,,vol4 ,,xxxiii4 ,no4 #c4 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 8,to the ,poor the ,gospel is ,preached40 ,,march1 #ahgi4 ,,contents3 ,,editorial4 ,,generous ,,gift #fe ,,call ,,to ,,go ,,forward #fe ,,mr4 ,,arthington',s ,,offer #ff ,,new ,,recruit ,,for ,,mendi ,,mission #fi ,,sunday-,,school ,,concert3 ,gen4 ,c4 ,b4 ,fisk #gj ,,wilderness ,,and ,,south ,,country3 ,rev4 ,e4 ,corwin1 ,d4,d4 #gj ,,items ,,from ,,the ,,field #gd ,,general ,,notes #ge ,,our ,,query ,,column #gf ,,the ,,freedmen4 ,,some ,,first ,,impressions3 ,rev4 ,jos4 ,e4 ,roy1 ,d4,d4 #gh ,,central ,,south ,,conference3 ,rev4 ,s4 ,s4 ,ashley #hj ,,georgia--,atlanta ,university--,revival among the ,students #ha ,,alabama1 ,,florence--,christmas ,festival1 c4 #hb ,,louisiana1 ,,new ,,orleans--,straight ,university and ,central ,church--,week of ,prayer and ,work of ,grace #hb ,,tennessee1 ,,nashville--,fisk ,university--,day of ,prayer #hd ,,tennessee1 ,,memphis--,woman's ,work--,cottage ,meetings1 c4 #hd ,,the ,,chinese4 ,,summary ,,of ,,mission ,,work3 ,rev4 ,w4 ,c4 ,pond4 #hf ,,africa4 ,,christmas ,,at ,,avery ,,station #hg ,,children',s ,,page4 ,,little ,,sallie #hh ,,receipts4 #ij ,,new ,,york3 ,published by the ,american ,missionary ,association1 ,,rooms1 #ef ,,reade ,,street4 ,price1 #ej ,cents a ,year1 in advance4 ,american ,missionary ,association1 #ef ,,reade ,,street1 ,n4 ,y4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,president4 ,,hon4 ,e4 ,s4 ,,tobey1 ,boston4 ,,vice-,,presidents4 ,hon4 ,f4 ,d4 ,,parish1 ,ohio4 ,hon4 ,e4 ,d4 ,,holton1 ,wis4 ,hon4 ,,william ,,claflin1 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,,stephen ,,thurston1 ,d4 ,d41 ,me4 ,rev4 ,,samuel ,,harris1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ct4 ,,wm4 ,c4 ,,chapin1 ,esq41 ,r4 ,i4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,t4 ,,eustis1 ,d4 ,d41 ,mass4 ,hon4 ,a4 ,c4 ,,barstow1 ,r4 ,i4 ,rev4 ,,thatcher ,,thayer1 ,d4 ,d41 ,r4 ,i4 ,rev4 ,,ray ,,palmer1 ,d4 ,d41 ,n4 ,y4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,m4 ,,sturtevant1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ill4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,w4 ,,patton1 ,d4 ,d41 ,d4 ,c4 ,hon4 ,,seymour ,,straight1 ,la4 ,,horace ,,hallock1 ,esq41 ,mich4 ,rev4 ,,cyrus ,w4 ,,wallace1 ,d4 ,d41 ,n4 ,h4 ,rev4 ,,edward ,,hawes1 ,ct4 ,,douglas ,,putnam1 ,esq41 ,ohio4 ,hon4 ,,thaddeus ,,fairbanks1 ,vt4 ,,samuel ,d4 ,,porter1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,y4 ,rev4 ,m4 ,m4 ,g4 ,,dana1 ,d4 ,d41 ,minn4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,w4 ,,beecher1 ,n4 ,y4 ,gen4 ,o4 ,o4 ,,howard1 ,oregon4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,f4 ,,magoun1 ,d4 ,d41 ,iowa4 ,col4 ,c4 ,g4 ,,hammond1 ,ill4 ,,edward ,,spaulding1 ,m4 ,d41 ,n4 ,h4 ,,david ,,ripley1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,j4 ,rev4 ,,wm4 ,m4 ,,barbour1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ct4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,l4 ,,gage1 ,ct4 ,a4 ,s4 ,,hatch1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,y4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,h4 ,,fairchild1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ohio ,rev4 ,h4 ,a4 ,,stimson1 ,minn4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,w4 ,,strong1 ,d4 ,d41 ,minn4 ,rev4 ,,george ,,thacher1 ,,ll4 ,d41 ,iowa4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,stone1 ,d4 ,d41 ,california4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,h4 ,,atkinson1 ,d4 ,d41 ,oregon4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,e4 ,,rankin1 ,d4 ,d41 ,d4 ,c4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,chapin1 ,d4 ,d41 ,wis4 ,s4 ,d4 ,,smith1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,,peter ,,smith1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,dea4 ,,john ,c4 ,,whitin1 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,,wm4 ,,patton1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ct4 ,hon4 ,j4 ,b4 ,,grinnell1 ,iowa4 ,rev4 ,,wm4 ,t4 ,,carr1 ,ct4 ,rev4 ,,horace ,,winslow1 ,ct4 ,sir ,,peter ,,coats1 ,scotland4 ,rev4 ,,henry ,,allon1 ,d4 ,d41 ,london1 ,eng4 ,,wm4 ,e4 ,,whiting1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,y4 ,j4 ,m4 ,,pinkerton1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,f4 ,a4 ,,noble1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ct4 ,,daniel ,,hand1 ,esq41 ,ct4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,williston1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,f4 ,,beard1 ,d4 ,d41 ,n4 ,y4 ,,frederick ,,billings1 ,esq41 ,vt4 ,,joseph ,,carpenter1 ,esq41 ,r4 ,i4 ,,corresponding ,,secretary4 ,,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 ,,strieby1 ,d4 ,d41 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,n4 ,y4 ,,district ,,secretaries4 ,,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,,woodworth1 ,boston4 ,,rev4 ,g4 ,d4 ,,pike1 ,new ,york4 ,,rev4 ,,jas4 ,,powell1 ,chicago4 ,,edgar ,,ketchum1 ,,esq41 ,treasurer1 ,n4 ,y4 ,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,,esq41 ,assistant ,treasurer1 ,n4 ,y4 ,,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 ,,strieby1 ,recording ,secretary4 ,,executive ,,committee4 ,,alonzo ,s4 ,,ball1 ,a4 ,s4 ,,barnes1 ,,edward ,,beecher1 ,,geo4 ,m4 ,,boynton1 ,,wm4 ,b4 ,,brown1 ,,clinton ,b4 ,,fisk1 ,,addison ,p4 ,,foster1 ,e4 ,a4 ,,graves1 ,s4 ,b4 ,,halliday1 ,,sam',l ,,holmes1 ,s4 ,s4 ,,jocelyn1 ,,andrew ,,lester1 ,,chas4 ,l4 ,,mead1 ,,john ,h4 ,,washburn1 ,g4 ,b4 ,,willcox4 ,,communications relating to the business of the ,association may be addressed to either of the ,secretaries as above2 letters for the ,editor of the 8,american ,missionary0 to ,rev4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,boynton1 at the ,new ,york ,office4 ,,donations ,,and ,,subscriptions ,should be sent to ,h4 ,w4 ,hubbard1 ,ass't ,treasurer1 ,no4 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,new ,york1 or1 when more convenient1 to either of the ,branch ,offices1 #ba ,congregational ,house1 ,boston1 ,mass41 #aab ,west ,washington ,street1 ,chicago1 ,ill4 ,a payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a ,life ,member4 ,correspondents are specially requested to place at the head of each letter the name of their ,post ,office1 and the ,county and ,state in which it is located4 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,vol4 ,,xxxiii4 ,,march1 #ahgi4 ,no4 #c4 99 99 99 99 99 ,american ,missionary ,association4 99 99 99 99 99 ,we have told our friends that for the last three months our receipts1 in common with those of our sister societies1 have been less than for the corresponding months of the preceding year4 ,january did better1 but we would still have had some anxieties if there had not come to us from an aged friend1 who had given us no reason to expect so large an offering1 a check for ten thousand dollars4 ,the letter which accompanied the gift1 referred to his observance of our efforts to reduce the debt and our success in that direction1 but asking us to expend this money1 the savings of a lifetime1 in carrying on our work4 ,it was a gift from the ,lord by the hand of ,his servant1 and again1 as often before1 we are called to make record of ,his faithfulness who has promised to help those who are in ,his work4 ,should not this generous gift strengthen our confidence that ,god has yet other treasures with which ,he will enable us to commend ,his love to the despised1 and to preach ,his gospel to the poor8 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,call ,,to ,,go ,,forward4 ,we thank our friends for their noble efforts to conquer the ,debt4 ,as we feared1 however1 the help thus given has diminished the supplies for our regular and pressing work4 ,we have wrought with only one hand on the work and with the other held a weapon4 ,but now that the debt is well nigh vanquished1 we must gird ourselves not merely to repair the neglected gaps1 but to push forward along the whole length of the wall4 ,,the ,,debt ,,provided ,,for4 ,relying upon the payment of the money pledged1 our actual indebtedness is reduced to only #f1ddj4 ,against this amount our ,executive ,committee has set apart our remaining ,iowa lands1 which at a low valuation fully balance it1 as a sinking fund1 to be held for this purpose only4 ,the debt is thus provided for1 and we have no more pleas to urge for its extinction1--save as we suggest for this last time1 there is a noble opportunity just now for some generous friend to step in and claim the honor of giving the finishing stroke to this ,goliath1 so setting free those lands again to aid our current work4 ,we praise the ,lord that we can now turn from this accomplished effort to other ,,deferred ,,and ,,urgent ,,work4 ,the debt effort has enforced an economy in field work that has been rigid--nay1 hindering4 ,for example1 one of our higher institutions has become so full that while it has accommodations for only #dj girls it has #fj in attendance1 and one of the recitations must be held in a bed-room4 ,another instance is found in one of the brightest towns in ,georgia1 where we have planted a church and opened a school4 ,the place is so near our ,atlanta ,university that its pupils can readily supply it with both teaching and preaching force2 but for the lack of a few hundred dollars to erect a cheap1 and yet adequate building for school and church1 both are hindered in growth and usefulness1 and if the means be not soon furnished1 might as well be abandoned4 ,our industrial schools suffer for want of funds4 ,the colored students are so poor that unless aid can in small amounts be furnished them1 either by facilities for work or by help in money1 many of them must abandon the effort for an education4 ,these items as to school and church work are but samples of what come to us from all parts of the field4 ,but there are other calls of special importance4 ,no ,state in the ,south is growing more rapidly than ,texas4 ,a generous friend of the colored race has purchased an eligible lot of eight acres in ,austin1 ,texas1 and given it to us as the site of a colored institution4 ,he and other friends have added gifts amounting to nearly #aj1jjj1 towards the erection of a substantial building4 ,we shall begin the structure this spring1 but will only enclose it1 unless the means are furnished to complete it4 ,we will make no debt4 ,we hope--nay1 we plead--that the money may be speedily forthcoming to finish this building and prepare it for immediate use4 ,the noble offer of ,mr4 ,arthington1 of ,leeds1 ,england1 to which we call attention below1 opens another avenue for the efforts of the ,freedmen in the ,evangelization of the land of their fathers4 ,the proposed mission lies in tropical ,africa1 and is desolated by the slave trade4 ,it thus appeals to our deepest sympathies as the life-long opponents of slavery1 and to the millions from whom we shall select the missionaries who were themselves its victims4 ,in view of these facts1 we press our appeal on the hearts of our friends4 ,let us go forward in the work so well begun1 and let us enter the new fields opened to us in the providence of ,god4 ,we ask not merely for special gifts for special objects1 but also for the regular work so well in hand1 and needing so greatly the means of enlargement4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,mr4 ,,arthington',s ,,offer ,,to ,,the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 ,the name of ,robert ,arthington1 ,esq41 of ,leeds1 ,england1 has already become familiar to all good people who are interested in the evangelization of 8,the ,dark ,continent40 ,his gift of #e1jjj each to the ,church ,missionary ,society and the ,london ,missionary ,society1 of #a1jjj to the 7,english7 ,baptist ,missionary ,society1 and his offer last year of a similar amount to our own ,american ,board of ,commissioners for ,foreign ,missions1 all for the founding of new evangelizing agencies in ,equatorial ,africa1 have been among the most marked events in the recent history of ,christian giving4 ,these various gifts and offers have all been parts in the prosecution of a wisely comprehensive plan1 which his subjoined letter clearly sets forth1 and in furthering which he has now come to our ,association with an offer of three thousand pounds 7#ae1jjj71 and a plan for our occupation of an important territory with an efficient mission4 ,the region which he carefully describes and commends to our care lies north and east of the ,victoria ,nyanza ,mission of the ,church ,missionary ,society2 west and south of which lies the ,tanganika ,mission of the ,london ,society2 west of this the region which he has asked the ,american ,board to occupy1 and the ,baptist ,mission still further toward the western coast4 ,these five divisions nearly cross the continent between #aj degrees north and #aj degrees south latitude4 ,of course they are large tracts1 and only five starting points for evangelizing effort4 ,we have felt that there was a special claim on our ,association1 which has from its beginning been so intimately associated with the ,african race1 and which has so long kept up its mission on the ,west ,coast1 to consider prayerfully and intelligently the proposal to enter into the far-reaching plans of this steward of the ,lord4 ,it is not a matter for hasty decision4 ,the conditions which he imposes in regard to the liquidation of our debt we believe will be fully met before we can do more than consider and plan4 ,the ,executive ,committee have appointed a sub-committee consisting of four of its members1 with three of its officers1 who will study into the matter with all care and report4 ,the result of their investigations1 with a map of the region1 may be looked for in the ,april number of the ,,missionary1 to which1 in connection with the valuable letter of ,mr4 ,arthington in this1 we ask the careful attention of all who are interested in the evangelization of ,equatorial ,africa4 ,we print herewith a large portion of ,mr4 ,arthington's ,letter4 ,in your thirtieth ,annual ,report1 page #ae1 you indicate a desire1 on the part of your ,society1 to enter on some suitable field for missionary enterprise in ,eastern or ,central ,africa2 and again1 in the thirty-first ,report1 ,i find in the first pages of the volume a similar desire expressed for extension1 so as to bring the ,african ,continent within the range of the mighty power of the ,gospel--,christ risen again1 in all his reality set forth as the power of ,god unto salvation to every one that believeth4 ,if your ,society can so enter into the scheme ,i am about to propose as to assure me that the debt of your treasury--see the #cast ,report--is extinguished1 and that your members adopt the proposal of it prayerfully in all faith1 ,i am impressed that ,i should be glad in the ,lord to offer to your ,society towards the carrying it into execution the sum of three thousand pounds4 ,the unevangelized region of ,africa to which ,i would call your earnest attention1 and invite you to accept as a field for missionary labors 7to be conducted with all energy in the ,spirit--very judiciously fixing your positions for holding forth the word of ,life so as to command the whole area1 and diffuse throughout it the light of the ,gospel--you and a great multitude of true believers continually standing on the watch-tower of the church and fervently praying1 8,thy kingdom come607 is situated and extends from the #ajth parallel of north latitude to the point southwards where the #djth meridian crosses or cuts the river ,jub 7or ,godschob71 west to east from the right 7east7 bank of the ,white ,nile to the said #djth meridian1 and from the parallel of longitude of that point on the ,jub southwards west and east from the ,white ,nile to the right 7west7 bank of the ,jub1 down to the #crd parallel of north latitude1 and from the #crd parallel of north latitude down to the #ast parallel of north latitude1 west and east from the #ceth meridian to the ,jub4 ,we thus avoid ,somali ,land1 which is not at present eligible as a mission field4 ,the territory south of the parallel #a degree north latitude1 it is hoped1 some other society will evangelize4 ,west of the #ceth meridian1 from #c degrees north latitude and southwards1 appears suitable for the ,church ,missionary ,society of ,england1 in connection with the ,victoria ,nyanza district4 ,the general object of this method of arrangement is to assign the whole of ,africa1 so far as not ,mohammedanized1 to different sections of the ,christian church1 that they may see that their several areas are evangelized4 ,you would thus have a great and highly promising field for missionary labor1 the most important and interesting people of which are3 #a4 ,the decayed ,christian ,remnants 7remnants of the ancient ,abyssinian church71 ,wolawo and ,cambay1 ,muger and ,gurague1 and the places ,euarea1 ,kaffa1 ,susa1 ,tuffti1 ,kullu and ,doko4 #b4 ,the great and wide-spread ,gallas tribes4 #c4 ,dinkas4 #d4 ,the inhabitants of the ,berri country4 #e4 ,the ,latookas4 #f4 ,fatiko and the ,madi country4 ,the great interest and importance of the ,christian ,remnants and of the ,gallas tribes is well known4 ,the ,berri people it is especially desirable should be early instructed in ,christian truth4 ,they are situated not very far to the east of ,gondokoro1 outside of the traders' route4 ,they have never been reported1 ,i believe1 but as a fine people comparatively1 and are mentioned in ,werne's work1 published many years ago4 ,the ,latookas will appear interesting when we peruse ,sir ,samuel ,baker's account of them1 and see 8,the ,albert ,nyanza10 #ahff1 vol4 #a1 pages #bjd-f1 in which he writes3 8,one of the principal channels1 if not the main stream of the river ,sobat1 is only #d days' march1 or fifty miles1 east of ,latooka1 and is known to the natives as the ,chol40 ,see also1 for accuracy of the places1 ,sir ,samuel ,baker's 8,ismailia10 the map4 ,the east bank of that stream 7the ,chol7 is occupied by the ,gallas4 ,the ,gallas 7in their attack on the ,latookas7 were invariably mounted on mules1 c41 8the cavalry of the ,akkara10 c4 ,in a note to me1 dated ,august1 #ahgh1 ,sir ,samuel ,baker says3 8,the ,berri country has never been visited by ,europeans2 although it is not far from ,gondokoro1 it lies out of the way of traders' routes4 ,it would be comprised between north latitude #e degrees #bj minutes and #f degrees #ej minutes1 and commences in east longitude about one degree east of ,gondokoro1 which is absolutely correct on the maps40 8,fatiko is a small district situated in #h degrees north latitude1 in the ,madi country4 ,you will find all places laid down with extreme accuracy in the maps in my last work1 #8,ismailia4'0 ,the linguistic aids for the evangelization of some of the tribes or populations--say ,gallas1 ,dinkas1 ,christian ,remnants1 ,people of ,euarea1 ,kaffa1 ,susa1 c4--already exist1 ,i believe1 in considerable degree4 ,the proffered gift1 then1 if accepted by you1 should be regarded as a nucleus to which the ,church of ,christ around you shall pour its offerings1 and ,i think that two thousand pounds of the amount should be specially applied towards the purchase and perpetual maintenance of two river steamers1 one to navigate the ,sobat and command the mission to the ,dinkas--to such of the ,gallas tribes as are their neighbors on the east1 between them and ,euarea--to the ,gallas tribes on the ,chol branch of the ,sobat 7east or right bank71 and to the ,latookas west or south-west 7of the ,chol71 if accessible from that river2 and the other steamer to navigate the ,godschob 7called the ,jub at its mouth7 and command the missions to the ,christian ,remnants1 ,wolawo1 c41 and to the ,gallas1 who are to be found in large numbers in the country west of1 and up to1 the right or west bank of the ,godschob4 ,and it is understood that the people of the ,berri country shall claim a place amongst your earliest evangelistic efforts4 ,fatiko1 with the ,madi country and ,lake ,samburu and population1 are included in the area1 but need not claim a first place in your labors4 ,possibly the ,gallas on the upper course or waters of the ,ozi--if geographers are right as to the position of the source of this river--may be reached from the ,jub 7,godschob7 or from the ,sobat4 ,your staff of missionaries for this work1 so full of promise of great results1 should be a well-chosen band1 some of them men skilled in some of the arts1 say two in the use of scientific instruments1 and they should be most thoughtfully and prayerfully selected4 ,i ask that two or three of your very best and ablest men--men of large hearts1 of enterprise and great faith1 with several of the best maps before you--will study the description of the area ,i have delineated1 and if it is not in any point perfectly clear1 that you will at once ask for the missing details4 ,i really desire a thorough and permanent occupation of the field4 ,yours most truly1 in the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 7,signed7 ,,robert ,,arthington1 ,leeds1 ,england4 ,january #ajth1 #ahgi4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,new ,,recruit ,,for ,,the ,,mendi ,,mission4 ,it will be remembered that ,rev4 ,floyd ,snelson was compelled to return to this country1 after a sojourn of about a year in our ,african mission1 on account of the rapidly failing health of his wife4 ,he has resumed the care of the ,midway ,church in ,georgia1 from the pastorate of which he was taken1 against the wishes of his people1 for the foreign work4 ,it was deemed necessary to make good the vacated place as soon as possible4 ,in accordance with the expressed judgment of the missionaries on the field1 the first want was of a man specially adapted to take charge of the saw-mill and other industrial interests at ,avery ,station1 of which ,mr4 ,jackson has had charge as well as of the church and school4 ,inquiries were instituted at once among our higher institutions for the right man1 and we think we have found him4 ,elmore ,l4 ,anthony was born a slave in ,allen ,county1 ,kentucky1 ,june #hth1 #ahdh4 ,early in the progress of the war he ran away to join the ,union army1 but being rejected as a soldier on account of his youth1 he returned to his old master1 who was a stock trader1 preferring1 if he must be a servant to anybody1 to serve him4 ,in #ahfc he left again1 and soon after entered the regular army1 where he served three years4 ,he was promoted to be a sergeant1 and while at ,fort ,duncan1 in ,texas1 was detailed to be superintendent of laborers1 having the oversight of over two hundred men4 ,he says that he got on well in the army1 simply because he was perfectly temperate and sober4 ,he bears testimonials from his officers as to his moral character and faithfulness4 ,in #ahgj he made his way to ,berea1 ,ky41 and entered the primary class4 ,he has been there ever since1 teaching during the last six years in his vacations2 and was a member of the senior class when he came1 at our call and by the advice and hearty commendation of the president and faculty of the college1 to give himself to work in ,africa4 ,that he held1 nearly from the beginning quite to the close of these years1 the trusted position of janitor of the ,ladies' ,hall1 is no small evidence of the confidence which has been reposed in him4 ,he is a man of stalwart frame1 has been medically examined and pronounced perfect in health4 ,he seems to us admirably adapted to the place as our 8man of affairs10 competent at the same time to fill a gap in school as teacher when needed1 and while not a preacher in any sense of the word1 yet of such honest purpose to do good that he will be no less a missionary for that4 ,he sailed the #acth of ,february via ,liberia4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,sunday-,,school ,,concert4 ,,general ,,clinton ,b4 ,,fisk4 ,it was a happy thought on the part of somebody to prepare a ,sunday-school ,concert exercise1 which should embody so much valuable information and afford so great pleasure and holy joy1 as does that of the ,jubilee ,concert exercise1 prepared by the ,rev4 ,g4 ,d4 ,pike on substantially the same basis as that first introduced by ,rev4 ,a4 ,e4 ,winship1 of ,massachusetts4 ,it was my good fortune on ,sunday1 ,january #abth1 to participate in the exercises of a concert1 conducted in accordance with this exceedingly well arranged programme1 in the ,sunday-school of the ,congregational church at ,stamford1 ,conn41 ,rev4 ,g4 ,b4 ,willcox1 ,d4 ,d41 pastor4 ,it was a glad day in that1 to me1 the most attractive of all ,new ,england villages4 ,if any other town in the ,east can furnish a roll of better men1 women and children than those who adorn the beautiful ,christian homes of ,stamford1 then ,i want to go there and attend a ,jubilee ,concert exercise4 ,the preparation at ,stamford was complete4 ,,all1 from the excellent pastor up to the oldest deacon1 and down to the youngest child1 took part4 ,the able and enthusiastic superintendent1 ,mr4 ,junius ,smith1 is a born missionary1 and he led his ,sunday-school host into the work with great earnestness4 ,the church was filled at an early hour of the evening1 and when the great throng sung that sweetest of all ,jubilee ,songs1 and one which has stirred the hearts of the best people on two continents1 8,steal away to ,jesus10 that wonderful1 weird1 plaintive melody fell upon my ears with almost the effect with which the ,jubilee ,singers have a thousand times rendered it with their matchless voices and marvellous power4 ,hon4 ,oliver ,hoyt1 one of ,connecticut's wisest and best senators1 impressively invoked the ,divine blessing4 ,the facts in relation to the organization1 successful progress and grand achievements for the ,master of the ,american ,missionary ,association were admirably brought out by the tersely-prepared exercises4 ,the pastor1 superintendent1 teachers and scholars all had their part and did well4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,d4 ,pike1 whose head and heart are crammed full of well-devised plans for the up-lifting of the ,freedmen1 and through the uplifted ,freedmen of ,america the redemption of ,africa1 made one of his most forcible pleas in behalf of the ,association4 ,the writer of this imperfect sketch followed with an exhortation in his ,methodist way4 ,the collection was taken and a happy day closed4 ,the ,sunday-school ,jubilee ,concert exercise1 if generally used1 will be instrumental in fixing facts in the minds of young and old4 ,i bespeak for it the examination of ,sunday-school superintendents1 and ,i most heartily bespeak the generous consideration of all good people in behalf of the ,american ,missionary ,association4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,wilderness ,,and ,,the ,,south ,,country4 ,a ,discourse on the ,duty of the ,american ,churches to the ,despised and ,outcast ,races4 ,,preached ,,in ,,the ,,interest ,,of ,,the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 ,,to ,,the #a,,st ,,congregational ,,church1 ,,jacksonville1 ,,ill41 ,,by ,,the ,,pastor1 ,,rev4 ,e4 ,,corwin1 ,d4 ,d41 ,,dec4 #bb1 #ahgh4 ,joshua xii4 #h3 8,in the mountains and in the valleys1 and in the plains and in the springs1 and in the wilderness and in the south country40 ,we owe nobody an apology for following the example of the ,great ,teacher in the latitude and longitude he allowed to himself in the use of ,old ,testament texts4 ,i honor by following a ,divine example when ,i use this passage from ,hebrew history as marvellously suggestive of our broader heritage and of our responsibilities as a people coming into fuller possession of a goodly land2 in the mountains and valleys of the ,atlantic and ,pacific seaboard2 in the vast plains of the interior2 in the springs and great river sources of the lake region2 in the wide reaches of wilderness1 comparatively worthless but for their exhaustless resources of mineral wealth2 and last1 but not least1 in the sunny south country4 ,if1 with emotions of patriotic pride1 ,joshua1 the great captain1 could speak of the wide extent and the varied resources of that goodly land1 into the possession of which he was leading the descendants of a whole nation of fugitive slaves1 how much more1 with devout gratitude and patriotic pride1 may we dwell upon the wonderful resources and the wide reaches of a free empire in which there are forty million sovereigns1 and on whose territory you might place1 in patch-work1 three hundred and twenty-eight states as large as ,palestine1 and have scraps enough left over to cover the two dwarf sisters of the ,union--,delaware and ,rhode ,island6 ,corresponding most nearly in area with ,maryland1 five ,palestines might find comfortable quarters in the single ,state of ,illinois2 yet so wonderful was the fertility of that land1 now comparatively barren and desolate1 that it at one time sustained a population so dense that if the vast territory of the ,united ,states were thus thickly settled1 it should have not merely forty millions of inhabitants1 but one thousand one hundred and forty millions4 ,who doubts that such a population might be sustained on the fat valleys of the interior and the plantations of the south country1 even though the waste places of the wilderness were left out of the account as utterly unfit for the dwelling-places of men8 ,and1 as though this vast heritage of ours were not enough for a free and industrious people1 ,god has over many portions of the land practically doubled its area2 piling its resources of wealth layer upon layer2 rivaling and redoubling the riches of the surface soil by the exhaustless stores of coal1 iron and copper1 lead1 silver and gold1 treasured up for the use of many generations2 for there is the hiding of ,his power who is the bountiful ,god of ,providence4 ,but my purpose is only so far to hint at the resources of this most favored of lands1 as to make the marvellous facts a basis for the proposition that ability is one measure of our responsibility for the hearty and liberal doing of what we can for the highest development of this whole land4 ,and let us never forget that a great1 civilized and ,christian ,state is made and measured1 not by its physical resources merely1 not by its accumulated material wealth1 but chiefly by the mental and moral stature of its inhabitants4 ,the best products and the richest resources of any ,state are in its crop of men4 ,if these1 even on a sterile soil and under frowning skies1 are liberal1 large-hearted1 industrious1 patriotic and pious1 they make of the desert a paradise1 and amid the clefts of the rocks there may be rootage for great ideas4 ,if everywhere1 for a single generation1 such a populace could have and hold possession of this planet1 the old alien orb would shine so that the shortest-sighted angel could see it without a telescope1 and the inhabitants of other worlds might intelligently covet it as a dwelling-place for the society which it would afford4 ,but wealth without good society is worthless4 ,that city might be a hell upon earth in which there were no churches and schools1 though every man had a gold mine in one corner of his cellar and a diamond mine in another4 ,mexico1 with its mountains streaked with silver1 has but few attractions as the family residence of a man who cares to live out more than half his days1 or who esteems it no luxury to live among an ignorant1 bigoted and revengeful people4 ,california to-day1 with all its discovered treasures1 could not be so safe or so attractive a place of residence as it was before those discoveries1 but for the better class of enterprising1 intelligent1 honest1 law-abiding citizens1 who have come into possession of that land4 ,nor are political institutions1 however desirable1 of much practical worth1 except as they are worked by men of moral principle1 not for the selfish advantage of the few1 but for the protection and enriching of all4 ,in considering the claims of the ,american ,missionary ,association to our prayerful interest and our liberal benefactions1 these preliminary thoughts have practical force as applied to moral science2 for it is distinctively the aim of this ,association to lift society as a whole by lifting at the lower stratum4 ,its work is confessedly not with the most promising material1 out of which the most may be made in the shortest time1 but with the most degraded1 unpromising and despised of the outcast races4 ,this is the great alchemist among our charities2 seeking to transmute the baser metals into gold4 ,for the transmuting of character the mission of ,christ was a witness to the universe that the last might be first1 and that the lowest might be lifted to the highest position of honor and glory1 as the result of the ,divine condescension1 the deep down-reaching love of the ,son of ,god4 ,he came not to honor the lordly1 but to lift up the lowly4 ,for gaining influence and establishing his kingdom he sought out not the ruling classes2 but1 himself despised and rejected of men1 he knew how to condescend to men of low estate4 ,he dispensed his largest blessings to the despised and the outcasts1 who1 conscious of their vileness1 felt their need of salvation4 ,not unfaithful to the self-satisfied ,scribes and ,pharisees1 he came especially to seek and to save those who felt themselves to be lost sheep of the house of ,israel4 ,read the record anew1 with this thought in mind1 and see if his special aim was not to seek and save the lost1 in the sense of the despised and abandoned1 who were1 perhaps1 without hope for themselves1 and whose case might have been regarded as desperate by others4 ,we are not the true followers of ,christ if we are wanting in the ,christ-like spirit1 and seek not to save the despised and outcast races who dwelt in the wilderness and in the south country4 ,do you tell me1 as an excuse for neglecting them1 that the ,indians1 instead of being the noble red men1 such as the sickly sentimental fancy of the poet and the moralist too often paint them1 are1 for the most part1 ignorant and vile1 dirty and degraded1 lazy1 mean1 treacherous and revengeful8 ,my familiarity with the better class of frontiersmen prepares me candidly to admit it all as a statement of fact4 ,but ,i draw from those facts a very different conclusion than that they are not worth saving4 ,all the more do they need to be saved4 ,i might1 without encroaching upon the regions of romance1 tell1 by the hour1 tales of horror1 as they have been related to me by reliable witnesses1 that would make the blood fairly curdle in your veins4 ,and if ,i had the gift of eloquence ,i might so vividly depict those horrors that you would find yourselves1 right here in the house of ,god1 clenching your fist and threatening vengeance upon wretches so base1 upon savages so merciless1 upon mockeries of manhood so gross and beastly4 ,but let me remind you that an intelligent ,indian might with more eloquent tongue inveigh against the crimes of those who profess to be better than savages4 ,he might truthfully speak of the perfidy of those who break the faith of treaties almost before the ink is dry in which the plausible yet one-sided contract is written4 ,he might with indignant sneer point to the great army of vagrants claiming better blood1 as filthy and vile1 as dangerous and degraded as the worst savages were ever charged with being4 ,but in saying all this he has not made out his case4 ,no criminal can make even a plausible defence in any court by the plea that he is no worse than the worst men he can find in society2 though1 somehow1 quite respectable sinners do seem to gain some comfort from this sort of scavenger's logic4 ,it is absurd to suppose that ignorant and brutal savages should be so much better than civilized men that there should not be found in every tribe1 as there are with us in every community1 a dangerous class1 selfish enough to plunder and murder those who have never wronged them1 and desperate enough to take any risk and to commit any crime4 ,it were most surprising if it were not so4 ,all the more1 then1 ,i insist upon their need of saving4 ,with all the stronger emphasis ,i urge that this nation cannot afford1 on its undefended borders1 any more than it can afford in its strong centres of population and of well organized police1 to be indifferent to the needless multiplying of such a class4 ,has our civilization much to boast of if it admits that there is no better way for forty millions of people to deal with four hundred thousand ,indians than to exterminate them8 ,if it were not true1 as it is1 that it costs more to kill them than to civilize1 convert and by moral forces control them1 what less than savages are we if we adopt the creed of the worst class of frontiersmen as the creed of the churches2 that the best thing we can do with the savage is to kill him2 and that there are no good ,indians but dead ones8 ,let us be intelligent enough to know1 and candid enough to confess1 that in estimating their possibilities of social1 industrial and moral development1 we have taken too much account of the exceptional cases in which they have made trouble1 and not enough of the many tribes that1 for long years1 have lived in peace1 grown thrifty1 maintained self-control1 cared for the education of their children1 and honored their profession of religion4 ,what this and kindred associations have successfully achieved among the ,indians alone1 entitles them to the gratitude of the nation1 and the liberal support of all who have faith in the ,christ-like work of saving the lost4 ,i have not time to speak at length of the work of the ,association among the ,asiatic immigrants upon the ,pacific coast4 ,many of you know how honestly and earnestly ,i contend that in many respects this serf population that is sweeping in upon our ,western border is a most undesirable element1 morally1 socially and politically4 ,but by as much as they are1 in the mass1 vile and degraded1 the worst sort of stuff out of which to make ,american citizens1 by so much the more are we bound not to outdo them in violence that would dishonor a savage1 and in intolerance and prejudice that is worse than heathenish4 ,here1 too1 the argument of this discourse finds its fullest illustration4 ,it is the strongest proof of the bounty of our religion that its brightest trophies are secured and its grandest victories achieved upon the most hopeless fields1 and in saving the very chief of sinners4 ,but the work of the ,association among the ,aborigines of the wilderness is as nothing to their more important mission1 and their more signal success among the colored people of the south country4 ,here is a population vastly more numerous and more dangerous if left in ignorance2 for1 wisely or unwisely1 they have been invested with the right1 and in some places they freely exercise the power to vote4 ,admit1 now1 all that may be said of the utter unfitness of the great majority of them to exercise this privilege of freemen4 ,yet since1 beyond recall1 they have the right1 and in some way must be counted as a very important factor in the forces that are to shape our destiny1 we can no more afford to let them remain in ignorance1 than we can afford to let the same class grow up in ignorance and vice among us1 with so little sense of their responsibilities1 and with so little self-respect as citizens1 that they can be bought like cattle by the highest bidder4 ,the more debased1 indolent and ignorant they are1 the greater the danger to our free institutions1 and the stronger the motive for seeking to elevate1 educate and save them4 ,they constitute more than one-tenth of our population4 ,if directly or indirectly we were accessory to the placing of so dangerous a weapon in their hands--a weapon1 as respects their own interests1 liable to kick back--we are bound to help fit them so to exercise the right that they shall not be the ignorant tools of corrupt and crafty men in either party as ignorant and unprincipled as themselves4 ,this the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 is striving wisely to do in accord with the sentiments and sympathies of many of the former slave-owners1 who in good faith accept the situation1 and sincerely desire the temporal and spiritual well-being of the colored people4 ,but its highest aim and ours is such a spiritual elevation of the colored people as shall carry all the most salutary influences into their social1 political and domestic life4 ,our honest and intelligent aim is to lift them out of their degradation by bringing them to ,christ4 ,our work among them is with no sectarian1 as it is with no partisan political purpose4 ,we propose to help make them intelligent and worthy ,christian people4 ,there our responsibility ceases4 ,as to parties and sects1 they must learn wisely to choose for themselves4 ,whatever the shading of their creed1 we do care that they should be sincere in their love to ,god1 close in their following of ,christ1 and honest in all their dealings with their fellow-men4 ,we do care that their moral training shall be such that their religion shall mean not emotion merely1 but character2 not noise and bodily exercise1 which profiteth little1 but practical godliness1 which leads one to earn an honest living for himself and his household1 and suffers the neighbor's chickens unmolested to roost low2 not a religion of the lips and the tongue alone1 but of the head and the heart controlling the life4 ,nowhere is a mere profession of godliness of much account1 if virtues tried and true are not the proofs of an intelligent love and a sincere devotion4 ,no creed can be accepted as a substitute for character4 ,christ must be wrought into the life or we are not true ,christians1 and the more completely self-deceived we are1 the greater will be our surprise1 when1 by and by1 he who is infallible in his judgment shall say1 8,i never knew you40 ,the cross worn upon the neck1 or perched upon the steeple-tops1 or set up at every crossing1 is at best a mocking reminder of our impiety2 if ever so loudly we profess to be saints1 and yet live as though our religion were a polite theory with which to compliment our ,maker1 and to befool our fellow men1 and not a thing of practical worth1 to help one stand fire in the conflicts of temptation and in the furnace of affliction4 ,such a genuine religion1 warranted to keep in any climate1 is wanted everywhere alike2 in the ,east and the ,west1 the ,north and the ,south country4 ,the lofty and the lowly1 the honored and the despised1 the respectable and the degraded1 we and everybody1 need it4 ,it is the only kind worth propagating4 ,for it1 and it alone1 of all the world's religions1 has vital force and saving power enfolded in every root-fibre of doctrine1 and in every seed-germ of truth4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,items ,,from ,,the ,,field4 ,,greenwood1 ,s4 ,c4--,school fuller than ever before2 boarding-school overcrowded4 ,mr4 ,backenstose is compelled to make arrangements in neighboring families for students4 ,,orangeburg1 ,s4 ,c4--8,our school has #aif pupils enrolled4 ,we have a large normal class4 ,six are teachers now4 ,we have some who have begun in music1 and this week we have resolved to form a choir4 ,can you help us with a musical instrument8 ,we greatly need one for the church4 ,our organ has been injured by taking it back and forth to church40 ,,macon1 ,,ga4--,pastor ,lathrop has printed on his 8,gospel ,press10 7given him while a ,home ,missionary in ,wisconsin by a lady at the ,east71 a stirring pastoral address4 ,it includes a warm greeting1 notice of services and invitations thereto2 also of the ,lewis ,high ,school and the ,sunday-school1 enforced by appropriate ,scripture4 ,we quote one paragraph3 8,no sectarian gospel will be taught from this pulpit4 ,the pastor heartily believes1 and endeavors to preach1 the broad1 liberal1 helpful ,gospel of #8peace on earth1 good-will toward men1' through our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 ,this gospel of the #8,prince of ,peace' does not agree with quarreling among ,christians1 or strifes between churches4 #8,if ,my kingdom were of this world1 then would ,my servants fight1' said the ,master4 ,our great aim will be to show how this glorious gospel and this blessed ,jesus will help every needy heart to bear all its burdens2 how every soul may be freed from the bondage of sin1 and filled with love1 meekness1 temperance1 patience1 purity1 righteousness1 and joy1 #8which the world knows not1 neither can give nor take away4'0 ,,talladega1 ,,ala4--,some recent conversions and cases of special interest in religious things are reported in the college4 ,one student1 at least1 has declared his desire to go to ,africa some day1 if the ,lord shall open the way4 ,,selma1 ,,ala4--,a happy work of grace is reported from the ,burrell school1 resulting in a considerable number of conversions4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,general ,,notes4 ,the ,freedmen4 --,senator ,windom has introduced a bill providing for the colonization and distribution of the colored people of the ,southern ,states in new ,states and ,territories as they may select4 ,some interest and sympathy with the project has been expressed by prominent colored men1 though we think the great majority of the most intelligent of them are persuaded that by patience and industry they can conquer peace and a place for themselves anywhere4 --,henry ,m4 ,stanley1 the explorer1 was present at the recent meeting of the ,conference on the ,civilization of ,africa1 and said that he would lead the ,belgian ,exploring ,expedition1 which is soon to start for ,africa4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,indians4 --,the ,board of ,indian ,commissioners held its regular yearly meeting for the preparation of its annual report in ,washington last week4 ,besides the members of the ,board there were representatives of the religious bodies interested in the management of ,indian affairs through their missionary operations among the different tribes1 and also because many of the ,indian agents are appointed on their recommendation4 ,from the tenth annual report of the ,board to the ,president1 it appears that more than one-half of the ,indians have discarded the blanket and donned a civilized garb2 that about one-half have moved out of their lodges and wigwams into houses1 the number of which has increased nearly threefold in ten years2 that the number of pupils in ,indian schools has more than doubled2 that nearly one-sixth of the ,indian population can read2 that the number of acres of land cultivated by the ,indians is about five times as great as ten years ago2 that the production of wheat has increased nearly fivefold1 of oats and barley nearly fourfold1 and of hay nearly ninefold2 and that the ,indians own about three times as many horses and mules1 six times at many cattle1 seven times as many swine and about seventy-five times as many sheep as they did ten years ago4 ,the ,board remarks3 8,this exhibit of results is certainly encouraging1 and presents a strong argument against any radical change of policy40 ,the ,conference urge three measures upon the ,president and ,congress3 #a4 ,that courts of law be established on ,indian reservations1 with jurisdiction in all cases where both parties are ,indians4 #b4 ,that common schools be provided for ,indians the same as for white children1 under some regular system4 #c4 ,that the homestead law be so modified that an ,indian may select his homestead within the limits of the reservation to which he belongs4 --,the joint committee1 consisting of three ,senators and five ,representatives1 to whom the question of the transfer of the ,indians to the ,war ,department was submitted1 being equally divided1 have made two reports4 ,congressional experts have been trying to decide which of the two should have precedence as a quasi majority report4 ,senator ,mc,creery and ,representatives ,scales1 ,hooker and ,boone favor the transfer4 ,their report claims that the present system actually prevailed even before 7in #ahdh7 the ,indians were given in care of the ,interior ,department1 as the ,war ,department neither appointed nor supervised the agents1 but only received their reports4 ,all past evils are therefore traceable to this system4 ,the peace policy in #ahfh was a confession of its failure4 ,the army control will be better1 because of the high character of army officers1 and the system of accountability to which they are subject1 because it will cost less money and avoid wars4 ,senators ,sanders and ,oglesby1 and ,representatives ,stewart and ,van ,voorhes report against the transfer1 because of the abuses when the management was in the hands of the ,war ,department down to #ahdi2 because the ,indians and the army officers agree in personally disliking the proposed transfer2 because of the progress in civilization already made2 on the ground of economy and appropriateness2 and because not one-third of the ,indians need military supervision in any form4 ,they ascribe the failures of the past to the unwise recognition of the tribal relation1 exclusion from the protection of civil law1 and of landed rights4 ,they recommend that the ,indian ,bureau be made a distinct department1 with a ,cabinet officer at its head1 and that the ,president be authorized to transfer temporarily the control of hostile tribes4 ,the proposal to transfer was rejected by a vote of #aja to #hh4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,chinese4 --,the ,committee on ,education and ,labor has introduced a bill1 which has been passed in the ,house1 forbidding the master of any vessel to bring more than fifteen ,chinamen at any one time to the ,united ,states1 under a penalty of #ajj fine for each passenger1 and imprisonment for six months4 ,we hope the ,senate will have the good sense to refuse its consent to such action1 which is a slight upon the ,chinese ,embassy here1 and may easily lead to a withdrawal of the privileges to ,american citizens in the ,flowery ,land1 which it was thought worth a good deal of effort to obtain4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,our ,,query ,,column4 ,we print with great satisfaction the two following answers to the question about the training of nurses4 ,the first tells what is being done in ,le ,moyne ,institute2 the second lays down foundation principles4 ,training for ,nurses4 ,i note with interest the 8query0 in the ,january ,,missionary relative to the training of nurses4 ,it is but one of many indications of a rapidly growing dissatisfaction with the present system of education in this country4 ,more and more it is coming to be the feeling that education1 in its true sense1 is not designed1 as has been thought in the past1 to fit people for 8higher positions10 but rather to fit them to make the most of life in the positions they do occupy1 and which must1 in any event1 be filled by some one4 ,to satisfy this most reasonable feeling1 more of the things that pertain to practical life must be thought and talked and taught in our schools4 ,it is no doubt a serious question as to how a safe transition can be made from the present highly artificial system to one that will have a more practical bearing on the every-day life of the masses4 ,in this case advice of a similar nature to that which ,horace ,greeley gave about resumption will prove1 at least1 the most reasonable4 ,the best and only way to make the change is to change4 ,but for the query4 ,at ,le ,moyne ,school1 where we have one almost continuous daily session from #i ,a4 ,m4 to #c ,p4 ,m41 at least an hour of this time each day must be given by the pupils to some branch of practical or industrial knowledge4 ,we cannot wait for all the desired appliances in this work1 or to have a beaten track pointed out to us4 ,we are beginning with such appliances as are at hand1 and we expect to learn from our own experience as well as from other sources2 but at any rate in time to earn success4 ,in the direct line of training nurses1 each girl in the school1 sixteen years old or over1 will devote the industrial hour1 for two days in each week1 to studies under this head1 including special lessons in anatomy1 physiology and hygiene4 ,for the present1 at least1 no text-book is to be placed in the hands of the students4 ,they are to gain their knowledge from lectures1 which are to be followed by general and familiar conversation between instructor and pupils on the same subject4 ,each girl will be required to take notes of the lecture1 and to write out what she can of the knowledge imparted4 ,after a subject is completed1 each member of the class is required to prepare an essay1 putting in the best possible form her knowledge of the entire subject in all its bearings4 ,this is1 in a general way1 to effect the theoretical training4 ,we hope to find opportunity to give members of the class at least a little practice3 ,first1 in their own homes or circle of friends2 second1 possibly in the woman's ward of the city hospital1 located near us2 third1 in private families desirous of forwarding our work2 or fourth1 among the destitute poor really in need of such services4 ,our work is to commence with the simpler and more commonly occurring complaints of this section1 as colds1 accidents that happen often1 chills and fever1 etc4 ,i should like to write more fully of our plans as they relate to other industrial matters1 but space forbids4 ,we are thoroughly convinced1 however1 that in this matter of practical teaching1 something more effective than 8tracts0 is required to make sure of accomplishing any great amount of good4 ,we must come to closer quarters in this struggle2 it must be made a hand-to-hand conflict4 ,along our part of the line we should have no fears of success if we could have placed at our disposal the appliances really needed for the work4 ,in the training of nurses1 we need and must have a good manikin1 a human skeleton1 some forms or models of different organs of the human body1 etc41 etc4 ,who will come forward and help us to them8 ,a4 ,j4 ,,steele1 ,le ,moyne ,normal ,institute1 ,memphis1 ,tenn4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the treatment which preserves health is the best treatment for its recovery4 ,we should lead our pupils to see that wholesome diet eaten at proper hours1 and sufficient sleep taken at the time which ,god appointed for sleep1 will impart more physical vigor than any other two agencies2 and that a disregard for them is a fruitful source of much sickness1 especially among colored people4 ,sunlight and pure air are important factors in making the sick well1 and keeping the well from being sick4 ,the temperance pledge is also a cheap and safe medicine4 ,a knowledge of the chemistry of food1 of digestion1 circulation and respiration is important1 and may be taught to comparatively young pupils4 ,nature1 like a sensible dame1 resents an insult2 and sickness is the punishment she imposes to avenge her injuries4 ,nor will punishment cease until reparation is made4 ,,amos ,w4 ,,farnham1 ,avery ,institute1 ,charleston1 ,s4 ,c4 99 99 99 99 99 ,we are happy to make mention1 which is all it would be proper for us to do in this place1 of the book for boys written by ,gen4 ,o4 ,o4 ,howard4 ,our friends are so largely his friends1 that many of them will want to read 8,donald's ,school ,days10 published by ,lee ,shepard1 of ,boston4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,freedmen4 ,,rev4 ,,jos4 ,e4 ,,roy1 ,d4 ,d41 ,,field ,,superintendent1 ,,atlanta1 ,,ga4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,some ,,first ,,impressions4 #a4 ,i find this school and church work in more forward condition than ,i had expected4 ,i had known of the slow process of building up educational and church institutions at the ,west4 ,i knew of the greater difficulties in this line at the ,south4 ,i am gratified to find the schools in such substantial buildings1 and almost all the churches in houses of their own1 some of them attractive1 and some very rough4 #b4 ,i find that these people handle the ,congregational system better than ,i had expected4 ,they even excel in parliamentary tactics2 and what is the course of ,congregational usage but the wise procedure of a deliberative assembly8 ,in their reaction from the experience of bondage they rejoice in the full liberty of ,christ's house4 ,if this system was good enough to be given by the ,apostles to the early churches round about the ,mediterranean1 which had not1 as ,i believe1 been trained in ,new ,england1 and whose members had to take from them some severe rebukes in the line of morals1 surely it is good enough for these lowly people4 #c4 ,i find an improvement of feeling among ,southern people1 both towards the ,freedmen and our work among them4 ,as the students come back from vacation service to our several institutions1 they report this advance in good-will4 ,the people are learning that ours is a philanthropic and missionary1 and not a political process1 and so their prejudice is abating4 ,it is natural that some worthy people should feel a little chagrin at the slipping of this work out of their hands2 but not a few of them are glad to see it carried on by anybody4 ,they say1 now that these people have been made citizens1 they must be made the best of citizens4 #d4 ,i find that the school work is the almost indispensable prerequisite to the church work4 ,it fixes the place4 ,it draws out the material4 ,it qualifies for church activity4 ,it is no gain to the ,kingdom for us simply to transfer the old-time church members to our system4 ,our work is to train up the youth1 to develop intelligence1 and to organize a fellowship of congenial material4 ,a judicious man of another denomination1 speaking upon this subject1 said that the ,congregationalists could afford to wait for the young2 that his church could not wait4 ,it is surprising to see how rapidly the young people come forward1 for the mass of our congregations are of that class4 #e4 ,i find a philosophical reason for our call to the church work4 ,this people have been taught to seek dreams and visions at conversion2 to think that there can be no regeneration without a dreadful physical process of 8coming through40 ,now1 there are not a few persons of strong minds and strong wills who say that they never can come through in that way4 ,some such have been delighted to find the quiet way of submission and faith4 ,some of the noblest natures now in our churches were of that sort4 ,happy have been the preachers and teachers who have led them in this way of peace4 #f4 ,i see a wise ,providence in the opening of 8,homes0 for our workers4 ,it was impossible to get board among the white people4 ,the ,freedmen had not the accommodations4 ,it became necessary to provide 8,homes0 which should be the property of the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 ,they become castles of safety and abodes of comfort4 ,they also bring to bear the example and influence of home1 which is a valuable adjunct to the missionary scheme4 #g4 ,as the soldiers once took this country1 so now the women seem to be taking it over again4 ,in all our chartered institutions1 men are at work1 affording the masculine quality to the workmanship4 ,but in all these1 ladies are employed as teachers in the higher as well as in the primary departments4 ,many of the normal and high schools are under the exclusive control of ladies4 ,in the earlier conflict their sex was their protection4 ,in all the movement their patience and tact and heroism1 and their loving devotement to the good of the people1 have secured a crown of success4 ,our country will never know its debt to these patriotic women4 #h4 ,that whatever in politic or personal estate may betide the ,freedmen1 our business is to keep pegging away at the up-lifting process4 ,whether for the time their vote is allowed them or not2 whether they be ku-kluxed or bush-whacked or bulldozed2 whether the ,south favor this work or not1 this one thing we have to do--to go forward patiently1 kindly1 and strongly in this rudimental work of ,christian civilization4 #i4 ,that we are not to repress the emotional nature of this people1 but to give it a basis of intelligence4 ,this element1 which is a beauty and a power in the endowment of man1 abounds in the ,african mind2 enriched by culture it may yet add a glory to our civilization4 ,barnabas ,root and ,prof4 ,blyden both argued that we should develop their race according to their idiosyncrasies2 and yet the tendency seems to be that as they advance in cultivation they re-act to the more severe and logical style1 and so lose somewhat of their power4 ,we ought not to contribute to this result by our training process4 ,let them sing some of their rich 8spirituals40 ,give them our hymns and tunes that have an enlivening glow4 ,be not afraid to appeal to their hearts as well as to their heads4 ,let them be allowed the ,pauline privilege of saying 8,amen0 to the 8giving of thanks40 ,it is a robbery of this people to bring them down to the intellectual severity of the ,puritans4 ,it has been argued that we of the ,caucasian blood have weakened ourselves by this ruling down of our emotional sentiments4 ,it was a friend who said at ,taunton1 that what the ,congregationalists needed was consecrated emotion4 ,at the same place it was incorrectly argued that our system was not adapted to the freed people because of their tropical nature4 ,was it so with the ,oriental nature #a1hjj years ago8 #aj4 ,that those who1 in this work1 during the years past1 have gone on in the face of prejudice and ostracism and persecution1 have made the way comparatively easy for those of us who join them now4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,central ,,south ,,conference4 ,the ,annual ,meeting at ,chattanooga1 ,tenn4 ,,rev4 ,s4 ,s4 ,,ashley1 ,,atlanta4 ,this body held its annual meeting at ,chattanooga1 ,tenn41 on the #aeth1 #afth and #agth of ,january1 the prevalence of the yellow fever having prevented its session at the regular time in ,november4 ,owing to the withdrawal of most of the ,alabama and of all the ,georgia churches1 to form conferences in their respective ,states1 the ,conference now consists of the ,congregational churches in ,mississippi1 ,tennessee and ,northern ,alabama1 twelve in number4 ,the churches in ,mississippi were not represented4 ,rev4 ,horace ,j4 ,taylor1 of ,athens1 ,ga41 was chosen ,moderator4 ,each evening of the session was occupied with preaching2 ,rev4 ,s4 ,s4 ,ashley1 ,dr4 ,j4 ,e4 ,roy and ,prof4 ,h4 ,s4 ,bennett officiating4 ,papers were read as follows3 8,on the ,diaconate10 by ,dr4 ,roy2 on the 8,congregational ,polity10 the ,scriptural authority therefor1 and its advantages1 by ,rev4 ,temple ,cutler of ,chattanooga2 and interesting discussions were awakened by them4 ,this ,conference evidently believes that the time has come to push ,congregational church extension in the ,south4 ,the experience of those who have been long in this field is1 that ,congregationalism is eminently adapted to the ,south4 ,the narratives of the state of religion in the ,conference developed several interesting facts concerning ,chattanooga4 ,that city was severely smitten by the yellow fever4 ,through all the autumn1 business and meetings were suspended4 ,the citizens had largely fled away1 and the place was left to the sick1 the dying and the doctors4 ,the ,chattanooga church consists of about eighty members2 several of them were smitten1 but not one died4 8,the ,band of ,hope10 a society pledged to abstinence from intoxicating drinks1 tobacco and profanity1 having between two hundred and three hundred members1 lost only two members by the fever4 ,this 8,band0 was organized by ,rev4 ,e4 ,o4 ,tade some ten years since4 ,its object is to gather in and hold under strict ,new ,testament temperance principles the youth of both sexes4 ,some twelve hundred names have been enrolled upon its records4 ,its power has been felt far and wide4 ,a branch of the mother band has been organized in the city4 ,it may be safely said that through its agency ,chattanooga is more free from intemperance than any other ,southern city hereabouts4 ,its elections are less noted for rioting and drunkenness than those of the cities of ,georgia4 ,here is one result of ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 work4 ,every church should have connected closely with it a kindred organization4 ,the steadiness of this church in ,chattanooga is largely owing to the temperance principles of its members1 adopted while they were young4 99 99 99 99 99 ,bro4 ,taylor gave the ,conference an interesting description of his former mission field on the ,gilbert ,islands1 pointing out their peculiar coral formation1 the customs and character of the inhabitants1 and the success of ,christian missions among them4 99 99 99 99 99 ,prof4 ,bennett gave encouraging statements concerning ,fisk ,university4 ,prof4 ,spence is in ,scotland2 ,prof4 ,cravath at his post1 and the machinery is running smoothly4 ,the number of students is about as large as usual2 the religious interest not quite so decided as in former years4 99 99 99 99 99 ,it was voted to invite the ,congregational churches of the ,south to meet in convention at ,atlanta in ,november1 #ahhj4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,georgia4 ,atlanta ,university1 ,alumni and ,students4 ,,prof4 ,j4 ,f4 ,,fuller1 ,,atlanta4 ,this is the tenth year since the organization of this school4 ,the first class graduated from the higher normal course in #ahgc1 and the first from the college in #ahgf4 ,classes have graduated regularly from both departments each year since4 ,the alumni number #eb1 of whom1 at graduation1 #ej were professing ,christians4 ,with the exception of three who are now pursuing a higher course of study1 and one who has died since graduation1 these are all doing active work for the ,master among their own people1 and1 with others who have left school before completing the regular course of study1 are selecting and sending to the ,university the more promising of their pupils4 ,the present year shows a larger number of students in attendance and of a better class4 ,besides those already established in different parts of the ,state1 over a hundred of the students teach during the long summer vacation in the public schools1 and also engage in ,sabbath school work4 ,it is estimated that during the year #ahgh over ten thousand pupils in the ,state of ,georgia were taught by those educated at this ,university4 ,the influence of the school is commensurate with the number of its workers1 and that influence1 now very marked1 is constantly increasing4 ,the last catalogue shows #cj in the college classes1 #cg in the preparatory1 #gb in the higher normal1 and #ajd in the normal4 ,the buildings are of brick1 plain1 substantial and convenient1 but inadequate to the present and prospective needs4 ,the grounds are ample--nearly sixty acres--and beautifully located in the outskirts of the city4 99 99 99 99 99 ,revival among the ,students4 ,,rev4 ,c4 ,w4 ,,francis1 ,,atlanta4 ,you will be glad to know that at this school we are in the midst of a deep and effective work of grace1 which has already brought into the kingdom a goodly number of precious souls4 ,there has been a good degree of religious interest since the school came together in ,october1 and during the week of prayer1 which we faithfully observed1 that interest was deepened2 and since that time some have been committing themselves to ,christ's service4 ,the day of prayer for colleges1 just observed1 was an occasion of deep and solemn interest1 and a considerable number took a step forward4 ,a few extra meetings have been held2 but1 for the most part1 affairs have gone on as usual1 with no interruption of school work2 and but for the greater quiet and improved order and discipline of the school1 and increasing fidelity to duty1 an observer would not know how thorough a work was going forward4 ,our reliance has been mainly upon the truth1 earnestly and plainly presented1 rather than upon any unusual measures1 and our aim to reach the conscience1 and thus secure an intelligent and thorough submission to the claims of ,god4 ,all the members of the classes to graduate this year now profess to be ,christians1 and we hope will be well prepared to do effective work for the ,master in the wide and needy field open before them4 ,some who have long withstood every good influence are already affected1 and we hope will soon yield to ,christ's claims2 indeed1 there are hardly any in the family who are not ready to acknowledge a deep interest in the subject4 ,we do not like to give numbers1 but we may reasonably hope that as many as twelve have already begun the new life1 and more than as many more are deeply serious4 ,we hope for a greater work and a deeper consecration1 and that the ,lord may baptize afresh for the great and growing work pressing upon us4 ,there are constantly1 even at this season1 calls for teachers in all parts of this ,state which cannot be answered1 and in almost all cases ,christian character is one of the first qualifications sought4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,alabama4 ,christmas ,festival--,bearing ,one ,another's ,burdens4 ,,rev4 ,,william ,h4 ,,ash1 ,,florence4 ,from the depletion made in ,september by many of our members going to ,kansas1 a dark cloud for a time gathered over the work here2 but ,i believe the crisis is past1 and some that were active in opposition are now working in harmony with us1 and endeavoring to take part in every good work4 ,the faithful few are ever encouraged by these cheering words3 8,but if it be of ,god1 ye cannot overthrow it2 lest haply ye be found even to fight against ,god40 ,up to the ,sabbath previous to ,christmas we were undecided as to whether it was best to have a ,christmas tree2 but ,i found so many willing hearts and ready hands eager to help1 and particularly some not members of the church1 but friendly to it1 that ,i threw all my influence in this direction to make it a success4 ,at first we planned to have it in the church2 but finding that the building used for our ,sunday services was too small1 it was removed to the court-house1 where we had ample room4 ,the church would only accommodate about one-fifth of the people who came with their children to receive the gifts1 for we had something for nearly every ,methodist and ,baptist boy and girl1 as well as every ,congregationalist in town4 ,on ,friday night1 the ladies of our church gave an entertainment to aid in defraying the expenses incurred by the burial of a member of the church who had died very suddenly4 ,he would have been buried by the town but for a few loyal and faithful brethren who revolted at any such idea1 and at once assumed the responsibility1 though there was not one cent in the treasury4 ,at the supper they cleared enough to pay the debt1 and quite a little sum in addition4 ,our polity is guarded with the same sacredness as in ,new ,england4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,louisiana4 ,straight ,university and the ,central ,church--,a ,week of ,prayer and ,work of ,grace--,revival ,incidents4 ,,rev4 ,,walter ,s4 ,,alexander1 ,,new ,,orleans4 ,new ,orleans1 ,la41 ,feb4 #ast1 #ahgi4 ,the terrible epidemic which held this city in its relentless grasp for five months and created general gloom and depression1 delayed the opening of the ,university till ,december #ast4 ,when we closed the last term and planned for another year--our first year in the new ,university building--our hopes were strong and enthusiastic1 and we said1 8,with the attraction and novelty of a fresh1 beautiful building in a central position1 and the tide of public sentiment strongly in our favor1 the new year will be a marked period in the educational interests of our ,state40 ,these brilliant expectations were changed to grave uncertainty and anxiety4 ,but ,god is with us1 and our fears are already dissipated4 ,in the first place1 the colored people were wonderfully exempt from the ravages of the fever4 ,there were instances of the fever1 but the mortality was slight4 ,the only disadvantage was the uncertainty regarding the time of opening the term1 which induced a large number to enter into other school arrangements4 ,at this writing we have in the ,academic ,department #age1 and in the ,law ,department #be4 ,new students are enrolled every week1 and we have great occasion for satisfaction and gratitude4 ,our friends will be glad to know that the new ,university building suits our needs to perfection4 ,we could hardly suggest a change in the arrangement of rooms4 ,in many respects it is a model house4 ,if our friends could understand how earnestly we desire to furnish our beautiful chapel and two additional recitation rooms1 into which we are almost ready to 8swarm10 and how we long to see a neat fence surrounding the lot1 isolating and protecting us1 situated as we are on the grand boulevard of the city1 ,i am sure that some good heart would suggest the means of accomplishing these things4 ,but this is ,god's work1 and ,he will send relief if we can only wait4 ,we shall graduate a class of six1 of whom five are young men4 ,they all have bright minds and are first-class scholars4 ,it is a real pleasure to teach them4 ,i hear them every morning in ,upham's ,mental ,philosophy1 and the most exacting teacher would ask no better recitations than are uniformly given4 ,the inducements for young men and women to qualify themselves for teachers of the highest grade are all that could be desired4 ,it is impossible now to answer the demands for competent teachers for the colored schools of ,louisiana4 ,i have received an application for a principal of a large parish school1 with a salary of #a1bjj1 and two are now in hand for lady teachers1 with salaries of #cj per month1 in a town where good board can be obtained for #g per month4 ,this demand will constantly increase both in ,louisiana and ,texas4 ,two of our last senior class are teaching in ,texas1 and receiving #ej per month4 ,when ,i returned to the church1 after an absence of more than five months1 the people greeted me with enthusiasm1 and said to me1 8,you find us a united people4 ,god has kept us together during this sad summer4 ,we are ready for work4 ,when will the revival begin80 ,i told them we should begin special meetings with the 8,week of ,prayer20 but the time for earnest labor was already at hand to prepare the people for the work of grace1 which ,i felt sure ,god had in store for us4 ,our prayer meetings were largely attended1 and ,i could see that the ,church were longing and praying for a glorious revival4 ,what a joyful duty it is to preach to such a people6 ,the 8,week of ,prayer0 came1 and with a deep feeling of dependence upon ,god we gathered for our first special meeting4 ,night after night the attendance increased4 ,christians yielded themselves to the spirit of the meetings2 the flame of religious fervor burned more brightly2 and when1 in sympathy with the ,christian world1 we had considered the topics assigned by the ,evangelical ,alliance1 we felt ready to enter upon the holy work of winning souls1 and of directing all our thoughts and energies to this object4 ,for four weeks we gathered every night1 with an attendance ranging from #hj to #aej1 seldom falling below #ajj4 ,members of other churches flocked in2 unconverted men and women heard the good news and joined the waiting throng4 ,the result has been joyful--blessed--glorious4 ,in some respects ,i have never witnessed a revival of greater spiritual power4 ,the work has been quiet as the under-current of a river1 but deep1 heart-searching and vital4 ,the number of converts has been less than in some previous revivals2 but when the position and influence of those who have been reached1 one-half of them heads of families1 is considered1 the general result is highly important4 ,a few instances will illustrate the nature of the good work4 ,during a previous revival a fair young girl was one of the joyful converts4 ,she has been a steadfast ,christian1 honoring by a consistent1 holy life her vows as a church member4 ,one year ago she was married to a young man of many attractive qualities1 and the centre of influence in a wide circle of friends4 ,during this revival not only the husband1 but the mother have found ,christ1 and to-day there is great joy in that household4 ,on the night when the mother uttered the exultant cry1 8,christ has set me free2 ,i am redeemed60 the child1 who had prayed for her husband's and her mother's conversion1 fainted from excess of joy and emotion4 ,another mother is made happy by the conversion of her son1 and expresses her joy with fast-falling tears4 ,now a student from one of the country parishes yields to conviction and takes his stand as a ,christian4 ,another1 a painter by trade1 who says he knew nothing of ,christianity before1 seeks earnestly till he finds the ,saviour4 ,we shall never forget his impassioned eloquence when he announced his conversion4 ,it was the utterance of a deep1 overwhelming joy4 ,a young man1 whose home teaching has been all wrong1 walks for days beneath the dark shadow of doubt and fear4 ,on one night he rose in meeting1 and weeping freely said1 8,why do ,i not find peace8 ,why will not ,god have mercy8 ,oh1 pray for me and help me60 ,such agony of soul cannot continue long4 ,it was the profound darkness before the dawn4 ,to-day his faith is strong and joyful4 ,there came into our meeting a wife1 in whose conversion peculiar interest was manifested4 ,listening with eager interest from the first1 she soon became intensely engaged in her own salvation4 ,near the close of one of our services she exclaimed1 so soon as her emotion would permit her to speak1 8,god1 have mercy6 ,everybody pray for me60 ,earnestly she inquired the way of life1 and after a brief but bitter struggle the light came beaming in upon her soul1 and she goes from house to house1 spreading the glad tidings and telling what great things the ,lord has done for her4 ,last year a married woman--a public school-teacher--experienced this blessed change of heart1 and the religion of ,christ has been the absorbing theme of her life since4 ,now her daughter1 an interesting girl of sixteen1 shares the faith of the mother1 who says1 8,have ,i not reason for loving ,god as ,i do80 ,one who became a ,christian years ago1 but who1 through indifference1 had lapsed from the enjoyment of the ,christian life1 has been recovered4 ,when she sought my counsel1 ,i said1 8,don't expect to be converted over again4 ,take your place as a ,christian woman1 and live as a ,christian should live40 ,the change with her has been like a new conversion4 ,the cloud has been dispelled1 and she rejoices in the restored favor of ,god4 ,on the last night of our special services fully #aej people were present4 ,i think we shall begin another special campaign the #ast of ,march4 ,pray for us that a great light may be kindled here1 which ,god will never suffer to go out4 ,oh1 the progress of this dear church these last three years6 ,their self-respect1 their pure lives1 their faith in4 ,god1 give cause for ,christian confidence1 affection and recognition4 ,the true church of ,god will not withhold them4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,tennessee4 ,fisk ,university--,the ,day of ,prayer1 etc4 ,,pres4 ,e4 ,m4 ,,cravath1 ,,nashville4 ,the meeting for prayer for the ,association and its work was held on ,monday afternoon1 ,january #f1 at three o'clock1 in the chapel4 ,the number in attendance was very large1 and there was an unusual freedom in prayer and a deep and tender interest in all the exercises4 ,prof4 ,bennett spoke of the falling off in receipts1 of which you had made mention in a recent letter to him1 and this called forth very earnest supplication that ,god would move men's hearts to liberal giving1 so that the good work among their people might not suffer4 ,the occasion was one of unusual interest4 ,there have been two very clear and interesting cases of conversion since ,christmas1 and some among us are anxious4 ,there has not yet been so large an increase in the number of students since ,new ,years as we had expected4 ,the weather has been intensely cold and money seems to be very scarce4 ,the health of teachers and pupils is good4 ,at the ,baptist ,institute they were compelled to suspend school on ,monday because of sickness resulting from the unusual cold and exposure4 99 99 99 99 99 ,woman's ,work--,relief ,fund--,health ,matters--,cottage ,meetings--,northern ,helpers4 ,,miss ,,hattie ,a4 ,,milton1 ,,memphis4 ,the outlook seems much more encouraging this year than last1 for several reasons1 one of the most important of which is1 that the relief fund gives us access to many more families4 ,last ,sabbath five new scholars came to ,sunday-school1 all from families which had been benefited by the relief4 ,one of the boys1 eleven years old1 who belongs to a very poor family1 but who is quite a hero among his neighbors1 because of his honesty and industry1 ,i often met last year with others on the commons1 but he could not come to ,sunday-school because he was so ragged4 ,as he was very anxious to attend1 a suit of clothes was given him last week1 and ,sabbath morning he came to the church before his teacher was dressed for breakfast1 and waited patiently during the three hours until the exercises began1 enjoying his improved appearance4 ,the past few weeks have been very cold for this climate1 and many a widow with her little children has been made to rejoice as she gathered her family around the bright fire and partook of the wholesome food provided by the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 relief4 ,the yellow fever made terrible havoc in many families--indeed in some none are left to tell the tale of woe6 ,for a few days1 now1 the weather has been very warm and there is much sickness1 and the death rate is very high among the colored people--in many cases1 no doubt1 resulting from want of proper attention4 ,a few days since ,i visited a man suffering with indigestion and cold2 he had called a doctor1 but was not relieved2 his wife was anxious to help him1 but knew not what to do2 so she was told to let the light in from behind1 instead of in front of the patient1 as it was very painful to his eyes1 then to apply cloths wet in hot water to the aching head and chest1 and hot bricks1 steaming with vinegar1 to his feet4 ,in half an hour he was relieved and the next day was almost well1 only needing directions about food and ventilation4 ,this is but an instance among many of those who suffer for the want of such simple remedies1 of the use of which they have no knowledge4 ,as the demand for nurses has been very great during the past year1 we propose giving some attention to this branch in our school1 which has filled up since ,christmas and is doing well4 ,the industrial department is getting in good working order4 ,i have about forty women and girls under my general supervision1 the more experienced assisting me in teaching the others to cut and make garments4 ,they seem much interested in the work4 ,this department is looked upon with approval by most of the people1 as but few mothers are capable of teaching their daughters these accomplishments1 though they are very anxious that they should learn them4 ,my field of work is already twice as large as last year4 ,members of the different churches welcome me into their houses1 and invite their neighbors to our cottage meetings1 of which we have five every week in different neighborhoods4 ,the pastor of the leading ,methodist church here gave me the names of several members of his church who would be glad to have me hold mothers' meetings in their houses1 which was a great help in my work1 as it did much to remove the suspicion with which they have regarded me4 ,some who are not professed ,christians have invited me to their houses1 saying they hope by so doing they may see the way more clearly4 ,many colored people look upon the epidemic of the past season as a judgment from ,god on account of their sins1 and try to be more religious lest a worse evil befall them4 ,the ,ladies' ,missionary ,society1 of ,roseville1 ,ill41 have become interested in this work1 and have forwarded a box1 for which we are thankful4 ,the 8,little ,girls10 of ,crete1 ,ill41 who last year sent a box1 have this year formed a society1 which they have named 8,the ,milton ,busy ,bees10 have met every two weeks1 and with their friends have prepared a box of very valuable clothing1 which has been received1 and has made many a heart beat warmer4 ,may ,god bless all our kind friends at the ,north who aid us so much by these substantial signs of their sympathy4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,chinese4 99 99 99 99 99 ,summary of ,mission ,work among the ,chinese4 ,,rev4 ,,wm4 ,c4 ,,pond1 ,,san ,,francisco4 ,at the annual meeting of the ,california ,chinese ,mission ,i was requested to append to the report then presented an account of the work of other missions4 ,i venture to hope that that account will be of interest to the readers of the ,,missionary1 and offer it as my contribution for this month4 ,the facts were obtained not from printed reports1 but by special inquiries4 ,the ,presbyterian ,mission reports four evening mission schools1 one in each of the cities of ,san ,francisco1 ,oakland1 ,sacramento and ,san ,jos1 with an average attendance of #gj1 #fj1 #ce and #bd respectively4 ,four ,american missionaries1 speaking the ,chinese language1 are employed1 four ,chinese preachers1 and six other teachers4 ,there is also1 in ,san ,francisco1 a day school for boys and girls1 with two teachers1 one ,english and one ,chinese1 and an average attendance of twelve pupils4 ,there are six preaching places1 three in ,san ,francisco1 three in ,oakland1 two in ,sacramento1 and two in ,san ,jos4 ,twenty religious services are held each week1 with an attendance which varies from a very few to one hundred4 ,two ,chinese churches have been organized1 one in ,san ,francisco and the other in ,oakland4 ,the former has #dj members1 of whom two were received the past year4 ,the latter has #bi members1 of whom six were added the last year4 ,the ,san ,francisco church has been in existence many years1 and has received to membership from its organization #ajc persons4 ,in connection with the ,sacramento ,mission1 #ba ,christian ,chinese have been received to the ,presbyterian ,church of that city2 fifteen are still members of the church1 and of these1 eight were received last year4 ,in connection with the ,san ,jos school there are seven ,christian ,chinese1 members of the ,presbyterian church of that city4 ,the ,ladies' ,foreign ,missionary ,society of the ,presbyterian church sustains in ,san ,francisco a ,home for ,chinese women1 which has now eleven inmates1 who must1 of course1 be not only taught1 but sheltered and boarded1 and1 often1 protected from the brutes in human form who claim to be their owners4 ,the total number of laborers connected with the ,presbyterian ,mission is thus seen to be fifteen4 ,the total average attendance at the schools1 #bab4 ,the total number of church members1 from the first1 is #afj1 of whom #fi have been removed by dismissal to churches in ,china1 by death1 or by the dropping of their names from the roll4 ,the total number who hear the gospel from the lips of the missionaries or native preachers cannot be estimated1 but must run far up into the hundreds1 if not into the thousands4 ,of the ,methodist ,chinese ,mission1 ,rev4 ,dr4 ,gibson1 ,superintendent1 makes the following succinct and clear report3 8,five evening and day schools1 with a total average attendance of #adi2 five ,sunday-schools1 with a total average attendance of #bdf2 four preaching places1 with a total average attendance of #agj2 public preaching1 daily prayer meetings1 praise meetings1 class meeting and ,bible class1 weekly1 #gh ,chinese members and #aj probationers2 baptisms last year--adults1 #ai2 children1 #c2 cost of girls' boarding-school1 #a1ijj2 cost of all other work1 #g1fjj4 8,one of our schools is a boarding school for ,chinese girls and women4 ,we call it the #8,asylum4' ,as to churches1 our plan is a little different from yours4 ,we have classes at different places1 but all are members of the one church at ,san ,francisco40 ,at ,los ,angeles1 from a ,chinese ,mission ,school1 which was sustained for many years by the ,california ,chinese ,mission1 twenty in all have united with the ,presbyterian church in that city4 ,the ,united ,presbyterian ,church4--,this church1 also1 sustains a mission school in ,oakland1 which has an average attendance of about forty pupils4 ,the ,woman's ,union ,mission to ,chinese ,women and ,children has been in operation nearly nine years4 ,as its name indicates1 it is a union work1 and is sustained for the most part by ladies in the different churches of ,san ,francisco and ,oakland4 ,the ,society has been aided materially this last year by the ,chinese themselves1 having received a gift in money from the 8,six ,companies10 and also from the ,chinese merchants4 ,the special work of this ,mission is among ,chinese children1 and for them a day school is sustained in the second story of the old 8,globe ,hotel10 at the corner of ,dupont and ,jackson streets4 ,with this special work is also combined visitation among ,chinese families4 ,the number of scholars on the roll the past year is fifty-two4 ,thirty-two of these are boys and twenty girls4 ,there are two teachers employed1 an ,english teacher and a teacher of ,chinese4 ,the running expenses of this ,society are about eighty-five dollars a month4 ,if1 now1 ,i add to this statement the following statistics touching our own ,congregational ,mission1 the exhibit of missionary work among the ,chinese in ,california will be complete4 ,we maintain #aa schools3 at ,oakland1 ,petaluma1 ,sacramento2 in ,san ,francisco1 the ,central1 ,barnes and ,bethany2 ,san ,leandro1 ,santa ,barbara1 ,stockton1 ,visalia and ,woodland2 in which #af teachers are employed4 #a1dib pupils have been enrolled during the year4 ,the average attendance for the #ab months' has been #bdd-fdg being the largest number reported in any single month4 #ic profess to have ceased from idol worship1 and #ge give evidence of conversion4 ,there is1 outside these organized missions1 considerable work done by the churches in ,chinese ,sunday-schools1 no complete or reliable statistics of which could be easily obtained4 ,at those sustained by ,congregational churches the total average attendance is1 of pupils about #bej1 and of teachers about #ajj4 ,there is furthermore1 we may trust1 in ,christian households scattered throughout the ,state1 a work done for ,chinese employed in them1 which cannot be reported here1 but whose record is on high4 ,there1 too1 its fruit will appear1 gathered into everlasting life4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,africa4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,christmas ,,in ,,africa4 ,,mrs4 ,h4 ,l4 ,,jackson1 ,,avery ,,station4 ,to-day we have celebrated the birth of our dear ,saviour4 ,the first thing was the giving of presents to the laborers1 which ,mr4 ,jackson did from his own earnings4 ,it was the custom of the former missionaries to give the laborers each a ,christmas present1 and they are not a people who forget very soon any favor shown them by the former missionaries4 ,this present consisted of two goats and two bushels of rice1 which was divided among them4 ,i watched with pleasure their happy faces as each one received his portion4 ,at ten o'clock the first bell rang for services1 and at the ringing of the second bell the chapel was filled to its utmost capacity with the heathen1 who came from miles around to hear and learn of ,jesus1 and why we celebrate this eventful day4 ,there were so many present that we were obliged to bring in extra seats4 ,they gave very good attention and seemed to drink in the truths of ,jesus ,christ as they were given them4 ,it would have been encouraging to you could you have seen them when they were told that this dear ,saviour whom we celebrate is a ,god who hears in ,mendi1 ,sherbro1 ,timony and all other languages1 and if they come to ,him with pure and contrite hearts ,he will wash away their sins and make them white in the blood of the ,lamb4 ,from their cheerful countenances one could read that their happy hearts sung forth praises to ,god4 ,i am1 as you may know1 a lover of singing1 so we selected some of the most beautiful and appropriate hymns for the occasion4 ,as we sung1 ,i1 like the heathen1 could but exclaim praise to ,god in the highest4 ,surely ,africa will be redeemed from the curse of ignorance and sin1 and her sons and daughters learn to bow in reverence to the true and living ,god4 ,after service1 ,mr4 ,jackson and ,i prepared a dinner1 to which we invited the chiefs of the ,bargroo river4 ,they seemed to enjoy themselves very much indeed4 ,the dinner consisted1 as nearly as possible1 of their country dishes and a plenty of pure cold water4 ,having a country cook1 the dishes were all served up in regular country style4 ,we had our interpreter to dine with them1 so that we might be able to converse with them on the meaning of ,christmas day and how they should celebrate it4 ,we are greatly encouraged to go forward in the work4 ,it is true that it is a hard and tedious one1 but when we lean on ,jesus it is made light4 ,you would1 perhaps1 be pleased to know of some of our encouragements4 ,there is an unusual amount of interest manifested on the part of the natives in religion4 ,they take hold of the truths imparted to them as if their souls were thirsty for the living bread of heaven4 ,they are also gradually laying aside their country fashions1 such as gregrees1 charms and fetiches4 ,all of these are features of interest to one who labors among them4 99 99 99 99 99 ,although we are thus encouraged1 the habit of drinking rum is spreading among them4 ,this is a great curse to ,africa4 ,no evil could be perpetrated among these people more injurious to them than the selling of rum4 ,really1 many of them seem to think that rum is the staff of life1 and in order to exist they must have it4 ,this idea has been brought to them through the medium of a civilized people1 whose highest aim should be to wipe this evil practice out of existence4 ,mr4 ,jackson endeavored to impress upon their minds as clearly as possible the great sin of drinking rum1 and ,i am sure that many were convinced of it4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the church is progressing both in interest and in strength4 ,the first ,sunday in this month was communion day4 ,the presence of the ,lord seemed near each one4 ,five persons joined the church and were baptized4 ,among the number was one chief4 ,we have now three chiefs belonging to our church1 and we believe that they are really converted men4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,children',s ,,page4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,little ,,sallie4 ,,professor ,a4 ,k4 ,,spence1 ,,of ,,fisk ,,university4 7,written from ,dundee1 ,scotland47 ,little ,sallie was born a slave1 but became free through the ,emancipation ,proclamation of ,abraham ,lincoln4 ,she had learned to read elsewhere1 but came to the school connected with ,fisk ,university to pursue her studies still further4 ,there she soon saw she was a sinner1 and needed a ,saviour4 ,she sought long1 but did not find peace to her soul4 ,she was very sorrowful1 and her trouble appeared in her down-cast face4 ,she often sighed and sometimes wept4 ,she prayed much and read her ,bible4 ,her teachers felt sad for poor little ,sallie4 ,at last light came4 ,the ,bible says1 8,sorrow continueth for a night1 but joy cometh in the morning40 ,her joy was great4 ,any one could see that she had met a change4 ,her countenance was all aglow4 ,a sweet smile played on her lips4 ,her voice was full of music as she told what ,god had done for her4 ,her eye kindled as she spoke of her dear ,saviour4 ,all the affection of her young heart was given to him4 ,it was sweet to listen to her prayers1 in which she often said1 dear ,jesus4 ,but ,sallie wished to do something for ,him who had done so much for her4 ,all young converts feel in that way4 ,old ,christians feel so1 too4 ,paul says1 8,the love of ,christ constraineth us40 ,but what could she do8 ,she was so young1 and only a girl4 ,even if she were a woman1 she could not go into the pulpit and preach4 ,only men do that4 ,what could she do6 ,this perplexed little ,sallie4 ,one of her teachers1 knowing her trouble1 said to her1 8,well1 ,sallie1 you can read1 can you not80 8,oh1 yes60 she replied1 for she was a good reader4 8,there are many colored people who were long slaves1 and cannot read1 are there not8 ,would not you like to read the ,bible to some of them80 ,this thought pleased little ,sallie4 ,soon after she put on her hat1 took her ,bible1 and went out1 ,christ's little missionary4 ,she stood erect1 she stepped light1 she looked happy2 she was going out to do good for ,jesus4 ,no doubt ,his love was warm in her heart just then4 ,we always feel love to ,god when for ,his sake we try to do good to men4 ,she did not know it1 but the teacher who suggested her mission followed to see what she would do4 ,when she turned a street corner1 he turned it soon after her4 ,at last she entered a little house1 such as many of the colored people live in4 ,it was made of boards1 one story high1 and had only one room4 ,the day was warm4 ,the door was open4 ,he went to it and looked in4 ,i will try to tell you what he saw4 ,sallie sat in a chair with her ,bible in her lap1 reading4 ,one colored woman was1 seemingly1 busy at a table1 ironing clothes4 ,but her iron went back and forth nearly in the same place1 while she looked away1 eyes and mouth open1 to little ,sallie1 to whom she listened attentively4 ,another had ceased from her work1 and1 leaning against the wall1 looked down upon our little missionary in a most loving1 motherly way4 ,a third was sitting at her feet and gazing with her great1 dark face into the face of ,sallie1 who1 in a low1 sweet voice1 was reading3 8,he was wounded for our transgressions2 ,he was bruised for our iniquities2 the chastisement of our peace was upon ,him2 and with ,his stripes we are healed40 ,was it not beautiful8 ,you know this is a prophesy of ,christ1 written many hundred years1 before the sufferings it describes1 which ,jesus bore for us4 ,find the fifty-third chapter of ,isaiah and read it for yourselves1 my young friends1 and think that ,sallie read it to those poor colored women2 and as you go over these verses1 may the same love and joy fill your hearts as filled hers4 99 99 99 99 99 ,remember1 also1 that you1 too1 may be workers for ,christ in some way4 ,it may not be in ,sallie's way4 ,she used to sing 8,there'll be something in ,heaven for children to do40 ,there is something for them to do on earth1 too4 ,seek ,god's guidance and ,he will show you what4 ,christ says that if we give even a cup of water to any one1 for ,his sake1 we shall not lose our reward4 ,sallie did not work for pay1 but she had her reward in the consciousness that she was pleasing ,jesus and doing good to those women4 99 99 99 99 99 ,many years have passed since the time of this narrative4 ,little ,sallie is now a young woman4 ,through the aid of kind friends she completed the course of studies in the ,normal department of ,fisk ,university1 and is now teaching colored children in the far-off ,state of ,texas4 ,the freed people of the ,south need such teachers2 they need also ministers of their own race2 and many missionaries are needed for ,africa4 99 99 99 99 99 ,one way1 my dear young friends1 in which you can serve the ,lord1 is this3 ,help us to educate these young people4 ,when you put a little piece of money into the box for this cause and for ,jesus' sake1 ,he sees it and will say to you in the last day3 8,inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren1 ye have done it unto me40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,receipts ,,for ,,january1 #ahgi4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,maine1 #gdi4jb4 ,bangor4 ,hammond ,st4 ,ch4 7bal47 #cd4da2 ,hammond ,st4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #ae #di4da ,brownville4 ,hon4 ,a4 ,h4 ,merrill1 #ajj2 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ae #aae4jj ,buxton4 ,rev4 ,joseph ,kyte #c4jj ,gorham4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 to const4 ,,samuel ,t4 ,,dole1 ,,moses ,,fogg and ,,john ,s4 ,,leavit ,l4 ,m4's #hc4ba ,hallowell4 ,emma ,french1 half bbl4 of ,c ,machins4 8,a ,friend40 #c4jj ,monson4 ,rev4 ,r4 ,w4 ,emerson #bj4ej ,north ,dixmont4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,e4 ,k4 #a4jj ,norway4 ,mrs4 ,mary ,k4 ,frost #e4jj 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