,,vol4 ,,xxxiv4 ,no4 #b4 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 99 99 99 99 99 8,to the ,poor the ,gospel is ,preached40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,february1 #ahhj4 ,,contents3 ,,editorial4 ,,paragraphs #cc ,,arrival ,,of ,,mr4 ,,nurse ,,in ,,africa--,,knowing1 ,,giving1 ,,praying #cd ,,tillotson ,c4 ,n4 ,,institute1 ,,austin1 ,,texas #ce ,,who ,,shall ,,civilize ,,africa--,,items ,,from ,,the ,,field #cf ,,general ,,notes #cg ,,new ,,appointments #ci ,,the ,,freedmen4 ,,georgia ,,conference ,,review #dd ,,educational ,,report #df ,,atlanta ,,miscellanies #dg ,,florida--,letter ,from ,rev4 ,geo4 ,henry #dh ,,louisiana--,schools and ,churches3 ,rev4 ,w4 ,s4 ,alexander #di ,,tennessee--,labor among ,convicts3 ,rev4 ,h4 ,s4 ,bennett #ej ,,tennessee--,woman's ,work among ,women3 ,miss ,hattie ,a4 ,milton #ea ,,tennessee--,student-,teachers from ,le ,moyne #eb ,,the ,,indians4 ,,boys ,,for ,,hampton ,,from ,,fort ,,berthold3 ,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,hall #ec ,,the ,,chinese4 ,,the ,,romance ,,of ,,missions3 ,rev4 ,w4 ,c4 ,pond #ed ,,receipts #ef ,,constitution #fa ,,aim1 ,,statistics1 ,,wants #fb 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 ,entered at the ,post ,office at ,new ,york1 ,n4 ,y41 as second-class matter ,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 ,,andrew ,,lester1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,y4 ,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 ,j4 ,rev4 ,,edward ,,beecher1 ,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 ,d4 ,d41 ,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 ,d4 ,d41 ,ct4 ,a4 ,s4 ,,hatch1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,y4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,h4 ,,fairchild1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ohio4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,a4 ,,stimson1 ,minn4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,w4 ,,strong1 ,d4 ,d41 ,minn4 ,rev4 ,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 ,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 ,e4 ,a4 ,,graves1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,j4 ,rev4 ,f4 ,a4 ,,noble1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ill4 ,,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 ,rev4 ,e4 ,p4 ,,goodwin1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ill4 ,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,,goodell1 ,d4 ,d41 ,mo4 ,j4 ,w4 ,,scoville1 ,esq41 ,ill4 ,e4 ,w4 ,,blatchford1 ,esq41 ,ill4 ,c4 ,d4 ,,talcott1 ,esq41 ,ct4 ,rev4 ,,john ,k4 ,,mclean1 ,d4 ,d41 ,cal4 ,rev4 ,,richard ,,cordley1 ,d4 ,d41 ,kansas4 ,,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 ,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,,esq41 ,treasurer1 ,n4 ,y4 ,,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 ,,strieby1 ,recording ,secretary4 ,,executive ,,committee4 ,,alonzo ,s4 ,,ball1 ,a4 ,s4 ,,barnes1 ,,geo4 ,m4 ,,boynton1 ,,wm4 ,b4 ,,brown1 ,c4 ,t4 ,,christensen1 ,,clinton ,b4 ,,fisk1 ,,addison ,p4 ,,foster1 ,s4 ,b4 ,,halliday1 ,,samuel ,,holmes1 ,,charles ,a4 ,,hull1 ,,edgar ,,ketchum1 ,,chas4 ,l4 ,,mead1 ,,wm4 ,t4 ,,pratt1 ,j4 ,a4 ,,shoudy1 ,,john ,h4 ,,washburn1 ,g4 ,b4 ,,willcox4 ,,communications relating to the work of the ,association may be addressed to the ,corresponding ,secretary2 those relating to the collecting fields to the ,district ,secretaries2 letters for the ,editor of the 8,american ,missionary10 to ,rev4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,boynton1 at the ,new ,york ,office4 ,,donations ,,and ,,subscriptions may be sent to ,h4 ,w4 ,hubbard1 ,treasurer1 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,new ,york1 or when more convenient1 to either of the ,branch ,offices1 #ba ,congregational ,house1 ,boston1 ,mass41 or #aab ,west ,washington ,street1 ,chicago1 ,ill4 ,a payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a ,life ,member4 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,vol4 ,,xxxiv4 ,,february1 #ahhj4 ,no4 #b4 99 99 99 99 99 ,american ,missionary ,association4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,public ,opportunity to ,contribute ,once a ,year4--,that is1 we think1 a modest claim for the almoners of your bounty to make4 ,will you secure it for us in your church this year8 99 99 99 99 99 ,we need very much two communion services--one for the ,midway church1 ,golding's ,grove1 ,ga41 and the other for the new church at ,cypress ,slash4 ,who will send them to us8 99 99 99 99 99 ,a pastor of an ,m4 ,e4 ,church ,south1 in ,georgia1 asked us by mail1 the other day1 for a hundred copies of the ,,american ,,missionary to put on a ,christmas tree for members of his church1 that he might thus awaken more interest in the missionary cause4 ,we sent them4 ,this is the first time we were ever asked to send our publications as 8,christmas greens40 99 99 99 99 99 ,how the angels must smile when they see a man whom ,god has greatly prospered carefully take a hundred dollars out of a hundred thousand that he has laid away1 and hear him say to himself1 with a chuckle of self-complacency3 8,yes1 we are only stewards2 we must deal generously by these good causes2 ,i will give that to the ,lord40 ,a pauper giving crumbs in charity to the ,king on whom he depends for daily bread6 ,but then there are some who do not give even the crumbs4--,congregationalist4 99 99 99 99 99 ,in this month of ,february1 we publish1 according to our custom1 the list of our missionaries and teachers in the field2 and we are proud of it1 not for its length or numbers1 but for the high and approved character of those who constitute it2 nay1 rather1 we are thankful to ,him under whom we all labor1 that ,he has given to us and to each other so worthy a band of co-laborers1 so intelligent and so devoted4 ,we do not forget that these pastors and teachers are far from their homes1 and that each is known personally to but a limited number of the friends of the ,association1 and we bespeak for them not only a general but a personal remembrance4 ,would it not be well to select some one whose work you1 reader1 will follow with especial interest1 to whom you will some time write1 assuring of your interest and prayers1 and with whom you may establish and maintain a personal friendship8 ,pray for some one at least in this list by name1 and you will be less likely to forget to pray for all the rest4 99 99 99 99 99 8,do good in thy good pleasure unto ,zion2 build thou the walls of ,jerusalem40--,so1 in that hour of unearthly experience as recorded in the fifty-first ,psalm1 does ,david's heart leap from the state of penitence and of forgiveness to take in the welfare of ,zion4 ,so1 evermore1 does the truest devotion inspire the missionary spirit4 ,the first burden of our ,lord's ,prayer is for a heavenly ,kingdom on earth4 ,his last prayer with and for ,his disciples1 that they might be kept1 and sanctified and glorified1 was1 8that the world may believe that thou hast sent me40 ,it is the instinct of a soul in communion with ,god1 that in every prayer it should utter at least one petition for the coming of his ,kingdom4 ,so often do our lyric hymns1 which are but a transcript of ,christian experience1 glance off from almost any line of thought and of feeling1 to utter the great aspiration for the crowning of ,christ in ,his spiritual realm4 ,the nearer we come to ,god1 the more do we long to have ,him enthroned in all hearts4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,arrival ,,of ,,mr4 ,,nurse ,,in ,,africa4 ,mr4 ,miller writes3 8,i am very glad to be able to announce to you the arrival of ,bro4 ,nurse from ,america to join our work in ,western ,africa4 ,his voyage was rather longer than had been expected1 and he doubtless grew impatient as the ship neared this place1 and stood several days under the silent influence of a calm4 8,yesterday was ,thanksgiving-day with you at home--not less so with him and his mother1 from whom he had been separated for many years1 as they met in warm embrace4 ,how freely the tears rolled down the cheeks of that overjoyed mother1 as she looked upon her son returned to her and the #8dark continent1' a missionary of the ,gospel to assist in lifting up degraded1 perishing mankind4 ,bro4 ,nurse is a little worn-out from his long voyage1 but will soon get well rested1 and we shall leave for ,sherbro40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,knowing1 ,,giving1 ,,praying4 ,these are the three strands of the rope by which the car of missions is drawn4 ,this is the trinity of ,christian work4 ,the three are one1 and each one is only itself fully as it is with the three4 ,one can have little interest in knowing of a work for which he neither gives nor prays4 ,his knowledge will be indefinite and easily forgotten4 ,it has no grip in it such as comes from a personal connection4 ,in the nation's war1 men and women thought of it1 read of it1 were eager to know the latest tidings1 because their sons and their wealth had been given to the cause which they believed was ,god's1 and their prayers were daily following as they traced the progress of the day4 ,no one will give generously or sufficiently when he has not taken pains to know4 ,you cannot get up much enthusiasm over a mere list of stations or catalogue of workers4 ,dr4 ,albert ,bushnell says that half the ,presbyterian churches in the ,united ,states give nothing to the cause of foreign missions1 and that many who do not give do not pray4 ,we should be willing to go further than that and say that none who do not give can pray effectually4 ,they may repeat prayers possibly in public for missions1 because that is the proper thing to do1 but such are but 8vain repetitions0 against which we are warned4 ,we all agree that missions need the prayers of ,christians2 that such prayer is the duty of all who bear the name of ,christ4 ,then it is equally a duty for all such to fulfil the conditions by which they may be able to pray aright4 ,it is a duty to know about the progress of the ,redeemer's cause4 ,if ,he bids us say1 8,thy kingdom come10 ,he will not be content with us if we sit with closed eyes1 indifferent to the signs of its coming4 ,but how many ,christian people take pains to keep themselves informed of the affairs of the nations of the earth1 their wars1 their acts1 their commerce1 and skip the paragraphs which tell of the contests and conquests of ,christ's kingdom6 ,how many who know of the strifes and supremacies of parties in ,maine and ,mississippi1 know nothing at all of the religious state or progress of our land6 ,is it likely that such will give much1 or pray earnestly8 ,nor will they pray aright unless they give4 ,that makes it their work4 ,that establishes their interest in it4 ,that1 if it be real giving--not mere throwing away to avoid the trouble or the embarrassment of saying ,no--based on intelligent appreciation of the need1 enlarges and emphasizes and doubly underscores the prayer which1 then1 with the alms ascending1 will surely find their way to ,god together4 ,friends1 we want your prayers for us1 for our workers and for our work4 ,but we want prayers that are weighted by your gifts--they will rise the better for it2 and that are illuminated with your intelligence--they will be read the better for it1 even by the ,father who 8dwelleth in light40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,tillotson ,,collegiate ,,and ,,normal ,,institute1 ,,austin1 ,,texas4 ,this school was founded on the same comprehensive scale as the other chartered institutions of the ,american ,missionary ,association4 ,in #ahgf1 a beautiful site of eight acres1 overlooking the valley of the ,colorado ,river and the mountains beyond1 was secured in the city of ,austin1 the capital of ,texas1 and subsequently paid for by the originator of the enterprise1 ,rev4 ,geo4 ,j4 ,tillotson4 ,efforts were commenced at once to raise the funds for the first building1 which is to serve all the purposes of a boarding school until the growth and ability of the institution shall necessitate and provide others4 ,dea4 ,david ,allen1 of ,connecticut1 headed the subscription with #a1jjj1 and to this amount has since added #bej4 ,david ,banks1 of ,stanwich1 ,conn41 a gentleman over #hj years of age1 raised #a1bjj more1 subscribing one-third of it himself4 ,the remainder of the amount we now have on hand was collected for the most part by ,mr4 ,tillotson1 who has kindly added the gift of his services to the enterprise founded by his liberality4 ,the principal benefactors of the institution are all over seventy years of age4 ,work on the new building was commenced last summer1 and is still going on4 ,it is being constructed of brick1 with some trimmings1 and will have accommodations for seventy boarding students4 ,the funds at our disposal for the object are barely sufficient to inclose the building4 ,we need #g1jjj additional in order to finish and furnish it for occupation by the #ast of ,october4 ,the money already given1 amounting to about #aa1jjj1 exclusive of the #e1jjj paid for the site1 was subscribed largely in sums of #djj each by persons who are to have the privilege of naming the students' rooms1 of which there will be thirty-five4 ,a grand example has been given4 ,are there not others ready to follow8 ,the burden of debt1 and the struggle required to maintain the institutions already under way1 has deterred this ,association1 during the past three years1 from pressing the claims of this1 our only school in ,texas2 but we believe the time has now come when we should earnestly solicit the gifts needful for its speedy completion4 ,already we have received the written indorsement of seventy-six of the leading citizens of ,austin1 saying1 8,we believe that such a school is very much needed1 and that the enterprise will be hailed by very many of our best citizens as of great importance to the welfare of the ,state40 ,texas has a territory larger than ,france1 and constitutes no mean part of 8the whole world0 where we are commanded to go and teach4 ,will our friends aid us to go up at once and possess the land8 99 99 99 99 99 ,,who ,,shall ,,civilize ,,africa8 ,we copy from the ,tribune the following opinion of ,col4 ,c4 ,chaill ,long1 the ,african explorer1 who preceded ,stanley by a year in visiting ,mtesa3 ,if the heart of ,africa is ever reached by civilizing influences1 ,colonel ,long thinks the work must be done by intelligent colored people from the ,united ,states4 ,they1 if anybody1 could keep communications open1 introduce trade1 and gradually train the natives in habits of systematic industry4 ,last spring1 when public attention was attracted to the exodus of negroes from the ,southern ,states1 ,colonel ,long wrote a letter to the ,king of ,belgium1 who is ,president of the principal ,european society for exploring and civilizing ,africa4 ,in that letter he proposed that the ,king should stimulate1 through the medium of his society1 a movement to take a large body of the discontented blacks from our ,southern ,states and settle them in ,central ,africa1 opening with them a line of trading and missionary posts from the ,west ,coast to the lake country4 ,colonel ,long believed that thousands of the most industrious and best educated colored men in the ,gulf ,states could be induced to go4 ,their presence in ,africa would1 he wrote1 create no surprise or hostility among the natives1 and they would soon acquire influence over the native tribes and start the work of civilization4 ,in this way the experiment of opening the dark continent would be tried under the only conditions that afford the least promise of success4 ,king ,leopold wrote in reply that the project deeply interested him1 and that he should give it his careful investigation1 but nothing further has been heard from him4 ,colonel ,long says it would cost a great deal of money to carry out the scheme1 but the ,african exploring societies in ,europe could raise it if they tried4 ,he is not enthusiastic about the success of his plan1 but is confident that it is the only one not foredoomed to failure4 ,equatorial ,africa1 he insists1 will never be civilized by white men4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,items ,,from ,,the ,,field4 ,,macon1 ,,ga4--,pastor ,s4 ,e4 ,lathrop is getting under way his ,circulating ,library for the colored people4 ,he sends out a circular1 printed on his own 8,gospel ,press10 that was given him as a home missionary in ,wisconsin1 appealing for the gift of new or second-hand books for this purpose4 ,gov4 ,colquitt and ,senators ,gordon and ,hill have furnished some4 ,pres4 ,a4 ,l4 ,chapin1 of ,beloit1 ,wis41 is putting up a trunk full4 ,sup't ,roy sent in a 8carpet-bag0 full4 ,who'll follow up8 ,,macon1 ,,ga4--,a graduate from the ,lewis ,high ,school writes3 8,i have worked faithfully for three months4 ,i was assigned to a place where there was no school-house or church4 ,the people had their meeting under an arbor4 ,i worked with the patrons of the place until they built me a school-house4 ,since that they have erected a church at the expense of #cej4 ,it is #ce by #de feet4 ,we are holding protracted meetings4 ,three persons have been received in full connection1 and many more are hovering around the altar4 ,our ,sunday-school is prospering4 ,many are coming in4 ,the old folks are more interested in this great work than the young4 ,we are hammering down upon them4 ,my school numbers thirty-nine scholars4 ,i have received several petitions from the colored people1 asking me to come again and teach for them40 ,,mcintosh1 ,,liberty ,,co41 ,,ga4--,a pleasant and profitable ,sunday-school concert and ,christmas exercise was held in the ,dorchester ,midway church4 ,mr4 ,mc,intosh1 the superintendent and teacher1 and ,miss ,douglass1 the missionary1 are doing good and successful work4 ,rev4 ,floyd ,snelson is the pastor1 and his children gave some exhibitions of their ,african treasures and experience4 ,a watch-night prayer-meeting was held at his house ,new ,year's eve4 ,,cypress ,,slash1 ,,ga4--,the people are getting up timbers for their new meeting-house4 ,,tougaloo1 ,,miss4--,we have had a blessed work here this week4 ,several of our pupils had been very thoughtful for a great while1 some of them a year1 and one or two even longer4 ,they had held out stoutly1 but last ,sabbath afternoon one yielded4 ,saturday night1 several asked for prayers4 ,after church1 three young men were converted4 ,monday morning1 twelve more yielded4 ,monday afternoon1 one of the most stubborn cases ,i ever met came into the fold4 ,she had been trying to climb up some other way for more than two years4 ,tuesday afternoon another gave up1 making in all eighteen within two days4 ,our term closed on ,wednesday4 ,several went to their homes very anxious4 ,i hope they may still be brought within the fold4 ,,florence1 ,,ala4--,the new church edifice mentioned in our last number was first planned through the benevolence of ,mrs4 ,j4 ,fowler1 of ,mendon1 ,ill41 who contributed fully one-third of the total cost1 and thus laid the foundation of this good enterprise4 ,the completion of the work was made possible by 8,howard40 ,,washington1 ,d4 ,c4--,the ,american ,missionary ,association has called ,rev4 ,simon ,p4 ,smith to a missionary work among the colored people of ,washington4 ,the ,lincoln ,mission1 a ,sabbath-school enterprise connected with the ,congregational ,church1 has offered its capacious building1 and here may yet arise a colored ,congregational church4 ,mr4 ,smith is a colored clergyman1 a graduate of ,howard and then of ,chicago ,seminary1 and well fitted for his work4--,congregationalist4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,general ,,notes4 ,the ,freedmen4 --,the school work of the ,presbyterian ,church among the ,freedmen reports #ci schools1 #d1ahd scholars1 #eh 7or1 including #af ministers and #f catechists engaged in teaching in addition to their other duties1 #hj7 teachers2 making in both departments1 including a few assistant teachers1 #adj missionaries4 ,five of their higher schools report #a1abf pupils1 of whom #ade taught part of the year1 reporting #g1eac pupils4 ,of the teachers from four of these schools1 #gg superintended ,sabbath-schools while teaching1 and reported #d1jdc ,sabbath-school scholars4 ,these four schools report also #ea students preparing for the ,gospel ministry4 --,the ,m4 ,e4 ,church1 through its ,freedmen's ,aid ,society1 has aided in establishing and supporting #f chartered colleges1 #c theological and one medical school1 and #i institutions not chartered4 ,in these institutions the number of pupils taught during the year is classified as follows3 ,biblical1 #dec2 law1 #bj2 medical1 #fj2 collegiate1 #gd2 academic1 #bgj2 normal1 #a1jbj2 intermediate1 #bdb2 primary1 #cga4 ,total1 #b1eaj4 --,a colored lawyer was recently admitted to practice in the ,court of ,appeals of ,virginia4 ,he is the first colored man who has ever enjoyed this privilege in that ,state4 ,the motion for his admission was made by the son of ex-,gov4 ,wise4 99 99 99 99 99 ,africa4 --,on the #hth of ,july1 ,mr4 ,james ,stewart1 ,c4 ,e41 then in charge of the ,nyassa ,mission1 wrote to the ,convener from ,livingstonia4 ,after building a dwelling-house for the head of the mission at ,livingstonia1 he sailed north to visit the stations of ,marenga and ,kaningina4 ,he found all well4 ,the ,mangoni chiefs had presented the mission with eleven cows1 but insist on their being used only in the country around ,kaningina4 ,our own cattle--most precious property--were in good condition4 ,at ,livingstonia1 advancing cultivation had driven off the pestilent and fatal tsetse fly4 ,after a fortnight's holiday1 the school-boys and girls had returned to ,christian instruction4 ,mr4 ,stewart had distributed toys and handkerchiefs as prizes at the examination4 ,namalambi1 8a fine1 promising boy10 was dux of the school4 ,mr4 ,stewart had already started for ,lake ,tanganika before the request of the ,london ,missionary ,society was telegraphed1 and was hoping to meet and1 if necessary1 aid ,messrs4 ,hoare and ,hutley4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,indians4 --,the ,hon4 ,carl ,schurz1 ,secretary of the ,interior1 devotes a large portion of his annual report to the ,indian question4 ,he states that the hostile ,indians at the ,west are few compared with the whole number of the race4 ,he states the ,indian policy of the ,department to be as follows3 8,the ends steadily pursued by it are3 ,first1 to set the ,indians to work as agriculturists or herders1 thus to break up their habits of savage life and to make them self-supporting2 second1 to educate their youth of both sexes1 so as to introduce to the growing generation civilized ideas1 wants and aspirations2 third1 to allot parcels of land to the ,indians in severalty1 and to give them individual titles to their farms in fee1 inalienable for a certain period1 thus to foster the pride of individual ownership of property1 instead of their former dependence upon the tribe1 with its territory held in common2 fourth1 when settlement in severalty with individual title is accomplished1 to dispose1 with their consent1 of those lands on their reservations which are not settled and used by them1 the proceeds to form a fund for their benefit which will gradually relieve the ,government of the expenses at present provided for by the annual appropriations2 fifth when this is accomplished1 to treat the ,indians like other inhabitants of the ,united ,states under the laws of the land4 8,this policy1 if adopted and supported by ,congress1 and carried out with wisdom and firmness1 will in my opinion gradually bring about a solution of the ,indian problem1 without injustice to the ,indians1 and also without obstructing the development of the country4 ,it will raise them to a level of civilization at least equal to that of the civilized tribes in the ,indian ,territory1 and probably to a higher one1 considering the stimulus of individual ownership in land4 ,it will not take away from them by force what in justice and equity belongs to them1 but induce them to part with what they cannot cultivate and use themselves for a fair compensation4 ,it will open to progress and improvement large districts now held by ,indians1 which will then be of no real advantage to them and are now to nobody else40 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,chinese4 --,last ,february1 ,congress passed the bill prohibiting ,chinese immigration which was vetoed by ,president ,hayes4 ,the very next day the new anti-,chinese constitution was adopted by the convention in ,california1 denying the ,chinaman the right to land1 to labor1 to vote1 or even to live in any town or city4 ,soon came on the other side a decision of the ,federal courts1 adjudging the queue-cutting ordinance to be an unconstitutional violation of personal rights2 and another1 asserting that the treaty with ,china1 granting its people a right of residence1 gave them also a right of labor1 and forbade any ,state to prohibit their employment4 ,chinese merchants meanwhile1 unwilling to give up the commercial advantages assured to them by treaty1 are establishing a line of steamers from ,china to the ,sandwich ,islands1 and a connecting line thence to the ,pacific coast4 ,this record of the year's events is memorable and full of suggestiveness4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,new ,,appointments4 #ahgi-ahhj4 ,the following list presents the names and post-office addresses of those who are under appointment in the ,churches1 ,institutions and ,schools aided by the ,american ,missionary ,association1 among the ,freedmen in the ,south1 the ,chinese on the ,pacific ,coast1 the ,indians1 and the ,negroes in ,western ,africa4 ,the ,theological ,department of ,howard ,university is supported jointly by the ,presbytery of ,washington and the ,american ,missionary ,association4 ,the ,berea ,college and ,hampton ,institute are under the care of their own ,boards of ,trustees2 but being either founded or fostered in the past by this ,association1 and representing the general work in which it is engaged1 their teachers are included in this list4 ,,the ,,southern ,,field4 ,,rev4 ,j4 ,e4 ,,roy1 ,d4 ,d41 ,field ,superintendent4 ,,district ,,of ,,columbia4 ,,washington4 ,theological ,department1 ,howard ,university4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,w4 ,patton1 ,d4 ,d41 ,washington1 ,d4 ,c4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,g4 ,craighead1 ,d4 ,d41 ,washington1 ,d4 ,c4 ,rev4 ,alexander ,pitzer1 ,d4 ,d41 ,washington1 ,d4 ,c4 ,rev4 ,john ,g4 ,butler1 ,d4 ,d41 ,washington1 ,d4 ,c4 ,,howard ,,mission4 ,missionary4 ,rev4 ,s4 ,p4 ,smith1 ,chicago1 ,ill4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,virginia4 ,,hampton4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,h4 ,denison1 ,new ,britain1 ,ct4 ,,normal ,,and ,,agricultural ,,institute4 ,instructors and ,managers4 ,gen4 ,s4 ,c4 ,armstrong1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,gen4 ,j4 ,f4 ,b4 ,marshall1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,mr4 ,albert ,howe1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,mr4 ,f4 ,c4 ,briggs1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,mr4 ,g4 ,b4 ,starkweather1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,mr4 ,e4 ,b4 ,french1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,mr4 ,daniel ,f4 ,cock1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,mr4 ,m4 ,b4 ,crowell1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,mr4 ,j4 ,b4 ,h4 ,goff1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,capt4 ,henry ,romeyn1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,miss ,anna ,m4 ,hobbs1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,miss ,charlotte ,l4 ,mackie1 ,newburgh1 ,n4 ,y4 ,miss ,mary ,f4 ,mackie1 ,newburgh1 ,n4 ,y4 ,miss ,isabel ,b4 ,eustis1 ,springfield1 ,mass4 ,miss ,helen ,w4 ,ludlow1 ,new ,york ,city4 ,miss ,julia ,a4 ,wilson1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,miss ,lucy ,s4 ,shepard1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,miss ,angelina ,ball1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,miss ,laura ,e4 ,coe1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,miss ,lucy ,d4 ,gillett1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,miss ,grace ,harding1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,miss ,jane ,e4 ,davis1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,miss ,abby ,e4 ,cleaveland1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,miss ,mary ,j4 ,sherman1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,miss ,phebe ,c4 ,davenport1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,miss ,s4 ,f4 ,sheppard1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,miss ,mary ,t4 ,galpin1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,mrs4 ,eunice ,c4 ,dixon1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,miss ,elizabeth ,p4 ,hyde1 ,brooklyn1 ,n4 ,y4 ,miss ,emily ,kimball1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,mr4 ,thomas ,t4 ,brice1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,mr4 ,james ,c4 ,robbins1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,mr4 ,frank ,d4 ,banks1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,mr4 ,john ,e4 ,fuller1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,mr4 ,w4 ,m4 ,reid1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,mr4 ,w4 ,h4 ,dagge1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,mr4 ,g4 ,j4 ,davis1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,mr4 ,booker ,washington1 ,hampton1 ,va4 ,,carrsville4 ,teacher4 ,miss ,m4 ,a4 ,andrus1 ,riceville1 ,pa4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,north ,,carolina4 ,,wilmington 7,p4 ,o4 ,box #bjg74 ,,normal ,,school4 ,minister and ,superintendent4 ,rev4 ,d4 ,d4 ,dodge1 ,nashua1 ,n4 ,h4 ,principal4 ,miss ,isabel ,phelps1 ,oswego1 ,n4 ,y4 ,assistants4 ,miss ,e4 ,a4 ,warner1 ,lowell1 ,mass4 ,miss ,h4 ,l4 ,fitts1 ,candia1 ,n4 ,h4 ,mrs4 ,janet ,dodge1 ,nashua1 ,n4 ,h4 ,,raleigh4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,george ,s4 ,smith1 ,raleigh1 ,n4 ,c4 ,teachers4 ,prof4 ,m4 ,w4 ,martin1 ,worthington1 ,minn4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,w4 ,martin1 ,worthington1 ,minn4 ,,dudley4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,david ,peebles1 ,dudley1 ,n4 ,c4 ,teacher4 ,miss ,alice ,m4 ,conley1 ,shelby1 ,ala4 ,mc,l,e,a,n,s,v,i,l,l,e4 ,minister and ,teacher4 ,rev4 ,alfred ,connet1 ,solsberry1 ,ind4 ,,woodbridge4 ,teacher4 ,mr4 ,william ,ellis1 ,southfield1 ,mass4 ,,beaufort4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,michael ,jerkins1 ,beaufort1 ,n4 ,c4 ,,salem ,,church1 ,,troy ,,and ,,hilltown4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,islay ,walden1 ---- ,n4 ,c4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,south ,,carolina4 ,,charleston4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,temple ,cutler1 ,ipswich1 ,mass4 ,,avery ,,institute4 ,principal4 ,prof4 ,s4 ,d4 ,gaylord1 ,grundy ,centre1 ,iowa4 ,assistants4 ,miss ,h4 ,e4 ,phelps1 ,hannibal1 ,n4 ,y4 ,miss ,s4 ,m4 ,tillotson1 ,wethersfield1 ,ct4 ,miss ,m4 ,e4 ,gaylord1 ,grundy ,centre1 ,iowa4 ,mr4 ,e4 ,a4 ,lawrence1 ,charleston1 ,s4 ,c4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,l4 ,brown1 ,charleston1 ,s4 ,c4 ,miss ,monimia ,mc,kinlay1 ,charleston1 ,s4 ,c4 ,miss ,h4 ,e4 ,wells1 ,middletown1 ,n4 ,y4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,d4 ,gaylord1 ,grundy ,centre1 ,iowa4 ,,orangeburg4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,thornton ,benson1 ,talladega1 ,ala4 ,,greenwood4 ,,brewer ,,normal ,,school4 ,mr4 ,j4 ,d4 ,backenstose1 ,geneva1 ,n4 ,y4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,georgia4 ,,atlanta4 ,ministers4 ,rev4 ,c4 ,w4 ,francis1 ,atlanta1 ,ga4 ,rev4 ,c4 ,w4 ,hawley1 ,amherst1 ,mass4 ,,atlanta ,,university4 ,instructors and ,managers4 ,rev4 ,e4 ,a4 ,ware1 ,atlanta1 ,ga4 ,a,prof4 ,t4 ,n4 ,chase1 ,atlanta1 ,ga4 ,rev4 ,c4 ,w4 ,francis1 ,atlanta1 ,ga4 ,rev4 ,horace ,bumstead1 ,atlanta1 ,ga4 ,prof4 ,j4 ,f4 ,fuller1 ,atlanta1 ,ga4 ,prof4 ,frank ,w4 ,smith1 ,lincoln1 ,mass4 ,prof4 ,a4 ,w4 ,farnham1 ,hannibal1 ,n4 ,y4 ,mr4 ,j4 ,k4 ,hannahs1 ,newark1 ,n4 ,j4 ,miss ,emma ,c4 ,ware1 ,norfolk1 ,mass4 ,miss ,susie ,a4 ,cooley1 ,honek1 ,kansas4 ,miss ,mary ,e4 ,sands1 ,saco1 ,me4 ,mrs4 ,lucy ,e4 ,case1 ,millbury1 ,mass4 ,miss ,carrie ,h4 ,loomis1 ,hartford1 ,conn4 ,miss ,mary ,l4 ,santley1 ,new ,london1 ,ohio4 ,miss ,e4 ,f4 ,moore1 ,chicago1 ,ill4 ,miss ,grace ,l4 ,robertson1 ,atlanta1 ,ga4 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,f4 ,fuller1 ,atlanta1 ,ga4 ,,storrs ,,school1 7#ajd ,houston ,st47 ,principal4 ,miss ,amy ,williams1 ,livonia ,sta41 ,n4 ,y4 ,assistants4 ,miss ,julia ,goodwin1 ,mason1 ,n4 ,h4 ,miss ,amelia ,ferris1 ,oneida1 ,ill4 ,miss ,m4 ,e4 ,stevenson1 ,bellefontaine1 ,ohio4 ,miss ,f4 ,j4 ,norris1 ,atlanta1 ,ga4 ,miss ,abbie ,clark1 ,atlanta1 ,ga4 ,,macon4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,stanley ,e4 ,lathrop1 ,new ,london1 ,wis4 ,,lewis ,,high ,,school4 ,teachers4 ,miss ,christene ,gilbert1 ,fredonia1 ,n4 ,y4 ,miss ,belle ,haskins1 ,delmore1 ,kan4 ,mrs4 ,c4 ,m4 ,babcock1 ,newburyport1 ,mass4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,e4 ,lathrop1 ,new ,london1 ,wis4 ,,augusta4 ,teacher4 ,miss ,s4 ,a4 ,hosmer1 ,ashley1 ,mass4 ,,marietta4 ,teacher4 ,mr4 ,cosmo ,p4 ,jordan1 ,atlanta1 ,ga4 ,,athens4 ,teacher4 ,mr4 ,j4 ,g4 ,hutchins1 ,atlanta1 ,ga4 ,,cuthbert4 ,teacher4 ,mr4 ,richard ,r4 ,wright1 ,atlanta1 ,ga4 ,,forsyth4 ,teacher4 ,mr4 ,william ,f4 ,jackson1 ,augusta1 ,ga4 ,,hawkinsville4 ,teacher4 ,miss ,m4 ,b4 ,curtiss1 ,chattanooga1 ,tenn4 ,,fort ,,valley4 ,teacher4 ,miss ,s4 ,v4 ,whitic1 ,macon1 ,ga4 ,,thomasville4 ,teacher4 ,mr4 ,w4 ,h4 ,harris1 ,savannah1 ,ga4 ,,americus4 ,teacher4 ,mr4 ,g4 ,w4 ,f4 ,phillips1 ,milledgeville1 ,ga4 ,,milledgeville4 ,teacher4 ,mr4 ,henry ,l4 ,walker1 ,augusta1 ,ga4 ,,cartersville4 ,teacher4 ,mr4 ,t4 ,c4 ,sheppard1 ,chattanooga1 ,tenn4 ,,sparta4 ,teacher4 ,mr4 ,r4 ,h4 ,carter1 ,atlanta1 ,ga4 ,,albany4 ,teacher4 ,mr4 ,peter ,a4 ,denegall1 ,savannah1 ,ga4 ,,washington4 ,teacher4 ,mr4 ,edw4 ,p4 ,stewart1 ---- ,s4 ,c4 ,,savannah4 ,minister and ,supt4 of ,missions4 ,rev4 ,r4 ,f4 ,markham1 ,wheaton1 ,ill4 ,,beach ,,institute4 ,principal4 ,mr4 ,j4 ,k4 ,cole1 ,boxford1 ,mass4 ,assistants4 ,miss ,l4 ,f4 ,partridge1 ,holliston1 ,mass4 ,miss ,adelaide ,daily1 ,fredonia1 ,n4 ,y4 ,miss ,anna ,burgh1 ,new ,york1 ,n4 ,y4 ,miss ,e4 ,h4 ,twichell1 ,saratoga ,springs1 ,n4 ,y4 ,miss ,e4 ,b4 ,willey1 ,andover1 ,mass4 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,k4 ,cole1 ,boxford1 ,mass4 ,,woodville4 ,minister and ,teacher4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,h4 ,h4 ,sengstacke1 ,savannah1 ,ga4 ,assistant4 ,miss ,n4 ,headen1 ,talladega1 ,ala4 ,,miller',s ,,station4 ,minister and ,teacher4 ,rev4 ,john ,r4 ,mc,lean1 ,mc,leansville1 ,n4 ,c4 ,miss ,e4 ,w4 ,douglass1 ,decorah1 ,iowa4 ,,louisville ,,and ,,belmont4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,wilson ,callen1 ,selma1 ,ala4 ,mc,i,n,t,o,s,h1 ,,liberty ,,co4 ,,the ,,grove4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,floyd ,snelson1 ,mc,intosh1 ,ga4 ,teachers4 ,john ,mc,intosh1 ,jr41 ,savannah1 ,ga4 ,mrs4 ,john ,mc,intosh1 ,savannah1 ,ga4 ,,cypress ,,slash4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,j4 ,headen1 ,talladega1 ,ala4 ,,footnote3 ,a ,absent at the ,mendi ,mission1 ,west ,africa4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,alabama4 ,,talladega4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,w4 ,andrews1 ,collinsville1 ,ct4 ,,talladega ,,college4 ,instructors and ,managers4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,s4 ,de,forrest1 ,muscatine1 ,iowa4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,w4 ,andrews1 ,collinsville1 ,ct4 ,prof4 ,geo4 ,n4 ,ellis1 ,olivet1 ,mich4 ,mr4 ,george ,atkins1 ,olivet1 ,mich4 ,miss ,a4 ,e4 ,sawyer1 ,boxford1 ,mass4 ,miss ,fannie ,andrews1 ,milltown1 ,me4 ,miss ,m4 ,e4 ,carey1 ,huntsburg1 ,o4 ,miss ,h4 ,p4 ,fisk1 ,beloit1 ,mich4 ,mrs4 ,h4 ,s4 ,de,forrest1 ,muscatine1 ,iowa4 ,mrs4 ,h4 ,w4 ,andrews1 ,collinsville1 ,ct4 ,miss ,j4 ,c4 ,andrews1 ,milltown1 ,me4 ,,mission ,,churches4 ,,alabama ,,furnace1 ,,kymulga1 ,,the ,,cove1 ,,lawsonville4 ,superintendent4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,w4 ,andrews1 ,collinsville1 ,ct4 ,,shelby ,,iron ,,works4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,d4 ,smith1 ,talladega1 ,ala4 ,,kymulga4 ,teacher4 ,mr4 ,samuel ,b4 ,white1 ,kymulga1 ,ala4 ,,anniston4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,peter ,j4 ,mc,entosh1 ,talladega1 ,ala4 ,,childersburg4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,alfred ,jones1 ,talladega1 ,ala4 ,,mobile4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,o4 ,d4 ,crawford1 ,w4 ,bloomfield1 ,n4 ,y4 ,,emerson ,,institute4 ,supt4 and ,teachers4 ,rev4 ,o4 ,d4 ,crawford1 ,w4 ,bloomfield1 ,n4 ,y4 ,miss ,kate ,randall1 ,lorain1 ,ohio4 ,miss ,ella ,f4 ,grover1 ,kingsville1 ,ohio4 ,miss ,clara ,boynton1 ,andover1 ,mass4 ,miss ,may ,hickok1 ,kingsville1 ,ohio4 ,miss ,h4 ,jennie ,stevenson1 ,bellefontaine1 ,ohio4 ,mrs4 ,o4 ,d4 ,crawford1 ,w4 ,bloomfield1 ,n4 ,y4 ,,montgomery1 7,p4 ,o4 ,box #fb74 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,o4 ,w4 ,fay1 ,geneseo1 ,ill4 ,,swayne ,,school4 ,principal4 ,miss ,martha ,j4 ,adams1 ,columbus1 ,wis4 ,assistants4 ,miss ,jane ,s4 ,hardy1 ,shelburne1 ,mass4 ,miss ,may ,merry1 ,providence1 ,r4 ,i4 ,miss ,minerva ,shufort1 ,montgomery1 ,ala4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,hardaway ,davis1 ,montgomery1 ,ala4 ,miss ,anna ,duncan1 ,montgomery1 ,ala4 ,mrs4 ,o4 ,w4 ,fay1 ,geneseo1 ,ill4 ,,selma4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,c4 ,b4 ,curtis1 ,burlington1 ,wis4 ,,marion4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,geo4 ,e4 ,hill1 ,boston1 ,mass4 ,missionaries4 ,mrs4 ,geo4 ,e4 ,hill1 ,boston1 ,mass4 ,miss ,laura ,hill1 ,boston1 ,mass4 ,,athens4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,horace ,j4 ,taylor1 ,mc,minnville1 ,tenn4 ,,trinity ,,school4 ,teachers4 ,miss ,m4 ,f4 ,wells1 ,ann ,arbor1 ,mich4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,j4 ,taylor1 ,mc,minnville1 ,tenn4 ,mrs4 ,h4 ,j4 ,taylor1 ,mc,minnville1 ,tenn4 ,,florence4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,william ,h4 ,ash1 ,providence1 ,r4 ,i4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,tennessee4 ,,nashville4 ,ministers4 ,rev4 ,henry ,s4 ,bennett1 ,nashville1 ,tenn4 ,rev4 ,geo4 ,w4 ,moore1 ,nashville1 ,tenn4 ,,fisk ,,university4 ,instructors and ,managers4 ,rev4 ,e4 ,m4 ,cravath1 ,nashville1 ,tenn4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,k4 ,spence1 ,nashville1 ,tenn4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,s4 ,bennett1 ,nashville1 ,tenn4 ,rev4 ,f4 ,a4 ,chase1 ,nashville1 ,tenn4 ,rev4 ,c4 ,c4 ,painter1 ,gt4 ,barrington1 ,mass4 ,mr4 ,edward ,p4 ,gilbert1 ,nashville1 ,tenn4 ,mr4 ,john ,burrus1 ,nashville1 ,tenn4 ,miss ,helen ,c4 ,morgan1 ,cleveland1 ,ohio4 ,miss ,henrietta ,matson1 ,n4 ,bloomfield1 ,ohio4 ,miss ,e4 ,m4 ,barnes1 ,bakersfield1 ,vt4 ,miss ,mary ,o4 ,swift1 ,lansing1 ,mich4 ,miss ,irene ,e4 ,gilbert1 ,fredonia1 ,n4 ,y4 ,miss ,sarah ,m4 ,wells1 ,big ,rapids1 ,mich4 ,miss ,sarah ,a4 ,stevens1 ,st4 ,johnsbury1 ,vt4 ,miss ,mary ,farrand1 ,ypsilanti1 ,mich4 ,miss ,dora ,ford1 ,n4 ,abington1 ,mass4 ,,memphis4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,s4 ,williams1 ,wetumpka1 ,ala4 ,,le ,,moyne ,,school4 ,principal4 ,prof4 ,a4 ,j4 ,steele1 ,whitewater1 ,wis4 ,assistants4 ,miss ,laura ,a4 ,parmelee1 ,toledo1 ,ohio4 ,miss ,emma ,rand1 ,whitewater1 ,wis4 ,miss ,ella ,hamilton1 ,whitewater1 ,wis4 ,miss ,hattie ,milton1 ,romeo1 ,mich4 ,,chattanooga4 ,minister4 ,a,rev4 ,jos4 ,e4 ,smith1 ,atlanta1 ,ga4 ,,footnote3 ,a ,absent at the ,mendi ,mission4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,kentucky4 ,,berea4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,john ,g4 ,fee1 ,berea1 ,ky4 ,,berea ,,college4 ,instructors and ,managers4 ,rev4 ,e4 ,h4 ,fairchild1 ,d4,d41 ,berea1 ,ky4 ,rev4 ,john ,g4 ,fee1 ,berea1 ,ky4 ,prof4 ,l4 ,v4 ,dodge1 ,berea1 ,ky4 ,rev4 ,charles ,g4 ,fairchild1 ,berea1 ,ky4 ,prof4 ,p4 ,d4 ,dodge1 ,berea1 ,ky4 ,mr4 ,wm4 ,hart1 ,berea1 ,ky4 ,rev4 ,b4 ,s4 ,hunting1 ,sublette1 ,ill4 ,miss ,l4 ,a4 ,darling1 ,akron1 ,ohio4 ,miss ,kate ,gilbert1 ,w4 ,brookfield1 ,mass4 ,miss ,jennie ,lester1 ,berea1 ,ky4 ,miss ---- ,warren1 ,berea1 ,ky4 ,miss ---- ,clark1 ,berea1 ,ky4 ,miss ,clara ,a4 ,saxton1 ,oberlin1 ,ohio4 ,miss ,c4 ,w4 ,haynes1 ,oberlin1 ,ohio4 ,,camp ,,nelson4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,john ,drew1 ,berea1 ,ky4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,mississippi4 ,,tougaloo4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,s4 ,pope1 ,strongsville1 ,ohio4 ,,tougaloo ,,university4 ,managers and ,instructors4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,s4 ,pope1 ,strongsville1 ,ohio4 ,prof4 ,d4 ,i4 ,miner1 ,bavaria1 ,kansas4 ,miss ,kate ,k4 ,koons1 ,sulphur ,springs1 ,o4 ,miss ,orra ,a4 ,angell4 ,greenville1 ,r4 ,i4 ,miss ,fanny ,j4 ,webster1 ,berlin1 ,wis4 ,miss ,irene ,c4 ,barnes1 ,greenville1 ,r4 ,i4 ,mrs4 ,g4 ,s4 ,pope1 ,strongsville1 ,ohio4 ,mrs4 ,d4 ,i4 ,miner1 ,bavaria1 ,kansas4 ,miss ,s4 ,l4 ,emerson1 ,hallowell1 ,me4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,louisiana4 ,,new ,,orleans4 ,ministers4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,s4 ,alexander1 ,pomfret1 ,conn4 ,rev4 ,isaac ,hall1 ,new ,orleans1 ,la4 ,rev4 ,henry ,ruffin1 ,new ,orleans1 ,la4 ,,straight ,,university4 ,instructors and ,managers4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,s4 ,alexander1 ,pomfret1 ,conn4 ,prof4 ,j4 ,m4 ,mc,pherron1 ,new ,orleans1 ,la4 ,mr4 ,geo4 ,s4 ,ely1 ,fredonia1 ,n4 ,y4 ,miss ,caroline ,park1 ,west ,boxford1 ,mass4 ,miss ,h4 ,j4 ,halleck1 ,success1 ,l4 ,i4 ,miss ,lucia ,g4 ,merrill1 ,andover1 ,mass4 ,miss ,frances ,stevens1 ,oswego1 ,n4 ,y4 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,m4 ,mc,pherron1 ,new ,orleans1 ,la4 ,,abberville4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,charles ,e4 ,smith1 ,new ,orleans1 ,la4 ,,new ,,iberia4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,william ,butler1 ,new ,iberia1 ,la4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,texas4 ,,goliad4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,b4 ,c4 ,church1 ,goliad1 ,texas4 ,,corpus ,,christi4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,s4 ,m4 ,coles1 ,new ,haven1 ,conn4 ,,helena4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,mitchell ,thompson1 ,goliad1 ,texas4 ,,flatonia4 ,minister4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,j4 ,turner1 ,flatonia1 ,texas4 ,,austin4 ,teacher4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,m4 ,garland1 ,austin1 ,texas4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,among ,,the ,,chinese4 ,superintendent4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,c4 ,pond1 ,san ,francisco1 ,cal4 ,teachers4 ,,oakland1 ,miss ,l4 ,b4 ,mann4 ,miss ,l4 ,duncan4 ,mr4 ,lee ,haim4 ,mr4 ,jee ,gam4 ,,oroville1 ,miss ,jessamine ,wood4 ,,petaluma1 ,miss ,m4 ,c4 ,waterbury4 ,mr4 ,wah ,yin4 ,,sacramento1 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,e4 ,carrington4 ,mr4 ,lem ,chung4 ,,san ,,francisco1 ,mr4 ,henry ,m4 ,pond4 ,mr4 ,john ,johnston4 ,mr4 ,chung ,mon4 ,mr4 ,s4 ,hackley4 ,mr4 ,low ,quong4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,a4 ,hackley4 ,miss ,f4 ,n4 ,worley4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,t4 ,huntling4 ,,santa ,,barbara1 ,miss ,helen ,e4 ,clark4 ,,stockton1 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,b4 ,langdon4 ,mr4 ,hong ,sing4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,among ,,the ,,indians4 ,lake ,superior ,agency1 ,wis4 ,agent1 ,dr4 ,isaac ,l4 ,mahan4 ,teacher1 ---- ---- ,teacher1 ,robert ,pew4 ,ft4 ,berthold ,agency1 ,dakota ,territory4 ,agent1 ---- ---- ,sisseton ,agency1 ,dakota ,territory4 ,agent1 ,charles ,crissey4 ,teachers1 7,connected with the ,mission of the ,a4,b4,c4,f4,m47 ,s',kokomish ,agency1 ,washington ,territory4 ,agent1 ,edwin ,eells4 ,missionary1 ,rev4 ,myron ,eells4 ,teachers1 7,supported by ,gov't47 99 99 99 99 99 ,,mendi ,,mission1 ,,west ,,africa4 ,missionaries and ,assistants4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,p4 ,miller4 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,p4 ,miller4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,e4 ,jackson4 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,f4 ,jackson4 ,dr4 ,benjamin ,james4 ,mr4 ,elmore ,l4 ,anthony4 ,mr4 ,a4 ,e4 ,white4 ,mr4 ,nathaniel ,nurse4 ,rev4 ,geo4 ,n4 ,jewett4 ,mr4 ,jos4 ,h4 ,gerber4 ,mr4 ,sam4 ,h4 ,goodman4 ,mr4 ,buel ,tucker4 ,mr4 ,james ,pickett4 ,mrs4 ,lucy ,during4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,freedmen4 ,,rev4 ,,jos4 ,e4 ,,roy1 ,d4 ,d41 ,,field ,,superintendent1 ,,atlanta1 ,,ga4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,georgia4 ,,conference ,,review4 ,this review of the state of religion in the ,congregational churches of ,south ,carolina and of ,georgia1 during this first year of their ,general ,conference1 shows abundant occasion of gratitude for general prosperity and spiritual blessing4 ,the fact that all of our fourteen churches except one1 have been represented in this ,conference by their ministers and delegates1 reveals an interest in its meetings1 and in the doctrine of the fellowship of the churches1 that is truly delightful4 ,in this connection we cannot refrain from noting the grace of ,god conferred upon the churches in their custom of providing the necessary traveling expenses of their delegates4 ,we hope that such messengers of the churches will reciprocate this consideration1 and magnify their office1 by making a full report of this and all such convocations to their respective assemblies for worship4 ,we gratefully recognize the increase of our total membership by #ced1 making the present number #idi4 ,one new church has been organized1 that of ,cypress ,slash1 which reports to us a membership of #ed2 a temporary cabin1 built as a place for church and school1 with the purpose soon to erect a more comely and permanent sanctuary2 and also a new young minister who1 with his wife1 is already reaping missionary fruit4 ,we note with gratification that every one of our churches is supplied with the ministry of the word1 except that at ,marietta1 whose pastor1 ,rev4 ,s4 ,p4 ,smith1 has been transferred to ,washington ,city for the purpose of building up the #b;d ,congregational ,church at the capital4 ,so1 with the same exception1 every one of our churches has its own house of worship4 ,some of these are commodious and tasteful2 others are very plain2 but all are places of sanctuary comfort1 and the worshippers are striving each year to increase their comeliness and convenience4 ,during the year1 three of these congregations have added to their meeting-houses the attraction of the church-going bell4 ,among a people1 few of whom have clocks or watches1 the church bell is their time-keeper1 and the promoter of that promptness which adds a charm to the services of public worship4 ,the doctrine of church discipline as a means of grace has been illustrated by a heroic use of the pruning knife upon these vines1 that they may bring forth more fruit4 ,the seeking of a clean membership is essential to the healthfulness and well-being of the churches4 ,the cause of temperance has been kept near the heart of our members4 ,one church1 the ,pilgrim1 at ,woodville1 has a large and influential ,band of ,hope4 ,all preach temperance and require its practice among their members4 ,we are deeply convinced that the habit of intemperance is the devil's best grip upon the poor and lowly people among whom we have our lot and our work1 and that total abstinence is the only consistent rule for ,christians4 ,in a community where pastors and officers and members of ,protestant churches indulge in the practice of drinking liquors1 we feel called upon to bear an unremitting and uncompromising testimony against this violation of the spirit and the precept of the ,gospel4 ,we are confirmed in the wisdom of the union of the school-work and the church-work in our evangelizing process4 ,the school prepares the way for the church4 ,it brings along the young and hopeful material for the church membership4 ,the church garners up such fruit4 ,it reacts upon the school and the community by its educating and elevating influence4 ,in our ideal1 both unite in the one purpose of saving and edifying the souls of men4 ,we desire to express our sincere gratefulness in view of the devoted and self-denying labor of the teachers in the schools associated with our churches4 ,the higher schools and colleges within our bounds have gone along upon the plane of their former success4 ,the ,avery ,institute1 at ,charleston1 has passed through a change of administration without any diminution of its members or lowering of its high grade of scholarship4 ,the ,normal ,school at ,greenwood1 ,s4 ,c41 has held on in its beneficent way1 enjoying the fine building and campus of an old time ,baptist ,college4 ,the ,beach ,institute in this city1 with its cultivated and consecrated corps of seven teachers1 with its fine body of pupils1 with its thorough discipline and its decided moral and religious tone1 is a power for good in this community and in this part of the ,state4 ,the ,dorchester ,academy at ,midway1 the ,lewis ,high ,school at ,macon1 and the ,storrs ,school at ,atlanta1 have kept steadily upon the line of their extensive and beneficent influence4 ,the ,atlanta ,university maintains its high position as to classical and normal scholarship1 and as to moral and religious tone1 approved by the authorities of the ,commonwealth and also by the favor of ,heaven1 in the enrolling during the year of a couple of score of its students among the disciples of the ,great ,master4 ,its independent ,union ,church1 with #fg members1 although not belonging to our body1 is to us a sister in ,christ1 for whom our prayers and sympathies shall ever abound4 ,its ,faculty consists of three graduates of ,yale and one each of ,harvard1 ,dartmouth and ,amherst ,colleges1 and of half a dozen cultivated ladies4 ,to these it has just added ,prof4 ,a4 ,w4 ,farnham1 who is introducing the most approved normal methods1 not only for the benefit of the normal scholars but of all in the ,university4 ,more than a dozen of its graduates are now teaching high schools in leading cities of the ,state of ,georgia1 and so starting from these centres1 radiating influences that shall bless many more communities4 ,we give thanks to ,god for the bequest of #ej1jjj1 by which the ,university will now be able to add still more to its spacious accommodations4 ,we greatly rejoice in the new feature of the work within our limits1 that of lady missionaries4 ,we have four of them4 ,one of these has been located at ,charleston1 one at ,miller's ,station1 one at ,macon1 and one in ,atlanta4 ,woman's work for women and children in these communities1 we consider a ,christly service of the utmost value4 ,woman can enter the homes as the pastor cannot2 and yet she will make work for him in following up her discoveries4 ,her ready sympathy and happy tact will help her in stimulating to greater domestic comfort1 and will aid her in doing good through many ways that are peculiarly her own4 ,we are comforted by the educated young men who are coming forward to minister in our churches4 ,besides those who have been raised up in the 8,beach0 to minister to the churches that cluster about it1 we are happy in the coming of four graduates of the ,theological department of ,talladega ,college in ,alabama1 three of whom are this week receiving ordination at the hands of our own church councils1 and the other is the moderator of one of these ,convocations4 ,we are happy to express grateful obligation to that ,christian institution in another ,state for this gift of her cultured sons1 who are to us also a part of the ascension gift of our blessed ,lord4 ,we are devoutly grateful to ,god for the spiritual refreshings that have been enjoyed this year in our churches and schools4 ,some have had special seasons of revival4 ,others have had the dew in the fleece4 ,many souls have been brought into fellowship with ,christ1 and ,christians have1 we trust1 been advanced somewhat in the process of purification4 ,we cannot conclude this annual narrative without recording our gratitude to the ,american ,missionary ,association1 which1 under ,god1 has been the occasion within a short period of all this school and church development as now represented by the ,conference of ,georgia4 ,we remind ourselves1 also1 that this is only one of seven of these ,conferences which have been the outgrowth of the same general ,christianizing process at the ,south4 ,we magnify the grace of ,god bestowed upon the churches and friends who have furnished that ,association with the funds1 the prayers and the sympathies1 that were essential to this great work4 8,this is the ,lord's doing2 it is marvelous in our eyes40 ,j4 ,e4 ,,roy4 ,,john ,,mcintosh4 ,p4 ,w4 ,,young4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,educational ,,report4 ,at the ,georgia ,conference the ,committee on ,education make the following report3 ,that 8,education is the handmaid of ,religion0 has become an accepted maxim4 ,to be remembered everywhere1 it is of especial importance in this field4 ,religion has here been corrupted by ignorance1 and has often degenerated into superstition4 ,a devout and imaginative spirit has been betrayed into serious errors and gross excesses in the name of truth and godliness4 ,more knowledge1 more culture of mind1 is necessary in many cases to prepare the way for the perception of the truth4 ,the one great object of the ,church of ,christ in its labor among men is to save the souls of men by holding forth the word of ,life2 but to attain this1 the ,church must help to teach them what that word is1 and how to read and study it for themselves4 ,the ,gospel seeks to prepare men1 not only for the next life1 but for this life also4 ,it is fitted to bless the whole man1 physical and mental1 as well as spiritual4 ,education and ,gospel piety must go together4 ,the ,committee would1 therefore1 recommend the adoption of the following resolutions3 #a4 ,resolved1 ,that this ,conference desires to emphasize the fact that the past year's experience gives new occasion for gratitude that from the beginning of the ,american ,missionary ,association's work in this field1 the school and the church have been closely united4 #b4 ,resolved1 ,that it is the deliberate judgment of this ,conference that this field still requires the enlargement and vigorous prosecution of the school work1 as a necessary aid to the upbuilding of our churches4 #c4 ,resolved1 ,that the churches must not cease to pray fervently for those who are teaching in our elementary and higher schools1 and for their pupils1 that the instruction given and the mental culture gained may bear the stamp of ,christian consecration4 #d4 ,resolved1 ,that we desire to express our warm sympathy with our young people1 who1 in the face of many obstacles1 are bravely pressing forward in their studies1 to fit themselves for teachers or preachers1 and would urge them to get as thorough and complete an education as possible4 ,respectfully submitted1 ,c4 ,w4 ,,hawley1 ,t4 ,t4 ,,benson1 ,,wilson ,,callen1 ,committee4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,atlanta ,,miscellanies4 ,,by ,a ,,resident4 --,a ,christmas concert was observed by the ,sunday-school of the ,first ,congregational ,church of ,atlanta1 ,georgia4 ,it followed ,dr4 ,vincent's programme1 which1 with variations1 was rendered with great success4 ,the singing was excellent4 ,the recitations and the responsive readings of ,scripture were impressive4 ,the recitations on the platform1 of prose or poetry1 a score or more1 did not have a failure or a prompting4 ,every piece during the whole evening was about ,christmas4 ,the good reading and elocution were apparent as the result of the good training in the ,storrs ,school1 whose teachers are also instructors in the ,sunday-school4 ,pastor ,c4 ,w4 ,hawley seemed in his element as the leader of this service4 ,sup't ,roy made a talk at the close4 ,the school numbers two hundred and twenty-five4 ,it would greatly gladden the hearts of the friends of our work if they could only look in upon this and the many other such schools in the ,south4 ,atlanta has a monthly ,sunday-school ,teachers' ,institute4 ,pastor ,hawley attends it4 ,atlanta's ,county1 ,fulton1 has also a ,sunday-school ,association1 which convenes in the city quarterly4 ,at the last meeting1 as interest was warming up in favor of taking some more practical measures toward helping the colored ,sunday-schools1 it was found that the constitution limited the membership to such schools as were 8all white40 ,whereupon a resolution of interest and of encouragement was adopted4 ,at the last meeting of the ,state ,s4 ,s4 ,association1 held in ,macon1 a colored school in ,savannah applied for membership4 ,the matter was quieted for the time1 but it is said that it will come up again4 ,upon the recommendation of ,gov4 ,colquitt it is proposed to adopt the ,brooklyn idea of a ,children's ,day once a year2 this not only for the ,city but for the ,state4 ,in ,atlanta there are fourteen colored ,sunday-schools4 --,at an entertainment at the ,atlanta ,university1 during the holidays1 the ,field ,superintendent gave one of his addresses upon the map of the ,united ,states4 --,at the watch-night service in the ,trinity ,m4 ,e4 ,south ,church1 of ,atlanta1 one of the speakers1 ,rev4 ,dr4 ,potter1 a ,presiding ,elder1 dwelling upon the openings of benevolence during the last year1 expatiated at length upon the million of dollars given by one estate to the ,american ,board4 ,surely the children of light are beginning to do business upon something of the grand scale on which the children of this world project their schemes4 ,it was stated at that meeting that during the year1 under ,pastor ,heidt1 the ,trinity ,church had received two hundred members1 half of them upon confession of faith1 and had paid off a debt of twenty thousand dollars4 ,it seems that the ,m4 ,e4 ,general ,conference1 ,south1 has abolished the feature of a six months' probation4 ,only those are received who give evidence of conversion4 ,the form in receiving a member that night was quite ,congregational4 ,this church has also advanced upon the policy of its sister at the ,north1 in allowing a four years' pastorate1 instead of three4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,florida4 ,letter from ,rev4 ,geo4 ,henry4 ,,dear ,,sir3 ,i opened last ,monday a day-school in addition to our ,sunday-school4 ,the necessity of this step will be apparent when ,i tell you that there are fifty children in this place who wish to attend school1 but have been unable heretofore to do so1 as the distance to the nearest colored school is from four to seven miles from their homes4 ,only a few of the larger ones have been able to attend4 ,in my school ,i have dull and bright1 lazy and industrious children1 as you have in all other schools1 but taking them altogether1 they study as well and learn as quickly as any set of pupils ,i have ever seen4 ,i have one little girl who did not know the alphabet last ,monday1 but by the end of the week was able to read little stories from a ,reader rapidly and accurately4 ,i have never anywhere seen such progress made by a young child4 ,in view of the capability of the children to learn1 there can scarcely be reason to doubt that the deplorable mental condition of the adult ,freedmen is due to that institution which has been such a curse both to the slave and his owner4 ,the public schools are open from three to four months each year2 but so far they have been of very little use to the colored children1 as they have been1 as a rule1 taught by incompetent persons4 ,most of the colored schools have colored teachers1 and very few of them are either morally or intellectually qualified for the position4 ,for example1 the man who taught the school nearest to this place last winter used to bring his bottle with him to school4 ,a woman of bad character and only rudimentary education has the same school this winter2 yet this is one of the largest schools in the county4 ,in a conversation which ,i had with ,judge ,b----1 a member of the ,board of ,public ,instruction1 he said that 8the school money which had been spent for colored schools had been thrown away1 for the children had not learned anything40 ,this is very nearly a correct statement of the case1 for a bright child ten years of age would learn more in two months than boys #ai or #bj years old know who have attended these schools for years4 ,understand me1 ,i think this is the fault of the teachers and not of the pupils4 ,i believe that in my week-day school ,i shall be able to do as much for the improvement of the condition of the ,freedmen as in any other way1 and ,i am sure if you were here to look over the field you would agree with me4 ,our work in the ,sunday-school is also very encouraging2 not that the scholars are uniting with the church--for nearly all the older ones are members of churches now--but they are learning from the word of ,god those truths which are calculated to prepare them for useful lives in the earth and eternal happiness in the world to come4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,louisiana4 ,the ,schools and the ,churches4 ,,by ,,rev4 ,w4 ,s4 ,,alexander4 ,the work of education and evangelization among the ,freedmen in this ,state was never more hopeful4 ,by the provisions of the new constitution which was adopted at the recent election1 the rate of taxation has been greatly reduced1 and as a direct consequence1 the appropriation for school purposes will be correspondingly cut down4 ,the free colored schools will be the first to be struck by this wave of retrenchment4 ,many schools1 especially in the country parishes1 will be closed1 or1 at the best1 be maintained for a very brief period in the year4 ,new ,orleans will feel this matter as keenly as the country1 for the amount of taxation is strictly regulated by the new constitution4 ,only special gifts can possibly keep the schools up to the present standard4 ,one of the most prominent educators in the city said to me1 8,i would not raise unnecessarily the cry of alarm1 but a crisis is surely near at hand with our public schools40 ,the colored ,normal ,school will certainly be discontinued4 ,the ,peabody fund will probably not be available for ,louisiana another year4 ,all these events1 so unpropitious to the free school system of ,louisiana1 and so deeply to be deplored1 render our work all the more necessary1 and our prospect of enlarged usefulness the brighter4 ,when we see the grand opportunity opening before our beloved ,university--an opportunity which has not the remotest resemblance to the fictitious and dreamy--we try to forget the plaintive words1 8,hope deferred maketh the heart sick10 and rally our courage by the more inspiring prophecy1 8,the morning light is breaking40 ,when the glorious work of enlargement begins1 will it not be in order to start at the ,gulf of ,mexico and gradually work up8 ,we rather approve of that plan and are quite ready for it4 ,,church ,,work ,,in ,,louisiana4 8,we hold our own1 and something more10 is the word that comes up from the churches of our ,association4 ,our annual meeting will be held at ,terrebonne1 the first ,wednesday in ,april1 and the brethren are eagerly anticipating it4 ,congregationalism is a plant of slow growth among the colored people1 not from want of adaptation1 but from lack of money to push it into fields now unoccupied or uncultivated4 ,money is needed to give new enterprises substantial encouragement in their difficult 8beginnings0--to tide the pastors past the starvation point--to give them 8foothold0 till strength comes to them in the natural growth of a good enterprise4 ,the church at ,new ,iberia1 which welcomed our last annual conference1 and which is memorable as the scene of a most precious revival1 and suffered seriously in the loss1 by a furious wind storm in ,september1 of their tasteful and commodious chapel1 is rallying grandly from the shock4 ,by liberal subscriptions1 by mortgaging their property1 and by personal labor1 they have put up and covered the frame of a larger building1 and have stopped before finishing1 simply because they could do no more4 ,two hundred dollars will put the new chapel in order for dedication4 ,shall they appeal in vain8 ,we cannot afford to lose or to cripple this church4 ,it has been a bright light on the prairie1 and though the tempest levelled the building1 it cannot--it must not--extinguish the light4 ,our own1 the ,central ,church1 sends greeting to all kind1 sympathizing and praying friends in the ,north4 ,all summer long1 the members of the church have prayed in public and in private for a gracious out-pouring of the ,divine ,spirit4 ,i found the church in an earnest1 praying state4 ,a greater degree of unity and cordial ,christian fellowship prevails than ,i have ever before seen4 ,to-morrow 7,sunday1 ,jan4 #d17 begins the 8,week of ,prayer40 ,if1 in its results1 it shall fulfil the longings and faith of this people1 then will it indeed be the 8,week of ,weeks0 to us in ,central ,church4 ,last night1 at our preparatory service1 seventy-five were present2 five new members were received1 of whom three came on profession of faith4 ,it was a meeting of peculiar tenderness and spiritual power4 ,after a brief lecture by the pastor1 forty-two ,christians spoke tender1 earnest words of love to ,god1 and devotion to ,his service4 ,god grant ,i may have good tidings to send you in my next letter4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,tennessee4 ,labor ,among ,convicts4 ,,prof4 ,h4 ,s4 ,,bennett1 ,,nashville4 ,i have been superintendent of the ,sunday-school in the ,penitentiary of ,tennessee1 located at ,nashville1 for nine years1 and several of the teachers of ,fisk ,university have done so much in connection with that school that the work done there becomes a part of the influence of ,fisk ,university4 ,hence1 a brief description of a powerful work of grace1 which has been in progress during the past three months1 will appropriately find place in the columns of the ,,missionary4 ,during my connection with the prison school1 several seasons of refreshing have been witnessed1 and hundreds of the prisoners have expressed a hope in ,christ4 ,on returning from the ,north and resuming my duties as superintendent in the prison1 in ,september1 ,i noticed an unusual interest in the study of the ,bible lesson4 ,the remarks which were made at the close of the lesson were listened to with breathless interest4 ,the interest was so marked that it was determined to give an opportunity to those who might desire to present themselves for prayers4 ,this was done1 and upwards of one hundred prisoners presented themselves4 ,after a brief prayer-meeting1 the prisoners were dismissed4 ,on the next ,sabbath1 five or six made a profession of their faith in ,christ1 having been converted through the week4 ,the work thus begun went on for two months1 only one meeting for inquiry being held each week1 and that at the close of the ,sabbath-school4 ,another meeting was held on ,sabbath morning1 at which regular services were conducted by the chaplain4 ,each ,sabbath1 from three to six reported that they had found the ,saviour4 ,a deep religious interest pervaded the entire prison4 ,wherever little groups of prisoners were to be found1 their conversation was upon the subject of religion4 ,all the teachers felt that the ,lord was present in power4 ,at the end of two months thirty-five had found the ,saviour1 and ten or twelve backsliders had been reclaimed4 ,on the last ,sabbath of ,november an unusual scene was witnessed within the prison walls4 ,thirty-four prisoners were received into the prison church4 ,as the long row of prisoners1 arrayed in the stripes of the criminal1 stood up to take upon them the covenant vows of the church1 it was perceived that the work had been very great4 ,of the candidates1 eight or ten were baptized by sprinkling1 the rest by immersion4 ,ten or twelve remain to be taken into the church4 ,the influence of the work among the prisoners is seen to be very salutary4 ,the church service and the ,sabbath-school are the two bright spots in the lives of the prisoners4 ,from twenty to twenty-eight teachers1 of both sexes and colors1 ,northern and ,southern1 engage in the work4 ,three hundred pupils1 prisoners1 attend with remarkable regularity1 as the attendance is optional4 ,the influence of the religious work is to inspire the prisoners with hope1 and with a purpose to retrieve whatever they have lost by their folly and crime in the past4 ,scores of them go out and live useful and honorable lives4 ,of this we have abundant proof4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,woman',s ,,work ,,among ,,women4 ,answers to ,prayer--8,scrubbing up with the ,bible40 ,,miss ,,hattie ,a4 ,,milton1 ,,memphis1 ,,tenn4 ,my heart is overflowing with thanks-giving1 not so much for the great results that ,i have already seen--for the greatest results in this work are discerned only by the eye of faith--but that ,i am permitted to be the instrument1 even in a humble way1 of answering your prayers1 and not only yours1 but those of the poor suffering people here4 ,so many times when administering to their wants1 not only when giving them loaves and fishes1 but when pointing them to a higher spiritual and moral life1 they have remarked1 8,miss1 ,i know the ,lord sent you in answer to prayer40 ,sometimes ,i hesitate about going to places1 and think ,i will do some other duty that day2 but when the thought comes to me that it may be an opportunity to answer somebody's prayer1 ,i feel that ,i must go4 ,again1 many times have my friends in the ,north answered my prayers4 ,i will mention one instance which struck me as being remarkable4 ,a very poor woman came to me asking for clothing for the little helpless children of her dying sister4 ,i had just given out the last garment2 but while talking with her ,i put up a prayer that something would come soon1 and told her that ,i thought ,i should have something for her in a few days4 ,just then the door-bell rang1 and ,i went to the door and found there a box1 which ,i opened at once1 and in it beheld the answer to my prayer6 ,it was full of very nice and mostly new clothing for children4 ,it was a literal fulfilment of the promise1 8and it shall come to pass1 that before they call ,i will answer2 and while they are yet speaking ,i will hear40 ,and it is a comforting thought1 that wherever ,god places us1 ,he gives us the opportunity to answer other people's prayers4 ,the interest in this work is constantly increasing as we know more about it4 ,the outlook for the year on which we have already entered is very encouraging4 ,a few days since1 while visiting a very hard neighborhood1 one mother who is a church member said1 8,you must come around often2 we knew ye first1 and ye ought to visit us most2 we needs ye too4 ,i allers lays close down to what ye say1 like the knife to the grindstone1 #8cause ,i wants ye to sharpen me1 so ,i will get to living better4 ,i's mighty keerless1 tho' sometimes ,i does try in a stamerin' manner to talk to my trifling neighbors4 ,now do come around often and scrub us up with the ,bible40 ,another woman1 who has a good home1 said1 8,we are so glad to have you back1 so we can have our prayer meetings again2 for we like those quiet meetings1 without any fuss2 and we like a leader in whom we have confidence1 to instruct us40 ,one of the pupils in our school urged me to start a ,sunday-school in the ,methodist church1 of which she is a member4 ,i went three or four times1 accompanied by one of our teachers4 ,the colored pastor gave us a hearty welcome2 said he was proud that we had come to help1 and that he was no respecter of persons4 ,the number increased each week4 ,last ,sunday it was very unpleasant4 ,the tenacity of the red ,memphis mud was marvelous2 but when ,i arrived1 a little late1 at the church1 having been detained to attend the burial of a baby1 ,i found a goodly number1 and the pastor was reviewing the last week's lesson4 ,we immediately proceeded with the lesson for the day1 after which ,i told them ,i thought we had better organize a ,sunday-school1 as ,i only wished to be a teacher1 and would rather some of their own number would be the officers4 ,to this they gladly assented1 and we organized4 ,we have three classes4 ,i furnish them with ,sunday-school papers1 as they have never had any4 ,twice1 as the hour for service approached1 the minister has given up preaching1 saying they learned much more studying the ,bible4 ,as we were leaving the church a brother said1 8,i believe you is going to be jest the building up of this church40 ,another said1 8,that is the kind of folks we colored ones needs2 some one who is always at the post of duty1 and is not afeard of mud and rain40 ,we have substantial evidence that our ,northern friends have not forgotten the suffering ones here1 in the shape of two barrels of very useful clothing1 from ,whitewater1 ,wis41 and ,i have word that boxes from three other places are on the road4 ,may those who give be as much blessed as those who receive1 and we will strive to do all in our power to answer their prayers4 8,so we1 being many1 are one body in ,christ1 and every one members one of another40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,student ,,teachers ,,from ,,le ,,moyne4 ,,miss ,l4 ,a4 ,,parmelee1 ,,memphis4 ,we have never kept any record of the teaching and ,sunday-school work done by our pupils1 but1 within a few days1 ,i have gratified my curiosity by taking notes from the lips of a few student-teachers4 ,here they are4 ,sixteen of our young people have during the summer taught one thousand and thirty-five 7#a1jce7 day pupils1 and very nearly as many ,s4 ,s4 scholars4 ,this does not include the teachers now at work1 some of whom return to us next week1 or in early spring4 ,probably this is only a fifth of the record1 counting all former pupils4 ,some of the experiences are very droll1 as of the young woman who saw new phases of life in ,arkansas3 8,would you believe it1 that the white people didn't know as much as ,i do80 ,white and black always called her 8the white lady10 and urged her return next season4 ,another young woman was assistant in a school of #hj children4 ,the log school-house had no windows except board shutters2 the seats were boards fastened upon blocks of wood2 the blackboard was of her own manufacture4 ,the building was so small that in pleasant weather she heard her recitations in a bush-arbor built against the side of the house4 ,some of the teachers had better accommodations4 ,one young man had an excellent building in a community of thriving farmers4 ,he has taught there for five seasons4 ,just now he is getting up a club for the ,new ,york ,tribune and reports ten subscribers4 ,another young man1 a member of the senior class1 could scarcely leave his people4 ,a powerful revival in connection with the school had brought many aged people as well as children to confess ,christ1 and the converts were loth to part with their teacher and friend4 ,the person who went after him does not weary of telling about the tears shed and pathetic expressions of regret4 ,after two years of constant teaching1 another writes1 8,there are so many things in life ,i can't manage1 ,i want to go to school again40 ,the most cheering sign of the year is this growing desire for more thorough preparation for the work of life4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,indians4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,boys ,,for ,,hampton ,,from ,,fort ,,berthold4 ,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,hall1 ,fort ,berthold1 ,d4 ,t4 ,in the temporary vacancy of this ,indian ,agency1 we gratefully acknowledge the courtesy of ,mr4 ,hall1 who is in the service of the ,a4 ,b4 ,c4 ,f4 ,m41 in writing us the interesting letter which we print herewith3 ,i have had my privilege and my duty to co-operate with your society as represented by ,hampton ,institute1 ,virginia1 and with the ,u4 ,s4 ,government1 in inducing a number of ,indian youth to go ,east for education4 ,we thank ,god that the ,government1 among other good movements it has undertaken1 has taken this 8new departure0 in the matter of ,indian education4 ,the ,a4 ,b4 ,c4 ,f4 ,m4 has for many years been educating ,indians with success1 and the present civilized condition of the ,cherokees1 ,choctaws1 and many of the ,sioux1 ,nez ,perces and other tribes1 is owing to their efforts1 and for some years past the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 has also undertaken like work with like success4 ,indian education is no new departure with us2 but on the part of the ,government it is1 and it has given us great pleasure to help on the plans of the ,secretary of the ,interior and of ,commissioner ,hayt in this matter4 ,the beginning of their 8experiment0 was here at ,berthold4 ,captain ,pratt1 who was detailed by the ,government to get fifty ,indians from the mission1 came to start his company at this agency1 and ,i shall always feel that it was an honor to have been able to help him get a start4 ,we did not know how the people would feel about sending their children to a distant and unknown country4 ,they were superstitious about school and church influences4 ,would they trust the white man8 ,would they be sufficiently influenced by the desire for an education4 ,well1 ,captain ,pratt had both experience and faith2 he told us of his talks and prayer meetings with the prisoners in ,florida1 and of their desire for education1 and of the willingness of ,eastern ,christian friends to help them2 then we knelt down in the sitting-room of our mission home1 that ,sabbath evening1 and committed our way unto the ,lord4 ,all was in doubt2 some had refused to go2 the chiefs would not send their children2 but soon three youth 7boys of eighteen or twenty years of age7 came of their own accord and offered themselves4 ,they had been attending our school and had learned in a measure to trust us4 ,they said they knew it was a long way to go and a long time to stay1 and it would be hard2 but they were prepared to carry out their resolution to learn to be white men4 ,soon thirteen youth1 nine boys and four girls1 were secured1 all from our school2 it took the nucleus of our school2 but we knew that this movement would create a new interest in education and bring us new scholars1 as well as do more than we could for the old ones who should go away1 so we gave them up willingly4 ,with this beginning1 ,captain ,pratt started down the river in a flat-bottom stern-wheel mission steamboat1 one cold ,october day1 collecting more from the river agencies as he went along till forty-nine were secured4 ,the youth looked very sober as they started off2 there were some very touching partings with friends1 one of whom said1 8,i may not see a hair of him again20 and at the last look at them we saw blankets and coats waving in lieu of handkerchiefs on the upper deck of the boat4 ,my heart was in my mouth as ,i thought of the boys and their ,indian relatives1 and of the better days in store for ,indians1 of which ,uncle ,sam was giving us a foretaste4 ,all this was a year ago2 to-day a hundred more from ,dakota are on their way to ,hampton and to ,carlisle1 and provision is being made for others in the ,west near their own homes4 ,it is a beginning of better days1 and ,i rejoice that our two ,congregational societies can find occasion to co-operate with each other and the ,government in behalf of the ,indian4 ,now let us make a vigorous push1 along with the forces now at work1 to get him the protection of the ,u4 ,s4 ,courts1 so that he may have a better appeal than the only one now open to him1 as ,gen4 ,crook says--his rifle4 ,in spite of the change of agents four times in less than four years1 and in spite of all endeavors to break down ,christian influences here1 these ,indians have steadily progressed4 ,they are cultivating more land and doing it more thoroughly1 showing more interest in schools1 and a stronger desire to adopt civilized habits1 one young man going so far as to come to me with the request1 8,father1 they say you are skilful2 can you not make my shoes squeak for me8 ,they don't squeak like white people's shoes40 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 ,f4 ,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 ,palanche1 ,esq4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,romance ,,of ,,missions4 ,,by ,,rev4 ,w4 ,c4 ,,pond1 ,,san ,,francisco4 ,it is said that in connection with a somewhat enthusiastic collection for the ,american ,board1 taken ten years or more ago1 at the ,first ,congregational ,church in this city1 one card was sent up having this inscription3 8,five dollars for ,home missions1 but #8nary red' for ,foreign40 ,the ,christian spirit of the expression and its rhetorical elegance are about equal4 ,yet it well represents one class of ,christian workers and givers who believe intensely that charity begins at home1 who like to see what they are doing1 and to watch its on-goings and to judge of its results for themselves4 ,foreign missions seem to them chimerical2 the interest in such work romantic2 and they don't believe in romance and chimeras4 ,we have sometimes met another class whose interest flags when they are brought in contact with the hard facts of any ,christian work4 ,for them1 8',tis distance lends enchantment to the view40 ,to see and handle any ,christian enterprise involves them inevitably in disappointment4 ,they read the glowing pages of the ,herald1 and often feel their hearts burn within them2 but if brought into actual1 daily contact with the toils1 the drudgeries of service1 the days of small things1 the months and years of discouragement through which1 with faith that would not falter1 ,god led his servants on to that which now makes those pages glow1 they would soon become disheartened1 possibly fault-finding1 as though funds and men were being wasted on a work that makes so little show4 ,we respectfully suggest to all such friends of our ,chinese work that they remain in the ,east1 and do not at present visit ,california2 for ,christ1 as found in the souls for whom we labor1 has no halo round his head--indeed1 ,he had none when ,he wrought in that carpenter's shop at ,nazareth2 when ,he walked1 with dust-worn raiment and with weary feet1 the ill-wrought trails of ancient ,palestine2 nor even when ,he hung upon the cross4 ,there was no external beauty to make men desire him2 and to many who at this distance are almost filled with envy at the high privileges ,peter1 ,james and ,john enjoyed of seeing his face and hearing his voice1 and walking in his companionship1 ,he might have seemed a 8root out of dry ground1 having no form nor comeliness40 ,at any rate1 ,he abides to-day in souls that are very dark1 that are very little sanctified--saints that by no means answer to the ideal saintliness--,he abides in them2 and while with patient love we bear with them1 and while we hope on and work on1 though faith feels like fainting and hope seems long deferred1 we are assured that we are serving ,,him4 8,inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren1 ye have done it unto me40 ,this is the period of the year when our work has least of what is outward and visible to stir enthusiasm4 ,the weather is often stormy4 ,the nights are often very dark4 ,at some of the factories1 work having broken across the boundary line which fading daylight fixed1 holds on under gas-light till it is too late for our pupils to get to school4 ,at any rate1 many of them drop off2 the average declines1 and our hearts droop a little4 ,it would be so much easier to work1 if we could all the time be expanding1 increasing1 harvesting4 ,then1 often1 the pupils seem specially dull1 and this one or that one in whom we have become deeply interested1 and whom we supposed to have become somewhat enlightened1 discloses a depth of darkness which we do not like to fathom1 and shows that he has understood far less than we supposed4 ,among those whom we believe to be true followers of ,christ1 there crop out littlenesses of envy or jealousy or ill-humor1 that perhaps would call down on them swift condemnation1 did not all this remind us so much of what has stained our own ,christian life4 ,now if our romantic friends should drop in upon us at such times1 they might be sorely disappointed2 might feel that we had drawn on our fancies for some of our facts2 might possibly go away and add their own 8,amen0 to the scornful taunts of ,godless newspapers upon 8converted ,chinamen40 ,and yet just such experiences of difficulty and discouragement belong to ,christian work everywhere4 ,if they do not form a necessary part of the discipline and training of the church1 they certainly are unavoidable in the healing of sin-poisoned souls--in the education1 the leading out of men from darkness into light4 ,i write these things1 not because ,i have any special disappointments to communicate4 ,i have none4 ,and yet the state of the work just now is shadowed in these reflections4 ,i have sometimes fancied--and felt that it was no mere fancy--that ,i could see in the story of our little mission1 a tiny miniature of the history of the ,apostolic ,church4 ,we had our little ,pentecost to start with4 ,we had the glow of a new love1 the effervescence of a new life1 the fresh joy of fraternal fellowship2 prayer meetings carried1 against my protest1 for sheer delight in them1 on into the small hours1 by men who must be up and hard at work by six o'clock in the morning4 ,then after awhile we had our ,ananias--two of them1 since there was no wife to match ,sapphira4 ,and then we had disputes and little jealousies1 like those of the ,grecians against the ,hebrews1 and our scatterings by persecution and by other causes1 in which1 ,i rejoice to say1 our disciples1 like those of old1 went here and there1 preaching the word2 so that with all that there has been at times to start anxiety1 to test faith1 to chasten hope1 the work has kept moving on4 ,souls have been added constantly1 saved souls1 we trust4 ,much prayer has gone up to the throne of grace1 and earnest work has followed it1 and ,christ1 thank ,god1 has proved himself to be stronger than the strong man armed4 ,,the ,,oroville ,,mission4 ,we entered a new name on the list of our schools on the #ast of ,november4 ,it is at ,oroville1 the county seat of ,butte ,co4 ,it is taught by ,miss ,jessamine ,wood1 daughter of the ,congregational pastor in that town4 ,years ago we began a work there1 but under auspices that proved to be very unfavorable4 ,ever since1 we have desired to renew the effort1 but the way has not opened till now4 ,there are few points in the interior of the ,state where so many ,chinese--#a1ejj1 it is said--are congregated4 ,the ,chinese population of the town at one time out-numbered that of all other nationalities4 ,our school1 at its outset1 is very small1 the attendance being only seven1 but we trust it is the thin edge of a wedge which we may yet drive home with good effect4 ,a helper will be set at work there1 temporarily at least1 after the holidays1 by whom not only may the school be enlarged1 but the ,gospel be preached in the streets1 and the war for ,christ be carried into the very ,africa of ,oroville ,chinatown4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,receipts ,,for ,,december1 #ahgi4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,maine1 #bej4ed4 ,alfred4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ae4ej ,bangor4 ,central ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #ce4ji ,brewer4 ,first ,ch4 and ,sab4 ,sch4 #h4gj ,bridgeton4 8,jean40 #e4jj ,ellsworth4 ,mrs4 ,l4 ,t4 ,phelps #aj4jj ,gorham4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bh4bg 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,p4 #j4ej ,castleton4 ,mrs4 ,l4 ,g4 ,s4 #a4jj ,cambridge4 ,mrs4 ,hezekiah ,how #ac4jj ,chester4 ,g4 ,h4 ,c4 #j4ea ,east ,barnard4 ,l4 ,b4 #a4jj ,east ,hardwick4 ,s4 ,w4 ,o4 #a4jj ,essex ,junction4 ,e4 ,t4 ,m4 #a4jj ,granby and ,victory4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #b4jj ,mechanicsville4 ,c4 ,e4 ,b4 #a4jj ,newbury4 ,first ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 for ,indians1 ,hampton ,n4 ,a4 ,inst4 #d4jj ,norwich4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 7#e of which from ,mrs4 ,ashley ,blodgett7 #aj4jj ,pawlett4 ,miss ,d4 ,smith1 7#a of which for ,indian ,m47 #a4ej ,peacham4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bb4ji ,pittsford4 ,dea4 ,tiffany #b4jj ,randolph4 ,mrs4 ,i4 ,n4 #a4jj ,ripton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ba4ej ,rutland4 ,east ,parish1 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #abh4ij ,saint ,albans4 ,young ,men's ,class1 ,cong4 ,ch4 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #be4jj ,springfield4 8,a ,friend0 #bjj2 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,d4 ,parks1 #ajj2 ,mrs4 ,f4 ,parks1 #ajj #djj4jj ,stowe4 ,cong4 ,ch4 to const4 ,s4 ,t4 ,,fuller1 ,l4 ,m4 #df4eb ,townshend4 ,mrs4 ,mary ,burnap1 #e2 ,mrs4 ,anna ,rice1 #e2 ,rev4 ,geo4 ,porter1 ,d4 ,d4 #b2 #d ,individuals1 #a each2 ,others1 #ge cents #af4ge ,west ,charlestown4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ab2 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #h #bj4jj ,williston4 ,c4 ,a4 ,seymour #e4jj ,windham4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #af4be ,woodstock4 ,hon4 ,frederick ,billings #ajj4jj ,worcester4 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,h4 #j4ej ,,massachusetts1 #e1bda4be4 ,andover4 ,mary ,i4 ,abbott1 #e2 ,mrs4 ,f4 ,r4 ,b41 #ej;c42 ,dea4 ,h4 ,c41 #ej;c4 #f4jj ,arlington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ej4jj ,ashburnham4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 to const4 ,,rev4 ,,daniel ,e4 ,,adams1 ,l4 ,m4 #ca4cj ,ashfield4 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 ,bbl4 of ,c41 and #b4ce for freight #b4ce ,auburn4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #de4fb ,auburndale4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aef4jb ,boston4 ,shawmut ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #bai2 ,mount ,vernon ,ch4 and ,soc41 #aee4dg2 ,union ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #ajc4be2 8,two ,friends10 #f #dhc4gb ,boston ,highlands4 ,immanuel ,ch4 and ,soc41 #cc1 and ,sab4 ,sch41 #c4cj2--,miss ,e4 ,e4 ,backup1 ,b4 of 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,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #cj4aj ,franklin4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #i4eb ,framingham4 ,ladies of ,plymouth ,ch41 #b ,bbls4 of ,c4 and #d for ,freight1 by ,mrs4 ,joseph ,mann2--,e4 ,k4 ,s41 #a #e4jj ,freetown4 8,a ,friend10 #h2 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #f4aa #ad4aa ,florence4 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,class1 ,julius ,phelps1 ,teacher #i4cg ,gloucester4 ,m4 ,a4 ,h4 #j4aj ,hanover4 ,c4 ,c4 #a4jj ,harwichport4 ,leonard ,robbins #aj4jj ,haverhill4 ,mrs4 ,mary ,b4 ,jones1 #aj2 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,b4 ,case1 #e #ae4jj ,haydenville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ac4ad ,holbrook4 ---- #ce1 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,nashville1 ,tenn42--,miss ,a4 ,e4 ,holbrook1 #e1 and ,bbl4 of ,c4 #dj4jj ,holden4 ,cong4 ,soc4 #bc2 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,f4 #a #bd4jj ,holliston4 ,a4 ,w4 ,f4 ,m4 #a4bj ,holyoke4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #af4ge ,hopkinton4 ,mrs4 ,p4 ,claflin1 for ,berea ,c4 #be4jj ,ipswich4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #af4de2--,south ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #ae1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ca4de ,jamaica ,plain4 ,central ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #cej4jj 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,u42--,bbl4 of ,c4 #dj4jj ,millbury4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #fc4hc ,mill ,river4 ,miss ,m4 ,r4 ,wilcox #aj4jj ,mitteneague4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #h4gj ,monson4 ,e4 ,f4 ,morris1 #ej2 ,cong4 ,ch4 #cj2 to const4 ,,dea4 ,a4 ,h4 ,,white1 ,l4 ,m4 #hj4jj ,newbury4 ,first ,parish1 ,bbl4 of ,c4 ,newburyport4 ,miss ,s4 ,e4 ,teel #e4jj ,new ,braintree4 ,ladies' ,aid ,soc4 ,bbl4 of ,c4 ,north ,abington4 ---- #aj2--,three ,bbls4 of ,c4 and #dh4ge for ,lady ,missionary1 ,nashville1 ,tenn4 #eh4ge ,northampton4 8,w40 #ajj4jj ,north ,andover4 ,h4 ,t4 ,parks1 ,bbl4 of ,c4 ,northbridge4 ,phebe ,s4 ,marsh #e4jj ,north ,brookfield4 ,members of ,union ,ch4 #cd2 ,union ,ch4 ,mon4 ,con4 ,coll4 #ai4aj #ec4aj ,north ,chelmsford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #be4jj ,north ,hadley4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #d4ic ,oxford4 ,first ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #af4cd ,palmer4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ah4ed ,peabody4 ,t4 ,s4 #a4jj ,phillipston4 ,a4 ,t4 ,ward #e4jj ,pittsfield4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bg4cj ,plymouth4 ,c4 ,w4 ,p4 #j4ej ,randolph4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aaf4jj ,rochester4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #e4jj ,rockland4 ,mr4 ,rice1 #be2 8,other ,friends10 #ab4ce1 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,nashville1 ,tenn4 #cg4ce ,salem4 ,j4 ,h4 ,t4 #fj;c42 ,j4 ,p4 ,a4 #ej;c4 #a4aj ,sheffield4 ,first ,cong4 ,soc4 #aj4ee ,south ,abington4 ,sewing ,circle1 #be2 ,miss ,mary ,whitmarsh1 #bj2 ,miss ,c4 ,whitman1 #e2 ,mrs4 ,p4 ,healy1 #e2 ---- ,bbl4 of ,c4 and #e1 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,nashville1 ,tenn4 #fj4jj ,southbridge4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ce4da ,south ,deerfield4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,b4 ,r4 #j4ej ,south ,hadley ,falls4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ai4ej2 ,m4 ,f4 ,m41 #a #bj4ej ,south ,weymouth4 ,second ,cong4 ,s4 ,s41 ,miss ,grover's ,class1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #e4jj ,springfield4 ,south ,ch41 7,mrs4 ,s4 ,e4 ,c471 #aj2 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,c4 ,h4 #a4aj #aa4aj ,sterling4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bg4dd ,stockbridge4 ,miss ,alice ,byington1 for ,student ,aid1 ,washington ,sch41 ,raleigh1 ,n4 ,c4 #aj4jj ,swampscott4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 to const4 ,,charles ,a4 ,,haskell1 ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,templeton4 ,mrs4 ,l4 ,m4 #a4jj ,tolland4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 ,bbl4 of ,c4 ,topsfield4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #fj4jj ,townsend4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ad4ge ,townsend ,harbor4 ,s4 ,f4 ,w4 #j4ej ,upton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #cc4jj ,wakefield4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #ae4gj ,warren4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #be4fj ,watertown4 ,mrs4 ,w4 ,l41 #fj;c42 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,b4 #ej;c #a4aj ,west ,boxford4 ,ladies1 by ,mrs4 ,h4 ,t4 ,park1 ,b4 of ,c4 and #b for ,freight2 ,mrs4 ,c4 ,e4 ,park1 #c for ,freight #e4jj ,west ,boylston4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #fa4jj ,westford4 ,union ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #b4jj ,westhampton4 ,h4 ,f4 ,c4 #a4jj ,west ,medford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ai4cc ,west ,medway4 ,s4 ,p4 #a4jj ,westminster4 8,a ,friend40 #e4jj ,west ,newbury4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #h4jj ,west ,springfield4 ,park ,st4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #da4jj ,whitinsville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #a1aed4ge ,williamstown4 ,boys' ,miss4 ,soc41 #aj2 ,ladies of ,cong ,ch41 #c ,bbls4 of ,c41 for ,woodbridge1 ,n4 ,c4 #aj4jj ,winchendon4 8,a ,friend10 #a2 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,d4 ,b4 #a #b4jj ,woburn4 ,first ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 7#be of which from 8,a ,friend107 #ajj2--;,first ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #gj1 for ,student ,aid1 ,hampton ,n4 and ,a4 ,inst4 #agj4jj ,worcester4 ,plymouth ,cong4 ,ch4 7#d of which for ,berea ,c47 #cf4ed2--,washburn1 ,moen ,m'f'g ,co41 #f1gjj ft4 galv'd wire fencing1 #aj lbs4 galv'd ,staples1 for ,atlanta ,u4 #cf4ed ---- ---- #ej4jj ,,rhode ,,island1 #bjj4ej4 ,barrington4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #ej2 and ,sab4 ,sch4 #be #ge4jj ,oak ,lawn4 ,rev4 ,marcus ,ames #aj4jj ,pawtucket4 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,g4 #j4ej ,providence4 ,pilgrim ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #he2 ,josiah ,chapin1 #be2 ,w4 ,c4 ,chapin1 #e #aae4jj ,,connecticut1 #a1had4ji4 ,ansonia4 8,a ,little ,girl10 #j4aj ,black ,rock4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ba4jj ,bridgeport4 ,c4 ,g4 ,d4 #j4ej ,brooklyn4 ,m4 ,w4 ,c41 #a2 ,s4 ,h4 ,t41 #a #b4jj ,clinton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,,leander ,,buell1 ,l4 ,m4 #dh4jg ,cornwall4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #e2 ,g4 ,h4 ,c41 #fj;c4 #e4fj ,darien4 ,miss ,b4 ,d4 #j4ej ,deep ,river4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bg4ij ,eastford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aa4bh ,east ,hartford4 ,first ,ch4 #bj4jj ,east ,woodstock4 ,c4 ,d4 #j4ej ,groton4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #f4ed1 and ,sab4 ,sch41 #ab4aj #ah4fd ,guilford4 ,dea4 ,eli ,parmelee #aj4jj ,haddam4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,hamden4 ,h4 ,h4 #j4ej ,hanover4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #i4be ,hartford4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch41 #ic4fa2--,,mrs4 ,,john ,,olmsted1 #ej1 for rebuilding ,academic ,hall1 ,hampton ,inst42 and #aj for ,florence1 ,ala41 and to const4 herself ,l4 ,m42--,mrs4 ,benton1 #e for ,lady ,missionary1 ,nashville1 ,tenn42--,rev4 ,r4 ,r4 ,m41 #a2 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,o41 #ej cts4 #afj4aa ,madison4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4be ,meriden4 ,miss ,p4 #a4jj ,middleton4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,south ,ch4 #be4jj ,millford4 ,plymouth ,ch4 #eb4bc2 ,plymouth ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #cb1 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,,owen ,t4 ,,clark1 ,l4 ,m42 8,p40 #b #hf4bc ,moodus4 ,amasa ,day ,chaffee1 7a little friend7 proceeds of his garden #c4jj ,moose ,meadow4 ,mrs4 ,h4 ,l4 ,e4 #j4ej ,new ,britain4 8,member of ,south ,ch40 #e4jj ,new ,haven4 ,amos ,townsend1 #be2 ,third ,cong4 ,ch41 #bd4ij2 ,mrs4 ,dr4 ,r4 ,crane1 #aj2 ,mrs4 ,julius ,yale1 #e2 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,b4 #gj;c42 ,c4 ,a4 ,s4 #fj;c42 ,w4 ,o4 ,s41 #ej;c42 ,w4 ,a4 ,l41 #ej;c4 #fg4bj ,new ,london4 ,,trust ,,estate ,,of ,,henry ,p4 ,,haven1 for ,fisk ,u4 #bej4jj ,new ,london4 ,mrs4 ,chapel1 #ej1 for ,fisk ,u42--,first ,ch4 of ,christ1 ,quar4 ,coll4 #dh4ig2 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #cg4ah #acf4ae ,new ,milford4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #gg4hd ,newtown4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #e4jj ,norfolk4 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch4 #d ,bbls4 of ,c4 for ,woodbridge1 ,n4 ,c4 ,north ,greenwich4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ai4cg ,north ,stamford4 ,emily ,waterbury #b4ea ,north ,woodbury4 8,m4 ,j4 ,c40 #b4jj ,norwalk4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ce4fc ,norwich4 ,broadway ,cong4 ,ch4 7ad'l71 to const4 ,,miss ,,hannah ,l4 ,,ripley1 ,,miss ,,elizabeth ,p4 ,,ripley1 ,,miss ,,maria ,j4 ,,leavens1 ,,miss ,,emeline ,f4 ,,norton1 ,,miss ,,caroline ,b4 ,,scarlett1 ,,miss ,,jennie ,a4 ,,gordon1 ,,miss ,,alice ,c4 ,,dyer1 ,,miss ,,augusta ,b4 ,,greene1 ,,miss ,,ella ,g4 ,,cilley1 ,,miss ,,julia ,m4 ,,plummer1 ,,miss ,,fannie ,l4 ,,treadway1 ,,miss ,,augusta ,p4 ,,gillett1 ,,miss ,,mary ,l4 ,,huntington1 ,,miss ,,henrietta ,,meeker1 ,,miss ,,ellen ,m4 ,,nunn and ,,miss ,,mary ,j4 ,,palmer1 ,l4 ,m4's #bjj4jj ,norwich4 8,friends10 ,papyrograph1 with entire outfit1 for ,atlanta ,u4 ,portland4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #ac4df ,simsbury4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,d4 ,mc,f4 #j4ej ,south ,britain4 ,e4 ,m4 ,averill #b4jj ,southington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #af4jj ,south ,windsor4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #cj4jj ,stamford4 ,cong4 ,ch41 ,m4 ,c4 ,coll4 #g4hh ,stonington4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #gh4ge ,suffield4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #af4ae ,thomaston4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #gc4bj ,tolland4 ,j4 ,l4 ,clough1 8,family ,thanksgiving ,donation0 #b4jj ,wallingford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #dh1 by ,dea4 ,j4 ,atwater2 ,miss ,t4 ,b4 ,bartholomew1 #b #ej4jj ,warren4 ,first ,ecclesiastical ,ch4 and ,soc4 #dj4jj ,west ,hartford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #e4cf ,west ,winsted4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ic4bj ,willimantic4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #df4cj2--;,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #cj1 for ,student ,aid1 ,straight ,u4 #gf4cj ,winchester4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4hf ,winsted4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #bg4hj ,woodstock4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4jj ,vernon4 ,e4 ,m4 ,seymour1 ,bbl4 of ,c4 ,,new ,,york1 #b1fag4eh4 ,adam's ,basin4 ,l4 ,d4 #a4jj ,albany4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #fj4gj ,alfred ,centre4 ,mrs4 ,ida ,f4 ,kenyon #e4jj ,berkshire4 ,miss ,r4 ,k4 #a4jj ,binghamton4 ,cong4 ,bible ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ej4jj ,brooklyn4 ,clinton ,ave4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #cfh4de2--;,central ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #bja1 by ,geo4 ,h4 ,shirley1 for ,rev4 ,geo4 ,henry1 ,fla42--,miss ,katherine ,holmes1 #b1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ega4de ,bridgewater4 ,zenas ,eldred #e4jj ,brier ,hill4 ,o4 ,j4 #j4ej ,chateaugay4 ,joseph ,shaw #e4jj ,chestertown4 ,r4 ,c4 ,c4 #a4jj ,cincinnatus4 ,coll4 ,union ,thanksgiving ,service1 by ,rev4 ,e4 ,rogers #aj4jj ,cortland4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,b4 ,dean #e4jj ,crown ,point4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 ,samuel ,buck1 ,treas4 #aj4jj ,durham4 ,mrs4 ,h4 ,ingraham #b4jj ,dryden4 ,,estate of ,mrs4 ,l4 ,c4 ,phillips1 by ,mrs4 ,m4 ,l4 ,keeny1 ,executrix #ejj4jj ,east ,bloomfield4 ,russel ,b4 ,goodwin #d4jc ,ellington4 8,a ,friend0 #a1jjj4jj ,fairport4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #cj4jj ,greenville4 ,f4 ,h4 ,wakeley #e4jj ,himrods4 ,mrs4 ,g4 ,s4 ,ayres #e4jj ,homer4 ,mrs4 ,augusta ,arnold1 #c2 ,f4 ,f4 ,pratt1 #b #e4jj ,madison4 ,rev4 ,geo4 ,hardy #aj4jj ,mount ,vernon4 ,j ,van ,santvord #aj4jj ,new ,york4 8,x4 ,y4 ,z40 #ajj41 for ,hampton ,n4 and ,a4 ,inst42--,class in ,broadway ,tab4 ,sab4 ,sch41 by ,a4 ,p4 ,dana1 ,teacher1 #aa1 for ,student ,aid1 ,tougaloo ,u42--,washington ,lee1 #e2 ,s4 ,f4 ,haywood1 #e2 ,american ,bible ,soc41 ,grant of ,bibles1 val4 #eje #aba4jj ,north ,collins4 ,a4 ,h4 #a4jj ,oriskany4 ,albert ,halsey1 #e2 ,mrs4 ,lucy ,b4 ,porter1 deceased1 #e2 ,rev4 ,s4 ,f4 ,porter and ,wife1 #e #ae4jj ,palmyra4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,a4 ,woodward #cj4jj ,pulaski4 ,s4 ,c4 #a4jj ,rochester4 ,miss ,e4 ,leavenworth1 #e2 ,a4 ,beebee1 #e2 ,abraham ,hubregtse1 #b #ab4jj ,rodman4 ,miss ,eliza ,gates1 #be2 ,john ,s4 ,sill1 #aj #ce4jj ,sag ,harbor4 ,chas4 ,n4 ,brown1 #cj1 to const4 ,,hon4 ,,everett ,a4 ,,carpenter1 ,l4 ,m42 8,a ,life ,member10 #a #ca4jj ,saratoga ,springs4 ,nathan ,hickok #b4jj ,smyrna4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,miss4 ,soc4 #ae4jj ,sparkill4 ,mrs4 ,h4 ,e4 ,d4 #a4jj ,walton4 ,first ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #cd4dj ,waterville4 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,candee1 #d2 ,mrs4 ,wm4 ,winchill1 #c #g4jj ,westmoreland4 ,a4 ,s4 ,b4 #j4ej ,windsor4 ,mrs4 ,julia ,woodruff1 #d2 ,rev4 ,j4 ,s4 ,p4 #a #e4jj ,union ,valley4 ,wm4 ,c4 ,angel #aj4jj ,,new ,,jersey1 #bh4 ,clayton4 ,d4 ,n4 ,moore1 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,nashville1 ,tenn4 #be4jj ,millstone4 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,t4 ,c4 #a4jj ,morristown4 ,w4 ,b4 #a4jj ,newark4 ,r4 ,d4 ,w4 #a4jj ,,pennsylvania1 #i4 ,guy's ,mills4 ,s4 ,o4 ,f4 #j4ej ,north ,east4 ,b4 ,t4 ,spooner1 #e2 ,c4 ,a4 ,t4 #a #f4jj ,providence4 ,welsh ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4jj ,plainfield4 ,mrs4 ,h4 ,b4 ,o4 #j4ej ,,ohio1 #eii4cd4 ,aurora4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4ej2 ,dea4 ,o4 ,s4 #ej;c4 #e4jj ,austinburg4 ,l4 ,d4 ,r4 #bg;c42 ,f4 ,j4 ,r4 #ej;c4 #j4gg ,brownhelm4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bb4ej ,chagrin ,fall4 8,earnest ,workers10 #bj1 for ,student ,aid1 ,tougaloo ,u42--,cong4 ,ch4 #ad4ia #cd4ia ,chardon4 ---- #a4jj ,cincinnati4 ,seventh ,st4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ac4fd ,claridon4 ,l4 ,t4 ,wilmot #aj4jj ,cleveland4 ,euclid ,av4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #bj4bi2 ,mrs4 ,h4 ,p4 ,hickox1 #aj2--,mrs4 ,coggswell1 #b1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4--,miss ,m4 ,p4 #ej;c4 #cb4gi ,columbus4 ,welsh ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4aj ,delaware4 ,troedshewdalar ,ch41 #i2 ,wm4 ,bevan #e #ad4jj ,dover4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #i4jj ,east ,cleveland4 ,mrs4 ,mary ,walkden1 for ,mendi ,m4 #b4jj ,elyria4 ,mrs4 ,g41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #a4jj ,fostoria4 ,c4 ,m4 #a4jj ,geneva4 ,w4 ,c4 ,p4 #a4jj ,huntsburg4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #bh4ej2 ,l4 ,g41 #ej;c4 #bi4jj ,lafayette4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #h4ej ,madison4 ,mrs4 ,sarah ,warner #aj4jj ,mallet ,creek4 ,j4 ,a4 ,bingham1 ,m4 ,d4 #e4jj ,mansfield4 ,s4 ,m4 ,s4 #j4ej ,marietta4 ,r4 ,p41 #ej;c42 ,rev4 ,i4 ,m4 ,p41 #ej;c #a4jj ,mechanicstown4 ,susan ,manifold #b4jj ,medina4 ,woman's ,missionary ,soc41 by ,mrs4 ,m4 ,j4 ,munger1 ,treas4 #g4jj ,nelson4 ,dea4 ,harvey ,pike #e4jj ,newark4 ,welsh ,cong4 ,ch41 #i4cj2 ,thomas ,d4 ,jones1 #e #ad4cj ,north ,eaton4 ,m4 ,o4 #j4ej ,oberlin4 ,j4 ,w4 ,merrill1 #ajj2 ,mrs4 ,c4 ,g4 ,finney1 #bj2 ,p4 ,b4 ,h41 #ej;c4 #abj4ej ,painesville4 ,edward ,little1 #a4ej2 ,rev4 ,s4 ,w4 ,p41 #a #b4ej ,rootstown4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #bc2 bal4 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,,charlotte ,e4 ,,bickford1 ,l4 ,m4 #bc4jj ,saybrook4 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,district ,no4 #c1 #e1 for ,student1 ,tougaloo ,u42--,w4 ,c4 ,sexton1 #b #g4jj ,sharon ,centre4 ,mrs4 ,r4 ,a4 #j4ej ,sicily4 ,s4 ,w4 ,huggins #aj4jj ,springfield4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 ,quar4 ,coll4 #f4ad ,steubenville4 ,adna ,tenney #bj4jj ,strongsville4 ,free ,cong4 ,ch4 #f4jj ,twinsburg4 ,j4 ,r4 ,parmelee #b4jj ,wakeman4 ,cong4 ,ch41 to const4 ,,minot ,,pierce1 ,l4 ,m4 #ea4db ,wauseon4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #af4ge ,wellington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ej4jj ,welshfield4 ,s4 ,p4 #j4ea ,wooster4 ,d4 ,b4 #a4jj ,york4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ---- 8,a ,friend10 for ,mendi ,m4 #ce4ej ,,indiana1 #a4 ,newville4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,d4 #a4jj ,,illinois1 #iih4dg4 ,amboy4 ,bureau ,ass'n of ,ill41 by ,mrs4 ,h4 ,t4 ,ford1 ,treas41 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,liberty ,co41 ,ga4 #be4jj ,beardstown4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,chandlerville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4jj ,chicago4 8,a ,friend10 #bej1 by ,e4 ,w4 ,blatchford1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u42--,n4 ,e4 ,cong4 ,ch4 7bal4 ,coll47 #aji4bb1 and ,mon4 ,con4 ,coll41 #aj4fc2--,sab4 ,sch4 of ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #ej1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u42--,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc4 of ,n4 ,e4 ,ch4 7of which #ae for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u471 #be4ge2--,miss ,r41 #a1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u42--,l4 ,d4 #ej;c4 #ddg4aj ,elgin4 ,mrs4 ,lovell1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #e4jj ,evanston4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #ba4ef2--;,j4 ,m4 ,williams1 #e1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #bf4ef ,fremont4 ,mrs4 ,robinson1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #e4jj ,galesburg4 8,friends10 by ,mrs4 ,s4 ,r4 ,holmes1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ce4de ,geneseo4 ,first ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #bb4eh ,highland4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4jj ,jerseyville4 ,g4 ,w4 ,burke #aj4jj ,kewanee4 ,gleaners of ,cong4 ,ch41 #be1 for ,student ,aid1 ,straight ,u42--,mrs4 ,c4 ,l4 ,c41 #a4 #bf4jj ,la ,harpe4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,j4 ,nay1 #b #b4jj ,lamoille4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #be4ej ,lee ,centre4 ,ladies' ,soc4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,liberty ,co41 ,ga4 #ae4jc ,lewistown4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,phelps #ej4jj ,lisbon4 ,g4 ,k4 #j4ej ,mendon4 ,mrs4 ,c4 ,t4 #a4jj ,moline4 ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #be2 ,ladies' ,aid ,soc4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 #be2 8,a ,friend10 #a1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ea4jj ,oak ,park4 ,girls' ,mission ,band1 #ej2 ,first ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #db4fj1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ib4fj ,peoria4 ,wm4 ,truesdell1 #aj2 ,moses ,pettingill1 #aj2 ,j4 ,t4 ,rogers1 #e2 ,rev4 ,h4 ,a4 ,stevens1 #b1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u42--,mrs4 ,e4 ,woodruff1 #b #bi4jj ,polo4 8,mrs4 ,b4 and ,m41 ,mrs4 ,b41 ,mrs4 ,p4 and ,e4 ,p410 #ah2 8,three young friends10 #c4ej1 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,nashville1 ,tenn4 #ba4ej ,pittsfield4 ,mrs4 ,elizabeth ,carter #aj4jj ,princeton4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #af4be ,quincy4 ,first ,union ,cong4 ,ch41 #ab4ge2 ,l4 ,kingman1 #aj4 #bb4ge ,roseville4 ,first ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #f4fe ,saint ,charles4 ,w4 ,b4 ,lyons and ,wife #e4jj ,sycamore4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,s4 #a4jj ,western ,springs4 ,mr4 ,williams1 #b2 ,mr4 ,a41 #a42 ,miss ,j41 #a1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #d4jj ,winnebago4 ,n4 ,f4 ,parsons #aj4jj ,,michigan1 #dad4bb4 ,almont4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ch4ei ,alpena4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,hitchcock #a4ej ,benzonia4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,s4 ,fisher #be4jj ,berrien ,springs4 ,alexander ,b4 ,leeds #e4jj ,birmingham4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,mc,c41 #a2 ,mrs4 ,d4 ,d4 ,s41 #a #b4jj ,east ,saginaw4 ,,estate of ,charles ,w4 ,wilder1 by ,n4 ,h4 ,culver1 ,admr4 #ajj4jj ,jonesville4 ,mrs4 ,r4 ,l4 ,h4 #j4ej ,lodi4 ,eli ,benton #ej4jj ,memphis4 ,,estate of ,chester ,l4 ,dudley1 by ,james ,h4 ,dudley #be4jj ,owosso4 ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #ej1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u42--,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #ej #ajj4jj ,paw ,paw4 ,h4 ,r4 #a4jj ,saint ,joseph4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #af4jc ,union ,city4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #cf4fj ,vassar4 ,mrs4 ,o4 ,w4 ,selden #c4jj ,whitehall4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,,iowa1 #dad4ha4 ,burlington4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,first ,cong ,ch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #be4jj ,castalia4 ,w4 ,h4 ,baker and ,family1 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,,almira ,a4 ,,richards1 ,l4 ,m4 #ce4jj ,cedar ,falls4 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,lady ,missionary in ,new ,orleans #e4jj ,council ,bluffs4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #cg4eg ,creston4 ,pilgrim ,cong4 ,ch4 #af4bf ,danville4 ,mrs4 ,harriet ,huntington #e4jj ,decorah4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #cb4fh ,des ,moines4 ,cong4 ,ch4 7#ej of which from ex-,gov4 ,samuel ,merrill71 #ajg4ib2 ,ladies of ,plymouth ,ch4 #aa #aah4ib ,fifteen-,mile ,grove4 ,g4 ,c4 ,h4 #a4jj ,grinnell4 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch4 #cf4hc ,iowa ,city4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,le ,grand4 ,j4 ,n4 ,craig1 #c2 ,t4 ,p4 ,c41 #a #d4jj ,lewis4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ae4jj ,marion4 ,mrs4 ,r4 ,d4 ,stephens1 #be2 8,willing ,workers0 of ,cong4 ,ch41 ,box of ,c41 for ,student ,aid1 ,straight ,u4 #be4jj ,montour4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ab4ed ,stacyville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ag4ej ,seneca4 ,rev4 ,o4 ,littlefield #aj4jj ,tabor4 ,miss ,j4 ,e4 ,williams1 #e1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u42--,j4 ,e4 ,williams1 #b #g4jj ,waterloo4 ,mrs4 ,w4 ,w4 ,t4 #j4ea ,,wisconsin1 #beh4bd4 ,appleton4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,c4 ,p4 #j4ej ,beloit4 8,friends0 #e1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c42--,cong4 ,ch4 7ad'l7 #a #f4jj ,cooksville4 ,ed4 ,gilley #e4jj ,janesville4 8,life ,member0 #aj4jj ,madison4 ,first ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 to const4 ,j4 ,h4 ,,olin1 ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,menasha4 ,first4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #dj4jj ,milwaukee4 ,spring ,st4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ce4ej ,racine4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,b4 ,erskine #e4jj ,sheboygan4 ,david ,ticknor #b4jj ,walworth4 ,mrs4 ,d4 ,r4 ,s4 ,c4 #a4jj ,west ,salem4 ,william ,munson #ej4jj ,whitewater4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #gc4bd ,,kansas1 #ad4ae4 ,manhattan4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,p4 #a4jj ,topeka4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #h4jj ,washington ,creek4 ,d4 ,e4 ,b4 #a4jj ,waushara4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4ae ,,minnesota1 #fc4hi4 ,faribault4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bg4bg ,minneapolis4 ,plymouth ,cong4 ,ch4 #ai4ab ,morris4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #a4eb ,northfield4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 7ad'l7 #ae4ih ,,nebraska1 #g4 ,beaver ,crossing4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,taylor #b4jj ,santee ,agency4 8,a ,friend of the ,freedmen40 #e4jj ,,dakota1 #ea4je4 ,yankton4 ,woman's ,miss4 ,soc41 for work among ,women #ea4je ,,washington ,,ter41 #be4 ,colfax4 ,rev4 ,cushing ,eells #aj4jj ,s'kokomish4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ae4jj ,,california1 #e4 ,chico4 ,lewis ,h4 ,morse1 #a copy of ,worcester's ,unabridged ,dictionary ,nevada ,city4 ,charles ,hepler #e4jj ,,maryland1 #ajj4 ,baltimore4 ,rev4 ,geo4 ,morris1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ajj4jj ,,tennessee1 #bcj4ee4 ,chattanooga4 ,j4 ,w4 ,h4 #j4ej ,memphis4 ,le ,moyne ,sch41 ,tuition #ca4fj ,nashville4 ,fisk ,university1 ,tuition1 #aic4aj2--;,fisk ,u41 ,thanksgiving ,offering1 #e4ce for ,lady ,missionary1 ,nashville1 ,tenn4 #aih4de ,,north ,,carolina1 #ajh4ja4 ,raleigh4 ,washington ,sch41 ,tuition #g4fj ,wilmington4 ,normal ,sch41 ,tuition1 #id4ej2 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4ia #ajj4da ,,south ,,carolina1 #cdb4ej4 ,charleston4 ,avery ,inst41 ,tuition1 #cbj4ej2--,rev4 ,t4 ,cutler1 #bj1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4--,cong4 ,ch41 #b #cdb4ej ,,georgia1 #eif4ja4 ,atlanta4 ,storrs ,sch41 ,tuition1 #bae4fj2 ,rent1 #c2 ,atlanta ,u4 ,tuition1 #id2 ,rent1 #ad4cj2--;,atlanta ,u41 for an ,indian ,student1 #ej #cgf4ij ,bellmont4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #a4ej ,macon4 ,lewis ,high ,sch41 ,tuition1 #ec4ce2 ,rent1 #f4ej #ei4he ,savannah4 ,beach ,inst41 ,tuition1 #ajg2 ,sales1 #ej4gf #aeg4gf ,,alabama1 #ebc4fj4 ,athens4 ,trinity ,sch41 ,tuition #ca4jj ,mobile4 ,emerson ,institute1 ,tuition #bja4be ,montgomery4 ,pub4 ,sch4 ,fund #age4jj ,selma4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #ca4dj2 ,rent1 #e #cf4dj ,talladega4 ,talladega ,college1 ,tuition1 #gi4de2 ,w4 ,s41 #ej;c4 #gi4ie ,,mississippi1 #bjj4je4 ,natchez4 ,rev4 ,c4 ,a4 #j4ej ,new ,orleans4 ,straight ,u41 ,tuition #aaj4jj ,tougaloo4 ,tougaloo ,u41 ,tuition1 #dj4be2 ,rent1 #dh4hj2 by ,rev4 ,g4 ,s4 ,p41 #ej;c4 #hi4ee ,,missouri1 #ah4je4 ,ashburn4 ,f4 ,m4 ,r4 #a4jj ,miami4 ,elijah ,nichols #e4jj ,neosho4 8,a ,friend0 #a4jj ,saint ,louis4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #aa4je ,,income ,,fund1 #bij4 ---- ,avery ,fund #aij4jj ---- ,c4 ,f4 ,dike ,fund #ej4jj ---- ,general ,fund #ej4jj ,,canada1 #b4 ,union4 ,nathan ,taylor #b4jj ,,persia1 #cj4 ,oroomiah4 ,rev4 and ,mrs4 ,b4 ,labaree #cj4jj ------------------ ,total #af1ehj4hb ,total from ,oct4 #ast to ,dec4 #cast #dc1aeg4hg 99 99 99 99 99 ,,for ,,missions ,,in ,,africa4 ,leeds1 ,eng4 ,robert ,arthington1 conditional pledge #c1jjj ,brewer1 ,me4 ,m4 ,hardy #ajj4jj ,previously acknowledged in ,nov4 receipts #a1eae4cd ------------------ ,total #a1fae4cd 99 99 99 99 99 ,,for ,,tillotson ,,collegiate ,,and ,,normal ,,institute1 ,,austin1 ,,texas4 ,new ,london1 ,conn4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ej4jj ,brooklyn1 ,n4 ,y4 ,clinton ,ave4 ,cong4 ,ch4 7,a4 ,s4 ,barnes7 #ejj4jj ,mendon1 ,ill4 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,fowler #abe4jj ------------------ ,total #fge4jj ,previously acknowledged in ,oct4 receipts #aib4jj ------------------ ,total #hfg4jj 99 99 99 99 99 ,,for ,,negro ,,refugees4 ,bangor1 ,me4 ,miss ,perham #b4jj ,harwichport1 ,mass4 ,leonard ,robbins #e4jj ,coral1 ,mich4 ,benjamin ,h4 ,lewis #e4jj ------------ ,total #ab4jj ,previously acknowledged in ,nov4 receipts #e4jj ------------ ,total #ag4jj 99 99 99 99 99 ,receipts for ,december #ag1cfg4hb ,total from ,oct4 #ast to ,dec4 #cast #de1gdj4ba ,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,treas41 #ef ,reade ,st41 ,n4 ,y4 99 99 99 99 99 ,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 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 ,christ 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 to 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 99 99 99 99 99 ,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 #ac2 ,ky41 #g2 ,tenn41 #d2 ,ala41 #ad1 ,la41 #ab2 ,miss41 #a2 ,kansas1 #b2 ,texas1 #f4 ,africa1 #b4 ,among the ,indians1 #a4 ,total #gj4 ,,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 ,savannah1 ,macon1 ,atlanta1 ,ga42 ,montgomery1 ,mobile1 ,athens1 ,selma1 ,ala42 ,memphis1 ,tenn41 #ab4 ,other ,schools1 #bd4 ,total #dd4 ,,teachers1 ,,missionaries ,,and ,,assistants4--,among the ,freedmen1 #bec2 among the ,chinese1 #ba2 among the ,indians1 #i2 in ,africa1 #ac4 ,total1 #bif4 ,,students--,in ,theology1 #hf2 ,law1 #bh2 in ,college ,course1 #fc2 in other studies1 #g1jcj4 ,total1 #g1bjg4 ,scholars taught by former pupils of our schools1 estimated at #aej1jjj4 ,,indians under the care of the ,association1 #ac1jjj4 ,,wants4 #a4 ,a steady ,,increase of regular income to keep pace with the growing work4 ,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 ,,houses 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 ,,new ,,york ,,tribune4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,tribune is conceded by eminent men in this country and ,europe to be 8,,the ,,leading ,,american ,,newspaper40 ,it is now spending more labor and money than ever before to deserve that pre-eminence4 ,it secured and means to retain it by becoming the medium of the best thought and the voice of the best conscience of the time1 by keeping abreast of the highest progress1 favoring the freest discussion1 hearing all sides1 appealing always to the best intelligence and the purest morality1 and refusing to cater to the tastes of the vile or the prejudices of the ignorant4 ,premiums for #ahgi-'hj4--;,extraordinary ,offers4 ,,the ,,tribune has always dealt liberally with its friends who have used their time and influence in extending its circulation1 but it now announces a ,premium ,list surpassing in liberality any heretofore offered by any newspaper4 ,we take pleasure in calling attention to the following3 ,,the ,,library ,,of ,,universal ,,knowledge4 ,being the last 7#ahgi7 edition of ,chambers's ,encyclopdia1 a ,dictionary of ,universal ,knowledge for the ,people1 complete and ,unabridged1 with large additions upon topics of special interest to ,american readers1 in twenty volumes1 the first fourteen comprising the exact and entire text of ,chambers's ,encyclopdia1 omitting only the cuts1 and the last six containing several thousand topics not found in the original work1 besides additional treatment of many there presented4 ,this portion is designed to meet the special wants of ,american readers1 supplying the natural deficiencies of the ,english work4 ,the twenty volumes will actually contain over #ab per cent4 more matter than ,appleton's ,cyclopdia1 which sells at eighty dollars6 ,two of the volumes are now ready for delivery1 the third is in press and will be ready in a few days1 and then they will be issued at the rate of two volumes per month until the entire twenty volumes are completed1 which will be about ,august or ,september1 #ahhj4 ,we offer this valuable work on the following terms3 ,for 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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 ,,get ,,the ,,best4 ,the 8,,oxford0 ,illustration ,,teachers' ,,bibles ,,in ,,seven ,,different ,,sizes1 ,at prices to suit everybody4 ,apply to your ,bookseller for ,lists1 or write to ,,thos4 ,,nelson ,,sons1 #db ,bleecker ,street1 ,new ,york 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 ,,crampton',s ,,pure ,,old ,,palm ,,soap1 ,,for ,the ,laundry1 the ,kitchen1 and ,for ,general ,household ,purposes1 ,,manufactured ,,by ,,crampton ,,brothers1 ,cor4 ,monroe ,jefferson ,sts41 ,n4 ,y4 ,send for ,circular and ,price ,list4 ,crampton's old ,palm ,soap for the ,laundry1 the ,kitchen1 and for general ,household purposes4 ,the price of the 8,palm ,soap0 is #d4bj per box of #ajj three-quarter pound bars--#ge pounds in box4 ,to any one who will send us an order for #aj boxes with cash1 #db1 we will send one box extra free as a premium4 ,or the orders may be sent to us for one or more boxes at a time1 with remittance1 and when we have thus received orders for ten boxes we will send the eleventh box free as proposed above4 ,if you do not wish to send the money in advance1 you may deposit it with any banker or merchant in good credit in your town1 with the understanding that he is to remit to us on receipt of the soap1 which is to be shipped to his care4 ,address1 ,,crampton ,,brothers1 ,cor4 ,monroe and ,jefferson ,sts41 ,new ,york4 ,,for ,,sale ,,by ,,all ,,merchants4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,perfected ,type ,writer4 ,illustration ,,the ,,minister',s ,,best ,,assistant4 ,writes faster than the pen1 making beautiful manuscript for the pulpit1 or copy for the printer4 ,,equally ,,valuable ,,for ,,all ,,business ,,purposes4 ,machines ,improved and ,prices ,reduced4 ,send for ,circular and ,terms to ,,fairbanks ,,co41 ,agents for the ,world4 #caa ,broadway1 ,n4 ,y4 99 99 99 99 99 ,j4 ,r4 ,,lamb1 #ei ,carmine ,st41 ,n4 ,y4 ,,church ,,furnishers ,illustration ,memorial ,windows1 ,memorial ,tablets1 ,sterling ,silver ,communion ,services4 ,,send ,,for ,,circular4 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 c41 sent for two stamps4 ,,kelsey ,,co41 ,m'f'rs1 ,meriden1 ,conn4 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 ,w4 ,b4 ,,douglas1 ,middletown1 ,conn41 ,,manufacturers ,,of ,,pumps1 ,,hydraulic ,,rams1 ,,garden ,,engines1 ,,pump ,,chain ,,and ,,fixtures1 ,,iron ,,curbs1 ,,yard ,,hydrants1 ,,street ,,washers1 ,,etc4 ,illustration ,highest ,medal awarded them by the ,universal ,exposition at ,paris1 ,france1 in #ahfg2 ,vienna1 ,austria1 in #ahgc2 and ,philadelphia1 #ahgf4 ,founded in #ahcb4 ,branch ,warehouses3 #he #hg ,john ,st4 ,,new ,,york1 ,,and #aig ,lake ,street1 ,,chicago4 ,for ,sale by all ,regular ,dealers4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,thirty-,,fourth ,,volume ,,of ,,the ,american ,missionary1 #ahhj4 ,we have been gratified with the constant tokens of the increasing appreciation of the ,,missionary during the past year1 and purpose to spare no effort to make its pages of still greater value to those interested in the work which it records4 ,shall we not have a largely increased subscription list for #ahhj8 ,a little effort on the part of our friends1 when making their own remittances1 to induce their neighbors to unite in forming ,clubs1 will easily double our list1 and thus widen the influence of our ,magazine1 and aid in the enlargement of our work4 ,under the editorial supervision of ,rev4 ,,geo4 ,m4 ,,boynton1 aided by the steady contributions of our intelligent missionaries and teachers in all parts of the field1 and with occasional communications from careful observers and thinkers elsewhere1 the ,,american ,,missionary furnishes a vivid and reliable picture of the work going forward among the ,indians1 the ,chinamen on the ,pacific ,coast1 and the ,freedmen as citizens in the ,south and as missionaries in ,africa4 ,it will be the vehicle of important views on all matters affecting the races among which it labors1 and will give a monthly summary of current events relating to their welfare and progress4 ,patriots and ,christians interested in the education and ,christianizing of these despised races are asked to read it1 and assist in its circulation4 ,begin with the next number and the new year4 ,the price is only ,fifty ,cents per annum4 ,the ,magazine will be sent gratuitously1 if preferred1 to the persons indicated on page #fb4 ,donations and subscriptions should be sent to ,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,treasurer1 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,new ,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ,,advertisers4 ,special attention is invited to the advertising department of the ,,american ,,missionary4 ,among its regular readers are thousands of ,ministers of the ,gospel1 ,presidents1 ,professors and ,teachers in ,colleges1 ,theological ,seminaries and ,schools2 it is1 therefore1 a specially valuable medium for advertising ,books1 ,periodicals1 ,newspapers1 ,maps1 ,charts1 ,institutions of ,learning1 ,church ,furniture1 ,bells1 ,household ,goods1 c4 ,advertisers are requested to note the moderate price charged for space in its columns1 considering the extent and character of its circulation4 ,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 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary ,,advertising ,,department1 #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 99 99 99 99 99 ,,david ,h4 ,,gildersleeve1 ,printer1 #aja ,chambers ,street1 ,new ,york4 ,transcriber's ,notes3 ,ditto marks in tables were replaced by the text they represent in order to facilitate alignment for e,books4 ,page number in the ,contents for ,the ,romance of ,missions corrected from #ec to #ed4 ,spelling and punctuation were changed only where the error appears to be a printing error4 ,the punctuation changes are too numerous to list2 the others are as follows3 ,extra 8,mr40 removed from page #aj 7,mr4 ,f4 ,c4 ,briggs74 ,changed 8,aegncy0 to 8,agency0 on page #ec 7this ,indian ,agency74 ,changed 8,s'kokmish0 to 8,s'kokomish0 on page #fj in the ,washington ,ter4 section4 ,changed 8it0 to 8at0 on page #fb 7at least two months74 ,changed 8libeally0 to 8liberally0 7dealt liberally with its friends7