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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 35, No. 4, April, 1881 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: August 16, 2017 [EBook #55365] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, APRIL 1881 *** - - - - -Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, KarenD and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by Cornell University Digital Collections) - - - - - - - - - - VOL. XXXV. No. 4. - - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” - - * * * * * - - APRIL, 1881. - - - - - _CONTENTS_: - - - EDITORIAL. - - PARAGRAPHS 97 - THE INAUGURAL AND THE SOUTH 98 - TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY 99 - ARTHINGTON MISSION 100 - GROWTH OF NEGRO POPULATION IN THE SOUTH 101 - TONIC SOL-FA SYSTEM OF TEACHING MUSIC 102 - SUCCESS, REAL AND APPARENT 103 - BENEFACTIONS 104 - GENERAL NOTES—Africa, Indiana, Chinese 105 - ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 107 - - - THE FREEDMEN. - - VIRGINIA, HAMPTON—Pastor’s Testimony 108 - GEORGIA, ATLANTA—Revival Interest 109 - GEORGIA, SAVANNAH—John the Baptist of the - Church—Genius for Piety 109 - GEORGIA, MACON—Southern Winter of 1880-81 110 - ALABAMA, TALLADEGA—Accessions to the Church 111 - MISSISSIPPI, TOUGALOO—Burning of Boys’ Dormitory 112 - TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE—Statistics of Teaching by - Students in Fisk University 114 - - - THE CHINESE. - - HOW SPEEDS THE WORK? Rev. W. C. Pond 115 - - - WOMAN’S HOME MISS. ASSOC’N - - MONTHLY REPORT 118 - - - RECEIPTS 120 - - - CONSTITUTION 126 - - - AIM, STATISTICS, WANTS, ETC. 127 - - * * * * * - - 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. J. - Rev. EDWARD BEECHER, D. D., N. Y. - Rev. J. M. STURTEVANT, D. D., Ill. - Rev. W. W. PATTON, D. D., D. C. - Hon. SEYMOUR STRAIGHT, La. - Rev. CYRUS W. WALLACE, D. D., N. H. - Rev. EDWARD HAWES, D. D., Ct. - DOUGLAS PUTNAM, Esq., Ohio. - Hon. THADDEUS FAIRBANKS, Vt. - Rev. M. M. G. DANA, D. D., Minn. - Rev. H. W. BEECHER, N. Y. - Gen. O. O. HOWARD, Washington Ter. - Rev. G. F. MAGOUN, D. D., Iowa. - Col. C. G. HAMMOND, Ill. - EDWARD SPAULDING, M. D., N. H. - Rev. WM. M. BARBOUR, D.D., Ct. - Rev. W. L. GAGE, D.D., Ct. - A. S. HATCH, Esq., N. Y. - Rev. J. H. FAIRCHILD, D. D., Ohio. - Rev. H. A. STIMSON, Mass. - 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. - Dea. JOHN C. WHITIN, Mass. - Hon. J. B. GRINNELL, Iowa. - Rev. HORACE WINSLOW, Ct. - Sir PETER COATS, Scotland. - Rev. HENRY ALLON, D. D., London, Eng. - WM. E. WHITING, Esq., N. Y. - J. M. PINKERTON, Esq., Mass. - E. A. GRAVES, Esq., N. J. - Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D. D., Ill. - DANIEL HAND, Esq., Ct. - A. L. WILLISTON, Esq., Mass. - Rev. A. F. BEARD, D. D., N. Y. - FREDERICK BILLINGS, Esq., Vt. - JOSEPH CARPENTER, Esq., R. I. - Rev. E. P. GOODWIN, D. D., Ill. - Rev. C. L. GOODELL, D. D., Mo. - J. W. SCOVILLE, Esq., Ill. - E. W. BLATCHFORD, Esq., Ill. - C. D. TALCOTT, Esq., Ct. - Rev. JOHN K. MCLEAN, D. D., Cal. - Rev. RICHARD CORDLEY, D. D., Kansas; - Rev. W. H. WILLCOX, D. D., Mass. - Rev. G. B. WILLCOX, D. D., Ill. - Rev. WM. M. TAYLOR, D. D., N. Y. - Rev. GEO. M. BOYNTON, Mass. - Rev. E. B. WEBB, D. D., Mass. - Hon. C. I. WALKER, Mich. - Rev. A. H. ROSS, Mich. - - - CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. - - REV. M. E. STRIEBY, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._ - - - DISTRICT SECRETARIES. - - REV. C. L. WOODWORTH, _Boston_. - REV. G. D. PIKE, D. D., _New York_. - REV. JAS. POWELL, _Chicago_. - - H. W. HUBBARD, ESQ., _Treasurer, N. Y._ - REV. M. E. STRIEBY, _Recording Secretary_. - - - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. - - ALONZO S. BALL, - A. S. BARNES, - C. T. CHRISTENSEN, - CLINTON B. FISK, - ADDISON P. FOSTER, - S. B. HALLIDAY, - J. A. HAMILTON, - SAMUEL HOLMES, - CHARLES A. HULL, - EDGAR KETCHUM, - CHAS. L. MEAD, - SAMUEL S. MARPLES, - WM. T. PRATT, - J. A. SHOUDY, - JOHN H. WASHBURN. - - -COMMUNICATIONS - -relating to the work of Association may be addressed to the -Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields to -the District Secretaries; letters for the Editor of the “American -Missionary,” to Rev. G. D. PIKE, D. D., at the New York Office. - - -DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS - -may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New -York, or when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 -Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 112 West Washington Street, -Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a -Life Member. - - - - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - VOL. XXXV. APRIL, 1881. NO. 4. - - * * * * * - - - - -American Missionary Association. - - -We call special attention to our appeal for the funds needful for -re-building the dormitory recently destroyed by fire at Tougaloo -University. The demand is immediate and imperative, as will be seen -by the account of the fire given by Mr. Hatch in this number of the -MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - -Mayor Hall, of Cambridge, Mass., who has made an extended tour in the -South, recently stated in an address at Dr. McKenzie’s church that he -considered the moral and religious character of the schools of the A. -M. A. a model of missionary work, and that he believed certainly for -the next ten years the work of the Association was the great work of -the churches, and that no cause has a higher claim on their charity and -prayers. - - * * * * * - -The communication found elsewhere concerning our Chinese work on the -Pacific Coast is timely and pertinent. Mr. Pond’s efficiency, economy -and success will leave no doubt in the minds of those who know of -him and his work that his request is reasonable. While we cannot ask -that money intended for our treasury, and which we need to meet our -appropriation for Bro. Pond’s work, be diverted, we commend his appeal -to the prayerful attention of the friends of the Chinese, and assure -them that whatever may be sent to him will be properly applied, and -meet an urgent necessity. - - * * * * * - -The “Missionary Herald” for March contains a map of that portion of -Africa selected for the new mission of the American Board on the west -coast. It also gives an account of the arrival of Messrs. Bagster, -Sanders and Miller at Benguela. These brethren write very cheerfully, -and anticipate an easy and early journey to Bihe, the point of their -destination. The sadness caused by the death of Mr. Pinkerton while on -his way to Umzila’s kingdom, of which a full account is given in the -same number of the “Herald,” is somewhat relieved by the hopeful aspect -of affairs on the west coast. - -A benevolent gentleman offers to duplicate any excess of $50 or -more over last year’s contribution by any churches to the American -Missionary Association, up to the aggregate amount of $2,500. - - * * * * * - -The “Gospel in all Lands” for March, published by Eugene R. Smith, -at the Bible House, is devoted to Africa and the Africans. It gives -a resumé of the missionary endeavors prosecuted in Africa by the -different denominations of Christians, covering a period of about 150 -years. It also contains four maps and numerous illustrations. We know -of no one pamphlet likely to be so helpful to any one who may wish to -possess himself of the present attitude of missionary affairs in the -Dark Continent as this. - - * * * * * - -It is gratifying to have testimony to the progress of the colored race -at the South from witnesses outside of our missionaries, confirmatory -of their evidence. - -One of the missionaries of the American Sunday-school Union writes -from South-western Virginia: “In Pulaski County I attended the best -Sunday-school Association I was ever in. It was among the colored -people. They are intensely in earnest in Sunday-school work, and -anxious to learn. They are very poor, yet buy more books than their -white neighbors. Some of them are quite intelligent. They take hold of -the International Lesson System well. Most of the Sunday-schools which -are kept up during the winter here are colored schools. They ought to -have a Sunday-school missionary of their own color.” - - * * * * * - - -THE CLASS OF ’80, FISK UNIVERSITY. - -Ernest H. Anderson has been elected Principal of the State Normal -School for the training of colored teachers, located near Hempstead, -Texas. This is the most important position open to a colored teacher in -the State. It gives a large field of usefulness for which Mr. Anderson -is well qualified. Laurine C. Anderson is in charge of a school in -Chapel Hill, Texas. Joseph Anderson is at the head of a school in -Leesburg, Camp county, Texas. J. J. Durham is studying medicine at the -Meharry Medical College, Nashville. J. E. Porter is teaching in one of -the public schools of Jeffersonville, Ind. R. P. Neal is in charge of -the school at Humboldt, Tenn. Here is a practical answer to the inquiry -that is often raised by our friends, “What do your students do after -graduating from college?”—_Fisk Expositor._ - - * * * * * - - -THE INAUGURAL AND THE SOUTH. - -President Garfield’s inaugural has very properly given special -attention to America’s great problem, the condition of the colored -people in the South. His fitly-chosen words may well be repeated: - -“Bad local Government is certainly a great evil which ought to be -prevented; but to violate the freedom and sanctity of the suffrage is -more than an evil—it is a crime which if persisted in will destroy the -Government itself. Suicide is not a remedy.” - -As to the remedy, the President says: - -“For the North and South alike, there is but one remedy. All the -constitutional powers of the Nation and of the States, and all the -volunteer forces of the people, should be summoned to meet this danger -by the saving influence of universal education.” - -A sounder utterance could not be expressed if the word “_education_” be -made sufficiently broad. The training of the common school, reaching -only the intellect, is not enough. There must be the awakening of the -conscience and the purification of the heart as well. _Character_ is -the foundation of manhood, and hence of a worthy citizenship. - -The A. M. A. has from the first acted on the necessity of this broader -basis, and hence its school and church work have been blended—the -school has been religious and the church intelligent. - -The President’s remedy of “universal education” has been criticised as -requiring too long a time. Perhaps somebody can find a legislative or -legal remedy that will work the cure more speedily. The past does not -make us hopeful in this respect, and hence we, as one of the “volunteer -forces,” which the inaugural mentions, will push on as vigorously as -possible. This is the great work of the age for this nation, and we -hope the strong and clear language of President Garfield will give a -new impulse to it. - - * * * * * - - -TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY. - -The recent burning of the boys’ dormitory at Tougaloo, Miss., compels -us to build anew, and the over-crowding of students compels us to build -larger. - -We must rebuild or abandon the school. The latter we dare not do. The -colored population in the State exceeds the white, numbering 652,221, -and has increased over 46 per cent. in the last ten years. Tougaloo -University is seven miles north of Jackson, the capital, and there is -no similar school of higher grade admitting colored students nearer -than about 200 miles south, east, or north, and none much nearer west. -The Institution has 500 acres of land attached to it, giving employment -to the students, and it has the good-will of the State Legislature, -which makes an annual grant to support teachers. - -The school at Tougaloo has long been over-crowded. It has comfortable -rooms for 32 young women, but 60 are in attendance, three being put -in the small rooms, and sitting-rooms being converted into sleeping -apartments. One room needed for the accommodation of teachers was -taken and ten young women put into it. Some applications were refused. -There were, before the fire, accommodations for 28 young men, with 50 -in attendance, the overflow being crowded into most unsuitable and -inconvenient quarters. - -The students, in summer vacations, teach about 4,000 pupils in day -schools and Sunday-schools, and secure from 1,000 to 1,500 names to the -temperance pledge. - -The Executive Committee, a few months since, authorized the gradual -enlargement of the girls’ dormitory as funds would permit. For a -new boys’ dormitory it was hoped that $10,000 might be spared from -the generous gift of Mrs. Stone, but the definite pledges to other -institutions and the increased price of labor and materials forbid -it. We had scarcely more than realized this disappointment when the -boys’ dormitory was destroyed by fire. The best temporary arrangements -possible have been made, including the use of the barn, which the boys -have occupied cheerfully, calling it “Ayrshire Hall,” but they have -suffered much from cold in inclement weather. - -Fourteen thousand dollars is the lowest sum for which a boys’ dormitory -and chapel can be erected. Three thousand dollars will be required for -the enlargement of the girls’ dormitory. Two thousand dollars will be -necessary for furnishing; making a total of $19,000. Three thousand -dollars, the insurance on the burned building, will reduce the sum -needed to $16,000. - -The building and improvements should begin at once, to get them ready -for use in the fall. The Executive Committee, feeling the call to be -imperative, will go forward immediately, relying upon our friends to -furnish the means _as a special contribution_: for our ordinary income -will be taxed to the utmost to carry on our current work. - -We make an earnest appeal to the friends whom we believe to be both -able and willing to aid us effectually and promptly in this pressing -emergency. - -Funds may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New -York. - - * * * * * - - -ARTHINGTON MISSION. - -Extracts From Recent Correspondence. - -We trust it will be of interest to the friends of African Missions to -learn that Mr. Robert Arthington, of Leeds, England, has paid over the -£3,000 pledged by him to this Association, for a new mission on the -Upper Nile. - -The following extracts from letters give a comprehensive view of the -present attitude of affairs relating to the mission: - - “Leeds, England, December 14, 1880. - - “Dear Brethren in our Lord Jesus, our Saviour: For some time I have had - it in my mind and heart to write to you and say I thought it time—I - do trust the Lord’s time—we should begin the mission. If, therefore, - your faith is fully with my faith, I propose to send you the £3,000 at - once. How does it seem with you in the Lord’s sight? Without Him we - can do nothing, and we must have Him with us from the beginning to the - end of this enterprise. - - “Let all the true people of God in the United States understand - this, our view and feeling. We are all one family—they who are ‘the - children of God scattered abroad.’ So I ask them all throughout the - States, yea, and the world, to go with us heart and soul and prayer - always in this undertaking. Surely in the mighty God of Jacob we shall - overcome. We shall win many for Christ, and they shall stand amidst - the multitude of the redeemed with palms in their hands, out of every - kindred and nation and tongue and people. - - “With my Christian sentiments to your committee, and asking the - blessing of God on all their deliberations, yours and theirs, ever - in Him, whom not having seen we love, in whom believing we have joy - unspeakable and full of glory, - - “ROBERT ARTHINGTON.” - - - “56 Reade Street, January 14, 1881. - - “Robert Arthington, Esq., Leeds, England. Dear Brother: * * * * - Further information about the requirements of the mission and the - territory to be occupied have been gathered, so that on the receipt - of your letter, we felt called of God to take definite action. Our - Executive Committee, with prayerful gratitude to God, interpreted your - communication as an indication from Him that the time had come for us - to go forward. Accordingly they voted to accept your bountiful gift - and to undertake the preliminary work needful during the coming year. - Among the persons with whom we had been in communication was Rev. - Henry M. Ladd, the son of a missionary, who had spent 17 years of his - early life at Smyrna and other localities in the East, before coming - to this country to study for the ministry, and who was presumed to - have peculiar fitness as the leader of the new mission. On receiving - your letter, we obtained an interview with Mr. Ladd, and after a full - and prayerful deliberation, we tendered him the superintendency of our - African Missions, and this week he writes us as follows: ‘I hereby - accept the position, praying the great Head of the church for His - blessing on the arduous work undertaken in His name.’ - - “We learned last spring from Gordon Pacha, the late Governor-general - of the Soudan, that it would be necessary to secure certain privileges - from the Egyptian Government, assuring protection to the missionaries, - the privilege of navigating the Upper Nile, etc. This we trust may be - accomplished in part, at least, by correspondence, upon which we can - enter directly. Meanwhile, inasmuch as the best season for starting - from Cairo and the mouth of the Sobat commences about the first of - October, we desire Mr. Ladd and a physician to be on the ground at - that time, to take advantage of the favorable weather of the latter - part of autumn and the early winter, to visit the territory it is - proposed to occupy, and determine about the location, and the men and - facilities needful in order to insure the success of our new work. - - “We are seeking prayerfully and most earnestly under God, to lay - enduring foundations, and to build up a work which may extend over - the utterly destitute region of country, included in the boundaries, - marked out, we believe, so wisely and prayerfully by yourself. We - now most cheerfully, and relying upon God hopefully, are ready to - undertake the great work you have suggested to us.” - - * * * * * - - -GROWTH OF NEGRO POPULATION IN THE SOUTH. - -The negro most perversely and persistently refuses to do what has been -prophesied of him, or to conform to the general rules enumerated as -applicable to him. - -The census reports for 1880 reveal the last and most striking phase of -this, perversity, as may be seen in the following table taken from the -_New York Herald_, comparing the colored population of the old slave -States, except Texas, in 1870, with that of 1880: - - STATES. 1870. 1880. - Alabama 475,510 600,141 - Arkansas 122,169 210,622 - Delaware 22,794 26,456 - Florida 91,689 125,262 - Georgia 545,142 724,654 - Kentucky 222,210 271,462 - Louisiana 364,210 483,898 - Maryland 175,391 209,896 - Mississippi 444,201 652,221 - Missouri 118,071 145,046 - North Carolina 391,650 531,316 - South Carolina 415,814 604,325 - Tennessee 322,331 402,991 - Virginia 512,841 631,756 - West Virginia 17,980 25,729 - -The increase in these States during this decade has been more than 33 -per cent., and at the same rate will give us at the beginning of the -next century more than ten millions of negroes in these States alone. -During the same time, the per cent. of increase in the white population -has been less than 28 per cent., which will give something over -eighteen millions as their total white population in 1900. - -It is manifest that the negro has come to stay, and must be taken into -our calculations in all estimates for the future of our national life. -He need not fade away before us despite heroic efforts to save him. -He does not perish even under our discouraging frowns. He will not be -suppressed by a somewhat rigorous repressive policy. He has withstood -all this, and flourished under it, as did the Israelites under the -discouragements of Egyptian legislation. - -It is not for us humanely to consider, therefore, how we can make -comfortable in their decline the lingering remnants of this perishing -people. The more momentous question is how this vast and rapidly -increasing mass of humanity is best to be fitted for the large part -it is to play in our national life. It is not a question whether we -shall have it with us or not, but whether we shall allow it to remain -a festering, death-exhaling corruption, or whether it can be converted -into a much needed element of strength. It could not be a matter of -indifference to the most despotic government what is the condition of -such a vast body of its citizens. Even when they were slaves, wholly -under control of their masters, with no rights to claim and no duties -to perform, their very presence as an ignorant and licentious mass of -chattles gave great cause for anxiety to the intelligent lover of his -country. But now they are citizens and voters, and whether exercising -their rights as such or deprived of them, are equally, almost, a source -of dangerous power which cannot but fill us with grave apprehensions, -if we but think of it. - -The census tables proclaim loudly that death nor destiny will mitigate -this danger; is it not time for a wise statesmanship to undertake -seriously the task of dissipating it by a good and ample system of -education which will qualify the negro for the duties thrust upon him? - - * * * * * - - -THE TONIC SOL-FA SYSTEM OF TEACHING MUSIC. - -BY THEODORE F. SEWARD. - -That music is one of the special gifts of the colored people has long -been known and recognized. How to develop that gift in the wisest manner -and to the best advantage of the race, is a question which ought to -receive a practical answer, and as speedily as possible. If they are -peculiarly susceptible to the refining and elevating influences of such -an art as music, it is very desirable that these influences be brought -to bear upon them just now, while in the formative stage of their -history. - -Fortunately, or as I like better to say, providentially, the way is -now opened for that result. A system has been devised and perfected -in England, and is now beginning to be generally adopted in this -country, which so simplifies the study of music as to bring it within -the comprehension of a little child. That system bears the name which -stands at the head of this article. A technical description of the -system would be out of place here. It is enough to say that the result -is accomplished and the study of music now is made easy and delightful -where it was formerly perplexing and confusing. How much this means -for the colored people, with their musical gifts and inspirations, it -is impossible to imagine. It is not to be supposed that such special -powers were bestowed upon a whole race without some very important and -far-reaching purpose. The unfolding of that purpose was begun in a very -wonderful way by the Jubilee Singers. But their mission was among the -Caucasian races rather than among their own people. The Tonic Sol-fa -system comes to fill a widely different sphere, viz.: to give to the -masses an intelligent possession of the world of music. - -The A. M. A. has done a very wise thing in taking steps to test at once -the value of this system for its constituents. They have commissioned a -teacher to go to the Fisk University and teach it during the remainder -of the school year. The method is so easy and natural that a thorough -knowledge of its fundamental principles can be imparted in that time, -and not only that, but _all who learn it can teach it intelligently in -their schools during the coming summer_. Its advantages will thus begin -to be felt in remote country districts, and the reform will be carried -on just where such reforms should always begin, among the masses of the -common people. - -The teacher who has been appointed to this important post, Mr. J. W. -Adams, is one who is singularly fitted by his history and antecedents -to engage in this special work. Born in England, he was taken by his -parents to the island of St. Helena at the age of three. When nine -years old he accompanied his father, a sea captain, on one of his -voyages. The vessel was wrecked on the coast of South Africa, and the -young lad remained there for eighteen years. He traveled extensively -throughout the country on trading expeditions, and thus became -thoroughly acquainted with the manners and usages of the native tribes -as well as of the British and Dutch settlers. He learned the Tonic -Sol-fa system there and became so interested in it that at length he -resolved to qualify himself as a teacher. It is certainly a singular -and interesting fact, that the person who is first to introduce the -system among the Freedmen of America should have learned it in Africa. - - * * * * * - - -SUCCESS, REAL AND APPARENT. - -It is often difficult, not to say impossible, to know just what success -has been achieved by any special missionary effort. After years of -faithful labor the missionary, if challenged to do so, may not be able -to adduce a single satisfactory proof that he has not labored wholly in -vain, so far as the results he has been seeking are concerned. - -On the other hand, changes so remarkable, so exactly in the line of -what is sought and hoped for, follow the very first proclamation of the -Gospel, which we gladly attribute to Divine grace; we grow confident -that at last the promise is nearing its fulfilment when “a nation shall -be born in a day.” - -Now, it should be understood that we are in danger of mistake as to the -real condition of things in each case; a mistake which breeds despair -where there may be good reason for rejoicing, or excites hopes that are -fatally false on the other hand. - -Doubtless many a faithful toiler has spent his whole life in laying -foundations, deep and broad, but out of the sight of ordinary -observers, upon which shall rise, in magnificent proportions, a temple -to our God after he has gone to his reward—to the reward of one who has -been faithful, rather than of one who has been observed. The merest -accident may place another in such relation to this man’s toils that he -shall seem to be the creator of all the results for which he labored, -while he bears no other relation to them than the minnow does to the -swell and roar and irresistible rush of the wave by which it has been -caught and upon which it rides. - -Again, men possessed of certain gifts, but devoid of needed restraints -in their use, may arouse the enthusiasm of their fellows, sway their -passions, play upon their imaginations, excite their emotions and -propel them along certain lines of activity until confidence is created -that now, at last, the kingdom is coming with millennial celerity and -power. But a reaction from all this is certain, and the Gospel ship -which just now was riding with grace and beauty upon the crest of -the wave lies half buried in mud and sea-weed to await the rising of -another tide. The whole movement has been that of an anchored boat, -without the possibility of advance, and worse than useless, for in this -case it has been with the waste of spiritual force. - -There are two facts which all who are laboring for the coming of the -kingdom of our Lord should regard as fixed, and being fixed some good -degree of fixedness will be secured for their hopes with reference to -its progress. One of these is the amazing ignorance and wickedness of -those over whom this kingdom of light and love is to be established; -and the other is the Divine power of that kingdom and the Divine -purpose to establish it, and hence the certainty of its establishment. - -The Gospel will never gain its conquests in such way as to relieve the -Church of the duty and labor and self-denial and discipline of carrying -it and proclaiming it to the heathen, who will find it, as all people -have, opposed to all their habits and pleasures and traditions, and -will, therefore, when they understand it, resist it before accepting -it. The cheering news which so often comes to us from Central Africa -and other lands will doubtless be followed by most discouraging news of -disappointment and seeming disaster. - -On the other hand, it must be remembered that in all really substantial -buildings, especially if erected on doubtful ground, a large proportion -of the cost and of the most valuable material, and also of the time, -must be expended out of sight before it becomes a feature of the -landscape. - -In all religious movements it is especially true that much of the best -material, and much of the cost, is utterly lost to sight before the -world sees any result. In the South, for the past fifteen years, the -foundations have been laid for a superstructure which is to arise in -grand and glorious proportions, the joy of our land and the praise -of all people. We are just reaching the surface, and others than the -workmen themselves are now able to see that something has been going on -during all these years. - -If structures, however beautiful, which have no foundations, must -topple, and we should feel no disappointment when they do, we would yet -understand that much has been done when a foundation broad enough and -strong enough has been laid. - -The work will go on now with apparently tenfold rapidity, for, since it -attracts attention it will also attract helpers, and those who doubted -and sneered will co-operate in carrying it forward. - - * * * * * - - -BENEFACTIONS. - -It is reported that John I. Blair has recently given $40,000 to -Lafayette College. - -Hon. Levi Parsons has given $50,000 to Union College for the benefit of -worthy students. - -Mrs. Orra Bolles, of Hartford, Conn., has given $15,000 to different -benevolent enterprises, mostly under the auspices of the Baptist -denomination. - -Ex-Secretary Delano has given $10,000 to Kenyon College. - -The Botanical Department of the Cornell University has recently -received a donation of $10,000 from the Hon. H. W. Sage, of Ithaca, N. -Y. - -Mr. Spurgeon is reported to have recently received $200,000 for his -Pastors’ College, and $125,000 for his Orphanage. - -Mr. Amasa Stone, of Cleveland, Ohio, has offered $500,000 to the -Western Reserve College, conditioned on its removal to Cleveland. - -James Mackey, of California, has signified his intention of giving -$50,000 to Bowdoin College. It is said his example is likely to be -followed by a gentleman in Philadelphia. - -The will of Mrs. Maggie Embry, of Eleton, Ky., which has been admitted -to probate, gives $200,000 in Louisville and Nashville Railroad Stock -to the Vanderbilt University at Nashville. - -Judge Forbes, of Northampton, Mass., has left $300,000 to found a -second free library in that town. - - * * * * * - - -GENERAL NOTES. - - -Africa. - -—King Meneleck, who rules in Southern Abyssinia, has recently abolished -the slave-trade in his dominions. - -—Tunis and Algeria are now united by a daily postal service, and -letters are transmitted at a cost of fifteen cents each. - -—M. Lombard, corresponding member of the Norman Society of Geography, -has been charged with a scientific mission in Abyssinia. He has arrived -at Massoua. - -—The caravan of the missionaries from Algeria, bound for Lake -Tanganyika, has arrived safely at Karéma, near the Lake. Those that -started, however, for the Victoria Nyanza, have been pillaged on the -route. - -—The Chamber at Paris has approved the grant made to a company for a -railroad from St. Louis to Dakar and voted a credit of 1,700,000 francs -for laying a cable from Dakar to St. Vincent. This last line will place -Senegal in direct communication with Europe. - -—The Church Missionary Society has received an offer from Mr. -Arthington, of Leeds, of $25,000, the income of which they will be at -liberty to use towards maintaining a steamer and staff of agents on the -Upper Binué and Lake Tchad. In returning thanks to Mr. Arthington, the -Society was obliged to inform him that the amount would be insufficient -for the purposes mentioned. - -—Mr. J. M. Cnouwer, a Hollander, has undertaken a journey from -Alexandria to the Cape of Good Hope. It is announced that he will -be joined on his way by a Frenchman who has lived a long while -in Abyssinia. He possesses considerable fortune and has had much -experience as a traveler. It is not his purpose to take with him more -than a single servant and a small amount of luggage. If he succeeds in -his endeavors, his name will be placed by the side of the most renowned -African explorers. - -—Stanley continues his travels towards the interior without allowing -himself to be stopped by the difficulties of his enterprise. The 7th -of November he was rejoiced to meet H. Savorgnan de Brazza, who, after -ascending two tributaries of the Congo and establishing a station, -traversed the territory of Apfourous and reached by land the shores -of the Congo. Resuming navigation he descended the course of the -river half way to Stanley Pool, where he founded a new station. Then, -continuing to follow it, he rejoined Stanley. It appears that the -journey made by Brazza, which traversed a territory north of the lower -Congo towards the interior of Africa, is a much more practicable route -than the one up the river itself. - -—Praggia, who is engaged in exploring the Soudan south of Khartoum, -between the Blue and White Nile, is said to have met a large caravan -with thousands of oxen, cows, goats and sheep. The children held -in their arms the lambs and kids and even the little calves. The -chiefs were mounted upon mules and asses, while their commander, -upon a beautiful dromedary, ran hither and thither and superintended -everything. These troops of quadrupeds were accompanied by bands of -birds, which flew over their backs. Praggia estimated that the caravan -would count 50,000 living beings. He also met other and smaller -caravans of the same character. The object of the emigrants seems to -have been a purpose to escape from the flies and particularly the -tsetse. The region from whence they came lies a little northeast of the -territory where it is proposed to establish the Arthington Mission. - - * * * * * - - -The Indians. - -—A small congregation of full-blooded Chickasaw Indians lately gave -$400 for the Foreign Missions of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. - -—The largest tribe of Indians in the United States is the Sioux, or as -they call themselves, the Dakota. Since the Sioux were first known, -they have occupied a large portion of the center of the American -continent, including the head waters of the Mississippi River. - -—In the last Annual Report of the educational work of the Friends among -the Indians, it is stated that at the Osage agency there are 2,745 -Indians. Of these, 205, on the average, are in attendance at the two -boarding-schools sustained at that point. - -—The American Sunday-school Union has planted 121 Sunday-schools in -the Indian territory. Next year they are to have a Sunday-school -camp-meeting of ten days in August, at Atoka, in the Cherokee Nation, -where a large gathering of full-bloods, who are averse to meeting in -houses and among strangers, is anticipated. - -—The laws of the Indian Colony at Metlakahtla, British Columbia, under -the auspices of the English Church Missionary Society, are fifteen in -number, and worthy to be imitated by those laboring for the Indians -everywhere. These have been summarized as follows:—1. To give up their -Indian magic. 2. To cease calling in conjurers when sick. 3. To cease -gambling. 4. To cease squandering their property. 5. To cease painting -their faces. 6. To cease using intoxicating drinks. 7. To rest on -the Sabbath. 8. To attend to religious instruction. 9. To send their -children to school. 10. To be clean. 11. To be industrious. 12. To be -peaceable. 13. To be honest. 14. To build neat houses. 15. To pay their -village tax. - - * * * * * - - -The Chinese. - -—In one district in Japan seventy-one Buddhist temples have been -diverted to secular uses since 1873, and over 700 in the whole empire -since 1871. - -—Mr. D. Smith, of the Presbyterian church of England mission at -Formosa, has lately been privileged to baptize nine natives, making in -all thirty-two members of the Peh-tsui-Khan Church. There has besides -been a considerable amount of inquiry here, so that the congregation of -hearers has greatly increased. Other places in this island have also -had blessing and additions to the churches. - -—Dr. Happer thinks that Prof. S. Wells Williams over-estimates the -population of China at the present time. The loss of life in recent -years, caused by wars and famines, has been considerable, and the -recuperative power of the Chinese people has greatly decreased -on account of the use of opium. Mr. Happer estimates the present -population as 300,000,000. - -—The singular idea prevails among some in China that the reason why -Chinese become Christians on reading the Bible is, that they are -stupified by the ink used, in consequence of which they lose their -reason and are thus ready to believe what is false. People are warned, -therefore, against buying or reading foreign books. - -—The students sent by the Chinese government for study in this country -live in American families, and visit the headquarters at Hartford at -certain times for inspection, and for drill in their own language. -The number is distributed at present as follows: Boston Institute of -Technology, 8; Troy Polytechnic Institute, 5; Lafayette College, 2; -Lehigh University, 5; Bethlehem, Pa., 2; Institute of Technology, -Hoboken, 2; Yale College, Classical, 9; Scientific, 5; Amherst, 1; -Harvard, 1; Columbia, 1. The greater number are in Hartford and -vicinity. - - * * * * * - - -ITEMS FROM THE FIELD. - -FLORENCE, ALA.—Rev. W. H. Ash, with aid from this Association, is -putting up a neat parsonage by the side of the new and tasteful -church-edifice. - -NASHVILLE, TENN.—The new enthusiasm in Fisk, at present, is over the -novel “Tonic-sol-fa system” of vocal music. By means of this excellent -voice culture, Mr. Adams is bringing out the strength and beauty of -voices for which nature has already done so much. The first interest -does not abate, and very perceptible improvement daily increases. - -Livingstone Missionary Hall is now building, and over this is much -rejoicing. - -LOUISVILLE, KY.—On the Sabbath, Feb. 20th, Superintendent Roy preached -for the Congregational Methodist Church of this city, as well as on the -two preceding nights. The church, which has 95 members, a Sunday-school -and a class-meeting along with the prayer-meeting, and which worships -in a hall, owning its own organ, voted to unite with the Kentucky -Association, and invited the A. M. A. to furnish them with a pastor. A -similar church at Junction City, Ky., is moving in the same direction, -having its own modest church property. - -LITTLE ROCK, ARK.—On the 28th of February, after preaching on the -Sabbath previous, in the “Sons of Ham” Hall, the Superintendent -organized the First Congregational Church of that Capital and of the -State, with forty-six members and ten more educated and influential -persons ready to come, and “more to follow.” Rev. B. F. Foster, a -former student of Fisk University and a licentiate of the Central South -Conference, was invited to serve the church for three months. The -people are moving at once to purchase a house of worship. As would be -the right of any Congregational Church, this one incorporated the class -meeting into the constitution found in Roy’s Manual. A Sabbath-school, -thoroughly organized, with one hundred scholars and seventeen officers -and teachers, started off at the first. - -MARION, ALA.—Our large room is filled every Monday afternoon at the -ladies meeting, and all hearts are full; and the dark faces look -beautiful to me, shining through smiles and tears, as we talk of the -dear Saviour. The same room is filled to overflowing with young people -and children Saturday afternoon. The interest has been so evident -that Mr. Curtis has held a few extra meetings. Twelve children have -been forward for prayer, and we believe they have given their hearts -to Jesus. Mr. C. will hold meetings next week also, and we hope for a -great blessing. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE FREEDMEN. - -REV. JOS. E. ROY, D.D., - -FIELD SUPERINTENDENT, ATLANTA, GA. - - * * * * * - - -VIRGINIA. - -Pastor’s Testimony. - -REV. H. B. FRISSELL, HAMPTON. - -I have very pleasant meetings with the Indians here. I let them read -the verses from the English Bible and then explain them. When I first -came I used to read myself, but I found that they liked better to take -a part in the services. Then we sing together from Dr. Robinson’s Songs -of the Sanctuary. After that I give the meeting into their hands. They -suggest their favorite hymns and lead in prayer, usually in their own -language. They all seem attentive and devout. It is very pleasant to -see their faces light up as they get some new thought from God’s word. -I have seldom seen men more earnest in the study of the Scriptures. -One of those who united with the church at the last communion has -been confined to the house with sickness. The nurse tells me that he -often sits for two or three hours at a time patiently spelling out the -words of the English Bible, and asking her the meaning of that which -he cannot understand. I am pleased to see that they are interested -to work for one another. I found the other day that one of the older -boys, Jas. Murrie, had been accustomed to get a number of the others -who were not Christians together, and read the Bible and pray with -them. Excellent work, isn’t it, for a young chief who will soon go back -to take charge of his own tribe? They have a meeting of their own on -Wednesday evening, of which they take charge themselves. I could give -you instances of how these Indian boys have resisted temptation in a -way which seems to me really remarkable. - -My work among the colored students progresses very pleasantly. It is -hard to get out of their minds wrong conceptions as to what a Christian -life is. They expect to see visions and dream dreams when they enter -upon it, and seem to look upon the entering as the all important part. -They haven’t been used to thinking of the Christian life as a struggle -against sin. It is a real pleasure to preach to them, and they are -earnest to know the truth. - -I am trying to make the Christian boys and girls feel their -responsibility more. I am trying to make them work for others. We -have started a Missionary Association for work in the country about. -On Sunday afternoon twenty-five go out into the cottages to read -the Bible and pray with the poor families. Many of them work in the -Sunday-schools in Hampton. One goes out to the poor-house, another -to the prison. They all make the reports of their work to me. We are -talking of starting a Sunday-school in the Butler School House. We -think we could get in many who do not now attend, and it would give -our students a chance for work. I am anxious to make them feel that -they are not merely to be recipients. There is a good interest in our -meetings, and although I don’t feel at all contented with what is being -done, and look for much greater things, yet I am thankful for the -evidences of God’s favor which I see. - - * * * * * - - -GEORGIA. - -Revival Interest. - -REV. C. W. FRANCIS, ATLANTA. - -We have great reason to rejoice in all the good things the Lord has -done for us in this school. Since the day of prayer for Colleges on -the last Thursday of January, we have had a very marked and general -interest in religious things, and we have reason to believe that very -many have become reconciled to God and taken up the service of Christ. -Nearly every one in the family, numbering about two hundred students, -who was not already a follower of Christ, has been affected and -confessed an interest in the subject, and not many have drawn back thus -far. About sixty have attended inquiry meetings, and we hope a large -proportion of them will hold on their way. - -There has been a great quickening of those who bore the Christian name, -and many of them have taken up the work as though for the first time. -We have held meetings every night for five weeks, and there has been -the steady presentation of the truth and much personal effort, and so a -great harvest gathered, which fills our hearts with gladness. - -Regular school work has not been broken in upon to any great extent -and there has been no tendency toward undue excitement but a deep and -solemn attention to the claims of God has characterized the experience -of most. - -We cannot tell how many have become decided Christians, certainly more -than twenty, and perhaps twice that will upon trial be found steadfast. -Some have already gone away to distant places to open schools, and -will, we trust, carry the light with them, and others will go soon. If -they had not been reached just at this time we should probably never -have had opportunity to lead them again. Next month we hope quite a -number will unite with our church, and many more will in due time unite -with other churches. We are aware of the tendency to over-estimate -immediate results and to be mistaken in regard to the permanent effects -of such a work here; but it is the testimony of all that this is the -most thorough and general work for years in this school. It has been -blessed to be here and to have a share in it. “It is the Lord’s doing -and marvelous in our eyes.” - - * * * * * - - -The John the Baptist of the Church—Genius for Piety. - -REV. B. D. CONKLING, SAVANNAH. - -Having some friends who read the MISSIONARY—when sufficiently urged to -do so by their pastors—I would like a little space to give them, not -some conclusions, perhaps, but some impressions of the A. M. A. work. - -I remember hearing a zealous brother, at the Chicago Annual Meeting, -earnestly urge that the A. M. A. push more vigorously the “Church -work,” that the conversion of the Freedmen was the thing to be aimed at -rather than their education, etc. - -A few months of experience impress me with the conviction that the -school is the “John the Baptist” of the church. We cannot do without -each of them. But we are still in the “school” state; and if either is -to suffer, it must be the church work. Each, in fact, bears the same -message to the masses. The church is doubtless to “increase” greatly; -but it will yet be many days (years) before the school will “decrease,” -if we are wise. - -It has sometimes been said that the colored people have what has -been called, “a genius for piety.” How much this means can only be -understood by one who has been with them in their religious assemblies -of the better sort. They have a faculty for getting hold of, and being -interested in and by, the things which are most elaborate and profound -and spiritually significant in thought, which continually surprises -one. They know “meat” from “milk,” and are ready every time for the -former. They might not follow one who gave them Rowland Hill’s fine -“river of words, and only a spoonful of thought,” but if any man can -speak thoughts in words which accurately mate each other, I invite -him to my pulpit, assuring him that he will have an attentive and -appreciative hearing such as delights the heart of the messenger who -has something to say. My impression is that the Negro is to have a -decided and beneficent influence upon the Christianity of America, if -not upon that of the whole world:—but in precisely what direction I am -not clear. - -I have a truly noble little band of co-pastors in these churches -scattered here-abouts. They do not know what they are doing—nor do any -of us, I think—in planting the seeds of a decorous and an intelligent -church life, and one which insists upon honesty, sobriety, “whatsoever -is of good report,” etc., as fundamental therein, among these people -who are slowly but surely getting into a secure and respectable place -in the body politic. - -In view of their position and its opportunities one cannot help -feeling—and no one can feel it as keenly as they themselves do—that -it is a pity that their early advantages had not been greater. -Nevertheless it is my impression that the next fifteen years of A. M. -A. work will be more important, if possible, than the last fifteen -years have been; and this, whether we consider negro or white, State or -Nation, America or Africa. - -Conclusion: Prayers and gifts were never more needed, or more likely to -do lasting good than just now. - - * * * * * - - -The Southern Winter of 1880-81. - -REV. S. E. LATHROP, MACON. - -For this season, at least, the name of “Sunny South” is a misnomer. -Beginning in November last, there have been almost four solid months of -cold, sour, dismal, cloudy, stormy weather. - -For ten days the thermometer stood constantly below the freezing point. -One night it touched zero. Everybody kept roaring fires, and cowered -over them in their loosely-built houses. Soon the coal-yards gave out, -and the wood market was empty. The smooth-shod Southern horses could -not climb the icy hills to bring supplies. Fuel became steadily scarcer -and higher—wood going up from four dollars (the usual price) to fifteen -dollars per cord, and very scarce at that. - -Rich and poor alike suffered. Many burned the fences, fruit trees and -shade trees. Poor people burned their board partitions, bedsteads, -tables, even chairs and trunks, and some, after all, had to go to bed -as the only means of keeping warm. - -The “fuel famine” lasted ten or twelve days, the like of which was -never known before. Water-pipes burst, fruits, flowers and vegetables -were frozen, and general distress ensued. The chilly rain still -continues, though ice and snow have disappeared. I doubt if the -“blizzards” and “Arctic waves” of the North cause much more real -suffering than this chilly, damp, freezing winter here brings to the -inhabitants so unaccustomed to this weather. - -Most Southern houses are very loosely built, generally warmed with -fire-places or coal grates, over which you may scorch one side and -freeze the other. Water froze one day within six feet of our stove. - -Much suffering, sickness and death have resulted among the poor in -their wretched cabins. Fortunately for some our kind friends North -have this winter sent us an unusual amount of clothing, which has been -distributed judiciously among those most needy, and has done much to -alleviate distress. My wife has given away over 400 garments within the -past three mouths, and many shivering bodies have been warmed. From our -own good State of Wisconsin we have had no less than seventeen boxes -or barrels, containing books, clothing, magazines and newspapers. From -friends in other States there have come eleven packages of various -sizes, with the same acceptable help for our poor people. And how -helpful these timely gifts have been! - -Although my wife has had no special commission as missionary, she has -done considerable in that line. During three mouths past, she has made -over two hundred and fifty visits, being confined to the house by -illness for one month of that time, and being much hindered otherwise -by the incessant stormy weather, which has also greatly interfered -with our evening meetings and Sunday services. Besides the clothing -above referred to, she has distributed hundreds of papers, tracts, -cards and texts, reading and talking with the women and children. Her -sewing-school, meeting weekly, has steadily increased, until it now -numbers ninety-three girls, of whom sixty were present at the last -meeting. Cutting and basting work for so many occupies a good deal of -time. - -At our annual church meeting, the reports showed that eighteen persons -had been received on profession of faith during the year 1880, and $256 -raised for church purposes. The Sunday-school reported 220 names on the -roll, of whom 175 were present at one time, and the average attendance -for the year was 115. Ten of the scholars united with the church, and -the school has raised about $60 in weekly contributions. The pastor -and wife gave away 8,500 religious and Sunday-school papers during the -year. One of the papers has a story. It was given to a little girl in -our infant class, who took it home and carefully preserved it. Her -father, not a Christian man, was soon after arrested and confined in -jail for several months for stealing. The little girl carried him her -Sunday-school papers to read. One of these told the story of Joseph and -the baker in the Egyptian prison, and suggested that every prisoner, -and every sinner, had a divine intercessor at the throne, Jesus Christ, -the Saviour, who would not forget his friends in trouble, as the baker -did. So he began to pray, and when released from jail soon after, was a -converted man. - -We have received a great many papers from Northern Sunday-schools and -other friends, and shall be glad to receive many more. Much good may -be done by this means, as the above incident illustrates. From the -incessant storms, floods and cold of this winter, the people need more -help than ever by way of clothing for the destitute, and all other -aids. All kinds of business have suffered, and the high prices of -fuel and other necessaries have caused many to be perplexed as to the -wherewithal of eating and putting on. Many of the country churches have -hardly been able to keep up services at all, owing to storms and floods. - -I have collected over 1,000 volumes for my “Lewis Public Library,” -and it is doing good work. I expect soon to issue a little missionary -paper. Our Lewis High School is increasing in numbers. - - * * * * * - - -ALABAMA. - -Accessions to the Church. - -REV. G. W. ANDREWS, TALLADEGA. - -Twenty-three connected themselves with our College Church yesterday -March 6th; twenty-two of them by confession, and one by letter: fruits -of a revival scarcely yet ended. All but two of them are children or -young people; twenty-one are members of the Sabbath-school and of the -College. Twelve are children of church members, now a long time with -us. Two are wives for whom faithful and godly husbands had hoped and -prayed, lo! these many years; there had been the secret hope but never -before the open confession. Two were baptized by immersion, the rest -followed the better way, choosing less of the outward and formal, -and more of the inward and spiritual. Of the thirty girls boarding -at Foster Hall, all are Christians, as are the forty boys, with two -or three exceptions. Very few of those who come under our Christian -influences so far as to be members of our family and Sabbath-school, -fail to indulge a hope in Christ. - -We had meetings every night for three weeks, Pres. DeForest preaching -with great tenderness and power, while all the teachers and workers -did faithfully what they could. So far from interfering with regular -school duties, these meetings quickened to highest endeavor in study, -and led to the most careful and conscientious use of time. Never before -have our pupils been so conscientious and so well-behaved. Among the -thirty girls at the boarding hall there has been but a single case of -discipline since the present school year has begun, and that grew out -of a voluntary confession, a sign of a very tender conscience. - -All the meetings have been unusually quiet; not a case of noisy -demonstration, no great “sights,” no “dreams,” but a thoughtful -surrender to Christ, very much, I think, as in the revival meetings I -have been accustomed to all my life. In them God has honored preaching, -which has been so plain, practical and tender that few could resist -it. There were not many hard hearts or dry eyes when the sermon on the -“Prodigal Son” was ended and the invitation given to all prodigals to -return to an injured Father’s house. - -Through all these meetings unusual honor was put upon the Spirit, and -on prayer, and there was more than the usual amount of preaching to the -church, and with excellent results. God has done great things for us, -whereof we are glad. - - * * * * * - - -MISSISSIPPI. - -Burning of Building at Tougaloo. - -REV. A. HATCH. - -Sunday, Jan. 23d, at half-past seven o’clock, the students of the -University assembled as usual in the chapel for the evening worship. -The pleasant afternoon had given place to a chilly night. In a warm -but not overheated room all were attentive to the opening exercises. -In the midst of the second hymn, which all had arisen to sing, one or -two young men near the door were seen to pass out quickly from the -room. Several others followed at their heels, when, immediately, as by -a common instinct, both divisions of the assembly turned and pressed -down the aisles toward the two front doors. Not a word of alarm was -spoken by an individual and the order, “back!” “back!” which was given -from the rostrum, checked for a minute this sudden movement, and some -at the doors hesitated whether to pass out or to return. A moment more -when a quantity of water fell from the ceiling through the thimble of -the stove pipe, simultaneously with the cry of “fire” without, all in -the room became aware of the real cause of alarm. The young men who -first passed out ran to the hall above, and, with what water was found -in three or four rooms which they burst into, attempted to put out the -fire. It was found to have broken out, however, above them, beneath -the roof and very close also to the open bell-tower. This tower, with -the long, straight hall, which, at one end, opened into it, and at the -other had an outside stair door—the only entrance—provided at the start -a powerful, furnace-like draught to the flames, which had they not been -out of reach, could have been with difficulty brought under control. - -Within one hour our chapel was entirely consumed. During this time the -young men managed to save a trunk, in some cases, a handful of clothes, -a few books, or whatever else they could snatch out of their rooms the -quickest. A number lost everything except what they were wearing at the -time. In several instances what was thrown out of windows and carried -to a safe distance from the burning building was stolen by enterprising -neighbors. - -No sooner was the chapel well in flames than the attention of everybody -was centered in the effort to save adjacent buildings, and especially -the mansion, the most valuable of all. This and the chapel stood -broadside toward each other, 37 yards apart. We had, however, the -advantage of a flat iron roof easily accessible to work upon. To keep -the northern side of the building thoroughly wet with water thrown from -the roof, from the ground, and from the second-story veranda, was the -work of a long half hour, each moment of which we expected to see the -building take fire. The working force of our institution was put to -its utmost strain for the whole of this time. This and all the other -buildings were saved. - -The conduct of our students was truly admirable. Each young man worked -with a will, wherever he was placed, or at whatever needed to be done -at the moment, whether it was at the pumps or carrying water, guarding -a roof, or taking out furniture and books. None worked harder than some -of those who had rooms in the chapel building and were losing nearly -all they had, forgetful even of the trunk or handful of clothing that -lay somewhere scattered about in the yard—all that was left of their -possessions. Many of the young women, also, showed much presence of -mind and were of great service. One was found upon the roof of the -mansion with a bucket of water. - -We received much assistance, too, from friendly neighbors both white -and colored. One old colored woman was the means of saving a great deal -from the burning building, running in and out carrying away the books -and loose furniture. - -Previous to the fire every available room was occupied by our students, -and many apartments which were barely comfortable for two had to -accommodate three. At ten o’clock that Sunday night our main dormitory -for young men was in ashes. Thirty were without a place to sleep. -For that night fifteen were stowed away on the floor of one of the -teachers’ rooms in the mansion, five were put similarly in one of the -offices, and the rest managed to squeeze themselves into the ten beds -at the “Barracks.” - -It shows the earnest disposition of the class of students which are -attracted to Tougaloo University that we were able the next morning, -promptly at nine o’clock, to go on with the regular school work. The -classes all recited as usual, though school books had been scattered -upon the campus and our school room and two recitation rooms had been -turned to ashes by the flames. The Monday writing-class, however, did -not meet. Pens and desks were burnt. - -The fire has indeed seemed to result in a moral blessing, softening -the disposition of many, and teaching a lesson of unselfishness. It -has served, we think, to attach our better class of students to the -institution as perhaps never before. - -Students have been arriving every week since the fire and we have sent -none of them away. The very week following brought us half a dozen -young men. In addition to this, about the first of March quite a number -of young men as well as young women are expected to return to us from -their winter schools. - - * * * * * - - -TENNESSEE. - -Statistics of Teaching by Students now in Fisk University. - -From reports carefully made out by students now in attendance on Fisk -University, the following facts are ascertained: - -Ninety have at some time been engaged in school teaching. Of these, -sixty-two are members of the collegiate department and twenty-eight of -the normal department. The time taught in all, including the past year, -is 1,630 months, or reduced to school years of nine months each, 161 -1-9 years. - -It is found that during the year 1880, seventy-two have taught school, -the sum of the months being 309. This reduced to school years of nine -months each, gives 34⅓ years. - -The sum total of salaries earned in 1880, is $9,129. From this must be -subtracted for cost of board and travel, $3,236, leaving a net gain of -$5,893. - -The entire number of pupils taught during the year is 5,641, and the -sum of average daily attendance is 3,717. - -Of the seventy-two who taught these schools, sixty-seven did labor in -Sunday-schools, forty-four as teachers, seven as superintendents and -sixteen as both teachers and superintendents. The total attendance -on these Sunday-schools was 3,963. Besides this, four did labor in -preaching, twelve held prayer-meetings and one held Bible readings. The -number of conversions reported is 151. - -Thirty-two taught in Tennessee, twenty-two in Mississippi, eight in -Texas, four in Alabama, four in Arkansas, two in Georgia, one in West -Virginia, and one in Missouri. - -Inferences drawn from these statistics: - -1. Nearly all the students in Fisk University of sufficient age and -advancement in scholarship, teach during their courses of study. It -is found that eighty per cent. of the students in the collegiate -department have taught. Those who have not taught are too young to take -charge of a school. The per cent. of those in the Normal department who -have taught, is less, because the advancement in scholarship is less, -as is also the average age. - -2. The average salary per month is $29.54. The average cost for board -and travel, not calculating other expenses, is $10.47. This leaves the -net gain per month of $19.07. This in reality is reduced somewhat by -loss of time often incurred in securing a school, or in waiting for it -to begin after it is secured. - -3. It is seen that the students are making very praiseworthy efforts to -gain an education, and that they earn annually a large sum of money to -secure that end. Still, at a net gain of $19.07 a month, the student -cannot entirely support himself. Parents should consider well this -fact, not fully understood, as it would appear, by some of those able -to assist their children. Those kind friends who have given to the -Student Aid Fund of the University, will see that their benefactions -are needed and well bestowed. - -4. This condition of things, if the strain is not allowed to be too -severe, has a compensating benefit to the student, who grows strong by -contending with difficulties. He learns the value of education by its -cost. He obtains that practical experience which students ordinarily -have to acquire after graduation. He is also kept in sympathy with the -people among whom his future labors are to lie. - -5. These statistics show that, while in the midst of their own arduous -labors as students, these young people are accomplishing a great amount -of good in a field to which now, happily, the eyes of the nation are -turned, the education of the colored people. During the last year, -when, for reasons not necessary now to give, a less number of students -than usual were engaged in teaching, they had under their training an -army of between five and six thousand children, and performed the labor -of more than the ordinary lifetime of a man; and, including former -years, they have done the work of more than a hundred and sixty years. - -6. But the whole good is not to be estimated in years. The great mass -of the teachers among the colored people, as among the white, teach -with little if any more preparation than what is gained in the common -schools. The coming into a community of one who has enjoyed superior -advantages, introduces a better idea to which others will seek to -attain. One of the most threatening obstacles in the way of colored -education has been the great lack of competent colored teachers. The -paying of incompetent teachers is almost, if not entirely, a waste of -the public money. Viewing from this standpoint, the long and expensive -journeys necessarily taken by the students of Fisk University to reach -their schools, may not be a loss but a benefit, by scattering further -the good influence of the University. In a region where one good -teacher is sent, ten schools will be made better. - -7. In addition to the devotional exercises held in their schools by the -greater majority of the students, much other religious work is done. -During the last year six preached, twelve held prayer-meetings and one -Bible readings, while ninety-six per cent. of all are now engaged in -Sunday-school labor. A more accurate knowledge of the Scriptures and -better idea of Christian living must be the result of these labors. - -8. From a list of institutions of learning where some of those, now -students in Fisk University, studied before coming to it, many of them -of high standing and scattered over the land, it is seen that this -University cannot claim these good results entirely as its own. It -shows also that the University, situated as it is, midway between the -gulf and the lakes, is becoming a great central school of learning. - -9. No mention is made in these statistics of any students not now in -attendance on the University. The exact number of those in that class -who are now teaching, is not known. It is known, however, that many -such are devoting their entire time to teaching and some of them are -already occupying positions of honor and importance as educators. -According to estimates derived from reports given by former students -not now in connection with the University, the number of pupils taught -annually by them cannot be far from 10,000, making a total, with those -before mentioned, of more than 15,000.—_Fisk Expositor._ - - * * * * * - - - - -THE CHINESE. - - * * * * * - - -“CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.” - -Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association. - -PRESIDENT: Rev. J. K. McLean, D.D. VICE-PRESIDENTS: Rev. A. L. Stone, -D.D., Thomas C. Wedderspoon, Esq., Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon. F. F. Low, -Rev. I. E. Dwinell, D.D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S. H. Willey, D.D., -Edward P. Flint, Esq., Rev. J. W. Hough, D.D., Jacob S. Taber, Esq. - -DIRECTORS: Rev. George Mooar, D.D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer, Rev. E. P. -Baker, James M. Haven, Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, Rev. John Kimball. - -SECRETARY: Rev. W. C. Pond. TREASURER: E. Palache, Esq. - - * * * * * - - -II.—HOW SPEEDS THE WORK? - -In the February number we gave a brief chapter of replies to this -question. We make no apology for giving a second chapter now. It is -just what our readers want to know, and what we equally wish to tell. -And— - -1. _The Finances._—It was at this point our former chapter closed. I -announced that we were laying out work with reference to raising, over -and above the regular appropriation from the parent society, $5,000 -this year, in place of $1,610.70 received last year. I am glad and -grateful to be able to announce that of that $5,000, fully $2,600 are -already in sight, either in cash or in reliable pledges. It has been -made easy to raise this, because all except the hundreds (_i. e._, -$2,000) has come in a single donation from the grand English house -of Balfour, Gunther & Co., in this city. That is to say, $500 from -the senior partner in Liverpool, Alfred Balfour, Esq., $500 from his -Liverpool associate, Hon. Stephen Williamson, M. P., and $1,000 from -the house as a whole, among the partners in which is a worthy son of -Chalmers’ great successor in the Free Church of Scotland—that prince -among preachers, Dr. Guthrie. This great gift is proffered in the hope -and expectation that the balance of $3,000 will not be found wanting, -and, God helping us, it _shall not_ fail. There has been a painful -sense, all along these years, that we were reaching only the outer edge -of the great necessity touching, so to speak, only the bare fringe -of our great opportunity, though we have done the utmost possible -for us, with the means at our command. I can with a clear conscience -claim that not a dime has gone forth needlessly; that every minutest -item of expense has been carefully scrutinized; and, while it would -be “too good to be true” if we said that _no_ mistakes had been made, -that every experiment had proved a success, or that no fields have -been entered from which we were compelled to retire before the harvest -came to view, still, I speak the simple truth when I say that I know -of nothing that to-day I would extract, or, so far as _our endeavor_ -is concerned, essentially change. The constant prayer has been for -the Master’s guidance; is it vain or presumptuous to believe that -the prayer has been answered, his _promise_ fulfilled, his guidance -vouchsafed? It would be meanly ungrateful if I did not thus testify for -Him. - -But the point is that now we must go deeper. We cannot rest on the -outer edge of the great work. We must avail ourselves to the utmost of -our opportunity, and for this we must have a marked increase of means. -Toward this, now that God has inclined these English brethren to give -so largely, I cannot believe that American Christians will fail to make -fitting response. And inasmuch as I cannot see how more than $1,500 -out of the $2,400 remaining to be raised, can possibly be gathered in -California, I venture to press it on the thoughts and hearts of Eastern -friends, to furnish over and above their regular contributions to the -parent society, at least $900 for its California auxiliary. Let the -gifts be sent directly to me at 940 Copp Street, or to our treasurer, -Deacon E. Palache, 218 Front Street, San Francisco. - -2. _Our Schools._—In the February MISSIONARY I spoke of 13 schools in -operation, a larger number than ever before. The first of March will -see the number 14, a school being prepared to start on that date, at -Tucson, Arizona. It will be, by far, our most distant out-post, but -gives promise of being a very useful mission. Several of the pupils who -had become Christians in connection with our Santa Barbara mission, -work failing at that place, moved on towards the front, and were -scattered among the villages of Arizona; one, at least, even crossing -the line into Mexico. We had letters from them occasionally, such as -encouraged us to believe that, though in exile from what had been to -them a very house of God, and often standing alone, as Christians, -among a crowd of ungodly and profane Americans, they were still walking -in the truth. At length, from one of them who had settled at Tucson, -came, in behalf of himself and eight or nine others, an urgent request -for a mission there. At the suggestion of some excellent Christian -ladies of that city, to whom I appealed for advice, and who kindly -pledged their personal co-operation, the school is to be placed in the -care of Rev. Mr. Messenger, once a missionary of the Episcopal Board -in Africa. He is pronounced to be “a _good_ Christian, who can sing -well, can play on the organ, and will work earnestly” in the liberty of -Christ and not in bondage to any ritual or liturgy. The pupils attest -their zeal by pledging contributions sufficient to pay the rent of -the school-room, $15 per month, and, perhaps, the incidental expenses -likewise. Pray for the success of the first Chinese mission in Arizona. - -Among the new schools reported in my last was that at Oroville. -Its teacher is a daughter of Rev. Alvin Ostrom, pastor of the -Congregational Church in that place, who himself was once a missionary -in China, and has, in his enforced return to this country, been hungry -these many years for an opportunity to preach Christ again to the -Chinese. I hardly need say that with such a spirit in the work tokens -of a coming harvest begin to appear. Two or three of the pupils began -to venture in, on Sabbaths, to the half empty church, and to sit in -unoccupied pews. Whereupon an irate Caucasian vents himself in the -village newspaper in this wise: - -“ED. MERCURY—‘What are our places of divine worship coming to?’ is a -question with many. Are we to give way our places in the pews to the -long-tailed Mongolians, or shall we be obliged to take sides with -them? We answer, ‘No!’ Better send them and our pretended leaders away -together to their proper places. We have no objection to his teaching -them, but for the sake of common decency and the respect due to us, let -it be a separate matter. - - “CHURCH-GOER.” - -The community soon began to be astir. The pillars of the church -began to tremble. Subscriptions began to be withdrawn. Families were -reported as “going over to the other church.” The croakers rose to the -ascendant, and the outlook grew dark. But silence and patience and -gentleness, and pastoral diligence, having God and the right on their -side, are winning the day; and fresh sunshine, gleaming through the -whole church-work, already “puts to silence the ignorance of foolish -men.” - -Although the severe storms of the past two months have interfered with -the attendance on our schools, and even made desirable the temporary -suspension of one of them, yet there is much to encourage in the -reports received. At Marysville three during last month “joined the -Association,” professing thus their faith in Christ, and coming under -probation with reference to reception to the church. At Sacramento the -teacher writes, rejoicing over the return to the school, with heart -apparently renewed, of one pupil for whom she had labored and prayed -with great earnestness, but who first left our school for another, -and then seemed to “go to the bad” with utter recklessness. But the -Lord has brought him back, and he now applies to be received to the -Association, and to be thus recognized as a believer in Jesus. This -Sacramento school, as, also, the one in Stockton, that in Marysville, -and those in this city, are a perpetual joy to me, in the spirit which -pervades the work and the results vouchsafed. Indeed, I know not that -I need except any of our schools from this statement, and I cease to -mention them by name only because the list would be too long. The great -lack just now is Chinese helpers trained for service. To select them -wisely, to provide for their being trained, to put them into harness -at the right point, where by teaching they can learn to teach and by -preaching to preach, is the problem now before me. - - * * * * * - - - - -WOMAN’S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. - -Room 20, Congregational House, Beacon St., Boston. - -MISS NATHALIE LORD, _Secretary_. MISS ABBY W. PEARSON, _Treasurer_. - - * * * * * - - -MONTHLY REPORT. - -The Woman’s Home Missionary Association has made no new appointments -during the past month under the American Missionary Association. -From those already sent into this part of the field the reports are -encouraging and interesting. - -From Baxter Springs, Kansas, where are 1,000 refugees and 1,100 -white inhabitants, Miss Wilson writes that she is getting her work -systematized, and gives her plan as follows: - -“A small unoccupied building, owned by the Hard Shell (colored) -Baptists, has been offered me, on condition that I will put in window -panes and a stove. To do this I shall use a sum of money now in Gov. -St. John’s hands, and I hope this will be enough also for a ton of -coal. In this building I am to open an afternoon industrial school for -women. The different arts of housekeeping will be here taught in turn. -Those who wish will learn to read, and especially mothers’ meetings -will be held. This is the central point of all my work—_the women and -their homes_. Around this will cluster several other departments, for -I have already four or five co-workers. Two of these are good Quaker -women, living in the place and already doing all they can. They will -assist in the women’s school and in visiting at the homes. Another -of the workers there will be John Smith, a colored minister, from -Iowa, educated by the Society of Friends. This man has been on the -ground three months. He is teaching a children’s school. There are -three hundred children of the age to go to school, only about half of -whom are provided for by the town schools. He will be ready to assist -me in every way necessary, and will have one of the departments in -the Sunday-school, of which we have arranged three, beside being the -superintendent of the school. For the use of the Sunday-school we have -three rooms in the public school building. The fourth assistant is Miss -E. Cabell, also colored, a graduate of Hampton. Miss C. joined us from -Virginia in October. She is proving a valuable assistant. She will open -a children’s school, mornings, in our little building, and also have -the Infant Department in our Sunday-school. One other service I desire -to hold, a Sunday morning Bible reading in our little church. And if -we can persuade the ignorant preachers around us, of whom there are -several, to come to our rooms some evening in the week for a weekly -study of the Sunday-school lesson, we shall have gained a great point -with them.” - -The work of Mrs. Steele, in Almeda, S. C., proves full of interest. -This place takes its name from a daughter of Mr. Reuben G. Holmes, who -bought this tract of land, 12,000 acres, for the purpose of giving -employment to worthy colored men and enabling them to buy small -farms for themselves at $5 per acre. He now has nearly 150 families, -including more than 700 souls, on the place, and to instruct and care -for these is the work of Mrs. Steele. She writes that she has more or -less care of all, has already had more than 200 in her Sunday-school. -Her day school occupies her from 9 A.M. to 12.30 P.M.; her evening -school from 7 to 9.30 P.M.; and her afternoons she spends in “calling -on the folks.” Having mentioned some touching cases of distress and -how she was able to relieve them, she adds: “Now don’t think it is -all out-go and no income. I called on another family—the mother had -previously called on me and wanted me to cut out a calico dress for -one of her little girls—when my little girl and I came away from that -home, the mother brought me a _fresh egg_ as a present. Now that gift -for her was more than ten dollars would be for some people to give. -The good-will back of the gift made me feel _rich_.” “In my solemn -talks,” she says, “with my pupils, I’ve found some who seem to me to -be of the Lord’s noblemen, so conscientiously living up to the light -and knowledge they have, and eager for more. I’ve formed a temperance -and anti-tobacco society and have quite a number of names already.” - -All who had a hand in filling or packing the barrel lately sent to Miss -Carter, in Nashville, Tenn.—as well as those whose hands are filling or -packing or are about to be filling or packing other such choice barrels -or boxes—will be glad to hear of its welcome, and also to learn what -are among the most acceptable things to send in such cases. She writes: - -“The barrel arrived Saturday and delights my heart. Were I _a little -darker skinned_ I should say, ‘_it will do me so proud_,’ but as it is -I hardly know how to express my thanks and perfect satisfaction. Did I -tell you so explicitly all my needs—I can’t remember—or did you guess -them? Those test cards are gems: perhaps their value to others may be -beyond price. The papers I’m so glad of, especially the children’s -papers. The pictures cut out by some loving fingers, the picture cards, -tracts, story books, Testaments, _all_ these things meet especial -needs. The children’s clothes, especially the flannels and boys’ -shirts, are most welcome. I know this moment the destination of each -article. - -“Perhaps that for which I’m most truly grateful, is the quantity of -sewing materials. The Lord has not since I came here let me name -a day for help, but just now I was counting my little funds and -wondering—wondering if the time had come when I should be really -obliged to halt. This supply of materials is a true blessing. Perhaps -my Sunday-school stands highest in importance, but surely this -sewing-school work, with all the influences of good which I strive -to bring there to bear upon the girls, is next. I couldn’t willingly -give it up. Through it the girls are clothing their bodies with their -own honest efforts; are learning Christian gentleness and politeness, -and having their minds stored with good thoughts out of good books. -They let me come very close to them, tell me their needs, their -troubles, and recognize me as their friend. So in furthering this -work, you are setting many wheels in motion. I held a reception at the -‘opening’—opening of my barrel; how enthusiastic and happy we all -were.” - -The Association held public meetings in Boston, Mount Vernon church, -morning and afternoon of March 3. The interest of these meetings -indicates, we believe, increasing energy and delight in forwarding the -work. The total receipts of the year, as announced there, have been -$5,077.34. This is not a great sum, but neither is it a bad beginning, -and as fast as it gives pleasure to the friends of the work to add to -our pile, the present year, so fast shall we be eager to increase it by -scattering. - -Receipts from Jan. 1, 1881, to March 1, 1881: - - From auxiliaries $818.65 - From donations 188.89 - From life members 40.00 - From annual members 14.00 - ———————— - Total $1,061.54 - -Donations from Cong. Pub. Soc., $25 worth of S. S. papers, lesson -papers, books and cards, for Miss Julia A. Wilson, Baxter Springs, -for use among refugees. From Mrs. C. A. Johnson, for Miss Wilson’s -use, flannel, new cloth and sewing materials, valued at $25.00. Office -chair, $10.00, from friends. Three chairs for office, from a friend. - -The following boxes and barrels have been sent, valued at: - - From Bradford Academy $180.00 - From North Ave. Church, Cambridge, box, $90.21, - barrel, $48.90 139.11 - From Providence Central Ch. Aux., barrel 475.00 - ———————— - Total 794.11 - - * * * * * - - - - -RECEIPTS - -FOR FEBRUARY, 1881. - - * * * * * - - - MAINE, $841.69. - - Auburn. High St. Cong. Ch. $0.75 - Belfast. Rev. W. Parker (_part for Refugees_) 5.00 - Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch. 15.44 - Brownville. Hon. A. H. Merrill 100.00 - Calais. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - Deering. Mr. Bascomb 5.00 - Dedham. Cong. Ch. 3.00 - Foxcroft. Wm. W. Clark, to const. AXCEL M. - CAMPBELL, L. M. 30.00 - Gardner. Sarah M. Whitmore, _for Student Aid. - Talladega C._ 5.00 - Gilead. Rev. H. R. 1.00 - Hallowell. Ladies, by Annie F. Page, Bbl. of - C., _for Refugees_ - Holden. Cong. Ch. 4.50 - Machias. Eliza G. Longfellow, Bbl. of C., _for - Wilmington, N. C._ - Portland. Ladies in Maine, by Mrs. W. E. - Gould, _for Lady Missionaries at Selma, Ala. - and Wilmington, N. C._ 550.75 - Portland. John M. Gould, Box of C., _for - Talladega, Ala._ - South Freeport. Rev. H. I. 1.00 - Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Union. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Talladega - C._ 5.00 - Waterford. “A Friend,” $4.50; Mrs. C. D., 50¢ 5.00 - Woolwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $9; Mrs. J. P. - Trott, $2 11.00 - - - NEW HAMPSHIRE, $426.92. - - Alstead. Third Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.52 - Atkinson. Cong. Ch., Box S. S. Books, _for - Macon, Ga._ - Candia. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.00 - Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Colebrook. H. A. 1.00 - Concord. Mrs. C. T., 50¢.; C. T. P., 50¢. 1.00 - Dover. M. E. L. 1.00 - Dunbarton. W. C. Stinson 10.00 - Epping. Miss Hannah Pearson, $5; Mrs. John - Billson, $5; _for School House, Athens, Ala._ 10.00 - Exeter. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch., $20; - Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for freight_, $3; _for - Talladega C._ 23.00 - Exeter. “A Friend” 2.00 - Great Falls. Mrs. E. A. Tibbets, _for - Talladega C._ 3.00 - Hanover. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student - Aid. Atlanta U._ 30.00 - Hanover. Cong. Ch. at Dartmouth College 22.00 - Hinsdale. G. W. 1.00 - Keene. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., $81; Mrs. J. - A. G., 50¢.; J. P., $1; Mrs. N. R. C., 50¢ 83.00 - Langdon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00 - Lebanon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.00 - Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 29.20 - Monroe. S. H. 0.51 - Mount Vernon. J. A. S. 1.00 - New Ipswich. A. N. Townsend, $2; Mrs. Dr. G., $1 3.00 - Newport. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. A. B. - CHASE, L. M. 33.67 - Orford. Miss A. E. 0.51 - Peterborough. Mrs. E. H. 1.00 - Piermont. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 8.00 - Pittsfield. J. Merrill 1.51 - Plainfield. Mrs. Hannah Stevens, to const. - MRS. SOPHIA R. BAKER, L. M. 32.00 - Plymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - - - VERMONT, $201.38. - - Andover. “Baldwin Family” 1.00 - Bakersfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.25 - Bethel. Mrs. Laura F. Sparhawk 5.00 - Brattleborough. F. W. K. 1.00 - Burlington. Third Cong. Ch. 53.25 - Charlotte. Nettie A Parker 10.00 - East Hardwick. Mrs. L. W. J. and Mrs. L. A. P. 2.00 - Essex. “A Friend” 1.00 - Fayetteville. M. K. 1.00 - Marshfield. Lyman Clark 10.00 - North Craftsbury. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of Cong. - Ch., Bbl. of Bedding, val. $30, and $2 _for - freight_, by Mrs. Mary W. Boardman, _for - Atlanta U._ 2.00 - Poultney. A. M. Knapp 2.00 - Royalton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.00 - Saint Albans. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 43.13 - Saint Johnsbury. “A. I. R——y” 5.00 - Saxton’s River. E. S. S. 1.00 - Shelburn. “A Friend” 15.00 - Underhill. E. S. Whitcomb 5.00 - Vergennes. W. W. Pierce, $2; Mrs. H. S. and R. - T. B., 50¢. ea. 3.00 - Wait’s River. J. F. W. 1.00 - Wallingford. Cong. Ch. and Soc., Bbl. of C. - and $1 _for freight_ 1.00 - Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.75 - - - MASSACHUSETTS, $5,599.11. - - Allston. “A Friend” 2.00 - Amherst. G. C. Munsell 2.00 - Andover. Mrs. F. R. B. 0.50 - Athol. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. - HORACE I. WHIPPLE. L. M. 30.00 - Bedford. M. E. R. 0.50 - Belchertown. Cong. Sab. Sch., $7; Miss S. C. - A., $1 8.00 - Billerica. H. B. S. 1.00 - Boston. Mrs. Nancy B. Curtis, $200; “P.,” $1; - Mrs. A. B., 50¢. 201.50 - Boston. S. D. Smith, (6 organs) 1,000.00 - Boston. “A Friend,” _for Kansas Refugee M._ 5.00 - Boston. N. Willis Bumstead, paper hangings and - mouldings, _for guest rooms, Atlanta U._ - Boston. “Friends,” Bbl. Books and Papers and - Bbl. of C., _for Macon, Ga._ - Boston. Woman’s Home Missionary Ass’n Abbie W. - Pearson, Treas. (of which from Bradford, - Vt., $10; from Mrs. Hunnewell, Boston, _for - Almeda, S. C._, $9.10) _for Lady - Missionaries_ 179.51 - Bradford. Mrs. S. C. Boyd, _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 14.00 - Bradford. Ladies, Bbl. of C. _for Wilmington, - N. C._ - Brockton. Mrs. T. C. P. 0.50 - Brockton. Mrs. Sanford, half Bbl. of C., _for - Tougaloo, Miss._ - Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. and Soc., - $710; Mrs. E. K., 50c.; Mrs. J., 50c. 711.00 - Cambridge. “F. C. S.,” _for Kansas Refugee M._ 5.00 - Charlemont. “A Friend,” 3.00 - Chelsea. Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._ - Clinton. First Evan. Ch. and Soc. 125.00 - Clinton. “A Friend,” _for furnishing a room, - Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Clinton. “A Friend” _for Kansas Refugee M._ 25.00 - Colerain. Mrs. P. B. S. 1.00 - Conway. “Friend of Missions” 2.00 - Danvers. Maple St. Ch. and Soc. 39.00 - Dedham. Individuals, by E. P. B. 2.00 - East Braintree. J. N. L., _for postage_ 0.10 - East Medway. Ladies’ Sew. Cir., 2 Bbls. of C. - East Longmeadow. Cong. Ch. 19.00 - Edgartown. “A Reader of the Missionary” 1.00 - Essex Co. “Howard,” _for Talladega C._ 500.00 - Essex Co. “Howard,” _for Chapel at Wilmington, - N. C._ 100.00 - Fall River. First Cong. Ch. 66.96 - Gardner. G. A. W. 1.00 - Gilbertville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00 - Goshen. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.15 - Grafton. Mrs. Joseph A. Dodge, $25, _for - furnishing a room, Atlanta U._; Ladies Sew. - Circle of Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of Bedding, - _for Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Granby. Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.40 - Granville Corners. C. Holcomb, $5; Mrs. - Clement Holcomb, $5 10.00 - Haverhill. Bundle of C. - Hopkinton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for - Talladega C._ 25.00 - Lakeville. Precinct Cong. Sab. Sch. 20.17 - Lawrence. T. C. Whittemore, _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 40.00 - Lee. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $103, _for rebuilding - Chapel, Tougaloo, Miss._; Ladies of Cong. - Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Tougaloo_ 103.00 - Linden. Young People’s Mission Circle, Bbl. of - C., _for Talladega, Ala._ - Littleton. Woman’s Mission Circle, _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 10.00 - Littleton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C., - _for Mobile, Ala._ - Lowell. Leonard Kimball, _for Indian M._ 100.00 - Lowell. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of First Ch., Bbl. - of C., _for Wilmington, N. C._ - Medfield. F. D. Ellis 100.00 - Medford. “A Friend” 2.00 - Merrimac. Miss H. W. 0.50 - Middleborough. Mrs. Geo. H. Doane, Box of C., - $2 for freight, _for Tougaloo_ 2.00 - Natick. Rev. D. W. 0.10 - New Bedford. M. M. 0.50 - North Amherst. H. S. 1.00 - Northborough. Mrs. H. B. D. 1.00 - North Brookfield. “A Friend in Union Cong. Ch.” 5.00 - Newburyport. “A Friend” 5.00 - Newburyport. Ladies’ Freedmen’s Aid Soc., 2 - Bbls. of C., _for Washington, D. C._ - Newburyport. H. F. Tyler, 23 Bbls. of C. _for - Refugees_ - Newton Centre. Ladies of Mrs. Furber’s Bible - Class, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00 - Norfolk. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., Bbl. of Bedding, - _for Atlanta U._ - Palmer. Second Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Rockland. “A Friend” 30.00 - Saundersville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 - South Hadley. Mt. H. Sem., “A Friend,” _for - Kansas Refugee M._ 2.00 - Southbridge. “A Friend” 50.00 - South Wellfleet. “A Friend” 2.00 - South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., to - const. LYSANDER HEALD, L. M. 42.00 - Springfield. “M,” $800; First Cong. Ch., - Coll., $83.39; “F. A. B.,” $200; South Cong. - Ch., $81.89; Miss Lizzie Bates, $3 1,168.28 - Stoneham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.63 - Taunton. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.28 - Tewksbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Indian M., - Hampton N. & A. Inst._ 18.75 - Townsend Harbor. Mrs. Ralph Ball, Box S. S. - Books, _for Macon, Ga._ - Upton. “A Friend,” Bbl. of C., _for - Washington, D. C._ - Wakefield. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 38.07 - Watertown. Ladies, 4 Bbls. of C., _for - Tougaloo, Miss._ - Waverley. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.04 - West Dennis. S. S. C. 1.00 - Westborough. Freedmen’s Mission Ass’n, Bbl. of - C., _for Talladega, Ala._ - Westfield. Dr. H. Holland, _for Kansas Refugee - M._ 2.00 - Westford. Rev. E. R. H. 0.50 - West Medway. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 - West Boylston. “Willing Workers,” _for - furnishing a room, Atlanta U._ 25.00 - West Roxbury. Sab. Sch. of South Evan. Ch. 20.00 - West Springfield. “Mission Band,” by C. H. - Abbott, _for Talladega C._ 60.00 - West Springfield. Park St. Ch., $30; First - Cong. Ch., $15 45.00 - Wilmington. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for - Talladega C._ 25.00 - Wilmington. J. Skelton 5.00 - Woburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc., “A Friend” 25.00 - Worcester. “A Friend,” $50; Old South Cong. - Ch. and Soc., $38.17; Hiram Smith and - Family, $30; H. W. Wheeler, $30, to const. - MRS. SARAH H. WHEELER, L. M.; M. F. W., $1 149.17 - Wrentham. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for furnishing a - room, Atlanta U._ 6.00 - —— “A Friend,” to const. MISS ABBIE ALLEN, L. - M. 30.00 - —— Bbl. of C., _for Tougaloo, Miss._ - ————————— - $5,499.11 - - LEGACY. - Whitinsville. ESTATE of E. W. Fletcher, by - Chas. P. Whitin, Ex. 100.00 - ————————— - $5,599.11 - - - RHODE ISLAND, $72.60. - - Nayatt Point. R. W. S. 1.00 - Peace Dale. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Providence. Union Cong. Ch., $35; “A Father of - Four,” $25; L. M. W., $1; Miss S. P. P., 60c. 61.60 - - - CONNECTICUT, $3,237.92. - - Ansonia. Wm. Terry, M. D. 5.00 - Avon. Miss L. O. T. 1.00 - Berlin. Rev. J. Whittlesey 10.00 - Bloomfield. “A Friend,” to const. MRS. HARRIET - E. FISH, LEVI TILLOTSON, and JOHN BLACKWELL, - L. M.’s 87.50 - Bristol. Cong. Ch., to const. R. A. POTTER, W. - F. BRAINARD, E. B. DUNBAR, and GEORGE L. - GOODRICH, L. M.’s 120.00 - Chester. Cong. Ch. 19.40 - Canton Center. W. G. Hallock 10.00 - Cobalt. G. H. L. 0.50 - Cornwall Bridge. Geo. H. Swift 10.00 - Coventry. Mrs. B. T. Preston 5.00 - Derby. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for _Tillotson - C. and N. Inst._ 29.50 - Durham Centre. A. P. C. 1.00 - East Haddam. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 12.64 - Farmington. Cong. Ch., FREDERICK C. JONES, to - const. himself, L. M. 30.00 - Greeneville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 33.44 - Greenwich. Richard B. Carpenter, $100; E. M., $1 101.00 - Groton. Cong. Sab. Sch. 11.02 - Hartford. Geo. Kellogg, _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Hartford. “A Member of Asylum Hill Cong. Ch.,” - _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 4.00 - Hartford. “Member Asylum Hill Cong. Ch.” 20.00 - Hebron. Mrs. Jasper Porter, _for Tougaloo U._ 25.00 - Kensington. Mrs. M. Cowles 2.00 - Litchfield. First Cong. Ch. 24.10 - Lyme. T. L. Gilbert 2.00 - Meriden. First Cong. Ch., E. K. Breckenridge 5.00 - Middlefield. Cong. Ch., _for Kansas Refugee M._ 23.50 - Middletown. First Cong. Ch., $29.94; Dea. - Selah Goodrich. $20; Miss E. T., 50c. 50.44 - Milford. First Cong. Ch. 17.63 - Morris. Cong. Sab. Sch. 15.00 - Naugatuck. Cong. Ch. 27.00 - New Hartford. Cong. Ch., Bbl. books, and - papers, $2 _for freight, for Macon, Ga._ 2.00 - New Haven. Dr. W. B. DeForest, _for Talladega - C._ 50.00 - New Haven. “A Friend,” _for Tillotson C. & N. - Inst._ 5.00 - New London. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Harris, _for - Talladega C._ 120.00 - New London. “A Friend” 2.00 - New Preston. Mrs. B. A. 1.00 - New Preston Village. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 44.00 - New Preston Village. “A Friend,” _for Hampton - N. and A. Inst._ 10.00 - North Branford. J. A. Palmer 2.00 - North Haven. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 10.00 - Norwich. Second Cong. Ch., $113.23; Second - Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., $65; First Cong. Ch., - $10 188.23 - North Woodstock. Cong. Ch. 15.00 - Plantsville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 60.00 - Plymouth. Plymouth Cong. Sab. Sch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 95.00 - Roxbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.70 - Stafford Springs. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - South Britain. Mrs. E. M. Averill 5.00 - South Glastonbury. Cong. Ch. 5.26 - Terryville. A. S. Gaylord, _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 70.00 - Thomaston. David S. Cables 20.00 - Thompsonville. D. P 1.00 - Torrington. Cong. Sch. and Soc. 15.00 - Trumbull. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $9.64; Cong. - Sab. Sch., $10.36 20.00 - Vernon Depot. Sab. Sch., by C. D. Tucker, _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 18.00 - Washington. Henry S. Nettleton, _for - school-house in Ga._ 5.00 - Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., $399.86; - first Cong. Ch., $135.70 535.56 - Waterbury. “A Friend,” _for Kansas Refugee M._ 5.00 - Watertown. Dr. John De Forest, _for Talladega - C._ 100.00 - Windsor. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Windsor Locks. Mrs. L. P. Dexter 5.00 - Winsted. E. E. Gilman, $10; Mrs. E. W. C., $1; - Mrs. C. S., 50c. 11.50 - Winthrop. Miss C. Rice, $1.50; Mrs. M. A. - Jones, $1.50 3.00 - Woodbridge. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - ——“A Friend” ($150 of which _for Kansas - Refugee M._) 450.00 - ————————— - $2,637.92 - LEGACIES. - - Avon. ESTATE of Maria Avent, by Oliver Gabriel 200.00 - Eastford. ESTATE of Rozel S. Warren, by J. D. - Barrows, Ex. 400.00 - ————————— - $3,237.92 - - - NEW YORK, $1,096.96. - - Albany. Mrs. Mary M. Learned 25.00 - Arcade. Dea. P. H. Parker 5.00 - Brooklyn. Central Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., Geo. A. - Bell, supt., _for Missionaries at - Fernandina, Fla., Ladies’ Island, S. C., and - Charleston, S. C._ 200.60 - Brooklyn. Bedford Cong. Ch. 16.00 - Cohoes. Mrs. I. Terry 3.00 - East Bloomfield. Cong. Sab. Sch. 16.00 - Franklin. Mrs. Isabel H. Penfield 5.00 - Fredonia. “Friends,” _for School-house, - Athens, Ala._ 30.00 - Fredonia. Miss Martha L. Stevens 5.00 - Galway. Delia C. Davis and sister, _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 10.00 - Gloversville. Cong. Ch. (of which Alanson - Judson, $150, Mrs. Sarah B. Place, $70, $35 - _of which for Tillotson C. and N. Inst._) 314.50 - Goshen. Miss Martha Wisner, _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 10.00 - Jefferson. Mrs. S. Ruliffson 4.00 - Kinderhook. W. I. 1.00 - Lenox. Amos S. Johnson 2.00 - Lockport. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., ad’l to - const. MRS. L. B. KING, MISS NETTIE MOODY - and GEORGE JENNINGS, L. M’s 56.04 - Lima. Geo. Thayer, $5; G. W. Thayer, $3; Mrs. - E. W. Beadle, $2 10.00 - Mount Sinai. Cong. Ch. 10.46 - Mina. Mrs. A. T. 1.00 - New York. William E. Dodge, _for Tougaloo U._ 100.00 - New York. Broadway Tab. Ch., Mon. Con. Coll., - _for Ch., McIntosh, Ga._, and to const. REV. - WM. M. TAYLOR, D. D., L. M. 30.00 - New York. Sab. Sch. of Broadway Tab. Ch., $25; - Rev. H. C. Haydn, D. D., $10; Mrs. E. - Merritt, $10 45.00 - New York. ——, _for Mendi M._ 5.47 - Oswego. Cong. Ch. Mon. Con. Coll. 13.48 - Rushford. W. W. 0.51 - Saratoga Springs. Mrs. A. M. W., Sen., $1; - Mrs. S. S., $1 2.00 - Smyrna. “A Friend” 10.00 - Springville. Lawrence Weber 3.00 - Success. Sab. Sch., by J. H. Benjamin, supt. 11.00 - Tarrytown. “A Friend” 50.00 - Troy. MRS. C. H. LADD, to const. herself L. M. 30.00 - Walton. Union Miss. Soc. of Second Cong. Ch., - $35.44; Second Cong. Sab. Sch., $19.66; J. - J. St. J., 50c. 55.60 - West Farms. Ladies and Prof. Alphonso Wood, - Bbl. of Bedding and Books, by MRS. A. WOOD, - _for Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ - West Winfield. Cong. Ch. 16.00 - - - NEW JERSEY, $81.39. - - Bernardsville. J. L. Roberts 25.00 - Lakewood. Ralph Tyler and G. L. Hovey, Box of - Books, _for Tougaloo U._ - Lyons Farms. “C.” 5.00 - Newark. “A Friend” 0.39 - Orange Valley. Ladies’ Sewing Soc. of Cong. - Ch., $26, and Bbl. of Bedding and C., by - Mrs. Austin Adams, _for furnishing rooms, - Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 26.00 - Salem. W. G. Tyler 25.00 - - - PENNSYLVANIA, $7.00. - - Cambridgeborough. Mrs. W. G. 1.00 - Cross Cut. W. W. 1.00 - Forest Grove. C. T. B. 1.00 - Guy’s Mills. S. O. F. 1.00 - Philadelphia. M. A. L. 1.00 - Sewickley. “A Friend,” _for Mendi M._ 2.00 - - - OHIO, $788.28. - - Austinburg. First Cong. Ch. 11.00 - Belpre. Cong. Ch. 13.03 - Brookfield. Miss E. F. 0.50 - Bucyrus. “Friends,” by Rev. J. Schull, _for - Tougaloo U._ 17.50 - Burg Hill. Mrs. H. B., $1; J. M. J., $1; S. J. - B., 50c. 2.50 - Cleveland. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. of the Heights, - _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 24.00 - Cleveland. B. A. D., 50c.; M. P., 50c. 1.00 - Dover. L. G. P. 1.00 - Delaware. J. W. D. 0.50 - Elyria. Heman Ely, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 40.00 - Fredericktown. A. H. Royce 10.00 - Geneva. “Cheerful Workers,” by Minnie Carter, - sec., _for Tougaloo U._ 15.00 - Greenfield. William Smith 5.00 - Harrison. John D. Bowles 5.00 - Hartford. Mrs. F. and M. Brockway, $5; S. C. - B., $1; H. J., $1; Mrs. A. T., $1; H. B. T., - $1; Others, $1 10.00 - Huntington. Edward West 25.00 - Kingsville. M. Whiting 20.00 - Lorain. “Friends,” by Miss Kate Randall, _for - Emerson Inst._ 8.00 - Martinsburgh. J. A. McFarland and Miss Emily - McFarland, $2.50 ea. 5.00 - Metamora. Mrs. M. S. 1.00 - Moss Run. M. B. F. 1.00 - Mount Vernon. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00 - Napoleon. Mrs. N. B. P. 1.00 - Painesville. R. Hitchcock, _for Kansas Refugee - M._ 250.00 - Painesville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Painesville. E. E. J. 1.00 - Sandusky. J. G. 0.50 - South Salem. Daniel S. Pricer, $3; Miss M. M. - M., $1; Mrs. M. S., $1 5.00 - Springfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., $12.50, _for - Tougaloo U._, and $12.50, _for Fisk U._ 25.00 - Sulphur Springs. “Friends,” by Rev. J. Schull, - _for Tougaloo U._ 22.50 - Toledo. Mrs. Geo. L. Weed, $10; Mrs. M. A. - Harrington, $5 15.00 - Willoughby. Mrs. J. M. Page, $5; Miss C. E. - Leonard, $5; _for Kansas Refugee M._ 10.00 - ————————— - $621.03 - LEGACY. - - Cleveland. ESTATE of Chas. French 167.25 - ————————— - $788.28 - - - INDIANA, $15.00. - - Indianapolis. Mrs. M. S. Pratt, _for - School-house, Athens, Ala._ 15.00 - - - ILLINOIS, $585.66. - - Aurora. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 - Batavia. Cong. Ch. 39.49 - Belvidere. Mrs. M. C. Foote 3.00 - Bristol. Mrs. S. J. Wheeler, $2; Mrs. H. S. - Colton, $2 4.00 - Buda. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady - Missionary, Savannah, Ga._ 20.00 - Chicago. Elisha Gray, _for Student Aid, Fisk - U._ 10.00 - Chicago. J. Fairbanks, Box books and papers, - _for Macon, Ga._ - Chicago. Dr. J. H. H., $1; Family Missionary - Box, $1.58 2.58 - Lake Forest. Mrs. W. H. Ferry, _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00 - Moline. John Deere, _for Theo. Dept., Fisk U._ 100.00 - Odell. Mrs. H. E. Dana 10.00 - Payson. Cong. Sab. Sch. 20.00 - Peoria. Mr. & Mrs. J. L. Griswold, _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 100.00 - Port Byron. A. F. Hollister 5.00 - Princeton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.48 - Princeville. Mrs. E. R. Auten 5.00 - Providence. Cong. Ch. 22.61 - Providence. Ladies’ of Cong. Ch., for _Lady - Missionary, Liberty Co., Ga._ 5.00 - Saint Charles. Cong. Ch., Miss Abby Ward 3.00 - Streator. Samuel Plumb, _for Kansas Refugee M._ 100.00 - Tolono. Mrs. L. Haskell, _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 11.00 - Tonica. “Friends” 8.00 - Turner. Mrs. R. C. 1.00 - Winnetka. Cong. Ch. 27.50 - Wyoming. Rev. Wm. Walters 3.00 - - - MICHIGAN, $198.62. - - Adrian. C. C. Spooner 5.00 - Ann Arbor. Cong. Ch. 46.00 - Battle Creek. Presb. and Cong. Sab. Sch’s., - _for Talladega C._ 6.00 - Cooper. Cong. Ch. 12.93 - Detroit. First Cong. Ch., “A Friend,” $2; F. - M., $1; S. Z., 50c. 3.50 - Kalamo. Mrs. S. E. B. 1.00 - Lowell. Mrs. E. A. Yerkes 5.00 - Marshall. D. H. Miller 5.00 - Milford. Mrs. W. O. 0.51 - Olivet. “Young Men’s Christian Ass’n,” _for - Talladega C._ 60.00 - Owosso. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 35.00 - Port Huron. H. W. C., 50c.; C. G. H., 50c. 1.00 - Salem. Mrs. A. V. 0.51 - Saint Johns. Rev. S. S. 1.00 - Summit. Missionary Soc., by Mrs. F. G. - Terrill, Treas. 3.17 - Traverse City. S. A. 1.00 - Union City. Mrs. E. J. H., 50c.; Mrs. D. B. - W., 50c. 1.00 - Vassar. J. G. Selden 2.50 - Whitehall. B. H. 1.00 - Whitehall. Mr. and Mrs. Byron Hammond, _for - Schoolhouse, Athens, Ala._ 5.00 - - - WISCONSIN, $213.25. - - Appleton. Miss A. E. Hutchinson’s Sab. Sch. - Class, Box of C., $2 _for freight, for - Macon, Ga._ 2.00 - Appleton. First Cong. Ch., Box Books and C., - _for Macon, Ga._ - Beloit. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., _for Lady - Missionary, Talladega, Ala._, and to const. - MISS H. MARTINDALE, L. M. 44.50 - Beloit. J. Bert, $10.75; Sab. Sch. of Second - Cong. Ch., $7.30; Ladies of First Cong. Ch., - Bale of C., _for Talladega C._ 18.05 - Beloit. “Friends,” 3 Boxes Books and Papers - and 1 Box C., _for Macon, Ga._ - Beloit. Rev. Thomas Gillespie 5.00 - Evansville. Cong. Ch., $5; Cong. Sab. Sch., $20 25.00 - Milwaukee. Spring St. Cong. Ch., $95.60; Mrs. - Samuel Brown, $5 100.60 - New London. First Cong. Ch., 3 Boxes Books and - Papers, Bbl. and Box of C., _for Macon, Ga._ - Oshkosh. First Cong. Ch., Box of Books and C., - and $2.75 _for freight, for Macon, Ga._ 2.75 - Racine. Mrs. J. B. 1.00 - Rosendale. Ladies’ Soc. of First Cong. Ch., 2 - Boxes Books and Papers, 1 Box C. and - Bedding, $9.35 _for freight, for Macon, Ga._ 9.35 - Ripon. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. Books and C., - _for Macon, Ga._ - Sheboygan. First Cong. Ch., Box of Books and - C., $5 _for freight, for Macon, Ga._ 5.00 - - - IOWA, $366.14. - - Cedar Rapids. First Cong. Ch. 3.75 - Cherokee. Mrs. C. E. W. 0.50 - Cincinnati. L. R. Holbroook 10.00 - Council Bluffs. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for - Talladega C._ 30.00 - Creston. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, - Tougaloo U._ 7.50 - Decorah. G. C. Winship 5.00 - Des Moines. Mrs. Samuel Merrill, _for - Talladega C._ 25.00 - Dubuque. First Cong. Ch., $41.50, to const. - DR. J. S. LEWIS, L. M.; W. C. W., 50c. 42.00 - De Witt. Rev. J. F. T 1.00 - Fairfield. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans_ 9.00 - Genoa Bluffs. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $5; - Dea. H. A. Morse, $5 10.00 - Grinnell. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., - $23.75; Miss Lewis’ S. S. Class, $2; Miss - Morris’ S. S. Class, $2.65; G. T. Hills’ S. - S. Class, $2.25, _for Talladega C._ 30.65 - Grinnell. Sab. Sch. Class, Cong. Ch., _for Le - Moyne Sch._ 3.75 - Marion. Ladies’ and Young Girls’ Miss. Soc’s, - _for Lady Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 25.00 - Marion. Mrs. R. D. Stephens, _for Student Aid, - Straight U._ 25.00 - Miles. Cong. Ch. 3.75 - Monticello. Mrs. M. B. C. S. 0.50 - Osage. Woman’s Missionary Soc., _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00 - Preston. Cong. Ch. 4.43 - Tabor. A. C. G. 1.00 - Traer. Mrs. C. H. B. 0.51 - Sherrill’s Mount. Rev. J. R., _for Student - Aid, Straight U._ 1.00 - Stacyville. By Mrs. R. D. Stephens, _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 0.50 - Waterloo. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for - Talladega C._ 10.00 - Eldora. Ladies of Cong. Ch., $11; Monona. - Ladies Aid Soc. of Cong. Ch., $1; Seneca. - Mr. and Mrs. O. Littlefield, $2; Traer. - Ladies of Cong. Ch., $12; _by Mrs. Henry L. - Chase for Lady Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 26.00 - ————————— - $280.84 - LEGACY. - - Tabor. ESTATE of D. E. Woods, by Rev. John Todd 85.30 - ————————— - $366.14 - - - MINNESOTA, $52.41. - - Belle Prairie. Mrs. E. T. Ayer 2.00 - Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 32.78 - Minneapolis. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., - _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 17.13 - Saint Paul. Rev. R. H 0.50 - - - KANSAS, $4.00. - - Baxter Springs. Mrs. M. E. H. K. 1.00 - Burlingame. “A Friend” 1.00 - Leavenworth. Prof. L. A. S. ($1 of which for - Chinese M.) 2.00 - - - NEBRASKA TER., $17.50. - - Nebraska City. “A Friend,” $15.50; L. N. B., - 50c.; Mrs. N. K. P. 50c. 16.50 - Green Island. Rev. C. S. 1.00 - - - CALIFORNIA, $5.50. - - Benicia. Mrs. H. A. 0.50 - Santa Barbara. Mrs. H. M. Van Winkle 5.00 - - - WASHINGTON TER., $11.00. - - Colfax. Rev. Cushing Eells, $10; Mrs. M. R. - S., 50c. 10.50 - Seattle. Mrs. W. H. R. 0.50 - - - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $10.00. - - Washington. Mrs. A. N. Bailey 10.00 - - - KENTUCKY, $10.00. - - Ashland. Hugh Means 10.00 - - - NORTH CAROLINA, $94.50. - - Wilmington. Normal School, Tuition 94.50 - - - SOUTH CAROLINA, $317.00. - - Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition 317.00 - - - TENNESSEE, $355.30. - - Chattanooga. Mrs. J. P. P., 50c.; 1.00 - Memphis. Le Moyne School, Tuition 215.85 - Nashville. Fisk University, Tuition 138.45 - - - GEORGIA, $599.39. - - Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition 186.58 - Atlanta. Atlanta University, Tuition 130.00 - Macon. Lewis High Sch., Tuition 96.45 - Macon. Rent 5.50 - McIntosh. Dorchester Academy, Tuition 29.81 - Savannah. Beach Institute, Tuition, $121.05; - Rent, $10 131.05 - Savannah. Dr. J. P. S. Houston and Dr. Wm. H. - Elliott, _for Mendi M._ 20.00 - - - ALABAMA, $659.95. - - Athens. Trinity School, Tuition 87.50 - Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition 252.10 - Mobile. Cong. Ch., _for Emerson Inst._ 1.25 - Montgomery. Swayne Sch., Tuition 190.00 - Selma. First Cong. Ch., $41.30; Rent, $4 45.30 - Selma. “Friends,” by W. H. Lanier, _for - Tougaloo U._ 5.00 - Talladega. Talladega College, Tuition 48.80 - Talladega. Rev. H. S. De Forest, _for - Talladega C._, and to const. MISS JULIE C. - ANDREWS, L. M. 30.00 - - - MISSISSIPPI, $113.25. - - Forest. “Friends,” by A. Strong, _for Tougaloo - U._ 2.00 - Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition 101.75 - Tougaloo. Rev. G. S. Pope, $5; Students, $1; - O. J., $1; D. I. M., $1; Mr. and Mrs. S., - $1; Etta S., 25c.; J. M. N., 25c., _for - Tougaloo U._ 9.50 - - - LOUISIANA, $141.75. - - New Orleans. Straight University, Tuition. 141.75 - - - TEXAS, $61.50. - - Austin. Tillotson C. & N. Inst., Tuition 46.95 - Austin. G. Warren, _for Tillotson C. & N. - Inst._ 10.00 - Corpus Christi. First Cong. Ch., _for Student - Aid, Talladega C._ 2.55 - Helena. D. E., 50c.; A. S., 50c. 1.00 - Whitman’s. W. B., 50c.; E. A. 50c. 1.00 - - - INCOME FUND, $805.50. - - Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 655.50 - Graves Library Fund 150.00 - - - CANADA, $5.50. - - Sherbrooke. Rev. Arch. Duff 5.50 - - - ENGLAND, $101.90. - - London. Freedmen’s Missions Aid Soc., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._, £21 101.90 - - - WEST INDIES, $1.00. - - Jamaica. “A Lady,” _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 1.00 - ————————— - Total for February $17,097.97 - Total from Oct. 1st to Feb. 28th 87,522.46 - - - FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS. - - Washington, Conn. Mrs. Rebecca Hine 20.00 - Washington, Conn. Cong. Ch. 14.21 - ————————— - Total $34.21 - Previously acknowledged from Oct. 1st to Jan. - 31st 4,076.50 - ————————— - Total $4,110.71 - - - FOR MISSIONS IN AFRICA. - - Leeds, England. Robert Arthington, £3,000 14,535.00 - London, England. Freedmen’s Missions Aid Soc., - £379 1,839.10 - Le Grand, Iowa. L. M. Craig 10.00 - ————————— - Total $16,384.10 - Previously acknowledged from Oct. 1st to Jan. - 31st 1,608.96 - ————————— - Total $17,993.96 - - H. W. HUBBARD, _Treas._, - 56 Reade St., N.Y. - - * * * * * - - - - -Constitution of the American Missionary Association. - -INCORPORATED JANUARY 30, 1848. - - * * * * * - - -ART. I. This Society shall be called “THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY -ASSOCIATION.” - -ART. II. The object of this Association shall be to conduct Christian -missionary and educational operations, and diffuse a knowledge of the -Holy Scriptures in our own and other countries which are destitute of -them, or which present open and urgent fields of effort. - -ART. III. Any person of evangelical sentiments,[A] who professes faith -in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is not a slaveholder, or in the practice -of other immoralities, and who contributes to the funds, may become a -member of the Society; and by the payment of thirty dollars, a life -member; provided that children and others who have not professed their -faith may be constituted life members without the privilege of voting. - -ART. IV. This Society shall meet annually, in the month of September, -October or November, for the election of officers and the transaction -of other business, at such time and place as shall be designated by the -Executive Committee. - -ART. V. The annual meeting shall be constituted of the regular -officers and members of the Society at the time of such meeting, and -of delegates from churches, local missionary societies, and other -co-operating bodies, each body being entitled to one representative. - -ART. VI. The officers of the Society shall be a President, -Vice-Presidents, a Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretaries, -Treasurer, two Auditors, and an Executive Committee of not less than -twelve, of which the Corresponding Secretaries shall be advisory, and -the Treasurer ex-officio, members. - -ART. VII. To the Executive Committee shall belong the collecting and -disbursing of funds; the appointing, counselling, sustaining and -dismissing (for just and sufficient reasons) missionaries and agents; -the selection of missionary fields; and, in general, the transaction of -all such business as usually appertains to the executive committees of -missionary and other benevolent societies; the Committee to exercise no -ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the missionaries; and its doings to -be subject always to the revision of the annual meeting, which shall, -by a reference mutually chosen, always entertain the complaints of any -aggrieved agent or missionary; and the decision of such reference shall -be final. - -The Executive Committee shall have authority to fill all vacancies -occurring among the officers between the regular annual meetings; -to apply, if they see fit, to any State Legislature for acts of -incorporation; to fix the compensation, where any is given, of all -officers, agents, missionaries, or others in the employment of the -Society; to make provision, if any, for disabled missionaries, and -for the widows and children of such as are deceased; and to call, in -all parts of the country, at their discretion, special and general -conventions of the friends of missions, with a view to the diffusion of -the missionary spirit, and the general and vigorous promotion of the -missionary work. - -Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for transacting -business. - -ART. VIII. This society, in collecting funds, in appointing officers, -agents and missionaries, and in selecting fields of labor, and -conducting the missionary work, will endeavor particularly to -discountenance slavery, by refusing to receive the known fruits of -unrequited labor, or to welcome to its employment those who hold their -fellow-beings as slaves. - -ART. IX. Missionary bodies, churches or individuals agreeing to -the principles of this Society, and wishing to appoint and sustain -missionaries of their own, shall be entitled to do so through the -agency of the Executive Committee, on terms mutually agreed upon. - -ART. X. No amendment shall be made to this Constitution without the -concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at a regular annual -meeting; nor unless the proposed amendment has been submitted to -a previous meeting, or to the Executive Committee in season to be -published by them (as it shall be their duty to do, if so submitted) in -the regular official notifications of the meeting. - -FOOTNOTE: - -[A] By evangelical sentiments, we understand, among others, a belief -in the guilty and lost condition of all men without a Saviour; the -Supreme Deity, Incarnation and Atoning Sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the -only Saviour of the world; the necessity of regeneration by the Holy -Spirit, repentance, faith and holy obedience in order to salvation; the -immortality of the soul; and the retributions of the judgment in the -eternal punishment of the wicked, and salvation of the righteous. - - * * * * * - - - - -The American Missionary Association. - - * * * * * - - -AIM AND WORK. - -To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with the -almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted its main -efforts to preparing the FREEDMEN for their duties as citizens and -Christians in America and as missionaries in Africa. As closely related -to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted CHINESE in America, -and to co-operate with the Government in its humane and Christian -policy towards the INDIANS. It has also a mission in AFRICA. - - -STATISTICS. - -CHURCHES: _In the South_—in Va., 1; N. C., 6; S. C., 2; Ga., 13; Ky., -6; Tenn., 4; Ala., 14; La., 17; Miss., 4; Texas, 6. _Africa_, 2. _Among -the Indians_, 1. Total 76. - -INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE SOUTH.—_Chartered_: -Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala.; Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, -Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.; and Austin, Texas, 8. -_Graded or Normal Schools_: at Wilmington, Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, -Greenwood, S. C.; Savannah, Macon, Atlanta, Ga.; Montgomery, Mobile, -Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn., 12. _Other Schools_, 31. Total 51. - -TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.—Among the Freedmen, 284; among -the Chinese, 22; among the Indians, 11; in Africa, 13. Total, 330. -STUDENTS—In Theology, 102; Law, 23; in College Course, 75; in other -studies, 7,852. Total, 8,052. Scholars taught by former pupils of -our schools, estimated at 150,000. INDIANS under the care of the -Association, 13,000. - - -WANTS. - -1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the growing -work. This increase can only be reached by _regular_ and _larger_ -contributions from the churches—the feeble as well as the strong. - -2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational institutions, to -accommodate the increasing numbers of students; MEETING HOUSES for the -new churches we are organizing; MORE MINISTERS, cultured and pious, for -these churches. - -3. HELP FOR YOUNG MEN, to be educated as ministers here and -missionaries to Africa—a pressing want. - -Before sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A. -office, as below: - - NEW YORK H. W. Hubbard, Esq., Treasurer, 56 Reade Street. - BOSTON Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Dis’t Sec., Room 21 Congregational - House. - CHICAGO Rev. Jas. Powell, Dis’t Sec., 112 West Washington Street. - - -MAGAZINE. - -This Magazine will be sent, gratuitously, if desired, to the -Missionaries of the Association; to Life Members; to all clergymen who -take up collections for the Association; to Superintendents of Sabbath -Schools; to College Libraries; to Theological Seminaries; to Societies -of Inquiry on Missions; and to every donor who does not prefer to -take it as a subscriber, and contributes in a year not less than five -dollars. - -Those who wish to remember the AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION in their -last Will and Testament, are earnestly requested to use the following - - -FORM OF A BEQUEST. - -“I BEQUEATH to my executor (or executors) the sum of —— dollars in -trust, to pay the same in —— days after my decease to the person who, -when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the ‘American -Missionary Association’ of New York City, to be applied, under the -direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, to its -charitable uses and purposes.” - -The will should be attested by three witnesses [in some States three -are required—in other States only two], who should write against their -names, their places of residence [if in cities, their street and -number]. The following form of attestation will answer for every State -in the Union: “Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said [A. -B.] as his last Will and Testament, in presence of us, who, at the -request of the said A. B., and in his presence, and in the presence of -each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.” In some -States it is required that the Will should be made at least two months -before the death of the testator. - - * * * * * - - - - - THE CONGREGATIONALIST FOR 1881. - -The publishers of THE CONGREGATIONALIST have never been better prepared -to make an entertaining and instructive paper for the family than now. -Our contributors embrace such names as - - Prof. AUSTIN PHELPS, D. D., ROSE TERRY COOKE, - Rev. J. T. DURYEA, D. D., SUSAN COOLIDGE, - President S. C. BARTLETT, MARION HARLAND, - Rev. L. W. BACON, D. D., Rev. THEO. L. CUYLER, D. D., - Rev. WASHINGTON GLADDEN, Rev. W. F. CRAFTS, - GEO. E. WARING, Jr., Rev. GEO. LEON WALKER, D. D., - Mr. C. C. 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