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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The American Missionary -- Volume 33, No. 11, November, 1879 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: July 20, 2017 [EBook #55156] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, NOV 1879 *** - - - - -Produced by Ian Crann, 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. XXXIII. No. 11. - - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” - - * * * * * - - NOVEMBER, 1879. - - - - - _CONTENTS:_ - - - EDITORIAL. - - OUR ANNUAL MEETING 321 - DEATH OF REV. WM. PATTON, D. D. 321 - PARAGRAPHS 322 - NO DEBT—NO DEFICIT 323 - MISSIONARY MASS CONVENTIONS—OUR NEW - MEN 324 - THE MENDI MISSION 325 - THE ARTHINGTON MISSION 326 - SELF-PROTECTION: Extract from address of - REV. ALBERT H. HEATH 326 - SUNDAY-SCHOOL LETTERS 329 - ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 329 - GENERAL NOTES 331 - - - THE FREEDMEN. - - PART OF A TOUR THROUGH THE CAROLINAS 334 - CONTRASTS 335 - GEORGIA, ATLANTA: Economical Industrial - Department 337 - GEORGIA, SAVANNAH: Revival—Work and Results 338 - ALABAMA, FLORENCE: New Church Building 339 - ALABAMA, TALLADEGA: Protracted Meetings 339 - - - AFRICA. - - MENDI MISSION—Annual Meeting of the Missionaries 339 - - - THE INDIANS. - - A TOUR AMONG THE CLALLAM INDIANS 342 - - - CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - CABIN PRAYER-MEETINGS—Which was the - Hero? 344 - - - RECEIPTS 346 - - - CONSTITUTION 349 - - - WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, &c. 350 - - * * * * * - - 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. - Rev. STEPHEN THURSTON, D. D., Me. - Rev. SAMUEL HARRIS, D. D., Ct. - WM. C. CHAPIN, Esq., R. I. - Rev. W. T. EUSTIS, D. D., Mass. - Hon. A. C. BARSTOW, R. I. - Rev. THATCHER THAYER, D. D., R. I. - Rev. RAY PALMER, D. D., N. Y. - Rev. J. M. STURTEVANT, D. D., Ill. - Rev. W. W. PATTON, D. D., D. C. - Hon. SEYMOUR STRAIGHT, La. - HORACE HALLOCK, Esq., Mich. - Rev. CYRUS W. WALLACE, D. D., N. H. - Rev. EDWARD HAWES, Ct. - DOUGLAS PUTNAM, Esq., Ohio. - Hon. THADDEUS FAIRBANKS, Vt. - SAMUEL D. PORTER, Esq., N. Y. - Rev. M. M. G. DANA, D. D., Minn. - Rev. H. W. BEECHER, N. Y. - Gen. O. O. HOWARD, Oregon. - Rev. G. F. MAGOUN, D. D., Iowa. - Col. C. G. HAMMOND, Ill. - EDWARD SPAULDING, M. D., N. H. - DAVID RIPLEY, Esq., N. J. - Rev. WM. M. BARBOUR, D. D., Ct. - Rev. W. L. GAGE, Ct. - A. S. HATCH, Esq., N. Y. - Rev. J. H. FAIRCHILD, D. D., Ohio. - Rev. H. A. STIMSON, Minn. - Rev. J. W. STRONG, D. D., Minn. - Rev. GEORGE THACHER, LL. D., Iowa. - Rev. A. L. STONE, D. D., California. - Rev. G. H. ATKINSON, D. D., Oregon. - Rev. J. E. RANKIN, D. D., D. C. - Rev. A. L. CHAPIN, D. D., Wis. - S. D. SMITH, Esq., Mass. - PETER SMITH, Esq., Mass. - Dea. JOHN C. WHITIN, Mass. - Rev. WM. PATTON, D. D., Ct. - Hon. J. B. GRINNELL, Iowa. - Rev. WM. T. CARR, Ct. - Rev. HORACE WINSLOW, Ct. - Sir PETER COATS, Scotland. - Rev. HENRY ALLON, D. D., London, Eng. - WM. E. WHITING, Esq., N. Y. - J. M. PINKERTON, Esq., Mass. - Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D. D., Ct. - DANIEL HAND, Esq., Ct. - A. L. WILLISTON, Esq., Mass. - Rev. A. F. BEARD, D. D., N. Y. - FREDERICK BILLINGS, Esq., Vt. - JOSEPH CARPENTER, Esq., R. I. - - - CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. - - REV. M. E. STRIEBY, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._ - - - DISTRICT SECRETARIES. - - REV. C. L. WOODWORTH, _Boston_. - REV. G. D. PIKE, _New York_. - REV. JAS. POWELL, _Chicago_. - - EDGAR KETCHUM, ESQ., _Treasurer, N. Y._ - H. W. HUBBARD. ESQ., _Assistant Treasurer, N. Y._ - REV. M. E. STRIEBY, _Recording Secretary_. - - - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. - - ALONZO S. BALL, - A. S. BARNES, - EDWARD BEECHER, - GEO. M. BOYNTON, - WM. B. BROWN, - CLINTON B. FISK, - ADDISON P. FOSTER, - E. A. GRAVES, - S. B. HALLIDAY, - SAM’L HOLMES, - S. S. JOCELYN, - ANDREW LESTER, - CHAS. L. MEAD, - JOHN H. WASHBURN, - G. B. WILLCOX. - - -COMMUNICATIONS - -relating to the business of the Association may be addressed to either -of the Secretaries as above; letters for the Editor of the “American -Missionary” to Rev. Geo. M. Boynton, at the New York Office. - - -DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS - -should be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Ass’t Treasurer, No. 56 Reade Street, -New York, or, when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, -21 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 112 West Washington Street, -Chicago, Ill. - -A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member. - -Correspondents are specially requested to place at the head of each -letter the name of their Post Office, and the County and State in which -it is located. - - - - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - VOL. XXXIII. NOVEMBER, 1879. No. 11. - - * * * * * - - - - -_American Missionary Association._ - - - * * * * * - - -OUR ANNUAL MEETING. - -The Thirty-third Annual Meeting of the American Missionary Association -will be held in the First Congregational Church (Rev. Dr. Goodwin’s), -Chicago, Illinois, commencing October 28th, at 3 p. m. The Annual -Sermon will be preached by Rev. R. S. Storrs, D. D., of Brooklyn, N. -Y., service commencing at half-past seven in the evening. A paper on -the Chinese question will be presented by Rev. J. H. Twichell, of -Hartford, Connecticut; one on the Necessity of the Protection of Law -for the Indians, by Gen. J. B. Leake, United States District Attorney, -Chicago, Illinois; one on the Providential Significance of the Negro in -America, by Pres. E. H. Merrell, of Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin. -Addresses may be expected from Rev. Drs. Goodell, Roy, Corwin, Dana, -Ellsworth and other able speakers on timely and important topics. For -reductions in Railroad fares and other important items, see fourth page -of cover. - - * * * * * - - -We are called to record the death of another venerable friend of the -Association, Rev. Wm. Patton, D. D., who died suddenly at his home in -New Haven, only a few days after his return from a trip to Europe, on -Saturday, the 6th of September. He had been a Vice-President of the -Association for fifteen years, and always a warm and generous friend -of the colored people. He was the father of President Patton of Howard -University. - -Educated at Middlebury College and at Princeton Seminary, he was the -first pastor of the Broome Street, now the Madison Square Presbyterian -Church, in New York. Since 1862 he has resided in New Haven, Conn. He -has labored much and written much, and died at the good old age of 81, -beloved and honored. He remembered the Association in his will with a -bequest of $500. - - * * * * * - - -In our issue of last month, the article “North and South” stated -that we have a common interest in the glory of our Revolution. This -assertion finds confirmation in the fact that a Southern _Centennial_ -is now under process of arrangement. It is to occur on the 7th of -October, 1880, at King’s Mountain, North Carolina, to commemorate -the battle that was fought at that place Oct. 7, 1780. In July a -meeting was held at that same mountain to make preparation. The States -of Georgia and of North and South Carolina were represented. Three -thousand people were present. Patriotic speeches were made. In these, -and in the several resolutions adopted, as reported in the _Atlanta -Constitution_, not one word was used in reflection upon the American -Union. All the other States were invited to participate. Besides the -States represented, those of Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and -Tennessee were to be memorialized, through their Legislatures, to make -such appropriations as would be necessary to the proper consummation -of the celebration. The ladies of those several States were invited to -co-operate. The committee of arrangements were to secure a collection -of the historic relics of the battle ground and to apply for troops to -illustrate the plan of the battle. - - * * * * * - - -Secretary Powell has recently made an earnest plea in the _Advance_ -for printing-presses, greatly needed at Fisk, Straight and Tougaloo -Universities. He says: “About $1,000 are needed for each press, with -its accompaniments of type, rules and leads. But there is a firm in -this city that for presses going into this work will discount fifty per -cent. Only five hundred dollars, therefore, are needed for each press -and accompaniments. And in what direction could five hundred dollars be -better used for the advancement of Christ’s kingdom and the safety of -the land?” - - * * * * * - - -Incidental testimony from pure sources of high authority to the -value of a work is often more gratifying to those engaged in it than -purposed compliments. A recognition of its value before an outside -audience is also of special importance. We are glad, therefore, to -call attention to the fact that Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, in his -recent political address at Worcester, referring to the interest of the -Northern people in everything that would promote the true interests of -the South, speaks of Captain Eads’ jetties, “making one long harbor of -the Southern Mississippi,” as a great boon to its material prosperity, -and points to “the magnificent work of the American Missionary -Association” as in a higher sphere a source of sincere rejoicing to all -good men of the North. - -We notice, also, in the report of the Peabody Educational Fund, the -following reference to our work: “Much good has been accomplished -for the colored schools by the universities and other endowed -institutions with normal departments maintained by different Christian -denominations. One association has already sent out from its numerous -institutions 5,267 teachers, by whom about 100,000 pupils have -been instructed. A large proportion of the graduates of all these -institutions become teachers.” - -The following tribute to the Hampton Normal Institute is also paid -by the Superintendent of Public Schools in South Carolina: “The -agent of the Peabody Fund has placed at my disposal ten fifty-dollar -scholarships in the Normal and Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Va. -A visit to the Institute, and observation of the manner in which it is -conducted, convince me that it is doing exactly what it professes to -do.” - -Whether our work needs testimonials to its value or not, we are always -glad to find such as these, which were not intended either for the ears -of our teachers or officers, or even constituency. If we needed to be -assured at all, such witnesses would give us deeper confidence than -ever in its real need and real efficiency. - - * * * * * - - -Dr. O. H. White, Secretary of the Freedmen’s Missions Aid Society, -writes from London: - -The recent death of Dr. Mullens and four others connected with the -effort of the London Missionary Society to reach Central Africa, has -turned the thought of this people to our plans and work for Africa as -never before. They begin to believe that, as Dr. Moffat said, “Africans -must go to teach and save Africans; it is the Divine plan.” And the -more I speak upon this idea, and the more I see of the people, the more -I am persuaded that this view will prevail in the future, and we shall -have all we can do to furnish the colored missionaries for all the -missionary societies of Europe working in Africa. - -If our colored missionaries show to the world that they can live in -Africa and can manage the affairs of a mission as well as white men, -then the demand for them by the missionary societies of this country -will be large enough for all we can supply from America in many years. -And the ministers here tell me that if my mission to the country should -result in nothing else, it will more than pay for all the time, work -and expense which I am giving to this effort. - -Were it not for the earnest commendation of many of the most prominent -ministers and laymen in England and Scotland of my sermons and -addresses on the subject of the evangelization of Africa by the -Freedmen, I should give up at once in these hard times of dreadful -depression in business; but the Lord has evidently given me the ear and -the heart of the people with reference to the future redemption of that -vast continent of Africa by the emancipated slaves. - - * * * * * - - -NO DEBT—NO DEFICIT. - -From time to time during the year our readers have been told the -condition of our treasury. Occasionally it has been only a place to put -money in, a great vacuity. It has been with us a year of anxiety and -frequent change, of falling and of rising tides. And now we have just -closed the books which contain the record of another financial period. -And by the arrival of the date which this number of the MISSIONARY -bears, and which we have to anticipate for printing and mailing to our -remotest subscribers, we shall have made its full statement to the -annual meeting. - -It is with profound gratitude to Almighty God, and with renewed -confidence in Him and in His people, that we write its record. - -_First._ We have fully met all the expenses of the year from the year’s -income. We have kept in active operation all our institutions and -churches. No one has been suspended or stopped for lack of funds. We do -not by any means intend to say that all have been fully equipped and -carried on to the best advantage, for we have not dared by any means -to do with them all that could have been done. They have all been run -in the most economical manner consistent with the accomplishment of -their main intent. The salaries have been small, the services have been -great, the self-denials have been many, of our pastors and teachers; -still, in the year, which only at its close has begun to show signs of -returning commercial prosperity, we are glad to record an undiminished -work all paid for. - -_Secondly._ We have fully paid the debt. The $37,389.79 of indebtedness -reported at the last annual meeting has absolutely disappeared. Every -cent of it has been paid, to the last of the seventy-nine. The great -work undertaken three years ago is finished, and we are free. We have -been for a long time like Lot’s wife, looking back and fearing lest -perchance the past might overwhelm us; but God has only rained down -riches out of Heaven and buried our burden beneath His gracious gifts; -and we are free now to look and to press forward. - -But such a statement brings a weight of grave responsibility. We say -of the treasury of the Association gladly and gratefully, No debt—no -deficit. But we must remember, in all humility, we do ever owe the debt -to love our fellow-men and show it by our works of Christian charity, -and our deficit is what we have been lacking in filling up the full -measure of our opportunity for serving Christ in the person of His poor. - - * * * * * - - -MISSIONARY MASS CONVENTIONS. - -At the late State Conference of Ohio, a Committee on Missions was -appointed, of which Prof. Judson Smith, D. D., is chairman, and Rev. -C. C. Creegan, of Wakeman, secretary. It is proposed to hold a series -of mass conventions, at central points, and every member of every -Congregational church in the State will be invited to attend at least -one of these meetings. Rev. James Powell will represent the A. M. A. - -The following schedule has been prepared: - - Marietta, Oct. 31st, - Cincinnati, Nov. 4th, - Mansfield, Nov. 5th, - Toledo, Nov. 6th, - Wauseon, Nov. 7th, - Sandusky, Nov. 8th, - Norwalk, Nov. 10th, - Wakeman, Nov. 11th, - Elyria, Nov. 12th, - Wellington, Nov. 13th, - Medina, Nov. 14th, - Cleveland, Nov. 15th, - Burton, Nov. 18th, - Painesville, Nov. 19th, - Ashtabula, Nov. 20th, - Jefferson, Nov. 21st, - N. Bloomfield, Nov. 22d, - Youngstown (Welsh Conference), Nov. 23d, - Windham, Nov. 24th, - Ravenna, Nov. 25th, - Mt. Vernon, Nov. 28th, - Newark (Welsh Conference), Nov. 29th, - Columbus, Nov. 30th. - - * * * * * - - -OUR NEW MEN. - -We are delighted with our new men. Scarcely ever in the history of the -Association have we had so large a number of recruits for important -places in our service, of such proved quality, and more and more we -find ourselves able to retain the services of our best men, who have -served the cause of education and religion with us in years past. It is -to us a gratifying indication of the growing sense among our Christian -ministers and teachers of the importance and dignity of the work, and -of their appreciation of it, as founded and established beyond all -question, and for all time (as we measure things), that such men are -willing to commit themselves to it, and to remain in it year after year. - -We accept the congratulations of _The Congregationalist_ as expressed -in the following paragraph: - -The Association is to be congratulated upon new accessories to its -working force. Rev. Henry S. DeForest of Iowa has accepted the -Presidency of Talladega College, and is already upon the ground. Rev. -S. D. Gaylord, a highly commended schoolman of the West, has taken the -principalship of the Avery Institute at Charleston, S. C. The late -principal, Prof. A. W. Farnham, is proposed as an occupant of a chair -in one of the colleges of the A. M. A.; Rev. C. W. Hawley, pastor of -the Second Church at Amherst, Mass., is to enter upon the pastorate of -the First Congregational Church of Atlanta, which was resigned by Rev. -S. S. Ashley, that he might take a season of respite after his fourteen -years of invaluable Southern service. Rev. O. W. Fay accepts the call -to the pastoral charge in Montgomery, Ala.; Rev. O. D. Crawford of -West Bloomfield, N. Y., goes down to serve as pastor of the church -and superintendent of the Emerson Institute at Mobile; Prof. J. K. -Cole is transferred from New Orleans to the principalship of the Beach -Institute at Savannah, Ga.; while Prof. McPherron is promoted to be -Principal of the Normal Department of Straight University. - - * * * * * - - -THE MENDI MISSION. - -We call attention to the summary on another page of the Second Annual -Meeting of our Missionaries on the West Coast of Africa. There seems to -have been in it a careful review of the work of the year and a study of -the means at hand for carrying it in the future, and a reasonable view -of its needs and possibilities. - -It will be seen that the report of church and evangelizing work -indicates not only earnest effort but substantial results. The -missionaries are planning—and the plan has resulted from their own -experience and observation—a more free use of native helpers as it -shall become possible. All Missions have come or are coming to this. It -needs but a simple knowledge of the love of God and the redemption of -the world by the Lord Jesus Christ, to fit a man to go home and tell -his neighbors the good news which has come to him. That is the work -of evangelization. And if these native Christians, carrying to their -own people only that portion of the Gospel which they have known and -certified by their experience, can come into frequent contact with the -missionaries educated and established in the faith, they will be kept -from wandering off into error, and grow in grace and knowledge by using -the grace and knowledge they have already received and acquired. - -The missionaries have, to some extent, upon the basis of the year’s -experience, re-arranged themselves so that they think (and we agree -with them) that they can work to better advantage than the past year. - -One of the schools, that at Good Hope, seems to have been very -successful and to have reached a large number of native children. The -other, at Avery, has been more confined to the training of children, -who are taken into the home to be under continuous influence, in the -hope that by industrial and religious, as well as mental training, they -may in time be fitted to be important helpers in the work. - -Mr. Anthony, who joined the Mission in March last, to take especial -charge of the mill and other industrial work at Avery, has already -proved to be a valuable addition to the band. And the Committee have -just commissioned and sent out another recruit to strengthen the hands, -we trust, of those already in the field. His name is Nathaniel Nurse. -He was born in the island of Barbadoes, West Indies; immigrated to -Liberia, Africa, where he spent five years; came to the United States; -spent nearly two years in the cities of New York and Boston; was -converted to Christ in the latter city nine years ago. He returned to -Barbadoes, visiting also various other West Indian islands. In 1875 he -went to England, visiting Liverpool, and spending a year in London. -While in the latter city he was engaged in missionary work. - -He was sent, about two years ago, by the Freedmen’s Missions Aid -Society, of London, assisted by Belmont Church, Aberdeen, Scotland, -and several individual Christians, to Fisk University, Nashville, -Tenn., where he has been studying with a view to devoting himself to -missionary work in Africa. - -These young men are in a very trying position, and need the prayers of -all good people that they may have wisdom and grace and patience from -the Giver of all good and perfect gifts. - - * * * * * - - -THE ARTHINGTON MISSION. - -Let it not be thought by any of the friends of the Association, because -we have not had more to say in the MISSIONARY, that we have given up -the hope of yet being able to accept the noble offer of Mr. Robert -Arthington, and of establishing and sustaining the Mission proposed by -him. We have already fully and formally recognized the importance of -the work, the accessibility of the field and its peculiar claims upon -our body. Equatorial Africa is our sphere. It is in that that we have -labored for over thirty years, and to that that we desire to confine -ourselves. This Eastern Mission will be a proper balance and complement -to the Mendi Mission on the Western coast. But we have tried to make -haste slowly. - -The condition precedent made by Mr. Arthington, that the debt of the -Association should be extinguished, is now fully and fairly met. That -is an obstacle out of the way. The only other condition is one on our -part of prudent anticipation. It will take a large amount—though it -has been more often over than underestimated—to provide the men and -the outfit and to put them on the ground. It will require at least an -amount annually equal to that we are expending on the Western Mission -to sustain this in the East. And the Executive Committee have thought -it wise to assure themselves of $50,000, which they would have in hand -to devote to this work as it might be required, before they should take -the first step towards beginning it. - -There are several things within our horizon to-day which conspire to -give us hope of a speedy realization of this plan. Mr. Arthington’s -offer still holds good. There is $15,000 for the work to begin with. -Dr. O. H. White, the indefatigable Secretary of the Freedmen’s Missions -Aid Society in Great Britain, is enthusiastic on the subject of this -Mission, and reports to us that the interest of the English and Scotch -people in it is deep and deepening. Already he has secured considerable -sums to be devoted to this work. Recently he has written us asking for -a definite agreement on the part of the Association as to what it will -do in the way of providing from this country a portion of the fund -deemed necessary to the inception of the Mission, if he shall raise -from the mother country a second $15,000. The Committee has answered -him that they will agree to provide the $20,000 to make the needed -$50,000 for the start, and will then, “with the blessing of God and -the assistance of the friends of the African race in Great Britain and -America, perpetually maintain the Mission.” - -The Committee felt free to make this pledge, in the present financial -condition of the Association, and especially as final receipts -from the Avery estate have recently come to hand, amounting to a -considerable part of this sum, and which are devoted by the donor to -the evangelization of the African race in Africa. - -It is a great step for us to take; but we have felt that it would be -a great mistake, a great failure in duty, for us not to take it. God -bless Robert Arthington, of Leeds! God bless Dr. White in his efforts -to raise this second fund! God bless every man and woman on either side -the sea who shall join hands and put together their resources to carry -the light of the gospel of love and liberty into the thick darkness of -Eastern Equatorial Africa! Who will help us on this side the water? - - * * * * * - - -SELF-PROTECTION. - - [We extract from the valuable address given at the Boston - anniversary, by the Rev. Albert H. Heath, of New Bedford, Mass., - his second division (all we can find room for), in which he - treats forcibly of one most important aspect of our home work. - In other portions of the address he spoke at length of our - special obligations to these people and of the work in the light - of a genuine Christian philanthropy. We commend these strong - words to careful reading and thought.] - -Self-protection is to be taken into consideration in this work. What -effect, we may well inquire, is it going to have upon the beloved -institutions of our land if these races are not Christianly educated? -It is possible that many will feel that the Indian, whatever our -treatment of him, can never offer any serious menace to our civil life; -we may safely let him go, as his fathers have gone before him, marching -before our fixed bayonets toward the setting sun. And if this military -policy is to prevail, we shall all be glad when he has made his last -trail across the plain and echoed his last shrill war-whoop amid the -mountains’ fastnesses. But, after all, friends, it may be there is a -God in Heaven who will remember and avenge the red man’s wrong. “They -that take the sword shall perish with the sword,” is not alone to -be found in Scripture. It is written in our constitutions; it is a -fundamental law of our being; and history bears abundant testimony that -it is no dead letter. We ought to remember this law as we press the -Indian from his God-given right. It may be that we, the children of the -Pilgrims, may yet find ourselves driven from our Eastern homes and the -institutions which the century has helped us to build, while the red -hand of Nihilism holds sway over the graves of our fathers, and crowds -us, as we are to-day crowding the Indian, into the track of the setting -sun. - -But whatever may be the result of our treatment of the Indian, there -can be no doubt what will be the effect if the Negro and the Chinaman -are left uneducated and unchristianized. Already do we feel the hand -of the black man in our politics; our ears have distinctly heard the -low rumbling, and we have felt the shudder beneath our feet which -betokens an eruption. Before we know it Vesuvius may be belching forth -its fiery flood, darkening the sky and spreading far and wide its river -of death. Nor will the exodus greatly change the matter. The demagogue -and the office-seeker are a genus that thrives in all climes. They -may be more poisonous at the South, as most reptiles are that breed -under a tropical sun; but the frosts of the North do not kill them any -more than they kill the larvæ of the insects which every April sun -hatches into life. It only needs the warmth of an election to quicken -them and bring them in buzzing swarms around your ears. There will be -corrupt politicians in Kansas who will rob them of their political -rights as readily as those in the South. It matters little where they -dwell; even in New York or Boston they would find themselves still -in the reign of demoniacal possession. While they remain an ignorant -class they will be a dangerous class. To be shot and intimidated may -not be, after all, their worst political fate; to be corrupted with -bribery would be equally bad. The electioneering purse, in the hand of -the Northern office-seeker, might prove as potent in robbing them of -their rights as the pistol which Southern chivalry may point at their -devoted heads. Let us not, therefore, cheer ourselves, nor encourage -these, our colored friends, that there is any holy land in these United -States to which they may go in solemn exodus and be safe. Wherever they -may be, ignorance is their greatest curse; nothing but education and -Christianization will dispel this shadow that is darkening their lives, -and lift this yoke of bondage that is now galling their necks, and in -no other way can they be converted into useful citizens. They are an -element of danger to the Republic, until, like our Northern children, -they grow up under the shadow of the school-house. It is possible that -all are not aware how great is the weight of this ignorance, which is -like loose ballast in the ship of State, ready at any sudden lurch to -change sides and carry us to the bottom. We and our legislators have -been most thoughtless in our treatment of this question. In a single -day, by legislative enactment, we put the ballot into the hand of a -million men, not one of whom knew a letter of the alphabet. A more -suicidal blow has seldom been aimed at the heart of this Republic. We -have given, almost indiscriminately, the right of suffrage to these -Southern States, and yet in sixteen of them seventy-five out of every -hundred of the population, according to the census of 1870, are growing -up entirely without school advantages. At the present moment a majority -of the voters in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and South -Carolina are without the ability either to read or write. In either -of these States, or in all of them, any election can be carried by -sheer weight of ignorance. Seventeen hundred thousand men, according -to a statistical report which has been put into my hands, at the last -national election cast the ballot which they could neither read nor -write. No wonder we were plunged into confusion. Had not a kindly -Providence been on our side we should have been plunged into anarchy. -And this scene waits to repeat itself in 1880. The next President of -these States will be elected to his high position by sheer force of -ignorance—ignorance manipulated and controlled by men whose hearts are -as black with treason to-day as they were in ’61. No thoughtful man can -look upon these facts and not tremble for the safety of his country. - -So, also, is the ignorant and unchristianized Chinaman making himself -felt in our politics. He casts no ballot, he holds no office. He -does not come to the polls to drink and smoke and sell himself to -the highest bidder on election day; and yet his political influence -already is as wide as the continent; his unwelcome ghost stalks through -the halls of Congress, and broods over every political or religious -convention that is holden between the two oceans. Already have we -seen one sovereign State changing the terms of its constitution and -revolutionizing its laws out of pure regard for the Chinaman. And, -still more significant, we have seen our great National Congress -voting to change the very genius of the Government, and to shut the -doors that have for a hundred years stood open, and which we mean -shall not be closed for a hundred years to come; and we will write -over these open doors in letters of fire, so that the most distant -islands of the sea may read: “This is the world’s asylum, free to the -oppressed of all nations.” Now, I doubt not there are evils connected -with the coming of the heathen Chinaman. There is oppression and -sorrow brought home to many hearts. I feel that there must be more -or less of pollution in his touch. I pity the State into which this -old world sewerage empties itself. But the remedy is not in building -walls, though they be heaven-high, on our Chinaward side. This evil -can be handled and neutralized only by the Christian virtue that is in -us. Can we convert this heathen material—permeate it with Christian -thought? Can we assimilate it and weave it into the civil fabric we are -making? If so, it will do us no harm; otherwise it will rankle like -poison in our blood, and possibly work our destruction in the end. This -question should not be settled in the political arena. It is a moral, a -religious question. The forces that are needed now are those that lie -in the hand of the Christian church. We must permeate this festering -mass with the leaven of Christ, and we must do it speedily. The evil -is growing. Politicians are beginning to treat it, and therefore it is -rapidly growing worse. It cannot be cured by legislative enactment. -Legislation knows of no instrumentality, save that the civil statute -ultimately seeks support in the bayonet. Before we know it, this -question may be baptized in blood. Those western shores are far away. -The Rocky Mountain wall lifts up a tremendous barrier to separate us -and make us twain; only one little thread of iron binds us together -and makes us one. Let us not wait until the whole Pacific slope -bristles with rebellion as the South did in ’61; but let us pour the -strains of our Christian influence over the mountains. If we can -Christianize this heathen mass, then the trouble is over, the danger -passed. Self-protection, then, affords a most powerful motive in the -prosecution of this work. - - ALBERT H. HEATH. - - * * * * * - - -SUNDAY-SCHOOL LETTERS. - -The interest of the Sunday-schools in our Southern work has been -increasing during the past year. The concert exercise has taken well, -and many schools have sent us their first contributions. - -How many of the schools connected with our churches understand clearly -our offer in regard to correspondence from the field, we do not know. -It is this: any Sunday-school which contributes ten dollars or more -annually to the work of the A. M. A., if they request it, is entitled -to a quarterly letter from one of our missionaries. - -The “Children’s Page” of this number of the MISSIONARY contains such a -letter. It is bright and interesting to both teachers and scholars. The -following letter from a superintendent tells of the interest excited by -such letters in his school. - -Besides the good done by the money given, is it not well worth while to -train up our children to give, and to educate them in the missionary -spirit? This letter is in response to a Sunday-school letter from Miss -Barr: - -MISS L. E. B. - -DEAR SISTER IN CHRIST: Your kind letter of the 11th inst. came to -hand by due course of mail, and your very valuable epistle to our -Sabbath-school, of the 2d, came last Saturday. Accept my sincere thanks -for the same, in behalf of the Sunday-school and myself. I think if -you could have seen the eager faces and deep interest manifested by -all while I read it to the school last Sabbath, you would be satisfied -that at least one missionary of the A. M. A. would be mentioned by our -praying ones in their petitions at the Throne of Grace for some time, -and that all of us have so much of a missionary spirit kindled in our -hearts, and so much interest awakened in you personally, that your next -letter will be looked for so eagerly that it will seem a good while to -wait. I think you must have a very earnest-working church in Atlanta, -and that the Master will bless them and you is my prayer. I have no -doubt but “Aunt Lucy” will have many prayers offered for a blessing -upon her. - -I am glad to know that your present field of labor in the vineyard is -so pleasant; and that the Master will give you health and strength to -labor for Him in it, and that you may be the means in His hands of -gathering in many precious sheaves from it to the heavenly garners, is -the sincere prayer of - - Your humble fellow-servant, - - R. H., - - _Superintendent Congregational Sabbath-school_. - - * * * * * - - -ITEMS FROM THE FIELD. - -ANNISTON, ALA.—Rev. P. J. McEntosh writes: “My field is increasing -in interest greatly. I have just closed a series of meetings in our -church. The Lord hath once more visited this part of His vineyard. -There have been twenty-two conversions in our meetings. Seventeen of -these have cast their lot among us—seven strong, settled men, four -settled wives, six promising young ladies. Others are still asking -what they must do to be saved, and if I can induce them to take Jesus -at His word and believe on Him, they too shall be saved. Pray for us, -that I may lead them on in the paths of peace, and that they may learn -from experience that ‘The path of the just is as a shining light, which -shineth more and more unto the perfect day.’” - -TALLADEGA, ALA.—Our first word from the new President of the College, -Rev. H. S. DeForest: I came sound and dusty this p. m., having seen -many things of interest to me at Hampton and Atlanta. The first look -here more than meets my expectations. The buildings, grounds and -scenery are very pleasant, and the possibilities certainly are grand. - -ATLANTA, GA.—The Fall term of the University opened October 1st. The -first week gives promise of a very full school. There are already -thirty girl boarders, and the indications are that their Hall will be -as badly crowded as last year. The reports of the Summer work of the -students, in all parts of the State, are very cheering. There is an -increasing desire for education. The white people are taking a deeper -and more kindly interest in the education of the colored children and -in the University. - -Dr. Orr, State School Commissioner of Georgia, has, with the approval -of Dr. Sears, established fourteen Peabody scholarships, each paying -$72, in the Normal department of Atlanta University. The award is to be -determined by competitive examinations. - -The Storrs School is running over full. - -CYPRESS SLASH, GA.—Brother Snelson writes: Last Sunday, 14th, I spent -with Brother Headen at Cypress Slash. Gave the communion there, and -received three new members. They have made a pretty good pole-house, -about 28×20 feet, in which they hold school and meeting. - -FLATONIA, TEXAS.—We are holding a protracted meeting, and last Sunday -was our communion. There seems to be more interest in the church, and -the prospect is fair for doing good. Last night seventeen persons rose -for prayer. Brother Church has been here since last Thursday, and will -remain a few days longer. - -AUSTIN, TEXAS.—Mr. A. J. Turner writes: I was in Austin last week and -visited Mrs. Garland’s school. She had just returned from the North and -started her school. She has a full Sabbath-school. I visited with her -the site of the new building, the walls of which are rising. It will be -a beautiful place. I rejoice that Northern people are doing so much for -our people. - -GOLIAD, TEXAS.—“There is an increasing desire among our people to carry -the Gospel beyond the bounds of our churches, and so far as it has -been done, our polity and purity have attracted favorable attention. -There is a growing dissatisfaction with the worship and moralities of -the older churches on the part of some of their members and others who -would join but for these. The young people, in their plays, imitate the -‘shouting’ to perfection. It is fine sport to them to see the church -members perform. They laugh at the claim of Divine help to do what they -can so easily do without that help. The young men, on this account, -are increasingly more difficult to reach with the Gospel. Education, -property and morality are cast aside as of little worth; stealing and -shooting among themselves are not uncommon. Only a pure Gospel can save -these young men from dissipation and crime; yet they see the grossest -immoralities in church members, and the wildest fanaticism in their -modes of worship. A wide door is open here for Christian workers, and -as promising as any other to those of great patience and self-denial.” - - * * * * * - - -GENERAL NOTES. - -The Freedmen. - -—THE PEABODY EDUCATIONAL FUND—REPORTS OF THE GENERAL AGENT AND -THE TREASURER.—The annual meeting of the trustees of the Peabody -Educational Fund was held October 1st, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. -The chairman addressed the meeting, and in the course of his remarks -mentioned with regret the shrinkage in the income from the investments, -and expressed the hope that from other sources the funds would be -rendered adequate to the work laid out. - -The thirteenth annual report was presented by Dr. Sears, the general -agent. He said that the work had made satisfactory progress during the -past year. The difficulties arising from the poverty of the South, he -continued, are now increased by the pressure of the State debts. The -necessity of aid from the Federal Government is now greater than ever -before. The evils that are certain to grow out of popular ignorance, -if the public schools are suffered to languish, or if they reach only -a part of the population, will not be limited to the States where they -first appear, but will cast their blight over the whole country. - -It might be thought best to limit the assistance to the colored -population, if any should be granted. By an act of the General -Government the right of suffrage has been extended to them. A large -proportion of them are confessedly unqualified for a judicious exercise -of this power. If the colored people are the “wards of the nation,” in -what way can the nation so well perform the duties of its trust as by -qualifying them for citizenship? - -Of the two grand objects of this fund, the first, the promotion of -common school education, has been thoroughly established, and the chief -attention should be henceforth given to the second, the professional -training of teachers. In some of the States that stand most in need of -efficient normal schools, it would be impossible to provide at once the -requisite funds for their establishment. - -Though there are very few normal schools of a high character besides -our own in the States with which we are concerned, there are several -of different grades of excellence, either maintained or aided by -public authority. Some of the former, and all of the latter, are for -colored teachers. Much good has been accomplished for the colored -schools by the universities and other endowed institutions with normal -departments, maintained by different Christian denominations. One -association has already sent out from its numerous institutions 5,267 -teachers, by whom about 100,000 pupils have been instructed. A large -proportion of the graduates of all these institutions become teachers. - -The report by States shows the following facts: In Virginia less than -half the children of the State attended the public schools last year. -In the colored schools there was a loss of 3,271, compared with the -year before. Over $250,000 of the school money has been diverted to -other purposes; but in the future three-fourths of the appropriation -are secure. - -In North Carolina the attendance is less than one-half. Difficulty has -been found in this State to induce young men of character and talent to -prepare for the business of teaching, as the pay is uncertain and but -little more than the wages of a common laborer. - -The school attendance in South Carolina has increased 13,843 during -the year. For several years the system of public instruction was in -a disordered condition; but, during the last year, a better state of -things has been manifest. But the want of normal schools and of more -funds is painfully felt. Such, at least, are the views of the State -Superintendent. In regard to scholarships he says: “The agent of the -Peabody Fund has placed at my disposal ten fifty-dollar scholarships -in the Normal and Agricultural Institute at Hampton, Va. A visit to -the Institute and observation of the manner in which it is conducted -convince me that it is doing exactly what it professes to do.” He -adds: “There are dangers before us which it will require the highest -patriotism and the wisest statesmanship to avoid. Nearly 57 per cent. -of the voting population of the State are unable to read the ballots -which they cast.” - -In Georgia, notwithstanding the increase of nearly 40,000 in the school -population, the number of the illiterate is diminished 20,614. Great -encouragement is felt regarding the educational prospects in the State. - -In Florida education is advancing rapidly. Two-fifths of the children -attend school, and there are applicants promised for all the Normal -College scholarships that can be allowed to that State. - -Opposition to the public free school system is disappearing in -Mississippi, and a healthy condition is reported. A normal institute -has been established. One-third of the school population attend -in Louisiana. In the Colored Normal School we have had twenty -scholarships of $50 each. This arrangement is the result of an extended -correspondence with the State Superintendent. - -In Tennessee, never since the first year of the present school system -has so much money been raised for its support; never has the school tax -been paid more cheerfully. Speaking of the use made of Mr. Peabody’s -gift, the Superintendent says: “The encouragement given by the wise -disposition of this fund has always proved an invaluable accessory in -the arduous work of organizing and sustaining the cause of popular -education in this State and in the South.” - -The State Superintendent of West Virginia says of the aid received from -the Peabody Fund for the Normal Institutes: “It is of the highest value -to the cause of education, and contributes more, perhaps, in general -advantage than an equal expenditure in any other direction could do.” - -The appropriations from the fund for the last year were: Virginia, -$9,850; North Carolina, $6,700; South Carolina, $4,250; Georgia, -$6,500; Florida, $3,000; Alabama, $3,600; Mississippi, $4,000; -Louisiana, $7,650; Texas, $7,700; Arkansas, $5,600; Tennessee, $12,000; -West Virginia, $4,000; total, $74,850. - -The Treasurer’s report showed a balance of about $83,000 available -for expenditure during the coming year. In former years the income -has amounted at times to as much as $110,000, but there has been some -shrinkage since the 6 per cent. bonds, in which much of the fund was -invested, have been called in, the new investments being in 4 per cent. -bonds. - -The officers of the Board, who have been continued from year to year, -are Robert Winthrop, Chairman; G. Peabody Russell, Secretary; Samuel -Wetmore, Treasurer; the Rev. Barnas Sears, General Agent. - - * * * * * - - -The Indians. - -—In the coming fall, twenty more girls will be added to the number -of Indian students at Hampton. Their due proportion is regarded as -essential to the success and value of the effort. When the Indian -prisoners from St. Augustine returned to the Territory, and their wives -and families turned out to welcome them home with rejoicing, the long -dreamed of meeting proved such a shock to the reconstructed braves that -some of them broke from the company and ran away to the woods, refusing -to have anything more to do with their affectionate but very dirty -squaws. The situation was humorous but tragic, and withal very natural. -How could they walk “the white man’s road” in such companionship? And -how could they walk it alone? The co-education of the Indian boys -and girls, with its lessons of mutual respect and helpfulness in -the class-rooms and work-rooms, is the hope, and the only hope, of -permanent Indian civilization. - -—The Secretary of War has turned over to the Department of the Interior -the U. S. Army barracks at Carlisle, Penn., to be used for the purpose -of Indian education, under charge of Capt. R. H. Pratt, who has been -sent West to collect 100 Indian youths for his school, as well as -the girls for Hampton. Captain Pratt’s wise, Christian philanthropy -toward the Indian prisoners at St. Augustine was the origin of the -present movement for Indian education, and has demonstrated his eminent -qualifications for the work. - - * * * * * - - -Africa. - -—Mr. Mackay gives most interesting accounts of his intercourse with -Mtesa and his chiefs. Every Sunday, after Wilson left, he conducted -service at the palace for the king and chiefs, speaking in Suahili -without an interpreter, and Mtesa interpreting into the Uganda language -for the benefit of those who did not understand Suahili. On Christmas -day a special service was held, all the chiefs being in “extra dress,” -when Mackay explained the great event of the day. He regards Mtesa as -most intelligent, and quite inclined to listen to the word of God. -Gratifying instances are mentioned of the influence already exerted -upon him. Some Arab traders arrived to buy slaves, offering cloth in -exchange, and saying they had come from the Sultan of Zanzibar. Mackay -vigorously opposed them, informed the king of the Sultan’s decrees -against the slave traffic, and of the cruelties perpetrated upon its -victims. Then he gave a lecture on physiology, and asked why such an -organism as a human body, which no man could make, should be sold for a -rag of cloth which any man could make in a day. The result was not only -the rejection of the Arabs’ demand, but a decree forbidding any person -in Uganda to sell a slave on pain of death! By another decree Mtesa has -forbidden all Sunday labor, and the question of the evils of polygamy -has been seriously discussed by him and the chiefs. He was on capital -terms with the chiefs, and was teaching numbers of people to read, -having made large alphabet sheets for the purpose. He describes the -Arab traders as most bitter against the Mission. They are distilling -ardent spirits from the plantain, and drunkenness is spreading in -consequence. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE FREEDMEN. - -REV. JOS. E. ROY, D. D., - -FIELD SUPERINTENDENT, ATLANTA, GA. - - * * * * * - - -PART OF A TOUR THROUGH THE CAROLINAS. - -A new administration was to be inaugurated in the Avery Institute. The -way was found open, and the new Principal, Rev. S. D. Gaylord, one of -the foremost educational managers of the interior, was greeted on the -first day, the 29th of September, with an attendance of 258, which -was an advance of 40 or 50 upon former opening days. The prospect was -for a continued accession through the month. The _News and Courier_ -gave a handsome notice. I found that the Avery was an occasion of city -pride, not only on the part of colored but of white citizens. The -authorities of Claflin University, at Orangeburg, S. C., have visited -and complimented the institute, seeking to pattern after some of the -methods. Prof. A. W. Farnham, who has been at the head of the Avery for -four years, bringing it up to its high standard, will do a like work on -a more general scale in the Normal department of Atlanta University. -The Plymouth church, during the Summer, under the care of the pastor’s -assistant, Rev. Mr. Birney, a former fellow-servant with the members, -had been prospering. Under the lead of Rev. Temple Cutler, the church -will enter upon a career of enlargement. The new principal and the -Field Superintendent preached in the Centennial M. E. and the Zion -Southern Presbyterian churches, the largest for the colored people of -the city, as well as in the Plymouth. These three churches form the -bulk of the constituency of the Avery. - -At Orangeburg a repeated visit and a preaching service prepared the -way for the coming of the new pastor, Rev. T. T. Benson, a graduate of -the Talladega theological department. A pleasant church and a rallying -people were ready to greet him. - -On the way I stopped off at Chester, S. C., to visit my seminary -classmate, Rev. Samuel Loomis, who, in ten and a half years, has gotten -under way his “Brainerd Institute,” and has helped to plant nine -Presbyterian churches within that county. Blessed is the man who is -permitted to lay foundations in that way. At Charlotte, N. C., I ran -out to visit the Biddle University, which is the principal collegiate -and theological institution of our Northern Presbyterian brethren in -the South. Rev. D. S. Mattoon, the president, is supported by Rev. -Messrs. R. M. Hall and S. J. Beatty. Rev. Thomas Lawrence, of Penn., is -to take the place of Rev. Dr. John H. Shedd, who has returned to his -mission work among the Nestorians. The current catalogue shows eight -students in theology, twenty-one in the college classes, and a total -of 155. This institution is for males alone. Its mate, for females, is -Scotia Seminary, at Concord. The glory of the Biddle is, that in these -ten years it has planted a whole Presbytery of thirty churches in the -region round about, besides raising up teachers and preachers for the -regions beyond. - -In the back country of Randolph County, N. C., twenty-five miles away -from the railroad, I looked up Rev. Islay Walden, a former slave in -that region, a recent graduate of New Brunswick Seminary, N. J., -who had been ordained by the classis of New Brunswick. The A. M. A. -had sent him down to make a field in his native State. The Field -Superintendent assisted him in organizing a Congregational Church of -thirty members. The ordinances of baptism and the Lord’s Supper were -administered. This is in the neighborhood of one of the churches of our -antebellum missionary, Rev. Daniel Worth, whom all our colored friends -and some of the whites remembered affectionately. His church, a former -Wesleyan, has been taken up by the M. E. Church, so that they are well -cared for. - -We were waited upon by two committees, one from Hill Town, seven miles -away, and one from Troy, the county seat of Montgomery, thirty miles -off. The former had one man to offer three acres of land and timber -in the tree for all the lumber needed for a church school-house, and -that man was an ex-slave. The latter committee consisted of three men, -who were the trustees of the “Peabody Academy,” whose erection they -had secured at Troy. They wanted a teacher and a preacher. Living -twelve or eighteen miles away from Troy, they intended to send in their -children and have them cared for in a boarding club by an “Aunty.” In -token of their good faith, all of them interesting men, they united -with our new church, intending to transfer their membership to their -own localities when we get ready to organize there. Who could forbid -that their requests should be granted? So we organized a circuit for -Brother Walden, one Sabbath at Troy, and the other at Salem Church and -Hill Town, with one sermon at each place. The Quakers promise a school -at Salem. A public school will serve Hill Town for the present, and a -competent teacher must be secured for the Academy. It was a delight to -witness the pride of the people in their educated _fellow-servant_. -Even the old master gloated over the diploma of his “boy.” - -Running into McLeansville early this Monday morning, thinking to make -it a minister’s rest-day, with only this article and other letters and -a sermon for the night on hand, I found the church at the opening of a -protracted meeting with the visiting preacher announced for forenoon, -afternoon and evening; house crowded all day, with two hundred people -in it by count; all remaining with lunch in hand, between the first and -second services, and many holding over between the second and third. -And this is the habit of the people at such a time. All unnecessary -work is put aside and the entire time given up to religious service. -This habit they take from that of the white churches, with the -exception that the colored people have added the third service. Pastor -Connet had held a similar meeting in another part of his field this -fall, and yesterday, as a result of it, twelve members were added to -this church. One of those converts, an old man, testified, bearing -himself with the air of a conqueror: “I have fought the devil, and I’ve -got the victory. Jesus helped me. I have fought the devil, and I’ve got -the victory.” The meetings are orderly and solemn—congregational, only -warmed up by the African glow. The membership now numbers one hundred -and fifty-six. Pastor Connet is also superintendent of the school, -which is doing a good work in raising up teachers. - - * * * * * - - -CONTRASTS. - -The Past and the Present. - -L. A. P. - -“Reminiscences” in the October MISSIONARY have recalled a host -of buried memories concerning the days of pioneer work, with its -swiftly-changing experiences of humor and pathos. - -I might draw a picture of the good man who often asked the Lord to -“bless these teachers that have left their homes in foreign lands and -come a far distance to destruct us;” of the old aunties who came to -inquire about friends and old masters in Virginia and the Carolinas, -thinking we must know the history of each family, because “didn’t you -come right by there on your way down from the North?” of the romances -and tragedies connected with the hundreds of letters we wrote inquiring -for lost friends, sold away in the days of slavery; but one picture is -more vivid than others, and as the days of quaint prayers are rapidly -passing, I am tempted to commit it to print. - -Almost a dozen years ago, I found myself one of two teachers in a night -school varying from forty to sixty pupils. The roughly-ceiled room -was long, low and dimly lighted. The scholars were hard-working men -and women who walked one, two, three or four miles, after the day’s -labor, for the sake of acquiring a bit of book learning. At ten o’clock -lessons closed with a Bible reading, singing and prayer. - -One evening, after books and slates had been laid aside, my attention -was attracted by a voice, liquid and rollicking, as it carolled a -popular “spiritual.” In the gray room—for the light wood fire was -nearly out, and the two lamps in the rear gave little brightness—it was -some time before I distinguished the singer. - -He was a jaunty little man, very black, very lithe and very much -dressed up. A blue round-a-bout coat was trimmed with two rows of -yellow braid; a crimson dress braid made his neck-tie, the long ends of -which floated over the shoulders. His hands were folded over a stout -walking-stick; his head nodding and feet patting time to the music. - -My thoughts instantly went back to childish days, to a certain tree -where a golden oriole’s nest used to swing, to a field of red-winged, -chattering bobolinks, not one of which ever seemed so deliciously happy -in his song as my dusky scholar. I liked to look at him. It put me into -communion with friends and influences hundreds of miles beyond the piny -woods. - -He often spoke and prayed in the regular prayer-meetings. We soon -learned the words of his petition, for it was always in the same form, -reverently intoned with an indescribable, inimitable cadence: - -“Our Father, who art in heaven, hollowed be thy name; thy kingdom -come, thy will be done on earth as is in heaven. Father, Father—this -evening—of all grace, look down upon us and hear us and bless us. O -Saviour, come riding around this evening upon the milk-white horse and -wake up sinners. Touch and tender about every heart. Teach ’em that -they have a soul to be saved or to be lost to all eternity. Bless my -old mother. Teach her that she has a soul to be saved or one to be lost -to all eternity. Strike her with the hammer of conviction. Shoot her -with the arrow of love. Bless families and families’ connections. Give -us more grace, more faith, more love. Make us humble. Teach us to pray, -and teach us to love it, too. Be our guide and leader and protector. -Bless the sinners who are standing with one foot upon the grave and one -upon the land of the living. - -“Father! Father! when Gabriel shall stand with one foot in the sea and -one upon the land to blow his horn, and he shall say, ‘How loud must -I sound?’ and Thou say, ‘Sound calm and easy so as not to disturb My -children,’ then shall we link and lock our eagle wings to march upward -to the golden gate. - -“And when You see us fail below, help us to say, ‘Here, Lord, I give -myself away, ’tis all that I can do. Welcome dis solisted band and bear -my soul away.’ And when You have done suiting and serving Thyself of us -here, hand us to our graves in peace, where we shall praise the Father, -Son and Holy Spirit in a world that never ends, is _my_ prayer for -Jesus’ sake. Amen.” - -At that time this man was one of the more intelligent of his people. - -In contrast, let me introduce a younger man of the same size and -color, also endowed with unusual gift of song. Neatly dressed, quietly -mannered, he seems no kin to the earlier types of his race. - -From under the very shadow of Yazoo he writes these lines: “I have -subscribed for the _New York Tribune_. My school numbers 112 pupils, -with a daily attendance of 85 or 90. I have Cutter’s Physiology, from -which I give oral lessons daily. I will state the studies of my most -advanced pupils: Robinson’s Practical Arithmetic, Harvey’s Grammar, -Swinton’s Geography and Educational Readers. School closes next Friday -with a concert. I do wish you could be with us Thursday and Friday to -attend the examinations.” - -Lest any one may infer from the above that “the schoolmaster is abroad” -in the land, let me quote one sentence of a prayer uttered a few months -ago by the pastor of a large church in a leading Southern city: “O -Lord, bless us individually and _respectfully_.” - - * * * * * - - -GEORGIA. - -An Economical Industrial Department. - -MRS. T. N. CHASE, ATLANTA, GA. - -The demand for industrial departments connected with our schools of -learning has developed so rapidly of late, that it appears like one of -the fever heats of our American civilization that may soon subside. - -Friends of the A. M. A. institutions have been specially anxious that -their students should learn trades and home industries while at school, -fearing that they would have little opportunity to learn them except -from their Northern instructors, and thinking that they could be -acquired from them outside of school hours without much thought, time -or trouble. - -On the other hand, some have felt that our immediate, pressing need was -young colored men and women with minds developed by long and thorough -training in the text-books used in our schools and colleges. They are -not ignorant of the students’ deficiencies in practical knowledge, but -feel that close and continued application of the mind to books is the -best and surest way to acquire all knowledge. They believe that if the -brain power of a child is developed, the hoe, the cook-stove and the -sewing-machine will be well managed when occasion requires. - -Again, these students are to be the teachers of their race in the -South. These friends believe that nothing will so quickly convince -the intelligent men of the South that the negro has power which they -are bound to respect, as to see him well versed, not only in the -sciences he teaches, but his mind broadened by a familiarity with -subjects beyond. To secure this training, through an ordinary course -suitable for an average teacher even in Northern schools, with supposed -superior material, has generally been found to require all the time and -strength of pupils under 18 years of age. Principals of the different -schools, however, differ much both in theory and practice, in regard to -combining manual with literary work. - -In Atlanta much has been done during the past ten years in a quiet -way, by the business manager, matrons and preceptress, toward giving -practical instruction in a variety of home industries, making specially -prominent the importance of _good_ work. Every student, during the -entire course, works an hour a day, generally with careful supervision. -While visiting the Massachusetts Agricultural College at Amherst, -recently, I learned that less time for manual labor was required of its -students. - -During the past year, however, at Atlanta, it was thought best to give -more time and thought especially to sewing, cooking and care of the -sick. How to secure a practical knowledge of these without much expense -of material or instruction, and without taking much of the student’s -time from literary pursuits, was the problem. The sewing was arranged -in this way: Sometime before graduation the girls are required to -make, under the eye of the preceptress, a small garment of calico -or other inexpensive material. This garment is to contain all the -varieties of plain sewing, machine-stitching, hand-hemming, ruffling, -etc. More than this, it must have the bugbears of all beginners in -sewing—a buttonhole, a patch and a darn. Each girl writes her name in -indelible ink on the garment, and it is kept in the institution as a -record of her standing in sewing. - -In a catalogue I received lately from the hands of the matron of the -Mt. Holyoke Seminary are these words: “It is not part of the design -of this seminary to teach young ladies domestic work. This branch of -education is exceedingly important, but a literary institution is -not the place to gain it. Home is the proper place for the daughters -of our country to be taught on this subject, and the mother the -appropriate teacher.” I think I remember reading the same words from a -catalogue twenty years ago, and presume they were first penned by the -immortal Mary Lyon. So we hoped the emulation created by the prospect -of leaving a beautiful specimen of needle-work upon graduation would -inspire our girls to faithful painstaking in sewing at their homes -even before entering school. The matron has the graduating class -spend their required hour of work in learning to make good bread -and to do other plain cooking. When any student is ill, opportunity -is given for practical instruction from the preceptress in nursing -the sick. In addition to this, the time of one recitation was taken -during a part of the year for giving instruction in household science. -A teacher prepared talks upon general rules for good housekeeping, -general principles of good cooking, care of the sick, care of children, -economy, etc. The class took notes, and were examined from their notes -before the visiting board at the close of the school. We hoped thus to -convince them that we were not educating our girls above the homeliest -duties of the household, as some of them had accused us of doing. - -I have given these details to show how much may be done in this -direction without any additional expense. - - * * * * * - - -Revival—Work and Results. - -S. B. MORSE, SAVANNAH - -The Congregational church of this city has been blessed with a visible -outpouring of God’s Spirit. Many of our old members have been quickened -in their religious feelings and have reconsecrated themselves to their -Lord and Saviour. Many who have been lingering and shivering on the -brink of doubt, and many, too, who were waiting a plainer manifestation -of their acceptance with God by “dreams and travels,” suddenly, as the -truth struck them, yielded their ways to _His_ ways, and are now, we -trust, walking in accordance not with their own, but with God’s plans. - -We had an extra series of meetings for over two weeks, which were well -attended by Christians of all denominations. These meetings closed last -week. On Sunday morning, September 7th, one was baptized by immersion, -and at night five others were by sprinkling. Still another was received -who was a fallen member of some other church. Five children were at the -same time baptized, after which all those who loved the Lord Jesus, and -who wished, met around His sacramental board and feasted with Him. The -church was so crowded that many were compelled to stand outside. It was -a high day in Israel. Many hearts were gladdened. - -Most of those we received were young people. Some of them teachers -of our Sabbath-school, and nearly all of them at some time had been -under the influence of some good Northern lady teacher. Perhaps those -teachers were disheartened and feared that their good seed had fallen -upon stony ground, but in this they were deceived. We are too anxious -often to see results. God’s logic extends through years, but His -conclusions are nevertheless sure and true. - -Rev. Floyd Snelson officiated at the sacraments of baptism and the -eucharist. Bro. Clarke was directly instrumental in bringing about this -revival. - - * * * * * - - -ALABAMA. - -Our New Church Building. - -REV. WM. H. ASH, FLORENCE - -Our new church is getting on nicely. The outside is nearly finished, -with the exception of the belfry, which I hope will be done this week. -The work has been carried on strictly with reference to economy as -well as to the finish, and yet it is so well done that it is simply -beautiful. Almost everybody has something to say about the church. -One says, “You are going to have a nice church, and your church -will be well attended when it is done.” Another says, “This is the -greatest thing the colored people ever accomplished in Florence.” I am -constantly greeted by my white fellow-citizens with, “You are going to -have the only modern church in town;” and they visit the scene of the -building to watch the progress of the work and speak friendly of it. A -gentleman who lives in Fryar’s Point, Miss., and belongs to one of the -first families here, has just asked me to let him look at the plan. He -said, “This is going to be a credit to the town.” I have put on a large -portion of the first coat of paint myself. - -The people have made great sacrifices to build their house of worship. -I don’t believe that the same number of members in any church North -could have done better with all the discouraging circumstances. They -have struggled hard to help themselves, giving when really they needed -it at home. - -We shall need a bell and pews, also a communion service, and money to -buy paint for the finishing of the inside and out. Who wants to help -those who help themselves? - - * * * * * - - -Letter from a Student—Vacation Supply at Mobile. - -J. W. ROBERTS, TALLADEGA. - -Our protracted meetings lasted during three weeks. The Holy Ghost has -given us five souls for our hire; besides He has warmed up our hearts -with His sacred love as a church. I am thankful to Him that my health -is kept all right. - -Since and during our revival our audiences have been steadily -increasing both at afternoon and evening services. There is also an -unusual interest in our Thursday praise meetings. In short, the “fold” -is in a good condition if the shepherd will come soon. - - * * * * * - - - - -AFRICA. - - * * * * * - - -THE MENDI MISSION. - -Annual Meeting of the Missionaries—The Board of Counsel and Advice. - -The annual meeting of the Board of Counsel and Advice of the Mendi -Mission was held in the Good Hope Chapel, at Sherbro Island, July 14, -1879. Rev. A. P. Miller presided, and Dr. Benjamin James was elected -Secretary. - -The Moderator made the following introductory remarks: - -Before we proceed to our business, you will please indulge me with -a few preliminary remarks, inasmuch as we are about to enter upon -that part of our missionary work which will tell most plainly to -the civilized world as to the wisdom and good judgment of colored -missionaries in devising plans for the furtherance of a work of so -great importance, sacredly intrusted to our care. - -In the performance of our several duties in the second annual meeting -of our Board, let us not forget that body of devoted men of the A. -M. A., by whose unwearied zeal and toil means are procured for the -furtherance and extension of this well-begun work. - -Let us not forget the thousands of Christian men and women who give of -their means for the support of Missions, especially in Africa. - -Let us not forget the five millions of our own race in the South, from -whom the shackles of slavery have been torn asunder, to whom Africa is -now looking for the light of the Gospel and a Christian civilization, -of whom we are the advance guards. - -Let us not forget that the problem of Africa’s future is now under -solution and that we are the solvers. Our failure to arrive at a -conclusion in her favor, as Freedmen, would bring everlasting disgrace -upon us as a race, while on the other hand we should most shamefully -wrong unenlightened manhood, whose blood would be required at our hands. - -As a slave, the negro served well his oppressors. As a soldier, he -served well the cause of freedom and his country. The tyrant’s chain -of oppression, which held five millions in bondage, has been broken, -and to-day the grand duty as well as privilege of carrying light and -life to his benighted brethren in his fatherland lies before him and -calls him onward. It remains yet for him to prove himself a man in this -important relation that he holds to his fellow-countrymen and to the -world. - -In view of these great responsibilities incumbent upon us in this -Council assembled, in the discussion and decision of matters of -importance, may God, in mercy, so guide each one that he shall be -unprejudiced and deeply sincere, as well as conscientious, throughout -all these deliberations, with due regard to their bearing upon the -interest of the benighted whom we come to serve and enlighten. In view -of all these things, may each one give the weight of his influence to -the furtherance of our work, exercising patience and charity one toward -the other. - -Committees were appointed on the various interests of the Mission, -while the subject of the extension of the work was referred to a -committee of the whole. - -The _Committee on Church Work_ reported forty-four members in the -church at Good Hope Station, one having died during the year; seven -infants baptized; attendance on services good, and showing earnest -desire to hear the Word; advance in the Christian life of converts; -prayer-meetings valuable. Some persons, under watch and care, will be -received to membership as soon as legally united in matrimony. - -At Avery there are forty-one members; under watch and care, three -adults; eleven children baptized. Increasing willingness on the part -of the people to attend church, and growing interest in the cause of -Christ give encouragement. - -At Debia, Mr. Goodman conducts religious services on the Lord’s day. A -chapel is hoped for here, books at Good Hope, and repairs of building -at Avery. - -Our Sunday-school is in a flourishing condition, being well attended, -most of the scholars attending church services. Bradford friends in -England sent our Sunday-school a nice present in the shape of copies of -the Gospels, pamphlets, papers, etc., which we used as prizes for good -attendance, to encourage the little ones. We need singing books for -this work. - -The _Committee on School Work_ reported that at Good Hope the school -has made rapid progress. During the year 245 children have been -enrolled. These are both from the Sierra Leone and from the native -element. They learn English rapidly. “We have teachers,” says the -report, “who are quite awake to their duty. Children are accessible in -Sherbro, and are brought into day and Sunday schools in large numbers. -Through the kindness of friends of the poor little Africans, shirts -have been put on their backs and books into their hands, for which -they seem to be grateful. Of course these wear out, and others must be -procured in some way or other in their stead, or these little ones in -many cases will leave off attending school. They must be constantly -looked after. We hope to see not far in the future a first-class school -at this place. We have material in abundance upon which to work. Time, -patience and labor will bring success.” - -The school at Avery has not made such progress as was hoped for during -the year. On the first of January its numbers were decreased by the -taking away of most of the larger boys to cut the crops for their -parents. The irregularity of attendance is a great obstacle in the way -of our success. Some attend for one day, and may not be seen again -for a month. Those who have attended regularly have made progress. -The prospect for the future is better. There are some children now in -the Mission whose attendance may be depended on. Most of the children -living in the village around the Mission have been taken to the farms -to drive birds, so that the number on the roll at present is only -twenty, ten of whom come from the Mission house. There have been 56 on -the roll during the year. - -The school work at Debia is encouraging, Mr. Goodman and family being -settled there. We base our hopes largely on the little ones who are -being trained in our Mission schools. - -The _Committee on Agriculture_ reported that the cassida planted at -Good Hope does not thrive, owing to the impoverished condition of the -soil. At Avery the coffee plantation is in a comparatively thriving -condition, and some of the trees bearing well. The need of more -laborers and implements is urged, and it is recommended “that more of -the ground be put under cultivation as a measure tending to supply the -wants of the growing Mission, and that the children of the Mission be -employed two hours each day upon the farms, under the supervision of -a competent and skillful person.” It is further recommended “that the -science of horticulture be introduced at each station, and that the -choicest flora of native and foreign production capable of being grown -on the premises be obtained, so far as practicable, for this purpose.” - -The _Committee on Industrial Work_ reported that the saw mill needs -repairs of floor and roof, that one saw is in good running order. -There are sixteen hands employed at the mill, and two more are needed. -It is deemed desirable that some of the Mission children should be -“instructed into the workings of mechanics so far as we have the means -for instruction.” - -Committees on _Repairs and Sanitary Condition_ of the Mission, made -careful examination, and reported their advice in these regards. - - -DISTRIBUTION OF MISSIONARIES. - -Some changes were made in the location of the members of the Mission. -The force is now divided as follows: At Good Hope: Rev. A. P. Miller -and wife, Pastor and Superintendent of the Mission; Dr. Benjamin James, -Physician and Teacher; and Mr. A. E. White, Principal of School. At -Avery: Rev. A. E. Jackson, Pastor; Mr. E. L. Anthony, Industrial -Department, and Mr. George N. Jewett, Teacher. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE INDIANS. - - * * * * * - - -A TOUR AMONG THE CLALLAM INDIANS. - -REV. MYRON EELLS, S’KOKOMISH, W. T. - -The last month has been spent in a tour among the Clallam Indians. -Wishing to go further, and be absent from home longer than has been -usual on such trips, my family, who had not been six miles away from -home for more than two years, concluded to accompany me. Although -steamers run the whole route of our travel, yet as they stop at but few -of the places where the Indians live, and on the main part of the route -go only once a week, it was impracticable for us to travel in that way, -so we took a canoe from the Reservation with an Indian man and his -wife, looked out for our own food, carried house and bed, stowed in the -three babies, and away we went. - -Our first call on Indians was at _Port Gamble_, fifty miles from home. -Here are about one hundred, and they asked me to talk on temperance. -During the last year and a half they have reformed in this respect. -After pointing them to Christ as the source of their help, they had -their talk. They said that one thing now troubles them. They live -across Port Gamble Bay, an eighth of a mile from the saw-mill and town, -in a village by themselves, on land owned by the mill company. They can -manage the Indians as well as could be expected, but there is near them -a white man with a black heart, who with his Indian wife often gets -drunk, sometimes remaining so for a week at a time. They also tempt -the weaker Indians; and now how to get rid of him is the question. As -both he and they live on land belonging to the company, the only way -I saw was for them to petition the superintendent to remove him. So -after nine o’clock at night I wrote out a petition, which the chiefs -and policemen and others signed, stating all the facts, and asking for -this man’s removal. I was obliged to leave early the next morning, -and so left them to present it. I have known of whites petitioning to -have worthless Indians removed, but have never before known Indians -to petition to have a white man removed because he was so low that -they did not wish to have him near them. Two years ago they would not -have done this, as many of them were glad to have an opportunity so -convenient where they could obtain the liquid poison. - -My next congregation was at _Port Discovery_, thirty-five miles farther -on, and very much the same routine was observed at a number of places. -My business with them was to preach; theirs with me was to talk about -how and where to procure land in the best way. This was true at Port -Angelos, Elkwa, and two settlements at Clallam Bay. For several years -they have been urged to procure land so that they could feel warranted -in erecting good houses, and thus leave the old ones, full of grease, -dirt and smoke; but with the exception of those at Dunginess, very few -have done so; now they begin to realize the benefits of it and have -“land on the brain.” But they move cautiously, for it is easy for them -to be deceived, and it is talk, talk, talk as to what is best. Two -parties traveled to the Reservation about the time I was beginning my -journey—a trip of two or three hundred miles—to consult about land. - -At _Dunginess_ a troublesome case begins. Four Indians, living fifty -miles farther on, had been here three or four weeks previously, anxious -to obtain the land on which their houses stood. They had been sent -to the clerk of the Probate Court, who knew nothing about it, but -told them it was Government land, and offered to get it for them for -the usual fees, nineteen dollars each. They paid him the seventy-six -dollars, and he promised to send it to the land office at Olympia, and -have their papers for them in two weeks. They waited the two weeks, -but received no returns. In the meantime others told them that the man -could lawfully do the business, but he was not to be trusted, for the -land had been owned by private individuals for fifteen years. He, too, -by the time I met him, had written to the land office and found the -same to be true. My business is, if possible, to get the money back. It -is useless to sue him, as he has no property which the law can touch. -One of the four Indians returned with me to get his money, but was -satisfied that it was useless for him to go farther, so he went home. -He had already spent three weeks, and the three others two weeks each -in trying to recover it. Yet this same man is Postmaster, Clerk of the -Probate Court, U. S. Commissioner, Deputy Sheriff, and lately offered -fifty dollars to the County Treasurer to be appointed his deputy. I was -not disappointed at the result, but handed the business over to the -agent to settle in Court. - -Let us contrast the action of the Indians with this. I felt very sorry -for them. For four years we have been advising them to obtain land, -and now they were swindled in their first attempt. Fearful lest they -should become discouraged, I offered them ten dollars to divide amongst -them, saying, “If you never get your money I will lose this with you, -but if you do you can then repay it.” One-tenth of my income has long -been given to the Lord, and I felt that it would do as much good there -as anywhere. When I first mentioned this they refused, saying that they -did not wish me to lose my money, if they did theirs, but two weeks -afterwards, when I left the last one he took it; yet shortly afterwards -I found that he would not spend any of it, although he wanted some -articles very much, saying that it was not their money after all. - -This lower part of the Sound is very like the ocean, with nothing to -break the winds, so I procured for that part of the journey a very -large canoe, thirty-six feet long, two and a half deep and six wide. -The children can play in it, and at night we anchored it out in some -good harbor like a small schooner. - -Hospitality was very generous. I thought that there were too many of us -to go into anybody’s house; but at Dunginess, where we remained two or -three days in connection with each of two Sabbaths, a woman said, in -the absence of her husband, “You must all come in. If you pitch your -tent I will set fire to it and burn it down.” We submitted. The agent -at Neah Bay was just as hospitable, notwithstanding that his house -already seemed to be full, and also the superintendent of the mill at -Seabeck. - -The weather was generally pleasant, but sometimes it rained hard. No -one caught cold, however, on account of it. Camping on the sand is not -so pleasant. Fresh water is so scarce as only to be used for drinking. -We boil our potatoes in salt water, but get it near shore, and forget -to let it settle. The potatoes crack, and the sand is all through them. -Then baby crawls along and tips the rice over into the sand, and we all -tramp the sand on to the beds, and into them, until our better half -wishes herself at home, as it blows into the food-box and clothes-boxes -and everywhere. - - -A WEDDING. - -An Indian, who had been married Indian fashion for several years, -but who had homesteaded a farm, thought it best to be married in a -civilized way. He had never seen such a performance, so I explained -all to him beforehand. But when I was going through the ceremony and -had just said, “You promise to take this woman to be your wife,” he -interrupted me, saying, “Yes, of course I do. You do not suppose I am -going to put away my wife now, after I have lived with her so long? -See, here are my children, the oldest fifteen years old. It would be -foolish for us now to separate.” I told him, “All right,” kept very -sober, laughed in my sleeve, made a note of it, and proceeded to say, -“You promise to love and honor her,” etc. - -Twenty religious services were held during the journey, including one -communion service, and one very pleasant prayer-meeting preparatory to -it. Thus we spent the month of August, enjoyed it, and have enjoyed -home all the more since reaching it. - - * * * * * - - - - -CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - * * * * * - - -CABIN PRAYER-MEETINGS—WHICH WAS THE HERO? - -LILLIE E. BARR, ATLANTA, GA. - -DEAR TEACHERS AND CHILDREN: - -I wish I had space, so I could tell you all of the beautiful, -interesting and helpful things that happen day by day in my work; -but as I have not, I must content myself with giving you one or two -incidents. First, let me tell you about an impromptu prayer-meeting -held in one of the many cabins which dot the hills all over. A few -nights ago I went to see a sweet old Christian, who for three years has -not known an hour’s rest from pain, and yet is as merry as a cricket, -receiving the little offerings of food and shelter which her poor -neighbors bring her with cheerful gratitude as from her God. One day -I asked her how she could be so patient and so gay. “Why, chile, it’s -all on de journey, an’ I don’t know no reason why the way should be -made easier fur me than it was fur the Master,” she answered. While I -was trying to make her more comfortable, several women came in, _none -of whom could read_, and after we had talked a little while about our -sweet Lord Jesus, one said: “Please read the chapter where Jesus says: -‘I pray not for these alone, but for all of them who shall believe on -me through their word.’” A little tin lamp was brought, and as I opened -my Bible I glanced at the living picture before me. The lamp threw its -feeble light over the patient sufferer, and lit up the dusky faces of -the women bending eagerly forward as I read those blessed words. No -sooner had I finished the chapter than one began that beautiful slave -song, “Steal away, steal away, steal away to Jesus.” Instantly it was -caught up. Our hearts had touched the heart of Christ in this grand -prayer chapter. As soon as it was ended, another chapter was asked -for, and then another, and another, intermingled with prayer and song. -It was just such a prayer-meeting, I imagine, as the one held by the -disciples when, being gathered together, Jesus stood in their midst and -said, “_Peace be with you._” I knew, I felt that I had been with Jesus. - -With the light and grace of this prayer-meeting still about us, we -came down an alley and into a court known as Campbell’s Block. It is a -square, built round with cabins of one or two rooms _without windows_. -A large wash-shed and well occupy the centre of the court. Look now -into the rooms; everywhere dirt and filth, crying children, quarreling -children, women smoking, women dipping snuff, women idling, women -washing, women fretted with care until they are prematurely old, -and not _one_ woman in the block able to read, and so gain strength -from the blessed word of God. And this block is one out of four in -our field. One house only shows any sign that for the poor there is -anything beautiful; but that, like a grand sermon, stands amid this -misery and sin, from ground to roof a mass of flowers. I could not -help thinking what a joy they must be to the ministering angels, as -they pass through this place of suffering and sin. To me they were the -promise of redemption for the block. Like a pure thought in a sinful -heart we found old Mr. and Mrs. Pleasant in one of the rooms. He is -blind and helpless with paralysis, consequently the providing of rent, -food and clothes devolves upon his aged wife. After reading them the -two last chapters in Revelation, the old man cried out: “It’s worth -while being blind to know the first thing I shall see will be the New -Jerusalem.” “Yes indeed, George, now we must work harder than ever to -win home,” answered his wife, as she brushed the tears away. We have -begun a prayer-meeting in this block, and I ask your prayers for its -success. To these cases I might add ever so many more; but if I give -you big folks any more room, I shall crowd my story to the children -out, and that wouldn’t be one bit fair—would it, little ones? - -I shall introduce my story by asking the boys to pay particular -attention, as I want them to decide whether Jesse Dobbs or Jim -Prescott—the two boys whom this story is about—is the true hero. - -“Who minds de cold? Come on, Jesse; de boys is going to make up a -company and have heaps of fun down by Big Bethel.” I must explain that -Big Bethel is the name of a church. - -Jesse glanced out at the sunshine and called, “Mammie, mayent I go with -Jo down to Big Bethel?” - -As the answer was yes, the two bounded away and soon joined several -boys, the leader of whom, from his coarse, bloated face to his heavily -booted feet, was the very picture of a young ruffian. As Jesse and Jo -came up he was saying, “Dare aint a fatter roost to pick den old Judge -Gibbs’ in de world; ’sides dat, you ken git 15 cents a piece fur every -chick’n. Den you brings de money to me, and I gibs you so much out of -it. ’Stand what I say?” - -“Yar, yar,” came from the other boys. - -“’Sides dat, dares heaps of fun clearing off a chick’n roost, and I, -fur one, aint feared to go into nobody’s yard. Now is you gwine to be -ready to-night to follow your captain? I’s your captain.” - -“Captain of what?” asked Jesse. - -“Captain of the roost-clearing brigade; dat’s what. Is you going to -jine us, Dobbs? If you aint I’ll most kill you fur coming here to spy -into our plans.” - -Jesse paused an instant, then he said, “No.” - -“Why not, I’d jist like fur to know?” demanded Jim, angrily. - -“Because I aint going to jine no thieving company.” - -The words were hardly spoken before Jim lifted his foot and kicked him -in the side. Kick followed kick in such rapid succession, that Jesse -was almost senseless before Jim could be pulled off; and when I formed -his acquaintance he had been in bed nine months, a large tumor having -formed in the side where he had been kicked. When I asked him about -lying so long in bed, he answered: - -“At first the time was awful long, but by-and-by I began to take notice -how mother worried when I ’plained of de pain and de tiredness, so I -took to trying not to ’plain _fore_ her, and that kinder drawed off my -’tention from de pain.” - -For nine months he had been trying to help his mother by being patient. -Three weeks ago he died from the effects of that cruel kick—died -forgiving all who had injured him, and bearing his cross of suffering -like a noble little Christian to the end. - -Which was the hero—Jim, who boasted he wasn’t afraid to steal from any -man, or Jesse, who wasn’t afraid to say _no_, although forewarned that -he would be almost killed if he said it? - -I say Jesse was. - -What do you all say? - -From this story I hope you will all try to be more gentle and loving, -for we never know what months of pain and suffering, not only to -others, but also to ourselves, one rude action may cause. - - * * * * * - - - - -RECEIPTS - -FOR SEPTEMBER, 1879. - - - * * * * * - - MAINE, $215.61. - - Bangor. Hammond Street Ch., $100; West Bangor - Chapel, $6 $106.00 - Bluehill. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Brewer. First Cong. Ch., $4.95, and Sab. Sch., - $2.60; J. Holyoke, $5 12.55 - Brunswick. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00 - Castine. Rev. A. E. Ives 3.00 - Litchfield Corners. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Machias. Centre St. Cong. Ch. 7.56 - Minot Centre. Mrs. B. J. 1.00 - Northport. “A Friend” 0.50 - Orland. “A Friend” 5.00 - Orono. F. A. M. 1.00 - Portland. State St. Cong. Ch. 50.00 - Woolwich. Mrs. Jotham P. Trott 2.00 - - - NEW HAMPSHIRE, $639.43. - - Acworth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.55 - Bristol. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.85 - Campton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.00 - Candia. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.90 - Concord. Miss Alma J. Herbert, $3; S. S., $1; - Others, $2 6.00 - Dover. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 82.29 - Franklin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00 - Francestown. Mrs. A. H. Kingsbury 3.00 - Fitzwilliam. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $8.75; Mrs. L. - Hill, $5 13.75 - Hampstead. Ann M. Howard 5.00 - Hanover. Dartmouth Religious Soc. 50.00 - Mount Vernon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.04 - Northwood. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 1.00 - Orfordville. “A Friend” 1.00 - Pelham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 46.40 - Pembroke. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.88 - Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.75 - Raymond. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.00 - Rindge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.11 - Swanzey. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00 - Temple. Cong. Sab. Sch. 20.91 - Thornton’s Ferry. Individuals, by Mrs. H. N. Eaton 2.00 - Troy. ESTATE of Dea. Abel Baker, by A. W. Baker - and J. S. Parmenter, Ex’s. 150.00 - Walpole. F. Kilburn, $50; W. G. Barnett, $5 55.00 - Wilton. Second Cong. Ch. 25.00 - - - VERMONT, $480.21. - - Alburgh. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., by Mrs. E. M. Hicks, - Sec. and Treas. 1.00 - Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. 28.82 - Burlington. “A Friend” 5.00 - East Arlington. Rev. Chas. Redfield 5.00 - Greensborough. Rev. Moses Patten and Wife 15.00 - Granby and Victory. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.30 - Jamaica. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.61 - Putney. Mr. and Mrs. Foster 5.00 - Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. 143.00 - Wardsborough, North. Union Col. 4.00 - Wardsborough, South. Ch. and Soc. 3.48 - Wells River. ESTATE of Mrs. Chloe Brock, by F. - Deming, Ex. 250.00 - West Brattleborough. Cong. Sab. Sch. 7.00 - Westminster West. “A Friend” 5.00 - - - MASSACHUSETTS, $3,401.94. - - Ayer. Mrs. C. A. Spaulding 50.00 - Boston. G. F. Kendall, $5; Dea. G. P., $1 6.00 - Boston. Dorchester Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 926.44 - Boston. Highland Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 50.00 - Boxborough. Mrs. J. Stone 10.00 - Buckland. “A Friend,” $4; Dea. S. Trowbridge, $2 6.00 - Cambridge. Geo. H. Fogg, to const. MRS. GEO. H. - FOGG, L. M. 30.00 - Clinton. First Evan. Ch. and Soc. 75.00 - Coleraine. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Danvers. Maple St. Ch. and Soc. to const. HENRY - RIPLEY, MRS. LYDIA T. KIMBALL and MISS HATTIE - ELIOT, L. M’s 110.00 - Deerfield. N. H. 0.51 - East Hampton. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.00 - Enfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 67.00 - Falmouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 8.00 - Foxborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.19 - Framingham. George Nourse 5.00 - Gardner. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Georgetown. “A Friend,” $5; “A Friend,” bbl. of C. 5.00 - Great Barrington. A. C. T., $1; L. M. P., $1 2.00 - Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch. 3.00 - Hanover. ESTATE of Isaac M. Wilder, by Chas. B. - Fox and Jedediah Dwelley, Ex. 500.00 - Holbrook. Mrs. C. S. Holbrook 100.00 - Housatonic. Housatonic Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.00 - Lakeville Precinct. Cong. Sab. Sch. 20.00 - Lancaster. Evan. Cong. Ch. 35.14 - Lenox. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 - Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 33.23 - Mansfield. Orth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.03 - Medway. “A Friend” 1.00 - Nantasket. M. H. Scott, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo - U._ 26.16 - Newton Highlands. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 48.04 - Norfolk. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.22 - Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.25 - Northampton. ESTATE of J. P. Williston, by A. F. - Williston, Ex. 394.24 - Northampton. “A Friend” 200.00 - Northbridge Centre. Helen S. Winter 2.00 - North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00 - Northfield. Trin. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 - North Leominster. Church of Christ 19.00 - Orange. Central Ch. 4.10 - Plainfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $11.69; Samuel - Loud, $10 21.69 - Randolph. Miss Abbie W. Turner 10.00 - Shelburne. Cong. Church 24.94 - Sherborn. Mrs. Aaron Greenwood 3.00 - Somerville. Franklin St. Ch. and Soc. 75.00 - South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - South Attleborough. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00 - Southbridge. Evan. Free Ch. and Soc., to const. - REV. GEO. H. WILSON, L. M. 40.00 - Southfield. Ladies, 2 bbls. of C., _for - Woodbridge, N. C._ - South Sudbury. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., $2 and bbl. of - C. 2.00 - Springfield. “E. M. P. South Ch.” 15.00 - Taunton. Winslow Ch. and Soc. 34.00 - Walpole. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - Warwick. Cong. Sab. Sch. 6.00 - Watertown. Phillips Cong. Ch. 46.50 - Webster. Cong. Sab. Sch. 13.81 - Westborough. Freedman’s Mission Ass’n, bbl. of C. - West Brookfield. Cong Ch. and Soc. 45.00 - Westford. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.00 - West Newton. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 44.34 - Weymouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.11 - - - RHODE ISLAND, $90.37. - - Bristol. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 37.18 - Little Compton. United Cong. Ch. 38.00 - Westerly. Pawcatuck Cong. Ch. 15.19 - - - CONNECTICUT, $2,194.26. - - Branford. H. G. Harrison 5.00 - Chaplin. Cong. Ch. 10.50 - Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 32.25 - Cheshire. Cong. Ch. 17.34 - Coventry. B. T. Preston 5.00 - Durham. ESTATE of I. Parmelee, by W. W. Fowler, - Ex. 100.00 - East Hampton. Cong. Ch., to const. MRS. WILBUR F. - STARR and MRS. HERMAN E. RICH, L. M.’s 77.75 - Greenwich. R. B. CARPENTER, to const. himself L. - M. 30.00 - Griswold. Cong. Ch. 50.00 - Hadlyme. Cong. Sab. Sch. 12.72 - Hanover. Hanover Ch. and Soc. 25.00 - Hartford. Thomas H. Smith, $100, _for Theo. Dep’t - Howard U._;—John R. Lee, M. D., $50;—C. C. - Lyman, $20, _for Fisk U._;—“I. W.” $5 175.00 - Harwinton. Cong. Ch. 41.00 - Higganum. Cong. Soc. 12.00 - Mansfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.48 - Manchester. Second Cong. Ch. 19.31 - New Britain. ESTATE of Rev. Charles Nichols, by - John B. Smith, Ex. 1000.00 - New Haven. “A Mere Crumb,” $10; Erwin Shelley, $5 15.00 - New London. First Ch. 66.80 - Norwich Town. “G. M.,” for _Memphis, Tenn._ 5.00 - North Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.33 - Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 13.03 - Putnam. Mary T. Howe, $10;—Mary A. Keith, $5, - _for Athens, Ala._ 15.00 - Rocky Hill. Mission Circle, “Fragment Gatherers,” - by Miss Sarah D. Baldwin 20.00 - Stafford. Mrs. Thomas H. Thresher 5.00 - Terryville. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. HOMER - W. GRISWOLD, CHAS. PURRINGTON and MRS. MARY - SMITH, L. M’s 144.83 - Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 28.25 - Unionville. First Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C._ 41.46 - Warehouse Point. Roxana K. Porter 5.00 - Washington. Mrs. Rebecca Hine, $30, to const. - EDWARD ROBERT POND, L. M.; S. J. Nettleton, $5 35.00 - Washington. LEGACY of Miss Julia Canfield, by - Chas. L. Hickox, Treas. Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Watertown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 32.54 - West Brook. Cong. Ch., to const. MISS E. E. LAY, - L. M. 35.90 - Wethersfield. Horace Savage 2.00 - West Winsted. —— 10.00 - Woodstock. ESTATE of Geo. A. Paine 51.77 - - - NEW YORK, $626.24. - - Amsterdam. Chandler Bartlett 10.00 - Berryville. S. W. 1.00 - Bergen. Mrs. F. D. Kingman 5.00 - Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., $25, by Geo. - H. Shirley, _for Rev. Geo. Henry_;—Sab. Sch. of - Church of the Mediator, $20 45.00 - Brooklyn, E. D. J. W. S. 1.00 - Camden. “A Friend” 2.00 - Carthage. Mrs. Agnes Vrooman 5.00 - Crown Point. Mrs. L. J. Murdock 5.00 - Deansville. Mrs. P. M. Barton 40.00 - Gerry. Mrs. M. A. Sears 128.36 - Gouverneur. Mrs. E. M. 1.00 - Harpersfield. Cong. Ch. 7.00 - Jamestown. —— 5.00 - McDonough. Miss C. Sawtelle 2.00 - Medina. ESTATE of Allen Bacon, by A. E. Bennett, - Ex. 51.48 - Nelson. J. L. Bishop 7.00 - Newark Valley. LEGACY of a deceased sister (in - part), by Mrs. A. B. Smith 7.45 - Newark Valley. Cong. Ch. 28.00 - New York City. S. T. Gordon 100.00 - Norwich. Miss M. H. Northup (Smyrna, N. Y.), and - Mrs. R. A. Barber 10.00 - Oneonta. Mrs. H. Slade, $1.50; Mrs. W. McC., 50c. 2.00 - Oswego. Cong. Ch. 2.08 - Poughkeepsie. First Cong. Ch. 12.50 - Sacket’s Harbor. Mrs. Anar H. Barnes 30.00 - Sherburne. Cong. Ch., $90.37;—C. H. Fuller, $10, - _for Athens, Ala._ 100.37 - Sinclearville. Earl C. Preston 2.00 - Syracuse. Rev. J. C. Holbrook 10.00 - Walton. First Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 5.00 - West Milton. I. K. 1.00 - - - NEW JERSEY, $20.92. - - Chester. Cong. Ch., $17.66, and Sab. Sch. $1.26 18.92 - Paterson. Mrs. W. F. 1.00 - Rahway. Mrs. B. T. 1.00 - - - PENNSYLVANIA, $12. - - Washington. H. H. Templeton 5.00 - West Alexander. —— 5.00 - Worth. John Burgess 2.00 - - - OHIO, $523.95. - - Andover. O. B. Case 10.00 - Ashtabula. First Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Bellevue. First Cong. Ch. 13.00 - Clark’s Corners. Mrs. Urania Haviland 2.00 - Cleveland. Rev. H. C. Hayden 15.00 - Elyria. J. M. H. 0.50 - Galion. Mrs. E. C. Linsley 5.00 - Lindenville. Mr. and Mrs. L. Bearss 10.00 - Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch. 21.55 - Olive Green. Mrs. A. C. Brown, $3; Mrs. M. Callum, - $2 5.00 - Medina. First Cong. Ch., $58.08; Albert Bates, $5 63.08 - Moore’s Saltworks. Robert George 2.00 - North Eaton. M. Oakes 2.00 - North Kingsville. E. J. Comings 10.00 - Norwalk. Thomas Hagaman, $10; First Cong. Ch., - $7.22 17.22 - Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. 16.00 - Savannah. J. H. Patterson 5.00 - Springfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.60 - Wadsworth. George Lyman 300.00 - —— —— 1.00 - - - INDIANA, $10. - - Dunreith. David Maxwell and Mrs. Lydia Maxwell 5.00 - Winchester. Mrs. C. R. Commons 5.00 - - - ILLINOIS, $4,171.31. - - Amboy. Cong. Ch. 23.00 - Belvidere. ESTATE of Olney Nichols, by H. W. - Pier, Ex. 3,823.48 - Chicago. Leavitt St. Ch., $37.84; Union Parker, - $10; Stephen Thurston, $5 52.84 - Geneseo. Woman’s Miss. Soc., by Mrs. A. H. - Manington, Treas. 46.84 - Gridley. Cong. Ch. 4.40 - Hutsonville. C. V. Newton 2.00 - Jericho Centre. Julia Graves 5.00 - La Prairie Centre. “A Friend” 10.00 - Lee Centre. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.00 - Lisbon. Cong. Ch. 12.74 - Metamora. A. C. Rouse, $5; Mr. and Mrs. Ranney, - $2; A. H. K., $1; Christian Union, $6.50 14.50 - Millburn. Cong. Ch. 15.00 - Millington. Mrs. D. W. J. and Mrs. C. J. O. V., - $1 ea. 2.00 - Morrison. Cong. Ch. 15.50 - Payson. Cong. Ch. ($25 of which from Miss P. A. - Prince) 26.79 - Princeville. Wm. C. Stevens 11.00 - Providence. Cong. Ch. 18.00 - Ravenswood. Cong. Ch. 12.58 - Rockford. Miss Mary C. Waterbury, $30, to const. - REV. J. G. JONES, L. M., and $10 _for Memphis - Tenn._;—“The Rockford Lamplighters,” $11.50 51.50 - Wyanet. Cong. Ch. 16.14 - - - MICHIGAN, $400.30. - - Adrian. Stephen Allen 10.00 - Almo. Julius Hackley 10.00 - Chelsea. Cong. Ch. 29.26 - Clio. S. C. R. 1.00 - Comstock. “A Friend of the Freedmen” 100.00 - Detroit. First Cong. Ch. 179.04 - Dexter. Mrs. E. L. Farrar 10.00 - East Riverton. Mrs. Josephine Barnes 5.00 - Flint. Cong. Ch. 14.53 - Milford. Wm. A. Arms, to const. CLARA WELLS ARMS, - L. M. 30.00 - Pontiac. Cong. Ch. Mon. Con. $2.36, and Sab. Sch. - $1.51 3.87 - Wacousta. Cong. Ch. 7.60 - - - IOWA, $198.22. - - Atlantic. Cong. Sab. Sch. 9.56 - Belle Plaine. J. P. Henry, $5; Freddie and Josie - Henry, $1 6.00 - Chester Centre. Cong. Ch. 23.63 - Clinton. Cong. Ch. 50.00 - Dubuque. Mrs. S. N. M. 1.00 - Green Mountain. First Cong. Ch. 22.70 - Grinnell. Cong. Ch. 46.50 - Marion. Adaliza Daniels 5.00 - Newton. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 10.58 - Red Oak. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Reinbeck. Cong. Ch. ($3 of which _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans_) 7.25 - Stacyville. Woman’s Missionary Soc., _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans_ 3.00 - Wayne. Cong. Sab. Sch. 3.00 - - - WISCONSIN, $120.95. - - De Pere. Cong. Ch. 38.00 - Fort Howard. Cong. Ch. 25.00 - Geneva Lake. Presb. Ch. 21.95 - Janesville. J. W. 1.00 - Shopiere. J. H. Cooper 5.00 - Sparta. Bryce Crawford, $5; J. H., R. H., J. H. - G. and R. H. W., $1 each; J. and S. H. A., $1 10.00 - Racine. First Presb. Ch. 20.00 - - - MINNESOTA, $35.97. - - Afton. Cong. Ch., M. C. Coll. 3.00 - Hastings. D. B. Truax 5.00 - Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 22.97 - Saint Peter. Mrs. Jane A. Treadwell 5.00 - - - KANSAS, $20. - - Lawrence. Second Cong. Ch. 4.00 - Lawrence. Rev. A. M. Richardson 2.00 - Leavenworth. Mrs. Thomas Cutts 5.00 - Osawatomie. Cong. Ch. 9.00 - - - NEBRASKA, $2. - - Strahmburg. Pilgrim Ch. 2.00 - - - OREGON, $6.20. - - The Dalles. First Cong. Ch. 6.20 - - - MARYLAND, $100. - - Baltimore. “A Friend” 100.00 - - - WEST VIRGINIA, $3. - - Elm Grove. Mrs. B. D. Atkinson 3.00 - - - TENNESSEE, $766.60. - - Chattanooga. Rent 100.00 - Nashville. Fisk University 666.60 - - - GEORGIA, $99.10. - - Atlanta. Rent 99.10 - - - ALABAMA, $10.75. - - Selma. Cong. Ch. 10.75 - - - TEXAS, $148. - - Corpus Christi. Cong. Ch. 148.00 - - - CANADA, $10. - - Toronto. Mrs. J. Thom 10.00 - - - SOUTH INDIA, $15. - - Madura Mission. Rev. T. S. Burnell 15.00 - - - INCOME FUND, $5,722.29. - - —— —— Avery Fund 3,885.64 - —— —— Le Moyne Fund 1,090.82 - —— —— Hammond Fund 545.83 - —— —— General Fund 50.00 - —— —— Graves Library Fund 150.00 - ———————— - Total 20,044.62 - Total from Oct. 1st to Sept. 30th $183,437.98 - - H. W. HUBBARD, _Asst. Treas._ - - * * * * * - - - RECEIVED FOR DEBT. - - Manchester, N. H. Rev. C. W. Wallace ($50 of - which from Hanover St. Cong. Ch.) 70.00 - North Raynham, Mass. E. B. Towne 25.00 - South Sudbury, Mass. Rev. G. A. Oviatt 25.00 - West Medford, Mass. Rev. C. B. Smith 50.00 - Hartford, Conn. John R. Lee, M. D. 25.00 - Stanwich, Conn. William Brush 200.00 - New York, N. Y. A. S. Barnes 850.00 - New York, N. Y. “H. W. H.” 50.00 - Newark, N. J. Rev. M. E. Strieby 100.00 - Jersey City, N. J. “A Friend” 50.00 - Chicago, Ill. Rev. James Powell 100.00 - Ripon, Wis. Pres. E. H. Merrill 25.00 - Washington Heights, Ill. ESTATE of Rev. L. Foster - (sale of land) 344.95 - ————————— - Total 1,914.95 - Previously acknowledged in July receipts 26,893.72 - ————————— - Total $28,808.67 - - * * * * * - - - FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS. - - North Hampton, N. H. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 26.35 - Hopkinton, Mass. Mrs. J. C. Claflin 50.00 - Mendon, Ill. Mrs. J. Fowler 125.00 - Onarga, Ill. Mrs. C. L. Foster 10.00 - Rockford, Ill. L. S. Swezey 21.00 - Greenville, Mich. M. Rutan 400.00 - Oakville, Cal. A. A. Bancroft 50.00 - ————————— - Total 682.35 - Previously acknowledged in Aug. receipts 2,502.17 - ————————— - Total $3,184.52 - - * * * * * - - - FOR ARTHINGTON MISSION. - - Green Mountain, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart 10.00 - Previously acknowledged in June receipts 35.00 - ————————— - Total $45.00 - - * * * * * - - - FOR NEGRO REFUGEES. - - Deer Isle, Me. “A Friend” 5.00 - Northville, Mich. D. Pomeroy 1.00 - ————————— - Total 6.00 - Previously acknowledged in Aug. receipts 349.24 - ————————— - Total $355.24 - - * * * * * - - - - -Constitution of the American Missionary Association. - -INCORPORATED JANUARY 30, 1849. - - - * * * * * - -ART. I. This Society shall be called “THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY -ASSOCIATION.” - -ART. II. The object of this Association shall be to conduct Christian -missionary and educational operations, and to diffuse a knowledge of -the Holy Scriptures in our own and other countries which are destitute -of them, or which present open and urgent fields of effort. - -ART. III. Any person of evangelical sentiments,[A] who professes faith -in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is not a slaveholder, or in the practice -of other immoralities, and who contributes to the funds, may become a -member of the Society; and by the payment of thirty dollars, a life -member; provided that children and others who have not professed their -faith may be constituted life members without the privilege of voting. - -ART. IV. This Society shall meet annually, in the month of September, -October or November, for the election of officers and the transaction -of other business, at such time and place as shall be designated by the -Executive Committee. - -ART. V. The annual meeting shall be constituted of the regular -officers and members of the Society at the time of such meeting, and -of delegates from churches, local missionary societies, and other -co-operating bodies, each body being entitled to one representative. - -ART. VI. The officers of the Society shall be a President, -Vice-Presidents, a Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretaries, -Treasurer, two Auditors, and an Executive Committee of not less than -twelve, of which the Corresponding Secretaries shall be advisory, and -the Treasurer ex-officio, members. - -ART. VII. To the Executive Committee shall belong the collecting and -disbursing of funds; the appointing, counselling, sustaining and -dismissing (for just and sufficient reasons) missionaries and agents; -the selection of missionary fields; and, in general, the transaction of -all such business as usually appertains to the executive committees of -missionary and other benevolent societies; the Committee to exercise no -ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the missionaries; and its doings to -be subject always to the revision of the annual meeting, which shall, -by a reference mutually chosen, always entertain the complaints of any -aggrieved agent or missionary; and the decision of such reference shall -be final. - -The Executive Committee shall have authority to fill all vacancies -occurring among the officers between the regular annual meetings; -to apply, if they see fit, to any State Legislature for acts of -incorporation; to fix the compensation, where any is given, of all -officers, agents, missionaries, or others in the employment of the -Society; to make provision, if any, for disabled missionaries, and -for the widows and children of such as are deceased; and to call, in -all parts of the country, at their discretion, special and general -conventions of the friends of missions, with a view to the diffusion of -the missionary spirit, and the general and vigorous promotion of the -missionary work. - -Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for transacting -business. - -ART. VIII. This society, in collecting funds, in appointing officers, -agents and missionaries, and in selecting fields of labor, and -conducting the missionary work, will endeavor particularly to -discountenance slavery, by refusing to receive the known fruits of -unrequited labor, or to welcome to its employment those who hold their -fellow-beings as slaves. - -ART. IX. Missionary bodies, churches or individuals agreeing to -the principles of this Society, and wishing to appoint and sustain -missionaries of their own, shall be entitled to do so through the -agency of the Executive Committee, on terms mutually agreed upon. - -ART. X. No amendment shall be made in this Constitution without the -concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at a regular annual -meeting; nor unless the proposed amendment has been submitted to -a previous meeting, or to the Executive Committee in season to be -published by them (as it shall be their duty to do, if so submitted) in -the regular official notifications of the meeting. - -FOOTNOTE: - -[A] By evangelical sentiments, we understand, among others, a belief -in the guilty and lost condition of all men without a Saviour; the -Supreme Deity, Incarnation and Atoning Sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the -only Saviour of the world; the necessity of regeneration by the Holy -Spirit, repentance, faith and holy obedience in order to salvation; the -immortality of the soul; and the retributions of the judgment in the -eternal punishment of the wicked, and salvation of the righteous. - - * * * * * - - - - -_The American Missionary Association._ - - * * * * * - - -AIM AND WORK. - -To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with the -almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted its main -efforts to preparing the FREEDMEN for their duties as citizens and -Christians in America and as missionaries in Africa. As closely related -to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted CHINESE in America, -and to co-operate with the Government in its humane and Christian -policy towards the INDIANS. It has also a mission in AFRICA. - - -STATISTICS. - -CHURCHES: _In the South_—In Va., 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2; Ga., 12; -Ky., 7; Tenn., 4; Ala., 13; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2; Texas, 5. -_Africa_, 1. _Among the Indians_, 1. Total 66. - -INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE SOUTH.—_Chartered_: -Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala.; Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, -Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss., New Orleans, La.; and Austin, Texas, 8. -_Graded or Normal Schools_: at Wilmington, Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, -Greenwood, S. C.; Macon, Atlanta, Ga.; Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, -Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn., 11. _Other Schools_, 18. Total 37. - -TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.—Among the Freedmen, 231; among -the Chinese, 17; among the Indians, 17; in Africa, 14. Total, 279. -STUDENTS—In Theology, 88; Law, 17; in College Course, 106; in other -studies, 7,018. Total, 7,229. Scholars, taught by former pupils of -our schools, estimated at 100,000. INDIANS under the care of the -Association. 13,000. - - -WANTS. - -1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the growing -work in the South. This increase can only be reached by _regular_ and -_larger_ contributions from the churches—the feeble as well as the -strong. - -2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational institutions, to -accommodate the increasing numbers of students; MEETING HOUSES, for the -new churches we are organizing; MORE MINISTERS, cultured and pious, for -these churches. - -3. 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Leake, United States District Attorney, -Chicago, Illinois; one on the Providential Significance of the Negro in -America, by Pres. E. H. Merrell, of Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin. -Addresses may be expected from Rev. Drs. Goodell, Roy, Corwin, Dana, -Ellsworth, and other able speakers on timely and important topics. - -Parties desiring entertainment during the meeting, who have not already -applied, will please write at once to H. G. Billings, Esq., 242 South -Water Street, Chicago. - - * * * * * - -_Railroad Reductions._—The following railroads will make special rates -to those attending the meeting. Mich. Cent. R. R., Excursion Tickets, -2cts. per mile; Ill. Cent. R. R. Excursion Tickets, 1⅕ fare; L. S. & -M. S. R. R., Excursion Tickets, 1⅕ fare; C. B. & Q. R. R., full fare -in, ⅕ fare out; C. & A. R. R., do.; C. & E. I. R. R., do.; C. & N. W. -R. R., do.; C. & Pacific, do.; C., R. I. & P. R. 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Among its regular readers are thousands of -Ministers of the Gospel, Presidents, Professors and Teachers in -Colleges, Theological Seminaries and Schools; it is, therefore, -a specially valuable medium for advertising Books, Periodicals, -Newspapers, Maps, Charts, Institutions of Learning, Church Furniture, -Bells, Household Goods, &c. - -Advertisers are requested to note the moderate price charged for space -in its columns, considering the extent and character of its circulation. - -Advertisements must be received by the TENTH of the month, in order -to secure insertion in the following number. All communications in -relation to advertising should be addressed to - - J. H. DENISON, Adv’g Agent, - 56 Reade Street, New York. - - * * * * * - -☞ Our friends who are interested in the Advertising Department of the -“American Missionary” can aid us in this respect by mentioning, when -ordering goods, that they saw them advertised in our Magazine. - - * * * * * - - DAVID H. GILDERSLEEVE, Printer, 101 Chambers Street, New York. - - * * * * * - - - - -Transcriber’s Notes: - - -Spelling and puntuation were changed only where the error appears -to be a printing error. Capitalization and punctuation in the -Receipts section is inconsistent, and was retained as printed. -The remaining corrected punctuation changes are too numerous to -list; the others are as follows: - -For consistency, “Jessie” changed to “Jesse” on page 345 (As Jesse and -Jo came up) and page 346 (or Jesse, who wasn't afraid). - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary -- Volume 33, -No. 11, November, 1879, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, NOV 1879 *** - -***** This file should be named 55156-0.txt or 55156-0.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/5/1/5/55156/ - -Produced by Ian Crann, 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) - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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