,vol4 ,,xxxiii4 ,no4 #i4 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 99 99 99 99 99 8,to the ,poor the ,gospel is ,preached40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,september1 #ahgi4 ,,contents3 ,,forward3 ,rev4 ,eli ,corwin #beg ,,editorial4 ,,paragraphs #beh ,,literature ,,of ,,our ,,southern ,,work #bei ,,the ,,tenth ,,commandment #bei ,,winding ,,up ,a ,,horse #bfj ,,items ,,from ,,the ,,field #bfd ,,general ,,notes #bfe ,,the ,,freedmen4 ,,winning ,,by ,,passive ,,virtue3 ,rev4 ,j4 ,e4 ,roy1 ,d4 ,d4 #bfg ,,georgia1 ,,woodville--,dying ,scenes--,pressing ,work #bfh ,,georgia1 ,,cypress ,,slash--,a ,new ,field #bfi ,,alabama1 ,,montgomery--,swayne ,school #bgj ,,tennessee1 ,,memphis--,le ,moyne ,school--,conversations #bgj ,,tennessee--,a ,colored ,girl's ,experience as a ,teacher #bgj ,,mississippi--,letter from a ,tougaloo ,student #bga ,,africa4 ,,mendi ,,mission--,religious ,progress at ,avery--,travels into the ,interior--,the ,heathen--,the ,country #bgc ,,the ,,chinese4 ,,false ,,brethren3 ,rev4 ,w4 ,c4 ,pond #bgh ,,children',s ,,page4 ,,children',s ,,influence #bha ,,receipts #bhb ,,constitution #bhe ,,work1 ,,statistics1 ,,wants1 ,c4 #bhf 99 99 99 99 99 ,,new ,,york4 ,published by the ,american ,missionary ,association1 ,,rooms1 #ef ,,reade ,,street4 99 99 99 99 99 ,price1 #ej ,cents a ,year1 in advance4 ,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 ,hon4 ,e4 ,d4 ,,holton1 ,wis4 ,hon4 ,,william ,,claflin1 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,,stephen ,,thurston1 ,d4 ,d41 ,me4 ,rev4 ,,samuel ,,harris1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ct4 ,,wm4 ,c4 ,,chapin1 ,esq41 ,r4 ,i4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,t4 ,,eustis1 ,d4 ,d41 ,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 ,,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 ,minn4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,w4 ,,beecher1 ,n4 ,y4 ,gen4 ,o4 ,o4 ,,howard1 ,oregon4 ,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 ,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 ,,peter ,,smith1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,dea4 ,,john ,c4 ,,whitin1 ,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 ,rev4 ,f4 ,a4 ,,noble1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ct4 ,,daniel ,,hand1 ,esq41 ,ct4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,williston1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,f4 ,,beard1 ,d4 ,d41 ,n4 ,y4 ,,frederick ,,billings1 ,esq41 ,vt4 ,,joseph ,,carpenter1 ,esq41 ,r4 ,i4 ,,corresponding ,,secretary4 ,,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 ,,strieby1 ,d4 ,d41 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,n4 ,y4 ,,district ,,secretaries4 ,,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,,woodworth1 ,boston4 ,,rev4 ,g4 ,d4 ,,pike1 ,new ,york4 ,,rev4 ,,jas4 ,,powell1 ,chicago4 ,,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 ,,addison ,p4 ,,foster1 ,e4 ,a4 ,,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 above2 letters for the ,editor of the 8,american ,missionary0 to ,rev4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,boynton1 at the ,new ,york ,office4 ,,donations ,,and ,,subscriptions should be sent to ,h4 ,w4 ,hubbard1 ,ass't ,treasurer1 ,no4 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,new ,york1 or when more convenient1 to either of the ,branch ,offices1 #ba ,congregational ,house1 ,boston4 ,mass41 or #aab ,west ,washington ,street1 ,chicago1 ,ill4 ,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 ,,xxxiii4 ,,september1 #ahgi4 ,no4 #i4 99 99 99 99 99 ,american ,missionary ,association4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,forward6 ,dedicated to the ,american ,missionary ,association1 by the ,author1 ,,rev4 ,,eli ,,corwin1 ,d4,d41 ,,jacksonville1 ,,ills4 ,strike1 valiant warrior1 strike6 ,be foremost in the fight1 ,and wield the battle-axe of truth ,with all a giant's might2 ,he ventures in no doubtful cause ,who champions the right4 ,build for the ages1 build6 ,lay the foundations strong1 ,through all the circling centuries ,of wretchedness and wrong2 ,the tribute of the after times ,may to this age belong4 ,work1 then1 with courage1 work6 ,he labors not in vain1 ,who1 leaning on the ,mighty ,arm1 ,counts every loss a gain2 ,since we may reach the glory goal ,through pilgrimage of pain4 ,pray1 weary watcher1 pray6 ,upon the promise rest2 ,faith seems to see a rising sun ,sink in the darkening west2 ,and1 in the morrow's prophecy1 ,is comforted and blest4 ,we take from the columns of the ,christian ,intelligencer1 the organ of the ,reformed 7,dutch7 ,church1 the ingenious and suggestive article by ,dr4 ,chamberlain1 entitled 8,winding up a ,horse40 ,we are sure it will be read4 99 99 99 99 99 ,there is good sound sense in the very practical contribution on ,children's ,influence in ,missions1 or rather on interesting children in the work of ,missions1 on the ,children's page4 ,the heart which is interested intelligently in such work in its youth will never be likely to grow too busy or too old to follow the progress of the years1 and the hand which has learned early to drop its pennies into the ,lord's treasury will hardly be found clenched upon its dollars in riper years4 99 99 99 99 99 ,next month brings us around to another ,annual ,meeting4 ,our financial year ends with the last day of this month 7,september74 ,our books will be closed then for the year1 and our balance will be struck4 ,this is our reminder to all1 either churches or individuals1 who have intended to contribute to our work during the current year4 ,let your gifts be sent in speedily and as liberally as the ,lord may have prospered you4 ,every cent received during the next thirty days helps this year's showing4 ,do not let us go back of the standard maintained during the last three years6 ,our ambition is to report expenses all met and debt all gone4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the report that the yellow fever has returned to ,memphis has long before this reached the ears of our friends4 ,we hope that the evil will not be so great as it was last year1 and yet its immediate effect upon our work has been more suddenly felt than then4 ,the people flee more eagerly from a scourge the severity of which they hold in horror enhanced by the recent memory of its infliction4 ,the church at ,memphis is scattered2 pastor and people have left it2 a faithful janitor is caring for its and the school property4 ,the church at ,chattanooga1 too1 has been largely deserted1 and its attendants have fled to the mountains4 ,of course this is but a temporary interruption4 ,the three or four hundred dollars which was sent to us last year for the relief of the colored sufferers accomplished an amount of physical relief1 and indirectly of spiritual good1 almost beyond belief4 ,we shall be glad to superintend the disbursement of any like moneys which may be sent to relieve the poorest of the poor in this their special distress4 99 99 99 99 99 8,oh1 how great is ,thy goodness1 which ,thou hast laid up for them that fear ,thee2 which ,thou hast wrought for them that trust in ,thee1 before the sons of men60 ,as a father lays up for his children against a future need1 so the psalmist felt that the ,heavenly ,parent had done for those that fear ,him2 so1 in sight of the sons of men had ,he wrought such goodness for them4 ,it is a great thing to realize the daily dispensing of such divine favor1 but a greater to learn that ,infinite ,love has gone before to treasure up the riches of goodness4 ,it was a marvel of blessing that ,god wrought before the sons of men in all the world for the ,american children of bondage in their emancipation4 ,but more than this3 ,he had laid up beforehand treasures of ,christian anti-slavery sentiment and charity1 to be disbursed among them in the lines of educational and ,christianizing processes1 and1 with divine forethought4 ,he had prepared a system for the administration of this relief4 ,distinguished among other provisions of this kind were the rise and the preparatory training in principle and method of the ,american ,missionary ,association4 ,we know not which the more to admire1 the wisdom or the goodness of such fore-ordaining4 ,it is the privilege of its constituency to be the almoners of such bounty4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,literature ,,of ,,our ,,southern ,,work4 ,it makes no pretension4 ,it has been a growth from nothing4 ,and yet it is worthy of mention4 ,the ,southern ,workman1 the organ of ,hampton ,institute1 is a monthly1 well filled with matter historical1 scientific and newsy1 and well adapted to interest the ,freedmen and their friends1 as also the civilized ,indians and their friends4 ,the ,hampton ,health ,tracts1 in a series of a half dozen1 treat of the great essentials of health and of physiology4 ,it was a happy hit to give the late children of bondage these first lessons in civilization4 ,this list of tractates has also not a little of instruction for many people who pass among the enlightened class4 ,the ,fisk ,expositor is an occasional issue that gathers up the history and progress of that ,university1 which the ,jubilee ,singers have done so much to endow and to make famous4 ,the ,southern ,sentinel is a monthly1 published at ,talladega ,college1 and designed1 as is the ,southern ,workman1 to interest the colored people in all matters pertaining to education1 agriculture and mechanic arts4 ,on both1 the work of type-setting and printing is all done by the colored students1 who have learned the process while in school1 and who make this their means of support1 besides the acquiring of a trade that will secure them a respectable livelihood4 ,the young women make capital compositors4 ,in both of these offices not a little of job work is also done4 ,the mechanical work upon the ,american ,missionary was for a time done by the office at ,hampton4 ,the ,straight ,university at ,new ,orleans has also its occasional medium of communication with its constituency4 ,eight chartered institutions issue their annual catalogues1 which compare favorably with the current literature of the kind4 ,it seems not a little strange1 in these annual reports of schools among our fellow-citizens1 the late slaves1 to come across not only the lists of the ,faculties and the long roll of students1 but also the several departments1 normal1 scientific1 classical1 medical1 legal and theological4 ,then of the six ,general ,associations for our ,southern churches1 four have issued their annual 8,minutes40 ,those of the original one1 the ,central ,south1 furnish quite a compendium of our church work4 ,those of ,alabama are rich in records of discussions upon vital themes and of missionary activities4 ,those of ,louisiana glow with revival reminiscences4 ,the first of ,georgia makes a dignified document that gives promise of not a little of church activity4 ,texas and ,north ,carolina will soon come on to the dignity of printing the ,minutes of their ,associations4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,tenth ,,commandment4 ,during the last few days1 how to avoid breaking the tenth commandment has been a practical question for me4 ,it has been my privilege to visit the ,college and ,agricultural ,school at ,amherst1 and their sister institutions at ,northampton and ,south ,hadley1 if they can be called institutions when the students are absent4 ,as ,i strolled about the ,amherst ,college grounds and buildings1 and noticed its concrete walls and shaven lawns1 with their trimmed edges that said to the grass1 8,thus far and no farther20 and looked upon the ,gymnasium1 ,walker ,hall1 and ,college ,chapel1 of solid granite and beautiful sandstone1 with their numerous gables1 towers and turrets2 and walked about the ,museum building1 crowded with many rare and costly specimens1 representing thousands upon thousands of dollars and years upon years of skilled and patient labor2 and then strolled about the pleasant village1 and saw the beauty and elegance and comfort of the professors' residences3 then1 as ,i went into the field1 and saw in the centre of a farm of #ejj acres of level1 fertile land1 the ,agricultural ,college buildings of brick and stone1 erected for service1 but not lacking in adornment2 the extensive and beautiful conservatory1 the fine barn and cattle1 and various 8new and improved0 agricultural implements2 then1 as1 after a ride of seven miles through the valley of the ,connecticut1 justly famed for its beauty1 where deacons formerly raised profitable crops of tobacco while they were trying to solve the questions of ethics involved in this industry1 ,i saw upon the 8hill0 in ,northampton1 ,smith ,college1 with its lovely grounds1 its ,gothic buildings of somewhat elaborate architecture1 including a house for the president and cottages for the young ladies1 its varnished floors1 its fine furniture1 and its art galleries1 containing already a goodly collection from the pencil of the painter and the chisel of the sculptor1 upon all of whose equipments seemed to be written1 8,nothing mean or cheap can enter here20 then1 as1 after having flanked ,mount ,holyoke and got in his rear1 ,i came upon the school of ,mary ,lyon1 where formerly were educated all the sisters and 8cousins0 of the ,amherst students1 and1 beginning at the kitchen1 where are two stoves expressly devoted to the cooking of griddle-cakes1 a broiler for beefsteaks1 a marble slab for a 8bread board10 and a stone slab for warming plates1 and then passed on through the capacious dining-room and the carpeted chapel to the fire-proof library building filled with books1 and then to the new ,williston cabinet and art gallery1 where our guide1 an old pupil of ,mary ,lyon1 pointed out a picture which she said1 apparently with 8bated breath10 cost #a1jjj4 ,as ,i saw all these evidences of growth and prosperity and tokens of the liberality of good men and women1 there kept ringing in my ears a sentence from the catalogue of our poor ,atlanta ,university3 8,it is hoped that the time is not far distant when funds will flow into the treasury of the ,institution as freely as they do into those of colleges in other parts of the country40 ,when one sees how ,new ,england is packed with seminaries1 colleges1 academies and high schools1 he can hardly help believing that the ,lord is willing that the colored people of the ,state of ,georgia shall have one institution for thoroughly fitting teachers for the common schools of their race1 and at least giving those who can and wish to obtain a college education the opportunity of doing this4 ,and may we not have faith to believe that the example of ,mrs4 ,stone1 in giving one-sixth of the money to be distributed by her among the schools of the country to those in the ,south for the education of the colored race1 will be followed by others1 and that this provision for the more needy will but increase the devising of liberal things for these institutions of the ,north8 ,t4 ,n4 ,c4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,winding ,,up ,a ,,horse4 ,nineteen years ago ,i bought in ,madras a peculiar kind of horse4 ,he had to be wound up to make him go4 ,it was not a machine1 but a veritable live horse4 ,when breaking him to go in the carriage he had been injured4 ,an accident occurred in starting him the first time and he was thrown and hurt and frightened4 ,it made him timid2 afraid to start4 ,after he had once started he would never balk1 until taken out of the carriage4 ,he would start and stop and go on as many times as you pleased1 but it was very difficult to get him started at first each time he was harnessed to the carriage4 ,he was all right under the saddle1 an excellent riding horse1 and would carry me long distances in my district work1 so that ,i did not wish to dispose of him2 but ,i could not afford to keep two1 whatever ,i had must go in carriage as well as ride1 and ,i determined that ,i would conquer4 ,how ,i have worked over that horse6 ,at first it sometimes took me an hour to get him started from my door4 ,at last1 after trying everything ,i had ever heard of1 ,i hit upon an expedient that worked4 ,i took a strong bamboo stick two feet long and over an inch thick4 ,a stout cord loop was passed through a hole two inches from its end4 ,this loop we would slip over his left ear down to the roots and turn the stick round and round and twist it up4 ,it is said that a horse can retain but one idea at a time in its small brain4 ,soon the twisting would begin to hurt4 ,his attention would be abstracted to the pain in his ear4 ,he would forget all about a carriage being hitched to him1 bend down his head and walk off as quiet as a lamb4 ,when he had gone a rod the horse boy would begin to untwist1 soon off would come the cord1 and the horse would be all right for the day4 ,the remedy never failed4 ,after having it on two or three times he objected to the operation1 and would spring about and rear and twitch and back2 anything but start ahead1 to keep it from being applied4 ,we would have1 two of us1 to begin to pat and rub about his neck and head4 ,he would not know which had the key4 ,all at once it would be on his ear and winding up4 ,the moment it began to tighten he would be quiet1 stand and bear it as long as he could1 and then off he would go4 ,it never took thirty seconds to get him off with the key4 ,it would take an hour without4 ,after a little he ceased objecting to have it put on4 ,he seemed to say to himself1 8,i have got to give in and may as well do it at once10 but he would not start without the key4 ,in a few months he got so that1 as soon as we got into the carriage1 he would bend down his head to have the key put on1 and one or two turns of the key would be enough4 ,then the key became unnecessary4 ,he would bend down his head1 tipping his left ear to the horse boy1 who would take it in his hand and twist it1 and off he would go4 ,my native neighbors said1 8,that horse must be wound up or he cannot run40 ,and it did seem to be so4 ,when he got so that the 8winding up0 was nothing but a form1 ,i tried to break him of that1 but could not succeed4 ,i would pat him and talk to him and give him a little salt or sugar or bread1 and then step quietly into the carriage and tell him to go4 8,no40 ,coax him4 8,no40 ,whip him4 8,no40 ,legs braced1 every muscle tense for resistance4 ,a genuine balk4 ,stop and keep quiet for an instant and he would hold down his head1 bend over his ear and look around for the horse boy appealingly1 saying very earnestly by his actions1 8,do please wind me up4 ,i can't go without1 but ,i'll go gladly if you will40 ,the moment his ear was touched and one twist given1 off he would go as happy and contented as ever horse could be4 ,many hearty laughs have we and our friends had over the winding up of that horse4 ,if ,i were out on a tour for a month or two and he were not hitched to the carriage1 or if he stood in the stable with no work for a week or two during the monsoon1 a real winding up had to take place the first time he was put in4 ,we kept him six years4 ,the last week ,i owned him ,i had to wind him up4 ,i sold the patent to the man that bought the horse1 and learned from him that he had to use it as long as the horse lived4 ,i was thinking about that horse the other night when it was too hot to sleep1 and ,i suddenly burst into a laugh as ,i said to myself1 8,i have again and again1 in the membership of our churches at home1 seen that horse that had to be wound up1 in all matters of benevolence40 ,i had often thought of that horse as ,i went through our churches at home1 and imagined that ,i recognized him1 but the whole thing came upon me with such peculiar force the other night that ,i must write out my thoughts4 ,there are some ,christians 7yes1 ,i believe they are ,christians7 who have to be wound up by some external pressure before they will start off in any work of benevolence4 ,others will engage in some kinds of benevolence spontaneously1 but will not touch other benevolent efforts unless specially wound up4 ,free under the saddle1 but balky in carriage4 ,i knew of one good member of our church who would never give a cent to our ,domestic ,missionary ,board unless he happened to hear of some missionary in the ,west who was actually without the necessaries of life1 and then he would send in liberally4 ,it took that to wind him up4 ,another would never give to the ,board for educating young men for the ministry unless he happened to become acquainted with some candidate who was being aided4 ,then his gifts would come in for helping that man4 ,another would never give to the ,bible ,society unless he chanced to hear of some particular town out ,west where but two ,bibles could be found in a population of five hundred1 although he knew perfectly well that there were hundreds of such communities among whom the ,american ,bible ,society was daily endeavoring to introduce the ,divine ,word4 ,he must be wound up by a special case4 ,but it was especially of my visits through the churches in connection with our foreign missionary work that ,i was thinking when ,i said that ,i had so often recognized my horse that had to be wound up1 in all the different stages of his training4 ,thank ,god1 ,i found hosts of noble-hearted men and women all through the ,church that needed no winding up2 whose conversion and consecration had extended down to their pockets2 who were always at the forefront in every good work2 who required no spasmodic appeals4 ,they gave from a deep set principle and an intelligent love for ,christ and ,his cause2 some even pinching themselves in the necessaries of life1 as ,i know1 to be able to give4 ,it is on such that the security and continuance of our missions depend4 ,we know that we can rely on them4 ,they never fail us4 ,but there are others that have to be 8wound up10 willing or unwillingly1 before they will do anything in the missionary work4 ,some are very willing to be wound up4 8,dominie10 said a good elder who had just introduced himself to me one day1 8,i have come in on behalf of our church at ---- to see if you would not come out and give us a missionary talk4 ,we ought to have sent in a collection to the ,foreign ,board months ago1 but we neglected it1 and now we have been talking it over and have made up our minds to do something handsome if you will come out there and give us a talk40 8,well10 said ,i1 8,i shall be very glad to come and tell you something of our work just as soon as ,i can edge a day in between other engagements4 ,but if you have made up your minds to do something handsome for the ,board1 why not do it at once and relieve their present pressing need1 and ,i will come as soon as ,i can and give you the talk all the same40 8,o1 no10 said he4 8,we can't do that4 ,we have made up our minds that we must give liberally1 but we can start it easier if you come there and give us the talk first4 ,you need not fear4 ,we will give a good sum4 ,that is settled1 and it is mostly pledged4 ,but you must come and talk to us first40 ,i smiled and said to myself1 8,there is my horse in its third stage of training4 ,that church is bending down its ear and entreating me to twist it1 for it has made up its mind to go1 only it requires to be wound up first40 8,dominie10 said one of our earnest ministers to me one ,wednesday1 8we raised #a1jjj for the ,board last ,sunday morning4 ,it is more than usual1 and we are all happy over it4 ,now we want you to come over the first ,sunday of next month and give us a missionary address40 8,good10 said ,i1 8that church has got one stage further than my horse ever did in his training1 for they start and do the work first and bend down the ear to be twisted afterwards40 ,did it not give me an earnest joy to go and tell that church what the ,lord's war in ,india was1 and how much they had helped it8 ,a ,sunday-school superintendent came to me one day with smiling countenance1 saying1 8,our ,sunday-school has raised #age during the past year for missions1 and we have determined to give it to the work in ,india4 ,the year closed three months ago1 and it is all in the hands of the treasurer1 but we want you to come and give us a speech1 and then it will be formally voted and sent at once to the ,board4 ,we have been waiting all this time because they told us at the rooms that you were engaged up till now4 ,when can you come8 ,the money is lying idle and we are waiting1 and we know the ,board needs the funds4 ,so come as soon as you can40 8,ah10 said ,i1 8everything is ready1 and the family are in the carriage1 but they have to sit there half an hour because the horse boy is busy elsewhere1 and the horse is holding down his ear all this time waiting for that particular horse boy to come and twist it40 ,i was both pained and irresistibly amused by an incident that occurred not two hundred miles from ,new ,york1 when the horse was in the first stage of training1 and stoutly resisted allowing its ear to be touched4 ,the missionary was announced to speak in the church on a given ,sunday1 when the annual collection would be taken up4 ,a good member of the church--the pastor says a sincere ,christian--was very much put out about it2 had heard enough of these old missionaries1 and was not going to hear any more2 did not believe in foreign missions--we had heathen enough at home4 ,the appointed ,sunday came4 ,mr4 ,a4 and his family stayed away from church because they would not countenance the missionary address4 ,they1 therefore1 missed the announcement which the pastor made1 viz41 that a telegram had been received that it was impossible for the missionary to be there4 ,he would come next ,sunday1 and the annual collection would be deferred until then4 ,the following ,sunday ,mr4 ,a4 and family all filed into their pew1 serene and happy in the thought that they had avoided the old missionary4 ,as the organ was playing the voluntary1 the pastor entered the pulpit from the vestry and a stranger with him4 ,the pastor took the opening exercises and the second hymn was sung1 when the pastor rose and said that ,mr4----1 the missionary1 as announced last ,sunday1 would now address them4 ,mr4 ,a4 was thunderstruck4 ,he did not like to go out in the middle of a service1 and so determined to sit it through4 ,the missionary told his simple tale4 ,the plates came in4 ,the collection was unprecedentedly large4 ,mr4 ,a4's plethoric pocket-book had disgorged itself upon the plates1 and no heartier worker for foreign missions is now found in that church4 ,mr4 ,a4 had tried his best to keep his ear from being twisted4 ,now it needs no twisting4 ,he has learned to go and loves to go4 ,there was a church in our fold at home whose pastor was determined that it should not be wound up for foreign missions4 ,he had succeeded1 as he himself told me1 in keeping all missionaries and secretaries and agents out of his pulpit during all the years of his pastorate4 ,when the day came for collections for any of our ,boards the fact was stated1 the plates were passed1 and those gave who wished4 ,the collection1 as a matter of course1 under such a chill1 was a minimum4 ,it required some of the very best and most wary and skillful manuvring to get hold of the ear of that church2 but it was obtained and twisted1 and off it started on the trot in the missionary work1 and since then it has annually held down its ear and begged to have it twisted1 as it wanted to go more4 ,scores of incidents which occurred in my own experiences among the churches in ,america1 and which recalled my 8horse winding10 come crowding into my mind1 but ,i forbear4 ,for ,i remember the phalanx of noble churches that needed no such winding up1 who were all alive and always on the alert2 who gave regularly1 generously1 nobly2 who1 from the pastor1 the head1 to the humblest member1 prayed from the lips1 from the heart1 from the pocket1 8,thy ,kingdom come40 ,they are always glad to get hold of the recruiting watchman1 and ask him1 8,watchman1 what of the night80 but they never have to be wound up to start them giving4 ,god give us more and more of such churches and more such ,christians and church members1 so that no missionary or secretary need come to beg1 but can come with radiant countenance and say1 8,brethren1 with the funds you are continually sending us for the work1 we have done for the ,master thus and thus40 ,then in looking over our churches and our benevolent work we shall no longer have occasion to remember 8the horse that had to be wound up40 ,,rev4 ,,jacob ,,chamberlain1 ,d4,d4 ,mudnapilly1 ,india1 ,april #cj1 #ahgi4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,items ,,from ,,the ,,field4 ,,athens1 ,,ala4--,the ,rev4 ,horace ,j4 ,taylor writes to us3 8,work has commenced for the new building4 ,we have the yard prepared1 and are now engaged in making brick4 ,i am treasurer and chairman of the building committee1 and the building will be finished without at any time being in debt one cent1 if it takes three years to finish it40 ,,anniston1 ,,ala4--,the pastor of this church had written us asking for an organ to help in its services4 ,before the request was made public1 one of our old and faithful friends wrote us that his resources had been so much curtailed that he could send us no gift in money1 but that he had a cabinet organ which he would be glad to send us1 if we could make it of service in our work4 ,the organ went to ,anniston4 ,rev4 ,mr4 ,mc,entosh1 the pastor1 writes3 8,i wish you could have seen the bright eyes of the children in the ,sunday-school1 and the admiration and surprise of the adults1 as they listened with solemn and pleasing quietness to the sweet tones of the new organ1 as it gave the heart-cheering notes of #8,one there is above all others4' ,i cannot arrange words to express our thanks to you and to the many friends of the descendants of ,ham40 ,,childersburg1 ,,ala4--,rev4 ,alfred ,jones writes3 8,i have had my series of meetings2 eight came to ,christ1 and five joined my church--four young men and one girl1--and ,i think they bid fair for the future4 ,they all belong to my ,sunday-school4 ,i am holding my fort1 and expect to have a good church4 ,i am doing all that ,i can1 and feel that the ,lord is with me40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,general ,,notes4 ,the ,freedmen4 --,at a meeting held by the influential ,friends in ,philadelphia this week1 to consider the condition of the negro refugees in ,kansas1 some new facts were brought to light4 ,it appears from the statements made to them that the negroes are not all so needy as is supposed2 some of them have money to buy land1 and have bought it4 ,the ,freedmen's ,relief ,association has bought #e1jjj acres at #b4fe per acre1 has made the first payment1 and put some of the refugees to work on it4 ,the second payment is not due for four years1 and before that time they hope the blacks will have got ,northern legs under them1 so to speak1 enough to be able to pay it themselves4 ,many of the older men and women1 however1 are not self-supporting1 and never will be4 ,the facts stated of their immediate need were so well authenticated1 and the methods suggested for their help so practicable1 that the ,friends have taken up the matter in earnest4 --,the ,exodus is attracting increased attention among colored people in ,virginia and ,north ,carolina1 though they are acting with more deliberation than is shown in ,louisiana and ,mississippi4 ,a colony has been formed in ,lynchburg to proceed ,west as soon as requisite funds can be collected4 ,a colony in ,north ,carolina has sent one of its members ,west to prospect4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,indians4 --,,the ,,ponca ,,indians4--,the ,ponca ,indians have always been peaceful and friendly4 ,it is not known that any of their number ever killed a white man4 ,in #aheh they released to the ,united ,states all their land1 except about twenty square miles4 ,in response to a clamor from the whites to get this from them a new treaty was made in #ahff1 by which the ,poncas ceded #cj1jjj acres to the ,united ,states1 and the latter ceded to the ,poncas certain townships4 ,on this land they built houses1 raised crops1 and lived happily and prosperously1 but the white man would not let them alone4 ,in #ahgg ,indian ,agent ,james ,lawrence1 ,indian ,inspector ,e4 ,c4 ,kemble1 and ,rev4 ,s4 ,d4 ,hinman1 an ,episcopal ,missionary among the ,indians1 came and insisted that the ,united ,states wanted them to leave and go to the ,indian ,territory4 ,this they refused to do4 ,a paper purporting to be a contract was drawn up by these men2 the signature of a half breed by the name of ,lone ,chief1 who does not belong to the tribe1 was attached to it4 ,this paper was forwarded to ,washington1 placed on file without examination1 ,i suppose1 and the ,united ,states ,army was ordered to see that the tribe was removed4 ,i have seen and examined a copy of that so-called contract1 and it is simply infamous to call it a contract4 ,it is nothing more than a record of what was said at a council1 and has internal marks that the speeches from which it quotes were never made4 ,yet on the strength of that paper1 with all the chiefs of the tribe protesting against the outrage1 these people1 #gae in number1 were taken and carried to the ,indian ,territory1 and left in a malarial country1 without money and without shelter1 to get along as best they might4 ,since that time1 about #cjj of them have died4 ,but that is not all of this unspeakable villainy4 ,the household and farm effects1 horses and ponies and cattle1 the whole not worth less than #bjj1jjj1 were taken and sold1 and the proceeds put into the pockets of nobody knows whom4 ,the ,indians got none of it4 ,one of the chiefs1 ,standing ,bear1 escaped from the ,indian ,territory and travelled back into ,northern ,nebraska1 that he might find exemption from death4 ,here he was arrested for being off his reservation1 and started as a prisoner for the ,indian ,territory4 ,on his way through ,omaha1 ,mr4 ,t4 ,h4 ,tibbles1 of one of the ,omaha papers1 interviewed him1 and so thoroughly were that gentleman's sympathies stirred by the recital of the old man's wrongs1 that he made an effort to secure his release by a writ of habeas corpus4 ,in this he succeeded1 and ,standing ,bear was released4 ,there were two points in law1 either one of which would release him4 ,first1 the ,indian is a person1 and the ,constitution prohibits any distinction being made against any person born in this country1 on account of race1 color or previous condition2 and1 second1 if we regard the ,indian as a foreigner1 still the right of expatriation is a principle recognized by our ,government1 and under the operation of that principle the prisoner could not be restrained from his liberty4 ,the judge1 therefore1 ordered his discharge4 ,this is the first instance in the history of the country where an ,indian has secured standing in a ,united ,states court4 ,it is proposed now to bring suit for the recovery of the ,ponca reservation4 ,in the opinion of lawyers who have carefully examined into the case1 the suit can be successfully carried2 and if this is done1 the heaviest blow ever yet dealt against the unholy treatment the ,indians have received from wicked men will be given1 and the way opened by which justice may at length be done these terribly abused people4 ,there is need that the friends of justice and humanity throughout the country take hold of this matter vigorously4 ,the ,indian ring1 with millions of dollars to back them1 will fight to the bitter end4 ,it will cost money to put this thing through4 ,not less than four thousand dollars should be in the treasury at the start4 ,col4 ,c4 ,g4 ,hammond was appointed treasurer at a recent meeting in ,chicago1 and is already receiving remittances4 ,a committee was appointed to raise funds in the city4 ,let ,boston take hold of this matter1 and all ,new ,england follow4 ,able lawyers are ready to give their services free4 ,let money be forthcoming to raise the issue at once and carry it forward from step to step till victory crown the effort4--,,scrooby1 in the ,congregationalist4 --,the ,interior ,department has official information that white men have stolen about seven hundred horses from the ,indians at the ,red ,cloud ,agency1 and run them across the ,nebraska line1 during the past few weeks4 ,the ,state authorities are doing nothing to prevent similar raids upon the property of the ,indians1 and the military authorities1 on account of the posse comitatus law of last year1 stand by without intercepting or pursuing the marauders1 although the stolen horses are driven right past ,camp ,sheridan and ,camp ,robinson1 on the way to market1 or to the horse thieves' corrals4 ,the ,indian ,agent1 having no armed force at his command1 is powerless to stop the depredations4 ,the ,indians1 notwithstanding their keen sense of injury1 manifest no symptoms of insubordination1 but remain entirely peaceable1 and are beginning to devote themselves to farming4 ,the ,spotted ,tail ,indians1 within the past two years1 have lost several thousand horses in the same way4 ,these facts reinforce our plea for extending the jurisdiction of the ,united ,states courts over the reservations4 ,but1 as it is1 the ,department must be impotent indeed to rest supinely without bringing this matter before the ,cabinet1 and ascertaining whether there be not power somewhere in this ,government to secure justice to peaceable ,indians when robbed and plundered4--,advance4 --,a report from ,fort ,ellis says that there are #djj ,indians there starving1 and their number is being daily added to4 ,a band of #cjj are reported within a few days' march of ,port ,ellis1 unable to proceed farther on account of weakness4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,freedmen4 ,,rev4 ,,jos4 ,e4 ,,roy1 ,d4 ,d41 ,,field ,,superintendent1 ,,atlanta1 ,,ga4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,winning ,,by ,,passive ,,virtue4 ,virtue1 etymologically1 has a masculine element1 that of bravery1 energy4 ,those qualities had a grand exhibition on both sides of our late civil contest4 ,in the process of moral construction now following there is occasion for the exercise of the passive virtue of patient endurance4 ,in the long run this courageous standing by moral convictions will come to a victory more resplendent than that of physical valor4 ,he that ruleth his spirit is stronger than he that taketh a city4 ,our missionary teachers and preachers have gone down ,south from year to year armed not with carnal weapons1 but with spiritual--not under the impulse of martial prowess1 but of high moral courage4 ,this one thing they do3 they give themselves exclusively to their work of lifting up the lowly and despised by the influences of education and of the ,gospel4 ,they do not go to engage in the political conflicts of that part of our country1 thinking that a training in the higher elements of character and of citizenship will be the most effectual way of doing good to the body politic4 ,it is not necessary now1 nor is it to our purpose1 to detail the persecutions1 the hardships1 the social ostracism through which those cultivated and consecrated people1 in this period1 have had to pass4 ,we1 rather1 take the more pleasant task of reporting how by their patient endurance in well-doing they have been winning the confidence1 the favor1 of the best people of the ,south4 ,each of our leading institutions in that region has the habit of holding an experience meeting upon the return of the students from their vacation work4 ,last year ,fisk and ,atlanta ,universities sent out each one hundred and fifty young folks as teachers4 ,these come into contact with a great number and a great variety of the white people4 ,at those reunions they have reported from year to year an increasing amount of good feeling toward them and their work in behalf of their people4 ,this is gratefully noted by their teachers4 ,from our own observations the past year we are satisfied that there is a good deal of such latent approval which has not yet given itself expression in public4 ,our teachers and preachers for a long time have had complete immunity from personal violence1 and largely from personal insult4 ,as the quality of their work has become known in developing intelligence1 industry1 honesty1 ,christian character1 they have received for it the highest approbation from an increasing number1 especially from the ,christian and the more substantial portion of the community4 ,this has been accomplished by faithful service and quiet waiting4 ,in the matter of social recognition they still wait to win that fair recompense4 ,in business and other relations on the street1 and even1 as in some places1 at public gatherings1 our gentlemen workers are receiving that meed of consideration4 ,in one city1 under the lead of one noble-hearted ,christian man1 that thin barrier has been broken down1 and some of the best ladies of the place are on social terms with our teachers and the pastor's wife4 ,we are sorry to say that this is the only place where this social recognition has gone so far4 ,at one other city1 where some of our workers live in homes outside of the institutions1 these have been treated with a measure of delicate and highly appreciated attention4 ,the wife of one of our college presidents waited seven years for her first call from a citizen lady4 ,some of our elect lady teachers have been engaged ten or twelve years1 at the same place1 in their arduous and self-denying labor1 without having had a single sisterly greeting4 ,it seems pretty hard to hear these godly women1 of the best that our churches can furnish1 saying3 8,for so and so many years ,i have not been spoken to by a white ,southern lady40 ,our 8,homes10 where these ,christian people dwell1 are avoided as though they were pest-houses4 ,if the same people had been missionaries to ,africa1 they would be received with all deferential courtesy4 ,if they were to go as missionaries to ,natal or ,calcutta or ,constantinople1 they would have for society the elite of foreign residents and their company would be courted4 ,but we will not complain4 ,our brethren and sisters1 who are in these situations1 make no ado about it4 ,they bear this neglect meekly and hopefully1 expecting that purity of life and devotion to their humane mission will yet win the tokens of regard which belong to them4 ,one lady says that she expects that it will yet be counted an honor to her that she was the wife of the ,president of a ,freedman's ,college4 ,we grant that it may be hard to break the ice after so long delay4 ,in a few cases there has been a disposition to make atonement by showing attention to the newly arrived workers1 while the old ones are still overlooked4 ,one fine1 old ,christian gentleman1 who was prominent as a ,methodist minister1 broke his embarrassment1 when calling late upon some of our missionaries1 by stating thus3 8,i have heard that in some parts of the world the social custom prevails that whenever a new-comer arrives in a community1 it is his prerogative to select from the citizens such as he and his would like to take into relations of social acquaintance1 and to make the first call upon them40 ,the pleasantry served well in removing a barrier from between those who proved to be real friends4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,georgia4 ,dying ,scenes--,pressing ,work4 ,,rev4 ,j4 ,h4 ,h4 ,,sengstacke1 ,,woodville4 ,a great deal of sickness is all around us and death has been very busy reaping4 ,a few days ago we buried one of our faithful members4 ,sister ,williams sent for me quite early last ,monday morning4 ,as soon as ,i arrived she took hold of my hand and said to her cousin1 8,tell him what ,i have been saying1 for ,i am too weak to converse40 ,she had spoken the following words3 8,i want to go and see ,jesus4 ,come1 ,master1 please come quickly4 ,i am willing to go10 etc4 ,as it was some time before ,i spoke1 she said1 8,tell ,brother ,sengstacke to speak quickly4 ,i want to hear his voice once more40 ,i read and commented on the #bb;d chapter of ,revelation1 and offered prayer1 after which ,i folded her hands and laid them on her breast1 as ,i exclaimed with a loud voice1 8,sister ,williams1 ,i hope we shall meet in heaven60 ,she tried to speak as she bowed her head1 and with a smile upon her face1 her spirit took its everlasting flight1 8not as the quarry slave at night1 scourged to his dungeon1 but sustained and soothed by an unfaltering trust40 ,tuesday her funeral took place from our little church1 the procession being over a mile long4 ,wednesday morning an old ,baptist woman sent for me quite early to 8come quickly40 ,arriving at her house ,i found her in a very low condition4 ,she took hold of my hand as ,i knelt by her on the floor1 and said3 8,brother ,sengstacke1 ,i want you to take me in your charge4 ,do look after me and not let me want for prayers and the word of ,god4 ,i know that my ,redeemer lives10 etc4 ,after singing1 reading and prayer1 ,i left her in the hands of ,jesus4 ,to-day we buried ,sister ,williams' baby4 ,this sleeping infant will rest upon a mother's bosom1 as they both lie in one grave4 ,on account of our growing school ,i fear that very little pastoral work and preaching can be done this winter1 and yet two services a day are necessary3 one in the morning for the young converts and members living several miles away1 and the other at night for a large body of ,christians of other denominations and unconverted people who do not come to us during the day4 ,i am not gifted with words to picture to you the great need of this field and its bright promises of a successful future1 provided that it be not neglected4 ,i feel that the ,american ,missionary ,association has done a great deal for us1 and this encourages me to sacrifice for the good cause4 ,yet how happy ,i should be if ,i had some help1 or at least enough salary to employ one of the most advanced scholars to assist me in the day-school4 ,our promising mission and ,sunday-school at the ,five ,mile had to be given up1 because it was impossible for me to look after so much work4 ,another denomination has started a mission at that place4 ,i have to whitewash and try to paint the parsonage1 as the church is not able1 on account of struggling hard to raise money to paint the inside of the meeting-house1 and to pay ,brother ,markham for some new benches4 ,they have finished paying for the organ and have had the church nicely done up 7whitewashed7 outside4 ,our ,sunday-night meetings are crowded4 ,our ,sabbath-school and day-school are flourishing4 ,last ,sunday ,i received a note which read as follows3 8,i desire to become a member of this ,sabbath-school4 ,i promise to study hard and obey all its rules40 ,signed1 8,thomas40 ,in reading out my church notices ,i remarked1 8,here is a note from little ,thomas1 etc4 ,yes1 ,tommy1 we are happy to receive you4 ,if little ,tom is present he will please stand up40 ,imagine my feelings when a big man got up and exclaimed1 8,here is your little ,tom1 sir40 ,this person was a teacher in the ,baptist ,sabbath-school1 and is a member of that church4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,new ,field4 ,,rev4 ,a4 ,j4 ,,headen1 ,,cypress ,,slash ,i arrived here ,july the #c;d4 ,there are many things to encourage effort in this field of labor4 ,we have a splendid situation for a church1 and school1 and a few earnest men and women4 ,we need a church building very much indeed1 and hope to secure one as soon as possible4 ,when ,i arrived here ,i found my people building a school-house of pine logs on the grounds near where we hope to build the church1 in which a public school will be opened the #ast of ,august by ,mr4 ,silas ,daniels4 ,we shall use the school-house for worship until we can build a church4 ,it is #ah by #bj feet4 ,this field seems now to be ready for the harvest1 and for that reason ,i would urge the importance of building a church as soon as possible4 ,the people are poor1 but willing to do what they can to push the work forward4 ,with some help ,i believe great results may be obtained here for our ,lord and his ,christ4 ,i do not think that money could be given to any field or people with more advantage than to this4 ,the people are truly in earnest1 and will put forth every effort themselves with the ,association to establish here a ,christian church and school4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,alabama4 ,swayne ,school4 ,,miss ,m4 ,j4 ,,adams1 ,,montgomery4 ,swayne ,school closed its school year ,june #eth4 ,we had pleasant public exercises for the little ones ,wednesday evening at #e o'clock and on ,thursday night for the older pupils at the ,congregational church4 8,we had a neat programme printed1 the pupils bringing each a 8nickel0 to pay the printer4 ,one was sent to each of the clergymen of the city1 and to several prominent citizens4 ,the ,board of ,education and the mayor of the city1 also two or three judges1 responded by their presence4 ,it was a very bright and happy occasion2 a crowded house seemed to enjoy1 without weariness1 a two hours' sitting4 ,many kind words of approbation have come to us with regard to the high order and interest of the exercises4 ,we trust that some new friends have been made1 and a new interest developed in our work with some present that evening4 ,it has been a very laborious year1 but the teachers have all stood bravely and faithfully at their posts1 and by the good hand of our ,god upon us1 we have all 8come through0 without falling by the way4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,tennessee4 ,le ,moyne ,school--,close of the ,year--,conversions4 ,,miss ,,laura ,a4 ,,parmelee1 ,,memphis4 ,at the closing exercises of the school our numbers were good1 and the last recitation was as perfect as any lesson within the year4 ,it was remarkable that interest in study did not flag in the least4 ,the most cheering of closing incidents was found in the prayer meeting4 ,we have regretted the lack of a decided religious influence--it has been the one failure of the year4 ,in the last meeting we were not left without evidence of the ,spirit's work4 ,two young men confessed their trust in ,christ and determination to be his avowed followers4 ,another young man1 whose voice has been silent for years1 and who has seldom attended meetings either at school or church1 asked prayers for himself in a manly way that spoke well for his expressed desire to resume his place in the ranks of ,christian workers4 ,we are not satisfied with the spiritual record of the year4 ,we hoped it would have been a harvest season4 ,i have not heard from the church since the fever panic4 ,am hoping it will not scatter the members or retard the work1 which seemed prosperous4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,colored ,girl's ,experience as a ,teacher4 ,,rebecca ,a4 ,,michel1 ,,marion1 ,,ala4 ,this little town contains about five hundred inhabitants4 ,there are few colored people in ,pikeville1 but many live about it from one to three miles away4 ,my school was not right in ,pikeville1 but just on the edge4 ,the school-house was about eighteen by thirty4 ,it is a frame house and has fourteen seats in it1 all without backs except four of them4 ,my work for the year #ahgh began the second week of ,june1 the school being crowded from day to day4 ,during the months of ,june1 ,july1 ,august1 ,september and ,october1 the number enrolled ran up to seventy-five4 ,i heard from some of the citizens of that little town that the pupils attended the school more regularly than they were known to do before4 ,i am glad to say that the greater portion of my school seemed to have a thirst for knowledge4 ,even the little ones worked earnestly in trying to prepare their lessons for the time when they should recite4 ,my school opened each morning with singing1 ,scripture reading and prayer4 ,at the close of the term every one could read1 print1 write and spell4 ,those who have been out in the dark regions to teach the people can sympathize with those of us who go into such places4 ,they know something of the troubles that meet us4 ,on the whole1 the outlook is very hopeful4 ,the work of last summer was arduous1 yet ,i went through it with the help of the ,lord1 seeing promises of most excellent results for the future4 ,when ,i first went to ,pikeville ,i found the people of both classes in a degraded and superstitious condition1 and ignorance seemed to be the leading principle of the place4 ,the ,sabbath was regarded but by a very few of either class4 ,yet they were very anxious for an education1 and tried in every way they could to make our schools comfortable and interesting4 ,their whole cry was1 8,do all you can for us poor people who are in the dark1 and are in so much need of an education40 ,i organized a ,sunday-school1 which ,i think was one of the most important parts of my work1 to teach the people the word of ,god4 ,i taught day and ,sunday-school for five months1 and had great success with both white and colored people4 ,the white people were very kind to me4 ,i had a long talk with some of them about the education of the colored people4 ,they said if the colored man was educated they thought he would make a better citizen1 and they were ready to do all they could in trying to help him toward an education4 ,my short but busy term closed with an examination and a good exhibition1 well attended by white as well as colored people4 ,all seemed perfectly satisfied with the work that ,i had done for them during the term4 ,the white people gave me permission to have my exhibition in their academy1 which held over two hundred persons4 ,i have come back to this lonely ,sequatchie valley to stay with these people four or five months longer1 in which time ,i hope to do much good for them4 ,all welcome me back to my old home4 ,they say3 8,the white people seem just as glad to have me back as the colored do40 ,some of them stopped me on the street to shake hands with me1 and to talk with me about coming to teach the young people manners and behavior4 ,one said3 8,i tell you1 our young people do need education so much1 and ,i am so glad you have come back to teach them40 ,another said3 8,i knew you could not stay away from here40 ,i could speak of a good many more interesting facts1 but time will not permit me to speak of them4 ,i hope you will find this story interesting4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,mississippi4 ,letter from a ,tougaloo ,student--,vacation ,work--,needy ,recruits4 ,my public school closed last week1 and ,i commenced teaching an independent school this morning1 with thirty pupils4 ,they pay one dollar per month1 in advance4 ,i think ,i shall have a very good school4 ,there are nine or ten promising young men here who want to go to ,tougaloo1 to school next year4 ,some of them are quite young1 sixteen or seventeen years of age1 and a great deal of good can be done with and through such boys4 ,very few of them will be able to pay anything for their board4 ,they often come to my room in great numbers to talk of ,tougaloo4 ,in speaking with young people about this ,university1 ,i try to impress them with the knowledge that young men who are willing to work hard and study diligently are those for whom the school is open4 ,i show them my five pound boots1 etc4 ,i think those who go there from here will not find it harder than they expected4 ,i go into the country occasionally and meet young men who say3 8,please talk to my father in my behalf1 and try to induce him to send me to school40 ,a young man and his sister 7who live eight or ten miles in the country7 board here and go to school to me4 ,the young man went to school in ,selma1 when he was quite a small boy4 ,he also went to school at ,tougaloo a few months4 ,he is very anxious to be in school there next year1 and his parents are very anxious to have both him and his sister go1 but he thinks it is very doubtful unless he can get some work to do1 and he is willing to do any kind of work4 ,from what ,i have seen of him1 ,i think him the most promising of any ,i have met4 ,he is not a ,christian4 ,there are two young women here who are also anxious to go to ,tougaloo to school4 ,both are willing to work all they can4 ,i want to explain their condition to you1 and have you let me know whether anything can be done for them4 ,one of them has been bound out for some time to a white family1 and is now living with an old lady1 and washing1 ironing1 cooking1 etc41 for her living4 ,she was raised by those white people1 and has every appearance of a lady1 so far as ,i can see4 ,she is about sixteen or seventeen years of age4 ,she went to school to ,miss ,v41 who can tell you of her4 ,i have not come to the point yet4 ,i want to know if you cannot give the people here an opportunity to work in preference to strangers from other places4 ,if you can form an idea how much work you can furnish1 ,i wish you would give me some information in regard to it1 so that ,i can answer the many questions that are asked me4 ,at the closing exercises of my school1 there were people present from ten or twelve miles in several directions4 ,they were all pleased with the exercises1 both the white and the colored people4 ,the whites have been assisting me in getting up my independent school4 ,a white man sends one child and pays for it himself4 ,some of the whites suggested that it would be a good idea to have a high school here for the colored people4 ,the editor of the paper sent to my room for me ,saturday1 and ,i had a long talk with him4 ,he said he had not known very much about ,tougaloo ,university4 ,there was such a gathering at the church on ,wednesday evening that they could not all get into the house4 ,i extended an invitation to all the people in the county to be present3 it was well represented4 ,i invited the people to sign the temperance pledge after a temperance concert4 ,the invitation was responded to by a great number4 ,a still greater number have stopped chewing tobacco1 but have not signed the pledge1 because they prefer giving themselves a trial before doing so4 ,there will be quite a number of others who will sign the pledge soon1 ,i think4 ,w4 ,h4 ,l4 ,,africa4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,mendi ,,mission4 ,religious ,progress1 etc41 at ,avery4 ,,rev4 ,a4 ,e4 ,,jackson1 ,,avery4 ,i am glad to say that there is an increasing interest religiously among the people4 ,they seem to be growing more and more in the love of ,god1 and to exhibit it in their lives4 ,they have begun to be a more ,sabbath-observing people4 ,they are also attending church more regularly than usual1 and give better attention than ever before4 ,these are all features of encouragement in our work4 ,sunday1 ,may #aa1 was our communion day1 and the ,lord seemed to be present with us in the ,spirit's power4 ,two adults were added to the church1 and five children christened4 ,there is also a growing interest in our prayer meetings2 several are inquiring the way of salvation4 ,we earnestly ask the united prayers of your church for our work4 ,the tornadoes are fast coming to a close1 and the rains are rapidly approaching4 ,there will doubtless be very great suffering on the part of the natives this season1 on account of the scarcity of rice4 ,this comes from the fact that the rains came on much earlier than usual last year4 ,the agricultural work is progressing quite nicely4 ,the coffee farm is in quite a good condition1 and ,brother ,anthony is now having it cleaned4 99 99 99 99 99 ,travels into the ,interior--,the ,heathen--,the ,country--,the ,opportunity4 ,,rev4 ,,albert ,p4 ,,miller1 ,,good ,,hope4 ,it was my privilege to visit1 during last mouth and part of this1 a large extent of country toward the interior of this broad continent1 directly in front of the ,sherbro ,islands1 to form an opinion as to the prospects of 8stretching our lines40 ,i cannot promise to give you a detailed account of all incidents of interest that came under my observation1 but shall dwell upon that which presses my mind most in regard to our work--the opening up of new places for missionary operation4 ,on the #acth of ,may ultimo1 ,brother ,jackson and ,i left ,avery with a view of visiting places in the ,bargroo country1 and at the same time of getting children to be trained at ,avery for missionaries4 ,we skimmed along nicely on the ,big ,bargroo ,river1 passing many neatly built and arranged villages4 ,we stopped at some to ask for children1 but the chiefs informed us1 generally1 that they would have to hold consultations with the people on the matter4 ,on every side signs of heathenism exhibited themselves4 ,little mounds1 built by certain insects of the country1 neatly covered by the natives1 are bowed down to and worshipped4 ,small pots or bottles are placed before their doors to keep away evil spirits4 ,,coconanny ,,and ,,dodo4 ,late in the evening we arrived at ,coconanny1 the extreme military post of the ,english4 ,this is kept here to suppress the slave-trade1 though much of it is carried on1 ,i am informed1 clandestinely4 ,it is a beautiful place1 elevated and healthy2 vegetation1 too1 grows luxuriantly4 ,the trader1 ,mr4 ,hayes1 with whom we put up for the night1 has built1 at his own expense1 a small chapel1 in which services are conducted mornings and ,sundays4 ,mr4 ,hayes is a friend of the ,mission and our work1 and desires very much to have us come and begin missionary work in behalf of those among whom his lot is cast4 ,the villages round about are abundant1 and ,i think a good work could be done in this community4 ,the people are willing to have us come and establish a permanent ,christian work among them4 ,british protection being here would render property safer and less liable to plunder4 ,leaving ,coconanny early next morning1 we made our way to ,dodo4 ,the neatness of the places visited was everywhere noticeable1 the people in their very expressions seeming to welcome 8the missionaries0 who had come to visit them4 ,there is nothing strikingly beautiful about the part of the ,bargroo country that ,i visited4 ,mangroves extend to the village of ,dodo1 which we have in abundance in ,sherbro4 ,the scene to me was rather monotonous4 8,we reached ,dodo late in the evening1 and after the usual ceremony1 which consists in giving the chief presents1 we disclosed to him the nature of our journey1 among other things telling him that we desired very much to get children from his territory to train in our mission for missionaries4 ,for his people he could not speak just then1 but his majesty informed us that the matter would be brought before them for consideration as soon as practicable2 he was in a position to speak for himself1 and would give the only son large enough to leave home at the time4 ,a large goat was slain and brought in and laid before us1 with a peck of rice1 for our supper4 ,although we were very hungry1 this was more than we felt able to consume at one or two meals4 ,a hind quarter was sent in to the chief1 the rest being shared between ourselves and our men4 ,here we stopped overnight4 ,the place is strongly barricaded1 and is very neat and cleanly4 ,a place was offered our ,mission on which to establish a station4 ,here is a fine opportunity to make a step more directly toward the interior4 ,they want us to come2 what must we tell them8 ,brother ,jackson visits the chief as often as time and strength will allow4 ,he was once ransomed by ,brother ,snelson when on the point of being sent to ,freetown1 accused and found guilty of selling slaves4 ,they dread very much to fall into the hands of the ,english1 and he was a happy man when ,brother ,snelson paid his ransom for him1 and stood between him and the ,english authorities4 ,he has given up warring1 and his people are seemingly prosperous and happy4 ,his subjects are chiefly ,sherbros1 but they speak ,mendi as well as their mother tongue4 ,our ,mission1 through former missionaries1 is known far into the interior1 and the natives generally are favorably disposed toward it4 ,we left ,dodo early next morning1 homeward bound1 with ,joe1 the chief's son1 with us4 ,he wore only nature's garment1 and seemed as happy as a bird4 ,the people here don't bother themselves too much about clothing4 ,industry is characteristic of them4 ,we stopped at places that we visited on our advance up the river1 and were informed in most cases that the 8big man0 was away1 or the chief at ,dodo4 ,humper ,ranko had not been consulted4 ,the people dare not do anything of this nature without first consulting their head4 ,however1 we succeeded in getting four children1 who were carried1 as we found them--without a rag on--to ,avery4 ,there are two places in this wilderness of moral darkness now open to us which1 ,i think1 could be worked up with very small expense to the ,mission4 ,both are on the ,bargroo ,river1 leading toward the interior1 which is navigable at all seasons of the year by small boats4 ,may the ,lord in ,his own good time send to these our benighted brethren the advantages of a ,christian civilization4 ,,kaw-,,mendi4 ,in accordance with your request ,i visited1 last month1 ,kaw-,mendi and vicinity1 where the banner of the ,cross was first unfurled in this part of a heathen land by men sent out by the ,american ,missionary ,association4 ,this place1 as you will remember1 was deserted for a long time4 ,of late years ,mr4 ,j4 ,m4 ,williams1 of his own accord and on his own responsibility1 has resumed the work4 ,here lie some of the sainted dead who fell in pure devotion to the cause of the ,christian religion1 to the cause of suffering and unenlightened humanity4 ,a mangrove tree here and there and roads leading in different directions only remind one that once better things were here4 ,some of the scholars who attended school when ,kaw-,mendi was in her bloom are still round about1 and they still remember their old teachers1 many of whom1 doubtless1 are now gone4 ,they all seemed glad to have us come and visit them4 ,one of the 8,amistads0 is here--,father ,smith4 ,he is growing quite old2 yet he is active4 ,old ,aunt ,maria and ,limby are still alive and can tell you all about ,mr4 ,raymond and others who1 in the infancy of missions here1 came to ,africa4 ,brother ,williams has prayer meetings in his country house1 mornings and evenings1 to which those near are invited to come4 ,regular preaching services are held in a country chapel on ,sundays4 ,the chapel has been recently built1 and the membership is such as to necessitate its being organized and dedicated4 ,old pupils of the ,mission1 who had lapsed into heathen habits1 having long been left without any spiritual leader1 have been reclaimed and brought into the church4 ,the chief is favorably disposed toward missionaries and accompanied us to many places in his territory4 ,were it not for his favor1 ,brother ,williams could not get along so well in his work4 ,there are #ba boys under ,mr4 ,williams' immediate care in his country house1 7which is very neat and comfortable71 whom he is instructing4 ,he feeds and clothes them1 and how he does it is a mystery to me4 ,one thing helps him1 and that is his agricultural department1 connected with his school4 ,his boys are taught to work4 ,although the farm is small1 still it is very good4 ,we took ,brother ,williams by surprise and notwithstanding his poor accommodation1 as he termed it1 we 7,mrs4 ,miller1 ,mr4 ,jowett and myself7 spent two or three days very pleasantly in and about ,kaw-,mendi4 ,we went up the ,little ,boom as far as ,kambia4 ,this was a very strongly barricaded town1 held by ,tom ,cabby ,smith1 the most powerful and wealthy chief in all this region of country4 ,he died last year1 and his estate is going to ruin4 ,the walls have fallen1 the slaves are widely scattered1 and things in general are in a very unsettled state4 ,he was once connected with the ,mission at ,kaw-,mendi as a common laborer and was a very industrious man4 ,villages all along the banks of the river were flourishing and rice crops promising4 ,everything indicated prosperity1 so far as the natives are able to be prosperous without the light of the ,gospel4 ,the country is ,mendi-speaking1 and though it is large and the people are plentiful1 and are not opposed to the ,christian religion1 still there is but one man in this country to tell them of ,jesus4 ,i am favorably impressed with the country and the people4 ,it is a day's travel from ,good ,hope4 ,stretching out toward the interior1 the country is low1 but ,brother ,williams pronounces it healthy4 ,he is a ,west ,indian1 and has lived in ,africa for the last twenty years4 ,it may be that he is quite acclimated1 and it is not unhealthy for him4 99 99 99 99 99 ,places up the ,big ,boom were also visited in the interest of the ,mission1 some of which were formerly occupied by missionaries under the general direction of the ,american ,missionary ,association1 but are now abandoned4 ,three of these1 doubtless1 are well remembered--,salem ,hill1 ,lawana1 and ,mo-,tappan4 ,the lower portion of the ,boom ,river waters a section of country that is very fertile1 and might be called1 very appropriately1 the 8,palm-growing ,region40 ,the towns in this section of country are prosperous looking1 and as one beholds palm-trees stretching into the distance1 he can but think of the old missionary hymn-- 8,from ,greenland's icy mountains1 etc41 ,from many a palmy plain40 ,surely from these plains1 rich in the production of palm-nuts1 etc41 they are calling ,christian men and women to deliver them1 not from physical bondage1 but from that bondage that enslaves the soul forever--the bondage of eternal death6 ,,gbap1 ,,trom1 ,,marketah4 ,we stopped all night at a place called ,gbap1 where the king of a large extent of country1 lying or bordering on the ,big ,boom1 resides4 ,we had very comfortable lodging here1 although we failed in seeing his majesty the king4 ,mrs4 ,miller was along2 also ,mr4 ,jowett1 our interpreter4 ,two of the schoolboys also attended us4 ,the next morning we got a good peep at the place4 ,it was very neat1 and ,i was informed that the ,mission once had a teacher here4 ,shoving off 7you must remember we travel in boats71 we advanced slowly up the river1 whose current had become quite strong4 ,the day's travel was very unsatisfactory1 and our night's rest more so2 for the mosquitoes are so bad in this part of the country1 that children and cows have been killed by them4 ,this our men say4 ,i am sure they were bad enough that night4 ,mrs4 ,miller seemed a perfect marvel to these savage people4 ,we could scarcely go to bed1 such as it was1 for their looking in upon us1 talking about ,mrs4 ,miller4 ,i was so black1 and so much resembled other ,africans1 that ,i was not the centre of attraction4 ,still1 our interpreter informed us that they complimented us as 8,nyandingo te te0--very fine1 or fine for true4 ,morning was gladly hailed by all4 ,mosquitoes was the principal theme4 ,each one had battled1 evidently1 all night1 not for place1 but for life1 against these pests4 ,we moved off early1 and shall ever remember the village and the night spent here4 ,its name is ,trom4 ,i am sure if ,i had been in a tomb that night1 with something of the vault kind over me1 my rest would have been more peaceful than in this dreary place4 ,the people wherever we stopped kindly received the missionaries4 ,we made better time from ,trom to our next night's resting-place4 ,we entered the ,kittam ,river1 early leading off toward the ,gallinas1 a tribe that also speaks ,mendi4 ,mendi is the predominant language of a very large extent of country4 ,the lower part of the ,big ,boom ,river1 which is called the ,bullom1 runs through a beautiful section of country4 ,the ,kittam also has very picturesque scenery4 ,the people looked contented and happy2 the country elevated and healthy4 ,we travelled several miles down this river1 and on visiting the king1 the reception that was given us showed that he highly appreciated our visit4 ,i am informed that no missionary had ever been here before4 ,he promised the mission two children4 ,after holding conference with the people he offered a place to plant a mission station in which to educate his children4 ,he had them in his villages in abundance4 ,i informed him that ,i would 8look my head0--think over the matter4 ,all were impressed with the beauty of this country1 with the neatness of its villages and the good disposition of the people4 ,the king's daughter made so much fuss over ,mrs4 ,miller1 dressed so differently from herself1 that she became quite uneasy4 ,large crowds came around and joined her in welcoming their strange friend4 ,my color again made me more common and less noticeable4 ,we had a good night's rest in this place4 ,we left ,coranko and the ,soboo chief and his people the next day1 feeling happy in the thought that missionaries are wanted in this place1 and that the ,lord in his own good time will send them to it4 8,the harvest1 truly1 is plenteous1 but the laborers are few40 ,the people stood on the shore while we sailed away4 ,we met persons in our travels whom we knew in ,bonthe1 at ,good ,hope4 ,they always did their best to make us happy4 ,all ,i can say is1 may the ,soboo chief and people have1 before a great while1 some one to teach them the way to ,christ1 man's only ,redeemer4 ,entering again the ,big ,boom en route to ,mo-,tappan1 we made good time1 stopping at a few villages along the way4 ,no missionary is in all this country4 ,we stopped overnight with one ,mr4 ,collier1 who carries on trade near the river1 in a place called ,marketah1 people's market4 ,it was ,saturday night1 and he was very busy closing accounts for the week4 ,our reception was a cordial one4 ,we spent the ,sabbath here and were much pleased to see what is doing for these benighted people4 ,we had services at eleven o'clock1 which the natives attended4 ,it was interesting1 and ,i feel that a good impression was made4 ,such meetings--,i mean those consisting of reading of the ,bible1 commenting1 etc4--are held regularly by ,mr4 ,collier for the community4 ,they surely can do a great deal in helping on the good cause4 ,it were better and safer for trade1 if religious instruction were in all this country4 ,this part of the ,big ,boom is often visited by the horrors of war4 ,whole villages are sometimes laid low in one night1 the inhabitants put to the sword or carried off into slavery4 ,these wars are not waged because the aggressors have been in any way wronged by the attacked1 but just for the sake of plunder4 ,it is now something over a year since war visited this part of the ,big ,boom1 but it has left its signs4 ,villages that were deserted are being rebuilt4 ,traders are resuming their business1 and peace is gradually returning to all this region4 ,we left early ,monday morning1 having spent a pleasant ,sabbath with our friends in ,marketah4 ,the current became stronger as we advanced toward the interior4 ,the winds were adverse1 so our progress was somewhat like the missionary work1 slow4 ,we had long since left mangroves1 with their malarial swamps4 ,that we were getting some distance from ,sherbro was visible from the very appearance of things4 ,the farther we advanced into the interior1 the more uneasiness seemed to be depicted on the countenances of ,africa's enslaved children4 ,africa is her own greatest enemy4 ,war and slavery curse her most1 bring misery where happiness might reign4 ,when you launch out of ,british jurisdiction1 slaves are common4 ,this traffic is carried on by the natives themselves1 and the biggest man owns the largest number of slaves and has the greatest number of wives4 ,polygamy is common1 where men are able to support more than one wife2 but you may rest assured that when means of support give out1 the women are found giving out too4 ,this day's travel brought us to ,baikal1 a strongly barricaded town4 ,we did not go inside1 but the music and noise within showed plainly that ,ham's sons and daughters here were having a good time in a country dance4 ,,mo-,,tappan1 ,,salem ,,hill1 ,,lawana4 ,we rested overnight1 but early next morning pushed on for ,mo-,tappan1 the extreme interior ,mission station held by the ,american ,missionary ,association4 ,we stopped at villages along our journey1 where signs of late wars are still apparent4 ,each man is armed with either sword or cutlass4 ,i am told that they keep these near them in time of peace to fight with1 but in time of war they wrap them up in mats1 give them to their wives1 and ask their feet to save them by flight4 ,the ,mendi people are treacherous and cruel in war1 and not at all brave4 ,i hope the time may soon come when all this region will enjoy peace and righteousness in ,god4 ,this country is elevated1 with beautiful bills stretching away into the distance4 ,we enjoyed the fine scenery4 ,about ten o'clock we reached ,salem ,hill4 ,the massive walls built here by the former missionaries are still standing1 but the place is so covered with shrubbery and vines that it is with great difficulty that access to it is obtained4 ,the ,hill and scenery are splendid1 but this foundation1 of no use to any one1 made us feel sad1 everything around looked so forlorn4 ,the large village that once stood near has disappeared1 as so many ,african villages and towns have done4 ,along toward night we reached ,lawana1 where we remained overnight4 ,here1 though several years' labor was given to this place1 no sign of past missionary work is visible4 ,the place was captured in war2 the inhabitants1 all but a few who were ransomed1 were put to death or sold into slavery4 ,our resting place here was not large1 nor was it very comfortable4 ,the chief was not seen until our return from ,mo-,tappan4 ,he evidently feared us1 because the portions of country where wars are numerous are often or sometimes visited by the ,english to ask the people to keep quiet4 ,we left early next morning for ,mo-,tappan1 arriving there about #i o'clock4 ,the place is now a regular canebreak4 ,the tomb of the late ,mr4 ,brooks is the only thing that reminded us that the white man had been here4 ,our stay was short4 ,no one at all lives here now4 ,it was broken up by war4 8,we now retraced our steps for home1 stopping at ,lawana4 ,we then saw the chief1 who gave us a cordial welcome4 ,three children were brought home by us to be trained for future workers4 ,the current carried us down quite rapidly4 ,we stopped at but few places on our return2 our ,mission is well known in all this country1 and it will be easy for us again to gain footing in former places held by the ,american ,missionary ,association4 ,large outlays are altogether unnecessary2 plain houses1 on cheap plans1 are things for a country so subject to changes from war4 ,the real ,mendi people are here1 and ,i hope that the banner of ,christ will soon again in triumph wave over the strongholds once held by our ,mission4 ,pray that we may be guided in attempting to extend our work1 and that everything may be done to ,his honor and glory4 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 ,l4 ,stone1 ,d4 ,d41 ,thomas ,c4 ,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 ,mooar1 ,d4 ,d41 ,hon4 ,e4 ,d4 ,sawyer1 ,rev4 ,e4 ,p4 ,baker1 ,james ,m4 ,haven1 ,esq41 ,rev4 ,joseph ,rowell1 ,rev4 ,john ,kimball1 ,e4 ,p4 ,sanford1 ,esq4 ,,secretary3 ,rev4 ,w4 ,c4 ,pond4 ,,treasurer3 ,e4 ,palache1 ,esq4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,false ,,brethren4 ,we have had new griefs of late4 ,in days past1 when reproach and opposition came mainly from those whose anti-,chinese rage was simply an expression of an anti-,christian spirit1 it was comparatively easy to endure it4 ,and even when those professing godliness have cringed before ungodly prejudices1 and shut the door of the house of ,god upon the ,chinese ,sunday-school1 and received1 if at all1 with left-handed welcomes to the church on earth ,chinese who gave every token of having been accepted by ,christ to the kingdom of ,heaven1 we remembered with comfort the 8sure foundation0 which has 8this seal2 the ,lord knoweth them that are ,his40 ,in all these experiences1 and even when the violence of lawless hoodlumism for the time almost emptied our school-rooms1 and the intensity of anti-,chinese feeling on the part of ,americans was provoking an equally intense anti-,american feeling on the part of the ,chinese1 so that we found it difficult to bring them within reach of ,gospel influences1 we had this to console us1 that our ,chinese brethren themselves1 almost without exception1 seemed to be 8steadfast1 immovable1 always abounding in the work of the ,lord40 ,it is true1 some who were received to our ,association of ,christian ,chinese were found1 before the six or eight months of their probation had expired1 not to be sincere1 and were consequently never baptized2 but of those who had been received to the church1 ,i was accustomed to say that thus far not one1 so far as we knew1 had brought any reproach upon the name of ,christ4 ,this was a glad surprise to me4 ,i had read ,paul's letters to the churches of ,corinth and of ,galatia1 and the messages of ,jesus to the seven churches of ,asia1 and was well aware that the disappointments which attended apostolic missions occurred often enough to-day in heathen lands to make our missionaries there rejoice with trembling over those apparently born of ,god2 but1 till recently1 no such disappointment had been visited upon us4 ,there were occasional backslidings1 a temporary recession of interest1 which started fears and called us to earnest prayer2 but1 in general1 ,i could say1 that ,i knew of no group of ,american ,christians in whose steadfastness and zeal a pastor could take more delight than we could in our ,chinese brethren4 ,and this is still true2 perhaps more evidently true than before1 in view of the course which they have pursued towards some 8false brethren40 ,about three months ago ,i visited ,sacramento1 in order to make new arrangements for the accommodation of our ,mission there4 ,the room which we had occupied free of rent for many years being no longer at our service1 ,i was enabled to rent1 at a comparatively low rate1 a ,mission house so well located1 so roomy1 and so well adapted to our peculiar work1 that ,i came away gratefully realizing that the ,master himself had gone before me1 and believing that ,he was about to lead us into a larger and better work there than we had ever done before4 ,the added expense1 however1 caused me to withdraw temporarily the paid helper1 and to trust to the volunteer aid which our ,chinese brethren promised to give4 ,among these volunteers1 the one who seemed at once most able and most willing was ,wong ,wing4 ,he spoke ,english well2 seemed to be a natural leader2 and while exhibiting some traits which made one stand somewhat in doubt1 yet1 on the whole1 was trusted both by his ,chinese brethren and their ,american friends4 ,but he proved to be a ,judas4 ,he carried the bag and was a thief4 ,having possessed himself of several hundred dollars from the hard earnings of his brethren1 he attempted to decamp1 but has been brought back1 and is now awaiting a trial which cannot but consign him to ,state's ,prison4 ,the concern of our brethren1 however1 seems to be less for their own losses than for the dishonor brought upon the cause of ,christ4 8,how shall we preach in the street any more10 they say1 8unless we continue to let all men see that while we pity ,wong ,wing1 we hate his evil deeds80 ,and they have spared neither pains nor expense in bringing him to justice1 as1 indeed1 by the rules of their ,association they were bound to do4 ,in ,san ,francisco we have had one case even sadder than this1 which has made our hearts ache through and through1 and two or three cases which1 without bringing overt reproach1 yet involved excision from the church4 ,and at the same time with all these griefs came dissensions among the brethren in ,oakland1 which spread widely1 and for a while threatened great disaster4 ,these1 however1 have been allayed1 and1 indeed1 so overruled that the work1 on the whole1 has been helped rather than hindered through them4 ,i suppose it would be neither needful nor wise for me to go further into details1 even if the space at my command admitted of it2 but it seemed to be the dictate even of honesty1 since1 like ,paul1 ,i have ventured to 8boast0 over the character of our ,chinese believers1 that ,i should not conceal these humbling facts4 ,yet ,i still will 8boast0 that never did ,i witness in any church more prompt1 wise and effective ,christian discipline than these events have called forth in our ,association of ,christian ,chinese2 and ,god will1 sooner or later1 overrule it all for good4 ,,bethany ,,school4 ,i append some clippings from the last monthly report of the school taught in the lecture-room of ,bethany church1 ,san ,francisco4 ,after speaking of the great pleasure she finds in the work in general1 ,miss ,worley says3 8,the last month has been one of great anxiety to me4 ,some who had attended the school for a long time1 and were still attending1 had been trying to send others away4 ,in some cases1 by using threats1 they had succeeded4 ,months ago ,i was requested by two scholars to expel one pupil for this offense1 but ,i wanted to try him a little longer4 ,but #8,one sickly sheep affects the flock ,and poisons all the rest4' ,in this instance only a few were thus affected4 ,some were too faithful to be moved by threats4 ,at length the issue came in this way3 ,this scholar became aware that one of the pupils was about to join the ,association4 ,he set his heathen relatives upon him1 and they threatened to kill him4 ,to keep him away from the school1 they got possession1 one day1 of the key of the #8,bethany ,home' and locked him in4 ,he1 finding the door locked1 and no chance of its being opened till after the close of the school1 went out the back way and climbed over the fence 7a close board fence about twenty feet high1 erected to protect the rear of the house from hoodlumism74 ,he now thought he would get to school all right4 ,he was mistaken1 for1 stationed in the corridor between the church and the lecture-room were these ,chinese who had locked him in4 ,as he passed them they struck him across his eye and hand4 ,i found it necessary then to expel them2 yet ,i feel that they cannot forget what they have learned1 and ,i live in hope that bread cast upon the waters #8will be found after many days4' 8,i am glad to say that this good and faithful scholar 7for such he is7 who was hurt1 gave his name at the next meeting as a candidate for membership in the ,association4 ,the only obstacle in the way of another scholar is the fear of his parents in ,china4 ,he has not yet learned by heart that #8he that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me4' 8,since that night1 and the expulsion of those persecutors1 ,i seem to be constantly adding fresh names to my roll4 ,working scholars are leaving no stone unturned to increase our numbers4 ,i feel thankful for such scholars4 ,friends kindly help me in the work1 but what ,i most need is a ,chinese helper4 ,i trust that at no distant time ,i may have one4 ,the scholars who are able are willing to explain1 but they need all the little time they have for study4 ,i find the most studious pupils make the sincere ,christians40 ,to which appeal for a ,chinese helper the superintendent adds his own ,amen4 ,but we cannot have one without more means than now we have at our command4 ,,children',s ,,page4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,children',s ,,influence4 ,,miss ,,mary ,,bailey1 ,,vermont4 ,children's influence is too much overlooked in the ,mission work4 ,parents1 ,sabbath-school teachers1 and missionary agents do not take the pains they might to create in them a missionary spirit4 ,as soon as they 8can speak and go alone0 they should be 8bent0 into missionary workers4 ,they can be taught to take as much interest in the condition of the ,freedmen1 ,chinese and ,indians1 as in 8,mother ,hubbard10 8,jack and the ,bean ,stalk10 etc4 ,especially when they are called upon to give their pennies should it be explained to them for what purposes their moneys are solicited4 ,a little mite of a girl came to me and asked for a penny4 8,what would you do with a penny80 said ,i4 8,carry it to ,sunday-school40 8,what do you carry it to ,sunday-school for80 8,to put it into the conniption box40 8,what do you put it into the #8conniption box' for80 8,for the man40 8,what does the man do with it80 8,he put it into his pocket60 ,after that1 when missionary papers came1 ,i read them through to her4 ,by glancing ahead ,i saw what the facts were1 then ,i would read them in words she could understand4 ,she was so charmed with that kind of reading she would take a toy book out of my hand and hunt up a missionary paper to be read to her instead4 ,when she saw me glancing along she would exclaim1 8,don't let your eyes zig-zag over the page2 read every word60 ,the ,freedmen interested her very much4 ,she said one morning1 8,i prayed for the colored people last night2 ,i told ,jesus they suffered40 ,at another time ,i read about a colored student who was anxious to become a minister1 and she 8told the ,lord that he wanted to be a minister40 ,last ,sabbath a missionary preached a very interesting sermon at our church1 in the interests of the ,freedmen4 ,i hoped he would speak a few words to the children1 but he did not4 ,i asked a little girl of nine years1 who thinks she would like to be a missionary1 how she liked the sermon8 ,she replied that she could not understand it4 ,i told her that he said the ,catholics were sending more teachers among the colored people than we were1 and they were fast becoming their converts4 ,she quickly replied1 8,then we shall be slaves2 we had better look out60 ,if all children under religious instruction were engaged to do all they could in the cause of ,missions1 what an additional power would their praying and gleanings be against the enemies of ,christian liberty4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,receipts ,,for ,,july1 #ahgi4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,maine1 #aeh4bg4 ,castine4 ,mrs4 ,lucy ,s4 ,adams1 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,,dorothy ,l4 ,,stevens1 ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,dennysville4 ,mrs4 ,samuel ,eastman #e4jj ,eastport4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #e2 ,rev4 ,g4 ,a4 ,p4 #ej;c4 #e4ej ,kennebunkport4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch41 #h4be2 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #g4jb #ae4bg ,north ,waterford4 8,a4 ,j4 ,h40 #b4jj ,portland4 ,state ,st4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ge4jj ,york4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #be4ej ,,new ,,hampshire1 #dej4ch4 ,amherst4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aj4fh ,antrim4 8,friends10 by ,imla ,wright #aje4jj ,bennington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bb4ja ,brentwood4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #b4jj ,concord4 ,south ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ed4cc ,greenville4 ,e4 ,g4 ,heald #e4jj ,keene4 ,first ,cong4 ,sch41 #fe4dj2 ,e4 ,r41 #a #ff4dj ,manchester4 ,c4 ,b4 ,southworth1 to const4 ,,minnie ,p4 ,,southworth1 ,l4 ,m4 #ej4jj ,marlborough4 ,freedmen's ,ladies' ,aid ,soc4 #g4jj ,milford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aa4id ,nashua4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ai4ig ,new ,market4 ,t4 ,h4 ,wiswall #aj4jj ,north ,hampton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ba4jb ,northwood ,centre4 ,cong4 ,soc4 #af4bc ,pembroke4 ,mrs4 ,mary ,w4 ,thompson #e4jj ,temple4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #ag4jj ,winchester4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #be4hj ,windham4 8,a ,friend0 7thank offering7 #a4jj ,,vermont1 #bdh4cb4 ,cambridge4 ,b4 ,r4 ,holmes1 ,rev4 ,e4 ,wheelock1 ,s4 ,m4 ,safford1 ,j4 ,g4 ,morse1 and ,o4 ,w4 ,reynolds1 #e ea42 ,j4 ,w4 ,t4 and ,m4 ,j4 ,m4 #a ea4 #bg4jj ,east ,hardwick4 ,mrs4 ,l4 ,w4 ,j4 and ,mrs4 ,l4 ,h4 ,p4 #a4jj ,east ,berkshire4 ,s4 ,j4 ,b4 #ej;c42 8,a ,friend40 #be;c4 #j4ge ,enosburg4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ah4ef ,fair ,haven4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 for ,student1 ,atlanta ,u4 #cj4jj ,hartland4 ,union ,coll4 #b4de ,manchester4 ,cong4 ,ch4 to const4 ,dea4 ,s4 ,g4 ,,cone1 ,l4 ,m4 #gd4ea ,milton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ah4je ,underhill4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #i4aj ,wallingford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #cb2 8,e4 ,a4 ,h40 #b #cd4jj ,west ,brattleborough4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aj4ae ,west ,milton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #i4ha ,windham4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #i4aj ,woodstock4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #c4hd ,,massachusetts1 #b1bfe4jc4 ,abington4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 7ad'l71 #c2 ,s4 ,p4 ,l4 #ej;c4 #c4ej ,amherst4 ,church in ,amherst ,college #ce4cj ,andover4 ,chapel ,cong4 ,ch4 #ge4ci2 8,a ,friend10 #aj2 ,miss ,h4 ,e4 ,whittier1 bbl4 of ,c4 #he4ci ,beverly4 ,dane ,st4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #h4ae ,boston4 ,eliot ,cong4 ,ch4 7ad'l7 #bj4jj ,brimfield4 ,second ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #e4jj ,brockton4 #b bbls4 ,c4 by ,lizzie ,f4 ,trow1 for ,tougaloo ,u4 ,brookline4 ,harvard ,cong4 ,ch4 #ig4bi ,charlestown4 ,winthrop ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 for ,hampton ,n4 and ,a4 ,inst4 #gj4jj ,chelsea4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #fc4ch ,curtisville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ad4ge ,dover4 ,trin4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #d4jj ,east ,hampton4 ,payson ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #ej4jj ,england4 ,miss ,s4 ,l4 ,ropes #aj4jj ,falmouth4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bc4ej ,fall ,river4 ,central ,cong4 ,ch4 #a4ej ,framingham4 ,plymouth ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #bd4ej ,gardner4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aj4jj ,georgetown4 ,memorial ,cong4 ,ch4 #bg4je ,hadley4 ,thomas ,p4 ,carleton #b4jj ,haverhill4 ,john ,kendrick1 #aj2 ,mrs4 ,l4 ,p4 ,f41 #ej;c42--,industrial ,soc4 of ,north ,ch41 bbl4 of valuable bedding1 for ,tougaloo ,u4 #aj4ej ,holliston4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ab4fj ,holyoke4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #ag4ij ,hingham4 ,ev4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ac4ih ,lexington4 ,hancock ,cong4 ,ch4 #ad4bd ,lowell4 ,kirk ,st4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bbd4ee ,lowell4 ,high ,st4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ae4hc ,malden4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #dd4be ,maplewood4 ,free ,christian ,ch4 #b4be ,middlefield4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ce4jj ,millbury4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ef4di ,north ,adams4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ha4ff ,new ,bedford4 ,north ,cong4 ,ch4 7ad'l7 #aj4jj ,newburyport4 ,whitfield ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4hg ,newton4 ,eliot ,ch4 #abe4jj ,newtonville4 ,central ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #bf4ag2 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,w4 ,hayes1 #be #ea4ag ,north ,brookfield4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ej4jj ,northbridge4 ,phebe ,s4 ,marsh #e4jj ,north ,somerville4 8,a ,friend0 #b4jj ,oxford4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #cd4gj ,petersham4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #c4be ,pittsfield4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ce4dg ,reading4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,h4 ,willcox1 for ,emerson ,inst4 #bj4jj ,rockland4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #gj4jj ,south ,abington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ag4gc ,southborough4 ,p4 ,e4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #af4ii ,south ,deerfield4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aj4ej ,south ,hadley4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ba4jj ,south ,weymouth4 ,union ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #dj2 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #de1 bal4 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,,maria ,j4 ,,loud and ,,frank ,w4 ,,wallis1 ,l4 ,m4's #he4jj ,springfield4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #ci4he2 ,south ,ch41 #bc4jb2 ,mrs4 ,bowdoin1 #aj2 ,ira ,merrill1 #e2 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,c4 ,hunt1 #e #hb4hg ,sterling4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #c4ci ,sturbridge4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #cb4de1 and ,sab4 ,sch41 #ad4ae #df4fj ,templeton4 ,trin4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #bj4ae2 ,l4 ,r4 and ,c4 ,c4 ,shattuck1 #c2 ,mrs4 ,w41 #a #bd4ae ,waltham4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #hb4gd2 ,n4 ,scamman1 #b #hd4gd ,waverley4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bc4ff ,west ,barnstable4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aj4jj ,westborough4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 7#e of which from ,mrs4 ,samuel ,griggs71 #ab4ca ,west ,boylston4 ,miss ,polly ,ames and ,geo4 ,w4 ,ames1 #c each #f4jj ,west ,hampton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ag4gb ,wilbraham4--by ,chas4 ,marsh4 ,treas4 ,h4 ,b4 ,a4 #aj4gj ,williamsburgh4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bb4eb ,williamstown4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #ae4eg2 ,a4 ,m4 ,m41 #ej;c4 #af4jg ,winchendon4 8,f4 ,t4 ,j40 #e4jj ,wollaston ,heights4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aj4jj ,worcester4 ,central ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ade4ii ,yarmouth4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #ej2--;,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #aj4jg1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #fj4jg ,,rhode ,,island1 #he4fe4 ,central ,falls4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #he4fe ,pawtucket4 ,robert ,cushman1 ,organ and freight ,,connecticut1 #a1ejj4bf4 ,berlin4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #ai4gi ,bethel4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #aj4jj ,bethlehem4 ,h4 ,b4 #j4ej ,bristol4 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,r4 ,h4 #j4ej ,colchester4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #d4jj ,durham4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bh4jj ,east ,haven4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #cj4jj ,east ,hartford4 ,first ,ch4 #cj4jj ,farmington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #dj4jh ,glastenbury4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #abe4jj ,gilead4 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,thomas ,l4 ,brown #e4jj ,goshen4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #cj4jj ,granby4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #f4ej ,guilford4 ,daniel ,hand #ajj4jj ,hanover4 ,cong4 ,ch41 to const4 ,,james ,w4 ,,cutler1 ,l4 ,m4 #cg4eb ,hartford4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #bie2 ,asylum ,hill ,cong4 ,ch41 #ace2 ,windsor ,ave4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bb #deb4jj ,lebanon4 ,first ,ch4 #ef4fg ,meriden4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 7ad'l7 #a4be ,millington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #c4fc ,new ,haven4 ,amos ,townsend1 #ej2 ,b4 ,p41 #a2 ,third ,cong4 ,ch41 #bd4ga #ge4ga ,northfield4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bh4ge ,north ,stonington4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #b4jj ,norwich4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 7in part7 #aab4jj ,old ,lyme4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ah4jj ,old ,saybrook4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ad4gf ,poquonock4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ag4be ,salisbury4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ei4ia ,south ,coventry4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #cg4ej ,terryville4 ,elizur ,fenn and ,mrs4 ,elizur ,fenn1 #e ea4 #aj4jj ,thomaston4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #da4ee ,vernon4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,p4 #a4jj ,west ,haven4 ,mrs4 ,kimball and ,mrs4 ,coe1 #e ea42 ,dr4 ,painter's ,s4 ,s4 ,class1 #a4ac #aa4ac ,wilton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bg4ji ,windsor4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ej4jj ,woodstock4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ac4ag ,,new ,,york1 #b1dga4ce4 ,binghamton4 ,chas4 ,a4 ,beach #be4jj ,brooklyn4 ,central ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #cj1 to const4 ,,hon4 ,w4 ,w4 ,,wheeler1 ,l4 ,m41 for ,missionary at ,charleston1 ,s4 ,c42 also #ej for ,rev4 ,geo4 ,henry1 ,fernandina1 ,fla4 #hj4jj ,camden4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #bc4fa2 and ,sab4 ,sch41 #aj #cc4fa ,carthage4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4jc ,champlain4 ,pres4 and ,cong4 ,ch4 #ba4fj ,columbus4 ,box of books and papers by ,o4 ,s4 ,williams ,east ,bloomfield4 ,cong4 ,soc4 #ci4jj ,fairport4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #aj4jj ,freeport4 ,rev4 ,c4 ,f4 ,boynton1 for ,emerson ,inst4 #f4jj ,gaines4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #bg4ba1 and ,sab4 ,sch41 #h4fa1 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,,leander ,,bidelman1 ,l4 ,m4 #ce4hb ,harlem4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aa4df ,kingsborough4 ,j4 ,w4 #a4jj ,lima4 ,chas4 ,d4 ,miner1 ,geo4 ,thayer and ,geo4 ,w4 ,thayer1 #e each2 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,e4 ,m41 #a2 ,mrs4 ,l4 ,t4 ,b41 #a #ag4jj ,madison4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4jj ,marcellus4 8,a ,friend40 #bj4jj ,newark ,valley4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ej4ah ,new ,york4 ,tabernacle ,ch4 7ad'l71 #a2 ,j4 ,a4 ,v4 ,a41 #fe;c42 ,a ,deceased ,friend1 by ,e4 ,s4 ,h41 bag of ,c4 #a4fe ,north ,bergen4 ,rev4 ,s4 ,carver #aj4jj ,onandaga ,valley4 ,a4 ,l4 ,g4 #a4jj ,owasco4 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,s4 #a4jj ,perry4 8,a ,friend40 #aj4jj ,poughkeepsie4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,j4 ,myers #be4jj ,randolph4 ,mrs4 ,diantha ,c4 ,bush1 deceased #bjjj4jj ,rensselaer ,falls4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ah4jj ,spencerport4 ,sarah ,vannest #ae4jj ,syracuse4 8,an ,old ,friend10 to const4 ,g4 ,b4 ,,doud1 ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,west ,farms4 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,woods1 pkg4 of books ,,new ,,jersey1 #bi4ce4 ,newark4 ,belleville ,av4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ai4ce ,parsippany4 ,mrs4 ,jane ,w4 ,force #aj4jj ,,pennsylvania1 #aca4 ,canton4 ,h4 ,sheldon #e4jj ,millbrook4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,s4 #a4jj ,philadelphia4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,l4 ,chester #e4jj ---- 8,for ,jesus0 #abj4jj ,,ohio1 #ccb4ei4 ,ashland4 ,john ,thompson4 #b4bh ,berea4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #c4hj ,charlestown4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #i4ej ,cincinnati4 ,columbia ,cong4 ,ch4 #ad4aj ,cleveland4 ,euclid ,av4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ad4jd ,cuyahoga ,falls4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #ac4he1 and ,sab4 ,sch41 #h4ea #bb4cf ,grafton4 ,mrs4 ,sally ,tuttle #e4jj ,harmar4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ed4fj ,hudson4 ,by ,h4 ,e4 ,riker #d4ie ,huntsburgh4 ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,emerson ,inst4 #j4ej ,jersey4 ,mrs4 ,lucinda ,sinnet1 #ej2 ,mrs ,m4 ,h41 #a #ea4jj ,lodi4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #i2 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc4 #a #aj4jj ,mantua4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4jj ,mesopotamia4 ,s4 ,o4 ,lyman #ae4jj ,newark4 8,a ,friend0 #a4jj ,oberlin4 ,second ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #cj1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u42--,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj2 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,f4 ,b4 #a #da4jj ,painesville4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 7of which #a4ej from ,mrs4 ,albert ,morley for ,straight ,u474 #cj4ba ,randolph4 ,w4 ,j4 ,dickinson #aj4jj ,ravenna4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bb4fg ,rootstown4 ,c4 ,s4 ,s4 #j4ea ,springfield4 ,o4 ,h4 ,anderson1 #aj2 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #f4jg #af4jg ,,indiana1 #hf4ab4 ,fort ,wayne4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,sab4 ,sch4 #ae4jj ,michigan ,city4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ga4ab ,,illinois1 #iai4ig4 ,belvidere4 ,m4 ,c4 ,foote #b4jj ,chesterfield4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4jj ,chicago4 ,col4 ,c4 ,g4 ,hammond4 for ,howard ,u4 #ejj4jj ,creston4 ,a4 ,b4 ,mc,crea #e4jj ,elmwood4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bd4je2 ,mrs4 ,i4 ,b4 ,reede1 #aj #cd4je ,farmington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #hj4ad ,greenville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4jj ,hennepin4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,hutsonville4 ,c4 ,v4 ,newton #b4jj ,kewanee4 ,woman's ,miss4 ,soc4 for ,tougaloo ,u4 #b4jj ,malden4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4jj ,mendon4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bi4jj ,newark4 ,horace ,day and ,wife #e4jj ,oak ,park4 ,cong ,ch41 #de4aj2 ,geo4 ,van ,zant1 #aj #ee4aj ,ottawa4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ce4bh ,paxton4 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,j4 ,b4 ,shaw #e4jj ,peru4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #af4ej ,port ,byron4 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc4 #e4ej ,providence4 ,benj4 ,dexter #aj4jj ,saint ,charles4 ,dean ,ferson #b4jj ,sparta4 ,p4 ,b4 ,gault #b4jj ,sycamore4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #he4ij2 8,a ,friend10 #c #hh4ij ,wayne ,station4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4ej ,,michigan1 #dgc4jf4 ,canandaigua4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4fj ,homestead4 ,morris ,case #e4jj ,jackson4 8,a ,friend10 #cjj2 ,cong4 ,ch41 #ch2 ,miss ,eliza ,page1 #cj1 to const4 ,,miss ,s4 ,,louise ,,oviatt1 ,l4 ,m4 #cfh4jj ,littlefield4 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc4 of ,cong4 ,ch4 #aa4ee ,morenci4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #f4jj ,northport4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jh ,port ,huron4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #db4jj ,saint ,clair4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ae4hc ,warren4 ,rev ,j4 ,l4 ,beebe #e4jj ,white ,lake4 ,robert ,garner #aj4jj ,,wisconsin1 #djb4fg4 ,alderly4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,hubbard1 #c2 ,mrs4 ,ann ,reid1 #b #e4jj ,appleton4 ,mrs4 ,ann ,s4 ,kimball #be4jj ,beloit4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #agj4eg ,brant4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,w4 ,scott #d4de ,burlington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4ia ,clinton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bc4ge ,east ,troy4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,genesee4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,geneva ,lake4 ,presb4 ,ch4 #ab4jj ,leeds4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jd ,madison4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ej4jj ,milwaukee4 ,spring ,st4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bb4eh ,new ,richmond4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #bb4jf ,racine4 ,mrs4 ,e ,b #j4ea ,waukesha4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4jj ,windsor4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #af4hj ,,iowa1 #dff4jb4 ,bellevue4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #c4be ,davenport4 ,edwards ,cong4 ,ch4 #ajj4jj ,denmark4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #bh4cg1 and ,sab4 ,sch41 #ba4fc #ej4jj ,dubuque4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ac4jj ,farragut4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ag4he ,franklin4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4cg ,grinnell4 ,ladies1 proceeds sale of lace work #ag4ee ,keokuk4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #ca2--,n4 ,n4 ,m41 #ej;c41 for ,student ,aid1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #ca4ej ,manchester4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ba4jj ,mc,gregor4 ,women's ,miss4 ,soc4 #ae4gh ,new ,hampton4 ,women's ,cent4 ,soc4 #b4jj ,orchard4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4cj ,osage4 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc4 #e4ec ,postville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ac4hi ,tabor4 ,,estate of ,d4 ,e4 ,woods1 by ,rev4 ,john ,todd #afe4jj ,,kansas1 #ad4be4 ,manhattan4 ,mrs4 ,mary ,parker #b4jj ,onaga4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4be ,wildcat4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,d4 ,pierce #e4jj ,,minnesota1 #bfa4ic4 ,austin4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #af4if ,minneapolis4 8,friends10 #aej2 ,plymouth ,ch41 #bb4aa2 ,second ,cong4 ,ch41 #c #age4aa ,northfield4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #eb4ff ,paynesville4 ,by ,r4 ,c4 ,l4 #a4jj ,spring ,valley4 ,c4 ,w4 ,m4 and ,wife1 #i4bj2 ,cong4 ,ch41 #g #af4bj ,,dakota1 #a4ab4 ,valley ,springs4 ,jubilee ,concert ,exercise #a4ab ,,california1 #ej4 ,san ,francisco4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,rowell #ej4jj ,,washington ,,territory1 #i4be4 ,white ,river4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #i4be ,,tennessee1 #aef4 ,memphis4 ,le ,moyne ,sch4 #aef4jj ,,north ,,carolina1 #ee4aj4 ,dudley4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,raleigh4 ,washington ,sch4 #de4aj ,,south ,,carolina1 #bfe4ij4 ,charleston4 ,avery ,inst4 #bfe4ij ,,georgia1 #baj4af4 ,atlanta4 ,storrs ,sch4 #aij4ej2 ,coll4 #a #aia4ej ,macon4 ,lewis ,high ,sch4 #h4cj ,liberty ,co4 ,judge ,a4 ,e4 ,fulton #e2 ,sam'l ,osgood #b2 ,dorchester ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #a4jf2 ,others1 #b4cj1 for ,dorchester ,academy #aj4cf ,,alabama1 #dff4gj4 ,athens4 ,pub4 ,sch4 ,fund #aeh4jj ,mobile4 ,emerson ,inst4 #afj4hj ,montgomery4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ajj4jj ,talladega4 ,talladega ,coll4 #dg4ij ,,louisiana1 #a4ej4 ,carrollton4 ,mrs4 ,c4 ,j4 #j4ej ,new ,orleans4 ,mrs4 ,b4 ,c4 #a4jj ,,mississippi1 #ce4ge4 ,durant4 ,e4 ,w4 for ,tougaloo ,u4 #j4ej ,tougaloo4 ,tougaloo ,u41 #bg4be2 ,m4 ,h4 ,scott1 #e2--,k4 ,k4 ,koons for ,student ,aid1 #c #ce4be ,,missouri1 #df4ed ,amity4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4ej ,saint ,louis4 ,mrs4 ,rebecca ,webb1 #be2 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ag4jd #db4jd ,,income ,,fund1 #bie4ej4 ,avery ,fund #aie4ej ,c4 ,f4 ,dike ,fund #ej4jj ,general ,fund #ej4jj ,,canada1 #a4 ,guelph4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,h4 #a4jj ,,scotland1 #gi4hf4 ,perth4 ,north ,united ,presb4 ,ch41 ,subscriptions1 #ad2 8,friend10 #ajs42 ,i4 ,balman1 for ,chinese ,m4 in ,cal41 #b1 by ,d4 ,morton #gi4hf ---------- ,total #aa1igj4fj ,total from ,oct4 #ast to ,july #cast #abi1bdg4cb ,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,asst4 ,treas4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,received ,,for ,,debt4 ,greenville1 ,conn4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #be4jj ,jersey ,city1 ,n4 ,j4 8,a ,friend0 #bj4jj ,scotland4 8,a4 ,p40 #a1jjj4jj --------- ,total #a1jde4jj ,previously acknowledged in ,june receipts4 #be1hdh4gb --------- ,total #bf1hic4gb 99 99 99 99 99 ,,for ,,negro ,,refugees4 ,meriden1 ,conn4 ,centre ,cong4 ,ch4 #be4jj ,paw ,paw1 ,ill4 ,first ,union ,ch4 #aj4jj ------ ,total #ce4jj ,previously acknowledged in ,june receipts #caa4ci ------- ,total #cdf4ci ,constitution of the ,american ,missionary ,association4 ,,incorporated ,,january #cj1 #ahdi4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,art4 ,i4 ,this ,society shall be called 8,,the ,,american ,,missionary ,,association40 ,,art4 ,,ii4 ,the object of this ,association shall be to conduct ,christian missionary and educational operations1 and to diffuse a knowledge of the ,holy ,scriptures in our own and other countries which are destitute of them1 or which present open and urgent fields of effort4 ,,art4 ,,iii4 ,any person of evangelical sentiments1,a who professes faith in the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 who is not a slaveholder1 or in the practice of other immoralities1 and who contributes to the funds1 may become a member of the ,society2 and by the payment of thirty dollars1 a life member2 provided that children and others who have not professed their faith may be constituted life members without the privilege of voting4 ,,art4 ,,iv4 ,this ,society shall meet annually1 in the month of ,september1 ,october or ,november1 for the election of officers and the transaction of other business1 at such time and place as shall be designated by the ,executive ,committee4 ,,art4 ,v4 ,the annual meeting shall be constituted of the regular officers and members of the ,society at the time of such meeting1 and of delegates from churches1 local missionary societies1 and other co-operating bodies1 each body being entitled to one representative4 ,,art4 ,,vi4 ,the officers of the ,society shall be a ,president1 ,vice-,presidents1 a ,recording ,secretary1 ,corresponding ,secretaries1 ,treasurer1 two ,auditors1 and an ,executive ,committee of not less than twelve1 of which the ,corresponding ,secretaries shall be advisory1 and the ,treasurer ex-officio1 members4 ,,art4 ,,vii4 ,to the ,executive ,committee shall belong the collecting and disbursing of funds2 the appointing1 counselling1 sustaining and dismissing 7for just and sufficient reasons7 missionaries and agents2 the selection of missionary fields2 and1 in general1 the transaction of all such business as usually appertains to the executive committees of missionary and other benevolent societies2 the ,committee to exercise no ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the missionaries2 and its doings to be subject always to the revision of the annual meeting1 which shall1 by a reference mutually chosen1 always entertain the complaints of any aggrieved agent or missionary2 and the decision of such reference shall be final4 ,the ,executive ,committee shall have authority to fill all vacancies occurring among the officers between the regular annual meetings2 to apply1 if they see fit1 to any ,state ,legislature for acts of incorporation2 to fix the compensation1 where any is given1 of all officers1 agents1 missionaries1 or others in the employment of the ,society2 to make provision1 if any1 for disabled missionaries1 and for the widows and children of such as are deceased2 and to call1 in all parts of the country1 at their discretion1 special and general conventions of the friends of missions1 with a view to the diffusion of the missionary spirit1 and the general and vigorous promotion of the missionary work4 ,five members of the ,committee shall constitute a quorum for transacting business4 ,,art4 ,,viii4 ,this society1 in collecting funds1 in appointing officers1 agents and missionaries1 and in selecting fields of labor1 and conducting the missionary work1 will endeavor particularly to discountenance slavery1 by refusing to receive the known fruits of unrequited labor1 or to welcome to its employment those who hold their fellow-beings as slaves4 ,,art4 ,,ix4 ,missionary bodies1 churches or individuals agreeing to the principles of this ,society1 and wishing to appoint and sustain missionaries of their own1 shall be entitled to do so through the agency of the ,executive ,committee1 on terms mutually agreed upon4 ,,art4 ,x4 ,no amendment shall be made in this ,constitution without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at a regular annual meeting2 nor unless the proposed amendment has been submitted to a previous meeting1 or to the ,executive ,committee in season to be published by them 7as it shall be their duty to do1 if so submitted7 in the regular official notifications of the meeting4 ,,footnote3 ,a ,by evangelical sentiments1 we understand1 among others1 a belief in the guilty and lost condition of all men without a ,saviour2 the ,supreme ,deity1 ,incarnation and ,atoning ,sacrifice of ,jesus ,christ1 the only ,saviour of the world2 the necessity of regeneration by the ,holy ,spirit1 repentance1 faith and holy obedience in order to salvation2 the immortality of the soul2 and the retributions of the judgment in the eternal punishment of the wicked1 and salvation of the righteous4 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary ,,association4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,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 #ab2 ,ky41 #g2 ,tenn41 #d2 ,ala41 #ac2 ,la41 #ab2 ,miss41 #a2 ,kansas1 #b2 ,texas1 #e4 ,africa1 #a4 ,among the ,indians1 #a4 ,total #ff4 ,,institutions ,,founded1 ,,fostered ,,or ,,sustained ,,in ,,the ,,south4--,chartered3 ,hampton1 ,va42 ,berea1 ,ky42 ,talladega1 ,ala42 ,atlanta1 ,ga42 ,nashville1 ,tenn42 ,tougaloo1 ,miss42 ,new ,orleans1 ,la42 and ,austin1 ,texas1 #h4 ,graded or ,normal ,schools3 at ,wilmington1 ,raleigh1 ,n4 ,c42 ,charleston1 ,greenwood1 ,s4 ,c42 ,macon1 ,atlanta1 ,ga42 ,montgomery1 ,mobile1 ,athens1 ,selma1 ,ala42 ,memphis1 ,tenn41 #aa4 ,other ,schools1 #ah4 ,total #cg4 ,,teachers1 ,,missionaries ,,and ,,assistants4--,among the ,freedmen1 #bca2 among the ,chinese1 #ag2 among the ,indians1 #ag2 in ,africa1 #ad4 ,total1 #bgi4 ,,students--,in ,theology1 #hh2 ,law1 #ag2 in ,college ,course1 #ajf2 in other studies1 #g1jah4 ,total1 #g1bbi4 ,scholars1 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 accommodate 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 below3 ,,new ,,york ,h4 ,w4 ,hubbard1 ,esq41 #ef ,reade ,street4 ,,boston ,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,woodworth1 ,room #ba ,congregational ,house4 ,,chicago ,rev4 ,jas4 ,powell1 #aab ,west ,washington ,street4 ,,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 requested 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 ,association' of ,new ,york ,city1 to be applied1 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 ,states it is required that the ,will should be made at least two months before the death of the testator4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,christian ,union ,,henry ,,ward ,,beecher1 ,,lyman ,,abbott1 ,,editors4 8,in my own family1 every one of us1 from the eldest to the youngest1 finds something in every weekly issue to be read with interest and instruction0--,leonard ,bacon4 ,special ,contributors ,during the ,summer ,months3 ,,john ,,hall1 ,d4 ,d41 ,,phillips ,,brooks1 ,,charles ,,dudley ,,warner1 ,,gail ,,hamilton1 ,,john ,,burroughs1 ,,rose ,,terry ,,cooke1 ,,frances ,e4 ,,willard1 ,e4 ,p4 ,,roe1 ,,and ,,others4 ,short ,stories ,have recently appeared1 or will shortly appear1 ,,by ,,constance ,,fenimore ,,woolson1 ,,rose ,,hawthorne ,,lathrop1 ,,mary ,e4 ,c4 ,,wyeth1 ,,helen ,,campbell1 ,,louise ,,stockton1 ,,susan ,,coolidge1 ,,eliot ,mc,c,o,r,m,i,c,k1 ,,and ,,others4 ,literary ,reviews ,by specialists in their several departments4 ,,biblical ,,criticism ,howard ,crosby1 ,d4,d4 ,,mental ,,science ,pres't ,j4 ,h4 ,seelye1 ,d4,d4 ,,english ,,literature ,s4 ,austin ,allibone1 ,,ll4,d4 ,,american ,,history ,benson ,j4 ,lossing4 ,,european ,,history ,geo4 ,m4 ,towle4 ,,etc4 ,the ,home4 ,practical ,hints on ,home ,life1 ,indoors and ,out-doors4 ,recent contributions by ,,mrs4 ,,henry ,,ward ,,beecher1 ,,juliet ,,corson1 ,l4 ,,delmonico1 ,f4 ,w4 ,,beach1 ,,wm4 ,,hoyt ,,coleman4 ,the ,outlook4 ,an editorial review of the important events of the current week4 ,plymouth ,pulpit4 ,a ,sermon or ,lecture-,room ,talk each week1 by the ,rev4 ,,henry ,,ward ,,beecher4 ,the ,sunday-,school4 ,a paper on the ,international ,s4,s4 ,lesson each week1 by the ,rev4 ,,lyman ,,abbott4 ,,our ,,young ,,folks4 ,,news ,,of ,,the ,,churches4 ,,science ,,and ,,art4 ,,fact ,,and ,,rumor4 ,terms3 per annum1 #c1 ,to ,clergymen1 #b4ej4 ,on trial for ,three ,months to any new address1 ,,fifty ,,cents4 ,address ,,the ,,christian ,,union1 #bg ,,park ,,place1 ,,new ,,york4 ,boston ,office3 ,shumway ,co41 #ba ,bromfield ,st4 ,chicago ,office3 ,room #ii ,ashland ,block4 99 99 99 99 99 #gc1fbj ,,more ,singer ,sewing ,machines ,sold in '#gh ,,than ,,in ,,any ,,previous ,,year4 ,in #ahgj we sold #abg1hcc ,sewing ,machines4 8 #ahgh 8 #cef1dcb 8 8 ,our sales have increased enormously every year through the whole period of 8hard times40 ,we now ,sell ,three-,quarters of all the ,sewing ,machines sold in the ,world4 ,for the accommodation of the ,public we have #a1ejj subordinate offices in the ,united ,states and ,canada1 and #c1jjj offices in the ,old ,world and ,south ,america4 ,,prices ,,greatly ,,reduced4 ,waste no money on 8cheap0 counterfeits4 ,send for our handsomely ,illustrated ,price ,list4 ,,the ,,singer ,,manufacturing ,,company1 ,principal ,office1 #cd ,union ,square1 ,new ,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a4 ,s4 ,,barnes ,,co4 ,,publish ,,the ,,only ,,songs ,,for ,,the ,,sanctuary4 ,,the ,,hymn ,,and ,,tune ,,book which stands the test4 ,revised and enlarged4 ,prices greatly reduced4 ,editions for every want4 ,for ,samples 7loaned without charge7 and ,terms address the ,publishers4 ,,lyman ,,abbott',s ,commentary on the ,new ,testament ,illustrated and ,popular1 giving the latest views of the best ,biblical ,scholars on all disputed points4 ,a concise1 strong and faithful ,exposition in 7#h7 eight volumes octavo4 ,,agents ,,wanted ,,in ,,every ,,locality4 ,gospel ,temperance ,hymnal4 ,,edited ,,by ,rev4 ,j4 ,e4 ,,rankin1 ,d4,d4 and ,rev4 ,e4 ,s4 ,,lorenz4 ,endorsed by ,,francis ,,murphy1 and used exclusively in his meetings4 ,this is the first practicable ,collection of ,hymns and ,tunes abounding in vigorous ,pieces adapted to the ,gospel ,temperance ,movement4 ,it is also the best ,book for ,church ,prayer ,meetings4 ,price #ce cts4 post-paid1 ,special ,rates by the quantity4 ,,don',t ,,fail ,,to ,,examine ,,at ,,once4 ,a4 ,s4 ,,barnes ,,co41 ,publishers1 ,new ,york and ,chicago4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,get ,,the ,,best4 ,the 8,,oxford0 ,illustration ,,teachers' ,,bibles ,,in ,,seven ,,different ,,sizes4 ,at prices to suit everybody4 ,apply to your ,bookseller for ,lists1 or write to ,,thos4 ,,nelson ,,sons1 #db ,bleecker ,street1 ,new ,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,meneely ,kimberly1 ,,bell ,,founders1 ,,troy1 ,n4 ,y4 ,manufacture a superior quality of ,,bells4 ,special attention given to ,,church ,,bells4 ,catalogues sent free to parties needing bells4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,brown ,,bros4 ,co4 ,,bankers1 #ei #fa ,wall ,street1 ,new ,york1 #baa ,chestnut ,st41 ,philadelphia1 #ff ,state ,street1 ,boston4 ,issue ,commercial ,credits1 make ,cable transfers of ,money between this ,country and ,england1 and buy and sell ,bills of ,exchange on ,great ,britain and ,ireland4 ,they also issue1 against cash deposited1 or satisfactory guarantee of repayment1 ,circular ,credits for ,travellers1 ,in ,,dollars for use in the ,united ,states and adjacent countries1 and in ,,pounds ,,sterling1 for use in any part of the world4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,headquarters ,,for ,,school ,,furniture and ,,school ,,supplies4 ,,baker1 ,,pratt ,,co41 #adb and #add ,grand ,st41 ,new ,york1 ,manufacturers of the ,celebrated 8,,triumph0 ,,dovetailed ,,school ,,furniture3 ,stationary ,top ,desks1 ,folding ,lid 8,study0 ,desks1 ,box ,desk1 with ,hinged ,lids1 ,teachers' ,desks4 ,illustration ,send for sample of the 8,alpha0 ,dustless ,crayon4 ,send for ,samples 8,aids to ,school ,discipline40 ,send for ,descriptive ,circular ,school ,goods4 ,send for estimate for ,furnishing your ,school ,room or ,lecture ,room4 ,our new 8,catalogue of ,school ,merchandise10 containing #ahd pages and over #cjj illustrations1 sent by mail on receipt of #be cents4 ,,baker1 ,,pratt ,,co41 ,booksellers1 ,stationers and ,school ,furnishers1 #adb #add ,,grand ,,street1 ,n4 ,y4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dudley',s ,,patent ,,diagonal ,,road ,,scraper ,,the ,,best4 ,,the ,,cheapest4 ,weighs but #ej lbs41 has ,steel ,cutter ,plate1 can be worked square or at any desired angle1 and is rapidly superseding all other ,scrapers where it is known4 ,illustration ,read the following3 ,one says3 8,it will do more work than two of the common kind40 ,another3 8,it is worth more than all the old kind that can be made40 8,i would not take #be dollars for mine1 if ,i could not get another40 8,with a yoke of oxen and boy to drive1 ,i can scrape and finish up in five hours as much road as ,i can with any scraper known to me in ten hours1 beside doing it better and easier both for myself and team40--,j4 ,,davis1 ,hartford4 8,for working roads it will soon supersede the old scoop4 ,i consider it one of the best simple inventions of the age40--,g4 ,p4 ,,belden1 ,dover ,plains4 8,leaves a road in better shape1 and is easier for man and team1 than any scraper ,i ever saw40--,j4 ,s4 ,,kinney1 ,washington4 ,send for circular4 ,s4 ,h4 ,,dudley1 ,bantam ,falls1 ,litchfield ,county1 ,ct4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,crampton',s ,,pure ,,old ,,palm ,,soap4 ,illustration ,for the ,laundry1 ,the ,kitchen1 ,,and ,,for ,general ,household ,purposes4 ,,manufactured ,,by ,,crampton ,,brothers1 ,cor4 ,monroe ,jefferson ,sts41 ,n4 ,y4 ,send for ,circular and ,price ,list4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,every ,,man ,,his ,,own ,,printer4 ,excelsior #c ,printing ,press4 ,illustration ,prints cards1 labels1 envelopes1 c42 larger sizes for larger work4 ,for business or pleasure1 young or old4 ,catalogue of presses1 ,type1 ,cards1 c4 sent for two stamps4 ,,kelsey ,,co41 ,m'frs1 ,meriden1 ,conn4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,church ,,cushions ,,made ,,of ,,the ,,patent ,,elastic ,,felt4 ,for particulars1 address ,h4 ,d4 ,,ostermoor1 ,p4 ,o4 ,box #djjd4 #cf ,broadway1 ,new ,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,illustration3 ,,marvin',s ,,fire ,,burglar ,,safes ,,counter ,,platform ,,wagon ,,track ,,scales ,,marvin ,,safe ,,scale ,,co4 #bfe ,,broadway4 ,n4 ,y4 #fbg ,,chestnut ,,st41 ,,phila4 99 99 99 99 99 ,illustration3 ,,palmam ,,qui ,,meruit ,,ferat ,,sui ,,generis ,mason ,hamlin ,cabinet ,organs4 ,demonstrated best by ,,highest ,,honors ,,at ,,all ,,world',s ,,expositions ,,for ,,twelve ,,years2 viz3 at ,,paris1 #ahfg2 ,,vienna1 #ahgc2 ,,santiago1 #ahge2 ,,philadelphia1 #ahgf2 ,,two ,,highest ,,medals at ,,paris #ahgh2 and ,,grand ,,swedish ,,gold ,,medal1 #ahgh4 ,only ,american ,organs ever awarded highest honors at any4 ,sold for cash or installments4 ,,illustrated ,,catalogues with new styles and prices1 free4 ,,mason ,,hamlin ,,organ ,,co41 ,,boston1 ,,new ,,york1 or ,,chicago4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,plans ,,and ,,specifications1 ,,with ,full ,detail ,drawings ,,for ,,churches1 ,,schools and ,,dwellings4 ,b4 ,j4 ,,schweitzer1 ,architect1 #b;d ,floor4 #gf ,,john ,,st41 ,n4 ,y4 99 99 99 99 99 ,illustration3 ,the ,,estey ,,organ ,,is ,,the ,,best6 ,,the ,,world ,,over4 ,manufactory ,,brattleboro1 ,,vt4 ,j4 ,,estey ,,co4 ,,brattleboro'1 ,,vt4 ,,send ,,for ,,illustrated ,,catalogue4 ,the manufacture of these widely known instruments was begun in #ahdf1 and ,american enterprise and skill have steadily developed this business until now it is the largest ,reed ,organ manufactory in the world4 ,the unsolicited testimony of the most careful judges places the ,,estey ,,organ at the head of all others of its class4 ,send for the new illustrated catalogue4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,our ,,annual ,,meeting4 ,the ,thirty-third ,annual ,meeting of the ,american ,missionary ,association will be held in ,chicago1 ,illinois1 by invitation of the ,congregational churches of that city1 commencing on ,tuesday1 ,october #bhth1 at #c ,p4 ,m4 ,the local ,committee of ,arrangements1 representing each ,congregational ,church in the city1 has already at a preliminary meeting decided to hold the meetings in the ,first ,congregational ,church 7,rev4 ,e4 ,p4 ,goodwin1 ,d4 ,d41 ,pastor71 which has been offered with most cordial unanimity for the use of the ,anniversary4 ,the sermon will be preached by the ,rev4 ,richard ,s4 ,storrs1 ,d4,d41 of the ,church of the ,pilgrims1 ,brooklyn1 ,n4 ,y4 ,further announcements of arrangements and programme will be made later4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,yesterday',s ,,work4 ,we point to the record of results of our work among the ,freedmen during the last fifteen years1 as indicating a degree of progress and an amount of fruitage rarely equaled in the same length of time4 ,we base our claims for generous gifts1 now and in the years to come1 upon this showing1 confident that this is the best argument we can make4 ,is it too much to claim to have been faithful over a few things1 or to ask that we be trusted with what may be needful for the many which are at hand8 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to-,,morrow',s ,,want4 ,looking ahead1 we see that the coming claims upon us must be greater than those of the past4 ,the signs of the times indicate that the ,lord's work is to be done upon a larger scale in the near future2 the progress1 made and making1 in our schools1 and the call for enlargement in our church work1 will make increasing demands upon us1 until the time shall come when they shall be more largely self-supporting than it is possible for them to be now4 ,we have done much--we are doing more--we must expect to do a still greater work4 ,give us the means1 and plan large things for us in the days to come4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,advertising ,,department4 ,we invite special attention to this department1 of which our low rates and large circulation make its pages specially valuable4 ,our readers are among the best in the country1 having an established character for integrity and thrift that constitutes them valued customers in all departments of business4 ,to ,advertisers using display type and cuts1 who are accustomed to the 8,,rules0 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 ,gratified with the substantial success of this department1 we 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 ,our friends who are interested in the ,advertising ,department of the 8,american ,missionary0 can aid us in this respect by mentioning1 when ordering goods1 that they saw them advertised in our ,magazine4 ,,david ,h4 ,,gildersleeve1 ,printer1 #aja ,chambers ,street1 ,new ,york4 ,transcriber's ,notes ,missing punctuation and obvious punctuation errors corrected4