,,vol4 ,,xxxiii4 ,no4 #aa4 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 99 99 99 99 99 8,to the ,poor the ,gospel is ,preached40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,november1 #ahgi4 ,,contents3 ,,editorial4 ,,our ,,annual ,,meeting #cba ,,death ,,of ,,rev4 ,,wm4 ,,patton1 ,d4 ,d4 #cba ,,paragraphs #cbb ,,no ,,debt--,,no ,,deficit #cbc ,,missionary ,,mass ,,conventions--,,our ,,new ,,men #cbd ,,the ,,mendi ,,mission #cbe ,,the ,,arthington ,,mission #cbf ,,self-,,protection3 ,extract from address of ,,rev4 ,,albert ,h4 ,,heath #cbf ,,sunday-,,school ,,letters #cbi ,,items ,,from ,,the ,,field #cbi ,,general ,,notes #cca ,,the ,,freedmen4 ,,part ,,of ,a ,,tour ,,through ,,the ,,carolinas #ccd ,,contrasts #cce ,,georgia1 ,,atlanta3 ,economical ,industrial ,department #ccg ,,georgia1 ,,savannah3 ,revival--,work and ,results #cch ,,alabama1 ,,florence3 ,new ,church ,building #cci ,,alabama1 ,,talladega3 ,protracted ,meetings #cci ,,africa4 ,,mendi ,,mission--,annual ,meeting of the ,missionaries #cci ,,the ,,indians4 ,a ,,tour ,,among ,,the ,,clallam ,,indians #cdb ,,children',s ,,page4 ,,cabin ,,prayer-,,meetings--,which was the ,hero8 #cdd ,,receipts #cdf ,,constitution #cdi ,,work1 ,,statistics1 ,,wants1 c4 #cej 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 ,,street4 ,n4 ,y4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,president4 ,,hon4 ,e4 ,s4 ,,tobey1 ,boston4 ,,vice-,,presidents4 ,hon4 ,f4 ,d4 ,,parish1 ,ohio4 ,hon4 ,e4 ,d4 ,,holton1 ,wis4 ,hon4 ,,william ,,claflin1 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,,stephen ,,thurston1 ,d4 ,d41 ,me4 ,rev4 ,,samuel ,,harris1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ct4 ,,wm4 ,c4 ,,chapin1 ,esq41 ,r4 ,i4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,t4 ,,eustis1 ,d4 ,d41 ,mass4 ,hon4 ,a4 ,c4 ,,barstow1 ,r4 ,i4 ,rev4 ,,thatcher ,,thayer1 ,d4 ,d41 ,r4 ,i4 ,rev4 ,,ray ,,palmer1 ,d4 ,d41 ,n4 ,y4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,m4 ,,sturtevant1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ill4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,w4 ,,patton1 ,d4 ,d41 ,d4 ,c4 ,hon4 ,,seymour ,,straight1 ,la4 ,,horace ,,hallock1 ,esq41 ,mich4 ,rev4 ,,cyrus ,w4 ,,wallace1 ,d4 ,d41 ,n4 ,h4 ,rev4 ,,edward ,,hawes1 ,ct4 ,,douglas ,,putnam1 ,esq41 ,ohio4 ,hon4 ,,thaddeus ,,fairbanks1 ,vt4 ,,samuel ,d4 ,,porter1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,y4 ,rev4 ,m4 ,m4 ,g4 ,,dana1 ,d4 ,d41 ,minn4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,w4 ,,beecher1 ,n4 ,y4 ,gen4 ,o4 ,o4 ,,howard1 ,oregon4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,f4 ,,magoun1 ,d4 ,d41 ,iowa4 ,col4 ,c4 ,g4 ,,hammond1 ,ill4 ,,edward ,,spaulding1 ,m4 ,d41 ,n4 ,h4 ,,david ,,ripley1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,j4 ,rev4 ,,wm4 ,m4 ,,barbour1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ct4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,l4 ,,gage1 ,ct4 ,a4 ,s4 ,,hatch1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,y4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,h4 ,,fairchild1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ohio4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,a4 ,,stimson1 ,minn4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,w4 ,,strong1 ,d4 ,d41 ,minn4 ,rev4 ,,george ,,thacher1 ,,ll4 ,d41 ,iowa4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,stone1 ,d4 ,d41 ,california4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,h4 ,,atkinson1 ,d4 ,d41 ,oregon4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,e4 ,,rankin1 ,d4 ,d41 ,d4 ,c4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,chapin1 ,d4 ,d41 ,wis4 ,s4 ,d4 ,,smith1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,,peter ,,smith1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,dea4 ,,john ,c4 ,,whitin1 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,,wm4 ,,patton1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ct4 ,hon4 ,j4 ,b4 ,,grinnell1 ,iowa4 ,rev4 ,,wm4 ,t4 ,,carr1 ,ct4 ,rev4 ,,horace ,,winslow1 ,ct4 ,sir ,,peter ,,coats1 ,scotland4 ,rev4 ,,henry ,,allon1 ,d4 ,d41 ,london1 ,eng4 ,,wm4 ,e4 ,,whiting1 ,esq41 ,n4 ,y4 ,j4 ,m4 ,,pinkerton1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,f4 ,a4 ,,noble1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ct4 ,,daniel ,,hand1 ,esq41 ,ct4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,williston1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,f4 ,,beard1 ,d4 ,d41 ,n4 ,y4 ,,frederick ,,billings1 ,esq41 ,vt4 ,,joseph ,,carpenter1 ,esq41 ,r4 ,i4 ,,corresponding ,,secretary4 ,,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 ,,strieby1 ,d4 ,d41 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,n4 ,y4 ,,district ,,secretaries4 ,,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,,woodworth1 ,boston4 ,,rev4 ,g4 ,d4 ,,pike1 ,new ,york4 ,,rev4 ,,jas4 ,,powell1 ,chicago4 ,,edgar ,,ketchum1 ,,esq41 ,treasurer1 ,n4 ,y4 ,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard4 ,,esq41 ,assistant ,treasurer1 ,n4 ,y4 ,,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 ,,strieby1 ,recording ,secretary4 ,,executive ,,committee4 ,,alonzo ,s4 ,,ball1 ,a4 ,s4 ,,barnes1 ,,edward ,,beecher1 ,,geo4 ,m4 ,,boynton1 ,,wm4 ,b4 ,,brown1 ,,clinton ,b4 ,,fisk1 ,,addison ,p4 ,,foster1 ,e4 ,a4 ,,graves1 ,s4 ,b4 ,,halliday1 ,,sam',l ,,holmes1 ,s4 ,s4 ,,jocelyn1 ,,andrew ,,lester1 ,,chas4 ,l4 ,,mead1 ,,john ,h4 ,,washburn1 ,g4 ,b4 ,,willcox4 ,,communications relating to the business of the ,association may be addressed to either of the ,secretaries as above2 letters for the ,editor of the 8,american ,missionary0 to ,rev4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,boynton1 at the ,new ,york ,office4 ,,donations ,,and ,,subscriptions should be sent to ,h4 ,w4 ,hubbard1 ,ass't ,treasurer1 ,no4 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,new ,york1 or1 when more convenient1 to either of the ,branch ,offices1 #ba ,congregational ,house1 ,boston1 ,mass41 or #aab ,west ,washington ,street1 ,chicago1 ,ill4 ,a payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a ,life ,member4 ,correspondents are specially requested to place at the head of each letter the name of their ,post ,office1 and the ,county and ,state in which it is located4 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,vol4 ,,xxxiii4 ,,november1 #ahgi4 ,no4 #aa4 99 99 99 99 99 ,american ,missionary ,association4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,our ,,annual ,,meeting4 ,the ,thirty-third ,annual ,meeting of the ,american ,missionary ,association will be held in the ,first ,congregational ,church 7,rev4 ,dr4 ,goodwin's71 ,chicago1 ,illinois1 commencing ,october #bhth1 at #c p4 m4 ,the ,annual ,sermon will be preached by ,rev4 ,r4 ,s4 ,storrs1 ,d4 ,d41 of ,brooklyn1 ,n4 ,y41 service commencing at half-past seven in the evening4 ,a paper on the ,chinese question will be presented by ,rev4 ,j4 ,h4 ,twichell1 of ,hartford1 ,connecticut2 one on the ,necessity of the ,protection of ,law for the ,indians1 by ,gen4 ,j4 ,b4 ,leake1 ,united ,states ,district ,attorney1 ,chicago1 ,illinois2 one on the ,providential ,significance of the ,negro in ,america1 by ,pres4 ,e4 ,h4 ,merrell1 of ,ripon ,college1 ,ripon1 ,wisconsin4 ,addresses may be expected from ,rev4 ,drs4 ,goodell1 ,roy1 ,corwin1 ,dana1 ,ellsworth and other able speakers on timely and important topics4 ,for reductions in ,railroad fares and other important items1 see fourth page of cover4 99 99 99 99 99 ,we are called to record the death of another venerable friend of the ,association1 ,rev4 ,wm4 ,patton1 ,d4 ,d41 who died suddenly at his home in ,new ,haven1 only a few days after his return from a trip to ,europe1 on ,saturday1 the #fth of ,september4 ,he had been a ,vice-,president of the ,association for fifteen years1 and always a warm and generous friend of the colored people4 ,he was the father of ,president ,patton of ,howard ,university4 ,educated at ,middlebury ,college and at ,princeton ,seminary1 he was the first pastor of the ,broome ,street1 now the ,madison ,square ,presbyterian ,church1 in ,new ,york4 ,since #ahfb he has resided in ,new ,haven1 ,conn4 ,he has labored much and written much1 and died at the good old age of #ha1 beloved and honored4 ,he remembered the ,association in his will with a bequest of #ejj4 99 99 99 99 99 ,in our issue of last month1 the article 8,north and ,south0 stated that we have a common interest in the glory of our ,revolution4 ,this assertion finds confirmation in the fact that a ,southern ,centennial is now under process of arrangement4 ,it is to occur on the #gth of ,october1 #ahhj1 at ,king's ,mountain1 ,north ,carolina1 to commemorate the battle that was fought at that place ,oct4 #g1 #aghj4 ,in ,july a meeting was held at that same mountain to make preparation4 ,the ,states of ,georgia and of ,north and ,south ,carolina were represented4 ,three thousand people were present4 ,patriotic speeches were made4 ,in these1 and in the several resolutions adopted1 as reported in the ,atlanta ,constitution1 not one word was used in reflection upon the ,american ,union4 ,all the other ,states were invited to participate4 ,besides the ,states represented1 those of ,virginia1 ,west ,virginia1 ,kentucky and ,tennessee were to be memorialized1 through their ,legislatures1 to make such appropriations as would be necessary to the proper consummation of the celebration4 ,the ladies of those several ,states were invited to co-operate4 ,the committee of arrangements were to secure a collection of the historic relics of the battle ground and to apply for troops to illustrate the plan of the battle4 99 99 99 99 99 ,secretary ,powell has recently made an earnest plea in the ,advance for printing-presses1 greatly needed at ,fisk1 ,straight and ,tougaloo ,universities4 ,he says3 8,about #a1jjj are needed for each press1 with its accompaniments of type1 rules and leads4 ,but there is a firm in this city that for presses going into this work will discount fifty per cent4 ,only five hundred dollars1 therefore1 are needed for each press and accompaniments4 ,and in what direction could five hundred dollars be better used for the advancement of ,christ's kingdom and the safety of the land80 99 99 99 99 99 ,incidental testimony from pure sources of high authority to the value of a work is often more gratifying to those engaged in it than purposed compliments4 ,a recognition of its value before an outside audience is also of special importance4 ,we are glad1 therefore1 to call attention to the fact that ,senator ,hoar1 of ,massachusetts1 in his recent political address at ,worcester1 referring to the interest of the ,northern people in everything that would promote the true interests of the ,south1 speaks of ,captain ,eads' jetties1 8making one long harbor of the ,southern ,mississippi10 as a great boon to its material prosperity1 and points to 8the magnificent work of the ,american ,missionary ,association0 as in a higher sphere a source of sincere rejoicing to all good men of the ,north4 ,we notice1 also1 in the report of the ,peabody ,educational ,fund1 the following reference to our work3 8,much good has been accomplished for the colored schools by the universities and other endowed institutions with normal departments maintained by different ,christian denominations4 ,one association has already sent out from its numerous institutions #e1bfg teachers1 by whom about #ajj1jjj pupils have been instructed4 ,a large proportion of the graduates of all these institutions become teachers40 ,the following tribute to the ,hampton ,normal ,institute is also paid by the ,superintendent of ,public ,schools in ,south ,carolina3 8,the agent of the ,peabody ,fund has placed at my disposal ten fifty-dollar scholarships in the ,normal and ,agricultural ,institute1 at ,hampton1 ,va4 ,a visit to the ,institute1 and observation of the manner in which it is conducted1 convince me that it is doing exactly what it professes to do40 ,whether our work needs testimonials to its value or not1 we are always glad to find such as these1 which were not intended either for the ears of our teachers or officers1 or even constituency4 ,if we needed to be assured at all1 such witnesses would give us deeper confidence than ever in its real need and real efficiency4 99 99 99 99 99 ,dr4 ,o4 ,h4 ,white1 ,secretary of the ,freedmen's ,missions ,aid ,society1 writes from ,london3 ,the recent death of ,dr4 ,mullens and four others connected with the effort of the ,london ,missionary ,society to reach ,central ,africa1 has turned the thought of this people to our plans and work for ,africa as never before4 ,they begin to believe that1 as ,dr4 ,moffat said1 8,africans must go to teach and save ,africans2 it is the ,divine plan40 ,and the more ,i speak upon this idea1 and the more ,i see of the people1 the more ,i am persuaded that this view will prevail in the future1 and we shall have all we can do to furnish the colored missionaries for all the missionary societies of ,europe working in ,africa4 ,if our colored missionaries show to the world that they can live in ,africa and can manage the affairs of a mission as well as white men1 then the demand for them by the missionary societies of this country will be large enough for all we can supply from ,america in many years4 ,and the ministers here tell me that if my mission to the country should result in nothing else1 it will more than pay for all the time1 work and expense which ,i am giving to this effort4 ,were it not for the earnest commendation of many of the most prominent ministers and laymen in ,england and ,scotland of my sermons and addresses on the subject of the evangelization of ,africa by the ,freedmen1 ,i should give up at once in these hard times of dreadful depression in business2 but the ,lord has evidently given me the ear and the heart of the people with reference to the future redemption of that vast continent of ,africa by the emancipated slaves4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,no ,,debt--,,no ,,deficit4 ,from time to time during the year our readers have been told the condition of our treasury4 ,occasionally it has been only a place to put money in1 a great vacuity4 ,it has been with us a year of anxiety and frequent change1 of falling and of rising tides4 ,and now we have just closed the books which contain the record of another financial period4 ,and by the arrival of the date which this number of the ,,missionary bears1 and which we have to anticipate for printing and mailing to our remotest subscribers1 we shall have made its full statement to the annual meeting4 ,it is with profound gratitude to ,almighty ,god1 and with renewed confidence in ,him and in ,his people1 that we write its record4 ,first4 ,we have fully met all the expenses of the year from the year's income4 ,we have kept in active operation all our institutions and churches4 ,no one has been suspended or stopped for lack of funds4 ,we do not by any means intend to say that all have been fully equipped and carried on to the best advantage1 for we have not dared by any means to do with them all that could have been done4 ,they have all been run in the most economical manner consistent with the accomplishment of their main intent4 ,the salaries have been small1 the services have been great1 the self-denials have been many1 of our pastors and teachers2 still1 in the year1 which only at its close has begun to show signs of returning commercial prosperity1 we are glad to record an undiminished work all paid for4 ,secondly4 ,we have fully paid the debt4 ,the #cg1chi4gi of indebtedness reported at the last annual meeting has absolutely disappeared4 ,every cent of it has been paid1 to the last of the seventy-nine4 ,the great work undertaken three years ago is finished1 and we are free4 ,we have been for a long time like ,lot's wife1 looking back and fearing lest perchance the past might overwhelm us2 but ,god has only rained down riches out of ,heaven and buried our burden beneath ,his gracious gifts2 and we are free now to look and to press forward4 ,but such a statement brings a weight of grave responsibility4 ,we say of the treasury of the ,association gladly and gratefully1 ,no debt--no deficit4 ,but we must remember1 in all humility1 we do ever owe the debt to love our fellow-men and show it by our works of ,christian charity1 and our deficit is what we have been lacking in filling up the full measure of our opportunity for serving ,christ in the person of ,his poor4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,missionary ,,mass ,,conventions4 ,at the late ,state ,conference of ,ohio1 a ,committee on ,missions was appointed1 of which ,prof4 ,judson ,smith1 ,d4 ,d41 is chairman1 and ,rev4 ,c4 ,c4 ,creegan1 of ,wakeman1 secretary4 ,it is proposed to hold a series of mass conventions1 at central points1 and every member of every ,congregational church in the ,state will be invited to attend at least one of these meetings4 ,rev4 ,james ,powell will represent the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 ,the following schedule has been prepared3 ,marietta1 ,oct4 #cast1 ,cincinnati1 ,nov4 #dth1 ,mansfield1 ,nov4 #eth1 ,toledo1 ,nov4 #fth1 ,wauseon1 ,nov4 #gth1 ,sandusky1 ,nov4 #hth1 ,norwalk1 ,nov4 #ajth1 ,wakeman1 ,nov4 #aath1 ,elyria1 ,nov4 #abth1 ,wellington1 ,nov4 #acth1 ,medina1 ,nov4 #adth1 ,cleveland1 ,nov4 #aeth1 ,burton1 ,nov4 #ahth1 ,painesville1 ,nov4 #aith1 ,ashtabula1 ,nov4 #bjth1 ,jefferson1 ,nov4 #bast1 ,n4 ,bloomfield1 ,nov4 #bb;d1 ,youngstown 7,welsh ,conference71 ,nov4 #bc;d1 ,windham1 ,nov4 #bdth1 ,ravenna1 ,nov4 #beth1 ,mt4 ,vernon1 ,nov4 #bhth1 ,newark 7,welsh ,conference71 ,nov4 #bith1 ,columbus1 ,nov4 #cjth4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,our ,,new ,,men4 ,we are delighted with our new men4 ,scarcely ever in the history of the ,association have we had so large a number of recruits for important places in our service1 of such proved quality1 and more and more we find ourselves able to retain the services of our best men1 who have served the cause of education and religion with us in years past4 ,it is to us a gratifying indication of the growing sense among our ,christian ministers and teachers of the importance and dignity of the work1 and of their appreciation of it1 as founded and established beyond all question1 and for all time 7as we measure things71 that such men are willing to commit themselves to it1 and to remain in it year after year4 ,we accept the congratulations of ,the ,congregationalist as expressed in the following paragraph3 ,the ,association is to be congratulated upon new accessories to its working force4 ,rev4 ,henry ,s4 ,de,forest of ,iowa has accepted the ,presidency of ,talladega ,college1 and is already upon the ground4 ,rev4 ,s4 ,d4 ,gaylord1 a highly commended schoolman of the ,west1 has taken the principalship of the ,avery ,institute at ,charleston1 ,s4 ,c4 ,the late principal1 ,prof4 ,a4 ,w4 ,farnham1 is proposed as an occupant of a chair in one of the colleges of the ,a4 ,m4 ,a42 ,rev4 ,c4 ,w4 ,hawley1 pastor of the ,second ,church at ,amherst1 ,mass41 is to enter upon the pastorate of the ,first ,congregational ,church of ,atlanta1 which was resigned by ,rev4 ,s4 ,s4 ,ashley1 that he might take a season of respite after his fourteen years of invaluable ,southern service4 ,rev4 ,o4 ,w4 ,fay accepts the call to the pastoral charge in ,montgomery1 ,ala42 ,rev4 ,o4 ,d4 ,crawford of ,west ,bloomfield1 ,n4 ,y41 goes down to serve as pastor of the church and superintendent of the ,emerson ,institute at ,mobile2 ,prof4 ,j4 ,k4 ,cole is transferred from ,new ,orleans to the principalship of the ,beach ,institute at ,savannah1 ,ga42 while ,prof4 ,mc,pherron is promoted to be ,principal of the ,normal ,department of ,straight ,university4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,mendi ,,mission4 ,we call attention to the summary on another page of the ,second ,annual ,meeting of our ,missionaries on the ,west ,coast of ,africa4 ,there seems to have been in it a careful review of the work of the year and a study of the means at hand for carrying it in the future1 and a reasonable view of its needs and possibilities4 ,it will be seen that the report of church and evangelizing work indicates not only earnest effort but substantial results4 ,the missionaries are planning--and the plan has resulted from their own experience and observation--a more free use of native helpers as it shall become possible4 ,all ,missions have come or are coming to this4 ,it needs but a simple knowledge of the love of ,god and the redemption of the world by the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 to fit a man to go home and tell his neighbors the good news which has come to him4 ,that is the work of evangelization4 ,and if these native ,christians1 carrying to their own people only that portion of the ,gospel which they have known and certified by their experience1 can come into frequent contact with the missionaries educated and established in the faith1 they will be kept from wandering off into error1 and grow in grace and knowledge by using the grace and knowledge they have already received and acquired4 ,the missionaries have1 to some extent1 upon the basis of the year's experience1 re-arranged themselves so that they think 7and we agree with them7 that they can work to better advantage than the past year4 ,one of the schools1 that at ,good ,hope1 seems to have been very successful and to have reached a large number of native children4 ,the other1 at ,avery1 has been more confined to the training of children1 who are taken into the home to be under continuous influence1 in the hope that by industrial and religious1 as well as mental training1 they may in time be fitted to be important helpers in the work4 ,mr4 ,anthony1 who joined the ,mission in ,march last1 to take especial charge of the mill and other industrial work at ,avery1 has already proved to be a valuable addition to the band4 ,and the ,committee have just commissioned and sent out another recruit to strengthen the hands1 we trust1 of those already in the field4 ,his name is ,nathaniel ,nurse4 ,he was born in the island of ,barbadoes1 ,west ,indies2 immigrated to ,liberia1 ,africa1 where he spent five years2 came to the ,united ,states2 spent nearly two years in the cities of ,new ,york and ,boston2 was converted to ,christ in the latter city nine years ago4 ,he returned to ,barbadoes1 visiting also various other ,west ,indian islands4 ,in #ahge he went to ,england1 visiting ,liverpool1 and spending a year in ,london4 ,while in the latter city he was engaged in missionary work4 ,he was sent1 about two years ago1 by the ,freedmen's ,missions ,aid ,society1 of ,london1 assisted by ,belmont ,church1 ,aberdeen1 ,scotland1 and several individual ,christians1 to ,fisk ,university1 ,nashville1 ,tenn41 where he has been studying with a view to devoting himself to missionary work in ,africa4 ,these young men are in a very trying position1 and need the prayers of all good people that they may have wisdom and grace and patience from the ,giver of all good and perfect gifts4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,arthington ,,mission4 ,let it not be thought by any of the friends of the ,association1 because we have not had more to say in the ,,missionary1 that we have given up the hope of yet being able to accept the noble offer of ,mr4 ,robert ,arthington1 and of establishing and sustaining the ,mission proposed by him4 ,we have already fully and formally recognized the importance of the work1 the accessibility of the field and its peculiar claims upon our body4 ,equatorial ,africa is our sphere4 ,it is in that that we have labored for over thirty years1 and to that that we desire to confine ourselves4 ,this ,eastern ,mission will be a proper balance and complement to the ,mendi ,mission on the ,western coast4 ,but we have tried to make haste slowly4 ,the condition precedent made by ,mr4 ,arthington1 that the debt of the ,association should be extinguished1 is now fully and fairly met4 ,that is an obstacle out of the way4 ,the only other condition is one on our part of prudent anticipation4 ,it will take a large amount--though it has been more often over than underestimated--to provide the men and the outfit and to put them on the ground4 ,it will require at least an amount annually equal to that we are expending on the ,western ,mission to sustain this in the ,east4 ,and the ,executive ,committee have thought it wise to assure themselves of #ej1jjj1 which they would have in hand to devote to this work as it might be required1 before they should take the first step towards beginning it4 ,there are several things within our horizon to-day which conspire to give us hope of a speedy realization of this plan4 ,mr4 ,arthington's offer still holds good4 ,there is #ae1jjj for the work to begin with4 ,dr4 ,o4 ,h4 ,white1 the indefatigable ,secretary of the ,freedmen's ,missions ,aid ,society in ,great ,britain1 is enthusiastic on the subject of this ,mission1 and reports to us that the interest of the ,english and ,scotch people in it is deep and deepening4 ,already he has secured considerable sums to be devoted to this work4 ,recently he has written us asking for a definite agreement on the part of the ,association as to what it will do in the way of providing from this country a portion of the fund deemed necessary to the inception of the ,mission1 if he shall raise from the mother country a second #ae1jjj4 ,the ,committee has answered him that they will agree to provide the #bj1jjj to make the needed #ej1jjj for the start1 and will then1 8with the blessing of ,god and the assistance of the friends of the ,african race in ,great ,britain and ,america1 perpetually maintain the ,mission40 ,the ,committee felt free to make this pledge1 in the present financial condition of the ,association1 and especially as final receipts from the ,avery estate have recently come to hand1 amounting to a considerable part of this sum1 and which are devoted by the donor to the evangelization of the ,african race in ,africa4 ,it is a great step for us to take2 but we have felt that it would be a great mistake1 a great failure in duty1 for us not to take it4 ,god bless ,robert ,arthington1 of ,leeds6 ,god bless ,dr4 ,white in his efforts to raise this second fund6 ,god bless every man and woman on either side the sea who shall join hands and put together their resources to carry the light of the gospel of love and liberty into the thick darkness of ,eastern ,equatorial ,africa6 ,who will help us on this side the water8 99 99 99 99 99 ,,self-,,protection4 ,we extract from the valuable address given at the ,boston anniversary1 by the ,rev4 ,albert ,h4 ,heath1 of ,new ,bedford1 ,mass41 his second division 7all we can find room for71 in which he treats forcibly of one most important aspect of our home work4 ,in other portions of the address he spoke at length of our special obligations to these people and of the work in the light of a genuine ,christian philanthropy4 ,we commend these strong words to careful reading and thought4 ,self-protection is to be taken into consideration in this work4 ,what effect1 we may well inquire1 is it going to have upon the beloved institutions of our land if these races are not ,christianly educated8 ,it is possible that many will feel that the ,indian1 whatever our treatment of him1 can never offer any serious menace to our civil life2 we may safely let him go1 as his fathers have gone before him1 marching before our fixed bayonets toward the setting sun4 ,and if this military policy is to prevail1 we shall all be glad when he has made his last trail across the plain and echoed his last shrill war-whoop amid the mountains' fastnesses4 ,but1 after all1 friends1 it may be there is a ,god in ,heaven who will remember and avenge the red man's wrong4 8,they that take the sword shall perish with the sword10 is not alone to be found in ,scripture4 ,it is written in our constitutions2 it is a fundamental law of our being2 and history bears abundant testimony that it is no dead letter4 ,we ought to remember this law as we press the ,indian from his ,god-given right4 ,it may be that we1 the children of the ,pilgrims1 may yet find ourselves driven from our ,eastern homes and the institutions which the century has helped us to build1 while the red hand of ,nihilism holds sway over the graves of our fathers1 and crowds us1 as we are to-day crowding the ,indian1 into the track of the setting sun4 ,but whatever may be the result of our treatment of the ,indian1 there can be no doubt what will be the effect if the ,negro and the ,chinaman are left uneducated and unchristianized4 ,already do we feel the hand of the black man in our politics2 our ears have distinctly heard the low rumbling1 and we have felt the shudder beneath our feet which betokens an eruption4 ,before we know it ,vesuvius may be belching forth its fiery flood1 darkening the sky and spreading far and wide its river of death4 ,nor will the exodus greatly change the matter4 ,the demagogue and the office-seeker are a genus that thrives in all climes4 ,they may be more poisonous at the ,south1 as most reptiles are that breed under a tropical sun2 but the frosts of the ,north do not kill them any more than they kill the larv of the insects which every ,april sun hatches into life4 ,it only needs the warmth of an election to quicken them and bring them in buzzing swarms around your ears4 ,there will be corrupt politicians in ,kansas who will rob them of their political rights as readily as those in the ,south4 ,it matters little where they dwell2 even in ,new ,york or ,boston they would find themselves still in the reign of demoniacal possession4 ,while they remain an ignorant class they will be a dangerous class4 ,to be shot and intimidated may not be1 after all1 their worst political fate2 to be corrupted with bribery would be equally bad4 ,the electioneering purse1 in the hand of the ,northern office-seeker1 might prove as potent in robbing them of their rights as the pistol which ,southern chivalry may point at their devoted heads4 ,let us not1 therefore1 cheer ourselves1 nor encourage these1 our colored friends1 that there is any holy land in these ,united ,states to which they may go in solemn exodus and be safe4 ,wherever they may be1 ignorance is their greatest curse2 nothing but education and ,christianization will dispel this shadow that is darkening their lives1 and lift this yoke of bondage that is now galling their necks1 and in no other way can they be converted into useful citizens4 ,they are an element of danger to the ,republic1 until1 like our ,northern children1 they grow up under the shadow of the school-house4 ,it is possible that all are not aware how great is the weight of this ignorance1 which is like loose ballast in the ship of ,state1 ready at any sudden lurch to change sides and carry us to the bottom4 ,we and our legislators have been most thoughtless in our treatment of this question4 ,in a single day1 by legislative enactment1 we put the ballot into the hand of a million men1 not one of whom knew a letter of the alphabet4 ,a more suicidal blow has seldom been aimed at the heart of this ,republic4 ,we have given1 almost indiscriminately1 the right of suffrage to these ,southern ,states1 and yet in sixteen of them seventy-five out of every hundred of the population1 according to the census of #ahgj1 are growing up entirely without school advantages4 ,at the present moment a majority of the voters in ,alabama1 ,florida1 ,georgia1 ,mississippi and ,south ,carolina are without the ability either to read or write4 ,in either of these ,states1 or in all of them1 any election can be carried by sheer weight of ignorance4 ,seventeen hundred thousand men1 according to a statistical report which has been put into my hands1 at the last national election cast the ballot which they could neither read nor write4 ,no wonder we were plunged into confusion4 ,had not a kindly ,providence been on our side we should have been plunged into anarchy4 ,and this scene waits to repeat itself in #ahhj4 ,the next ,president of these ,states will be elected to his high position by sheer force of ignorance--ignorance manipulated and controlled by men whose hearts are as black with treason to-day as they were in '#fa4 ,no thoughtful man can look upon these facts and not tremble for the safety of his country4 ,so1 also1 is the ignorant and unchristianized ,chinaman making himself felt in our politics4 ,he casts no ballot1 he holds no office4 ,he does not come to the polls to drink and smoke and sell himself to the highest bidder on election day2 and yet his political influence already is as wide as the continent2 his unwelcome ghost stalks through the halls of ,congress1 and broods over every political or religious convention that is holden between the two oceans4 ,already have we seen one sovereign ,state changing the terms of its constitution and revolutionizing its laws out of pure regard for the ,chinaman4 ,and1 still more significant1 we have seen our great ,national ,congress voting to change the very genius of the ,government1 and to shut the doors that have for a hundred years stood open1 and which we mean shall not be closed for a hundred years to come2 and we will write over these open doors in letters of fire1 so that the most distant islands of the sea may read3 8,this is the world's asylum1 free to the oppressed of all nations40 ,now1 ,i doubt not there are evils connected with the coming of the heathen ,chinaman4 ,there is oppression and sorrow brought home to many hearts4 ,i feel that there must be more or less of pollution in his touch4 ,i pity the ,state into which this old world sewerage empties itself4 ,but the remedy is not in building walls1 though they be heaven-high1 on our ,chinaward side4 ,this evil can be handled and neutralized only by the ,christian virtue that is in us4 ,can we convert this heathen material--permeate it with ,christian thought8 ,can we assimilate it and weave it into the civil fabric we are making8 ,if so1 it will do us no harm2 otherwise it will rankle like poison in our blood1 and possibly work our destruction in the end4 ,this question should not be settled in the political arena4 ,it is a moral1 a religious question4 ,the forces that are needed now are those that lie in the hand of the ,christian church4 ,we must permeate this festering mass with the leaven of ,christ1 and we must do it speedily4 ,the evil is growing4 ,politicians are beginning to treat it1 and therefore it is rapidly growing worse4 ,it cannot be cured by legislative enactment4 ,legislation knows of no instrumentality1 save that the civil statute ultimately seeks support in the bayonet4 ,before we know it1 this question may be baptized in blood4 ,those western shores are far away4 ,the ,rocky ,mountain wall lifts up a tremendous barrier to separate us and make us twain2 only one little thread of iron binds us together and makes us one4 ,let us not wait until the whole ,pacific slope bristles with rebellion as the ,south did in '#fa2 but let us pour the strains of our ,christian influence over the mountains4 ,if we can ,christianize this heathen mass1 then the trouble is over1 the danger passed4 ,self-protection1 then1 affords a most powerful motive in the prosecution of this work4 ,,albert ,h4 ,,heath4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,sunday-,,school ,,letters4 ,the interest of the ,sunday-schools in our ,southern work has been increasing during the past year4 ,the concert exercise has taken well1 and many schools have sent us their first contributions4 ,how many of the schools connected with our churches understand clearly our offer in regard to correspondence from the field1 we do not know4 ,it is this3 any ,sunday-school which contributes ten dollars or more annually to the work of the ,a4 ,m4 ,a41 if they request it1 is entitled to a quarterly letter from one of our missionaries4 ,the 8,children's ,page0 of this number of the ,,missionary contains such a letter4 ,it is bright and interesting to both teachers and scholars4 ,the following letter from a superintendent tells of the interest excited by such letters in his school4 ,besides the good done by the money given1 is it not well worth while to train up our children to give1 and to educate them in the missionary spirit8 ,this letter is in response to a ,sunday-school letter from ,miss ,barr3 ,,miss ,l4 ,e4 ,b4 ,,dear ,,sister ,,in ,,christ3 ,your kind letter of the #aath inst4 came to hand by due course of mail1 and your very valuable epistle to our ,sabbath-school1 of the #b;d1 came last ,saturday4 ,accept my sincere thanks for the same1 in behalf of the ,sunday-school and myself4 ,i think if you could have seen the eager faces and deep interest manifested by all while ,i read it to the school last ,sabbath1 you would be satisfied that at least one missionary of the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 would be mentioned by our praying ones in their petitions at the ,throne of ,grace for some time1 and that all of us have so much of a missionary spirit kindled in our hearts1 and so much interest awakened in you personally1 that your next letter will be looked for so eagerly that it will seem a good while to wait4 ,i think you must have a very earnest-working church in ,atlanta1 and that the ,master will bless them and you is my prayer4 ,i have no doubt but 8,aunt ,lucy0 will have many prayers offered for a blessing upon her4 ,i am glad to know that your present field of labor in the vineyard is so pleasant2 and that the ,master will give you health and strength to labor for ,him in it1 and that you may be the means in ,his hands of gathering in many precious sheaves from it to the heavenly garners1 is the sincere prayer of ,your humble fellow-servant1 ,r4 ,h41 ,superintendent ,congregational ,sabbath-school4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,items ,,from ,,the ,,field4 ,,anniston1 ,,ala4--,rev4 ,p4 ,j4 ,mc,entosh writes3 8,my field is increasing in interest greatly4 ,i have just closed a series of meetings in our church4 ,the ,lord hath once more visited this part of ,his vineyard4 ,there have been twenty-two conversions in our meetings4 ,seventeen of these have cast their lot among us--seven strong1 settled men1 four settled wives1 six promising young ladies4 ,others are still asking what they must do to be saved1 and if ,i can induce them to take ,jesus at ,his word and believe on ,him1 they too shall be saved4 ,pray for us1 that ,i may lead them on in the paths of peace1 and that they may learn from experience that #8,the path of the just is as a shining light1 which shineth more and more unto the perfect day4'0 ,,talladega1 ,,ala4--,our first word from the new ,president of the ,college1 ,rev4 ,h4 ,s4 ,de,forest3 ,i came sound and dusty this p4 m41 having seen many things of interest to me at ,hampton and ,atlanta4 ,the first look here more than meets my expectations4 ,the buildings1 grounds and scenery are very pleasant1 and the possibilities certainly are grand4 ,,atlanta1 ,,ga4--,the ,fall term of the ,university opened ,october #ast4 ,the first week gives promise of a very full school4 ,there are already thirty girl boarders1 and the indications are that their ,hall will be as badly crowded as last year4 ,the reports of the ,summer work of the students1 in all parts of the ,state1 are very cheering4 ,there is an increasing desire for education4 ,the white people are taking a deeper and more kindly interest in the education of the colored children and in the ,university4 ,dr4 ,orr1 ,state ,school ,commissioner of ,georgia1 has1 with the approval of ,dr4 ,sears1 established fourteen ,peabody scholarships1 each paying #gb1 in the ,normal department of ,atlanta ,university4 ,the award is to be determined by competitive examinations4 ,the ,storrs ,school is running over full4 ,,cypress ,,slash1 ,,ga4--,brother ,snelson writes3 ,last ,sunday1 #adth1 ,i spent with ,brother ,headen at ,cypress ,slash4 ,gave the communion there1 and received three new members4 ,they have made a pretty good pole-house1 about #bhbj feet1 in which they hold school and meeting4 ,,flatonia1 ,,texas4--,we are holding a protracted meeting1 and last ,sunday was our communion4 ,there seems to be more interest in the church1 and the prospect is fair for doing good4 ,last night seventeen persons rose for prayer4 ,brother ,church has been here since last ,thursday1 and will remain a few days longer4 ,,austin1 ,,texas4--,mr4 ,a4 ,j4 ,turner writes3 ,i was in ,austin last week and visited ,mrs4 ,garland's school4 ,she had just returned from the ,north and started her school4 ,she has a full ,sabbath-school4 ,i visited with her the site of the new building1 the walls of which are rising4 ,it will be a beautiful place4 ,i rejoice that ,northern people are doing so much for our people4 ,,goliad1 ,,texas4--8,there is an increasing desire among our people to carry the ,gospel beyond the bounds of our churches1 and so far as it has been done1 our polity and purity have attracted favorable attention4 ,there is a growing dissatisfaction with the worship and moralities of the older churches on the part of some of their members and others who would join but for these4 ,the young people1 in their plays1 imitate the #8shouting' to perfection4 ,it is fine sport to them to see the church members perform4 ,they laugh at the claim of ,divine help to do what they can so easily do without that help4 ,the young men1 on this account1 are increasingly more difficult to reach with the ,gospel4 ,education1 property and morality are cast aside as of little worth2 stealing and shooting among themselves are not uncommon4 ,only a pure ,gospel can save these young men from dissipation and crime2 yet they see the grossest immoralities in church members1 and the wildest fanaticism in their modes of worship4 ,a wide door is open here for ,christian workers1 and as promising as any other to those of great patience and self-denial40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,general ,,notes4 ,the ,freedmen4 --,,the ,,peabody ,,educational ,,fund--,,reports ,,of ,,the ,,general ,,agent ,,and ,,the ,,treasurer4--,the annual meeting of the trustees of the ,peabody ,educational ,fund was held ,october #ast1 at the ,fifth ,avenue ,hotel4 ,the chairman addressed the meeting1 and in the course of his remarks mentioned with regret the shrinkage in the income from the investments1 and expressed the hope that from other sources the funds would be rendered adequate to the work laid out4 ,the thirteenth annual report was presented by ,dr4 ,sears1 the general agent4 ,he said that the work had made satisfactory progress during the past year4 ,the difficulties arising from the poverty of the ,south1 he continued1 are now increased by the pressure of the ,state debts4 ,the necessity of aid from the ,federal ,government is now greater than ever before4 ,the evils that are certain to grow out of popular ignorance1 if the public schools are suffered to languish1 or if they reach only a part of the population1 will not be limited to the ,states where they first appear1 but will cast their blight over the whole country4 ,it might be thought best to limit the assistance to the colored population1 if any should be granted4 ,by an act of the ,general ,government the right of suffrage has been extended to them4 ,a large proportion of them are confessedly unqualified for a judicious exercise of this power4 ,if the colored people are the 8wards of the nation10 in what way can the nation so well perform the duties of its trust as by qualifying them for citizenship8 ,of the two grand objects of this fund1 the first1 the promotion of common school education1 has been thoroughly established1 and the chief attention should be henceforth given to the second1 the professional training of teachers4 ,in some of the ,states that stand most in need of efficient normal schools1 it would be impossible to provide at once the requisite funds for their establishment4 ,though there are very few normal schools of a high character besides our own in the ,states with which we are concerned1 there are several of different grades of excellence1 either maintained or aided by public authority4 ,some of the former1 and all of the latter1 are for colored teachers4 ,much good has been accomplished for the colored schools by the universities and other endowed institutions with normal departments1 maintained by different ,christian denominations4 ,one association has already sent out from its numerous institutions #e1bfg teachers1 by whom about #ajj1jjj pupils have been instructed4 ,a large proportion of the graduates of all these institutions become teachers4 ,the report by ,states shows the following facts3 ,in ,virginia less than half the children of the ,state attended the public schools last year4 ,in the colored schools there was a loss of #c1bga1 compared with the year before4 ,over #bej1jjj of the school money has been diverted to other purposes2 but in the future three-fourths of the appropriation are secure4 ,in ,north ,carolina the attendance is less than one-half4 ,difficulty has been found in this ,state to induce young men of character and talent to prepare for the business of teaching1 as the pay is uncertain and but little more than the wages of a common laborer4 ,the school attendance in ,south ,carolina has increased #ac1hdc during the year4 ,for several years the system of public instruction was in a disordered condition2 but1 during the last year1 a better state of things has been manifest4 ,but the want of normal schools and of more funds is painfully felt4 ,such1 at least1 are the views of the ,state ,superintendent4 ,in regard to scholarships he says3 8,the agent of the ,peabody ,fund has placed at my disposal ten fifty-dollar scholarships in the ,normal and ,agricultural ,institute at ,hampton1 ,va4 ,a visit to the ,institute and observation of the manner in which it is conducted convince me that it is doing exactly what it professes to do40 ,he adds3 8,there are dangers before us which it will require the highest patriotism and the wisest statesmanship to avoid4 ,nearly #eg per cent4 of the voting population of the ,state are unable to read the ballots which they cast40 ,in ,georgia1 notwithstanding the increase of nearly #dj1jjj in the school population1 the number of the illiterate is diminished #bj1fad4 ,great encouragement is felt regarding the educational prospects in the ,state4 ,in ,florida education is advancing rapidly4 ,two-fifths of the children attend school1 and there are applicants promised for all the ,normal ,college scholarships that can be allowed to that ,state4 ,opposition to the public free school system is disappearing in ,mississippi1 and a healthy condition is reported4 ,a normal institute has been established4 ,one-third of the school population attend in ,louisiana4 ,in the ,colored ,normal ,school we have had twenty scholarships of #ej each4 ,this arrangement is the result of an extended correspondence with the ,state ,superintendent4 ,in ,tennessee1 never since the first year of the present school system has so much money been raised for its support2 never has the school tax been paid more cheerfully4 ,speaking of the use made of ,mr4 ,peabody's gift1 the ,superintendent says3 8,the encouragement given by the wise disposition of this fund has always proved an invaluable accessory in the arduous work of organizing and sustaining the cause of popular education in this ,state and in the ,south40 ,the ,state ,superintendent of ,west ,virginia says of the aid received from the ,peabody ,fund for the ,normal ,institutes3 8,it is of the highest value to the cause of education1 and contributes more1 perhaps1 in general advantage than an equal expenditure in any other direction could do40 ,the appropriations from the fund for the last year were3 ,virginia1 #i1hej2 ,north ,carolina1 #f1gjj2 ,south ,carolina1 #d1bej2 ,georgia1 #f1ejj2 ,florida1 #c1jjj2 ,alabama1 #c1fjj2 ,mississippi1 #d1jjj2 ,louisiana1 #g1fej2 ,texas1 #g1gjj2 ,arkansas1 #e1fjj2 ,tennessee1 #ab1jjj2 ,west ,virginia1 #d1jjj2 total1 #gd1hej4 ,the ,treasurer's report showed a balance of about #hc1jjj available for expenditure during the coming year4 ,in former years the income has amounted at times to as much as #aaj1jjj1 but there has been some shrinkage since the #f per cent4 bonds1 in which much of the fund was invested1 have been called in1 the new investments being in #d per cent4 bonds4 ,the officers of the ,board1 who have been continued from year to year1 are ,robert ,winthrop1 ,chairman2 ,g4 ,peabody ,russell1 ,secretary2 ,samuel ,wetmore1 ,treasurer2 the ,rev4 ,barnas ,sears1 ,general ,agent4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,indians4 --,in the coming fall1 twenty more girls will be added to the number of ,indian students at ,hampton4 ,their due proportion is regarded as essential to the success and value of the effort4 ,when the ,indian prisoners from ,st4 ,augustine returned to the ,territory1 and their wives and families turned out to welcome them home with rejoicing1 the long dreamed of meeting proved such a shock to the reconstructed braves that some of them broke from the company and ran away to the woods1 refusing to have anything more to do with their affectionate but very dirty squaws4 ,the situation was humorous but tragic1 and withal very natural4 ,how could they walk 8the white man's road0 in such companionship8 ,and how could they walk it alone8 ,the co-education of the ,indian boys and girls1 with its lessons of mutual respect and helpfulness in the class-rooms and work-rooms1 is the hope1 and the only hope1 of permanent ,indian civilization4 --,the ,secretary of ,war has turned over to the ,department of the ,interior the ,u4 ,s4 ,army barracks at ,carlisle1 ,penn41 to be used for the purpose of ,indian education1 under charge of ,capt4 ,r4 ,h4 ,pratt1 who has been sent ,west to collect #ajj ,indian youths for his school1 as well as the girls for ,hampton4 ,captain ,pratt's wise1 ,christian philanthropy toward the ,indian prisoners at ,st4 ,augustine was the origin of the present movement for ,indian education1 and has demonstrated his eminent qualifications for the work4 99 99 99 99 99 ,africa4 --,mr4 ,mackay gives most interesting accounts of his intercourse with ,mtesa and his chiefs4 ,every ,sunday1 after ,wilson left1 he conducted service at the palace for the king and chiefs1 speaking in ,suahili without an interpreter1 and ,mtesa interpreting into the ,uganda language for the benefit of those who did not understand ,suahili4 ,on ,christmas day a special service was held1 all the chiefs being in 8extra dress10 when ,mackay explained the great event of the day4 ,he regards ,mtesa as most intelligent1 and quite inclined to listen to the word of ,god4 ,gratifying instances are mentioned of the influence already exerted upon him4 ,some ,arab traders arrived to buy slaves1 offering cloth in exchange1 and saying they had come from the ,sultan of ,zanzibar4 ,mackay vigorously opposed them1 informed the king of the ,sultan's decrees against the slave traffic1 and of the cruelties perpetrated upon its victims4 ,then he gave a lecture on physiology1 and asked why such an organism as a human body1 which no man could make1 should be sold for a rag of cloth which any man could make in a day4 ,the result was not only the rejection of the ,arabs' demand1 but a decree forbidding any person in ,uganda to sell a slave on pain of death6 ,by another decree ,mtesa has forbidden all ,sunday labor1 and the question of the evils of polygamy has been seriously discussed by him and the chiefs4 ,he was on capital terms with the chiefs1 and was teaching numbers of people to read1 having made large alphabet sheets for the purpose4 ,he describes the ,arab traders as most bitter against the ,mission4 ,they are distilling ardent spirits from the plantain1 and drunkenness is spreading in consequence4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,freedmen4 ,,rev4 ,,jos4 ,e4 ,,roy1 ,d4 ,d41 ,,field ,,superintendent1 ,,atlanta1 ,,ga4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,part ,,of ,a ,,tour ,,through ,,the ,,carolinas4 ,a new administration was to be inaugurated in the ,avery ,institute4 ,the way was found open1 and the new ,principal1 ,rev4 ,s4 ,d4 ,gaylord1 one of the foremost educational managers of the interior1 was greeted on the first day1 the #bith of ,september1 with an attendance of #beh1 which was an advance of #dj or #ej upon former opening days4 ,the prospect was for a continued accession through the month4 ,the ,news and ,courier gave a handsome notice4 ,i found that the ,avery was an occasion of city pride1 not only on the part of colored but of white citizens4 ,the authorities of ,claflin ,university1 at ,orangeburg1 ,s4 ,c41 have visited and complimented the institute1 seeking to pattern after some of the methods4 ,prof4 ,a4 ,w4 ,farnham1 who has been at the head of the ,avery for four years1 bringing it up to its high standard1 will do a like work on a more general scale in the ,normal department of ,atlanta ,university4 ,the ,plymouth church1 during the ,summer1 under the care of the pastor's assistant1 ,rev4 ,mr4 ,birney1 a former fellow-servant with the members1 had been prospering4 ,under the lead of ,rev4 ,temple ,cutler1 the church will enter upon a career of enlargement4 ,the new principal and the ,field ,superintendent preached in the ,centennial ,m4 ,e4 and the ,zion ,southern ,presbyterian churches1 the largest for the colored people of the city1 as well as in the ,plymouth4 ,these three churches form the bulk of the constituency of the ,avery4 ,at ,orangeburg a repeated visit and a preaching service prepared the way for the coming of the new pastor1 ,rev4 ,t4 ,t4 ,benson1 a graduate of the ,talladega theological department4 ,a pleasant church and a rallying people were ready to greet him4 ,on the way ,i stopped off at ,chester1 ,s4 ,c41 to visit my seminary classmate1 ,rev4 ,samuel ,loomis1 who1 in ten and a half years1 has gotten under way his 8,brainerd ,institute10 and has helped to plant nine ,presbyterian churches within that county4 ,blessed is the man who is permitted to lay foundations in that way4 ,at ,charlotte1 ,n4 ,c41 ,i ran out to visit the ,biddle ,university1 which is the principal collegiate and theological institution of our ,northern ,presbyterian brethren in the ,south4 ,rev4 ,d4 ,s4 ,mattoon1 the president1 is supported by ,rev4 ,messrs4 ,r4 ,m4 ,hall and ,s4 ,j4 ,beatty4 ,rev4 ,thomas ,lawrence1 of ,penn41 is to take the place of ,rev4 ,dr4 ,john ,h4 ,shedd1 who has returned to his mission work among the ,nestorians4 ,the current catalogue shows eight students in theology1 twenty-one in the college classes1 and a total of #aee4 ,this institution is for males alone4 ,its mate1 for females1 is ,scotia ,seminary1 at ,concord4 ,the glory of the ,biddle is1 that in these ten years it has planted a whole ,presbytery of thirty churches in the region round about1 besides raising up teachers and preachers for the regions beyond4 ,in the back country of ,randolph ,county1 ,n4 ,c41 twenty-five miles away from the railroad1 ,i looked up ,rev4 ,islay ,walden1 a former slave in that region1 a recent graduate of ,new ,brunswick ,seminary1 ,n4 ,j41 who had been ordained by the classis of ,new ,brunswick4 ,the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 had sent him down to make a field in his native ,state4 ,the ,field ,superintendent assisted him in organizing a ,congregational ,church of thirty members4 ,the ordinances of baptism and the ,lord's ,supper were administered4 ,this is in the neighborhood of one of the churches of our antebellum missionary1 ,rev4 ,daniel ,worth1 whom all our colored friends and some of the whites remembered affectionately4 ,his church1 a former ,wesleyan1 has been taken up by the ,m4 ,e4 ,church1 so that they are well cared for4 ,we were waited upon by two committees1 one from ,hill ,town1 seven miles away1 and one from ,troy1 the county seat of ,montgomery1 thirty miles off4 ,the former had one man to offer three acres of land and timber in the tree for all the lumber needed for a church school-house1 and that man was an ex-slave4 ,the latter committee consisted of three men1 who were the trustees of the 8,peabody ,academy10 whose erection they had secured at ,troy4 ,they wanted a teacher and a preacher4 ,living twelve or eighteen miles away from ,troy1 they intended to send in their children and have them cared for in a boarding club by an 8,aunty40 ,in token of their good faith1 all of them interesting men1 they united with our new church1 intending to transfer their membership to their own localities when we get ready to organize there4 ,who could forbid that their requests should be granted8 ,so we organized a circuit for ,brother ,walden1 one ,sabbath at ,troy1 and the other at ,salem ,church and ,hill ,town1 with one sermon at each place4 ,the ,quakers promise a school at ,salem4 ,a public school will serve ,hill ,town for the present1 and a competent teacher must be secured for the ,academy4 ,it was a delight to witness the pride of the people in their educated fellow-servant4 ,even the old master gloated over the diploma of his 8boy40 ,running into ,mc,leansville early this ,monday morning1 thinking to make it a minister's rest-day1 with only this article and other letters and a sermon for the night on hand1 ,i found the church at the opening of a protracted meeting with the visiting preacher announced for forenoon1 afternoon and evening2 house crowded all day1 with two hundred people in it by count2 all remaining with lunch in hand1 between the first and second services1 and many holding over between the second and third4 ,and this is the habit of the people at such a time4 ,all unnecessary work is put aside and the entire time given up to religious service4 ,this habit they take from that of the white churches1 with the exception that the colored people have added the third service4 ,pastor ,connet had held a similar meeting in another part of his field this fall1 and yesterday1 as a result of it1 twelve members were added to this church4 ,one of those converts1 an old man1 testified1 bearing himself with the air of a conqueror3 8,i have fought the devil1 and ,i've got the victory4 ,jesus helped me4 ,i have fought the devil1 and ,i've got the victory40 ,the meetings are orderly and solemn--congregational1 only warmed up by the ,african glow4 ,the membership now numbers one hundred and fifty-six4 ,pastor ,connet is also superintendent of the school1 which is doing a good work in raising up teachers4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,contrasts4 ,the ,past and the ,present4 ,l4 ,a4 ,p4 8,reminiscences0 in the ,october ,,missionary have recalled a host of buried memories concerning the days of pioneer work1 with its swiftly-changing experiences of humor and pathos4 ,i might draw a picture of the good man who often asked the ,lord to 8bless these teachers that have left their homes in foreign lands and come a far distance to destruct us20 of the old aunties who came to inquire about friends and old masters in ,virginia and the ,carolinas1 thinking we must know the history of each family1 because 8didn't you come right by there on your way down from the ,north80 of the romances and tragedies connected with the hundreds of letters we wrote inquiring for lost friends1 sold away in the days of slavery2 but one picture is more vivid than others1 and as the days of quaint prayers are rapidly passing1 ,i am tempted to commit it to print4 ,almost a dozen years ago1 ,i found myself one of two teachers in a night school varying from forty to sixty pupils4 ,the roughly-ceiled room was long1 low and dimly lighted4 ,the scholars were hard-working men and women who walked one1 two1 three or four miles1 after the day's labor1 for the sake of acquiring a bit of book learning4 ,at ten o'clock lessons closed with a ,bible reading1 singing and prayer4 ,one evening1 after books and slates had been laid aside1 my attention was attracted by a voice1 liquid and rollicking1 as it carolled a popular 8spiritual40 ,in the gray room--for the light wood fire was nearly out1 and the two lamps in the rear gave little brightness--it was some time before ,i distinguished the singer4 ,he was a jaunty little man1 very black1 very lithe and very much dressed up4 ,a blue round-a-bout coat was trimmed with two rows of yellow braid2 a crimson dress braid made his neck-tie1 the long ends of which floated over the shoulders4 ,his hands were folded over a stout walking-stick2 his head nodding and feet patting time to the music4 ,my thoughts instantly went back to childish days1 to a certain tree where a golden oriole's nest used to swing1 to a field of red-winged1 chattering bobolinks1 not one of which ever seemed so deliciously happy in his song as my dusky scholar4 ,i liked to look at him4 ,it put me into communion with friends and influences hundreds of miles beyond the piny woods4 ,he often spoke and prayed in the regular prayer-meetings4 ,we soon learned the words of his petition1 for it was always in the same form1 reverently intoned with an indescribable1 inimitable cadence3 8,our ,father1 who art in heaven1 hollowed be thy name2 thy kingdom come1 thy will be done on earth as is in heaven4 ,father1 ,father--this evening--of all grace1 look down upon us and hear us and bless us4 ,o ,saviour1 come riding around this evening upon the milk-white horse and wake up sinners4 ,touch and tender about every heart4 ,teach 'em that they have a soul to be saved or to be lost to all eternity4 ,bless my old mother4 ,teach her that she has a soul to be saved or one to be lost to all eternity4 ,strike her with the hammer of conviction4 ,shoot her with the arrow of love4 ,bless families and families' connections4 ,give us more grace1 more faith1 more love4 ,make us humble4 ,teach us to pray1 and teach us to love it1 too4 ,be our guide and leader and protector4 ,bless the sinners who are standing with one foot upon the grave and one upon the land of the living4 8,father6 ,father6 when ,gabriel shall stand with one foot in the sea and one upon the land to blow his horn1 and he shall say1 #8,how loud must ,i sound8' and ,thou say1 #8,sound calm and easy so as not to disturb ,my children1' then shall we link and lock our eagle wings to march upward to the golden gate4 8,and when ,you see us fail below1 help us to say1 #8,here1 ,lord1 ,i give myself away1 'tis all that ,i can do4 ,welcome dis solisted band and bear my soul away4' ,and when ,you have done suiting and serving ,thyself of us here1 hand us to our graves in peace1 where we shall praise the ,father1 ,son and ,holy ,spirit in a world that never ends1 is my prayer for ,jesus' sake4 ,amen40 ,at that time this man was one of the more intelligent of his people4 ,in contrast1 let me introduce a younger man of the same size and color1 also endowed with unusual gift of song4 ,neatly dressed1 quietly mannered1 he seems no kin to the earlier types of his race4 ,from under the very shadow of ,yazoo he writes these lines3 8,i have subscribed for the ,new ,york ,tribune4 ,my school numbers #aab pupils1 with a daily attendance of #he or #ij4 ,i have ,cutter's ,physiology1 from which ,i give oral lessons daily4 ,i will state the studies of my most advanced pupils3 ,robinson's ,practical ,arithmetic1 ,harvey's ,grammar1 ,swinton's ,geography and ,educational ,readers4 ,school closes next ,friday with a concert4 ,i do wish you could be with us ,thursday and ,friday to attend the examinations40 ,lest any one may infer from the above that 8the schoolmaster is abroad0 in the land1 let me quote one sentence of a prayer uttered a few months ago by the pastor of a large church in a leading ,southern city3 8,o ,lord1 bless us individually and respectfully40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,georgia4 ,an ,economical ,industrial ,department4 ,,mrs4 ,t4 ,n4 ,,chase1 ,,atlanta1 ,,ga4 ,the demand for industrial departments connected with our schools of learning has developed so rapidly of late1 that it appears like one of the fever heats of our ,american civilization that may soon subside4 ,friends of the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 institutions have been specially anxious that their students should learn trades and home industries while at school1 fearing that they would have little opportunity to learn them except from their ,northern instructors1 and thinking that they could be acquired from them outside of school hours without much thought1 time or trouble4 ,on the other hand1 some have felt that our immediate1 pressing need was young colored men and women with minds developed by long and thorough training in the text-books used in our schools and colleges4 ,they are not ignorant of the students' deficiencies in practical knowledge1 but feel that close and continued application of the mind to books is the best and surest way to acquire all knowledge4 ,they believe that if the brain power of a child is developed1 the hoe1 the cook-stove and the sewing-machine will be well managed when occasion requires4 ,again1 these students are to be the teachers of their race in the ,south4 ,these friends believe that nothing will so quickly convince the intelligent men of the ,south that the negro has power which they are bound to respect1 as to see him well versed1 not only in the sciences he teaches1 but his mind broadened by a familiarity with subjects beyond4 ,to secure this training1 through an ordinary course suitable for an average teacher even in ,northern schools1 with supposed superior material1 has generally been found to require all the time and strength of pupils under #ah years of age4 ,principals of the different schools1 however1 differ much both in theory and practice1 in regard to combining manual with literary work4 ,in ,atlanta much has been done during the past ten years in a quiet way1 by the business manager1 matrons and preceptress1 toward giving practical instruction in a variety of home industries1 making specially prominent the importance of good work4 ,every student1 during the entire course1 works an hour a day1 generally with careful supervision4 ,while visiting the ,massachusetts ,agricultural ,college at ,amherst1 recently1 ,i learned that less time for manual labor was required of its students4 ,during the past year1 however1 at ,atlanta1 it was thought best to give more time and thought especially to sewing1 cooking and care of the sick4 ,how to secure a practical knowledge of these without much expense of material or instruction1 and without taking much of the student's time from literary pursuits1 was the problem4 ,the sewing was arranged in this way3 ,sometime before graduation the girls are required to make1 under the eye of the preceptress1 a small garment of calico or other inexpensive material4 ,this garment is to contain all the varieties of plain sewing1 machine-stitching1 hand-hemming1 ruffling1 etc4 ,more than this1 it must have the bugbears of all beginners in sewing--a buttonhole1 a patch and a darn4 ,each girl writes her name in indelible ink on the garment1 and it is kept in the institution as a record of her standing in sewing4 ,in a catalogue ,i received lately from the hands of the matron of the ,mt4 ,holyoke ,seminary are these words3 8,it is not part of the design of this seminary to teach young ladies domestic work4 ,this branch of education is exceedingly important1 but a literary institution is not the place to gain it4 ,home is the proper place for the daughters of our country to be taught on this subject1 and the mother the appropriate teacher40 ,i think ,i remember reading the same words from a catalogue twenty years ago1 and presume they were first penned by the immortal ,mary ,lyon4 ,so we hoped the emulation created by the prospect of leaving a beautiful specimen of needle-work upon graduation would inspire our girls to faithful painstaking in sewing at their homes even before entering school4 ,the matron has the graduating class spend their required hour of work in learning to make good bread and to do other plain cooking4 ,when any student is ill1 opportunity is given for practical instruction from the preceptress in nursing the sick4 ,in addition to this1 the time of one recitation was taken during a part of the year for giving instruction in household science4 ,a teacher prepared talks upon general rules for good housekeeping1 general principles of good cooking1 care of the sick1 care of children1 economy1 etc4 ,the class took notes1 and were examined from their notes before the visiting board at the close of the school4 ,we hoped thus to convince them that we were not educating our girls above the homeliest duties of the household1 as some of them had accused us of doing4 ,i have given these details to show how much may be done in this direction without any additional expense4 99 99 99 99 99 ,revival--,work and ,results4 ,s4 ,b4 ,,morse1 ,,savannah ,the ,congregational church of this city has been blessed with a visible outpouring of ,god's ,spirit4 ,many of our old members have been quickened in their religious feelings and have reconsecrated themselves to their ,lord and ,saviour4 ,many who have been lingering and shivering on the brink of doubt1 and many1 too1 who were waiting a plainer manifestation of their acceptance with ,god by 8dreams and travels10 suddenly1 as the truth struck them1 yielded their ways to ,his ways1 and are now1 we trust1 walking in accordance not with their own1 but with ,god's plans4 ,we had an extra series of meetings for over two weeks1 which were well attended by ,christians of all denominations4 ,these meetings closed last week4 ,on ,sunday morning1 ,september #gth1 one was baptized by immersion1 and at night five others were by sprinkling4 ,still another was received who was a fallen member of some other church4 ,five children were at the same time baptized1 after which all those who loved the ,lord ,jesus1 and who wished1 met around ,his sacramental board and feasted with ,him4 ,the church was so crowded that many were compelled to stand outside4 ,it was a high day in ,israel4 ,many hearts were gladdened4 ,most of those we received were young people4 ,some of them teachers of our ,sabbath-school1 and nearly all of them at some time had been under the influence of some good ,northern lady teacher4 ,perhaps those teachers were disheartened and feared that their good seed had fallen upon stony ground1 but in this they were deceived4 ,we are too anxious often to see results4 ,god's logic extends through years1 but ,his conclusions are nevertheless sure and true4 ,rev4 ,floyd ,snelson officiated at the sacraments of baptism and the eucharist4 ,bro4 ,clarke was directly instrumental in bringing about this revival4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,alabama4 ,our ,new ,church ,building4 ,,rev4 ,,wm4 ,h4 ,,ash1 ,,florence ,our new church is getting on nicely4 ,the outside is nearly finished1 with the exception of the belfry1 which ,i hope will be done this week4 ,the work has been carried on strictly with reference to economy as well as to the finish1 and yet it is so well done that it is simply beautiful4 ,almost everybody has something to say about the church4 ,one says1 8,you are going to have a nice church1 and your church will be well attended when it is done40 ,another says1 8,this is the greatest thing the colored people ever accomplished in ,florence40 ,i am constantly greeted by my white fellow-citizens with1 8,you are going to have the only modern church in town20 and they visit the scene of the building to watch the progress of the work and speak friendly of it4 ,a gentleman who lives in ,fryar's ,point1 ,miss41 and belongs to one of the first families here1 has just asked me to let him look at the plan4 ,he said1 8,this is going to be a credit to the town40 ,i have put on a large portion of the first coat of paint myself4 ,the people have made great sacrifices to build their house of worship4 ,i don't believe that the same number of members in any church ,north could have done better with all the discouraging circumstances4 ,they have struggled hard to help themselves1 giving when really they needed it at home4 ,we shall need a bell and pews1 also a communion service1 and money to buy paint for the finishing of the inside and out4 ,who wants to help those who help themselves8 99 99 99 99 99 ,letter from a ,student--,vacation ,supply at ,mobile4 ,j4 ,w4 ,,roberts1 ,,talladega4 ,our protracted meetings lasted during three weeks4 ,the ,holy ,ghost has given us five souls for our hire2 besides ,he has warmed up our hearts with ,his sacred love as a church4 ,i am thankful to ,him that my health is kept all right4 ,since and during our revival our audiences have been steadily increasing both at afternoon and evening services4 ,there is also an unusual interest in our ,thursday praise meetings4 ,in short1 the 8fold0 is in a good condition if the shepherd will come soon4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,africa4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,mendi ,,mission4 ,annual ,meeting of the ,missionaries--,the ,board of ,counsel and ,advice4 ,the annual meeting of the ,board of ,counsel and ,advice of the ,mendi ,mission was held in the ,good ,hope ,chapel1 at ,sherbro ,island1 ,july #ad1 #ahgi4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,p4 ,miller presided1 and ,dr4 ,benjamin ,james was elected ,secretary4 ,the ,moderator made the following introductory remarks3 ,before we proceed to our business1 you will please indulge me with a few preliminary remarks1 inasmuch as we are about to enter upon that part of our missionary work which will tell most plainly to the civilized world as to the wisdom and good judgment of colored missionaries in devising plans for the furtherance of a work of so great importance1 sacredly intrusted to our care4 ,in the performance of our several duties in the second annual meeting of our ,board1 let us not forget that body of devoted men of the ,a4 ,m4 ,a41 by whose unwearied zeal and toil means are procured for the furtherance and extension of this well-begun work4 ,let us not forget the thousands of ,christian men and women who give of their means for the support of ,missions1 especially in ,africa4 ,let us not forget the five millions of our own race in the ,south1 from whom the shackles of slavery have been torn asunder1 to whom ,africa is now looking for the light of the ,gospel and a ,christian civilization1 of whom we are the advance guards4 ,let us not forget that the problem of ,africa's future is now under solution and that we are the solvers4 ,our failure to arrive at a conclusion in her favor1 as ,freedmen1 would bring everlasting disgrace upon us as a race1 while on the other hand we should most shamefully wrong unenlightened manhood1 whose blood would be required at our hands4 ,as a slave1 the negro served well his oppressors4 ,as a soldier1 he served well the cause of freedom and his country4 ,the tyrant's chain of oppression1 which held five millions in bondage1 has been broken1 and to-day the grand duty as well as privilege of carrying light and life to his benighted brethren in his fatherland lies before him and calls him onward4 ,it remains yet for him to prove himself a man in this important relation that he holds to his fellow-countrymen and to the world4 ,in view of these great responsibilities incumbent upon us in this ,council assembled1 in the discussion and decision of matters of importance1 may ,god1 in mercy1 so guide each one that he shall be unprejudiced and deeply sincere1 as well as conscientious1 throughout all these deliberations1 with due regard to their bearing upon the interest of the benighted whom we come to serve and enlighten4 ,in view of all these things1 may each one give the weight of his influence to the furtherance of our work1 exercising patience and charity one toward the other4 ,committees were appointed on the various interests of the ,mission1 while the subject of the extension of the work was referred to a committee of the whole4 ,the ,committee on ,church ,work reported forty-four members in the church at ,good ,hope ,station1 one having died during the year2 seven infants baptized2 attendance on services good1 and showing earnest desire to hear the ,word2 advance in the ,christian life of converts2 prayer-meetings valuable4 ,some persons1 under watch and care1 will be received to membership as soon as legally united in matrimony4 ,at ,avery there are forty-one members2 under watch and care1 three adults2 eleven children baptized4 ,increasing willingness on the part of the people to attend church1 and growing interest in the cause of ,christ give encouragement4 ,at ,debia1 ,mr4 ,goodman conducts religious services on the ,lord's day4 ,a chapel is hoped for here1 books at ,good ,hope1 and repairs of building at ,avery4 ,our ,sunday-school is in a flourishing condition1 being well attended1 most of the scholars attending church services4 ,bradford friends in ,england sent our ,sunday-school a nice present in the shape of copies of the ,gospels1 pamphlets1 papers1 etc41 which we used as prizes for good attendance1 to encourage the little ones4 ,we need singing books for this work4 ,the ,committee on ,school ,work reported that at ,good ,hope the school has made rapid progress4 ,during the year #bde children have been enrolled4 ,these are both from the ,sierra ,leone and from the native element4 ,they learn ,english rapidly4 8,we have teachers10 says the report1 8who are quite awake to their duty4 ,children are accessible in ,sherbro1 and are brought into day and ,sunday schools in large numbers4 ,through the kindness of friends of the poor little ,africans1 shirts have been put on their backs and books into their hands1 for which they seem to be grateful4 ,of course these wear out1 and others must be procured in some way or other in their stead1 or these little ones in many cases will leave off attending school4 ,they must be constantly looked after4 ,we hope to see not far in the future a first-class school at this place4 ,we have material in abundance upon which to work4 ,time1 patience and labor will bring success40 ,the school at ,avery has not made such progress as was hoped for during the year4 ,on the first of ,january its numbers were decreased by the taking away of most of the larger boys to cut the crops for their parents4 ,the irregularity of attendance is a great obstacle in the way of our success4 ,some attend for one day1 and may not be seen again for a month4 ,those who have attended regularly have made progress4 ,the prospect for the future is better4 ,there are some children now in the ,mission whose attendance may be depended on4 ,most of the children living in the village around the ,mission have been taken to the farms to drive birds1 so that the number on the roll at present is only twenty1 ten of whom come from the ,mission house4 ,there have been #ef on the roll during the year4 ,the school work at ,debia is encouraging1 ,mr4 ,goodman and family being settled there4 ,we base our hopes largely on the little ones who are being trained in our ,mission schools4 ,the ,committee on ,agriculture reported that the cassida planted at ,good ,hope does not thrive1 owing to the impoverished condition of the soil4 ,at ,avery the coffee plantation is in a comparatively thriving condition1 and some of the trees bearing well4 ,the need of more laborers and implements is urged1 and it is recommended 8that more of the ground be put under cultivation as a measure tending to supply the wants of the growing ,mission1 and that the children of the ,mission be employed two hours each day upon the farms1 under the supervision of a competent and skillful person40 ,it is further recommended 8that the science of horticulture be introduced at each station1 and that the choicest flora of native and foreign production capable of being grown on the premises be obtained1 so far as practicable1 for this purpose40 ,the ,committee on ,industrial ,work reported that the saw mill needs repairs of floor and roof1 that one saw is in good running order4 ,there are sixteen hands employed at the mill1 and two more are needed4 ,it is deemed desirable that some of the ,mission children should be 8instructed into the workings of mechanics so far as we have the means for instruction40 ,committees on ,repairs and ,sanitary ,condition of the ,mission1 made careful examination1 and reported their advice in these regards4 ,,distribution ,,of ,,missionaries4 ,some changes were made in the location of the members of the ,mission4 ,the force is now divided as follows3 ,at ,good ,hope3 ,rev4 ,a4 ,p4 ,miller and wife1 ,pastor and ,superintendent of the ,mission2 ,dr4 ,benjamin ,james1 ,physician and ,teacher2 and ,mr4 ,a4 ,e4 ,white1 ,principal of ,school4 ,at ,avery3 ,rev4 ,a4 ,e4 ,jackson1 ,pastor2 ,mr4 ,e4 ,l4 ,anthony1 ,industrial ,department1 and ,mr4 ,george ,n4 ,jewett1 ,teacher4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,indians4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,tour ,,among ,,the ,,clallam ,,indians4 ,,rev4 ,,myron ,,eells1 ,s',,kokomish1 ,w4 ,t4 ,the last month has been spent in a tour among the ,clallam ,indians4 ,wishing to go further1 and be absent from home longer than has been usual on such trips1 my family1 who had not been six miles away from home for more than two years1 concluded to accompany me4 ,although steamers run the whole route of our travel1 yet as they stop at but few of the places where the ,indians live1 and on the main part of the route go only once a week1 it was impracticable for us to travel in that way1 so we took a canoe from the ,reservation with an ,indian man and his wife1 looked out for our own food1 carried house and bed1 stowed in the three babies1 and away we went4 ,our first call on ,indians was at ,port ,gamble1 fifty miles from home4 ,here are about one hundred1 and they asked me to talk on temperance4 ,during the last year and a half they have reformed in this respect4 ,after pointing them to ,christ as the source of their help1 they had their talk4 ,they said that one thing now troubles them4 ,they live across ,port ,gamble ,bay1 an eighth of a mile from the saw-mill and town1 in a village by themselves1 on land owned by the mill company4 ,they can manage the ,indians as well as could be expected1 but there is near them a white man with a black heart1 who with his ,indian wife often gets drunk1 sometimes remaining so for a week at a time4 ,they also tempt the weaker ,indians2 and now how to get rid of him is the question4 ,as both he and they live on land belonging to the company1 the only way ,i saw was for them to petition the superintendent to remove him4 ,so after nine o'clock at night ,i wrote out a petition1 which the chiefs and policemen and others signed1 stating all the facts1 and asking for this man's removal4 ,i was obliged to leave early the next morning1 and so left them to present it4 ,i have known of whites petitioning to have worthless ,indians removed1 but have never before known ,indians to petition to have a white man removed because he was so low that they did not wish to have him near them4 ,two years ago they would not have done this1 as many of them were glad to have an opportunity so convenient where they could obtain the liquid poison4 ,my next congregation was at ,port ,discovery1 thirty-five miles farther on1 and very much the same routine was observed at a number of places4 ,my business with them was to preach2 theirs with me was to talk about how and where to procure land in the best way4 ,this was true at ,port ,angelos1 ,elkwa1 and two settlements at ,clallam ,bay4 ,for several years they have been urged to procure land so that they could feel warranted in erecting good houses1 and thus leave the old ones1 full of grease1 dirt and smoke2 but with the exception of those at ,dunginess1 very few have done so2 now they begin to realize the benefits of it and have 8land on the brain40 ,but they move cautiously1 for it is easy for them to be deceived1 and it is talk1 talk1 talk as to what is best4 ,two parties traveled to the ,reservation about the time ,i was beginning my journey--a trip of two or three hundred miles--to consult about land4 ,at ,dunginess a troublesome case begins4 ,four ,indians1 living fifty miles farther on1 had been here three or four weeks previously1 anxious to obtain the land on which their houses stood4 ,they had been sent to the clerk of the ,probate ,court1 who knew nothing about it1 but told them it was ,government land1 and offered to get it for them for the usual fees1 nineteen dollars each4 ,they paid him the seventy-six dollars1 and he promised to send it to the land office at ,olympia1 and have their papers for them in two weeks4 ,they waited the two weeks1 but received no returns4 ,in the meantime others told them that the man could lawfully do the business1 but he was not to be trusted1 for the land had been owned by private individuals for fifteen years4 ,he1 too1 by the time ,i met him1 had written to the land office and found the same to be true4 ,my business is1 if possible1 to get the money back4 ,it is useless to sue him1 as he has no property which the law can touch4 ,one of the four ,indians returned with me to get his money1 but was satisfied that it was useless for him to go farther1 so he went home4 ,he had already spent three weeks1 and the three others two weeks each in trying to recover it4 ,yet this same man is ,postmaster1 ,clerk of the ,probate ,court1 ,u4 ,s4 ,commissioner1 ,deputy ,sheriff1 and lately offered fifty dollars to the ,county ,treasurer to be appointed his deputy4 ,i was not disappointed at the result1 but handed the business over to the agent to settle in ,court4 ,let us contrast the action of the ,indians with this4 ,i felt very sorry for them4 ,for four years we have been advising them to obtain land1 and now they were swindled in their first attempt4 ,fearful lest they should become discouraged1 ,i offered them ten dollars to divide amongst them1 saying1 8,if you never get your money ,i will lose this with you1 but if you do you can then repay it40 ,one-tenth of my income has long been given to the ,lord1 and ,i felt that it would do as much good there as anywhere4 ,when ,i first mentioned this they refused1 saying that they did not wish me to lose my money1 if they did theirs1 but two weeks afterwards1 when ,i left the last one he took it2 yet shortly afterwards ,i found that he would not spend any of it1 although he wanted some articles very much1 saying that it was not their money after all4 ,this lower part of the ,sound is very like the ocean1 with nothing to break the winds1 so ,i procured for that part of the journey a very large canoe1 thirty-six feet long1 two and a half deep and six wide4 ,the children can play in it1 and at night we anchored it out in some good harbor like a small schooner4 ,hospitality was very generous4 ,i thought that there were too many of us to go into anybody's house2 but at ,dunginess1 where we remained two or three days in connection with each of two ,sabbaths1 a woman said1 in the absence of her husband1 8,you must all come in4 ,if you pitch your tent ,i will set fire to it and burn it down40 ,we submitted4 ,the agent at ,neah ,bay was just as hospitable1 notwithstanding that his house already seemed to be full1 and also the superintendent of the mill at ,seabeck4 ,the weather was generally pleasant1 but sometimes it rained hard4 ,no one caught cold1 however1 on account of it4 ,camping on the sand is not so pleasant4 ,fresh water is so scarce as only to be used for drinking4 ,we boil our potatoes in salt water1 but get it near shore1 and forget to let it settle4 ,the potatoes crack1 and the sand is all through them4 ,then baby crawls along and tips the rice over into the sand1 and we all tramp the sand on to the beds1 and into them1 until our better half wishes herself at home1 as it blows into the food-box and clothes-boxes and everywhere4 ,a ,,wedding4 ,an ,indian1 who had been married ,indian fashion for several years1 but who had homesteaded a farm1 thought it best to be married in a civilized way4 ,he had never seen such a performance1 so ,i explained all to him beforehand4 ,but when ,i was going through the ceremony and had just said1 8,you promise to take this woman to be your wife10 he interrupted me1 saying1 8,yes1 of course ,i do4 ,you do not suppose ,i am going to put away my wife now1 after ,i have lived with her so long8 ,see1 here are my children1 the oldest fifteen years old4 ,it would be foolish for us now to separate40 ,i told him1 8,all right10 kept very sober1 laughed in my sleeve1 made a note of it1 and proceeded to say1 8,you promise to love and honor her10 etc4 ,twenty religious services were held during the journey1 including one communion service1 and one very pleasant prayer-meeting preparatory to it4 ,thus we spent the month of ,august1 enjoyed it1 and have enjoyed home all the more since reaching it4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,children',s ,,page4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,cabin ,,prayer-,,meetings--,,which ,,was ,,the ,,hero8 ,,lillie ,e4 ,,barr1 ,,atlanta1 ,,ga4 ,,dear ,,teachers ,,and ,,children3 ,i wish ,i had space1 so ,i could tell you all of the beautiful1 interesting and helpful things that happen day by day in my work2 but as ,i have not1 ,i must content myself with giving you one or two incidents4 ,first1 let me tell you about an impromptu prayer-meeting held in one of the many cabins which dot the hills all over4 ,a few nights ago ,i went to see a sweet old ,christian1 who for three years has not known an hour's rest from pain1 and yet is as merry as a cricket1 receiving the little offerings of food and shelter which her poor neighbors bring her with cheerful gratitude as from her ,god4 ,one day ,i asked her how she could be so patient and so gay4 8,why1 chile1 it's all on de journey1 an' ,i don't know no reason why the way should be made easier fur me than it was fur the ,master10 she answered4 ,while ,i was trying to make her more comfortable1 several women came in1 none of whom could read1 and after we had talked a little while about our sweet ,lord ,jesus1 one said3 8,please read the chapter where ,jesus says3 #8,i pray not for these alone1 but for all of them who shall believe on me through their word4'0 ,a little tin lamp was brought1 and as ,i opened my ,bible ,i glanced at the living picture before me4 ,the lamp threw its feeble light over the patient sufferer1 and lit up the dusky faces of the women bending eagerly forward as ,i read those blessed words4 ,no sooner had ,i finished the chapter than one began that beautiful slave song1 8,steal away1 steal away1 steal away to ,jesus40 ,instantly it was caught up4 ,our hearts had touched the heart of ,christ in this grand prayer chapter4 ,as soon as it was ended1 another chapter was asked for1 and then another1 and another1 intermingled with prayer and song4 ,it was just such a prayer-meeting1 ,i imagine1 as the one held by the disciples when1 being gathered together1 ,jesus stood in their midst and said1 8,peace be with you40 ,i knew1 ,i felt that ,i had been with ,jesus4 ,with the light and grace of this prayer-meeting still about us1 we came down an alley and into a court known as ,campbell's ,block4 ,it is a square1 built round with cabins of one or two rooms without windows4 ,a large wash-shed and well occupy the centre of the court4 ,look now into the rooms2 everywhere dirt and filth1 crying children1 quarreling children1 women smoking1 women dipping snuff1 women idling1 women washing1 women fretted with care until they are prematurely old1 and not one woman in the block able to read1 and so gain strength from the blessed word of ,god4 ,and this block is one out of four in our field4 ,one house only shows any sign that for the poor there is anything beautiful2 but that1 like a grand sermon1 stands amid this misery and sin1 from ground to roof a mass of flowers4 ,i could not help thinking what a joy they must be to the ministering angels1 as they pass through this place of suffering and sin4 ,to me they were the promise of redemption for the block4 ,like a pure thought in a sinful heart we found old ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,pleasant in one of the rooms4 ,he is blind and helpless with paralysis1 consequently the providing of rent1 food and clothes devolves upon his aged wife4 ,after reading them the two last chapters in ,revelation1 the old man cried out3 8,it's worth while being blind to know the first thing ,i shall see will be the ,new ,jerusalem40 8,yes indeed1 ,george1 now we must work harder than ever to win home10 answered his wife1 as she brushed the tears away4 ,we have begun a prayer-meeting in this block1 and ,i ask your prayers for its success4 ,to these cases ,i might add ever so many more2 but if ,i give you big folks any more room1 ,i shall crowd my story to the children out1 and that wouldn't be one bit fair--would it1 little ones8 ,i shall introduce my story by asking the boys to pay particular attention1 as ,i want them to decide whether ,jesse ,dobbs or ,jim ,prescott--the two boys whom this story is about--is the true hero4 8,who minds de cold8 ,come on1 ,jesse2 de boys is going to make up a company and have heaps of fun down by ,big ,bethel40 ,i must explain that ,big ,bethel is the name of a church4 ,jesse glanced out at the sunshine and called1 8,mammie1 mayent ,i go with ,jo down to ,big ,bethel80 ,as the answer was yes1 the two bounded away and soon joined several boys1 the leader of whom1 from his coarse1 bloated face to his heavily booted feet1 was the very picture of a young ruffian4 ,as ,jesse and ,jo came up he was saying1 8,dare aint a fatter roost to pick den old ,judge ,gibbs' in de world2 'sides dat1 you ken git #ae cents a piece fur every chick'n4 ,den you brings de money to me1 and ,i gibs you so much out of it4 ',stand what ,i say80 8,yar1 yar10 came from the other boys4 8',sides dat1 dares heaps of fun clearing off a chick'n roost1 and ,i1 fur one1 aint feared to go into nobody's yard4 ,now is you gwine to be ready to-night to follow your captain8 ,i's your captain40 8,captain of what80 asked ,jesse4 8,captain of the roost-clearing brigade2 dat's what4 ,is you going to jine us1 ,dobbs8 ,if you aint ,i'll most kill you fur coming here to spy into our plans40 ,jesse paused an instant1 then he said1 8,no40 8,why not1 ,i'd jist like fur to know80 demanded ,jim1 angrily4 8,because ,i aint going to jine no thieving company40 ,the words were hardly spoken before ,jim lifted his foot and kicked him in the side4 ,kick followed kick in such rapid succession1 that ,jesse was almost senseless before ,jim could be pulled off2 and when ,i formed his acquaintance he had been in bed nine months1 a large tumor having formed in the side where he had been kicked4 ,when ,i asked him about lying so long in bed1 he answered3 8,at first the time was awful long1 but by-and-by ,i began to take notice how mother worried when ,i 'plained of de pain and de tiredness1 so ,i took to trying not to 'plain fore her1 and that kinder drawed off my 'tention from de pain40 ,for nine months he had been trying to help his mother by being patient4 ,three weeks ago he died from the effects of that cruel kick--died forgiving all who had injured him1 and bearing his cross of suffering like a noble little ,christian to the end4 ,which was the hero--,jim1 who boasted he wasn't afraid to steal from any man1 or ,jesse1 who wasn't afraid to say no1 although forewarned that he would be almost killed if he said it8 ,i say ,jesse was4 ,what do you all say8 ,from this story ,i hope you will all try to be more gentle and loving1 for we never know what months of pain and suffering1 not only to others1 but also to ourselves1 one rude action may cause4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,receipts ,,for ,,september1 #ahgi4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,maine1 #bae4fa4 ,bangor4 ,hammond ,street ,ch41 #ajj2 ,west ,bangor ,chapel1 #f #ajf4jj ,bluehill4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aj4jj ,brewer4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #d4ie1 and ,sab4 ,sch41 #b4fj2 ,j4 ,holyoke1 #e #ab4ee ,brunswick4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #g4jj ,castine4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,e4 ,ives #c4jj ,litchfield ,corners4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aj4jj ,machias4 ,centre ,st4 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,cong4 ,ch4 #ab4eh ,rockford4 ,miss ,mary ,c4 ,waterbury1 #cj1 to const4 ,,rev4 ,j4 ,g4 ,,jones1 ,l4 ,m41 and #aj for ,memphis ,tenn42--8,the ,rockford ,lamplighters10 #aa4ej #ea4ej ,wyanet4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #af4ad ,,michigan1 #djj4cj4 ,adrian4 ,stephen ,allen #aj4jj ,almo4 ,julius ,hackley #aj4jj ,chelsea4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bi4bf ,clio4 ,s4 ,c4 ,r4 #a4jj ,comstock4 8,a ,friend of the ,freedmen0 #ajj4jj ,detroit4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #agi4jd ,dexter4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,l4 ,farrar #aj4jj ,east ,riverton4 ,mrs4 ,josephine ,barnes #e4jj ,flint4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ad4ec ,milford4 ,wm4 ,a4 ,arms1 to const4 ,,clara ,,wells ,,arms1 ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,pontiac4 ,cong4 ,ch4 ,mon4 ,con4 #b4cf1 and ,sab4 ,sch4 #a4ea #c4hg ,wacousta4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4fj ,,iowa1 #aih4bb4 ,atlantic4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #i4ef ,belle ,plaine4 ,j4 ,p4 ,henry1 #e2 ,freddie and ,josie ,henry1 #a #f4jj ,chester ,centre4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bc4fc ,clinton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ej4jj ,dubuque4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,n4 ,m4 #a4jj ,green ,mountain4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #bb4gj ,grinnell4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #df4ej ,marion4 ,adaliza ,daniels #e4jj ,newton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,sab4 ,sch4 #aj4eh ,red ,oak4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,reinbeck4 ,cong4 ,ch4 7#c of which for ,lady ,missionary1 ,new ,orleans7 #g4be ,stacyville4 ,woman's ,missionary ,soc41 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,new ,orleans #c4jj ,wayne4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #c4jj ,,wisconsin1 #abj4ie4 ,de ,pere4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ch4jj ,fort ,howard4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #be4jj ,geneva ,lake4 ,presb4 ,ch4 #ba4ie ,janesville4 ,j4 ,w4 #a4jj ,shopiere4 ,j4 ,h4 ,cooper #e4jj ,sparta4 ,bryce ,crawford1 #e2 ,j4 ,h41 ,r4 ,h41 ,j4 ,h4 ,g4 and ,r4 ,h4 ,w41 #a each2 ,j4 and ,s4 ,h4 ,a41 #a #aj4jj ,racine4 ,first ,presb4 ,ch4 #bj4jj ,,minnesota1 #ce4ig4 ,afton4 ,cong4 ,ch41 ,m4 ,c4 ,coll4 #c4jj ,hastings4 ,d4 ,b4 ,truax #e4jj ,minneapolis4 ,plymouth ,ch4 #bb4ig ,saint ,peter4 ,mrs4 ,jane ,a4 ,treadwell #e4jj ,,kansas1 #bj4 ,lawrence4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4jj ,lawrence4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,m4 ,richardson #b4jj ,leavenworth4 ,mrs4 ,thomas ,cutts #e4jj ,osawatomie4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #i4jj ,,nebraska1 #b4 ,strahmburg4 ,pilgrim ,ch4 #b4jj ,,oregon1 #f4bj4 ,the ,dalles4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #f4bj ,,maryland1 #ajj4 ,baltimore4 8,a ,friend0 #ajj4jj ,,west ,,virginia1 #c4 ,elm ,grove4 ,mrs4 ,b4 ,d4 ,atkinson #c4jj ,,tennessee1 #gff4fj4 ,chattanooga4 ,rent #ajj4jj ,nashville4 ,fisk ,university #fff4fj ,,georgia1 #ii4aj4 ,atlanta4 ,rent #ii4aj ,,alabama1 #aj4ge4 ,selma4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4ge ,,texas1 #adh4 ,corpus ,christi4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #adh4jj ,,canada1 #aj4 ,toronto4 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,thom #aj4jj ,,south ,,india1 #ae4 ,madura ,mission4 ,rev4 ,t4 ,s4 ,burnell #ae4jj ,,income ,,fund1 #e1gbb4bi4 ---- ---- ,avery ,fund #c1hhe4fd ---- ---- ,le ,moyne ,fund #a1jij4hb ---- ---- ,hammond ,fund #ede4hc ---- ---- ,general ,fund #ej4jj ---- ---- ,graves ,library ,fund #aej4jj ---------------- ,total #bj1jdd4fb ,total from ,oct4 #ast to ,sept4 #cjth #ahc1dcg4ih ,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,asst4 ,treas4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,received ,,for ,,debt4 ,manchester1 ,n4 ,h4 ,rev4 ,c4 ,w4 ,wallace 7#ej of which from ,hanover ,st4 ,cong4 ,ch47 #gj4jj ,north ,raynham1 ,mass4 ,e4 ,b4 ,towne #be4jj ,south ,sudbury1 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,a4 ,oviatt #be4jj ,west ,medford1 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,c4 ,b4 ,smith #ej4jj ,hartford1 ,conn4 ,john ,r4 ,lee1 ,m4 ,d4 #be4jj ,stanwich1 ,conn4 ,william ,brush #bjj4jj ,new ,york1 ,n4 ,y4 ,a4 ,s4 ,barnes #hej4jj ,new ,york1 ,n4 ,y4 8,h4 ,w4 ,h40 #ej4jj ,newark1 ,n4 ,j4 ,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 ,strieby #ajj4jj ,jersey ,city1 ,n4 ,j4 8,a ,friend0 #ej4jj ,chicago1 ,ill4 ,rev4 ,james ,powell #ajj4jj ,ripon1 ,wis4 ,pres4 ,e4 ,h4 ,merrill #be4jj ,washington ,heights1 ,ill4 ,,estate of ,rev4 ,l4 ,foster 7sale of land7 #cdd4ie ------------------ ,total #a1iad4ie ,previously acknowledged in ,july receipts #bf1hic4gb ------------------ ,total #bh1hjh4fg 99 99 99 99 99 ,,for ,,tillotson ,,collegiate ,,and ,,normal ,,institute1 ,,austin1 ,,texas4 ,north ,hampton1 ,n4 ,h4 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch4 #bf4ce ,hopkinton1 ,mass4 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,c4 ,claflin #ej4jj ,mendon1 ,ill4 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,fowler #abe4jj ,onarga1 ,ill4 ,mrs4 ,c4 ,l4 ,foster #aj4jj ,rockford1 ,ill4 ,l4 ,s4 ,swezey #ba4jj ,greenville1 ,mich4 ,m4 ,rutan #djj4jj ,oakville1 ,cal4 ,a4 ,a4 ,bancroft #ej4jj ------------------ ,total #fhb4ce ,previously acknowledged in ,aug4 receipts #b1ejb4ag ------------------ ,total #c1ahd4eb 99 99 99 99 99 ,,for ,,arthington ,,mission4 ,green ,mountain1 ,iowa4 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,stuart #aj4jj ,previously acknowledged in ,june receipts #ce4jj ------------------ ,total #de4jj 99 99 99 99 99 ,,for ,,negro ,,refugees4 ,deer ,isle1 ,me4 8,a ,friend0 #e4jj ,northville1 ,mich4 ,d4 ,pomeroy #a4jj ------------------ ,total #f4jj ,previously acknowledged in ,aug4 receipts #cdi4bd ------------------ ,total #cee4bd 99 99 99 99 99 ,constitution of the ,american ,missionary ,association4 ,,incorporated ,,january #cj1 #ahdi4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,art4 ,i4 ,this ,society shall be called 8,,the ,,american ,,missionary ,,association40 ,,art4 ,,ii4 ,the object of this ,association shall be to conduct ,christian missionary and educational operations1 and to diffuse a knowledge of the ,holy ,scriptures in our own and other countries which are destitute of them1 or which present open and urgent fields of effort4 ,,art4 ,,iii4 ,any person of evangelical sentiments1,a who professes faith in the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 who is not a slaveholder1 or in the practice of other immoralities1 and who contributes to the funds1 may become a member of the ,society2 and by the payment of thirty dollars1 a life member2 provided that children and others who have not professed their faith may be constituted life members without the privilege of voting4 ,,art4 ,,iv4 ,this ,society shall meet annually1 in the month of ,september1 ,october or ,november1 for the election of officers and the transaction of other business1 at such time and place as shall be designated by the ,executive ,committee4 ,,art4 ,v4 ,the annual meeting shall be constituted of the regular officers and members of the ,society at the time of such meeting1 and of delegates from churches1 local missionary societies1 and other co-operating bodies1 each body being entitled to one representative4 ,,art4 ,,vi4 ,the officers of the ,society shall be a ,president1 ,vice-,presidents1 a ,recording ,secretary1 ,corresponding ,secretaries1 ,treasurer1 two ,auditors1 and an ,executive ,committee of not less than twelve1 of which the ,corresponding ,secretaries shall be advisory1 and the ,treasurer ex-officio1 members4 ,,art4 ,,vii4 ,to the ,executive ,committee shall belong the collecting and disbursing of funds2 the appointing1 counselling1 sustaining and dismissing 7for just and sufficient reasons7 missionaries and agents2 the selection of missionary fields2 and1 in general1 the transaction of all such business as usually appertains to the executive committees of missionary and other benevolent societies2 the ,committee to exercise no ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the missionaries2 and its doings to be subject always to the revision of the annual meeting1 which shall1 by a reference mutually chosen1 always entertain the complaints of any aggrieved agent or missionary2 and the decision of such reference shall be final4 ,the ,executive ,committee shall have authority to fill all vacancies occurring among the officers between the regular annual meetings2 to apply1 if they see fit1 to any ,state ,legislature for acts of incorporation2 to fix the compensation1 where any is given1 of all officers1 agents1 missionaries1 or others in the employment of the ,society2 to make provision1 if any1 for disabled missionaries1 and for the widows and children of such as are deceased2 and to call1 in all parts of the country1 at their discretion1 special and general conventions of the friends of missions1 with a view to the diffusion of the missionary spirit1 and the general and vigorous promotion of the missionary work4 ,five members of the ,committee shall constitute a quorum for transacting business4 ,,art4 ,,viii4 ,this society1 in collecting funds1 in appointing officers1 agents and missionaries1 and in selecting fields of labor1 and conducting the missionary work1 will endeavor particularly to discountenance slavery1 by refusing to receive the known fruits of unrequited labor1 or to welcome to its employment those who hold their fellow-beings as slaves4 ,,art4 ,,ix4 ,missionary bodies1 churches or individuals agreeing to the principles of this ,society1 and wishing to appoint and sustain missionaries of their own1 shall be entitled to do so through the agency of the ,executive ,committee1 on terms mutually agreed upon4 ,,art4 ,x4 ,no amendment shall be made in this ,constitution without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at a regular annual meeting2 nor unless the proposed amendment has been submitted to a previous meeting1 or to the ,executive ,committee in season to be published by them 7as it shall be their duty to do1 if so submitted7 in the regular official notifications of the meeting4 ,,footnote3 ,a ,by evangelical sentiments1 we understand1 among others1 a belief in the guilty and lost condition of all men without a ,saviour2 the ,supreme ,deity1 ,incarnation and ,atoning ,sacrifice of ,jesus ,christ1 the only ,saviour of the world2 the necessity of regeneration by the ,holy ,spirit1 repentance1 faith and holy obedience in order to salvation2 the immortality of the soul2 and the retributions of the judgment in the eternal punishment of the wicked1 and salvation of the righteous4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,american ,missionary ,association4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,aim ,,and ,,work4 ,to preach the ,gospel to the poor4 ,it originated in a sympathy with the almost friendless slaves4 ,since ,emancipation it has devoted its main efforts to preparing the ,,freedmen for their duties as citizens and ,christians in ,america and as missionaries in ,africa4 ,as closely related to this1 it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted ,,chinese in ,america1 and to co-operate with the ,government in its humane and ,christian policy towards the ,,indians4 ,it has also a mission in ,,africa4 ,,statistics4 ,,churches3 ,in the ,south--,in ,va41 #a2 ,n4 ,c41 #e2 ,s4 ,c41 #b2 ,ga41 #ab2 ,ky41 #g2 ,tenn41 #d2 ,ala41 #ac2 ,la41 #ab2 ,miss41 #a2 ,kansas1 #b2 ,texas1 #e4 ,africa1 #a4 ,among the ,indians1 #a4 ,total #ff4 ,,institutions ,,founded1 ,,fostered ,,or ,,sustained ,,in ,,the ,,south4--,chartered3 ,hampton1 ,va42 ,berea1 ,ky42 ,talladega1 ,ala42 ,atlanta1 ,ga42 ,nashville1 ,tenn42 ,tougaloo1 ,miss41 ,new ,orleans1 ,la42 and ,austin1 ,texas1 #h4 ,graded or ,normal ,schools3 at ,wilmington1 ,raleigh1 ,n4 ,c42 ,charleston1 ,greenwood1 ,s4 ,c42 ,macon1 ,atlanta1 ,ga42 ,montgomery1 ,mobile1 ,athens1 ,selma1 ,ala42 ,memphis1 ,tenn41 #aa4 ,other ,schools1 #ah4 ,total #cg4 ,,teachers1 ,,missionaries ,,and ,,assistants4--,among the ,freedmen1 #bca2 among the ,chinese1 #ag2 among the ,indians1 #ag2 in ,africa1 #ad4 ,total1 #bgi4 ,,students--,in ,theology1 #hh2 ,law1 #ag2 in ,college ,course1 #ajf2 in other studies1 #g1jah4 ,total1 #g1bbi4 ,scholars1 taught by former pupils of our schools1 estimated at #ajj1jjj4 ,,indians under the care of the ,association4 #ac1jjj4 ,,wants4 #a4 ,a steady ,,increase of regular income to keep pace with the growing work in the ,south4 ,this increase can only be reached by regular and larger contributions from the churches--the feeble as well as the strong4 #b4 ,,additional ,,buildings for our higher educational institutions1 to accommodate the increasing numbers of students2 ,,meeting ,,houses1 for the new churches we are organizing2 ,,more ,,ministers1 cultured and pious1 for these churches4 #c4 ,,help ,,for ,,young ,,men1 to be educated as ministers here and missionaries to ,africa--a pressing want4 ,before sending boxes1 always correspond with the nearest ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 office1 as below3 ,,new ,,york ,h4 ,w4 ,hubbard1 ,esq41 #ef ,reade ,street4 ,,boston ,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,woodworth1 ,room #ba ,congregational ,house4 ,,chicago ,rev4 ,jas4 ,powell1 #aab ,west ,washington ,street4 ,,magazine4 ,this ,magazine will be sent1 gratuitously1 if desired1 to the ,missionaries of the ,association2 to ,life ,members2 to all clergymen who take up collections for the ,association2 to ,superintendents of ,sabbath ,schools2 to ,college ,libraries2 to ,theological ,seminaries2 to ,societies of ,inquiry on ,missions2 and to every donor who does not prefer to take it as a subscriber1 and contributes in a year not less than five dollars4 ,those who wish to remember the ,,american ,,missionary ,,association in their last ,will and ,testament1 are earnestly requested to use the following ,,form ,,of ,a ,,bequest4 8,i ,,bequeath to my executor 7or executors7 the sum of ---- dollars in trust1 to pay the same in ---- days after my decease to the person who1 when the same is payable1 shall act as ,treasurer of the #8,american ,missionary ,association' of ,new ,york ,city1 to be applied1 under the direction of the ,executive ,committee of the ,association1 to its charitable uses and purposes40 ,the will should be attested by three witnesses in some ,states three are required--in other ,states only two1 who should write against their names1 their places of residence if in cities1 their street and number4 ,the following form of attestation will answer for every ,state in the ,union3 8,signed1 sealed1 published and declared by the said ,a4 ,b4 as his last ,will and ,testament1 in presence of us1 who1 at the request of the said ,a4 ,b41 and in his presence1 and in the presence of each other1 have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses40 ,in some ,states it is required that the ,will should be made at least two months before the death of the testator4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,john ,h4 ,,horsfall4 ,,furniture ,,and ,upholstery ,warerooms1 ,nos4 #f #g ,,east #bc;,d ,,street1 ,,madison ,,square4 ,offers a fine selection of goods at very reasonable prices4 ,,designs ,,and ,,estimates ,,furnished ,,on ,,application4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,world's ,model ,magazine6 ,demorest's ,monthly ,the ,largest in ,form1 the ,largest in ,circulation1 ,and the best in everything that makes a magazine desirable1 with the most costly and valuable prize ever offered to subscribers4 ,demorest's ,monthly ,magazine presents a grand combination of the entertaining1 the useful and beautiful1 with stories1 essays1 poems1 fashions1 family matters1 art critiques1 lovely oil pictures1 steel engravings and other art features4 ,single copies1 #be;c41 post free2 yearly #c4jj4 ,with a copy of ,reinhart's ,great ,picture 8,consolation10 ,size #bjcj1 ,given to each subscriber2 when mounted and sent free of transportation1 #ej cents extra2 or a selection from twenty other valuable premiums4 8,consolation0 is truly a beautiful and artistic picture1 representing a prostrate mother1 her grief consoled by a group of angels1 one of whom bears her child in its arms4 ,the picture is full of sentiment and the copies have all the beauty1 excellence and charm of the original1 both in color and treatment1 so that artists cannot distinguish them apart1 and combines one of the most interesting1 artistic and valuable pictures ever published 7sold at the art stores for #aj4jj74 ,splendid inducements for ,agents4 ,send for specimen copy or postal card for particulars4 ,address ,w4 ,,jennings ,,demorest1 ,no4 #ag ,e4 #adth ,street1 ,n4 ,y4 99 99 99 99 99 ,new ,singing ,book for the ,million6 ,,coronation ,,songs ,for ,praise and ,prayer ,meetings1 ,,home ,,and ,,social ,,singing4 ,,by ,rev4 ,dr4 ,,charles ,f4 ,,deems ,,and ,,theodore ,e4 ,,perkins4 ,containing #aea ,hymns with ,tunes1 which include more of the ,,standard material that the world will not suffer to die1 and more ,,new material that deserves trial1 than any other book extant4 ,postpaid1 #cj cents4 #be per hundred4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,lyman ,,abbott',s ,commentary on the ,new ,testament ,illustrated and ,popular1 giving the latest views of the best ,biblical ,scholars on all disputed points4 ,a concise1 strong and faithful ,exposition in 7#h7 eight volumes1 octavo4 ,,agents ,,wanted ,,in ,,every ,,locality4 ,a4 ,s4 ,,barnes ,,co41 ,publishers1 ,new ,york and ,chicago4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,get ,,the ,,best4 ,,the 8,,oxford0 ,illustration3 ,bible ,,teachers' ,,bibles ,,in ,,seven ,,different ,,sizes1 ,at prices to suit everybody4 ,apply to your ,bookseller for ,lists1 or write to ,,thos4 ,,nelson ,,sons1 #db ,bleecker ,street1 ,new ,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,meneely ,kimberly1 ,,bell ,,founders1 ,,troy1 ,n4 ,y4 ,manufacture a superior quality of ,,bells4 ,special attention given to ,,church ,,bells4 ,catalogues sent free to parties needing bells4 99 99 99 99 99 ,brown ,bros4 ,co4 ,,bankers1 #ei #fa ,wall ,street1 ,new ,york1 #baa ,chestnut ,st41 ,philadelphia1 #ff ,state ,street1 ,boston4 ,issue ,commercial ,credits1 make ,cable transfers of ,money between this ,country and ,england1 and buy and sell ,bills of ,exchange on ,great ,britain and ,ireland4 ,they also issue1 against cash deposited1 or satisfactory guarantee of repayment1 ,circular ,credits for ,travellers1 ,in ,,dollars for use in the ,united ,states and adjacent countries1 and in ,,pounds ,,sterling1 for use in any part of the world4 99 99 99 99 99 #gc1fbj ,,more ,singer ,sewing ,machines ,sold in '#gh ,,than ,,in ,,any ,,previous ,,year4 ,in #ahgj we sold #abg1hcc ,sewing ,machines4 0 #ahgh 0 #cef1dcb 0 0 ,our sales have increased enormously every year through the whole period of 8hard times40 ,we now ,sell ,three-,quarters of all the ,sewing ,machines sold in the ,world4 ,for the accommodation of the ,public we have #a1ejj subordinate offices in the ,united ,states and ,canada1 and #c1jjj offices in the ,old ,world and ,south ,america4 ,,prices ,,greatly ,,reduced4 ,waste no money on 8cheap0 counterfeits4 ,send for our handsomely ,illustrated ,price ,list4 ,,the ,,singer ,,manufacturing ,,company1 ,principal ,office1 #cd ,union ,square1 ,new ,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,illustration3 ,hands ,,crampton',s ,,pure ,,old ,,palm ,,soap1 ,,for ,the ,laundry1 the ,kitchen1 and ,for ,general ,household ,purposes1 ,,manufactured ,,by ,,crampton ,,brothers1 ,cor4 ,monroe ,jefferson ,sts41 ,n4 ,y4 ,send for ,circular and ,price ,list4 ,crampton's old ,palm ,soap for the ,laundry1 the ,kitchen1 and for general ,household purposes4 ,the price of the 8,palm ,soap0 is #c4ij per box of #ajj three-quarter pound bars--#ge pounds in box4 ,to any one who will send us an order for #aj boxes with cash1 #ci1 we will send one box extra free as a premium4 ,or the orders may be sent to us for one or more boxes at a time1 with remittance1 and when we have thus received orders for ten boxes we will send the eleventh box free as proposed above4 ,if you do not wish to send the money in advance1 you may deposit it with any banker or merchant in good credit in your town1 with the understanding that he is to remit to us on receipt of the soap1 which is to be shipped to his care4 ,address1 ,,crampton ,,brothers1 ,cor4 ,monroe and ,jefferson ,sts41 ,new ,york4 ,,for ,,sale ,,by ,,all ,,merchants4 ,illustration3 ,hands 99 99 99 99 99 ,abraham ,bogardus4 ,illustration3 ,camera and child ,,art ,,photographer #hgb ,,broadway1 ,,cor4 #ah,,th ,,street4 ,,new ,,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,utility ,,adjustable ,,table4 ,illustration3 ,lady seated at table ,can be made any height and be folded up4 ,for ,cutting1 ,basting1 ,study1 ,invalids1 ,children1 etc4 ,send stamp for book of prices4 ,,geo4 ,f4 ,,sargent1 ,proprietor and ,manufacturer1 #haf ,broadway1 ,new ,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,every ,man ,his ,own ,printer4 ,excelsior #c ,printing ,press4 ,illustration3 ,printing press ,prints cards1 labels1 envelopes1 c42 larger sizes for larger work4 ,for business or pleasure1 young or old4 ,catalogue of ,presses1 ,type1 ,cards1 c41 sent for two stamps4 ,,kelsey ,,co41 ,m'frs1 ,meriden1 ,conn4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,church ,,cushions ,,made ,,of ,,the ,,patent ,,elastic ,,felt4 ,for particulars1 address ,h4 ,d4 ,,ostermoor1 ,p4 ,o4 ,box #djjd4 #cf ,broadway1 ,new ,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,marvin',s ,,fire ,,burglar ,,safes ,,counter ,,platform ,,wagon ,,track ,,scales ,,marvin ,,safe ,,scale ,,co4 #bfe ,,broadway4 ,n4 ,y4 #fbg ,,chestnut ,,st41 ,,phila4 99 99 99 99 99 ,w4 ,b4 ,,douglas1 ,middletown1 ,conn41 ,,manufacturers ,,of ,,pumps1 ,,hydraulic ,,rams1 ,,garden ,,engines1 ,,pump ,,chain ,,and ,,fixtures1 ,,iron ,,curbs1 ,,yard ,,hydrants1 ,,street ,,washers1 ,,etc4 ,illustration3 ,pump ,highest ,medal awarded them by the ,universal ,exposition at ,paris1 ,france1 in #ahfg2 ,vienna1 ,austria1 in #ahgc2 and ,philadelphia1 #ahgf4 ,founded in #ahcb4 ,branch ,warehouses3 #he #hg ,john ,st4 ,,new ,,york1 ,,and #aig ,lake ,street1 ,,chicago4 ,for ,sale by all ,regular ,dealers4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,st4 ,,germain ,,the ,,original ,,student ,,lamp4 ,every ,lamp has ,c4 ,a4 ,,kleemann and my name on ,chimney-,holder4 ,buy no other4 ,illustration3 ,lamp ,the ,best made ,lamp4 0 0 ,shade4 0 0 ,chimnies4 0 0 ,wicks4 ,,all ,,patented4 ,this lamp is absolutely safe against explosion4 ,the light is brilliant and very steady4 ,no odor4 ,no smoke4 ,all the latest improvements4 ,easy to manage4 ,simple in construction4 ,c4 ,f4 ,a4 ,,hinrichs1 ,new ,york4 ,toys for ,fairs4 ,send for ,price ,list4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,printing ,,press for #ge cents4 ,with ink roller1 #ij cents4 ,both by mail #a4fj4 ,a complete ,printing ,office1 viz41 press1 roller1 font of type1 type tray1 ink1 leads1 furniture1 gold bronze1 and #ej cards1 #b4be4 ,all by mail for #c4be4 ,sample package of #dj varieties of cards1 #aj cents4 ,specimen ,book of type1 c41 #aj cents4 ,,young ,,america ,,press ,,co41 #ce ,murray ,street1 ,new ,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,thirty-third ,annual ,meeting of the ,american ,missionary ,association will be held in the ,first ,congregational ,church 7,rev4 ,dr4 ,goodwin's71 ,chicago1 ,illinois1 commencing ,october #bhth1 at #c p4 m4 ,the ,annual ,sermon will be preached by ,rev4 ,r4 ,s4 ,storrs1 ,d4 ,d41 of ,brooklyn1 ,n4 ,y41 service commencing at half-past seven in the evening4 ,a paper on the ,chinese question will be presented by ,rev4 ,j4 ,h4 ,twichell1 of ,hartford1 ,connecticut2 one on the ,necessity of the ,protection of ,law for the ,indians1 by ,gen4 ,j4 ,b4 ,leake1 ,united ,states ,district ,attorney1 ,chicago1 ,illinois2 one on the ,providential ,significance of the ,negro in ,america1 by ,pres4 ,e4 ,h4 ,merrell1 of ,ripon ,college1 ,ripon1 ,wisconsin4 ,addresses may be expected from ,rev4 ,drs4 ,goodell1 ,roy1 ,corwin1 ,dana1 ,ellsworth1 and other able speakers on timely and important topics4 ,parties desiring entertainment during the meeting1 who have not already applied1 will please write at once to ,h4 ,g4 ,billings1 ,esq41 #bdb ,south ,water ,street1 ,chicago4 99 99 99 99 99 ,railroad ,reductions4--,the following railroads will make special rates to those attending the meeting4 ,mich4 ,cent4 ,r4 ,r41 ,excursion ,tickets1 #b;cts4 per mile2 ,ill4 ,cent4 ,r4 ,r4 ,excursion ,tickets1 #a fare2 ,l4 ,s4 ,m4 ,s4 ,r4 ,r41 ,excursion ,tickets1 #a fare2 ,c4 ,b4 ,q4 ,r4 ,r41 full fare in1 fare out2 ,c4 ,a4 ,r4 ,r41 do42 ,c4 ,e4 ,i4 ,r4 ,r41 do42 ,c4 ,n4 ,w4 ,r4 ,r41 do42 ,c4 ,pacific1 do42 ,c41 ,r4 ,i4 ,p4 ,r4 ,r41 do42 ,p41 ,c4 ,st4 ,louis1 ,excursion ,tickets1 reduced rates2 ,c4 ,paducah1 from ,streator and ,pontiac1 fare and 2 ,wis4 ,cent4 ,r4 ,r41 full fare in1 out2 ,bur41 ,c4 ,rap4 ,north41 do4 in1 out2 ,st4 ,l4 ,s4 ,w41 full fare in1 out2 ,c41 ,m4 ,st4 ,paul ,r4 ,r41 do42 ,p41 ,ft4 ,w4 ,c4 ,r4 ,r41 do4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ,,advertisers4 ,special attention is invited to the advertising department of the ,american ,missionary4 ,among its regular readers are thousands of ,ministers of the ,gospel1 ,presidents1 ,professors and ,teachers in ,colleges1 ,theological ,seminaries and ,schools2 it is1 therefore1 a specially valuable medium for advertising ,books1 ,periodicals1 ,newspapers1 ,maps1 ,charts1 ,institutions of ,learning1 ,church ,furniture1 ,bells1 ,household ,goods1 c4 ,advertisers are requested to note the moderate price charged for space in its columns1 considering the extent and character of its circulation4 ,advertisements must be received by the ,,tenth of the month1 in order to secure insertion in the following number4 ,all communications in relation to advertising should be addressed to ,j4 ,h4 ,,denison1 ,adv'g ,agent1 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,new ,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,our friends who are interested in the ,advertising ,department of the 8,american ,missionary0 can aid us in this respect by mentioning1 when ordering goods1 that they saw them advertised in our ,magazine4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,david ,h4 ,,gildersleeve1 ,printer1 #aja ,chambers ,street1 ,new ,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,transcriber's ,notes3 ,spelling and puntuation were changed only where the error appears to be a printing error4 ,capitalization and punctuation in the ,receipts section is inconsistent1 and was retained as printed4 ,the remaining corrected punctuation changes are too numerous to list2 the others are as follows3 ,for consistency1 8,jessie0 changed to 8,jesse0 on page #cde 7,as ,jesse and ,jo came up7 and page #cdf 7or ,jesse1 who wasn't afraid74