,,vol4 ,,xxxii4 ,no4 #d4 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 99 99 99 99 99 8,to the ,poor the ,gospel is ,preached40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,april1 #ahgh4 ,,contents3 ,,editorial4 ,,the ,,wards ,,of ,,the ,,almighty #ig ,,douglass ,,and ,,hayes ,,at ,,howard ,,university #ih ,,church ,,work ,,in ,,the ,,south #ii ,,four ,,new ,,missionaries ,,for ,,africa #ajj ,,the ,,two ,,indian ,,policies #ajb ,,news ,,from ,,the ,,churches--,,items ,,from ,,the ,,schools #ajc ,,lights ,,and ,,shadows #ajd ,,indian ,,notes #aje ,,chinese ,,notes #ajf ,,obituaries #ajg ,,the ,,freedmen4 ,,talladega ,,college #ajh ,,north ,,carolina3 8,a mighty still religion40 8,good ,christians is ,peaceable40 #aaa ,,alabama3 ,debt-raising in a ,colored ,church #aab ,,louisiana3 ,revival ,news #aac ,,tennessee3 ,le ,moyne ,normal ,school--,a ,woman's ,work ,among ,women #aad ,,kentucky3 ,berea ,college #aae ,,hymn #aag ,,the ,,indians4 ,,washington ,,territory3 ,three ,indian ,boys and ,their ,letters4 ,rev4 ,myron ,eells1 ,s'kokomish #aah ,,indian ,,welcome ,,to ,,an ,,agent4 ,dr4 ,i4 ,l4 ,mahan1 ,red ,cliff1 ,wis4 #aah ,,the ,,chinese4 ,,the ,,chinese ,,new ,,year--,,mob ,,denunciations--,,the ,,great ,,commission ,,lessened--,,conversions4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,c4 ,pond1 ,san ,fransisco #aai ,,letter ,,from ,,ah ,,jam #abj ,,the ,,children',s ,,page #aba ,,receipts #abb ,,work1 ,,statistics1 ,,wants1 c4 #abf 99 99 99 99 99 ,,new ,,york3 ,published by the ,american ,missionary ,association1 ,,rooms1 #ef ,,reade ,,street4 99 99 99 99 99 ,price1 #ej ,cents a ,year1 in advance4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a4 ,anderson1 ,printer1 #bh ,frankfort ,st4 ,american ,missionary ,association1 #ef ,,reade ,,street1 ,n4 ,y4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,president4 ,,hon4 ,e4 ,s4 ,,tobey1 ,boston4 ,,vice ,,presidents4 ,hon4 ,f4 ,d4 ,,parish1 ,ohio4 ,rev4 ,,jonathan ,,blanchard1 ,ill4 ,hon4 ,e4 ,d4 ,,holton1 ,wis4 ,hon4 ,,william ,,claflin1 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,,stephen ,,thurston1 ,d4 ,d41 ,me4 ,rev4 ,,samuel ,,harris1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ct4 ,rev4 ,,silas ,,mckeen1 ,d4 ,d41 ,vt4 ,,wm4 ,c4 ,,chapin1 ,esq41 ,r4 ,i4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,t4 ,,eustis1 ,mass4 ,hon4 ,a4 ,c4 ,,barstow1 ,r4 ,i4 ,rev4 ,,thatcher ,,thayer1 ,d4 ,d41 ,r4 ,i4 ,rev4 ,,ray ,,palmer1 ,d4 ,d41 ,n4 ,y4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,m4 ,,sturtevant1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ill4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,w4 ,,patton1 ,d4 ,d41 ,d4 ,c4 ,hon4 ,,seymour ,,straight1 ,la4 ,rev4 ,d4 ,m4 ,,graham1 ,d4 ,d41 ,mich4 ,,horace ,,hallock1 ,esq41 ,mich4 ,rev4 ,,cyrus ,w4 ,,wallace1 ,d4 ,d41 ,n4 ,h4 ,rev4 ,,edward ,,hawes1 ,ct4 ,,douglas ,,putnam1 ,esq41 ,ohio4 ,hon4 ,,thaddeus ,,fairbanks1 ,vt4 ,,samuel ,d4 ,,porter1 ,esq41 ,n4,y4 ,rev4 ,m4 ,m4 ,g4 ,,dana1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ct4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,w4 ,,beecher1 ,n4 ,y4 ,gen4 ,o4 ,o4 ,,howard1 ,oregon4 ,rev4 ,,edward ,l4 ,,clark1 ,n4 ,y4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,f4 ,,magoun1 ,d4 ,d41 ,iowa4 ,col4 ,c4 ,g4 ,,hammond1 ,ill4 ,,edward ,,spaulding1 ,m4 ,d41 ,n4 ,h4 ,,david ,,ripley1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,j4 ,rev4 ,,wm4 ,m4 ,,barbour1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ct4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,l4 ,,gage1 ,ct4 ,a4 ,s4 ,,hatch1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,y4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,h4 ,,fairchild1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ohio4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,a4 ,,stimson1 ,minn4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,w4 ,,strong1 ,d4 ,d41 ,minn4 ,rev4 ,,george ,,thacher1 ,,ll4 ,d41 ,iowa4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,stone1 ,d4 ,d41 ,california4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,h4 ,,atkinson1 ,d4 ,d41 ,oregon4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,e4 ,,rankin1 ,d4 ,d41 ,d4 ,c4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,chapin1 ,d4 ,d41 ,wis4 ,s4 ,d4 ,,smith1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,m4 ,,parsons1 ,n4 ,y4 ,,peter ,,smith1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,dea4 ,,john ,,whiting1 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,,wm4 ,,patton1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ct4 ,hon4 ,j4 ,b4 ,,grinnell1 ,iowa4 ,rev4 ,,wm4 ,t4 ,,carr1 ,ct4 ,rev4 ,,horace ,,winslow1 ,ct4 ,sir ,,peter ,,coats1 ,scotland4 ,rev4 ,,henry ,,allon1 ,d4 ,d41 ,london1 ,eng4 ,,wm4 ,e4 ,,whiting1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,y4 ,j4 ,m4 ,,pinkerton1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,,corresponding ,,secretary4 ,,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 ,,strieby1 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,n4 ,y4 ,,district ,,secretaries4 ,,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,,woodworth1 ,boston4 ,,rev4 ,g4 ,d4 ,,pike1 ,new ,york4 ,,rev4 ,,jas4 ,,powell1 ,chicago1 ,ill4 ,,edgar ,,ketchum1 ,,esq41 ,treasurer1 ,n4 ,y4 ,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,,esq41 ,assistant ,treasurer1 ,n4 ,y4 ,,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 ,,strieby1 ,recording ,secretary4 ,,executive ,,committee4 ,,alonzo ,s4 ,,ball1 ,a4 ,s4 ,,barnes1 ,,edward ,,beecher1 ,,geo4 ,m4 ,,boynton1 ,,wm4 ,b4 ,,brown1 ,,clinton ,b4 ,,fisk1 ,a4 ,p4 ,,foster1 ,,augustus ,e4 ,,graves1 ,s4 ,b4 ,,halliday1 ,,sam',l ,,holmes1 ,s4 ,s4 ,,jocelyn1 ,,andrew ,,lester1 ,,chas4 ,l4 ,,mead1 ,,john ,h4 ,,washburn1 ,g4 ,b4 ,,willcox4 ,,communications relating to the business of the ,association may be addressed to either of the ,secretaries as above4 ,,donations ,,and ,,subscriptions may be sent to ,h4 ,w4 ,hubbard1 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,new ,york1 or1 when more convenient1 to either of the branch offices1 #ba ,congregational ,house1 ,boston1 ,mass41 #aab ,west ,washington ,street1 ,chicago1 ,ill4 ,drafts or checks sent to ,mr4 ,hubbard should be made payable to his order as ,assistant ,treasurer4 ,a payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a ,life ,member4 ,correspondents are specially requested to place at the head of each letter the name of their ,post ,office1 and the ,county and ,state in which it is located4 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,vol4 ,,xxxii4 ,,april1 #ahgh4 ,no4 #d4 99 99 99 99 99 ,american ,missionary ,association4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,wards ,,of ,,the ,,almighty4 ,the notable event connected with the formal presentation of ,mr4 ,carpenter's picture 8,signing the ,emancipation ,proclamation10 to the ,united ,states1 was the speech of the ,hon4 ,alexander ,h4 ,stephens4 ,it was a graceful and significant act1 when the former ,vice-,president of the ,southern ,confederacy spoke such words of hearty good-will at the reception of this commemoration of its death-blow4 ,mr4 ,stephens claims for the ,south a share of the honor of emancipating the slaves1 since 8the freedom of that race was never finally consummated1 and could not be1 until the ,southern ,states sanctioned the ,thirteenth ,amendment4 ,they accepted the proposition for emancipation by a voluntary uncontrolled0 adoption of it4 ,of the institution of slavery1 as previously existing1 he said3 8,if it were not the best relation for the happiness and welfare of both races--morally1 physically1 intellectually and politically--it was wrong and ought to have been abolished4 ,this ,i said of it years before secession1 and ,i repeat it still4 ,but1 as ,i have said1 this is no time now to discuss those questions4 8,i have seen something of the world1 and traveled somewhat1 and ,i have never yet found on earth a paradise4 ,the ,southern ,states are no exception4 ,wherever ,i have been1 ,i have been ready to exclaim with ,burns3 8#8,but1 oh6 what crowds in every land ,are wretched and forlorn6 99 99 99 99 99 ,man's inhumanity to man ,makes countless thousands mourn4' 8,it was so at the ,south4 ,it was so at the ,north4 ,it is so yet4 ,it is so in every part of the world that ,i have seen40 ,in regard to the future relation of the races in this land1 ,mr4 ,stephens speaks cautiously1 and not unwisely4 ,with many of the best men of the ,south1 he sees here a problem not easily to be solved1 and an outcome not lightly to be prophesied4 ,he denies that any ,southern men desire a change back to the old relation of master and slave4 ,we quote again3 8,the question of the proper relation of the races is one of the most difficult problems which statesmen or philanthropists1 legislators or jurists1 ever had to solve4 ,the former polity of the ,southern ,states upon this subject is ended1 and ,i do not think it inappropriate on this occasion to indulge in some remarks with regard to the future4 ,since the emancipation1 since the former ruling race have been relieved of their direct heavy responsibility for the protection and welfare of their dependents1 it has been common to speak of the colored race as #8the wards of the nation4' 8,may ,i not say with appropriateness1 in this connection1 and due reverence1 in the language of ,georgia's greatest intellect 7,toombs71 #8,they are rather the wards of the ,almighty1' committed now1 under a new state of things1 to the rulers1 the law-makers1 the law-expounders and the law-executors throughout this broad land1 within their respective constitutional spheres1 to take care of1 and provide for1 in that complicated system of government under which we live8 ,i am inclined1 sir1 so to regard them1 and so to speak of them--not in exceptional cases1 but as a mass4 ,in the providence of ,god1 why their ancestors were permitted to be brought over here1 it is not for us to say2 but they have a location and habitation here1 especially in the ,south1 and since the changed condition of their status1 though it was the leading cause of the late terrible conflict of arms between the ,states1 yet ,i think ,i may venture to affirm there is not one within the circle of my acquaintance1 or in the whole ,southern country1 who would now wish to see the old relation restored40 ,recognizing a national responsibility for the welfare and protection of these freedmen1 he closes with this ringing exhortation3 8,this changed status creates new duties4 ,the wardship has changed hands4 ,men of the ,north and of the ,south1 of the ,east and of the ,west--,i care not of what party--,i would to-day1 on this commemorative occasion1 urge upon every one within the sphere of duty and humanity1 whether in public or private life1 to see to it that there be no violation of the ,divine trust40 ,to which the ,independent gives its enthusiastic assent as follows3 8,amen and ,amen6 ,statesmen1 patriots1 ,christians1 listen to the words of the ,vice-,president of the ,confederate ,government6 ,they speak the deepest feelings of the best men who fought against the ,union4 ,there remains now for us the greater task of making the freedmen worthy to enjoy and fit to adorn that freedom whose proclamation was signed ,september #bb;d1 #ahfb40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,douglass ,,and ,,hayes ,,at ,,howard ,,university4 ,surely1 the colored people of the ,south are receiving plain talk and good advice on all sides4 ,perhaps no one speaks more plainly and penetratingly1 and perhaps no one has a better right or ability to do it1 than the ,hon4 ,frederick ,douglass4 ,at the reception of an engraving of ,mr4 ,carpenter's picture1 from the artist1 by the ,howard ,university1 he uttered honest words1 and true4 ,speaking of ,mr4 ,stephens' speech1 in which he said it was yet to be proven if emancipation was a blessing1 ,mr4 ,douglass replied that this question was to be answered in the future1 and meant that his race was still on trial--on trial to see if they would be better masters to themselves than their masters were to them--if they would rise as early and work as late4 ,in regard to his own people1 he said3 8,among the faults of my people are self-indulgence1 love of ease1 and improvidence4 ,they must learn to spend their earnings judiciously4 ,if one can't get up1 he will be helped down4 ,they have a fair chance to get up4 ,they are on the way to ,congress1 and if the negro can stand ,congress1 ,congress ought to stand the negro4 ,the colored men have been forced up by abnormal conditions1 but they are now coming up gradually by their own exertions40 ,this is the soundest kind of sense4 ,emancipation only struck the shackles from the slave2 it had no power to lift him up4 ,federal force could hold him up by the arms1 but he is still as limp as ever1 for all that2 his ankle bones could not immediately receive strength from it4 8,they have a fair chance to get up02 but that does not get them up of itself4 ,the stairways of education are laid from the first story--yes1 from the sub-cellar up through the basement1 flight after flight1 to the top floor4 ,but stairways do not turn1 end for end1 to tumble people up4 ,the paths of honest industry and thrift are open2 but they are all up-hill1 and never slide their travelers down into competence and respectability4 ,there is a chance to get up1 but the freedman must do his own climbing1 after all4 ,if there are some to dissuade him1 by assuring him that for him these ascents lead up to nothing worth the effort1 there are others to cheer him on1 and to rejoice with him in each new advance4 ,but even such will be compelled to admit the justice of the saying1 8,if one can't get up1 he will be helped down02 he must not obstruct the way4 ,he ought1 however1 to be encouraged1 by seeing such men as ,douglass up so near the top4 ,and those who cannot encourage him by example1 because they were born on higher levels1 surely may sympathize with him1 in the remembrance of their own toil1 as they ascended on the same scale1 though higher4 ,let there not fail him1 while he fails not to strive1 cheers from above1 cheers from below1 cheers from all around him1 and a hand1 too1 now and then1 for him to grasp and get a friendly pull4 ,the stair builders must be in the way to help a little1 just when heart and strength are failing4 ,president ,hayes spoke1 too1 on the same occasion1 and in much the same line4 ,read this ,president's ,message3 8,the wisdom1 the righteousness1 and the grandeur of ,abraham ,lincoln's act of emancipation1 no man will deny4 ,that it has conferred infinite blessings on our country1 on both races1 and on the world1 very few will question4 ,this estimate of the act1 and of its results1 will not be changed by the good conduct or the bad conduct of either race4 ,but it is said that the question of the blessing conferred on the colored race depends on their conduct4 ,what they most need is1 what ,burns calls #8the glorious privilege of being independent4' ,what this requires is1 the willingness to labor1 and the prudence and self-denial to save the fruits of labor4 ,my young colored friends1 let this1 then1 be among your good resolutions3 ,i will work1 and ,i will save1 to the end that ,i may become independent40 ,that is good advice for any poor man1 black or white4 ,this picture of the signing of the ,emancipation ,act can commemorate all of which it is capable1 only if the privilege of freedom be embraced as the opportunity of manly toil1 and the occasion of all patient effort to become the equal of other men1 not in external advantages and rights half so much as in capacity and character4 ,this is what we are working for among our colored brethren1 and especially among the youth1 and with a measure of success which makes us full of hope for their future and ours4 ,we must be patient to hold out the chances1 and keep open the opportunities1 as well as they to toil and strive to use them4 ,most of all do we feel that when we have succeeded in leading them to an intelligent ,christian experience1 we have awakened in them the highest motive of which the human mind is capable1 and brought them under the most powerful stimulus to the worthiest of all ambitions--to fit themselves1 not for high stations1 but for useful work4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,church ,,work ,,in ,,the ,,south4 ,is the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 devoting a proper share of its work to the extension of ,congregational ,churches in the ,south8 ,the question is a fair one1 and deserves a frank answer4 ,but the answer1 to be just to all interests concerned1 must take a broad view of the whole subject4 ,the paramount duty of the nation1 and especially of the churches1 to the emancipated slaves1 is to fit them for their new position as citizens1 and their true destiny as men and ,christians in ,america1 and as missionaries to ,africa4 ,anything short of this is less than our whole duty4 ,the blacks are all religious in their way1 and nearly all are connected with churches4 ,in the matter of outward profession and inward emotion1 the quantity is all that could be asked4 ,it is in the quality alone that a change is needed4 ,no ,christian ,church can discharge its duty to them by merely denominationalizing them into its ranks1 leaving the essentials of character and ,christian manhood unchanged4 ,the ,congregational ,churches of this country certainly will not be satisfied with this low aim4 ,but these ,congregational ,churches are1 by the nature of the case1 compelled to work in methods differing from those of other denominations4 ,methodists1 ,baptists1 and1 to some extent1 ,presbyterians and ,episcopalians1 pre-occupy the ground4 ,congregationalists were almost unknown among the blacks before the war1 and their efforts must naturally meet with sectarian prejudice1 somewhat in proportion to the ignorance of the people4 ,but1 nevertheless1 ,congregationalism has a great responsibility in regard to this people1 in laying foundations on which to build the essentials of character in civil and ,christian life4 ,it is with this aim that the ,association has1 from the beginning1 sought to do its work--moving1 with the progress of the colored people1 from the common-school to the more effective normal1 collegiate and theological teaching4 ,the wisdom of its efforts is attested by the commendations of those1 both in the ,south and ,north1 who are most competent to judge1 and also by the more convincing fact1 that it can point to #ajj1jjj scholars in schools taught by its former pupils1 to the education it has given to many colored ministers1 and to the missionaries1 born in slavery1 trained in its schools1 and now sent to ,africa4 ,the church work must for a time1 at least1 grow out of1 and keep pace with1 this ,christian teaching1 which prepares the people to appreciate1 and the minister to preach1 a pure ,gospel and a practical morality4 ,it were easy to scatter the seeds in a thin and shallow soil1 and gather a harvest that would wither while it was gathering4 ,a writer in one of the religious papers1 who censures the ,association1 makes this great boast1 followed by a frank confession3 8,with half of three millions of dollars ,i can ,congregationalize every negro in the ,south2 but1 of course1 the work would not be permanent40 ,the italics in this quotation are ours1 for we wish to call attention to the acknowledgment1 and to say that this transient work is precisely what the ,association does not attempt4 ,it will not take the money of its patrons to start ephemeral growths4 ,it prefers1 and we are sure its intelligent friends will prefer1 that it should plow deep1 harrow thoroughly1 and sow 8wholly a right seed10 that the gatherings may be an hundred fold for the garner of the ,master4 ,an effort is made to stir up ,congregationalists to plant white churches in the ,south4 ,the project is not new1 but its results thus far have not been encouraging4 ,soon after the war1 the ,home ,missionary ,society and the ,congregational ,union invested large moneys in establishing such churches there1 and we suppose that their experience will lead them to ask for very clear evidence of more favorable auspices before they will wish to renew the attempt4 ,but if it were renewed1 it would only be an exaggeration of the difficulties at the ,west1 where feeble rival churches1 in poor and small communities1 struggle against inevitable death4 ,for1 in the ,south1 we should have two feeble ,congregational churches1 the one white and the other black1 in still poorer and smaller places4 ,and more than all that1 the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 has started its church work on the only true ,gospel basis1 founding churches without distinction of color4 ,its churches are not black by its ordination1 and are only made nearly so by the caste prejudice of the whites4 ,it ought to be understood that the progress of any people in civilization and ,christianity is a growth1 taking form and bearing fruit according to soil and climate1 and that it cannot be produced to order1 or at the behest of mere theorists4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,four ,,new ,,missionaries ,,for ,,africa4 ,many an experiment has failed because entered upon half-heartedly1 and tried on too small a scale to succeed4 ,the height of wisdom is to find the true line on which caution and courage meet4 ,it has been the purpose of the ,association to do its part in the evangelization of ,africa1 by missionaries of ,african descent1 and to begin in that effort so soon as our schools should begin to furnish those qualified for such important work4 ,last fall1 when1 after the return of ,mr4 ,billheimer and the death of ,barnabas ,root1 the ,mendi ,mission needed rinforcement1 the new policy was begun by sending ,messrs4 ,snelson1 ,james and ,white to the field4 ,they arrived in due time1 and entered at once heartily upon their work4 ,they have had some slight illnesses--almost1 if not quite all of them having suffered somewhat in the process of acclimation--but at last accounts all were well again4 ,if we are fully informed1 they have endured less inconvenience from this cause than we anticipated4 ,but the mission was still weak--,bro4 ,snelson the only minister4 ,two of the white missionary helpers1 who had been in the field before1 soon withdrew in impaired health4 ,it was deemed wise1 and1 indeed1 indispensable1 for the successful prosecution of the work1 that the ranks should be at once filled4 ,it was decided to send three single men1 or better1 if possible1 two married men with their wives4 ,a letter was written to ,fisk ,university1 stating the need1 which was read without comment1 at prayers1 ,feb4 #hth4 ,god's ,spirit took the message to the heart of ,andrew ,e4 ,jackson1 and sent it by him to ,albert ,miller1 and through them to ,ella ,m4 ,hildridge and ,ada ,j4 ,roberts 7also students at ,fisk71 to whom they were respectively engaged1 and three days later the four offered themselves willingly for this far-off field4 ,the faculty recognized at once their fitness for the work2 they were among the best and brightest and most advanced of the students in their respective departments4 ,the four met daily for prayer together1 and their convictions and purposes were daily strengthened4 ,the ,executive ,committee accepted them promptly1 and felt it necessary to press their speedy departure1 that they might reach the west coast of ,africa before the wet season should set in1 when the conditions for their acclimature would be less favorable than earlier4 ,on ,saturday of that week a council was convened1 which1 on the following day1 ,sunday1 ,feb4 #agth1 ordained the two young men to the ,gospel ministry1 they having each had considerable experience in preaching4 ,a farewell meeting of the students was also held on the same day1 full of heartiness and fervor1 at which the following resolution was unanimously adopted3 8,in consideration of the call of ,god to our brethren1 to labor in ,africa1 and in consideration of the many hours spent together in ,christian communion1 8,resolved1 ,that we devote a portion of each ,sabbath morning to prayer especially for them in their labors on the ,african shores1 that they may be abundantly blessed1 both spiritually and physically1 and enabled to do good work for the ,master40 ,we have no fear of a lack of missionary zeal henceforth in ,fisk ,university4 ,but the manifestation of interest in this event was not confined within its walls4 ,all ,nashville seemed aglow with friendly enthusiasm4 ,dr4 ,rand1 of the ,first ,cumberland ,presbyterian ,church1 invited ,miller into his pulpit1 at the close of the ,sunday morning service1 to address the congregation1 which took up a liberal collection for the outfit of the young missionaries4 ,their ages range from twenty-one to twenty-seven4 ,the ,theological students of ,vanderbilt ,university invited them to an interview on ,sunday afternoon1 at which they were most kindly received2 and after prayers together1 and conversation1 were the recipients of presents of books and money4 ,the next day1 the double marriage was solemnized by ,professors ,bennett and ,spence1 and later1 a general farewell meeting was held in ,st4 ,john's ,chapel4 ,the large building was crowded1 and many went away unable to find entrance4 ,prominent ministers from the city and vicinity1 representing the leading denominations of ,christian churches1 were present4 ,the tone of the meeting was congratulatory and hopeful1 as befitted the sending forth of these soldiers of the ,cross4 ,at their leaving ,nashville by the evening train1 an immense crowd gathered in and about the depot to see them off4 ,a day or two only was spent in ,new ,york1 to make necessary purchases1 and receive instructions from the ,secretary4 ,on ,thursday afternoon1 a few members of the ,executive ,committee1 and representatives of the religious press1 held an informal interview with them4 ,they each told the story of their lives1 of their struggles to acquire an education1 and of their religious experiences4 ,all were deeply impressed with the sincerity of their devotion1 and with their modesty and good sense as well4 ,on ,saturday1 the #bc;d of ,february1 they sailed for ,england1 where they arrived ,march #c;d4 ,by the #bjth they were expected to reach ,freetown1 and a few days later1 their new home4 ,we have thus fairly launched on the new experiment of ,african evangelization by men and women of ,african descent1 who have come through ,american slavery to freedom4 ,the nine adults together in the field are enough to support each other's courage and hold up each other's hands4 ,but the field is far away2 the perils of it are peculiar2 the path is a new one to these young men and women4 ,we trust in them with great confidence4 ,but in the complications and unforeseen emergencies which always may arise in a foreign field1 we feel that they need1 more than most missionaries even1 the constant remembrances1 in prayer1 of the thousands of the friends of ,africa in our land and in ,great ,britain4 ,we repeat most urgently their parting request--8,brethren1 pray for us40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,two ,,indian ,,policies4 ,two radically different views have prevailed in this country from the outset in regard to the treatment of the ,indians--the one represented by the word civilization1 and the other by the word extermination4 ,the first of these was entertained by the ,pilgrim ,fathers1 and by the founder of ,pennsylvania1 and was carried out apostolically by ,john ,eliot1 ,david ,brainard1 and others1 as well as by successful ,indian missions of later date4 ,but the effort has been constantly obstructed by the hostilities between the ,indians and the white men1 rendering the latter indisposed to send the ,gospel1 and the former to receive it4 ,the only decided and comprehensive effort by the general ,government1 for the civilization of the ,indians1 is the peace policy inaugurated by ,general ,grant1 the results of which1 in spite of all obstacles and opposition1 have been unmistakably and increasingly advantageous4 7#a7 ,as a class1 the agents selected by the religious societies have been far more trustworthy and efficient than their predecessors1 being themselves honest in their dealings with the ,indian1 and defending them from the frauds of ring speculators1 and the temptations of the liquor dealers4 7#b7 ,the progress of the ,indians in their industrial1 educational and moral advancement has been very marked1 as is shown by a tabulated and comparative statement of facts1 prepared by the ,board of ,indian ,commissioners1 and recently published4 7#c7 ,the agents--representing all denominations1 and1 therefore1 not committing the government to sectarianism--have most directly and heartily co-operated with the religious efforts of the different churches for the evangelization of the ,indians4 ,as the only possibility of civilizing the ,indians lies in their ,christian enlightenment1 the work of the religious societies1 under the fostering care of the government1 gives the highest promise of success4 ,on the other hand1 the policy of extermination has been tried from the beginning4 ,in the earlier days the struggle resembled the border wars between ,england and ,scotland1 being mere temporary raids1 carried on with little expense4 ,but modern warfare puts another aspect on this contest with the ,indians1 making it vastly more costly in men and money4 ,it is believed that not a single ,indian has been killed by our army1 at less than an average expense of a million of dollars1 and of the lives of one or more white men4 ,the ,war ,department and the army are the natural representatives of this policy1 and if the ,indians are transferred to their care1 the peace policy will be overthrown1 and we fear that of extermination substituted in its place4 ,this apprehension involves no reflection on the humanity of the officers and soldiers of the army1 but the inference is justified by the history of the past1 and by the fact that the business of an army is to destroy1 and not to give instruction4 ,much significancy is added to this question by the recent tables of ,major ,clark1 showing that the ,indians are not decreasing in number4 ,they are here1 and mean to stay4 ,we cannot exterminate them1 and we ought1 as a ,christian people1 to face manfully the other and grander alternative of making them good citizens and sharers in the blessings of the ,gospel4 ,one other thing should not be forgotten4 ,this nation long oppressed the black man1 and the dread penalty came at length1 whose mementoes are in a million of soldiers' graves1 in broken homes and hearts1 ,north and ,south1 and in the disturbance of all commercial and industrial interests1 under which the whole land still trembles4 ,if we persevere in our wrongs and neglects of the red man1 have we any hope that we shall escape similar retributions8 ,god still reigns6 99 99 99 99 99 ,,news ,,from ,,the ,,churches4 ,,hampton1 ,,va4--8,five students united with the church by profession1 the first ,sabbath in ,march4 ,others were advised to wait until they had opportunity to prove themselves ,christians by their ,christian works4 ,there seems to be a continual work of grace extending noiselessly and unobtrusively from heart to heart1 and adding one after another to the trophies of its victorious power40 ,,mcleansville1 ,n4 ,c4--,miss ,douglass writes3 8,my ,bible-class still continues large4 ,my room is crowded every ,sabbath4 ,after the class was dismissed last night one young man1 who wishes to fit himself for a missionary1 said1 #8,i have taken a new resolution to be more devoted than ever4' ,he must soon leave school to earn more money4 ,i wish he could go on now40 ,,savannah1 ,,ga4--,mr4 ,markham writes3 8,our congregation is increasing every week4 ,god is with us4 ,this is as clear as a sunbeam4 ,i feel ,his special aid4 ,two united with our church yesterday 7,march #c74 ,i am to go to ,ogeechee next ,sabbath4 ,nine will unite there4 ,the ,sabbath-school at ,east ,savannah is increasing4 ,more than #ajj are now on the list40 ,,macon1 ,,ga4--8,yesterday 7,feb4 #aj17 was a happy day to the ,macon church4 ,four children baptized1 and five adults received into membership4 ,of these1 four are new converts--others will come forward next month4 ,our daily prayer-meetings are continued4 ,the church is aroused to more activity1 and we look for yet better things40 ,,woodville1 ,,ga4--8,six united with the church ,march #b;d4 ,sunday-school numbers nearly #ajj4 ,prayer-meetings are being held every evening4 ,the day-school has #ib scholars enrolled40 ,,new ,,orleans1 ,,la4--8,the very interesting religious work still continues4 ,as many as fifty have been converted4 ,some of the very hopeful cases are1 or have been1 nominal ,catholics3 others of the same class are interested40 ,,berea1 ,,ky4--8,an interesting revival in progress--some twenty conversions40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,items ,,from ,,the ,,schools4 ,,savannah1 ,,ga4--,the ,beach ,institute in this city was destroyed by fire on the morning of ,feb4 #bjth4 ,the fire began in a barn on the premises in some mysterious way1 and was speedily communicated to the ,institute building4 ,the ,teachers' ,home adjoining was saved1 the wall toward it standing4 ,part of the school furniture was also saved4 ,the building had1 for a few years past1 been rented to the city school-board for a colored school4 ,notice had been given them that the ,association would require the building for its own use next fall4 ,the insurance money will replace the building1 and a school under the ,association's care will be opened as previously planned4 ,,marietta1 ,,ga4--8,our school opened for the first time ,oct4 #aeth1 #ahgg4 ,the local prejudice was so great that only four scholars attended4 ,a change in the feeling has taken place1 and the school has1 up to this time1 enrolled #hh pupils4 ,the colored people are becoming eager to embrace their privileges4 ,the children are improving in knowledge and in care for themselves4 ,the prospect is full of encouragement40 ,,forsyth1 ,,ga4--,on ,february #ast1 the school building of the colored people of ,forsyth was dedicated and set apart for the work for which it was intended4 ,for months these people have been struggling to raise money to build the house4 ,they had1 as a fund to start with1 about two hundred dollars1 which the colored ,baptist ,church had collected4 ,subscription lists were opened and the colored people and their white friends contributed as they could4 ,contrary to the expectation of many1 their success was such that the building was framed and rapidly pushed forward4 ,it is not yet complete1 lacking plastering1 but is quite comfortable nevertheless4 ,the teacher1 ,w4 ,f4 ,jackson1 a graduate of the ,atlanta ,university1 has been indefatigable and untiring in his efforts to press this enterprise to completion4 ,rev4 ,e4 ,a4 ,ware1 ,president of the ,atlanta ,university1 made the dedicatory address4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,lights ,,and ,,shadows4 --,a ,southern man1 a member of the ,presbyterian ,church1 and a book agent for many years1 reports that in the last two years he has taken #bhj orders from the colored people of ,charleston for valuable books1 in many cases trusting them when cash payments could not be made1 and has not lost fifteen dollars4 --,a gentleman in ,augusta1 ,ga41 tells us he has sold over two hundred house lots to colored people1 who have paid for them in small instalments1 since the war4 --,the ,african ,methodists have been holding an educational convention in ,georgia1 ,bishop ,campbell presiding4 ,from the statements made by the ,bishop and by ,presiding ,elder ,brown1 we learn that wonderful progress in education has been made during the last ten years4 ,ten years ago1 in the ,atlantic ,district1 there was but one man capable of keeping a minute of the transactions1 8and then it had to be read while it was hot1 for if it ever cooled down it could never be read again40 ,now there is scarcely a preacher who1 besides reading and writing1 has not pursued to some extent the course of studies prescribed to candidates for the ministry4 --,it is pleasant to note how the freedmen are rising to the dignity of self-support in their religious1 as well as their material interests4 ,a missionary of the ,american ,sunday-school ,union1 in ,north ,carolina1 having recently organized three new ,sunday-schools among freedmen1 writes1 that at the close of one of his meetings 8an aged negro1 of nearly seventy years1 came forward with his pennies to buy a primer for his grandson4 ,his example was followed until about two hundred pennies were piled upon the desk--the first contribution of these poor but willing self-helpers40 --,in seven years the students of ,talladega ,college alone have organized ,sunday-schools in which have been taught over #bj1jjj scholars4 --,dr4 ,sears1 agent of the ,peabody ,fund1 says that in all the ,states where there has been a re-action against education1 it has been followed by a return to better measures than ever4 ,thus1 through local actions and re-actions1 the general forward movement is assured4 --,one morning1 in our school in ,augusta1 on calling for the ,first ,commandment with ,promise1 a little girl1 hardly six years old1 said3 8,honor thy father and mother1 that thy days may be long in the land of liberty40 ,that wasn't very bad4 --,a colored ,tennesseean says3 8,when ,i want to hear preaching1 ,i go to the ,congregational ,church2 when ,i want to have a good time ,i go to these other places40 --,one of our faithful ministers in ,georgia grieves over a recent restoration to his pulpit of a neighboring colored pastor4 ,he says the white people wanted it1 because 7#a7 the man's politics suit them1 7#b7 he is ignorant1 and 7#c7 he gets drunk4 ,the colored members of his church know nothing of ,bible religion1 and are like their priest4 ,on a recent ,communion ,sunday seven of them were seen returning to their homes drunk--three just able to stagger on1 and four 8being hauled out in a cart1 not able to sit up40 ,the writer says such churches cannot save these people1 and mere secular instruction will not cure such evils4 ,the ,christian school is the only hope4 --,in another case1 in the same ,state1 a minister1 going into a church shortly after the close of a communion service1 found the deacons and a few of the members 8eating and drinking and carrying on as if they were in a bar-room40 ,being expostulated with1 they said they did not feel at liberty to throw any of the bread and wine away4 ,it was evidently1 however1 a renewal of the old excesses for which ,paul so sharply rebuked the ,church at ,corinth4 --,a woman in one of the old-style churches1 not far from one of our best schools1 8came through with religion0 one night1 and in telling her wonderful 8experience10 said she went to heaven1 and from there she saw this whole school 8marching down to hell with their ,bibles in their hands40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,indian ,,notes4 --,the ,house ,committee on ,indian ,affairs has reported in favor of the transfer of the ,indian ,bureau from the ,interior to the ,war ,department4 ,its grounds are 7#a7 the failure of the attempts to civilize2 7#b7 the divided responsibility between ,secretary and ,commissioner--between civil and military officers2 7#c7 the corruption of the present ,indian service2 7#d7 the economy of the change1 which will furnish employment for retired and idle army officers who receive pay4 --,precisely what civilizing agencies would be brought to bear upon these people under the ,war ,department is not stated in the report4 ,whether the school and the church would be allowed1 or only the stockade and the garrison2 whether bullets should take the place of books1 and guns of ,gospel4 ,this does not follow of necessity1 only from the despairing tone in regard to the attempts to civilize4 --,we beg our readers to notice carefully what class of men1 as a whole1 sustain and desire the change to the ,war ,department1 and what sort of men oppose it4 ,there is great significance in such discriminations4 --,the recent ,sioux war cost #b1cac1eca in money1 and #bhc men killed1 among whom was the gallant ,custer and his staff1 and #abe wounded4 --,sunday ,afternoon says3 8,it costs the ,united ,states about #a1gjj a year to support a soldier fighting the ,indians4 ,it costs the ,american ,board about half as much to support a missionary preaching to them4 ,would it not be cheaper to send more missionaries and fewer soldiers80 --,hon4 ,a4 ,c4 ,barstow1 one of the ,indian ,commissioners1 and a man thoroughly conversant with the whole subject of ,indian affairs1 gives the following opinion regarding this important branch of our ,civil ,service and the men who control it4 ,he says3 8,the present ,commissioner of ,indian ,affairs is an able man1 of large business experience1 and1 moreover1 7as chairman of the ,purchasing ,committee of the ,board of ,indian ,commissioners for two or three years1 and up to within a few months of entering this office71 of large experience in ,indian affairs4 ,there is no man in the country whom corrupt contractors have more learned to fear and to hate2 and1 in my opinion1 they are the men who are fanning this flame of excitement1 and who are exerting all their influence to turn the administration of ,indian affairs over to the ,war ,department4 ,they are pinched by the present policy1 and desire change4 ,they cannot suffer by this or any change1 and may be benefited--hence1 their noisy zeal4 ,i am sorry that any good man has for a moment been led to believe that the ,secretary of the ,interior is open to the influence of this class of men4 ,i think the public may safely quiet their fears upon this point4 ,whatever else may be said of him1 he is not a #8bird of that feather4' ,from what ,i have seen1 ,i think the public may look for an administration of his department not only honest but able1 and may also be assured that the policy of ,president ,hayes toward the ,indians will be eminently humane and ,christian40 --,the educational work among the ,indians may be summed up from the ,commissioner's report for #ahgg1 as follows3 ,there are #bea1jjj ,indians1 and #bh1jjj half-breeds1 exclusive of ,alaska4 ,among them are #ccj schools1 of which #fj are boarding-schools1 with #dcg teachers2 and #aa1eae pupils have attended at least one mouth4 ,largest monthly average1 #d1ggd2 average for the year1 #c1eih2 expense to the government1 #bee1cgi2 to ,tribal funds1 #ha1ihi2 to the religious societies1 #cc1iej2 in all1 #cga1cah2 #dj1cig1 of whom #bc1aif are adults1 can read2 #a1bjf learned to read last year4 --,the religious items1 drawn from the same source1 show #bjg church buildings on the reservations2 #abf missionaries1 not included among teachers2 expended by religious societies1 #cf1afd2 #bg1bae are members of the mission churches of all denominations4 ,we question whether the #cf1jjj reported as expended by the religious societies1 represents1 even approximately1 the full amount given from this source1 since the ,a4 ,b4 ,c4 ,f4 ,m4 and the ,presbyterian ,board1 together1 expend annually nearly this amount4 ,we claim that1 considering all the disadvantages of his condition1 and the fewness of the laborers1 the results are gratifying and hopeful4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,chinese ,,notes4 --,the ,house ,committee on ,education and ,labor made a report1 ,february #beth1 on the ,chinese question1 of which we give the following abstract3 ,since the first treaty with ,china1 in ,july1 #ahdd1 the migration has been on the steady increase for the last twenty years--from #ahee to #ahei1 it was #d1ecj2 #ahfj to #ahfd1 it was #f1fjj2 from #ahfe to #ahgj1 it was #i1caa2 from #ahga to #ahgd1 it was #ac1jjj4 ---- ,the lowest estimate of ,chinamen in ,california is #aej1jjj4 ,from the density of population in ,china1 and the lowness of wages1 from their migratory disposition1 and the attractions of our congenial climate1 high wages and liberal government1 and the cheapness and safety of the voyage hither1 an increasing rate of immigration is prophesied4 ---- ,while the ,chinaman is desirable merely as a laborer1 he has neither home1 self-respect1 nor underclothes1 and lives on rice1 tea and dried fish4 ,he has low ideas of religion1 labor1 women and virtue4 ---- ,he does not assimilate with the ,american people1 and is unchanged by contact4 ,he does not mean to stay1 and will not even contribute his dead body to our national welfare4 ,he cannot be made into a soldier1 or even a juryman4 ---- ,he is proud of ,confucius1 and vainly boasts of ,china as the central nation of the world4 ,he is1 and will remain1 distinct 8in color1 size1 features1 dress1 language1 customs1 habits and social peculiarities40 ,the joint resolution relative to ,chinese immigration is as follows3 8,whereas1 ,it appears that the great majority of ,chinese immigrants are unwilling to conform to our institutions1 to become permanent residents of our country1 and accept rights and assume responsibilities of citizenship2 and1 0,whereas1 ,they have indicated no capacity to assimilate with our people2 therefore1 8,resolved1 ,that the ,president of the ,united ,states be requested to open correspondence immediately with the ,governments of ,china and ,great ,britain1 with the view of securing a change or abrogation of all stipulations in existing treaties which permit unlimited immigration of ,chinese to the ,united ,states40 --,cheap labor1 whether by machine or by man-power1 has always been resisted by those whom it has displaced4 ,but it always pushes the more intelligent laborers up and not down4 ,it has been so in ,california4 ,men are now foremen who were only fruit-pickers1 and engineers who were only miners before ,chinese labor came in4 --,race unions1 to keep prices of labor up1 and to put competition down1 are no better than other unions for these purposes4 ,all such combinations are both short-sighted and selfish4 --,in the ,san ,francisco ,bulletin1 we find the following schedule of labor rates in that city3 ,carpenters1 from #c to #c4ej a day2 bricklayers1 #d to #e2 painters1 #c2 plasterers1 #c4ej2 hod-carriers1#c2 stone-cutters1 #d2 machinists1 #c to #d2 brass-founders1 #d4ej2 common laborers1 #b2 woolen mills1 #b4ej to #c4ej2 domestics1 #be to #cj a month--not more than two children allowed in an employer's family at that4 ,it can be seen at a glance that these wages are twice those paid in the ,eastern ,states for corresponding work4 ,does ,chinese competition keep these prices up1 or does ,california need less homeopathic doses of 8,china0 to bring her prices somewhere near the level of her sister ,states8 --,by the statistics of the arrivals and departures for #ahgg1 it appears that #i1ijf passengers arrived from ,china and ,japan1 and #g1heb returned1 showing an excess of #b1jed arrivals1 not all of whom1 indeed1 were ,mongolians2 while the deaths of ,chinese exceeded #b1jed4 ,it would seem that our ,christian statesmen of ,san ,francisco might repress their morbid solicitude1 in view of these encouraging facts4 99 99 99 99 99 ,we trust our readers will notice carefully the accounts of our various educational institutions as they appear in order from month to month4 ,these articles are intended to give a view of the peculiar work1 and appliances for work1 of these schools and colleges4 ,next month1 we expect to publish an article on ,tougaloo ,university1 ,mississippi2 and1 in ,june1 one on ,straight ,university1 ,louisiana4 ,others will follow in such order as their special circumstances may determine4 99 99 99 99 99 ,we find that we are at liberty to say to our readers1 that the touching little poem entitled 8,christ in the ,person of the ,poor10 which appeared in our ,february ,,missionary1 was from the pen of the ,rev4 ,,eli ,,corwin1 ,d4 ,d41 of ,jacksonville1 ,illinois4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,obituaries4 ,the heroes of the anti-slavery struggle are passing away4 ,the ,tappans1 ,joshua ,leavitt and others finished their course in the last few years1 and now we record the death of two others of their compeers4 ,,rev4 ,,wm4 ,,goodell was born in ,chenango ,county1 ,n4 ,y41 ,oct4 #beth1 #agib4 ,in his earlier years he acquired a practical knowledge of business affairs1 but it was as a thinker1 writer and reformer that he has made his mark in the world4 ,he will be remembered as an editor and author1 devoted earnestly and successfully to promoting reform in many directions1 but especially in relation to intemperance and slavery4 ,mr4 ,goodell was present at the ,convention in ,albany1 ,n4 ,y41 at which this ,association was formed1 and took a prominent and effective part in its proceedings1 preparing and reporting the elaborate address to the ,christian public1 which was adopted and sent forth as embodying the views on which the ,convention based the new organization4 ,from that time to the close of his life1 his sympathy for our work was constant and earnest4 ,,rev4 ,j4 ,s4 ,,green died at his home in ,makawao1 ,sandwich ,islands1 ,jan4 #eth1 #ahgh1 in the #hb;d year of his age4 ,mr4 ,green went out as a missionary to the ,sandwich ,islands in #ahbh1 in company with ,andrews1 ,gulick and others1 and shared in effecting the wonderful transformation in those ,islands4 ,in #ahdb ,mr4 ,green resigned his connection with the ,american ,board1 and from that time until his death was a pastor1 depending for his support upon his own labor and the contributions of his people4 ,his strong anti-slavery sympathies led him to seek a connection1 yet without salary1 with the ,union ,missionary ,society and subsequently with this ,association1 when that ,society was merged into it4 ,his name appeared for years in our list of foreign missionaries1 and his reports were full and interesting4 ,his ready pen1 not satisfied with mere reports1 was prolific in contributions on missionary subjects1 and earnest in its denunciations of the evils of slavery in his native land4 ,he was a man of deep and earnest piety1 and his memory will be cherished in the warm regard of those who knew his worth and his useful career4 ,,death ,,of ,,teachers4 ,the painful intelligence has reached us of the death1 on ,february #agth1 of typhoid fever1 after a four weeks' illness1 of ,mr4 ,,marmaduke ,c4 ,,kimber1 of ,germantown1 ,pa41 aged nearly twenty-four years4 ,the son of one of the valued friends and trustees of ,hampton ,institute1 ,mr4 ,kimber1 when just out of college in #ahgb1 gave his services to the school for two years as a volunteer teacher4 ,since then he has been professor in a ,western college1 and after a year of travel in ,europe1 he took charge of the ,friends' ,academy in ,germantown1 which position he held at the time of his death4 ,he is remembered with sincerest esteem by the officers of the school and teachers who were associated with him at ,hampton1 and the students who were under his instruction4--,southern ,workman4 ,,mrs4 ,,alicia ,s4 7,,blood7 ,,brown died at ,leavenworth1 ,kansas1 on the #bfth of ,february4 ,mrs4 ,brown was for some years a teacher under this ,association at ,monticello1 ,florida1 and her many friends there will remember the faithful instruction she gave and the kindnesses she bestowed4 ,her illness was long and severe1 but when she did not look for the ,messenger1 he came and took her away4 ,in the midst of her sufferings1 she could cheerfully say1 that she wanted to 8bear and suffer all ,his will40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,freedmen4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,talladega ,,college4 ,,rev4 ,e4 ,p4 ,,lord1 ,,president4 ,almost in the very centre of ,alabama1 the great ,allegheny range makes a last and only partially successful effort at rearing mountains1 before losing itself in the low1 flat black belt4 ,thus the pure and exhilarating atmosphere of more ,northern latitudes is brought to the very border of the almost tropical country that belts the ,gulf4 ,overlooking the rich1 populous1 and somewhat unwholesome low-lands1 breathing the pure mountain air1 is situated ,talladega1 seeming to have been ,providentially placed as a city of refuge for the colored people of ,alabama4 ,the beauty of the surrounding landscape is a perpetual inspiration to teachers and students4 ,the location of the college1 in a quiet country village of two thousand inhabitants1 invites the young people from the cities1 and less favored localities1 to an atmosphere as pure and healthful morally as it is physically4 ,but one other ,southern ,state1 if any1 has so large a colored population as ,alabama4 ,a half million are now in the ,state1 and the number is continually increasing4 ,of these1 three-fifths cannot read4 ,there are about two hundred thousand children of school age1 and only one in ten of these was in school last year4 ,eighty-three cents only was expended upon the education of each of those who did attend4 ,one would hardly judge that this could afford a liberal education4 ,in a ,state needing moral and educational efforts so greatly1 the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 has opened schools and organized churches in ,mobile1 ,montgomery1 ,selma1 ,marion1 ,athens1 and a few other places4 ,in #ahgj the ,association established ,talladega ,college1 as the key-stone of the arch1 or the centre of its system of educational and religious work in ,alabama4 ,the college is closely connected with the other points of the ,association's work in this ,state by means of the intimate social relations between the faculty of the college and the workers in those places4 ,the various departments designated by the name ,talladega ,college1 are so closely interwoven that any distinct mention of the workings of one must contain facts closely related to the others4 ,for convenience ,i will speak of 7#a7 the ,literary ,department2 7#b7 the ,industrial ,department2 7#c7 the ,theological ,department2 7#d7 the ,church ,work4 ,the ,literary ,department4 ,this includes the various grades1 from the elementary to the higher ,normal course1 the latter requiring three years for its completion4 ,the studies pursued include in mathematics1 ,university ,algebra and ,geometry2 in science1 ,physical ,geography1 ,physiology1 ,natural ,philosophy and ,astronomy1 ,english ,literature1 ,mental and ,moral ,philosophy1 etc41 with the theory and practice of teaching4 ,its students have accomplished much in teaching throughout the ,state4 ,in seven years1 according to their reports to the principal1 these students have taught about five hundred day-schools1 with fifteen thousand scholars4 ,at the same time they have organized ,sabbath-schools1 and taught in them over twenty thousand scholars4 ,these numbers fairly represent the power these young people have exerted for the moral and intellectual elevation of their people in this and other ,states4 ,there are in the department seventy pupils4 ,next year a large number will be admitted from the intermediate grade1 which now numbers one hundred1 though1 in our present poverty1 it has had but one teacher the greater part of the year4 ,there are in attendance this year two hundred and fifty students1 a much larger number than ever before1 and there is every indication of an increase the coming year4 ,during the last vacation the principal and the music teacher1 with a company of students1 visited many of the larger places of the ,state1 lecturing1 giving concerts1 and stirring up the people generally on the subject of education4 ,the ,christian zeal and deportment of the students1 and the information diffused1 awakened a desire for education1 and a public sentiment in favor of ,talladega ,college never before known4 ,the last commencement exhibited and also increased the new love and enthusiasm for the college4 ,they gathered from the country for twenty miles around1 on foot1 on mules1 in ox-carts and wagons4 ,all the examinations were largely attended2 many who could not read taking the liveliest interest in 8two unknown quantities10 and experiments in philosophy4 ,an instructive address by ,rev4 ,dr4 ,brown1 of ,newark1 ,n4 ,j41 the prize declamations and essays by fourteen of the ,normal students1 the graduating exercises of three young men from the ,theological ,department1 the concert by the ,musical ,union1 and other interesting exercises1 furnished the only means for comprehending a liberal education1 which hundreds of the great crowds in attendance had ever enjoyed4 ,the students1 also1 are taking a personal pride in bringing back the best scholars from their summer schools4 ,one young man1 having failed to collect any funds from his summer school in ,georgia1 started with his most advanced pupil on foot1 their satchels upon their backs4 ,walking1 riding in chance carts1 and helped on by railroad conductors1 who were evidently influenced to surprising kindness by the spirit of the ,master1 they reached this place4 ,incited by the enthusiasm of this young man1 three more have followed him from his distant field of labor4 ,from ,mississippi1 another young man brought back two4 ,they walked about one hundred miles1 and are now paying their way in school by labor on the college farm4 ,both have begun earnest ,christian lives1 and are soon to unite with the church4 ,all the young men of the college are organized into a battalion of cadets for physical culture4 ,their government is conducted by means of this organization1 its officers being held responsible for the conduct of the members1 and being expected to set an example of manliness and courteous deportment4 ,we find this to be one of the most potent factors of their moral as well as physical development4 ,industrial ,department4 ,at the close of the last school year1 the ,industrial ,department was decided upon4 ,one of the professors1 with the approval of the ,association1 immediately proceeded to lay the matter before friends in the ,north2 and the teachers gathered from all sources whatever they could secure1 with which to begin the work4 ,about three thousand dollars have already been received1 and work in the following branches begun3 ,a printing press was secured1 with which to bring our wants before the people of the ,north1 and our influence to bear upon the intelligent colored people4 ,six students have learned a useful trade1 and by its means are paying their way in school4 ,in ,august they began the publication of the ,southern ,sentinel1 a small eight-page paper1 of which five hundred copies are issued monthly4 ,should any one doubt its usefulness1 a year's subscription 7one dollar7 would be an excellent test4 ,six hundred copies of the ,sabbath-school ,lesson papers1 prepared with reference to the peculiar needs of our ,sabbath-schools1 are also printed1 together with a large quantity of other matter4 ,work upon the farm was begun in ,september4 ,in ,october one hundred and sixty acres were bought1 in addition to the thirty acres already owned by the college4 ,the citizens of the place1 both white and colored1 have become deeply interested in the success of the enterprise4 ,gifts of all kinds1 from a little girl's pet chicken1 to a fine eighteen dollar plow from a merchant of the town1 and from an old auntie's half-peck of potatoes to a fine cow and calf from one of the deacons of the college church1 and varying in amounts from five cents to fifty dollars1 have been given4 ,our most intelligent citizens say that no other enterprise for the benefit of the colored people has ever aroused so much interest among them as the ,agricultural ,department4 ,in the ,girls' ,industrial ,school1 sixteen young women are earning1 wholly or in part1 their board and tuition2 while1 at the same time1 learning ways and methods which will make hundreds of homes brighter and happier4 ,in mechanical work1 five hundred dollars' worth of building and repairing has been done1 under the direction of an excellent carpenter4 ,in these different departments of labor1 the students have already received about fifteen hundred dollars as wages1 in board and tuition4 ,theological ,department4 ,if the colored people are to be elevated1 in no class is education more necessary than in the ministry4 ,one of the leading ,baptist ministers in the ,state1 being asked how many of the young ministers educated in their schools were now in the ministry in this ,state1 replied 8,one1 and we expect soon another40 ,yet this church includes by far the largest number of the colored people4 ,to meet this great want1 a ,theological ,department was organized in connection with the college in #ahgb4 ,four young men constituted the first class1 three of whom are now in the ministry4 ,the number of pupils last year was twenty-seven2 at present it is nineteen4 ,the decrease is owing to the requirement of a higher standard in literary training4 ,the colored people are naturally theologians and ,bible students4 ,three distinct lines of study are pursued1 all of which have special reference to practical1 ,christian work4 7#a7 ,to make the pupils familiar with the facts of the ,bible4 7#b7 ,to establish them in a system of ,christian theology4 7#c7 ,to acquaint them with the best methods of ,christian work4 ,twenty-five ,sabbath-schools are carried on by the students4 ,six of these have grown into churches1 the young men acting as their pastors4 ,sabbath-school ,conventions1 and various other kinds of ,christian work1 are conducted by the students1 often assisted by teachers from the college4 ,this department has a library of over eight hundred volumes4 ,church ,work4 ,we doubt if anywhere else in the ,south the ,church and ,school are both so strong and so closely united as here4 ,the ,congregational ,church of ,talladega was organized in #ahfh4 ,there are at present one hundred and forty-nine members1 with a ,sabbath-school of three hundred4 ,of course the larger part are students1 but a goodly number are citizens1 heads of families1 having good homes1 and being comparatively prosperous4 ,not only the members of this church1 but of the other churches in the village1 are thoroughly interested in whatever affects the college4 ,in all the church services citizens and students mingle1 with always a sprinkling of members from other churches4 ,in the social gatherings of the students1 the members of the church are always welcomed1 and enter heartily into their pleasures4 ,thus the college is anchored by means of the church in the hearts of the people themselves4 ,many colleges are held in their present location by the force of gravity1 or by the adhesive force of brick and mortar alone2 but ,talladega ,college1 were her buildings burned to the ground1 or blown aloft into the air1 would remain firmly fixed in the hearts and affections of the people4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,north ,,carolina4 8,a mighty still religion40 8,good ,christians is ,peaceable40 ,,miss ,,martha ,,moore1 ,,wilmington4 ,with a larger working force this year1 we are able to do more outside work1 and we find in our visits among the people plenty of poverty1 misery and sin4 ,we almost wonder if any power is sufficient to raise them from their degradation4 ,yet1 the many noble exceptions bring to view the possibilities of the race1 and encourage us to labor on4 ,to show how the old heathenish idea of religion seems to those who have received more light1 ,i will copy a letter from one who1 only a year ago1 was led to embrace the truth and to join our church4 ,she writes from her old home in the country1 where she is spending the winter with her father4 ,she has1 as you will see1 a very limited education4 ,she writes3 8,,dear ,,friends3 ,i arrieved home safe found ,all injoying helth ,i went with ,brother to the ,sunday ,school ,but ,could not ,injoy it2 ,some had their spelling ,books ,and ,some their testaments and speled ,and read the lessons over and out to play4 then the ,church gather in to ,class and in a half hour every bodys mouth was open and their was nothing to be heard ,but ,i have been redeemb4 ,i stod aside and look at them till at last one of them ,caime to me saying sister what are you doing havent you got the ,spirit on yet8 why1 your religeon dead why what sort of ,still thing is this4 ha you must be up ,and a doing let the world no that you got the spirit on ,show your light and let them see4 ,well ,i says ,i think that a very poor way to show the ,christian light4 ,o well if you say this a poor way you got no religeon honey2 what ,church you belong to4 ,i tole them1 why ,i never heard of that before well if they are like you ,i don't no how it is but its mighty still religeon well ,i says ,im ,sorry that you all think that unless you ,make a loud noise the world wont see your ,light4 ,i believe in showing the light in our walk ,and ,conversation home and abroad not wait to go ,to the ,church2 ,but they say you must get the ,spirit on1 so you see its imposible for me to injoy their worship4 ,i hope you will all pray for my deliverence for ,i do not think the lord intend to keep ,me in this purgatory4 8,yours1 ,l4 ,s40 ,we have in our night-school some who are making great efforts to improve in knowledge4 ,it requires no little resolution1 after working hard all day1 to walk a mile or two and study two or three hours4 ,a stranger came a few weeks ago1 wishing1 as he said1 8to cultivate his brain40 ,there was evidently need of it1 and we were glad to learn that his recent conversion had awakened him to the importance of knowing how to read for himself4 ,he also expressed a wish to come here to church1 as he had become acquainted with one of our members1 who1 as he said1 8seemed to be a good1 civil sort of ,christian10 and he thought he would come and see what kind of meetings produced that effect4 ,he had attended another church1 but said he 8didn't like there1 for they had some crossness1 and good ,christians is peaceable2 they can't help being peaceable02--a good lesson for all who bear the ,christian name4 ,our ,sunday-school averages about #acj1 and the truth seems to be gaining a firmer hold in the minds of some of the older pupils4 ,the day-school is prospering4 ,one of the little ones of the primary department1 a bright little fellow1 was yesterday laid in his grave4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,alabama4 ,debt-,raising in a ,colored ,church4 ,,rev4 ,,charles ,,noble1 ,,montgomery ,at the annual meeting of the church1 in ,december1 it was found that of the #ajj pledged to the pastor's salary1 only #be had been paid2 and that an old debt for sexton's services remained1 amounting to #cd4 ,in the extra effort made to pay for the painting and repair of the church1 and other expenses in spring and summer1 these things had been neglected4 ,it was a surprise1 and1 of course1 a disagreeable one to many of the church2 but there was a decided feeling that the amount ought to be raised at once1 and not left to be a burden on the church any longer4 ,a debt of #aji is as much to this people as some of the #ej1jjj debts1 which ,mr4 ,kimball has been helping churches ,north to clear away1 are to them4 ,therefore1 it seemed to me that the matter was one to be carefully and prayerfully managed4 ,i appointed a meeting for the consideration of the matter1 and opened it by reading ,chaps1 viii4 and ix4 of #b;d ,cor41 and briefly explaining their teachings4 ,then we spent half an hour in prayer1 the brethren bringing the burden right to the ,lord in the simplest and most touching language1 expressing their sorrow and self-reproach at having failed to make good their promises1 and asking forgiveness and help4 ,then they talked the matter over1 and decided to raise the amount at once by subscription4 ,a fair was suggested1 but the decision was against it1 on the ground that it wasn't quite honorable to call in outside help to make good their own delinquency2 and1 moreover1 that a fair involved a great deal of unprofitable labor and excitement1 and was a fruitful mother of dissensions4 ,these points they made themselves1 and in view of them they decided to raise the amount by voluntary offerings4 ,the subscription began at once1 and the matter being presented to the church for two successive ,sundays1 the whole amount was raised by voluntary pledges4 ,i am certain that the brethren who so cheerfully and promptly pledged1 and paid1 #g4ej and #f and #e1 gave as abundantly1 in proportion to their means1 as those who pledged #e1jjj and #b1jjj at ,providence4 ,the spirit in which it was done was the most beautiful part of it4 ,it was more than willingly done4 ,the gifts were brought forward thankfully1 joyously1 and ,i never saw happier people in my life than those who joined in thanksgiving to ,god1 when the whole amount was raised4 ,we observed the week of prayer1 with meetings every evening1 and there was real evidence of the presence of the ,spirit4 ,one who has long been in the dark was brought out into the light2 and it seemed to us that we must go forward4 ,we had meetings for two weeks with good attendance1 and very tender feeling4 ,quite a number of people rose for prayers1 and we hope that four at least have found the ,saviour4 ,the church has certainly been quickened and strengthened very much4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,louisiana4 ,revival ,news--8,pray for ,my ,child60--,older ,converts--,romanists ,reached4 ,,mrs4 ,t4 ,n4 ,,chase1 ,,new ,,orleans4 ,you will rejoice to hear of the good work in the ,central ,congregational ,church of ,new ,orleans4 ,the interest has been sufficient to bring an unusual number every night for four weeks to our prayer-meeting4 ,one evening1 after the pastor had taken nearly the usual time1 he called for brief testimony from ,christians4 ,fifty-three responded in the limited half hour4 ,the fruit to be gathered in was from among the older students of the school1 who were not already professing ,christians4 ,this was what would be expected by those who know their faithful1 ,christian teachers4 ,all teachers know the thrilling interest that clusters around the conversion of young persons under their tuition4 ,so1 as ,i have heard our teachers talk of this scholarly young man1 and that promising young woman1 coming over to the ,lord's side1 ,i knew very well what a burden of prayer and effort was lifted from their hearts and hands4 ,the third week of our meetings a younger class seemed interested4 ,one evening a widow begged us to pray for her daughter1 in tones that would have melted a heart of stone4 ,as she passed out of the door1 at the close of the meeting1 ,i overheard her saying to one and another1 8,pray for my child6 pray for my child60 ,an earnest mother1 ,i thought2 who can doubt the reality of her religion8 ,on my way home ,i learned that her husband had been a devoted member of our church1 and a wealthy1 intelligent1 respected colored citizen4 ,i am happy to find such men are not rare in ,new ,orleans4 ,the next evening the mother1 with the same pleading earnestness1 begged us to pray for her child4 ,since her husband's death her property had gone1 other dear ones had passed on1 and it seemed as though she could not be denied the conversion of her child4 ,the grandmother was present1 too1 and gave us a soul-stirring testimony of her long pilgrimage4 ,when those who wished our prayers were requested to come forward1 several responded4 ,all were strangers to me2 but when a certain little girl went forward just behind the others1 a tide of emotion almost overcame me4 ,she was as much a stranger to me as the others1 and ,i1 for a moment1 wondered at my tears4 ,then it flashed upon me that she must be the widow's child1 and my emotion was caused by the flood of sympathy that was involuntarily surging from heart to heart for that praying mother4 ,on inquiry1 ,i found ,i was not mistaken4 ,you can imagine1 better than ,i can describe1 the scene1 when mother and grandmother gathered about the child1 pleading with her to yield to ,jesus1 as we all knelt to commend the lost lambs to a loving ,shepherd4 ,now1 the older people are being reached4 ,friday evening a man came in late to escort his wife home4 ,saturday he came early1 and at the very first opportunity was on his feet1 saying1 8,for forty years ,i hadn't thought ,i had a soul till ,i came in here last night4 ,help me to find ,jesus40 ,he went forward1 fell upon his knees1 and was so penitent it did not seem strange that that very night the publican's ,god sent him 8to his house justified40 ,as he met our pastor the next morning at church1 he exclaimed1 8,mr4 ,alexander1 you convinced me1 but ,jesus saved me40 ,it would do a stoic good to look upon his beaming face and see what grace has done for that man4 ,it seems to me that the most interesting feature of the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 work in ,new ,orleans is its leavening influence upon ,roman ,catholicism4 ,i was talking1 after service one evening1 with a beautiful girl who had been forward for prayers1 and whose face wore a genuine look of deep contrition4 ,on asking her if she attended church here regularly1 she replied1 8,no2 ,i go to the ,catholic ,church40 ,another girl was sitting beside a member of our family one evening1 when a boy behind whispered to her1 8,don't you ask for prayers6 if you do1 ,i'll tell the priest60 ,i hear that a large number in the school are professed ,catholics1 but are allowed to attend on account of the superior instruction4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,tennessee4 ,le ,moyne ,normal ,school4 ,,memphis1 ,,tenn41 ,feb4 #afth1 #ahgh4 ,the ,le ,moyne teachers1 last year1 organized among themselves a reading circle for their own pleasure and improvement4 ,each ,thursday evening was devoted to the study of an author4 ,after a while1 other friends were invited to join them for a single reading4 ,the custom was continued after the long vacation1 and became a part of the family life4 ,so much interest was manifested among the occasional guests1 that some of them proposed that the circle be enlarged to include all the colored teachers of the city4 ,the proposal was favorably received1 and the new literary society has superseded the original4 ,the character of exercises has been changed to meet the demands of this wider and different element4 ,the programme this week was as follows3 ,historical3 8,benjamin ,franklin--his public life2 his private life40 ,poetical3 8,longfellow--sketch of his life2 selections from his writings40 ,debate3 8,resolved1 that the ,crusades were a benefit to the world40 8,humorous ,reading40 ,scientific3 8,cell ,life40 8,budget40 ,music is interspersed1 and discussions upon different topics are presented4 ,ten minutes is the utmost time allowed each participant4 ,the only drawback is the lack of books of reference4 ,our small library furnishes some assistance1 and the additions made to it from time to time help us in our preparations for the literary society4 ,friday evenings are devoted to an equally interesting and well-attended gathering of a more devotional character4 ,the ,sabbath-school teachers1 who use the ,international ,lessons1 meet in one of the school-rooms for studying the next ,sabbath's lesson4 ,it is one of the most enjoyable hours of the week4 ,the first suggestion of united study came from the superintendent of the leading ,methodist ,sabbath-school4 ,others at once acceded to the proposal1 and heartily join in the exercises4 ,topics are assigned to members of various schools1 so that special preparation is previously made1 and very little time is wasted during the meeting4 ,methodist1 ,baptist and ,congregational superintendents succeed one another in leading the meetings4 ,denominational lines are forgotten in seeking to learn the truths of the ,bible1 and in considering the best methods of presenting those truths to classes4 ,the ten minutes of devotion1 at the beginning of each meeting1 include the discussion of a practical subject4 8,how to secure the influence of the ,holy ,spirit in the hearts of our scholars10 8,best methods of conducting ,infant ,classes10 8,opening and closing exercises of the school10 are a few of the topics considered4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,woman's ,work among ,women4 ,,miss ,,hattie ,,milton1 ,,memphis4 ,my mission1 thus far1 has been mostly to the lowly4 ,the first step was to become acquainted with the people and secure their confidence1 which had to be accomplished in various ways2 sometimes by taking a great interest in the children1 lending them books1 giving them pictures1 candy1 toys1 etc41 or by giving the mother a little assistance or advice about her work4 ,sickness affords a good opportunity4 ,i visited one family where the mother had been helpless for some time from a beating given her by her husband4 ,i dressed her wounds1 made clothing for her infant1 washed and dressed it1 set the neighbors to work1 and thus secured the confidence of the whole neighborhood2 now ,i am welcomed into homes where before ,i was treated with coldness and suspicion4 ,i reach a great many through my sick ones4 ,some little ,sabbath-school girls in ,crete1 ,ill41 sent us a box of bedding and clothing1 which has been a great help in my work2 also1 my friends at ,romeo1 ,mich41 sent a box of clothing1 toys1 books1 and material for my sewing-school1 all of which has been a ,god-send to me1 as ,i find some very destitute families4 ,the city does nothing for the poor colored people1 so my opportunity is all the greater for doing good4 ,i find many who cannot read and who are very glad to hear the ,bible read4 ,some have even offered to pay me for reading to them1 at the same time saying1 8,you must need it1 you dear child1 if you have left your friends and home to come and work for the poor colored people40 ,it is astonishing how little these people know about the ,bible1 although they have attended church for years4 ,those who cannot read find it so hard to understand the preaching1 and those who could read a little to them #8could not give the understanding1' as they say4 ,when ,i had finished my ,bible reading with one family1 they said3 8,please1 ma'am1 come every ,sabbath1 we get so much more satisfaction from hearing you read than we do anywhere else40 ,i endeavor to visit them at such hours as not to interfere with their work1 and often read and explain the ,bible to a woman while she proceeds with her sewing or ironing2 however1 some insist on laying aside work1 saying1 8,we must give our whole attention to the word of ,god when we do have a chance to hear it02 and it is quite affecting to have them thank the kind heavenly ,father for sending some one to teach them ways they knew not of1 and pray to become better women for having received the instruction4 ,the missionary and those who send her do not lack for prayers from the colored people4 ,i have a ,mothers' ,meeting once a week1 where ,i endeavor to teach them from the ,bible their duties as mothers and wives2 also a sewing-school1 where we teach the girls how to cut and make garments1 which they buy1 when finished1 at a low price4 ,i have had so much to do in this part of the work1 that one of the teachers has kindly assisted me4 ,i have over fifty families on my visiting list1 and have called on several others and am received cordially by nearly all4 ,i am well pleased with the work1 and ought never to cease being thankful for the good and wonderful way in which the ,lord has opened this field of labor for me4 ,not long since1 one of the girls from the senior class came and told me she would like to become a missionary sometime1 and asked me to tell her what she could do now1 as she wishes to begin to work for ,jesus while she is young4 ,she asked me to take her with me on some of my visits among the people1 which ,i shall be glad to do4 ,i think one of the good results of this work is that it tends to set the colored people to work for themselves1 as they are glad to do1 but did not know how to go to work2 they need instruction in this as in everything else4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,kentucky4 ,berea ,college4 ,while the echoes of ,merry ,christmas are ringing in our ears1 and good dinners and joyous family greetings are still bright spots in our memories1 it may be interesting to hear of a ,gospel ,feast in ,berea1 ,ky4 ,our good steward1 of the ,boarding ,hall1 conceived the plan of going out into our highways and hedges and inviting those most destitute to dine with him4 ,over the hills and the valleys went the joyful tidings into many a log-hut--8,mr4 ,h4 done 'vite us to a big dinner at de ,hall40 ,aside from teachers and their wives1 no white folks were admitted within those doors as guests4 ,at an early hour1 the large parlor began to fill4 ,to those of us who were late1 it required no little moral courage to enter a room so well filled1 and go through the ordeal of hand-shaking4 ,the walls were lined with people1 and from their sober1 dignified looks1 one could easily imagine it a funeral occasion4 ,they seemed conscious of the dignity of the hour1 and were prepared to maintain it at any cost4 ,men sat modestly far away from the women4 ,the costumes would have driven 8,worth0 distracted4 ,surely1 never could he have devised so many ways of 8doing up0 the female form4 ,bits of ribbon1 faded and old1 stray pieces of lace pinned here and there in charming abundance1 and with a lofty indifference to such minor matters as harmony or usefulness4 ,one large figured gown of prominent yellow shades1 made conspicuous the form of an old woman1 who seemed1 like her gown1 to have awakened out of a ,rip ,van ,winkle sleep1 or been unearthed from some old ruin4 ,it reminded us of the days of ,dolly ,varden1 and was not very unlike the ,chinese and ,japanese cloths which to-day we try to think pretty4 ,but it would be impossible to attempt a description of the toilettes4 ,necessity made a virtue of all sorts of combinations2 and if they were not beautiful1 they seemed to give the wearers the feeling of being dressed--a feeling not always accomplished under happier circumstances4 ,as we went from one to another1 it certainly relieved the monotony to hear them say1 8,ki1 yi6 dars ,miss ,lizzie10 8,how d'ye1 honey10 and so on4 ,from the men came the stiffest bows and politest concern for our health4 ,knowing but few in the party1 we hastily found a seat1 where we could talk to one about gardens4 ,to another1 the never-failing question of babies proved interesting2 and thinking of the little black ones1 ,i thought in ,god's sight they might be as fair as my own4 ,it took so long for one old dame to tell of her 8rheumatiz0 and general 8misery10 that our sympathy1 which was real1 almost cooled before the lengthy recital was ended4 ,during all that long hour not a loud laugh was heard from those laughter-loving people4 ,at length1 to the relief of us all1 the great doors opened1 and the eager old children could contain themselves no longer1 and almost broke ranks and ran2 husbands and wives apart1 evidently fearing1 as they hurried to their seats1 there would not be room for all4 ,not till the guests were seated did the teachers scatter here and there1 glad for once at least to yield the first seat4 ,what a meal was provided6 ,of all good things that could be brought from farm or store1 there was no lack4 ,the blessing asked1 eagerly they began to enjoy what was to them the principal event of the day4 ,glancing about us1 we saw our steward 7a man of deeds rather than of words71 upon whom all the expense of this feast came1 looking around1 with beaming eye1 over the great company whose hearts he had made glad4 ,we thought of the wife who had stood by his side so many years1 helping in every good work1 and who would have been there if ,god had not called her higher4 ,the flushed face of our good housekeeper1 who is never too weary or too busy to do a little more1 if she can make hearts happy thereby1 shone upon us1 and we knew her hands had been full for many days4 ,though her feet were tired1 they obeyed the loving heart1 and she flew among us like a spirit1 watching on all sides that no one should fail to enjoy the dinner4 ,looking up the table1 our hearts ached1 as one face after another brought up the old slave days4 ,some there were who had risen above every discouragement1 and in the face of poverty1 low wages and many another hindrance1 had proved themselves men1 gladly denying themselves the comforts of life1 that their children's days might be brighter than their own4 ,we saw there old men1 grown grey in their 8massa's0 service1 turned out without a dollar1 to pinch the rest of their lives to keep from suffering4 ,women1 married in the ,lord and in the honesty of their own hearts1 considered only as so much property1 to be abused or neglected as their masters chose4 ,beauty was a fearful gift to the race1 and many of our colored women do not lack the gift4 ,one woman we must speak of1 who1 having neither riches nor sweetness of temper1 made it all good in the wealth of names1 which can only be equalled in the royal family4 ,i give a few3 8,carrie ,lee1 ,bessie ,fee1 who but she--,bernaugh40 8,isabel1 rise and tell1 the glories of ,immanuel--,bernaugh40 8,raphael ,rogers1 ,alfred ,hart1 ',postle ,paul1 ,caleb after all--,bernaugh40 ,how she abbreviated these names ,i know not4 ,the dinner over1 the music room quickly filled4 ,some of our pianists gave sweet music1 but so far above a part of the assembly that ,i've no doubt they longed for their 8fiddles and banjoes40 ,by request1 they struck up a wailing sound1 which rose and fell1 with words somewhat after this style3 8,the ark's a movin'1 movin'1 movin'1 ,the ark's a movin'1 move right along40 ,this was so sad1 that something joyful was called for1 and again the strain rung out2 old men and women moving their bodies to keep their own time1 which each one seemed to do regardless of his neighbor1 closing up each line1 and almost each word1 with such hemi-demi-semi-quavers as would have puzzled some of our best singers4 ,poor things6 the elements of joy had not entered into their religious life4 ,the minor strain swept over all their heart experiences1 and in spite of the words of their hymns1 their music gave us the echo of their days of bondage1 and helped us to thank ,god that a brighter life had been ours4 ,to them seemed to come no middle ground between the 8double-shuffle0 and the saddest songs for ,christ4 ,after many a hand-shake and parting blessing to us all1 the people wended their way back to their homes1 some to their rude cabins1 saying to one another1 8,dis de best day of my life10 8,tank de ,lord for dis good day40 ,to our steward we gave the conventional good-bye1 but in our hearts we knew that there was one blessed passage of ,scripture applicable to him1 and we doubt not he will hear it some day3 8,inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren1 ye have done it unto ,me40 ,this is one picture4 ,i shall be glad soon to show the other side1 and give the contrast between some of those who were gathered at this feast1 and their children1 who have enjoyed the privileges of the school at ,berea4 ,l4 ,r4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,hymn4 ,,mrs4 ,e4 ,,spence4,a ,sung at the farewell meeting on the departure of ,rev4 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,a4 ,p4 ,miller1 and ,rev4 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,a4 ,e4 ,jackson1 as missionaries to ,africa1 ,nashville1 ,feb4 #ah1 #ahgh4 ,god bless1 with special favor1 ,this consecrated band6 ,their trust will never waver1 ,led by ,thy loving hand6 ,as to thy call they listen1 ,each answers1 8,here am ,i10 ,and yet a tear may glisten ,unbidden in the eye6 ,thou know'st what ties are breaking ,that twine around the heart6 ,the yearning1 and the aching1 ,when friends and kindred part6 ,oh6 let them feel ,thy presence ,continuously so near1 ,to compensate the absence ,of all they hold most dear6 ,as1 over land and ocean ,they still pursue their way1 ,the spirit of devotion ,replenish day by day4 ,when over smooth seas gliding ,with hearts attuned to sing1 ,or tossed by tempest1 hiding ,beneath thy shelt'ring wing6 ,and when their destination ,is safely reached at last1 ,where every mission station ,has boundaries so vast-- ,strengthen the willing spirit ,for service1 till they see ,the land which they inherit1 ,redeemed and ruled by ,thee6 ,lord ,jesus1 lead victorious ,the sacramental host1 ,until thy kingdom1 glorious1 ,extend from coast to coast2 ,the powers of hell be driven ,from every conquered zone1 ,and1 even as in heaven1 ,thy will on earth be done6 ,,footnote3 ,a ,mrs4 ,spence was born in ,scotland1 in the year that ,cary1 the first missionary from ,england1 went out upon his pioneer and untrodden way eighty years ago4 ,her heart has been overflowing with gladness during these days of preparation4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,indians4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,washington ,,territory4 ,three ,christian ,boys and their ,letters4 ,,rev4 ,,myron ,,eells1 ,s',,kokomish ,our hearts were gladdened1 last ,sabbath1 by receiving into our ,church three of the ,indian school-boys1 each of them supposed to be about thirteen years of age4 ,we had kept them on a virtual probation for nearly a year1 until ,i began to feel that to do so any longer would be an injury both to themselves and to others4 ,their conduct1 especially towards their school-teacher1 although not perfect1 has been so uniformly ,christian that those who were best acquainted with them felt the best satisfied in regard to their change of heart4 ,said a member of our ,church of about fifty years' ,christian experience--who was not here much during the summer1 and hence knew comparatively little about them--after hearing a full statement1 8,i wish that some of the white children whom we have received into the ,church had given one half as good evidence of being ,christians as these boys give40 ,and yet the ,church was satisfied in regard to them4 ,on religious subjects1 they have been most free in communicating both to their teacher and myself by letter4 ,i have thought that you might be interested in extracts from some of them1 and hence send the following3 8,i am going to write to you this day1 please help me to get my father to become a ,christian10 7his father is an ,indian doctor7 8and ,i think ,i will get ,andrew and ,henry0 7the other ,christian boys7 8to say a word for my father4 ,i want you to read it to my father40 ,he wrote to his father the following1 which ,i read to him3 8,,aug4 #c;,d1 #ahgg4 8,,my ,,dear-,,beloved ,,father3 ,your son is a ,christian4 ,i am going off to another road4 ,i am going in a road where it leadeth to heaven1 and you are going to a big road where it leadeth to hell4 ,but now please return back from hell1 ,i was long time thinking what shall ,i do1 then my father would be saved from hell4 ,i prayed to ,god4 ,i asked ,god to help my father to become a ,christian40 ,the letter of another1 to his ,indian friends3 8,you have not read the ,bible1 for you cannot read1 but you have heard the minister read it to you4 ,you seem not to pay good attention1 but you know how ,jesus was crucified1 how he was put on the ,cross1 how he was mocked and whipped1 and they put a crown of thorns1 and he was put to death40 ,the letter of the other to me3 8,o1 how ,i love all the ,indians4 ,i wish they should all become ,christians4 ,if you please1 tell them about ,jesus coming4 ,it makes me feel bad because the ,indians are not ready40 ,to his ,indian friends3 8,the first time ,i became a ,christian1 ,i found it a very hard thing to do1 but ,i kept asking ,jesus to help me1 and so ,he did1 for ,i grew stronger and stronger4 ,so1 my ,friends1 if you will just accept ,jesus as your ,king1 ,he will help you to the end of your journey4 ,you must trust wholly in ,jesus' strength1 and yield your will1 your time1 your talents1 your reputation1 your strength1 your property1 your all1 to be henceforth and forever subject to ,his divine control2 your hearts to love ,him1 your tongues to speak for ,him1 your hands and feet to work for ,him1 and your lives to serve ,him1 when and where and as ,his ,spirit may direct4 ,don't be proud1 but be very good ,christians2 be brave and do what is right4 8,,your ,,young ,,friend40 99 99 99 99 99 ,indian ,welcome to an ,agent4 ,,dr4 ,i4 ,l4 ,,mahan1 ,,red ,,cliff1 ,,wis4 ,the payment recently made to the ,bois ,forte ,indians was one of the most pleasant and agreeable ,i have ever made4 ,the ,indians received me with a salute 7of blank cartridges7 fired from their guns4 ,on each side of the team1 as ,i passed through their camp1 the ,indian men1 women and children were in line on each side of the road for a quarter of a mile1 and such hurrahs and rejoicings ,i have seldom witnessed4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,chinese4 99 99 99 99 99 8,,california ,,chinese ,,mission40 ,auxiliary to the ,american ,missionary ,association4 ,,president3 ,rev4 ,j4 ,k4 ,mc,lean1 ,d4 ,d4 ,,vice-,,presidents3 ,rev4 ,a4 ,l ,stone1 ,d4 ,d41 ,thomas ,o4 ,wedderspoon1 ,esq41 ,rev4 ,t4 ,k4 ,noble1 ,hon4 ,f4 ,f4 ,low1 ,rev4 ,i4 ,e4 ,dwinell1 ,d4 ,d41 ,hon4 ,samuel ,cross1 ,rev4 ,s4 ,h4 ,willey1 ,d4 ,d41 ,edward ,p4 ,flint1 ,esq41 ,rev4 ,j4 ,w4 ,hough1 ,d4 ,d41 ,jacob ,s4 ,taber1 ,esq4 ,,directors3 ,rev4 ,george ,moor1 ,d4 ,d41 ,hon4 ,e4 ,d4 ,sawyer1 ,rev4 ,w4 ,e4 ,ijams1 ,james ,m4 ,haven1 ,esq41 ,rev4 ,joseph ,rowell1 ,e4 ,p4 ,sanford1 ,esq41 ,h4 ,w4 ,severance1 ,esq4 ,,secretary3 ,rev4 ,w4 ,c4 ,pound4 ,,treasurer3 ,e4 ,palache1 ,esq4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,chinese ,new ,year--,mob ,denunciations--,the ,great ,commission ,lessened--,conversions4 ,,rev4 ,w4 ,c4 ,,pond1 ,,san ,,francisco4 ,the ,chinese ,new ,year festival began ,feb4 #ast4 ,it was observed for five days1 the first three being 8the great days of the feast40 ,as the ,chinese excuse themselves from manual labor during those days1 worship and business1 and sociality absorb the time4 ,at this festival1 accounts must be squared1 or1 at any rate1 brought to some settlement4 ,votive offerings1 with the smoke of incense1 abound in the temples--bribes with which good luck is purchased from their gods4 ,the city authorities had forbidden the use of fire-crackers1 greatly to the chagrin of the ,joss-worshippers1 but the din of the gongs was such that even an idol1 it would seem1 might almost be made to hear4 ,for our ,christian ,chinese it was1 first of all1 a week of prayer4 ,not to be out-done even by their own former-selves1 they began their meetings at eleven o'clock on the last night of the old year1 and welcomed the new one in its first hours1 with worship to ,jesus1 their new friend and ,saviour4 ,they say that it would be a shame1 if they were not willing to give hours to ,him1 which1 but for ,him1 they would still have been giving to senseless blocks of wood1 or to pictures hung upon the wall4 ,each day there was more or less of time devoted to social worship1 and the rest to friendly calls among the brethren of different missions1 and the reception of calls from ,american friends1 or else to the transaction of the annual business of their ,association4 ,the carefulness with which they attend to this business1 might well be emulated by many a strong church4 ,the amounts involved are small1 of course1 while the talk might seem superabundant to taciturn people like us2 but the exactitude in accounts1 the watchfulness against debts1 the punctuality in their mutual settlements1 if grafted into the working of many a church that ,i have known1 would greatly help its peace and growth1 and even its good name4 ,the 8era of good feeling0 towards the ,chinese1 is1 doubtless1 nearer now than it was eight months ago4 ,i affirm this by faith1 and not because ,i can see1 as yet1 even the first streaks of its dawning4 ,it seems as though the out-cries1 8,down with the ,chinese60 8,the ,chinamen must go1 peaceably if they will1 forcibly if they must10 would have become1 by this time1 monotonous and wearisome1 but every ,monday's morning paper reports a gathering of from #c1jjj to #f1jjj people standing on a sand-lot near our new ,city ,hall1 in the midst often of wind and rain1 and listening for an hour or two1 while ,kearney and ,willock repeat their barbarous refrain4 ,we cannot prevent a depressing effect of this upon our work4 ,christians get afraid of it4 ,one of our pastors1 entering upon temporary service with an inland church1 wrote me as follows a few days since3 8,on my first ,sabbath here1 a poor ,chinaman came to church to hear me4 ,the next day ,i found him out1 and he is a ,christian4 ,he is hungering and thirsting for the word of life1 and ,i thought--what a splendid nucleus that would be for a class4 ,i sought the officers of the church for their consent and approval to such an organization4 ,then came swiftly the ominous shake of the head1 which ,i now so well know1 and ,i was told that #8public sentiment would not bear it4' ,my heart aches for them1 and ,i pray fervently to know my duty40 ,i am utterly at a loss to know how such church officers read the ,great ,commission4 ,i understand what the plain ,english of it is3 ,i think ,i could study it out in the ,greek4 ,does anybody know of any rendering of it1 according to which the ,chinese are left out8 ,it not1 how is it that we have so many of these head-shaking ,christians all over ,california8 ,furthermore1 prejudice breeds prejudice1 and the heathen ,chinese are beginning even to hate the language thus abused to curse and slander them4 ,they have no longer any appetite for the bait with which we have been fishing for their souls4 ,but if our schools are thus unavoidably less attractive to them1 and some of the seats get empty1 we try to do the better work with such as remain4 ,and the gracious ,spirit adds ,his blessing still4 ,five were received to the ,first ,congregational ,church in ,oakland at its last communion4 ,this week two from the ,barnes school have been reported to me as persuaded to be ,christians1 and desirous of joining the ,association4 ,what ,i have several times before said is still true1 ,i think--that no month passes in which ,i do not hear from some one or more of our schools1 of souls coming out of darkness into light4 ,the consequence is that hearty ,christians once fairly engaged in this work become enthusiastic in it4 ,one teacher writes3 8,to try to prepare the way for the enlightenment of these darkened minds has been the highest privilege of my life4 ,i do not forget the blessedness of leading my own children and other young people to ,jesus1 but in the offices of mother and teacher1 this work has come to me as a matter of course1 while the other is the realization of one of my earliest and most fondly cherished desires4 ,i have found it pleasant1 even when ,i could get no word or sign that the faintest shadow of my meaning was comprehended1 for ,i felt that ,i might be starting thought and opening the way for truth to come in by and by2 but when1 in some instances1 there has been a sudden interest manifested1 and such half-incredulous1 half-delighted responses come as #8,what6 ,jesus died for me8' #8,what6 ,jesus ,christ my best friend6' #8,yes1 ,i will love ,him6' ,i have felt one such moment a complete compensation for a whole lifetime of sorrow and toil40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,letter ,,from ,,ah ,,jam4 ,,santa ,,barbara1 ,january #abth4 ,,mr4 ,,pond3 ,dear ,sir--,how is your health8 ,i should be glad to have you to write me another report about you school4 ,if you find any interest chapter ,i shall enjoy it if you will let me know4 ,i cannot explain it which is the best of all i4e4 cannot tell which chapters are the best4 ,it seems to me very hard to understood the ,bible4 ,i wish ,i had more leisure for my study1 or to follow you while ,i shall learn a great deal4 ,i was very much troubled when ,i stayed on board ship2 she had four ,chinese besides me4 ,there was nobody instructed in anything like the gospel4 ,they thought it was dreadful to believe in ,christ4 ,it makes them swear1 grumble1 and smoke opium4 ,they are walking in the way of destruction4 ,i felt very sorry for them4 ,i told them several times what we ought to do in this world while we live4 ,they said they would never be afraid when they die where the soul would go4 ,i presume they will do all things as they please4 ,i left my place1 and came on shore two weeks since4 ,but ,i cannot find any situation yet1 because it is very dull4 ,perhaps ,i will go to the city next year1 and then ,i shall see you again4 ,we do remember you when we pray2 we would like you pray for us1 too1 if you please4 ,your sincerely1 ,,ah ,,jam1 ,,and ,,the ,,others4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,children',s ,,page4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,sick ,,boy',s ,,letter ,,to ,,his ,,teacher4 ,i thank you for the beautiful papers that you sent me4 ,i read a piece in one they call 8,glad ,tidings40 ,it was about the dissipated father and the dying child4 ,he was a bad man1 and used bad languish1 and cause his whole family to be miserable2 and his little son would go to him and crawl up on his knee and tell him about the good ,god1 and the tears would gush from his eye4 ,the little boy said to his father3 8,father1 you are crying2 what is the matter80 8,i am afraid1 my son1 ,i am going to lose you--you are going to die40 8,well1 father1 ,i know ,i am going to die1 but ,i am not afraid to die1 for ,i will go to ,jesus40 ,i read that piece1 and my little heart did feel so warm4 ,i am trying to be a good boy1 and pray to ,god that ,i may be a good boy4 ,i am trying to be a better boy every day4 ,from your dear scholar1 ,m4,t4 ,,montgomery1 ,,ala4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,live ,,in ,,god',s ,,sunshine4 8,well1 ,aunt ,polly1 here you are again on the doorsteps4 ,it seems to me you almost live on them40 ,old ,polly raised her faded eyes to the face of her friend1 and1 laughing1 said3 8,yes1 dear1 dat's jus' so6 ,jim says #8,we mought build a house all doo' steps and nothin' else1 fo' granny1 'cause she lives dar an' nowhar else4'0 8,i suppose you like to see the people1 and to hear the children prattle as they go by to school10 said the lady4 8,well1 yes1 ,i likes to see folks1 'cause my ,fader up dar made 'em all2 but it's most fo' de sunshine dat ,i stays out here4 ,o1 ,god's sunshine's a powerful blessin'1 dear4 ,when ,i's cold ,i comes out and sits in it1 and ,i grows warm2 when ,i's hungry1 and ,jim's wife's got nothin' to eat1 ,i comes out here and 'pears like ,i'd had my dinner2 when ,i's in pain1 and 'scruciated all over wid de rheumatiz1 ,i comes out into the sunshine1 and de pain skulks off2 when ,jim don't be good and 'pears like he was goin' to 'struction1 and my heart is bustin' like1 ,i comes out and sits in ,god's sunshine1 and peace comes through ,his beam into my soul2 when old ,death comes an' star's in my face1 and say1 #8,i comin' arter ye soon1 to take ye into de dark grave1' den ,i comes out into ,god's sunshine1 and dares him to frighten my soul6 ,says ,i to him1 #8,ye hasn't power in ye to throw one shadow on to my pillow2 for my blessed ,jesus1 de ,sun of ,righteousness1 ,he been down dar before me1 and ,he left it full1 heaped up and runnin' over wid ,god's sunshine4 ,i shall rest sweet in dat warm place1 for de eternal sunshine dat shall magnify and glorify all as loves de shinin' ,jesus40 8,auntie10 said her friend1 who always felt that she could sit at the feet of this humble saint and learn of ,jesus1 8that is very lovely4 ,but there come days when there is no sunshine--when the clouds gather1 and the rains fall1 and the snows come1 and the winds blow4 ,what do you do then80 8,o la1 honey1 by de time de storms come1 ,i've got my soul so full ob sunshine dat it lasts a heap o' time4 ,dem times ,jim scolds1 and his poor wife's 'scouraged1 and de child'n are cross1 and de stove smokes and de kittle won't bile2 but ,i never knows it4 ,god's sunshine is in my soul1 and ,i tries to spread it round1 and sometimes ,jim's wife feels it1 and she says--oh1 she's a good daughter-in-law--#8,long's ,i keeps close to granny1 'pears like my heart's held up4' 8,well1 well1 dear1 you can teach me somethin'1 and ye can fetch me nice things to make mo' sunshine2 but ,i can teach you what ye never thought on--dat ,god's sunshine's 'nough for rich and poor1 and dem dat thank ,him for it1 and sit in it1 or work in it1 and let it into dar heart1 will soon go whar it's all sunshine4 ,try to make folks live in ,god's sunshine1 and get it into dar hearts1 honey40--,intelligencer4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,receipts ,,for ,,february1 #ahgh4 ,,maine1 #dia4ac4 ,andover4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #e4jj ,augusta4 ,so4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ca4ej ,bethel4 ,a few ,ladies of ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #aa4jj ,blanchard4 ,daniel ,blanchard #e4jj ,dennysville4 ,mrs4 ,samuel ,eastman #e4jj ,gilead4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,r4 #j4ej ,holden4 8,a ,friend0 #a4jj ,orland4 ,mrs4 ,buck and daughter #cj4jj ,portland4 ,state ,st4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #cjb4ac2 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc #dj2 ,seamen's ,bethel ,church #ae2 ,mrs4 ,david ,patten #e4 #cfb4ac ,salem4 ,a4 ,p4 #j4ej ,searsport4 ,j4 ,y4 ,b4 #a4jj ,weld4 ,d4 ,d4 ,tappan #b4jj ,wells4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 7#cj of which from ,mrs4 ,b4 ,a4 ,maxwell to const4 ,,mrs4 ,w4 ,s4 ,,kimball1 ,l4 ,m47 #cf4jj ,winthrop4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,s4 ,b4 #j4ej ,,new ,,hampshire1 #cfg4cd4 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mite for the ,freedmen0 #b4jj ,cheshire4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,h4 ,i4 #j4ej ,colebrook4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4be ,collinsville4 ,everest ,fund #bjj1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c42 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #df1 for ,ag4 ,dept41 ,talladega ,c4--,cong4 ,ch4 #bf4hb4--,m4 ,a4 ,warren #ab1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4--8,a ,friend0 #b2 ,j4 ,h4 ,b4 #a #bhg4hb ,darien4 8,a ,friend0 #j4fa ,derby4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #i4jj ,durham ,centre4 ,a4 ,p4 ,c4 and ,j4 ,e4 #a4jj ,east ,hartford4 8,a4 ,w04 #aj4jj ,ellington4 ,sarah ,k4 ,gilbert #e4jj ,greenville4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #dc4ie ,greenwich4 8,a0 #bj4jj ,guilford4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bb4jj ,hartford4 ,asylum ,hill ,cong4 ,ch4 7ad'l7 #a4jj ,jericho4 ,wm4 ,osgood #c4jj ,jewett ,city4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 to const4 ,,rev4 ,,george ,n4 ,,kellogg1 ,l4 ,m4 #cd4ge ,lebanon4 ,betsey ,metcalf #b4jj ,litchfield4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #cd4cj2 ,a4 ,c4 ,b4 #be;c4 #cd4ee ,kensington4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,hotchkiss #b4jj ,killingworth4 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,v4 ,e4 #j4ea ,mansfield ,centre4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4aj ,meriden4 ,miss ,l4 ,p4 #a4jj ,millbrook4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,m4 #a4jj ,new ,haven4 ,ralph ,tyler #aj2 8,a ,friend0 #c2 8,a ,lady0 #b2 ,college ,st4 ,ch41 ,s4 ,w4 ,barnum1 #d copies 8,romanism as it is10 ,val4 #ad #ae4jj ,new ,london4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #ae4jj ,new ,milford4 ,mrs4 ,f4 ,g4 ,b #ej;c42 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,a4 ,stone #b bbls4 of ,c4 #j4ej ,norfolk4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,a4 ,c4 #a4jj ,north ,cornwall4 8,a ,friend0 #g4jj ,north ,guilford4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,f4 ,dudley1 #e2 8,a ,friend0 #e #aj4jj ,north ,stamford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #i4bg ,norwich4 ,park ,cong4 ,soc4 #dad4hh 7of which #cj from ,mrs4 ,chas4 ,lee to const4 ,,frank ,,johnson1 ,l4,m41 #cj from ,miss ,s4 ,m4 ,lee to const4 ,,maj4 ,b4 ,p4 ,,learned1 ,l4,m47--,second ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #ge1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #dhi4hh ,orange4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #cj2 ,rev4 ,e4 ,e4 ,rogers #aj1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #dj4jj ,oxford4 ,rev4 ,f4 ,r4 ,wait1 ,box of ,s4 ,s4 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#bj4jj ,coeymans4 ,wm4 ,b4 ,h4 #j4ej ,coxsackie4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,f4 ,spoor and ,miss ,a4 ,g4 ,fairchild #e ea4 #aj4jj ,danby4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ba4jj ,east ,bloomfield4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #bb4bf ,ellington4 ,mrs4 ,eliza ,rice #aj4jj ,flushing4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #cb4jj ,franklin4 ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,montgomery1 ,ala4 #ae4jj ,fredonia4 ,hon4 ,john ,chandler #aj4jj ,gouverneur4 ,mrs4 ,h4 ,d4 ,s4 #a4jj ,keeseville4 ,dea4 ,marcus ,barnes1 deceased1 by ,g4 ,w4 ,dodds #e4jj ,lima4 ,mrs4 ,g4 ,sprague1 for a ,student #e4jj ,lisbon4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ac4jj ,little ,genesee4 ,rev4 ,t4 ,b4 ,brown #e4jj ,little ,valley4 ,h4 ,s4 ,huntley #b4jj ,little ,york4 ,j4 ,pratt #e4jj ,moravia4 ,by ,s4 ,m4 ,cady #a4ej ,morrisania4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #b pkg's of ,bibles4 ,new ,york4 ,mrs4 ,hannah ,ireland1 #ajj4--,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,wm ,e4 ,dodge1 #ajj1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4--,mrs4 ,charlotte ,tappan ,lewis1 #e1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4--,h4 ,w4 ,h4 #a2 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,h4 ,b4 #ej;c42 ,stephen ,t4 ,gordon1 #eef 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,p4 #a #ba4jj ,sandusky4 ,individuals1 by ,rev4 ,j4 ,strong #e4jj ,sharonville4 ,j4 ,h4 #a4jj ,south ,salem4 ,daniel ,s4 ,pricer #c2 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,s4 and ,miss ,m4 ,m4 #a ea4 #e4jj ,strongsville4 ,elijah ,lyman #aj4jj ,wellington4 8,two ,friends0 #e4jj ,,illinois1 #aie4aj4 ,belvidere4 ,elizabeth ,smith #b4jj ,canton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #be4jj ,chicago4 ,w4 ,b4 ,j4 #j4ej ,dallas ,city4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,miller #a4be ,evanston4 8,a little ,child0 #a4jj ,equality4 ,s4 ,e4 ,c4 #j4ej ,galesburg4 ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #aj4jj ,galesburg4 ,,estate of ,w4 ,c4 ,willard1 by ,prof4 ,t4 ,r4 ,willard #d4jj ,geneseo4 ,chas4 ,perry #be4jj ,hutson4 ,c4 ,v4 ,n4 #a4jj ,jacksonville4 ,,rev4 ,,eli ,,corwin #cj1 to const4 himself ,l4 ,m42 ,t4 ,w4 ,melendy1 ,h4 ,l4 ,melendy and ,m4 ,c4 ,melendy #cj1 to const4 ,,david ,,cole1 ,l4 ,m4--,cong4 ,ch1 #e1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #fe4jj ,millington4 ,mrs4 ,d4 ,a4 ,aldrich1 for ,lewis ,high ,sch41 ,macon1 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,memphis4 ,le ,moyne ,sch4 #ajf4fe ,murfreesborough4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,s4 ,grant1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #e4jj ,nashville4 ,fisk ,university #bcc4ij ,,north ,,carolina1 #bbf4if4 ,raleigh4 ,pub4 ,fund4 #ajj2 ,washington ,sch4 #ad4fj #aad4fj ,wilmington4 ,normal ,sch4 #ajf4ge2 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4fa2 ,p4 ,j4 ,i4 and ,t4 ,h4 #a #aab4cf ,,south ,,carolina1 #bbb4ge4 ,charleston4 ,avery ,inst4 #bbb4ge ,,georgia1 #ecg4ej4 ,atlanta4 ,atlanta ,university #afb4jj ,macon4 ,lewis ,high ,school #gd4ge ,savannah4 ,pub4 ,fund #cjj4jj ,woodville4 ,j4 ,h4 ,h4 ,s41 for ,mendi1 ,indian and ,chinese ,m4 #j4ge ,,alabama1 #gfb4je4 ,athens4 ,trinity ,sch4 #cb2 ,trinity ,miss4 ,soc4 #af4fj2 ,miss ,m4 ,f4 ,wells #ae #fc4fj ,mobile4 ,emerson ,inst4 #hh4ie ,montgomery4 ,pub4 ,fund #ddd4jj ,selma4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,talladega4 ,talladega ,c4 #afj4ej ,,louisiana1 #ahe4 ,new ,iberia4 ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,mendi ,m4 #b4jj ,new ,orleans4 ,straight ,university #a4hc ,,mississippi1 #aeh4be4 ,tougaloo4 ,tougaloo ,university #aea4ij2 ,miss ,orra ,angell #f4ce #aeh4be ,,missouri1 #f4 ,kidder4 ,s4 ,c4 ,coult #e4jj ,laclede4 ,rev4 ,e4 ,d4 ,c4 #j4ej ,st4 ,louis4 ,c4 ,m4 ,j4 #j4ej ,,texas1 #a4gj4 ,marshall4 ,l4 ,h4 ,s4 #j4ej ,schulenburg4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,j4 ,t4 #j4bj ,whitmans4 ,w4 ,b4 and ,e4 ,a4 #a4jj ----1 #aj4 ----4 ,j4 ,estey ,co41 by ,g4 ,p4 ,guilford1 ,gen'l ,agt41 one organ1 val4 #bbe1 for ,atlanta ,u4 ----4 ,miss ,lizzie ,riley's ,class1 in ,perkins' ,inst4 for the ,blind1 for ,ind4 ,sch41 ,talladega ,c4 #h4jj ----4 ,small sums1 for ,postage #b4jj ---- ,received at ,fisk ,university1 ,nashville1 ,tenn41 for ,student ,aid1 from ,march #b;d to ,dec4 #cast1 #ahgg1 #a1dfg4bh4 ,,illinois4 ,aurora3 ,sab4 ,sch41 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ej2 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #ej2 ,boltwood3 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4ej2 ,chicago3 ,mrs4 ,mary ,e4 ,blatchford #be2 ,miss ,harriet ,farrand #c2 ,elgin3 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #be2 ,evanston3 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ej2 ,j4 ,m4 ,williams #be2 ,john ,williams #be2 ,galesburg3 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,ch4 of ,christ #ej2 ,galva3 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ej2 ,genesco3 ,b4 ,m4 ,huntington #be2 ,m4 ,b4 ,huntington #be2 ,la ,salle3 ,mrs4 ,tomlins #e2 ---- ,lathrop #e2 ,malden3 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #af4be2 ,marseilles3 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj2 ,moline3 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ge2 ,oak ,park3 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #di4he2 ,ottawa3 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch4 #ej2 ,peoria3 ,chas4 ,fisher #bh2 ,princeton3 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ai2 ,streator3 ,mrs4 ,ralph ,plumb #cj2 ,toulon3 8,friends0 #g #gje4fj ,,michigan4 ,ada3 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc4 #ac2 ,allegan3 ,mrs4 ,elizabeth ,booth #ej2 ,alpena3 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch4 #ci4dg2 ,covert3 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc4 #aj2 ,detroit3 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,fort ,st4 ,presb4 ,ch4 #cj4ge2 ,galesburg3 ,rev4 ,l4 ,m4 ,hunt #bj2 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch4 #ag4ej2 ,greenville3 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch4 #ej2 ,kalamazoo3 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #cj2 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,plymouth ,cong4 ,ch4 #ae2 ,lowell3 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e2 ,olivet3 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj2 ,plainwell3 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,presb4 ,ch4 #g2 ,portland3 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #f4dj2 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc4 and ,sab4 ,sch4 #ba4fj #cbe4gb ,,iowa4 ,burlington3 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ej2 ,clinton3 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #be2 ,davenport3 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,edwards' ,cong4 ,ch4 #ej2 ,denmark3 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bh2 ,dubuque3 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj2 ,genesco3 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #be2 ,o4 ,lyons1 ,mrs4 ,dr4 ,blanding #e2 ,manchester3 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4he2 ,maquoketa3 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc4 #bj2 ,marshalltown3 ,j4 ,w4 ,windsor #cb4hj2 ,muscatine3 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #ej2 ,osage3 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ai4ef4 ,oskaloosa3 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #ej #cif4ba ,,wisconsin4--,beloit3 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #c4jj ,,minnesota4--,minneapolis3 ,rev4 ,edwin ,s4 ,williams #aa4ge2 ,winona3 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #be #cf4ge ,,canada1 #ac4aj4 ,caledonia4 ,a4 ,c4 ,buck #e4jj ,montreal4 ,rev4 ,henry ,wilkes and ,i4 ,c4 ,barton #d4je ea4 #h4aj ,,england1 #f4ca4 ,london4 ,mrs4 ,mary ,e4 ,mahan #f4ca ,,sandwich ,,islands1 #ejj4 ,hawaii4 8,a ,friend0 #ejj4jj -------------------- ,total #ad1jfi4be ,total from ,oct4 #ast to ,feb4 #bhth #ga1dcc4gj ,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,ass't ,treas4 ,,received ,,for ,,debt4 ,newbury1 ,vt4 ,p4 ,w4 ,ladd #e4jj ,bristol1 ,r4 ,i4 ,mrs4 ,maria ,de,w4 ,rogers and ,miss ,charlotte ,de ,wolf #bej ea4 #ejj4jj ,hartford1 ,conn4 ,roland ,mather #a1jjj4jj ,new ,haven1 ,conn4 ,f4 ,c4 ,sherman #ej4jj ,putnam1 ,conn4 ,mrs4 ,adaline ,s4 ,fitts #ag4ej ,florence1 ,mass4 ,a4 ,l4 ,williston #a1jjj4jj ,cheateaugay1 ,n4 ,y4 ,joseph ,shaw #aj4jj ,new ,york1 ,n4 ,y4 ,stephen ,t4 ,gordon #ajj4jj ,austingburgh1 ,ohio4 ,l4 ,b4 ,austin #ajj4jj ,canfield1 ,ohio4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ag4jj ,streator1 ,ill4 ,samuel ,plumb #cjj4jj ,oakland1 ,cal4 ,s4 ,richards #ajj4jj ------------------ #c1aii4ej ,previously acknowledged ,jan4 receipts #c1gaf4cc ------------------ ,total #f1iae4hc ,,for ,,tillotson ,c4 ,,and ,n4 ,,inst41 ,,austin1 ,,texas4 ,fitchburg1 ,mass4 ,david ,boutelle #bjj4jj ,previously acknowledged ,jan4 receipts #bbb4jj -------------- ,total #dbb4jj 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,american ,missionary ,association4 ,,aim ,,and ,,work4 ,to preach the ,gospel to the poor4 ,it originated in a sympathy with the almost friendless slaves4 ,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 ,africa4 ,as closely related to this1 it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted ,,chinese in ,america1 and to co-operate with the ,government in its humane and ,christian policy towards the ,,indians4 ,it has also a mission in ,,africa4 ,,statistics4 ,,churches3 ,in the ,south--,in ,va41 #a2 ,n4 ,c41 #e2 ,s4 ,c41 #b2 ,ga41 #aa2 ,ky41 #e2 ,tenn41 #d2 ,ala41 #ab2 ,la41 #ab2 ,miss41 #a2 ,kansas1 #b2 ,texas1 #d4 ,africa1 #a4 ,among the ,indians1 #b4 ,total1 #fb4 ,,institutions ,,founded1 ,,fostered ,,or ,,sustained ,,in ,,the ,,south4 ,chartered3 ,hampton1 ,va42 ,berea1 ,ky42 ,talladega1 ,ala42 ,atlanta1 ,ga42 ,nashville1 ,tenn41 ,tougaloo1 ,miss42 ,new ,orleans1 ,la42 and ,austin1 ,texas1 #h2 ,graded or ,normal ,schools3 at ,wilmington1 ,raleigh1 ,n4 ,c42 ,charleston1 ,greenwood1 ,s4 ,c42 ,macon1 ,atlanta1 ,ga42 ,montgomery1 ,mobile1 ,athens1 ,selina1 ,ala2 ,memphis1 ,tenn42 #aa2 ,other ,schools1 #g4 ,total1 #bf4 ,,teachers1 ,,missionaries ,,and ,,assistants--,among the ,freedmen1 #bji2 among the ,chinese1 #ag2 among the ,indians1 #af2 in foreign lands1 #aj4 ,total1 #beb4 ,,students--,in ,theology1 #gd2 ,law1 #h2 in ,college ,course1 #gi2 in other studies1 #e1bdc4 ,total1 #e1djd4 ,scholars taught by former pupils of our schools1 estimated at #ajj1jjj4 ,,indians under the care of the ,association1 #ac1jjj4 ,,wants4 #a4 ,a steady ,,increase of regular income to keep pace with the growing work in the ,south4 ,this increase can only be reached by regular and larger contributions from the churches--the feeble as well as the strong4 #b4 ,,additional ,,buildings for our higher educational institutions1 to accomodate the increasing numbers of students2 ,,meeting ,,houses1 for the new churches we are organizing2 ,,more ,,ministers1 cultured and pious1 for these churches4 #c4 ,,help ,,for ,,young ,,men1 to be educated as ministers here and missionaries to ,africa--a pressing want4 ,before sending boxes1 always correspond with the nearest ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 office1 as below4 ,,new ,,york ,h4 ,w4 ,hubbard1 ,esq41 #ef ,reade ,street4 ,,boston ,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,woodworth1 ,room #ba1 ,congregational ,house ,,chicago ,rev4 ,jas4 ,powell1 #aab ,west ,washington ,st4 ,,magazine4 ,this ,magazine will be sent1 gratuitously1 if desired1 to the ,missionaries of the ,association2 ,to ,life ,members2 to all clergymen who take up collections for the ,association2 to ,superintendents of ,sabbath ,schools2 to ,college ,libraries2 to ,theological ,seminaries2 to ,societies of ,inquiry on ,missions2 and to every donor who does not prefer to take it as a subscriber1 and contributes in a year not less than five dollars4 ,those who wish to remember the ,,american ,,missionary ,,association in their last ,will and ,testament1 are earnestly requested1 to use the following ,,form ,,of ,a ,,bequest4 8,i ,,bequeath to my executor 7or executors7 the sum of ---- dollars in trust1 to pay the same in ---- days after my decease to the person who1 when the same is payable1 shall act as ,treasurer of the 8,american ,missionary ,association10 ,new ,york ,city1 to be applied under the direction of the ,executive ,committee of the ,association1 to its charitable uses and purposes40 ,the ,will should be attested by three witnesses in some ,states three are required--in other ,states only two1 who should write against their names1 their places of residence if in cities1 their street and number4 ,the following form of attestation will answer for every ,state in the ,union3 8,signed1 sealed1 published and declared by the said ,a4 ,b4 as his last ,will and ,testament1 in presence of us1 who1 at the request of the said ,a4 ,b41 and in his presence1 and in the presence of each other1 have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses40 ,in some ,states1 it is required that the ,will should be made at least two months before the death of the testator4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,brown ,,bros4 ,,co4 #ei ,wall ,st41 ,new ,york1 #baa ,chestnut ,st41 ,philadelphia1 #ff ,state ,st41 ,boston4 ,issue1 against cash deposited1 or satisfactory guarantee of repayment4 ,circular ,credits for ,travelers1 ,in ,,dollars for use in the ,united ,states and adjacent countries1 and in ,,pounds ,,sterling1 for use in any part of the world4 ,these ,credits1 bearing the signature of the holder1 afford a ready means of identification1 and the amounts for which they are issued can be availed of from time to time1 wherever he may be1 in sums to meet the requirements of the ,traveler4 ,application for ,credits may be made to either of the above houses direct1 or through any respectable bank or banker in the country4 ,they also issue ,commercial ,credits1 make ,cable ,transfers of ,money between this ,country and ,england1 and draw ,bills of ,exchange on ,great ,britain and ,ireland4 99 99 99 99 99 ,established ,a4 ,d4 #ahej4 ,,the ,,manhattan ,life ,insurance ,co41 #aef ,broadway1 ,new ,york1 ,,has ,,paid #g1djj1jjj ,,death ,,claims1 ,,has ,,paid #d1ijj1jjj ,return ,premiums to ,policy-,holders1 ,,has ,a ,,surplus ,,of #a1gjj1jjj ,,over ,,liabilities1 ,by ,new ,york ,standard of ,valuation4 ,it gives the ,best ,insurance on the ,best ,lives at the most ,favorable ,rates4 ,,examine ,,the ,,plans ,,and ,,rates ,,of ,,this ,,company4 ,,henry ,,stokes1 ,,president1 ,c4 ,y4 ,,wemple1 ,vice-,president4 ,j4 ,l4 ,,halsey1 ,secretary4 ,s4 ,n4 ,,stebbins1 ,actuary4 ,h4 ,y4 ,,wemple1 ,h4 ,b4 ,,stokes1 ,assistant-,secretaries4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a4 ,s4 ,,barnes ,,co4 ,educational ,publishers4 ,,teachers are requested to send for our ,descriptive ,catalogue of #djj ,text ,books and ,professional ,manuals4 ,a4 ,s4 ,b4 ,co41 also publish ,dale's ,lectures on ,preaching3 ,as delivered at ,yale ,college1 #ahgg4 ,contents3 ,perils of ,young ,preachers2 ,the ,intellect in ,relation to ,preaching2 ,reading2 ,preparation of ,sermons2 ,extemporaneous ,preaching and ,style2 ,evangelistic ,preaching2 ,pastoral ,preaching2 ,the ,conduct of ,public ,worship4 ,price1 postpaid1 #a4ej4 ,chas4 ,g4 ,finney's ,memoirs3 ,written by ,himself4 #dgg pp41 #abmo1 #b4jj4 8,a wonderful volume it truly is40--,rev4 ,t4 ,l4 ,cuyler1 ,d4 ,d4 8,what a fiery ,john the ,baptist he was40--,rev4 ,r4 ,s4 ,storrs1 ,d4 ,d4 ,ray ,palmer's ,poetical ,works3 ,complete4 ,with ,portrait4 #hvo1 full gilt1 rich1 #d4jj4 ,memoirs of ,p4 ,p4 ,bliss3 ,by ,whittle1 ,moody and ,sankey4 ,with portraits of the ,bliss ,family1 on steel4 ,price #c4 ,lyman ,abbott's ,commentary ,,on ,,the ,,new ,,testament 7,illustrated74 ,matthew and ,mark 7#a vol471 #b4ej2 ,acts1 #a4ge3 others nearly ready4 8,destined to be the ,commentary for thoughtful ,bible readers4444 ,simple1 attractive1 correct and judicious in the use of learning40--,rev4 ,howard ,crosby1 ,d4 ,d4 ,,publishers' ,,principal ,,office1 #aaa #aac ,william ,street1 ,new ,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,get ,,the ,,best4 ,illustration3 ,webster's ,illustrated ,unabridged ,edition ,dictionary #cjjj ,engravings ,webster's ,unabridged4 #cjjj ,engravings2 #ahdj ,pages ,quarto4 #aj1jjj ,words and ,meanings not in other ,dictionaries4 ,,four ,,pages ,,colored ,,plates4 ,a ,,whole ,,library ,,in ,,itself4 ,,invaluable ,,in ,,any ,,family ,,and ,,in ,,any ,,school4 ,contains ,,one ,,fifth more matter than any other1 the smaller type giving much more on a page4 ,contains #cjjj ,illustrations1 nearly three times as many as any other ,dictionary4 ,,look ,,at the three pictures of a ,,ship on page #agea1--these alone illustrate the meaning of more than #ajj words and terms far better than they can be defined in words4 ,more than #cj1jjj copies have been placed in the public schools of the ,united ,states4 ,recommended by #cb ,state ,superintendents of ,schools1 and more than #ej ,college ,presidents4 ,embodies about #ajj years of literary labor and is several years later than any other large ,dictionary4 ,the sale of ,webster's ,dictionaries is #bj times as great as the sale of any other series of ,dictionaries4 ,published by ,g4 ,c4 ,,merriam1 ,springfield1 ,mass4 ,,also ,webster's ,national ,pictorial ,dictionary1 #ajdj ,pages1 ,octavo4 #fjj ,engravings4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,singer ,,leads ,,the ,,world6 ,illustration3 ,works of the ,singer ,manufacturing ,co41 ,elizabeth1 ,n4 ,j4 ,notwithstanding the great depression of business1 ,,the ,,singer ,,manufacturing ,,company made and sold #bhb1hab ,machines in #ahgg--;,,being #bj1dif ,,more ,,than ,,in ,,any ,,previous ,,year4 ,,prices ,,reduced #cj ,,on ,,each ,,style ,,of ,,machine4 ,send for ,circular4 ,the public are warned against a counterfeit machine1 made after an old abandoned model of our ,machine4 ,to get a genuine 8,,singer ,,sewing ,,machine10 buy only of our authorized ,agents1 and see that each ,machine has our ,trade-,mark stamped on the arm4 ,,the ,,singer ,m',f',g ,,co41 ,principal ,office1 #cd ,union ,square1 ,new ,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,e4 ,d4 ,bassford's 7,,cooper ,,institute1 ,,new ,,york47 ,net ,illustrated ,priced ,catalogue ,is a book of fifty closely printed pages1 quoting1 with the size1 capacity and style1 the prices of about ,,six ,,thousand items of ,house-furnishing ,hardware1 ,china1 ,glass1 ,silver ,ware1 ,cutlery1 ,cooking ,utensils1 ,table ,ware1 ,dinner1 ,tea and ,toilet ,sets1 ,coal ,vases1 ,fire ,sets and ,stands1 and every kind of goods for the furnishing of a house and table1 from the plainest for every-day use to the richest and most elaborately decorated1 all at prices a great deal below competitors' figures1 as will be seen by examination of ,priced ,list1 which1 with ,illustrated ,catalogue1 is mailed free on receipt of #c;c4 stamp4 ,goods carefully boxed and shipped to all parts4 ,edward ,d4 ,bassford1 ,nos4 #a1 #b1 #c1 #ab1 #ac1 #ae1 #af1 and #ag ,,cooper ,,institute1 7,cor4 #c;d #dth ,ave47 ,and ,astor ,place 7#hth ,st471 ,opp4 ,bible ,house1 ,,new ,,york ,,city4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,haute ,,nouveaute4 ,grand ,opening ,,of ,,novel ,,and ,,beautiful ,,styles4 ,,the ,,demorest ,representative and ,cosmopolitan ,,emporium ,,of ,,fashions ,furnishing the ,world's ,ideal of ,artistic ,beauty1 ,novelty1 ,utility1 ,variety1 ,accuracy1 ,economy1 and ,fashionable ,elegance4 ,always ,first ,premium in every competition1 including the ,world's ,fair2 ,american ,institute1 ,new ,york2 ,mechanics' ,institute1 ,boston2 ,mechanics' ,institute1 ,maryland2 ,new ,york and other ,state ,fairs1 and the exclusive award over all competitors at the ,centennial ,exhibition4 ,,paris1 ,,london1 ,,new ,,york1 ,and ,agencies ,everywhere4 ,,reliable ,,patterns ,,in ,,sizes1 ,illustrated and ,described4 ,prices from #aj to #cj ,cents each1 or #e;d1 to #as4 #c;d4 ,sterling4 ,,send ,,for ,,catalogue1 with direction in ,french1 ,english1 ,portuguese1 ,dutch1 ,german and ,spanish4 ,,demorest',s ,,monthly ,,magazine1 #be cts42 #as4 ,sterling2 ,yearly #c4jj2 #abs4 ,sterling1 with a ,magnificent ,premium4 ,the ,demorest ,quarterly ,journal1 #e cents2 #c-a_/b d4 ,sterling4 ,yearly1 #aj cents3 #e;d4 ,sterling4 ,mme4 ,demorest's ,what to ,wear1 #ae cts42 #g-a_/b d4 ,sterling4 ,mme4 ,demorest's ,port-,folio of ,fashions1 #ae cts42 #g-a_/d d4 ,sterling4 ,either post-free4 ,,new ,,york ,,house3 #ag ,,east ,,fourteenth ,,street4 #aa ,bouverie ,st41 ,london4 #e ,rue ,scribe1 ,paris4 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 ,,fuller1 ,,warren ,,co4 ,,manufacturers ,,of ,,stoves1 ,,ranges1 ,furnaces1 ,fire-,place ,heaters1 c4 ,,the ,,largest ,,assortment ,,and ,,variety ,,in ,,the ,,market4 ,,exclusive ,,makers ,,of ,p4 ,p4 ,stewart's ,famous ,stoves4 ,we continue to make a discount of twenty-five per cent4 from our prices on these well-known ,cooking and ,parlor ,stoves1 to ,clergymen and ,college ,professors4 ,orders and letters in response to this notice1 addressed to our ,new ,york house1 will receive prompt attention4 ,special terms to ,clergymen on all our ,goods4 ,send for ,catalogues and ,circulars to ,,fuller1 ,,warren ,,co4 #bcf ,water ,st41 ,new ,york4 ,,troy4 ,,chicago4 ,,cleveland4 99 99 99 99 99 ,young ,america ,press ,co41 #ce ,murray ,st41 ,new ,york1 ,illustration manufacture a variety of hand1 self-inking1 and rotary printing presses1 ranging in price from #b to #aej1 including the ,centennial1 ,young ,america1 ,cottage1 ,lightning1 and other celebrated printing machines4 ,our new rotary press1 the ,united ,states ,jobber1 for cheapness and excellence1 is unrivalled4 ,other presses taken in exchange4 ,lowest prices for type and printing material4 ,circulars free4 ,specimen ,book of ,type1 #aj cts4 ,a sample package of plain and fancy cards1 #aj cents4 99 99 99 99 99 ,illustration3 ,,marvin',s ,,fire ,,burglar ,,safes ,,counter ,,platform ,,wagon ,,track ,,scales ,,marvin ,,safe ,,scale ,,co4 #bfe ,,broadway1 ,n4 ,y4 #fbg ,,chestnut ,,st4 ,,phila4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,crampton',s ,imperial ,soap ,,is ,,the ,,best ,,for ,the ,laundry1 ,the ,kitchen1 ,,and ,,for ,general ,household ,purposes4 ,,manufactured ,,by ,,crampton ,,brothers1 ,cor4 ,monroe ,jefferson ,sts4 ,n4,y4 99 99 99 99 99 8,home ,building40 ,illustration ,a splendid book1 #djj quarto pp41 #de original designs of buildings of all classes1 with specifications and costs4 ,by ,e4 ,c4 ,,hussey4 ,invaluable to ,,all building or making improvements4 #e post-paid4 ,send money order to ,e4 ,c4 ,hussey1 ,architect and ,practical ,builder1 #bde ,br'dway1 ,n4 ,y4 ,sketches and estimates furnished on application4 ,no charge for plans where ,i receive the contract for building4 ,,send ,,for ,,circular4 99 99 99 99 99 ,case's ,bible ,atlas4 ,quarto ,size4 ,accurate and up to the times4 #af ,full ,page ,maps1 with ,explanatory ,notes and ,index4 ,designed to aid ,sunday-school ,teachers and ,scholars4 ,every family needs it4 ,price #a4jj4 ,sent by mail on receipt of price4 ,,agents ,,wanted in every ,township4 ,liberal terms given4 ,address ,o4 ,d4 ,,case ,,co41 ,hartford1 ,ct4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,thirty-,,second ,,volume ,,of ,,the ,american ,missionary1 ,,enlarged ,,and ,,improved4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,subscription ,,department4 ,besides giving news from the ,institutions and ,churches aided by the ,association among the ,freedmen in the ,south1 the ,indian tribes1 the ,chinese on the ,pacific ,coast1 and the ,negroes in ,western ,africa1 it will be the vehicle of important views on all matters affecting the races among which it labors1 and will give a monthly summary of current events relating to their welfare and progress4 ,we publish #be1jjj copies per month1 and shall be glad to increase the number indefinitely1 knowing from experience that to be informed 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of the best ,newspapers1 requiring 8,,double ,,rates0 for these 8,,luxuries10 our wide pages1 fine paper1 and superior printing1 with no extra charge for cuts1 are advantages readily appreciated1 and which add greatly to the appearance and effect of business announcements4 ,we are1 thus far1 gratified with the success of this department1 and solicit orders from all who have unexceptionable wares to advertise4 ,advertisements must be received by the ,,tenth of the month1 in order to secure insertion in the following number4 ,all communications in relation to advertising should be addressed to ,j4 ,h4 ,,denison1 ,adv'g ,agent1 #ef ,,reade ,,street1 ,,new ,,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,illustration3 ,,kingsford',s ,,oswego ,,pure ,,and ,,silvergloss ,,starch ,,manufactured ,,by ,t4 ,,kingsford ,,son ,,trade ,,mark4 ,,starch ,is ,perfectly ,,pure--,,uniform and ,,stronger than any other4 ,,the ,,best and ,,most ,,economical in the ,,world4 ,ask for ,,kingsford',s1 and ,,be ,,sure ,,you ,,get 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