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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 34, No. 4, April, 1880 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: May 9, 2017 [EBook #54688] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, APRIL 1880 *** - - - - -Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, KarenD 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. XXXIV. NO. 4. - - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” - - * * * * * - - APRIL, 1880. - - - - - _CONTENTS_: - - - EDITORIAL. - - PARAGRAPHS 97 - DEATH OF SECRETARIES BUSH AND DASHIELL—DEATH OF - MISS DELL SAFFORD 98 - MISSIONARY PERIODICALS 98 - THROUGH THE LIGHT CONTINENT 99 - TWENTY PER CENT 99 - THE NEW PLEA 100 - CONGREGATIONALISM IN THE SOUTH 101 - IGNORANCE OF THE NEGRO QUESTION 102 - AN ILLUSTRATED PRESS 103 - ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 104 - GENERAL NOTES 105 - - - THE FREEDMEN. - - VIRGINIA, CARRSVILLE—Large Ingathering 106 - NORTH CAROLINA, MCLEANSVILLE—Facts about the - Taught and the Teachers 107 - GEORGIA—NO. 1 MILLER STATION—A Struggling Church, - etc. 109 - GEORGIA, MACON—A Lady’s S. S. and Missionary Work 110 - GEORGIA, MCINTOSH, LIBERTY CO.—Communion Season 110 - GEORGIA—Church and School must Work Together 111 - ALABAMA—Notes from Marion—Mrs. Geo. E. Hill 113 - MISSISSIPPI, TOUGALOO—A Brother’s Devotion 114 - MISSISSIPPI—Report of the State Superintendent of - Public Education 115 - LOUISIANA—Revival in Central Church—Theological - Department—Church Dedication 116 - TENNESSEE—Revival in Fisk University 117 - - - THE INDIANS. - - CHURCH—CHRISTMAS—BIBLES 117 - - - THE CHINESE. - - OUR NEW FIELDS—DEATH OF ED. P. SANFORD, ESQ. 118 - - - CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - A VOYAGE TO AFRICA—PROF. CHASE TO HIS - FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY 120 - - - RECEIPTS 121 - - - CONSTITUTION 125 - - - AID, STATISTICS, WANTS 126 - - * * * * * - - - NEW YORK. - - Published by the American Missionary Association, - - ROOMS, 56 READE STREET. - - * * * * * - - Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance. - -Entered at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., as second-class matter. - - * * * * * - - 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. - ANDREW LESTER, Esq., N. Y. - 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. J. - Rev. EDWARD BEECHER, 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, D.D., 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, D.D., 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. 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. - 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. - E. A. GRAVES, Esq., N. J. - Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D. D., Ill. - 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. - Rev. E. P. GOODWIN, D.D., Ill. - Rev. C. L. GOODELL, D.D., Mo. - J. W. SCOVILLE, Esq., Ill. - E. W. BLATCHFORD, Esq., Ill. - C. D. TALCOTT, Esq., Ct. - Rev. JOHN K. MCLEAN, D.D., Cal. - Rev. RICHARD CORDLEY, D.D., Kansas. - - - 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_. - - H. W. HUBBARD, ESQ., _Treasurer, N. Y._ - REV. M. E. STRIEBY, _Recording Secretary_. - - - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. - - ALONZO S. BALL, - A. S. BARNES, - GEO. M. BOYNTON, - WM. B. BROWN, - C. T. CHRISTENSEN, - CLINTON B. FISK, - ADDISON P. FOSTER, - S. B. HALLIDAY, - SAMUEL HOLMES, - CHARLES A. HULL, - EDGAR KETCHUM, - CHAS. L. MEAD, - WM. T. PRATT, - J. A. SHOUDY, - JOHN H. WASHBURN, - G. B. WILLCOX. - - -COMMUNICATIONS - -relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the -Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields to -the District Secretaries; letters for the Editor of the “American -Missionary,” to Rev. Geo. M. Boynton, at the New York Office. - - -DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS - -may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 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. - - * * * * * - - - - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - VOL. XXXIV. APRIL, 1880. No. 4. - - * * * * * - - - - -American Missionary Association. - - * * * * * - - -Among the list of our workers in the February number, two names -were in some unaccountable way omitted. We hasten to supply them -here—Mrs. H. B. Northrop is our missionary at New Orleans, La., and -Rev. P. W. Young the pastor of our church at Byron, Ga. - - * * * * * - -Our lady teachers are also missionaries. The lady missionaries -sent out by the Woman’s Boards often find their first and most -effective means of access to the people in the schools they start -for girls. Our one hundred and fifteen lady teachers are doing the -work of Christian training along with that of school teaching, and -are missionaries nearly as much as the seven ladies who devote -themselves exclusively to direct mission work. They have a right to -consider themselves as missionaries. - - * * * * * - -We notice in the list of officers of the First State Sunday-school -Convention of Louisiana, the name of Rev. W. S. Alexander, -President of Straight University and pastor of the Central -Congregational Church of New Orleans, as one of the Vice-Presidents -and also of the Executive Committee. He was chairman of the -Committees of Credentials and on the Constitution. Dr. Roy was -also present. Certainly there is no cause for a complaint of lack -of recognition of those engaged in our work in the midst of such -examples as these. - - * * * * * - -The question how to interest the Sunday-schools in missionary work -has met with a new answer in the cordial reception and use of our -Jubilee Concert Exercise. Five large editions have been exhausted, -and now a second Exercise has been prepared (No. 2), in which a -number of questions are to be answered by as many persons as there -are letters in the alphabet, covering the main facts of our various -work. Five Jubilee Songs are inserted to be sung by a choir, and -place is left for short addresses. We commend it to our friends, -who will receive as many copies as they need for use, gratuitously, -by applying to Dist. Sec. Pike. - - * * * * * - - -It is with profound sadness that we record the death of two of -our most esteemed co-laborers in the administration of missionary -work. The Rev. Charles P. Bush, D. D., for many years associated -with all our churches, especially in the Middle States, as the -District Secretary of the A. B. C. F. M., has not only enjoyed the -confidence, but won the love, of pastors and people on every hand. -We shall miss him greatly. The Rev. Robert L. Dashiell, D. D., the -Secretary of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal -Church, has been a tower of strength not only to the broad -missionary enterprises of that denomination, but, by his genial -sympathy and wise counsels, has added to the efficiency and courage -of his brethren in the work outside of his own organization. - - * * * * * - -We much regret to learn of the death of Miss Dell Safford, formerly -a teacher under this Association. For six years, she labored -faithfully and conscientiously among the Freedmen in Talladega -and Selma, Ala. She was patient and untiring in her efforts for -the real good of those under her instruction, and her interest in -them did not flag even after she left the field, but showed itself -especially in the care she exercised over one of her pupils, whom -she had brought with her that he might receive the benefits of a -Northern education. After leaving the service of this Society, -she removed to Wisconsin. But a cold taken in the spring, when -she was already overworked and worn, could not be controlled, -and consumption followed. She died at the last very suddenly of -hemorrhage. - - * * * * * - - -One of the most hopeful signs of the times in the missionary field -is seen in the increasing demand and the corresponding supply of -missionary intelligence. The _Missionary Herald_ has enlarged its -space between the borders, and fills it with valuable matter. Its -strong point is, as it has been, its full and valuable letters from -the front. The _Foreign Missionary_ of the Presbyterian Board has -been of late renewing its youth, and coming up, until it has become -the most suggestive and vivacious of all the periodicals of the -kind which meet our eyes. But nowadays, when intelligent people -read the doings of all the world every morning at their breakfast -tables, and are no longer satisfied with the village or the county -news, they must have something which shall give them broader views -of the great field of missions, which is the world, than they can -obtain from the organs of special societies. - -To meet this want, the societies themselves are increasingly -informing their constituency that there is other work being done -than that they do themselves. “The work of other societies” -is becoming a familiar heading. Even this, however, does not -answer the full demands—and that the day has come for missionary -periodicals, which are edited and circulated upon the same basis -as those which deal with scientific or material progress, shows -that the broader interests of the coming kingdom are taking more -fully their appropriate place in the hearts and minds of Christian -men and women. The _Missionary Review_, which has been published -for more than two years from Princeton, New Jersey, and which as -an unsparing critic of existing missionary societies, is adapted -to promote great circumspection in those who administer them, is -re-enforced in this general field by _The Gospel in all Lands_, -edited by Rev. Albert B. Simpson, and published by Randolph, -which will give itself to the broader aspects and principles of -missionary work, and to a compilation of fresh intelligence from -all quarters. We rejoice in all such methods for the diffusion of -knowledge, and the stimulation of interest, in carrying out “the -great commission.” - - * * * * * - - -“_Through the Light Continent_” is a comely octavo in elegant type, -from the London press, giving the observations of William Saunders -on a tour taken through our country in 1877–8. In a chapter upon -“Education in Atlanta,” after speaking of the Public Schools, he -says: “One of the most interesting institutions of Atlanta is -the University for the education of colored persons, under the -superintendence of Professor Ware. The Atlanta University has 175 -students (the last catalogue made them 244), half of whom pay -the fees and cost of board. Many young negroes have worked, and -saved up $200 or $300 in order to come to the University. It will -thus be seen that the energy which the negroes are manifesting to -obtain education is not confined to the ordinary work of the Board -of Schools, but extends to the higher branches of learning. About -75 of the students are girls, and their progress is regarded as -universally satisfactory. - -Professor and Mrs. Ware, who have devoted their lives to this work -with true missionary zeal, are now much cheered to find their -labors recognized and encouraged in quarters from which persistent -opposition was formerly experienced. When they came to Atlanta, -any manifestation of regard for the blacks was looked upon as an -act of hostility to the whites; but a great change has taken place -in public opinion, and it is now generally felt that national -advancement requires the elevation of the negro race, and those who -undertake their education are no longer regarded with disfavor. - -There are many societies in the Northern States for promoting -numerous enterprises amongst the negroes. Before reaching Atlanta, -I noticed a large crowd of negroes at one of the wayside stations, -and found the occasion to be the leaving of a missionary, who had -been working amongst them for two or three years, and was then -changing his station. The respect and regard paid to him and to his -wife were pleasant to see; the missionary was a most intelligent -travelling companion, evidently devoted to his work in the genuine -spirit of Christianity.” - - * * * * * - - -TWENTY PER CENT. - -The enthusiasm evinced at the last Annual Meeting, our freedom -from the long-borne burden of our debt, the general interest which -seemed to be renewed in the welfare of the Freedmen, and the -commencing and anticipated prosperity in the financial world, all -conspired to encourage us to plan and prepare for an enlarged work -and more abundant results. In carrying out these purposes, the -Executive Committee have appropriated about _twenty per cent._ more -than in the previous year to the Southern field. - -The total receipts thus far have been very gratifying,—and yet, -when we come to analyze them, we find that they are, in a larger -measure than formerly, sent to us to be appropriated to special -departments of the work, or more often to special work not included -in our estimates. This is both gratifying and embarrassing: -gratifying, because it indicates an increasing familiarity with -the details of our work, and special sympathy with this or that -portion of the whole; but embarrassing, because it cannot fail to -be a diversion of funds which have been anticipated by us to meet -the appropriations already made to new fields, and often to create, -instead of covering, expense. - -We recognize these needs, of student aid, of woman’s work, and of -special endowment, and we would not have these particular demands -neglected. It is only that if all the money were to be thus -specifically applied by the donors, there would be none left for -the main work, on which the ability to carry on all the specialties -depends. Don’t starve the body in order to enlarge the hand or the -foot. The best growth of all is that which comes from the food, -which enters by the mouth into the stomach, and, vitalized, is -carried through the whole system. If you appropriate all the fuel -on the steamer to the donkey engines, what will you do with the -great machinery whose work it is to revolve the main propeller? If -in your city water-works, you enlarge the side supply pipes and -leave the old mains, you get not more, but less, water into the -houses. - -What do we ask, then?—1. That your _special appropriations be -special gifts_, additions to, and not diversions of, the moneys you -are wont to give to the general work of the Association. 2. That -you do not fail in your church, or from your private purse, to give -us something _this year_. 3. That as you have encouraged us to lay -out a larger work, you send us for general uses at least _twenty -per cent._ more than you did last year. - - * * * * * - - -THE NEW PLEA. - -Henceforth the basis of our appeal to the churches ought to be -gratitude, not necessity; thankfulness, not the cry of sharp -distress; the impulse kindled at the sight of opening fields, -widening opportunities, intelligent appreciation of service done -and rewarding results. - -The large additions to the churches in the foreign field, their -increasing spirit of benevolence, the awakening interest in the -cause of education, the world-wide readiness and call for helpers, -the cheering indications of an abundant harvest of souls, soon to -be gathered, the overwhelming demand in our own land for immediate -work upon the frontier and at the South, among the depressed races -and the incoming population, the return of prosperous times, and -the ever-pressing command of Christ, are considerations so potent, -so eloquent in their united plea, that the first thought of him who -listens is, “How can any Christian heart resist the new plea!” What -can hinder a most liberal investment in causes that promise such -rich returns? - -Instead of exhausting all the strength of the crew at the pumps in -a desperate endeavor to save the ship from sinking, has the time -not come, when, with canvas all spread, and the ship sea-worthy, -rightly headed and well under way, the main question shall be, -how to touch every harbor, explore every river, sail every inland -sea, and leave the precious freighting of the Gospel at every -port around the globe? Is it quite creditable to our piety, our -devotion, our loyalty to Christ, that we can resist appeals based -upon love, goodness, merciful interposition, glorious enlargement, -and wait until we are crowded to a reluctant response by the plea -of dire necessity, overshadowing peril? - -There are most cheering indications that the new plea is becoming -effectual. We are informed of a number of instances in which -churches have lately nearly or quite doubled their contributions to -the American Board, and that, too, apparently with great heartiness -and joy. Gifts, also, from some private and unexpected sources -have been a cheering indication of the advance movement. The same -indications are, to a certain extent, true of the other Societies. - -A mid-summer appeal for larger and extra contributions, in order to -prevent a deficit, ought to be anticipated, and made impossible, by -ample gifts now. The volume of offerings during the _first half of -the year_, ought to be so large as to remove all anxiety concerning -the state of the treasuries of these Societies when their accounts -close. How pleasant, if, at the annual meetings, the friends could -be surprised with reports of a surplus instead of deficits. - -Ought there not to be a stern purpose to pay as we go, and to -pay with sufficient liberality to enable us to go with vigor and -dispatch to the utmost bound of a rapidly increasing demand? May -the plea of great interposition, great opportunity and great -ability find fitting response.—_The Advance._ - - * * * * * - - -CONGREGATIONALISM IN THE SOUTH. - -We reprint the following article from the _Christian Recorder_, -the able organ of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. It is a -significant endorsement of the church work done by the Association, -and from those who are most profoundly concerned in the Christian -elevation of the colored people of the land. We have not even -omitted the sharp criticism of the approving words of those who -gathered at Chicago to review our work, hoping that we may thus -escape the charge of “Phariseeism” in accepting the commendations -and congratulations of our brethren of the A. M. E. Church: - -“The thirty-third Annual Report of the American Missionary -Association is before us. We wish that we could place the Report -in the hands of every A. M. E. preacher in the land. Years ago -we called attention to the fact that the A. M. A. was destined -to become the strongest competitor the A. M. E. would find in -the South. As we declared, it is even now seen. The twenty-three -Congregational churches of 1869 have become sixty-seven in 1879. -But it may be said, what is sixty-seven churches with a membership -of 4,600, compared to our thousands? They would not be much, to -be sure, were they of the same general material. But they are -not. They are, as it were, a picked body. In a sense they may be -said to occupy the same relation to our Church as the regular -army sustains to the volunteer force of the country. And we all -know what that means. A thousand regulars can do the work of ten -thousand volunteers. Is it asked, How is this? The answer is at -hand. Each Congregational church grew out of the school which the -Congregational preacher in the person of a teacher taught. Knowing -his material, and wielding it much as the potter wields the clay, -he occupied for his church a position decidedly advantageous; and -the result shows that he has not failed to profit by it. - -“In nothing that we have said is it to be supposed that we are in -wrath at their manifest success. Of course, we have no patience -with the spirit of Phariseeism breathed forth in the report of the -Committee on Church Work in the South. Nothing that the typical -Pharisee of the New Testament said excels it; but for the work -itself of these, our companions in the kingdom and patience of -Jesus Christ, we entertain the highest possible respect; begging, -however, the privilege of suggesting that next year’s report be not -so strenuously self-complacent. - -“And now we repeat what we have so often said to our brother -ministers, especially of the South, where they are brought in -contact with this energetic body of men: Know, once for all, that -the Church possessed of the best cultured heads and the best -cultured hearts, is to win. That we are infinitely stronger in -numbers to-day than are the Congregationalists, argues nothing -for the future. It is with churches as with everything else, the -fittest survives. If African Methodism prove to be that fittest, -it will survive. If not, it must inevitably pass away, and only -be remembered as a thing of the past. To be the fittest, it -is required that she banish all ignorance, all immorality and -superstition from her midst. This must be done, let the cost be -what it may. Thin out the ministry of the church until there shall -not be found an ignorant man nor a bad man in the ranks. Thin out -the church itself. Expel the vicious. Drive out the notoriously -bad. Have a clean church. Let such steps as these be taken, and -African Methodism will have a future that will be to the glory of -God and the best interests of mankind. But if she draw back, let -her remember that God can take no pleasure in her.” - - * * * * * - - -IGNORANCE OF THE NEGRO QUESTION. - -From a paper read by W. N. Armstrong, Esq., before the Yale Alumni -Association of New York in January, as printed in _The Present -Century_: - -There is an astounding ignorance in the North regarding the -conditions and relations of the blacks and whites of the South. The -North in full control of the National Government for many years, -has had before it a vast and complicated problem in statesmanship. -Instead of working at it intelligently, it has lost itself in a fog -of political prejudice, and is not ready at this late day to take -an honest look into the matter. - -For the last fifteen years what have we known of the South, -especially of the blacks? What steps have we taken to ascertain the -actual truth regarding four millions of negroes whom we suddenly -railroaded into our political system? When the General Government -wished to obtain facts concerning the geological, botanical and -mineral character of the Western territory, it sent out experts -skilled in examining, testing, classifying and surveying. These men -were kept in the field for years, and their reports fill a score -of volumes, and now we know something about the plains and the -mountains. For the intricate social questions of the South, that -vast tract of unknown land, that section of the Dark Continent in -America, we have neither expert or surveyor, or intelligent process -of examination, though the demands for accuracy in social science -are as imperative as in physical. Visiting statesmen have been -there. But was a visiting statesman ever known to report a fact -which hurt his party? - -Northern men who are in the South for the purpose of getting office -will not tell the truth, because it may bear against them. Southern -men, as a rule, do not report the real facts, because they are -prejudiced. Northern men who have become prosperous in business -at the South, long since discovered that silence was golden, and -their lips are sealed to the public. The testimony of the blacks -is the most unreliable of all for reasons which will be given -hereafter. The poor Northern men who have failed to make a fortune -in the South have a grievance, and cannot be trusted. It is upon -the newspaper correspondent that the North has relied mainly for -information. But he is always under limitations. One of them (whom -you all know by reputation) said to me—“We correspondents are not -sent here to find out the actual truth, but to support the theories -of the papers which send us. It won’t do for me to say in my -letters that the nigger is to blame, when the editorial columns of -my paper say the white men are in the wrong.” The newspaper makes -its theory first, or it inherits a theory, and then sends out for -facts to fit it. Does not every one know beforehand how every daily -paper in this city will treat any given political event? The best -sources of information regarding the blacks are his educators. -These men, all of them from the North, know something about the -negro. Though little enough as yet, Congress has never asked -these teachers to tell what they know about him. Facts regarding -the lives or the motives of men are not obvious. The newspaper -correspondent cannot reach them in an hour, or even in a year. -I have been personally familiar with a number of events in the -South. I have never known one of these to be correctly reported. -Has any lawyer of this city ever known one of his cases to be -reported accurately in the daily press? Truth seems to be in a -deep well everywhere. The _Herald_ says Edison’s light is a great -success. The _Nation_ is doubtful about it. An electrician of rare -skill tells me it is a humbug. If we cannot get at the truth about -matters near at home, what shall be expected regarding matters in a -distant section of the country? - -The Republican believes what his newspaper tells him about the -South, and the Democrat does not believe it. They never unite for -investigation. The historian will say hereafter that the real -outrage was in our criminal neglect to ascertain the truth. It is -easy to see that it is supremely difficult to get at the facts -about two races jostling together, like huge vessels thumping and -pounding against each other in a rolling sea. - -Last year the negro paper in Charleston, South Carolina, advocated -the election of a Democratic mayor. The Republican papers had no -use for that fact. It did not indicate the existence of outrages. -It was rather in the line of what Tyndall calls the tragedy of -science—a beautiful theory killed by an incontrovertible fact. -For two years the Democratic party of Georgia has been so broken -up that as many as six or seven independent Democratic tickets in -local issues have been in the field in many counties, and the white -candidate, who has captured a negro vote, sees to it with rifle and -revolver that no other white opponent interferes with that black -vote. - -Facts like these occur by the hundred in Southern politics, but the -Republican press ignore them. The Northern men who are educating -the negro regard Captain Thompson, superintendent of public -schools in South Carolina, as one of the most efficient men of the -South in extending negro education; but the _Tribune_ calls him -a bloody-shirt orator. The negro teacher is at present his best -friend, and his evidence about the whites should be credible if not -conclusive. - - * * * * * - - -AN ILLUSTRATED PRESS. - -We have received two communications lately in regard to the -importance of the Press in the education of the colored people—one -from an esteemed friend in the West, urging that other institutions -should follow the example of Hampton and Talladega in publishing -papers. We are not sure that this is altogether desirable. There -must be many favoring conditions to make it a success; otherwise -there is a certainty of pecuniary loss and wasted effort. The -other letter is from an English missionary in the West Indies, who -thus states the case as to the value of periodical literature to -supplement the influences of the church and the school: - -“There remains, as a means of elevating and advancing the colored -people, the Press. The periodical Press has been of untold service -in promoting the civilization of the English and American white -laborers. It has come into their homes, arousing them, week by -week, with fresh power and stimulus. It has filled their homes -with pictures of beauty, which delighted themselves and their -children, and taught them, indirectly, (and therefore most -effectually,) lessons of thrift, neatness and refinement. Every -picture of a clean, neatly-dressed child, of a well-kept home, of -a happy fireside group, etc., etc., carried its lesson and left -its impress, suggesting imitation, and stimulating efforts for -improvement. - -“Now, what periodicals are there in the whole wide world that -will thus encourage, stimulate and arouse the colored people? Not -one. I have not met with any English or American publication at -all suited to their needs. It is a common remark of the people -here, when asked to adopt some reform: ‘That will do for _white_ -people; but it is not for we.’ And if the _British Workman_, or -any similar paper, is placed in their hands, it but intensifies -this feeling. The contrast between themselves and white people is -constantly before them. Week after week they will see pictures of -pleasant homes and scenes in home life, and in every case these are -connected with the home of the _white_ man. If, by chance, some -colored face is shown, it is as a curiosity, like a Modoc Indian, a -Chinaman or a Zulu. - -“What is urgently needed is something that will meet the needs -of colored laborers, in periodical literature, as the needs of -the white laboring classes are now met. I think that there should -without delay be established in America some new periodical—or some -periodical now established should be so modified in the manner of -conducting it—that, pursuing the broad lines of humanity, would -secure two things: - -“1.—In the illustrations, the manhood of the colored man would -receive recognition, and _his_ home, _his_ children, incidents -of _his_ life, would appear from time to time, in such way as -to convey to all colored people a feeling of emulation, a hope -and inspiration, stimulating them to achieve better things for -themselves. - -“2.—In the letter-press, care would be taken to avoid those figures -of speech which carry with them an implied degradation of the -colored people. To illustrate, what is ‘foul’ would not be made -synonymous with what is ‘black.’” - -There is certainly sound reason in the above suggestions, and it -would seem that good results might follow the proposed plan. Just -how it is to be done is the question. The paying constituency -of such a paper would probably be too small to make it a matter -of mere business enterprise. Perhaps to some one the good to be -accomplished may seem large enough and direct enough to warrant the -needed outlay of thought, time and capital. - - * * * * * - - -ITEMS FROM THE FIELD. - -RALEIGH, N. C.—Great religious interest is reported throughout the -city. Our little church is sharing in the great blessing—church -members are being revived and others are inquiring the way of life. - -WOODBRIDGE, N. C.—During the last two weeks we have had a -remarkable outpouring of the Spirit. On two afternoons we have had -to suspend the school exercises on account of those weeping over -their sins. Some little ones will not leave the house till they -feel forgiven. Almost all are from the Band of Hope. The older ones -look on in surprise at such a work among the children. Some have -tried to stop their children from praying, but they could come to -school and pray, or go out in the woods till they were converted, -and then they couldn’t help it. We have a daily prayer-meeting in -the school-house, in which all take part. Sometimes we have open -meetings for the children. We have nightly revival meetings, in -which the children are taking hold as far as it seems advisable. - -_Later._—One Saturday, four came to tell us of sins forgiven. Since -then, for three weeks, almost every day has brought one or more, -till about thirty have believed, and several others are anxious. -Most of these are children; a few are pretty small. To-day some of -them have been praying, all their spare time, that they may be able -to hold out to the end. - -It is a time of struggle here. People are so poor as to hardly have -enough to eat of the poorest fare, and clothing is pretty scarce. -No capital in the place. They spin and weave their own garments, -even to the thread. - -MACON, GA.—Bro. B. arrived on the 23d of February, and we began -our special meetings the next night. We had several extra prayer -meetings the previous week, when much earnest prayer was offered -for God’s blessing to come upon us. All things seemed to be in -readiness, the brethren of the church are already quickened, and -the meetings have been very encouraging from the start. The members -have taken hold with commendable zeal, and seem to be thoroughly -united. The meeting last night (March 3d) was almost a Pentecostal -season. There are fifteen or twenty inquirers, of the most hopeful -class of young men and women, and some intelligent middle-aged men. -The work is quiet and deep, without noise or nonsense, and seems to -be spreading every day. - -SELMA, ALA.—When I last wrote, I think we were anticipating the -week of prayer with hope of some awakening. We observed the days -with very good attendance and very good results in quickening -members, still the expected ingathering of souls has not been -realized. Otherwise we think the church is in quite a flourishing -condition. Since the week of prayer, we have sustained three or -four cottage meetings every week, with good results, and with the -Literary Society, sociables, ladies’ weekly and monthly meetings, -and regular prayer meetings and teachers’ meetings, we have managed -to keep quite busy. - - * * * * * - - -GENERAL NOTES. - - -The Indians. - -—The House Committee on Indian Affairs has agreed to a bill which -proposes to place all that part of the Indian Territory not set -apart to, and occupied by, the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and -Seminole Indians, under the jurisdiction of the United States -District Court for the District of Kansas, held at Fort Scott, -in respect to the crimes of murder, manslaughter, arson, rape, -burglary and robbery. The exemptions, above stated, are placed -by the bill under United States District Court for Arkansas. The -bill further extends the provisions of the laws of the respective -States wherein are located Indian reservations to the reservations -themselves. - -—A bill is now pending before the Indian Committee of the House, -upon which Governor Pound, a member of the committee and an -enthusiastic student of the Indian question, has made a favorable -report, providing for a number of Indian schools similar to that at -Carlisle; and it was in this connection that a visit of inspection -was recently made by Secretary Schurz, several members of the House -Committee on Indian Affairs, and two members of the Board of Indian -Commissioners. Besides the general advantages to result directly -from education of Indian youths, it is represented in support of -the measure that the presence of a number of children from each -tribe at schools in the East will be a most efficient guarantee of -good behavior on the part of the tribes. - -It would seem, judging from the meagre opportunities for inspection -offered by a single visit to Carlisle, that the movement promises -to be an effectual aid, if not ultimately one of the chief -instruments, in settling the vexed Indian problem. If, however, -only a part of that which is expected is actually realized, still -it will have been a very profitable venture, both for the Indians -and for the Government.—_N. Y. Tribune._ - - * * * * * - - -Africa. - -Extract from a letter received by the London Missionary Society: - -—“Food continues cheap and plentiful; the market is a great -blessing—it fluctuates frequently, but the cause can generally be -seen; a recent rise in prices was caused by the sudden arrival of -several caravans of ivory from Manyuema. We are doing a little -better with the garden just now. One of our new men formerly worked -in an Arab’s garden, and under his advice and care we have onions -now coming up, and some of the seeds from Cape Colony are showing -signs of life. We have a good plot of sweet potatoes. The vegetable -called nyumbo—mentioned by Livingstone as being very wholesome—is -now procurable in the market; we find them very good and much like -potatoes; in shape and size they are like good-sized long radishes -with blunt tails; in colour and texture like English potatoes, but -stringy outside. Good beef is not procurable. Fish, fowls, and -goat’s flesh are plentiful; also eggs and butter. - -“Having a good supply of sugar we have tried preserving, and -succeeded very well with lemon marmalade and jam of bananas and -guavas. Mr. Hutley has acquired the art of bread-making, and we -occasionally have an excellent loaf. We both find the maize meal -wholesome; it is capable of being made into a variety of puddings. -If I were asked of what I am in want in the shape of food, I would -say, first, cabbages; second, rhubarb: and lo, only to-day, Mr. -Hutley tells me that some Savoy cabbage seeds are showing signs -of life! So we may yet, with care, obtain several of the English -vegetables, which beat anything in this country, with all its -luxuriance. - -“Wheat planting begins in a few days, at which we shall also have a -try. I think it probable we shall be able to procure ‘whole-wheat -meal’ from Unyanyembe in the season at a reasonable price. Men who -know the roads in the forest go to Unyanyembe in eight days; this -seems to us very near.” - - * * * * * - - - - -THE FREEDMEN. - -REV. JOS. E. ROY, D. D., - -FIELD SUPERINTENDENT, ATLANTA, GA. - - * * * * * - - -VIRGINIA. - -A large Ingathering. - -MISS M. A. ANDRUS, CARRSVILLE. - -Reading in the “Missionary” of the work done in the South, it -came into my mind to tell you of a work of grace here. Nearly all -of our Sabbath-school are converted. From sixty to seventy have -been baptized and received into this church, and since the 1st -of September the pastor has baptized 150. I have never before -labored in a Sabbath-school where I have felt so manifestly the -Spirit accompanying the word. It seemed to sink deep into the -hearts and take root there, and a harvest of souls is the result. -The pastor thinks the converts were more intelligent than usual, -and he imputed it to the instruction they had received in the -Sabbath-school. My method of instruction is, to expound the -Scriptures verse by verse, as read by each scholar, making special -application to each one individually, and so each one feels as if -he had a portion. - -Sabbath before last, I had the blest privilege of seeing -forty-three of the converts all seated together in the front seats, -and it was to me an affecting sight. All ages were represented -there from the little child to the man of grey hairs. - -I spoke to them of the joy it gave me to see them occupying such -a position, and of the joy to the angels of God over them, for -if there is joy in heaven among the angels over one sinner that -repenteth, how much more joy over such a number as I saw before me. - -I read to them, “A charge to those who have just joined the -Church,” sent to me a few days before by Samuel B. Schieffelin -of New York, which seemed providentially to have come at that -time. They all listened with profound attention and seemed much -interested, and I trust a good and lasting impression was made upon -them. - -After the reading, I presented each one with a copy of the -_Charge_, as it was in little book form, with which they seemed to -be much gratified. - - * * * * * - - -NORTH CAROLINA. - -Facts About the Taught and the Teachers. - -MRS. ALFRED CONNET, McLEANSVILLE. - -We have been here seventeen months. During this time I have -refrained from expressing myself in regard to the negroes and our -work among them. Every day we are more and more convinced of their -deep degradation; in fact, it is entirely beyond anything we had -imagined. - -They seem to be guilty of the whole category of sins, but, -perhaps, their untruthfulness is most prominent. We cannot have -a self-reporting system in school, but there are some noble -exceptions to the general rule. - -The most pitiable objects are those women who have families, but -never had husbands. One such woman last fall told me that she was -going to gather “shoemake” (shumac) leaves that week, and get her -a pair of shoes. Saturday afternoon, she stopped on her way home -from the store. “Well, Aunty, did you get your shoes?” “No; Mr. -F. showed me so much purty caliker that I bought me a dress.” She -already had about a dozen calico dresses. “But what will you do for -shoes?” “I don’t know; but I prays to the good Lord to keep me from -getting sick when I get my feet wet.” I guess He heard her, for she -is well. In contrast with this, the woman who washes for us saves -up her wages and buys just what she and her child really need. - -The women have not made as much advancement as the men; but there -is good reason for this. They have gone to the field as regularly -as the men, and have had their cooking and housework to do; and, -in addition to this, they have borne a child every year or two. -When they come to church they have these small children to care -for. They were pleased when they learned that the “new minister” -was glad to see them and their babies. It is hard to hold their -attention, they are so tired, and have so much to think about what -they shall eat and wear. We wish we could do them more good; but we -must turn our energies principally to the young. - -Sin and temptation beset the young girls on every side, and, alas! -too many of them yield. One asked me in regard to that terrible, -nameless crime. I told her that the life of the child was just as -sacred before birth as after birth. She said that the crime was -quite common here. Mr. C. has since preached against it. - -Faith in God is very strong in some of them. One dear Aunty, who -has a very large family, and much to do, said: “When I feels so -tired, I just ask the Lord to give me strength to finish this -washing, or whatever I am doing, and he does it.” Her husband is -our Sunday-school Superintendent, and their children are the best -educated of any in the neighborhood. This family belongs to three -races—white, black and red—the latter predominating. - -Some of the people seemed to get the idea that we were so anxious -for their children to attend school that they could dictate to -us, and they encouraged their children to rebel against necessary -government. One girl who ran away from school wrote a note -acknowledging her wrong and asking forgiveness; of course she was -gladly received back. Seven young men and two girls are doing their -own cooking so that they can remain longer. Five others are paying -board. - -We have some very dull scholars. We have some bright ones. One -young man, fourteen months ago, did not know his letters. Now he -reads in National Third Reader and United States history, has -commenced grammar and geography, and is in fractions in arithmetic. -One pupil, who is a minister, is over thirty years of age. Three -other scholars are twenty-nine. Nearly all the larger ones are -teachers, or are preparing to teach. I think they will do much good -for their people. - -I may be mistaken, but it seems to me that the negro does not -investigate or reason much, but acts according to his feelings. -Even the babies do not tear up their playthings to see what is -inside of them. - -They are full of signs and superstitious notions. Our little girl, -Addie, showed a very small hen’s egg to some little girls. One of -them said: “My mother never allows us to take one into the house, -it is bad luck; but it is good luck to throw it over the house, and -we always do that.” - -Mr. C. and I both teach six hours per day. Sometimes after school -we take the carriage and go to see some sick person. Last week -we went three miles to see one poor sick woman, who has lost the -use of one eye and is nearly blind in the other. She is a great -sufferer, but said, “My many afflictions and tribulations bring me -near the Lord, and I am so proud to see you all.” Last Saturday we -went four miles to see an old man who is probably on his death-bed. -He was sixty-three years a slave, is a Christian, has united with -the church since we came, and said that if he never met us here on -earth again, he hoped to in heaven. We sent him some food suitable -for him. - -We see so much destitution that we can’t help giving until we feel -it. We do almost entirely without butter, and frequently without -sugar. We live very plainly, but contentedly. One man told in -church how much good it did him, when Mr. C. visited him last -summer, and assured him that his child was not past recovery. It -was a long ride of fourteen miles on horseback under a burning -Southern sun; but it greatly encouraged these humble Christians. -They are so ignorant that when they get sick, they think somebody -has poisoned them. They do not seem to have any confidence in each -other. One young woman, who spent five years with Miss Douglass, -assured me that she would not take medicine from a colored doctor, -if he was ever so well educated—“Because I am afraid he might be -mad at me and poison me.” It seems discouraging when years of good -training fail to eradicate such silly notions. - -We are in a Ku Klux neighborhood, twenty white families within a -mile of us; but only three of these have ever made us a social call. - -Our children have no associates. I am glad that there are six of -them and not just one or two. - -We are obliged to keep one of the older children out of school to -take care of the babies, aged two and four years. I think it would -be a sin to leave them in the care of any of these colored people, -the greater part of each day. They are so ignorant and sinful and -superstitious, that I am sure they would poison their young minds. -Perhaps that is the reason the Southern people have given so much -trouble, they have had such ignorant nurses. - -Our Sunday-school is large and doing well. We have large classes -because we have so few competent teachers; we are trying to train -others. Church services are well attended. Our work is made up -of lights and shades, but we like it, and thank the Lord that He -permits us to be humble workers in this part of His vineyard. - - * * * * * - - -GEORGIA. - -A Struggling Church—A Growing Temperance Work—Hindrances. - -REV. J. R. McLEAN, NO. 1 MILLER STATION. - -The school is doing well. I have enrolled 67 now, and have larger -scholars than at any time before. The Sunday-school is growing in -numbers and also in interest, and its work has had great power over -the people here for good. - -The church has been pulling together quite well, and has raised -towards the work here about $30. A number of the people are not -able to do anything, for they need some one to help them to get -bread. None have joined the church this year thus far; still I hope -to have some come in before the year closes. - -We have our house all ceiled inside, and now we are trying to get -it painted. I _do_ wish we could find some one to give us some -singing books, both for Sunday-school and church. We have only -three that we can use in worship. I like the “Songs of Devotion,” -but then anything else will do if we can get that. - -The Temperance Society is doing good, but there is room for it to -do much more. At our meeting last Sabbath, five joined us. The band -numbers now about 50. Some, as might be expected, have broken their -pledges. I find it is those who are trained in our schools, and -those only, that take hold of our principles. - -O, if more could be done for the children, and for a larger number -of them, there would be some hope for the race yet! What can be -done for them? - -The white people are doing nothing to help them, as I shall tell -you when I get to it. But the old ones find it hard to leave off -the habits of slavery, which have been going on so long that they -have taken deep root, and how they are to be dug out I cannot tell. -But will not our Heavenly Father overlook many of these wicked -habits! - -Our church grows slowly because we are trying all the time to get -the people out of their old ways, which most of the people like -best, and so they are held by the other churches. - -The large rice planters are doing nothing for them, only to keep -them on their farms and get all the work out of them they can, and -pay them as little as possible for their work. How is this done? - -By giving them great feasts on the Sabbath. At these feasts they -have the colored people come into the big house (this means the -white people’s house) and shout for them, as it is called here, but -I call it dancing. They are given ginger snaps, rum and wine. This -kind of a party, or feast, or shout, was given last Sunday (they -are called by all these names). I am told that the colored people -on a certain plantation ate two boxes of ginger snaps, and drank -two gallons of wine and four gallons of rum. They have them on the -Sabbath so as not to stop the work. - -This is the way they hold them. I said in my haste last Sabbath, -if the white man was to tell them that on the other side of Hell -they could get as much rum and wine as they could get free, many of -them would try to cross over. Many of them have given up all they -have for it, and will go anywhere to get it. This is awful, but it -is the truth. Our work will tell in the end in saving those that -believe. Please excuse any rough expressions, but this is not half -like it is. I am not able to tell just how the people do act here; -still they are my people, and I must do all for them I can. Pray -for me, that I may have courage to do my part of the work. - - * * * * * - - -A Lady’s Sunday-School and Missionary Work. - -MISS O. B. BABCOCK, MACON. - -My infant class in Sunday-school has grown from five to forty-five -since I came; and, as I visit all my scholars, it keeps me busy. -Monday afternoons I give to practising music in the Sunday-school; -Wednesday, we have our school prayer-meeting; Thursday, a mother’s -meeting, for prayer and conversation. This last has always been an -interesting feature in my labors among the poor, and I trust it -will be so here. Friday evening, I have a meeting for Bible-reading -and prayer in the cabins near by. The reading is greatly enjoyed -by the people. Sunday evenings I usually spend in the same -way. Saturday, at 2 P.M., I have the sewing-school, numbering -seventy-five, and weekly increasing in numbers and interest. The -mothers are delighted, and the children not less so. As the entire -burden of the work rests on me, with no white help, you can see -that my moments at home are all occupied with cutting and basting. -I have finally succeeded in getting some colored teachers, and may, -in time, have help in preparing work. I try to visit the homes of -all the scholars, that I may know their condition and needs. This -is one of the very best means of access to the people, and helps -to fill up the Sunday-school with needy ones. I feel as much at -home as if I had always lived here, and can go to any part of the -city with perfect ease. I have visited Vineville, Unionville, East -Macon, Tybee, Sandy Bottom, etc., the suburbs of the city. - -There was one dear old colored aunty here who was sick for months, -but always so tender and thoughtful of me that my visits were a -comfort and even pleasure. She went home last week, after a blessed -death, singing with her last breath: “I’se passed over Jordan! -Hallelu! Hallelu!” I wouldn’t have believed that I should miss her -as I do. I don’t find many like her. - -I feel very grateful for the barrels that I have received; I -have received one barrel from Boston, a cask and barrel from -Newburyport, one from Wentworth, N. H., one from Chicago. I have -written letters to nine different Sunday-schools, and keep up a -constant correspondence with my own church and Sunday-school, also -with the Ladies’ Society in it. This was at first a burden to me, -but it becomes easier and more of a pleasure. I find I have made -150 calls during January, and though this is not a large number, -still it implies a great many miles of walking. I often can make -but one or two calls in half a day, the distances are so great -and there is no way to ride. I have spent a great many hours in -teaching children their A B C’s and reading to them. I carry -primers with me and find plenty of teaching to do. - - * * * * * - - -A Communion Season—District Meetings. - -MISS E. W. DOUGLAS, McINTOSH, LIBERTY CO. - -It was our Communion Sabbath and eleven united with the church, -one by letter. Five were baptized, four by sprinkling, one by -immersion. While a few went to the water to witness that ordinance, -the many gathered in the church for a season of prayer, and I think -that hour gave tone to the services of the day. I have seldom, -if ever, seen so much quietness and seriousness in so large a -gathering of this emotional people as there was that day. I refer -to the greetings after the close of the service. There is usually -much loud talking and laughing. The lesson of the morning hour was -that they should not forget that the object of the Lord’s table -was not to draw a crowd together to meet one another, but to meet -the Lord and “remember” Him, and the chapter read and explained by -the pastor when he returned from the water led our thoughts to the -Crucified One. Three of those who united with the church professed -conversion during the week of prayer. - -As the members of this church are so widely scattered that it is -difficult for the pastor to visit them often, they are arranged in -seven districts, each having its “watchman,” whose duty it is to -sustain district prayer-meetings and to report to the pastor any -thing needing his attention. I have attended one of these district -meetings, and hope to attend at least one every week. - - * * * * * - - -Church and School must Work Together. - -REV. S. E. LATHROP, MACON. - -During the last session of the Georgia Conference at Savannah, a -debate took place on the subject of the church and school work as -of necessity going together in this Southern field, which impressed -me deeply. It was mainly carried on by the young colored brethren, -both ministers and laymen, and in matter and manner showed that -they knew whereof they spoke, and were deeply impressed with its -importance. Any person who may have doubted the vital necessity -of the school to the church work here, would surely have been -convinced by the earnest arguments of these brethren, most of -whom came to the church through the educational department of the -mission work. - -Said one young preacher: “The school is the primary department -of the church. It trains the children and youth to think, and -hence to accept of a thoughtful religion like ours, instead of -the mere shouting and emotional style to which the ignorant and -untrained cling. The true religion is one which teaches us to love -God and our neighbor supremely, and this can be done best by the -intelligence which comes only through the school training.” - -Another said: “Our people never had any mental training, or any -encouragement to think for themselves, and did not know how, until -the A. M. A. schools awakened these powers. We, as a race, are not -naturally a reasoning people. We are too much governed by impulse, -by emotion, by instinct, by passions, and too easily offended, with -little self-control. Slavery was a very poor mental discipline, -and when freedom came, there were many extravagant ideas and -ignorant impulses that led the people to extremes. The utter lack -of public schools for our race made us at first prize most highly -the advantages offered so generously by the A. M. A. Afterward, -as the slumbering intelligence slowly awoke, we saw not only the -intrinsic value of education, but we were more able to appreciate -the kindness which suggested the sending of these faithful teachers -and missionaries. Gratitude prompted us, in many cases, to break -away from the old superstitious churches, and growing enlightenment -helps us to see more clearly the superior advantages of an -intelligent religion. The consecrated teachers of the Association -have many of them done grand missionary work, although very few of -them are open to the charge of sectarianism. Congregationalism, by -its broad, liberal, unsectarian policy of churches and schools, has -done a vast amount of good to all the other denominations. They -are being leavened more and more by true intelligence, and the -ancient foundations of ignorance and hierarchy are slowly giving -way. Upon their ruins shall arise more beautiful temples to God, -more enlightened worship, more worthy conceptions of daily life and -religious duty.” - -Another speaker claimed that “The day-school brings about sympathy -of the day scholars with the church and Sunday-school work. The -religious exercises of the schools cause the impression that there -is a soul as well as a brain to be trained. The knowledge that the -teachers are universally engaged in Sunday-school work, by the very -law of cause and effect, calls attention to that work also. The -sympathy that always exists between the preacher and teachers, and -the hearty interest in the children that is shown by the ministers, -cause both parents and children to think that the work is all one, -as it really is. New England ‘blossoms as the rose’ to-day, because -the church and the school-house have always been built together, -and in their mutual work are as inseparable as the Siamese twins. -May the day hasten when it shall be so in the South.” - -The young delegate from Atlanta said: “The first church of Atlanta -is the outgrowth of the Storrs School, whose devoted teachers have -always sought after the spiritual as well as the mental welfare -of their scholars. They have been true missionaries and worthy -co-laborers in the Gospel with the pastors of the church.” - -A young preacher, who is also the successful teacher of the -day-school in his parish, said that “The training of the school -children to be punctual at the morning roll-call, teaches also -the very necessary habit of punctuality at church, in which our -people are so deficient. The promptness, the discipline of order, -cleanliness, good behavior and attention, which is taught in -school, has also a corresponding effect in the church services. -If our people were educated and enlightened, perhaps the church -could get on without the school; but in their ignorance they must -be taught to think, before they can get a right idea of Bible -religion. The intellect must go with the heart, preparing the way -for the coming of the Lord. Superstition is still a formidable -enemy in our church work, and nothing but sanctified intelligence -will ever defeat that adversary.” - -Said another delegate: “I came into the church through the -night-school. I was working hard all day and could not attend -day-school, but went at night and studied as well as I could. There -I first heard of the Congregational church. I found by inquiry that -it was a church which had been very active in the anti-slavery -times, and believed in free speech, free schools, free churches and -equal rights in church and state. That attracted me, and I inquired -more, until finally God forgave my sins and I united with the -church. I love more and more the freedom and fraternity I find, and -I believe in the church, which makes so much of schools, and has -educated so many of my people.” - -Said another: “The church must go with the school, because -education alone only sharpens the mind for greater mischief. In -the very nature of things, every school teacher ought to be a true -Christian, to exert a Christ-like influence in the school, to -encourage pupils to attend church and Sunday-school. The teacher’s -power is greater over scholars here than in the North.” - -Dr. Roy spoke of the many mission Sunday-schools and churches which -had sprung up around Talladega College, the result of labor by the -Christian students. He also recalled the history of the mission -schools in India, which, on account of some complaints, were at one -time given up, to the great detriment of the missions. - -This is but an outline of the remarks made upon this important -subject, which would have cheered the hearts of all philanthropists -to hear. The decorum and general manner of expression throughout -would have done honor to the most dignified deliberative body. - - * * * * * - - -ALABAMA. - -Notes from Marion. - -MRS. GEO. E. HILL. - -Sundays are our grand working days. As we have services morning and -night, the afternoon is left free to meet the people in other ways. - -Sometimes the women come to the “Home” for a prayer-meeting, or -the little children come in to hear Bible-stories told or read. -Sometimes I have a Bible-reading for _boys_. They come, bringing -their Bibles, and pencil and paper, and I read them some of the -precious verses marked in my own Bible, or choose some story like -that of the Shunamite, which they are not familiar with. - -Many of them read imperfectly, and so lose the full meaning of -the words, and we find that the “old, old story” becomes new and -strangely sweet as we read it aloud to them, with fresh emphasis -and expression. - -An old man once said to me, “If I had a hundred dollar bill, I’d -give it in a minute if I could read the Bible.” - -Last Sunday, I invited several boys to come and see me. I seated -them round a table, and gave them eight or ten copies of “Life -and Light” and “Missionary Herald” to look over. Choosing for my -text the _pictures_, I talked an hour with them, and selected an -interesting fact or incident for each one to give that night at our -monthly missionary meeting. - -A fine, large missionary map has been donated to the church by the -Sunday school in Weymouth, Mass., which is very useful in showing -the people the great world, about which they know so little. - -The girls’ sewing-class has sent $38 to the Mendi Mission. - -Our Sunday-school numbers about eighty, and is the pleasantest -and most orderly school I have seen at the South. The children -come to their classes neatly dressed, after the Saturday’s washing -and ironing, and give quiet attention during the hour. We find -blackboard illustrations helpful in fixing the thoughts of the -lesson. One Sunday, twenty maps of Palestine were handed in, in -connection with the lesson. - -The Sunday-school concerts are a special attraction, and are -attended by many from other churches. At our last, several -prominent white citizens were present. - -We wish our friends at the North could see how well these colored -children carry through the Bible Exercises and other recitations. - -Every Monday at 4 P. M., the women meet at the “Home” for an hour -of prayer. They have no clocks to tell the time by; but as most of -them live in sight, I hang a white flag on the gatepost, fifteen -minutes before the hour. We call this our “Gospel flag!” - -The prayers of these women are marked by an unquestioning trust. -They ask directly for what they want, without getting entangled in -the formalities of more educated Christians, and they evidently -feel that they speak into a listening ear. - -Their faces often beam with pleasure as they hear the reading -of the Bible. “What a glorious chapter this is!—it _feels so -holy_!”—one of them said. - -They need these hours of prayer, for life with them is hard, and -pinched, and poor, and in their small houses of one or two rooms, -full of little children, washing and ironing, and cooking, these -mothers have no “closet” where they may shut themselves in for -communion with Jesus, and get patience and strength for the day. -But are not their prayers heard, as they stand by the tub, washing -for the rich?—or bend over the cradle, in which, for some, there is -always a baby—or cook the meal, which to us would seem so scanty? -A woman once told me, that in slavery times, she went down in the -garden, among the butter-beans, to pray—and there she had such a -season of joy, that when she came in, and took her place at her -master’s table, to brush away the flies, “’pear’d like glory was in -de fly-brush!” - -For the last five months, we have had an afternoon school for -children under 14 years of age, here at the “Home.” A large room -on the back gallery was fitted up for them, and here twenty-five -children come every day and are taught from 1 to 4 o’clock. - -Besides the ordinary book lessons, their young teacher instructs -them in good manners, neatness and simple fancy-work, and gives -each day a half-hour talk on birds, plants or animals, illustrated -by pictures on the blackboard. - -The children are quick to learn and eager for all kinds of -information, which they take home and repeat to their parents, when -the work of the day is done. - -Some of these parents who cannot even read themselves, are “proud” -to hear their children talk intelligently about Washington, or -Napoleon, or Henry Bergh. - -This is our third winter among the Freedmen, but we feel that we -are just learning how to be missionaries, and how to get at the -people, and meet them in their great needs. Are we happy in our -work? Yes; happy and content. Even in our “small corner” we have -the Master’s presence, and feel it a privilege to work among His -lowly ones. - - * * * * * - - -MISSISSIPPI. - -A Brother’s Devotion. - -MRS. G. STANLEY POPE, TOUGALOO. - -When we first came to Tougaloo, two years ago last fall, we found -a young man who had been here a few days, Frank H——. He had run -away from his uncle, because of his cruelty to him. He was then -about nineteen years old. He was anxious to get an education; -and although he had not a cent of money, he proved to be such a -faithful boy, both at his books and at work, that with but little -help he managed to earn his board and pay his way in school. He -had been a very wicked boy, but Christ wrought a great change in -him, and before the year closed, he became a most conscientious -Christian. - -He remained right here, working on the farm during the summer, and -studying when school was in session, until about two months ago, -when he left and went to work. He had often spoken of a sister who -was still with his uncle, and he was anxious to get her away, and -have her in school. A little over a week ago, he received his pay -for his work, and went to get his sister. He tried to persuade -his uncle to let her go, but he would not listen to it, and said -she should never leave him. Frank found out from her that she was -greatly abused, and that she wanted to leave and come with him. She -is not more than fourteen years old, and small for her age, but -when Frank found her she was burning brush and helping to clear up -new land. Her whole work has been in the field, plowing and hoeing, -picking cotton and “pulling fodder.” - -Frank finally made up his mind to “kidnap” her; so a little after -dark, when she was feeding the mules, he told her his plan, and -they left at once for the swamp, as it would be less easy to track -them there. After going through that, they walked till nearly -midnight to get to a railroad station farther away than the one -they usually went to, as Frank knew his uncle would be down there -in the morning to find them. The girl, whose name by the way is -Leah, had no clothing on except a cotton dress and a bit of an -old shawl over her head; so, early in the morning, Frank went -to a store and got calico for two dresses, and hired them made, -both being finished (after a fashion) by night, he paying a dollar -apiece for the work. He also bought her some shoes and a few other -things, and a little after dark they took the cars for this place, -arriving here about midnight. Frank stayed over the Sabbath, and -then went back to his work to earn money to keep her in school. He -said to me, “she’s all the sister I’ve got, and I want her to do -well.” She did not know a letter, but she is quick and bright, and -during the few days she has been in school she has done well; she -knows nothing about housework, but is willing and tries to learn. -I asked her yesterday if she knew about God. “Not much.” “Have you -ever been to Sabbath-school?” “No.” “Ever been to church?” “Twice.” -“Do you know about Jesus?” “Never heard of him.” - -Oh, Christian women of the North! do you need to go to India or -Turkey to find heathen? I assure you, Leah is not an isolated case; -she is a fair sample of thousands in the South. - -Your “Woman’s Board of Missions” is doing a good work for God and -humanity. I would not underestimate its value; but while you are -responding so liberally to the calls for help from afar, are you -not forgetting this work of no less importance which lies nearer -to you, the work of giving Christian education to the despised and -degraded colored women of the South? - -We are very sorry to have Frank out of school. He can not afford -it, neither can you afford it, for if he could be in school for -one or two years longer, he would make a very fair teacher for the -country schools. - -He hopes to be here next year; but if he has to clothe himself and -his sister, and pay seven dollars apiece a month for their board, -I don’t see much chance for him. Does any one feel called upon to -take the responsibility of her board bill? - - * * * * * - - -Report - - _Of the State Superintendent of Public Education to His - Excellency Governor J. M. Stone, and the Honorable Legislature of - the State of Mississippi._ - -TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY. - -This institution, under the direction and control of the American -Missionary Association, is doing a most excellent work in the -education of the colored youth of the State. For a number of years -after its establishment an annual appropriation was made by the -State, supplementary to the funds contributed by the Society, and -a Board of Trustees was appointed on the part of the State. This -Board still exists; but inasmuch as the last Legislature failed -to make appropriation for the University, and as the property -belongs to the Missionary Society, it would appear to be useless. -The Principal, writing on the 20th of December, 1879, says: -“The improvement in the school is very marked. This is seen in -the general training of students, in the greater number who are -desiring to complete the regular course of study, the increased -number in attendance in the higher grades, in more frequent visits -from patrons, and by the friends it is making among the whites -where our students have been at work. - -The management of the institution is admirable, its teachers -are superior, and everything connected with it is in excellent -condition, as I have had occasion to learn from personal -observation. As a recognition of the good work being done by the -American Missionary Association in the education and elevation of -the colored people of the State, it is recommended that a liberal -appropriation be made, that it may be rendered still more useful.” - - J. A. SMITH, - _State Supt. of Public Education_. - - * * * * * - - -LOUISIANA. - -Revival in the Central Church—Theological Department—Church -Dedication. - -REV. W. S. ALEXANDER. - -The hope expressed in my last letter that I might have glad tidings -to send you, has been fully realized, and it is my happiness to -record one of the most precious revivals in the history of the -Central Church. I do not forget the history of the past four years, -and the seasons of spiritual awakening through which the church -has passed. The present movement differs from the preceding, if -at all, in a more intelligent grasp of the truth, and in a deeper -spiritual tone. The past summer was a time of preparation for the -scenes that were to follow. The Revival was the constant theme -of conversation and prayer. It was the one burden upon their -hearts. Sunday, January 4, the first day of the week of prayer, -was marked by evident signs of deepening interest. On that day, -eight were received to the church, of whom three came on profession -of their faith. For twenty-seven consecutive evenings, we met in -our lecture room. The Gospel was preached with directness and -earnestness. A “church in earnest” took hold of the work and -pressed it forward. Beginning with an audience of 75, the numbers -in constant attendance rapidly increased to 200. The interest -suffered no diminution to the last night, when six came forward to -the “mourners’ seats” with the cry, “Pray for us.” Some continued -in an anxious state for two, three or four weeks, while others, -coming in from motives of curiosity merely, were stricken down by -God’s Spirit, and as quickly brought into the light and liberty of -believers. - -An old man of 70 years was brought into the Kingdom, and is as -happy as the youngest convert. Another, much in political life, and -who publicly said, “I have been an awful sinner,” seems now to be a -reformed and converted man. - -Four of our University students have joyfully professed Christ. - -While incidents occurred daily which touched our hearts, and added -to the tenderness and deep solemnity of our meetings, they cannot -of course be faithfully recorded, and I do not attempt it. - -Let me say that there was no undue excitement, and not the -slightest approach to merely physical and emotional demonstrations. -The work was too intelligent, too spiritual for that. In prayer, in -song, and in appeal, human agency was forgotten, and the converting -power of the Divine Spirit was reverently recognized. - -Sunday, Feb. 1st, was our “Feast of Ingathering.” Of the _thirty_ -converted in the meetings, twenty-four were received to the -fellowship of the church, with two who came to us by letter. The -people brought flowers for the pulpit and communion-table. Of the -250 present in the audience, 150 received the sacrament. “The Lord -hath done great things for us whereof we are glad.” - -_The Theological Department_ is larger than in any previous -year. It numbers twenty members, young men of zeal and promise, -not only willing but eager to be instructed in the truths and -doctrines of God’s word. Four of the class are ordained ministers, -of whom two are pastors of churches in New Orleans. Not all of -them have the ministry in view. Those who have not, are hoping -through this instruction to become more useful and efficient in -the church. Three theological lectures are given each week, and -there are besides sermons given by the students before the class -for criticism, and discussions on religious topics. Our great -lack is books of reference. We have no systems of theology, and -no commentaries to which the young men can have access. In the -“good time coming,” these we trust will be supplied, and so the -efficiency of the department be increased. - -_Church Dedication._—In response to an earnest invitation from the -Congregational Church in New Iberia, I went down on Saturday, the -14th inst., to assist in the dedication of their new church. The -terrific windstorm of last September laid their tasteful and really -beautiful house of worship in ruins. The building was a total -wreck. The storm, as it swept up the bayou, left only desolation -in its track. The people, with commendable energy and self-denial, -bating not one jot of heart or hope, set themselves to the work of -rebuilding. They purchased more ground, put up a larger and better -building, and the machinery of the church is again in working -order. They have expended something like $450, and urgently need -$200 more for painting and furnishing. The people feel that they -have exhausted their resources. It is a noble enterprise, and -should be encouraged. Loyalty to our Congregational polity in -Louisiana should call forth a hearty response to their appeal. At -the service of dedication, the house was crowded to its utmost -capacity. Both morning and night the word was received with all -readiness and gladness of heart. Southern Louisiana is a beautiful -country, unsurpassed for productiveness, and should be dotted all -over with churches where the Gospel in its simplicity, clearness -and power may be preached. God speed the day! - - * * * * * - - -TENNESSEE. - -Revival in Fisk University. - -PROF. H. S. BENNETT. - -A quiet but deep work of grace has been in progress since the week -of prayer in our institution. The week of prayer was observed as -usual with us, but without any special increase of interest. The -question then came up, “Shall we pass through the year without our -usual work of grace?” This led to earnest prayer and consecration -on the part of teachers and Christian students. The result was -soon perceptible in greater earnestness among Christians, and -a wide-spread spirit of inquiry among the impenitent. At this -point the attendance on the half-hour prayer meetings was largely -increased. From six to ten inquirers presented themselves for -prayers from night to night, and from this time the work went -forward. Four students were converted on one Sabbath, and others -were brought out into the light. Thus the work went forward -hopefully but quietly, until, up to this time, fourteen students -have expressed a hope in Christ. This is the second season of -interest during the present scholastic year. Before Christmas, a -brief season of spiritual awakening brought seven students out -upon the Lord’s side, so that the results of the year have been -twenty-one conversions. Several others are still inquiring, and the -work goes on, though with less manifest power than a few weeks ago. - -The results of the revival have been seen in the deepening of the -earnestness of Christians, so that much of the power of the good -work does not appear. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE INDIANS. - - * * * * * - - -CHURCH—CHRISTMAS—BIBLES. - -REV. MYRON EELLS, S’KOKOMISH, WASH. TER. - -The first Sabbath in this year we received five members into our -church, three of them on profession of faith, two of whom were our -older scholars. One of the scholars whom we received a year ago -died some time since. It was on the Sabbath, and after his brother, -also a member, had returned from church, he took his brother’s hand -and held it until he died, urging him to hold steadfast to his -Christian profession to the end. - -We have, to our great regret, been obliged to discipline two -others for misconduct, suspending them for three months. - -On Christmas I arranged so that a dinner was prepared for the -oldest Indians, who are unable to support themselves. They enjoyed -it, coming through storm, snow and cold in order to get it. It was -the first affair of the kind we have had for them alone. Between -Government and the Indians, feasts have been prepared for the -Indians in general, but never for the old decrepit ones. They are -nearly always neglected. - -For more than two years I have been serving as Local Agent of our -Territorial Bible Society. On making my report for the last year, -I find that I have sold books to the amount of $32.19, viz. thirty -Bibles and forty-five Testaments. Of these, twenty-one Bibles and -eighteen Testaments have been bought by the Indians, for which they -have paid $22.72. These have varied in price from the five-cent -Testament to the royal octavo Bible, gilt, reference, the latter -having been for a newly married couple, both of whom have been in -school. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE CHINESE. - - * * * * * - - -“CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.” - -Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association. - -PRESIDENT: Rev. J. K. McLean, D. D. VICE-PRESIDENTS: Rev. A. L. -Stone, D. D., Thomas C. Wedderspoon, Esq., Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon. -F. F. Low, Rev. I. E. Dwinell, D. D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S. -H. Willey D. D., Edward P. Flint, Esq., Rev. J. W. Hough, D. D., -Jacob S. Taber, Esq. - -DIRECTORS: Rev. George Mooar, D. D., Hon E. D. Sawyer, Rev. E. -P. Baker, James M. Haven, Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, Rev. John -Kimball, E. P. Sanford, Esq. - -SECRETARY: Rev. W. C. Pond. TREASURER: E. Palache, Esq. - - * * * * * - - -OUR NEW FIELDS. - -It will be remembered by such of our friends as keep a close -watch of our movements, that on or about the first of February, -we commenced work in three new fields, Oroville, Grass Valley and -Marysville. They will read with interest the subjoined extracts -from letters already received: - -_Marysville._—I requested Lee Haim to stop at Marysville, on his -way to Oroville, and spend the Sabbath there, preaching as he had -opportunity. I also invited Lem Chung, our helper at Sacramento, -to accompany him, and to spend a week there assisting to start the -school. A postal from Lee Haim and Lem Chung, written in Chinese -and addressed to “The Brethren of the Congregational Association -of Christian Chinese,” has been translated for me as follows: -“Dear Brethren, We write to tell you that we arrived safely -in Marysville a little after 4 P. M. An hour later we went to -Chinatown, and on the street we preached to our countrymen. A large -crowd was gathered at first by our singing, and they listened to -both preaching and singing with great interest. At 7 o’clock the -same evening, we had so large an audience in our school-room that -many went away on account of lacking seats. Our hearts were filled -with joy, and we preached to them from the Chinese Testament, and -explained to them the meaning of the hymns we sang. We trust the -seed sown will soon spring up to a good harvest. Our countrymen -here in school treat us very kindly, and we know this is due to -your and Mr. Pond’s prayers. Please pray for us continually.” - -Miss Mattie A. Flint, the teacher, writes: “I have 25 names on the -roll, with an average attendance of about 15. They all take a great -deal of interest, especially in the singing. Already they can sing -three or four of the hymns on the card very well. We have organized -a Sunday-school. Visitors drop in occasionally and express much -interest. I myself am deeply interested, and will do all in my -power to teach them of their Heavenly Father. They are learning to -read very fast.” The Christian co-operation of Rev. P. L. Carden, -pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Marysville, has much to do -with the good promise of the work there. - -_Grass Valley._—Rev. F. B. Perkins reports orally, that he -has succeeded in renting a school-room already tolerably well -furnished, and expects to pay the rent by donations made upon the -field. The average attendance thus far is but eight—owing partly, -perhaps, to the fact that the school-room is rather remote from the -Chinese quarter. But there is a good prospect of increase. I wish I -could dare to send a helper to each of these points. - -_Oroville._—Lee Haim wrote as follows after spending a fortnight in -his new field: “The school was opened on the 5th day of this month” -(the room not being ready before). “Only had school two evenings. -Then we have vacation two days for New Year’s. At New Year’s day I -made a call at every store (Chinese) in Oroville. On the second day -of our new year I went to the other Chinese town three miles from -here, and when I reached there I first made a call on every store. -After that I preach to them and sing several hymns in Chinese in -the opening” (_i. e._, of his street service). “It seems to me, -by my own judgment (so far as I could judge) they were pleased to -hear. Twenty were present at our last prayer-meeting, and when -the school was opened again, the school-room was quite crowded. I -hope the Almighty God will send His Holy Spirit to remove (move) -their heart, and still lead them coming; that they may hear this -wonderful word, and repent, to be the children of God.” - -At a later date Miss Waterbury writes: “We are going on very well, -and have as many as we can teach with any degree of profit. Last -night I should judge there were fifty or more. It is impossible to -tell the exact number, as many come in, take a lesson, and leave -before the school is closed. Two-thirds, I should think, began at -A B C. Many of these are now spelling words. [After less than a -fortnight’s instruction.—W. C. P.] Last night I had twelve or more -in their letters, and taught them from a card hung upon the wall, -till lungs and strength gave out. Among them were two little boys -about six years old, uncommonly smart and quick. Several old men -have been spelling “dog,” “man,” etc. with great patience. The -school is a new thing and creates much interest. Sometimes several -will crowd around, looking over the shoulder and listening eagerly -to the one who reads. I do not think this will always last, but I -think there is a great field here for good. Oh, to be filled with -the spirit of God, that I may be the channel of grace to these dark -souls! Who is sufficient for these things?” - -I add an extract from a letter from Miss Helen E. Clarke, teacher -in one of our old fields—Santa Barbara. It is written in the -familiar terms of a friendly correspondence, and not at all as a -formal report; but it gives, for that, all the more graphic picture -of the “ups and downs” of our work: - -“I am very sorry to say that Ah Sing has left Santa Barbara. -We shall miss him very much in the school. He went to the gold -mines in Mexico, I think. He said he would write you when he got -there. Gin Gem took the wash-house, [previously carried on by Ah -Sing.—W. C. P.] It makes quite a difference whom they have there, -and I am very glad he has it, for I think him a very good boy. He -said the reason he wanted the place was, so that he could come to -school every night. He and Gin Foy expect to unite with our church -to-morrow.” - - -EDWARD P. SANFORD, - -a director in our California Auxiliary, from its organization, for -many years Superintendent of the Chinese Sunday-school of the First -Congregational Church in Oakland, was transferred to the church -above on Feb. 16th. A fearless friend of all who are unbefriended -by the world at large, an eager, efficient and prayerful follower -of Jesus, a strong pillar in the church, a man who united a careful -and intense energy and an unflinching and unspotted integrity, -with the gentleness and kindliness sometimes supposed to adorn -womanhood alone, genial, generous, helpful everywhere,—how _can_ we -spare him? But how high and holy and beneficent must be the service -prepared for him above, since the Master who never mistakes, -thought good to take him there! - - * * * * * - - - - -CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - * * * * * - -A VOYAGE TO AFRICA—PROF. CHASE TO HIS FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY. - - * * * * * - - -MY DEAR LITTLE BOY: - -It is a good many days since papa left you and mamma, and he has -been sailing on the water most all of the time. I was in the boat -that you and mamma left me on twelve days, as many as you have -fingers on both hands and two more. Then I was on land three -nights. Then I came on this ship, and have slept on it as many -nights as you and mamma both have fingers on your two hands. The -little beds on this boat are just like those you saw. - -The boat stopped a little while at some places, and I saw people -without much clothes, like the pictures you saw in the book, and -little boys and girls, as big as you, who had not any clothes at -all. They did not seem to care; but I think they would feel very -fine if they had nice little sailor suits like yours. These black -people eat real funny. On the little boats that came out to get -things from this big boat they had little stoves with one pot. A -boy about as big as Johnnie C——, with no clothes but one piece -tied around him—no hat, no shirt, no coat, no pants, no socks, no -shoes—made the fire and cooked the food. He took some fishes that -he had caught in the water and cut them into small pieces, and then -took some rice, and put the pieces of fish and the rice into the -pot over the fire with some water in it. Then he put something into -a hole in a big log and pounded it with the end of a shovel-handle, -and when he had pounded it enough he poured it on the fish and rice -in the pot. By and by he poured what was in the pot into a large -tray and all the men began to eat. But they did not eat as we do. -They did not have any plates, nor any knives, nor any forks. They -just had one spoon. One took this spoon and ate a little, and then -handed it to another and he ate a little. The others put their -hands into the tray and took out a handful of the fish and rice -and made it up into a ball, as boys where you are make snow-balls, -and then ate it as people eat apples. I don’t think you would like -to have your papa and mamma eat in that way, and I don’t think -you would like to eat just fish and rice, no meat, no potatoes, -no bread, no butter, no pie, no cake. But the rich people here in -Africa have _some_ nice things to eat. Mr. Smith bought a lot of -nice oranges for about a cent apiece. They were real sweet and -juicy and do not make my teeth sore, and we have some real nice -bananas—I wish you and mother had some of them—and where we are to -stop next, pine-apples grow. - -It is not cold here as it is where you are. The sun is real hot -and the trees are all covered with leaves and oranges, and bananas -and pine-apples are growing on the trees and just getting ripe. I -expect to leave this ship to-morrow. The next day will be Sunday, -and we shall spend that day in Sierra Leone. Then we are to ride in -a small boat that black men will make go with their oars, like that -boat the boy took us to see the soldiers in last summer, when you -were just a little afraid it would tip over and spill us out into -the water. Don’t you remember? - -So in four days more we are to stop going, going, going on the -water, and live on the land in a house once more. - - From your loving papa, - T. N. C. - -P. S.—We reached Sierra Leone Sunday morning, and found a little -steamer bound for Good Hope, to which we have been transferred. We -went ashore yesterday and attended church at the Wesleyan Mission, -at which a native minister preached, and took lunch with Rev. Dr. -Godman, who is in charge of the Wesleyan Missions. The boat is to -leave at 12 to-day, and we plan to go ashore meanwhile. - - * * * * * - - - - -RECEIPTS - -FOR FEBRUARY, 1880. - - * * * * * - - - MAINE, $394.68. - - Andover. Mrs. Eldridge Poor $2.00 - Augusta. John Dorr 15.00 - Bangor. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. 151.18 - Bethel. ESTATE of Mrs. Sarah J. Chapman, by A. - W. Valentine, Ex. 20.00 - Blanchard. “A Friend of Missions” 5.00 - Brownville. Hon. A. H. Merrill 100.00 - Dennysville. Mrs. Samuel Eastman 5.00 - Falmouth. Second Cong. Ch. 10.60 - Garland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 - Minot. “A Friend” 1.00 - Monson. Rev. R. W. Emerson 20.90 - Orland. “A Friend” 7.00 - Orono. “A Friend” 5.00 - Searsport. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 10.00 - Winslow. Cong Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - Yarmouth. First Ch. and Soc. 17.00 - - - NEW HAMPSHIRE, $374.27. - - Alstead. Third Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.11 - Amherst. W. D. L. 0.50 - Auburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.35 - Bennington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.80 - Concord. “A Friend” 1.00 - Dunbarton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.01 - East Pembroke. John Rand, deceased, by W. - Martin. 2.00 - Fisherville. J. C. Martin 10.00 - Fitzwilliam. Dea. Rufus Phillips 5.00 - Gilmanton Iron Works. Cent Charitable Society - of Cong. Ch. 7.30 - Keene. “A Friend,” $100; Cong. Ch. and Soc., - $63 163.00 - Langdon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 - Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $36.11; Cong. Sab. - Sch., $10. 46.11 - Lyndeborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.25 - Marlborough. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., Bbl. of C. - _for Talladega C._ - New Boston. Presb. Ch. and Soc. 11.10 - Plymouth. Cong. Soc., $24.14; H. W. H. $1. 25.14 - Rochester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 - Salem. Mrs. G. D. K. 0.50 - Troy. M. W. W. 1.00 - - - VERMONT, $207.84. - - Berlin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00 - Coventry. M. C. Pearson 5.00 - Craftsbury. Correction. ESTATE of Mrs. Deborah - W. Lewis in March number should read Mrs. - Deborah W. Loomis - East Hardwick. Cong. Sab. Sch. (adl.) 8.00 - Hardwick. —— _for Ag’l Dept., Talladega. C._ 5.00 - Hartford. Second Cong. Ch., $93.61. - Incorrectly ack. in Feb. number - Jamaica. “A Friend” 5.00 - Newbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $27.57; Centre - Ch., $11.06 38.63 - North Cambridge. Miss M. K. 1.00 - North Ferrisburgh. ESTATE of Sylvia Dean, by - J. M. and W. L. Dean, Ex’s 15.00 - Pittsfield. Dea. H. O. G. 0.50 - Saint Albans. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 64.20 - Salisbury. J. F. 1.00 - Saxtons River. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.00 - Shelburn. “A Friend” 15.00 - Strafford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 - West Danville. “A Friend” 0.51 - Windsor. “A thank offering for a departed - Mother” by her daughter 20.00 - - - MASSACHUSETTS, $2,615.07. - - Ballard Vale. J. L. 1.00 - Barre. Evan Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. JOHN S. - ROPER, L. M. 30.00 - Boston. Mt. Vernon Ch., ad’l $20; G. F. - Kendall, $5 25.00 - Boxford. Miss Mary L. Sawyer, $2, _for Student - Aid, Talladega C._ Mrs. J. K. Coles’ S. S. - Class $1, for _Savannah, Ga._ 3.00 - Brockton. Mrs. T. C. P. 50c.—Bbl. of C. 0.50 - Brookline. Sophia B. White 10.00 - Buckland. “A Friend” 5.00 - Amesbury. Mrs A. L. Bayley 20.00 - Amherst. Wm. M. Graves $20—Miss Coit and Mrs. - Field, Box of C., _for Talladega C._ 20.00 - Andover. Rev. A. D. Smith, $2.15, _for Freight - on books, for Talladega C._;—“Friends,” by - C. E. Towle, Box of C., _for Savannah, - Ga._—Bbl. of C. 2.15 - Ashfield. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., $14, by - Clarissa Hall, Treas.; B. Howes, $1.30 15.30 - Cambridgeport. Miss H. E. M., 50c; Mrs. H. L. - B., 50c. 1.00 - Campello. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 69.81 - Charlestown. Winthrop Ch. and Soc. 61.93 - Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.90 - Danvers. Maple St. Sab. Sch., _for Student - Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Dedham. Young Ladies’ Mite Box, $7; Ladies’ - Soc., $3, _for Teacher, Selma, Ala._ 10.00 - Dunstable. Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Essex. “Howard,” _for Chapel, Wilmington, N. - C._ 1,000.00 - Fall River. Third Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.75 - Granville Corners. Mrs. Clement Holcomb 5.00 - Groveland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.00 - Hadley. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00 - Hanover. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - Hanson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00 - Harvard. Evan Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Indian - M._ 6.25 - Holliston. Bible Christians of District No. 4, - by John Batcholder 25.00 - Lawrence. Lawrence St. Ch., Bbl. of table - linen, and $5, _for Freight, for Savannah, - Ga._ 5.00 - Lenox. A.J. Holman 5.00 - Loudville. Mrs. W. S. R. 1.00 - Marion. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. 5.00 - Millbury. Second Cong. Ch., $25, _for Student - Aid, Atlanta U._; Hervey Goodell, $2; John - P. Lovell, $2; Mrs. H. C., $1: D. B., 50c.; - Tyler Waters, $5 35.50 - Millford. —— (of which, $2.50, _for Indians_, - and $1.50, _for Chinese M._) 7.00 - Monson. Miss Anna M. Bradford, $2; E. A. W., - 50c. 2.50 - New Bedford. “A Lady Friend” 30.00 - Newburyport. Philip M. Lunt, $25.50; Foster W. - Smith, $5; J. D., $1 31.50 - Northborough. Mrs. A. E. D. F. 0.50 - Palmer. ESTATE of Mrs. Betsy Barton, by Wilson - Brainard and John C. Brainard, Ex’s 489.80 - Pittsfield. S Frissell, M.D. 1.50 - Roxbury. S. W. B. and J. F. 50c. ea. 1.00 - Salem. N. C. Robbins, $5, _for rebuilding - barn, Talladega C._; South Cong. Ch., Bbl. - of C. _for Talladega, Ala._ 5.00 - Saxonville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.92 - Somerville. Franklin St. Ch. and Soc. 112.86 - South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00 - South Dartmouth. Mrs Mercy P. Staples 2.00 - South Deerfield. “A Friend” 5.00 - South Hadley. Mt. Hol. Sem., “A Friend” 2.00 - Sudbury. “A Friend” 2.00 - Taunton. Sewing Soc. of Winslow Ch., $25, _for - Student Aid_; also Box of C., and $2, _for - Freight, for Talladega, Ala._ 27.00 - Tewksbury. Mrs. Geo. Lee, _for Savannah, Ga._ 5.00 - Warren. Cong. Ch. 40.00 - Waquoit. Mrs. V. N. H. 1.00 - Westborough. Evan Cong. Ch. and Soc., - $133;—Mrs. Sarah Fisher, Box of C., and - $1.50, _for Freight, for McIntosh, - Ga._—Ladies of Cong. Ch., Box of C. 134.50 - Westfield. Mrs. H. O. C. 1.00 - Westford. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 1.56 - West Medway. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $32.75; “A - Friend” $10 42.75 - Williamstown. A. M. 0.50 - Wilmington. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 25.00 - Woburn. Mrs. G. A. B. 0.50 - Worcester. Union Ch. quar. coll., $47.59; “A - Friend,” $1; Mrs. M. P. J., 50c.; G. M. P., - 50c; Benj. C. Moore, a Melodeon 49.59 - Worcester Co. “A Friend,” to const. MRS. MARY - W. HARRIMAN, L. M. 30.00 - —— “A Friend,” _for Communion Service for - Midway Ch., Macon, Ga._ 44.00 - - - RHODE ISLAND, $5.00. - - Tiverton Four Corners. Amicable Cong. Soc. 5.00 - - - CONNECTICUT, $2,159.57. - - Bethlehem. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.50 - Bridgeport. Rev. Chas. Beecher, $1.50, _for - Freight_; J. B., $1 2.50 - Bristol. Cong. Ch. 83.70 - Buckingham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.52 - Canton Centre. S. B. H. 1.00 - Collinsville. Cong. Ch., ad’l to const. MRS. - MELISSA LANE. L. M. 2.00 - Cornwall Hollow. Mrs. H. S. 1.00 - Guilford. Daniel Hand, $100; First Cong. Ch., - $20 120.00 - Haddam Neck. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.45 - Hadlyme. R. E. Hungerford, $50; Cong. Ch., - $10.04 60.04 - Hartford. South Cong. Ch., $150; Windsor Av. - Cong. Ch., Mrs. C. T. Hillyer. $30, to - const. MRS. DOTHA B. HILLYER, L. M. 180.00 - Litchfield. First Cong. Ch. 27.70 - Lyme. Grassy Hill Cong. Ch. 16.00 - Mansfield Centre. J. L. Hinckley 2.00 - Mount Carmel. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ and to const. - SAMUEL H. ARMSTEAD, L. M. 30.00 - New Britain. Miss. Julia A. Kelsey, $5, _for - Indian M._—Mrs. W. H. S., 50c. 5.50 - New Haven. Alfred Walker, $5; Mrs. S. P. C., - $1; Rev S. W. Barnum, books (val. $12) 6.00 - Newington. Laura. C. Kellogg 3.00 - New London. M. A. R. Rogers 2.00 - Norfolk. Cong. Ch. 50.00 - Norwich. Second Cong. Ch., ($10 of which _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._) 115.21 - Norwich Town. First Cong. Ch. 50.00 - Old Lyme. E. M. P. 1.00 - Pomfret. First Cong. Ch. 70.00 - Prospect. Cong. Ch. 13.00 - Roxbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.47 - South Windsor. Second Cong. Ch., $25.84, and - Sab. Sch., $11.27 37.11 - Thompson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.75 - Thompsonville. D. P. 1.00 - Unionville. Cong. Ch. 55.53 - Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 491.59 - Westbrook. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. WILLIAM - N. KIRTLAND, L. M. 30.00 - Wilton. Rev. S. J. M. Merwin, _for Chinese M._ 100.00 - Winstead. E. E. Gilman 10.00 - Winthrop. Miss C. P. and Mrs. M. A. J., $1 ea. 2.00 - Woodbury. First Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 10.00 - —— “A Friend,” ($200 of which, _for Woman’s - work for Woman_) 502.00 - - - NEW YORK, $482.39. - - Austerlitz. Cong. Ch. and Soc., Mrs. H. P. - Bake, $2; Sab. Sch. Concert, $1.46 3.46 - Bangor. Mrs. E. T. and Miss L. K., 50c. ea. 1.00 - Brighton. E. C. A. 1.00 - Brooklyn. Mrs. M. L. H., $1; Central Cong. - Sab. Sch., by George H. Shirley, Chairman of - Mis. Com., a second hand Organ 1.00 - Canandaigua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 60.00 - East Hampton. Mrs. S. S. 1.00 - Flushing. First Cong. Ch. 16.02 - Gloversville. Cong. Ch., ($50 of which from - Mrs. U. M. Place) 112.65 - Goshen. “A Friend” 5.00 - Jefferson. Mrs. Susannah Ruliffson 4.00 - Lima. “A Friend” 5.00 - Lockport. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 72.92 - Middlesex. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Adams 10.00 - Moravia. Cong. Ch. 16.10 - Mount Sinai. Cong. Ch. 7.32 - New York. Z. Stiles Ely, $50: Gen. Clinton B. - Fisk, $30, to const. MISS IRENE E. GILBERT, - L. M.; Mrs. Elizabeth Merritt. $10; Mrs. E. - L. Congdon, $5; Miss J. A. V. A., 60c.; T. - R. W., Jr. 50c. 96.10 - Oswego. Mrs. Martha Dodge 2.00 - Penn Yan. F. O. Hamlin 25.00 - Rochester. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00 - Rushford. W. W. 0.51 - Saratoga Springs. Mrs. S. S. and Mrs. A. M. - W., $1 ea. 2.00 - Spencerport. Alvin Webster 2.00 - Volney. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.25 - Warsaw. Cong. Soc. 19.40 - Watkins. Mrs. F. B. 0.66 - West-Winfield. Henry Smith 5.00 - - - NEW JERSEY, $127.27. - - Bricksburgh. Rev. G. L. 1.00 - Englewood. Rev. Geo. B. Cheever 26.27 - Morristown. Miss Ella M. Graves, _for Student - Aid, Atlanta U._ 100.00 - - - PENNSYLVANIA, $112.50. - - Canton. H. Sheldon 5.00 - Philadelphia. Mrs. James P. Dickerman, $100; - Rev. H. L. P., 50c. 100.50 - Pittston. A. S. H. 1.00 - Prentissvale. C. L. Allen ($5 of which, _for - Communion Service_) 6.00 - - - OHIO, 314.03. - - Alliance. Mrs. Miriam Thomas 2.00 - Austinburgh. Cong. Ch., _for Talladega, Ala._ 4.00 - Burg Hill. Mrs. H. B. and J. C. J. 1.50 - Cherry Fork. J. W. 1.00 - Dayton. Mrs. Jane McGregor 5.00 - Elyria. M. L. R. 1.00 - Franklin. Miss F. G. 0.51 - Granville. G. P. Bancroft 5.00 - Gustavus. —— 1.00 - Harmar. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 29.34 - Harrison. Dr. John D. Bowles. 5.00 - Hartford. Mrs. E. and M. Brockway, $5; S. C. - Baker, $1.50; A. N. and Miss H. J., $1 ea.; - Mrs. R. H. P. and H. B. P., 50c. ea. 9.50 - Jersey. E. R., $1; Mrs. J. P., $1 2.00 - Kirtland. Mrs. E. B. W. 0.26 - Madison. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., $40; O. F. - L., $1, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._—R. S. - Wilcox, $10; “Friends,” by Mrs. M. St. John, - $2, _for Teacher, Selma, Ala._ 53.00 - Oberlin. Ladies’ Soc. of Second Cong. Ch., - $75, _for Lady Missionary, Atlanta, Ga._; - Second Cong. Ch., $24.11; J. B. C. $5.50 104.61 - Sandusky. Individuals by Josiah Strong 2.50 - Saybrook. Dist. No. 3, _for Tougaloo U._ 5.00 - Seville. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - South Newbury. “Young Ladies’ Miss. Soc.,” $9, - _for Student Aid, Talladega C._; Ladies of - Cong. Ch., Box of C., _for Talladega C._ 9.00 - South Salem. Daniel S. Pricer, $2, Mrs. M. S. - $1; Miss M. M., $1 4.00 - Springfield. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $17.81:— - Ladies of H. M. Soc., $10, by Lottie R. - Carter, _for Tougaloo U._ 27.81 - Strongville. Elijah Lyman 10.00 - Tallmadge. Ladies, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo - U._, $2.05; Ladies, _for Freight_, $1.95 4.00 - Toledo. Mrs. M. A. Harrington 5.00 - Unionville. “Friends.” by Mrs. H. B. Fraser, - _for Teacher, Selma, Ala._ 10.00 - Willoughby. Mrs. C. A. G. 1.00 - Windham. W. A. P. 1.00 - - - ILLINOIS, $203.68. - - Altona. Cong. Ch. 3.70 - Aurora. Mrs. A. F. S. 0.51 - Cambridge. Cong. Ch. 6.50 - Danville. Mrs. A. M. Swan 5.00 - Downers Grove. Cong. Ch., $6.45; J. W. - Bushnell, $5 11.45 - Elgin. Cong. Ch. 42.69 - Galesburg. ESTATE of Warren C. Willard, by - Prof. T. R. Willard 23.25 - Kewanee. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady - Missionary, Liberty Co., Ga._, by Mrs. C. C. - Cully 57.00 - Millington. Mrs. C. L. O. V., $1; Mrs. D. W. - J., $1 2.00 - New Windsor. Cong. Ch. 9.00 - Orange. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Payson. Cong. Sab. Sch. 20.00 - Plymouth. Edward Whipple 5.00 - Rockford. Gertie G. Page, _for Chinese M._ 1.05 - Rosemond. Mrs. B. A. P. 0.50 - Tolono. Mrs. L. Haskell 10.00 - Victoria. Cong. Ch. 4.00 - Correction. $100 ack. in Dec. number, from - Bureau Assn. should read Wyanet and - Providence Cong. Ch’s, $23; Buda, Ladies’ - Soc. of Cong. Ch., $20; Kewanee, Ladies of - Cong. Ch., $57 - - - MICHIGAN, $265.52. - - Allegan. First Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Ann Arbor. First Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 37.86 - Blissfield. W. C. 0.50 - Church’s Corners. Cong. Sab. Sch., $12; A. W. - Douglass, $3; J. F. Douglass, $3; Cornelius - Clement, $2; 12 Individuals, $1 ea.; P. H., - 50c. 32.50 - Clinton. Mrs. S. R. 0.50 - Cross Village. Mrs. A. C. 0.25 - Detroit. Rev. C. C. Foote, $15; Individuals, - $3, by Mrs. N. A. E. Nutting 18.00 - Greenville. Mrs. E. P. C. 0.51 - Hudson. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00 - Kalamazoo. First Cong. Ch., $83.33, and Sab. - Sch., $7.17, ($30 of which, to const. MRS. - CHESTER M. KINGSLEY, L. M.) 90.50 - Ludington. Cong. Ch. 9.00 - Lowell. J. S. 0.50 - Memphis. Cong. Ch. 7.00 - Monroe. “A Friend,” _for Agl. Dept., Talladega - C._ 2.00 - Northport. First Cong. Soc. 4.80 - Olivet. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 1.00 - Parma. Mrs. M. B. Tanner 2.00 - Romeo. Mrs. A. B. Maynard $10; Mrs. S. L. - Andrews, Miss T. S. Clark, Mrs. E. F. - Fairfield, $5 ea.; “Little Sunbeams,” $10, - _for Lady Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._ and to - const. MISS HATTIE A. MILTON, L. M. 35.00 - Stockbridge. W. B. C. 1.00 - Warren. Rev. J. L. Beebe 2.00 - Whitehall. B. H. 0.60 - - - WISCONSIN, $193.98. - - Alderly. Mrs. E. Hubbard $3, Mrs. Annie Reid, - $2 5.00 - Appleton. J. Lanphear 10.00 - Brodhead. First Cong. Ch. 5.25 - Big Springs. Rev. D. A. C. 0.50 - Evansville. Loretta C. Winston, deceased, by - N. Winston 1.50 - Koshkonong. Gentlemen of Cong. Ch., by Mrs. A. - V. Mills 10.00 - Madison. First Cong. Ch. 50.00 - Mazo Manie. Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Student - Aid, Talladega C._ 7.00 - Milwaukee. Plymouth Ch., $32.17; Rev. H. D. - K., $1;—“Friends,” Box and Bbl. of C., _for - New Orleans, La._ 23.17 - Milton. Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Racine. First Cong. Ch., $14.05; Miss Mary - Johnson, $10; Mrs. Dr. J. T., $1; Mrs. A. - B., 51c. 25.56 - Raymond. Rev. G. W. W. 1.00 - River Falls. Samuel Wales, $19; Wm. A. - Newcomb, $6 25.00 - - - IOWA, $151.58. - - Almoral. Cong. Ch. 1.90 - Bellevue. Ladies’ Missionary Soc. 2.00 - Cherokee. Mrs. C. E. W. 0.50 - Chester Center. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for - Talladega, Ala_ - Decorah. G. C. Winship, _for Mendi M._ 10.00 - Eldora. Cong. Ch. 7.00 - Elk River. Cong. Ch. 3.00 - Genoa Bluff. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch, - $7:—Ladies of Cong. Ch., $3, _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 10.00 - Green Mountain. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. 1.15 - Grinnell. Mrs. James Chaplin, $10: H. L. - Muscatt, $5, _for Talladega C._; Lonnie - Walker’s S. S. Class, $3.22; F.P.B., $1, - _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 19.22 - Keokuk. Mrs. Elizabeth M. Wilson 5.00 - Lyons. Cong. Ch., to const. MISS MYRA DAVIS, - L. M. 35.00 - Marshalltown. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. 3.50 - Monona. Cong. Ch. 11.00 - Muscatine. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $15.28; Young - Ladies of Cong. Ch., Sewing Machine and - Cash, _for Freight_, $3.05; “Lady Friends,” - Box of C., _for Talladega C._; H. Woodward, - Sab. Sch. Class, $6.50, _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 24.83 - Tabor. “A Friend,” $5, _for Tougaloo U._; By - J. E. W., $1 6.00 - Toledo. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. 1.00 - Wittemberg. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 10.48 - - - KANSAS, $14.50. - - Bavaria. Richard Porter, $1.50; A. M., $1 2.50 - Brookville. Mrs. E. E. S. and Mrs. T.J., $1 ea. 2.00 - Manhattan. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 10.00 - - - MINNESOTA, $34.23. - - Litchfield. Mrs. S. B. C. 1.00 - Minneapolis. Plymouth Church 16.23 - Plainview. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. 10.00 - Saint Paul. Rev. R. H. 1.00 - Waseca. “C. and R.” 6.00 - - - NEBRASKA, $46.66. - - Ponca. Rev. G. H. S. 1.00 - Red Willow. “A Friend” 24.00 - Weeping Water. Cong. Ch. 21.66 - - - COLORADO, $0.51. - - Colorado Springs. Miss A. R. 0.51 - - - CALIFORNIA, $110.00. - - Oakland. S. Richards 100.00 - Santa Cruz. Pliny Fay 10.00 - - - VIRGINIA, $10.00. - - Valley Grove. Peregrine Whitham 10.00 - - - TENNESSEE, $406.00. - - Memphis. Le Moyne Sch., Tuition 187.00 - Nashville. Fisk University, Tuition 219.00 - - - NORTH CAROLINA, $119.13. - - Fayetteville. E. C. 0.50 - Raleigh. Washington Sch., Tuition, $25.50; - Sab. Sch., $2.88 28.38 - Wilmington. Normal Sch., Tuition 90.25 - - - GEORGIA, $620.39. - - Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition, $285.44, Rent, - $3:—Atlanta U., Tuition, $128.60, Rent, - $15.25 432.29 - Macon. Lewis High Sch., Tuition, 56.70, Rent, - $1.50: Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., $3.40 61.60 - Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition, $115.50, Rent, - $11 126.50 - - - ALABAMA, $349.57. - - Montgomery. Public Fund 175.00 - Talladega. Talladega College, Tuition. - $144.57; Rev. H. S. De Forest, $30. _for - Talladega C._, and to const. MRS. HELEN M. - BIRGE, L. M. 174.57 - - - MISSISSIPPI, $99.20. - - Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition, $73.05, Rent, - $26.15. 99.20 - - - LOUISIANA, $179.25. - - New Orleans. Straight University, Tuition. 179.25 - - - SANDWICH ISLANDS, $500.00. - - —— “A Friend” 500.00 - —————————— - Total $10,100.72 - Total from Oct. 1st to Feb. 29th $68,923.91 - - * * * * * - - FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL INST., AUSTIN, TEXAS. - - New York, N. Y. Z. Stiles Ely 50.00 - Previously acknowledged in Jan. Receipts 1,217.00 - —————————— - Total $1,267.00 - - * * * * * - - FOR SCHOOL BUILDING, ATHENS, ALA. - - Litchfield, Mich. First Cong. Ch. 13.28 - Previously Acknowledged in Jan. Receipts 419.00 - —————————— - Total $432.28 - - * * * * * - - FOR NEGRO REFUGEES. - - Waltham, Mass. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 2 Bbl’s of C. - Goshen, N. Y. “A Friend,” Bundle of C. - Jefferson, N. Y. Mrs. Susannah Ruliffson 2.00 - New Lebanon Center, N. Y. Ladies’ Soc., Box of - C. - West Bloomfield, N. Y. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.00 - West Alexander, Penn. —— 5.00 - Mansfield, Ohio. Woman’s Miss. Soc. of First - Cong. Ch., by L. L. Patterson, Sec., Box of - C., Val. $68.95 - Homer, Ill. Cong. Ch. 7.25 - Wilton, Iowa. Dr. C. E. Witham and Friends 17.50 - —————————— - Total 66.75 - Previously acknowledged in Jan. Receipts 180.50 - —————————— - Total $247.25 - - * * * * * - - FOR MISSIONS IN AFRICA. - - Leeds, Eng. Robert Arthington, conditional - pledge, £3000 - London, Eng. Collected by Rev. O. H. White 1,433.42 - Previously Acknowledged in Dec. Receipts 1,615.34 - —————————— - Total $3,048.76 - - * * * * * - - Receipts for February 11,664.17 - Total from Oct. 1st to Feb. 29th $73,919.20 - ========== - - H. W. HUBBARD, _Treas._, - 56 Reade St., N. Y. - - * * * * * - - - - -Constitution of the American Missionary Association. - -INCORPORATED JANUARY 30, 1849. - - * * * * * - - -ART. I. This Society shall be called “THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY -ASSOCIATION.” - -ART. II. The object of this Association shall be to conduct -Christian missionary and educational operations, and diffuse a -knowledge of the Holy Scriptures in our own and other countries -which are destitute of them, or which present open and urgent -fields of effort. - -ART. III. Any person of evangelical sentiments,[A] who professes -faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is not a slaveholder, or in the -practice of other immoralities, and who contributes to the funds, -may become a member of the Society; and by the payment of thirty -dollars, a life member; provided that children and others who have -not professed their faith may be constituted life members without -the privilege of voting. - -ART. IV. This Society shall meet annually, in the month of -September, October or November, for the election of officers and -the transaction of other business, at such time and place as shall -be designated by the Executive Committee. - -ART. V. The annual meeting shall be constituted of the regular -officers and members of the Society at the time of such meeting, -and of delegates from churches, local missionary societies, -and other co-operating bodies, each body being entitled to one -representative. - -ART. VI. The officers of the Society shall be a President, -Vice-Presidents, a Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretaries, -Treasurer, two Auditors, and an Executive Committee of not less -than twelve, of which the Corresponding Secretaries shall be -advisory, and the Treasurer ex-officio, members. - -ART. VII. To the Executive Committee shall belong the collecting -and disbursing of funds; the appointing, counselling, sustaining -and dismissing (for just and sufficient reasons) missionaries and -agents; the selection of missionary fields; and, in general, the -transaction of all such business as usually appertains to the -executive committees of missionary and other benevolent societies; -the Committee to exercise no ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the -missionaries; and its doings to be subject always to the revision -of the annual meeting, which shall, by a reference mutually -chosen, always entertain the complaints of any aggrieved agent or -missionary; and the decision of such reference shall be final. - -The Executive Committee shall have authority to fill all vacancies -occurring among the officers between the regular annual meetings; -to apply, if they see fit, to any State Legislature for acts of -incorporation; to fix the compensation, where any is given, of all -officers, agents, missionaries, or others in the employment of the -Society; to make provision, if any, for disabled missionaries, and -for the widows and children of such as are deceased; and to call, -in all parts of the country, at their discretion, special and -general conventions of the friends of missions, with a view to the -diffusion of the missionary spirit, and the general and vigorous -promotion of the missionary work. - -Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for -transacting business. - -ART. VIII. This society, in collecting funds, in appointing -officers, agents and missionaries, and in selecting fields -of labor, and conducting the missionary work, will endeavor -particularly to discountenance slavery, by refusing to receive the -known fruits of unrequited labor, or to welcome to its employment -those who hold their fellow-beings as slaves. - -ART. IX. Missionary bodies, churches or individuals agreeing to -the principles of this Society, and wishing to appoint and sustain -missionaries of their own, shall be entitled to do so through the -agency of the Executive Committee, on terms mutually agreed upon. - -ART. X. No amendment shall be made to 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., 13; -Ky., 7; Tenn., 4; Ala., 14, La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2; Texas, 6. -_Africa_, 2. _Among the Indians_, 1. Total 70. - -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.; Savannah, Macon, -Atlanta, Ga.; Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, -Tenn., 12. _Other Schools_, 24. Total 44. - -TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.—Among the Freedmen, 253; -among the Chinese, 21; among the Indians, 9; in Africa, 13. Total, -296. STUDENTS—In Theology, 86; Law, 28; in College Course, 63; -in other studies, 7,030. Total, 7,207. Scholars taught by former -pupils of our schools, estimated at 150,000. INDIANS under the care -of the Association, 13,000. - - -WANTS. - -1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the -growing work. 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. Powell, 112 West Washington Street. - - -MAGAZINE. - -This Magazine will be sent, gratuitously, if desired, to the -Missionaries of the Association; to Life Members; to all clergymen -who take up collections for the Association; to Superintendents of -Sabbath Schools; to College Libraries; to Theological Seminaries; -to Societies of Inquiry on Missions; and to every donor who does -not prefer to take it as a subscriber, and contributes in a year -not less than five dollars. - -Those who wish to remember the AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION in -their last Will and Testament, are earnestly requested to use the -following - - -FORM OF A BEQUEST. - -“I BEQUEATH to my executor (or executors) the sum of —— dollars in -trust, to pay the same in —— days after my decease to the person -who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the -‘American Missionary Association’ of New York City, to be applied, -under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, -to its charitable uses and purposes.” - -The will should be attested by three witnesses [in some States -three are required—in other States only two], who should write -against their names, their places of residence [if in cities, -their street and number]. The following form of attestation will -answer for every State in the Union: “Signed, sealed, published -and declared by the said [A. B.] as his last Will and Testament, -in presence of us, who, at the request of the said A. B., and in -his presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto -subscribed our names as witnesses.” In some States it is required -that the Will should be made at least two months before the death -of the testator. - - * * * * * - - - - - 32d SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT - - OF THE - - TRAVELERS INSURANCE CO. - - * * * * * - - _Hartford, Conn., January 1, 1880._ - - ASSETS. - - Real estate, $735,911.87 - Cash on hand and in bank, 353,855.01 - Loans on bond and mortgage, real estate, 2,015,522.91 - Interest on loans, accrued but not due, 51,015.37 - Loans on collateral security, 3,200.00 - Deferred Life premiums, 49,320.41 - Premiums due and unreported on Life policies, 34,122.35 - United States government bonds, 277,150.00 - State, county, and municipal bonds, 348,380.00 - Railroad stocks and bonds, 409,350.00 - Bank stocks, 607,662.50 - Hartford City Gas Light Co. stock, 18,000.00 - Adams Express Co. stock, 52,500.00 - ————————————— - Total Assets, $4,955,990.42 - - LIABILITIES. - - Reserve, four per cent., Life department, $3,192,438.80 - Reserve for re-insurance, Accident dep’t, 268,694.66 - Claims unadjusted and not due, and all - other liabilities, 198,406.00 - ————————————— - Total liabilities, $3,659,539.46 - ============= - Surplus as regards policy-holder, $1,296,450.96 - - * * * * * - - STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1879. - - LIFE DEPARTMENT. - - Number of Life Policies written in 1879, 1,711 - Whole number of Life policies in force, 11,352 - Amount Life Insurance in force, $18,182,132.00 - Total claims paid in Life Department, $1,395,517.92 - - ACCIDENT DEPARTMENT - - Number of Accident Policies written in 1879, 54,540 - Cash Premiums received for same, $992,033.90 - Gain in Policies over 1878, 11,432 - Gain in Premiums over 1878, $216,451.39 - Whole number Accident Policies written, 572,525 - Number Accident Claims paid in 1879 7,545 - Amount Accident Claims paid in 1879, $395,678.30 - Whole number Accident Claims paid, 41,594 - Whole amount Accident Claims paid, $3,437,630.24 - - * * * * * - - Total Losses paid, both Departments, $4,883,148.16 - - * * * * * - - JAS. 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Begin with the next number and the new -year. The price is only Fifty Cents per annum. - -The Magazine will be sent gratuitously, if preferred, to the -persons indicated on page 126. - -Donations and subscriptions should be sent to - - H. W. HUBBARD, Treasurer, - 56 Reade Street, New York. - - * * * * * - -TO ADVERTISERS. - -Special attention is invited to the advertising department of the -AMERICAN MISSIONARY. Among its regular readers are thousands of -Ministers of the Gospel, Presidents, Professors and Teachers in -Colleges, Theological Seminaries and Schools; it is, therefore, -a specially valuable medium for advertising Books, Periodicals, -Newspapers, Maps, Charts, Institutions of Learning, Church -Furniture, Bells, Household Goods, &c. - -Advertisers are requested to note the moderate price charged for -space in its columns, considering the extent and character of its -circulation. - -Advertisements must be received by the TENTH of the month, in order -to secure insertion in the following number. All communications in -relation to advertising should be addressed to - - THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT, - 56 Reade Street, New York. - - * * * * * - -☞ Our friends who are interested in the Advertising Department of -the “American Missionary” can aid us in this respect by mentioning, -when ordering goods, that they saw them advertised in our Magazine. - - -DAVID H. 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