,,vol4 ,,xxxv4 ,,no4 #i4 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 99 99 99 99 99 8,to the ,poor the ,gospel is ,preached40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,september1 #ahha4 ,,contents3 ,,editorial4 ,,annual ,,meeting--,,financial--,,our ,,broadside #beg ,,the ,,place ,,of ,,the ,,church ,,in ,,the ,,work ,,of ,,missions #beh ,,healing ,,of ,,the ,,nation',s ,,wound #bfj ,,suggestion ,,worth ,,passing ,,along #bfa ,,benefactions--,,general ,,notes #bfb ,,the ,,freedmen4 ,,our ,,church ,,work ,,broadside4 ,washington1 ,d4,c42 ,hampton1 ,va4 #bfe ,wilmington1 ,beaufort1 ,n4,c42 ,charleston1 ,orangeburg1 ,s4,c42 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 ,atlanta1 ,ga4 #bff ,cut ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 ,atlanta1 ,ga4 #bfg ,atlanta ,univ41 ,savannah1 ,ga4 #bfh ,woodville1 ,marietta1 ,cypress ,slash1 ,ga4 #bfi ,belmont and ,louisville1 ,ga42 ,talladega1 ,mobile1 ,marlon1 ,ala4 #bgj ,montgomery1 ,selma1 ,ala4 #bga ,shelby ,iron ,works1 ,childersburg1 ,florence1 ,ala42 ,tougaloo1 ,miss42 ,cong4 ,churches of ,louisiana #bgb ,nashville1 ,memphis1 ,tenn4 #bge ,chattanooga1 ,tenn42 ,berea1 ,ky42 ,little ,rock1 ,ark4 #bgf ,goliad1 ,paris1 ,flatonia1 ,texas #bgg ,corpus ,christi1 ,texas #bgh ,,the ,,chinese4 ,,jottings ,,from ,,the ,,field #bgh ,,woman',s ,,home ,,miss4 ,,assoc',n4 ,,miss ,,wilson',s ,,work ,,in ,,kansas #bhj ,,children',s ,,page4 ,,paulphemia',s ,,ma #bhb ,,receipts #bhd ,,constitution #bhg ,,aim1 ,,statistics1 ,,wants1 ,,etc4 #bhh 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 ,poet ,office at ,new ,york1 ,n4,y41 as second-class matter4 ,american ,missionary ,association1 #ef ,,reade ,,street1 ,n4,y4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,president4 ,,hon4 ,e4 ,s4 ,,tobey1 ,boston4 ,,vice-,,presidents4 ,hon4 ,f4 ,d4 ,,parish1 ,ohio4 ,hon4 ,e4 ,d4 ,,holton1 ,wis4 ,hon4 ,,william ,,claflin1 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,,stephen ,,thurston1 ,d4,d41 ,me4 ,rev4 ,,samuel ,,harris1 ,d4,d41 ,ct4 ,,wm4 ,c4 ,,chapin1 ,esq41 ,r4,i4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,t4 ,,eustis1 ,d4,d41 ,mass4 ,hon4 ,a4 ,c4 ,,barstow1 ,r4,i4 ,rev4 ,,thatcher ,,thayer1 ,d4,d41 ,r4,i4 ,rev4 ,,ray ,,palmer1 ,d4,d41 ,n4,j4 ,rev4 ,,edward ,,beecher1 ,d4,d41 ,n4,y4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,m4 ,,sturtevant1 ,d4,d41 ,ill4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,w4 ,,patton1 ,d4,d41 ,d4,c4 ,hon4 ,,seymour ,,straight1 ,la4 ,rev4 ,,cyrus ,w4 ,,wallace1 ,d4,d41 ,n4,h4 ,rev4 ,,edward ,,hawes1 ,d4,d41 ,ct4 ,,douglas ,,putnam1 ,esq41 ,ohio4 ,hon4 ,,thaddeus ,,fairbanks1 ,vt4 ,rev4 ,m4 ,m4 ,g4 ,,dana1 ,d4,d41 ,minn4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,w4 ,,beecher1 ,n4,y4 ,gen4 ,o4 ,o4 ,,howard1 ,washington ,ter4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,f4 ,,magoun1 ,d4,d41 ,iowa4 ,col4 ,c4 ,g4 ,,hammond1 ,ill4 ,,edward ,,spaulding1 ,m4,d41 ,n4,h4 ,rev4 ,,wm4 ,m4 ,,barbour1 ,d4,d41 ,ct4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,l4 ,,gage1 ,d4,d41 ,ct4 ,a4 ,s4 ,,hatch1 ,esq41 ,n4,y4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,h4 ,,fairchild1 ,d4,d41 ,ohio4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,a4 ,,stimson1 ,minn4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,stone1 ,d4,d41 ,california4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,h4 ,,atkinson1 ,d4,d41 ,oregon4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,e4 ,,rankin1 ,d4,d41 ,d4,c4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,chapin1 ,d4,d41 ,wis4 ,s4 ,d4 ,,smith1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,dea4 ,,john ,c4 ,,whitin1 ,mass4 ,hon4 ,j4 ,b4 ,,grinnell1 ,iowa4 ,rev4 ,,horace ,,winslow1 ,ct4 ,sir ,,peter ,,coats1 ,scotland4 ,rev4 ,,henry ,,allon1 ,d4,d41 ,london1 ,eng4 ,,wm4 ,e4 ,,whiting1 ,esq41 ,n4,y4 ,j4 ,m4 ,,pinkerton1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,e4 ,a4 ,,graves1 ,esq41 ,n4,j4 ,rev4 ,f4 ,a4 ,,noble1 ,d4,d41 ,ill4 ,,daniel ,,hand1 ,esq41 ,ct4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,williston1 ,esq41 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,f4 ,,beard1 ,d4,d41 ,n4,y4 ,,frederick ,,billings1 ,esq41 ,vt4 ,,joseph ,,carpenter1 ,esq41 ,r4,i4 ,rev4 ,e4 ,p4 ,,goodwin1 ,d4,d41 ,ill4 ,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,,goodell1 ,d4,d41 ,mo4 ,j4 ,w4 ,,scoville1 ,esq41 ,ill4 ,e4 ,w4 ,,blatchford1 ,esq41 ,ill4 ,c4 ,d4 ,,talcott1 ,esq41 ,ct4 ,rev4 ,,john ,k4 ,,mclean1 ,d4,d41 ,cal4 ,rev4 ,,richard ,,cordley1 ,d4,d41 ,kansas4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,h4 ,,willcox1 ,d4,d41 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,b4 ,,willcox1 ,d4,d41 ,ill4 ,rev4 ,,wm4 ,m4 ,,taylor1 ,d4,d41 ,n4,y4 ,rev4 ,,geo4 ,m4 ,,boynton1 ,mass4 ,rev4 ,e4 ,b4 ,,webb1 ,d4,d41 ,mass4 ,hon4 ,c4 ,i4 ,,walker1 ,mich4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,h4 ,,ross1 ,mich4 ,,corresponding ,,secretary4 ,,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 ,,strieby1 ,d4,d41 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,n4,y4 ,,district ,,secretaries4 ,,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,,woodworth1 ,boston4 ,,rev4 ,g4 ,d4 ,,pike1 ,new ,york4 ,,rev4 ,,jas4 ,,powell1 ,chicago4 ,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,,esq41 ,treasurer1 ,n4,y4 ,,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 ,,strieby1 ,recording ,secretary4 ,,executive ,,committee4 ,,alonzo ,s4 ,,ball1 ,a4 ,s4 ,,barnes1 ,c4 ,t4 ,,christensen1 ,,clinton ,b4 ,,fisk1 ,,addison ,p4 ,,foster1 ,s4 ,b4 ,,halliday1 ,a4 ,j4 ,,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 ,boston1 ,mass41 or #aab ,west ,washington ,street1 ,chicago1 ,ill4 ,a payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a ,life ,member4 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,vol4 ,,xxxv4 ,,september1 #ahha4 ,,no4 #i4 99 99 99 99 99 ,american ,missionary ,association4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,thirty-fifth ,annual ,meeting of the ,american ,missionary ,association will be held in ,worcester1 ,mass41 commencing ,november #ast1 at #c ,p4 ,m4 ,for particulars see fourth page of cover4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,financial4 ,this month brings around the close of another fiscal year4 ,our balances will be struck on the #cjth of ,september1 and we are exceedingly anxious that all parties1 either churches or individuals1 who have intended to contribute to our work during the current year1 should do so as early as possible4 ,our appeal is that you give to this cause liberally as the ,lord may have prospered you4 ,our receipts for the nine months to ,june #cjth were very encouraging1 but the receipts for ,july1 the first month of the last quarter1 have not been as large as we had reason to hope4 ,the increase over ,july of last year has been only fourteen per cent1 instead of twenty-five per cent41 the amount necessary to carry forward the additional work we have undertaken4 ,but we trust that our friends will enable us to meet these appropriations without embarrassing our treasury4 ,every dollar received during the next thirty days will help us to meet our pressing demands1 and possibly save us from closing the year with debt4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,our ,,broadside4 ,we give room in this number of the ,,missionary to a broadside on ,church work4 ,our object is to present to our patrons1 at a view1 an array of the large number of new churches we have established for the colored people4 ,a majority of the pastors employed by us have been connected in some capacity with our ,institutions1 a goodly number of them having graduated from the theological classes at ,talladega ,college1 ,fisk and ,straight ,universities4 ,it may be said1 with grateful assurance and peculiar emphasis1 that this ,association establishes its churches4 ,it prepares a constituency by its day and ,sabbath-schools1 and from this educates a ministry4 ,in this way it develops a demand for a pure church1 and also the possibility of maintaining it when established4 ,it will be observed that nearly all the churches reported have been blessed during the year with additions to their numbers1 and that many have made improvements upon their property4 ,the ,sabbath-schools have everywhere received due attention1 and much of the progress in the different churches has been made possible by the earnest1 prayerful and unremitting labors of our missionaries in this department of religious work4 ,missionary meetings and societies have been greatly encouraged and the cause of temperance widely promoted4 ,many of the young converts have found their way to institutions of learning1 and many have engaged in teaching and missionary service4 ,when it is taken into account that these young churches are reformed churches1 and that their church life is a new experience among the colored people1 where they shine as lights in the world1 it will be readily seen1 we think1 that this branch of our work augurs most hopefully a day of better things for the new ,south1 and that the hearts and hands of these brethren1 whose letters will be found elsewhere1 should be strengthened1 and their numbers largely increased4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,place ,,of ,,the ,,church ,,in ,,the ,,work ,,of ,,missions4 ,in these days1 when science is pushing her inquiries in every direction with reference to the discovery of new facts1 in order that she may deduce therefrom the course of nature and the system of the universe1 there is danger that we overlook the basis in man's moral constitution on which1 alone1 knowledge can have the highest significance and value4 ,the drift is seen not merely in the public schools1 but in the college and the professional seminary1 which1 more and more1 are reducing education to the acquisition of facts1 or to a simple intellectual drill4 ,the scientific method1 so called1 has no place for moral agents or moral causes1 and so its account of the world is forever rendered on a physical rather than on a metaphysical basis4 ,with such a tendency in education1 this ,association can have no sympathy4 ,it is the friend of all good learning1 and will do its utmost to advance education2 but it does not believe that a man can be well or symmetrically educated until his moral faculties are disciplined in advance of1 and equally with1 his intellectual4 ,for this reason it would put the church at the center and foundation of all its work4 ,in this respect it would co-operate with ,god1 accepting ,his own appointed agency for the moral instruction of mankind4 ,the church1 as the great moral teacher1 bears the stamp of a divine origin and authority4 ,its function is to teach divine truth1 and to put man into right moral relations to the deep order of the universe4 ,any system of education1 then1 which ignored the church1 or even set her in the background1 would fail in a well rounded development of all the mental powers4 ,a partial substitute may be found in other professions and other institutions1 but nothing can take the place of the church as the authoritative teacher of moral and spiritual truth4 ,it is well to remember1 also1 that that which best develops and educates the moral powers is the best possible discipline for the mind itself4 ,no subjects require clearer perception1 sharper analysis and more discriminating reason than moral subjects1 and no men show keener minds than those who have been trained to reason on moral questions4 ,illustrations of this in ancient times are found in the ,jewish patriarchs1 and in modern times in the people of ,scotland and of ,new ,england4 ,and yet the common schools of these latter countries1 until within fifty years1 were of the rudest sort1 and only taught the simplest elements of an ,english education4 ,but their people1 trained in the sanctuary1 under a ministry which was able to reason of righteousness1 temperance and a judgment to come1 were as strong intellectually as they were tough and clear-minded morally4 ,senator ,hoar1 in his recent oration before the law school of ,yale ,college1 asserted and proved that the best lawyers of the last generation were indebted to the strong pulpits of ,new ,england more than to anything else for their intellectual clearness1 and for their judicial discrimination and force4 ,let there be a strong pulpit in any community1 and there will be strong men around it1 mentally and morally1 though the schools are of the simplest4 ,on the other hand1 if the pulpit be weak and the outcoming moral influences be feeble1 though the schools be ever so well equipped and endowed1 the people around will lack high purpose1 and scholarship itself will be frivolous and effeminate1 destitute of the rugged strength which comes to natures fed from the deep roots of moral earnestness and conviction4 ,it need hardly be said that the great need of the ,south1 especially among the colored people1 is a strong church and a pure church2 for slavery damaged the colored man morally vastly more that it did intellectually4 ,indeed1 his intellect was rather sharpened by the invention and craft on which it was constantly put1 while the forces which strengthened the will and nourished a pure heart were the weakest possible2 and yet nine persons out of ten suppose the damage was intellectual1 and are greatly surprised when our teachers assure them that colored children are as bright1 and learn as readily1 as white children4 ,a moment's reflection would satisfy any one that the weakness would be on the moral side1 for the reason that the life of the slave was so ordered as to ignore all moral distinctions and to violate all moral obligations4 ,hence1 the building up should be strongest on the moral side4 ,no greater mistake could be made than to attempt to graft on to a low moral character a high degree of intellectual culture4 ,should we send forth a generation of students1 with sharp wits and dull moral perceptions1 we might contribute to the roll of more adroit villains1 but we should add little to the list of good men4 ,the church1 therefore1 should be emphasized at all points and at all times4 ,it should command for its preachers the best and the ablest men4 ,both races need this4 ,only this can destroy the conditions which made it possible that white blood should now be running in the veins of three-fourths of the colored people4 ,the ,southern pulpit has failed to sufficiently enforce either good morals or practical righteousness4 ,for lack of this1 slavery was possible1 and dueling and violence covered the land with blood4 ,the remedy for this is a new and right system of moral teaching4 ,this1 we repeat1 is the peculiar function of the pulpit4 ,that this may be made possible1 churches pure and intelligent must be established all over the ,south4 ,it should be done now1 because we are laying the foundations and determining the character of the coming generations4 ,if the first crop of leaders are morally weak1 they will enfeeble their successors1 and perhaps vitiate the seed and the crop for all time to come4 ,we need to put into the ,african blood the iron of the ,puritan faith and purpose1 so that they may do for the ,african continent what our fathers did for ,america4 ,the first men sent to that dark land should hold the ideas and principles out of which may be evolved churches1 schools1 homes and ,christian states1 from the mouths of the ,nile and the ,congo clear down to the golden ,cape4 ,if we cannot inoculate the colored race with those moral sensibilities and forces which will render them charitable1 humane and just1 then we look to them in vain for help in the salvation of our own land1 as well as in the founding of ,christian institutions and ,christian states for the continent of ,africa4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,healing ,,of ,,the ,,nation',s ,,wound4 ,it was a gaping1 festering sore that was left by the fratricidal war4 ,a speedy healing was not to be expected4 ,it took nearly a century for the mother country and ,america to get over their grievance4 ,there is much of encouragement that this later feud will be more speedily composed4 ,there have been some special influences at work4 ,the occurrence of the ,centennial tended to divert attention from the old trouble1 to arouse the spirit of patriotism and to abate ill-will4 ,the prevalence of an epidemic at the ,south for two seasons gave the ,north an opportunity to express moral and material sympathy1 which did much to awaken reciprocal good-will on the part of the people of that section4 ,when ,president ,garfield was shot1 the people of the ,south rose up with as much indignation and sympathy as those of the ,north4 ,it was a benediction for the ,nation to be lifted by such a ground-swell of emotion1 and that the impulse of ,christian patriotism4 ,we feel confident that ,president ,garfield1 restored to soundness1 will by this dreadful dispensation be all the more disposed to temper his administration with fairness and righteousness1 such as will carry on the process of healing in the body politic4 ,the ,peabody fund and its judicious disbursement at the ,south is doing its work of palliating feeling4 ,miss ,willard's tour of temperance lecturing through the ,south was a hopeful revelation of harmonious sentiment4 ,dr4 ,mayo's eminently successful educational visitation was in the same line4 ,then it is also clearly manifest that the scheme of the ,north for aiding the ,south in the education of the colored people is coming to be recognized there-away as one of pure philanthropy and patriotism4 ,the testimony of ,dr4 ,haygood in his book1 8,our ,brother in ,black10 to this effect1 is but the expression of not a little of latent sentiment4 ,he pronounces 8immortal honor0 upon these teachers4 ,he says that without such service the ,south would be uninhabitable by this time4 ,our teachers and preachers1 dwelling there from year to year1 and returning ,north betimes1 become interpreters of the mutual and improving good feeling4 ,they command respect at the ,south1 they retain affectionate regard at the ,north1 and so become a bond of union between the two sections4 ,more and more this process will go on with happiest results4 ,the ,national ,cotton ,exposition to be held this fall at ,atlanta1 upon a gigantic scale1 will be another mighty loom for weaving the fabric of national good-will4 ,we be one people1 with one ,english inheritance of language and history1 of character and civilization1 with a common possession of ,revolutionary glory and of pride in our national development4 ,we must let the dead bury their dead4 ,we must push on in all proper ways to remove prejudice and to restore confidence4 ,service for our common country in the way of evangelization and of righteous civil administration1 will be one of the most effective aids in healing the ,nation's wound4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,suggestion ,,worth ,,passing ,,along4 ,after the presentation of the cause of the ,american ,missionary ,association recently to a church in ,connecticut1 the pastor made the following suggestion to his people3 8,we have now had this great subject before us4 ,we shall never1 probably1 see it more clearly4 ,we shall never1 probably1 feel its importance more4 ,what shall we do about it8 ,i was going to announce a contribution for next ,sabbath2 but perhaps it will rain2 perhaps you will not be here2 perhaps you will forget4 ,besides1 ,i notice that church plates do not hold a great deal4 ,we make them a small business4 ,we ought to do more for this cause4 ,we want to do more4 ,and so1 if ,i can find two or three young ladies ready for the work1 ,i will send them to your houses4 ,be ready6 ,look the matter all over1 and do as good a thing as you can4 ,after that1 perhaps1 we will pick up the stray bits when ,sunday comes40 ,it is pleasant to add that the pastor found canvassers without difficulty1 and that about three times the amount usually given by plate collections was gathered4 ,atlanta ,university undertakes the work of 8head-making0 so far as this means the development of a clear and sensible intellect1 controlled by a good heart4 ,it was1 however1 8bread-making10 and not 8head-making10 which the types in our ,august number should have mentioned to the credit of the ,atlanta girls1 whose loaves1 rolls and ,yankee doughnuts so delighted the gentlemen of the examining committee at the recent anniversary4 ,plain cooking is a part of the regular instruction in ,atlanta ,university4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,benefactions4 --,beloit ,college1 ,wis41 has received #aj1jjj from ,mrs4 ,j4 ,s4 ,herrick1 to be applied for a new observatory4 --,the bequest of ,col4 ,wm4 ,e4 ,putnam to ,marietta ,college1 ,ohio1 will probably amount to #ce1jjj4 --,mr4 ,reuben ,j4 ,flick1 a member of the ,first ,presbyterian ,church of ,wilkesbarre1 has recently given #bj1jjj to ,lincoln ,university4 --,mr4 ,geo4 ,i4 ,seney has recently added #ajj1jjj to his gift to ,wesleyan ,university1 the interest of which is to be given in prizes to students4 --,mr4 ,a4 ,l4 ,williston and wife have given #aj1jjj for a new observatory at ,mt4 ,holyoke ,seminary1 in memory of their deceased son4 --,the late ,ebenezer ,alden1 ,m4,d41 of ,randolph1 left a legacy of #e1jjj to ,phillips ,academy1 ,andover1 for helping students1 or paying for instruction1 at the discretion of the tutors4 --,a friend of ,yale ,divinity ,school has given #aj1ejj for a new library building1 which is now being erected between ,marquand ,chapel and ,west ,divinity ,hall4 --,mr4 ,leander ,mc,cormick1 of ,chicago1 has donated his splendid telescope1 costing #ej1jjj1 to the ,university of ,virginia1 and offers to build the observatory to receive it4 --,mr4 ,wm4 ,h4 ,vanderbilt1 of ,new ,york1 has given #be1jjj to the ,university of ,virginia1 and ,mr4 ,lewis ,brooks1 of ,rochester1 ,n4,y41 has given a splendid museum1 costing about #fj1jjj1 to the same institution4 --,fisk ,university1 ,nashville1 ,tenn41 has ,jubilee ,hall completed and overflowing 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 ,,general ,,notes4 ,,africa4 --,m4 ,matheis has been sent out by the ,french ,government to explore the region extending from the bend of the ,niger to ,lake ,tchad4 --,the question of the establishment of a small railroad on the ,decanville plan1 between ,ogoou and ,alima1 is being considered4 --,m4 ,j4 ,thomson left ,london the #fth of ,may to go to ,zanzibar1 from whence he will proceed to make the geological exploration of the ,rovouma for the ,sultan of ,zanzibar4 --,messrs4 ,demietri and ,michieli1 agents of the ,italian ,society of ,commerce in ,africa1 have set out from ,khartoum for the ,red ,sea at the head of a caravan of #gjj camels1 laden with various kinds of merchandise4 --,the ,commercial ,association of ,lisbon has moved a patriotic subscription1 the proceeds of which will be offered to the ,government to co-operate with it in the foundation of civilizing stations in the ,portuguese ,african colonies4 --,an ,italian party consisting of an officer and #ad men1 while attempting to penetrate ,abyssinia from ,assab ,bay1 have been massacred in the interior4 ,it is possible that the ,italian ,government may send a military expedition to demand redress4 --,until recently there has been no bank in the ,english colonies of ,western ,africa4 ,many of the merchants have been hindered from entering into negotiations with these colonies by the difficulty of obtaining reliable information relative to the state of commerce4 ,but the ,bank of ,west ,africa has now been established1 with a capital of #ejj1jjj pounds sterling1 having its centre at ,london1 and stations at ,sierra ,leone1 ,lagos1 and later at ,cape ,coast1 at the ,gambia1 and wherever the exigencies of commerce render it necessary4 --,dr4 ,lenz affirms that the soil of the ,sahara is not as sterile as is commonly believed4 ,in ,iguidi1 in particular1 they found many foraging places for the camels1 and they often saw troops of antelopes and gazelles fleeing at the approach of the caravan4 ,dr4 ,lenz did not follow the example of ,barth1 but went rather to pay his addresses to the ,kahia1 who made his stay in ,timbuctoo the most agreeable possible4 ,he gave him a fine house1 and served him each day an abundant and delicious repast--wheaten bread1 butter and honey1 mutton and beef1 chickens and game4 --,stanley has fixed the site of his second station at ,isangila1 about #ej kilometers from ,vivi4 ,to reach this point1 he traversed a very dangerous country1 where the population is scattered and which offered no resources4 ,the difficulties were increased by the amount of baggage to transport1 provisions1 boats1 c41 the whole weighing #db tons--an enormous weight1 considering the nature of the country and the means of transportation4 ,he was obliged to throw bridges across the rivers1 fill up the ravines1 open1 hatchet in hand1 a route across dense forests1 blow up rocks1 or drag the wagons by force of arm along the sides of steep mountains4 ,and still it was not possible to advance with all his baggage at once4 ,he had to open the way with a group of pioneers1 and after advancing a little to make a halt1 pitch a camp1 then go back to bring by instalments the rest of the convoy1 till all were united4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,indians4 --,gen4 ,c4 ,h4 ,howard has been appointed ,indian ,inspector to succeed ,dr4 ,i4 ,h4 ,mahan1 who resigned his position on account of failing health4 --,rev4 ,s4 ,hall ,young1 of ,fort ,wrangel1 ,alaska1 writes3 8,with a live missionary1 a saw-mill and a ,christian trader in the ,n4 ,w4 ,t4 ,co4's store1 we can make that the model mission of ,alaska40 --,indians are employed on the ,california ,southern ,r4 ,r4 with satisfactory results1 and it is predicted with a reasonable degree of assurance that the experiment will prove to be a favorable means of civilizing the ,indians4 --,the ,santees had #b1cdd acres under cultivation last year4 ,they raised #g1jjj bushels of wheat1 #b1jjj of oats1 #c1jjj of corn1 and made #a1jjj tons of hay for their stock4 ,they also manufactured #abj1jjj bricks4 ,it is the opinion of ,mr4 ,lightner1 their agent1 that as soon as the ,nation is willing to recognize the ,indian as a citizen1 holding him amenable to the laws governing the white man1 we may expect his civilization to advance with double rapidity4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,chinese4 --,there are #ehe ,chinese children in the public schools of ,san ,francisco4 --,there are two ,chinese papers in ,san ,francisco4 ,one man performs the functions of editor1 publisher1 compositor1 press-man1 book-keeper and office boy of the ,wah ,kee4 ,this wonderful and versatile man is fifty years old4 ,the paper has #a1jjj subscribers1 and costs ten cents per copy1 or #e per year4 --,candidates for missionary work in ,china have opportunity to study the language at ,oxford1 ,eng41 in the department under charge of ,prof4 ,legge4 ,the ,english ,presbyterian ,foreign ,mission ,committee1 believing that more can be accomplished by three months' study at ,oxford than by a year spent in the unhealthy regions of ,china1 have adopted the plan of sending their missionaries to the former place1 to avail themselves of the instruction of ,prof4 ,legge4 --,upwards of #b1jjj ,chinese have recently landed in two weeks' time in ,australia4 ,they come for the most part from ,hong ,kong1 where there is great depression in business and much suffering among the people4 ,the tide of emigration1 which formerly set so strongly towards the ,pacific coast1 seems recently to have been somewhat diverted to ,australia and the ,sandwich ,islands4 --,the ,government of ,china has decided to erect telegraphs from ,shanghai to ,tientsin and other cities4 ,already hundreds of telephones are in use4 ,questions in relation to railway systems are being agitated1 and a committee has been appointed for the purpose of thoroughly canvassing the matter1 submitting plans1 etc4 ,unquestionably a number of railways will be constructed within the next five years1 and perhaps sooner4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,freedmen4 ,,rev4 ,,joseph ,e4 ,,roy1 ,d4,d41 ,,field ,,superintendent1 ,,atlanta1 ,,ga4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,our ,,church ,,work ,,broadside4 ,,lincoln ,,mission1 ,,washington1 ,d4,c4 ,,rev4 ,s4 ,p4 ,,smith4 ,i am glad to say that the religious state of the ,lincoln ,memorial ,church at present is good4 ,it was organized the #ajth of last ,january with eleven members4 ,in ,april the ,lord poured out a special blessing upon us1 the result of which was eight converts4 ,the church has doubled its membership since its organization4 ,in this revival there was a little girl converted about nine years old1 and an aged mother about seventy-five4 ,we have had only one admitted to the church by letter2 ten on confession of faith4 ,there is quite a large temperance work here carried on by ,mrs4 ,babcock4 ,this temperance society is known as the ,lincoln ,mission ,band of ,hope4 ,our ,sunday-school is very large in the winter1 but it thins out in the summer4 ,the largest attendance during any time through the winter was #ecj4 ,the ,lincoln ,mission building in which our church worships has been greatly improved4 ,the large hall has been re-plastered and painted inside and out4 ,we have sent two from the ,lincoln ,mission to ,howard ,university4 ,this church also sent #d4jf to the ,american ,missionary ,association4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,hampton1 ,,va4 ,,rev4 ,h4 ,b4 ,,frissell4 ,there have been admitted to church membership in ,bethesda ,chapel during the year #ca persons--#bh on profession of their faith and three by letter4 ,of these1 #ae were ,indians1 one white1 and the remainder colored students4 ,with the growth of the school the congregation at the chapel has so increased as to make it necessary to add another wing to the building4 ,two prayer meetings have been kept up by the colored students1 one on the ,sabbath and one on a week day evening1 the attendance and interest being well sustained4 ,the ,indians have their own prayer meetings1 where they take part in their own tongue4 ,they manifest a most earnest desire to know the ,bible1 and spend much time in reading and studying it4 ,most of the students of the school have been enrolled as members of the temperance society during the past year4 ,considerable work has been done in the country about4 ,one of the students organized a temperance society in the village of ,hampton1 and several interesting meetings have been held4 ,the subject of local option is likely to come up in the fall1 and the society hopes to make itself felt on the right side4 ,there has been an average attendance of #cjj in ,sunday-school4 ,forty students have been engaged in the ,sunday-schools in the vicinity1 three as superintendents and the remainder as teachers4 ,one of the schools where the students have become interested has increased in numbers from #dj to over #bjj4 ,thirty ,bible students go out from the school on ,sunday afternoons to read to the old people4 ,they are everywhere received with a hearty welcome by those who have been deprived of the privileges which their children enjoy4 ,the ,missionary ,society of the school has raised #bbi4 ,as the last winter was of unusual severity1 the most of this amount was spent in the relief of the misery at our very doors4 ,during the winter the students went out every week to mend the huts of the poor1 to carry them bedding1 clothes and food4 ,a ,christian association has been formed in the school1 so that those who come here from denominations that do not allow their joining our church may feel that they have duties here as ,christian workers4 ,so far as possible1 the thought of their individual responsibility for the souls of those around them is impressed upon them4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,wilmington1 ,n4,c4 ,,rev4 ,d4 ,d4 ,,dodge4 ,we record a steady interest and growth in grace2 one added by profession1 one by letter1 one adult and six children baptized2 ,sunday-school in good condition2 large classes and good attention4 ,the improvement of property has been great1 as already described in the ,,missionary4 ,one of the most encouraging facts is this1 which has come to our knowledge in several different ways1 that when any one wishes to get a trustworthy servant1 the fact of membership in our church is considered a most excellent recommendation4 ,experience has taught employers its value4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,beaufort1 ,n4,c4 ,,rev4 ,,michael ,,jerkins4 ,our church is steadily increasing in numbers1 and we are more encouraged than ever4 ,four were added to our number last month4 ,the cause of temperance is prospering4 ,we have a prohibitory law1 and no licenses are granted in the county and parish4 ,the ,sunday-school work is hopeful1 the number in attendance averaging about #abj4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,plymouth ,,church41 ,,charleston1 ,s4,c4 ,,rev4 ,,temple ,,cutler4 ,the most encouraging feature of our work is the ,sunday-school4 ,we have #abj in attendance1 with an average of #hb4 ,some difficulty is found in procuring teachers4 ,we manage1 however1 to keep up a good degree of interest among the children4 ,we have a ,band of ,hope that numbers #abj1 mostly children1 growing up to take part in the future conflict over alcohol in this state4 ,during the winter we had a series of meetings that seemed to quicken some of the old backsliders1 who1 we trust1 will prove of great help to the church1 and a few conversions which resulted in the bracing up of our spiritual energies considerably4 ,the people have raised about #ejj for various purposes1 about #bjj of which went to repair the church1 #ajj to pay the debt1 and the rest for current expenses4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,orangeburg1 ,s4,c4 ,,rev4 ,t4 ,t4 ,,benson4 ,we have been highly blessed by the ,lord this year in our church work1 both temporal and spiritual4 ,in ,april we enjoyed a revival season1 during which seven persons were converted to ,christ1 five of whom have united with our church4 ,our ,sabbath-school numbers #de1 and is doing well4 ,new hymn books have been purchased1 the church has been repaired1 painted and plastered1 and a chandelier secured4 ,three members of our church are absent teaching4 ,one young man is engaged in missionary work4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,first ,,cong4 ,,church1 ,,atlanta1 ,,ga4 ,,rev4 ,c4 ,w4 ,,hawley4 ,last ,february and ,march were months of revival and ingathering4 ,the work commenced in the ,storrs ,school1 and the teachers there and in the ,sunday-school had precious answers to prayer and precious rewards of labor4 ,never was it more plain that church and school are strongly wedded and mutually helpful4 ,almost daily meetings were held for several weeks1 all quiet1 orderly1 solemn2 short sermons1 many prayers and much individual testimony for the ,lord4 ,rev4 ,henry ,e4 ,brown and wife and ,brother ,j4 ,e4 ,lathrop1 of ,macon1 rendered good help to the pastor4 ,illustration3 ,,first ,,congregational ,,church1 ,,atlanta1 ,,ga4 ,march #acth was a memorable ,sabbath1 #bh uniting by profession and two by letter4 ,in ,april1 seven joined by profession1 and in ,may1 four more by profession and three by letter1 making an addition of #dd in the three months4 ,a new temperance society has been organized2 new members1 almost without exception1 take total abstinence pledge1 and but few old members are known to have the drinking habit4 ,the ,sunday-school is prospering2 over #ej in the infant class2 sometimes over #cjj are present in all4 ,with the aid of the ,american ,missionary ,association and ,northern friends we have a fine new bell4 ,church property is valuable and in good order4 ,we have paid up our church debt1 and have now a fine church costing #e1jjj1 with a seating capacity for #ejj1 and a basement under the whole for ,sunday-school rooms4 ,during the year ending ,january #a1 #ahha1 the church raised for debt and current expenses about #hjj4 ,many of our young people are in ,storrs ,school or ,atlanta ,university4 ,one has just graduated from the theological department in ,howard ,university2 six or more1 now or formerly members of our church1 are at work in the ,gospel ministry1 and two score or more are1 or have been1 engaged in teaching among their people4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,atlanta ,,university ,,church4 ,,rev4 ,c4 ,w4 ,,francis4 ,the church of ,christ in ,atlanta ,university is made up entirely of teachers and pupils in that school1 and so has a somewhat different sphere from many of our sister churches4 ,it now numbers #hh members1 having received larger accessions during the past year than in any other year of its history1 #bb having joined1 all save two upon profession of faith4 ,a very gracious revival prevailed for the last five months of the school year1 during which time more than #ej persons were converted1 several more of whom will unite with this church after longer experience1 and the rest with churches at their homes4 ,it was a delightful and precious work1 affecting nearly every member of the school1 quickening the religious life of former members1 and gathering in a harvest week by week up to the close of the year4 ,the temperance work is made a special care1 as the need for it is so great1 and all who go away to teach during their summer vacation1 as all do save six or eight of the younger members1 have furnished them a package of selected temperance literature1 and are instructed in methods for its use1 after careful instruction upon the general subject1 so that all are engaged in mission work of that character in the schools which they teach and the families which they visit4 ,about #ge was raised during the year at the monthly missionary meetings1 which was given to promote the temperance work4 ,about #ge members of the church are now engaged in teaching their summer schools1 most of them taking the lead in ,sunday-schools1 and so exercising a genuine missionary influence over a great number of people4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,savannah1 ,,ga4 ,,rev4 ,b4 ,d4 ,,conkling4 ,there has been a good deal of sickness among our people and the missionaries4 ,we have had additions to the church at each communion4 ,the ,sunday-school work is prospering finely1 the pennies outnumbering the attendance every ,sunday but two from ,january #ast to ,june #ast4 ,the average attendance at the ,sunday-school for ,january was #aab1 which gradually increased until1 in ,may1 the average was #afb4 ,the average collections of the ,sunday-school for ,may were #b4ab for each ,sunday4 ,from ,january #ast to ,may #cast the congregation raised for church and missionary purposes #hc4ga2 and the ,sunday-school1 during the same time1 #cf4gc4 ,this does not include some #be raised to provide an excursion for the ,sunday-school and its friends4 ,several members during the year1 who are either ministers or ministers' wives1 took letters of dismission2 others still are in some of the institutions of the ,american ,missionary ,association for higher learning4 ,more or less missionary work is being done constantly by resident members of this church4 ,while it is not a large church1 it has had1 and does have1 a large influence for good throughout the whole city2 especially has it been the means of revolutionizing in the way of improvement the ,sunday-school work here and here-abouts4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,woodville1 ,,ga4 ,,rev4 ,j4 ,h4 ,h4 ,,sengstacke4 ,this church was organized in the year #ahga4 ,in the year #ahge ,mr4 ,j4 ,h4 ,h4 ,sengstacke1 teacher of the public school at ,woodville1 was elected pastor4 ,at that time the membership consisted of #ab persons4 ,they worshiped in an old building about one-third of a mile from the present edifice4 ,the church was at first known as the ,woodville ,congregational church2 but at the beginning of ,mr4 ,sengstacke's ministry the name was changed to ,pilgrim church4 ,the ,american ,missionary ,association built a new house of worship1 and ,mr4 ,s4 was set apart for the ,gospel ministry4 ,the church has been growing rapidly ever since1 the congregation at present averaging #bjj4 ,the ,sabbath-school is flourishing4 ,in the year #ahgg1 ,sengstacke ,band of ,hope was organized4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,m4 ,smith's people1 of ,grand ,rapids1 ,mich41 have done much towards building up this work4 ,in #ahgg the church purchased a bell and an organ4 ,in #ahgh the ,american ,missionary ,association built a neat little parsonage4 ,in #ahgi the church was ceiled and painted inside4 ,in #ahhj the people1 with aid from the ,american ,missionary ,association1 raised the meeting house on a brick basement1 also the church was repainted and new seats were added4 ,in #ahha a new fence was put around the lot1 and the meeting house was improved on the outside1 trees were set out1 and a lot was purchased at the ,five ,mile for mission work4 ,pilgrim church has had revivals every year4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,marietta1 ,,ga4 ,,rev4 ,,edgar ,j4 ,,penney4 ,on my arrival a year ago1 only seven persons 7four men and three women7 responded as members of the church4 ,since my ordination last ,december1 #ac have been admitted1 six by letter and seven by profession4 ,this encourages us in great measure to labor on4 ,the ,sunday-school has shown a steady increase for some months and is making real progress4 ,we are better able than ever to hold those who came at first out of mere curiosity4 ,the following quotation respecting temperance forms a part of the constitution of the church3 8,any member convicted of using intoxicating liquor other than as a medicine shall be liable to discipline40 ,three of our members spent the past six months in ,atlanta ,university4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,cypress ,,slash1 ,,liberty ,,co41 ,,ga4 ,,rev4 ,,andrew ,j4 ,,headen4 ,we have a church of #fj members1 and our work is growing in favor both with white and colored2 five have recently been added by profession4 ,our ,sunday-school is increasing in numbers and interest4 ,one young man has gone to the ,hampton ,institute to fit himself for a teacher4 ,our church property has been improved1 and a parsonage erected at a cost of about #bcj1 in connection with which there are ten acres of land4 ,the field here is a promising one1 and considering that the church has been organized only two years and a half1 the progress of the work seems to us very encouraging4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,belmont ,,and ,,louisville1 ,,ga4 ,,rev4 ,,wilson ,,callen4 ,the work of ingathering in these churches has been slow and steady4 ,some who had been negligent have returned and manifested an interest in the church4 ,at ,belmont #aa new members have been added during the past four years4 ,there is a good attendance at ,louisville1 although but two have united with the church during my ministry4 ,there is great need of temperance work among the people4 ,the ,sabbath-schools are in tolerable good condition4 ,we have very little church property1 and we are not able to keep what we have in good repair4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,talladega ,,college ,,church1 ,,ala4 ,,pres4 ,h4 ,s4 ,,de ,,forest1 ,d4,d4 ,preaching1 ,sunday-school1 church and neighborhood prayer meetings1 with class of ,bible readers1 monthly concert1 and meeting of the ,woman's ,missionary ,society1 have been kept up in usual order and with a good degree of interest during the year4 ,for three weeks1 meetings were held each evening4 ,several1 chiefly students boarding in the college family1 found ,christ1 and the church was revived4 ,the preaching was first and mainly to ,christians rather than to the impenitent4 ,besides the mission churches which have grown out of the ,college church1 the students and teachers have sustained five ,sunday-schools in needy districts4 ,the ,college church has rare facilities for distributing illustrated ,sunday-school and temperance papers4 ,the parish missionary has faithfully pursued her work1 discovering and relieving much of want1 and speaking to the neglected4 ,a temperance society has been organized1 embracing in its membership those not connected with the ,college church1 with a pledge of abstinence from the use of tobacco in all its forms1 as well as from the use and sale of intoxicating liquors4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,mobile1 ,,ala4 ,,rev4 ,o4 ,d4 ,,crawford4 ,a revival followed the ,state ,conference in ,march2 #ae persons between the ages of #ac and #ah manifested a deep interest1 and received so much light on the supreme question1 as carried them beyond the reach of the ordinary instruction of the colored churches and revival seasons4 ,the church was much blessed4 ,we received to fellowship one young man1 a pupil in the ,institute1 of rare promise4 ,several temperance sermons were preached1 and #cj names secured to the pledge4 ,the church building was moved through the street to its more eligible location on the ,institute grounds1 and improved by a large front door and steps and cornice4 ,out of their deep poverty the people raised about one dollar at each monthly concert of prayer for missions4 ,two lady members are engaged in teaching in public schools acceptably4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,marion1 ,,ala4 ,,rev4 ,a4 ,w4 ,,curtis4 ,marion is an old town1 quite an educational centre1 but in all other respects left high and dry on a side switch4 ,hence our church and work is a good deal like that of ,new ,england--a good place to emigrate from4 ,there is not business enough to give work at home1 and the young people have to go away2 we are trying to make it a good home and training-school1 and look for the results elsewhere4 ,this summer nearly all our men are abroad for work--many at ,tougaloo1 working on the new building--some renting land in the district around4 ,most of the young women as they marry find homes abroad for the same reason4 ,the children and young people who were converted last spring hold out well1 and form the principal part of our number at prayer meeting4 ,we see occasionally also those who united with other churches4 ,ten united on confession at our first communion1 four at the second4 ,so far as ,i can learn1 all our church are strictly temperance folks4 ,our ,sunday-school is small4 ,we have had three ,sunday-schools kept up in the country by members of our church who had day schools in those districts4 ,most of our members have homes which they are making more valuable by improvement1 while property in town has greatly depreciated4 ,our church have undertaken to raise #ajj and to build a school-house this summer4 ,it may be a question whether they will succeed in the latter as soon as they have planned4 ,ten of the young people of our church have been at ,talladega during the past year1 two at ,fisk1 and one in ,tougaloo4 ,four of our members have been teaching school with good success and one is preaching4 ,a young man who graduated with honor at the ,normal here last week was converted with us4 ,he wishes to go to ,africa1 but will probably go under ,methodist auspices1 according to his friends' wish4 ,i have found a large field and a very needy one4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,montgomery1 ,,ala4 ,,rev4 ,o4 ,w4 ,,fay4 ,with our church1 the past year has been one of more than ordinary encouragement and blessing4 ,spiritual growth is manifest4 ,special meetings were held during the week of prayer and three weeks following2 result1 several hopeful conversions2 #ab have united with the church1 six by letter and six by profession4 ,a healthful sentiment in favor of temperance prevails throughout the church and congregation1 cherished by special services and efforts through the year4 ,not one person to my knowledge is addicted to the use of drink4 ,sunday-school is vigorous with enthusiasm1 numbering #age pupils4 ,decided improvement both in attendance and contributions have been made during the year4 ,though this has been financially a hard year for our people1 nevertheless in loyalty to church obligation they have done better than ever before in their history4 ,nine of our members have been in attendance at ,talladega ,college and ,fisk ,university during the year2 three of these are studying for the ministry4 ,as a whole1 the church work at this point has a bright side1 and we feel like thanking ,god and taking courage4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,selma1 ,,ala4 ,,rev4 ,c4 ,b4 ,,curtis4 ,our church observed the week of prayer with a good degree of interest1 which was followed by a series of meetings continuing through the month of ,january4 ,five were added to the church by profession and four by letter4 ,an effort was made in behalf of temperance by all the churches1 in the beginning of the year1 to send a petition to the ,legislature for the suppression of intemperance1 but failed as to results4 ,christmas1 a temperance ,sunday-school concert was held4 ,the ,sunday-school has been steadily increasing1 as shown by the following figures1 which give the average attendance for six months3 ,january #hb1 ,february #gg1 ,march #hc1 ,april #hd1 ,may #aab1 ,june #aja4 ,a mission school at the house of the pastor has been in operation for the year1 with an average attendance of #ah weekly4 ,an effort has been made to raise a special donation for the ,a4 ,m4 ,a41 that the ,association may receive the #ej pledged as a duplicate from a friend in ,massachusetts4 ,the 8,mission ,workers0 of the church and ,sunday-school have made by sales1 and given for various purposes1 #cj4de4 ,six of our pupils are at school at ,talladega1 two at ,tougaloo4 ,ten members are engaged in teaching or missionary work4 ,interest in the cause of missions has been furthered by a 8missionary tea party10 held at the home of the pastor4 ,items of intelligence from the broad field interested all4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,shelby ,,iron ,,works1 ,,ala4 ,,rev4 ,j4 ,r4 ,,sims4 ,i can only give you a brief report of my work1 as ,i have been here but a short time4 ,we have not had any revival1 only in the church there seems to be a renewed spirit among her members4 ,we deem the ,sunday-school work of vital importance1 and endeavor to increase its interest from time to time2 average attendance1 #ij2 teachers five4 ,our building is now being newly painted1 and we hope to finish plastering by the #ast of ,october4 ,five pupils from the church have been sent to some institution of learning4 ,number engaged in missionary work1 five4 ,the work1 as a whole1 seems to be hopeful4 ,we ask your prayers that we may be strengthened4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,childersburg1 ,,ala4 ,,rev4 ,,alfred ,,jones4 ,revival work has been very encouraging4 ,most of the youth have been led to embrace religion in consequence of our meetings4 ,thirty have joined our church1 #bb of whom came through since ,i have been here4 ,our church is a temperance church2 everybody looks upon us as a temperance people4 ,we have the best ,sabbath-school in ,childersburg4 ,we have plastered our meeting house and added a church farm worth #bej1 and a bell worth #de4 ,four of our church members are studying at different institutions4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,florence1 ,,ala4 ,,rev4 ,,wm4 ,h4 ,,ash4 ,we have built a beautiful parsonage this year which is said to be the prettiest house in town4 ,our field of labor is one where the minister plans his work1 and then pulls off his coat and sees that it is done4 ,since ,i took charge here1 two years ago1 a suitable house of worship has been erected4 ,meanwhile1 ,i have acted as pastor and taught a school4 ,six were added to the church by profession1 and a temperance society has been organized4 ,it is the only temperance society in connection with any of the colored churches in town4 ,when ,i came here ,i found an old house1 that had been used for a bar-room and gambling shop1 fitted up for a house of worship4 ,this has been abandoned1 the lot upon which it stood well fenced1 and a meeting house built4 ,we sent one pupil to ,fisk ,university last year1 and raised #afj for building and repairs4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,tougaloo1 ,,miss4 ,,rev4 ,g4 ,s4 ,,pope4 ,there has been no special revival this year4 ,steady progress1 however1 has been made1 resulting in frequent conversions4 ,eleven have been added to the church on profession of faith1 and four by letter4 ,it is a rare thing for any of our students to hold themselves outside of the temperance work4 ,they not only become temperance men and women here1 but temperance workers when they leave4 ,from #a1jjj to #a1ejj signers of the pledge are secured by them each summer vacation4 ,they sometimes commence ,sunday-school work previous to the opening of their day schools1 and during vacation it is estimated that they instruct about #d1jjj ,sunday-school scholars4 ,fifty-eight of our church members have been engaged in teaching during the year4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,congregational ,,churches ,,of ,,louisiana--,,general ,,survey4 ,,rev4 ,w4 ,s4 ,,alexander1 ,d4,d4 ,of the #ah churches in the ,south-western ,association1 the first organization bears date ,june #adth1 #ahfh2 so that if we are not the infant association1 we are certainly among the youngest members of the ,congregational household4 ,there have been seven annual meetings of our ,association1 two occurring in #ahgj and #ahga1 and then regularly from #ahgf to #ahha inclusive4 ,there has been growth in several directions4 #ast1 morally4 ,the standard in moral instruction and practice is higher1 by a marked difference1 than at the beginning of our church life4 ,the church is not a harbor for unholy and impure persons1 where the outward profession atones for the faults of the private life2 but the scene of watchfulness and charitable judgment1 where the weak are helped1 the penitent encouraged1 and the persistent wrong-doer is discountenanced and disfellowshiped4 #b;d4 ,in intelligence4 ,the ministers and church members have a clearer understanding of the proprieties of church order and discipline4 ,the public services of the ,lord's day have grown quiet and devotional1 a deeper tone of reverence pervades the preaching1 and mere emotion has been succeeded by intelligent conviction and a reasonable faith4 #c;d4 ,there is a more direct aim for the best spiritual results4 ,the conversion of the heart and the saving of the lost is more and more the end and the aim of preaching4 ,between this and the crude emotional spasmodic methods of the past1 there is an almost inconceivable difference4 ,central ,church1 ,new ,orleans 7,rev4 ,w4 ,s4 ,alexander1 ,d4,d41 ,pastor74--,this church was in #ahgj the ,university church1 and has always been intimately associated with ,straight ,university4 ,the president of the ,university has been the acting pastor since ,january #ast1 #ahgf4 ,most of the teachers in the ,university are earnest workers in the ,sabbath-school4 ,from a membership of #ce in #ahgf1 almost all of whom were old people1 the membership has been increased to #baj4 ,hardly a year has passed without witnessing in this church scenes of revival interest4 ,every winter has had its harvest months4 ,during the past winter1 a revival of great power occurred in the church1 resulting in #ej conversions4 ,mr4 ,james ,wharton1 of ,barrow-in-,furness1 ,england1 was an honored agent of the ,lord in this blessed work4 ,the annual expenses of the church1 averaging #fej1 are always paid promptly1 and this year1 in addition1 the church has remitted #ajj to the treasury of the ,american ,missionary ,association4 ,spain ,st4 ,church1 ,new ,orleans 7,rev4 ,henry ,a4 ,ruffin1 ,pastor74--,mr4 ,ruffin was a student in the theological department of ,straight ,university for four or five years1 and was in charge of the church at the same time1 as he is to-day4 ,the church has been disturbed during the year by a few bad men1 ambitious to rule1 and so obstructing the progress of the ,lord's work and restricting the influence and usefulness of the pastor2 but by patience and wise counsels the difficulty seems to be tided over1 and the church started on a new career of prosperity4 ,morris ,brown ,chapel1 ,new ,orleans 7,rev4 ,isaac ,h4 ,hall1 ,pastor74--,mr4 ,hall was a delegate of the ,s4,w4 ,association to the ,national ,council at ,st4 ,louis4 ,he was a student for several years at ,straight ,university4 ,the church has had a constant though not rapid growth4 ,its membership of #aaj represents a good deal of hard work in prayer4 ,a few converts are gathered in every year4 ,the church has a small debt of about #bej1 which it is struggling bravely to discharge4 ,whenever a dollar can be transferred from the fund for ordinary expenses to sinking fund it is done1 and the church will celebrate its jubilee when the last dollar of indebtedness is paid4 ,algiers and ,gretna4--,there are two churches across the river from ,new ,orleans1 one in ,algiers and the other in ,gretna4 ,rev4 ,james ,craig is pastor at ,algiers1 and ,rev4 ,putney ,w4 ,ward at ,gretna4 ,with better schools in these two places1 there would be better churches4 ,the mass of the people need enlightening1 and until it is done the church will dash against the breakers4 ,ignorance is never in accord with quiet1 progressive and spiritual church life4 ,these churches have now reached a crisis in their history which means either fatal disaster or a new and better lease of life4 ,may ,god guide and bring order out of confusion4 ,in the parish of ,st4 ,mary we have an interesting and hopeful group of churches4 ,terrebonne 7,rev4 ,daniel ,clay1 ,pastor74--,the house of worship is new1 tasteful and admirably fitted for its purposes4 ,neatly painted1 with good bell1 the church-yard surrounded by a whitewashed fence1 and in the rear the pretty cottages of the pastor and his son1 nothing more could be desired4 ,it is really beautiful4 ,and how happy ,bro4 ,clay is--how proud of his church and immense congregation6 ,he feels that ,god has been good to him1 and after many fierce storms1 has conducted him to a peaceful and happy old age4 ,this church was built and paid for by the voluntary offerings of the people4 ,i think they have never solicited a dollar of outside aid4 ,they have built just as fast as they could pay for the work4 ,no shadow of debt has ever dimmed their joy4 ,the ,association met with this church in ,april4 ,great congregations flocked to the meetings1 and immediately upon the adjournment of the ,association1 a revival of peculiar grace and tenderness was enjoyed1 and some precious souls 8given their liberty40 ,terrebonne ,station 7,rev4 ,benjamin ,field1 licensed ,preacher1 acting ,pastor74 ,lafourche ,crossing 7,rec4 ,wm4 ,reid1 ,pastor74--,these two churches are under the general supervision of ,bro4 ,clay1 and look to him for counsel as to a father4 ,there is a peculiar bond binding these little churches of like faith together4 ,when the ,lord's work is revived in one1 the others hasten to share in the blessing1 and when trouble is developed in one1 the others are quick to sympathize and help4 ,the ,lafourche church are proposing to buy a new lot and build a pretty chapel4 ,they have very great faith in their prospective growth4 ,new ,iberia4--,st4 ,paul's church is one of the strongest and most stable in the ,association4 ,the ,september gale leveled their old building4 ,it was a blessing in disguise1 for a new and substantial church has risen in its place4 ,how much the stimulus of necessity will accomplish6 ,rev4 ,w4 ,r4 ,polk1 a protege of ,dr4 ,cuyler1 is the pastor4 ,the services are orderly and intelligent4 ,situated in the midst of one of the most fruitful sections of the state1 and almost every colored man owning his homestead1 and some of them in the realization of the freedman's ambition1 8forty acres and a mule10 there is a look of prosperity about church and people that is refreshing4 ,they are now self-supporting4 ,they are also rejoicing over several additions to the church on profession of faith4 ,we must now group together a few churches1 small as yet1 but giving promise of great usefulness4 ,they are situated in important centres with respect to colored population1 and the absence of churches except at great distances4 ,lockport and ,harangville--,under the missionary supervision of ,brother ,ward1 of ,gretna4 ,he pays them a monthly or semi-monthly visit1 and they do the best they can in the interval4 ,when they get stronger they will require and can pay for the regular services of a resident minister4 ,peteance and ,little ,pecan--,under the pastoral care of ,rev4 ,wm4 ,butler4 ,mr4 ,butler teaches a day school at ,peteance1 five miles from ,new ,iberia4 ,both these churches have houses of worship1 and are full of faith in the increase of future years4 ,god grant their faith may be rewarded4 ,churches at ,bayou ,du ,large 7,rev4 ,humphrey ,williams1 ,pastor71 and at ,grand ,bayou 7,s4 ,williams1 ,pastor71 are new churches1 organized within the year1 attracted by the simplicity1 liberty and spirituality of the ,congregational mode of government4 ,they have cordially united hands with us4 ,abberville--,needs a house of worship1 and until it is built we cannot begin to write its history4 ,a church without a shelter is a church in the wilderness indeed2 and in this part of the world is no church1 but a scattered flock seeking a fold4 ,lake ,peigneur 7,rev4 ,c4 ,e4 ,smith1 ,pastor74--,this church enjoys stated preaching4 ,when the pastor is absent1 some layman who has the 8gift0 of exhorting calls the people together4 ,the homes of the people are often far apart4 ,it is a rich prairie section1 and all or nearly all come on horse-back4 ,there is very little abject poverty4 ,the labor of the men and women is sought1 and commands a living price4 ,the land itself can be purchased from #aj to #ae per acre1 and so our friends are driving down the stakes into their own soil4 ,once the negro had a right only in 8,god's acre10 and not that till he was dead4 ,now he holds the title-deed to his own property1 sealed with the great seal of ,louisiana4 ,god be praised6 ,how restful to the tired laborer is a bed in his own cottage6 ,how much better ,christian he can be1 with his own home1 with all the amenities and domestic comforts of the family circle1 and with the inducements thus supplied to be good and to do good6 99 99 99 99 99 ,,union ,,church1 ,,nashville1 ,,tenn4 ,,rev4 ,h4 ,s4 ,,bennett4 ,this is a ,university church1 and the work done by it is so intimately connected with that done by the ,university that they cannot be separated4 ,its membership is now #aga and is composed largely of students4 ,during vacation its meetings stop4 ,it was organized in #ahfh1 and since that time no year has passed in the history of the ,university without from #ab to #gj conversions4 ,during the past school year two powerful seasons of refreshing resulted in the conversion of #fh students4 ,the additions to the church have been mostly on profession of faith1 and have averaged more than #bj annually4 ,in connection with the institution1 of which the church is a part1 are a ,sunday-school1 a college1 ,y4,m4,c4,a41 and a missionary society for the evangelization of ,africa4 ,many class prayer meetings are also held4 ,from the ,university between #ajj and #aej students1 most of whom are members of the church1 go out to teach school during vacation4 ,these teachers organize ,sunday-schools and temperance societies4 ,five of the students have already gone as missionaries to ,africa2 others are preparing to go1 having consecrated themselves to the work of ,african missions4 ,many of the students1 members of the church1 are now engaged in the work of preaching the ,gospel in the churches of the ,south2 others are preparing to preach4 ,the work was never so promising as now4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,memphis1 ,,tenn4 ,,rev4 ,b4 ,a4 ,,imes4 ,i can only speak of special interest awakened last fall and early winter1 carried on mainly among the young people of the ,american ,missionary ,association school 7,le ,moyne ,normal74 ,many of these pupils were also our ,sunday-school scholars4 ,of perhaps #dj converted1 six united with our church4 ,since ,november #a1 #ahhj1 seven have united with this church on profession and nine by letter4 ,the ,sunday-school is well attended1 averaging from #ajj to #adj during the latter part of winter and spring1 and now in vacation about #ge2 general interest good4 ,since ,january #ast1 money raised for missionary purposes #bj4 ,about #ab pupils of ,le ,moyne ,school are from our church1 some of them members1 others from families in part or entirely connected with it4 ,one young man is teaching during the summer2 will be in school next year4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,chattanooga1 ,,tenn4 ,,rev4 ,,jos4 ,e4 ,,smith4 ,the year has not passed without giving us tokens of ,god's special favor4 ,the hopeful conversion of four persons1 who are standing firm in the faith and doing good service in the church1 and the renewed quickening of the whole church1 are some of the happy results of the ,holy ,spirit's special presence4 ,the ,sunday-school is full of interest2 average attendance about #ij scholars1 with eight earnest teachers who were once our scholars4 ,the ,sunday-school has a library of about #gj volumes of good books1 which are quite generally read by the school4 ,twenty-one persons have left us at different times to engage in study either in ,atlanta or ,fisk ,university1 nine of whom are teaching and doing good work otherwise1 while one is over in the southern part of ,france preaching the ,gospel4 ,the church has paid #bf4aj toward missionary purposes4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,berea1 ,,ky4 ,,rev4 ,,john ,g4 ,,fee4 ,the church here is the one church of the place1 undenominational1 unsectarian4 ,all who here profess faith in the ,lord ,jesus as their personal ,saviour from sin1 and are baptized in ,his name as ,his true followers1 are recognized as in the body1 and their fellowship is cherished whilst they maintain ,christian character4 ,the present membership is #aga2 number added during the past year1 #ac2 average attendance at the ,sabbath-school1 #aib4 ,four other ,sabbath-schools are under the supervision of members of the church2 in these there is a total average attendance of #bjh4 ,during the past year we erected here a neat plain building as a church house and college chapel4 ,it will seat some #ejj people4 ,we have here1 conducted and managed chiefly by members of the church1 the most vigorous temperance association in the state1 including over #a1fjj pledges4 ,our relations to the churches and people around us are eminently friendly and pleasant4 ,there is to us an open door that no man can shut4 ,to ,god be the glory4 ,the church at ,union ,chapel1 ,jackson ,county1 has just entered into a new church house2 has the aid of two resident elders1 and a monthly visit from ,bro4 ,bunting1 associate pastor at ,berea4 ,the churches in ,bracken and ,lewis ,counties are without a pastor2 they sustain a regular prayer meeting and ,sunday-school4 ,the church at ,camp ,nelson1 ,jessamine ,county1 is without a regular pastor4 ,the members keep up frequent meetings and a promising ,sunday-school4 ,we expect the presence and aid of ,rev4 ,j4 ,t4 ,browne as a pastor to some of these churches4 ,many useful fields could be occupied if we had support for pastors4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,little ,,rock1 ,,ark4 ,,rev4 ,b4 ,f4 ,,foster4 ,our work here1 as you know1 is in its very infancy2 organized #bgth of ,february1 #ahha1 with #dj communicants4 ,since then we have received by recommendation or letter #cb more4 ,our ,sunday-school is in excellent condition1 averages #hj scholars1 besides teachers1 c4 ,our greatest need is competent ,christian teachers4 ,we have purchased a lot in a very desirable part of the city 7corner lot7 at #djj4 ,have paid #adj toward it4 ,have laid the foundation on it for a church4 ,we are now negotiating for lumber1 c41 with which to erect the superstructure4 ,hope to go into it ,november #ast1 and also to lay the corner-stone very soon4 ,have raised since organized #dfh for church purposes4 ,hope to send one pupil to ,fisk next fall4 ,probably we may send two4 ,mrs4 ,foster 7the pastor's wife7 expects to begin missionary work here next fall4 ,we pride ourselves on being among a benevolent1 generous class of ,christians4 ,all are hopeful of success4 ,some certainly will be ,congregationalists4 ,will some ,christian philanthropist help us8 99 99 99 99 99 ,,goliad1 ,,texas4 ,,rev4 ,b4 ,c4 ,,church4 ,after years of toil and waiting we are made to rejoice in a revival of religion2 not the old1 with its fanaticism and immoralities4 ,it is no easy task to educate an unlettered people to reject the past and adopt a new and higher form of ,christian life2 to change a prayerless and violent home into one of song and praise4 ,this is our work4 ,after a meeting of fifteen days we received five persons into the church on profession of faith1 all from the ,sunday-school1 two of whom are teachers4 ,after a few days' rest we opened a meeting with the church in ,helena1 that continued eleven days4 ,as a result we received seven members4 ,these1 too1 were connected with the ,sunday-school4 ,in both meetings the interest continued till the close4 ,rev4 ,m4 ,thompson1 my associate in work with these two churches1 is a brother greatly beloved by all who know him4 ,if he had a few more books1 and our churches had one communion service between them1 many hearts would rejoice and many thanks would be given to the donors4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,paris1 ,,texas4 ,,rev4 ,j4 ,w4 ,,roberts4 ,we have had no special revival since last summer4 ,four1 however1 have been added to the church during the year1 two by letter and two by profession4 ,without any formal organization1 ,i am happy to say that my people are abstainers from intoxicating liquors4 ,there is a temperance society in the city1 but ,i do not espouse its cause1 because it is a secret society4 ,our ,sabbath-school is crowded every ,lord's day4 ,we are endeavoring to introduce the catechism1 and thus far have been quite successful4 ,our great need is a house of worship4 ,we can scarcely hold services in the old barn we now occupy on account of leakage when it rains and snows4 ,we have recently purchased a very desirable church lot not far from the centre of the city1 on which we expect to erect a new church4 ,two of my male members are carrying on missionary work in the country with encouraging success4 ,we sustain a neighborhood prayer meeting1 which is doing much good4 ,a bright future is before us4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,flatonia1 ,,texas4 ,,rev4 ,t4 ,e4 ,,hillson4 ,i have only been in charge of this mission one year4 ,on my arrival ,i found everything to discourage me4 ,both white and black people were prejudiced against the work of the ,association1 but the future1 perhaps1 will tell better4 ,i have the pleasure of preaching to a congregation most of the time which cannot be comfortably seated in the church building4 ,we have a membership of twenty1 which is quite small1 but the material for a ,congregational church has not matured in ,texas yet4 ,when young men and women possessing the power of the ,holy ,spirit shall have taught among these people1 then ,congregational churches will commence to spring up over ,texas4 ,over #de of our young men and women have joined the temperance union4 ,i have also a benevolent literary society organized1 which is making good progress4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,corpus ,,christi1 ,,texas4 ,,rev4 ,j4 ,w4 ,,strong4 ,our church has been revived and all its services are well attended4 ,the whole church is a temperance society4 ,we are becoming more and more in favor with other churches both white and colored4 ,the hope of our church is in the boys and girls at school4 ,already two ministers have gone forth from us1 one of whom is doing good work for four ,baptist churches which he has in charge4 ,the other one also is a great power for good4 ,our church has been more anxious for the souls of men than for their names upon its list4 ,the attendance at the ,sabbath-school is good1 made up in part of a large ,bible class of elderly people4 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 ,,jottings ,,from ,,the ,,field4 ,the following cheery item it was my privilege to publish in the ,pacific of ,june #bjth4 ,i am sure that it will interest the readers of the ,,missionary3 ,in connection with our ,california ,chinese mission1 thirteen schools were sustained during the month of ,june4 ,this is one less than were in operation in ,may1 the school at ,tucson1 ,arizona1 having been discontinued temporarily4 ,but the number of pupils enrolled was #eie--;a net gain over the preceding month of #de1 and the largest enrollment ever reported4 ,the average attendance was #cad--larger by #aj than during the preceding month1 and larger than was ever reported before4 ,in the course of this fiscal year1 thus far1 not less than #a1dfe ,chinese have been enrolled in these schools1 and have thus been reached by ,gospel influences4 ,among the pupils now in the schools1 #abh are reported as giving evidence of conversion4 ,laborers wanted for ,god's ,harvest4--,christ bids us pray for these4 ,i ask the readers of the ,,missionary to join us in prayer for more ,chinese helpers made fit by the power of ,god's ,spirit for the work that they1 they alone1 can do4 ,the teacher in one of our more recently established schools writes me as follows3 8,i find it very hard to get along alone4 ,we sadly need an efficient ,chinese helper4 ,the boys are beginning to think and ask so many questions1 and each requires so much time for himself1 that it is often after ten o'clock ,p4 ,m4 when ,i get through4 ,then there are so many ,chinese outside that we cannot reach1 and who will not come to school2 and they need some one to meet with them and talk to them in their own language40 ,what is true of this school is just as true of all the rest4 ,we have now nine of those helpers employed4 ,i should like to add four to the list as soon as ,september #ast4 ,can ,i have the means to sustain them8 ,i believe that if the ,lord will send forth the men1 ,i will trust ,him for the money4 ,but ,i certainly purpose not to waste the ,lord's money sustaining men whom ,i alone1 not ,he1 have called into the field4 ,unite with us in prayer for the right men4 ,a ,helper's ,sermon4--,lou ,quong is at present our helper in the ,west ,school in this city4 ,he is a servant in a ,christian family1 working at reduced wages in order to get time for missionary work4 ,what he thus loses ,i make up to him by way of salary4 ,with the other helpers in this city and ,oakland1 he meets me at our ,central ,mission ,house for a review of the week's ,bible lessons1 and for mutual conference on all matters bearing on our mission4 ,one of the exercises is the presentation by each helper of a sketch of a sermon for criticism and other suggestions from me4 ,the following was submitted yesterday 7,june #bjth7 by ,lou ,quong4 ,i think that the readers of the ,,missionary have never heard from him before4 ,the text 7assigned to all in common on the preceding ,wednesday7 was in ,john xiii4 #cd1 8,a new commandment ,i give unto you1 that ye love one another3 as ,i have loved you1 that ye also love one another40 8,our ,lord has given us a new commandment to learn--that we should love one another4 ,well1 but how many commandments are there8 ,there are ten old commandments which the ,lord gave ,moses4 ,the old commandments say1 #8,thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself4' ,why does ,jesus give us this new one8 ,is ,christ any better than ,god8 ,no1 they are the same4 ,it is because ,jesus saw the people of the world needed more charity4 ,therefore1 ,christ gave us this one that we must love one another with brotherly love4 8#b4 ,but how can we love one another8 ,can we love all our brethren without loving ,god8 ,or can we love ,god without loving our brethren8 ,no1 we cannot love our brethren without loving ,god1 neither can we love ,god without loving ,his people4 ,but we must first love ,god2 then we shall be able to love the brethren4 ,do not you know what the ,bible says1 #8we love ,god because ,he first loved us4' ,love is the greatest word in the world4 ,we cannot possibly do anything without this word4 ,love the brethren of ,god's church as if they were your own brethren4 ,but what is the reason that we should love them as our own brethren8 ,yes1 they are truly our own brethren4 ,why8 ,because we are all made of one blood4 ,at the beginning1 did not ,god make a man and a woman1 and told them to love one another1 and keep ,his commandments8 ,but at last they broke ,his commands1 so ,god turned them out of ,paradise4 ,now are they not the father and mother of us all8 ,of course1 they are4 ,this is why we ought to love them that are ,god's children as well as our own brethren4 8#c4 ,but how are we able to love one another8 ,shall we love them when they love us8 ,that is a very easy way1 but this not the way of love at all4 ,or shall we say1 we will love them1 but the heart is not willing to do so8 ,is this the way to love8 ,or1 shall we say by mouth1 yes1 we will love him truly1 but still try to listen to him when he talks1 or preaching1 or studying1 to find fault with him1 and go right off and tell some one else instead of telling his fault before him by yourself alone2 is this the way to love8 ,or1 he speak something against me2 then ,i do not like to speak to him any more3 is that the way to love8 ,or1 to wait1 find out all his mistakes and all his faults1 and then go find some one who you think best1--who you think love you very much1 and who you think can help you any way1 and who do always to please you with talk1 and who can scold them better than you1 for perhaps they are better person than you1 and perhaps they have more respect of men2 and your heart is full of envying1 and always try to knock him down3 is this the way to love one another8 ,is that your brother1 that you ought to treat him so8 ,no1 my friends1 this is not the way to love at all4 ,but we are truly to love one another2 this is our duty4 ,what ,jesus told us to do1 we must do it by heart1 not by talk1 nor by pleasing1 neither by any other way4 ,but first knowing that ,god is always looking down from above1 so we must be careful how we love ,god and our brother4 ,this is what we ought to have2--that is1 we must first have our hearts pure1 then comes the peaceable1 gentle1 and easy to be entreated1 full of mercy and good fruits of righteousness1 without partiality and without hypocrisy4 ,do it by heart4 ,amen40 ,i have transcribed it just as it was brought in--the first draft roughly penciled--and the italics are his own4 ,as a work of homiletic art1 it is open to criticism certainly2 but as an utterance of truth1 it may reach the case1 and fitly stir the conscience of many an ,american ,christian1 as well as of our ,chinese believers4 ,i close with1 this extract from the report of the teacher of our ,barnes ,school3 8,the most enjoyable lessons to me are those in the ,bible1 and ,i am often surprised at the interest shown1 and the questions and answers given4 99 99 99 ,last night in ,sabbath-school one was learning the passage1 #8,take heed that ye do not your alms before men1' etc4 ,i asked him if he knew what that meant4 ,he answered1 #8,when you give away something1 or do something kind to any body1 don't go talk about it1 tell everybody4 ,if you do1 ,god think you too much foolie4' ,i think ,i have given his exact words40 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 ,,miss ,,wilson',s ,,work ,,among ,,the ,,refugees ,,in ,,kansas4 ,miss ,julia ,wilson1 sent out ,october last by the ,w4,h4,m4,a41 writes from ,baxter ,springs1 ,kansas3 ,the blessing of ,god has seemed to rest upon our work from the beginning1 in opening the way before us and in giving us favor with the people for whom we labor4 ,kind friends have sent us generous aid1 whereby we have been able to meet our charity work1 which although only a small part of the great whole1 is nevertheless a very important part1 not only because we are thus enabled to relieve want and suffering1 but because of the opportunity thereby given to gain a personal influence over individuals4 ,we often have thirty visitors in a day4 ,a few minutes are given to one2 often hours of precious time must be given to others1 for thus only are their hearts kept with ours4 ,we encourage1 aid1 advise as circumstances demand4 ,we are with our people in sickness1 death and also at their funerals4 ,we have a woman's school four or five times a week2 but our ,bible school is our corner-stone4 ,we have a large attendance in the adult's room and also in the children's department4 ,they listen with earnestness1 and ,i always feel at the close that the ,lord has been with us4 ,this people have been so accustomed to a mixture of error with the truth1 that simple ,bible truth is new to them4 ,i will not speak of difficulties that must be met and overcome1 only to say that if we did not know we are here in the strength of the ,lord1 we might as well go home1 so strong a hold has sin in its worst and most debasing forms upon these people4 8,but the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light10 and 8they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death1 upon them has the light shined40 ,what a privilege to be a light-bearer for the ,lord--to hold the fort at any point against the might of ,satan6 ,for ,jesus signals1 8,i am coming40 ,yes1 8,we'll wave the answer back to ,heaven4 ,by thy grace we will40 ,we would like to give to the readers the diary of ,miss4 ,w4 for one month1 but have only space for the report of two or three days1 to show how constantly her head1 heart and hands are busy in her work3 #ast4 ,sunday-school book1 papers and slate pencil to ,mr4 ,b41 who came twelve miles4 ,to preacher ,d41 bundle of clothing for himself and family4 #b;d1 sent soap to ,h4 family1 who camped under a tree after traveling #bjj miles2 they were wet1 weary and hungry4 ,again1 sent rice to ,mrs4 ,g41 thread and cloth for children's clothes to ,mrs4 ,b41 the same to ,mrs4 ,l41 one of whom walked eight miles1 the other twelve1 to attend the woman's school2 lesson papers1 ,sunday-school papers and cards to three young people who walked eight miles to reach the mission4 ,lesson to ,mrs4 ,a4 in button-hole making1 thread for practice1 cards to ,h4 children1 and lesson to ,cora4 ,supper cooked and given to a family of six tired1 hungry people1 the most wretched ,i have seen1 also a night's lodging in our church4 ,coat1 shirt and decent grave clothes to ,b4 ,land given to three women1 two of whom walked eight and the other twelve miles4 ,the friends who have so generously responded to ,miss ,wilson's needs will see by this report how she has by their gifts been able to meet the urgent necessities of these poor suffering people4 ,miss ,wilson lives with her helper1 who was a pupil at ,hampton ,institute for a time1 in a small cottage 8shaded from the intense heat by trees1 and furnished with a good well of water1 worth more than a gold mine10 surrounded by the cottages of her people1 and so enabled to bring to bear upon them the influence of a ,christian home4 ,boxes and barrels sent during the month of ,july3 ,from ,auxiliary in ,plainville1 ,conn41 clothing valued #be4gj 0 ,highland1 ,ill41 to ,miss ,wilson1 ,baxter ,springs1 ,kansas1 one box valued #dh4gj 0 ,philips ,church1 ,south ,boston1 ,ladies' ,benevolent ,society to ,miss ,wilson1 box valued #ee4ca ,to ,home ,missionaries at the ,west1 box valued #acb4ai ,receipts of ,woman's ,home ,missionary ,association from ,june #bg to ,july #be1 #ahha3 ,from auxiliaries #cfj4ej 0 life members #hj4jj 0 donations #afe4ie 0 annual members #d4jj -------------- #faj4de 99 99 99 99 99 ,,children',s ,,page4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,paulphemia',s ,,ma4 8,oh6 who is dat a comin'8 ,don't you grieve for me4 ,de ,lord don't want you to grieve for me4 ',tis ole ,father ,gable 7,gabriel710 etc41 etc4 ,over and over again sounded the weird melody1 mingling with the strains of martial music that floated from the barracks opposite4 ,paulphemia seemed to appreciate better her own melody1 with its accompaniment of heels knocking against the gate-post on which she sat1 than the patriotic 8,rally round the flag1 boys10 of the musicians4 ,it was after the war and ,paulphemia was free4 ,surely1 she knew all this1 for hadn't her pa fallen in battle1 bravely fighting8 and hadn't she fled with her dear widowed missus and little missuses in as great terror as they when the ,union army entered the city8 ,for she loved this mistress1 and was only dimly sure that freedom was to be such a glorious thing4 ,surely no one knew better than ,paulphemia that she was free1 and yet where was the use in singing all day1 8,i'se free1 thank de ,lord10 or of falling on her knees periodically to shout and praise ,god1 as 8maw0 did8 ,i have said that she seemed to appreciate better her own doleful melody than the martial music2 in reality1 though1 her song was a kind of 8,get thee behind me1 ,satan10 to the tempter urging her to run over to the barracks4 ,indeed ,paulphemia's cup was one of mingled joy and pain1 and therein1 although as black as ebony1 she was akin to us4 ,true1 she was free2 that meant she had no more toting of missus' babies4 ,but when she lived with missus1 she didn't have to live with ma2 and ,paulphemia would have told you1 8this ma ain't my ma1 'cause my own dear ma done died10 and this ma had decreed that the child should not run loose hither and yon1 and especially should not go over to the fort and barracks4 ,paulphemia almost envied the little dwarf1 her neighbor1 poor little ,joe ,morgan1 whose body and limbs were so distorted and mixed up that he could scratch his ear or his little woolly head with his toes4 ,for the amusement this accomplishment afforded the soldiers1 he was welcome at any time1 and in this way picked up many a penny4 8,paulphemie10 shouted an imperative voice1 8,i'se a gwine ter whip you1 chile1 if you darst go over to them quarters60 ,the old woman1 with her threat and her stick for enforcing it1 appeared most opportunely in the cabin door1 for the child had slid from the gate-post and in another second would have rallied round the flag2 but with a face expressive of innocence itself1 she responded1 8,i'se jis a comin'1 maw60 ,this meekness deceived the old woman and she changed her menacing tones4 8,honey10 she said1 8your pore ma's done died1 an' nebber lived to see us free6 ,say1 honey1 reckon you'd like for to be a lady like ole missus80 8,dunno10 answered ,paulphemia1 for 8,yankee ,doodle0 was just then driving her almost wild4 8,say1 honey1 reckon you'd like for to go to the big paid school80 ,at this the child opened wider her big eyes1 for next to the barracks in point of mystery was the large school into which she had longed to penetrate4 8,you get learning1 chile1 an' get religion1 an' sure 'nough you'se a lady like ole missus40 ,this was what the old woman told ,paulphemia then1 and afterward put her to school4 ,years came and went as years will do1 some three or four or five2 and after a time the blue-coats vanished from the city1 martial music was no more heard1 and the forts crowning the beautiful hills and all the barracks about them became deserted and silent4 ,still the school in the hospital buildings continued and increased in prosperity1 and still the years rolled on1 fourteen of them1 and even the hospital buildings became deserted1 for the ,freedmen's school had long since outgrown its quarters1 and from one of the beautiful hills it proudly and peacefully looks down upon the city1 that proudly and in peace gazes up to it4 ,on a day when the ,southern sunshine was brightest1 one of the professors1 on his way to the ,university1 was stopped by an aged colored woman1 bowed over on a walking-stick1 and hobbling to meet him4 8,howdy10 said she1 8is you de teacher up yonder80 and she pointed to the stately hall4 8,yes1 auntie10 he replied with a smile4 8,can ,i do anything for you80 8,reckon you don't 'member ,paulphemie ,watkins80--and as she spoke the name1 her voice grew even more tremulous4 ,the professor regretfully said he did not recall her4 8,i 'spects you doesn't10 added the old auntie4 8,well1 down yonder1 sah1 when dis yere school was a baby1 you know1 down yonder in de guv'ment buildings1 my ,paulphemie went to your paid school2 she got religion thar1 and--and 7wiping slowly her eyes7 she done got de choleray and done died1 nigh on ter fourteen year ago now1 sah4 ,praise de ,lord6 she got religion1 and she gone home ter glory60 ,and then the poor old thing1 after placing her walking-stick so that she could safely lean on it and have her hands free1 removed from her bosom a handkerchief1 and with trembling fingers untied a knot in one corner2 then she placed in the professor's hand1 counting them out one by one1 six silver dollars4 8,for my ,paulphemie's larnin'1 sah4 ,i couldn't pay it sooner1 sah2 but1 sure 'nough1 its done laid like a stone right here all dese yere years10 she said1 putting her hand on her heart4 ,i prayed de ,lord an' ,i said1 ,o6 good ,lord1 don't lemme come home to glory till ,i done paid for ,paulphemie's larnin'6 ,it's a pretty day1 sah2 ,i lives a right smart o' way yonder1 an' my ole feet don't go fast1 so good evening4,a ,with those words she would have gone4 ,the professor's eyes were moist1 and he had hardly spoken1 so strange had been the scene1 but now he followed her1 begging her gently to keep the money4 ,with pride and almost anger she refused1 and after learning where her home was1 he was obliged to let her go1 contenting himself with a plan to fully make up to her in some way the sum she had left in his hands4 ,walking slowly and thoughtfully toward the ,university1 he seemed to hear not 8the still1 sad music of humanity20 for how could he dare to pity a soul so noble8 ,but an angel's plaudit spoke for her1 8,she hath done what she could40 ,,footnote3 ,a ,this incident of the aged colored woman's honesty is true1 and occurred during the past winter4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,receipts ,,for ,,july1 #ahha4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,maine1 #aga4bc4 ,bath4 ,central ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ae4jj ,portland4 ,state ,st4 ,ch4 #aej4jj ,south ,paris4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #f4bc ,,new ,,hampshire1 #bic4bc4 ,centre ,harbor4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ag4jj ,concord4 ,south ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #ajj4eg1 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,,sara ,h4 ,,harrington1 ,l4 ,m42 ,miss ,a4 ,j4 ,h4 and ,others1 #b2 8,a ,friend10 #a #ajc4eg ,fitzwilliam4 ,,mrs4 ,,louisa ,,hill1 to const4 herself ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,henniker4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #be4jj ,hollis4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4bj ,reese4 ,first ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #ci4jj ,milford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 7#aj of wh4 bal4 to const4 ,,andrew ,j4 ,,hutchinson1 ,l4 ,m47 #ah4ge ,nashua4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bj4bg ,new ,ipswich4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ab4dd ,pembroke4 8,a4 ,t40 #e4jj ,short ,falls4 ,i4 ,w4 ,chandler #b4jj ,webster4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ae4jj ,,vermont1 #a1aha4de4 ,brownington ,barton ,landing4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bj4hc ,johnson4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aj4jj ,middlebury4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #dd4gb ,saint ,albans4 ,a4 ,o4 ,brainerd #be4jj ,sheldon4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,shoreham4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 7ad'l7 #j4ea ,springfield4 ,a4 ,woolson #bjj4jj ,west ,brattleborough4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #i4hh2 ,mrs4 ,fannie ,c4 ,gaines1 #e #ad4hh ,west ,dover4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #c4jj ,wilmington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #e4bf ,windsor4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,,lydia ,,wheeler1 and ,,dea4 ,c4 ,d4 ,,hazen1 ,l4 ,m's #eb4be ---------------- #cha4de ,,legacy4 ,springfield4 ,estate of ,dea4 ,charles ,haywood1 by ,geo4 ,p4 ,haywood1 ,ex4 #hjj4jj ---------------- #a1aha4de ,,massachusetts1 #h1bcg4dh4 ,amesbury4 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,l4 ,bayley1 to const4 ,,rev4 ,w4 ,f4 ,,slocum1 ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,amherst4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #be2 ,south ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #f #ca4jj ,andover4 ,free ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #ic4da1 to const4 ,,rebecca ,j4 ,,poor1 ,,agnes ,,dear and ,,mary ,,richardson1 ,l4 ,m's2 ,chapel ,ch4 and ,soc4 7ad'l7 #bj #aac4da ,arlington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ce4jj ,belchertown4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bg4jj ,boston4 ,highland ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,society1 #cg4ej2 ,rev4 ,photius ,fisk1 #aj2 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,l4 #ej;c42 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,l4 ,t41 #ej;c42 ,j4 ,t4 ,j41 #ea;c4 #di4ja ,boston ,highlands4 ,eliot ,cong4 ,ch4 #hj4di ,brookline4 ,harvard ,cong4 ,ch4 #aab4ia ,cambridgeport4 ,ladies' ,sewing ,circle of ,pilgrim ,ch41 ,box of ,c4 ,campello4 8,a ,friend0 #ej4jj ,chelsea4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #ch4ch2 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,e4 ,p41 #ej;c4 #ch4hh ,concord4 ,ellen ,t4 ,emerson #aj4jj ,curtisville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #af4jj ,douglas4 8,a ,friend0 #a4jj ,easthampton4 ,first ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #bc4ag ,fairhaven4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aj4jj ,greenfield4 ,first ,cong ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ab4ge ,lawrence4 ,south ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #af4jj ,littleton4 8,a ,friend0 #ej4jj ,marblehead4 ,hon4 ,j4 ,j4 ,h4 ,gregory1 for ,buildings at ,wilmington1 ,n4,c4 #a1ejj4jj ,marlborough4 ,union ,ch4 and ,soc4 #eg4jj ,marshfield4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #eg4dc ,medway4 ,village ,ch4 and ,soc4 #he4jf ,medway4 ,mrs4 ,fisher1 for ,straight ,u4 #e4jj ,middleton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ab4jj ,millbury4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ed4be ,natick4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ej4jj ,new ,bedford4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ce4jj ,newburyport4 ,miss ,l4 ,b4 ,goodrich #d4jj ,newton4 ,eliot ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #afj4jj ,newton ,centre4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #df4de2 ,s4 ,a4 ,e41 #ej;c4 #df4ie ,northampton4 8,a ,friend0 #aej4jj ,northfield4 ,miss ,m4 ,e4 ,hilliard #e4jj ,north ,somerville4 8,a ,friend10 #a2 8,a ,friend10 #a #b4jj ,orleans4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #b4jj ,pittsfield4 ,south ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #dd4je ,salem4 ,south ,church and ,soc41 #gc4bb2 8,friend10 #e #gh4bb ,sandwich4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ec4be ,south ,dennis4 ,cong ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ab4jd ,sudbury4 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc41 ,bbl4 of ,c41 val4 #bi1 and #c for freight1 for ,tillotson ,c4 ,n4 ,inst4 #c4jj ,taunton4 ,ladies of ,winslow ,ch41 for furnishing a room1 ,stone ,hall1 ,talladega ,c4 #ej4jj ,templeton4 ,trin4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #bd4hd2 ,s4 ,n4 ,w41 #a #be4hd ,townsend4 ,cong4 ,ch41 by ,dea4 ,w4 ,haynes #e4jj ,wakefield4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #fa4bc ,watertown4 ,phillips ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ajj4jj ,west ,roxbury4 ,s4 ,d4 ,smith #ajj4jj ,west ,worthington4 ,mrs4 ,arunah ,bartlett #e4jj ,williamsburgh4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #fj4jj ,williamstown4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ag4bj ,wilmington4 ,j4 ,skilton #aj4jj ,wilmington4 ,rev4 ,d4 ,t4 ,noyes1 ,bbl4 of ,c4 for ,refugees4 ,woburn4 8,friends40 #a4jj ,worcester4 ,central ,ch4 and ,soc41 #afi4bd2 ,union ,ch4 and ,soc41 #adj4aj2 ,salem ,st4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #f #cae4cd ---- 8,a ,friend0 #b4ej ---------------- #c1hge4ih ,,legacies4 ,worcester4 ,estate of ,i4 ,washburn1 by ,p4 ,c4 ,bacon1 ,adm4 #c1cfa4ej ,boston4 ,estate of ,hon4 ,stephen ,n4 ,stockwell1 by ,geo4 ,w4 ,merritt and ,w4 ,w4 ,clapp1 ,executors #a1jjj4jj ---------------- #h1bcg4dh ,,rhode ,,island1 #a1jce4jj4 ,bristol4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,de ,w4 ,rogers and ,miss ,charlotte ,de ,wolf1 for ,fisk ,u4 #a1jjj4jj ,little ,compton4 ,united ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ba4jj ,little ,compton4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for rebuilding1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #ad4jj ,,connecticut1 #b1chg4ib4 ,barkhamsted4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,b4 ,clarke #b4jj ,berlin4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch41 #bb2 ,miss ,c4 ,r4 ,c41 #a #bc4jj ,canaan4 8,the ,children0 #e4jj ,collinsville4 8,a ,friend0 #b4jj ,columbia4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ba4he ,danielsonville4 ,j4 ,c4 ,b4 #j4ej ,danielsonville4 ,westfield ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 7#ej of which for furnishing a room in ,stone ,hall1 ,straight ,u471 to const4 ,,edwin ,a4 ,,peckham1 ,,miss ,,ellen ,,williams and ,,lorenzo ,,lillibridge1 ,l4 ,m's #ajj4jj ,east ,canaan4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4hd ,east ,haddam4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ga4ge ,ellsworth4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ah4gd ,enfield4 ,first ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #ae4jj ,farmington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #de4hc ,gilead4 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,geo4 ,h4 ,lord #aj4jj ,guilford4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #bc4jj ,hadlyme4 8,l40 #b4jj ,hartford4 ,centre ,ch41 #ghi2 ,asylum ,hill ,cong4 ,ch41 #ahh4ba #igg4ba ,hebron4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ae4jj ,higganum4 ,cong4 ,ch41 to const4 ,r4 ,j4 ,,gladwin1 ,l4 ,m4 #dd4jj ,hockanum4 ,south ,cong4 ,ch41 #i4fc2 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,m4 ,roberts1 #e2 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,w4 and ,miss ,m4 ,b41 #ej;c4 ea4 #ae4fc ,ledyard4 ,sab4 ,sch41 by ,edward ,cook1 ,treas4 #aj4jj ,meriden4 ,third ,cong4 ,ch4 #bb4gf ,middlebury4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bi4ej ,middletown4 ,south ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ci4ee ,new ,fairfield4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #aa4ea ,north ,guilford4 ,s4 ,r4 ,fowler #f4jj ,north ,haven4 ,cong4 ,ch41 to const4 ,,geo4 ,h4 ,,cooper and ,,cullen ,b4 ,,foote1 ,l4 ,m's #gb4ec ,putnam4 ,sab4 ,sch41 of ,second ,cong4 ,ch41 for ed4 of an ,indian boy1 ,hampton ,n4 and ,a4 ,inst4 #cj4jj ,putnam4 8,a ,friend0 #ag4ej ,redding4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ae4fi ,rockville4 ,rev4 ,s4 ,b4 ,f4 #j4ea ,salisbury4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #fa4fh ,stamford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aaa4jj ,simsbury4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #cg4ce ,south ,killingly4 ,rev4 ,wm4 ,h4 ,beard #e4jj ,stratford4 ,asa ,s4 ,curtis #b4jj ,woodbury4 ,mrs4 ,c4 ,p4 ,churchill1 for ,indian ,m4 #b4jj ---------------- #a1hhg4ib ,,legacy4 ,new ,london4 8,trust ,estate of ,henry ,p4 ,haven0 #ejj4jj ---------------- #b1chg4ib ,,new ,,york1 #a1edj4cb4 ,binghamton4 ,chas4 ,a4 ,beach #be4jj ,brentwood4 ,e4 ,f4 ,richardson #ae4jj ,brooklyn4 ,central ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch41 ,geo4 ,a4 ,bell1 ,supt41 for ,missionaries at ,ladies ,island1 ,s4,c41 and ,fernandina1 ,fla4 #abe4jj ,ithaca4 ,mrs4 ,lucy ,thurber #e4jj ,jamestown4 ,sab4 ,sch4 and ,cong4 ,ch41 for school1 ,athens1 ,ala4 #ab4ej ,marilla4 8,a ,friend0 #a4jj ,new ,york4 ,s4 ,t4 ,gordon1 #bjj2 ,n4,y4 ,colored ,mission ,sab4 ,sch41 #ace1 ,west #cjth ,st41 #c4ae #bjc4ae ,oswego4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #fe4ij ,poughkeepsie4 ,first ,reformed ,ch41 #bi4eb2 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #ab #da4eb ,sing ,sing4 8,friends0 #e4jj ,spencerport4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ag4be ,walton4 8,a ,friend10 for ,steamer 8,john ,brown10 ,mendi ,m4 #aj4jj ,west ,camden4 ,miss ,n4 ,curtiss1 #a4be2 ,p4 ,s4 ,s41 #ge;c4 #b4jj ,west ,groton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ab4jj ---------------- #edj4cb ,,legacy4 ,nineveh4 ,estate of ,col4 ,reuben ,lovejoy1 by ,mrs4 ,mary ,b4 ,lovejoy1 ,executrix #a1jjj4jj ---------------- #a1edj4cb ,,new ,,jersey1 #aj4gj4 ,newark4 8,a ,friend0 #j4gj ,troy4 ,mrs4 ,jane ,ford #aj4jj ,,pennsylvania1 #ae4jj4 ,prentiss ,vale4 ,rev4 ,m4 ,w4 ,strickland #e4jj ,west ,alexander4 ---- #aj4jj ,,ohio1 #ccf4ii4 ,andover4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4jj ,clarksfield4 ,w4 ,a4 ,a4 #a4jj ,cleveland4 ,euclid ,ave4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #db4cg1 7#cj of which to const4 ,j4 ,w4 ,,ellsworth1 ,l4 ,m472 ,r4 ,b4 ,johns1 #b4ej #dd4hg ,cuyahoga ,falls4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ah4ae ,freedom4 ,cong4 ,ch41 by ,rev4 ,geo4 ,thompson #h4jj ,garrettsville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ac4jj ,hudson4 ,hiram ,thompson #e4jj ,lodi4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4jj ,madison4 ,mrs4 ,james ,dayton1 ,bbl4 of ,papers and #b4cj for freight1 for ,macon1 ,ga4 #b4cj ,oberlin4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch41 #ag4df2 ,w4 ,g4 ,b41 #ej;c4 #ag4if ,oberlin4 ,rev4 ,geo4 ,thompson1 for ,mendi ,m4 #e4jj ,oberlin4 ,sab4 ,sch4 in ,farrer ,neighborhood #b4jj ,painesville4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ci4bd ,randolph4 ,w4 ,j4 ,dickinson #aj4jj ,ravenna4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #da4ah ,savannah4 ,james ,lawson #e4jj ,sharon ,centre4 ,mrs4 ,l4 ,a4 ,j4 and ,mrs4 ,e4 ,r41 #ej;c4 ea4 #a4jj ,springfield4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4gf ,strongsville4 ,lyman ,h4 ,freeman1 for furnishing a room1 ,strieby ,hall1 ,tougaloo ,u41 and bal4 to const4 ,,clara ,m4 ,,howard1 ,l4 ,m4 #e4jj ,tallmadge4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #da4fj ,tallmadge4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,s4 ,s4 work1 ,mobile1 ,ala4 #be4dg ,west ,andover4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bb4df ,,indiana1 #ajj4jj4 ,michigan ,city4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ajj4jj ,,illinois1 #a1jjd4ji4 ,aurora4 ,mrs4 ,philena ,johnson #aj4jj ,bondville4 8,a ,friend0 #e4jj ,bunker ,hill4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ae4jj ,canton4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #bh4jj ,chesterfield4 ,mrs4 ,t4 ,dowland #e4jj ,byron4 ,mrs4 ,t4 ,h4 ,read1 #aj2 ,cong4 ,ch41 #h4ec #ah4ec ,chicago4 ,union ,park ,cong4 ,ch41 #cej4dj2 ,south ,cong4 ,ch41 #cc4cj2 ,new ,england ,cong4 ,ch4 7,mon4 ,con471 #ab2 ,m4 ,a41 #a #cif4gj ,chicago4 ,ladies' ,aid ,soc4 of ,plymouth ,cong4 ,ch41 #ej2 ,woman's ,miss4 ,soc4 of ,south ,cong4 ,ch41 #h4ge2 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,w4 ,mabbs1 #e1 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,mobile1 ,ala4 #fc4ge ,downers ,grove4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,earlville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 7#cj of which to const4 ,,miss ,,tillie ,,hart1 ,l4 ,m47 #da4ej ,elgin4 ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #ej4jj ,elmhurst4 ,seth ,wadhams #be4jj ,elmwood4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #db4fe ,galena4 ,mrs4 ,anne ,bean #b4jj ,galesburg4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,t4 ,parker1 #cj2 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc4 of ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #aj #dj4jj ,hutsonville4 ,c4 ,v4 ,,newton1 to const4 himself1 ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,jacksonville4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for rebuilding1 ,tougaloo1 ,miss4 #aj4jj ,lamoille4 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,soc41 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,savannah1 ,ga4 #bj4jj ,loda4 ,cong4 ,ch4 7,decoration ,day offering7 #ac4cd ,lyonsville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #af4hi ,malden4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4be ,maple ,park4 ,j4 ,g4 ,snow #e4jj ,millburn4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bc4ge ,moline4 ,miss ,etta ,m4 ,pitts #aj4jj ,northampton4 ,r4 ,w4 ,gilliam #e4jj ,oak ,park4 ,mrs4 ,lyman ,g4 ,holley #e4jj ,port ,byron4 ,ladies' ,miss4 ,soc4 #e4jj ,sycamore4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #gg4jc2 ,henry ,wood1 #aj #hg4jc ,wayne4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #i4bj ,wilmette4 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,t4 ,s4 #j4ej ,woodburn4 ,children's ,nickel ,mite ,soc41 by ,eula ,e4 ,carson1 ,treas4 #e4jj ,,michigan1 #bac4fb4 ,delhi4 ,norman ,dwight #aj4jj ,grand ,rapids4 ,first ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,woodville1 ,ga4 #cj4jj ,greenville4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,middleton #b4jj ,hudson4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ba4ed ,kensington4 ,john ,thompson #b4jj ,litchfield4 ,woman's ,miss4 ,soc4 #ab4jj ,port ,huron4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #dc4hj ,romeo4 8,a ,friend10 #bj1 for ,indian ,m42 and #bj1 for ,tillotson ,c4 and ,n4 ,inst41 and to const4 ,,charles ,,fairfield1 ,l4 ,m4 #dj4jj ,saint ,clair4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ab4bh ,somerset4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4jj ,unadilla4 ,mrs4 ,agnes ,d4 ,bird #b4jj ,wayne4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #af4jj ,white ,lake4 ,john ,garner #b4jj ,,iowa1 #eaj4hi4 ,anamosa4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #c4ej1 and ,sab4 ,sch41 #c4ie #g4de ,belle ,plaine4 ,j4 ,p4 ,henry1 #e2 ,mrs4 ,c4 ,m4 ,henry1 #e2 ,freddie and ,josie ,henry1 #ej;c4 ea4 #aa4jj ,cincinnati4 ,wm4 ,t4 ,reynolds #e4jj ,cresco4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #f4ej ,davenport4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,a4 ,reed1 for ,stone ,hall1 ,talladega ,c4 #aj4jj ,davenport4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,g4 ,merrill1 for ,president's ,house1 ,talladega1 ,ala4 #ej4jj ,des ,moines4 ,cong4 ,ch4 7of which #ajj from ,hon4 ,saml4 ,merrill7 #agc4bh ,dunlap4 ,w4 ,s4 ,preston1 for furnishing a room in ,stone ,hall1 ,talladega ,c4 #ce4jj ,grinnell4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ci4bf ,humboldt4 ,mrs4 ,l4 ,k4 ,lorbeer1 #b2 ,mrs4 ,l4 ,a4 ,w41 #a #c4jj ,le ,grand4 ,l4 ,m4 ,craig4 for ,tougaloo ,u4 #ab4jj ,lyons4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #bd4jj ,monterey4 ,cong4 ,s4 ,s4 ,class1 for ,chinese ,m4 #j4ej ,muscatine4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #db4he ,muscatine4 ,capt4 ,w4 ,a4 ,clark1 for ,stone ,hall1 ,talladega ,c4 #e4jj ,osage4 ,general ,association of ,iowa #aj4jj ,osage4 ,woman's ,missionary ,soc41 #d4ej for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u41 and #d for ,lady ,missionary1 ,new ,orleans1 ,la4 #h4ej ,tabor4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #fc4jj ,wayne4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #d4ee ,,missouri1 #bc4ce4 ,holden4 8,mrs4 ,s4 ,e4 ,h401 for ed4 of ,indians1 ,hampton ,n4 and ,a4 ,inst4 #b4jj ,stewartsville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ac4eh ,webster ,groves4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4gg ,,wisconsin1 #bac4da4 ,bloomington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4ej ,brandon4 8,busy ,bees40 for ,student ,aid1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #aa4ah ,eau ,claire4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #e4jj ,geneva4 ,woman's ,miss4 ,soc41 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,talladega1 ,ala4 #aj4jj ,geneva ,lake4 ,presb4 ,ch4 #cf4eg ,highland4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ae4jj ,la ,crosse4 ,boy's prayer meeting1 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aa4jj ,menominee4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #i4jj ,milton4 ,woman's ,miss4 ,soc41 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,talladega1 ,ala4 #b4ej ,milwaukee4 ,spring ,st4 ,cong4 ,ch4 ,miss4 ,soc41 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,talladega1 ,ala4 #aj4jj ,monroe4 8,our ,family ,missionary ,box10 #d4ge ,new ,richmond4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #af4ih ,waupun4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 7of which #e for ,chinese ,m41 and #e for ,indian ,m47 #eg4fc2 ,cong4 ,sab ,sch41 #ae #gb4fc ,west ,salem4 ,mrs4 ,mary ,l4 ,clark1 ,box of ,books and ,papers1 and #b4cj for freight1 for ,macon1 ,ga4 #b4cj ,white ,water4 ,woman's ,miss4 ,soc41 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,talladega1 ,ala4 #b4jj ,,kansas1 #e4be4 ,meriden4 ,l4 ,a4 #j4be ,topeka4 ,justin ,hillyer #e4jj ,,minnesota1 #ajg4cd4 ,austin4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ba4fd ,elk ,river4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #c4fh ,faribault4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #be4ah ,glyndon4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,n4 ,millard #c4ff ,hutchinson4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4jj ,minneapolis4 ,plymouth ,cong4 ,ch41 #cj4bj2 8,cash10 #a #ca4bj ,plainview4 ,woman's ,cent4 ,soc4 #g4ej ,red ,wing4 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,b4 ,n4 #j4ej ,saint ,charles4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #f4ih ,saint ,peter4 ,mrs4 ,jane ,a4 ,treadwell #e4jj ,,nebraska1 #aa4ac4 ,crete4 ,cong4 ,ch4 7of which #f4cd for ,cal4 ,chinese ,m47 #aj4ac ,red ,cloud4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #a4jj ,,dakota ,,territory1 #ej;c4 ,bon ,homme4 ,rev4 ,d4 ,b4 ,n4 #j4ej ,,washington ,,territory1 #ah4ge4 ,new ,tacoma4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,t4 #a4jj ,skokomish4 ,cong4 ,mission ,ch41 for ,indian ,m4 #ag4ge ,,north ,,carolina1 #e4jj4 ,wilmington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,,south ,,carolina1 #bai4ge4 ,charleston4 ,avery ,inst41 ,tuition #bai4ge ,,tennessee1 #b4ga4 ,chattanooga4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #a4ga ,nashville4 ,e4 ,p4 ,g4 #a4jj ,,georgia1 #acf4ce4 ,atlanta4 ,atlanta ,u41 ,tuition1 #cg4ej2 ,rent1 #f4jj #dc4ej ,atlanta4 ,students and ,teachers of ,atlanta ,university1 for ,cal4 ,chinese ,m4 #he4jj ,macon4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #e2 ,lewis ,high ,school1 ,tuition1 #he;c4 #e4he ,woodville4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,h4 ,h4 ,sengstacke1 for ,church building #b4jj ,,alabama1 #ci4aa4 ,marion4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #c4jj ,selma4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #g4be2 ,woman's ,miss4 ,soc4 of ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #aj #ag4be ,talladega4 ,talladega ,c41 ,tuition #ag4hf ,tuskegee4 8,friends10 by ,mrs4 ,m41 for ,strieby ,hall1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #a4jj ,,mississippi1 #b1jbb4ie4 ,tougaloo4 ,tougaloo ,u41 ,tuition #bb4ie ,tougaloo4 ,state ,appropriation #b1jjj4jj ,,texas1 #b4cj4 ,corpus ,christi4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4cj ,,income ,,fund1 #a1bff4gh4 ,avery ,fund #gaa4da ,graves ,library ,fund #aej4jj ,theological ,endowment ,fund #djd4cg ------------------ ,total #ba1aab4fj ,total from ,oct4 #ast to ,july #cast #aij1hbd4gi 99 99 99 99 99 ,,for ,,tillotson ,,collegiate ,,and ,,normal ,,institute1 ,,austin1 ,,texas4 ,goshen1 ,conn4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for furnishing a room #be4jj ,previously acknowledged from ,oct4 #ast to ,june #cjth #d1idi4ga ---------------- ,total #d1igd4ga 99 99 99 99 99 ,,for ,,missions ,,in ,,africa4 ,rehoboth1 ,mass4 8,a young brother in ,cong4 ,ch40 #e4jj ,previously acknowledged from ,oct4 #ast to ,june #cjth #bf1bhd4fb -------------------- ,total #bf1bhi4fb 99 99 99 99 99 ,,endowment ,,fund4 ,buda1 ,ill4 ,by ,mrs4 ,a4 ,m4 ,haley1 in memory of ,samuel ,gordon ,haley1 for two ,haley ,scholarships in ,fisk ,u4 #b1jjj4jj ,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,treas41 #ef ,reade ,st41 ,n4,y4 99 99 99 99 99 ,constitution of the ,american ,missionary ,association4 ,,incorporated ,,january #cj1 #ahdi4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,art4 ,i4 ,this ,society shall be called 8,,the ,,american ,,missionary ,,association40 ,,art4 ,,ii4 ,the object of this ,association shall be to conduct ,christian missionary and educational operations1 and diffuse a knowledge of the ,holy ,scriptures in our own and other countries which are destitute of them1 or which present open and urgent fields of effort4 ,,art4 ,,iii4 ,any person of evangelical sentiments1,a who professes faith in the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 who is not a slaveholder1 or in the practice of other immoralities1 and who contributes to the funds1 may become a member of the ,society2 and by the payment of thirty dollars1 a life member2 provided that children and others who have not professed their faith may be constituted life members without the privilege of voting4 ,,art4 ,,iv4 ,this ,society shall meet annually1 in the month of ,september1 ,october or ,november1 for the election of officers and the transaction of other business1 at such time and place as shall be designated by the ,executive ,committee4 ,,art4 ,v4 ,the annual meeting shall be constituted of the regular officers and members of the ,society at the time of such meeting1 and of delegates from churches1 local missionary societies1 and other co-operating bodies1 each body being entitled to one representative4 ,,art4 ,,vi4 ,the officers of the ,society shall be a ,president1 ,vice-,presidents1 a ,recording ,secretary1 ,corresponding ,secretaries1 ,treasurer1 two ,auditors1 and an ,executive ,committee of not less than twelve1 of which the ,corresponding ,secretaries shall be advisory1 and the ,treasurer ex officio1 members4 ,,art4 ,,vii4 ,to the ,executive ,committee shall belong the collecting and disbursing of funds2 the appointing1 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 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,american ,missionary ,association4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,aim ,,and ,,work4 ,to preach the ,gospel to the poor4 ,it originated in a sympathy with the almost friendless slaves4 ,since ,emancipation it has devoted its main efforts to preparing the ,,freedmen for their duties as citizens and ,christians in ,america and as missionaries in ,africa4 ,as closely related to this1 it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted ,,chinese in ,america1 and to co-operate with the ,government in its humane and ,christian policy 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 as the strong4 #b4 ,,additional ,,buildings for our higher educational institutions1 to accommodate the increasing numbers of students2 ,,meeting ,,houses for the new churches we are organizing2 ,,more ,,ministers1 cultured and pious1 for these churches4 #c4 ,,help ,,for ,,young ,,men1 to be educated as ministers here and missionaries to ,africa--a pressing want4 ,before sending boxes1 always correspond with the nearest ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 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 ---- dollars in trust1 to pay the same in ---- days after my decease to the person who1 when the same is payable1 shall act as ,treasurer of the #8,american ,missionary ,association' of ,new ,york ,city1 to be applied1 under the direction of the ,executive ,committee of the ,association1 to its charitable uses and purposes40 ,the ,will should be attested by three witnesses 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 ,northfield ,meetings4 ,,an ,,excellent ,,report ,,of ,,the ,meetings at ,northfield ,,will ,,be ,,found ,,in ,,the ,new ,york ,witness of ,august #aa1 #ah1 #be and ,september #ast4 ,the ,four ,copies will be sent post-paid for ,,ten ,,cents1 or for #be ,cents the ,witness will be sent to any address ,,three ,,months1 ,,on ,,trial4 ,,john ,,dougall ,,co41 #ba ,vandewater ,st41 ,,new ,,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,annual ,meeting4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,american ,missionary ,association will hold its ,thirty-fifth ,anniversary in the city of ,worcester1 ,november #a-c4 ,on ,tuesday1 at three o'clock ,p4 ,m41 the ,executive ,committee will render their ,annual ,report4 ,at #g4cj o'clock1 ,tuesday evening1 the ,annual ,sermon will be preached by ,rev4 ,c4 ,d4 ,hartranft1 ,d4,d41 of ,hartford1 ,communion following4 ,on ,wednesday morning1 papers will be read on topics of special interest relating to the work4 ,wednesday afternoon and ,thursday will be occupied with ,reports of ,committees and addresses thereon4 ,on ,wednesday and ,thursday evenings1 there will be addresses from ,senator ,george ,f4 ,hoar1 ,judge ,a4 ,w4 ,tourge1 ,president ,m4 ,h4 ,buckham1 and other distinguished speakers4 ,the ,committees on hospitality1 reduction of railroad fares1 and other matters of detail pertaining to the meeting1 will be duly published in the religious papers4 ,the ,executive ,committee proposes the following amendments to the ,constitution of the ,american ,missionary ,association to be submitted to the ,annual ,meeting for action thereon1 viz43 ,,art4 ,,iii4 ,any person who contributes to the funds of the ,association may become a member thereof for the current year by requesting to be enrolled as such at the time such contribution is paid into the treasury of the ,association1 and any contributor to the amount of thirty dollars1 at one time1 may1 on request to that effect1 be enrolled as a ,life ,member4 ,,art4 ,v4 ,the ,annual ,meeting shall consist of the ,officers1 ,life ,members who have been such prior to the first day of ,october preceding the time of such meeting1 such persons as have been enrolled as members within one year prior to that date1 and of delegates from churches that have within the year contributed to the funds of the ,society1 and from ,state ,associations and ,conferences1 each of such churches1 associations and conferences to be entitled to one delegate4 ,,art4 ,,vi4 ,the officers of the ,association shall be a ,president1 ,vice-,presidents1 ,corresponding ,secretaries1 7who shall also keep the records of the ,association17 ,treasurer1 ,auditors1 and an ,executive ,committee of not less than twelve members4 ,,art4 ,,vii4 ,after 8dismissing10 omit the parenthesis4 ,omit ,,art4 ,,viii41 and number ,,arts4 ,,ix4 and ,x4 respectively ,,viii4 and ,,ix4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,david ,h4 ,,gildersleeve1 ,,printer1 #aja ,,chambers ,,street1 ,,new ,,york4 ,transcriber's ,notes3 ,obvious printer's punctuation errors and omissions corrected4 ,inconsistent hyphenation retained due to various authors4 ,missing letter 8t0 inserted in the word 8at0 on page #bfc4 7having its centre at ,london7 ,missing digit inserted in the ,newton entry on page #bhd4 8#a #j4jj0 changed to 8#afj4jj04 ,arithmetic used to derive the missing digit4 ,missing 8g0 inserted into the word 8,cong40 in the ,pittsfield entry on page #bhd4 8,tillottson0 corrected to 8,tillotson0 in the first line of page #bhf4