,,vol4 ,,xxxiv4 ,no4 #a4 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 8,to the ,poor the ,gospel is ,preached40 ,,january1 #ahhj4 ,,contents3 ,,editorial4 ,,salutations #a ,,our ,,enlarged ,,work #b ,,prof4 ,,chase ,,in ,,africa #c ,,indian ,,boys ,,at ,,hampton #d ,,paragraphs--,,satisfied #e ,,items ,,from ,,the ,,field #f ,,general ,,notes #h ,,the ,,freedmen4 ,,vacation ,,reports3 ,prof4 ,t4 ,n4 ,chase #i ,,woman',s ,,work ,,for ,,woman3 ,miss ,l4 ,a4 ,parmelee #ab ,,the ,,georgia ,,conference #ad ,,the ,,central ,,south ,,conference #ae ,,georgia--,thanksgiving ,services and ,first ,impressions3 ,rev4 ,c4 ,w4 ,hawley #af ,,alabama--,emerson ,institute1 #ahfe to #ahgi3 ,rev4 ,o4 ,d4 ,crawford #ag ,,alabama--,shelby ,iron ,works--,a ,revival #ai ,,tennessee--,a ,student ,aided3 ,rev4 ,e4 ,m4 ,cravath #ai ,,tennessee1 ,,memphis--,health1 ,business1 c43 ,prof4 ,a4 ,j4 ,steele #bj ,,the ,,indians4 ,s',,kokomish ,,agency--,homes and ,schools1 ,lands and ,titles3 ,edwin ,eells1 ,agent #bb ,,the ,,chinese4 ,,santa ,,barbara ,,mission--,chin ,fung3 ,rev4 ,w4 ,c4 ,pond #bc ,,children',s ,,page4 ,,amateur ,,heathen #be ,,receipts4 #bg 99 99 99 99 99 ,,new ,,york3 ,published by the ,american ,missionary ,association1 ,,rooms1 #ef ,,reade ,,street4 99 99 99 99 99 ,price1 #ej ,cents a ,year1 in advance4 ,entered at the ,post ,office at ,new ,york1 ,n4 ,y41 as second-class matter4 ,american ,missionary ,association1 #ef ,,reade ,,street1 ,n4 ,y4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,president4 ,,hon4 ,e4 ,s4 ,,tobey1 ,boston4 ,,vice-,,presidents4 ,hon4 ,f4 ,d4 ,,parish1 ,ohio4 ,hon4 ,e4 ,d4 ,,holton1 ,wis4 ,hon4 ,,william ,,claflin1 ,mass4 ,,andrew ,,lester1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,y4 ,rev4 ,,stephen ,,thurston1 ,d4 ,d41 ,me4 ,rev4 ,,samuel ,,harris1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ct4 ,,wm4 ,c4 ,,chapin1 ,esq41 ,r4 ,i4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,t4 ,,eustis1 ,d4 ,d41 ,mass4 ,hon4 ,a4 ,c4 ,,barstow1 ,r4 ,i4 ,rev4 ,,thatcher ,,thayer1 ,d4 ,d41 ,r4 ,i4 ,rev4 ,,ray ,,palmer1 ,d4 ,d41 ,n4 ,j4 ,rev4 ,,edward ,,beecher1 ,d4 ,d41 ,n4 ,y4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,m4 ,,sturtevant1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ill4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,w4 ,,patton1 ,d4 ,d41 ,d4 ,c4 ,hon4 ,,seymour ,,straight1 ,la4 ,,horace ,,hallock1 ,esq41 ,mich4 ,rev4 ,,cyrus ,w4 ,,wallace1 ,d4 ,d41 ,n4 ,h4 ,rev4 ,,edward ,,hawes1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ct4 ,,douglas ,,putnam1 ,esq41 ,ohio4 ,hon4 ,,thaddeus ,,fairbanks1 ,vt4 ,,samuel ,d4 ,,porter1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,y4 ,rev4 ,m4 ,m4 ,g4 ,,dana1 ,d4 ,d41 ,minn4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,w4 ,,beecher1 ,n4 ,y4 ,gen4 ,o4 ,o4 ,,howard1 ,oregon4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,f4 ,,magoun1 ,d4 ,d41 ,iowa4 ,col4 ,c4 ,g4 ,,hammond1 ,ill4 ,,edward ,,spaulding1 ,m4 ,d41 ,n4 ,h4 ,,david ,,ripley1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,j4 ,rev4 ,,wm4 ,m4 ,,barbour1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ct4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,l4 ,,gage1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ct4 ,a4 ,s4 ,,hatch1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,y4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,h4 ,,fairchild1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ohio4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,a4 ,,stimson1 ,minn4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,w4 ,,strong1 ,d4 ,d41 ,minn4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,stone1 ,d4 ,d41 ,california4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,h4 ,,atkinson1 ,d4 ,d41 ,oregon4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,e4 ,,rankin1 ,d4 ,d41 ,d4 ,c4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,chapin1 ,d4 ,d41 ,wis4 ,s4 ,d4 ,,smith1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,,peter ,,smith1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,dea4 ,,john ,c4 ,,whitin1 ,mass4 ,hon4 ,j4 ,b4 ,,grinnell1 ,iowa4 ,rev4 ,,wm4 ,t4 ,,carr1 ,ct4 ,rev4 ,,horace ,,winslow1 ,ct4 ,sir ,,peter ,,coats1 ,scotland4 ,rev4 ,,henry ,,allon1 ,d4 ,d41 ,london1 ,eng4 ,,wm4 ,e4 ,,whiting1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,y4 ,j4 ,m4 ,,pinkerton1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,e4 ,a4 ,,graves1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,j4 ,rev4 ,f4 ,a4 ,,noble1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ill4 ,,daniel ,,hand1 ,esq41 ,ct4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,williston1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,f4 ,,beard1 ,d4 ,d41 ,n4 ,y4 ,,frederick ,,billings1 ,esq41 ,vt4 ,,joseph ,,carpenter1 ,esq41 ,r4 ,i4 ,rev4 ,e4 ,p4 ,,goodwin1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ill4 ,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,,goodell1 ,d4 ,d41 ,mo4 ,j4 ,w4 ,,scoville1 ,esq41 ,ill4 ,e4 ,w4 ,,blatchford1 ,esq41 ,ill4 ,c4 ,d4 ,,talcott1 ,esq41 ,ct4 ,rev4 ,,john ,k4 ,,mclean1 ,d4 ,d41 ,cal4 ,rev4 ,,richard ,,cordley1 ,d4 ,d41 ,kansas4 ,,corresponding ,,secretary4 ,,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 ,,strieby1 ,d4 ,d41 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,n4 ,y4 ,,district ,,secretaries4 ,,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,,woodworth1 ,boston4 ,,rev4 ,g4 ,d4 ,,pike1 ,new ,york4 ,,rev4 ,,jas4 ,,powell1 ,chicago4 ,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,,esq41 ,treasurer1 ,n4 ,y4 ,,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 ,,strieby1 ,recording ,secretary4 ,,executive ,,committee4 ,,alonzo ,s4 ,,ball1 ,a4 ,s4 ,,barnes1 ,,geo4 ,m4 ,,boynton1 ,,wm4 ,b4 ,,brown1 ,c4 ,t4 ,,christensen1 ,,clinton ,b4 ,,fisk1 ,,addison ,p4 ,,foster1 ,s4 ,b4 ,,halliday1 ,,samuel ,,holmes1 ,,charles ,a4 ,,hull1 ,,edgar ,,ketchum1 ,,chas4 ,l4 ,,mead1 ,,wm4 ,t4 ,,pratt1 ,j4 ,a4 ,,shoudy1 ,,john ,h4 ,,washburn1 ,g4 ,b4 ,,willcox4 ,,communications relating to the work of the ,association may be addressed to the ,corresponding ,secretary2 those relating to the collecting fields to the ,district ,secretaries2 letters for the ,editor of the 8,american ,missionary10 to ,rev4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,boynton1 at the ,new ,york ,office4 ,,donations ,,and ,,subscriptions may be sent to ,h4 ,w4 ,hubbard1 ,treasurer1 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,new ,york1 or when more convenient1 to either of the ,branch ,offices1 #ba ,congregational ,house1 ,boston1 ,mass41 or #aab ,west ,washington ,street1 ,chicago1 ,ill4 ,a payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a ,life ,member4 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,vol4 ,,xxxiv4 ,,january1 #ahhj4 ,no4 #a4 99 99 99 99 99 ,american ,missionary ,association4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,salutations4 ,we extend to our friends the salutations of the season1 and rejoice that we can do it with more of gratitude and hopefulness than we have been privileged to do for many years4 ,like ,bunyan's ,pilgrim1 we have passed through the ,slough of ,despond1 and the heavy load of ,debt has fallen from our shoulders2 but1 as in the case of the ,pilgrim1 this is no signal to us1 or our friends1 for rest in the ,arbor1 but for addressing ourselves to the real ,christian life-work before us4 #a4 ,in this we have many things to encourage us3 7#a47 ,the renewed prosperity of the country puts it into the hands of our friends to aid us in the needed enlargement of the work before us4 ,we are grateful for the help given in the dark days of business stagnation1 and we hope that with the reviving industry and commercial activity1 gratitude to ,god and love for ,his cause will stimulate the friends of the poor to increased liberality4 7#b47 ,there is a more full realization of the importance of our work4 ,never before since the war has the ,north so well understood that the only real solution of the ,southern problem is in the intelligence and real piety of the ,,freedmen4 ,every day's developments make this the more plain4 ,in like manner the rights and wrongs of the ,,indian never forced him upon public attention with a more imperative demand for answer4 ,so1 too1 the right of the ,,chinaman to a home and legal protection on the ,pacific coast1 has never become more clearly defined or more intelligently recognized4 ,constitutional enactments and hoodlum mobs have only set forth his wrongs more sharply and made our duty more plain4 ,africa looms up with more distinctness as a field of ,christian labor4 ,not only triumphant exploration and crowding missionary enterprises stir the ,christian heart1 but the very difficulties and disasters arouse new zeal4 ,our hopeful endeavors to introduce the colored man of ,america as a missionary to the land of his fathers adds a new element of hope and activity4 7#c47 ,the most encouraging outlook before us1 however1 is in the deeper spiritual and prayerful interest which our work awakens4 ,among other signs of this fact are the aroused attention of the praying women of the ,north to the woes and wants of the colored women and girls in the ,south1 the increasing volume of prayer going up from the churches of the ,north for ,africa1 and the prayer and consecration awakened in its behalf among the colored people of the ,south4 ,but above all1 we believe that the followers of ,christ are coming to realize that in this whole range of work it is only in the ,divine arm that effectual help can be found4 #b4 ,we have a great work before us4 7#a47 ,in our own special field we have the urgent call to make the repairs and improvements which we were compelled to refuse when in our great struggle for the payment of the debt4 ,these can no longer be denied1 in some cases1 without sacrificing the health of the missionaries and teachers1 as well as the progress of the work4 7#b47 ,the call for enlargement confronts us on all sides4 ,we cannot meet the demand in the public mind at the ,north if we stand still1 and still less can we meet that of overcrowded schools and for new churches in the ,south4 ,we refer our readers to the following article for some stirring details on this subject4 7#c47 ,our friends need to be on their guard against one incidental drawback4 ,the ,presidential election occurs this year1 and the experience of this1 and all other missionary societies1 shows that such years mark diminished receipts4 ,we can only say to our friends3 ,do your duty at the ballot-box1 but do not forget the contribution-box and the prayer for missions6 99 99 99 99 99 ,,our ,,enlarged ,,work4 ,we have been saying for a long time1 when we are free from debt we will do more work1 and now that we are free1 we have felt constrained at once to begin the fulfillment of that promise4 ,the great question is to find the just mean between cowardice and rashness4 ,no organization like ours can say1 we will never spend a cent that we have not in our treasury1 for we have to make engagements amounting to many times the sum at our present command4 ,we must follow the leadings of ,providence not only1 but its indications1 and rely on ,god's people to sustain us in our anticipations of what they will do4 ,in our ,salutation to our friends1 we spoke of the call for the enlargement of our work that confronts us on all sides4 ,during the struggle of the past few years for the payment of our debt1 we could have but one answer for the pressing appeals that came to us for more room and better accommodations--an answer which was hard to give and hard to receive1 for those who saw so clearly the great good that would result from a comparatively slight expenditure of money4 ,but now that the debt is paid1 our friends must tell us whether we can venture to make a different and more cheering answer to our appeals4 ,these appeals are coming to us from ,mississippi1 ,louisiana1 ,alabama1 ,georgia1 ,north ,carolina1 c41 as may be seen by noticing the 8,items from the ,field10 in this number of the ,,missionary4 ,these items were taken without any special reference to this article1 and surprise us1 as we glance over them1 by the needs which they disclose4 ,in addition to these1 we give just here a few extracts from letters not quoted in our 8,items40 ,one teacher writes3 8,our school opened with a rush4 ,it reminded me of the time when ,i used to attend lectures at ,l--4 ,a crowd would assemble1 and as soon as the doors were opened they would press in1 each intent on the best seat4 ,so it was in my schoolroom1 each parent striving to get the first chance to enter his child or children2 and ever since the opening1 ,i have had to turn away applicants1 though they begged with tears to be admitted40 ,another3 8,if our number increases this year in the same proportion as two years ago1 in ,february we shall have #aba boarders2 if the same proportion as last year1 we shall have #acd4 ,we can not find room for any such number4 ,from present prospects we shall reach that number4 ,if anything is going to be done by way of enlarging this year1 we ought to order lumber immediately40 ,and in a subsequent letter3 8,we have more young women boarding than we have had at any time before since ,i have been here1 and several others have engaged rooms4 ,every room in the ,ladies' ,hall is filled4 ,two rooms have four in them4 ,miss ,e4 expects to arrange beds in the sitting-room4 ,we cannot put four into our #aj x #ad rooms4 ,the new scholars this fall have mostly come from schools that have been taught by our pupils1 and have been able to go into the ,preparatory ,department40 ,still another3 8,something must be done for our relief at once4 ,we are overrunning full40 ,from another the story is3 8,i wonder if all your stations have such increasing wants as this one has6 ,we trust that our request for another teacher is honored by an appointment4 ,we intimated that our wants would still increase4 ,this is verified4 ,the question now before us is this3 ,how much enlargement of this work can you make8 ,are your means equal to the demand8 ,now1 we wish that our building were larger by two rooms2 especially so1 since many tell us that a large number are planning to begin school after ,christmas4 ,we submit very earnestly the proposal that we be authorized to rent a building that is contiguous to our grounds1 and that you send a sixth teacher to occupy it4 ,if we do thorough work this year1 the demand another year will require a permanent enlargement of room4 ,we unite in the most earnest wish that you not only send us the fifth teacher1 but also the sixth40 ,we have already appropriated several thousand dollars more than in previous years upon the ,southern field1 and that mainly in the work of ,christian education4 ,if our readers only knew the many things we have not done1 they would count the expansion to be very little4 ,among other things1 as was indicated in the ,annual ,report1 and as is set forth more explicitly elsewhere1 we have enlarged our ,indian work1 not in the far ,west1 but in ,virginia4 ,we have allowed something more for the foreign field1 and added a few hundred dollars for the ,chinese ,mission in ,california4 ,our friends will have the satisfaction this year of knowing that their gifts all go to do the work which presses now2 no more is needed to fill up the hollows of the land through which we travelled long ago4 ,they must not fail us1 then1 who have helped us in our distress2 but much more1 stand by us1 now that they have enabled us to give ourselves wholly to the wants to be met and to the work in hand4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,professor ,,chase ,,in ,,africa4 ,it has for some months seemed desirable to the ,executive ,committee that an experienced man1 in the carefulness of whose inspection and the calmness of whose judgment they might fully rely1 should go to see for them1 with his own eyes1 the field on the ,west ,coast of ,africa1 the missionary band1 and the work it is doing4 ,the great difficulty has been to lay hands upon a man who should unite with the qualifications required the willingness and the ability to go4 ,that obstacle has given way at last1 and an embassy is on the way4 ,prof4 ,thomas ,n4 ,chase had been detailed from his duties as an instructor in ,greek at ,atlanta1 where his eminent abilities have been most fully proved by the annual examinations of his classes1 and where his presence has been valued for his manifold service1 for special duties in superintending the plans and erection of buildings in the ,southern field4 ,some important preliminary work had been accomplished in that direction1 when it was found that the money which was anticipated for this purpose would not be at the disposal of the ,association for some months4 ,prof4 ,chase being thus open to our call1 and being the man of all men we should have chosen for this post1 the proposal was made to him that he should take this trip to the ,mendi ,mission1 and inspect the work4 ,after some hesitation1 but with much less than was anticipated1 and regarding the circumstances and the call as of the ,lord1 he consented1 with the full agreement in his decision of his excellent and devoted wife4 ,on the sixth of ,december he sailed from ,new ,york for ,liverpool1 expecting to take the steamer thence to ,freetown on the twentieth of ,december1 and to be in the field at ,good ,hope by the middle of ,january4 ,he is accompanied by the ,rev4 ,joseph ,e4 ,smith1 a graduate of ,atlanta1 who has been for three years in charge of important churches in the ,south1 and in whom we have every reason to place the highest confidence4 ,mr4 ,smith will1 we hope1 conclude to remain with the mission1 although that matter is left to his decision4 ,we believe that he will do what he thinks the ,master wishes4 ,meanwhile he will do good service as a companion of ,prof4 ,chase1 to care for him and aid him in the accomplishment of his work4 ,important questions as to the permanent location of the stations1 the distribution of the work among the missionaries1 and their more complete equipment will be decided1 and with the ,lord's blessing on them we hope for results of lasting value from this embassy4 ,it is just the time of the year when such a mission can most safely and effectively be prosecuted4 ,they will reach the country and have three mouths of the dry season1 if so long a time shall be needed1 before it will be necessary that they should come away4 ,they realize1 as we do1 that there is always some peril in going to the ,west ,coast1 especially for a white man2 but the professor is in his prime1 of sound health1 and we believe will be so prudent in all matters of exposure and of living that we have no great fears for him4 ,and yet1 when we remember those who have fallen1 we pray the ,lord1 and beg all the friends of ,africa to join with us in the prayer1 that ,he will keep these ,his servants from harm1 will prosper them in their mission and bring them back in health4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,our ,,indian ,,boys ,,at ,,hampton4 ,the ,association has1 after conference with ,general ,armstrong1 decided to make appropriations to aid the ,indian work at ,hampton as follows3 7#a47 ,it agrees to pay the salary of a teacher1 whose time is wholly devoted to this work1 and whose enthusiasm and success in it no one who attended the last commencement can have failed to remember4 7#b47 ,it will support these three boys3 ,james ,murie1 a ,pawnee from the ,indian ,territory1 a bright boy1 who is now in the ,preparatory ,department1 and will be able to enter the ,junior ,class next year2 ,jonathan ,heustice1 a ,pawnee with some colored blood1 apparently a very good boy2 and ,alexander ,peters1 a ,menomonee from ,wisconsin1 who comes well recommended by his teachers1 and is proving an interesting scholar4 7#c47 ,it will clothe the eight boys from ,fort ,berthold ,agency1 sent by the ,government last year1 and for whose support it is mainly responsible4 ,the total expense will be #a1dej4 ,we shall be very glad to receive contributions to this work1 or for any of these boys in particular1 from those who are specially interested in this new work of educating ,indian boys in our colored schools4 ,the success of the effort has been so marked1 that we no longer look on it as an experiment4 ,it is the application to this class of the same principle on which we believe the solution of the great problem of negro citizenship depends4 ,let us educate the teachers and the leaders for these races1 keeping them constantly surrounded by the most elevating ,christian influences1 and they will have great power in lifting up the masses1 who must be taught and ,christianized at home4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the news of the destruction of ,academic ,hall at ,hampton1 has reached the friends of that ,institution long ere this4 ,the origin of the fire is unknown2 it was discovered in the attic1 and was already beyond control4 ,in a couple of hours all was over4 ,an insurance amounting to about three-quarters of the expense incurred in building will1 in the lower prices now prevailing1 replace it to a great extent4 ,still it is a severe loss4 ,the value of the excellent organization of the school was made apparent in the perfect order which prevailed4 ,the honesty and loyalty of the students were thoroughly tested and triumphantly proved4 ,only a single day of school work was lost4 ,about #c1jjj will replace the loss on apparatus1 furniture1 library1 c4 ,the students lost about #a1bjj of personal property4 ,we trust that the friends of ,hampton--and they are many--will come generously and promptly to its relief4 99 99 99 99 99 ,our ,sunday-schools are in great need of special helps for their work1 and that of all sorts3 books for the library and for the service of song2 ,sunday-school banners1 maps and every thing of the kind4 ,are there not ,sunday-schools who have such material they have outgrown or laid aside1 and which they can send to us for the dark-skinned children of the ,south8 99 99 99 99 99 ,,satisfied4 ,he shall see of the travail of his soul1 and shall be satisfied4--,there are many motives which combine to urge the disciples of ,christ to energy and fidelity in the missionary work3 the wretchedness of those who lie in the darkness of heathendom1 and especially in the black night of savage superstition2 the wrongs and crimes which the introduction of a ,christian civilization would in time efface2 our sad anticipations for those on whom we must believe the ,lord will look with merciful and just consideration1 and yet who are surely not fit for the kingdom of ,god4 ,the fact of the command of ,christ were enough1 and especially that this was ,his last and parting charge4 ,but1 amid all these1 is there a motive so sweet and still so energizing as that which we have written above--that in the contemplation of ,his salvation accomplished among men1 the joy of our ,lord shall be full1 the purpose of ,his love attained1 and ,he content to have endured the flesh and the cross8 ,if we love ,him because ,he first loved us1 let us remember that ,his love was not a sentiment1 but a sacrifice2 that it was measured by what ,he did for us1 and for our salvation2 and that it is the sacred claim of ,his love upon ours1 that what sacrifice by us of time1 or strength1 or means1 or life itself1 may contribute to the fullness of ,his joy1 to the completeness of ,his satisfaction1 we should give with cheerful and continuous readiness4 ,other motives may bear upon us with now greater and now less force2 special calls may be heard with more or less distinctness2 unusual disclosures of need may make us eager to relieve2 but through all1 and under all1 and greater than all1 is this1 that we may please our ,lord1 and contribute somewhat to the completeness of ,his redemption1 and to ,his satisfaction in the result of all that ,he has borne and done for sinful men4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,items ,,from ,,the ,,field4 ,,talladega1 ,,ala4--,the ,southern ,industrial ,association held its second annual fair at ,talladega1 ,ala41 ,november #aa-ad4 ,this ,association is officered in part and largely helped by ,talladega ,college1 and its object is to promote the industry and physical good of the ,freedmen4 ,the weather was favorable1 the attendance was large1 many coming quite a distance1 and the display of articles was unusually good4 ,in agricultural and garden products1 in fancy articles1 in needlework1 both plain and ornamental1 and in the culinary department1 especial excellence was shown4 ,the exhibition of stock was meagre1 with the exception of fowls1 which were numerous and remarkably fine4 ,some blacksmith's hammers1 tables1 and an upholstered chair1 would compare well with similar productions from the best ,northern workmen4 ,more than seven hundred entries were made1 and the premiums awarded were worth about three hundred dollars4 ,the fair stimulates industry1 and marks a real advance in the condition of the people4 ,many of our white friends paid well-deserved praise1 and one late slaveholder1 said to have owned nearly a hundred negroes1 was so pleased as to make a cash contribution to the treasury1 and offered to double it should there be a deficit4 ,on the last evening1 the ,college chapel was full to overflowing1 while ,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,harris1 of ,selma1 gave a very bold and moving and powerful address of more than an hour in length1 on the ,african in ,america4 ,the address showed what an ,african can do1 and it pointed out what an ,african should become4 ,take it all in all1 the ,fair marks a good step upward and gives fresh hope for the future4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,mcleansville1 ,n4 ,c4--,our school is growing larger--double what it was at the corresponding time last year4 ,many expect to come after ,christmas from abroad4 ,must enlarge our accommodations4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,tougaloo1 ,,miss4--,we now have seventy-nine boarders1 and have had to go into the barracks again4 ,a prospect of increased attendance1 and what to do with the students we can none of us imagine4 ,we ought to enlarge our accommodations immediately4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,mobile1 ,,ala4--,school overflowing4 ,if we have room and teaching force enough1 we shall have three hundred in attendance by ,february #ast4 ,without increased room and help we shall be obliged to turn away many that would enter the intermediate and normal departments4 ,we have already begun this at the primary door4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,atlanta1 ,,ga4--,mr4 ,a4 ,w4 ,farnham1 late principal of ,avery ,institute1 has become principal of the ,normal department of the ,university1 to assist in making the best teachers possible for that region4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,fisk ,,university4--,the number of pupils is rapidly increasing1 and there is a prospect that the students will be too many or the accommodations too few4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,woodville1 ,,ga4--,our school is crowded4 ,if you had not built the parsonage1 the pupils could not have been accommodated4 ,you have done a great deal of good for the people at this place4 ,almost every day1 children are refused admittance1 because we are so full4 ,the only hope of our church1 so far as ,i can see1 is in the children educated in our schools4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,new ,,orleans1 ,,la4--8,i wish you could have heard some of the expressions of gratitude to the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 in our services during your ,annual ,meeting in ,chicago4 ,the church observed the day by remembering the ,association in their ,tuesday evening prayer meeting40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,marion1 ,,ala4--,in one envelope yesterday1 the collection being for the ,a4 ,m4 ,a41 was #e from a hard-working man1 this being one-tenth of the man's crop--one bale of cotton1 which brought #cj--showing that your work for this people is not wholly unappreciated4 ,we made the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 a special subject of prayer at our church meeting last week4 ,sixty-three at ,sunday-school yesterday4 ,boys' meeting at the ,home fully attended4 ,we have had a 8reception0 at the ,home--all our people1 men1 women and children1 including babies4 ,we only want the special influences of the ,holy ,spirit4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,florence1 ,,ala4--,on the ,sabbath1 ,november #bc;d1 a new church edifice was dedicated at this place4 ,pastor ,wm4 ,h4 ,ash was assisted by ,field ,superintendent ,roy2 by student ,anderson1 from ,fisk ,university1 who had preached for the church the year before ,mr4 ,ash came2 by the ,presbyterian pastor1 who offered the prayer of dedication2 and by the ,m4 ,e4 ,south ,presiding ,elder4 ,fifty of the best white citizens of the place were present2 among them1 besides the ministers named1 two other ,methodist preachers1 ex-,governor ,patton and four lawyers4 ,these friends contributed freely to the balance needed 7#gj7 to put in the pulpit and pews1 which had not yet been secured4 ,it was all raised in a few minutes after the sermon4 ,the house is spoken of by the citizens as the only modern church in the place4 ,it is indeed a gem4 ,it is twenty-five by forty feet1 with a brick foundation1 a steep roof and a little belfry4 ,it is well painted on the outside1 and on the inside ceiled in varnished yellow pine4 ,the total cost was #iej4 ,it was built with great economy under the supervision of ,mr4 ,ash4 8,howard10 of ,boston1 is a man who knows how to make fine investments in this line1 as several of his ventures of this kind have proved4 ,to his #cjj1 the ,central ,congregational ,church1 of ,providence1 ,r4 ,i41 to which ,mr4 ,ash belongs1 added #ajj4 ,one year ago1 more than twenty of the influential and well-to-do members of this church removed to ,kansas1 else so much of aid would not have been needed4 ,we learn that those people are highly respected in the communities where they have settled4 ,pastor ,ash and his educated wife are greatly devoted to their people4 ,they are also teaching a parish school1 which is much approved4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,general ,,notes4 ,africa4 --,quite full accounts of the ,nyanza ,mission are given in the last two numbers of the ,church ,missionary ,intelligencer4 ,mr4 ,wilson set out ,august #bc1 #ahgh1 from ,kagei1 at the south end of the lake1 for ,mtesa'a capital1 at its northern extremity1 in the ,daisy1 but was wrecked on the way1 and compelled to take out a section of the boat with which to repair the rest of it4 ,eight weeks were thus occupied1 during which they received great kindness from the chief and people of ,uzongora1 a tribe which met ,stanley with great violence4 ,they arrived ,november sixth at ,uganda4 ,mtesa continued to treat them well1 despite the efforts of the ,arabs to prejudice him against them4 ,mr4 ,wilson had gone to meet the three missionaries who were coming to reinforce them by way of the ,nile4 ,mr4 ,mackay was teaching reading by charts to a large number of old and young4 ,some valuable conclusions have been reached by their experience--that they do not need ordained men yet so much as those experienced in practical work4 8,unless we succeed in elevating labor1 we shall get hearers1 but no doers4 ,hence slavery--domestic1 at least--cannot cease2 and if slavery does not cease1 polygamy will remain40 ,the need of ,english traders to take the place of the ,arabs1 who want slaves1 is emphasized4 ,the cost of maintenance is very trifling3 small presents secure an abundance of goats1 coffee1 plantains1 sugar-cane1 etc4 ,it is hoped that long ere this1 seven missionaries are together in ,uganda1 viz43 the ,revs4 ,o4 ,t4 ,wilson and ,g4 ,litchfield2 ,messrs4 ,mackay1 ,pearson1 ,felkin1 ,stokes and ,copplestone4 ,sixteen in all have been sent1 of whom six have died and three have returned sick4 --,the ,english ,independent of ,october #cj says3 8,it would seem1 from communications which have just been received1 that the wiles of ,french ,jesuits have already brought trouble to these missionaries4 ,a letter of introduction1 written by ,lord ,salisbury to ,king ,mtesa1 was read1 and gave great satisfaction4 ,soon after the arrival of the ,jesuits the aspect of affairs was changed4 ,the king accused the missionaries of playing him false1 an untruthful report having reached him that the ,egyptians were advancing their posts more to the south4 ,some months passed in a very unsatisfactory manner1 and at length one of the missionaries was allowed to go to ,egypt to prepare the way for the king's messengers1 who were to be accompanied by ,mr4 ,wilson2 two more were permitted to return to the south side of the lake1 #8on condition that they would thence send on to ,mtesa some mission stores left there4' ,at the end of ,june1 three remained at ,uganda1 without the necessary facilities either to carry on their mission work or to withdraw4 ,with such troubles they are beset1 through the combined intrigues of the enemies of corporeal and spiritual freedom40 --,the same paper says that no direct tidings have been received from the ,london ,missionary ,society's agents at ,ujiji on the ,tanganika1 and ascribes this break in communication to the ,arab slave traders1 and only hopes that their hostility has been limited to intercepting letters4 ,dr4 ,kirk1 the consul at ,zanzibar1 has been instructed to institute inquiries4 ,dr4 ,laws1 of the mission at ,livingstonia 7,scotch71 has been requested to send messengers to ,ujiji to learn the condition4 ,great solicitude is felt1 and a day of special prayer for ,divine guidance and help has been appointed4 ,the last accounts in the ,chronicle of the ,london ,missionary ,society report the death of ,rev4 ,a4 ,w4 ,dodgshun seven days after his arrival at ,ujiji1 on the way to which place he lost nearly all the goods belonging to that part of the expedition1 and the successful progress through ,ugogo of ,messrs4 ,southon and ,griffith3 they were in good health1 and confident of reaching their destination shortly4 --,the ,london ,telegraph1 of ,oct4 #bb1 says3 8,all alike will be interested in the following extract from a letter which has just been received from ,mr4 ,stanley1 the famous ,african explorer1 by an intimate friend4 ,the letter is dated from ,banana ,point1 at the mouth of the ,congo ,river1 ,sept4 #ac1 and says3 #8,all this year ,i have been very busy1 and have worked hard4 ,i have equipped one expedition on the ,east ,coast2 have reconstructed another--namely1 the ,international--of whose misfortune we have heard so often1 and have explored personally several new districts on the ,east ,coast4 ,having finished my work satisfactorily to myself1 my friends and those who sent me1 ,i came through the ,mediterranean and round to this spot1 where ,i arrived two years and four months ago1 on that glorious day on which we sighted old ocean after our rash descent of the ,livingstone4 99 99 99 ,and now ,i begin another mission seriously and deliberately1 with a grand object in view4 ,i am charged to open--and keep open1 if possible--all such districts and countries as ,i may explore for the commercial world4 ,the mission is supported by a philanthropic society which numbers noble-minded men of several nations4 ,it is not a religious society1 but my instructions are entirely of that spirit4 ,no violence must be used1 and wherever rejected1 the mission must withdraw to seek another field4 ,we have abundant means1 and1 therefore1 we are to purchase the very atmosphere1 if any demands be made upon us1 rather than violently oppose them4 ,in fact1 we must freely buy of all and every1 rather than resent1 and you know the sailor's commandment--#8,obey orders if it breaks owners'--is easier to keep than to stand upon one's rights4'0 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,freedmen4 ,,rev4 ,,jos4 ,e4 ,,roy1 ,d4,d41 ,,field ,,superintendent1 ,,atlanta1 ,,ga4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,vacation ,,reports4 ,,prof4 ,t4,n4 ,,chase1 ,,atlanta4 ,a stranger could hardly obtain a more vivid and correct idea of the far-reaching influence for good that one of the higher institutions of the ,american ,missionary ,association is exerting1 than by listening to the reports of the students as they return from their summer's work of teaching4 ,at ,atlanta ,university the first ,sunday afternoon of the fall term is devoted to these reports1 and to the teachers it is one of the happiest and most inspiring occasions of the whole year4 ,we wish that many of the readers of the ,,missionary could have been with us on last ,sunday1 and seen with their own eyes and heard with their own ears1 since the full rich tones of voice1 dignified composure and simple earnestness of these student-teachers cannot be transferred to paper4 ,but ,i did not see you present1 and so will give you the benefit of some notes ,i took down1 departing from my original plan of arranging and classifying the 8testimony10 omitting quotation marks1 and introducing the successive speakers simply by beginning on a new line4 ,i taught in ,tatnal4 ,other pupils were afraid to go there because it was a democratic county4 ,people did not want a teacher from outside of the county1 because they did not want the money to go out of the county4 ,they liked me very much4 ,colored people have from one acre to #bejj acres of land1 and are about as well educated as the whites4 ,children are compelled by their parents to come to ,sunday-school4 ,i kept up a ,sunday evening prayer-meeting4 ,several of the children acknowledged ,jesus and turned over to the church4 ,i made two or three speeches on temperance4 ,my ,commissioner is well disposed toward this ,institution4 ,i made two or three lectures against intemperance1 and encouraged the people to educate themselves and accumulate property4 ,at my exhibition three lawyers were present and forty or fifty other whites4 ,the ,commissioner did not examine me1 saying that this school was the best in the world and he never intended to examine a pupil from it4 ,he was a ,saturday-,sunday man and did not do any business on ,saturday4 ,i tramped a week and a half for a school and found one on ,col4 ----'s place4 ,parents want their children whipped1 and do not think they are taught any thing unless they are whipped4 ,some of us had a convention on temperance1 tobacco and morals4 ,the colored people own a good deal of land and make lots of cotton4 ,one man made twenty-one bales1 but saved only eighty dollars4 ,col4 ---- said ,atlanta ,university must be the best disciplined school in the ,state4 ,the poor whites do not want to go to school1 and are more intemperate and degraded than the blacks4 ,if the colored man would only stand up for his rights1 he would not be hacked4 ,i taught in a district called 8,dark ,corner40 ,i think ,i gave them a right start4 ,had a prayer meeting which was largely attended4 ,poor whites use more whiskey than the colored people4 ,whites seem kind to blacks1 lend them money and horses1 and help them in every way4 ,i had an average attendance of thirty-three and a night-school of fifteen4 ,taught on an old plantation1 on which there used to be five hundred slaves4 ,ignorance has great sway there4 ,people have good stock1 but cannot buy land4 ,there is a temperance lodge in ,camden of one hundred and forty members4 ,it was a bad county where ,i taught4 ,i was careful about teaching there4 ,they never had a school before4 ,no land is owned by colored people4 ,there is much opposition to their education4 ,the immorality of the place is explained by the fact that they formerly had stills there4 ,preachers are not moral men4 ,they are opposed to 8foreign0 teachers4 ,poor whites create a good deal of disturbance4 ,land is owned by those who owned it during slavery times1 and they will not sell it to white or colored4 ,i was the first lady teacher that taught in the county and was quite a novelty4 ,they had bad teachers4 ,one white one was intemperate4 ,white people were friendly4 ,three whites raised their hats to me1 which was quite a new thing4 ,i had a very good ,sunday-school2 white people attended my exhibition4 ,they like this ,university very much1 and the ,commissioner wanted me to encourage the boys and girls to come up4 ,most everybody uses whiskey and tobacco4 ,i talked on temperance1 distributed temperance papers and read to them4 ,took the ,new ,york ,witness and read it to the people4 ,i think ,i did some good among the children4 ,the children of the poor whites are knocking about on the road all the time4 ,they had a school one month1 then gave it up4 ,young men spend ,sunday in gambling2 guess they are doing it right now4 ,some said ,i was not teaching them anything because ,i did not use the blue-back speller4 ,the houses of poor whites are just like the colored1 but their clothes are not so good4 ,the people where ,i taught are intelligent and well-to-do4 ,most of them own their own homes4 ,the whites want the colored people educated4 ,a speaker at an exhibition of a female seminary said that the colored people were leaving them in the dark1 and if they did not look out1 the bottom rail would be on the top4 ,six or eight colored people own from one hundred to five hundred acres and stock4 ,the ,commissioner's wife asked me into the parlor and gave me a rocking-chair4 ,where ,i was last winter1 the people kept ,thanksgiving4 ,of course ,i enjoyed that1 because ,i knew you were keeping it here4 ,i had a ,sunday-school that was quite large at first1 but when big meetings came on it grew small4 ,i had seventy-five pupils4 ,i cannot see that ,i did much good1 but ,i hope some good will come out of my summer's work4 ,public sentiment seems to sanction the worst things there are4 ,the people where ,i taught said they must have a man1 that females could not teach1 and they could not stand ladies4 ,the whites1 on the whole1 are better to the teachers than the colored people are4 ,i succeeded in getting six men to stop using tobacco while attending school1 and then they said if they could stop fifty-five days they could all their life-time4 ,somehow they looked at me like they looked at ,columbus when he first came to ,america4 ,preachers are all intemperate men1 and some of them said they could not preach well unless they had some whiskey in them4 ,i taught four times in the same place1 and have had a larger school each time4 ,the morals of the colored people depend on the morals of the whites4 ,i opened school at eight and closed at six4 ,i saw no intemperance1 because it was the wrong time of the year4 ,i talked temperance and acted it4 ,there is but little difference between the whites and colored2 they eat together1 sleep together1 and have the same kind of houses4 ,now to these reports1 only a small part of which ,i have copied1 ,i will add a few comments3 #a4 ,there is no diminution of the desire of colored children to learn1 and of their parents to have their children educated4 ,parents want teachers to teach from early dawn to candle-light1 and even to beat knowledge into the pupils4 #b4 ,intemperance and licentiousness abound to a fearful extent1 not only among the laity1 but also among the clergy4 #c4 ,the poor whites need education and moral and religious instruction as much as the colored people1 and our students are reaching some of them in their influence4 #d4 ,public school privileges in the ,south are limited1 and it will be a long time before suitable buildings are provided and efficient teaching secured4 #e4 ,the whites are1 in the main1 well disposed toward the colored people1 and in favor of their being educated4 #f4 ,many of the colored people are acquiring homes and other property1 although in some places the owners of land will not sell it4 #g4 ,in some instances the colored people are cheated out of the benefits of their labor1 and ill-treated in various ways4 #h4 ,atlanta ,university stands high in the estimation of the people1 and needs liberal pecuniary support from its friends to keep up its reputation and do the great work that lies before it4 #i4 ,social prejudice seems to be yielding somewhat1 although the fact that a white lady invited a colored girl to sit in a rocking-chair in her parlor1 is not so common an occurrence as to make it unworthy of mention4 ,tidiness1 gentility1 intelligence and morality will yet be considered superior to a light complexion4 #aj4 ,the hope of this race1 as well as of any other1 lies in the training of children1 and hence the value of good schools1 both day and ,sunday4 #aa4 ,the ,american ,missionary ,association is doing a valuable work among the whites1 by showing them what education will do for poor people1 and stimulating them to try to keep the 8top-rail0 where it is4 #ab4 ,no one can estimate the influence our school is exerting in favor of education1 industry1 economy1 temperance1 ,sabbath observance1 chastity1 social order1 and1 in short1 morality and religion4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,woman',s ,,work ,,for ,,woman4 ,,miss ,,laura ,a4 ,,parmelee1 ,,memphis1 ,,tenn4 ,we give the closing portion of a paper read at the ,woman's ,meeting1 held in connection with the ,annual ,meeting at ,chicago4 ,in the opening portions of it1 ,miss ,parmelee describes with frank truthfulness the perils which encircle the colored girls of the ,south by reason of the family habits1 the laxity of the marriage relation1 the ignorance of the laws of health1 the late hours of their religious and social gatherings1 c4 ,we print her statements and suggestions as to the remedy and protection4 ,of special agencies for training colored girls to better habits1 boarding schools claim the first place4 ,if there had been seventy1 instead of seven homes of this kind1 we could to-day report a fairer record of virtue and purity4 ,under the constant supervision of faithful teachers1 who regulate the hours1 walks and visits of those in their charge1 there is opportunity to acquire a love for systematic ways and a pure home life4 ,with the instinctive imitation of their race they adopt the manners and sentiments of the ladies living under the same roof and sitting at the same table4 ,yet with this help1 there has been frequent occasion for teachers to ponder the story of the young crabs that went from the sea-side to a seminary among the mountains1 where they became ashamed of their own gait and diligently tried to learn the new way of walking1 succeeding to the entire satisfaction of their teachers as well as themselves1 and seeming to have forgotten the old ways1 but1 upon returning to parents and friends at the shore1 relinquished the accomplishment and walked backwards as in other days4 ,in two or three schools--possibly more1 but ,i speak only from personal knowledge--it is the duty of one of the lady teachers to give the girls instruction in dress1 manners1 morals and health1 particularly in matters relating to their peculiar physical organization4 ,once a week the regular lessons are postponed or laid aside1 that the pupils may have a half hour for listening to the lecture that has been thoughtfully prepared for their exclusive benefit4 ,commencing with points of etiquette1 dress1 sketches of lives of famous women1 announcing the latest fashion items when they happen to be suitable1 and so winning the confidence and arousing the interest of the class1 it is comparatively easy to come to graver counsels concerning morals1 health1 danger of association with people of loose principles1 the lowering of standards of personal honor1 and finally the teaching properly due a daughter from her mother's lips4 ,this branch of work is neither light nor pleasant4 ,false delicacy1 fear of speaking injudiciously and of being misunderstood by the girls and their mothers1 too long kept us silent4 ,we shrank from meeting our full responsibility in this direction1 and nerved ourselves to the task only when circumstances convinced us that it was an imperative duty4 ,the ordinary study of physiology is good1 but in colored schools something more is needed4 ,teach young girls to reverence the body1 to regard all its functions as gifts of ,god1 and the possibilities of motherhood to be sacredly guarded1 and they are transformed from animals to thoughtful women4 ,do any regard this as dangerous argument8 ,those who have tried the experiment are satisfied of its worth4 ,more sensible and healthful modes of dress1 increasing discretion of manners and modesty of deportment1 are immediate results of a plan that a few regarded as an innovation1 but which has abundantly justified itself4 ,if every well-established school of the ,american ,missionary ,association could be furnished with models for this purpose1 far more good would be accomplished than with empty hands1 however wise the teacher's lips4 ,these health talks include cookery1 sanitary measures1 medical hints1 and a thousand items of common information in a land of newspapers1 but unknown to people who depend upon neighborhood gossip for all their knowledge4 ,as teachers became better acquainted with the needs of their fields1 sewing lessons were given1 or sewing schools established in connection with daily work4 ,while teaching deft use of the needle1 to mend old garments and cut new1 there is opportunity to speak apt words about love of finery1 habits of wastefulness or extravagance1 and improper hours1 all of which find quick lodgment in minds eager for new ideas4 ,it is no slight gratification to teachers that1 in large assemblies1 they can select their students by a more quiet1 suitable dress and dignified bearing4 ,house-to-house visiting is another important means of elevating the homes and making 8life among the lowly0 cleaner and purer4 ,in the early days of labor for the ,freedmen1 ladies were commissioned by the ,american ,missionary ,association for this purpose4 ,it is encouraging to note that1 through the parent society1 the ,christian women of the ,north are adopting representatives to carry on this branch of work more systematically4 ,year by year there are changes in methods1 and teachers have less time than formerly for this outside visiting4 ,honorable mention must be made of the part ,congregational churches bear in this work of regeneration4 ,too much time would be consumed in explaining the opposition they meet1 or the great need of planting this little leaven that is already moving the mass of blind superstition4 ,suffice it to say1 that one of the two denominations claiming the religious loyalty of the ,freedmen insists that1 once in ,christ1 a soul is forever safe1 and can commit sin with impunity1 because forgiveness frees from all restraints of the law4 ,the other great body of believers is equally false in its explanations of truths held by followers of ,whitefield and ,wesley4 ,these are the principal agencies operating for the redemption of the colored homes1 and through them for the emancipation of ,africa1 latest called of nations1 now stretching out imploring hands for the light1 and health1 and hope1 streaming from the cross of ,christ4 ,i will not stop to detail incidents illustrating various phases of the one great plan1 nor recount successes attained1 nor introduce you to the homes--truly homelike in peace1 purity and domestic love2 or to the little centres of social influence1 where refinement and virtue invite your respect and friendship4 ,there are such homes and circles1 although they are not sufficiently numerous to have the power in their communities that they deserve4 ,between the graduates of ,atlanta or ,fisk1 and the toilers in cotton patch or rice swamp--between the better homes of ,memphis or ,charleston1 and the cabins in piney woods or ,louisiana glades--there is a great gulf1 to be spanned only by the prayers and labors of ,northern ,christians4 ,i have chosen not to paint prospects and aspirations of the dwellers this side of that chasm2 but rather to give you a glimpse of life beyond in the darkness1 that you may comprehend in some degree the urgency of the need to chase away the clouds that obscure the light of hope and purity4 ,i have thought it possible for women to do more than they have heretofore in distinct efforts for their own sex2 that some new effort might be made to efficiently supplement the work of schools and churches4 ,two years ago1 we made a bold venture at ,le ,moyne ,normal ,school4 ,health talks had become popular1 and the teachers were convinced of the wisdom of taking further steps in that direction1 when1 most opportunely1 there came to ,memphis a lady physician1 well advanced in years1 of evident culture1 and provided with an excellent life-size model of the human frame4 ,she was invited to lecture to our female pupils and their mothers1 and did so very acceptably4 ,her gray hair commanded respect1 although the girls were at first a little suspicious of the manikin4 ,satisfied with the effect upon the students and of the lady's good judgment1 her services were secured for a course of lectures1 to which the friends of the girls were invited4 ,it was a happy idea1 as was quickly proven4 ,i cannot tell how many times teachers were thanked for the privileges thus afforded1 or how many mothers exclaimed1 8,if ,i had only known these things sooner1 ,i should have saved myself and my children worlds of sickness and trouble and disgrace60 ,ever since that experiment ,i have longed to see a similar opportunity offered to all the colored women4 ,if a discreet1 motherly woman1 who understood anatomy1 hygiene and medicine1 could be furnished with a model of the body and sent through the large cities and villages1 giving free lectures upon health1 care of their own persons1 proper food1 training of children1 and responsibility to ,god for the chastity of their sons and daughters1 the ,freedwomen would receive incalculable benefit4 ,the teachers cannot always reach out and control the mothers2 the missionary meets but a part of the women in a single city2 but an itinerating lady physician could influence thousands of the very class most in need of the instruction she could give4 ,i wish the heart of some woman1 qualified for the undertaking1 would be stirred to consecrate herself to this work4 ,i think the officers of the ,association would indorse such a movement4 ,certainly1 pastors and teachers in the field would heartily welcome her to their churches and homes1 to which she would be a valuable auxiliary1 while exerting a more positive and direct influence upon the women than is possible from any one of the already established methods of work4 ,dean ,howson says3 8,how can you convert a country unless you convert the families8 ,how can you convert the families unless you convert the mothers80 ,it was once my privilege to minister to an honored friend who was gently falling asleep in ,jesus4 ,happening to draw up a window-shade an hour before the eyes closed upon the scenes of mortal life1 ,i received from the beloved lips this last commendation and counsel3 8,that's right2 give us more light40 ,speaking to-day in behalf of our colored sisters1 ,i appeal for light4 8,give us more light0 to dispel the heavy clouds of ignorance and sin1 to show plainly straight paths for the feet of stumbling ones1 and for the praise of ,him who is able to keep us from falling1 and to present us faultless before the presence of ,his glory with exceeding joy4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,georgia ,,conference4 ,,rev4 ,c4,w4 ,,hawley4 ,the ,georgia ,congregational ,conference1 from which ,i have just returned1 is a large body1 if an extensive framework can make it so4 ,my share of the travel to its second annual session at ,savannah was about six hundred miles4 ,of the fourteen churches1 two of which are in ,south ,carolina1 all save one were represented1 and the meeting was much enjoyed by all4 ,the color line was a little indistinct and almost forgotten4 ,the colored brethren were quite in the majority on the platform and on the floor1 and gave good proof of their ability to preside with dignity--,rev4 ,floyd ,snelson was our ,moderator--and to speak fluently and well4 ,in fact1 they showed a real genius for public address1 warranting the statement of a city daily--the ,southern press is growing liberal--that their speeches were 8worthy of the most dignified deliberative body40 ,dr4 ,roy reported the great meeting at ,chicago1 giving1 as he had already done at ,atlanta and ,macon1 rich skimmings from the papers and speeches there presented1 and greatly cheering1 with these proofs of the sympathy of ,northern ,christians1 those who must here learn to do without the sympathy of their near neighbors4 ,his lecture on ,congregationalism also elicited much interest1 and nothing but the lack of money to pay the printer prevented its immediate publication in full1 as a much needed campaign document for the use of the churches4 ,to whatever church a man here belongs1 it becomes him to be able to state and to justify its faith and polity4 ,there is kept up a running fire of small arms between denominations here4 ,it was encouraging to see that the men of this young ,conference desire to be intelligent ,congregationalists1 and able to defend themselves2 but it is hoped that they will not fall into the mistake of making denominational strife the chief end of their existence1 as some of their neighbors seem to do4 ,the reports from the churches do not show any rapid increase4 8,we must expect the churches to be small1 perhaps1 for twenty years yet10 said one who has grown up with this work4 ,there are obstinate prejudices in the way1 and there is a great educational work yet to be done4 ,a lay delegate sagely remarked3 8,when the ground is rough we must go slow1 or there'll be trouble10 adding also his personal testimony that1 in seeking to bring others over to his way of thinking1 he found it 8mighty hard to sense them into anything better than their old ideas1 that a man cannot have religion without making a great big fuss about it1 and cannot pray without hollering as though the ,lord was deaf20 but still he was sure that 8if we kept pulling at the wheel and rolling on the chariot we should gain the field40 ,,two ,,councils4 ,on the way down to ,conference1 some of us stopped at ,macon1 according to letters missive1 for the examination and ordination of ,preston ,w4 ,young1 acting pastor at ,byron2 and during the sessions of ,conference another council examined and ordained two others1 ,a4,j4 ,headen1 of ,cypress ,slash1 and ,t4,t4 ,benson1 of ,orangeburgh1 ,s4,c4 ,these three young men passed very creditable examinations1 and1 with ,rev4 ,j4,r4 ,mc,lean1 moderator of the second council1 formed a very interesting and promising group--all ,talladega men and classmates--a fine illustration of the good work done by the school for the church4 ,putting all things together--,conference and ,councils1 and acquaintance with the teachers and their excellent work in ,macon and ,savannah--it was with us all a grand week1 quickening in its ,christian fellowship1 and profitable in its revelations of work already done1 and of harvests yet to be gathered4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,central ,,south ,,conference4 ,education--,discipline--,the ,exercises4 ,,rev4 ,,horace ,j4 ,,taylor1 ,,athens1 ,,ala4 ,the ,central ,south ,conference embraces the ,congregational churches of ,tennessee1 ,north ,alabama and ,mississippi4 ,last week we enjoyed the rare privilege of welcoming to our homes some of the members of this ,conference1 and the ,field ,superintendent of the ,a4,m4,a4 ,on ,thursday evening1 ,nov4 #bjth1 ,rev4 ,g4,w4 ,moore preached the opening sermon from ,psalm lxxiii4 #bd1 8,thou wilt guide me by thy counsel1 and afterward receive me to glory40 ,the subject was clearly and forcibly presented4 ,on ,friday morning an organization was effected by electing ,rev4 ,j4,e4 ,smith1 of ,chattanooga1 moderator4 ,that morning was spent in hearing the narratives of the churches4 ,the reports generally showed progress4 ,athens alone reported a less membership than last year2 but in this church there has been a growth in grace in many of its members4 ,in the afternoon we discussed the subject of education4 ,the young people were especially urged not to be content with a little schooling1 nor even with a good common school education1 but to press forward with a determination to secure the very highest education that can be secured4 ,the idea that the schools at ,chattanooga1 ,athens1 ,florence and ,memphis ought to be feeders of ,fisk ,university was well brought out4 ,these schools cannot give the high education that can be gained at ,fisk1 and their success should be measured largely by the number of students they send to ,fisk ,university4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,e4 ,smith read an article on the necessity of church discipline4 ,the subject was well presented1 and in the discussion that followed1 as in the paper1 the idea that church discipline ought to have for its main object the reclamation of the offender1 was clearly brought out4 ,dr4 ,roy and others also spoke as to the method of church discipline1 and especially the propriety of getting evidence from any source4 ,it seems that some1 perhaps a majority1 of the churches about here will not receive the evidence of any but their own members4 ,some think that ,congregational churches should be bound hand and foot in the same way1 so that the devil and his followers can manage all in their own way4 ,then any member could be guilty of theft1 adultery1 fornication or anything else2 if he only were not seen by members of this church he could remain in 8good and regular standing40 ,dr4 ,roy said emphatically that evidence was to be sought from any source1 and weighed carefully4 ,others agreed with him4 ,at night ,dr4 ,roy spoke1 using his fine large map1 on the work of the ,association in the ,south4 ,the house was full1 and all were deeply interested4 ,saturday morning we listened to a paper by ,rev4 ,g4 ,w4 ,moore1 on how to reach the young people4 ,saturday afternoon was mainly taken up with hearing reports of committees4 ,revs4 ,h4 ,s4 ,bennett and ,j4 ,e4 ,smith were chosen delegates from this ,conference to the ,national ,council4 ,saturday night we listened to the news of ,trinity church and congregation4 ,this was one of the best meetings of ,conference4 ,sunday morning ,rev4 ,h4 ,s4 ,bennett preached from ,acts ii4 #c1 and ,revs4 ,a4 ,k4 ,spence and ,g4 ,w4 ,moore officiated at the communion4 ,at night ,rev4 ,a4 ,k4 ,spence preached to young people from ,ps4 cix4 #i4 ,i cannot give in this paper an idea of the interesting meetings we had4 ,each meeting was a feast of fat things4 ,it was a great privilege to meet these brethren from abroad1 to have them sit at our table1 to talk with them about the common cause we all are interested in1 and above all to meet with them around the table of our ,lord4 ,some of us may never meet them again in ,conference1 but the memory of this good meeting will remain through life2 and we trust that this church will receive a blessing in consequence of this meeting4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,georgia4 ,thanksgiving ,services and ,first ,impressions4 ,,rev4 ,c4 ,w4 ,,hawley1 ,,atlanta4 ,i have just come in from our social evening service of thanksgiving and prayer for the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 ,about fifty were present1 and there were repeated expressions of gratitude for blessings here received1 and fervent prayers for the continued and increasing success of the cause4 ,one brother thought the ,association the chief agent in the abolition of slavery1 and spoke most feelingly of the inexpressible relief which that abolition had brought to him and to his people4 ,another in his prayer thanked the ,lord for the schools and the church in the city1 expressing the conviction that if the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 had not sent its workers here 8things would be in a considerably worse fix than they are40 ,one woman told her story3 her blind gropings as a slave1 her joy in being sought out and taught by the teachers of the ,a4 ,m4 ,a41 just when she 8did not know what to do with her freedom10 and made capable of giving her children1 now converted1 a ,christian training1 with a purpose henceforth to use for the good of others all the light and help she had received4 ,another told us how the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 had reached out its helping hand to him in this city when he was ignorant and vicious1 and through the influence of a faithful teacher in a night school had saved him from evil companions and the curse of drunkenness4 ,it has been an intensely interesting meeting to me1 and would have quickened the zeal of any friends of the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 who might have been present4 ,our regular prayer-meeting comes tomorrow evening and is a pleasant anticipation to me4 ,i reached the field the #aath inst4 and am not yet well acquainted with it4 ,i am sure to be interested in it4 ,i have quite enjoyed the welcome given me and have no painful sense of isolation4 ,their faces1 their intelligence1 their quiet good sense1 their homes1 so far as ,i have seen them1 all surpass my expectations4 ,the work that has been done for them shows4 ,i shall esteem it a privilege if ,i may do something to help it on4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,alabama4 ,emerson ,institute--#ahfe-ahgi4 ,,rev4 ,o4 ,d4 ,,crawford1 ,,mobile4 ,it was named after ,mr4 ,ralph ,emerson1 a resident of ,rockford1 ,ill41 whose timely gift enabled the ,association to purchase 8,blue ,college10 a commodious building1 with beautiful grounds1 in the western part of the city1 two miles from the post-office4 ,it was originally built for the education of the white youth4 ,in the transpositions of the times 8after the surrender10 as the close of the war is here styled1 it became the resort of three hundred ,freedmen4 ,in ,april of our ,centennial year it crumbled in the flames4 ,the school went on in unfavorable quarters until1 in ,may1 #ahgh1 it entered its new and elegant building1 which was designed for two hundred and fifty pupils4 ,last year the yellow fever delayed the opening of school and crippled many of its friends4 ,but adverse influences are now disappearing1 and the ten thousand colored people of the city are looking to it again as the hope of their youth4 ,last year1 two-thirds of our whole number in attendance entered after the ,christmas holidays4 ,this year the second month closes with fifty names more than the highest number of last year4 ,the rooms are furnished with the best of modern desks2 but their present capacity is exceeded by more than forty names4 ,if another room and sufficient teaching force be added by the friends of the ,association after ,new ,year's1 our present number of two hundred and forty will1 in every probability1 run up to three hundred4 ,to meet the wants of these1 we should have six teachers besides the superintendent1 including one that should give half an hour each day to instruction in vocal music and some time to instrumental music4 ,we now have one that is competent for this work1 but she has no time for it4 ,our overworked force is to be somewhat relieved by the expected arrival of a fifth teacher this week4 ,at present we are obliged to receive many primary scholars1 not only to relieve the public want1 but also with the view of raising up normal scholars1 for whom the ,institute has been specially designed4 ,we regret the seeming necessity that is laid upon the colored parents of taking their children from the public schools4 ,we do not advise their action4 ,the feverish desire for education which seized the body of colored people immediately after emancipation has subsided4 ,their best men are now obliged to urge upon them the duty of educating their children4 ,in this they have come down to the level of the whites4 ,an organization has been formed to promote this interest4 ,the largest church has established a school of more than fifty members4 ,the pastor of the most influential church1 in point of intelligence1 has opened one1 with an attendance of more than forty1 and teaches it himself1 in addition to preaching three sermons every ,lord's day and performing the other usual duties of a minister4 ,these schools are intended to awaken their people in the matter1 and to raise up candidates for the work of teaching1 that may get their fuller preparation in our ,normal department4 ,the friends of ,christian education could not ask for a more needy and promising outlook than lies before us4 ,will they put into the hands of the ,association the necessary means8 ,the ,church--#ahgf-ahgi4 ,organized with forty-seven members1 it now has sixty-one4 ,it owes its origin and existence to the presence of the ,institute4 ,its members are very poor in this world's goods1 but delightfully rich in grace4 ,it was natural that the spirit of independence which found full scope among the ,freedmen should seek for a church organization and connection with an ecclesiastical body whose history was not tainted with oppression4 ,this disposition1 however1 has sometimes asked for more license for fleshly indulgences than pure ,congregationalism permits4 ,in this city it is impossible for your ,superintendent to find a provision store having any considerable variety of goods that does not include among its principal commodities wines and liquors4 ,members and officers of churches are engaged in the trade1 and scruple not to advertise conspicuously that branch of their business1 which we regard as exceedingly immoral4 ,yet there are some churches1 both white and colored1 whose rules and discipline would delight the heart of a ,puritan4 ,congregationalism is an exotic in this soil2 and its ,northern friends have reason to be pleased if it grows even slowly4 ,among the adverse circumstances against which our church has had to struggle may be mentioned a frequent change of pastors4 ,in its three and one-half years it has suffered the perturbations incident to two summer supplies1 and now the fourth pastor4 ,these changes have tended to prevent some from making their church home with us4 ,more permanence is a necessity4 ,we have no such opportunity for reaching those under our educational care as is offered by a boarding-school4 ,the parents of most of our pupils are connected with some church1 and the children themselves with ,sunday-schools4 ,the kind of instruction they receive is one of the necessities of our continuance4 ,the growing intelligence of the colored preachers1 and the attractiveness of the large congregations which gather about them1 make our beginning less attractive to the young1 who otherwise might prefer our place of worship4 ,your missionary has preached to the largest colored church in a revival meeting1 and exchanged pulpits with the other leading pastor2 but we cannot expect any special help from other churches in building up a new denomination in the midst of them4 ,j4 ,h4 ,roberts1 now in the ,senior ,theological ,class at ,talladega1 supplied the church very acceptably through the summer1 and just before his departure witnessed the reception of four persons to fellowship4 ,since then the attendance has increased some4 ,the interest in the ,sunday-school has likewise received the impetus given it by the return of our schoolteachers2 yet our hopes of an increase in members have not thus far been realized4 ,as accessory helps we need ,sunday school papers and a library4 ,our problem is that of reaching the young with ,christian influences in the form of direct religious instruction4 ,for this purpose we have some advantages1 and hope for more4 ,we wish to keep this missionary work upon the prayerful hearts of our ,northern friends4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,revival4 ,,rev4 ,j4 ,d4 ,,smith1 ,,shelby ,,iron ,,works4 ,during the first week in ,october we set apart ,wednesday as a day of fasting and prayer4 ,on the following ,sabbath we commenced a series of meetings1 which continued three weeks4 ,brother ,h4 ,w4 ,conley stopped off here on his way from ,marion back to ,talladega1 and preached and labored very faithfully with us several days4 ,brother ,j4 ,w4 ,strong came down and labored with me1 preaching the word almost every night for over a week4 ,brother ,jones1 of ,childersburg1 paid us a short visit1 and ,rev4 ,f4 ,j4 ,tyler1 of this place1 pastor of the ,union ,church 7white71 preached for us4 ,last of all came ,rev4 ,g4 ,w4 ,andrews1 who preached several times4 ,every evening1 one half-hour before services1 a number of ,christians would assemble in the inquiry-room and converse with those who came to inquire of the way of salvation4 ,i must say that the inquiry meetings were the means of great and untold good1 as much or more than the sermons1 perhaps4 ,well1 the meetings closed with twenty-one conversions reported4 ,last ,sunday fifteen came forward1 entered into covenant with the church1 and were baptized1 on profession of their faith4 ,all of the candidates for baptism preferred sprinkling--the first instance1 to my knowledge1 where we did not have to immerse some out of so many uniting at one time2 and1 more singular than all1 a ,baptist father and mother presented their infant boy for baptism4 ,when reminded by some of the ,baptist brethren that they had 8broken the rules of the church10 they replied by saying that if they had five hundred children1 they would have them baptized1 because it was right in the sight of ,god4 ,the work has a more hopeful outlook for future prosperity than ever before4 ,some eight or ten are to unite by letter1 the first opportunity1 who did not get ready in time to join last ,sunday4 ,our total membership will then stand about fifty4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,tennessee4 ,a ,student ,aided4 ,,rev4 ,e4 ,m4 ,,cravath1 ,,fisk ,,university4 ,our readers will remember a plea for student aid made by ,president ,cravath in the ,,missionary for ,october4 ,soon after its publication this description of the first young man thus aided came1 but has been delayed by the special matter which has claimed our columns4 ,there are many more such at all our institutions awaiting similar help4 ,the first answer came in the shape of a draft for fifty dollars from a good friend of ,rochelle1 ,illinois4 ,on the same day with this answer a young man from ,abbeville1 ,s4 ,c41 came to ,fisk ,university for the first time1 and as he was a good representative of the class of young people for whom our appeal was made in the ,october ,,missionary1 we assigned him at once to this scholarship4 ,a brief sketch of his personal history may encourage some of the readers of the ,,missionary who are yet hesitating to give a favorable answer to our appeal4 ,mr4 ,richard ,j4 ,holloway was born in ,abbeville1 ,south ,carolina1 in #aheg1 and was a slave up to the close of the war4 ,he brought to the ,university the following testimonial from his former master1 dated ,abbeville1 ,s4 ,c41 ,sept4 #h1 #ahgi2 8,the bearer of this1 ,richard ,j4 ,holloway1 is a young man who was born in my family4 ,i have known him from his birth to the present time4 ,he early exhibited a desire for knowledge1 which he has pursued under great difficulties4 ,notwithstanding he has made considerable advance1 his laudable desire seems to be unsatisfied1 and he leaves this section of the country to avail himself of advantages offered elsewhere4 ,so far as ,i know1 his moral character is good4 ,he is commended to the favorable regard of all to whom this may come40 ,the first year after the war1 being a lad of nine years1 ,richard had the opportunity of attending a school in ,abbeville for five or six months4 ,after this he was under the necessity of working with his parents1 but contrived to study by himself so that he made considerable progress4 ,during the fall of #ahge he happened to see1 upon the table of his minister1 a circular which had been sent out from the school established by the ,am4 ,miss4 ,assoc4 at ,greenwood1 ,s4 ,c41 which was then1 and is still1 taught by that most faithful and zealous missionary laborer1 ,mr4 ,backenstose1 of ,geneva1 ,n4 ,y4 ,noticing that the tuition was only fifty cents a month1 there dawned upon him the possibility of realizing his long-cherished desire of securing a good education4 ,inspired by this thought he left home and hired out on a plantation to earn some money with which to go to ,greenwood4 ,by working three months he earned money enough1 so that by buying his food and doing his own cooking he was able to attend school about the same length of time4 ,he then went to one of the upper counties of ,south ,carolina and taught a private school for two months1 after which he worked for two months in a cotton-gin near by1 while remaining to collect the money for his teaching4 ,being compelled to use considerable of the money he had earned to help his parents1 he again secured a public school for two months1 at fifteen dollars a month1 and boarded himself4 ,he then went over into ,georgia and taught a public school1 for which he was fortunate enough to receive twenty-five dollars a month4 ,he was then able to return to ,greenwood1 where he was again under the instruction of ,mr4 ,backenstose for nearly three months4 ,under the advice of his teacher1 he determined to get to ,fisk ,university if possible and take a thorough course of study1 but not succeeding in earning much money by his teaching during the spring and summer1 he stopped for five months of last year at ,biddle ,university at ,charlotte1 ,n4 ,c4 ,he then undertook teaching again1 determined to earn what money he could during the spring and summer1 and to get to ,fisk ,university if possible at the opening of the next school year4 ,he only succeeded1 however1 in getting a three months' school in ,georgia1 for which he has only received payment in part4 ,as soon as his school closed he started for ,nashville and reached here on the #gth of ,october1 just as the answer came from our friend in ,illinois which told us what to do4 ,mr4 ,holloway is a member of the ,african ,methodist church1 and his desire evidently is to secure an education that he may use it in ,christian work among his people4 ,we are confidently hoping that we shall receive similar answers enough to enable us to provide for at least a hundred such young men as this4 99 99 99 99 99 ,health--,business--,school--,church4 ,,prof4 ,a4 ,j4 ,,steele1 ,,memphis4 ,november #ast found ,memphis dull1 spiritless1 and wearing a half deserted appearance1 its streets strewn with autumn foliage and dry grass1 so that the rustling of leaves beneath the feet was a more familiar sound than the rumbling of wagons or drays on most of the streets4 ,business men who had returned1 in most cases without their families1 wore a troubled and doubtful look4 ,many were discouraged and without hope for the future of the city1 either as a business point or a place of residence4 ,a few1 like the boy in the dark1 made a pretence of courage by 8whistling40 ,although the ,board of ,health had declared the fever ended1 there were still a few cases1 with constant rumors of many more4 ,after the cold spell of ,october #cj1 the weather became and continued unusually warm4 ,little or no cotton was being received1 and orders for goods came not to waiting merchants4 ,laboring people returning to the city found no employment1 and many suffered for the necessaries of life4 ,this state of things continued till the middle of ,november1 when1 after a few frosty nights1 and with bright clear weather1 the entire aspect of affairs changed1 and rapidly took on a most hopeful and promising appearance4 ,cotton1 the staple and life of business1 began to come in rapidly1 until before the end of ,november the daily receipts became the largest ever known at this point1 placing ,memphis as a primary cotton market scarcely second to ,new ,orleans4 ,with this revival of activity the empty talk of a hundred or so self-constituted newspaper correspondents and pretended scientists ceased to be heard on the corners and to be seen in the papers4 ,the city authorities and a committee of citizens began a careful and thorough canvass of the city to ascertain its condition and needs4 ,under the advice of a committee of experts from the meeting of the ,american ,sanitary ,association held at ,nashville1 a system of sewerage and general sanitary reform was promptly adopted1 and it is now expected that the ,governor will convene the legislature to empower the city to make the needed changes4 ,there is little doubt but that the hard and painful lessons of the past two seasons have finally been learned1 and that at least another epidemic will not be invited next year by the criminal negligence of the authorities4 ,the school opened ,november #ag with about forty students4 ,this number on ,december #bnd had increased to over #ajj4 ,we are now receiving new students every day1 of these ten are in the senior or graduating class4 ,we note with interest a revival of the early desire for education and the culture which it brings2 not just the early desire of ignorant and foolish expectation1 but a steadily deepening conviction of the need and advantage of patient1 continued study and training for better things in the future4 ,we hope to foster this feeling1 and to do what we may to realize the expectation1 by building up honest1 manly and womanly characters in our students4 ,many of the pupils have taught during the vacation months2 some have not yet completed the term for which they were engaged4 ,so far as we know1 all have labored earnestly to exert an influence for good in the communities where they have been located4 ,a few during the sickness were employed by the ,howards or other societies as nurses1 one young man saving about #bjj at this work1 and gaining an enviable reputation as a nurse4 ,our public library is demonstrating its influence and usefulness in a gratifying way1 in awakening in many laboring people a love of reading and of thought1 aside from the great advantage it is to the school directly and indirectly4 ,during the summer months1 considerably over one hundred volumes were drawn and read4 ,among many others several white persons of most excellent standing availed themselves of its privileges4 ,of these latter1 one is principal of a boys' and girls' school in our vicinity4 ,i cannot close this letter without a word concerning the church here4 ,during the epidemic1 one of its most earnest1 reliable members fell a victim to the scourge4 ,by thrift and saving1 every family belonging to the church1 except one only1 got through the long summer of idleness without aid in the way of charity1 and before the return of the teachers1 and in the absence of the pastor1 the church voted to send a delegate to the ,conference at ,athens1 raising money at once to pay his expenses4 ,if this is not an example of commendable church devotion and courage1 show us one that is so4 ,we look for a fuller1 stronger school this year than ever before4 ,i sometimes think these people have become so accustomed to adversity and trial1 that they come out stronger under it than from any other experience4 ,may it not be that ,god is leading them through rough ways to better things than we think8 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,indians4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,s',,kokomish ,,agency4 ,homes and ,schools--,lands and ,titles4 ,,edwin ,,eells1 ,,agent1 ,s',,kokomish4 ,the favor of a kind ,providence has preserved us from any unusual calamities1 and general good health1 peace and prosperity have attended us and the ,indians under my charge4 ,it has been rather a quiet year1 with nothing very startling1 either good or bad1 to affect us4 ,among the ,indians generally1 their habits of morality appear to have been growing stronger4 ,their general deportment is very good1 and their style of living in their houses is improving all the time4 ,their general health1 in consequence of their improved manner of living1 has never been better than during the past year4 ,most of their houses have been ceiled and good tight floors put in them during the past winter1 so that they are quite as comfortable as the average of white settlers throughout the country4 ,there has been some land cleared by them1 a decided advance in the kind of fences built by them1 and ,i have furnished #a1jjj fruit trees1 which they have set out1 nearly all of which have lived4 ,our schools have been well attended1 and the progress of the scholars in their studies has been quite satisfactory4 ,the average attendance of the two schools has been something over fifty4 ,one feature of improvement at the ,agency1 which deserves mention1 has been the employment of apprentices1 at small wages1 at the various shops at the ,agency4 ,we have had five of our former school-boys employed in this way during the summer1 and they have done very well4 ,among the ,indians who live off from the ,reservation there has been an increasing desire to take up or acquire land for themselves4 ,one band living at ,clallam ,bay1 about #afj miles distant from the ,agency1 have purchased a tract of #aed acres of land1 and have a favorable prospect before them of doing quite well4 ,ten individuals contributed the money to make this purchase4 ,some other individuals have taken up homestead claims and are improving them4 ,one has completed his five years' residence and obtained his title to his claim4 ,the delay of the ,government to furnish the ,indians on this ,reservation with titles to their allotments of land1 has operated to discourage them very much in the improvement of their farms4 ,they also had reason to fear that there was danger of their being removed from here and consolidated with other tribes1 speaking different languages1 and to a distance from the home of their childhood and the land of their fathers4 ,this has added to their despondency and unnerved them for effort4 ,with this cloud of despondency hanging over them1 it has been up-hill work to induce them to make sufficient effort to insure any progress4 ,their faith in the ,government failing1 their religious faith has also weakened1 and while it has not led them to any bad practices1 it has prevented them from making progress in ,christianity4 ,they reason in this way3 ,if there is a ,god who rules the world1 and institutes governments over men2 if these governments are unjust and oppressive1 it must be an unjust ,god who causes all this2 and why should they love and worship such a being8 ,this is the ,indian mode of reasoning1 and under the present circumstances there is a barrier raised in their minds against the ,gospel4 ,as the treaty is soon to expire1 and as some of the safeguards they have heretofore had will be removed1 it seems to me very important that this measure should1 if possible1 be immediately consummated4 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 ,cross ,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 ,kimball1 ,e4 ,p4 ,sanford1 ,esq4 ,,secretary3 ,rev4 ,w4 ,c4 ,pond4 ,,treasurer3 ,e4 ,palache1 ,esq4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,santa ,,barbara ,,mission--,,chin ,,fung4 ,,by ,,rev4 ,w4 ,c4 ,,pond1 ,,san ,,francisco4 ,among the compensations attending my service as ,superintendent of our ,chinese ,missions is the annual visit ,i am called to make to ,santa ,barbara2 and1 notwithstanding the great void ,i found in the absence of my greatly beloved brother1 ,rev4 ,dr4 ,hough--now returned to his former flock at ,jackson1 ,michigan--no visit ever made there was more pleasant to me than my last4 ,the movements of the steamers were such that it had to be an unusually long visit2 and ,i gained thus the opportunity1 not only to see more of the homes and hearts of our ,english-speaking brethren1 but to get much closer in ,christian affection and confidence to the ,chinese who have begun to believe in the ,saviour4 ,of the six that from this mission1 several years since1 united with the ,presbyterian ,church1 only two remain2 but three others were found who have never yet been baptized1 and who seemed to give good evidence of being born again4 ,my conversations with them greatly interested me4 ,there seemed to be a simple faith1 a hearty and practical consecration1 a readiness to testify1 to work and to give for ,jesus1 which certainly looked like true tokens of a new life--the eternal life--begun4 ,i expect that they will be baptized and received into the ,congregational ,church at its next communion4 ,the following sentences from a letter written me by one of them express what appeared to be the spirit of them all3 8,our school is grow up nicely1 and have very good teacher now4 ,only one thing ,i be very sorry4 ,i will tell you about4 ,some school-boy go to bad way1 and disobey our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 ,i1 in myself1 have no strength to make them to love ,jesus ,christ4 99 99 99 ,oh1 ,i hope you pray for them1 and ask ,god to send the ,spirit to change their heart1 and make them to 'member ,jesus ,christ died on the cross for us1 and make them to 'member continue in heart wherefore the heathen too4 ,i4 e41 if ,i understand him1 make them consider wherefore they should continue heathen at heart4 ,oh1 we are 'member you always in heart1 because you very kind to our countrymen4 ,i have nothing to recompense you4 ,but ,i pray to ,god for you1 and ask ,god to bless you and comfort you1 and give you reward in ,heaven40 ,the anniversary of the mission was held on ,sunday evening1 ,october #bf4 ,a large audience was present1 and great interest was evinced4 ,besides the exercises by the pupils1 there was the annual report1 and brief addresses by the pastors of the ,congregational and ,presbyterian churches4 ,the exercises indicated some good progress made during the year4 ,i remember especially a recitation of the #aaeth ,psalm1 a responsive recitation of ,john1 xiv4 chap41 and a little dialogue about our mission schools1 and what is learned in them--8not only the ,english language1 but about ,jesus ,christ our ,saviour from sin40 ,one pupil recited the ,apostles' ,creed1 another the ,ten ,commandments1 and none except one or two very recent comers were without some ,gospel text1 which1 fastened in the memory1 was recited in intelligible ,english4 ,sacred songs1 in both ,english and ,chinese1 were interspersed1 and the half-hour was fraught with blessing1 ,i am very sure1 to all concerned4 ,i have never been so hopeful of the best results from our ,santa ,barbara work as ,i am just now4 ,,chin ,,fung is one of our earliest fruits1 a bright intelligent young man whom1 years ago1 ,i invited to become one of our helpers4 ,he declined on the ground of being too little acquainted with ,chinese1 having had little1 if any1 opportunity of attending school in ,china4 ,but ,i remember that he said1 8,i have wished very much that ,i could be prepared to go as a missionary to my countrymen at home40 ,i confess that ,i did not realize how deep that feeling was4 ,such expressions are frequent among our brethren1 and ,i never have doubted their sincerity1 but ,i have generally thought of them as consciously a wish for the impossible1 and consequently never likely to grow to a controlling purpose deciding the life-work4 ,but it was not so with ,chin ,fung4 ,with the hope of this he has been saving all these years1 with rigid economy1 the slender earnings of his work as a house-servant4 ,at length1 encouraged by the excellent ,christian lady by whom1 of late1 he has been employed1 he determined to go to ,hartford1 ,conn41 and commence his course of study4 ,before this letter reaches you1 ,i trust he will be there4 ,he did not get away without a struggle4 ,the agony of inward conflict into which he was thrown by the representations of heathen kinsmen1 as to the wrong he was doing his family1 the difficulties and calamities in which he might involve his older brothers if he should thus turn his back on ,china1 and disregard a possible betrothal which his elder brothers1 it was said1 had made for him1 7although1 with this great plan in view1 he had charged them not to involve him in any such responsibility17 called forth my intense sympathy4 ,but ,i felt that it was the ,master's call to which1 these years1 he had been listening1 and that to go back to ,china in obedience to the summons of his brothers would be to turn his back on ,christ4 ,he himself saw it so at length--saw it for himself1 and from that instant there was no hesitancy1 8,i will start tomorrow10 he said1 with an emphasis which marked the conflict ended and the victory won4 ,he certainly has some qualities which under skilful training would tend to make him a useful missionary4 ,,in ,,general4 ,what ,i have written about the ,santa ,barbara school1 ,i might have written of almost all of them4 ,we have an excellent corps of teachers1 and though one or two of our schools are suffering because our reviving business prosperity involves their pupils in evening work1 others are steadily increasing in size1 and increasing still more1 ,i trust1 in usefulness4 ,at the last communion at ,bethany church seven were baptized4 ,a much larger number than that have recently united with the ,association of ,christian ,chinese1 thus avowing themselves as ,christians1 and coming into the process of test work and training1 which we feel to be necessary before they are finally accepted in the church4 ,but we need to do much more3 to enter new fields1 to send forth more laborers1 and meanwhile in fields already occupied to bring to hear as never hitherto1 the zeal1 the wisdom1 the living spiritual power of ,him whose name is 8,god with us40 ,brethren1 pray for us4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,children',s ,,page4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,amateur ,,heathen4 ,the small-boy who has been well and piously brought up hates the heathen1 though policy compels him to conceal his feelings4 ,he envies the heathen small-boy1 and at the same time looks upon him as a selfish and remorseless absorber of ,christian pennies4 ,this is natural and inevitable4 ,the small-boy is told that his heathen contemporary goes constantly barefooted1 wears very little clothing1 is never washed1 never goes to school1 and is never taught anything that is good and useful4 ,moreover1 the heathen small boy lives in a country where tigers and other delightful wild beasts abound1 and where the exciting spectacle of a widow burning to death in company with her husband's corpse--an attraction which no circus in this country has had the enterprise to offer--is frequently exhibited free4 ,of course1 the small-boy of ,christian lands envies the blessed lot of his heathen brother1 and would give worlds had he1 too1 been born a heathen4 ,now1 when this envious small-boy is compelled to give #ej per cent4 of his pennies to the heathen1 he feels that it is both unreasonable and unjust1 and his anger burns against the heathen small-boy who1 although rolling in every kind of heathen luxury1 meanly absorbs the scant wealth of small-boys who have had the misfortune to be born in ,christian countries4 ,he cannot avoid noticing that the grown-up folks who think that he should give one-half of his pennies to the heathen1 do not divide their own property in that way1 and he never drops a copper in the collector's box without feeling that he is the victim of moral blackmailing4 ,now and then there arises a small-boy with a gigantic intellect1 and a degree of courage which marks him as a born leader of his race4 ,it is the exceptional small-boy of this variety who heads expeditions against the ,indians and organizes gangs of juvenile highwaymen4 ,that these enterprises do not meet with success is due to forces beyond his control1 but they display the greatness of his intellect and the boldness of his character4 ,of this type of small-boy is ,master ,jaggars1 of ,north ,meriden1 ,conn41 who lately devised an ingenious and entirely novel scheme for arresting the flow of ,american copper coins toward the heathen pockets of juvenile ,india4 ,some two months since1 ,master ,jaggars1 who had painfully accumulated the sum of twenty-five cents1 with a view to an expected circus1 was compelled to consecrate fifteen cents to the hated small-boys of ,india4 ,it was this last of a long series of pecuniary outrages that determined him to take a bold stand against missionary assessments1 and he1 therefore1 summoned a mass-meeting of small-boys on ,saturday afternoon at ,deacon ,pratt's barn1 ostensibly with a view to rats1 but really in order to propose a plan of defense against heathen encroachments4 ,master ,jaggars made a moving speech1 in which he glowingly described the luxury in which the heathen small-boy wallows4 8,he ain't washed1 and he can wear just as little cloze as hesermineter4 ,there ain't no school for him1 nor no ,sunday1 you bet4 ,he can go swimmin' every day1 and can just lay off on the bank and see the crocodiles scoop in washerwomen and such4 ,then his back yard is chuck full of tigers and hipopomusses1 and no end of snakes1 and he can steal his dad's gun and shoot 'em out of the back window4 ,this is the chap that rakes in all our money1 and ,i say its mor'n we ought to stand4 ,now1 ,i move that we all turn heathen ourselves4 ,the folks can't make us wash and go to school if we're heathen1 and all the other boys will have to put up their money for us40 ,it is needless to say that this speech was received with tumultuous applause4 ,howls of execration went up as the luxuries of the hated heathen were described1 and the proposal to adopt heathenism as a profession was unanimously supported4 ,a slight temporary opposition was manifested by ,master ,sabin1 who maintained that in order to become heathen they must first have their eyes put out--a theory which was based upon a misinterpretation of the hymn which speaks of 8the heathen in his blindness40 ,the objector1 however1 was soon convinced of his error1 and expressed thereupon a hearty desire to become a heathen4 ,the details of the scheme were all arranged by ,master ,jaggars4 ,a plaster bust of ,mr4 ,s4 ,j4 ,tilden was decided to be ugly enough to serve as an idol1 and the amateur heathen placed it on an empty barrel in the barn1 and bowed down to it with much gravity4 ,they discarded all their clothing except a towel twisted around the waist1 and blackened their entire bodies with burnt cork4 ,there could be no doubt that they were very successful heathen in appearance1 and1 as it was late in the afternoon1 they resolved to spend the night in the barn2 to breakfast on the spoils of ,deacon ,pratt's orchard1 and to attend ,sunday-school in a body1 in order to collect tribute from the ,christian boys4 ,the ,sunday-school opened as usual the next morning1 although the absence of eleven boys created a good deal of remark4 ,soon after the exercises had begun1 the teachers were astounded at the entrance of ,master ,jaggars and his ten associate heathen4 ,it is only fair to say that the heathen behaved themselves with as much propriety as their professional duties would permit4 ,master ,jaggars advanced to the ,superintendent and remarked1 8,if you please1 ,sir1 we've all turned heathen4 ,there ain't no foolin' about it4 ,we've got a first-class old idol1 and we don't believe in nothing no more4 ,so1 if you please1 ,sir1 will you please tell them ,christian boys to fork over half of all the money they're got1 and to remember how blessed it is to consecrate it to real genuine heathen40 ,there is no instance on record in which a heathen has been converted as quickly as was ,master ,jaggars4 ,the ,superintendent held him by one ear1 and at the tenth stroke of the cane ,mister ,jaggars renounced his heathenism and promised to smash his idol and return to the ,christian faith without a moment's delay4 ,the other heathen1 alarmed by the fate of their leader1 fled to the barn1 washed themselves1 resumed their clothing1 and went homeward with sober countenances1 singing missionary hymns4 ,the ,north ,meriden revival of heathenism was a disastrous failure1 but nevertheless the boldness and originality of the scheme devised by ,master ,jaggars must command our wonder and admiration4 ,,receipts ,,for ,,november1 #ahgi4 ,,maine1 #agc4cc4 ,bath4 ,ladies1 for a ,teacher #h4ej ,biddeford4 ,second ,cong4 ,soc4 #bg4ea ,cumberland ,centre4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 to const4 ,,oren ,s4 ,,thomas1 ,l4 ,m4 #cc4jj ,farmington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ai4de ,foxcroft and ,dover4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #h4da ,fryeburg4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ac4df ,limerick4 ,s4 ,f4 ,h41 for ,raleigh1 ,n4 ,c4 #a4jj ,litchfield4 ,ladies1 ,bbl4 of ,c4 ,newcastle4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #g4jj ,north ,anson4 ----4 #aj4jj ,scarborough4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 8,a ,friend0 #cc4jj ,waterford4 8,a4 ,d40 #e4jj ,wilton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4jj ,,new ,,hampshire1 #aeh4ca4 ,auburn4 8,f4 ,b40 #a4jj ,candia4 ,jona4 ,martin #e4jj ,dunbarton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aa4jj ,durham4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aa4ej ,east ,alstead4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4ee2 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #c4aj #h4fe ,east ,jaffrey4 ,mrs4 ,d4 #j4be ,hancock4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #be4jj ,harrisville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #g4he 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,aurora4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch4 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #be4jj ,blue ,island4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4jj ,canton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch4 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #be4jj ,chicago4 ,e4 ,w4 ,blatchford1 #bej1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u42--8,mrs4 ,e4 ,s4 ,d40 #fj to const4 ,,miss ,,evelyn ,l4 ,,rolls and ,,miss ,,lillie ,,agnes ,,rolls1 ,l4 ,m4's2--,james ,w4 ,porter #be1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #cce4jj ,chesterfield4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #c4jj ,elgin4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bd4bi ,farmington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch4 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ae4jj ,galesburg4 ,mrs4 ,julia ,t4 ,wells #ae4jj ,geneva4 ,mrs4 ,g4 ,r4 ,milton #e4jj ,lyonsville4 ,arthur and ,annie ,armstrong1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #a4ej ,northampton4 ,r4 ,w4 ,gilliam4 #e4jj ,oneida4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #b4jj ,richmond4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4dj ,rochelle4 ,wm4 ,h4 ,holcomb1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ej4jj ,rockford4 ,mrs4 ,david ,penfield1 #ej2 ,ladies of ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #be1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ge4jj ,roscoe4 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,a4 ,tuttle #b4ej ,sandwich4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4jj ,stillman ,valley4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4ie ,,michigan1 #bhc4cd4 ,flint4 ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #aj4jj ,greenville4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #df4bd2--;,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #bd4ba2 ,e4 ,p4 ,c41 #a1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ga4de ,hillsdale4 ,j4 ,w4 ,ford #b4jj ,lansing4 ,plymouth ,cong4 ,ch4 #df4cj ,metamora4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4jj ,olivet4 ,students of ,olivet ,college and ,citizens 7of which ,wm4 ,b4 ,palmer1 #bj7 #fj1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c42--,cyrus ,ellis 7,bbl4 ,wheat1 for ,agl4 ,dept41 ,talladega1 ,c471 #c4ge2--;,alex ,tison #b #fe4ge ,richland4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,a4 ,s4 #j4ea ,romeo4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #eg2 ,e4 ,w4 ,giddings1 #e #fb4jj ,saint ,johns4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bc4cc ,,iowa1 #agd4cb4 ,chester ,centre4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bc2--;,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #ae1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ch4jj ,cincinnati4 ,w4 ,t4 ,reynolds #b4jj ,council ,bluffs4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,school for ,student1 ,talladega ,c4 #cj4jj ,des ,moines4 ,woman's ,miss4 ,soc4 of ,plymouth ,cong4 ,ch4 7of which #e for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u47 #cj4jj ,emerson4 ,e4 ,h4 ,d4 ,f #a4jj ,glenwood4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4ca ,green4 ,r4 ,l4 #a4jj ,grinnell4 ,mrs4 ,day1 #e2 for ,student ,aid2 --,mrs4 ,kendel1 #b2 ,friends1 #a2 ,mrs4 ,g4 #a1 for ,millers ,station1 ,ga4 #i4jj ,iowa ,falls4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ab4jj ,leon4 ,miss ,j4 ,k4 #a4jj ,maquoketa4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bb4ga ,osage4 ,cong4 ,ch4 for ,millers ,station1 ,ga4 #e4jj ,riceville4 8,friends10 #e2 ,mrs4 ,b4 and ,mrs4 ,a4 ,p4 #a #f4jj ,strawberry ,point4 ,cong4 ,soc4 #d4cj ,tabor4 8,a ,friend40 #e4jj ,,wisconsin1 #aah4jd4 ,black ,earth4 ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #e4jj ,delaware4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ae4jj ,durand4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,elkhorn4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #i4fb ,genoa ,junction4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #i4gg ,kenosha4 ,cong4 ,ch4 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ej4jj ,new ,chester4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #a4fe ,plattesville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4jj ,two ,rivers4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4jj ,,minnesota1 #hi4bc4 ,lake ,city4 ,sab4 ,sch41 by ,miss ,robinson1 for ,student ,aid1 ,straight ,u4 #be4jj ,mankato4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4ic ,minneapolis4 ,plymouth ,cong4 ,ch4 #af4ge ,plainview4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #bi2 and ,sab4 ,sch4 #f #ce4jj ,wabasha4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #i4ee ,northfield4 ,minn41 ,correction4 ,in ,dec4 number1 ,bethel ,sab4 ,sch4 #b4ji1 should read ,blackman ,sab4 ,sch4 #b4ji4 ,waterford4 ,union ,ch4 should read ,union ,sab4 ,sch4 #d4 ,,kansas1 #f4fj4 ,burlingame4 8,a ,friend0 #a4jj ,seneca4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4fj ,,nebraska1 #bf4ej4 ,red ,willow4 8,a ,friend0 #bf4ej ,,oregon1 #ac4be4 ,forest ,grove4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #ab4ge2 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,r4 ,w41 #ej;c4 #ac4be ,,california1 #abg4aj4 ,san ,francisco4 ,receipts of the ,california ,chinese ,mission #abg4aj ,,district ,,of ,,columbia1 #acj4 ,washington4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 7#ej of which for ,howard ,u47 #abj4jj ,washington4 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,n4 ,bailey #aj4jj ,,maryland1 #ajj4 ,baltimore4 ,rev4 ,geo4 ,morris1 for a ,teacher1 ,fisk ,u4 #ajj4jj ,,kentucky1 #aj4 ,ashland4 ,hugh ,means #aj4jj ,,tennessee1 #aaf4aj4 ,nashville4 ,fisk ,u41 ,tuition #aaf4aj ,,north ,,carolina1 #ajb4gh4 ,raleigh4 ,cong4 ,ch4 for ,mendi ,m4 #a4jj ,wilmington4 ,normal ,school1 ,tuition #ic4be2 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #h4ec #aja4gh ,,south ,,carolina1 #caa4fj4 ,charleston4 ,avery ,inst41 ,tuition #caa4fj ,,georgia1 #ggi4jb4 ,augusta4 ,capt4 ,c4 ,h4 ,prince1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #aj4jj ,atlanta4 ,storrs ,sch4 ,tuition1 #dei4ab2 ,rent1 #ab2 ,atlanta ,u41 ,tuition1 #aah2 ,rent1 #bb4ej #faa4fb ,macon4 ,lewis ,high ,sch41 ,tuition1 #fg4fe2 ,rent1 #g #gd4fe ,savannah4 ,beach ,inst41 ,tuition #hb4ge ,,alabama1 #cib4jb4 ,mobile4 ,emerson ,institute1 ,tuition #aje4ge ,montgomery4 ,public ,school ,fund1 #age2 ,cong4 ,ch41 #ba #aif4jj ,selma4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #f4fj ,talladega4 ,tuition1 #hj4fg2--;,j4 ,r4 ,sims1 #c1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #hc4fg ,,louisiana1 #cg4 ,new ,orleans4 ,straight ,u41 ,tuition #cg4jj ,,mississippi1 #ec4hh4 ,bates ,mills4 8,friends10 for ,tougaloo ,u4 #b4bj ,tougaloo4 ,tougaloo ,u41 ,tuition1 #ci4cj2 ,rent1 #ab4ch #ea4fh ,,texas1 #a4jj4 ,goliad4 ,by ,rev4 ,m4 ,t4 #a4jj ,,canada1 #i4 ,montreal4 ,rev4 ,henry ,wilkes #e4jj ,paris4 ,mrs4 ,n4 ,hamilton #d4jj ,,scotland1 #ajj4 ,kilmarnock4 ,j4 ,stewart1 for a ,teacher in ,fisk ,u4 #ajj4jj ,,england1 #ee4bj4 ,london4 8,readers of ,the ,christian10 #aa #ajs41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ee4bj ,,africa1 #b4 ,south ,africa4 ,e4 ,brewer1 for ,raleigh1 ,n4 ,c4 #b4jj ------------------ ,total #ac1hhi4da ,total from ,oct4 #ast to ,nov4 #cjth #bf1egg4je ,,receipts ,,of ,,california ,,chinese ,,mission4 ,i4 ,,from ,,auxiliaries4 ,sacramento ,chinese ,mission--,chinese pupils #f4ge ,santa ,barbara ,chinese ,mission--,annual ,memberships1 #ahgi-hj3 #b each from ,mrs4 ,j4 ,p4 ,stearnes1 ,n4 ,c4 ,pitcher1 ,gin ,foy1 ,wong ,you1 ,gin ,sing1 ,gin ,foon1 ,lue ,sam--#ad2 ,collection1 #e #bc4ae ,stockton ,chinese ,mission--,chinese pupils #c4jj ---------- ,total #cb4ij ,,ii4 ,,from ,,churches4 ,san ,francisco--,first ,cong4 ,church #ah4bj ,san ,francisco--,bethany ,church1 ,chinese #a4jj ,at annual meeting3 ,antioch--,rev4 ,john ,b4 ,carrington #b4jj ,benicia--#b each from ,mrs4 ,c4 ,b4 ,deming1 ,mrs4 ,n4 ,p4 ,smith1 ,miss ,h4 ,l4 ,smith #f4jj ,haywards--,wm4 ,stewart #b4jj ,oakland--#b each from ,deacon and ,mrs4 ,snow1 ,a4 ,l4 ,von ,blarcom1 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,s4 ,post1 ,rev4 ,s4 ,v4 ,blakeslee1 and #e from ,rev4 ,g4 ,mooar1 ,d4 ,d4 #ae4jj ,rio ,vista--,rev4 and ,mrs4 ,w4 ,c4 ,merritt #b4ej ,sacramento--,rev4 and ,mrs4 ,i4 ,e4 ,dwinell #d4jj ,san ,francisco--,rev4 ,aaron ,williams1 #b2 ,miss ,mary ,perkins1 #b #d4jj ,other friends--names not reported #ad4ej ---------- ,total #fi4be ,,iii4 ,bangor1 ,maine--a friend #be4jj ---------- ,grand total #abg4aj ,e4 ,,palache1 ,treas4 ,california ,chinese ,mission4 ,,for ,,missions ,,in ,,africa4 ,millbury1 ,mass4 ,m4 ,d4 ,garfield #e4jj ,previously acknowledged in ,oct4 receipts #a1eaj4cd ---------------- ,total 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furnishes a vivid and reliable picture of the work going forward among the ,indians1 the ,chinamen on the ,pacific ,coast1 and the ,freedmen as citizens in the ,south and as missionaries in ,africa4 ,it will be the vehicle of important views on all matters affecting the races among which it labors1 and will give a monthly summary of current events relating to their welfare and progress4 ,patriots and ,christians interested in the education and ,christianizing of these despised races are asked to read it1 and assist in its circulation4 ,begin with the next number and the new year4 ,the price is only ,fifty ,cents per annum4 ,the ,magazine will be sent gratuitously1 if preferred1 to the persons indicated on page #dab1 ,december ,number4 ,donations and subscriptions should be sent to ,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,treasurer1 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,new ,york4 ,,to ,,advertisers4 ,special attention is invited to the advertising department of the ,,american ,,missionary4 ,among its regular readers are thousands of ,ministers of the ,gospel1 ,presidents1 ,professors and ,teachers in ,colleges1 ,theological ,seminaries and ,schools2 it is1 therefore1 a specially valuable medium for advertising ,books1 ,periodicals1 ,newspapers1 ,maps1 ,charts1 ,institutions of ,learning1 ,church ,furniture1 ,bells1 ,household ,goods1 c4 ,advertisers are requested to note the moderate price charged for space in its columns1 considering the extent and character of its circulation4 ,advertisements must be received by the ,,tenth of the month1 in order to secure insertion in the following number4 ,all communications in relation to advertising should be addressed to ,j4 ,h4 ,,denison1 ,adv'g ,agent1 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,new ,york4 ,our friends who are interested in the ,advertising ,department of the 8,american ,missionary0 can aid us in this respect by mentioning1 when ordering goods1 that they saw them advertised in our ,magazine4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,david ,h4 ,,gildersleeve1 ,printer1 #aja ,chambers 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