series of religious meetings, intending thereby to stir up, if -possible, the members of the church to greater activity. These -meetings were commenced, and, as they continued, the interest -deepened, both Christians and sinners being impressed. Many rose -and asked the church to pray for them. To our great surprise -and joy, sinners have come flocking home, backsliders have been -reclaimed, the church has been made alive, and many out of Christ -are inquiring. The manifest result of our season of revival thus -far is, that six have been added to the church. Four young ladies, -all under twenty-three years of age, joined by the profession of -their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. One who had backslidden came -and acknowledged her sins, professing her belief that God had -forgiven the same, asked pardon of the church, and was received -back again into the fold. Another came, by letter, from the Baptist -church. He was formerly a member of this church, and, as he said, -he “only came back again.” And let me say, that these meetings -were not characterized by excitement; not the least “shouting” was -manifest during their continuance, but there was a deep seriousness -shown upon each countenance. The colored people here are so wild -and physical in their religious meetings, while our church is so -quiet, that they speak skeptically about our Christianity. An A. M. -E. minister asked one of our young converts to-day, when she was -converted. They are still looking through Elijah’s wind, earthquake -and fire for the appearance of God, and but few wish to receive Him -through the “still small voice.” - -Our financial condition is not what we could wish, but in the -circumstances I do not think it could be much better. The members -failed this year to meet their pledges; they are fifty dollars -short. But this was caused by having to meet unforeseen expenses. -We enclosed our church lot just before Christmas. I advised them to -do this, as the edifice was so much exposed. The carpenter’s work -I did myself, and charged them nothing for it. My Sabbath-school -is quite prosperous, but it is not so large now as it has been. -Children need something to draw their attention. I find that they -are wonderfully attracted by music. We need an organ; but we are -too poor to buy one. Will some kind friend send us an organ for our -Sabbath-school? I am sure that great good could be done with an -organ in attracting the attention of children and drawing them in -from the streets. There are numbers of children strolling around on -the Sabbath. Children here are allowed to go where they wish. If -they want to come to my school, they come; if not, they stay away; -and parents have but little influence over them in this respect. I -would like to capture such, and I think I should be able to do this -with music and papers. - -Cannot some of the friends of the missionary cause send us their -old Sabbath-school papers when they are done with them, remembering -that God will bless their beneficence? - - * * * * * - - -TENNESSEE. - -Material and Spiritual Value of the Yellow Fever Fund. - -MISS HATTIE A. MILTON. - -Various sums were sent to our treasury for the relief of the -yellow fever sufferers. This little fund has been distributed in -New Orleans, Memphis and Mobile. The accompanying letter from Miss -Milton shows the manner of its distribution in Memphis: - -“Most of those whom I found worthy of relief were people who were -suffering from the effects of the fever, and could only make money -enough to pay the rent. To such, a few barrels of coal or some -provision and shoes gave a start, so that they could get on very -well alone. We have had an unusually cold winter, and people have -consequently needed more fuel, the sickly ones often having to -remain in bed to keep warm. A pastor of one of the colored churches -has been a great help in this work, by reporting needy cases in -his part of the city. One poor woman, whom he reported, when -visited, said, ‘Sure the Lord must have sent you, for I have tried -ever since I had the fever to get help, but being blind could not -succeed.’ She was furnished with fuel and provision. She then said, -‘You see how good the Lord is to me because I trust Him.’ - -“Another man had always done very well until he had the fever, from -which he partially recovered, but had a relapse which laid him on -his bed for months. His wife also was sick, and the family were -in great distress when I visited them, and sent relief, which so -encouraged them that the man was soon able to be at work again, and -is doing well now. I had never gained access to this neighborhood -before, but by relieving this family I gained the confidence of -the people, and they invited me to hold a weekly prayer-meeting -there, which is well attended. Several families which have been -relieved now send their children to our Sunday-school. Although -several thousand dollars were sent here to relieve yellow fever -sufferers, many of the colored people received but little, some -nothing. It is very sad to hear of those who were so feeble that -they could not stand in the ranks to await their turn at the relief -office, but sat on the ground till night came, and then receiving -no attention, went home to die! One man, who had always been a good -provider, sent his family to the country during the fever, but fell -a victim to it himself, and died, leaving his wife a nice house -and lot, but with several debts unpaid, and not a dollar for her -support. Within a week after his death a beautiful baby opened its -wondering eyes for the first time in this world of trouble. The -poor heart-broken mother, instead of welcoming the tiny, helpless -creature, only looked at it with tearful eyes and an aching heart, -as she had nothing for it, most of their clothing being burned -when her husband died, to prevent the spread of the disease. When -I found her, the baby was three months’ old, and had never had but -two garments, and the mother could not leave the three little ones, -all under four years of age, to get work. She was relieved, and now -the cold is nearly over, and as she has rented her house and taken -small rooms herself, she saves a little money, which, with the work -she can get, will, she hopes, keep the wolf from the door, and she -is very thankful for the relief that came just when she most needed -it. - -“I will only add that this relief fund has at least doubled my -field of work, besides doing much to call the attention of the -people to our school. May God’s blessing rest on those interested -in this good work.” - - * * * * * - - - - -AFRICA. - - * * * * * - - -NATIVE PREACHERS—AN ADVANCE CALLED—TEN NEW -COMMUNICANTS—SUNDAY-SCHOOL NEEDS—THE FARM AND MILL. - -REV. A. E. JACKSON, AVERY STATION. - -We are all enjoying a moderate degree of health, which, of course, -is quite encouraging to one laboring in this country, and helps -him to enter upon the year’s work with renewed vigor. Finding -that I was unable to reach a very great number of country men who -live too far from my station to attend services, I have in such -localities established preaching stations conducted by the hands -employed in the Mission. They meet me each Saturday afternoon, so -that I may explain to them the passages of Scripture that they -are to use on Sunday at their respective stations. Great good is -thus being accomplished. One station, in a very beautiful little -town of about twelve hundred inhabitants, is conducted by my -interpreter. The meetings are full of interest, and doubtless great -good will be accomplished by its thus being established. The chief -himself is learning to take a very great interest in the meetings, -and, of course, if he expresses an interest in the meetings, the -subjects will always attend very largely. I hope to see the chief -converted before a very great while. Another station is maintained -in a smaller village, where I trust to see greater interest soon -manifested. - -Avery is the most interior station held by the American Missionary -Association in Africa. This one step has been taken, and a -sufficient time has elapsed since to teach us that it is all -important to push our work farther into the country. There lies on -either side of us a vast territory, densely populated by an anxious -and thirsty people who are dying for want of the truths of the -Gospel. - -In regard to the work at Avery, the new year has opened up quite -favorably to us in all our departments. The church I am glad to -say, is progressing far beyond all expectation. Sunday, Feb. 9, was -our communion day, and it did seem as if the presence of the Lord -was with each one in spirit and in power. There were added to the -church ten souls, who were that day with us permitted to partake -of the Lord’s Supper. Another feature connected with the church -work is full of interest, and that is the prayer meetings. They -are, as a general thing, largely attended by the country men, and -great interest is manifested among them. We hope that many will be -brought to the Lord during this year; but this will depend very -greatly upon earnest prayer on the part of the Christians at home. - -One thing is discouraging, and that is the condition of the -Sabbath-school. We have no papers, no Bibles, and scarcely any -singing-books, with which to carry it on. All who know anything -of Sunday-school work are perfectly aware that much depends upon -the interest that one is enabled to keep up among the children and -adults by such means; it is so with you in civilized countries, -much more so in a heathen country, where one is required to teach -them everything. Now I am sure that some Sunday-school or some -lover of the Christian cause will respond to this, my most humble -appeal in the name of Christ, and send such books, papers, etc., to -Avery Station as he can afford. - -The agricultural department is progressing nicely. Our coffee farm -is in a flourishing condition. Many of the trees are in bloom, and -some have on them many berries of coffee. I think by another year -a greater part of the trees will be bearing well. Our mill is now -undergoing repair, and we hope to have it in perfect running order -by April 1st. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE CHINESE. - - * * * * * - - -“CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.” - -Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association. - -PRESIDENT: Rev. J. K. McLean, D. D. VICE-PRESIDENTS: Rev. A. L. -Stone, D. D., Thomas C. Wedderspoon, Esq., Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon. -F. F. Low, Rev. I. E. Dwinell, D. D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S. -H. Willey, D. D., Edward P. Flint, Esq., Rev. J. W. Hough, D. D., -Jacob S. Taber, Esq. - -DIRECTORS: Rev. George Mooar, D. D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer, Rev. E. P. -Baker, James M. Haven, Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, Rev. John Kimball, -E. P. Sanford, Esq. - -SECRETARY: Rev. W. C. Pond. TREASURER: E. Palache, Esq. - - * * * * * - - -SOME POINTS ON THE CHINESE QUESTION. - -Rev. WM. C. POND, SAN FRANCISCO. - -1. There are two sides to the question. Many Christians, both -laymen and ministers, are earnestly opposed to Chinese immigration, -for reasons which seem to them ample and even imperative. As -against such reasons, vituperation and contempt fall powerless. But -it should be observed that these reasons do not—with, at most, two -exceptions—apply to Chinese immigration alone. The Irish laborer -underbid the native American, and crowded him out of the field. In -some cases great suffering temporarily ensued. But the American -at length found other and better fields to which, indeed, the -Irishman’s toil prepared his way. It would be so again. The Irish, -French and German immigrants have brought with them principles -and practices sadly at variance with those which gave us free -institutions, our Christian Sabbaths, and our happy homes; and -thoughtful Christians viewed this influx of an alien element with -great alarm for many years. For the same reasons, and some others, -they cannot but view with anxiety an influx from the heathen -nations over our Western sea. But what did we do about it in the -former case? Did we lock the door? Did we attempt to dyke back the -incoming tide? No; but we said, We will meet these people with the -Gospel; we will bring their children into our public schools; we -will make the very air they breathe redolent with the principles of -a genuine Christian liberty, and thus we will make them no longer -Irish, or French, or Germans, but, in the second generation, if not -the first, Americans all. And this process is saving the nation’s -life. Why not try it again with the new immigration from the old -Orient? - -2. But there are two _special_ reasons for opposing this Chinese -immigration; one is, that it consists of unmarried men, homeless -and vagrant, and our country needs homes; the other is, that they -are exceptionally clannish, refuse to associate and assimilate with -us, and remain, after thirty years, as much an alien race as when -they first arrived. I feel the force of these facts, but is there -not a cause? They are, it is true, a very conservative race; slow -to change, and ardently attached to their native land; but if it -were otherwise, I submit whether the courtesies they have received -are of the sort which would specially incline them to fall in love -with our country or ourselves. The Chinese _can be Americanized_; -and in response to treatment such as European immigrants receive, -would long ago have begun to make homes and to identify themselves -with us. And, by the grace of God and the power of the Gospel, -they might have been, and may yet be, educated into intelligent, -patriotic and useful citizens. He who doubts this ought no longer -to profess and call himself a Christian. - -3. There is no occasion to be frightened lest we be overwhelmed by -a rush of Chinese immigrants. The lapse of thirty years finds about -100,000 in the United States, and to-day they are going faster than -they come; going, not because they are frightened, but for the very -sensible reason that they can do better elsewhere. The supply has -exceeded the demand. The wealthier Chinese find their impoverished -countrymen thrown upon their charities, and they use every -influence they can bring to bear to restrain others from coming. -What if there are 400,000,000 of them just across the sea; they may -as well stay there and starve, as to come 10,000 miles and do the -same. If the recent bill had become a law, and had been executed, -no others in all the land would have profited by it so much as the -Chinese in California. - -4. The anti-Chinese mania seems to neutralize, even in otherwise -honorable men, all scruple about ascertaining the truth of -statements before they make them, or even about repeating -statements proven to be false. I brand it as a falsehood that the -Chinese in this country are in any sense coolies. They are freemen. -If they have borrowed money to come here, it has not been of the -Six Companies; nor are the terms on which such loans are made in -any wise different from those on which a New Englander might borrow -in order to “go west.” I brand it as a falsehood that there is -among them any _imperium in imperio_, defying our laws, and meting -out to its victims punishment even unto death. The Six Companies -are voluntary societies for mutual aid. Sometimes, instead of -going to law, our Chinese agree to refer matters in dispute to -the presidents of these companies as a board of arbitrators; but -such arbitration is in principle and practice exactly that which -American business men often resort to; exactly that which between -Christians ought to be always a sufficient substitute for suits at -law. Some years ago Chinese merchants were able to arrange with -the steamship companies to sell no tickets to Chinamen unless they -could show what has been incorrectly called a permit from one or -the other of these companies. The object was to prevent men from -leaving with their debts unpaid. In order to obtain one of these -passes, a man must announce at the office of the company to which -he belongs his intention of returning to China, and thus give his -creditors, if he have any, an opportunity to protest. The result -is, I suppose, that the glorious Anglo-Saxon liberty of running -away from unpaid bills is, for them, somewhat curtailed. But our -Congregational Association of Christian Chinese has the same -authority to issue passes that the Six Companies have, and its -passes are equally respected. And for years no Christian Chinaman -has recognized any obligation to either of these companies in any -way. I go into detail on this point, because much has been made of -it, as an out-cropping of that _imperium in imperio_ of which so -much has been said. It goes the length that I have stated, and no -further. - -Finally, I brand as falsehoods the representations constantly made -as to the success of missionary labor among the Chinese here. I -am sure that Mr. Blaine would not wilfully belittle such a work. -He is a follower of Christ, and a friend to his fellow-men, but -he has listened to those who were neither of these, or he would -never have said that “not one in a thousand have even nominally -professed a change from heathenism, and of this small number -nearly one-half had been taught in missionary schools in China.” -The known and counted results are more than five times as large -as the “missionary,” (?) whom he quotes, represents, and of them, -I venture to say, that not one in a hundred ever entered the door -of a mission-school in China; while their conversion has not -been merely nominal and negative, “_from_ heathenism,” but real -and positive, to a faithful, prayerful, earnest Christian life. -Meanwhile, there are grand results that cannot be measured, but -which will tell mightily on the future, in the starting of thought, -the loosening of the bonds of superstition, the _preparation_ of -the way of the Lord. - - * * * * * - - - - -RECEIPTS - -FOR MARCH, 1879. - - - MAINE, $38.80. - - Andover. S. W. Pearson, _for Student Aid_ $5.00 - Lyman. Cong. Soc. 7.05 - Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. 26.75 - - - NEW HAMPSHIRE, $397.51. - - Bennington. Miss Emily Whittemore, _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 75.00 - Concord. C. T. P. 0.50 - Exeter. “A Friend,” $10; Second Cong. Ch. Sab. - Sch., class of boys, $2.82, _for Chapel, - Wilmington, N. C._ 12.82 - Farmington. First Cong. Ch. 14.92 - Fisherville. J. C. Martin 10.00 - Francestown. R. G. Cochran 2.00 - Hanover. Dartmouth College Ch. $70 (of which - $50 for the debt. See debt receipts) 20.00 - Hollis. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.75 - Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. AMOS BAILEY - L. M. 35.00 - Lyndeborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.38 - Manchester. Jasper P. George 5.00 - Marlborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of which $5 - for a pupil Taladega C.) 25.10 - Nashua. Olive St. Ch. and Soc., $20.78; Miss - H. M. Swallow, $10 30.78 - New Ipswich. G. W. T. $1; A. N. T., $1—Ladies, - 75c _for Freight_; Miss A. W., 50c 3.25 - North Hampton. E. Gove 10.00 - Northwood Centre. J. M. M. 1.00 - Piermont. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $6.51; Mrs. - Marden, $3.50 10.01 - Portsmouth. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., Infant Class - of Mrs. E. P. Kimball, _for Chapel, - Wilmington, N. C._ 7.50 - Troy. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 - West Concord. Cong. Ch. 8.50 - —— “A Friend in N. B.” 100.00 - - - VERMONT, $240.92. - - Bradford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.71 - Burlington. (Winooski) Cong. Ch. 68.50 - Burlington. Third Cong. Ch. $13.47; N. S. H., - $1 14.47 - Corinth. Cong. Ch. 7.63 - Dummerston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.38 - East Berkshire. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.75 - Newbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.00 - North Craftsbury. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., bbl. of - Bedding and $3, _for Atlanta, Ga._;—Mrs. M. - C. P., $1; Others, $1 5.00 - Randolph Centre. First Cong. Ch. 7.00 - South Londonderry. Mrs. Betsey Gibson 10.00 - Stafford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 - West Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. 11.14 - West Randolph. M. A. and S. E. Albin, $6; S. - I. W., $1 7.00 - West Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.34 - - - MASSACHUSETTS, $1,970.60. - - Amherst. Second Cong. Ch. $9.25; Mass. Ag. - Col. “College Christian Union,” $3.25 12.50 - Andover. Free Ch. (of which $100 from Francis - H. Johnson) $184.58; South Cong. Ch. and - Soc. $41.31; Calvin, E. Goodale, $25 250.89 - Arlington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.50 - Athol. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. REV. HENRY - A. BLAKE L. M. 51.80 - Blandford. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Boston Highlands. Immanuel Cong. Ch. and Soc., - $100; H. W. T., 50c. 100.50 - Brocton. I. P. 0.50 - Brookline. S. A., E. H. C. 10.00 - Byfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.38 - Cambridgeport. Cash, $10; G. B. C., 50c 10.50 - Charlton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $10; Cong. Sab. - Sch. $5.69 15.69 - Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., - $66.96;—Mrs. R. G. P., $1, _for the aid of - Pupils, Talladega, Ala._ 67.96 - Chestertown. S. C. A. 0.50 - Clinton. First Evan. Ch. and Soc. - $75.23;—Ladies’ Missionary Soc., bbl. of C., - _for Fisk U. and City Mission Work_, and $3 - _for Freight_ 78.23 - Enfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $50; Ira D. - Haskell, $5 55.00 - Fair Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - Foxborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 52.00 - Framingham. “A Friend,” $30, to const. MISS - MARY BILLINGS L. M.;—Ladies of Plymouth Ch. - _for Freight_, $2 32.00 - Gardner. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Grantville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 75.94 - Great Barrington. L. M. Chapin 5.00 - Groton. Union Orthodox Ch. 20.82 - Groveland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00 - Haverhill. Joseph Flanders 5.00 - Holbrook. Sarah J. Holbrook, _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 25.00 - Holden. “Holden Benev. Soc.,” by J. Calvin, - _for Aid of Pupils, Atlanta U._ 10.00 - Holliston. Coll. No. 4 Sat. Evening Prayer - Meeting, by John Batchelder 25.00 - Littleton. Ladies’ Mission Circle 10.00 - Lowell. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of First Cong. - Ch. bbl. of C., _for Wilmington, N. C._ - Lynn. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.50 - Manchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.25 - Mansfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00 - Melrose. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. (in part) 42.05 - Millbury. M. D. Garfield 5.00 - Newbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.65 - North Abington. Freedmen’s Aid Soc., bbl. of - C. _for Fisk U. and City Mission Work_, “M. - A.,” $2 _for Freight_ 2.00 - Northampton. Sab. Sch. of First Parish 46.00 - Northborough. Mrs. A. E. D. F. 1.00 - Northfield. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.62 - North Hadley. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.45 - Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 38.45 - Norton. Wheaton Sem., _for Aid of Pupils, - Atlanta U._ 17.00 - Peabody. So. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.39 - Peru. G. Wells 1.51 - Phillipston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.17 - Plainfield. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dyer 10.00 - Quincy. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.00 - Rockland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 123.82 - Rockport. “A Friend.” 5.00 - Sandwich. Mrs. E. W. Wells, $5; Mrs. Robert - Tobey, $5 10.00 - Shelburne. Ladies of Cong. Ch. $2 and bbl. of - C. _for Montgomery, Ala._ 2.00 - Somerville. Broadway Cong. Ch. 14.50 - South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - South Byfield. Mrs. E. H. Evans 2.00 - South Framingham. G. M. Amsden 5.00 - South Royalston. Individuals, by Rev. C. L. - Tomblen 1.00 - South Weymouth. Union Cong. Ch. $60, to const. - MRS. HANNAH C. CUSHING and MRS. GEO. W. - CONANT L. M.’s; Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. - $41, to const. MRS. ALMATIA HEALD L. M. 101.00 - Springfield. First Ch., $57.25; Hope Ch., - $15.14; Mrs. Ira Merrill, $2 74.90 - Taunton. Ladies’ Sewing Circle of Winslow Ch., - $25 _for a Student, Talladega C._; also, box - of C. _for Talladega_, and $2 _for Freight_ 27.00 - Topsfield. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. box of C., _for - Wilmington, N. C._ - Waverly. Cong. Ch. and Soc. _for a Student, - Atlanta U._ 30.00 - Wellesley. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $5; L. B. H., - 50c 5.50 - Westborough. Cong. Sab. Sch., $48.84; Evan. - Cong. Ch. M. C. Coll., $14.84 63.68 - West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - West Stockbridge Village. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.94 - Wilmington. Mrs. E. M. G. Noyes, _for aid of - Pupils, Talladega, Ala._ 30.00 - Woburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 150.00 - Worcester. T. W. T. 0.51 - - - RHODE ISLAND, $30. - - Oak Lawn. Rev. Marcus Ames 10.00 - Providence. Mrs. Lucius Lyon, $10, _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._; E. Weston, $5 15.00 - Tiverton Four Corners. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - - - CONNECTICUT, $1,199.82. - - Bridgeport. First Cong. Ch. 83.96 - Brookfield. “A Friend” 5.00 - Canton Centre. Mrs. S. B. H. 1.02 - Chester. Cong. Ch. 36.80 - Collinsville. Mrs. Chidsey, _for Girl’s Ind. - Sch., Talladega, Ala._ 5.00 - Danbury. E. B. 1.00 - Danielsonville. J. D. Bigelow 4.00 - East Hampton. Talladega Soc. _for Aid of - Pupils, Talladega, Ala._ 22.00 - East Hartford. First Cong. Ch. 20.00 - East Windsor Hill. Bbl. of C. _for City - Mission Work_, and $1 _for Freight_; Mrs. - C., $5 6.00 - Fairfield. First Cong. Ch. 57.09 - Fair Haven. Second Cong. Ch. to const. HORACE - H. STRONG L. M. 40.00 - Franklin. Cong. Ch. 11.00 - Greenwich. Second Cong. Ch., $60; E. M., 50c. 60.50 - Guilford. Ladies of Third Cong. Ch. bbl. of - C., val. $25, and $5 _for Freight_ 5.00 - Hanover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.87 - Hartford. Windsor Av. Cong. Ch. $25.01; - Collected by Mrs. G. W. Root, $11.00 36.01 - Lakeville. Mrs. M. H. W. 1.00 - Ledyard. Cong. Ch. 14.38 - Lyme. J. A. R. 0.50 - Mansfield Centre. First Cong. Ch. 6.00 - New Britain. Mrs. N. H. 0.50 - New Hartford. Bible Class, by Rev. F. H. - Adams, _for Theo. Student, Fisk U._ 8.00 - New Haven. Ch. of the Redeemer, $130; Amos - Townsend, $35; East Cong. Ch., $12; 177.00 - New London. First Cong. Ch. $38.23; “A Thank - Offering,” $3 41.23 - New Preston. Rev. H. Upson 5.00 - Old Lyme. Cong. Ch. 14.10 - Plantsville. Individuals, by Rev. L. F. Berry 10.00 - Plymouth. Cong. Ch. 16.00 - Ridgefield. First Cong. Ch. 16.11 - Simsbury. First Cong. Ch. 19.00 - South Britain. “A Friend” 1.00 - Tolland. Cong. Ch. 4.54 - Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 423.81 - Woodbury. Benj. Fabrique 20.00 - West Meriden. Mrs. M. P. B. 1.00 - Wethersfield. Mrs. Mary D. McLean, box of - Books and $1.40, _for Talladega, Ala._ 1.40 - - - NEW YORK, $740.00. - - Batavia. “A. V. S. F.” 20.00 - Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., E. R. - Kennedy, Supt., $100, _for a Teacher_;—Miss - M. E. S., 50c.; Mrs. G. H., 50c. 101.00 - Chenango Forks. Cong. Ch. 1.00 - Churchville. Union Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Aid - of Pupils, Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Cincinnatus. “Cincinnatus” 10.00 - Copenhagen. E. G. 0.50 - Crown Point. First Cong. Ch., Mrs. Triphena - Walker 2.00 - Dryden. Mrs. L. M. K. 1.00 - Floyd. Welsh Cong. Ch. 4.00 - Flushing. First Cong. Ch. 13.00 - Fredonia. Presb. Sab. Sch., $15; “McK.,” $15, - to const. CHRISTINE GILBERT L. M. 30.00 - Gilbertsville. Rev. A. Wood 15.00 - Honeoye. Cong. Ch., $33, and Sab. Sch., $17 50.00 - Kiantone. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.25 - Livonia. G. W. Jackman, $10; M. A. Jackman, - $5; Mrs. Wm. Calvert (_$5 of which for - Chinese M. in Cal._) $10 25.00 - Lockport. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. Mrs. J. - E. MERRITT L. M. 30.00 - Malone. Mrs. H. R. Wilson 5.00 - Martinsburgh. Horatio Hough, $5; Mrs. Almira - Arthur, $3 8.00 - Middlesex. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Adams 10.00 - Millville. Cong. Ch. 10.34 - Morrisville. Cong. Ch. 27.61 - New Hamburgh. S. H. S. 0.50 - Newark Valley. LEGACY of a deceased Sister, by - Mrs. A. B. Smith 34.00 - New York. “X. Y. Z.,” _for Hampton Inst._, - $100;—Mrs. James Stokes, $10, _for Ch. Work, - Ogeechee, Ga._;—S. T. Richards, $6; Mrs. - Elizabeth Merritt, $5, Mrs. L. B. B., 50c.; - S. T. G., 50c.; American Tract Soc., Grant - of S. S. Papers, val. $30 122.00 - Oneida. S. H. Goodwin, $10; Edward Loomis, $2 12.00 - Oneonta. L. J. S. 0.50 - Orient. H. M. W. 1.00 - Parma. Mrs. Harriet Clark 5.00 - Peon Yan. F. O. Hamlin 20.00 - Poughkeepsie. Mrs. M. J. M. 1.00 - Pulaski. S. C. 1.00 - Seneca Falls. “A Friend” 50.00 - Sherburne. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 55.45 - Spencerport. S. V. and M. D., $1 each, _for - Freight_; Mary Dyer, $5, _for Student Aid, - Tougaloo U._ 7.00 - Spencertown. Rev. H. P. Bake 5.00 - Taberg. Aaron Stedman, $2; Dewey Hopkins, $2; - A. W., $1 5.00 - Turin. Mrs. Martha Woodworth 2.00 - Troy. Mrs. E. C. S. 1.00 - Union Valley. Dr. J. Angel 10.00 - Volney. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 6.94 - - - NEW JERSEY, $230.56. - - Morristown. Mrs. Ella M. Graves, _for Aid of - Pupils, Atlanta U._ 100.00 - Newark. C. S. Haines 40.00 - Orange Valley. Cong. Ch. 64.01 - Stanley. Hillside Missionary Sab. Sch. of - Cong. Ch., _for a Lady Missionary_ 25.00 - Vineland. Cong. Ch. of the Pilgrims 1.55 - - - PENNSYLVANIA, $14. - - East Springfield. Mrs. C. J. Cowles 2.00 - Farmer’s Valley. Mrs. E. C. O. 1.00 - Hermitage. W. F. Stewart, $4; E. P., $1 5.00 - Jeanesville. Welsh Cong. Ch. 5.00 - North East. C. A. T. 1.00 - - - OHIO, $463.68. - - Chatham Centre. Cong. Ch. 28.00 - Cincinnati. Vine St. Cong. Ch. $41.65; Rev. B. - P. Aydelott, D.D., $10 51.65 - Claridon. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Atlanta, Ga._ 7.00 - Clarksfield. Rev. J. M. and Mrs. H. B. Fraser 10.00 - Fostoria. C. M. 0.50 - Granville. Thomas D. Williams 5.00 - Harmar. Cong. Ch. 35.32 - Hartford. A. N., $1; J. M. J., $1; Miss H. J., - $1; S. C. B., $1; Others, $1 5.00 - Huntington. Edward West 25.00 - Kingsville. J. L. Gage 10.00 - Lyme. Cong. Ch. 22.58 - Mechanicsburgh. Mrs. M. K. H. 1.00 - New Richland. Elizabeth Johnston 2.00 - Oberlin. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $50, _for Ag’l - Dept., Talladega, Ala._;—First Cong. Ch. - $38.74; Second Cong. Ch., $10.39 99.13 - Ravenna. Ira B. Cutts 5.00 - Richfield. Mrs. Uri Oviatt, $5; Mrs. Sylvester - Townsend, $2.50 7.50 - Steubenville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for - Improvements, Tougaloo U._ 24.00 - Strongsville. Free Cong. Ch., $6, _for - Tougaloo U._;—“A Friend,” $3, _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 9.00 - Wakeman. Franklin Hale 100.00 - Wellington. C. F. 1.00 - Willoughby. Miss Mary P. Hastings, $10; - Florence A. Page, $5 15.00 - - - INDIANA, $5.50. - - Sparta. J. H. 0.50 - Winchester. Mrs. John Commons 5.00 - - - ILLINOIS, $748. - - Avon. Mrs. Celinda Woods 5.00 - Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. 4.00 - Chicago. Woman’s Miss. Soc. of Lincoln Park - Ch., _for Lady Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._ 17.00 - Dundee. Cong. Ch., $8; Mrs. Wm. D., $1 9.00 - Galesburg. ESTATE of Warren C. Willard, by - Prof. T. R. Willard 21.00 - Galesburg. Mrs. E. T. Parker, to const. DEA. - GEO. T. HOLYOKE L. M. 30.00 - Griggsville. Cong. Ch. 37.16 - Lyonsville. Ladies of Cong. Ch., box of - household goods, _for Montgomery, Ala._ - Naperville. A. A. Smith 5.00 - Odell. Mrs. H. E. Dana 10.00 - Peoria. Chas. Fisher, _for Student Aid, Fisk - U._ 12.00 - Plymouth. N. F. Burton 5.00 - Port Byron. A. F. Hollister 5.00 - Princeton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., $14.50, - _for Student Aid, Fisk U._;—Mrs. P. B. - Corse, $10 24.50 - Rockford. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for aid of - Pupils, Talladega, Ala._ 15.00 - Sycamore. A. S. 1.00 - Tonica. “V. G. S.,” $5; F. A. Wood, $2.50; “A - Friend,” $2.50 10.00 - Tolona. Mrs. L. Haskell 7.00 - Waukegan. Young Ladies’ Missionary Soc., $15; - Cong. Ch., $6.34 21.34 - Waukegan. “Friends,”, _for Freight_ 1.00 - Wheaton. First Cong. Ch. 8.00 - ——. “A Friend,” 500.00 - - - MICHIGAN, $567.75. - - Calumet. Cong. Ch., $238.25, to const. BERTHA - CALISTA CURTIS and HAROLD MORSE WRIGHT L. - M.’s.; Robert Dobbie, $20.50 258.75 - Churches Corners. Cong. Sab. Sch., $11.25; - H.C. 50c. 11.75 - Claire. A. H. Norris 5.00 - Detroit. Fort St. Cong. Sab. Sch., $50; Mrs. - Z. Eddy, $25; Miss Grout, $10; Cong. Sab. - Sch., $2; Miss L., $1; Miss H., $1; Mrs. C., - $1, _for Lady Missionary, Memphis. - Tenn._;—Mrs. D. P., $1; Mrs. A. D. G., $1; - Others, $2.50, by Mrs. J. A. Nutting 94.50 - Greenville. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 25.91 - Hancock. First Cong. Ch., $30; Sab. Sch. - Scholars, $1 31.00 - Imlay City. Cong. Sab. Sch., box of Books, - _for Montgomery, Ala._ - Leland. Cong. Ch. 7.00 - Milford. E. G. 1.00 - Pontiac. Cong. Sab. Sch., $1.40; Mrs. S. J. - C., $1; Dea. J. P. W., $1; Juv. Miss. Soc., - $1, 4.40 - South Haven. Clark Pierce 5.00 - Unadilla. Mrs. Agnes D. Bird, $4; Mrs. M. M., - $1 5.00 - Union City. Mrs. I. W. Clark and Miss Sarah B. - Clark, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00 - Vernon. BEQUEST of Sarah Holley, by D. C. - Holley 100.00 - Vienna Union Cong. Ch. 8.44 - - - WISCONSIN, $127.96. - - Arena. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Centre. Cong. Ch. 2.53 - Elk Grove. Cong. Ch. 8.00 - Milwaukee. Plymouth Ch. 36.70 - Oshkosh. Cong. Ch., $54.73; H. S. M., 50c. 55.23 - Shopiere. Cong. Ch. 15.00 - Shullsburg. Cong. Ch. 3.50 - Whitewater. Ladies of Cong. Ch., bbl. of C., - and house furnishing goods, val. $50 Mrs. - Coburn, $2, _for Montgomery, Ala._ 2.00 - - - IOWA, $1,175.15. - - Ashland. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., _for Tougaloo U._ 2.00 - Big Rock. Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Burlington. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 - Des Moines. Woman’s Miss. Soc. of Plymouth - Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00 - Grinnell. ESTATE of Charles F. Dike, by Mrs. - C. F. Dike, Executrix, 1,000.00 - Grinnell. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. and Friends, - $50, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._;—Cong. Ch., - $27.25 77.25 - Keokuk. Will Collier. Smith Hamill, and M. - Messer, $5 ea.; X. X. C., 50c., _for - Tougaloo U._ 15.50 - Nevinville. Cong. Ch. 2.40 - Traer. Mrs. C. H. Bissel, _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 5.00 - Waterloo. Rev. M. K. Cross 8.00 - - - KANSAS, $16.50. - - Bavaria. A. M. 0.50 - Brookville. Rev. S. G. Wright 15.00 - Eudora. Mrs. L. R. 1.00 - - - MINNESOTA, $53.89. - - Clear Water. Cong. Ch. 3.01 - Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 9.68 - Plainview. Woman’s Cent. Soc. 7.10 - Saint Paul. Plymouth Ch. 20.30 - Zumbrota. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.80 - - - NEBRASKA, $6.50. - - Hastings. Mrs. N. C. B. 1.00 - Fontanelle. “A Friend,” 5.50 - - - MISSOURI, 50c. - - Saint Louis. C. M. J. 0.50 - - - CALIFORNIA, $299.65. - - Los Angeles. Francis Wilson 15.00 - San Francisco. Receipts of the California - Chinese Mission 284.65 - - - OREGON, $1.55. - - Astoria. First Cong. Ch. 1.55 - - - KENTUCKY, $5.05. - - Berea. Cong. Ch. 4.55 - Germantown. H. N. 0.50 - - - TENNESSEE, $153.15. - - Memphis. Le Moyne Sch. 153.15 - - - NORTH CAROLINA, $133.24. - - Raleigh. Washington Sch. 35.80 - Wilmington. Normal Sch., $93.70; First Cong. - Ch., $3.74 97.44 - - - SOUTH CAROLINA, $271.75 - - Charleston. Avery Inst. 271.75 - - - GEORGIA, $581.71. - - Atlanta. Storrs Sch., $259.30; Atlanta - University, $87 346.30 - Macon. Lewis High Sch. 50.90 - Savannah. Beach Inst. 184.51 - - - ALABAMA, $921.81. - - Athens. Pub. Sch. Fund, $270; Trinity Sch., - $49.40 319.40 - Blount Springs. J. Q. A. E. 0.50 - Marion. Cong. Ch. 29.48 - Mobile. Emerson Inst. 204.50 - Montgomery. Swayne Sch. 175.00 - Selma. Cong. Ch. 5.10 - Talladega. Talladega College $174.28;—Governor - Parsons, _for Aid of Pupils, Talladega, - Ala._, $13.55 187.33 - - - LOUISIANA, $138.75. - - New Orleans. Straight University 138.75 - - - MISSISSIPPI, $35.55. - - Tougaloo. Tougaloo University 35.55 - - - TEXAS, $3. - - Brenham. Individuals, by Mrs. I. Howells, $2; - D. C., $1 3.00 - - - NOVA SCOTIA, $10. - - Yarmouth. Yarmouth Tabernacle Missionary - Asso., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00 - - - SANDWICH ISLANDS, $1,000. - - “A Friend” 1.000.00 - - - TURKEY, $10. - - Van. Dr. G. C. Reynolds and Wife 10.00 - - - INCOME FUND, $311.74. - - General Fund 311.74 - ————————— - Total 11,904.68 - Total from Oct. 1st to March 31st $77,638.09 - - H. W. HUBBARD, - _Ass’t Treas._ - - - RECEIVED FOR DEBT. - - Hanover, N. H. Dartmouth College Ch. $50.00 - Cromwell, Ct. M. G. Savage 13.00 - New Haven, Ct. Centre Ch. 25.00 - West Hartford, Ct. Charles Boswell 250.00 - Crown Point, N. Y. Mrs. George Page 25.00 - Madison, Ohio. Mrs. J. G. Fraser 3.00 - Northville, Mich. D. Pomeroy 5.00 - Saint Louis, Mo. Miss C. M. Janes 5.00 - Woodville, Ga. St. Phillip’s Soc., $2; Band of - Hope, $2.25 4.25 - Tougaloo, Miss. Tougaloo University 50.00 - ————————— - Total 430.25 - Previously acknowledged in Feb. receipts 24,488.97 - ————————— - Total $24,919.22 - - * * * * * - - RECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION. - - E. PALACHE, Treasurer. - - _From Dec. 20th, 1878, to March 20th, 1879._ - - 1. From auxiliaries: - Petaluma Chinese Mission—(for room) $65.00 - Sacramento Chinese Mission—(12 Annual - Memberships) 24.00 - Santa Barbara Chinese Mission—(4 Annual - Memberships: Rev. J. W. Hough, D. D., $2; N. - W. Winton, $2; Mrs. C. E. Huse, $2; Wong Ah - Yon, $2) 8.00 - —— 2.00 - Collection Annual Meeting 2.50 - Chinese Pupils 18.00 - Stockton Chinese Mission—Mrs. M. C. Brown 4.00 - Brown 4.00 - Chinese Pupils 2.50 - —————— - Total 126.00 - 2. From churches: - Oakland—First Cong. Ch. 36.15 - Sacramento—First Cong. Ch. 7.00 - San Francisco—First Cong. Ch. 49.50 - San Francisco—Bethany Ch., I. C. H. 2.00 - —————— - Total 94.65 - 3. From individuals: - Pescadero—Rev. W. C. Merritt 2.00 - San Francisco—Rev. J. Rowell 20.00 - Sonoma—“A Thank Offering” 10.00 - —————— - Total 32.00 - 4. From Eastern Friends: - Bangor, Me.—Unknown, by Rev. G. W. Field, D. - D., _for Barnes’ Mission House_ 12.00 - Auburn, Mass.—Cong. Sab. Sch., by Horace - Hobbs, _for Barnes’ Mission House_ 20.00 - —————— - Total 32.00 - —————— - Grand Total $284.65 - - * * * * * - - FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS. - - Cambridge, Vt. Madison Safford $25.00 - Groton, Mass. Mrs. Elizabeth Farnsworth 20.00 - Haverhill, Mass. Gyles Merrill and Wife 50.00 - Westfield, Mass. Miss E. B. Dickinson 100.00 - Hartford, Conn. D. H. WELLS, to const. himself - L. M. 50.00 - Oriskany Falls, N. Y. Joseph C. Griggs 24.00 - Union Springs, N. Y. Mrs. Mary H. Thomas 10.00 - West Farms, N. Y. Daniel Mapes 100.00 - Painesville, Ohio. Mrs. Reuben Hitchcock 100.00 - ———————— - Total 479.00 - Previously acknowledged in Feb. receipts 1,627.17 - ———————— - Total $2,106.17 - - * * * * * - - - - -Constitution of the American Missionary Association. - -INCORPORATED JANUARY 30, 1849. - - * * * * * - - -ART. I. This Society shall be called “THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY -ASSOCIATION.” - -ART. II. The object of this Association shall be to conduct -Christian missionary and educational operations, and to diffuse a -knowledge of the Holy Scriptures in our own and other countries -which are destitute of them, or which present open and urgent -fields of effort. - -ART. III. Any person of evangelical sentiments,[A] who professes -faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is not a slaveholder, or in the -practice of other immoralities, and who contributes to the funds, -may become a member of the Society; and by the payment of thirty -dollars, a life member; provided that children and others who have -not professed their faith may by constituted life members without -the privilege of voting. - -ART. IV. This Society shall meet annually, in the month of -September, October or November, for the election of officers and -the transaction of other business, at such time and place as shall -be designated by the Executive Committee. - -ART. V. The annual meeting shall be constituted of the regular -officers and members of the Society at the time of such meeting, -and of delegates from churches, local missionary societies, -and other co-operating bodies, each body being entitled to one -representative. - -ART. VI. The officers of the Society shall be a President, -Vice-Presidents, a Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretaries, -Treasurer, two Auditors, and an Executive Committee of not less -than twelve, of which the Corresponding Secretaries shall be -advisory, and the Treasurer ex-officio, members. - -ART. VII. To the Executive Committee shall belong the collecting -and disbursing of funds; the appointing, counselling, sustaining -and dismissing (for just and sufficient reasons) missionaries and -agents; the selection of missionary fields; and, in general, the -transaction of all such business as usually appertains to the -executive committees of missionary and other benevolent societies; -the Committee to exercise no ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the -missionaries; and its doings to be subject always to the revision -of the annual meeting, which shall, by a reference mutually -chosen, always entertain the complaints of any aggrieved agent or -missionary; and the decision of such reference shall be final. - -The Executive Committee shall have authority to fill all vacancies -occurring among the officers between the regular annual meetings; -to apply, if they see fit, to any State Legislature for acts of -incorporation; to fix the compensation, where any is given, of all -officers, agents, missionaries, or others in the employment of the -Society; to make provision, if any, for disabled missionaries, and -for the widows and children of such as are deceased; and to call, -in all parts of the country, at their discretion, special and -general conventions of the friends of missions, with a view to the -diffusion of the missionary spirit, and the general and vigorous -promotion of the missionary work. - -Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for -transacting business. - -ART. VIII. This society, in collecting funds, in appointing -officers, agents and missionaries, and in selecting fields -of labor, and conducting the missionary work, will endeavor -particularly to discountenance slavery, by refusing to receive the -known fruits of unrequited labor, or to welcome to its employment -those who hold their fellow-beings as slaves. - -ART. IX. Missionary bodies, churches or individuals agreeing to -the principles of this Society, and wishing to appoint and sustain -missionaries of their own, shall be entitled to do so through the -agency of the Executive Committee, on terms mutually agreed upon. - -ART. X. No amendment shall be made in this Constitution without -the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at a regular -annual meeting: nor unless the proposed amendment has been -submitted to a previous meeting, or to the Executive Committee in -season to be published by them (as it shall be their duty to do, if -so submitted) in the regular official notifications of the meeting. - -FOOTNOTE: - -[A] By evangelical sentiments, we understand, among others, a -belief in the guilty and lost condition of all men without a -Saviour; the Supreme Deity, Incarnation and Atoning Sacrifice -of Jesus Christ, the only Saviour of the world; the necessity -of regeneration by the Holy Spirit, repentance, faith and holy -obedience in order to salvation; the immortality of the soul; and -the retributions of the judgment in the eternal punishment of the -wicked, and salvation of the righteous. - - * * * * * - - - - -The American Missionary Association. - - * * * * * - - -AIM AND WORK. - -To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with -the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted its -main efforts to preparing the FREEDMEN for their duties as citizens -and Christians in America, and as missionaries in Africa. As -closely related to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted -CHINESE in America, and to co-operate with the Government in its -humane and Christian policy towards the INDIANS. It has also a -mission in AFRICA. - - -STATISTICS. - -CHURCHES: _In the South_—In Va. 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2; Ga., 12; -Ky., 7; Tenn., 4; Ala., 13; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2; Texas, 5. -_Africa_, 1. _Among the Indians_, 1. Total 66. - -INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE -SOUTH.—_Chartered_: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala.; -Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.; -and Austin, Texas, 8. _Graded or Normal Schools_: at Wilmington, -Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Macon, Atlanta, Ga.; -Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn., 11. _Other -Schools_, 18. Total 37. - -TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.—Among the Freedmen, 231; -among the Chinese, 17; among the Indians, 17; in Africa, 14. Total, -279. STUDENTS—In Theology, 88; Law, 17; in College Course, 106; -in other studies, 7,018. Total, 7,229. Scholars, taught by former -pupils of our schools, estimated at 100,000. INDIANS under the care -of the Association, 13,000. - - -WANTS. - -1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the -growing work in the South. This increase can only be reached by -_regular_ and _larger_ contributions from the churches—the feeble -as well as the strong. - -2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational institutions, to -accommodate the increasing numbers of students; MEETING HOUSES, for -the new churches we are organizing; MORE MINISTERS, cultured and -pious, for these churches. - -3. 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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 33, No. 5, May, 1879 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: January 15, 2017 [EBook #53966] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, MAY 1879 *** - - - - -Produced by KarenD, Joshua Hutchinson and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by Cornell University Digital Collections) - - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div> -<p class="float-left smcap">Vol. XXXIII.</p> -<p class="float-right smcap">No. 5.</p> -</div> - -<h1><span class="small">THE</span><br />AMERICAN MISSIONARY.</h1> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="wrap"><p class="centerline">“To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.”</p></div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="wrap"><p class="centerline xlarge">MAY, 1879.</p></div> - -<div class="wrap"><h2><i>CONTENTS</i>:</h2> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="toc" summary="Table of Contents"> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">EDITORIAL.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Paragraphs</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_129">129</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">The Land—Its Wealth and Its Want</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_130">130</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">War or Missions</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_132">132</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">The Negro Hegira</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_133">133</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Woman’s Work for Woman—Congregationalism in the South</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_135">135</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Items from the Field</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_137">137</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">General Notes</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_138">138</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE FREEDMEN.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Tour Into the Southwest: <span class="chaplinen">Rev. J. E. Roy, D. D.</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_140">140</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Georgia, Atlanta—<span class="chaplinen">Lady Missionary Needed</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_143">143</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Alabama, Montgomery—<span class="chaplinen">Tenantry, Promising Field, &c.: Rev. F. Bascom, D. D.</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_143">143</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Alabama, Mobile—<span class="chaplinen">Emerson Institute: Rev. D. L. Hickok</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_145">145</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Alabama, Marion—<span class="chaplinen">Revival of Education; Rev. Geo. E. Hill</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_146">146</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Louisiana—<span class="chaplinen">Straight University: Prof. J. K. Cole</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_147">147</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Texas—Corpus Christi—<span class="chaplinen">Revival</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_148">148</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Tennessee—<span class="chaplinen">Yellow Fever Fund</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_149">149</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">AFRICA.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Native Preachers—Advance Called, &c.</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_150">150</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE CHINESE.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Some Points on the Chinese Question:<span class="chaplinen">Rev. W. C. 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D., <i>56 Reade Street, N. Y.</i></p> - -<p class="position">DISTRICT SECRETARIES.</p> - -<div class="center medium"> - <span class="smcap">Rev.</span> C. L. WOODWORTH, <i>Boston</i>.<br /> - <span class="smcap">Rev.</span> G. D. PIKE, <i>New York</i>.<br /> - <span class="smcap">Rev.</span> JAS. POWELL, <i>Chicago</i>.<br /> -<br /> - EDGAR KETCHUM. <span class="smcap">Esq.</span>, <i>Treasurer, N. Y.</i><br /> - H. W. HUBBARD, <span class="smcap">Esq.</span>, <i>Assistant Treasurer, N. Y.</i><br /> - <span class="smcap">Rev.</span> M. E. STRIEBY, <i>Recording Secretary</i>.<br /> -</div> - -<p class="position">EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.</p> - -<table class="medium"><tr> -<td class="tdpr"> - <span class="smcap">Alonzo S. Ball</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">A. S. Barnes</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">Edward Beecher</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">Geo. M. Boynton</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">Wm. B. Brown</span>, -</td> -<td class="tdpr"> - <span class="smcap">Clinton B. Fisk</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">Addison P. Foster</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">E. A. Graves</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">S. B. Halliday</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">Sam’l Holmes</span>, -</td> -<td class="tdpr"> - <span class="smcap">S. S. Jocelyn</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">Andrew Luster</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">Chas. L. Mead</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">John H. Washburn</span>,<br /> - <span class="smcap">G. B. Willcox</span>. -</td></tr> -</table> - -<p class="center p1 small">COMMUNICATIONS</p> - -<p class="center medium">relating to the business of the Association may be addressed to -either of the Secretaries above; letters for the Editor of the -“American Missionary” to Rev. Geo. M. Boynton, at the New York -Office.</p> - - -<p class="center p1 small">DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS</p> - -<p class="medium">should be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Ass’t Treasurer, No. 56 Reade -Street, New York, or when more convenient, to either of the Branch -Offices, 21 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 112 West -Washington Street, Chicago, Ill.</p> - -<p class="medium">A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member.</p> - -<p class="medium">Correspondents are specially requested to place at the head of each -letter the name of their Post Office, and the County and State in -which it is located.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_129" id="Page_129">[129]</a></p> -<hr class="full" /> - - -<div class="article"> -<p class="center">THE</p> - -<p class="center xxlarge">AMERICAN MISSIONARY.</p> - -<hr class="full top" /> - -<div> -<div class="third" style="padding-left: 2%"><span class="smcap">Vol. XXXIII.</span></div> -<div class="third center">MAY, 1879.</div> -<div class="third right">No. 5.</div> -</div> - -<hr class="full bottom" /> - -<p class="center xlarge"><b>American Missionary Association.</b></p> - - -<hr class="tiny" /> - -<p>We wish to remind our readers that the offer of Mr. Arthington, as -it has come under our consideration by the report of the Foreign -Committee, and as it has been put before them by its publication -in the <span class="smcap">Missionary</span> for April, is still commended to their -consideration, and open to acceptance or declinature, as they may -decide. We are well aware that such great things are not to be -lightly or suddenly decided. It is a subject which demands careful -weighing, and all the light which may be gained from earthly -as well as from heavenly sources. The first offer was not made -suddenly or unadvisedly. Dr. O. H. White, of the Freedmen’s Aid -Society of England, writes us that he conversed with Mr. Arthington -about it more than a year ago, who said then, “<em>I will think of it, -and you pray earnestly that Robert Arthington may be led to a right -decision.</em>” We can say nothing better now. Do you, friends, think -about it, and we will pray earnestly that you may be led to a right -decision.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>We have just received from the estate of the late Charles Avery, of -Pittsburgh, Pa., $12,000 as an endowment, the interest to be used -in the work of African evangelization. As the money has just come -to hand as we are going to press, there has been no opportunity for -action on the part of the Executive Committee as to its specific -appropriation. It may be deemed advisable to use it in furtherance -of the mission proposed to us by Mr. Arthington, of Leeds, England.</p> - -<p>In behalf of Africa and her descendants on two continents, we -cannot forbear another tribute to the memory of Mr. Avery, and to -his executors who have so faithfully carried out his benevolent -wishes.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Rev. W. H. Willcox, of Reading, Mass., and his brother, Rev. G. -B. Willcox, D.D., of Stamford, Conn., have returned from a tour -among our institutions of the South, in which they have been -accompanied by District Secretary Pike. It is with no small degree -of pleasure that we record their great satisfaction in what they -saw and their hearty approval of the work, and the proof they have -given of their sincerity in it. It is well known that Mr. Willcox -has been acting in behalf of Mrs. Daniel P. Stone, of Malden, -Mass., in the distribution of a large fund among the educational -institutions of our land. As a result of his observation of the -work done at Atlanta and Fisk Universities, he has appropriated -one hundred<a class="pagenum" name="Page_130" id="Page_130">[130]</a> thousand dollars to be divided equally between these -two institutions. This affords aid, which is greatly needed, for -the enlargement of the work at these most important places. It -will go into buildings and other permanent equipment. We devoutly -wish that men and women who have money to give would go and do -likewise,—visit our institutions for the education of the Freedmen, -see the work which is being done, and the work which needs to -be done, and then act in the light they have gained from actual -observation.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Rev. B. C. Church, of Goliad, Texas, who has been long and -faithfully occupied in our service, needs a <em>buggy</em>, not for -pleasure-driving, we assure our readers, but that he may be able -to visit not only his immediate field, but the new station at -Flatonia, as often as may be needed for the supervision of that -new and promising work. He says “the running part will do, and a -second-hand one at that.” Surely that is a modest request. Is there -not some one of our readers who has such a vehicle to spare for the -Lord’s work, <em>top and all</em>?</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Two months ago, among our <cite>Items from the Field</cite> was a plea, -condensed into less than two lines, for an organ for the church at -Orangeburg, S. C. A few days after, Mr. S. T. Gordon generously -offered to give us the needed instrument, and it is now helping -“the service of song in the house of the Lord” in that place. -The pastor writes: “We have received that invaluable gift, the -cabinet organ donated by Mr. S. T. Gordon in aid of the day and -Sunday-school and church work in this field. For this goodness -the children, the congregation and ourselves unite in sending -Mr. Gordon and the A. M. A. ten thousand grateful thanks. And we -beseech the Lord to abundantly reward this labor of love. It will -afford us very great aid indeed.” It is encouraging to receive such -prompt responses to wants thus simply made known. We are emboldened -to call attention to a similar petition for an organ, in the letter -from Corpus Christi, Texas. What other generous and prompt friend -will be moved to answer, “<em>Here it is?</em>”</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>THE LAND—ITS WEALTH AND ITS WANT.</h3> - -<p>Among the explorers of the eastern part of Equatorial Africa no -other has given us so full descriptions of the land, its wants and -woes, and its brilliant possibilities, as Sir Samuel Baker. And he, -too, in his “Ismailia,” traverses largely the territory suggested -for our occupation by Mr. Arthington. The following paragraphs are -from his description of the natural scenery, and of the beauty and -fertility of the land on the east side of the Nile above and below -Fatiko. Is this not a pleasing picture of a portion of our proposed -field?</p> -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_131" id="Page_131">[131]</a></p> -<p>“I reveled in this lovely country. The fine park-like trees were -clumped in dark-green masses here and there. The tall dolape-palms -(Borassus Ethiopicus) were scattered about the plain, sometimes -singly, at others growing in considerable numbers. High and bold -rocks, near and distant mountains, the richest plain imaginable in -the foreground, with the clear Un-y-Amé flowing now in a shallow -stream between its lofty banks, and the grand old Nile upon our -right, all combined to form a landscape that produced a paradise. -The air was delightful. There was an elasticity of spirit, the -result of a pure atmosphere, that made one feel happy in spite of -many anxieties. My legs felt like steel as we strode along before -the horses, with rifle on shoulder, into the magnificent valley, -in which the mountains we had descended seemed to have taken -root. The country was full of game. Antelopes in great numbers, -and in some variety, started from their repose in this beautiful -wilderness, and having for a few moments regarded the strange -sights of horses, and soldiers in scarlet uniform, they first -trotted and then cantered far away. The graceful leucotis stood in -herds upon the river’s bank, and was the last to retreat. * * * * * -Magnificent trees (acacias), whose thick, dark foliage drooped near -the ground, were grouped in clumps, springing from the crevices -between huge blocks of granite. Brooks of the purest water rippled -over the time-worn channels, cut through granite plateaux, and as -we halted to drink at the tempting stream, the water tasted as cold -as though from a European spring. The entire country on our left -was a succession of the most beautiful rocky undulations and deep, -verdant glades, at the bottom of which flowed perennial streams. -The banks of these rivulets were richly clothed with ornamental -timber, the rich foliage contrasting strongly with the dark gray -blocks of granite, resembling the ruins of ancient towers.”</p> - -<p>But this land, so rich and beautiful, is all going to waste. Its -game and cattle are doomed to as swift destruction as the countless -herds of buffalo and antelope which only fifteen years ago thronged -the prairies of Dakota. We copy from the same source this picture -of the waste which is the sure precursor of want.</p> - -<p>“By the Nile traders’ arrangements the companies of Abou Saood -receive as their perquisite one-third of all the cattle that may be -stolen in successful razzias. The consumption of cattle by these -brigands is enormous. All flour is purchased in exchange for flesh, -while flesh is also necessary for food: thus the cow is being eaten -at both ends. The frightful drain upon the country may be imagined -by the following calculation, which is certainly below the truth:</p> - -<p>“If 1,000 loads of ivory must be carried to Ismailia,</p> - -<table> -<tr> - <td class="ramttop">2,000</td><td>cows are required as payment of carriers;</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="ramttop">1,000</td><td>belong to the brigands as their perquisite;</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="ramttop">300</td><td>are necessary to feed the native carriers and soldiers during the journey;</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="ramttop">—————</td><td></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="ramttop">3,300</td><td>cows are required to deliver 1,000 loads of ivory a distance - of 165 miles from Fatiko to Ismailia (Gondokoro).</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td></td><td> - <table> - <tr> - <td>A station of 35 men consumes daily</td><td class="ramttop">700 lbs.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>In addition they require to exchange for flour</td><td class="ramttop">350 lbs.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td></td><td class="ramt">——————————</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Daily consumption of flesh</td><td class="ramttop">1,050 lbs.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">The oxen of the country do not average more than 170 lbs. cleaned.</td> - </tr> - </table> - </td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="ramttop">2,255</td><td>beasts are thus required annually.</td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="ramt">—————</td><td></td> -</tr> -<tr> - <td class="ramttop">5,555</td><td>oxen are necessary to feed and pay for the transport from a - station only 350 strong, according to the customs of White - Nile brigandage.</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>“It must be remembered that at least a thousand, and sometimes -double that number of slaves, are prisoners in each station. All -these must be fed. The same principle is adopted in the exchange -of flesh for flour; thus the expenditure of cattle is frightful. -Not only oxen, but all the breeding cows and young calves are -killed without the slightest reflection. No country can support -such wilful waste; thus, after many years of ravage, this beautiful -country has become almost barren of cattle. The central districts, -occupied by the slave-traders, having been denuded of cattle, it -has become necessary to make journeys to distant countries.”</p> - -<p>But this is not the worst aspect of affairs. For by how much a man -is better than a beast, by so much his life is more sacred, and -to be guarded with more jealous<a class="pagenum" name="Page_132" id="Page_132">[132]</a> care. Read this story of a slave -raid, its treachery, its brutality, its capture not only of slaves, -but its slaughter of many times the number led away to sale. But -this is not all; for in the pages of “Ismailia” follows the record -of a dreadful retribution in which the whole 103 of Abou Saood’s -men are put to death and 150 of their allies. This is but one of -many like scenes which have helped to make the slave regions of -Africa as degraded as they are found to-day.</p> - -<p>“A man named Ali Hussein was a well known employé of Abou Saood. -This ruffian was an Arab. He was a tall, wiry fellow, with a -determined but brutal cast of countenance, who was celebrated -as a scoundrel among scoundrels. Even his fellows dreaded his -brutality. There was no crime that he had not committed, and as -his only virtue was extreme daring, his reputation was terrible -among the native population. He had arranged to make a descent -upon the Umiro tribe, about six days’ march to the southeast. He -accordingly sent natives as spies with specious messages to the -Umiro, announcing his intention of visiting them to purchase ivory. -With a party increased by volunteers from other stations to a force -of about 300 men, he arrived at Umiro. The simple natives received -him gladly and showed extreme hospitality. The country was thickly -populated and abounded with vast herds of the finest cattle. After -a week’s sojourn among the Umiro, during which he had received -large presents of elephants’ tusks and seventy head of oxen from -the confiding natives, the treacherous ruffian gave an order to -his brigands at sunset. They were to be under arms an hour before -daybreak on the following morning, to set fire to the adjacent -villages of their generous hosts and to capture their large herds -of cattle, together with their women and children.</p> - -<p>“At the time appointed, while every Umiro slept, unconscious of -approaching danger, several villages were surrounded, and volleys -of musketry were poured upon the sleeping inmates. The straw huts -were ignited, and the flames rapidly spread, while a massacre -commenced similar to the butcheries to which the slave-hunters were -so well accustomed. The Umiro, thus taken by surprise, and appalled -by so dastardly a treachery, were easily defeated. Their children -and wives were captured, together with large herds of cattle, which -are celebrated for their size. All these were driven in triumph to -Fatiko.”</p> - -<p>We only ask, in conclusion, is not this a field for Christian -men to occupy—this fair land, with such means of supporting life, -and with horrors like these enacted year by year, against which -the presence of even a few white Christian men would be a most -effectual check?</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>WAR OR MISSIONS?</h3> - -<p>Christian England is at war with the Zulus, not altogether -successfully, we fear not altogether justly. It seems to be about -the same question which is at issue perpetually between the United -States Government and the Indians—a disputed strip of territory -lying between Transvaal and Zululand is, by arbitration mutually -agreed upon, decided to belong of right to the Zulus. But the Dutch -Boers who had settled therein decline to give up their claims. The -English Government, to whom that territory had been transferred, -defend them in maintaining their resistance to what had been -declared to be the rightful owner, and because King Cetywayo is a -small sovereign, the Queen on whose dominions the sun never sets -proposes to compel him. This is about the story as it comes to us. -So Christian England and America—not the Christianity in England -and America—treat their poor neighbors.</p> - -<p>Now, in the prosecution of this Zulu war thousands of men are -sent out to do<a class="pagenum" name="Page_133" id="Page_133">[133]</a> battle—generals, captains, common soldiers. Money -is freely spent, millions of dollars, to keep a rude race from -acknowledged rights. Blood is spilt and lives are sacrificed, not -by the one or two, but by the hundred. But there is another battle -to be fought in Africa, in the interests of the Christianity that -is in England and America; a battle against superstition, and all -the ignorance and violence included in it, against the slave trade -and its demoralizing influences. It, too, will cost men and money. -In its accomplishment, lives will be laid down. Already in the new -fields opening, one and another have fallen, until six, perhaps, -have thus far given up their lives in this cause. The advance -guard, the scouts, have not all escaped the perils of such service. -It costs money, too; but it will not cost half as much to convert a -savage African as it will to kill him. Missions are cheap compared -with war.</p> - -<p>And then, look at the end of it all. Money and blood to extend -territory, to defend a flag! Where is the treasury, and where the -lives ready to be laid down that the banner of the Prince of Peace -may be set up in Equatorial Africa, and its inhabitants be made -subjects of Him whose dominion hath no end?</p> - -<p>Read these emphatic words of <cite>David Livingstone</cite>, so well -illustrated by his own quietly heroic life:</p> - -<p>“We talk of ‘sacrifices’ until we fear the word is nauseous to -God. We have no English female missionary biography worth reading, -because it is all polluted by the black man’s idea of sacrifice. It -ought not so to be. Jesus became a missionary and gave His life for -us. Hundreds of young men annually leave our shores as cadets. When -any dangerous expedition is planned by Government, more volunteers -apply than are necessary to man it. On the proposal to send a band -of brave men in search of Sir John Franklin, a full complement -for the ships could have been procured of officers alone, without -any common sailors. And what thousands rushed to California from -different parts of America on the discovery of gold! How many -husbands left their wives and families! How many Christian men tore -themselves away from all home endearments to suffer and toil and -perish by cold and starvation on the overland route! How many sank -from fever and exhaustion on the banks of the Sacramento! Yet no -word of sacrifices there! Our talk of sacrifices is ungenerous and -heathenish.”</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<h3>THE NEGRO HEGIRA.</h3> - -<p>It is not many months since we had to record the Liberian exodus -fever. The movement which excited so great hopes among the deluded -blacks has passed out of sight, and the holders of ten-dollar -shares in the barque Azor are no nearer the tropical shores of -Africa than they were a year ago. From those who went out in so -ill-advised a manner, for a long time almost nothing came back to -us but their wail of suffering as they reached their journey’s end.</p> - -<p>And now another impulse has seized upon thousands apparently of the -negro population of Mississippi and Louisiana, to leave the places -where they were born and reared and seek new homes. As early as -the middle of March probably fifteen hundred had found their way -to St. Louis under the impression, it is said, that they would be -supported in that city and provided with free transportation to -Kansas, where, on arrival, they would receive from the Government, -lands, mules, money and agricultural implements. A small proportion -of them appeared to be in comfortable circumstances, and proceeded -by steamer or rail to Kansas City or Topeka. Others were entirely -destitute and dependent from the first on charitable<a class="pagenum" name="Page_134" id="Page_134">[134]</a> aid. -Thousands more were reported as only deterred from coming by lack -of means to pay their way up the river. The mayor and citizens -of St. Louis were in quite a panic over their visitors. What -should they do with them, or how keep them away? But the feeling -of kinship led the colored people of the city to give them such -welcome as they might. The basements of three colored churches were -opened to them, and food and shelter were generously given by their -brethren according to the flesh, and they were helped toward their -destination as far as might be.</p> - -<p>Thus another is added to the many strange, sad stories in the -history of this dark-skinned race. This sudden impulse moving upon -this great mass of men and women may not have been reasonable, -and yet it must have had a reason. Kansas seems to be to them a -magical name, synonymous with freedom, friends and happiness, in -their crude thought. It was sought to turn some of them to Iowa, -where work and pay were offered; but no, Kansas was the goal from -which they could not be turned away. There seems to be no possible -interpretation of this so general migration, other than that they -have given up in despair the thought of peace or prosperity in -their old homes. For of all the inhabitants of our soil they are -the least migratory in their nature; they cling to the old State -and the old homestead on which they were reared. But repeated -wrongs have worked at last on their slow minds the conviction -that better things can only be in store for them far away. Not -political deprivations, for they seem easily to have given up that -contest, and they “don’t vote much;” but the wrongs of a hard -tenantry system, by which they have been compelled to rent land -at $10 an acre for the year—land worth not much more than that at -sale—with various other extortionate charges by the way, bringing -the laborer out at the year’s end no better, but rather the worse -off for all his toil, and with no liberty even of complaint; these -are the things which have at length wrought out their natural and -inevitable result.</p> - -<p>The consequences of this movement, if it be suffered to go on—and -who can stop it?—are manifold and of most serious import. The -planters are already alarmed at the lack of laborers for the year -which is just opening upon them. A desertion of “hands” is a most -dire calamity in an agricultural community. Political changes -may follow those of population, and if this hegira goes on, the -proportion of representation may be seriously changed between -Louisiana and Kansas.</p> - -<p>There can be no question but that the negro can, if he be well -treated, do better in the Gulf States than in the cold climate of -Kansas—at raising cotton and the sugar-cane than wheat and stock. -Is there no serious warning in this movement to the people of those -States?—a lesson not political so much as industrial; an intimation -that fair treatment even of the lowest, poorest and most ignorant -classes, especially if they are held by no artificial bond like -ownership, is essential to a rendering of the service for which -they were valued once as slaves, and for which they are no less -indispensable as freemen. There is policy as well as right in -justice, and the law of gravitation is as real and as irresistible -in masses of men as in the realm of material things. The South -needs the negro quite as much as the negro needs the South; and -unless its leaders of thought and action help its people to -recognize their mutual dependence, and teach them to conciliate and -not to abuse the arm that is ready to sow and gather their crops, -they will have to do without it. The present hegira is but a hint -of what may be. Is it not a hint, also, as to how so great a loss -may be avoided? For, after all, dislike the truth who may, the -negro is<a class="pagenum" name="Page_135" id="Page_135">[135]</a> “a man and a brother.”</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>WOMAN’S WORK FOR WOMAN.</h3> - -<p>Every once in a while a feeling prevalent in the churches gets -voice in the question: “Cannot women find some recognized method of -doing more for the elevation of the freed women of the South than -they are doing now?” There has been an unwillingness on the part of -many to agitate this question lest there might be in it a seeming -antagonism to the work of the Woman’s Board; a work that in origin -and development is so clearly providential. Still the want has -been keenly felt. Some attention has been given it, and in a few -instances the thought has developed into action.</p> - -<p>Nearly two years ago Mrs. Zachary Eddy, of Detroit, interested a -number of ladies in Eastern Michigan in the matter, and the result -was that these ladies became responsible for the support of a lady -missionary, to be appointed by the American Missionary Association, -to work exclusively among the freed women; and the work then begun -has been steadily sustained ever since by Miss Hattie Milton, at -Memphis, Tenn. It is no longer an experiment, it is now a success. -Miss Milton, in a letter, not long since, says: “This has been the -happiest year of my life; for this work has its own reward, both to -the missionary and those who send her, which is more valuable than -silver or gold. I sometimes think the angels might almost envy us -in this work.”</p> - -<p>Within a few months the ladies connected with the First and Second -Churches of Oberlin have united to support a lady missionary -among the freed women. The money is already provided for, and the -missionary will soon start on her mission of love. And now I learn -that the young ladies connected with the Congregational church -in Waukegan, this State, have organized a society for the same -purpose, the aim being to work chiefly through the Sunday-school. -Monthly meetings, called “mission parties,” are held. A profitable -programme is prepared, consisting of an essay, information from -some mission station, brief addresses and singing. To these -meetings invitations are issued by card, with the understanding -that everybody invited will come. Thus far two meetings have been -held, and they give promise of great popularity.</p> - -<p>May there not be in the organization of this young ladies’ society, -designing to work through the Sunday-school, a suggestion that the -ladies might take up everywhere? Why not, after first defining the -word young to have reference to feeling rather than years, organize -young ladies’ missionary societies in all our churches, to work -through the Sunday-schools for the support of lady missionaries -among the freed women?—<span class="smcap">Scrooby</span>, in <cite>The Congregationalist</cite>.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>CONGREGATIONALISM IN THE SOUTH.</h3> - - -<h4>2. Since the War.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">DIST. SEC. C. L. WOODWORTH, BOSTON.</p> - -<p>The denomination which took possession of this country in the -name of Christ, which brought in the cabin of the Mayflower the -model of a democratic state, as well as of a democratic church, -was, practically, ruled out of the South for two hundred and fifty -years. Only since 1865 has it been possible for her to enter the -South in all the largeness of her freedom and of her faith. If it -now be asked, What has she to show for these thirteen years of -opportunity among the poorest of the poor, we answer, “Something of -which she need not be ashamed.”</p> - -<p>Within five months from the time when the first gun of -the rebellion sent its shot at the heart of the Union, -Congregationalism, through the American Missionary<a class="pagenum" name="Page_136" id="Page_136">[136]</a> Association, -was at Fortress Monroe with bread and clothing, with books and -Bibles, with teachers and preachers. Nor was this the only channel -of its charity to the needy. It maintained a vast work of physical -relief <em>during and after the war</em>, through the New England and -National Freedmen’s Aid Societies, and through agencies of more -private bounty. And not alone in the way of physical relief, but -a large number of teachers were sent out by these same agencies, -and kept in the field for years and years. They have passed away, -indeed, but the amount expended by them was very large, how large -we will not try to estimate even approximately.</p> - -<p>The Society first in the field alone remains to do the work for the -Congregational churches. No sooner had General Butler established -himself at Fortress Monroe than the Association pushed in its -workers among the unhoused, half-clothed, half-starved thousands of -contrabands that had flocked inside his lines. From that beginning, -in 1861, the work has spread into every Southern State, and though -its income and its working force are scarcely half what they were -in 1870, yet it is among the great societies which our churches -cherish and love. It has just completed seventeen full years of -labor on the Southern field, and the number of laborers sent out -year by year are tabulated below:</p> - -<table> - <tr><td></td><td class="center">Teachers</td></tr> - <tr><td>1862</td><td class="ramt">15</td></tr> - <tr><td>1863</td><td class="ramt">83</td></tr> - <tr><td>1864</td><td class="ramt">250</td></tr> - <tr><td>1865</td><td class="ramt">300</td></tr> - <tr><td>1866</td><td class="ramt">353</td></tr> - <tr><td>1867</td><td class="ramt">528</td></tr> - <tr><td>1868</td><td class="ramt">532</td></tr> - <tr><td>1869</td><td class="ramt">532</td></tr> - <tr><td>1870</td><td class="ramt">533</td></tr> - <tr><td>1871</td><td class="ramt">321</td></tr> - <tr><td>1872</td><td class="ramt">346</td></tr> - <tr><td>1873</td><td class="ramt">323</td></tr> - <tr><td>1874</td><td class="ramt">273</td></tr> - <tr><td>1875</td><td class="ramt">260</td></tr> - <tr><td>1876</td><td class="ramt">206</td></tr> - <tr><td>1877</td><td class="ramt">203</td></tr> - <tr><td>1878</td><td class="ramt">209</td></tr> - <tr><td></td><td class="ramt">—————</td></tr> - <tr><td>Total No. of Teachers</td><td class="ramt">5,267</td></tr> -</table> - -<p>The tangible results of this work, as they appear in permanent -Christian institutions, and their natural outcome in the South, -will be seen in the statement below:</p> - - -<h5>DETAILS OF SCHOOL WORK AT THE SOUTH.</h5> - -<p><i>Chartered Institutions</i>, 8.—Hampton N. and A. Institute, Hampton, -Va.: Number of pupils, 332; boarding accommodations for 180. Berea -College, Berea, Ky.: Number of pupils, 273; boarding accommodations -for 180. Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.: Number of pupils, 338; -boarding accommodations for 150. Atlanta University, Atlanta, -Ga.: Number of pupils, 244; boarding accommodations for 150. -Talladega College, Talladega, Ala.: Number of pupils, 272; boarding -accommodations for 100. Tougaloo University, Tougaloo, Miss.: -Number of pupils, 193; boarding accommodations for 90. Straight -University, New Orleans, La.: Number of pupils, 287; no boarding -accommodations. Normal Institute, Austin, Texas: Number of pupils, -146.</p> - -<p><i>Other Institutions</i>, 11.—Normal School, Wilmington, N. C.: -Number of pupils, 126; Washington School, Raleigh, N. C., 435; -Avery Institute, Charleston, S. C., 294; Brewer Normal School, -Greenwood, S. C., 58; Storrs’ School, Atlanta, Ga., 701; Lewis High -School, Macon, Ga., 93; Trinity School, Athens, Ala., 158; Emerson -Institute, Mobile, Ala., 117; Swayne School, Montgomery, Ala., 436; -Burrell School, Selma, Ala., 421; Le Moyne School, Memphis, Tenn., -184; Common Schools, 18;—total, 37.</p> - -<p>Whole number of pupils, 7,229. Scholars in the South, taught by our -former pupils, estimated at 100,000.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_137" id="Page_137">[137]</a></p> - -<p>Whole number of churches in the South, 64.—Virginia, 1; North -Carolina, 5; South Carolina, 2; Georgia, 12; Kentucky, 7; -Tennessee, 4; Alabama, 13; Louisiana, 12; Mississippi, 1; Kansas, -2; Texas, 5.</p> - -<p>Whole number of church members, 4,189.</p> - -<p>From this exhibit it will be seen that eight of the schools are -chartered, and contain nearly two thousand students. Four of them -are of college grade, and are doing regular college work. The -other schools are of Normal grade, and designed to bring forward, -as rapidly as possible, the teachers for the untaught millions. -They are all children of the Association, and in them are gathered -up the fruits of Congregational liberality and labor in behalf of -the colored race. These schools are an enduring investment for -this work, and hold property in buildings, lands, apparatus and -endowments, to the value, probably, of eight hundred thousand -dollars. It should be said, however, that many of the buildings -were put up by aid from the Freedmen’s Bureau; but this aid was -set apart as the proportion of the public moneys which should -appropriately flow through Congregational channels. The churches -established in the South are a result of the same effort. Their -chapels and houses of worship represent a money value of fifty -thousand dollars more. What Congregationalism has to show is in -these permanent institutions for the mental and moral training -of the colored people. It is not all that is needed, but it is -an investment of inestimable value, and one which will compare -favorably with the work of any other denomination, for thorough -educational and religious work among the enfranchised race.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>ITEMS FROM THE FIELD.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dudley</span>, N. C.—“We have quite a class of teachers in the -school, and I have spent a part of each day with them. I induced -one of the young men I found in Woodbridge to come here for the -present. He has had but little schooling, but is far ahead of all -the young people here and has taught several terms. He is now -commencing Latin and Algebra. He desires to fully fit himself for -work among his people, and his present idea is to devote himself to -teaching. He has a splendid voice and has never had any drill. One -great object in bringing him here was to train his voice and give -him instrumental lessons, and he is doing finely. Another was to -secure him, if possible, to us, and find a chance for him in one of -the A. M. A. Colleges. Is there any way of getting help for such a -young man?”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">McIntosh</span>, Liberty Co., Ga.—“Nineteen persons united with -the church last Sunday on confession of faith.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Woodville</span>, Ga.—The annual examination of the school -was held March 28th. From 400 to 500 persons were present. One -conversion from the Sunday-school during the month.</p> - -<p>The St. Philip’s Society, Sengstacke’s Band of Hope, and Sons and -Daughters of Jerusalem, celebrated emancipation, Jan. 1st, in the -Congregational church. Rev. Mr. Markham, of Savannah, addressed -them on the results of freedom and the work of the A. M. A. A -thank-offering was sent in the form of a contribution to the -Association.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Talladega</span>, Ala.—Nine young men, students at Talladega, -after examination, were approved to preach by the Alabama -Conference.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Montgomery</span>, Ala.—A deep religious interest has been -manifested during the last month. Some of our pupils are trusting -in a newly-found Saviour. A Sabbath afternoon Bible-reading at the -school-house has been blessed.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_138" id="Page_138">[138]</a></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Marion</span>, Ala.—There are thirty subscribers to the New York -<cite>Witness</cite> among the colored people in this place—a fact which -speaks well for their general intelligence.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Mobile</span>, Ala.—“God is pouring out His Spirit on our -school. Several have expressed a hope in Christ and many more -are inquiring. The interest is among the older scholars. We have -a daily fifteen-minute prayer-meeting just before school, and a -half-hour prayer-meeting after school on Friday. Pray for us.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Anniston</span>, Ala.—Sabbath-school very interesting, especially -to the older people. One conversion.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corpus Christi</span>, Texas.—The church has been revived. Six -members thus far have been received on profession.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Flatonia</span>, Fayette Co., Texas.—This young church has -twenty-five members, and several are waiting an opportunity to -unite. It is negotiating for a church building.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chattanooga</span>, Tenn.—“The Sabbath-school is well attended. -We had a concert last Sabbath evening; the house was crowded and -the exercises went off quite well, after which a collection for the -A. M. A. was taken.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Indian Agency</span>, <span class="smcap">Keshena</span>, Wis.—From the report -of the school at the Green Bay Agency we extract the following: -“Our school closed on the 20th, and we are happy to report that -this has been the most favorable term since the opening of the -boarding-school. We have had very little sickness and very few -changes, nearly all who came at the beginning of the term remaining -till its close. In this respect, of steady, persevering work, we -notice great improvement. It is so contrary to the habits of the -Indian that we note it with pleasure. The progress, too, in studies -is very satisfactory.”</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>GENERAL NOTES.</h3> - - -<h4>The Freedmen.</h4> - -<p>—In commenting on the Windom Emigration Scheme, the <cite>Atlanta -Constitution</cite> says: “In Georgia the colored people are doing as -well as could be expected. If they are to remain citizens they -ought to be educated, and they ought to have constantly before -them the example of the whites. They are beginning to appreciate -the responsibilities of citizenship; they are thrifty enough to -accumulate property, and they are anxious to take advantage of -the educational opportunities afforded them.” The colored man is -valuable to the South. The white people know it. The above is -important testimony to his worth and increasing usefulness.</p> - -<p>—The Bainbridge <cite>Democrat</cite> gives, unwittingly, testimony to the -industry and thrift of the colored laborer:<a class="pagenum" name="Page_139" id="Page_139">[139]</a> “The ambition of every -negro man is to have a home of his own; and it is no mean ambition; -yet, if something is not done, this generation will live to see -the day when this class of labor cannot be obtained at any price; -and if we cannot supply it with labor just as good, there will be -no other alternative for the white man but to ‘go.’ People have no -use for lands when there is nobody to cultivate them; and as the -colored people set up in their little cabins upon their poor and -sickly lands, just in proportion will our finest and best acres -depreciate in value. This is a question big with interest to our -people, beside which others sink into nothingness.” Application: -The colored laborer is becoming a settled, independent property -holder, and his own master. When he can work, buy and sell for -himself, and own his cabin, he is emancipated from domineering -dictation. Whoever owns his own labor must control the market.</p> - -<p>—After all, there is an inclination to block this aspiration of -the colored man. The <cite>Atlanta Constitution</cite> holds that it is an -open question whether this effort should be encouraged. It holds -that there are two solutions of the labor problem which is now -vexing the farmers. Either the negro must be made comfortable as a -tenant, or he must be encouraged to provide himself a home. Either -something like the English tenant system must be adopted or the -system of small farms will prevail. There is something peculiarly -attractive in this English system. Whether it could be made to -fit the peculiar needs of the present and the contingencies of the -future, is a question that the editor is not just now prepared to -discuss.</p> - -<p>—The colored man being an American citizen, it is improbable -that the English tenant system can be made to fit his case. The -rights of citizenship will secure to him the rights of labor. -The homestead delivers him from serfdom, and secures to him the -independent ballot.</p> - -<p>—Many influential colored men are advocating colonization as a -remedy for the evils that afflict their race. One says, “We cannot -get equal rights in the South before the law. A white man will -pay ten dollars for the same offence that a negro will go to that -second death, the chain-gang, for.” He also says, “There are some -counties in Georgia, and in every one of the Southern states, where -a white man will whip a negro just the same as formerly.” Again, a -certain lawyer defending a white man the other day, at Jefferson, -in Georgia, said, “God made the negro inferior, and the white man -was justified in killing the negro for insulting him.” The jury -acquitted the white man (Atlanta <cite>Rep.</cite>, March 1). The darkness -still lingers.</p> - -<p>—The <cite>Marietta Journal</cite>, Cobb County, Ga., reports that a young -colored man, now a school-teacher, but who has been studying law -for the last three years, will soon apply for admission to the bar, -and says that he is so thoroughly prepared that his application -cannot be denied.</p> - -<p>—A National Emigration Aid Society has been organized at -Washington, with Senator Windom at its head, its object being to -assist and regulate emigration from the South to the West. Rev. Dr. -J. E. Rankin is one of its Executive Committee, as are also Senator -Hamlin, Representative Garfield and other leading men.</p> - -<p>—At the recent anniversary of the City Bible Society in Atlanta, -Ga., it was reported that the colporteur, who had just commenced -the canvass of the community, had found that of the first one -hundred and fifty-eight white families visited in the first ward, -<em>twenty-six</em> were destitute of the Word of God; and that of the -first one hundred and seventy-two colored families visited in the -same ward, <em>forty-eight</em> of them have no Bibles. Rev. Dr. Haygood, -who stated the fact, said that it had surprised and gratified -him to find that so large a proportion of the colored families -had supplied themselves with the Scriptures. It gave him great -encouragement for the welfare of the country. Of one hundred and -seventy-two colored families, one hundred and twenty-four had the -Bible. This people hunger for the Word. Here is a wide field for -the American Bible Society.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_140" id="Page_140">[140]</a></p> - - -<h4>Africa.</h4> - -<p>—The Church Missionary Society has ordained missionaries at nine -stations on the River Niger, under the charge of the native Bishop -Crowther. At some of these stations the idols have already been -given up. At others there has been long and severe persecution, -which, however, appears to have largely broken down. On the whole, -these missions have been a great success.</p> - -<p>—The “<cite>Cardiff Livingstone Mission</cite>” (Welsh) was originated about -three years ago, and has two stations on the Congo River.</p> - -<p>—Dr. Laws and Mr. Stewart, of the Scottish Missionary Society on -Lake Nyassa, are examining the country on the west coast of the -Lake to find a permanent location better adapted to the wants of -the mission than Livingstonia. They have visited several of the -tribes, being received with some suspicion, and finding it hard -to make it understood that they are neither there to fight nor to -trade. At last advices (Oct. 30th) they were still investigating.</p> - -<p>—Gordon Pacha, Governor-General of Southern Egypt, reports that -the capture of all the slave depots is considered certain. The -Egyptians, he says, killed ten chiefs and 2,000 men while following -up a victory they had gained over the slave-traders.</p> - -<p>—The steamer Kangaroo, with part of the cable to be laid between -Natal and Aden, last month left the Thames for Natal via the Suez -Canal. The Natal and Zanzibar section will be open for business in -July. This will place South Africa within a week’s communication of -London. The remainder of the line will be completed before the end -of the present year.</p> - -<p>—Mr. Henry M. Stanley is reported to be now on his way to Zanzibar -with a commission from the King of the Belgians to re-organize the -hitherto unsuccessful Belgian expedition.</p> - -<p>—The Khedive has dismissed his English and French Ministers, and -appointed a Cabinet composed exclusively of his own subjects. He -has also prepared a financial scheme on his own account, and set -aside that of the English financier. This revolutionary conduct -will re-awaken anxiety in both England and France, for the future -of Egypt and for the safety of European capital invested in that -country.</p> - -<hr class="full" /> -<div class="article"> -<h2>THE FREEDMEN.</h2> - -<p class="secauth">REV. JOS. E. ROY, D. D.,</p> - -<p class="secauth">FIELD SUPERINTENDENT, ATLANTA, GA.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>A TOUR INTO THE SOUTHWEST.</h3> - -<p class="section">Through Alabama, Mississippi and Texas.</p> - -<p>It took seven weeks. It started off with a week in the revival -meeting at Talladega College, where some score and a half of souls -were hopefully led to Christ.</p> - -<p>I tarried for a day at Montgomery to contract for the repairing and -re-painting of the Swayne School building, and for the re-renting -of the same. Erected by the Freedmen’s Bureau, it had been put -into the hands of a local Board of Trust, and by that Board it had -been leased for ten years to the American Missionary Association, -which, after running it for several years, sub-rented it to the -City Board of Education—the A. M. A. giving<a class="pagenum" name="Page_141" id="Page_141">[141]</a> the rent, keeping -the house in repair and appointing the teachers, the city paying -the salaries. This arrangement was renewed for another five years -by the appropriate legal papers. The teachers and the pastor’s -family—that of Rev. Dr. Flavel Bascom, for the winter—are domiciled -in the “Home.” A quiet, persuasive spiritual work was at that time -manifest in the school. The pastor was found to be happy in his -work, and to have made many friends in the city, being a regular -member of the weekly ministers’ meeting.</p> - -<p>On the tour a week was given to New Orleans for the inspection -of the church and educational work in that vicinity, and for -attendance upon the first meeting of the Sunday-school Association -of Louisiana. This cause got a grand send-off. The Northern helpers -were greatly useful. The Freedmen’s interest was well represented -in the Association, as reported last month. The Straight -University, with its edifice rebuilt upon a much better location, -was found in a healthy working condition, with 200 pupils in the -academic department; twenty-five in the law department, one-half of -them white; and ten in the theological. The Central Church—Pres. -Alexander, pastor—had been having a revival that had brought in -a score of members. The three or four other churches were found -in a hopeful condition under their native pastors. Great was the -satisfaction in preaching for some of these congregations. Straight -is now in great need of dormitory buildings for boarding students.</p> - -<p>A couple of days was given to Terrebonne parish in preaching for -Rev. Daniel Clay, and in visiting the other pastors and churches -under his fatherly eye. Mr. Clay, a son of the great “Commoner,” is -doing much in bringing the Gospel among the common people of his -race.</p> - -<p>The tour led us by another cluster of Louisiana churches, the one -centering at New Iberia, on the Bayou Teche, in the region of the -ancient settlement of “Evangeline’s” story. Two parish seats and -three settlements belong to this cluster. All but one have plain -houses of worship. All are under colored preachers. At New Iberia, -besides fair public schools for the Freedmen, there is a fine -select school in Grant Hall, built by the colored people. Three -sermons sought to confirm these churches in the Gospel way.</p> - -<p>Thence across the Gulf to Texas. The Barnes Institute, at -Galveston, built by the Bureau, and run for a time by the American -Missionary Association, is now used for a Freedmen’s public school, -with four teachers and over three hundred scholars. At Houston the -“Gregory Institute” duplicates the history of “The Barnes,” and is -doing remarkably well. Such is also the story of the Institute at -Waco. The American Missionary Association may count in with its -best work the founding of these Institutes, which being well set up -have flowed into the public school system. The impetus given and -the standard put up yet abide in large measure.</p> - -<p>The tour finds its western limit at San Antonio, that ancient seat -of Spanish Romanism, with its antique mission fortifications yet -standing in their frowning strength. That early pre-emption secures -two-thirds of the present population, 21,000, to the Romanists, who -have three massive stone cathedrals—one for the Spanish, one for -the German and one for the English speaking people, and who have -their extensive Nunnery and Jesuit College, which are patronized -not a little by American families. This city is the metropolis for -Southwestern Texas, which is as large as the whole of New England. -It has also an immense wholesale trade with cities in Mexico. San -Antonio becomes also a strategic point for Protestantism. The M. -E. Church North is just now establishing itself here at large -expense. The colored<a class="pagenum" name="Page_142" id="Page_142">[142]</a> people are well supplied with churches and -schools. The second best Protestant church edifice is that of -the African M. E. Church, just completed, at a cost of $8,000, -and nearly all paid for. Superintendent West was there the same -Sabbath, reconnoitering. He was urged by the M. E. South people to -remain and hold a protracted meeting; but a campaign just at hand -in Massachusetts prevented. Western Texas was suffering dreadfully -from an eight months’ drought. The plain of San Antonio was an -exception, being irrigated by the waters of the mighty springs just -above the city, which, forming the San Antonio River, furnish the -hydrant supply for that great population, and send babbling streams -through all the streets and over all the surrounding gardens and -farms. So may that sainted city be a fountain of moral refreshing -in all that region!</p> - -<p>The Tillotson Normal Institute of Texas, under the excellent Mrs. -Garland, has already sent out twenty teachers. Its beautiful site, -overlooking the city, is this summer to be crowned with its comely -edifice, which, beyond the outer shell, is to await the incoming -of funds for its completion. This trip has resulted with me in a -profound impression as to the need of this institution and as to -the grand sweep of its future usefulness. Nothing better can be -done for the Freedmen of Texas. This empire, stretching a thousand -miles on the Rio Grande and eight hundred miles eastward to the -Sabine, calls mightily for such an institute to train those who -shall be the teachers of her sable children. These immense areas of -cheap, rich, southern lands, that were never cursed by <a name="Err_1" id="Err_1"></a>the filth of -slavery, are calling in the Freedmen to take to themselves homes -and farms and the respectability that comes from ownership of the -soil. Such people, most of all, hunger for good schools. Texas -is liberal toward her colored school children. To furnish them -teachers, skilled in the art and trained so that they shall exert a -wholesome social and spiritual influence, is the great desideratum.</p> - -<p>The cluster of churches made up of Corpus Christi, Goliad, Helena, -Schulenburg and Flatonia, are organized into the Congregational -Association of Southwestern Texas. The only two without houses of -worship are now moving to purchase “church houses.” Rev. B. C. -Church is a very patriarch among them. Rev. S. M. Coles, pastor -and teacher at “Corpus,” is a colored graduate of Yale. Brothers -Thompson and Turner, native pastors, are sound, pure and able men. -It was a treat to minister the Word to each of these hungering -congregations.</p> - -<p>At Flatonia, when the local authorities went back upon their -promise of the public school-room for a service which had been -advertised in the town newspaper, because the white citizens would -not allow that place to be used by “niggers,” we resorted to the -platform of the R. R. Station, in the center of the village, and -had a rousing open-air meeting that attracted many of the white -citizens, who were cordially welcomed to our place of worship, for -our God is no respecter of persons. At Corpus Christi a two days’ -meeting followed upon some special interest, under the preaching of -Mr. Thompson, which had greatly confirmed the church, and had added -a half dozen to the company of the believers.</p> - -<p>One day by the mail-schooner from “Corpus” to Indianola, another -day by steamer to Galveston, and a third day by Morgan’s line, -carried the tour back to New Orleans. A day there for supplementary -reconnoissance, a Sabbath with the thriving church of Rev. D. L. -Hickok, and the Emerson Institute at Mobile, and then a long run -up to Atlanta finished this tour of many hundred miles among our -schools and churches of the Southwest.</p> -</div> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_143" id="Page_143">[143]</a></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>GEORGIA.</h3> - -<p class="section">A Lady Missionary Needed.</p> - -<p class="secauth">REV. S. S. ASHLEY, ATLANTA, GA.</p> - -<p>I desire to call your attention to the need of a missionary for -this city. This has been a pressing necessity in all the past of -the work here, but at present is more urgent than ever. This city -is rapidly increasing in population. The increase of the colored -population keeps pace with the white in numbers, and far outstrips -the white in ignorance and poverty. The number of vagabond black -children here would astonish you. On the Sabbath, the vacant lots -and outskirts of the city are thronged with them. They are without -parental restraint, and never attend meeting or Sabbath-school. -They are ripening in vice and crime. There is a chain-gang in the -city, composed, as I learn, of boys ranging from ten to fifteen -years of age. There are many children among the county convicts. -Thus they are drifting to the penitentiary and to ruin. Once in the -penitentiary, they are lost, for the convict prison system of this -State is bad.</p> - -<p>This city is full of devil-traps. These strangers who are moving -in will largely become victims. Now, we should have some agency by -which as many as possible of these families can be reached. Their -domestic condition is deplorable. In fact, this may be said of the -colored families generally of the South. They need influences and -instruction that can best, and, as I believe, only be carried to -them by a woman missionary. The women, the mothers, the homemakers -of this people, must be instructed and led to better things in -their homes. They must be seen in their houses. With such homes -as are common among them, it is well nigh impossible for them to -be Christians. Large families living in one room—you know how it -is—comfort, cleanliness, modesty and religious devotion are almost -impossible. Illiterate, the Bible must be read to them; ignorant -of their moral duties as parents, they must be taught. Strangers -to domestic comforts and necessities, they must be made acquainted -with them. Superstitious and fanatical, they must be introduced -to places and modes of a scriptural, instructive and reasonable -worship—a thousand matters of great importance must be brought -to their attention and kept before their minds, until the proper -impression is produced. This can only be done by a missionary -moving about among them <em>at their homes</em>. This person should be a -woman, because women are principally to be reached. Now, can you -not commission Miss Stevenson for this work? In connection with -her school, she now does a great deal in this direction, but not a -tithe of what needs to be done. She is thoroughly acquainted with -all these people, has had ten years’ experience among them, and -is admirably adapted to the work. She has a heart for it. Please -consider this.</p> - -<p>Another matter: The young men connected with this church and -congregation have organized a Library Association. A Library has -been started—number of volumes at present very small. I have -thought that perhaps you had in or about your office some spare -books that you could send to us. We want to build up a Parish -Library. I should like, especially, some works on Africa.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>ALABAMA.</h3> - -<p class="section">Tenantry—A Promising Field—Politics.</p> - -<p class="secauth">REV. FLAVEL BASCOM, D.D., MONTGOMERY.</p> - -<p>I gave you some first impressions on entering the service of the A. -M. A. last autumn, and you now ask for my impressions after three -months’ experience and observation.</p> - -<p>So brief a residence in a single Southern city does not qualify -one to speak with authority on the various questions pertaining to -your work among the Freedmen; but it does enable him to test your<a class="pagenum" name="Page_144" id="Page_144">[144]</a> -methods and to examine the results achieved. He can thus judge -of the adaptation of means employed to the ends desired, and can -forecast the future with more confidence.</p> - -<p>There are some things of which I am fully persuaded, by my short -residence at the South; one of these is, that the colored people in -this country are not dying out. I occasionally hear it said that -they are. Possibly the wish is father to the thought. But they are -not only here to stay, but they are here to multiply and increase -as did the Jews in Egypt; and they are already so large a factor -in our population that their character and condition are to affect -the character and welfare of our country far more than is generally -realized.</p> - -<p>I have been happily disappointed in witnessing the industry and -thrift of the Freedmen as mechanics and common laborers; the -colored men seem to do very nearly all the work which is done, and -with the aid of the women, who are equally industrious, they secure -an honest and, what is to them, a comfortable living.</p> - -<p>The most dependent and least progressive class of the Freedmen are -those who work the plantations on shares. The planter dictates his -own terms to the tenant—furnishes him team and tools at his own -price—sells him provisions on credit at rates far above the cash -market price, and then charges interest, fixing the per cent. to -suit himself. When the crop is gathered, if the renter does not -find himself in debt to his landlord, he is more fortunate than -many. He rarely finds himself richer for his summer’s work. The -simple rules of arithmetic, thoroughly understood by the tenant, -will remedy all this; and when I hear the colored children at -school reciting the multiplication table so enthusiastically, I am -sure it is a prophecy of a “good time coming” to them.</p> - -<p>My observation convinces me that the colored people are very -desirous for the education of their children, and that their -children acquire learning with as much facility as any other class. -Let all the colored children and youth of the Southern States have -access to schools conducted by competent teachers, and in a very -few years they will solve the political and social problems that -are just now so embarrassing. They will not only take care of -themselves, but they will be very valuable auxiliaries in taking -care of the nation.</p> - -<p>I find in the colored churches of different denominations specimens -of very estimable Christian character. I find, also, just those -infirmities which I should expect if God made the Caucasian and the -African of the same blood.</p> - -<p>I have found the colored congregations very decorous and eagerly -attentive to the preaching of the Gospel. I find them quite -accessible for religious conversation, and apparently thankful for -the interest manifested in their behalf. They furnish, therefore, -a field for Christian effort that is full of promise. If there -is another missionary field more inviting, or promising richer -harvests to faithful culture, I know not where it is found.</p> - -<p>I am profoundly impressed with the importance of the schools, -and especially of the higher institutions established by the -American Missionary Association, and by the Mission Boards of -other Christian denominations. These institutions must train -multitudes of competent teachers, who will educate the masses. In -these institutions must also be educated a native ministry to meet -the wants of their people at home, and to carry the Gospel to the -dark continent from which their fathers came. It is difficult to -conceive of a work more important, or promising more beneficent -results, than that which is being done by the higher educational -institutions for the Freedmen. The importance of enlarging their -capacity for receiving pupils, and enabling them to aid indigent -pupils in defraying the expenses of their education, cannot be -over-estimated.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_145" id="Page_145">[145]</a></p> - -<p>The relation of the Freedmen to politics raises questions that are -very perplexing and threatening. The Southern States have, for the -present, virtually disfranchised the colored men; and they seem -united and firm in the purpose to exclude them from all influence -in politics, unless they will vote for the party that so recently -sought to perpetuate their bondage by a dissolution of the Union. -What, then, should the colored men do, and what should their -friends do for them? Many of them are intelligent and patriotic, -and worthy to have a share in the government of the State and -the nation. But many of them are as utterly unfit, at present, -for such responsibility as are the most ignorant classes in our -Northern cities; but they are improving. Every year adds to their -intelligence, and if the helping hand of Christian philanthropy is -not withheld, they will, by education, by temperance, by morality -and more intelligent piety, by industry and the accumulation of -property, win for themselves a position of respectability. They -will not then need soldiers to protect them at the polls. They -will take care of themselves. Their ballots will be received and -counted. Not only so, among the whites there will be two parties, -as of old, that will vie with each other in soliciting the colored -vote, by out-bidding each other in the promise of favors in return. -Is it not wisdom, then, for the colored man patiently to bide his -time, meanwhile striving more earnestly for the qualifications than -for the rights of a voter? And is it not wiser for the friends -of the Freedmen to furnish him every facility for acquiring the -qualifications of a voter, than to wrangle forever about his rights?</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<p class="section">Emerson Institute—Early Discouragements, Later Encouragements.</p> - -<p class="secauth">REV. D. L. HICKOK, MOBILE.</p> - -<p>For various reasons, among them the sickness of yellow fever, our -work here commenced under very unfavorable circumstances. Our -school opened the 20th of November, almost two months after the -regular time, with only 17 scholars the first week, and with but -little prospect of any considerable increase. The teachers were all -new except Miss Stephenson, and hence they did not know what to -expect, and therefore not enough about the work to be discouraged. -Ignorance, sometimes at least, is bliss. If it did not give us -faith, it saved us from being faithless. There are some things that -are food in a negative way by preventing the usual waste in the -system. Knowledge is power. Ignorance is somewhere along there when -it saves us from the need of power. We accepted what we found as -being all that we had any right in our simplicity to expect, and -carefully hid it as leaven in the meal. The leaven, however, seemed -wonderfully “little,” and the meal a great deal more than three -measures; but God has blessed our work beyond our expectation and -faith. The measure, “according to our faith,” was pressed down and -running over. Our numbers rapidly increased so that by Christmas -we had about 75 scholars, and after the holidays our numbers came -up to more than 150. We still have accessions every week, and the -prospect is that before the close of the year we shall have more -scholars than we have room for. Already the primary room is filled -beyond its seating capacity.</p> - -<p>The school has at present four departments: the primary, which -numbers about 60; the intermediate, which numbers between 40 and -50; the normal, which numbers about the same, and the higher -normal, which at present is only a small class studying Latin, -geometry and natural philosophy. The “A” class of the normal, which -is quite large, will soon be in this department.</p> - -<p>We feel that we are having the confidence and co-operation of the -colored people. The last few weeks has encouraged us very much. -We recently had a literary, musical and social entertainment<a class="pagenum" name="Page_146" id="Page_146">[146]</a> for -the pupils and patrons of the school. It was held in the normal -room of our building, which we also use as an assembly room, where -we provided extra seats somewhat beyond rather than according to -our faith; but not only was every seat filled, many went away -because they could not even find standing room. At the close of the -literary exercises the pupils brought forward their parents and -friends and introduced them to the teachers, when sociability and -“the shaking of the hands” became the order for the remainder of -the evening.</p> - -<p>The history of our school work for the past few months is repeated -in our Sabbath-school and church work. We began with scarcely more -than five loaves and two fishes. At the first religious meeting -which I attended there were just seven present—five colored and two -white people. What were they among so many? But God has graciously -given us the increase here also. Our Sabbath-school now numbers -60, with 10 teachers, and is increasing every Sabbath. It is yet -a small school, indeed, but it is in good working order. The -machinery is complete in all its parts. Its lack is inward rather -than outward. It needs only the animating power of the Holy Spirit -to make it a living body. We have got the dust together and have -formed it, and we are praying that God would breathe into its -nostrils that it may become a living soul. To this end the teachers -have just resolved to hold a half-hour prayer-meeting at the close -of the school each Sabbath.</p> - -<p>Our church is quite small. Congregationalism makes but little show -in this typical Southern city. It will be a good many years before -we have New England on the Gulf; yet I believe the leaven is here -that is to leaven the lump. Our church contains a few earnest, -faithful workers. There are those who have watched with Christ in -the dark hour. Their days of vigilance will soon be over, when they -may sleep in Jesus and take their rest. May God bless them!</p> -</div> -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<p class="section">A Revival of Education—A Useful Church.</p> - -<p class="secauth">REV. GEORGE E. HILL, MARION.</p> - -<p>I cannot say that we are enjoying a revival of religion, but we -are in the midst of a revival of education, which is here at the -South, emphatically, the handmaid of the Gospel. The Lincoln Normal -Institute, for colored pupils of both sexes, was founded in 1869 by -the A. M. A. Six years ago it passed into the hands of the State, -which makes an annual appropriation of $4,000 for the teachers’ -salaries.</p> - -<p>This year the school has taken a fresh start, having enrolled -217 pupils, and a new building is about to be erected for their -accommodation. In the Normal Department for the training of -teachers, there are classes in Latin, Greek and French, as well as -the higher English branches. The order and discipline are equal to -the average of our high schools at the North. Its pupils sustain -a literary society, for weekly essays and discussions, and also -publish a monthly paper. One young man walks ten miles every day to -attend the school.</p> - -<p>The influence of such an institution is felt in the very -atmosphere. The fever for learning is contagious. Men who work hard -all day in the field or at their trade are so eager for knowledge -that, to meet the demand, classes have just been organized for a -night school.</p> - -<p>Meanwhile our little church is keeping on the even tenor of its -way. There have been several hopeful conversions, and four are -about to unite by profession. No falling off in attendance on -Sabbath or evening meetings. Four of our young people are this year -at Talladega College, and two promising young men have the ministry -in view. Nineteen were present at our teachers’ meeting last week.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_147" id="Page_147">[147]</a></p> - -<p>At the “Home” we have three meetings Sunday evenings: one for -women, one for boys, and a girls’ class prayer meeting, with a -kindergarten for the little ones during the week.</p> - -<p>One of the pleasant incidents in our winter’s work has been the -distribution of five barrels of clothing from kind friends at the -North. The people are poor, but not penurious. A girls’ sewing -class has sent $21, the avails of their handiwork, for the Mendi -Mission, and the church appropriates the “weekly offering” once a -month towards the pastor’s salary.</p> - -<p>It is truly delightful to see the readiness of this people for -religious instruction, and to witness the fruits of our labor in -their marked elevation. They are quick, industrious, pleasing, -and unobtrusive in their manners, with a decided distaste for -“loudness” of every sort; showing, too, as much decorum at church, -and as proper a regard for the Sabbath, as I have ever seen in any -community.</p> - -<p>From all which, it may be inferred that here, at least, the -uplifting process has already passed the stage of incipiency.</p> -</div> -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>LOUISIANA.</h3> - -<p class="section">Concert—Last Year’s Graduates—Gifts Acknowledged.</p> - -<p class="secauth">PROF. J. K. COLE, STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY.</p> - -<p>We have reached another mile-stone in our school work. Many of our -older pupils, especially the senior class, would have been glad to -keep in harness, but circumstances were favorable for a two days’ -break in school routine, and we have it.</p> - -<p>Last evening the singing class, under the direction of Prof. -McPherron, gave a concert at Central Church. The house was filled -with as fine an audience as could be gathered in any city. There -was a generous sprinkling of “white folks,” including several of -the local board of trustees and other appreciative friends. The -proceeds will help some of our needy students to books; while a -greater and more lasting good will result from the influence of the -music sung—not upon those only who took part in the singing, but -upon the large audience who listened so attentively, and who were -cheered and encouraged by what the young people of their race are -doing.</p> - -<p>New scholars come in almost every week, and though some drop out -our number is kept well up to 200.</p> - -<p>We hear interesting and encouraging reports from our last year’s -graduates, who are all teaching. Dr. J. E. Roy has lately seen two -of them, and reports that they are doing well. One has an evening -school for the parents and older ones, and both are doing good work -in Sabbath-school.</p> - -<p>In a letter just received from one of them she says that she has -to humor the parents in their whims, or they keep their children -out of school. She writes: “Before school began my ability to -teach was doubted by a father. He wanted to get a book for his -son, who had never been to school; he intended to buy a Webster’s -speller. I told him what book he needed, but he would not get it -until many of the patrons of the school reasoned him into it. I -have a Sabbath-school, which is almost beyond my ability to teach. -I am superintendent, treasurer, secretary, and everything. I find -it difficult to interest the children. Last Sabbath there was an -attendance of twenty-seven.” Of her day-school she writes: “It is -very difficult to make the children think that they do not know -everything. Many of them have been studying books that they cannot -even read understandingly. I am trying to govern by kindness as -much as possible, and punish only when I see that I cannot possibly -help it. I think the children are progressing as rapidly as they -could anywhere under like circumstances.”</p> - -<p>Thus the influence of our school and<a class="pagenum" name="Page_148" id="Page_148">[148]</a> our teaching is extended, -and in this way are the masses to be reached. Christian people of -the North, let the means be liberally provided to educate these -<em>teachers</em> who are to carry light and knowledge to their people.</p> - -<p>Our work is not all overspread with cloudless skies. We are under -many disadvantages, and experience some sore disappointments. -Not all whom we look upon with great hopes and earnest desires -that their future may be marked by Christian usefulness, meet our -expectations. We find careless and idle and heedless pupils; some, -though they are very eager to learn, and work hard, make very -slow progress; but, to the credit of this people be it said, a -stubborn or wilfully disobedient pupil is rare. On the whole, the -encouraging cases are largely in the majority, and the opposite -kind lead us to exercise more care, perseverance, patience and -prayerfulness.</p> - -<p>Our thanks are due to the ladies of the Congregational Church at -Colchester, Conn., and to the ladies of the Free Church, Andover, -Mass., for a barrel of bedding each, for the Mission Home. The -contents were especially acceptable at the time received, for the -Sunny South had on, just then, a decidedly winterish aspect, with -the mercury at 18 degrees. Now we are in the midst of spring, with -a profusion of orange blossoms, roses and green leaves.</p> -</div> -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>TEXAS.</h3> - -<p class="section">Revival—Ministerial Carpentry—Organ and Papers Needed.</p> - -<p class="secauth">REV. S. M. COLES, CORPUS CHRISTI.</p> - -<p>“Surely the Lord is in this place and I knew it not.” I have been -led to feel the force of these words with somewhat of the surprise -of their author, within the last two or three weeks. My work among -this people has been, I confess, a little discouraging; but now the -Lord has smiled upon us, aye, He has showered upon us blessings -from heaven. Brother Thompson, from Helena, has been with us the -last four weeks. We have worked together, and God has crowned our -feeble efforts with success. In our conference we decided to hold -a series of religious meetings, intending thereby to stir up, if -possible, the members of the church to greater activity. These -meetings were commenced, and, as they continued, the interest -deepened, both Christians and sinners being impressed. Many rose -and asked the church to pray for them. To our great surprise -and joy, sinners have come flocking home, backsliders have been -reclaimed, the church has been made alive, and many out of Christ -are inquiring. The manifest result of our season of revival thus -far is, that six have been added to the church. Four young ladies, -all under twenty-three years of age, joined by the profession of -their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. One who had backslidden came -and acknowledged her sins, professing her belief that God had -forgiven the same, asked pardon of the church, and was received -back again into the fold. Another came, by letter, from the Baptist -church. He was formerly a member of this church, and, as he said, -he “only came back again.” And let me say, that these meetings -were not characterized by excitement; not the least “shouting” was -manifest during their continuance, but there was a deep seriousness -shown upon each countenance. The colored people here are so wild -and physical in their religious meetings, while our church is so -quiet, that they speak skeptically about our Christianity. An A. M. -E. minister asked one of our young converts to-day, when she was -converted. They are still looking through Elijah’s wind, earthquake -and fire for the appearance of God, and but few wish to receive Him -through the “still small voice.”</p> - -<p>Our financial condition is not what we could wish, but in the -circumstances I do not think it could be much better. The members -failed this year to meet their pledges; they are fifty dollars<a class="pagenum" name="Page_149" id="Page_149">[149]</a> -short. But this was caused by having to meet unforeseen expenses. -We enclosed our church lot just before Christmas. I advised them to -do this, as the edifice was so much exposed. The carpenter’s work -I did myself, and charged them nothing for it. My Sabbath-school -is quite prosperous, but it is not so large now as it has been. -Children need something to draw their attention. I find that they -are wonderfully attracted by music. We need an organ; but we are -too poor to buy one. Will some kind friend send us an organ for our -Sabbath-school? I am sure that great good could be done with an -organ in attracting the attention of children and drawing them in -from the streets. There are numbers of children strolling around on -the Sabbath. Children here are allowed to go where they wish. If -they want to come to my school, they come; if not, they stay away; -and parents have but little influence over them in this respect. I -would like to capture such, and I think I should be able to do this -with music and papers.</p> - -<p>Cannot some of the friends of the missionary cause send us their -old Sabbath-school papers when they are done with them, remembering -that God will bless their beneficence?</p> -</div> -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>TENNESSEE.</h3> - -<p class="section">Material and Spiritual Value of the Yellow Fever Fund.</p> - -<p class="secauth">MISS HATTIE A. MILTON.</p> - -<p>Various sums were sent to our treasury for the relief of the -yellow fever sufferers. This little fund has been distributed in -New Orleans, Memphis and Mobile. The accompanying letter from Miss -Milton shows the manner of its distribution in Memphis:</p> - -<p>“Most of those whom I found worthy of relief were people who were -suffering from the effects of the fever, and could only make money -enough to pay the rent. To such, a few barrels of coal or some -provision and shoes gave a start, so that they could get on very -well alone. We have had an unusually cold winter, and people have -consequently needed more fuel, the sickly ones often having to -remain in bed to keep warm. A pastor of one of the colored churches -has been a great help in this work, by reporting needy cases in -his part of the city. One poor woman, whom he reported, when -visited, said, ‘Sure the Lord must have sent you, for I have tried -ever since I had the fever to get help, but being blind could not -succeed.’ She was furnished with fuel and provision. She then said, -‘You see how good the Lord is to me because I trust Him.’</p> - -<p>“Another man had always done very well until he had the fever, from -which he partially recovered, but had a relapse which laid him on -his bed for months. His wife also was sick, and the family were -in great distress when I visited them, and sent relief, which so -encouraged them that the man was soon able to be at work again, and -is doing well now. I had never gained access to this neighborhood -before, but by relieving this family I gained the confidence of -the people, and they invited me to hold a weekly prayer-meeting -there, which is well attended. Several families which have been -relieved now send their children to our Sunday-school. Although -several thousand dollars were sent here to relieve yellow fever -sufferers, many of the colored people received but little, some -nothing. It is very sad to hear of those who were so feeble that -they could not stand in the ranks to await their turn at the relief -office, but sat on the ground till night came, and then receiving -no attention, went home to die! One man, who had always been a good -provider, sent his family to the country during the fever, but fell -a victim to it himself, and died, leaving his wife a nice house -and lot, but with several debts unpaid, and not a dollar for her -support. Within a week after his death a beautiful baby opened its -wondering eyes for the first time in this world of trouble. The -poor heart-broken mother, instead of welcoming<a class="pagenum" name="Page_150" id="Page_150">[150]</a> the tiny, helpless -creature, only looked at it with tearful eyes and an aching heart, -as she had nothing for it, most of their clothing being burned -when her husband died, to prevent the spread of the disease. When -I found her, the baby was three months’ old, and had never had but -two garments, and the mother could not leave the three little ones, -all under four years of age, to get work. She was relieved, and now -the cold is nearly over, and as she has rented her house and taken -small rooms herself, she saves a little money, which, with the work -she can get, will, she hopes, keep the wolf from the door, and she -is very thankful for the relief that came just when she most needed -it.</p> - -<p>“I will only add that this relief fund has at least doubled my -field of work, besides doing much to call the attention of the -people to our school. May God’s blessing rest on those interested -in this good work.”</p> -</div> -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h2>AFRICA.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<h3>NATIVE PREACHERS—AN ADVANCE CALLED—TEN NEW -COMMUNICANTS—SUNDAY-SCHOOL NEEDS—THE FARM AND MILL.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">REV. A. E. JACKSON, AVERY STATION.</p> - -<p>We are all enjoying a moderate degree of health, which, of course, -is quite encouraging to one laboring in this country, and helps -him to enter upon the year’s work with renewed vigor. Finding -that I was unable to reach a very great number of country men who -live too far from my station to attend services, I have in such -localities established preaching stations conducted by the hands -employed in the Mission. They meet me each Saturday afternoon, so -that I may explain to them the passages of Scripture that they -are to use on Sunday at their respective stations. Great good is -thus being accomplished. One station, in a very beautiful little -town of about twelve hundred inhabitants, is conducted by my -interpreter. The meetings are full of interest, and doubtless great -good will be accomplished by its thus being established. The chief -himself is learning to take a very great interest in the meetings, -and, of course, if he expresses an interest in the meetings, the -subjects will always attend very largely. I hope to see the chief -converted before a very great while. Another station is maintained -in a smaller village, where I trust to see greater interest soon -manifested.</p> - -<p>Avery is the most interior station held by the American Missionary -Association in Africa. This one step has been taken, and a -sufficient time has elapsed since to teach us that it is all -important to push our work farther into the country. There lies on -either side of us a vast territory, densely populated by an anxious -and thirsty people who are dying for want of the truths of the -Gospel.</p> - -<p>In regard to the work at Avery, the new year has opened up quite -favorably to us in all our departments. The church I am glad to -say, is progressing far beyond all expectation. Sunday, Feb. 9, was -our communion day, and it did seem as if the presence of the Lord -was with each one in spirit and in power. There were added to the -church ten souls, who were that day with us permitted to partake -of the Lord’s Supper. Another feature connected with the church -work is full of interest, and that is the prayer meetings. They -are, as a general thing, largely attended by the country men, and -great interest is manifested among them. We hope that many will be -brought to the Lord during this year; but this will depend very -greatly upon earnest prayer on the part of the Christians at home.</p> - -<p>One thing is discouraging, and that<a class="pagenum" name="Page_151" id="Page_151">[151]</a> is the condition of the -Sabbath-school. We have no papers, no Bibles, and scarcely any -singing-books, with which to carry it on. All who know anything -of Sunday-school work are perfectly aware that much depends upon -the interest that one is enabled to keep up among the children and -adults by such means; it is so with you in civilized countries, -much more so in a heathen country, where one is required to teach -them everything. Now I am sure that some Sunday-school or some -lover of the Christian cause will respond to this, my most humble -appeal in the name of Christ, and send such books, papers, etc., to -Avery Station as he can afford.</p> - -<p>The agricultural department is progressing nicely. Our coffee farm -is in a flourishing condition. Many of the trees are in bloom, and -some have on them many berries of coffee. I think by another year -a greater part of the trees will be bearing well. Our mill is now -undergoing repair, and we hope to have it in perfect running order -by April 1st.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h2>THE CHINESE.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>“CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.”</h3> - -<p class="section">Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association.</p> - -<p class="medium"><span class="smcap">President</span>: Rev. J. K. McLean, D. D. -<span class="smcap">Vice-Presidents</span>: Rev. A. L. Stone, D. D., Thomas C. -Wedderspoon, Esq., Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon. F. F. Low, Rev. I. E. -Dwinell, D. D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S. H. Willey, D. D., Edward -P. Flint, Esq., Rev. J. W. Hough, D. D., Jacob S. Taber, Esq.</p> - -<p class="medium"><span class="smcap">Directors</span>: Rev. George Mooar, D. D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer, -Rev. E. P. Baker, James M. Haven, Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, Rev. -John Kimball, E. P. Sanford, Esq.</p> - -<p class="medium"><span class="smcap">Secretary</span>: Rev. W. C. Pond. <span class="smcap">Treasurer</span>: E. -Palache, Esq.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>SOME POINTS ON THE CHINESE QUESTION.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">Rev. WM. C. POND, SAN FRANCISCO.</p> - -<p>1. There are two sides to the question. Many Christians, both -laymen and ministers, are earnestly opposed to Chinese immigration, -for reasons which seem to them ample and even imperative. As -against such reasons, vituperation and contempt fall powerless. But -it should be observed that these reasons do not—with, at most, two -exceptions—apply to Chinese immigration alone. The Irish laborer -underbid the native American, and crowded him out of the field. In -some cases great suffering temporarily ensued. But the American -at length found other and better fields to which, indeed, the -Irishman’s toil prepared his way. It would be so again. The Irish, -French and German immigrants have brought with them principles -and practices sadly at variance with those which gave us free -institutions, our Christian Sabbaths, and our happy homes; and -thoughtful Christians viewed this influx of an alien element with -great alarm for many years. For the same reasons, and some others, -they cannot but view with anxiety an influx from the heathen -nations over our Western sea. But what did we do about it in the -former case? Did we lock the door? Did we attempt to dyke back the -incoming tide? No; but we said, We will meet these people with the -Gospel; we will bring their children into our public schools; we -will make the very air they breathe redolent with the principles of -a genuine Christian liberty, and thus we will make them no longer -Irish, or French, or Germans, but, in the second generation, if not -the first, Americans all. And this process is saving the nation’s -life. Why not try it again with the new immigration from the old -Orient?</p> - -<p>2. But there are two <em>special</em> reasons for opposing this Chinese -immigration; one is, that it consists of unmarried men, homeless -and vagrant, and our country needs homes; the other is, that<a class="pagenum" name="Page_152" id="Page_152">[152]</a> they -are exceptionally clannish, refuse to associate and assimilate with -us, and remain, after thirty years, as much an alien race as when -they first arrived. I feel the force of these facts, but is there -not a cause? They are, it is true, a very conservative race; slow -to change, and ardently attached to their native land; but if it -were otherwise, I submit whether the courtesies they have received -are of the sort which would specially incline them to fall in love -with our country or ourselves. The Chinese <em>can be Americanized</em>; -and in response to treatment such as European immigrants receive, -would long ago have begun to make homes and to identify themselves -with us. And, by the grace of God and the power of the Gospel, -they might have been, and may yet be, educated into intelligent, -patriotic and useful citizens. He who doubts this ought no longer -to profess and call himself a Christian.</p> - -<p>3. There is no occasion to be frightened lest we be overwhelmed by -a rush of Chinese immigrants. The lapse of thirty years finds about -100,000 in the United States, and to-day they are going faster than -they come; going, not because they are frightened, but for the very -sensible reason that they can do better elsewhere. The supply has -exceeded the demand. The wealthier Chinese find their impoverished -countrymen thrown upon their charities, and they use every -influence they can bring to bear to restrain others from coming. -What if there are 400,000,000 of them just across the sea; they may -as well stay there and starve, as to come 10,000 miles and do the -same. If the recent bill had become a law, and had been executed, -no others in all the land would have profited by it so much as the -Chinese in California.</p> - -<p>4. The anti-Chinese mania seems to neutralize, even in otherwise -honorable men, all scruple about ascertaining the truth of -statements before they make them, or even about repeating -statements proven to be false. I brand it as a falsehood that the -Chinese in this country are in any sense coolies. They are freemen. -If they have borrowed money to come here, it has not been of the -Six Companies; nor are the terms on which such loans are made in -any wise different from those on which a New Englander might borrow -in order to “go west.” I brand it as a falsehood that there is -among them any <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">imperium in imperio</i>, defying our laws, and meting -out to its victims punishment even unto death. The Six Companies -are voluntary societies for mutual aid. Sometimes, instead of -going to law, our Chinese agree to refer matters in dispute to -the presidents of these companies as a board of arbitrators; but -such arbitration is in principle and practice exactly that which -American business men often resort to; exactly that which between -Christians ought to be always a sufficient substitute for suits at -law. Some years ago Chinese merchants were able to arrange with -the steamship companies to sell no tickets to Chinamen unless they -could show what has been incorrectly called a permit from one or -the other of these companies. The object was to prevent men from -leaving with their debts unpaid. In order to obtain one of these -passes, a man must announce at the office of the company to which -he belongs his intention of returning to China, and thus give his -creditors, if he have any, an opportunity to protest. The result -is, I suppose, that the glorious Anglo-Saxon liberty of running -away from unpaid bills is, for them, somewhat curtailed. But our -Congregational Association of Christian Chinese has the same -authority to issue passes that the Six Companies have, and its -passes are equally respected. And for years no Christian Chinaman -has recognized any obligation to either of these companies in any -way. I go into detail on this point, because much has been<a class="pagenum" name="Page_153" id="Page_153">[153]</a> made of -it, as an out-cropping of that <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">imperium in imperio</i> of which so -much has been said. It goes the length that I have stated, and no -further.</p> - -<p>Finally, I brand as falsehoods the representations constantly made -as to the success of missionary labor among the Chinese here. I -am sure that Mr. Blaine would not wilfully belittle such a work. -He is a follower of Christ, and a friend to his fellow-men, but -he has listened to those who were neither of these, or he would -never have said that “not one in a thousand have even nominally -professed a change from heathenism, and of this small number -nearly one-half had been taught in missionary schools in China.” -The known and counted results are more than five times as large -as the “missionary,” (?) whom he quotes, represents, and of them, -I venture to say, that not one in a hundred ever entered the door -of a mission-school in China; while their conversion has not -been merely nominal and negative, “<em>from</em> heathenism,” but real -and positive, to a faithful, prayerful, earnest Christian life. -Meanwhile, there are grand results that cannot be measured, but -which will tell mightily on the future, in the starting of thought, -the loosening of the bonds of superstition, the <em>preparation</em> of -the way of the Lord.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - - -<h2>RECEIPTS</h2> - -<p class="center">FOR MARCH, 1879.</p> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MAINE, $38.80.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Andover. S. W. Pearson, <i>for Student Aid</i></td> -<td class="ramt">$5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lyman. Cong. Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.05</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">26.75</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW HAMPSHIRE, $397.51.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bennington. Miss Emily Whittemore, <i>for -Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">75.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Concord. C. T. P.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Exeter. “A Friend,” $10; Second Cong. -Ch. Sab. Sch., class of boys, $2.82, <i>for -Chapel, Wilmington, N. C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">12.82</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Farmington. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.92</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fisherville. J. C. Martin</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Francestown. R. G. Cochran</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hanover. Dartmouth College Ch. $70 (of -which $50 for the debt. See debt receipts)</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hollis. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. <span class="smcap">Amos -Bailey</span> L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">35.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lyndeborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.38</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Manchester. Jasper P. George</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Marlborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of which -$5 for a pupil Taladega C.)</td> -<td class="ramt">25.10</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Nashua. Olive St. Ch. and Soc., $20.78; Miss -H. M. Swallow, $10</td> -<td class="ramt">30.78</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Ipswich. G. W. T. $1; A. N. T., $1—Ladies, -75c <i>for Freight</i>; Miss A. W., 50c</td> -<td class="ramt">3.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Hampton. E. Gove</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Northwood Centre. J. M. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Piermont. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $6.51; Mrs. -Marden, $3.50</td> -<td class="ramt">10.01</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Portsmouth. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., Infant -Class of Mrs. E. P. Kimball, <i>for Chapel, -Wilmington, N. C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">7.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Troy. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Concord. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">—— “A Friend in N. B.”</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">VERMONT, $240.92.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bradford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">35.71</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Burlington. (Winooski) Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">68.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Burlington. Third Cong. Ch. $13.47; N. S. -H., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">14.47</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Corinth. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.63</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dummerston. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.38</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Berkshire. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">35.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Craftsbury. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., bbl. -of Bedding and $3, <i>for Atlanta, Ga.</i>;—Mrs. -M. C. P., $1; Others, $1</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Randolph Centre. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Londonderry. Mrs. Betsey Gibson</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Stafford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Brattleborough. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">11.14</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Randolph. M. A. and S. E. Albin, $6; -S. I. W., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt"> 11.34</td> -</tr> -</table> - - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MASSACHUSETTS, $1,970.60.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Amherst. Second Cong. Ch. $9.25; Mass. -Ag. Col. “College Christian Union,” $3.25</td> -<td class="ramt">12.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Andover. Free Ch. (of which $100 from -Francis H. Johnson) $184.58; South Cong. -Ch. and Soc. $41.31; Calvin, E. Goodale, -$25</td> -<td class="ramt">250.89</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Arlington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">12.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Athol. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. <span class="smcap">Rev. -Henry A. Blake</span> L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">51.80</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Blandford. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Boston Highlands. Immanuel Cong. Ch. -and Soc., $100; H. W. T., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">100.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brocton. I. P.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brookline. S. A., E. H. C.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Byfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.38</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cambridgeport. Cash, $10; G. B. C., 50c</td> -<td class="ramt">10.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Charlton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $10; Cong. -Sab. Sch. $5.69</td> -<td class="ramt">15.69</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $66.96;—Mrs. -R. G. P., $1, <i>for the aid of Pupils, Talladega, -Ala.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">67.96</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chestertown. S. C. A.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Clinton. First Evan. Ch. and Soc. $75.23;—Ladies’ -Missionary Soc., bbl. of C., <i>for Fisk -U. and City Mission Work</i>, and $3 <i>for -Freight</i></td> -<td class="ramt">78.23</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Enfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $50; Ira D. -Haskell, $5</td> -<td class="ramt">55.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fair Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Foxborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">52.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Framingham. “A Friend,” $30, to const. -<span class="smcap">Miss Mary Billings</span> L. M.;—Ladies of -Plymouth Ch. <i>for Freight</i>, $2</td> -<td class="ramt">32.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Gardner. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Grantville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">75.94</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Great Barrington. L. M. Chapin</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Groton. Union Orthodox Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.82</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Groveland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Haverhill. Joseph Flanders</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Holbrook. Sarah J. Holbrook, <i>for Student -Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Holden. “Holden Benev. Soc.,” by J. Calvin, -<i>for Aid of Pupils, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_154" id="Page_154">[Pg 154]</a></span></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Holliston. Coll. No. 4 Sat. Evening Prayer - Meeting, by John Batchelder</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Littleton. Ladies’ Mission Circle</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lowell. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of First Cong. - Ch. bbl. of C., <i>for Wilmington, N. C.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lynn. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Manchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">26.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mansfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">12.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Melrose. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. (in - part)</td> -<td class="ramt">42.05</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Millbury. M. D. Garfield</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.65</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Abington. Freedmen’s Aid Soc., bbl. -of C. <i>for Fisk U. and City Mission Work</i>, -“M. A.,” $2 <i>for Freight</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Northampton. Sab. Sch. of First Parish</td> -<td class="ramt">46.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Northborough. Mrs. A. E. D. F.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Northfield. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.62</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Hadley. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.45</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">38.45</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norton. Wheaton Sem., <i>for Aid of Pupils, -Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">17.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Peabody. So. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">18.39</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Peru. G. Wells</td> -<td class="ramt">1.51</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Phillipston. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.17</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plainfield. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dyer</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Quincy. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">27.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rockland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">123.82</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rockport. “A Friend.”</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sandwich. Mrs. E. W. Wells, $5; Mrs. Robert -Tobey, $5</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Shelburne. Ladies of Cong. Ch. $2 and bbl. -of C. <i>for Montgomery, Ala.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Somerville. Broadway Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Byfield. Mrs. E. H. Evans</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Framingham. G. M. Amsden</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Royalston. Individuals, by Rev. C. L. -Tomblen</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Weymouth. Union Cong. Ch. $60, -to const. <span class="smcap">Mrs. Hannah C. Cushing</span> and -<span class="smcap">Mrs. Geo. W. Conant</span> L. M.’s; Second -Cong. Ch. and Soc. $41, to const. <span class="smcap">Mrs. -Almatia Heald</span> L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">101.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Springfield. First Ch., $57.25; Hope Ch., -$15.14; Mrs. Ira Merrill, $2</td> -<td class="ramt">74.90</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Taunton. Ladies’ Sewing Circle of Winslow -Ch., $25 <i>for a Student, Talladega C.</i>; also, -box of C. <i>for Talladega</i>, and $2 <i>for Freight</i></td> -<td class="ramt">27.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Topsfield. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. box of C., -<i>for Wilmington, N. C.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Waverly. Cong. Ch. and Soc. <i>for a Student, -Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wellesley. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $5; L. B. -H., 50c</td> -<td class="ramt">5.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westborough. Cong. Sab. Sch., $48.84; Evan. -Cong. Ch. M. C. Coll., $14.84</td> -<td class="ramt">63.68</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Stockbridge Village. Cong. Ch. and -Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">12.94</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wilmington. Mrs. E. M. G. Noyes, <i>for aid -of Pupils, Talladega, Ala.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Woburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">150.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Worcester. T. W. T.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.51</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">RHODE ISLAND, $30.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oak Lawn. Rev. Marcus Ames</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Providence. Mrs. Lucius Lyon, $10, <i>for -Student Aid, Fisk U.</i>; E. Weston, $5</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tiverton Four Corners. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CONNECTICUT, $1,199.82.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bridgeport. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">83.96</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brookfield. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Canton Centre. Mrs. S. B. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.02</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chester. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">36.80</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Collinsville. Mrs. Chidsey, <i>for Girl’s Ind. -Sch., Talladega, Ala.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Danbury. E. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Danielsonville. J. D. Bigelow</td> -<td class="ramt">4.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Hampton. Talladega Soc. <i>for Aid of -Pupils, Talladega, Ala.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">22.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Hartford. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Windsor Hill. Bbl. of C. <i>for City Mission -Work</i>, and $1 <i>for Freight</i>; Mrs. C., $5</td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fairfield. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">57.09</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fair Haven. Second Cong. Ch. to const. -<span class="smcap">Horace H. Strong</span> L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">40.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Franklin. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">11.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Greenwich. Second Cong. Ch., $60; E. M., -50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">60.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Guilford. Ladies of Third Cong. Ch. bbl. of -C., val. $25, and $5 <i>for Freight</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hanover. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">24.87</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hartford. Windsor Av. Cong. Ch. $25.01; -Collected by Mrs. G. W. Root, $11.00</td> -<td class="ramt">36.01</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lakeville. Mrs. M. H. W.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ledyard. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.38</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lyme. J. A. R.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mansfield Centre. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Britain. Mrs. N. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Hartford. Bible Class, by Rev. F. H. -Adams, <i>for Theo. Student, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">8.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Haven. Ch. of the Redeemer, $130; -Amos Townsend, $35; East Cong. Ch., $12;</td> -<td class="ramt">177.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New London. First Cong. Ch. $38.23; “A -Thank Offering,” $3</td> -<td class="ramt">41.23</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Preston. Rev. H. Upson</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Old Lyme. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.10</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plantsville. Individuals, by Rev. L. F. Berry</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plymouth. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">16.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ridgefield. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">16.11</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Simsbury. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">19.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Britain. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tolland. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.54</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">423.81</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Woodbury. Benj. Fabrique</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Meriden. Mrs. M. P. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wethersfield. Mrs. Mary D. McLean, box -of Books and $1.40, <i>for Talladega, Ala.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.40</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW YORK, $740.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Batavia. “A. V. S. F.”</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., E. R. -Kennedy, Supt., $100, <i>for a Teacher</i>;—Miss -M. E. S., 50c.; Mrs. G. H., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">101.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chenango Forks. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Churchville. Union Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for -Aid of Pupils, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cincinnatus. “Cincinnatus”</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Copenhagen. E. G.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Crown Point. First Cong. Ch., Mrs. Triphena -Walker</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dryden. Mrs. L. M. K.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Floyd. Welsh Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Flushing. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">13.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fredonia. Presb. Sab. Sch., $15; “McK.,” -$15, to const. <span class="smcap">Christine Gilbert</span> L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Gilbertsville. Rev. A. Wood</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Honeoye. Cong. Ch., $33, and Sab. Sch., -$17</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kiantone. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">12.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Livonia. G. W. Jackman, $10; M. A. Jackman, -$5; Mrs. Wm. Calvert (<i>$5 of which -for Chinese M. in Cal.</i>) $10</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lockport. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. Mrs. -<span class="smcap">J. E. Merritt</span> L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Malone. Mrs. H. R. Wilson</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Martinsburgh. Horatio Hough, $5; Mrs. -Almira Arthur, $3</td> -<td class="ramt">8.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Middlesex. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Adams</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Millville. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.34</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Morrisville. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">27.61</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Hamburgh. S. H. S.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newark Valley. <span class="smcap">Legacy</span> of a deceased -Sister, by Mrs. A. B. Smith</td> -<td class="ramt">34.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New York. “X. Y. Z.,” <i>for Hampton Inst.</i>, -$100;—Mrs. James Stokes, $10, <i>for Ch. -Work, Ogeechee, Ga.</i>;—S. T. Richards, $6; -Mrs. Elizabeth Merritt, $5, Mrs. L. B. B., -50c.; S. T. G., 50c.; American Tract Soc., -Grant of S. S. Papers, val. $30</td> -<td class="ramt">122.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oneida. S. H. Goodwin, $10; Edward -Loomis, $2</td> -<td class="ramt">12.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oneonta. L. J. S.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Orient. H. M. W.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Parma. Mrs. Harriet Clark</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Peon Yan. F. O. Hamlin</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Poughkeepsie. Mrs. M. J. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Pulaski. S. C.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Seneca Falls. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sherburne. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">55.45<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_155" id="Page_155">[Pg 155]</a></span></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Spencerport. S. V. and M. D., $1 each, <i>for -Freight</i>; Mary Dyer, $5, <i>for Student Aid, -Tougaloo U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Spencertown. Rev. H. P. Bake</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Taberg. Aaron Stedman, $2; Dewey Hopkins, -$2; A. W., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Turin. Mrs. Martha Woodworth</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Troy. Mrs. E. C. S.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Union Valley. Dr. J. Angel</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Volney. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.94</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW JERSEY, $230.56.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Morristown. Mrs. Ella M. Graves, <i>for Aid -of Pupils, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newark. C. S. Haines</td> -<td class="ramt">40.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Orange Valley. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">64.01</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Stanley. Hillside Missionary Sab. Sch. of -Cong. Ch., <i>for a Lady Missionary</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Vineland. Cong. Ch. of the Pilgrims</td> -<td class="ramt">1.55</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">PENNSYLVANIA, $14.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Springfield. Mrs. C. J. Cowles</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Farmer’s Valley. Mrs. E. C. O.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hermitage. W. F. Stewart, $4; E. P., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Jeanesville. Welsh Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North East. C. A. T.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">OHIO, $463.68.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chatham Centre. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">28.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cincinnati. Vine St. Cong. Ch. $41.65; Rev. -B. P. Aydelott, D.D., $10</td> -<td class="ramt">51.65</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Claridon. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Atlanta, Ga.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Clarksfield. Rev. J. M. and Mrs. H. B. Fraser</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fostoria. C. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Granville. Thomas D. Williams</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Harmar. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">35.32</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hartford. A. N., $1; J. M. J., $1; Miss H. -J., $1; S. C. B.,$1; Others, $1</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Huntington. Edward West</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kingsville. J. L. Gage</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lyme. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">22.58</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mechanicsburgh. Mrs. M. K. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Richland. Elizabeth Johnston</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oberlin. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $50, <i>for Ag’l -Dept., Talladega, Ala.</i>;—First Cong. Ch. -$38.74; Second Cong. Ch., $10.39</td> -<td class="ramt">99.13</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ravenna. Ira B. Cutts</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Richfield. Mrs. Uri Oviatt, $5; Mrs. Sylvester -Townsend, $2.50</td> -<td class="ramt">7.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Steubenville. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Improvements, -Tougaloo U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">24.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Strongsville. Free Cong. Ch., $6, <i>for Tougaloo -U.</i>;—“A Friend,” $3, <i>for Student Aid, -Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">9.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wakeman. Franklin Hale</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wellington. C. F.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Willoughby. Miss Mary P. Hastings, $10; -Florence A. Page, $5</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">INDIANA, $5.50.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sparta. J. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Winchester. Mrs. John Commons</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">ILLINOIS, $748.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Avon. Mrs. Celinda Woods</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chesterfield. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chicago. Woman’s Miss. Soc. of Lincoln -Park Ch., <i>for Lady Missionary, Memphis, -Tenn.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">17.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dundee. Cong. Ch., $8; Mrs. Wm. D., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">9.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Galesburg. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Warren C. Willard, -by Prof. T. R. Willard</td> -<td class="ramt">21.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Galesburg. Mrs. E. T. Parker, to const. -<span class="smcap">Dea. Geo. T. Holyoke</span> L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Griggsville. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">37.16</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lyonsville. Ladies of Cong. Ch., box of -household goods, <i>for Montgomery, Ala.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Naperville. A. A. Smith</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Odell. Mrs. H. E. Dana</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Peoria. Chas. Fisher, <i>for Student Aid, -Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">12.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plymouth. N. F. Burton</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Port Byron. A. F. Hollister</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Princeton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., $14.50, -<i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i>;—Mrs. P. B. Corse, -$10</td> -<td class="ramt">24.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rockford. Ladies of Cong. Ch., <i>for aid of -Pupils, Talladega, Ala.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sycamore. A. S.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tonica. “V. G. S.,” $5; F. A. Wood, $2.50; -“A Friend,” $2.50</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tolona. Mrs. L. Haskell</td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Waukegan. Young Ladies’ Missionary Soc., -$15; Cong. Ch., $6.34</td> -<td class="ramt">21.34</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Waukegan. “Friends,”, <i>for Freight</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wheaton. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">——. “A Friend,”</td> -<td class="ramt">500.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MICHIGAN, $567.75.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Calumet. Cong. Ch., $238.25, to const. <span class="smcap">Bertha -Calista Curtis</span> and <span class="smcap">Harold Morse -Wright</span> L. M.’s.; Robert Dobbie, $20.50</td> -<td class="ramt">258.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Churches Corners. Cong. Sab. Sch., $11.25; -H.C. 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">11.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Claire. A. H. Norris</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Detroit. Fort St. Cong. Sab. Sch., $50; Mrs. -Z. Eddy, $25; Miss Grout, $10; Cong. Sab. -Sch., $2; Miss L., $1; Miss H., $1; Mrs. C., -$1, <i>for Lady Missionary, Memphis. Tenn.</i>;—Mrs. -D. P., $1; Mrs. A. D. G., $1; -Others, $2.50, by Mrs. J. A. Nutting</td> -<td class="ramt">94.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Greenville. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. <i>for Student -Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.91</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hancock. First Cong. Ch., $30; Sab. Sch. -Scholars, $1</td> -<td class="ramt">31.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Imlay City. Cong. Sab. Sch., box of Books, -<i>for Montgomery, Ala.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Leland. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Milford. E. G.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Pontiac. Cong. Sab. Sch., $1.40; Mrs. S. J. -C., $1; Dea. J. P. W., $1; Juv. Miss. Soc., $1,</td> -<td class="ramt">4.40</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Haven. Clark Pierce</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1"><a name="Err_2" id="Err_2"></a>Unadilla. Mrs. Agnes D. Bird, $4; Mrs. M. -M., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Union City. Mrs. I. W. Clark and Miss -Sarah B. Clark, <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Vernon. <span class="smcap">Bequest</span> of Sarah Holley, by D. -C. Holley</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Vienna Union Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.44</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">WISCONSIN, $127.96.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Arena. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Centre. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.53</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Elk Grove. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Milwaukee. Plymouth Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">36.70</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oshkosh. Cong. Ch., $54.73; H. S. M., 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">55.23</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Shopiere. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Shullsburg. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Whitewater. Ladies of Cong. Ch., bbl. of -C., and house furnishing goods, val. $50 -Mrs. Coburn, $2, <i>for Montgomery, Ala.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">IOWA, $1,175.15.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ashland. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., <i>for Tougaloo U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Big Rock. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Burlington. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for -Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Des Moines. Woman’s Miss. Soc. of Plymouth -Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Grinnell. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Charles F. Dike, by -Mrs. C. F. Dike, Executrix,</td> -<td class="ramt">1,000.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Grinnell. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. and Friends, -$50, <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i>;—Cong. Ch., -$27.25</td> -<td class="ramt">77.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Keokuk. Will Collier. Smith Hamill, and -M. Messer, $5 ea.; X. X. C., 50c., <i>for Tougaloo U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">15.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Nevinville. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.40</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Traer. Mrs. C. H. Bissel, <i>for Student Aid, -Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Waterloo. Rev. M. K. Cross</td> -<td class="ramt">8.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">KANSAS, $16.50.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bavaria. A. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brookville. Rev. S. G. Wright</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Eudora. Mrs. L. R.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MINNESOTA, $53.89.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Clear Water. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.01</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">9.68</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plainview. Woman’s Cent. Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.10</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Saint Paul. Plymouth Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.30</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Zumbrota. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">13.80<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_156" id="Page_156">[Pg 156]</a></span></td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEBRASKA, $6.50.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hastings. Mrs. N. C. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fontanelle. “A Friend,”</td> -<td class="ramt">5.50</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MISSOURI, 50c.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Saint Louis. C. M. J.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CALIFORNIA, $299.65.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Los Angeles. Francis Wilson</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">San Francisco. Receipts of the California -Chinese Mission</td> -<td class="ramt">284.65</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">OREGON, $1.55.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Astoria. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.55</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">KENTUCKY, $5.05.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Berea. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.55</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Germantown. H. N.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">TENNESSEE, $153.15.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Memphis. Le Moyne Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">153.15</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NORTH CAROLINA, $133.24.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Raleigh. Washington Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">35.80</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wilmington. Normal Sch., $93.70; First -Cong. Ch., $3.74</td> -<td class="ramt">97.44</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">SOUTH CAROLINA, $271.75</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Charleston. Avery Inst.</td> -<td class="ramt">271.75</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">GEORGIA, $581.71.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Atlanta. Storrs Sch., $259.30; Atlanta University, -$87</td> -<td class="ramt">346.30</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Macon. Lewis High Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">50.90</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Savannah. Beach Inst.</td> -<td class="ramt">184.51</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">ALABAMA, $921.81.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Athens. Pub. Sch. Fund, $270; Trinity -Sch., $49.40</td> -<td class="ramt">319.40</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Blount Springs. J. Q. A. E.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Marion. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">29.48</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mobile. Emerson Inst.</td> -<td class="ramt">204.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Montgomery. Swayne Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">175.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Selma. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.10</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Talladega. Talladega College $174.28;—Governor -Parsons, <i>for Aid of Pupils, Talladega, -Ala.</i>, $13.55</td> -<td class="ramt">187.33</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">LOUISIANA, $138.75.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Orleans. Straight University</td> -<td class="ramt">138.75</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MISSISSIPPI, $35.55.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tougaloo. Tougaloo University</td> -<td class="ramt">35.55</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">TEXAS, $3.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brenham. Individuals, by Mrs. I. Howells, -$2; D. C., $1</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NOVA SCOTIA, $10.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Yarmouth. Yarmouth Tabernacle Missionary -Asso., <i>for Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">SANDWICH ISLANDS, $1,000.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">“A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">1.000.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">TURKEY, $10.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Van. Dr. G. C. Reynolds and Wife</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">INCOME FUND, $311.74.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">General Fund</td> -<td class="ramt">311.74</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="ramt" colspan="2">———</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">11,904.68</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total from Oct. 1st to March 31st</td> -<td class="ramt">$77,638.09</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<div style="width: 90%;"> -<p class="right" style="padding-right: 5%;">H. W. HUBBARD,</p> -<p class="right"><i>Ass’t Treas.</i></p> -</div> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">RECEIVED FOR DEBT.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hanover, N. H. Dartmouth College Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">$50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cromwell, Ct. M. G. Savage</td> -<td class="ramt">13.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Haven, Ct. Centre Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Hartford, Ct. Charles Boswell</td> -<td class="ramt">250.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Crown Point, N. Y. Mrs. George Page</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Madison, Ohio. Mrs. J. G. Fraser</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Northville, Mich. D. Pomeroy</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Saint Louis, Mo. Miss C. M. Janes</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Woodville, Ga. St. Phillip’s Soc., $2; Band -of Hope, $2.25</td> -<td class="ramt">4.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tougaloo, Miss. Tougaloo University</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="ramt" colspan="2">———</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">430.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Previously acknowledged in Feb. receipts</td> -<td class="ramt">24,488.97</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="ramt" colspan="2">———</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">$24,919.22</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">RECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="center" colspan="2">E. PALACHE, Treasurer.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="center" colspan="2"><i>From Dec. 20th, 1878, to March 20th, 1879.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">1. From auxiliaries:</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Petaluma Chinese Mission—(for room)</td> -<td class="ramt">$65.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Sacramento Chinese Mission—(12 Annual -Memberships)</td> -<td class="ramt">24.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Santa Barbara Chinese Mission—(4 Annual -Memberships: Rev. J. W. Hough, D. D., -$2; N. W. Winton, $2; Mrs. C. E. Huse, -$2; Wong Ah Yon, $2)</td> -<td class="ramt">8.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">——</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Collection Annual Meeting</td> -<td class="ramt">2.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Chinese Pupils</td> -<td class="ramt">18.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Stockton Chinese Mission—Mrs. M. C. -Brown</td> -<td class="ramt">4.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Brown</td> -<td class="ramt">4.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub3">Chinese Pupils</td> -<td class="ramt">2.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="ramt" colspan="2">———</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">126.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">2. From churches:</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Oakland—First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">36.15</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Sacramento—First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">San Francisco—First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">49.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">San Francisco—Bethany Ch., I. C. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="ramt" colspan="2">———</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">94.65</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">3. From individuals:</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Pescadero—Rev. W. C. Merritt</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">San Francisco—Rev. J. Rowell</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Sonoma—“A Thank Offering”</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="ramt" colspan="2">———</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">32.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">4. From Eastern Friends:</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Bangor, Me.—Unknown, by Rev. G. W. -Field, D. D., <i>for Barnes’ Mission House</i></td> -<td class="ramt">12.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub2">Auburn, Mass.—Cong. Sab. Sch., by Horace -Hobbs, <i>for Barnes’ Mission House</i></td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="ramt" colspan="2">———</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">32.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="ramt" colspan="2">———</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Grand Total</td> -<td class="ramt">$284.65</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL -INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cambridge, Vt. Madison Safford</td> -<td class="ramt">$25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Groton, Mass. Mrs. Elizabeth Farnsworth</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Haverhill, Mass. Gyles Merrill and Wife</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westfield, Mass. Miss E. B. Dickinson</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hartford, Conn. <span class="smcap">D. H. Wells</span>, to const. -himself L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oriskany Falls, N. Y. Joseph C. Griggs</td> -<td class="ramt">24.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Union Springs, N. Y. Mrs. Mary H. -Thomas</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Farms, N. Y. Daniel Mapes</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Painesville, Ohio. Mrs. Reuben Hitchcock</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="ramt" colspan="2">———</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">479.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Previously acknowledged in Feb. receipts</td> -<td class="ramt">1,627.17</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="ramt" colspan="2">———</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">$2,106.17<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_157" id="Page_157">[Pg 157]</a></span></td> -</tr> -</table> - - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h2>Constitution of the American Missionary Association.</h2> - -<p class="center">INCORPORATED JANUARY 30, 1849.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. I.</span> This Society shall be called “<span class="smcap">The American -Missionary Association</span>.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. II.</span> The object of this Association shall be to -conduct Christian missionary and educational operations, and to -diffuse a knowledge of the Holy Scriptures in our own and other -countries which are destitute of them, or which present open and -urgent fields of effort.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. III.</span> Any person of evangelical sentiments,<a name="FNanchor_1" id="FNanchor_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1" class="fnanchor">[A]</a> who -professes faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is not a slaveholder, -or in the practice of other immoralities, and who contributes to -the funds, may become a member of the Society; and by the payment -of thirty dollars, a life member; provided that children and others -who have not professed their faith may by constituted life members -without the privilege of voting.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. IV.</span> This Society shall meet annually, in the month of -September, October or November, for the election of officers and -the transaction of other business, at such time and place as shall -be designated by the Executive Committee.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. V.</span> The annual meeting shall be constituted of -the regular officers and members of the Society at the time of -such meeting, and of delegates from churches, local missionary -societies, and other co-operating bodies, each body being entitled -to one representative.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. VI.</span> The officers of the Society shall be a President, -Vice-Presidents, a Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretaries, -Treasurer, two Auditors, and an Executive Committee of not less -than twelve, of which the Corresponding Secretaries shall be -advisory, and the Treasurer ex-officio, members.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. VII.</span> To the Executive Committee shall belong the -collecting and disbursing of funds; the appointing, counselling, -sustaining and dismissing (for just and sufficient reasons) -missionaries and agents; the selection of missionary fields; -and, in general, the transaction of all such business as usually -appertains to the executive committees of missionary and other -benevolent societies; the Committee to exercise no ecclesiastical -jurisdiction over the missionaries; and its doings to be subject -always to the revision of the annual meeting, which shall, by a -reference mutually chosen, always entertain the complaints of any -aggrieved agent or missionary; and the decision of such reference -shall be final.</p> - -<p>The Executive Committee shall have authority to fill all vacancies -occurring among the officers between the regular annual meetings; -to apply, if they see fit, to any State Legislature for acts of -incorporation; to fix the compensation, where any is given, of all -officers, agents, missionaries, or others in the employment of the -Society; to make provision, if any, for disabled missionaries, and -for the widows and children of such as are deceased; and to call, -in all parts of the country, at their discretion, special and -general conventions of the friends of missions, with a view to the -diffusion of the missionary spirit, and the general and vigorous -promotion of the missionary work.</p> - -<p>Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for -transacting business.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. VIII.</span> This society, in collecting funds, in -appointing officers, agents and missionaries, and in selecting -fields of labor, and conducting the missionary work, will endeavor -particularly to discountenance slavery, by refusing to receive the -known fruits of unrequited labor, or to welcome to its employment -those who hold their fellow-beings as slaves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. IX.</span> Missionary bodies, churches or individuals -agreeing to the principles of this Society, and wishing to appoint -and sustain missionaries of their own, shall be entitled to do so -through the agency of the Executive Committee, on terms mutually -agreed upon.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. X.</span> No amendment shall be made in this Constitution -without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at a -regular annual meeting: nor unless the proposed amendment has been -submitted to a previous meeting, or to the Executive Committee in -season to be published by them (as it shall be their duty to do, if -so submitted) in the regular official notifications of the meeting.</p> - - -<p>FOOTNOTE:</p> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_1" id="Footnote_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1"><span class="label">[A]</span></a> By evangelical sentiments, we understand, among -others, a belief in the guilty and lost condition of all men -without a Saviour; the Supreme Deity, Incarnation and Atoning -Sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the only Saviour of the world; the -necessity of regeneration by the Holy Spirit, repentance, faith and -holy obedience in order to salvation; the immortality of the soul; -and the retributions of the judgment in the eternal punishment of -the wicked, and salvation of the righteous.</p> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_158" id="Page_158">[Pg 158]</a></span></p></div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h2>The American Missionary Association.</h2> - -<hr class="tiny" /> - - -<h3>AIM AND WORK.</h3> - -<p>To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with -the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted -its main efforts to preparing the <span class="smcap">Freedmen</span> for their -duties as citizens and Christians in America, and as missionaries -in Africa. As closely related to this, it seeks to benefit the -caste-persecuted <span class="smcap">Chinese</span> in America, and to co-operate -with the Government in its humane and Christian policy towards the -<span class="smcap">Indians</span>. It has also a mission in <span class="smcap">Africa</span>.</p> - - -<h3>STATISTICS.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Churches</span>: <i>In the South</i>—In Va. 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2; -Ga., 12; Ky., 7; Tenn., 4; Ala., 13; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2; -Texas, 5. <i>Africa</i>, 1. <i>Among the Indians</i>, 1. Total 66.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Institutions Founded, Fostered or Sustained in the -South.</span>—<i>Chartered</i>: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala.; -Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.; -and Austin, Texas, 8. <i>Graded or Normal Schools</i>: at Wilmington, -Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Macon, Atlanta, Ga.; -Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn., 11. <i>Other -Schools</i>, 18. Total 37.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teachers, Missionaries and Assistants.</span>—Among the Freedmen, -231; among the Chinese, 17; among the Indians, 17; in Africa, 14. -Total, 279. <span class="smcap">Students</span>—In Theology, 88; Law, 17; in College -Course, 106; in other studies, 7,018. Total, 7,229. Scholars, -taught by former pupils of our schools, estimated at 100,000. -<span class="smcap">Indians</span> under the care of the Association, 13,000.</p> - - -<h3>WANTS.</h3> - -<p>1. A steady <span class="smcap medium">INCREASE</span> of regular income to keep pace with -the growing work in the South. This increase can only be reached by -<em>regular</em> and <em>larger</em> contributions from the churches—the feeble -as well as the strong.</p> - -<p>2. <span class="smcap">Additional Buildings</span> for our higher educational -institutions, to accommodate the increasing numbers of students; -<span class="smcap">Meeting Houses</span>, for the new churches we are organizing; -<span class="smcap">More Ministers</span>, cultured and pious, for these churches.</p> - -<p>3. <span class="smcap">Help for Young Men</span>, to be educated as ministers here -and missionaries to Africa—a pressing want.</p> - -<p>Before sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A. -office, as below.</p> - -<table> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">New York </span></td><td>H. W. Hubbard, Esq., 56 Reade Street.</td></tr> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">Boston</span></td><td>Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Room 21, Congregational House.</td></tr> -<tr><td><span class="smcap">Chicago</span></td><td>Rev. Jas. Powell, 112 West Washington Street.</td></tr> -</table> - -<h3>MAGAZINE.</h3> - -<p>This Magazine will be sent, gratuitously, if desired, to the -Missionaries of the Association; to Life Members; to all clergymen -who take up collections for the Association; to Superintendents of -Sabbath Schools; to College Libraries; to Theological Seminaries; -to Societies of Inquiry on Missions; and to every donor who does -not prefer to take it as a subscriber, and contributes in a year -not less than five dollars.</p> - -<p>Those who wish to remember the <span class="smcap">American Missionary -Association</span> in their last Will and Testament, are earnestly -requested to use the following</p> - - -<h3>FORM OF A BEQUEST.</h3> - -<p>“<span class="smcap">I bequeath</span> to my executor (or executors) the sum of —— -dollars in trust, to pay the same in —— days after my decease to -the person who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer -of the ‘American Missionary Association’ of New York City, to be -applied, under the direction of the Executive Committee of the -Association, to its charitable uses and purposes.”</p> - -<p>The Will should be attested by three witnesses [in some States -three are required—in other States only two], who should write -against their names, their places of residence [if in cities, -their street and number]. The following form of attestation will -answer for every State in the Union: “Signed, sealed, published -and declared by the said [A. B.] as his last Will and Testament, -in presence of us, who, at the request of the said A. B., and in -his presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto -subscribed our names as witnesses.” In some States it is required -that the Will should be made at least two months before the death -of the testator.</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_159" id="Page_159">[Pg 159]</a></span></p> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="advertisement"> -<p class="center xlarge">73,620 MORE</p> - -<p class="center xxlarge">Singer Sewing Machines Sold in 1878</p> - -<p class="center xlarge">Than in any previous year.</p> - -<hr class="tiny" /> - -<table class="center xlarge"> - <tr><td>In</td><td><b>1870</b></td><td>we</td><td>sold</td><td><b>127,833</b></td><td>Sewing</td><td>Machines,</td></tr> - <tr><td>“</td><td><b>1878</b></td><td>“</td><td>“</td><td><b>356,432</b></td><td>“</td><td>“</td></tr> -</table> - -<hr class="tiny" /> - -<p class="medium">Our sales have increased enormously every year through the whole -period of “hard times.”</p> - -<p class="center"><b>We now Sell Three-quarters of all the Sewing Machines sold in -the World</b>.</p> - -<p class="medium">For the accommodation of the Public we have 1,500 subordinate -offices in the United States and Canada, and 3,000 offices in the -Old World and South America.</p> - -<hr class="tiny" /> - -<p class="center xlarge"><b>PRICES GREATLY REDUCED</b>.</p> - -<hr class="tiny" /> - -<p class="center"><span class="medium">Waste no money on “cheap” counterfeits. Send for our handsomely</span> -Illustrated Price List.</p> - -<p class="center large">THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY,</p> - -<p class="right medium"><b>Principal Office, 34 Union Square, New York.</b></p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="advertisement center"> - <p class="medium center"><b>Established A. D. 1850.</b></p> - <p class="large center">THE</p> - <p class="xxxlarge center"><b>MANHATTAN</b></p> - <p class="large center"><b>Life Insurance Co.,</b></p> - <p class="center">156 Broadway, New York,</p> - - <p class="center nomargin"><b>HAS PAID</b></p> - <div> - <p class="xlarge float-left">$7,400,000</p> - <p class="large float-right">DEATH<br />CLAIMS.</p> - </div> - - <p class="center large nomargin"><b>HAS PAID</b></p> - <div> - <p class="xlarge float-left"><b>$4,900,000</b></p> - <p class="float-right"><b>Returned Premiums to<br />Policy-Holders.</b></p> - </div> - - <p class="center large nomargin"><b>HAS A SURPLUS OF</b></p> - <div> - <p class="xlarge float-left"><b>$1,700,000</b></p> - <p class="float-right">OVER<br />LIABILITIES</p> - </div> - - <div class="center"> - <i>By New York Standard of Valuation</i>.<br /><br /> - <b><i>It gives the Best Insurance on</i></b><br /> - <b><i>the Best Lives at the most</i></b><br /> - <b><i>Favorable Rates.</i></b><br /><br /> - <p class="medium center"><b>EXAMINE THE PLANS AND RATES OF THIS COMPANY.</b></p> - </div> - - <table class="medium"> - <tr><td class="large center">HENRY STOKES, <span class="smcap">President</span>.</td></tr> - <tr><td>C. 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All -communications in relation to advertising should be addressed to</p> - -<p class="right large" style="padding-right: 4%;">J. H. DENISON, Adv’g Agent,</p> -<p class="right">56 Reade Street, New York.</p> - -<hr class="tiny" /> - -<p class="medium"><img class="inline" src="images/pointer.jpg" width="27" height="17" alt="hand pointing" /> -<b>Our friends who are interested in the Advertising Department -of the “American Missionary” can aid us in this respect by -mentioning, when ordering goods, that they saw them advertised in -our Magazine.</b></p> - -</div> - - -<p class="center small">DAVID H. GILDERSLEEVE, Printer, 101 Chambers Street, New York.</p> - - - -<hr class="full" /> - -<h2>Transcriber’s Notes:</h2> - -<p>Obvious punctuation errors corrected. 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