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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 37, No. 6, June 1883 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: December 24, 2019 [EBook #61012] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY - *** - - - - -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) - - - - - - - - - -[Illustration: JUNE, 1883. - -VOL. XXXVII. - -NO. 6. - -The American Missionary] - - - - -CONTENTS - - - PAGE. - - - EDITORIAL. - - BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK 161 - HON. J. J. H. GREGORY—JOHN F. SLATER EDUCATIONAL - FUND 164 - OUR FINANCES—PARAGRAPHS 165 - PARAGRAPHS—VALUABLE BOOK ON INDIAN MISSIONS 166 - BENEFACTIONS 167 - GENERAL NOTES 168 - - - THE SOUTH. - - A REMARKABLE TRIBUTE 171 - REVIVAL WORK AT FISK UNIVERSITY—EMERSON INSTITUTE 172 - EMERSON INSTITUTE, MOBILE, ALA. (cut) 173 - INDUSTRIAL WORK AT ATLANTA UNIVERSITY 174 - AFRICA AT ATLANTA—ONE DAY 175 - A JUBILATE 176 - GREEN COVE SPRINGS (cut). COLOR LINE IN FLORIDA 177 - WOMAN’S MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION 178 - NOTES FROM THE FIELD 179 - - - THE CHINESE. - - THE NEW MISSION IN SOUTH CHINA 180 - - - CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - THE COMING OF THE ORGAN 181 - MOUNTAIN FAMILY SINGING PSALMS 182 - - - RECEIPTS 183 - - COPY AND MAIL 188 - - PROPOSED CONSTITUTION 189 - - * * * * * - - 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. - - - - -THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. - - * * * * * - - -PRESIDENT. - - HON. WM. B. WASHBURN, LL.D., Mass. - - -CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. - - Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ - - -TREASURER. - - H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ - - -AUDITORS. - - M. F. READING. - WM. A. NASH. - - -EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. - -JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman; A. P. FOSTER, Secretary; LYMAN -ABBOTT, ALONZO S. BALL, A. S. BARNES, C. T. CHRISTENSEN, FRANKLIN -FAIRBANKS, CLINTON B. FISK, S. B. HALLIDAY, SAMUEL HOLMES, CHARLES -A. HULL, SAMUEL S. MARPLES, CHARLES L. MEAD, WM. H. WARD, A. L. -WILLISTON. - - -DISTRICT SECRETARIES. - - Rev. C. L. WOODWORTH, _Boston_. - Rev. G. D. PIKE, D.D., _New York_. - Rev. JAMES POWELL, _Chicago_. - - -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. - - -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. - - * * * * * - - - - -[Illustration: Estey - -Organ - -The excellences of the ESTEY ORGAN may not be told in an ordinary -advertisement. Our Illustrated Catalogue, sent free, containing -engravings from photographs of elegant styles, with full -description, is more satisfactory - -J: ESTEY & Co BRATTLEBORO VT.] - - * * * * * - - - - - THE - - AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - * * * * * - - VOL. XXXVII. JUNE, 1883. NO. 6. - - * * * * * - - -American Missionary Association. - - * * * * * - - -BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK. - -APPOINTMENT OF SECRETARY. - -It gives us pleasure to announce that in following out the -arrangements fore-shadowed in the May “Missionary,” the Executive -Committee of the A. M. A. has made choice of Miss D. E. Emerson as -Secretary of its Bureau of Woman’s Work. Miss Emerson is well known -in the mission fields of the Association, having been a teacher, a -lady missionary and also at the New York Office doing service in -connection with the correspondence for the Southern work. In the -latter position, covering a period of several years, she has had -occasion to visit localities occupied by our lady missionaries, and -in these and many other ways has gained a very extensive knowledge -of the wants and the methods of help needful for the elevation of -the colored people. Her ability for her new position has already -been tested, and the Association has great confidence in her -capacity to meet the requirements of all interested in the great -work that lies before her. Correspondence relating to the Bureau -should be addressed to Miss D. E. Emerson, at the office of the A. -M. A., 56 Reade St., New York. - - -METHODS OF WORK. - -Our Bureau inaugurates no new woman’s missionary society. It is -simply a plan for giving more efficiency to the work already in -hand. We leave the mode of co-operation on the part of the ladies -of the North entirely to themselves, and we can think of no better -plan for such co-operation than that given on the next page in the -letter of Miss M. E. Smith of Gorham, Me., which describes the -methods in use the past year in that State. - -Neither are the means for promoting the objects of our Bureau new; -they are based on twenty years’ experience and extend to all the -branches of home, school and church life. We can aid directly in -the elevation of women and children through the varied work of -the ladies engaged in our different mission fields. Our method of -giving information to the Christian women of the North will be not -only by correspondence through the Secretary of the Bureau, but -also by direct information from the lady missionaries and teachers, -who will attend the meetings of ladies at the conferences, -associations, and, as far as practicable, local societies in -connection with the churches. - - -METHOD OF CO-OPERATION. - -FROM MISS MARY E. SMITH, MAINE. - -In answer to your inquiry as to the mode of collecting, I would say -that we have _no_ organization. The ladies talked the matter over -and decided that as there are so many organizations already as to -be almost bewildering, we would carry on this work with as little -“red tape” as possible. At each annual conference a meeting of all -ladies interested is held, a report read of the amount collected -the past year and a committee of three chosen to carry on the work -for the following year. This committee appoints a collector for -each conference, and each conference collector engages a collector -in each church in her conference. The collectors of the several -churches report progress and send money obtained to the conference -collector, and she forwards it to the chairman of the State -Committee, who keeps the bank account and forwards the money in due -time to the A. M. A. - -By so simple an arrangement we also save in expense. With the -exception of a very slight amount for printing of circulars for -distribution through the States, the only expense is that of -postage, etc., which being divided among so many is borne by the -several collectors and does not take from the sum collected. So -far the working of our plan has been, I think, as successful as we -could reasonably expect. - - -LETTERS OF SYMPATHY. - -FROM MRS. HENRY L. CHASE, IOWA. - -It is with great satisfaction that I learn that a “Bureau of -Woman’s Work” has been organized in connection with the A. M. A. It -seems to me that such an organization is not merely a valuable help -but a manifest necessity in the effective prosecution of “Woman’s -Work for Woman” in the South—a work which lies upon the hearts of -very many of the Christian women of the North and which ought to -lie upon the consciences of all. - -A very limited experience teaches that in every kind of benevolent -work _information_ is the root from which interest and action -grow. Probably in no other way can the facts which will quicken -the interest of the ladies of our churches in work among the -Freedpeople be so thoroughly and influentially presented as by -means of this Bureau. Specific objects of effort, concerning -which details may be furnished, will often win the practical -attention of those who are comparatively indifferent to the idea -of general needs. And the sanction of the A. M. A. being implied -in any appeals made thorough the Bureau for definite objects, will -give assurance that our gifts and our labors are to be applied -in the wisest way and where the need is most urgent. But perhaps -nothing accomplished by this organization will be more gratefully -appreciated or more productive of the desired results than the -visits of missionaries to the churches which support them, and -their statements by word of mouth in regard to the appalling needs -and encouraging successes in their various fields. This new branch -of work has my warmest good wishes and my earnest prayers for its -fullest success. - - -BRIEF RESPONSES. - -Miss A. W. Johnson of North Brookfield, Mass., writes: I am very -glad that a “Bureau of Woman’s Work” has been organized, and -believe it will open up new avenues for work among our ladies. I -respond at once, hoping I can do something to interest them in this -direction. - -Rev. S. E. Lathrop of Macon, Ga., writes: I rejoice in the new -“Bureau of Woman’s Work.” It is a necessary and hopeful acquisition. - - -BUREAU REPRESENTED IN OHIO. - -AT the Ohio State Association which convened at Akron, May 8, -Dist. Sec. Pike in his address set forth the plans of our Bureau -of Woman’s Work, referring especially to the methods proposed for -bringing the condition of the colored people more fully before the -Christian women of the North. He was accompanied by Miss Rose M. -Kinney, who had just returned from her field of labor at McIntosh, -Liberty County, Ga., and who, in behalf of our Bureau of Woman’s -Work, gave an interesting account of her mission services, which -had included that of organizing a Woman’s Missionary Society among -the colored women. Miss Kinney also addressed the Woman’s meeting -held during the sessions of the Association. Arrangements have -been made, as far as practicable, with other States for a like -presentation of the varied work carried on by this Association. - - * * * * * - -In the next and future numbers of the MISSIONARY, the details of -the “Bureau of Woman’s Work” will appear in a separate department -under the above heading. - - * * * * * - -THE LORD’S BLESSED ONES.—A recent visitor to the Teachers’ Home, -Storrs School, Atlanta, writes that on his arrival, about nine in -the evening, he was met by the lady teachers, who were returning, -two by two, from attending cottage prayer meetings in the parish, -of which there had been six that night. “Coming in,” he says, -“from such work in the lowly homes of a despised people, cheerful -and delighted with the meetings, they made a profound impression -upon me as the Lord’s blessed ones. If He hasn’t got any mansions -up there quite worthy of them He’ll go to work and fix up some -especially for their use.” - -THE readers of the MISSIONARY are not ignorant of the benefactions -of Mr. J. J. H. Gregory, of Marblehead, Mass., to this Association. -The following extract from a Wilmington paper indicates the -appreciation in which he is held not only by the colored people, -but also by leading citizens South. - -“The reception of Mr. Gregory took place in the Mayor’s office in -the City Hall yesterday at noon. There was quite a large attendance -of our prominent citizens, including a few colored men, all of -whom gave evidence of the esteem entertained for the distinguished -visitor and their pleasure at the opportunity thus afforded them -of forming the acquaintance of one who has devoted so much of -his fortune to the advancement of the educational facilities and -interests of Wilmington. Mr. Gregory was introduced to those -present by Mayor Hall in a few brief and appropriate remarks, which -were responded to by Mr. G. in fitting terms. Short speeches were -also delivered by Rev. Drs. Taylor and Wilson, in the order named, -and at the conclusion of their remarks, Mayor Hall again spoke, -and at more length. The meeting was a very pleasant one, and we -have reason to believe that Mr. Gregory was much pleased at the -heartiness of his reception.” - - * * * * * - -THE Trustees of the John F. Slater Educational Fund met in New -York April 25 and 26. It was voted to appropriate $20,000 during -the coming year to such schools as are best fitted to help young -colored people to become useful to their race, preference being -given to those institutions which furnish industrial education. -Over seventy institutions have already reported to Rev. Dr. A. G. -Haygood, the Secretary. It is not conclusive from the reports that -have reached us that the sum named above is the entire amount that -will be applied the coming year for educational purposes, or that -the income of the fund will be principally used for industrial -education. We believe the plans of the Trustees are as broad as -the necessities of the colored people for education in every -department. The meeting of the Board was fully attended, and the -place made vacant by the death of Wm. E. Dodge was filled by the -election of his son. We commend the Trustees for their careful and -conscientious endeavors to provide for the uplifting of the colored -people and the welfare of the nation. - - * * * * * - -THE average attendance at the 30 conventions of the Co-operative -Societies in Connecticut was 136. The number of churches -represented was 230, of the 297 in the State. The average -attendance of similar meetings in 1872 was 104. On the whole the -recent meetings were of marked interest, and of much encouragement -to the missionary work done by Congregationalists. - - * * * * * - -OUR FINANCES.—During the seven months of the fiscal year closing -April 30, our receipts from collections and donations have amounted -to $109,275.73. The collections and donations for the same months -last year were $138,094.35, a decrease of $28,818.62. The legacies -for these months last year were $23,447.81, while for this year -they have been $42,121.18, an increase of $18,673.37. The total -receipts thus far this year in collections, donations and legacies -have been $151,396.91 against $161,542.16 for the same period last -year, a decrease of $10,145.25. We earnestly urge the friends of -this Association to study these figures. Our last annual meeting, -in view of the pressing work before us, recommended the increase -of our receipts 25 per cent. for the present fiscal year. The -added expenses of our Indian work and the pressing calls for -enlargement of our school and church work South, make this increase -imperative—and especially as the openings before us in these lines -of effort are exceedingly auspicious and encouraging. If the -increase named is received, we can go forward; if not, we must -leave undone what ought to be done. Under these circumstances, we -ask individual donors whom God hath blessed with the means and the -heart to help, to give special attention to the facts we present, -and we also respectfully request pastors to bring before their -people our financial necessities, so that during the next five -months we may be able to go forward without debt or diminution of -work. - - * * * * * - -THE CHURCH BOOK, Hymns and Tunes, for the Uses of Christian -Worship, prepared by Leonard Woolsey Bacon. New York: D. Appleton -& Co. Several novelties are presented by this book. The more -prominent of these are (1) the typographical arrangement, which -allows the hymns to go in without the usual limitations of space, -(2) the number of hymns, which is less than half that usually found -in books of the kind, (3) a combination of the standard tunes -with the best of the English lyrical compositions. We believe -there is common sense in Dr. Bacon’s idea that the church will be -better served with a smaller number of the choicest hymns. As both -the standard and (so called) classical tunes are selected with -excellent judgment, we see no reason why the Church Book may not -prove a valuable addition to the hymn-and-tune-ology of the day. -The typography and binding of the book are of the best. - - * * * * * - -GENERAL LITURGY AND BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, prepared by Prof. -Hopkins, is the title of an attractive volume of 137 pages, -published by A. S. Barnes & Co. A feature of especial interest -is the “Table for Scripture Readings for Divine Service on every -Lord’s Day throughout the year,” embracing a period of two years. -The volume is tastefully prepared and printed in red and black, -thus assisting the eye in selecting the different parts of the -service. We believe it will be found helpful in the pulpit, in -families and in mission work at home and abroad. - - * * * * * - -THE _Home Missionary_ for May appears with new cover and -an addition of eight pages, four of which are devoted to -advertisements. The reading matter, embraces a wide range of -discussion on the different interests of home missionary work, and -as usual was prepared especially for this excellent organ of the -Home Missionary Society. It gives evidence of an advance along the -line, and will be welcome in its approved appearance among its -numerous readers. - - * * * * * - -THE _Church Building Quarterly_, No. 2, is out, and gives to its -readers a hundred pages of excellent reading relating to the -interests of the Congregational Union. Plans, specifications and -cuts of 26 varieties of church edifices are given with suggestions -as to cost, materials, conveniences, title to property and other -information of value. Cuts and specifications for three varieties -of parsonages are also given. The Quarterly is attractive and we -congratulate the brethren who manage the affairs of the Society on -their enterprise and success. - - * * * * * - - -A VALUABLE BOOK ON INDIAN MISSIONS. - -INDIAN MISSIONS is a volume of 270 pages, published by the Am. S. -S. Union, from the pen of Rev. Myron Eells, missionary of the A. -M. A. among the Indians in Washington Territory. Mr. Eells is the -son of a missionary, who gave himself to the work on the Pacific -Coast in 1838. He grew up in that country, and is perhaps as well -qualified as any man living to write the history and results of the -work of different benevolent societies among the Indian tribes of -that section. In the book before us he gives in order the history -of the early missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church and those -of the American Board, making mention of the development of the -work in ten localities among as many different tribes. The progress -of civilizing agencies is recorded with a fidelity and minuteness -that adds much to the value of the volume. It appears that most of -the missionaries believed that the Bible and the plow should go -hand in hand, and that through their influence the Indians were -stimulated to cultivate lands, build houses, abandon polygamy, -become temperate, connect themselves with churches, and place -their children in schools. The author expresses the fear that his -statistics relating to such matters may be considered too large, -but affirms that they have been taken from official reports. He -comforts himself, also, in the words of another, to the effect -that “if one-fourth of all that is reported has been accomplished, -a great work has been done.” - -Part II. of Mr. Eells’ book treats of the reflex influence of the -mission upon the whites. His claims are no less interesting than -surprising. He says: “Indian missions brought the first white -woman overland to Oregon, opened the first emigrant wagon road to -the Columbia River, furnished Oregon with the first United States -officer, gave the first governor to the Territory, established the -first permanent American settlement here, so that without this aid -the Provisional Government would, without doubt, never have been -organized, brought the first American cattle to the Willamette -Valley, and saved the country, or, at least, an important portion -of it, to the United States.” - -Indeed, when he tells the story of Dr. Whitman’s winter journey -to Washington, pursuant to the vote of the missionaries, “to make -a desperate effort to save the country to the United States,” -he is not only graphic but eloquent. His description of the -hardships of the winter’s campaign and of the grand success of the -return journey with scores of emigrants, who illustrated beyond -question that women and wagons could cross the mountains, and that -missionaries at least had the enterprise needful to provide the -agency for establishing a provisional government at the focal point -in the history of our western territories, is full of interest. - -It is impossible, however, in our limited space, even to allude to -all the topics touched upon. We must ask our readers to purchase -the volume. It is well suited for Sabbath-school libraries, and -will be welcomed by good men everywhere who love mission work. As -a testimony in behalf of the far-reaching influences of missionary -endeavors, it is of rare excellence. We hope its circulation will -be swift and extensive. - - * * * * * - - -BENEFACTIONS. - -Hon. Peter Cooper left by will $100,000 to the Cooper Institute, -New York. - -Senator Joseph E. Brown, of Atlanta, has donated $50,000 in bonds -to the University of Georgia. - -The late Jos. J. Cook, Esq., of Providence, left to Trinity College -$5,000 for the purchase of books. - -Carleton College, Minn., has received a gift of $12,000 from Mr. E. -H. Williams, of Philadelphia. - -Mrs. Jonathan Adams, of Concord, N.H., bequeathed $5,000 to -Holderness Academy as a scholarship fund. - -Middlebury College, Vt., has come into possession of $1,500 by the -death of the widow of Rev. T. A. Merrill, D.D., by which it offers -three prizes to the sophomore class. - -The will of the late Hon. J. N. Hungerford, of Corning, N.Y. -bequeaths $25,000 to Hamilton College, in addition to $15,000 -given by him to that institution a year or more ago. - -A gentleman in New York State has recently contributed $5,000 to -the Atlanta University to be used as a fund, the interest of which -can be applied for annual scholarships. - -Mr. Moody’s Mount Hermon School for Boys is to receive the entire -cabinet of fossil footprints, shells and minerals belonging to the -late Roswell Field, of Gill, Mass., and also the sum of $1,600 to -provide for its preservation and enlargement. - -The Vermont Academy at Saxton’s River, Vt., has just received a -gift of $12,000 from four prominent Vermonters—$3,000 each from -Lawrence Barnes, Julius J. Estey, Jacob Estey and Levi K. Fuller. - -The widow of John Evans, of South Meriden, has given $2,000 to -Wesleyan University to found the John Evans scholarship, open to -candidates for the ministry in junior or senior classes. - -_It has been estimated at Washington that the annual profit to the -country by the conversion of illiterate into educated labor cannot -be less than $400,000,000. If so, money given for the endowment of -educational institutions at the South, like those of the A. M. A., -would yield a hundred fold in half a generation._ - - * * * * * - - -GENERAL NOTES. - - -AFRICA. - -—The caravan of English missionaries conducted by Mr. Stokes has -reached the extreme south of Victoria Nyanza, a little to the west -of Kaghei. - -—Mr. Resteau has established at Ambrisette the first factory of the -Belgian Company for African commerce. He has sent the plans for -another establishment that the company will found in the region -south of the Congo. - -—The Committee of English missions has accepted for its stations on -the Niger the services of Dr. Percy Brown, who offers himself for -work in any part of the mission field. - -—The new king of Cayor has made a visit to the Governor of St. -Louis, promising to aid with all his power the construction of the -railroad. In two or three weeks the section from Dakar to Rufisque -will be finished. - -—The British and African Steam Navigation Company, which has -already 20 ships for service on the west side of Africa, has -constructed two others of less draught that they may leap the sand -banks of the lower rivers. They will be named the Lagos and the -Calabar. - -—Unwilling to yield to any one the territory of Liberia, the Senate -of Monrovia is prepared to place the question of the southern -limits of this State, a subject on which it disagrees with England, -to the arbitration of the United States. - -—Mr. Piazzi Smythe has communicated to the English journal -_Nature_, from a correspondent at Santa Cruz, capital of Teneriffe, -that the peak of Teyde, which has not had an eruption since 1798, -has broken out again since the commencement of 1883. A river of -lava descends from its summit, still covered with snow. - -—The Baptist missionaries settled at Manyanga and Stanley Pool, -where their stations have taken the names of Wathen and Arthington, -in honor of the two principal supporters of their work, have felt -more and more obliged to free themselves from the protection of the -armed Zanzibarites of the Belgian expeditions. Since the attack in -which M. Peschuel Locsche was wounded they have felt that the route -along the northern side of the river from Manyanga to Stanley Pool -was safe only for strong caravans well armed, and they have sought -one upon the southern side. There the Belgians, after having burned -Ngombi, whose chief was disposed to attack the caravans, have -made a new route to Stanley Pool, and Lieut. Valcke has founded a -station at Ngombi and organized a service of caravans between that -point and Stanley Pool. The missionaries have one independent of -the Belgians, so that caravans pass every four or five days. The -security of transport is greater, but the price of everything is -greatly increased. - -—The combats between the people of Stanley and the natives have -arrested the advance of the missionaries of the Livingstone Inland -mission. After having gone 50 kilometres beyond their station, -they were obliged to found a new station upon the Loukounga in -the midst of a population always well disposed toward them. Also -the missionaries of this mission have decided not to establish -themselves at Stanley Pool, and have actually gone to work in -the region near their stations, 50 or 60 kilometres apart, over -an extent of 170 kilometres. During the five years in which they -have lived there they have never had a quarrel with the natives, -who respect them and confide their children to them. They have -learned the language of the country, prepared many pupils to become -teachers, and found the natives eager to furnish them the products -of the country and at their service for porters along the route -from one station to the other. - - -THE INDIANS. - -—The last session of Congress appropriated $300,000 to the -Cherokees as payment for the lands now occupied by the Nez Perces, -Poncas, Pawnees and Otoes. - -—The Indian Homestead Colony at Flandreau, D.T., reports that -ninety-four homesteads have been taken by the Indians to be held at -least five years by them. - -—Four hundred thousand dollars have been appropriated by the -general government for the support of Indian day and industrial -schools and for other educational purposes. - -—Capt. R. H. Pratt is to receive $68,500 for the support of the -Indian Industrial School at Carlisle, Pa. This amount is to cover -all expenditures for transportation of Indians, and for the salary -and support of teachers and students. - -—A new Industrial School for Indian girls has been started by the -Government at West Branch, Iowa. Mr. Benjamin Miles is to have -charge of the enterprise. The school has capacity for fifty pupils, -and by the terms of the appropriation, none can be received who are -under fourteen years of age. - - -THE CHINESE. - -—According to Missionary Butler, of China, as Buddhism has no -heaven for women, the Chinese damsels labor with might and main to -lay up merits that they may prevail with the judges of the lower -world to let them be born again as men, so that they may have a -chance to get there. - -—More than 280 Christian women are banded together in England, -daily praying for blessing to rest upon the work among the poor, -degraded and down-trodden women of China. Three of the members of -this Woman’s Prayer Union for the Women of China have been accepted -by the China Inland Mission, and are hoping soon to leave for their -future sphere of work. - -—A happy thought for a Christian wedding party found expression at -Norwich, England, on the occasion of the marriage of Rev. J. O. -Hoare, son of Canon Hoare and Principal of the C. M. S. College, -at Ningpo. After breakfast it was proposed to make a special -collection for the China mission, which resulted in subscriptions -amounting to about $2,200. - -—The edict against Christianity in Japan has never been repealed. -At first, only teaching was permitted, and that was to be secular; -then preaching in private was tolerated; then followed assembles -for Christian worship, and the organization of Christian churches; -and in October, 1880, the natives held a meeting in the open air on -the grounds of a hotel in the public park at Uyeno; some four or -five thousand people were present, and the meeting lasted two days. -It was openly advertised in the native newspapers and publicly -announced by large post-bills which met the eye in all parts of the -city, and one of which was on the very spot where the old edict -board used to stand. And yet the government does not interfere. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE SOUTH. - -REV. JOSEPH E. ROY, D.D., FIELD SUPERINTENDENT. - -PROF. ALBERT SALISBURY, SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. - - * * * * * - - -A REMARKABLE TRIBUTE. - -HOW IT PAYS TO EDUCATE COLORED MINISTERS. - -REV. W. W. PATTON, D.D., WASHINGTON. - -Facts are worth more than abstract theories. Let the people -have the facts. Howard University has for a number of years -been carrying on a theological department, which has educated -many colored ministers for all the evangelical denominations in -this country, besides sending several missionaries to Africa. -This department is mainly supported by the American Missionary -Association, and its principal professorship has been partially -endowed by Mrs. Stone. From this institution went forth a few years -since, a young man (Rev. A. J. Henry) of unmixed African blood, -who took as his field of labor a benighted county in Virginia. As -the result of his patient, self-denying toil, several churches and -schools have been established, and a new character has been given -to the whole community. In proof of this, I am permitted to quote -the following letter, voluntarily sent by the Prosecuting Attorney -of the county to Mr. Henry: - - “AMELIA COURT HOUSE, Va., Jan. 31, 1883. - - DEAR SIR: There has been such a marked improvement in the - conduct, character, morals and intelligence of the colored - population of this county, and crime has diminished to such - an extent with the past several years, that it is natural - that an observing man should at once consider the cause or - reason for such a changed state of affairs. In doing so, I am - at once constrained to believe and to attribute it to your - untiring zeal in the laudable effort to do good to that race - whose training has been so long neglected. Your boldness in - condemning the wrong and asserting and approving the right, - has not only impressed the colored people and influenced their - conduct in the right direction, but it has at the same time won - for you the confidence and esteem of all the thinking portion - of the white race who are interested in good government, and a - well-ordered and law-abiding community. It is not surprising to - thinking men that an immense amount of crime should have been - the result of liberating the vast number of colored people of - the South, and throwing them suddenly upon their own resources, - with their wants unprovided for and with no training, when it - had not been their habit to think or provide for themselves. - Consequently, the sad result was that crime was prevalent - throughout this whole Southern country. It therefore became - sensible men to undertake to provide a remedy; and the remedy - is, to educate and Christianize the race; and I am glad—indeed, - happy—to be able to say that you have contributed your full - share toward bringing about that happy result, for which this - community ought to be profoundly grateful. - - “Now, for a moment, let us contrast the present state of - things with the past, which is vivid in our recollection - because of its sadness. I qualified as Prosecuting Attorney - for this county at the April Term of the County Court 1870, - and have held that office (with the exception of one term of - four years) from that time to the present. It was no uncommon - thing—indeed it was a common thing—to prosecute from two to - four cases of felony at every term of the court, and I have - prosecuted as many as seven felonies at one term of our Circuit - Court, and the jail was full or crowded with those awaiting - trial. But for the last four or five years crime has gradually - diminished, until now it is a rare occurrence that we have a - prisoner in jail awaiting trial or a felony to prosecute; and - the jail is nearly all the time without an inmate. The present - state of things is so different that it is a subject of remark. - May He who directeth all things spare you long in the good work - in which you have accomplished so much. Very respectfully and - truly your friend, - - T. K. WEISIGER.” - -This statement speaks loudly, not only as regards the particular -case mentioned, but as regards the system which we are pursuing to -elevate the colored people. Mr. Henry, during his studies in Howard -University, was aided by funds contributed in Great Britain for the -assistance of needy colored students, and it will be cheering to -those benefactors to hear of the good which is being accomplished -by this beneficiary. Will not other benefactors come to our help by -furnishing other endowments and scholarships? - - * * * * * - - -REVIVAL WORK AT FISK UNIVERSITY. - -REV. H. S. BENNETT. - -The religious history of Fisk University divides itself into two -portions, that before New Year and after. Before the New Year, the -week given to the Young Men’s Christian Association passed, and -the work of holding nightly prayer meetings was taken in hand by -the students. Several conversions resulted. After the new year had -set in and I had returned from my Northern trip, I felt that the -time had come for direct effort for the conversion of the students. -I, therefore, directed my preaching to that end and held nightly -meetings for inquirers. As a result two or three of the students -were converted. At length, being convinced that I could do little -more, I made no appointment for other meetings. At this point the -young men in Livingstone Hall came forward and offered to carry -on the meetings in their own way. I was glad to give them the -opportunity to go forward. This they did, visiting from room to -room and inviting the unconverted out. The result was that there -was a large increase in the interest. The inquiry meetings were -full, and from ten to fifteen were seeking Christ every night. This -work went on for several weeks and resulted in the conversion of -fifteen or more—twenty-two for the whole year. There is still some -interest, although other things have interfered to divert the minds -of the students from the direct effort for the salvation of souls. - - * * * * * - - -EMERSON INSTITUTE. - -BY MISS EMMA CAUGHEY, MOBILE, ALA. - -The accompanying cut of Emerson Institute presents it in its -new and enlarged proportions. Oct 3d, 1882, with much joy and -thanksgiving, we dedicated its new walls, “Pro Christo et -Humanitate.” It is a fine substantial building, well adapted to -our school work. A basement play-room under the entire building -furnishes protection to the children on rainy days. The first floor -contains three pleasant school-rooms, four halls and a library. -Four stair-ways lead to the play-room, and the same number lead up -to the second floor, where are three more cheery, well ventilated -school-rooms, separated from each other by uplifting sash doors, -by which the entire upper story may be thrown into one large hall. -Here we assemble for morning devotions, hold our public rhetoricals -and evening socials. Contributions from friends at the North have -enabled us to place a reading table in one corner of the normal -room, furnished with the best weeklies and monthlies, a handsome -clock and some tasteful mottoes on the wall, each of which we may -hope is a little rill flowing into that stream of silent influences -which serves not only to brighten the lives of the pupils but -to help them to a nobler manhood and a purer womanhood. We have -enrolled during the year three hundred and twenty-one different -pupils under the care of six teachers. We have an industrial -department connected with our school, in which sewing and fancy -work are taught. We meet for two hours each Friday evening at the -close of the regular session of school. This evening hour is a -happy climax to the week for the girls, but is a great tension upon -the nervous force of the teachers at the end of the week’s wear and -tear. We close this department of our school with a fair, where the -articles made by the girls are offered for sale, the proceeds of -which are to be divided between foreign missions and our own worthy -poor. - -[Illustration: EMERSON INSTITUTE, MOBILE, ALA.] - - * * * * * - - -INDUSTRIAL WORK AT ATLANTA UNIVERSITY. - -MR. H. M. SESSIONS. - -Having been connected with this institution more than a year, -we have learned from the boys in school from all parts of the -South, as well as from our own observation in the State, of the -limited scope of the agricultural products in this section. Most -of the boys have been accustomed to farm work, and in answer to -the question, “What kind of crops have you been used to raising?” -they reply invariably, “corn and cotton.” It has been the custom -of the planters here to use their means, men, teams and credit to -raise cotton. While they are raising crops they run in debt for -provisions, and at the end of the year frequently fail to realize -enough from the crops to pay the bills. Some are learning the -better way of raising a variety of crops for the family, and a few -acres of cotton for a money crop. The great want of successful -farming is fertilizers. The land is so impoverished that there is -no use in trying to raise a crop without. With plenty of manure, -we can secure as good crops as can be raised anywhere. Our tables -were supplied last summer with a great variety of vegetables and -our barns filled with fodder. Twelve acres only out of the sixty -owned by the Institution have been under cultivation, our own table -with 240 boarders making a market. The advantages of climate enable -us to raise two or three crops a year on the same land. The soil -is capable of producing any and every variety of crops that can be -raised elsewhere in the United States. - -Whatever possibilities may be attained in literary pursuits for -generations to come, most of the manual labor at the South will -be performed by the colored man. The great want at the present -time is skilled laborers. The abundant resources are awaiting men -as well as means for their development—men skilled in all the -useful trades, educated in both muscle and brain, such as can -plan as well as execute. There is a surplus of ignorant laborers -South who cannot set themselves to work at anything but the most -menial service. If the present generation can be instructed by -skilled labor how to get a good living and earn money to educate -their children, then the next generation can take a step higher. -The opportunities offered the boys here to learn the useful arts -will be enlarged. At the present time we are only developing the -agricultural department in a small way for want of means. We are -trying to utilize the labor of the boys for their advantage, as -well as profit to the Institution. With a fair supply of mulberry -trees, we propose to commence the culture of silk. This spring we -have twenty-five boys competing for the premiums offered for the -largest product of early garden vegetables grown on the square rod. -The work is to be done during play hours and the crop harvested -before the close of the term, the 15th of June. Monthly lectures -on important farm topics are given to the students. We need an -endowment of $30,000 for a school of agriculture, and the same -amount for the mechanic arts. - - * * * * * - - -AFRICA AT ATLANTA. - -In a private letter Mrs. Chase writes about a young man from the -west coast of Africa as follows: I must tell you about Philip. We -had very interesting meetings last week. Thursday the topic was for -the church. Philip who had not had courage to speak in meetings -before this year, got up and said he was ashamed of having been so -afraid of being laughed at by the boys; he expected in a few years -to teach about Jesus in his own country—and it is your country, -too. He then went on with his intense earnestness and broken -English to tell of his home—how dear it was to him and how dear -his people were—how sad it was that they did not know about Jesus, -till I do not think there was a dry eye in the room. The meeting -the next night was a larger one, as we have no study hours Friday -night. We saw the effect of Philip’s thrilling words. More than -one referred to them. A young woman who decided to be a missionary -to Africa last year, said every word Philip spoke seemed meant for -her. “To think that boy, who was a heathen such a little while ago, -could justly say such things to us with our privileges, made me -feel condemned. I want to preach the gospel to the heathen. I pray -that I may be fitted for the blessed work. I don’t want money, I -don’t want fame, but I do want such a spirit that it shall be my -meat and drink to do my Father’s will.” Philip’s Bible, which he -brought with him, is very fine print, and has no references. He -wanted a new one, so as he had earned some money in summer, one of -the teachers purchased him one. He is so pleased with it he takes -it to bed with him. One day he asked his teacher if he could not -buy some silk to cover it with. When she suggested covering it with -paper, he did not like it at all. I am so glad he is with us, he is -a great power. - - * * * * * - - -ONE DAY. - -BY MISS ADELE BREWER, RALEIGH, N.C. - -Would you like to spend Sunday with us among the colored people -at the South? The bell for Sunday School sounded at nine o’clock. -At three, we answered the call for church. We saluted the sexton, -a pretty girl, who was ringing the bell as we entered. The neat -little church still had its Christmas trimmings. We were delighted -with everything, the earnest minister, the good organ, the -well-trained choir. Every word of the responsive reading was so -clearly enunciated that it was a pleasure to listen. The pastor’s -wife came in with her manly son and her wee baby. That smallest -auditor behaved well. The missionary was there with the orphan she -is training. Notices for the week were given out—Lyceum, Church -prayer meeting, and the Women’s prayer meeting. - -After the benediction, before we had hardly thought of turning in -our places, we felt the pressure of a baby’s hand. Little Clara, -aged five, had hastened to us. She had come to church alone. It was -sweet to look at her and know what an angel of light she is. Her -mother, though an invalid, takes in washing. She hires some one -to carry the clothes. Clara wishes to grow. “Why?” “So I can tote -de clothes.” In former days, long before she came to earth, her -parents were prosperous. They bought land and built two houses, one -for themselves and one to rent. Her father, still in the prime of -life, is paralyzed and blind. Day after day he sits by the fire, -unable to read, or work, or move. We have seen his blind, twitching -face light tenderly at the touch of his only child. Clara led us -along slowly, and we chatted with the missionary and her friends. -One young lady has bought land, built a house for herself and -furnished it well with carpet and organ. She is helping her sisters -in their education. We met many whose friends were at school. We -shook hands with the good deacons. - -Some young girls were waiting at home for us. They wished to talk -about “going North.” As soon as they had left, a friend sent by -us an orange to Mrs. Knowles. In her one dark room, over a smoky -fireplace, she was sitting, paralyzed, rheumatic and very “painy,” -without kith or kin to help her, dependent on neighbors for food, -wood and water; her lot did not seem an enviable one. “The children -are mighty kind to me.” Boys come in and cut a stick of wood at a -time. She cooks meal, her chief article of food, in three different -ways, “so as to have a little variety, you know.” Often suffers for -“suthing t’eat;” seldom knows whence the next dinner will come. - -As we left the room we heard crying. Leaning by the fence, alone -and screaming, was a little girl. “What is it?” “A boy threw a rock -and hit me here,” showing her side. “Where is your home?” “Right -over yonder.” “Shall I take you there?” “No; mother is not there.” -It proved that her sister and friend were frolicking and helping -(?) Mrs. Knowles. Her sister answered the appeal for help. “Hush, -Queen; quit making such a fuss.” The friend explained: “She never -did like to be hit by a rock, nohow.” We noticed the feet of the -friend. A piece of leather tied around them, showing the bare toes. -Many children can not go to Sunday-school because they have no -shoes. - -After tea we went to the S. S. Concert. In giving out the subject, -the teacher said she did not want to call it a Lying Concert, -though the verses were about lying, so she called it a Truth -Concert. The room was full. Little Clara’s mother could not go, -so the wee maiden invited a young lady to be her escort. The -concert was excellent. The texts were well recited and the pastor’s -remarks summed up the matter. At the close an appeal was made in -behalf of a poor and sick scholar. A member of her class carried -around the basket, and a dollar and seventy-nine cents was given -in response. This little church takes up three collections a day, -yet its members are very poor and the winter has been hard on all. -One family stayed in bed till late in the afternoon to save wood -to cook supper. A young man, sick with consumption, had nothing -provided for him but bacon and cornmeal, which his delicate -appetite loathed. It is hard to earn much, receiving thirty cents -a week for a washing. We asked a widow if she was comfortable when -her husband was alive. “Oh yes; I had plenty to eat, plenty to -eat. He was cross sometimes, as men are, but I always had plenty -to eat.” We lay down to rest that night with new feelings of -gratitude and shame. “What shall we render unto the Lord for all -His benefits?” - - * * * * * - - -A JUBILATE. - -(Composed for the Commencement Exercises of Tillotson Institute.) - -BY MISS ANGIE FULLER. - - A song, a song of joyous exultation, - That where but late was darkness and despair, - Harps upon the willows, hopeless lamentation, - Sighing and moans, and foolish superstitions, - The cringing fear and terror stricken wail, - With all the miserable, the pitiful conditions - Gross ignorance and bondage can entail, - - There now is light that promises to brighten, - There now is thankful prayer and notes of praise, - There now is hope, sweet hope, to cheer and lighten, - A race oppressed and wronged in many ways; - There now are minds aspiring and expanding - And daily demonstrating they are strong, - To answer to Progression’s stern demanding - And take a place among the cultured throng. - - God-speed to those who lead this van of progress, - Who work as pioneers in Wisdom’s fields; - Proving to all the wondering, doubting people - What grand results, fair mental culture yields. - Still may they press undaunted onward, upward - Greater achievements and successes win, - While hopeful millions in their footsteps follow, - And Heaven smiles approval most benign. - -[Illustration: GREEN COVE SPRINGS, ST. JOHNS RIVER, FLA.] - - -COLOR LINE IN FLORIDA. - -BY REV. ALBERT P. MILLER. - -While the “color-line” is being freely discussed in the leading -Christian journals of the day, as to so-called “mixed churches,” -the following incident may show to the Christian world the attitude -taken by the African Methodist Episcopal Church—400,000 strong—with -whose work I was very pleasantly connected last year. One of our -preachers, a Rev. C. J. Croom, having charge of the Hamburg circuit -in the East Florida Conference, was last year holding a series of -revival meetings. The spirit waxed hot, and large numbers came -rolling in from every quarter night after night. Conversions began -to crown the efforts of the pastor, among the colored members of -the congregation. As is very often the case several white friends -were in attendance. One night after a soul-stirring sermon the -preacher called on all who wanted to be prayed for to come and bow -at the front seats. A great many came, and among these a white -woman, who that night was deeply convicted. Her mother, brother -and sister were terribly enraged, that she should be out so late -at a “nigger meeting,” and came down on her very heavily. The -next night, however, found her, more anxious than ever, at the -“nigger revival.” The mother, who would not go herself, sent her -son and daughter to bring their sister home. On arriving they -became so much interested in what was going on that they decided -to remain. They began to feel “funny.” Still they sat and looked -on and saw their sister again press forward for prayer. They -still felt “funny,” but couldn’t go. By and by the sister, who -sat in the audience, went to get her anxious sister, and take her -home. No sooner had she put her hands on her than she herself -fell under conviction, and both that night were happily converted -to God. Their brother at once became deeply concerned, and was -soon rejoicing with his sisters and the Negroes in the “liberty -wherewith Christ doth make his children free.” - -“Big Sunday” came, day for communion and reception of members. -Candidates received on profession were to be baptized, either by -sprinkling or immersion. Our white brother and his two dear sisters -having been received into full membership chose to go down under -the water, which they did with several others, being baptized by -Bro. Croom. Some of the white neighbors were a little offended at -the conduct of both the colored preacher and his white brother -and sisters in the Lord, and asked him to leave. But he told them -frankly that he didn’t convert the candidates, and that if the same -God who had changed their hearts, led them also to seek admission -into his church, there was nothing, either in his Bible or his -discipline, that would prohibit their becoming regular members of -his church. Bro. Croom tells me that these three converts are among -the most faithful of his members, and that he “would be glad to -receive many more such members into the African Methodist Episcopal -Church, for God is no respecter of persons,” and why should we be? - - * * * * * - - -WOMAN’S MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. - -BY MISS M. K. LUNT, SELMA. - -The Alabama Branch of the Woman’s Missionary Association held its -annual meeting in the Normal room of Talladega College, March -27. The attendance was good, and the reports from the local -societies very encouraging. The officers, with but two exceptions, -were re-elected to serve for the coming year. After devotional -exercises, Mrs. De Forest gave an address of welcome, in which -she reminded us of the important work God had put in our hands to -carry on, and that _our_ part is to be _doers_, leaving results -to Him. The local societies have given considerable time to -industrial work, disposing of clothing, quilts, and fancy articles, -aggregating the sum of $175, disbursing for Foreign Missions and -home interests $116.85, leaving a balance for further distribution. -Mothers’ meetings, children’s meetings, and sewing classes have -received their share of attention. At the public meeting in March, -in Selma, Mrs. McDougal, correspondent of the New York _Weekly -Witness_, was present, and all enjoyed her fresh, practical and -inspiring words. - -Several papers were listened to with interest, the first read by -Miss Jillson, on “Our Duty to Foreign Missions and the means by -which an interest may be Promoted.” Miss Plimpton and Mrs. A. W. -Curtis followed in discussion on the subject. Mrs. Curtis spoke -of the joy her husband’s mother felt in giving three sons to the -missionary fields; how this love had been awakened in her children -by reading to them from the _Missionary Herald_. Mrs. Andrews read -letters of greeting from the President and Secretary of the Boston -Association. Miss Chafin sent a paper, on “Do we owe a Tenth to the -Lord?” - -A poem was read by Miss Partridge, “So Much to do at Home.” In -this an African Chief is begging for some Christian teachers to go -with him to lead his people to the Saviour, but is denied because -there is so much at home to be done. Mrs. Fay gave a talk on “How -to organize Missionary Societies,” urging the members of those -churches who have no such organization to form one at once. - -Miss Mickle presented another paper on “Hath She Done what She -Could?” Mrs. Steele of Chattanooga, Tenn., was present and offered -the closing prayer. Singing was interspersed, and we felt that the -hours had brought to us an encouragement and strength which will -make us more hopeful for the future. - - * * * * * - - -NOTES FROM THE FIELD. - -—A Welsh Cong. Church has been organized at Rock Creek, Tenn., with -22 members, by the Rev. Wm. H. Thomas. - -—Rev. L. C. Joell, a recent graduate of the Theol. Dept. of Howard -University, has been appointed for church work at Greenwood, S.C. - -—More than two score souls are reported to have been converted at a -series of meetings conducted by Revs. Imes and Fields at Memphis, -Tenn. - -—A revival is reported in connection with the labors of Rev. B. F. -Foster at Fayetteville, Ark. - -—Rev. Milus Harris, of Talladega, is conducting school and church -services at Tecumseh, Ala., in the building erected by the Tecumseh -Iron Co. - -—A church of fourteen members has been recognized by Council at -Jackson, Miss. The sermon was by Supt. Roy. Most of the members had -been students at Tougaloo University. - -—The Mississippi Association of Cong. Churches and ministers was -organized at Tougaloo, Miss., March 31. Pres. Pope and Rev. C. -L. Harris were elected as delegates to the National Council. A -missionary committee was appointed to take charge of two missions -already established. - -—Supt. Roy has organized a church of ten members at Knoxville, -Tenn., which was recognized by Council April 22. Rev. Simon Peter -Smith, from Washington, has been assigned to this charge. A church -edifice has been secured. - -—The Central Church, New Orleans, under the ministration of Rev. -Dr. Alexander, has received forty new members during the year. The -church pays $50 a month towards the pastor’s salary. - -—Miss Gerrish, who has been sustained by the ladies of Iowa, as -missionary, in connection with the Central Church, New Orleans, has -been greatly blessed in her work done in the mothers’ meeting and -the sewing class. Twelve hundred calls were made by her during the -first six months of her service. - -—A church was organized at Fayetteville, Ark., with nine members, -April 15. Supt. Roy and Rev. B. F. Foster, the pastor of the -church, were in attendance. At the first communion season the -church was made happy in the use of a new communion set and an -outfit of chapel lamps from Rev. Geo. M. Boynton’s people, Jamaica -Plain, Mass. - -—The Spirit of God has been poured out upon both church and school -at the Le Moyne Institute. In the normal department of the school -there are but six or eight who do not profess Christ. Eighty per -cent. of all the students are reported to be seeking to lead -Christian lives. Over fifty souls have recently professed faith in -Christ, about twenty of whom will soon be added to the church. - -—Prof. Hitchcock, of Straight University, New Orleans, has -interested parties on the ground to provide for orange and other -fruit trees to be planted on the square in connection with the -University buildings. He is anxious, however, to secure additional -funds in order that the planting may be sufficient and immediate. - -—A new church has been organized at Birmingham, Ala., under the -guidance of Supt. Roy. Rev. Andrew J. Headen has been chosen -pastor, and the work is now being carried on with good success. - -—Rev. C. W. Francis, of Atlanta, reports the conversion of eighteen -students in connection with the University. One is a member of the -graduating class and another has been a Roman Catholic. - - * * * * * - - - - -THE CHINESE. - - * * * * * - - -THE NEW MISSION IN SOUTH CHINA. - -BY REV. W. C. POND. - -The memorable event of the month of February—so far as our work is -concerned—is the inauguration of the mission of the American Board -to Hong Kong, and through Hong Kong to those districts of South -China from which most of our Chinese have come. Rev. C. R. Hager, a -recent graduate of our Pacific Theological Seminary, and for more -than a year past a very successful and greatly beloved pastor at -Antioch, in this State, having offered himself to the Board as a -Foreign Missionary, was at our own suggestion and request appointed -to take charge of this new work, and was ordained as a Missionary -at Bethany Church, on Friday, Feb. 16. One of the exercises at the -ordination service was an address by Jee Gam, a portion of which, -I trust, can be crowded into the space allotted in the MISSIONARY -to our work. It will scarcely be necessary for me to add anything, -unless it be to say that to my faith this work thus begun looms up -in grand proportions, as fraught with most beneficent results. I -am prepared in spirit patiently to wait—prepared, if such be God’s -will, utterly to fail—but my faith feels so strong, my hopes are so -high, so bright, so confident, that I seem to myself already to be -entering on the harvest, and the joy of harvest fills my heart. - - -JEE GAM’S ADDRESS. - -It was ten years ago when our Chinese brethren first felt the -need of a mission in China at or near the districts from which -most of our brethren came. They grew more and more anxious for -this mission, when they heard of the aid and refuge given to the -persecuted Christians by the other mission in Canton city. - -The first three years we often expressed our great desire among -ourselves for this mission, but never thought of telling our -superintendent, Rev. W. C. Pond. Not a word was said to him -until at our usual Wednesday afternoon Bible class, about seven -years ago, when the subject of foreign missions was accidentally -mentioned. We then told Rev. W. C. Pond what we so much desired. -He at once approved of it. Hong Kong was chosen for the seat of -this mission, and Mr. Pond requested that those who were able to -write a letter should do so, explaining why this mission was so -much needed. He accordingly forwarded these letters to the American -Missionary Association. Though the Association sympathized with -us in our want, yet how this mission could be established looked -very doubtful. The matter was left to stand; but we remembered -that James tells us to ask in faith, nothing wavering, and we knew -that God was able to supply all our needs; so we kept on praying. -In the first part of October, 1879, I was greatly surprised by the -very generous invitation which the American Missionary Association -tendered me to attend its annual meeting at Chicago. I started for -the East, but thought nothing of this Hong Kong mission until at -the annual meeting, when I felt moved by the Holy Spirit to make -an earnest plea for it. I also spoke for it at all the meetings I -attended while East. - -On the evening of the 4th of August, 1882 (the same day the Chinese -Restriction bill went into effect), the good news came through our -superintendent that the American Board had consented to establish -the Hong Kong Mission. Oh, how my heart, filled to overflowing, -went out to God in thanksgiving and praise! Immediately we called -the brethren to tell them the good news. Christ has told us to -ask and we shall receive; yet, when this ten years’ prayer was -answered, it seemed almost too much to believe, and we are here -this evening to praise God once more for his love to us and our -benighted countrymen in China. * * * - -Having Hong Kong for headquarters, missionaries and teachers can -be sent from there to preach and teach in the villages from which -our young men come. Besides this, the English language is used -more in Hong Kong than in any other part of China, and the Chinese -living there, or those visiting that place, could not be reached -in a more efficient manner than by opening the same kind of free -schools for them that you have opened for us here. They need to -know the English language. Of course there are public schools, -where both the English and Chinese languages are taught by the -British Government, but all have their sessions in the daytime: -consequently, the children are the only ones benefited by these -schools. There remains the laboring class unreached. If a free -evening school is opened, I have no doubt that much good could -be done among them. Moreover, Hong Kong is a great highway to -all foreign ports, especially San Francisco. Through Hong Kong -nearly all the Chinese in the United States have come and will -return. If a general mission could be established at this port, -much co-operating work could be accomplished between our missions -here and that at Hong Kong. Christian Chinese returning home would -receive letters of introduction to the superintendent of the Hong -Kong mission. This superintendent would have pastoral care over -them, and would be a very great help in time of persecution. -Converts would be made firmer in faith, and more earnest in leading -others to Christ. - -The Congregational Association of Christian Chinese, at its last -annual meeting, voted to give $500 toward the establishing of this -Hong Kong mission, and do all in its power to help in the future. -God be praised, for he has shown his wonderful love to China. He -is to be praised for this beloved brother, who so kindly offers -himself for the Master’s service. He is to be praised for the -American Board which sends him. May the Lord raise up many more -like workers, who shall devote their lives to China. - - * * * * * - -Let me add that besides this gift of money, our mission sends with -Mr. Hager one of our very best helpers, Lee Sam. We shall miss him -greatly, but we have plead for this new work, expecting that it -would draw upon us in that way largely. To raise up and train men -for Gospel work among the millions beyond the sea, will now be one -of the chief ends to be kept in view in our work in California. And -because of this, we ask with an intensity of desire scarcely known -to us before, a place in the prayers of God’s people throughout our -whole land. - - * * * * * - - - - -CHILDREN’S PAGE. - - -THE COMING OF THE ORGAN. - -BY MRS. WALTER E. C. WRIGHT, BEREA, KY. - -“Pine Grove College,” as it is called in Jackson County, needed -an organ; there was no doubt about that. But the likelihood of -obtaining it seemed small. Away up there in the mountains of -Kentucky, there were few who had ever seen an organ, and only -the teacher knew how much it would help in the day school, the -Sunday-school and the preaching services. So Miss Barton sang -herself hoarse trying to teach the children to sing by rote, and on -Sunday the minister had to line the hymns for want of books. (Your -grandmamma can tell you what I mean by “_lining_ the hymn.”) In all -the mountain churches, both colored and white, the people always -sing in that way, and having no organ to keep them together, they -come out at the end one behind the other, like the “rounds” you -sing at school. - -[Illustration: MOUNTAIN FAMILY SINGING PSALMS.] - -One day a teacher from Berea went up to visit the school, and when -she saw the bright, eager faces of the children, and the effort -the teacher was making to have them learn to sing, she said, “Why, -how much you need an organ here. It would lift these children -into a whole new world of ideas.” “Yes, I know it,” answered Miss -Barton, “but where is it to come from?” Well, Miss D. went home and -thought it over, and then wrote to Miss Barton that if the people -there would raise thirty dollars, she would see that they had an -organ. Miss Barton did not feel much encouraged, for the people in -that region are not rich, and one dollar looks very large to them. -However, she read Miss D.’s letter to them at Sabbath school, and -explained what an advantage it would be to have the instrument to -use. To her great surprise they pledged the amount at once, though -many of them cannot afford sugar in their coffee, or butter on the -corn bread, which, with bacon, is the staple of their living. I -have not time to tell how Miss D. raised the rest of the money, -how she found a dealer who had a very fine organ to sell at second -hand, and who threw off fifteen dollars when he found for what -she wanted it—nor how one friend in Tallmadge and another in Akron -helped on, and at last the organ was ordered and sent. It was -expected on a certain Saturday, and on Sunday morning you might -have seen the people gathering in unusually large numbers. All who -did not walk came on horseback. There a mother with her baby on -her arm, and a little girl behind her on the family horse. Here -the father, with a three-year-old boy behind him on the colt, and -yonder three older children on another horse, all sitting with that -easy security they express when they say “I was born on a horse,” -and thinking no more about it than you do when you ride in a street -car. - -But when the people reached the school-house their faces fell as -they came in one after another and saw there was no organ on the -platform. The wagon had broken down bringing it over the almost -impassable roads from the station twenty miles away, and at last -Sunday-school was commenced with a feeling of disappointment in all -hearts. Even brave Miss Barton felt a lump in her throat, for she -had counted on it like the meeting of an old friend in a strange -land. But just in the middle of the lesson the creaking of wheels -was heard and some men came in with _something_ still encased in -the box in which it was packed. No more lesson that day. Every boy -and girl, colored and white, was as eager and curious as if this -was a stray cage from some menagerie. Finally, with some little -trouble, the packing-case was removed, and there was a plain, quiet -little walnut thing, looking some like a small cupboard, and now -the question arose on which side was it made to stand? The teacher, -seeing the dilemma, suggested the proper base, on which it was -firmly placed. Then a chair was brought, some books piled on it—and -_then_ they found there was no key. But somebody produced a nail, -the cover was lifted, and there was their organ smiling at them -and showing every one of its pretty white teeth. And oh, when the -wonderful thing began to sing, how pleased they were! The children -forgot that they too could sing - - “Praise God from whom all blessings flow,” - -while listening to the beautiful, strange voice. Presently they -gained courage and joined in the Gospel hymns (which the common -people _do_ sing gladly), and sang, and sang, and sang, all through -the time for Sabbath school and all through the time for preaching. - -I think the angels hearing the sounds must have rejoiced that day -with great hope for the souls that might be won to repentance -through the Coming of the Organ. - - * * * * * - - - - -RECEIPTS FOR APRIL, 1883. - - * * * * * - - - MAINE, $215.13. - - Bath. Central Ch. and Soc., 45; Winter St. - Cong. Ch. and Soc., 35.15 $80.15 - Bethel. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.24 - Brewer. Cong. Ch. 9.50 - Buxton. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.00 - East Orrington. Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.04 - East Otisfield. Mrs. Susan Lovell, 5; Mrs. - Sarah P. Morton, 2; Rev. J Loring, 1.75; - Mrs. A. Lovewell, 1; Mrs. M. H. Jennings, 25c 10.00 - Gorham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.78 - Gorham. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Needmore Chapel, - Talladega C._ 19.17 - Newport. Mrs. M. S. Nickerson 0.50 - South Paris. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.25 - Norway. Mrs. M. K. Frost 0.50 - Waldoborough. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Wells. Barak Maxwell 20.00 - Winthrop. Cong. Ch. 17.00 - York. “A Friend,” by Rev. D. B. Sewall 3.00 - - - NEW HAMPSHIRE, $430.07. - - Amherst. Cong. Ch. 15.70 - Atkinson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00 - Colebrook. “E. C. W.” 2.00 - Concord. North Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student - Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00 - Exeter. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 122.08 - Exeter. Cong. Ch. 2 Bbls of C., _for Tillotson - C. & N. Inst._ Mrs. Odlin _for Freight_ 3.00 - East Alstead. Rev G. A. Beckwith, Box Books, - _for Library, Macon, Ga._ - Great Falls. Mission Fund, Cong. Soc. 11.25 - and Bbl. of C. _for Student Aid, Talladega - C._ 11.25 - Hillsborough Bridge. Cong. Ch. 3.00 - Keene. First Cong. Sab. Sch., 32.55; George - Cooke, 5 37.55 - Lisbon. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.00 - Mason. Cong. Ch. 9.00 - Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.74 - New Boston. “A Friend” (of which 50 _for - Chinese and 25 for Indian M._) 100.00 - New Ipswich. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student - Aid, Atlanta U._ 20.00 - North Hampton. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Lady - Missionary, Savannah, Ga._ 21.00 - Orford. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 16; “H. H. C.,” 1. - “F. B.” 25c 17.25 - Orfordville. D. T Hale 5.00 - Piermont. Cong. Sab. Sch., 5; E. Ford, 5 10.00 - Portsmouth. Rev. W. W. Dow 2.00 - Shelburne. Mrs. Mary C. Ingalls 2.50 - Wilton. Rev. A. E. Tracy, Bbl. C., _for Macon, - Ga._ - - - VERMONT, $530.68. - - Brattleborough. Helen J. Preston, _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 - Brookfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.35 - Cambridge. Mr. and Mrs. M. Safford 38.52 - Clarendon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.27 - Granby and Victory. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.00 - Newport. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.65 - Norwich. Mrs. H. Burton 2.00 - Manchester. Cong. Ch., 122.68; A. Hemenway, 5 127.68 - Rochester. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Two bbls. C. - _for Talladega C._ - Rutland. Cong. Ch. 243.74 - Saxton’s River. Rev. William Sewall, Pkg. of - C., _for Atlanta U._ - Thetford. Cong. and Soc. 12.14 - Townshend. “Miss E. M. B.” 5.00 - ——. “L. G.” 5.00 - West Brattleborough. Cong. Ch., and Soc. to - const. MRS. MARY W. CLARK L. M. 31.53 - West Brattleborough. Ladies of Cong. Soc., 2 - Bbls. of C. _for Talladega. C., 5 for - Freight_ 5.00 - West Hartford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 2.00 - - - MASSACHUSETTS, $13,166.38. - - Andover. West Parish Juv. Soc., _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 - Andover. Mrs. Sophia Tufts, _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 5 00 - Andover. The late Mrs. Caroline T. Jackson 17.00 - Amesbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.75 - Amherst. First Cong. Ch. 25.00 - Amherst. “Friends,” _for Student Aid, Atlanta - U._ 1.00 - Ashburnham. Marshall Wetherbee 2.00 - Attleborough. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.86 - Auburn. Cong. Sab. Sch. (of which 11.66 for - Indian and Chinese M.) 17.50 - Beverly. Ladies’ M. C. of Cong. Ch., 20 pair - of sheets, _for Fisk U._ - Billerica. Trinitarian Cong. Ch. and Soc., - 14.97; Sab. Sch., 8.35, bal. to const. REV. - FREDERICK. A. WILSON L. M. 23.32 - Boston. Central Ch. and Soc., 1,008.64; Chas. - C. Barry, 25; “A Friend,” 5; M. A. Willard, 1 1,039.64 - Boston. N. B. Goodnow, 5; “A Friend,” 1; Lee & - Shepard, books, val. 17, _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 6.00 - Boston and vicinity. Ladies, Seven boxes - Bedding, _for Fisk U._ - Boxborough. Mary Stone 10.00 - Boxford. Miss Mary Sawyer, _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 1.00 - Brocton. Porter Evan. Ch. 51.78 - Brookline. Harvard Ch. and Soc. 87.83 - Cambridgeport. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., 30, to - const. MRS. CAROLINE F. BRADSHAW, L. M.; - Pilgrim Ch., 13.42 43.42 - Charlestown. Winthrop Ch. and Soc. 74.47 - Chelsea. “Ladies Union Home Miss. Band,” _for - Lady Missionary, Chattanooga, Tenn._ 40 00 - Coleraine. Rev. D. A. Strong 0.50 - Concord. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.26 - Dedham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17 04 - Dorchester. Village Ch. and Soc. 38.37 - Dracut. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. - JAMES THOMPSON, L. M. 40.00 - Dunstable. Evan. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - Enfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 55.00 - Essex. “Helping Hand Soc.” of Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Dakota M._ 50.00 - Essex. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.00 - Essex Co. “A Friend,” 15.00 - East Charlemont. Dea. Phineas Field 2.00 - East Hampton. Ladies Benev. Soc. Payson Cong. - Ch. Two Bbls. of C., 5 _for Freight, for - Talladega C._ 5.00 - Fall River. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. 44.80 - Falmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00 - Florence. Florence Cong. Ch. 27.78 - Franklin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 33.09 - Granby. Mrs. A. Bliss, _for Atlanta, Ga._ 5.00 - Granville. C. Holcomb and wife 10.00 - Globe Village. B. U. Bugbee, _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 2.50 - Gloucester. Addie W. Proctor, _for John Brown - Steamer_ 1.00 - Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch. ($30 of which - from Ladies to const. MISS MARY D. WILLIAMS, - L. M.) 68.09 - Holbrook. Ladies Sew. Circle, Bbl. and Box C., - _for Macon, Ga., 6 for Freight_ 6.00 - Holliston. “Friends.” 13.50; Primary Class - Cong. Sab. Sch., 5, _for Student Aid_; - “Friend,” Carpet (Val. 22.50), _for teachers - room, Stone Hall_. Ladies Benev. Soc., of - Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Talladega C._ 18.50 - Holyoke. Second Cong. Ch. 14.84 - Ipswich. “Friends of the Cause” 4.00 - Lancaster. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch., Box S. S. - Books _for McIntosh, Ga._ - Lincoln. “A Friend,” _for Chinese M._ 1.00 - Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 81.35 - Marblehead. Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, _for - Student Aid, Talladega C._ 500.00 - Medford. “A Friend,” Bickford Knitting - Machine, _for Atlanta U._ - Milford. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Hampton N. and - A. Inst_ 40.00 - Milford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 93.16 - Monson. Cong. Ch. 43.04 - Montague. First Cong. Ch. 14.41 - Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 - Natick. Cong Ch., 15; “Friends,” 10; Harrison - Harwood, 5; S. E. Howard, 5, _for Student - Aid, Talladega C._ 35.00 - Newton. Freedman’s Aid Sew. Cir., Bbl. of C., - _for Macon, Ga._ - Newton Centre. Ladies Benev. Soc. _for Student - Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00 - Newton Centre. First Cong. Ch. & Soc. 55.48 - Newtonville. Ladies of Cong. Ch. & Soc. Bbl. - and Box of C, _for Raleigh, N.C._ - North Adams. First Cong. Ch. 25.71 - Northampton. A. L. Williston 525; First Cong. - Ch., 254.82; “A Friend” 100 879.82 - Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.00 - Peabody. South Ch. and Soc. 130.00 - Peabody. Mrs. W. G. Sperry, _for Atlanta, Ga._ 1.00 - Pittsfield. Ladies of Free Will Soc. First - Cong Ch., Bbl. of C. (Val. 56), _for - Atlanta. U._ - Reading. Coll. by Mrs. Temple _for Freight_ 4.00 - Reading. Ladies of Bethesda Ch. and Soc., Bbl. - of C. (Val. 25), _for Fisk U._ - Rehoboth. Cong. Ch. 31.48 - Royalston. Mrs. E. B. Ripley, Box Bedding, - _for Talladega C._ - Salem. Young Ladies’ Mission Circle of Tab. - Ch., _for Dakota M._ 50.00 - Salem. Tabernacle Ch. Sab. Sch., Primary - class, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 20.00 - Somerville. Franklin St. Ch. & Soc. 95.68 - South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.39 - South Deerfield. Mrs. M. C. Tilton 2.00 - South Framingham. Young Peoples’ Benev. Soc., - _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 50.00 - South Hadley. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00 - Springfield. “H. M.” 500; South Cong. Ch. - 28.62; First Cong. Ch., 20.85 549.47 - Springfield. Mrs. P. Burnham, _for Indian M._ 0.50 - Stoneham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 36.00 - Sunderland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 60.00 - Taunton. Dr. J. S. Andrews, 17, _for Student - Aid_; Ladies Soc. of Broadway Ch., Bbl. of - C., _for Atlanta U._ 17.00 - Townsend. Cong. Sab. Sch., 5, “L. H. S.” 5 10.00 - Townsend Harbor. Box Mission Goods, by Mrs. - Ralph Ball, _for Ladies’ Island, S.C._ - Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 49.03 - Walpole. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. 32.00 - Ware. East Cong. Ch. and Soc, to const. - FREDERICK C. BLOOD, F. D. WINSLOW, MISS - CARRIE GIBBS, MISS BELLE NAYLOR, L. Ms. 403.45 - Watertown. Phillips Sab. Sch., _for Student - Aid, Talladega C._ 50.00 - West Berlin. Miss S. C. Larkin, _for Atlanta, - Ga._ 1.00 - West Boylston. “Willing Workers” of Cong. Ch., - 15 _for furnishing Stone Hall_, 10 _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00 - West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.00 - Westfield. First Cong. Ch., 70; Second Cong. - Ch., 23.91; Mrs. Charlotte W. Fowler, 5 98.91 - West Gloucester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.62 - Westhampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., by Wm. J. - Edwards, “S. S.” and S. A. Phelps, 31; Cong. - Sab. Sch., 13.52; “A Friend,” 25 69.52 - West Townsend. Mrs. Samuel Jenkins, deceased, - by Julia A. Cumings 5.00 - Wellesley Hills. B. F. Parker, 5 _for Student - Aid_; Ladies of Cong. Soc., Bbl. of C., 1.65 - _for Freight, for Talladega C._ 6.65 - Wilmington. “Friends,” by Mrs. H. G. Noyes, - _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00 - Winchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., ad’l. 119.85 - Worcester. Union Ch. and Soc. 114.00 - Worcester. Ladies of Piedmont Ch., _Box of C., - for Talladega C._ - Yarmouth. Bbl of C., by Rev. J. W. Dodge, _for - Wilmington, N.C._ - ——. “A Friend” 10.00 - --------- - $6,036.86 - - LEGACIES. - - Danvers. Estate of Benjamin Hutchinson, by - Elijah Hutchinson, Ex. 25.00 - Taunton. Estate of Mary Ide, by Stephen - Pierce, Ex. 7,104.52 - --------- - $13,166.38 - - - RHODE ISLAND, $52.52. - - Kingston. H. J. Wells 15.00 - Little Compton. Sab. Sch. of United Cong. Ch., - 15.62; “A Friend,” 5; “Thank Offering,” 1.38 22.00 - Providence. Miss N. Marsh, 3 pkgs. Papers, - _for Little Rock, Ark._ - Slatersville. Cong. Church. 15.52 - - - CONNECTICUT, $2,308.58. - - Bethlehem. Cong. Ch., 12.26; “A Friend,” 10 22.26 - Birmingham. Cong. Ch., 65.02; George W. - Shelton, 10 75.02 - Bolton. Cong. Ch. 11.00 - Branford. “H. G. H.” 5.00 - Bridgeport. Park St. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for - Student Aid, Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ 60.00 - Bristol. Cong. Ch. 93.88 - Clinton. Cong. Ch., _for Tillotson C. & N. - Inst._ 10.12 - Colchester. Josiah Gillette 5.00 - Collinsville. M. McNary Spencer 2.00 - Essex. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Atlanta U._ 30.50 - East Hampton. Cong. Ch. 25.86 - East Hartland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 - East Haven. Cong. Ch. 8.05 - East Windsor. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 - Darien. Cong. Ch. 50.00 - Farmington. Cong. Ch. 60.98 - Franklin. Cong. Ch. 9.00 - Guilford. First Cong. Ch. 12.00 - Hartford. Mrs. C. R. Hillyer, to const. LYMAN - BEECHER STOWE L. M. 30.00 - Hartford. W. J. Wood _for Theo. Dept. - Talladega C._ 25.00 - Jewett City. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. - MRS. FRANCES C. CARPENTER L. M. 20.00 - Lakeville. Mrs. M. H. Williams 10.00 - Ledyard. Cong. Sab. Sch. 6.31 - Mansfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.82 - Mansfield Center. First Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Meriden. Center Church 29.00 - Milford. Rev. G. H. Griffin, 25 Books, _for - prizes, Macon, Ga._ - New Britain. South Cong. Ch., 177.40; Members - South Cong. Ch. (special) 15; to const. J. - N. CARLETON, J. WARREN TUCK, JOHN N. - BARTLETT, GEORGE A. CONKLING, WILLIAM E. - LATHAM and WM. H. HART L. Ms 192.40 - New Haven. First Ch., 195.65; Church of the - Redeemer, 100; Edwin Shelley, 2 297.65 - New Haven. Miss McAllister’s Class, North Ch. - Sab. Sch., _for John Brown, Steamer_ 5.00 - Newington. Cong. Sab. Sch., Box of Toys, _for - Talladega C._, 1, _for Freight_ 1.00 - North Coventry. Cong. Ch. 42.00 - Plantsville. Cong. Ch. 255.20 - Plantsville. “Friends” by L. C. Clark, _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 75.00 - Putnam. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, - Straight U._ 25.00 - Rockville. First Cong. Ch., $30 of which to - const. GEORGE N. BRIGHAM L. M. 133.50 - Seymour. Cong. Ch. 14.00 - Sherman. Cong. Ch. 17.00 - Terryville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 35.00 - Unionville. 2 Bbls C., Mrs. James A. Smith 5, - _for Little Rock Ark._ 5.00 - Waterbury. Mrs. Chas. Benedict, Clock, _for - Macon, Ga._ - Westminster. Rev. & Mrs. S. B. Carter 5.00 - West Stafford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00 - Whitneyville. Cong. Ch. 25.00 - Windsor Locks. Young Ladies’ Soc., Bbl. of - Bedding, _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ - Woodbridge. Cong. Ch. 8.03 - Woodbury. Class No. 13, North Ch. Sab. Sch., 5 - _for Student Aid, Fisk U._, and 5 _for ed. - Indian Girls, Hampton N. & A. Inst._ 10.00 - ——. “A Friend” 500.00 - - - NEW YORK, $3,789.14. - - Baldwinsville. Howard Cutler 25.00 - Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., _for - Missionaries at Fernandina, Fla. and Ladies’ - Island, S.C._ 175.00 - Brooklyn. H. M. Wiggins, 50c.; REV. S. B. - Halliday, Pkg. Books 0.50 - Bristol. First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 13.00 - Buffalo. First Cong. Ch. 70.00 - Buffalo. Mrs. W. G. Bancroft, _for Tillotson - C. and N. Inst._ 50.00 - Cooperstown. C. Stoddard, _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 5.00 - Crown Point. First Cong. Ch., 34.02; Second - Cong Ch. 3 37.02 - Gilbertsville. A. Wood, A.M. 5.00 - Homer. Four Classes in Cong. Sab. Sch., _for - Student Aid, Talladega C._ 8.00 - Jamesport. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Little Falls. Young Ladies Circle, Presb. Ch., - _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00 - New York. Broadway Tabernacle Ch. 749.49 - New York. Broadway Tabernacle Sab. Sch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00 - New York. S. T. Gordon, 51 copies “Song - Garner.” - Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. MRS. - HANNAH M. TIFFINY, L. M. 38.83 - Oneida. Edward Loomis 5.00 - Penn Yan. W. M. Taylor 2.50 - Spenceport. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 17.50 - Syracuse. Mrs. Clara C. Clarke, 7.30; Miss F. - Amelia Clarke, 1 8.30 - Troy. John H. Kellogg, Pkg. Books, _for - Library, Macon, Ga._ - Westmoreland. First Cong. Ch. 9.00 - West Yaphank. Mrs. Hannah M. Overton 5.00 - --------- - $1,289.14 - - LEGACY. - - Waverly. Estate of Phebe Hepburne by Howard - Elmer. Ex. 2,500.00 - --------- - $3,789.14 - - - NEW JERSEY, $396.00. - - Highlands. Rev. R. R. Proudfit 10.00 - Jersey City. “A Friend” 10.00 - Montclair. First Cong. Ch. 345.00 - Orange Valley. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 5.00 - Paterson. Auburn St. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for - Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 10.00 - Raritan. Miss Sarah Provost, Box of Papers, - etc. - Waverly. Mission Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 16.00 - - - PENNSYLVANIA, $62.75. - - Philadelphia. Central Cong. Ch., adl. 17.75 - Sewickley. Lucy F. Bittinger, _for Dakota M._ 10.00 - West Alexander. Rural Mite Soc., 25.00; Thomas - McCleery, 10.00 35.00 - - - OHIO, $1,855.00. - - Aurora. Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Bellevue. Young People’s Miss’y Soc. of Cong. - Ch. 10.00 - Belpre. Cong. Ch. 30.63 - Bryan. S. E. Blakeslee, _for Indian M._ 5.00 - Castalia. Cong. Ch. 3.85 and Sab. Sch. 1.21 5.06 - Cleveland. Jennings Ave. Cong. Ch. 96.75. - First Cong. Ch. 19.51 116.26 - Cleveland. Daniel P. Eells, 50; Young People’s - Miss’y Soc., 25; Dea. S. H. Sheldon, 10; S. - C. Smith, 10; Henry M. Brooks, 3, _for - Student Aid, Talladega C._ 98.00 - Columbus. First Cong. Ch., to const. DEA. B. - D. HILLS, DEA. I. W. CHAMBERLAIN, REV. BENJ. - TALBOT, GEO. W. BRIGHT, DR. HENRY S. - BABBITT, MRS. HARRIET E. IDE, MRS. JOHN B. - HALL, MRS. B. F. REES and DEA. JEROME C. - BRIGGS, L. Ms. 264.00 - Conneut. H. E. Pond 5.00 - Cuyahoga Falls. Cong. Sab. Sch. 9.84 - Galion. Mrs. Campbell and E. C. Lindlay, _for - Atlanta, Ga._ 2.00 - Mechanicsburg. Mrs. M. K. Howard 1.00 - Napoleon. Mrs. N. B. Palmer 1.00 - North Bloomfield. “Friends,” _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 35.00 - Oberlin. J. W. Merrill 90.00 - Oberlin. Ladies’ Soc. of Second Cong. Ch., - _for Lady Missionary, Atlanta, Ga._ 75.00 - Paddy’s Run. Cong. Ch. 22.30 - Sandusky. First Cong. Ch., to const. ADOLPH M. - LEVE L. M. 40.91 - Springfield. Miss Anna Rice, _for Little Rock, - Ark._ 2.00 - Tallmadge. Welsh Cong. Ch. 7.00 - Toledo. Mrs. Eliza H. Weed 10.00 - Unionville. Mrs. A. S. Hardy, S. S. Papers, - _for Little Rock, Ark._ - West Williamsfield. Cong. Ch. 4.00 - Youngstown. “Mrs. J. D. W.” _for Lady - Missionary, Savannah, Ga._ 1.00 - --------- - $855.00 - - LEGACY. - - Bellevue. Estate of Mrs. Elvira Boise, by - Spencer W. Boise, Ex. 1,000.00 - --------- - $1,855.00 - - - INDIANA, $5.00. - - New Corydon. Geo. Stolz 5.00 - - - ILLINOIS, $1,475.46. - - Batavia. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 18.24 - Bunker Hill. Cong. Ch. 26.10 - Chesterfield. Miss L. M. Lawson, basted - patchwork, _for Little Rock, Ark._ - Chicago. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 160.72; New - England Cong. Ch., 33.33; Leavitt St. Cong - Ch., 30.24; Theo. Sem. Missionary Soc, 7.10 231.39 - Chicago. Ladies’ Aid Soc. of Plymouth Ch., - _for Lady Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 50.00 - Chicago. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00 - Chicago. W. W. Catlin. _for Atlanta, Ga._ 4.35 - Danville. Friends, 10 _for Student Aid_; - Ladies Soc. of Presb. Ch., Bbl. of C. _for - Talladega C._, 1.30 _for Freight_ 11.30 - Galesburg. “A Friend,” _for Avery Inst., - Charleston S.C._ 25.00 - Griggsville. Mrs. James McWilliams 2.00 - Fairview. Cong. Ch. 1.56 - Farmington. Cong. Ch., to const. MRS. LILLIAN - STERNBERG L. M. 89.42 - Ivanhoe. “The Gleaners.” 25.00 - Kewanee. Missy. Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for - Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 20.00 - Oak Park. S. W. Packard, _for Student Aid, - Fisk U._ 50.00 - Oak Park. O. Packard’s Boys’ Class, _for - Student Aid, Talladega C._ 17.00 - Oswego. Cong. Sab. Sch. 7.47 - Providence. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 14.65 - Rockton. Cong. Ch. 16.72 - Victoria. Cong. Ch. 2.37 - Wilmette. Cong. Ch. 54.50 - Woodstock. Cong. Ch. 7.39 - Wyanet. J. R. Phelps 1.00 - ——. “A Friend of A. M. A.” 500.00 - ——. “A Friend,” _for Talladega C._ 250.00 - - - MICHIGAN, $530.09. - - Alamo. Julius Hackley 10.00 - Allegan. Cong. Ch. 26.10 - Alpena. Miss Farwell, Pkg. of C., _for Atlanta - U._ - Ann Arbor. “Friends,” _for Matron’s room, - Straight U._ 11.00 - Benzonia. “Friends,” 4.13; S. F. Judson, 4.50 8.63 - Bridgman. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta - U._ 5.00 - Calumet. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid. - Talladega C._ 37.16 - Charlotte. First Cong. Ch. 20.00 - Detroit. Hon. John S. Newbury, 100; Jas. A. - McMillan, 100, _for Pastor’s Residence, - Talladega C._ 200.00 - Fremont. Cong. Ch. 4.25 - Grand Rapids. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rev. J. H. - H. Sengstacke_ 20.00 - Hancock. ——, _for Talladega C._ 20.00 - Manistee. Cong. Ch. 34.79 - Marble. Mrs. Josephine Barnes 2.00 - Northport. First Cong. Ch. 7.41 - Old Mission. Cong. Ch. 6.22 - Olivet. Cong. Ch. 5.58 - Pinckney. First Cong. Ch. 7.00 - Traverse City. Samuel Anderson 5.00 - Union City. Dea. Israel W. Clark, _for - Teacher’s Residence, Talladega C._ 100.00 - - - IOWA, $419.87. - - Algona. Ladies, _for Lady Missionary, New - Orleans, La._ 4.00 - Atlantic. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Needmore - Chapel, Talladega C._ 13.35 - Bowen’s Prairie. Cong. Ch. 3.15 - Cedar Falls. “Busy Bees” Cong. Ch., _for - Needmore Chapel, Talladega C._ 12.00 - Charles City. Ladies of Cong. Ch. _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 10.00 - Danville. Mrs. Harriet Huntington 6.00 - Davenport. Ladies of Edwards Cong. Ch., _for - Lady Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 13.45 - Des Moines. Young People of Cong. Ch., by - Jennie Otis, 57.25; By Mrs. S. G. Otis, - 7.25; Plymouth Cong. Ch., 12; S. J. Otis, 5; - “Friends,” 5 Bbls. C., _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 81.50 - Dubuque. Young People’s Benev. Soc., 25; Young - Ladies’ Benev. Soc., 25, _for Student Aid, - Talladega C._ 50.00 - Fontanelle. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 10.00 - Grinnell. Ladies, _for Lady Missionary, New - Orleans, La._ 60.35 - Grinnell. Mrs. J. B. Grinnell, _for Student - Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00 - Keokuk. Cong. Ch. 48.35 - Lansing. Ladies _for Lady Missionary, New - Orleans, La._ 3.50 - McGregor. Woman’s Miss’y Soc. 9.58 - McGregor. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 8.90 - Miles. Rev. Oliver Emerson 2.00 - Muscatine. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid. - Talladega C._ 10.00 - Osage. Cong. Ch. 10.44 - Riceville. Ladles, _for Lady Missionary, New - Orleans, La._ 3.00 - Stuart. Mrs. Alice S. F. Kinsey, _for Student - Aid, Talladega C._ 10.75 - Tabor. W. H. M. Soc., _for Lady Missionary, - New Orleans, La._ 15.00 - Tabor. Rev. J. Todd 0.50 - Waterloo. Ladies Miss’y Soc., _for Lady - Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 10.00 - Watertown. Cong. Ch., Bbl. C. _for Talladega - C._, 2.05 _for freight_ 2.05 - West Liberty. Mrs. L. K. Sisson, Box Books, - _for Library, Macon, Ga._ - Winterset. Mrs. S. J. Dinsmore 12.00 - - - WISCONSIN, $184.46. - - Columbus. Calvin Baker 5.00 - Elkhorn. Mrs. Harrison, _for Tillotson C. & N. - Inst._ 1.00 - Emerald Grove. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student - Aid, Talladega C._ 9.53 - Fort Atkinson. Mrs. C. B. Snell 10.00 - Genesee. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.08 - Kaukauna. Cong. Ch. 7.00 - Kenosha. Thos. Gillespie, M.D. 5.00 - Madison. First Cong. Ch., to const. MRS. E. H. - DUDLEY, MRS. FANNY BOWMAN and MRS. L. - GOODNOW, L. Ms. 100.00 - Milwaukee. Grand Ave. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for - Student Aid, Fisk U._ 15.00 - Milwaukee. Mrs. J. M. Sewell and Friends, Box - Books, etc., _for Macon, Ga._ - Ripon. Cong. Ch., 3 Bbls C., _for Macon, Ga._ - Rosendale. Cong. Sab. Sch. 15.75 - Viroqua. Cong. Ch. 9.10 - Watertown. Rev. G. S. Hubbs, Temperance Chart, - _for Macon, Ga._ - - - MINNESOTA, $267.15. - - Detroit. Cong. Ch. 2.00 - Freeborn. Cong. Ch. 2.00 - Glyndon. Mrs. S. N. Millard, _for Atlanta, Ga._ 0.25 - Marshall. Cong. Ch. 12.15 - Medford. First Cong. Ch. 3.00 - Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., 25.81; Second Cong. - Ch., 1.44 27.25 - Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. Sab. Sch., _for - Student Aid, Straight U._ 60.00 - Minneapolis. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student - Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00 - Rushford. Cong Ch. 4.00 - Saint Paul. Miss Anna Baker, _for Atlanta, Ga._ 2.00 - Spring Valley. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 3.50 - Tivoli. L. Humiston 1.00 - Winona. First Cong. Ch., to const. JAS. M. - HOLZINGER, L. CORA, DOUD and LOUISA M. - BASSEY, L. Ms. 75.00 - ——. *M.,* _for Talladega C._ 25.00 - - - MISSOURI, $25.00. - - Cameron. “Friends.” 2.00 - Holden. Mrs. S. E. Howe, _for Indian M._ 2.00 - Index. W. B. Wills, 10; P. M. Wills, 5; F. P. - Moreland, 1 16.00 - New Cambria. Cong. Ch. 2.00 - Sharon. Cong. Ch. 3.00 - - - KANSAS, $12.00. - - Topeka. Oliver H. Hay, _for Ground, Straight U._ 12.00 - - - NEBRASKA, $219.90. - - Bradshaw. Cong. Ch. 2.00 - Buda Flat. German Cong. Ch. 2.40 - Clarks. Cong. Ch. 5.00 - Lincoln. “A Friend of the Colored Race,” _for - Students preparing for the Ministry_ 200.00 - Lincoln. “K. and C.” 6.00 - Wayland. Miss S. P. Locke 4.50 - - - UTAH, $5.00. - - White Rocks. Miss Eliza C. Ayer 5.00 - - - MONTANA, $3.00. - - —— “A Friend” by L. N. B. 3.00 - - - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $148.00. - - Washington. First Cong. Ch. 148.00 - - - KENTUCKY, $84.00. - - Lexington. Tuition 55.50 - Williamsburg. Tuition 28.50 - - - TENNESSEE. $381.15. - - Memphis. Le Moyne Sch., Tuition 221.90 - Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition 159.25 - - - NORTH CAROLINA, $207.05. - - Wilmington. Williston Sch., Tuition 202.00 - Wilmington. Cong. Ch. 5.05 - - - SOUTH CAROLINA, $315.35. - - Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition, $305.35 - Plymouth Ch., 10 315.35 - - - GEORGIA, $582.26. - - Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition, $212.71; Rent. - $3; First Cong. Ch., $30 245.71 - Atlanta. H. Franklin, Coal oil stove, _for - Atlanta U._ - Hawkinsville. Rev. E. P. Johnson, _for Student - Aid, Atlanta U._ 10.00 - Macon. Lewis High Sch. Tuition, 162.30; Cong. - Ch., 10 172.30 - McIntosh. Tuition 18.65 - Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition, 120.25 Rent, 11 131.25 - Woodville. Cong. Ch, 3.35; Rev. J. H. H. - Sengstacke, 1 4.35 - - - ALABAMA, $354.00. - - Athens. Trinity Sch., Tuition 49.90 - Marion. Rev. A. W. Curtis, 5.; Cong. Ch. 5; - Tuition, 8.25 18.25 - Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition, 161.40; Cong. - Ch., 1 162.40 - Montgomery. Cong. Ch. 10.00 - Selma. Cong. Ch. 6.95 - Montgomery. Judge John Bruce, _for Student Aid - Talladega C._ 10.00 - Selma. Miss Lunt, _for Student Aid, Talladega - C._ 1.50 - Talladega. Cong. Ch. 60.00 - Talladega. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16., Woman’s - Miss’y. Soc., 15.; Capt. R. H. Isbell, 2.50; - Wm. Kidd, 1.50, _for Needmore Chapel, - Talladega C._ 35.00 - - - MISSISSIPPI, $145.23. - - Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition, 127.98; Rent, - 10.25; Cong. Ch. 5 143.23 - Tougaloo. Miss’y Soc. of Tougaloo U., _for - Chinese M._ 2.00 - - - LOUISIANA, $194.00. - - New Orleans. Straight U., Tuition 169.00 - New Orleans. Prof. W. J. McMurtry, _for - Student Aid, Straight U._ 25.00 - - - TEXAS, $333.32. - - Austin. Tillotson C. & N. Inst., Tuition 331.30 - Paris. Cong. Ch. 2.02 - - - INCOMES, $77.53. - - John Brown Steamer Fund 32.65 - Tuthill King Fund, _for Berea C._ 19.33 - Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 16.92 - C. F. Dike Fund, _for Straight U._ 4.48 - Luke Memorial Scholarship Fund 1.93 - Theological Fund, _for Fisk U._ 1.24 - Yale Library Fund, _for Talladega C._ 0.98 - ---------- - Total for April $28,775.27 - Total from Oct. 1 to April 30 $151,396.91 - =========== - - * * * * * - - FOR ARTHINGTON MISSION. - - Income Fund 102.95 - Previously acknowledged 347.58 - ---------- - Total $450.53 - - * * * * * - - FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. - - Subscriptions 53.81 - Previously acknowledged 537.74 - ---------- - Total $591.55 - ========== - - H. W. HUBBARD, Treas., - 56 Reade St., N.Y. - - * * * * * - - - - - PLEASE COPY THIS FORM AND MAIL IT. - - _June 1st, 1883._ - - _H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., Treasurer,_ - - _56 Reade Street, New York:_ - -_Enclosed, please find Fifty Cents, subscription for_ THE AMERICAN -MISSIONARY _for the year 1883_. - - _Send the same to the following address:_ - - _Sign with your NAME_, - - _Your TOWN_, - - _Your COUNTY_, - - _And STATE [in full]_. - - - * * * * * - - - - -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. - - -STATISTICS FOR 1882. - -CHURCHES: _In the South_—In District of Columbia, 1; Virginia, 1; -North Carolina, 9; South Carolina, 2; Georgia, 14; Kentucky, 7; -Tennessee, 4; Alabama, 14; Kansas, 2; Arkansas, 1; Louisiana, 17; -Mississippi, 5; Texas, 6. _Africa_, 3. _Among the Indians_, 2. -Total, 88. - - -WANTS. - -1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the -growing work. This increase can only be reached by _regular_ and -_larger_ contributions from the churches, the feeble as well as the -strong. - -2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational institutions, to -accommodate the increasing number 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. - - * * * * * - - - - -PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. - - -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. Members may be constituted for life by the payment of -thirty dollars into the treasury of the Association, with the -written declaration at the time or times of payment that the sum is -to be applied to constitute a designated person a life member; and -such membership shall begin sixty days after the payment shall have -been completed. - -Every church which has within a year contributed to the funds of -the Association and every State Conference or Association of such -churches may appoint two delegates to the Annual Meeting of the -Association; such delegates, duly attested by credentials, shall be -members of the Association for the year for which they were thus -appointed. - -ART. IV. The Annual Meeting of the Association shall be held in -the month of October or November, at such time and place as may be -designated by the Executive Committee, by notice printed in the -official publication of the Association for the preceding month. - -ART. V. The officers of the Association shall be a President, -five Vice-Presidents, a Corresponding Secretary or Secretaries, -a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, Auditors, and an Executive -Committee of fifteen members, all of whom shall be elected by -ballot. - -At the first Annual Meeting after the adoption of this -Constitution, five members of the Executive Committee shall be -elected for the term of one year, five for two years and five for -three years, and at each subsequent Annual Meeting, five members -shall be elected for the full term of three years, and such others -as shall be required to fill vacancies. - -ART. VI. To the Executive Committee shall belong the collecting -and disbursing of funds, the appointing, counseling, sustaining -and dismissing of missionaries and agents, and the selection of -missionary fields. They shall have authority to fill all vacancies -in office occurring between the Annual Meetings; to apply to any -Legislature for acts of incorporation, or conferring corporate -power; to make provision when necessary for disabled missionaries -and for the widows and children of deceased missionaries, and in -general to transact all such business as usually appertains to the -Executive Committees of missionary and other benevolent societies. -The acts of the Committee shall be subject to the revision of the -Annual Meeting. - -Five members of the Committee constitute a quorum for transacting -business. - -ART. VII. No person shall be made an officer of this Association -who is not a member of some evangelical church. - -ART. VIII. Missionary bodies and churches or individuals may -appoint and sustain missionaries of their own, through the agency -of the Executive Committee, on terms mutually agreed upon. - -ART. IX. 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BISHOP HURST. - REV. J. E. COOKMAN. DR. JOSEPH CUMMINGS. CHAPLAIN M. CABE. - REV. L. HITCHCOCK. BISHOP SIMPSON. REV. J. M. WALDEN. - BISHOP MERRILL. BISHOP AMES. - -“_The Sweetest and Best Toned Piano Made is the Bradbury._” - -Dr. TALMAGE says: - -“_Friend Smith is a Methodist, but his pianos are all orthodox; you -ought to hear mine talk and sing. It is adapted to morning prayers -or the gayest parties. Should have no faith in sense of a person -who does not like the Bradbury pianos._” - -BISHOP SIMPSON says: - -“_After a trial in my family for years, for beauty of finish and -workmanship, and splendid quality of tone, your Bradbury piano -cannot be equaled. We are delighted with it._” - -=PRESIDENT ARTHUR= _has just ordered two new scale full grand -Bradbury upright pianos, one for the Red Room in Executive Mansion, -where he receives and entertains his friends, and the other for his -house at Soldiers’ Home, Washington, D.C._ - - “=Friend Smith=: _Why will you persist in making the - best piano in the market? Send me one to my home in - Plainfield. Yours truly_, =J. H. VINCENT=.” - -=Lead the World!= OVER 17,000 IN USE. RECEIVED SEVEN PREMIUMS AND -MEDALS IN FOUR WEEKS. - -The best manufactured; warranted for six years. Pianos to let, rent -applied if purchased. Monthly installments received for the same. -Old pianos taken in exchange; cash paid for the same. - -The peculiar charm of this piano is its adaptation to the human -voice as an accompaniment, owing to its sympathetic, mellow, yet -rich and powerful singing tones. - -DR. C. H. FOWLER, Missionary Secretary, says: - -“_I believe you make the best piano in the United States, and -hope you will always win. We are all delighted with ours, and can -cheerfully recommend them._” - -_Please send for Price List._ - - 9 Charles St., - Baltimore, Md. - - 1103 Penn. Ave., - Washington, - D.C. - - Broadway, - Saratoga - Springs, - N.Y. - - 43 Montgomery - St., - Jersey - City, N.J. - - FREEBORN G. SMITH, 95 Fifth Ave., N.Y. - FACTORY, Raymond St., Brooklyn.] - - - - -Transcriber’s Notes - - -Obvious printer’s punctuation errors and omissions silently -corrected. Period spellings and authors’ grammar have been -retained. Inconsistent hyphenation retained due to the multiplicity -of authors. The following printer’s errors were corrected. - -Images have been moved outside of paragraphs, causing page numbers -for cuts to be slightly off. - -Restored missing “o” in “to” on page 176 (so as to). - -Restored missing “f” in “of” on page 181 (any other part of). - -Corrected “grmer” to “firmer” on page 181 (firmer in faith). - -Restored missing “0” in the Memphis entry on page 187. - -Restored missing “5” in the second Wilmington entry on page 187. - -Changed “Fragance” to “Fragrance” on page 190 (Beauty and -Fragrance). - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary -- Volume 37, -No. 6, June 1883, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY - *** - -***** This file should be named 61012-0.txt or 61012-0.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/6/1/0/1/61012/ - -Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, KarenD and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by Cornell University Digital Collections) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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