,,vol4 ,,xxxiv4 ,,no4 #d4 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 99 99 99 99 99 8,to the ,poor the ,gospel is ,preached40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,april1 #ahhj4 ,,contents3 ,,editorial4 ,,paragraphs #ig ,,death ,,of ,,secretaries ,,bush ,,and ,,dashiell--,,death ,,of ,,miss ,,dell ,,safford #ih ,,missionary ,,periodicals #ih ,,through ,,the ,,light ,,continent #ii ,,twenty ,,per ,,cent #ii ,,the ,,new ,,plea #ajj ,,congregationalism ,,in ,,the ,,south #aja ,,ignorance ,,of ,,the ,,negro ,,question #ajb ,,an ,,illustrated ,,press #ajc ,,items ,,from ,,the ,,field #ajd ,,general ,,notes #aje ,,the ,,freedmen4 ,,virginia1 ,,carrsville--,large ,ingathering #ajf ,,north ,,carolina1 ,,mcleansville--,facts about the ,taught and the ,teachers #ajg ,,georgia--,,no4 #a ,,miller ,,station--,a ,struggling ,church1 etc4 #aji ,,georgia1 ,,macon--,a ,lady's ,s4 ,s4 and ,missionary ,work #aaj ,,georgia1 ,,mcintosh1 ,,liberty ,,co4--,communion ,season #aaj ,,georgia--,church and ,school must ,work ,together #aaa ,,alabama--,notes from ,marion--,mrs4 ,geo4 ,e4 ,hill #aac ,,mississippi1 ,,tougaloo--,a ,brother's ,devotion #aad ,,mississippi--,report of the ,state ,superintendent of ,public ,education #aae ,,louisiana--,revival in ,central ,church--,theological ,department--,church ,dedication #aaf ,,tennessee--,revival in ,fisk ,university #aag ,,the ,,indians4 ,,church--,,christmas--,,bibles #aag ,,the ,,chinese4 ,,our ,,new ,,fields--,,death ,,of ,,ed4 ,p4 ,,sanford1 ,,esq4 #aah ,,children',s ,,page4 ,a ,,voyage ,,to ,,africa--,,prof4 ,,chase ,,to ,,his ,,four-,,year-,,old ,,boy #abj ,,receipts #aba ,,constitution #abe ,,aid1 ,,statistics1 ,,wants #abf 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 matter4 99 99 99 99 99 ,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 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,vol4 ,,xxxiv4 ,,april1 #ahhj4 ,no4 #d4 99 99 99 99 99 ,american ,missionary ,association4 99 99 99 99 99 ,among the list of our workers in the ,february number1 two names were in some unaccountable way omitted4 ,we hasten to supply them here--,mrs4 ,h4 ,b4 ,northrop is our missionary at ,new ,orleans1 ,la41 and ,rev4 ,p4 ,w4 ,young the pastor of our church at ,byron1 ,ga4 99 99 99 99 99 ,our lady teachers are also missionaries4 ,the lady missionaries sent out by the ,woman's ,boards often find their first and most effective means of access to the people in the schools they start for girls4 ,our one hundred and fifteen lady teachers are doing the work of ,christian training along with that of school teaching1 and are missionaries nearly as much as the seven ladies who devote themselves exclusively to direct mission work4 ,they have a right to consider themselves as missionaries4 99 99 99 99 99 ,we notice in the list of officers of the ,first ,state ,sunday-school ,convention of ,louisiana1 the name of ,rev4 ,w4 ,s4 ,alexander1 ,president of ,straight ,university and pastor of the ,central ,congregational ,church of ,new ,orleans1 as one of the ,vice-,presidents and also of the ,executive ,committee4 ,he was chairman of the ,committees of ,credentials and on the ,constitution4 ,dr4 ,roy was also present4 ,certainly there is no cause for a complaint of lack of recognition of those engaged in our work in the midst of such examples as these4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the question how to interest the ,sunday-schools in missionary work has met with a new answer in the cordial reception and use of our ,jubilee ,concert ,exercise4 ,five large editions have been exhausted1 and now a second ,exercise has been prepared 7,no4 #b71 in which a number of questions are to be answered by as many persons as there are letters in the alphabet1 covering the main facts of our various work4 ,five ,jubilee ,songs are inserted to be sung by a choir1 and place is left for short addresses4 ,we commend it to our friends1 who will receive as many copies as they need for use1 gratuitously1 by applying to ,dist4 ,sec4 ,pike4 99 99 99 99 99 ,it is with profound sadness that we record the death of two of our most esteemed co-laborers in the administration of missionary work4 ,the ,rev4 ,charles ,p4 ,bush1 ,d4 ,d41 for many years associated with all our churches1 especially in the ,middle ,states1 as the ,district ,secretary of the ,a4 ,b4 ,c4 ,f4 ,m41 has not only enjoyed the confidence1 but won the love1 of pastors and people on every hand4 ,we shall miss him greatly4 ,the ,rev4 ,robert ,l4 ,dashiell1 ,d4 ,d41 the ,secretary of the ,missionary ,society of the ,methodist ,episcopal ,church1 has been a tower of strength not only to the broad missionary enterprises of that denomination1 but1 by his genial sympathy and wise counsels1 has added to the efficiency and courage of his brethren in the work outside of his own organization4 99 99 99 99 99 ,we much regret to learn of the death of ,miss ,dell ,safford1 formerly a teacher under this ,association4 ,for six years1 she labored faithfully and conscientiously among the ,freedmen in ,talladega and ,selma1 ,ala4 ,she was patient and untiring in her efforts for the real good of those under her instruction1 and her interest in them did not flag even after she left the field1 but showed itself especially in the care she exercised over one of her pupils1 whom she had brought with her that he might receive the benefits of a ,northern education4 ,after leaving the service of this ,society1 she removed to ,wisconsin4 ,but a cold taken in the spring1 when she was already overworked and worn1 could not be controlled1 and consumption followed4 ,she died at the last very suddenly of hemorrhage4 99 99 99 99 99 ,one of the most hopeful signs of the times in the missionary field is seen in the increasing demand and the corresponding supply of missionary intelligence4 ,the ,missionary ,herald has enlarged its space between the borders1 and fills it with valuable matter4 ,its strong point is1 as it has been1 its full and valuable letters from the front4 ,the ,foreign ,missionary of the ,presbyterian ,board has been of late renewing its youth1 and coming up1 until it has become the most suggestive and vivacious of all the periodicals of the kind which meet our eyes4 ,but nowadays1 when intelligent people read the doings of all the world every morning at their breakfast tables1 and are no longer satisfied with the village or the county news1 they must have something which shall give them broader views of the great field of missions1 which is the world1 than they can obtain from the organs of special societies4 ,to meet this want1 the societies themselves are increasingly informing their constituency that there is other work being done than that they do themselves4 8,the work of other societies0 is becoming a familiar heading4 ,even this1 however1 does not answer the full demands--and that the day has come for missionary periodicals1 which are edited and circulated upon the same basis as those which deal with scientific or material progress1 shows that the broader interests of the coming kingdom are taking more fully their appropriate place in the hearts and minds of ,christian men and women4 ,the ,missionary ,review1 which has been published for more than two years from ,princeton1 ,new ,jersey1 and which as an unsparing critic of existing missionary societies1 is adapted to promote great circumspection in those who administer them1 is re-enforced in this general field by ,the ,gospel in all ,lands1 edited by ,rev4 ,albert ,b4 ,simpson1 and published by ,randolph1 which will give itself to the broader aspects and principles of missionary work1 and to a compilation of fresh intelligence from all quarters4 ,we rejoice in all such methods for the diffusion of knowledge1 and the stimulation of interest1 in carrying out 8the great commission40 99 99 99 99 99 8,through the ,light ,continent0 is a comely octavo in elegant type1 from the ,london press1 giving the observations of ,william ,saunders on a tour taken through our country in #ahgg-h4 ,in a chapter upon 8,education in ,atlanta10 after speaking of the ,public ,schools1 he says3 8,one of the most interesting institutions of ,atlanta is the ,university for the education of colored persons1 under the superintendence of ,professor ,ware4 ,the ,atlanta ,university has #age students 7the last catalogue made them #bdd71 half of whom pay the fees and cost of board4 ,many young negroes have worked1 and saved up #bjj or #cjj in order to come to the ,university4 ,it will thus be seen that the energy which the negroes are manifesting to obtain education is not confined to the ordinary work of the ,board of ,schools1 but extends to the higher branches of learning4 ,about #ge of the students are girls1 and their progress is regarded as universally satisfactory4 ,professor and ,mrs4 ,ware1 who have devoted their lives to this work with true missionary zeal1 are now much cheered to find their labors recognized and encouraged in quarters from which persistent opposition was formerly experienced4 ,when they came to ,atlanta1 any manifestation of regard for the blacks was looked upon as an act of hostility to the whites2 but a great change has taken place in public opinion1 and it is now generally felt that national advancement requires the elevation of the negro race1 and those who undertake their education are no longer regarded with disfavor4 ,there are many societies in the ,northern ,states for promoting numerous enterprises amongst the negroes4 ,before reaching ,atlanta1 ,i noticed a large crowd of negroes at one of the wayside stations1 and found the occasion to be the leaving of a missionary1 who had been working amongst them for two or three years1 and was then changing his station4 ,the respect and regard paid to him and to his wife were pleasant to see2 the missionary was a most intelligent travelling companion1 evidently devoted to his work in the genuine spirit of ,christianity40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,twenty ,,per ,,cent4 ,the enthusiasm evinced at the last ,annual ,meeting1 our freedom from the long-borne burden of our debt1 the general interest which seemed to be renewed in the welfare of the ,freedmen1 and the commencing and anticipated prosperity in the financial world1 all conspired to encourage us to plan and prepare for an enlarged work and more abundant results4 ,in carrying out these purposes1 the ,executive ,committee have appropriated about twenty per cent4 more than in the previous year to the ,southern field4 ,the total receipts thus far have been very gratifying1--and yet1 when we come to analyze them1 we find that they are1 in a larger measure than formerly1 sent to us to be appropriated to special departments of the work1 or more often to special work not included in our estimates4 ,this is both gratifying and embarrassing3 gratifying1 because it indicates an increasing familiarity with the details of our work1 and special sympathy with this or that portion of the whole2 but embarrassing1 because it cannot fail to be a diversion of funds which have been anticipated by us to meet the appropriations already made to new fields1 and often to create1 instead of covering1 expense4 ,we recognize these needs1 of student aid1 of woman's work1 and of special endowment1 and we would not have these particular demands neglected4 ,it is only that if all the money were to be thus specifically applied by the donors1 there would be none left for the main work1 on which the ability to carry on all the specialties depends4 ,don't starve the body in order to enlarge the hand or the foot4 ,the best growth of all is that which comes from the food1 which enters by the mouth into the stomach1 and1 vitalized1 is carried through the whole system4 ,if you appropriate all the fuel on the steamer to the donkey engines1 what will you do with the great machinery whose work it is to revolve the main propeller8 ,if in your city water-works1 you enlarge the side supply pipes and leave the old mains1 you get not more1 but less1 water into the houses4 ,what do we ask1 then8--#a4 ,that your special appropriations be special gifts1 additions to1 and not diversions of1 the moneys you are wont to give to the general work of the ,association4 #b4 ,that you do not fail in your church1 or from your private purse1 to give us something this year4 #c4 ,that as you have encouraged us to lay out a larger work1 you send us for general uses at least twenty per cent4 more than you did last year4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,new ,,plea4 ,henceforth the basis of our appeal to the churches ought to be gratitude1 not necessity2 thankfulness1 not the cry of sharp distress2 the impulse kindled at the sight of opening fields1 widening opportunities1 intelligent appreciation of service done and rewarding results4 ,the large additions to the churches in the foreign field1 their increasing spirit of benevolence1 the awakening interest in the cause of education1 the world-wide readiness and call for helpers1 the cheering indications of an abundant harvest of souls1 soon to be gathered1 the overwhelming demand in our own land for immediate work upon the frontier and at the ,south1 among the depressed races and the incoming population1 the return of prosperous times1 and the ever-pressing command of ,christ1 are considerations so potent1 so eloquent in their united plea1 that the first thought of him who listens is1 8,how can any ,christian heart resist the new plea60 ,what can hinder a most liberal investment in causes that promise such rich returns8 ,instead of exhausting all the strength of the crew at the pumps in a desperate endeavor to save the ship from sinking1 has the time not come1 when1 with canvas all spread1 and the ship sea-worthy1 rightly headed and well under way1 the main question shall be1 how to touch every harbor1 explore every river1 sail every inland sea1 and leave the precious freighting of the ,gospel at every port around the globe8 ,is it quite creditable to our piety1 our devotion1 our loyalty to ,christ1 that we can resist appeals based upon love1 goodness1 merciful interposition1 glorious enlargement1 and wait until we are crowded to a reluctant response by the plea of dire necessity1 overshadowing peril8 ,there are most cheering indications that the new plea is becoming effectual4 ,we are informed of a number of instances in which churches have lately nearly or quite doubled their contributions to the ,american ,board1 and that1 too1 apparently with great heartiness and joy4 ,gifts1 also1 from some private and unexpected sources have been a cheering indication of the advance movement4 ,the same indications are1 to a certain extent1 true of the other ,societies4 ,a mid-summer appeal for larger and extra contributions1 in order to prevent a deficit1 ought to be anticipated1 and made impossible1 by ample gifts now4 ,the volume of offerings during the first half of the year1 ought to be so large as to remove all anxiety concerning the state of the treasuries of these ,societies when their accounts close4 ,how pleasant1 if1 at the annual meetings1 the friends could be surprised with reports of a surplus instead of deficits4 ,ought there not to be a stern purpose to pay as we go1 and to pay with sufficient liberality to enable us to go with vigor and dispatch to the utmost bound of a rapidly increasing demand8 ,may the plea of great interposition1 great opportunity and great ability find fitting response4--,the ,advance4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,congregationalism ,,in ,,the ,,south4 ,we reprint the following article from the ,christian ,recorder1 the able organ of the ,african ,methodist ,episcopal ,church4 ,it is a significant endorsement of the church work done by the ,association1 and from those who are most profoundly concerned in the ,christian elevation of the colored people of the land4 ,we have not even omitted the sharp criticism of the approving words of those who gathered at ,chicago to review our work1 hoping that we may thus escape the charge of 8,phariseeism0 in accepting the commendations and congratulations of our brethren of the ,a4 ,m4 ,e4 ,church3 8,the thirty-third ,annual ,report of the ,american ,missionary ,association is before us4 ,we wish that we could place the ,report in the hands of every ,a4 ,m4 ,e4 preacher in the land4 ,years ago we called attention to the fact that the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 was destined to become the strongest competitor the ,a4 ,m4 ,e4 would find in the ,south4 ,as we declared1 it is even now seen4 ,the twenty-three ,congregational churches of #ahfi have become sixty-seven in #ahgi4 ,but it may be said1 what is sixty-seven churches with a membership of #d1fjj1 compared to our thousands8 ,they would not be much1 to be sure1 were they of the same general material4 ,but they are not4 ,they are1 as it were1 a picked body4 ,in a sense they may be said to occupy the same relation to our ,church as the regular army sustains to the volunteer force of the country4 ,and we all know what that means4 ,a thousand regulars can do the work of ten thousand volunteers4 ,is it asked1 ,how is this8 ,the answer is at hand4 ,each ,congregational church grew out of the school which the ,congregational preacher in the person of a teacher taught4 ,knowing his material1 and wielding it much as the potter wields the clay1 he occupied for his church a position decidedly advantageous2 and the result shows that he has not failed to profit by it4 8,in nothing that we have said is it to be supposed that we are in wrath at their manifest success4 ,of course1 we have no patience with the spirit of ,phariseeism breathed forth in the report of the ,committee on ,church ,work in the ,south4 ,nothing that the typical ,pharisee of the ,new ,testament said excels it2 but for the work itself of these1 our companions in the kingdom and patience of ,jesus ,christ1 we entertain the highest possible respect2 begging1 however1 the privilege of suggesting that next year's report be not so strenuously self-complacent4 8,and now we repeat what we have so often said to our brother ministers1 especially of the ,south1 where they are brought in contact with this energetic body of men3 ,know1 once for all1 that the ,church possessed of the best cultured heads and the best cultured hearts1 is to win4 ,that we are infinitely stronger in numbers to-day than are the ,congregationalists1 argues nothing for the future4 ,it is with churches as with everything else1 the fittest survives4 ,if ,african ,methodism prove to be that fittest1 it will survive4 ,if not1 it must inevitably pass away1 and only be remembered as a thing of the past4 ,to be the fittest1 it is required that she banish all ignorance1 all immorality and superstition from her midst4 ,this must be done1 let the cost be what it may4 ,thin out the ministry of the church until there shall not be found an ignorant man nor a bad man in the ranks4 ,thin out the church itself4 ,expel the vicious4 ,drive out the notoriously bad4 ,have a clean church4 ,let such steps as these be taken1 and ,african ,methodism will have a future that will be to the glory of ,god and the best interests of mankind4 ,but if she draw back1 let her remember that ,god can take no pleasure in her40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,ignorance ,,of ,,the ,,negro ,,question4 ,from a paper read by ,w4 ,n4 ,armstrong1 ,esq41 before the ,yale ,alumni ,association of ,new ,york in ,january1 as printed in ,the ,present ,century3 ,there is an astounding ignorance in the ,north regarding the conditions and relations of the blacks and whites of the ,south4 ,the ,north in full control of the ,national ,government for many years1 has had before it a vast and complicated problem in statesmanship4 ,instead of working at it intelligently1 it has lost itself in a fog of political prejudice1 and is not ready at this late day to take an honest look into the matter4 ,for the last fifteen years what have we known of the ,south1 especially of the blacks8 ,what steps have we taken to ascertain the actual truth regarding four millions of negroes whom we suddenly railroaded into our political system8 ,when the ,general ,government wished to obtain facts concerning the geological1 botanical and mineral character of the ,western territory1 it sent out experts skilled in examining1 testing1 classifying and surveying4 ,these men were kept in the field for years1 and their reports fill a score of volumes1 and now we know something about the plains and the mountains4 ,for the intricate social questions of the ,south1 that vast tract of unknown land1 that section of the ,dark ,continent in ,america1 we have neither expert or surveyor1 or intelligent process of examination1 though the demands for accuracy in social science are as imperative as in physical4 ,visiting statesmen have been there4 ,but was a visiting statesman ever known to report a fact which hurt his party8 ,northern men who are in the ,south for the purpose of getting office will not tell the truth1 because it may bear against them4 ,southern men1 as a rule1 do not report the real facts1 because they are prejudiced4 ,northern men who have become prosperous in business at the ,south1 long since discovered that silence was golden1 and their lips are sealed to the public4 ,the testimony of the blacks is the most unreliable of all for reasons which will be given hereafter4 ,the poor ,northern men who have failed to make a fortune in the ,south have a grievance1 and cannot be trusted4 ,it is upon the newspaper correspondent that the ,north has relied mainly for information4 ,but he is always under limitations4 ,one of them 7whom you all know by reputation7 said to me--8,we correspondents are not sent here to find out the actual truth1 but to support the theories of the papers which send us4 ,it won't do for me to say in my letters that the nigger is to blame1 when the editorial columns of my paper say the white men are in the wrong40 ,the newspaper makes its theory first1 or it inherits a theory1 and then sends out for facts to fit it4 ,does not every one know beforehand how every daily paper in this city will treat any given political event8 ,the best sources of information regarding the blacks are his educators4 ,these men1 all of them from the ,north1 know something about the negro4 ,though little enough as yet1 ,congress has never asked these teachers to tell what they know about him4 ,facts regarding the lives or the motives of men are not obvious4 ,the newspaper correspondent cannot reach them in an hour1 or even in a year4 ,i have been personally familiar with a number of events in the ,south4 ,i have never known one of these to be correctly reported4 ,has any lawyer of this city ever known one of his cases to be reported accurately in the daily press8 ,truth seems to be in a deep well everywhere4 ,the ,herald says ,edison's light is a great success4 ,the ,nation is doubtful about it4 ,an electrician of rare skill tells me it is a humbug4 ,if we cannot get at the truth about matters near at home1 what shall be expected regarding matters in a distant section of the country8 ,the ,republican believes what his newspaper tells him about the ,south1 and the ,democrat does not believe it4 ,they never unite for investigation4 ,the historian will say hereafter that the real outrage was in our criminal neglect to ascertain the truth4 ,it is easy to see that it is supremely difficult to get at the facts about two races jostling together1 like huge vessels thumping and pounding against each other in a rolling sea4 ,last year the negro paper in ,charleston1 ,south ,carolina1 advocated the election of a ,democratic mayor4 ,the ,republican papers had no use for that fact4 ,it did not indicate the existence of outrages4 ,it was rather in the line of what ,tyndall calls the tragedy of science--a beautiful theory killed by an incontrovertible fact4 ,for two years the ,democratic party of ,georgia has been so broken up that as many as six or seven independent ,democratic tickets in local issues have been in the field in many counties1 and the white candidate1 who has captured a negro vote1 sees to it with rifle and revolver that no other white opponent interferes with that black vote4 ,facts like these occur by the hundred in ,southern politics1 but the ,republican press ignore them4 ,the ,northern men who are educating the negro regard ,captain ,thompson1 superintendent of public schools in ,south ,carolina1 as one of the most efficient men of the ,south in extending negro education2 but the ,tribune calls him a bloody-shirt orator4 ,the negro teacher is at present his best friend1 and his evidence about the whites should be credible if not conclusive4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,an ,,illustrated ,,press4 ,we have received two communications lately in regard to the importance of the ,press in the education of the colored people--one from an esteemed friend in the ,west1 urging that other institutions should follow the example of ,hampton and ,talladega in publishing papers4 ,we are not sure that this is altogether desirable4 ,there must be many favoring conditions to make it a success2 otherwise there is a certainty of pecuniary loss and wasted effort4 ,the other letter is from an ,english missionary in the ,west ,indies1 who thus states the case as to the value of periodical literature to supplement the influences of the church and the school3 8,there remains1 as a means of elevating and advancing the colored people1 the ,press4 ,the periodical ,press has been of untold service in promoting the civilization of the ,english and ,american white laborers4 ,it has come into their homes1 arousing them1 week by week1 with fresh power and stimulus4 ,it has filled their homes with pictures of beauty1 which delighted themselves and their children1 and taught them1 indirectly1 7and therefore most effectually17 lessons of thrift1 neatness and refinement4 ,every picture of a clean1 neatly-dressed child1 of a well-kept home1 of a happy fireside group1 etc41 etc41 carried its lesson and left its impress1 suggesting imitation1 and stimulating efforts for improvement4 8,now1 what periodicals are there in the whole wide world that will thus encourage1 stimulate and arouse the colored people8 ,not one4 ,i have not met with any ,english or ,american publication at all suited to their needs4 ,it is a common remark of the people here1 when asked to adopt some reform3 #8,that will do for white people2 but it is not for we4' ,and if the ,british ,workman1 or any similar paper1 is placed in their hands1 it but intensifies this feeling4 ,the contrast between themselves and white people is constantly before them4 ,week after week they will see pictures of pleasant homes and scenes in home life1 and in every case these are connected with the home of the white man4 ,if1 by chance1 some colored face is shown1 it is as a curiosity1 like a ,modoc ,indian1 a ,chinaman or a ,zulu4 8,what is urgently needed is something that will meet the needs of colored laborers1 in periodical literature1 as the needs of the white laboring classes are now met4 ,i think that there should without delay be established in ,america some new periodical--or some periodical now established should be so modified in the manner of conducting it--that1 pursuing the broad lines of humanity1 would secure two things3 8#a4--;,in the illustrations1 the manhood of the colored man would receive recognition1 and his home1 his children1 incidents of his life1 would appear from time to time1 in such way as to convey to all colored people a feeling of emulation1 a hope and inspiration1 stimulating them to achieve better things for themselves4 8#b4--;,in the letter-press1 care would be taken to avoid those figures of speech which carry with them an implied degradation of the colored people4 ,to illustrate1 what is #8foul' would not be made synonymous with what is #8black4'0 ,there is certainly sound reason in the above suggestions1 and it would seem that good results might follow the proposed plan4 ,just how it is to be done is the question4 ,the paying constituency of such a paper would probably be too small to make it a matter of mere business enterprise4 ,perhaps to some one the good to be accomplished may seem large enough and direct enough to warrant the needed outlay of thought1 time and capital4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,items ,,from ,,the ,,field4 ,,raleigh1 ,n4 ,c4--,great religious interest is reported throughout the city4 ,our little church is sharing in the great blessing--church members are being revived and others are inquiring the way of life4 ,,woodbridge1 ,n4 ,c4--,during the last two weeks we have had a remarkable outpouring of the ,spirit4 ,on two afternoons we have had to suspend the school exercises on account of those weeping over their sins4 ,some little ones will not leave the house till they feel forgiven4 ,almost all are from the ,band of ,hope4 ,the older ones look on in surprise at such a work among the children4 ,some have tried to stop their children from praying1 but they could come to school and pray1 or go out in the woods till they were converted1 and then they couldn't help it4 ,we have a daily prayer-meeting in the school-house1 in which all take part4 ,sometimes we have open meetings for the children4 ,we have nightly revival meetings1 in which the children are taking hold as far as it seems advisable4 ,later4--,one ,saturday1 four came to tell us of sins forgiven4 ,since then1 for three weeks1 almost every day has brought one or more1 till about thirty have believed1 and several others are anxious4 ,most of these are children2 a few are pretty small4 ,to-day some of them have been praying1 all their spare time1 that they may be able to hold out to the end4 ,it is a time of struggle here4 ,people are so poor as to hardly have enough to eat of the poorest fare1 and clothing is pretty scarce4 ,no capital in the place4 ,they spin and weave their own garments1 even to the thread4 ,,macon1 ,,ga4--,bro4 ,b4 arrived on the #bc;d of ,february1 and we began our special meetings the next night4 ,we had several extra prayer meetings the previous week1 when much earnest prayer was offered for ,god's blessing to come upon us4 ,all things seemed to be in readiness1 the brethren of the church are already quickened1 and the meetings have been very encouraging from the start4 ,the members have taken hold with commendable zeal1 and seem to be thoroughly united4 ,the meeting last night 7,march #c;d7 was almost a ,pentecostal season4 ,there are fifteen or twenty inquirers1 of the most hopeful class of young men and women1 and some intelligent middle-aged men4 ,the work is quiet and deep1 without noise or nonsense1 and seems to be spreading every day4 ,,selma1 ,,ala4--,when ,i last wrote1 ,i think we were anticipating the week of prayer with hope of some awakening4 ,we observed the days with very good attendance and very good results in quickening members1 still the expected ingathering of souls has not been realized4 ,otherwise we think the church is in quite a flourishing condition4 ,since the week of prayer1 we have sustained three or four cottage meetings every week1 with good results1 and with the ,literary ,society1 sociables1 ladies' weekly and monthly meetings1 and regular prayer meetings and teachers' meetings1 we have managed to keep quite busy4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,general ,,notes4 ,the ,indians4 --,the ,house ,committee on ,indian ,affairs has agreed to a bill which proposes to place all that part of the ,indian ,territory not set apart to1 and occupied by1 the ,cherokee1 ,choctaw1 ,chickasaw1 and ,seminole ,indians1 under the jurisdiction of the ,united ,states ,district ,court for the ,district of ,kansas1 held at ,fort ,scott1 in respect to the crimes of murder1 manslaughter1 arson1 rape1 burglary and robbery4 ,the exemptions1 above stated1 are placed by the bill under ,united ,states ,district ,court for ,arkansas4 ,the bill further extends the provisions of the laws of the respective ,states wherein are located ,indian reservations to the reservations themselves4 --,a bill is now pending before the ,indian ,committee of the ,house1 upon which ,governor ,pound1 a member of the committee and an enthusiastic student of the ,indian question1 has made a favorable report1 providing for a number of ,indian schools similar to that at ,carlisle2 and it was in this connection that a visit of inspection was recently made by ,secretary ,schurz1 several members of the ,house ,committee on ,indian ,affairs1 and two members of the ,board of ,indian ,commissioners4 ,besides the general advantages to result directly from education of ,indian youths1 it is represented in support of the measure that the presence of a number of children from each tribe at schools in the ,east will be a most efficient guarantee of good behavior on the part of the tribes4 ,it would seem1 judging from the meagre opportunities for inspection offered by a single visit to ,carlisle1 that the movement promises to be an effectual aid1 if not ultimately one of the chief instruments1 in settling the vexed ,indian problem4 ,if1 however1 only a part of that which is expected is actually realized1 still it will have been a very profitable venture1 both for the ,indians and for the ,government4--,n4 ,y4 ,tribune4 99 99 99 99 99 ,africa4 ,extract from a letter received by the ,london ,missionary ,society3 --8,food continues cheap and plentiful2 the market is a great blessing--it fluctuates frequently1 but the cause can generally be seen2 a recent rise in prices was caused by the sudden arrival of several caravans of ivory from ,manyuema4 ,we are doing a little better with the garden just now4 ,one of our new men formerly worked in an ,arab's garden1 and under his advice and care we have onions now coming up1 and some of the seeds from ,cape ,colony are showing signs of life4 ,we have a good plot of sweet potatoes4 ,the vegetable called nyumbo--mentioned by ,livingstone as being very wholesome--is now procurable in the market2 we find them very good and much like potatoes2 in shape and size they are like good-sized long radishes with blunt tails2 in colour and texture like ,english potatoes1 but stringy outside4 ,good beef is not procurable4 ,fish1 fowls1 and goat's flesh are plentiful2 also eggs and butter4 8,having a good supply of sugar we have tried preserving1 and succeeded very well with lemon marmalade and jam of bananas and guavas4 ,mr4 ,hutley has acquired the art of bread-making1 and we occasionally have an excellent loaf4 ,we both find the maize meal wholesome2 it is capable of being made into a variety of puddings4 ,if ,i were asked of what ,i am in want in the shape of food1 ,i would say1 first1 cabbages2 second1 rhubarb3 and lo1 only to-day1 ,mr4 ,hutley tells me that some ,savoy cabbage seeds are showing signs of life6 ,so we may yet1 with care1 obtain several of the ,english vegetables1 which beat anything in this country1 with all its luxuriance4 8,wheat planting begins in a few days1 at which we shall also have a try4 ,i think it probable we shall be able to procure #8whole-wheat meal' from ,unyanyembe in the season at a reasonable price4 ,men who know the roads in the forest go to ,unyanyembe in eight days2 this seems to us very near40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,freedmen4 ,,rev4 ,,jos4 ,e4 ,,roy1 ,d4 ,d41 ,,field ,,superintendent1 ,,atlanta1 ,,ga4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,virginia4 ,a large ,ingathering4 ,,miss ,m4 ,a4 ,,andrus1 ,,carrsville4 ,reading in the 8,missionary0 of the work done in the ,south1 it came into my mind to tell you of a work of grace here4 ,nearly all of our ,sabbath-school are converted4 ,from sixty to seventy have been baptized and received into this church1 and since the #ast of ,september the pastor has baptized #aej4 ,i have never before labored in a ,sabbath-school where ,i have felt so manifestly the ,spirit accompanying the word4 ,it seemed to sink deep into the hearts and take root there1 and a harvest of souls is the result4 ,the pastor thinks the converts were more intelligent than usual1 and he imputed it to the instruction they had received in the ,sabbath-school4 ,my method of instruction is1 to expound the ,scriptures verse by verse1 as read by each scholar1 making special application to each one individually1 and so each one feels as if he had a portion4 ,sabbath before last1 ,i had the blest privilege of seeing forty-three of the converts all seated together in the front seats1 and it was to me an affecting sight4 ,all ages were represented there from the little child to the man of grey hairs4 ,i spoke to them of the joy it gave me to see them occupying such a position1 and of the joy to the angels of ,god over them1 for if there is joy in heaven among the angels over one sinner that repenteth1 how much more joy over such a number as ,i saw before me4 ,i read to them1 8,a charge to those who have just joined the ,church10 sent to me a few days before by ,samuel ,b4 ,schieffelin of ,new ,york1 which seemed providentially to have come at that time4 ,they all listened with profound attention and seemed much interested1 and ,i trust a good and lasting impression was made upon them4 ,after the reading1 ,i presented each one with a copy of the ,charge1 as it was in little book form1 with which they seemed to be much gratified4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,north ,,carolina4 ,facts ,about the ,taught and the ,teachers4 ,,mrs4 ,,alfred ,,connet1 ,mc,l,e,a,n,s,v,i,l,l,e4 ,we have been here seventeen months4 ,during this time ,i have refrained from expressing myself in regard to the negroes and our work among them4 ,every day we are more and more convinced of their deep degradation2 in fact1 it is entirely beyond anything we had imagined4 ,they seem to be guilty of the whole category of sins1 but1 perhaps1 their untruthfulness is most prominent4 ,we cannot have a self-reporting system in school1 but there are some noble exceptions to the general rule4 ,the most pitiable objects are those women who have families1 but never had husbands4 ,one such woman last fall told me that she was going to gather 8shoemake0 7shumac7 leaves that week1 and get her a pair of shoes4 ,saturday afternoon1 she stopped on her way home from the store4 8,well1 ,aunty1 did you get your shoes80 8,no2 ,mr4 ,f4 showed me so much purty caliker that ,i bought me a dress40 ,she already had about a dozen calico dresses4 8,but what will you do for shoes80 8,i don't know2 but ,i prays to the good ,lord to keep me from getting sick when ,i get my feet wet40 ,i guess ,he heard her1 for she is well4 ,in contrast with this1 the woman who washes for us saves up her wages and buys just what she and her child really need4 ,the women have not made as much advancement as the men2 but there is good reason for this4 ,they have gone to the field as regularly as the men1 and have had their cooking and housework to do2 and1 in addition to this1 they have borne a child every year or two4 ,when they come to church they have these small children to care for4 ,they were pleased when they learned that the 8new minister0 was glad to see them and their babies4 ,it is hard to hold their attention1 they are so tired1 and have so much to think about what they shall eat and wear4 ,we wish we could do them more good2 but we must turn our energies principally to the young4 ,sin and temptation beset the young girls on every side1 and1 alas6 too many of them yield4 ,one asked me in regard to that terrible1 nameless crime4 ,i told her that the life of the child was just as sacred before birth as after birth4 ,she said that the crime was quite common here4 ,mr4 ,c4 has since preached against it4 ,faith in ,god is very strong in some of them4 ,one dear ,aunty1 who has a very large family1 and much to do1 said3 8,when ,i feels so tired1 ,i just ask the ,lord to give me strength to finish this washing1 or whatever ,i am doing1 and he does it40 ,her husband is our ,sunday-school ,superintendent1 and their children are the best educated of any in the neighborhood4 ,this family belongs to three races--white1 black and red--the latter predominating4 ,some of the people seemed to get the idea that we were so anxious for their children to attend school that they could dictate to us1 and they encouraged their children to rebel against necessary government4 ,one girl who ran away from school wrote a note acknowledging her wrong and asking forgiveness2 of course she was gladly received back4 ,seven young men and two girls are doing their own cooking so that they can remain longer4 ,five others are paying board4 ,we have some very dull scholars4 ,we have some bright ones4 ,one young man1 fourteen months ago1 did not know his letters4 ,now he reads in ,national ,third ,reader and ,united ,states history1 has commenced grammar and geography1 and is in fractions in arithmetic4 ,one pupil1 who is a minister1 is over thirty years of age4 ,three other scholars are twenty-nine4 ,nearly all the larger ones are teachers1 or are preparing to teach4 ,i think they will do much good for their people4 ,i may be mistaken1 but it seems to me that the negro does not investigate or reason much1 but acts according to his feelings4 ,even the babies do not tear up their playthings to see what is inside of them4 ,they are full of signs and superstitious notions4 ,our little girl1 ,addie1 showed a very small hen's egg to some little girls4 ,one of them said3 8,my mother never allows us to take one into the house1 it is bad luck2 but it is good luck to throw it over the house1 and we always do that40 ,mr4 ,c4 and ,i both teach six hours per day4 ,sometimes after school we take the carriage and go to see some sick person4 ,last week we went three miles to see one poor sick woman1 who has lost the use of one eye and is nearly blind in the other4 ,she is a great sufferer1 but said1 8,my many afflictions and tribulations bring me near the ,lord1 and ,i am so proud to see you all40 ,last ,saturday we went four miles to see an old man who is probably on his death-bed4 ,he was sixty-three years a slave1 is a ,christian1 has united with the church since we came1 and said that if he never met us here on earth again1 he hoped to in heaven4 ,we sent him some food suitable for him4 ,we see so much destitution that we can't help giving until we feel it4 ,we do almost entirely without butter1 and frequently without sugar4 ,we live very plainly1 but contentedly4 ,one man told in church how much good it did him1 when ,mr4 ,c4 visited him last summer1 and assured him that his child was not past recovery4 ,it was a long ride of fourteen miles on horseback under a burning ,southern sun2 but it greatly encouraged these humble ,christians4 ,they are so ignorant that when they get sick1 they think somebody has poisoned them4 ,they do not seem to have any confidence in each other4 ,one young woman1 who spent five years with ,miss ,douglass1 assured me that she would not take medicine from a colored doctor1 if he was ever so well educated--8,because ,i am afraid he might be mad at me and poison me40 ,it seems discouraging when years of good training fail to eradicate such silly notions4 ,we are in a ,ku ,klux neighborhood1 twenty white families within a mile of us2 but only three of these have ever made us a social call4 ,our children have no associates4 ,i am glad that there are six of them and not just one or two4 ,we are obliged to keep one of the older children out of school to take care of the babies1 aged two and four years4 ,i think it would be a sin to leave them in the care of any of these colored people1 the greater part of each day4 ,they are so ignorant and sinful and superstitious1 that ,i am sure they would poison their young minds4 ,perhaps that is the reason the ,southern people have given so much trouble1 they have had such ignorant nurses4 ,our ,sunday-school is large and doing well4 ,we have large classes because we have so few competent teachers2 we are trying to train others4 ,church services are well attended4 ,our work is made up of lights and shades1 but we like it1 and thank the ,lord that ,he permits us to be humble workers in this part of ,his vineyard4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,georgia4 ,a ,struggling ,church--,a ,growing ,temperance ,work--,hindrances4 ,,rev4 ,j4 ,r4 ,mc,l,e,a,n1 ,,no4 #a ,,miller ,,station4 ,the school is doing well4 ,i have enrolled #fg now1 and have larger scholars than at any time before4 ,the ,sunday-school is growing in numbers and also in interest1 and its work has had great power over the people here for good4 ,the church has been pulling together quite well1 and has raised towards the work here about #cj4 ,a number of the people are not able to do anything1 for they need some one to help them to get bread4 ,none have joined the church this year thus far2 still ,i hope to have some come in before the year closes4 ,we have our house all ceiled inside1 and now we are trying to get it painted4 ,i do wish we could find some one to give us some singing books1 both for ,sunday-school and church4 ,we have only three that we can use in worship4 ,i like the 8,songs of ,devotion10 but then anything else will do if we can get that4 ,the ,temperance ,society is doing good1 but there is room for it to do much more4 ,at our meeting last ,sabbath1 five joined us4 ,the band numbers now about #ej4 ,some1 as might be expected1 have broken their pledges4 ,i find it is those who are trained in our schools1 and those only1 that take hold of our principles4 ,o1 if more could be done for the children1 and for a larger number of them1 there would be some hope for the race yet6 ,what can be done for them8 ,the white people are doing nothing to help them1 as ,i shall tell you when ,i get to it4 ,but the old ones find it hard to leave off the habits of slavery1 which have been going on so long that they have taken deep root1 and how they are to be dug out ,i cannot tell4 ,but will not our ,heavenly ,father overlook many of these wicked habits6 ,our church grows slowly because we are trying all the time to get the people out of their old ways1 which most of the people like best1 and so they are held by the other churches4 ,the large rice planters are doing nothing for them1 only to keep them on their farms and get all the work out of them they can1 and pay them as little as possible for their work4 ,how is this done8 ,by giving them great feasts on the ,sabbath4 ,at these feasts they have the colored people come into the big house 7this means the white people's house7 and shout for them1 as it is called here1 but ,i call it dancing4 ,they are given ginger snaps1 rum and wine4 ,this kind of a party1 or feast1 or shout1 was given last ,sunday 7they are called by all these names74 ,i am told that the colored people on a certain plantation ate two boxes of ginger snaps1 and drank two gallons of wine and four gallons of rum4 ,they have them on the ,sabbath so as not to stop the work4 ,this is the way they hold them4 ,i said in my haste last ,sabbath1 if the white man was to tell them that on the other side of ,hell they could get as much rum and wine as they could get free1 many of them would try to cross over4 ,many of them have given up all they have for it1 and will go anywhere to get it4 ,this is awful1 but it is the truth4 ,our work will tell in the end in saving those that believe4 ,please excuse any rough expressions1 but this is not half like it is4 ,i am not able to tell just how the people do act here2 still they are my people1 and ,i must do all for them ,i can4 ,pray for me1 that ,i may have courage to do my part of the work4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,lady's ,sunday-,school and ,missionary ,work4 ,,miss ,o4 ,b4 ,,babcock1 ,,macon4 ,my infant class in ,sunday-school has grown from five to forty-five since ,i came2 and1 as ,i visit all my scholars1 it keeps me busy4 ,monday afternoons ,i give to practising music in the ,sunday-school2 ,wednesday1 we have our school prayer-meeting2 ,thursday1 a mother's meeting1 for prayer and conversation4 ,this last has always been an interesting feature in my labors among the poor1 and ,i trust it will be so here4 ,friday evening1 ,i have a meeting for ,bible-reading and prayer in the cabins near by4 ,the reading is greatly enjoyed by the people4 ,sunday evenings ,i usually spend in the same way4 ,saturday1 at #b ,p4,m41 ,i have the sewing-school1 numbering seventy-five1 and weekly increasing in numbers and interest4 ,the mothers are delighted1 and the children not less so4 ,as the entire burden of the work rests on me1 with no white help1 you can see that my moments at home are all occupied with cutting and basting4 ,i have finally succeeded in getting some colored teachers1 and may1 in time1 have help in preparing work4 ,i try to visit the homes of all the scholars1 that ,i may know their condition and needs4 ,this is one of the very best means of access to the people1 and helps to fill up the ,sunday-school with needy ones4 ,i feel as much at home as if ,i had always lived here1 and can go to any part of the city with perfect ease4 ,i have visited ,vineville1 ,unionville1 ,east ,macon1 ,tybee1 ,sandy ,bottom1 etc41 the suburbs of the city4 ,there was one dear old colored aunty here who was sick for months1 but always so tender and thoughtful of me that my visits were a comfort and even pleasure4 ,she went home last week1 after a blessed death1 singing with her last breath3 8,i'se passed over ,jordan6 ,hallelu6 ,hallelu60 ,i wouldn't have believed that ,i should miss her as ,i do4 ,i don't find many like her4 ,i feel very grateful for the barrels that ,i have received2 ,i have received one barrel from ,boston1 a cask and barrel from ,newburyport1 one from ,wentworth1 ,n4 ,h41 one from ,chicago4 ,i have written letters to nine different ,sunday-schools1 and keep up a constant correspondence with my own church and ,sunday-school1 also with the ,ladies' ,society in it4 ,this was at first a burden to me1 but it becomes easier and more of a pleasure4 ,i find ,i have made #aej calls during ,january1 and though this is not a large number1 still it implies a great many miles of walking4 ,i often can make but one or two calls in half a day1 the distances are so great and there is no way to ride4 ,i have spent a great many hours in teaching children their ,a ,b ,c's and reading to them4 ,i carry primers with me and find plenty of teaching to do4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,communion ,season--,district ,meetings4 ,,miss ,e4 ,w4 ,,douglas1 ,mc,i,n,t,o,s,h1 ,,liberty ,,co4 ,it was our ,communion ,sabbath and eleven united with the church1 one by letter4 ,five were baptized1 four by sprinkling1 one by immersion4 ,while a few went to the water to witness that ordinance1 the many gathered in the church for a season of prayer1 and ,i think that hour gave tone to the services of the day4 ,i have seldom1 if ever1 seen so much quietness and seriousness in so large a gathering of this emotional people as there was that day4 ,i refer to the greetings after the close of the service4 ,there is usually much loud talking and laughing4 ,the lesson of the morning hour was that they should not forget that the object of the ,lord's table was not to draw a crowd together to meet one another1 but to meet the ,lord and 8remember0 ,him1 and the chapter read and explained by the pastor when he returned from the water led our thoughts to the ,crucified ,one4 ,three of those who united with the church professed conversion during the week of prayer4 ,as the members of this church are so widely scattered that it is difficult for the pastor to visit them often1 they are arranged in seven districts1 each having its 8watchman10 whose duty it is to sustain district prayer-meetings and to report to the pastor any thing needing his attention4 ,i have attended one of these district meetings1 and hope to attend at least one every week4 99 99 99 99 99 ,church and ,school must ,work ,together4 ,,rev4 ,s4 ,e4 ,,lathrop1 ,,macon4 ,during the last session of the ,georgia ,conference at ,savannah1 a debate took place on the subject of the church and school work as of necessity going together in this ,southern field1 which impressed me deeply4 ,it was mainly carried on by the young colored brethren1 both ministers and laymen1 and in matter and manner showed that they knew whereof they spoke1 and were deeply impressed with its importance4 ,any person who may have doubted the vital necessity of the school to the church work here1 would surely have been convinced by the earnest arguments of these brethren1 most of whom came to the church through the educational department of the mission work4 ,said one young preacher3 8,the school is the primary department of the church4 ,it trains the children and youth to think1 and hence to accept of a thoughtful religion like ours1 instead of the mere shouting and emotional style to which the ignorant and untrained cling4 ,the true religion is one which teaches us to love ,god and our neighbor supremely1 and this can be done best by the intelligence which comes only through the school training40 ,another said3 8,our people never had any mental training1 or any encouragement to think for themselves1 and did not know how1 until the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 schools awakened these powers4 ,we1 as a race1 are not naturally a reasoning people4 ,we are too much governed by impulse1 by emotion1 by instinct1 by passions1 and too easily offended1 with little self-control4 ,slavery was a very poor mental discipline1 and when freedom came1 there were many extravagant ideas and ignorant impulses that led the people to extremes4 ,the utter lack of public schools for our race made us at first prize most highly the advantages offered so generously by the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 ,afterward1 as the slumbering intelligence slowly awoke1 we saw not only the intrinsic value of education1 but we were more able to appreciate the kindness which suggested the sending of these faithful teachers and missionaries4 ,gratitude prompted us1 in many cases1 to break away from the old superstitious churches1 and growing enlightenment helps us to see more clearly the superior advantages of an intelligent religion4 ,the consecrated teachers of the ,association have many of them done grand missionary work1 although very few of them are open to the charge of sectarianism4 ,congregationalism1 by its broad1 liberal1 unsectarian policy of churches and schools1 has done a vast amount of good to all the other denominations4 ,they are being leavened more and more by true intelligence1 and the ancient foundations of ignorance and hierarchy are slowly giving way4 ,upon their ruins shall arise more beautiful temples to ,god1 more enlightened worship1 more worthy conceptions of daily life and religious duty40 ,another speaker claimed that 8,the day-school brings about sympathy of the day scholars with the church and ,sunday-school work4 ,the religious exercises of the schools cause the impression that there is a soul as well as a brain to be trained4 ,the knowledge that the teachers are universally engaged in ,sunday-school work1 by the very law of cause and effect1 calls attention to that work also4 ,the sympathy that always exists between the preacher and teachers1 and the hearty interest in the children that is shown by the ministers1 cause both parents and children to think that the work is all one1 as it really is4 ,new ,england #8blossoms as the rose' to-day1 because the church and the school-house have always been built together1 and in their mutual work are as inseparable as the ,siamese twins4 ,may the day hasten when it shall be so in the ,south40 ,the young delegate from ,atlanta said3 8,the first church of ,atlanta is the outgrowth of the ,storrs ,school1 whose devoted teachers have always sought after the spiritual as well as the mental welfare of their scholars4 ,they have been true missionaries and worthy co-laborers in the ,gospel with the pastors of the church40 ,a young preacher1 who is also the successful teacher of the day-school in his parish1 said that 8,the training of the school children to be punctual at the morning roll-call1 teaches also the very necessary habit of punctuality at church1 in which our people are so deficient4 ,the promptness1 the discipline of order1 cleanliness1 good behavior and attention1 which is taught in school1 has also a corresponding effect in the church services4 ,if our people were educated and enlightened1 perhaps the church could get on without the school2 but in their ignorance they must be taught to think1 before they can get a right idea of ,bible religion4 ,the intellect must go with the heart1 preparing the way for the coming of the ,lord4 ,superstition is still a formidable enemy in our church work1 and nothing but sanctified intelligence will ever defeat that adversary40 ,said another delegate3 8,i came into the church through the night-school4 ,i was working hard all day and could not attend day-school1 but went at night and studied as well as ,i could4 ,there ,i first heard of the ,congregational church4 ,i found by inquiry that it was a church which had been very active in the anti-slavery times1 and believed in free speech1 free schools1 free churches and equal rights in church and state4 ,that attracted me1 and ,i inquired more1 until finally ,god forgave my sins and ,i united with the church4 ,i love more and more the freedom and fraternity ,i find1 and ,i believe in the church1 which makes so much of schools1 and has educated so many of my people40 ,said another3 8,the church must go with the school1 because education alone only sharpens the mind for greater mischief4 ,in the very nature of things1 every school teacher ought to be a true ,christian1 to exert a ,christ-like influence in the school1 to encourage pupils to attend church and ,sunday-school4 ,the teacher's power is greater over scholars here than in the ,north40 ,dr4 ,roy spoke of the many mission ,sunday-schools and churches which had sprung up around ,talladega ,college1 the result of labor by the ,christian students4 ,he also recalled the history of the mission schools in ,india1 which1 on account of some complaints1 were at one time given up1 to the great detriment of the missions4 ,this is but an outline of the remarks made upon this important subject1 which would have cheered the hearts of all philanthropists to hear4 ,the decorum and general manner of expression throughout would have done honor to the most dignified deliberative body4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,alabama4 ,notes from ,marion4 ,,mrs4 ,,geo4 ,e4 ,,hill4 ,sundays are our grand working days4 ,as we have services morning and night1 the afternoon is left free to meet the people in other ways4 ,sometimes the women come to the 8,home0 for a prayer-meeting1 or the little children come in to hear ,bible-stories told or read4 ,sometimes ,i have a ,bible-reading for boys4 ,they come1 bringing their ,bibles1 and pencil and paper1 and ,i read them some of the precious verses marked in my own ,bible1 or choose some story like that of the ,shunamite1 which they are not familiar with4 ,many of them read imperfectly1 and so lose the full meaning of the words1 and we find that the 8old1 old story0 becomes new and strangely sweet as we read it aloud to them1 with fresh emphasis and expression4 ,an old man once said to me1 8,if ,i had a hundred dollar bill1 ,i'd give it in a minute if ,i could read the ,bible40 ,last ,sunday1 ,i invited several boys to come and see me4 ,i seated them round a table1 and gave them eight or ten copies of 8,life and ,light0 and 8,missionary ,herald0 to look over4 ,choosing for my text the pictures1 ,i talked an hour with them1 and selected an interesting fact or incident for each one to give that night at our monthly missionary meeting4 ,a fine1 large missionary map has been donated to the church by the ,sunday school in ,weymouth1 ,mass41 which is very useful in showing the people the great world1 about which they know so little4 ,the girls' sewing-class has sent #ch to the ,mendi ,mission4 ,our ,sunday-school numbers about eighty1 and is the pleasantest and most orderly school ,i have seen at the ,south4 ,the children come to their classes neatly dressed1 after the ,saturday's washing and ironing1 and give quiet attention during the hour4 ,we find blackboard illustrations helpful in fixing the thoughts of the lesson4 ,one ,sunday1 twenty maps of ,palestine were handed in1 in connection with the lesson4 ,the ,sunday-school concerts are a special attraction1 and are attended by many from other churches4 ,at our last1 several prominent white citizens were present4 ,we wish our friends at the ,north could see how well these colored children carry through the ,bible ,exercises and other recitations4 ,every ,monday at #d ,p4 ,m41 the women meet at the 8,home0 for an hour of prayer4 ,they have no clocks to tell the time by2 but as most of them live in sight1 ,i hang a white flag on the gatepost1 fifteen minutes before the hour4 ,we call this our 8,gospel flag60 ,the prayers of these women are marked by an unquestioning trust4 ,they ask directly for what they want1 without getting entangled in the formalities of more educated ,christians1 and they evidently feel that they speak into a listening ear4 ,their faces often beam with pleasure as they hear the reading of the ,bible4 8,what a glorious chapter this is6--it feels so holy60--one of them said4 ,they need these hours of prayer1 for life with them is hard1 and pinched1 and poor1 and in their small houses of one or two rooms1 full of little children1 washing and ironing1 and cooking1 these mothers have no 8closet0 where they may shut themselves in for communion with ,jesus1 and get patience and strength for the day4 ,but are not their prayers heard1 as they stand by the tub1 washing for the rich8--or bend over the cradle1 in which1 for some1 there is always a baby--or cook the meal1 which to us would seem so scanty8 ,a woman once told me1 that in slavery times1 she went down in the garden1 among the butter-beans1 to pray--and there she had such a season of joy1 that when she came in1 and took her place at her master's table1 to brush away the flies1 8'pear'd like glory was in de fly-brush60 ,for the last five months1 we have had an afternoon school for children under #ad years of age1 here at the 8,home40 ,a large room on the back gallery was fitted up for them1 and here twenty-five children come every day and are taught from #a to #d o'clock4 ,besides the ordinary book lessons1 their young teacher instructs them in good manners1 neatness and simple fancy-work1 and gives each day a half-hour talk on birds1 plants or animals1 illustrated by pictures on the blackboard4 ,the children are quick to learn and eager for all kinds of information1 which they take home and repeat to their parents1 when the work of the day is done4 ,some of these parents who cannot even read themselves1 are 8proud0 to hear their children talk intelligently about ,washington1 or ,napoleon1 or ,henry ,bergh4 ,this is our third winter among the ,freedmen1 but we feel that we are just learning how to be missionaries1 and how to get at the people1 and meet them in their great needs4 ,are we happy in our work8 ,yes2 happy and content4 ,even in our 8small corner0 we have the ,master's presence1 and feel it a privilege to work among ,his lowly ones4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,mississippi4 ,a ,brother's ,devotion4 ,,mrs4 ,g4 ,,stanley ,,pope1 ,,tougaloo4 ,when we first came to ,tougaloo1 two years ago last fall1 we found a young man who had been here a few days1 ,frank ,h----4 ,he had run away from his uncle1 because of his cruelty to him4 ,he was then about nineteen years old4 ,he was anxious to get an education2 and although he had not a cent of money1 he proved to be such a faithful boy1 both at his books and at work1 that with but little help he managed to earn his board and pay his way in school4 ,he had been a very wicked boy1 but ,christ wrought a great change in him1 and before the year closed1 he became a most conscientious ,christian4 ,he remained right here1 working on the farm during the summer1 and studying when school was in session1 until about two months ago1 when he left and went to work4 ,he had often spoken of a sister who was still with his uncle1 and he was anxious to get her away1 and have her in school4 ,a little over a week ago1 he received his pay for his work1 and went to get his sister4 ,he tried to persuade his uncle to let her go1 but he would not listen to it1 and said she should never leave him4 ,frank found out from her that she was greatly abused1 and that she wanted to leave and come with him4 ,she is not more than fourteen years old1 and small for her age1 but when ,frank found her she was burning brush and helping to clear up new land4 ,her whole work has been in the field1 plowing and hoeing1 picking cotton and 8pulling fodder40 ,frank finally made up his mind to 8kidnap0 her2 so a little after dark1 when she was feeding the mules1 he told her his plan1 and they left at once for the swamp1 as it would be less easy to track them there4 ,after going through that1 they walked till nearly midnight to get to a railroad station farther away than the one they usually went to1 as ,frank knew his uncle would be down there in the morning to find them4 ,the girl1 whose name by the way is ,leah1 had no clothing on except a cotton dress and a bit of an old shawl over her head2 so1 early in the morning1 ,frank went to a store and got calico for two dresses1 and hired them made1 both being finished 7after a fashion7 by night1 he paying a dollar apiece for the work4 ,he also bought her some shoes and a few other things1 and a little after dark they took the cars for this place1 arriving here about midnight4 ,frank stayed over the ,sabbath1 and then went back to his work to earn money to keep her in school4 ,he said to me1 8she's all the sister ,i've got1 and ,i want her to do well40 ,she did not know a letter1 but she is quick and bright1 and during the few days she has been in school she has done well2 she knows nothing about housework1 but is willing and tries to learn4 ,i asked her yesterday if she knew about ,god4 8,not much40 8,have you ever been to ,sabbath-school80 8,no40 8,ever been to church80 8,twice40 8,do you know about ,jesus80 8,never heard of him40 ,oh1 ,christian women of the ,north6 do you need to go to ,india or ,turkey to find heathen8 ,i assure you1 ,leah is not an isolated case2 she is a fair sample of thousands in the ,south4 ,your 8,woman's ,board of ,missions0 is doing a good work for ,god and humanity4 ,i would not underestimate its value2 but while you are responding so liberally to the calls for help from afar1 are you not forgetting this work of no less importance which lies nearer to you1 the work of giving ,christian education to the despised and degraded colored women of the ,south8 ,we are very sorry to have ,frank out of school4 ,he can not afford it1 neither can you afford it1 for if he could be in school for one or two years longer1 he would make a very fair teacher for the country schools4 ,he hopes to be here next year2 but if he has to clothe himself and his sister1 and pay seven dollars apiece a month for their board1 ,i don't see much chance for him4 ,does any one feel called upon to take the responsibility of her board bill8 99 99 99 99 99 ,report ,of the ,state ,superintendent of ,public ,education to ,his ,excellency ,governor ,j4 ,m4 ,stone1 and the ,honorable ,legislature of the ,state of ,mississippi4 ,,tougaloo ,,university4 ,this institution1 under the direction and control of the ,american ,missionary ,association1 is doing a most excellent work in the education of the colored youth of the ,state4 ,for a number of years after its establishment an annual appropriation was made by the ,state1 supplementary to the funds contributed by the ,society1 and a ,board of ,trustees was appointed on the part of the ,state4 ,this ,board still exists2 but inasmuch as the last ,legislature failed to make appropriation for the ,university1 and as the property belongs to the ,missionary ,society1 it would appear to be useless4 ,the ,principal1 writing on the #bjth of ,december1 #ahgi1 says3 8,the improvement in the school is very marked4 ,this is seen in the general training of students1 in the greater number who are desiring to complete the regular course of study1 the increased number in attendance in the higher grades1 in more frequent visits from patrons1 and by the friends it is making among the whites where our students have been at work4 ,the management of the institution is admirable1 its teachers are superior1 and everything connected with it is in excellent condition1 as ,i have had occasion to learn from personal observation4 ,as a recognition of the good work being done by the ,american ,missionary ,association in the education and elevation of the colored people of the ,state1 it is recommended that a liberal appropriation be made1 that it may be rendered still more useful40 ,j4 ,a4 ,,smith1 ,state ,supt4 of ,public ,education4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,louisiana4 ,revival in the ,central ,church--,theological ,department--,church ,dedication4 ,,rev4 ,w4 ,s4 ,,alexander4 ,the hope expressed in my last letter that ,i might have glad tidings to send you1 has been fully realized1 and it is my happiness to record one of the most precious revivals in the history of the ,central ,church4 ,i do not forget the history of the past four years1 and the seasons of spiritual awakening through which the church has passed4 ,the present movement differs from the preceding1 if at all1 in a more intelligent grasp of the truth1 and in a deeper spiritual tone4 ,the past summer was a time of preparation for the scenes that were to follow4 ,the ,revival was the constant theme of conversation and prayer4 ,it was the one burden upon their hearts4 ,sunday1 ,january #d1 the first day of the week of prayer1 was marked by evident signs of deepening interest4 ,on that day1 eight were received to the church1 of whom three came on profession of their faith4 ,for twenty-seven consecutive evenings1 we met in our lecture room4 ,the ,gospel was preached with directness and earnestness4 ,a 8church in earnest0 took hold of the work and pressed it forward4 ,beginning with an audience of #ge1 the numbers in constant attendance rapidly increased to #bjj4 ,the interest suffered no diminution to the last night1 when six came forward to the 8mourners' seats0 with the cry1 8,pray for us40 ,some continued in an anxious state for two1 three or four weeks1 while others1 coming in from motives of curiosity merely1 were stricken down by ,god's ,spirit1 and as quickly brought into the light and liberty of believers4 ,an old man of #gj years was brought into the ,kingdom1 and is as happy as the youngest convert4 ,another1 much in political life1 and who publicly said1 8,i have been an awful sinner10 seems now to be a reformed and converted man4 ,four of our ,university students have joyfully professed ,christ4 ,while incidents occurred daily which touched our hearts1 and added to the tenderness and deep solemnity of our meetings1 they cannot of course be faithfully recorded1 and ,i do not attempt it4 ,let me say that there was no undue excitement1 and not the slightest approach to merely physical and emotional demonstrations4 ,the work was too intelligent1 too spiritual for that4 ,in prayer1 in song1 and in appeal1 human agency was forgotten1 and the converting power of the ,divine ,spirit was reverently recognized4 ,sunday1 ,feb4 #ast1 was our 8,feast of ,ingathering40 ,of the thirty converted in the meetings1 twenty-four were received to the fellowship of the church1 with two who came to us by letter4 ,the people brought flowers for the pulpit and communion-table4 ,of the #bej present in the audience1 #aej received the sacrament4 8,the ,lord hath done great things for us whereof we are glad40 ,the ,theological ,department is larger than in any previous year4 ,it numbers twenty members1 young men of zeal and promise1 not only willing but eager to be instructed in the truths and doctrines of ,god's word4 ,four of the class are ordained ministers1 of whom two are pastors of churches in ,new ,orleans4 ,not all of them have the ministry in view4 ,those who have not1 are hoping through this instruction to become more useful and efficient in the church4 ,three theological lectures are given each week1 and there are besides sermons given by the students before the class for criticism1 and discussions on religious topics4 ,our great lack is books of reference4 ,we have no systems of theology1 and no commentaries to which the young men can have access4 ,in the 8good time coming10 these we trust will be supplied1 and so the efficiency of the department be increased4 ,church ,dedication4--,in response to an earnest invitation from the ,congregational ,church in ,new ,iberia1 ,i went down on ,saturday1 the #adth inst41 to assist in the dedication of their new church4 ,the terrific windstorm of last ,september laid their tasteful and really beautiful house of worship in ruins4 ,the building was a total wreck4 ,the storm1 as it swept up the bayou1 left only desolation in its track4 ,the people1 with commendable energy and self-denial1 bating not one jot of heart or hope1 set themselves to the work of rebuilding4 ,they purchased more ground1 put up a larger and better building1 and the machinery of the church is again in working order4 ,they have expended something like #dej1 and urgently need #bjj more for painting and furnishing4 ,the people feel that they have exhausted their resources4 ,it is a noble enterprise1 and should be encouraged4 ,loyalty to our ,congregational polity in ,louisiana should call forth a hearty response to their appeal4 ,at the service of dedication1 the house was crowded to its utmost capacity4 ,both morning and night the word was received with all readiness and gladness of heart4 ,southern ,louisiana is a beautiful country1 unsurpassed for productiveness1 and should be dotted all over with churches where the ,gospel in its simplicity1 clearness and power may be preached4 ,god speed the day6 99 99 99 99 99 ,,tennessee4 ,revival in ,fisk ,university4 ,,prof4 ,h4 ,s4 ,,bennett4 ,a quiet but deep work of grace has been in progress since the week of prayer in our institution4 ,the week of prayer was observed as usual with us1 but without any special increase of interest4 ,the question then came up1 8,shall we pass through the year without our usual work of grace80 ,this led to earnest prayer and consecration on the part of teachers and ,christian students4 ,the result was soon perceptible in greater earnestness among ,christians1 and a wide-spread spirit of inquiry among the impenitent4 ,at this point the attendance on the half-hour prayer meetings was largely increased4 ,from six to ten inquirers presented themselves for prayers from night to night1 and from this time the work went forward4 ,four students were converted on one ,sabbath1 and others were brought out into the light4 ,thus the work went forward hopefully but quietly1 until1 up to this time1 fourteen students have expressed a hope in ,christ4 ,this is the second season of interest during the present scholastic year4 ,before ,christmas1 a brief season of spiritual awakening brought seven students out upon the ,lord's side1 so that the results of the year have been twenty-one conversions4 ,several others are still inquiring1 and the work goes on1 though with less manifest power than a few weeks ago4 ,the results of the revival have been seen in the deepening of the earnestness of ,christians1 so that much of the power of the good work does not appear4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,indians4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,church--,,christmas--,,bibles4 ,,rev4 ,,myron ,,eells1 ,s',,kokomish1 ,,wash4 ,,ter4 ,the first ,sabbath in this year we received five members into our church1 three of them on profession of faith1 two of whom were our older scholars4 ,one of the scholars whom we received a year ago died some time since4 ,it was on the ,sabbath1 and after his brother1 also a member1 had returned from church1 he took his brother's hand and held it until he died1 urging him to hold steadfast to his ,christian profession to the end4 ,we have1 to our great regret1 been obliged to discipline two others for misconduct1 suspending them for three months4 ,on ,christmas ,i arranged so that a dinner was prepared for the oldest ,indians1 who are unable to support themselves4 ,they enjoyed it1 coming through storm1 snow and cold in order to get it4 ,it was the first affair of the kind we have had for them alone4 ,between ,government and the ,indians1 feasts have been prepared for the ,indians in general1 but never for the old decrepit ones4 ,they are nearly always neglected4 ,for more than two years ,i have been serving as ,local ,agent of our ,territorial ,bible ,society4 ,on making my report for the last year1 ,i find that ,i have sold books to the amount of #cb4ai1 viz4 thirty ,bibles and forty-five ,testaments4 ,of these1 twenty-one ,bibles and eighteen ,testaments have been bought by the ,indians1 for which they have paid #bb4gb4 ,these have varied in price from the five-cent ,testament to the royal octavo ,bible1 gilt1 reference1 the latter having been for a newly married couple1 both of whom have been in school4 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 ,willey ,d4 ,d41 ,edward ,p4 ,flint1 ,esq41 ,rev4 ,j4 ,w4 ,hough1 ,d4 ,d41 ,jacob ,s4 ,taber1 ,esq4 ,,directors3 ,rev4 ,george ,mooar1 ,d4 ,d41 ,hon ,e4 ,d4 ,sawyer1 ,rev4 ,e4 ,p4 ,baker1 ,james ,m4 ,haven1 ,esq41 ,rev4 ,joseph ,rowell1 ,rev4 ,john ,kimball1 ,e4 ,p4 ,sanford1 ,esq4 ,,secretary3 ,rev4 ,w4 ,c4 ,pond4 ,,treasurer3 ,e4 ,palache1 ,esq4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,our ,,new ,,fields4 ,it will be remembered by such of our friends as keep a close watch of our movements1 that on or about the first of ,february1 we commenced work in three new fields1 ,oroville1 ,grass ,valley and ,marysville4 ,they will read with interest the subjoined extracts from letters already received3 ,marysville4--,i requested ,lee ,haim to stop at ,marysville1 on his way to ,oroville1 and spend the ,sabbath there1 preaching as he had opportunity4 ,i also invited ,lem ,chung1 our helper at ,sacramento1 to accompany him1 and to spend a week there assisting to start the school4 ,a postal from ,lee ,haim and ,lem ,chung1 written in ,chinese and addressed to 8,the ,brethren of the ,congregational ,association of ,christian ,chinese10 has been translated for me as follows3 8,dear ,brethren1 ,we write to tell you that we arrived safely in ,marysville a little after #d ,p4 ,m4 ,an hour later we went to ,chinatown1 and on the street we preached to our countrymen4 ,a large crowd was gathered at first by our singing1 and they listened to both preaching and singing with great interest4 ,at #g o'clock the same evening1 we had so large an audience in our school-room that many went away on account of lacking seats4 ,our hearts were filled with joy1 and we preached to them from the ,chinese ,testament1 and explained to them the meaning of the hymns we sang4 ,we trust the seed sown will soon spring up to a good harvest4 ,our countrymen here in school treat us very kindly1 and we know this is due to your and ,mr4 ,pond's prayers4 ,please pray for us continually40 ,miss ,mattie ,a4 ,flint1 the teacher1 writes3 8,i have #be names on the roll1 with an average attendance of about #ae4 ,they all take a great deal of interest1 especially in the singing4 ,already they can sing three or four of the hymns on the card very well4 ,we have organized a ,sunday-school4 ,visitors drop in occasionally and express much interest4 ,i myself am deeply interested1 and will do all in my power to teach them of their ,heavenly ,father4 ,they are learning to read very fast40 ,the ,christian co-operation of ,rev4 ,p4 ,l4 ,carden1 pastor of the ,presbyterian ,church in ,marysville1 has much to do with the good promise of the work there4 ,grass ,valley4--,rev4 ,f4 ,b4 ,perkins reports orally1 that he has succeeded in renting a school-room already tolerably well furnished1 and expects to pay the rent by donations made upon the field4 ,the average attendance thus far is but eight--owing partly1 perhaps1 to the fact that the school-room is rather remote from the ,chinese quarter4 ,but there is a good prospect of increase4 ,i wish ,i could dare to send a helper to each of these points4 ,oroville4--,lee ,haim wrote as follows after spending a fortnight in his new field3 8,the school was opened on the #eth day of this month0 7the room not being ready before74 8,only had school two evenings4 ,then we have vacation two days for ,new ,year's4 ,at ,new ,year's day ,i made a call at every store 7,chinese7 in ,oroville4 ,on the second day of our new year ,i went to the other ,chinese town three miles from here1 and when ,i reached there ,i first made a call on every store4 ,after that ,i preach to them and sing several hymns in ,chinese in the opening0 7i4 e41 of his street service74 8,it seems to me1 by my own judgment 7so far as ,i could judge7 they were pleased to hear4 ,twenty were present at our last prayer-meeting1 and when the school was opened again1 the school-room was quite crowded4 ,i hope the ,almighty ,god will send ,his ,holy ,spirit to remove 7move7 their heart1 and still lead them coming2 that they may hear this wonderful word1 and repent1 to be the children of ,god40 ,at a later date ,miss ,waterbury writes3 8,we are going on very well1 and have as many as we can teach with any degree of profit4 ,last night ,i should judge there were fifty or more4 ,it is impossible to tell the exact number1 as many come in1 take a lesson1 and leave before the school is closed4 ,two-thirds1 ,i should think1 began at ,a ,b ,c4 ,many of these are now spelling words4 ,after less than a fortnight's instruction4--,w4 ,c4 ,p4 ,last night ,i had twelve or more in their letters1 and taught them from a card hung upon the wall1 till lungs and strength gave out4 ,among them were two little boys about six years old1 uncommonly smart and quick4 ,several old men have been spelling 8dog10 8man10 etc4 with great patience4 ,the school is a new thing and creates much interest4 ,sometimes several will crowd around1 looking over the shoulder and listening eagerly to the one who reads4 ,i do not think this will always last1 but ,i think there is a great field here for good4 ,oh1 to be filled with the spirit of ,god1 that ,i may be the channel of grace to these dark souls6 ,who is sufficient for these things80 ,i add an extract from a letter from ,miss ,helen ,e4 ,clarke1 teacher in one of our old fields--,santa ,barbara4 ,it is written in the familiar terms of a friendly correspondence1 and not at all as a formal report2 but it gives1 for that1 all the more graphic picture of the 8ups and downs0 of our work3 8,i am very sorry to say that ,ah ,sing has left ,santa ,barbara4 ,we shall miss him very much in the school4 ,he went to the gold mines in ,mexico1 ,i think4 ,he said he would write you when he got there4 ,gin ,gem took the wash-house1 previously carried on by ,ah ,sing4--,w4 ,c4 ,p4 ,it makes quite a difference whom they have there1 and ,i am very glad he has it1 for ,i think him a very good boy4 ,he said the reason he wanted the place was1 so that he could come to school every night4 ,he and ,gin ,foy expect to unite with our church to-morrow40 ,,edward ,p4 ,,sanford1 a director in our ,california ,auxiliary1 from its organization1 for many years ,superintendent of the ,chinese ,sunday-school of the ,first ,congregational ,church in ,oakland1 was transferred to the church above on ,feb4 #afth4 ,a fearless friend of all who are unbefriended by the world at large1 an eager1 efficient and prayerful follower of ,jesus1 a strong pillar in the church1 a man who united a careful and intense energy and an unflinching and unspotted integrity1 with the gentleness and kindliness sometimes supposed to adorn womanhood alone1 genial1 generous1 helpful everywhere1--how can we spare him8 ,but how high and holy and beneficent must be the service prepared for him above1 since the ,master who never mistakes1 thought good to take him there6 99 99 99 99 99 ,,children',s ,,page4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,voyage ,,to ,,africa--,,prof4 ,,chase ,,to ,,his ,,four-,,year-,,old ,,boy4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,my ,,dear ,,little ,,boy3 ,it is a good many days since papa left you and mamma1 and he has been sailing on the water most all of the time4 ,i was in the boat that you and mamma left me on twelve days1 as many as you have fingers on both hands and two more4 ,then ,i was on land three nights4 ,then ,i came on this ship1 and have slept on it as many nights as you and mamma both have fingers on your two hands4 ,the little beds on this boat are just like those you saw4 ,the boat stopped a little while at some places1 and ,i saw people without much clothes1 like the pictures you saw in the book1 and little boys and girls1 as big as you1 who had not any clothes at all4 ,they did not seem to care2 but ,i think they would feel very fine if they had nice little sailor suits like yours4 ,these black people eat real funny4 ,on the little boats that came out to get things from this big boat they had little stoves with one pot4 ,a boy about as big as ,johnnie ,c----1 with no clothes but one piece tied around him--no hat1 no shirt1 no coat1 no pants1 no socks1 no shoes--made the fire and cooked the food4 ,he took some fishes that he had caught in the water and cut them into small pieces1 and then took some rice1 and put the pieces of fish and the rice into the pot over the fire with some water in it4 ,then he put something into a hole in a big log and pounded it with the end of a shovel-handle1 and when he had pounded it enough he poured it on the fish and rice in the pot4 ,by and by he poured what was in the pot into a large tray and all the men began to eat4 ,but they did not eat as we do4 ,they did not have any plates1 nor any knives1 nor any forks4 ,they just had one spoon4 ,one took this spoon and ate a little1 and then handed it to another and he ate a little4 ,the others put their hands into the tray and took out a handful of the fish and rice and made it up into a ball1 as boys where you are make snow-balls1 and then ate it as people eat apples4 ,i don't think you would like to have your papa and mamma eat in that way1 and ,i don't think you would like to eat just fish and rice1 no meat1 no potatoes1 no bread1 no butter1 no pie1 no cake4 ,but the rich people here in ,africa have some nice things to eat4 ,mr4 ,smith bought a lot of nice oranges for about a cent apiece4 ,they were real sweet and juicy and do not make my teeth sore1 and we have some real nice bananas--,i wish you and mother had some of them--and where we are to stop next1 pine-apples grow4 ,it is not cold here as it is where you are4 ,the sun is real hot and the trees are all covered with leaves and oranges1 and bananas and pine-apples are growing on the trees and just getting ripe4 ,i expect to leave this ship to-morrow4 ,the next day will be ,sunday1 and we shall spend that day in ,sierra ,leone4 ,then we are to ride in a small boat that black men will make go with their oars1 like that boat the boy took us to see the soldiers in last summer1 when you were just a little afraid it would tip over and spill us out into the water4 ,don't you remember8 ,so in four days more we are to stop going1 going1 going on the water1 and live on the land in a house once more4 ,from your loving papa1 ,t4 ,n4 ,c4 ,p4 ,s4--,we reached ,sierra ,leone ,sunday morning1 and found a little steamer bound for ,good ,hope1 to which we have been transferred4 ,we went ashore yesterday and attended church at the ,wesleyan ,mission1 at which a native minister preached1 and took lunch with ,rev4 ,dr4 ,godman1 who is in charge of the ,wesleyan ,missions4 ,the boat is to leave at #ab to-day1 and we plan to go ashore meanwhile4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,receipts ,,for ,,february1 #ahhj4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,maine1 #cid4fh4 ,andover4 ,mrs4 ,eldridge ,poor #b4jj ,augusta4 ,john ,dorr #ae4jj ,bangor4 ,central ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aea4ah ,bethel4 ,,estate of ,mrs4 ,sarah ,j4 ,chapman1 by ,a4 ,w4 ,valentine1 ,ex4 #bj4jj ,blanchard4 8,a ,friend of ,missions0 #e4jj ,brownville4 ,hon4 ,a4 ,h4 ,merrill #ajj4jj ,dennysville4 ,mrs4 ,samuel ,eastman #e4jj ,falmouth4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4fj ,garland4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #e4jj ,minot4 8,a ,friend0 #a4jj ,monson4 ,rev4 ,r4 ,w4 ,emerson #bj4ij ,orland4 8,a ,friend0 #g4jj ,orono4 8,a ,friend0 #e4jj ,searsport4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #aj4jj ,winslow4 ,cong ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bj4jj ,yarmouth4 ,first ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ag4jj ,,new ,,hampshire1 #cgd4bg4 ,alstead4 ,third ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ac4aa ,amherst4 ,w4 ,d4 ,l4 #j4ej ,auburn4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #g4ce ,bennington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bj4jj ,chester4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aa4hj ,concord4 8,a ,friend0 #a4jj ,dunbarton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aa4ja ,east ,pembroke4 ,john ,rand1 deceased1 by ,w4 ,martin4 #b4jj ,fisherville4 ,j4 ,c4 ,martin #aj4jj ,fitzwilliam4 ,dea4 ,rufus ,phillips #e4jj ,gilmanton ,iron ,works4 ,cent ,charitable ,society of ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4cj ,keene4 8,a ,friend10 #ajj2 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #fc #afc4jj ,langdon4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #e4jj ,lyme4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #cf4aa2 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #aj4 #df4aa ,lyndeborough4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #h4be ,marlborough4 ,ladies' ,benev4 ,soc41 ,bbl4 of ,c4 for ,talladega ,c4 ,new ,boston4 ,presb4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aa4aj ,plymouth4 ,cong4 ,soc41 #bd4ad2 ,h4 ,w4 ,h4 #a4 #be4ad ,rochester4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #be4jj ,salem4 ,mrs4 ,g4 ,d4 ,k4 #j4ej ,troy4 ,m4 ,w4 ,w4 #a4jj ,,vermont1 #bjg4hd4 ,berlin4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aa4jj ,coventry4 ,m4 ,c4 ,pearson #e4jj ,craftsbury4 ,correction4 ,,estate of ,mrs4 ,deborah ,w4 ,lewis in ,march number should read ,mrs4 ,deborah ,w4 ,loomis ,east ,hardwick4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 7adl47 #h4jj ,hardwick4 ---- for ,ag'l ,dept41 ,talladega4 ,c4 #e4jj ,hartford4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch41 #ic4fa4 ,incorrectly ack4 in ,feb4 number ,jamaica4 8,a ,friend0 #e4jj ,newbury4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #bg4eg2 ,centre ,ch41 #aa4jf #ch4fc ,north ,cambridge4 ,miss ,m4 ,k4 #a4jj ,north ,ferrisburgh4 ,,estate of ,sylvia ,dean1 by ,j4 ,m4 and ,w4 ,l4 ,dean1 ,ex's #ae4jj ,pittsfield4 ,dea4 ,h4 ,o4 ,g4 #j4ej ,saint ,albans4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #fd4bj ,salisbury4 ,j4 ,f4 #a4jj ,saxtons ,river4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #c4jj ,shelburn4 8,a ,friend0 #ae4jj ,strafford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ae4jj ,west ,danville4 8,a ,friend0 #j4ea ,windsor4 8,a thank offering for a departed ,mother0 by her daughter #bj4jj ,,massachusetts1 #b1fae4jg4 ,ballard ,vale4 ,j4 ,l4 #a4jj ,barre4 ,evan ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 to const4 ,,john ,s4 ,,roper1 ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,boston4 ,mt4 ,vernon ,ch41 ad'l #bj2 ,g4 ,f4 ,kendall1 #e #be4jj ,boxford4 ,miss ,mary ,l4 ,sawyer1 #b1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,k4 ,coles' ,s4 ,s4 ,class #a1 for ,savannah1 ,ga4 #c4jj ,brockton4 ,mrs4 ,t4 ,c4 ,p4 #ej;c4--,bbl4 of ,c4 #j4ej ,brookline4 ,sophia ,b4 ,white #aj4jj ,buckland4 8,a ,friend0 #e4jj ,amesbury4 ,mrs ,a4 ,l4 ,bayley #bj4jj ,amherst4 ,wm4 ,m4 ,graves #bj--,miss ,coit and ,mrs4 ,field1 ,box of ,c41 for ,talladega ,c4 #bj4jj ,andover4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,d4 ,smith1 #b4ae1 for ,freight on books1 for ,talladega ,c42--8,friends10 by ,c4 ,e4 ,towle1 ,box of ,c41 for ,savannah1 ,ga4--,bbl4 of ,c4 #b4ae ,ashfield4 ,ladies' ,benev4 ,soc41 #ad1 by ,clarissa ,hall1 ,treas42 ,b4 ,howes1 #a4cj #ae4cj ,cambridgeport4 ,miss ,h4 ,e4 ,m41 #ej;c2 ,mrs4 ,h4 ,l4 ,b41 #ej;c4 #a4jj ,campello4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #fi4ha ,charlestown4 ,winthrop ,ch4 and ,soc4 #fa4ic ,chelsea4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bd4ij ,danvers4 ,maple ,st4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #be4jj ,dedham4 ,young ,ladies' ,mite ,box1 #g2 ,ladies' ,soc41 #c1 for ,teacher1 ,selma1 ,ala4 #aj4jj ,dunstable4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4jj ,essex4 8,howard10 for ,chapel1 ,wilmington1 ,n4 ,c4 #a1jjj4jj ,fall ,river4 ,third ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ab4ge ,granville ,corners4 ,mrs4 ,clement ,holcomb #e4jj ,groveland4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #d4jj ,hadley4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #g4jj ,hanover4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bj4jj ,hanson4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #f4jj ,harvard4 ,evan ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 for ,indian ,m4 #f4be ,holliston4 ,bible ,christians of ,district ,no4 #d1 by ,john ,batcholder #be4jj ,lawrence4 ,lawrence ,st4 ,ch41 ,bbl4 of table linen1 and #e1 for ,freight1 for ,savannah1 ,ga4 #e4jj ,lenox4 ,a4,j4 ,holman #e4jj ,loudville4 ,mrs4 ,w4 ,s4 ,r4 #a4jj ,marion4 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc4 #e4jj ,millbury4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch41 #be1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u42 ,hervey ,goodell1 #b2 ,john ,p4 ,lovell1 #b2 ,mrs4 ,h4 ,c41 #a3 ,d4 ,b41 #ej;c42 ,tyler ,waters1 #e #ce4ej ,millford4 ---- 7of which1 #b4ej1 for ,indians1 and #a4ej1 for ,chinese ,m47 #g4jj ,monson4 ,miss ,anna ,m4 ,bradford1 #b2 ,e4 ,a4 ,w41 #ej;c4 #b4ej ,new ,bedford4 8,a ,lady ,friend0 #cj4jj ,newburyport4 ,philip ,m4 ,lunt1 #be4ej2 ,foster ,w4 ,smith1 #e2 ,j4 ,d41 #a #ca4ej ,northborough4 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,e4 ,d4 ,f4 #j4ej ,palmer4 ,,estate of ,mrs4 ,betsy ,barton1 by ,wilson ,brainard and ,john ,c4 ,brainard1 ,ex's #dhi4hj ,pittsfield4 ,s ,frissell1 ,m4,d4 #a4ej ,roxbury4 ,s4 ,w4 ,b4 and ,j4 ,f4 #ej;c4 ea4 #a4jj ,salem4 ,n4 ,c4 ,robbins1 #e1 for rebuilding barn1 ,talladega ,c42 ,south ,cong4 ,ch41 ,bbl4 of ,c4 for ,talladega1 ,ala4 #e4jj ,saxonville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #cj4ib ,somerville4 ,franklin ,st4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aab4hf ,south ,amherst4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #g4jj ,south ,dartmouth4 ,mrs ,mercy ,p4 ,staples #b4jj ,south ,deerfield4 8,a ,friend0 #e4jj ,south ,hadley4 ,mt4 ,hol4 ,sem41 8,a ,friend0 #b4jj ,sudbury4 8,a ,friend0 #b4jj ,taunton4 ,sewing ,soc4 of ,winslow ,ch41 #be1 for ,student ,aid2 also ,box of ,c41 and #b1 for ,freight1 for ,talladega1 ,ala4 #bg4jj ,tewksbury4 ,mrs4 ,geo4 ,lee1 for ,savannah1 ,ga4 #e4jj ,warren4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #dj4jj ,waquoit4 ,mrs4 ,v4 ,n4 ,h4 #a4jj ,westborough4 ,evan ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #acc2--,mrs4 ,sarah ,fisher1 ,box of ,c41 and #a4ej1 for ,freight1 for ,mc,intosh1 ,ga4--,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 ,box of ,c4 #acd4ej ,westfield4 ,mrs4 ,h4 ,o4 ,c4 #a4jj ,westford4 ,union ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 7ad'l7 #a4ef ,west ,medway4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #cb4ge2 8,a ,friend0 #aj #db4ge ,williamstown4 ,a4 ,m4 #j4ej ,wilmington4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #be4jj ,woburn4 ,mrs4 ,g4 ,a4 ,b4 #j4ej ,worcester4 ,union ,ch4 quar4 coll41 #dg4ei2 8,a ,friend10 #a2 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,p4 ,j41 #ej;c42 ,g4 ,m4 ,p41 #ej;c2 ,benj4 ,c4 ,moore1 a ,melodeon #di4ei ,worcester ,co4 8,a ,friend10 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,,mary ,w4 ,,harriman1 ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ---- 8,a ,friend10 for ,communion ,service for ,midway ,ch41 ,macon1 ,ga4 #dd4jj ,,rhode ,,island1 #e4jj4 ,tiverton ,four ,corners4 ,amicable ,cong4 ,soc4 #e4jj ,,connecticut1 #b1aei4eg4 ,bethlehem4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ag4ej ,bridgeport4 ,rev4 ,chas4 ,beecher1 #a4ej1 for ,freight2 ,j4 ,b41 #a #b4ej ,bristol4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #hc4gj ,buckingham4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #b4eb ,canton ,centre4 ,s4 ,b4 ,h4 #a4jj ,collinsville4 ,cong4 ,ch41 ad'l to const4 ,,mrs4 ,,melissa ,,lane4 ,l4 ,m4 #b4jj ,cornwall ,hollow4 ,mrs4 ,h4 ,s4 #a4jj ,guilford4 ,daniel ,hand1 #ajj2 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #bj #abj4jj ,haddam ,neck4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #i4de ,hadlyme4 ,r4 ,e4 ,hungerford1 #ej2 ,cong4 ,ch41 #aj4jd #fj4jd ,hartford4 ,south ,cong4 ,ch41 #aej2 ,windsor ,av4 ,cong4 ,ch41 ,mrs4 ,c4 ,t4 ,hillyer4 #cj1 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,,dotha ,b4 ,,hillyer1 ,l4 ,m4 #ahj4jj ,litchfield4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #bg4gj ,lyme4 ,grassy ,hill ,cong4 ,ch4 #af4jj ,mansfield ,centre4 ,j4 ,l4 ,hinckley #b4jj ,mount ,carmel4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 and to const4 ,,samuel ,h4 ,,armstead1 ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,new ,britain4 ,miss4 ,julia ,a4 ,kelsey1 #e1 for ,indian ,m4--,mrs4 ,w4 ,h4 ,s41 #ej;c4 #e4ej ,new ,haven4 ,alfred ,walker1 #e2 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,p4 ,c41 #a2 ,rev ,s4 ,w4 ,barnum1 books 7val4 #ab7 #f4jj ,newington4 ,laura4 ,c4 ,kellogg #c4jj ,new ,london4 ,m4 ,a4 ,r4 ,rogers #b4jj ,norfolk4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ej4jj ,norwich4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch41 7#aj of which for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u47 #aae4ba ,norwich ,town4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ej4jj ,old ,lyme4 ,e4 ,m4 ,p4 #a4jj ,pomfret4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #gj4jj ,prospect4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ac4jj ,roxbury4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ai4dg ,south ,windsor4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch41 #be4hd1 and ,sab4 ,sch41 #aa4bg #cg4aa ,thompson4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #i4ge ,thompsonville4 ,d4 ,p4 #a4jj ,unionville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ee4ec ,waterbury4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #dia4ei ,westbrook4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 to const4 ,,william ,n4 ,,kirtland1 ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,wilton4 ,rev4 ,s4 ,j4 ,m4 ,merwin1 for ,chinese ,m4 #ajj4jj ,winstead4 ,e4 ,e4 ,gilman #aj4jj ,winthrop4 ,miss ,c4 ,p4 and ,mrs4 ,m4 ,a4 ,j41 #a ea4 #b4jj ,woodbury4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,sab4 ,sch4 #aj4jj ---- 8,a ,friend10 7#bjj of which1 for ,woman's work for ,woman7 #ejb4jj ,,new ,,york1 #dhb4ci4 ,austerlitz4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 ,mrs4 ,h4 ,p4 ,bake1 #b2 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,concert1 #a4df #c4df ,bangor4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,t4 and ,miss ,l4 ,k41 #ej;c4 ea4 #a4jj ,brighton4 ,e4 ,c4 ,a4 #a4jj ,brooklyn4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,l4 ,h41 #a2 ,central ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 by ,george ,h4 ,shirley1 ,chairman of ,mis4 ,com41 a second hand ,organ #a4jj ,canandaigua4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #fj4jj ,east ,hampton4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,s4 #a4jj ,flushing4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #af4jb ,gloversville4 ,cong4 ,ch41 7#ej of which from ,mrs4 ,u4 ,m4 ,place7 #aab4fe ,goshen4 8,a ,friend0 #e4jj ,jefferson4 ,mrs4 ,susannah ,ruliffson #d4jj ,lima4 8,a ,friend0 #e4jj ,lockport4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #gb4ib ,middlesex4 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,lester ,adams #aj4jj ,moravia4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #af4aj ,mount ,sinai4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4cb ,new ,york4 ,z4 ,stiles ,ely1 #ej3 ,gen4 ,clinton ,b4 ,fisk1 #cj1 to const4 ,,miss ,,irene ,e4 ,,gilbert1 ,l4 ,m42 ,mrs4 ,elizabeth ,merritt4 #aj2 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,l4 ,congdon1 #e2 ,miss ,j4 ,a4 ,v4 ,a41 #fj;c42 ,t4 ,r4 ,w41 ,jr4 #ej;c4 #if4aj ,oswego4 ,mrs4 ,martha ,dodge #b4jj ,penn ,yan4 ,f4 ,o4 ,hamlin #be4jj ,rochester4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #e4jj ,rushford4 ,w4 ,w4 #j4ea ,saratoga ,springs4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,s4 and ,mrs4 ,a4 ,m4 ,w41 #a ea4 #b4jj ,spencerport4 ,alvin ,webster #b4jj ,volney4 ,first ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #h4be ,warsaw4 ,cong4 ,soc4 #ai4dj ,watkins4 ,mrs4 ,f4 ,b4 #j4ff ,west-,winfield4 ,henry ,smith #e4jj ,,new ,,jersey1 #abg4bg4 ,bricksburgh4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,l4 #a4jj ,englewood4 ,rev4 ,geo4 ,b4 ,cheever #bf4bg ,morristown4 ,miss ,ella ,m4 ,graves1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #ajj4jj ,,pennsylvania1 #aab4ej4 ,canton4 ,h4 ,sheldon #e4jj ,philadelphia4 ,mrs4 ,james ,p4 ,dickerman1 #ajj2 ,rev4 ,h4 ,l4 ,p41 #ej;c4 #ajj4ej ,pittston4 ,a4 ,s4 ,h4 #a4jj ,prentissvale4 ,c4 ,l4 ,allen 7#e of which1 for ,communion ,service7 #f4jj ,,ohio1 #cad4jc4 ,alliance4 ,mrs4 ,miriam ,thomas #b4jj ,austinburgh4 ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,talladega1 ,ala4 #d4jj ,burg ,hill4 ,mrs4 ,h4 ,b4 and ,j4 ,c4 ,j4 #a4ej ,cherry ,fork4 ,j4 ,w4 #a4jj ,dayton4 ,mrs4 ,jane ,mc,gregor #e4jj ,elyria4 ,m4 ,l4 ,r4 #a4jj ,franklin4 ,miss ,f4 ,g4 #j4ea ,granville4 ,g4 ,p4 ,bancroft #e4jj ,gustavus4 ---- #a4jj ,harmar4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #bi4cd ,harrison4 ,dr4 ,john ,d4 ,bowles4 #e4jj ,hartford4 ,mrs4 ,e4 and ,m4 ,brockway1 #e2 ,s4 ,c4 ,baker1 #a4ej2 ,a4 ,n4 and ,miss ,h4 ,j41 #a ea42 ,mrs4 ,r4 ,h4 ,p4 and ,h4 ,b4 ,p41 #ej;c4 ea4 #i4ej ,jersey4 ,e4 ,r41 #a2 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,p41 #a #b4jj ,kirtland4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,b4 ,w4 #j4bf ,madison4 ,central ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #dj2 ,o4 ,f4 ,l41 #a1 for ,student ,aid1 ,tougaloo ,u4--,r4 ,s4 ,wilcox1 #aj2 8,friends10 by ,mrs4 ,m4 ,st4 ,john1 #b1 for ,teacher1 ,selma1 ,ala4 #ec4jj ,oberlin4 ,ladies' ,soc4 of ,second ,cong4 ,ch41 #ge1 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,atlanta1 ,ga42 ,second ,cong4 ,ch41 #bd4aa2 ,j4 ,b4 ,c4 #e4ej #ajd4fa ,sandusky4 ,individuals by ,josiah ,strong #b4ej ,saybrook4 ,dist4 ,no4 #c1 for ,tougaloo ,u4 #e4jj ,seville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,south ,newbury4 8,young ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc410 #i1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c42 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 ,box of ,c41 for ,talladega ,c4 #i4jj ,south ,salem4 ,daniel ,s4 ,pricer1 #b1 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,s4 #a2 ,miss ,m4 ,m41 #a #d4jj ,springfield4 ,first ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #ag4ha3-- ,ladies of ,h4 ,m4 ,soc41 #aj1 by ,lottie ,r4 ,carter1 for ,tougaloo ,u4 #bg4ha ,strongville4 ,elijah ,lyman #aj4jj ,tallmadge4 ,ladies1 for ,student ,aid1 ,tougaloo ,u41 #b4je2 ,ladies1 for ,freight1 #a4ie #d4jj ,toledo4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,a4 ,harrington #e4jj ,unionville4 8,friends40 by ,mrs4 ,h4 ,b4 ,fraser1 for ,teacher1 ,selma1 ,ala4 #aj4jj ,willoughby4 ,mrs4 ,c4 ,a4 ,g4 #a4jj ,windham4 ,w4 ,a4 ,p4 #a4jj ,,illinois1 #bjc4fh4 ,altona4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #c4gj ,aurora4 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,f4 ,s4 #j4ea ,cambridge4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #f4ej ,danville4 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,m4 ,swan #e4jj ,downers ,grove4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #f4de2 ,j4 ,w4 ,bushnell1 #e #aa4de ,elgin4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #db4fi ,galesburg4 ,,estate of ,warren ,c4 ,willard1 by ,prof4 ,t4 ,r4 ,willard #bc4be ,kewanee4 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,liberty ,co41 ,ga41 by ,mrs4 ,c4 ,c4 ,cully #eg4jj ,millington4 ,mrs4 ,c4 ,l4 ,o4 ,v41 #a2 ,mrs4 ,d4 ,w4 ,j41 #a #b4jj ,new ,windsor4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #i4jj ,orange4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,payson4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #bj4jj ,plymouth4 ,edward ,whipple #e4jj ,rockford4 ,gertie ,g4 ,page1 for ,chinese ,m4 #a4je ,rosemond4 ,mrs4 ,b4 ,a4 ,p4 #j4ej ,tolono4 ,mrs4 ,l4 ,haskell #aj4jj ,victoria4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4jj ,correction4 #ajj ack4 in ,dec4 number1 from ,bureau ,assn4 should read ,wyanet and ,providence ,cong4 ,ch's1 #bc2 ,buda1 ,ladies' ,soc4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 #bj2 ,kewanee1 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 #eg ,,michigan1 #bfe4eb4 ,allegan4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,ann ,arbor4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,sab4 ,sch4 #cg4hf ,blissfield4 ,w4 ,c4 #j4ej ,church's ,corners4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #ab2 ,a4 ,w4 ,douglass1 #c2 ,j4 ,f4 ,douglass1 #c2 ,cornelius ,clement1 #b2 #ab ,individuals1 #a ea42 ,p4 ,h41 #ej;c4 #cb4ej ,clinton4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,r4 #j4ej ,cross ,village4 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,c4 #j4be ,detroit4 ,rev4 ,c4 ,c4 ,foote1 #ae2 ,individuals1 #c1 by ,mrs4 ,n4 ,a4 ,e4 ,nutting #ah4jj ,greenville4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,p4 ,c4 #j4ea ,hudson4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #aj4jj ,kalamazoo4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #hc4cc1 and ,sab4 ,sch41 #g4ag1 7#cj of which1 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,,chester ,m4 ,,kingsley1 ,l4 ,m47 #ij4ej ,ludington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #i4jj ,lowell4 ,j4 ,s4 #j4ej ,memphis4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4jj ,monroe4 8,a ,friend10 for ,agl4 ,dept41 ,talladega ,c4 #b4jj ,northport4 ,first ,cong4 ,soc4 #d4hj ,olivet4 8,a ,friend10 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #a4jj ,parma4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,b4 ,tanner #b4jj ,romeo4 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,b4 ,maynard #aj2 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,l4 ,andrews1 ,miss ,t4 ,s4 ,clark1 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,f4 ,fairfield1 #e ea42 8,little ,sunbeams10 #aj1 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,memphis1 ,tenn4 and to const4 ,,miss ,,hattie ,a4 ,,milton1 ,l4 ,m4 #ce4jj ,stockbridge4 ,w4 ,b4 ,c4 #a4jj ,warren4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,l4 ,beebe #b4jj ,whitehall4 ,b4 ,h4 #j4fj ,,wisconsin1 #aic4ih4 ,alderly4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,hubbard #c1 ,mrs4 ,annie ,reid1 #b #e4jj ,appleton4 ,j4 ,lanphear #aj4jj ,brodhead4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4be ,big ,springs4 ,rev4 ,d4 ,a4 ,c4 #j4ej ,evansville4 ,loretta ,c4 ,winston1 deceased1 by ,n4 ,winston #a4ej ,koshkonong4 ,gentlemen of ,cong4 ,ch41 by ,mrs4 ,a4 ,v4 ,mills #aj4jj ,madison4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ej4jj ,mazo ,manie4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #g4jj ,milwaukee4 ,plymouth ,ch41 #cb4ag2 ,rev4 ,h4 ,d4 ,k41 #a2--8;,friends10 ,box and ,bbl4 of ,c41 for ,new ,orleans1 ,la4 #bc4ag ,milton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4jj ,racine4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #ad4je2 ,miss ,mary ,johnson1 #aj2 ,mrs4 ,dr4 ,j4 ,t41 #a2 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,b41 #ea;c4 #be4ef ,raymond4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,w4 ,w4 #a4jj ,river ,falls4 ,samuel ,wales1 #ai2 ,wm4 ,a4 ,newcomb1 #f #be4jj ,,iowa1 #aea4eh4 ,almoral4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #a4ij ,bellevue4 ,ladies' ,missionary ,soc4 #b4jj ,cherokee4 ,mrs4 ,c4 ,e4 ,w4 #j4ej ,chester ,center4 ,cong4 ,ch41 ,bbl4 of ,c41 for ,talladega1 ,ala ,decorah4 ,g4 ,c4 ,winship1 for ,mendi ,m4 #aj4jj ,eldora4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4jj ,elk ,river4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #c4jj ,genoa ,bluff4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,sab4 ,sch1 #g3--,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 #c1 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,new ,orleans1 ,la4 #aj4jj ,green ,mountain4 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc4 #a4ae ,grinnell4 ,mrs4 ,james ,chaplin1 #aj3 ,h4 ,l4 ,muscatt1 #e1 for ,talladega ,c42 ,lonnie ,walker's ,s4 ,s4 ,class1 #c4bb2 ,f4,p4,b41 #a1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #ai4bb ,keokuk4 ,mrs4 ,elizabeth ,m4 ,wilson #e4jj ,lyons4 ,cong4 ,ch41 to const4 ,,miss ,,myra ,,davis1 ,l4 ,m4 #ce4jj ,marshalltown4 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc4 #c4ej ,monona4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aa4jj ,muscatine4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #ae4bh2 ,young ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 ,sewing ,machine and ,cash1 for ,freight1 #c4je2 8,lady ,friends10 ,box of ,c41 for ,talladega ,c42 ,h4 ,woodward1 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,class1 #f4ej1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #bd4hc ,tabor4 8,a ,friend10 #e1 for ,tougaloo ,u42 ,by ,j4 ,e4 ,w41 #a #f4jj ,toledo4 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc4 #a4jj ,wittemberg4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,sab4 ,sch4 #aj4dh ,,kansas1 #ad4ej4 ,bavaria4 ,richard ,porter1 #a4ej2 ,a4 ,m41 #a #b4ej ,brookville4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,e4 ,s4 and ,mrs4 ,t4,j41 #a ea4 #b4jj ,manhattan4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,sab4 ,sch4 #aj4jj ,,minnesota1 #cd4bc4 ,litchfield4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,b4 ,c4 #a4jj ,minneapolis4 ,plymouth ,church #af4bc ,plainview4 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc4 #aj4jj ,saint ,paul4 ,rev4 ,r4 ,h4 #a4jj ,waseca4 8,c4 and ,r40 #f4jj ,,nebraska1 #df4ff4 ,ponca4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,h4 ,s4 #a4jj ,red ,willow4 8,a ,friend0 #bd4jj ,weeping ,water4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ba4ff ,,colorado1 #j4ea4 ,colorado ,springs4 ,miss ,a4 ,r4 #j4ea ,,california1 #aaj4jj4 ,oakland4 ,s4 ,richards #ajj4jj ,santa ,cruz4 ,pliny ,fay #aj4jj ,,virginia1 #aj4jj4 ,valley ,grove4 ,peregrine ,whitham #aj4jj ,,tennessee1 #djf4jj4 ,memphis4 ,le ,moyne ,sch41 ,tuition #ahg4jj ,nashville4 ,fisk ,university1 ,tuition #bai4jj ,,north ,,carolina1 #aai4ac4 ,fayetteville4 ,e4 ,c4 #j4ej ,raleigh4 ,washington ,sch41 ,tuition1 #be4ej2 ,sab4 ,sch41 #b4hh #bh4ch ,wilmington4 ,normal ,sch41 ,tuition #ij4be ,,georgia1 #fbj4ci4 ,atlanta4 ,storrs ,sch41 ,tuition1 #bhe4dd1 ,rent1 #c3--;,atlanta ,u41 ,tuition1 #abh4fj1 ,rent1 #ae4be #dcb4bi ,macon4 ,lewis ,high ,sch41 ,tuition1 #ef4gj1 ,rent1 #a4ej3 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 #c4dj #fa4fj ,savannah4 ,beach ,inst41 ,tuition1 #aae4ej1 ,rent1 #aa #abf4ej ,,alabama1 #cdi4eg4 ,montgomery4 ,public ,fund #age4jj ,talladega4 ,talladega ,college1 ,tuition4 #add4eg2 ,rev4 ,h4 ,s4 ,de ,forest1 #cj4 for ,talladega ,c41 and to const4 ,,mrs4 ,,helen ,m4 ,,birge1 ,l4 ,m4 #agd4eg ,,mississippi1 #ii4bj4 ,tougaloo4 ,tougaloo ,u41 ,tuition1 #gc4je1 ,rent1 #bf4ae4 #ii4bj ,,louisiana1 #agi4be4 ,new ,orleans4 ,straight ,university1 ,tuition4 #agi4be ,,sandwich ,,islands1 #ejj4jj4 ---- 8,a ,friend0 #ejj4jj -------------------- ,total #aj1ajj4gb ,total from ,oct4 #ast to ,feb4 #bith #fh1ibc4ia 99 99 99 99 99 ,,for ,,tillotson ,,collegiate ,,and ,,normal ,,inst41 ,,austin1 ,,texas4 ,new ,york1 ,n4 ,y4 ,z4 ,stiles ,ely #ej4jj ,previously acknowledged in ,jan4 ,receipts #a1bag4jj -------------------- ,total #a1bfg4jj 99 99 99 99 99 ,,for ,,school ,,building1 ,,athens1 ,,ala4 ,litchfield1 ,mich4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ac4bh ,previously ,acknowledged in ,jan4 ,receipts #dai4jj -------------------- ,total #dcb4bh 99 99 99 99 99 ,,for ,,negro ,,refugees4 ,waltham1 ,mass4 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 #b ,bbl's of ,c4 ,goshen1 ,n4 ,y4 8,a ,friend10 ,bundle of ,c4 ,jefferson1 ,n4 ,y4 ,mrs4 ,susannah ,ruliffson #b4jj ,new ,lebanon ,center1 ,n4 ,y4 ,ladies' ,soc41 ,box of ,c4 ,west ,bloomfield1 ,n4 ,y4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ce4jj ,west ,alexander1 ,penn4 ---- #e4jj ,mansfield1 ,ohio4 ,woman's ,miss4 ,soc4 of ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 by ,l4 ,l4 ,patterson1 ,sec41 ,box of ,c41 ,val4 #fh4ie ,homer1 ,ill4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4be ,wilton1 ,iowa4 ,dr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,witham and ,friends #ag4ej -------------------- ,total #ff4ge ,previously acknowledged in ,jan4 ,receipts #ahj4ej -------------------- ,total #bdg4be 99 99 99 99 99 ,,for ,,missions ,,in ,,africa4 ,leeds1 ,eng4 ,robert ,arthington1 conditional pledge1 #cjjj ,london1 ,eng4 ,collected by ,rev4 ,o4 ,h4 ,white #a1dcc4db ,previously ,acknowledged in ,dec4 ,receipts #a1fae4cd -------------------- ,total #c1jdh4gf 99 99 99 99 99 ,receipts for ,february #aa1ffd4ag ,total from ,oct4 #ast to ,feb4 #bith #gc1iai4bj ,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 ,christ1 who is not a slaveholder1 or in the practice of other immoralities1 and who contributes to the funds1 may become a member of the ,society2 and by the payment of thirty dollars1 a life member2 provided that children and others who have not professed their faith may be constituted life members without the privilege of voting4 ,,art4 ,,iv4 ,this ,society shall meet annually1 in the month of ,september1 ,october or ,november1 for the election of officers and the transaction of other business1 at such time and place as shall be designated by the ,executive ,committee4 ,,art4 ,v4 ,the annual meeting shall be constituted of the regular officers and members of the ,society at the time of such meeting1 and of delegates from churches1 local missionary societies1 and other co-operating bodies1 each body being entitled to one representative4 ,,art4 ,,vi4 ,the officers of the ,society shall be a ,president1 ,vice-,presidents1 a ,recording ,secretary1 ,corresponding ,secretaries1 ,treasurer1 two ,auditors1 and an ,executive ,committee of not less than twelve1 of which the ,corresponding ,secretaries shall be advisory1 and the ,treasurer ex-officio1 members4 ,,art4 ,,vii4 ,to the ,executive ,committee shall belong the collecting and disbursing of funds2 the appointing1 counselling1 sustaining and dismissing 7for just and sufficient reasons7 missionaries and agents2 the selection of missionary fields2 and1 in general1 the transaction of all such business as usually appertains to the executive committees of missionary and other benevolent societies2 the ,committee to exercise no ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the missionaries2 and its doings to be subject always to the revision of the annual meeting1 which shall1 by a reference mutually chosen1 always entertain the complaints of any aggrieved agent or missionary2 and the decision of such reference shall be final4 ,the ,executive ,committee shall have authority to fill all vacancies occurring among the officers between the regular annual meetings2 to apply1 if they see fit1 to any ,state ,legislature for acts of incorporation2 to fix the compensation1 where any is given1 of all officers1 agents1 missionaries1 or others in the employment of the ,society2 to make provision1 if any1 for disabled missionaries1 and for the widows and children of such as are deceased2 and to call1 in all parts of the country1 at their discretion1 special and general conventions of the friends of missions1 with a view to the diffusion of the missionary spirit1 and the general and vigorous promotion of the missionary work4 ,five members of the ,committee shall constitute a quorum for transacting business4 ,,art4 ,,viii4 ,this society1 in collecting funds1 in appointing officers1 agents and missionaries1 and in selecting fields of labor1 and conducting the missionary work1 will endeavor particularly to discountenance slavery1 by refusing to receive the known fruits of unrequited labor1 or to welcome to its employment those who hold their fellow-beings as slaves4 ,,art4 ,,ix4 ,missionary bodies1 churches or individuals agreeing to the principles of this ,society1 and wishing to appoint and sustain missionaries of their own1 shall be entitled to do so through the agency of the ,executive ,committee1 on terms mutually agreed upon4 ,,art4 ,x4 ,no amendment shall be made 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 ,ala41 ,atlanta1 ,ga42 ,nashville1 ,tenn12 ,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 #cb;d ,,semi-,,annual ,,statement ,,of ,,the ,,travelers ,,insurance ,,co4 99 99 99 99 99 ,hartford1 ,conn41 ,january #a1 #ahhj4 ,,assets4 ,real estate1 #gce1iaa4hg ,cash on hand and in bank1 #cec1hee4ja ,loans on bond and mortgage1 real estate1 #b1jae1ebb4ia ,interest on loans1 accrued but not due1 #ea1jae4cg ,loans on collateral security1 #c1bjj4jj ,deferred ,life premiums1 #di1cbj4da ,premiums due and unreported on ,life policies1 #cd1abb4ce ,united ,states government bonds1 #bgg1aej4jj ,state1 county1 and municipal bonds1 #cdh1chj4jj ,railroad stocks and bonds1 #dji1cej4jj ,bank stocks1 #fjg1ffb4ej ,hartford ,city ,gas ,light ,co4 stock1 #ah1jjj4jj ,adams ,express ,co4 stock1 #eb1ejj4jj -------------------------- ,total ,assets1 #d1iee1iij4db ,,liabilities4 ,reserve1 four per cent41 ,life department1 #c1aib1dch4hj ,reserve for re-insurance1 ,accident dep't1 #bfh1fid4ff ,claims unadjusted and not due1 and all other liabilities1 #aih1djf4jj -------------------------- ,total liabilities1 #c1fei1eci4df ,surplus as regards policy-holder1 #a1bif1dej4if 99 99 99 99 99 ,,statistics ,,for ,,the ,,year #ahgi4 ,,life ,,department4 ,number of ,life ,policies written in #ahgi1 #a1gaa ,whole number of ,life policies in force1 #aa1ceb ,amount ,life ,insurance in force1 #ah1ahb1acb4jj ,total claims paid in ,life ,department1 #a1cie1eag4ib ,,accident ,,department ,number of ,accident ,policies written in #ahgi1 #ed1edj ,cash ,premiums received for same1 #iib1jcc4ij ,gain in ,policies over #ahgh1 #aa1dcb ,gain in ,premiums over #ahgh1 #baf1dea4ci ,whole number ,accident ,policies written1 #egb1ebe ,number ,accident ,claims paid in #ahgi #g1ede ,amount ,accident ,claims paid in #ahgi1 #cie1fgh4cj ,whole number ,accident ,claims paid1 #da1eid ,whole amount ,accident ,claims paid1 #c1dcg1fcj4bd 99 99 99 99 99 ,total ,losses paid1 both ,departments1 #d1hhc1adh4af 99 99 99 99 99 ,,jas4 ,g4 ,,batterson1 ,president4 ,g4 ,f4 ,,davis1 ,vice-,president4 ,,rodney ,,dennis1 ,secretary4 ,,john ,e4 ,,morris1 ,assistant ,secretary4 ,,george ,,ellis1 ,actuary4 ,,edward ,v4 ,,preston1 ,sup't of ,agencies4 ,g4 ,p4 ,,davis1 ,m4 ,d41 ,medical ,examiner4 ,j4 ,b4 ,,lewis1 ,m4 ,d41 ,surgeon and ,adjuster4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,new ,,york ,,office ,,tribune ,,building4 ,r4 ,m4 ,,johnson1 ,manager4 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 ,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,meneely ,kimberly1 ,,bell ,,founders1 ,,troy1 ,n4 ,y4 ,manufacture a superior quality of ,,bells4 ,special attention given to ,,church ,,bells4 ,catalogues sent free to parties needing bells4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,webster',s ,,new ,,edition4 ,contains #aibh ,pages1 over #cjjj ,engravings1 ,four ,pages ,colored ,plates1 about #abj1jjj ,words and ,meanings1 and much more matter than is found in any other ,english ,dictionary4 ,over #cb1jjj copies of the ,unabridged have been placed in the ,public ,schools by official action4 ,the sale of ,webster is #bj times the sale of any other series of ,dictionaries4--,the ,national ,standard4 ,g4 ,c4 ,,merriam1 ,publishers1 ,springfield1 ,mass4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,buy ,,the ,,best ,,goods ,,bogle ,,lyles1 ,nos4 #hg #hi ,park ,place ,,new ,,york4 ,dealers in ,,choice ,,canned ,,fruits ,,vegetables1 ,,potted ,,meats1 ,,etc41 ,sole ,agents for ,,richardson ,,robbins' ,extra ,yellow ,peaches4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,demorest',s ,,monthly1 ,the ,world's ,model ,magazine4 ,a grand combination of the entertaining1 the useful and the beautiful1 with fine art engravings and oil pictures in each number4 ,,price #be;c42 ,,yearly1 #c1 with an unequalled premium2 a #aj copy of ,reinhart's great picture1 8,consolation20 the finest and best as well as the most interesting oil picture ever published4 ,mounted on canvas1 transportation #ej;c4 extra4 ,send postal card for full particulars4 ,address ,w4 ,,jennings ,,demorest1 #ag ,east #adth ,street1 ,new ,york4 ,,mme4 ,,demorest',s ,spring and ,summer 8,portfolio of ,fashions10 containing over #ejj large illustrations of the most novel1 useful1 and beautiful styles for ladies' and children's dress for the ,spring and ,summer of #ahhj4 ,every lady wants this illustrated panorama of the ,spring and ,summer fashions4 ,price #ae cts41 post free4 8,what to ,wear10 #ae cts42 both together #be cts41 post free4 ,mammoth 8,bulletin of ,fashions10 #ce cts42 or all three sent together for #ej cents1 post free4 ,address1 ,,mme4 ,,demorest1 #ag ,e4 #adth ,st41 ,new ,york4 ,,mme4 ,,demorest',s semi-annual 8,portfolio of ,fashions10 #ae cents2 yearly1 #be cents4 ,,mme4 ,,demorest',s quarterly 8,bulletin of ,fashions10 #ae cts42 yearly1 #ej cents4 ,,mme4 ,,demorest',s 8,quarterly ,journal10 #e cts42 yearly1 #ae cents4 ,or all four publications for one year1 post free1 for #a4 ,address3 ,,mme4 ,,demorest1 #ag ,e4 #adth ,st41 ,n4 ,y4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a printing press for #ge cents4 ,with ink roller1 #ij cents4 ,both by mail #a4fj4 ,a complete ,printing ,office1 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,collection of ,drafts drawn abroad on all parts of the ,united ,states and ,canada1 and of ,drafts drawn in the ,united ,states on ,foreign ,countries4 ,travelers' ,credits issued either against cash deposited or satisfactory guarantee of repayment3 ,in ,dollars for use in the ,united ,states and adjacent countries2 or in ,pounds ,sterling for use in any other part of the world4 ,applications for credits may be addressed as above direct1 or through any first-class ,bank or ,banker4 ,,brown1 ,,shipley ,,co41 #bf ,chapel ,st41 ,liverpool4 ,,brown1 ,,shipley ,,co41 ,founder's ,court1 ,lothbury1 ,london4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,payson',s ,indelible ,ink1 ,,for ,,marking ,,any ,,fabric ,,with ,a ,,common ,,pen1 ,,without ,a ,,preparation4 ,it still stands unrivaled after #ej years' test4 ,,the ,,simplest ,,best4 ,sales now greater than ever before4 ,this ,ink received the ,diploma and ,medal at ,centennial over all rivals4 ,report of ,judges3 8,for simplicity of application and indelibility40 ,,inquire ,,for ,,payson',s ,,combination666 ,sold by all ,druggists1 ,stationers and ,news ,agents1 and by many ,fancy ,goods and ,furnishing ,houses4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,sabbath ,,reading4 ,superintendents ,teachers ,should examine this ,paper1 it is so well suited for the ,,upper ,,classes in the ,sunday-school4 ,a ,,weekly ,,paper4 ,in schools where papers are distributed once a month1 the subscription can be for one-fourth the number required4 ,thus1 if you want twenty copies a month for the ,bible classes1 subscribe for #e copies of ,,sabbath ,,reading4 ,you will thus have a variety which is very desirable4 ,only #ej ,cts4 a ,year4 #e ,,copies1 #bfj ,papers1 #b a ,year4 ,three sample copies sent to any ,minister or ,teacher ,,free4 ,apply by letter or postal card4 ,address1 ,,john ,,dougall ,,co4 #g ,frankfort ,st41 ,new ,york4 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 ,illustration ,j4 ,r4 ,,lamb1 #ei ,carmine ,st41 ,n4 ,y4 ,,church ,,furnishers ,memorial ,windows1 ,memorial ,tablets1 ,sterling ,silver ,communion ,services4 ,,send ,,for ,,circular4 99 99 99 99 99 ,every ,man ,his ,own ,printer4 ,illustration ,excelsior #c ,printing ,press4 ,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 able editorial supervision1 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 #abf4 ,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 ,,david ,h4 ,,gildersleeve1 ,printer1 #aja ,chambers ,street1 ,new ,york4 ,transcriber's ,notes3 ,obvious punctionation misprints have been corrected4 ,on ,page #abf1 8,othe0 changed to 8,other0 7,other ,schools74