,illustration3 ,,september1 #ahhc4 ,,vol4 ,,xxxvii4 ,,no4 #i4 ,the ,american ,missionary ,,contents ,,page4 ,,editorial4 ,,annual ,,meeting--,,this ,,number--,,financial #beg ,,the ,,nerve ,,of ,,missions #beh ,,the ,,john ,,brown ,,steamer 7drawing7 #bei ,,second ,,national ,,education ,,assembly #bfj ,,hon4 ,,freeman ,,walker #bfa ,,sixty ,,years ,,in ,,the ,,harvest ,,field--,,gift ,,by ,a ,,bohemian ,,boy #bfb ,,benefactions #bfc ,,general ,,notes #bfd ,,victoria ,,falls1 ,,zambese ,,river 7cut7 #bff ,,the ,,color-,,line4 ,,opinions ,,from ,,the ,,press #bfg ,,bureau ,,of ,,woman',s ,,work4 ,,from ,,our ,,lady ,,missionary1 ,,wilmington1 ,n4,c4 #bgi ,a ,,valued ,,worker ,,gone #bgi ,,children',s ,,page4 ,,chung ,,wah #bhj ,a ,,chinese ,,garden 7cut7 #bha ,,receipts #bhb ,,proposed ,,constitution #bhf 99 99 99 99 99 ,,new ,,york3 ,,published ,,by ,,the ,,american ,,missionary ,,association1 ,rooms1 #ef ,reade ,street4 99 99 99 99 99 ,price #ej ,cents a ,year1 in ,advance4 ,entered at the ,post-,office at ,new ,york1 ,n4,y41 as second-class matter4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary ,,association4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,president4 ,hon4 ,,wm4 ,b4 ,,washburn1 ,,ll4,d41 ,mass4 ,,corresponding ,,secretary4 ,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 ,,strieby1 ,d4,d41 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,n4,y4 ,,treasurer4 ,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,esq41 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,n4,y4 ,,auditors4 ,m4 ,f4 ,,reading4 ,,wm4 ,a4 ,,nash4 ,,executive ,,committee4 ,,john ,h4 ,,washburn1 ,chairman2 ,a4 ,p4 ,,foster1 ,secretary2 ,,lyman ,,abbott1 ,,alonzo ,s4 ,,ball1 ,a4 ,s4 ,,barnes1 ,c4 ,t4 ,,christensen1 ,,franklin ,,fairbanks1 ,,clinton ,b4 ,,fisk1 ,s4 ,b4 ,,halliday1 ,,samuel ,,holmes1 ,,charles ,a4 ,,hull1 ,,samuel ,s4 ,,marples1 ,,charles ,l4 ,,mead1 ,,wm4 ,h4 ,,ward1 ,a4 ,l4 ,,williston ,,district ,,secretaries4 ,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,,woodworth1 ,d4,d41 ,boston4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,d4 ,,pike1 ,d4,d41 ,new ,york4 ,rev4 ,,james ,,powell1 ,chicago4 ,,communications relating to the work of the ,association may be addressed to the ,corresponding ,secretary2 those relating to the collecting fields1 to the ,district ,secretaries2 letters for the ,editor of the 8,american ,missionary10 to ,rev4 ,g4 ,d4 ,pike1 ,d4,d41 at the ,new ,york ,office2 letters for the ,bureau of ,woman's ,work1 to ,miss ,d4 ,e4 ,emerson1 at the ,new ,york ,office4 ,,donations ,,and ,,subscriptions may be sent to ,h4 ,w4 ,hubbard1 ,treasurer1 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,new ,york1 or1 when more convenient1 to either of the ,branch ,offices1 #ba ,congregational ,house1 ,boston1 ,mass41 or #aab ,west ,washington ,street1 ,chicago1 ,ill4 ,a payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a ,life ,member4 ,,form ,,of ,a ,,bequest4 8,i ,,bequeath to my executor 7or executors7 the sum of ---- dollars1 in trust1 to pay the same in ---- days after my decease to the person who1 when the same is payable1 shall act as ,treasurer of the #8,american ,missionary ,association' of ,new ,york ,city1 to be applied1 under the direction of the ,executive ,committee of the ,association1 to its charitable uses and purposes40 ,the ,will should be attested by three witnesses4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,aim ,,and ,,work4 ,to preach the ,gospel to the poor4 ,it originated in a sympathy with the almost friendless slaves4 ,since ,emancipation it has devoted its main efforts to preparing the ,,freedmen for their duties as citizens and ,christians in ,america1 and as missionaries in ,africa4 ,as closely related to this1 it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted ,,chinese in ,america1 and to co-operate with the ,government in its humane and ,christian policy toward the ,,indians4 99 99 99 99 99 ,how to ,build a ,house with little or no ,money4 ,illustration3 ,a #ijj ,,cottage ,,built ,,from ,,association ,,plans4 ,,how ,,to ,,build ,a ,,house1 contains most approved designs for ,villas1 ,farm ,houses1 ,cottages1 and ,suburban ,residences1 ranging in cost from #cej to #bj1jjj4 #a ,vol41 large quarto1 #agh illustrations4 ,price #ej cts4 ,,barns ,,and ,,outhouses1 7,just ,published7 contains most practical designs for ,farm ,barns1 ,stock ,barns1 ,carriage ,houses1 ,stables1 ,dairies1 ,hog ,houses1 ,chicken ,houses1 ,artificial ,rearing ,apparatus1 ,corn ,cribs1 ,granaries1 ,smoke ,hot ,beds1 ,green ,houses1 ,graperies1 ,how to lay out ,farms and ,gardens1 designs for ,lawn and ,hanging ,baskets1 ,garden ,vases1 ,fountains1 and valuable illustrated articles on ,cheap ,homes1 ,concrete ,buildings4 ,how to improve old ,barns1 etc4 #a ,vol41 large quarto1 #bjj illustrations4 ,price #ej cents4 8,the wonder is that publications of this kind have not been issued before40--,n4,y4 ,weekly ,witness4 8,precisely meets a want which thousands have felt40--,n4,y4 ,observer4 8,the most practical book we have ever seen40--,episcopal ,methodist4 8,a responsible ,association40--,christian at ,work4-- ,these books must be seen to be appreciated--a mere circular or catalogue can give no idea of their value4 ,on receipt of #a4jj we send both books1 post-paid1 for examination4 ,both or either can be returned1 if not entirely satisfactory and the money will be immediately refunded4 ,address1 ,co-operative ,building ,plan ,association 7,mention this ,paper47 #bd ,beekman ,st41 7,box #bgjb17 ,new ,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,vol4 ,,xxxvii4 ,,september1 #ahhc4 ,,no4 #i4 99 99 99 99 99 ,american ,missionary ,association4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,annual ,meeting of the ,american ,missionary ,association will convene in the ,central ,congregational ,church1 ,brooklyn 7,dr4 ,behrends'71 ,oct4 #cj4 ,for further information1 see #dth page cover4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,we present to our readers in this number of the ,missionary a rsum1 or broadside1 on the ,color-line4 ,the interest of the public on the question at issue is manifest from the constant series of articles on the subject in the religious papers4 ,as to caste prejudice itself1 we hold and wish to propagate pronounced opinions4 ,we believe it to be a sin and a curse2 a hindrance to ,christian missions abroad1 and a root of bitterness that will trouble us in this country till it be eradicated4 ,it is a stone of stumbling to whites and blacks in the ,south1 and an element of discord in the nation4 ,we1 therefore1 give these extracts with the hope that they may promote the discussion and aid in its final and right settlement4 ,there are some good men and true who have written on this subject in a tone other than we would adopt1 but we give extracts representing their views4 ,on the far less important question as to which missionary societies shall do the work among the whites and blacks in the ,south1 we do not now express an opinion1 and have no wish to influence the opinions of anybody1 believing1 as we do1 that no difficulties on this score are likely to arise4 ,on this point1 therefore1 our extracts are made with the utmost endeavor at impartiality1 presenting them simply as showing fairly the drift of public sentiment on the subject4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,our receipts from collections and donations during the ten months closing ,july #ca1 #ahhb1 were #ahh1fgg4jb2 the collections and donations for the same months this year have been #afd1feb4jd1 a decrease of #bd1jbd4ih4 ,the legacies for these months last year were #gd1aeb4bi1 while for this year they have been #fd1eid4fe1 a decrease of #i1eeg4fd4 ,the total receipts for these months last year in collections1 donations and legacies were #bfb1hbi4ca1 while for this year they have amounted to only #bbi1bdf4fi1 a decrease of #cc1ehb4fb4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,john ,brown ,steamer1 a drawing of which is given herewith1 will be ready for use at the ,mendi ,mission during the next dry season1 which commences about ,november #a4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,nerve ,,of ,,missions4 ,the first effort on record1 so far as we know1 to cut the nerve of missions1 was made by ,satan himself in the ,garden of ,eden when he affirmed to our first parents1 8,thou shalt not surely die40 ,the reason for missions comes out in the great truth of ,scripture1 that men are lost without the ,gospel1 and are saved only by the ,gospel4 ,the advocacy of any view that relieves the mind of a sense of the lost condition of unbelievers cuts at the nerve of missions4 ,the purpose of ,god the ,father in sending his ,son was that 8,whosoever believeth in him might not perish40 ,the fact that ,christ came to seek and save the lost makes it clear that whatever serves to convince the world that men are not already1 and will not continue eternally to be1 lost without the obedience involved in the exercise of faith in ,christ1 runs counter to the whole drift of missionary endeavor4 ,the gospel of repentance was foremost in the preaching of ,john the ,baptist1 of ,christ and the ,apostles--repentance because 8,he will thoroughly purge his floor and gather his wheat into the garner1 but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire40 ,however much good may come from missions to civilization1 howsoever much they may add to the comfort1 the intelligence1 the personal enjoyment of those who may receive the benefit of them1 nevertheless the grand inspiring motive of missions is to save lost souls4 ,those in the closest sympathy with ,christ1 those who have consecrated themselves to work for him1 feel this most deeply4 ,there are many who appreciate the excellent example given us by our ,saviour when on earth1 many who are actuated by kindly impulses1 who wish well for the happiness of their fellow men here and hereafter2 but if these men fail to realize that ,christ's mission was to save the lost1 and that the lost can be saved only through the preaching of ,his cross1 they are not1 as a rule1 deeply interested in the work of promoting missionary efforts at home or abroad4 ,they do not manifest in any good degree the actuating power of any nerve of missions4 ,help must come1 progress must be made1 indeed1 the world must be brought to ,christ1 so far as we can see from history1 or from observation in the present generation1 by those who believe and are ready like ,christ himself to do all in their power to bring a lost world into the fullness and blessedness of the ,redeemer's kingdom4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,john ,,brown ,,steamer4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,second ,,national ,,education ,,assembly4 ,this ,assembly1 to which reference was made in our ,july ,missionary1 was held at ,ocean ,grove1 ,aug4 #i1 #aj1 #aa and #ab1 for the purpose of bringing together prominent persons to awaken public sentiment in favor of aid for the education of the illiterate masses in our country4 ,the meetings were conducted by ,rev4 ,j4 ,c4 ,hartzell1 ,d4,d41 and the topics discussed embraced nearly every phase of educational work1 relating more especially1 however1 to the negroes1 the poor whites and the ,indians4 ,in our limited space1 we can give simply two or three leading features of the discussion4 ,the subject of ,national ,aid to ,education deservedly received large attention and found its way into addresses other than those on that particular topic4 ,secretary ,strieby presided during the session when it was considered1 and the time was occupied by ,prof4 ,painter1 ,hon4 ,j4 ,p4 ,wickersham1 ,senator ,h4 ,w4 ,blair and others4 ,mr4 ,wickersham gave a comprehensive rsum of the aid provided by foreign nations for schools1 pointing out its benefits and also its evils4 ,he argued that1 although it generally was the wisest and the only successful way for the people to provide education for themselves1 yet under conditions like those in a portion of our country1 help should be given by the government4 ,true patriotism1 he said1 requires us to keep an army of schoolmasters in the ,south now as much as it did to maintain an army of soldiers to put down the rebellion4 ,the urgency of national aid to education at once was emphasized by ,judge ,tourgee in the expression that ten million dollars for this purpose to-day would be worth more than ten thousand millions twenty years hence4 ,senator ,blair1 who recognizes fully the value of aggressive and thorough methods of reform1 declared1 and we think truly1 that if every leading newspaper would give one strong editorial urging the importance of national aid1 if every popular lecturer would devote one hour to public discussion of the subject1 and if every minister would preach one sermon in its advocacy1 the next ,congress would pass a bill for an appropriation for the purpose among its earliest acts1 and the people of the nation would applaud with hearty commendations4 ,the ,negro in ,america came up for a full share of attention at a morning session4 ,a goodly number of colored bishops1 doctors of divinity and professors in educational institutions were present4 ,their zeal for bringing about reform had been heightened by the fact1 that in so good and moral a community as ,ocean ,grove1 they were requested to occupy a dining-room by themselves1 near the kitchen1 in the house where they were entertained4 ,there was no color-line drawn1 however1 at the meeting4 ,dr4 ,rust1 who presided1 claimed that as the ,africans came to this country as invited guests1 that as we even sent our ships for them1 they were entitled to more respect than ordinary foreigners4 ,that respect was certainly accorded them on this occasion4 ,dr4 ,ward1 of the ,independent1 led off with a clear-cut address on the ,danger-,line in ,negro ,education1 setting forth the folly of those who hold that education unfits men for useful labor4 ,the gist of this topic he gave in a sentence3 8,we must educate or we perish40 ,rev4 ,j4 ,c4 ,price 7colored7 of ,north ,carolina1 urged that the ,negro must solve his problem by his own impressibility4 ,so fitting and eloquent were his words1 that when his limited time had expired1 the audience1 with prolonged applause1 refused to allow the next speaker to be called1 and it was only when the ,chairman assured them that ,mr4 ,price was but one colored orator among the many he had to bring forward and announced ,bishop ,campbell that the speakers were allowed to proceed4 ,dr4 ,tanner1 also colored1 read a paper on 8,the ,color-,line10 taking the ground that in this country there must be no class distinction1 but that we must be one people4 ,a new code of ethics1 he said1 was proposed1 a code not known in any other nation4 ,it was that equals may associate with equals1 if they are of the same color4 ,the session1 which had been participated in by two white speakers1 was brought to a close by ,bishop ,campbell1 whose good-natured appearance brought freshly to mind the anecdote that had just been told by ,rev4 ,j4 ,w4 ,hamilton1 of ,boston1 the pith of which was the reply of the black man1 that if the negro had no soul1 religion made his body feel mighty happy4 ,an evening was given for a public reception of missionaries1 teachers and preachers who have labored in the ,south from the ,north since the war1 about #aej of whom were present4 ,gen4 ,john ,eaton presided over the immense gathering assembled to welcome them4 ,pres4 ,braden1 of ,nashville1 ,tenn41 ,sup't ,salisbury1 of the ,a4 ,m4 ,a41 ,gen4 ,s4 ,c4 ,armstrong1 and others1 made addresses4 ,all the meetings were full of interest1 and the managers will publish a report of the proceedings in pamphlet form4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the little company which met in ,albany ,sept4 #c1 #ahdf1 to found the ,american ,missionary ,association1 is rapidly passing away4 ,another of those original founders1 ,hon4 ,freeman ,walker1 of ,north ,brookfield1 ,mass41 at the ripe age of seventy-nine entered into rest ,july #aa1 #ahhc4 ,if less conspicuous than some others1 he was not less clear in his convictions nor less staunch in his defense of the liberties and rights of his fellow men4 ,he had large official trusts in town1 and ,state and nation1 extending over many years1 and was always the incorruptible citizen1 as he was the humble ,christian4 ,he inherited all the mental keenness1 as well as the moral toughness and tenacity of the ,puritan ancestry1 in the eighth generation of which he stood in regular descent4 ,he had hardly reached his majority before he placed himself in the ranks of the few who then stood on the side of the slave4 ,his heart and his hand1 his purse and his home were at the service of the fugitive in the days of slavery1 and since the emancipation as fully at the service of the freedmen4 ,the ,association has had no firmer friend than ,mr4 ,walker1 and few1 in the measure of their means1 have more liberally contributed to its treasury4 ,he belonged to a generation of heroes and martyrs--men of daring courage and of mighty faith4 ,they were honored of ,god1 and are now coming to receive the homage of mankind4 99 99 99 99 99 ,sixty ,years in the ,harvest ,field is the title of a biographical sketch of ,havilah ,mowry1 ,jr41 published by ,a4 ,s4 ,barnes ,co4 ,the book contains #cfj pages1 and is valuable by way of suggestion as to how laymen may employ their leisure even in the humble walks of life in bringing sinners to ,christ4 ,mr4 ,mowry1 after working as a blacksmith for a series of years in ,connecticut1 entered upon service as city missionary at ,brooklyn1 ,n4,y41 where he labored for many years with marked success4 ,the book is worthy of a place in ,sunday-school libraries1 and fitted to promote evangelistic work4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,gift ,,by ,a ,,bohemian ,,boy4 ,we publish below a letter from ,dr4 ,alden1 ,secretary of the ,american ,board1 to ,district ,secretary ,woodworth1 of ,boston4 ,it is a touching fact that a boy in that far-off land should remember the black children of our own country4 ,it shows how strangely the impulse of ,christian sympathy strikes from land to land1 and suggests the propriety of making this humble gift of the utmost value to him that gives and those who receive4 ,we1 therefore1 propose1 as a simple method of reaching that object1 that any person or ,sunday-school sending us #aj for the purpose shall receive one of these pieces of money4 ,the donors to this object will receive the pieces in the order of application4 ,if more gifts than the ten are forwarded1 we will return them to the donors or appropriate them by permission to the colored children of the ,south4 8,,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,,woodworth1 ,d4,d4--,my dear brother3 ,i take great pleasure in committing to your trust the inclosed pieces of money1 ten pieces in all1 each of them the value of ten kreutzers1 making #ajj kreutzers in all1 or probably about half a dollar of our currency4 ,it is the gift of a boy in ,prague1 ,austria1 whose name is ,bohumil ,burda4 ,the name #8,bohumil' is the same in signification as the ordinary name ,theophilus1 that is to say1 #8a friend of ,god4' ,this boy placed the money in my hands when ,dr4 ,clark and ,i were at ,prague1 saying that he wished it to be given to the #8black children of ,america4' ,i give you the exact coins which he had laid up after the self-sacrifices of several months1 in his warm spirit of ,christian benevolence1 and ,i commit them to you as a sacred trust1 assured that you will know how to multiply them1 and how to use them in such a way as will be not only for the interest of the black children of ,america1 but for the awakening of their interest in the needy and the promising children of ,bohemia4 8,with best wishes for the success of the ,society which you now represent1 ,i remain yours most fraternally1 8,e4 ,k4 ,,alden1 ,sec4 ,a4 ,b4 ,c4 ,f4 ,m40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,benefactions4 ,henry ,l4 ,kendall1 of ,providence1 has bequeathed #a1ejj to the ,hampton ,institute4 ,dr4 ,eliphalet ,clark has left a bequest of #ej1jjj to the ,kent's ,hill ,methodist ,seminary in ,maine4 ,an unknown contributor1 of ,massachusetts1 has given #e1jjj to ,williams ,college to establish a physical gymnasium4 ,charles ,l4 ,colby has given #a1jjj1jjj to establish a new university in ,wisconsin4 ,it was his father1 ,gardner ,colby1 who endowed the college which bears his name in ,waterville1 ,me4 ,the large liberality of ,dr4 ,lucien ,c4 ,warner1 of ,new ,york1 will provide a building three stories high1 and #aej feet by #abj1 for the ,conservatory of ,music at ,oberlin4 ,it is expected to cost from #cj1jjj to #ej1jjj4 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,mills have just added #bj1jjj to their gifts to ,mills ,seminary1 ,oakland1 ,cal41 and fifteen acres of land4 ,another gift of #e1jjj has also been received1 and one of #b1jjj from ,mrs4 ,wm4 ,e4 ,dodge4 ,the trustees of the estate of the late ,frederick ,marquand have given a subscription to the ,elmira ,female ,college of #be1jjj1 on condition that an equal sum be raised by the friends of the college4 ,the ,canadian government has appropriated #dd1jjj for the establishment of ,indian schools in the ,northwest4 ,two schools are to be built with this money--one ,protestant and one ,catholic4 ,mr4 ,moody has recently received from a gentleman in ,boston a gift of #ej1jjj for his school at ,northfield1 on condition that an additional #ej1jjj be raised4 ,several scholarships of #c1jjj each have also been received lately4 ,the demand for a new building at the ,tillotson ,institute1 ,austin1 ,texas1 of which mention was made in our ,december ,,missionary1 is very urgent4 ,last year the number of students turned away for lack of room was greater than the number admitted4 ,twenty thousand dollars1 in addition to the amount already pledged for the purpose1 are needed at once4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,general ,,notes4 ,,the ,,indians4 --,w4 ,h4 ,mc,kinney1 a ,choctaw from the ,indian ,territory1 graduated this year from ,roanoke ,college1 receiving the degree of ,b4,a4 --,thirty ,nez ,perces women1 widows of the men who fled from ,idaho in #ahgf1 have been permitted to leave the ,indian ,territory and return to their old homes4 --,the ,department at ,washington has entered into an agreement with the managers of the ,lincoln ,institute1 ,philadelphia1 whereby that institution is to undertake the education of fifty ,indian girls4 --,bishop ,whipple1 when on a recent visit to the ,indian department of the missionary diocese1 administered the communion to #bdg ,chippewa ,indians4 ,there are eight churches in the ,chippewa mission4 ,one just building will cost #aj1jjj4 --,three hundred acres of land have been purchased1 south of ,lawrence1 ,kansas1 for the site of an ,indian ,industrial ,school1 located by the last session of ,congress4 ,suitable buildings will be erected for the accommodation of #ejj pupils4 ,ten thousand dollars have been raised for the object by private subscription1 and it will probably be completed by ,november #a4 --,information is published in ,nebraska to the effect that the tradition that ,indians will not work is untrue4 ,on the line of the ,minneapolis ,omaha ,railroad they hang around the section houses and insist on being hired whenever any extra work is to be done1 and every regular gang has both ,winnebagoes and ,omahas in it4 ,they make efficient laborers1 often giving better satisfaction than foreigners in the employ of the company4 ,,the ,,chinese4 --,the revival power is being manifested to a greater extent in ,japan than elsewhere4 --,a union for ,christian work among the ,chinese of ,brooklyn1 ,n4,y41 has been formed1 with ,andrew ,a4 ,smith1 ,secretary of the ,park ,commission1 at its head4 ,a reading-room and headquarters will be established at #iia and #iic ,fulton street4 --,there are now more than #cjj ,chinese ,christians on the ,hawaiian ,islands1 and stated religious services for them are maintained at four different points4 ,one of these ,celestials1 a member and a deacon of the ,church in ,honolulu1 has built a school-house in his native village in ,china1 and now supports a ,christian teacher there1 thus showing the importance of evangelistic work among the ,chinese of these ,islands4 --,european statisticians are gradually reducing their estimates of the population of ,china4 ,it used to be put at over #djj1jjj1jjj4 ,behm and ,wagner reduce their estimate for ,china and ,corea from #dcd1ejj1jjj to #cgi1ejj1jjj4 ,peterson reduces his estimate by #ge1jjj1jjj1 making the present total #cej1jjj1jjj4 ,dr4 ,happer1 missionary1 believes this can safely be reduced another #ej1jjj1jjj4 ,mr4 ,hippisley1 ,acting ,commissioner of ,customs1 thinks #bej1jjj1jjj more nearly correct than #cej1jjj1jjj4 ,the losses by the ,taeping and ,mohammedan rebellions1 and by the famine and pestilence which swept the provinces of ,chili1 ,shantung1 ,shansi1 ,shensi and ,houan1 are variously estimated at from #fa1jjj1jjj to #ha1jjj1jjj4 ,,africa4 --,king ,mtesa1 of ,uganda1 is dead4 ,he welcomed and co-operated with ,capt4 ,speke1 the discoverer of ,victoria ,nyanza1 and has played a prominent part in all the events that have occurred in his kingdom1 whether they were in the interest of exploration or mission work4 --,the ,german ,reichstag is said to have voted #a1jjj1jjj marks1 about #ej1jjj1 for the expense of a ,german exploring expedition into ,central ,africa4 --,mr4 ,h4 ,m4 ,stanley is said to have used more than a million yards of ,manchester goods in paying the workmen employed in constructing the road to ,stanley ,pool4 --,drs4 ,bachmann and ,wilms1 of ,munster1 set out in ,may for a journey of several years in ,africa1 especially in the ,transvaal1 which they contemplate exploring with reference to botany and zology4 ,they hope also to develop commercial relations between ,southern ,africa and ,germany4 --,since the overthrow of ,arabi ,pasha1 the missions of the ,united ,presbyterians of ,america have been more prosperous than ever4 ,their work1 which is largely among the ,copts1 is approved by the ,coptic ,bishop1 and one of the young men recently licensed by the mission has been engaged to expound the ,scriptures4 ,so great was the interest in his first sermon that he was obliged to repeat it three times4 ,women disguised themselves in male attire in order to get into the streets to hear the preaching4 ,an effort will be made to establish a regular national evangelical church in ,egypt4 --,from reliable statistics it appears that the progress of ,islamism in ,africa1 during the last hundred years1 has been appalling4 ,at the ,mohammedan ,missionary ,university1 at ,cairo1 in ,egypt1 there are at this day #aj1jjj students under training1 ready to go to any part of the world to teach the doctrines of ,islam4 ,missionaries meet these ,moslem priests not in ,turkey alone1 which is the centre of their power1 but also in ,persia1 ,india and ,china1 and in the heart of ,africa4 ,very few have been led to renounce their faith for ,christianity4 ,this is owing to the fear of persecution1 for the ,moslem holds that it is not only proper1 but a duty to kill any one who abjures his faith in their prophet4 ,illustration3 ,,victoria ,,falls1 ,,zambese ,,river1 ,,africa4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,color-,,line4 99 99 99 99 99 ,opinions ,gathered from the ,press4 ,,caste ,,prejudice4 ,,rev4 ,w4 ,h4 ,,ward1 ,d4,d4--,,address ,,at ,,cleveland4 ,christianity in ,india has utterly succumbed to caste once4 ,the missionaries of the last century1 after beginning nobly1 yielded and allowed caste to rule in the ,christian church4 8,i have carefully avoided all coercive measures10 said ,schwarz1 in #aghg4 ,bishop ,heber allowed caste4 ,not till #ahcc did the ,english ,church missionaries decide1 through the voice of the noble ,bishop ,wilson1 in a peremptory pastorate letter of ,july #e1 #ahcc1 that no mercy should be shown to the accursed thing4 8,the distinctions of caste10 said he1 8must be abandoned decidedly1 immediately1 finally4 ,birth condemns no class of men1 from generation to generation1 to inevitable contempt1 debasement and servitude4 ,the enforcement of this order broke up churches4 ,a ,sudra would sooner give up his ,christianity than take the communion with a pariah4 ,the war has been long1 and is not yet fully concluded4 ,an ,american ,lutheran missionary lately felicitated himself that now the two castes have been prevailed upon to take the ,lord's ,supper together4 ,in a ,london missionary station some ten years ago a few pariahs were converted1 whereupon the ,shanars1 at their own cost1 built a chapel for their low caste brethren1 lest they should have to worship with them4 ,a few years ago a missionary led several low caste ,christians into a chapel door1 whereupon the high caste occupants hastily scrambled out of the window4 99 99 99 ,do ,i say that caste is broken down8 ,not quite4 ,even yet it lingers3 and where it lingers chiefest is1 it shames me to say1 in education and ,christianity4 ,to the infinite disgrace of the church1 the chief denominations of the ,south divide on the caste line4 ,the white ,christians and churches are put purposely into one denomination1 and the colored into another4 ,we have white ,methodists and black ,methodists2 white ,baptist associations and black ,baptist associations4 ,what denomination is there but the ,roman ,catholic1 the ,episcopalian and the ,congregational1 in which whites and blacks can stand equally before ,god8 ,in the ,south both whites and blacks accept this condition1 for the most part1 as right4 ,it does not occur to them to protest against it4 ,even the negroes accept the humiliation to which they have become accustomed4 ,no voice of protest is raised4 ,whites and blacks alike seem satisfied that ,god's church united above should be divided below4 ,why lingers ,jerubbaal amid the wheat-threshings of ,manasseh8 ,why comes no ,gideon forth1 inspired with the zeal of the ,lord1 to cut down this horrible idol of his father's house8 99 99 99 99 ,when the colored race were slaves1 the color marked the social distinction of service4 ,that is all past now4 ,they may be servants still4 ,then the social distinction still holds4 ,we cannot break up these right social distinctions4 ,we cannot prevent the existence of classes in society4 ,we choose those of our own sort1 with whom we are intimate4 ,but in the name of ,god1 in the name of the hopes and rights of the poor1 in the memory of the accursed experience of the ages of serfdom1 in the ,east and in the ,west1 we demand that neither law nor recognized custom shall impose on social conditions the ,satanic burdens1 the hopeless1 crushing weight of impassable caste4 ,it is accursed in the hall of legislation1 accursed at the ballot-box1 accursed in the court-room1 accursed in the church-pews1 accursed at the ,lord's table--most accursed when it sets an impassable gulf between high and low1 white and black in the school-room4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,question ,,of ,,caste4 ,,by ,,rev4 ,,horace ,,bumstead1 ,d4,d4 ,it should be remembered that this prejudice in the ,south is more one of caste than it is one of race4 ,it is in the former relation of master and slave that the distinction between the races has its strongest roots4 ,the personal antipathy on the ground of feature and color--the race prejudice pure and simple--is not so great in the ,south as at the ,north1 where fewer colored people are met with4 ,i have heard a ,congregational pastor1 in one of the most enlightened communities of ,massachusetts1 declare that he did not think he could endure the presence of a colored cook in his kitchen4 ,one of the best ,northern teachers in the ,south confesses that when he first met with colored people in the horse-cars of ,washington he would sit as far from them as possible4 ,but ,southern men and women who were nursed at the breasts of slave mammies in infancy1 have played familiarly with colored children in childhood1 and have been served all their lives by the darker-skinned race in a multitude of ways and in the closest personal proximity1 can feel little1 if any1 of this personal antipathy4 ,it is the distinction between a serving class and a ruling class which chiefly causes the separation here4 ,but as the colored people acquire intelligence and property1 and the white people learn more of the dignity of labor1 this distinction will cease to coincide with the color line4 ,but it is said that white students will not now attend school with the colored1 and that we must take the facts as they are4 ,but the facts are not all on one side4 ,for years the students of ,berea ,college1 in ,kentucky1 have been about equally divided between the two races1 and have studied harmoniously together4 ,and why8 ,simply because1 for a large surrounding region1 ,berea ,college has offered the best and cheapest opportunity for an education4 ,let all the institutions of the ,american ,missionary ,association be amply endowed and equipped1 so that they can offer to the poor whites more and better than can be obtained anywhere else1 and the wasteful and needless expedient of missionary color-line schools and colleges will no longer be thought of4 ,the ,congregationalist4 ,,not ,,on ,,account ,,of ,,color4 ,,editorial ,,in ,,independent4 ,professor ,james ,m4 ,gregory1 of the ,howard ,university1 made some capital remarks on the 8color line0 at the recent banquet in ,washington1 in honor of ,frederick ,douglass4 8,the color line10 as he justly said1 8was drawn when the ,negro was made a slave in this country10 and the prejudice existing against him is 8not on account of color1 but by reason of previous condition1 his color serving to indicate his identity with a race held as bondmen40 8,this prejudice10 he added1 8is purely ,american4 ,colored men traveling in other countries have not found color a mark of degradation4 ,if they are reminded of their color at all1 it is by ,americans they meet1 who are not magnanimous enough to treat the negro courteously even on foreign soil1 where race prejudice is not tolerated40 99 99 99 ,let the practice of the ,american people be as impartially just as is their ,constitution2 and our colored fellow-citizens will have no grievances of which to complain4 ,we congratulate them upon the fact that the ,constitution has taken them under its charge1 and upon the further fact that the day-star of a bright and promising future is gradually shedding its light upon their horizon4 ,the doctrine of equal privileges and equal responsibilities will in the end lift them to the level of an unquestioned and developed manhood2 and then the 8color line0 will wholly disappear4 ,,only ,,half ,,true4 ,a friend1 who is familiar with the blacks at the ,south1 writes us that the statement that 8the colored people prefer to be in churches by themselves0 is only half true4 ,he adds that1 so far as it is true1 it is because they either shrink from the restraints of a pure and intelligent religion1 such as that of the whites1 or from the scorn or ill-concealed toleration of their white fellow-worshipers2 and that1 if sure of a cordial welcome by the whites1 they do not prefer to worship by themselves4 ,we are glad to give publicity to this statement1 although it is contradicted by that of every one else whom we remember to have heard speak of the matter4 ,is there not another reason which tends to separate white and black ,christians into distinct churches8 ,do not the latter1 even when assured of a cordial welcome by the whites1 usually prefer an emotional1 hortatory style of preaching which is very dear to them1 but which disturbs1 if it do not even amuse1 the whites8 ,certainly it is so here at the ,north4 ,the ,congregationalist4 ,,one ,,destiny4 ,,by ,,frederick ,,douglass4 ,there is but one destiny1 it seems to me1 left for us1 and that is to make ourselves and be made by others a part of the ,american people in every sense of the word4 ,assimilation1 not isolation1 is our true policy and natural destiny4 ,unification for us is life4 ,separation is death4 ,we cannot afford to set up for ourselves a separate political party or adopt for ourselves a political creed apart from the rest of our fellow-citizens4 ,the ,independent4 ,,christ ,,or ,,caste4 ,,by ,h4 ,k4 ,,carroll4 ,shall we go into the ,south to exalt ,christ or to surrender to caste8 ,shall we go to the ,negro as to a being made a little lower than man1 and reach down to him1 not to lift him up to our plane1 but to help him live better and be content on his own lower plane8 ,or1 shall we go to him as to a brother of our own blood1 unfortunate1 degraded1 despised1 and strive thus to save him and improve him on ,christ's plan8 ,if we go for ,christ1 we go inevitably to bear reproach1 to submit to ostracism2 we go to contend against untold difficulties1 to meet with discouragements1 to fail1 it may be1 for many years1 of at least great numerical success4 99 99 99 ,the secret of much wrong thinking and wrong practice concerning mixed churches is the idea which both ,dr4 ,curry and ,dr4 ,wheeler seem to regard as universal1 that the ,church is a social institution4 ,if this be once admitted1 ,dr4 ,wheeler is right in contending that the lines of social distinction which are drawn in the drawing-room will inevitably be drawn in the ,church4 ,here is a basis quite sufficient to build white and colored churches upon2 but it is just as certainly broad enough for other social distinctions1 which ,methodism1 of all branches of the ,church ,catholic1 has been the least willing to admit4 ,seeing1 as ,dr4 ,wheeler sees1 that the employer and the laborer1 the rich and the poor1 the learned and the unlearned form different and more or less distinct classes in society1 we cannot only justify churches organized on the color line1 but we must be prepared to justify churches organized exclusively for the rich2 churches for the poor2 churches for the educated and churches for the uneducated2 churches for merchants and distinct churches for clerks4 ,the idea that the ,church is a social institution1 if rigidly adhered to1 would give us a system of class distinctions as intricate as that of ,india4 ,there are two great facts which make the whole human race absolutely equal1 absolutely without distinctive claims or advantages1 before the altar4 ,the first is the fact of universal sin2 the second is the fact of universal need of salvation4 ,men of all degrees1 from the prince to the peasant1 from the millionaire to the pauper1 from the most profound scholar to the most unlettered backwoodsman1 from the whitest ,european to the blackest ,african1 meet in church on a common platform4 ,they leave their social distinctions1 their rank1 and their peculiar privileges outside the church door4 ,here is the one place where all the sons of ,god may meet and work together as one family4 ,the ,duke of ,wellington knelt at the altar with a plain farmer and received the sacrament4 8,here10 said he1 8we are brothers40 ,the ,church is associational rather than social4 ,it exists in society1 is formed from society1 and exercises the most powerful influence on society2 but its province is neither to break down nor build up distinctions in society4 ,it may inculcate principles1 which men and women will carry into their social relations1 for the cure of such evils as may exist in society2 but it is not its province as an organization to form and regulate society4 ,its distinct work is to draw all men to ,christ and help them to live a righteous and useful life4 ,the ,independent4 ,,the ,,christian ,,league4 ,,by ,,rev4 ,,washington ,,gladden1 ,d4,d4 8,this company must be a clean one1 and there is no lack of sound and reputable men in our churches40 8,how about the colored brethren80 queried ,mr4 ,strong4 8,the colored brethren must be left out10 was the answer1 8not for social1 but for ecclesiastical reasons4 ,one of the first duties of this league of ours1 if it ever gets into operation1 will be the suppression of these colored churches4 ,when the colored people abandon their own organizations1 and join the other churches1 they may come in as representatives from them4 ,we will have no color-line in the ,christianity for which this club stands4 ,i'll go as far as any other man in fraternizing with colored men2 but with colored churches1 never4 ,the sectarianism whose only basis is the color of the skin is the meanest kind of sectarianism40 ,the ,century4 ,,it ,,decides ,,nothing4 ,,by ,,rev4 ,d4 ,m4 ,,wilson4 ,we are told that the colored prefer to be by themselves4 ,were this true1 it would decide nothing as to the proper method of church work4 ,the several castes of ,india would have preferred to remain separate even after nominally embracing ,christianity2 but this could not be4 ,among ,christians there is but one fold and one ,shepherd4 ,the very object of religion is to make men one in ,christ and one in ,christian fellowship4 ,if this be not done1 nothing is done to any good purpose4 ,our separate schools and separate churches have during the last eighteen years done more to separate and alienate the two races than two hundred and forty years of slavery had done4 ,in the times of slavery both races were in the same churches4 ,why not now8 ,one thing is too plain for an honest man to deny1 and that is the fact that1 had the whites treated the colored during these last years with the same courtesy that they extend to a ,roman ,catholic ,irishman and his children1 we would never have heard of a colored school or that ecclesiastical monstrosity1 a colored church4 ,the results are disastrous to both parties4 ,the colored are left to themselves and the blind lead the blind4 ,nine-tenths of their preachers have no more fitness for preaching than they have for lecturing upon fluxions4 ,were one of their churches of average capacity for senseless noise and uproar within earshot of my residence1 ,i would regard it a number one nuisance4 ,but it is not their fault that they are by themselves4 ,a brute only moderately domesticated soon understands when he is not welcome1 and acts accordingly4 ,when slavery had disappeared1 the colored saw but too plainly that they were not welcome any longer in their old churches1 and they went forth into a darkness deeper than they had before know4 ,the ,independent4 ,,more ,,at ,,home ,,by ,,themselves4 ,,rev4 ,,jas4 ,h4 ,,fairchild1 ,d4,d4 ,the colored church came into existence not because the colored people were not welcomed to all the other churches1 nor because a separate organization was desired by those who had been most favored with education and culture1 but because considerable numbers of them felt more at home with a style of service and instruction more like that with which they had been familiar4 ,oberlin1 the ,colony and the ,college4 ,,white ,,and ,,colored ,,churches4 ,,by ,c4 ,l4 ,,goodell1 ,d4,d4 ,having lived over ten years in a ,southern ,state and been an interested observer of colored people and a sympathetic helper wherever ,i could be1 ,i feel a deep interest in the settlement of this question concerning the mixing of the races in the churches4 ,whenever there is a call for a church of ,christ1 let the brethren come together and organize it1 and start it off with all the wisdom given them1 as to location and other practical matters4 ,it is a little republic ordering its own affairs1 with whatever fact and counsel it may seek from sister churches4 ,if it be a colored church1 let it take in whatever white ,christians may come to its door1 in case it would take in a colored ,christian applying under similar circumstances and of the same ,christian character and fitness4 ,not many white ,christians will come2 some might1 owing to their peculiar relations to the church1 or to the neighborhood1 and so on4 ,if a white church be organized1 let it receive whatever colored ,christians may knock at its door1 in case it would receive white ,christians applying under similar circumstances and of the same ,christian character and fitness4 ,let that be the rule4 ,there are always individual cases which must be settled each by itself4 ,not many colored people will come2 some might1 owing to their special relations to the church or some member of it1 and so on4 ,this law is fundamental in ,god's order of society4 ,it applies to ,chinamen and ,indians and all races in our communities4 ,take them as they come4 ,not many will come4 ,they prefer to be together2 and it is better they should be as a general thing4 99 99 99 ,colored ,christians ought to have free access and welcome to white churches4 ,as soon as they find out that they are really loved and esteemed1 and can come into white churches as brethren1 they cease to desire it4 ,they are happy and helped by this knowledge2 but they would rather worship together1 just as every other race would4 ,they love to exchange fraternal salutations and have many interests in common2 but in the regular work and worship of church life they choose to be one of the distinct branches of the great body of whom ,christ is the head4 ,i know this from years of practical experience4 ,the ,independent4 ,,the ,,color ,,line ,,in ,,churches4 ,there is no place in the country where the question of the color line can be so easily and so fairly tried as in ,washington4 ,here is a population of #fj1jjj colored people1 with sixty-five colored churches4 ,there are also in the ,district #abd white churches1 nearly or quite all of them having one or two colored members1 generally the sexton and his wife4 ,but every colored adult in ,washington knows that the ,congregational ,church is the only one in which he stands on an equal footing with his white brethren and sisters1 as their great leader1 ,frederick ,douglass1 told them1 8only one church in the national capital over whose doors is the beautiful inscription1 #8,freedom to worship ,god without distinction of color4'0 ,and the pastor of that church1 ,dr4 ,rankin1 is as much beloved and as much trusted by the colored population of this city as a man can be4 ,and the leaders of the colored people all come here4 ,hon4 ,j4 ,m4 ,langston1 ,united ,states ,minister to ,hayti1 ,hon4 ,b4 ,k4 ,bruce1 ex-senator and now ,registrar of the ,treasury1 the professors of ,howard ,university and a few others come2 and yet ,i doubt if there are two dozen colored members in this church4 ,there are two colored ,congregational churches in ,washington without a white man in them1 and to them all the colored ,congregationalists go4 ,nor is it to be wondered at4 ,to the great majority of them the preaching would be over their heads4 ,their education and position in life deprive them of meeting their white brethren on an equality in parish or prayer meeting4 ,they naturally go by themselves1 not that they are forced to1 but because they prefer it4 ,the emotional demands of their nature are not met in the cooler atmosphere of the white man's religion4 ,and so it must be throughout the ,south4 ,each race will for the present prefer churches of its own color4 ,if two churches are formed in one place at the same time the whites would not care to sit under the imperfect education and narrow compass of thought of the colored preacher1 nor would the darker portion of the audience enjoy the more cultivated sermons or prayers of the whites4 ,until the average education of the black is more advanced let them keep separate4 ,the mixing of the races is sure to come1 but it will require generations to do it4 ,all the present can do is to offer them open doors4 ,if they decline to enter it is their own action4 ,but with growing wealth1 with education equal to that of their white neighbors1 will come social intercourse1 and not till then4 ,w4 ,r4 ,h4 in ,congregationalist4 ,,resolutions ,,of ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 ,,and ,a4 ,h4 ,m4 ,s4 ,at the recent annual meeting of the ,american ,missionary ,association1 held in ,cleveland1 ,o41 a petition was presented requesting the appointment of a committee to report on the policy of the ,association in regard to race or color prejudice in the support of schools and churches4 ,as the ,executive ,committee1 to whom that petition was referred1 are entering upon enlarged church work in the ,south1 they feel called upon to take early action on this petition1 and make the following announcement3 #a4 ,that in accordance with the ,new ,testament doctrine upon which the ,association was founded1 and by which it has from the beginning been governed1 that ,god has made of one blood all the nations of men1 we reiterate the rule1 which we believe that fidelity to ,christ requires1 that all our churches and schools shall open their doors impartially to persons of every class1 race and color4 #b4 ,that in obedience to the same ,new ,testament doctrine1 we shall require that all churches aided by us shall unite with neighboring churches of the same faith and order in ,christian fellowship in the same conferences or associations1 and in church councils1 and in other usual means of fraternity and fellowship1 making no distinctions on account of race or color4 #c4 ,that this ,association will not enter upon any new church work in any city or town where the ,american ,home ,missionary ,society has already established a church work1 without previous conference with the officers of its sister society4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,american ,home ,missionary ,society is taking steps to enlarge its work in the ,southern ,states4 ,recent statements and inquiries having been made which show a misapprehension1 on the part of some1 of the methods of its work in that part of the country1 the ,executive ,committee deem it proper to state3 ,that the ,american ,home ,missionary ,society still adheres to its long-established usage in declining to aid in the support of a missionary to serve any church1 whether in the ,south or ,north1 which refuses to receive to its membership any applicant1 solely on account of color4 ,that it still expects1 as it has from the beginning1 that any church1 wherever situated1 that receives its aid in supporting a minister1 will unite with the association1 convention1 or other ecclesiastical body of the denomination within whose bounds he is appointed to labor2 and by participating in councils1 conferences and other customary gatherings for mutual help and edification1 will show its ,christian fellowship with other ,congregational churches4 ,and that1 in case of proposals to form or aid churches in cities or towns where the ,american ,missionary ,association has organized missionary operations1 this society will not enter on such work without first corresponding or conferring with its sister association4 ,a ,,mistaken ,,policy4 ,,by ,,rev4 ,w4 ,,hayne ,,leavell4 ,this is my deliberate conviction1 based upon such knowledge of the ,southern ,people as comes from the fact of having been born and bred among them1 and from my observation among the more cultivated families that go there from this region4 ,you will permit me to say1 therefore1 that in my judgment the proposed policy of our societies is a mistaken one4 ,most of the reasons that influence our brethren who guide the policies of these missionary organizations ,i have considered1 and largely sympathize with their spirit2 and if the plan were practicable1 ,i would see no ,christian reason why it should not be carried out4 ,but if we desire to secure a foothold for ,congregationalism among the respectable white people of the ,south1 and enlarge our borders in that direction1 we must adopt the only policy that will gain this end1 and have churches composed predominantly1 if not exclusively1 of white people1 as well as churches composed mainly of black people for the blacks4 ,we may argue against caste in the churches of ,jesus ,christ1 and resolve that we will not be a party to its perpetuation anywhere under the sun4 ,very well1 then we must not hope for a successful propagation of our denominational principles among the ruling classes of the ,south1 for they will not enter into church relations with the colored people4 ,after the churches are separately organized1 and while they are separately maintained1 they will affiliate in associations and conventions1 but the limit will be drawn at the line of the church4 ,however unrighteous1 this is a stubborn fact--and anybody who has good knowledge of the ,southern character will know that it is to remain as stubborn for all time to come4 ,mixed churches among us1 where colored people are comparatively few1 and in the ,south1 where colored people are so numerous1 are very different things4 ,for among us the predominant element in the churches will remain predominant1 and it is an easy matter for #ejj white ,christians to associate with five of another race and color4 ,but for #bej white ,christians to associate in churches on equal terms with #bej 8colored0 ,christians is another1 and by no means a comfortable thing4 ,before the war1 negroes and their masters were in the same churches and enjoyed the association1 but the negroes sat in the galleries1 and in other ways were not put upon an equality4 ,,who ,,shall ,,work ,,south8--,,the ,,question ,,stated4 ,,by ,,rev4 ,l4 ,w4 ,,bacon1 ,d4,d4 ,a gravely important and difficult question as to the future policy of the ,society 7,a4 ,h4 ,m4 ,s47 was submitted in behalf of the executive4 ,it was one technically within the competency of the executive to decide1 but too important to be so decided1 without larger counsel3 ,shall the ,society's system of operations with missions and superintendencies be extended over the ,southern ,states8 ,in favor of this measure are urged 7#a7 the desire to make the field of the ,society's work co-extensive with the nation2 7#b7 the duty we owe to white people1 as well as black1 at the ,south2 7#c7 the alleged demand for the ,society's aid to communities of ,congregationalists who have moved to the ,south4 ,against it are 7#a7 the measureless inadequacy of the ,society's present or probable resources for the urgent instant demands of its present field2 7#b7 the wastefulness of organizing and supporting a second system of superintendencies over the field already occupied by the superintendencies of the ,american ,missionary ,association1 and the chances of friction or collision between the two systems2 7#c7 the impossibility of drawing any line of demarkation between the two systems of missions on the same ground1 except a color line3 the emphasizing of the color line1 in the most obtrusive and offensive manner1 not only by two orders of missionaries1 one to whites and one to blacks1 but by two orders of mission churches1 one for black people in which whites shall be tolerated1 and one for white people where blacks shall be tolerated with not so much as a common superintendency to co-ordinate them2 and thus the danger of indelibly fixing the color line1 fortifying it by new vested interests1 and defeating any kindly tendency toward the effacing of it from the ,christian ,church4 ,such considerations as these led the congregation 7we can hardly say the ,society71 after deliberation and debate1 and especially after the very able speech of ,mr4 ,blakeslee1 to decline committing itself to this great and not easily revocable step1 and to leave it for a year's consideration1 and though a later and less considerate vote was obtained in a form which seemed to throw doubt upon this decision1 nevertheless the reluctance toward the new policy was of such a weight and character that a prudent executive may be trusted to keep it in view and move with caution1 in a matter that does not press for instant action4 ,the ,advance4 ,a ,,questionable ,,procedure4 ,,by ,,rev4 ,,horace ,,bumstead1 ,d4,d4 ,the ,american ,missionary ,association and the ,am4 ,home ,missionary ,society have both announced their purpose to enter upon enlarged church work in the ,south4 ,is it not questionable whether it is best for the ,home ,missionary ,society to enter the ,southern field at all8 ,does that ,society propose to do the same broad work for all races and classes which the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 aims to do1 and in good measure has done8 ,if so1 why duplicate missionary machinery for this region8 ,or is it proposing to do a work less broad1 and if so1 are its friends ready to support it in so doing8 ,the ,congregationalist4 ,,the ,,ohio ,,idea4 ,,resolution ,,of ,,congregational ,,conference ,,at ,,akron4 ,,whereas1 ,during the past twenty years the work of the ,congregational churches for the needy millions of the ,south has been performed in a manner that is fast winning the respect and sympathy of all classes2 first1 by its being based upon ,christian needs without too evident attention being paid to denominational advantages2 second1 by its uncompromising fidelity to ,christian principles in respect to the spirit of caste2 ,resolved1 ,that we1 the members of the ,congregational ,association of ,ohio1 do earnestly deprecate the adoption of any permanent policy by which ,congregational churches shall be established in the ,south1 practically1 though not professedly1 on the basis of what is called the 8color line20 and that in our judgment two distinct ,congregational ,societies1 the one working mainly for the white and the other for the black race1 in the same field1 will inevitably tend to perpetuate race prejudice1 set at variance ,congregational brethren themselves1 and so defeat the end of true religion4 ,,what ,,is ,a ,,color-,,line ,,church8 ,,by ,,prof4 ,c4 ,g4 ,,fairchild4 ,the ,state ,conference of ,ohio recently protested against the establishment by ,northern missionary funds of churches based 8practically1 though not professedly1 upon the #8color line4'0 ,what is a color-line church8 ,a church at the ,north composed largely or exclusively of colored members1 following naturally a race line of cleavage1 as do the ,irish or ,german1 is not in this sense a color-line church4 ,most white churches at the ,north have only white members2 but probably there is not one of them but would receive a colored member without hesitating in the slightest about his color4 ,these are not color-line churches4 ,there are many important white churches at the ,south that have had for many years colored members2 but the colored members must wait for the communion until the whites are served1 and must occupy special seats4 ,such churches are color-line churches4 ,churches at the ,south composed of blacks1 with a few white teachers and their friends1 who would welcome with tears of gratitude any ,southern white families who would show their love and sympathy by identifying themselves with them are not color-line churches4 ,a church at the ,south1 composed of whites1 in the midst of a large colored population1 or in close contiguity with a church of kindred organization and sources of support1 and where the advent of the first colored member would be deprecated1 not welcomed1 is a church based practically1 though it may not be professedly1 upon the color-line4 99 99 99 99 99 ,it is always wise to consider facts4 ,the first fact is that this color distinction is the most potent factor1 politically1 socially and religiously1 in ,southern society4 ,this should dominate every plan for ,christian effort at the ,south as much as the existence of the rebel army dominated plans for the 8,on to ,richmond0 during the war4 ,in the ultimate solution of ,southern problems1 natural race lines of cleavage may largely prevail2 but it lies within the realms of reasonable expectancy1 and not fancy1 to believe that the time will come when color will not be thought of in the admission of a person to any hotel1 railway car1 school1 or church4 ,we have no right yet to let go of this ,christian and patriotic hope2 but for the present at the ,south color places upon a man a more damning and ineffaceable stain than does murder or political treason1 and the present establishment of white churches as above described would seem to be an obeisance to this most potent and evil influence4 ,the ,independent4 ,,the ,,tendency ,,is ,,to ,,relax4 ,,editorial ,,in ,,independent4 ,the natural bent of ,southern whites is to separation from colored members1 and white congregations willing to open their doors to all alike will not spring up in great numbers4 ,the tendency1 the temptation is to relax a little on the principle1 under trying circumstances1 for the sake of immediate results4 ,we have pointed out how signally some of the ,friends' schools in the ,south have failed to keep their first principles intact4 ,the same lowering influence has been at work among the ,northern ,methodists4 ,it is worth a generation of endeavor1 and perhaps it will require it1 to establish an influential constituency on the solid basis of true ,christian ,brotherhood4 ,,the ,,southeast4 ,,sec4 ,,barrows' ,,report ,,at ,,saratoga4 ,how soon shall the ,society have a superintendent in this region8 ,it is for you to decide4 ,the executive officers are convinced that the time has already come for this forward movement4 ,during the past winter we have had a general missionary at work in ,florida1 with encouraging results4 ,at our next anniversary there will doubtless be present a representative from the ,florida ,association of ,congregational ,churches4 ,the ,society also has missionaries in ,maryland1 ,west ,virginia1 ,kentucky1 ,tennessee and ,georgia--and appeals are constantly received urging us to enlarge this work4 ,it is not the purpose of this society to foster the spirit of caste4 ,it was to remove all suspicions on this score that a friendly conference was lately had with our brethren of the ,american ,missionary ,association1 and with the results of that conference you are all familiar4 ,it is our idea to form churches at the ,south1 like ,dr4 ,rankin's in ,washington1 and ,dr4 ,goodell's in ,st4 ,louis1 churches open to the colored people and to which they will be made welcome if they see fit to join4 ,the only difficulty will be to find enough colored people willing to join to save the principle--the uniform experience hitherto having been that they prefer to be in churches of their own4 ,but we have too long ignored the fact that there are several millions of poor whites at the ,south who need our help1 and must have it if they are to be fitted for citizenship on earth or in heaven4 ,they have claims upon our ,christian sympathy equal to those of the colored people1 for they too are the victims of slavery1 and are despised by the old slaveholding aristocracy--and even by the negroes4 ,a ,southern man said in our hearing a few days ago1 8,there are as many white people at the ,south who need your help as there are colored people1 and they must be reached by similar means1 viz43 the ,christian school and the ,christian church40 ,let us now ask the question--,have we been doing our duty by these people8 ,we know we have not4 ,god forgive us for having neglected them so long1 and may we now show by our actions that our repentance is genuine6 ,do you wish the ,home ,missionary ,society to organize an agency to do this work8 ,,report ,,of ,,committee ,,on ,,dr4 ,,barrows' ,,paper4 ,but why ask the ,home ,missionary ,society to plant these churches and commission these missionaries8 ,simply because the endeavor is one which no present organized agency can successfully accomplish4 ,the work of the ,american ,missionary ,association is noble1 and its field is wide4 ,but broad as are its principles it cannot1 as a practical matter of fact1 cultivate the whole of that needy part of our ,lord's vineyard4 ,that which has been the pride and the strength of the ,american ,missionary ,association1 the thing it has printed on its publications and blazoned on its banners1 that it was organized for the help of the despised races of ,america1 to some extent honorably incapacitates it for some of the work which1 nevertheless1 needs to be done4 ,not in this generation1 nor in the next1 can men and women1 between whom not history and habit only1 but nature and providence1 run lines so deep as between the races of the ,south1 be made to any considerable extent to blend in comfortable and harmonious church relationship4 ,the ignoring of this fact will cost limitless labor and limitless disappointment4 ,why not take up the case as we find it1 and in those places where the hand of invitation now so obviously beckons1 respond to the call8 ,what need of trespass1 what occasion for misunderstanding1 if the ,home ,missionary ,society and the ,association thus at some points work side by side8 ,the ,home ,missionary4 ,,dr4 ,,walker',s ,,address4 ,there is no man in this house who has1 to the limit of his ability1 done more cordial and earnest work for the ,american ,missionary ,association than ,i have4 ,there is no man who maintains a more cordial relationship with the secretaries and officers of that society than ,i do4 ,personally1 each one of them is my friend4 ,but ,i do feel1 ,christian friends1 that we have here a question that we must meet2 and the best way to meet it is in the spirit of frankness and openness1 giving it the deliberation which it requires4 ,the ,american ,missionary ,association1 as has been suggested in the paper which has been presented to you1 is1 in my view1 handicapped for doing a part of the work which is necessary to be done4 99 99 99 ,now the question is3 ,is it not expedient for us to enter upon that work8 ,i am met by the objection3 8,why1 you are doing the same work that the ,american ,missionary ,association is doing4 ,why have two societies1 side by side1 doing essentially the same work80 ,they are not doing the same work1 in the fact that the subjects for which they labor are providentially made distinct4 ,it is impossible in this generation1 and in the generation to come1 for the ,american ,missionary ,association to plant ,congregational churches to any considerable extent through the ,south4 ,now1 the plain and practical question is3 ,is it wise for us to neglect the present opportunity and1 for the sake of what may be proved after all to be but sentiment1 let the present moment pass1 a moment so freighted with consequences to the future8 ,is it wise for us to insist upon the strength of ecclesiastical ties as sufficient to hold men together1 whom we cannot counsel to come together by strength of natural ties8 ,we cannot advise marriage among the races2 why insist upon a kind of work that forces them together in ecclesiastical relationships to which they are equally unfamiliar and averse8 ,the ,home ,missionary4 ,,no ,,clashing ,,must ,,be ,,allowed4 ,,editorial ,,in ,,advance4 ,what the ,american ,missionary ,association has done1 and is doing1 is only the prophecy of what it is to do in the near future1 if it is promptly sustained in its noble work4 ,and while we are on this subject1 we wish most emphatically to say3 ,there is not to be1 there must not be1 any clashing in the work between this society and the ,american ,home ,missionary ,society4 ,the ,american ,missionary ,association was organized for a specific work1 broadly and definitely understood to be for the uplifting of the colored races on this continent4 ,to that work they are pledged1 for that money is given to them1 and they are very wisely administering the trust committed to their hands4 ,to criticise that society because it does not organize what are known as white churches is the height of folly1 and for it to attempt to force mixed churches on the ,south would be equally absurd4 ,the ,american ,home ,missionary ,society should not go down ,south with the idea of starting white churches4 ,it should be allowed1 and must be allowed1 to go there and organize churches just as it does in ,iowa1 ,dakota1 ,missouri and ,kansas1 saying nothing at all about the race question or in any way excluding colored people from its membership2 giving them that freedom which is theirs1 to come in1 and the freedom also to stay out1 and to have their own churches1 and their own social circles1 just as they please4 ,any one who undertakes to force such things out of their natural and proper course will only work confusion and loss4 ,,no ,,trouble ,,need ,,be ,,borrowed4 ,,editorial ,,in ,,congregationalist ,as for the matter of the entrance of the ,home ,missionary ,society upon work in the ,south1 that may be trusted to take care of itself4 ,the two societies mutually have agreed upon a policy of comity and consultation4 ,unless there be a real and imperative demand for its services at the ,south1 the ,home ,missionary ,society probably will find all that it can do in its present field4 ,if such a demand arise1 the ,society will do its best to meet it1 not in rivalry of1 but in co-operation with1 the ,missionary ,association4 ,there may be localities where the former can work in the same line to better advantage than the latter4 ,nobody need borrow trouble on their account1 for both are pledged1 and honestly1 we are sure1 to keep out of each other's way when necessary1 and together to erase 8the color line0 as fast as possible4 ,,criticisms ,,noted4 ,,editorial ,,in ,,advance4 ,we fear that many of those who are criticising the policy of the society 7,a4 ,h4 ,m4 ,s471 in pushing its work in the ,south1 know little or nothing either of the ,new ,west or of the ,south4 ,we call the attention of ,dr4 ,bacon1 and the minority which he represents1 to a few facts4 ,in the first place1 the ,american ,missionary ,association cannot reach the white people of the ,south4 ,in proof of this we appeal to agents of that society1 who are in the field--,dr4 ,roy and the missionaries down ,south4 ,one of the missionaries has just been in this office and gave his testimony most freely1 while we were reading the proof of ,dr4 ,bacon's article4 ,he said3 8,i have been three years in ,alabama4 ,i am pastor of a colored church there4 ,we are prosperous4 ,we were never more so4 ,the ,southern people are coming more and more to labor with us1 and to co-operate with us in every way for the education of the negro4 ,but there must be a colored church for colored people1 and a white church for white people1 and this will be done without saying anything about it4 ,both races prefer it1 and it is a natural method4 ,our society cannot reach the white people1 we ought not to attempt to do so40 99 99 99 ,there is a call for the work of the ,american ,home ,missionary ,society in the ,south4 ,to refuse to go there would be wicked4 ,that society has just as much right to build a church in ,mississippi or ,georgia1 and to give it aid1 as it has to aid a church in ,iowa or ,dakota4 ,no other society has a right to bid it keep north of ,mason and ,dixon's line4 ,,who ,,shall ,,work ,,at ,,the ,,south8 ,,by ,,rev4 ,j4 ,e4 ,,roy1 ,d4,d4 ,to the ,editor of the ,advance3 ,in your response to ,dr4 ,bacon on this question1 you said3 ,we appeal to ,dr4 ,roy4 ,i did not understand you as committing me2 but finding that some brethren took you as setting me down to the theory that the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 could not do the work among the white people there because of its relation to the colored1 ,i wish to disavow it1 for ,i never held that view1 never expressed it4 ,i think that the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 could do that work if the constituency shall so direct1 though1 as our experience among the mountain people of ,kentucky proved1 it would require patience1 wisdom and fortitude1 and would be a slow process4 ,the ,advance4 ,,resolution ,,at ,,saratoga ,,meeting4 ,voted1 ,that a committee of five be appointed who shall consider our denominational work in the ,south and confer with the secretaries of the ,american ,missionary ,association1 or any committees appointed by that society1 in reference to the same1 and report at our next meeting4 ,committee to confer with the ,american ,missionary ,association--,rev4 ,drs4 ,j4 ,e4 ,twichell1 ,g4 ,l4 ,walker1 ,lyman ,abbott1 ,c4 ,l4 ,goodell1 and ,a4 ,s4 ,barnes1 ,esq4 ,the ,home ,missionary4 ,,bureau ,,of ,,woman',s ,,work4 ,,miss ,d4 ,e4 ,,emerson1 ,,secretary4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,from ,,our ,,lady ,,missionary1 ,,wilmington1 ,n4,c4 ,,miss ,a4 ,e4 ,,farrington4 ,my work the past month has been very encouraging4 ,mrs4 ,steele has been with us and special meetings were held among the women and girls4 ,at one of these about #ij were present1 and many seemed deeply interested4 ,at the close quite a number rose for prayers and remained for personal conversation4 ,after the meeting that night1 which was also quite full1 the same girls remained1 and several expressed the hope that they had given their hearts to ,jesus4 ,some of them had been very thoughtful for weeks1 and seemed to need just the help that these meetings gave to bring them to a decision4 ,a meeting of the boys was also held4 ,the girls begged me to keep on with meetings for them1 which ,i have very gladly done every ,monday after school1 from twenty to thirty-five coming in4 ,nine or ten of them hope they have become ,christians4 ,several of them wish to unite with the church at once4 ,they were examined and their friends consulted1 and three were propounded for admission1 but will not be received until they have had a little time to test their sincerity4 ,influences have been brought to bear to draw them away from us4 ,they have been told that there is no religion where everything is so quiet1 and endeavors have been made to get them into revival meetings which are wild with excitement4 ,last week some of our teachers went into one of these meetings1 where several girls were rolling on the floor1 crying and moaning4 ,one lady thought she saw one of her scholars among them1 and going to her held out her hand and told her to get up4 ,she obeyed at once1 and her teacher led her to a seat1 where she talked to her quietly a few moments1 telling her that ,god did not require any such thing as that of her or any one else1 that her good conduct in school and elsewhere lately was stronger evidence that she had given her heart to ,jesus than anything she saw there4 ,afterwards she went to another part of the church1 where others of her scholars were1 quieting them1 some going home as soon as they saw her4 ,these lambs of the flock need to be very tenderly guarded1 and others seem only waiting to be led along the right way4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,valued ,,worker ,,gone4 ,rev4 ,dr4 ,woodworth1 of our ,boston office1 in a commemorative address on the death of ,mrs4 ,d4 ,l4 ,furber1 of ,newton ,centre1 ,mass41 gives an account of her devotion to the cause of missions1 in language fitted to arouse1 in no common degree1 the zeal of the ,christian women of the country4 ,he says3 ,she had the rare faculty1 perhaps ,i should say double faculty1 of comprehending a great cause1 and at the same time of making individual cases all her own4 ,i have heard her talk of the work in the ,south as a work for the ,african race1 until her tongue thrilled with eloquence1 her face shone with a strange light1 and her whole person seemed to expand to the measure of her theme4 ,to her it seemed so strange that people did not see what to her was so plain3 that the churches were so slow to accept their opportunity2 that the very conjuncture of the death of slavery and the opening of the ,african continent by exploration and commerce were a demonstration that they were part and parcel of the same plan and pattern1 and meant the salvation of the ,african race4 ,why could not the churches see it8 ,had blindness happened to the people of ,god8 ,how hot and fast her words fell1 as she pictured the possibilities which lay in the ,southern work1 and as she expressed her amazement at the failure of good people to discern the signs of the times6 ,to her these four millions coming out of the house of their bondage1 in need of every thing1 were ,christ himself1 hungry1 thirsty1 naked1 homeless--a stranger4 ,in them she saw her ,lord2 in them she heard ,his cry of distress2 in them1 as unto ,him1 she gave her sympathies1 her time1 her bounty4 ,she walked under the light of that vision which so glorified her life4 ,each one of that suffering race whom she took into her family1 to whom she sent clothing1 or aided in his course of education1 represented ,him4 ,another thing which struck me was what seemed a thorough mental honesty2 and by this ,i mean that she took the widest survey of the field of which she was capable1 and formed her judgments after full collation of the facts4 ,like the ideal scientist seeking light from every quarter1 and open to its reception1 come from where it might1 she was ready to follow the truth wherever it might lead4 ,she submitted her judgment to her intelligence1 and was not afraid to obey her convictions4 ,she loved the slave when it was not popular to do so4 ,she was on the side of the weak when only a few stood with her4 ,she counted the cost and took the stand for righteousness and truth4 ,she saw in them clearly the humanity now represented on the throne1 and for that would have gone down among them with perfect serenity and cheerfulness1 bidding every offended sense and feeling be still4 ,she had schooled herself to do right4 ,she had said to her soul1 8,i will do for the poor as ,i would do for my ,lord40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,children',s ,,page4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,chung ,,wah4 ,,by ,,susie ,w4 ,,hassell4 ,he is a bright little ten-year-old who lives in a town away off ,west4 ,you know by his name that he is ,chinese1 and ,i am afraid some of you have already turned up your noses in disgust1 and have thought1 8,bah6 those dirty ,chinamen6 ,my mamma says it makes her sick to think of them1 and papa's glad they can't come to our country any more40 ,but let me tell you about ,chung ,wah1 and then you can decide the ,chinese question for yourselves4 ,he is in the ,a class in ,number ,two1 and in the schoolroom his yellow face is almost always bright with soap-suds and joy1 for he is a wonderfully happy boy1 and smiles all the time he is happy4 ,his little black eyes look like apple-seeds1 and snap whenever he winks4 ,he wears great flapping brown pantaloons1 which are covered to the knee by his pink calico aprons1 but on ,wednesday1 when he speaks his piece1 he has on a white apron1 so stiffly starched that it rustles and cracks like paper4 ,his low cloth shoes have no heels1 but long1 pointed1 turned-up toes4 ,chung ,wah is very quick at his lessons1 and neat in his slate-work1 so that when visitors come in his slate is one of the first the teacher shows them4 ,he has always loved to study1 but last ,may1 when the days commenced to be warm and bright1 he must have grown a little tired of school1 for1 alas1 a great many times he was seen on the street the whole day long4 ,when questioned the next morning1 he told the teacher3 8,my fadder send me to school an' ,i no come40 ,i suppose he liked to pitch horseshoes with the other boys down in ,chinatown1 none of them had to go to school2 or to follow old ,sam ,lee round the town as he gathered up the clothes for the wash-house4 ,at any rate he played truant many days1 until his teacher sent him up-stairs for the school superintendent to talk with him4 ,still the truancy was repeated1 and he gave no excuse only1 8,i no likee come dat day40 ,at last1 one morning1 the superintendent whipped him for truancy1 and poor little ,chung ,wah went down-stairs with both fists in his eyes and a very sore heart4 ,illustration3 ,a ,,chinese ,,garden4 ,that very afternoon1 just before the tardy bell rang1 who should walk into the superintendent's room but ,chung ,wah1 his face still downcast and troubled4 ,he held a preserve jar1 covered with ,chinese characters1 in one hand1 and in the other a bright silk handkerchief1 such as are sold in the ,chinese shops4 ,with an awkward little nod1 just as if he were going to speak a piece in school1 he said3 8,my fadder gib 'em to you4 ,he say you heap good man4 ,he likee you beat me ebly day ,i no go school40 ,brave little ,mongolian6 ,do you think you clean1 white boys and girls could have carried such a hard message as that so honestly8 ,somehow1 after he had said the words the lump in his throat seemed to grow easier1 and1 although the superintendent said some words not very comforting3 8,well1 ,chung ,wah1 tell your father ,i will punish you when you are truant from school0--yet when the boy went down-stairs this time his face beamed as though it had never known a tear1 and his little black cue bobbed merrily behind him4 ,a good many months have passed since then1 and he has never deserved another whipping4 ,i don't believe he will4 ,his teacher says he has a wise father1 and that if there were more fathers like him there would be more good boys in school1 but ,i say1 brave little ,chung ,wah6 ,the boy who can tell the truth when it is so hard to tell has a clean side to his heart1 though his face may be very yellow4 ,what do you say1 my white boys and girls8 ,would he be a bad playfellow for you8 ,if some fifteen or twenty years from now you should hear that the grown-up ,chinaman1 ,chung ,wah1 fills well any position of honor and trust1 don't be surprised1 but tell your boys and girls1 8,oh1 yes1 when he was a little fellow he was brave enough to obey his father1 and tell the whole truth40 ,the ,advance4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,receipts ,,for ,,july1 #ahhc4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,maine1 #gf4ah4 ,bangor4 ,ladies of ,third ,ch41 freight for ,wilmington1 ,n4,c4 #a4bh ,bingham4 8,a ,friend0 #aa4jj ,bluebill4 ,mrs4 ,stevens 7#a of which for ,indian ,m47 #b4jj ,castine4 ,mrs4 ,b4 ,a4 ,sewall1 ,trunk of ,c4 ,gray4 ,girls' ,mission ,circle1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #b4jj ,hallowell4 ,s4 ,s4 ,classes of the ,classical ,academy1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #bd4dj ,st4 ,albans4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #e4jj ,skowhegan4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #bj2 ,mrs4 ,l4 ,w4 ,weston1 #d4ej2 ,miss ,sarah ,tilton1 #a #be4ej ,south ,berwick4 ,mrs4 ,lewis' ,s4 ,s4 ,class1 for ,student ,aid1 ,wilmington1 ,n4,c4 #e4jj ,,new ,,hampshire1 #cea4id4 ,amherst4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4fb ,center ,harbor4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,sab4 ,sch41 to const4 ,,jennie ,c4 ,,blackey ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,concord4 ,south ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,,mary ,g4 ,,batchelder ,l4 ,m4 #dg4ff ,durham4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ah4jj ,exeter4 ,second ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #bj4jj ,fitzwilliam4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bg4ej ,henniker4 ,miss ,e4 ,f4 ,connor #e4jj ,hudson4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #f4jj ,laconia4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bj4gi ,new ,market4 ,t4 ,h4 ,wiswall #aj4jj ,north ,hampton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ag4ae ,peterborough4 ,union ,evan4 ,ch4 #bj4ag ,pittsfield4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #ab4bh ,temple4 ,rev4 ,geo4 ,goodyear #e4jj ,troy4 ,trin4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bj4ei ,webster4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bj4jj ,winchester4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #cf4ej ------- #cbd4bf ,,legacies4 ,cornish4 ,estate of ,mrs4 ,sarah ,w4 ,westgate1 by ,albert ,e4 ,wellman1 ,trustee #bg4fh ------- #cea4id ,,vermont1 #cgj4db4 ,brandon4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ag4ef ,brattleborough4 ,e4 ,c4 ,crosby1 for ,talladega ,c4 #aj4jj ,chester4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aa4bb ,grafton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #h4bg ,lyndon4 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#be4jj ,cambridgeport4 ,pilgrim ,ch4 and ,soc4 #cai4fe ,campello4 ,mrs4 ,allen ,leach #j4ej ,charlton4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #ac4ij1 and ,sab4 ,sch41 #a4if #ae4hf ,chelsea4 ,third ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bc4de ,chelsea4 ,ladies' ,union ,home ,mission ,band1 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,chattanooga1 ,tenn4 #ge4jj ,chelsea4 ,ladies' ,union ,home ,mission ,band1 #c bbls4 and #b boxes of ,c41 ,val4 #ib1 for ,chattanooga1 ,tenn4 ,curtisville4 ,miss ,mary ,lumbert #j4ej ,danvers4 ,maple ,st4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ef4ca ,east ,hampton4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,g4 ,williston1 #ajj2 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #df4bd #adf4bd ,fairhaven4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aj4jj ,fall ,river4 ,central ,ch4 ,mission ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #gj4jj ,fitchburg4 ,mrs4 ,mary ,johnson #aj4jj ,gardner4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ce4if ,gloucester4 ,evan4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #cj4jj ,greenfield4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #bdd4ba ,haydenville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #af4aj ,holyoke4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #bc4jj ,hyde ,park4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #af4jj ,lanesville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #a4ge ,lawrence4 ,south ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ag4ab ,lee4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #cb4da ,lexington4 ,hancock ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ch4jj ,long ,meadow4 ,ladies ,benev4 ,ass'n4 #ac4ig ,marlborough4 ,union ,ch4 #ee4ca ,methuen4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #d4bj ,merrimac4 ,cong4 ,ch41 to const4 ,,rev4 ,w4 ,h4 ,,hubbard ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,millbury4 ,first4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ei4ee ,millbury4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,atlanta ,u4 #af4gd ,natick4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for a ,teacher #ej4jj ,natick4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #be4jj ,newburyport4 ,miss ,mary ,plummer1 for ,student ,aid1 ,fisk ,u4 #e4jj ,newton4 ,eliot ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bjj4jj ,newton ,center4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #fe4cb ,newton ,highlands4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #df4bg ,north ,andover4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 to const4 ,,rev4 ,,horace ,h4 ,,leavitt ,l4 ,m4 #fj4jj ,north ,brookfield4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #aej2 ,union ,ch4 and ,soc41 #aj #afj4jj ,pittsfield4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ej4jj ,roxbury4 ,immanuel ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ajj4jj ,south ,amherst4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #e4gi ,south ,boston4 ,phillips ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ajj4jj ,springfield4 8,h4 ,m410 #ejj2 ,south ,cong4 ,ch41 #bg4hg2 ,mrs4 ,edward ,clarke1 #e #ecb4hg ,sterling4 8,sterling0 #e4jj ,templeton4 ,trinitarian ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bj4ie ,waltham4 ,mrs4 ,joseph ,stackpole #j4ej ,west ,boxford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ac4dc ,west ,midway4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #ai2 ,c4 ,albert ,adams1 #e #bd4jj ,westport4 ,pacific ,union ,sab4 ,sch4 #a4hd ,west ,springfield4 ,park ,st4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #af4jb ,wilbraham4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ba4ej ,williamstown4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #af4ge ,winchendon4 8,f4 ,t4 ,j40 #b4jj ,worcester4 ,union ,ch4 and ,soc4 to const4 ,,benj4 ,f4 ,,harrington1 ,mrs4 ,,issac ,,sargent and ,,frank ,h4 ,,holland1 ,l4 ,ms #ajf4jj ,worcester4 ,salem ,street ,mission ,workers1 for ,indian boy1 ,hampton ,n4 ,a4 ,inst4 #be4jj ----4 8,friend to the ,cause0 #be4jj ----4 8,for ,mission work among the ,indians0 #d4jj ,massachusetts ,bible ,soc41 #b boxes of ,bibles1 for ,avery ,inst4 --------- #c1bib4fc ,,legacies4 ,cambridge4 ,estate of ,abijah ,f4 ,hildreth by ,edwin ,hildreth and ,stanley ,b4 ,hildreth1 ,executors and ,trustees #ejj4jj ,natick4 ,estate of ,clarissa ,morse1 by ,willard ,w4 ,wight1 ,adm'r4 #ajj4jj ,north ,abington4 ,estate of ,mrs4 ,susan ,b4 ,frost1 by ,mrs4 ,rachel ,b4 ,reed1 ,admx4 #afb4gc ,north ,brookfield4 ,estate of ,miss ,lydia ,c4 ,dodge1 by ,w4 ,p4 ,haskell1 ,ex4 #bej4jj --------- #d1cje4cf ,,rhode ,,island1 #a1jje4jj4 ,bristol4 ,miss ,charlotte ,de ,wolf1 #ejj2 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,d4 ,w4 ,rogers1 #ejj #a1jjj4jj ,westerly4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,wilmington1 ,n4,c4 #e4jj ,,connecticut1 #aa1hae4hc4 ,berlin4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4bj ,bridgeport4 ,park ,st4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aa4hj ,durham4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ej4jj ,enfield4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #be4jj ,farmington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #fd4aj ,greenfield ,hill4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #h4hj ,guilford4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #ah2 8,a ,friend in ,third ,ch410 #b #bj4jj ,hartford4 8,a ,friend in ,asylum ,hill ,cong4 ,ch40 #bj4jj ,jewett ,city4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aj4jj ,kent4 ,first ,cong4 ,soc4 #e4id ,lebanon4 ,first ,ch41 #fd4hf2 ,mrs4 ,mary ,dutton1 #d4ej #fi4cf ,meriden4 ,e4 ,k4 ,breckenridge1 #e2 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,f4 ,s4 ,brown1 a ,quilt #e4jj ,middletown4 ,south ,cong4 ,ch4 #fi4ga ,mount ,carmel4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #ej4jj ,north ,haven4 ,e4 ,dickerman #b4jj ,norwich4 ,park ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #bgb4ed2 ,broadway ,cong4 ,ch41 #bjj #dgb4ed ,norwich4 ,henry ,b4 ,norton1 for ,atlanta ,u4 #ej4jj ,oxford4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #bh4ej1 and ,sab4 ,sch41 #f4be1 to const ,,mrs4 ,,carrie ,,riggs ,l4 ,m4 #cd4ge ,plantsville4 8,a ,friend10 for ,atlanta ,u4 #e4jj ,plainville4 8,a ,friend0 #ajj4jj ,portland4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4jj ,salisbury4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #df4gf ,saybrook4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4be ,sharon4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #fh4bh ,southport4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,o4 ,h4 ,,perry1 ,,chas4 ,,lacey1 ,e4 ,,cornelius ,,sherwood1 ,l4 ,,frank ,,sherwood and ,,rev4 ,,william ,h4 ,,holman ,l4 ,ms #ahe4hd ,stanwich4 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,charles ,brush #be4jj ,torrington4 ,young ,ladies' ,aux4 ,soc41 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #gj4jj ,west ,hartford4 ,charles ,boswell #bej4jj ,west ,haven4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,c4 ,kimball #aj4jj ,winsted4 ,david ,strong1 for ,theo4 ,dept41 ,talladega ,c4 #be4jj ----4 8,a ,friend0 #ag4ej --------- #a1hae4hc ,,legacies4 ,hartford4 ,estate of ,john ,b4 ,eldridge1 by ,john ,r4 ,redfield1 ,ex4 #aj1jjj4jj ---------- #aa1hae4hc ,,new ,,york1 #ghe4fg4 ,antwerp4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #cc4ah ,binghamton4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #hj4ee ,brentwood4 ,e4 ,f4 ,richardson #be4jj ,brooklyn4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,central ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,missionary1 ,ladies' ,island1 ,s4,c4 #ge4jj ,brooklyn4 ,church of the ,covenant #aj4jj ,chittenango4 ,mrs4 ,ameline ,l4 ,brown #e4jj ,clifton ,springs4 8,a ,friend0 #a4jj ,coxsackie4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,f4 ,spoor1 #b4ej2 ,miss ,a4 ,g4 ,fairchild1 #b4ej #e4jj ,danby4 ,cong4 ,ch41 bal4 to const4 ,h4 ,b4 ,,chapman ,l4 ,m4 #ah4ce ,east ,bloomfield4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #eb4hj ,gloversville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ajb4eg ,ithaca4 ,e4 ,p4 ,gilbert #e4jj ,jamesport4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,lenox4 ,a4 ,s4 ,johnson #e4jj ,lisbon ,center4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ah4jj ,martinsburg4 ,horatio ,hough1 #e2 ,almira ,h4 ,arthur1 #a2 8,a ,friend10 #a #g4jj ,new ,york4 ,s4 ,t4 ,gordon #bej4jj ,new ,york4 ,colored ,orphan ,asylum 7#e of which for ,john ,brown ,steamer7 #aj4jj ,north ,evans4 ,cong4 ,ch4 7#a4ej of which from ,mrs4 ,spencer ,bullock7 #h4ag ,oneonta4 ,mrs4 ,l4 ,j4 ,safford #e4jj ,patchogue4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #i4bh ,spencerport4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4jj ,walton4 ,first ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #cb4bg ,westmoreland4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4ej ,,new ,,jersey1 #bcc4ej4 ,bound ,brook4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ch4ej ,irvington4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,underwood #ej4jj ,montclair4 ,first ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,indian girl1 ,hampton1 ,n4 ,a4 ,inst4 #dj4jj ,montclair4 ,mrs4 ,pratt's ,s4 ,s4 ,class1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #e4jj ,morristown4 ,miss ,ella ,m4 ,graves1 for ,atlanta ,u4 #ajj4jj ,,pennsylvania1 #cg4ej4 ,east ,smithfield4 ,miss ,polly ,s4 ,tracy #ah4jj ,jeansville4 ,welsh ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,new ,milford4 ,horace ,a4 ,summers #ad4ej ,,ohio1 #b1fbi4bb4 ,ashland4 ,mrs4 ,eliza ,thompson #b4bh ,atwater4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bg4ci ,bronson4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,lawrence1 ,bbl4 of ,bibles2 ,mrs4 ,f4 ,lawrence #a set ,henry's ,commentaries1 for ,talladega ,c4 ,harmar4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aah4ge ,lodi4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aa4be ,madison4 ,ladies1 ,books1 and #c41 for ,freight1 for ,talladega ,c4 #c4jj ,mansfield4 ,mrs4 ,tracy1 for ,trinity ,sch41 ,athens1 ,ala4 #ej4jj ,mount ,vernon4 ,woman's ,miss'y ,soc41 of ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,oberlin4 ,miss ,rose ,m4 ,kinney #a4jj ,painesville4 ,first ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,atlanta ,u4 #ej4jj ,painesville4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 bal to const4 ,,samuel ,r4 ,,house and ,e4 ,e4 ,,johnson ,l4 ,ms #cf4ee ,peru4 8,friends10 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #ac4jj ,randolph4 ,w4 ,j4 ,dickinson #aj4jj ,unionville4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,c4 ,burnell #b4jj ------ #cce4bb ,,legacies4 ,kent4 ,estate of ,andrew ,james #cid4jj ,tallmadge4 ,estate of ,rev4 ,john ,seward1 by ,wm4 ,h4 ,upson1 ,ex4 #a1ijj4jj --------- #b1fbi4bb ,,illinois1 #fci4eh4 ,amboy4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #dc4jj ,chebanse4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #f4jj ,chicago4 ,union ,park ,cong4 ,ch41 #bee4ah2 ,bethany ,cong4 ,ch41 #ac4ce #bfg4dc ,chicago4 ,ladies ,miss'y ,soc4 of ,n4 ,e4 ,ch41 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,mobile1 ,ala4 #ad4jj ,elgin4 ,mrs4 ,e4 ,e4 ,c4 ,borden #a4jj ,galesburg4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #gi2 ,first ,ch4 of ,christ1 #e #hd4jj ,geneseo4 ,ladies ,miss'y ,soc41 for ,needmore ,ch41 ,talladega #ej4jj ,griggsville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bc4he ,princeville4 ,chas4 ,cutter #e4jj ,sycamore4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ajj4fj ,sycamore4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #be4jj ,thomasborough4 8,r40 #a4jj ,udina4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #a4jj ,wheaton4 ,first4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ag4gj ,,michigan1 #dda4fb4 ,benzonia4 ,h4 ,h4 ,balch #a4jj ,calumet4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,theo4 ,dept4 ,talladega ,c4 #ch4hd ,chelsea4 ,john ,c4 ,winans #bjj4jj ,detroit4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #abj4jj ,fort ,huron4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #dj4eh ,grand ,rapids4 ,e4 ,g4 ,furness #e4jj ,kalamazoo4 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,a4 ,kent #e4jj ,michigan ,center4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4jj ,salem4 ,summit ,missionary ,soc4 #b4ei ,union ,city4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 bal4 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,,anna ,,church ,l4 ,m4 #aj4jj ,vienna4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4fa ,white ,lake4 ,robert ,garner #aj4jj ,,iowa1 #aid4hg4 ,algona4 ,a4 ,zahlten #g4ej ,anamosa4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #ch4jb1 and ,sab4 ,sch41 #d4ge #db4gg ,belle ,plain4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4cj ,davenport4 ,geo4 ,w4 ,ells #aj4jj ,des ,moines4 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 #b bbls4 of ,c4 for ,talladega ,c4 ,farragut4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4di ,grinnell4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ic4bb ,tabor4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch4 #c4ei ,washington4 8,mother and ,ralph0 for ,needmore ,ch41 ,talladega ,c4 #ab4jj ,,wisconsin1 #ee4bb4 ,delavan4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for furnishing room1 ,stone ,hall1 ,t4 ,c4 #e4jj ,lake ,geneva4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ag4gj ,leeds4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4fg ,koshkonong4 ,p4 ,t4 ,gunnison #aj4jj ,koshkonong4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4cj ,platteville4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #e4cj ,shullsburg4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4jj ,springvale4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #f4be ,,minnesota1 #cde4ec4 ,audubon4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4hc ,austin4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bd4ag ,elk ,river4 ,union ,cong4 ,ch4 #i4bj ,excelsior4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ae4jj ,faribault4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ag4he ,hutchinson4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4ee ,lake ,city4 ,joseph ,pike 7#a of which for ,john ,brown ,steamer7 #b4jj ,medford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4jj ,minneapolis4 ,plymouth ,ch4 #bi4hc ,minneapolis4 ,e4 ,d4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #bf4aj ,rushford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4jj ----4 ,friends1 for ,atlanta ,u4 #bjj4jj ----4 8,friends in ,minnesota0 for ,dakota ,m4 #aj4jj ,,kansas1 #di4ie4 ,great ,bend4 ,cong4 ,church #f4jj ,lawrence4 ,ladies1 by ,rev4 ,r4 ,f4 ,markham #aa4de ,mc,pherson4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ae4jj ,stockton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4ej ,topeka4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,white ,city4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,,missouri1 #afa4hh4 ,amity4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #ab4jf2 8,a ,friend10 #ae #bg4jf ,ironton4 ,j4 ,markham #b4ej ,kansas ,city4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ajb4 #jj ,meadville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4cb ,webster ,groves4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4jj ,,nebraska1 #ce4ge4 ,crete4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4ge ,lincoln4 8,k4 ,c40 #h4jj ,santee ,agency4 ,mrs4 ,mary ,van ,nest1 for ,indian ,m4 #bj4jj ,,colorado1 #e4ce4 ,denver4 ,cong4 ,ch4 7#a of which from ,mrs4 ,c4 ,l4 ,garland7 #e4ce ,,nevada1 #e4jj4 ,wells4 ,c4 ,a4 ,birchard #e4jj ,,washington ,,ter41 #bg4ee4 ,skokomish4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #ag4ee2 ,rev4 ,m4 ,eells and ,wife1 #aj4jj #bg4ee ,,oregon1 #aj4jj4 ,the ,dalles4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,,california1 #d4ej4 ,rutherford4 ,robert ,mc,comb #d4ej ,,district ,,of ,,columbia1 #dcg4ej4 ,washington4 ,u4,s4 ,government1 for ,indian ,m4 #dcg4ej ,,kentucky1 #e4ei4 ,berea4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #e4ei ,,tennessee1 #afa4gj4 ,chattanooga4 ,rent #adi4gj ,knoxville4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #ab4jj ,,north ,,carolina1 #aa4jj4 ,wilmington4 ,normal ,sch41 ,tuition1 #d2 ,rent1 #b2 ,cong4 ,ch41 #e #aa4jj ,,south ,,carolina1 #fbh4cj4 ,charleston4 ,avery ,inst41 ,tuition1 #fah4cj2 ,plymouth ,ch41 #aj #fbh4cj ,,georgia1 #cde4fe4 ,atlanta4 ,alumni ,ass'n of ,atlanta ,u41 #abe1 for ,furnishing ,room1 ,stone ,hall2 ,pellegrini ,castleberry1 #b ,terra-cotta ,vases1 for steps of ,stone ,hall #abe4jj ,atlanta4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #cj2 ,storrs ,sch41 ,tuition1 #e4ej #ce4ej ,macon4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #h4ee ,savannah4 ,beach ,inst41 ,tuition1 #adf4fj1 ,rent1 #bj1 ,cong4 ,ch41 #aj #agf4fj ,,alabama1 #ejc4ih4 ,athens4 ,miss ,m4 ,f4 ,wells1 for ,trinity ,sch41 ,athens1 ,ala4 #be4jj ,montgomery4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4jj ,talladega4 ,talladega ,c41 ,tuition1 #cgc4ih1 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #aj #chc4ih ,talladega4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,s4 ,de,forest1 for ,talladega ,c4 #ge4jj ,,florida1 #e4jj4 ,daytona4 ,woman's ,miss'y ,soc41 by ,mrs4 ,e4 ,c4 ,waldron #e4jj ,,texas1 #e4jj4 ,helena4 ,sab4 ,sch4 of ,cong4 ,ch4 7#b of which for ,john ,brown ,steamer7 #e4jj ,,incomes1 #a1jcc4ge4 ,avery ,fund1 for ,mendi ,m4 #gie4jj ,theological ,endowment ,fund1 for ,howard ,u4 #abe4jj ,c4 ,f4 ,dike ,fund1 for ,straight ,u4 #ej4jj ,general ,endowment ,fund #ej4jj ,incomes1 for ,atlanta ,u4 #ac4ge ,,england1 #aj4jj4 ,albyns4 ,miss ,s4 ,l4 ,ropes #aj4jj ,,scotland1 #ei4bi4 ,perth4 ,north ,united ,presb4 ,ch41 #aj2 ,james ,balman1 for ,chinese ,m41 #b2 8,friend1 per ,d4 ,morton10 #es4 #ei4bi ,,austria4 ,prague4 ,bohumil ,burda 7a little boy7 #ajj ,kreutzers1 for the colored children in ,america4 ----------- ,total for ,july #bf1gid4ah ,total from ,oct4 #a to ,july #ca #bbi1bdf4fi ,,for ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 ,subscriptions #ch4ge ,previously acknowledged #gjj4dg -------- ,total #gci4bb ,,for ,,endowment ,,fund4 ,holbrook1 ,mass4 ,miss ,mary ,w4 ,holbrook1 for ,stone ,professorship ,howard ,u4 #ejj4jj ,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,treas41 #ef ,reade ,st41 ,n4,y4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,please ,,copy ,,this ,,form ,,and ,,mail ,,it4 ,september #ast1 #ahhc4 ,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,esq41 ,treasurer1 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,new ,york4 ,enclosed1 please find ,fifty ,cents1 subscription for ,,the ,,american ,,missionary for the year #ahhc4 ,send the same to the following address3 ,sign with your ,,name1 ,your ,,town1 ,your ,,county1 ,and ,,state in full4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,proposed ,,constitution ,,of ,,the ,,american ,,missionary ,,association4 ,,art4 ,i4 ,this society to be called the ,american ,missionary ,association4 ,,art4 ,,ii4 ,the object of this ,association shall be to conduct ,christian missionary and educational operations 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 ,members may be constituted for life by the payment of thirty dollars into the treasury of the ,association1 with the written declaration at the time or times of payment that the sum is to be applied to constitute a designated person a life member2 and such membership shall begin sixty days after the payment shall have been completed4 ,every church which has within a year contributed to the funds of the ,association and every ,state ,conference or ,association of such churches may appoint two delegates to the ,annual ,meeting of the ,association2 such delegates1 duly attested by credentials1 shall be members of the ,association for the year for which they were thus appointed4 ,,art4 ,,iv4 ,the ,annual ,meeting of the ,association shall be held in the month of ,october or ,november1 at such time and place as may be designated by the ,executive ,committee1 by notice printed in the official publication of the ,association for the preceding month4 ,,art4 ,v4 ,the officers of the ,association shall be a ,president1 five ,vice-,presidents1 a ,corresponding ,secretary or ,secretaries1 a ,recording ,secretary1 a ,treasurer1 ,auditors1 and an ,executive ,committee of fifteen members1 all of whom shall be elected by ballot4 ,at the first ,annual ,meeting after the adoption of this ,constitution1 five members of the ,executive ,committee shall be elected for the term of one year1 five for two years and five for three years1 and at each subsequent ,annual ,meeting1 five members shall be elected for the full term of three years1 and such others as shall be required to fill vacancies4 ,,art4 ,,vi4 ,to the ,executive ,committee shall belong the collecting and disbursing of funds1 the appointing1 counseling1 sustaining and dismissing of missionaries and agents1 and the selection of missionary fields4 ,they shall have authority to fill all vacancies in office occurring between the ,annual ,meetings2 to apply to any ,legislature for acts of incorporation1 or conferring corporate powers2 to make provision when necessary for disabled missionaries and for the widows and children of deceased missionaries1 and in general to transact all such business as usually appertains to the ,executive ,committees of missionary and other benevolent societies4 ,the acts of the ,committee shall be subject to the revision of the ,annual ,meeting4 ,five members of the ,committee constitute a quorum for transacting business4 ,,art4 ,,vii4 ,no person shall be made an officer of this ,association who is not a member of some evangelical church4 ,,art4 ,,viii4 ,missionary bodies and churches or individuals may appoint and sustain missionaries of their own1 through the agency of the ,executive ,committee1 on terms mutually agreed upon4 ,,art4 ,,ix4 ,no amendment shall be made to this ,constitution except by the vote of two-thirds of the members present at an ,annual ,meeting1 the amendment having been approved by the vote of a majority at the previous ,annual ,meeting4 99 99 99 99 99 ,illustration3 ,,count ,,rumford4 ,,horsford',s ,,acid ,,phosphate4 7,,liquid47 ,,for ,,dyspepsia1 ,,mental ,,and ,,physical ,,exhaustion1 ,,nervousness1 ,,diminished ,,vitality1 ,,urinary ,,difficulties1 ,,etc4 ,,prepared ,,according ,,to ,,the ,,direction ,,of ,prof4 ,e4 ,n4 ,horsford1 of ,cambridge1 ,mass4 ,there seems to be no difference of opinion in high medical authority of the value of phosphoric acid1 and no preparation has ever been offered to the public which seems to so happily meet the general want as this4 ,it is not nauseous1 but agreeable to the taste4 ,no danger can attend its use4 ,its action will harmonize with such stimulants as are necessary to take4 ,it makes a delicious drink with water and sugar only4 ,prices reasonable4 ,pamphlet giving further particulars mailed free on application4 ,,manufactured ,,by ,,the ,,rumford ,,chemical ,,works1 ,providence1 ,r4,i41 ,,and ,,for ,,sale ,,by ,,all ,,druggists4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,skin ,,humors ,,can ,,be ,,cured ,,by ,,glenn',s ,,sulphur ,,soap4 ,,san ,,francisco1 ,feb4 #af1 #ahhc4 ,mr4 ,c4 ,n4 ,crittenton3 ,,dear ,,sir3 ,i wish to call your attention to the good your ,sulphur ,soap has done me4 ,for nearly fourteen years ,i have been troubled with a skin humour resembling salt rheum4 ,i have spent nearly a small fortune for doctors and medicine1 but with only temporary relief4 ,i commenced using your 8,glenn's ,sulphur ,soap0 nearly two years ago--used it in baths and as a toilet soap daily4 ,my skin is now as clear as an infant's1 and no one would be able to tell that ,i ever had a skin complaint4 ,i would not be without the soap if it cost five times the amount4 ,yours respectfully4 ,m4 ,h4 ,,morris4 ,,lick ,,house1 ,san ,francisco1 ,cal4 ,the above testimonial is indisputable evidence that ,glenn's ,sulphur ,soap will eliminate poisonous ,skin ,diseases ,,when ,,all ,,other ,,means ,,have ,,failed4 ,to this fact thousands have testified2 and that it will banish lesser afflictions1 such as common ,,pimples1 ,,eruptions and ,,sores1 and keep the skin clear and beautiful1 is absolutely certain4 ,for this reason ladies whose complexions have been improved by the use of this soap ,,now ,,make ,,it ,a ,,constant ,,toilet ,,appendage4 ,the genuine always bears the name of ,c4 ,n4 ,,crittenton1 #aae ,fulton street1 ,new ,york1 sole proprietor4 ,for sale by all druggists or mailed to any address on receipt of #cj cents in stamps1 or three cakes for #ge cents4 99 99 99 99 99 ,j4 ,r4 ,,lamb1 #ei ,carmine ,street4 ,sixth ,ave4 cars pass the door4 ,illustration ,,banners ,,in ,,silk1 ,,new ,,designs4 ,,church ,,furniture4 ,,send ,,for ,,hand ,,book ,,by ,,mail4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,pearls ,,in ,,the ,,mouth ,illustration ,beauty and ,fragrance ,are communicated to the mouth by ,,sozodont which renders the teeth pearly white1 the gums rosy1 and the breath sweet4 ,by those who have used it1 it is regarded as an indispensable adjunct of the toilet4 ,it thoroughly removes tartar from the teeth1 without injuring the enamel4 ,,sold ,,by ,,druggists ,,everywhere4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,cheapest ,,book ,,in ,,the ,,world4 ,illustration ,the ,new ,american ,dictionary1 ,price ,only #a4jj1 ,,contains #a1jjj ,,engravings ,,and #ajj ,,pages ,,more ,,than ,,any ,,other ,,book ,,of ,,the ,,kind ,,ever ,,published4 ,this useful and elegant volume is a ,library and ,encyclopedia of general knowledge1 as well as the best ,dictionary in the world4 ,superbly bound in cloth and gilt4 ,no pocket affair1 but a large volume4 ,it contains every useful word in the ,english language1 with its true meaning1 derivation1 spelling and pronunciation1 and a vast amount of absolutely necessary information upon ,science1 ,mythology1 ,biography1 ,american ,history1 ,insolvent ,land and ,interest ,laws1 etc41 being a ,perfect ,library of ,reference4 ,webster's ,dictionary costs #i4jj1 and the ,new ,american ,dictionary costs only #a4jj4 ,read what the ,press ,says3 8,we have examined the ,new ,american ,dictionary1 and find it is a very valuable book40--,,house ,,and ,,home4 8,we have never seen its equal1 either in price1 finish or contents40--,,the ,,advocate4 8,worth ten times the money40--,,tribune ,,and ,,farmer4 8,a perfect ,dictionary and library of reference40--,,leslie ,,illustrated ,,news4 8,we have frequent occasion to use the ,new ,american ,dictionary in our office1 and regard it well worth the price40--,,christian ,,union4 8,with the ,new ,american ,dictionary in the library for reference1 many other much more expensive works can be dispensed with1 and ignorance of his country1 history1 business1 law1 etc41 is inexcusable in any man40--,,scientific ,,american4 8,a valuable addition to any library40--,n4,y4 ,,sun4 8,there is more real worth than in most books at ten times the cost40--,n4,y4 ,,commercial ,,world4 ,note the price1 #a4jj1 post-paid2 #b copies for #a4ge4 ,extraordinary ,offer4 ,if any person will get up a ,club of ,ten1 at #a4jj each1 we will send ,free as a premium the ,american ,waterbury ,stem-,winding ,watch4 ,for a ,club of #ae we will send free a ,solid ,silver ,hunting ,case ,watch4 ,for a ,club of #cj we will send free a ,lady's ,solid ,gold ,hunting-,case ,watch4 ,for a ,club of #ej we will send free a ,gent's ,solid ,gold ,hunting ,case ,watch4 ,send a ,dollar at once for a sample copy4 ,you can easily secure one of these watches in a day or two1 or during your leisure time evenings4 ,as to our reliability1 we can refer to the commercial agencies or any express company in this city4 ,address ,,world ,,manufacturing ,,co41 #abb ,nassau ,street1 ,new ,york4 ,,this ,,splendid ,,coin ,,silver ,,hunting ,,case ,,watch ,,free ,illustration ,to any person who will send us an order for #ae ,,new ,,american ,,dictionaries ,at ,one ,dollar ,each4 ,any person can readily secure ,fifteen ,subscribers in one or two hours1 or in a single evening4 ,if you want a good ,,solid ,,coin ,,silver ,,watch1 and want to get it ,,without ,,money1 you can easily do so4 ,send ,,one ,,dollar for a sample copy of the ,,new ,,american ,,dictionary1 and see how easily you can get up a club of ,,fifteen4 ,if you don't care to get up a club yourself1 will you kindly hand this to some person whom you think would like to get the watch4 #dh page illustrated catalogue ,,free4 ,send money by registered letter or ,p4 ,o4 money order4 ,send all orders to ,,world ,,manufacturing ,,co41 #abb ,nassau ,street1 ,new ,york4 ,,office ,,of ,,the ,,auditor ,,of ,,the ,,treasury1 ,,post-,,office ,,department1 ,,washington1 ,d4,c41 ,jan4 #bi1 #ahhc4 ,,world ,,manufacturing ,,co43 ,the ,new ,american ,dictionary ordered ,jan #ae at hand4 ,i obtained fourteen subscribers in about as many minutes last ,saturday1 and find the ,post-,office ,department is a good field to work in4 ,the book proves to be just the thing for office use4 ,i have many more promised1 and will send another larger order4 ,send the ,silver ,watch as premium for this club4 ,respectfully1 ,,robert ,h4 ,,wood4 ,april #cj1 #ahhc4 ,,world ,,manufacturing ,,co43 ,inclosed find money order for ,ten ,dollars1 as part payment for #bg ,new ,american ,dictionaries1 at #a each #bg4jj #f ,bible ,dictionaries1 at #a4dj each #h4dj #bc ,shakespeares1 at #a4ej each #cd4ej ------ ,total #fi4ij ,will pay balance of bill at express office4 ,please send the #ej ,domestic ,sewing ,machine for my premium ,the books sell readily1 and give satisfaction4 ,will send you a larger order soon4 ,yours truly1 ,,stella ,s4 ,,beckwith1 ,mc,henry1 ,ill4 ,april #cj1 #ahhc4 ,,world ,,manufacturing ,,co43 ,,gentlemen3 ,find inclosed ,one ,hundred and ,ten ,dollars for #ajj ,new ,american ,dictionaries4 ,send ,bible ,dictionaries and ,shakespeare's ,works for the extra ten dollars4 ,i will take the #ej ,domestic ,sewing ,machine and the ,gold ,watch for my premiums4 ,i sent you ,fifty ,dollars last month1 and will send you more orders soon4 ,ship books at once1 and oblige ,,charles ,o',,donnell1 ,new ,tacoma1 ,washington ,territory4 99 99 99 99 99 #g ,,per ,,cent4 to #h ,,per ,,cent4 ,interest ,net to ,investors ,in ,first ,mortgage ,bonds ,,on ,,improved ,,farms in ,iowa1 ,minnesota and ,dakota1 ,,secured ,,by ,,ormsby ,,bros4 ,,co41 ,,bankers1 ,,loan ,,and ,,land ,,brokers1 ,,emmetsburg1 ,,iowa4 #aa ,years' ,experience4 ,loans ,absolutely ,safe4 ,references and ,circulars forwarded on ,application4 ,,branch ,,banks ,,at ,,mitchell ,,and ,,huron1 ,d4,t4 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 ,,and ,,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 ,,established ,,thirty ,,years4 ,illustration3 ,,smith ,,american ,,organs ,,are ,,the ,,best4 ,catalogues ,free on ,application4 ,address the ,company either at ,,boston1 ,,mass41 #eca ,tremont ,street2 ,,london1 ,,eng41 #eg ,holborn ,viaduct2 ,,kansas ,,city1 ,mo41 #hag ,main ,street2 ,,atlanta1 ,,ga41 #bg ,whitehall ,street2 ,or1 ,,defiance1 ,o4 ,,over #ie1jjj ,,sold4 99 99 99 99 99 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,rising ,,sun ,,stove ,,polish ,for beauty of gloss1 for saving of toil1 ,for freeness from dust and slowness to soil1 ,and also for cheapness 'tis yet unsurpassed1 ,and thousands of merchants are selling it fast4 ,of all imitations 'tis well to beware2 ,the half risen sun every package should bear2 ,for this is the 8trade mark0 the ,,morse ,,bros4 use1 ,and none are permitted the mark to abuse4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,annual ,,meeting ,,of ,,the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 ,the ,thirty-seventh ,annual ,meeting of the ,american ,missionary ,association will be held in the ,central ,congregational ,church1 ,brooklyn1 ,n4,y4 7,dr4 ,behrends71 beginning ,tuesday1 ,october #cj at #c ,p4,m4 and closing on the evening of ,thursday1 ,november #a4 ,the sermon will be preached by ,rev4 ,john ,l4 ,withrow1 ,d4,d41 of ,boston1 ,mass41 ,tuesday evening1 at #g3cj1 to be followed by the communion service4 ,the citizens of ,brooklyn will cordially welcome to their homes all persons in attendance at the meetings4 ,those wishing such hospitality are requested to forward their applications to ,richard ,m4 ,montgomery1 #afi ,columbia ,heights1 ,brooklyn1 ,n4,y41 before ,october #ae1 specifying in their letters the time of their proposed arrival4 ,applicants will receive cards of introduction to families in which they will be entertained4 ,should any person after receiving a card of assignment decide not to attend the meetings1 he will please notify the ,committee at once1 that his place may be given to some other applicant4 ,negotiations are in progress to secure reduced rates of travel over different railway and steamboat lines1 the results of which will be given at an early day4 ,any further information which may be needed will be gladly furnished on application to either of the undersigned4 ,,wm4 ,g4 ,,hoople1 ,chairman1 #cbe ,greene ,avenue4 ,,richard ,m4 ,,montgomery1 ,secretary1 #afi ,columbia ,heights4 99 99 99 99 99 ,illustration3 ,,estey ,,organ ,j4 ,estey ,co ,brattleboro ,vt4 ,as musical culture increases it demands in musical instruments for home1 church1 or school1 excellence in tone1 tasteful workmanship1 and durability4 ,,send ,,for ,,illustrated ,,catalogue4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,atkin ,,prout1 ,printers1 #ab ,barclay ,st41 ,new ,york4 ,transcribers ,notes ,obvious printer's punctuation errors and omissions silently corrected4 ,inconsistent hyphenation retained1 due to the multiplicity of authors4 ,changed 8beqeath0 to 8bequeath0 on the inside front cover 7,i bequeath to my executor74 ,opening quote on page #bfg has been left unclosed as it is unclear where the appropriate close should be 7must be abandoned decidedly74 ,changed 8pereferred0 to 8preferred0 on page #bgj 7would have preferred to remain74 ,changed 8incase0 to 8in case0 on page #bgc 7in case of proposals74 ,changed 8superindentency0 to 8superintendency0 on page #bgd 7a common superintendency7 ,added missing 8e0 to 8,jamesport0 in the ,jamesport entry on page #bhd4 ,changed 8,fragance0 to 8,fragrance0 on page #bhg 7,beauty and ,fragrance74 ,added missing 8t0 to 8,waterbury0 on page #bhh 7,american ,waterbury ,stem-,winding ,watch7 ,added missing 8a0 to 8,case0 on page #bhh 7,solid ,silver ,hunting ,case ,watch7