,,vol4 ,,xxxiv4 ,,no4 #e4 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 99 99 99 99 99 8,to the ,poor the ,gospel is ,preached40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,may1 #ahhj4 ,,contents3 ,,editorial4 ,,paragraphs #abi ,,gen4 ,,grant',s ,,reception ,,at ,,straight ,,university #acb ,,old ,,nails ,,well ,,clinched--,,the ,,case ,,in ,a ,,nut-,,shell #acc ,,southern ,,negroes ,,in ,,new ,,york ,,city--,,woman',s ,,home ,,missionary ,,association #acd ,,eastern ,,north ,,carolina #ace ,,le ,,moyne ,,institute #acf ,,anglo-,,turkish ,,convention ,,for ,,the ,,suppression ,,of ,,the ,,slave-,,trade #acg ,h4 ,m4 ,,stanley ,,on ,,the ,,congo #ach ,,jesus ,,sat ,,over ,,against ,,the ,,treasury--,,gradations1 ,,natural ,,and ,,helpful #aci ,,items ,,from ,,the ,,field #adj ,,the ,,freedmen4 ,,district ,,of ,,columbia--,lincoln ,mission1 ,washington #ada ,,north ,,carolina1 ,,wilmington--,report of a ,visitor #ada ,,north ,,carolina--,revivals in ,raleigh #adb ,,alabama--,conference of ,cong'l ,churches #adc ,sunday-school ,convention #ade ,,montgomery--,health-,talks1 etc4 #ade ,,kentucky--,the ,land and the ,people #adf ,,africa4 ,,extract ,,from ,a ,,letter ,,from ,,prof4 ,,chase #adh ,,the ,,indians4 ,,indian ,,boys ,,at ,,hampton #adi ,,the ,,chinese4 ,,chapter ,,of ,,items #aej ,,children',s ,,page4 ,,albert ,,burton ,,jowett #aeb ,,receipts #aec ,,constitution #aeg ,,aim1 ,,statistics1 ,,wants #aeh 99 99 99 99 99 ,,new ,,york3 ,published by the ,american ,missionary ,association1 ,,rooms1 #ef ,,reade ,,street4 99 99 99 99 99 ,price1 #ej ,cents a ,year1 in advance4 ,entered at the ,post ,office at ,new ,york1 ,n4 ,y41 as second-class matter4 ,american ,missionary ,association1 #ef ,,reade ,,street1 ,n4 ,y4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,president4 ,,hon4 ,e4 ,s4 ,,tobey1 ,boston4 ,,vice-,,presidents4 ,hon4 ,f4 ,d4 ,,parish1 ,ohio4 ,hon4 ,e4 ,d4 ,,holton1 ,wis4 ,hon4 ,,william ,,claflin1 ,mass4 ,,andrew ,,lester1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,y4 ,rev4 ,,stephen ,,thurston1 ,d4 ,d41 ,me4 ,rev4 ,,samuel ,,harris1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ct4 ,,wm4 ,c4 ,,chapin1 ,esq41 ,r4 ,i4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,t4 ,,eustis1 ,d4 ,d41 ,mass4 ,hon4 ,a4 ,c4 ,,barstow1 ,r4 ,i4 ,rev4 ,,thatcher ,,thayer1 ,d4 ,d41 ,r4 ,i4 ,rev4 ,,ray ,,palmer1 ,d4 ,d41 ,n4 ,j4 ,rev4 ,,edward ,,beecher1 ,d4 ,d41 ,n4 ,y4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,m4 ,,sturtevant1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ill4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,w4 ,,patton1 ,d4 ,d41 ,d4 ,c4 ,hon4 ,,seymour ,,straight1 ,la4 ,,horace ,,hallock1 ,esq41 ,mich4 ,rev4 ,,cyrus ,w4 ,,wallace1 ,d4 ,d41 ,n4 ,h4 ,rev4 ,,edward ,,hawes1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ct4 ,,douglas ,,putnam1 ,esq41 ,ohio4 ,hon4 ,,thaddeus ,,fairbanks1 ,vt4 ,,samuel ,d4 ,,porter1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,y4 ,rev4 ,m4 ,m4 ,g4 ,,dana1 ,d4 ,d41 ,minn4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,w4 ,,beecher1 ,n4 ,y4 ,gen4 ,o4 ,o4 ,,howard1 ,oregon4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,f4 ,,magoun1 ,d4 ,d41 ,iowa4 ,col4 ,c4 ,g4 ,,hammond1 ,ill4 ,,edward ,,spaulding1 ,m4 ,d41 ,n4 ,h4 ,,david ,,ripley1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,j4 ,rev4 ,,wm4 ,m4 ,,barbour1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ct4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,l4 ,,gage1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ct4 ,a4 ,s4 ,,hatch1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,y4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,h4 ,,fairchild1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ohio4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,a4 ,,stimson1 ,minn4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,w4 ,,strong1 ,d4 ,d41 ,minn4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,stone1 ,d4 ,d41 ,california4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,h4 ,,atkinson1 ,d4 ,d41 ,oregon4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,e4 ,,rankin1 ,d4 ,d41 ,d4 ,c4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,chapin1 ,d4 ,d41 ,wis4 ,s4 ,d4 ,,smith1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,,peter ,,smith1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,dea4 ,,john ,c4 ,,whitin1 ,mass4 ,hon4 ,j4 ,b4 ,,grinnell1 ,iowa4 ,rev4 ,,wm4 ,t4 ,,carr1 ,ct4 ,rev4 ,,horace ,,winslow1 ,ct4 ,sir ,,peter ,,coats1 ,scotland4 ,rev4 ,,henry ,,allon1 ,d4 ,d41 ,london1 ,eng4 ,,wm4 ,e4 ,,whiting1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,y4 ,j4 ,m4 ,,pinkerton1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,e4 ,a4 ,,graves1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,j4 ,rev4 ,f4 ,a4 ,,noble1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ill4 ,,daniel ,,hand1 ,esq41 ,ct4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,williston1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,f4 ,,beard1 ,d4 ,d41 ,n4 ,y4 ,,frederick ,,billings1 ,esq41 ,vt4 ,,joseph ,,carpenter1 ,esq41 ,r4 ,i4 ,rev4 ,e4 ,p4 ,,goodwin1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ill4 ,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,,goodell1 ,d4 ,d41 ,mo4 ,j4 ,w4 ,,scoville1 ,esq41 ,ill4 ,e4 ,w4 ,,blatchford1 ,esq41 ,ill4 ,c4 ,d4 ,,talcott1 ,esq41 ,ct4 ,rev4 ,,john ,k4 ,,mclean1 ,d4 ,d41 ,cal4 ,rev4 ,,richard ,,cordley1 ,d4 ,d41 ,kansas4 ,,corresponding ,,secretary4 ,,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 ,,strieby1 ,d4 ,d41 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,n4 ,y4 ,,district ,,secretaries4 ,,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,,woodworth1 ,boston4 ,,rev4 ,g4 ,d4 ,,pike1 ,new ,york4 ,,rev4 ,,jas4 ,,powell1 ,chicago4 ,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,,esq41 ,treasurer1 ,n4 ,y4 ,,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 ,,strieby1 ,recording ,secretary4 ,,executive ,,committee4 ,,alonzo ,s4 ,,ball1 ,a4 ,s4 ,,barnes1 ,,geo4 ,m4 ,,boynton1 ,,wm4 ,b4 ,,brown1 ,c4 ,t4 ,,christensen1 ,,clinton ,b4 ,,fisk1 ,,addison ,p4 ,,foster1 ,s4 ,b4 ,,halliday1 ,,samuel ,,holmes1 ,,charles ,a4 ,,hull1 ,,edgar ,,ketchum1 ,,chas4 ,l4 ,,mead1 ,,wm4 ,t4 ,,pratt1 ,j4 ,a4 ,,shoudy1 ,,john ,h4 ,,washburn1 ,g4 ,b4 ,,willcox4 ,,communications relating to the work of the ,association may be addressed to the ,corresponding ,secretary1 those relating to the collecting fields to the ,district ,secretaries2 letters for the ,editor of the 8,american ,missionary10 to ,rev4 ,c4 ,c4 ,,painter1 at the ,new ,york ,office4 ,,donations ,,and ,,subscriptions may be sent to ,h4 ,w4 ,hubbard1 ,treasurer1 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,new ,york1 or when more convenient1 to either of the ,branch ,offices1 #ba ,congregational ,house1 ,boston1 ,mass41 or #aab ,west ,washington ,street1 ,chicago1 ,ill4 ,a payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a ,life ,member4 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 ,,vol4 ,,xxxiv4 ,,may1 #ahhj4 ,,no4 #e4 ,american ,missionary ,association4 99 99 99 99 99 ,with this number1 the ,,american ,,missionary passes into the hands of ,rev4 ,c4 ,c4 ,painter1 as ,editor and ,business ,manager4 ,mr4 ,painter was born in the ,south1 educated at the ,north1 where he was for several years a pastor1 and more recently a ,professor of ,theology in ,fisk ,university1 and connected with its financial management4 ,he brings to the work a ripe scholarship1 the pen of a ready writer1 and a deep interest in the varied work in which the ,association is engaged4 ,the retirement of the ,rev4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,boynton1 who1 for several years1 has acted as ,editor of the ,,missionary1 is felt to be a great loss to the ,association4 ,his peculiar skill in editing1 his facility in writing1 and his quick apprehension of current events bearing on our work1 enabled him to give to our magazine a freshness and attractiveness it never before had attained4 ,mr4 ,boynton's usefulness as a member of our ,executive ,committee makes his loss to us the greater4 ,in his new pastorate in ,jamaica ,plain1 ,boston1 he bears with him the warmest affection and best wishes of the officers of the ,association4 99 99 99 99 99 ,as we make our bow after the above graceful introduction by our honored ,senior ,secretary1 we are conscious that all eyes are turned regretfully toward the departing1 rather than hopefully to the incoming1 ,editor4 ,we are in the position similar to that of a new minister1 who is told as he makes his first pastoral visits1 8,we never expect to love another pastor as we loved ,mr4 ,b40 ,we are glad for all that makes our position difficult1 and suggest as the only remedy for the loss the ,,missionary must otherwise sustain in the retirement of ,mr4 ,boynton1 that all who feel it1 shall make the appropriate effort to prevent it4 ,let our teachers and missionaries understand1 that they must come to the rescue by prompt and faithful reports of every phase of their work2 giving us rich material from which to select what1 from our stand-point1 appears the thing to be said at any given time4 ,let ,pastors and ,superintendents1 and other co-laborers1 feel that they must stand between this work and loss1 and double their diligence1 and quicken their zeal1 in keeping their churches and schools informed and interested2 and1 finally1 let all who have felt an impulse to give more1 show their appreciation of the late ,editor's good work by such an increase of gifts1 as shall meet the urgent demands on our ,treasury2 and in reporting all this1 we promise the most interesting numbers of the ,,missionary yet published4 ,thus3 8,out of these golden griefs ,bethel we'll raise40 99 99 99 99 99 ,we have received a copy of the new map of ,central and ,southern ,africa1 published by the ,a4 ,b4 ,c4 ,f4 ,m4 ,as an outline map for chapel purposes1 we believe it unsurpassed in beauty and cheapness4 ,the price1 on paper1 is #ge;c42 on cloth1 #a4be2 to be had of ,c4 ,n4 ,chapin1 #ad ,congregational ,house1 ,boston4 99 99 99 99 99 ,dr4 ,t4 ,thornton ,macklin1 who for several years was connected with the ,blantyre ,mission in the region of the ,nyassa1 is making a brief visit to this country1 and gave us much valuable information about methods of work in ,equatorial ,africa1 in an hour's interview at our office4 ,dr4 ,macklin is anxious to return to ,africa and enter upon pioneer work1 such as that proposed by ,mr4 ,arthington to the ,a4 ,m4 ,a41 in the ,nile basin4 99 99 99 99 99 ,we are glad to know that ,dr4 ,g4 ,b4 ,willcox1 whose presence and counsels are sadly missed in our ,committee meetings1 loses none of his enthusiasm for the ,american ,missionary ,association and its work1 because of his new home and new duties4 ,at a recent meeting in ,dr4 ,noble's church in ,chicago1 he read an address which we wish could be put into the hands of every ,christian1 and of every citizen1 in the land4 ,it is too long to print in our pages1 and too consecutive to dismember without marring4 ,we hope he may have calls to deliver it before the other churches of that city1 and of other cities1 ,east and ,west4 99 99 99 99 99 ,we fear that a fact1 stated by ,mrs4 ,hill in our last number1 has not been fully taken in by our readers4 ,writing from ,marion1 ,ala41 of her work among the children1 she said1 incidentally1 and most of us read it without comprehending it1 8,the girls' sewing-class has sent #ch to the ,mendi ,mission40 ,the 8,,girls' ,,sewing-,,class60 8,,thirty-,,eight ,,dollars60 ,sunday-school workers of ,new ,england1 think what that means6 ,we venture to say there is scarce a ,sunday-school connected with one of our churches in ,new ,england where the same amount of money would cost a girls' sewing-class one-half the self-denial and labor that is represented by this #ch for the ,mendi ,mission4 ,and it came from a colored girls' sewing-class6 99 99 99 99 99 ,some time since1 a request came from a teacher in one of our institutions to the ,sunday-school of the ,second ,congregational ,church in ,rockville1 ,conn41 that it should raise #gj for a promising young man who1 for lack of it1 must leave his studies4 ,the matter was brought before the school and laid over for consideration4 ,on the next ,sabbath1 a class of young men1 every one of whom was earning his own living1 stated that it would assume the responsibility for the whole amount4 ,to raise this money did not hurt them2 on the contrary1 it did them as much good as it did the one who received it4 ,what if this same spirit should become epidemic in our schools6 ,the ,sunday-school at ,kenosha1 ,wis41 when its pastor read to it ,president ,cravath's article in the ,october ,,missionary1 entitled 8,what shall we do80 promptly responded by sending a check for #ej4 ,pastors1 ,sunday-school superintendents and teachers1 it is not a difficult thing to do1 but a most easy1 and as blessed as easy1 to enlist your young people in this beneficent work2 beneficent not alone in relation to the ignorant negroes1 but to your own young people4 ,the needs of our work are great1 but the need that our ,sunday-school children and young people be educated out of narrow1 selfish views of life1 is even more urgent4 ,let this double education go forward steadily and by organized effort2 thus shall sower and reaper rejoice together1 and it will be difficult to tell the one from the other in their mutual joy and benefit1 for both are reapers of such sowing4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,selma1 ,ala41 ,daily ,times notes the fact that our ,field ,secretary1 ,dr4 ,roy1 preached in the ,first ,presbyterian ,church of that city in the morning1 and the ,rev4 ,h4 ,s4 ,de,forest in the evening1 of a recent ,sabbath1 and says that more than usual interest was manifested in both services4 ,also1 in a kindly notice of the ,fifth ,annual ,convention of the ,congregational ,churches of ,alabama1 convened in that city1 it says3 8,this church is doing a great work for the education and religious culture of the colored people in ,alabama1 and the other ,southern ,states40 99 99 99 99 99 ,dr4 ,r4 ,s4 ,rust1 ,secretary of the ,m4 ,e4 ,freedmen's ,aid ,society1 in his ,twelfth ,annual ,report of the work of that ,society1 speaks with a just pride of the twenty distinctive colored schools established in the ,south1 with an aggregate of #b1eaj pupils3 of these1 #dec are classed as ,biblical1 #bj law1 #fj medical1 #gd collegiate1 #bgj academic1 #a1jbj normal1 #bdb intermediate1 and #cga primary4 ,we congratulate him and his church on the good work done1 and to be done4 99 99 99 99 99 ,prof4 ,j4 ,w4 ,randolph1 of ,waco ,college1 ,texas1 which1 we understand1 is a newly-projected school1 to be under management of the colored people1 announces his purpose of publishing a new music and hymn-book for and by his own people2 and so the genius of this people is reaching out into new fields of effort4 99 99 99 99 99 ,facts are facts positeevely1 as ,dr4 ,john ,brown's ,scotch beadle would say1 and will assert and establish themselves if we can only have patience in well-doing4 ,the professor of ,greek in one of the ,state ,colleges of the ,south said to us1 some months since3 8,i spent a day in ,fisk ,university1 and as ,i am1 and have been all my life1 a teacher of ,greek1 was curious to see what the negro could do with that language2 and1 sir1 ,i should be most proud and happy if ,i had twenty boys in my ,college who could recite ,greek as ,i heard that number of boys and girls reciting it in that school40 ,the teacher of these boys and girls was a young colored woman1 #bb years of age1 herself a graduate of the school in which she was then teaching4 99 99 99 99 99 ,among the many indications of the growing interest taken by the best class of ,southern people in the educational work of our schools1 we note the frequent kindly notices1 given in the daily papers of the cities in which our schools are located1 of anything that concerns the work4 ,we clip the following from the ,morning ,ledger1 of ,memphis1 in appreciative mention of the lecture course before ,le ,moyne ,institute of that city3 8,it is an encouraging sign of the times when such men as ,dr4 ,maury1 ,judge ,morgan1 ,col4 ,eaton1 and ,judge ,hammond give their time and talents for the instruction and elevation of the colored race1 especially when these people show a disposition and a capacity for moral and intellectual improvement4 ,it is an indisputable evidence of the amiable relations of the two races1 and gives assurance that the traces of the war1 and its bad passions1 are wearing out1 and that we have entered upon a peaceful1 law-abiding era1 with a good basis for solid prosperity40 ,at the close of the last lecture1 delivered by ,rev4 ,mr4 ,trible1 ,col4 ,l4 ,b4 ,eaton arose1 and after reference to the success of the course and its good results to the community1 proposed1 as appreciative of the lecture and expressive of their interest in the object1 that they should take a collection1 which resulted in over #cj for the library of the school4 ,we learn that these lectures have been prepared with the same care as if intended for the most cultivated white audiences1 and without condescension or patronage1 were delivered as if addressed to an audience of young men and women without any hint1 direct or implied1 of race1 color1 or previous condition4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,gen4 ,,grant',s ,,reception ,,at ,,straight ,,university4 ,just as the ,,missionary was going to press1 we received a letter from ,dr4 ,roy1 who is now in ,new ,orleans1 giving a brief sketch of the visit of ,gen4 ,grant to the ,straight ,university4 ,we have also a more full account in the ,new ,orleans ,times1 but we can offer our readers in this number only the shorter narrative4 ,dr4 ,roy writes3 8,we gave a reception to ,gen4 ,grant in the chapel4 ,flags were displayed at the front and behind the platform1 with the big map on the wall and a placard #8,our ,country4' ,the school and the patrons filled the hall4 ,prof4 ,mc,pherron led his scholars in some exquisite classic music2 ,prof4 ,alexander made the welcoming address in behalf of the ,straight ,university4 ,gen4 ,grant responded in one of his laconic and fitting speeches1 which was greatly satisfactory to the colored people4 ,gen4 ,grant said3 8#8,it is a good sign to see such a ,university as this attended by colored people who were for so long deprived of any such advantage4 ,those who have gone before you had no such advantages4 ,but by the gift of these institutions1 those here are taking the first great step towards improving the advantages guaranteed to them by the ,constitution4 ,great advantages are given these people by the provisions of the ,constitution and the ,amendments1 and the colored people are coming to improve them4 ,the privilege of emigration is permitted and allowed to any people4 ,but other things being equal1 every one is happiest in passing his life in the locality where he was born4 ,so that ,i am glad to see you improving these opportunities4 ,i hope everything for the colored people1 and may you make freedom a blessing to yourselves4 ,gentlemen1 ,i thank you for your kindness4' 8,then the ,field ,supt41 in behalf of the ,a4 ,m4 ,a41 followed1 thanking the ,general for the peace-policy which he had inaugurated1 and which is affording so much aid to our work among the ,indians2 and thanking him for his word in ,china1 upon ,chinese emigration1 which has helped us in our missions on the ,pacific coast4 ,the ,superintendent also reported the extent of the work of the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 at the ,south1 the patriotism of the colored people1 and their hunger for knowledge4 ,a young lady1 in behalf of the students1 presented the ,general with a bouquet1 and ,col4 ,lewis 7colored71 ,collector of the ,port1 responded for the colored soldiers of ,port ,hudson4 ,the scholars and friends then filed around and shook hands with the ,general40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,old ,,nails ,,well ,,clinched4 ,three cases of more than ordinary importance were decided in the ,united ,states ,supreme ,court1 last month1 from which it happily appears that the soul of ,judge ,taney doesn't 8go marching on40 ,the ,negro has rights4 ,thanks to the ,fourteenth ,amendment to the ,constitution1 he has exactly the same civil rights as the white citizen4 ,moreover1 he has equal rights before the courts--any 8,state ,sovereignty0 legislation discriminating against him to the contrary notwithstanding4 ,the test-cases1 which had been appealed to the ,supreme ,court1 were those in which colored men had been put on trial for alleged crimes in ,state courts1 and had been denied the right of having any member of their own race on the jury4 ,this discrimination against them1 on account of race and color1 was pronounced unconstitutional and illegal4 ,the decision is one to awaken devout thankfulness and patriotic pride in the hearts of all lovers of humanity and equal rights for all4--,the ,advance4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,case ,,in ,a ,,nut-,,shell4 ,judge ,tourgee1 if he is the author of that remarkable book1 8,a ,fool's ,errand10 which every citizen of the ,union should not only read1 but profoundly study1 puts the case in a nut-shell when1 in answer to his old teacher's question1 8,but what can be done for their 7the ,negroes'7 elevation and relief1 or to prevent the establishment of a medival barbarism in our midst80 he says3 8,the remedy is one that must be applied from the outside4 ,the remedy for darkness is light2 for ignorance1 knowledge2 for wrong1 righteousness4 ,the nation nourished and protected slavery4 ,the fruitage of slavery has been the ignorant freedman1 the ignorant poor white man1 and the arrogant master4 ,now1 let the nation undo the evil it has permitted and encouraged2 let it educate those whom it made ignorant1 and protect those whom it made weak4 ,it is not a matter of favor to the black1 but of safety to the nation4 ,make the spelling-book the sceptre of national power4 ,let the nation educate the colored man and the poor white man1 because the nation held them in bondage1 and is responsible for their education2 educate the voter1 because the nation cannot afford that he should be ignorant4 ,honest ignorance in the masses is more to be dreaded than malevolent intelligence in the few40 ,we express no opinion as to his method for applying this remedy1 as it would lead to a discussion of political questions with which1 as such1 we have nothing to do4 ,but that the remedy for1 and the provision against1 these threatening evils1 is the education of these people1 of this there can be no doubt4 ,we are happy to say1 also1 that the work already accomplished by our schools is dissipating the fears1 conciliating the prejudices1 and disarming the hostility of the ,southern people1 who are coming more and more to appreciate and sympathize with the effort to educate the ,negro1 and in helpful ways to co-operate with us in this work4 ,the remedy1 indeed1 must come from without2 but it is beginning to operate1 and the most hopeful symptom of healthful action is that the patient begins to appreciate and demand it4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,southern ,,negroes ,,in ,,new ,,york ,,city4 ,in our efforts to find out the needs of the emigrants for ,liberia1 now in ,new ,york1 we have discovered facts in regard to the resident colored population in the city which were to us a great surprise4 ,one of its most intelligent colored men informs us that of the #bj1jjj colored inhabitants in this city1 only about #e1jjj are of ,northern birth4 ,a church organized two years ago1 with #ba members1 has now a membership of #aej1 and a congregation of about #hjj1 all of whom are from the ,south4 ,they now worship in a hall for which they pay #dj per month2 have raised more than #c1jjj for current expenses2 #cjj for charities1 and have #b1jjj in bank toward a church building4 ,the pastor of this church is a young ex-slave from ,norfolk1 ,virginia4 ,now1 in regard to the refugees themselves1 we believe an attendance upon the meeting in ,dr4 ,garnet's church1 called to organize and systematize the effort to care for them1 would have proved a radical cure for chronic and most persistent doubt as to the negroes' ability to meet an emergency4 ,the overflowing charity of that meeting was only matched by the wisdom1 prudence and skill with which it was managed4 ,if the ,christian churches and friends of ,christ would but seek out1 and bring as prominently before the public1 facts1 of which there are many1 such as the above1 showing the rapid progress these people are making under great discouragements1 as the police courts and enemies of the negro report and dwell upon those which show his degradation1 we are confident he would be held in much higher estimation4 ,we venture to say that a like number of refugees of any other race1 in as great destitution1 with a similar story of wrongs1 whether true or false1 could not be so quietly stowed away in ,new ,york1 or left to be cared for so exclusively by their own people4 ,there have been no urgent appeals to the public1 and either none at all1 or but a passing notice of their arrival1 in our religious papers4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,woman',s ,,home ,,missionary ,,association4 ,this new organization held its first public meeting in ,boston1 ,march #ahth4 ,the ladies assembled at eleven o'clock in the lecture room of the ,park ,street ,church1 which was crowded4 ,mrs4 ,c4 ,a4 ,richardson1 of ,chelsea1 presided2 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,f4 ,hunnewell1 of ,charlestown1 acted as ,secretary4 ,by-laws were read and adopted4 ,an address on the general subject was made by ,mrs4 ,sarah ,k4 ,bolton2 and ,mrs4 ,steele1 of ,revere1 gave a very interesting account of her labors in ,maryland for eight years among the poor whites4 ,a more public meeting was held in the afternoon in the audience-room of the church1 which was also well filled4 ,rev4 ,dr4 ,webb presided1 and made a very appropriate and encouraging introductory address1 sketching the new range of work opened for women in the missionary world1 and assuring the new organization of the welcome it would receive by the officers and friends of the ,american ,board and the ,woman's ,board4 ,by invitation1 representatives of the ,american ,missionary ,association and of the ,american ,home ,missionary ,society addressed the audience2 ,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,woodworth and ,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 ,strieby1 ,d4 ,d41 appearing for the former1 and ,rev4 ,robert ,west and ,rev4 ,h4 ,m4 ,storrs1 ,d4 ,d41 for the latter4 ,these gentlemen confined themselves1 as was expected1 to presenting a view of the wide fields occupied by their respective societies1 and the great need and remarkable hopefulness which they furnished for the labor of woman in the elevation and ,christianization of the more destitute women and children of the great ,west and ,south4 ,this new organization originated entirely with the ladies themselves1 and1 as far as we can judge1 has been inaugurated and will be carried forward with great wisdom and efficiency1 and with no spirit of rivalry1 but with the utmost ,christian consideration and love towards other similar boards4 ,it is hard to predict the future of a new benevolent organization4 ,who could have conjectured in #ahaj the grand reach of ,christian labor achieved by the ever-to-be-honored ,american ,board8 ,and who1 ten years ago1 could have foreseen the remarkable energy and wonderful success--then latent1 but now active--displayed by the ,christian women of this land in the several denominations in co-operation with the great ,missionary ,boards8 ,but while we cannot prophesy of the future of this new society1 yet the success of those we have mentioned encourages us to anticipate for it a glorious career4 ,there certainly is room in this our land1 among the women and children of less favored portions and races1 for the widest and most hopeful endeavors that can be put forth2 and while the degraded of distant lands should not be neglected1 certainly those in our own should not be passed by4 ,this new ,board has our warmest sympathies4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,eastern ,,north ,,carolina4 ,in a letter from ,rev4 ,j4 ,edwards1 of ,grantville1 ,mass41 he adds his testimony to the many that reach us from all directions1 that the ,south is experiencing a gradual1 and to one who visits it after several years' absence1 marked uplifting4 ,he also comes back full of the assurance1 as do all others who study the 8problem of the ,south10 that the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 is doing good work just where it is needed4 ,we thank him for his letter1 and second his suggestion that our work presents a magnificent opportunity to the ,christian and patriot4 ,we have room for a few extracts3 8,enter the train of the ,seaboard ,roanoke ,railroad and you will be carried very comfortably through a country as monotonous and unexciting as you will often find4 ,you can bear to watch1 for once1 the scenery that looks so painfully uninviting it is positively entertaining3 light land1 scattered pines1 and here and there1 the so-called villages1 of which you might say1 #8enough of them--such as they are4' ,no bright green sward2 and as for houses1 homes--where are they8 ,surely not very near the line of the railroad1 unless you can by courtesy give the name to the scanty cabins1 with the tow-headed children1 and the wan women1 and the man scratching the top of the earth with a plow drawn by one decrepit steer or sorry mule4 8,the railroad on to which you pass at ,weldon1 would carry you to ,wilmington1 famed throughout the old ,north ,state for its delightful social life4 ,but we stop one hundred miles short of this1 in the heart of the ,state4 ,your desolate ride has hardly prepared you for the pleasing aspect of the town that greets you4 ,comfortable houses1 some of them tasteful1 with abundant flower-yards1 and1 now and then1 the familiar green turf1 preserved with a good deal of pains2 the county buildings1 numerous and large stores1 some of them doing a business of two or three hundred thousand a year1 assure you that here1 too1 are homes and ,american enterprise4 ,you are in the midst of the cotton belt--a dry1 light1 almost sandy soil1 level like the bottom of a lake1 showing signs 7in beds of marl1 with shells not yet absorbed7 of having been once under the sea1 easily tilled2 large amounts of chemical fertilizers in use2 plenty of work for both whites and blacks2 and1 although some of both races are do-nothings1 numbers of both are industrious and reap the reward4 ,the relations between the two races here appear to the casual eye entirely peaceful4 ,some blacks are leaving for ,indiana1 and a few are returning2 and the departure of those who go from this particular section only gives more room and occupation for those who stay4 8,a fragment of the conversation of two negroes ,i overheard on the street sounded true and sensible3 #8,my 'pinion is1 one dat's willin' to work1 kin make a livin' most anywhar2 as fur ---- he allus was too lazy to live2 he's too lazy to die4 ,i don't b'lieve nuffin sech as he ses4' ,they were talking of a bright but indolent mulatto1 well known in the place1 who had lately exodusized and come back4 8,the churches are ,baptist1 ,episcopal1 and ,methodist1 with #8,hard-shells1' ,campbellites1 etc4 ,the colored people have churches and preachers of their own1 and will never rise very high till they have schools and better churches4 8,the lack of schools is a great evil1 felt and deplored by some of the best people4 ,there are private schools for the whites who can pay for them1 but no public schools for them1 and none of any kind for the blacks here yet4 ,but times move forward and grow better40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,le ,,moyne ,,institute1 ,,memphis1 ,,tenn4 ,training ,nurses--,needle-,work--,preparation of ,food1 etc4 ,in the ,,missionary for ,march1 #ahgi1 ,miss ,milton gave some account of the industrial department of the school at ,le ,moyne1 and also announced the purpose of giving attention to the training of nurses4 ,prof4 ,steele writes that their plans have been more fully developed with most gratifying results4 ,during the year1 about an hour each day has been devoted to such work1 without interfering with regular studies1 and with the effect of stimulating the students in all other directions4 ,the list of questions on the care of the sick1 which constituted a part of their examination at the close of the winter term1 indicates a varied and minute training1 which must fit these pupils to be angels of mercy1 and most blessed ministers of comfort and health in many cabins of the ,south4 ,professor ,steele reports a death-rate among the negroes of ,memphis that is simply appalling4 ,he says in other cities of the ,south it is about double that among the whites2 in ,memphis it is three times as great4 ,we are confident that this disproportion does not prevail through the country4 ,the blacks are gregarious1 and crowding into the cities1 as they do1 in ignorance and poverty1 disease is fearfully fatal among the children2 but we do not believe the forthcoming census will establish such a death-rate as the above among the colored population at large4 ,our teachers1 wise and ,christ-like in their spirit1 are directing their efforts to whatever affects the welfare of these poor people1 and their condition will constantly improve4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,anglo-,,turkish ,,convention ,,for ,,the ,,suppression ,,of ,,the ,,slave-,,trade4 ,the ,queen of ,england announced at the opening of the last session of ,parliament1 ,feb4 #eth1 8,that a convention for the suppression of the slave-trade has been concluded between my ,government and that of his ,imperial ,majesty the ,sultan40 ,this was very gratifying to all who had so long waited the signing of the oft-promised and oft-delayed treaty with ,turkey4 ,on the #ith of ,february1 it was said by the ,under-,secretary of ,state that the treaty had been signed but not ratified1 and would soon be laid upon the table of the ,house of ,commons4 ,in the meantime1 what purports to be a copy of the treaty has been published4 ,an examination of its several articles creates grave fears that astute ,turkish diplomacy has been too much for ,sir ,henry ,layard in this matter4 ,it is all very well for ,english cruisers to have the right to search suspected ships1 sailing under the ,turkish flag1 for slaves2 but their officers cannot touch ,african slave seamen1 and it will be easy to so make out a ship's papers that she can carry many more men than she needs1 and she can change her crew every voyage4 ,all slaves seized1 another article provides1 shall be turned over to ,ottoman authorities for the purpose of proclaiming them free1 which1 we fear1 will prove as effectual in accomplishing that result1 as throwing the turtle into the water by the simpleton was effectual in drowning it4 ,when ,england made treaties with other slave-holding nations for the suppression of the slave-trade1 she provided that captured slaves should be tried before a mixed ,commission in which ,british officers sat4 ,in this treaty they take their chances for freedom before an ,ottoman ,court4 ,in this connection we regret to announce that ,pacha ,gordon has resigned1 and his resignation has been accepted2 and thus ,central ,africa loses its noble ,christian ruler4 ,he went out in #ahgd as ,governor ,general of ,soudan1 8to establish a regular government1 to create facilities for commerce1 and to destroy the slave-trade in the province entrusted to him10 and his resignation will bring dismay to all who have the cause of humanity at heart4 ,it was at first reported that ,ismail ,eyoub ,pacha had been appointed to take his place1 who1 while not ,gordon ,pacha1 was1 it is said1 as good a man for the post as could be found in ,egypt4 ,but the ,anti-,slavery ,reporter now says1 8it is officially announced that the actual successor is one ,raouf ,bey1 of evil memory40 ,this ,raouf ,bey is spoken of by ,sir ,samuel ,baker in his 8,ismailia0 as the bosom friend of ,abou ,saood1 whom he describes 8as the incarnation of the slave-trade1 and the greatest slave-dealer on the ,white ,nile40 ,colonel ,gordon thinks it certain that the slave-dealers will at once resume their operations1 and will be unmolested by the new ,governor4 ,he estimates that at least #cj1jjj slaves have annually1 for the past twelve years1 been brought down from the ,bahr ,gazelle and ,darfur2 and ,vice-,consul ,wylde believes that not less than #ej1jjj annually cross the ,red ,sea1 who are taken to ,egypt1 ,turkey1 and other ,mohammedan countries4 ,and now1 it seems1 the ,anglo-,turkish ,convention provides that slaves captured by the ,english shall be handed over to the ,ottoman authorities to be by them declared free1 and a noted slave-hunter displaces the ,christian suppressor of that hellish traffic in the governorship of the slave-hunting grounds4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,mr4 ,h4 ,m4 ,,stanley ,,on ,,the ,,congo4 ,from the ,field1 ,march #ab4 ,as the recent movements of this well known ,african explorer have not been given in detail1 the following translation of a letter written by ,father ,carrie1 head of the ,congo ,mission1 dated ,landana1 ,december #c1 #ahgi1 and published in ,les ,missions ,catholiques 7,no4 #eei71 may not be without interest4 ,father ,carrie says3 8,having just returned from a voyage through the whole navigable portion of the ,lower ,congo1 ,i take the first opportunity of sending you the following particulars concerning ,mr4 ,stanley and his explorations4 ,the party of the great explorer is somewhat numerous4 ,it consists1 besides the leader1 of a superintendent1 an engineer1 a sea captain1 several mechanics1 carpenters1 etc41 in all1 twenty whites of different nationalities--,belgians1 ,americans1 ,english1 ,italians1 and ,danes4 ,a ,french naturalist1 ,m4 ,protche1 just come to ,landana from ,paris1 and an old member of the ,german expedition to ,chinchoxo1 near ,landana1 are also about to join ,the #8,society for the ,investigation of the ,upper ,congo1' as this expedition terms itself4 8,the blacks of the party consist of about one hundred men1 ,arabs and natives from ,sierra ,leone and the ,congo4 ,the stores are very considerable1 comprising especially five small steamers and some auxiliary craft1 engines and trucks for land carriage1 wooden houses ready for erection1 c4 8,mr4 ,stanley1 as ,i am informed by ,mr4 ,greshoff1 proposes to go up the ,congo to the ,lualaba1 where he hopes to meet his ,arab friend ,tibu-tin4 ,he will then explore the ,western part of the ,congo as well as the countries near both of its banks1 and will endeavor at the same time to bring the ivory-trade to ,emboma4 ,when we arrived at ,vivi 7four or five miles below the first cataract of the ,yellala ,falls71 ,mr4 ,stanley was on his way across the mountains in the direction of the great village of the same name1 doubtless studying the start for his route to the interior4 ,m4 ,van ,schandel1 chief engineer of the expedition1 told us that the celebrated traveller habitually started on such excursions without warning any one of his going or returning4 ,soon1 however1 ,mr4 ,stanley himself was announced2 he returned tired to death and covered with dust and perspiration4 8,while waiting for the end of the rainy season1 he is engaged in firmly establishing his first station--the base of all his future operations--and in maturing his plans for overcoming the gigantic difficulties in his way4 8,it is1 indeed1 a startling enterprise to traverse some two hundred miles of precipitous1 rocky mountains1 piled up--so to speak--one on the other1 and almost without any intermediate passage1 not only with a numerous party1 but a considerable weight of baggage1 wooden houses1 trucks and steam vessels1 which must be hoisted over heights of from #a1jjj to #a1cjj feet1 with extremely abrupt rises2 and this not once1 or twenty1 or a hundred times1 but on thousands of occasions4 8,happen what may1 it will require some years' work to reach the end of this terrible chain of mountains at ,stanley ,pool1 where the second station is to be established40 ,making every allowance for the fears of the worthy ecclesiastic whose letter we have here given1 it is sufficiently evident that ,mr4 ,stanley has his work cut out in executing the ,belgian international programme4 ,he will1 apparently1 have a land journey of three hundred miles before he can make use of the river1 and he himself considers that it will take three years to carry out the project successfully4 -----,file3 #jac4png--- 99 99 99 99 99 ,,jesus ,,sat ,,over ,,against ,,the ,,treasury6 ,it is an assurance full of sweet comfort1 especially to the poor1 that ,one sits over against the treasury who estimates at its full value the widow's mite1 knowing as ,he does out of what love and self-denial it comes4 ,with a check for the last instalment of #ajj from the estate of a poor widow1 comes a brief sketch of a life that was beautiful and touching2 a life that was full of struggle1 and sorrow1 and benefaction2 which closed in blindness after #hh years4 ,after a brief married life1 she was left a widow with one child1 in great poverty4 ,she won a home with her needle1 in which she lived for forty-two years1 the last twenty-six of these entirely alone1 as her daughter had been taken from her by death4 ,she lived her brave1 self-forgetful1 helpful life2 active in all good words and works in church and neighborhood1 economizing where her own wants were concerned1 keeping guard even over the use of matches2 liberal to the limit1 not only of what she had1 but of what she could earn1 where the needs of others were known4 ,intelligently acquainted with the work of the ,church1 at home and abroad1 from a wide reading of all our home and foreign missionary journals1 she accepted it as the highest duty and most honored privilege of life to fill up1 according to her measure in her own body1 what remains behind of the sufferings of the divine ,redeemer4 ,such gifts are as precious ointment poured upon the head of the ,master1 and ,he accepts them with the pledge that they shall not be lost4 ,it were almost a sacrilege to write a name upon our pages by way of eulogy which the ,master himself has pronounced with honor before ,his angels3 8,thou hast been faithful over a very little40 8,enter thou into the joy of thy ,lord40 ,and ,he still sits over against the treasury1 noting not alone the widow's mite1 but the larger gifts of those who give1 if not abundantly1 yet out1 of their abundance4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,gradations1 ,,natural ,,and ,,helpful4 ,can civilization reach the state of nature1 that state which ,god meant for it1 until men know how to divide society equally1 from top to bottom8 ,i do not mean by this that there will ever come a time when two will not be more than one1 when four will not be more than two1 and when eight will not be more than four2 ,i do not mean that we shall ever see the time when there will not be gradations in society from the top to the bottom--gradations of power1 gradations of intelligence1 gradations of wealth1 gradations of refinement2 but there is to be in society just that which exists in households--namely1 a disposition1 that runs from the top to the bottom1 of love and sympathy2 and when you have so stratified society1 and organized it1 and made every member of it1 from the lowest to the highest1 feel1 8,my brother above me is pulling me up higher10 we shall begin to realize our true relation1 and fulfil our appointed duty one to another4 ,when in society it is as it is on the sides of mountains1 where men1 being helped by those who are above them1 turn round and help those who are below them1 and go on a few steps and again are helped by those that are above them1 and again help those that are below them1 and so on until they reach the top1 then gradation will not be an evil4 ,gradation is now an evil because there is a stratum of prosperity1 and a thick slice of selfishness2 then another stratum of prosperity1 and a thicker slice of selfishness2 and so on1 selfishness growing thicker and thicker as you go toward the bottom4 ,it has got to be broken up4 ,the low places1 the valleys1 have got to be exalted1 the mountains have got to be brought down1 and men have got to mix and coalesce4 ,in other words1 the day has got to come when that simple sentence1 a million times repeated1 and a million times not understood1 shall be fulfilled1 and love to ,god and love to man shall be the law of the universe1 and of universal conditions4 ,we have got to come to it first or last4--,christian ,union4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,items ,,from ,,the ,,field4 ,n4 ,c41 ,,lassiter',s ,,mills4--8,the church is greatly revived2 six converts this week1 and many more seeking the ,lord40 ,n4 ,c41 ,,raleigh4--8,the revival still goes on4 ,there have been over #bjj conversions since ,mr4 ,brown left us1 and many are still anxious4 ,there are revival meetings in every colored church in the city every night without the least rivalry4 ,we have twenty-two converts in our church already40 ,s4 ,c41 ,,charleston4--8,miss ,wells has organized a ,band of ,hope with forty members1 and there seems to be a good deal of enthusiasm4 ,the church has fixed on the #c;d ,sunday in ,april as the day for a renewal of the covenant4 ,the officers are now visiting every member1 urging them to come forward to renew their church pledge40 ,,ga41 ,,mcintosh1 ,,liberty ,,co4--,mr4 ,snelson writes3 8,our communion season held yesterday was highly enjoyed by all4 ,six persons united with the church4 ,four were promising young men4 ,two of the candidates came out from ,baptist families and were baptized by immersion40 ,,ga41 ,,woodville4--,mr4 ,sengstacke writes3 8,i have been preaching every night for six weeks4 ,our ,sunday night meetings are crowded1 and the unconverted people are becoming alarmed4 ,i am now reaching the very class ,i have been longing after for some time--the young people4 ,in ,february ,i baptized two young people1 in ,march three1 and last night one young woman professed conversion4 ,our ,sunday night contributions are increasing4 ,we are having the church repainted on the inside1 and are trying to raise money for additional seats4 ,we cannot seat the people4 ,last ,sunday night many turned away1 because we had no room40 ,,ala41 ,,florence4--,easter-,sunday was observed in an impressive manner4 ,the new church was full4 ,,ky41 ,,berea4--,some persons have here recently professed faith in ,christ1 and others are inquiring4 ,,the ,,freedmen4 ,,rev4 ,,jos4 ,e4 ,,roy1 ,d4 ,d41 ,,field ,,superintendent1 ,,atlanta1 ,,ga4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,district ,,of ,,columbia4 ,lincoln ,mission4 ,,rev4 ,,simon ,p4 ,,smith1 ,,washington4 ,a great deal has been said recently about the ,lincoln ,mission in the ,district of ,columbia1 and probably many would like to hear how the work is progressing4 ,there is a very large ,sunday-school at this mission1 and has been for several years4 ,the teachers come from ,dr4 ,rankin's church1 more than fifty of them1 and manifest great enthusiasm4 ,the school averages about three hundred scholars1 and on some occasions1 during the cold weather1 we had more than four hundred4 ,the majority of these children come from the poorest and most illiterate colored families in the city4 ,they have good training in the day-schools1 but bad home influences4 ,their parents do not bring them up as they should1 hence they are very rude4 ,there is much need of a lady missionary here to teach the mothers of these children how to make homes happy4 ,it is said that there are about sixty thousand colored people in the city1 and from the appearance of loiterers standing on the streets1 there must be twenty thousand out of employment4 ,idleness is the mother of mischief1 and what an opportunity such people have to enter into temptation6 ,some of the parents of the children who come to the ,lincoln ,mission are among these idlers4 ,these children are very poorly dressed2 they scarcely have sufficient clothing to keep them warm4 ,we hold prayer-meeting with them every ,wednesday evening1 and we find it very difficult to keep them away from the stove4 ,this seems to indicate that they have but little fire at home4 ,we are always glad to have it cold on ,wednesday evenings1 for1 then1 we are sure of a good audience2 and we can tell them about the words of eternal life4 ,many desire to be prayed for1 and we believe that some of them love the ,lord ,jesus4 ,general ,o4 ,o4 ,howard was with us recently1 and addressed the children4 ,while he was speaking1 his words were so full of sympathy and love that he held the attention of the rudest class of boys in the city for more than an hour4 ,the sheep know the shepherd's voice--even the lambs4 ,we know that he loves our nation1 because he built us this synagogue1 and we love him because he loves us4 ,he is1 indeed1 a true philanthropist4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,north ,,carolina4 ,wilmington4 ,in place of a report from our teachers at this place1 we are happy to substitute a letter from a visitor from the ,north who happened to reach ,wilmington in time for the examinations4 ,we have yet to hear of the first visitor who has not become an enthusiastic friend of our work4 ,we do not wish a general decline in health among our friends1 but we do wish that all visitors to the ,south would make themselves acquainted with this work4 ,,report ,,by ,a ,,visitor4 ,returning with my friend from our winter's stay in ,florida1 we embraced the opportunity to stop in ,wilmington1 and visit ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,dodge1 and see their work among the colored people4 ,we arrived the day previous to the exhibition which was to close the winter's term of school4 ,friday evening1 ,march #bf1 at #h o'clock1 we repaired to the pleasant hall of the building1 where were gathered over a hundred bright1 interesting-looking boys and girls between the ages of five and eighteen1 well and neatly clad1 and a fine looking audience of expectant parents and friends1 who filled the room to its utmost capacity4 ,the exercises were opened with singing by the school1 one of the ladies presiding most creditably at the organ4 ,then followed responsive reading from the ,bible1 led by ,miss ,warner1 and a prayer of thankfulness1 by ,mr4 ,dodge1 for the possibilities now opened to this once oppressed race4 ,after devotions came recitations1 declamations1 and dialogues1 interspersed with music1 in which all participated1 and the exercises from beginning to end were conducted with a correctness and order that would have done credit to any white school in the ,north4 ,one of the pleasantest features of the evening was the representation of the re-united ,states1 in which each scholar appeared wearing upon his or her shoulder the name of one of the ,states1 and repeating some appropriate motto or watch-word4 ,when all were gathered on the platform the ,goddess of ,liberty took her place in the center1 waving the stars and stripes as they sang the 8,star-,spangled ,banner40 ,i only wish more friends in the ,north could have seen in their faces1 and heard from their lips1 the pride and gratitude which these parents are already finding in the education of their children4 ,sunday morning we attended service in the same hall1 where ,mr4 ,dodge conducted the exercises much as he would those of a church at home1 with singing1 responsive reading1 and an exposition of the ,scripture appropriate to ,easter4 ,at two o'clock ,miss ,farrington1 who has this year joined the ,home in the capacity of a missionary1 gathered in one of the lower rooms for instruction1 what she calls her mission school1 made up of those outside the church4 ,at three1 a large ,sunday-school came together in the hall1 and after devotions were assigned to their respective teachers for work4 ,again1 in the evening ,mr4 ,dodge presented ,paul and his strivings to a company of attentive listeners4 ,no one can realize1 who has not been on the ground1 the sacrifice and labors of this little band of workers1 who are so completely isolated by prejudice from their own people1 and are giving up everything to the elevation of this unfortunate people4 ,one of the saddest things about the work is the lack of means to accommodate those who would be glad to avail themselves of the advantages of this school4 ,if we at the ,north could only see how small would be our largest gifts compared with those of these teachers1 should we not do much more8 ,raleigh4 ,reverend ,george ,e4 ,smith sends an account of the refreshing1 and in every way helpful labors of ,reverend ,henry ,e4 ,brown1 during a few weeks' visit to the churches of ,raleigh4 ,it will be remembered that ,rev4 ,mr4 ,brown was connected with our work at ,talladega1 where1 by his devoted and earnest labors1 not only as ,pastor and ,professor of ,theology1 but as a missionary to the regions about1 he established a number of churches and did much to ensure their success4 ,he is now in the employ of the colored ,y4 ,m4 ,c4 ,association of ,raleigh1 and is visiting the churches of the ,south under its auspices4 ,he reached ,raleigh at noon on the #ith of ,february1 and with characteristic zeal had visited every colored pastor of the city before night1 and arranged for a meeting held that evening in the ,congregational ,church1 which was crowded to overflowing4 ,three delegates of the ,y4 ,m4 ,c4 ,a41 white1 were present1 and after hearing ,bro4 ,brown's plan of operations1 cordially endorsed them1 and proffered their assistance in carrying them out4 ,meetings for workers were held in the afternoon of each day2 from this those who co-operated in the work went out to prayer-meetings in different parts of the city1 and in the evening general meetings were held in the various churches4 ,bro4 ,smith adds3 ,there is now a revival going on in every colored church in the city1 and we really feel that it is a revival of religion1 not mere excitement4 ,since ,brother ,brown came in our midst1 over one hundred souls have been born into the kingdom of ,christ4 ,many of the ,sunday-school scholars have been led to reflect1 and to accept the ,saviour as their great head and teacher4 ,brother ,brown's labors among us have been a blessing to all4 ,one minister said the other day1 8,my people have more religion than they used to have40 ,when asked why he thought so1 he replied1 8,because they are living better40 ,it may be gratifying to the many friends of our little church to know that we have shared in this great blessing4 ,at our next communion season1 which is the first ,sabbath in ,april1 we expect a glorious time1 as ten persons have already made application to unite with us at that time4 ,there may be more1 as there are many anxious ones who meet with us every night inquiring the way of salvation4 ,since ,brother ,brown left1 we have still carried on the meetings4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,alabama4 ,,conference ,,of ,,congregational ,,churches4 ,a ,full and ,delightful ,meeting--,abundant and ,most ,courteous ,hospitality of the ,citizens4 ,,by ,,miss ,a4 ,e4 ,,sawyer4 ,the fifth annual meeting of the ,alabama ,conference was held1 beginning ,saturday evening1 ,march #bgth1 and closing on the evening of the #cjth1 at ,selma1 a city noted for wide streets1 beautiful trees1 and pleasant homes4 ,rev4 ,c4 ,b4 ,curtis assured us of a hearty welcome from the church1 which had long been anticipating this meeting1 and ,rev4 ,o4 ,w4 ,fay1 of ,montgomery1 followed with the opening sermon1 upon ,christian activity4 ,the sermon on ,sabbath morning1 by ,president ,de,forest1 upon the power of the ,gospel1 was given in concise1 terse language1 and when1 at the close1 he pictured the scene at the last day1 when ,christ should receive the redeemed from all kindreds and nations1 the 8amens0 from many hearers testified that their hearts had been touched4 ,the children's service in the afternoon opened with an earnest address1 by ,prof4 ,ellis1 upon temperance1 followed by ,mr4 ,y4 ,b4 ,sims1 upon the same subject4 ,dr4 ,roy preached in the morning in the ,first ,presbyterian ,church1 and at night1 ,pres4 ,de,forest filled the same pulpit1 both to the edification of the hearers1 as we judge from various remarks of the members4 ,the fame of the morning sermon came from thirty miles 8out in the country10 and one good man said of the other preacher1 8he ought to be an evangelist2 we want to get him away from you40 ,the prayer-meetings were full of interest4 ,pastors and delegates from the fifteen churches were present4 ,some spoke of special religious interest1 others of neighborhood prayer-meetings1 one of a pastor's class for brother ministers1 some of farms recently purchased to be carried on by different members for the benefit of church or school2 and various plans for the uplifting of the people showed that the pastors of these little churches are thinking and working1 as one of their own members said1 8still holding on1 though there are discouragements40 ,dr4 ,roy presented the 8,past1 present and future work of the ,a4 ,m4 ,a40 in an able address1 and those who have long taken part in this work were thrilled as they heard what had been done1 and realized the magnitude of the work still before them4 ,through the providence of ,god1 the ,dark ,continent was to be made light by the labors of men and women trained in these schools of the ,south4 ,we are not only home missionaries1 but1 through our pupils1 foreign missionaries4 ,the fact that ,prof4 ,silsby is the son of a foreign missionary of ,siam1 gave additional interest to his discourse on 8,the duty of the churches to foreign missions40 ,one interesting feature of the ,conference was the number and variety of the papers by the students and pastors trained in the ,theological ,department of ,talladega ,college4 ,though greatly regretting the unavoidable absence of ,prof4 ,andrews1 who has never before missed one of these gatherings1 all felt that he was well represented by his students--his boys1 as they like to call themselves4 ,the discussion1 8,shall our ministers encourage the ,exodus80 by ,rev4 ,p4 ,j4 ,mc,entosh1 must not be passed by in silence2 for whatever were the opinions of the audience as to the propriety of bringing forward such a question at such a time1 all must have been moved by the eloquence of the speaker as he rapidly enumerated the disadvantages of the colored people of the ,south4 ,the third annual meeting of the ,woman's ,missionary ,association1 conducted by ,miss ,adams1 of ,montgomery1 was one of exceeding interest4 ,reports from ,selma1 ,marion1 ,montgomery1 ,mobile1 and ,talladega told of lively working societies of the women and girls4 ,the work was much the same in all4 ,mothers' meetings1 ,bible readings1 visitations of the sick1 sewing-schools for the girls1 all are helps in this work of lifting up the women of the ,south4 ,miss ,hardy's paper on 8,the word as a means of success in our work10 by its apt quotations and earnest ,christian spirit1 touched all hearts4 ,a letter from ,mrs4 ,ash1 of ,florence1 who was educated in one of the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 schools1 was received with much interest1 and the manner in which it treated the question1 8,how shall we inspire a spirit of womanhood in our young women and girls80 highly commended4 ,the whole spirit of the meeting showed that this subject was uppermost in the hearts of the workers1 and that they realized that the colored women must be helped in their homes1 if we would reach the entire community4 ,the ,conference1 after hearing an account of the meeting1 passed a resolution expressing great interest in it1 and approving the advance step connecting it with the new ,home ,missionary ,association4 ,time will not allow even a passing notice of many excellent addresses1 but we must note a capital one on temperance by ,judge ,saffold1 of ,selma1 considering the question in its legal aspect4 ,tuesday night we assembled for the last time1 and listened to an eloquent missionary sermon by ,mr4 ,crawford1 followed by the celebration of the ,lord's supper1 ,pres4 ,de,forest and ,dr4 ,roy officiating4 ,it was a tender1 solemn service1 the most precious of the week4 ,then came the farewells1 and we separated1 feeling thankful for the privileges we had so much enjoyed4 ,the meetings were marked by large attendance1 and are spoken of as unusually interesting4 ,we must not fail to mention the hospitality of the people of ,selma1 particularly of the ,presbyterian ,church4 ,they received us most cordially1 attended many of the exercises1 expressing much interest in what they heard1 and greatly cheered us by their ,christian courtesy4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,alabama ,,sunday-,,school ,,convention4 ,young ,man with ,backbone--,refreshing ,gathering4 ,,prof4 ,,geo4 ,n4 ,,ellis1 ,,talladega4 ,we have just returned from the ,fifth ,annual ,conference of the ,congregational ,churches of ,alabama and the first meeting of the ,state ,sunday-school ,association held at ,selma4 ,this ,association was organized only last year at ,montgomery1 so this was our first gathering4 ,we had a glorious1 a soul-stirring time4 ,the ,convention opened ,friday evening1 ,march #bfth1 with a sermon by ,president ,de,forest of ,talladega4 ,i summarize reports as follows3 ,thirteen schools were represented by delegates1 four by written reports1 one by letter2 their aggregate shows over thirteen hundred teachers and scholars in attendance1 seventeen hundred volumes in libraries1 one hundred and eighty dollars raised1 and one hundred conversions4 ,this does not include the schools taught by our students through the summer1 although they are really a part of our work4 ,this brief sentence gives no idea of the interest with which these reports were given and received1 or of the amusing or touching incidents connected with the giving4 ,mission ,schools4--,it will not do to pass these by unnoticed4 ,it is marvelously surprising how quickly the love of ,christ1 once received into their own hearts1 inspires this people to go out and seek for others4 ,we have three such schools about ,talladega4 ,selma and ,mobile report one each4 ,childersburg has a county association4 ,the superintendent of the mission school at ,selma gave an interesting account of his experience in organizing and conducting it4 ,by the way1 he is the young man recently mentioned in the ,advance1 who refused a position1 worth #be per month1 in a store1 because whiskey was sold there1 which he might sometimes have to handle4 ,it takes moral backbone in this country to stand up for temperance4 ,i learned something of this young man's history4 ,he is making every effort to educate himself and at the same time partially supports a widowed mother with her large family4 ,he will make his mark in the world2 moreover1 what he is as to character is largely due to the faithful efforts of a patient teacher4 ,a large number of visitors were present2 among them ,rev4 ,mr4 ,woodsmall1 ,principal of the ,baptist ,school at ,selma1 and others1 many of whom favored us with short addresses1 which were spirited1 enthusiastic and pointed4 ,we feel that we may fairly call our first convention a success in numbers1 exercises1 interest and results4 99 99 99 99 99 ,busy ,days--,health-talks--8,major ,ann40 ,,miss ,m4 ,j4 ,,adams1 ,,montgomery4 ,it often seems as if our work grew upon our hands1 so that we have no time to tell about it2 with our nearly #djj pupils1 with all the cases of discipline that must arise1 with interviews with parents and visits to their homes1 in addition to the full hours of school given to instruction2 then the school prayer-meetings1 the special meetings for ,bible study1 the ,young ,men's ,association of the school--a condition of membership of which is a pledge to abstain from the use of tobacco1--and the semi-monthly meeting of the ,woman's ,missionary ,society1 which we have of late devoted to 8,health-talks40 ,at our last meeting ,i sent an invitation to the mothers of our pupils to come to the school-room on ,monday at four o'clock4 ,a large number responded1 and we gave them such instruction as we could1 regarding things they so much need to know for themselves1 their children1 and their homes4 ,the women listened earnestly1 and begged for another meeting of the kind4 ,we set apart a portion of the day of prayer for colleges for appropriate exercises1 and had a solemn meeting4 ,since that day1 some have been seeking ,jesus4 ,our hearts are specially cheered with the evident sincerity of two promising young men1 who1 we trust1 are now entering upon the new life4 ,we have a weekly school prayer-meeting1 and meet on ,tuesday nights such pupils as we think will be specially helped in a small social meeting4 ,i must tell you a little about 8,aunt ,ann10 a member of my ,sunday-school class1 who has just died4 ,she was in many respects a remarkable woman4 ,of a giant frame1 of strong practical common sense1 an imperious will1 a contentious and often a bitter spirit1 her life full of tribulation1 it was1 indeed1 a warfare4 ,she was quite a politician1 and very fond of public speaking1 so that she was known throughout the city1 by both the white and colored people1 as 8,major ,ann40 ,she had learned to read in her old age1 and had a great love for the word of ,god4 ,she always had her ,bible by her in her market-stall1 and never failed of being in her place in the class1 with her lesson well learned1 and at every ,sunday-school concert or ,christmas festival she must say her 8speech40 ,during the last of the year ,i noticed with how much more of a tender and quiet spirit she enjoyed the truths of the lesson1 especially those about ,heaven4 ,when visited during her long and painful sickness1 she always called for the reading of the #eth chapter of ,revelation1 adding1 8,read it right1 for ,i shall know if you make one mistake40 ,that chapter and the repetition of the twenty-third ,psalm were a sure comfort to her in her suffering1 poverty1 and loneliness4 ,major ,ann's dying message to me was1 8,meet me in glory2 meet me at the first trump40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,kentucky4 ,the ,land and the ,people--,the ,work at ,mc,kee4 ,,rev4 ,e4 ,p4 ,,fairchild1 ,,berea4 ,a stranger passing through many portions of the mountains of ,kentucky would probably regard it as a waste1 howling wilderness1 with no signs of habitation1 save now and then the crow of a chicken or bark of a dog off in some hollow4 ,this is owing to a custom the people have of settling away from the public roads4 ,then1 too1 the highways often follow a narrow ridge1 or deep valley1 where there would be but little room for building4 ,the indication of a near residence is a path leading off from the road1 or possibly you may see a corn-field on a distant hill-side4 ,but the heavy timber and thick underbrush generally obstruct the view4 ,the people1 as a class1 take but little pride in good or comfortable houses4 ,one often has to get quite near before he can see them1 so small are they1 and so much the color of the timber1 being made of logs or poles4 ,a person is regarded as 8having a plenty0 when he owns a good saddle-horse or two1 a pistol1 a milch cow1 a few shoats1 domestic fowls1 and crop enough to last him through the year4 ,the idea is that man lives but a short time2 he should be satisfied with enough to eat and wear2 that death1 in a sense1 destroys his individuality2 that one star doesn't differ from another in glory2 that 8in much wisdom is much grief10 and 8what profit hath a man of all his labor which he taketh under the sun80 ,be contented without knowledge1 orchards and vineyards4 ,what reason have we for improving on the condition of our parents8 ,of course1 there are exceptions to those who hold these sentiments2 and if their prophets and priests had not promulgated these ideas1 to keep them from becoming wise above their instructors1 probably none would have cherished them2 for it would be hard to find a people with as little knowledge and culture1 who are so honest1 genial1 frank1 and ready to receive instruction as they are4 ,the trouble is1 they have been neglected4 ,the ,southern aristocracy have little sympathy1 and do not know what it is to reach a helping hand to the needy1 though they are regarded as very hospitable4 ,the benevolent people of the ,north and ,east are absorbed in aiding the growing ,west4 ,but let us go to the church4 ,there is no bell to ring1 though a bell would sound beautifully among those hills and valleys4 ,there is no time-piece but the sun1 and often no church or school-house to enter2 a private house or an arbor is sufficient1 if there is a spring near by4 ,it is surprising to see the number that gather when there are so few signs of habitations4 ,all are very attentive1 and seem anxious to learn1 save a few roughs1 who gather at a distance1 provided with whiskey and pistols1 ready to quell any fuss that may chance to arise4 ,those who read the ,bible and ,almanac at all generally read them very much1 and are ready to quote ,scripture1 but are less gifted in its construction and application2 and if they chance to get hold of any other reading1 they are apt to become very familiar with it1 reading it over several times4 ,they are not afraid to sing loud1 whether they know the song or not4 ,it is not one of their principles to give1 unless it be a good meal of bread1 hog-meat and gravy4 ,many are not able1 and none have been taught1 to give4 ,some hardly know how to account for the fact that other people give to them4 ,the people might be divided into two classes--either 8in all things too religious10 or 8full of fornication and drunkenness1 with feet swift to shed blood40 ,the hills rock-ribbed1 the quiet valleys with moss-covered stones1 clear flowing brooks and running ivy1 are not adapted to engender lukewarmness4 ,a talented man is apt to be a preacher or desperado--sometimes both4 ,about four or five months ago ,i made my first visit to ,mc,kee1 the county seat of ,jackson ,co41 ,ky4 ,i found a small village having a court-house1 jail1 poor-house1 two or three hotels1 about the same number of stores1 several dwellings1 and a small school-house1 but no church4 ,it lies in a small basin-shaped hollow1 with high hills on all sides4 ,on public days1 citizens may be seen pouring in from every valley until the streets are flooded with people1 and some of the people flooded with whiskey4 ,on inquiry1 ,i found they had no ,sunday-school1 and preaching1 perhaps1 only once in two or three months1 when a circuit rider might chance to be passing4 ,i immediately helped them to the organization of a ,sunday-school1 and made an appointment to preach there every other ,saturday and ,sunday through the winter4 ,i have met the appointments1 and we now have a ,sunday-school with a membership of over seventy-five1 with a good library and lesson papers4 ,a ,temperance ,society has been organized with over five hundred members4 ,the ,saturday and ,sunday meetings are regularly attended1 and the people are now very anxious that a suitable building should be erected for school and church purposes4 ,a subscription of over five hundred dollars has already been raised by the citizens of ,mc,kee1 and as soon as a thousand dollars can be obtained from some benevolent source1 we shall lay the foundation for something permanent4 ,,africa4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,extract ,,from ,a ,,letter ,,from ,,prof4 ,,chase4 ,jos4 ,smith preached this morning a good plain sermon upon 8,the ,way of ,life40 ,he had to speak through an interpreter1 but got along nicely4 ,the congregation was a strange one4 ,only two of the women had hats4 ,most of them wore turbans made of striped handkerchiefs1 wound around in artistic styles4 ,during the services a tithing-man passed around1 a cane in hand1 keeping the children in order1 and waking up those inclined to drowsiness4 ,avery ,station4--,this is rather a pleasant spot4 ,the river makes three bends here1 and the mission house is so placed1 that from the front veranda we get a view about half a mile up and down the stream1 of water1 rocks and green1 the thick growth of trees1 bushes and vines1 most of the way coming down to the water's edge1 and at some points dipping into it4 ,the yard is surrounded by a low well-kept hedge1 sprinkled with little pink blossoms4 ,in front are cocoa-nut trees1 with their clumps of yellowish green nuts encircling the trunks about twenty feet from the ground2 an orange tree1 a cinnamon tree with its dark green fragrant leaves1 and several pretty shrubs of various kinds4 ,beyond the hedge1 on a point sloping toward the river1 is the coffee 8farm0 7of three acres7 covered with trees about four feet high1 looking very much like pear trees4 ,in the rear is a clump of banana trees with a few bunches of unripe fruit4 ,in the distance is the mill1 whose irregular roof of bamboo is looked down upon from the veranda4 ,nearer by is the chapel1 an unpretentious yellow structure with a school-room in the basement4 ,the house is one-story1 raised several feet above the ground1 having a wide veranda on three sides1 and containing six comfortable rooms1 besides kitchen1 c4 ,mr4 ,jackson is pastor of the church2 ,mr4 ,anthony1 from ,berea1 has charge of the mill and farm2 and ,rev4 ,mr4 ,jowett1 a native1 educated at ,sierra ,leone1 teaches the school1 and acts as interpreter4 ,in the family are ten little children who are just beginning to talk in ,english1 and work about the house and grounds4 ,the plateful or platefuls of rice the little things can put away is astonishing4 ,the smallest one will eat as much as can be piled on a dining-plate4 ,editorial ,note4--,a son of the ,mr4 ,jowett1 referred to in the above letter1 has just landed in this country1 on his way to ,fisk ,university4 ,believing that he is to figure in the future history of missions in ,africa1 we give a brief sketch of him1 and a glimpse at life in an ,african village1 prepared by himself4 ,this will be found in the juvenile department4 ,just here we wish to say that ,albert ,miller shows his appreciation of a liberal education and also his devotion to his divine ,master1 two things very hopeful in a missionary4 ,he found this young man helpful as a ,christian1 and useful as an interpreter1 and believing he would make a good missionary1 he has sent him to his ,alma ,mater1 and authorized the ,association to pay his expenses out of his own small salary4 ,when such a spirit of self-denial and thorough consecration characterizes the church1 we shall have no trouble either in getting or maintaining teachers and missionaries4 ,we wish also to say that this is a most hopeful movement2 that of the emancipated ,christian and cultured ,african1 with a constitution which enables him to live there1 going back with the blessings of the ,gospel to his fatherland2 and that of the native1 fully acquainted with the language of that people1 rescued from paganism1 to this country for ,christian education4 ,the meaning of slavery1 under the ,divine administration1 is beginning to unfold itself4 ,,the ,,indians4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,indian ,,boys ,,at ,,hampton4 ,,miss ,,isabel ,b4 ,,eustis4 ,mr4 ,hall's account in the ,february ,,missionary of the departure of his ,fort ,berthold boys for ,hampton1 was a vivid picture to us who welcomed them here4 ,we could almost see them bidding a sad good-bye to their friends1 waving their blankets from the deck of the boat1 and sympathized with their consciousness that they had 8a long way to go1 and a long time to stay1 and it would be hard40 ,we wish the friends1 who bade them good-bye that cold ,october morning1 could see them to-day4 ,if they could hear their quick and intelligent replies in the school-room1 and watch them at their trades1 we think they would recognize the record which the new thoughts and self-control of the year have left on their faces1 and would feel that they have already gone a long way and a good one4 ,almka 7,white ,wolf71 would show them the blue farm-cart of which he is rather shyly proud1 because he made it1 wheels and all1 with his own hands4 ,white ,breast would lay down the doors of a new wardrobe1 he is finishing neatly1 and ,karunach would come from mending shoes1 to tell them about ,hampton1 till their ideas out-stripped their tongues1 and the old ,indian sign-language came to the rescue4 ,i think ,e-cor-rup-ta-ha would stop a minute1 with a nonchalant air1 to polish lovingly the big ,corliss engine1 before he shook hands even with them4 ,laughing ,face and ,ka-what would tell them how much they have made of the new carriage-house1 the ,indians are building4 ,tom ,smith would throw away his plane1 and meet them with a joke and his merry boyish laugh2 and little ,ara-hotch-kish would look up from his painting1 with a quick shy glance of welcome1 going straight to the warmest place they have saved in their hearts4 ,most of our ,indians have gained a sufficient command of ,english to receive any idea which can be put in simple words2 and if any reader of the ,,missionary is troubled with ennui or thinks of searching for a new sensation1 ,i advise him to come to ,hampton1 and try telling the old children's stories to ,indians4 ,even ,washington's little worn-out hatchet gets a new sharp edge4 ,columbus on his voyage of discovery is followed with a slightly incredulous but intense interest1 and all the ,bible record reveals again a new force and fire4 ,imagine telling the story of ,david and ,goliath for the first time to a school full of ,indian boys and girls4 ,the room is breathlessly still4 ,only kindling eyes and fixed attention show that the courage of the shepherd boy for his unequal contest1 his cool disregard of his brother's scoffs1 his disdain of ,saul's armor and spear1 his dauntless confidence in ,god1 are meeting1 one by one1 a hearty response in the minds of the boys1 a more timid one from the girls4 ,scarcely a suppressed ,indian grunt or guttural disturbs the narrative1 till the first slung-stone lodges fairly in the giant's forehead1 when little ,ta-ta-ton-ka-skah on the back seat forgets all traditions of ,indian stoicism1 jumps about a foot in the air1 and claps his hands in an ecstasy of delight4 ,the bell rings1 and the scholars must go to their classes1 and fight their own giants1 strong ones1 that will by no means down at the first blow4 ,may ,god bless every one1 and grant them ,his faith1 and courage1 and patience1 till 8little by little0 their enemies shall be driven out4 ,,the ,,chinese4 99 99 99 99 99 8,,california ,,chinese ,,mission40 ,auxiliary to the ,american ,missionary ,association4 ,,president3 ,rev4 ,j4 ,k4 ,mc,lean1 ,d4 ,d4 ,,vice-,,presidents3 ,rev4 ,a4 ,l4 ,stone1 ,d4 ,d41 ,thomas ,c4 ,wedderspoon1 ,esq41 ,rev4 ,t4 ,k4 ,noble1 ,hon4 ,f4 ,f4 ,low1 ,rev4 ,i4 ,e4 ,dwinell1 ,d4 ,d41 ,hon4 ,samuel ,cross1 ,rev4 ,s4 ,h4 ,willey1 ,d4 ,d41 ,edward ,p4 ,flint1 ,esq41 ,rev4 ,j4 ,w4 ,hough1 ,d4 ,d41 ,jacob ,s4 ,taber1 ,esq4 ,,directors3 ,rev4 ,george ,mooar1 ,d4 ,d41 ,hon4 ,e4 ,d4 ,sawyer1 ,rev4 ,e4 ,p4 ,baker1 ,james ,m4 ,haven1 ,esq41 ,rev4 ,joseph ,howell1 ,rev4 ,john ,kimball1 ,e4 ,p4 ,sanford1 ,esq4 ,,secretary3 ,rev4 ,w4 ,c4 ,pond4 ,,treasurer3 ,e4 ,palache1 ,esq4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,chapter ,,of ,,items4 ,chinese ,new-,year's4--,our ,chinese brethren observed their national ,new-,year's festival very happily1 in their usual ,christian way4 ,with great pleasure do ,i remember my visit to the very comfortable head-quarters which our ,oakland brethren have established4 ,it is a two-story house1 very neatly furnished with whatever is necessary to a ,christian home1 except that the male sex alone is represented there4 ,it bears witness to the strength of the home impulse in ,chinese hearts1 such of them1 at least1 as have been touched by the love of ,christ1 and shows how soon--if only these immigrants were treated as others are--,christian homes1 in the full sense of that good word1 would spring into existence among them4 ,when ,i reached the house1 the rooms were already full of ,chinese1 and their teachers and friends4 ,after greetings were over and refreshments tasted1 several hymns were sung1 and then ,i spoke to them of the 8new commandment0 which our ,saviour gave us1 and led them in prayer4 ,just as ,i was leaving1 ,rev4 ,dr4 ,mc,lean1 their pastor1 entered with other friends4 ,before ,i had gone far1 ,i met ,rev4 ,mr4 ,condit1 a ,presbyterian missionary among the ,chinese1 on his way to the same place4 ,and thus with greetings and exhortations1 and good counsel and prayer1 the day passed away4 ,at our ,central ,mission ,house and the ,bethany ,home in this city1 similar exercises were held1 at which the same duty of brotherly love--for us 8the lesson of the hour0--was pressed on their attention1 and made the object of earnest and united prayer--prayer to which ,i1 at length1 see the beginning of a glad response4 ,of this same festival1 as observed at ,sacramento1 ,mrs4 ,carrington writes3 8,the rooms were very tastefully decorated1 and called forth much praise from the many who called4 ,the scholars began the week by holding prayer-meetings2 and during the week1 as friends called1 much of the time was spent in prayer and song4 ,at a union meeting on ,thursday evening1 ,dr4 ,dwinell was present and spoke to them40 ,similar reports come from ,stockton1 ,santa ,barbara1 etc4 ,this festival calls1 of course1 for a few days of vacation in the schools1 and involves a temporary diminution in attendance1 but1 in my view1 the religious uses to which it can be put1 amply compensate for any inconveniences it may involve4 ,additions to the ,churches4--,two of our pupils at ,santa ,barbara were baptized and received to the ,congregational ,church in that city1 at its last communion4 ,three are expecting to be baptized and received to the ,congregational ,church at ,sacramento1 and seven to ,bethany ,church1 ,san ,francisco1 at their ,april communions4 ,let me quote ,mrs4 ,carrington once more3 8,i cannot tell you how my heart has sometimes been thrilled with joy at the faithfulness of those so recently brought out from darkness into the marvelous light4 ,if people all through the land could know what devoted ,christiana many of them are1 they would feel condemned1 as ,i do1 for their own unfaithfulness40 ,the ,barnes ,school4--,dea4 and ,mrs4 ,simeon ,hackley1 who have so long and so usefully conducted the ,barnes ,mission ,school1 have found that other cares1 that cannot be thrown off1 make it impossible for them longer to continue in the work4 ,both of them have been engaged in it steadily for nearly six years4 ,dea4 ,h41 a graduate of ,hamilton ,college1 having been forced by a disease of the eyes to suspend study at the ,union ,theological ,seminary1 and thus to give up his hope of becoming a foreign missionary1 carried into secular life the missionary spirit4 ,what he hoped for thus in youth1 he found at length in this work1 and to him and his like-minded wife have many souls been given as seals of their service here4 ,it is a real blessing that ,mrs4 ,c4 ,a4 ,sheldon1 who so successfully conducted the ,bethany ,school for several years1 has been restored to health1 and1 with the assistance of her daughter1 is able to fill this vacant place4 ,the school is growing in size and interest1 and1 we may hope1 will be as useful in the future as it has been in the past4 ,oroville ,once ,more4--,miss ,waterbury1 from ,oroville1 gives an interesting account of some 8great idol ,masonic festival10 which occupied the last week of ,february in the ,chinese quarter of that town4 ,she says3 8,crowds of people have come in from the country for miles around1 dark and rough-looking1 many of them4 ,there were processions1 day after day1 in which ,i recognized some of our scholars walking4 ,some of the forms were tall and fine as you will ever see4 ,they carried a huge monster1 serpent or dragon of unearthly hideousness1 designed to keep away the evil spirits4 ,at their temple there was an unceasing din of cymbals and gongs1 with the firing of crackers and bombs1 and the outlandish shouts of a mob-like throng2 and nearly opposite1 across the narrow street1 stands our humble mission-house1 where on the three ,sabbaths previous1 ,lee ,haim had preached1 at eleven o'clock1 to a room-full of his countrymen4 ,on the ,saturday and ,sunday evenings of this festival1 the ,chinese crowded in so that we dismissed school1 and ,lee ,haim preached and sung to them in ,chinese4 ,every seat and every standing-place was filled4 ,they wanted to hear4 ,i am sure some poor1 dark minds got a little ,gospel truth for the first time1 and1 with some of them1 all they will ever hear until the revelations of the future world shall be made to their astonished vision4 ,it was soul-inspiring to see the earnestness and energy with which he threw his whole soul into the work1 and even more so1 to see all the eyes1 and ears1 and mouths open to catch the new and strange things of which the preacher spoke4 ,i could not understand a word1 but ,i was refreshed in spirit and made stronger by it40 ,of course1 this crowd no longer hangs upon the word4 ,in two or three days1 most of them scattered to their little mining camps1 and the school resumed its comparatively diminutive proportions4 ,but ,god's word will not return to ,him void2 and while we know not which shall prosper1 either this or that1 we know that 8he that goeth forth and weepeth1 bearing precious seed1 shall doubtless return again with rejoicing1 bringing his sheaves with him40 ,,children',s ,,page4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,albert ,,burton ,,jowett4 ,i was born1 in #ahfj1 in a little town called ,mocolo4 ,they have no houses there1 but little mud huts covered with thatch4 ,there are no roads1 nor horses1 nor cows4 ,the people walk1 or ride in little canoes on the rivers4 ,not much work is done4 ,what little clothing they wear is made of native cloths4 ,they have no cradles1 and no clothing is needed for their children4 ,my father was away in the country to buy rice for the ,mendi ,mission1 and was taken prisoner a little before ,i was born4 ,the town was destroyed and the inhabitants killed1 but my father's life was spared4 ,he was redeemed by ,mr4 ,burton1 one of the missionaries1 who paid twenty-five shillings1 ,english money1 for his release4 ,my father moved to ,good ,hope when ,i was quite young1 and ,i attended school and studied the ,english language4 ,not far from the school-house there are groves of limes1 pine-apples1 plums1 and bacon-fire1 and the boys amuse themselves by battling each other with limes4 ,the principal holidays are ,christmas1 ,new-,year's and ,good ,friday4 ,they celebrate ,christmas by having a big dance out of doors1 lasting all day and often all night4 ,the music is made by beating drums1 and by women who sing and clap their hands4 ,the place was lighted through the night by an immense fire in the centre4 ,pots of rice are cooked1 and a sauce made of palm-oil1 rice and fish1 is served with it4 ,they always have rum and gin1 which is supplied them very much more freely than the ,gospel4 ,we have no stoves in our country4 ,the fires are built either out of doors or in the corner of the hut4 ,as there are no chimneys1 it is sometimes very smoky4 ,the natives have no lamps1 but use palm-oil in a dish4 ,for a wick they wrap a piece of cloth around a stick4 ,they have no tables1 but sit down around a large mat and eat their food from wooden bowls1 making one spoon do for the whole family4 ,on funeral occasions they have a big dance1 which they sometimes keep up two or three days4 ,all the people of the village attend1 and the nearest relative is expected to furnish all the rum he is able to pay for1 and a liberal supply of food1 but they have no religious ceremonies4 ,when a big man marries1 if he has sufficient money1 he keeps up a dance for a week4 ,the missionaries are welcomed1 and are doing a great deal to break up these old customs4 ,in #ahgg1 the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,snelson and two other ,freedmen came to our mission1 and it was under their instruction that ,i was urged to give my heart to the ,saviour4 ,when ,mr4 ,snelson asked me to try and become a ,christian1 ,i told him ,i couldn't do it4 ,he took me to his room and prayed with me1 then he called my father1 and we all knelt down and he prayed again4 ,he told me to go up to my room and think over the matter4 ,at first ,i did not know what to do2 then ,i fell down on my knees and prayed2 ,i went to bed and prayed nearly the whole night4 ,the next day ,i went to see ,mr4 ,snelson1 and he spoke to me on the same subject2 ,i told him ,i felt greatly relieved from the burden of sin1 and he prayed with me again that evening4 ,soon after ,i connected myself with the church4 ,after ,mr4 ,snelson's return to ,america1 ,rev4 ,albert ,miller1 a ,freedman from the ,fisk ,university1 was my pastor4 ,before leaving ,africa ,i acted as interpreter for ,mr4 ,miller1 translating his sermons1 as he delivered them1 into the ,mendi language4 ,my father1 who has been a native preacher for more than twenty years1 is anxious to have missions planted far into the interior1 where there are supposed to be two million ,mendi people1 occupying a country about #g degrees north latitude4 ,all he could do is to give me up to the work4 ,among this vast number1 there is but one mission at present1 and that is conducted by ,freedmen from ,america4 ,after spending three years in this country1 at the ,fisk ,university1 it is my purpose to return to ,africa1 and assist in establishing missions in large villages in the wooded country1 far from the coast4 ,i feel that ,i need your prayers4 ,i have been treated very kindly since ,i left ,africa1 and ,i pray earnestly that ,i may not disappoint my friends who have assisted me in coming to this country1 and who are anxious that ,i should prepare myself to be a successful missionary in my native land4 ,,receipts ,,for ,,march1 #ahhj4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,maine1 #dcb4dg4 ,augusta4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 7#cj of which from ,,barrett ,,edwards ,,potter to const4 himself ,l4 ,m47 #ec4ef ,bluehill4 ,m4 ,e4 ,johnson #e4jj ,foxcroft and ,dover4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aj4jj ,hampden4 ,c4 ,e4 ,h4 #a4jj ,kennebunk4 ,union ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ab4jj ,lewiston4 ,pine ,st4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ag4gg ,machais4 ,e4 ,g4 ,l4 and ,mrs4 ,h41 #ej;c4 each #a4jj ,orono4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #a4jd ,portland4 ,ladies in ,maine1 for ,lady ,missionary1 by ,mrs4 ,w4 ,e4 ,gould #cjj4jj ,portland4 ,nathalie ,lord1 package1 for ,rev4 ,a4 ,e4 ,white1 ,mendi ,m4 ,saco4 ,d4 ,j4 #a4jj ,saint ,albans4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,s4 ,sewell1 #b2 ,cong4 ,ch41 #a #c4jj ,thomaston4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #e4jj ,weld4 ,rev4 ,d4 ,d4 ,t4 #a4jj ,wells4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aa4aj ,winthrop4 ,isaac ,n4 ,metcalf #b4jj ,york4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #h4jj ,,new ,,hampshire1 #aei4fh4 ,bristol4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #c4ie ,concord4 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,f4 and ,mrs4 ,c4 ,l4 ,g41 #fj;c4 each #a4bj ,farmington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aj4ij ,francestown4 ,r4 ,g4 ,c4 #j4ej ,hanover4 ,dartmouth ,religious ,soc4 #be4jj ,hillsborough ,bridge4 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,g4 and ,mrs4 ,n4 ,t41 #a each #b4jj ,hinsdale4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #i4fj ,lancaster4 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,m4 ,amsden #e4jj ,lebanon4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ag4be ,manchester4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #eh4gc ,marlborough4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ae4je ,meridian4 ,mrs4 ,lucia ,wells #e4jj ,new ,ipswich4 8,hillside ,gleaners' ,sewing ,circle10 by ,carrie ,b4 ,wilson1 ,treas4 #e4jj ,petersborough4 ,a4 ,m4 ,c4 #j4ej ,,vermont1 #aed4ic4 ,barre4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aj4ab ,bradford4 ,rev4 ,mrs4 and ,mrs4 ,elliot #ab4jj ,burlington4 ,third ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4jj ,chelsea4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bj4jj ,clarendon4 ,mrs4 ,n4 ,j4 ,smith #e4jj ,danville4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #aj4jj ,essex4 ,l4 ,c4 ,b4 #a4jj ,ludlow4 ,mrs4 ,l4 ,h4 ,c4 #a4jj ,lyndonville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #e4jj ,northfield4 ,o4 ,d4 ,e4 #a4jj ,royalton4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,first ,cong4 ,soc41 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #ag4ig ,sharon4 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,f4 and ,miss ,s4 ,p4 ,f41 #a each #b4jj ,west ,dummerston4 ,a4 ,b4 ,b4 #a4jj ,weston4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,a4 ,sprague and ,lucy ,p4 ,bartlett1 #b each #d4jj ,west ,rutland4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bb4hd ,west ,westminster4 ,elvira ,m4 ,gorham #b4jj ---- 8,a ,friend0 #bj4jj ,,massachusetts1 #d1hfi4ci4 ,amherst4 ,girls' ,prayer ,meeting1 by ,mrs4 ,mary ,h4 ,scott1 #cj4je1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u42--,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #be #ee4je ,andover4 ,calvin ,e4 ,goodell #be4jj ,ashland4 ,mrs4 ,mary ,f4 ,cutler #e4jj ,attleborough4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #cj4jj ,beechwood4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #a4ca ,boston4 ,old ,south ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #egd4gf2 ,miss ,r4 ,a4 ,f41 #ej;c42 ,f4 ,w41 #ej;c4 #ege4gf ,boston ,highlands4 ,h4 ,w4 ,t4 #j4ej ,bradford4 ,ladies' ,bible ,class1 bbl4 ,c4 ,brimfield4 ,first ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #aj4jj ,brockton4 ,mrs4 ,i4 ,n4 #j4ej ,cambridgeport4 ,pilgrim ,cong4 ,ch41 #eha4ed2 ,n4 ,h41 #ej;c4 #ehb4jd ,charlemont4 ,first ,ch4 #c4jj ,chester4 ,second ,cong4 and ,soc4 #f4jj ,clinton4 ,first ,evan ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ge4jj ,danvers4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,s4 #a4jj ,dedham4 ,allyn ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 for ,chinese ,m4 #af4ed ,dorchester4 ,mrs4 ,susan ,collins #b4jj ,east ,charlemont4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ac4ge ,east ,longmeadow4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bb4jj ,east ,medway4 ,ladies of ,first ,ch41 ,b4 of ,c4 and #be;c41 for freight #j4be ,essex ,co4 8,howard10 for ,chapel at ,wilmington1 ,n4 ,c4 #b1jjj4jj ,fall ,river4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #hd4jd2 ,m4 ,e41 #a #he4jd ,feeding ,hills4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #g4ha ,franklin4 ,peter ,adams #b4jj ,georgetown4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #be4ij ,grafton4 ,evan4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bh4gh ,grantville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aa4bf ,greenfield4 ,jeanette ,thompson #e4jj ,greenwich ,village4 ,daniel ,parker #e4jj ,groton4 ,union ,ch4 and ,soc41 #hc1 and ,sab4 ,sch41 #ag2 ,elizabeth ,farnsworth1 #bj2 8,mother and ,daughter0 7of which #e ea4 for ,chinese and ,indian ,m47 #bj #adj4jj ,groveland4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,a4 ,r4 #j4ej ,holyoke4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ae4ge ,hyde ,park4 ,mrs4 ,h4 ,w4 ,bidwell1 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,,fisk ,p4 ,,brewer1 ,l4 ,m #cj4jj ,jamaica ,plain4 8,a ,friend0 #d4jj ,lee4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #ge4jj ,leominster4 ,orthodox ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aa4db ,lowell4 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,s4 ,c4 #j4ej ,lynn4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ac4jj ,mansfield4 ,orthodox ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ah4ef ,marblehead4 ,j4 ,j4 ,h4 ,gregory1 large package of flower and vegetable seeds1 for ,talladega1 ,ala41 and box garden seeds1 for ,tougaloo1 ,miss4 ,marlborough4 ,t4 ,b4 ,p4 #a4jj ,medway4 ,j4 ,d4 ,ellis #ajj4jj ,millbury4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bd4jj ,montague4 ,cong4 ,soc4 #f4he ,newbury4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bd4ea ,newburyport4 8,friends10 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #aj4jj ,newton ,centre4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,b4 ,furber's ,bible ,class1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #ej4jj ,north ,abington4 8,a ,friend10 #ae2--,one and a half bbl4 of ,c41 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,nashville1 ,tenn4 #ae4jj ,north ,adams4 ,rev4 ,c4 ,s4 ,s4 #a4jj ,north ,amherst4 ,w4 ,l4 ,r4 #a4jj ,northbridge ,centre4 ,minnie ,a4 ,winter #b4jj ,north ,brookfield4 ,miss ,abby ,w4 ,johnson1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #be4jj ,norton4 ,trin4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 7#cj of which from ,mrs4 ,e4 ,b4 ,wheaton1 to const4 ,,mary ,a4 ,,chapin1 ,l4 ,m47 #ci4jj ,palmer4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4hd ,paxton4 ,mrs4 ,h4 ,o4 ,k4 and ,mrs4 ,w4 ,b4 ,r41 #ej;c4 ea4 #a4jj ,quincy4 ,miss ,merrill's ,sab4 ,sch4 ,class1 ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4jj ,reading4 ,bethesda ,sab4 ,sch4 #be4jj ,royalston4 ,ladies' ,benev4 ,soc41 bbl4 of ,c41 for ,savannah1 ,ga4 ,sandwich4 ,mrs4 ,eliza ,w4 ,wells1 #e2 ,mrs4 ,robert ,tobey1 #e2 ,mrs4 ,c4 ,c4 ,p4 ,w41 #a2 ,mrs4 ,l4 ,e4 ,t41 #a #ab4jj ,saxonville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 7ad'l7 #b4aa ,shrewsbury4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #be4jj ,south ,braintree4 ,a4 ,p4 ,w4 #a4jj ,southbridge4 ,miss ,s4 ,r4 ,l4 #a4jj ,south ,framingham4 ,g4 ,m4 ,amsden #e4jj ,south ,hadley ,falls4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #bj2 ,fred ,a4 ,hayes1 #c #bc4jj ,south ,natick4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 bbl4 of ,c42 ,ladies' ,benev4 ,soc4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 bbl4 of ,c4 ,spencer4 ,primary ,dept4 of ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #g4cj ,springfield4 ,hope ,cong4 ,ch41 #ac4bb2 ,ira ,merrill1 #e #ah4bb ,taunton4 ,union ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ba4eb ,tewkesbury4 8,in ,memory of ,mary10 by ,f4 #aj4jj ,ware4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,le ,moyne ,sch41 ,memphis1 ,tenn4 #be4jj ,wareham4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ai4be ,warren4 ,mrs4 ,jos4 ,ramsdell 7#e of which for ,chinese ,m47 #f4jj ,watertown4 ,ladies of ,phillips ,ch41 bbl4 of ,c41 for ,memphis1 ,tenn42 ,corban ,soc41 bbl4 of ,c41 for ,talladega1 ,ala4 ,webster4 ,g4 ,w4 ,f4 #a4jj ,westborough4 ,evan4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 ,mon4 ,con4 ,coll4 #bj4ba ,west ,dennis4 ,s4 ,s4 ,c4 #a4jj ,westfield4 ,first ,ch41 78,a ,friend07 #ej2 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ah4gd2 ,s4 ,f4 ,s4 ,b41 #a #fi4gd ,west ,hawley4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,west ,stockbridge4 ,village ,cong4 ,ch4 #bf4id ,whitinsville4 ,,estate of ,e4 ,w4 ,fletcher1 by ,chas4 ,p4 ,whitin1 ,ex4 #ajj4jj ,williamsburg4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,wilmington4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,bancroft #f4jj ,winchester4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #abb4ah ,worcester4 ----#fj to const4 ,g4 ,,henry ,,whitcomb and ,,mrs4 ,,abbie ,e4 ,,whitcomb1 ,l4 ,m's2 ,rev4 ,w4 ,j4 ,white1 #a4ej2--,mrs4 ,john ,b4 ,gough1 ,b4 of ,c41 and #a1 for freight1 for ,atlanta ,u42 ,t4 ,w4 ,t41 #a #ij4ej ,,rhode ,,island1 #a4jj4 ,newport4 ,d4 ,b4 ,f4 #a4jj ,,connecticut1 #d1bae4hc4 ,berlin4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4jj ,birmingham4 ,cong4 ,ch41 ,coll4 #bd4gf2 ,wm4 ,e4 ,downs1 #ajj #abd4gf ,bridgeport4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ia4ba ,bristol4 8,a ,friend0 #d4jj ,chester4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #db4be2 ,hon4 ,e4 ,c4 ,hungerford1 #cj to const4 ,,cornelia ,a4 ,,norton1 ,l4 ,m4 #gb4be ,east ,hartford4 ,first ,cong4 ,church #bj4jj ,east ,windsor4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bj4jj ,enfield4 ,first ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 7#aj of which for ,butler school1 ,hampton1 ,va47 #ac4jj ,fair ,haven4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ce4jj ,franklin4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4jj ,georgetown4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,guilford4 8,a ,friend in ,third ,ch40 #e4jj ,hanover4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bd4hc ,hartford4 ,benj4 ,de,forest1 #gj1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c42--,mrs4 ,john ,olmsted1 #ae1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #he4jj ,huntington4 8,a few ,friends in ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc40 #f4ej ,killingly4 ,miss ,e4 ,f4 ,jencks #e4jj ,lebanon4 ,,estate of ,miss ,betsy ,metcalf1 by ,mary ,b4 ,van ,tuyl #ej4jj ,marion4 ,by ,rev4 ,l4 ,f4 ,b4 #j4ej ,morris4 ,h4 ,w4 #j4ej ,milford4 8,j4 ,m410 for books1 for ,fisk ,u4 #aj4jj ,naugatuck4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ajj4jj ,new ,britain4 ,first ,ch4 of ,christ1 #adc4jc2--,south ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #ej1 for ,scholarship1 ,atlanta ,u42--8,member ,so4 ,cong4 ,ch410 7two donations #e ea47 #aj #bjh4jc ,new ,haven4 ,,estate of ,rev4 ,wm4 ,patton1 ,d4 ,d41 by ,wm4 ,l4 ,patton1 ,ex4 #ejj4jj ,new ,haven4 8,a ,friend10 #ajj2 ,dwight ,place ,cong4 ,ch4 7of which from ,dea4 ,nelson ,hall1 #dj2 ,dr4 ,r4 ,crane1 #aj7 #ge #age4jj ,new ,london1 8,first ,ch4 of ,christ0 #ej4db ,north ,guilford4 8,a ,friend10 #e2 ,n4 ,l4 ,c41 #ej;c4 #e4ej ,north ,haven4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ef4ab ,norwich4 ,miss4 ,ass'n of ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #ej4jj ,plantsville4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #bdc4ce2--,mrs4 ,e4 ,p4 ,hotchkiss1 #e1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #bdh4ce ,simsbury4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,d4 ,mc,f4 #j4fj ,thomaston4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #cj4cc ,washington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ba4jg ,waterbury4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #ada4da2 8,a ,friend10 #cj1 to const4 ,,israel ,,holmes1 ,l4 ,m4 #aga4da ,watertown4 ,john ,de,forest1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #ajj4jj ,windham4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ad4aj ,woodbury4 ,,estate of ,fannie ,minor1 by ,c4 ,j4 ,minor1 ,ex4 #fb4ej ,woodbury4 ,benj4 ,fabrique #bj4jj ,woodstock4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 to const4 ,,miss ,,ellen ,d4 ,,chandler1 ,l4 ,m4 #dj4ce ---- 8,a ,friend0 #a1gdg4ej ---- 8,a ,friend0 #aj4jj ,,new ,,york1 #igh4ag4 ,albany4 ,h4 ,a4 ,homes1 #b2--,s4 ,c41 #a1 for repairs1 ,talladega ,c4 #c4jj ,astoria4 ,c4 ,n4 ,s4 #j4ej ,brooklyn4 ,central ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 by ,geo4 ,h4 ,shirley1 ,chairman of ,miss4 ,com41 for support of a ,lady ,missionary1 ,charleston1 ,s4 ,c41 and to const4 ,,miss ,,carrie ,a4 ,,pratt1 ,,mrs4 ,a4 ,s4 ,,fowler1 ,,mrs4 ,l4 ,r4 ,p4 ,,stockton1 ,,mrs4 ,e4 ,d4 ,,griswold1 ,,frederick ,p4 ,,litchfield1 ,,rev4 ,,john ,l4 ,,scudder1 and ,,william ,c4 ,,hickcok1 ,l4 ,m's #baj4jj ,brooklyn4 ,chas4 ,wilbur1 package ,bibles2 ,john ,h4 ,anderson1 box papers4 ,binghamton4 ,chas4 ,a4 ,beach #bj4jj ,black ,creek4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #c2 ,miss ,m4 ,t41 #a #d4jj ,chittenango4 ,rev4 ,s4 ,w41 for ,church building1 ,new ,iberia1 ,la4 #a4jj ,clockville4 ,c4 ,k4 #a4jj ,crown ,point4 ,,estate of ,mrs4 ,tryphena ,walker1 by ,rev4 ,a4 ,t4 ,clarke1 to const4 ,,calvin ,w4 ,,huestis and ,dea4 ,n4 ,,madison ,,clarke1 ,l4 ,m's #ej4jj ,dansville4 ,james ,h4 ,learned #aj4jj ,deansville4 ,miss ,e4 ,g4 #a4jj ,franklin4 ,communion ,set1 by ,rev4 ,i4 ,h4 ,frazer4 ,gilbertsville ,academy4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,wood1 ,principal #ae4jj ,gloversville4 ,cong4 ,soc4 7#ajj of which from ,alanson ,judson7 #aad4jj ,greenwich4 ,proceeds of claim on ,cong4 ,ch4 #aej4jj ,hancock4 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,e4 ,s4 #a4jj ,honeoye4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ca4fj ,ledyard4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #bg4fj2 ,r4 ,h4 ,waldo1 #b #bi4fj ,leeds4 ,miss ,i4 ,e4 ,s4 #a4jj ,le ,roy4 ,miss ,delia ,a4 ,phillips1 for ,woman's ,work for ,women #be4jj ,little ,valley4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4ab ,lockport4 ,h4 ,w4 ,nichols #bj4jj ,moravia4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 7ad'l7 #a4jj ,new ,hamburgh4 ,s ,h4 ,s4 #j4ej ,new ,york4 ,ladies' ,association of ,presb4 ,memorial ,ch41 #aje1 for a ,teacher2--,joseph ,s4 ,holt1 7#aj of which for ,berea ,c47 #bj2--;,by ,rev4 ,c4 ,s4 ,robinson1 #ed copies 8,songs of ,sanctuary20--,american ,tract4 ,soc41 ,grant of ,sunday ,school ,papers1 for the ,freedmen #abe4jj ,oneida4 ,s4 ,h4 ,goodwin1 #aj2 ,edward ,loomis1 #b #ab4jj ,oswego4 8,friends10 by ,miss ,s4 ,williams1 for ,girls' ,ind4 ,sch41 ,talladega ,c4 #b4jj ,oxford4 ,asso4 ,presb4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #f4ig ,parma4 ,mrs4 ,ezekiel ,clark #e4jj ,paris ,hill4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ad4be ,rochester4 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,e4 ,albright #e4jj ,sherburn4 ,chas4 ,a4 ,fuller1 #ej1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u42--,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #cd4fc #hd4fc ,sinclairville4 ,e4 ,c4 ,preston1 #a4ej2 ,mrs4 ,d4 ,t4 ,c41 #a2 ,b4 ,w4 ,f41 #a2 ,e4 ,w41 #ej;c4 #d4jj ,syracuse4 ,sereno ,f4 ,king #e4jj ,union ,falls4 ,mrs4 ,fanny ,d4 ,duncan1 ,francis ,e4 ,duncan1 and ,margaret ,b4 ,duncan1 #aj ea41 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,,fanny ,d4 ,,duncan1 ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,union ,valley4 ,dr4 ,j4 ,angel #aj4jj ,west ,barre4 ,l4 ,s4 #a4jj ,,new ,,jersey1 #cbi4ah4 ,bound ,brook4 ,mrs4 ,t4 ,d4 ,v4 #a4jj ---- 8,heart's ,content0 #ej4jj ,jersey ,city4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,tab4 ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #bj4jj ,newark4 ,c4 ,s4 ,haines #dj4jj ,orange ,valley4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #fh4bh ,sayreville4 ,a4 ,b4 ,k4 #j4ej ,somerville4 ,mrs4 ,nicolas ,voorhees #b4jj ,vineland4 ,proceeds of ,land #adg4dj ,,pennsylvania1 #ae4jj4 ,scranton4 ,f4 ,e4 ,nettleton #ae4jj ,,ohio1 #a1dfj4ii4 ,castalia4 ,mrs4 ,i4 ,w4 ,s4 #a4jj ,claridon4 8,cheerful ,workers10 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #ae4jj ,cleveland4 ,,estate of ,brewster ,pelton1 by ,j4 ,g4 ,jennings1 ,ex4 #a1aah4ge ,cleveland4 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #cj2 ,miss ,bettie ,dutton's ,class1 #aj2 ,mrs4 ,c4 ,w4 ,ruggles' ,class1 #aj1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4--,m4 ,h4 ,b41 #ej;c4 #ej4ej ,conneaut4 ,communion ,set1 by ,h4 ,e4 ,pond4 ,delaware4 ,n4 ,w4 ,hodges #b4jj ,elyria4 ,f4 ,b4 ,n4 #j4ej ,fort ,recovery4 ,j4 ,f4 ,collins #f4jj ,greenwich ,station4 ,wm4 ,m4 ,mead #e4jj ,kirtland4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #b4fe ,madison4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,teacher1 ,selma1 ,ala4 #bj4ej ,mansfield4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #be4jj ,metamora4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,s4 #a4jj ,oberlin4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #dj4fb ,parkman4 ,j4 ,s4 ,h4 #j4ej ,ravenna4 ,s4 ,h4 #a4jj ,rockport4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4jj ,sandusky4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,e4 ,,alvord1 ,,elisha ,d4 ,,ward1 ,,miss ,,sarah ,e4 ,,clark1 and ,,john ,m4 ,,farrar1 ,l4 ,m's4 #aba4cb ,saybrook4 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,district ,no4 #c1 for ,student ,aid1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #ae4jj ,springfield4 ,first ,cong4 and ,soc4 #h4fd ,tallmadge4 ,h4 ,w4 ,c4 #j4ea ,wellington4 ,a4 ,h4 ,a4 #a4jj ,west ,williamsfield4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aj4jj ,youngstown4 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc4 of ,welsh ,cong4 ,ch41 #aj2 ,j4 ,c41 #ej;c4 #aj4ej ,,michigan1 #aif4ch4 ,adrian4 ,c4 ,c4 ,spooner #e4jj ,armada4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #aa4ej ,benzonia4 ,mrs4 ,l4 ,a4 ,b4 ,c4 #a4jj ,covert4 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ab4jj ,detroit4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ej2 ,mrs4 ,z4 ,eddy1 #e2 ,miss ,t4 ,hudson1 #d2 ,mrs4 ,l41 #a1 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,memphis1 ,tenn42 ,miss ,m4 ,l4 ,miller1 #e #fe4jj ,east ,saginaw4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #cb4bj ,greenville4 ,mrs4 ,r4 ,l4 ,ellsworth1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u41 ,tenn4 #e4jj ,kalamo4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #c4bc2 ,evans ,district1 #a4bg2 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,e4 ,b41 #ej;c4 #e4jj ,laingsburg4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #f4jj ,menomonee4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,w4 ,b4 #j4ej ,milford4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,o4 #j4ej ,new ,baltimore4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #d4ah ,olivet4 8,a ,friend10 #aj1 for ,emerson ,inst41 #e1 for ,chinese in ,cal41 #e1 for ,indian ,m41 #e1 for ,camp ,nelson1 ,ky42 ,cong4 ,ch4 ,mon4 ,con4 ,coll41 #aj4he #ce4he ,owosso4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch4 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u41 ,tenn41 #i4ae2 ,mrs4 ,a41 #a #aj4ae ,port ,huron4 ,h4 ,w4 ,c4 #a4jj ,south ,frankfort4 ,o4 ,b4 #j4ej ,union ,city4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,j4 ,h4 and ,mrs4 ,d4 ,b4 ,w4 #ej;c4 ea4 #a4jj ,,indiana1 #f4cg4 ,dunreith4 ,mrs4 ,l4 ,m41 #cg;c42 ,l4 ,m41 #a #a4cg ,new ,corydon4 ,george ,stoltz #e4jj ,south ,bend4 ,oliver ,plow ,co41 #c plows1 for ,talladega4 ,,illinois1 #a1cec4eh4 ,aurora4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ac4hg ,bowensburg4 ,,estate of ,eliza ,b4 ,spencer1 by ,richard ,eells1 ,ex4 #ab4jj ,bowensburg4 ,,estate of ,eliza ,b4 ,spencer1 #ajj1 by ,richard ,eells1 ,ex41 incorrectly ack4 in ,march ,no4 ,byron4 ,a4 ,a4 ,johnson #e4jj ,chesterfield4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #c4jj ,chicago4 ,union ,park ,cong4 ,ch41 #ccd4bg2--,union ,park ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #ej1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u42--,lincoln ,park ,ch41 #cj1 to const4 ,,alfred ,,goudy1 ,l4 ,m42--,woman's ,miss4 ,soc41 of ,lincoln ,park ,ch41 #bj1 for ,lady ,missionary2--,mrs4 ,l4 ,p4 ,r41 #a #dce4bg ,chicago4 ,,estate of ,mrs4 ,e4 ,h4 ,craven1 by ,e4 ,w4 ,blatchford1 ,adm'r1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #bej4jj ,dundee4 ,mrs4 ,w4 ,d4 #a4jj ,elgin4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ac4eh ,evanston4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #cc4id ,galesburg4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #ej2 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,r4 ,holmes1 #e1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u41 ,first ,ch4 of ,christ1 #cj4je #he4je ,galesburg4 ,correction4--,in ,march ,no41 ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #ej1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u41 should read1 8,ladies' ,benev4 ,soc4 of ,first ,ch4 of ,christ40 ,geneseo4 ,cong4 ,ch41 7ad'l7 #de4ac2 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,l4 ,atkinson1 #e #ej4ac ,griggsville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bb4ae ,lisbon4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4de ,kewanee4 ,correction4--,in ,april ,no41 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 #eg1 should read1 from ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 #cg2 ,la ,moille1 ,cong4 ,ch41 #bj4 ,moline4 ,john ,deere1 #ajj2 ,cong4 ,ch41 #fj #afj4jj ,oneida4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #b4dj ,ontario4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ba4ee ,ottawa4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ae4jj ,peoria4 ,moses ,pettengill1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ae4jj ,polo4 ,bbl4 of ,c41 and #a4dj1 for freight1 for ,nashville1 ,tenn4 #a4dj ,princeton4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #f4ge ,rockford4 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc4 of ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #be2 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc4 of ,second ,cong4 ,ch41 #be2 ,miss4 ,soc4 of ,female ,sem41 #aj1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #fj4jj ,streator4 ,mrs4 ,ralph ,plumb1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ej4jj ,sycamore4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ej4jj ,toulon4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aa4jj ,waukegan4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,j4 ,b4 #j4fj ,winnetka4 ,cong4 ,ch41#ag4fj1 and ,sab4 ,sch41 #a4hd #ai4dd ,york ,neck4 ,mrs4 ,anna ,reynolds #e4jj ,,missouri1 #c4ge4 ,laclede4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #c4be2 ,rev4 ,e4 ,d4 ,s41 #ej;c41 for ,mag4 #c4ge ,,wisconsin1 #abi4ei4 ,adamsville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4jj ,appleton4 ,miss ,ann ,s4 ,kimball #ajj4jj ,eau ,claire4 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc41 for ,lady ,missionary #ba4fe ,kashkomong4 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,v4 ,m4 #j4ej ,milwaukee4 8,friends10 box and bbl4 ,c41 for ,straight ,u4 ,pleasant ,hill4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4jj ,two ,rivers4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4dd ,windsor4 ,h4 ,h4 ,s4 #a4jj ,,iowa1 #bei4id4 ,burlington4 ,m4 ,l4 #a4jj ,cedar ,rapids4 ,t4 ,m4 ,sinclair1 for repairs1 ,talladega ,c4 #ej4jj ,chester ,centre4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #df4jj ,columbus ,city4 ,sarah ,e4 ,evans #b4jj ,dubuque4 ,bbl4 of bedding4 ,floris4 8,mary and ,martha0 #e4jj ,grinnell4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #dc4ac2 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,class of boys1 #b2 ,l4 ,b41 #ej;c4 #de4fc ,marion4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #fc4ca2 ,willing ,workers1 box of ,c41 for ,straight ,u4 #fc4ca ,mc,gregor4 ,woman's ,miss4 ,soc41 bbl4 of ,c41 for ,straight ,u4 ,postville4 ,rev4 ,r4 ,h4 ,robbins1 for repairs1 ,talladega ,c4 #b4jj ,tabor4 8,a ,friend10 for ,student ,aid1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #aj4jj ,winterset4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,j4 ,dinsmore1 #aj2 8,friends10 #be #ce4jj ,,kansas1 #beb4jj4 ,leavenworth4 ,mrs4 ,t4 ,c4 #a4jj ,olathe4 ,,estate of ,elvira ,beckwick1 by ,watts ,beckwith #bej4jj ,olathe4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,w4 ,mc,m4 #a4jj ,,minnesota1 #ib4eg4 ,minneapolis4 ,rev4 ,e4 ,m4 ,williams1 #ej1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u42--,plymouth ,ch41 #bh4eg #gh4eg ,rushford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #c4jj ,saint ,paul4 ,c4 ,s4 ,campbell #aj4jj ,tivoli4 ,l4 ,h4 #a4jj ,,nebraska1 #ad4jj4 ,indianola4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,red ,willow4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4jj ,,colorado1 #a4jj4 ,colorado ,springs4 ,rev4 ,e4 ,n4 ,b4 #j4ej ,denver4 ,j4 ,l4 ,p4 #j4ej ,,california1 #be4jj4 ,oakland4 ,mrs4 ,nathaniel ,gray #be4jj ,,maryland1 #ajj4jj4 ,baltimore4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ajj4jj ,,virginia1 #bh4dj4 ,hampton4 ,normal ,sch4 ,ch4 #bh4dj ,,tennessee1 #bgb4ge4 ,nashville4 ,fisk ,university1 ,tuition #hi4hj ,memphis4 ,le ,moyne ,sch4 #ahb4ie ,,north ,,carolina1 #abj4bd4 ,mc,leansville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,raleigh4 ,washington ,sch41 ,tuition #cj4jj ,wilmington4 ,normal ,sch41 ,tuition #he4bd ,,georgia1 #feh4be4 ,atlanta4 ,storrs ,sch41 ,tuition1 #bda4ij2 ,rent1 #c2 ,atlanta ,u41 ,tuition1 #aac2 8,a ,friend10 #b4eb #cfj4db ,macon4 ,lewis ,high ,sch41 ,tuition1 #gd4ie2 ,rent1 #h #hb4ie ,mc,intosh4 ,s4 ,s4 #j4ej ,savannah4 ,beach ,inst41 ,tuition1 #ajg4ge2 ,sales1 #ajf4fc #bad4ch ,,alabama1 #fbd4hj4 ,anniston4 ,cong4 ,ch41 for repairs1 ,talladega ,c4 #h4ae ,marion4 8,girls ,sewing-,class10 for ,mendi ,mission #ag4jj ,mobile4 ,emerson ,inst41 ,tuition #agf4gj ,montevallo4 ,cornelius ,cadle1 ,jr41 for rebuilding barn1 ,talladega ,c4 #aj4jj ,montgomery4 ,public ,school ,fund #age4jj ,selma4 ,rent1 #ajj2 ,cong4 ,ch41 #ed4fj #aed4fj ,talladega4 ,talladega ,c41 ,tuition1 #gd4he2--;,eight individuals1 #a ea42 ,j4 ,r4 ,m41 #ej;c41 for rebuilding barn #hc4ce ,,mississippi1 #hg4jj4 ,tougaloo4 ,tougaloo ,u41 ,tuition #hg4jj ,,louisiana4 #abi4ge4 ,new ,orleans4 ,straight ,university1 ,tuition #abi4ge ,,income ,,fund1 #daf4jj4 ---- ,avery fund1 for ,mendi ,m4 #bdf4jj ---- ,general ,fund #ej4jj ---- ,c4 ,f4 ,dike ,fund #ej4jj ---- ,straight ,u4 ,scholarship ,fund #gj4jj ---- ----1 #ej4jj4 ---- ,jubilee ,singers1 for ,dept4 of ,natural ,science1 ,fisk ,u4 #ej4jj ,,scotland1 #bej4jj4 ,glasgow4 ,mrs4 ,ann ,morris ,mc,dowell1 by ,rev4 ,geo4 ,morris1 for a ,teacher1 ,fisk ,u4 #bjj4jj ---- 8,a4 ,p40 #ej4jj ------ ,total1 #ag1fhh4ja ,total from ,oct4 #ast to ,march #cast #hf1faa4ib 99 99 99 99 99 ,,for ,,school ,,building1 ,,athens1 ,,ala4 ,church's ,corners1 ,mich4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ba4jj ,previously acknowledged in ,feb4 ,receipts #dcb4bh ------ ,total1 #dec4bh 99 99 99 99 99 ,,for ,,negro ,,refugees4 ,somerset1 ,mass4 ,cong4 ,ch4 ,bbl4 of ,c4 ,wilmington1 ,mass4 ,bbl4 of ,c4 ,south ,norwalk1 ,conn4 #b ,bbls4 of ,c41 by ,mrs4 ,c4 ,m4 ,lawrence4 ,binghamton1 ,n4 ,y4 ,chas4 ,a4 ,beach #e4jj ,brooklyn1 ,n4 ,y4 8,a ,friend0 #e4jj ,penn ,yan1 ,n4 ,y4 ,m4 ,hamlin #ajj4jj 8,heart's ,content10 ,n4 ,j4 ,box of ,c4 ,savannah1 ,ohio4 ,j4 ,a4 ,p4 ,patterson #e4jj ------ ,total #aae4jj ,previously acknowledged in ,feb4 ,receipts4 #bdg4be ------ ,total #cfb4be 99 99 99 99 99 ,,for ,,tillotson ,,collegiate ,,and ,,normal ,,inst41 ,,austin1 ,,texas4 ,east ,hampton1 ,mass4 ,mrs4 ,emily ,g4 ,williston #bjj4jj ,lowell4 ,mass4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,m4 ,buss1 #ajj2 ,judge ,crosby1 #be2 ,leonard ,kimball1 #be #aej4jj ,hartford1 ,conn4 ,c4 ,c4 ,lyman #ajj4jj ,new ,haven1 ,conn4 ,amos ,townsend #aj4jj ,new ,london1 ,conn4 ,,trust ,,estate of ,henry ,p4 ,haven #ejj4jj ,waterbury1 ,conn4 ,chas ,benedict #djj4jj ,morristown1 ,n4 ,j4 ,ella ,m4 ,graves #ajj4jj ,salem1 ,ohio4 ,david ,a4 ,allen #be4jj ------ ,total #a1dhe4jj ,previously acknowledged in ,feb4 ,receipts #a1bfg4jj ------ ,total #b1geb4jj 99 99 99 99 99 ,receipts for ,march #ai1cji4ja ,total from ,oct4 #ast to ,march #cast #ic1bbh4ba ,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,treas41 #ef ,reade ,st41 ,n4 ,y4 ,constitution of the ,american ,missionary ,association4 ,,incorporated ,,january #cj1 #ahdi4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,art4 ,i4 ,this ,society shall be called 8,,the ,,american ,,missionary ,,association40 ,,art4 ,,ii4 ,the object of this ,association shall be to conduct ,christian missionary and educational operations1 and diffuse a knowledge of the ,holy ,scriptures in our own and other countries which are destitute of them1 or which present open and urgent fields of effort4 ,,art4 ,,iii4 ,any person of evangelical sentiments1#a who professes faith in the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 who is not a slaveholder1 or in the practice of other immoralities1 and who contributes to the funds1 may become a member of the ,society2 and by the payment of thirty dollars1 a life member2 provided that children and others who have not professed their faith may be constituted life members without the privilege of voting4 ,,art4 ,,iv4 ,this ,society shall meet annually1 in the month of ,september1 ,october or ,november1 for the election of officers and the transaction of other business1 at such time and place as shall be designated by the ,executive ,committee4 ,,art4 ,v4 ,the annual meeting shall be constituted of the regular officers and members of the ,society at the time of such meeting1 and of delegates from churches1 local missionary societies1 and other co-operating bodies1 each body being entitled to one representative4 ,,art4 ,,vi4 ,the officers of the ,society shall be a ,president1 ,vice-,presidents1 a ,recording ,secretary1 ,corresponding ,secretaries1 ,treasurer1 two ,auditors1 and an ,executive ,committee of not less than twelve1 of which the ,corresponding ,secretaries shall be advisory1 and the ,treasurer ex-officio1 members4 ,,art4 ,,vii4 ,to the ,executive ,committee shall belong the collecting and disbursing of funds2 the appointing1 counselling1 sustaining and dismissing 7for just and sufficient reasons7 missionaries and agents2 the selection of missionary fields2 and1 in general1 the transaction of all such business as usually appertains to the executive committees of missionary and other benevolent societies2 the ,committee to exercise no ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the missionaries2 and its doings to be subject always to the revision of the annual meeting1 which shall1 by a reference mutually chosen1 always entertain the complaints of any aggrieved agent or missionary2 and the decision of such reference shall be final4 ,the ,executive ,committee shall have authority to till all vacancies occurring among the officers between the regular annual meetings2 to apply1 if they see fit1 to any ,state ,legislature for acts of incorporation2 to fix the compensation1 where any is given1 of all officers1 agents1 missionaries1 or others in the employment of the ,society2 to make provision1 if any1 for disabled missionaries1 and for the widows and children of such as are deceased2 and to call1 in all parts of the country1 at their discretion1 special and general conventions of the friends of missions1 with a view to the diffusion of the missionary spirit1 and the general and vigorous promotion of the missionary work4 ,five members of the ,committee shall constitute a quorum for transacting business4 ,,art4 ,,viii4 ,this society1 in collecting funds1 in appointing officers1 agents and missionaries1 and in selecting fields of labor1 and conducting the missionary work1 will endeavor particularly to discountenance slavery1 by refusing to receive the known fruits of unrequited labor1 or to welcome to its employment those who hold their fellow-beings as slaves4 ,,art4 ,,ix4 ,missionary bodies1 churches or individuals agreeing to the principles of this ,society1 and wishing to appoint and sustain missionaries of their own1 shall be entitled to do so through the agency of the ,executive ,committee1 on terms mutually agreed upon4 ,,art4 ,x4 ,no amendment shall be made to this ,constitution without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at a regular annual meeting2 nor unless the proposed amendment has been submitted to a previous meeting1 or to the ,executive ,committee in season to be published by them 7as it shall be their duty to do1 if so submitted7 in the regular official notifications of the meeting4 ,footnote #a3 ,by evangelical sentiments1 we understand1 among others1 a belief in the guilty and lost condition of all men without a ,saviour2 the ,supreme ,deity1 ,incarnation and ,atoning ,sacrifice of ,jesus ,christ1 the only ,saviour of the world2 the necessity of regeneration by the ,holy ,spirit1 repentance1 faith and holy obedience in order to salvation2 the immortality of the soul2 and the retributions of the judgment in the eternal punishment of the wicked1 and salvation of the righteous4 ,the ,american ,missionary ,association4 ,,aim ,,and ,,work4 ,to preach the ,gospel to the poor4 ,it originated in a sympathy with the almost friendless slaves4 ,since ,emancipation it has devoted its main efforts to preparing the ,,freedmen for their duties as citizens and ,christians in ,america and as missionaries in ,africa4 ,as closely related to this1 it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted ,,chinese in ,america1 and to co-operate with the ,government in its humane and ,christian policy towards the ,,indians4 ,it has also a mission in ,,africa4 ,,statistics4 ,,churches3 ,in the ,south--,in ,va41 #a2 ,n4 ,c41 #e2 ,s4 ,c41 #b2 ,ga41 #ac2 ,ky41 #g2 ,tenn41 #d2 ,ala41 #ad1 ,la41 #ab2 ,miss41 #a2 ,kansas1 #b2 ,texas1 #f4 ,africa1 #b4 ,among the ,indians1 #a4 ,total #gj4 ,,institutions ,,founded1 ,,fostered ,,or ,,sustained ,,in ,,the ,,south4--,chartered3 ,hampton1 ,va42 ,berea1 ,ky42 ,talladega1 ,ala41 ,atlanta1 ,ga42 ,nashville1 ,tenn42 ,tougaloo1 ,miss42 ,new ,orleans1 ,la42 and ,austin1 ,texas1 #h4 ,graded or ,normal ,schools3 at ,wilmington1 ,raleigh1 ,n4 ,c42 ,charleston1 ,greenwood1 ,s4 ,c42 ,savannah1 ,macon1 ,atlanta1 ,ga42 ,montgomery1 ,mobile1 ,athens1 ,selma1 ,ala42 ,memphis1 ,tenn41 #ab4 ,other ,schools1 #bd4 ,total #dd4 ,,teachers1 ,,missionaries ,,and ,,assistants4--,among the ,freedmen1 #bec2 among the ,chinese1 #ba2 among the ,indians1 #i2 in ,africa1 #ac4 ,total1 #bif4 ,,students--,in ,theology1 #hf2 ,law1 #bh2 in ,college ,course1 #fc2 in other studies1 #g1jcj4 ,total1 #g1bjg4 ,scholars taught by former pupils of our schools1 estimated at #aej1jjj4 ,,indians under the care of the ,association1 #ac1jjj4 ,,wants4 #a4 ,a steady ,,increase of regular income to keep pace with the growing work4 ,this increase can only be reached by regular and larger contributions from the churches--the feeble as well as the strong4 #b4 ,,additional ,,buildings for our higher educational institutions1 to accommodate the increasing numbers of students2 ,,meeting ,,houses for the new churches as we are organizing2 ,,more ,,ministers1 cultured and pious1 for these churches4 #c4 ,,help ,,for ,,young ,,men1 to be educated as ministers here and missionaries to ,africa--a pressing want4 ,before sending boxes1 always correspond with the nearest ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 office1 as below3 ,,new ,,york ,h4 ,w4 ,hubbard1 ,esq41 #ef ,reade ,street4 ,,boston ,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,woodworth1 ,room #ba ,congregational ,house4 ,,chicago ,rev4 ,jas4 ,powell1 #aab ,west ,washington ,street4 ,,magazine4 ,this ,magazine will be sent1 gratuitously1 if desired1 to the ,missionaries of the ,association2 to ,life ,members2 to all clergymen who take up collections for the ,association2 to ,superintendents of ,sabbath ,schools2 to ,college ,libraries2 to ,theological ,seminaries2 to ,societies of ,inquiry on ,missions2 and to every donor who does not prefer to take it as a subscriber1 and contributes in a year not less than five dollars4 ,those who wish to remember the ,,american ,,missionary ,,association in their last ,will and ,testament1 are earnestly requested to use the following ,,form ,,of ,a ,,bequest4 8,i ,,bequeath to my executor 7or executors7 the sum of ---- dollars in trust1 to pay the same in ---- days after my decease to the person who1 when the same is payable1 shall act as ,treasurer of the #8,american ,missionary ,association' of ,new ,york ,city1 to be applied1 under the direction of the ,executive ,committee of the ,association1 to its charitable uses and purposes40 ,the will should be attested by three witnesses in some ,states three are required--in other ,states only two1 who should write against their names1 their places of residence if in cities1 their street and number4 ,the following form of attestation will answer for every ,state in the ,union3 8,signed1 sealed1 published and declared by the said ,a4 ,b4 as his last ,will and ,testament1 in presence of us1 who1 at the request of the said ,a4 ,b41 and in his presence1 and in the presence of each other1 have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses40 ,in some ,states it is required that the ,will should be made at least two months before the death of the testator4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,educate ,,your ,,daughters4 99 99 99 99 99 ,give them all the advantages offered by ,,wellesley ,,college1 at a very moderate expense to residents1 by purchasing one of four nice ,houses1 for sale by ,c4 ,b4 ,,dana1 ,wellesley1 ,mass4 99 99 99 99 99 8,,fruit ,,of ,,the ,,vine40 ,pure1 ,rich1 ,clear ,unfermented ,wine for ,communion1 rec'd ,centennial ,,medal4 ,circulars free4 ,t4 ,h4 ,,johnson1 ,new ,brunswick1 ,n4 ,j41 ,national ,temperance ,soc41 #eh ,reade ,st41 ,n4 ,y41 ,cong'l and ,bap4 ,publication ,soc's1 ,boston and elsewhere4 99 99 99 99 99 ,j4 ,b4 ,,williams ,,co41 ,,glastenbury1 ,,conn41 ,,manufacturers ,,of ,shaving and ,toilet ,soaps4 ,for over #cj years this firm has made the manufacture of ,shaving ,soaps a specialty1 and their ,yankee ,barber's ,bar1 and other ,soaps1 enjoy a reputation among ,barbers1 as well as those who shave themselves1 unequalled by any other4 ,to all of our readers who are seeking for the very best ,shaving ,soap1 we would say1 be sure and get some of the following 7carefully avoiding counterfeits73 ,,genuine ,,yankee ,,soap1 ,,barber',s ,,favorite ,,soap1 ,,clipper ,,shaving ,,soap1 ,,verbena ,,cream ,,tablet1 ,,pocket ,,shaving ,,soap1 ,,tonsorial ,,soap1 ,,barber',s ,,bar ,,soap1 ,,mug ,,shaving ,,soap4 ,these ,soaps can be found in every ,state1 and nearly every town in the ,united ,states4 99 99 99 99 99 ,books1 ,stationery ,,and ,,albums4 #a4 ,theology4--,altogether the largest assortment in this country4 ,old and new books at low rates4 ,send for ,catalogue4 #b4 ,sunday-,school ,books from all the ,publishers1 ,congregational ,society1 ,hoyt1 ,carter1 ,randolph1 ,dodd1 ,mead ,co41 ,sunday-,school ,union1 and all the good books4 ,a most extensive assortment4 ,send for ,catalogue and particulars4 ,old ,books taken in part pay4 #c4 ,bibles of great variety1 large and small4 ,just received an importation from ,europe4 ,elegant ,teacher's ,bibles at half price4 #d4 ,bibles and ,other ,books sold only by subscription4 ,agents wanted4 ,send for particulars4 #e4 ,new ,library1 called 8,the ,dime ,diamond ,library40 ,among the books are ,bunyan's ,pilgrim's ,progress and ,holy ,war1 complete1 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increased subscription list for #ahhj8 ,a little effort on the part of our friends1 when making their own remittances1 to induce their neighbors to unite in forming ,clubs1 will easily double our list1 and thus widen the influence of our ,magazine1 and aid in the enlargement of our work4 ,under the editorial supervision of ,rev4 ,c4 ,c4 ,,painter1 aided by the steady contributions of our intelligent ,missionaries and teachers in all parts of the field1 and with occasional communications from careful observers and thinkers elsewhere1 the ,,american ,,missionary furnishes a vivid and reliable picture of the work going forward among the ,indians1 the ,chinamen on the ,pacific ,coast1 and the ,freedmen as citizens in the ,south and as ,missionaries in ,africa4 ,it will be the vehicle of important views on all matters affecting the races among which it labors1 and will give monthly summary of current events relating to their welfare and progress4 ,patriots and ,christians interested in the education and ,christianizing of these despised races are asked to read it1 and assist in its circulation4 ,begin with the next number and the new year4 ,the price is only ,fifty ,cents per annum4 ,the ,magazine will be sent gratuitously1 if preferred1 to the persons indicated on page #aeh4 ,donations and subscriptions should be sent to ,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,treasurer1 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,new ,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ,,advertisers4 ,special attention is invited to the advertising department of the ,,american ,,missionary4 ,among its regular readers are thousands of ,ministers of the ,gospel1 ,presidents1 ,professors and ,teachers in ,colleges1 ,theological ,seminaries and ,schools2 it is1 therefore1 a specially valuable medium for advertising ,books1 ,periodicals1 ,newspapers1 ,maps1 ,charts1 ,institutions of ,learning1 ,church ,furniture1 ,bells1 ,household ,goods1 c4 ,advertisers are requested to note the moderate price charged for space in its columns1 considering the extent and character of its circulation4 ,advertisements must be received by the ,,tenth of the month1 in order to secure insertion in the following number4 ,all communications in relation to advertising should be addressed to ,,the ,,american ,,missionary ,,advertising ,,department1 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,new ,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,our friends who are interested in the ,advertising ,department of the 8,american ,missionary0 can aid us in this respect by mentioning1 when ordering goods1 that they saw them advertised in our ,magazine4 ,,david ,h4 ,,gildersleeve1 ,printer1 #aja ,chambers ,street1 ,new ,york4 ,transcriber's ,note3 ,inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original4