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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. 7, July, 1881 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: September 24, 2017 [EBook #55612] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, JULY 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. 7. - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” - - * * * * * - - JULY, 1881. - - - - - _CONTENTS_: - - - EDITORIAL. - - OUR ANNIVERSARY REPORTS 193 - A BRIEF VIEW OF THE SITUATION—INTEMPERANCE IN THE - SOUTH 194 - THE LAST MAN: Rev. C. P. Osborne 195 - OUR BOSTON ANNIVERSARY 196 - BENEFACTIONS 197 - GENERAL NOTES—Africa, Indians, Chinese 198 - ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 201 - - - THE FREEDMEN. - - ANNIVERSARY REPORTS—D.C., Howard University 201 - Va., Hampton Institute, Hampton 202 - Tenn., Fisk University, Nashville 203 - Miss., Tougaloo University, Tougaloo 205 - La., Straight University, New Orleans 207 - Tenn., Le Moyne Normal School, Memphis 208 - Ala., Emerson Institute, Swayne School 209 - Ga., Beach Institute, Byron 210 - TALLADEGA COLLEGE—LAYING OF CORNER-STONE 210 - NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE 211 - - - AFRICA. - - ORDINATION AT GOOD HOPE 212 - - - THE CHINESE. - - ANNIVERSARIES: Rev. W. C. Pond 214 - - - WOMAN’S HOME MISS. ASSOC’N. - - MONTHLY REPORT 216 - - - CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - STORY OF REBECCA 217 - - - RECEIPTS 218 - - LIST OF OFFICERS 222 - - CONSTITUTION 223 - - AIM, STATISTICS, WANTS, ETC. 224 - - * * * * * - - - 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. - - - - -[Illustration: STONE HALL, STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS.—See Page 208] - - - - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - VOL. XXXV. JULY, 1881. NO. 7. - - * * * * * - - - - -_American Missionary Association._ - - * * * * * - - -OUR ANNIVERSARY REPORTS. - -We devote an unusual amount of space in this number to reports -of the closing exercises of ten of our educational institutions -at the South. Next month we purpose to add reports of others -whose anniversaries occur too late for mention at this writing. -It will be seen that the year has been an unusually prosperous -one. The number of students, either of advanced grade or seeking -for a higher education, has been larger, perhaps, than during any -previous year. We note especially the large number of boarding -students, and also the fact that the accommodations for them are -by far too limited in many of our schools. The growing disposition -of our students to continue their studies through as many months -of the year as possible is a fact of much significance. It will -be remembered that our missions have been richly blessed by -outpourings of the Holy Spirit, and that a goodly number—sometimes -whole classes—have indulged the hopes of a new life. Most of these -will go forth to teach during the summer, and the rich experiences -through which they have passed will prove of great value to them -in their work. We know of no class of people needing the prayers -of our patrons more than these. Perhaps the influence of our -institutions upon the leading minds of the South, and especially -upon those interested in popular education, was never so great. -Governors of Southern States, mayors of cities, presidents of -colleges, representatives of the pulpit, the bar and the press, -attend our anniversary exercises, and enter heartily and with -appreciation into the spirit of the work. We believe any one who -will read the reports referred to will find much occasion for -thanking God and taking courage. - - * * * * * - -The reports of the exercises at Hampton, Va., and Fisk University, -Nashville, Tenn., were written by Virginians, and give a good idea -of the drift of thought concerning our institutions among the -better class of Southern people. - - * * * * * - - -A BRIEF VIEW OF THE SITUATION. - -The gift of Mrs. Stone of $150,000 for new buildings at Fisk, -Atlanta, Talladega, and New Orleans; the new educational -institution at Austin, Texas, and our new churches organized the -past year at the South, make additional demands upon our treasury. -The churches should not be left to a feeble struggle for life, -but be aided to a vigorous growth. The additional facilities at -the schools mentioned, and the new institution in Texas, mean an -increased number of students to be aided, and increased expense for -teachers, for insurance, repairs and other incidentals. Our work -among the Chinese in California calls urgently for enlargement; in -fact, the continued existence of such a work means continued growth -with increased expenditures. - -A great pressure has been brought to bear upon us to do more for -the education of Indian youth; but the work cannot be done without -money. The success, however, at Carlisle and Hampton indicates -clearly the hopefulness of doing much more. Mr. Arthington, of -Leeds, England, has paid over £3,000, and British Christians have -given a like amount, for a new mission on the Upper Nile, in East -Central Africa; but the opening of the Arthington Mission will -require $10,000 annually for its support. - -It will be seen by these statements that the entrance to our -different fields of labor has been thrown open more widely. We must -settle the question as to whether we shall enter; but to enter -means continued and efficient occupancy. “Occupy till I come” is -the command of the Great Teacher. The gate is not open to a haven -of rest, but to a field of labor, and additional labor calls for -additional expense. Nothing short of an increase of 25 per cent. -of the income of the Association will be adequate to meet the -increased demands. The pastors and officers of the churches are our -most effectual helpers in raising the amount required. Will they -not come to our relief right early? The people will give of their -means if the work and its wants are properly presented to them; and -if God has set before us these open doors, surely He will add His -blessing as we enter. - - * * * * * - - -INTEMPERANCE IN THE SOUTH. - -One of the “decisive battles” to be fought by and in behalf of -the colored people of the South is on the field of intemperance. -Slavery made this vice impossible. Emancipation, with all its -manifold blessings, opened the gates to its entrance, and these -once opened, it now pours in like a flood. - -The cannonading has already begun in some of the Southern States in -regard to prohibition, local option and other legal safeguards; but -in this, as in other battles, small arms and the hand-to-hand fight -must win the victory. Man by man, must the victims of this vice be -warned and rescued, and especially must the young, individual by -individual, be instructed, warned, pledged to personal abstinence, -and enlisted in the work of saving others. The schools of the -American Missionary Association are the very citadels of drill and -equipment in this warfare. Their students must be the vanguard -in the onset, and the “old guard” that “never surrenders” in the -hottest fight. - -We rejoice to know that our schools and their students are alert -and active in their duties in this respect. Temperance literature -and the prayers of God’s people are invoked in their behalf. - - * * * * * - - -THE LAST MAN. - -REV. C. P. OSBORNE. - -The first man is named by sacred history. Scientific prophecy -ventures to tell us who the last man is to be. - -Prof. Alphonse de Candolle, son and successor of the great -naturalist, wrote, a few years since, some interesting speculations -on the probable future of the human race. This paper was deemed -of sufficient value to be republished in the Annual Report of -the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, for the year 1875. In -the course of his discussion the eminent writer shows reason for -believing that the last man is to be, not one man, but three. The -future history of mankind, leaving out of the account any possible -catastrophe that might suddenly extinguish the race, will be, in -his view, somewhat as follows. - -For an extended period the population of the globe, favored by -improved methods of agriculture, by migration to unoccupied lands, -by general prevalence of peace consequent upon higher morality, -will increase until the world is stocked with inhabitants to its -fullest capacity. Then, after a period, will begin a process of -depopulation. The conditions of life in the colder regions will be -greatly changed by growing scarcity of the fuel supply; the world’s -stock of minerals will be gradually exhausted by rust and wear, -which will bring an end of ships, railroads and commerce, and thus -increase the difficulty of maintaining life; and the incessant -action of water, ice and air will constantly diminish the land area -of the globe, until only mountains will remain as islands above the -surface of the sea. Under the combined action of these agencies, -the principles of natural selection and survival of the fittest -will come into play with decisive effect, and in the struggle for -life the weaker races will one by one succumb and disappear. Three -races, however, exhibit qualities which fit them to survive beyond -all others. - -1. The white race, as represented by Europeans and their American -descendants, thanks to their intelligence and habitual bravery, -skill, and the confidence they can place in each other, will -sustain the struggle. 2. The negroes also will prevail, on account -of their physical vigor, power to resist malaria and to flourish in -tropical regions, where the white race rapidly deteriorates. 3. The -yellow race, represented principally by the Chinese, will maintain -their place, since they have great vigor of stock, a capacity to -exist on small resources, and alone seem sufficiently intelligent -and robust to struggle in all latitudes with both the other races. - -The last man, then, is to be a white man, a negro and a Chinaman. -But de Candolle seems to think that the negro may, after all, be -the last man of this triumvirate. For the white man, occupying -scattered islands in the colder regions, and deprived of fuel, -might be exterminated by the more or less periodical invasions -of ice from polar regions, while the black man could continue to -subsist with little effort on the pulp of tropical melons. - -Such is a brief outline of the curious speculations of this -eminent savant. Of their value as science or prophecy, of their -correspondence with Biblical views of the future of human history, -let the reader make his own judgment. The writer simply asks -attention to a few obvious suggestions. - -1. It is a very significant fact that a man of recognized eminence -as a scientist should, in a glance at the probable future of -mankind, give so important a place to the despised African. It -is a fact that more than justifies all the deep interest of -the Christian and the philanthropist in that unfortunate race. -Christians are not in any danger of giving undue attention to the -claims of the negro upon their prayers and benefactions. - -2. The conclusions of science, that the African race is fitted to -persist among the latest inhabitants of the earth, are confirmed -by the evidence of facts. The census of 1880 produced two genuine -surprises. First, the fact that the largest relative increase of -population in the United States during the last decade was in the -former slave States. Second, that this result was due to the fact -that while the increase of the whites of those States was some two -per cent. below the average for the whole country, the increase of -the blacks was more than three per cent. above that average. - -It is thus demonstrated that negroes are not to be numbered with -those races which, like Australians, Hawaiians and American -Indians, fade away and disappear in the presence of more civilized -races. The negro in warm latitudes has shown his ability, with less -than a fair chance, to hold more than his own with the white man. -We may no longer hope that the grave problems, social, political -and religious, connected with his residence in our land, are to be -solved by the gradual extinction of the race. The black man will -not die; he must be instructed and evangelized. - -3. If we are to have black men and yellow men for our neighbors to -the end of time, it is for our interest to be on good terms with -them. As a matter of policy it will be best for us to do all we can -to make them comfortable—I may even say, companionable neighbors. - - * * * * * - - -OUR BOSTON ANNIVERSARY. - -It will be remembered by our readers that during the last week -in May the six co-operative Societies sustained largely by the -Congregationalists, hold anniversary meetings in Boston. This year -the meetings were held on Wednesday, the 25th. The day was bright -and breezy, and the congregations throughout were larger than -usual. The meeting of the American Missionary Association closed -the morning session. - -A report was made by Secretary Woodworth, reviewing, in brief, -the several branches of the work carried on by the Association -during the past nineteen years. Mr. Woodworth’s address was replete -with facts and statistics, giving a comprehensive view of the -importance, success and necessities of the Association. - -Rev. J. F. Lovering, of Worcester, was the first speaker. During -his address he mentioned the fact that a negro family of his -acquaintance, in Massachusetts, found it difficult to rent a -house on account of their color, and argued that if there be such -prejudices still at the North, we ought not to be surprised if -they yet exist at the South. He related several instances coming -under his observation during the war, showing the religious nature -of the colored people and their love for knowledge, closing his -address with a graphic description of a company of colored women -and children singing songs of thanksgiving to troops returning from -the war. - -Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, of Marblehead, was the next speaker. He -urged the work of saving the Freedmen as a duty upon us from a -common-sense and statesmanlike view, as well as from a religious -consideration. He said: “They will never vote safely until they -vote intelligently. They will always be at the mercy of others -until they can think for themselves. They are not like the -Mexicans, who have not changed for a century, but they are eager -for knowledge, plastic, and have already made astonishing advances. -They spend their money freely, and if educated will like their -homes tasteful and attractive. In so low a view as the commercial -one, we should be deeply interested for these people. There are -only about twenty-five colored lawyers and a hundred doctors among -them. In the time of the yellow fever, one of the latter remained -through it all and cared for the people. When his work was over, -a large company of white citizens gratefully followed him to the -depot with a band of music, showing that color is forgotten when -there is ability and power.” - -Mr. Gregory is now building a mission home and remodeling the -school-house at Wilmington, N.C., at an expense of about $8,000. -These buildings are in close proximity to the new church edifice -also built by him, an account of which was given in the AMERICAN -MISSIONARY for May. - - * * * * * - - -BENEFACTIONS. - -—Yale and Hamilton Colleges are to receive $40,000 each from the -estate of James Knox, of Knoxville, Ill. - -—Dartmouth College receives a bequest of $5,000 from the late Hon. -H. C. Burleigh, of Great Falls, N.H. - -—Hon. E. B. Morgan, of Auburn, N.Y., has given Wells College, -Aurora, $10,000, making his gifts to it upwards of $160,000. - -—Col. Gardner A. Sage, of New York, has given $90,000 to the -Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America, situated at -New Brunswick, N.J. - -—Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, of Marblehead, Mass., has recently added -to his gift to the A. M. A. of $3,600 for a church at Wilmington, -N.C., $3,500 as the first installment for a school building to be -erected in close proximity to the new church. - -—A banker of Altenburg recently bequeathed $187,000 for endowments -in the University of Jena. The government of Saxe-Altenburg, -however, retained $54,000 of the amount as legal duty, thereby -reducing the endowment to $133,000. - -—Col. C. G. Hammond, of Chicago, has offered $20,000 towards -establishing an endowment fund of $80,000 for the Congregational -Theological Seminary of that city. Not long since Mr. Hammond -contributed $25,000 for a library building to the same institution. - -_The endowment of the young institutions for the education of -colored people South, presents a fine field for the exercise of -such wise charity as is shown in some of the liberal donations -above._ - - * * * * * - - -GENERAL NOTES. - - -AFRICA. - -—Dr. Laws, of the Scotch Mission on Lake Nyassa, discovered two -coal seams on the north-eastern end of the lake. - -—The Akankoo Gold Mining Company has ordered the explorer Cameron -to go to the Gold Coast to study the mineral ores of the grant -which it holds. - -—Dr. Lanz has exploded the theory of converting the Sahara into an -ocean. He reports that the most depressed portion of El Juf, the -body of the desert, is nearly five hundred feet above the level of -the sea. - -—M. Harold Tarry, a member of the French Sahara commission, has -discovered, south of Wargla, the ruins of the large city of -Cedradra buried under the shifting sands. A mosque and nine houses -have been excavated containing columns, statuary and charred -manuscripts. - -—The village of Roumbeck contains a hundred _toukouls_ (cabins -built upon piles to preserve them from the ravages of the white -ants). This is the chief place of the province of Rohl. Here are -collected ostrich plumes, caoutchouc, tamarinds and cotton, which -are sent to Khartoum. - -—The efforts of the French to find tracing for a railroad across -the Great Desert to Timbuctoo have met with disaster. The great -expedition under Col. Flanders, when nearly across the desert, was, -according to most reliable reports, attacked by the hostile natives -and destroyed. - -—Dr. Oscar Lanz, the leader of the German expedition to Timbuctoo, -has accomplished the object of his mission. He started from -Morocco, taking a south-easterly course across the Great Desert. -In returning he followed the route to the westward toward the -Senegal river, arriving safely at St. Louis on the coast, after -experiencing many delays and hardships. He went in the disguise -of a Turkish physician, taking with him one Italian and five Arab -servants. - -—Timbuctoo is described as lying on the southern edge of the -Sahara near the Niger, is five miles in circumference, and -surrounded on all sides by plains of white sand. Its population has -decreased, many of the houses are in ruins, but it is still the -most important city in Central Africa and the great emporium for -the slave trade of those regions. - -—Dr. Holub is preparing to start for the Cape of Good Hope, from -whence he will travel towards the interior of the continent, with -the expectation of coming out at some point on the Mediterranean. -Although his trip is essentially a scientific one, he will not -neglect the commercial question. He is connected with important -houses of Vienna, with which he will attempt to establish relations -with the tribes of the interior of Africa. - -—On his return from Bahr-el-Ghazal, Gessi found Khartoum very -different from what he had seen it three years before. The European -colony had transformed it. The Catholic mission had become the -instructor of the population. The traders had imported all the -products of European industry. Houses with magnificent stores had -been erected, and one could obtain there all that was required for -modern civilization. It had become a centre of exportation for -the products of Soudan. To remedy the inconvenience of expensive -voyages, they already thought of establishing in the neighborhood a -permanent place for receiving the wax, rubber and ivory which they -brought from the more central countries. - -—The French missionaries who are in the Egyptian Soudan complain -that the slave trade is more active than ever, and that far from -taking measures to prevent it, the regular troops take part in -the plunder in the neighborhood of the White Nile, where they -capture thousands of slaves of both sexes and all ages. One of the -missionaries saw at Fachoda a number of children taken to the slave -market. Another reports that the mountains south of Kordufan are -inhabited by a very beautiful race of negroes, who have resisted -all efforts of the proselytizing Mussulman. These are sold at high -prices, and the slave-hunters regard them as a favorite prey. This -missionary also relates that a dozen valleys were recently ravaged -by the Bagarahs. - - * * * * * - - -THE INDIANS. - -—In British America, during the past 20 years, more than 13,000 -Indians have been received into the Church of England. - -—There is a church organization at Fort Wrangel, Alaska Territory, -among the Stickenn tribe of Indians, with a membership of about -forty. In connection with this, an industrial school and home for -girls has been established. - -—The Indians at present in close relations with the Presbyterian -church number about 16,000, and may be divided as follows: Mohave, -838; Chimehneva, 200; Coahuila, 150; Cocopah, 180; Pima, 4,500; -Maricopa, 500; Papago, 6,000; the San Carlos, White Mountain, -Coyotero, Tonto, Chiricahua, Cochise, Ojo Caliente, Yuma and -Mohave Apaches, 4,878; Hualapai, 620; Yuma, 930; Suppai, 75; and -Quacharty’s, 400. - -These are grouped into the three agencies of Colorado River, Pima -and San Carlos. They number 2,218 children of school age. They had -7,700 acres of land under cultivation, and raised 43,333 bushels of -wheat, 2,493 of corn, and 10,833 of barley and oats. - -—Some poet at Carlisle Barracks, Pa., has set forth the merits of -the Indian training-school at that point as follows: - - “The Garrison, where tap of drum was rule, - Is now the famous Indian Training School. - In days of yore, the Soldiers there were taught - That RED MEN’S USE WAS ONLY TO BE FOUGHT. - But note the change! The reign of Peace is near, - The ploughshare conquers deadly sword and spear. - The cunning pen shall in their swarthy hand - A swifter missile be than burning brand. - Their only WATCH-FIRE shall be REASON’S LIGHT— - Their only WARFARE, BATTLING FOR THE RIGHT.” - - * * * * * - - -THE CHINESE. - -—It is a significant fact that nearly all of the thirty men-of-war -composing the fleet of the Chinese navy are commanded by European -officers. - -—The Young Men’s Christian Association at Tokio, Japan, consisting -wholly of natives, has concluded to start a religious magazine. - -—During the past eight years, which will measure the time of actual -service of the Protestant missions in Japan, the work has been -so far advanced that at present there are 160 missionaries, with -50 churches organized and a total membership of 8,000. There are -also schools, dispensaries, colleges and publishing houses, which -circulate the Scriptures and religious reading in all parts of the -empire. - -—It is reported, concerning the Chinese boarding-school for boys at -Ningpo, that nothing has appeared for years that seems to so fully -enlist the interest and co-operation of all the natives. Although -the school is under native management, the foreign members of the -Presbytery with which it is connected have a voice in its affairs. -Contributions for its support have been given freely both by the -converts and heathen people. It seems that the method pursued is -similar to that carried on so generally in the A. M. A. schools -South. - -—Lai Tip, a Chinese laundryman, was recently murdered on Spring -Street, New York, while returning from the Sunday-school of the -Reformed Presbyterian Church. It appears he was set upon by two or -three roughs, and while stooping to recover his hat, which had been -knocked off, received from a knife fatal wounds from which he died -on the third day. His funeral was attended by Rev. Drs. Hall and -Crosby, and he was buried amid a large attendance of Chinamen at -Machpelah Cemetery, Hoboken, N.J. The murder was most shameful and -unprovoked. - - * * * * * - - -ITEMS FROM THE FIELD. - -FLATONIA, TEX.—“The box you spoke of in your letter was received -last week. Maps are just what we need and will be a great help. -Almost everything was of use, and I consider it a very valuable -box, unusually so. I would like to give my heartfelt thanks to the -donors if I knew them. Please do so for me. I know that those who -keep up the supplies at home like to be assured that their gifts -are appreciated.” - -COLORED SUNDAY-SCHOOLS, N.C.—“Happy Greeting” Union Sunday-school -is the name of one of eight schools organized during the last two -months by a missionary of the American Sunday-school Union in North -Carolina. “This name,” he writes, “was adopted by a cheerful crowd -of colored people.” Another of these schools is called “Valley -Home.” Very few among those people were able to read the Bible. -In a class of twenty-five, only one could tell the name of the -first book in it. Some said that Jacob built the ark. When asked -how the Israelites expressed their joy after crossing the Red Sea -in safety, one said: “I s’pose, sir, dey shot off big guns and -holler’d!” and all present nodded their assent. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE FREEDMEN. - -REV. JOS. E. ROY, D.D., FIELD SUPERINTENDENT, ATLANTA, GA. - - * * * * * - - -ANNIVERSARY REPORTS. - - -HOWARD UNIVERSITY. - -Commencement Exercises of the Theological Department of Howard -University were held in the Memorial Lutheran Church, Fourteenth -Street and Vermont Avenue, Washington, D.C., Friday evening, May -6th, 1881, at 7.45 o’clock. A large audience of white and colored -friends was present, including various U.S. Senators and other -persons of influence. - - -ORDER OF EXERCISES. - -Music; Prayer by Rev. W. W. Patton, D.D., Pres. Howard University; -reading of the Scriptures by Rev. J. G. Butler, D.D.; Music; -Addresses by Graduates; The Perpetuity of the Church, by Emory -W. Williams, Prince George’s Co., Md.; Man, a Religious Being, -by William A. Shannon, Washington, D.C.; Music; The Christian -Minister, by George V. Clark, Atlanta, Ga.; Our Duty to Africa, by -Jarrett E. Edwards, Columbia, S.C.; Music; Address to Graduates, by -Rev. Charles A. Stark, D.D., Lutheran, Baltimore, Md.; Presentation -of Bibles to the Graduates, in behalf of the Washington Bible -Society, by Rev. A. W. Pitzer, D.D.; Conferring Certificates, by -Rev. J. G. Craighead, D.D., Dean Theo. Dept. The addresses were of -a creditable character and gave promise of future usefulness. - -The following persons connected with the Congregational, Baptist, -Methodist and Presbyterian denominations, having pursued studies in -the Theological Department, now leave the University to engage in -the work of the Ministry in their respective churches: George V. -Clark, Atlanta, Ga.; Thomas H. Datcher, Washington, D.C.; Jarrett -E. Edwards, Columbia, S.C.; John H. T. Gray, Prince George’s -County, Md.; Thomas H. Jones, Baltimore, Md.; William A. Shannon. -Washington, D.C.; Emory W. Williams, Prince George’s County, Md. - - * * * * * - - -HAMPTON INSTITUTE. - -REPORTED BY JUDGE WATKINS, A VIRGINIAN. - -Those whose good fortune it was to be present will “not willingly -let die” the pleasant memories of the Commencement day at Hampton, -Va., on the 19th May, 1881. Representatives of widely circulated -journals have made public record of many good things said and done -on this occasion. Some of the incidents will interest readers of -the MISSIONARY. - -The illness of Mrs. Garfield, regretted by all, prevented the -President’s attendance. General Howard, Governor Holliday of -Virginia, Rev. Dr. Potter, and other representative men and women, -contributed largely to the pleasures of the day. The full and most -interesting report to the corporation of Principal Armstrong gave -satisfactory evidence of the God-blest success and continuing -usefulness of this noble enterprise. A large edition of this -valuable paper will be issued, and will, it is hoped, be widely -circulated. No report of any year in Hampton’s history has been -more satisfactory. - -An account of the public exercises of the day for the MISSIONARY -must necessarily be brief. At 8.30 a. m. the new Academic Hall -was dedicated. Bishop Payne, of the Colored Methodist Episcopal -Church, in most appropriate words and manner, offered the -dedicatory prayer. General Howard followed in an address of -marked ability, and of broad and liberal and most approved views, -admirably presented, basing his brief and pertinent remarks upon -the duties of the hour in reference to the negro on the editorial -in the Memphis _Appeal_ reproduced in the May MISSIONARY. Governor -Holliday, of Virginia, was introduced to General Howard. Both had -lost an arm in battle. With their left hands in cordial grasp, -they exchanged fraternal salutations. The incident gave unaffected -pleasure to all who witnessed it. - -The corner-stone of the Stone Memorial building, for colored girls’ -industries (the generous donation of Mrs. Stone of Massachusetts), -and the corner-stone of the Indian Girls’ building, were laid. -The Rev. Dr. Strieby, president of the corporation, delivered -the address in the first, and Rev. Dr. Potter, of New York, in -the latter of the ceremonies. Both gentlemen performed the duty -assigned them most acceptably to the friends of the institution. - -The large and interested audience filled the chapel of Virginia -Hall to its utmost capacity to hear the public addresses of six of -the alumni. These performances were made in excellent taste, the -elocution being exceptionally good, and the views were expressed in -a style and range of thought above the average Commencement orator, -and reflected honor on the _Alma Mater_ and her sons and daughters. - -In appropriate terms General Armstrong introduced General Howard, -Dr. Potter and Governor Holliday, of Virginia, whose words of wit -and wisdom were enthusiastically received. His Excellency, who is a -Christian gentleman of enlarged views and a broad-gauge statesman, -gave cordial welcome to the strangers within the gates of the Old -Dominion, and in fitting words of sincere and merited commendation -approved and indorsed all that had been done and so well done at -Hampton. - -Much more might be said; less could not be said. God will, it is -not doubted, continue to call from Hampton to His service Christian -men and women, _workers_ in His vineyard, who will illustrate that - - “Peace hath her victories - No less renowned than War.” - -The Hampton Institute is becoming more known and appreciated in -Virginia and the neighboring States. Its alumni are occupying -positions of practical usefulness, and discharge the high duties -of good citizens well and faithfully. Virginians believe that -Principal Armstrong is emphatically the right man in the right -place, and that, with General Marshall, Miss Mackie and others -on his staff, he will push forward the good work in which they -are engaged, and will continue to merit and receive the grateful -appreciation of the people of the commonwealth. Above all, they -invoke that blessing of God in the future which has been so -signally manifested in the past. - - * * * * * - - -FISK UNIVERSITY. - -PROF. C. C. PAINTER. - -No one can properly appreciate or understand Fisk University -who does not take into account the model school whose unique -anniversary exercises occurred on Thursday p. m., preceding those -of the University proper. The school is under the management of -Miss Irene Gilbert, who is assisted by students from the Normal -Department. The excellency of her work is not found alone in -the perfection of drill which every exercise shows, but in the -exquisite finish of whatever work is done. A recent graduate from -Williston Seminary and of the Sheffield Scientific School, with -whom I visited this school one day when it was not on exhibition, -and examined the children’s work in map drawing, declared that he -had never seen any work of the kind that compared with it. The -exhibition given by these children made it easier to understand the -uniformly excellent work apparent in all the classes of the higher -grades witnessed during the three days’ examinations of the next -week. Miss Gilbert trains up the child in the way he should go, and -in the higher departments he does not depart from it. - -The Baccalaureate sermon of President Cravath on Sunday afternoon, -from Heb. xi. 27, “For he endured as seeing Him who is invisible,” -was able and timely; well calculated to inspire his hearers with -the faith and courage requisite for the great work which lies -before them as leaders of their emancipated people through the -wilderness which still surrounds and stretches out before them, -after sixteen years of wanderings. - -A rainy evening gave a much smaller audience to hear Dr. G. D. -Pike’s missionary sermon than would otherwise have greeted him. He -must be a laggard indeed who, hearing the Doctor on his favorite -theme of missions, does not become inoculated with something of his -divine enthusiasm. - -Space cannot be given for even a full programme of the exercises, -which filled to the full Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; -examinations in the mornings until 1 p. m., and exhibitions in -the evenings by the Normal School, the Literary Society and the -College Preparatory Class; and it would be exceedingly common-place -to say, what simple truth demands should be said, that they were -all excellent. One of the visitors said at the close of the Normal -School exhibition on Monday, that he did not expect to hear -anything better even from the graduating class; but on Thursday -candidly admitted his mistake, as there was just such advance as -there ought to have been to mark the advanced grade of the pupils. -Perhaps, instead of giving a programme of these exercises, it will -prove more profitable to state impressions derived from them. - -This was the first time the writer has had the privilege of -attending the closing exercises of this or of any school for the -education of these people. Brought up among them, and always -accustomed to regard them as inferior, he shared until recently the -feeling so prevalent that in their education nothing more should -be attempted than a fair common school training. This is not the -place in which to argue that there is urgent need that the leaders -of 7,000,000 people, who are to be redeemed from ignorance and -lifted into a plane where they shall command the respect of those -who are now unjustly prejudiced against them, shall be thoroughly -disciplined and broadly educated; but it is the time to express -the opinion of the writer, and of several others who attended with -great interest these exercises, with something of his prejudices, -that these students showed conclusively that they are capable of -taking on the same culture, and under it of reaching the same -excellencies of thought and discipline, as the more favored whites -attain under like training; and that an objection to their higher -education must be based on other ground than their inability to -receive it, or the need of their race for such leaders as this -school is sending out from year to year. - -A gentleman, native of Tennessee, who has recently been called -from the presidency of a Southern College to the management of the -educational work of the State, was present during the commencement -exercises, and contrasted them with those of the graduating class -of the first institution of the State for whites, in terms so -complimentary to the negro students, that, out of deference to the -whites, his language will be omitted. - -This work is no longer tentative. Both the possibility and value -of it have been fully demonstrated, and the urgent demand is that -the University shall be fully equipped for it. The point has -been reached, in the estimation of all who know anything of its -history, needs and opportunities, when it must be enlarged or -suffer irreparably. It was, therefore, with gladness of heart that -a large number of its friends, white and black, from the city and -from other States, gathered to lay the corner-stone of Livingstone -Missionary Hall on Wednesday afternoon. - -Gen. Fisk presided most felicitously, and the address of Dr. -Strieby was in every way happy and inspiring. It was a regular -love feast, not simply because there was so much of the Methodist -element in it, as represented by the General and his excellent -lady, and Dr. McFerrin—“a rebel who fought on the last ten acres -left for the rebellion to stand upon,” and who overcame great -obstacles to get out to the exercises, despite attractions in other -directions, and made a delightful speech, full of good feeling—but -because there was such a flowing together of hearts and good-will -from all classes as represented on the occasion. Dr. Strieby should -be requested to print his speech in full and distribute it all over -the land, and with it should go the eight or ten other excellent -shorter speeches which followed, one of which was by the city’s -treasurer, who came to represent the Historical Society. - -There was a poem written for the occasion by Prof. Spence, and read -by one of the pupils, Miss Allen, who has remarkable powers as a -reader. - -The address from Rev. C. H. Daniels, of Cincinnati, which followed -the graduating addresses of the class, was able and timely. His -theme was “The dignity and value of the individual man.” It was -every way a manful presentation of a manly subject, and was a -fitting _finale_ to the very able and manly addresses of the -graduating class. - -The diplomas were presented by Gen. Fisk in a brief address full -of pathos and good sense, with happy allusions in each case to -the theme of the recipient’s address. After this came the Alumni -dinner, plain and substantial, and the speeches following, which -were fully up to those of older and more pretentious societies. - -And thus closed the fullest and most hopeful year in the history of -this institution, which is beginning to excite the deepest interest -among the people of the State, who are awakening to the fact that -it is offering the only solution to many dark problems which to -them seemed without an answer, or at least one that had anything of -hope in it. - -We cannot better close this article than by giving the following -extract from an editorial from the _American_, the ablest and most -influential paper of the State: - -“In the proceedings at the Fisk University, yesterday, another -step forward was taken in the way of providing material means for -that moral and intellectual growth which is going on silently as -a great institution grows and roots itself firmly in the society -around it. Universities are not created in a day, nor at all by -money, although money is a necessary agency. They grow. The Fisk -is passing through with comparatively the early stages of growth, -when we compare it with the ideal which finds place in the dreams -of its enthusiastic laborers—dreams which enfold the future result. -We doubt if the public, although it lend a hearty sympathy and -approval, and expect good to flow from it, begins yet to realize -the work this institution is to perform. We doubt if there is such -appreciation anywhere existent or possible except in the dreams of -its enthusiast laborers. These in some way comprehend its future. -But the Fisk has had to adapt itself in more ways than one. At -first it encountered, as a matter of course, but cold approval from -the wealth and culture of Nashville—not hostility, but approval -from a languid and cold judgment. But perhaps the hardest task -has been to adapt itself to the negro himself. To secure the cold -approval of intelligent judgment was apparently easy; to go a -little further and secure aid, if it were necessary, would not be -hard; but to lift the negro up to appreciate New England culture -and conservatism and quiet labor, is like bringing him, in his -early religious experience, to accept the calm conservatism and -quiet demeanor of the Catholic, Presbyterian or Episcopal churches. -In vain is he solicited to enter the intellectual stage of -religious experience, when nature tells him that his stage is the -emotional, if indeed it be beyond the sensuous. This is the task -Fisk has set itself, and is performing, and performing well. It is -encountering, and has encountered, a world of prejudice from the -very race it seeks to elevate, and must content itself with working -upon and with the _creme de la creme_ of the race in the South, -while it cannot as yet reach the vast mass unless it let itself -down, and we believe that so long as its present laborers are at -the helm it will insist on drawing others up and never let itself -down. It has a great and widening field, which it is worthily -filling, and in the labor of regeneration of a race, no agency -will have a higher, or indeed so high a place as this conservative -school, which is filling so difficult a position. - -“We are not unmindful also of the necessity for quite other -laborers in the regeneration of this race. It is just as necessary -in school as in church that this yet blind and emotional creature, -‘crying for the light with no language but a cry,’ shall have -tendance suited to his condition and upon his own level.” - - * * * * * - - -TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY. - -The annual examinations in this institution began on Thursday, May -26th, continuing Friday and also Monday forenoon. Many friends -of students were present from various parts of the State. The -forenoon of Sunday was taken up with the Sunday-school, with its -very instructive lessons from the parable of the talents, and -immediately following this a temperance Bible reading, with its -intensely practical and stirring appeals. The latter was especially -timely, inasmuch as a large number of temperance tracts, pamphlets -and papers had been distributed to all the members, just before, -for circulation as they return this summer to their own homes, or -go forth to engage in teaching. Supplied in this way, the students -from this school are the means of disseminating through the State -a great deal of good temperance literature, and are enabled to -organize a multitude of little temperance societies. - -It will not be amiss to note the fact, as illustrating the high -value of just this sort of work, that besides these societies -established by the students of this University, there is no kind of -temperance organization among the colored people in the State. At -the same time, the prevalence of drunkenness, and of the habit of -drinking among all classes, is appalling. The following incident -shows the crying need of a _reform movement_: A colored church not -far from here had communion service, and when it was concluded, the -pastor and deacons tarried, and following, as they believed, (?) -the instruction of the Bible, where it says, “drink ye all of it,” -consumed what was left of the generous supply of wine, and thus -made themselves beastly drunk. - -Sunday was filled up with impressive services. In the afternoon the -Lord’s Supper was commemorated, and five of the students united -with the church, receiving the rite of baptism. In the evening, -Dr. Strieby preached a sermon from the text. “And now also the axe -is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree, therefore, which -bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the -fire.” Every word was listened to with closest attention. - -On Monday evening the Preparatory School Exhibition, under -the management of the teachers of the Primary and Preparatory -departments, was held in the chapel, presenting to a crowded -audience a varied programme, made up of recitations, declamations, -songs, &c. A prominent feature of this exhibition was a strong and -well appreciated temperance dialogue. - -It was a manifest disappointment to all when Tuesday dawned cloudy -and dark, with every prospect of a rainy time. The exercises of -the day were accordingly held in the barn, instead of the grove, -for which all arrangements had been made. The forenoon was taken -up with the commencement exercises of the Normal department. The -orations and essays were presented by members of the Middle and -Junior Classes, with the single exception of an oration by the one -graduate from the Normal course. As was said on that day, what the -graduating class lacked in quantity was well made up in quality. We -expect a very high order of work and Christian influence from Henry -Lanier. - -In the afternoon the interesting ceremony of laying the foundation -of “Strieby Hall,” the new boy’s dormitory, was followed by a -procession to the chapel again, where the annual address was given -by Dr. Strieby. This was a stirring presentation of the reason -why the American Missionary Association is to-day in the field of -Southern Freedmen education, and of exactly what it is aiming to do -for the colored race. It was shown how this Association was pioneer -in the work, and how, gradually, the most prominent and cultured of -Southern gentlemen have come to regard the higher education of the -race as possible, and, now, as a necessity to the prosperity and -the material advancement of the region. - -Col. Power, who with other gentlemen from Jackson had been -present through the day to witness the exercises, was then called -upon to speak. He alluded to the exercises of the forenoon with -appreciation of the orations and essays presented, referring to one -of the former as “eloquent,” and added a glowing word of tribute to -the sweet music rendered by the students. He assured all present -that the white people of the State are now in hearty sympathy with -the work of the education of the colored race. Immediately after -the war, he frankly admitted, the people were not attracted by -the idea, but now a better opinion prevails, and they see that -education must be given to all, white and black. - - H. - - * * * * * - - -STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY. - -REV. W. S. ALEXANDER, D.D., NEW ORLEANS. - -We come to the close of another school year with a profound sense -of gratitude to God for His guiding Providence, and for His -blessing upon the work undertaken in His name. We have had 328 -names upon our rolls, with a large average attendance. There has -been a marked advance in scholarship, and we are justified in -saying with regard to all the pupils, “Our labor has not been in -vain.” There have been years of decline, since the first burst -of enthusiasm after the war, in education; but a better and more -hopeful era has dawned, when interest in the general education -of the people, and the higher grades of scholarship, is in the -ascendant. From this time on, the demand for education among the -colored people will be more intelligent and abiding. - - -THE EXAMINATIONS. - -showed thoroughness of instruction, and aptness in learning and -retaining what was taught. Many kind words of appreciation and -pleasure were spoken by the visitors and trustees. One of our -merchants who attended Professor Jewett’s examination of the class -in botany said: “What would the planters up in Ouchita Parish say -if they should happen in here now and hear a ‘nigger’ analyzing a -Morning Glory?” - - -THEOLOGICAL ANNIVERSARY. - -While the Theological department has been in existence for eleven -years, we have never graduated a student till this year. The -theological and literary attainments of the students would never -have justified us in doing it. It is little less than a crime to -confer an unmerited degree upon a young man. It would not only -be a fraud, but a source of constant embarrassment to him. This -year we had as a student Mr. A. E. P. Albert, who studied some -time at Atlanta University, and who joined our senior class of -the University and the Theological school in October. He is a -regularly ordained minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, a -young man of culture and ability. On Sunday night he delivered his -address, taking as his subject, “Like Priest, Like People.” It was -able, impressive, and appropriate for the time and the people. The -President followed with a plea for an “Educated Ministry;” and then -the degree of Bachelor of Divinity was conferred upon Mr. Albert. I -trust all subsequent degrees will be as worthily bestowed. - - -LITERARY EXHIBITION. - -In the afternoon of Commencement day, our University chapel was -filled with an intelligent and interested audience. The exercises, -consisting of orations, compositions and recitations, were entirely -by the undergraduates. We furnished a pleasant entertainment to the -citizens, and identified the entire school with Commencement day. - -At night Central Church was packed in every part, pews, aisles, -vestibule and gallery, with an eager, expectant audience, -comprising the best element of the colored population of New -Orleans. Such an assembly was never gathered in Central Church -before. The audience itself was an inspiration and showed a deep -and intelligent interest in the holy cause represented. A goodly -number of our white friends were present, and were among the most -enthusiastic in their congratulations. - -Rev. H. M. Smith, D.D., editor of the _South-Western Presbyterian_, -offered the prayer, in which he thanked God for the existence of -Straight University and the good it had done. - -The five young men composing the senior class, who made their -salutations to the audience, represented three of the Southern -States, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Their orations were well -written and well delivered. One of the orations was solicited for -publication by two of the New Orleans papers represented in the -audience by their editors. - -The music, both in the afternoon and evening, was exceptionally -fine, and so pronounced by all. It was entirely under the direction -of Professor J. M. McPherron, and reflected great credit upon his -method and excellence of instruction. - - -STONE HALL. - -The new dormitory for girls will be entirely finished by July 15th. - -It must be furnished by the 1st of October. Milwaukee, Wis., West -Newton, Mass., and Evansville, Ind., have already forwarded money -to furnish and name a room. Others have the money partly raised. -Dear friends, come to our help at once. Send $50, if you can. Send -$25, or $10, or $5. Do the best you can and at once. It is God’s -work, and we ask your aid in His name. - - * * * * * - - -LE MOYNE NORMAL INSTITUTE. - -PROF. A. J. STEELE, MEMPHIS. - -The passing months have again brought us to where we may look -back over the entire work of the year. While we grieve over -opportunities lost and efforts to all appearance fruitless, we can, -too, rejoice that the “Master of the harvest” has given increase. -The year has been one, on many accounts, unusually successful and -satisfactory. Never before have we known our pupils so susceptible -to all good influences and so ready to receive instruction and -guidance from their teachers. - -During the year past, the school has experienced a most precious -revival, over forty of our young people professing conversion. In -our closing prayer meeting for the year, it was found that there -were but about a dozen students of the Normal department who had -not accepted the Saviour. - -In way of school work we have never before secured so satisfactory -results as this year has shown. Our attendance has been more -constant, and consequently our work more thorough. - -A class of eight—five young men and three young ladies—this year -complete the course of study, and go out to work at teaching in -three different States, one taking a prominent place in the schools -at Fort Smith, Ark. - -We have for the entire year had the active sympathy and hearty -encouragement of the best people of the city; Gen. Humes, a very -prominent lawyer and formerly a major-general in the Confederate -army, giving the annual address, and the daily papers making full -reports of lectures, graduating exercises, &c. - -Our industrial work has developed to our entire satisfaction, and -by all our patrons and friends is now regarded as a very important -and valuable feature of the school. - -A class of girls has had careful instruction, with actual practice -in the experimental kitchen, in the nature, relative values and -healthful methods of cooking different articles of food, including -vegetables, meats, breads, pastry, &c., &c. Classes in needlework, -knitting, use of sewing machines, &c., have had daily lessons and -practice. - -We are confident that instruction of this nature can be given in -connection with a day-school, without interfering with regular -school-work, and at slight expense and small increase of teaching -force. I am anxious to have a workshop fitted up where the boys -and young men shall receive instruction in wood-working and the -ordinary use of tools for that purpose. - -We shall have a full and strong attendance for next year. We are -having more students from the country, and usually they are those -who put to good use the training and instruction they carry from -here. Not less than seventy of our students will be teaching during -vacation, those of former years with those going out from this -year’s work. I should look upon our work as of little importance -and value if our influence did not extend and multiply in this way. - - * * * * * - - -EMERSON INSTITUTE. - -REV. O. D. CRAWFORD, MOBILE. - -Three hundred and fifty pupils enrolled for the year, carries our -numbers above any point reached since the boarding accommodations -disappeared in the “Blue College” fire. Had we possessed boarding -facilities and sufficient school-room, the number would have been -as near 500 as 350. - -Two days of this week were given to the final written examinations, -and in some of the departments three days were so used. Thursday -was devoted to oral examinations. About thirty visitors favored -us—among them Rev. Dr. Burgett, whose name is becoming familiar to -your readers as one that appreciates this work of the Association; -another, the Rev. W. G. Strong, pastor of the largest colored -church in the State. The common sentiment of these judges was that -the pupils did remarkably well, and showed that they had received -careful and thorough training. - -Last night 800 people crowded the Third Baptist Church to witness -the closing exhibition. Although the aisles were filled with people -standing down to the middle of the house, many turned away from the -door. Dr. Burgett offered the opening prayer, and Rev. Mr. Strong -pronounced the benediction. All the exercises that came between -astonished many, especially the white people present, and gave -pleasure to all until the weariness of standing made many persons -about the door restless and unduly communicative. The popular -judgment is that much progress has been made during the year. -Personally, we think many exhibitions at white schools would suffer -in comparison with this one. - -The future of this people is full of promise. - - * * * * * - - -SWAYNE SCHOOL. - -REV. O. W. FAY, MONTGOMERY. - -Prof. Martin and his efficient corps of assistants are deserving -of commendation for their hard and thorough work at this point -during the school-year just closed. The number in attendance has -been unusually large, (the whole enrolment being 644 against -484 last year); but in thoroughness of teaching and in all that -constitutes good discipline there has been a decided advance all -along the line. Recognizing the fact that the school building has a -seating capacity for only about 350, while the average attendance -for a part of the year has been 450, the necessity for enlarged -accommodations, as well as some of the difficulties encountered by -the teachers, will be apparent. - -On the principle that what is good for a part is good also for -all, there was no favoritism shown in the assignment of parts in -the closing exercises. All, “from the least to the greatest,” were -given a _speech_. Although the average was somewhat reduced near -the close of the term, yet, with the more than three hundred to -take part, it will readily appear that the “Commencement Exercises” -of Swayne College (as the patrons call it), could not all be -crowded into a single day. Consequently, in order that a _good_ -thing might last a good while, it was arranged to devote three -evenings to the speaking. Friday evening, May 20th, was given to -the exhibition of the Primary department; Friday evening, May 27th, -to the Intermediate; and Tuesday evening, May 31st, to the Higher -department. The Congregational church proving too small on the -first night, the exhibition was held the second and third nights -in the M. E. Zion church, with an audience on the last night, -which, admitting all members of the school free, and charging an -admittance fee of a nickel for adults, netted more than seventeen -dollars. - -These exercises, consisting of declamations, dialogues, solos, -choruses, &c., were creditable entertainments, and gave evident -satisfaction to the members of the City Board of Education and -other white visitors in attendance, as well as to the patrons of -the school. - -Monday and Tuesday, May 30th and 31st, were occupied with the -examinations of the several departments. These were entered into by -the pupils with a good deal of genuine enthusiasm, and evidenced to -the goodly number of visitors present that the efforts in “drill,” -on the part of the teachers had not been in vain. The “Swayne” is -doing good work. - - * * * * * - - -BEACH INSTITUTE, SAVANNAH. - -The school was brought to a successful close to-day. The year has -been one of interest and profit, although of trial, on account -of severe and, in some cases, protracted sickness on the part of -nearly all the workers in this field. The school has prospered, -and the progress made by some of the pupils has been very marked. -Differing degrees of attainment, as well as of ability to express -their knowledge, was clearly shown in the examinations. The closing -oratorical exercises this afternoon, in the presence of an audience -which crowded the chapel, were interesting in every particular. -Without any special expenditure of time and strength in preparing -for these, the most creditable results were shown. There was almost -no prompting. The original productions, chiefly having relation to -some country and the people inhabiting it, were well conceived and -well expressed. The reading was distinct. It is manifest that that -form of public address is doomed, and will soon be heard no more -among the colored people, which only “mouths” words, regardless -of sense and of the listening ear. Such scenes as that at “Beach” -to-day have only hope in them for our country and the colored race. - - C. - - * * * * * - - -BYRON, GA. - -BY REV. S. E. LATHROP. - -I recently attended the closing exercises of Rev. P. W. Young’s -school at Byron. Going down on an evening freight train, I arrived -at 9 p. m., and proceeded with my little girl and Bro. Young to -the church, which is used also as a school-room. People in these -country places are slow in getting together, at night especially. -After working hard all day in the fields (it was just the busiest -“cotton-cropping” time), they have to go home, get their suppers, -dress up in their best clothes, and then go perhaps three or four -miles. So it was half-past ten o’clock before the audience arrived -in sufficient numbers; but finally the curtain was drawn and the -exercises began. Declamations, readings, dialogues and music were -given by the school, with much credit to themselves and their -teachers. These exercises were under the direction of Mrs. Amelia -Young, the pastor’s excellent wife, who showed decided talent in -managing. It was after midnight when the exercises closed, and then -your reporter was called on for a speech, which at that hour of -the night (or rather morning) turned out to have one merit—that of -brevity. A young neighboring teacher also made a speech, and the -session was closed. - -Next morning came off the examination of the classes, which showed -commendable progress and encouraging attention to the studies. -These country schools have many disadvantages which are not felt in -larger places; but Bro. Young and his wife have evidently done a -good work here, and are elevating and helping the whole community -by their labors. A picnic dinner was spread in the church, as the -rain prevented its service in the beautiful grove surrounding. -After bountifully satisfying the inner man, and a little more -speech-making, we returned home well pleased. - - * * * * * - - -TALLADEGA COLLEGE—LAYING OF CORNER-STONE. - -PRESIDENT H. S. DE FOREST. - -The corner-stone of the new dormitory which Mrs. Stone gives to -Talladega College was laid May 13th. Scripture was read and -prayer offered by President De Forest. Professor Andrews, the -veteran in American missionary service in Alabama, laid the stone -and gave an address, in which fitting reference was made to the -good lady who, having seen and known none of us here, with her -queenly benevolence, has blessed not only this school of Christian -learning, and others in the South, but indeed round the world. -The students were well represented by Spencer Snell, a member -both of the Normal and Theological departments; after which a -very appreciative address was delivered by Captain N. A. McAfee, -a citizen of the place and a friend of the college from its -foundation. - -The sun was very hot that afternoon, and the services, beginning -at 5 o’clock, naturally ended in a collation, which was followed -by off-hand speeches, the singing of old-time songs, and music -from a brass band. Some references were made to the past, but -the prevailing thought was of gratitude to God for what He has -wrought, of the duties of the hour, and of preparation for the -auspicious future. Twelve years ago the corner-stone of Foster Hall -was laid, in the days of turmoil, fear and violence. The first -college building, now called Swayne Hall, was begun nearly thirty -years ago; and it is a noteworthy fact that one who worked as a -slave on that structure is the brick contractor of this, while his -home to-day is the place owned by his master at the time of the -surrender. The history of this man, who is a pillar in the college -church, as well as an influential citizen among both blacks and -whites, shows something of the possibilities and hopefulness of -this Southern work. More of it is to be done, and it is a privilege -to have a hand in it. - - * * * * * - - -NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. - -REV. ALFRED CONNET. - -This Conference, organized two years ago at Raleigh, held its -third meeting with Bethany Church at McLeansville. The churches -were all represented. Rev. Islay Walden and his delegate, Deacon -Potter, together with three others, came fifty miles in a one-horse -wagon to attend the Conference. One of the party, Mrs. Hill, now -a widow, has had twelve children, forty grand-children and twelve -great-grand-children. She had never seen the cars nor heard a -railroad whistle till she came to the Conference. - -The opening sermon was preached by Rev. David Peebles, of Dudley, -from John vii. 37. On Friday the Conference organized by electing -Rev. G. S. Smith, of Raleigh, Moderator, and re-electing Rev. David -Peebles, Clerk. The morning meeting for prayer and reports from the -churches was a precious season. - -Rev. Mr. Peebles discussed Church and Sunday-school Singing and -Pictorial Preaching; Rev. W. H. Ellis, Children for Christ; Rev. -G. S. Smith, the A. M. A. Work and National Council. The sermon -Friday night was by Rev. Islay Walden; text, the first Psalm. -Saturday afternoon the Conference held an experience meeting, in -which some very interesting and touching reminiscences were given, -particularly that of the death and burial of the martyr, Rev. Mr. -Luke, related by Mr. Peebles. While this was in progress, Mr. James -Gilmore, who sold the A. M. A. the grounds for this mission, came -in, was made an honorary member, and sat, an interested listener, -until the close. - -Saturday night, the Conference held a rousing temperance meeting -and took strong ground by a unanimous vote in favor of total -abstinence, the use of unfermented wine at communion, and in favor -of prohibition, as submitted to the people of this State by the -last legislature for their ratification next August. The leading -temperance speech was made by Deacon Jones, of Raleigh, whose -grave was gratuitously dug for him at Chapel Hill some years ago -by the Ku Klux, but which he declined to occupy. He tells us the -Congregational Church at Raleigh is known as the prohibition church. - -On the Sabbath the Sunday-school occupied the hour from 10 to 11 -a.m. Sermon at 11 by Dr. Roy on the Great Commission. Text, Matt. -xxviii. 18–20. In the afternoon one infant was baptized and nine -persons received into the church, the pastor, Rev. A. Connet, -officiating. Communion was administered by Revs. G. S. Smith and -David Peebles. - -Sunday night was devoted to the cause of Missions. Rev. A. Connet, -for ten years in the employ of the A. H. M. S., presented the -cause of Home Missions. Rev. G. S. Smith presented in earnest and -eloquent words the cause of the A. M. A. He was followed by Rev. -J. E. Roy, D.D., who gave a clear outline of the discoveries and -missionary operations on the continent of Africa. He told us how -the Christian world is looking to the colored population of this -country to evangelize the “Dark Continent.” - - * * * * * - - - - -AFRICA. - - * * * * * - - -THE ORDINATION AT GOOD HOPE. - -REV. H. M. LADD. - -No little interest centered about the ordination of Kelly M. Kemp. -It took place at Good Hope Station, Sherbro’ Island, West Coast -of Africa, Sunday, April 10th.[A] Being the first ceremony of the -kind in which the church and community had ever participated, it -was naturally looked forward to by many, not only as a matter of -deep interest in itself, but also as the harbinger of a better -state of things for the enfeebled and almost discouraged church. -Yet the field was an important one and must not be given up. The -Lord had set His seal upon some faithful souls here, and they were -praying and hoping for better things. Here, in the little graveyard -adjoining the church, lay those who had given their lives that -Africa might be redeemed. Here, by their side, lay one of Africa’s -own sons, the gifted Barnabas Root, whose Christian graces of -character had endeared him to all who knew him, and whose brilliant -attainments had been to all the friends of the colored race at once -a promise and a fulfillment of their fondest expectations. Their -mute appeal, seconding the conviction that God had not forgotten -this station, was eloquent, and prevailed. Good Hope was not to be -given up. On the contrary, it was to be strengthened, so far as -human power could do so, with a good hope, true to its name, that -God would add His blessing in the fulfillment of the rich promises -of His grace. - -The property of the mission here is on all sides acknowledged to -be the finest on the island. It consists of a large tract of land, -part of it well wooded, about a quarter of a mile wide and a mile -long, running back from the Sherbro’ River or Sound, and commanding -a fine view of its many beautiful islands, stretching across to -the native town of Bendoo on the opposite side. The mission house, -large and well built, the church and school-house, besides a large -number of “fakis,” or groups of native huts, are on this land. The -grounds in front of the mission house are neatly laid out with -gravel walks and shrubbery, and extend to the river road skirting -the bank, where lies the mission boat moored to its wharf. It may -be truly said of this place, in the words of the grand old hymn, -that - - “Every prospect pleases - And only man is vile.” - -The property was well enough, and there was work enough to be done -among the dense native population settled upon or near it; but an -ordained minister to be the pastor of the church, a married man, -a man fully qualified for the great and responsible work, one -after God’s own heart, earnest, energetic, efficient, spiritually -minded, with a paramount love for the lost souls of his own people, -was wanting. The good seed had been sown, but there was needed -some one to harrow it in, nurture the growth and reap the harvest. -In this extremity God raised up one who seems to be the right -man for the place. Mr. Kemp is a graduate of Lincoln University, -and ably represents the thorough and practical training of that -institution. With his coming and installation as pastor, the -struggling church took heart, and determined, forgetting those -things which were behind, to press forward toward those better -things which they believed were in store. The examination took -place on Saturday evening, April 9th, and was well attended, and -although Mr. Kemp was feeling somewhat unwell at the time he stood -the long and searching fire of questions, theological, wise and -otherwise, with credit to himself and with great satisfaction to -the council, which, besides the “my-doxy” members, was composed -of representatives of various shades of theological opinion. This -fact indeed formed one of the pleasantest features of the council. -Here in the midst of a heathenism rendered fouler and more corrupt -by contact with an immoral civilization, and in a common work -for a common Master and a common people, party names were wholly -forgotten. One of the best and most earnest prayers that I have -ever heard was offered on this occasion by an excellent brother -of the Church Missionary Society, and he had no book before him -or gown on his back. The ordination exercises on Sabbath morning -were attended by a full house, while a deep sense of the solemnity -of the hour seemed to pervade every heart. The Holy Spirit was -manifestly present to sanctify the new relationship with the -outpouring of His grace. As appropriate to the occasion, the third -chapter of the First Epistle to Timothy was read. The sermon, full -of earnestness and spiritual power, was preached by Brother Evans -of the Shengay Mission. The charge to the people by Brother Jowett -was partially historical, reviewing the course of the church in -times past, and counseling sound wisdom for the future. Brother -Nurse, who knew something of the wants of the field, gave the -charge to the pastor; and Brother Jackson, of whose growing work -at Avery Station a fuller account will be given at another time, -as his co-worker in the mission, very feelingly gave his brother -missionary the right hand of fellowship; while it was my privilege -to offer the ordaining prayer. After the benediction, pronounced -by their new pastor, the people, with tears of gladness in their -eyes, flocked around him and his good wife, whom they had already -learned to love, for a hearty hand-shaking, which, as some one has -truly said, is also one of the means of grace. Can it be necessary, -after this little glimpse, so hurriedly taken, of the hopeful -relation just entered into, to ask the sympathy and prayers of all -the friends of missions for the blessings of God to rest upon the -new missionary and his work at Sherbro’ Island? He will have many -trying hours in that dark land, where there are worse things to be -feared and harder to be contended against than physical death. But -the promises are his as well as ours, and unitedly we can plead -them at the throne of grace. The promises of God include Africa. - -FOOTNOTE: - -[A] The location of Mr. Kemp was a matter of such importance, -considering the fewness of the workers and the demands of the -work, that it called for and received the most careful thought and -attention. After considering the subject in its various bearings, -and after duly consulting with all the persons concerned, it was -finally decided to station Mr. Kemp and his wife at Good Hope. - - * * * * * - - - - -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., Robert B. Forman, Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon. F. F. Low, -Rev. I. E. Dwinell, D.D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S. H. Willey, -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, -A. L. Van Blarcon, Esq., George Harris, Esq., and the Secretary ex -officio. - -SECRETARY: Rev. W. C. Pond. TREASURER: E. Palache, Esq. - - * * * * * - - -ANNIVERSARIES. - -BY REV. W. C. POND. - -Since my last communication was forwarded, the four Mission Schools -in San Francisco have held their anniversary at Bethany Church, a -crowded audience being held attentive and interested till nearly -10 o’clock. An address delivered on that occasion by Jee Gam -was forwarded in advance of delivery, and published in the last -MISSIONARY. Last evening, Sunday, May 22d, the anniversary of the -Sacramento Mission was held at the First Congregational Church in -that city. The _Record-Union_, the leading paper at our capital, -devotes nearly a whole column to a notice of it, including a -verbatim report of the address by our helper Lem Chung. I am sure -that I cannot put our columns in the MISSIONARY to better use this -month than by reproducing that address entire. - - -ADDRESS BY LEM CHUNG. - -DEAR FRIENDS: I am a Chinese. Why I not be a heathen? A few years -ago I didn’t know anything about the Bible. I didn’t know about -Christ. I had not heard of the true and living God; but I heard of -this land, where so many of my countrymen came and I come too, and -here I found Christian people who loved Christ, and for His sake -love me and show me the way of life. When I first hear of the Bible -I didn’t think I like it. I said: If no other books, I don’t care -for this one; I don’t want such a book as this. I thought I didn’t -need any more gods, for I said I have all kinds in the temple, and -I could see them if I go there, but the God I hear of in America -I cannot see! When I learn in the Bible what it says about the -heathen gods that are made of silver and gold, the works of men’s -hands—how they have mouth and cannot speak, eyes cannot see, ears -and cannot hear, noses cannot smell, and hands but handle not—I -learn also the God of the Bible made all things and sees us all -the time, every thing is ruled by His hands. We must fear him, for -He is powerful and glorious, but the idols is unwise. I am obliged -to leave the idols and come to worship the true God, and trying to -observe His law and commandments the Bible shows me how sinful I -am, and if Christ had not come to the world to save me I am sure -get lost. - -After I was converted I study the Bible more and more and learn -great deal, great wonder to me. Now the Bible is a precious book. I -am glad I accept the Saviour for my Saviour and His God for my God. -“I pass from death unto life, from darkness and bondage of sin into -the glorious light and liberty of a new creature in Christ Jesus.” -What I expect to do if I still be a heathen? I must be bound to -worshiping idols, bow down to all kinds of gods; great fear to them -and not dare to touch them. Whenever I enter the temple, cannot -without three bow to the idols. - -The people of China are great superstitious; they believe every -things whatever chance to hear or think. Let me tell you how some -of the people doing when any of the family getting sick: They have -a doctor, but they think some kind of spirit troubling them, it may -chance their ancient father or friends or enemies who died before. -They think they must offer something for them to eat that they -may go away, or some times they go into the temple to pray to the -idols. They hope the idols may tell what are the reason with the -sick that they find out how they may do and get well. How the idols -can tell them? Let me make known to you: A piece of wood has been -smoothen in the shape of a banana and cut in equal size the longest -way. This they throw down before the idols that they may give a -certain condition according which they request before; may be they -say: If this is the spirit of an enemy let this pieces of wood fall -both the same way, or some other way, they may choose, till they -find out what is the matter and offer sacrifice that the spirit may -leave off troubling and let the sick get well. The thief can pray -the idols that he may get help to steal! The gambler can ask that -he may win the money; the robber that he may be able to get what -he wishing for. If any kind of business going to be taken up the -idols must first be asked about it. Every one is sure to say, “Now, -idols, if you help me good, I going to bring you something nice to -eat when I get success.” - -When I was coming over to Cal., suddenly a storm came up, the wind -violent sweeping over the great ocean; the water dashing high upon -the boat. The sailors all at work to make the ship more safe. The -passengers all trembling with fear and desperate to arrive in San -Francisco. Is there any chance to be rescued from the storm? Yes, -soon there was heard one of our number calling: “Whosoever man -in this ship have any money let us have some of it, that we may -sacrifice to the goddess of the sea that she may deliver us out of -the storm and let us arrive safe to the land of Cal.” I had a small -sum of money. I gave half of it; others gave also. The man cast it -into the water and asked the goddess that she let no harm come to -us, and we promise more sacrifice if we get here. - -There are many reasons for going before the idols, but I have no -chance to tell so much as I like to. A few weeks since I was in San -Francisco. I found some of the people from the town near my home in -China, getting money to send and build a temple over there. Every -one who give to help build it can have their names hang up in the -temple, but if any one who give $20 to $50 they have a present, and -at the time of first worship or dedication a band of music to honor -them on their way home. Some of them asked me to give, but I said, -“No, I cannot, I rather put money in the missionary fund.” They -said, “Your parents will feel sorrow and disgrace if they not see -your name; but if you don’t want your name you can give and have -your parent’s name put there; no one of your Christian men know it; -you can be a Christian just the same.” I said, “I do not wish to -help my parents to sin; I don’t believe idol worship and I cannot -help about it. If I be a Christian I must try to live like one.” - -There is a great difference in the religion taught by the Saviour -and that of the heathen. It is great change to me to try to be a -Christian, to know the true God who sees us all the time. I have -worked many things for the idols. I feel thankful I shall do so no -more. Before I come to the light my life was gloomy, miserable, -hopeless; always was fearing the evil spirit going to trouble me; -but I don’t fear them now. - -Would I go back to idolatry? No; the Bible says, “Thou shall not -make unto thee any graven image, or likeness of anything that is -in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the -water under the earth. Thou shall not bow down thyself to them nor -serve them.” I cannot serve idols again; but I will try to serve -my heavenly Father, and bring all I can to bow down to Him. I wish -every one in China and America knew about the Bible. I thank all -Christian people that they led me to the true way. I hope you will -pray that I may always be faithful, and at last receive the crown -of life and dwell with God in the world to come. - - * * * * * - - - - -WOMAN’S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. - -Room 20, Congregational House, Beacon St., Boston. - - MISS NATHALIE LORD, _Secretary_. - MISS ABBY W. PEARSON, _Treasurer_. - - * * * * * - - -We are glad to bring before our friends this month the work among -the colored people in Washington, D.C., as it has been carried -on there by Mrs. C. B. Babcock. In her field, as in that of our -other Southern missionaries, the industrial work occupies a -prominent position. Here the women and children learn lessons -of practical value to them, as they are taught to cut and make -their own garments and repair old ones, while at the same time -they are instructed in truths of the highest importance. In a -letter recently received, Mrs. Babcock writes of this work: “The -ladies of the Congregational church have given 180 yards material -for the industrial work, and a few of them gave a supper to the -women’s class, numbering fifty. The women have made 102 new -garments besides mending 100 old ones during these three months. -This has been of untold help to them and their families.” Her -girl’s sewing-school numbers 135. The natural outgrowth of these -schools has been prayer-meetings for the women and young girls -respectively. “The mother’s prayer-meetings have been deeply -interesting of late,” she tells us. - -There is much need of temperance work all through the South, and it -is encouraging to read of the new Band of Hope in Washington. “It -has succeeded beyond my expectations,” Mrs. Babcock writes, “not -only interesting the colored churches about us, but also bringing -in, as officers and helpers, some of the colored public school -teachers and students from Howard University. There has been a good -deal of enthusiasm about our meetings. Of course, our exercises -must be made interesting, and I work hard for it, but _it pays_, -when I see such audiences as we’ve had. And then I know that our -Scripture readings and lessons from the Temperance Catechism must -do good.” - -Mrs. Babcock has worked in Washington in connection with the -Lincoln Memorial church, which was organized January 10th, and -Rev. S. P. Smith installed as pastor. Of this church she writes, -under date of June 3d: “Our little church is prospering, having -now twenty-one members, some being added as fruits of our revival. -* * Rev. Mr. Smith is greatly encouraged. I have made over an -old carpet for the platform, helped to buy chairs, Bible and -communion table, so that when our pulpit comes we shall be nicely -fixed. Our hall is very large and rather _dreary_ without any -pulpit furniture. Nobody knows but those who have worked in the -field, how great are the obstacles in the way of forming a colored -Congregational church. We have the same jealousy and bitter feeling -from the _churches around_ us that there is farther South.” - -Speaking of the sickness and suffering among the colored people, -Mrs. Babcock says: “I feel that I’ve been greatly blessed in -having friends at the North respond so nobly to my appeals for -help. I have sold a great deal of clothing, and the money received -for it has done much good.” - -In connection with this allusion to the generosity of Northern -friends, it may be well to mention that in the last six months -boxes and barrels of clothing, sewing materials, etc., have been -sent through this Association to the amount of $1,674.00, and, in -addition, books and papers valued at $93.88. - -Since the annual meeting in October, six of the auxiliaries alone -have contributed $1,228.70, the largest contribution being from the -Second church in Dorchester, of $445.70. - -We would gratefully acknowledge, too, the hearty response to the -appeal for Sunday-school papers for the colored schools in the -South. We have on hand still a long list of Sunday-schools waiting -for supply. - -Receipts of the Association from April 25th to May 31st, 1881: - - From Auxiliaries $349.45 - ” Donations 174.50 - ” Life Members 60.00 - ” Annual Members 12.00 - —————— - $595.95 - -Donation of Case’s Maps of United States, British Provinces, etc., -from S. M. H. - - * * * * * - - - - -CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - * * * * * - - -THE STORY OF REBECCA. - -BY REV. J. E. ROY, D.D. - -The following incident in the life of a freedwoman affected me very -much. Let me tell you her history. - -In the old times, Col. Holly, of Middle Tennessee, was known as a -kind master; but failing in business, his slaves had to be sold; -then, hoping to retrieve his fortune, removed to Arkansas, taking -with him two little slave girls, one of whom was Rebecca, four and -a half years old. Here she grew up in his family, and was married -to a man who belonged to another master, and who hired his time, -paying one-half his wages as a mechanic. - -In Tennessee her mother was, of course, taken away to another -family. Her father, who had not belonged to Col. Holly, had already -been sold to the Red River country, where he soon after died. - -Recently, at Little Rock, I was a guest for five days in the house -of Rebecca. Her husband owned his home, together with two other -places. Her only son and a son-in-law were teaching school, and she -was mothering the two little girls of her deceased daughter. On the -centre table were a large family Bible and a copy of Shakespeare, -both rich in binding and illustration; and on the walls were some, -not costly, but tasteful and suggestive pictures, one of which -represented Abraham Lincoln, Charles Sumner and John Brown. Her -deportment was that of a lady; her company enjoyable. She said she -remembered well the time and the scene when she was taken from her -mother. The screaming was yet ringing in her ears. She bore in mind -the last words of her mother, as she put a little red flannel shawl -round her neck: “God bless my child! God bless my child!” She had -in memory also her own crying and bursting of heart. So, too, was -fresh in her mind, her weeping of nights in the new home, until, -upon the imperative chiding of master and mistress, she was obliged -to repress that relief of hidden sorrow. - -Her young mistress, who was of about the same age, upon growing up, -was sent to the High School of the city, and she herself was kept -at home, and not allowed even to learn to read the Bible, out of -which she was to be judged at the last day. She did experience a -keen sense of injustice and of murmuring; but all of that she was -obliged to suppress. - -But what had become of her mother? “After freedom,” twenty-one -and a half years since the parting, she came over to look up the -daughter. But how shall there be an unmistakable recognition? Col. -Holly and his wife have both passed away. Fortunately, a woman, -who came over with the family, still survived. She brought the -mother to the home of Rebecca, and pointing to her said, “That is -your daughter.” Then such hugging, kissing, and shouting of joy -and weeping, as is the sensation of the neighborhood. I am sure -that I never heard a daughter speak with more enthusiasm of love, -concerning her mother, than did Mrs. Solomon. She thought she -would have known her anyhow; and her mother half came to the same -conclusion when with such accuracy she depicted the scene of the -parting. - -And now she must go to visit the old family. Though the master -and mistress are gone, in their place is left the daughter, whom -she had nursed upon her own breast, and who is now married to a -Northern man. Old times and scenes and friends are talked over, but -soon she gives vent to the pent-up sorrows of the mother’s heart. -With all the intensity of a great nature, she told of the grief at -her separation from Rebecca. It was as though she had dropped blood -from her heart; she went weeping and mourning every where. “I wept -as I was making the bread, and _them that eat the most of my bread -eat the most of my heart_.” So David had said: “Thou feedest them -with the bread of tears.” The old colored people told her she must -pray and the Lord would remove all that. In her prayer it seemed as -though there were deep waters and high mountains between her and -her child, and that the Lord would have to send men and remove the -mountains, and make a way over the waters so that she could come -to her child; and now He had done it all, and brought her to tell -her story to the remnant of the old household. The young mistress, -while her husband walks the floor in deep and mute emotion, herself -bursts into tears, and as her only relief, declares: “My father was -such a man that he never would have done that thing if he had not -got broke.” “Oh,” said the sable matron, now rising up from the -crushing of her womanhood, “I never thought anything about what -_caused_ it.” As Rebecca came to freedom she tried to learn, but -her work for bread and the clumsiness of her unused powers were -so great, she desisted, and now her Bible is read to her by the -children. - -Will you who have heard this true story help the American -Missionary Association with your pennies and prayers, in their work -of educating these poor people? - - * * * * * - - - - -RECEIPTS FOR MAY, 1881. - - * * * * * - - - MAINE, $132.04. - - Auburn. Mrs. B. J. $1.00 - Bangor. First Cong. Ch. 19.37 - Bethel. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.60 - Brunswick. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 20.00 - Camden. “A Friend” 1.00 - Falmouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00 - Kennebunk Port. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. - $7.70; First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $5.50 13.20 - North Yarmouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.18 - Orono. Cong. Ch. 1.73 - Thomaston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $6; Infant - Class, Cong. S. S., $2 8.00 - Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 43.96 - Waterford. S. E. Hersey 2.00 - - - NEW HAMPSHIRE, $446.29. - - Acworth. Cong. Soc. 15.90 - Bath. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00 - Bedford. Mrs. S. French, _for Student Aid, - Williston Sch._ 2.00 - Canterbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.50 - East Jaffrey. Benj. Pierce 5.00 - Exeter. Second Ch. 5.00 - Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.61 - Hanover. Cong. Sab. Sch., by Chas. P. Chase, - _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 30.00 - Lebanon. Miss Mary L. Choate, to const. MRS. - O. W. BALDWIN, L. M. 30.00 - Mason. Ladies, by Anna M. Hosmer, _for - Wilmington, N.C._ 7.50 - Manchester. C. B. Southworth 25.00 - Mount Vernon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 - Orford. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $20; Mrs. M. B. - Pratt, $10 30.00 - Pembroke. Cong. Sab. Sch. 11.13 - Plymouth. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. 85.08 - Rindge. Cong Ch. and Soc. 2.17 - Rochester. “J. M. and Sister,” _for - rebuilding, Tougaloo, Miss._ 10.00 - Swanzey. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.00 - Walpole. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. REV. FRED. - L. ALLEN, L. M. 30.00 - Winchester. Cong. Sab. Sch. 11.40 - —————— - $376.29 - - LEGACY. - - Gilsum. Estate of Mrs. Eunice F. Downing, by - Sarah F. Hayward 70.00 - —————— - $446.29 - - - VERMONT, $110.33. - - Chelsea. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - Clarendon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 - Danby. Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.30 - Dorset. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.88 - East Wallingford. Miss E. A. H., _for Student - Aid, Atlanta U._ 1.00 - Hinesburgh. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Jericho. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00 - Lunenburgh. Chas. W. King 5.00 - Morrisville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Pawlet. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.81 - Pawlet. A. F. 1.00 - Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.34 - - - MASSACHUSETTS, $6,091.39. - - Andover. Francis H. Johnson, $100; C. L. - Mills, $20 120.00 - Andover. G. W. W. Dove, _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 50.00 - Ashfield. Henry Taylor 5.00 - Attleborough. Ebenezer Carpenter, _for Fisk - U._ and to const. MRS. HATTIE E. CARPENTER, - L. M. 30.00 - Barre. Evan. Ch. Sab. Sch. 10.84 - Billingham. E. W., deceased, by J. T. Massey, - Ex. 0.75 - Blackstone. Mrs. Hannah Hodgson 2.00 - Boston. J. T. Bailey, $100; Mrs. E. C. Ford, - $25; “A Friend,” $10; Mrs. E. P. Eayrs, $5 140.00 - Boston. Woman’s Home Missionary Association, - _for Lady Missionaries in Southern States_ 160.41 - Brimfield. Bbl. of C., _for Tougaloo, Miss._ - Brookline. S. B. White 10.00 - Cambridgeport. Ladies’ Sew. Soc. of Pilgrim - Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Refugees_ - Charlemont. E.G. 1.00 - Charlton. Cong. Sab. Sch. 4.68 - Chelsea. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc., $18.14; - Third Cong. Ch. and Soc., $7.50 25.64 - Conway. Cong. Ch. 34.65 - Clinton. First Evan. Ch. and Soc. 75.00 - East Braintree. E. A. F. 0.50 - East Bridgewater. Union Cong. Ch. 25.36 - Enfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00 - Everett. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.11 - Franklin. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 39.78 - Groton. Elizabeth Farnsworth 20.00 - Halifax. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.06 - Holliston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00 - Holliston. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch., - Bbl. of C. _for Savannah, Ga._ - Hubbardston. “A Friend.” 5.00 - Hyde Park. Heart & Hand Soc., _for Athens, - Ala._ 25.00 - Ipswich. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - Lee. J. W. B. 1.00 - Littleton. Mrs. James C. Houghton, _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 7.00 - Lowell. Leonard Kimball, _for Fisk U._ 100.00 - Lowell. John St. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 55.75 - Marblehead. Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, _for - Wilmington, N.C._ 3,500.00 - Millbury. M. E. Bond 3.50 - Monson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 57.51 - Montague. Cong. Ch. 23.65 - Natick. Mrs. S. E. Hammond, _for Tougaloo U._ 25.00 - New Bedford. Mrs. I. H. Bartlett, Jr. 20.00 - Newburyport. Prospect St. Ch. and Soc., - $26.87; North Cong. Ch. and Soc., $22.31 49.18 - Newton. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of First Cong. - Ch., to const. MRS. D. L. FURBER, L. M. 30.00 - Newton Centre. Mrs. J. B. H. 0.50 - Newton Highlands. Cong. Sab. Sch., Bbl. of C., - and $1 _for freight, for Atlanta, Ga._ 1.00 - Newton Highlands. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Newtonville. “M. W. M.” 1.00 - North Abington. Bbl. of C., by N. Noyes, _for - Tougaloo U._ - Northampton. “A Friend.” 100.00 - Northampton. Mrs. F. E. G. Stoddard, Box of - Books, _for Theo. Dept., Talladega C._, and - $7.80 _for freight_ 7.80 - North Amherst. Friends, _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 7.00 - North Amherst. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of Cong. - Ch., Bbl. of Bedding and C., _for Atlanta, - Ga._ - Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.00 - North Somerville. “A Friend.” 1.00 - Norwood. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - Orange. Central Ev. Cong. Ch. 10.35 - Palmer. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.78 - Rehoboth. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. J. F. - MOULTON, L. M. 25.00 - Rutland. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00 - Salem. Geo. Driver 2.00 - Sandwich. Mrs. Robert Tobey, _for Indian - Student Aid, Hampton Inst._ 5.00 - Shelburne. Cong. Ch. 56.79 - Somerville. A. R. 0.50 - Southfield. Mrs. E. B. C. 1.00 - South Framingham. So. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 204.00 - South Natick. Young Eliot’s Miss. Circle, _for - Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00 - South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., - (ad’l) to const. MRS. JUSTINA A. TINKHAM and - MISS JANE ELLEN LOUD, L. M’s 46.00 - Spencer. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 170.35 - Springfield. Memorial Ch., $52.82; North Cong. - Ch. and Soc. $25 77.82 - Springfield. Ira Merrill, $5; Mrs. Ira - Merrill, $5, _for rebuilding Tougaloo, Miss._ 10.00 - Sunderland. Cong. Sab. Sch. $26.28 - Taunton. Union Ch. and Soc. 9.80 - Townsend. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00 - Warren. Mrs. Joseph Ramsdell, $5: _for Chinese - M._, and $1 _for Mag._ 6.00 - Westborough. Freedmen’s Miss. Assn., Bbl. of - C., _for Savannah, Ga._ - West Gloucester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00 - Westminster. Bbl. of C. _for Tougaloo, Miss._ - West Roxbury. South Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 66.06 - West Springfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 - Winchendon. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. 109.00 - Worcester. Salem St. Cong. Ch. 41.23 - Worthington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.76 - —— Three Bbl’s C., _for Marion, Ala._ - —— “A Friend.” 100.00 - - - RHODE ISLAND, $44.00. - - East Providence. Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Pawtucket. Mrs. C. Blodgett 10.00 - Providence. Ladies, by Miss Marsh, _for Byron, - Ga._ 14.00 - - - CONNECTICUT, $8,428.78. - - Birmingham. W. E. Downes, _for Tillotson C. - and N. Inst._ 100.00 - Brooklyn. “E. F. B.” 25.00 - Colebrook. Cong. Ch. 17.05 - Colebrook River. Miles Gillett 2.00 - East Haven. Cong. Ch. 14.00 - Ekonk. Elizabeth W. Kasson 10.00 - East Windsor. Mrs. Sarah L. Wells 5.00 - Gilead. Cong. Ch. 20.68 - Hartford. Mrs. Ellery Hills, $350; A. S. K., $1 351.00 - Hartford. George Kellogg, _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 100.00 - Hartford. Benev. Soc. of Asylum Hill Cong. - Ch., 2 Bbls. and a Box of Bedding and New - C., and $3.90 _for freight, for Atlanta, Ga._ 3.90 - Huntington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00 - Kent. Cong. Sab. Sch. 21.00 - Mansfield Centre. First Cong. Ch. 8.00 - Mill Brook. Mrs. E. R. A. 1.00 - Orange. Rev. E. E. Rogers, _for freight_ 2.00 - New Britain. H. S. Walter, _for Straight U._ 70.00 - New Haven. North Ch., $180.64; Mrs. S. A. - Thomas, $5 185.64 - New Hartford. North Cong. Ch. 20.10 - North Cornwall. Cong. Ch. 13.82 - Norwich. Broadway Cong. Ch. 100.00 - Norwich. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U., and to const._ ELIZABETH B. - HUNTINGTON, SUSAN D. HUNTINGTON and JOHN P. - HUNTINGTON, L. M’s 100.00 - Plantsville. Dea. T. Higgins, _for Tougaloo U._ 25.00 - Poquonock. Cong. Ch. 18.16 - South Coventry. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 10.00 - South Windsor. Second. Cong. Ch. 24.23 - Rockville. First. Cong. Ch. 111.00 - Roxbury. Hervey M. Booth 10.00 - Warehouse Point. “Friend.” 10.00 - Westford. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - West Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.29 - Windsor. Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Woodstock. Cong. Sab. Sch. 18.35 - —— “A Friend in Conn.” 50.00 - —— “A Friend in Conn.” 10.00 - ———————— - $1,501.28 - - LEGACIES. - - New Haven. Estate of Mrs. Mary A. Hotchkiss, - by Richard E. Rice, Ex. 470.00 - Orange. Estate of Mrs. Huldah Coe, by Leman W. - Cutler, Ex. 6,457.50 - ———————— - $8,428.78 - - - NEW YORK, $878.82. - - Baldwinsville. Howard Carter 10.00 - Brooklyn. South Cong. Ch., ($30 of which to - const. SAMUEL S. MARPLES, L. M.) $86.48; - East Cong. Ch., $84.72; Church of the - Pilgrims, $72; “A Friend,” $50 293.20 - Buffalo. Two Bbls. C., _for Tougaloo, Miss._ - Cambria. Cong. Ch. $15.00 - Candor. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00 - Churchville. Union Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 1.00 - Columbus. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 4.50 - Crown Point. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 39.41 - Danby. First Cong. Ch., bal. to const. WILLIAM - E. CHAPMAN, L. M. 18.00 - Eden. Mrs. H. McNett 2.00 - Fairport. Mrs. Rev. J. Butler 10.00 - Gainesville. —— 1.00 - Gloversville. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 12.50 - Groton. Dr. C. Chapman 6.00 - Homer. Cong. Ch. 15.00 - Lake George. “G. H.” 1.00 - New York. Hon. Wm. E. Dodge, $200; Mrs. Wm. E. - Dodge, $100; Robbins Battell, $25, _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 325.00 - New York. J. Goetschins 1.50 - Orient. Miss H. M. W. 1.00 - Parishville. Cong. Ch. 6.35 - Penn Yan. Mrs. D. B. Prosser 15.00 - Perry Centre. Cong. Ch. 20.76 - Rome. John B. Jervis 25.00 - Sherburne. Ladies, Bbl. of C., and $2.60 _for - freight, for Talladega Ala._ 2.60 - Smyrna. First Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Turin. Mrs. Martha Woolworth 5.00 - Verona. Cong. Ch. 18.00 - - - NEW JERSEY, $108.50. - - Boonton. G. W. Esten Bbl. of Books and Papers. - Bound Brook. Cong. Ch. 13.50 - Newark. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00 - Newark. Collection at General Association _for - Lincoln Memorial Church, Washington D.C._ 75.00 - - - PENNSYLVANIA, $25.00. - - Hyde Park. Thomas Eynon and Mrs J. L. Eynon 25.00 - - - OHIO, $463.61. - - Ashtabula. James Hall 3.00 - Castalia. Cong. Ch. $6.85 and Sab. Sch., $2.15 9.00 - Cleveland. Mrs. S. A. Bradbury, $30; Rev. R. - B. Johns, $5 35.00 - Crab Creek. Welsh Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Elyria. First Cong. Ch., to const. REV. JAMES - B. STOCKING, ROLLIN B. CARY and ALEXANDER - LAMBERTON, L. Ms. 111.67 - Geneva. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Tougaloo - U._ 36.50 - Huntsburgh. Capt. A. E. Millard, $5; Mrs. M. - E. Millard, $5 10.00 - Kelley’s Island. Cong. Ch., _for Fisk U._ 20.70 - Kent. Cong. Ch. 12.12 - Marietta. Cong. Ch. 57.70 - Mechanicsburgh. Rev. N. H. 1.00 - Medina. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Student Aid, - Talladega C., and bal. to const._ MISS ELLEN - J. MASON, L. M. 10.00 - Newark. “A Friend,” $50; MRS. J. C. WHEATON, - $25 adl. to const. herself L. M. 75.00 - North Benton. Simon Hartzel, _for Talladega C._ 5.00 - Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch. 11.30 - Paddy’s Run. Cong. Ch. 27.00 - Parkman. Dea. J. S. H. 1.00 - Strongsville. L. Freeman, _for furnishing a - room, Tougaloo U._ 25.00 - Tallmadge. Mrs. D. B. T., by J. P. 0.62 - Toledo. Second Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Willoughby. Bbl. Of C., Miss M. P. Hastings, - $2 _for freight, for Tougaloo, Miss._ 2.00 - - - INDIANA, $1.00. - - Orland. Cong. Ch., _for Tougaloo U._ 1.00 - - - ILLINOIS, $2,417.22. - - Chicago. C. G. Hammond, $1,000; Bethany Ch., - $15.37; Rev. E. N. Andrews, $5 1,020.37 - Chicago. Jubilee Singers, special contribution - at First Cong. Ch., _for Chapel, Nashville, - Tenn._ 111.34 - Chicago. James W. Porter, $10; Neddie, Charles - and Huntington Blatchford, $9, _for Student - Aid, Atlanta U._ 19.00 - Chicago. N. E. Cong. Ch., Ladies Miss. Soc., - _for Lady Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 11.41 - Chicago. Union Park Cong. Ch., _for Emerson - Inst._ 2.00 - Dundee. Cong. Ch. 22.45 - Dunlap. Elmira Jones 10.00 - Geneseo. H. Davison 2.00 - Highland Park. L. S. B. 0.50 - La Fayette. “P. M. H.” 1.00 - Lawn Ridge. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00 - Lyndon. Mrs A. H., $1; Mrs. M. W. 50c. 1.50 - Metamora. “Friends” by A. C. Rouse, _for - rebuilding Tougaloo, Miss._ 20.75 - Newark. Horace Day 5.00 - Princeton. Cong. Sab. Sch. 7.43 - Payson. Cong. Ch. 40.00 - Rockford. Second Cong. Ch. 120.86 - Seward. Cong. Ch., $22; and Sab. Sch., $8. - (_Incorrectly ack. in June._) - Seward. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 2.00 - Waukegan. Young People’s Miss. Soc., _for - Emerson Inst._ 10.00 - Wyoming. Cong. Ch. 4.61 - ———————— - 1,417.22 - - LEGACY. - - Galesburg. Estate of Mrs. W. C. Willard, by - Prof. T. R. Willard, Ex. 1,000.00 - ———————— - 2,417.22 - - - MICHIGAN, $228.39. - - Battle Creek. Presb. and Cong. Sab. Sch., _for - Student Aid, Talladega C._ 6.00 - Battle Creek. Ladies, Box of C., and $2.21 - _for Freight, for Talladega, Ala._ 2.21 - Calumet. J. H. 0.50 - Canandaigua. Cong. Ch. 4.00 - Detroit. First Cong. Ch. 50.00 - Detroit. Miss J. Higley, _for Student Aid, - Straight U._ 4.00 - Frankfort. Mrs. J. B. C. 0.50 - Kalamo. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Kalamazoo. First Cong. Ch. (ad’l), to const. - WILLIS A. ANDERSON, GEORGE D. ALLEN, MRS. - LOTTIE WARTZ, MILES B. MILLER, and MRS. - ELIZA OLIVER, L. Ms. 100.00 - Leland. F. C. 1.00 - Milford. Mrs. E. G. 1.00 - Morenci. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Northport. Cong. Ch. 8.43 - Olivet. “W. J. H.” 25.00 - Webster. Cong. Ch. 10.75 - - - WISCONSIN, $180.33. - - Arena. Cong. Ch. 5.70 - Beloit. J. E. T. 0.50 - Columbus. Calvin Baker 5.00 - Milwaukee. Mrs. Wm. Millard, _for Emerson - Inst._ 5.00 - Racine. A. E. N., _for Indian M._ 1.00 - River Falls. “S. W.,” $19; “W. M. N.,” $6 25.00 - Rosendale. Cong. Ch. $24.53, and Sab. Sch. $4 28.53 - Sparta. Individuals, _for Mag._ 1.50 - Wauwatosa. Cong. Ch., to const. ALFRED H. - DUPREE and EMERY A. SWAN, L. Ms 75.00 - - - IOWA, $125.97. - - Cedar Falls. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for furnishing - a room, Talladega C._ 12.00 - Cherokee Co. Second Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Chester Centre. Cong. Ch. 45.25 - Creston. H. W. Perrigo 10.00 - Creston. Pilgrim Ch., _for Student Aid, - Tougaloo U._ 0.50 - Floris. “Mary and Martha.” 5.00 - Garden. ——, _for Lady Missionary, New Orleans, - La._ 5.00 - Logan. Cong. Ch. 8.00 - McGregor. Woman’s Miss. Soc. $16.87 - Meriden. Cong. Ch. 3.35 - Meriden. Cong. Ch., _for Lady Missionary, New - Orleans, La._ 2.00 - Quasqueton. Rev. A. Manson 5.00 - Storm Lake. Cong. Ch., _for Lady Missionary, - New Orleans, La._ 2.00 - West Liberty. Mrs. L. K. Sesson, _for Student - Aid, Talladega C._ 6.00 - - - MISSOURI, $1.00. - - Saint Louis. Mrs. M. K. J. 1.00 - - - MINNESOTA, $37.07. - - Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., $31.37; Second - Cong. Ch., $1.20 32.57 - Rose Creek. Cong. Ch. 2.00 - Rushford. Cong. Ch. 2.50 - - - NEBRASKA, $3.00. - - Clarksville. Cong. Ch. 3.00 - - - COLORADO, $25.00. - - Colorado Springs. Young People’s Mission - Circle, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._, and - bal. to const. MRS. J. W. PICKETT, L. M. 25.00 - - - CALIFORNIA, $150.00. - - Oakland. Mrs. E. A. Gray, _for School-house in - Georgia_ 150.00 - - - OREGON, $38.50. - - Albany. Cong. Ch. 15.00 - Forest Grove. Cong. Ch., Prof. J. W. Marsh, - $20; Capt. E. R. Merriman, $2; I. L. Smith - and others, $1.50 23.50 - - - WASHINGTON TER., $5.51. - - Fidalgo. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., ($3.60 of which - _for School-house in Ga._) 5.00 - Skokomish. Rev. M. E. 0.51 - - - MARYLAND, $2.00. - - Emmitsburgh. David Gamble 2.00 - - - NORTH CAROLINA, $112.93. - - Wilmington. Williston Sch., Tuition 107.93 - Wilmington. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - - - SOUTH CAROLINA, $247.80. - - Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition 247.80 - - - TENNESSEE, $642.80. - - Chattanooga. Rent 250.00 - Chattanooga. G. R. _for furnishing room, - Tougaloo U._ 1.00 - Memphis. Le Moyne Sch., Tuition 207.15 - Nashville. Fisk University, Tuition 159.65 - Nashville. Fisk University, Society for the - Evangelization of Africa, _for Student Aid, - Mendi M._ 25.00 - - - GEORGIA, $1,053.08. - - Atlanta. Peabody Fund, _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 400.00 - Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition $243.30, Rent, $3 246.30 - Atlanta. Atlanta U., Tuition $100.10; Rent $12 112.10 - Atlanta. First Cong. Ch. 25.00 - Bainbridge. H. R. S. 1.00 - Macon. Lewis High Sch., Tuition 62.85 - Macon. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Marietta. “Friends,” _for Student Aid, Atlanta - U._ 30.00 - McIntosh. Dorchester Academy, Tuition 27.36 - Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition, $125; Rent $10 135.00 - Savannah. Cong. Ch., $6.19, and Sab. Sch., - $2.28 8.47 - - - ALABAMA, $478.55. - - Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition 156.75 - Mobile. Emersonian Mission Band, ($20 of which - _for Mendi M._) 45.60 - Montgomery. City Fund $210.00 - Selma. Cong. Ch. 22.35 - Talladega. Talladega C., Tuition 35.85 - Talladega. Wm. Savery, $5; D. Johnson, $2; N. - L., $1, _for rebuilding barn, Talladega, - Ala._ 8.00 - - - MISSISSIPPI, $119.45. - - Greenwood. By “R. W. J.,” _for rebuilding - Tougaloo, Miss._ 11.00 - Jackson. Friends, by A. B. W., _for - rebuilding, Tougaloo, Miss._ 2.10 - Madison. “Friends,” by A. B. W., _for - rebuilding Tougaloo, Miss._ 9.60 - Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition, $73.75; Rent, - $20 93.75 - Tougaloo. Rev. G. S. Pope, _for Student Aid_ 3.00 - - - LOUISIANA, $148.15. - - New Orleans. Straight U., Tuition 141.50 - New Orleans. Mrs. F. D., $1; Mrs. D. S., Mrs. - C. J. and Mrs. B. C. 50c. ea.; Other sums by - Rev. W. S. A. $4.15 6.65 - - - TEXAS, $318.24. - - Austin. Tillotson C. and N. Inst., Tuition 204.85 - Austin. Rev. W. E. Brooks, $92.09; Rev. E. B. - Wright D.D., and wife $10; “A Friend,” $5; - Eggleston Brothers, $5, _for Tillotson C. - and N. Inst._ 112.09 - Corpus Christi. First Cong. Ch. 1.30 - - - CANADA, $5.00. - - Unionville. Rev. Edward Ebbs 5.00 - - - SWITZERLAND, $19.31. - - Geneva. Legacy of Henri Serment, by W. Serment 19.31 - - - SANDWICH ISLANDS, $1,000.00. - - Sandwich Islands. “A Friend,” 1,000.00 - - - LEGACIES, $210.00. - - Sundry Estates 210.00 - - - INCOME FUND, $278.87. - - Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 278.87 - ———————— - Total for May 24,577.93 - Total from Oct. 1st to May 31st $150,487.84 - - - FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS. - - Portland, Me. C. M. Seales, _for furnishing a - room_ 25.00 - Plainfield, N.H. Mrs. Hannah Stevens 25.00 - Norwich, Conn. “A Friend.” 400.00 - Plainville, Conn. Mrs. Clapp 5.00 - Thomaston, Conn. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., by Mrs. - Horace A. Potter, Sec., $13, and Bbl. of C. 13.00 - Watertown, Conn. Alma de F. Curtiss and Fannie - E. Curtiss, by Mrs. Mary F. Curtiss 100.00 - LeRoy, N.Y. Miss D. A. Phillips, _for - furnishing a room_ 25.00 - ———————— - Total 593.00 - Previously acknowledged from Oct. 1st to April - 30th 4,264.71 - ———————— - $4,857.71 - - - FOR MISSIONS IN AFRICA. - - New Jersey. “Anti-Slavery Friend” 515.00 - Previously acknowledged from Oct. 1st to April - 30th 20,098.76 - —————————— - Total $20,613.76 - ========== - - H. W. Hubbard, _Treas._, - 56 Reade St., N.Y. - - - - -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, Oregon. - 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, Minn. - Rev. A. L. STONE, D.D., California. - Rev. G. H. ATKINSON, D.D., Oregon. - Rev. J. E. RANKIN, D.D., D.C. - Rev. A. L. CHAPIN, D.D., Wis. - S. D. SMITH, Esq., Mass. - 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, _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, - CHAS L. MEAD, - SAMUEL S. MARPLES, - WM. T. PRATT, - J. A. SHOUDY, - JOHN H. WASHBURN. - - -COMMUNICATIONS - -relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the -Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields to -the District Secretaries; letters for the Editor of the “American -Missionary,” to Rev. 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. - - - - -Constitution of the American Missionary Association. - -INCORPORATED JANUARY 30, 1849. - - * * * * * - - -ART. I. This Society shall be called “THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY -ASSOCIATION.” - -ART. II. The object of this Association shall be to conduct -Christian missionary and educational operations, and diffuse a -knowledge of the Holy Scriptures in our own and other countries -which are destitute of them, or which present open and urgent -fields of effort. - -ART. III. Any person of evangelical sentiments,[A] who professes -faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is not a slaveholder, or in the -practice of other immoralities, and who contributes to the funds, -may become a member of the Society; and by the payment of thirty -dollars, a life member; provided that children and others who have -not professed their faith may be constituted life members without -the privilege of voting. - -ART. IV. This Society shall meet annually, in the month of -September, October or November, for the election of officers and -the transaction of other business, at such time and place as shall -be designated by the Executive Committee. - -ART. V. The annual meeting shall be constituted of the regular -officers and members of the Society at the time of such meeting, -and of delegates from churches, local missionary societies, -and other co-operating bodies, each body being entitled to one -representative. - -ART. VI. The officers of the Society shall be a President, -Vice-Presidents, a Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretaries, -Treasurer, two Auditors, and an Executive Committee of not less -than twelve, of which the Corresponding Secretaries shall be -advisory, and the Treasurer ex-officio, members. - -ART. VII. To the Executive Committee shall belong the collecting -and disbursing of funds; the appointing, counseling, 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. - - * * * * * - - - - - COPY OF THE REVISED NEW TESTAMENT FREE. - -During the coming month we will send free by mail a copy of the -Revised Edition of the New Testament (Oxford Edition, limp cloth, -red edges), a very handsome book, to any subscriber who will renew -his subscription to the WITNESS now, by sending us $1.50 by money -order, bank draft, or registered letter. Even if subscription -is not due until next year, by remitting the amount now, the -subscription will be extended and the Testament sent at once. This -is the edition authorized by the English and American committees, -and it contains a history of the revision and an appendix giving -the list of American corrections which were not concurred in by the -English committee. - -A club of three copies of WITNESS for a year, directed separately, -will be sent for $4 remitted direct to this office, and also three -copies of this Testament. - -A club of six GEMS OF POETRY for a year will be $4, and three -copies of Revised New Testament will be sent gratis with it. - -A club of nine SABBATH READING will be sent for a year for $4, and -three copies of Revised New Testament gratis. - -All directed separately and all postpaid. - -Address, - - JOHN DOUGALL & CO., - _No. 21 Vandewater Street, N.Y._ - - - * * * * * - - - BISCOTINE. - -A most excellent, healthy and invigorating food for infants and -invalids. It is prepared from sweetened bread and other nutritious -substances, reduced to a fine powder so as to render them easily -soluble in milk or water. - -As an article of common diet for infants, particularly those -suffering from delicate constitution, weak intestines, or looseness -of the bowels, it will be found to give health and strength with -more certainty than the crude substances now in use, and not, like -them, liable to sour on the stomach. - - DELLUC & CO., - - Importing and Dispensing French Chemists, - - 635 BROADWAY, N.Y. 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SEND FOR -CIRCULAR. - -[Illustration] - -FOLDING CHAIR CO., New Haven Ct. - - - * * * * * - - - - -THE THIRTY-FIFTH VOLUME - -OF THE - -American Missionary. - -1881. - - * * * * * - - -Shall we not have a largely increased Subscription List for 1881? - -We regard the _Missionary_ as the best means of communication with -our friends, and to them the best source of information regarding -our work. - -A little effort on the part of our friends, when making their own -remittances, to induce their neighbors to unite in forming Clubs, -will easily double our list, and thus widen the influence of our -Magazine, and aid in the enlargement of our work. - -Under editorial supervision at this office, aided by the steady -contributions of our intelligent missionaries and teachers in -all parts of the field, and with occasional communications from -careful observers and thinkers elsewhere, the _American Missionary_ -furnishes a vivid and reliable picture of the work going forward -among the Indians, the Chinamen on the Pacific Coast, and the -Freedmen as citizens in the South and as missionaries in Africa. - -It will be the vehicle of important views on all matters affecting -the races among which it labors, and will give a monthly summary of -current events relating to their welfare and progress. Patriots and -Christians interested in the education and Christianizing of these -despised races are asked to read it, and assist in its circulation. -Begin with the January number and the new year. The price is only -Fifty Cents per annum. - -The Magazine will be sent gratuitously, if preferred, to the -persons indicated on page 224. Donations and subscriptions should -be sent to - - H. W. HUBBARD, Treasurer, - 56 Reade Street, New York. - - * * * * * - - -TO ADVERTISERS. - -Special attention is invited to the advertising department of the -AMERICAN MISSIONARY. It numbers among its regular readers very -many frugal, well-to-do people in nearly every city and village -throughout our Northern and Western States. It is therefore a -specially valuable medium for advertising all articles commonly -used in families of liberal, industrious and enterprising habits of -life. - -Advertisements must be received by the TENTH of the month, in order -to secure insertion in the following number. All communications in -relation to advertising should be addressed to - - THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT, - 56 Reade Street, New York. - - * * * * * - -Our friends who are interested in the Advertising Department of the -AMERICAN MISSIONARY, can aid us in this respect by mentioning, when -ordering goods, that they saw them advertised in our Magazine. - - -DAVID H. GILDERSLEEVE, PRINTER, 101 CHAMBERS STREET, NEW YORK. - - - - -Transcriber’s Notes - - -Obvious printer’s punctuation errors and omissions corrected. - -Changed “mcereony” to “ceremony” on page 212. - -Missing “k” replaced in “Lake George” on page 220. - -Missing “t” replaced in “Ashtabula” on page 220. - -Assumed “D” in “George D. 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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. 7, July, 1881 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: September 24, 2017 [EBook #55612] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, JULY 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) - - - - - - -</pre> - -<div> -<hr class="full" /> -<div> -<p class="float-left smcap">Vol. XXXV.</p> -<p class="float-right smcap">No. 7.</p> -</div> - -<h1><span class="small">THE</span><br />American Missionary.</h1> -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="wrap"><p class="centerline">“To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.”</p></div> -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="wrap"><p class="centerline xlarge">JULY, 1881.</p></div> -</div> - -<div class="wrap"><h2><i>CONTENTS</i>:</h2> - -<div class="center"> -<table class="toc" summary="Table of Contents"> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">EDITORIAL.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Our Anniversary Reports</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_193">193</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">A Brief View of the Situation—Intemperance in the South</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_194">194</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">The Last Man: <span class="chaplinen">Rev. C. P. Osborne</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_195">195</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Our Boston Anniversary</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_196">196</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Benefactions</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_197">197</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">General Notes—<span class="chaplinen">Africa, Indians, Chinese</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_198">198</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Items from the Field</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_201">201</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE FREEDMEN.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Anniversary Reports—<span class="chaplinen">D.C., Howard University</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_201">201</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chaplinei">Va., Hampton Institute, Hampton</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_202">202</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chaplinei">Tenn., Fisk University, Nashville</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_203">203</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chaplinei">Miss., Tougaloo University, Tougaloo</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_205">205</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chaplinei">La., Straight University, New Orleans</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_207">207</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chaplinei">Tenn., Le Moyne Normal School, Memphis</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_208">208</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chaplinei">Ala., Emerson Institute, Swayne School</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_209">209</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chaplinei">Ga., Beach Institute, Byron</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_210">210</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Talladega College—Laying of Corner-Stone</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_210">210</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">North Carolina Conference</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_211">211</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">AFRICA.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Ordination at Good Hope</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_212">212</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE CHINESE.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Anniversaries: <span class="chaplinen">Rev. W. C. Pond</span></td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_214">214</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">WOMAN’S HOME MISS. ASSOC’N.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Monthly Report</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_216">216</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="conthead" colspan="2">CHILDREN’S PAGE.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chapline">Story of Rebecca</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_217">217</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="toc-chapter smcap pp2">Receipts</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_218">218</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="toc-chapter smcap">List of Officers</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_222">222</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="toc-chapter smcap">Constitution</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_223">223</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="toc-chapter smcap">Aim, Statistics, Wants, etc.</td> - <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_224">224</a></td> - </tr> -</table> -</div> -</div> - -<hr class="quarter" /> - -<p class="center">NEW YORK:</p> -<p class="center">Published by the American Missionary Association,</p> -<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Rooms, 56 Reade Street</span>.</p> - -<hr class="quarter" /> - -<p class="center">Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance.</p> - -<p class="center medium">Entered at the Post Office at New York, N.Y., as second-class matter.</p> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/stonehallxcf.jpg" width="500" height="339" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">STONE HALL, STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS.—<a href="#Page_208">See Page 208</a></p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_193" id="Page_193">[193]</a></p> - - -<div class="article"> - <p class="center">THE</p> - <p class="center xxlarge">AMERICAN MISSIONARY.</p> - <hr class="full top" /> - <div> - <div class="third" style="padding-left: 2%"><span class="smcap">Vol. XXXV.</span></div> - <div class="third center">JULY, 1881.</div> - <div class="third right">No. 7.</div> - </div> - <hr class="full bottom" /> - <h2><i>American Missionary Association.</i></h2> - <hr class="chap" /> - <h3>OUR ANNIVERSARY REPORTS.</h3> - -<p>We devote an unusual amount of space in this number to reports -of the closing exercises of ten of our educational institutions -at the South. Next month we purpose to add reports of others -whose anniversaries occur too late for mention at this writing. -It will be seen that the year has been an unusually prosperous -one. The number of students, either of advanced grade or seeking -for a higher education, has been larger, perhaps, than during any -previous year. We note especially the large number of boarding -students, and also the fact that the accommodations for them are -by far too limited in many of our schools. The growing disposition -of our students to continue their studies through as many months -of the year as possible is a fact of much significance. It will -be remembered that our missions have been richly blessed by -outpourings of the Holy Spirit, and that a goodly number—sometimes -whole classes—have indulged the hopes of a new life. Most of these -will go forth to teach during the summer, and the rich experiences -through which they have passed will prove of great value to them -in their work. We know of no class of people needing the prayers -of our patrons more than these. Perhaps the influence of our -institutions upon the leading minds of the South, and especially -upon those interested in popular education, was never so great. -Governors of Southern States, mayors of cities, presidents of -colleges, representatives of the pulpit, the bar and the press, -attend our anniversary exercises, and enter heartily and with -appreciation into the spirit of the work. We believe any one who -will read the reports referred to will find much occasion for -thanking God and taking courage.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The reports of the exercises at Hampton, Va., and Fisk University, -Nashville, Tenn., were written by Virginians, and give a good idea -of the drift of thought concerning our institutions among the -better class of Southern people.</p> -</div> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_194" id="Page_194">[194]</a></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>A BRIEF VIEW OF THE SITUATION.</h3> - -<p>The gift of Mrs. Stone of $150,000 for new buildings at Fisk, -Atlanta, Talladega, and New Orleans; the new educational -institution at Austin, Texas, and our new churches organized the -past year at the South, make additional demands upon our treasury. -The churches should not be left to a feeble struggle for life, -but be aided to a vigorous growth. The additional facilities at -the schools mentioned, and the new institution in Texas, mean an -increased number of students to be aided, and increased expense for -teachers, for insurance, repairs and other incidentals. Our work -among the Chinese in California calls urgently for enlargement; in -fact, the continued existence of such a work means continued growth -with increased expenditures.</p> - -<p>A great pressure has been brought to bear upon us to do more for -the education of Indian youth; but the work cannot be done without -money. The success, however, at Carlisle and Hampton indicates -clearly the hopefulness of doing much more. Mr. Arthington, of -Leeds, England, has paid over £3,000, and British Christians have -given a like amount, for a new mission on the Upper Nile, in East -Central Africa; but the opening of the Arthington Mission will -require $10,000 annually for its support.</p> - -<p>It will be seen by these statements that the entrance to our -different fields of labor has been thrown open more widely. We must -settle the question as to whether we shall enter; but to enter -means continued and efficient occupancy. “Occupy till I come” is -the command of the Great Teacher. The gate is not open to a haven -of rest, but to a field of labor, and additional labor calls for -additional expense. Nothing short of an increase of 25 per cent. -of the income of the Association will be adequate to meet the -increased demands. The pastors and officers of the churches are our -most effectual helpers in raising the amount required. Will they -not come to our relief right early? The people will give of their -means if the work and its wants are properly presented to them; and -if God has set before us these open doors, surely He will add His -blessing as we enter.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>INTEMPERANCE IN THE SOUTH.</h3> - -<p>One of the “decisive battles” to be fought by and in behalf of -the colored people of the South is on the field of intemperance. -Slavery made this vice impossible. Emancipation, with all its -manifold blessings, opened the gates to its entrance, and these -once opened, it now pours in like a flood.</p> - -<p>The cannonading has already begun in some of the Southern States in -regard to prohibition, local option and other legal safeguards; but -in this, as in other battles, small arms and the hand-to-hand fight -must win the victory. Man by man, must the victims of this vice be -warned and rescued, and especially must the young, individual by -individual, be instructed, warned, pledged to personal abstinence, -and enlisted in the work of<a class="pagenum" name="Page_195" id="Page_195">[195]</a> saving others. The schools of the -American Missionary Association are the very citadels of drill and -equipment in this warfare. Their students must be the vanguard -in the onset, and the “old guard” that “never surrenders” in the -hottest fight.</p> - -<p>We rejoice to know that our schools and their students are alert -and active in their duties in this respect. Temperance literature -and the prayers of God’s people are invoked in their behalf.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>THE LAST MAN.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">REV. C. P. OSBORNE.</p> - -<p>The first man is named by sacred history. Scientific prophecy -ventures to tell us who the last man is to be.</p> - -<p>Prof. Alphonse de Candolle, son and successor of the great -naturalist, wrote, a few years since, some interesting speculations -on the probable future of the human race. This paper was deemed -of sufficient value to be republished in the Annual Report of -the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, for the year 1875. In -the course of his discussion the eminent writer shows reason for -believing that the last man is to be, not one man, but three. The -future history of mankind, leaving out of the account any possible -catastrophe that might suddenly extinguish the race, will be, in -his view, somewhat as follows.</p> - -<p>For an extended period the population of the globe, favored by -improved methods of agriculture, by migration to unoccupied lands, -by general prevalence of peace consequent upon higher morality, -will increase until the world is stocked with inhabitants to its -fullest capacity. Then, after a period, will begin a process of -depopulation. The conditions of life in the colder regions will be -greatly changed by growing scarcity of the fuel supply; the world’s -stock of minerals will be gradually exhausted by rust and wear, -which will bring an end of ships, railroads and commerce, and thus -increase the difficulty of maintaining life; and the incessant -action of water, ice and air will constantly diminish the land area -of the globe, until only mountains will remain as islands above the -surface of the sea. Under the combined action of these agencies, -the principles of natural selection and survival of the fittest -will come into play with decisive effect, and in the struggle for -life the weaker races will one by one succumb and disappear. Three -races, however, exhibit qualities which fit them to survive beyond -all others.</p> - -<p>1. The white race, as represented by Europeans and their American -descendants, thanks to their intelligence and habitual bravery, -skill, and the confidence they can place in each other, will -sustain the struggle. 2. The negroes also will prevail, on account -of their physical vigor, power to resist malaria and to flourish in -tropical regions, where the white race rapidly deteriorates. 3. The -yellow race, represented principally by the Chinese, will maintain -their place, since they have great vigor of stock, a capacity to -exist on small resources, and alone seem sufficiently intelligent -and robust to struggle in all latitudes with both the other races.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_196" id="Page_196">[196]</a></p> - -<p>The last man, then, is to be a white man, a negro and a Chinaman. -But de Candolle seems to think that the negro may, after all, be -the last man of this triumvirate. For the white man, occupying -scattered islands in the colder regions, and deprived of fuel, -might be exterminated by the more or less periodical invasions -of ice from polar regions, while the black man could continue to -subsist with little effort on the pulp of tropical melons.</p> - -<p>Such is a brief outline of the curious speculations of this -eminent savant. Of their value as science or prophecy, of their -correspondence with Biblical views of the future of human history, -let the reader make his own judgment. The writer simply asks -attention to a few obvious suggestions.</p> - -<p>1. It is a very significant fact that a man of recognized eminence -as a scientist should, in a glance at the probable future of -mankind, give so important a place to the despised African. It -is a fact that more than justifies all the deep interest of -the Christian and the philanthropist in that unfortunate race. -Christians are not in any danger of giving undue attention to the -claims of the negro upon their prayers and benefactions.</p> - -<p>2. The conclusions of science, that the African race is fitted to -persist among the latest inhabitants of the earth, are confirmed -by the evidence of facts. The census of 1880 produced two genuine -surprises. First, the fact that the largest relative increase of -population in the United States during the last decade was in the -former slave States. Second, that this result was due to the fact -that while the increase of the whites of those States was some two -per cent. below the average for the whole country, the increase of -the blacks was more than three per cent. above that average.</p> - -<p>It is thus demonstrated that negroes are not to be numbered with -those races which, like Australians, Hawaiians and American -Indians, fade away and disappear in the presence of more civilized -races. The negro in warm latitudes has shown his ability, with less -than a fair chance, to hold more than his own with the white man. -We may no longer hope that the grave problems, social, political -and religious, connected with his residence in our land, are to be -solved by the gradual extinction of the race. The black man will -not die; he must be instructed and evangelized.</p> - -<p>3. If we are to have black men and yellow men for our neighbors to -the end of time, it is for our interest to be on good terms with -them. As a matter of policy it will be best for us to do all we can -to make them comfortable—I may even say, companionable neighbors.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>OUR BOSTON ANNIVERSARY.</h3> - -<p>It will be remembered by our readers that during the last week -in May the six co-operative Societies sustained largely by the -Congregationalists, hold anniversary meetings in Boston. This year -the meetings were held on Wednesday, the 25th. The day was bright -and breezy, and the congregations throughout were larger than -usual. The meeting of the American Missionary Association closed -the morning session.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_197" id="Page_197">[197]</a></p> - -<p>A report was made by Secretary Woodworth, reviewing, in brief, -the several branches of the work carried on by the Association -during the past nineteen years. Mr. Woodworth’s address was replete -with facts and statistics, giving a comprehensive view of the -importance, success and necessities of the Association.</p> - -<p>Rev. J. F. Lovering, of Worcester, was the first speaker. During -his address he mentioned the fact that a negro family of his -acquaintance, in Massachusetts, found it difficult to rent a -house on account of their color, and argued that if there be such -prejudices still at the North, we ought not to be surprised if -they yet exist at the South. He related several instances coming -under his observation during the war, showing the religious nature -of the colored people and their love for knowledge, closing his -address with a graphic description of a company of colored women -and children singing songs of thanksgiving to troops returning from -the war.</p> - -<p>Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, of Marblehead, was the next speaker. He -urged the work of saving the Freedmen as a duty upon us from a -common-sense and statesmanlike view, as well as from a religious -consideration. He said: “They will never vote safely until they -vote intelligently. They will always be at the mercy of others -until they can think for themselves. They are not like the -Mexicans, who have not changed for a century, but they are eager -for knowledge, plastic, and have already made astonishing advances. -They spend their money freely, and if educated will like their -homes tasteful and attractive. In so low a view as the commercial -one, we should be deeply interested for these people. There are -only about twenty-five colored lawyers and a hundred doctors among -them. In the time of the yellow fever, one of the latter remained -through it all and cared for the people. When his work was over, -a large company of white citizens gratefully followed him to the -depot with a band of music, showing that color is forgotten when -there is ability and power.”</p> - -<p>Mr. Gregory is now building a mission home and remodeling -the school-house at Wilmington, N.C., at an expense of about -$8,000. These buildings are in close proximity to the new church -edifice also built by him, an account of which was given in the -<span class="smcap">American Missionary</span> for May.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>BENEFACTIONS.</h3> - -<p>—Yale and Hamilton Colleges are to receive $40,000 each from the -estate of James Knox, of Knoxville, Ill.</p> - -<p>—Dartmouth College receives a bequest of $5,000 from the late Hon. -H. C. Burleigh, of Great Falls, N.H.</p> - -<p>—Hon. E. B. Morgan, of Auburn, N.Y., has given Wells College, -Aurora, $10,000, making his gifts to it upwards of $160,000.</p> - -<p>—Col. Gardner A. Sage, of New York, has given $90,000 to the -Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America, situated at -New Brunswick, <a class="pagenum" name="Page_198" id="Page_198">[198]</a>N.J.</p> - -<p>—Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, of Marblehead, Mass., has recently added -to his gift to the A. M. A. of $3,600 for a church at Wilmington, -N.C., $3,500 as the first installment for a school building to be -erected in close proximity to the new church.</p> - -<p>—A banker of Altenburg recently bequeathed $187,000 for endowments -in the University of Jena. The government of Saxe-Altenburg, -however, retained $54,000 of the amount as legal duty, thereby -reducing the endowment to $133,000.</p> - -<p>—Col. C. G. Hammond, of Chicago, has offered $20,000 towards -establishing an endowment fund of $80,000 for the Congregational -Theological Seminary of that city. Not long since Mr. Hammond -contributed $25,000 for a library building to the same institution.</p> - -<p><em>The endowment of the young institutions for the education of -colored people South, presents a fine field for the exercise of -such wise charity as is shown in some of the liberal donations -above.</em></p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>GENERAL NOTES.</h3> - - -<h4>AFRICA.</h4> - -<p>—Dr. Laws, of the Scotch Mission on Lake Nyassa, discovered two -coal seams on the north-eastern end of the lake.</p> - -<p>—The Akankoo Gold Mining Company has ordered the explorer Cameron -to go to the Gold Coast to study the mineral ores of the grant -which it holds.</p> - -<p>—Dr. Lanz has exploded the theory of converting the Sahara into an -ocean. He reports that the most depressed portion of El Juf, the -body of the desert, is nearly five hundred feet above the level of -the sea.</p> - -<p>—M. Harold Tarry, a member of the French Sahara commission, -has discovered, south of Wargla, the ruins of the large city of -Cedradra buried under the shifting sands. A mosque and nine houses -have been excavated containing columns, statuary and charred -manuscripts.</p> - -<p>—The village of Roumbeck contains a hundred <i lang="ar" xml:lang="ar">toukouls</i> (cabins -built upon piles to preserve them from the ravages of the white -ants). This is the chief place of the province of Rohl. Here are -collected ostrich plumes, caoutchouc, tamarinds and cotton, which -are sent to Khartoum.</p> - -<p>—The efforts of the French to find tracing for a railroad across -the Great Desert to Timbuctoo have met with disaster. The great -expedition under Col. Flanders, when nearly across the desert, was, -according to most reliable reports, attacked by the hostile natives -and destroyed.</p> - -<p>—Dr. Oscar Lanz, the leader of the German expedition to Timbuctoo, -has accomplished the object of his mission. He started from -Morocco, taking a south-easterly course across the Great Desert. -In returning he followed the route to the westward toward the -Senegal river, arriving safely at St. Louis on the coast, after -experiencing many delays and hardships. He went in the disguise -of a Turkish physician, taking with him one Italian and five Arab -servants.</p> - -<p>—Timbuctoo is described as lying on the southern edge of the -Sahara<a class="pagenum" name="Page_199" id="Page_199">[199]</a> near the Niger, is five miles in circumference, and -surrounded on all sides by plains of white sand. Its population has -decreased, many of the houses are in ruins, but it is still the -most important city in Central Africa and the great emporium for -the slave trade of those regions.</p> - -<p>—Dr. Holub is preparing to start for the Cape of Good Hope, from -whence he will travel towards the interior of the continent, with -the expectation of coming out at some point on the Mediterranean. -Although his trip is essentially a scientific one, he will not -neglect the commercial question. He is connected with important -houses of Vienna, with which he will attempt to establish relations -with the tribes of the interior of Africa.</p> - -<p>—On his return from Bahr-el-Ghazal, Gessi found Khartoum very -different from what he had seen it three years before. The European -colony had transformed it. The Catholic mission had become the -instructor of the population. The traders had imported all the -products of European industry. Houses with magnificent stores had -been erected, and one could obtain there all that was required for -modern civilization. It had become a centre of exportation for -the products of Soudan. To remedy the inconvenience of expensive -voyages, they already thought of establishing in the neighborhood a -permanent place for receiving the wax, rubber and ivory which they -brought from the more central countries.</p> - -<p>—The French missionaries who are in the Egyptian Soudan complain -that the slave trade is more active than ever, and that far from -taking measures to prevent it, the regular troops take part in -the plunder in the neighborhood of the White Nile, where they -capture thousands of slaves of both sexes and all ages. One of the -missionaries saw at Fachoda a number of children taken to the slave -market. Another reports that the mountains south of Kordufan are -inhabited by a very beautiful race of negroes, who have resisted -all efforts of the proselytizing Mussulman. These are sold at high -prices, and the slave-hunters regard them as a favorite prey. This -missionary also relates that a dozen valleys were recently ravaged -by the Bagarahs.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h4>THE INDIANS.</h4> - -<p>—In British America, during the past 20 years, more than 13,000 -Indians have been received into the Church of England.</p> - -<p>—There is a church organization at Fort Wrangel, Alaska Territory, -among the Stickenn tribe of Indians, with a membership of about -forty. In connection with this, an industrial school and home for -girls has been established.</p> - -<p>—The Indians at present in close relations with the Presbyterian -church number about 16,000, and may be divided as follows: Mohave, -838; Chimehneva, 200; Coahuila, 150; Cocopah, 180; Pima, 4,500; -Maricopa, 500; Papago, 6,000; the San Carlos, White Mountain, -Coyotero, Tonto, Chiricahua, Cochise, Ojo Caliente, Yuma and -Mohave Apaches, 4,878; Hualapai, 620; Yuma, 930; Suppai, 75; and -Quacharty’s, 400.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_200" id="Page_200">[200]</a></p> - -<p>These are grouped into the three agencies of Colorado River, Pima -and San Carlos. They number 2,218 children of school age. They had -7,700 acres of land under cultivation, and raised 43,333 bushels of -wheat, 2,493 of corn, and 10,833 of barley and oats.</p> - -<p>—Some poet at Carlisle Barracks, Pa., has set forth the merits of -the Indian training-school at that point as follows:</p> - -<div class="poem"> - <div class="stanza"> - <span class="i0">“The Garrison, where tap of drum was rule,<br /></span> - <span class="i0">Is now the famous Indian Training School.<br /></span> - <span class="i0">In days of yore, the Soldiers there were taught<br /></span> - <span class="i0">That <span class="smcap">RED MEN’S USE WAS ONLY TO BE FOUGHT</span>.<br /></span> - <span class="i0">But note the change! The reign of Peace is near,<br /></span> - <span class="i0">The ploughshare conquers deadly sword and spear.<br /></span> - <span class="i0">The cunning pen shall in their swarthy hand<br /></span> - <span class="i0">A swifter missile be than burning brand.<br /></span> - <span class="i0">Their only <span class="smcap">WATCH-FIRE</span> shall be <span class="smcap">Reason’s light</span>—<br /></span> - <span class="i0">Their only <span class="smcap">WARFARE, BATTLING FOR THE RIGHT</span>.”<br /></span> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h4>THE CHINESE.</h4> - -<p>—It is a significant fact that nearly all of the thirty men-of-war -composing the fleet of the Chinese navy are commanded by European -officers.</p> - -<p>—The Young Men’s Christian Association at Tokio, Japan, consisting -wholly of natives, has concluded to start a religious magazine.</p> - -<p>—During the past eight years, which will measure the time of -actual service of the Protestant missions in Japan, the work has -been so far advanced that at present there are 160 missionaries, -with 50 churches organized and a total membership of 8,000. There -are also schools, dispensaries, colleges and publishing houses, -which circulate the Scriptures and religious reading in all parts -of the empire.</p> - -<p>—It is reported, concerning the Chinese boarding-school for boys -at Ningpo, that nothing has appeared for years that seems to so -fully enlist the interest and co-operation of all the natives. -Although the school is under native management, the foreign members -of the Presbytery with which it is connected have a voice in its -affairs. Contributions for its support have been given freely -both by the converts and heathen people. It seems that the method -pursued is similar to that carried on so generally in the A. M. A. -schools South.</p> - -<p>—Lai Tip, a Chinese laundryman, was recently murdered on Spring -Street, New York, while returning from the Sunday-school of the -Reformed Presbyterian Church. It appears he was set upon by two or -three roughs, and while stooping to recover his hat, which had been -knocked off, received from a knife fatal wounds from which he died -on the third day. His funeral was attended by Rev. Drs. Hall and -Crosby, and he was buried amid a large attendance of Chinamen at -Machpelah Cemetery, Hoboken, N.J. The murder was most shameful and -unprovoked.</p> -</div> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_201" id="Page_201">[201]</a></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>ITEMS FROM THE FIELD.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Flatonia, Tex.</span>—“The box you spoke of in your letter -was received last week. Maps are just what we need and will be -a great help. Almost everything was of use, and I consider it a -very valuable box, unusually so. I would like to give my heartfelt -thanks to the donors if I knew them. Please do so for me. I know -that those who keep up the supplies at home like to be assured that -their gifts are appreciated.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Colored Sunday-schools, N.C.</span>—“Happy Greeting” Union -Sunday-school is the name of one of eight schools organized during -the last two months by a missionary of the American Sunday-school -Union in North Carolina. “This name,” he writes, “was adopted by -a cheerful crowd of colored people.” Another of these schools is -called “Valley Home.” Very few among those people were able to read -the Bible. In a class of twenty-five, only one could tell the name -of the first book in it. Some said that Jacob built the ark. When -asked how the Israelites expressed their joy after crossing the Red -Sea in safety, one said: “I s’pose, sir, dey shot off big guns and -holler’d!” and all present nodded their assent.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> -<div class="article"> -<h2>THE FREEDMEN.</h2> -</div> - -<p class="secauth"><span class="smcap">REV. JOS. E. ROY, D.D., Field Superintendent, Atlanta, Ga.</span></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>ANNIVERSARY REPORTS.</h3> - - -<h4>HOWARD UNIVERSITY.</h4> - -<p>Commencement Exercises of the Theological Department of Howard -University were held in the Memorial Lutheran Church, Fourteenth -Street and Vermont Avenue, Washington, D.C., Friday evening, May -6th, 1881, at 7.45 o’clock. A large audience of white and colored -friends was present, including various U.S. Senators and other -persons of influence.</p> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h5>ORDER OF EXERCISES.</h5> - -<p>Music; Prayer by Rev. W. W. Patton, D.D., Pres. Howard University; -reading of the Scriptures by Rev. J. G. Butler, D.D.; Music; -Addresses by Graduates; The Perpetuity of the Church, by Emory -W. Williams, Prince George’s Co., Md.; Man, a Religious Being, -by William A. Shannon, Washington, D.C.; Music; The Christian -Minister, by George V. Clark, Atlanta, Ga.; Our Duty to Africa, by -Jarrett E. Edwards, Columbia, S.C.; Music; Address to Graduates, by -Rev. Charles A. Stark, D.D., Lutheran, Baltimore, Md.; Presentation -of Bibles to the Graduates, in behalf of the Washington Bible -Society, by Rev. A. W. Pitzer, D.D.; Conferring Certificates, by -Rev. J. G. Craighead, D.D., Dean Theo. Dept. The addresses were of -a creditable character and gave promise of future usefulness.</p> - -<p>The following persons connected with the Congregational, Baptist, -Methodist and Presbyterian denominations, having pursued studies in -the Theological Department, now leave the University to engage in -the work of the Ministry in their respective churches: George V. -Clark, Atlanta, Ga.; Thomas H. Datcher, Washington, D.C.; Jarrett -E. Edwards, Columbia, S.C.; John H. T. Gray, Prince George’s -County, Md.; Thomas H. Jones, Baltimore, Md.; William A. Shannon. -Washington, D.C.; Emory W. Williams, Prince George’s County, Md.</p> -</div> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_202" id="Page_202">[202]</a></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h4>HAMPTON INSTITUTE.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">REPORTED BY JUDGE WATKINS, A VIRGINIAN.</p> - -<p>Those whose good fortune it was to be present will “not willingly -let die” the pleasant memories of the Commencement day at Hampton, -Va., on the 19th May, 1881. Representatives of widely circulated -journals have made public record of many good things said and done -on this occasion. Some of the incidents will interest readers of -the <span class="smcap">Missionary</span>.</p> - -<p>The illness of Mrs. Garfield, regretted by all, prevented the -President’s attendance. General Howard, Governor Holliday of -Virginia, Rev. Dr. Potter, and other representative men and women, -contributed largely to the pleasures of the day. The full and most -interesting report to the corporation of Principal Armstrong gave -satisfactory evidence of the God-blest success and continuing -usefulness of this noble enterprise. A large edition of this -valuable paper will be issued, and will, it is hoped, be widely -circulated. No report of any year in Hampton’s history has been -more satisfactory.</p> - -<p>An account of the public exercises of the day for the -<span class="smcap">Missionary</span> must necessarily be brief. At 8.30 a. m. the -new Academic Hall was dedicated. Bishop Payne, of the Colored -Methodist Episcopal Church, in most appropriate words and manner, -offered the dedicatory prayer. General Howard followed in an -address of marked ability, and of broad and liberal and most -approved views, admirably presented, basing his brief and pertinent -remarks upon the duties of the hour in reference to the negro -on the editorial in the Memphis <cite>Appeal</cite> reproduced in the May -<span class="smcap">Missionary</span>. Governor Holliday, of Virginia, was introduced -to General Howard. Both had lost an arm in battle. With their left -hands in cordial grasp, they exchanged fraternal salutations. The -incident gave unaffected pleasure to all who witnessed it.</p> - -<p>The corner-stone of the Stone Memorial building, for colored girls’ -industries (the generous donation of Mrs. Stone of Massachusetts), -and the corner-stone of the Indian Girls’ building, were laid. -The Rev. Dr. Strieby, president of the corporation, delivered -the address in the first, and Rev. Dr. Potter, of New York, in -the latter of the ceremonies. Both gentlemen performed the duty -assigned them most acceptably to the friends of the institution.</p> - -<p>The large and interested audience filled the chapel of Virginia -Hall to its utmost capacity to hear the public addresses of six of -the alumni. These performances were made in excellent taste, the -elocution being exceptionally good, and the views were expressed in -a style and range of thought above the average Commencement orator, -and reflected honor on the <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">Alma Mater</i> and her sons and daughters.</p> - -<p>In appropriate terms General Armstrong introduced General Howard, -Dr. Potter and Governor Holliday, of Virginia, whose words of wit -and wisdom were enthusiastically received. His Excellency, who is a -Christian gentleman of enlarged views and a broad-gauge statesman, -gave cordial welcome to the strangers within the gates of the Old -Dominion, and in fitting words of sincere and merited commendation -approved and indorsed all that had been done and so well done at -Hampton.</p> - -<p>Much more might be said; less could not be said. God will, it is -not doubted, continue to call from Hampton to His service Christian -men and women, <em>workers</em> in His vineyard, who will illustrate that</p> - -<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i2">“Peace hath her victories<br /></span> -<span class="i0">No less renowned than War.”<br /></span> -</div></div> - -<p>The Hampton Institute is becoming more known and appreciated in -Virginia and the neighboring States. Its alumni are occupying -positions of practical usefulness, and discharge the high duties -of good citizens well and faithfully.<a class="pagenum" name="Page_203" id="Page_203">[203]</a> Virginians believe that -Principal Armstrong is emphatically the right man in the right -place, and that, with General Marshall, Miss Mackie and others -on his staff, he will push forward the good work in which they -are engaged, and will continue to merit and receive the grateful -appreciation of the people of the commonwealth. Above all, they -invoke that blessing of God in the future which has been so -signally manifested in the past.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h4>FISK UNIVERSITY.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">PROF. C. C. PAINTER.</p> - -<p>No one can properly appreciate or understand Fisk University -who does not take into account the model school whose unique -anniversary exercises occurred on Thursday p. m., preceding those -of the University proper. The school is under the management of -Miss Irene Gilbert, who is assisted by students from the Normal -Department. The excellency of her work is not found alone in -the perfection of drill which every exercise shows, but in the -exquisite finish of whatever work is done. A recent graduate from -Williston Seminary and of the Sheffield Scientific School, with -whom I visited this school one day when it was not on exhibition, -and examined the children’s work in map drawing, declared that he -had never seen any work of the kind that compared with it. The -exhibition given by these children made it easier to understand the -uniformly excellent work apparent in all the classes of the higher -grades witnessed during the three days’ examinations of the next -week. Miss Gilbert trains up the child in the way he should go, and -in the higher departments he does not depart from it.</p> - -<p>The Baccalaureate sermon of President Cravath on Sunday afternoon, -from Heb. xi. 27, “For he endured as seeing Him who is invisible,” -was able and timely; well calculated to inspire his hearers with -the faith and courage requisite for the great work which lies -before them as leaders of their emancipated people through the -wilderness which still surrounds and stretches out before them, -after sixteen years of wanderings.</p> - -<p>A rainy evening gave a much smaller audience to hear Dr. G. D. -Pike’s missionary sermon than would otherwise have greeted him. He -must be a laggard indeed who, hearing the Doctor on his favorite -theme of missions, does not become inoculated with something of his -divine enthusiasm.</p> - -<p>Space cannot be given for even a full programme of the exercises, -which filled to the full Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; -examinations in the mornings until 1 p. m., and exhibitions in -the evenings by the Normal School, the Literary Society and the -College Preparatory Class; and it would be exceedingly common-place -to say, what simple truth demands should be said, that they were -all excellent. One of the visitors said at the close of the Normal -School exhibition on Monday, that he did not expect to hear -anything better even from the graduating class; but on Thursday -candidly admitted his mistake, as there was just such advance as -there ought to have been to mark the advanced grade of the pupils. -Perhaps, instead of giving a programme of these exercises, it will -prove more profitable to state impressions derived from them.</p> - -<p>This was the first time the writer has had the privilege of -attending the closing exercises of this or of any school for the -education of these people. Brought up among them, and always -accustomed to regard them as inferior, he shared until recently the -feeling so prevalent that in their education nothing more should -be attempted than a fair common school training. This is not the -place in which to argue that there is urgent need that the leaders -of 7,000,000 people, who are to be redeemed<a class="pagenum" name="Page_204" id="Page_204">[204]</a> from ignorance and -lifted into a plane where they shall command the respect of those -who are now unjustly prejudiced against them, shall be thoroughly -disciplined and broadly educated; but it is the time to express -the opinion of the writer, and of several others who attended with -great interest these exercises, with something of his prejudices, -that these students showed conclusively that they are capable of -taking on the same culture, and under it of reaching the same -excellencies of thought and discipline, as the more favored whites -attain under like training; and that an objection to their higher -education must be based on other ground than their inability to -receive it, or the need of their race for such leaders as this -school is sending out from year to year.</p> - -<p>A gentleman, native of Tennessee, who has recently been called -from the presidency of a Southern College to the management of the -educational work of the State, was present during the commencement -exercises, and contrasted them with those of the graduating class -of the first institution of the State for whites, in terms so -complimentary to the negro students, that, out of deference to the -whites, his language will be omitted.</p> - -<p>This work is no longer tentative. Both the possibility and value -of it have been fully demonstrated, and the urgent demand is that -the University shall be fully equipped for it. The point has -been reached, in the estimation of all who know anything of its -history, needs and opportunities, when it must be enlarged or -suffer irreparably. It was, therefore, with gladness of heart that -a large number of its friends, white and black, from the city and -from other States, gathered to lay the corner-stone of Livingstone -Missionary Hall on Wednesday afternoon.</p> - -<p>Gen. Fisk presided most felicitously, and the address of Dr. -Strieby was in every way happy and inspiring. It was a regular -love feast, not simply because there was so much of the Methodist -element in it, as represented by the General and his excellent -lady, and Dr. McFerrin—“a rebel who fought on the last ten acres -left for the rebellion to stand upon,” and who overcame great -obstacles to get out to the exercises, despite attractions in other -directions, and made a delightful speech, full of good feeling—but -because there was such a flowing together of hearts and good-will -from all classes as represented on the occasion. Dr. Strieby should -be requested to print his speech in full and distribute it all over -the land, and with it should go the eight or ten other excellent -shorter speeches which followed, one of which was by the city’s -treasurer, who came to represent the Historical Society.</p> - -<p>There was a poem written for the occasion by Prof. Spence, and read -by one of the pupils, Miss Allen, who has remarkable powers as a -reader.</p> - -<p>The address from Rev. C. H. Daniels, of Cincinnati, which followed -the graduating addresses of the class, was able and timely. His -theme was “The dignity and value of the individual man.” It was -every way a manful presentation of a manly subject, and was a -fitting <i lang="it" xml:lang="it">finale</i> to the very able and manly addresses of the -graduating class.</p> - -<p>The diplomas were presented by Gen. Fisk in a brief address full -of pathos and good sense, with happy allusions in each case to -the theme of the recipient’s address. After this came the Alumni -dinner, plain and substantial, and the speeches following, which -were fully up to those of older and more pretentious societies.</p> - -<p>And thus closed the fullest and most hopeful year in the history of -this institution, which is beginning to excite the deepest interest -among the people of the State, who are awakening to the fact that -it is offering the only solution to many dark problems which to -them seemed without an answer, or at least one that had anything of -hope in it.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_205" id="Page_205">[205]</a></p> - -<p>We cannot better close this article than by giving the following -extract from an editorial from the <cite>American</cite>, the ablest and most -influential paper of the State:</p> - -<p>“In the proceedings at the Fisk University, yesterday, another -step forward was taken in the way of providing material means for -that moral and intellectual growth which is going on silently as -a great institution grows and roots itself firmly in the society -around it. Universities are not created in a day, nor at all by -money, although money is a necessary agency. They grow. The Fisk is -passing through with comparatively the early stages of growth, when -we compare it with the ideal which finds place in the dreams of -its enthusiastic laborers—dreams which enfold the future result. -We doubt if the public, although it lend a hearty sympathy and -approval, and expect good to flow from it, begins yet to realize -the work this institution is to perform. We doubt if there is such -appreciation anywhere existent or possible except in the dreams of -its enthusiast laborers. These in some way comprehend its future. -But the Fisk has had to adapt itself in more ways than one. At -first it encountered, as a matter of course, but cold approval from -the wealth and culture of Nashville—not hostility, but approval -from a languid and cold judgment. But perhaps the hardest task -has been to adapt itself to the negro himself. To secure the cold -approval of intelligent judgment was apparently easy; to go a -little further and secure aid, if it were necessary, would not be -hard; but to lift the negro up to appreciate New England culture -and conservatism and quiet labor, is like bringing him, in his -early religious experience, to accept the calm conservatism and -quiet demeanor of the Catholic, Presbyterian or Episcopal churches. -In vain is he solicited to enter the intellectual stage of -religious experience, when nature tells him that his stage is the -emotional, if indeed it be beyond the sensuous. This is the task -Fisk has set itself, and is performing, and performing well. It is -encountering, and has encountered, a world of prejudice from the -very race it seeks to elevate, and must content itself with working -upon and with the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">creme de la creme</i> of the race in the South, -while it cannot as yet reach the vast mass unless it let itself -down, and we believe that so long as its present laborers are at -the helm it will insist on drawing others up and never let itself -down. It has a great and widening field, which it is worthily -filling, and in the labor of regeneration of a race, no agency -will have a higher, or indeed so high a place as this conservative -school, which is filling so difficult a position.</p> - -<p>“We are not unmindful also of the necessity for quite other -laborers in the regeneration of this race. It is just as necessary -in school as in church that this yet blind and emotional creature, -‘crying for the light with no language but a cry,’ shall have -tendance suited to his condition and upon his own level.”</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h4>TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY.</h4> - -<p>The annual examinations in this institution began on Thursday, May -26th, continuing Friday and also Monday forenoon. Many friends -of students were present from various parts of the State. The -forenoon of Sunday was taken up with the Sunday-school, with its -very instructive lessons from the parable of the talents, and -immediately following this a temperance Bible reading, with its -intensely practical and stirring appeals. The latter was especially -timely, inasmuch as a large number of temperance tracts, pamphlets -and papers had been distributed to all the members, just before, -for circulation as they return this summer to their own homes, or -go forth to engage in teaching. Supplied in this way, the students -from this school are the means of disseminating through the State -a great deal of good temperance literature, and are enabled to -organize a<a class="pagenum" name="Page_206" id="Page_206">[206]</a> multitude of little temperance societies.</p> - -<p>It will not be amiss to note the fact, as illustrating the high -value of just this sort of work, that besides these societies -established by the students of this University, there is no kind of -temperance organization among the colored people in the State. At -the same time, the prevalence of drunkenness, and of the habit of -drinking among all classes, is appalling. The following incident -shows the crying need of a <em>reform movement</em>: A colored church not -far from here had communion service, and when it was concluded, the -pastor and deacons tarried, and following, as they believed, (?) -the instruction of the Bible, where it says, “drink ye all of it,” -consumed what was left of the generous supply of wine, and thus -made themselves beastly drunk.</p> - -<p>Sunday was filled up with impressive services. In the afternoon the -Lord’s Supper was commemorated, and five of the students united -with the church, receiving the rite of baptism. In the evening, -Dr. Strieby preached a sermon from the text. “And now also the axe -is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree, therefore, which -bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the -fire.” Every word was listened to with closest attention.</p> - -<p>On Monday evening the Preparatory School Exhibition, under -the management of the teachers of the Primary and Preparatory -departments, was held in the chapel, presenting to a crowded -audience a varied programme, made up of recitations, declamations, -songs, &c. A prominent feature of this exhibition was a strong and -well appreciated temperance dialogue.</p> - -<p>It was a manifest disappointment to all when Tuesday dawned cloudy -and dark, with every prospect of a rainy time. The exercises of -the day were accordingly held in the barn, instead of the grove, -for which all arrangements had been made. The forenoon was taken -up with the commencement exercises of the Normal department. The -orations and essays were presented by members of the Middle and -Junior Classes, with the single exception of an oration by the one -graduate from the Normal course. As was said on that day, what the -graduating class lacked in quantity was well made up in quality. We -expect a very high order of work and Christian influence from Henry -Lanier.</p> - -<p>In the afternoon the interesting ceremony of laying the foundation -of “Strieby Hall,” the new boy’s dormitory, was followed by a -procession to the chapel again, where the annual address was given -by Dr. Strieby. This was a stirring presentation of the reason -why the American Missionary Association is to-day in the field of -Southern Freedmen education, and of exactly what it is aiming to do -for the colored race. It was shown how this Association was pioneer -in the work, and how, gradually, the most prominent and cultured of -Southern gentlemen have come to regard the higher education of the -race as possible, and, now, as a necessity to the prosperity and -the material advancement of the region.</p> - -<p>Col. Power, who with other gentlemen from Jackson had been -present through the day to witness the exercises, was then called -upon to speak. He alluded to the exercises of the forenoon with -appreciation of the orations and essays presented, referring to one -of the former as “eloquent,” and added a glowing word of tribute to -the sweet music rendered by the students. He assured all present -that the white people of the State are now in hearty sympathy with -the work of the education of the colored race. Immediately after -the war, he frankly admitted, the people were not attracted by -the idea, but now a better opinion prevails, and they see that -education must be given to all, white and black.</p> - -<p class="signature">H.</p> -</div> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_207" id="Page_207">[207]</a></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h4>STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">REV. W. S. ALEXANDER, D.D., NEW ORLEANS.</p> - -<p>We come to the close of another school year with a profound sense -of gratitude to God for His guiding Providence, and for His -blessing upon the work undertaken in His name. We have had 328 -names upon our rolls, with a large average attendance. There has -been a marked advance in scholarship, and we are justified in -saying with regard to all the pupils, “Our labor has not been in -vain.” There have been years of decline, since the first burst -of enthusiasm after the war, in education; but a better and more -hopeful era has dawned, when interest in the general education -of the people, and the higher grades of scholarship, is in the -ascendant. From this time on, the demand for education among the -colored people will be more intelligent and abiding.</p> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h5>THE EXAMINATIONS.</h5> - -<p>showed thoroughness of instruction, and aptness in learning and -retaining what was taught. Many kind words of appreciation and -pleasure were spoken by the visitors and trustees. One of our -merchants who attended Professor Jewett’s examination of the class -in botany said: “What would the planters up in Ouchita Parish say -if they should happen in here now and hear a ‘nigger’ analyzing a -Morning Glory?”</p> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h5>THEOLOGICAL ANNIVERSARY.</h5> - -<p>While the Theological department has been in existence for eleven -years, we have never graduated a student till this year. The -theological and literary attainments of the students would never -have justified us in doing it. It is little less than a crime to -confer an unmerited degree upon a young man. It would not only -be a fraud, but a source of constant embarrassment to him. This -year we had as a student Mr. A. E. P. Albert, who studied some -time at Atlanta University, and who joined our senior class of -the University and the Theological school in October. He is a -regularly ordained minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, a -young man of culture and ability. On Sunday night he delivered his -address, taking as his subject, “Like Priest, Like People.” It was -able, impressive, and appropriate for the time and the people. The -President followed with a plea for an “Educated Ministry;” and then -the degree of Bachelor of Divinity was conferred upon Mr. Albert. I -trust all subsequent degrees will be as worthily bestowed.</p> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h5>LITERARY EXHIBITION.</h5> - -<p>In the afternoon of Commencement day, our University chapel was -filled with an intelligent and interested audience. The exercises, -consisting of orations, compositions and recitations, were entirely -by the undergraduates. We furnished a pleasant entertainment to the -citizens, and identified the entire school with Commencement day.</p> - -<p>At night Central Church was packed in every part, pews, aisles, -vestibule and gallery, with an eager, expectant audience, -comprising the best element of the colored population of New -Orleans. Such an assembly was never gathered in Central Church -before. The audience itself was an inspiration and showed a deep -and intelligent interest in the holy cause represented. A goodly -number of our white friends were present, and were among the most -enthusiastic in their congratulations.</p> - -<p>Rev. H. M. Smith, D.D., editor of the <cite>South-Western Presbyterian</cite>, -offered the prayer, in which he thanked God for the existence of -Straight University and the good it had done.</p> - -<p>The five young men composing the senior class, who made their -salutations to the audience, represented three of the Southern -States, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Their orations were well -written and well delivered. One of the orations was solicited for -publication by two of the New Orleans papers represented in the -audience by their editors.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_208" id="Page_208">[208]</a></p> - -<p>The music, both in the afternoon and evening, was exceptionally -fine, and so pronounced by all. It was entirely under the direction -of Professor J. M. McPherron, and reflected great credit upon his -method and excellence of instruction.</p> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h5>STONE HALL.</h5> - -<p>The new dormitory for girls will be entirely finished by July 15th.</p> - -<p>It must be furnished by the 1st of October. Milwaukee, Wis., West -Newton, Mass., and Evansville, Ind., have already forwarded money -to furnish and name a room. Others have the money partly raised. -Dear friends, come to our help at once. Send $50, if you can. Send -$25, or $10, or $5. Do the best you can and at once. It is God’s -work, and we ask your aid in His name.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h4>LE MOYNE NORMAL INSTITUTE.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">PROF. A. J. STEELE, MEMPHIS.</p> - -<p>The passing months have again brought us to where we may look -back over the entire work of the year. While we grieve over -opportunities lost and efforts to all appearance fruitless, we can, -too, rejoice that the “Master of the harvest” has given increase. -The year has been one, on many accounts, unusually successful and -satisfactory. Never before have we known our pupils so susceptible -to all good influences and so ready to receive instruction and -guidance from their teachers.</p> - -<p>During the year past, the school has experienced a most precious -revival, over forty of our young people professing conversion. In -our closing prayer meeting for the year, it was found that there -were but about a dozen students of the Normal department who had -not accepted the Saviour.</p> - -<p>In way of school work we have never before secured so satisfactory -results as this year has shown. Our attendance has been more -constant, and consequently our work more thorough.</p> - -<p>A class of eight—five young men and three young ladies—this year -complete the course of study, and go out to work at teaching in -three different States, one taking a prominent place in the schools -at Fort Smith, Ark.</p> - -<p>We have for the entire year had the active sympathy and hearty -encouragement of the best people of the city; Gen. Humes, a very -prominent lawyer and formerly a major-general in the Confederate -army, giving the annual address, and the daily papers making full -reports of lectures, graduating exercises, &c.</p> - -<p>Our industrial work has developed to our entire satisfaction, and -by all our patrons and friends is now regarded as a very important -and valuable feature of the school.</p> - -<p>A class of girls has had careful instruction, with actual practice -in the experimental kitchen, in the nature, relative values and -healthful methods of cooking different articles of food, including -vegetables, meats, breads, pastry, &c., &c. Classes in needlework, -knitting, use of sewing machines, &c., have had daily lessons and -practice.</p> - -<p>We are confident that instruction of this nature can be given in -connection with a day-school, without interfering with regular -school-work, and at slight expense and small increase of teaching -force. I am anxious to have a workshop fitted up where the boys -and young men shall receive instruction in wood-working and the -ordinary use of tools for that purpose.</p> - -<p>We shall have a full and strong attendance for next year. We are -having more students from the country, and usually they are those -who put to good use the training and instruction they carry from -here. Not less than seventy of our students will be teaching during -vacation, those of former years with those going out from this -year’s work. I should look upon our work as of little importance -and value if our influence did not extend and multiply in this way.</p> -</div> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_209" id="Page_209">[209]</a></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h4>EMERSON INSTITUTE.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">REV. O. D. CRAWFORD, MOBILE.</p> - -<p>Three hundred and fifty pupils enrolled for the year, carries our -numbers above any point reached since the boarding accommodations -disappeared in the “Blue College” fire. Had we possessed boarding -facilities and sufficient school-room, the number would have been -as near 500 as 350.</p> - -<p>Two days of this week were given to the final written examinations, -and in some of the departments three days were so used. Thursday -was devoted to oral examinations. About thirty visitors favored -us—among them Rev. Dr. Burgett, whose name is becoming familiar to -your readers as one that appreciates this work of the Association; -another, the Rev. W. G. Strong, pastor of the largest colored -church in the State. The common sentiment of these judges was that -the pupils did remarkably well, and showed that they had received -careful and thorough training.</p> - -<p>Last night 800 people crowded the Third Baptist Church to witness -the closing exhibition. Although the aisles were filled with people -standing down to the middle of the house, many turned away from the -door. Dr. Burgett offered the opening prayer, and Rev. Mr. Strong -pronounced the benediction. All the exercises that came between -astonished many, especially the white people present, and gave -pleasure to all until the weariness of standing made many persons -about the door restless and unduly communicative. The popular -judgment is that much progress has been made during the year. -Personally, we think many exhibitions at white schools would suffer -in comparison with this one.</p> - -<p>The future of this people is full of promise.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h4>SWAYNE SCHOOL.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">REV. O. W. FAY, MONTGOMERY.</p> - -<p>Prof. Martin and his efficient corps of assistants are deserving -of commendation for their hard and thorough work at this point -during the school-year just closed. The number in attendance has -been unusually large, (the whole enrolment being 644 against -484 last year); but in thoroughness of teaching and in all that -constitutes good discipline there has been a decided advance all -along the line. Recognizing the fact that the school building has a -seating capacity for only about 350, while the average attendance -for a part of the year has been 450, the necessity for enlarged -accommodations, as well as some of the difficulties encountered by -the teachers, will be apparent.</p> - -<p>On the principle that what is good for a part is good also for -all, there was no favoritism shown in the assignment of parts in -the closing exercises. All, “from the least to the greatest,” were -given a <em>speech</em>. Although the average was somewhat reduced near -the close of the term, yet, with the more than three hundred to -take part, it will readily appear that the “Commencement Exercises” -of Swayne College (as the patrons call it), could not all be -crowded into a single day. Consequently, in order that a <em>good</em> -thing might last a good while, it was arranged to devote three -evenings to the speaking. Friday evening, May 20th, was given to -the exhibition of the Primary department; Friday evening, May 27th, -to the Intermediate; and Tuesday evening, May 31st, to the Higher -department. The Congregational church proving too small on the -first night, the exhibition was held the second and third nights -in the M. E. Zion church, with an audience on the last night, -which, admitting all members of the school free, and charging an -admittance fee of a nickel for adults, netted more than seventeen -dollars.</p> - -<p>These exercises, consisting of declamations, dialogues, solos, -choruses, &c., were creditable entertainments, and gave evident -satisfaction to the members of the City Board of Education and<a class="pagenum" name="Page_210" id="Page_210">[210]</a> -other white visitors in attendance, as well as to the patrons of -the school.</p> - -<p>Monday and Tuesday, May 30th and 31st, were occupied with the -examinations of the several departments. These were entered into by -the pupils with a good deal of genuine enthusiasm, and evidenced to -the goodly number of visitors present that the efforts in “drill,” -on the part of the teachers had not been in vain. The “Swayne” is -doing good work.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h4>BEACH INSTITUTE, SAVANNAH.</h4> - -<p>The school was brought to a successful close to-day. The year has -been one of interest and profit, although of trial, on account -of severe and, in some cases, protracted sickness on the part of -nearly all the workers in this field. The school has prospered, -and the progress made by some of the pupils has been very marked. -Differing degrees of attainment, as well as of ability to express -their knowledge, was clearly shown in the examinations. The closing -oratorical exercises this afternoon, in the presence of an audience -which crowded the chapel, were interesting in every particular. -Without any special expenditure of time and strength in preparing -for these, the most creditable results were shown. There was almost -no prompting. The original productions, chiefly having relation to -some country and the people inhabiting it, were well conceived and -well expressed. The reading was distinct. It is manifest that that -form of public address is doomed, and will soon be heard no more -among the colored people, which only “mouths” words, regardless -of sense and of the listening ear. Such scenes as that at “Beach” -to-day have only hope in them for our country and the colored race.</p> - -<p class="signature">C.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h4>BYRON, GA.</h4> - -<p class="secauth">BY REV. S. E. LATHROP.</p> - -<p>I recently attended the closing exercises of Rev. P. W. Young’s -school at Byron. Going down on an evening freight train, I arrived -at 9 p. m., and proceeded with my little girl and Bro. Young to -the church, which is used also as a school-room. People in these -country places are slow in getting together, at night especially. -After working hard all day in the fields (it was just the busiest -“cotton-cropping” time), they have to go home, get their suppers, -dress up in their best clothes, and then go perhaps three or four -miles. So it was half-past ten o’clock before the audience arrived -in sufficient numbers; but finally the curtain was drawn and the -exercises began. Declamations, readings, dialogues and music were -given by the school, with much credit to themselves and their -teachers. These exercises were under the direction of Mrs. Amelia -Young, the pastor’s excellent wife, who showed decided talent in -managing. It was after midnight when the exercises closed, and then -your reporter was called on for a speech, which at that hour of the -night (or rather morning) turned out to have one merit—that of -brevity. A young neighboring teacher also made a speech, and the -session was closed.</p> - -<p>Next morning came off the examination of the classes, which showed -commendable progress and encouraging attention to the studies. -These country schools have many disadvantages which are not felt in -larger places; but Bro. Young and his wife have evidently done a -good work here, and are elevating and helping the whole community -by their labors. A picnic dinner was spread in the church, as the -rain prevented its service in the beautiful grove surrounding. -After bountifully satisfying the inner man, and a little more -speech-making, we returned home well pleased.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>TALLADEGA COLLEGE—LAYING OF CORNER-STONE.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">PRESIDENT H. S. DE FOREST.</p> - -<p>The corner-stone of the new dormitory which Mrs. Stone gives to -Talladega College was laid May 13th. Scripture<a class="pagenum" name="Page_211" id="Page_211">[211]</a> was read and -prayer offered by President De Forest. Professor Andrews, the -veteran in American missionary service in Alabama, laid the stone -and gave an address, in which fitting reference was made to the -good lady who, having seen and known none of us here, with her -queenly benevolence, has blessed not only this school of Christian -learning, and others in the South, but indeed round the world. -The students were well represented by Spencer Snell, a member -both of the Normal and Theological departments; after which a -very appreciative address was delivered by Captain N. A. McAfee, -a citizen of the place and a friend of the college from its -foundation.</p> - -<p>The sun was very hot that afternoon, and the services, beginning -at 5 o’clock, naturally ended in a collation, which was followed -by off-hand speeches, the singing of old-time songs, and music -from a brass band. Some references were made to the past, but -the prevailing thought was of gratitude to God for what He has -wrought, of the duties of the hour, and of preparation for the -auspicious future. Twelve years ago the corner-stone of Foster Hall -was laid, in the days of turmoil, fear and violence. The first -college building, now called Swayne Hall, was begun nearly thirty -years ago; and it is a noteworthy fact that one who worked as a -slave on that structure is the brick contractor of this, while his -home to-day is the place owned by his master at the time of the -surrender. The history of this man, who is a pillar in the college -church, as well as an influential citizen among both blacks and -whites, shows something of the possibilities and hopefulness of -this Southern work. More of it is to be done, and it is a privilege -to have a hand in it.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">REV. ALFRED CONNET.</p> - -<p>This Conference, organized two years ago at Raleigh, held its -third meeting with Bethany Church at McLeansville. The churches -were all represented. Rev. Islay Walden and his delegate, Deacon -Potter, together with three others, came fifty miles in a one-horse -wagon to attend the Conference. One of the party, Mrs. Hill, now -a widow, has had twelve children, forty grand-children and twelve -great-grand-children. She had never seen the cars nor heard a -railroad whistle till she came to the Conference.</p> - -<p>The opening sermon was preached by Rev. David Peebles, of Dudley, -from John vii. 37. On Friday the Conference organized by electing -Rev. G. S. Smith, of Raleigh, Moderator, and re-electing Rev. David -Peebles, Clerk. The morning meeting for prayer and reports from the -churches was a precious season.</p> - -<p>Rev. Mr. Peebles discussed Church and Sunday-school Singing and -Pictorial Preaching; Rev. W. H. Ellis, Children for Christ; Rev. -G. S. Smith, the A. M. A. Work and National Council. The sermon -Friday night was by Rev. Islay Walden; text, the first Psalm. -Saturday afternoon the Conference held an experience meeting, in -which some very interesting and touching reminiscences were given, -particularly that of the death and burial of the martyr, Rev. Mr. -Luke, related by Mr. Peebles. While this was in progress, Mr. James -Gilmore, who sold the A. M. A. the grounds for this mission, came -in, was made an honorary member, and sat, an interested listener, -until the close.</p> - -<p>Saturday night, the Conference held a rousing temperance meeting -and took strong ground by a unanimous vote in favor of total -abstinence, the use of unfermented wine at communion, and in favor -of prohibition, as submitted to the people of this State by the -last legislature for their ratification next August. The leading -temperance speech was made by Deacon Jones, of Raleigh, whose -grave was gratuitously dug for him at Chapel Hill some years ago -by the Ku Klux, but which he declined to occupy. He tells<a class="pagenum" name="Page_212" id="Page_212">[212]</a> us the -Congregational Church at Raleigh is known as the prohibition church.</p> - -<p>On the Sabbath the Sunday-school occupied the hour from 10 to 11 -a.m. Sermon at 11 by Dr. Roy on the Great Commission. Text, Matt. -xxviii. 18–20. In the afternoon one infant was baptized and nine -persons received into the church, the pastor, Rev. A. Connet, -officiating. Communion was administered by Revs. G. S. Smith and -David Peebles.</p> - -<p>Sunday night was devoted to the cause of Missions. Rev. A. Connet, -for ten years in the employ of the A. H. M. S., presented the -cause of Home Missions. Rev. G. S. Smith presented in earnest and -eloquent words the cause of the A. M. A. He was followed by Rev. -J. E. Roy, D.D., who gave a clear outline of the discoveries and -missionary operations on the continent of Africa. He told us how -the Christian world is looking to the colored population of this -country to evangelize the “Dark Continent.”</p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> -<div class="article"> -<h2>AFRICA.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>THE ORDINATION AT GOOD HOPE.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">REV. H. M. LADD.</p> - -<p>No little interest centered about the ordination of Kelly M. Kemp. -It took place at Good Hope Station, Sherbro’ Island, West Coast -of Africa, Sunday, April 10th.<a name="FNanchor_1" id="FNanchor_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1" class="fnanchor">[A]</a> -Being the first <a name="Err_1" id="Err_1"></a>ceremony of the -kind in which the church and community had ever participated, it -was naturally looked forward to by many, not only as a matter of -deep interest in itself, but also as the harbinger of a better -state of things for the enfeebled and almost discouraged church. -Yet the field was an important one and must not be given up. The -Lord had set His seal upon some faithful souls here, and they were -praying and hoping for better things. Here, in the little graveyard -adjoining the church, lay those who had given their lives that -Africa might be redeemed. Here, by their side, lay one of Africa’s -own sons, the gifted Barnabas Root, whose Christian graces of -character had endeared him to all who knew him, and whose brilliant -attainments had been to all the friends of the colored race at once -a promise and a fulfillment of their fondest expectations. Their -mute appeal, seconding the conviction that God had not forgotten -this station, was eloquent, and prevailed. Good Hope was not to be -given up. On the contrary, it was to be strengthened, so far as -human power could do so, with a good hope, true to its name, that -God would add His blessing in the fulfillment of the rich promises -of His grace.</p> - -<p>The property of the mission here is on all sides acknowledged to -be the finest on the island. It consists of a large tract of land, -part of it well wooded, about a quarter of a mile wide and a mile -long, running back from the Sherbro’ River or Sound, and commanding -a fine view of its many beautiful islands, stretching across to -the native town of Bendoo on the opposite side. The mission house, -large and well built, the church and school-house, besides a large -number of “fakis,” or groups of native huts, are on this land. The -grounds in front of the mission house are neatly laid out with -gravel walks and shrubbery, and extend to the river road skirting -the bank, where lies the mission boat moored to its wharf. It may -be truly said of this place, in the words of the grand old hymn, -that</p> - -<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">“Every prospect pleases<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And only man is vile.”<br /></span> -</div></div> - -<p>The property was well enough, and there was work enough to be done -among the dense native population settled upon or near it; but an -ordained minister to be the pastor of the church, a married man, -a man fully qualified for<a class="pagenum" name="Page_213" id="Page_213">[213]</a> the great and responsible work, one -after God’s own heart, earnest, energetic, efficient, spiritually -minded, with a paramount love for the lost souls of his own people, -was wanting. The good seed had been sown, but there was needed -some one to harrow it in, nurture the growth and reap the harvest. -In this extremity God raised up one who seems to be the right -man for the place. Mr. Kemp is a graduate of Lincoln University, -and ably represents the thorough and practical training of that -institution. With his coming and installation as pastor, the -struggling church took heart, and determined, forgetting those -things which were behind, to press forward toward those better -things which they believed were in store. The examination took -place on Saturday evening, April 9th, and was well attended, and -although Mr. Kemp was feeling somewhat unwell at the time he stood -the long and searching fire of questions, theological, wise and -otherwise, with credit to himself and with great satisfaction to -the council, which, besides the “my-doxy” members, was composed -of representatives of various shades of theological opinion. This -fact indeed formed one of the pleasantest features of the council. -Here in the midst of a heathenism rendered fouler and more corrupt -by contact with an immoral civilization, and in a common work -for a common Master and a common people, party names were wholly -forgotten. One of the best and most earnest prayers that I have -ever heard was offered on this occasion by an excellent brother -of the Church Missionary Society, and he had no book before him -or gown on his back. The ordination exercises on Sabbath morning -were attended by a full house, while a deep sense of the solemnity -of the hour seemed to pervade every heart. The Holy Spirit was -manifestly present to sanctify the new relationship with the -outpouring of His grace. As appropriate to the occasion, the third -chapter of the First Epistle to Timothy was read. The sermon, full -of earnestness and spiritual power, was preached by Brother Evans -of the Shengay Mission. The charge to the people by Brother Jowett -was partially historical, reviewing the course of the church in -times past, and counseling sound wisdom for the future. Brother -Nurse, who knew something of the wants of the field, gave the -charge to the pastor; and Brother Jackson, of whose growing work -at Avery Station a fuller account will be given at another time, -as his co-worker in the mission, very feelingly gave his brother -missionary the right hand of fellowship; while it was my privilege -to offer the ordaining prayer. After the benediction, pronounced -by their new pastor, the people, with tears of gladness in their -eyes, flocked around him and his good wife, whom they had already -learned to love, for a hearty hand-shaking, which, as some one has -truly said, is also one of the means of grace. Can it be necessary, -after this little glimpse, so hurriedly taken, of the hopeful -relation just entered into, to ask the sympathy and prayers of all -the friends of missions for the blessings of God to rest upon the -new missionary and his work at Sherbro’ Island? He will have many -trying hours in that dark land, where there are worse things to be -feared and harder to be contended against than physical death. But -the promises are his as well as ours, and unitedly we can plead -them at the throne of grace. The promises of God include Africa.</p> - - -<p>FOOTNOTE:</p> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_1" id="Footnote_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1"><span class="label">[A]</span></a> The location of Mr. Kemp was a matter of such -importance, considering the fewness of the workers and the demands -of the work, that it called for and received the most careful -thought and attention. After considering the subject in its various -bearings, and after duly consulting with all the persons concerned, -it was finally decided to station Mr. Kemp and his wife at Good -Hope.</p> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_214" id="Page_214">[214]</a></p></div> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> -<div class="article"> -<h2>THE CHINESE.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>“CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.”</h3> - -<h4><i>Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association.</i></h4> - -<p class="medium"><span class="smcap">President</span>: Rev. J. K. McLean, D.D. -<span class="smcap">Vice-Presidents</span>: Rev. A. L. Stone, D.D., Robert B. Forman, -Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon. F. F. Low, Rev. I. E. Dwinell, D.D., Hon. -Samuel Cross, Rev. S. H. Willey, D.D., Jacob S. Taber, Esq.</p> - -<p class="medium"><span class="smcap">Directors</span>: Rev. George Mooar, D.D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer, -Rev. E. P. Baker, James M. Haven. Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, Rev. -John Kimball, A. L. Van Blarcon, Esq., George Harris, Esq., and the -Secretary ex officio.</p> - -<p class="medium"><span class="smcap">Secretary</span>: Rev. W. C. Pond. <span class="smcap">Treasurer</span>: E. -Palache, Esq.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="article"> -<h3>ANNIVERSARIES.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">BY REV. W. C. POND.</p> - -<p>Since my last communication was forwarded, the four Mission Schools -in San Francisco have held their anniversary at Bethany Church, a -crowded audience being held attentive and interested till nearly -10 o’clock. An address delivered on that occasion by Jee Gam -was forwarded in advance of delivery, and published in the last -<span class="smcap">Missionary</span>. Last evening, Sunday, May 22d, the anniversary -of the Sacramento Mission was held at the First Congregational -Church in that city. The <cite>Record-Union</cite>, the leading paper at our -capital, devotes nearly a whole column to a notice of it, including -a verbatim report of the address by our helper Lem Chung. I am sure -that I cannot put our columns in the <span class="smcap">Missionary</span> to better -use this month than by reproducing that address entire.</p> -</div> - -<div class="article"> -<h4>ADDRESS BY LEM CHUNG.</h4> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dear Friends</span>: I am a Chinese. Why I not be a heathen? A -few years ago I didn’t know anything about the Bible. I didn’t know -about Christ. I had not heard of the true and living God; but I -heard of this land, where so many of my countrymen came and I come -too, and here I found Christian people who loved Christ, and for -His sake love me and show me the way of life. When I first hear -of the Bible I didn’t think I like it. I said: If no other books, -I don’t care for this one; I don’t want such a book as this. I -thought I didn’t need any more gods, for I said I have all kinds in -the temple, and I could see them if I go there, but the God I hear -of in America I cannot see! When I learn in the Bible what it says -about the heathen gods that are made of silver and gold, the works -of men’s hands—how they have mouth and cannot speak, eyes cannot -see, ears and cannot hear, noses cannot smell, and hands but handle -not—I learn also the God of the Bible made all things and sees -us all the time, every thing is ruled by His hands. We must fear -him, for He is powerful and glorious, but the idols is unwise. I am -obliged to leave the idols and come to worship the true God, and -trying to observe His law and commandments the Bible shows me how -sinful I am, and if Christ had not come to the world to save me I -am sure get lost.</p> - -<p>After I was converted I study the Bible more and more and learn -great deal, great wonder to me. Now the Bible is a precious book. I -am glad I accept the Saviour for my Saviour and His God for my God. -“I pass from death unto life, from darkness and bondage of sin into -the glorious light and liberty of a new creature in Christ Jesus.” -What I expect to do if I still be a heathen? I must be bound to -worshiping idols, bow down to all kinds of gods; great fear to them -and not dare to touch them. Whenever I enter the temple, cannot -without three bow to the idols.</p> - -<p>The people of China are great superstitious; they believe every -things whatever chance to hear or think. Let me tell you how some -of the people doing<a class="pagenum" name="Page_215" id="Page_215">[215]</a> when any of the family getting sick: They have -a doctor, but they think some kind of spirit troubling them, it may -chance their ancient father or friends or enemies who died before. -They think they must offer something for them to eat that they -may go away, or some times they go into the temple to pray to the -idols. They hope the idols may tell what are the reason with the -sick that they find out how they may do and get well. How the idols -can tell them? Let me make known to you: A piece of wood has been -smoothen in the shape of a banana and cut in equal size the longest -way. This they throw down before the idols that they may give a -certain condition according which they request before; may be they -say: If this is the spirit of an enemy let this pieces of wood fall -both the same way, or some other way, they may choose, till they -find out what is the matter and offer sacrifice that the spirit may -leave off troubling and let the sick get well. The thief can pray -the idols that he may get help to steal! The gambler can ask that -he may win the money; the robber that he may be able to get what -he wishing for. If any kind of business going to be taken up the -idols must first be asked about it. Every one is sure to say, “Now, -idols, if you help me good, I going to bring you something nice to -eat when I get success.”</p> - -<p>When I was coming over to Cal., suddenly a storm came up, the wind -violent sweeping over the great ocean; the water dashing high upon -the boat. The sailors all at work to make the ship more safe. The -passengers all trembling with fear and desperate to arrive in San -Francisco. Is there any chance to be rescued from the storm? Yes, -soon there was heard one of our number calling: “Whosoever man -in this ship have any money let us have some of it, that we may -sacrifice to the goddess of the sea that she may deliver us out of -the storm and let us arrive safe to the land of Cal.” I had a small -sum of money. I gave half of it; others gave also. The man cast it -into the water and asked the goddess that she let no harm come to -us, and we promise more sacrifice if we get here.</p> - -<p>There are many reasons for going before the idols, but I have no -chance to tell so much as I like to. A few weeks since I was in San -Francisco. I found some of the people from the town near my home in -China, getting money to send and build a temple over there. Every -one who give to help build it can have their names hang up in the -temple, but if any one who give $20 to $50 they have a present, and -at the time of first worship or dedication a band of music to honor -them on their way home. Some of them asked me to give, but I said, -“No, I cannot, I rather put money in the missionary fund.” They -said, “Your parents will feel sorrow and disgrace if they not see -your name; but if you don’t want your name you can give and have -your parent’s name put there; no one of your Christian men know it; -you can be a Christian just the same.” I said, “I do not wish to -help my parents to sin; I don’t believe idol worship and I cannot -help about it. If I be a Christian I must try to live like one.”</p> - -<p>There is a great difference in the religion taught by the Saviour -and that of the heathen. It is great change to me to try to be a -Christian, to know the true God who sees us all the time. I have -worked many things for the idols. I feel thankful I shall do so no -more. Before I come to the light my life was gloomy, miserable, -hopeless; always was fearing the evil spirit going to trouble me; -but I don’t fear them now.</p> - -<p>Would I go back to idolatry? No; the Bible says, “Thou shall not -make unto thee any graven image, or likeness of anything that is -in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the -water under the earth. Thou shall not bow down thyself to them nor<a class="pagenum" name="Page_216" id="Page_216">[216]</a> -serve them.” I cannot serve idols again; but I will try to serve -my heavenly Father, and bring all I can to bow down to Him. I wish -every one in China and America knew about the Bible. I thank all -Christian people that they led me to the true way. I hope you will -pray that I may always be faithful, and at last receive the crown -of life and dwell with God in the world to come.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> -<div class="article"> -<h2>WOMAN’S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.</h2> - -<p class="secauth">Room 20, Congregational House, Beacon St., Boston.</p> - - -<p class="secauth"> - <span style="padding-right: 5%;"><span class="smcap">Miss Nathalie Lord</span>, <i>Secretary</i>.</span> - <span class="smcap">Miss Abby W. Pearson</span>, <i>Treasurer</i>. -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<p>We are glad to bring before our friends this month the work among -the colored people in Washington, D.C., as it has been carried -on there by Mrs. C. B. Babcock. In her field, as in that of our -other Southern missionaries, the industrial work occupies a -prominent position. Here the women and children learn lessons -of practical value to them, as they are taught to cut and make -their own garments and repair old ones, while at the same time -they are instructed in truths of the highest importance. In a -letter recently received, Mrs. Babcock writes of this work: “The -ladies of the Congregational church have given 180 yards material -for the industrial work, and a few of them gave a supper to the -women’s class, numbering fifty. The women have made 102 new -garments besides mending 100 old ones during these three months. -This has been of untold help to them and their families.” Her -girl’s sewing-school numbers 135. The natural outgrowth of these -schools has been prayer-meetings for the women and young girls -respectively. “The mother’s prayer-meetings have been deeply -interesting of late,” she tells us.</p> - -<p>There is much need of temperance work all through the South, and it -is encouraging to read of the new Band of Hope in Washington. “It -has succeeded beyond my expectations,” Mrs. Babcock writes, “not -only interesting the colored churches about us, but also bringing -in, as officers and helpers, some of the colored public school -teachers and students from Howard University. There has been a good -deal of enthusiasm about our meetings. Of course, our exercises -must be made interesting, and I work hard for it, but <em>it pays</em>, -when I see such audiences as we’ve had. And then I know that our -Scripture readings and lessons from the Temperance Catechism must -do good.”</p> - -<p>Mrs. Babcock has worked in Washington in connection with the -Lincoln Memorial church, which was organized January 10th, and -Rev. S. P. Smith installed as pastor. Of this church she writes, -under date of June 3d: “Our little church is prospering, having -now twenty-one members, some being added as fruits of our revival. -* * Rev. Mr. Smith is greatly encouraged. I have made over an -old carpet for the platform, helped to buy chairs, Bible and -communion table, so that when our pulpit comes we shall be nicely -fixed. Our hall is very large and rather <em>dreary</em> without any -pulpit furniture. Nobody knows but those who have worked in the -field, how great are the obstacles in the way of forming a colored -Congregational church. We have the same jealousy and bitter feeling -from the <em>churches around</em> us that there is farther South.”</p> - -<p>Speaking of the sickness and suffering among the colored people, -Mrs. Babcock says: “I feel that I’ve been greatly blessed in having -friends at the North respond so nobly to my appeals for help. I -have sold a great deal of clothing, and the money received for it -has done much good.”<a class="pagenum" name="Page_217" id="Page_217">[217]</a></p> - -<p>In connection with this allusion to the generosity of Northern -friends, it may be well to mention that in the last six months -boxes and barrels of clothing, sewing materials, etc., have been -sent through this Association to the amount of $1,674.00, and, in -addition, books and papers valued at $93.88.</p> - -<p>Since the annual meeting in October, six of the auxiliaries alone -have contributed $1,228.70, the largest contribution being from the -Second church in Dorchester, of $445.70.</p> - -<p>We would gratefully acknowledge, too, the hearty response to the -appeal for Sunday-school papers for the colored schools in the -South. We have on hand still a long list of Sunday-schools waiting -for supply.</p> - -<p>Receipts of the Association from April 25th to May 31st, 1881:</p> - -<table> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">From </td> -<td class="sub1">Auxiliaries</td> -<td class="ramt">$349.45</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1"> ” </td> -<td class="sub1">Donations</td> -<td class="ramt">174.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1"> ” </td> -<td class="sub1">Life Members</td> -<td class="ramt">60.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1"> ” </td> -<td class="sub1">Annual Members</td> -<td class="ramt">12.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1"></td> -<td class="sub1"></td> -<td class="ramt">—————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1"></td> -<td class="sub1"></td> -<td class="ramt">$595.95</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>Donation of Case’s Maps of United States, British Provinces, etc., -from S. M. H.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> -<div class="article"> -<h2>CHILDREN’S PAGE.</h2> - - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>THE STORY OF REBECCA.</h3> - -<p class="secauth">BY REV. J. E. ROY, D.D.</p> - -<p>The following incident in the life of a freedwoman affected me very -much. Let me tell you her history.</p> - -<p>In the old times, Col. Holly, of Middle Tennessee, was known as a -kind master; but failing in business, his slaves had to be sold; -then, hoping to retrieve his fortune, removed to Arkansas, taking -with him two little slave girls, one of whom was Rebecca, four and -a half years old. Here she grew up in his family, and was married -to a man who belonged to another master, and who hired his time, -paying one-half his wages as a mechanic.</p> - -<p>In Tennessee her mother was, of course, taken away to another -family. Her father, who had not belonged to Col. Holly, had already -been sold to the Red River country, where he soon after died.</p> - -<p>Recently, at Little Rock, I was a guest for five days in the house -of Rebecca. Her husband owned his home, together with two other -places. Her only son and a son-in-law were teaching school, and she -was mothering the two little girls of her deceased daughter. On the -centre table were a large family Bible and a copy of Shakespeare, -both rich in binding and illustration; and on the walls were some, -not costly, but tasteful and suggestive pictures, one of which -represented Abraham Lincoln, Charles Sumner and John Brown. Her -deportment was that of a lady; her company enjoyable. She said she -remembered well the time and the scene when she was taken from her -mother. The screaming was yet ringing in her ears. She bore in mind -the last words of her mother, as she put a little red flannel shawl -round her neck: “God bless my child! God bless my child!” She had -in memory also her own crying and bursting of heart. So, too, was -fresh in her mind, her weeping of nights in the new home, until, -upon the imperative chiding of master and mistress, she was obliged -to repress that relief of hidden sorrow.</p> - -<p>Her young mistress, who was of about the same age, upon growing up, -was sent to the High School of the city, and she herself was kept -at home, and not allowed even to learn to read the Bible, out of -which she was to be judged at the last day. She did experience a -keen sense of injustice and of murmuring; but all of that she was -obliged to suppress.</p> - -<p>But what had become of her mother? “After freedom,” twenty-one -and a half years since the parting, she came over to look up the -daughter. But how shall there be an unmistakable recognition? Col. -Holly and his wife have both passed away. Fortunately, a woman, -who came over with the family, still survived. She brought the -mother to the home of Rebecca, and pointing to her said, “That is -your daughter.” Then such hugging, kissing, and shouting of joy -and weeping, as is the sensation of the neighborhood. I am sure -that I never heard a daughter speak with more enthusiasm of love, -concerning<a class="pagenum" name="Page_218" id="Page_218">[218]</a> her mother, than did Mrs. Solomon. She thought she -would have known her anyhow; and her mother half came to the same -conclusion when with such accuracy she depicted the scene of the -parting.</p> - -<p>And now she must go to visit the old family. Though the master -and mistress are gone, in their place is left the daughter, whom -she had nursed upon her own breast, and who is now married to a -Northern man. Old times and scenes and friends are talked over, but -soon she gives vent to the pent-up sorrows of the mother’s heart. -With all the intensity of a great nature, she told of the grief at -her separation from Rebecca. It was as though she had dropped blood -from her heart; she went weeping and mourning every where. “I wept -as I was making the bread, and <em>them that eat the most of my bread -eat the most of my heart</em>.” So David had said: “Thou feedest them -with the bread of tears.” The old colored people told her she must -pray and the Lord would remove all that. In her prayer it seemed as -though there were deep waters and high mountains between her and -her child, and that the Lord would have to send men and remove the -mountains, and make a way over the waters so that she could come -to her child; and now He had done it all, and brought her to tell -her story to the remnant of the old household. The young mistress, -while her husband walks the floor in deep and mute emotion, herself -bursts into tears, and as her only relief, declares: “My father was -such a man that he never would have done that thing if he had not -got broke.” “Oh,” said the sable matron, now rising up from the -crushing of her womanhood, “I never thought anything about what -<em>caused</em> it.” As Rebecca came to freedom she tried to learn, but -her work for bread and the clumsiness of her unused powers were -so great, she desisted, and now her Bible is read to her by the -children.</p> - -<p>Will you who have heard this true story help the American -Missionary Association with your pennies and prayers, in their work -of educating these poor people?</p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> -<div class="article"> -<h2>RECEIPTS FOR MAY, 1881.</h2> - - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MAINE, $132.04.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Auburn. Mrs. B. J.</td> -<td class="ramt">$1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bangor. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">19.37</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bethel. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.60</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brunswick. “A Friend,” <i>for Student Aid, -Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Camden. “A Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Falmouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kennebunk Port. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. -$7.70; First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $5.50</td> -<td class="ramt">13.20</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Yarmouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.18</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Orono. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.73</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Thomaston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $6; Infant -Class, Cong. S. S., $2</td> -<td class="ramt">8.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">43.96</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Waterford. S. E. Hersey</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW HAMPSHIRE, $446.29.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Acworth. Cong. Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.90</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bath. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bedford. Mrs. S. French, <i>for Student Aid, -Williston Sch.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Canterbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">18.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Jaffrey. Benj. Pierce</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Exeter. Second Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">18.61</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hanover. Cong. Sab. Sch., by Chas. P. -Chase, <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lebanon. Miss Mary L. Choate, to const. -<span class="smcap">Mrs. O. W. Baldwin</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mason. Ladies, by Anna M. Hosmer, <i>for -Wilmington, N.C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">7.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Manchester. C. B. Southworth</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mount Vernon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Orford. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $20; Mrs. M. -B. Pratt, $10</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Pembroke. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">11.13</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plymouth. North Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">85.08</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rindge. Cong Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.17</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rochester. “J. M. and Sister,” <i>for rebuilding, -Tougaloo, Miss.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Swanzey. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">17.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Walpole. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. <span class="smcap">Rev. -Fred. L. Allen</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Winchester. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">11.40</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">———</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">$376.29</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="center" colspan="2">LEGACY.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Gilsum. Estate of Mrs. Eunice F. Downing, -by Sarah F. Hayward</td> -<td class="ramt">70.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">———</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">$446.29</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">VERMONT, $110.33.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chelsea. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Clarendon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Danby. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.30</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dorset. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">16.88</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Wallingford. Miss E. A. H., <i>for Student -Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hinesburgh. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Jericho. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">11.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lunenburgh. Chas. W. King</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Morrisville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Pawlet. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">9.81</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Pawlet. A. F.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">13.34</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MASSACHUSETTS, $6,091.39.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Andover. Francis H. Johnson, $100; C. L. -Mills, $20</td> -<td class="ramt">120.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Andover. G. W. W. Dove, <i>for Student Aid, -Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ashfield. Henry Taylor</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Attleborough. Ebenezer Carpenter, <i>for -Fisk U.</i> and to const. <span class="smcap">Mrs. Hattie E. Carpenter</span>, -L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Barre. Evan. Ch. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.84</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Billingham. E. W., deceased, by J. T. Massey, -Ex.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Blackstone. Mrs. Hannah Hodgson</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Boston. J. T. Bailey, $100; Mrs. E. C. -Ford, $25; “A Friend,” $10; Mrs. E. P. -Eayrs, $5</td> -<td class="ramt">140.00<a class="pagenum" name="Page_219" id="Page_219">[219]</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Boston. Woman’s Home Missionary Association, -<i>for Lady Missionaries in Southern -States</i></td> -<td class="ramt">160.41</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brimfield. Bbl. of C., <i>for Tougaloo, Miss.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brookline. S. B. White</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cambridgeport. Ladies’ Sew. Soc. of Pilgrim -Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., <i>for Refugees</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Charlemont. E.G.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Charlton. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.68</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chelsea. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc., $18.14; -Third Cong. Ch. and Soc., $7.50</td> -<td class="ramt">25.64</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Conway. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">34.65</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Clinton. First Evan. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">75.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Braintree. E. A. F.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Bridgewater. Union Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.36</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Enfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Everett. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.11</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Franklin. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">39.78</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Groton. Elizabeth Farnsworth</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Halifax. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.06</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Holliston. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Holliston. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch., -Bbl. of C. <i>for Savannah, Ga.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hubbardston. “A Friend.”</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hyde Park. Heart & Hand Soc., <i>for Athens, -Ala.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ipswich. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lee. J. W. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Littleton. Mrs. James C. Houghton, <i>for -Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lowell. Leonard Kimball, <i>for Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lowell. John St. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">55.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Marblehead. Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, <i>for -Wilmington, N.C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">3,500.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Millbury. M. E. Bond</td> -<td class="ramt">3.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Monson. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">57.51</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Montague. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">23.65</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Natick. Mrs. S. E. Hammond, <i>for Tougaloo -U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Bedford. Mrs. I. H. Bartlett, Jr.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newburyport. Prospect St. Ch. and Soc., -$26.87; North Cong. Ch. and Soc., $22.31</td> -<td class="ramt">49.18</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newton. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of First Cong. -Ch., to const. <span class="smcap">Mrs. D. L. Furber</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newton Centre. Mrs. J. B. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newton Highlands. Cong. Sab. Sch., Bbl. of -C., and $1 <i>for freight, for Atlanta, Ga.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newton Highlands. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for -Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newtonville. “M. W. M.”</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Abington. Bbl. of C., by N. Noyes, -<i>for Tougaloo U.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Northampton. “A Friend.”</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Northampton. Mrs. F. E. G. Stoddard, Box -of Books, <i>for Theo. Dept., Talladega C.</i>, and -$7.80 <i>for freight</i></td> -<td class="ramt">7.80</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Amherst. Friends, <i>for Student Aid, -Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">7.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Amherst. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of -Cong. Ch., Bbl. of Bedding and C., <i>for Atlanta, -Ga.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Somerville. “A Friend.”</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norwood. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Orange. Central Ev. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.35</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Palmer. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">12.78</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rehoboth. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. <span class="smcap">J. F. -Moulton</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rutland. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Salem. Geo. Driver</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sandwich. Mrs. Robert Tobey, <i>for Indian -Student Aid, Hampton Inst.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Shelburne. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">56.79</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Somerville. A. R.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Southfield. Mrs. E. B. C.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Framingham. So. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">204.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Natick. Young Eliot’s Miss. Circle, -<i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and -Soc., (ad’l) to const. <span class="smcap">Mrs. Justina A. Tinkham</span> -and <span class="smcap">Miss Jane Ellen Loud</span>, L. M’s</td> -<td class="ramt">46.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Spencer. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">170.35</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Springfield. Memorial Ch., $52.82; North -Cong. Ch. and Soc. $25</td> -<td class="ramt">77.82</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Springfield. Ira Merrill, $5; Mrs. Ira Merrill, -$5, <i>for rebuilding Tougaloo, Miss.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sunderland. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">$26.28</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Taunton. Union Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">9.80</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Townsend. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Warren. Mrs. Joseph Ramsdell, $5: <i>for Chinese -M.</i>, and $1 <i>for Mag.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westborough. Freedmen’s Miss. Assn., Bbl. -of C., <i>for Savannah, Ga.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Gloucester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westminster. Bbl. of C. <i>for Tougaloo, Miss.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Roxbury. South Evan. Cong. Ch. and -Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">66.06</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Springfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Winchendon. North Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">109.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Worcester. Salem St. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">41.23</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Worthington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">13.76</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">—— Three Bbl’s C., <i>for Marion, Ala.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">—— “A Friend.”</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">RHODE ISLAND, $44.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Providence. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Pawtucket. Mrs. C. Blodgett</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Providence. Ladies, by Miss Marsh, <i>for -Byron, Ga.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">14.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CONNECTICUT, $8,428.78.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Birmingham. W. E. Downes, <i>for Tillotson -C. and N. Inst.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brooklyn. “E. F. B.”</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Colebrook. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">17.05</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Colebrook River. Miles Gillett</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Haven. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">14.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Ekonk. Elizabeth W. Kasson</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">East Windsor. Mrs. Sarah L. Wells</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Gilead. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.68</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hartford. Mrs. Ellery Hills, $350; A. S. K., -$1</td> -<td class="ramt">351.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hartford. George Kellogg, <i>for Student Aid, -Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hartford. Benev. Soc. of Asylum Hill Cong. -Ch., 2 Bbls. and a Box of Bedding and New -C., and $3.90 <i>for freight, for Atlanta, Ga.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">3.90</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Huntington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kent. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">21.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mansfield Centre. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mill Brook. Mrs. E. R. A.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Orange. Rev. E. E. Rogers, <i>for freight</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Britain. H. S. Walter, <i>for Straight U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">70.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Haven. North Ch., $180.64; Mrs. S. A. -Thomas, $5</td> -<td class="ramt">185.64</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Hartford. North Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.10</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Cornwall. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">13.82</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norwich. Broadway Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norwich. Second Cong. Ch., <i>for Student -Aid, Atlanta U., and to const.</i> <span class="smcap">Elizabeth -B. Huntington</span>, <span class="smcap">Susan D. Huntington</span> and -<span class="smcap">John P. Huntington</span>, L. M’s</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plantsville. Dea. T. Higgins, <i>for Tougaloo -U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Poquonock. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">18.16</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Coventry. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">South Windsor. Second. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">24.23</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rockville. First. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">111.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Roxbury. Hervey M. Booth</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Warehouse Point. “Friend.”</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Westford. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">11.29</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Windsor. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Woodstock. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">18.35</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">—— “A Friend in Conn.”</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">—— “A Friend in Conn.”</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">$1,501.28</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="center" colspan="2">LEGACIES.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Haven. Estate of Mrs. Mary A. Hotchkiss, -by Richard E. Rice, Ex.</td> -<td class="ramt">470.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Orange. Estate of Mrs. Huldah Coe, by Leman -W. Cutler, Ex.</td> -<td class="ramt">6,457.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">$8,428.78</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW YORK, $878.82.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Baldwinsville. Howard Carter</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Brooklyn. South Cong. Ch., ($30 of which -to const. <span class="smcap">Samuel S. Marples</span>, L. M.) $86.48; -East Cong. Ch., $84.72; Church of the -Pilgrims, $72; “A Friend,” $50</td> -<td class="ramt">293.20<a class="pagenum" name="Page_220" id="Page_220">[220]</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Buffalo. Two Bbls. C., <i>for Tougaloo, Miss.</i></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cambria. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">$15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Candor. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Churchville. Union Cong. Ch. (ad’l)</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Columbus. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Crown Point. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">39.41</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Danby. First Cong. Ch., bal. to const. -<span class="smcap">William E. Chapman</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">18.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Eden. Mrs. H. McNett</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fairport. Mrs. Rev. J. Butler</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Gainesville. ——</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Gloversville. Cong. Ch. (ad’l)</td> -<td class="ramt">12.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Groton. Dr. C. Chapman</td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Homer. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1"><a name="Err_2" id="Err_2"></a>Lake George. “G. H.”</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New York. Hon. Wm. E. Dodge, $200; Mrs. -Wm. E. Dodge, $100; Robbins Battell, -$25, <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">325.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New York. J. Goetschins</td> -<td class="ramt">1.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Orient. Miss H. M. W.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Parishville. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">6.35</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Penn Yan. Mrs. D. B. Prosser</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Perry Centre. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.76</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rome. John B. Jervis</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sherburne. Ladies, Bbl. of C., and $2.60 <i>for -freight, for Talladega Ala.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.60</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Smyrna. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Turin. Mrs. Martha Woolworth</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Verona. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">18.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW JERSEY, $108.50.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Boonton. G. W. Esten Bbl. of Books and -Papers.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bound Brook. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">13.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newark. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., <i>for -Student Aid, Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">20.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newark. Collection at General Association -<i>for Lincoln Memorial Church, Washington -D.C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">75.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">PENNSYLVANIA, $25.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Hyde Park. Thomas Eynon and Mrs J. L. -Eynon</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">OHIO, $463.61.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1"><a name="Err_3" id="Err_3"></a>Ashtabula. James Hall</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Castalia. Cong. Ch. $6.85 and Sab. Sch., -$2.15</td> -<td class="ramt">9.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cleveland. Mrs. S. A. Bradbury, $30; Rev. -R. B. Johns, $5</td> -<td class="ramt">35.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Crab Creek. Welsh Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Elyria. First Cong. Ch., to const. <span class="smcap">Rev. -James B. Stocking</span>, <span class="smcap">Rollin B. Cary</span> and -<span class="smcap">Alexander Lamberton</span>, L. Ms.</td> -<td class="ramt">111.67</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Geneva. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., <i>for Tougaloo -U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">36.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Huntsburgh. Capt. A. E. Millard, $5; Mrs. -M. E. Millard, $5</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kelley’s Island. Cong. Ch., <i>for Fisk U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">20.70</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kent. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">12.12</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Marietta. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">57.70</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mechanicsburgh. Rev. N. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Medina. Woman’s Miss. Soc., <i>for Student -Aid, Talladega C., and bal. to const.</i> <span class="smcap">Miss -Ellen J. Mason</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newark. “A Friend,” $50; <span class="smcap">Mrs. J. C. -Wheaton</span>, $25 adl. to const. herself L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">75.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">North Benton. Simon Hartzel, <i>for Talladega -C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">11.30</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Paddy’s Run. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">27.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Parkman. Dea. J. S. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Strongsville. L. Freeman, <i>for furnishing a -room, Tougaloo U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tallmadge. Mrs. D. B. T., by J. P.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.62</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Toledo. Second Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Willoughby. Bbl. Of C., Miss M. P. Hastings, -$2 <i>for freight, for Tougaloo, Miss.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">INDIANA, $1.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Orland. Cong. Ch., <i>for Tougaloo U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">ILLINOIS, $2,417.22.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chicago. C. G. Hammond, $1,000; Bethany -Ch., $15.37; Rev. E. N. Andrews, $5</td> -<td class="ramt">1,020.37</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chicago. Jubilee Singers, special contribution -at First Cong. Ch., <i>for Chapel, Nashville, -Tenn.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">111.34</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chicago. James W. Porter, $10; Neddie, -Charles and Huntington Blatchford, $9, -<i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">19.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chicago. N. E. Cong. Ch., Ladies Miss. Soc., -<i>for Lady Missionary, Mobile, Ala.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">11.41</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chicago. Union Park Cong. Ch., <i>for Emerson -Inst.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dundee. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">22.45</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Dunlap. Elmira Jones</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Geneseo. H. Davison</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Highland Park. L. S. B.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">La Fayette. “P. M. H.”</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lawn Ridge. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Lyndon. Mrs A. H., $1; Mrs. M. W. 50c.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Metamora. “Friends” by A. C. Rouse, <i>for -rebuilding Tougaloo, Miss.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">20.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Newark. Horace Day</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Princeton. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td> -<td class="ramt">7.43</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Payson. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">40.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rockford. Second Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">120.86</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Seward. Cong. Ch., $22; and Sab. Sch., $8. -(<i>Incorrectly ack. in June.</i>)</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Seward. Cong. Ch. (ad’l)</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Waukegan. Young People’s Miss. Soc., <i>for -Emerson Inst.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wyoming. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.61</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">1,417.22</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="center" colspan="2">LEGACY.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Galesburg. Estate of Mrs. W. C. Willard, -by Prof. T. R. Willard, Ex.</td> -<td class="ramt">1,000.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">2,417.22</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MICHIGAN, $228.39.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Battle Creek. Presb. and Cong. Sab. Sch., -<i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Battle Creek. Ladies, Box of C., and $2.21 -<i>for Freight, for Talladega, Ala.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.21</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Calumet. J. H.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Canandaigua. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">4.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Detroit. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">50.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Detroit. Miss J. Higley, <i>for Student Aid, -Straight U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">4.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Frankfort. Mrs. J. B. C.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kalamo. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Kalamazoo. First Cong. Ch. (ad’l), to const. -<span class="smcap">Willis A. Anderson</span>, <span class="smcap"><a name="Err_4" id="Err_4"></a>George D. Allen</span>, -<span class="smcap">Mrs. Lottie Wartz</span>, <span class="smcap">Miles B. Miller</span>, -and <span class="smcap">Mrs. Eliza Oliver</span>, L. Ms.</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Leland. F. C.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Milford. Mrs. E. G.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Morenci. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Northport. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.43</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Olivet. “W. J. H.”</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Webster. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">10.75</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">WISCONSIN, $180.33.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Arena. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.70</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Beloit. J. E. T.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Columbus. Calvin Baker</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Milwaukee. Mrs. Wm. Millard, <i>for Emerson -Inst.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Racine. A. E. N., <i>for Indian M.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">River Falls. “S. W.,” $19; “W. M. N.,” $6</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rosendale. Cong. Ch. $24.53, and Sab. Sch. -$4</td> -<td class="ramt">28.53</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sparta. Individuals, <i>for Mag.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wauwatosa. Cong. Ch., to const. <span class="smcap">Alfred H. -Dupree</span> and <span class="smcap">Emery A. Swan</span>, L. Ms</td> -<td class="ramt">75.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">IOWA, $125.97.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cedar Falls. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for furnishing -a room, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">12.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Cherokee Co. Second Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chester Centre. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">45.25</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Creston. H. W. Perrigo</td> -<td class="ramt">10.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Creston. Pilgrim Ch., <i>for Student Aid, Tougaloo -U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">0.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Floris. “Mary and Martha.”</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Garden. ——, <i>for Lady Missionary, New -Orleans, La.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Logan. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">8.00<a class="pagenum" name="Page_221" id="Page_221">[221]</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">McGregor. Woman’s Miss. Soc.</td> -<td class="ramt">$16.87</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Meriden. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.35</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Meriden. Cong. Ch., <i>for Lady Missionary, -New Orleans, La.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Quasqueton. Rev. A. Manson</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Storm Lake. Cong. Ch., <i>for Lady Missionary, -New Orleans, La.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">West Liberty. Mrs. L. K. Sesson, <i>for Student -Aid, Talladega C.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">6.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MISSOURI, $1.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Saint Louis. Mrs. M. K. J.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MINNESOTA, $37.07.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., $31.37; Second -Cong. Ch., $1.20</td> -<td class="ramt">32.57</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rose Creek. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Rushford. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">2.50</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEBRASKA, $3.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Clarksville. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">COLORADO, $25.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Colorado Springs. Young People’s Mission -Circle, <i>for Student Aid, Talladega C.</i>, and -bal. to const. <span class="smcap">Mrs. J. W. Pickett</span>, L. M.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CALIFORNIA, $150.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Oakland. Mrs. E. A. Gray, <i>for School-house -in Georgia</i></td> -<td class="ramt">150.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">OREGON, $38.50.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Albany. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">15.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Forest Grove. Cong. Ch., Prof. J. W. Marsh, -$20; Capt. E. R. Merriman, $2; I. L. -Smith and others, $1.50</td> -<td class="ramt">23.50</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">WASHINGTON TER., $5.51.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Fidalgo. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., ($3.60 of which -<i>for School-house in Ga.</i>)</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Skokomish. Rev. M. E.</td> -<td class="ramt">0.51</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MARYLAND, $2.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Emmitsburgh. David Gamble</td> -<td class="ramt">2.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NORTH CAROLINA, $112.93.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wilmington. Williston Sch., Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">107.93</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Wilmington. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">SOUTH CAROLINA, $247.80.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">247.80</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">TENNESSEE, $642.80.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chattanooga. Rent</td> -<td class="ramt">250.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Chattanooga. G. R. <i>for furnishing room, -Tougaloo U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Memphis. Le Moyne Sch., Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">207.15</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Nashville. Fisk University, Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">159.65</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Nashville. Fisk University, Society for the -Evangelization of Africa, <i>for Student Aid, -Mendi M.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">GEORGIA, $1,053.08.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Atlanta. Peabody Fund, <i>for Student Aid, -Atlanta U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">400.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition $243.30, -Rent, $3</td> -<td class="ramt">246.30</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Atlanta. Atlanta U., Tuition $100.10; -Rent $12</td> -<td class="ramt">112.10</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Atlanta. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Bainbridge. H. R. S.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Macon. Lewis High Sch., Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">62.85</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Macon. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Marietta. “Friends,” <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta -U.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">30.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">McIntosh. Dorchester Academy, Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">27.36</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition, $125; -Rent $10</td> -<td class="ramt">135.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Savannah. Cong. Ch., $6.19, and Sab. Sch., -$2.28</td> -<td class="ramt">8.47</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">ALABAMA, $478.55.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">156.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Mobile. <a name="Err_5" id="Err_5"></a>Emersonian Mission Band, ($20 of -which <i>for Mendi M.</i>)</td> -<td class="ramt">45.60</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Montgomery. City Fund</td> -<td class="ramt">$210.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Selma. Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">22.35</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Talladega. Talladega C., Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">35.85</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Talladega. Wm. Savery, $5; D. Johnson, -$2; N. L., $1, <i>for rebuilding barn, Talladega, -Ala.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">8.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MISSISSIPPI, $119.45.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Greenwood. By “R. W. J.,” <i>for rebuilding -Tougaloo, Miss.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">11.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Jackson. Friends, by A. B. W., <i>for rebuilding, -Tougaloo, Miss.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">2.10</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Madison. “Friends,” by A. B. W., <i>for rebuilding -Tougaloo, Miss.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">9.60</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition, $73.75; -Rent, $20</td> -<td class="ramt">93.75</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Tougaloo. Rev. G. S. Pope, <i>for Student Aid</i></td> -<td class="ramt">3.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">LOUISIANA, $148.15.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Orleans. Straight U., Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">141.50</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Orleans. Mrs. F. D., $1; Mrs. D. S., -Mrs. C. J. and Mrs. B. C. 50c. ea.; Other -sums by Rev. W. S. A. $4.15</td> -<td class="ramt">6.65</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">TEXAS, $318.24.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Austin. Tillotson C. and N. Inst., Tuition</td> -<td class="ramt">204.85</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Austin. Rev. W. E. Brooks, $92.09; Rev. E. -B. Wright D.D., and wife $10; “A Friend,” -$5; Eggleston Brothers, $5, <i>for Tillotson C. -and N. Inst.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">112.09</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Corpus Christi. First Cong. Ch.</td> -<td class="ramt">1.30</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CANADA, $5.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Unionville. Rev. Edward Ebbs</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">SWITZERLAND, $19.31.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Geneva. Legacy of Henri Serment, by W. -Serment</td> -<td class="ramt">19.31</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">SANDWICH ISLANDS, $1,000.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sandwich Islands. “A Friend,”</td> -<td class="ramt">1,000.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">LEGACIES, $210.00.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Sundry Estates</td> -<td class="ramt">210.00</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">INCOME FUND, $278.87.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Avery Fund, <i>for Mendi M.</i></td> -<td class="ramt">278.87</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total for May</td> -<td class="ramt">24,577.93</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total from Oct. 1st to May 31st</td> -<td class="ramt">$150,487.84</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL -INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Portland, Me. C. M. Seales, <i>for furnishing -a room</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plainfield, N.H. Mrs. Hannah Stevens</td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Norwich, Conn. “A Friend.”</td> -<td class="ramt">400.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Plainville, Conn. Mrs. Clapp</td> -<td class="ramt">5.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Thomaston, Conn. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., by -Mrs. Horace A. Potter, Sec., $13, and Bbl. -of C.</td> -<td class="ramt">13.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Watertown, Conn. Alma de F. Curtiss and -Fannie E. Curtiss, by Mrs. Mary F. -Curtiss</td> -<td class="ramt">100.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">LeRoy, N.Y. Miss D. A. Phillips, <i>for furnishing -a room</i></td> -<td class="ramt">25.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">593.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Previously acknowledged from Oct. 1st to -April 30th</td> -<td class="ramt">4,264.71</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">$4,857.71</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<table class="receipts"> -<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">FOR MISSIONS IN AFRICA.</td></tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">New Jersey. “Anti-Slavery Friend”</td> -<td class="ramt">515.00</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="sub1">Previously acknowledged from Oct. 1st to -April 30th</td> -<td class="ramt">20,098.76</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">————</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="total">Total</td> -<td class="ramt">$20,613.76</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td> </td> -<td class="ramt">========</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<div style="padding-right: 5%;"> -<p class="signature"><span style="padding-right: 5%;">H. W. Hubbard, <i>Treas.</i>,</span><br /> -56 Reade St., N.Y.</p> -</div> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_222" id="Page_222">[222]</a></p> - - -<div class="article"> -<h2>American Missionary Association,</h2> - -<p class="center">56 READE STREET, N.Y.</p> - -<hr class="quarter" /> - -<p class="center p1 small">PRESIDENT.</p> - -<p class="center medium"><span class="smcap">Hon. E. S. TOBEY</span>, Boston.</p> - - -<p class="position">VICE-PRESIDENTS.</p> - -<div class="center"> - <div class="medium vpcol"> - <ul> - <li>Hon. <span class="smcap">F. D. Parish</span>, Ohio.</li> - <li>Hon. <span class="smcap">E. D. Holton</span>, Wis.</li> - <li>Hon. <span class="smcap">William Claflin</span>, Mass.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Stephen Thurston</span>, D.D., Me.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Samuel Harris</span>, D.D., Ct.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">Wm. C. Chapin</span>, Esq., R.I.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">W. T. Eustis</span>, D.D., Mass.</li> - <li>Hon. <span class="smcap">A. C. Barstow</span>, R.I.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Thatcher Thayer</span>, D.D., R.I.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Ray Palmer</span>, D.D., N.J.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Edward Beecher</span>, D.D., N.Y.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">J. M. Sturtevant</span>, D.D., Ill.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">W. W. Patton</span>, D.D., D.C.</li> - <li>Hon. <span class="smcap">Seymour Straight</span>, La.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Cyrus W. Wallace</span>, D.D., N.H.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Edward Hawes</span>, D.D., Ct.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">Douglas Putnam</span>, Esq., Ohio.</li> - <li>Hon. <span class="smcap">Thaddeus Fairbanks</span>, Vt.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">M. M. G. Dana</span>, D.D., Minn.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">H. W. Beecher</span>, N.Y.</li> - <li>Gen. <span class="smcap">O. O. Howard</span>, Oregon.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">G. F. Magoun</span>, D.D., Iowa.</li> - <li>Col. <span class="smcap">C. G. Hammond</span>, Ill.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">Edward Spaulding</span>, M.D., N.H.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Wm. M. Barbour</span>, D.D., Ct.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">W. L. Gage</span>, D.D., Ct.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">A. S. Hatch</span>, Esq., N.Y.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">J. H. Fairchild</span>, D.D., Ohio.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">H. A. Stimson</span>, Minn.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">A. L. Stone</span>, D.D., California.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">G. H. Atkinson</span>, D.D., Oregon.</li> - </ul> - </div> - <div class="medium vpcol"> - <ul> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">J. E. Rankin</span>, D.D., D.C.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">A. L. Chapin</span>, D.D., Wis.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">S. D. Smith</span>, Esq., Mass.</li> - <li>Dea. <span class="smcap">John C. Whitin</span>, Mass.</li> - <li>Hon. <span class="smcap">J. B. Grinnell</span>, Iowa.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Horace Winslow</span>, Ct.</li> - <li>Sir <span class="smcap">Peter Coats</span>, Scotland.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Henry Allon</span>, D.D., London, Eng.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">Wm. E. Whiting</span>, Esq., N.Y.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">J. M. Pinkerton</span>, Esq., Mass.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">E. A. Graves</span>, Esq., N.J.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">F. A. Noble</span>, D.D., Ill.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">Daniel Hand</span>, Esq., Ct.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">A. L. Williston</span>, Esq., Mass.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">A. F. Beard</span>, D.D., N.Y.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">Frederick Billings</span>, Esq., Vt.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">Joseph Carpenter</span>, Esq., R.I.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">E. P. Goodwin</span>, D.D., Ill.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">C. L. Goodell</span>, D.D., Mo.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">J. W. Scoville</span>, Esq., Ill.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">E. W. Blatchford</span>, Esq., Ill.</li> - <li><span class="smcap">C. D. Talcott</span>, Esq., Ct.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">John K. McLean</span>, D.D., Cal.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Richard Cordley</span>, D.D., Kansas.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">W. H. Willcox</span>, D.D., Mass.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">G. B. Willcox</span>, D.D., Ill.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Wm. M. Taylor</span>, D.D., N.Y.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">Geo. M. Boynton</span>, Mass.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">E. B. Webb</span>, D.D., Mass.</li> - <li>Hon. <span class="smcap">C. I. Walker</span>, Mich.</li> - <li>Rev. <span class="smcap">A. H. Ross</span>, Mich.</li> - </ul> - </div> -</div> - -<p class="position">CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.</p> -<p class="center medium"> - <span class="smcap">Rev.</span> M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., <i>56 Reade Street, N.Y.</i> -</p> - -<p class="position">DISTRICT SECRETARIES.</p> -<table class="medium"> - <tr><td class="nosp"><span class="smcap">Rev.</span> C. L. WOODWORTH, <i>Boston</i>.</td></tr> - <tr><td class="nosp"><span class="smcap">Rev.</span> G. D. PIKE, <i>New York</i>.</td></tr> - <tr><td class="nosp"><span class="smcap">Rev.</span> JAS. POWELL, <i>Chicago</i>.</td></tr> -</table> -<table class="medium p1"> - <tr><td class="nosp">H. W. HUBBARD, <span class="smcap">Esq.</span>, <i>Treasurer, N.Y.</i></td></tr> - <tr><td class="nosp"><span class="smcap">Rev.</span> M. E. STRIEBY, <i>Recording Secretary</i>.</td></tr> -</table> - -<p class="position">EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.</p> - -<div class="execc medium"> - <ul> - <li><span class="smcap">Alonzo S. Ball</span>,</li> - <li><span class="smcap">A. S. Barnes</span>,</li> - <li><span class="smcap">C. T. Christensen</span>,</li> - </ul> -</div> -<div class="execc medium"> - <ul> - <li><span class="smcap">Clinton B. Fisk</span>,</li> - <li><span class="smcap">Addison P. Foster</span>,</li> - <li><span class="smcap">S. B. Halliday</span>,</li> - <li><span class="smcap">J. A. Hamilton</span>,</li> - </ul> -</div> -<div class="execc medium"> - <ul> - <li><span class="smcap">Samuel Holmes</span>,</li> - <li><span class="smcap">Charles A. Hull</span>,</li> - <li> </li> - <li><span class="smcap">Chas L. Mead</span>,</li> - </ul> -</div> -<div class="execc medium"> - <ul> - <li><span class="smcap">Samuel S. Marples</span>,</li> - <li><span class="smcap">Wm. T. Pratt</span>,</li> - <li><span class="smcap">J. A. Shoudy</span>,</li> - <li><span class="smcap">John H. Washburn</span>.</li> - </ul> -</div> - - -<p class="center p1 small">COMMUNICATIONS</p> - -<p class="center medium">relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the -Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields to -the District Secretaries; letters for the Editor of the “American -Missionary,” to Rev. <span class="smcap">G. D. Pike</span>, D.D., at the New York -Office.</p> - - -<p class="center p1 small">DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS</p> - -<p class="medium">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.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_223" id="Page_223">[223]</a></p> - -<div class="article"> -<h2>Constitution of the American Missionary Association.</h2> - -<p class="section">INCORPORATED JANUARY 30, 1849.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. I.</span> This Society shall be called “<span class="smcap">The American -Missionary Association</span>.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. II.</span> 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.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. III.</span> Any person of evangelical sentiments,<a name="FNanchor_2" id="FNanchor_2"></a><a href="#Footnote_2" class="fnanchor">[A]</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.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. IV.</span> 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.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. V.</span> 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.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. VI.</span> 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.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. VII.</span> To the Executive Committee shall belong the -collecting and disbursing of funds; the appointing, counseling, -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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for -transacting business.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. VIII.</span> 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.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. IX.</span> 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.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Art. X.</span> 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.</p> - - -<p>FOOTNOTE:</p> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_2" id="Footnote_2"></a><a href="#FNanchor_2"><span class="label">[A]</span></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.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_224" id="Page_224">[224]</a></p></div> - -<div class="article"> -<h2>The American Missionary Association.</h2> - - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<h3>AIM AND WORK.</h3> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Freedmen</span> 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 <span class="smcap">Chinese</span> in America, and to co-operate -with the Government in its humane and Christian policy towards the -<span class="smcap">Indians</span>. It has also a mission in <span class="smcap">Africa</span>.</p> - - -<h3>STATISTICS.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Churches</span>: <i>In the South</i>—in Va., 1; N.C., 6; S.C., 2; -Ga., 13; Ky., 6; Tenn., 4; Ala., 14; La., 17; Miss., 4; Texas, 6. -<i>Africa</i>, 2. <i>Among the Indians</i>, 1. Total 76.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Institutions Founded, Fostered or Sustained in the -South.</span>—<i>Chartered</i>: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, -Ala.; Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New -Orleans, La.; and Austin, Texas, 8. <i>Graded or Normal Schools</i>: at -Wilmington, Raleigh, N.C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S.C.; Savannah, -Macon, Atlanta, Ga.; Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; -Memphis, Tenn., 12. <i>Other Schools</i>, 31. Total 51.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teachers, Missionaries and Assistants.</span>—Among the -Freedmen, 284; among the Chinese, 22; among the Indians, 11; in -Africa, 13. Total, 330. <span class="smcap">Students</span>—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. <span class="smcap">Indians</span> under the care of the Association, 13,000.</p> - - -<h3>WANTS.</h3> - -<p>1. A steady <span class="smcap lowercase">INCREASE</span> of regular income to keep pace with -the growing work. This increase can only be reached by <em>regular</em> -and <em>larger</em> contributions from the churches—the feeble as well as -the strong.</p> - -<p>2. <span class="smcap">Additional Buildings</span> for our higher educational -institutions, to accommodate the increasing numbers of students; -<span class="smcap">Meeting Houses</span> for the new churches we are organizing; -<span class="smcap">More Ministers</span>, cultured and pious, for these churches.</p> - -<p>3. <span class="smcap">Help for Young Men</span>, to be educated as ministers here -and missionaries to Africa—a pressing want.</p> - -<p>Before sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A. -office, as below:</p> - -<table> - <tr><td class="smcap">New York</td><td>H. W. Hubbard, Esq., Treasurer, 56 Reade Street.</td></tr> - <tr><td class="smcap">Boston</td><td>Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Dis’t Sec., Room 21 Congregational House.</td></tr> - <tr><td class="smcap">Chicago</td><td>Rev. Jas. Powell, Dis’t Sec., 112 West Washington Street.</td></tr> -</table> - - -<h3>MAGAZINE.</h3> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>Those who wish to remember the <span class="smcap">American Missionary -Association</span> in their last Will and Testament, are earnestly -requested to use the following</p> - - -<h3>FORM OF A BEQUEST.</h3> - -<p>“<span class="smcap">I bequeath</span> 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.”</p> - -<p>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.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="advertisement"> -<p class="center large">COPY OF THE REVISED NEW<br /> -TESTAMENT FREE.</p> - -<p class="medium">During the coming month we will send free by mail a copy of the -Revised Edition of the New Testament (Oxford Edition, limp cloth, -red edges), a very handsome book, to any subscriber who will -renew his subscription to the <span class="smcap">Witness</span> now, by sending us -$1.50 by money order, bank draft, or registered letter. 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HALSEY, Secretary.</p> - </div> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - - -<div class="advertisement"> - <p class="center">INVALID ROLLING-CHAIR.</p> - <div class="tthirds halfimg"> - <div class="halfimg"> - <img src="images/recylingwheelchair.jpg" alt="Reclining Wheelchair" /> - </div> - <div class="halfimg"> - <p class="center small">(RECLINING.)</p> - <p class="small">A PRICELESS BOON to those who are UNABLE TO WALK. LEONARD BACON, - D.D., HON. A. H. STEVENS, M.C., and OTHERS recommend them. SEND FOR - CIRCULAR.</p> - </div> - </div> - <div class="third halfimg"> - <img src="images/wheelchair.jpg" alt="Wheelchair" /> - </div> - <p class="medium">FOLDING CHAIR CO., New Haven Ct.</p> -</div> - - -<hr class="full" /> -<div class="box"> -<p class="center xlarge">THE THIRTY-FIFTH VOLUME</p> - -<p class="center medium">OF THE</p> - -<p class="center xxlarge">American Missionary.</p> - -<p class="center large">1881.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<p><b>Shall we not have a largely increased Subscription List for -1881?</b></p> - -<p class="medium">We regard the <cite>Missionary</cite> as the best means of communication with -our friends, and to them the best source of information regarding -our work.</p> - -<p class="medium">A little effort on the part of our friends, when making their own -remittances, to induce their neighbors to unite in forming Clubs, -will easily double our list, and thus widen the influence of our -Magazine, and aid in the enlargement of our work.</p> - -<p class="medium">Under editorial supervision at this office, aided by the steady -contributions of our intelligent missionaries and teachers in -all parts of the field, and with occasional communications from -careful observers and thinkers elsewhere, the <cite>American Missionary</cite> -furnishes a vivid and reliable picture of the work going forward -among the Indians, the Chinamen on the Pacific Coast, and the -Freedmen as citizens in the South and as missionaries in Africa.</p> - -<p class="medium">It will be the vehicle of important views on all matters affecting -the races among which it labors, and will give a monthly summary of -current events relating to their welfare and progress. Patriots and -Christians interested in the education and Christianizing of these -despised races are asked to read it, and assist in its circulation. -Begin with the January number and the new year. The price is only -Fifty Cents per annum.</p> - -<p class="medium">The Magazine will be sent gratuitously, if preferred, to the -persons indicated on page 224. Donations and subscriptions should -be sent to</p> - -<p class="signature"> -<span class="large" style="padding-right: 5%">H. W. HUBBARD, Treasurer,</span><br /> -<span>56 Reade Street, New York.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<p class="center xlarge">TO ADVERTISERS.</p> - -<p class="medium">Special attention is invited to the advertising department of the -<span class="smcap">American Missionary</span>. It numbers among its regular readers -very many frugal, well-to-do people in nearly every city and -village throughout our Northern and Western States. It is therefore -a specially valuable medium for advertising all articles commonly -used in families of liberal, industrious and enterprising habits of -life.</p> - -<p class="medium">Advertisements must be received by the <span class="smcap lowercase">TENTH</span> of the -month, in order to secure insertion in the following number. All -communications in relation to advertising should be addressed to</p> - -<p class="center large">THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT,</p> -<p class="signature">56 Reade Street, New York.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p class="medium">Our friends who are interested in the Advertising Department of -the <span class="smcap">American Missionary</span>, can aid us in this respect by -mentioning, when ordering goods, that they saw them advertised in -our Magazine.</p> -</div> - -<p class="center small">DAVID H. GILDERSLEEVE, PRINTER, 101 CHAMBERS STREET, NEW YORK.</p> - - - -<hr class="full" /> -<h2>Transcriber’s Notes</h2> - - -<p>Obvious printer’s punctuation errors and omissions corrected.</p> - -<p>Changed “mcereony” to “<a href="#Err_1">ceremony</a>” on page 212.</p> - -<p>Missing “k” replaced in “<a href="#Err_2">Lake George</a>” on page 220.</p> - -<p>Missing “t” replaced in “<a href="#Err_3">Ashtabula</a>” on page 220.</p> - -<p>Assumed “D” in “<a href="#Err_4">George D. Allen</a>” in the Kalamazoo entry on page 220.</p> - -<p>Missing “i” replaced in “<a href="#Err_5">Emersonian</a>” in second Mobile entry on page 221.</p> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary -- Volume 35, -No. 7, July, 1881, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, JULY 1881 *** - -***** This file should be named 55612-h.htm or 55612-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/5/6/1/55612/ - -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) - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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