,,vol4 ,,xxxiv4 ,,no4 #ab4 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 8,to the ,poor the ,gospel is ,preached40 ,,december1 #ahhj4 ,,contents3 ,,editorial4 ,,paragraphs #che ,,dr4 ,,mckenzie',s ,,sermon--,,power ,,of ,,right ,,principles #chf ,,the ,,call ,,for ,,enlargement--,,shall ,,it ,,be ,,heeded8 #chg ,,holiday ,,gifts #chh ,,review ,,and ,,outlook3 ,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 ,strieby1 ,d4 ,d4 #chi ,,what ,,our ,,african ,,methodist ,,friends ,,think #cie ,,general ,,notes--,africa1 ,indians1 ,chinese #cif ,,central ,,south ,,conference #cih ,,items ,,from ,,the ,,field #cii ,,the ,,freedmen4 ,,gleanings #djj ,,georgia--,atlanta ,university--,extract from ,report of ,board of ,visitors #djj ,,alabama1 ,,athens--,church1 ,school1 and ,brick-making #dja ,,mississippi1 ,,tougaloo--,patient ,work #djb ,,louisiana1 ,,new ,,orleans--,revival ,meetings #djc ,,tennessee1 ,,nashville--,fisk ,university #djd ,,memorial ,,services #dje ,,the ,,indians4 ,,indian ,,education ,,in ,,the ,,east3 ,gen4 ,s4 ,c4 ,armstrong #djf ,,the ,,chinese4 ,,chapter ,,of ,,good ,,things3 ,rev4 ,w4 ,c4 ,pond #djh ,,children',s ,,page4 ,a ,,slave-,,girl',s ,,faith #daj ,,receipts #dab ,,constitution #dae ,,aim1 ,,statistics1 ,,wants1 ,,etc4 #daf 99 99 99 99 99 ,,new ,,york ,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 ,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 ,rev4 ,,cyrus ,w4 ,,wallace1 ,d4 ,d41 ,n4 ,h4 ,rev4 ,,edward ,,hawes1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ct4 ,,douglas ,,putnam1 ,esq41 ,ohio4 ,hon4 ,,thaddeus ,,fairbanks1 ,vt4 ,rev4 ,m4 ,m4 ,g4 ,,dana1 ,d4 ,d41 ,minn4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,w4 ,,beecher1 ,n4 ,y4 ,gen4 ,o4 ,o4 ,,howard1 ,washington ,ter4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,f4 ,,magoun1 ,d4 ,d41 ,iowa4 ,col4 ,c4 ,g4 ,,hammond1 ,ill4 ,,edward ,,spaulding1 ,m4 ,d41 ,n4 ,h4 ,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 ,mass4 ,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 ,dea4 ,,john ,c4 ,,whitin1 ,mass4 ,hon4 ,j4 ,b4 ,,grinnell1 ,iowa4 ,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 ,j4 ,w4 ,,blatchford1 ,esq41 ,ill4 ,c4 ,d4 ,,talcott1 ,esq41 ,ct4 ,rev4 ,,john ,k4 ,,mclean1 ,d4 ,d41 ,cal4 ,rev4 ,,richard ,,cordley1 ,d4 ,d41 ,kansas4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,h4 ,,willcox1 ,d4 ,d41 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,b4 ,,willcox1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ill4 ,rev4 ,,wm4 ,m4 ,,taylor1 ,d4 ,d41 ,n4 ,y4 ,rev4 ,,geo4 ,m4 ,,boynton1 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,e4 ,b4 ,,webb1 ,d4 ,d41 ,mass4 ,hon4 ,c4 ,i4 ,,walker1 ,mich4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,h4 ,,ross1 ,mich4 ,,corresponding ,,secretary4 ,,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 ,,strieby1 ,d4 ,d41 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,n4 ,y4 ,,district ,,secretaries4 ,,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,,woodworth1 ,boston4 ,,rev4 ,g4 ,d4 ,,pike1 ,d4 ,d41 ,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 ,c4 ,t4 ,,christensen1 ,h4 ,l4 ,,clapp1 ,,clinton ,b4 ,,fisk1 ,,addison ,p4 ,,foster1 ,s4 ,b4 ,,halliday1 ,a4 ,j4 ,,hamilton1 ,,samuel ,,holmes1 ,,charles ,a4 ,,hull1 ,,edgar ,,ketchum1 ,,chas4 ,l4 ,,mead1 ,,samuel ,s4 ,,marples1 ,,wm4 ,t4 ,,pratt1 ,j4 ,a4 ,,shoudy1 ,,john ,h4 ,,washburn4 ,,communications relating to the work of the ,association may be addressed to the ,corresponding ,secretary2 those relating to the collecting fields to the ,district ,secretaries2 letters for the ,editor of the 8,american ,missionary10 to ,rev4 ,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 99 99 99 99 99 ,,vol4 ,,xxxiv4 ,,december1 #ahhj4 ,no4 #ab4 99 99 99 99 99 ,american ,missionary ,association4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the publications provided for a household do much to mould the character of its inmates4 ,if a right proportion of these are religious and missionary1 good results are sure to follow4 ,as at this season many determine what periodicals they will take for the coming year1 we beg leave to suggest the wisdom of families subscribing for and perusing the ,,american ,,missionary4 ,by this means foundations for right thinking and right doing will be laid1 and the way prepared for the exercise of ,christian patriotism and philanthropy1 so needful in the present condition of our country4 99 99 99 99 99 ,we have word from ,hampton that the tide of negro students never set in so promptly and strongly as since ,october #ast of this year4 ,for the second time in the history of the school1 tents have been erected on the campus and occupied by the colored boys4 99 99 99 99 99 ,dr4 ,alexander1 ,president of ,straight ,university1 is much encouraged by the fact that white students are ready to avail themselves of the advantages of the ,law ,department of the ,university4 ,this department is entirely self-sustaining1 and conducted with rare ability1 one of the professors having served on the ,supreme ,bench of the ,state4 ,of twenty-three students1 nineteen are white4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the number of students in attendance at ,fisk ,university for the first two months of this year is much greater than that of any previous year since ,jubilee ,hall was occupied4 ,a communication from ,pres4 ,cravath1 published elsewhere1 states at length some of the unusually hopeful aspects of the work1 and indicates that the ,university is entering upon a larger career of usefulness than it has ever experienced4 ,the ,american ,bible ,society offers to its ,life ,members an annual grant of one dollar's worth of ,bibles or ,testaments2 its benevolent intention being to supply them with the means of distributing the word of ,god among the needy4 ,this perquisite is transferable at the written request of the ,life ,members4 ,a lady1 once a teacher in our schools at the ,south1 and who has a great interest in the welfare of the colored children1 suggests that in this way the pupils of our day and ,sunday-schools may be supplied with the sacred ,scriptures4 ,we cordially second the suggestion1 and will be glad to receive the written authorization of any of the ,life ,members of the ,bible ,society for the use of their current gift for the purpose above indicated4 ,the officers of the ,bible ,society1 as we understand1 acquiesce in this plan so far as it may seem wise to the ,life ,members to co-operate with us4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,dr4 ,mc,k,e,n,z,i,e',s ,,sermon4 ,the sermon preached at our ,annual ,meeting by ,dr4 ,mc,kenzie1 related to our duty to ,africa1 and was one of rare excellence and beauty4 ,it was printed in the ,advance1 ,oct4 #bhth1 and a limited number can be supplied to persons sending us a postal requesting it1 with their address4 ,the closing words of the sermon1 which we append1 not only sound a note of cheer1 but are fitted to awaken the hope and courage of earnest ,christian workers everywhere4 8,the day of the ,lord is coming4 ,the light is on the hills and along the coast of all the lands4 ,the nations are coming to the ,king4 ,the continents and the islands begin to hear ,his voice4 ,the tongues of men shall be filled with praise4 ,it is not long2 a few days more of work and prayer2 a few more deeds of sacrifice and love2 a few more lives given2 a few more men gilded with the towel and with the basin in their hands2 a few more repetitions of that strange and sacred deed1 ,jesus washing the feet of ,judas4 ,then the glory and the rejoicing4 ,a little while and the day shall dawn4 ,we may see the hastening light as we face the ,east1 8,where1 faint and far1 ,along the tingling desert of the sky1 ,beyond the circle of the conscious hills1 ,were laid in jasper-stone as clear as glass ,the first foundations of that new1 near ,day ,which should be builded out of heaven to ,god40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,power ,,of ,,right ,,principles4 ,from the beginning this ,association was wedded to right principles4 ,it recognized their latent power4 ,it took it for granted that right was expedient--that right would triumph4 ,it did not ask if right thinking and right doing was the way of the multitude1 even of the multitude of professing ,christians4 ,its inquiry was simply for the way of righteousness4 ,that way it strove to tread4 ,it was called narrow--captious4 ,its leaders were sometimes stigmatized as men of one idea--disturbers of the people--fanatics4 ,they were not time-servers1 however4 ,they had the martyr spirit and toiled on1 waiting for the morning2 and the morning came4 ,what was once questioned if not ridiculed1 is now accepted and honored4 ,the elements that entered into their early labors are needful still4 ,they had courage4 ,they dared to do right in the face of opposition4 ,if mobbed and mobbed again1 the oppression only served to fill the country with the fragrance of their good deeds4 ,it was but the torch that kindled the incense4 ,they were never drawn from a righteous purpose4 ,god was present in the shadows1 keeping watch above his own4 ,they had the spirit of sacrifice4 ,they were ready to go to the lost sheep--to the despised4 ,they passed not by him who fell among thieves4 ,they achieved distinction by their readiness to endure hardness--to submit to insult--to be counted among the few--to toil with but little appreciation and for meagre rewards4 ,they also bore about with them a rich and beautiful charity1 first pure1 then peaceable1 full of mercy and good fruits4 ,it was the combination of these elements in active operation for a score of years that served largely to revolutionize public sentiment1 and especially the sentiment in our churches1 until the principles of this ,association are accepted and acceptable4 ,the change was wrought by the power of pure motives applied to aggressive religious work in behalf of a needy and wronged people4 ,this change is sure to come in every quarter of our land1 by sufficient application of the power of right principles4 ,every mission station of this ,association is a centre from which a pure light radiates4 ,every graduate from our schools is a torch-bearer flaming this light over the land4 ,it is a question of time--of a score of years perhaps--and there will be no ostracism experienced by our teachers ,south4 ,if they can be sustained in the field1 toiling in righteousness2 if their numbers can be multiplied to meet the demand2 if the churches will make it possible to continue the work2 the victory of right principles ,south will be as certain and speedy as it was at the ,north1 and much more may be hoped for4 ,north and ,south will clap their hands together in hearty co-operation1 shouting their choruses in one grand anthem1 and entering in company upon the enlarged work of carrying right principles to the domain of final victory--the ,freedmen's fatherland4 ,to gird ourselves for that to-day is the duty which calls the servants of the ,master1 ,east1 ,west1 ,north and ,south4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,call ,,for ,,enlargement--,,shall ,,it ,,be ,,heeded8 ,at no time has the call for enlargement been more urgent4 ,it is strikingly providential also4 ,the political1 moral and religious atmosphere is charged with forces1 prophetic of unparalleled progress in our ,southern work4 ,questions relative to the policy of government are measurably settled for four years4 ,we can lay our plans with encouraging assurances4 ,sound and practical views on all that pertains to permanent prosperity are dominant4 ,it is not likely they will be materially modified1 save for the better4 ,our statesmen and philanthropists are coming to prize more and more those forces in man which are developed by a ,christian education4 ,the want that is looming up before them1 is good schools for the masses in every section of the country4 ,they voice this want in their public utterances1 and the sound thereof is echoing and re-echoing over the land4 ,it has in it the promise of expansion and universal application4 ,its adoption and elaboration mean increase of every laudable industry1 the development of commerce1 art1 science1 literature1 wealth1 beauty1 happiness4 ,they mean the leveling up of humanity heavenward4 ,the tone and temper of our best men was never more auspicious than now--never more favorable to the work of this ,association4 ,there never was so strong conviction in the ,south as now of the wisdom of ,christian education for the ,freedmen4 ,the worth of it cannot be hidden4 ,it is as evident as the sheen of an electric light4 ,there is a capacity in the heart of man1 by which he is able to recognize it4 ,he comes to do so gradually1 inevitably1 as the flower unfolds from the bud1 and as the fruit matures from the blossom4 ,many of the best in the world started wrong1 but turned about and out-stripped their fellows in well doing4 ,the ,south has been wrong1 but pour in sufficient light and it will turn about4 ,we have a right to hope and pray for such consummation4 ,the aim of our work is to hasten it4 ,when the ,south turns1 it will not be by halves1--that is not her method4 ,she is already rising for the emergency4 ,the signs of it are apparent4 ,it is but a question of time1 and the time is at hand4 ,legislatures have appropriated money for our work1 and are doing so heartily still4 ,they act as statesmen1 with a view to the best interests of the ,state4 ,in ,texas1 there is a tidal wave setting strongly in favor of popular education1 impelled by the far-sightedness which discerns that the flow of emigration of the best sort trends away from territory1 however rich and inviting1 where free schools for all classes are not abundant4 ,the value of inaugurating school work through the agency of ,christian teachers1 need not be argued4 ,the call for these teachers is sure to be more urgent than ever4 ,shall we provide for the immediate and coming want8 ,god seems to have said so4 ,we have received #aej1jjj for new buildings1 in which to train teachers4 ,new buildings mean enlargement--enlargement means more missionaries1 more prayer1 more money4 ,will not the friends of ,christ heed this call prayerfully1 promptly1 efficiently8 99 99 99 99 99 ,,holiday ,,gifts4 ,in ,december1 #ahfi1 the late ,henry ,p4 ,haven1 of ,new ,london1 ,ct41 proposed to his ,sunday-school that instead of receiving gifts they remember the words of the ,lord ,jesus1 how ,he said3 8,it is more blessed to give than to receive40 ,the proposition met with favor1 and a ,christmas service of worship with a ,christmas offering to some deserving cause became incorporated in the annual school plans4 ,it occurs to us that such holiday gifts by ,sabbath-schools and households have the following advantages3 ,one is1 they afford the young people more real pleasure4 ,the happiness from rejoicing over the good of others is an exercise of the purest affection and the finest feeling of the human heart4 ,it is akin to the blessedness and happiness of ,god himself4 ,however gratifying a gift may be to the receiver1 nevertheless it puts him to a disadvantage4 ,the gift-taker becomes under obligation to the gift-maker4 ,the receiver's joy in a gift terminates in himself4 ,it has a mixture of dependence and submission in it4 ,but the giver is placed under no obligation to the receiver4 ,moreover1 he inevitably ministers to his own well-being1 though it may be unconsciously4 8,every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts40 ,another advantage is that there is more virtue in giving than in receiving4 ,the virtue of receiving consists in regard for one's self2 the virtue of giving in a proper regard for others4 ,there is also more self-denial in giving than in receiving1 and self-denial is the essence of virtue4 ,the receiver has no natural habit or inclination to counteract1 but the giver must overcome many obstacles which require superior virtue4 ,the more young people do to develop the attribute of virtue1 the more real pleasure they are sure to experience4 ,and then again1 ,god promises to reward the giver but not the receiver4 ,this is a great consideration1 and may well be taken into account by all teachers and parents4 ,it is a good thing to make the holidays memorable and happy by giving tokens to young people1 but not so blessed as to bring them into an attitude where they will be sure of ,heavenly rewards4 ,of the few things which ,god has promised to reward men for in this life1 giving is one4 8,blessed is he that considereth the poor 99 99 99 he shall be blessed upon the earth40 8,he that hath mercy on the poor1 happy is he10 and best of all1 ,god means to reward the liberal giver more fully at the resurrection of the just4 ,by the favor of ,providence we have ample opportunity to give to humane and missionary enterprises4 ,at this season1 when plans for celebrating the holidays are being matured1 would it not be wise for those having responsibility for training the young1 to embrace the time to teach them in their abundance of gift-taking and gift-making to provide for themselves 8bags that wax not old1 a treasure in the ,heavens that faileth not40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,review ,,and ,,outlook4 ,a ,paper read at the ,national ,council at ,st4 ,louis1 ,nov4 #acth4 ,,by ,,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 ,,strieby1 ,d4 ,d4 ,i intend1 without preface1 to review the work of the ,american ,missionary ,association for the last three years1 and to give an outlook on its future duties4 ,i4 ,the ,review4 #a4 ,we have paid our great debt4 ,this had clung to us for years1 like the shirt of ,nessus1 scorching while it clung4 ,at the last ,council we were enabled to announce that we had rent away about one third of the hateful garment1 during the next two years we tore off the remainder1 and since then we have walked forth1 financially1 8,clad in raiment pure and white10 as becometh saints who should 8,owe no man anything40 ,it may happen to us in the future that our books will sometimes show a balance on the wrong side2 but we hope never again to be beguiled into putting on one of the large1 iron-clad garments we had so long and sadly worn4 #b4 ,we have received the munificent gift of #aej1jjj from ,mrs4 ,stone4 ,not long since1 our elder and honored sister1 the ,american ,board1 had laid on her table a loaf so large that there was danger that it might be like the 8,cake of barley bread0 which the ,midianite saw in his dream1 that 8tumbled into the host and came unto a tent and smote it that it fell1 and overturned it that the tent lay along40 ,but with the whole church1 we rejoice that the loaf has been to the ,board1 by its great wisdom and ,god's blessing1 not as the cake of the ,midianite1 but as his dream1 an augury of victory and enlargement6 ,our gift1 great as it was1 is only as one of 8the crumbs that fall from the ,master's table10 most gratefully received and all needed at once1 with no danger of surfeit4 ,our children are not only hungry--they are crowded into close quarters1 and some of them have to be turned out of doors4 ,at the ,atlanta ,university1 with accommodations for only #dj girls1 #fb are packed in4 ,at ,tougaloo1 barracks of slabs are erected1 and outbuildings and garrets are turned into dormitories1 and still the pupils come1 so that the teachers inquire if they may put three in a bed and twelve in one large room4 ,our reply is3 8,take all that you can accommodate consistently with good health and morals1 and send the rest away40 ,these are specimens1 perhaps the most striking1 but from nearly every school comes the call for more room4 ,never before have we had such overcrowding2 never before have we been obliged to turn away so many4 ,mrs4 ,stone's great gift will meet the want in five of our larger institutions and no more2 and that only for shelter1 while the increased number will make an enlarged call for bread4 ,mrs4 ,stone provides the homes3 who will furnish the endowments for more teachers and the scholarships for more pupils8 #c4 ,we are just completing the ,tillotson ,institute1 ,austin1 ,texas1 with its large and commodious building and beautiful campus of eight acres1 near the capitol--an outpost in that vast ,state of the ,southwest2 thus extending our permanent institutions from ,hampton ,roads1 ,va41 to the banks of the ,colorado1 ,texas1 and supplying eight of the largest ,southern ,states with schools of higher grade1 each of which sends out annually its score or fifty well-trained teachers4 #d4 ,it is a matter of much gratification to us that while we have been paying our debt and extending our lines1 we have been able to maintain1 and even to enlarge1 the work already in hand among the ,freedmen4 ,three years ago our teaching force in the ,south numbered #aej2 now there are #bjj4 ,then our pupils were #e1djd2 now #h1jeb4 ,one illustration of the usefulness of these schools is seen in the great army of scholars taught in them and by their pupils4 ,we believe1 from a safe estimate1 that half a million of names have been enrolled1 in the aggregate1 in our schools and the schools of our pupils1 since this ,council last met1 and still the cry is for more teachers4 ,this roll-call of the school-room gives no idea of the added work in the ,sunday-school1 the temperance cause1 the prayer meeting and in the homes of the people4 ,as to the kind of work done in our schools1 and ,theological departments1 ,i point to the modest and gentlemanly ,second ,assistant ,moderator of this ,national ,council4 ,our church work has grown slowly1 but steadily and safely4 ,three years ago our churches in the ,south numbered #ei1 now there are #gc4 ,when we began our labors among the ,freedmen there was not one ,congregational church in the old ,south4 ,the famous ,central ,church in ,charleston1 ,s4 ,c41 was not really ,congregational1 and that in ,liberty ,co41 ,ga41 had become ,presbyterian4 ,it is said that the soil in the ,south is not congenial to our churches4 ,it must be admitted that they will not flourish in the same soil with slavery1 nor where its roots still live2 but as the introduction of clover kills ill weeds1 root and branch1 and not only yields a good harvest in mowing time1 but also enriches the ground for all other crops1 so the planting of ,congregational churches in the ,south will help to destroy the roots of slavery1 give a good crop for the ,master1 and enrich the field for all other churches4 ,we are confident that our clover-sowing in the ,south is coming to be regarded by both whites and blacks not as supplanting others1 but enriching all4 #e4 ,the flow of ,chinamen to the ,pacific coast is not increasing1 but the work we are doing among those now there is as hopeful as any we are attempting4 ,many are turning from idol worship and giving evidence of genuine conversion4 ,such men as ,jee ,gam1 so intelligent1 so modest1 so pious1 are proof that the work is not superficial2 and the eagerness of those converts as well as their teachers to extend the effort to the ,chinese in the mines1 and even to carry the ,gospel to ,china1 is proof of a missionary spirit as well as of genuine piety4 #f4 ,the new movement for the education of ,indian youth in schools at the ,east1 begun three years ago at ,hampton by ,capt4 ,pratt1 deserves encouragement1 not as superseding the schools among the tribes1 but as helping them4 ,the sending of these young people from their homes has attracted the attention of the ,indians to the subject of education more than any other thing that has taken place for years2 and the correspondence which has sprung up between the parents and the children1 as well as the return of the educated pupils1 will deepen the interest4 ,we have aided some of the pupils at ,hampton1 and we are disposed to consider the earnest wish of ,capt4 ,pratt1 now in charge of the ,government ,school for ,indian youth at ,carlisle ,barracks1 that we extend the effort into several of our schools in the ,south4 ,gen4 ,armstrong's experience at ,hampton shows that the joint education of the ,indian and ,negro pupils is a success1 that they are helpful to each other4 ,with this rapid sketch of our work among the three neglected races in ,america1 and extending from the ,atlantic to the ,pacific coast1 ,i pass to the next item in this review--where we follow the negro to his home in the land of his fathers4 #g4 ,the ,mendi ,mission in ,africa4 ,when the ,council met in ,detroit we had just sent out our first company of ,freedmen as missionaries to ,africa4 ,three years is not long enough to warrant absolute conclusions1 yet such as we have reached ,i give4 #a4 ,we are very hopeful as to the ability of the colored ,american to endure the climate of ,africa4 #b4 ,we are a little disappointed as to his qualifications in ripeness of judgment and maturity of character1 for the duties of a missionary4 ,perhaps we expected too much4 ,the white missionary has behind him the culture of seventeen centuries2 the colored of seventeen years6 ,but of the fitness of the few now1 and ultimately of many1 we have no doubt4 ,we must select at first more carefully1 and train the rest more fully4 ,nor have we any question as to the call of ,god to these ,freedmen to carry the ,gospel to ,africa1 and we 8bate not a jot of heart or hope0 in our work of preparing and sending them4 ,the discouragements we share with all the noble societies that have responded to the grand impulse inspired by the wonderful discoveries of ,livingstone1 ,stanley and others2 nay1 with all who in every age have heard the ,divine call for great enterprises in behalf of religion and humanity4 ,god begins his great movements by preliminary trials and disappointments2 in them only are heroes and martyrs trained4 ,persecutions were essential to the success of the primitive church4 ,bull ,run saved the republic and overthrew slavery2 and our confidence in the ,divine purposes for ,africa are all the stronger for the discipline at the outset4 ,he means no holiday parade1 but thorough1 apostolic sacrifice and success4 ,and lastly1 #h4 ,to pay that debt and to carry on our work1 with its enlargements1 its endowments and buildings1 we have1 in these three years1 received into our treasury six hundred and twenty-seven thousand dollars4 ,if we add the sums received by our affiliated schools 7#bhc1acb71 the amount is nine hundred and ten thousand dollars2 and if we add to this the one hundred and fifty thousand dollars received from ,mrs4 ,stone1 now rapidly to be expended1 the total will be one million and sixty thousand dollars6 ,the churches seem to have had confidence in us1 and to have appreciated our work4 ,for this1 through you1 we wish to thank them1 and to ask continued confidence and the means to carry on the enlarged work that opens before us4 ,,ii4 ,the work before us4 ,when we turn from what we have done to what we have yet to do1 we are overawed at both its vastness and its pressing urgency4 #a4 ,whatever other danger threatens this republic1 or calls for the labors of its ,christian people1 that arising from the three colored races is1 ,i do not say the greatest1 but the most obvious4 ,the vast influx of ,european peoples does indeed1 awaken serious apprehension1 for they bring with them infidelity or ,romanism2 yet thus far no overt peril has arisen from this source1 for they have so spread themselves among the masses that their influence has gathered to no focal point4 ,but the ,indian has been an irritant throughout the whole history of our occupancy of the land1 and in all parts of it4 ,blood has flowed freely in the track of our wrongs against him1 and will do so until we act like ,christians and he becomes one4 ,the ,chinamen on our ,western coast are few1 and yet how their coming has shaken the nerves of the nation6 ,what other set of immigrants1 so few in number1 has excited so much irritation--not on their part1 but among ourselves about them8 ,but the great disturber--yet the utterly unintentional disturber--of the peace of this nation1 is the negro4 ,for nearly half a century the storm has raged around him1 as around ,elijah in ,horeb--the wind of tempestuous discussion in pulpit1 press and ,congress2 the earthquake1 rending asunder trade-interests1 religious denominations1 dividing even the nation itself into two hostile sections2 the lurid and awful fire of war1 with its blood1 carnage and desolation4 ,last of all came 8the still1 small voice10 and ,god was in it4 ,but how little has it been heeded4 ,the wind is scarcely lulled2 the earthquake is quiet but the dreadful chasms remain2 the fires are smouldering1 but now and then a darting flame of ,ku ,klux outrage or a ,chisholm murder reveals the pent-up heat below6 ,then as to the anointing6 ,elijah anointed the kings and the prophet--giving thereby the grace to do the ,divine behests1 whether of vengeance or mercy4 ,we have enacted the ,freedman into a king where all are sovereigns1 and a prophet where all the ,lord's people are priests1 but we have not given him the knowledge or the spiritual grace that alone can anoint him as a king or priest4 ,the source of the special irritation in regard to these races is not far to seek4 ,if a man moves into your neighborhood who is of your own race and color1 though you may differ from him in theories of trade1 politics or religion1 yet assimilation and esteem may arise4 ,but if he has a tawny skin1 delights in the promiscuous use of the tomahawk and scalping knife1 and withal claims an ancient title to the very land you occupy2 or if he has a yellow face1 wears a cue1 eats with chop-sticks and is willing to work fifty per cent4 cheaper than you can2 or if he has a black face1 with the stigma of slavery and caste-prejudice upon him1 then the case is altered2 assimilation and friendship are not so easy4 ,but these people are here and they must stay2 they are so numerous that you cannot ignore them2 you must choose between leaving them as they are1 a perpetual source of annoyance and danger1 or training them to become useful citizens4 ,moreover1 they are your neighbors1 fallen among thieves1 which stripped them of their raiment and wounded them1 and you must choose between the part of the priest and ,levite or of the good ,samaritan4 ,the meanest of them all is your brother1 and you are your brother's keeper4 ,but if you mean to act the part of a neighbor and a brother to these great multitudes1 you have no small job on hand--which brings me to my next point4 #b4 ,the dangers and the duties of emancipation4 ,the nation that emancipates a large number of slaves assumes a grave responsibility4 ,this is increased if the emancipation is immediate and the ex-slaves remain on the soil1 and especially if they differ widely in race from the master-class4 ,all these difficulties attach to our ,act of ,emancipation2 but they are not an argument against emancipation4 ,the old abolitionists were right--immediate emancipation was the nation's duty4 ,no preparation could be made for the change before it took place--slavery must be supreme or nothing4 ,the safety lies alone in the wise after-treatment4 ,then or never1 and soon if ever1 must the ,freedman be prepared for his new position4 ,we have striking illustrations at hand4 ,we begin with the nearest in point of time3 ,in #ahfa ,russia emancipated nearly fifty millions of serfs4 ,this was the result of a ground-swell of popular sentiment demanding some break in the iron-clad despotism of an absolute monarchy4 ,the next year the empire completed a thousand years of national existence4 ,in the joyful enthusiasm over these two great events1 there arose a strong hope of the advent of constitutional liberty4 ,the changes1 however1 were few and utterly disappointing2 and the issue of emancipation scarcely less so1 involving the ruin of most of the landed aristocracy1 and the ignorance1 idleness and intemperance of a large share of the serfs4 ,and now1 after twenty years of unrelaxed despotism and the continued deterioration of the masses1 the educated people in ,russia see no better remedy than ,nihilism6 ,in #ahcd ,great ,britain emancipated #hjj1jjj slaves in the ,west ,indies1 giving #bj1jjj as compensation to the masters1 but making almost no provision for the education and religious instruction of the negroes4 ,the hour of emancipation presented a touching scene in many places4 ,slavery ended on the midnight that ushered in the first of ,august1 and the negro population1 engaged in devotional exercises till that hour1 were then on their knees and awaiting in silence the gift of the great boon of freedom coming from the hand of ,god6 ,that was the auspicious era for beginning the work of elevating this inoffensive and willing people4 ,but the golden moment was lost1 for with inadequate provision for schools and churches1 they gradually sunk in ignorance and superstition1 back almost to ,african fetishism4 ,so hopeless was the field that this ,association withdrew its missionaries1 and at length the ,british ,government1 aroused to its mistake1 and after the loss of one third of a century of most precious time1 established a thorough system of common schools4 ,the tide begins slowly to turn4 ,in remoter years ,god himself became the emancipator of about two millions of slaves4 ,even ,he did not attempt the task of leaving them on the soil to meet the scorn or the power of the masters4 ,but ,he showed ,his appreciation of their need of education and religious training by halting almost immediately after setting out on their long journey and opening a church-school on ,mount ,sinai4 ,that most wonderful of all schools was kept there for a whole year--,god himself the teacher4 ,and when their journey was resumed1 ,he directed in the construction of a portable church-school edifice in which instruction was continued till their journey's end4 ,god's appreciation of the need of homes for the ex-slaves is seen in the fact that ,he had employed gangs1--not of men1 but of nations--for centuries in clearing the land1 building houses1 and planting olive-yards and vine-yards for them4 ,this act of emancipation must be the model for ,christian nations1 so far as the circumstances are the same4 ,there must be no preliminary apprenticeship1 but immediate emancipation1 followed by prompt1 thorough1 and persistent training of the people in knowledge1 piety1 and in acquiring homes4 ,i call attention lastly to #c4 ,the results and outlook of our own emancipation4 ,let us consider these1 not as is usually done1 from the standpoint either of the politician of the ,north1 or the planter of the ,south1 but from that of the negro himself4 ,with all its glory1 emancipation has brought to the negro three great disappointments4 7#a47 ,education was to him the talisman of the master's power1 and above all1 it was the key to open the long concealed treasures of ,god's word4 ,he stretched forth his hand for it as if it were ,aladdin's lamp1 which by a few touches would reveal the hidden riches4 ,but there was no magic in the lamp2 it showed him only a long and difficult road1 that by patient and persevering travel would bring him to the coveted knowledge4 ,then1 again1 the common school fund of the ,south gives him but few schools1 and those are open but for a short time1 while his own necessities bend him down to the struggle for existence1 and allow him little means to educate his children1 or power to spare them from work in the field4 7#b47 ,his next great disappointment was in the ballot4 ,this1 too1 he had seized with avidity as the symbol of sovereign power--the one grand test of equality with the master4 ,in two states he wielded it in uncontrolled majority1 but his use of it was so disgraceful to himself and so ruinous to the state1 that his friends were amazed and his foes exasperated4 ,he showed that he lacked the intelligence to wield this great power1 and the strength of character to resist its temptations2 and now the symbol is wrenched from his grasp and he is once more helpless before superior knowledge4 7#c47 ,his last disappointment was as to the ownership of land4 ,what visions floated before him of land that he could call his own and of a home that he might adorn and use for himself and family4 ,it is wonderful to see how much he has done to realize this vision4 ,but this1 too1 in large measure eludes his grasp4 ,if he rents he must pay a rental almost equal to the value of the land2 and if he buys1 he must take the united toil of himself and family to pay for it2 and hence his dilemma4 ,if he buys his home1 he cannot educate his children2 if he educates them1 he cannot buy the home6 ,do we wonder that with the crushing of these 8great expectations10 and with as little hope in most cases of seeing things better as when he was a slave1 he yields to despair1 and rather than 8bear the ills he has he flies to others that he knows not of10 and that ,kansas becomes his refuge8 ,the ,kansas refugees are not the most hopeless of the colored people2 they1 at least1 have the energy to flee4 ,but there are large numbers that are content to sink to the bottom and stay there2 they are the water in the hold that threatens to drag down the ship4 ,yet1 thank ,god1 there is still another portion1 not so large1 but more hopeful and enterprising than either1 that get homes and educate their children4 ,these are the ones whose children crowd our schools2 they are the hope of the race2 they have the right ideal--that an education1 of heart as well as head1 is the rod of ,god in the hand of man2 that makes character1 wields the ballot1 wins the home and works the land6 ,this is the class to help first1 and this is the way to help--give them the good school and the pure church4 ,the emergency was too great to brook delay4 ,this ,association did not wait4 ,it struck in at this point at the outset and has stuck to it ever since4 ,it is on the right track1 as is now admitted on all sides4 ,pres4 ,hayes utters the practical sentiment of the nation1 and he but echoes what ,judge ,tourgee1 the author of 8,a ,fool's ,errand10 representing the radical opinions of the ,north1 and ,rev4 ,dr4 ,ruffner1 ,supt4 of ,public ,instruction of ,virginia1 representing the conservative views of the ,south1 had already uttered1 that there is no way of making the ,freedmen safe members of society but by educating them4 ,to the colored people themselves nothing is more inspiring and helpful than the kind of work achieved by the ,american ,missionary ,association in your behalf4 ,when these people recall the little handful of their number that cowered under the guns of ,fort ,monroe for protection and the little school opened there1 and now see the large buildings at ,hampton1 the broad farm and the busy workshops in which their children are trained2 when they remember the scowling looks of the masters in ,atlanta when ,gen4 ,sherman had gone1 and now see the ,atlanta ,university1 visited by those old masters--and the best of them--who come away with commendations so warm1 that the state grants #h1jjj a year to the education of their children1 when they think of the timid crowds of their people in ,nashville at the close of the war1 and now see ,jubilee ,hall1 sung into existence by their children1 who have called forth the tribute of tears from crowned heads abroad as well as people at home2 when1 in short1 they see all over the ,south such schools taught by teachers from the ,north1 and behold their children going forth year by year1 by scores and hundreds to teach and to preach1 this is to them the manna that sustains them in their wilderness journey4 ,will you help us to multiply that bread1 as ,jesus did when ,he fed the multitudes1 saying--8give ye them to eat08 ,multiply it not only for the thrifty and enterprising1 but multiply it for the discouraged ones now ready to flee to ,kansas6 ,yea1 multiply it so abundantly that the most hopeless and degraded may be fed by it and become strong2 and then you will have helped save the ,freedmen and the nation1 and will have helped win a victory for caste-crushed people over all the world--a victory for freedom1 humanity and religion6 99 99 99 99 99 ,,what ,,our ,,african ,,methodist ,,friends ,,think4 ,the ,christian ,recorder asks3 8,what is the lesson taught us by the rapid growth of our sister colored churches1 the ,presbyterian and ,episcopal especially8 ,that they are growing1 and most rapidly1 too1 he who runs may read4 ,but what is the lesson it has for us ,methodists8 ,plainly that we shall put no more ignorant men and no more trifling men into the ministry4 ,to continue to do so is to sound our death knell for the future4 ,ignorant men and trifling men as religious teachers may satisfy the older generations of our people1 but the younger will insist upon one of two things--give us an intelligent1 dignified pulpit1 or we will go where we can get it4 ,we are already losing too many of our children2 nor will the stampede ever stop1 until our conferences stop opening the door to every one who knocks40 ,this is from the able and influential organ of the ,african ,m4 ,e4 ,church1 published at ,philadelphia4 ,not long since we transferred to these columns1 from the same paper1 a similar article1 in which the editor used the high quality of the educational and church work of the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 at the ,south in the same way1 as a spur to his people4 ,we commend his wisdom in the case4 ,perhaps no more effective stimulus could be applied4 ,surely this great and growing denomination1 with its own 8,wilberforce ,university10 and with access to all of our institutions for the training of its ministers1 cannot afford to put off 8ignorant and trifling0 pastors upon the young ,america of its constituency4 ,they must have 8an intelligent and a dignified pulpit0 or these young folks will stampede4 ,that former article warned its hearers that the greatest rival of the ,a4 ,m4 ,e4 was the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 ,in the sense of provoking to love and to good works we are willing to enter the lists4 ,and herein--the helping of the old-time colored churches of the ,south to a public sentiment that demands more of purity and of education in their ministry--we find much of our incentive and of our mission4 ,their children come to our schools and soon learn to call for more intellectual and moral cultivation in their preachers4 ,not a few of their best pastors were trained in our institutions4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,general ,,notes4 ,africa4 --,a third telegraphic cable has been laid between ,marseilles and ,algiers4 --,twelve ,international ,african exploring and scientific associations have recently been constituted4 --,algeria exports #e1jjj1jjj worth of wheat annually1 of oxen and sheep #c1jjj1jjj1 wool #c1ejj1jjj1 and grasses #b1jjj1jjj4 --,it is estimated that more than three thousand slaves were brought to ,egypt during the months of last ,june and ,july4 --,dr4 ,zuchinetti has returned from a journey among the ,makarakas1 the ,niams-,niams1 the ,gouros-,gouros in ,darfour1 ,kordofan and ,nubia1 where he made a special study of the manner in which they collect gold4 --,messrs4 ,cadenhead and ,carter of the ,international ,association were recently killed near the ,tanganyika during a fight between two hostile tribes of the interior4 ,the ,sultan of ,zanzibar has sent troops under ,lieut4 ,matthews1 an ,english officer1 temporarily secured for the purpose1 to quell the disturbance4 --,a ,sheik has recently transported over eight hundred slaves in a single week from ,suakim to ,jedda4 ,in order to evade the law the negroes are given certificates of liberation when leaving the ,african coast1 but these are destroyed by their masters when they arrive at ,arabia1 where they are sold4 ,the question of appointing consular agents at ,khartoum and ,siout for the purpose of breaking up traffic in slaves1 is agitated4 --,there is an ,african chief named ,matola1 living in the ,rovuma valley1 ,east ,central ,africa1 who speaks six languages4 ,perhaps the most remarkable thing about him is that he is a total abstainer4 ,he became such from principle and has for many years never touched the native beer or any other intoxicating liquor4 ,by his aid a church has been built to which he summons his people every ,sunday1 acting as interpreter when there is occasion4 --,the negro ,anderson1 who has had great experience in travel and adventure in ,western ,africa1 is about to undertake the training of elephants for service in ,liberia4 ,he has at his command elephant hunters from the vicinity of the ,congo1 who will endeavor to capture and bring to ,monrovia as many of the animals as are wanted4 ,as domestic animals in ,liberia are few in number and affected badly by the climate1 this new enterprise is looked upon with great favor4 --,the ,french people have formed a gold mining company on the west coast of ,africa called3 8,the ,african ,company of the ,gold ,coast40 ,during the month of ,august1 #ahgi1 it was working actively upon a large and important gold vein1 with machinery sent from ,europe4 ,the results obtained were kept secret1 but it transpired on the coast that they had been surprising4 ,a second company was formed ,december1 #ahgi1 by the ,english1 called the 8,effuenta ,gold ,mining ,company10 for the immediate exploration of the rich territory named ,effuenta4 ,the gold fever actually animated the inhabitants of ,wassaw as much as it did formerly the emigrants to ,california4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,indians4 --,secretary ,schurz has pledged himself to send fifty ,indian girls to ,hampton1 provided they can be received and cared for4 ,he is ready to appropriate #aej a year for each4 --,indian youth not revengeful4--,general ,armstrong testifies that1 8in nearly two years' experience1 we have found no signs of the revengeful nature ascribed to the ,indian4 #8,they are like other people' is a common remark among us1 and is the sum of ,indian character40 --,a full-blooded ,indian chief writes to his half-brother at ,hampton from ,crow ,creek3 8,i am going to write you a letter4 ,i never forget you4 ,try to learn all you can while you are down there4 ,i wish ,i were young so ,i could go down and learn too4 ,i want you to learn all you can and come back and teach your brothers4 ,try to learn and talk ,english too4 ,don't think about coming home all the time4 ,if you do you can't learn much4 ,i like to have you write a letter back and tell me how you are4 ,,wizi--,that's ,i40 --,rev4 ,mr4 ,denison of ,hampton writes of the twelve captive ,indian warriors from ,florida received by him into the church3 8,we are not deceived into thinking that these ,indians present a highly civilized type of piety1 but after careful observation1 we are forced to believe that1 as regards the pith and marrow of ,christianity1 they are our beloved brethren1 for this one thing they do if ever men did it1 forgetting the things that are behind1 they press toward the mark4 ,one point in theology they understand1 and only one4 ,it is to walk the new road in the help of ,jesus1 and they show their faith by their works4 ,they are patient in study4 ,they are always found on the side of law and order4 ,digging in the earth is not the chief joy of an ,indian warrior1 but ,koba writes3 #8,i pray every day and hoe onions4'0 --,bed-making by ,indian youth4--,mr4 ,james ,c4 ,robbins1 a colored graduate of ,hampton who recently had oversight of ,indian boys under ,gen4 ,armstrong1 gives the following account3 8,when they first began to make beds1 the sheets were either tucked up under the pillow or laid on the outside4 ,one boy was found to have seven sheets1 who did not know the proper use for two4 ,the janitor helped me carry a bedstead into the sitting-room1 the boys were called in and seated in a semi-circle1 and ,i began the process of bed-making1 the boys grunting and laughing as it proceeded4 ,when the clothes were neatly tucked in1 and the pillow shaken and put into its place1 ,i said1 #8,now boys1 ,i will show you how to get into bed1' which ,i did4 ,then1 through the interpreter1 ,i asked who was willing to try it4 ,he hardly put the question when a boy who had objected to having his hair cut when he first came1 stepped forward4 ,he began where ,i did1 and followed every movement1 so closely had he observed4 ,no sooner did he finish than there was a stunning applause4 ,he was then asked to show us how to go to bed1 and when his head touched the pillow and he drew the clothing up over him1 up went another shout40 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,chinese4 --,dr4 ,legge1 the professor of ,chinese at ,oxford ,university1 says1 8,if the present rate of conversion of the ,chinese to ,christianity continues1 by the year #aiac1 there will be #bf1jjj1jjj of church members1 and #ajj1jjj1jjj of professed ,christians in the ,chinese ,empire40 --,the ,chinese government is removing the old restrictions which withheld ,chinese merchants from trading with other nations1 and is adopting a policy of encouragement to a wide-spread foreign commerce4 ,the ,chinese ,ambassador at ,washington stated that a steamer1 commanded and manned by ,chinese wholly1 would soon appear in ,san ,francisco laden with the products of ,chinese industry4 --,the ,chinamen1 who walk over bridges built two thousand years ago1 who cultivated the cotton-plant centuries before this country was heard of1 and who fed silk-worms before ,king ,solomon built his throne1 have fifty thousand square miles around ,shanghai which they call the ,garden of ,china1 and which has been tilled for countless generations4 ,it is all meadow land1 and is raised but a few feet above the rivers1 lakes1 and canals1 and is a complete network of water-communication4 ,the land is under the highest cultivation1 and three crops a year are gathered from it4 ,the population is so dense that wherever you look you see men and women in blue clothing in such numbers that you fancy some muster or fair is coming off1 and that the people are out for a holiday4 ,missionaries of several societies are at work in this locality4 --,a ,christian ,chinaman at ,sacramento1 in ,california1 was present at the annual festival of the ,chinese school on ,june #dth4 ,when asked whether ,christian influence really made the ,chinaman better1 he replied3-- 8,oh6 yes1 all much better men4 ,do not steal4 ,do not gamble4 ,do not do any bad40 8,how about smoking80 8,oh6 no opium6 ,some not even smoke cigars4 ,we can tell4 ,all other ,chinamen watch ,christian ,chinamen4 ,if they see him go wrong1 tell us4 ,then we tell him4 ,then he stop4 ,if he did not stop1 then he must leave here40 8,but1 suppose you don't watch him4 ,will he be good without it80 8,oh6 yes1 most times4 ,when he is converted and believes truth1 it makes him good inside1 he don't want to go wrong any more40 8,how do you like it as far as you have gone80 8,oh6 me like very well4 ,if all ,chinamen be ,christians1 then no more trouble about #8must go'6 ,all more happy and good to each other40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,central ,,south ,,congregational ,,conference4 ,this religious body held its autumn meeting with the ,second ,congregational ,church1 ,memphis1 ,tenn4 ,delegates representing the ,churches in ,mississippi1 ,alabama1 and ,tennessee1 were present4 ,the following programme illustrates the orderly way and the practical character of the brethren engaged in our church work ,south3--8,annual ,sermon10 ,rev4 ,wm4 ,h4 ,ash1 ,florence1 ,ala42 8,church ,extension10 ,rev4 ,jos4 ,e4 ,smith1 ,chattanooga2 8,education10 ,rev4 ,g4 ,w4 ,moore1 ,nashville2 8,missions10 ,professor ,h4 ,s4 ,bennett1 ,fisk ,university2 8,how to ,develop the ,benevolence of the ,churches10 ,professor ,a4 ,k4 ,spence1 ,fisk ,university2 8,absolute ,necessity of ,education for the ,colored ,people10 ,president ,magoun1 of ,iowa ,college4 ,in addition to the foregoing exercises1 the ,conference examined and licensed for one year ,mr4 ,b4 ,f4 ,foster1 of ,arkansas1 a former student of the ,theological department of ,fisk ,university4 ,it also renewed the licensure of ,rev4 ,w4 ,h4 ,fuller1 a student of the ,theological department of ,talladega ,college4 ,during the session a council was organized for the examination of ,mr4 ,b4 ,a4 ,imes1 a graduate of ,oberlin ,college and ,theological ,seminary1 with reference to his ordination and installation as pastor of the church in which the ,conference was convened4 ,rev4 ,dr4 ,roy was ,moderator of the ,council1 and the examination was very thorough and satisfactory4 ,dr4 ,magoun1 whose daughter is the accomplished teacher of music in the ,le ,moyne ,institute1 was present to preach the ordination sermon1 and ,rev4 ,g4 ,stanley ,pope1 of ,tougaloo ,university1 to give the charge to the pastor4 ,this young conference1 which already numbers twelve churches1 possesses the elements of a steady and helpful growth1 indicative of a better era for pure religion at the ,south4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,items ,,from ,,the ,,field4 ,,wilmington1 ,n4 ,c4--,pressure for admission to the lower classes still continues4 ,the school is crowded and there already is an overflow room4 ,others are knocking morning1 noon and night for admittance4 ,,macon1 ,,ga4--,school opens unusually full1 but better than that is the fact that we have a good school4 ,i can truly say that ,i feel we are doing well in every part of the work4 ,,marietta1 ,,ga4--,our work here is decidedly encouraging4 ,no new members yet1 but three or four candidates are waiting to be admitted whenever we deem it proper to receive them4 ,one of these is a man who brings a nice family to our ,congregation2 he has six very bright children1 five of whom are old enough to attend our ,sunday-school4 ,i have been laboring in a quiet way1 spending much of my time in visiting the people1 and with better acquaintance with them ,i hope to do good work here4 ,sunday-school is already showing an increase4 ,our monthly and quarterly concerts are doing much good4 ,our choir meetings are helpful2 in connection with the practice of songs for the ,sabbath we teach vocal music1 and allow all who wish to attend2 thus far the plan has worked well4 ,our organ is our greatest present burden1 but we hope to be able to pay for it at the stipulated time4 ,,anniston1 ,,ala4--,last ,sabbath was our regular communion day1 and a very precious day it was to us4 ,we were gathering up the fragments of our protracted services4 ,there were seventeen conversions during the revival1 and thirteen of the converts united with us4 ,the church has been quickened by the ,spirit and backsliders restored4 ,,talladega1 ,,ala4--,our opening this fall was most favorable4 ,the first day saw ,foster ,hall nearly full1 and ,swayne ,hall well occupied4 ,if the pupils continue to come1 we shall soon be compelled to ask what we shall do with them4 ,both pastors of the colored churches here enter the normal department1 and one the theological4 ,,mobile1 ,,ala4--,i feel constrained1 by the reports of the coming applicants1 to request an additional teacher4 ,yesterday and to-day we have turned away thirty or more applicants1 nearly one half of whom wish to enter the ,b intermediate department1 and nearly one half are former pupils4 ,some went away crying because there was no room for them4 ,,selma1 ,,ala4--,our new missionary1 supported by the ladies of ,maine1 writes as follows3 8,have been here one month1 and am prepared to say that ,i like the work and find ample opportunity for doing good4 ,i have already called upon every member of our church4 ,a good degree of interest is shown by the ,sunday-school1 also an increased interest in the church is seen and felt by all4 ,we are hoping and praying for the outpouring of the ,holy ,spirit1 and trust that we are remembered by our ,northern friends in this respect as well as others4 ,i am rejoiced that ,i am permitted to labor in this cause2 encouragements far out-weigh discouragements1 and when the people of the ,north fully realize the amount of good accomplished by the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 they will be more ready to sustain it than they have yet been40 ,,memphis1 ,,tenn4--,school opened most hopefully4 ,we now register over one hundred and forty pupils1 and ,i have already refused children for the primary and intermediate rooms4 ,i expect every seat will be taken in the normal room by the end of this month4 ,our entire work has never before opened so hopefully as this year4 ,,paris1 ,,texas4--,rev4 ,j4 ,w4 ,roberts writes3 ,enclosed please find #a1 a collection which my ,sunday-school sends for 8,mendi ,mission40 ,i gave them a missionary talk yesterday on the work the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 was carrying on in ,africa1 and urged them to aid her in sending the ,gospel to that land4 ,the ,sunday-school voted unanimously to do it4 ,thus they send this as a beginning4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,freedmen4 ,,rev4 ,,jos4 ,e4 ,,roy1 ,d4 ,d41 ,,field ,,superintendent1 ,,atlanta1 ,,ga4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,gleanings4 ,l4 ,a4 ,p4 ,letters from student-teachers often furnish truer insight to the homes and sentiments of the people than can be learned in the higher schools4 ,ten miles from a leading city a young lady writes3 8,this is such a wicked place that out of ninety day scholars ,i can get only forty to come to ,sabbath-school4 ,i begin school at eight1 and close at half-past five in the evening4 ,parents think the children are not learning anything unless they stay in school as long as the field hands work40 ,a young man1 whose recitations in class are always excellent1 says3 8,i have professed a hope in ,christ1 and joined the church4 ,the letter you wrote me two or three years ago concerning religion was in my mind all the time before ,i professed hope4 ,please tell me where in the ,bible ,i can find the place where a woman once cooked a ,bible in a loaf of bread to keep it from being destroyed40 ,this question aptly illustrates the lack of general intelligence in the community4 ,it is quite possible for young people to leave school with fair knowledge of the text-books1 yet profoundly ignorant of everything else1 unless access to libraries and thorough ,bible training accompany the regular school work1 and are made a part of it4 ,another young man reads books and papers1 and induces his patrons to provide themselves with good reading matter4 ,under the same date as the foregoing letter1 he writes3 8,i have an enrolment of #abj in day school4 ,sabbath-school numbers #adc4 ,i wish you could step into my school-room1 and see how busy and earnest all seem to be4 ,you cannot imagine how the colored people of this vicinity are grasping after education4 ,i lectured to a large audience last ,monday night4 ,my subject was #8,education in the ,south4'0 ,another student records his experience thus3 8,the school had no black-board1 no writing desks--well1 in fact1 it was not provided with anything4 ,i now have a black-board1 #h ft4 by #d2 also very good writing desks4 ,the children were very much surprised at the black-board1 as they had never seen one before40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,georgia4 ,extracts from the ,report of the ,board of ,visitors to the ,atlanta ,university4 ,for three days we listened to examinations of the scholars conducted orally by the teachers1 and written examination work from the higher classes was laid before us4 ,we were also present at the anniversary exercises of the ,institution4 ,it is with pleasure that we bear testimony in behalf of the accuracy and thoroughness manifested both by the teachers and scholars4 ,we have never seen stronger proof of careful and successful teaching1 and the discipline and government cannot be surpassed in any ,institution4 ,the scholars were neat in appearance1 orderly in deportment1 and serious in application4 ,the teachers were remarkably proficient in their several departments1 and the scholars seemed to be impressed with a deep-seated earnestness1 calculated not only to advance the intellectual status of the colored race1 but also to make of them better men and women4 ,the practical sciences are not neglected4 ,a visit to the culinary department showed us that the female students had been thoroughly taught the art of cooking good dinners1 without which even the intellect would pine and languish4 ,calisthenics1 also1 constitute a part of the training4 ,we found the buildings and grounds in the best of order1 evidencing the same watchful eyes which overlooked the entire ,institution4 ,the school-rooms and furniture were entirely free from defacements of any kind1 showing a marked difference in this respect between the ,atlanta ,university and most other colleges4 ,an interesting feature is the ,library1 composed of a collection of about five thousand volumes1 selected wisely for the purpose of interesting as well as instructing the scholars4 ,to the library there have been added during the past year1 three hundred new books of recent publication4 ,in connection with the library is a reading room1 in which can be found the leading magazines and daily papers4 ,the future of the ,university seems truly bright1 and a better opportunity can never be given our colored citizens for a thorough education4 ,we commend the entire corps of instructors1 and must express the confidence which we feel in the capacity of the president1 ,mr4 ,ware1 and in his fitness for the position which he occupies4 ,in conclusion1 we think it proper to dwell for a moment upon the fact that the ,atlanta ,university1 besides the influence which it wields directly upon its scholars1 reaches1 through the many who pass out from its walls as teachers1 almost the entire colored population of our ,state4 ,while the mental man is being developed1 the moral man is carefully trained1 and temperance and religion are important parts of the instruction given4 ,from this ,college1 ,georgia is sending out missionaries for the amelioration of a large class of her citizens4 ,who can doubt the wisdom of continuing the appropriation8 99 99 99 99 99 ,,alabama4 ,church1 ,school1 and ,brick-making4 ,,miss ,m4 ,f4 ,,wells1 ,,athens4 ,i reached ,athens on ,saturday1 ,oct4 #b;d1 found very little advance on the brick-yard1 the kiln of #aah1jjj being completed but not burned1 everybody discouraged1 young people and children scattered to the cotton fields1 trying to earn enough money to buy their winter shoes4 ,of course words of cheer and encouragement in view of the great work 7for them the making of #bjj1jjj brick is a great work1 however small it may seem to those who do not know their poverty1 and the great sacrifice this has cost them7 already accomplished1 made their heavy hearts lighter1 and in the three weeks since ,oct4 #ast a great change has come over the aspect of things4 ,men and boys are in the woods cutting wood to burn the kiln made this season2 women and girls are contributing their dimes1 nickels1 half dollars and dollars to raise a fund to haul the wood1 and the prospect is that the brick will be burned before ,christmas4 ,but you will not wonder that down in my secret soul there is sometimes almost a moan4 ,how long1 ,o ,lord1 how long before the completion of the school-house8 ,during the summer the church has kept up the public worship once a day2 a ,cumberland ,presbyterian ,minister 7colored7 has generally preached4 ,when he was not well enough to preach a prayer meeting was held4 ,the ,sunday-school has been pretty well attended1 and is now very enthusiastic4 ,we are going over a short course of ,bible ,history and ,chronology1 in addition to the regular lessons of the ,international course4 ,we are to have an examination for promotions at ,christmas and all are striving to complete the course4 ,our prayer meetings are increasing in interest and numbers1 but we need a minister1 indeed we must have one4 ,two delegates have been appointed by the church to attend the ,conference at ,memphis4 ,it would be a pleasure to me1 as one of the appointees1 to represent the church at that meeting1 but there seems no possibility of my going1 as the school is filling up rapidly1 and the wood-cutters have to be provided with dinner1 and it requires eternal vigilance to look after all the interests in such a way as to keep the 8ark a moverin40 ,i should have written sooner1 but every day has brought some unexpected emergency--so mixing church and school and brick-making1 that no line of thought or action was marked with sufficient distinctness to express itself on paper4 ,but now1 things are more settled1 all the interests seem harmonized1 and the chaos has given place to order4 ,we are all happy and busy day and night1 bright faces and glad1 earnest spirits inspire hope in the teacher's heart1 and give vigor to every effort to move forward4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,mississippi4 ,patient ,work4 ,,rev ,g4 ,s4 ,,pope1 ,,tougaloo4 ,sometimes we hear of incidents in the lives of our students plainly showing that what we have said to them about hard1 patient work hasn't ended with talk4 ,one of the graduating class last ,june spoke to us of 8,labor40 ,a letter just received by one of the teachers tells how his school-house was so uncomfortable that he thought something must be done4 ,he had a public entertainment to raise money to get lumber for ceiling4 ,he did not realize enough and footed the bill himself4 ,when the lumber arrived he asked the people to come together to do the work1 but they did not respond and he ceiled the house himself4 ,four of our girls taught near each other1 their schools over #dj miles from the railroad4 ,one of them had taught before #ad months in the same neighborhood4 ,the people failed to pay her4 ,at one time she needed some money and persuaded a man who was owing her to kill a hog and let her have it4 ,she put it in a sack and started on horseback to peddle it out4 ,she has an invalid mother and one or two brothers and sisters nearly dependent upon her4 ,she is anxious to educate herself1 but the outlook is pretty dark4 ,two of them started together for their new field2 went to ,b---- by railroad1 paid a man #e to take them #bj miles1 reached town about dark and tried four places before finding any one who could keep them over night4 ,the old woman who took them in was not able to give them anything to eat1 but made a cup of coffee for each4 ,one of them had a little lunch with her4 ,they ate part of it and put the rest aside4 ,the next morning one woman who had refused to keep them over night called and invited them around to see her2 they took dinner there and went back to the old woman's house to stay over night again1 as they could not find any one to take them further before the ,sabbath4 ,they were going to finish their lunch for supper1 but the ants had finished it for them1 so they had nothing more to eat until about noon1 the next day4 ,a man charged them #g to take them #bb miles4 ,the ,lord sent them some lunch through the same woman who fed them the day before4 ,one of them only obtained a two months' school4 ,she received #cf1 and had to spend #ac in traveling expenses and #ab for board4 ,she thinks she will have hard work to get through the year on what remains4 ,in one church there were three ministers and only one ,testament4 ,these girls induced them to buy several ,bibles4 ,they wrote for the fourth one to come4 ,she went as far as ,b----and had to wait two weeks for her trunk4 ,she then went half-way to her school with the mail carrier and waited there another week before she could get any conveyance to her school4 ,she taught two months1 and after purchasing what clothing she absolutely needed1 and settling board bills1 only had about five dollars4 ,she has just written me that she is picking cotton now1 hoping to get a bale to sell1 so she can return to school4 ,we have enough such incidents to make a book4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,louisiana4 ,indications of ,good in ,school and ,church--,revival ,meetings4 ,w4 ,s4 ,,alexander1 ,d4 ,d41 ,,new ,,orleans4 ,we watch with peculiar interest the indications of the first month of church and school work1 in their relation to the general results of the year4 ,the first month has passed1 and we have abundant reason to take courage and press forward4 ,never did a year begin with fairer prospects of success4 ,never before1 perhaps1 have so many students reported on the opening day of the ,university4 ,the completed roll of the ,academic1 ,law1 and ,theological ,departments would show nearly1 if not quite #bjj names4 ,many students are detained upon the plantations--new scholars are on the way1 and we expect by the holidays to have all we can well provide for4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,stone ,,hall4 ,the new dormitory1 which will bear the name of our generous benefactress1 ,mrs4 ,stone1 of ,malden1 ,mass41 will soon be a reality4 ,the plans and specifications have been completed1 bids have been invited1 and we shall soon hear the click of the mason's trowel1 and the welcome sound of the saw and hammer4 ,if ,prof4 ,chase1 who will supervise the construction of the building1 had any doubt of our joy at his coming1 he has not the perception with which we credit him4 ,our most grateful thanks go out to ,mrs4 ,stone for her large-hearted benevolence4 ,the blessings of thousands of ,god's poor people whom we are trying to serve will be part of her reward4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,law ,,department ,numbers already #bc students1 only four of whom are colored4 ,this department is entirely self-sustaining1 and a fee of #ef per year is exacted as compensation for the four able professors4 ,it is a source of great regret to us that more colored young men1 in whose interests the department was organized1 do not avail themselves of its advantages4 ,it is conducted with rare ability4 ,one of the professors has been upon the ,supreme ,bench of this ,state4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,central ,,church4 ,this church has paid all its expenses during the summer4 ,the pulpit has been supplied by a young man of ability1 ,mr4 ,albert1 formerly a student at ,atlanta1 and at present a member of our senior class4 ,i found the church in a good spiritual state1 the congregation somewhat scattered1 but they soon rallied1 and we have now fair and increasing audiences4 ,the one desire and prayer of the church is to witness an earnest and extended revival1 and ,i am grateful to be able to say that this hope seems about to be realized4 ,three years ago1 ,mr4 ,james ,wharton1 of ,barrow-in-,furness1 ,england1 visited this city to engage in evangelistic work1 if ,providence should open the way1 among the colored people4 ,he is a business man1 but an earnest ,christian1 endowed with fine gifts as a persuasive speaker4 ,he wrote to me in the summer asking if the way would be open for him to conduct revival services in ,central ,church if he should visit ,new ,orleans in ,october4 ,i lost no time in sending him a cordial invitation to come1 and promised him our hearty co-operation4 ,he has arrived in the city accompanied by ,mr4 ,richard ,irving1 a man of kindred spirit1 and next ,sunday1 ,nov4 #gth1 they will begin a series of meetings which will be continued indefinitely1 so long as souls can be gathered into the ,kingdom4 ,printed notices of the meetings have been widely circulated1 and earnest workers are canvassing1 going from house to house1 and entreating the people to come to this ,gospel feast4 ,dear friends in the ,north1 pray for us1 and the success of this movement4 ,as ,bro4 ,wharton wrote me from ,england1 8,pray mightily for us40 ,i pray ,god ,i may have glad tidings to send you soon4 ,these dear brethren come at their own charges1 and ask only the privilege of preaching a free ,gospel to the needy and perishing4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,tennessee4 ,fisk ,university4 ,,rev4 ,e4 ,m4 ,,cravath1 ,,nashville4 ,the sixteenth scholastic year of ,fisk ,university has begun under very favorable conditions and with very encouraging prospects4 #a4 ,the number of pupils in attendance for the first two months of this year is greatly increased over that of last1 although that of last year was larger than any previous year since the occupancy of ,jubilee ,hall4 ,the number from outside the city of ,nashville is thirty per cent4 greater than at the same time one year ago4 ,the result is that the limit of our boarding accommodations has been already nearly reached1 and the anxious inquiry is forcing itself upon us1 ,what shall we do with the large number of students who desire1 and are planning1 to come during the next three months8 #b4 ,the grade of scholarship in the case of new students is considerably advanced over that of former years4 ,there have been no additions to the regular college classes1 but four have entered the senior1 three the middle1 and six the junior college preparatory classes4 ,as advanced students are the ones desired in such an institution as this1 it is a source of great encouragement that the number of such is steadily increasing year by year4 #c4 ,there is on the part of the students a growing comprehension of the value and of the necessity of a thorough education1 and consequently a very much stronger desire and purpose to take long courses of study4 ,this is one of the most hopeful facts connected with our work4 ,it required a wonderful amount of determination and patience on the part of both professors and students to engineer the first classes through a college course of study4 ,there was no public sentiment in the community1 and no sentiment among parents or friends of the students1 to encourage and stimulate to long courses of study4 ,but a great change for the better has been wrought4 ,the steady1 persistent work of the past fifteen years1 which has resulted in the graduation of five small classes from the college department1 has created an atmosphere and established conditions which stimulate the desire for a liberal education1 and foster the purpose of those who undertake to secure it4 ,the educating power of a considerable body of advanced1 carefully disciplined and well-read students1 is marked upon all the lower grades1 and especially upon those who come to ,fisk ,university for the first time4 ,the present senior preparatory class promises to enter college in ,may twenty strong4 ,this is double the number of the largest class that has ever before been entered4 #d4 ,the influence and power of the work done by our students while absent from the ,university during vacation or after completing their studies1 become more and more manifest4 ,the reports brought back by the students themselves1 the testimony of ,trustees and ,county ,superintendents1 the new students brought here through their influence1 all reveal to us as we have not realized it before1 the greatness of the service the ,university is rendering to the cause of education1 morality1 religion and social life throughout the great ,southwest4 ,our students are our epistles2 and becoming known and being read by the people wherever they go1 are turning the thoughts and hearts of others to the ,university4 ,it is largely because of the faithfulness and loyalty of our students that the steady growth in numbers continues from year to year4 ,we have1 therefore1 abundant reason to thank ,god and take courage4 ,the great concern we have about the future is that our friends in the ,north will not be ready to meet the growing demands of this great work of uplifting the millions of recently emancipated people in the ,south1 by a sufficiently large and constant giving4 ,with the experience of the last fifteen years in mind1 we can say with the full assurance of conviction that the call for the enlargement and strengthening of the ,university is in some vital respects more imperative now than ever before4 ,endowments are needed to adequately sustain the departments of study already established1 and to found professional schools to meet the growing demands of a struggling and rising people4 ,these must come1 or the best results of the labor already done1 and the money already expended1 will not be attained4 99 99 99 99 99 ,mother and ,daughter ,gone4--,memorial ,services at ,fisk ,university4 ,the ,sabbath services at this ,institution1 ,oct4 #bdth1 were hallowed by the touching and appropriate tributes to the memory of ,mrs4 ,elizabeth ,spence1 mother of ,prof4 ,a4 ,k4 ,spence1 and of her daughter1 ,mrs4 ,julia ,spence ,chase1 wife of ,prof4 ,f4 ,a4 ,chase4 ,mrs4 ,spence had been boarding in the ,institution four years1 spending her last days with her children4 ,she possessed a mind of unusual strength and vigor1 and was somewhat distinguished as an author4 ,only a few days before her death1 when eighty-three years of age1 she composed a poem on the occasion of the ,nashville ,centennial ,exposition1 which was published4 ,this mother of missionaries was born in ,scotland1 and in her girlhood was made familiar with the missionary endeavors of the ,london ,missionary ,society through an auxiliary which held its regular meetings at her mother's house4 ,she was a woman of much prayer1 great faith and a sweet and beautiful charity4 ,just eleven weeks from the day ,mrs4 ,spence died1 writes ,miss ,henrietta ,matson1 of ,fisk ,university1 ,mrs4 ,chase followed her mother to the fairer country above4 ,her death was sudden1 and a heavy blow to her sorely stricken family4 ,she died on ,kelley's ,island1 ,lake ,erie1 where the family had gone for summer rest4 ,mrs4 ,chase1 with her husband1 had been in ,fisk ,university eight years2 a part of the time in the earlier years had been an instructor1 particularly in music1 in which she was especially gifted and accomplished4 ,her death was peaceful and beautiful4 ,she sent loving messages to all her friends1 to the teachers and especially to the students1 whom she loved and for whom she had labored4 ,with perfect calmness she bade each of her dear ones good-bye1 and then passed from their sight1 leaning upon the strong arm1 and catching glimpses of the glory beyond1 even while treading the dark valley4 ,at her own request1 her remains were brought to ,nashville1 her heart seeming to turn to the very last to those with whom she had been associated1 and to the people for whom she had labored4 ,so we laid her to rest till the resurrection morn on the beautiful hillside1 with southern skies bending above her1 and not far from the earthly home of her own dear ones4 ,the message brought to us who remain1 in the death of those who have been of us is1 8,the night cometh1 when no man can work40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,indians4 ,,indian ,,education ,,in ,,the ,,east4 ,,an ,,address ,,by ,,gen4 ,s4 ,c4 ,,armstrong4 ,it is now two and a half years since ,indian students were enrolled at the ,hampton ,institute2 but ,i never saw a more radical change of life than appears in these men4 ,they represent the worst stock in the ,indian territory3 the class that the ,west declares can't be elevated any more than the buffalo4 ,if the ,west knows anything1 it knows that you can't improve the prairie ,indian4 ,crossing the continent twice1 of late1 ,i found the universal creed to be 8,there is no good ,indian but a dead one10 which has been adopted by over half the intelligent people of the ,east4 ,capt4 ,pratt writes as follows from ,carlisle1 ,pa43 8,of the ,florida boys who were formerly at ,hampton1 five have died2 three1--,bear's ,heart1 ,etahdleuh and ,roman ,nose--are still ,east3 the two last being here render valuable assistance to me by example and effort4 ,the others have all returned to their tribes1 and1 with the exception of ,tounkeuh1 are reported us doing well for themselves and for their people4 ,several are mentioned as specially useful4 8,we have #aci boys and #eg girls1 #aif in all4 ,the readiness of children to come is in advance of the willingness of parents to send at ,miles' ,agency1 and probably at the ,kiowa too2 but there is in general such desire for education that ,i believe no great difficulty would be experienced in getting nearly all the children in the schools from most of the tribes40 ,the ,carlisle ,school was established by an act of ,congress1 accompanied by an official report from which ,i extract as follows3 8,experience has shown that ,indian children do not differ from white children of similar status and surroundings1 in aptitude or capacity for acquiring knowledge2 and opposition or indifference to education on the part of parents decreases yearly3 so that the question of ,indian education resolves itself mainly into a question of school facilities40 ,sons of ,indian ,chiefs1 at ,carlisle1 are now making a portion of the shoes1 harnesses1 wagons1 tin-ware and other supplies needed by the ,department of ,indian ,affairs4 ,indians think4 ,their wise ones know that there is no hope for them but in taking the white man's road4 ,but there is also a stubborn1 unyielding class4 ,there are progressives and conservatives1 as among all thinking people4 ,the braves will not fight the people who are educating their children4 ,every ,indian child at school is a hostage4 ,i recently met an army officer who told me that in the summers of #ahgg and #ahgh1 five hundred thousand dollars had passed through his hands1 as ,quartermaster1 in payment of ,oregon settlers1 for supplies and services in ,indian wars2 and that the past summer they had been trying to get up another war for the sake of another five hundred thousand4 ,our system of treaties1 annuities and rations is an acknowledged failure4 ,distribution is without regard to merit1 and encourages idleness among the one hundred and fifty thousand beneficiaries of the ,government4 ,the ,indians are grown-up children2 we are a thousand years ahead of them in the line of development4 ,progress is measured by development4 ,education is not progress but is a means of it4 ,a brain full of book knowledge1 whose physical basis is the product of centuries of barbarism1 is an absurdity that we do not half realize1 from our excessive traditional reverence for school and college training4 ,we forget that knowledge is not power unless it is digested and assimilated4 ,savages have good memories2 they acquire but do not comprehend4 ,indians are easily taught1 for their minds are quick2 their bodies are a greater care than their brains2 but morals are the chief concern of their teachers4 ,hence their education should be first for the heart1 then for health1 and last for the mind1 reversing the custom of placing mind before physique and character4 ,this is the ,hampton idea of education4 ,apply sanctified common sense to the ,indian problem and you will save them in spite of the steam engine and the threats of fate4 ,the ,indian question has been put wrong end first4 ,it points to us1 not to them4 ,the possibilities of sound educational methods are not dreamed of4 ,the power of mind over matter is everywhere seen1 but the power of mind over mind1 of man over man1 is little shown in all our proud progress4 ,that three years' work of ,captain ,pratt at ,fort ,marion1 ,florida1 is the best illustration of it ,i know of4 ,yet he never had over two years' schooling1 and went from his workshop to the war4 ,work for the ex-captives was so encouraging1 the need of educated ,indian girls so obvious1 that resolving to push our effort further1 ,mr4 ,schurz was interviewed1 entered heartily into the scheme1 and sent ,capt4 ,pratt to ,dakota ,territory1 whence he brought to ,hampton in ,nov41 #ahgh1 forty boys and nine girls1 since increased to twenty-two girls and forty-eight boys4 ,indian girls lead a slavish life1 do all the drudgery1 and parents have hated to spare them4 ,boys do nothing till they can fight4 8,i would send a hundred boys1 but not one girl10 said a chief to ,capt4 ,pratt4 ,but now one agency alone1 ,yankton1 would fill our school with ,sioux girls4 ,agent ,miles says he could enroll ,cheyenne children from the ,indian ,territory for eastern schools as fast as he could write their names4 ,co-education of the sexes will succeed with ,indians as well as with colored people in the six largest institutions for negroes1 in which for ten years it has been tried with the best results4 ,the death rate at ,hampton has been serious but not discouraging4 ,out of ninety-six1 in twenty-two months seven have died at school and three since returning home4 ,the tribe1 gathered as they are in unnatural conditions at the agencies1 away from the chase and the fight1 without action or buffalo beef1 fed on government rations1 weaken4 ,indian students have in almost all cases died of diseases implanted before leaving home2 their friends have not been surprised or discouraged4 ,chief ,wizi1 on hearing of the death of his adopted son at ,hampton1 called his tribe together and said3 8,if only one of our children returns to us with knowledge1 we shall be repaid for the loss of all the others40 ,while this eastern work at ,carlisle and ,hampton is incidental to the general educational effort which must be made at the ,west1 it is1 more than anything else1 pushing the ,indian question to a proper settlement by creating public sentiment4 ,for a ,congressman to see an ,indian hoeing corn1 does more good than piles of documentary evidence4 ,the hundreds of clear-headed1 hard-handed young red-skins who will1 ere long1 be settled among the tribes1 will1 we think1 be strong enough to sustain each other and to teach the rest4 ,they will not return home scared by our great guns and arsenals1 but stimulated by contact with the spirit that lies at the bottom of our progress4 ,they must see civilization to comprehend it4 ,what is given for them will come back with usury4 ,not the least return to us may be the educational methods which1 inspired by exigencies and unchecked by tradition1 shall be worked out to meet the emergencies thrust upon the country by the destruction of the buffalo1 which has brought the ,indian to face the issue of civilization or destruction4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,chinese4 99 99 99 99 99 8,,california ,,chinese ,,mission40 ,auxiliary to the ,american ,missionary ,association4 ,,president3 ,rev4 ,j4 ,k4 ,mc,lean1 ,d4 ,d4 ,,vice-,,presidents3 ,rev4 ,a4 ,l4 ,stone1 ,d4 ,d41 ,thomas ,c4 ,wedderspoon1 ,esq41 ,rev4 ,t4 ,k4 ,noble1 ,hon4 ,f4 ,f4 ,low1 ,rev4 ,i4 ,e4 ,dwinell1 ,d4 ,d41 ,hon4 ,samuel ,cross1 ,rev4 ,s4 ,h4 ,willey1 ,d4 ,d41 ,edward ,p4 ,flint1 ,esq41 ,rev4 ,j4 ,w4 ,hough1 ,d4 ,d41 ,jacob ,s4 ,taber1 ,esq4 ,,directors3 ,rev4 ,george ,mooar1 ,d4 ,d41 ,hon4 ,e4 ,d4 ,sawyer1 ,rev4 ,e4 ,p4 ,baker1 ,james ,m4 ,haven1 ,esq41 ,rev4 ,joseph ,rowell1 ,rev4 ,john ,kimball4 ,,secretary3 ,rev4 ,w4 ,c4 ,pond4 ,,treasurer3 ,e4 ,palache1 ,esq4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,chapter ,,of ,,good ,,things4 ,,rev4 ,w4 ,c4 ,,pond4 ,our ,annual ,meeting4--,it was a very diminutive affair1 compared with that which1 at the same time1 was going on so grandly at ,lowell2 or with the one which1 just now1 as ,i am writing1 is--,i trust--in successful progress at ,norwich4 ,what a privilege and a joy ,i should feel it to be if ,i were there1 instead of here6 ,that is denied me1 so far as bodily presence is concerned2 but ,i am free to be there in thought1 and1 in the solitude of my study1 to mingle my prayers with yours4 ,they meet before one throne of grace4 ,our annual meeting is one of the features of the annual convocation of our ,congregational churches in ,california1 which was held this year with the ,first ,church in ,oakland4 ,the time assigned us in the programme was from #aj3de to #ab3cj on ,thursday1 ,oct4 #gth4 ,i should think that #bej persons were present4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,k4 ,mc,lean1 ,d4 ,d41 pastor of that church1 and ,president of our ,mission1 occupied the chair4 ,after a hymn and prayer1 the reports of the ,treasurer and of the ,board of ,directors were presented4 ,the principal facts set forth in these reports have been laid before the ,association at its meeting now going on1 and need not be re-stated here4 ,there was1 however1 a novel feature in the ,treasurer's report--novel to us1 however it may be to others--which stirred some of our friends not a little4 ,we have always had more work at hand than we could possibly do with the means at our command2 but we have tried to 8cut the garment according to the cloth10 and have so far succeeded as never to report a deficit1 in current expenses till this year4 ,this was our novelty4 ,our friends did not like its looks any better than we did4 ,the ,president took it in hand and shook it1 at an expense to himself of #aj4 ,rev4 ,dr4 ,mooar followed with another shake1 at the same cost to his exchequer4 ,then good ,dea4 ,s4 ,s4 ,smith1 and minister after minister1 followed in quick succession1 till not a shred of it remained1 and we find ourselves now with every bill paid1 and a balance of #bd4be1 which we transfer to our ,barnes ,mission ,house ,building ,fund4 ,cold water was never more refreshing to a thirsty soul than was this spontaneous and unexpected offering--whether considered with reference to its personelle or its results--to the heart of your ,superintendent4 ,we don't mean to give our friends an opportunity to repeat the operation2 but we shall remember it with gratitude and pleasure as long as we live4 ,following this were volunteer speeches1 containing earnest expressions of good will and sympathy1 and crowding one upon another in such a way that the time allotted proved to be all too short1 and the only regret with which we closed the meeting was that so many who wished to speak1 and whom we earnestly wished to hear1 failed to have that opportunity4 ,the ,chinese ,fishing ,villages4--,it is several years since ,i first visited a village of ,chinese fishermen4 ,i cannot say that the mere pleasure of the thing would prompt me to repeat the visit very frequently4 ,there is nothing in the character of the dwellings1 the appearance of their denizens1 or the odors rising from their work1 to tempt one to a protracted stay4 ,but ,i thank ,god that ,i cannot go through even such a rude and motley and ill-odored settlement1 without seeing the immortal souls of which these ill-kept bodies are the habitations1 or without beginning to query if some way cannot be opened to pour in upon them the healing light of that world which needs no sun4 ,a few days ago a message came from one of them1 by a ,providence so marked that ,i ventured to think it a ,macedonian ,call1 and to read in it ,god's promise of success4 ,this village is on a little cape jutting out into ,san ,francisco ,bay and known as ,point ,san ,pedro4 ,mr4 ,charles ,w4 ,otis1 my warm personal friend1--whom1 with his excellent wife1 it was my privilege many years ago1 while pastor at ,petaluma1 to welcome to the fellowship of saints--has recently been placed in charge of the 8ranch0 of which this ,point ,san ,pedro is a part1 and is thus brought into business relations with the ,chinese who are tenants upon it4 ,his heart is stirred for them1 and he asked me if something could not be done to save them4 ,i sent ,wah ,yene1 our devoted helper at ,petaluma1 to explore1 and he brings me1 not only his own favorable testimony1 but the following message from ,mr4 ,otis3 8,wah ,yene has been here a few days canvassing in the ,chinese school4 ,he will report the prospects4 ,that there is a field here for work among the more than #djj1 there is no doubt4 ,we will furnish a house free1 and ,i think ,i can get lumber from some building for furniture1 seats1 c4 ,my wife and ,i will assist all we can1 though ,i shall be busy much of the time1 but ,i can add something that1 will help the good work along4 99 99 99 8,i know so little of the ways and means and plans of the ,chinese ,mission that ,i am unable to say more than to promise a hearty co-operation in every possible way4 ,we are very much pleased with ,wah ,yene1 and ,mrs4 ,otis is ready to #8adopt' him1 and says she would feel safe with him near when ,i am compelled to be absent1 as ,i shall be two or three times each week40 ,mr4 ,otis goes on to intimate that he could give employment to ,wah ,yene for a part of each day1 and assume a proportionate part of his support if we desire2 or if we want him to devote his whole time to missionary service1 he will provide him a room comfortably furnished1 free of charge4 ,and so ,wah ,yene starts to-day for a month's trial of the work2 and we1 on our part1 will do our best to make the trial a success4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,children',s ,,page4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,slave-,,girl',s ,,faith4 ,a ,,true ,,story4 8,chillen1 git on de bo'de1 ,chillen1 git on de bo'de1 ,chillen1 git on de bo'de1 bo'de1 bo'de1 ,dere's room for many a mo'10-- were the words that came in high but not unmusical tones from the depths of the kitchen1 where ,i knew ,jule was struggling with the week's ironing4 ,after puzzling over them for some time ,i cried1 8,what does she mean1 auntie80 ,auntie laughed4 8,oh1 you ,yankee6 ,will you never learn negro talk8 ,do they never sing about the #8gospel ship' in ,boston8 ,that is what ,jule means40 8,oh1 is that it80 ,i replied1 laughing in my turn4 8,i couldn't imagine how she was going to #8get on a board' with her two hundred pounds of flesh4 8,i'm tired of sewing3 ,i guess ,i'll go down and talk to her a little while40 ,jule welcomed me to her snug kitchen1 with a smile which disclosed her shining white teeth2 and ,i seated myself by her ironing-table1 and begged her to tell me of the days 8befo' de wah40 8,tell me how you became free10 ,i said1 as she resumed her work4 8,were you set free1 or did you run away80 hoping secretly that the latter was the case4 ,her black eyes sparkled1 and she tossed her gayly turbaned head1 as she answered-- 8',deed1 miss1 ,i just runned away40 8,you did1 ,jule8 ,how did you do it8 ,weren't you frightened80 8,well1 honey1 de good ,lord just done helped me40 8,the ,lord helped you8 ,how80 8,ah1 chile1 de ,lord just as powerful now as when ,he showed de chillen of ,isr'el de way to de promus land60 8,of course10 ,i replied2 8but ,he doesn't interpose in the affairs of men as ,he did then4 ,we have no pillars of fire1 and no parting of the sea40 8#8,deed1 miss1 ,i don't know nothin' 'bout your 'posing1 and we didn't have no pillow of fire2 but de ,lord done helped me hisself40 8,well1 tell me all about it1 please40 8,you see1 miss1 we lived just outside dis yere city4 ,one night somehow de cullud people hearn tell that ,pres'dent ,linkum was gwine to set all de niggahs in de ,district free1 and ole mars was gwine to run us all down ,south to git clar ob de proclamashun4 ,david1 de dining-room boy1 was a likely fellar2 he had been about with young mars1 and could read and write2 so he heard de talk1 and made up his mind to run away to ,washington dat very night4 ,any one who wanted to could go 'long4 ,well1 most of 'em was ready to go1 my mammy among 'em4 ,she said ,i could go too3 but we didn't know how ,i was to git away2 fur1 you see1 miss1 ,i was nurse to young mars' chillen1 and slept with dem in a room that you couldn't git out'en 'thout gwine through his and ,mis' ,virginny's room4 ,de do' that went out into the hall was right at de head of their bed1 and creaked mighty loud4 ,i asked mammy what ,i should do1 and she said1 #8,trus' de ,lord4' 8,well1 we niggers went to bed same as ever1 and de house was shut up4 ,i didn't go to sleep1 but tried to trus' de ,lord4 ,de chillen was sleeping sound1 and so was young mars and ,mis' ,virginny1 when ,i heard a little tap on de winder1 and knew it was de signal4 ,i got on my knees in de bed1 and ,i prayed hard1 and ,i prayed strong4 ,then ,i took my shoes in my hand1 and crep' frou de do' into young mars' room1 and round to de hall-do'1 and put my hand on de knob4 ',deed1 miss1 but my heart was a-beatin'2 for1 if de do' should creak1 we were lost4 #8,good ,lord1 don't let it creak1' ,i whispered1 and turned de knob4 ,bress yo' heart1 honey6 that do' opened jest as soft as a white baby's bref1--that do' that had always screeched like a nigger when he's hurt4 ,i stepped into de hall1 shet de do' behind me1 went down stairs1 an' out by de smoke-house1 an' dare they all were2 but1 if de good ,lord hadn't helped me1 ,i shouldn't have been among 'em4 ,bress de ,lord6 ,hallelujah60 8,but what did you do after you got to the smoke-house80 ,i asked4 8,oh1 ,i was de las' one2 so we started right off4 ,it was snowing1 and ,i couldn't stop to put on my shoes2 but ,i was a stout girl1 gwine on fo'teen1 and didn't mind de cold1 for ,i was gwine to be free40 8,weren't you pursued80 8,oh1 yes1 miss6 ,by and by we heard horses come pounding along4 ,we were nigh de cross-roads where de woods was thick2 so we crep' under de branches of de fir-trees4 ,pretty soon young mars and de overseer come 'long1 and stopped to wonder which road we had taken4 ,they swore and cussed right smart for a while1 and then took de aqueduct road to ,georgetown4 ,when they had been gone a little while1 we crep' out1 and took de other road that led all 'round 'cross de creek to ,washington4 ',bout morning we saw de ,yankee tents1 and at noon we was free1 bress de ,lord60 8,well1 ,jule1 ,i'm much obliged for your story10 ,i said1 rising to go1 for auntie was calling me4 8#8,deed1 honey1 you's welcome4 ,always put yo' trus' in de ,lord1 chile1 ,he'll keep de do' from creaking4'0 ,as ,i went up stairs1 she began to sing in a high key and with great fervor1-- 8,i'll lub my ,jesus till ,i die1 ,hallelujah6 ,he leaned from out de hebbenly sky1 ,hallelujah60 --,well-,spring4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,receipts ,,for ,,october1 #ahhj4 ,,maine1 #bbg4gi4 ,bangor4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ch4ij ,blue ,hill4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aj4jj ,bridgeton4 ,mrs4 ,rebecca ,hale #d4jj ,brownville4 ---- #f4jj ,cumberland4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 to const4 ,,silas ,m4 ,,rideout ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,east ,madison4 ,eliza ,bicknell #e4jj ,eastport4 ,central ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #e4jj ,gardiner4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bd4hi ,garland4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #g4jj ,hallowell4 ,fannie ,a4 ,davis1 ,stu4 ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #be4jj ,houlton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #e4jj ,lewiston4 ,c4 ,c4 ,cobb1 for ,talladega1 ,ala4 #aj4jj ,portland4 ,williston ,ch4 and ,soc41 to const ,,rev4 ,,frank ,e4 ,,clark4 ,l4 ,m4 #dj4jj ,thomaston4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,woolwich4 ,john ,percy #b4jj ------ #bag4gi ,legacies1 ,hallowell--,mrs4 ,julia ,talpey1 by ,l4 ,d4 ,emerson1 ,ex4 #aj4jj ------ #bbg4gi ,,new ,,hampshire #caf4ge4 ,amherst4 ,l4 and ,l4 ,k4 ,melendy1 #bj2 ,miss ,lucy ,blunt1 #aj1 for ,chapel1 ,wilmington1 ,n4 ,c4 #cj4jj ,antrim4 8,a ,friend0 #e4jj ,candia ,village4 ,jona ,martin #e4jj ,charlestown4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #g4jj ,dover4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ig4cf ,greenville4 ,e4 ,g4 ,heald #f4jj ,hancock4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #be4jj ,hanover4 ,dartmouth ,religious ,soc4 #bd4de ,hinsdale4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ad4ec ,hollis4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #e4hi ,merrimac4 ,cong4 ,ch4 7ad'l7 #e4jj ,milford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ah4cf ,nashua4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ae4ae ,new ,boston4 ,pres4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #d4jj ,new ,ipswich4 ,proceeds of ,children's ,fair #ac4jj ,peterborough4 ,m4 ,r4 #a4jj ,pittsfield4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bd4ja ,temple4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #af4jj ,,vermont1 #fae4ag4 ,barnet4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ba4cj ,barton ,landing4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aa4ge ,benson4 ,bale of ,c4 for ,refugees1 by ,rev4 ,g4 ,lyon4 ,brattleborough4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bf4eh ,burlington4 ,mrs4 ,f4 ,s4 #a4jj ,danville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bg4jj ,holland4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #h4cb ,londonderry4 ,mrs4 ,hepsibah ,h4 ,stowell #djj4jj ,ludlow4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ad4aj ,mc,indoe's ,falls4 ,dea4 ,monteith #e4jj ,newport4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ac4ce ,norwich4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ab4jj ,saxton's ,river4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #i4jj ,saint ,albans4 ,a4 ,o4 ,brainerd #bj4jj ,saint ,johnsbury4 ,north ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #be4jj ,townshend4 ,mrs4 ,n4 ,d4 ,batchelder #b4jj ,west ,brattleborough4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ah4gg ,,massachusetts1 #c1hae4jj4 ,agawam4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #g4ag ,amherst4 ,north ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #fj1 to const4 ,,miss ,,mary ,d4 ,,field and ,,frank ,w4 ,,harrington1 ,l4 ,m's2--,first ,ch41 #be4 #he4jj ,barnstable ,co4 8,a ,minister's ,widow0 to furnish a room1 ,atlanta ,u4 #be4jj ,bernardston4 ,orthodox ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4jj ,bridgewater4 ,sarah ,l4 ,alden1 #aj42 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,s4 ,dunham1 #b #ab4jj ,boston4 8,teacher of ,a4 ,m4 ,a40 #b4jj ,boxford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #h4jj ,brocton4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ej4jj ,brookline4 ,w4 ,h4 ,white #aj4jj ,chelsea4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aji4eg ,chicopee4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ba4cd ,concord4 ,trin4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ci4jj ,dorchester4 ,village ,ch4 and ,soc4 #cb4hg ,dorchester4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,second ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #aj4jj ,east ,charlemont4 ,dea4 ,p4 ,field #i4jj ,east ,hampton4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #hd4he2 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #be4 #aji4he ,essex ,co4 8,howard10 for ,brick ,jacket for ,chapel1 ,wilmington1 ,n4 ,c4 #ejj4jj ,gardner4 ,j4 ,b4 ,drury1 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,,sarah ,,jane ,,drury1 ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,hanson4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #f4jj ,harvard4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #cb4gh ,haverhill4 ,north ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #e4jj ,holyoke4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #ae2 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #h4gd4 #bc4gd ,ipswich4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 ,bbl4 of ,c4 ,jamaica ,plain4 ,central ,cong4 ,ch4 #hag4jj ,lancaster4 ,evan4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #ah4jj ,lanesborough4 8,a ,friend0 #a4jj ,littleton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #f4ej ,long ,meadow4 ,gents' ,benev4 ,soc4 #bh4ge ,lynn4 ,central ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #bj4jf2 ,north ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #b4ba #bb4bg ,middleborough4 ,miss ,e4 ,p4 ,k4 #j4ee ,natick4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aah4ah ,newburyport4 ,north ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #be4ah ,newton4 ,eliot ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #abe4jj ,north ,brookfield4 ,miss ,a4 ,w4 ,johnson1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #e4jj ,north ,falmouth4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #be4jj ,north ,leominster4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #i4ej ,north ,reading4 ,miss ,e4 ,f4 ,e4 #a4jj ,norwood4 ,mrs4 ,h4 ,m4 ,f41 for ,indian ,m4 #a4jj ,oxford4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #cd4jj ,paxton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,sab4 ,sch41 to const4 ,,rev4 ,,john ,e4 ,,dodge1 ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,palmer4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bc4df ,peabody4 ,joseph ,anderson #aj4jj ,pepperell4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ba4ag ,phillipston4 ,ladies' ,benev4 ,assn41 ,bbl of ,c4 ,plainfield4 ,mrs4 ,albert ,dyer1 for ,student ,aid #e4jj ,plimpton4 ,carrie1 ,alice and ,nellie ,titcomb #c4jj ,pittsfield4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #cg4ej2 ,second ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #e #db4ej ,quincy4 ,evan4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #gb4jj ,rehoboth4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,somerset4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #e4jj ,south ,hadley4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ca4jj ,south ,middleborough4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 to const4 ,,rev4 ,,ephraim ,w4 ,,allen1 ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,south ,weymouth4 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc4 of ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #ai4jj ,south ,walpole4 ,j4 ,f4 ,w4 #a4jj ,spencer4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #acb4fj2 ,young ,ladies' ,miss4 ,circle1 #ab4ce2 ,young ,ladies' ,soc4 ,bbl4 of ,c4 #add4ie ,springfield4 ,south ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #dc4be2 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #ci4aj2 ,mrs4 ,bowdoin1 #aj2 ,ira ,merrill1 #e2 ,mrs4 ,ira ,merrill1 #e #ajb4ce ,topsfield4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bb4jj ,townsend4 8,a ,friend0 #d4jj ,wakefield4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 7#ae of which for ,indian ,m7 #ff4hf ,walpole4 ,e4 ,p4 ,stetson1 #ej2 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #bh4ge #gh4ge ,westborough4 ,freedmen's ,mission ,assn41 #b ,bbls4 of ,c41 for ,savannah and ,atlanta1 ,ga4 ,west ,boxford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #f4ce ,westfield4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #dd4ic ,west ,hampton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ad4eg ,weymouth4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aa4jb ,whitinsville4 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,c4 ,whitin1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega1 ,ala4 #cj4jj ,worcester4 ,piedmont ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #cac4ij1 to const4 ,,thomas ,h4 ,,hodge1 ,,john ,b4 ,,gough1 ,,anson ,,bangs1 ,c4 ,m4 ,,dyer1 ,,dea4 ,e4 ,t4 ,,marble1 ,,mrs4 ,,sara ,,partridge1 ,,dea4 ,,lyman ,,drury1 ,,dea4 ,f4 ,b4 ,,knowles1 ,,arthur ,m4 ,,stone and ,e4 ,c4 ,,crane ,l4 ,m's2 ,central ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #afe4ge2 ,salem ,st4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #hd4bh2 ,old ,south ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #eh4ia #fbb4hd ,,rhode ,,island1 #dde4fj4 ,providence4 ,union ,cong4 ,ch4 #dde4fj ,,connecticut1 #a1jdb4ge4 ,avon4 ,harry ,chidsey1 to const4 ,,rev4 ,n4 ,j4 ,,seeley and ,,miss ,,laura ,,seeley1 ,l4 ,m's #ajj4jj ,bozrah4 ,simeon ,abell1 #b;d4 #e4jj ,buckingham4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4ad ,darien4 ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,talladega1 ,ala4 #e4jj ,guilford4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ai4dj ,hartford4 ,mrs4 ,c4 ,r4 ,hillyer1 #cj1 to const4 ,,mary ,,bushnell ,,hillyer1 ,l4 ,m42 ,a4 ,r4 ,hillyer1 #cj1 to const4 ,,donald ,,gregg1 ,l4 ,m42 ,windsor ,av4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #ag4ad2 ,a4 ,c4 ,h41 #a #gh4ad ,hartford4 ,calvin ,day1 for ,talladega1 ,ala4 #ej4jj ,hartford4 ,mrs4 ,john ,olmsted1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ae4jj ,hebron4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #f4fb ,hockanum4 ,south ,cong4 ,ch41 #g2 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,m4 ,roberts1 #e #ab4jj ,mansfield ,centre4 8,two ,friends10 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega1 ,ala4 #b4jj ,new ,britain4 8,first ,ch4 of ,christ10 #e4ei2 ,d4 ,m4 ,rogers1 #e4ej #aa4ji ,new ,haven4 8,eleven ,friends10 for ,talladega1 ,ala4 #abd4jj ,new ,haven4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,r4 ,marvin #c4jj ,new ,london4 8,a ,friend in ,first ,ch4 of ,christ10 #ajj2 ,chas4 ,d4 ,boss1 #bj2 ,chas4 ,d4 ,boss1 ,jr41 #ae2 ,w4 ,c4 ,crump1 #e2 ,rev4 ,j4 ,p4 ,taylor1 #e1 for ,talladega1 ,ala4 #ade4jj ,new ,london4 ,mrs4 ,n4 ,s4 ,p4 #a4jj ,north ,manchester4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #ad4fb ,northfield4 ,cong ,ch4 to const4 ,,ernest ,,wakeman1 ,l4 ,m4 #cd4ge ,north ,woodstock4 8,a ,friend10 #h4jj ,norwich4 8,a ,friend10 to const4 ,,charles ,,bard1 ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,norwich4 8,a ,friend10 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega1 ,ala4 #b4jj ,orange4 8,a ,friend10 #aj4jj ,putnam4 8,m4 ,r4 ,h40 #e4jj ,talcottville4 ,c4 ,d4 ,talcott and ,others1 for ,talladega1 ,ala4 #bjj4jj ,watertown4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ci4bj ,west ,brook4 ,cong4 ,ch4 ,an4 ,coll41 #dd4fj2 ,m4 ,c4 ,coll41 #ba4fi1 to const4 ,,rev4 ,,joseph ,a4 ,,tomlinson1 and ,,mrs4 ,,nancy ,a4 ,,perry1 ,l4 ,m4's4 #ff4bi ---- 8,friend0 #a4ej ------ #iib4ge ,legacies4 ,fairfield--,mrs4 ,lucretia ,tates1 by ,walter ,jennings1 ,ex4 #ej4jj ------ #a1jdb4ge ,,new ,,york1 #ffi4ai4 ,arcade4 ,ralston ,w4 ,lyman #b4jj ,batavia4 ,mrs4 ,anna ,v4 ,s4 ,fisher #bj4jj ,binghamton4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ajd4dc ,brooklyn4 ,central ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 ,geo4 ,a4 ,bell4 ,supt41 #ge for a ,missionary in ,fla41 and by the liberality of ,stephen ,ballard1 #ajj for a ,missionary1 ,ladies' ,island1 ,s4 ,c4 #age4jj ,columbus4 ,box of books and papers by a ,lady in ,cong4 ,ch4 ,deansville4 8,l40 #e4jj ,hamilton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,lebanon4 ,thomas ,hitchcock1 #e4ge2 ,m4 ,day1 #e4ge2 ,alfred ,seymour1 #e4ge2 ,j4 ,h4 ,w41 #a2 ,j4 ,a4 ,h41 #a2 ,others1 #ge;c4 #bj4jj ,madison4 ,o4 ,s4 ,campbell1 #e2 ,melissa ,tompkins1 #e #aj4jj ,newark ,valley4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ch4ge ,new ,york4 ,ladies of ,presb4 ,memorial ,ch41 for a ,teacher1 ,talladega ,c4 #aje4jj ,new ,york4 8,a ,friend10 #b2 ,national ,temperance ,soc41 by ,j4 ,n4 ,stearns1 #aejj ,temperance ,papers #b4jj ,oneonta4 ,mrs4 ,h4 ,m4 ,mc,c41 and ,mrs4 ,h4 ,c4 ,s41 #ej;c each #a4jj ,ovid4 ,d4 ,w4 ,k4 #a4jj ,perry ,centre4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #dc4bj1 to const4 ,,rev4 ,e4 ,h4 ,,martin1 ,l4 ,m42 ,r4 ,j4 ,booth1 package papers #dc4bj ,poughkeepsie4 ,first ,reformed ,ch4 #af4ed ,rome4 ,john4 ,b4 ,jervis #be4jj ,sherburne4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #he4bg ,westfield4 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,b4 ,rice #c4jj ,woodhaven4 ,l4 ,i4 ,miss4 ,soc4 of ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4jj ,,new ,,jersey1 #e1bhe4di4 ,east ,orange4 ,trinity ,cong4 ,ch4 #id4dh ,jersey ,city4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #cf4ja ,montclair4 ,sab4 ,sch4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ee4jj ,perth ,amboy4 8,a ,friend10 for ,ind4 ,dept41 ,le ,moyne ,inst41 and to const4 ,,prof4 ,s4 ,g4 ,,barnes1 ,,edward ,w4 ,,barnes1 and ,,mrs4 ,e4 ,w4 ,,barnes1 ,l4 ,m's4 #ajj4jj ------ #bhe4di ,legacies4 ,morristown--,mrs4 ,m4 ,j4 ,graves1 by ,arthur ,b4 ,graves1 ,ex4 #e1jjj4jj -------- #e1bhe4di ,,pennsylvania1 #igj4hc4 ,athens4 ,mrs4 ,f4 ,e4 ,c4 #a4jj ,cambridgeborough4 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,circle of ,cong4 ,ch41 by ,mrs4 ,h4 ,r4 ,ross1 ,sec4 #e4jj ,centreville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,philadelphia4 ,s4 ,a4 ,johnson4 #d4hc ,riceville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ------ #bj4hc ,legacies1 ,washington4--,dr4 ,f4 ,julius ,le ,moyne1 by ,executors #iej4jj ------ #igj4hc ,,ohio4 #ijb4bi4 ,akron4 ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #be4jj ,ashtabula4 ,james ,hall #e4jj ,bloomfield4 ,dea4 ,m4 ,knapp1 #aj4jj2 ,w4 ,a41 #a1 for ,ladies' ,hall1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #aa4jj ,bristolville4 ,a4 ,n41 #a2 ,mrs4 ,l4 ,m4 ,c41 #a2 8,friends10 #ej;c2 for ,ladies' ,hall1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #b4ej ,chagrin ,falls4 8,earnest ,workers10 for ,student ,aid1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #aj4jj ,chardon4 8,cheerful ,workers10 by ,mrs4 ,catherine ,l4 ,keyes #ae4jj ,chatham4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #c4be2 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,sab4 ,sch41 #i4ji1 for ,ladies' ,hall1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #ab4cd ,cleveland4 ,dea4 ,c4 ,t4 ,rogers1 #ej2 ,dea4 ,s4 ,h4 ,sheldon1 #be2 ,h4 ,h4 ,adams1 #bj2 ,martin ,house1 #ae2 ,h4 ,v4 ,wilson1 #e1 for ,ladies' ,hall1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #aae4jj ,cleveland4 ,plymouth ,cong4 ,ch41 #cj4dc2 ,hannah ,m4 ,paine1 #e #ce4dc ,conneaut4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,edinburgh4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #be4jj ,garrettsville4 ,p4 ,s4 ,tinan1 #e2 ,c4 ,b4 ,w41 #a2 ,r4 ,h4 ,o41 #a1 for ,ladies' ,hall1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #g4jj ,geneva4 ,sab4 ,sch4 and ,friends1 for ,ladies' ,hall1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #bj4ej ,green4 ,mrs4 ,h4 ,b4 ,harrington1 for ,ladies' ,hall1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #b4he ,hudson4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ae4jj ,hudson4 ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #e4bj ,kingsville4 ,rev4 ,e4 ,j4 ,comings1 #aj2 ,myron ,whiting1 #e2 ,mr4 ,noyes1 #b #ag4jj ,lafayette4 8,friends10 for ,ladies' ,hall1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #e4jj ,lake ,co4 8,congregationalist10 7#bjj of which for ,tougaloo ,u7 #cjj4jj ,lorain4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4gj ,madison4 ,james ,ford1 for ,ladies' ,hall1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #e4jj ,mecca4 ,burt ,case1 #e2 ,wm4 ,c4 ,hickok1 #d4ae1 for ,ladies' ,hall1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #i4ae ,mesopotamia4 ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,ladies' ,hall1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #af4ih ,nelson4 ,c4 ,c4 ,fuller1 #e2 ,rev4 ,r4 ,a4 ,toney1 #b2 ,cong4 ,ch41 #a4ej2 ,g4 ,f41 #ab;c42 for ,ladies' ,hall1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #h4fb ,oberlin4 ,rev4 ,geo4 ,thompson1 for ,mendi ,m4 #e4jj ,oberlin4 ,miss ,e4 ,a4 ,l4 #a4jj ,painesville4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #cb4cj ,ravenna4 ,friends1 through ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,ladies' ,hall1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #ee4jj ,sandusky4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #e4ei ,saybrook4 8,friends10 ,dist4 ,no4 #c1 for ,ladies' ,hall1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #d4ge ,seville4 ,lyman ,strong1 #be2 ,t4 ,b4 ,dowd1 #be1 for ,ladies' ,hall1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #ej4jj ,south ,newbury4 ,h4 ,p4 ,g41 #a2 ,mrs4 ,r4 ,m4 ,p41 #a2 ,mrs ,r4 ,t4 ,w41 #a2 ,others1 #a #d4jj ,springfield4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #f4ic ,strongville4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #aj2 ,presb4 ,ch41 #e2 for ,ladies' ,hall1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #ae4jj ,twinsburgh4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #ah2 ,mrs4 ,truman ,buell1 #aj2 ,j4 ,r4 ,parmelee1 #b #cj4jj ,weymouth4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,ladies' ,hall1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #d4ge ,youngstown4 8,a ,friend10 for ,ladies' ,hall1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #aj4jj ,,illinois1 #fcj4fb4 ,chesterfield4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ad4jj ,chicago4 ---- #aej2 ,new ,england ,cong4 ,ch41 #abe4he2 ,clinton ,st4 ,cong4 ,ch4 7#cj of which to const4 ,,dea ,s4 ,s4 ,,wright1 ,l4 ,m471 #cc4da2 ---- #ab4bc #cba4di ,chicago4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ej4jj ,chicago4 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc41 ,bethany ,ch41 for ,lady ,missionary in ,mobile1 ,ala4 #ab4bc ,galva4 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 #ac4cb2 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 #aa4fh1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #be4jj ,joliet4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,t4 ,murray #b4jj ,north ,hampton4 ,r4 ,w4 ,gilliam1 for ,lady ,missionary in ,new ,orleans #e4jj ,rockford4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #dc4gh ,rockford4 ,mrs4 ,john ,l4 ,page1 to furnish a ,room1 ,atlanta ,u4 #be4jj ,rockford4 ,ladies of ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #be2 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #be1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ej4jj ,streator4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,w4 ,bainum #e4jj ,sycamore4 ,j4 ,h4 ,rogers1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ej4jj ,sycamore4 ,h4 ,wood1 for ,lady ,missionary in ,new ,orleans #aj4jj ,western ,springs4 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,c4 ,armstrong1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #aa4ab ,wyanet4 ,j4 ,r4 ,p4 #a4jj ---- 8,a ,friend0 #e4jj ,,michigan4 #ajf4ga4 ,charlotte4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ae4jj ,edwardsburgh4 ,saml4 ,c4 ,olmstead #be4jj ,hillsdale4 ,j4 ,w4 ,ford #b4jj ,imlay ,city4 ,woman's ,missionary ,soc4 #ab4jj ,olivet4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #dj4ga ,pontiac4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #c4jj ,salem4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4jj ,wacousta4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,,wisconsin1 #bjb4jh4 ,koshkomong4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #i4hg ,racine4 ,ladies' ,foreign ,miss4 ,soc41 #ai2 ,sab4 ,sch41 #f1 for ,le ,moyne ,ind4 ,sch4 #be4jj ,wautoma4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4jj ,west ,de ,pere4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aa4fa ,white ,water4 8,friends10 by ,c4 ,m4 ,blackman1 for ,le ,moyne ,inst4 #aec4fj ,,iowa1 #bjd4ih ,algona4 ,woman's ,miss4 ,soc41 for ,lady ,missionary in ,new ,orleans #c4ab ,belle ,plain4 8,a few ,friends10 for ,lady ,missionary in ,new ,orleans #c4ge ,burlington4 ,mrs4 ,elizabeth ,s4 ,grimes1 to furnish a ,room1 ,atlanta ,u4 #be4jj ,charles ,city4 ,woman's ,miss4 ,soc41 for ,lady ,missionary in ,new ,orleans #aj4jj ,corning4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4ab ,creston4 ,mrs4 ,perrigo1 #aj2 ,rev4 ,u4 ,c4 ,bosworth1 #i2 ,mrs4 ,h41 #a1 for ,student ,aid1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #bj4jj ,danville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4ae ,earlville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4jj ,hillsborough4 ,john ,w4 ,hammond #e4jj ,iowa ,city4 ,individuals1 by ,c4 ,a4 ,m4 ,currier #a4ej ,mc,gregor4 ,woman's ,missionary ,soc4 #ad4if ,mitchel4 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,lady ,missionary in ,new ,orleans #f4jj ,montour4 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc41 for ,lady ,missionary in ,new ,orleans #g4jj ,new ,hampton4 ,woman's ,miss4 ,soc41 for ,lady ,missionary in ,new ,orleans #e4bj ,new ,hampton4 ,woman's ,miss4 ,soc4 #b4cc ,newtown4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #ae4fb1 and ,sab4 ,sch41 #b #ag4fb ,ogden4 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,lady ,missionary in ,new ,orleans #aa4jj ,osage4 ,juvenile ,miss4 ,soc41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #aa4fh ,osage4 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,lady ,missionary in ,new ,orleans #aj4jj ,osage4 ,woman's ,miss4 ,soc4 #c4jj ,riceville4 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,lady ,missionary in ,new ,orleans #e4jj ,rockford4 ,woman's ,miss4 ,soc41 for ,lady ,missionary in ,new ,orleans #c4gj ,stacyville4 ,woman's ,miss4 ,soc41 #c2 8,willing ,helpers10 #a4ce1 for ,lady ,missionary in ,new ,orleans #d4ce ,toledo4 ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,lady ,missionary in ,new ,orleans #e4ej ,waterloo4 ,woman's ,miss4 ,soc41 for ,lady ,missionary in ,new ,orleans #aj4jj ,wentworth4 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,lady ,missionary in ,new ,orleans #b4jj ,,minnesota1 #da4cg4 ,duluth4 ,plymouth ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4ed ,hutchinson4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #a4ej ,lake ,city4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,mankato4 ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,lady ,missionary in ,new ,orleans #c4ig ,minneapolis4 ,plymouth ,ch4 #bj4cf ,,kansas1 #aj4 ,wild ,cat4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,b4 ,peirce #aj4jj ,,nebraska1 #d4fa4 ,camp ,creek4 ,cong4 ,ch4 for ,lady ,missionary in ,new ,orleans #b4fa ,waverly4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4jj ,,tennessee1 #agi4bj4 ,nashville4 ,fisk ,u41 ,tuition #agh4gj ,whiteside4 ,g4 ,w4 ,j4 #j4ej ,,alabama1 #e4ad4 ,talladega4 ,talladega ,college #e4ad ,,mississippi1 #aaj4fe ,tougaloo4 ,tuition1 #ee4ej2 ,rent1 #ej2 ,tougaloo ,u41 #e4ae #aaj4fe ,,england1 #dhb4ej4 ,london4 ,freedmen's ,missions ,aid ,soc41 for ,fisk ,u41 #ajj #dhb4ej --------- ,total #af1bfh4gb 99 99 99 99 99 ,,for ,,tillotson ,,collegiate ,,and ,,normal ,,institute1 ,,austin1 ,,texas4 ,southampton1 ,mass4 ,collected by ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch4 #ah4jj ,westborough1 ,mass4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #bd4jj ,westfield1 ,mass4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #ab2 ,second ,cong4 ,ch41 #ab #bd4jj ,worcester1 ,mass4 ,ladies in ,central ,cong4 ,ch41 #ca4ej2 ,ladies in ,union ,ch41 #ac4ej2 ,ladies in ,salem ,st4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #aj2 ,ladies in ,piedmont ,cong4 ,ch41 #e1 by ,mrs4 ,g4 ,henry ,whitcomb #fj4jj ,worcester1 ,mass4 ,freedmen's ,mission ,ass'n1 bbl4 of ,c4 ,central ,falls1 ,r4 ,i4 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch4 #bd1 and box of ,bedding #bd4jj ,east ,haven1 ,conn4 ,julius ,morris #e4jj ,fair ,haven1 ,conn4 ,h4 ,h4 ,strong #aj4jj ,fair ,haven1 ,conn4 ,mrs4 ,h4 ,c ,hurd #a4jj ,guilford1 ,conn4 ,mrs4 ,lucy ,e4 ,tuttle #ajj4jj ,guilford1 ,conn4 ,third ,cong4 ,ch41 #aa2 ,miss ,l4 ,c4 ,dudley1 #aj #ba4jj ,hartford1 ,conn4 ,d4 ,h4 ,wells #ej4jj ,meriden1 ,conn4 ,centre ,cong4 ,ch4 #ai4jj ,middletown1 ,conn4 ,mrs4 ,benj4 ,douglass #be4jj ,new ,haven1 ,conn4 8,member ,davenport ,cong4 ,ch40 #ej4jj ,new ,haven1 ,conn4 ,e4 ,b4 ,bowditch #be4jj ,new ,haven1 ,conn4 ,simeon ,e4 ,baldwin1 #bj2 ,mrs4 ,alex4 ,mc,alister1 #e #be4jj ,new ,haven1 ,conn4 ,mrs4 ,emmeline ,smith #aj4jj ,new ,haven1 ,conn4 ,j4 ,l4 ,ensign #e4jj ,new ,haven1 ,conn4 ,r4 ,e4 ,rice #e4jj ,waterbury1 ,conn4 ,charles ,e4 ,webster #aj4jj ,mendon1 ,ill4 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,fowler #abe4jj ,allegan1 ,mich4 ,mrs4 ,r4 ,e4 ,booth #djj4jj -------- ,total #a1jcf4jj 99 99 99 99 99 ,,for ,,missions ,,in ,,africa4 ,leeds1 ,eng4 ,robert ,arthington1 conditional pledge1 #c1jjj ,london1 ,eng4 ,freedmen's ,missions ,aid ,soc41 #ccb #a1fja4ij ,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,treas41 #ef ,reade ,st41 ,n4 ,y4 99 99 99 99 99 ,constitution of the ,american ,missionary ,association4 ,,incorporated ,,january #cj1 #ahdi4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,art4 ,i4 ,this ,society shall be called 8,,the ,,american ,,missionary ,,association40 ,,art4 ,,ii4 ,the object of this ,association shall be to conduct ,christian missionary and educational operations1 and diffuse a knowledge of the ,holy ,scriptures in our own and other countries which are destitute of them1 or which present open and urgent fields of effort4 ,,art4 ,,iii4 ,any person of evangelical sentiments1,a who professes faith in the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 who is not a slaveholder1 or in the practice of other immoralities1 and who contributes to the funds1 may become a member of the ,society2 and by the payment of thirty dollars1 a life member2 provided that children and others who have not professed their faith may be constituted life members without the privilege of voting4 ,,art4 ,,iv4 ,this ,society shall meet annually1 in the month of ,september1 ,october or ,november1 for the election of officers and the transaction of other business1 at such time and place as shall be designated by the ,executive ,committee4 ,,art4 ,v4 ,the annual meeting shall be constituted of the regular officers and members of the ,society at the time of such meeting1 and of delegates from churches1 local missionary societies1 and other co-operating bodies1 each body being entitled to one representative4 ,,art4 ,,vi4 ,the officers of the ,society shall be a ,president1 ,vice-,presidents1 a ,recording ,secretary1 ,corresponding ,secretaries1 ,treasurer1 two ,auditors1 and an ,executive ,committee of not less than twelve1 of which the ,corresponding ,secretaries shall be advisory1 and the ,treasurer ex-officio1 members4 ,,art4 ,,vii4 ,to the ,executive ,committee shall belong the collecting and disbursing of funds2 the appointing1 counselling1 sustaining and dismissing 7for just and sufficient reasons7 missionaries and agents2 the selection of missionary fields2 and1 in general1 the transaction of all such business as usually appertains to the executive committees of missionary and other benevolent societies2 the ,committee to exercise no ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the missionaries2 and its doings to be subject always to the revision of the annual meeting1 which shall1 by a reference mutually chosen1 always entertain the complaints of any aggrieved agent or missionary2 and the decision of such reference shall be final4 ,the ,executive ,committee shall have authority to fill all vacancies occurring among the officers between the regular annual meetings2 to apply1 if they see fit1 to any ,state ,legislature for acts of incorporation2 to fix the compensation1 where any is given1 of all officers1 agents1 missionaries1 or others in the employment of the ,society2 to make provision1 if any1 for disabled missionaries1 and for the widows and children of such as are deceased2 and to call1 in all parts of the country1 at their discretion1 special and general conventions of the friends of missions1 with a view to the diffusion of the missionary spirit2 and the general and vigorous promotion of the missionary work4 ,five members of the ,committee shall constitute a quorum for transacting business4 ,,art ,,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 ,,art ,,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 ,,art ,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 do so1 if so submitted7 in the regular official notifications of the meeting4 ,,footnote3 ,a ,by evangelical sentiments1 we understand1 among others1 a belief in the guilty and lost condition of all men without a ,saviour2 the ,supreme ,deity1 ,incarnation and ,atoning ,sacrifice of ,jesus ,christ1 the only ,saviour of the world2 the necessity of regeneration by the ,holy ,spirit1 repentance1 faith and holy obedience in order to salvation2 the immortality of the soul2 and the retributions of the judgment in the eternal punishment of the wicked1 and salvation of the righteous4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,american ,missionary ,association4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,aim ,,and ,,work4 ,to preach the ,gospel to the poor4 ,it originated in a sympathy with the almost friendless slaves4 ,since ,emancipation it has devoted its main efforts to preparing the ,,freedmen for their duties as citizens and ,christians in ,america and as missionaries in ,africa4 ,as closely related to this1 it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted ,,chinese in ,america1 and to co-operate with the ,government in its humane and ,christian policy towards the ,,indians4 ,it has also a mission in ,,africa4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,statistics4 ,,churches3 ,in the ,south--,in ,va41 #a2 ,n4 ,c41 #f2 ,s4 ,c41 #b2 ,ga41 #ac2 ,ky41 #f2 ,tenn41 #d2 ,ala41 #ad2 ,la41 #ag2 ,miss41 #d2 ,texas1 #f4 ,africa1 #b4 ,among the ,indians1 #a4 ,total #gf4 ,,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 #ca4 ,total #ea4 ,,teachers1 ,,missionaries ,,and ,,assistants4--,among the ,freedmen1 #bhd2 among the ,chinese1 #bb2 among the ,indians1 #aa2 in ,africa1 #ac4 ,total1 #ccj4 ,,students--,in ,theology1 #ajb2 ,law1 #bc2 in ,college ,course1 #ge2 in other studies1 #g1heb4 ,total1 #h1jeb4 ,scholars taught by former pupils of our schools1 estimated at #aej1jjj4 ,,indians under the care of the ,association1 #ac1jjj4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,wants4 #a4 ,a steady ,,increase of regular income to keep pace with the growing work4 ,this increase can only be reached by regular and larger contributions from the churches--the feeble as well as the strong4 #b4 ,,additional ,,buildings for our higher educational institutions1 to accommodate the increasing numbers of students2 ,,meeting ,,houses for the new churches we are organizing2 ,,more ,,ministers1 cultured and pious1 for these churches4 #c4 ,,help ,,for ,,young ,,men1 to be educated as ministers here and missionaries to ,africa--a pressing want4 ,before sending boxes1 always correspond with the nearest ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 office1 as below3 ,,new ,,york ,h4 ,w4 ,hubbard1 ,esq41 ,treasurer1 #ef ,reade ,street4 ,,boston ,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,woodworth1 ,dis't ,sec41 ,room #ba ,congregational ,house4 ,,chicago ,rev4 ,jas4 ,powell1 ,dis't ,sec41 #aab ,west ,washington ,street4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,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 99 99 99 99 99 ,,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 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now greater than ever before4 ,this ,ink received the ,diploma and ,medal at ,centennial over all rivals4 ,report of ,judges3 8,for simplicity of application and indelibility40 ,,inquire ,,for ,,payson',s ,,combination666 ,sold by all ,druggists1 ,stationers and ,news ,agents1 and by many ,fancy ,goods and ,furnishing ,houses4 99 99 99 99 99 ,w4 ,b4 ,,douglas1 ,middletown1 ,conn41 ,,manufacturers ,,of ,,pumps1 ,,hydraulic ,,rams1 ,,garden ,,engines1 ,,pump ,,chain ,,and ,,fixtures1 ,,iron ,,curbs1 ,,yard ,,hydrants1 ,,street ,,washers1 ,,etc4 ,illustration ,highest ,medal awarded them by the ,universal ,exposition at ,paris1 ,france1 in #ahfg2 ,vienna1 ,austria1 in #ahgc2 and ,philadelphia1 #ahgf4 ,founded in #ahcb4 ,branch ,warehouses3 #he #hg ,john ,st4 ,,new ,,york1 ,,and #aig ,lake ,street1 ,,chicago4 ,for ,sale by all ,regular ,dealers4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,unique ,,weekly4 ,,the ,,new ,,york ,,weekly ,,witness1 ,now in its ninth year1 has a circulation of fifty-three thousand1 scattered over the entire continent4 ,from the first it has maintained a thoroughly independent stand in politics1 discussing all public questions of interest from a ,christian standpoint4 ,in religion it takes the same ground with the ,evangelical ,alliance2 in temperance1 with the ,national ,temperance ,society1 and as regards the oppressed races1 with the ,american ,missionary ,association4 ,it gives summaries of the week's news1 full ,prices ,current and ,financial ,reports1 and copious selections from the best editorials of the ,new ,york daily papers of both parties4 ,it also gives reports of important religious and temperance meetings and makes a specialty of a daily report of the ,fulton ,street ,prayer ,meeting1 which has been a much-prized portion of the paper4 ,it stands almost alone in the ,new ,york press in reporting the ,progress of the ,independent ,catholic ,movement4 ,a chief specialty of the ,witness is its ,home ,department1 consisting of letters from women1 discussing questions of domestic and social interest4 ,so much is this department prized that every week for several years has brought more letters from all parts of the country than we can insert in the three columns allotted to it4 ,there is also a column of children's letters for which we have received a constant overflowing stream of juvenile correspondence4 ,the interest with which children read this column is remarkable4 ,there is an extensive literary department of the ,witness filled with tales1 mostly for children1 and extracts from the best weekly and monthly papers4 ,it has also a department for letters from all parts of the ,union1 chiefly from the ,south and ,west1 giving information concerning various parts the country4 ,the ,witness will be found to contain more readable1 instructive1 and interesting matter than perhaps any other weekly1 and to combine in one sheet the excellencies of a newspaper1 a commercial paper1 a religious paper1 a temperance paper1 an agricultural 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