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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. 8, August, 1881 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: September 24, 2017 [EBook #55613] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY, AUGUST 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. 8. - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” - - * * * * * - - AUGUST, 1881. - - - - - _CONTENTS_: - - - EDITORIAL. - - PARAGRAPH—The Mendi Mission 225 - ILLUSTRATION—Mission Home, Mendi Mission 228 - DEATH OF REV. KELLY M. KEMP 230 - AFRICAN NOTES 230 - FREEDMEN FOR AFRICA: Rev. Lewis Grout 232 - ADDRESS AT NASHVILLE: Sec’y Strieby 233 - BENEFACTIONS 236 - CHINESE AND INDIAN NOTES 237 - - - THE FREEDMEN. - - ANNIVERSARY REPORTS—Continued. - Ga.: Atlanta University 238 - Ala.: Talladega College 240 - Texas: Tillotson Institute, Austin 242 - S.C.: Avery Institute, Charleston 242 - Ga.: Lewis High School, Macon 243 - - - THE CHINESE. - - ANNIVERSARY AT STOCKTON 245 - - - WOMAN’S HOME MISS. ASSOC’N. - - TWENTY MINUTES A-DAY WORKING SOCIETY 247 - - - CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - GRACIE’S MISTAKE: Mrs. Harriet A. Cheever 248 - - - RECEIPTS 250 - - LIST OF OFFICERS 254 - - CONSTITUTION 255 - - AIM, STATISTICS, WANTS, ETC. 256 - - * * * * * - - - 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: MAP OF PROTESTANT MISSION STATIONS IN AFRICA.] - - - - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - VOL. XXXV. AUGUST, 1881. NO. 8. - - * * * * * - - - - -_American Missionary Association._ - - * * * * * - -We publish on the opposite page a map of Africa, upon which is -represented, by crosses, the location of the different Protestant -mission stations of that continent. The Mendi Mission on the West -Coast, and the proposed Arthington Mission in the Nile Basin, are -specially indicated by dotted lines. We give, also, elsewhere a cut -of the Mission Home at Good Hope Station, Mendi Mission. - - * * * * * - - -THE MENDI MISSION. - -SUGGESTIONS, WITH EXTRACTS FROM JOURNAL. - -REV. H. M. LADD. - -Much of the mission work in Africa, at least upon the West Coast, -has a basis in industrial work of some kind. Many causes have -conspired to hinder this branch of civilizing work at the Mendi -Mission. Without stopping to specify what these may have been, -no one can doubt that the chief reason why the saw-mill at Avery -has failed to be a source of income to the Association, is the -difficulty of transporting the lumber to market. This mill, with -a circular and an upright saw, with a good head of water during -the larger part of the year, and with timber near at hand, is the -only mill of the kind on the West Coast. There is a good demand for -such lumber as the mill can produce, but the chief market is 120 -miles distant. No one in Africa, however much he might want lumber, -would be guilty of going 120 miles for it, nor even 120 rods, if -he could help it. In former times the lumber was taken to the -market in a large boat, propelled by oar and sail; but the climate -and the worms have claimed that boat as their own. Here is a most -potent agency, an attractive centre for goods. The mill might be -producing thousands of feet of lumber a day, and yet if there were -no way to carry this lumber to the point where it could be sold, -its production would only become a burden. What is needed to insure -the best success of the mill, and of all the industrial departments -connected with it, is an easy and quick means of transportation. -This would not only make the mill a really civilizing institution -and a paying piece of property, but if a small steamer or tug-boat -were thus in use, it would more than pay its own way in the -regular trips it would make, and by the incidental services it -could render to other mission stations where similar industrial -work is carried on. There are promises enough to insure the -successful running of such a steamer. It should be adapted to -towing a lumber boat of large capacity to and from Freetown, and -should also be adapted to carrying passengers up and down the -rivers. It would accomplish more work in a given time than any -other project yet proposed on this coast, would dispense with the -small army of boatmen and fleet of boats now maintained, and would -be the solution of the question in regard to the mill. But why keep -up this mill? Why have an industrial department? Simply because the -spiritual interests of the mission are involved in it and demand -it. There must be a physical basis for any successful work upon -the minds and hearts of the people in this part of Africa. This -has been demonstrated in other missions than our own. The people -need a place to tie to, and something to draw them to that place -in order to receive any lasting good. They need to learn habits of -industry along with the Gospel. They need to be lifted out of their -barbarism by increasing their wants and showing them how to supply -them. - -These are a few of the considerations that make this industrial -work a sort of entering wedge for the Gospel. The situation of -things at the Avery Station is, however, such as to convince -those who have considered the matter, that the keen edge of this -entering wedge must be the sharp prow of a little steamer. There -can be scarcely a doubt, that the facilities afforded by such a -steamer would give a much needed impetus to the whole work of the -Association upon the West Coast. - - -JOHN BROWN MEMORIAL STEAMER. - -Here is now an opportunity to turn to account the latent forces -that lie pent up within easy reach. But how shall the steamer -preach its practical sermon unless it be sent? Some one must send -it. Many hands make light work, especially when they contain the -contributions of willing hearts. Why may not the many little -rills, and springs, and even drops of love for the colored race, -flow together and float this steamer? Why not send, as some one -has suggested, old John Brown, of Harper’s Ferry, in a memorial -steamer over to Africa, to carry forward in a higher sense the work -of freedom which he began here, and which shall never end till -his soul has ceased its marching on? About $10,000 are needed to -furnish such a steamer as is required. Who will take the first $100 -share in the steamer “John Brown” soon to leave for the coast of -Africa? - - -ADVANCE TO THE INTERIOR. - -If we may believe one-half of the glowing accounts which come to us -regarding the high table-lands of the interior, one or two hundred -miles back from the coast, the region is full of rich promises -as the scene of future missionary operations. It is said that -the land is rich, the country wonderfully beautiful and healthy, -the population dense, and cattle and horses abundant. There are -difficulties in the way of reaching this country, but they are -not insurmountable. One of our missionaries (Mr. Williams), well -fitted for the work, has pushed his way back into this region, and -reports very strongly in its favor. He brought back a horse with -him as corroborative evidence of his statements, and there can be -no doubt that in this healthier upland region the natives are more -intelligent, more industrious, and every way superior, while they -are also ready to welcome any who come among them for purposes -of peace. Our present stations upon the coast, three in number, -furnish excellent starting points and bases of supply, and should -be maintained largely as such. But it should be our aim to work -back from the low, malarious coast into these healthier and more -promising highlands just as soon as the proper men and the means -can be found. Starting from the stations already established, it -would seem to be a wise thing to locate a chain of stations within -easy distances of each other, stretching back to the mountains. -At these points the missionaries could reside two by two, with -mutual helpfulness and support. The natives of this region talk -the same general language as upon the coast. They are said to be -remarkably fine singers, and are fond of music. They manufacture -great quantities of cloth and various other articles of a superior -quality. They are, however, reported to be the husbands of many -wives, counting their honors by the number of their wives. The -rivers that drain this region afford an imperfect approach to the -country, but are available for considerable distances. Let the -means and the men be found, and this healthier and more promising -country can soon be captured for Christ. It is only a question of -time. This push for the interior must soon be made, and a larger -and better work must soon be inaugurated. - - -BRIEF EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL. - -On Wednesday, March 23d, we sighted the point of Sierra Leone by -early dawn. The country as approached from the sea is beautiful. -The serrated Lion Mountains slope to the water’s edge, covered -with a luxuriance of tropical vegetation. The city of Freetown at -a little distance appears comparatively well built. The public -buildings are large and attract immediate attention, the streets -are wide and regularly laid out; and the whole external aspect -strikes one as much finer than what is naturally expected on this -coast; but a nearer view suggests the truth of the old saying that -“Familiarity breeds contempt.” The stay here was short, but into -the time was crowded a variety of strange and novel experiences. -From this point the mission boat “Olive Branch” carried us to -Good Hope Station, on Sherbro Island, where we landed late in the -evening of March 30th. This trip of about one hundred and twenty -miles occupied three days and two nights, and was, perhaps, the -most trying part of our journey. We experienced several severe -tornadoes on the way, and suffered from the intense glare of the -sun, now nearly vertical, and the difficulty of procuring proper -food. Having reached the mission house, we at once made ourselves -as much at home as possible. Thursday, March 31st, we were all -up at an early hour, and went out before the intense heat of the -day to inspect the grounds and buildings. The fine property of -the mission had evidently suffered in many ways from neglect. All -the buildings stood in need of repairs, and a large portion of -the grounds, including the little cemetery where Barnabas Root is -buried, was overgrown with bush. The spiritual condition of the -church and station seemed also to bear some resemblance to its -outward condition. It was not hopeless, but somewhat depressed. -The grounds in the immediate vicinity of the mission house gave -evidence, however, that the missionaries had neither forgotten to -exercise their taste, nor been wasteful of the small force and -slender means at their command. So, also, the spiritual condition -of the station presented some encouraging features. The warm -reception which Mr. Kemp and his wife received on every side gave -some reason to hope that the church would yet nourish under his -judicious care. - -[Illustration: MISSION HOME, MENDI MISSION.] - -Friday, April 1st, was emphatically a day of calls. It had been -quickly noised abroad that the new missionaries from America had -arrived, and many availed themselves of the first opportunity to -bid them welcome to Africa. Possibly a little curiosity was mingled -with their politeness, but we did not care to analyze too closely, -and were glad to see them all. The people we met were generally -fine looking, of a rich, brown color, and not burdened by any -superfluity of clothing. They talked a broken English, which was -almost as difficult to understand as a new language. - -To say that Sunday, April 3d, was a warm day would convey but a -slight idea of the truth. When the thermometer indicates over 90° -in America we are apt to call it rather warm; but a new adjective -is needed to characterize African heat at 90°, for it is something -so entirely different from the summer broils of other countries. -No wonder that this is an unhealthy climate. The land is low, the -water stagnant, the air moist, vegetation thick, and the heat -intense. In the morning I preached in the mission church to an -attentive audience on “The light that shineth in a dark place,” and -was present at a service in the Mendi language at the school-house -in the afternoon. The prayer meeting in the evening was well -attended and full of interest. - -On Monday, April 4th, we went in the “Olive Branch” to Avery -Station, on the Mahna River, a branch of the Bargroo, forty miles -inland. The trip took all of one night, the boatmen rowing and -keeping time to their oars with a weird, monotonous singing all the -way. - -The inspection of the station at Avery consumed the early morning -hours of Tuesday. We visited the mill, the boat houses, the coffee -farm, the cassada fields, the rice houses, the boy’s department, -the store, the church and school-room, and last, but not least, the -“faki,” or native village, situated on the mission grounds, and -under the control of the missionary. The situation of the mission -house is a fine one, but the adjacent country is wilder than at -Good Hope. The house stands on a high promontory, and commands -a very picturesque view both up and down the river. This river -abounds in fish and alligators, while the banks are alive with -monkeys. - -I was up at three A. M. on the 7th to help receive Mr. Kemp, who -arrived from Good Hope Station at that hour. Later we visited the -school together, examined the pupils in their various branches, and -gave them a little talk, which they seemed to enjoy. Some of them -were honored by such names as Wm. E. Gladstone and M. E. Strieby. -Their appearance and behavior were very gratifying. The prayer -meeting in the evening was fully attended, and indicated a marked -degree of earnestness, the leader having some difficulty to bring -it to a close. If hand-shaking is a means of grace, we enjoyed -special privileges at the end of this meeting. - -I found oysters growing on trees (April 8th), and plucked a large -branch. Bread and butter also grow on trees in this strange land. -I had occasion to turn doctor to-day, and prescribed some fearful -doses, right and left, with marked results, due probably to faith. - -After the ordination exercises at Good Hope (April 10th), a number -of the ministerial brethren of the council went in a boat-load -to attend service at the out-station of Debia, and although a -severe tornado threatened to break up the meeting, we enjoyed an -interesting and precious season together. The work at this point is -full of encouragement, but greater facilities are needed to carry -it on. - - * * * * * - -The painful news has just been received through Rev. O. H. White, -D.D., of London, of the death of Rev. Kelly M. Kemp at Good Hope -Station, Mendi Mission. Thus one more bright name has been added -to the long list of missionary heroes and martyrs whose dust -hallows the soil of Africa. No particulars have been received, -and we cannot speak confidently as to the cause of his death. -Those who have read the recent accounts of his ordination and -reception at Good Hope need not be reminded of the high hopes -that were entertained in regard to the work upon which he had but -just entered with so much zeal. Mr. Kemp’s earnest consecration -and varied experience and sweet Christian character had not only -endeared him to all who knew him, but had given rich promise also -of great good to the people among whom he had counted it all joy to -labor. - - * * * * * - - -AFRICAN NOTES. - -—The Sultan of Zanzibar is about to study the organization of the -French navy. He was expected at Marseilles in July for that purpose. - -—Dr. Stacker is attempting to explore Lake Tsana in Abyssinia. If -he succeeds in accomplishing this he purposes to push on to Ghera. - -—M. Viard, who has already explored the Niger and the Bénvé, -in company with the Count of Semellé, is just attempting a new -expedition for penetrating into the interior, and establishing -there commercial stations. - -—Captain Neves Fereira, Governor of Benguela, and some other -officers, have placed themselves at the disposition of the -Geographical Society of Lisbon, for a new Portuguese expedition -from the west to the east, upon an itinerary like that of Serpa -Pinto. - -—P. Francisco Autuses, charged with establishing the mission of -Zoumba upon the Zambeze, has set out from Lisbon for Mozambique. -After studying theology and natural sciences at Louvain, he will -devote himself to taking meteorological observations. He will -establish a station for this purpose at Zoumba. In a little -while he will be joined by a number of Portuguese workmen, whom -government will send there to make the necessary buildings for a -commercial office. - -—The Portuguese Commission of Public Works has constructed in the -Province of Angola a telegraphic line of 344 kilometers from St. -Paul de Loanda to Dondo and Calcullo. It has already rendered good -service to commerce and the navigation of the Quanza. At Dondo -everything is ready to prolong the line as far as Poungo Andongo. - -—The Sultan of Zanzibar has just explored the upper country of the -Loufigi with an expedition, the command of which was entrusted -to M. Beardall, who formerly studied the region of the Rovouma, -and more recently has had under his care the construction of the -Dar-es-Salam road. - -—The society formed at Sfax will establish at the most important -points in the rich countries of Haussa, Bornou, Darfour, &c., -commercial stations, which will be at the same time scientific -stations, and between which will pass regular caravans, well armed, -to which will be joined special men, furnished with all necessary -instruments for making topographical and meteorological surveys. - -—Four Roman Catholic missionaries have gone to the Baptist mission -at San Salvador. They were brought by a Portuguese vessel to the -point where the Congo ceases to be navigable, and escorted from -thence to San Salvador by a lieutenant and a detachment of the -navy. They carried with them some holy water, fire-arms, silver -vases and a golden crown, and offered them to the King of San -Salvador from the King of Portugal. The king received them and -returned thanks, saying that it was the most beautiful present -he had ever received. He has promised his protection to the -missionaries. - -—Mr. James Stevenson, Esq., has offered £4,000 to the London -Missionary Society and the Livingstonia Mission, provided they -will, without delay, establish stations and maintain them on the -line of road between Lake Tanganyika and Quilimane on the coast. It -is expected that merchandise will be transported over this route -by steamer up the Zambezi and Shiré to the falls of the latter -river. There will also be steamboat facilities on the upper Shiré -and the Nyassa lake, leaving only about three hundred miles for the -transportation of goods by porters or domestic animals in order to -reach the Tanganyika. - - -FREEDMEN FOR AFRICA. - -REV. LEWIS GROUT. - -The Freedmen, properly educated, will make capital missionaries for -Africa. After a careful study of the race for thirty years—fifteen -on their own ancestral shores, and now fifteen in this land of -ours—such is my conclusion concerning them. They have, naturally, -some of the best traits to fit them for mission work. They are -hopeful, for one thing, as every missionary should be. During all -the long years of their bondage, and then during all the war, how -did they hope on and hope ever that deliverance would come, till -come it did! They are naturally a social people. Getting a new -idea, a new truth, they talk it over, pass it on, keep it going. -The missionary must be social, if he will do the most good. They -are a sharp-minded, quick-witted people. For ability to read -character, make a quick turn, a good use of passing events, or take -a good illustration from nature, the Africans have no superiors. -They are of a tropical constitution, most happy, healthy, and -most at home in just such a climate as that of Africa. It is -their native clime—a fact whose value can neither be denied nor -over-estimated. - -Now keeping all these natural qualifications in mind, let us -briefly notice some pertinent points in that most unique, varied -experience and divinely appointed discipline through which God, in -His providence, has been causing the Freedmen to pass for all these -years, as giving them a yet more special preparation for the great -mission work He has in store for them. - -First, experience in suffering. I know not how it may be with -others, but for myself I have come, long since, to think that -there is no discipline in this world like that of suffering, -rightly used, to fashion us after the image of the Divine. In -this way the Saviour himself is said to have been made perfect -and fitted for His great redemptive work, (Heb. v., 8, 9). And -when, in olden time, God would make choice of a people to be -conservators and propagators of His truth in the world for ages, -how did He prepare them for their mission? Not by sending them to -college, but by sending them down into Egypt; and there, for long -generations, did He keep them in bondage, and then for other long -years in wanderings in the wilderness, till He had fitted them for -His work, and ground into them a character which all the fiction -of the ages has not yet ground out of them. So with the people -of whom we speak—what an experience have they had in suffering! -Surely, God must have in store for them some great and wondrous -mission, for which He has intended this experience to be both -presage and preparation. Then notice the discipline they have had -as soldiers in the camp, on the march, on guard, in the battle, -shoulder to shoulder with our men, sons, brothers, fathers, bravely -fighting for the Union, that they might know what war is, and -what it sometimes costs to secure liberty and save a nation from -anarchy and ruin. See, too, what experience and discipline they -are getting in civil and political life, in the use of the ballot, -in the forming and reconstructing of states, in the framing of -constitutions, in making and executing laws, in all the varied and -complicated duties of citizens, magistrates, judges and rulers, -that they may know how laws, states and nations are made and -sustained, and so be prepared to go and plant these institutions -and principles in the land of their fathers. And then, last and -best of all, what an experience are they getting in the work of -organizing and running Christian schools and pure churches among -their own people, under the lead of our teachers and preachers in -the South, that they may be prepared to do this same blessed work -in that dark land which is so imploringly calling to them, as her -own sons and daughters, to come with the school and the church to -her help. - -I love to look at the work of the American Missionary Association -in this Divine light. I love to come up in this way upon these -highlands of God’s movements in Africa, and among her sons on our -shores in this our day, and to get, as I think I can, in this way, -some good look at the sweep and the purpose of His providence -in the otherwise strange revolutions through which Africa, the -Africans, and we ourselves are so swiftly passing. - -And now, what is wanting to bring this divinely planned enterprise -to a speedy and glorious consummation, but that we do all come -quick and glad into line with God?—that the Freedmen, the American -Missionary Association, all its noble constituency of churches, the -whole rank and file of God’s American army, tread firm and true to -the music of His providence? So shall be generously furnished the -men and the means He now asks, by which to hasten, in His time, the -redemption of Africa unto Himself. - - * * * * * - - -ADDRESS AT NASHVILLE, - -AT THE LAYING OF THE CORNER-STONE OF LIVINGSTONE MISSIONARY HALL. - -BY SECRETARY STRIEBY. - -As we are about to lay the corner-stone of a new school building, -it is proper that I should answer the question, Why do we come down -from the North to erect these buildings in the South? - -Before answering the question, I may say that if we come at all, -it is not strange that we should select so beautiful a spot as -this for a location; nor that we should come to Nashville, for -there seems to be some sort of educational lodestone that attracts -schools to this city. Joshua conquered a Moabite city called -Kirjath-sepher, which scholars tell us means “Book City.” What -could have given it that title in that remote era, whether the -possession of one book or several books, when letters had probably -not long been invented, must remain forever a mystery. So when -Macaulay’s New Zealander, after having meditated on the ruins -of London Bridge, shall come to this spot and meditate upon the -ruins here, or when some Layard or Cesnola or Schliemann shall dig -down deep into their foundations, this place may be denominated -the “School City;” for at the earliest date of the settlement of -Nashville, good schools were formed, and now the hill-tops are -crowned and the streets are adorned with schools of the highest -character. Nor are these for the white race alone. The Methodist -Central Tennessee College, the Baptist Normal and Theological -Institute, and neither last nor least, Fisk University, crowning -these heights, attest the interest taken in the Christian education -of the colored race. - -But why do we come here from the North to build these buildings? -First, we come as fellow-citizens, who have shared in the agony of -the late civil conflict, at the bottom of which lay negro slavery, -and for which North and South were responsible, though it may be -in different degrees. In the piping hot days of the anti-slavery -contest, the Evangelical Alliance met in London. An English -gentleman took the platform and delivered a scathing rebuke to -America for slavery. Dr. Cox, our most celebrated off-hand orator -of that day, took the floor, saying that of course America had -her view as to who was responsible for negro slavery in America, -whether Britons or Americans; “but,” said he, “I propose to take -one corner of the mantle, and let the brother who has just spoken -take the other corner, and we will walk backwards and throw it -over the originator of negro slavery in America.” We come as -fellow-citizens in a like spirit, ready to throw the mantle of -charity over the past. But emancipation has introduced a new -element. The ex-slaves need Christian education and elevation, and -we come as Christian brethren and say to our friends at the South: -We will take one corner of the mantle of Christian education, if -you will take the other, and we will go _forward_, with our faces -lifted to Heaven, and will throw that mantle over the emancipated -slaves. - -This is the work we propose to do in the South, and wise and -candid men both North and South are beginning to realize that the -education of the negro race is the paramount duty of the nation -to it. Presidents Hayes and Garfield have voiced the feelings of -the North on this subject, while Col. Preston and Dr. Ruffner of -Virginia, Sen. Brown and Pres. Haygood of Georgia, have nobly -re-echoed the sentiment from the South. This Association goes -farther than mere intellectual education. It believes that the -Christian element lies at the foundation of all true character, and -that character is the basis of all true manhood and citizenship. -It has been the aim of this Association not merely to lift up the -individual, but to apply the levers to the elevation of the mass, -and hence it has founded in every large Southern State, schools -fitted for the training of teachers, preachers and missionaries of -the colored race. At Hampton, where the first slave-ship entered -the continent, in the same year in which the Pilgrims landed on -Plymouth Rock, the Association opened the first Freedman’s school -in these United States. Under the energetic administration of Gen. -Armstrong, Hampton Institute, with its broad lands, its large and -commodious buildings, its steam-engine and multiplied mechanical -employments, gives educational and industrial training to its large -company of students, graduating about fifty pupils each year, -ninety per cent. of whom go into the State as teachers, carrying -with them, into the school, the Sunday-school, the prayer-meeting -and the church a healthful Christian influence; while the noble -old state of Virginia responds to the effort by a gift of $10,000 -a year for the support of the school. Atlanta University, with its -two commodious buildings, and another soon to be added, imparts -a higher range of teaching, including classic instruction to its -pupils, and the state of Georgia responds with its gift of $8,000 a -year. If you would see what is done at Fisk University, look around -you and examine the classes under instruction in Jubilee Hall. But -time would fail me to speak of Talladega, Ala.; Tougaloo, Miss.; -Straight University, New Orleans; Tillotson Institute, Austin, -Texas; and of the other schools, normal, grammar and primary, which -the Association sustains. From all these institutions we believe -there are pupils now engaged in teaching, who have under their -care 200,000 children, and that there are pastors in churches that -we have founded, and in others not under our care, whom we have -prepared to be intelligent and faithful preachers of the Gospel in -this land and in Africa. We believe that the providence of God is -bringing to pass a wonderful combination of discovery in Africa -and of Christian education among the Freedmen, that is to have an -immeasurable influence on the long neglected races of the Dark -Continent. - -In these efforts for the colored people, we do not wish to make -them vain nor to pauperize them. We believe our efforts have led -thus far to neither of these results. The scholars going from our -schools are not troubled with what is so aptly called the “big -head,” and my observation shows that around our schools and others -like them the colored people are inclined more than anywhere else -to buy land, build houses and make comfortable Christian homes. Our -purpose in erecting these buildings, in addition to the good that -is done to the scholars under immediate instruction, is to inspire -hope in the whole race. And we are doing it. A good colored deacon -in one of our churches said that he expected no greater change to -come over him when he entered Heaven than came over his race when -the doors of the school-house were opened to it. - -In the prosecution of this, our great work, we have spent over -$3,000,000, and to secure that sum we have had providential -helpers. First on the roll and steadiest in the ranks are the -Christian friends at the North and in Great Britain, whose firm -support has been the stability of our efforts. We mention also -the Freedmen’s Bureau, with its large and wise distribution of -Government funds for educational purposes. This Bureau has not been -popular at the South; but we believe the time will yet come when -our Southern friends will learn to appreciate the work of Gen. -Howard, the head of this Bureau, and of Gen. Fisk, who administered -so wisely and impartially for both races the Bureau work in this -and adjoining States. The Jubilee Singers need no eulogy in this -presence; their monument stands before us in Jubilee Hall; yet -no list of the providential helpers of this Association, and -especially of Fisk University, could be complete without their -names. And last, but not least, mention must be made of the noble -generosity of Mrs. Valeria G. Stone, attested not only in the gift -of $60,000, which is to build Livingstone Hall, whose corner-stone -we lay to-day, but in like gifts throughout the land. God rejoices -in the coming spring, when the frozen ground and the ice-covered -streams give place to the springing grass and the budding leaves, -coming forth to adorn and beautify the earth and to presage the -approaching harvests. And so, without presumption, may His child, -the giver of the bounty which rears this building, be permitted to -rejoice as it sends forth its annual company of students, trained -and adorned for a useful life that shall gladden and bless the -world. - - * * * * * - -The Vicksburg _Herald_, rebuking a narrow-minded correspondent, -says: “We are heartily in favor of the South from the Potomac to -the Rio Grande being thoroughly and permanently Yankeeized. Yankee -energy, Yankee schools, Yankee cultivation, Yankee railroads and -Yankee capital are badly needed in the South, and will be welcomed -by every Southern progressive patriot.” - - * * * * * - - -BENEFACTIONS. - -—John P. Howard, of Burlington, has given $50,000 to the University -of Vermont—the largest individual gift ever made to the institution. - -—The Hon. Robert H. Pruyn, of Albany, N.Y., has offered to give -$100,000 toward the general endowment of Rutgers College, New -Brunswick, N.J., provided the remaining trustees contribute -$400,000. - -—Dr. Hoffman, Dean of the Faculty of the General Protestant -Episcopal Theological Seminary of New York, with his family, has -given $75,000 toward the endowment of that institution. - -—Mr. John R. Buchtel, of Acton, Ohio, has added $75,000 to his -gifts to the Buchtel College, making the entire amount about -$200,000. - -—Mr. Wharton has given $100,000 to the Wharton School of Finance -and Economy in connection with the University of Pennsylvania. - -—A benevolent lady has given $3,000 to Lincoln University for the -erection of a tabernacle for the accommodation of visitors on -anniversary occasions. - -—A lady, who does not wish her name published, has just given -$100,000 to Princeton Theological Seminary. - -—Winthrop Hillyer, of Northampton, has given $35,000 to Smith -College for an art building. - -—_Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., has Jubilee Hall completed -and over-flowing with students, and is now erecting Livingstone -Missionary Hall, by the gift of Mrs. Stone; but endowments are the -great necessity. Twenty-five thousand dollars will provide for a -professorship, and there are seven such needing endowment._ - - * * * * * - - -CHINESE NOTES. - -—Chicago has fourteen naturalized Chinamen. - -—Dr. Chalmers reports that the native church in Hong Kong has -increased in numbers from 83 to 216 during the decade, although, -during the same period, no fewer than 77 members have removed to -other parts of China, or have gone abroad. - -—The girl’s school in Shanghai, under the auspices of the London -Missionary Society, numbers 100 scholars. A female missionary is -employed at this point, who devotes her time to work among the -women. Two ladies are also employed with marked success in the same -branch of work at Hong Kong. - -—A Consul of the English Government in China, writing from Chefoo, -says: “A great change has come over all classes in regard to -Christianity; it has made vast strides in the land, in spite of the -fewness of the missionaries; and whether we are inclined to rejoice -in or deplore the fact, the spread of Christianity is inevitable.” - -—It is an interesting evidence of the growing power of Christianity -in Japan that the people feel it necessary to bolster themselves -up by mutual pledges so that they may be kept from becoming -Christians. A Japanese paper reports that a number of citizens -of Kioto, grieved at the rapid spread of the new religion, have -established a society in which each member binds himself by -solemn oaths never to embrace the Christian faith. Any member -who disregards his vows will be ostracized. Men would not so set -themselves did they not feel the power of the current.—_Missionary -Herald._ - - * * * * * - - -INDIAN NOTES. - -—At Hampton there are seventy-nine Indian students, representing -_sixteen_ different tribes. - -—Chief-elect Wildcat, a Shawnee boy, in the middle class at -Hampton, is improving his spare time by compiling a small -English-Indian dictionary. He says that his tribe has no such book, -and one is greatly needed. - -—In the British possessions it is estimated that the total Indian -population is less than one-tenth of the number found by the first -European settlers. - -—Rev. John Sunday, an Indian preacher at Hamilton, Ont., is -reported to have closed a recent address with the following -language: “There is a gentleman who, I suppose, is now in this -house. He is a very fine gentleman, but a very modest one. He does -not like to show himself at these meetings. I do not know how long -it is since I have seen him, he comes out so little. I am very much -afraid that he sleeps a good deal of his time, when he ought to be -out doing good. His name is Gold. Mr. Gold, are you here to-night, -or are you sleeping in your iron chest? Come out, Mr. Gold, come -out and help us do this great work, to preach the Gospel to every -creature. Ah, Mr. Gold, you ought to be ashamed of yourself to -sleep so much in your iron chest. Look at your white brother, Mr. -Silver; he does a great deal of good while you are sleeping. Come -out, Mr. Gold. Look, too, at your little brown brother, Mr. Copper; -he is everywhere. Your poor little brown brother is running about, -doing all that he can to help us. Why don’t you come out, Mr. Gold? -Well, if you won’t show yourself, send us your shirt, that is, a -bank note. That is all I have to say.” - - * * * * * - - - - -THE FREEDMEN. - -REV. JOSEPH E. ROY, D.D., FIELD SUPERINTENDENT, ATLANTA, GA. - - * * * * * - - -ANNIVERSARY REPORTS—CONTINUED. - - -Atlanta University. - -PROF. HORACE BUMSTEAD, D.D. - -Anniversary exercises are apt to afford but meagre indication of -the real work accomplished by any school. To those of us who know -the work of Atlanta University, such exercises seem especially -inadequate to the faithful telling of what is being done here. -When our good Christian friend, Philander Veryrich, hints that he -is ready to come down here with a hundred thousand dollars in each -pocket, to be emptied out wherever they will do the most good, I -shall not especially urge his attendance upon our Commencement -exercises. I shall ask him to spend with us either the first or the -last Sunday evening of the school year. I shall beg him to preserve -a strict _incognito_, and allow me to conceal him outside one of -the windows, or behind one of the doors of our assembly room, -with a peep-hole conveniently arranged. If it is the last Sunday -evening before the vacation, he will hear many of the scholars -speak with grateful appreciation of what the year’s work has done -for them, and with enthusiastic hope of what they mean to do for -others during their summer’s work of teaching. The members of the -graduating class will recall their experience of six or seven or -eight years in the Institution, and tell what a home it has been -to them, and how much of what they have acquired in the training -of mind and character is due to the Christian home influence of -the school. If it is the first Sunday evening of the new school -year, our benevolent friend will hear many of these same scholars -tell of their summer’s work—how they have succeeded in some things -and failed in others; what they have done in Sunday-school and -temperance work; what obstacles they have met and conquered; what -increasing favor they have found in the communities where they -have labored. At either of these Sunday evening family gatherings -(for such they are), I think our visiting friend will be struck -with the simple straightforward way in which our scholars express -themselves, with the extremely limited amount of what is sometimes -called “gush,” and with the clear revelation which will be made to -him that before, behind, around, and underneath everything else, -the development of a thoroughly Christian character, and of a true -manhood and womanhood, is the all-absorbing purpose of our work. -But I am stultifying myself in trying to convey an impression -of these gatherings to others. Even to our own corps of workers -here, they come, twice a year, almost as a surprise and as a most -inspiring revelation to ourselves of what God is permitting us to -do. - -And still, however inadequate, our anniversary exercises have been -full of interest, and have revealed much to those who have visited -us for the first time. The Baccalaureate sermon was preached June -12th, by our college pastor, Rev. Cyrus W. Francis, from 1st -Tim. i. 19, “Holding faith and a good conscience;” and it was -an earnest plea for the supremacy of the higher motives in the -Christian warfare upon which the graduates were about to enter. -Three days of public examinations followed, each day’s session -being concluded by an exercise in music and light gymnastics. On -the last day there was a display of what our girls have learned -in the way of head-making. The walls of the front hall and one of -the stairways were covered with specimens of the students’ drawing -and map-making, indicating great progress in this department -during the year. The normal work also has been making a decided -advance. It is evident that those of us who teach the Greek, Latin -and other higher branches will have to look well to our laurels. -Fewer visitors to the school ask to hear the classics translated; -more wish to see how the three R’s are taught. No exercise of -the examination days riveted the attention of our friends more -firmly than the exercise in teaching one of the grammar-school -grades, by one of the members of the senior normal class, with -following criticisms from the other members of the class. However, -we classical instructors rejoice in all this, for we know that -hereafter we shall have better equipped pupils for grappling with -Xenophon and Cicero. It ought to be mentioned here that one of the -most valuable exercises of our winter term this year was a three -days’ Teachers’ Institute, in which all the teachers and scholars -participated, and in which much light was thrown upon the improved -methods of teaching, now attracting such wide attention. A further -impetus was given to thought and effort in this direction by the -visit of our friend, the Rev. A. D. Mayo, co-editor of the _Journal -of Education_, whose four lectures and one sermon before our -students, and whose private talk and counsel with our teachers on -certain phases of our work, will not soon be forgotten. - -A very large audience, as usual, packed the Friendship Baptist -church on Thursday, to listen to the essays of eleven of the -graduating class, and to the address of the invited orator of the -day. Five young men and twelve young women received the diplomas of -the school. The Commencement address was delivered by Rev. Atticus -G. Haygood, D.D., President of Emory College at Oxford, in this -State. Those who are now reading his recently published book, “Our -Brother in Black,” will not need to be told that his address was -listened to with the greatest pleasure and approval by all who -were present. It was a plain, forcible and thoroughly wholesome -presentation of some of the ways in which the true greatness of -the State must be secured, and the relation thereto of education -and of such institutions as ours. Dr. Haygood represents, most -nobly, that rapidly multiplying element among the Southern people -which believes in the motto, “Look up and not down, out and not in, -forward and not backward, and lend a hand.” May his tribe increase. - -One of the most excellent features of the address was, as one -auditor suggested, the fact that it would have been just as -appropriate for delivery before the Athens (State) University as -before the Atlanta University. - -The Alumni meeting, Thursday afternoon, brought together a goodly -number of the graduates of former years. The spirit of the remarks -made at this gathering gives, every year, an increasing assurance -of the stability and self-propagating character of the work in -which we are engaged. - -The report of the Visiting Committee, appointed by the Governor of -the State, has just been published. It furnishes renewed evidence -of the growing favor which our work is meeting with among the -people of Georgia. The remarks made to the school on the last -day of the examinations, by Rev. Mr. Wilkes, the chairman of the -sub-committee, who prepared this report, were full of good sense -and kindly feeling. The speaker told of his life-long service -as a teacher, and how it had begun with the instruction of a -little colored boy, his father’s slave, in the safe seclusion -of the corn-crib, in the days when such teaching was a criminal -offense. None who heard him could doubt the entire sincerity of -his words of sympathy and encouragement. It is astonishing how -rapidly and widely the work of Atlanta University is coming to be -appreciated. Among the applications for teachers which have lately -been received, have been several from county school commissioners, -who say, in substance, “The teachers we have met with from your -Institution are of such a quality that we desire now to supply all -our schools from the same source.” Let our friends at the North -take courage. Their investments, so far, are bearing compound -interest at a high rate. When these lines reach the eyes of the -readers of the MISSIONARY, some ten thousand children, all over -this great State, will be gathered under the instruction of our -pupils. Next October we shall get the reports of this work. As soon -as our friend, Philander Veryrich, will send me his address, I -will give him the date of the Sunday evening gathering, from which -he can learn more about our work than from whole volumes of the -AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - -TALLADEGA COLLEGE. - -MRS. THOS. N. CHASE. - -After following with tender anxiety so many classes through their -graduating exercises at Atlanta, it has been very pleasant for -me, this year, to witness the closing exercises of two similar -Institutions. This one at Talladega I have been urged to report for -the MISSIONARY. - -The sermon before the graduating class was preached by Pres. H. -S. De Forest upon the worth of the soul. His eloquent review of -the grand geologic ages told of the greater grandeur of Him for -whom they were prepared. His allusions to the soul’s capacity to -think, feel and choose, to its immortality and cost of redemption, -must have brought to the class an overwhelming sense of their -responsibility. In closing, they were asked to remember that what a -man may be is infinitely more than what he can sell himself to get. - -The Missionary Society had the promise of an address on Sunday -evening by Dr. G. B. Willcox, of Chicago Theological Seminary. A -telegram announcing his sickness was throwing its shadow over us, -when, as unexpectedly, Rev. H. M. Ladd dropped in upon us, only -a few days home from Africa. He hastened South to catch the last -days of Talladega and Atlanta sessions, hoping to find recruits for -African missions. - -On Monday the examinations began. This Institution is fortunate -in having an excellent primary school in the building. It is a -constant object lesson to the little army of teachers who go out -every summer to teach just such children, and also dignifies -primary work, which, in spite of Frœbel, Pestalozzi and the -truly wise and good everywhere, is too often considered of minor -importance. The principal of the intermediate department has -remarkable ability in bringing her pupils up to her high standard -of excellence. In the rear of her school-room is a power for good -which is inestimable. It consists in a long, low table with seats. -On it are fastened, by a very simple contrivance, interesting and -instructive illustrated papers and magazines, which the children -are allowed to read after lessons are prepared. In an age when -the best literature floods our land in such cheap forms that the -humblest need never thirst, what nobler philanthropy than to allure -these often worse than homeless children on to an early taste for -good reading? - -The normal work and classes in natural science are in charge of a -graduate lately from Beloit College and Whitewater Normal School. -The classical department is in charge of an Olivet graduate, whose -three years here have proved him invaluable. A most interesting -acquisition to the corps of teachers is a scientific farmer, a -graduate of Massachusetts Agricultural College. To enjoy the -delicious vegetables from his garden is enough to convert a sceptic -in scientific agriculture. It really looks as though, under his -skill, these unsightly acres of red clay were, in time, to blossom -as the rose. The joy and pride of this Institution, however, is its -theological department, and well it may be. Its class of eleven -were examined two hours of one of their hot days, and nobody seemed -weary. The clear, simple topics, recited in such an interesting, -lucid style, tolerated no hovering fog, that I had supposed always, -more or less, mystified a recitation in systematic theology. The -accuracy of their knowledge in Bible history, too, was wonderful. -None but a born teacher could have secured such results from -a class of that grade of scholarship. Classes in geometry and -rhetoric told unmistakably of thorough work. - -We were entertained, Monday evening, by prize speaking and essay -reading; Tuesday evening, by an interesting account of Mr. Ladd’s -African experience, in place of the expected address by Dr. -Willcox; Wednesday evening, by the ordination of two candidates; -Thursday evening, by a musical concert. There are a few rare voices -here that vocal training would develop into marvellous sweetness. - -Thursday was graduating day, and as the class was much smaller -than usual, five young men from the preparatory department gave -orations. They were all excellent in matter and delivery. Their -effect would have been more pleasing, however, had there been a -greater variety of subjects or of treatment. Doubtless, in the -depths of these students’ hearts, no subjects are so momentous as -“The curse of Canaan;” “Cannot we, too, become great men?” “The -ballot,” etc. But what has pleased me here more than anything else, -however, is the excellent spirit manifested by the students in the -family. There is, especially among the young men, an earnestness -of purpose shown that is simply grand. Possibly it is, in part, -owing to the fact that so many are from the country, schooled by -hard work, away from the follies of city life. There is here no -airing of exquisite broadcloth nor swinging of fancy canes. All -are respectful, unassuming, and possessed of a modesty that seems -to reach beneath their delightful demeanor and give them a true -estimate of their abilities. At family devotions, the last morning -before the school separated, one of the graduates led us in prayer. -I cannot think that the thought and tones of that prayer will -ever leave me. The ear of the Omnipotent must have heard those -pathetic pleadings that his fellow-students might be sustained by -the Everlasting Arms as they took up their heavy burdens, often -in the midst of terrible temptations. We who send out these large -numbers of young men and women to reach the masses, feel the need -of your prayers and sympathies; but how much more do these young -and inexperienced ones, as they go out to battle with ignorance, -envy, intemperance and every form of vice! We never realize how -great our hopes are for them till we occasionally get a great shock -by the death of one, or the overcoming and fall of another. We -reach but a few. Surely our work and the entire Southern work of -the American Missionary Association centres in those who go out to -reach the millions. If they fail, we have failed. How important -that we hold up such a high standard of character, that they shall -be beacon lights instead of tapers that shall soon go out in the -darkness. - - * * * * * - - -TILLOTSON INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS. - -(From the Daily Statesman) - -Tillotson Institute is presided over by the Rev. W. E. Brooks, a -gentleman of evident Christian piety, an accomplished scholar, and -a man thoroughly impressed with the dignity and importance of his -trust. Professor Brooks is ably assisted in the educational part -of his work by Miss Hunt, an experienced and successful teacher of -the young, as her class examinations, conducted at the Institute -on the 9th inst., fully demonstrated; the boys and girls, in the -careful and prolonged examinations to which they were subjected by -their teachers and the visitors present, displaying an accuracy -of information and a fullness of understanding highly commendable -to themselves, and a just source of pride to their faithful and -efficient teachers. The examination in English grammar, including -analysis and parsing, was excellent, as was that also in geography. -The result of the examination in arithmetic, algebra and Latin -showed an uncommon proficiency on the part of the students, -considering the fact that they have been at this school and under -this training scarcely more than six months. - -President Brooks has the real welfare of his pupils at heart, -and is educating them in a practical as well as theoretical way. -He is teaching them how to become useful and honorable men and -women, and his labors have the cordial approval of all our best -citizens. President Brooks is so much gratified with his success -thus far that he visits the North shortly, hoping to get further -aid in establishing this school, and proposes, if his expectations -are realized, to add a mechanical and agricultural department -to his present course of instruction. The school closed with an -attendance of one hundred and seven pupils. This under-taking is -a very praiseworthy one, and will, we doubt not, meet with the -encouragement it most certainly deserves. In Virginia, Tennessee -and Louisiana these schools for the colored youth are attracting -the attention and securing the liberal approval of the legislatures -and public men of those states, and so it will be here. - -We noticed among the many visitors present at the examination, -Gov. Pease, Rev. Mr. Wright, Judge Fulmore, Mr. A. P. Wooldridge, -Profs. Winn and Johnson, all of whom expressed themselves highly -gratified with the success of the school. - -We recommend to our people who take an interest in education -to visit this Institution. They can be assured of a polite and -hospitable welcome, and most of them will be surprised and pleased -to see what a superior school and school building we have in our -midst. - - * * * * * - - -AVERY INSTITUTE, CHARLESTON. - -The school year at Avery Institute closed Thursday, June 30, the -last three days being given to public exercises. Tuesday was -“examination day.” I wish you all could see the school as it looked -that morning from the rostrum. The bright eager eyes, the earnest -faces, the neat appropriate style of dress, and the respectful -scholar-like behavior of the students, even the tiniest ones, are -a strong contrast to the appearance of the street children. You -suppose our scholars belong to a better class than the street -children? To be sure they do; but these same lower classes may -become respectable, and have much more to encourage them to rise, -than those had who have already struggled up. The visitors were, -of course, friends of the school and of the scholars, and they -said many kind and appreciative things about the school and the -recitations they heard. We tried to make the examinations strictly -honest. Every scholar was given a chance, as far as possible, to -show what he had done in every study he had pursued; and to take -the words of those who visited the different classes, the result -was satisfactory. - -Wednesday was “children’s day,” when the little ones in the lower -rooms gave the entertainment, and the older scholars attended as -guests, with other friends of the small entertainers. The affair -was very child-like and pretty. The recitations and dialogues -were such as the children could appreciate; the songs bright, -airy little things; and the singing a half-shy dainty rippling -of very sweet music. Through all there was no appearance of the -“Now-all-are-looking-at-me” feeling that sometimes makes children’s -exhibitions such pitiful things. - -On Thursday was the Anniversary. The course of study having been -extended one year, there was no graduating class. The exercises -consisted of essays by members of the upper classes, the recitation -of a few poems, one or two dialogues, and music. The music was very -good, the dialogues natural, the recitations well chosen and well -spoken, that entitled “Mona’s Water” being very strongly rendered; -but the most interesting part of this entertainment was the essays. -Three prizes had been offered, and three gentlemen of the city -acted as judges, to decide on the merits of the different essays. -All were called good, and with reason. Those of the youngest -class in essay writing were delightfully child-like, natural and -original. That on “Intemperance,” to which the prize was awarded, -had besides a strong-hearted earnestness and depth of thought that -were surprising. The essays of the middle class showed more mature -thought, or, perhaps, a reaching out towards mature thought—a calm -looking forward and trying to prepare for earnest living. The prize -in this class came to the essay entitled, “We Learn not for School, -but for Life.” The essays of the upper class seemed to have for a -key-note a sentiment we always find among the best of our people -here, when we get at their hearts and hopes and aspirations—the -elevation of their race. Do not think there was any sameness in -these essays. Each reached this thought in a different way. It -gleamed out in “Everything was Made to be Happy;” it made itself -felt as one of the foundations of “Progress;” and it formed the -crown of the prize essay, “Nothing Great is Lightly Won,” when, -after brave words calling to action, it closed with the quotation -from Longfellow’s “Psalm of Life:” - - “Lives of great men all remind us, - We may make our lives sublime,” etc., - -leaving one with the thought that helping others is the best and -greatest work here, and that our lives must be right towards God if -we would really help. - -In the evening of this same day the Normal exhibition was held. -Every part of the programme was well executed. - - C. - - * * * * * - - -LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL. - -REV. S. E. LATHROP, MACON, GA. - -The closing examinations occupied nearly two days, May 31st and -June 1st. The attendance of parents and other visitors was larger -than at any previous occasion for some years past, showing perhaps -an increasing interest in educational matters. Most of the older -scholars (about fifteen of them) had left previously to teach -country schools; but the classes which were examined acquitted -themselves remarkably well. The questioning by the teachers threw -them upon their own resources, and proved the excellent instruction -they have had. The noticeable quickness and readiness of answer, -and the mastery of each branch of study, showed that they have -been trained to think for themselves, and not merely to learn -by rote. In reading, geography, history, grammar, composition, -arithmetic, algebra, natural philosophy, and other branches, the -scholars showed very commendable proficiency, and again answered -the often-answered question, “Can the negro learn?” - -One thing highly commended by all the visitors, and an important -feature of the instruction, was the constant use of writing. -The scholars spell out their lessons by writing on slate or -black-board. They frequently prepare written compositions or -reviews of lessons in grammar and geography, and in many ways -are taught to express in written characters the thoughts drawn -from their studies. Thus the facts are firmly fixed in mind, and -they learn also by the same process to write, spell, capitalize, -punctuate and compose. Some of the exercises written as ordinary -lessons displayed handsome penmanship. - -Several leading white citizens attended the exercises, and -expressed themselves as being much pleased. Among them were -Professor Williams, principal of the State Asylum for the Blind, -located here, a firm friend of negro education; and Professor -Link, a professional teacher of many years’ experience, who said, -significantly, in private: “I attend all the white schools, and -I don’t see any difference”—which is quite an admission for a -native Southerner. There was also Rev. J. W. Burke, a leading -Methodist Episcopal clergyman, publisher and assistant editor of -the _Wesleyan Christian Advocate_, well known as an excellent -Christian man and a true friend of the negro. All the visitors -showed decided interest and pleasure. A violent rain-storm arising -in the afternoon doubtless kept away many who would have attended. - -The literary exercises were held in the church at 4 p. m., June -1st, in the presence of a large and attentive audience. The -school, marching in to organ music, were massed together upon the -pulpit platform, one tier above another, making a very striking -and memorable group. As I looked into the bright eyes and smiling -faces of all shades of color, from jet black to almost pure white, -and noted the neat, tasty dress, and the beaming of intelligence -from the animated features, and remembered the thoroughness of -the examination they had passed, I looked back to another scene, -sixteen years ago, when, as a soldier in General Wilson’s cavalry, -we took possession of this city, and heard the rumors of peace -confirmed, just at the end of the long and bloody war. That was -my first sight of the negroes of Macon. Then they were uncouth, -ragged, ignorant and untrained; but now what a change! I thanked -God and took courage. - -As the school stood in this grouped position, they sang beautifully -the song “Our Motto,” in which the chorus of each verse was “Be -faithful, firm and true.” Then repeating together the Twenty-third -Psalm, and chanting the Lord’s Prayer, they took their seats in -the body of the church, and the literary programme went on. The -reading of selections and compositions, the declamations and music, -were all well rendered. The singing was especially deserving of -notice, as, on account of the severe illness of Miss Raynor, the -music teacher, the scholars were deprived of their accustomed -organ accompaniment and musical leadership. But they had been -well trained, and acquitted themselves with much credit to their -teacher and themselves. A song entitled “The Farmer’s Boy,” with -a whistling chorus, was especially well sung and whistled. The -senior class sang a parting song, and the benediction by Rev. J. W. -Burke at 6 P. M. closed the arduous and successful year’s work of -the school. - -During the year there have been 162 pupils enrolled. Miss C. H. -Gilbert, who has been principal for the past three years, is a very -successful and experienced instructor, and deserves great credit -for the thoroughness and progress of the school. The assistants, -Misses J. A. Raynor and C. M. Park, have also done faithful and -valuable work. The school has almost outgrown its present quarters, -and much needs increased accommodations. The daily Macon _Telegraph -and Messenger_ published full and eulogistic reports of the closing -exercises. - -Mrs. Elizabeth Lathrop, wife of the Macon missionary, has been -doing an important work in the industrial line among the girls -during the year. Laboring simply as minister’s wife, she has -accomplished a good deal of missionary work, not the least -important of which has been the sewing school. Beginning last -December with twelve pupils, the number increased to 133 on the -roll, with an average weekly attendance of 55. Northern friends -have contributed thread, needles and other material, and during -the seven months the class have made, under the instruction of -Mrs. Lathrop, three hundred and six garments (aprons, dresses, -handkerchiefs and under clothing), besides twenty-six patch-work -quilts, all but three of these completely finished. On June 4th -there was an exhibition of these articles at the Lewis High School, -an astonishment to all who beheld. The mothers sat there with -glad, grateful tears rolling down their cheeks, at the thought -of the benefits received in this manner. Speeches of eulogistic -gratitude were made by the colored Methodist preachers, and the day -closed with the distribution of the garments to the girls who had -made them. Much good has been accomplished in this way, and this -industrial training is receiving, as it should, more attention than -formerly in different places. - - * * * * * - - - - -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. - -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. - - * * * * * - - -THE ANNIVERSARY AT STOCKTON. - -Last month I gave some account of our anniversary at Sacramento, -with the address by Lem Chung. Last Sabbath evening, June 19th, we -held our anniversary at Stockton. It was an exceedingly interesting -and useful service. The church was well filled—better than ever -before when I have been there. The report of the secretary, Mr. -M. J. Nightingale, and the supplementary one by the teacher, Mrs. -M. B. Langdon, showed good work done with glad results. Just 100 -Chinese had been enrolled as pupils in the school during the year, -though the largest enrolment in any one month was 49. The average -attendance on some months rose to 35 or 36, but the average for the -year was 25. Two of the pupils have been baptized and received -into the Congregational church in Stockton during the year, and -others are now ready to be thus received. - -The exercises by the pupils were well rendered. The pastor of the -church, Rev. John Hooper, made an earnest and effective address, -pledging his own sympathy and co-operation in such terms as will be -very helpful to us in the year to come. Your superintendent said -a few words also; but that which thrilled us most of all was the -brief and modest address of our new helper, Lee Pak Yuen, converted -in connection with our Oakland Mission, and a member of the First -Congregational church in that city. I give it to our readers just -as it was uttered. - - -ADDRESS BY LEE PAK YUEN. - -Dear Friends and Teachers: I am very glad to see you all, but I -have not much to say to you. I can only tell you how I became a -Christian. - -For the first three years I was in California I did not like Jesus, -and I did scold those Chinese Christians who spoke about him. I -only liked to go and gamble, and play cards and drink. So I had no -money to live on. I felt very sorry; but afterward I was asked to -come to school, and for many months in school I also talked against -Jesus; but the teacher did not scold me, but was very kind to me. -He taught me, at length, to read this verse in Matt. ix. 13, “For I -am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” But, -at last, the Holy Spirit convinced me to believe in Jesus with all -my heart, and now I thank you very much for what you have done for -me and for my countrymen. I hope the Lord bless you, and bring many -to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. - -I know the Lord is very strong. He helps every one to believe in -Him. Without Him we can do nothing. He will watch over us and take -care of us. Now I will tell you what I did while I was in China. -I left California to go back to China to my father’s house. He -called me to worship the gods, but I would not. My father had made -all preparations for my worshiping. He took my hand to go out of -the door to worship the ancestors, and he wanted me to kneel down -and pray to them. Because I would not, he scolded me and called me -crazy. - -I came out to Hong Kong and stopped there one month. I then went -back to my home, and found my father crying, and all very sad. I -asked, “What is the matter?” My father answered: “You are no good. -You come home and will not worship my gods. The gods will kill your -brothers.” I then went to see my brothers, and found one of them -very sick indeed. The doctor said he cannot live two days. I almost -cried myself. My father then said to me: “If he dies I shall kill -you. If I do not kill you, all your other brothers will die.” I -then took my father’s hand, and knelt down and asked the Lord Jesus -to bless him; but my father scolded me all the time, for he did -not believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as our Saviour. He heard my -prayer for my brother’s sickness. In twenty days he was all well. -All the people of my village called me Christ; but I said, I am not -Christ; he is in heaven. The Bible says, “Whatsoever ye shall ask -the Father in my name I will do it.” - -My dear friends, I hope you will not forget to pray for China, that -all may be brought to believe in the true God. Let us remember -the promise, “Ask of me, and I will give you the heathen for -thine inheritance, and the uttermost part of the earth for thy -possession.” - - -THE MAY REPORTS. - -I add the following item, clipped from _The Pacific_ of June 8th: - -The monthly reports for May from the various mission schools of the -California Chinese mission are very encouraging. The work is larger -and, as we gladly believe, _better_ than ever before—more schools, -more teachers, more pupils, and, we trust, many souls seeking -Christ. The statistics are as follows: Schools, 14; teachers and -helpers, 27; pupils enrolled, 566; of whom 190 were received -during May, against 68 who left the schools. The aggregate average -attendance was 314. Since the beginning of the present fiscal year -(Sept. 1, 1880), 1,245 pupils have been enrolled. Of the pupils now -in the schools, 136 are reported as giving evidence of conversion. - - * * * * * - - - - -WOMAN’S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. - -Room 20, Congregational House, Beacon St., Boston. - - MISS NATHALIE LORD, _Secretary_. - MISS ABBY W. PEARSON, _Treasurer_. - - * * * * * - - -TWENTY MINUTES A-DAY WORKING SOCIETY, - -IN CONNECTION WITH THE WOMAN’S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. - -For the benefit of ladies interested in home missionary work, but -prevented from forming or joining auxiliaries, we have this month a -new plan to propose, a plan which offers some of the advantages of -both individual and co-operative work. - -The Twenty Minutes a-Day Working Society originated, we believe, -in England, where it appears to be accomplishing great good. Its -characteristic features are found in other associations among -English ladies, who seem to have a special liking for being bound -together by aim and rules without organization or meetings. But the -idea has been adopted in some of the churches of our country also, -and, it is said, with admirable success. - -The following are the rules by which the members of this society -bind themselves: - -1. To work twenty minutes a day, or two hours a week, according to -convenience. - -2. Each lady to furnish her own materials, and make such articles -as are suitable either for home missionaries and their families at -the West, or for distribution among the colored people. - -3. To contribute at least one book a year, not necessarily new. - -4. To contribute fifty cents a year for the purpose of defraying -expenses of transportation, &c. - -5. To pray each day for those to whom these gifts are sent, and -also for the prosperity of our organization. - -6. Articles made are to be sent twice a year to the rooms of the -Woman’s Home Missionary Association, at such times as shall be -designated by the committee. - -For further information apply to the Secretary of the Woman’s Home -Missionary Association, 20 Congregational House, Boston. - -The interest roused by the late Home Missionary Convention at -Chicago shows how real and earnest is the purpose in the hearts -of many of our people to undertake with new determination and -zeal the task of keeping and of recovering this land for a true -Christianity. Every day exposes anew to us, if our eyes are open, -the monstrous and fatal dangers which threaten our Republic. But -do we consider, does each Christian reflect, that not one of these -evils, not one evil, would endanger our beloved country, if the -good news brought by Christ were accepted and worked out in every -home and every life? - -“Ten times one is ten;” yes, there is well unfolded the secret of -Christian life and strength, and of the coming millennium. Let each -of us now say: “I have been saved by the knowledge of Christ; to -how many can I convey this knowledge the coming year? Can I send -it to ten more? to one more? It is not for me to wait to see what -ten others will do. What can I do, and now, to help recover what -is lost, to keep what is yet ours in our dear land?” Oh, let us -try it. We are not doing enough, and our time of working may be -short, if we let the enemy come in like a flood; but let us work, -each work, alone, together; work and pray, for we have already seen -something of what God’s power and goodness can do in multiplying -single-handed and feeble (?) efforts made in His name. - -A word more to the children about the Sunday-school papers. A -generous response has come in, but still the Secretary has a large -number of names of schools ready to receive above the number of -those ready to give. Are there not other Sunday-schools with -papers to send? Is there not some girl or boy ready to undertake -to collect the same? Do not be afraid to send a few, if you have -not many, only send them regularly and with prayer. Do not forget -to be “ready to distribute, willing to communicate.” This is your -opportunity as well as that of your father and mother, and the work -is great. Write to the Secretary of the Woman’s Home Missionary -Association, 20 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., and she will -send you the name of a school where the boys and girls will be, you -can hardly think how, eager and glad to get your papers. - -Receipts of Woman’s Home Missionary Association from May 31 to June -27, 1881: - - From auxiliaries $169.92 - ” life members 20.00 - ” annual members 2.00 - ” donations 52.50 - —————— - $244.42 - -Boxes and barrels: - - From W. Newton, Aux. to Mrs. - Babcock, valued at $30.00 - ” Son of Rev. Mr. Alvord, - Nashua, to Miss Wilson. 50.00 - ” Miss. Sunbeams, Phillip’s Ch., - South Boston, to the West 15.00 - - * * * * * - - - - -CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - * * * * * - - -GRACIE’S MISTAKE. - -MRS. HARRIET A. CHEEVER. - -“Just think, mamma! grandpa Gray gave me a five dollar bill just as -he was getting into the cars to go home, and said I might do just -what I pleased with it; wasn’t that splendid?” - -“Yes, Gracie, what shall you do with it?” - -“Don’t know yet, shall have to think;” and Gracie flattened her -nose against the window-pane one short moment, the next she -exclaimed: - -“Oh, see, ma, there goes one of those colored students; do you -suppose they ever learn much?” - -Something in the child’s tone pained Mrs. Gray, and she answered -seriously: - -“Just as much as any others; my little girl has yet to learn that -any difference in young men that is only skin deep is a very slight -difference, and none whatever in the sight of God.” - -“Well,” replied the petted child, “I like white folks best, and -_always shall_;” and she gave her pretty head with its fair hair a -smart little toss. Before her mother could reply, she asked hastily: - -“May I run across the bit of woods and see Jennie Hale a little -while?” - -Her mother said yes, and the next moment Gracie was skipping along -through the “bit of woods” towards the home of her little friend, -when all at once she struck her foot against a little stump, -bounded into the air for an instant, then fell heavily. There she -lay moaning in dreadful pain. - -“Oh, dear!” she cried, “I’ve broken my ankle, I know I have, and -that horrid Dr. Stuart will have to set it, and he sha’n’t, he -sha’n’t! I’ll die if he does! Oh, dear, what shall I do!” - -Dr. Frank Bates, a colored student in the medical department of the -college for freedmen, close by, was walking slowly along with a -book in his hand—a way these students have, somehow, of improving -every moment—when he thought he heard a moan. He listened, and sure -enough it _was_ a moan, very near, too, and putting the book in his -pocket, he soon reached the spot where Gracie was lying. - -He was a very tall, strong young man, but tender-hearted and gentle -as a woman could be. He knelt beside Gracie, who cried with pain -when he tried to lift her. - -“There, there,” he crooned pityingly, his great, soft eyes full -of compassion; “wait a moment, and Dr. Frank’ll make it all right -for poor sissy;” and seeing at once what was the real trouble, he -fortunately found a little board, and tearing his bright Madras -handkerchief into strips, with what skill he could carefully -splintered and bandaged the broken limb; then lifting her firmly in -his strong arms, he carried her steadily and safely along to her -home. - -Grade’s mother, in all her distress at her little girl’s pain, -did not forget to thank him warmly for what he had done. Then -she added. “Now we will send for Dr. Stuart, and soon have you -comfortable, poor little Gracie.” - -But to Mrs. Gray’s surprise, Gracie cried out: “Oh no, no, mamma, -let Dr. Frank stay; I know my limb is broken and must be set all -right; he told me so; but I want Dr. Frank; I’ll be good, only let -him stay.” - -Turning to the young giant who stood quietly by, Mrs. Gray asked if -he dared undertake the case, and understood properly what must be -done. - -And he proved he did understand perfectly, for not even the famous -Dr. Stuart could more carefully or skillfully have done what was -needed than did Dr. Frank. - -Such friends as they grew to be—the dark-skinned, intelligent young -student, and his fair little patient! - -One day Gracie said to her father, “Papa, sha’n’t you pay Dr. Frank -just as much for what he has done for me as you should any one -else?” - -Mr. Gray thought a moment, then replied: - -“Yes, Gracie, I certainly shall; it is only right; he has earned it -as fairly certainly as any one else could have done.” - -And what a help and encouragement it was, the handsome sum which -Gracie’s grateful papa paid to Dr. Frank one day. But one other -day, the great tears stood in Dr. Frank’s fine dark eyes, and he -couldn’t say a word for a long time, when Gracie made him a present -of her five dollar bill “to buy a book with, to remember her by,” -she said child-like; but when he could find his voice again, he -said so sadly, that Gracie will never forget it: - -“No fear that Dr. Frank will ever forget the first dear white child -who ever gave him kind words and dared trust him. I am very, very -grateful for dear little sissy’s dollars; but oh, the kind words -are the sweetest sounds Dr. Frank has ever heard yet.” - -One day Gracie asked her mother if she remembered how proudly she -said she should _always_ like white folks best. - -“Yes, I remember,” replied her mother. - -“So does God,” said Gracie very gently; “but I’ve been praying Him -to remember it no more, for what _should_ I have done without my -good, kind Dr. Frank?” - - * * * * * - - - - -RECEIPTS FOR JUNE, 1881. - - * * * * * - - - MAINE, $147.08. - - Augusta. Benj. Spaulding $5.00 - Bangor. Hammond St. Sab. Sch. 11.00 - Blanchard. “D.B.” 10.00 - Brunswick. J. W. Perry, _for Wilmington, N.C._ 5.00 - East Union. David Fowler 5.00 - Ellsworth. Mrs. L. T. Phelps 10.00 - Gorham. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C. and $2.50 _for - freight, for Selma, Ala._ 2.50 - Machias. Centre St. Cong. Ch. 5.11 - North Yarmouth. Cong. Ch. _for Student Aid, - Selma, Ala._ 27.45 - Portland. Ladies’ Aux. H. M. A. of Williston - Ch., Box of C. and $1.52 _for freight, for - Wilmington, N.C._ 1.52 - Saint Albans. Rev. W. S. Sewall 6.50 - Winterport. Mrs. Dr. E. Manter, _for - California Chinese M._ 52.00 - York. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00 - - - NEW HAMPSHIRE, $136.39. - - Amoskeag. Mrs. Henry B. Stearns, $2; Mrs. N. - Stearns, $2 4.00 - Dover. S. H. F. 0.50 - Exeter. Second Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00 - Franklin Falls. J. B. H. 1.00 - Gilsum. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.50 - Goffstown. G. P. 1.00 - Hampstead. Ann M. Howard 5.00 - Hanover. Dartmouth College Ch. and Soc. 22.00 - Hollis. Cong. Ch. 6.19 - Mason. Cong. Ch. 4.75 - Meriden. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 - Nashua. Lavinia Albert, _for Wilmington, N.C._ 2.00 - Stoddard. Rev. B. Southworth 5.00 - Troy. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.45 - Wakefield. Rev. Nathaniel Barker 2.00 - - - VERMONT, $318.03. - - East Hardwick. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00 - Fayetteville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.17 - Dummerston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.15 - Jericho Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.25 - Manchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 45.60 - McIndoe’s Falls. Dea. W. R. Monteith 5.00 - Newport. M. Benton Hall 2.00 - Newbury. Mrs. D. J. 1.00 - New Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $20.47; Rev. S. - Knowlton, $10 30.47 - North Clarendon. Mrs. Wm. D. Marsh 5.00 - Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $10; Mrs. B. B. - Newton, $5 15.00 - Richmond. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.24 - Saint Albans. Mrs. M. A. Stranahan’s S. S. - Class, Cong. Ch., $50; Young Men’s Bible - Class, $10, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 60.00 - Saint Albans. Class in First Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.00 - Sheldon. Cong. Sab. Sch. 20.00 - Shoreham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.23 - Underhill. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.00 - Vergennes. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - Windham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.92 - - - MASSACHUSETTS, $6,403.46. - - Amherst. W. S. Clark, _for repairs, Talladega - C._ 50.00 - Andover. Chapel Ch. and Soc. 93.92 - Andover. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., by Mrs. J. C. - Dove, $55, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._; - Sab. Sch. of Free Ch., $10, _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 65.00 - Ashburnham. M. W. 1.00 - Ashfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $41.54, to - const. REV. J. WADHAMS, L.M.; B. Howes, $1.30 42.84 - Attleborough. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 93.44 - Ayer. Mrs. C. A. Spaulding 46.00 - Bedford. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MRS. - MARY W. HANAFORD, L. M. 39.66 - Beverly. Dane St. Ch. and Soc. 83.03 - Boston. “Wilberforce.” 2,014.00 - Boston. Immanuel Cong. Ch. and Soc. $100; - Central Cong. Ch. (ad’l), $20; “W. E. M.” $10 130.00 - Boston. Ladies, _for Washington, D.C._ 7.00 - Brocton. “A Friend” 10.00 - Brookline. “S. A. C.” 10.00 - Cambridge. Children’s Doll Show, _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00 - Charlestown. Ivory Littlefield 50.00 - Chicopee. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., $31.28; - Third Cong. Ch. and Soc., $11 42.28 - Chelsea. Mrs. E. C. 0.50 - Conway. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 22.00 - Dedham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 182.56 - Easthampton. Mrs. Emily G. Williston 150.00 - East Medway. Mrs. E. D. 1.00 - East Weymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. - REV. J. W. MALCOLM, L. M. 53.00 - Framingham. “A Friend.” 5.00 - Globe Village. Mrs. T. M. 1.00 - Groton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 63.65 - Ipswich. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.66 - Haydenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.31 - Holyoke. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.26 - Housatonic. Housatonic Cong. Ch. and Soc 52.85 - Hyde Park. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Athens, Ala._ 25.00 - Hubbardston. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Tougaloo U._ 9.00 - Lynn. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.36 - Lynnfield Centre. Cong Ch. and Soc. 5.57 - Linden. Young People’s Soc., _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 6.00 - Long Meadow. Ladies’ Benev. Ass’n. 15.80 - Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.64 - Mansfield. W. J. T., 75c.; S. E. S., 25c 1.00 - Mattapoisett. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 - Millbury. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 25.00 - Mittineague. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.46 - Monson. Mrs. C. C. Chapin and her S. S. Class, - _for ed. of an Indian boy, Hampton N. and A. - Inst._ 12.00 - Montville. Sylvester Jones 2.00 - New Bedford. North Cong. Ch. 96.78 - Newbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.00 - Newburyport and Amesbury. Ladies, _for - Washington, D.C._ 6.50 - Newburyport. Belleville Cong. Ch., $57.11; P. - H. Lunt, $25 82.11 - Newburyport. Miss Mary Couch, _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00 - Newton Centre. Ladies of Mrs. Furber’s Bible - Class, $50; Mrs. M. B. Furber, $25, _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 75.00 - Newton Highlands. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 60.98 - Norfolk. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.04 - North Brookfield. Miss A. W. Johnson, $5; Miss - A. W. Johnson and Friends, Bbl. of C., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00 - North Weymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. - DEA. DAVID PRATT, L. M. 30.00 - Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 59.00 - Oakham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 64.93 - Orleans. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00 - Paxton. “Friends,” by E. L. Rowell, _for - rebuilding, Tougaloo, Miss._ 4.00 - Peabody. Prof. J. K. Cole, _for Student Aid, - Straight U._ 10.00 - Peabody. Thomas Stimpson, _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 5.00 - Petersham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.50 - Reading. Bethesda Cong. Ch. and Soc., $52.79; - Mrs. W. W., 50c 53.29 - Rockville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 - Salem. Tabernacle Ch. and Soc. 278.25 - Sherborn. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 30.00 - Shirley Village. L. Holbrook, $5; L. F. L., 50c 5.50 - Somerset. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00 - South Hadley. Cong. Ch. and Soc., M. C. Coll. 16.00 - South Hadley. Teachers and Pupils of Mount - Holyoke Sem. (40c. _of which for rebuilding - Tougaloo, Miss._) 14.90 - Springfield. “M.” 1000.00 - Springfield. Olivet Cong. Ch. and Soc., $31; - “A Friend,” $1 32.00 - Springfield. Olivet Cong. Sab. Sch. _for - Indian boys and girls, Hampton N. and A. - Inst._ 23.22 - Sturbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 51.82 - Tolland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.93 - Townsend. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.75 - Uxbridge. Mrs. Charles Ellis 2.00 - Wakefield. “Mission Workers” of Cong. Ch., - $15; Three Classes in Cong. Sab. Sch., $13, - _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 28.00 - Walpole. Rev. H. L. Kendall 10.00 - West Barnstable. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Westhampton. Cong. Ch. 12.23 - Wellesley. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00 - Westport. Pacific Union Sab. Sch. 3.56 - West Somerville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.00 - West Springfield. Park St. Ch. and Soc. 44.54 - West Springfield. Mission Band of Cong. Ch. - _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 30.00 - Worcester. Union Sab. Sch. $35, _for - furnishing room, Stone Hall_, and $15 _for - Student Aid, Talladega C._ 50.00 - Worcester. Cent. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for - Student Aid, Straight U._ 25.00 - Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 22.00 - Winchester. N. W. C. H. 0.50 - Yarmouth. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., - _for Charleston, S.C._ - —— “A Friend” 10.00 - ———————— - 5,919.12 - - LEGACY. - - Danvers. Estate of Mrs. Jonas Fiske, by - Ebenezer Peabody 484.34 - ———————— - 6,403.46 - - - RHODE ISLAND, $89.26. - - Central Falls. Cong. Ch. 84.26 - Providence. Ladies, _for Washington, D.C._ 5.00 - - - CONNECTICUT, $4,358.30. - - Bridgeport. Daniel E. Marsh, _for Tillotson C. - and N. Inst._ 100.00 - Bridgeport. Second Cong. Ch. 77.73 - Bolton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00 - Colchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 89.34 - Durham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $30; Cong. - Sab. Sch., $5 35.00 - East Hampton. Dea. Samuel Skinner, _for - Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00 - East Hartford. E. A. Williams 20.00 - East Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. - MISS EMMA LYON, L. M. 30.00 - Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.35 - Georgetown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 1.70 - Glastenbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 125.00 - Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.97 - Hartford. Roland Mather, $500; Mrs. L. C. - Dewing, $100; “A Friend,” $50; Talcot St. - Cong. Ch. (collected by five little girls), - $21.18 671.18 - Kensington. Mrs. M. Hotchkiss 5.00 - Kent. First Cong. Soc. 34.84 - Ledyard. Cong. Ch. 19.45 - Manchester. First Cong. Ch. 56.89 - Meriden. E. T. 1.00 - Middletown. A. Doolittle 5.00 - Morris. H. W. 0.50 - Mount Carmel. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for ed. of an - African lad_ 66.87 - New Britain. Young Ladies’ Soc., Bbl. and Box - of C. and $5 _for freight, for Macon, Ga._ 5.00 - New Haven. James H. Foy, $10 _for Student Aid_ - and $25 _for furnishing a room, Talladega C._ 35.00 - New London. “A friend in First Ch.” _for - Talladega C._ 300.00 - New London. First Ch. 57.71 - New Preston Hill. Cong. Ch. 14.00 - North Cornwall. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 1.00 - Northfield. Cong. Ch. 31.50 - North Haven. E. Dickerman 2.00 - Plainville. Cong. Ch. to const. MRS. TITUS - DARROW, L. M. 66.00 - Plantsville. Cong. Sab. Sch., $25; Dea. T. - Higgins, $25, _for Tougaloo U._ 50.00 - Putnam. Second Cong. Ch. 88.07 - Putnam. “Mrs. E. W. S.,” $20; Mrs. M. A. K. - $15, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 35.00 - Scitico. “Friends,” _for Student Aid, Selma, - Ala._ 75.00 - Somerville. Cong Ch. $65.54; Sab. Sch. of - Cong. Ch., Box of S. S. Books 65.54 - Stamford. Miss H. H. 0.50 - Suffield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.04 - Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 68.90 - Thompson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 73.00 - Wallingford. T. B. Bartholomew 5.00 - West Stafford. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Wilton. Cong. Ch. 15.50 - Winsted. C. B. Hallett 10.00 - Woodbury. North Cong. Ch. 18.00 - Woodstock. E. L. Snow, $350; First Cong. Ch. - and Soc., $20.22 370.22 - Vernon. Cong. Sab. Sch., $13.50; “A Friend,” - $2, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 15.50 - ———————— - 2,858.30 - - LEGACIES. - - Bridgeport. Estate of Mrs. Laura Sherman, by - Mrs. Mary B. Loomis, Executrix 500.00 - New London. Trust Estate of Henry P. Haven, - _for Talladega C._ 1,000.00 - ———————— - 4,358.30 - - - NEW YORK, $779.92. - - Bangor. R. H. Farr 20.00 - Brooklyn. Central Cong. Ch., $171.90; South - Cong. Ch. (ad’l), $3 174.90 - Brooklyn. Ladies, _for Washington, D.C._ 21.00 - Canandaigua. First Cong. Ch. 45.98 - Connecticut. Mrs. R. K. 1.00 - Cortland. Ladies of Home Miss. Soc., Box of - papers and 25c. _for freight_ 0.25 - Coventry. S. A. Beardsley 5.00 - Coxsackie. Mrs. E. F. Spoor, $5; Miss A. G. - Fairchild, $5 10.00 - Deansville. Cong. Sab. Sch. 4.25 - Fredonia. Sab Sch. of Presb. Ch., _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._, and to const. MRS. SUSAN G. - WHITE, L. M. 50.00 - Floyd. Cong. Ch. 2.53 - Groton. Cong. Ch. 25.77 - Ithaca. First Cong. Ch. 40.50 - Little Valley. Cong. Ch. 3.60 - Madison. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00 - Mexico. Mrs. Susan K. Butterfield 50.00 - Middletown. First Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Munnsville. Cong. Ch. 7.00 - New York. S. T. Gordon, _for Student Aid, Fisk - U._ 200.00 - New York. S. T. Gordon, 275 copies of “The New - Song.” - Owego. Bbl. of C., _for Mobile, Ala._ - Pitcher. Cong. Ch. 18.23 - Sidney Plain. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.71 - Sinclairville. Earl C. Preston 2.00 - North Pitcher. Cong. Ch. 2.25 - Spencerport. “A Friend” 20.00 - Ticonderoga. H. P. Bake and family 5.00 - Triangle. Gerrit S. Morse 2.00 - Wellsville. First Cong. Ch. 21.95 - - - NEW JERSEY, $94.24. - - East Orange. Grove St. Cong. Ch. 23.74 - Elizabeth. Mrs. H. W. P. 1.00 - Jersey City. “S. E. H.” 10.00 - Montclair. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $15; Mrs. J. - F. Pratt’s Sab. Sch. Class, $5. _for Student - Aid, Talladega C._ 20.00 - Newark. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for - furnishing room, Stone Hall, Talladega C._ 24.00 - New Brunswick. Mrs. S. L. C. 0.50 - Paterson. Broadway Tabernacle Sab. Sch. 10.00 - Vineland. Mrs. M. A. Cone 5.00 - - - PENNSYLVANIA, $29.48. - - Ebensburgh. Cong. Ch. Mon. Colls. 11.48 - Mercer. J. K. 1.00 - Mercersburg. Thomas C. Johnston (of which $2 - _for Chinese_ and $2 _for Mendi M._) 5.00 - Philadelphia. M. E. M. 1.00 - Prentiss Vale. Mrs. William Lovejoy, bal. to - const. MRS. J. T. HALL, L. M. 10.00 - Terrytown. Dr. G. F. H. 1.00 - - - OHIO, $574.63. - - Ashland. Mrs. Eliza Thompson 2.28 - Ashtabula. Women’s Miss. Soc. of Cong. Ch., - _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 - Atwater. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.79 - Brighton. Cong. Ch. 5.14 - Cardington. W. A. Nichols 5.00 - Cincinnati. Vine St. Cong. Ch. 101.00 - Cincinnati. Vine St. Cong. Ch., $100, and Sab. - Sch. $10, _for Strieby Hall, Tougaloo U._ 110.00 - Cleveland. First Cong. Ch. 20.00 - East Cleveland. Mrs. Mary Walkden, _for Mendi - M._ 5.00 - Greensburgh. Mrs. H. B. Harrington, _for - Tougaloo U._ 10.00 - Jersey. Mrs. Lucinda Sinnet, _for rebuilding, - Tougaloo U._ 10.00 - Madison. L. H. Ree, _for Strieby Hall, - Tougaloo U._ 50.00 - Mansfield. First Cong. Ch., $61.93; Women’s - Beneficent Soc. of First Ch., $17.12; Young - People’s Soc. of First Ch., $17.37, to - const. MRS. SAMUEL AU, MRS. JOHN LAWSON, - MISS VIOLA PLEASANTS, L. Ms 96.42 - Marysville. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 10.00 - Oberlin. Ladies’ Soc. of First Cong. Ch., _for - Lady Missionary, Atlanta, Ga._ 75.00 - Oberlin. J. W. Merrill 30.00 - Sandusky. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Box of Bedding, - _for Fisk U._ - Wellington. —— 5.00 - - - ILLINOIS, $300.74. - - Beecher. Mrs. A. H. Perry, _for freight_ 2.00 - Chicago. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00 - Chicago. Mrs. Flovelle’s S. S. Class, N. E. - Ch., _for Emerson Inst._ 1.24 - Dundee. Mrs. W. D. 1.00 - Geneseo. Women’s Miss. Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00 - Geneseo. Henry Nourse, _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 42.50 - Kewannee. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady - Missionary, Savannah, Ga._ 30.00 - Lewistown. Mrs. Myron Phelps 50.00 - Moline. Thomas Jewett, _for Ladies’ Hall, - Tougaloo U._ 50.00 - Moline. Mrs. Sarah L. Barnard, _for Student - Aid. Fisk U._ 3.00 - Princeton. Mrs. C. Cook 5.00 - Quincy. L. Kingman 10.00 - Rockford. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of First Cong. - Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 - Tonica. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 - —— “A Friend.” 1.00 - - - MICHIGAN, $84.50. - - Battle Creek. Cong. and Presb. Sab. Sch., _for - Student Aid. Talladega C._ 12.00 - Benzonia. Cong. Ch., $11.12; “Friends,” $4.88 16.00 - Chelsea. John C. Winans 10.00 - Coral. Benj. H. Lewis 5.50 - Flint. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Fisk U._ 10.00 - Milford. Mrs. Wm. A. Arms (Silver Wedding - Thank Offering) 5.00 - Northville. D. Pomeroy 5.00 - Owosso. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student - Aid. Fisk U._ 15.00 - Richland. Dea. J. B. 1.00 - Warren. Rev. J. L. Beebe 5.00 - - - IOWA, $506.07. - - Burlington. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 27.50 - Chester Center. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 12.00 - Council Bluffs. N. P. Dodge, _for furnishing - room, Stone Hall, Talladega C._ 35.00 - Cresco. Ladies’ Aid Soc., _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 1.00 - Decorah. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 15.00 - Dubuque. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 20.00 - Dubuque. Young Ladies’ Benev. Soc., _for - Student Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00 - Des Moines. Cong. Ch., $6.35; Women’s Miss. - Soc. of Cong. Ch., $16.65, _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 23.00 - Des Moines. Mrs. C. H. Getchell $35, and Mrs. - A. W. Rollins $35, _for furnishing rooms, - Stone Hall_; Mrs. Samuel Merrill, $25, _for - Student Aid, Talladega C._ 95.00 - Eldora. Mrs. J. S. R. 0.25 - Eldon. F. M. 0.51 - Emerson. A. A. F. & E. H. F. 1.00 - Fort Madison. Francis Sawyer 20.00 - Green Mountain. Cong. Ch. 28.54 - Keokuk. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 12.50 - Mason City. Cong. Sab. Sch. 3.50 - Mount Pleasant. James McDowell 2.20 - Muscatine. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 10.00 - Muscatine. Henry Hoover, _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 2.00 - Reinbeck. Collection at Central Association, - _for Lady Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 7.00 - Sergeant’s Bluff. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for - Lady Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 1.00 - Sheldon. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 2.00 - Sonora. Charles Fisher 50.00 - South Muscatine. Mission Sab. Sch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00 - Tipton. William Coutts 5.00 - Waterloo. Cong. Ch. $80.07, and Joseph Bennett - $2, _for President’s House_; Cong. Sab. Sch. - $20, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 102.07 - - - WISCONSIN, $138.56. - - Elkhorn. “C. E. W.” 5.00 - Evansville. Cong. Ch. 11.85 - Leeds. Cong. Ch. 7.05 - Milford. Bbl. of C., _for Mobile, Ala._ - Milwaukee. Ladies’ Aid Soc. of Spring St. Ch. - _for furnishing room, Stone Hall, Straight - U._ 50.00 - Milwaukee. C. D Booth 2.00 - Racine. Star Missionary Soc. of First Presb. - Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 40.00 - Racine. Mrs. R. B. Miner 1.50 - Windsor. Union Cong. Ch. 21.16 - - - KANSAS, $8.57. - - Carbondale. Cong. Ch. 3.57 - Whiting. S. P. Belden 5.00 - - - MINNESOTA, $70.88. - - Excelsior. Cong. Ch. 15.00 - Litchfield. “Friends.” 3.00 - Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 33.94 - Minneapolis. E. D. First Cong. Ch. 7.94 - Northfield. Mrs. A. Willey, _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 10.00 - Zumbrota. Mrs. H. S. D. 1.00 - - - NEBRASKA, $2.50. - - Harvard. Cong. Ch. 2.50 - - - CALIFORNIA, $2,293.75. - - San Francisco. Receipts of the California - Chinese Mission 2,293.75 - - - OREGON, 50c. - - Springfield. Mrs. M. A. S. 0.50 - - - NORTH CAROLINA, $212.36. - - Dudley. Pub. Sch. Fund, $75; Tuition, $28.89 103.89 - Wilmington. Normal Sch. Tuition 103.47 - Wilmington. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - - - SOUTH CAROLINA, $265.50. - - Charleston. Avery Normal Inst., Tuition 265.50 - - - TENNESSEE, $353.20. - - Chattanooga. Miss Blanche Curtis, _for Student - Aid, Atlanta U._ 40.00 - Chattanooga. W. F., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 1.00 - Memphis. Le Moyne Sch., Tuition, $154; “A - Friend,” _for printing_, $18.25 172.25 - Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition 139.95 - - - GEORGIA, $735.13. - - Athens. Lizzie McCombs, _for Atlanta U._ 5.00 - Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition, $305.35; Rent, - $3 308.35 - Atlanta. Atlanta U., Tuition, $94.25; Rent, - $5.69; First Cong. Ch., $25 124.85 - Atlanta. Peabody Fund, _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 100.00 - Macon. Lewis High Sch., Tuition, $62.75; Cong. - Ch., $5 67.75 - McIntosh. Dorchester Academy, Tuition 18.30 - Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition, $90.88; Rent, - $20 110.88 - - - ALABAMA, $383.95. - - Marion. Cong. Ch. 3.35 - Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition, $92.95; - Emersonian Mission Band, $9.55; Cong. Ch., - $1.20 104.70 - Montgomery. City Fund 210.00 - Selma. First Cong. Ch. 27.50 - Talladega. Talladega C., Tuition 33.40 - Talladega. Dea. Hardwick, $2; W. B., $1; - Others $2, _for repairs, Talladega C._ 5.00 - - - MISSISSIPPI, $164.20. - - Carroll Co. “Friends,” by H. Tanner, _for - Strieby Hall, Tougaloo U._ 5.25 - Copiah Co. “Friends,” by E. E. Sims, _for - Strieby Hall, Tougaloo U._ 6.00 - Gillsberg. W. H. T. 0.50 - Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition, $112.45; Rent, - $40 152.45 - - - LOUISIANA, $168.15. - - New Orleans. Straight U., Tuition 168.15 - - - TEXAS, $105.00. - - Austin. Tillotson C. and N. Inst., Tuition 104.00 - Goliad. Rev. M. T. 1.00 - - - INCOME FUND, $290.00. - - Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 190.00 - C. F. Dike Fund 50.00 - General Fund 50.00 - - - ENGLAND, $10.00. - - Albyns. Miss S. L. Ropes 10.00 - - - SCOTLAND, $200.00. - - Glasgow. Mrs. Ann McDowall, by Rev. Geo. - Morris, _for a Teacher, Fisk U._ 200.00 - —————————— - Total 19,224.35 - Total from Oct. 1st to June 30th $169,712.19 - - * * * * * - - FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS. - - Newton, Mass. Eliot Sewing Soc., $26, and Bbl. - of Bedding, _for furnishing a room_ 26.00 - Spencer, Mass. Young Ladies’ Soc., by Mrs. J. - W. Temple, $25, and Bbl. of Bedding, _for - furnishing two rooms_ 25.00 - Southington, Conn. Mrs. W. M. McLaughlin, $23, - and package of Bedding, _for furnishing a - room_ 23.00 - Irvington, N.Y. Mrs. R. W. Lambdin 5.00 - Adams Mills, Ohio. Mrs. M. A. Smith 13.00 - ————— - Total 92.00 - Previously acknowledged from Oct. 1st to June - 30th 4,857.71 - ————————— - Total $4,949.71 - - * * * * * - - RECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION, - - _From Jan. 17th to May 17th, 1881._ - - E. PALACHE, _Treasurer_. - - I. From our Auxiliaries, viz.: - Marysville Chinese Mission: - Chinese monthly offerings $33.40 - Sacramento Chinese Mission: - Chinese monthly offerings $29.10 - Mr. Lubin 3.00 32.10 - Santa Barbara Chinese Mission: - Chinese monthly offerings 24.00 - N. C. Pitcher } - Mrs. N. C. Pitcher } An. Mem. 4.00 28.00 - Stockton Chinese Mission: - Chinese monthly offerings 12.00 - ————— - Total 105.50 - - II. From Churches: - Oakland First Cong. Ch. Coll. $13.60 - Sacramento First Cong. Ch. Coll. 10.50 - San Francisco: - First Cong. Ch. Coll. 32.70 - Two Annual Members 4.50 37.20 - ————— - Total 61.30 - - III. From Individuals: - Messrs. Balfour, Guthrie & Co. 1,000.00 - By Messrs. Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Alexander - Balfour, Esq., and Hon. Stephen Williamson, - M.P. of Liverpool, England, each $500 1,000.00 - Hon. O. C. Pratt 100.00 - Chinese 1.50 - ———————— - Total 2,101.50 - - IV. From Eastern Friends: - Norwich, Conn., Mrs. Edward B. Huntington, to - constitute W. R. Burnham Esq., a life member 25.00 - Newark, N.J. 0.45 - ————— - Total 25.45 - ——————— - Grand Total $2,293.75 - - * * * * * - - GENERAL ENDOWMENT FUND. - - Lebanon Springs, N.Y. Miss Belinda Sanford $1,000.00 - - * * * * * - - FOR MISSIONS IN AFRICA. - - London, Eng. Freedmen’s Missions Aid Soc., by - Rev. O. H. White, D.D., £1,169 5s. 0d. 5,670.86 - Previously acknowledged from Oct. 1st to June - 30th 20,613.76 - ————————— - Total $26.284.62 - - 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, Washington Ter. - Rev. G. F. MAGOUN, D.D., Iowa. - Col. C. G. HAMMOND, Ill. - EDWARD SPAULDING, M.D., N.H. - Rev. WM. M. BARBOUR, D.D., Ct. - Rev. W. L. GAGE, D.D., Ct. - A. S. HATCH, Esq., N.Y. - Rev. J. H. FAIRCHILD, D.D., Ohio. - Rev. H. A. STIMSON, Mass. - Rev. A. L. STONE, D.D., California. - Rev. G. H. ATKINSON, D.D., Oregon. - Rev. J. E. RANKIN, D.D., D.C. - Rev. A. L. CHAPIN, D.D., Wis. - S. D. SMITH, Esq., Mass. - Dea. JOHN C. WHITIN, Mass. - Hon. J. B. GRINNELL, Iowa. - Rev. HORACE WINSLOW, Ct. - Sir PETER COATS, Scotland. - Rev. HENRY ALLON, D.D., London, Eng. - WM. E. WHITING, Esq., N.Y. - J. M. PINKERTON, Esq., Mass. - E. A. GRAVES, Esq., N.J. - Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill. - DANIEL HAND, Esq., Ct. - A. L. WILLISTON, Esq., Mass. - Rev. A. F. BEARD, D.D., N.Y. - FREDERICK BILLINGS, Esq., Vt. - JOSEPH CARPENTER, Esq., R.I. - Rev. E. P. GOODWIN, D.D., Ill. - Rev. C. L. GOODELL, D.D., Mo. - J. W. SCOVILLE, Esq., Ill. - E. W. BLATCHFORD, Esq., Ill. - C. D. TALCOTT, Esq., Ct. - Rev. JOHN K. MCLEAN, D.D., Cal. - Rev. RICHARD CORDLEY, D.D., Kansas. - Rev. W. H. WILLCOX, D.D., Mass. - Rev. G. B. WILLCOX, D.D., Ill. - Rev. WM. M. TAYLOR, D.D., N.Y. - Rev. GEO. M. BOYNTON, Mass. - Rev. E. B. WEBB, D.D., Mass. - Hon. C. I. WALKER, Mich. - Rev. A. H. ROSS, Mich. - - - CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. - - REV. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., 56 _Reade Street, N.Y._ - - - DISTRICT SECRETARIES. - - REV. C. L. WOODWORTH, _Boston_. - REV. G. D. PIKE, D.D., _New York_. - REV. JAS. POWELL, _Chicago_. - - H. W. HUBBARD, ESQ., _Treasurer, N.Y._ - REV. M. E. STRIEBY, _Recording Secretary_. - - - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. - - ALONZO S. BALL, - A. S. BARNES, - C. T. CHRISTENSEN, - CLINTON B. FISK, - ADDISON P. FOSTER, - S. B. HALLIDAY, - J. A. HAMILTON, - SAMUEL HOLMES, - CHARLES A. HULL, - 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 toward the INDIANS. It has also a -mission in AFRICA. - - -STATISTICS. - -CHURCHES: _In the South_—In Virginia, 1; North Carolina, 6; South -Carolina, 2; Georgia, 13; Kentucky, 6; Tennessee, 4; Alabama, 14; -Louisiana, 17; Mississippi, 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 us 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. - - * * * * * - - - - - PAYSON’S - - Indelible Ink, - - FOR MARKING ANY FABRIC WITH A - COMMON PEN, WITHOUT A - PREPARATION. - - - It still stands unrivaled after 50 years’ test. - - - _THE SIMPLEST & BEST._ - - Sales now greater than ever before. - - This Ink received the Diploma and Medal at Centennial over all - rivals. - -Report of Judges: “For simplicity of application and indelibility.” - - - INQUIRE FOR - - PAYSON’S COMBINATION!!! - - Sold by all Druggists, Stationers and News Agents, and by many - Fancy Goods and Furnishing Houses. - - - * * * * * - - -[Illustration] - - =J. & R. 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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._ - - - * * * * * - - - J. B. WILLIAMS & CO., - - GLASTONBURY, CONN., - - MANUFACTURERS OF - - Shaving and Toilet Soaps. - -For over 30 years this firm has made the manufacture of =Shaving -Soaps= a specialty, and their Yankee Barber’s Bar, and other Soaps, -enjoy a reputation among Barbers, as well as those who shave -themselves, unequaled by any other. - -To all of our readers who are seeking for the =very best Shaving -Soap=, we would say, be sure and get some of the following -(_carefully avoiding counterfeits_): - - GENUINE YANKEE SOAP, - BARBER’S FAVORITE SOAP, - CLIPPER SHAVING SOAP, - VERBENA CREAM TABLET, - POCKET SHAVING SOAP, - TONSORIAL SOAP, - BARBER’S BAR SOAP, - MUG SHAVING SOAP. - -These Soaps can be found in every State, and nearly every town in -the United States. - - * * * * * - - - - -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 256. 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. 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