,illustration3 ,,december1 #ahhc4 ,,vol4 ,,xxxvii4 ,,no4 #ab4 ,the ,american ,missionary ,,contents 99 99 99 99 99 ,,page4 ,,paragraphs #cec ,,proceedings ,,at ,,annual ,,meeting #ced ,,treasurer',s ,,report #cef ,,abstract ,,of ,,the ,,general ,,survey #ceg ,,savings ,,at ,,the ,,annual ,,meeting #cei ,,address ,,of ,,rev4 ,j4 ,e4 ,,rankin1 ,d4,d4 #cfj ,,missionary ,,literature1 ,,by ,,rev4 ,,geo4 ,m4 ,,boynton #cfb ,,report ,,on ,,chinese ,,work #cff ,,address ,,of ,,rev4 ,,wm4 ,a4 ,,bartlett1 ,d4,d4 #cfg ,,report ,,on ,,indian ,,work #cgj ,,address ,,of ,,rev4 ,,dr4 ,,anderson #cga ,,address ,,of ,,rev4 ,j4 ,c4 ,,price #cgc ,,caste ,,in ,,america1 ,,by ,,secretary ,,strieby #cgf ,,report ,,on ,,educational ,,work #chb ,,address ,,by ,,president ,s4 ,c4 ,,bartlett #chc ,,christian ,,education ,,at ,,the ,,south1 ,,by ,,rev4 ,,dr4 ,,gladden #che ,,address ,,of ,,prof4 ,c4 ,g4 ,,fairchild #cia ,,report ,,on ,,church ,,work #cic ,,address ,,of ,,rev4 ,t4 ,p4 ,,prudden #cif ,,report ,,of ,,committee ,,on ,,finance #cig ,,address ,,of ,,rev4 ,d4 ,o4 ,,mears1 ,d4,d4 #cih ,,address ,,of ,,rev4 ,w4 ,m4 ,,taylor1 ,d4,d4 #dja ,,address ,,of ,,rev4 ,,dr4 ,,dennen #djd ,,address ,,of ,,prof4 ,,barbour #djf ,,receipts #djh ,,constitution #dab 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 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary ,,association4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,president4 ,hon4 ,,wm4 ,b4 ,,washburn1 ,,ll4,d41 ,mass4 ,,vice-,,presidents4 ,,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,,goodell1 ,d4,d42 ,,rev4 ,f4 ,a4 ,,noble1 ,d4,d42 ,,rev4 ,a4 ,j4 ,f4 ,,behrends1 ,d4,d42 ,,rev4 ,j4 ,e4 ,,rankin1 ,d4,d42 ,,rev4 ,,alex4 ,,mckenzie1 ,d4,d4 ,,corresponding ,,secretary4--,,rev4 ,m4 ,e4 ,,strieby1 ,d4,d41 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,n4,y4 ,,treasurer4--,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,,esq41 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,n4,y4 ,,auditors4--,,wm4 ,a4 ,,nash1 ,w4 ,h4 ,,rogers4 ,,executive ,,committee4 ,,john ,h4 ,,washburn1 ,chairman2 ,a4 ,p4 ,,foster1 ,secretary2 ,,lyman ,,abbott1 ,a4 ,s4 ,,barnes1 ,j4 ,r4 ,,danforth1 ,,clinton ,b4 ,,fisk1 ,s4 ,b4 ,,halliday1 ,,edward ,,hawes1 ,,samuel ,,holmes1 ,,charles ,a4 ,,hull1 ,,samuel ,s4 ,,marples1 ,,charles ,l4 ,,mead1 ,s4 ,h4 ,,virgin1 ,,wm4 ,h4 ,,ward1 ,j4 ,l4 ,,withrow4 ,,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 ,missionary40 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 ,association1' 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 ,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 ,,manhattan ,,life ,,ins4 ,,co4 ,,of ,,new ,,york1 #aef and #aeh ,broadway4 ,,thirty-,,third ,,year4 ,,description--,one of the oldest1 strongest1 best4 ,,policies--,incontestable1 non-forfeitable1 definite cash surrender values4 ,,rates--,safe1 low1 and participating or not1 as desired4 ,,risks carefully selected4 ,,prompt1 liberal dealing4 ,,general ,,agents ,,and ,,canvassers ,,wanted in desirable territory1 to whom permanent employment and liberal compensation will be given4 ,address ,h4 ,,stokes1 ,president4 ,h4 ,y4 ,,wemple1 ,sec'y4 ,j4 ,l4 ,,halsey1 #ast ,v4-,p4 ,s4 ,n4 ,,stebbins1 ,act'y4 ,h4 ,b4 ,,stokes1 #b;d ,v4-,p4 ,,the ,,american ,,missionary4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,vol4 ,,xxxvii4 ,,december1 #ahhc4 ,no4 #ab4 99 99 99 99 99 ,american ,missionary ,association4 99 99 99 99 99 ,we send this number of the ,,missionary to some who do not receive it regularly1 hoping they will find it of such interest1 and the work it represents of so much concern1 that they will be induced to become regular subscribers4 ,the price is #ej cents4 99 99 99 99 99 ,fifty ,gold ,dollars4--,one of the newly-elected members of our ,executive ,committee has placed in our treasury fifty gold dollars1 given to him to be used in charity1 at his discretion1 by a friend in ,new ,haven1 who adopted this method of commemorating his fiftieth birthday4 ,the example is a good one1 and we hope there are scores of others who will follow it without necessarily waiting until they are fifty before doing so4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,annual ,,meeting4 ,the ,annual ,meeting of this ,association1 held in ,brooklyn1 will be remembered as one of special interest for several reasons3 7#a47 ,the work done during the year was unusually encouraging2 and the reports of the committees on the several parts were discriminating and full4 7#b47 ,the financial exhibit1 showing once more a surplus of receipts over expenditure1 with1 however1 a falling off in the income from the living1 was examined with candor and with warm recommendations for more liberal gifts4 7#c47 ,a topic of much interest to the ,association and to an honored sister missionary society was considered at length in several papers1 which we present to our readers in full1 without1 however1 intending to hold the ,association responsible for the individual views therein expressed4 ,the great number of the reports1 papers and addresses compels us to select and abridge1 reserving some for publication in future numbers of the ,,missionary or in the ,annual ,report4 ,papers relating to work for women will appear in the ,january number of the ,,missionary1 and the ,sermon1 as usual1 will be found in the ,annual ,report4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,abstract ,,of ,,proceedings ,,at ,,the ,,annual ,,meeting4 ,the ,thirty-seventh ,annual ,meeting of the ,american ,missionary ,association was held in the commodious ,central ,congregational ,church1 ,brooklyn1 ,n4,y41 beginning ,tuesday1 ,oct4 #cj1 at #c ,p4,m4 ,in the absence of the ,president1 detained by illness1 ,rev4 ,j4 ,e4 ,rankin1 ,d4,d41 one of the ,vice-,presidents1 presided4 ,rev4 ,c4 ,p4 ,osborne was appointed ,scribe1 and ,revs4 ,f4 ,e4 ,snow and ,g4 ,p4 ,lane ,assistant ,scribes4 ,committees were appointed as follows3 ,on ,nominations4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,r4 ,w4 ,scott1 ,d4,d41 ,rev4 ,wm4 ,a4 ,robinson1 ,hon4 ,david ,n4 ,camp1 ,rev4 ,e4 ,o4 ,bartlett and ,rev4 ,p4 ,b4 ,davis4 ,business4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,j4 ,f4 ,behrends1 ,d4,d41 ,rev4 ,w4 ,w4 ,scudder1 ,d4,d41 ,rev4 ,frank ,ayer1 ,rev4 ,e4 ,b4 ,palmer1 ,h4 ,h4 ,ricker1 ,esq4 ,arrangements4 ,a4 ,s4 ,barnes1 ,esq41 ,chas4 ,a4 ,hull1 ,esq41 ,rev4 ,g4 ,d4 ,pike1 ,d4,d41 ,wm4 ,g4 ,hoople1 ,esq41 ,richard ,m4 ,montgomery1 ,esq41 ,g4 ,johnson1 ,jr41 ,esq4 and ,rev4 ,s4 ,b4 ,halliday4 ,indian ,missions4 ,rev4 ,joseph ,anderson1 ,d4,d41 ,rev4 ,c4 ,c4 ,painter1 ,gen4 ,s4 ,c4 ,armstrong1 ,rev4 ,cushing ,eells1 ,d4,d41 and ,mr4 ,wm4 ,h4 ,mc,kinney4 ,chinese ,missions4 ,rev4 ,wm4 ,alvin ,bartlett1 ,d4,d41 ,rev4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,boynton1 ,rev4 ,evarts ,scudder1 ,rev4 ,s4 ,l4 ,blake1 ,d4,d41 and ,rev4 ,geo4 ,s4 ,smith4 ,educational ,work4 ,president ,s4 ,c4 ,bartlett1 ,d4,d41 ,rev4 ,washington ,gladden1 ,d4,d41 ,rev4 ,c4 ,g4 ,fairchild1 ,rev4 ,g4 ,l4 ,ewell1 ,rev4 ,e4 ,w4 ,bacon4 ,church ,work4 ,prof4 ,llewellyn ,pratt1 ,rev4 ,t4 ,p4 ,prudden1 ,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,woodworth1 ,d4,d41 ,rev4 ,isaac ,hall1 ,rev4 ,g4 ,f4 ,gleason4 ,finance4 ,dea4 ,eliezur ,porter1 ,rev4 ,william ,m4 ,taylor1 ,d4,d41 ,rev4 ,d4 ,o4 ,mears1 ,d4,d41 ,hon4 ,h4 ,d4 ,smith1 ,rev4 ,erastus ,blakeslee4 ,h4 ,w4 ,hubbard1 ,esq41 ,treasurer1 read his annual report1 which was referred to the ,committee on ,finance4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,e4 ,roy1 ,d4,d41 presented the report of the ,executive ,committee1 which was referred to the appropriate committees4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,m4 ,boynton read the report of the ,committee on the ,constitution1 which was referred to a special committee4 ,a half hour was spent in prayer and song4 ,tuesday evening1 at #g3cj1 ,rev4 ,joseph ,anderson1 ,d4,d41 conducted devotional services1 and ,rev4 ,j4 ,l4 ,withrow1 ,d4,d41 of ,boston1 preached the annual sermon1 from ,luke1 #i3bd4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,j4 ,f4 ,behrends1 ,d4,d41 made an address of welcome4 ,the ,lord's ,supper was administered by ,rev4 ,samuel ,scoville and ,rev4 ,w4 ,s4 ,palmer1 ,d4,d4 ,wednesday morning1 ,rev4 ,r4 ,b4 ,howard conducted a half-hour prayer-meeting4 ,at #i o'clock ,dr4 ,rankin took the chair and read an address on 8,the ,gospel of ,christ our only ,solvent for ,race ,difficulties40 ,a committee to confer with the ,conference ,committee of the ,am4 ,home ,miss4 ,society selected at ,saratoga1 was appointed as follows3 ,president1 ,s4 ,c4 ,bartlett1 ,d4,d42 ,rev4 ,j4 ,l4 ,withrow1 ,d4,d41 ,rev4 ,washington ,gladden1 ,d4,d41 ,rev4 ,d4 ,o4 ,mears1 ,d4,d41 and ,rev4 ,wm4 ,h4 ,ward1 ,d4,d4 ,rev4 ,d4 ,k4 ,flickinger1 ,d4,d41 ,secretary of the ,board of the ,united ,brethren in ,christ1 gave an account of the ,mendi ,mission4 ,rev4 ,a4 ,h4 ,bradford read a paper on 8,woman in ,modern ,charity and ,missions40 ,rev4 ,g4 ,m4 ,boynton read a paper on 8,the ,place of ,missionary ,literature in the ,conversion of the ,world40 ,prof4 ,albert ,salisbury1 of ,atlanta1 ,ga41 read a paper entitled3 8,for ,what are ,we ,sent80 ,rev4 ,a4 ,a4 ,myers1 of ,williamsburg1 ,ky41 read a paper on the 8,mountain ,white ,work40 ,five-minute speeches were made by ,rev4 ,isaac ,h4 ,hall1 of ,new ,orleans1 ,la42 ,rev4 ,geo4 ,s4 ,smith1 of ,raleigh1 ,n4,c41 and ,rev4 ,alfred ,connet1 of ,mc,leansville1 ,n4,c4 ,wednesday afternoon1 ,rev4 ,w4 ,h4 ,ward1 ,d4,d41 made a report on a visit to the ,dakota mission4 ,the report of the ,committee on ,indian ,missions was read by ,rev4 ,joseph ,anderson1 ,d4,d41 ,chairman1 and addresses upon ,indian affairs were made by ,dr4 ,anderson1 ,rev4 ,cushing ,eells1 ,d4,d41 ,rev4 ,samuel ,g4 ,rankin and ,rev4 ,anson ,gleason1 formerly missionary to the ,choctaws4 ,the report of the ,committee on ,chinese ,missions was presented by ,rev4 ,wm4 ,alvin ,bartlett1 ,d4,d41 ,chairman1 who also made an address4 ,on motion of ,rev4 ,s4 ,wolcott1 ,d4,d41 ,resolved1 ,that we place on record our thorough disapproval1 as an ,association1 of the exclusive and prohibitory legislation of our government relative to the ,chinese4 ,the report of the ,committee on the ,constitution was presented by ,rev4 ,w4 ,s4 ,palmer1 ,chairman1 and accepted4 ,after discussion the ,amended ,constitution was adopted with no dissenting vote4 ,evening ,session4--,devotional ,services were conducted by ,rev4 ,j4 ,m4 ,whiton1 ,ph4 ,d4 ,addresses were made by a ,chinaman1 ,ju ,sing1 from ,oakland1 ,cal42 by an ,indian1 ,wm4 ,harrison ,mc,kinney1 of the ,choctaw ,nation1 ,indian ,territory1 a recent graduate of ,roanoke ,university2 by a negro1 ,rev4 ,j4 ,c4 ,price1 of ,salisbury1 ,n4 ,c41 graduate of ,lincoln ,university in #ahgi1 and by ,secretary ,james ,powell4 ,the exercises were interspersed with singing by a choir of nine young ,chinamen1 resident in ,brooklyn and members of the ,central ,church ,sunday-,school4 ,thursday ,morning4--,the half-hour prayer meeting was conducted by ,rev4 ,geo4 ,s4 ,smith4 ,at #i o'clock ,dr4 ,rankin resumed the chair4 ,secretary ,m4 ,e4 ,strieby read a paper on 8,caste in ,america40 ,president ,s4 ,c4 ,bartlett read the report of the ,committee on ,educational ,work and made an address on that subject4 ,a committee to consider ,secretary ,strieby's paper on 8,caste in ,america0 was appointed1 consisting of ,deacon ,samuel ,holmes1 ,general ,e4 ,whittlesey1 ,rev4 ,s4 ,wolcott1 ,d4,d41 ,rev4 ,g4 ,m4 ,boynton1 ,rev4 ,d4 ,l4 ,furber1 ,d4,d4 ,rev4 ,washington ,gladden1 ,d4,d41 made an address on 8,illiteracy in the ,south40 ,rev4 ,edward ,w4 ,bacon1 ,rev4 ,c4 ,g4 ,fairchild1 and ,rev4 ,john ,l4 ,ewell1 made addresses upon the different phases of educational work at the ,south4 ,brief remarks were also made by ,rev4 ,a4 ,p4 ,foster and ,rev4 ,r4 ,b4 ,howard4 ,thursday ,afternoon4--,after devotional services1 ,professor ,llewellyn ,pratt1 ,d4,d41 read the report of the ,committee on ,church ,work1 and ,rev4 ,t4 ,p4 ,prudden followed with an address4 ,rev4 ,erastus ,blakeslee read the report of the ,committee on ,finance4 ,dr4 ,wm4 ,m4 ,taylor made an address on 8,what the ,bible ,says ,about ,giving40 ,rev4 ,d4 ,o4 ,mears1 ,d4,d41 made an address on 8,the ,function and ,privilege of the ,churches40 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,a4 ,myers1 of ,kentucky1 read a statement regarding the mountain people of the ,south4 ,the following resolution was passed3 8,whereas1 the ,finance ,committee1 after careful examination of the needs of the ,association1 have recommended that the contributions of churches1 ,sunday-schools and individuals for the coming year be increased #ej per cent1 above the amount given by them during the past year1 therefore1 ,resolved1 ,that we approve this recommendation of the ,finance ,committee1 and urge contributors everywhere to increase their contributions accordingly40 ,the ,committee appointed to consider ,secretary ,strieby's paper on ,caste in ,america made report through the ,chairman1 ,dea4 ,s4 ,holmes4 ,officers for the coming year were elected as printed on second page of cover4 ,the following resolution offered by ,rev4 ,e4 ,blakeslee was adopted3 ,resolved1 ,that if the ,executive ,committee now elected have any question as to their legal status under the ,constitution1 they be and hereby are authorized to take legal advice thereon1 and1 if competent to do so1 to arrange themselves in three classes according to the terms of the new ,constitution4 ,thursday ,evening4--,rev4 ,a4 ,p4 ,foster conducted the devotional services4 ,addresses were made by ,rev4 ,s4 ,r4 ,dennen on 8,spiritual ,life the ,supreme ,power in ,your ,work10 and by ,dr4 ,wm4 ,m4 ,barbour1 on 8,spiritual ,vitality the ,crowning ,necessity in ,missionary ,work40 ,a resolution of thanks offered by ,secretary ,woodworth was adopted1 and ,dr4 ,behrends responded for the ,brooklyn people in fitting terms1 and the meeting was dissolved4 ,all the sessions were characterized by a hopeful spirit and by deep spirituality which found frequent expression in the voice of prayer4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,summary ,,of ,,the ,,annual ,,report ,,of ,,the ,,treasurer ,,of ,,the ,,american ,,missionary ,,association ,,for ,,the ,,year ,,ending ,,sept4 #cjth1 #ahhc4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,receipts4 ,from ,churches1 ,sabbath ,schools1 ,missionary ,societies and ,individuals #adh1chi4jh ,from ,estates and ,legacies #abf1cff4gc ,from ,incomes1 ,sundry ,funds #h1eab4eg ,from ,tuition and ,public ,funds #be1aia4jf ,from ,rents1 ,southern ,property #hdh4he ,from ,u4,s4 ,government for ,education of ,indians #gej4jj ,from ,sale of ,property #b1ejj4jj ----------------------#cac1efg4bi ,balance on hand ,sept4 #cj1 #ahhb #ghi4hc ---------------------- #cac1ceg4ab ,,expenditures4 ,the ,south4 ,for ,church and ,educational ,work1 ,lands1 ,buildings1 etc4 #bcj1jbb4ae ,the ,chinese4 ,for ,superintendent1 ,teachers1 ,rent1 etc4 #aa1jba4ij ,the ,indians4 ,for ,church and ,educational ,work #ah1iee4dd ,foreign ,missions4 ,for ,superintendent1 ,missionaries1 etc41 for ,mendi ,mission #f1bbg4dc ,for ,john ,brown ,steamer #c1gad4ha ,for ,supplemental ,arthington ,fund #e1hcg4dj ,for ,support ,aged ,missionary in ,jamaica #ccb4ej ,publications4 ,for ,american ,missionary 7#bb1jjj ,monthly71 ,annual ,reports1 ,clerk ,hire1 ,postage1 etc4 #f1gie4ie ,agencies4 ,for ,,eastern ,,district4--,district ,secretary1 ,agent1 ,clerk ,hire1 ,traveling ,expenses1 ,printing1 ,postage1 ,rent1 etc4 #e1fic4aj ,for ,,middle ,,district4--,district ,secretary1 ,traveling ,expenses1 ,printing1 etc4 #c1jca4ei ,for ,,western ,,district4--,district ,secretary1 ,clerk ,hire1 ,special ,grant and ,traveling ,expenses1 etc4 #d1jgd4ec ,administration4 ,for ,corresponding ,secretary1 ,treasurer1 ,secretary of ,women's ,bureau and ,clerk ,hire #h1hff4ej ,miscellaneous4 ,for ,rent1 ,care of ,rooms1 ,furniture1 ,repairs1 ,traveling ,expenses1 ,books1 ,stationery1 ,postage1 ,expressage1 ,telegrams1 etc4 #c1egb4aj ,for ,wills and ,estates #a1ihg4if ,for ,annual ,meeting #a1ccd4ge ,for ,annuity ,account1 balance #ihf4ee ,for ,expenses of ,committee on ,constitutional ,amendments #bdh4ge ,amounts refunded1 sent to the ,treasurer by mistake #aje4ci ------------------#cab1hjh4hj ,balance on hand ,sept4 #cj1 #ahhc #edh4cb ---------------------- #cac1ceg4ab ,endowment ,funds ,received1 #ahhb-ahhc4 ,tuthill ,king ,fund1 for ,atlanta ,university #e1jjj4jj ,tuthill ,king ,fund1 for ,berea ,college #e1jjj4jj ,theological ,department1 ,howard ,university #a1ajj4jj ,n4 ,m4 and ,a4 ,stone ,theological ,scholarship1 for ,talladega ,college #a1jjj4jj ------------------ #ab1ajj4jj ,arthington ,mission4 ,received from ,oct4 #a1 #ahhb1 to ,sept4 #cj1 #ahhc #a1dag4ec ,stone ,building ,fund4 ,balance for ,atlanta ,university1 ,stone ,hall1 paid #aj1iah4gj ,,recapitulation4 ,current ,fund #cab1efg4bi ,endowment ,fund #ab1ajj4jj ,arthington ,fund #a1dag4ec ,stone ,fund1 balance #aj1iah4gj ---------------------- #ccg1jjc4eb ,the receipts of ,berea ,college1 ,hampton ,n4 and ,a4 ,institute1 and ,state appropriation of ,georgia to ,atlanta ,university1 are added below1 as presenting at one view the contributions of the same constituency for the general work in which the ,association is engaged3 ,american ,missionary ,association #ccg1jjc4eb ,berea ,college #aa1cea4dg ,hampton ,n4 and ,a4 ,institute 7beside amount through ,a4 ,m4 ,a47 #aah1jed4ae ,atlanta ,university #h1jjj4jj ---------------------- #dgd1dji4ad ,h4 ,w4 ,hubbard1 ,treasurer1 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,new ,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,abstract ,,of ,,the ,,general ,,survey4 ,,work ,,in ,,africa4 ,mendi ,mission4 ,the income of the ,avery ,fund and the 8,john ,brown0 steamer have been transferred for five years to the ,united ,brethren1 who have a mission--,shengay--adjoining ,mendi4 ,the ,arthington mission and fund have been offered to the ,united ,presbyterians1 who have a successful mission in ,egypt4 ,,indian ,,work4 ,dakota missions transferred from the ,american ,board to the ,a4 ,m4 ,a41 except the six churches of ,sisseton ,agency1 which had been transferred to the ,home ,mission ,board of ,pres4 ,gen4 ,assembly4 ,leaving out those1 we have now1 including the mission in ,washington ,territory1 #e stations1 #i schools1 #e churches1 #ab missionaries1 #be teachers1 #a native pastor1 #ab native teachers1 #bga church members1 #cef pupils1 #ehd ,sunday-school scholars4 ,,work ,,among ,,the ,,chinese4 ,at our recommendation the ,american ,board has opened a mission at ,hong ,kong1 ,china1 a rally-centre for converted ,chinamen returning to their native land4 ,in ,california the last year--,rev4 ,w4 ,c4 ,pond1 ,superintendent--#ai schools2 #b1hbc scholars2 #dj teachers1 of whom #ad are ,chinese2 #age have ceased from idolatry2 #aba give evidence of conversion2 #djj during history of mission have turned to ,christ4 ,,work ,,among ,,negroes4 ,work in twelve ,states of the ,south1 and in ,kansas and ,district of ,columbia2 #h chartered institutions2 #ab high and normal schools2 #db common schools2 #bgi teachers2 and #i1fdj students4 ,the ,theological ,department of ,howard ,university has #cd students2 ,talladega1 #ad2 ,fisk1 #i2 and ,straight1 #ac1 with #bj students in law4 ,new ,buildings3 8,whitin ,hall10 at ,new ,orleans2 8,cassedy ,hall10 at ,talladega2 ,stone ,hall at ,atlanta finished2 ,library ,building at ,macon1 ,ga42 schoolhouse at ,hillsboro1 ,n4,c42 at ,memphis1 ,le ,moyne ,institute enlarged4 ,industrial ,work3 ,farms at ,talladega and ,tougaloo and ,atlanta2 shops at ,memphis1 ,tougaloo1 ,macon1 ,charleston2 cooking1 nursing1 sewing1 taught at ,atlanta1 ,fisk1 ,tougaloo2 house-work in all the eight boarding schools4 ,church ,work3 ,six new churches--,at ,mc,lean's1 ,n4,c42 ,knoxville1 ,tenn42 ,birmingham1 ,ala42 ,jackson1 ,miss42 ,fayetteville1 ,ark42 ,belle ,place1 ,la4 ,the six new churches of last year are all doing well4 ,total number churches1 #hi2 members1 #e1igd1 an average of #fg2 additions1 #ffg2 on profession1 #ebh2 ,sunday-school scholars1 #i1djf2 raised for church purposes1 #ab1jbg4ba2 benevolent contributions1 #a1jdi4ce4 ,six new church edifices built at ,pekin1 ,oaks and ,mc,lean's1 in ,n4,c42 at ,knoxville1 ,tenn42 ,louisville1 ,ky42 ,mobile1 ,ala4 and ,belle ,place1 ,la42 ,brick ,church at ,lawrence1 ,kan41 rebuilt4 ,,mountain ,,white ,,work4 ,besides original churches and schools in ,kentucky1 a new church and academy at ,williamsburg1 ,ky4 ,other missions coming on around this place4 ,the academy has had #ajh scholars1 who have paid as tuition #cjc--not one failing to pay4 ,work encouraging4 ,color question tested and carried in accordance with the principles of ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 ,,woman',s ,,bureau4 ,from ,september1 #ahfa1 on to the present time women have been prominent workers4 ,by #ahfd1 #afi women workers2 in #ahfe1 #bfa2 in #ahff1 #bfd2 in #ahgj1 #dej2 in #ahfi1 #b1jjj different ladies had served2 and to date not less than #c1jjj1 an army of ,gospelers6 ,among ,indians1 #ag lady missionaries4 ,among ,chinese in ,california1 #bd lady missionary teachers4 ,miss ,d4 ,e4 ,emerson has been appointed as secretary4 ,she is experienced on the field1 and acquainted with the details of office work1 as clerk for the southern field4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,wants4 #a4 ,for current work1 #a1jjj for every day of the year4 #b4 ,endowments in the several institutions4 #c4 ,a ,boys' ,hall at ,tillotson ,institute1 ,austin1 ,texas4 #d4 #aj1jjj to add to ,edward ,smith's #aj1jjj to build the first hall1 at ,little ,rock1 of ,edward ,smith's ,college1 for whose campus 7#ad acres7 he paid #e1ejj1 already greatly enhanced in price4 ,new hall to be named for second donor4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,sayings ,,at ,,the ,,annual ,,meeting4 --,prof4 ,albert ,salisbury3 ,i do not approve the factory idea of industrial instruction4 --,dr4 ,withrow3 ,selfishness is as sure to destroy what it seeks to save as a cancer is to kill4 ,never in this world was a monument made to memorialize a mere money-getter4 --,dr4 ,behrends3 ,the color-line is only a section1 and a very small section at that1 of the race-line4 ,it is not in ,india alone that the existence of caste constitutes one of the most serious obstacles to the progress of the ,gospel4 --,dr4 ,rankin3 ,for ,southern educational work this ,society has put in millions by the side of the ,united ,states ,government's millions4 ,the ,government has given #e1jjj1jjj1 this ,society has given #e1jjj1jjj4 ,westminster ,abbey opened of its own accord to take the dust of ,david ,livingstone4 ,why8 ,because he stretched himself on ,africa1 as the prophet stretched himself on the dead body of the widow's son4 --,rev4 ,a4 ,h4 ,bradford3 ,florence ,nightingale robbed war of half its terrors4 ,these ,women's ,boards of ,missions do more than all other means combined to keep alive the missionary spirit4 ,the women of our day have reversed the ,apostolic injunction and are reading it1 8,help those men40 ,we need to restore the original reading1 8,help those women40 --,rev4 ,isaac ,hall3 ,speaking of the colored people's futile efforts to solve the race problem1 he said3 ,first we thought we would go to ,africa1 but we couldn't get ships enough3 then we thought we would go to ,kansas1 but we couldn't get cars enough2 then1 since we couldn't get away1 we decided we would stay2 and now what are you going to do about it8 --,dr4 ,wm4 ,alvin ,bartlett stigmatized the ,california law which forbade a ,chinaman to live in an apartment with less than #ejj cubic feet of air1 and punished him with imprisonment in a cell with less than #bjj feet of air4 ,the ,chinese are not illiterate1 but it is objected that they are too numerous4 ,why1 there are hardly ,chinamen enough in our country to be schoolmasters of our countrymen who cannot read and write4 ,but the ,chinese worship their ancestors4 ,well1 ,i would rather revere my ancestors than leave my children such pernicious doctrine as the anti-,chinese people teach4 ,it is better to worship your ancestors than to damn your posterity4 --,ju ,sing recognized the fact that all ,americans are not hostile to ,chinamen4 8,we know that there are some ,god's people1 and some devil's people40 --,nine young ,chinamen1 residents of ,brooklyn and members of the ,central ,sunday-,school1 sang ,gospel ,hymns4 ,they also sang 8,pass me not1 ,o ,gentle ,saviour10 done into ,chinese1 ,jim ,sing taking the solo4 --,secretary ,powell3 ,now that slavery has gone1 there must go with it blind-eyed prejudice and anti-,christian caste4 --,rev4 ,j4 ,c4 ,price1 ,north ,carolina3 ,at the close of the war ,canaan was not entered1 as a recent decision of the ,supreme ,court tells us1 but the ,red ,sea was crossed4 ,has the ,negro grown8 ,then his chief object was to be in ,gen4 ,sherman's army2 if not in it in the wake of it4 ,now he is looking about for property and education4 ,the colored people of ,georgia alone have acquired a property of #f1jjj1jjj4 ,in ,north ,carolina from twelve to fifteen newspapers are edited1 owned and controlled by colored people4 ,if ,god has made the ,negro a man1 he requires of him all the work of a man4 ,then let ,christian people do all they can to qualify him for that work4 ,he quotes the words of the ,secretary3 8,the true solution of the ,negro problem is not to change his color or his place of residence1 but to change his character40 --,sec4 ,strieby3 ,this ,society is not handicapped for this work except by its firm and well-known attitude against caste1 and any other ,society equally faithful on that subject would soon be equally handicapped4 --,pres4 ,bartlett claimed to represent an institution that from the very first has rejected the color line2 a century ago it was educating the ,indians1 a half a century the ,negro shared its privileges4 ,speaking of the ,negro's unquestioned piety he said3 8,he sees hell impending1 heaven before him and the chariot swings low40 --,dr4 ,gladden3 ,no man has a right to engage in the work of governing who does not know what just government is4 ,i protest against that kind of government4 ,from #ahgj to #ahhj the colored voters at the ,south increased #cj per cent42 their illiteracy increased only #bj per cent4 ,the whites at the ,south are gaining in intelligence but little1 the blacks splendidly4 ,most of the gain ,south is due to the education of the ,negro4 ,how do you account for this gain8 ,did you ever hear of ,fisk and ,berea and ,atlanta8 ,the census tables have heard of them if you have not4 ,any society that is as really and thoroughly ,christian as this one will meet the same objection as this one4 --,dr4 ,taylor3 8,bring an offering and come unto my courts40 ,in ,scotland1 where ,i was brought up1 the first act of worship was to lay a piece of money on the table4 ,sometimes a man assigns a debt so that what is due him is paid to another4 ,so the ,lord ,jesus has assigned the debt1 and we are to pay a large part of what we owe to him to the poor and needy2 to the benighted and degraded2 to the ,indian1 the ,negro and the heathen that need the light4 --,dr4 ,dennen3 ,speaking of denominational antipathies1 he was reminded of the brass oxen under the brazen laver standing with their rumps toward each other and their eyes directed away to their own selfish interests4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,cross ,,of ,,christ ,,the ,,only ,,solvent ,,for ,,race ,,difficulties4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,e4 ,rankin1 ,d4,d41 who presided happily at our annual meeting1 read an interesting opening address1 from which we give the following extracts3 ,the ,cross of ,christ proves man's universal brotherhood4 ,if ,he is our brother-man1 we are ,his brother-men4 ,when last night we took that bread and drank that wine1 what did we do8 ,we symbolized ,christ's human brotherhood4 ,this ,he did for humanity's sake4 ,what taint of ,judaism had ,he8 ,what recognition did ,he ever make that ,he belonged to any single nationality1 to any single tribe1 to any single class8 ,is ,he brother-man to the ,jew only1 because he was born of a ,jewish mother8 ,is ,he any less brother-man to the ,gentile8 ,when we ate that bread1 we ate that which sets forth1 what8 ,god manifest in the flesh4 ,god manifest in the flesh of humanity4 ,not because we are ,anglo-,saxon1 and have the ,anglo-,saxon ,bible1 the ,anglo-,saxon literature1 the ,anglo-,saxon civilization1 the ,anglo-,saxon freedom and manhood1 of which we are so proud1 have you and ,i a claim to this ,brother-man8 ,it is because we are on the same human level with the other races1 from which we so much differ1 and above which ,god has given us such an exaltation4 ,for such were we4 ,it is because we are brother-men to ,frederick ,douglas1 and ,sitting ,bull1 and the last ,chinaman who has been smuggled from the ,celestial kingdom1 because the continent is too narrow for him and us4 ,it is because we are so low and not because we are so high1 that we had a right to sit there2 to eat that bread1 and drink that cup4 ,that broken bread is the emblem1 not of ,anglo-,saxon humanity1 but of lost1 degraded1 fallen humanity4 ,the ,cross of ,christ interprets man's universal brotherhood4 ,it needs to be interpreted4 ,it is the last thing man learns here2 that in ,christ ,jesus the humblest man is his equal4 ,ask almost any man if he wants the elevation of his brother-man2 if he wants his brother-man in ,india1 in ,china1 in ,japan1 in the ,south1 or on the ,pacific ,coast1 made his equal1 and given a chance to outstrip him1 in the struggle for betterment8 ,and he will usually answer1 8,why yes1 of course4 ,do ,i not pray for it and contribute for it80 ,but1 will you sacrifice your prejudices for his sake8 ,he needs different religious influences1 different educational influences1 different social influences1 he needs to feel that he is no longer ostracised1 and that he may aspire for himself and his children1 just as you may4 ,will you adopt him into your religious1 educational1 social circles8 ,but1 you reply3 8,that is a society question40 ,it is a society question4 ,and you belong to the ,kingdom of ,god2 to the unseen society1 which1 by the power of ,his ,cross1 this ,god-,man1 who took the form of a servant1 is gathering out of the nations2 you have fellowship with ,him1 in ,his humiliation for humanity's sake4 ,and yet1 you propose to decide this question according to the laws and usages of a society to which you do not belong1 out of which ,god has called you1 and against whose inhumanity to man1 against whose worldly pride the ,cross is a standard lifted up by ,god himself4 ,you are under the most sacred of bonds to record your testimony as belonging to quite another society4 ,in what sense1 after all1 are we brothers8 ,can society answer this question8 ,can anything but the ,cross of ,christ8 ,the ,saviour gives us a picture of what it is to be a true neighbor in the parable of the ,good ,samaritan4 8,who10 asks ,he1 8was neighbor to him that fell among thieves80 ,he that thought it was a society question1 a question of caste2 he who came and looked on him1 and passed by on the other side8 ,he that put money into the contribution box for him1 or sent some one else to help him to the hospital8 ,no2 only the man that set him upon his own beast1 carried him to an inn1 and took care of him4 ,a man cannot live a neighbor to man if he is not living a neighbor to ,god1 as he is in ,christ ,jesus4 ,before the war1 there was organized a benevolent society1 whose anniversary occurs the present week--a society to preach the ,gospel among the heathen4 ,its founders said1 8,we cannot take money that has been coined from slave labor4 ,it is the price of innocent blood4 ,it cries up to ,god for vengeance40 ,what is the history of that society8 ,why1 the smoke of our civil contest had hardly cleared away before it began to build up the waste places of the ,south1 heaping coals of fire upon the people there4 ,under its auspices1 the choicest daughters of ,new ,england 7as though they had been angels of ,god7 went down there1 with the spelling-book and the ,bible2 took their share of the ostracism meted out to the recent bondmen1 for ,jesus' sake2 many of them laid down their lives there4 ,there has scarcely been a foreign missionary field in the world which has had more perils1 which has demanded greater sacrifices1 which has developed spirits more heroic1 more ,christ-like4 ,the same spirit which led our brave boys in blue to die to make men free1 led their sisters to die to make them holy4 ,and what do you see to-day8 ,this society has done more to stay the tide of illiteracy1 to lay the foundations of permanent civil and religious prosperity than all the other agencies put together4 ,god's secret is with them that fear ,him4 ,the men who1 for ,christ's sake1 said1 8,we cannot set apart to ,god that which has come from unpaid human labor2 we cannot thus have fellowship with the works of darkness20 these men ,god has put into the fore-front of the great battle with ignorance and degradation--the great battle in which the ,south begins to ask the ,nation which cannot protect the black man to come to her assistance1 crying out1 like ,caesar to ,cassius1 8,help1 ,cassius1 or we sink60 ,they got their baptism at the foot of the ,cross4 ,look at the queenly institutions which they have planted4 ,look at the thousands of the sons and daughters of ,ethiopia1 whom they have developed into the mental1 moral and spiritual stature of true manhood2 whom they have polished after the similitude of a palace1 fitted for professions1 for business1 for home life4 ,look at the churches they have planted4 ,this is their conception of the brotherhood of man1 as they have been taught it at the ,cross1 as the ,cross has interpreted it to them4 ,i know no difference of race1 ,of ,african and ,saxon2 ,of tawny skin1 of rose-cheeked face1 ,of hair of crisp and flaxen4 ,the soul within1 that is the man1 ,there is ,god's image hidden3 ,and there ,he looks1 each guest to scan1 ,the bidden and unbidden4 ,one ,god in love broods over all6 ,one pray'r to ,him is taught us2 ,one name for mercy1 when we call2 ,one ransom1 ,christ has brought us4 ,one heart of meekness1 lowly mind1 ,life's counter currents breasting2 ,one ,father's ,house1 we hope to find1 ,within ,god's bosom resting4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,place ,,of ,,missionary ,,literature ,,in ,,the ,,conversion ,,of ,,the ,,world4 ,,rev4 ,,geo4 ,m4 ,,boynton4 ,the literature of missions has a threefold function in its relation to the conversion of the world3 to inform1 to quicken and to direct4 ,it would be hard to over-estimate the importance of the history and record of missionary efforts and successes in their relation to the intelligence of the ,christian people of our land and our day4 ,if we are exhorted to add to our faith1 virtue 7manly and holy enterprise7 and to virtue1 knowledge1 the exhortation must apply 7next to the knowledge of ,god and of ,his word7 to the knowledge of the history and progress of ,his kingdom in the world4 ,we do not call him even a fairly intelligent citizen of the ,united ,states who does not know something of the history of his own country--who does not know the general order of its great questions and great conflicts4 ,what shall we say of one who claims to have his citizenship in heaven and yet is willingly ignorant of the great battle-grounds of ,christ's kingdom of even the near past1 and so knows nothing of the questions which agitate the present day or the forces of the foes now in the field8 ,it is no small thing to follow the current history of the world1 as it has been brought so near to us in our day1 and yet with what eagerness the morning paper is looked for in every home of even ordinary intelligence2 and after the half-hour's search1 how often to the question1 8,what is there of interest to-day80 the answer comes1 8,oh1 nothing40 ,the journals are full of manufactured news2 political squabbles2 stories of scandal and of crime2 with now and then some event which marks a step in the world's progress of more than ordinary consequence4 ,it is often said that our missionary periodicals are not of thrilling interest1 but ,i am willing to leave it to the testimony of any candid man whether they do not at least fairly approximate the secular press in interest and ability1 only that men are more eager to know what is going on in the kingdoms of this world than in the kingdom of our ,lord and ,saviour ,jesus ,christ4 ,it is the appetite which largely gives its savor to the food4 ,when our hearts are all aglow with love to the ,master of us all1 and we want to know1 above all things1 that he is being satisfied with the travail of his soul1 we do not count the tidings of the advancement of his kingdom dull4 ,if his interests are ours1 we shall watch them4 ,one of the great requisites to giving or praying is that men should know to what their alms are directed and for what their prayers go up to ,god4 ,let the missionary press1 then1 give us information1 and give it freely4 ,the men and the women who read want to have1 not the impressions of other people reproduced1 but the details which made those impressions4 ,they want the facts1 set forth with vivid exactness1 with life-like coloring4 ,it is only now and then one of our missionaries at the front who seems to comprehend that he must make us see what he sees1 and must remember that his reflections upon the things that have become familiar to him will not make us familiar with the facts4 ,if he can stir our imaginations and make us his attendants during his day's work1 we shall be led to sympathy and support4 ,when the ,church ,missionary ,society of ,london was making its exploration into ,africa the long pages of journal written on the spot from day to day were the most thrilling pages of current history that were being written2 and many of you have not forgotten the diary of our own ,dr4 ,ladd of his journey up the ,nile4 ,nothing should be spared to open the eyes of the givers and the prayers to what you may call instantaneous views of the workers at their work4 ,give us the facts in the best possible shape if you want our sympathy1 our prayers1 our money4 ,until you have done that1 you cannot1 if you would1 call down on us the condemnation spoken to him that 8seeth his brother have need0 and does not help him4 ,but ,christian character needs inspiration as well as information4 ,it needs not only to know1 but to feel2 not only to have its eyes made clear to see1 but its heart stimulated to a worthy enthusiasm4 ,we do not get our inspiration so much from great events as from great men4 ,souls are quickened by quickening souls4 ,the contagion of enthusiasm spreads from life to life4 ,that in the literature of missions1 which will especially kindle missionary enthusiasm is to be found in the veins of the noble lives of the men and women who have counted their lives not worth the keeping1 for their love for ,christ and for the ,kingdom of whom this world was not worthy1 and who1 in the world1 were least of all men of it4 ,what other fuel can you find to build a fire of grand enthusiasm for the ,master like the one you have in the biography of missions8 ,nowhere away from the sacred record can you find nobler events of ,christian living and devotion4 ,nowhere are there grander illustrations of the spirit of ,christian heroism4 ,nowhere more stirring suggestions of the possible attainments of ,christian grace4 ,nor do ,i recall a missionary biography which is morbid and so misleading--which sets up an introspective and dyspeptic type of piety as a model and standard4 ,the missionary has no time to be morbid4 ,he has made a consecration of all his energies to his ,master4 ,his life is led actually and daily by the high purpose which he has set before him4 ,his biography is not a picture of still life4 ,he cannot stop to take becoming attitudes1 even before his own eyes4 ,he has no time to write a journal of his supposed spiritual states4 ,if you take his photograph you must take him in motion1 as nowadays they take a horse upon the race-track1 and you get him with every muscle set and every nerve charged with life4 ,i know no better books for men or boys1 for matrons or maidens1 than such books as these1 in which you have such lives embalmed4 ,where can you find a manlier life than that of ,john ,coleridge ,patteson1 ,bishop of ,melanesia1 his diocese the island of the sea1 inhabited by blacks4 ,the story of his patience and his pluck and cheerful confidence is enough to dispel the worst type of malarial saintship--shaky and intermittent4 ,to see him with his senior bishop approaching a new island1 rowing in his small boat as near as was safe to the breakers1 and then the two pioneers of the ,gospel taking a header through the waves and swimming to the land to tell the ,gospel of great joy to the dusky and unclad islanders6 ,there's tonic in the very reading4 ,he could be a bishop without robes or titles4 ,god had sent him to be an overseer of lone regions and lost souls4 ,or what could be more tragic than the final scene of his death by the treacherous arrows of the natives1 and the ghastly tableau of the still young hero of ,god floating out in the boat alone toward his waiting friends4 ,there is a biography yet unwritten of one connected with the work of this ,association which1 if it could be spread upon the record1 would equal this in the sincerity of his devotion1 in purity of his motive1 in his bearing patiently when nearly all men spoke ill of him1 for ,christ's sake and the ,gospel's1 and even friends for a time began to doubt him1 in his readiness to take up the hardest thing there was to do until the end4 ,you will know of whom ,i speak when ,i tell you that he was equally the friend of the ,indian and of the negro2 that he became the target of all the shafts of malice when he sought to protect the poor ,indian from his worse than savage foes within the capital of the nation and on the western reservation2 that he became the victim of the deadly malaria of the ,african coast1 where he had gone to reorganize and direct the work of this ,association in the ,mendi ,mission4 ,i speak of one whom we all delight to honor and call reverend--the ,reverend ,edward ,p4 ,smith4 ,and there are others still upon the field1 whose names may or may not be known to any wide fame with men1 and women1 too1 who have hazarded their lives for the privilege of preaching and of teaching in the name of ,christ4 ,we cannot afford to lose the records of such positive and aggressive ,christianity for their stimulus to the ,christian character of those at home and those whose characters are forming yet4 ,dr4 ,goodell names as one of the ten ways by which the world is to be saved1 that we keep the home and ,sunday-school libraries full of that most interesting and profitable of all our literature for the young1 the books written by ,christ's soldiers upon the field of battle4 ,i would emphasize even more than that--the books written about these heroes of the faith and their lives of earnest and joyful sacrifice4 ,who will not acknowledge that we need the inspiration in our day8 ,if the ,christian world needs for its own sake the information and the inspiration which can only come from the literature of missions1 the missionary work itself needs equally this means to make its opportunities known to the ,christian world4 ,that is only in part1 if at all1 a ,christian church which is not a missionary church as well4 ,the salt which has lost its savor is no longer salt4 ,it will save deception if you take off the label4 ,it is 8good for nothing10 and is to be cast into the street only to get rid of it1 and not because it is good for a road4 ,the true ,church of ,christ is concerned about the progress of his kingdom1 is in earnest sympathy with those who are at the front1 is eager in its outlook for new opportunities of service4 ,to such a waiting ear--and1 brethren1 it is waiting--come through the missionary press the tidings of opportunity1 the sound of doors1 long closed1 creaking on their hinges as they fling open for the feet of the delaying messengers of grace4 ,this is the telephone which summons to instant response4 ,it sounds in the counting-rooms of our men of business1 and invites them to new investments in behalf of those for whom ,god goes security1 for 8he that giveth to the poor lendeth to the ,lord40 ,it rings its summons in our ,theological ,seminaries and among our younger brethren in the ministry1 and calls them to occupy until ,he comes4 ,it goes into the offices of the organizations through which the churches reach the needy east and west1 north and south1 and says not pull down your barns1 but build greater ones2 for1 as are the broad farms of the ,west to the old ,new ,england homesteads1 so are the harvests to be reaped to those which have been already gathered in4 ,it mixes in our homes1 and calls on our sons and daughters to the waiting work4 ,and neither we at home1 nor those in the broad field1 can afford to be left unnoticed or uncalled4 ,they need it that souls may be born into the kingdom2 we need it that we may by pure toil and sacrifice grow unto the stature and the likeness of our risen ,lord4 ,the ,church of ,christ will not know more of the advancement of ,his kingdom or of its hindrances than it is told4 ,god will not save us the trouble of the inquiry or the report4 ,the ,church of ,christ will have no more enthusiasm in the work than it gets by entering into sympathy with those who do it1 and with ,him who died that it might go on4 ,and yet1 in the light of all this already trite and quite self-evident truth1 you hear it said1 even by those who are concerned in the progress of the work1 8,what are we going to do with this increasing mass of missionary literature8 ,we are quite flooded with it1 and especially with these periodicals1 these ,missionary ,heralds1 and ,home ,missionaries and ,american ,missionaries4 ,can't we make it less8 ,can't we combine them and double the thing up8 ,it bothers us40 ,ah1 brethren1 the wonder is that we do not cry for more and better4 ,the wonder is not that so many take the missionary magazines1 but so few1 and that so few of those who take them read them4 ,brethren1 the time will come--if the time comes when men seek first ,his kingdom and ,his righteousness1 not last--that ,christian men and women will not want to wait a month to glance over the few pages of a missionary magazine2 but will want to know the latest news of the advancement of ,christ's ,kingdom in the morning before they look to see the stock-list or the scandal-list of the day before4 ,when the question of the morning will be what new progress1 what new delays1 what new need for the advancing hosts of ,christian warriors2 and at night the thought will be1 the sun has gone to shine on other fields and other laborers1 and while we sleep this work goes on4 ,and in those days it shall go on with speed and sureness4 ,let our missionary literature then be not lessened in quantity or deteriorated in quality4 ,let not our agents think the time is lost in which they stop to tell us of the work4 ,the growth of ,christ's people at home is as important as the conquests of ,his grace abroad1 indeed1 the last will be largely proportioned to the first4 ,let ingenuity and enterprise be put into these channels of communication4 ,let the facts be fresh and full--more fresh and full than ever4 ,let them be clothed in choice and skillful diction4 ,let us leave the arts which the satanic or the merely mundane press monopolize to their uses4 ,let us not grudge the cost4 ,it is not cost of administration at all4 ,it is not cost of collection1 though it helps that department greatly4 ,it is more than all the missionary work of each society for the constituency that supports it4 ,our churches and our ,christians here at home need it for their own vitalizing and the direction of their awakened energies4 ,if our fires be not kept up at home the warmth will not be diffused4 ,these are days of organization4 ,it used to be that if a man had lost his way in these then dark country roads some one must go out alone with his hand-lantern to guide him to safe shelter4 ,now your streets are full of lamps1 and your illuminated signs band them at every corner4 ,you may take all the care that is possible of the lamps and burners2 it will do no good if you neglect to keep the fires up where the illuminating gas is made4 ,if the fires go out there the lights go out in every street and home4 ,do not let us ask these organizations to lessen their efforts to inform1 to quicken and to guide our missionary zeal at home1 as though it were not an important part of their legitimate work4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,report ,,on ,,chinese ,,work4 ,the report of your committee on the ,chinese ,department of the ,american ,missionary ,association is as follows3 ,the keynote of the year's work is success4 ,four more schools1 #bef more scholars enrolled1 nine more teachers1 with an increase of four ,chinese instructors4 ,the number of those professing to forsake idolatry in excess of last year1 #ai4 ,there have #aba given good evidence of conversion--last year #ajf1 making #djj who have embraced ,christianity during the history of the ,mission4 ,only seven thousand dollars of the nearly twelve thousand dollars expenses of the mission came out of the treasury of the ,association4 ,the number of local churches contributing has doubled4 ,the receipts of the 8,california ,chinese ,mission0 have gained #cg per cent4 ,these gratifying facts inspire confidence that this work in purpose and method is blessed of ,god4 ,they should beget a zeal commensurate with the hope they enkindle4 ,the new mission established by the ,american ,board in ,hong ,kong--the natural fruit of this work--places peculiar emphasis upon its value1 as its initial demand came from ,chinamen ,christianized by its influence4 ,the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,hager goes to this important control not only with the prayers of his ,american brethren behind him1 but escorted over and welcomed by the devout supplications of specimen ,chinese converts4 ,it is an omen of profound significance that four or five ,chinese workers for ,christ1 trained in these schools1 contribute their invaluable services to the enterprise4 ,it is equally suggestive that the ,chinese ,christians remaining behind cheerfully gave #ejj1 adding to their faith1 men1 and to men1 money1 an evidence of the genuineness of their confidence4 ,the past year's experience alone demonstrates that most of the ingenious1 infamous charges made against this people are lies4 ,so ,providence has opened a golden opportunity4 ,the narrow and bigoted ignorance1 lack of patriotism1 lack of statesmanship1 lack of humanity1 lack of equitable dealing exhibited by our ,government in its recent legislation on the ,chinese question have corraled #ge1jjj of them on these shores4 ,it is the open day for ,christian privilege4 ,cannot the majority of these be surrounded by our faith1 wrought on by the power of ,christianity1 saturated by a genuine ,christian life and made the standing army for whom we shall send officers and soldiers to conquest the empire8 ,if the teeming millions are appalling can we not subdue this installment isolated by inscrutable wisdom for this ,christian experiment8 ,with such a present and pressing basis of appeal this work should have abundant means to reach without delay the limit of its capacity4 ,if there be not vital ,christian warmth sufficient in the ,united ,states to resuscitate this waif upon our coasts1 how can we hope to rescue the myriad nation8 ,it is floundering in the ,arctic ,ocean of heathenism4 ,respectfully ,submitted1 ,w4 ,a4 ,,bartlett1 ,chairman4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,address ,,of ,,rev4 ,,william ,,alvin ,,bartlett1 ,d4,d4 ,after remarking that the ,chinese question was little in some aspects1 as when fifty million people frantically rise to defend themselves against a paltry handful of #ge1jjj ,chinamen1 ,dr4 ,bartlett continues3 ,but there is a sense in which it is large4 ,it is a large question to any man4 ,we find1 according to the best accounts1 #dcj odd millions of ,chinamen4 ,it is the largest question of statesmanship and of commerce to know how best to handle the largest body of men who live together1 and have lived together the longest1 on the planet1 and that speak one language4 ,but if it is large commercially1 what is it in a ,christian point of view8 ,we go here and there picking up the scraps and the scattered remnants of races1 but look at this majestic aggregation of humanity2 look at their tremendous history6 ,it is the largest question to-day before the missionary ,christianity of the world4 ,well1 ,i am to say a word or two about the ,chinese in ,america4 ,how did they come here8 ,they came here on the invitation of the ,americans4 ,california boasted at first of the grand people they were to receive4 ,but that soon changed1 and they began a system of ingenious abuse1 such as has never been equalled4 ,take the laws passed by ,san ,francisco--the 8basket0 law2 the 8cubic foot of air0 law1 under which1 if a ,chinaman was found living in a room with less than #ejj cubic feet of air1 he was thrust into a prison where he would not have over #bjj cubic feet of air2 and the 8tax0 law1 under which ,chinamen were taxed for sending their children to school and not permitted to send them4 ,every man in the street took the license himself of breaking every law of ,god and of humanity by pounding and stoning them4 ,then1 it was not enough for the municipality to seize this question1 but the ,state took hold of it4 ,the ,legislature of ,california settled all ethnological questions at once4 ,they passed a law and said1 by majority1 that the ,chinaman was an ,indian6 ,that settled it4 ,then the nation took hold of it and passed a law--these great #ej1jjj1jjj of people against #ge1jjj of people4 ,so the nation passed a law to keep the ,chinamen out1 violating all the traditions of the country1 and to import the ,chinese wall6 ,they ceased importing the ,chinamen and imported their wall--a barbaric1 ramshackled old thing of a great many centuries4 ,it was a kind of waistband to the ,chinese ,empire when it was young2 but they burst it long ago and ran over it4 ,this infamy was carried to this extent4 ,a committee was appointed by the ,united ,states ,senate1 and a corresponding committee from the ,house1 in #ahgf1 to investigate this subject thoroughly4 ,they examined #acj witnesses4 ,they took over #a1bjj pages of evidence from experts in all departments in regard to ,chinese history and ethnology and everything else4 ,they met them face to face and talked it over4 ,senator ,sargent1 the chairman of the ,committee1 made this statement in his report4 ,he says1 in the first place1 that the ,chinaman is an 8indigestible mass40 ,well1 that is not quite definite2 a man hardly knows how to handle such a statement as that4 ,it is a kind of mince-pie1 ,i suppose1 in the body politic4 ,i think ,i shall leave that for the gastric juice to analyze4 ,but his next assertion is more practical4 ,he says that the brain capacity of the ,chinaman is not sufficient to furnish motive power for self-government2 for all that1 he has governed himself since the time that ,senator ,sargent's ancestors1 assuming him to be an ,anglo-,saxon1 were cautiously cracking acorns in ,northern ,europe and wearing bearskins6 ,mr4 ,pixley1 a gentleman we sent to ,california from my part of the ,state of ,new ,york1 a lawyer1 and violently opposed to the ,chinaman1 says in his opinion before this ,committee that the ,chinaman is the inferior of any being that ,god ever made2 he says that a specimen cannot be produced that has ever been affected in any particular by ,christian influences1 and that in his 7,pixley's7 opinion the ,chinaman hasn't any soul1 or if he has a soul it is not worth saving4 ,gentlemen1 these things have been put into laws and organized before people of influence1 and their animus spent itself in that infamous legislation in ,congress which abrogated a treaty without consultation and flew in the face of a hundred years of precedents4 ,what is the fact8 ,why1 the fact is that ,chinamen are human beings4 ,they are honest human beings as the rule goes4 ,the word of a ,chinese merchant in ,california is taken everywhere4 ,they are industrious and frugal4 ,senator ,cassidy said--he was very much opposed to them--in this book of testimony to which ,i have referred3 8,they are the most ingenious1 industrious and frugal people on the planet2 and if they come into competition with us in low forms of industry to-day1 they will come in higher forms to-morrow40 ,there was an old philosopher who lived #ejj years before ,christ1 ,confucius by name1 who wrote certain maxims2 and it does seem as though he was inspired to look ahead precisely at this treaty that they passed at ,washington1 when he said1 8,it is an evidence of the superior man1 of the great moral man1 the true man1 that he adheres strictly to the old agreements1 however long they may have stood40 ,he was asked if he could put into one word what would express the whole duty of man1 and he said1 8,is not that word 'reciprocity'80 7,that was a 8reciprocity0 treaty47 ,he says1 8,we should not ask another to do unto us what we would not be willing to do unto him40 ,and then he says1 8,the superior man has regard to virtue and to the sanctions of law2 but the small man only thinks of himself and what favors he is to receive40 ,it looks like an inspired and animated riddling of this whole question as it stands to-day before the nation4 ,one of the largest land proprietors and wheat-growers in ,california said that the work could not be done without the ,chinamen2 they have reclaimed two millions of acres4 ,now1 mind you1 with all the wrongs that the ,chinese have received on our shores1 every little disturbance on the ,chinese coast which has ever occurred1 or where a mission station has been sacked by a mob1 we have collected and been paid every dollar of the damage2 and the ,chinese ,government has paid nearly a million dollars to our ,government for the wrongs perpetrated upon ,american people ,but this ,government has not paid a dollar to the ,chinese4 ,there is a claim which the ,chinese ,embassy are now pressing on the ,government1 for #dj1jjj that was destroyed in one night in ,colorado2 but the reply upon such claims usually is1 8,we have not been in the habit of paying such claims to ,chinamen40 ,isn't that justice8 ,isn't that purity of legislation8 ,the ,chinese are an educated people4 ,they have vast libraries1 large and broad1 rich in literature4 ,they have the lives of great men4 ,they know about our ,washington3 they teach about him in their schools4 ,do we know anything about their ,washingtons--about their great men who have guided the grandest nation1 in some respects1 that history has given us any account of for nearly #c1jjj years1 possibly more8 ,we know about ,yung ,wing1 who graduated at ,yale ,college1 taking the prizes in ,english composition4 ,we know the standing of their students in our colleges generally4 ,we know the fact that of the #ge1jjj ,chinese in this country every one can read and write4 ,in this country1 according to the census before the last1 we had over #e1jjj1jjj who could not read and write2 so that there are hardly ,chinamen enough in this country to be schoolmasters to those of our number who cannot read and write6 ,dr4 ,hedge in ,boston stated some years ago that1 in a conversation with ,charles ,sumner1 ,sir ,john ,bowring1 the representative of ,her ,majesty at the ,court of ,pekin1 said that when he was there the ,chinese ,ministers were the superiors of any ,european cabinet4 ,mr4 ,sumner replied3 8,i am astonished6 ,you do not pretend to compare them with ,lord ,palmerston1 ,lord ,derby and ,mr4 ,gladstone80 ,said he3 8,i mean precisely what ,i say1 without any invidious comparison2 ,i will add that the ,prime ,minister of ,china1 during my residence in ,pekin1 has not1 in my opinion1 his intellectual superior upon the planet40 ,the ,chinese are a cleanly people1 a decent people4 ,the ,chinese laborer washes himself all over every day4 ,as a rule they can come into our mission schools and sit beside our ladies with perfect propriety4 ,when ,i was preaching in ,indianapolis we had every ,chinaman in the city in our schools4 ,they are not a clannish people2 they are glad for ,american society4 ,they have crimes and vices4 ,they are human4 ,they lie and steal1 and gamble1 and have their peculiar method of getting intoxicated with opium4 ,but ,i don't know as it ever has been proven that they can carry on lying to such a magnificent extent as we do in an ordinary political campaign1 and they have never risen to the refined plundering of ,wall street4 ,they say they take opium1 and you know how they took it--they took it at the cannon's mouth at first4 ,england must make #djj per cent4 profit in the poppy fields of ,india4 ,it was shocking to them to the utmost2 and their torment has gone on ever since in homes that were never addicted to any crazier drug than tea and knew nothing of a hell so orthodox as the delirium tremens4 ,the ,emperor petitioned ,england1 in a document which ,i think has not its equal in all the documents of ,governments1 not to set fire to the morals of his people by loading them with their accursed opium4 ,but they did4 ,the ,chinese worship their ancestors4 ,well1 if ,i had to choose the least of two improprieties1 ,i think ,i would prefer to pay a very hearty and cordial appreciation of my grandfather rather than to curse my children with such doctrines as have been proposed toward the ,chinese4 ,it is better1 ,i think1 to worship your ancestors than to damn your posterity4 ,but the ,chinese have noble qualities4 ,in the days of the yellow fever at ,memphis ,i was near it4 ,we almost felt the hot breath of that dreadful pestilence4 ,we needed money and men2 and there came a telegram from ,san ,francisco that the ,chinese merchants of that city had contributed #ab1jjj for the yellow fever sufferers4 ,that looked like putting the prayer of ,christ upon the cross into physical results3 8,lord1 forgive them1 for they know not what they do40 ,we know the ,chinese philosophy1 the height of their morality2 we know the purity of ,confucius' recommendations and the wondrous statement of ,lotse that we should love our enemies2 and we know that the highest crest waves of this ,chinese morality throw spray around the feet of ,jesus4 ,i have stood this summer in the far ,west4 ,i have stood where you can test civilization4 ,there in ,seattle stood a university on our right hand1 and on it the ,indian words ,al-,ki--by and by--the motto of the ,territory--8,by and by we will show you40 ,brethren1 ,i am not given to nightmares nor to day dragons1 but it did seem to me as we stood there and looked out upon that majestic sheet of water1 ,puget ,sound1 being nearer in the centre of the majority of the population in the planet than we are here1 that the day would come1 with that matchless harbor1 that wonderful climate1 with coal and iron in the vicinity1 with all cereals and fruits possible1 when the throne of power would be transferred from the ,atlantic to the ,pacific coast1 and when the argosies of the world would float without any bar1 either in ,puget ,sound or in the cities around it1 and ride there at peace in the security of a gospelized and millennialized age4 ,it can only be done by our appreciation of the necessity of keeping our ,christianity clean and solid and aggressive1 and on the old basis of sin and salvation through a crucified ,redeemer4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,report ,,of ,,committee ,,on ,,indian ,,missions4 ,your ,committee1 to whom has been referred that part of the annual statement of the ,executive ,committee which relates to the ,american ,indians1 desire to report as follows3 ,the chief event of the year1 in the ,indian department1 is the adoption by this ,association of the ,indian ,missions of the ,american ,board4 ,your ,committee look upon this as an event of conspicuous importance in the history of the ,association4 ,as long ago as #ahgb1 at the annual meeting of that year1 the ,committees on the ,indian and the foreign work suggested a double transfer--namely1 the transfer of the foreign missions of the ,association to the ,american ,board1 and the transfer of the ,indian missions of the ,board to this ,association4 ,the propriety of such an exchange has seemed obvious to many patrons of the two societies for some time4 ,however satisfactory the explanation of the existing condition of things afforded by the historical development of the two organizations1 it was plain that the time had come for such a unifying and concentrating of the work of this ,association as would result from leaving the foreign field to others1 and assuming the care of those missions in our own country which our foreign missionary society had so well established4 ,these missions are among the ,dakotas1 one of the most widely extended and important of the ,american ,indian stocks4 ,the largest of these missions--that at the ,sisseton agency1 formerly under the care of the lamented ,stephen ,r4 ,riggs--has chosen for its new mother not our ,association1 but another missionary board1 by which it will doubtless be thoroughly cared for and warmly cherished4 ,the missions which actually come under our care constitute an important group of churches and schools1 and should be received with a hearty welcome by an ,association with such antecedents as this4 ,the new trust committed to us calls for new purpose and energy in our specific work4 ,we find that these ,dakota missions are not dead or dying1 but thoroughly alive4 ,and because they are thoroughly alive they need very real help4 ,the men in charge of them are men awake to their opportunities1 believers in a forward movement1 and in whatever legitimate experiments may be involved therein4 ,we feel that in all such experiments they should have the ready co-operation of the ,christian ,church4 ,we therefore heartily endorse the ,executive ,committee in their plans for enlargement in the ,dakota field--for improvements in the mission property and in methods of work1 where they are called for1 and the establishment of new missions in places which promise success4 ,one project1 your ,committee believe1 deserves to be regarded with special favor1 the establishment of a school--agricultural1 mechanical and normal--at ,fort ,sully4 ,the ,executive ,committee have secured a delightful site for such a school1 and they know the man to take charge of it4 ,what is wanted is money to furnish the proper financial basis1 and we can scarcely doubt that this will be forth-coming4 ,the industrial school method of missionary work has already been thoroughly tested at the east--in ,hampton and ,carlisle--and the verdict is altogether favorable4 ,there is good reason to believe that the adoption of the same method among the ,indians themselves would result in real benefit4 ,let the work of instruction1 in all its interesting details1 be carried on where the red man can see it1 and it will surely make its impression upon him4 ,at all events1 we have in favor of this view the opinions of men who may be looked upon as experts in this matter4 ,in adopting as its aim these ,dakota missions1 and thus enlarging its strictly missionary work among the ,american ,indians1 the ,american ,missionary ,association gives its approval anew to the attempt1 now so long continued1 to ,christianize the red men4 ,there are those who scoff at the idea of such a work2 but history--not to say the ,gospel--teaches us better4 ,no race of men has yet been discovered so low that it cannot be reached and moved by the religion of the ,crucified1 and the ,american ,indians are certainly no exception4 ,the ,indians as a whole are by no means the lowest or the least susceptible2 and the results on record are far from insignificant4 ,god has blessed the efforts of his church in their behalf throughout the past two hundred years1 and we know he will continue to bless them4 ,respectfully submitted4 ,,joseph ,,anderson1 ,chairman4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,address ,,of ,,rev4 ,,dr4 ,,anderson4 ,when the question arose in my mind in what line to follow up this brief report1 it seemed to me that the subject of ,indian wrongs and ,indian rights had been sufficiently discussed for the present in this ,association and elsewhere1 and that it might be of advantage for us to look for a little while in another direction4 ,there are few1 ,i suppose1 who are aware of the largeness of this work as carried on upon our continent1 few who appreciate the amount of real labor and real suffering1 ,i may say1 endured in this direction4 ,in order to a correct estimate1 it seems to me that we ought not to lose sight of1 but rather we ought to recognize1 the work which has been done by our ,roman ,catholic friends4 ,they began as long ago as #afaa1 and from that date onward until #ahcb1 at least1 they carried on an extended work among the ,american ,indians upon eight or ten different and important fields4 ,i find1 by looking over their lists1 that #agj men gave themselves to the work of saving the ,indian from barbarism and elevating him to a higher and ,christian level during this period4 ,then1 in order to a correct appreciation of this work1 we must remember also what our beloved friends1 the ,moravians1 have done--not only what they did in ,greenland1 not only what they did in the ,west ,indies1 but what they did within the bounds of our own nation1 especially in ,pennsylvania and farther west4 ,and so1 too1 we must recognize the work done by the ,episcopalians and the ,methodists and the ,presbyterians1 who1 through a long series of years and in varied fields1 have been laboring for the conversion of the ,american ,indian4 ,but in none of these fields has a more satisfactory work been done than that which has been done in this ,america of ours by the ,congregational churches and the men whom they have sent out4 ,the missionary work among the ,american ,indians began with the founding of the church in ,new ,england--began under the molding hand of ,john ,elliot in ,massachusetts4 ,a hundred years later than the day when ,elliot began that work another figure arose upon the stage of history3 ,david ,brainerd1 the humble1 quiet young man1 who gave himself for ,christ and for the beloved ,indians1 and labored and suffered even unto death4 ,and then1 when we come down to #ahac or thereabouts1 we find the ,american ,board1 newly organized1 turning its attention to the ,indians in the ,south and ,southwest4 ,in the record of their early work we have such names as ,cyrus ,kingsbury and ,byington and ,father ,gleason1 and in the far ,west ,williamson and ,riggs1 our lamented brethren to whom reference has already been made1 and many others1 some of whom are still with us1 including our excellent brother and my fellow committeeman ,rev4 ,cushing ,eells4 ,here we have a list of heroes doing their work quietly1 silently1 patiently1 yet a work deserving to be called heroic1 as much so as that which has been done on the islands of the sea and on the other side of the globe--a work in which noble men and women have taken part4 ,what is the result8 ,here is the good seed sewing4 ,what kind of a harvest has been gathered8 ,there are those who think--perhaps it is the common impression--that the results of ,indian missions have been meagre and of little value at the best2 but let us consider4 ,it seems to me that in any such calculation some account should be made of what may be called the reciprocal effect produced in the lives of the missionaries themselves and of the churches sending them forth4 ,i observe that ,dr4 ,shay1 author of the ,history of ,catholic ,missions in ,america1 referring to the extinction of the ,spanish missions in the southern part of our country1 says that even if they have become extinct and if there are no results that we can trace to-day1 that does not count for their condemnation any more than the disappearance of the works of art produced so long ago by ,apelles and ,zeuxis is to the condemnation of those workers4 ,he might have gone farther and called attention to the effect produced upon the artists themselves by their contributions to ancient art1 the effect produced upon the artist anywhere by the work that he does in his own field1 the effect produced upon the reformer by the work of reform which he accomplishes1 the results produced in the lives of missionaries who constitute so large a company in our church from their labors1 their sufferings and their sorrows4 ,i noticed in a past number of the ,,american ,,missionary published during the present year that a cut had been reproduced representing a group of ,indians watching a railroad train--an impressive picture2 and it suggested to me that our aim should be to bring these ,indians of the ,west where they shall not stand suspiciously watching a railroad train1 the emblem of advancing civilization1 but where they shall co-operate with us and appreciate the railroad train and make it theirs4 ,we want them to adopt as rapidly as possible all the appliances of our civilization1 and above all we want them to accept the ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,address ,,of ,,rev4 ,j4 ,c4 ,,price4 ,on the #ast of ,january1 #ahfc1 the negro was like a newly-built ship launched upon the waters without mast1 sail or rudder4 ,pleased with liberty1 he thought his happiness complete2 but a few months' experience taught him better4 ,when the ballot was denied1 when he could not--nay1 more1 when he cannot--claim as a right or privilege the comforts of travel2 when deeply-rooted prejudice on account of his color and previous condition of servitude confronted him at every turn1 he soon found that he had not reached the full stature of an ,american citizen1 but was still in his infancy4 ,and the question that presents itself to your minds1 and to the friends of the negro and to ours1 the orphaned recipients of your generosity1 is1 ,has the negro grown any8 has he made any noticeable advancement8 ,or is he where freedom found him and where slavery left him8 ,january1 #ahfc1 found the negro penniless1 ignorant1 a homeless wanderer1 his chief object to be in ,general ,sherman's army1 or if not in it1 in the wake of it2 but he is now settled1 fixed1 and by industry and by perseverance he has purchased homes1 and he and his children1 through the generous aid of friends1 have received some education4 ,the land that he once sowed in slavish fear and reaped with trembling1 he now sows in joy and gathers with the gladsome shout of a free and jubilant harvester4 ,in fact1 the material1 as well as the intellectual and moral progress of the negro has surprised his best friends4 ,he has gone forth without possessing the tattered garments that he wore1 without a foot of soil on which to tread1 and he has purchased those homes4 ,and not only has he purchased them1 but he has carried into them those things which make home what it is--the comforts of home4 ,it is nothing strange to go into a ,southern home and see a carpet on the floor4 ,if it is not on all of it1 it will be a big piece in the middle4 ,and if you don't find it all the way up-stairs1 you will find a little as you step on the first step4 ,that shows a disposition to do something that is elevating4 ,and then the fact that they have purchased these homes is something4 ,i have seen it repeated in the newspapers of the ,north--and ,i regret to say by men who do not know the negro--that he is a lazy1 shiftless fellow4 ,well1 they do not go down ,south1 as we term it1 and go into the negroes' houses4 ,they do not go into his colleges and universities and high schools1 but they ride around by the station1 they see a few at the depot--a lot of lazy negroes1 as you find a lot of lazy white men under similar circumstances4 ,they judge us unfairly4 ,no man is judged by the worst1 but by the best4 ,did you want ,lord ,chief ,justice ,coleridge to form an opinion of ,america by the men that he met by accident or saw in the slums of ,new ,york--8lazy0 men1 that he saw lounging around the corners of the streets8 ,no2 you wanted him to judge you by your best1 and you put your best forward4 ,now1 what we ask for the negro is that he be judged by his best and not by his worst4 ,of course1 the best is always in the minority1 but that is the way we are judged4 ,if these same men were to go into the ,south and go into the negroes' homes1 they would find there very often excellent comfort4 ,some one has asked whether the negro has any of this race prejudice in him4 ,no2 he will give you the best bed and the fattest pig and the best chicken he has got in the yard4 ,there is no prejudice there4 ,and then1 not only these things1 but you find in many of their houses instruments of music--some with an organ1 some with a piano2 and you can find young girls there who can play on both1 and if you want a little singing they can do that too4 ,negroes can sing as well as my friends the ,chinamen4 ,these things1 too1 are not only found in the cities but in the country places and villages4 ,the negro has done all this1 notwithstanding that he has lost millions--yes1 the negro has been defrauded of millions1 yet he has accumulated millions1 and in many instances he has become the owner of the farms and plantations of his former master4 ,it was no longer than two or three years ago that the papers told us that the farm of ,mr4 ,jefferson ,davis rightly belonged not to him1 but to two negroes1 they having paid #bjj1jjj for it4 ,and these are but examples4 ,you go through the ,south and you find negroes owning farms of #ajj or #bjj acres each2 and ,i know of one man who owns #ijj acres1 all of which he has bought since the war4 ,we have gone forth to the earth1 and with the horny hands of toil we have made the earth to answer to our appeals2 and these have been the results4 ,why1 in ,georgia alone there are more than #he1jjj colored voters who own #ejj1jjj acres of land valued at about #a1bdd1jjj1 besides city property valued at #b1ajj1jjj1 horses and mules1 etc41 valued at1 #b1jjj1jjj1 making an aggregate for ,georgia alone of more than #f1jjj1jjj1 which the colored people in that ,state now own4 ,but why should ,i enumerate8 ,in fact1 the negro has made the waste places of the ,south to blossom as the rose4 ,he has built its railroads1 dug its canals1 erected its mansions1 makes its carriages and buggies1 and in #ahgh produced for the ,american people more than #bej1jjj1jjj4 ,in the face of these evidences1 who would dare question his industry1 stigmatize him as 8lazy10 and ridicule his unskilled labor8 ,but these are but the beginnings--the gray streaks of dawn ushering in a brighter day for this toiling and long-oppressed son of ,ham4 ,we are often reminded of what the negro was in ancient days1 especially in ,northern ,africa2 but to-day we are forced to see what he is in ,america1 notwithstanding its prejudices and its political oppression and persecution2 we are forced to look at him rising in his incomparable glory1 the anomaly of the race and the wonder of mankind4 ,but there is another feature4 ,the negro's highest powers and worthiest capabilities are not all shown in the development of sterile marshes or barren highlands4 ,if slavery brought out his power of endurance1 his patience and his unparalleled fidelity1 freedom called forth his intellectual ability and causes the world to wonder at his rapid attainments4 ,but this angel in him long ago would have sought his native heaven1 but slavery clipped his wings1 forbade his flight1 and confined him to corn hills1 cotton rows1 rice marshes and pine forests4 ,but his wings are growing again1 and already he lifts himself somewhat from the earth4 ,but you say1 8,are there any signs of his educational progress80 ,i might answer by pointing to distinguished colored men who fill positions of responsibility and emolument in this country4 ,but not only are there men who are educated among us1 but there are also schools of high grade whose portals are anxiously crowded by young men and women thirsting for knowledge4 ,i have taken one ,state as an example of our material progress2 let another show our intellectual advancement4 ,in #ahfa there was not a school in ,north ,carolina to which persons of color were admitted4 ,but to-day1 in addition to her common schools1 she has ,shaw ,university1 ,biddle ,university1 ,st4 ,augustine ,normal ,school1 four ,state ,normal ,schools1 ,esther ,seminary1 ,scotia ,seminary1 ,bennett ,seminary1 and the ,zion ,wesleyan ,institute--institutions of high grade2 these have in them to-day an aggregate of #b1jjj young men and women preparing for the great work of uplifting their brethren1 and every summer they go forth throughout ,north ,carolina and other ,southern ,states doing what they can for the improvement of their fellows4 ,besides this1 we have in ,north ,carolina from twelve to fifteen newspapers1 weeklies1 semi-weeklies and monthlies1 edited1 owned and controlled by colored men4 ,the negro has done something1 and we consider it something--something that we are proud of1 especially when we think of the manner in which it has been done4 ,but1 notwithstanding this favorable aspect of the condition of the people as seen in these two ,states1 we are forced to ask the question--in fact it comes to us as we travel among the people--what is our material progress in ,georgia1 what is ,north ,carolina's educational outlook1 when we consider the masses of the people through the ,south8 ,they are but a drop in the bucket4 ,if you could travel through that section and view the condition of the people away off in the remote towns and districts1 you would say so1 especially when you remember that the population has increased to almost double its original number4 ,since #ahfc the #d1jjj1jjj have grown to nearly #g1jjj1jjj4 ,it is nothing strange to see the need of instruction among the people1 even among the ministry4 ,it is my theory that we must get the ministry straight first2 and when we have an intelligent ministry before the people1 then we will soon have an intelligent people4 8,like priest0 always 8like people04 ,it was truly said by ,president ,tobey at the meeting of the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 in ,chicago that the presence of the negro in the ,united ,states is of great significance1 that the enthusiasms of political life in our nation have resulted from his presence1 and that he has been the occasion of the most exhaustive discussion of the rights of man and the formation of a new political party and is now the most considerable element in our politics4 ,that is true2 but that is telling us our disease without a cure4 ,what is the remedy8 ,that is what you are here for to-night2 that is what you have bean turning over in your minds ever since you assembled4 ,what is the remedy for these existing political and social evils among us8 ,we think it was precisely set forth by the ,secretary of the ,association at that same meeting when he said1 8,the true remedy for the existing evils is not to change the negro's color or his party1 but to change his character10 and that is what we ask4 ,legislation cannot solve the negro problem in this country4 ,the thirteenth1 fourteenth and fifteenth amendments1 the ,civil ,rights ,bill and the ,constitution itself cannot solve the negro problem4 ,we must go behind the ,constitution1 behind the amendments2 we must go to the public sentiment4 ,what effect has a law if there is not a public sentiment to back it up8 ,we have had the ,civil ,rights ,bill for several years1 but what did it amount to in some sections of the country8 ,it amounted to nothing1 because there was not a public sentiment to sustain it4 ,and it seems to me that we want to educate the public sentiment and it is evident that the solution of this great vexing problem can only come through the gradual and thorough development of the negro's mental and moral nature4 ,i say thorough1 because some men think that the negro need have only an elementary training1 that he is not prepared for a higher training4 ,why is he not8 ,if it has taken centuries of culture1 with the best masters and the best teachers1 to uplift the white race1 why is it not necessary to uplift the black race8 ,god has made of one blood all nations of men that dwell upon the face of the earth2 and we believe that there are only individual and not race distinctions as to their mental and moral capabilities4 ,therefore1 what one race requires another race requires2 and we feel assured that1 when this has been done1 the millions of minds1 both in this country and in ,africa1 that are now rough and unshapen as the rock from the quarry1 will begin to show signs of symmetry under the constant hammer and steady chisel of competent workmen4 ,then1 and not till then1 the negro's sun of progress and prosperity1 whose earliest rays already gladden his eastern horizon1 will rise and climb the firmament of his glory until it reaches its zenith1 and from that zenith it will shed forth a light that all the nations of the earth shall behold1 whose heat shall melt away all prejudice1 in whose light all indignities and all inhumanities shall vanish2 and all these nations1 in one united1 harmonious voice1 shall cry aloud1 8,ethiopia1 ,ethopia has indeed and in truth stretched forth her hands unto ,god40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,caste ,,in ,,america4 ,,by ,,secretary ,,strieby4 ,india has four castes1 ,america two4 ,the ,hindoo castes are the priest1 soldier1 merchant and laborer or ,soodra4 ,the last is the largest and lowest and bears the weight of all the upper classes1 whom it is born to serve and by whom it is despised4 ,the highest caste may come down to the employments of the soldier or merchant1 but not to those of the ,soodra1 but1 according to ,hindoo orthodoxy1 the ,soodra can as little enter a higher caste as a stone can become a plant4 ,america's two castes are simply the white and the colored races4 ,the latter are the ,soodras1 and in the orthodox theology of slavery they were born to serve the whites4 ,but while that high orthodoxy suffered a rude shock in the ,proclamation of ,emancipation1 caste comes in to save it from utter overthrow1 and has fixed a great gulf between the races1 so that especially 8they cannot pass to us that would come from thence40 ,this proscription of the colored races includes the ,indian and the ,chinaman1 but for the sake of simplicity of presentation ,i shall refer mainly to the most numerous race in this country--the ,negro4 ,by caste prejudice they are denied fellowship which ,christ enjoins--rights which the ,constitution grants1 access to trades1 professions and schools where they could compete with the whites4 ,caste is a worse sin in ,america than in ,india4 ,in practicing it the ,hindoo obeys his gods and his veda2 the ,american dishonors his ,god and disobeys his ,bible4 ,the ,hindoo is a heathen and is degraded by caste2 the ,american sends missionaries to convert him and to denounce his caste1 and yet sustains caste at home4 ,the ,hindoo is consistent in denying equal rights to all men2 the ,american boasts that ,god made of one blood all nations1 and that all men are free and equal1 and yet tolerates caste4 ,in sustaining caste the ,american perpetuates the inconsistency and shame of slavery4 ,no greater inconsistency was ever shown than in holding slaves in ,america after the ,declaration of ,independence2 and no greater shame than in the zealous defense of slavery by the press1 the pulpit and the theological seminaries--at the imperious bidding of the slaveholder4 ,caste is the tap root of slavery1 and the defense of it is a repetition--nay1 an aggravation--of the apologies formerly made for slavery4 ,men will live to be ashamed of this defense4 ,caste is a curse to ,america4 ,it injures those who cherish it4 ,caste-prejudice is a sin4 ,all prejudice is narrow1 born of ignorance and hate4 ,caste-prejudice1 therefore1 by narrowing the mind and embittering the heart1 harms the ,american citizen both as a man and a ,christian4 ,it hinders the progress of its victims4 ,the slaves are emancipated--their continued degradation is the nation's danger1 their elevation the nation's hope1 and yet caste shuts up the avenues of trades1 professions1 schools and churches1 through which alone they can escape from ignorance and degradation4 ,if they rise it must be in spite of all the obstacles that caste can throw in their way4 ,it creates race antagonisms4 ,the foreign immigration into this country creates no antagonisms4 ,it flows into the great river of ,american life like brooklets1 bringing down often their turbid waters1 but these are soon mingled and purified in the mightier stream4 ,but caste renders the colored races an opposing tide now indeed overflowed and borne under1 yet resisting their fate4 ,that they are overborne is seen in the nullifying of their vote in the ,south and in denying them access to the rights1 immunities and privileges of the dominant class4 ,but they are neither silent nor submissive4 ,we know how prompt and deadly is the resentment of the ,indian2 the negro and the ,chinaman are more quiet1 but they resist as best they can and await the time1 in the conflict of tides1 when their volume and momentum will give them the preponderance4 ,nor is that awaiting vain1 nor that time distant1 in view of the astonishingly rapid increase of the colored population--an increase of over #ejj per day--an increase of #ce per cent4 in ten years1 as against #bh per cent4 in the white population of the ,south4 ,it is easy to estimate in how few years the colored population will equal the whites1 and it is easy to see that1 as this growth goes on and long before the equal numbers are reached1 the sense of growing strength and of continued wrong will stimulate the negative resistance of the present to the determined hostility of the future2 and when that race conflict comes1 what human ken can foretell the issue8 ,but we may be sure that when it comes the ,north1 the whole nation1 can no more keep out of it than it could keep out of the dreadful conflict with slavery1 out of which this impending struggle grows4 ,special significance is given to all this by the recent decision of the ,supreme ,court of the ,united ,states pronouncing the ,civil ,rights ,bill unconstitutional4 ,this takes from the colored man the last shadow of legal protection to rights which he1 and all men for themselves1 consider essential to their manhood1 and will stimulate him to more determined resistance unless the conscience and good sense of the white races shall speedily end this needless1 yet dangerous conflict4 ,this leads me to ask3 ,is there a remedy for all this1 and what is it8 ,not in dragging the white man down1 but in lifting the colored man up4 ,both races must coperate4 ,the white man must let down the ladder2 the black man must climb4 ,the white man must open the door of the shop1 and the black man must go in and do as good work as the white man can4 ,the white man must open the school house and the black man must go in and become as good a scholar as the white man is4 ,the black man can never attain positions and honors by demanding them simply because he is a black man2 he must fairly win them by being worthy of them4 ,the white man cannot maintain his superiority by denying the black man the chance of becoming his equal4 ,he cannot hold it by force4 ,slavery for a time enabled him to do so1 for then he had superior numbers and the aid of the ,government1 but he has no longer that aid and he cannot always have the weight of superior numbers4 ,the white man must give the chance1 and the black man must take it and win his position4 ,but the white man is not ready to give the chance--in other words1 surrender the vantage ground his color gives him4 ,here is a call for an appeal to conscience4 ,the subject must be discussed1 ,north and ,south1 among white and black alike4 ,as the anti-slavery reform arose not out of the stagnant waters of indifference1 but out of the dashing stream of healthful agitation1 so must the caste reform be brought about4 ,that discussion has begun in earnest1 and will not cease till caste be sent to that bourne to which slavery1 its ancestor1 has gone and whence it shall never return4 ,but discussion must take shape2 the ,church must cease to sustain caste4 ,the time was when men were afraid to oppose slavery because it would hinder the spread of their churches in the ,south4 ,they urged3 8,why endanger the growth of our denomination by joining in this useless clamor against slavery80 ,but the time came when these same persons decided that it was more important to destroy slavery than multiply churches that sustained slavery4 ,missionary societies abandoned their churches in the ,south1 and the great national churches allowed themselves to be rent in twain rather than uphold slavery4 ,only such an attitude against caste will avail anything4 ,when the ,north feels that ten churches or schools that stand unequivocally against caste are more important than a thousand churches or schools that sustain caste1 then we shall see the beginning of the end4 ,but the colored people themselves must be educated out of caste4 ,strange as it may seem1 some of them are its abettors1 and1 stranger still1 they are so religiously4 ,as men1 they repudiate it2 as ,christians1 they sustain it4 ,they prefer separation mainly1 perhaps1 because they think the whites would not welcome them4 ,other reasons may be given4 ,some of the members love excitement in their worship1 and this they can enjoy better if no whites are present2 the leaders can be bishops and rulers among their own people1 but1 if joined to the whites1 these honors are denied1 or1 at least1 unequally divided4 ,why is it that religion is compelled to shield some of the greatest wrongs on earth8 ,albert ,barnes said1 long before slavery was abolished3 8,there is no power out of the ,church that could sustain slavery an hour1 if it were not sustained in it40 ,must sinful and harmful caste1 the baleful progeny of slavery1 find its bulwark in the ,church--nay1 in some of the colored churches themselves8 ,but this wish or willingness of these churches for separation is gravely made use of by many most excellent people as a reason for ceasing to make war against caste4 ,it is said triumphantly3 8,see how the colored people1 welcomed to ,dr4 ,goodell's or ,dr4 ,rankin's churches1 prefer churches of their own40 ,does their abetting caste help to destroy it8 ,did the wish of the ,israelites in the wilderness to return to ,egypt help them on to ,canaan8 ,if the slaves in this country were ever content to remain slaves1 as was sometimes alleged1 that was all the greater evidence of the curse of slavery4 ,if the ,soodra consents to remain a ,soodra1 all the more does he need the breaking of his bondage that he may become a man4 ,and so1 if the colored people consent to caste separation1 all the more do they need emancipation from the bondage of caste4 ,in this point of view the action of some of the large religious bodies ,north and ,south in consenting to a separation on the color line is riveting the chains of caste on the colored people1 and sustaining caste-prejudice in the hearts of the white race2 and it is seriously questioned by many considerate persons whether the presence of two ,congregational ,missionary ,societies in the ,south1 the one working mainly for the whites1 and the other side by side1 mainly for the blacks1 will not1 with all explanations1 be construed into a sanction of caste4 ,the question is fairly before the churches1 and should be met in a frank and ,christian way4 ,the presence with us to-day of a committee appointed by the ,american ,home ,missionary ,society to confer on this very subject renders its consideration by this meeting a matter of comity and of ,christian duty1 and to aid in its intelligent and harmonious settlement ,i beg leave to contribute some facts and considerations4 ,the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 was organized when the great missionary societies1 home and foreign1 aided churches in the ,south that received slaveholders as members4 ,it was formed not as an anti-slavery society1 nor merely as a formal protest against slavery1 but as affording a channel through which anti-slavery ,christians might carry forward missions without complicity with slavery4 ,hence it established missions in foreign lands and among the ,indians1 and also home missions in the ,west4 ,but in the progress of the anti-slavery movement the large missionary societies withdrew their aid from slaveholding churches1 and soon thereafter came the opening for the great work to be done for the freedmen4 ,the ,association was believed to be providentially prepared to undertake this work1 and hence it gave up its home missions in the ,west and among the ,indians and entered with alacrity into this new field4 ,the territory it occupied was the whole ,south1 its schools being located in every ,southern ,state4 ,but gradually it withdrew from ,delaware1 ,maryland1 and unwisely1 as ,i then thought1 and now think1 from ,florida4 ,at the ,west it organized a few churches in ,kansas1 which1 however1 it at length turned over to the ,american ,home ,missionary ,society1 only resuming limited efforts there when the great exodus of colored people thither took place4 ,in ,missouri it never attempted much in church planting4 ,it found that the ,home ,missionary ,society that had done so grand a work from the ,atlantic to the ,pacific1 rearing its monuments of light and piety along the whole line of its march1 had entered ,missouri so effectually that there was no more call for the ,association in those parts1 and hence that state was soon and cheerfully surrendered to the occupancy of that ,society4 ,in ,texas the ,association has established one of its chartered institutions at ,austin1 the ,tillotson ,collegiate and ,normal ,institute2 it was the earliest ,congregational ,society to plant churches in the ,state2 its churches there1 though few1 are more in number than that of any other ,congregational ,society1 and two calls are pressing upon us now for the organization of new churches4 ,thus its field may be said to be the 8,solid ,south0 leaving out ,delaware1 ,maryland1 ,missouri1 ,florida and the new ,state of ,west ,virginia4 ,in this territory it has planted its large and permanent educational institutions2 its #hi churches1 united in eight conferences1 covering nearly the whole ,south4 ,the ,association has been as much opposed to caste as to slavery1 as its early publications abundantly show1 and has ever refused to accept the limitation of a color line4 ,its schools and churches have seemed to be almost wholly confined to the blacks1 solely because it allowed them to enter at all4 ,but it has not confined itself entirely to efforts for that race4 ,it has founded schools and churches mainly white4 ,the church in ,jacksonville1 ,fla41 was organized under its auspices4 ,its founders did not ask pecuniary aid1 but they did ask one of our ,district ,secretaries to assist in the organization1 which he did1 and spent nearly a month with them afterward1 supplying the pulpit until a permanent pastor could be obtained4 ,in ,kentucky1 ,john ,g4 ,fee1 its first missionary in the ,south1 commissioned in #ahdh1 formed white churches on an anti-slavery basis4 ,the same was done by ,daniel ,worth in ,north ,carolina4 ,that church planting in ,kentucky was followed by ,berea ,college1 the most conspicuous example in the ,south of an anti-caste institution1 its pupils being in nearly equal numbers of both races2 and now more recently the example of ,berea has been followed by a church and school in ,williamsburg1 ,ky41 and in ,clover ,bottom4 ,other openings of the same sort are presenting themselves in the same region4 ,the only movement made by ,congregationalists to found white churches in the territory occupied by the ,association was begun during or soon after the war4 ,at that time the work of the ,association was in its infancy1 and the broad and permanent foundations which it has since laid were scarcely anticipated4 ,on the other hand1 this new movement for white churches was mainly confined to the largest cities and perhaps the thought of possible competition was not entertained4 ,at all events the movement was not very successful and was very nearly abandoned4 ,whatever general impressions may have existed at that early day as to the special work of the ,association or whatever special designations may since have been used as to the classes for which it was mainly to labor1 it never supposed that it was to be confined entirely to those classes2 and certainly now1 after nearly twenty years of almost exclusive occupancy of the special territory to which it has confined itself1 so far as ,congregationalists are concerned1 it may well be supposed to look with some surprise upon a movement recently inaugurated to enter that same territory with missionary efforts that practically places it on one side of a color line4 ,an agreement was made between the two societies when this question came before them1 which provides temporarily and tentatively against the repetition of any such interferences as that which started this discussion4 ,both societies have agreed not to enter into any field occupied by the other without mutual consultation4 ,but this agreement provides no permanent basis for a settlement of the question which field each society shall occupy4 ,it only insures ,christian co-operation and forbearance until a settlement be made4 ,what that settlement shall be is for the constituency of our societies to determine1 and to them we must leave it4 ,the ,american ,board and the ,association have made a harmonious arrangement of their respective fields of labor1 and it is to be hoped that an adjustment equally satisfactory may be reached with the ,american ,home ,missionary ,society4 ,in view of all this several questions ought to be considered4 #a4 ,what is the field open before us among the white population of the ,south8 ,it is not the extent of the territory1 nor the number of millions of white people that are in the ,south1 nor even the number that need our school and ,gospel advantages1 but it is3 ,how many of them can be reached by an anti-caste ,gospel8 ,it is not enough to say that we are to preach the ,gospel1 and if people are converted the caste question will take care of itself4 ,well do ,i remember when that plea and policy were in vogue in regard to slavery4 ,the ,gospel was preached1 churches were formed1 and the denominations were happy in their enlargement4 ,slavery also did take care of itself1 and good care1 too1 for it found snug homes in these very churches4 ,and well do ,i remember when these same denominations cast slavery away from them and the coveted churches along with it6 ,the ,american churches cannot afford to repeat that experience in regard to caste4 ,what was done then in comparative innocence1 because done in ignorance1 cannot now be done without great guilt in the light of that experience4 ,we must remember that it is more important to destroy caste than to found churches that will sustain caste4 ,no work can be done by our churches among the white people of the ,south that will stand the test1 that does not proceed on the avowed and practical repudiation of caste2 no school opened that does not welcome the colored child2 no church formed that does not present the open door1 the open hand and the open heart to 8,our ,brother in ,black40 ,there are ,congregationalists in the ,south that are ready to welcome again the polity of ,new ,england and at the same time welcome among them the colored races1 and there are native ,southerners ready for our schools and churches1 and also ready to make no distinction on account of color1 and to all such we ought to carry with joyful hearts and ready hands the institutions we so much cherish4 ,but we ought not to enter upon the effort under a misapprehension4 ,the number of openings for this kind of labor is not great4 #b4 ,the question of two ,congregational ,societies on the ,southern field receives its greatest importance from its relation to caste-prejudice4 ,there are other difficulties4 ,one of the saddest features of the modern church extension at the ,west is the starting of two or more feeble churches of different denominations in small villages or among sparse populations1 creating frictions and rivalries where harmony and ,christian fellowship are so essential1 and a waste of men and money where there is so much need of economy4 ,this would be aggravated in the poorer and sparser settlements of the ,south1 and still more aggravated if the same denomination should1 by two of its own societies there1 thus come into rivalry with itself4 ,in the one case two houses are arrayed against each other2 in the other1 a house is divided against itself4 ,it is the same railroad company running parallel lines in competition with each other4 ,but all these considerations1 grave as they are1 are of small importance when compared with the danger that the division of the labors of two societies1 running mainly along the color line1 would be construed as lending the sanction of the denomination to caste separation4 ,this is the gravamen of the difficulty4 ,i am happy to say that the two societies are equally committed against caste1 and will equally and honorably repudiate all intentional sanction of it4 ,but the bare fact that one is avowedly working mainly for the whites and the other mainly for the blacks1 will1 in spite of all protests to the contrary1 array them before the public as separated only by the color line4 ,it is not proper for me to speak for another society1 but for my own ,i must speak4 ,the ,american ,missionary ,association was born an opponent of slavery4 ,amid poverty1 sneers and reproach from the best of men1 as well as the worst of men1 it pressed forward in its opposition till the glorious end came4 ,it must oppose caste as it did slavery4 ,it began its work among the freedmen as the avowed enemy of caste1 and amid much misapprehension and reproach at the ,south1 it has pressed onward until it has gained the respect of both races4 ,that position it cannot1 and it ought not to be asked to1 surrender or jeopardize by being placed on one side of a line of separation in missionary labors that has no reason for its existence except the colors of the people to be benefited4 #c4 ,if1 in view of all the facts1 it should be ultimately decided that the ,congregational churches should be represented at the ,south by one missionary society1 the decision should be reached in the broadest spirit of ,christian wisdom and kindness4 ,the ,american ,missionary ,association is not eager to be pushed forward into the mission work among the whites1 but it knows something of their needs1 especially their need of deliverance from caste-prejudice that mars the symmetry of their piety and chills their hearts as slavery did1 and that perpetuates a race antagonism that must be crushed before the ,south can be safe or prosperous4 ,if the ,association should be called to that work1 it has some experiences and facilities that would be helpful4 ,its past record would be a guaranty that it would not foster caste4 ,it would have no temptation to found schools and churches mainly white that should be rivals of its schools and churches mainly colored1 and it could have no reason to hesitate in establishing both1 if both were needed4 ,it is not 8handicapped0 for this work except by its firm and well-known attitude against caste1 and any other society equally faithful on that subject would soon be equally handicapped4 ,its large planting of schools and churches1 with a value of property of nearly a million of dollars1 gives it a position and an influence that it would take any other society a long time and a large outlay of funds to acquire--to say nothing of the facilities it thus possesses to extend its work among both races4 ,it has a wide acquaintance with the ,southern people1 both white and colored1 and has won for itself a large place in their confidence1 by its quiet1 unselfish and useful work for both4 ,it has1 moreover1 already done something in bringing the two races together in school and church1 and for this reason it is fitted to be a bond of union and ,christian fellowship between them4 ,this ,association1 standing on the ruins of slavery1 and amid the schools and churches it has erected thereon for the benefit of the colored race1 and to some extent also for the white1 would find it both cognate and congenial to enlarge its work among the whites1 both the ignorant and the educated1 carrying to them a gospel that is not only uplifting and purifying1 but that makes no caste distinction in the school room or in the house of ,god4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,report ,,on ,,educational ,,work4 ,the ,committee on the ,educational ,work of the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 would respectfully report that they find the history of the past year highly satisfactory and encouraging4 ,it is a record of enlarged accommodations at several of the institutions4 ,stone ,hall1 at ,atlanta1 the fourth of the buildings erected by the munificence of ,mrs4 ,valeria ,g4 ,stone1 has been completed4 ,new buildings1 or very considerable additions to former buildings1 have been constructed at ,midway1 ,macon1 ,talladega1 ,williamsburg1 ,hillsboro1 ,memphis and ,new ,orleans2 yet from several quarters the call still comes for more room4 ,it is a record of increased practical efficiency4 ,industrial training1 which forms so important an adjunct of the work1 has been making progress by workshops established at ,macon and ,memphis1 and arrangements for carpentry schools at ,tougaloo and ,atlanta2 while farming education and training in housekeeping go on at various points as heretofore1 supplemented at ,memphis by instruction in nursing and hygiene2 and ,hampton continues to teach more vigorously than ever a variety of handicrafts1 such as printing1 bookbinding1 iron and tin work1 carpentry and wood turning1 the manufacture of sash and doors1 shoe and harness making1 tailoring and farming4 ,all this is1 for the present1 a very essential element of the educational work4 ,it is a record of some degree of expansion1 although the main aspect is rather one of consolidation and elevation4 ,the number of teachers has increased by twenty-eight and the number of common schools by four2 the number of pupils being but slightly greater than last year4 ,the grade of these institutions is steadily advancing4 ,among these pupils are found1 we are happy to say1 ninety theological students--twelve more than were reported last year4 ,the three ,teachers' ,institutes1 held in as many ,states1 may prove to be the entering wedge of another great instrument of power and quickening influence4 ,the crowded halls and interested audiences of the anniversaries of so many of our ,institutions are a striking manifestation of genuine progress4 ,when we remember that the oldest of these institutions has seen but a quarter of a century1 and practically but twenty years of life time1 and that now we rejoice in eight chartered institutions1 comparatively strong and effective1 twelve high and normal schools and forty-two common schools1 with #bgi teachers doing their soul-expanding work1 we may well say 8,what hath ,god wrought40 ,far as it falls short of our desire and our duty1 so far and more also does it exceed the boldest reasonable expectations of the dark and cloudy time of the beginning4 ,but far the most satisfactory statement of the annual report is its record of the religious spirit which guides1 controls and pervades this whole educational movement4 ,the information that at seven out of eight of the chartered institutions 8special religious interest has been manifest1 adding scores and scores of these scholars to the number of the disciples of ,christ10 and that1 8as yet1 but very few have been graduated from our various courses of study who had not become ,christians10 is a record of the crowning mercy of ,god4 ,so may it ever be4 ,the heart and conscience must be quickened with the intellect or there is no good hope for that race1 or for any other race4 ,it must be ,christian education4 ,the school and the ,church must move on together at the ,south as they started together from ,plymouth ,rock1 and they must extend1 as far as possible--certainly must offer--their joint benign influences1 not to a portion of the population1 but to all classes and races alike4 ,for the part can receive its full benefit only in conjunction with the benefit of the whole4 ,this is no new principle1 but the method in which1 as our annual reports show1 this ,association has been proceeding throughout its history4 ,having always refused to recognize the color-line1 it can proceed on no other basis without defeating its own ends1 and compromising its own principles4 ,and the recent decision of the ,supreme ,court has rolled a new burden on the ,church4 ,hence it is that your committee look with much interest upon the experiment1 tried and effectually settled at ,berea1 and now extending thence among the 8mountain whites10 of including all classes and races in the purview of our educational and ,christian work4 ,we refer to the movement at ,williamsburg1 a county-seat on the ,cumberland ,river1 which is simply a repetition of the movement at ,berea of twenty years ago--with this difference1 that the abolition of the color-line1 both in church and school1 at ,williamsburg1 is fully accepted beforehand by an actual constituency in that place4 ,here the establishment of an academy to educate teachers for the common schools of the county--of whom1 as of the population1 but a small portion are colored persons--went hand in hand with the opening of the church to both races alike1 and has led most naturally to the establishment of three adjacent preaching places1 and the formation of another church at the nearest railway station4 ,this method1 when viewed simply on its own merits1 seems to be at once the dictate of a wise ,christian economy1 and an almost necessary sequence1 or rather part1 of the work of ,christian education4 ,within the particular regions where this ,association is planting its schools1 exerting its influence and gaining the confidence of the community1 it would seem to have peculiar advantages and a special call to leaven the whole community with the institutions of the gospel2 while the molding influence of its ,christian schools will be left incomplete1 except as permanently embodied1 fortified and nourished by surrounding ,christian churches1 built upon the same fundamental principles4 ,similar in condition1 character and wants to this ,whitley ,county1 in ,kentucky1 is a great area of five hundred miles by two hundred1 beginning in ,virginia and extending to ,alabama1 occupied chiefly by a white population numbering nearly two millions1 of whom more than half the adults can neither read nor write4 ,it is one of the most needy and neglected regions of our country1 and presents a pressing call to ,christian philanthropy to enter and occupy4 ,s4 ,c4 ,,bartlett1 ,chairman4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,address ,,of ,,president ,s4 ,c4 ,,bartlett4 ,there is perhaps some propriety in my saying an earnest word for the educational work of this ,association1 representing as ,i do a college that from its birth abolished the color line in education4 ,more than a century ago ,dartmouth ,college was training the red man and more than half a century ago the black man4 ,our first six graduates included three missionaries to the ,indians1 and the last class that entered contains a full-blooded ,dakota and a ,cherokee4 ,fifty-nine years ago1 twenty-two years before the first anniversary of this ,association1 we were educating the negro4 ,in #ahbd a young man from ,martinique1 of irreproachable character and conduct1 but with some ,african color and ,african blood in his veins1 applied for admission4 ,objections were raised in some quarters from the fear that his presence would prove unwelcome4 ,the students heard of it1 held meetings and sent a committee to urge his reception1 and under the direction of a most conservative ,board of ,trustees1 with ,dr4 ,bennet ,tyler at its head1 he was admitted1 and into one of the most distinguished classes in the history of the institution4 ,there1 in company with forty classmates1 who from that small number have furnished six college professors1 two theological professors1 two college presidents1 two ,indian missionaries1 a senator of the ,united ,states and a judge of a ,supreme ,court1 ,edward ,mitchell went on in comfort1 graduated with honor and did a good work in the ,baptist ministry4 ,since then many colored men have entered without hindrance1 inconvenience1 disability or disrespect4 ,they have been the equal companions and in some instances the room-mates of their fellow students4 ,in ,june last two such young men graduated1 one of them an appointment man and a commencement speaker4 ,we know the colored man as a student1 a ,christian and a gentleman4 ,and without making contrasts or comparisons1 ,i will say that were all our students as irreproachable as these last two colored men1 there would be no more discipline in the institution4 ,we might burn our college laws4 ,i have seen the colored student elsewhere in ,northern schools4 ,some of you remember that choice young man1 ,barnabas ,root1 a ,christian scholar in ,america1 though the son of a heathen chief in ,africa4 ,i well remember his graduating oration at ,knox ,college1 second to no other on that occasion4 ,i remember him as three years a student in ,chicago ,theological ,seminary1 in all respects the peer of his classmates4 ,when that young man passed away just on the threshold of his missionary career1 it was a grievous loss to his race and to the church4 ,it is not necessary to say that all are like these4 ,but these show what can be and sometimes will be4 ,educationally1 they are a most hopeful race1 because1 in the main eager for improvement4 ,and with whatever deductions1 it may be doubted whether the summons to awake and arise intellectually1 socially and morally ever fell on the ears of six or seven millions of people with such a simultaneous thrill of response4 ,when ,i look out on our educational work at the ,south1 ,i am greatly impressed with what has been already done1 even more than ,i am oppressed with what remains to be done4 ,what have you done8 ,no doubt it was a notable plan of the ,french authorities in this country near two hundred years ago to encircle this young nation with a chain of military stations from the ,gulf of ,st4 ,lawrence to the ,gulf of ,mexico4 ,but this ,association has done better than that4 ,you have gone not to the outskirts1 but to the centre4 ,you have planted your cordon of educational fortresses from the ,potomac and the ,ohio almost to the ,rio ,grande1 through the heart of the ,south in all the great slave-holding ,states4 ,they are there to stay and to re-construct4 ,they are already working powerfully1 not alone on the education of individual young men and young women1 but on the education of the community and of public sentiment4 ,what a change has the ,president of the ,board of ,trustees of ,berea ,college lived to behold--the man who was robbed and driven out1 but who now sees white men and black in nearly equal numbers graduating together1 and audiences of three or four thousand gathered to hear them4 ,and these sixteen other anniversaries lately chronicled in the ,,american ,,missionary1 with their interested audiences and crowded halls1 sometimes in stately buildings1 are the signal tokens of a great transformation4 ,no more significant testimony could be given to this change than a sort of wail in the ,atlantic ,monthly over the 8,new ,departure in ,negro ,life10 a lament over the decadence of 8the jocund customs of the past10 with its thoughtless levity and hilarity1 and over the 8half-hearted manner in which the characteristic festivities that remain are gone through with40 ,what does it mean8 ,it means1 says the writer1 that 8an unmistakable change in the negro character is at hand1 and in an advanced state of progress4 ,he is putting away childish things and striving in his own crude way to grasp matters of higher import4 ,the bulk of the race have learned to read after a fashion4 ,his primer1 his vade mecum1 is the ,bible4 ,never before1 perhaps1 in the history of the world1 have two decades brought about such a manifest change in a race4 ,religion1 religionism1 forms the staple of his speech by day1 and the stuff that his dreams are made of by night40 ,would that the picture was more completely true4 ,but1 thank ,god1 it is at least founded on fact4 ,the race is aroused1 and in earnest4 ,it is bent on accumulation1 education1 elevation4 ,the world may pay as little heed to the movement as did the ,roman world in the time of ,tacitus to the ,christian ,church in the ,eternal ,city2 but the time is not distant when the world will see that this quiet work is one of the great movements of modern history4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,christian ,,education ,,at ,,the ,,south4 ,,by ,,rev4 ,,washington ,,gladden1 ,d4,d4 ,the problem that confronts us this morning is that which is presented by the illiteracy of this country1 and especially of the ,southern ,states4 ,this is not the only problem before this ,association2 the problem of the irreligion and heathenism which infest many regions also claims our energies4 ,there is moral evil as well as ignorance to be met and fought and overcome4 ,the ,association has an evangelical work as well as an educational work in its hands2 and though1 as we shall see1 these two are properly one1 yet it is now convenient to consider them separately4 ,it is the educational work that is now before us4 ,we educate1 because education is the servant of a pure religion4 ,we educate1 because we are the missionaries of a faith which always adds to itself virtue1 and to its virtue knowledge4 ,we educate1 because a genuine ,christianity always educates2 because the work of the pulpit1 the work of the ,church everywhere must always be1 in considerable part1 the work of education2 but1 more especially1 we of this ,association educate1 because the peoples with whom we work are in peculiar need of education2 and because nothing but intelligence will ever break the fetters of degrading superstition by which they are held1 and lead them forth into the liberty of the sons of ,god4 ,we educate1 also1 because we love our country1 and because we believe that there is no other remedy for evils that now threaten her very existence1 but the remedy of ,christian education4 ,thus we are brought face to face with the problem of illiteracy4 ,illiteracy in a republic2 what does it signify8 ,it is the creeping paralysis that unnerves its arm2 it is the malaria that poisons its blood2 it is the cataract that dims and finally destroys its vision2 it is the slow decay that consumes its life4 ,illiteracy1 ignorance1 in a republic is1 and must always be1 assailing and undermining its very foundations4 ,it is the natural and deadly foe of free government4 ,no republic can live1 no republic ought to live1 in which the voters are ignorant4 ,voting in a republic is governing2 and no man has any right to govern me who does not know enough to govern himself4 ,no man has any right to take part in the government of the nation1 who has not some notion of what right government is4 ,i protest against such government4 ,i have never consented to the justice of it1 and ,i never will4 ,i do not believe that the ,state has any right to intrust this responsible business of governing--and voting is governing--to the hands of men who cannot read the ballots that they cast and who have no conception of the duties of a citizen4 ,but the ,state has done it2 and what has been done cannot be undone by any political methods4 ,it is with the consequences that we have to do4 ,and the consequences are tremendous1 appalling to those who stop to consider them4 ,the total number of men of voting age in the ,southern ,states at the last census was #d1aed1abe4 ,of these #a1ced1igd could neither read nor write4 ,a little more than thirty-two per cent4 of the voters of those ,states were at that time wholly illiterate4 ,think of that6 ,almost one-third of all the voters in sixteen ,states of the ,union so ignorant that they cannot write their own names or read the simplest ,english sentence6 ,and these are our rulers4 ,i know very well that you will find among these thirteen hundred thousand illiterate voters not a few men of great natural shrewdness and considerable general information1 who may be fairly qualified to discharge the duties of citizenship4 ,there are men to whom all print is shut1 who can see quite as far into public questions as many of those to whom print is as wide open as it was to ,silas ,wegg4 ,the alphabet test is by no means an infallible test4 ,some who could not pass this test are well qualified for citizenship4 ,on the other hand1 there are tens of thousands of those who are reported among the literates1 who are put down as being able to read and write1 and who are yet utterly ignorant4 ,they can manage to scrawl their names1 perchance1 or to skip and tumble about a little among simple words in a primer3 but the reading and writing of which they boast is of no sort of use to them as fitting them to vote intelligently4 ,you would need to add a great many figures to that array in the census if you should state fully the facts in regard to the illiteracy of the ,southern ,states4 ,i think we shall all agree with ,dr4 ,haygood when he says1 as he did at the meeting of the ,national ,educational ,association in ,washington last winter1 8,this is bad enough40 ,and perhaps we should also be able to agree with him in the further statement that it 8is far from being the worst of this sad case4 ,the worst10 he says1 8is this3 the illiterate vote in these ,states is increasing4 ,from #ahgj to #ahhj the increase of this army of ignorant voters in the ,south amounted to #ahg1fga40 ,of course this is worse1 in one sense2 for the more we learn of this illiteracy the worse we are off1 no doubt4 ,but there is a brighter side to this picture1 thank ,god6 ,it is dark enough1 at best2 and ,i want you to see it in all its blackness2 but ,i do not want to paint it any blacker than it is4 ,after you have seen the facts just as they are1 you will still find on your hands a stupendous task2 but you will have1 ,i trust1 some reasons for believing that it is not a hopeless task4 ,it is true1 then1 as ,dr4 ,haygood says1 that there was a positive increase of illiterate voters in the ,south between #ahgj and #ahhj4 ,he makes this increase in round numbers #aig1jjj2 the figures ,i have found increase it a little to #bjh1jjj4 ,but that is not a relative increase4 ,the increase in the illiterate vote does not keep pace with the increase of the population4 ,the population increased #cj per cent4 in the ten years2 the illiterate vote increased less than #bj per cent4 ,in #ahgj1 more than #dj per cent4 of the voters of the ,south were illiterate2 in #ahhj1 only #cb per cent4 were illiterate4 ,this is what ,i call very substantial gain4 ,under the circumstances ,i am inclined to call it a splendid gain1 one that is quite worth singing the doxology over1 one that should cause us all to thank ,god and take courage4 ,but there are other features of the case to my own mind still more significant4 ,dr4 ,haygood says in the same address to which ,i have referred3 8,in this downward progress the two races keep well together40 ,we have seen that it is not a downward1 but an upward progress4 ,and ,i think we shall see that instead of the two races keeping well together1 one of them is falling a good ways behind4 ,which is it8 8,the increase of the illiterate white vote10 says ,dr4 ,haygood1 8was #ic1bgi2 of the illiterate negro vote1 #id1cib4 ,the whites being in the majority1 take the ,south as a whole1 the increase of the illiterate vote is relatively greater among the ,negroes40 ,this is a great misconception4 ,dr4 ,haygood has no purpose whatever of misrepresenting the facts2 we all know that4 ,no man in the country is doing better work for the colored people than he is doing2 no man deserves more honor2 but he has misapprehended the facts in this statement2 and ,i know that he will be glad to be corrected4 ,it is true1 then1 that the actual increase of the illiterate white vote in the ,southern ,states during the last decade was about the same as that of the illiterate ,negro vote2 #ic1jjj of the one1 #id1jjj of the other4 ,but how was it in #ahgj8 ,in that year there were in the ,southern ,states #cag1bha adult whites who were illiterate1 and #hbj1jbb adult ,negroes4 ,there were at that time considerably more than two and a half times as many ,negro illiterates as white illiterates4 ,now1 if the ,negroes have added to their eight hundred thousand illiterates only about #id1jjj1 while the whites have added to their three hundred thousand about #ic1jjj1 it seems to me that the relative increase is immensely greater among the whites than among the ,negroes4 ,in fact1 the increase of the illiterate white vote1 in the ten years1 was more than twenty-eight per cent41 while the increase of the illiterate ,negro vote was only eleven and a half per cent4 ,dr4 ,haygood gives the figures with respect to several of the ,states4 8,in ,georgia10 he says1 8the illiterate white voters in #ahgj were #ba1hii2 in #ahhj1 #bh1ega2 the illiterate ,negro voters in ,georgia1 in #ahgj1 were #ajj1eea2 in #ahhj1 #aaf1eaf40 ,let us see what these figures mean4 ,in ,georgia1 in #ahgj1 the whole number of males of voting age was #bcg1fdj2 in #ahhj1 it was #cba1dch4 ,the increase of adult males was1 therefore1 about #ca per cent4 ,but the increase in the whole number of illiterate voters was only about #ah-a_/b per cent4 according to ,dr4 ,haygood's figures4 ,the white illiterates1 however1 increased #cj-a_/b per cent4 while the colored illiterates increased not quite #af per cent4 ,two other ,states in which we are deeply interested1 are reported to us in ,dr4 ,haygood's figures1 and1 neglecting the numbers which he gives1 ,i will give you the percentages1 which he neglects4 ,in ,kentucky the number of male adults has increased #bc per cent4 and the whole number of illiterate voters about #ba-a_/b per cent4 ,but the per cent4 of increase among the illiterate white voters is very nearly #bc1 almost keeping up with the increase of population1 where the per cent4 of increase among illiterate ,negro voters is not quite fourteen4 ,in ,tennessee the facts are still more striking4 ,the increase in the whole number of males of voting age was1 in the ten years1 about #bf per cent41 while the increase in the number of illiterate voters was only #ac per cent4 ,the illiterate voters increased only half as fast as the voting population4 ,here1 evidently1 a very successful attack has been made upon the strongholds of illiteracy4 ,but where have these victories been gained--among the whites or the ,negroes8 ,almost wholly among the latter4 ,the number of illiterate white voters increased during the ten years #bd percent41 almost as fast as the population1 while the illiterate ,negro voters increased during the same period less than five per cent4 ,taking these three ,states together1 we find that the percentage of increase of males of voting age was #bg2 of illiterate voters1 #ah2 of illiterate white voters1 #be2 of illiterate ,negro voters1 #ab4 ,now these figures completely overthrow the statement that the increase of illiteracy is relatively greater among the ,negroes than among the whites4 ,they show that the proportions are all the other way1 tremendously the other way2 the difference between the two races is startling4 ,the whites are gaining a little in this battle with the powers of darkness2 but it is very little2 they are scarcely doing more than hold their own2 but the ,negroes are gaining splendidly2 it is to them that the large increase in the percentage of intelligent voters is mainly due4 ,now what does this mean8 ,of course it is due to several causes4 ,the ,negroes had had but about five years of opportunity when the census of #ahgj was taken2 in #ahhj they had had fifteen years of opportunity4 ,that a better chance has been offered them1 and that they are taking the chance that has been offered them1 these figures assure us4 ,but they tell us something more1 that1 to us1 is very significant4 ,the gains of intelligence among the ,negroes in all parts of the ,south have been much more rapid than those of the whites2 but they have been more rapid in these three ,states than in most other parts of the ,south2 and why8 ,why8 ,did you ever hear of ,fisk1 and ,berea and ,atlanta8 ,the census tables have heard of them1 if you have not4 ,it is to the hundreds of young people that go out every year from these colleges1 and such as these1 teaching in public and in private schools pupils of their own color1 that this gain in the battle with illiteracy at the ,south is due4 ,they are the children of the light1 who are waging this victorious battle with the powers of darkness4 ,there has been great improvement1 of course1 in the public schools of the ,south during this decade2 but in this improvement the whites have shared as well as the blacks2 the great reasons for the more rapid advancement of the blacks are1 first1 that they are more eager for instruction than the ignorant whites1 and1 secondly1 that they are better supplied with teachers--missionaries of education1 who not only do much to supply the demand for knowledge already existing1 but who do still more to increase this demand4 ,we come back1 now1 from our brief excursion into this fruitful and fascinating realm of percentages1 to confront again that large mass of illiteracy that lies athwart the path of this nation4 ,huge it is1 but1 thank ,god1 it looks not so vast and unmanageable as once it seemed4 ,it is growing2 but the nation is growing faster2 relatively it is decreasing4 ,it is far too formidable yet to be let alone2 so long as ignorance rules almost one-third of our rulers in all of these sixteen ,states1 no man has any right to relax his vigilance or abate his energies4 ,what these figures show is simply this1 that work tells2 that our money is not wasted2 that our labor is not in vain in the ,lord2 that if we will only keep it up with our giving and our working1 if we will only see to it that these same agencies that have done this grand work in the past ten years are fully equipped to carry it on with increasing vigor1 we may hope to gain in the next ten years still more rapid and decisive victories4 ,the word that comes to every friend of the ,american ,missionary ,association1 to every benefactor in deed or in purpose of these noble schools1 is the word that ,grant sent to ,sheridan after the battle of ,five ,forks3 8,push things60 ,you've got 'em running1 these legions of ignorance and darkness2 up and after them2 harry them on the flank1 press them in the rear1 till they plunge like the herd of devil-pestered hogs1 into the ,gulf of ,mexico4 ,you have got the forces to do this work4 ,all you want to do is to give them a better equipment4 ,you want no new machinery2 you only want more power2 no new organizations1 but reinforcements of those in the field4 ,the kinds of educational work that this ,association is doing are exactly the kinds of work that must be done4 ,the industrial training given in some of the schools is admirable2 the normal training of teachers is work whose results are immediate and beneficent2 the higher education1 too1 is abundantly justified4 ,if there are any who have doubts on this last score1 ,i am not one of them4 ,there is nothing that these six millions of colored people need to-day more than they need thoroughly educated men of their own race to be their leaders4 ,more than any other class in this country1 they are in danger of being misled by petty demagogues and small philosophers4 ,we cannot too soon furnish them with social and political and religious guides who have been trained by severe discipline to think clearly1 to consider questions broadly and historically1 to reason judicially and dispassionately1 to chasten the exuberance and verbosity of their own people with the dignity and judgment that are the fruits of sound learning4 ,such examples of high character and broad culture scattered about here and there among the ,negro people will do more to form their ideals and direct their progress than can be done in any other way4 ,i tell you that the money spent in making first-class men in these colleges is as well invested as any other money that you spend4 ,the only thing to be desired about such schools as ,fisk and ,atlanta is that their standards be made higher and more inflexible1 year by year1 and that their work be more and more thorough1 so that the diploma shall mean in every case just as much as the diploma of ,amherst or ,williams or ,bowdoin4 ,it is a ,christian education that pupils are receiving in these schools of ours4 ,most of the pupils who go out from them to become pastors1 teachers1 lawyers1 physicians1 merchants1 citizens1 fathers and mothers are ,christian men and women2 and they become messengers of a pure ,gospel1 living epistles of ,christ1 wherever they go4 ,especially as teachers do they make their influence felt4 ,we cannot ,christianize the public school systems of the ,southern ,states2 but if we can ,christianize the teachers1 that is a much more effective service4 ,and that is precisely what we are doing in all these ,southern schools4 ,this ,association has been promoting ,christian education at the ,south in quite another fashion4 ,gently1 without censure or denunciation1 by the silent influence of ,christly lives1 it has been teaching the ,southern people that caste is un-,christian4 ,it is a great lesson2 it is a lesson hard to learn2 and we must not wonder at it3 the social maxims and usages of centuries are not changed in a day4 ,but it will be learned by and by2 patience and fidelity and sweet reasonableness in those who teach it will have their reward in ,god's good time4 ,it only needs that we should quietly bear our testimony and wait2 the leaven may be hidden now1 but it is working2 and the time will surely come1 and as speedily as it ought to come1 when from churches and from schools the color line will disappear4 ,i do not think that the people who have commissioned and who support this ,association in its work--the great ,congregational communion1 on which it mainly depends--can propose to themselves any better sort of work than that which this ,association is doing1 or can afford to carry on that work in any other way or by any other hands4 ,it is true1 as the figures ,i have quoted have shown1 that the colored people have received most of the benefit of this work1 and that the whites have profited by it but little4 ,this is true of the educational work1 and of the church work as well4 ,but it is not because the schools and churches of this ,association are not open to whites and blacks on equal terms4 ,it is simply because they are open to whites and blacks on equal terms4 ,this is the only reason why the whites do not generally avail themselves of these excellent advantages4 ,it is because the basis on which these schools and churches rest is frankly and thoroughly ,christian--because caste is not tolerated in them--that the white people of the ,south have held aloof from them4 ,for the present1 until their convictions and feelings on this subject shall have changed1 the white people of the ,south will1 generally1 hold themselves aloof from any church or school that rests on this basis1 no matter by whom it may be administered4 ,any society that is as frankly and thoroughly ,christian as this society has always been1 will have the same difficulty in reaching the whites that this society experiences4 ,it is possible that churches or schools might be established at the ,south1 nominally open to both races1 but really intended exclusively for the whites1 into which some whites could be drawn4 ,you might put it into the constitution that no distinctions of color were recognized in the church1 and you might still keep saying3 8,of course colored people are welcome here1 if they want to come2 but we think they will be happier and better off in churches of their own40 ,probably the colored people would not accept this kind of welcome2 and possibly some whites would be satisfied with this method of establishing the color line4 ,it would be an effective method1 no doubt4 ,but is this the sort of thing that the people calling themselves ,congregationalists want to do8 ,for one ,i feel sure that it is not worth doing4 ,i don't believe that we can afford to propagate two kinds of ,congregationalism down there1 one of which is frankly and bravely ,christian in its dealings with the caste of color1 and the other of which is1 to say the least1 less frankly ,christian1 consenting1 by its silence1 to the maintenance of the color line4 ,such a policy seems to me something other than ,christian1 something less than ,christian3 and ,i1 for my part1 have no time and no money to spend in propagating a ,congregationalism that is broader or narrower1 or higher or lower1 or tighter or looser than simple ,christianity4 ,when our zeal for the propagation of ,congregationalism leads us to slur over the everlasting verities of ,christ's kingdom1 it is leading in doubtful ways4 ,it has been said that this ,association is handicapped by its record and its methods in the work of reaching the whites of the ,south4 ,perhaps it is4 ,so was ,he handicapped in ,his work among the ,pharisees1 of whom it was said3 8,why eateth your ,master with publicans and sinners80 ,the burden it is bearing is the cross of ,christ2 nothing else4 ,it has gone down into humiliation with its ,master to succor and save these ,his brethren4 ,would it be better for the ,association to fling aside this burden8 ,would it be wise for any other society going down into that field to work to refuse to take it up or to try to hide it from the sight of men8 ,the disability under which this ,association labors is its glory4 ,and ,i do not believe that it will prove to be a permanent impediment in its work4 ,no2 that cannot be4 ,i believe in the victorious might of ,christian principles4 ,the heroic faith and patience of the men and women who have been toiling there so long among ,christ's little ones1 identifying themselves with the lowly and giving their lives for them1 neither striving nor crying against the scorn that has greeted them1 reviled but reviling not again1 must triumph in the end4 ,it is the one power that is irresistible4 ,the barriers of caste will go down before it1 and the color line will no longer stain the threshold of the ,christian ,church4 ,so1 then1 ,i do not believe that we1 as ,congregationalists1 need any other agency in the ,southern field than the one that has wrought there so nobly in the years now past4 ,i am sure that even the educational work of this ,association would be obstructed by the entrance of any other missionary organization into this field4 ,because ,i love and honor the ,home ,missionary ,society1 ,i do not want to see it compromise itself or imperil the interests of ,christ's kingdom at the ,south by turning from its proper work1 its urgent work1 to try a doubtful experiment4 ,and ,i trust this ,association1 in all love and kindness1 but with all needful frankness1 will express its wishes in this matter4 ,two little boys were astride of a hobby-horse1 and the one who was riding ahead was being crowded out of the saddle1 and was clinging with some difficulty to the neck of the wooden steed4 ,finally he ventured3 8,jimmy1 don't you think if one of us should get off ,i could ride a little better80 ,i hope that the ,american ,missionary ,society will say1 by her representatives here1 to her honored sister1 the ,american ,home ,missionary ,society3 8,don't you think that if one of us should keep out of this ,southern field1 ,i could do my work in it a little better80 ,i am sure that she has earned the right to express this wish1 and ,i have not the slightest fear that the wish will not be heeded4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,address ,,of ,,prof4 ,c4 ,g4 ,,fairchild4 ,from the trend of the discussion this morning ,i find that a large responsibility has drifted into my hands4 ,there is among the churches in the ,north a deep1 unmistakable interest in those long-neglected ignorant whites of the ,south4 ,it is a difficult problem to tell how to turn this into channels that shall benefit these people without on the one hand neglecting the work already undertaken by this ,association or1 on the other1 giving some suspicion of countenancing a color line and perhaps bringing a clashing of interests between sister societies4 ,in the report on education just received1 special attention was turned to the mountain whites4 ,perhaps the solution of our difficulties may be found here4 ,certainly there will arise in your minds no suspicion of waning interest in the colored people or sympathy with caste on the part of those who have heretofore been closely connected with this mountain work at ,berea ,college and the surrounding regions4 ,it is their unanimous conviction that work undertaken for these mountain people with firm faith in ,christian brotherhood and unswerving courage will assist in unfurling upon a higher masthead the broad motto borne on the seal of ,berea ,college for twenty-five years past3 8,god hath made of one blood all nations of men40 ,the term 8mountain0 stands for much more than appears at first4 ,it stands for a larger1 more inviting and fertile section than many are aware of4 ,it comprises a stretch of country commencing in the ,virginias and extending to ,alabama1 #ejj miles one way by #bjj the other4 ,much of the land1 not simply in valleys1 but also upon the benches of hillsides and even upon the broad mountain tops1 is as fertile as the better known sections of the ,south4 ,at the base of these hills lies an untold wealth of coal1 iron and other minerals which is1 as yet1 almost untouched1 while the summits of these hills are still crowned with the virgin forests4 ,this country supports now a population of two millions1 though its capabilities are wretchedly developed4 ,the growth since the war in these regions has been at almost double the ratio of that of other parts of the ,south4 ,but the term 8mountain0 bespeaks a country with different social and political characteristics4 ,slavery had no use for a self-respectful1 laboring white man4 ,the badge of manual labor was a badge of servile degradation4 ,of two brothers one would chance to get a little start1 own a few slaves and all society would spur him onward4 ,the other1 less fortunate at the start1 would slip away to some mountain hamlet and lead an uneventful1 unambitious life and bring up a large family in utter ignorance4 ,he plodded on his way1 working only as necessity compelled him1 instinctively hating slavery1 slave-owners and slaves4 ,thus slavery rejected not simply this broken mountainous country1 but the large class of whites which inhabited this region4 ,if the ,north cares to dignify physical labor in the ,south1 if it feels the need of a class that has a natural love for free1 republican institutions1 if it cares to have the common-school system take rooting in the soil1 if it desires a class of whites that shall be the wise1 consistent friends of the colored people1 perhaps it may find that this large body of whites rejected by slavery will prove the effective agency under the divine planning for this purpose4 ,the stone which the builders rejected may become the head of the corner4 ,but one or two railroads cross this section4 ,there are few towns of any importance1 and a man who should own #aj1jjj worth of property would be the great man for twenty miles around4 ,they are an agricultural people1 each family living on its own little farm of #ej to #ajj acres1 the homestead often having been handed down through two or three generations4 ,the houses range from the painted and unpainted frame house of four to six rooms to the very common little log hut of one to two rooms where you will find huddled together at night a father and mother1 and children of every age1 and you yourself if you happen to be their guest4 ,the most that is needed for family wants1 from corn and bacon to tobacco1 is raised by themselves4 ,often such a family will not see #ej in cash the year round4 ,even the old hand looms find a friendly shelter in those ,rip ,van ,winkle hollows4 ,a man who moved from these regions to ,berea1 that he might give his seven children an education1 wore upon his back his carefully preserved wedding suit1 the wool for which he himself had cut from the backs of his father's sheep1 and which his mother1 after spinning1 and weaving1 and dyeing with butternut bark1 had cut and made for him4 ,a little shovel plough1 a hand-made hoe1 and an unkempt mule with a straw collar make up the agricultural outfit4 ,the schoolhouse is a log hut sometimes without doors and windows1 or even a floor4 ,for religious services1 dependence is placed upon the chance visits of an exhorter who sometimes cannot read1 and is even proud of getting his inspiration at first hand4 ,there is a section of ,eastern ,kentucky1 #bjj miles one way by #ajj the other1 that has not a settled minister of any denomination4 ,some hesitate about extending the work of this ,association beyond the blacks1 but they need have little scruple here1 for this section of the map of our country is black through illiteracy4 ,more than half of the adult white population native born1 of the same stock and lineage that furnished from the more favored sections the ,clays and ,breckenridges1 that gave to this country ,abraham ,lincoln--more than half of this white population cannot read or write4 ,thus1 not on the farther side of broad oceans1 or even the distant borders of our land1 but right at hand in the very heart of the best settled and most cultured part of our country lies this territory1 vast in extent1 utterly neglected by all uplifting agencies in the past1 peculiarly susceptible to the awakening influences of the changed social conditions at the ,south1 where there is an ignorance so dense that when we remember that they are our brothers and sisters1 not by ,christian ties simply but by direct blood and lineage1 we must hang our heads in shame4 ,surely if the ,church at the ,north is sighing for new worlds to conquer1 what more claim can there possibly be upon its attention and benevolence8 ,it is a matter of congratulation that this work can be entered upon by this ,association at once and with vigor1 without embarrassment or exciting in any quarter criticism or suspicion4 ,it is idle for us to suppose that the social growth of generations enforced by ignorance1 savage heredity and marked physical characteristics1 has wasted away in less than a score of years4 ,more vital than any political problem or the growth of any special church polity is the question whether the time can ever come in this country when the negro in debating his chances and opportunities in life shall not be made to feel that his color is a drawback to him4 ,in working out the solution of this problem this ,association has borne a part that is fast challenging the respect of the ,south and the admiration of the ,north4 ,this is a vantage ground that it is hazardous to yield4 ,the work of this ,association is understood everywhere to mean that nothing less than the utter demolishment of every barrier in the upward progress of the negro race will satisfy it4 ,if1 therefore1 the churches lay upon it this further work1 we feel sure that not only by heritage will it prove true to these fundamental principles1 but that the workers at present in the ,south will exercise an ,argus-eyed vigilance that nowhere shall there be a shadow of a suspicion that the spirit of caste has influenced its action4 ,without rashness on one hand or neglecting its opportunities on the other1 the churches at the ,north can thus safely gratify their present earnest and commendable1 though somewhat tardy1 desire to benefit the needy whites of the ,south by asking this ,association to turn its attention specially to these mountain whites4 ,the friends of this ,association should also remember that the man whose name as a missionary has been the longest on your roll1 the ,rev4 ,john ,g4 ,fee1 was born at the base of these ,kentucky hills4 ,you should remember1 too1 that the men who made an anti-slavery church and school in a slavery ,state years before the war were these mountain whites4 ,this ,association nursed its firstborn on these mountain slopes4 ,as patriots1 some of whose sons sleep on that ,southern soil1 you should remember that this whole section was loyal in the battle for a united country unstained by slavery4 ,west ,virginia parted from the parent ,state under this patriotic impulse4 ,some mountain counties in ,kentucky sent more men into the ,union army than they had liable to military duty4 ,surely gratitude for such help in that struggle is not so dead at the ,north that it will not say to this ,association3 8,if you have the opportunity by churches and schools to repay in part the debt we owe1 we will see that you have the money and the men40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,report ,,on ,,church ,,work4 ,your ,committee finds in the report of the ,executive ,committee for the past year1 proof of healthy and steady growth in the work of planting churches4 ,the report records the organization of six new churches1 viz41 ,mc,leansville1 ,n4,c42 ,knoxville1 ,tenn42 ,birmingham1 ,ala42 ,jackson1 ,miss42 ,fayetteville1 ,ark42 and ,belle ,place1 ,la41 and one new ,state ,association of six churches in ,miss42 making the whole number of churches eighty-nine1 and of ,state ,associations eight4 ,the additions to these churches during the past year have been six hundred and sixty-seven2 the number of scholars gathered in the church and ,mission ,sunday-schools has been nine thousand four hundred and four2 the contributions for church work #ab1jbg4ba and for benevolent purposes #a1jdi4ce4 ,we are glad to find it to be the distinct aim of the ,society to press its work of evangelization to its consummation in ,christian churches1 and that while its educational and industrial work must from the nature of the case be general in its character1 the obligation is recognized to gather up the result1 so far and as fast as opportunity affords1 in a more specific and permanent form4 ,an intelligent ,christianity1 such as is fostered in the academies1 seminaries and colleges maintained by the ,society1 demands a church-polity that gives scope to the developed manhood and retains it in a process of growth4 ,our work would be but half done did we leave those brought under its influence to fall back into old methods and be lost in the mass of ignorance and superstition4 ,the ,association was debarred from this distinctive work at first1 but when soon after the war1 others1 who had contributed to the funds of this ,society1 seeing the magnitude of the undertaking1 wisely began efforts of their own1 the ,association was left to the support of the ,congregational churches1 it directed its labors to this end4 ,this distinctive church-planting work began in #ahfg4 ,in that year the ,society organized three churches4 ,the statistics of its growth in this direction are summarized thus3 ,in #ahfg there were three churches2 in #ahgj there were twenty-three2 in #ahge1 fifty-six2 in #ahhj1 seventy-three2 in #ahhc1 eighty-nine4 ,the membership now numbers five thousand nine hundred and seventy-four1 an average of sixty-seven to each church4 ,every church but two has a pastor1 and eighty of the eighty-nine have their own houses of worship4 ,these churches give promise of permanency4 ,they have not sprung from a division or denominational spirit1 and are not the representations of restlessness or the mere desire to try some new thing4 ,their roots are laid deep in the ,christian education of the schools1 and their organization expresses the need of the growing intelligence of those who compose them4 ,churches made of such material1 formed upon the ,new ,testament plan1 have thus far been stable2 those first formed are among the strongest4 ,nor are these churches isolated and independent4 ,they have recognized the principle of the fellowship of the churches and have grouped themselves into eight ,state ,conferences1 thus giving to our polity an example and an acknowledged position in that great section of our land4 ,it is gratifying to find from the reports that the methods of this church-government are readily apprehended by the members of these churches1 and that in the order and discipline of the individual churches and in the management of their councils and conferences1 they are showing capacity for self-control4 ,this body of churches1 so well organized and underlaid by ,christian schools1 presents a record of sixteen years' effort that does no discredit to the ,congregational name4 ,while anxious for a more rapid growth in the future1 and wishing to extend the good influences which we believe will be felt by the establishment of such churches1 we would commend the wisdom and prudence that have seized upon strong centers and have avoided the hasty multiplication of churches for the sake of members4 ,while urging for the future the utmost watchfulness for opportunity and the pushing of this branch of the work of the ,association1 we express the hope that what is done be well done1 that no discredit may come to the cause of ,christ1 as represented by the churches of our polity4 ,it is not number but might that tells in the formation processes of a people4 ,a single church of genuine substance1 rightly constituted and ordered and working outward1 is a germ around which a whole community will take form4 ,more than numbers1 the inherent vitality of this molds and fashions after the ideas and principles with which it is charged4 ,it has vitalizing and organic power in it1 and kindling the intelligence and awakening the responsibility of its own members1 it leads and sways the people around it4 ,it may work dimly for a time amid the surrounding chaos1 but presently as the social fabric thus woven is brought to light1 the figure appears and it commends itself as a true church of ,christ4 ,but the work so well begun ought soon to be greatly enlarged4 ,the rapid growth of the colored population gives emphasis to this--a growth that so far outstrips the means of education and spiritual improvement as to leave a constantly increasing number of illiterate voters and of degraded people4 ,the benevolent societies of the ,north1 of every name and order1 ought to multiply their efforts for training the needed teachers--the business and professional men1 the mechanics and the educated and consecrated ministers4 ,meantime1 as the higher education of some advances1 there will be more and more demand for churches of our order4 ,we say this not from denominational feeling4 ,we hold no invasive attitude4 ,we stir no controversy4 ,we aim not at division1 but believing that the apostolic method of gathering churches is the true one1 that in its fluent and free adaptation1 its simplicity of form and order1 in its investing ,christ as the immediate ,head of each local church1 in its putting the individual members upon responsibility1 and thus setting them to the study of ,god's ,word for authority and the dependence upon the ,divine ,spirit for guidance--that in this free and fraternal way of ordering the churches there is a molding power for good beyond others1 and remembering its working and product elsewhere1 we desire such fruit of it all abroad4 ,that ,providence which always surpasses our thought in preparing its agencies has given us for this work this ,association with its schools and machinery1 its knowledge of the needs of the section where its greatest efforts have been put forth4 ,started with no expectation of founding churches1 it yet has nothing in its constitution limiting it to one kind of effort nor to any one class or race4 ,its schools are open to all4 ,its churches are simply ,christian churches4 ,it goes to teach and preach and to elevate the masses4 ,that is what is needed--no distinction of caste or class1 and in the organization of churches the recognition of a regenerate membership on the principle that mankind are of one blood and on the fellowship of all ,christians4 ,while practically its work has been mainly among the freedmen1 and while it may continue for some time to find itself limited to them1 theoretically its work is for all1 and it should hold fast to that principle4 ,it should never form some churches for black men and other churches for white men2 but always ,christian churches for ,christian men and women4 ,we should deprecate any line drawn in the ,christian church based on difference in wealth1 in social position1 in education1 in color1 in sex1 in previous condition4 ,the only line to be drawn there is between those who give good evidence of renewed hearts and those who do not4 ,we recognize this as the principle governing this ,association1 and therefore commend it as the adequate agency for the evangelizing work of our churches in the ,south4 ,may it be abundantly sustained by the prayers and sympathies and means of our churches at the ,north1 and may it soon find an open door through the ignorance and the prejudice by which it is surrounded and be free to work among all classes at the ,south4 ,and looking at the work already commenced among the freedmen1 what a goodly field is opened before us6 ,what a beneficent influence we can exert1 not only on the seven millions in our own land1 who are part of our body politic1 but upon a whole race counted by its many millions in different parts of the world6 ,what stores of prophetic power are lodged in every true church we establish6 ,we have but the merest hint and initial sign in the little bands now gathered of the possibilities lying before us6 ,we commend this work to the churches at the ,north1 and plead that these older churches cherish a lively and effective interest in all this outgrowth of themselves4 ,there is danger that there may be abatement of interest in this direction1 and that the fostering hand and special sympathy these weak churches1 now that they are churches1 need in their struggles1 be withheld4 ,that distinctive feature of ,congregationalism which marks it off from sheer independency needs to be emphasized4 ,there are claims of community in faith and order that should be gladly owned1 and perfect understanding and interchange should be cherished between all parts of this fellowship of saints1 mutual confidence and the gracious tenderness of a love deeper than any kinship of race should cement us in one4 ,by our liberal things we shall stand4 ,we have sent men and women and means with large generosity1 that inquired not whether they served our own denomination or another1 if only ,christ's cause be promoted4 ,the work already done is a fair movement to self-forgetful charity4 ,we should now make our beneficence more and more the channel of grace and fellowship to brethren whom we have made brethren4 ,if we do indeed hold this church polity on such terms of intelligence as to make it fit to hold it at all1 if it be no fault of the awakened ones at the ,south that they hold it1 then what has been so good and fruitful here we should make strong and fruitful there4 ,and if this ,association has come in its legitimate growth to the establishment of self-governed churches1 accept them as our own4 ,our seal is on them from the first4 ,the time is ripe for larger advance1 and for more confidence in our own work4 ,it is with gratitude we acknowledge the liberal plan with which this ,association is now supplementing its evangelizing and teaching work with the timely and necessary work of church erection4 ,it is part of the same work4 ,nearly fourscore neat and serviceable church edifices have already arisen under its auspices4 ,no better work and none looking more to permanent results has been done4 ,many a missionary and pastor has found his work at once enlarged and all his means of good multiplied1 when the house of ,god has been given him by its aid4 ,and every such edifice stands forth as an eloquent witness of your loving care for the people of the ,south1 and serves as a bond of union between the distant parts of our land4 ,the same divine ordinance that opened this field to us1 prescribes our work in it4 ,now that our mission reveals itself1 shall we not accept it thankfully1 impress ourselves purposely on this vast field1 and let the poor of all classes feel the strength of ,christian community and fellowship--for we are one8 ,,lewellyn ,,pratt1 ,chairman4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,address ,,of ,,rev4 ,t4 ,p4 ,,prudden4 ,assuming that the church work of the ,association was not for sectarian propagandism1 but for saving men from sin and its consequences1 he proceeded3 ,is it not evident1 first of all1 that the ,church of ,christ is the great and divinely ordained instrument for establishing the ,kingdom of ,god8 ,schools are undoubtedly instruments4 ,but their place is to supplement1 not supplant1 the ,church4 ,in that long line of ,christian work which1 beginning at ,jerusalem1 has well-nigh encircled the world1 has not the ,church of ,christ been the chief machinery through which the good seed of the ,gospel has been sown and the crop harvested1 through which ,christ's servants have done his work1 through which a goodly influence has been exerted1 and through which ,christian institutions have been founded and preserved8 ,we are seeking the civilization of a down-trodden race1 but what force was ever such a civilizer as the ,christian ,church8 ,church work is necessary if we are to retain and conserve the results of school work4 ,let secular education train a man1 and he becomes more polished and better equipped for life and work4 ,he has greater power1 but it may be a power for sin and selfishness1 as truly as for ,god and righteousness4 ,let ,christian education work upon him as it does in the schools of this ,association1 he is still more polished1 he has a spiritual life4 ,not when in school1 but when the school is left1 is the ,church most necessary4 ,the influence of the college cannot be about a man in his home1 the influence of the ,church can4 ,the help of a teacher is transient1 the help of a pastor and the associations of a church are permanent4 ,to expect these to retain the best fruits of that ,christian education which this ,association is so widely diffusing1 unless churches take up1 and carry on what the schools have begun1 is to expect more of the colored race1 with its inheritance of degradation1 and slavery and little training1 than we expect of the white race with its inheritance of ,christianity and freedom1 and abundant training4 ,closely allied to this is the need of church work to withstand the evils that are incident to awakened thought and increased knowledge4 ,the air is laden with a sentiment of irreligion4 ,educating a freedman is breaking up the hard sod of ignorance in which such seeds of evil fall without taking root1 providing instead a soil that is very receptive4 ,as our educational work is1 and must be1 destructive of the religion of the old slave days1 it becomes more emphatically our duty to provide a positive and intelligent religion to take the place of that which we destroy4 ,not to do so is to bring a possible curse along with our good4 ,moreover1 churches must furnish zealous men and woman1 whom education may prepare to do the ,lord's work4 ,it is not enough to rely upon the possibility of conversion while the students are in college4 ,the ,church has an earlier and a broader opportunity4 ,it forms the homes and the influences that form the children4 ,a vast proportion of the pastors and missionaries of the ,north have gone to college as ,christians1 instead of becoming ,christians when there4 ,they have come from ,christian homes4 ,they were sent by ,christian parents whose love for ,god and man was planted and trained in ,christ's ,church4 ,and1 brethren1 need ,i remind you that we are sowing for a slowly maturing harvest4 ,the special work for the colored race to do in this country and in ,africa is appalling1 by reason of its vastness4 ,and when we ask how it shall be done1 ,i affirm that the churches of ,christ in the ,south are to be great instruments4 ,successful foreign missions require vigorous home missions4 ,do you smile at the idea of these feeble churches ever furnishing financial support8 ,one of them is reported this year as giving #ij to this ,association1 #gj to the ,american ,board1 #gg to home missions1 while it spent #fhg for itself4 ,the time of defense and apology for church work is passed4 ,it is no longer an experiment4 ,the night of doubt and preparation has gone4 ,the morning of small things when1 waiting for more abundant light1 we moved with commendable slowness1 has opened and glided on into the broad full day4 ,now we can do what we never could before4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,extracts ,,from ,,the ,,report ,,of ,,the ,,committee ,,on ,,finance4 ,your ,committee on ,finance beg leave to report that they have carefully examined the books of account and the various annual statements of the ,treasurer1 and that as statements of the business done by the ,association they find them all in the most satisfactory condition4 ,the books are kept by a simple but comprehensive system of double entry1 by which a double-system of checks against error is provided1 and individual and representative accounts are each kept in proper form4 ,the annual statements of receipts and expenditures1 of investments1 of permanent funds and of real estate held by the ,association are all properly certified to as correct by the ,auditors4 ,the committee commend the financial administration of the ,association for its economy and faithfulness4 ,the permanent funds held in trust by the ,association1 the income of which is used according to the direction of the donors1 amounts to #bjc1hfc4fj4 ,these funds are invested mostly in ,u4,s4 government bonds and in first mortgages on productive real estate1 which are an ample security for the amounts which they represent4 ,the entire safety of these investments speaks well for the financial officers of the ,association1 and the wisely conservative regulations of the by-laws of the ,executive ,committee regarding investments warrants the fullest confidence in the continued security of funds committed to their care4 ,the permanent investment of the ,association in lands and buildings for church and educational purposes in the ,south1 of which it holds undisputed titles in its own name1 is inventoried at #dhc1cgj4 ,berea ,college1 ,hampton ,normal and ,agricultural ,institute1 and ,fisk and ,atlanta ,universities hold their own property by their own boards of trustees4 ,the estimated present value of all these properties amounts to at least one million of dollars4 ,here are a million dollars worth of tools and machinery1 all in good running order1 exactly adapted to the business in hand and located at the best possible points for doing it4 ,does not this fact appeal mightily to the churches to see to it that this great investment which they have made be used to the best possible advantage8 ,he would be a poor business man1 who would invest a million of dollars in a 8plant0 and then scrimp his business for lack of current funds4 ,that would be a poor business1 which with that amount of money well invested for its purposes could not secure the working capital necessary to use it to its full capacity4 ,it takes a long time and much hard work to gather from the benevolent a million dollars and to expend it judiciously in the erection of churches1 school-houses and colleges4 ,every dollar of this money is freighted with prayer and winged with love4 ,it will be found again presently as treasure laid up in heaven4 ,it is like an inspiration to think how much of ,christ's spirit is represented in these buildings built for the love of ,him4 ,but they must be used4 ,the very stones and brick will cry out against us1 if we neglect to follow up what has been done with still greater work in the future4 ,the ,executive ,committee in their annual report call for one thousand dollars a day1 as needed for current expenses the coming year4 ,in order to raise this sum the ordinary contributions must be increased to #bbe1jjj1 an advance of one-half over last year4 ,in view of the great issues at stake1 and the unexampled opportunities of the ,association for doing its work1 your ,finance ,committee recommend that this increase be made4 ,let this be the key-note of our appeals this year3 ,one thousand dollars a day2 #ej per cent4 advance on all contributions4 ,all of which is most respectfully submitted1 ,,erastus ,,blakeslee1 for the ,committee4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,address ,,of ,,rev4 ,d4 ,o4 ,,mears1 ,d4,d4 ,now the question comes right here3 shall we give according to what we are1 or what we have8 ,one of the largest contributors in ,new ,england told me the story of his conversion the other day1 and it was this1 as we sat in the evening by his fireside4 8,my wife and ,i10 he said1 8had acquired a competence2 money seemed to be coming in4 ,i had been brought up outside the ,christian faith1 and while such a one was preaching on one occasion ,i debated the question3 ,can ,i become a ,christian8 ,my wife found the light and for days ,i wrestled with the question4 ,light would not come4 ,i knew what it was2 it was my pocket book2 shall that be included8 ,when ,i decided my pocketbook for ,christ1 then light broke in2 and10 said he in that narration1 as a fit appendix to the whole1 8,i have never put my means in any place where ,i have ever lost in all my experience40 ,it is said that after the events at ,pentecost1 ,andrew went down to ,china and preached and that ,thomas also1 whose finger ached to pierce the nail-torn hands of his ,master and whose fist was almost doubled that it might be thrust into that pierced side1 went down to ,china to preach the everlasting ,gospel4 ,now #ge1jjj of that race1 whose great engineering works were the world's marvel #bej years before the call of ,abraham1 whose emperor wrote a classic a thousand years before ,david touched his sacred pen1 are at our very doors2 and if it was worth while for ,andrew and ,thomas to go from ,jerusalem to ,china it is worth our work to preach to them and teach them and call them to us when they are so near1 is it not8 ,i remember it is written in the prophets1 as ,i suppose ,matthew read1 8,ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to ,god10 and ,ethiopia received the preaching of ,matthew1 so say many4 ,i remember that ,mark founded the church in the upper part of that dark continent4 ,i remember that when our blessed ,master fainted under the cross it was an ,african who put his brawny shoulder under it and walked by the side of our ,lord1 his ,lord1 to the crucifixion4 ,and almost as a revenge1 though not revenge1 ,simon1 the zealot1 who looked to ,africa1 was crucified himself in lower ,egypt4 ,if these thought it worth while to evangelize ,africa1 what shall we say of the #g1jjj1jjj of ,africa's sons at our very doors8 ,the question now comes3 ,can we give8 ,is there money enough to give8 ,there is an article in the 8,century0 for ,november1 ,i think it is1 which states1 after computation from two cities of considerable size1 that four-fifths of the inhabitants were attendants upon church services4 ,the figures struck me with absolute astonishment and consternation4 ,and1 you remember1 a year ago it was said that fully one-fifth of all the property in the ,united ,states1 according to calculation1 is held in the hands of ,christians4 ,i saw this so late that ,i had not time to go over it extensively2 so ,i took the single city of ,worcester4 ,i took the #cbb highest tax-payers in that city1 and ,i called on a man who ,i supposed knew best the church-going habits and pew-owning property of these leading business men1 and ,i said3 8,will you tell me where this one goes and that one goes80 ,we marked them off last ,sunday night1 and of the whole #cbb we found only #fe whom we did not know to be church-goers2 and it is safe to say from the percentage that #be of the #fe were church-goers--men who belonged to families that we felt sure would attend the house of ,god4 ,we knew that #bee attended church2 and adding the #be that were doubtful1 we had #bhj out of #cbj of the leading men in the city of ,worcester that attend the ,protestant churches in that city4 ,take the banks4 ,there are eleven banks in ,worcester1 and we went over the names of the directors and trustees4 ,out of the entire number 7there were two unknown7 we found only three individuals that were not represented in a church1 and two of these were the same man--that is1 one was a director in two banks4 ,now1 what is the use8 ,shall we say that the money belongs to the evil and the piety to the good8 ,the piety and the money1 the heart and the gold1 are ever in the church4 ,we are reading of a house to be put up in a celebrated watering-place that will cost #gej1jjj4 ,i saw that in the city of ,new ,york the land where that great opera-house is1 brought the sum of #gjj1jjj4 ,the owner of this property in either case would keep two great organizations like this going2 and ,i said1 8,what6 do we want some of that money that is to build that summer resort by the sea80 ,no1 we don't want it4 8,but we would like some of that money that is beneath that splendid building that is costing its millions80 ,no2 we don't want it4 ,if men will build houses for self1 let the ,christian do his work for the ,master1 and let us outdo the world4 ,but ,i must hasten4 ,there is this demand of the nation upon us4 ,it is said that ,robert ,peel was riding with his daughter on her birthday--he had given her a splendid riding habit1 and the two were admired by all who saw them1 and the father looked with pride upon his daughter--and in less than a week the daughter was beneath the sod4 ,the seamstress had sewed the habit while sitting by the side of the bed of her husband groaning under the delirium of the typhus2 and in the chill that came upon him she had cast the garment over him4 ,the typhus of the garret became the typhus of that celebrated house4 ,and we are concerned with the swamps1 with the morasses1 with these debased and poor colored people4 ,we cannot afford to be other4 ,i would1 if there were time1 enlarge upon this in connection with the report so admirably given2 but ,i must pass on4 ,it is said that the ,puritan captain ,hodgdon was riding one day at the head of his company near the mountains when he heard the sound of a bugle4 ,as he heard it he said to his soldiers3 8,halt60 and every man leaned on his arms4 8,list6 ,i love to hear the sound of the bugle3 there is so much of ,god in it40 ,yesterday came the report from the counties of ,kentucky4 ,it was a bugle-blast to this assembly4 ,was ,god in it8 #ejj1jjj people who could not read their names1 though written in characters that might be read #ajj rods off--#ejj1jjj illiterate1 ten years of age and above1 in ,kentucky1 ,tennessee and ,west ,virginia6 ,from the mountains there comes the sound of the bugle that has stirred us4 ,did it wake us up8 ,was ,god in it8 ,i heard a voice in that sound4 ,we are told in our press and from our platforms that the ,a4 ,m4 ,a4 is not doing full work in the ,south1 and other helpers must come4 ,wait4 ,don't hurry4 ,the bugle has sounded2 it was ,god that was sounding it4 ,i ask for no vote of this assembly4 ,i call for no show of hands4 ,yet1 if you wait before ,god1 you must answer in the name of this world to his call3 8,i ordain you to go and devote #ej1jjj to the mountain work1 in ,kentucky1 ,tennessee and ,west ,virginia40 ,it must be done4 ,there is no drawing back4 ,it is said that when ,robert ,bruce was marching to meet ,edward1 and came within sight of the glittering sheen1 he said to his soldiers1 8,kneel down1 every one02 and the army of ,robert ,bruce1 with their eyes to the earth and their lips moving1 offered their prayers to ,god1 then rose up--a little army--and defeated the ,english4 ,it was ,god's voice that sounded like a bugle4 ,it is for the soldiers to pray1 and to fall where the bugle calls4 ,one other point only1 briefly1 in regard to this question of the demand that ,christ makes on us4 ,we must never establish a condition that he has not established2 never set up a standard which he has not set up2 but follow him and receive the blessing while we follow4 ,it was the remark of ,augustus that he found ,rome of brick and left it of marble4 ,our fathers1 a century ago1 found this nation half slave and half free4 ,it is now left a free nation4 ,god grant it may become1 by ,christian effort1 as good as it is free6 ,in a dark day of our war when the armies were failing1 and the hopes of the nation were placed in ,lincoln and ,lincoln lost hope1 when our courage depended upon him and our flag seemed as if about to be rent by an unseen hand--when ,lincoln said1 8,i see no hope01 for the rush of the armies seemed away from the ,south and up back to the ,north1 ,stanton uttered the words that gave courage to his heart3 8,weary man1 don't you know that the churches of the ,north are everywhere praying for you80 ,and the weary look passed away from his face1 and the smile came back to its wonted place4 ,the children of ,father ,abraham need the prayers of the churches of ,christ4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,what ,,the ,,bible ,,says ,,about ,,giving4 ,,by ,,rev4 ,,wm4 ,m4 ,,taylor1 ,d4,d4 ,in his sermon entitled 8,how to be a ,christian in ,trade10 a discourse which illustrates the wonderful combination of practical sagacity with spiritual insight1 for which he was so remarkable1 ,dr4 ,bushnell says that 8the great problem we have now on hand is the ,christianizing of the money power of the world10 and again that 8what we wait for1 and are looking hopefully to see1 is the consecration of the vast money power of the world to the work1 and cause1 and kingdom of ,jesus ,christ4 ,for that day1 when it comes1 is the morning1 so to speak1 of the new creation4 ,that tide-wave in the money power can as little be resisted when ,god brings it on as the tides of the sea2 and like these also it will flow across the world in a day40 ,this witness is true1 and it becomes us all1 to pray and labor for the fulfilment of the prophecy that men shall come1 8their silver and their gold with them1 unto the name of the ,lord our ,god40 ,but here the revival must begin in the ,church itself4 ,in former times we have had revivals with distinct characteristics4 ,one was remarkable for the blessing which rested on preaching1 another for the spirit of prayer which seemed to be poured out on the people generally2 another for the interest that was evoked in the study of the ,scriptures4 ,what we have yet to see is a revival of which the chief distinguishing feature shall be liberal giving to the cause of the ,lord ,jesus1 and when that comes it will be the prophecy of yet grander things for the promise 8prove me now herewith if ,i will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it10 was made1 not in connection with an exhortation to prayer1 as so many who quote it seem to believe1 but with immediate reference to the honoring of ,god with our substance1 for thus it runs3 8,bring ye all the tithes into the store-house1 and prove me now herewith40 ,while1 therefore1 it is true that a spirit of liberality in the support of the cause of ,christ must be a fruit of renewed life in the ,church1 it is also true that its manifestation by the ,church will be the forerunner of such spiritual triumphs as it has never yet achieved4 ,thus it is of great moment that we should use means for the awakening of ,christians to a sense of the importance of this matter1 and few things1 in my judgment1 would more efficiently contribute to the attainment of that end than setting briefly and pointedly before them the teachings of the word of ,god upon the subject4 ,i cannot hope to cover all that ground in the few minutes now at my disposal2 the most ,i shall attempt will be to take a general survey of it4 ,beginning1 then1 with the act of giving itself1 ,i find that it is spoken of as a part of self consecration to ,god1 for when at the close of his reign ,david brought out in the sight of all the people the treasures which he had amassed for the building of the ,temple and sought to incite them to make an offering for the same purpose1 he said1 8,who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the ,lord80 ,it is regarded as an act of worship1 for ,god commanded his people to 8come into his courts and bring an offering with them40 ,it is described by ,paul as a 8grace40 ,when writing to the ,corinthians he said1 8,therefore as ye abound in everything1 in faith and utterance and knowledge1 and in all diligence and in your love to us1 see that ye abound in this grace also40 ,only think of it--8as ye abound in utterance1 so abound in this grace also40 ,what a blessed thing it would be in this ,america of ours1 on which the gift of tongues seems to have been so lavishly bestowed1 if ,christians generally were as fluent in giving as they are in speech6 ,it is referred to again and again as a 8communion0 in such passages as these3 8,let him that is taught in the word communicate to0--that is1 have communion with ,him1 that teacheth in all good things1 8to do good and to communicate forget not10 or1 as it might be given more literally1 8,of well doing and of communion be not forgetful1 for with such sacrifices ,god is well pleased40 ,in the same sense ,paul1 who had just received a gift from the ,philippians1 thanks ,god for their 8fellowship10 that is1 8communion0 in the gospel from the first day until now2 and praises them for having done well in communicating1 or rather1 for the word is the same1 in having communion with his affliction2 while he records it to their credit that no church communicated with him2 or1 for the word is still the same1 8had communion with him in the matter of giving and receiving but they only40 ,to the same effect he says to the ,corinthians that the churches of ,macedonia had begged him to take upon him the 8fellowship10--that is1 8communion0--of ministering to the saints in carrying to ,jerusalem their gifts to the poor of that city1 and he urges his readers to accept a part in the same service that ,god might be glorified for 8their liberal distribution0--that is1 for the liberality of the communion1 for so the word still is1 8unto them and unto all men40 ,and to mention only one other passage1 the same apostle in his ,epistle to the ,romans bids his readers 8distribute to the necessities of the saints10--that is1 for the word is still the same1 8hold communion with the necessities of the saints40 ,thus the making of contributions for benevolence in every form of it in which the ,church is engaged is as really a communion service as is the observance of the ,lord's ,supper4 ,the same word is used in reference to both1 and both alike are manifestations of the oneness of all the people of ,christ in their common ,lord4 ,if this were more generally understood and felt by us ,i am sure that we should all have greater enjoyment in that part of the service on which so many look with disfavor1 the making of a contribution2 for that1 as ,paul gives us to understand1 is only the manifestation by us in another form of the fellowship which we show forth when the bread and wine of the supper are passed from hand to hand among us4 ,in this view of the case it is to be feared that there are far more 8close0 communionists in the ,church than those who are commonly so denominated1 and it may be well for us to take the beam out of our own eyes before we seek to become oculists to others4 ,further1 this giving is distinctly spoken of in the ,new ,testament as a privilege4 ,remember the words of the ,lord ,jesus1 how ,he said 8,it is more blessed10 that is1 it is a greater happiness 8to give than to receive40 ,in many enterprises in which men engage the cost is more than the profit1 8the play0 as the ,french proverb has it1 8is not worth the candle10 but here there is always blessing2 blessing in the consciousness that we have the means of doing good2 blessing in entering into fellowship with ,god1 whose happiness is all that of giving out2 and blessing in the fact that the joy of the recipient comes back to us and redoubles our delight4 ,but passing now from the act itself to the reward promised to it1 we find that set before us in three different ways4 ,it is first1 temporal4 8,honor the ,lord with thy substance1 and with the first fruits of all thine increase4 ,so shall thy barns be filled with plenty and thy presses shall burst out with new wine40 ,it is1 second1 spiritual1 for ,paul in connection with his exhortation to the ,corinthians says3 8,god is able to make all grace abound toward you1 that ye always1 having all sufficiency in all things1 may abound to every good work being enriched in everything to all bountifullness40 ,was there ever such a piling of universal terms one above the other as we have here8 ,it seems as if the apostle could not say enough to strengthen his assertion1 and it is all said in connection with cheerful giving4 ,nor is this all4 ,he goes on to say that the gifts of the ,corinthians by evoking prayers on their behalf from the hearts of the receivers1 would return in blessings into their own bosoms4 ,you know how the process of irrigation goes on in nature4 ,all the rivers run into the ocean1 out of that the sun continually evaporates clouds1 which the wind blows back over the land1 where they fall out in rain on the mountains1 and go to feed the rivers4 ,thus evermore the circle is kept up and the lands are fertilized4 ,now in the same way the gifts we make to ,god all run into the furtherance of his cause1 and are by him lifted up into the celestial region of his grace and power1 whence they descend again with new blessing into our hearts1 making both ourselves individually and the ,church at large joyous and productive4 ,then there is a third reward which is eternal2 for ,jesus in the close of the parable of the prudent steward says3 8,make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness that when ye fail they may receive you into everlasting habitations40 ,money will not purchase our entrance into heaven4 ,nothing can do that but the work of ,christ2 but the money which out of love to ,christ we give to his people and his cause will secure that we shall be received in heaven by those whom we have been the means of benefiting4 ,as we enter they will take us by the hand and lead us up to ,him that sitteth on the throne1 saying3 ,this is he whose efforts and whose gifts were1 under thee1 the means of our being here2 let it be done unto him as unto the man whom the ,king delighteth to honor4 ,and he will reply3 ,well done6 8,inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye did it unto me40 ,then as to the manner of the giving4 ,we are told that it should be cheerful1 for ,god loveth a cheerful giver4 ,it should be no stereotyped and immutable thing1 the same through life1 but 8as ,god has prospered us40 ,it should be systematic1 as the result of careful thought and weekly planning on the ,lord's day1 under the influence of the memory of ,his resurrection4 ,for it was after his great argument on the resurrection that ,paul said 8now concerning the collection10 and it was because of its connection with that resurrection that he specified 8the first day of the week0 as that on which every one should 8lay by him in store as ,god hath prospered him40 ,weekly storing in the ,lord's box at home on the ,lord's day1 that is what ,paul recommends1 and then when the ,lord makes his appeal to us we can cheerfully give ,him of ,his own4 ,in the neglect of this plan1 and the making of gatherings for this and that cause as each comes along1 we have the explanation of the disfavor with which1 in the public service1 too many hear the announcement that a contribution will be made4 ,but now1 finally1 as to the motive4 ,here it is3 8,for ye know the grace of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 that though he was rich1 yet for your sakes he became poor that ye through his poverty might be rich40 ,the bringing of such a motive to bear on so simple a thing as the making of a contribution for the poor saints of ,jerusalem seems like cracking a nut with a ,nasmyth steam hammer4 ,but ,paul knew what he was doing when he dictated these words4 ,he wanted to exalt and consecrate all ,christian beneficence by having it done from the most powerful ,christian motive4 ,and after the presentation of such a motive there is no more to be said4 ,for when men know the grace of ,christ1 they will never feel that they have given ,him enough1 and till they know it they will never give ,him anything4 ,they may contribute to keep up appearances so as to be like other people1 or to gain a reputation1 but they will never give to ,him until they know ,his grace4 ,this is the very pith and marrow of the matter4 ,before men give to ,christ they must receive from him1 and when they have received ,christ ,himself into their hearts they will be impelled to give4 ,impelled1 not compelled2 for the delight and the duty will coincide1 or rather the duty will be merged in the delight4 ,so we come round to the point at which we set out4 ,a revived church will become a giving church1 and a giving church is the fore-herald of a converted world4 ,how much owest thou thy ,lord8 ,that is the question which the giver has to face4 ,sometimes in commercial circles a man will assign a debt that is owing him to some one else1 out of friendship1 that he may take it when he has collected it and use it for himself4 ,much in the same way1 ,i think1 the ,lord ,jesus has assigned a large portion of the debt which we owe to him to those who are around us--to the unconverted at our doors1 to those races among whom you labor1 to the pagans far away4 ,this was what ,paul felt when he said1 8,i am debtor1 both to the wise and to the unwise1 both to the ,greek and to the ,barbarian02 and it was the constant feeling of that sense of obligation that gave his life its nobleness and its usefulness4 ,so let it be with us2 and let us see in those for whom appeal is made to us through this ,association1 the representatives of ,christ4 ,there is a beautiful story told in ,stevenson's 8,praying and ,working40 ,i am very fond of repeating it--,i may have told it to some of you before1 but no matter--about a little child in the orphanage of ,john ,falk at ,weimar4 ,they were having supper in the dining-hall1 and the teacher gave thanks in the ordinary way before the children began their meals1 saying1 8,come1 ,lord ,jesus1 and be our guest to-night1 and bless the mercies which ,thou has provided40 ,one little boy looked up and said1 8,teacher1 you always ask the ,lord ,jesus to come1 but he never comes4 ,will he ever come80 8,oh1 yes2 if you will only hold on in faith1 he will be sure to come40 8,very well10 said the little boy1 8,i will set a chair for him beside me here to-night to be ready when he comes40 ,and so the meal proceeded4 ,by-and-by there came a rap at the door1 and there was ushered in a poor half-frozen apprentice4 ,he was taken to the fire and his hands warmed4 ,then he was asked to partake of the meal1 and where should he go but to the chair which the little boy had provided8 and as he sat down there the little boy looked up with a light in his eye1 and said1 8,teacher1 ,i see it now6 ,the ,lord ,jesus was not able to come himself1 and he sent this poor man in his place4 ,isn't that it80 ,aye1 that is just it4 ,and so1 brethren1 the ,lord ,jesus isn't able1 according to ,his plans for this world1 to come personally yet among us1 but ,he has sent those colored people1 ,chinese1 ,indians and heathen to make appeal in ,his behalf to us1 and who among us will set a chair for ,him8 ,there are many friends with whom ,i hardly agree who are very anxiously waiting for the appearance of the personal ,christ among us1 and they are wondering what they shall do to welcome ,him4 ,would that the eyes of these brethren and our own too were opened to the perception of the ,christ that is already here1 in the persons of those needing to be helped and educated and elevated1 and that their ears could hear ,his words1 8,inasmuch as ye do it unto one of the least of these ,his brethren ye do it unto ,christ40 ,that is the ,christian philosophy of giving1 and if a man does not feel the force of these considerations ,i should be disposed to say he has not yet begun to be a ,christian4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,address ,,of ,,rev4 ,,dr4 ,,dennen4 ,the topic of this closing service is not only of prime importance1 but comes in its logical place4 ,when your machinery is all educational1 industrial and church-wise1 the final and vital question is one of power to move it4 ,the supreme motive power in your work is spiritual life4 ,life is force1 something capable of originating or resisting power or motion4 ,physical life is that mysterious something no analysis can detect1 no alembic reveal1 no power resist2 which swells the bud1 opens the flower1 sprouts the seed1 ripens the harvest4 ,spiritual life1 through another plane1 is also a force1 capable of originating or resisting power or motion4 ,its realm is the human soul1 and draws nutriment from the soil1 which that cunning chemist we call life builds up into strength and beauty4 ,spiritual vitality performs a similar structural function4 ,once made alive in ,christ ,jesus1 the disciple seeks for spiritual aliment4 #a4 ,now1 spiritual life1 like natural life1 possesses structural power4 ,it is a master builder4 ,one main function of the vital principle in nature is to lay hold of inert matter and convert it into living organisms4 ,the growing tree absorbs tons of carbon from the air4 ,the local church1 if a live one1 takes up into her membership more or less of the outlying population1 and from aliens converts them into fellow citizens of the saints and members of the household of faith4 ,the ability1 then1 of this noble ,association1 second to none in the land1 to advance the kingdom of ,christ in the several fields where it operates1 will assuredly be conditioned upon the spirit and vigor of the churches and individuals behind it1 will be determined1 not so much by the amount of money it receives or the number of workers it puts into the field1 as by the prayers and spiritual enthusiasm of its constituency4 ,carlyle once said3 8,the ,american ,republic is going straight to the devil4 ,no government can long exist that receives the refuse of all the rest of the world into its midst and makes citizens of them40 ,our free institutions are to undergo a strain in the near future1 ,i am sure1 that has never yet been put upon them4 ,our ,american churches are also to be put to a similar strain4 ,nay1 the pressure is already upon them4 ,are they equal to it8 ,i believe so4 ,we must1 however1 leaven the multitudes of the ignorant and unsaved with our ,christianity1 or they will leaven us with their illiteracy4 ,our ability to meet the emergency already upon us will depend1 under ,god1 upon our spiritual vitality4 #b4 ,another function of life is its expulsive power4 ,what it cannot use and assimilate it expels4 ,it gathers the good and casts the bad away4 ,strong1 vigorous life depends as much upon the one function as the other4 ,the religious world is full of the germs and larv of skepticism1 theistic and atheistic assaults and criticisms4 ,a robust person can walk in the midst of pestilence unscathed1 while disease springs upon one whose vitality is depressed4 ,precisely the same condition obtains in respect to the individual disciple1 or the church1 or our missionary boards4 ,the one effective answer to skepticism1 then1 of every grade and degree of virulence2 the one sovereign remedy for worldliness1 apathy and avarice of ,god's people1 is a new enduement of spiritual power4 ,our lips must be touched with celestial fire and our hearts bathed in ,christ's great love4 #c4 ,another quality of life is its expansive power4 ,the mightiest force in this world is life4 ,it mocks at gravity2 it defies cohesion2 bursts every band4 ,the same expansive property inheres in spiritual life4 ,you might as well shut up a growing chicken in its shell as to shut up a live ,christianity in the shell of the fathers4 ,no4 ,where there is life there must be expansion4 ,she breaks through old traditions and prejudices1 and steps out into new departures and broader methods1 and pushes on into new regions of thought and conquest beyond4 ,she lays her hand on the colored man of the ,south1 saves1 educates him1 equips him for the life that now is1 as well as for that which is to come4 ,she stands on the shores of the great ,pacific1 where the shining waves lave her feet and chant their mighty anthems of freedom1 and1 with open1 arms and a catholic heart1 free of all race prejudices1 welcomes the ,chinaman4 ,she uncovers the cross in the wigwam of the red man and bids the dusky sons of the forest look and live4 #d4 ,once more spiritual life is the only complete bond of union4 ,says ,president ,hopkins1 8,it is on this that the whole method of ,god in the restoration of man is based1 and it is for the recognition of this by men1 and their adoption of ,god's method of vitality and unity1 the tardy1 laboring and discordant times wait4 ,no partial reform will do2 no coming man4 ,everywhere men are divergent1 repellant4 ,the bond of common humanity is but a string of tow to bind the ,samson of human selfishness and passions4 ,there must be a divine life1 a divine centre4 ,this center is ,christ4 ,he is the life4 ,the nexus which is to bind this selfish world in one1 and unite all races and nationalities in one common fellowship and forward movement to disciple the world1 is ,christ in the souls of all men4 ,amid every diversity of polity and people1 ,he is the one vivifying and unifying spirit4 #e4 ,the principal question1 however1 is one of means4 ,how is this life to be secured8 ,to get fresh water we go to the spring4 ,to get information we go to the sources of knowledge4 ,to get spiritual vitality we go to ,christ4 ,life in nature is the product of living organisms in contact4 ,the strength and continuance of that life depends upon the closeness of the contact4 ,the steel must touch the magnet to receive and retain magnetism4 ,so spiritual life and zeal comes from contact with a living ,christ4 ,the strength and fervor of that life is forever conditioned upon the closeness of our contact with our living ,head4 ,no one thing so lowers spiritual heat and light as distance from ,christ4 ,neptune has not a thousandth part of our light and warmth4 ,he is too far away from the central orb4 ,we are just now too far away from ,christ2 hence our comparative barrenness4 ,we must sit where the fire and inspiration of ,his eye kindle in ours2 where his glowing enthusiasm passes over into us2 where the greatness and grandeur of the work ,he has given us to do shall thrill us and grow upon us4 ,then we shall mount to its accomplishment on the wings of eagles1 and run and not be weary1 and walk and not faint4 ,never had this ,association more call for enthusiasm1 never for greater hopefulness4 ,what did we see here last night--the black man and red man1 men from ,asia and ,africa and ,america1 strangers and proselytes1 speak in their own tongues the wonderful works of ,god4 ,i cheer you on to the labor of another year4 ,as we go down from this mount let us go to our upper chambers and1 whether for eight days or as many weeks1 let us tarry and pray until we are endued from on high and receive the tongues of flame and the utterance of the ,spirit4 ,then let us1 in our various fields1 gird up our loins and go forth to achieve for the ,lord of ,hosts1 resolved that before another anniversary of this ,association comes round we will1 ,god helping us1 see thousands housed and happy in ,christ's dear love all over our beloved land of very race and color4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,address ,,of ,,prof4 ,w4 ,m4 ,,barbour1 ,d4,d4 ,the topic assigned me is in the line of the theme just discussed by ,dr4 ,dennen4 ,my friend and classmate ,dr4 ,pike insisted upon my coming over here and taking part in this evening meeting2 and he said1 8,your theme will be3 ,spiritual ,vitality the ,crowning ,necessity in ,missionary ,work40 ,i shall take it for granted that other means have been set before you and insisted upon--the one nearest always1 money4 ,that is a great necessity in missionary work4 ,you have heard1 ,i have no doubt1 a good deal about that1 and ,i merely wish to honor it as a means under ,god of the most pressing necessity4 ,we can do nothing to send the blessings that ,god has put into our hearts abroad among our fellow men without means2 and the first means is money4 ,but all the money in the world will not serve our end4 ,what is the next8 ,we must have men4 ,but all the men in the world won't do missionary work1 although we had them all enlisted in that work4 ,suppose we had all the money we could use and all the men that offered themselves and that we could procure2 we would only have gone so far4 ,what else is needed8 ,we need fitness in the men as another great means4 ,this is as necessary as money and men1 this culture4 ,but after we have the men1 and after we have them qualified1 there is still room for what in my theme to-night is called 8the crowning necessity40 ,you may take ,yale ,college as it stands1 with all its culture1 and you may turn out all our hundreds of young men down into the ,south this blessed night2 what could they do in missionary work to-morrow morning8 ,so you see that it is not the money1 or the men1 or the culture that alone is needed2 something more is needed1 and that is 8spiritual vitality40 ,and now1 beloved1 to take the first step and to say the first thing that must be said1 in my judgment 7since ,i am called here to give my opinion71 the first position that we must assume and which this ,association has assumed from its very start--although it is one of the old things that ,christ says a well-instructed scribe must take out of his treasury--we must begin with ,god4 ,we are to stand in his presence1 we are to summon him as our witness1 we are to avow ourselves openly and frankly1 every day we live1 as doing this for him4 ,i should like to know where our modern unbelief is that is such a distress to us in all our efforts and in our inward life1 when you reverently1 and in the deep meaning of thought say1 8,as the ,lord liveth08 ,look at it4 ,there are two schemes of the universe3 one1 the ,christian scheme1 with a belief in the living ,god as the original of all things--a personal being who is personally interested in his creatures1 and who is desiring1 since he has made him in his own image1 to have man hold communion with himself1 and who desires to have all men reconciled to himself from their sin and their misery and their unhappy life4 ,there is another scheme where there is no ,god1 or1 what is the same thing to us1 we do not know whether there is or not4 ,and what is the idea of the universe that follows from that8 ,why1 that it must move along as the blind force behind it shall urge it4 ,where is it going to land8 ,the day is coming1 brethren1 when we will cry1 8,oh for the doctrine of a predestinating ,god0--,god with his eye on an end1 and with an end to which he is turning all things and which shall be satisfactory to all the creatures that he has made in his image4 ,let us take a frank position here as a missionary society1 and let it be known that we openly and avowedly1 by word and deed1 take the stand that we believe in ,god1 and that we believe he is a living ,god1 and in his name and for his sake and to effect his purpose we are going to the ,south1 to the ,north1 to the ,east1 to the ,west1 to gain trophies that shall be to the glory of his redeeming grace1 since he has revealed to us1 as we believe1 the fact that he will complete these ends through our agency4 ,,receipts ,,for ,,october1 #ahhc4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,maine1 #cia4hj4 ,banger4 ,hammond ,st4 ,ch41 #ajj2 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj #abj4jj ,bethel4 ,second ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #aj4jj ,brunswick4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,c4 ,f4 ,hammond1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #be4jj ,cumberland4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 to const4 ,,capt4 ,,reuben ,,blanchard ,l4 ,m4 #dj4jj ,hampden4 ,charles ,e4 ,hicks4 #g4jj ,lovell4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #f4jj ,north ,anson4 8,a ,friend0 #aj4jj ,portland4 ,second ,parish ,ch4 and ,soc4 #hf4cj ,south ,berwick4 ,hugh and ,philip ,lewis4 #f4jj ,westbrook4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 to ,const4 ,,rev4 ,,edward ,e4 ,,bacon ,l4 ,m4 #df4ej -------------- #cef4hj ,,legacy4 ,bethel4 ,estate of ,sarah ,w4 ,chapman by ,a4 ,w4 ,valentine1 ,ex4 #ce4jj -------------- #cia4hj ,,new ,,hampshire1 #fi4jb4 ,amherst4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ab4ih ,campton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ah4jd ,colebrook4 8,e4 ,c4 ,w40 #b4jj ,concord4 ,dea4 ,mc,questen1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #aj4jj ,concord4 ,miss ,lancaster1 for ,fort ,berthold4 #b4jj ,greenville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,hampstead4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 ad'l4 #i4jj ,manchester4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #fd4id to const4 ,,holmes ,r4 ,,pettee and ,h4 ,w4 ,,herrick1 ,l4 ,ms4 ,incorrectly ack4 in ,nov4 number from ,mass4 ,tilton4 ,a4 ,h4 ,colby4 #e4jj ,,vermont1 #edj4jb4 ,attleborough4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ij4gb ,benson4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #e4jj ,brattleborough4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ci4eh ,burlington4 ,winooski ,av4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ajg4bh ,castleton4 ,w4 ,c4 ,guernsey4 #d4ej ,enosburg4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bf4be ,granby and ,victory4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #c4jj ,manchester4 ,ladies' ,benev4 ,soc41 #b ,bbls4 of ,c1 for ,raleigh1 ,n4,c4 #a ,bbl4 for ,atlanta ,u4 ,newport4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ae4jj ,norwich4 ,ashley ,blodgett4 #e4jj ,saint ,johnsbury4 ,north ,cong4 ,ch4 #afh4jj ,saint ,johnsbury4 ,north ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,s4 ,s4 ,work4 #bf4jj ,wells ,river4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bc4be ,westminster ,west4 8,a ,friend40 #e4jj ,weybridge4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #af4dd -------------- #ece4jb ,,legacy4 ,wilmington4 ,estate of ,mary ,ray4 #e4jj -------------- #edj4jb ,,massachusetts #c1ebh4aj4 ,agawam4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #f4jj ,ashby4 8,a ,friend0 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #e4jj ,boston4 ,mrs4 ,c4 ,a4 ,spaulding1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #ej4jj ,boston4 ,miss ,faxon1 for ,fort ,berthold4 #a4jj ,boxborough4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bj4jj ,braintree4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ab4je ,brookline4 ,s4 ,c4 ,dizer1 for ,student ,aid1 ,tougaloo ,u4 and to const4 himself ,l4 ,m4 #ajj4jj ,brookline4 ,harvard ,ch4 and ,soc4 #gf4cc ,buckland4 ,dea4 ,s4 ,trowbridge4 #aj4jj ,campello4 ,orthodox ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 ad'l to const4 ,,rev4 ,,and ,,mrs4 ,,john ,f4 ,,blades1 ,,lewis ,d4 ,,doten ,,and ,,geo4 ,w4 ,,packard ,l4 ,ms4 #ie4gc ,charlestown4 ,winthrop ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ff4dh ,chelsea4 ,concert1 under auspices of ,ladies' ,union ,home ,mission ,band1 for ,student ,aid1 ,hampton ,n4 and ,a4 ,inst4 #ed4jj ,chelsea4 ,miss ,annie ,p4 ,james1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 and to const4 ,w4 ,h4 ,,singleton ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,chelsea4 8,friends0 ,books for ,library1 ,chattanooga1 ,tenn4 ,coleraine4 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,wm4 ,b4 ,mc,gee1 #d2 ,john ,gilchrist1 #a4 #e4jj ,concord4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,m4 ,grout1 ,d4,d41 and ,others1 for ,atlanta ,u4 #dj4ej ,concord4 ,trin4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #cj4jj ,dalton4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #ej4jj ,danvers4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 to const4 ,,william ,,siner1 ,,jr41 ,,henry ,a4 ,,white and ,,george ,a4 ,,peabody ,l4 ,m4's4 #ajj4jj ,east ,boston4 ,mrs4 ,joseph ,robbins1 ,bdl4 of ,goods1 for ,dakota ,m4 ,fitchburg4 ,rollstone ,ch4 and ,soc4 #adj4jj ,gardner4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #cj4jj ,gloucester4 ,evan4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bj4jj ,granby4 ,cong4 ,ch41 ,children's ,mission ,circle1 for ,tillotson ,c4 and ,n4 ,inst4 ,building4 #de4jj ,hadley4 ,e4 ,porter4 #aj4jj ,hanover ,four ,corners4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #g4df ,hardwick4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #e4jj ,harvard4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ah4ej ,hyde ,park4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bj4jj ,indian ,orchard4 ,evan4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ai4bb ,jamaica ,plain4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 in part4 #afj4jj ,lancaster4 ,evan4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 ad'l4 #aj4jj ,lincoln4 ,george ,ropes1 for ,atlanta ,u4 #be4jj ,lincoln4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #bj4jj ,lowell4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,atlanta ,u4 #ac4ge ,malden4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #dj4fh2 8,a ,friend10 #a4 #da4fh ,medford4 8,a ,friend40 #e4jj ,millbury4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 to const4 ,,rev4 ,,john ,l4 ,,ewell ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,natick4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #be4jj ,new ,bedford4 ,miss ,helen ,m4 ,leonard4 #a4jj ,newton4 ,eliot ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ajj4jj ,newton ,center4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #fh4fh ,north ,hadley4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #e4be ,northamption4 ,a4 ,l4 ,williston1 #ejj2 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #bdg4fh2 ,edwards ,ch4 ,benev4 ,soc4 #fd4 #haa4fh ,north ,leominster4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,f4 ,houghton4 #e4jj ,oxford4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bb4bf ,pepperell4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ab4cf ,phillipston4 ,ladies ,benev4 ,soc ,bdl4 ,c4 ,pittsfield4 ,rev4 ,c4 ,v4 ,,spear to const4 himself1 ,,geo4 ,n4 ,,spear and ,,mrs4 ,,ellen ,m4 ,,spear ,l4 ,ms4 #bej4jj ,roxbury4 ,walnut ,av4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 for ,student ,aid1 ,tougaloo ,u4 #ag4gj ,roxbury4 ,mrs4 ,p4 ,n4 ,livermore4 #a4jj ,shirley ,village4 #ejj copies 8,youth's ,companion0 by ,miss ,nettie ,a4 ,dickson1 for ,marietta1 ,ga4 ,south ,amherst4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #e4f ,southampton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #da4b ,south ,attleborough4 ,mrs4 ,harriet ,l4 ,draper1 #b and ,bbl4 of ,c4 #b4jj ,southborough4 ,pilgrim ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ae4aj ,south ,hadley4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #be4jj ,south ,sudbury4 ,ladies' ,home ,miss'y ,soc4 ,bbl of ,c41 val41 #cd4ag1 for ,atlanta ,u4 ,southville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #h4dj ,south ,weymouth4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #ea2 to const4 ,,augustine ,,loud and ,j4 ,,newton ,,dyer ,l4 ,ms42 ,ladies ,mission ,soc4 of ,second ,ch41 #ad4 #fe4jj ,south ,weymouth4 ,mrs4 ,lysander ,heald's ,s4 ,s4 ,class41 ,second ,ch41 #aj1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c42 ,marion ,heald1 #a for a little girl #aa4jj ,spencer4 ,mrs4 ,g4 ,h4 ,marsh's ,class ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #e2 ,g4 ,e4 ,manley1 #e1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #aj4jj ,springfield4 ,south ,cong4 ,ch4 #cb4ch2 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #bd4he #eg4bc ,stoneham4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #ag4jj ,uxbridge4 ,evan4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ad4jj ,wakefield4 ,mission ,workers1 #de2 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #af1 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #fa4jj ,walpole4 ,orthodox ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 to const4 ,dea4 ,,willard ,,lewis ,l4 ,m4 #ce4cj ,warren4 ,mrs4 ,joseph ,ramsdell1 for ,chinese ,m4 #e4jj ,westborough4 8,a ,friend40 #dc4jj ,west ,boxford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aa4jj ,westfield4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 ,soc4 #eh4jj ,westford4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #g4jj ,west ,granville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #h4jj ,westhampton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ac4jj ,westport4 ,pacific ,union ,sab4 ,sch4 #b4ab ,whately4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4hc ,worcester4 ,union ,ch4 and ,soc41 #aci2 ,old ,south ,ch4 and ,soc4 #da4fc to const4 ,h4 ,h4 ,,merriam ,l4 ,m42 ,central ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ea4ih2 8,a ,friend10 #be #beg4fa ,yarmouth4 ,roy ,a4 ,eldridge1 ,d4,d4 #ej4jj ------ 8,a ,friend40 #e4jj ,,rhode ,,island1 #a1jfc4ah4 ,pawtucket4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ge4jj ,providence4 ,central ,cong4 ,ch4 #hjj2 ,pilgrim ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc41 #aae2 8,a ,friend10 #ej4jj2 ,north4 ,cong ,ch4 #bc4ac #ihh4ac ,,connecticut1 #b1fgf4ge4 ,east ,windsor4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aj4jj ,elliott4 ,wm4 ,osgood #b4jj ,east ,avon4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ch4jj ,berlin4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #ai4ig ,bozrahville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,bridgeport4 ,south ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch41 ,box ,s4 ,s4 ,books1 for ,tillotson ,c4 ,n4 ,inst4 ,derby4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #cj4jj ,fair ,haven4 ,first ,ch4 #ej4jj ,farmington4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,santee ,agency1 ,neb4 #abh4ea ,farmington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ei4gg ,franklin4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ac4bi ,glastenbury4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #aej4jj ,granby4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #h4ie ,hebron4 ,j4 and ,mary ,porter for ,tillotson ,c4 ,n4 ,inst4 #aj4jj ,jewett ,city4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #ae4jj ,manchester4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #ge4jj ,milford4 ,plymouth ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch4 for ,tillotson ,c4 ,n4 ,inst4 and to const4 ,s4 ,e4 ,,frisbie ,l4 ,m4 #cb4jj ,mount ,carmel4 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,m4 ,smith #aj4jj ,new ,hartford4 ,north ,cong4 ,ch4 #ag4ej ,new ,hartford4 ,rev4 ,f4 ,h4 ,adams' ,s4 ,s4 ,class1 #aa2 ,john ,richards' ,s4 ,s4 ,class1 #i1 for ,fisk ,u4 #bj4jj ,new ,haven4 ,third ,cong4 ,ch41 #bc2 ,howard ,ave4 ,ch41 #i4bb #cb4bb ,norfolk4 8,a ,friend10 for ,santee ,agency #e4jj ,north ,stonington4 ,d4 ,r4 ,wheeler #aj4jj ,norwich4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #age4dc ,plainfield4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bf4dj ,poquonock4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ab4ei ,rocky ,hill4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bc4gb ,rockville4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #ajc4ei ,south ,killingly4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ad4jj ,stratford4 8,a ,friend0 #a4jj ,thomaston4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #eb4cb ,thompsonville4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for furnishing a room1 ,whitin ,hall1 ,straight ,u4 #ce4jj ,torrington4 ,third ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #bi4be ,wallingford4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch41 for ,tillotson ,c4 and ,n4 ,inst4 ,building #fj4jj ,wapping4 ,f4 ,w4 ,gilbert1 for ,tillotson ,c4 and ,n4 ,inst4 #ab4jg ,watertown4 ,cong4 ,ch4 and ,soc4 #cg4ee ,windsor4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aje4jj ,winchester4 8,a ,friend0 #aj4jj ,wethersfield4 ,rev4 ,g4 ,j4 ,tillotson1 for ,tillotson ,c4 and ,n4 ,inst4 ,building #aej4jj ---------------- #a1eij4ac ,,legacies4 ,ellington4 ,estate of ,maria ,pitkin1 by ,edwin ,talcott4 ,ex4 #aij4jj ,woodbridge4 ,estate of ,mrs4 ,eliza ,carrington #hif4fb ---------------- #b1fgf4ge ,,new ,,york1 #dbb4je4 ,brasher ,falls4 ,elijah ,wood1 #ae2 ,mrs4 ,eliza ,a4 ,bell1 #c4 #ah4jj ,brooklyn1 ,e4 ,d4 ,new ,england ,cong4 ,ch4 #be4jj ,deansville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ae4je ,east ,wilson4 ,rev4 ,h4 ,halsey1 #cj2 ,chas4 ,e4 ,clarke1 #c4 #cc4jj ,elmira4 ,miss ,clara ,thurston4 #e4jj ,hamilton4 ,o4 ,s4 ,campbell4 #e4jj ,homer4 ,cong4 ,c41 #acb4ej2 ,b4 ,w4 ,payne1 #aj4 #adb4ej ,lysander4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bf4jj ,middletown4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #af4bf ,new ,haven4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ae4jj ,north ,pitcher4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4ha ,new ,york4 ,american ,bible ,soc41 ,grant of ,scriptures1 val4 #cjg4ej4 ,nunda4 8,a ,friend0 7#e of which for ,chinese ,m47 #ae4jj ,pompey4 ,mrs4 ,lucy ,child1 for ,indian ,youth1 ,hampton ,n4 ,a4 ,inst4 #e4jj ,poughkeepsie4 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,j4 ,myers1 for ,emerson ,inst41 ,mobile1 ,ala4 #bj4jj ,pitcher4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #be4jj ,sinclairville4 ,earl ,c4 ,preston4 #b4jj ,syracuse4 ,c4 ,a4 ,hamlin4 #ab4be ,volney4 ,ludington ,sab4 ,sch4 #e4jh ,west ,winfield4 ,cong4 ,ch41 to const4 ,,aaron ,,adelbert ,,leach ,l4 ,m4 #ca4aj ,,new ,,jersey1 #efe4ec4 ,chester4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #ba4hi1 and ,sab4 ,sch41 #f4eb4 #bh4ba ,east ,orange4 ,trinity ,cong4 ,ch4 #acg4cb ,paterson4 ,mrs4 ,sarah ,a4 ,cook1 for ,tillotson ,c4 ,n4 ,inst4 #djj4jj ,,pennsylvania1 #g4jj4 ,new ,castle4 ,john ,burgess4 #e4jj ,philadelphia4 8,m40 #b4jj ,,ohio1 #gia4da4 ,berlin ,heights4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4bf ,cleveland4 ,t4 ,p4 ,handy1 #bj2 ,james ,harmer1 #bj2 ,misses ,s4 and ,a4 ,walworth1 #cj2--,whitney4 #a2 for ,parsonage1 ,topeka1 ,kan4 #ga4jj ,columbus4 ,eastwood ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj2 and ,sab4 ,sch41 #e4gj4 #ae4gj ,elyria4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #dj2 ,cong4 ,ch41 8,m4 ,w4 ,c410 #aj2 ,individual1 #i4 #ei4jj ,fort ,recovery4 ,pisgah ,cong4 ,ch4 #c4jj ,lafayette4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #f4jj ,medina4 ,woman's ,miss'y ,soc4 #bj4jj ,oberlin4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #ce4fj ,painesville4 ,woman's ,missionary ,soc41 #bj1 for ,indian ,m41 and #aj for ,chinese ,m4 ,incorrectly ack4 from ,mrs4 ,l4 ,a4 ,m4 ,little in ,nov4 number4 ,pittsfield4 ,a ,friend4 #ab4jj ,springfield4 ,mrs4 ,warren's ,sab4 ,sch4 ,class of ,young ,men4 #e4jj ,steuben4 ,levi ,platt4 #a4jj ,strongsville4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,tallmadge4 ,c4 ,p4 ,parmelee4 #e4jj ,wauseon4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ag4ej ,wilberforce4 ,mrs4 ,joseph ,morrow4 #e4jj ,york4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4ce ,youngstown4 ,mrs4 ,whitney4 #a4jj -------------- #bia4da ,,legacy4 ,cleveland4 ,estate of ,brewster ,pelton1 by ,john ,g4 ,jennings1 ,ex4 #ejj4jj ------------ #gia4da ,,indiana1 #ej4hg4 ,liber4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #a4fh ,michigan ,city4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #cg4jj ,michigan ,city4 ,mrs4 ,c4 ,w4 ,peck for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #aj4jj ,michigan ,city4 8,ralph and ,daisy10 #a4fi2 8,golden ,links10 #ej;c4 for ,student ,aid1 ,storrs' ,sch41 ,atlanta4 ,ga #b4ai ,,illinois1 #hai4ed4 ,albion4 ,olive ,sab4 ,sch41 #b4ej2 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,james ,green4 #b4 #d4ej ,byron4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #i4ag ,carthage4 ,mrs4 ,sophia ,miller4 #a4ej ,chicago4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #aig4ba2 8,a ,chicagoan10 #ajj2 ,n4 ,e4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #gi4hc4 #cgg4jd ,chicago4 ,young ,ladies ,miss'y ,soc41 of ,u4 ,p4 ,ch41 #ag4gi1 for ,dakota ,m42 ,miss ,julia ,f4 ,white1 #e1 for ,printing ,press1 ,santee ,agency4 #bb4gi ,chicago4 ,mrs4 ,w4 ,c4 ,kent1 #e2 ,clinton ,st4 ,sab4 ,sch41 #d4cg1 for ,student ,aid1 ,storrs' ,sch4 ,atlanta1 ,ga4 #i4cg ,chicago4 ,e4 ,w4 ,blatchford1 #h ,pails of ,paint1 for ,parsonage1 ,topeka1 ,kan4 ,de ,kalb4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #c4jj ,elgin4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #cj4jj ,evanston4 ,cong4 ,ch41 ad'l4 #aj4jj ,galesburg4 ,mrs4 ,julia ,f4 ,wells4 #be4jj ,galva4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bb4de ,ivanhoe4 ,young ,men's ,miss'y ,soc4 #b4jj ,lombard4 ,woman's ,miss'y ,soc4 #a4dd ,lisbon4 ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,savannah1 ,ga4 #aj4jj ,mendon4 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,fowler1 for ,chinese ,m4 and to const4 ,,rev4 ,,edward ,c4 ,,crane1 ,l4 ,m4 #cj4jj ,north ,hampton4 ,r4 ,w4 ,gilliam4 #e4jj ,oak ,park4 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,lady ,miss'y1 ,little ,rock1 ,ark4 #eb4ej ,oak ,park4 ,mr4 ,packard's ,sab4 ,sch41 ,boys1 for ,student ,aid1 ,talladega ,c4 #be4jj ,paxton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bh4jj ,port ,byron4 ,mission ,circle of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,lady ,missionaries1 ,mobile1 ,ala41 and ,little ,rock1 ,ark4 #aj4jj ,princeton4 ,mrs4 ,p4 ,b4 ,corss 7#aj of which for ,chinese ,m47 #bj4jj ,prospect ,park4 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,lady ,missionary at ,mobile1 ,ala41 and ,little ,rock1 ,ark4 #f4jj ,sheffield4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #a4cc ,thomasborough4 ,h4 ,m4 ,seymour4 #a4jj ,waverly4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 #ab4de -------------- #gai4ed ,,legacy4 ,forrest4 ,estate of ,mrs4 ,mary ,stewart1 by ,s4 ,a4 ,hoyt1 ,ex4 #ajj4jj -------------- #hai4ed ,,michigan1 #bdb4jh4 ,adrian4 ,a4 ,j4 ,hood4 #aj4jj ,almont4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #be4cj ,alpena4 8,a ,friend10 #cj2 ,woman's ,miss'y ,soc41 #cj2 ,e4 ,k4 ,potter1 #be41 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #he4jj ,benzonia4 ,amasa ,waters4 #aj4jj ,battle ,creek4 ,miss ,julia ,e4 ,williams4 #e4jj ,edwardsburg4 ,s4 ,c4 ,olmsted4 #aj4jj ,frankfort4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4ci ,greenville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ce4gg ,muskegon4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #cj2 ,woman's ,miss'y ,soc4 #ae4 #de4jj ,northport4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aa4fb ,white ,cloud4 ,ladies' ,miss'y ,soc4 #b4jj ,,iowa1 #fjg4df4 ,anamosa4 ,ladies' ,freedman's ,soc4 of ,cong4 ,ch4 for ,lady ,miss'y1 ,new ,orleans4 #aj4jj ,boonesborough4 ,mrs4 ,anna ,m4 ,palmer4 #aj4jj ,decorah4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #dc4hc ,denmark4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bj4jj ,de ,witt4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #cf4cd ,dunlap4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bh4jj ,durant4 8,friends0 #ad4jj ,garden ,prairie4 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,new ,orleans1 ,la4 #c4jj ,garwin4 ,t4 ,dewey4 #b4jj ,green ,mountain4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #g4aa ,green ,mountain4 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,new ,orleans1 ,la4 #a4be ,keokuk4 ,woman's ,miss'y ,soc4 #ah4bj ,maquoketa4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ah4af ,mc,gregor4 ,woman's ,miss'y ,soc4 #i4ga ,meriden4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4fe ,newell4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4jj ,red ,oak4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bd4cf ,waterloo4 ,ladies ,miss'y ,soc4 of ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4he -------------- #beg4df ,,legacy4 ,tabor4 ,estate of ,mrs4 ,abigail ,cummings1 by ,a4 ,c4 ,gaston #cej4jj -------------- #fjg4df ,,wisconsin1 #bga4ce4 ,brandon4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bd4jj ,brandon4 ,cong4 ,sab4 ,sch4 for ,student ,aid4 #f4jj ,clinton4 ,james ,h4 ,cooper4 #e4jj ,footville4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #c4cd ,oshkosh4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ge4jj ,racine4 ,ladies at ,convention1 #ad4ea2 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch4 #i1 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,montgomery1 ,ala4 #bc4ea ,ripon4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ie4jj ,rosendale4 ,ladies of ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,lady ,missionary1 ,montgomery1 ,ala4 #c4ej ,shawano4 8,faith40 #b4jj ,waukesha4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #ai4jj ------4 8,a ,friend10 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #ae4jj ,,minnesota1 #aaf4gb4 ,brownton4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #b4dj ,cottage ,grove4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,cottage ,grove4 ,ladies' ,missionary ,soc4 adl4 to const4 ,,rev4 ,,wm4 ,e4 ,,archibald ,l4 ,m4 #c4ej ,duluth4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #ai4dj ,minneapolis4 ,plymouth ,cong4 ,ch41 #ca4fb2 ,second ,cong4 ,ch41 #aj2 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #ad4jg4 #ee4fi ,owatonna4 ,woman's ,missionary ,soc41 ,box of household goods1 val41 #bg4gb1 for ,athens1 ,ala4 ,preston ,lake4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #j4ie ,sleepy ,eye4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aa4dj ,spring ,valley4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #f4ij ,sumpter4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #j4fj ,waseca4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #e4jd2 ,ladies ,miss'y ,soc4 of ,cong4 ,ch41 #e4hd #aj4hh ,,kansas1 #bcg4hi4 ,cawker4 ,w4 ,l4 ,barr1 for ,parsonage1 ,topeka1 ,kan4 #d4jj ,great ,bend4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4fb ,topeka4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch41 #ge2 ,m4 ,pierce1 #da4ba2 ,h4 ,g4 ,lyons1 #cj2 ,a4 ,b4 ,whiting1 #be2 ,a4 ,clark1 #e2 ,d4 ,h4 ,forbes1 #e2 ,wm4 ,h4 ,williams1 #e2 ,topeka ,lime ,co41 #c4jf2 for ,parsonage1 ,topeka1 ,kan4 #ahi4bg ,topeka4 ,tuition #dj4jj ,,missouri1 #aj4jj4 ,pierce ,city4 ,cong4 ,ch41 #h4gj2 ,incorrectly ack4 in ,nov4 number from ,wis4 ,kirskville4 ,j4 ,s4 ,blackman #aj4jj ,,nebraska1 #fd4gj4 ,fremont4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #be4jj ,lincoln4 8,k4 and ,c40 #h4jj ,sutton4 ,german ,cong4 ,ch4 #c4jj ,weeping ,water4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #bh4gj ,,colorado1 #bc4aj4 ,coal ,creek4 ,union ,cong4 ,ch4 #ac4aj ,crested ,butte4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,,california1 #b1jjf4ij4 ,san ,francisco4 ,the ,california ,chinese ,mission #a1ijf4ij ,oakland4 ,mrs4 ,n4 ,gray1 for ,school ,house1 ,hillsboro1 ,n4,c4 #ajj4jj ,,oregon1 #e4jj4 ,eugene4 ,mrs4 ,l4 ,w4 ,judkins4 #e4jj ,,district ,,of ,,columbia1 #cj4jj4 ,washington4 ,gen4 ,e4 ,whittlesey1 #be2 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,n4 ,bailey1 #e #cj4jj ,,tennessee1 #ab4jj4 ,knoxville4 ,second ,cong4 ,ch4 #ab4jj ,,north ,,carolina1 #e4ej4 ,troy4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #j4ej ,wilmington4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #e4jj ,,south ,,carolina1 #aj4jj4 ,charleston4 ,plym4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,,georgia1 #cie4jh4 ,atlanta4 ,storrs ,sch41 ,tuition1 #big4ej1 ,rent1 #c #cjj4ej ,atlanta4 ,first ,cong4 ,ch4 #cj4jj ,macon4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #d4eh ,mc,intosh4 ,the ,sisters ,benev4 ,soc4 of ,medway ,cong4 ,ch41 by ,mrs4 ,nancy ,snelson4 ,pres41 for ,mendi ,m4 #aj4jj ,savannah4 ,cong4 ,ch41 for ,student ,aid1 ,atlanta ,u4 #ej4jj ,,alabama1 #ba4cc4 ,marion4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #a4cc ,montgomery4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,talladega4 ,cong4 ,ch4 #aj4jj ,,florida1 #bcj4jj4 ------4 8,a ,friend in ,florida0 #bcj4jj ,,mississippi1 #bg4jj4 ,tougaloo4 ,tougaloo1 ,tuition1 #b2 ,rent1 #be #bg4jj ,,texas1 #a4fe4 ,helena4 ,temperance ,concert ,cong ,ch4 #a4fe -------------------- ,total for ,october4 #ae1bdb4ih 99 99 99 99 99 ,,endowment ,,fund4 ,boston1 ,mass4 8,a ,friend of the ,colored ,race0 for the ,hastings ,scholarship1 to educate ,young men preparing for the ,gospel ,ministry1 ,atlanta ,u4 #a1jjj4jj 99 99 99 99 99 ,,receipts ,,of ,,the ,,california ,,chinese ,,mission1 from ,may #bd to ,sept4 #bf1 #ahhc4 ,e4 ,palache1 ,treasurer4 ,,from ,,auxiliary ,,missions3 ,marysville1 ,chinese ,monthly ,offerings1 #ca2 ,thirteen ,annual ,members1 #bf4--,oroville1 ,chinese ,monthly ,offerings1 #b4gj2 ,seven ,annual ,members1 #ad4--,petaluma1 ,anniversary ,coll41 #ac4ej2 ,chinese ,annual ,members1 #cj2 ,american ,annual ,members1 #d2 ,chinese ,monthly ,offerings1 #ac4be4--,sacramento1 ,cong4 ,ch4 ,coll41 #g4hj2 ,chinese ,monthly ,offerings1 #ba2 ,fourteen ,annual ,members1 #bh2 ,chinese1 #be1 to const4 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,e4 ,,carrington ,l4 ,m4--,santa ,barbara1 ,chinese ,monthly ,offerings1 #bb4gj2 ,coll41 #ca4hj2 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,bates1 #d4--,santa ,cruz1 ,anniversary ,coll41 #e2 ,annual ,members1 #eh2 ,chinese ,monthly ,offerings1 #be2 ,mrs4 ,h4 ,a4 ,martin1 #a2 ------1 ,stockton1 ,anniversary ,coll41 #f4bj2 ,eight ,annual 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,west ,sch4 #bf4ce2 ,north ,sch41 #d4cj2 ,annual ,members1 #abb2 ------1 #be1 to const4 ,,rev4 ,c4 ,r4 ,,hazen1 of ,hong ,kong1 ,l4 ,m42 ,,low ,,quong1 #be1 to const4 himself ,l4 ,m42 ,dea4 ,s4 ,woo1 #e4ej2 ,ny ,bo ,hong1 #e2 ,dea4 ,edmund ,palache1 #be1 to const4 ,,miss ,,helen ,w4 ,,pond ,l4 ,m42 8,many ,friends10 #cd4ej to const4 ,,lee ,,sam of ,south ,china1 ,l4 ,m42 ,annual ,members1 #ej2 ,miss ,chaloner1 #e4--,san ,jose1 ,cong4 ,ch41 #bj4ge4--,woodland1 ,three ,annual ,members1 #f #hbe4ie ,,from ,,individual ,,donors3 8,m4 ,c4 ,n40 #cj2 ,hon4 ,f4 ,f4 ,low1 #be2 ,taber1 ,harker ,co41 #be2 ,c4 ,adolphe ,low ,co41 #be2 ,redington ,co41 #be2 ,e4 ,ransome ,co41 #be2 ,williams1 ,dimond ,co41 #be2 ,parrott ,co41 #be2 ,eppinger ,co41 #be2 ,t4 ,h4 ,selby ,co41 #be2 ,james ,m4 ,harrn1 #be2 ,wm4 ,t4 ,coleman1 #be2 ,cala1 ,furn4 ,mfg4 ,co41 #be2 ,liverpool1 ,london ,globe ,ins4 ,co41 #be2 ,imperial1 ,london1 ,northern ,queens ,ins4 ,co41 #be2 8,cash1 #dje ,cala4 ,st410 #be2 ,miss ,mary ,perkins1 #be1 to const4 ,,mrs4 ,s4 ,c4 ,,perkins ,l4 ,m42 ,j4 ,j4 ,vasconcellos1 #aj2 ,george ,c4 ,boardman1 #aj2 ,augustus ,c4 ,flint1 #aj2 ,israel ,w4 ,knox1 #aj2 ,rev4 ,f4 ,a4 ,field1 ,national ,city1 #aj2 8,friends10 #dj #ebj4jj ,,from ,,eastern ,,friends3 8,friends in ,north ,maine10 #b4--;,amherst1 ,mass41 ,mrs4 ,r4 ,a4 ,lester1 #ajj4--,stockbridge1 ,mass41 ,miss ,alice ,byington1 #ej2 ,rev4 ,f4 ,b4 ,perkins1 #aj4--,westfield1 ,mass41 ,misses ,dickinson1 #aj #agb4jj ------------------ ,total #a1ijf4ij ,h4 ,w4 ,,hubbard1 ,treasurer4 #ef ,reade ,street1 ,n4,y4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,constitution4 ,,art4 ,i4 ,this society shall 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 country and other countries which are destitute of them1 or which present open and urgent fields of effort4 ,,art4 ,,iii4 ,members of evangelical churches may be constituted members of this ,association for life by the payment of thirty dollars into its treasury1 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 ,other persons1 by the payment of the same sum1 may be made life members without the privilege of voting4 ,every evangelical 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 ,association1 or1 in case of its failure to act1 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 ,meeting and voting1 the amendment having been approved by the vote of a majority at the previous ,annual ,meeting4 99 99 99 99 99 ,our ,little ,ones and ,the ,nursery4 ,illustration ,the most beautiful ,magazine in the ,world for the ,youngest ,readers4 ,the ,literary and ,artistic success of the ,age6 ,every ,article written expressly for its pages6 ,every ,picture made expressly for this work1 by the best ,artists4 ,the most valuable ,premiums6 ,a ,premium for every subscription and renewal6 ,clubs with all ,periodicals6 ,send ,postal for our ,new ,premium ,list6 ,send ,postal for a ,free ,specimen4 ,all ,newsdealers sell it4 ,agents wanted4 ,one ,year1 #a4ej4 ,single ,copies1 #ae cts4 ,russell ,publishing ,co41 #cf ,bromfield ,st41 ,boston1 ,mass4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ,,investors4 #ibe and accrued interest will buy a #a1jjj #f per cent4 gold coupon bond of the ,,east and ,,west ,r4 ,r4 ,,co4 ,,of 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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 respectfully1 ,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 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volume4 #abmo4 #cbj pp4 #f cuts4 #a4be4 ,daisy ,snowflake's ,secret4 ,mrs4 ,g4 ,s4 ,reaney4 ,a grand temperance story for young ladies1 showing what they may do to close our homes against such secrets as troubled ,daisy ,snowflake4 #abmo4 #bif pp4 #f cuts4 #a4be4 ,cluny ,macpherson4 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,e4 ,barr4 ,a story for young people disclosing ,scottish life in all its strength and depth1 its romance1 simplicity and beauty1 with its marked religious element4 #abmo4 #caa pp4 #a4be4 ,central ,africa1 ,japan and ,fiji4 ,sketches of three of the most interesting mission fields of the present day1 showing what has been done1 and what remains to do1 in bringing them to ,christ4 #abmo4 #bif pp4 #fj cuts4 #a4be4 ,our ,brothers and ,sons4 ,mrs4 ,g4 ,s4 ,reaney4 ,a book for young men1 bringing out truths such as they need2 written in a most attractive style4 #abmo4 #bgj pp4 #a4 ,our ,daughters4 ,mrs4 ,g4 ,s4 ,reaney4 ,a book full of best suggestions for young ladies1 written by a warm-hearted ,christian woman4 #abmo4 #bej pp4 #a4 ,wayside ,springs4 ,t4 ,l4 ,cuyler1 ,d4,d4 ,these sketches are refreshing as a spring of cold water to a traveler1 and every one comes from a heavenly fountain4 #afmo4 #afj pp4 ,limp cloth1 #ej;c42 gilt edge1 with portrait1 #ge;c4 ,morning ,thoughts4 ,,for ,,our ,,daughters4 ,mrs4 ,g4 ,s4 ,reaney4 ,a text of ,scripture and short devotional meditation for daily use4 #afmo4 #afj pp4 ,limp1 #ej;c42 gilt1 #ge;c4 ,little ,glory's ,mission4 ,and ,,found ,,at ,,last4 ,two touching stories of life among the poor4 #afmo4 #ahf pp4 #ge;c4 ,,new ,s4 ,s4 ,,cards4 ,bible ,words4 #add cards1 all different texts4 #be cts4 ,faithful ,sayings4 #ab fine floral cards with selected texts4 #be cts4 ,words of ,faith4 #ab floral cards1 with different texts4 #be cts4 8,whosoevers0 of the ,bible4 #ab most elegant rose cards1 with #eb texts4 #be cts4 ,sure ,promises from ,god's ,word4 #gb cards1 with different texts4 #be cts4 ,words of ,eternal ,life4 #ab floral cards1 with 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99 99 ,american ,tract ,society3 #aej ,nassau ,street1 ,new ,york2 or #aeab ,chestnut ,street1 ,philadelphia2 #aec ,wabash ,avenue1 ,chicago2 #eb ,bromfield ,street1 ,boston2 #ge ,state ,street1 ,rochester2 #geg ,market ,street1 ,san ,francisco4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,world ,electro ,radiant ,magic ,lantern4 ,,patented4 ,,perfection ,,at ,,the ,,lowest ,,price4 #be ,,lantern ,,for #ab4 ,illustration ,the body of the ,,electro ,,radiant is a cone-shaped reflector which gathers each divergent ray of light and concentrates them all on the main reflector1 whence the whole mass of brilliancy illuminates and projects the picture with startling clearness4 ,no combination of lenses1 however ingenious1 has ever been known to produce equal effects with the light used4 ,the cost of an outfit to enable you to do ,a ,,profitable ,,business is very small compared with the amount of money it takes to do any other business4 ,any one of ordinary intelligence can operate4 #aj to #ej per night may be earned by giving ,parlor1 ,sunday-,school1 ,academy1 or ,public entertainments4 ,as an ,educator the ,electro ,radiant surpasses almost every other apparatus used in a school4 ,the attention of the scholar is concentrated on just the one illustration before him1 and on no other1 as in the dark nothing else can be seen and the mind of the student is forcibly attracted4 ,masonic and other ,lodges or ,societies will find the ,electro ,radiant a novel1 useful1 and profitable addition to their paraphernalia in illustrating their ritual or giving entertainments4 ,for public ,entertainments the possessor of an ,electro ,radiant has something that will 8draw0 with the combined power of the ,theatre1 the ,circus1 the ,prestidigitateur1 the ,county ,fair1 the ,temperance ,crusade1 and the ,camp-,meeting4 ,a room that will hold #ajj persons may be filled nightly and a good profit be cleared4 ,our photograph slides represent faithfully ,beautiful ,works of ,art1 ,scriptural ,scenes1 ,portraits of ,prominent ,persons1 and ,comic subjects that are a never-ending source of delight4 ,even if you only wanted to amuse your friends or family1 see what a cheap and beneficial entertainment you can furnish4 ,you have only to tack the sheet to the wall1 darken the room1 place ,lantern on stand1 light lamp1 and you are ready to begin the exhibition4 ,the ,magic ,lantern ,show is different from every other2 it attracts the school-boy equally with his master2 all kinds1 classes1 and degrees of folks are delighted by it4 ,the ,electro ,radiant projects onto to the ,screen a ,picture ,eight ,feet in ,diameter4 ,ten ,thousand ,dollars were paid for the use of our ,patent by one ,railroad ,company for ,locomotive ,headlights1 it being considered the most wonderful light ever produced for the purpose4 ,we have retained the exclusive right to make ,magic ,lanterns on precisely the same principle1 and the ,electro ,radiant is the result4 ,the adjustment of ,reflector1 ,lenses1 ,tubes1 ,slide ,rest1 and ,cone are made with mathematical nicety4 ,optical laws governing such adjustments have been accurately calculated1 so that you have in our ,lanterns far more than appears1 and we are placing within the reach of all unsurpassed advantages for ,learning1 ,amusement1 and ,profit4 ,the ,transparent ,slides for these ,lanterns embrace views illustrating wonderful ,natural ,scenes from different parts of the world4 ,the ,scriptures--,subjects from both the ,old and ,new ,testaments4 ,temperance--,showing the folly and misery of the ,drunkard4 ,art--,copies of famous ,statues1 ,bas-reliefs1 and ,engravings4 ,miscellaneous--,such as ,ships at ,sea in a ,storm1 ,steamboat ,race1 ,fort ,sumter1 ,daylight ,scene1 ,moonlight1 etc41 etc4 ,history--,landing of ,columbus1 ,declaration of ,independence1 ,yankee ,doodle1 etc41 etc4 ,comic--,side ,splitters without number1 etc41 etc4 ,you can add to your assortment at any future time if you choose4 ,each ,lantern with slides complete is packed in a neat box which may easily be carried in the hand4 ,,prices4 ,the ,electro ,radiant ,no4 #b 7as shown in cut7 with slides and fittings complete1 will be sent by express on receipt of #ab4jj1 or ,c4 ,o4 ,d4 if #c4jj on account is sent with the order1 the purchaser paying the balance1 #i4jj1 at the express office4 ,full instructions and list of other views sent with each ,lantern4 ,send money-order or registered letter4 ,send all orders to ,,world ,,manufacturing ,,co41 #abb ,nassau ,street1 ,new ,york4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,mason ,,hamlin ,,organs4 ,a cable dispatch announces that at the ,international ,industrial ,exhibition 7#ahhc7 now in progress 7#ahhc7 at ,,amsterdam1 ,,netherlands1 ,these ,organs have been ,awarded the ,,grand ,,diploma ,,of ,,honor1 ,being the ,,very ,,highest ,,award1 ranking above the ,,gold ,,medal1 and given only for ,,exceptional ,,super-,,excellence4 ,,thus ,,is ,,continued ,,the ,,unbroken ,,series ,,of ,,triumphs ,,of ,,these ,,organs ,,at ,,every ,,great 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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 ,,notes ,,on ,,church ,,worship4 99 99 99 99 99 ,when the ,hymn and ,tune ,book1 8,songs for the ,sanctuary10 had outgrown its freshness1 ,mr4 ,joseph ,p4 ,holbrook1 the ,musical ,editor1 set about preparing the ,worship in ,song1 and after years of labor offered it for publication1 and it now stands before the churches4 ,by common consent the general merit of the ,songs for the ,sanctuary was in the musical editing1 and it is safe to say that the mantle that fell from that book dropped upon the shoulders of the ,worship in ,song4 ,holbrook's later and newer book contains the result of his labor and experience through all these years1 and his ,worship in ,song is clearly the greatest improvement that could be made4 ,in addition to the ,hymns and ,tunes1 the book contains ,dr4 ,r4 ,s4 ,storrs' ,new ,psalter1 which has recently been edited and enlarged by ,dr4 ,storrs1 and contains also a brief statement by him of the value of responsive reading in churches4 ,the selections of ,psalms and ,scripture for responsive reading is by far the best that has yet been published for ,congregational and ,presbyterian purposes1 and1 as the old edition was widely used1 so this will be the standard and the best4 ,the ,worship in ,song with ,psalter1 by ,storrs and ,holbrook1 is a successful and popular combination4 ,another ,hymn and ,tune ,book of very great importance1 on account of its giving standard classical music throughout1 is ,hall ,lasar's ,evangelical ,hymnal4 ,this book has already been adopted in ,harvard ,college1 ,trinity ,college and other institutions1 and is being favorably considered by many churches4 ,it is a marked step in advance of all other ,hymn and ,tune ,books1 and is the recognized standard of the ,church ,hymn-book of the near future4 ,messrs4 ,a4 ,s4 ,barnes ,co4 have also recently published ,prof4 ,hopkins' 8,liturgy1 or ,book of ,common ,prayer for ,non-,episcopal ,churches40 ,this ,liturgy is the result of many years of study1 after correspondence and comparison on the part of the author with many leading ,protestant clergymen4 ,upon publication it was received with great interest by clergymen of all denominations1 and a large sale immediately began4 ,it is safe to say that no other book presenting a ,liturgy for ,presbyterian and ,congregational ,churches was ever received with so great enthusiasm4 ,the sale steadily continues1 and the interest awakened is sufficient to make it certain that the plan finds favor4 ,clergymen and ,committees desiring to see and examine copies of any or all of the above books can obtain them on approval1 postage prepaid1 by addressing the publishers1 ,a4 ,s4 ,,barnes ,,co41 #aaa and #aac ,,william ,,street1 ,,new ,,york4 ,,atkin ,,prout1 ,printers1 #ab ,barclay ,st41 ,new ,york4 ,transcriber's ,notes ,obvious printer's punctuation errors and omissions silently corrected4 ,period spelling and inconsistent hyphenation retained4 ,ditto marks replaced with the text the represent to facilitate e,book text alignment4 ,missing 8t0 added in 8at0 on the inside cover 7at the ,new ,york ,office7 ,changed 8,,beqeath0 to 8,,bequeath0 on the inside cover 7,i ,,bequeath to my executor74 ,changed 8consultatation0 to 8consultation0 on page #chj 7without mutual consultation7 ,missing digits in the entries for ,south ,amherst and ,southampton on page #djh could not be determined4 ,unbalanced quotation marks on page #djf left in place as it is not possible to determine where they should be closed 7,it is on this that the whole method7 ,changed 8,fragance0 to 8,fragrance0 on page #dac 7,beauty and ,fragrance7 ,changed 8,amother0 to 8,another0 on the back cover 7,another ,hymn and ,tune ,book7