,,vol4 ,,xxxv4 ,,no4 #g4 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 99 99 99 99 99 8,to the ,poor the ,gospel is ,preached40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,july1 #ahha4 ,,contents3 ,,editorial4 ,,our ,,anniversary ,,reports #aic ,a ,,brief ,,view ,,of ,,the ,,situation--,,intemperance ,,in ,,the ,,south #aid ,,the ,,last ,,man3 ,rev4 ,c4 ,p4 ,osborne #aie ,,our ,,boston ,,anniversary #aif ,,benefactions #aig ,,general ,,notes--,africa1 ,indians1 ,chinese #aih ,,items ,,from ,,the ,,field #bja ,,the ,,freedmen4 ,,anniversary ,,reports--,d4,c41 ,howard ,university #bja ,va41 ,hampton ,institute1 ,hampton #bjb ,tenn41 ,fisk ,university1 ,nashville #bjc ,miss41 ,tougaloo ,university1 ,tougaloo #bje ,la41 ,straight ,university1 ,new ,orleans #bjg ,tenn41 ,le ,moyne ,normal ,school1 ,memphis #bjh ,ala41 ,emerson ,institute1 ,swayne ,school #bji ,ga41 ,beach ,institute1 ,byron #baj ,,talladega ,,college--,,laying ,,of ,,corner-,,stone #baj ,,north ,,carolina ,,conference #baa ,,africa4 ,,ordination ,,at ,,good ,,hope #bab ,,the ,,chinese4 ,,anniversaries3 ,rev4 ,w4 ,c4 ,pond #bad ,,woman',s ,,home ,,miss4 ,,assoc',n4 ,,monthly ,,report #baf ,,children',s ,,page4 ,,story ,,of ,,rebecca #bag ,,receipts #bah ,,list ,,of ,,officers #bbb ,,constitution #bbc ,,aim1 ,,statistics1 ,,wants1 ,,etc4 #bbd 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 ,illustration3 ,,stone ,,hall1 ,,straight ,,university1 ,,new ,,orleans4--,see ,page #bjh ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,vol4 ,,xxxv4 ,,july1 #ahha4 ,,no4 #g4 99 99 99 99 99 ,american ,missionary ,association4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,our ,,anniversary ,,reports4 ,we devote an unusual amount of space in this number to reports of the closing exercises of ten of our educational institutions at the ,south4 ,next month we purpose to add reports of others whose anniversaries occur too late for mention at this writing4 ,it will be seen that the year has been an unusually prosperous one4 ,the number of students1 either of advanced grade or seeking for a higher education1 has been larger1 perhaps1 than during any previous year4 ,we note especially the large number of boarding students1 and also the fact that the accommodations for them are by far too limited in many of our schools4 ,the growing disposition of our students to continue their studies through as many months of the year as possible is a fact of much significance4 ,it will be remembered that our missions have been richly blessed by outpourings of the ,holy ,spirit1 and that a goodly number--sometimes whole classes--have indulged the hopes of a new life4 ,most of these will go forth to teach during the summer1 and the rich experiences through which they have passed will prove of great value to them in their work4 ,we know of no class of people needing the prayers of our patrons more than these4 ,perhaps the influence of our institutions upon the leading minds of the ,south1 and especially upon those interested in popular education1 was never so great4 ,governors of ,southern ,states1 mayors of cities1 presidents of colleges1 representatives of the pulpit1 the bar and the press1 attend our anniversary exercises1 and enter heartily and with appreciation into the spirit of the work4 ,we believe any one who will read the reports referred to will find much occasion for thanking ,god and taking courage4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the reports of the exercises at ,hampton1 ,va41 and ,fisk ,university1 ,nashville1 ,tenn41 were written by ,virginians1 and give a good idea of the drift of thought concerning our institutions among the better class of ,southern people4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,brief ,,view ,,of ,,the ,,situation4 ,the gift of ,mrs4 ,stone of #aej1jjj for new buildings at ,fisk1 ,atlanta1 ,talladega1 and ,new ,orleans2 the new educational institution at ,austin1 ,texas1 and our new churches organized the past year at the ,south1 make additional demands upon our treasury4 ,the churches should not be left to a feeble struggle for life1 but be aided to a vigorous growth4 ,the additional facilities at the schools mentioned1 and the new institution in ,texas1 mean an increased number of students to be aided1 and increased expense for teachers1 for insurance1 repairs and other incidentals4 ,our work among the ,chinese in ,california calls urgently for enlargement2 in fact1 the continued existence of such a work means continued growth with increased expenditures4 ,a great pressure has been brought to bear upon us to do more for the education of ,indian youth2 but the work cannot be done without money4 ,the success1 however1 at ,carlisle and ,hampton indicates clearly the hopefulness of doing much more4 ,mr4 ,arthington1 of ,leeds1 ,england1 has paid over #c1jjj1 and ,british ,christians have given a like amount1 for a new mission on the ,upper ,nile1 in ,east ,central ,africa2 but the opening of the ,arthington ,mission will require #aj1jjj annually for its support4 ,it will be seen by these statements that the entrance to our different fields of labor has been thrown open more widely4 ,we must settle the question as to whether we shall enter2 but to enter means continued and efficient occupancy4 8,occupy till ,i come0 is the command of the ,great ,teacher4 ,the gate is not open to a haven of rest1 but to a field of labor1 and additional labor calls for additional expense4 ,nothing short of an increase of #be per cent4 of the income of the ,association will be adequate to meet the increased demands4 ,the pastors and officers of the churches are our most effectual helpers in raising the amount required4 ,will they not come to our relief right early8 ,the people will give of their means if the work and its wants are properly presented to them2 and if ,god has set before us these open doors1 surely ,he will add ,his blessing as we enter4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,intemperance ,,in ,,the ,,south4 ,one of the 8decisive battles0 to be fought by and in behalf of the colored people of the ,south is on the field of intemperance4 ,slavery made this vice impossible4 ,emancipation1 with all its manifold blessings1 opened the gates to its entrance1 and these once opened1 it now pours in like a flood4 ,the cannonading has already begun in some of the ,southern ,states in regard to prohibition1 local option and other legal safeguards2 but in this1 as in other battles1 small arms and the hand-to-hand fight must win the victory4 ,man by man1 must the victims of this vice be warned and rescued1 and especially must the young1 individual by individual1 be instructed1 warned1 pledged to personal abstinence1 and enlisted in the work of saving others4 ,the schools of the ,american ,missionary ,association are the very citadels of drill and equipment in this warfare4 ,their students must be the vanguard in the onset1 and the 8old guard0 that 8never surrenders0 in the hottest fight4 ,we rejoice to know that our schools and their students are alert and active in their duties in this respect4 ,temperance literature and the prayers of ,god's people are invoked in their behalf4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,last ,,man4 ,,rev4 ,c4 ,p4 ,,osborne4 ,the first man is named by sacred history4 ,scientific prophecy ventures to tell us who the last man is to be4 ,prof4 ,alphonse de ,candolle1 son and successor of the great naturalist1 wrote1 a few years since1 some interesting speculations on the probable future of the human race4 ,this paper was deemed of sufficient value to be republished in the ,annual ,report of the ,smithsonian ,institution at ,washington1 for the year #ahge4 ,in the course of his discussion the eminent writer shows reason for believing that the last man is to be1 not one man1 but three4 ,the future history of mankind1 leaving out of the account any possible catastrophe that might suddenly extinguish the race1 will be1 in his view1 somewhat as follows4 ,for an extended period the population of the globe1 favored by improved methods of agriculture1 by migration to unoccupied lands1 by general prevalence of peace consequent upon higher morality1 will increase until the world is stocked with inhabitants to its fullest capacity4 ,then1 after a period1 will begin a process of depopulation4 ,the conditions of life in the colder regions will be greatly changed by growing scarcity of the fuel supply2 the world's stock of minerals will be gradually exhausted by rust and wear1 which will bring an end of ships1 railroads and commerce1 and thus increase the difficulty of maintaining life2 and the incessant action of water1 ice and air will constantly diminish the land area of the globe1 until only mountains will remain as islands above the surface of the sea4 ,under the combined action of these agencies1 the principles of natural selection and survival of the fittest will come into play with decisive effect1 and in the struggle for life the weaker races will one by one succumb and disappear4 ,three races1 however1 exhibit qualities which fit them to survive beyond all others4 #a4 ,the white race1 as represented by ,europeans and their ,american descendants1 thanks to their intelligence and habitual bravery1 skill1 and the confidence they can place in each other1 will sustain the struggle4 #b4 ,the negroes also will prevail1 on account of their physical vigor1 power to resist malaria and to flourish in tropical regions1 where the white race rapidly deteriorates4 #c4 ,the yellow race1 represented principally by the ,chinese1 will maintain their place1 since they have great vigor of stock1 a capacity to exist on small resources1 and alone seem sufficiently intelligent and robust to struggle in all latitudes with both the other races4 ,the last man1 then1 is to be a white man1 a negro and a ,chinaman4 ,but de ,candolle seems to think that the negro may1 after all1 be the last man of this triumvirate4 ,for the white man1 occupying scattered islands in the colder regions1 and deprived of fuel1 might be exterminated by the more or less periodical invasions of ice from polar regions1 while the black man could continue to subsist with little effort on the pulp of tropical melons4 ,such is a brief outline of the curious speculations of this eminent savant4 ,of their value as science or prophecy1 of their correspondence with ,biblical views of the future of human history1 let the reader make his own judgment4 ,the writer simply asks attention to a few obvious suggestions4 #a4 ,it is a very significant fact that a man of recognized eminence as a scientist should1 in a glance at the probable future of mankind1 give so important a place to the despised ,african4 ,it is a fact that more than justifies all the deep interest of the ,christian and the philanthropist in that unfortunate race4 ,christians are not in any danger of giving undue attention to the claims of the negro upon their prayers and benefactions4 #b4 ,the conclusions of science1 that the ,african race is fitted to persist among the latest inhabitants of the earth1 are confirmed by the evidence of facts4 ,the census of #ahhj produced two genuine surprises4 ,first1 the fact that the largest relative increase of population in the ,united ,states during the last decade was in the former slave ,states4 ,second1 that this result was due to the fact that while the increase of the whites of those ,states was some two per cent4 below the average for the whole country1 the increase of the blacks was more than three per cent4 above that average4 ,it is thus demonstrated that negroes are not to be numbered with those races which1 like ,australians1 ,hawaiians and ,american ,indians1 fade away and disappear in the presence of more civilized races4 ,the negro in warm latitudes has shown his ability1 with less than a fair chance1 to hold more than his own with the white man4 ,we may no longer hope that the grave problems1 social1 political and religious1 connected with his residence in our land1 are to be solved by the gradual extinction of the race4 ,the black man will not die2 he must be instructed and evangelized4 #c4 ,if we are to have black men and yellow men for our neighbors to the end of time1 it is for our interest to be on good terms with them4 ,as a matter of policy it will be best for us to do all we can to make them comfortable--,i may even say1 companionable neighbors4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,our ,,boston ,,anniversary4 ,it will be remembered by our readers that during the last week in ,may the six co-operative ,societies sustained largely by the ,congregationalists1 hold anniversary meetings in ,boston4 ,this year the meetings were held on ,wednesday1 the #beth4 ,the day was bright and breezy1 and the congregations throughout were larger than usual4 ,the meeting of the ,american ,missionary ,association closed the morning session4 ,a report was made by ,secretary ,woodworth1 reviewing1 in brief1 the several branches of the work carried on by the ,association during the past nineteen years4 ,mr4 ,woodworth's address was replete with facts and statistics1 giving a comprehensive view of the importance1 success and necessities of the ,association4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,f4 ,lovering1 of ,worcester1 was the first speaker4 ,during his address he mentioned the fact that a negro family of his acquaintance1 in ,massachusetts1 found it difficult to rent a house on account of their color1 and argued that if there be such prejudices still at the ,north1 we ought not to be surprised if they yet exist at the ,south4 ,he related several instances coming under his observation during the war1 showing the religious nature of the colored people and their love for knowledge1 closing his address with a graphic description of a company of colored women and children singing songs of thanksgiving to troops returning from the war4 ,hon4 ,j4 ,j4 ,h4 ,gregory1 of ,marblehead1 was the next speaker4 ,he urged the work of saving the ,freedmen as a duty upon us from a common-sense and statesmanlike view1 as well as from a religious consideration4 ,he said3 8,they will never vote safely until they vote intelligently4 ,they will always be at the mercy of others until they can think for themselves4 ,they are not like the ,mexicans1 who have not changed for a century1 but they are eager for knowledge1 plastic1 and have already made astonishing advances4 ,they spend their money freely1 and if educated will like their homes tasteful and attractive4 ,in so low a view as the commercial one1 we should be deeply interested for these people4 ,there are only about twenty-five colored lawyers and a hundred doctors among them4 ,in the time of the yellow fever1 one of the latter remained through it all and cared for the people4 ,when his work was over1 a large company of white citizens gratefully followed him to the depot with a band of music1 showing that color is forgotten when there is ability and power40 ,mr4 ,gregory is now building a mission home and remodeling the school-house at ,wilmington1 ,n4,c41 at an expense of about #h1jjj4 ,these buildings are in close proximity to the new church edifice also built by him1 an account of which was given in the ,,american ,,missionary for ,may4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,benefactions4 --,yale and ,hamilton ,colleges are to receive #dj1jjj each from the estate of ,james ,knox1 of ,knoxville1 ,ill4 --,dartmouth ,college receives a bequest of #e1jjj from the late ,hon4 ,h4 ,c4 ,burleigh1 of ,great ,falls1 ,n4,h4 --,hon4 ,e4 ,b4 ,morgan1 of ,auburn1 ,n4,y41 has given ,wells ,college1 ,aurora1 #aj1jjj1 making his gifts to it upwards of #afj1jjj4 --,col4 ,gardner ,a4 ,sage1 of ,new ,york1 has given #ij1jjj to the ,theological ,seminary of the ,reformed ,church in ,america1 situated at ,new ,brunswick1 ,n4,j4 --,hon4 ,j4 ,j4 ,h4 ,gregory1 of ,marblehead1 ,mass41 has recently added to his gift to the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 of #c1fjj for a church at ,wilmington1 ,n4,c41 #c1ejj as the first installment for a school building to be erected in close proximity to the new church4 --,a banker of ,altenburg recently bequeathed #ahg1jjj for endowments in the ,university of ,jena4 ,the government of ,saxe-,altenburg1 however1 retained #ed1jjj of the amount as legal duty1 thereby reducing the endowment to #acc1jjj4 --,col4 ,c4 ,g4 ,hammond1 of ,chicago1 has offered #bj1jjj towards establishing an endowment fund of #hj1jjj for the ,congregational ,theological ,seminary of that city4 ,not long since ,mr4 ,hammond contributed #be1jjj for a library building to the same institution4 ,the endowment of the young institutions for the education of colored people ,south1 presents a fine field for the exercise of such wise charity as is shown in some of the liberal donations above4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,general ,,notes4 ,,africa4 --,dr4 ,laws1 of the ,scotch ,mission on ,lake ,nyassa1 discovered two coal seams on the north-eastern end of the lake4 --,the ,akankoo ,gold ,mining ,company has ordered the explorer ,cameron to go to the ,gold ,coast to study the mineral ores of the grant which it holds4 --,dr4 ,lanz has exploded the theory of converting the ,sahara into an ocean4 ,he reports that the most depressed portion of ,el ,juf1 the body of the desert1 is nearly five hundred feet above the level of the sea4 --,m4 ,harold ,tarry1 a member of the ,french ,sahara commission1 has discovered1 south of ,wargla1 the ruins of the large city of ,cedradra buried under the shifting sands4 ,a mosque and nine houses have been excavated containing columns1 statuary and charred manuscripts4 --,the village of ,roumbeck contains a hundred toukouls 7cabins built upon piles to preserve them from the ravages of the white ants74 ,this is the chief place of the province of ,rohl4 ,here are collected ostrich plumes1 caoutchouc1 tamarinds and cotton1 which are sent to ,khartoum4 --,the efforts of the ,french to find tracing for a railroad across the ,great ,desert to ,timbuctoo have met with disaster4 ,the great expedition under ,col4 ,flanders1 when nearly across the desert1 was1 according to most reliable reports1 attacked by the hostile natives and destroyed4 --,dr4 ,oscar ,lanz1 the leader of the ,german expedition to ,timbuctoo1 has accomplished the object of his mission4 ,he started from ,morocco1 taking a south-easterly course across the ,great ,desert4 ,in returning he followed the route to the westward toward the ,senegal river1 arriving safely at ,st4 ,louis on the coast1 after experiencing many delays and hardships4 ,he went in the disguise of a ,turkish physician1 taking with him one ,italian and five ,arab servants4 --,timbuctoo is described as lying on the southern edge of the ,sahara near the ,niger1 is five miles in circumference1 and surrounded on all sides by plains of white sand4 ,its population has decreased1 many of the houses are in ruins1 but it is still the most important city in ,central ,africa and the great emporium for the slave trade of those regions4 --,dr4 ,holub is preparing to start for the ,cape of ,good ,hope1 from whence he will travel towards the interior of the continent1 with the expectation of coming out at some point on the ,mediterranean4 ,although his trip is essentially a scientific one1 he will not neglect the commercial question4 ,he is connected with important houses of ,vienna1 with which he will attempt to establish relations with the tribes of the interior of ,africa4 --,on his return from ,bahr-el-,ghazal1 ,gessi found ,khartoum very different from what he had seen it three years before4 ,the ,european colony had transformed it4 ,the ,catholic mission had become the instructor of the population4 ,the traders had imported all the products of ,european industry4 ,houses with magnificent stores had been erected1 and one could obtain there all that was required for modern civilization4 ,it had become a centre of exportation for the products of ,soudan4 ,to remedy the inconvenience of expensive voyages1 they already thought of establishing in the neighborhood a permanent place for receiving the wax1 rubber and ivory which they brought from the more central countries4 --,the ,french missionaries who are in the ,egyptian ,soudan complain that the slave trade is more active than ever1 and that far from taking measures to prevent it1 the regular troops take part in the plunder in the neighborhood of the ,white ,nile1 where they capture thousands of slaves of both sexes and all ages4 ,one of the missionaries saw at ,fachoda a number of children taken to the slave market4 ,another reports that the mountains south of ,kordufan are inhabited by a very beautiful race of negroes1 who have resisted all efforts of the proselytizing ,mussulman4 ,these are sold at high prices1 and the slave-hunters regard them as a favorite prey4 ,this missionary also relates that a dozen valleys were recently ravaged by the ,bagarahs4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,indians4 --,in ,british ,america1 during the past #bj years1 more than #ac1jjj ,indians have been received into the ,church of ,england4 --,there is a church organization at ,fort ,wrangel1 ,alaska ,territory1 among the ,stickenn tribe of ,indians1 with a membership of about forty4 ,in connection with this1 an industrial school and home for girls has been established4 --,the ,indians at present in close relations with the ,presbyterian church number about #af1jjj1 and may be divided as follows3 ,mohave1 #hch2 ,chimehneva1 #bjj2 ,coahuila1 #aej2 ,cocopah1 #ahj2 ,pima1 #d1ejj2 ,maricopa1 #ejj2 ,papago1 #f1jjj2 the ,san ,carlos1 ,white ,mountain1 ,coyotero1 ,tonto1 ,chiricahua1 ,cochise1 ,ojo ,caliente1 ,yuma and ,mohave ,apaches1 #d1hgh2 ,hualapai1 #fbj2 ,yuma1 #icj2 ,suppai1 #ge2 and ,quacharty's1 #djj4 ,these are grouped into the three agencies of ,colorado ,river1 ,pima and ,san ,carlos4 ,they number #b1bah children of school age4 ,they had #g1gjj acres of land under cultivation1 and raised #dc1ccc bushels of wheat1 #b1dic of corn1 and #aj1hcc of barley and oats4 --,some poet at ,carlisle ,barracks1 ,pa41 has set forth the merits of the ,indian training-school at that point as follows3 8,the ,garrison1 where tap of drum was rule1 ,is now the famous ,indian ,training ,school4 ,in days of yore1 the ,soldiers there were taught ,that ,,red ,,men',s ,,use ,,was ,,only ,,to ,,be ,,fought4 ,but note the change6 ,the reign of ,peace is near1 ,the ploughshare conquers deadly sword and spear4 ,the cunning pen shall in their swarthy hand ,a swifter missile be than burning brand4 ,their only ,,watch-,,fire shall be ,,reason',s ,,light-- ,their only ,,warfare1 ,,battling ,,for ,,the ,,right40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,chinese4 --,it is a significant fact that nearly all of the thirty men-of-war composing the fleet of the ,chinese navy are commanded by ,european officers4 --,the ,young ,men's ,christian ,association at ,tokio1 ,japan1 consisting wholly of natives1 has concluded to start a religious magazine4 --,during the past eight years1 which will measure the time of actual service of the ,protestant missions in ,japan1 the work has been so far advanced that at present there are #afj missionaries1 with #ej churches organized and a total membership of #h1jjj4 ,there are also schools1 dispensaries1 colleges and publishing houses1 which circulate the ,scriptures and religious reading in all parts of the empire4 --,it is reported1 concerning the ,chinese boarding-school for boys at ,ningpo1 that nothing has appeared for years that seems to so fully enlist the interest and co-operation of all the natives4 ,although the school is under native management1 the foreign members of the ,presbytery with which it is connected have a voice in its affairs4 ,contributions for its support have been given freely both by the converts and heathen people4 ,it seems that the method pursued is similar to that carried on so generally in the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 schools ,south4 --,lai ,tip1 a ,chinese laundryman1 was recently murdered on ,spring ,street1 ,new ,york1 while returning from the ,sunday-school of the ,reformed ,presbyterian ,church4 ,it appears he was set upon by two or three roughs1 and while stooping to recover his hat1 which had been knocked off1 received from a knife fatal wounds from which he died on the third day4 ,his funeral was attended by ,rev4 ,drs4 ,hall and ,crosby1 and he was buried amid a large attendance of ,chinamen at ,machpelah ,cemetery1 ,hoboken1 ,n4,j4 ,the murder was most shameful and unprovoked4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,items ,,from ,,the ,,field4 ,,flatonia1 ,,tex4--8,the box you spoke of in your letter was received last week4 ,maps are just what we need and will be a great help4 ,almost everything was of use1 and ,i consider it a very valuable box1 unusually so4 ,i would like to give my heartfelt thanks to the donors if ,i knew them4 ,please do so for me4 ,i know that those who keep up the supplies at home like to be assured that their gifts are appreciated40 ,,colored ,,sunday-,,schools1 ,n4,c4--8,happy ,greeting0 ,union ,sunday-school is the name of one of eight schools organized during the last two months by a missionary of the ,american ,sunday-school ,union in ,north ,carolina4 8,this name10 he writes1 8was adopted by a cheerful crowd of colored people40 ,another of these schools is called 8,valley ,home40 ,very few among those people were able to read the ,bible4 ,in a class of twenty-five1 only one could tell the name of the first book in it4 ,some said that ,jacob built the ark4 ,when asked how the ,israelites expressed their joy after crossing the ,red ,sea in safety1 one said3 8,i s'pose1 sir1 dey shot off big guns and holler'd60 and all present nodded their assent4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,freedmen4 ,,rev4 ,,jos4 ,e4 ,,roy1 ,d4,d41 ,,field ,,superintendent1 ,,atlanta1 ,,ga4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,anniversary ,,reports4 ,,howard ,,university4 ,commencement ,exercises of the ,theological ,department of ,howard ,university were held in the ,memorial ,lutheran ,church1 ,fourteenth ,street and ,vermont ,avenue1 ,washington1 ,d4,c41 ,friday evening1 ,may #fth1 #ahha1 at #g4de o'clock4 ,a large audience of white and colored friends was present1 including various ,u4,s4 ,senators and other persons of influence4 ,,order ,,of ,,exercises4 ,music2 ,prayer by ,rev4 ,w4 ,w4 ,patton1 ,d4,d41 ,pres4 ,howard ,university2 reading of the ,scriptures by ,rev4 ,j4 ,g4 ,butler1 ,d4,d42 ,music2 ,addresses by ,graduates2 ,the ,perpetuity of the ,church1 by ,emory ,w4 ,williams1 ,prince ,george's ,co41 ,md42 ,man1 a ,religious ,being1 by ,william ,a4 ,shannon1 ,washington1 ,d4,c42 ,music2 ,the ,christian ,minister1 by ,george ,v4 ,clark1 ,atlanta1 ,ga42 ,our ,duty to ,africa1 by ,jarrett ,e4 ,edwards1 ,columbia1 ,s4,c42 ,music2 ,address to ,graduates1 by ,rev4 ,charles ,a4 ,stark1 ,d4,d41 ,lutheran1 ,baltimore1 ,md42 ,presentation of ,bibles to the ,graduates1 in behalf of the ,washington ,bible ,society1 by ,rev4 ,a4 ,w4 ,pitzer1 ,d4,d42 ,conferring ,certificates1 by ,rev4 ,j4 ,g4 ,craighead1 ,d4,d41 ,dean ,theo4 ,dept4 ,the addresses were of a creditable character and gave promise of future usefulness4 ,the following persons connected with the ,congregational1 ,baptist1 ,methodist and ,presbyterian denominations1 having pursued studies in the ,theological ,department1 now leave the ,university to engage in the work of the ,ministry in their respective churches3 ,george ,v4 ,clark1 ,atlanta1 ,ga42 ,thomas ,h4 ,datcher1 ,washington1 ,d4,c42 ,jarrett ,e4 ,edwards1 ,columbia1 ,s4,c42 ,john ,h4 ,t4 ,gray1 ,prince ,george's ,county1 ,md42 ,thomas ,h4 ,jones1 ,baltimore1 ,md42 ,william ,a4 ,shannon4 ,washington1 ,d4,c42 ,emory ,w4 ,williams1 ,prince ,george's ,county1 ,md4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,hampton ,,institute4 ,,reported ,,by ,,judge ,,watkins1 ,a ,,virginian4 ,those whose good fortune it was to be present will 8not willingly let die0 the pleasant memories of the ,commencement day at ,hampton1 ,va41 on the #aith ,may1 #ahha4 ,representatives of widely circulated journals have made public record of many good things said and done on this occasion4 ,some of the incidents will interest readers of the ,,missionary4 ,the illness of ,mrs4 ,garfield1 regretted by all1 prevented the ,president's attendance4 ,general ,howard1 ,governor ,holliday of ,virginia1 ,rev4 ,dr4 ,potter1 and other representative men and women1 contributed largely to the pleasures of the day4 ,the full and most interesting report to the corporation of ,principal ,armstrong gave satisfactory evidence of the ,god-blest success and continuing usefulness of this noble enterprise4 ,a large edition of this valuable paper will be issued1 and will1 it is hoped1 be widely circulated4 ,no report of any year in ,hampton's history has been more satisfactory4 ,an account of the public exercises of the day for the ,,missionary must necessarily be brief4 ,at #h4cj a4 m4 the new ,academic ,hall was dedicated4 ,bishop ,payne1 of the ,colored ,methodist ,episcopal ,church1 in most appropriate words and manner1 offered the dedicatory prayer4 ,general ,howard followed in an address of marked ability1 and of broad and liberal and most approved views1 admirably presented1 basing his brief and pertinent remarks upon the duties of the hour in reference to the negro on the editorial in the ,memphis ,appeal reproduced in the ,may ,,missionary4 ,governor ,holliday1 of ,virginia1 was introduced to ,general ,howard4 ,both had lost an arm in battle4 ,with their left hands in cordial grasp1 they exchanged fraternal salutations4 ,the incident gave unaffected pleasure to all who witnessed it4 ,the corner-stone of the ,stone ,memorial building1 for colored girls' industries 7the generous donation of ,mrs4 ,stone of ,massachusetts71 and the corner-stone of the ,indian ,girls' building1 were laid4 ,the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,strieby1 president of the corporation1 delivered the address in the first1 and ,rev4 ,dr4 ,potter1 of ,new ,york1 in the latter of the ceremonies4 ,both gentlemen performed the duty assigned them most acceptably to the friends of the institution4 ,the large and interested audience filled the chapel of ,virginia ,hall to its utmost capacity to hear the public addresses of six of the alumni4 ,these performances were made in excellent taste1 the elocution being exceptionally good1 and the views were expressed in a style and range of thought above the average ,commencement orator1 and reflected honor on the ,alma ,mater and her sons and daughters4 ,in appropriate terms ,general ,armstrong introduced ,general ,howard1 ,dr4 ,potter and ,governor ,holliday1 of ,virginia1 whose words of wit and wisdom were enthusiastically received4 ,his ,excellency1 who is a ,christian gentleman of enlarged views and a broad-gauge statesman1 gave cordial welcome to the strangers within the gates of the ,old ,dominion1 and in fitting words of sincere and merited commendation approved and indorsed all that had been done and so well done at ,hampton4 ,much more might be said2 less could not be said4 ,god will1 it is not doubted1 continue to call from ,hampton to ,his service ,christian men and women1 workers in ,his vineyard1 who will illustrate that 8,peace hath her victories ,no less renowned than ,war40 ,the ,hampton ,institute is becoming more known and appreciated in ,virginia and the neighboring ,states4 ,its alumni are occupying positions of practical usefulness1 and discharge the high duties of good citizens well and faithfully4 ,virginians believe that ,principal ,armstrong is emphatically the right man in the right place1 and that1 with ,general ,marshall1 ,miss ,mackie and others on his staff1 he will push forward the good work in which they are engaged1 and will continue to merit and receive the grateful appreciation of the people of the commonwealth4 ,above all1 they invoke that blessing of ,god in the future which has been so signally manifested in the past4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,fisk ,,university4 ,,prof4 ,c4 ,c4 ,,painter4 ,no one can properly appreciate or understand ,fisk ,university who does not take into account the model school whose unique anniversary exercises occurred on ,thursday p4 m41 preceding those of the ,university proper4 ,the school is under the management of ,miss ,irene ,gilbert1 who is assisted by students from the ,normal ,department4 ,the excellency of her work is not found alone in the perfection of drill which every exercise shows1 but in the exquisite finish of whatever work is done4 ,a recent graduate from ,williston ,seminary and of the ,sheffield ,scientific ,school1 with whom ,i visited this school one day when it was not on exhibition1 and examined the children's work in map drawing1 declared that he had never seen any work of the kind that compared with it4 ,the exhibition given by these children made it easier to understand the uniformly excellent work apparent in all the classes of the higher grades witnessed during the three days' examinations of the next week4 ,miss ,gilbert trains up the child in the way he should go1 and in the higher departments he does not depart from it4 ,the ,baccalaureate sermon of ,president ,cravath on ,sunday afternoon1 from ,heb4 xi4 #bg1 8,for he endured as seeing ,him who is invisible10 was able and timely2 well calculated to inspire his hearers with the faith and courage requisite for the great work which lies before them as leaders of their emancipated people through the wilderness which still surrounds and stretches out before them1 after sixteen years of wanderings4 ,a rainy evening gave a much smaller audience to hear ,dr4 ,g4 ,d4 ,pike's missionary sermon than would otherwise have greeted him4 ,he must be a laggard indeed who1 hearing the ,doctor on his favorite theme of missions1 does not become inoculated with something of his divine enthusiasm4 ,space cannot be given for even a full programme of the exercises1 which filled to the full ,monday1 ,tuesday1 ,wednesday and ,thursday2 examinations in the mornings until #a p4 m41 and exhibitions in the evenings by the ,normal ,school1 the ,literary ,society and the ,college ,preparatory ,class2 and it would be exceedingly common-place to say1 what simple truth demands should be said1 that they were all excellent4 ,one of the visitors said at the close of the ,normal ,school exhibition on ,monday1 that he did not expect to hear anything better even from the graduating class2 but on ,thursday candidly admitted his mistake1 as there was just such advance as there ought to have been to mark the advanced grade of the pupils4 ,perhaps1 instead of giving a programme of these exercises1 it will prove more profitable to state impressions derived from them4 ,this was the first time the writer has had the privilege of attending the closing exercises of this or of any school for the education of these people4 ,brought up among them1 and always accustomed to regard them as inferior1 he shared until recently the feeling so prevalent that in their education nothing more should be attempted than a fair common school training4 ,this is not the place in which to argue that there is urgent need that the leaders of #g1jjj1jjj people1 who are to be redeemed from ignorance and lifted into a plane where they shall command the respect of those who are now unjustly prejudiced against them1 shall be thoroughly disciplined and broadly educated2 but it is the time to express the opinion of the writer1 and of several others who attended with great interest these exercises1 with something of his prejudices1 that these students showed conclusively that they are capable of taking on the same culture1 and under it of reaching the same excellencies of thought and discipline1 as the more favored whites attain under like training2 and that an objection to their higher education must be based on other ground than their inability to receive it1 or the need of their race for such leaders as this school is sending out from year to year4 ,a gentleman1 native of ,tennessee1 who has recently been called from the presidency of a ,southern ,college to the management of the educational work of the ,state1 was present during the commencement exercises1 and contrasted them with those of the graduating class of the first institution of the ,state for whites1 in terms so complimentary to the negro students1 that1 out of deference to the whites1 his language will be omitted4 ,this work is no longer tentative4 ,both the possibility and value of it have been fully demonstrated1 and the urgent demand is that the ,university shall be fully equipped for it4 ,the point has been reached1 in the estimation of all who know anything of its history1 needs and opportunities1 when it must be enlarged or suffer irreparably4 ,it was1 therefore1 with gladness of heart that a large number of its friends1 white and black1 from the city and from other ,states1 gathered to lay the corner-stone of ,livingstone ,missionary ,hall on ,wednesday afternoon4 ,gen4 ,fisk presided most felicitously1 and the address of ,dr4 ,strieby was in every way happy and inspiring4 ,it was a regular love feast1 not simply because there was so much of the ,methodist element in it1 as represented by the ,general and his excellent lady1 and ,dr4 ,mc,ferrin--8a rebel who fought on the last ten acres left for the rebellion to stand upon10 and who overcame great obstacles to get out to the exercises1 despite attractions in other directions1 and made a delightful speech1 full of good feeling--but because there was such a flowing together of hearts and good-will from all classes as represented on the occasion4 ,dr4 ,strieby should be requested to print his speech in full and distribute it all over the land1 and with it should go the eight or ten other excellent shorter speeches which followed1 one of which was by the city's treasurer1 who came to represent the ,historical ,society4 ,there was a poem written for the occasion by ,prof4 ,spence1 and read by one of the pupils1 ,miss ,allen1 who has remarkable powers as a reader4 ,the address from ,rev4 ,c4 ,h4 ,daniels1 of ,cincinnati1 which followed the graduating addresses of the class1 was able and timely4 ,his theme was 8,the dignity and value of the individual man40 ,it was every way a manful presentation of a manly subject1 and was a fitting finale to the very able and manly addresses of the graduating class4 ,the diplomas were presented by ,gen4 ,fisk in a brief address full of pathos and good sense1 with happy allusions in each case to the theme of the recipient's address4 ,after this came the ,alumni dinner1 plain and substantial1 and the speeches following1 which were fully up to those of older and more pretentious societies4 ,and thus closed the fullest and most hopeful year in the history of this institution1 which is beginning to excite the deepest interest among the people of the ,state1 who are awakening to the fact that it is offering the only solution to many dark problems which to them seemed without an answer1 or at least one that had anything of hope in it4 ,we cannot better close this article than by giving the following extract from an editorial from the ,american1 the ablest and most influential paper of the ,state3 8,in the proceedings at the ,fisk ,university1 yesterday1 another step forward was taken in the way of providing material means for that moral and intellectual growth which is going on silently as a great institution grows and roots itself firmly in the society around it4 ,universities are not created in a day1 nor at all by money1 although money is a necessary agency4 ,they grow4 ,the ,fisk is passing through with comparatively the early stages of growth1 when we compare it with the ideal which finds place in the dreams of its enthusiastic laborers--dreams which enfold the future result4 ,we doubt if the public1 although it lend a hearty sympathy and approval1 and expect good to flow from it1 begins yet to realize the work this institution is to perform4 ,we doubt if there is such appreciation anywhere existent or possible except in the dreams of its enthusiast laborers4 ,these in some way comprehend its future4 ,but the ,fisk has had to adapt itself in more ways than one4 ,at first it encountered1 as a matter of course1 but cold approval from the wealth and culture of ,nashville--not hostility1 but approval from a languid and cold judgment4 ,but perhaps the hardest task has been to adapt itself to the negro himself4 ,to secure the cold approval of intelligent judgment was apparently easy2 to go a little further and secure aid1 if it were necessary1 would not be hard2 but to lift the negro up to appreciate ,new ,england culture and conservatism and quiet labor1 is like bringing him1 in his early religious experience1 to accept the calm conservatism and quiet demeanor of the ,catholic1 ,presbyterian or ,episcopal churches4 ,in vain is he solicited to enter the intellectual stage of religious experience1 when nature tells him that his stage is the emotional1 if indeed it be beyond the sensuous4 ,this is the task ,fisk has set itself1 and is performing1 and performing well4 ,it is encountering1 and has encountered1 a world of prejudice from the very race it seeks to elevate1 and must content itself with working upon and with the creme de la creme of the race in the ,south1 while it cannot as yet reach the vast mass unless it let itself down1 and we believe that so long as its present laborers are at the helm it will insist on drawing others up and never let itself down4 ,it has a great and widening field1 which it is worthily filling1 and in the labor of regeneration of a race1 no agency will have a higher1 or indeed so high a place as this conservative school1 which is filling so difficult a position4 8,we are not unmindful also of the necessity for quite other laborers in the regeneration of this race4 ,it is just as necessary in school as in church that this yet blind and emotional creature1 #8crying for the light with no language but a cry1' shall have tendance suited to his condition and upon his own level40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,tougaloo ,,university4 ,the annual examinations in this institution began on ,thursday1 ,may #bfth1 continuing ,friday and also ,monday forenoon4 ,many friends of students were present from various parts of the ,state4 ,the forenoon of ,sunday was taken up with the ,sunday-school1 with its very instructive lessons from the parable of the talents1 and immediately following this a temperance ,bible reading1 with its intensely practical and stirring appeals4 ,the latter was especially timely1 inasmuch as a large number of temperance tracts1 pamphlets and papers had been distributed to all the members1 just before1 for circulation as they return this summer to their own homes1 or go forth to engage in teaching4 ,supplied in this way1 the students from this school are the means of disseminating through the ,state a great deal of good temperance literature1 and are enabled to organize a multitude of little temperance societies4 ,it will not be amiss to note the fact1 as illustrating the high value of just this sort of work1 that besides these societies established by the students of this ,university1 there is no kind of temperance organization among the colored people in the ,state4 ,at the same time1 the prevalence of drunkenness1 and of the habit of drinking among all classes1 is appalling4 ,the following incident shows the crying need of a reform movement3 ,a colored church not far from here had communion service1 and when it was concluded1 the pastor and deacons tarried1 and following1 as they believed1 787 the instruction of the ,bible1 where it says1 8drink ye all of it10 consumed what was left of the generous supply of wine1 and thus made themselves beastly drunk4 ,sunday was filled up with impressive services4 ,in the afternoon the ,lord's ,supper was commemorated1 and five of the students united with the church1 receiving the rite of baptism4 ,in the evening1 ,dr4 ,strieby preached a sermon from the text4 8,and now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees3 every tree1 therefore1 which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down1 and cast into the fire40 ,every word was listened to with closest attention4 ,on ,monday evening the ,preparatory ,school ,exhibition1 under the management of the teachers of the ,primary and ,preparatory departments1 was held in the chapel1 presenting to a crowded audience a varied programme1 made up of recitations1 declamations1 songs1 c4 ,a prominent feature of this exhibition was a strong and well appreciated temperance dialogue4 ,it was a manifest disappointment to all when ,tuesday dawned cloudy and dark1 with every prospect of a rainy time4 ,the exercises of the day were accordingly held in the barn1 instead of the grove1 for which all arrangements had been made4 ,the forenoon was taken up with the commencement exercises of the ,normal department4 ,the orations and essays were presented by members of the ,middle and ,junior ,classes1 with the single exception of an oration by the one graduate from the ,normal course4 ,as was said on that day1 what the graduating class lacked in quantity was well made up in quality4 ,we expect a very high order of work and ,christian influence from ,henry ,lanier4 ,in the afternoon the interesting ceremony of laying the foundation of 8,strieby ,hall10 the new boy's dormitory1 was followed by a procession to the chapel again1 where the annual address was given by ,dr4 ,strieby4 ,this was a stirring presentation of the reason why the ,american ,missionary ,association is to-day in the field of ,southern ,freedmen education1 and of exactly what it is aiming to do for the colored race4 ,it was shown how this ,association was pioneer in the work1 and how1 gradually1 the most prominent and cultured of ,southern gentlemen have come to regard the higher education of the race as possible1 and1 now1 as a necessity to the prosperity and the material advancement of the region4 ,col4 ,power1 who with other gentlemen from ,jackson had been present through the day to witness the exercises1 was then called upon to speak4 ,he alluded to the exercises of the forenoon with appreciation of the orations and essays presented1 referring to one of the former as 8eloquent10 and added a glowing word of tribute to the sweet music rendered by the students4 ,he assured all present that the white people of the ,state are now in hearty sympathy with the work of the education of the colored race4 ,immediately after the war1 he frankly admitted1 the people were not attracted by the idea1 but now a better opinion prevails1 and they see that education must be given to all1 white and black4 ,h4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,straight ,,university4 ,,rev4 ,w4 ,s4 ,,alexander1 ,d4,d41 ,,new ,,orleans4 ,we come to the close of another school year with a profound sense of gratitude to ,god for ,his guiding ,providence1 and for ,his blessing upon the work undertaken in ,his name4 ,we have had #cbh names upon our rolls1 with a large average attendance4 ,there has been a marked advance in scholarship1 and we are justified in saying with regard to all the pupils1 8,our labor has not been in vain40 ,there have been years of decline1 since the first burst of enthusiasm after the war1 in education2 but a better and more hopeful era has dawned1 when interest in the general education of the people1 and the higher grades of scholarship1 is in the ascendant4 ,from this time on1 the demand for education among the colored people will be more intelligent and abiding4 ,,the ,,examinations4 showed thoroughness of instruction1 and aptness in learning and retaining what was taught4 ,many kind words of appreciation and pleasure were spoken by the visitors and trustees4 ,one of our merchants who attended ,professor ,jewett's examination of the class in botany said3 8,what would the planters up in ,ouchita ,parish say if they should happen in here now and hear a #8nigger' analyzing a ,morning ,glory80 ,,theological ,,anniversary4 ,while the ,theological department has been in existence for eleven years1 we have never graduated a student till this year4 ,the theological and literary attainments of the students would never have justified us in doing it4 ,it is little less than a crime to confer an unmerited degree upon a young man4 ,it would not only be a fraud1 but a source of constant embarrassment to him4 ,this year we had as a student ,mr4 ,a4 ,e4 ,p4 ,albert1 who studied some time at ,atlanta ,university1 and who joined our senior class of the ,university and the ,theological school in ,october4 ,he is a regularly ordained minister in the ,methodist ,episcopal ,church1 a young man of culture and ability4 ,on ,sunday night he delivered his address1 taking as his subject1 8,like ,priest1 ,like ,people40 ,it was able1 impressive1 and appropriate for the time and the people4 ,the ,president followed with a plea for an 8,educated ,ministry20 and then the degree of ,bachelor of ,divinity was conferred upon ,mr4 ,albert4 ,i trust all subsequent degrees will be as worthily bestowed4 ,,literary ,,exhibition4 ,in the afternoon of ,commencement day1 our ,university chapel was filled with an intelligent and interested audience4 ,the exercises1 consisting of orations1 compositions and recitations1 were entirely by the undergraduates4 ,we furnished a pleasant entertainment to the citizens1 and identified the entire school with ,commencement day4 ,at night ,central ,church was packed in every part1 pews1 aisles1 vestibule and gallery1 with an eager1 expectant audience1 comprising the best element of the colored population of ,new ,orleans4 ,such an assembly was never gathered in ,central ,church before4 ,the audience itself was an inspiration and showed a deep and intelligent interest in the holy cause represented4 ,a goodly number of our white friends were present1 and were among the most enthusiastic in their congratulations4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,m4 ,smith1 ,d4,d41 editor of the ,south-,western ,presbyterian1 offered the prayer1 in which he thanked ,god for the existence of ,straight ,university and the good it had done4 ,the five young men composing the senior class1 who made their salutations to the audience1 represented three of the ,southern ,states1 ,louisiana1 ,mississippi and ,texas4 ,their orations were well written and well delivered4 ,one of the orations was solicited for publication by two of the ,new ,orleans papers represented in the audience by their editors4 ,the music1 both in the afternoon and evening1 was exceptionally fine1 and so pronounced by all4 ,it was entirely under the direction of ,professor ,j4 ,m4 ,mc,pherron1 and reflected great credit upon his method and excellence of instruction4 ,,stone ,,hall4 ,the new dormitory for girls will be entirely finished by ,july #aeth4 ,it must be furnished by the #ast of ,october4 ,milwaukee1 ,wis41 ,west ,newton1 ,mass41 and ,evansville1 ,ind41 have already forwarded money to furnish and name a room4 ,others have the money partly raised4 ,dear friends1 come to our help at once4 ,send #ej1 if you can4 ,send #be1 or #aj1 or #e4 ,do the best you can and at once4 ,it is ,god's work1 and we ask your aid in ,his name4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,le ,,moyne ,,normal ,,institute4 ,,prof4 ,a4 ,j4 ,,steele1 ,,memphis4 ,the passing months have again brought us to where we may look back over the entire work of the year4 ,while we grieve over opportunities lost and efforts to all appearance fruitless1 we can1 too1 rejoice that the 8,master of the harvest0 has given increase4 ,the year has been one1 on many accounts1 unusually successful and satisfactory4 ,never before have we known our pupils so susceptible to all good influences and so ready to receive instruction and guidance from their teachers4 ,during the year past1 the school has experienced a most precious revival1 over forty of our young people professing conversion4 ,in our closing prayer meeting for the year1 it was found that there were but about a dozen students of the ,normal department who had not accepted the ,saviour4 ,in way of school work we have never before secured so satisfactory results as this year has shown4 ,our attendance has been more constant1 and consequently our work more thorough4 ,a class of eight--five young men and three young ladies--this year complete the course of study1 and go out to work at teaching in three different ,states1 one taking a prominent place in the schools at ,fort ,smith1 ,ark4 ,we have for the entire year had the active sympathy and hearty encouragement of the best people of the city2 ,gen4 ,humes1 a very prominent lawyer and formerly a major-general in the ,confederate army1 giving the annual address1 and the daily papers making full reports of lectures1 graduating exercises1 c4 ,our industrial work has developed to our entire satisfaction1 and by all our patrons and friends is now regarded as a very important and valuable feature of the school4 ,a class of girls has had careful instruction1 with actual practice in the experimental kitchen1 in the nature1 relative values and healthful methods of cooking different articles of food1 including vegetables1 meats1 breads1 pastry1 c41 c4 ,classes in needlework1 knitting1 use of sewing machines1 c41 have had daily lessons and practice4 ,we are confident that instruction of this nature can be given in connection with a day-school1 without interfering with regular school-work1 and at slight expense and small increase of teaching force4 ,i am anxious to have a workshop fitted up where the boys and young men shall receive instruction in wood-working and the ordinary use of tools for that purpose4 ,we shall have a full and strong attendance for next year4 ,we are having more students from the country1 and usually they are those who put to good use the training and instruction they carry from here4 ,not less than seventy of our students will be teaching during vacation1 those of former years with those going out from this year's work4 ,i should look upon our work as of little importance and value if our influence did not extend and multiply in this way4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,emerson ,,institute4 ,,rev4 ,o4 ,d4 ,,crawford1 ,,mobile4 ,three hundred and fifty pupils enrolled for the year1 carries our numbers above any point reached since the boarding accommodations disappeared in the 8,blue ,college0 fire4 ,had we possessed boarding facilities and sufficient school-room1 the number would have been as near #ejj as #cej4 ,two days of this week were given to the final written examinations1 and in some of the departments three days were so used4 ,thursday was devoted to oral examinations4 ,about thirty visitors favored us--among them ,rev4 ,dr4 ,burgett1 whose name is becoming familiar to your readers as one that appreciates this work of the ,association2 another1 the ,rev4 ,w4 ,g4 ,strong1 pastor of the largest colored church in the ,state4 ,the common sentiment of these judges was that the pupils did remarkably well1 and showed that they had received careful and thorough training4 ,last night #hjj people crowded the ,third ,baptist ,church to witness the closing exhibition4 ,although the aisles were filled with people standing down to the middle of the house1 many turned away from the door4 ,dr4 ,burgett offered the opening prayer1 and ,rev4 ,mr4 ,strong pronounced the benediction4 ,all the exercises that came between astonished many1 especially the white people present1 and gave pleasure to all until the weariness of standing made many persons about the door restless and unduly communicative4 ,the popular judgment is that much progress has been made during the year4 ,personally1 we think many exhibitions at white schools would suffer in comparison with this one4 ,the future of this people is full of promise4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,swayne ,,school4 ,,rev4 ,o4 ,w4 ,,fay1 ,,montgomery4 ,prof4 ,martin and his efficient corps of assistants are deserving of commendation for their hard and thorough work at this point during the school-year just closed4 ,the number in attendance has been unusually large1 7the whole enrolment being #fdd against #dhd last year72 but in thoroughness of teaching and in all that constitutes good discipline there has been a decided advance all along the line4 ,recognizing the fact that the school building has a seating capacity for only about #cej1 while the average attendance for a part of the year has been #dej1 the necessity for enlarged accommodations1 as well as some of the difficulties encountered by the teachers1 will be apparent4 ,on the principle that what is good for a part is good also for all1 there was no favoritism shown in the assignment of parts in the closing exercises4 ,all1 8from the least to the greatest10 were given a speech4 ,although the average was somewhat reduced near the close of the term1 yet1 with the more than three hundred to take part1 it will readily appear that the 8,commencement ,exercises0 of ,swayne ,college 7as the patrons call it71 could not all be crowded into a single day4 ,consequently1 in order that a good thing might last a good while1 it was arranged to devote three evenings to the speaking4 ,friday evening1 ,may #bjth1 was given to the exhibition of the ,primary department2 ,friday evening1 ,may #bgth1 to the ,intermediate2 and ,tuesday evening1 ,may #cast1 to the ,higher department4 ,the ,congregational church proving too small on the first night1 the exhibition was held the second and third nights in the ,m4 ,e4 ,zion church1 with an audience on the last night1 which1 admitting all members of the school free1 and charging an admittance fee of a nickel for adults1 netted more than seventeen dollars4 ,these exercises1 consisting of declamations1 dialogues1 solos1 choruses1 c41 were creditable entertainments1 and gave evident satisfaction to the members of the ,city ,board of ,education and other white visitors in attendance1 as well as to the patrons of the school4 ,monday and ,tuesday1 ,may #cjth and #cast1 were occupied with the examinations of the several departments4 ,these were entered into by the pupils with a good deal of genuine enthusiasm1 and evidenced to the goodly number of visitors present that the efforts in 8drill10 on the part of the teachers had not been in vain4 ,the 8,swayne0 is doing good work4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,beach ,,institute1 ,,savannah4 ,the school was brought to a successful close to-day4 ,the year has been one of interest and profit1 although of trial1 on account of severe and1 in some cases1 protracted sickness on the part of nearly all the workers in this field4 ,the school has prospered1 and the progress made by some of the pupils has been very marked4 ,differing degrees of attainment1 as well as of ability to express their knowledge1 was clearly shown in the examinations4 ,the closing oratorical exercises this afternoon1 in the presence of an audience which crowded the chapel1 were interesting in every particular4 ,without any special expenditure of time and strength in preparing for these1 the most creditable results were shown4 ,there was almost no prompting4 ,the original productions1 chiefly having relation to some country and the people inhabiting it1 were well conceived and well expressed4 ,the reading was distinct4 ,it is manifest that that form of public address is doomed1 and will soon be heard no more among the colored people1 which only 8mouths0 words1 regardless of sense and of the listening ear4 ,such scenes as that at 8,beach0 to-day have only hope in them for our country and the colored race4 ,c4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,byron1 ,,ga4 ,,by ,,rev4 ,s4 ,e4 ,,lathrop4 ,i recently attended the closing exercises of ,rev4 ,p4 ,w4 ,young's school at ,byron4 ,going down on an evening freight train1 ,i arrived at #i p4 m41 and proceeded with my little girl and ,bro4 ,young to the church1 which is used also as a school-room4 ,people in these country places are slow in getting together1 at night especially4 ,after working hard all day in the fields 7it was just the busiest 8cotton-cropping0 time71 they have to go home1 get their suppers1 dress up in their best clothes1 and then go perhaps three or four miles4 ,so it was half-past ten o'clock before the audience arrived in sufficient numbers2 but finally the curtain was drawn and the exercises began4 ,declamations1 readings1 dialogues and music were given by the school1 with much credit to themselves and their teachers4 ,these exercises were under the direction of ,mrs4 ,amelia ,young1 the pastor's excellent wife1 who showed decided talent in managing4 ,it was after midnight when the exercises closed1 and then your reporter was called on for a speech1 which at that hour of the night 7or rather morning7 turned out to have one merit--that of brevity4 ,a young neighboring teacher also made a speech1 and the session was closed4 ,next morning came off the examination of the classes1 which showed commendable progress and encouraging attention to the studies4 ,these country schools have many disadvantages which are not felt in larger places2 but ,bro4 ,young and his wife have evidently done a good work here1 and are elevating and helping the whole community by their labors4 ,a picnic dinner was spread in the church1 as the rain prevented its service in the beautiful grove surrounding4 ,after bountifully satisfying the inner man1 and a little more speech-making1 we returned home well pleased4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,talladega ,,college--,,laying ,,of ,,corner-,,stone4 ,,president ,h4 ,s4 ,,de ,,forest4 ,the corner-stone of the new dormitory which ,mrs4 ,stone gives to ,talladega ,college was laid ,may #acth4 ,scripture was read and prayer offered by ,president ,de ,forest4 ,professor ,andrews1 the veteran in ,american missionary service in ,alabama1 laid the stone and gave an address1 in which fitting reference was made to the good lady who1 having seen and known none of us here1 with her queenly benevolence1 has blessed not only this school of ,christian learning1 and others in the ,south1 but indeed round the world4 ,the students were well represented by ,spencer ,snell1 a member both of the ,normal and ,theological departments2 after which a very appreciative address was delivered by ,captain ,n4 ,a4 ,mc,afee1 a citizen of the place and a friend of the college from its foundation4 ,the sun was very hot that afternoon1 and the services1 beginning at #e o'clock1 naturally ended in a collation1 which was followed by off-hand speeches1 the singing of old-time songs1 and music from a brass band4 ,some references were made to the past1 but the prevailing thought was of gratitude to ,god for what ,he has wrought1 of the duties of the hour1 and of preparation for the auspicious future4 ,twelve years ago the corner-stone of ,foster ,hall was laid1 in the days of turmoil1 fear and violence4 ,the first college building1 now called ,swayne ,hall1 was begun nearly thirty years ago2 and it is a noteworthy fact that one who worked as a slave on that structure is the brick contractor of this1 while his home to-day is the place owned by his master at the time of the surrender4 ,the history of this man1 who is a pillar in the college church1 as well as an influential citizen among both blacks and whites1 shows something of the possibilities and hopefulness of this ,southern work4 ,more of it is to be done1 and it is a privilege to have a hand in it4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,north ,,carolina ,,conference4 ,,rev4 ,,alfred ,,connet4 ,this ,conference1 organized two years ago at ,raleigh1 held its third meeting with ,bethany ,church at ,mc,leansville4 ,the churches were all represented4 ,rev4 ,islay ,walden and his delegate1 ,deacon ,potter1 together with three others1 came fifty miles in a one-horse wagon to attend the ,conference4 ,one of the party1 ,mrs4 ,hill1 now a widow1 has had twelve children1 forty grand-children and twelve great-grand-children4 ,she had never seen the cars nor heard a railroad whistle till she came to the ,conference4 ,the opening sermon was preached by ,rev4 ,david ,peebles1 of ,dudley1 from ,john vii4 #cg4 ,on ,friday the ,conference organized by electing ,rev4 ,g4 ,s4 ,smith1 of ,raleigh1 ,moderator1 and re-electing ,rev4 ,david ,peebles1 ,clerk4 ,the morning meeting for prayer and reports from the churches was a precious season4 ,rev4 ,mr4 ,peebles discussed ,church and ,sunday-school ,singing and ,pictorial ,preaching2 ,rev4 ,w4 ,h4 ,ellis1 ,children for ,christ2 ,rev4 ,g4 ,s4 ,smith1 the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 ,work and ,national ,council4 ,the sermon ,friday night was by ,rev4 ,islay ,walden2 text1 the first ,psalm4 ,saturday afternoon the ,conference held an experience meeting1 in which some very interesting and touching reminiscences were given1 particularly that of the death and burial of the martyr1 ,rev4 ,mr4 ,luke1 related by ,mr4 ,peebles4 ,while this was in progress1 ,mr4 ,james ,gilmore1 who sold the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 the grounds for this mission1 came in1 was made an honorary member1 and sat1 an interested listener1 until the close4 ,saturday night1 the ,conference held a rousing temperance meeting and took strong ground by a unanimous vote in favor of total abstinence1 the use of unfermented wine at communion1 and in favor of prohibition1 as submitted to the people of this ,state by the last legislature for their ratification next ,august4 ,the leading temperance speech was made by ,deacon ,jones1 of ,raleigh1 whose grave was gratuitously dug for him at ,chapel ,hill some years ago by the ,ku ,klux1 but which he declined to occupy4 ,he tells us the ,congregational ,church at ,raleigh is known as the prohibition church4 ,on the ,sabbath the ,sunday-school occupied the hour from #aj to #aa a4m4 ,sermon at #aa by ,dr4 ,roy on the ,great ,commission4 ,text1 ,matt4 xxviii4 #ah-bj4 ,in the afternoon one infant was baptized and nine persons received into the church1 the pastor1 ,rev4 ,a4 ,connet1 officiating4 ,communion was administered by ,revs4 ,g4 ,s4 ,smith and ,david ,peebles4 ,sunday night was devoted to the cause of ,missions4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,connet1 for ten years in the employ of the ,a4 ,h4 ,m4 ,s41 presented the cause of ,home ,missions4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,s4 ,smith presented in earnest and eloquent words the cause of the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 ,he was followed by ,rev4 ,j4 ,e4 ,roy1 ,d4,d41 who gave a clear outline of the discoveries and missionary operations on the continent of ,africa4 ,he told us how the ,christian world is looking to the colored population of this country to evangelize the 8,dark ,continent40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,africa4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,ordination ,,at ,,good ,,hope4 ,,rev4 ,h4 ,m4 ,,ladd4 ,no little interest centered about the ordination of ,kelly ,m4 ,kemp4 ,it took place at ,good ,hope ,station1 ,sherbro' ,island1 ,west ,coast of ,africa1 ,sunday1 ,april #ajth4,a ,being the first ceremony of the kind in which the church and community had ever participated1 it was naturally looked forward to by many1 not only as a matter of deep interest in itself1 but also as the harbinger of a better state of things for the enfeebled and almost discouraged church4 ,yet the field was an important one and must not be given up4 ,the ,lord had set ,his seal upon some faithful souls here1 and they were praying and hoping for better things4 ,here1 in the little graveyard adjoining the church1 lay those who had given their lives that ,africa might be redeemed4 ,here1 by their side1 lay one of ,africa's own sons1 the gifted ,barnabas ,root1 whose ,christian graces of character had endeared him to all who knew him1 and whose brilliant attainments had been to all the friends of the colored race at once a promise and a fulfillment of their fondest expectations4 ,their mute appeal1 seconding the conviction that ,god had not forgotten this station1 was eloquent1 and prevailed4 ,good ,hope was not to be given up4 ,on the contrary1 it was to be strengthened1 so far as human power could do so1 with a good hope1 true to its name1 that ,god would add ,his blessing in the fulfillment of the rich promises of ,his grace4 ,the property of the mission here is on all sides acknowledged to be the finest on the island4 ,it consists of a large tract of land1 part of it well wooded1 about a quarter of a mile wide and a mile long1 running back from the ,sherbro' ,river or ,sound1 and commanding a fine view of its many beautiful islands1 stretching across to the native town of ,bendoo on the opposite side4 ,the mission house1 large and well built1 the church and school-house1 besides a large number of 8fakis10 or groups of native huts1 are on this land4 ,the grounds in front of the mission house are neatly laid out with gravel walks and shrubbery1 and extend to the river road skirting the bank1 where lies the mission boat moored to its wharf4 ,it may be truly said of this place1 in the words of the grand old hymn1 that 8,every prospect pleases ,and only man is vile40 ,the property was well enough1 and there was work enough to be done among the dense native population settled upon or near it2 but an ordained minister to be the pastor of the church1 a married man1 a man fully qualified for the great and responsible work1 one after ,god's own heart1 earnest1 energetic1 efficient1 spiritually minded1 with a paramount love for the lost souls of his own people1 was wanting4 ,the good seed had been sown1 but there was needed some one to harrow it in1 nurture the growth and reap the harvest4 ,in this extremity ,god raised up one who seems to be the right man for the place4 ,mr4 ,kemp is a graduate of ,lincoln ,university1 and ably represents the thorough and practical training of that institution4 ,with his coming and installation as pastor1 the struggling church took heart1 and determined1 forgetting those things which were behind1 to press forward toward those better things which they believed were in store4 ,the examination took place on ,saturday evening1 ,april #ith1 and was well attended1 and although ,mr4 ,kemp was feeling somewhat unwell at the time he stood the long and searching fire of questions1 theological1 wise and otherwise1 with credit to himself and with great satisfaction to the council1 which1 besides the 8my-doxy0 members1 was composed of representatives of various shades of theological opinion4 ,this fact indeed formed one of the pleasantest features of the council4 ,here in the midst of a heathenism rendered fouler and more corrupt by contact with an immoral civilization1 and in a common work for a common ,master and a common people1 party names were wholly forgotten4 ,one of the best and most earnest prayers that ,i have ever heard was offered on this occasion by an excellent brother of the ,church ,missionary ,society1 and he had no book before him or gown on his back4 ,the ordination exercises on ,sabbath morning were attended by a full house1 while a deep sense of the solemnity of the hour seemed to pervade every heart4 ,the ,holy ,spirit was manifestly present to sanctify the new relationship with the outpouring of ,his grace4 ,as appropriate to the occasion1 the third chapter of the ,first ,epistle to ,timothy was read4 ,the sermon1 full of earnestness and spiritual power1 was preached by ,brother ,evans of the ,shengay ,mission4 ,the charge to the people by ,brother ,jowett was partially historical1 reviewing the course of the church in times past1 and counseling sound wisdom for the future4 ,brother ,nurse1 who knew something of the wants of the field1 gave the charge to the pastor2 and ,brother ,jackson1 of whose growing work at ,avery ,station a fuller account will be given at another time1 as his co-worker in the mission1 very feelingly gave his brother missionary the right hand of fellowship2 while it was my privilege to offer the ordaining prayer4 ,after the benediction1 pronounced by their new pastor1 the people1 with tears of gladness in their eyes1 flocked around him and his good wife1 whom they had already learned to love1 for a hearty hand-shaking1 which1 as some one has truly said1 is also one of the means of grace4 ,can it be necessary1 after this little glimpse1 so hurriedly taken1 of the hopeful relation just entered into1 to ask the sympathy and prayers of all the friends of missions for the blessings of ,god to rest upon the new missionary and his work at ,sherbro' ,island8 ,he will have many trying hours in that dark land1 where there are worse things to be feared and harder to be contended against than physical death4 ,but the promises are his as well as ours1 and unitedly we can plead them at the throne of grace4 ,the promises of ,god include ,africa4 ,,footnote3 ,a ,the location of ,mr4 ,kemp was a matter of such importance1 considering the fewness of the workers and the demands of the work1 that it called for and received the most careful thought and attention4 ,after considering the subject in its various bearings1 and after duly consulting with all the persons concerned1 it was finally decided to station ,mr4 ,kemp and his wife at ,good ,hope4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,chinese4 99 99 99 99 99 8,,california ,,chinese ,,mission40 ,auxiliary to the ,american ,missionary ,association4 ,,president3 ,rev4 ,j4 ,k4 ,mc,lean1 ,d4,d4 ,,vice-,,presidents3 ,rev4 ,a4 ,l4 ,stone1 ,d4,d41 ,robert ,b4 ,forman1 ,rev4 ,t4 ,k4 ,noble1 ,hon4 ,f4 ,f4 ,low1 ,rev4 ,i4 ,e4 ,dwinell1 ,d4,d41 ,hon4 ,samuel ,cross1 ,rev4 ,s4 ,h4 ,willey1 ,d4,d41 ,jacob ,s4 ,taber1 ,esq4 ,,directors3 ,rev4 ,george ,mooar1 ,d4,d41 ,hon4 ,e4 ,d4 ,sawyer1 ,rev4 ,e4 ,p4 ,baker1 ,james ,m4 ,haven4 ,esq41 ,rev4 ,joseph ,rowell1 ,rev4 ,john ,kimball1 ,a4 ,l4 ,van ,blarcon1 ,esq41 ,george ,harris1 ,esq41 and the ,secretary ex officio4 ,,secretary3 ,rev4 ,w4 ,c4 ,pond4 ,,treasurer3 ,e4 ,palache1 ,esq4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,anniversaries4 ,,by ,,rev4 ,w4 ,c4 ,,pond4 ,since my last communication was forwarded1 the four ,mission ,schools in ,san ,francisco have held their anniversary at ,bethany ,church1 a crowded audience being held attentive and interested till nearly #aj o'clock4 ,an address delivered on that occasion by ,jee ,gam was forwarded in advance of delivery1 and published in the last ,,missionary4 ,last evening1 ,sunday1 ,may #bb;d1 the anniversary of the ,sacramento ,mission was held at the ,first ,congregational ,church in that city4 ,the ,record-,union1 the leading paper at our capital1 devotes nearly a whole column to a notice of it1 including a verbatim report of the address by our helper ,lem ,chung4 ,i am sure that ,i cannot put our columns in the ,,missionary to better use this month than by reproducing that address entire4 ,,address ,,by ,,lem ,,chung4 ,,dear ,,friends3 ,i am a ,chinese4 ,why ,i not be a heathen8 ,a few years ago ,i didn't know anything about the ,bible4 ,i didn't know about ,christ4 ,i had not heard of the true and living ,god2 but ,i heard of this land1 where so many of my countrymen came and ,i come too1 and here ,i found ,christian people who loved ,christ1 and for ,his sake love me and show me the way of life4 ,when ,i first hear of the ,bible ,i didn't think ,i like it4 ,i said3 ,if no other books1 ,i don't care for this one2 ,i don't want such a book as this4 ,i thought ,i didn't need any more gods1 for ,i said ,i have all kinds in the temple1 and ,i could see them if ,i go there1 but the ,god ,i hear of in ,america ,i cannot see6 ,when ,i learn in the ,bible what it says about the heathen gods that are made of silver and gold1 the works of men's hands--how they have mouth and cannot speak1 eyes cannot see1 ears and cannot hear1 noses cannot smell1 and hands but handle not--,i learn also the ,god of the ,bible made all things and sees us all the time1 every thing is ruled by ,his hands4 ,we must fear him1 for ,he is powerful and glorious1 but the idols is unwise4 ,i am obliged to leave the idols and come to worship the true ,god1 and trying to observe ,his law and commandments the ,bible shows me how sinful ,i am1 and if ,christ had not come to the world to save me ,i am sure get lost4 ,after ,i was converted ,i study the ,bible more and more and learn great deal1 great wonder to me4 ,now the ,bible is a precious book4 ,i am glad ,i accept the ,saviour for my ,saviour and ,his ,god for my ,god4 8,i pass from death unto life1 from darkness and bondage of sin into the glorious light and liberty of a new creature in ,christ ,jesus40 ,what ,i expect to do if ,i still be a heathen8 ,i must be bound to worshiping idols1 bow down to all kinds of gods2 great fear to them and not dare to touch them4 ,whenever ,i enter the temple1 cannot without three bow to the idols4 ,the people of ,china are great superstitious2 they believe every things whatever chance to hear or think4 ,let me tell you how some of the people doing when any of the family getting sick3 ,they have a doctor1 but they think some kind of spirit troubling them1 it may chance their ancient father or friends or enemies who died before4 ,they think they must offer something for them to eat that they may go away1 or some times they go into the temple to pray to the idols4 ,they hope the idols may tell what are the reason with the sick that they find out how they may do and get well4 ,how the idols can tell them8 ,let me make known to you3 ,a piece of wood has been smoothen in the shape of a banana and cut in equal size the longest way4 ,this they throw down before the idols that they may give a certain condition according which they request before2 may be they say3 ,if this is the spirit of an enemy let this pieces of wood fall both the same way1 or some other way1 they may choose1 till they find out what is the matter and offer sacrifice that the spirit may leave off troubling and let the sick get well4 ,the thief can pray the idols that he may get help to steal6 ,the gambler can ask that he may win the money2 the robber that he may be able to get what he wishing for4 ,if any kind of business going to be taken up the idols must first be asked about it4 ,every one is sure to say1 8,now1 idols1 if you help me good1 ,i going to bring you something nice to eat when ,i get success40 ,when ,i was coming over to ,cal41 suddenly a storm came up1 the wind violent sweeping over the great ocean2 the water dashing high upon the boat4 ,the sailors all at work to make the ship more safe4 ,the passengers all trembling with fear and desperate to arrive in ,san ,francisco4 ,is there any chance to be rescued from the storm8 ,yes1 soon there was heard one of our number calling3 8,whosoever man in this ship have any money let us have some of it1 that we may sacrifice to the goddess of the sea that she may deliver us out of the storm and let us arrive safe to the land of ,cal40 ,i had a small sum of money4 ,i gave half of it2 others gave also4 ,the man cast it into the water and asked the goddess that she let no harm come to us1 and we promise more sacrifice if we get here4 ,there are many reasons for going before the idols1 but ,i have no chance to tell so much as ,i like to4 ,a few weeks since ,i was in ,san ,francisco4 ,i found some of the people from the town near my home in ,china1 getting money to send and build a temple over there4 ,every one who give to help build it can have their names hang up in the temple1 but if any one who give #bj to #ej they have a present1 and at the time of first worship or dedication a band of music to honor them on their way home4 ,some of them asked me to give1 but ,i said1 8,no1 ,i cannot1 ,i rather put money in the missionary fund40 ,they said1 8,your parents will feel sorrow and disgrace if they not see your name2 but if you don't want your name you can give and have your parent's name put there2 no one of your ,christian men know it2 you can be a ,christian just the same40 ,i said1 8,i do not wish to help my parents to sin2 ,i don't believe idol worship and ,i cannot help about it4 ,if ,i be a ,christian ,i must try to live like one40 ,there is a great difference in the religion taught by the ,saviour and that of the heathen4 ,it is great change to me to try to be a ,christian1 to know the true ,god who sees us all the time4 ,i have worked many things for the idols4 ,i feel thankful ,i shall do so no more4 ,before ,i come to the light my life was gloomy1 miserable1 hopeless2 always was fearing the evil spirit going to trouble me2 but ,i don't fear them now4 ,would ,i go back to idolatry8 ,no2 the ,bible says1 8,thou shall not make unto thee any graven image1 or likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath1 or that is in the water under the earth4 ,thou shall not bow down thyself to them nor serve them40 ,i cannot serve idols again2 but ,i will try to serve my heavenly ,father1 and bring all ,i can to bow down to ,him4 ,i wish every one in ,china and ,america knew about the ,bible4 ,i thank all ,christian people that they led me to the true way4 ,i hope you will pray that ,i may always be faithful1 and at last receive the crown of life and dwell with ,god in the world to come4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,woman',s ,,home ,,missionary ,,association4 ,room #bj1 ,congregational ,house1 ,beacon ,st41 ,boston4 ,,miss ,,nathalie ,,lord1 ,secretary4 ,,miss ,,abby ,w4 ,,pearson1 ,treasurer4 99 99 99 99 99 ,we are glad to bring before our friends this month the work among the colored people in ,washington1 ,d4,c41 as it has been carried on there by ,mrs4 ,c4 ,b4 ,babcock4 ,in her field1 as in that of our other ,southern missionaries1 the industrial work occupies a prominent position4 ,here the women and children learn lessons of practical value to them1 as they are taught to cut and make their own garments and repair old ones1 while at the same time they are instructed in truths of the highest importance4 ,in a letter recently received1 ,mrs4 ,babcock writes of this work3 8,the ladies of the ,congregational church have given #ahj yards material for the industrial work1 and a few of them gave a supper to the women's class1 numbering fifty4 ,the women have made #ajb new garments besides mending #ajj old ones during these three months4 ,this has been of untold help to them and their families40 ,her girl's sewing-school numbers #ace4 ,the natural outgrowth of these schools has been prayer-meetings for the women and young girls respectively4 8,the mother's prayer-meetings have been deeply interesting of late10 she tells us4 ,there is much need of temperance work all through the ,south1 and it is encouraging to read of the new ,band of ,hope in ,washington4 8,it has succeeded beyond my expectations10 ,mrs4 ,babcock writes1 8not only interesting the colored churches about us1 but also bringing in1 as officers and helpers1 some of the colored public school teachers and students from ,howard ,university4 ,there has been a good deal of enthusiasm about our meetings4 ,of course1 our exercises must be made interesting1 and ,i work hard for it1 but it pays1 when ,i see such audiences as we've had4 ,and then ,i know that our ,scripture readings and lessons from the ,temperance ,catechism must do good40 ,mrs4 ,babcock has worked in ,washington in connection with the ,lincoln ,memorial church1 which was organized ,january #ajth1 and ,rev4 ,s4 ,p4 ,smith installed as pastor4 ,of this church she writes1 under date of ,june #c;d3 8,our little church is prospering1 having now twenty-one members1 some being added as fruits of our revival4 99 99 ,rev4 ,mr4 ,smith is greatly encouraged4 ,i have made over an old carpet for the platform1 helped to buy chairs1 ,bible and communion table1 so that when our pulpit comes we shall be nicely fixed4 ,our hall is very large and rather dreary without any pulpit furniture4 ,nobody knows but those who have worked in the field1 how great are the obstacles in the way of forming a colored ,congregational church4 ,we have the same jealousy and bitter feeling from the churches around us that there is farther ,south40 ,speaking of the sickness and suffering among the colored people1 ,mrs4 ,babcock says3 8,i feel that ,i've been greatly blessed in having friends at the ,north respond so nobly to my appeals for help4 ,i have sold a great deal of clothing1 and the money received for it has done much good40 ,in connection with this allusion to the generosity of ,northern friends1 it may be well to mention that in the last six months boxes and barrels of clothing1 sewing materials1 etc41 have been sent through this ,association to the amount of #a1fgd4jj1 and1 in addition1 books and papers valued at #ic4hh4 ,since the annual meeting in ,october1 six of the auxiliaries alone have contributed #a1bbh4gj1 the largest contribution being from the ,second church in ,dorchester1 of #dde4gj4 ,we would gratefully acknowledge1 too1 the hearty response to the appeal for ,sunday-school papers for the colored schools in the ,south4 ,we have on hand still a long list of ,sunday-schools waiting for supply4 ,receipts of the ,association from ,april #beth to ,may #cast1 #ahha3 ,from ,auxiliaries #cdi4de 0 ,donations #agd4ej 0 ,life ,members #fj4jj 0 ,annual ,members #ab4jj ------------ #eie4ie ,donation of ,case's ,maps of ,united ,states1 ,british ,provinces1 etc41 from ,s4 ,m4 ,h4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,children',s ,,page4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,story ,,of ,,rebecca4 ,,by ,,rev4 ,j4 ,e4 ,,roy1 ,d4,d4 ,the following incident in the life of a freedwoman affected me very much4 ,let me tell you her history4 ,in the old times1 ,col4 ,holly1 of ,middle ,tennessee1 was known as a kind master2 but failing in business1 his slaves had to be sold2 then1 hoping to retrieve his fortune1 removed to ,arkansas1 taking with him two little slave girls1 one of whom was ,rebecca1 four and a half years old4 ,here she grew up in his family1 and was married to a man who belonged to another master1 and who hired his time1 paying one-half his wages as a mechanic4 ,in ,tennessee her mother was1 of course1 taken away to another family4 ,her father1 who had not belonged to ,col4 ,holly1 had already been sold to the ,red ,river country1 where he soon after died4 ,recently1 at ,little ,rock1 ,i was a guest for five days in the house of ,rebecca4 ,her husband owned his home1 together with two other places4 ,her only son and a son-in-law were teaching school1 and she was mothering the two little girls of her deceased daughter4 ,on the centre table were a large family ,bible and a copy of ,shakespeare1 both rich in binding and illustration2 and on the walls were some1 not costly1 but tasteful and suggestive pictures1 one of which represented ,abraham ,lincoln1 ,charles ,sumner and ,john ,brown4 ,her deportment was that of a lady2 her company enjoyable4 ,she said she remembered well the time and the scene when she was taken from her mother4 ,the screaming was yet ringing in her ears4 ,she bore in mind the last words of her mother1 as she put a little red flannel shawl round her neck3 8,god bless my child6 ,god bless my child60 ,she had in memory also her own crying and bursting of heart4 ,so1 too1 was fresh in her mind1 her weeping of nights in the new home1 until1 upon the imperative chiding of master and mistress1 she was obliged to repress that relief of hidden sorrow4 ,her young mistress1 who was of about the same age1 upon growing up1 was sent to the ,high ,school of the city1 and she herself was kept at home1 and not allowed even to learn to read the ,bible1 out of which she was to be judged at the last day4 ,she did experience a keen sense of injustice and of murmuring2 but all of that she was obliged to suppress4 ,but what had become of her mother8 8,after freedom10 twenty-one and a half years since the parting1 she came over to look up the daughter4 ,but how shall there be an unmistakable recognition8 ,col4 ,holly and his wife have both passed away4 ,fortunately1 a woman1 who came over with the family1 still survived4 ,she brought the mother to the home of ,rebecca1 and pointing to her said1 8,that is your daughter40 ,then such hugging1 kissing1 and shouting of joy and weeping1 as is the sensation of the neighborhood4 ,i am sure that ,i never heard a daughter speak with more enthusiasm of love1 concerning her mother1 than did ,mrs4 ,solomon4 ,she thought she would have known her anyhow2 and her mother half came to the same conclusion when with such accuracy she depicted the scene of the parting4 ,and now she must go to visit the old family4 ,though the master and mistress are gone1 in their place is left the daughter1 whom she had nursed upon her own breast1 and who is now married to a ,northern man4 ,old times and scenes and friends are talked over1 but soon she gives vent to the pent-up sorrows of the mother's heart4 ,with all the intensity of a great nature1 she told of the grief at her separation from ,rebecca4 ,it was as though she had dropped blood from her heart2 she went weeping and mourning every where4 8,i wept as ,i was making the bread1 and them that eat the most of my bread eat the most of my heart40 ,so ,david had said3 8,thou feedest them with the bread of tears40 ,the old colored people told her she must pray and the ,lord would remove all that4 ,in her prayer it seemed as though there were deep waters and high mountains between her and her child1 and that the ,lord would have to send men and remove the mountains1 and make a way over the waters so that she could come to her child2 and now ,he had done it all1 and brought her to tell her story to the remnant of the old household4 ,the young mistress1 while her husband walks the floor in deep and mute emotion1 herself bursts into tears1 and as her only relief1 declares3 8,my father was such a man that he never would have done that thing if he had not got broke40 8,oh10 said the sable matron1 now rising up from the crushing of her womanhood1 8,i never thought anything about what caused it40 ,as ,rebecca came to freedom she tried to learn1 but her work for bread and the clumsiness of her unused powers were so great1 she desisted1 and now her ,bible is read to her by the children4 ,will you who have heard this true story help the ,american ,missionary ,association with your pennies and prayers1 in their work of educating these poor people8 99 99 99 99 99 ,,receipts ,,for ,,may1 #ahha4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,maine1 #acb4jd4 ,auburn4 ,mrs4 ,b4 ,j4 #a4jj ,bangor4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ai4cg ,bethel4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #h4fj ,brunswick4 8,a ,friend10 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #bj4jj ,camden4 8,a ,friend0 #a4jj ,falmouth4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #f4jj ,kennebunk ,port4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #g4gj2 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #e4ej #ac4bj ,north ,yarmouth4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #g4ah ,orono4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #a4gc ,thomaston4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #f2 ,infant ,class1 ,cong4 ,s4 ,s41 #b #h4jj ,yarmouth4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #dc4if ,waterford4 ,s4 ,e4 ,hersey #b4jj ,,new ,,hampshire1 #ddf4bi4 ,acworth4 ,cong4 ,soc4 #ae4ij ,bath4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #g4jj ,bedford4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,french1 for ,student ,aid1 ,williston ,sch4 #b4jj ,canterbury4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ah4ej ,east ,jaffrey4 ,benj4 ,pierce #e4jj ,exeter4 ,second ,ch4 #e4jj ,hinsdale4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ah4fa ,hanover4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 by ,chas4 ,p4 ,chase1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #cj4jj ,lebanon4 ,miss ,mary ,l4 ,choate1 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,o4 ,w4 ,,baldwin1 ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,mason4 ,ladies1 by ,anna ,m4 ,hosmer1 for ,wilmington1 ,n4,c4 #g4ej ,manchester4 ,c4 ,b4 ,southworth #be4jj ,mount ,vernon4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ae4jj ,orford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #bj2 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,b4 ,pratt1 #aj #cj4jj ,pembroke4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #aa4ac ,plymouth4 ,north ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #he4jh ,rindge4 ,cong ,ch4 and ,soc4 #b4ag ,rochester4 8,j4 ,m4 and ,sister10 for rebuilding1 ,tougaloo1 ,miss4 #aj4jj ,swanzey4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ag4jj ,walpole4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 to const4 ,,rev4 ,,fred4 ,l4 ,,allen1 ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,winchester4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #aa4dj ------------ #cgf4bi ,,legacy4 ,gilsum4 ,estate of ,mrs4 ,eunice ,f4 ,downing1 by ,sarah ,f4 ,hayward #gj4jj ------------ #ddf4bi ,,vermont1 #aaj4cc4 ,chelsea4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bj4jj ,clarendon4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ae4jj ,danby4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #b4cj ,dorset4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #af4hh ,east ,wallingford4 ,miss ,e4 ,a4 ,h41 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #a4jj ,hinesburgh4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,jericho4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aa4jj ,lunenburgh4 ,chas4 ,w4 ,king #e4jj ,morrisville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aj4jj ,pawlet4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #i4ha ,pawlet4 ,a4 ,f4 #a4jj ,woodstock4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ac4cd ,,massachusetts1 #f1jia4ci4 ,andover4 ,francis ,h4 ,johnson1 #ajj2 ,c4 ,l4 ,mills1 #bj #abj4jj ,andover4 ,g4 ,w4 ,w4 ,dove1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #ej4jj ,ashfield4 ,henry ,taylor #e4jj ,attleborough4 ,ebenezer ,carpenter1 for ,fisk ,u4 and to const4 ,,mrs4 ,,hattie ,e4 ,,carpenter1 ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,barre4 ,evan4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #aj4hd ,billingham4 ,e4 ,w41 deceased1 by ,j4 ,t4 ,massey1 ,ex4 #j4ge ,blackstone4 ,mrs4 ,hannah ,hodgson #b4jj ,boston4 ,j4 ,t4 ,bailey1 #ajj2 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,c4 ,ford1 #be2 8,a ,friend10 #aj2 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,p4 ,eayrs1 #e #adj4jj ,boston4 ,woman's ,home ,missionary ,association1 for ,lady ,missionaries in ,southern ,states #afj4da ,brimfield4 ,bbl4 of ,c41 for ,tougaloo1 ,miss4 ,brookline4 ,s4 ,b4 ,white #aj4jj ,cambridgeport4 ,ladies' ,sew4 ,soc4 of ,pilgrim ,cong4 ,ch41 ,bbl4 of ,c41 for ,refugees ,charlemont4 ,e4,g4 #a4jj ,charlton4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #d4fh ,chelsea4 ,central ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #ah4ad2 ,third ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #g4ej #be4fd ,conway4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #cd4fe ,clinton4 ,first ,evan4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ge4jj ,east ,braintree4 ,e4 ,a4 ,f4 #j4ej ,east ,bridgewater4 ,union ,cong4 ,ch4 #be4cf ,enfield4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ajj4jj ,everett4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #e4aa ,franklin4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ci4gh ,groton4 ,elizabeth ,farnsworth #bj4jj ,halifax4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #h4jf ,holliston4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ajj4jj ,holliston4 ,ladies' ,benev4 ,soc4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 ,bbl4 of ,c4 for ,savannah1 ,ga4 ,hubbardston4 8,a ,friend40 #e4jj ,hyde ,park4 ,heart ,hand ,soc41 for ,athens1 ,ala4 #be4jj ,ipswich4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bj4jj ,lee4 ,j4 ,w4 ,b4 #a4jj ,littleton4 ,mrs4 ,james ,c4 ,houghton1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #g4jj ,lowell4 ,leonard ,kimball1 for ,fisk ,u4 #ajj4jj ,lowell4 ,john ,st4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ee4ge ,marblehead4 ,hon4 ,j4 ,j4 ,h4 ,gregory1 for ,wilmington1 ,n4,c4 #c1ejj4jj ,millbury4 ,m4 ,e4 ,bond #c4ej ,monson4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #eg4ea ,montague4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bc4fe ,natick4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,e4 ,hammond1 for ,tougaloo ,u4 #be4jj ,new ,bedford4 ,mrs4 ,i4 ,h4 ,bartlett1 ,jr4 #bj4jj ,newburyport4 ,prospect ,st4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #bf4hg2 ,north ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #bb4ca #di4ah ,newton4 ,ladies' ,benev4 ,soc4 of ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,d4 ,l4 ,,furber1 ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,newton ,centre4 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,b4 ,h4 #j4ej ,newton ,highlands4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 ,bbl4 of ,c41 and #a for freight1 for ,atlanta1 ,ga4 #a4jj ,newton ,highlands4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #be4jj ,newtonville4 8,m4 ,w4 ,m40 #a4jj ,north ,abington4 ,bbl4 of ,c41 by ,n4 ,noyes1 for ,tougaloo ,u4 ,northampton4 8,a ,friend40 #ajj4jj ,northampton4 ,mrs4 ,f4 ,e4 ,g4 ,stoddard1 ,box of ,books1 for ,theo4 ,dept41 ,talladega ,c41 and #g4hj for freight #g4hj ,north ,amherst4 ,friends1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #g4jj ,north ,amherst4 ,ladies' ,benev4 ,soc4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 ,bbl4 of ,bedding and ,c41 for ,atlanta1 ,ga4 ,northfield4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #d4jj ,north ,somerville4 8,a ,friend40 #a4jj ,norwood4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bj4jj ,orange4 ,central ,ev4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4ce ,palmer4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ab4gh ,rehoboth4 ,cong4 ,ch41 bal4 to const4 ,j4 ,f4 ,,moulton1 ,l4 ,m4 #be4jj ,rutland4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #h4jj ,salem4 ,geo4 ,driver #b4jj ,sandwich4 ,mrs4 ,robert ,tobey1 for ,indian ,student ,aid1 ,hampton ,inst4 #e4jj ,shelburne4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ef4gi ,somerville4 ,a4 ,r4 #j4ej ,southfield4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,b4 ,c4 #a4jj ,south ,framingham4 ,so4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bjd4jj ,south ,natick4 ,young ,eliot's ,miss4 ,circle1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #e4jj ,south ,weymouth4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 7ad'l7 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,,justina ,a4 ,,tinkham and ,,miss ,,jane ,,ellen ,,loud1 ,l4 ,m's #df4jj ,spencer4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #agj4ce ,springfield4 ,memorial ,ch41 #eb4hb2 ,north ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #be #gg4hb ,springfield4 ,ira ,merrill1 #e2 ,mrs4 ,ira ,merrill1 #e1 for rebuilding ,tougaloo1 ,miss4 #aj4jj ,sunderland4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #bf4bh ,taunton4 ,union ,ch4 and ,soc4 #i4hj ,townsend4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #e4jj ,warren4 ,mrs4 ,joseph ,ramsdell1 #e3 for ,chinese ,m41 and #a for ,mag4 #f4jj ,westborough4 ,freedmen's ,miss4 ,assn41 ,bbl4 of ,c41 for ,savannah1 ,ga4 ,west ,gloucester4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #f4jj ,westminster4 ,bbl4 of ,c4 for ,tougaloo1 ,miss4 ,west ,roxbury4 ,south ,evan4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ff4jf ,west ,springfield4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ae4jj ,winchendon4 ,north ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aji4jj ,worcester4 ,salem ,st4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #da4bc ,worthington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ac4gf ---- ,three ,bbl's ,c41 for ,marion1 ,ala4 ---- 8,a ,friend40 #ajj4jj ,,rhode ,,island1 #dd4jj4 ,east ,providence4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4jj ,pawtucket4 ,mrs4 ,c4 ,blodgett #aj4jj ,providence4 ,ladies1 by ,miss ,marsh1 for ,byron1 ,ga4 #ad4jj ,,connecticut1 #h1dbh4gh4 ,birmingham4 ,w4 ,e4 ,downes1 for ,tillotson ,c4 and ,n4 ,inst4 #ajj4jj ,brooklyn4 8,e4 ,f4 ,b40 #be4jj ,colebrook4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ag4je ,colebrook ,river4 ,miles ,gillett #b4jj ,east ,haven4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ad4jj ,ekonk4 ,elizabeth ,w4 ,kasson #aj4jj ,east ,windsor4 ,mrs4 ,sarah ,l4 ,wells #e4jj ,gilead4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4fh ,hartford4 ,mrs4 ,ellery ,hills1 #cej2 ,a4 ,s4 ,k41 #a #cea4jj ,hartford4 ,george ,kellogg1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #ajj4jj ,hartford4 ,benev4 ,soc4 of ,asylum ,hill ,cong4 ,ch41 #b ,bbls4 and a ,box of ,bedding and ,new ,c41 and #c4ij for freight1 for ,atlanta1 ,ga4 #c4ij ,huntington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #h4jj ,kent4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #ba4jj ,mansfield ,centre4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #h4jj ,mill ,brook4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,r4 ,a4 #a4jj ,orange4 ,rev4 ,e4 ,e4 ,rogers1 for freight #b4jj ,new ,britain4 ,h4 ,s4 ,walter1 for ,straight ,u4 #gj4jj ,new ,haven4 ,north ,ch41 #ahj4fd2 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,a4 ,thomas1 #e #ahe4fd ,new ,hartford4 ,north ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4aj ,north ,cornwall4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ac4hb ,norwich4 ,broadway ,cong4 ,ch4 #ajj4jj ,norwich4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u41 and to const4 ,,elizabeth ,b4 ,,huntington1 ,,susan ,d4 ,,huntington and ,,john ,p4 ,,huntington1 ,l4 ,m's #ajj4jj ,plantsville4 ,dea4 ,t4 ,higgins1 for ,tougaloo ,u4 #be4jj ,poquonock4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ah4af ,south ,coventry4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,south ,windsor4 ,second4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bd4bc ,rockville4 ,first4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aaa4jj ,roxbury4 ,hervey ,m4 ,booth #aj4jj ,warehouse ,point4 8,friend40 #aj4jj ,westford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,west ,haven4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aa4bi ,windsor4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4jj ,woodstock4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #ah4ce ---- 8,a ,friend in ,conn40 #ej4jj ---- 8,a ,friend in ,conn40 #aj4jj ---------------- #a1eja4bh ,,legacies4 ,new ,haven4 ,estate of ,mrs4 ,mary ,a4 ,hotchkiss1 by ,richard ,e4 ,rice1 ,ex4 #dgj4jj ,orange4 ,estate of ,mrs4 ,huldah ,coe1 by ,leman ,w4 ,cutler1 ,ex4 #f1deg4ej ---------------- #h1dbh4gh ,,new ,,york1 #hgh4hb4 ,baldwinsville4 ,howard ,carter #aj4jj ,brooklyn4 ,south ,cong4 ,ch41 7#cj of which to const4 ,,samuel ,s4 ,,marples1 ,l4 ,m47 #hf4dh2 ,east ,cong4 ,ch41 #hd4gb2 ,church of the ,pilgrims1 #gb2 8,a ,friend10 #ej #bic4bj ,buffalo4 ,two ,bbls4 ,c41 for ,tougaloo1 ,miss4 ,cambria4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ae4jj ,candor4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #aj4jj ,churchville4 ,union ,cong4 ,ch4 7ad'l7 #a4jj ,columbus4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4ej ,crown ,point4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ci4da ,danby4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 bal4 to const4 ,,william ,e4 ,,chapman1 ,l4 ,m4 #ah4jj ,eden4 ,mrs4 ,h4 ,mc,nett #b4jj ,fairport4 ,mrs4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,butler #aj4jj ,gainesville4 ---- #a4jj ,gloversville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 7ad'l7 #ab4ej ,groton4 ,dr4 ,c4 ,chapman #f4jj ,homer4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ae4jj ,lake ,george4 8,g4 ,h40 #a4jj ,new ,york4 ,hon4 ,wm4 ,e4 ,dodge1 #bjj2 ,mrs4 ,wm4 ,e4 ,dodge1 #ajj2 ,robbins ,battell1 #be1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #cbe4jj ,new ,york4 ,j4 ,goetschins #a4ej ,orient4 ,miss ,h4 ,m4 ,w4 #a4jj ,parishville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #f4ce ,penn ,yan4 ,mrs4 ,d4 ,b4 ,prosser #ae4jj ,perry ,centre4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4gf ,rome4 ,john ,b4 ,jervis #be4jj ,sherburne4 ,ladies1 ,bbl4 of ,c41 and #b4fj for freight1 for ,talladega ,ala4 #b4fj ,smyrna4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4jj ,turin4 ,mrs4 ,martha ,woolworth #e4jj ,verona4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ah4jj ,,new ,,jersey1 #ajh4ej4 ,boonton4 ,g4 ,w4 ,esten ,bbl4 of ,books and ,papers4 ,bound ,brook4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ac4ej ,newark4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #bj4jj ,newark4 ,collection at ,general ,association for ,lincoln ,memorial ,church1 ,washington ,d4,c4 #ge4jj ,,pennsylvania1 #be4jj4 ,hyde ,park4 ,thomas ,eynon and ,mrs ,j4 ,l4 ,eynon #be4jj ,,ohio1 #dfc4fa4 ,ashtabula4 ,james ,hall #c4jj ,castalia4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #f4he and ,sab4 ,sch41 #b4ae #i4jj ,cleveland4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,a4 ,bradbury1 #cj2 ,rev4 ,r4 ,b4 ,johns1 #e #ce4jj ,crab ,creek4 ,welsh ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,elyria4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 to const4 ,,rev4 ,,james ,b4 ,,stocking1 ,,rollin ,b4 ,,cary and ,,alexander ,,lamberton1 ,l4 ,ms4 #aaa4fg ,geneva4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,tougaloo ,u4 #cf4ej ,huntsburgh4 ,capt4 ,a4 ,e4 ,millard1 #e2 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,e4 ,millard1 #e #aj4jj ,kelley's ,island4 ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,fisk ,u4 #bj4gj ,kent4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ab4ab ,marietta4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #eg4gj ,mechanicsburgh4 ,rev4 ,n4 ,h4 #a4jj ,medina4 ,woman's ,miss4 ,soc41 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c41 and bal4 to const4 ,,miss ,,ellen ,j4 ,,mason1 ,l4 ,m4 #aj4jj ,newark4 8,a ,friend10 #ej2 ,,mrs4 ,j4 ,c4 ,,wheaton1 #be adl4 to const4 herself ,l4 ,m4 #ge4jj ,north ,benton4 ,simon ,hartzel1 for ,talladega ,c4 #e4jj ,oberlin4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #aa4cj ,paddy's ,run4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bg4jj ,parkman4 ,dea4 ,j4 ,s4 ,h4 #a4jj ,strongsville4 ,l4 ,freeman1 for furnishing a room1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #be4jj ,tallmadge4 ,mrs4 ,d4 ,b4 ,t41 by ,j4 ,p4 #j4fb ,toledo4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,willoughby4 ,bbl4 ,of ,c41 ,miss ,m4 ,p4 ,hastings1 #b for freight1 for ,tougaloo1 ,miss4 #b4jj ,,indiana1 #a4jj4 ,orland4 ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,tougaloo ,u4 #a4jj ,,illinois1 #b1dag4bb4 ,chicago4 ,c4 ,g4 ,hammond1 #a1jjj2 ,bethany ,ch41 #ae4cg2 ,rev4 ,e4 ,n4 ,andrews1 #e #a1jbj4cg ,chicago4 ,jubilee ,singers1 special contribution at ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,chapel1 ,nashville1 ,tenn4 #aaa4cd ,chicago4 ,james ,w4 ,porter1 #aj2 ,neddie1 ,charles and ,huntington ,blatchford1 #i1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #ai4jj ,chicago4 ,n4 ,e4 ,cong4 ,ch41 ,ladies ,miss4 ,soc41 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,mobile1 ,ala4 #aa4da ,chicago4 ,union ,park ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,emerson ,inst4 #b4jj ,dundee4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bb4de ,dunlap4 ,elmira ,jones #aj4jj ,geneseo4 ,h4 ,davison #b4jj ,highland ,park4 ,l4 ,s4 ,b4 #j4ej ,la ,fayette4 8,p4 ,m4 ,h40 #a4jj ,lawn ,ridge4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #e4jj ,lyndon4 ,mrs ,a4 ,h41 #a2 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,w4 #ej;c4 #a4ej ,metamora4 8,friends0 by ,a4 ,c4 ,rouse1 for rebuilding ,tougaloo1 ,miss4 #bj4ge ,newark4 ,horace ,day #e4jj ,princeton4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #g4dc ,payson4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #dj4jj ,rockford4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #abj4hf ,seward4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #bb2 and ,sab4 ,sch41 #h4 7,incorrectly ack4 in ,june47 ,seward4 ,cong4 ,ch4 7ad'l7 #b4jj ,waukegan4 ,young ,people's ,miss4 ,soc41 for ,emerson ,inst4 #aj4jj ,wyoming4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4fa ---------------- #a1dag4bb ,,legacy4 ,galesburg4 ,estate of ,mrs4 ,w4 ,c4 ,willard1 by ,prof4 ,t4 ,r4 ,willard1 ,ex4 #a1jjj4jj ---------------- #b1dag4bb ,,michigan1 #bbh4ci4 ,battle ,creek4 ,presb4 and ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #f4jj ,battle ,creek4 ,ladies1 ,box of ,c41 and #b4ba for ,freight1 for ,talladega1 ,ala4 #b4ba ,calumet4 ,j4 ,h4 #j4ej ,canandaigua4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4jj ,detroit4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ej4jj ,detroit4 ,miss ,j4 ,higley1 for ,student ,aid1 ,straight ,u4 #d4jj ,frankfort4 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,b4 ,c4 #j4ej ,kalamo4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,kalamazoo4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 7ad'l71 to const4 ,,willis ,a4 ,,anderson1 ,,george ,d4 ,,allen1 ,,mrs4 ,,lottie ,,wartz1 ,,miles ,b4 ,,miller1 and ,,mrs4 ,,eliza ,,oliver1 ,l4 ,ms4 #ajj4jj ,leland4 ,f4 ,c4 #a4jj ,milford4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,g4 #a4jj ,morenci4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,northport4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #h4dc ,olivet4 8,w4 ,j4 ,h40 #be4jj ,webster4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4ge ,,wisconsin1 #ahj4cc4 ,arena4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4gj ,beloit4 ,j4 ,e4 ,t4 #j4ej ,columbus4 ,calvin ,baker #e4jj ,milwaukee4 ,mrs4 ,wm4 ,millard1 for ,emerson ,inst4 #e4jj ,racine4 ,a4 ,e4 ,n41 for ,indian ,m4 #a4jj ,river ,falls4 8,s4 ,w410 #ai2 8,w4 ,m4 ,n410 #f #be4jj ,rosendale4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bd4ec1 and ,sab4 ,sch4 #d #bh4ec ,sparta4 ,individuals1 for ,mag4 #a4ej ,wauwatosa4 ,cong4 ,ch41 to const4 ,,alfred ,h4 ,,dupree and ,,emery ,a4 ,,swan1 ,l4 ,ms #ge4jj ,,iowa1 #abe4ig4 ,cedar ,falls4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for furnishing a room1 ,talladega ,c4 #ab4jj ,cherokee ,co4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,chester ,centre4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #de4be ,creston4 ,h4 ,w4 ,perrigo #aj4jj ,creston4 ,pilgrim ,ch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #j4ej ,floris4 8,mary and ,martha40 #e4jj ,garden4 ----1 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,new ,orleans1 ,la4 #e4jj ,logan4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #h4jj ,mc,gregor4 ,woman's ,miss4 ,soc4 #af4hg ,meriden4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #c4ce ,meriden4 ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,new ,orleans1 ,la4 #b4jj ,quasqueton4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,manson #e4jj ,storm ,lake4 ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,new ,orleans1 ,la4 #b4jj ,west ,liberty4 ,mrs4 ,l4 ,k4 ,sesson1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #f4jj ,,missouri1 #a4jj4 ,saint ,louis4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,k4 ,j4 #a4jj ,,minnesota1 #cg4jg4 ,minneapolis4 ,plymouth ,ch41 #ca4cg2 ,second ,cong4 ,ch41 #a4bj #cb4eg ,rose ,creek4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4jj ,rushford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4ej ,,nebraska1 #c4jj4 ,clarksville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #c4jj ,,colorado1 #be4jj4 ,colorado ,springs4 ,young ,people's ,mission ,circle1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c41 and bal4 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,j4 ,w4 ,,pickett1 ,l4 ,m4 #be4jj ,,california1 #aej4jj4 ,oakland4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,a4 ,gray1 for ,school-house in ,georgia #aej4jj ,,oregon1 #ch4ej4 ,albany4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ae4jj ,forest ,grove4 ,cong4 ,ch41 ,prof4 ,j4 ,w4 ,marsh1 #bj2 ,capt4 ,e4 ,r4 ,merriman1 #b2 ,i4 ,l4 ,smith and others1 #a4ej #bc4ej ,,washington ,,ter41 #e4ea4 ,fidalgo4 ,pilgrim ,cong4 ,ch41 7#c4fj of which for ,school-house in ,ga47 #e4jj ,skokomish4 ,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 #j4ea ,,maryland1 #b4jj4 ,emmitsburgh4 ,david ,gamble #b4jj ,,north ,,carolina1 #aab4ic4 ,wilmington4 ,williston ,sch41 ,tuition #ajg4ic ,wilmington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,,south ,,carolina1 #bdg4hj4 ,charleston4 ,avery ,inst41 ,tuition #bdg4hj ,,tennessee1 #fdb4hj4 ,chattanooga4 ,rent #bej4jj ,chattanooga4 ,g4 ,r4 for furnishing room1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #a4jj ,memphis4 ,le ,moyne ,sch41 ,tuition #bjg4ae ,nashville4 ,fisk ,university1 ,tuition #aei4fe ,nashville4 ,fisk ,university1 ,society for the ,evangelization of ,africa1 for ,student ,aid1 ,mendi ,m4 #be4jj ,,georgia1 #a1jec4jh4 ,atlanta4 ,peabody ,fund1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #djj4jj ,atlanta4 ,storrs ,sch41 ,tuition #bdc4cj1 ,rent1 #c #bdf4cj ,atlanta4 ,atlanta ,u41 ,tuition #ajj4aj2 ,rent #ab #aab4aj ,atlanta4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #be4jj ,bainbridge4 ,h4 ,r4 ,s4 #a4jj ,macon4 ,lewis ,high ,sch41 ,tuition #fb4he ,macon4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,marietta4 8,friends10 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #cj4jj ,mc,intosh4 ,dorchester ,academy1 ,tuition #bg4cf ,savannah4 ,beach ,inst41 ,tuition1 #abe2 ,rent #aj #ace4jj ,savannah4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #f4ai1 and ,sab4 ,sch41 #b4bh #h4dg ,,alabama1 #dgh4ee4 ,mobile4 ,emerson ,inst41 ,tuition #aef4ge ,mobile4 ,emersonian ,mission ,band1 7#bj of which for ,mendi ,m47 #de4fj ,montgomery4 ,city ,fund #baj4jj ,selma4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bb4ce ,talladega4 ,talladega ,c41 ,tuition #ce4he ,talladega4 ,wm4 ,savery1 #e2 ,d4 ,johnson1 #b2 ,n4 ,l41 #a1 for rebuilding barn1 ,talladega1 ,ala4 #h4jj ,,mississippi1 #aai4de4 ,greenwood4 ,by 8,r4 ,w4 ,j410 for rebuilding ,tougaloo1 ,miss4 #aa4jj ,jackson4 ,friends1 by ,a4 ,b4 ,w41 for rebuilding1 ,tougaloo1 ,miss4 #b4aj ,madison4 8,friends10 by ,a4 ,b4 ,w41 for rebuilding ,tougaloo1 ,miss4 #i4fj ,tougaloo4 ,tougaloo ,u41 ,tuition1 #gc4ge2 ,rent1 #bj #ic4ge ,tougaloo4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,s4 ,pope1 for ,student ,aid #c4jj ,,louisiana1 #adh4ae4 ,new ,orleans4 ,straight ,u41 ,tuition #ada4ej ,new ,orleans4 ,mrs4 ,f4 ,d41 #a2 ,mrs4 ,d4 ,s41 ,mrs4 ,c4 ,j4 and ,mrs4 ,b4 ,c4 #ej;c4 ea42 ,other sums by ,rev4 ,w4 ,s4 ,a4 #d4ae #f4fe ,,texas1 #cah4bd4 ,austin4 ,tillotson ,c4 and ,n4 ,inst41 ,tuition #bjd4he ,austin4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,e4 ,brooks1 #ib4ji2 ,rev4 ,e4 ,b4 ,wright ,d4,d41 and wife #aj2 8,a ,friend10 #e2 ,eggleston ,brothers1 #e1 for ,tillotson ,c4 and ,n4 ,inst4 #aab4ji ,corpus ,christi4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #a4cj ,,canada1 #e4jj4 ,unionville4 ,rev4 ,edward ,ebbs #e4jj ,,switzerland1 #ai4ca4 ,geneva4 ,legacy of ,henri ,serment1 by ,w4 ,serment #ai4ca ,,sandwich ,,islands1 #a1jjj4jj4 ,sandwich ,islands4 8,a ,friend10 #a1jjj4jj ,,legacies1 #baj4jj4 ,sundry ,estates #baj4jj ,,income ,,fund1 #bgh4hg4 ,avery ,fund1 for ,mendi ,m4 #bgh4hg ---------------- ,total for ,may #bd1egg4ic ,total from ,oct4 #ast to ,may #cast #aej1dhg4hd ,,for ,,tillotson ,,collegiate ,,and ,,normal ,,institute1 ,,austin1 ,,texas4 ,portland1 ,me4 ,c4 ,m4 ,seales1 for furnishing a room #be4jj ,plainfield1 ,n4,h4 ,mrs4 ,hannah ,stevens #be4jj ,norwich1 ,conn4 8,a ,friend40 #djj4jj ,plainville1 ,conn4 ,mrs4 ,clapp #e4jj ,thomaston1 ,conn4 ,ladies' ,benev4 ,soc41 by ,mrs4 ,horace ,a4 ,potter1 ,sec41 #ac1 and ,bbl4 of ,c4 #ac4jj ,watertown1 ,conn4 ,alma de ,f4 ,curtiss and ,fannie ,e4 ,curtiss1 by ,mrs4 ,mary ,f4 ,curtiss #ajj4jj ,le,roy1 ,n4,y4 ,miss ,d4 ,a4 ,phillips1 for furnishing a room #be4jj ---------------- ,total #eic4jj ,previously acknowledged from ,oct4 #ast to ,april #cjth #d1bfd4ga ---------------- #d1heg4ga ,,for ,,missions ,,in ,,africa4 ,new ,jersey4 8,anti-,slavery ,friend0 #eae4jj ,previously acknowledged from ,oct4 #ast to ,april #cjth #bj1jih4gf -------------------- ,total #bj1fac4gf ,h4 ,w4 ,hubbard1 ,treas41 #ef ,reade ,st41 ,n4,y4 ,american ,missionary ,association1 #ef ,,reade ,,street1 ,n4,y4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,president4 ,,hon4 ,e4 ,s4 ,,tobey1 ,boston4 ,,vice-,,presidents4 ,hon4 ,f4 ,d4 ,,parish1 ,ohio4 ,hon4 ,e4 ,d4 ,,holton1 ,wis4 ,hon4 ,,william ,,claflin1 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,,stephen ,,thurston1 ,d4,d41 ,me4 ,rev4 ,,samuel ,,harris1 ,d4,d41 ,ct4 ,,wm4 ,c4 ,,chapin1 ,esq41 ,r4,i4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,t4 ,,eustis1 ,d4,d41 ,mass4 ,hon4 ,a4 ,c4 ,,barstow1 ,r4,i4 ,rev4 ,,thatcher ,,thayer1 ,d4,d41 ,r4,i4 ,rev4 ,,ray ,,palmer1 ,d4,d41 ,n4,j4 ,rev4 ,,edward ,,beecher1 ,d4,d41 ,n4,y4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,m4 ,,sturtevant1 ,d4,d41 ,ill4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,w4 ,,patton1 ,d4,d41 ,d4,c4 ,hon4 ,,seymour ,,straight1 ,la4 ,rev4 ,,cyrus ,w4 ,,wallace1 ,d4,d41 ,n4,h4 ,rev4 ,,edward ,,hawes1 ,d4,d41 ,ct4 ,,douglas ,,putnam1 ,esq41 ,ohio4 ,hon4 ,,thaddeus ,,fairbanks1 ,vt4 ,rev4 ,m4 ,m4 ,g4 ,,dana1 ,d4,d41 ,minn4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,w4 ,,beecher1 ,n4,y4 ,gen4 ,o4 ,o4 ,,howard1 ,oregon4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,f4 ,,magoun1 ,d4,d41 ,iowa4 ,col4 ,c4 ,g4 ,,hammond1 ,ill4 ,,edward ,,spaulding1 ,m4,d41 ,n4,h4 ,rev4 ,,wm4 ,m4 ,,barbour1 ,d4,d41 ,ct4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,l4 ,,gage1 ,d4,d41 ,ct4 ,a4 ,s4 ,,hatch1 ,esq41 ,n4,y4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,h4 ,,fairchild1 ,d4,d41 ,ohio4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,a4 ,,stimson1 ,minn4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,stone1 ,d4,d41 ,california4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,h4 ,,atkinson1 ,d4,d41 ,oregon4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,e4 ,,rankin1 ,d4,d41 ,d4,c4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,chapin1 ,d4,d41 ,wis4 ,s4 ,d4 ,,smith1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,dea4 ,,john ,c4 ,,whitin1 ,mass4 ,hon4 ,j4 ,b4 ,,grinnell1 ,iowa4 ,rev4 ,,horace ,,winslow1 ,ct4 ,sir ,,peter ,,coats1 ,scotland4 ,rev4 ,,henry ,,allon1 ,d4,d41 ,london1 ,eng4 ,,wm4 ,e4 ,,whiting1 ,esq41 ,n4,y4 ,j4 ,m4 ,,pinkerton1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,e4 ,a4 ,,graves1 ,esq41 ,n4,j4 ,rev4 ,f4 ,a4 ,,noble1 ,d4,d41 ,ill4 ,,daniel ,,hand1 ,esq41 ,ct4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,williston1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,f4 ,,beard1 ,d4,d41 ,n4,y4 ,,frederick ,,billings1 ,esq41 ,vt4 ,,joseph ,,carpenter1 ,esq41 ,r4,i4 ,rev4 ,e4 ,p4 ,,goodwin1 ,d4,d41 ,ill4 ,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,,goodell1 ,d4,d41 ,mo4 ,j4 ,w4 ,,scoville1 ,esq41 ,ill4 ,e4 ,w4 ,,blatchford1 ,esq41 ,ill4 ,c4 ,d4 ,,talcott1 ,esq41 ,ct4 ,rev4 ,,john ,k4 ,,mclean1 ,d4,d41 ,cal4 ,rev4 ,,richard ,,cordley1 ,d4,d41 ,kansas4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,h4 ,,willcox1 ,d4,d41 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,b4 ,,willcox1 ,d4,d41 ,ill4 ,rev4 ,,wm4 ,m4 ,,taylor1 ,d4,d41 ,n4,y4 ,rev4 ,,geo4 ,m4 ,,boynton1 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,e4 ,b4 ,,webb1 ,d4,d41 ,mass4 ,hon4 ,c4 ,i4 ,,walker1 ,mich4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,h4 ,,ross1 ,mich4 ,,corresponding ,,secretary4 ,,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 ,,strieby1 ,d4,d41 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,n4,y4 ,,district ,,secretaries4 ,,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,,woodworth1 ,boston4 ,,rev4 ,g4 ,d4 ,,pike1 ,new ,york4 ,,rev4 ,,jas4 ,,powell1 ,chicago4 ,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,,esq41 ,treasurer1 ,n4,y4 ,,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 ,,strieby1 ,recording ,secretary4 ,,executive ,,committee4 ,,alonzo ,s4 ,,ball1 ,a4 ,s4 ,,barnes1 ,c4 ,t4 ,,christensen1 ,,clinton ,b4 ,,fisk1 ,,addison ,p4 ,,foster1 ,s4 ,b4 ,,halliday1 ,j4 ,a4 ,,hamilton1 ,,samuel ,,holmes1 ,,charles ,a4 ,,hull1 ,,chas ,l4 ,,mead1 ,,samuel ,s4 ,,marples1 ,,wm4 ,t4 ,,pratt1 ,j4 ,a4 ,,shoudy1 ,,john ,h4 ,,washburn4 ,,communications relating to the work of the ,association may be addressed to the ,corresponding ,secretary2 those relating to the collecting fields to the ,district ,secretaries2 letters for the ,editor of the 8,american ,missionary10 to ,rev4 ,g4 ,d4 ,,pike1 ,d4,d41 at the ,new ,york ,office4 ,,donations ,,and ,,subscriptions may be sent to ,h4 ,w4 ,hubbard1 ,treasurer1 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,new ,york1 or when more convenient1 to either of the ,branch ,offices1 #ba ,congregational ,house1 ,boston1 ,mass41 or #aab ,west ,washington ,street1 ,chicago1 ,ill4 ,a payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a ,life ,member4 ,constitution of the ,american ,missionary ,association4 ,,incorporated ,,january #cj1 #ahdi4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,art4 ,i4 ,this ,society shall be called 8,,the ,,american ,,missionary ,,association40 ,,art4 ,,ii4 ,the object of this ,association shall be to conduct ,christian missionary and educational operations1 and diffuse a knowledge of the ,holy ,scriptures in our own and other countries which are destitute of them1 or which present open and urgent fields of effort4 ,,art4 ,,iii4 ,any person of evangelical sentiments1,a who professes faith in the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 who is not a slaveholder1 or in the practice of other immoralities1 and who contributes to the funds1 may become a member of the ,society2 and by the payment of thirty dollars1 a life member2 provided that children and others who have not professed their faith may be constituted life members without the privilege of voting4 ,,art4 ,,iv4 ,this ,society shall meet annually1 in the month of ,september1 ,october or ,november1 for the election of officers and the transaction of other business1 at such time and place as shall be designated by the ,executive ,committee4 ,,art4 ,v4 ,the annual meeting shall be constituted of the regular officers and members of the ,society at the time of such meeting1 and of delegates from churches1 local missionary societies1 and other co-operating bodies1 each body being entitled to one representative4 ,,art4 ,,vi4 ,the officers of the ,society shall be a ,president1 ,vice-,presidents1 a ,recording ,secretary1 ,corresponding ,secretaries1 ,treasurer1 two ,auditors1 and an ,executive ,committee of not less than twelve1 of which the ,corresponding ,secretaries shall be advisory1 and the ,treasurer ex-officio1 members4 ,,art4 ,,vii4 ,to the ,executive ,committee shall belong the collecting and disbursing of funds2 the appointing1 counseling1 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 labor and conducting the missionary work1 will endeavor particularly to discountenance slavery1 by refusing to receive the known fruits of unrequited labor1 or to welcome to its employment those who hold their fellow-beings as slaves4 ,,art4 ,,ix4 ,missionary bodies1 churches or individuals agreeing to the principles of this society1 and wishing to appoint and sustain missionaries of their own1 shall be entitled to do so through the agency of the ,executive ,committee1 on terms mutually agreed upon4 ,,art4 ,x4 ,no amendment shall be made to this ,constitution without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at a regular annual meeting2 nor unless the proposed amendment has been submitted to a previous meeting1 or to the ,executive ,committee in season to be published by them 7as it shall be their duty to do1 if so submitted7 in the regular official notifications of the meeting4 ,,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 ,spirit2 repentance1 faith and holy obedience in order to salvation2 the immortality of the soul2 and the retributions of the judgment in the eternal punishment of the wicked1 and salvation of the righteous4 ,the ,american ,missionary ,association4 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 #f2 ,s4,c41 #b2 ,ga41 #ac2 ,ky41 #f2 ,tenn41 #d2 ,ala41 #ad2 ,la41 #ag2 ,miss41 #d2 ,texas1 #f4 ,africa1 #b4 ,among the ,indians1 #a4 ,total #gf4 ,,institutions ,,founded1 ,,fostered ,,or ,,sustained ,,in ,,the ,,south4--,chartered3 ,hampton1 ,va42 ,berea1 ,ky42 ,talladega1 ,ala42 ,atlanta1 ,ga42 ,nashville1 ,tenn42 ,tougaloo1 ,miss42 ,new ,orleans1 ,la42 and ,austin1 ,texas1 #h4 ,graded or ,normal ,schools3 at ,wilmington1 ,raleigh1 ,n4,c42 ,charleston1 ,greenwood1 ,s4,c42 ,savannah1 ,macon1 ,atlanta1 ,ga42 ,montgomery1 ,mobile1 ,athens1 ,selma1 ,ala42 ,memphis1 ,tenn41 #ab4 ,other ,schools1 #ca4 ,total #ea4 ,,teachers1 ,,missionaries ,,and ,,assistants4--,among the ,freedmen1 #bhd2 among the ,chinese1 #bb2 among the ,indians1 #aa2 in ,africa1 #ac4 ,total1 #ccj4 ,,students--,in ,theology1 #ajb2 ,law1 #bc2 in ,college ,course1 #ge2 in other studies1 #g1heb4 ,total1 #h1jeb4 ,scholars taught by former pupils of our schools1 estimated at #aej1jjj4 ,,indians under the care of the ,association1 #ac1jjj4 ,,wants4 #a4 ,a steady ,,increase of regular income to keep pace with the growing work4 ,this increase can only be reached by regular and larger contributions from the churches--the feeble as well as the strong4 #b4 ,,additional ,,buildings for our higher educational institutions1 to accommodate the increasing numbers of students2 ,,meeting ,,houses for the new churches we are organizing2 ,,more ,,ministers1 cultured and pious1 for these churches4 #c4 ,,help ,,for ,,young ,,men1 to be educated as ministers here and missionaries to ,africa--a pressing want4 ,before sending boxes1 always correspond with the nearest ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 office1 as below3 ,,new ,,york ,h4 ,w4 ,hubbard1 ,esq41 ,treasurer1 #ef ,reade ,street4 ,,boston ,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,woodworth1 ,dis't ,sec41 ,room #ba ,congregational ,house4 ,,chicago ,rev4 ,jas4 ,powell1 ,dis't ,sec41 #aab ,west ,washington ,street4 ,,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 ,,copy ,,of ,,the ,,revised ,,new ,,testament ,,free4 ,during the coming month we will send free by mail a copy of the ,revised ,edition of the ,new ,testament 7,oxford ,edition1 limp cloth1 red edges71 a very handsome book1 to any subscriber who will renew his subscription to the ,,witness now1 by sending us #a4ej by money order1 bank draft1 or registered letter4 ,even if subscription is not due until next year1 by remitting the amount now1 the subscription will be extended and the ,testament sent at once4 ,this is the edition authorized by the ,english and ,american committees1 and it contains a history of the revision and an appendix giving the list of ,american corrections which were not concurred in by the ,english committee4 ,a club of three copies of ,,witness for a year1 directed separately1 will be sent for #d remitted direct to this office1 and also three copies of this ,testament4 ,a club of six ,,gems ,,of ,,poetry for a year will be #d1 and three copies of ,revised ,new ,testament will be sent gratis with it4 ,a club of nine ,,sabbath ,,reading will be sent for a year for #d1 and three copies of ,revised ,new ,testament gratis4 ,all directed separately and all postpaid4 ,address1 ,,john ,,dougall ,,co41 ,no4 #ba ,vandewater ,street1 ,n4,y4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,biscotine4 ,a most excellent1 healthy and invigorating food for infants and invalids4 ,it is prepared from sweetened bread and other nutritious substances1 reduced to a fine powder so as to render them easily soluble in milk or water4 ,as an article of common diet for infants1 particularly those suffering from delicate constitution1 weak intestines1 or looseness of the bowels1 it will be found to give health and strength with more certainty than the crude substances now in use1 and not1 like them1 liable to sour on the stomach4 ,,delluc ,,co41 ,importing and ,dispensing 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,new ,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,our friends who are interested in the ,advertising ,department of the ,,american ,,missionary1 can aid us in this respect by mentioning1 when ordering goods1 that they saw them advertised in our ,magazine4 ,,david ,h4 ,,gildersleeve1 ,,printer1 #aja ,,chambers ,,street1 ,,new ,,york4 ,transcriber's ,notes ,obvious printer's punctuation errors and omissions corrected4 ,changed 8mcereony0 to 8ceremony0 on page #bab4 ,missing 8k0 replaced in 8,lake ,george0 on page #bbj4 ,missing 8t0 replaced in 8,ashtabula0 on page #bbj4 ,assumed 8,d0 in 8,george ,d4 ,allen0 in the ,kalamazoo entry on page #bbj4 ,missing 8i0 replaced in 8,emersonian0 in second ,mobile entry on page #bba4