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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. 1, January, 1880 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: July 12, 2017 [EBook #55094] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, JANUARY 1880 *** - - - - -Produced by Brian Wilsden, 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. 1. - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” - - JANUARY, 1880. - - - - - _CONTENTS:_ - - EDITORIAL. - - SALUTATIONS 1 - OUR ENLARGED WORK 2 - PROF. CHASE IN AFRICA 3 - INDIAN BOYS AT HAMPTON 4 - PARAGRAPHS—SATISFIED 5 - ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 6 - GENERAL NOTES 8 - - - THE FREEDMEN. - - VACATION REPORTS: Prof. T. N. Chase 9 - WOMAN’S WORK FOR WOMAN: Miss L. A. Parmelee 12 - THE GEORGIA CONFERENCE 14 - THE CENTRAL SOUTH CONFERENCE 15 - GEORGIA—Thanksgiving Services and First Impressions: - Rev. C. W. Hawley 16 - ALABAMA—Emerson Institute, 1865 to 1879: Rev. O. D. Crawford 17 - ALABAMA—Shelby Iron Works—A Revival 19 - TENNESSEE—A Student Aided: Rev. E. M. Cravath 19 - TENNESSEE, MEMPHIS—Health, Business, &c.: Prof. A. J. Steele 20 - - - THE INDIANS. - - S’KOKOMISH AGENCY—Homes and Schools, Lands and Titles: - Edwin Eells, Agent 22 - - - THE CHINESE. - - SANTA BARBARA MISSION—Chin Fung: Rev. W. C. Pond 23 - - - CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - AMATEUR HEATHEN 25 - - - RECEIPTS. 27 - - * * * * * - - 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. JANUARY, 1880. No. 1. - - * * * * * - - American Missionary Association. - - * * * * * - - -SALUTATIONS. - -We extend to our friends the salutations of the season, and rejoice -that we can do it with more of gratitude and hopefulness than we have -been privileged to do for many years. Like Bunyan’s Pilgrim, we have -passed through the Slough of Despond, and the heavy load of Debt has -fallen from our shoulders; but, as in the case of the Pilgrim, this -is no signal to us, or our friends, for rest in the Arbor, but for -addressing ourselves to the real Christian life-work before us. - -1. In this we have many things to encourage us: - -(1.) The renewed prosperity of the country puts it into the hands of -our friends to aid us in the needed enlargement of the work before -us. We are grateful for the help given in the dark days of business -stagnation, and we hope that with the reviving industry and commercial -activity, gratitude to God and love for His cause will stimulate the -friends of the poor to increased liberality. - -(2.) There is a more full realization of the importance of our work. -Never before since the war has the North so well understood that the -only real solution of the Southern problem is in the intelligence and -real piety of the FREEDMEN. Every day’s developments make this the more -plain. In like manner the rights and wrongs of the INDIAN never forced -him upon public attention with a more imperative demand for answer. -So, too, the right of the CHINAMAN to a home and legal protection -on the Pacific coast, has never become more clearly defined or more -intelligently recognized. Constitutional enactments and hoodlum mobs -have only set forth his wrongs more sharply and made our duty more -plain. Africa looms up with more distinctness as a field of Christian -labor. Not only triumphant exploration and crowding missionary -enterprises stir the Christian heart, but the very difficulties and -disasters arouse new zeal. Our hopeful endeavors to introduce the -colored man of America as a missionary to the land of his fathers adds -a new element of hope and activity. - -(3.) The most encouraging outlook before us, however, is in the deeper -spiritual and prayerful interest which our work awakens. Among other -signs of this fact are the aroused attention of the praying women of -the North to the woes and wants of the colored women and girls in the -South, the increasing volume of prayer going up from the churches of -the North for Africa, and the prayer and consecration awakened in its -behalf among the colored people of the South. But above all, we believe -that the followers of Christ are coming to realize that in this whole -range of work it is only in the Divine arm that effectual help can be -found. - -2. We have a great work before us. - -(1.) In our own special field we have the urgent call to make the -repairs and improvements which we were compelled to refuse when in -our great struggle for the payment of the debt. These can no longer -be denied, in some cases, without sacrificing the health of the -missionaries and teachers, as well as the progress of the work. - -(2.) The call for _enlargement_ confronts us on all sides. We cannot -meet the demand in the public mind at the North if we stand still, and -still less can we meet that of overcrowded schools and for new churches -in the South. We refer our readers to the following article for some -stirring details on this subject. - -(3.) Our friends need to be on their guard against one incidental -drawback. The Presidential election occurs this year, and the -experience of this, and all other missionary societies, shows that such -years mark diminished receipts. We can only say to our friends: Do your -duty at the ballot-box, but do not forget the contribution-box and the -prayer for missions! - - * * * * * - - -OUR ENLARGED WORK. - -We have been saying for a long time, when we are free from debt we will -do more work, and now that we are free, we have felt constrained at -once to begin the fulfillment of that promise. The great question is -to find the just mean between cowardice and rashness. No organization -like ours can say, we will never spend a cent that we have not in our -treasury, for we have to make engagements amounting to many times the -sum at our present command. We must follow the leadings of Providence -not only, but its indications, and rely on God’s people to sustain us -in our anticipations of what they will do. - -In our Salutation to our friends, we spoke of the call for the -enlargement of our work that confronts us on all sides. During the -struggle of the past few years for the payment of our debt, we could -have but one answer for the pressing appeals that came to us for more -room and better accommodations—an answer which was hard to give and -hard to receive, for those who saw so clearly the great good that would -result from a comparatively slight expenditure of money. - -But now that the debt is paid, our friends must tell us whether we can -venture to make a different and more cheering answer to our appeals. -These appeals are coming to us from Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, -Georgia, North Carolina, &c., as may be seen by noticing the “Items -from the Field,” in this number of the MISSIONARY. These items were -taken without any special reference to this article, and surprise us, -as we glance over them, by the needs which they disclose. - -In addition to these, we give just here a few extracts from letters not -quoted in our “Items.” - -One teacher writes: - - “Our school opened with a _rush_. It reminded me of the time - when I used to attend lectures at L—. A crowd would assemble, - and as soon as the doors were opened they would press in, each - intent on the best seat. So it was in my schoolroom, each - parent striving to get the first chance to enter his child or - children; and ever since the opening, I have had to turn away - applicants, though they begged with tears to be admitted.” - -Another: - - “If our number increases this year in the same proportion as - two years ago, in February we shall have 121 boarders; if the - same proportion as last year, we shall have 134. We can not - find room for any such number. From present prospects we shall - reach that number. If anything is going to be done by way of - enlarging this year, we ought to order lumber immediately.” - -And in a subsequent letter: - - “We have more young women boarding than we have had at any - time before since I have been here, and several others have - engaged rooms. Every room in the Ladies’ Hall is _filled_. Two - rooms have four in them. Miss E. expects to arrange beds in the - sitting-room. We cannot put four into our 10 x 14 rooms. The - new scholars this fall have mostly come from schools that have - been taught by our pupils, and have been able to go into the - Preparatory Department.” - -Still another: - - “Something must be done for our relief at once. We are - overrunning full.” - -From another the story is: - - “I wonder if all your stations have such increasing wants as - this one has! We trust that our request for another teacher is - honored by an appointment. We intimated that our wants would - still increase. This is verified. The question now before us is - this: How much enlargement of this work can you make? Are your - means equal to the demand? Now, we wish that our building were - larger by two rooms; especially so, since many tell us that a - large number are planning to begin school after Christmas. We - submit very earnestly the proposal that we be authorized to - rent a building that is contiguous to our grounds, and that - you send a sixth teacher to occupy it. If we do thorough work - this year, the demand another year will require a permanent - enlargement of room. We unite in the most earnest wish that you - not only send us the fifth teacher, but also the sixth.” - -We have already appropriated several thousand dollars more than in -previous years upon the Southern field, and that mainly in the work of -Christian education. If our readers only knew the many things we have -not done, they would count the expansion to be very little. Among other -things, as was indicated in the Annual Report, and as is set forth more -explicitly elsewhere, we have enlarged our Indian work, not in the far -West, but in Virginia. We have allowed something more for the foreign -field, and added a few hundred dollars for the Chinese Mission in -California. - -Our friends will have the satisfaction this year of knowing that their -gifts all go to do the work which presses now; no more is needed to -fill up the hollows of the land through which we travelled long ago. -They must not fail us, then, who have helped us in our distress; but -much more, stand by us, now that they have enabled us to give ourselves -wholly to the wants to be met and to the work in hand. - - * * * * * - - -PROFESSOR CHASE IN AFRICA. - -It has for some months seemed desirable to the Executive Committee that -an experienced man, in the carefulness of whose inspection and the -calmness of whose judgment they might fully rely, should go to see for -them, with his own eyes, the field on the West Coast of Africa, the -missionary band, and the work it is doing. The great difficulty has -been to lay hands upon a man who should unite with the qualifications -required the willingness and the ability to go. That obstacle has given -way at last, and an embassy is on the way. - -Prof. Thomas N. Chase had been detailed from his duties as an -instructor in Greek at Atlanta, where his eminent abilities have -been most fully proved by the annual examinations of his classes, -and where his presence has been valued for his manifold service, for -special duties in superintending the plans and erection of buildings -in the Southern field. Some important preliminary work had been -accomplished in that direction, when it was found that the money which -was anticipated for this purpose would not be at the disposal of the -Association for some months. Prof. Chase being thus open to our call, -and being the man of all men we should have chosen for this post, the -proposal was made to him that he should take this trip to the Mendi -Mission, and inspect the work. After some hesitation, but with much -less than was anticipated, and regarding the circumstances and the call -as of the Lord, he consented, with the full agreement in his decision -of his excellent and devoted wife. - -On the sixth of December he sailed from New York for Liverpool, -expecting to take the steamer thence to Freetown on the twentieth -of December, and to be in the field at Good Hope by the middle of -January. He is accompanied by the Rev. Joseph E. Smith, a graduate of -Atlanta, who has been for three years in charge of important churches -in the South, and in whom we have every reason to place the highest -confidence. Mr. Smith will, we hope, conclude to remain with the -mission, although that matter is left to his decision. We believe that -he will do what he thinks the Master wishes. Meanwhile he will do good -service as a companion of Prof. Chase, to care for him and aid him in -the accomplishment of his work. - -Important questions as to the permanent location of the stations, -the distribution of the work among the missionaries, and their more -complete equipment will be decided, and with the Lord’s blessing on -them we hope for results of lasting value from this embassy. - -It is just the time of the year when such a mission can most safely and -effectively be prosecuted. They will reach the country and have three -mouths of the dry season, if so long a time shall be needed, before it -will be necessary that they should come away. They realize, as we do, -that there is always some peril in going to the West Coast, especially -for a white man; but the professor is in his prime, of sound health, -and we believe will be so prudent in all matters of exposure and of -living that we have no great fears for him. And yet, when we remember -those who have fallen, we pray the Lord, and beg all the friends of -Africa to join with us in the prayer, that He will keep these His -servants from harm, will prosper them in their mission and bring them -back in health. - - * * * * * - - -OUR INDIAN BOYS AT HAMPTON. - -The Association has, after conference with General Armstrong, decided -to make appropriations to aid the Indian work at Hampton as follows: -(1.) It agrees to pay the salary of a teacher, whose time is wholly -devoted to this work, and whose enthusiasm and success in it no one -who attended the last commencement can have failed to remember. -(2.) It will support these three boys: James Murie, a Pawnee from -the Indian Territory, a bright boy, who is now in the Preparatory -Department, and will be able to enter the Junior Class next year; -Jonathan Heustice, a Pawnee with some colored blood, apparently a -very good boy; and Alexander Peters, a Menomonee from Wisconsin, who -comes well recommended by his teachers, and is proving an interesting -scholar. (3.) It will clothe the eight boys from Fort Berthold Agency, -sent by the Government last year, and for whose support it is mainly -responsible. The total expense will be $1,450. We shall be very glad -to receive contributions to this work, or for any of these boys in -particular, from those who are specially interested in this new work of -educating Indian boys in our colored schools. The success of the effort -has been so marked, that we no longer look on it as an experiment. It -is the application to this class of the same principle on which we -believe the solution of the great problem of negro citizenship depends. -Let us educate the teachers and the leaders for these races, keeping -them constantly surrounded by the most elevating Christian influences, -and they will have great power in lifting up the masses, who must be -taught and Christianized at home. - - * * * * * - -The news of the destruction of Academic Hall at Hampton, has reached -the friends of that Institution long ere this. The origin of the fire -is unknown; it was discovered in the attic, and was already beyond -control. In a couple of hours all was over. An insurance amounting to -about three-quarters of the expense incurred in building will, in the -lower prices now prevailing, replace it to a great extent. Still it is -a severe loss. - -The value of the excellent organization of the school was made apparent -in the perfect order which prevailed. The honesty and loyalty of the -students were thoroughly tested and triumphantly proved. Only a single -day of school work was lost. About $3,000 will replace the loss on -apparatus, furniture, library, &c. The students lost about $1,200 of -personal property. We trust that the friends of Hampton—and they are -many—will come generously and promptly to its relief. - - * * * * * - -Our Sunday-schools are in great need of special helps for their work, -and that of all sorts: books for the library and for the service of -song; Sunday-school banners, maps and every thing of the kind. Are -there not Sunday-schools who have such material they have outgrown or -laid aside, and which they can send to us for the dark-skinned children -of the South? - - * * * * * - - -SATISFIED. - -_He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be -satisfied._—There are many motives which combine to urge the -disciples of Christ to energy and fidelity in the missionary work: -the wretchedness of those who lie in the darkness of heathendom, and -especially in the black night of savage superstition; the wrongs and -crimes which the introduction of a Christian civilization would in -time efface; our sad anticipations for those on whom we must believe -the Lord will look with merciful and just consideration, and yet who -are surely not fit for the kingdom of God. The fact of the command -of Christ were enough, and especially that this was His last and -parting charge. But, amid all these, is there a motive so sweet and -still so energizing as that which we have written above—that in the -contemplation of His salvation accomplished among men, the joy of our -Lord shall be full, the purpose of His love attained, and He content -to have endured the flesh and the cross? If we love Him because He -first loved us, let us remember that His love was not a sentiment, but -a sacrifice; that it was measured by what He did for us, and for our -salvation; and that it is the sacred claim of His love upon ours, that -what sacrifice by us of time, or strength, or means, or life itself, -may contribute to the fullness of His joy, to the completeness of His -satisfaction, we should give with cheerful and continuous readiness. - -Other motives may bear upon us with now greater and now less force; -special calls may be heard with more or less distinctness; unusual -disclosures of need may make us eager to relieve; but through all, and -under all, and greater than all, is this, that we may please our Lord, -and contribute somewhat to the completeness of His redemption, and to -His satisfaction in the result of all that He has borne and done for -sinful men. - - * * * * * - - -ITEMS FROM THE FIELD. - -TALLADEGA, ALA.—The Southern Industrial Association held its second -annual fair at Talladega, Ala., November 11-14. This Association is -officered in part and largely helped by Talladega College, and its -object is to promote the industry and physical good of the Freedmen. -The weather was favorable, the attendance was large, many coming -quite a distance, and the display of articles was unusually good. In -agricultural and garden products, in fancy articles, in needlework, -both plain and ornamental, and in the culinary department, especial -excellence was shown. The exhibition of stock was meagre, with the -exception of fowls, which were numerous and remarkably fine. Some -blacksmith’s hammers, tables, and an upholstered chair, would compare -well with similar productions from the best Northern workmen. More than -seven hundred entries were made, and the premiums awarded were worth -about three hundred dollars. The fair stimulates industry, and marks a -real advance in the condition of the people. Many of our white friends -paid well-deserved praise, and one late slaveholder, said to have owned -nearly a hundred negroes, was so pleased as to make a cash contribution -to the treasury, and offered to double it should there be a deficit. -On the last evening, the College chapel was full to overflowing, while -Rev. C. L. Harris, of Selma, gave a very bold and moving and powerful -address of more than an hour in length, on the African in America. -The address showed what an African can do, and it pointed out what an -African should become. Take it all in all, the Fair marks a good step -upward and gives fresh hope for the future. - - * * * * * - -MCLEANSVILLE, N. C.—Our school is growing larger—double what it -was at the corresponding time last year. Many expect to come after -Christmas from abroad. Must enlarge our accommodations. - - * * * * * - -TOUGALOO, MISS.—We now have seventy-nine boarders, and have had to go -into the barracks again. A prospect of increased attendance, and what -to do with the students we can none of us imagine. We ought to enlarge -our accommodations immediately. - - * * * * * - -MOBILE, ALA.—School overflowing. If we have room and teaching force -enough, we shall have three hundred in attendance by February 1st. -Without increased room and help we shall be obliged to turn away many -that would enter the intermediate and normal departments. We have -already begun this at the primary door. - - * * * * * - -ATLANTA, GA.—Mr. A. W. Farnham, late principal of Avery Institute, has -become principal of the Normal department of the University, to assist -in making the best teachers possible for that region. - - * * * * * - -FISK UNIVERSITY.—The number of pupils is rapidly increasing, and there -is a prospect that the students will be too many or the accommodations -too few. - - * * * * * - -WOODVILLE, GA.—Our school is crowded. If you had not built the -parsonage, the pupils could not have been accommodated. You have done -a great deal of good for the people at this place. Almost every day, -children are refused admittance, because we are so full. The only hope -of our church, so far as I can see, is in the children educated in our -schools. - - * * * * * - -NEW ORLEANS, LA.—“I wish you could have heard some of the expressions -of gratitude to the A. M. A. in our services during your Annual Meeting -in Chicago. The church observed the day by remembering the Association -in their Tuesday evening prayer meeting.” - - * * * * * - -MARION, ALA.—In one envelope yesterday, the collection being for the -A. M. A., was $5 from a hard-working man, this being one-tenth of -the man’s crop—one bale of cotton, which brought $30—showing that -your work for this people is not wholly unappreciated. We made the -A. M. A. a special subject of prayer at our church meeting last week. -Sixty-three at Sunday-school yesterday. Boys’ meeting at the Home -fully attended. We have had a “reception” at the Home—all our people, -men, women and children, including babies. We only want the special -influences of the Holy Spirit. - - * * * * * - -FLORENCE, ALA.—On the Sabbath, November 23d, a new church edifice -was dedicated at this place. Pastor Wm. H. Ash was assisted by Field -Superintendent Roy; by student Anderson, from Fisk University, who -had preached for the church the year before Mr. Ash came; by the -Presbyterian pastor, who offered the prayer of dedication; and by the -M. E. South Presiding Elder. Fifty of the best white citizens of the -place were present; among them, besides the ministers named, two other -Methodist preachers, ex-Governor Patton and four lawyers. These friends -contributed freely to the balance needed ($70) to put in the pulpit -and pews, which had not yet been secured. It was all raised in a few -minutes after the sermon. The house is spoken of by the citizens as the -only modern church in the place. It is indeed a gem. It is twenty-five -by forty feet, with a brick foundation, a steep roof and a little -belfry. It is well painted on the outside, and on the inside ceiled -in varnished yellow pine. The total cost was $950. It was built with -great economy under the supervision of Mr. Ash. “Howard,” of Boston, is -a man who knows how to make fine investments in this line, as several -of his ventures of this kind have proved. To his $300, the Central -Congregational Church, of Providence, R. I., to which Mr. Ash belongs, -added $100. One year ago, more than twenty of the influential and -well-to-do members of this church removed to Kansas, else so much of -aid would not have been needed. We learn that those people are highly -respected in the communities where they have settled. Pastor Ash and -his educated wife are greatly devoted to their people. They are also -teaching a parish school, which is much approved. - - * * * * * - - -GENERAL NOTES. - -Africa. - -—Quite full accounts of the Nyanza Mission are given in the last two -numbers of the _Church Missionary Intelligencer_. Mr. Wilson set out -August 23, 1878, from Kagei, at the south end of the lake, for Mtesa’a -capital, at its northern extremity, in the Daisy, but was wrecked on -the way, and compelled to take out a section of the boat with which to -repair the rest of it. Eight weeks were thus occupied, during which -they received great kindness from the chief and people of Uzongora, -a tribe which met Stanley with great violence. They arrived November -sixth at Uganda. Mtesa continued to treat them well, despite the -efforts of the Arabs to prejudice him against them. Mr. Wilson had gone -to meet the three missionaries who were coming to reinforce them by -way of the Nile. Mr. Mackay was teaching reading by charts to a large -number of old and young. Some valuable conclusions have been reached -by their experience—that they do not need ordained men yet so much as -those experienced in practical work. “Unless we succeed in elevating -labor, we shall get hearers, but no doers. Hence slavery—domestic, -at least—cannot cease; and if slavery does not cease, polygamy -will remain.” The need of English traders to take the place of the -Arabs, who want slaves, is emphasized. The cost of maintenance is -very trifling: small presents secure an abundance of goats, coffee, -plantains, sugar-cane, etc. It is hoped that long ere this, seven -missionaries are together in Uganda, viz.: the Revs. O. T. Wilson and -G. Litchfield; Messrs. Mackay, Pearson, Felkin, Stokes and Copplestone. -Sixteen in all have been sent, of whom six have died and three have -returned sick. - -—The _English Independent_ of October 30 says: “It would seem, from -communications which have just been received, that the wiles of French -Jesuits have already brought trouble to these missionaries. A letter -of introduction, written by Lord Salisbury to King Mtesa, was read, -and gave great satisfaction. Soon after the arrival of the Jesuits -the aspect of affairs was changed. The king accused the missionaries -of playing him false, an untruthful report having reached him that -the Egyptians were advancing their posts more to the south. Some -months passed in a very unsatisfactory manner, and at length one of -the missionaries was allowed to go to Egypt to prepare the way for -the king’s messengers, who were to be accompanied by Mr. Wilson; two -more were permitted to return to the south side of the lake, ‘on -condition that they would thence send on to Mtesa some mission stores -left there.’ At the end of June, three remained at Uganda, without -the necessary facilities either to carry on their mission work or to -withdraw. With such troubles they are beset, through the combined -intrigues of the enemies of corporeal and spiritual freedom.” - -—The same paper says that no direct tidings have been received from -the London Missionary Society’s agents at Ujiji on the Tanganika, -and ascribes this break in communication to the Arab slave traders, -and only hopes that their hostility has been limited to intercepting -letters. Dr. Kirk, the consul at Zanzibar, has been instructed -to institute inquiries. Dr. Laws, of the mission at Livingstonia -(Scotch), has been requested to send messengers to Ujiji to learn the -condition. Great solicitude is felt, and a day of special prayer for -Divine guidance and help has been appointed. The last accounts in the -_Chronicle_ of the London Missionary Society report the death of Rev. -A. W. Dodgshun seven days after his arrival at Ujiji, on the way to -which place he lost nearly all the goods belonging to that part of -the expedition, and the successful progress through Ugogo of Messrs. -Southon and Griffith: they were in good health, and confident of -reaching their destination shortly. - -—The _London Telegraph_, of Oct. 22, says: “All alike will be -interested in the following extract from a letter which has just -been received from Mr. Stanley, the famous African explorer, by an -intimate friend. The letter is dated from Banana Point, at the mouth -of the Congo River, Sept. 13, and says: ‘All this year I have been -very busy, and have worked hard. I have equipped one expedition on the -East Coast; have reconstructed another—namely, the International—of -whose misfortune we have heard so often, and have explored personally -several new districts on the East Coast. Having finished my work -satisfactorily to myself, my friends and those who sent me, I came -through the Mediterranean and round to this spot, where I arrived two -years and four months ago, on that glorious day on which we sighted -old ocean after our rash descent of the Livingstone. * * * And now I -begin another mission seriously and deliberately, with a grand object -in view. I am charged to open—and keep open, if possible—all such -districts and countries as I may explore for the commercial world. -The mission is supported by a philanthropic society which numbers -noble-minded men of several nations. It is not a religious society, -but my instructions are entirely of that spirit. No violence must be -used, and wherever rejected, the mission must withdraw to seek another -field. We have abundant means, and, therefore, we are to purchase the -very atmosphere, if any demands be made upon us, rather than violently -oppose them. In fact, we must freely buy of all and every, rather than -resent, and you know the sailor’s commandment—‘Obey orders if it -breaks owners’—is easier to keep than to stand upon one’s rights.’” - - * * * * * - - - - -THE FREEDMEN. - -REV. JOS. E. ROY, D.D., - -FIELD SUPERINTENDENT, ATLANTA, GA. - - * * * * * - - -VACATION REPORTS. - -PROF. T.N. CHASE, ATLANTA. - -A stranger could hardly obtain a more vivid and correct idea of the -far-reaching influence for good that one of the higher institutions of -the American Missionary Association is exerting, than by listening to -the reports of the students as they return from their summer’s work of -teaching. At Atlanta University the first Sunday afternoon of the fall -term is devoted to these reports, and to the teachers it is one of the -happiest and most inspiring occasions of the whole year. We wish that -many of the readers of the MISSIONARY could have been with us on last -Sunday, and seen with their own eyes and heard with their own ears, -since the full rich tones of voice, dignified composure and simple -earnestness of these student-teachers cannot be transferred to paper. -But I did not see you present, and so will give you the benefit of some -notes I took down, departing from my original plan of arranging and -classifying the “testimony,” omitting quotation marks, and introducing -the successive speakers simply by beginning on a new line. - -I taught in Tatnal. Other pupils were afraid to go there because it was -a democratic county. People did not want a teacher from outside of the -county, because they did not want the money to go out of the county. -They liked me very much. Colored people have from one acre to 2500 -acres of land, and are about as well educated as the whites. Children -are compelled by their parents to come to Sunday-school. I kept up a -Sunday evening prayer-meeting. Several of the children acknowledged -Jesus and _turned over_ to the church. I made two or three speeches on -temperance. - -My Commissioner is well disposed toward this Institution. I made two -or three lectures against intemperance, and encouraged the people to -educate themselves and accumulate property. At my exhibition three -lawyers were present and forty or fifty other whites. - -The Commissioner did not examine me, saying that this school was the -best in the world and he never intended to examine a pupil from it. -He was a Saturday-Sunday man and did not do any business on Saturday. -I tramped a week and a half for a school and found one on Col. ——’s -place. Parents want their children whipped, and do not think they are -taught any thing unless they are whipped. - -Some of us had a convention on temperance, tobacco and morals. The -colored people own a good deal of land and make lots of cotton. One man -made twenty-one bales, but saved only eighty dollars. - -Col. —— said Atlanta University must be the best disciplined school -in the State. The poor whites do not want to go to school, and are more -intemperate and degraded than the blacks. If the colored man would only -stand up for his rights, he would not be _hacked_. - -I taught in a district called “Dark Corner.” I think I gave them a -right start. Had a prayer meeting which was largely attended. Poor -whites use more whiskey than the colored people. Whites seem kind to -blacks, lend them money and horses, and help them in every way. - -I had an average attendance of thirty-three and a night-school of -fifteen. Taught on an old plantation, on which there used to be five -hundred slaves. Ignorance has great sway there. People have good stock, -but cannot buy land. There is a temperance lodge in Camden of one -hundred and forty members. - -It was a bad county where I taught. I was _careful_ about teaching -there. They never had a school before. No land is owned by colored -people. There is much opposition to their education. The immorality of -the place is explained by the fact that they formerly had stills there. -Preachers are not moral men. They are opposed to “foreign” teachers. -Poor whites create a good deal of disturbance. Land is owned by those -who owned it during slavery times, and they will not sell it to white -or colored. - -I was the first lady teacher that taught in the county and was quite a -novelty. They had bad teachers. One white one was intemperate. White -people were friendly. Three whites raised their hats to me, which -was quite a new thing. I had a very good Sunday-school; white people -attended my exhibition. They like this University very much, and the -Commissioner wanted me to encourage the boys and girls to come up. - -Most everybody uses whiskey and tobacco. I talked on temperance, -distributed temperance papers and read to them. Took the New York -_Witness_ and read it to the people. I think I did some good among -the children. The children of the poor whites are _knocking about_ on -the road all the time. They had a school one month, then gave it up. -Young men spend Sunday in gambling; guess they are doing it right now. -Some said I was not teaching them anything because I did not use the -blue-back speller. The houses of poor whites are just like the colored, -but their clothes are not so good. - -The people where I taught are intelligent and well-to-do. Most of them -own their own homes. The whites want the colored people educated. A -speaker at an exhibition of a female seminary said that the colored -people were leaving them in the dark, and if they did not look out, the -bottom rail would be on the top. Six or eight colored people own from -one hundred to five hundred acres and stock. The Commissioner’s wife -asked me into the parlor and gave me a rocking-chair. - -Where I was last winter, the people kept Thanksgiving. Of course -I enjoyed that, because I knew you were keeping it here. I had a -Sunday-school that was quite large at first, but when big meetings came -on it grew small. - -I had seventy-five pupils. I cannot see that I did much good, but I -hope some good will come out of my summer’s work. Public sentiment -seems to sanction the worst things there are. - -The people where I taught said they must have a man, that females could -not teach, and they could not stand ladies. The whites, on the whole, -are better to the teachers than the colored people are. I succeeded -in getting six men to stop using tobacco while attending school, and -then they said if they could stop fifty-five days they could all their -life-time. - -Somehow they looked at me like they looked at Columbus when he first -came to America. Preachers are all intemperate men, and some of them -said they could not preach well unless they had some whiskey in them. -I taught four times in the same place, and have had a larger school -each time. The morals of the colored people depend on the morals of -the whites. I opened school at eight and closed at six. I saw no -intemperance, because it was the wrong time of the year. I talked -temperance and acted it. There is but little difference between the -whites and colored; they eat together, sleep together, and have the -same kind of houses. - -Now to these reports, only a small part of which I have copied, I will -add a few comments: - -1. There is no diminution of the desire of colored children to learn, -and of their parents to have their children educated. Parents want -teachers to teach from early dawn to candle-light, and even to _beat_ -knowledge into the pupils. - -2. Intemperance and licentiousness abound to a fearful extent, not only -among the laity, but also among the clergy. - -3. The poor whites need education and moral and religious instruction -as much as the colored people, and our students are reaching some of -them in their influence. - -4. Public school privileges in the South are limited, and it will be a -long time before suitable buildings are provided and efficient teaching -secured. - -5. The whites are, in the main, well disposed toward the colored -people, and in favor of their being educated. - -6. Many of the colored people are acquiring homes and other property, -although in some places the owners of land will not sell it. - -7. In some instances the colored people are cheated out of the benefits -of their labor, and ill-treated in various ways. - -8. Atlanta University stands high in the estimation of the people, -and needs liberal pecuniary support from its friends to keep up its -reputation and do the great work that lies before it. - -9. Social prejudice seems to be yielding somewhat, although the fact -that a white lady invited a colored girl to sit in a rocking-chair in -her parlor, is not so common an occurrence as to make it unworthy of -mention. Tidiness, gentility, intelligence and morality will yet be -considered superior to a light complexion. - -10. The hope of this race, as well as of any other, lies in the -training of children, and hence the value of good schools, both day and -Sunday. - -11. The American Missionary Association is doing a valuable work among -the _whites_, by showing them what education will do for poor people, -and stimulating them to try to keep the “top-rail” where it is. - -12. No one can estimate the influence our school is exerting in favor -of education, industry, economy, temperance, Sabbath observance, -chastity, social order, and, in short, morality and religion. - - * * * * * - - -WOMAN’S WORK FOR WOMAN. - -MISS LAURA A. PARMELEE, MEMPHIS, TENN. - - We give the closing portion of a paper read at the Woman’s Meeting, - held in connection with the Annual Meeting at Chicago. In the opening - portions of it, Miss Parmelee describes with frank truthfulness the - perils which encircle the colored girls of the South by reason of the - family habits, the laxity of the marriage relation, the ignorance - of the laws of health, the late hours of their religious and social - gatherings, &c. We print her statements and suggestions as to the - remedy and protection. - -Of special agencies for training colored girls to better habits, -boarding schools claim the first place. If there had been seventy, -instead of seven homes of this kind, we could to-day report a fairer -record of virtue and purity. Under the constant supervision of faithful -teachers, who regulate the hours, walks and visits of those in their -charge, there is opportunity to acquire a love for systematic ways -and a pure home life. With the instinctive imitation of their race -they adopt the manners and sentiments of the ladies living under the -same roof and sitting at the same table. Yet with this help, there has -been frequent occasion for teachers to ponder the story of the young -crabs that went from the sea-side to a seminary among the mountains, -where they became ashamed of their own gait and diligently tried to -learn the new way of walking, succeeding to the entire satisfaction of -their teachers as well as themselves, and seeming to have forgotten -the old ways, but, upon returning to parents and friends at the shore, -relinquished the accomplishment and walked backwards as in other days. - -In two or three schools—possibly more, but I speak only from personal -knowledge—it is the duty of one of the lady teachers to give the -girls instruction in dress, manners, morals and health, particularly -in matters relating to their peculiar physical organization. Once -a week the regular lessons are postponed or laid aside, that the -pupils may have a half hour for listening to the lecture that has -been thoughtfully prepared for their exclusive benefit. Commencing -with points of etiquette, dress, sketches of lives of famous women, -announcing the latest fashion items when they happen to be suitable, -and so winning the confidence and arousing the interest of the class, -it is comparatively easy to come to graver counsels concerning morals, -health, danger of association with people of loose principles, the -lowering of standards of personal honor, and finally the teaching -properly due a daughter from her mother’s lips. - -This branch of work is neither light nor pleasant. False delicacy, -fear of speaking injudiciously and of being misunderstood by the girls -and their mothers, too long kept us silent. We shrank from meeting our -full responsibility in this direction, and nerved ourselves to the -task only when circumstances convinced us that it was an imperative -duty. The ordinary study of physiology is good, but in colored schools -something more is needed. Teach young girls to reverence the body, -to regard all its functions as gifts of God, and the possibilities -of motherhood to be sacredly guarded, and they are transformed from -animals to thoughtful women. Do any regard this as dangerous argument? -Those who have tried the experiment are satisfied of its worth. More -sensible and healthful modes of dress, increasing discretion of manners -and modesty of deportment, are immediate results of a plan that a few -regarded as an innovation, but which has abundantly justified itself. -If every well-established school of the American Missionary Association -could be furnished with models for this purpose, far more good would -be accomplished than with empty hands, however wise the teacher’s lips. - -These health talks include cookery, sanitary measures, medical hints, -and a thousand items of common information in a land of newspapers, but -unknown to people who depend upon neighborhood gossip for all their -knowledge. - -As teachers became better acquainted with the needs of their fields, -sewing lessons were given, or sewing schools established in connection -with daily work. While teaching deft use of the needle, to mend old -garments and cut new, there is opportunity to speak apt words about -love of finery, habits of wastefulness or extravagance, and improper -hours, all of which find quick lodgment in minds eager for new ideas. -It is no slight gratification to teachers that, in large assemblies, -they can select their students by a more quiet, suitable dress and -dignified bearing. - -House-to-house visiting is another important means of elevating the -homes and making “life among the lowly” cleaner and purer. In the -early days of labor for the Freedmen, ladies were commissioned by the -American Missionary Association for this purpose. It is encouraging -to note that, through the parent society, the Christian women of the -North are adopting representatives to carry on this branch of work more -systematically. Year by year there are changes in methods, and teachers -have less time than formerly for this outside visiting. - -Honorable mention must be made of the part Congregational churches -bear in this work of regeneration. Too much time would be consumed in -explaining the opposition they meet, or the great need of planting this -little leaven that is already moving the mass of blind superstition. -Suffice it to say, that one of the two denominations claiming the -religious loyalty of the Freedmen insists that, once in Christ, a soul -is forever safe, and can commit sin with impunity, because forgiveness -frees from all restraints of the law. The other great body of believers -is equally false in its explanations of truths held by followers of -Whitefield and Wesley. - -These are the principal agencies operating for the redemption of -the colored homes, and through them for the emancipation of Africa, -latest called of nations, now stretching out imploring hands for the -light, and health, and hope, streaming from the cross of Christ. I -will not stop to detail incidents illustrating various phases of the -one great plan, nor recount successes attained, nor introduce you to -the homes—truly homelike in peace, purity and domestic love; or to -the little centres of social influence, where refinement and virtue -invite your respect and friendship. There are such homes and circles, -although they are not sufficiently numerous to have the power in their -communities that they deserve. - -Between the graduates of Atlanta or Fisk, and the toilers in cotton -patch or rice swamp—between the better homes of Memphis or Charleston, -and the cabins in piney woods or Louisiana glades—there is a great -gulf, to be spanned only by the prayers and labors of Northern -Christians. I have chosen not to paint prospects and aspirations of the -dwellers _this_ side of that chasm; but rather to give you a glimpse of -life beyond in the darkness, that you may comprehend in some degree the -urgency of the need to chase away the clouds that obscure the light of -hope and purity. - -I have thought it possible for women to do more than they have -heretofore in distinct efforts for their own sex; that some new effort -might be made to efficiently supplement the work of schools and -churches. - -Two years ago, we made a bold venture at Le Moyne Normal School. -Health talks had become popular, and the teachers were convinced of -the wisdom of taking further steps in that direction, when, most -opportunely, there came to Memphis a lady physician, well advanced in -years, of evident culture, and provided with an excellent life-size -model of the human frame. She was invited to lecture to our female -pupils and their mothers, and did so very acceptably. Her gray hair -commanded respect, although the girls were at first a little suspicious -of the manikin. Satisfied with the effect upon the students and of -the lady’s good judgment, her services were secured for a course of -lectures, to which the friends of the girls were invited. It was -a happy idea, as was quickly proven. I cannot tell how many times -teachers were thanked for the privileges thus afforded, or how many -mothers exclaimed, “If I had only known these things sooner, I should -have saved myself and my children worlds of sickness and trouble and -disgrace!” - -Ever since that experiment I have longed to see a similar opportunity -offered to all the colored women. If a discreet, motherly woman, who -understood anatomy, hygiene and medicine, could be furnished with a -model of the body and sent through the large cities and villages, -giving free lectures upon health, care of their own persons, proper -food, training of children, and responsibility to God for the chastity -of their sons and daughters, the Freedwomen would receive incalculable -benefit. The teachers cannot always reach out and control the mothers; -the missionary meets but a part of the women in a single city; but -an itinerating lady physician could influence thousands of the very -class most in need of the instruction she could give. I wish the -heart of some woman, qualified for the undertaking, would be stirred -to consecrate herself to this work. I think the officers of the -Association would indorse such a movement. Certainly, pastors and -teachers in the field would heartily welcome her to their churches and -homes, to which she would be a valuable auxiliary, while exerting a -more positive and direct influence upon the women than is possible from -any one of the already established methods of work. - -Dean Howson says: “How can you convert a country unless you convert -the families? How can you convert the families unless you convert the -mothers?” - -It was once my privilege to minister to an honored friend who was -gently falling asleep in Jesus. Happening to draw up a window-shade an -hour before the eyes closed upon the scenes of mortal life, I received -from the beloved lips this last commendation and counsel: “That’s -right; give us more light.” - -Speaking to-day in behalf of our colored sisters, I appeal for light. -“Give us more light” to dispel the heavy clouds of ignorance and sin, -to show plainly straight paths for the feet of stumbling ones, and for -the praise of Him who is able to keep _us_ from falling, and to present -_us_ faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy. - - * * * * * - - -THE GEORGIA CONFERENCE. - -REV. C.W. HAWLEY. - -The Georgia Congregational Conference, from which I have just -returned, is a large body, if an extensive framework can make it so. -My share of the travel to its second annual session at Savannah was -about six hundred miles. Of the fourteen churches, two of which are -in South Carolina, all save one were represented, and the meeting -was much enjoyed by all. The color line was a little indistinct and -almost forgotten. The colored brethren were quite in the majority on -the platform and on the floor, and gave good proof of their ability -to preside with dignity—Rev. Floyd Snelson was our Moderator—and -to speak fluently and well. In fact, they showed a real genius -for public address, warranting the statement of a city daily—the -Southern press is growing liberal—that their speeches were “worthy -of the most dignified deliberative body.” Dr. Roy reported the great -meeting at Chicago, giving, as he had already done at Atlanta and -Macon, rich skimmings from the papers and speeches there presented, -and greatly cheering, with these proofs of the sympathy of Northern -Christians, those who must here learn to do without the sympathy of -their near neighbors. His lecture on Congregationalism also elicited -much interest, and nothing but the lack of money to pay the printer -prevented its immediate publication in full, as a much needed campaign -document for the use of the churches. To whatever church a man here -belongs, it becomes him to be able to state and to justify its faith -and polity. There is kept up a running fire of small arms between -denominations here. It was encouraging to see that the men of this -young Conference desire to be intelligent Congregationalists, and able -to defend themselves; but it is hoped that they will not fall into -the mistake of making denominational strife the chief end of their -existence, as some of their neighbors seem to do. - -The reports from the churches do not show any rapid increase. “We must -expect the churches to be small, perhaps, for twenty years yet,” said -one who has grown up with this work. There are obstinate prejudices in -the way, and there is a great educational work yet to be done. A lay -delegate sagely remarked: “When the ground is rough we must go slow, -or there’ll be trouble,” adding also his personal testimony that, -in seeking to bring others over to his way of thinking, he found it -“mighty hard to sense them into anything better than their old ideas, -that a man cannot have religion without making a great big fuss about -it, and cannot pray without hollering as though the Lord was deaf;” but -still he was sure that “if we kept pulling at the wheel and rolling on -the chariot we should gain the field.” - - -TWO COUNCILS. - -On the way down to Conference, some of us stopped at Macon, according -to letters missive, for the examination and ordination of Preston W. -Young, acting pastor at Byron; and during the sessions of Conference -another council examined and ordained two others, A.J. Headen, of -Cypress Slash, and T.T. Benson, of Orangeburgh, S.C. These three -young men passed very creditable examinations, and, with Rev. J.R. -McLean, moderator of the second council, formed a very interesting and -promising group—all Talladega men and classmates—a fine illustration -of the good work done by the school for the church. Putting all things -together—Conference and Councils, and acquaintance with the teachers -and their excellent work in Macon and Savannah—it was with us all a -grand week, quickening in its Christian fellowship, and profitable -in its revelations of work already done, and of harvests yet to be -gathered. - - * * * * * - - -THE CENTRAL SOUTH CONFERENCE. - -Education—Discipline—The Exercises. - -REV. HORACE J. TAYLOR, ATHENS, ALA. - -The Central South Conference embraces the Congregational churches of -Tennessee, North Alabama and Mississippi. Last week we enjoyed the -rare privilege of welcoming to our homes some of the members of this -Conference, and the Field Superintendent of the A.M.A. On Thursday -evening, Nov. 20th, Rev. G.W. Moore preached the opening sermon from -Psalm lxxiii. 24, “Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and afterward -receive me to glory.” The subject was clearly and forcibly presented. -On Friday morning an organization was effected by electing Rev. J.E. -Smith, of Chattanooga, moderator. That morning was spent in hearing the -narratives of the churches. The reports generally showed progress. -Athens alone reported a less membership than last year; but in this -church there has been a growth in grace in many of its members. - -In the afternoon we discussed the subject of education. The young -people were especially urged not to be content with a little schooling, -nor even with a good common school education, but to press forward -with a determination to secure the very highest education that can be -secured. The idea that the schools at Chattanooga, Athens, Florence -and Memphis ought to be feeders of Fisk University was well brought -out. These schools cannot give the high education that can be gained -at Fisk, and their success should be measured largely by the number of -students they send to Fisk University. Rev. J. E. Smith read an article -on the necessity of church discipline. The subject was well presented, -and in the discussion that followed, as in the paper, the idea that -church discipline ought to have for its main object the reclamation of -the offender, was clearly brought out. Dr. Roy and others also spoke -as to the method of church discipline, and especially the propriety -of getting evidence from any source. It seems that some, perhaps a -majority, of the churches about here will not receive the evidence of -any but their own members. Some think that Congregational churches -should be bound hand and foot in the same way, so that the devil and -his followers can manage all in their own way. Then any member could -be guilty of theft, adultery, fornication or anything else; if he only -were not seen by members of this church he could remain in “good and -regular standing.” Dr. Roy said emphatically that evidence was to be -sought from any source, and weighed carefully. Others agreed with him. - -At night Dr. Roy spoke, using his fine large map, on the work of the -Association in the South. The house was full, and all were deeply -interested. Saturday morning we listened to a paper by Rev. G. W. -Moore, on how to reach the young people. Saturday afternoon was mainly -taken up with hearing reports of committees. Revs. H. S. Bennett and -J. E. Smith were chosen delegates from this Conference to the National -Council. Saturday night we listened to the news of Trinity church and -congregation. This was one of the best meetings of Conference. Sunday -morning Rev. H. S. Bennett preached from Acts ii. 3, and Revs. A. K. -Spence and G. W. Moore officiated at the communion. At night Rev. A. K. -Spence preached to young people from Ps. cix. 9. - -I cannot give in this paper an idea of the interesting meetings we -had. Each meeting was a feast of fat things. It was a great privilege -to meet these brethren from abroad, to have them sit at our table, to -talk with them about the common cause we all are interested in, and -above all to meet with them around the table of our Lord. Some of us -may never meet them again in Conference, but the memory of this good -meeting will remain through life; and we trust that this church will -receive a blessing in consequence of this meeting. - - * * * * * - - -GEORGIA. - -Thanksgiving Services and First Impressions. - -REV. C. W. HAWLEY, ATLANTA. - -I have just come in from our social evening service of thanksgiving -and prayer for the A. M. A. About fifty were present, and there were -repeated expressions of gratitude for blessings here received, and -fervent prayers for the continued and increasing success of the cause. -One brother thought the Association the chief agent in the abolition -of slavery, and spoke most feelingly of the inexpressible relief which -that abolition had brought to him and to his people. Another in his -prayer thanked the Lord for the schools and the church in the city, -expressing the conviction that if the A. M. A. had not sent its workers -here “things would be in a considerably worse fix than they are.” - -One woman told her story: her blind gropings as a slave, her joy in -being sought out and taught by the teachers of the A. M. A., just when -she “_did not know what to do with her freedom_,” and made capable -of giving her children, now converted, a Christian training, with a -purpose henceforth to use for the good of others all the light and help -she had received. Another told us how the A. M. A. had reached out its -helping hand to him in this city when he was ignorant and vicious, and -through the influence of a faithful teacher in a night school had saved -him from evil companions and the curse of drunkenness. - -It has been an intensely interesting meeting to me, and would have -quickened the zeal of any friends of the A. M. A. who might have been -present. Our regular prayer-meeting comes tomorrow evening and is a -pleasant anticipation to me. I reached the field the 11th inst. and am -not yet well acquainted with it. I am sure to be interested in it. I -have quite enjoyed the welcome given me and have no painful sense of -isolation. Their faces, their intelligence, their quiet good sense, -their homes, so far as I have seen them, all surpass my expectations. -The work that has been done for them _shows_. I shall esteem it a -privilege if I may do something to help it on. - - * * * * * - - -ALABAMA. - -Emerson Institute—1865-1879. - -REV. O. D. CRAWFORD, MOBILE. - -It was named after Mr. Ralph Emerson, a resident of Rockford, Ill., -whose timely gift enabled the Association to purchase “Blue College,” a -commodious building, with beautiful grounds, in the western part of the -city, two miles from the post-office. It was originally built for the -education of the white youth. In the transpositions of the times “after -the surrender,” as the close of the war is here styled, it became the -resort of three hundred Freedmen. In April of our Centennial year it -crumbled in the flames. The school went on in unfavorable quarters -until, in May, 1878, it entered its new and elegant building, which was -designed for two hundred and fifty pupils. Last year the yellow fever -delayed the opening of school and crippled many of its friends. But -adverse influences are now disappearing, and the ten thousand colored -people of the city are looking to it again as the hope of their youth. - -Last year, two-thirds of our whole number in attendance entered -after the Christmas holidays. This year the second month closes with -fifty names more than the highest number of last year. The rooms are -furnished with the best of modern desks; but their present capacity -is exceeded by more than forty names. If another room and sufficient -teaching force be added by the friends of the Association after New -Year’s, our present number of two hundred and forty will, in every -probability, run up to three hundred. To meet the wants of these, we -should have six teachers besides the superintendent, including one that -should give half an hour each day to instruction in vocal music and -some time to instrumental music. We now have one that is competent for -this work, but she has no time for it. Our overworked force is to be -somewhat relieved by the expected arrival of a fifth teacher this week. - -At present we are obliged to receive many primary scholars, not only to -relieve the public want, but also with the view of raising up normal -scholars, for whom the Institute has been specially designed. We regret -the seeming necessity that is laid upon the colored parents of taking -their children from the public schools. We do not advise their action. -The feverish desire for education which seized the body of colored -people immediately after emancipation has subsided. Their best men are -now obliged to urge upon them the duty of educating their children. In -this they have come down to the level of the whites. An organization -has been formed to promote this interest. The largest church has -established a school of more than fifty members. The pastor of the most -influential church, in point of intelligence, has opened one, with an -attendance of more than forty, and teaches it himself, in addition to -preaching three sermons every Lord’s day and performing the other usual -duties of a minister. These schools are intended to awaken their people -in the matter, and to raise up candidates for the work of teaching, -that may get their fuller preparation in our Normal department. - -The friends of Christian education could not ask for a more needy and -promising outlook than lies before us. Will they put into the hands of -the Association the necessary means? - - -The Church—1876-1879. - -Organized with forty-seven members, it now has sixty-one. It owes its -origin and existence to the presence of the Institute. Its members are -very poor in this world’s goods, but delightfully rich in grace. - -It was natural that the spirit of independence which found full -scope among the Freedmen should seek for a church organization and -connection with an ecclesiastical body whose history was not tainted -with oppression. This disposition, however, has sometimes asked for -more license for fleshly indulgences than pure Congregationalism -permits. In this city it is impossible for your Superintendent to find -a provision store having any considerable variety of goods that does -not include among its principal commodities _wines_ and _liquors_. -Members and officers of churches are engaged in the trade, and scruple -not to advertise conspicuously that branch of their business, which -we regard as exceedingly immoral. Yet there are some churches, both -white and colored, whose rules and discipline would delight the heart -of a Puritan. Congregationalism is an exotic in this soil; and its -Northern friends have reason to be pleased if it grows even slowly. -Among the adverse circumstances against which our church has had to -struggle may be mentioned a frequent change of pastors. In its three -and one-half years it has suffered the perturbations incident to -two summer supplies, and now the fourth pastor. These changes have -tended to prevent some from making their church home with us. More -permanence is a necessity. We have no such opportunity for reaching -those under our educational care as is offered by a boarding-school. -The parents of most of our pupils are connected with some church, and -the children themselves with Sunday-schools. The kind of instruction -they receive is one of the necessities of our continuance. The growing -intelligence of the colored preachers, and the attractiveness of the -large congregations which gather about them, make our beginning less -attractive to the young, who otherwise might prefer our place of -worship. - -Your missionary has preached to the largest colored church in a revival -meeting, and exchanged pulpits with the other leading pastor; but we -cannot expect any special help from other churches in building up a new -denomination in the midst of them. J. H. Roberts, now in the Senior -Theological Class at Talladega, supplied the church very acceptably -through the summer, and just before his departure witnessed the -reception of four persons to fellowship. Since then the attendance has -increased some. The interest in the Sunday-school has likewise received -the impetus given it by the return of our schoolteachers; yet our -hopes of an increase in members have not thus far been realized. As -accessory helps we need Sunday school papers and a library. Our problem -is that of reaching the young with Christian influences in the form of -direct religious instruction. For this purpose we have some advantages, -and hope for more. We wish to keep this missionary work upon the -prayerful hearts of our Northern friends. - - * * * * * - - -A Revival. - -REV. J. D. SMITH, SHELBY IRON WORKS. - -During the first week in October we set apart Wednesday as a day of -fasting and prayer. On the following Sabbath we commenced a series of -meetings, which continued three weeks. Brother H. W. Conley stopped -off here on his way from Marion back to Talladega, and preached and -labored very faithfully with us several days. Brother J. W. Strong came -down and labored with me, preaching the word almost every night for -over a week. Brother Jones, of Childersburg, paid us a short visit, and -Rev. F. J. Tyler, of this place, pastor of the Union Church (white), -preached for us. Last of all came Rev. G. W. Andrews, who preached -several times. - -Every evening, one half-hour before services, a number of Christians -would assemble in the inquiry-room and converse with those who came to -inquire of the way of salvation. I must say that the inquiry meetings -were the means of great and untold good, as much or more than the -sermons, perhaps. - -Well, the meetings closed with twenty-one conversions reported. Last -Sunday fifteen came forward, entered into covenant with the church, and -were baptized, on profession of their faith. _All_ of the candidates -for baptism preferred sprinkling—the first instance, to my knowledge, -where we did not have to immerse some out of so many uniting at -one time; and, more singular than all, a Baptist father and mother -presented their infant boy for baptism. When reminded by some of the -Baptist brethren that they had “broken the rules of the church,” they -replied by saying that if they had five hundred children, they would -have them baptized, because it was right in the sight of God. The work -has a more hopeful outlook for future prosperity than ever before. - -Some eight or ten are to unite by letter, the first opportunity, who -did not get ready in time to join last Sunday. Our total membership -will then stand about fifty. - - * * * * * - - -TENNESSEE. - -A Student Aided. - -REV. E. M. CRAVATH, FISK UNIVERSITY. - - Our readers will remember a plea for student aid made by President - Cravath in the MISSIONARY for October. Soon after its publication - this description of the first young man thus aided came, but has been - delayed by the special matter which has claimed our columns. There - are many more such at all our institutions awaiting similar help. - -The first answer came in the shape of a draft for fifty dollars from a -good friend of Rochelle, Illinois. On the same day with this answer a -young man from Abbeville, S. C., came to Fisk University for the first -time, and as he was a good representative of the class of young people -for whom our appeal was made in the October MISSIONARY, we assigned him -at once to this scholarship. - -A brief sketch of his personal history may encourage some of the -readers of the MISSIONARY who are yet hesitating to give a favorable -answer to our appeal. Mr. Richard J. Holloway was born in Abbeville, -South Carolina, in 1857, and was a slave up to the close of the war. -He brought to the University the following testimonial from his former -master, dated Abbeville, S. C., Sept. 8, 1879; - -“The bearer of this, Richard J. Holloway, is a young man who was born -in my family. I have known him from his birth to the present time. -He early exhibited a desire for knowledge, which he has pursued under -great difficulties. Notwithstanding he has made considerable advance, -his laudable desire seems to be unsatisfied, and he leaves this section -of the country to avail himself of advantages offered elsewhere. So -far as I know, his moral character is good. He is commended to the -favorable regard of all to whom this may come.” The first year after -the war, being a lad of nine years, Richard had the opportunity of -attending a school in Abbeville for five or six months. After this he -was under the necessity of working with his parents, but contrived to -study by himself so that he made considerable progress. During the fall -of 1875 he happened to see, upon the table of his minister, a circular -which had been sent out from the school established by the Am. Miss. -Assoc. at Greenwood, S. C., which was then, and is still, taught by -that most faithful and zealous missionary laborer, Mr. Backenstose, of -Geneva, N. Y. Noticing that the tuition was only fifty cents a month, -there dawned upon him the possibility of realizing his long-cherished -desire of securing a good education. Inspired by this thought he left -home and hired out on a plantation to earn some money with which to go -to Greenwood. - -By working three months he earned money enough, so that by buying his -food and doing his own cooking he was able to attend school about the -same length of time. He then went to one of the upper counties of -South Carolina and taught a private school for two months, after which -he worked for two months in a cotton-gin near by, while remaining to -collect the money for his teaching. Being compelled to use considerable -of the money he had earned to help his parents, he again secured a -public school for two months, at fifteen dollars a month, and boarded -himself. He then went over into Georgia and taught a public school, -for which he was fortunate enough to receive twenty-five dollars a -month. He was then able to return to Greenwood, where he was again -under the instruction of Mr. Backenstose for nearly three months. Under -the advice of his teacher, he determined to get to Fisk University if -possible and take a thorough course of study, but not succeeding in -earning much money by his teaching during the spring and summer, he -stopped for five months of last year at Biddle University at Charlotte, -N. C. He then undertook teaching again, determined to earn what money -he could during the spring and summer, and to get to Fisk University -if possible at the opening of the next school year. He only succeeded, -however, in getting a three months’ school in Georgia, for which he has -only received payment in part. As soon as his school closed he started -for Nashville and reached here on the 7th of October, just as the -answer came from our friend in Illinois which told us what to do. Mr. -Holloway is a member of the African Methodist church, and his desire -evidently is to secure an education that he may use it in Christian -work among his people. - -We are confidently hoping that we shall receive similar answers enough -to enable us to provide for at least a hundred such young men as this. - - * * * * * - - -Health—Business—School—Church. - -PROF. A. J. STEELE, MEMPHIS. - -November 1st found Memphis dull, spiritless, and wearing a half -deserted appearance, its streets strewn with autumn foliage and dry -grass, so that the rustling of leaves beneath the feet was a more -familiar sound than the rumbling of wagons or drays on most of the -streets. Business men who had returned, in most cases without their -families, wore a troubled and doubtful look. Many were discouraged and -without hope for the future of the city, either as a business point or -a place of residence. A few, like the boy in the dark, made a pretence -of courage by “whistling.” - -Although the Board of Health had declared the fever ended, there were -still a few cases, with constant rumors of many more. After the cold -spell of October 30, the weather became and continued unusually warm. -Little or no cotton was being received, and orders for goods came not -to waiting merchants. Laboring people returning to the city found no -employment, and many suffered for the necessaries of life. - -This state of things continued till the middle of November, when, after -a few frosty nights, and with bright clear weather, the entire aspect -of affairs changed, and rapidly took on a most hopeful and promising -appearance. Cotton, the staple and life of business, began to come in -rapidly, until before the end of November the daily receipts became -the largest ever known at this point, placing Memphis as a primary -cotton market scarcely second to New Orleans. With this revival of -activity the empty talk of a hundred or so self-constituted newspaper -correspondents and pretended scientists ceased to be heard on the -corners and to be seen in the papers. The city authorities and a -committee of citizens began a careful and thorough canvass of the city -to ascertain its condition and needs. Under the advice of a committee -of experts from the meeting of the American Sanitary Association held -at Nashville, a system of sewerage and general sanitary reform was -promptly adopted, and it is now expected that the Governor will convene -the legislature to empower the city to make the needed changes. There -is little doubt but that the hard and painful lessons of the past two -seasons have finally been learned, and that at least another epidemic -will not be invited next year by the criminal negligence of the -authorities. - -The school opened November 17 with about forty students. This number -on December 2nd had increased to over 100. We are now receiving new -students every day, of these ten are in the senior or graduating class. -We note with interest a revival of the early desire for education and -the culture which it brings; not _just_ the early desire of ignorant -and foolish expectation, but a steadily deepening conviction of the -need and advantage of patient, continued study and training for better -things in the future. We hope to foster this feeling, and to do what -we may to realize the expectation, by building up honest, manly and -womanly characters in our students. Many of the pupils have taught -during the vacation months; some have not yet completed the term for -which they were engaged. So far as we know, all have labored earnestly -to exert an influence for good in the communities where they have -been located. A few during the sickness were employed by the Howards -or other societies as nurses, one young man saving about $200 at this -work, and gaining an enviable reputation as a nurse. - -Our public library is demonstrating its influence and usefulness in a -gratifying way, in awakening in many laboring people a love of reading -and of thought, aside from the great advantage it is to the school -directly and indirectly. During the summer months, considerably over -one hundred volumes were drawn and read. Among many others several -white persons of most excellent standing availed themselves of its -privileges. Of these latter, one is principal of a boys’ and girls’ -school in our vicinity. - -I cannot close this letter without a word concerning the church here. -During the epidemic, one of its most earnest, reliable members fell a -victim to the scourge. By thrift and saving, every family belonging to -the church, except one only, got through the long summer of idleness -without aid in the way of charity, and before the return of the -teachers, and in the absence of the pastor, the church voted to send a -delegate to the Conference at Athens, raising money at once to pay his -expenses. If this is not an example of commendable church devotion and -courage, show us one that is so. - -We look for a fuller, stronger school this year than ever before. I -sometimes think these people have become so accustomed to adversity -and trial, that they come out stronger under it than from any other -experience. May it not be that God is leading them through rough ways -to better things than we think? - - * * * * * - - - - -THE INDIANS. - - * * * * * - - -THE S’KOKOMISH AGENCY. - -Homes and Schools—Lands and Titles. - -EDWIN EELLS, AGENT, S’KOKOMISH. - -The favor of a kind Providence has preserved us from any unusual -calamities, and general good health, peace and prosperity have attended -us and the Indians under my charge. It has been rather a quiet year, -with nothing very startling, either good or bad, to affect us. Among -the Indians generally, their habits of morality appear to have been -growing stronger. Their general deportment is very good, and their -style of living in their houses is improving all the time. Their -general health, in consequence of their improved manner of living, -has never been better than during the past year. Most of their houses -have been ceiled and good tight floors put in them during the past -winter, so that they are quite as comfortable as the average of white -settlers throughout the country. There has been some land cleared by -them, a decided advance in the kind of fences built by them, and I have -furnished 1,000 fruit trees, which they have set out, nearly all of -which have lived. - -Our schools have been well attended, and the progress of the scholars -in their studies has been quite satisfactory. The average attendance -of the two schools has been something over fifty. One feature of -improvement at the Agency, which deserves mention, has been the -employment of apprentices, at small wages, at the various shops at the -Agency. We have had five of our former school-boys employed in this way -during the summer, and they have done very well. - -Among the Indians who live off from the Reservation there has been an -increasing desire to take up or acquire land for themselves. One band -living at Clallam Bay, about 160 miles distant from the Agency, have -purchased a tract of 154 acres of land, and have a favorable prospect -before them of doing quite well. Ten individuals contributed the money -to make this purchase. Some other individuals have taken up homestead -claims and are improving them. One has completed his five years’ -residence and obtained his title to his claim. - -The delay of the Government to furnish the Indians on this Reservation -with titles to their allotments of land, has operated to discourage -them very much in the improvement of their farms. They also had reason -to fear that there was danger of their being removed from here and -consolidated with other tribes, speaking different languages, and to -a distance from the home of their childhood and the land of their -fathers. This has added to their despondency and unnerved them for -effort. With this cloud of despondency hanging over them, it has been -up-hill work to induce them to make sufficient effort to insure any -progress. Their faith in the Government failing, their religious faith -has also weakened, and while it has not led them to any bad practices, -it has prevented them from making progress in Christianity. They reason -in this way: If there is a God who rules the world, and institutes -governments over men; if these governments are unjust and oppressive, -it must be an unjust God who causes all this; and why should they love -and worship such a being? This is the Indian mode of reasoning, and -under the present circumstances there is a barrier raised in their -minds against the Gospel. - -As the treaty is soon to expire, and as some of the safeguards they -have heretofore had will be removed, it seems to me very important that -this measure should, if possible, be immediately consummated. - - * * * * * - - - - -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. - - * * * * * - - -THE SANTA BARBARA MISSION—CHIN FUNG. - -BY REV. W. C. POND, SAN FRANCISCO. - -Among the compensations attending my service as Superintendent of our -Chinese Missions is the annual visit I am called to make to Santa -Barbara; and, notwithstanding the great void I found in the absence of -my greatly beloved brother, Rev. Dr. Hough—now returned to his former -flock at Jackson, Michigan—no visit ever made there was more pleasant -to me than my last. The movements of the steamers were such that it -had to be an unusually long visit; and I gained thus the opportunity, -not only to see more of the homes and hearts of our English-speaking -brethren, but to get much closer in Christian affection and confidence -to the Chinese who have begun to believe in the Saviour. Of the -six that from this mission, several years since, united with the -Presbyterian Church, only two remain; but three others were found who -have never yet been baptized, and who seemed to give good evidence of -being born again. My conversations with them greatly interested me. -There seemed to be a simple faith, a hearty and practical consecration, -a readiness to testify, to work and to give for Jesus, which certainly -looked like true tokens of a new life—the eternal life—begun. I -expect that they will be baptized and received into the Congregational -Church at its next communion. The following sentences from a letter -written me by one of them express what appeared to be the spirit of -them all: “Our school is grow up nicely, and have very good teacher -now. Only one thing I be very sorry. I will tell you about. Some -school-boy go to bad way, and disobey our Lord Jesus Christ. I, in -myself, have no strength to make them to love Jesus Christ. * * * Oh, I -hope you pray for them, and ask God to send the Spirit to change their -heart, and make them to ’member Jesus Christ died on the cross for us, -and make them to ’member continue in heart wherefore the heathen too. -[_I. e._, if I understand him, make them consider wherefore they should -continue heathen at heart.] Oh, we are ’member you always in heart, -because you very kind to our countrymen. I have nothing to recompense -you. But I pray to God for you, and ask God to bless you and comfort -you, and give you reward in Heaven.” - -The anniversary of the mission was held on Sunday evening, October -26. A large audience was present, and great interest was evinced. -Besides the exercises by the pupils, there was the annual report, and -brief addresses by the pastors of the Congregational and Presbyterian -churches. The exercises indicated some good progress made during -the year. I remember especially a recitation of the 115th Psalm, a -responsive recitation of John, xiv. chap., and a little dialogue about -our mission schools, and what is learned in them—“not only the English -language, but about Jesus Christ our Saviour from sin.” One pupil -recited the Apostles’ Creed, another the Ten Commandments, and none -except one or two very recent comers were without some Gospel text, -which, fastened in the memory, was recited in intelligible English. -Sacred songs, in both English and Chinese, were interspersed, and the -half-hour was fraught with blessing, I am very sure, to all concerned. -I have never been so hopeful of the best results from our Santa Barbara -work as I am just now. - - -CHIN FUNG - -is one of our earliest fruits, a bright intelligent young man whom, -years ago, I invited to become one of our helpers. He declined on the -ground of being too little acquainted with Chinese, having had little, -if any, opportunity of attending school in China. But I remember that -he said, “I have wished very much that I could be prepared to go as -a missionary to my countrymen at home.” I confess that I did not -realize how deep that feeling was. Such expressions are frequent among -our brethren, and I never have doubted their sincerity, but I have -generally thought of them as consciously a wish for the _impossible_, -and consequently never likely to grow to a controlling purpose deciding -the life-work. But it was not so with Chin Fung. With the hope of this -he has been saving all these years, with rigid economy, the slender -earnings of his work as a house-servant. At length, encouraged by the -excellent Christian lady by whom, of late, he has been employed, he -determined to go to Hartford, Conn., and commence his course of study. -Before this letter reaches you, I trust he will be there. - -He did not get away without a struggle. The agony of inward conflict -into which he was thrown by the representations of heathen kinsmen, as -to the wrong he was doing his family, the difficulties and calamities -in which he might involve his older brothers if he should thus turn -his back on China, and disregard a possible betrothal which his elder -brothers, it was said, had made for him, (although, with this great -plan in view, he had charged them not to involve him in any such -responsibility,) called forth my intense sympathy. But I felt that it -was the Master’s call to which, these years, he had been listening, -and that to go back to China in obedience to the summons of his -brothers would be to turn his back on Christ. He himself saw it so -at length—saw it _for himself_, and from that instant there was no -hesitancy, “I will start tomorrow,” he said, with an emphasis which -marked the conflict ended and the victory won. He certainly has some -qualities which under skilful training would tend to make him a useful -missionary. - - -IN GENERAL. - -What I have written about the Santa Barbara school, I might have -written of almost all of them. We have an excellent corps of teachers, -and though one or two of our schools are suffering because our -reviving business prosperity involves their pupils in evening work, -others are steadily increasing in size, and increasing still more, I -trust, in usefulness. At the last communion at Bethany church seven -were baptized. A much larger number than that have recently united -with the Association of Christian Chinese, thus avowing themselves as -Christians, and coming into the process of test work and training, -which we feel to be necessary before they are finally accepted in the -church. But we need to do much more: to enter new fields, to send forth -more laborers, and meanwhile in fields already occupied to bring to -hear as never hitherto, the zeal, the wisdom, the living spiritual -power of Him whose name is “God with us.” Brethren, pray for us. - - * * * * * - - - - -CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - * * * * * - - -AMATEUR HEATHEN. - -The small-boy who has been well and piously brought up hates the -heathen, though policy compels him to conceal his feelings. He envies -the heathen small-boy, and at the same time looks upon him as a selfish -and remorseless absorber of Christian pennies. This is natural and -inevitable. The small-boy is told that his heathen contemporary goes -constantly barefooted, wears very little clothing, is never washed, -never goes to school, and is never taught anything that is good and -useful. Moreover, the heathen small boy lives in a country where -tigers and other delightful wild beasts abound, and where the exciting -spectacle of a widow burning to death in company with her husband’s -corpse—an attraction which no circus in this country has had the -enterprise to offer—is frequently exhibited free. Of course, the -small-boy of Christian lands envies the blessed lot of his heathen -brother, and would give worlds had he, too, been born a heathen. -Now, when this envious small-boy is compelled to give 50 per cent. -of his pennies to the heathen, he feels that it is both unreasonable -and unjust, and his anger burns against the heathen small-boy who, -although rolling in every kind of heathen luxury, meanly absorbs the -scant wealth of small-boys who have had the misfortune to be born in -Christian countries. He cannot avoid noticing that the grown-up folks -who think that he should give one-half of his pennies to the heathen, -do not divide their own property in that way, and he never drops a -copper in the collector’s box without feeling that he is the victim of -moral blackmailing. - -Now and then there arises a small-boy with a gigantic intellect, and -a degree of courage which marks him as a born leader of his race. It -is the exceptional small-boy of this variety who heads expeditions -against the Indians and organizes gangs of juvenile highwaymen. That -these enterprises do not meet with success is due to forces beyond -his control, but they display the greatness of his intellect and the -boldness of his character. Of this type of small-boy is Master Jaggars, -of North Meriden, Conn., who lately devised an ingenious and entirely -novel scheme for arresting the flow of American copper coins toward the -heathen pockets of juvenile India. - -Some two months since, Master Jaggars, who had painfully accumulated -the sum of twenty-five cents, with a view to an expected circus, was -compelled to consecrate fifteen cents to the hated small-boys of -India. It was this last of a long series of pecuniary outrages that -determined him to take a bold stand against missionary assessments, -and he, therefore, summoned a mass-meeting of small-boys on Saturday -afternoon at Deacon Pratt’s barn, ostensibly with a view to rats, -but really in order to propose a plan of defense against heathen -encroachments. - -Master Jaggars made a moving speech, in which he glowingly described -the luxury in which the heathen small-boy wallows. “He ain’t washed, -and he can wear just as little cloze as hesermineter. There ain’t -no school for him, nor no Sunday, you bet. He can go swimmin’ every -day, and can just lay off on the bank and see the crocodiles scoop -in washerwomen and such. Then his back yard is chuck full of tigers -and hipopomusses, and no end of snakes, and he can steal his dad’s -gun and shoot ’em out of the back window. This is the chap that rakes -in all our money, and I say its mor’n we ought to stand. Now, I move -that we all turn heathen ourselves. The folks can’t make us wash and -go to school if we’re heathen, and all the other boys will have to -put up their money for us.” It is needless to say that this speech -was received with tumultuous applause. Howls of execration went up as -the luxuries of the hated heathen were described, and the proposal to -adopt heathenism as a profession was unanimously supported. A slight -temporary opposition was manifested by Master Sabin, who maintained -that in order to become heathen they must first have their eyes put -out—a theory which was based upon a misinterpretation of the hymn -which speaks of “the heathen in his blindness.” The objector, however, -was soon convinced of his error, and expressed thereupon a hearty -desire to become a heathen. - -The details of the scheme were all arranged by Master Jaggars. A -plaster bust of Mr. S. J. Tilden was decided to be ugly enough to serve -as an idol, and the amateur heathen placed it on an empty barrel in -the barn, and bowed down to it with much gravity. They discarded all -their clothing except a towel twisted around the waist, and blackened -their entire bodies with burnt cork. There could be no doubt that they -were very successful heathen in appearance, and, as it was late in the -afternoon, they resolved to spend the night in the barn; to breakfast -on the spoils of Deacon Pratt’s orchard, and to attend Sunday-school -in a body, in order to collect tribute from the Christian boys. The -Sunday-school opened as usual the next morning, although the absence -of eleven boys created a good deal of remark. Soon after the exercises -had begun, the teachers were astounded at the entrance of Master -Jaggars and his ten associate heathen. It is only fair to say that the -heathen behaved themselves with as much propriety as their professional -duties would permit. Master Jaggars advanced to the Superintendent and -remarked, “If you please, Sir, we’ve all turned heathen. There ain’t -no foolin’ about it. We’ve got a first-class old idol, and we don’t -believe in nothing no more. So, if you please, Sir, will you please -tell them Christian boys to fork over half of all the money they’re -got, and to remember how blessed it is to consecrate it to real genuine -heathen.” - -There is no instance on record in which a heathen has been converted -as quickly as was Master Jaggars. The Superintendent held him by one -ear, and at the tenth stroke of the cane Mister Jaggars renounced his -heathenism and promised to smash his idol and return to the Christian -faith without a moment’s delay. The other heathen, alarmed by the fate -of their leader, fled to the barn, washed themselves, resumed their -clothing, and went homeward with sober countenances, singing missionary -hymns. The North Meriden revival of heathenism was a disastrous -failure, but nevertheless the boldness and originality of the scheme -devised by Master Jaggars must command our wonder and admiration. - - - - -RECEIPTS - -FOR NOVEMBER, 1879. - - - MAINE, $173.33. - - Bath. Ladies, _for a Teacher_ $8.50 - Biddeford. Second Cong. Soc. 27.51 - Cumberland Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. OREN - S. THOMAS, L. M. 33.00 - Farmington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.45 - Foxcroft and Dover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.41 - Fryeburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.46 - Limerick. S. F. H., _for Raleigh, N. C._ 1.00 - Litchfield. Ladies, Bbl. of C. - Newcastle. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00 - North Anson. ——. 10.00 - Scarborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc., “A Friend” 33.00 - Waterford. “A. D.” 5.00 - Wilton. Cong. Ch. 7.00 - - - NEW HAMPSHIRE, $158.31. - - Auburn. “F. B.” 1.00 - Candia. Jona. Martin 5.00 - Dunbarton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00 - Durham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.50 - East Alstead. Second Cong. Ch. $5.55; First Cong. - Ch., $3.10 8.65 - East Jaffrey. Mrs. D. 0.25 - Hancock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 - Harrisville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.85 - Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $9.62; G. W., 51c. 10.13 - Jaffrey. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Keene. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 28.37 - Mason. Anna M. Hosmer, _for Wilmington, N. C._ 6.25 - Pembroke. C. C. S. 0.51 - Pittsfield. ——. 10.00 - West Lebanon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.80 - - - VERMONT, $266.76. - - Barnet. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 7.75 - Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.88 - Danville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $20.50, and Sab. - Sch. $10 30.50 - Fayetteville. ESTATE of Sophia C. Miller, by Milon - Davidson 75.00 - Johnson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Island Pond. Cong. Ch. 13.00 - Lower Waterford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.19 - North Cambridge. M. K. 1.00 - Pittsford. Mrs. Nancy P. Humphrey 10.00 - Tunbridge. Cong. Ch. 2.07 - Saint Johnsbury. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Blodgett, to - const. HERBERT W. BLODGETT, L. M. 30.00 - Swanton. Harriet M. Stone 5.00 - West Enosburgh. Henry Fassett 5.00 - West Randolph. Mary A. and Susan E. Albin 6.00 - West Westminster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.96 - —— —— 0.20 - Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.21 - - - MASSACHUSETTS, $2,626.08. - - Amherst. G. C. Munsell 2.00 - Arlington Heights. Joseph C. Gibson 5.00 - Ashby. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Student Aid, Atlanta - U._ 25.00 - Barre. ESTATE of Phebe Barrett, by Thos. P. Root, - Ex. 87.55 - Berkshire Co. ESTATE of Lucy Young, by Lucy C. - Lincoln, Executrix 100.00 - Billerica. Orthodox Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.00 - Boylston. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. $1.50 and B. of C. 1.50 - Boston. Mt. Vernon Ch., “E. K. A.” $30, to - const. MISS SARAH B. ALDEN, L. M.; C. H. N. $1 31.00 - Bradford. Mrs. Sarah C. Boyd, _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 15.00 - Cambridgeport. Ladies’ Missionary Society of - Pilgrim Ch. $30, to const. MRS. GEORGE R. - LEAVITT, L. M.; Prospect St. Sab. Sch. $11.68 41.68 - Canton. Evan. Cong. Ch. 22.68 - Charlestown. Ivory Littlefield 50.00 - Concord. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. _for Student Aid_ 26.00 - Cunningham. “Friends.” 6.50 - Dedham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $177.10, and Mon. Con. - Coll. $15.63; E. P. B. 50c. 193.23 - Dorchester. Miss E. Pierce 10.00 - Easton. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.50 - Fairhaven. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00 - Florence. Florence Ch. 110.78 - Grantville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.88 - Hatfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 55.50 - Harwich. Cong. Ch. 13.27 - Holbrook. BEQUEST of “E. N. H.” 200.00 - Holbrook. “E. E. H.” 25.00 - Housatonic. Housatonic Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.36 - Ipswich. First Ch., Bbl. of C. - Jamaica Plain. Central Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00 - Lawrence. Lawrence St. Ch., Bbl. of C. - Leverett. Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.75 - Lexington. Hancock Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.01 - Litchfield. First. Cong. Soc. to const. - H. B. EGGLESTON, L. M. 40.50 - Lowell. Eliot Ch. and Soc. 2.34 - Marshfield. Ladies, by Miss Alden, $1.50, and B. - of C. 1.50 - Mattapoisett. A. C. 1.00 - Medfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. $72.25, to - const. REV. GEO. H. PRATT and MISS LYDIA A. DOW, - L. M’s; Ladies of Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C. 72.25 - Merrimac. John K. Sargent and Charles N. Sargent, - $2 ea. 4.00 - Middleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.50 - Millbury. M. D. Garfield, $5; —Cong. Ch., $2.20, - _for Student Aid, Atlanta, U._ 7.20 - Milton. First Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch. 16.00 - Montville. Sylvester Jones 2.00 - Natick. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($50 of which from - S. S.) 135.79 - Newburyport. Freedmen’s Aid Soc., by Mrs. Mary E. - Dimmick, $75 _for Lady Missionary, Macon, Ga._; - —Whitefield Cong. Ch., $10.10; P. N., $1 86.10 - Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.94 - North Brookfield. Miss Abby W. Johnson, _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 - Norfolk. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.17 - Northampton. “A Friend,” $100; W. K. Wright, $30; - First Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 75c.; —“Friend,” a New - Single Harness, _for Talladega_ 130.75 - Orleans. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00 - Phillipston. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., Bbl. of C. - Pittsfield. James H. Dunham 25.00 - Reading. Rev. W. H. Willcox, Books, with cash for - freight, _for Library, Talladega C._ 410.35 - Roxbury. Bbl. of C. _for Mendi M._ by Miss E. E. - Backup. - South Boston. Phillips Cong. Ch. 78.55 - Southampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 42.73 - South Hadley. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.00 - Spencer. Young Ladies’ Mission Circle, $7 and Bbl. - of C. 7.00 - Springfield. First Ch. $37.50; Mrs. Dr. Smith $3; - Eight individuals, $1 each; - Others, $2.75, _for Millers Station, Ga._ - by Mrs. E. W. Douglass;—Wm H. Hale, $6 57.25 - Taunton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00 - Thorndike. James H. Learned, $10; Mrs. E. L. - Learned, $2 12.00 - Tewksbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 29.00 - Townsend. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00 - Watertown. Mrs. S. S. 60c; Mrs. E. S. P. 60c; W. R. - 60c; Corban Soc. 2 Bbls of C. 1.80 - Westborough. Freedman’s Miss. Ass’n. Bbl. of - Bedding and C. _for Atlanta U._ - West Boxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. _for Student Aid. - Straight U._ 10.00 - West Newton. J. H. P. 1.00 - Worcester. Union Ch. $30; Salem St. Ch. and Soc. - $36.99; Mrs. Mary F. Gough, Bbl. of C. 75.99 - - - RHODE ISLAND, $390.10. - - Central Falls. Cong. Ch. 89.75 - Providence. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc., $192.00; - —Young Ladies’ Soc. of Beneficent Ch., $100, _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._;—Plymouth Cong. Ch., $7.75 300.35 - - - CONNECTICUT, $2,188.92. - - Ashford. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Berlin. “A Friend,” _for Student preparing for - African M._ 50.00 - Bristol. Mrs. P. L. Alcott 5.00 - Colchester. Mrs. C. B. McCall, $10;—Rev. S. G. - Willard, $10, _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 20.00 - Cornwall. ESTATE of Hannah D. Cole, by Geo. H. - Cole, Ex. 50.00 - Danbury. Second Cong. Ch. 3.00 - Durham. Ladies’ Missionary Ass’n, $3, and Bbl. of - C. by Mrs. Harriet C. Chesebrough, _for Talladega - C._ 3.00 - East Hampton. Talladega Soc., _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 12.50 - Enfield. First Cong. Ch. 14.17 - Glastenbury. First Cong. Ch. 140.00 - Hadlyme. Cong. Ch. 11.24 - Hampton. Cong. Ch. 22.90 - Hanover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.00 - Hartford. “A Friend,” $300; “Pearl Street Cong. - Ch.” $91.90; Rev. E. E. R., $1.00 392.90 - Harwinton. ESTATE of F. S. Catlin (ad’l), to const. - VIRGIL R. BARKER and MRS. ELLEN M. BARKER, L. M’s 65.55 - Litchfield. “L. M.” 3.00 - New Canaan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 - New Haven. Nelson Hall, $30; “A. T.” $25 55.00 - New London. TRUST ESTATE of Henry P. Haven 50.00 - New London. W. C. Crump, _for Fisk U._ 10.00 - New Preston. Rev. Henry Upson 5.00 - North Madison. Cong. Sab. Sch., Box of Books by - J. M. Hill. - Norfolk. Robbins Battell, _for Fisk U._ 50.00 - Norwich. BEQUEST of Mrs. Daniel W. Coit, by - Chas. W. Coit, Ex., _for the Freedmen_ 500.00 - Norwich. Dea. Ed. Huntington 5.00 - Plainfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MRS. - NELLIE ROBINSON, L. M. 38.45 - Plainville. Cong. Ch. 57.04 - Prospect. ESTATE of Andrew Smith, by David R. - Williams, Ex. 200.00 - Poquonock. Cong. Ch. 10.87 - Rockville. George Maxwell, $100; Second Cong. - Ch. $25, _for Fisk U._ 125.00 - Southport. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 - Stratford. Cong. Ch. 21.10 - Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 26.70 - Waterbury. “A Friend,” _for a young man preparing - for African M._ 20.00 - Westport. “A Friend” 5.00 - Wolcottville. L. Wetmore 100.00 - Woodbury. North Cong. Ch., $18.25; - Sab. Sch. Class No. 13, $7; Friends, $1.25 26.50 - - - NEW YORK, $1,589.08. - - Brasher Falls. Elijah Wood, $15; Mrs. Oliver Bell, - $5 20.00 - Brooklyn. ESTATE of Mrs. Eli Merrill, by Eliza L. - Thayer, Ex. 500.00 - Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., $40, _for Lady - Missionary, Charleston, S. C._, and to const. - GEO. A. BELL, L. M.; JULIUS DAVENPORT, $30, - to const. himself, L. M.; J. E., $1 71.00 - Buffalo. W. G. Bancroft 200.00 - Canandaigua. Hon. M. H. C. 1.00 - Canastota. ESTATE of Mrs. Lezetta Mead, by Loring - Fowler 300.00 - Central Square. W. S. T. 0.51 - Deansville. “L.” 5.00 - Deer Park. Artemus W. Day 8.50 - Evans Center. L. P. 0.50 - Gaines. M. and B. H. 1.00 - Gloversville. Alanson Judson, $25; Wm. A. Kasson, - $5, _for Fisk U._ 30.00 - Irvington. Mrs. R. W. Lambdin 5.00 - Malone. First Cong. Ch., $34.37; Member First Cong. - Ch., $2 36.37 - Newburgh. John H. Corwin, to const. MISS LOUISE - CORWIN, L. M. 50.00 - New York. Rev. L. D. Bevan, D. D., $100;—A. Lester - & Co., Carpet and C., _for Hampton N. and A. - Inst._ 100.00 - Oneida Co. “A Friend” 20.00 - Oswego. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Straight U._ 30.00 - Penn Yan. Chas. C. Sheppard 150.00 - Pharsalia. “Friend” 0.15 - Ransomville. John Powley 5.00 - Seneca Falls. “A Friend” 50.00 - Springville. Lawrence Weber 3.00 - Troy. “Little Margaret” and Mary F. Cushman 2.00 - - - NEW JERSEY, $180.14. - - Jersey City. First Cong. Ch. 40.89 - Mendham. Rev. I. N. Cochran, _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 25.00 - Orange. Trinity Cong. Ch., $93.75; A. T. M., 50c 94.25 - Red Bank. Mrs. R. R. Conover, Bbl. of Books. - Salem. W. G. Tyler 20.00 - - - PENNSYLVANIA, $2,416.38. - - Alleghany. Plymouth Cong. Ch., _for Mission Work, - Berea, Ky._ 34.38 - Hillsdale. Miss Jane Wilson 2.00 - Pittsburgh. B. Preston 25.00 - Washington. ESTATE of Samuel McFarland, by - Abel M. Evans, Ex. 2,343.00 - West Alexander. Thomas McCleery 10.00 - West Middletown. Mrs. Mary Mehaffey 2.00 - - - OHIO, $238.74. - - Andover. “A Friend” 10.00 - Bellevue. Elvira Boise, $25; S. W. Boise, $20 45.00 - Cardington. R. M. 1.00 - Cleveland. G. A. R. 0.50 - Edinburgh. Cong. Ch. 17.34 - Geneva. First Cong. Ch., C. Talcott, $5; - Mrs. G. F. Sadd, $5; Others, $20 30.00 - Gustavus. Mrs. L. A. King, _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 2.00 - Hudson. M. Messer 10.00 - Huntsburgh. A. F. Millard, $5; Mrs. M. E. Millard, - $5 10.00 - Madison. “Friends,” _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 9.25 - Medina. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. _for Chinese M._ 2.50 - Oberlin. First Ch. Branch of Oberlin Freed Woman’s - Aid Soc. by Mrs. W. G. Frost, Treas., $75, _for - Lady Missionary, Atlanta, Ga._; —“A Friend,” $5, - _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 80.00 - Painesville. E. E. J. 1.00 - Radnor. Edward D. Jones 5.00 - Talmadge. Miss Josephine Pierce 6.00 - Wauseon. Cong. Ch. 4.00 - Wayne. H. F. Giddings and wife ($1 of which _for - Chinese M._) 2.00 - Weymouth. Cong. Ch. _for Chinese M._ 2.15 - Zanesville. Mrs. M. A. D. 1.00 - - - ILLINOIS, $623.64. - - Aurora. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 25.00 - Blue Island. Cong. Ch. 7.00 - Canton. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 25.00 - Chicago. E. W. Blatchford, $250, _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._;—“Mrs. E. S. D.” $60 to const. MISS - EVELYN L. ROLLS and MISS LILLIE AGNES ROLLS, - L. M.’s;—James W. Porter $25, _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 335.00 - Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. 3.00 - Elgin. Cong. Ch. 24.29 - Farmington. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 15.00 - Galesburg. Mrs. Julia T. Wells 15.00 - Geneva. Mrs. G. R. Milton 5.00 - Lyonsville. Arthur and Annie Armstrong, _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 1.50 - Northampton. R. W. Gilliam. 5.00 - Oneida. Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.00 - Richmond. Cong. Ch. 7.40 - Rochelle. Wm. H. Holcomb, _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 50.00 - Rockford. Mrs. David Penfield, $50; Ladies of - First Cong. Ch., $25, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 75.00 - Roscoe. Mrs. A. A. Tuttle 2.50 - Sandwich. Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Stillman Valley. Cong. Ch. 5.95 - - - MICHIGAN, $283.34. - - Flint. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 10.00 - Greenville. Cong. Ch., $46.24;—Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., - $24.21; E. P. C., $1, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 71.45 - Hillsdale. J. W. Ford 2.00 - Lansing. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 46.30 - Metamora. Cong. Ch. 2.00 - Olivet. Students of Olivet College and Citizens (of - which Wm. B. Palmer, $20) $60, _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._;—Cyrus Ellis (Bbl. Wheat, _for Agl. - Dept., Talladega, C._), $3.75;—Alex Tison $2 65.75 - Richland. Mrs. S. A. S. 0.51 - Romeo. Cong. Ch., $57; E. W. Giddings, $5 62.00 - Saint Johns. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.33 - - - IOWA, $174.32. - - Chester Centre. Cong. Ch. $23;—Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., - $15, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 38.00 - Cincinnati. W. T. Reynolds 2.00 - Council Bluffs. First Cong. Ch. Sab. School _for - Student, Talladega C._ 30.00 - Des Moines. Woman’s Miss. Soc. of Plymouth Cong. - Ch. (of which $5 _for Student Aid, Fisk U._) 30.00 - Emerson. E. H. D. F 1.00 - Glenwood. Cong. Ch. 7.31 - Green. R. L. 1.00 - Grinnell. Mrs. Day, $5; _for Student Aid_; —Mrs. - Kendel, $2; Friends, $1; Mrs. G. $1, _for Millers - Station, Ga._ 9.00 - Iowa Falls. Cong. Ch. 12.00 - Leon. Miss J. K. 1.00 - Maquoketa. Cong. Ch. 22.71 - Osage. Cong. Ch. _for Millers Station, Ga._ 5.00 - Riceville. “Friends,” $5; Mrs. B. and Mrs. A. P. $1 6.00 - Strawberry Point. Cong. Soc. 4.30 - Tabor. “A Friend.” 5.00 - - - WISCONSIN, $118.04. - - Black Earth. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega - C._ 5.00 - Delaware. Cong. Ch. 15.00 - Durand. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Elkhorn. First Cong. Ch. 9.62 - Genoa Junction. Cong. Ch. 9.77 - Kenosha. Cong. Ch. _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00 - New Chester. First Cong. Ch. 1.65 - Plattesville. Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Two Rivers. Cong. Ch. 2.00 - - - MINNESOTA, $89.23. - - Lake City. Sab. Sch., by Miss Robinson, _for - Student Aid, Straight U._ 25.00 - Mankato. Cong. Ch. 2.93 - Minneapolis. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 16.75 - Plainview. Cong. Ch., $29; and Sab. Sch. $6 35.00 - Wabasha. Cong. Ch. 9.55 - Northfield. Minn., Correction. In Dec. number, - Bethel Sab. Sch. $2.09, should read Blackman Sab. - Sch. $2.09. - Waterford. Union Ch. should read Union Sab. Sch. $4. - - - KANSAS, $6.60. - - Burlingame. “A Friend” 1.00 - Seneca. Cong. Ch. 5.60 - - - NEBRASKA, $26.50. - - Red Willow. “A Friend” 26.50 - - - OREGON, $13.25. - - Forest Grove. Cong. Ch., $12.75; Mrs. M. R. W., 50c. 13.25 - - - CALIFORNIA, $127.10. - - San Francisco. Receipts of the California Chinese - Mission 127.10 - - - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $130. - - Washington. First Cong. Ch. ($50 of which _for - Howard U._) 120.00 - Washington. Mrs. A. N. Bailey 10.00 - - - MARYLAND, $100. - - Baltimore. Rev. Geo. Morris, _for a Teacher, Fisk - U._ 100.00 - - - KENTUCKY, $10. - - Ashland. Hugh Means 10.00 - - - TENNESSEE, $116.10. - - Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition 116.10 - - - NORTH CAROLINA, $102.78. - - Raleigh. Cong. Ch. _for Mendi M._ 1.00 - Wilmington. Normal School, Tuition $93.25; First - Cong. Ch., $8.53 101.78 - - - SOUTH CAROLINA, $311.60. - - Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition 311.60 - - - GEORGIA, $779.02. - - Augusta. Capt. C. H. Prince, _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 10.00 - Atlanta. Storrs Sch. Tuition, $459.12; Rent, $12; - Atlanta U., Tuition, $118; Rent, $22.50 611.62 - Macon. Lewis High Sch., Tuition, $67.65; Rent, $7 74.65 - Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition 82.75 - - - ALABAMA, $392.02. - - Mobile. Emerson Institute, Tuition 105.75 - Montgomery. Public School Fund, $175; Cong. Ch., - $21 196.00 - Selma. Cong. Ch. 6.60 - Talladega. Tuition, $80.67;—J. R. Sims, $3, _for - Student Aid, Talladega C._ 83.67 - - - LOUISIANA, $37. - - New Orleans. Straight U., Tuition 37.00 - - - MISSISSIPPI, $53.88. - - Bates Mills. “Friends,” _for Tougaloo U._ 2.20 - Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition, $39.30; Rent, - $12.38 51.68 - - - TEXAS, $1.00. - - Goliad. By Rev. M. T. 1.00 - - - CANADA, $9. - - Montreal. Rev. Henry Wilkes 5.00 - Paris. Mrs. N. Hamilton 4.00 - - - SCOTLAND, $100. - - Kilmarnock. J. Stewart, _for a Teacher in Fisk U._ 100.00 - - - ENGLAND, $55.20. - - London. “Readers of The Christian,” £11 10s., - _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 55.20 - - - AFRICA, $2. - - South Africa. E. Brewer, _for Raleigh, N. C._ 2.00 - - ————————— - Total $13,889.41 - - Total from Oct. 1st to Nov. 30th $26,577.05 - - - RECEIPTS OF CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION. - - I. FROM AUXILIARIES. - - Sacramento Chinese Mission—Chinese pupils 6.75 - Santa Barbara Chinese Mission—Annual Memberships, - 1879-80: $2 each from Mrs. J. P. Stearnes, N. C. - Pitcher, Gin Foy, Wong You, Gin Sing, Gin Foon, - Lue Sam—$14; Collection, $5 23.15 - Stockton Chinese Mission—Chinese pupils 3.00 - ————— - Total 32.90 - - - II. FROM CHURCHES. - - San Francisco—First Cong. Church 18.20 - San Francisco—Bethany Church, Chinese 1.00 - At annual meeting: Antioch—Rev. John B. Carrington 2.00 - Benicia—$2 each from Mrs. C. B. Deming, Mrs. N. P. - Smith, Miss H. L. Smith 6.00 - Haywards—Wm. Stewart 2.00 - Oakland—$2 each from Deacon and Mrs. Snow, A. L. - Von Blarcom, Mrs. M. S. Post, Rev. S. V. - Blakeslee, and $5 from Rev. G. Mooar, D. D. 15.00 - Rio Vista—Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Merritt 2.50 - Sacramento—Rev. and Mrs. I. E. Dwinell 4.00 - San Francisco—Rev. Aaron Williams, $2; Miss Mary - Perkins, $2 4.00 - Other friends—names not reported 14.50 - ————— - Total 69.25 - - - III. Bangor, Maine—a friend 25.00 - ————— - Grand total $127.10 - - - E. PALACHE, - Treas. California Chinese Mission. - - - FOR MISSIONS IN AFRICA. - - Millbury, Mass. M. D. Garfield 5.00 - - Previously acknowledged in Oct. receipts 1,510.34 - ———————— - Total $1,515.34 - - - FOR SCHOOL BUILDING, ATHENS, ALA. - - —— “Friend of Missions” 1.00 - North Bloomfield, Ohio. Elizabeth Brown 10.00 - North Bloomfield, Ohio. Annie F. Brown 10.00 - Painesville, Ohio. Mrs. Emeline Hickok 5.00 - Painesville, Ohio. Mrs. D. E. Gore 1.00 - Northfield, Minn. First Cong. S. S. $25, - incorrectly acknowledged in December number from - Mich. - ————— - Total 27.00 - - Previously acknowledged in Oct. receipts 56.00 - ————— - Total $83.00 - - - FOR NEGRO REFUGEES. - - Blanchard, Me. “Three Ladies” 5.00 - New Lebanon Centre, N. Y. Bbl. of C. by Mrs. - F. W. Everest. —————— - - ———————————— - - Receipts for November 13,926.41 - - Total from Oct. 1st to Nov. 30th $28,372.39 - ========== - - H. W. HUBBARD, _Treas._, - 56 Reade St., N. 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