,,vol4 ,,xxxv4 ,,no4 #h4 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 99 99 99 99 99 8,to the ,poor the ,gospel is ,preached40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,august1 #ahha4 ,,contents3 ,,editorial4 ,,paragraph--,the ,mendi ,mission #bbe ,,illustration--,mission ,home1 ,mendi ,mission #bbh ,,death ,,of ,,rev4 ,,kelly ,m4 ,,kemp #bcj ,,african ,,notes #bcj ,,freedmen ,,for ,,africa3 ,rev4 ,lewis ,grout #bcb ,,address ,,at ,,nashville3 ,sec'y ,strieby #bcc ,,benefactions #bcf ,,chinese ,,and ,,indian ,,notes #bcg ,,the ,,freedmen4 ,,anniversary ,,reports--,continued4 ,ga43 ,atlanta ,university #bch ,ala43 ,talladega ,college #bdj ,texas3 ,tillotson ,institute1 ,austin #bdb ,s4,c43 ,avery ,institute1 ,charleston #bdb ,ga43 ,lewis ,high ,school1 ,macon #bdc ,,the ,,chinese4 ,,anniversary ,,at ,,stockton #bde ,,woman',s ,,home ,,miss4 ,,assoc',n4 ,,twenty ,,minutes ,a-,,day ,,working ,,society #bdg ,,children',s ,,page4 ,,gracie',s ,,mistake3 ,mrs4 ,harriet ,a4 ,cheever #bdh ,,receipts #bej ,,list ,,of ,,officers #bed ,,constitution #bee ,,aim1 ,,statistics1 ,,wants1 ,,etc4 #bef 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,y4 as second-class matter4 ,illustration3 ,,map ,,of ,,protestant ,,mission ,,stations ,,in ,,africa4 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,vol4 ,,xxxv4 ,,august1 #ahha4 ,,no4 #h4 99 99 99 99 99 ,american ,missionary ,association4 99 99 99 99 99 ,we publish on the opposite page a map of ,africa1 upon which is represented1 by crosses1 the location of the different ,protestant mission stations of that continent4 ,the ,mendi ,mission on the ,west ,coast1 and the proposed ,arthington ,mission in the ,nile ,basin1 are specially indicated by dotted lines4 ,we give1 also1 elsewhere a cut of the ,mission ,home at ,good ,hope ,station1 ,mendi ,mission4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,mendi ,,mission4 ,,suggestions1 ,,with ,,extracts ,,from ,,journal4 ,,rev4 ,h4 ,m4 ,,ladd4 ,much of the mission work in ,africa1 at least upon the ,west ,coast1 has a basis in industrial work of some kind4 ,many causes have conspired to hinder this branch of civilizing work at the ,mendi ,mission4 ,without stopping to specify what these may have been1 no one can doubt that the chief reason why the saw-mill at ,avery has failed to be a source of income to the ,association1 is the difficulty of transporting the lumber to market4 ,this mill1 with a circular and an upright saw1 with a good head of water during the larger part of the year1 and with timber near at hand1 is the only mill of the kind on the ,west ,coast4 ,there is a good demand for such lumber as the mill can produce1 but the chief market is #abj miles distant4 ,no one in ,africa1 however much he might want lumber1 would be guilty of going #abj miles for it1 nor even #abj rods1 if he could help it4 ,in former times the lumber was taken to the market in a large boat1 propelled by oar and sail2 but the climate and the worms have claimed that boat as their own4 ,here is a most potent agency1 an attractive centre for goods4 ,the mill might be producing thousands of feet of lumber a day1 and yet if there were no way to carry this lumber to the point where it could be sold1 its production would only become a burden4 ,what is needed to insure the best success of the mill1 and of all the industrial departments connected with it1 is an easy and quick means of transportation4 ,this would not only make the mill a really civilizing institution and a paying piece of property1 but if a small steamer or tug-boat were thus in use1 it would more than pay its own way in the regular trips it would make1 and by the incidental services it could render to other mission stations where similar industrial work is carried on4 ,there are promises enough to insure the successful running of such a steamer4 ,it should be adapted to towing a lumber boat of large capacity to and from ,freetown1 and should also be adapted to carrying passengers up and down the rivers4 ,it would accomplish more work in a given time than any other project yet proposed on this coast1 would dispense with the small army of boatmen and fleet of boats now maintained1 and would be the solution of the question in regard to the mill4 ,but why keep up this mill8 ,why have an industrial department8 ,simply because the spiritual interests of the mission are involved in it and demand it4 ,there must be a physical basis for any successful work upon the minds and hearts of the people in this part of ,africa4 ,this has been demonstrated in other missions than our own4 ,the people need a place to tie to1 and something to draw them to that place in order to receive any lasting good4 ,they need to learn habits of industry along with the ,gospel4 ,they need to be lifted out of their barbarism by increasing their wants and showing them how to supply them4 ,these are a few of the considerations that make this industrial work a sort of entering wedge for the ,gospel4 ,the situation of things at the ,avery ,station is1 however1 such as to convince those who have considered the matter1 that the keen edge of this entering wedge must be the sharp prow of a little steamer4 ,there can be scarcely a doubt1 that the facilities afforded by such a steamer would give a much needed impetus to the whole work of the ,association upon the ,west ,coast4 ,,john ,,brown ,,memorial ,,steamer4 ,here is now an opportunity to turn to account the latent forces that lie pent up within easy reach4 ,but how shall the steamer preach its practical sermon unless it be sent8 ,some one must send it4 ,many hands make light work1 especially when they contain the contributions of willing hearts4 ,why may not the many little rills1 and springs1 and even drops of love for the colored race1 flow together and float this steamer8 ,why not send1 as some one has suggested1 old ,john ,brown1 of ,harper's ,ferry1 in a memorial steamer over to ,africa1 to carry forward in a higher sense the work of freedom which he began here1 and which shall never end till his soul has ceased its marching on8 ,about #aj1jjj are needed to furnish such a steamer as is required4 ,who will take the first #ajj share in the steamer 8,john ,brown0 soon to leave for the coast of ,africa8 ,,advance ,,to ,,the ,,interior4 ,if we may believe one-half of the glowing accounts which come to us regarding the high table-lands of the interior1 one or two hundred miles back from the coast1 the region is full of rich promises as the scene of future missionary operations4 ,it is said that the land is rich1 the country wonderfully beautiful and healthy1 the population dense1 and cattle and horses abundant4 ,there are difficulties in the way of reaching this country1 but they are not insurmountable4 ,one of our missionaries 7,mr4 ,williams71 well fitted for the work1 has pushed his way back into this region1 and reports very strongly in its favor4 ,he brought back a horse with him as corroborative evidence of his statements1 and there can be no doubt that in this healthier upland region the natives are more intelligent1 more industrious1 and every way superior1 while they are also ready to welcome any who come among them for purposes of peace4 ,our present stations upon the coast1 three in number1 furnish excellent starting points and bases of supply1 and should be maintained largely as such4 ,but it should be our aim to work back from the low1 malarious coast into these healthier and more promising highlands just as soon as the proper men and the means can be found4 ,starting from the stations already established1 it would seem to be a wise thing to locate a chain of stations within easy distances of each other1 stretching back to the mountains4 ,at these points the missionaries could reside two by two1 with mutual helpfulness and support4 ,the natives of this region talk the same general language as upon the coast4 ,they are said to be remarkably fine singers1 and are fond of music4 ,they manufacture great quantities of cloth and various other articles of a superior quality4 ,they are1 however1 reported to be the husbands of many wives1 counting their honors by the number of their wives4 ,the rivers that drain this region afford an imperfect approach to the country1 but are available for considerable distances4 ,let the means and the men be found1 and this healthier and more promising country can soon be captured for ,christ4 ,it is only a question of time4 ,this push for the interior must soon be made1 and a larger and better work must soon be inaugurated4 ,,brief ,,extracts ,,from ,,the ,,journal4 ,on ,wednesday1 ,march #bc;d1 we sighted the point of ,sierra ,leone by early dawn4 ,the country as approached from the sea is beautiful4 ,the serrated ,lion ,mountains slope to the water's edge1 covered with a luxuriance of tropical vegetation4 ,the city of ,freetown at a little distance appears comparatively well built4 ,the public buildings are large and attract immediate attention1 the streets are wide and regularly laid out2 and the whole external aspect strikes one as much finer than what is naturally expected on this coast2 but a nearer view suggests the truth of the old saying that 8,familiarity breeds contempt40 ,the stay here was short1 but into the time was crowded a variety of strange and novel experiences4 ,from this point the mission boat 8,olive ,branch0 carried us to ,good ,hope ,station1 on ,sherbro ,island1 where we landed late in the evening of ,march #cjth4 ,this trip of about one hundred and twenty miles occupied three days and two nights1 and was1 perhaps1 the most trying part of our journey4 ,we experienced several severe tornadoes on the way1 and suffered from the intense glare of the sun1 now nearly vertical1 and the difficulty of procuring proper food4 ,having reached the mission house1 we at once made ourselves as much at home as possible4 ,thursday1 ,march #cast1 we were all up at an early hour1 and went out before the intense heat of the day to inspect the grounds and buildings4 ,the fine property of the mission had evidently suffered in many ways from neglect4 ,all the buildings stood in need of repairs1 and a large portion of the grounds1 including the little cemetery where ,barnabas ,root is buried1 was overgrown with bush4 ,the spiritual condition of the church and station seemed also to bear some resemblance to its outward condition4 ,it was not hopeless1 but somewhat depressed4 ,the grounds in the immediate vicinity of the mission house gave evidence1 however1 that the missionaries had neither forgotten to exercise their taste1 nor been wasteful of the small force and slender means at their command4 ,so1 also1 the spiritual condition of the station presented some encouraging features4 ,the warm reception which ,mr4 ,kemp and his wife received on every side gave some reason to hope that the church would yet nourish under his judicious care4 ,illustration3 ,,mission ,,home1 ,,mendi ,,mission4 ,friday1 ,april #ast1 was emphatically a day of calls4 ,it had been quickly noised abroad that the new missionaries from ,america had arrived1 and many availed themselves of the first opportunity to bid them welcome to ,africa4 ,possibly a little curiosity was mingled with their politeness1 but we did not care to analyze too closely1 and were glad to see them all4 ,the people we met were generally fine looking1 of a rich1 brown color1 and not burdened by any superfluity of clothing4 ,they talked a broken ,english1 which was almost as difficult to understand as a new language4 ,to say that ,sunday1 ,april #c;d1 was a warm day would convey but a slight idea of the truth4 ,when the thermometer indicates over #ij in ,america we are apt to call it rather warm2 but a new adjective is needed to characterize ,african heat at #ij1 for it is something so entirely different from the summer broils of other countries4 ,no wonder that this is an unhealthy climate4 ,the land is low1 the water stagnant1 the air moist1 vegetation thick1 and the heat intense4 ,in the morning ,i preached in the mission church to an attentive audience on 8,the light that shineth in a dark place10 and was present at a service in the ,mendi language at the school-house in the afternoon4 ,the prayer meeting in the evening was well attended and full of interest4 ,on ,monday1 ,april #dth1 we went in the 8,olive ,branch0 to ,avery ,station1 on the ,mahna ,river1 a branch of the ,bargroo1 forty miles inland4 ,the trip took all of one night1 the boatmen rowing and keeping time to their oars with a weird1 monotonous singing all the way4 ,the inspection of the station at ,avery consumed the early morning hours of ,tuesday4 ,we visited the mill1 the boat houses1 the coffee farm1 the cassada fields1 the rice houses1 the boy's department1 the store1 the church and school-room1 and last1 but not least1 the 8faki10 or native village1 situated on the mission grounds1 and under the control of the missionary4 ,the situation of the mission house is a fine one1 but the adjacent country is wilder than at ,good ,hope4 ,the house stands on a high promontory1 and commands a very picturesque view both up and down the river4 ,this river abounds in fish and alligators1 while the banks are alive with monkeys4 ,i was up at three ,a4 ,m4 on the #gth to help receive ,mr4 ,kemp1 who arrived from ,good ,hope ,station at that hour4 ,later we visited the school together1 examined the pupils in their various branches1 and gave them a little talk1 which they seemed to enjoy4 ,some of them were honored by such names as ,wm4 ,e4 ,gladstone and ,m4 ,e4 ,strieby4 ,their appearance and behavior were very gratifying4 ,the prayer meeting in the evening was fully attended1 and indicated a marked degree of earnestness1 the leader having some difficulty to bring it to a close4 ,if hand-shaking is a means of grace1 we enjoyed special privileges at the end of this meeting4 ,i found oysters growing on trees 7,april #hth71 and plucked a large branch4 ,bread and butter also grow on trees in this strange land4 ,i had occasion to turn doctor to-day1 and prescribed some fearful doses1 right and left1 with marked results1 due probably to faith4 ,after the ordination exercises at ,good ,hope 7,april #ajth71 a number of the ministerial brethren of the council went in a boat-load to attend service at the out-station of ,debia1 and although a severe tornado threatened to break up the meeting1 we enjoyed an interesting and precious season together4 ,the work at this point is full of encouragement1 but greater facilities are needed to carry it on4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the painful news has just been received through ,rev4 ,o4 ,h4 ,white1 ,d4,d41 of ,london1 of the death of ,rev4 ,kelly ,m4 ,kemp at ,good ,hope ,station1 ,mendi ,mission4 ,thus one more bright name has been added to the long list of missionary heroes and martyrs whose dust hallows the soil of ,africa4 ,no particulars have been received1 and we cannot speak confidently as to the cause of his death4 ,those who have read the recent accounts of his ordination and reception at ,good ,hope need not be reminded of the high hopes that were entertained in regard to the work upon which he had but just entered with so much zeal4 ,mr4 ,kemp's earnest consecration and varied experience and sweet ,christian character had not only endeared him to all who knew him1 but had given rich promise also of great good to the people among whom he had counted it all joy to labor4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,african ,,notes4 --,the ,sultan of ,zanzibar is about to study the organization of the ,french navy4 ,he was expected at ,marseilles in ,july for that purpose4 --,dr4 ,stacker is attempting to explore ,lake ,tsana in ,abyssinia4 ,if he succeeds in accomplishing this he purposes to push on to ,ghera4 --,m4 ,viard1 who has already explored the ,niger and the ,bnv1 in company with the ,count of ,semell1 is just attempting a new expedition for penetrating into the interior1 and establishing there commercial stations4 --,captain ,neves ,fereira1 ,governor of ,benguela1 and some other officers1 have placed themselves at the disposition of the ,geographical ,society of ,lisbon1 for a new ,portuguese expedition from the west to the east1 upon an itinerary like that of ,serpa ,pinto4 --,p4 ,francisco ,autuses1 charged with establishing the mission of ,zoumba upon the ,zambeze1 has set out from ,lisbon for ,mozambique4 ,after studying theology and natural sciences at ,louvain1 he will devote himself to taking meteorological observations4 ,he will establish a station for this purpose at ,zoumba4 ,in a little while he will be joined by a number of ,portuguese workmen1 whom government will send there to make the necessary buildings for a commercial office4 --,the ,portuguese ,commission of ,public ,works has constructed in the ,province of ,angola a telegraphic line of #cdd kilometers from ,st4 ,paul de ,loanda to ,dondo and ,calcullo4 ,it has already rendered good service to commerce and the navigation of the ,quanza4 ,at ,dondo everything is ready to prolong the line as far as ,poungo ,andongo4 --,the ,sultan of ,zanzibar has just explored the upper country of the ,loufigi with an expedition1 the command of which was entrusted to ,m4 ,beardall1 who formerly studied the region of the ,rovouma1 and more recently has had under his care the construction of the ,dar-es-,salam road4 --,the society formed at ,sfax will establish at the most important points in the rich countries of ,haussa1 ,bornou1 ,darfour1 c41 commercial stations1 which will be at the same time scientific stations1 and between which will pass regular caravans1 well armed1 to which will be joined special men1 furnished with all necessary instruments for making topographical and meteorological surveys4 --,four ,roman ,catholic missionaries have gone to the ,baptist mission at ,san ,salvador4 ,they were brought by a ,portuguese vessel to the point where the ,congo ceases to be navigable1 and escorted from thence to ,san ,salvador by a lieutenant and a detachment of the navy4 ,they carried with them some holy water1 fire-arms1 silver vases and a golden crown1 and offered them to the ,king of ,san ,salvador from the ,king of ,portugal4 ,the king received them and returned thanks1 saying that it was the most beautiful present he had ever received4 ,he has promised his protection to the missionaries4 --,mr4 ,james ,stevenson1 ,esq41 has offered #d1jjj to the ,london ,missionary ,society and the ,livingstonia ,mission1 provided they will1 without delay1 establish stations and maintain them on the line of road between ,lake ,tanganyika and ,quilimane on the coast4 ,it is expected that merchandise will be transported over this route by steamer up the ,zambezi and ,shir to the falls of the latter river4 ,there will also be steamboat facilities on the upper ,shir and the ,nyassa lake1 leaving only about three hundred miles for the transportation of goods by porters or domestic animals in order to reach the ,tanganyika4 ,,freedmen ,,for ,,africa4 ,,rev4 ,,lewis ,,grout4 ,the ,freedmen1 properly educated1 will make capital missionaries for ,africa4 ,after a careful study of the race for thirty years--fifteen on their own ancestral shores1 and now fifteen in this land of ours--such is my conclusion concerning them4 ,they have1 naturally1 some of the best traits to fit them for mission work4 ,they are hopeful1 for one thing1 as every missionary should be4 ,during all the long years of their bondage1 and then during all the war1 how did they hope on and hope ever that deliverance would come1 till come it did6 ,they are naturally a social people4 ,getting a new idea1 a new truth1 they talk it over1 pass it on1 keep it going4 ,the missionary must be social1 if he will do the most good4 ,they are a sharp-minded1 quick-witted people4 ,for ability to read character1 make a quick turn1 a good use of passing events1 or take a good illustration from nature1 the ,africans have no superiors4 ,they are of a tropical constitution1 most happy1 healthy1 and most at home in just such a climate as that of ,africa4 ,it is their native clime--a fact whose value can neither be denied nor over-estimated4 ,now keeping all these natural qualifications in mind1 let us briefly notice some pertinent points in that most unique1 varied experience and divinely appointed discipline through which ,god1 in ,his providence1 has been causing the ,freedmen to pass for all these years1 as giving them a yet more special preparation for the great mission work ,he has in store for them4 ,first1 experience in suffering4 ,i know not how it may be with others1 but for myself ,i have come1 long since1 to think that there is no discipline in this world like that of suffering1 rightly used1 to fashion us after the image of the ,divine4 ,in this way the ,saviour himself is said to have been made perfect and fitted for ,his great redemptive work1 7,heb4 v41 #h1 #i74 ,and when1 in olden time1 ,god would make choice of a people to be conservators and propagators of ,his truth in the world for ages1 how did ,he prepare them for their mission8 ,not by sending them to college1 but by sending them down into ,egypt2 and there1 for long generations1 did ,he keep them in bondage1 and then for other long years in wanderings in the wilderness1 till ,he had fitted them for ,his work1 and ground into them a character which all the fiction of the ages has not yet ground out of them4 ,so with the people of whom we speak--what an experience have they had in suffering6 ,surely1 ,god must have in store for them some great and wondrous mission1 for which ,he has intended this experience to be both presage and preparation4 ,then notice the discipline they have had as soldiers in the camp1 on the march1 on guard1 in the battle1 shoulder to shoulder with our men1 sons1 brothers1 fathers1 bravely fighting for the ,union1 that they might know what war is1 and what it sometimes costs to secure liberty and save a nation from anarchy and ruin4 ,see1 too1 what experience and discipline they are getting in civil and political life1 in the use of the ballot1 in the forming and reconstructing of states1 in the framing of constitutions1 in making and executing laws1 in all the varied and complicated duties of citizens1 magistrates1 judges and rulers1 that they may know how laws1 states and nations are made and sustained1 and so be prepared to go and plant these institutions and principles in the land of their fathers4 ,and then1 last and best of all1 what an experience are they getting in the work of organizing and running ,christian schools and pure churches among their own people1 under the lead of our teachers and preachers in the ,south1 that they may be prepared to do this same blessed work in that dark land which is so imploringly calling to them1 as her own sons and daughters1 to come with the school and the church to her help4 ,i love to look at the work of the ,american ,missionary ,association in this ,divine light4 ,i love to come up in this way upon these highlands of ,god's movements in ,africa1 and among her sons on our shores in this our day1 and to get1 as ,i think ,i can1 in this way1 some good look at the sweep and the purpose of ,his providence in the otherwise strange revolutions through which ,africa1 the ,africans1 and we ourselves are so swiftly passing4 ,and now1 what is wanting to bring this divinely planned enterprise to a speedy and glorious consummation1 but that we do all come quick and glad into line with ,god8--that the ,freedmen1 the ,american ,missionary ,association1 all its noble constituency of churches1 the whole rank and file of ,god's ,american army1 tread firm and true to the music of ,his providence8 ,so shall be generously furnished the men and the means ,he now asks1 by which to hasten1 in ,his time1 the redemption of ,africa unto ,himself4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,address ,,at ,,nashville1 ,,at ,,the ,,laying ,,of ,,the ,,corner-,,stone ,,of ,,livingstone ,,missionary ,,hall4 ,,by ,,secretary ,,strieby4 ,as we are about to lay the corner-stone of a new school building1 it is proper that ,i should answer the question1 ,why do we come down from the ,north to erect these buildings in the ,south8 ,before answering the question1 ,i may say that if we come at all1 it is not strange that we should select so beautiful a spot as this for a location2 nor that we should come to ,nashville1 for there seems to be some sort of educational lodestone that attracts schools to this city4 ,joshua conquered a ,moabite city called ,kirjath-sepher1 which scholars tell us means 8,book ,city40 ,what could have given it that title in that remote era1 whether the possession of one book or several books1 when letters had probably not long been invented1 must remain forever a mystery4 ,so when ,macaulay's ,new ,zealander1 after having meditated on the ruins of ,london ,bridge1 shall come to this spot and meditate upon the ruins here1 or when some ,layard or ,cesnola or ,schliemann shall dig down deep into their foundations1 this place may be denominated the 8,school ,city20 for at the earliest date of the settlement of ,nashville1 good schools were formed1 and now the hill-tops are crowned and the streets are adorned with schools of the highest character4 ,nor are these for the white race alone4 ,the ,methodist ,central ,tennessee ,college1 the ,baptist ,normal and ,theological ,institute1 and neither last nor least1 ,fisk ,university1 crowning these heights1 attest the interest taken in the ,christian education of the colored race4 ,but why do we come here from the ,north to build these buildings8 ,first1 we come as fellow-citizens1 who have shared in the agony of the late civil conflict1 at the bottom of which lay negro slavery1 and for which ,north and ,south were responsible1 though it may be in different degrees4 ,in the piping hot days of the anti-slavery contest1 the ,evangelical ,alliance met in ,london4 ,an ,english gentleman took the platform and delivered a scathing rebuke to ,america for slavery4 ,dr4 ,cox1 our most celebrated off-hand orator of that day1 took the floor1 saying that of course ,america had her view as to who was responsible for negro slavery in ,america1 whether ,britons or ,americans2 8but10 said he1 8,i propose to take one corner of the mantle1 and let the brother who has just spoken take the other corner1 and we will walk backwards and throw it over the originator of negro slavery in ,america40 ,we come as fellow-citizens in a like spirit1 ready to throw the mantle of charity over the past4 ,but emancipation has introduced a new element4 ,the ex-slaves need ,christian education and elevation1 and we come as ,christian brethren and say to our friends at the ,south3 ,we will take one corner of the mantle of ,christian education1 if you will take the other1 and we will go forward1 with our faces lifted to ,heaven1 and will throw that mantle over the emancipated slaves4 ,this is the work we propose to do in the ,south1 and wise and candid men both ,north and ,south are beginning to realize that the education of the negro race is the paramount duty of the nation to it4 ,presidents ,hayes and ,garfield have voiced the feelings of the ,north on this subject1 while ,col4 ,preston and ,dr4 ,ruffner of ,virginia1 ,sen4 ,brown and ,pres4 ,haygood of ,georgia1 have nobly re-echoed the sentiment from the ,south4 ,this ,association goes farther than mere intellectual education4 ,it believes that the ,christian element lies at the foundation of all true character1 and that character is the basis of all true manhood and citizenship4 ,it has been the aim of this ,association not merely to lift up the individual1 but to apply the levers to the elevation of the mass1 and hence it has founded in every large ,southern ,state1 schools fitted for the training of teachers1 preachers and missionaries of the colored race4 ,at ,hampton1 where the first slave-ship entered the continent1 in the same year in which the ,pilgrims landed on ,plymouth ,rock1 the ,association opened the first ,freedman's school in these ,united ,states4 ,under the energetic administration of ,gen4 ,armstrong1 ,hampton ,institute1 with its broad lands1 its large and commodious buildings1 its steam-engine and multiplied mechanical employments1 gives educational and industrial training to its large company of students1 graduating about fifty pupils each year1 ninety per cent4 of whom go into the ,state as teachers1 carrying with them1 into the school1 the ,sunday-school1 the prayer-meeting and the church a healthful ,christian influence2 while the noble old state of ,virginia responds to the effort by a gift of #aj1jjj a year for the support of the school4 ,atlanta ,university1 with its two commodious buildings1 and another soon to be added1 imparts a higher range of teaching1 including classic instruction to its pupils1 and the state of ,georgia responds with its gift of #h1jjj a year4 ,if you would see what is done at ,fisk ,university1 look around you and examine the classes under instruction in ,jubilee ,hall4 ,but time would fail me to speak of ,talladega1 ,ala42 ,tougaloo1 ,miss42 ,straight ,university1 ,new ,orleans2 ,tillotson ,institute1 ,austin1 ,texas2 and of the other schools1 normal1 grammar and primary1 which the ,association sustains4 ,from all these institutions we believe there are pupils now engaged in teaching1 who have under their care #bjj1jjj children1 and that there are pastors in churches that we have founded1 and in others not under our care1 whom we have prepared to be intelligent and faithful preachers of the ,gospel in this land and in ,africa4 ,we believe that the providence of ,god is bringing to pass a wonderful combination of discovery in ,africa and of ,christian education among the ,freedmen1 that is to have an immeasurable influence on the long neglected races of the ,dark ,continent4 ,in these efforts for the colored people1 we do not wish to make them vain nor to pauperize them4 ,we believe our efforts have led thus far to neither of these results4 ,the scholars going from our schools are not troubled with what is so aptly called the 8big head10 and my observation shows that around our schools and others like them the colored people are inclined more than anywhere else to buy land1 build houses and make comfortable ,christian homes4 ,our purpose in erecting these buildings1 in addition to the good that is done to the scholars under immediate instruction1 is to inspire hope in the whole race4 ,and we are doing it4 ,a good colored deacon in one of our churches said that he expected no greater change to come over him when he entered ,heaven than came over his race when the doors of the school-house were opened to it4 ,in the prosecution of this1 our great work1 we have spent over #c1jjj1jjj1 and to secure that sum we have had providential helpers4 ,first on the roll and steadiest in the ranks are the ,christian friends at the ,north and in ,great ,britain1 whose firm support has been the stability of our efforts4 ,we mention also the ,freedmen's ,bureau1 with its large and wise distribution of ,government funds for educational purposes4 ,this ,bureau has not been popular at the ,south2 but we believe the time will yet come when our ,southern friends will learn to appreciate the work of ,gen4 ,howard1 the head of this ,bureau1 and of ,gen4 ,fisk1 who administered so wisely and impartially for both races the ,bureau work in this and adjoining ,states4 ,the ,jubilee ,singers need no eulogy in this presence2 their monument stands before us in ,jubilee ,hall2 yet no list of the providential helpers of this ,association1 and especially of ,fisk ,university1 could be complete without their names4 ,and last1 but not least1 mention must be made of the noble generosity of ,mrs4 ,valeria ,g4 ,stone1 attested not only in the gift of #fj1jjj1 which is to build ,livingstone ,hall1 whose corner-stone we lay to-day1 but in like gifts throughout the land4 ,god rejoices in the coming spring1 when the frozen ground and the ice-covered streams give place to the springing grass and the budding leaves1 coming forth to adorn and beautify the earth and to presage the approaching harvests4 ,and so1 without presumption1 may ,his child1 the giver of the bounty which rears this building1 be permitted to rejoice as it sends forth its annual company of students1 trained and adorned for a useful life that shall gladden and bless the world4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,vicksburg ,herald1 rebuking a narrow-minded correspondent1 says3 8,we are heartily in favor of the ,south from the ,potomac to the ,rio ,grande being thoroughly and permanently ,yankeeized4 ,yankee energy1 ,yankee schools1 ,yankee cultivation1 ,yankee railroads and ,yankee capital are badly needed in the ,south1 and will be welcomed by every ,southern progressive patriot40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,benefactions4 --,john ,p4 ,howard1 of ,burlington1 has given #ej1jjj to the ,university of ,vermont--the largest individual gift ever made to the institution4 --,the ,hon4 ,robert ,h4 ,pruyn1 of ,albany1 ,n4,y41 has offered to give #ajj1jjj toward the general endowment of ,rutgers ,college1 ,new ,brunswick1 ,n4,j41 provided the remaining trustees contribute #djj1jjj4 --,dr4 ,hoffman1 ,dean of the ,faculty of the ,general ,protestant ,episcopal ,theological ,seminary of ,new ,york1 with his family1 has given #ge1jjj toward the endowment of that institution4 --,mr4 ,john ,r4 ,buchtel1 of ,acton1 ,ohio1 has added #ge1jjj to his gifts to the ,buchtel ,college1 making the entire amount about #bjj1jjj4 --,mr4 ,wharton has given #ajj1jjj to the ,wharton ,school of ,finance and ,economy in connection with the ,university of ,pennsylvania4 --,a benevolent lady has given #c1jjj to ,lincoln ,university for the erection of a tabernacle for the accommodation of visitors on anniversary occasions4 --,a lady1 who does not wish her name published1 has just given #ajj1jjj to ,princeton ,theological ,seminary4 --,winthrop ,hillyer1 of ,northampton1 has given #ce1jjj to ,smith ,college for an art building4 --,fisk ,university1 ,nashville1 ,tenn41 has ,jubilee ,hall completed and over-flowing with students1 and is now erecting ,livingstone ,missionary ,hall1 by the gift of ,mrs4 ,stone2 but endowments are the great necessity4 ,twenty-five thousand dollars will provide for a professorship1 and there are seven such needing endowment4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,chinese ,,notes4 --,chicago has fourteen naturalized ,chinamen4 --,dr4 ,chalmers reports that the native church in ,hong ,kong has increased in numbers from #hc to #baf during the decade1 although1 during the same period1 no fewer than #gg members have removed to other parts of ,china1 or have gone abroad4 --,the girl's school in ,shanghai1 under the auspices of the ,london ,missionary ,society1 numbers #ajj scholars4 ,a female missionary is employed at this point1 who devotes her time to work among the women4 ,two ladies are also employed with marked success in the same branch of work at ,hong ,kong4 --,a ,consul of the ,english ,government in ,china1 writing from ,chefoo1 says3 8,a great change has come over all classes in regard to ,christianity2 it has made vast strides in the land1 in spite of the fewness of the missionaries2 and whether we are inclined to rejoice in or deplore the fact1 the spread of ,christianity is inevitable40 --,it is an interesting evidence of the growing power of ,christianity in ,japan that the people feel it necessary to bolster themselves up by mutual pledges so that they may be kept from becoming ,christians4 ,a ,japanese paper reports that a number of citizens of ,kioto1 grieved at the rapid spread of the new religion1 have established a society in which each member binds himself by solemn oaths never to embrace the ,christian faith4 ,any member who disregards his vows will be ostracized4 ,men would not so set themselves did they not feel the power of the current4--,missionary ,herald4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,indian ,,notes4 --,at ,hampton there are seventy-nine ,indian students1 representing sixteen different tribes4 --,chief-elect ,wildcat1 a ,shawnee boy1 in the middle class at ,hampton1 is improving his spare time by compiling a small ,english-,indian dictionary4 ,he says that his tribe has no such book1 and one is greatly needed4 --,in the ,british possessions it is estimated that the total ,indian population is less than one-tenth of the number found by the first ,european settlers4 --,rev4 ,john ,sunday1 an ,indian preacher at ,hamilton1 ,ont41 is reported to have closed a recent address with the following language3 8,there is a gentleman who1 ,i suppose1 is now in this house4 ,he is a very fine gentleman1 but a very modest one4 ,he does not like to show himself at these meetings4 ,i do not know how long it is since ,i have seen him1 he comes out so little4 ,i am very much afraid that he sleeps a good deal of his time1 when he ought to be out doing good4 ,his name is ,gold4 ,mr4 ,gold1 are you here to-night1 or are you sleeping in your iron chest8 ,come out1 ,mr4 ,gold1 come out and help us do this great work1 to preach the ,gospel to every creature4 ,ah1 ,mr4 ,gold1 you ought to be ashamed of yourself to sleep so much in your iron chest4 ,look at your white brother1 ,mr4 ,silver2 he does a great deal of good while you are sleeping4 ,come out1 ,mr4 ,gold4 ,look1 too1 at your little brown brother1 ,mr4 ,copper2 he is everywhere4 ,your poor little brown brother is running about1 doing all that he can to help us4 ,why don't you come out1 ,mr4 ,gold8 ,well1 if you won't show yourself1 send us your shirt1 that is1 a bank note4 ,that is all ,i have to say40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,freedmen4 ,,rev4 ,,joseph ,e4 ,,roy1 ,d4,d41 ,,field ,,superintendent1 ,,atlanta1 ,,ga4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,anniversary ,,reports--,,continued4 ,atlanta ,university4 ,,prof4 ,,horace ,,bumstead1 ,d4,d4 ,anniversary exercises are apt to afford but meagre indication of the real work accomplished by any school4 ,to those of us who know the work of ,atlanta ,university1 such exercises seem especially inadequate to the faithful telling of what is being done here4 ,when our good ,christian friend1 ,philander ,veryrich1 hints that he is ready to come down here with a hundred thousand dollars in each pocket1 to be emptied out wherever they will do the most good1 ,i shall not especially urge his attendance upon our ,commencement exercises4 ,i shall ask him to spend with us either the first or the last ,sunday evening of the school year4 ,i shall beg him to preserve a strict incognito1 and allow me to conceal him outside one of the windows1 or behind one of the doors of our assembly room1 with a peep-hole conveniently arranged4 ,if it is the last ,sunday evening before the vacation1 he will hear many of the scholars speak with grateful appreciation of what the year's work has done for them1 and with enthusiastic hope of what they mean to do for others during their summer's work of teaching4 ,the members of the graduating class will recall their experience of six or seven or eight years in the ,institution1 and tell what a home it has been to them1 and how much of what they have acquired in the training of mind and character is due to the ,christian home influence of the school4 ,if it is the first ,sunday evening of the new school year1 our benevolent friend will hear many of these same scholars tell of their summer's work--how they have succeeded in some things and failed in others2 what they have done in ,sunday-school and temperance work2 what obstacles they have met and conquered2 what increasing favor they have found in the communities where they have labored4 ,at either of these ,sunday evening family gatherings 7for such they are71 ,i think our visiting friend will be struck with the simple straightforward way in which our scholars express themselves1 with the extremely limited amount of what is sometimes called 8gush10 and with the clear revelation which will be made to him that before1 behind1 around1 and underneath everything else1 the development of a thoroughly ,christian character1 and of a true manhood and womanhood1 is the all-absorbing purpose of our work4 ,but ,i am stultifying myself in trying to convey an impression of these gatherings to others4 ,even to our own corps of workers here1 they come1 twice a year1 almost as a surprise and as a most inspiring revelation to ourselves of what ,god is permitting us to do4 ,and still1 however inadequate1 our anniversary exercises have been full of interest1 and have revealed much to those who have visited us for the first time4 ,the ,baccalaureate sermon was preached ,june #abth1 by our college pastor1 ,rev4 ,cyrus ,w4 ,francis1 from #ast ,tim4 i4 #ai1 8,holding faith and a good conscience20 and it was an earnest plea for the supremacy of the higher motives in the ,christian warfare upon which the graduates were about to enter4 ,three days of public examinations followed1 each day's session being concluded by an exercise in music and light gymnastics4 ,on the last day there was a display of what our girls have learned in the way of head-making4 ,the walls of the front hall and one of the stairways were covered with specimens of the students' drawing and map-making1 indicating great progress in this department during the year4 ,the normal work also has been making a decided advance4 ,it is evident that those of us who teach the ,greek1 ,latin and other higher branches will have to look well to our laurels4 ,fewer visitors to the school ask to hear the classics translated2 more wish to see how the three ,r's are taught4 ,no exercise of the examination days riveted the attention of our friends more firmly than the exercise in teaching one of the grammar-school grades1 by one of the members of the senior normal class1 with following criticisms from the other members of the class4 ,however1 we classical instructors rejoice in all this1 for we know that hereafter we shall have better equipped pupils for grappling with ,xenophon and ,cicero4 ,it ought to be mentioned here that one of the most valuable exercises of our winter term this year was a three days' ,teachers' ,institute1 in which all the teachers and scholars participated1 and in which much light was thrown upon the improved methods of teaching1 now attracting such wide attention4 ,a further impetus was given to thought and effort in this direction by the visit of our friend1 the ,rev4 ,a4 ,d4 ,mayo1 co-editor of the ,journal of ,education1 whose four lectures and one sermon before our students1 and whose private talk and counsel with our teachers on certain phases of our work1 will not soon be forgotten4 ,a very large audience1 as usual1 packed the ,friendship ,baptist church on ,thursday1 to listen to the essays of eleven of the graduating class1 and to the address of the invited orator of the day4 ,five young men and twelve young women received the diplomas of the school4 ,the ,commencement address was delivered by ,rev4 ,atticus ,g4 ,haygood1 ,d4,d41 ,president of ,emory ,college at ,oxford1 in this ,state4 ,those who are now reading his recently published book1 8,our ,brother in ,black10 will not need to be told that his address was listened to with the greatest pleasure and approval by all who were present4 ,it was a plain1 forcible and thoroughly wholesome presentation of some of the ways in which the true greatness of the ,state must be secured1 and the relation thereto of education and of such institutions as ours4 ,dr4 ,haygood represents1 most nobly1 that rapidly multiplying element among the ,southern people which believes in the motto1 8,look up and not down1 out and not in1 forward and not backward1 and lend a hand40 ,may his tribe increase4 ,one of the most excellent features of the address was1 as one auditor suggested1 the fact that it would have been just as appropriate for delivery before the ,athens 7,state7 ,university as before the ,atlanta ,university4 ,the ,alumni meeting1 ,thursday afternoon1 brought together a goodly number of the graduates of former years4 ,the spirit of the remarks made at this gathering gives1 every year1 an increasing assurance of the stability and self-propagating character of the work in which we are engaged4 ,the report of the ,visiting ,committee1 appointed by the ,governor of the ,state1 has just been published4 ,it furnishes renewed evidence of the growing favor which our work is meeting with among the people of ,georgia4 ,the remarks made to the school on the last day of the examinations1 by ,rev4 ,mr4 ,wilkes1 the chairman of the sub-committee1 who prepared this report1 were full of good sense and kindly feeling4 ,the speaker told of his life-long service as a teacher1 and how it had begun with the instruction of a little colored boy1 his father's slave1 in the safe seclusion of the corn-crib1 in the days when such teaching was a criminal offense4 ,none who heard him could doubt the entire sincerity of his words of sympathy and encouragement4 ,it is astonishing how rapidly and widely the work of ,atlanta ,university is coming to be appreciated4 ,among the applications for teachers which have lately been received1 have been several from county school commissioners1 who say1 in substance1 8,the teachers we have met with from your ,institution are of such a quality that we desire now to supply all our schools from the same source40 ,let our friends at the ,north take courage4 ,their investments1 so far1 are bearing compound interest at a high rate4 ,when these lines reach the eyes of the readers of the ,,missionary1 some ten thousand children1 all over this great ,state1 will be gathered under the instruction of our pupils4 ,next ,october we shall get the reports of this work4 ,as soon as our friend1 ,philander ,veryrich1 will send me his address1 ,i will give him the date of the ,sunday evening gathering1 from which he can learn more about our work than from whole volumes of the ,,american ,,missionary4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,talladega ,,college4 ,,mrs4 ,,thos4 ,n4 ,,chase4 ,after following with tender anxiety so many classes through their graduating exercises at ,atlanta1 it has been very pleasant for me1 this year1 to witness the closing exercises of two similar ,institutions4 ,this one at ,talladega ,i have been urged to report for the ,,missionary4 ,the sermon before the graduating class was preached by ,pres4 ,h4 ,s4 ,de ,forest upon the worth of the soul4 ,his eloquent review of the grand geologic ages told of the greater grandeur of ,him for whom they were prepared4 ,his allusions to the soul's capacity to think1 feel and choose1 to its immortality and cost of redemption1 must have brought to the class an overwhelming sense of their responsibility4 ,in closing1 they were asked to remember that what a man may be is infinitely more than what he can sell himself to get4 ,the ,missionary ,society had the promise of an address on ,sunday evening by ,dr4 ,g4 ,b4 ,willcox1 of ,chicago ,theological ,seminary4 ,a telegram announcing his sickness was throwing its shadow over us1 when1 as unexpectedly1 ,rev4 ,h4 ,m4 ,ladd dropped in upon us1 only a few days home from ,africa4 ,he hastened ,south to catch the last days of ,talladega and ,atlanta sessions1 hoping to find recruits for ,african missions4 ,on ,monday the examinations began4 ,this ,institution is fortunate in having an excellent primary school in the building4 ,it is a constant object lesson to the little army of teachers who go out every summer to teach just such children1 and also dignifies primary work1 which1 in spite of ,frbel1 ,pestalozzi and the truly wise and good everywhere1 is too often considered of minor importance4 ,the principal of the intermediate department has remarkable ability in bringing her pupils up to her high standard of excellence4 ,in the rear of her school-room is a power for good which is inestimable4 ,it consists in a long1 low table with seats4 ,on it are fastened1 by a very simple contrivance1 interesting and instructive illustrated papers and magazines1 which the children are allowed to read after lessons are prepared4 ,in an age when the best literature floods our land in such cheap forms that the humblest need never thirst1 what nobler philanthropy than to allure these often worse than homeless children on to an early taste for good reading8 ,the normal work and classes in natural science are in charge of a graduate lately from ,beloit ,college and ,whitewater ,normal ,school4 ,the classical department is in charge of an ,olivet graduate1 whose three years here have proved him invaluable4 ,a most interesting acquisition to the corps of teachers is a scientific farmer1 a graduate of ,massachusetts ,agricultural ,college4 ,to enjoy the delicious vegetables from his garden is enough to convert a sceptic in scientific agriculture4 ,it really looks as though1 under his skill1 these unsightly acres of red clay were1 in time1 to blossom as the rose4 ,the joy and pride of this ,institution1 however1 is its theological department1 and well it may be4 ,its class of eleven were examined two hours of one of their hot days1 and nobody seemed weary4 ,the clear1 simple topics1 recited in such an interesting1 lucid style1 tolerated no hovering fog1 that ,i had supposed always1 more or less1 mystified a recitation in systematic theology4 ,the accuracy of their knowledge in ,bible history1 too1 was wonderful4 ,none but a born teacher could have secured such results from a class of that grade of scholarship4 ,classes in geometry and rhetoric told unmistakably of thorough work4 ,we were entertained1 ,monday evening1 by prize speaking and essay reading2 ,tuesday evening1 by an interesting account of ,mr4 ,ladd's ,african experience1 in place of the expected address by ,dr4 ,willcox2 ,wednesday evening1 by the ordination of two candidates2 ,thursday evening1 by a musical concert4 ,there are a few rare voices here that vocal training would develop into marvellous sweetness4 ,thursday was graduating day1 and as the class was much smaller than usual1 five young men from the preparatory department gave orations4 ,they were all excellent in matter and delivery4 ,their effect would have been more pleasing1 however1 had there been a greater variety of subjects or of treatment4 ,doubtless1 in the depths of these students' hearts1 no subjects are so momentous as 8,the curse of ,canaan20 8,cannot we1 too1 become great men80 8,the ballot10 etc4 ,but what has pleased me here more than anything else1 however1 is the excellent spirit manifested by the students in the family4 ,there is1 especially among the young men1 an earnestness of purpose shown that is simply grand4 ,possibly it is1 in part1 owing to the fact that so many are from the country1 schooled by hard work1 away from the follies of city life4 ,there is here no airing of exquisite broadcloth nor swinging of fancy canes4 ,all are respectful1 unassuming1 and possessed of a modesty that seems to reach beneath their delightful demeanor and give them a true estimate of their abilities4 ,at family devotions1 the last morning before the school separated1 one of the graduates led us in prayer4 ,i cannot think that the thought and tones of that prayer will ever leave me4 ,the ear of the ,omnipotent must have heard those pathetic pleadings that his fellow-students might be sustained by the ,everlasting ,arms as they took up their heavy burdens1 often in the midst of terrible temptations4 ,we who send out these large numbers of young men and women to reach the masses1 feel the need of your prayers and sympathies2 but how much more do these young and inexperienced ones1 as they go out to battle with ignorance1 envy1 intemperance and every form of vice6 ,we never realize how great our hopes are for them till we occasionally get a great shock by the death of one1 or the overcoming and fall of another4 ,we reach but a few4 ,surely our work and the entire ,southern work of the ,american ,missionary ,association centres in those who go out to reach the millions4 ,if they fail1 we have failed4 ,how important that we hold up such a high standard of character1 that they shall be beacon lights instead of tapers that shall soon go out in the darkness4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,tillotson ,,institute1 ,,austin1 ,,texas4 7,from the ,daily ,statesman7 ,tillotson ,institute is presided over by the ,rev4 ,w4 ,e4 ,brooks1 a gentleman of evident ,christian piety1 an accomplished scholar1 and a man thoroughly impressed with the dignity and importance of his trust4 ,professor ,brooks is ably assisted in the educational part of his work by ,miss ,hunt1 an experienced and successful teacher of the young1 as her class examinations1 conducted at the ,institute on the #ith inst41 fully demonstrated2 the boys and girls1 in the careful and prolonged examinations to which they were subjected by their teachers and the visitors present1 displaying an accuracy of information and a fullness of understanding highly commendable to themselves1 and a just source of pride to their faithful and efficient teachers4 ,the examination in ,english grammar1 including analysis and parsing1 was excellent1 as was that also in geography4 ,the result of the examination in arithmetic1 algebra and ,latin showed an uncommon proficiency on the part of the students1 considering the fact that they have been at this school and under this training scarcely more than six months4 ,president ,brooks has the real welfare of his pupils at heart1 and is educating them in a practical as well as theoretical way4 ,he is teaching them how to become useful and honorable men and women1 and his labors have the cordial approval of all our best citizens4 ,president ,brooks is so much gratified with his success thus far that he visits the ,north shortly1 hoping to get further aid in establishing this school1 and proposes1 if his expectations are realized1 to add a mechanical and agricultural department to his present course of instruction4 ,the school closed with an attendance of one hundred and seven pupils4 ,this under-taking is a very praiseworthy one1 and will1 we doubt not1 meet with the encouragement it most certainly deserves4 ,in ,virginia1 ,tennessee and ,louisiana these schools for the colored youth are attracting the attention and securing the liberal approval of the legislatures and public men of those states1 and so it will be here4 ,we noticed among the many visitors present at the examination1 ,gov4 ,pease1 ,rev4 ,mr4 ,wright1 ,judge ,fulmore1 ,mr4 ,a4 ,p4 ,wooldridge1 ,profs4 ,winn and ,johnson1 all of whom expressed themselves highly gratified with the success of the school4 ,we recommend to our people who take an interest in education to visit this ,institution4 ,they can be assured of a polite and hospitable welcome1 and most of them will be surprised and pleased to see what a superior school and school building we have in our midst4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,avery ,,institute1 ,,charleston4 ,the school year at ,avery ,institute closed ,thursday1 ,june #cj1 the last three days being given to public exercises4 ,tuesday was 8examination day40 ,i wish you all could see the school as it looked that morning from the rostrum4 ,the bright eager eyes1 the earnest faces1 the neat appropriate style of dress1 and the respectful scholar-like behavior of the students1 even the tiniest ones1 are a strong contrast to the appearance of the street children4 ,you suppose our scholars belong to a better class than the street children8 ,to be sure they do2 but these same lower classes may become respectable1 and have much more to encourage them to rise1 than those had who have already struggled up4 ,the visitors were1 of course1 friends of the school and of the scholars1 and they said many kind and appreciative things about the school and the recitations they heard4 ,we tried to make the examinations strictly honest4 ,every scholar was given a chance1 as far as possible1 to show what he had done in every study he had pursued2 and to take the words of those who visited the different classes1 the result was satisfactory4 ,wednesday was 8children's day10 when the little ones in the lower rooms gave the entertainment1 and the older scholars attended as guests1 with other friends of the small entertainers4 ,the affair was very child-like and pretty4 ,the recitations and dialogues were such as the children could appreciate2 the songs bright1 airy little things2 and the singing a half-shy dainty rippling of very sweet music4 ,through all there was no appearance of the 8,now-all-are-looking-at-me0 feeling that sometimes makes children's exhibitions such pitiful things4 ,on ,thursday was the ,anniversary4 ,the course of study having been extended one year1 there was no graduating class4 ,the exercises consisted of essays by members of the upper classes1 the recitation of a few poems1 one or two dialogues1 and music4 ,the music was very good1 the dialogues natural1 the recitations well chosen and well spoken1 that entitled 8,mona's ,water0 being very strongly rendered2 but the most interesting part of this entertainment was the essays4 ,three prizes had been offered1 and three gentlemen of the city acted as judges1 to decide on the merits of the different essays4 ,all were called good1 and with reason4 ,those of the youngest class in essay writing were delightfully child-like1 natural and original4 ,that on 8,intemperance10 to which the prize was awarded1 had besides a strong-hearted earnestness and depth of thought that were surprising4 ,the essays of the middle class showed more mature thought1 or1 perhaps1 a reaching out towards mature thought--a calm looking forward and trying to prepare for earnest living4 ,the prize in this class came to the essay entitled1 8,we ,learn not for ,school1 but for ,life40 ,the essays of the upper class seemed to have for a key-note a sentiment we always find among the best of our people here1 when we get at their hearts and hopes and aspirations--the elevation of their race4 ,do not think there was any sameness in these essays4 ,each reached this thought in a different way4 ,it gleamed out in 8,everything was ,made to be ,happy20 it made itself felt as one of the foundations of 8,progress20 and it formed the crown of the prize essay1 8,nothing ,great is ,lightly ,won10 when1 after brave words calling to action1 it closed with the quotation from ,longfellow's 8,psalm of ,life30 8,lives of great men all remind us1 ,we may make our lives sublime10 etc41 leaving one with the thought that helping others is the best and greatest work here1 and that our lives must be right towards ,god if we would really help4 ,in the evening of this same day the ,normal exhibition was held4 ,every part of the programme was well executed4 ,c4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,lewis ,,high ,,school4 ,,rev4 ,s4 ,e4 ,,lathrop1 ,,macon1 ,,ga4 ,the closing examinations occupied nearly two days1 ,may #cast and ,june #ast4 ,the attendance of parents and other visitors was larger than at any previous occasion for some years past1 showing perhaps an increasing interest in educational matters4 ,most of the older scholars 7about fifteen of them7 had left previously to teach country schools2 but the classes which were examined acquitted themselves remarkably well4 ,the questioning by the teachers threw them upon their own resources1 and proved the excellent instruction they have had4 ,the noticeable quickness and readiness of answer1 and the mastery of each branch of study1 showed that they have been trained to think for themselves1 and not merely to learn by rote4 ,in reading1 geography1 history1 grammar1 composition1 arithmetic1 algebra1 natural philosophy1 and other branches1 the scholars showed very commendable proficiency1 and again answered the often-answered question1 8,can the negro learn80 ,one thing highly commended by all the visitors1 and an important feature of the instruction1 was the constant use of writing4 ,the scholars spell out their lessons by writing on slate or black-board4 ,they frequently prepare written compositions or reviews of lessons in grammar and geography1 and in many ways are taught to express in written characters the thoughts drawn from their studies4 ,thus the facts are firmly fixed in mind1 and they learn also by the same process to write1 spell1 capitalize1 punctuate and compose4 ,some of the exercises written as ordinary lessons displayed handsome penmanship4 ,several leading white citizens attended the exercises1 and expressed themselves as being much pleased4 ,among them were ,professor ,williams1 principal of the ,state ,asylum for the ,blind1 located here1 a firm friend of negro education2 and ,professor ,link1 a professional teacher of many years' experience1 who said1 significantly1 in private3 8,i attend all the white schools1 and ,i don't see any difference0--which is quite an admission for a native ,southerner4 ,there was also ,rev4 ,j4 ,w4 ,burke1 a leading ,methodist ,episcopal clergyman1 publisher and assistant editor of the ,wesleyan ,christian ,advocate1 well known as an excellent ,christian man and a true friend of the negro4 ,all the visitors showed decided interest and pleasure4 ,a violent rain-storm arising in the afternoon doubtless kept away many who would have attended4 ,the literary exercises were held in the church at #d p4 m41 ,june #ast1 in the presence of a large and attentive audience4 ,the school1 marching in to organ music1 were massed together upon the pulpit platform1 one tier above another1 making a very striking and memorable group4 ,as ,i looked into the bright eyes and smiling faces of all shades of color1 from jet black to almost pure white1 and noted the neat1 tasty dress1 and the beaming of intelligence from the animated features1 and remembered the thoroughness of the examination they had passed1 ,i looked back to another scene1 sixteen years ago1 when1 as a soldier in ,general ,wilson's cavalry1 we took possession of this city1 and heard the rumors of peace confirmed1 just at the end of the long and bloody war4 ,that was my first sight of the negroes of ,macon4 ,then they were uncouth1 ragged1 ignorant and untrained2 but now what a change6 ,i thanked ,god and took courage4 ,as the school stood in this grouped position1 they sang beautifully the song 8,our ,motto10 in which the chorus of each verse was 8,be faithful1 firm and true40 ,then repeating together the ,twenty-third ,psalm1 and chanting the ,lord's ,prayer1 they took their seats in the body of the church1 and the literary programme went on4 ,the reading of selections and compositions1 the declamations and music1 were all well rendered4 ,the singing was especially deserving of notice1 as1 on account of the severe illness of ,miss ,raynor1 the music teacher1 the scholars were deprived of their accustomed organ accompaniment and musical leadership4 ,but they had been well trained1 and acquitted themselves with much credit to their teacher and themselves4 ,a song entitled 8,the ,farmer's ,boy10 with a whistling chorus1 was especially well sung and whistled4 ,the senior class sang a parting song1 and the benediction by ,rev4 ,j4 ,w4 ,burke at #f ,p4 ,m4 closed the arduous and successful year's work of the school4 ,during the year there have been #afb pupils enrolled4 ,miss ,c4 ,h4 ,gilbert1 who has been principal for the past three years1 is a very successful and experienced instructor1 and deserves great credit for the thoroughness and progress of the school4 ,the assistants1 ,misses ,j4 ,a4 ,raynor and ,c4 ,m4 ,park1 have also done faithful and valuable work4 ,the school has almost outgrown its present quarters1 and much needs increased accommodations4 ,the daily ,macon ,telegraph and ,messenger published full and eulogistic reports of the closing exercises4 ,mrs4 ,elizabeth ,lathrop1 wife of the ,macon missionary1 has been doing an important work in the industrial line among the girls during the year4 ,laboring simply as minister's wife1 she has accomplished a good deal of missionary work1 not the least important of which has been the sewing school4 ,beginning last ,december with twelve pupils1 the number increased to #acc on the roll1 with an average weekly attendance of #ee4 ,northern friends have contributed thread1 needles and other material1 and during the seven months the class have made1 under the instruction of ,mrs4 ,lathrop1 three hundred and six garments 7aprons1 dresses1 handkerchiefs and under clothing71 besides twenty-six patch-work quilts1 all but three of these completely finished4 ,on ,june #dth there was an exhibition of these articles at the ,lewis ,high ,school1 an astonishment to all who beheld4 ,the mothers sat there with glad1 grateful tears rolling down their cheeks1 at the thought of the benefits received in this manner4 ,speeches of eulogistic gratitude were made by the colored ,methodist preachers1 and the day closed with the distribution of the garments to the girls who had made them4 ,much good has been accomplished in this way1 and this industrial training is receiving1 as it should1 more attention than formerly in different places4 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 ,taber4 ,,directors3 ,rev4 ,george ,mooar1 ,d4,d41 ,hon4 ,e4 ,d4 ,sawyer1 ,rev4 ,e4 ,p4 ,baker1 ,james ,m4 ,haven1 ,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 ,,the ,,anniversary ,,at ,,stockton4 ,last month ,i gave some account of our anniversary at ,sacramento1 with the address by ,lem ,chung4 ,last ,sabbath evening1 ,june #aith1 we held our anniversary at ,stockton4 ,it was an exceedingly interesting and useful service4 ,the church was well filled--better than ever before when ,i have been there4 ,the report of the secretary1 ,mr4 ,m4 ,j4 ,nightingale1 and the supplementary one by the teacher1 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,b4 ,langdon1 showed good work done with glad results4 ,just #ajj ,chinese had been enrolled as pupils in the school during the year1 though the largest enrolment in any one month was #di4 ,the average attendance on some months rose to #ce or #cf1 but the average for the year was #be4 ,two of the pupils have been baptized and received into the ,congregational church in ,stockton during the year1 and others are now ready to be thus received4 ,the exercises by the pupils were well rendered4 ,the pastor of the church1 ,rev4 ,john ,hooper1 made an earnest and effective address1 pledging his own sympathy and co-operation in such terms as will be very helpful to us in the year to come4 ,your superintendent said a few words also2 but that which thrilled us most of all was the brief and modest address of our new helper1 ,lee ,pak ,yuen1 converted in connection with our ,oakland ,mission1 and a member of the ,first ,congregational church in that city4 ,i give it to our readers just as it was uttered4 ,,address ,,by ,,lee ,,pak ,,yuen4 ,dear ,friends and ,teachers3 ,i am very glad to see you all1 but ,i have not much to say to you4 ,i can only tell you how ,i became a ,christian4 ,for the first three years ,i was in ,california ,i did not like ,jesus1 and ,i did scold those ,chinese ,christians who spoke about him4 ,i only liked to go and gamble1 and play cards and drink4 ,so ,i had no money to live on4 ,i felt very sorry2 but afterward ,i was asked to come to school1 and for many months in school ,i also talked against ,jesus2 but the teacher did not scold me1 but was very kind to me4 ,he taught me1 at length1 to read this verse in ,matt4 ix4 #ac1 8,for ,i am not come to call the righteous1 but sinners to repentance40 ,but1 at last1 the ,holy ,spirit convinced me to believe in ,jesus with all my heart1 and now ,i thank you very much for what you have done for me and for my countrymen4 ,i hope the ,lord bless you1 and bring many to believe in the ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 ,i know the ,lord is very strong4 ,he helps every one to believe in ,him4 ,without ,him we can do nothing4 ,he will watch over us and take care of us4 ,now ,i will tell you what ,i did while ,i was in ,china4 ,i left ,california to go back to ,china to my father's house4 ,he called me to worship the gods1 but ,i would not4 ,my father had made all preparations for my worshiping4 ,he took my hand to go out of the door to worship the ancestors1 and he wanted me to kneel down and pray to them4 ,because ,i would not1 he scolded me and called me crazy4 ,i came out to ,hong ,kong and stopped there one month4 ,i then went back to my home1 and found my father crying1 and all very sad4 ,i asked1 8,what is the matter80 ,my father answered3 8,you are no good4 ,you come home and will not worship my gods4 ,the gods will kill your brothers40 ,i then went to see my brothers1 and found one of them very sick indeed4 ,the doctor said he cannot live two days4 ,i almost cried myself4 ,my father then said to me3 8,if he dies ,i shall kill you4 ,if ,i do not kill you1 all your other brothers will die40 ,i then took my father's hand1 and knelt down and asked the ,lord ,jesus to bless him2 but my father scolded me all the time1 for he did not believe on the ,lord ,jesus ,christ as our ,saviour4 ,he heard my prayer for my brother's sickness4 ,in twenty days he was all well4 ,all the people of my village called me ,christ2 but ,i said1 ,i am not ,christ2 he is in heaven4 ,the ,bible says1 8,whatsoever ye shall ask the ,father in my name ,i will do it40 ,my dear friends1 ,i hope you will not forget to pray for ,china1 that all may be brought to believe in the true ,god4 ,let us remember the promise1 8,ask of me1 and ,i will give you the heathen for thine inheritance1 and the uttermost part of the earth for thy possession40 ,,the ,,may ,,reports4 ,i add the following item1 clipped from ,the ,pacific of ,june #hth3 ,the monthly reports for ,may from the various mission schools of the ,california ,chinese mission are very encouraging4 ,the work is larger and1 as we gladly believe1 better than ever before--more schools1 more teachers1 more pupils1 and1 we trust1 many souls seeking ,christ4 ,the statistics are as follows3 ,schools1 #ad2 teachers and helpers1 #bg2 pupils enrolled1 #eff2 of whom #aij were received during ,may1 against #fh who left the schools4 ,the aggregate average attendance was #cad4 ,since the beginning of the present fiscal year 7,sept4 #a1 #ahhj71 #a1bde pupils have been enrolled4 ,of the pupils now in the schools1 #acf are reported as giving evidence of conversion4 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 ,,twenty ,,minutes ,a-,,day ,,working ,,society1 ,,in ,,connection ,,with ,,the ,,woman',s ,,home ,,missionary ,,association4 ,for the benefit of ladies interested in home missionary work1 but prevented from forming or joining auxiliaries1 we have this month a new plan to propose1 a plan which offers some of the advantages of both individual and co-operative work4 ,the ,twenty ,minutes a-,day ,working ,society originated1 we believe1 in ,england1 where it appears to be accomplishing great good4 ,its characteristic features are found in other associations among ,english ladies1 who seem to have a special liking for being bound together by aim and rules without organization or meetings4 ,but the idea has been adopted in some of the churches of our country also1 and1 it is said1 with admirable success4 ,the following are the rules by which the members of this society bind themselves3 #a4 ,to work twenty minutes a day1 or two hours a week1 according to convenience4 #b4 ,each lady to furnish her own materials1 and make such articles as are suitable either for home missionaries and their families at the ,west1 or for distribution among the colored people4 #c4 ,to contribute at least one book a year1 not necessarily new4 #d4 ,to contribute fifty cents a year for the purpose of defraying expenses of transportation1 c4 #e4 ,to pray each day for those to whom these gifts are sent1 and also for the prosperity of our organization4 #f4 ,articles made are to be sent twice a year to the rooms of the ,woman's ,home ,missionary ,association1 at such times as shall be designated by the committee4 ,for further information apply to the ,secretary of the ,woman's ,home ,missionary ,association1 #bj ,congregational ,house1 ,boston4 ,the interest roused by the late ,home ,missionary ,convention at ,chicago shows how real and earnest is the purpose in the hearts of many of our people to undertake with new determination and zeal the task of keeping and of recovering this land for a true ,christianity4 ,every day exposes anew to us1 if our eyes are open1 the monstrous and fatal dangers which threaten our ,republic4 ,but do we consider1 does each ,christian reflect1 that not one of these evils1 not one evil1 would endanger our beloved country1 if the good news brought by ,christ were accepted and worked out in every home and every life8 8,ten times one is ten20 yes1 there is well unfolded the secret of ,christian life and strength1 and of the coming millennium4 ,let each of us now say3 8,i have been saved by the knowledge of ,christ2 to how many can ,i convey this knowledge the coming year8 ,can ,i send it to ten more8 to one more8 ,it is not for me to wait to see what ten others will do4 ,what can ,i do1 and now1 to help recover what is lost1 to keep what is yet ours in our dear land80 ,oh1 let us try it4 ,we are not doing enough1 and our time of working may be short1 if we let the enemy come in like a flood2 but let us work1 each work1 alone1 together2 work and pray1 for we have already seen something of what ,god's power and goodness can do in multiplying single-handed and feeble 787 efforts made in ,his name4 ,a word more to the children about the ,sunday-school papers4 ,a generous response has come in1 but still the ,secretary has a large number of names of schools ready to receive above the number of those ready to give4 ,are there not other ,sunday-schools with papers to send8 ,is there not some girl or boy ready to undertake to collect the same8 ,do not be afraid to send a few1 if you have not many1 only send them regularly and with prayer4 ,do not forget to be 8ready to distribute1 willing to communicate40 ,this is your opportunity as well as that of your father and mother1 and the work is great4 ,write to the ,secretary of the ,woman's ,home ,missionary ,association1 #bj ,congregational ,house1 ,boston1 ,mass41 and she will send you the name of a school where the boys and girls will be1 you can hardly think how1 eager and glad to get your papers4 ,receipts of ,woman's ,home ,missionary ,association from ,may #ca to ,june #bg1 #ahha3 ,from auxiliaries #afi4ib 0 life members #bj4jj 0 annual members #b4jj 0 donations #eb4ej ------------ #bdd4db ,boxes and barrels3 ,from ,w4 ,newton1 ,aux4 to ,mrs4 ,babcock1 valued at #cj4jj 0 ,son of ,rev4 ,mr4 ,alvord1 ,nashua1 to ,miss ,wilson4 #ej4jj 0 ,miss4 ,sunbeams1 ,phillip's ,ch41 ,south ,boston1 to the ,west #ae4jj 99 99 99 99 99 ,,children',s ,,page4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,gracie',s ,,mistake4 ,,mrs4 ,,harriet ,a4 ,,cheever4 8,just think1 mamma6 grandpa ,gray gave me a five dollar bill just as he was getting into the cars to go home1 and said ,i might do just what ,i pleased with it2 wasn't that splendid80 8,yes1 ,gracie1 what shall you do with it80 8,don't know yet1 shall have to think20 and ,gracie flattened her nose against the window-pane one short moment1 the next she exclaimed3 8,oh1 see1 ma1 there goes one of those colored students2 do you suppose they ever learn much80 ,something in the child's tone pained ,mrs4 ,gray1 and she answered seriously3 8,just as much as any others2 my little girl has yet to learn that any difference in young men that is only skin deep is a very slight difference1 and none whatever in the sight of ,god40 8,well10 replied the petted child1 8,i like white folks best1 and always shall20 and she gave her pretty head with its fair hair a smart little toss4 ,before her mother could reply1 she asked hastily3 8,may ,i run across the bit of woods and see ,jennie ,hale a little while80 ,her mother said yes1 and the next moment ,gracie was skipping along through the 8bit of woods0 towards the home of her little friend1 when all at once she struck her foot against a little stump1 bounded into the air for an instant1 then fell heavily4 ,there she lay moaning in dreadful pain4 8,oh1 dear60 she cried1 8,i've broken my ankle1 ,i know ,i have1 and that horrid ,dr4 ,stuart will have to set it1 and he sha'n't1 he sha'n't6 ,i'll die if he does6 ,oh1 dear1 what shall ,i do60 ,dr4 ,frank ,bates1 a colored student in the medical department of the college for freedmen1 close by1 was walking slowly along with a book in his hand--a way these students have1 somehow1 of improving every moment--when he thought he heard a moan4 ,he listened1 and sure enough it was a moan1 very near1 too1 and putting the book in his pocket1 he soon reached the spot where ,gracie was lying4 ,he was a very tall1 strong young man1 but tender-hearted and gentle as a woman could be4 ,he knelt beside ,gracie1 who cried with pain when he tried to lift her4 8,there1 there10 he crooned pityingly1 his great1 soft eyes full of compassion2 8wait a moment1 and ,dr4 ,frank'll make it all right for poor sissy20 and seeing at once what was the real trouble1 he fortunately found a little board1 and tearing his bright ,madras handkerchief into strips1 with what skill he could carefully splintered and bandaged the broken limb2 then lifting her firmly in his strong arms1 he carried her steadily and safely along to her home4 ,grade's mother1 in all her distress at her little girl's pain1 did not forget to thank him warmly for what he had done4 ,then she added4 8,now we will send for ,dr4 ,stuart1 and soon have you comfortable1 poor little ,gracie40 ,but to ,mrs4 ,gray's surprise1 ,gracie cried out3 8,oh no1 no1 mamma1 let ,dr4 ,frank stay2 ,i know my limb is broken and must be set all right2 he told me so2 but ,i want ,dr4 ,frank2 ,i'll be good1 only let him stay40 ,turning to the young giant who stood quietly by1 ,mrs4 ,gray asked if he dared undertake the case1 and understood properly what must be done4 ,and he proved he did understand perfectly1 for not even the famous ,dr4 ,stuart could more carefully or skillfully have done what was needed than did ,dr4 ,frank4 ,such friends as they grew to be--the dark-skinned1 intelligent young student1 and his fair little patient6 ,one day ,gracie said to her father1 8,papa1 sha'n't you pay ,dr4 ,frank just as much for what he has done for me as you should any one else80 ,mr4 ,gray thought a moment1 then replied3 8,yes1 ,gracie1 ,i certainly shall2 it is only right2 he has earned it as fairly certainly as any one else could have done40 ,and what a help and encouragement it was1 the handsome sum which ,gracie's grateful papa paid to ,dr4 ,frank one day4 ,but one other day1 the great tears stood in ,dr4 ,frank's fine dark eyes1 and he couldn't say a word for a long time1 when ,gracie made him a present of her five dollar bill 8to buy a book with1 to remember her by10 she said child-like2 but when he could find his voice again1 he said so sadly1 that ,gracie will never forget it3 8,no fear that ,dr4 ,frank will ever forget the first dear white child who ever gave him kind words and dared trust him4 ,i am very1 very grateful for dear little sissy's dollars2 but oh1 the kind words are the sweetest sounds ,dr4 ,frank has ever heard yet40 ,one day ,gracie asked her mother if she remembered how proudly she said she should always like white folks best4 8,yes1 ,i remember10 replied her mother4 8,so does ,god10 said ,gracie very gently2 8but ,i've been praying ,him to remember it no more1 for what should ,i have done without my good1 kind ,dr4 ,frank80 99 99 99 99 99 ,,receipts ,,for ,,june1 #ahha4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,maine1 #adg4jh4 ,augusta4 ,benj4 ,spaulding #e4jj ,bangor4 ,hammond ,st4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #aa4jj ,blanchard4 8,d4,b40 #aj4jj ,brunswick4 ,j4 ,w4 ,perry1 for ,wilmington1 ,n4,c4 #e4jj ,east ,union4 ,david ,fowler #e4jj 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,mc,combs1 for ,atlanta ,u4 #e4jj ,atlanta4 ,storrs ,sch41 ,tuition1 #cje4ce2 ,rent1 #c #cjh4ce ,atlanta4 ,atlanta ,u41 ,tuition1 #id4be2 ,rent1 #e4fi2 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #be #abd4he ,atlanta4 ,peabody ,fund1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #ajj4jj ,macon4 ,lewis ,high ,sch41 ,tuition1 #fb4ge2 ,cong4 ,ch41 #e #fg4ge ,mc,intosh4 ,dorchester ,academy1 ,tuition #ah4cj ,savannah4 ,beach ,inst41 ,tuition1 #ij4hh2 ,rent1 #bj #aaj4hh ,,alabama1 #chc4ie4 ,marion4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #c4ce ,mobile4 ,emerson ,inst41 ,tuition1 #ib4ie2 ,emersonian ,mission ,band1 #i4ee2 ,cong4 ,ch41 #a4bj #ajd4gj ,montgomery4 ,city ,fund #baj4jj ,selma4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #bg4ej ,talladega4 ,talladega ,c41 ,tuition #cc4dj ,talladega4 ,dea4 ,hardwick1 #b2 ,w4 ,b41 #a2 ,others #b1 for repairs1 ,talladega ,c4 #e4jj ,,mississippi1 #afd4bj4 ,carroll ,co4 8,friends10 by ,h4 ,tanner1 for ,strieby ,hall1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #e4be ,copiah ,co4 8,friends10 by ,e4 ,e4 ,sims1 for ,strieby ,hall1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #f4jj ,gillsberg4 ,w4 ,h4 ,t4 #j4ej ,tougaloo4 ,tougaloo ,u41 ,tuition1 #aab4de2 ,rent1 #dj #aeb4de ,,louisiana1 #afh4ae4 ,new ,orleans4 ,straight ,u41 ,tuition #afh4ae ,,texas1 #aje4jj4 ,austin4 ,tillotson ,c4 and ,n4 ,inst41 ,tuition #ajd4jj ,goliad4 ,rev4 ,m4 ,t4 #a4jj ,,income ,,fund1 #bij4jj4 ,avery ,fund1 for ,mendi ,m4 #aij4jj ,c4 ,f4 ,dike ,fund #ej4jj ,general ,fund #ej4jj ,,england1 #aj4jj4 ,albyns4 ,miss ,s4 ,l4 ,ropes #aj4jj ,,scotland1 #bjj4jj4 ,glasgow4 ,mrs4 ,ann ,mc,dowall1 by ,rev4 ,geo4 ,morris1 for a ,teacher1 ,fisk ,u4 #bjj4jj -------------------- ,total #ai1bbd4ce ,total from ,oct4 #ast to ,june #cjth #afi1gab4ai 99 99 99 99 99 ,,for ,,tillotson ,,collegiate ,,and ,,normal ,,institute1 ,,austin1 ,,texas4 ,newton1 ,mass4 ,eliot ,sewing ,soc41 #bf1 and ,bbl4 of ,bedding1 for furnishing a room #bf4jj ,spencer1 ,mass4 ,young ,ladies' ,soc41 by ,mrs4 ,j4 ,w4 ,temple1 #be1 and ,bbl4 of ,bedding1 for furnishing two rooms #be4jj ,southington1 ,conn4 ,mrs4 ,w4 ,m4 ,mc,laughlin1 #bc1 and package of ,bedding1 for furnishing a room #bc4jj ,irvington1 ,n4,y4 ,mrs4 ,r4 ,w4 ,lambdin #e4jj ,adams ,mills1 ,ohio4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,a4 ,smith #ac4jj ---------- ,total #ib4jj ,previously acknowledged from ,oct4 #ast to ,june #cjth #d1heg4ga ------------------ ,total #d1idi4ga 99 99 99 99 99 ,,receipts ,,of ,,the ,,california ,,chinese ,,mission1 ,from ,jan4 #agth to ,may #agth1 #ahha4 ,e4 ,,palache1 ,treasurer4 ,i4 ,from our ,auxiliaries1 viz43 ,marysville ,chinese ,mission3 ,chinese monthly offerings #cc4dj ,sacramento ,chinese ,mission3 ,chinese monthly offerings #bi4aj ,mr4 ,lubin #c4jj #cb4aj ,santa ,barbara ,chinese ,mission3 ,chinese monthly offerings #bd4jj ,n4 ,c4 ,pitcher ,mrs4 ,n4 ,c4 ,pitcher ,an4 ,mem4 #d4jj #bh4jj ,stockton ,chinese ,mission3 ,chinese monthly offerings #ab4jj ---------- ,total #aje4ej ,,ii4 ,from ,churches3 ,oakland ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 ,coll4 #ac4fj ,sacramento ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 ,coll4 #aj4ej ,san ,francisco3 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 ,coll4 #cb4gj ,two ,annual ,members #d4ej #cg4bj ---------- ,total #fa4cj ,,iii4 ,from ,individuals3 ,messrs4 ,balfour1 ,guthrie ,co4 #a1jjj4jj ,by ,messrs4 ,balfour1 ,guthrie ,co4 ,alexander ,balfour1 ,esq41 and ,hon4 ,stephen ,williamson1 ,m4,p4 of ,liverpool1 ,england1 each #ejj #a1jjj4jj ,hon4 ,o4 ,c4 ,pratt #ajj4jj ,chinese #a4ej ---------------- ,total #b1aja4ej ,,iv4 ,from ,eastern ,friends3 ,norwich1 ,conn41 ,mrs4 ,edward ,b4 ,huntington1 to constitute ,w4 ,r4 ,burnham ,esq41 a life member #be4jj ,newark1 ,n4,j4 #j4de ---------- ,total #be4de -------------- ,grand ,total #b1bic4ge 99 99 99 99 99 ,,general ,,endowment ,,fund4 ,lebanon ,springs1 ,n4,y4 ,miss ,belinda ,sanford #a1jjj4jj 99 99 99 99 99 ,,for ,,missions ,,in ,,africa4 ,london1 ,eng4 ,freedmen's ,missions ,aid ,soc41 by ,rev4 ,o4 ,h4 ,white1 ,d4,d41 #a1afi #es4 #j;d4 #e1fgj4hf ,previously acknowledged from ,oct4 #ast to ,june #cjth #bj1fac4gf ------------------ ,total #bf4bhd4fb ,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 ,washington ,ter4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,f4 ,,magoun1 ,d4,d41 ,iowa4 ,col4 ,c4 ,g4 ,,hammond1 ,ill4 ,,edward ,,spaulding1 ,m4,d41 ,n4,h4 ,rev4 ,,wm4 ,m4 ,,barbour1 ,d4,d41 ,ct4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,l4 ,,gage1 ,d4,d41 ,ct4 ,a4 ,s4 ,,hatch1 ,esq41 ,n4,y4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,h4 ,,fairchild1 ,d4,d41 ,ohio4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,a4 ,,stimson1 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,stone1 ,d4,d41 ,california4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,h4 ,,atkinson1 ,d4,d41 ,oregon4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,e4 ,,rankin1 ,d4,d41 ,d4,c4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,chapin1 ,d4,d41 ,wis4 ,s4 ,d4 ,,smith1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,dea4 ,,john ,c4 ,,whitin1 ,mass4 ,hon4 ,j4 ,b4 ,,grinnell1 ,iowa4 ,rev4 ,,horace ,,winslow1 ,ct4 ,sir ,,peter ,,coats1 ,scotland4 ,rev4 ,,henry ,,allon1 ,d4,d41 ,london1 ,eng4 ,,wm4 ,e4 ,,whiting1 ,esq41 ,n4,y4 ,j4 ,m4 ,,pinkerton1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,e4 ,a4 ,,graves1 ,esq41 ,n4,j4 ,rev4 ,f4 ,a4 ,,noble1 ,d4,d41 ,ill4 ,,daniel ,,hand1 ,esq41 ,ct4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,williston1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,f4 ,,beard1 ,d4,d41 ,n4,y4 ,,frederick ,,billings1 ,esq41 ,vt4 ,,joseph ,,carpenter1 ,esq41 ,r4,i4 ,rev4 ,e4 ,p4 ,,goodwin1 ,d4,d41 ,ill4 ,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,,goodell1 ,d4,d41 ,mo4 ,j4 ,w4 ,,scoville1 ,esq41 ,ill4 ,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 ,d4,d41 ,new ,york4 ,,rev4 ,,jas4 ,,powell1 ,chicago4 ,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,,esq41 ,treasurer1 ,n4,y4 ,,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 ,,strieby1 ,recording ,secretary4 ,,executive ,,committee4 ,,alonzo ,s4 ,,ball1 ,a4 ,s4 ,,barnes1 ,c4 ,t4 ,,christensen1 ,,clinton ,b4 ,,fisk1 ,,addison ,p4 ,,foster1 ,s4 ,b4 ,,halliday1 ,j4 ,a4 ,,hamilton1 ,,samuel ,,holmes1 ,,charles ,a4 ,,hull1 ,,chas4 ,l4 ,,mead1 ,,samuel ,s4 ,,marples1 ,,wm4 ,t4 ,,pratt1 ,j4 ,a4 ,,shoudy1 ,,john ,h4 ,,washburn4 ,,communications relating to the work of the ,association may be addressed to the ,corresponding ,secretary2 those relating to the collecting fields to the ,district ,secretaries2 letters for the ,editor of the 8,american ,missionary10 to ,rev4 ,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 ,boston ,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 ,america1 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 toward the ,,indians4 ,it has also a mission in ,,africa4 ,,statistics4 ,,churches3 ,in the ,south--,in ,virginia1 #a2 ,north ,carolina1 #f2 ,south ,carolina1 #b2 ,georgia1 #ac2 ,kentucky1 #f2 ,tennessee1 #d2 ,alabama1 #ad2 ,louisiana1 #ag2 ,mississippi1 #d2 ,texas1 #f4 ,africa1 #b4 ,among the ,indians1 #a4 ,total1 #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 ,texas--#h4 ,graded or ,normal ,schools3 at ,wilmington1 ,raleigh1 ,n4,c42 ,charleston1 ,greenwood1 ,s4,c42 ,savannah1 ,macon1 ,atlanta1 ,ga42 ,montgomery1 ,mobile1 ,athens1 ,selma1 ,ala42 ,memphis1 ,tenn4--#ab4 ,other ,schools1 #ca4 ,total1 #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 churches1 the feeble as well us 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 office 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 sent 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 ,testament are earnestly requested to use the following ,,form ,,of ,a ,,bequest4 8,i ,,bequeath to my executor 7or executors7 the sum of ---- dollars1 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 7in some ,states three are required1 in other ,states only two71 who should write against their names their places of residence 7if in cities1 their street and number74 ,the following form of attestation will answer for every ,state in the ,union3 8,signed1 sealed1 published and declared by the said 7,a4 ,b47 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 ,,payson',s ,indelible ,ink1 ,,for ,,marking ,,any ,,fabric ,,with ,a ,,common ,,pen1 ,,without ,a ,,preparation4 ,it still stands unrivaled after #ej years' test4 ,,the ,,simplest ,,best4 ,sales now greater than ever before4 ,this ,ink received the ,diploma and ,medal at ,centennial over all rivals4 ,report of ,judges3 8,for simplicity of application and indelibility40 ,,inquire ,,for ,,payson',s ,,combination666 ,sold by all ,druggists1 ,stationers and ,news ,agents1 and by many ,fancy ,goods and ,furnishing ,houses4 99 99 99 99 99 ,illustration ,j4 ,r4 ,,lamb1 #ei ,carmine ,st4 ,,new ,,york4 ,,artistic ,,stain',d ,,glass ,,memorial ,,windows1 ,,memorial ,,tablets4 ,sterling ,silver ,communion ,services4 ,send for ,hand ,book by ,mail4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,new ,,and ,,improved ,,styles ,,this ,,season4 ,,mason ,,and ,,hamlin ,,organs ,,best ,,in ,,the ,,world3 winners of highest distinction at ,,every ,,great ,,world',s ,,fair ,,for ,,thirteen ,,years4 ,prices1 #ea1 #eg1 #ff1 #hd1 #ajh1 to #ejh and upward4 ,for easy payments1 #f4cj a quarter and upward4 ,catalogues free4 ,,mason ,,hamlin ,,organ ,,co41 #aed ,tremont ,street1 ,boston2 #df ,east #adth ,street1 ,,new ,,york2 #adi ,wabash ,ave41 ,,chicago4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,manhattan ,,life ,,insurance ,,co4 of ,,new ,,york4 ,,organized ,,in #ahej4 ,over ,thirty ,years' ,business ,experience4 ,,agents ,,wanted4 ,apply at the ,home ,office4 ,,henry ,,stokes1 ,president4 ,j4 ,l4 ,,halsey1 ,secretary4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,invalid ,,rolling-,,chair4 ,illustration 7,,reclining47 ,a ,,priceless ,,boon to those who are ,,unable ,,to ,,walk4 ,,leonard ,,bacon1 ,d4,d41 ,,hon4 ,a4 ,h4 ,,stevens1 ,m4,c41 and ,,others recommend them4 ,,send ,,for ,,circular4 ,illustration ,,folding ,,chair ,,co41 ,new ,haven ,ct4 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 ,j4 ,b4 ,,williams ,,co41 ,,glastonbury1 ,,conn41 ,,manufacturers ,,of ,shaving and ,toilet ,soaps4 ,for over #cj years this firm has made the manufacture of ,shaving ,soaps a specialty1 and their ,yankee ,barber's ,bar1 and other ,soaps1 enjoy a reputation among ,barbers1 as well as those who shave themselves1 unequaled by any other4 ,to all of our readers who are seeking for the very best ,shaving ,soap1 we would say1 be sure and get some of the following 7carefully avoiding counterfeits73 ,,genuine ,,yankee ,,soap1 ,,barber',s ,,favorite ,,soap1 ,,clipper ,,shaving ,,soap1 ,,verbena ,,cream ,,tablet1 ,,pocket ,,shaving ,,soap1 ,,tonsorial ,,soap1 ,,barber',s ,,bar ,,soap1 ,,mug ,,shaving ,,soap4 ,these ,soaps can be found in every ,state1 and nearly every town in the ,united ,states4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,thirty-,,fifth ,,volume ,,of ,,the ,american ,missionary4 #ahha4 99 99 99 99 99 ,shall we not have a largely increased ,subscription ,list for #ahha8 ,we regard the ,missionary as the best means of communication with our friends1 and to them the best source of information regarding our work4 ,a little effort on the part of our friends1 when making their own remittances1 to induce their neighbors to unite in forming ,clubs1 will easily double our list1 and thus widen the influence of our ,magazine1 and aid in the enlargement of our work4 ,under editorial supervision at this office1 aided by the steady contributions of our intelligent missionaries and teachers in all parts of the field1 and with occasional communications from careful observers and thinkers elsewhere1 the ,american ,missionary furnishes a vivid and reliable picture of the work going forward among the ,indians1 the ,chinamen on the ,pacific ,coast1 and the ,freedmen as citizens in the ,south and as missionaries in ,africa4 ,it will be the vehicle of important views on all matters affecting the races among which it labors1 and will give a monthly summary of current events relating to their welfare and progress4 ,patriots and ,christians interested in the education and ,christianizing of these despised races are asked to read it1 and assist in its circulation4 ,begin with the ,january number and the new year4 ,the price is only ,fifty ,cents per annum4 ,the ,magazine will be sent gratuitously1 if preferred1 to the persons indicated on page #bef4 ,donations and subscriptions should be sent to ,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,treasurer1 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,new ,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ,,advertisers4 ,special attention is invited to the advertising department of the ,,american ,,missionary4 ,it numbers among its regular readers very many frugal1 well-to-do people in nearly every city and village throughout our ,northern and ,western ,states4 ,it is therefore a specially valuable medium for advertising all articles commonly used in families of liberal1 industrious and enterprising habits of life4 ,advertisements must be received by the ,,tenth of the month1 in order to secure insertion in the following number4 ,all communications in relation to advertising should be addressed to ,,the ,,american ,,missionary ,,advertising ,,department1 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,new ,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,our friends who are interested in the ,advertising ,department of the ,,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 ,obviously printer's punctuation errors and omissions corrected4 ,inconsistent capitalization of a4m4 and p4m4 retained1 due to multiple authors4 ,missing 8e0 in 8,kewannee0 replaced on page #beb4