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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. 7, July, 1879 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: February 25, 2017 [EBook #54234] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, JULY 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. 7. - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - “To the Poor the Gospel Preached.” - - * * * * * - - JULY, 1879. - - - - - _CONTENTS_: - - - EDITORIAL. - - PARAGRAPHS 193 - SIGNS OF THE TIMES 194 - RESPONSIBILITY OF ANSWERED PRAYER: Rev. J. E. Roy, D.D. 195 - AFRICA IN AMERICA AND AMERICA IN AFRICA 196 - CONGREGATIONALISM IN THE SOUTH: Rev. C. L. Woodworth 197 - GENERAL NOTES 198 - OUR QUERY COLUMN 201 - - - THE FREEDMEN. - - THE HAMPTON ANNIVERSARY: By the Editor 201 - FISK UNIVERSITY——Increasing favor——Closing days 205 - STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT 207 - TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT 208 - HOWARD UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT 210 - BEACH INSTITUTE——Year’s Work 211 - GEORGIA——NO. 1 MILLER’S STATION——Work——Temperance—— - Superstition 212 - TENNESSEE, MEMPHIS——The Kansas Fever——Le Moyne School 213 - - - THE CHINESE. - - THE NEW CONSTITUTION AND OUR MISSIONARY WORK 215 - - - THE CHILDREN’S PAGE 217 - - - RECEIPTS 218 - - - CONSTITUTION 221 - - - WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, &c. 222 - - * * * * * - - - - - NEW YORK: - - Published by the American Missionary Association, - - ROOMS, 56 READE STREET. - - * * * * * - - Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance. - - - - - 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. - Rev. 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 LESTER, - CHAS. L. MEAD, - JOHN H. WASHBURN, - G. B. WILLCOX. - - -COMMUNICATIONS - -relating to the business of the Association may be addressed to -either of the Secretaries as above; 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. JULY, 1879. No. 7. - - * * * * * - - -American Missionary Association. - - * * * * * - -The time has come when our schools at the South are closing the -year’s work. In this number will be found communications from -Hampton, Fisk, Straight, Tougaloo, Howard, and Beach. All of them -give reports encouraging and hopeful. The change wrought in those -who go forth from these institutions by their few years of study -and discipline is marvelous, and the contrast in all the course -and influence of their lives with what it might have been may well -satisfy all who have taken part in so good a work. - - * * * * * - -The Boston anniversary day has come and gone again. The last hour -of the morning was given to the work of this Association. Secretary -Woodworth read a brief report of work. Rev. P. B. Davis, of Hyde -Park, spoke from his observations in a recent tour among our -schools and churches. Rev. Albert H. Heath, of New Bedford, spoke -of this continent as the mens’ battle-ground for the settlement of -the great questions which have never been decided, and argued that, -having the opportunity and the ability, we are under obligation to -help the three despised races. - - * * * * * - -We have no word to say in favor of intermarriage between whites -and blacks in our country, but we desire to say an earnest word -against the laws of Virginia in the South and of at least one State -in the North, which makes a marriage between such parties a cause -of imprisonment, but permits them to live together in illicit -relations unpunished. The best restraint upon such miscegenation -will be by punishing it when unlimited by law, and only allowing it -when it does not violate the law of God. - - * * * * * - -A few barrels of clothing have been received by us for the Freedmen -in Kansas. We forwarded them to the Kansas Freedmen’s Relief -Association at Topeka, and have received their acknowledgments and -thanks. Governor St. John, who is the President of the Association, -in a recent letter says: - -“Between three and four thousand refugees have arrived in Kansas, -and have been distributed to various portions of the State, and I -think, perhaps with the exception of say not to exceed one hundred -of the entire number, they are now making their own living, and -getting along without asking or receiving aid. I am inclined to the -opinion that the rush is over for the present, but will be renewed -again in the fall; meantime, no doubt there will be small numbers -coming in from time to time, but I think, as a general rule, will -not require much aid. There are now between two and three hundred -on the banks of the lower Mississippi desiring to come here, -but the boats refuse to bring them. I think it very likely that -measures will be resorted to that will end in transporting these -people to the North, and in all probability to Kansas, and it is -very likely that within the next few weeks they will have to be -provided for.” - - * * * * * - -One of the best ways of aiding the poor negroes in Kansas, or -anywhere else, has been devised by Mr. Montgomery, a colored -planter in Mississippi. Visiting Kansas, he bought a section of -land in Wabaunsee county. Four other sections have been divided -into forty-acre tracts, and a colony of about fifty families will -be established upon them. Until the colonists get their little -farms in order, they will be given employment upon Mr. Montgomery’s -640 acres, and will thus be able to earn enough for their support. -The settlers agree to pay $2.65 an acre for their land with 7 per -cent. interest. Could there be a simpler or better way devised of -helping poor immigrants or poor citizens to help themselves? - - * * * * * - - -THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. - -It seems to be a day of great bequests. While our country and -others as well have been straitened by hard times, fortunes well -planted have been growing silently, and those who have watched over -them have been devising liberal things. The estate of Daniel Stone -of Massachusetts, yields $1,000,000 for educational endowments; -that of Asa Otis of Connecticut, at least $1,000,000 for foreign -missions. Judge Packer of Pennsylvania leaves $2,000,000 to the -Lehigh University; this in addition to $1,000,000 which it cost -to found the institution. Gardiner Colby of Boston directs nearly -$400,000 to be distributed among various Baptist institutions -and societies. Dr. Hugh Miller of Scotland leaves some $140,000 -for missionary purposes. Nor can we fail to mention here the -$100,000 which Mr. Robert Arthington of England has given or -offered to British and American missionary societies, of at least -four denominations of Christians, for the planting of missionary -enterprises in Equatorial Africa. The estate of Mr. R. R. Graves -of New York, in addition to large gifts already made, has nearly -$100,000 in process of distribution mainly for work in the South. -These and others like them are significant facts, that from so many -sources there should have been such large appropriations to such -good work. - -We are led to look, therefore, to the other end of the line. What -is the motive which has moved these stewards of God to turn their -benefactions in such directions in so large a measure? Rather, we -ask, what is the corresponding providence which has called for -them, or the preparation which has been making far away for their -wise use, the signs of which were not seen, perhaps, by the givers -at the time when they were thus carrying out the Lord’s will? What -is the significance of it all in the divine plan? - -Is it not that the world is suddenly opening for missionary work -as perhaps never before in all its history? that in more than one -direction the long twilight which has been slowly creeping over -the eastern sky is breaking in a moment into glorious dawn? that -the seed which has been growing secretly these many days has come -to be the bud, and now is bursting into the flower? Such crises do -come in the history of God’s world, in the progress of the Gospel -of his Son. - -Three illustrations of this truth are just now conspicuous——India -is clamoring for the Gospel; missionaries are beset with eager -throngs begging for the bread of life; whole villages are calling -each for a Christian teacher to come and dwell among them and -lead them to the Christ. Thousands have been baptized in the -name of the Lord Jesus during the past year. Japan, too, which -succeeded in keeping itself secluded from all interference from -without until so late a day, has taken down its official threats -published at every crossroad against “the Jesus religion,” and, -as it throws away its idol gods, is ready to accept either the -materialism or the Christianity of Europe and America; and Africa -is no longer a region of unexplored darkness, but has been forced -to give up its secrets to the Christian explorer as well as to -the Arab slave-trader, who heretofore alone has shared them with -the aborigines. Africa is known, and already has followed the -death-blow to the internal traffic in human life; missionary -expeditions are winding along its rivers and across its swamps, -and, with the Arab out, the Christian may come in. For us, this -last great continent is of peculiar interest, and its opening -lends a new and wider meaning and reach to the work we have been -patiently doing in the South? Are not these the complementing facts -which stand over against those stated first, and which explain them? - -God has brought his church into a crisis by which he will try its -faith and its faithfulness. He has opened the doors wide for its -entrance into new fields. No longer does the missionary have to -push himself into the midst of heathendom; but the cry is heard on -every side, “Come over and help us.” And then the Lord of both the -fields and the fountains has shown us by these illustrious examples -of both the living and the dead, how he looks to the men who hold -his wealth to administer their trusts, and to lead on the hosts -of those who may swell the stream with much or little, as he has -prospered them. Will the church of Christ bear the testing? Let us -hope that these large gifts are only the great drops which tell us -of the coming shower which shall fill all the pools. Nay, rather, -let us pray that this may be the beginning of “the latter rain.” - - * * * * * - - -THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ANSWERED PRAYER. - -The obligation which comes from offered prayer is apparent. It -implies a complete subordination of our will to God’s will——a -readiness for any self-denial and effort on our part necessary to -the answer, through whatever trying ordeal that answer may come. -But the process is essential to the result. - -Once answered, the prayer brings the additional responsibility of -walking in its light. We find ourselves straggling within the toils -of some disaster. We ask the Lord, “How is this?” He gradually -unfolds the meaning as indicating some transition in His plan for -our life. Having carried us safely through, and having set us -surely in the line of the new departure, He expects us to take up -the full measure of its obligation. When, with Saul of Tarsus, we -are dazed by the new experience and cry out, Lord, what wilt thou -have us to do? we are, with him, to accept the labor and sacrifice -implied thereby. David puts it thus: “I will pay Thee my vows -which my lips have uttered and my mouth hath spoken when I was in -trouble.” Hannah, with her prayer answered in the gift of a son, -must fulfil her vow in devoting him to the service of the Lord. For -a long time God’s people were praying Him to open the way among -the nations for the entrance of the Gospel of his Son. He answered -by setting open the door to every land and to every island of the -sea. It is our duty to enter and occupy. If we do not, we are -grossly disobedient to the heavenly vision; we are found guilty of -deserting in the battle of the great day of the Lord Almighty. The -Christian world now rests under this obligation. - -We wrestled with God in prayer for the deliverance of our brethren -in bonds. We cried, Oh Lord, how long! how long! The answer came -by terrible things in righteousness. We had scarcely expected -to see it in our day. Our thought had stopped with the great -burden of emancipation. Our vision scarcely took in the mountain -of obligation looming in the horizon of our answered prayer. We -thought that if we could only see our country delivered from its -crime and shame of oppression, the millennium would be near at -hand. We had not yet taken upon our hearts the burden of lifting up -the emancipated race. We had not yet received our divine commission -to lead this people through their forty years of training into the -citizenship of the republic and of the kingdom of God. But this -was all implied in the answering of our prayer. We asked for this -child of liberty, and now it is but the instinct of nature and -the demand of reason that we meet the obligation of its nurture. -We prayed that the slaves might be set free, and this implies -that we make good the conditions of freedom. In the words of the -martyr-President, they are “the wards of the nation.” So also are -they the children of the Church, given in answer to prayer, to be -nourished into Christian character for service in this their native -land and in the country of their ancestral home. - - J. E. ROY. - - * * * * * - - -AFRICA IN AMERICA AND AMERICA IN AFRICA. - - We are glad to print the following letter, from an intelligent - friend in New England, to a member of our Executive Committee: - -MY DEAR SIR: - -I have received and read with interest the paper you have sent me -in relation to Africa and the colored people. - -It has seemed to me a very remarkable indication of God’s -recognition of His promise, “Ethiopia shall stretch out her hands,” -that the two great events of recent years——the abolition of -American slavery, and the brilliant explorations and discoveries in -Africa, which have become epochs in history——have occurred nearly -simultaneously; and the higher education of the colored young -men and women seems to have progressed in relative proportion to -the further opening up of Africa, with its immense population, -suffering, dying for the Word of Life. - -The climate of tropical Africa, taken as a whole, is evidently -fatal to the white man. There is a region about those large -interior lakes, though under the equator, which from its altitude -(4,600 feet above the ocean level) at the Victoria Nyanza, is -represented by Mr. Stanley to be salubrious. But the climate, even -in this most highly favored part of the African continent, is -enervating and ultimately destructive to the life of the white man. -The missions upon the West Coast of Africa have been conducted for -the past hundred years at a fearful sacrifice of the lives of white -missionaries. - -We may not forecast events for the Providence of God to follow. We -do our duty when we faithfully perform the work He assigns us. But -I cannot exclude the thought from my mind, that sometime at the -proper time, the children of Africa now natives of our own country, -must be prepared by education and the Spirit of God to go with -hearts of love, laden with the Gospel of Peace, to their own race -in Africa, and elevate them from their degradation and barbarity, -to the liberty wherewith Christ maketh free. - -I feel deeply the wrongs which have been perpetrated upon poor, -suffering, abused, down-trodden, defenceless Africa. Her country -has been the foraging field for the violent, the cruel and -bloody-minded for centuries. A dim light now dawns upon it. The -slave trade is nearly, perhaps quite suppressed. A million of -philanthropic hearts are beating high with earnest desire to repair -the wrongs which inhumanity has inflicted upon it. God grant that -the sun of righteousness may soon arise upon that benighted land. - -The American Missionary Association is doing a noble work in the -schools it has inaugurated for the education of colored young men -and women to be teachers and missionaries, and should receive -increased subscriptions from our New England States. - - G. M. - - * * * * * - - -CONGREGATIONALISM IN THE SOUTH. - - -4. Its Opportunities. - -DIST. SEC. C. L. WOODWORTH, BOSTON. - -We have now reached the point where attention may be well directed -to the opportunity of Congregationalism for enlargement, and so -for greater usefulness in the Southern States, and especially -among the blacks. If the claim that our faith and polity lie in -the very letter as well as spirit of the New Testament be anything -more than pretense, then it is nothing less than cowardice to -consent that either should be limited by lines of latitude. The -other denominations have spread over the country, and have aspired -to a national name and influence; but Congregationalism, until -within thirty years, had hardly set foot outside of New England. -It had clung to the early home, and lingered among the graves -of the fathers, while other churches were pressing across the -continent. Late in the contest it joined the grand march of the -churches Westward, and has shown what fine work she can do as an -educator and civilizer. Now the door opens Southward, and she will -be recreant to every call of duty, to every impulse of patriotism -and religion, if she does not widen her borders and diffuse her -influence in that direction. The opportunity is before her for -enlargement to the full dimensions of our country, and she should -be satisfied with nothing less. The church of the Pilgrims has a -right to a national name——the South has a right to any good she may -have to bestow. - -It has been intimated, indeed, that other churches hold the field, -and that ours has no right to intrude. If the churches on the -ground had fairly done all the work——had enlightened the ignorant, -had lifted the degraded——there would be some place for such a -sentiment. It may seem a cheap and almost contemptible thing to -enter the South through the negro cabins and offer the poorest of -the poor our culture and our faith. But nothing is contemptible -that bears the image of the Son of God or carries His sanction. We -simply follow the spirit of His own command: “If they receive you -not in one city, flee ye into another.” We have no disposition to -discriminate against the whites, but when they discriminate against -themselves we have no alternative but to turn to the blacks. And -perhaps it is as well; for if the whites had opened their hearts -and their homes to receive us, what would have become of the race -that needs us most of all; that showed such hunger for knowledge -and eagerness for teachers as perhaps was never before seen in the -history of races? As it is now, we can lay foundations at the very -bottom of Southern society. It is an opportunity to be useful to -those who have made themselves useful to us. - -They see in our teachers and missionaries the practical -illustration of human brotherhood; and they find that just so far -as the doctrines we teach prevail, they are recognized as men. They -only need to know us fully, to turn to us by thousands. - -We have an immense advantage in this work, too, because we are -not hampered by any connection with the old colored churches, and -are not tempted to cater to their superstition and confusion in -worship. The temptation to count members in the Annual Report, and -to sweep whole congregations into the church, is very great; but, -fortunately, it has not lain in our path. There were no Southern -Congregational churches, and so there were no churches of our name -for which we were held responsible. It was our work to prepare a -pure and intelligent seed with which to plant the Southern field. -We antagonized no other church; “the land was all before us where -to choose.” The 5,300 laborers we have sent into the South during -these seventeen years were for the negro race; and the 2,000 more -we have raised up out of that race are for the instruction of their -people. The foundations we have laid, therefore, have been broad, -and just those needed to start the race upward. - -To those who are intent on merely propagating an _ism_, the results -up to this time may seem small compared with the outlay of men and -money; but to those who look deeper, the results cannot be counted -in numbers of schools or churches; the churches founded represent -but a part of the spiritual outcome. The old churches have been -wonderfully quickened and elevated by the incoming of large numbers -of youths brought to Christ under our teaching; these have carried -back a more intelligent piety and a severer standard of morals. -Such a result was to be expected, and, if the old churches are to -be purified and saved, is not to be regretted. In estimating the -good done, therefore, we must take into account not merely the new -churches planted, but the old ones enlightened and cleansed. Our -mission has been, and may be, largely to leaven the old, while we -build up, over the South, the churches and schools to serve as -lights and guides of the people into the new and nobler future. -We oppose nothing that is good; we come with no Northern name to -antagonize a Southern one; we come as a new spiritual force to help -all true churches, and all good people, in working out the problem -of the negro’s salvation. Our right to go, then, is the right to do -good as we have opportunity; is to take advantage of most favoring -circumstances for enlargement and usefulness. - - * * * * * - - -GENERAL NOTES. - - -The Freedmen. - -——A National Colored Convention met in Nashville, Tenn., May 6th, -and continued in session four days. It was a body thoroughly in -earnest and deeply impressed with a sense of the wrongs endured by -the people of whom they were the representatives from all parts -of the South. In an address to the country, adopted by them, they -speak as follows in regard to their political condition: “Wholly -unbiased by party considerations, we contemplate the lamentable -political condition of our people, especially in the South, with -grave and serious apprehensions for the future. Having been given -the ballot for the protection of our rights, we find, through -systematic intimidation, outrage, violence and murder, our votes -have been suppressed, and the power thus given us has been made a -weapon against us.” In regard to the recent emigration they say in -the same address: “The migration of the colored people now going on -has assumed such proportions as to demand the calm and deliberate -consideration of every thoughtful citizen of the country. It is -the result of no idle curiosity or disposition to evade labor. -It proceeds upon the assumption that there is a combination of -well-planned and systematic purposes to still further abridge their -rights and reduce them to a state of actual serfdom. If their labor -is valuable it should be respected. If it be demonstrated that it -cannot command respect in the South, there is one alternative, and -that is to emigrate.” - -At the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, at its recent -meeting at Saratoga, the report of the Committee on Missions for -Freedmen, contained the following items: receipts from churches, -$52,921.93; receipts from the State School funds, $4,246.00; -expenditures on account of missions, $40,360.27. There are 48 -ordained missionaries (of whom 34 are colored), 9 licentiates, 25 -catechists (all colored), and 58 teachers (of whom 36 are colored). -Eight churches were organized last year, and 1,215 communicants -were received. The whole number of communicants is 10,577. The -total amount paid for self-support by churches and schools is -$18,611.55. It was determined not to transfer this department to -the Home Missionary Board. - - * * * * * - - -The Indians. - -——Judge Dundy, of the U. S. Court at Omaha, has made a decision -which, if confirmed by the Circuit Court to which an appeal has -been taken, will greatly change the status of the Indians. It -declares the reservation plan a nullity, and that Indians cannot -be held within certain boundaries. It was made in regard to the -Poncas, who were removed two years ago against their will to the -Indian Territory. A small number returned this spring to Nebraska, -where, though peaceably engaged in agriculture, they were arrested -by Gen. Crook and taken back to the Territory. On a writ of -habeas corpus, sued out for their relief, the judge decided that -the Indian is a “person” within the meaning of the laws of the -United States, and has rights under the laws; that Indians possess -the inherent right of expatriation, as well as the white race, -and have the inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit -of happiness, so long as they obey the laws; that no rightful -authority exists for removing by force any of these Poncas to the -Indian Territory, as Gen. Crook had been directed to do, and that -being unlawfully restrained of liberty, they must be discharged. -If this decision be confirmed and the principle established, the -results will be far-reaching. - -——A prominent citizen of Southern Kansas asserts that not less than -5,000 white persons are now in the Indian Territory. A despatch -from Independence, dated May 5, says: “Over 150 wagons passed into -the Indian Territory southwest of this point yesterday.” - - * * * * * - - -The Chinese. - -——Gen. Grant, in responding to a cordial reception given him by the -Chinese merchants of Penang, said that he never doubted, and no one -could doubt, that, in the end, no matter what agitation might for -the time being effect at home, the American people would treat the -Chinese with kindness and justice, and not deny to the free and -deserving people of that country the asylum they offer to the rest -of the world. - -——The bill introduced into the Senate by Slater, of Oregon, seems -to be of some interest to the Chinaman in America. It provides that -after July 1, 1880, no Chinaman shall be allowed to “engage in, -carry on, or work at any manufacturing or mechanical business, or -to own or lease, carry on or work any mine, or to own or lease any -real estate for any other purpose than that of lawful commerce and -for places of residence.” As if this were not enough, the Chinaman -is forbidden to “work or engage to work as mechanic, artisan, -laborer, waiter, servant, cook, clerk or messenger, or in any other -capacity or at any other kind of labor, skilled or unskilled.” And -there is a heavy penalty inflicted upon the Chinaman or American -citizen who violates it. If such a bill should become a law there -would be nothing left for the Chinaman to do except to climb a tree -and stay there. - - * * * * * - - -Africa. - -——The London Missionary Society has received advices dated Jan. -23d, from Mr. Dodgshun. Preparations for proceeding to the lake -from Kirasa were begun in June, 1878. Various delays have made -progress very slow, as lack of porters and war between Mirambo -and the Arabs, and Mr. D. had only then reached Unyanyembe. -Meanwhile, three of the six who set out in August, ’77, were left -on the field, and they the juniors of the expedition. Messrs. Hore -and Hutley are at Ujiji. Two students of the Society have been -appointed to join the force——Rev. W. Griffith and Mr. Southon, -M. D. Dr. Mullens, the Foreign Secretary of the Society, offered -himself to lead the new expedition. The Directors allowed him to go -as far as Zanzibar, hoping that it would not be necessary for him -to go farther. Central Africa seems yet to be a great way off. - -——The following illustrates the exposure of African missionaries -to suspicion and violence: “At Mukondoku in Ugogo we were within -an ace of being attacked by over 100 of the natives, fully armed, -and thirsting for the blood of the white men. Their only ground -of complaint was that M. Broyon’s little child had lost a toy——an -indiarubber doll——in our camp, which they found, and persisted in -calling ‘medicine to ruin their country!’ When convinced that they -were wrong, and that we had not the slightest wish to injure them, -they only grew the more violent, and told the pagazi to leave us -alone that they might kill us. A heavy payment of cloth smoothed -the way for peace, but we fully expected to have to fight for our -lives, as we had not a single man to be depended on to stand by us.” - -——Mr. Mackay, of the C. M. S., at Lake Nyanza, writes that after -his two years’ march he found the goods of the expedition in -safety, but mixed in indiscriminate confusion. Ten days brought -some order out of this chaos. The engines are complete, and almost -everything, though divided into 70 lb. parcels for the journey of -700 miles, is at hand and in place. - -——Mr. Mackay speaks thus of the evil of intemperance in Africa: -“Oh, how often will I enter in my journal, as I pass through many -tribes, Drink is the curse of Africa! Useguha, Usagara, Ugogo, -Unyamwezi, Usukuma, Ukerewe, and Uganda too——go where you will, you -will find every week, and, when grain is plentiful, every night, -every man, woman and child, even to sucking infant, reeling with -the effects of alcohol. On this account chiefly I have become a -teetotaler on leaving the coast, and have continued so ever since. -I believe, also, that abstinence is the true secret of continued -and unimpaired health in the tropics. Whoever wishes to introduce -civilization into Africa, let a _sina quâ non_ of the enterprise be -that its members be total abstainers.” - -——The expedition, under Dr. Laus, to explore the west side of Lake -Nyassa, returned in December. Livingstonia is proving a city of -refuge to natives escaping from slavery. The health record is good. - -——“In Western Africa the climate is still our great difficulty. -It cripples our work by prostrating our men. The Gambia Mission -has been almost entirely deprived of its Missionaries during the -year from this cause, and the River Mission has been obliged to -be suspended. The Committee would gladly diminish, if possible, -these risks, and improve the chances of health, and attention is -being given to this subject; but the need is being felt more and -more keenly every year of adequate and well-furnished institutions, -in which _the African shall be trained to win Africa for Christ._ -The education of the girls, the women of the future, is also -most desirable here.”——_From the Annual Report of the Wesleyan -Missionary Society of Great Britain._ - -——The Church Missionary Society received last year $935,000, and -expended $1,020,000. The Wesleyan Missionary Society reports -receipts, $666,000; expenditures, $786,000. - - * * * * * - - -OUR QUERY COLUMN. - -1. How do you prevent truancy? - -2. How do you prevent tardiness? - -3. Do you allow anything but failures in lessons to be deducted -from scholarship? - -4. What is your standard in scholarship for promotion? - -5. How much time, and in what manner, do you devote to religious -exercises in schools wholly attended by resident pupils? - - * * * * * - - -Answers to Queries in June Missionary. - -Dr. Johnson’s Dictionary (Latham’s Edition, 1866-74, 4to, 4 -vols.), probably surpasses all others in the English book market. -Richardson’s is an accepted standard, especially in matters -of definition and derivation. Walker’s is still a standard in -pronunciation. Of American dictionaries, Webster’s leads in England. - -Khedive is pronounced Kay-deeve. - -So far as we know, Beaufort, S. C., alone is pronounced Bew-fort. -Other places of the name, Bo-fort. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE FREEDMEN. - -REV. JOS. E. ROY, D. D., - -Field Superintendent, Atlanta, Ga. - - * * * * * - - -THE HAMPTON ANNIVERSARY. - - The Negro and the Indian——Co-Education of the Races——Addresses - by the Rev. Dr. Hoge, of Richmond, and Secretary Carl Schurz, of - Washington. - -By the Editor. - -More than the ordinary interest attaches this year to the -anniversary exercises of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural -School, just held. The experiment of negro education has been tried -for the last 16 years, until it is no longer an unsolved problem, -but one of which the once unknown quantities have come to have -an ascertained value. But the question of the educability of the -red man has been one not so conspicuously settled. What has been -accomplished in that direction has been done so far away as not to -have made much impression on the American people. This year, the -institution which has done so much to prove the responsiveness of -the negro to educational training has been engaged in its first -experiment with the Indian. Of its success thus far there can be -no shadow of a doubt. The Indian boys are contented and making -progress, and coming steadily up to a plane on which they can -pursue the regular courses of study. It was said by many at the -outset that the negro and Indian races would not associate with -each other, but the case is as contrary to this as can be. The -Indian boys at first seemed to be somewhat discontented, and Gen. -Armstrong found that they wanted most of all to learn English. “Too -much Indian talk,” they said. He asked them in class one day how -many of them would like to room with the negro boys; every hand -went up. He then went to his senior class and asked them how many -of them would be willing to take in an Indian as a roommate, to -help and teach him. A larger number than was needed of his very -best young men expressed their willingness, and so, instead of -standing aloof, the two races are completely mixed in their rooms -and at table, to their mutual satisfaction. This is a notable -element in the experiment. Some 12 of the Indian boys have joined -the church connected with the Institute. - -Is it needful to say a word about the Hampton Institute itself? -Beautiful for situation it certainly is, with its front on the -creek, and only a narrow point of land separating it from the -famed Hampton Roads. Its buildings are simple but effective in -their outline and grouping. Virginia and Academic Halls, and the -new wigwam——the quarters prepared for the 70 Indian students; the -cottages in which the boys live, in families of 30 or more, largely -self-governed; the residences of the Principal and his assistants; -and not least, the great barn, sheltering a fine collection of -blooded stock——and all this on a farm of some 200 acres. It is but -a few years since there were only small and temporary barracks -to accommodate the applicants for admission; now about 200 negro -and 70 Indian students are well provided with dormitories, -recitation-rooms and workshops. - -A creditable brass band, composed of students, greeted the visitors -with their cheering strains, well rendered, considering the short -time since practice was begun. Capt. Romeyne keeps the boys, both -black and red, in good military drill, and under firm, though kind, -government, and in their gray uniforms, cheap but comely, they -presented no mean appearance. Work and study are the order of every -day. The brightest and most inspiring teaching the writer ever saw -wakens the intellect to an eager activity; and work on farm and in -shop for the boys, in kitchen and laundry and with the knitting -machine for the girls, both teaches them how to labor, and enables -them to pay a considerable part of the expenses of their living. - -The examinations, except of the graduating class, were not written, -but were oral, and on the plan of the daily recitations. The -Indians attracted perhaps the greatest attention from the many -visitors, in the conversation classes, which were conducted with -rare tact and skill. On a table was placed a mass of common plants -and flowers. One of the band of Indians brought only a few months -ago by Capt. Pratt was called up and asked to pick out some grass; -its uses brought out the words eat and horse, and sentences were -formed of these words. Beet, onion, potato and clover were selected -in turn, and their uses brought out by skillful questioning. Then, -in another lesson, working and earning money and spending it were -illustrated, and the language taught necessary to express these -ideas. At the other end of the gradation of studies were the very -creditable recitations of the graduating class of colored students -in algebra, history, physiology and other higher branches; nor -would it do to omit the class in teaching, where the seniors showed -their skill in interesting and instructing the little children of -the Butler Normal School. - -In the afternoon the public exercises were held in Virginia Hall, -which was crowded to overflowing. The addresses were manly and -earnest; some of them quite forcible and free in thought and -expression, and dealing with questions affecting their race. It was -quite touching to see a black boy pleading for the extension of the -privileges of education to the Indian, and one of the features of -interest was a simple story of his home life in Indian Territory -by an Indian youth. Music by the band, by a select few, and by the -whole school, relieved the speaking. - -But we must not forget to give the prominence due them to the -visitors of the day. Most conspicuous among them was the delegation -of Indians, in blankets and feathers, from Washington. Little -Chief and six warriors with him of the Northern Chippewas were -persuaded to come down to see what was being done for the boys -of their own race. Just how they were impressed by it all, it is -impossible to say, as their faces were covered with their blankets -most of the time, and they acted like a group of shy old women. -Probably they were a good deal bored, though they gave signs of -occasional amusement. But there were other visitors of note. Chief -among these were Secretaries Schurz and McCrary, of the President’s -Cabinet; Senator Saunders and Representative Pound, of Wisconsin; -ex-President Mark Hopkins, of Williams College; the Rev. Dr. -Plumer, of Charleston, S. C., and the Rev. Dr. Hoge, of Richmond; -the Rev. Dr. Armstrong of Norfolk, Va., and Judge Lafayette S. -Foster, of Connecticut. After the diplomas had been presented -to the graduating class by the Rev. Dr. Strieby, of this city, -President of the Board of Trustees, Dr. Hoge was called upon to -address the graduating class, and among other things said: - - “It has been my lot to attend a good many college commencements, - but I never attended one in all my life where so much honor and - encouragement were given to those connected with an institution - as to-day. Two members of the Cabinet of the United States, the - President of the youngest university of the United States, and - which bids fair to be one of the grandest (President Gilman, of - the Johns Hopkins University), judges of our courts, eminent - professional men, and two of the most venerable gentlemen on this - continent, Dr. Plumer and Dr. Hopkins——Massachusetts and South - Carolina uniting to-day to give encouragement to this institution - and to the labors of those who are so nobly carrying out its - objects. - - “I cannot stand here to-day in this historic latitude without - some profound emotions. I should not be a Virginian if I did. I - cannot stand in sight of Fortress Monroe without remembering our - fallen fortunes. The last two summers I have been abroad, and I - have come back believing that there is no land which God has so - smiled upon as this country. We have no need so great as of a - stable government. I do not mean of force. No government can be - stronger than the love of the people for it. You may put great - iron bands upon it, but there will be a centrifugal power which - will burst them. There must be centripetal force powerful enough - to attract the people together in it. If our Government is to be - like that, may the Lord smile upon it and perpetuate it to the - last syllable of time. - - “All my life long I have been a friend to one of the classes - represented here, and now I am grateful that this institution has - extended its protecting wing over another. I have been something - of a student of races. I could occupy the remainder of the day in - telling you of the good qualities of the African race; and there - has always been a great deal that has touched my heart in the - character of the Indian people——their love for their ancestral - lands, their reverence for the bones of their forefathers, that - decorous reserve which gives such dignity to their bearing. One - thing which I have always admired in them is this, that when a - war is over, they never talk about the war that is fought. It - is not considered magnanimous in an Indian to taunt a fallen - foe. It seems to me that in our popular assemblies and in other - assemblies it might be well to imitate the Indian, and not talk - too much about the war. - - “The Indian who told us the story of his life at home said - something that went straight to my heart. He didn’t say it very - forcibly, but the force was in the thing he said. Time was, he - told us, when he did not know anything about his soul or his - salvation. One end of this institution is to make the poor Indian - acquainted with the things which shall help him see God, not in - the clouds, but in the face of Jesus Christ; and to hear him, - not in the winds, but in the still small voice of the Spirit, - speaking peace to his soul.” - -The Doctor closed with calling attention to goodness as the -greatest element of success; that no man can afford to succeed by -sacrificing it; illustrating it by reference to a humble girl who -came during the yellow fever scourge to nurse the sick, and who -died a victim to its poisons, and by the life of a colored Baptist -minister who recently died in Richmond. - -The Hon. Carl Schurz, Secretary of the Interior, was called upon to -follow. He began thus: - - “I respond to this call not to prolong the exercises of the day, - nor for purposes of debate. I do not intend to discuss the war. I - am glad it is over. I only desire to bear testimony that of all - the speakers of the day, not one has alluded to the war save in - a most innocent way, and they were the Indian and the reverend - gentleman who is, I am sure, a most peaceable member of the - church militant. As to the manner in which civil wars should be - treated, he and I do not disagree. - - “My heart is elated with this spectacle to-day. Reference has - been made to the fact that two Cabinet officers are present. I - assure you that we did not come here for purposes of amusement, - but to witness elements in the solution of one of the most - difficult and dangerous problems of our day——the problem of - blending two races, one of which has been in subjection and the - other in hostility. We are all filled with feelings of admiration - and gratitude to Gen. Armstrong and his co-workers here; to - the State of Virginia, which, by its generous aid, renders a - service to itself not only and to the colored people, but to this - whole country; and to the benevolent people North and South, in - Massachusetts and in South Carolina. In this I see the real end - of the war and the inauguration of true peace. If I look back - with satisfaction on anything in my official career, it is that I - have been instrumental in aiding such a work. I am happy to know - that the experiment is a success; and I assure you that so far as - the means and power of my department go, nothing shall be left - undone to strengthen and enlarge the experiment. The time has - gone when the Indian can live on buffalo meat and give himself to - the chase. The time has come when every man must work. All the - information which comes to us tends to show that not only these - but other tribes desire education, and that the attempt to give - it to them is successful. - - “The question is often asked, Will they not relapse into - barbarism on returning among their own tribes? I am inclined to - think that this danger is real, unless the education be extended - to a much larger number of Indians——enough to support each other, - and so resist the pressure. This is the object to be held in - view, and which I hope, in part, may be accomplished before my - term of office expires. - - “I commend this institution. I do not know of one educational - institution in the country which is more important in its - tendencies, as well as in its promised results, than this. I hope - that Virginia will continue to extend her helping hand, that its - patrons North and South will not withdraw their support, and that - continued success may attend the labors of the General and those - who are associated with him in this work. I will only add that - these sentiments of appreciation of this work, and the desire for - its enlargement and extension, are most heartily concurred in by - the President of the United States.” - -With a benediction from the venerable Dr. Plumer, the assembly -broke up. The visitors turned toward their homes, and the school -resumed its work, which will continue for three weeks, to the end -of its academic year. I need not say to the friends of the Indian -and the negro, perhaps scarcely to those who care for the welfare -of our own Caucasian race in these United States, don’t forget -Hampton and the institutions of which it is a shining example. - - * * * * * - - -FISK UNIVERSITY. - -Early delays——Increasing favor——The five closing days. - -MISS ANNA M. CAHILL, NASHVILLE. - -Looking back over the past nine months, it seems a long time -since the dark days of last September, when the school opened -under the shadow of the pestilence, and we saw one of our own -students, just returned from his summer work, stricken down by -the fever. The firmness with which the few students then in the -school stood bravely by their work gave some of us a confidence in -their fortitude and faithfulness which, perhaps, we could not have -gained without some such time of trial to develop it. As the autumn -advanced the school began to fill up, though some who came to us -after Christmas from the lower part of Mississippi assured us they -came “as soon as it was safe.” Naturally the decrease in attendance -resulting from the epidemic, was mostly seen in the number of new -students. Those who have fairly started in the work of getting an -education cannot be detained except by absolute necessity; others, -who were thinking for the first time of going away to school, were -easily led to wait another year. - -Notwithstanding the delay in getting the school started, one of -the features of the year has been the steadiness in attendance, -especially in the advanced classes. As the result of this -regularity in attendance, the school work has gone on with rather -unusual satisfaction. There has been little to interrupt the -quiet spirit of study that has so much to do with the amount -accomplished; a friendly spirit of rivalry between different -classes and among members of the same class makes it from year to -year more of a disgrace to fall below the standard of scholarship. - -The school has been growing in favor with the Southern people. The -presence of a large part of the State Legislature at our public -rhetorical exercise, in March, and the evident pleasure with which -they listened to the young people, indicated an increasing interest -in our success. We find that the aims of the University commend -themselves to the best men of the State. - -The anxious question as to how these aims can be carried out, and -the enlarging necessities of the work met, has been partly answered -by the generous offers to the University of $60,000 and $20,000, -which have made this year memorable. It is safe to say that no -visit has ever been made to our school that left in the hearts of -teachers and students more hope and encouragement and thankfulness -than that of the gentlemen who, after inspecting the work of the -school for a few days in the Spring, gave, at the close of their -visit, the intimation of the former gift. - -The year has had a religious history peculiar to itself. Without -any thing that could be called revival interest, there has been a -constant turning of the unconverted, and a quiet earnestness on the -part of Christians, that leave us with the feeling that the Spirit -of God has indeed been with us. Beginning with January, there have -been several additions to the college church at every communion -season, and fully as many have connected themselves with other -churches. - -As the closing exercises of a school must partake of the general -character of the year, our commencement week was one of much -interest. Our delightful Tennessee climate scarcely affords a more -beautiful week than that in which the commencement occurred. - -Beginning with Sunday, five days are occupied with the different -exercises. Examinations continue through Monday, Tuesday and -Wednesday. Monday evening is given to the exhibition of the class -finishing the common school normal course; Tuesday evening is -devoted to the Union Literary Society; and on Wednesday evening -the class finishing the preparatory course deliver their orations -and are admitted to college. Thus there is a growing interest -and importance through the entire week, ending with the college -commencement on Thursday. - -Dr. Roy reached us on Saturday, and stayed during the closing -week, delivering, on Sunday evening, an excellent address before -the Missionary Society. The baccalaureate sermon was for the first -time preached by President Cravath, who for several years has been -necessarily absent at the close of school. The shadow of death came -once more into our household. One who five years ago came to the -University to take the place of matron, but who for the past year -has been suffering the weariness and pain of a long illness, was, -on the morning of Commencement Sunday, called away from earth. -The simple funeral services mingled strangely with the closing -exercises, but the effect seemed to be only to give a deeper shade -of earnestness to all our work, as one who had loved the work to -the last passed from its labor into rest. - -Among the visitors who attended the examinations were the -superintendent and teachers of the white schools in the neighboring -city of Edgefield, who expressed great pleasure at what they heard. - -The evening exhibitions are always largely attended, the audience -frequently changing every evening. Quite a large number of white -people can be seen at almost any of our public exercises. The -students of Vanderbilt University take a friendly interest, -or perhaps curiosity, in hearing their darker brothers. The -exercises of the Union Literary Society on Tuesday evening -especially attracted their attention. Five of the students received -certificates, and two of those admitted to college were absent -teaching in Mississippi. The class entering college, ten in number, -is the largest ever admitted to our college course, and we hope -President Cravath’s admonition to have their number complete when -they are ready for their degrees will be carried out. - -Of Commencement day the following extracts from the Nashville -_American_, of May 23d, will give the best account: - -“The chapel of Jubilee Hall was beautifully decorated. Around -the six iron pillars were twined ropes of cedar, while over the -shield, upon which are the memorable words of Albert Miller, now -a missionary in Africa, ‘Her sons and her daughters are ever on -the altar,’ hung festoons of cedar. Draped along the entire length -of the stage, and hanging in graceful folds, were the Dutch and -American flags, while the British Union Jack stretched along the -side of the room. Above the platform, in the centre, hung the -beautiful portrait of Dr. David Livingstone. On either side were -the portraits of the Earl of Shaftesbury and William Wilberforce. -Between the portraits, in large letters of cedar, were the words, -‘Class of ’79.’ An hour before the time the highways were filled -with the friends of the Institution on their way to Jubilee -Hall.” After giving the opening programme, the account continues: -“Preston R. Burrus, of Nashville, spoke of ‘The Power of Wealth’ -with earnestness and good gesticulation, but a little too fast for -the best expression. He was greeted with deserved applause as he -closed. Miss J. H. K. Hobbs, of Nashville, read a well prepared -essay on ‘What shall we Read?’ She read in a loud, clear voice. The -excellence of the matter and the manner of reading enlisted the -close attention of the audience. Austin R. Merry, of Nashville, -spoke of ‘Ideals and their Influence.’ Mr. Merry’s production was -an elegant presentation of the difficult subject he had taken, -and evinced the possession of a pen of no ordinary ability. The -delivery was as vigorous and graceful as the production was well -written. - -“Miss Lulu F. Parker, of Memphis, presented an essay on ‘Genius and -Labor,’ but owing to sickness was unable to read it. It was read by -Miss Laura S. Cary, one of the graduates of the Institution, and at -present assistant teacher of Greek. - -“The commencement address was delivered by Rev. J. E. Roy, D. -D. Dr. Roy announced as his subject, ‘The Incompleteness of -Individual Talent.’ While there is adjustment of the powers of -the mind——intellect, sensibility and will——these are not always -equally developed. Unity in variety is the law of Nature. As no two -faces are alike, so no two minds are alike. One mind supplements -another; one man fails where another succeeds; the first man -succeeds in some other calling. A Western farmer failed as a farmer -and storekeeper, but became the greatest captain of his age. All -gifts are not combined in one man. Great inventions are the growth -of years and the contributions of many minds. Theology is a growth -developed through the centuries and by many intellects. It is -still open to improvement. This diversity of talent provides for -a division of labor. All occupations are mutually helpful, each -being dependent on the other. Men and women have each their sphere, -or rather hemisphere; the family is the unit of society. The mail -goes to the polls and deposits ‘their’ votes——the votes of the -family. Each man has his own talent. This he should cultivate. ‘Act -well your part, there all the honor lies.’ The address abounded in -striking passages and terse statements.” - -“President Cravath then, in behalf of the Trustees of the -University, addressed the graduating class in fitly chosen words, -and gave them their diplomas. - -“At two o’clock the alumni dinner, one of the institutions of -Commencement week, came off. About sixty guests, including former -graduates, members of the college classes, and various ministers -of city churches, sat down with students and teachers to an ample -collation. After dinner an hour was occupied in listening to -speeches, which abounded in wit, humor and pathos. - -“Thus closed a series of exercises which are regarded by all those -who witnessed them as unusually interesting and successful.” - - * * * * * - - -STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY. - -Commencement——A Local Notice——A Short Year——Needs and Hopes. - -PROF. J. K. COLE, NEW ORLEANS. - -A class of eight has just been graduated from the classical -department of this University——the largest class yet sent out——of -which seven were young men. Six members of the class pursued the -entire course here; the other two had taken the greater part -of their course at another school, and came here the last year -to graduate. The size of the class and the corresponding large -circle of personal friends excited more than usual interest in the -commencement exercises, which were held Wednesday evening, June -4th, at Central Church. The body of the church was crowded to its -utmost capacity, and many were forced to find seats in the gallery. - -It is something entirely new that our school should be noticed in -the local papers, and I shall be pardoned for taking the following -from the New Orleans _Times_ of the 5th inst. After giving the -order of exercises, it says: - -“The orations were of high order, and reflected great credit upon -the young men. They all gave evidence of the thoroughness of -training they had received in the University. They certainly gave -promise of honorable success in the life-work to which they had -devoted themselves. The essay and valedictory of Miss Flemming -deserves especial mention. It was well written and gracefully -rendered.” - -The singing, says the _Times_, “was exceptionally fine. Professor -McPherron deserves great credit for the patient and thorough -instruction which was manifest in the superior rendering of the -anthems and glees.” - -President Alexander conferred the diplomas in a brief address of -commendation, encouragement and advice. - -The school year has been too short to accomplish all that was -desirable. Eight months, our usual time, seems a short school -year, but to reduce this one-quarter is almost a disaster; and -furnishing school-rooms and supplying furnaces, out-buildings, -cisterns and much needed plank-walks after school opened, was for -a time a great hindrance. But the end of the year shows, in many -respects, favorable results, and leaves more hopeful impressions -and anticipations for the future. - -The need of buildings for a boarding department is as urgent as -ever, but this need we hope may be met by the donation from the -Stone estate. These accommodations will bring in a large addition -from the country of just such material as we desire——young men and -women from the better families who are unwilling to come to the -city and board away from the influences of the teachers. - -The unsettled condition of the public schools, too, is likely to -add largely to the number of students here next year. - -We can only hope that our good friends at the North will see, as we -in the field see, the importance of not only keeping up our present -work, but of extending it and making it better each succeeding year. - -New buildings will certainly bring many new pupils. More pupils -will require more teachers, and more teachers will increase the -expenses of the A. M. A. But _now is the time to do good among this -people_, and we trust the churches who sustain this work will not -be weary in well-doing, but will furnish all the means that are -needed to extend this work wisely. - - * * * * * - - -TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY. - -Sunday-School Convention——Farm and Normal Work——Compliments. - -MISS ORRA A. ANGELL, TOUGALOO. - -During my three years’ stay in Tougaloo, there have been many -changes that deserve to be more widely known. One that is fresh -in mind is our Sunday-school convention, held on June 1st. It -was first assembled by our principal, one year ago, at that time -an entirely new and unheard-of affair among our pupils. What a -change was wrought in their estimate of Sunday-school work by -last year’s teachings and convention. The heavy rains of Saturday -last compelled our use of the chapel instead of the grove, and -reduced the number in attendance, yet one of our students made a -journey of fifty miles to be present, and we received word from -others through the county who desired to come. A Sunday-school -Union of our young men having been formed this term, its president -opened the convention, and our principal was appointed chairman of -the session. The forenoon was given to remarks and a temperance -concert by our Sabbath-school. One fruit of the concert ripened -immediately. One of the recitations was an extract from Colfax, -upon the death following drunkenness, and the young man who gave it -came to the office _next morning_ to sign the pledge. Being asked -if it had not been his business to sell liquor, he answered, “Yes, -but I shall bust it up! I felt as if _I_ was bound for death.” -The two months he has spent here have prepared him to make this -decision. The afternoon session from two to five consisted of -addresses by the Faculty and students, followed each by discussion. - -The good of the convention was not merely in the considerable -number present giving the people of this county the benefits of one -day’s contact with a modern Sunday-school; but the efforts of our -students will be far more intelligently directed as they disperse -through this State to their summer teaching. Their desire to push -forward their mission work will only be _increased_ by the rude log -churches, benches that tip uneasily, shuttered holes in the walls, -and dearth of Sunday-school papers, books and Bibles. The needs -of their people are becoming more and more plain to them as they -observe the methods and efforts used for themselves at this school, -and the example set causes them to use some efforts for the benefit -of others. They draw their pupils with them on their return here. -The pestilence of last summer kept from us an overflow of students -whom our next term will see filling our rooms. Perhaps the cracked -and leaning walls of our buildings will be severely tried, but all -who wish to study will be welcomed with confidence on our part, -that all needs will in time be met with a supply. - -The young people enter on a busy life here, in many respects new -to most of them. Their own hands do most of the farm and in-door -work. We have a field of one hundred acres planted in corn; next on -one side is the sweet potato patch of ten acres; and on a southeast -slope were set strawberry plants last year, that will another -season furnish a supply for some northern market. This spring ten -acres were sown with grass, ten with clover that now feels revived -by the recent rains. The new wire fence is already showing its -merits by keeping in our own stock and shutting out others that -have heretofore grazed in our grove and fields. Our stock is now -of the best breeds, and instead of buying we shall be able to -supply meats for our tables, that already have a variety of early -vegetables from the garden. Ornamental trees have been set out upon -the grounds, and the whole plantation has been brought to better -use and improved appearance. - -Less frequent change of teachers, a more regular attendance of -students, and their promotion according to merit, have advanced the -scholarship in this institution. Last summer for the first time -it graduated a class. The present year opened two months later -than usual, and the senior class will study another year before -graduating. - -Normal methods have been used this year in the seminary department, -and proved a success, giving promise of better material for -promotion to the preparatory department. The senior class in the -normal department have had one lesson a week in the primary room; -and in addition to this preparation for their work as teachers, all -in the normal department have been formed into a practice class in -grammar, each in turn being teacher of the rest. The examinations -of this week in these and other classes have given pleasing -evidences of the work accomplished. - -After the examination closed on Thursday, students in the normal -department have literary exercises, interspersed with music, before -an audience numbering many of the parents and former students, some -of the trustees and other friends of the institution. - -At 3 P. M. the President of the Board of Trustees of the State -Normal School and others gave congratulations and sound advice to -attentive and appreciative listeners. The President of the Board -referred to the fact that the State had made no appropriation for -the school for the present year and last, saying it was not from -any lack of interest in the work done here, but simply because -the Board of Trustees found it impossible to perform the duties -imposed by the State, while the school itself was under the control -of another Board of Trustees or Society, and therefore had made -no recommendations to the Legislature. He said, as evidence of -their appreciation of our work, that he would refer to what one -of the members of the Board, who is also county superintendent of -an adjoining county, said at the last meeting of the Board. He -said that the moral influence of the teachers in his county who -are students at Tougaloo is quite different from those coming from -other schools; that almost invariably they start Sunday-schools -as soon as they open their day-schools. He assured the teachers -and pupils and friends present, that they might expect with much -confidence an appropriation to the institution of a few thousand -dollars from the next Legislature, with a visiting committee to see -if it is well expended, and make report directly to the Legislature. - -Rev. J. E. Roy, D.D., our Field Superintendent, in his address upon -“Our Country,” gave an immense amount of practical information -in regard to its history, vast area and resources, its wonderful -development during the past century, its present condition and -future possibilities. This address, as also his missionary -address the night before, could not fail to inspire all with true -_patriotism_, and the real gospel spirit. - -Thursday evening an exhibition by the preparatory and primary -departments closed the exercises of the week, and the delighted -friends parted, feeling a greater interest than ever in their -institution. - -We feel grateful for the general good health and harmony of feeling -during the past year, and we look forward with courage to the -coming year. - - * * * * * - - -HOWARD UNIVERSITY. - -Commencement Exercises——Theological Department. - -REV. W. W. PATTON, D.D., WASHINGTON. - -The educational year at Howard University, Washington, D. C., -closed with the last week in May. It has been one of success in -all respects. The students instructed in the various departments -were 236. The concluding exercises were largely attended and of -great interest. At the college commencement the audience overflowed -all accommodations, large numbers being compelled to stand, and -various members of Congress who attended went away expressing the -highest gratification at all that they saw and heard. The recent -appropriation by Congress of $10,000 towards the maintenance of -the University in the academic departments, is a great relief and -encouragement, it having received the support largely of both -political parties. The thoughtful Democrats are becoming convinced -that the University is well managed, and is doing a good work, -which could easily be quadrupled with suitable aid. At the recent -annual meeting of the trustees, Hon. Thomas J. Kirkpatrick, of -Lynchburg, Va., appeared for the first time, and at the close -made very impressive remarks as a representative of the old -slave-holders. He was an officer in the Confederate army, and is -an elder in the Southern Presbyterian church. He pledged a hearty -co-operation in our work, and declared the negro race to be a noble -race and deserving of all that could be done for it. This brought -to his feet another trustee, Frederick Douglass, the famous colored -orator, now marshal of the district, who responded with great -eloquence and pathos, and as an ex-slave cordially welcomed the -ex-slave-holder to the common work of sustaining Howard University -as a grand instrumentality for elevating the oppressed negro race. -The scene was touching in the extreme, and ended with a prayer of -thanksgiving by Bishop Brown, of the African Methodist Episcopal -Church. - -The Theological Department, which has been for the last two years -largely supported by the Am. Miss’y Association, closed its -educational year on the 30th ult. The theological students have -numbered forty-two, being eleven more than the previous year. Their -number would have been still further increased could we have aided -sufficiently all who were desirous of coming. Endowed and annual -scholarships are a sore need of this as of kindred institutions. -The young men have come from seven denominations of Christians, -into each of which the leaven of intelligence and purity is thus -being introduced. They have applied themselves well, and show -commendable improvement. The most of them, not having enjoyed -a training in Greek and Latin, are fitted for usefulness among -the Freedmen by a prolonged English course of study; others take -the full course pursued in any theological seminary. This year -a class of seven studied Hebrew, and acquitted themselves most -creditably. The anniversary exercises were held in the Fifteenth -Street Presbyterian church (colored), a new and tasteful edifice, -which was filled with an interested audience of both races, -including several clergymen and Judge Strong of the Supreme Court -of the United States. Four young men who had completed their -course of study delivered orations. A Bible was presented to each -by the President of the District Bible Society, and an admirable -closing address was made to the students by Rev. Mr. Dinwiddie, of -Alexandria, Va. Three of the young men go immediately to the care -of churches which await them. - -The indications are of a still fuller theological class next fall, -the term beginning September 10th. - - * * * * * - - -BEACH INSTITUTE. - -Its History——Its Importance——Its Year’s Work. - -MR. B. F. KOONS, SAVANNAH, GA. - -Soon after the war, schools for the Freedmen were opened at -Savannah in army barracks. In due time a suitable building was -erected, and the school continued under the auspices of the A. -M. A. until 1874, when the city rented the building and assumed -the responsibility of the school. This arrangement continued -until February, 1878, when the building was surrendered and the -city school removed. The day after it was thus left, a stable -standing near took fire, and the flames soon reached the building -and destroyed the upper part of it. It was at once determined -to rebuild and resume the work, strictly under the Association. -During the summer, Pastor Markham remained and superintended the -construction of the new building. When we landed here late last -September, it was approaching completion, and on the last day of -the same month a new corps of teachers began the work of the year. -On the first day over 60 applied for admission, and the number has -gradually increased to 338, in all grades from the Normal down. - -There has been nothing specially marked in the year’s work. It has -been one of very quiet, faithful, persistent labor on the part of -both teachers and pupils, and a reasonable degree of success has -attended their efforts. - -The following facts may throw light upon the need of such an -institution in this city. - -The facilities afforded by the city were not sufficient to fit -the persevering pupils to become teachers and leaders among their -people, hence the need of Beach Institute. The good accomplished -by this school is of a double nature, for the re-opening of it has -led the city, for the present, to add one year more to its course -of study, and to the enterprising it is an avenue to higher schools -and wider culture, and so to greater usefulness. - -There are some very efficient teachers in the public schools, but -their hands are tied, first by the limited course of study, and -then by unusual restrictions on their religious influence. There -are two schools for the colored people of the city. In former -years the children have been turned away from these by the score -for want of room, and even during the present year they have been -refused admission in great numbers. We, too, have had all we could -accommodate, and even more than we could do justice to with the -present corps of five teachers. - -One of these buildings was purchased by a wealthy citizen, and -by him given to the School Board for a colored school, with the -expressed stipulation that no religious exercises of any character -should be permitted, not even the singing of “gospel hymns.” It -is reported that the same gentleman contemplates the purchase -of the other building, which is rented by the city now, and the -presentation of the same to the city, and, we may reasonably -conclude, with the same restrictions. These stipulations are -displeasing to many of the colored people. Ignorant as some are, -they feel the need of Christian training for their children. We do -not doubt that this restraint is equally unwelcome to many of the -School Board and citizens of the city, but as a corporation they -are involved, and perhaps they are doing the best they can under -the circumstances. - -The Catholics have a small school for the colored people, but some -of the parents (good Catholics) have applied for admission for -their children to our school, saying, “I have concluded that the -teaching of the Catechism and but little else is not an education -for my child; I want something better.” It seems that the hold they -are getting upon the colored people of Savannah is rather feeble. - -That the position was well taken in re-establishing the Beach, -there can be no doubt, for it was needed as a connecting link -between the city schools and the University at Atlanta, as well as -for the Christian training which it will be able to give to a large -class of the youth of the city. - -This week has been devoted to examinations and the closing work of -the year. The greater part of the previous days were devoted to -written work; but it had been announced that in the morning hours -of to-day public oral examinations would be held. At an early hour -a good number of parents and friends showed the interest they have -in their children and the school by coming in to witness the day’s -work. The morning was spent in the various rooms, many of the old -people as well as the children showing a lively interest in the -examinations. At twelve o’clock our commodious chapel was well -filled by an attentive and appreciative audience, to witness the -closing exercises of the school, which consisted of essays from the -fine members of the normal class and recitations and music from the -other departments. After a very enjoyable hour and a half in the -chapel, the various grades passed to their rooms, the promotions -were read, the school dismissed, the good-byes said, the doors -closed; and thus, with its cares and its perplexities, its joys and -its sorrows, its successes and its failures, endeth another chapter -of the great volume of life. - - * * * * * - - -GEORGIA. - -The Work——Temperance——Superstition. - -REV. J. R. M’LEAN, NO. 1 MILLER’S STATION. - -Miss Douglass’ coming here has been a blessing to us all, and a -great help to the work. Through her we have been able, as we hope, -to get money enough to finish our church inside. Our congregation -has not been so large as we think it ought to have been, and yet -our work is felt by all the other churches. The Sabbath-school has -been larger this year than at any time before since I have been -here, and we have seen indications of the good it is doing. God’s -word will accomplish that which He pleases. - -The day school has been good all the time. We have on the list -about 55; it numbered a month ago 41 daily. Some of the larger -ones have gone out of school to work on the farm. We have had a -strong religious spirit in the school all the year. Some twenty or -more have, as we hope, been converted; five of that number have -been received into this church. - -Five of the members of our church, who spent at least a dollar and -a half a week for strong drink when I first came here, have left -it off altogether and say they do not want to smell it now. One of -them yesterday, at our communion, would not partake with us. When -asked why, he said: “I wanted to take it the worst kind, but I was -afraid it would make me want to go to drinking again,” and tears -ran down his face as he spoke these words to Miss Douglass. You can -see from this that some of the people are trying to leave off the -habits of slavery, but it is done with no little effort, for the -habits seem to have become a second nature. - -A man who is a Jew, and cares nothing about religion, said to me, -the other day, that he had been here thirteen years, and had never -seen such a change as recently among the people. I am not able to -say what has caused it. I feel sure that much of it has come from -the labor of Miss D.; she has gone to see them in their homes and -read the word to them, and prayed with them, and given them good -tracts to read, and the blessing of God has been with her in the -work. - -But there is a dark side to my picture. We have so many Atheists -here that it is very hard to do anything. The man who denies God’s -word is just as much of an Atheist as the one who says there is -no God. We find only a few who _believe_ God’s word. They say -the Bible does not teach us the way to come to Christ, but that -He brings us to Himself through a dream interpreted by some old -ignorant godfather or godmother. These foolish ideas have led many -of the hopefully converted ones to doubt and caused many of them -to go in darkness for weeks, and some of them do not see the light -yet. Some of those who gave their hearts to the Saviour in our -meetings, (and such changes were seen in their actions, that no one -could doubt their being Christians,) before they could join the old -churches must go off and dream, and hear the little voice say, “Oh, -my little one, go in peace, and sin no more.” - -I find many of those who have joined this church much worse than -they were before they thought of becoming Christians. The cause -lies in the fact that they have been led to trust in forms and not -to trust Jesus. A knowledge of the Bible is the only thing that -is to save the thousands of my people. Their ministers teach the -same foolish ways of which I have spoken. Nothing but the grace of -Almighty God can lead this people in the way _everlasting_. - - * * * * * - - -TENNESSEE. - -The Kansas Fever——Le Moyne Normal School. - -MISS LAURA A. PARMELEE, MEMPHIS. - -Memphis has been very little affected by the emigration movement, -but from students who are teaching in Tennessee, Arkansas and -Mississippi, we hear enough to keep us interested. - -From a neighboring village several families moved to Kansas in the -winter. They are pleased with their prospects, and send word for a -certain student to hold himself in readiness to come to them and -teach as soon as they can get ready for school. - -The following letter is from a member of last year’s class now -teaching in Leota, Miss.: - -“The Kansas fever, as it is called here, has reached our section of -the country, and the people are entirely carried away by it. They -quit their crops and sell their stock for little or nothing to get -money to travel on. Fine milch cows and calves are selling for $10 -or $12 at the highest. One man bought 125 chickens for $5. - -“Having accomplished this much of their intention, about thirteen -or fourteen hundred moved to town on May 2. In the evening, the -white people became excited over the action of the colored people. -They came to town and held a meeting. Then the colored people -became excited over the action of the whites, and made ready to -protect themselves. - -“By night there were 2,000 persons in town, all armed. The sheriff -was dispatched for; he came with many others. The next morning he -went to the camp of the colored people and examined their arms. All -but one submitted to his authority. The man drew his gun and the -sheriff drew his pistol. If either of the two had fired there would -have been trouble all around, but, thank God, there was none. This -man was arrested and sent to jail. - -“The town is crowded now and is guarded at night (every night) -by the whites. It seems that they will not allow the boats to -interfere and convey these poor people to St. Louis. They have been -waiting on the bank four days. Yesterday (Sunday) it rained very -hard, and the women with their little ones and household goods were -out in all of the storm. We have had very heavy rains; the thunder -and lightning was as if the world were coming to an end. The people -are exposed to the weather, but determined to go to Kansas. - -“The whites are doing all they can to get them back to their homes -to stay this year. They go to the camp, talk and coax, but the -people have not yielded yet, and it is doubtful if they will. - -“I cannot relate the whole story; it is very long and sad.” - -Another letter just received says the people returned to the farms -for this year. Hunger and the necessities of the case compelled -them to yield. Both the writer of this letter and the young man -called to Kansas, expect to return to Le Moyne next year and -graduate. - -We do not graduate a class this summer, but shall give diplomas -to a large and well prepared class next season. If we are denied -the privilege——or deny ourselves——of graduating students, we find -ample compensation in the excellent work and character of our young -people. I wonder if Mr. Steele has told you of our five ministers -scattered around in different classes——two Baptist, two Methodist, -one Christian Adventist. Four of the five are settled over churches -and are of excellent spirit, possessing fair ability. - -Yesterday the churches had a grand union picnic. A procession -headed by a band of music marched to Estival Park, which has -opened its gates to colored people within the past fortnight. A -few of our scholars were excused to attend, but all the older -students preferred to continue at work and were entirely unaffected -by the excitement. Three years ago, two days had to be given -to Sunday-school picnics——the Thursdays when the Baptists and -Methodists held anniversaries. We think it quite a triumph to have -reached the point of ignoring such events. - -We discuss plans for enlarging our work in the industrial -department, and long for dormitories to accommodate the strangers -that come to us. Miss Milton has charge of the sewing class, and -informs you of its success. Next year we hope to have a text-book -on nursing introduced as a regular study. Lippincott & Co. are -issuing a book that meets our wants. Thursdays, after the regular -lecture to the young ladies, recipes for plain and sick cooking are -distributed. There is a demand for recipes for pies, cakes, etc., -which has to be gratified once in a while. - -We recognize the duty of endowing the colleges at the earliest -possible moment, and rejoice that Fisk, Atlanta, Straight and -Talladega can be established more firmly. We would not take -anything from their strength. Certainly they must be maintained, -and we will help them by sending our students abroad as soon as -possible. The young people who come to us are not able to pay -the twenty-five dollars extra that is needed to carry them to -Nashville. They must come here, or not go to school at all. - -They will not go to Nashville until they finish the course at Le -Moyne; and the better training we can give, the more will they be -likely to desire instruction in other branches than are allowed -here. - -I will in a short time send you report of our library receipts and -expenditures during the year. We did not think one year ago it -could be possible to be in possession of so large and excellent an -assortment of books as now stands upon our shelves. What more we -can accomplish for it remains to be seen. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE CHINESE. - - * * * * * - -“CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.” - -Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association. - - * * * * * - - -THE NEW CONSTITUTION AND OUR MISSIONARY WORK. - -REV. W. C. POND, SAN FRANCISCO. - -The inquiry is raised with much anxiety by Eastern friends, what -will be the effect on our missionary work of the adoption of our -new Constitution. - -That the spirit and intent of this instrument are intensely -hostile to the Chinese is well understood. To find it providing -as skilfully and malignantly as possible for forcing them out of -the State will create no surprise. It stands alone, I apprehend, -among all our State Constitutions in singling out one class among -those upon whose industries the State lives, and by whose taxes its -treasury is replenished, and making it the object of restrictive -and oppressive legislation. One whole Section (XIX.) is devoted -to this, and bears as its title “Chinese.” Stigmatizing them as -“aliens who are or may become vagrants, paupers, mendicants, -criminals or invalids, * * * or otherwise dangerous or detrimental -to the State,” it directs the Legislature “to discourage their -immigration by all the means within its power;” “to impose -conditions upon which such persons may reside in the State, and to -provide for their removal from the State” if the conditions are not -fulfilled. It forbids any corporation from employing them “directly -or indirectly in any capacity;” and requires that cities and towns -be empowered by the Legislature to “remove the Chinese beyond their -limits, or to locate them within prescribed limits;” and to “make -and enforce all such local, police, sanitary and other regulations -as are not in conflict with general laws.” These provisions are -broad enough to admit any and every cruelty conceivable to be -practised under the forms of law, and the Chinese cannot, as -heretofore, appeal to our State Supreme Court with any hope of -relief from oppressive enactments. The question is, what will the -result be, and what can we do about it? - -If a man values highly his reputation for sagacity, he does well -to be careful how he prophesies; and if anywhere such caution -is needed, surely it is here in California; but as I have no -reputation to be anxious about, I will tell how the prospect looks -to me. - -1. There can be no question that these provisions, carefully -framed though they are, are in conflict with the Constitution -of the United States, and with not only our present treaty with -China, but any other treaty that could possibly be framed. Of -course, all this may amount to nothing until the question of their -constitutionality has been passed upon by the U. S. Supreme Court; -but it seems to me that the interests involved are so many and so -great that soon an issue must be made and be pressed through to -decision. This done, that whole section——vile blot that it is on -the fair fame of America!——becomes void, unless, indeed, the whole -land can be dragooned by Californian politicians, overriding its -treaties and trampling under foot the most sacred axioms of its -civil polity——dragooned into a timid, restrictive, barbarous policy -which we taught China years ago to discard. I do not believe this -can be done. I have faith in a free people among whom the leaven of -Christ is at work——faith that no question can get _settled_ among -them till it is settled right, and that however selfishness and -oppression may triumph for awhile, their “latter end shall be that -they perish for ever.” - -2. If, however, the laws enacted in virtue of these new provisions -are made to work, there cannot but be a large exodus of the Chinese -from California. They will be starved out. We have come to the -proud distinction of having, as a State, introduced starvation -into our organic law. Those who can go, must go; and those who -have not the means of travelling must starve or be removed at -State expense. But as to the effect of that exodus, God is giving -us beforehand an impressive object-lesson. The negro is scarcely -more essential to the industry of the South than the Chinaman is -to that of California. Let this exodus be large and simultaneous, -and the backbone of business here is broken. There will be harvests -that cannot be reaped, because the Liverpool price of wheat will -not pay the cost of harvesting. There will be mills and other -manufacturing establishments idle, because the manufactured goods -can be laid down here from New England or Old England cheaper than -we can produce them. There will be mines deserted, unless white men -are found to work at Chinamen’s wages; for who wants to run off his -gold-bearing dirt and thereby run himself off into bankruptcy? The -hundreds of little businesses which, by the aid of the Chinese, -yield men a small return, must be abandoned, for the higher wages -will absorb the profits and the capital besides. - -But, it may be said, white men have prospered elsewhere without -the aid of the Chinese, why not in California? No doubt they can -prosper here, but only as a new and lower level for American labor -is found. Prices must fall, and the work must be steadier and -harder than now it is apt to be. You see, perhaps, a good side to -this in the frugality and industry to which it will compel our -children; but my expectation is, that when this discipline begins -to make us sore, when the real facts are forced upon men’s vision, -then these provisions of our new Constitution will, by common -consent, become inoperative, and Chinese labor or its equivalent -will be welcomed back again. - -I venture such predictions, but whether they prove true or not, -this thing is certain, the Chinese still _are here_; and while -they remain our work remains. If the time is short, so much the -more urgent must we be in pressing upon their attention the Gospel -of Christ. If the enmity against them rises with its opportunity -and crowds them to the wall, so much the more must they hear from -us the voice of Christian kindliness, commending to them Him who -was the friend of publicans and sinners. If they are to be driven -back to their own land, we must be the more earnest to let them -know——not by our words only, but by our deeds rather——that it is -not Christianity but the lack of Christianity that has exiled -them; and we must see to it that as many as possible go to be -self-sustaining missionaries, telling the story of redeeming love. - - * * * * * - - - - -CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - -DEAR LITTLE ONES: - -I know you would all like to hear about a sweet little girl who -moved a big, big mountain out of my way a few days ago. - -“How did she do it?” - -“Was it a real mountain?” - -“Who was she? and, and ——” - -If you all keep asking questions, how can I get a chance to -answer them? And then you don’t begin at the right end with your -questions. Who was she? ought to have been the first, and it’s -the very last. Never mind, we will take them backwards. Let’s see -how many there are. There are three, counting either way. Now if -you all sit as still as nine little white mice all in a row, I’ll -answer every question. First, who is she? Her name is Clarissa -Smith, and she is as black as a little blackbird, and has to look -just as the wee birdies do to our dear Father in Heaven for her -daily bread. I am sorry to say that she is not pretty to look -at, but it’s a fact. Her clothing is old and ragged, she has no -shoes and no hat, though the round basket she carries on her head, -peddling berries or vegetables, makes a broad enough one, for that -matter. - -Now for question number two, Was it a real mountain? - -Yes, it was a real mountain; far more real than one of earth and -stones. It was one that has a habit of getting between us and -the light of God’s sweet love, and its name is _Discouragement_. -Sometimes it gets between little girls and their sewing and makes -them say, “Oh, dear me, I can’t do it!” Sometimes it piles itself -upon a little boy’s book and makes him say, “I never can learn this -lesson.” - -The third question is, How did she do it? With a song. How was -that? Well, upon this particular morning I was feeling it weighing -down upon my heart and making me wonder whether it was any good to -visit people who were hungry and full of care, unless I had the -money to relieve their wants. You see, the mountain had made every -thing so dark that I couldn’t see Jesus. Now, as I walked on I -heard a child’s voice behind me calling, “Strawberries——sweet, ripe -strawberries——fresh, ripe strawberries,” going by; and then, after -an instant’s pause, the voice came again, but this time it said: - - “More love, O Christ, to Thee; - More love to Thee.” - -I waited until she came up to me; and then, after we had spoken and -shaken hands, I asked her as we walked together, why she put those -few lines in her call. - -“Cause _it helps me_ and ’members me of Jesus,” was her answer. - -“Why do you want to be reminded of Jesus?” I asked. - -“Cause Him died so I could go to Heaven.” - -“Why do you want to go to Heaven.” - -“To see Jesus,” was the prompt reply. - -We parted at the corner of the street, Clarissa going on, and I -standing to listen until her song died away in the distance. Then I -turned to find the ugly mountain gone and beautiful Faith resting -where it had been so lately. - -How many of you, I wonder, are going to become mountain movers from -to-day? Remember, a loving word, a gentle act, a little bit of -self-denial on your part, may move some ugly mountain out of your -brother’s or sister’s or companion’s road, and make the holy angels -glad because you love Jesus. - -Do not forget, when you kneel down to pray, to ask Jesus to bless -me, and give me every day more love to himself, so that I can have -more and still more for all of you. - - Lovingly your friend, - LILLIE E. BARR, - _Missionary of the American Missionary Ass’n_. - - - - -RECEIPTS - -FOR MAY, 1879. - - - MAINE, $193.34. - - Bangor. First Cong. Ch. to const. REV. S. L. - B. SPEASE, L. M. 40.43 - Bethel. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Brunswick. Marshall Cram 10.00 - Calais. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.34 - Dennysville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00 - East Orrington. Cong. Ch. 2.36 - Garland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.00 - Gilead. Rev. H. R. 1.00 - Newfield. Mrs. N. C. A. 1.00 - Portland. Plymouth Cong. Ch., to const. REV. - HERBERT W. LATHE and JAMES CRIE, L. M’s. 68.31 - Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.90 - - - NEW HAMPSHIRE, $231.05. - - Chester. C. S. G. 1.00 - Chichester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 0.75 - Derry. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Student, - Hampton Inst._ 20.00 - Exeter. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., $67.55; - “Member of First Parish,” $10 77.55 - Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.89 - Keene. Miss E. R. 1.00 - Kingston. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $6.75; Rev. J. - Chapman and wife, $6 12.75 - Laconia. Cong. Sab. Sch. 3.77 - Milford. Peter and Cynthia S. Burns 30.00 - Orfordville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00 - Pembroke. Rev. D. G. 1.00 - Portsmouth. North Cong. Ch. 53.34 - Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00 - Wilmot. Cong. Ch. 4.00 - - - VERMONT, $361.67. - - Bakersfield. Miss E. M. Barnes, _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 19.79 - Bellows Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.00 - Cambridge. Dea. Solomon Montague 10.00 - Clarendon. Mrs. Wm. D. Marsh, $100, to const. - MISS LUCY N. BOWEN, MISS M. NEWHALL, and - MISS H. E. GILBERT, L. M’s; Cong. Ch. and - Soc., $12 112.00 - Danby. Cong. Sab. Sch. 1.22 - Dorset. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 - East Dorset. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.10 - Fayetteville. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00 - Granby and Victory. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.37 - Jericho. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.66 - Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $12.50; and Sab. - Sch., $11.30 23.80 - Orwell. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.44 - Pomfret. S. C. 1.00 - Saint Albans. Mrs. S. F. Stranahan, _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 7.50 - Sharon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 - Thetford. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $27.54; Rev. - J.M., $1 28.54 - Vergennes. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - Waterbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. FRED - C. GRAVES, L. M. 30.00 - Wells River. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 32.25 - - - MASSACHUSETTS, $3,037.77. - - Amesbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.82 - Amesbury and Salisbury. Union Cong. Ch. and - Soc. 12.00 - Andover. Cong. Ch. 3.29 - Ashfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $45.35; Henry - Taylor, $5 50.35 - Barre. E. C. Sab. Sch., to const. GEO. E. - ALLEN and P. H. BABBITT, L. M’s 60.00 - Beverly. Dane St. Sab. Sch., _for Student, - Talladega C._ 10.00 - Bolton. “A Friend,” _for Pupils, Atlanta U._ 30.00 - Boston. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. 455.82 - Boston. Russell Sturgis, Jr., $25, _for - Pupils, Atlanta U._;——Mrs. E. P. Eayrs, $10; - Union Ch., _for Freight_, $3; “A Friend,” $1 39.00 - Boston Highlands. Eliot Cong. Ch. 104.01 - Braintree and Weymouth. Union Ch. and Soc. 25.00 - Brimfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., $15; - Ladies of Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C. and - $2 for _Freight_; Mrs. P. C. Browning, $10; - Mrs. J. S. Upham, $3 30.00 - Brookfield. Evan. Cong. Ch. 60.00 - Cambridgeport. Ladies’ Aux. of Pilgrim Ch., 2 - boxes of C. _for Mendi M._ - Chelsea. Mrs. M. E. J., 50c.; Mrs. P., 50c.; - —— 2 Bbls. of C. 1.00 - Conway. Cong. Soc. to const. MRS. CATHARINE - ADAMS and S. BAXTER ALLIS, L. M’s 66.40 - Curtisville. C. L. D. 1.00 - East Braintree. Circle of Ladies, $36, _for - Pupils, Atlanta U._;——R. A. F., 50c. 36.50 - East Bridgewater. Union Ch. and Soc. 18.89 - East Weymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.13 - Everett. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.66 - Franklin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.16 - Florence. A. L. Williston, for John Payson - Williston, deceased 25.00 - Gardner. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Grantville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 44.00 - Grafton. Evangelical Cong. Sab. Sch., $13.10 - and Bedding, _for Pupils, Atlanta U._ 13.10 - Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 62.35 - Holliston. S. T. 0.72 - Housatonic. Housatonic Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.51 - Ipswich. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 31.27 - Lancaster. ESTATE of Sophia Stearns, by W. W. - Wyman, EX. 7.00 - Lanesville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00 - Lee. H. M. C. 0.50 - Leicester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.00 - Lowell. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Moore (of which - $300 _for Chinese M._, and $60 to const. - ALBERT MONROE MOORE and JAMES AUGUSTINE - MOORE, L. M’s) 500.00 - Lowell. Eliot Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.30 - Littleton. Otis Manning 25.00 - Millbury. Second Cong. Ch., _for Pupils, - Atlanta U._ 26.30 - Milford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.22 - Newburyport. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.24 - North Beverly. Mrs. Rebecca Conant 5.00 - Northborough. “A Friend” 5.00 - Northbridge Centre. Cong. Sab. Sch. 3.25 - North Easton. Miss Helen Ames, _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00 - Norton. Young Ladies of Wheaton Sem., _for - Pupils, Atlanta U._ 21.00 - Paxton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00 - Pepperell. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.37 - Reading. Rev. W. H. Willcox, _for Pupils, - Atlanta U._ 100.00 - Rockport. Mrs. Nancy Brooks 10.00 - Salem. South Cong. Ch. and Soc., $68.85; “A - Friend,” $5 73.85 - Sherborn. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. and Soc. and Sab. - Sch. 20.00 - Somerville. Broadway Cong. Ch. 7.00 - South Dennis. Cong. Ch. 9.70 - South Braintree. Cong. Sab. Sch. 12.00 - South Egremont. Cong. Ch., $22; D. D., $1 23.00 - South Framington. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 86.00 - South Weymouth. “Friend” 0.50 - Spencer. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 190.45 - Sunderland. J. M. 0.50 - Templeton. J. L. 1.00 - Uxbridge. “A Friend” 2.00 - Warren. Cong. Ch., to const. CHAS. H. WALKER - and MRS. ALLEN BURBANK, L. M’s 70.00 - Watertown. Corban Soc., 2 Bbls. of C. - West Andover. Cong. Ch. 19.00 - Westborough. Freedmen’s Miss. Ass’n., Bbl. of - C. and $2 _for Freight_ 2.00 - West Boxford. Cong. Ch. (proceeds of a Fair) - $33; Cong. Ch. and Soc., $12.02 45.02 - West Brookfield. MRS. HARRIET A. WHITE, to - const. herself L. M. 30.00 - Winchendon. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. 80.46 - Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 96.88 - Worcester. Union Ch., $77.45; Salem St. Ch. - and Soc. (Mon. Con.) $22; Central Cong. Ch. - (ad’l) 80c.; Mrs. Elizabeth Grassie, $10; - Mrs. S. E. Bailey, $2 112.25 - —— “A Friend” 1.00 - - - RHODE ISLAND, $315.74. - - Providence. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 300.00 - Westerly. Pawcatuck Cong. Ch. 15.74 - - - CONNECTICUT, $1,157.43. - - Birmingham. Cong. Ch. (of which $25 from “W. - E. D.”) 49.02 - Canaan. “A Mite” 1.00 - Cornwall. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 15.85 - Darien. Cong. Ch. 30.00 - East Haddam. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 34.50 - East Woodstock. ESTATE of Miss Hannah Smith, - by John Paine, Ex. 200.00 - Enfield. First Cong. Ch. 14.54 - Gilead. Cong Ch. 19.00 - Greenwich. I. P. 0.50 - Guilford. First Cong. Ch. 16.00 - Hadlyme. Cong. Ch. 8.00 - Hartford. A. W. 1.00 - Hebron. First Cong. Ch., $20.32; L. W. R., $1 21.32 - Killingworth. A. V. E. 0.51 - Middlebury. Cong. Ch. 21.88 - Middletown. Third Cong. Ch., to const. WILLIAM - SOUTHMAYD L. M. 30.00 - New Haven. North Ch. $137.12; College St. - Cong. Ch., $51.87 188.99 - Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 6.74 - Plainville. “A Friend,” to const. CHARLES W. - MOODY, JOSEPH EDMONDS and JOHN LEOPARD, L.M’s 100.00 - Putnam. Second Cong. Ch. 55.77 - Rockville. Second Cong. Ch, $118.64;——Bible - Class Second Cong. Ch., $24, _for Student - Aid, Straight U._;——First Cong. Ch. $90.70, - to const. DEA. JACKSON GORDON and CHAS. E. - HARRIS, L. M’s 233.34 - Saybrook. Second Cong Ch. 11.75 - Simsbury. By Mrs. McLean, _for Atlanta U._ 2.00 - Scotland. Cong. Ch. 11.25 - Suffield. First Cong. Soc. 12.91 - Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 25.56 - Willimantic. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student - Aid, Straight U._ 25.00 - —— “A Connecticut Clergyman” 20.00 - - - NEW YORK, $2,395.58. - - Antwerp. First Cong. Ch. 16.20 - Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., E. R. - Kennedy. Supt., _for a Lady Missionary_ 100.00 - Brooklyn. J. Davenport, $50; Park Cong. Ch., - $5.71 55.71 - Bergen. ESTATE of J. M. Hitchcock, by A. E. - Hitchcock, Ex. 289.54 - Berkshire. First Cong. Ch., $17.80; Levi Bail - $2 19.80 - Binghamton. Cong. Ch. 100.00 - Buffalo. Miss. I. M. S. 0.50 - Champion. Cong. Ch. 5.34 - Danby. First Cong. Ch. 12.00 - East Bloomfield. ESTATE of Miss Phebe Gauss, - by C. W. Bradley, Adm’r, to const. MRS. - HORACE TAYLOR, MRS. MAURICE FIELD, MRS. - HARRY GODDARD, MRS. JAMES COLLINS, LORIN H. - BRUNSON, AUGUSTUS BUELL, JOHN A. GAUSS and - ROBERT F. CODDING, L. M’s 250.00 - Fort Edward. W. F. G. 1.00 - Greenwich. Proceeds of Claim on Cong. Ch. - Property 668.44 - Groton. Storrs A. Barrows 30.00 - Jamestown. Mrs. S. A. Bly’s Sab. Sch. Class, - $4.22, and “Friends” in Cong. Ch., $4.03 8.25 - Lake George. Rev. Henry S. Huntington ($5 of - which _for Chinese M._) 10.00 - Lenox. Amos S. Johnson 5.00 - Mexico. Mrs. J. M. Brown, $1.50; Mrs. J. K. - S., $1; J. D., 50c.; G. T., 25c. 3.25 - Newburgh. JOHN H. CORWIN, $30, to const. - himself L. M., also Box of Papers 30.00 - New York. Broadway Tabernacle Church 531.39 - Nineveh. Reuben Lovejoy 200.00 - Oak Hill. Mrs. Caty Hall 5.00 - Oswego. First Cong. Sab. Sch., and H. L. Hart, - $25, _for Student Aid, Straight U._——Cong. - Ch. M. C. Coll., $3.79 28.79 - Oxford. Presb. Ch. 2.12 - Prattsburgh. “H. A. H.” 5.00 - Prottham. F. E. 0.25 - Wellsville. First Cong. Ch. 13.00 - West Farms. Rev. A. Wood, pkg. of books and - papers - West Yaphank. “Mrs. H. M. O.” 5.00 - - - NEW JERSEY, $11.50. - - Bound Brook. Cong. Ch. 5.50 - Montclair. Mrs. J. H. Pratt’s Class in Cong. - Sab. Sch., _for a Student, Talladega. C._ 6.00 - - - PENNSYLVANIA, $149.25. - - Hyde Park. Thomas Eynon, to const. REV. E. B. - EVANS, L. M. 32.00 - North East. B. T. Spooner 5.00 - Philadelphia. Central Cong. Ch., to const. - DEA. WILLIAM CAMPBELL, DEA. SAMUEL A. - JOHNSON, and LEONARD O. SMITH, L. M’s 112.25 - - - OHIO, $586.60. - - Braceville. “S. P. I.” 1.00 - Bryon. S. E. Blakeslee, _for Foreign M._ 5.00 - Burton. Cong. Ch. 18.57 - Claridon. “E. C. T.” 1.00 - Cleveland. Mrs. S. A. Bradbury 25.00 - Columbus. First Cong. Ch., to const PROF. JOHN - SHORT, REV. JOHN JONES, REV. E. I. JONES, - WALTER CRAFTS, and REV. HENRY F. TYLER, L.M’s 149.07 - Columbus. Welsh Cong. Ch. 8.44 - Freedom. Cong. Ch., $4.20; H. K., $5; “J. C. - B.,” $5 14.20 - Huntsburgh. “Friends,” by E, L. Miller, _for - Ind. Sch., Talladega, Ala._ 3.00 - Leatherwood. M. D. J. 1.00 - Madison. “Earnest Workers,” _for Student, Aid, - Tougaloo U._ 30.00 - Mansfield. First Cong. Ch., to const. CHAS. B. - JAMESON, L. M. 31.53 - Marietta. First Cong. Ch. 73.65 - Middlefield. “L. S. B.” 5.00 - Nelson. Mrs. Julia A. Clark 30.00 - Newark. “A Friend,” $60; Mrs. J. C. Wheaton, - $10, to const. MRS. MATILDA MCCRORY. L. M. 70.00 - Oberlin. Oberlin Freedwoman’s Aid Soc., $75, - by Mrs. W. G. Frost, Treas. _for Lady - Missionary, Atlanta, Ga._;——“A Friend,” $5, - _for Student Aid, Fisk U._;——L. F., $1 81.00 - Painesville. Ladies’ Soc., by Mrs. Cornelia H. - Greer. Pres., _for Missionary at Miller’s - Station, Ga._ 30.00 - Saybrook. “Friends,” _for Freight_ 1.00 - Springfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., Quar. - Coll 6.14 - Willoughby. Mrs. A. K. 1.00 - —— “A Friend” 1.00 - - - INDIANA, $20. - - Crawfordsville. Prof. C. Mills and Wife 20.00 - - - ILLINOIS, $1,309.52. - - Champaign. Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.00 - Chicago. First Cong. Ch. 474.00 - Chicago. South Cong. Ch., $11.79; W. S., 50c. 12.29 - Elgin. Sab Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 - Galesburg. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $30, _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._;——“A Friend,” $15 45.00 - Kewanee. Rev. J. F. L 1.00 - Morris. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 1.00 - Normal. Cong. Ch. 6.70 - Oak Park. “A Friend” 10.00 - Paxton. Cong. Ch. 3.00 - Polo. Robert Smith 500.00 - Rockford. Second Cong. Ch. $120.38; First - Cong. Ch., $36.25;——Ladies’ Aid Soc. First - Cong. Ch., $25, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 181.53 - Tonica. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 - - - MICHIGAN, $70.76. - - Almont. Mrs. A. R. 1.00 - Benzonia. Rev. D. B. Spencer 3.00 - Detroit. Fort St. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 6.00 - Litchfield. Shining Light Mission Band of - Cong. Sab. Sch. 6.00 - Olivet. Miss P. A. Stone, $5; Cong. Ch. Mon. - Con. Coll., $4.29 9.29 - Pentwater. H. R. 1.00 - Salem. Summit Missionary Aux., by Mrs. A. - Vansickle 5.40 - Solon. Cong. Sab. Sch. 1.00 - Vermontville. First Cong. Ch. 30.00 - Webster. Cong. Ch. 8.07 - - - WISCONSIN, $221. - - Beloit. Second Cong. Sab. Sch. $15.90; Ladies, - _for Freight_, $2 17.90 - Columbus. Olivet Cong. Ch. 13.00 - Cookville. Cong. Ch. 5.65 - Fulton. Cong. Ch. 10.35 - Hartford. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 1.00 - Liberty. Cong. Ch. 3.00 - Rosendale. Cong. Ch. 30.00 - Salem. Cong. Ch. 8.50 - Wauwatosa. Cong. Ch., to const. HENRY PAYSON - GILLETT and MISS MARY S. EARLS, L. M’s 71.10 - Watertown. Cong. Ch. 17.00 - West Salem. Cong. Ch. 16.00 - Whitewater. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for a Pupil, - Fisk U._ 25.00 - Wilmot. Cong. Ch. 2.50 - - - IOWA, $176.09. - - Atlantic. Cong. Sab. Sch. 7.03 - Burlington. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., $25, - _for Student Aid, Fisk U._;——Miss M. L., $1 26.00 - Davenport. Cyrus Pitts 5.00 - Durant. Cong. Ch. 6.00 - Fort Madison. Francis Sawyer 15.00 - Gilmau. Cong. Sab. Sch., $5; Rev. F. H. - Magoun, $2 7.00 - Keokuk. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Lady - Missionary, Nashville, Tenn._ 31.75 - Manchester. W. G. 1.00 - McGregor. Cong. Ch. 21.31 - Milton Junction. Cong. Ch. 6.00 - Waltham. ESTATE of Miss Emeline Williams, by - Wm. Mason 50.00 - - - MISSOURI, $27.50. - - Breckenridge. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - North Springfield. First Cong. Ch. 17.50 - - - KANSAS, $10.45. - - Atchison. Cong. Ch. 10.45 - - - MINNESOTA, $41.35. - - Afton. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Mankato. Cong. Ch. 3.50 - Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., $21.50; Rev. Edwin - S. Williams, $10, by W. Williams 31.50 - Morris. First Cong. Ch. 1.35 - - - COLORADO, $15.50. - - Denver. A. R. B. 0.50 - Pueblo. L. Sperry 15.00 - - - UTAH, $5. - - Uintah Valley. Miss E. C. Ayer 5.00 - - - OREGON, $6. - - Salem. John J. McFarland, $5; R. McC., 50c.; - A. B., 50c. 6.00 - - - WASHINGTON TERRITORY, $13.50. - - S’kokomish. Cong. Ch. of Christ 13.50 - - - TENNESSEE, $168.65. - - Memphis. Le Moyne School, $168.15; Prof. A. J. - S., 50c. 168.65 - - - NORTH CAROLINA, $176.39. - - Raleigh. Washington Sch. 20.90 - Wilmington. Normal Sch., $150.80; Cong. Ch., - $4.69 155.49 - - - SOUTH CAROLINA, $260.25. - - Charleston. Avery Inst., $257.50;——Cong. Ch., - $2.25, _for African M._; A. W. F., 50c. 260.25 - - - GEORGIA, $525.33. - - Atlanta. Storrs School, $233.55; Atlanta - University, $98.50 332.05 - Brunswick. S. B. Morse (ad’l) 9.00 - Macon. Lewis High Sch. 38.75 - Miller’s Station. Miss E. W. Douglass 10.47 - Savannah. Beach Inst. 129.85 - Woodville. Pilgrim Ch., $2.31; “Sons and - Daughters of Jerusalem,” $1.90; J. H. H. S., $1 5.21 - - - FLORIDA, $30. - - Saint Augustine. Rent 30.00 - - - ALABAMA, $313.92. - - Athens. Trinity Mission Soc., _for Mendi M._ 4.70 - Mobile. Emerson Inst. 101.05 - Montgomery. Pub. Sch. Fund 175.00 - Talladega. Talladega College 33.17 - - - MISSISSIPPI, $39.90. - - Grenada. Sab. Sch., by Miss A. Harwood, Supt. 6.00 - Tougaloo. Tougaloo University 33.90 - - - LOUISIANA, $136. - - New Orleans. Straight University 136.00 - - - INCOME, $25.83. - - —— Avery Fund 25.83 - - - ENGLAND, $24.40. - - Bishop Auckland. Joseph Lingford, £5 24.40 - - - HOLLAND, $14.50. - - Amsterdam. G. P. Ittmann, Jr., _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 4.50 - Scheidam. Missionary Committee, _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00 - ————————— - Total 12,071.77 - Total from Oct. 1st to May 31st $104,598.55 - - H. W. HUBBARD, - _Ass’t Treas._ - - RECEIVED FOR DEBT. - - East Woodstock, Conn. John Paine $5.00 - Mecosta Co., Mich. 181.50 - ————————— - Total 186.50 - Previously acknowledged in April receipts 25,532.22 - ————————— - Total $25,718.72 - - * * * * * - - FOR NEGRO REFUGEES. - - New Haven, Conn. Amos Townsend $20.00 - Mexico, N. Y. Edward Halsey 1.50 - Newark Valley, N. Y. “A Friend” 10.00 - Prottham, N. Y. Joseph Copps 1.00 - Xenia, Ohio. Mrs. Sarah S. Monroe 5.00 - Homer, Ill. Cong. Ch. 13.10 - Lodi, Mich. “Friends” 93.00 - Fulton, Wis. Cong. Ch. 15.00 - College Springs, Iowa. Cong. Ch. 11.28 - —————— - Total 169.88 - Previously acknowledged in April receipts 67.00 - —————— - Total $236.88 - - - - -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 be constituted life members without -the privilege of voting. - -ART. IV. This Society shall meet annually, in the month of -September, October or November, for the election of officers and -the transaction of other business, at such time and place as shall -be designated by the Executive Committee. - -ART. V. The annual meeting shall be constituted of the regular -officers and members of the Society at the time of such meeting, -and of delegates from churches, local missionary societies, -and other co-operating bodies, each body being entitled to one -representative. - -ART. VI. The officers of the Society shall be a President, -Vice-Presidents, a Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretaries, -Treasurer, two Auditors, and an Executive Committee of not less -than twelve, of which the Corresponding Secretaries shall be -advisory, and the Treasurer ex-officio, members. - -ART. VII. To the Executive Committee shall belong the collecting -and disbursing of funds; the appointing, counselling, sustaining -and dismissing (for just and sufficient reasons) missionaries and -agents; the selection of missionary fields; and, in general, the -transaction of all such business as usually appertains to the -executive committees of missionary and other benevolent societies; -the Committee to exercise no ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the -missionaries; and its doings to be subject always to the revision -of the annual meeting, which shall, by a reference mutually -chosen, always entertain the complaints of any aggrieved agent or -missionary; and the decision of such reference shall be final. - -The Executive Committee shall have authority to fill all vacancies -occurring among the officers between the regular annual meetings; -to apply, if they see fit, to any State Legislature for acts of -incorporation; to fix the compensation, where any is given, of all -officers, agents, missionaries, or others in the employment of the -Society; to make provision, if any, for disabled missionaries, and -for the widows and children of such as are deceased; and to call, -in all parts of the country, at their discretion, special and -general conventions of the friends of missions, with a view to the -diffusion of the missionary spirit, and the general and vigorous -promotion of the missionary work. - -Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for -transacting business. - -ART. VIII. This society, in collecting funds, in appointing -officers, agents and missionaries, and in selecting fields -of labor, and conducting the missionary work, will endeavor -particularly to discountenance slavery, by refusing to receive the -known fruits of unrequited labor, or to welcome to its employment -those who hold their fellow-beings as slaves. - -ART. IX. Missionary bodies, churches or individuals agreeing to -the principles of this Society, and wishing to appoint and sustain -missionaries of their own, shall be entitled to do so through the -agency of the Executive Committee, on terms mutually agreed upon. - -ART. X. No amendment shall be made in this Constitution without -the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at a regular -annual meeting; nor unless the proposed amendment has been -submitted to a previous meeting, or to the Executive Committee in -season to be published by them (as it shall be their duty to do, if -so submitted) in the regular official notifications of the meeting. - - -FOOTNOTE: - -[A] By evangelical sentiments, we understand, among others, a -belief in the guilty and lost condition of all men without a -Saviour; the Supreme Deity, Incarnation and Atoning Sacrifice -of Jesus Christ, the only Saviour of the world; the necessity -of regeneration by the Holy Spirit, repentance, faith and holy -obedience in order to salvation; the immortality of the soul; and -the retributions of the judgment in the eternal punishment of the -wicked, and salvation of the righteous. - - - - -The American Missionary Association. - - * * * * * - - -AIM AND WORK. - -To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with -the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted its -main efforts to preparing the FREEDMEN for their duties as citizens -and Christians in America and as missionaries in Africa. As closely -related to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted CHINESE -in America, and to co-operate with the Government in its humane -and Christian policy towards the INDIANS. It has also a mission in -AFRICA. - - -STATISTICS. - -CHURCHES: _In the South_——In Va. 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2; Ga., 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. HELP FOR YOUNG MEN, to be educated as ministers here and -missionaries to Africa——a pressing want. - -Before sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A. -office, as below. - - NEW YORK H. W. Hubbard, Esq., 56 Reade Street. - BOSTON Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Room 21, Congregational House. - CHICAGO Rev. Jas. 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THE CHEAPEST. - -Weighs but 50 lbs., has Steel Cutter Plate, can be worked square or -at any desired angle, and is rapidly superseding all other Scrapers -where it is known. - -[Illustration] - - Read the following: - -One says: “It will do more work than two of the common kind.” - -Another: “It is worth more than all the old kind that can be made.” - -“I would not take 25 dollars for mine, if I could not get another.” - -“With a yoke of oxen and boy to drive, I can scrape and finish up -in five hours as much road as I can with any scraper known to me in -ten hours, beside doing it better and easier both for myself and -team.”——J. DAVIS, Hartford. - -“For working roads it will soon supersede the old scoop. I consider -it one of the best simple inventions of the age.”——G. P. BELDEN, -Dover Plains. - -“Leaves a road in better shape, and is easier for man and team, -than any scraper I ever saw.”——J. S. KINNEY, Washington. - - Send for circular. - - S. H. DUDLEY, - Bantam Falls, Litchfield County, Ct. - - - * * * * * - - -YESTERDAY’S WORK. - -We point to the record of results of our work among the Freedmen -during the last fifteen years, as indicating a degree of progress -and an amount of fruitage rarely equaled in the same length of -time. We base our claims for generous gifts, now and in the years -to come, upon this showing, confident that this is the best -argument we can make. Is it too much to claim to have been faithful -over a few things, or to ask that we be trusted with what may be -needful for the many which are at hand? - - * * * * * - - -TO-DAY’S NEED. - -The pressing need of to-day may be seen from the following -_appeal_, which has appeared in some of the religious papers: - -“The end of the school year of the American Missionary Association -is near at hand. Its Teachers and Missionaries must soon return -North, and will need the balance of their small salaries to enable -them to do so. This necessary demand makes a special drain upon -our treasury, and we, therefore, earnestly appeal to our friends -to enable us to meet it without debt. We hope that churches whose -collections occur now will make them as large as possible and remit -promptly; and we ask our friends, in whose heart is a warm love for -the cause, to come to our relief with special contributions for -this emergency. In behalf of the Executive Committee, - - M. E. STRIEBY, _Cor. Secretary_.” - - * * * * * - - -TO-MORROW’S WANT. - -Looking ahead, we see that the coming claims upon us must be -greater than those of the past. The signs of the times indicate -that the Lord’s work is to be done upon a larger scale in the near -future; the progress, made and making, in our schools, and the call -for enlargement in our church work, will make increasing demands -upon us, until the time shall come when they shall be more largely -self-supporting than it is possible for them to be now. We have -done much——we are doing more——we must expect to do a still greater -work. Give us the means, and plan large things for us in the days -to come. - - * * * * * - - -ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT. - -We invite special attention to this department, of which our low -rates and large circulation make its pages specially valuable. 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