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No. 3.\n\n                                THE\n\n                       AMERICAN MISSIONARY.\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n               \u201cTo the Poor the Gospel is Preached.\u201d\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n                           MARCH, 1878.\n\n\n\n\n                            _CONTENTS_:\n\n\n  EDITORIAL.\n\n    PARAGRAPHS                                                    65\n    PAYING THE DEBT                                               66\n    NEGROLOGY                                                     67\n    BILLS IN CONGRESS                                             68\n    EDUCATION AMONG THE FREEDMEN                                  69\n    WHAT CAN THE WOMEN DO?\u2014SCHOOL ITEMS                           70\n    NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES\u2014TEACHERS\u2019 ASSOCIATION\u2014NEGRO NOTES      71\n    CHINESE NOTES                                                 72\n    POETRY. \u201cNo Room in the Inn\u201d                                  74\n\n\n  THE FREEDMEN.\n\n    GEORGIA: Atlanta University                                   75\n    GEORGIA MACON: Devotion to Study\u2014Conversions to Christ        78\n    ALABAMA: Breaking Ground for New Emerson Institute\n      Building. Prof. T. N. Chase                                 78\n    TENNESSEE: A Debt Extinguisher\u2014The Happiest Girl in the\n      Land. Rev. T. Cutler                                        79\n\n\n  THE INDIANS.\n\n    THE INDIAN COMMISSIONERS                                      80\n\n\n  THE CHINESE.\n\n    ADDRESS BY FUNG AFFOO                                         81\n\n\n  AFRICA.\n\n    THE MENDI MISSION                                             83\n\n\n  COMMUNICATIONS.\n\n    EDUCATION OF THE COLORED PEOPLE. Rev. J. E. Rankin, D. D.     84\n    FROM A LIFE MEMBER.\u2014SLAVE AND FREE LABOR COTTON. From the\n      N. Y. _Herald_                                              85\n\n\n  THE CHILDREN\u2019S PAGE                                             86\n\n\n  RECEIPTS                                                        87\n\n\n  WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, &c.                                    92\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n                             NEW YORK:\n\n         Published by the American Missionary Association,\n\n                      ROOMS, 56 READE STREET.\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n                Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance.\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n              A. Anderson, Printer, 28 Frankfort St.\n\n\n\n\n                _American Missionary Association_,\n\n                      56 Reade Street, N. Y.\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n  PRESIDENT.\n\n    HON. E. S. TOBEY, Boston.\n\n\n  VICE PRESIDENTS.\n\n    Hon. F. D. PARISH, Ohio.\n    Rev. JONATHAN BLANCHARD, Ill.\n    Hon. E. D. HOLTON, Wis.\n    Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, Mass.\n    Rev. STEPHEN THURSTON, D. D., Me.\n    Rev. SAMUEL HARRIS, D. D., Ct.\n    Rev. SILAS MCKEEN, D. D., Vt.\n    WM. C. CHAPIN, Esq., R. I.\n    Rev. W. T. EUSTIS, Mass.\n    Hon. A. C. BARSTOW, R. I.\n    Rev. THATCHER THAYER, D. D., R. I.\n    Rev. RAY PALMER, D. D., N. Y.\n    Rev. J. M. STURTEVANT, D. D., Ill.\n    Rev. W. W. PATTON, D. D., D. C.\n    Hon. SEYMOUR STRAIGHT, La.\n    Rev. D. M. GRAHAM, D. D., Mich.\n    HORACE HALLOCK, Esq., Mich.\n    Rev. CYRUS W. WALLACE, D. D., N. H.\n    Rev. EDWARD HAWES, Ct.\n    DOUGLAS PUTNAM, Esq., Ohio.\n    Hon. THADDEUS FAIRBANKS, Vt.\n    SAMUEL D. PORTER, Esq., N. Y.\n    Rev. M. M. G. DANA, D. D., Ct.\n    Rev. H. W. BEECHER, N. Y.\n    Gen. O. O. HOWARD, Oregon.\n    Rev. EDWARD L. CLARK, N. Y.\n    Rev. G. F. MAGOUN, D. D., Iowa.\n    Col. C. G. HAMMOND, Ill.\n    EDWARD SPAULDING, M. D., N. H.\n    DAVID RIPLEY, Esq., N. J.\n    Rev. WM. M. BARBOUR, D. D., Ct.\n    Rev. W. L. GAGE, Ct.\n    A. S. HATCH, Esq., N. Y.\n    Rev. J. H. FAIRCHILD, D. D., Ohio.\n    Rev. H. A. STIMSON, Minn.\n    Rev. J. W. STRONG, D. D., Minn.\n    Rev. GEORGE THATCHER, LL. D., Iowa.\n    Rev. A. L. STONE, D. D., California.\n    Rev. G. H. ATKINSON, D. D., Oregon.\n    Rev. J. E. RANKIN, D. D., D. C.\n    Rev. A. L. CHAPIN, D. D., Wis.\n    S. D. SMITH, Esq., Mass.\n    Rev. H. M. PARSONS, N. Y.\n    PETER SMITH, Esq., Mass.\n    Dea. JOHN WHITING, Mass.\n    Rev. WM. PATTON, D. D., Ct.\n    Hon. J. B. GRINNELL, Iowa.\n    Rev. WM. T. CARR, Ct.\n    Rev. HORACE WINSLOW, Ct.\n    Sir PETER COATS, Scotland.\n    Rev. HENRY ALLON, D. D., London, Eng.\n    WM. E. WHITING, Esq., N. Y.\n    J. M. PINKERTON, Esq., Mass.\n\n\n  CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.\n\n    REV. M. E. STRIEBY, _56 Reade Street, N. Y._\n\n\n  DISTRICT SECRETARIES.\n\n    REV. C. L. WOODWORTH, _Boston_.\n    REV. G. D. PIKE, _New York_.\n    REV. JAS. POWELL, _Chicago, Ill._\n\n    EDGAR KETCHUM, ESQ., _Treasurer, N. Y._\n    H. W. HUBBARD, ESQ., _Assistant Treasurer, N. Y._\n    REV. M. E. STRIEBY, _Recording Secretary_.\n\n\n  EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.\n\n    ALONZO S. BALL,\n    A. S. BARNES,\n    EDWARD BEECHER,\n    GEO. M. BOYNTON,\n    WM. B. BROWN,\n    CLINTON B. FISK,\n    A. P. FOSTER,\n    AUGUSTUS E. GRAVES,\n    S. B. HALLIDAY,\n    SAM\u2019L HOLMES,\n    S. S. JOCELYN,\n    ANDREW LESTER,\n    CHAS. L. MEAD,\n    JOHN H. WASHBURN,\n    G. B. WILLCOX.\n\n\nCOMMUNICATIONS\n\nrelating to the business of the Association may be addressed to\neither of the Secretaries as above.\n\n\nDONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS\n\nmay be sent to H. W. Hubbard, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, when\nmore convenient, to either of the branch offices, 21 Congregational\nHouse, Boston, Mass., 112 West Washington Street, Chicago, Ill.\nDrafts or checks sent to Mr. Hubbard should be made payable to his\norder as _Assistant Treasurer_.\n\nA payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member.\n\nCorrespondents are specially requested to place at the head of each\nletter the name of their Post Office, and the County and State in\nwhich it is located.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\n                                THE\n\n                       AMERICAN MISSIONARY.\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n           VOL. XXXII.      MARCH, 1878.         No. 3.\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\n_American Missionary Association._\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nBy the brief extracts, given on another page, from recent letters\nof our African missionaries, it appears that they were at last\naccounts in good health and heart, and hard at work re-organizing\nthe church and schools, repairing buildings, and laying foundations\nfor future work. The death of Rev. Barnabas Root had left the\nmission without a minister, so that its higher work had been\ngreatly interrupted. To keep the numbers good, and the working\nforce equal to the necessities of the case, it has seemed both\nto those recently sent out, and to the Executive Committee, that\nthere should be a speedy addition to the Missionary band. It has\nbeen the experience of other organizations as well as our own,\nthat missionary work suffers by nothing more than by having too\nfew workers in a place. We hope, therefore, before this number of\nour Magazine reaches its readers, that two more good men, with\ntheir wives, will be on their way to join the Mendi Mission. Albert\nMiller and Andrew Jackson have offered themselves, in response\nto a general call read at the Fisk University by Prof. Spence.\nThe former is a preacher who has nearly completed the collegiate\ncourse, the latter a teacher just finishing the normal course, and\neach will be accompanied by a good wife, able to sing and teach:\n(one of them was formerly with the Jubilee Singers.)\n\nThus strengthened by the addition of these four \u201cfellow-helpers\nin the gospel,\u201d we look for good tidings from month to month from\nAfrica, and have less fear that the force already on the field will\nover-work themselves in that warm and trying climate.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nGeneral Charles H. Howard, of the _Advance_, owing to a recent\nattack of pneumonia, will, under the advice of his physician, spend\nthe remainder of the winter, and the spring months, at the South.\nIt was natural for General Howard, from his former connection with\nthe American Missionary Association as its Western Secretary, to\ntake a special interest in its work at the South. He has planned,\nwith our hearty cooperation, to visit a number of the institutions\nand churches under our charge, and to inform himself and the\nreaders of the _Advance_ as to the condition and progress of our\nwork among the freedmen. The Association heartily welcomes all\nsuch friendly observation and criticism. General Howard is now\nat Savannah, Ga., and, after a trip to Florida, will return to\nvisit our institutions farther West in the spring. He will publish\nletters on the condition of Southern society, and the colored\npopulation especially, with whose uplifting he feels the warmest\nsympathy.\n\n\nPAYING THE DEBT.\n\nWe are rejoiced to be able to report cheering progress in the\npayment of our debt. Our last statement, in the December number of\nthe MISSIONARY, announced the payment of $30,416, thus bringing\nthe debt down from $93,232.99 in 1876, to $62,816.90, as reported\nat the Annual Meeting in 1877. It also gave a list of pledges of\n$5,000, reducing the balance to $57,816.90. Pledges and payments\nhave been made since that date, which reduce the amount to a little\nbelow $50,000.\n\nThe spirit manifested by our friends in this movement, may be\ngathered from extracts from the letters we have received. A liberal\nfriend in New England writes: \u201cI have thought for a long time of\nyour Society, and of its just call upon me for aid, additional to\nwhat I do when I send you our church collection. * * I will soon\nsend you my check for $1,000\u201d [it has been received] \u201cfor your\ndebt, and I will add another thousand during 1878, conditioned upon\nthe total wiping out of the debt in 1878.\u201d\n\nA friend in Hartford, Ct. says: \u201cI have from time to time received\nreports of the doings and wants of your Association with much\ninterest. You may count me in as one of twenty-five, for a thousand\ndollars for liquidating your debt, and I hope the full number may\nsoon appear.\u201d\n\nAnother Connecticut friend writes: \u201cAfter getting through with the\nvery busy month, and inspecting the balance sheets, I conclude to\nanticipate a little on the strength of my hopes, and promise you\nfive hundred dollars toward the debt. I wish I could see my way\nclear to do more.\u201d\n\nA gentleman in Springfield, Mass., whose \u201cUnabridged\u201d contributions\nwe have often had occasion to acknowledge, sends us his check for\n$500. \u201cA worshipper at Indian Orchard,\u201d remits $500.\n\nOne of our liberal and constant patrons at the West, tells his\nexperience thus: \u201cI could not see where the funds were to come\nfrom to aid you, but yesterday, to my great joy, the inclosed\nthree hundred dollars dropped into my hands, and as a faithful and\nfavored steward, I take great pleasure in handing it over to you,\nto aid in extinguishing the debt of the Association.\u201d\n\nMany expressions of regret come to us from those whose hearts are\nwith us in this effort, but whose means will not permit them just\nnow to help. We wish to express our earnest hope that an effort,\nso well begun, will not be suffered to fail. It will be seen that\nsome of the pledges are made on condition that the whole sum be\nraised in a specified time\u2014an additional reason for promptness\non the part of those who desire to aid in the movement. We have\navoided thus far, the expense of collecting agents, and we trust\nthat the friends of the Association will continue to forward their\ncontributions, and thus save us from any such outlay. It will be a\ntriumph of economy, as well as of liberality.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nRev. Peter J. Gulick, a veteran missionary of the A. B. C. F.\nM., died at Kobe, Japan, Dec. 8th, 1877. We record his death\nwith affectionate regret, remembering his annual contributions\nsent to us for many years, accompanied with expressions of his\ndeep interest, in the uplifting to Christian citizenship of the\ndestitute and despised people of his native land.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n_The Council Fire_ is the title of a new Monthly Journal, of 16\npages, devoted to the history, character, social life, religious\ntraditions, government, current legends, etc., of the American\nIndian, including also discussions of our relations to him as a\npeople and a Government. The fact that it is under the editorial\nmanagement of Col. A. B. Meacham, formerly Indian Superintendent\nand Peace Commissioner, is a guarantee of its character and value.\nIt gives the current history of Indian affairs in all parts of the\ncountry.\n\n\nNEGROLOGY.[A]\n\nThe political calm in the Southern States has apparently given\nleisure for a somewhat wide discussion of the negro: what he is\nin himself, and what he may be in the State. It is largely a\ndiscussion by Southern men, and from a more or less distinctively\nSouthern standpoint.\n\n_Mr. Stetson_ gives a series of answers to questions, representing\nthe negro as he is, morally, socially and politically: the sum of\nit all being, what might be anticipated for a race of tropical\norigin, held for generations in slavery, and suddenly endowed\nwith political equality. Sensual and emotional by nature, lazy\nand thievish by training, clannish and easily misled as a voter,\nhis salvation will depend on his receiving education, but not by\na forcing process, and on his coming gradually to the independent\nexercise of his civil rights.\n\n_The South Carolinian_ gives an apparently frank representation of\nthe situation as it appears to the native people of that State.\nThe present shows more honesty and less crime, a renewed interest\nof the whites, and the banishment of the blacks from politics. No\nparty will be tolerated \u201cwhich aggressively, and in real earnest,\nadvocates negro rights.\u201d He says: \u201cThe whites regard the negro as\nan inferior animal, admirably adapted to work and to wait, and look\non him, \u2018in his proper place,\u2019 with a curious mixture of amusement,\ncontempt and affection. It is when he aspires to participate in\npolitics, or otherwise claim privileges, that their hatred becomes\nintense.\u201d In regard to Education, he writes: \u201cThere is great\nprejudice in this State against free schools for any color; nor\nhave the airs put on by colored-school children contributed to\nremove it. Policy, however, and past promises will probably impel\nthe maintenance of a free-school system for some time, at least,\nbut on a less extensive scale. It is proper to add that some\ncultured Southerners are in favor of educating and elevating the\nnegro, as the best way to solve our race difficulties. But it is\ndoubtful if their views will prevail against inherited prejudice.\u201d\n\nBut _The Louisianian_ takes stronger ground. The Southern question\ngerminated when a slave was first introduced into the American\ncolonies. The institution of slavery made all the difference;\ngiving rise in the South to a \u201cdomineering and proscriptive\naristocracy,\u201d with regard to all of the African race, and putting\nall whites\u2014poor or rich, ignorant or educated\u2014on a footing of\nequality. \u201cThere was a nobility in the white skin, more sacred\nand more respected than the one derived from the letters patent\nof kings;\u201d more even, apparently, than that based on intelligence\nor virtue. Slavery made of the Southern planters, \u201chigh barons\nin reality, although not in name.\u201d In the North and West, on\nthe contrary, there was a democracy politically, but a social\naristocracy, not recognizing the equality of the white skin. The\nwriter says: \u201cThe aristocrats of the South were the real ones;\nthose of the North were spurious. The Southern question used to be,\nthat of the maintenance of this supremacy over the whole land by\nthese real aristocrats.\u201d\n\nNow \u201cmediocrity is enthroned,\u201d and the Southern question is the\nfree negro question; a reversal has been made\u2014the body politic\nhas had its feet up and its head down. The author seems to see\nnothing but the race question: the law of animal life, where the\nstrong destroy the weak, is the highest law he can think of for\nits solution; where a weak race comes in contact with a stronger,\nit must merge into it, or \u201csubserve its interests and prejudices,\u201d\nor be wiped out of existence, and Providence so orders it. \u201cThere\nwill never be peace and prosperity in the Southern States, as long\nas Caucasian supremacy shall be opposed there;\u201d but, \u201cwe intend to\ncontrol the negro vote by superior intelligence, by persuasion, and\nnot by violence.\u201d\n\nEqual opportunity for education should, he thinks, be given to\nthe blacks; but they should be discouraged from all \u201caspirations\nand efforts which will end in disappointment,\u201d [and this is the\nsentiment, also, of so earnest a worker as Col. Preston of Va.];\n\u201cand hasten a more active and deadly struggle.\u201d\n\nIt will be a surprise, we doubt not, and a disappointment to many\nof our Northern friends, to find that such views, especially\nthose of the admirably-written article in the _North American\nReview_, still constitute the substratum of thought among the\ncultivated classes of the Southern States. For what such men as\nthis accomplished writer think in their bed-chambers, finds very\ndifferent and much grosser expression among men of coarser fibre\nand ruder touch. We do remember that the last two writers quoted,\nare from the two longest and most sorely troubled States, where\nsentiment is probably more extreme than elsewhere in the South; and\nwe hope, indeed, to some extent we know, that there are many of the\nnatives of these States, who are not represented by these views,\nbut who have freed themselves from the dominion of the old ideas of\nrace-rule and caste prejudice. But we are glad to see these free\ndiscussions, and from these varying standpoints.\n\nWe are pleased to see that education is still not absolutely\ndenied in them, though the motives for its acquirement are largely\ntaken away. But we suggest to our co-workers in this field that,\neven though the various States in which these freedmen live, are,\nand have been, extending the advantages of their public schools\nto children of the blacks, yet, with such sentiments deep-seated\nin the minds of the educated, and so the influential class, this\nprovision is uncertain, and may be at any time diminished or\nwithdrawn. The substantial foundation for the permanent and patient\nwork of the education of the negro, must be in the minds and hearts\nof those who believe in his manhood and in his education, for some\nsufficient use.\n\nIn regard to the general question, we believe it a law of God that,\nas intellectual attainment and moral character are in themselves\nof far more consequence than complexion or race, those who are\nequal in these higher spheres easily overlook the differences in\nthings below. If we understand it at all, the Christian idea is\nnot that the strong should destroy the weak, but \u201claboring, should\nsupport\u201d them. The noblest sight on earth is when a superior race,\nor family, or individual\u2014we care not which\u2014reaches down to an\ninferior race, or family, or individual, to lift them up toilfully\nand patiently to its own higher level. The aristocracy of Christ\u2019s\nkingdom is an aristocracy of service. And, in its accomplished\npeace, the lion does not eat the lamb, but they lie down together.\nIt may be worth our while to practice a little here.\n\nFOOTNOTE:\n\n[A] \u201cThe Southern Negro as He Is\u201d: a Pamphlet, by George R.\nStetson, Boston, Mass. \u201cThe Result in South Carolina\u201d: _Atlantic\nMonthly_, by a South Carolinian. \u201cThe Southern Question\u201d: _North\nAmerican Review_, by Charles Gayarr\u00e9, of Louisiana.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\u2014A variety of bills have been introduced into Congress affecting\nthe interests of the red man. One to organize a territorial\ngovernment, to secure land to individuals, to missions and to\nChurch societies, the residue of land to be forfeited to the United\nStates. Another granting right of way to two railroads, and still\nanother for \u201ca military and post-road bisecting the territory from\nNorth to South\u201d; taking for it a strip five miles wide, some 300\nto 1,000 square miles. Our large army could certainly travel it\nwithout elbowing one another. Another still is arranged, to make\nIndians having an organized government citizens by wholesale.\n\nUnfortunately, most, if not all, these bills indicate by their\norigin, as well as by their contents, that they are in the interest\nof those ambitious to get possession of the lands set apart by\ntreaty to the Indians, and that they involve an utter disregard of\nthe plighted faith and the sworn promises of the nation.\n\n\nEDUCATION AMONG THE FREEDMEN.\n\nUnder this title appears a valuable article in the _Methodist\nQuarterly Review_, for January, by S. G. Arnold, Esq., of\nWashington, D. C. As an early testimony to the capacity of the\nAfrican race, he cites a letter written by Thomas Jefferson in\n1791, to Benjamin Banneker, a free negro of Maryland, who had\nshown remarkable inventive and constructive genius, and acquired a\nthorough astronomical knowledge. Mr. Jefferson says:\n\n  \u201cNobody wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit,\n  that nature has given to our black brethren talents equal to\n  those of the other colors of men, and that the appearance of the\n  want of them, is owing only to the degraded condition of their\n  existence, both in Africa and America. * * * * I have taken the\n  liberty to send your Almanac to M. de Condorset, Secretary of the\n  Academy of Sciences at Paris, and member of the Philanthropic\n  Society, because I consider it a document to which your whole\n  color has a right, for their justification against the doubts\n  which have been entertained of them.\u201d\n\nThe writer then gives a graphic picture of the active efforts\nof the Christian world, to educate and enlighten this needy and\nneglected class, as soon as the Emancipation Act had given access\nto them. From 1863 to 1866, the work in the Freedmen\u2019s camps around\nWashington was, perhaps, the most conspicuous of all; so that in\nthis latter year, 42 regular day-schools, with 71 teachers, were\ncaring for 3,930 pupils. These were sustained from New England\nand the Middle States, and by Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian,\nFriends, Congregational, and various undenominational agencies.\n\nThen came the era of the Freedmen\u2019s Bureau, which expended some\nthirteen millions of dollars, and the free-school law for the\nDistrict of Columbia. The history of the Normal school, established\nwith much self-denying effort, and against great obstacles, by\nMiss Mytilla Miner, is given quite at length, and a full and\nappreciative sketch of the beginning and development of the work\nof the A. M. A. The story of Fisk University and the work of the\nJubilee Singers is told at length. We quote from the closing\nparagraphs of Mr. Arnold, this impressive comparison:\n\n  \u201cAt the Declaration of Independence, in 1776, the whole\n  population of the United States was not very different in point\n  of numbers, from that of the colored population now residing in\n  the Southern States. The country had then been settled for more\n  than 200 years, and there were large interests of production and\n  commerce and government, which would seem to demand very liberal\n  provisions for higher institutions of learning. But it may be\n  doubted whether the advantages for education were not inferior\n  to those now possessed by the colored population of the South,\n  after a probation in freedom of scarcely more than a dozen years.\n  The only colleges which appeared to have been in existence at\n  that time are in existence still, and can be told by the number\n  of your fingers. We have seen that there are now in the South,\n  for the benefit of the negro, between 30 and 40 institutions\n  for higher education, with an annual catalogue of nearly 5,000\n  students; and although they do not, as yet, graduate annually\n  through all the higher departments of learning as many scholars\n  as were graduated from the 10 colleges that were in operation\n  prior to the Revolutionary War, because the training is not for\n  scholarship, but for special work, it seems probable that the\n  educational power is greater and exerts a wider influence.\n\n  \u201cBut whether this is so or not, the result of these brief years\n  of Christian work must be regarded as a phenomenon in the history\n  of the world. It is often said of the movements of our time that\n  they are only history repeating itself; but if there is anything\n  in history like this generous outpouring of effort and means to\n  redeem a great mass of human merchandise, and lift it up out of\n  its squalor and wretchedness to the level of our common Christian\n  manhood, we exhort the friends of history to produce it.\u201d\n\nWe gladly avail ourselves of this opportunity, to recognize the\ngenerous appreciation of our work which we have always received\nfrom our Methodist friends\u2014indeed, some of them are \u201courselves\u201d\u2014not\nthe least valuable indication of which is the cordial and kindly\ntone of the article from which we have quoted above from their\nleading Review.\n\n\nWHAT CAN THE WOMEN DO?\n\nWe are gratified with the evidence which is coming to us from\nvarious quarters, of an increasing interest in our Southern work\non the part of our Christian women. A letter from Rhode Island\ninquires the cost of supporting a female missionary to work among\nthe colored women of the South in their homes, after the plan\nmentioned in the January MISSIONARY. Another letter from Vermont\nasks, more generally, What can the women do? How can they best help\nthe work by money and by goods? A word comes even from a missionary\nin Constantinople, endorsing Caucasian women\u2019s work for Negro women\nin America.\n\nIn reply to such questions, we are happy to give all the light\nwe can. A lady missionary, to devote herself to the work named\nabove, can be sustained for from $350 to $450 a year, according to\nlocation; or, a lady teacher in one of our established schools,\nfor $250. A student\u2019s scholarship is from $70 to $80. We are,\nof course, glad to accept money for such special purposes, and\nto use it as we are instructed by the donors. One of the most\npressing needs just now, in which we are sure of sympathy from the\nhouse-keeperly instincts of our good sisters, is that of bedding\nand table-linen for our Educational institutions. We hear from the\nmatron of Tougaloo University, that the press of students is so\ngreat that she has used her last quilt, and may have to take up\ncarpets to cover the students by night. Others are nearly as badly\noff. Perhaps the women of the North can do no better thing than to\nsupply this want for the remainder of this winter, and more fully\nfor another year.\n\nWe have no fear that we shall for a long time lack specialties of\nwants and pressing needs, which will appeal to all who have an ear\nto hear, and a heart to sympathize. Meanwhile, the great work goes\non in all its length and breadth, in which the Christian women of\nthe land may well join forces with the Christian men, as they have\nalways done, and do their part to save and elevate a needy race.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nITEMS FROM THE SCHOOLS.\n\nTALLADEGA, ALA.\u2014\u201cThere are five Sunday-school prayer-meetings every\nSabbath afternoon, in which much feeling is manifested. In these\nmeetings four have expressed the hope of a new life. Others are\nmuch interested.\u201d\n\nTOUGALOO, MISS.\u2014\u201cThere is considerable religious interest. Several\nare inquiring, and a few profess conversion. We are running over\nwith students. We have put up a bed in the north recitation-room of\nthe primary building, and shall probably have to arrange another\nbed in the same room before this week closes. We know of others\nthat are coming next week, and so on, and what are we going to do\nwith them? We have concluded to purchase lumber at once and put up\n_barracks_ for twenty students, for the prospect is that we shall\nhave that many more young men. We can accommodate six or eight\nyoung women in the Peoria room. The erection of barracks will\ninvolve an outlay of some three hundred dollars; but the lumber\nwill all come in play when we build the new chapel, which we shall\nbe obliged to have before the sessions of the next year begin. If\nthe school continues to prosper we shall probably commence another\nyear with a hundred boarders.\u201d\n\nNASHVILLE, TENN.\u2014\u201cWe have a good school this year; about 270 in\nall. We hold a half-hour extra meeting in the boarding department.\nSome inquirers. About twenty conversions last term.\u201d\n\nATLANTA, GA.\u2014\u201cSchool is full. We have more pupils than for several\nyears before. There is some religious interest, though not so much\nas we wish. Our purpose and hope is to make you a big contribution\ntoward the debt, by not asking you for any aid this year.\u201d\n\n\nNEWS FROM THE CHURCHES.\n\nMARION, ALA.\u2014\u201cWe had an interesting day, yesterday, in our church.\nIt was Communion. Four girls from twelve to sixteen years old,\nand one young man of twenty years, were received on profession.\nA Female Prayer-meeting has been commenced at the \u2018Home,\u2019 and\npromises well. The Teacher\u2019s Meeting is also held in our parlor\nevery Friday night. Our evening meetings are well attended. We\nenjoy singing the \u2018Gospel Hymns.\u2019 The people almost all sing, and\nare not afraid to hear their own voices. Last evening seven or\neight of the brethren took part, and one woman felt constrained to\nsay a few words. Perfect harmony and good-feeling seem to prevail\nin the church, and the prospects for the coming year are quite\nencouraging.\u201d\n\nMACON, GA.\u2014\u201cOur church is greatly blessed in connection with the\nWeek of Prayer. Daily meetings have been held for three weeks, and\nthe interest continues good. Several conversions have cheered our\nhearts.\u201d\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nWe have been favored with a copy of the \u201c_Minutes of the\nSouth-western Georgia Teachers\u2019 Association (colored), held at\nHoward Normal School, December 1, 1877._\u201d\n\nThe graduates and students of Atlanta University seem to be the\nleading spirits in this Association. The exercises were very much\nlike those of similar associations or conventions, though without\nthe set speeches of old wheel-horses, which are of doubtful\nadvantage.\n\nThat parliamentary gymnastics were not entirely ignored is evident\nfrom the following quotation: \u201cIt was moved that the roll be\ncalled, for the purpose of members paying their dues. Thereupon\nquite a discussion arose, when the previous question was called\nfor; the previous question was seconded, but the main question was\nlost.\u201d\n\nThe report says of the address of the President: \u201cHe very\ngraphically described the field in which we are to do the work that\nis to be done, and how it is to be done. He said that he felt sure\nthat \u2018the Great Disburser of Human Events\u2019 held something good\nin store for the Negro. Teachers, you are the salt of the race;\nlose not your savor, but keep pushing on in this grand cause of\neducation, and the heights may yet be reached in our day.\u201d\n\nThe Committee on the Educational Condition of South-western Georgia\ngives the reins to its tropical imagination for a moment, when it\nsays: \u201cWe are exceedingly sorry to find our people in some places\n_sleeping on Poverty\u2019s bedstead, covered with the blanket of\nIgnorance_.\u201d\n\nTheir statement that, in the eight counties reported, the\npublic-school fund pays only from thirty-three and one-third to\neighty cents a month per pupil, and that for three months only,\nwould seem to indicate that the public-school system of Georgia\nis not very expensive or uniform in its operation. But it is\nto be hoped that this little plant, so cautiously set by the\npoverty-stricken farmer, may have a steady growth into a large and\nsymmetrical tree.\n\nWe are glad to note the enterprise of our colored friends in\nsustaining and directing for themselves this Howard Normal School,\nand in holding these educational meetings, and we recognize in it\none of the cheering results of our work.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nNEGRO NOTES.\n\nHOME.\n\n\u2014A colored gentleman of high standing and great influence\u2014a\nlife-long resident of Philadelphia\u2014was invited by Mrs. Hayes to \u201cbe\nseated and talk on the political situation,\u201d when the following\nconversation took place: \u201cIt is very quiet now at the South, we\nlearn?\u201d \u201cYes, madam; it is the quietness of death to the colored\npeople. My son is in jail for the crime of aiding in carrying the\nState of South Carolina for the President.\u201d\n\n\u2014Senator Blaine, in a speech at Hot Springs, Ark., put the Southern\nquestion aptly thus: \u201cPerfect peace in the South will everywhere\nfollow perfect justice. There is no man in the country who desires\nstrife for the sake of strife, but there will always be strife so\nlong as there is wrong.\u201d\n\n\u2014There is a quaint, straightforward way of putting things sometimes\nthat strikes right at the root of things, an art which our colored\nfriends of the South seem especially to understand. And here is\nwhat was sung recently at one of their meetings in Jacksonville:\n\n    If you see Peter asleep at de gate,\n    Kase de night befo\u2019 he was up so late,\n    You needn\u2019t \u2019spect, with your load ob sin,\n    Dat you\u2019ll slip past him and steal right in:\n    De angels always acts on de squar\u2019;\n    Dey know you here, an\u2019 dey\u2019ll know you dar.\n\nSuch singing would not be in order in our churches. But, after all,\nisn\u2019t there a bit of truth right here, and may not these lines be\nreflected on with considerable profit?\n\n\u2014A colored man, who very sensibly consulted President Hayes, before\nmigrating to San Domingo, received a letter in reply, from which\nthe following is extracted: \u201cI have given some consideration to\nyour question as to the emigration of colored people from Florida\nto San Domingo. I am not well informed as to the advantages offered\nby San Domingo to immigrants, but my impression is that your people\nshould not be hasty in deciding to leave this country. The mere\ndifference in climate is a very serious objection to removal. The\nfirst generation, in all such removals, suffer greatly. It is my\nopinion, also, that the evils which now affect you are likely\nsteadily, and I hope rapidly, to diminish. My advice is, therefore,\nagainst the proposed emigration.\u201d\n\n\nFOREIGN.\n\n\u2014Stanley\u2019s African expedition cost $115,000, and he discovered\n15,000,000 uncovered Africans. The Worcester _Press_ says six\nheathen for five cents is very reasonable.\n\n\u2014The missionaries of the Church Missionary Society to Lake Victoria\nNyanza have been cordially received by King Mtesa. When the passage\nwas read in the Society\u2019s letter, in which a reference is made\nto our Lord, the king ordered a salute to be fired, which was\nexplained to be for joy at the mention of the name of Jesus. The\nking wished especially to know if the missionaries had brought the\nbook\u2014the Bible. He has himself since acted as interpreter to his\npeople at the Sunday services.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nCHINESE NOTES.\n\n\u2014It is not often that the report of a minority of one is invested\nwith so much importance or interest as that found, in an unfinished\ncondition, among the papers of the late Senator Morton. We give a\nvery brief synopsis of its main points:\n\nA cardinal principle in our government is its openness to\nimmigrants from all parts of the world; it is not limited in its\nstatement by color, character or creed. While the Oriental nations\nhave come on to our ground, it is proposed that we should go\nback to that which they have abandoned, and for the same reasons\nwhich they have given up\u2014interference with trade and labor, and\ncorruption of morals and religion.\n\nThe security of our nation depends not on material wealth nor\ngeneral intelligence, but in devotion to the doctrines upon which\nthe government was founded, \u201cAnd the profound conviction in the\nminds of the people that the rights of man are not conferred\nby constitutions or written enactments, which may be altered\nor abolished, but are God-given to every human being born into\nthe world, and cannot be violated by constitutions, enactments,\nor governments, without trampling upon natural and inalienable\nrights.\u201d Growing out of these doctrines is the policy of free\nimmigration, which we are at liberty to regulate, but not\nproscribe, as we may lay down the conditions of citizenship, but\nnot consistently forbid it. Having given political rights to the\nnegro, it is inconsistent to renew race prejudices, and exclude\nthe Asiatics on the ground of color, civilization and religion.\nThese are the actual grounds of the prejudice. But the question\nis not one of naturalization, but of permission to come into our\ncountry to work, to trade, and to acquire property, though the\nsenator deemed it impossible that they should be protected, save\nas they should be allowed to become citizens, to vote and to be\nrepresented in the government. He refers to the fact that the\nChinese take ship from a British port, and that our dealing in\nregard to their importation must be with the English Government. He\nbrings important testimony to demonstrate the value of their labor\nin the construction of railroads and in the harvesting of crops.\nIn these especially, by their freedom from combinations to control\nthe price of labor, and as having brought wages to a level, which,\nthough still higher than in other States, makes it possible for\nCalifornian manufacturers to compete with those of other States\nand countries. But for Chinese labor, he says, California would\nnot have more than one-half or two-thirds of her present white\npopulation; it is indispensable to farming operations; their labor\nis as free as any other.\n\nThe majority report, in its concluding paragraphs, says that\nthe question that now arises on the Pacific Coast will probably\nhave to be met upon the banks of the Mississippi, and, perhaps,\non the Ohio and Hudson. It is a standing menace to republican\ninstitutions and Christian civilization. Free institutions, founded\nupon free schools and intelligence, can only be maintained when\nbased on intelligent and adequately paid labor. Adequate wages\nare needed to give self-respect to the laborer, and the means of\neducation to his children. Family life is a great safeguard to\nour political institutions. Chinese immigration involves sordid\nwages, no public schools, and the absence of the family. They show\nfew of the characteristics of a desirable population, and many to\nbe deprecated by any patriot. This problem is too important to\nbe treated with indifference. Congress should solve it, having\ndue regard to any rights already accrued under existing treaties,\nand to humanity; but it must be solved, in the judgment of the\ncommittee, unless our Pacific possessions are to be ultimately\ngiven over to a race alien in all its tendencies, which will\nmake of it practically provinces of China, rather than States of\nthe Union. The committee recommend that measures be taken by the\nExecutive, looking toward a modification of the existing treaty\nwith China, confining it to strictly commercial purposes, and that\nCongress legislate to restrain the great influx of Asiatics to this\ncountry.\n\n\u2014The San Francisco \u201cWorkingmen\u201d (?) have, under the lead of\nprofessional agitators, become more than ever threatening and\nincendiary in their language. It was given out that the Chinese\npassengers of the steamer Tokio would be attacked on their\narrival. At this point the authorities interfered. The mayor\nappointed special police, and the two ringleaders were arrested\nfor conspiracy and misdemeanor, and put under heavy bail. General\nMcComb ordered the entire military force of the city to assemble at\nthe armories, and General McDowell gave assurance that the United\nStates troops would come to their aid if required. Under these\nconditions the city scum ceased coming to the surface, but settled\nquickly to the bottom, where it belongs.\n\n\u2014Mr. Luttrell, a democratic member from California, has moved in\nthe House to amend the Steamboat Bill, so as to provide that no\nAmerican vessel shall employ, in any capacity whatever, a Chinese\nor Mongolian.\n\n\u2014Treasury statistics show arrivals from China of 160,979 up to\n1875. In 1875 the arrivals were 19,033; but in 1876 the immigration\nfell off to 16,879, owing to the April disturbance in that year\nin California. For the first quarter of 1877 the number was only\n965, but it soon began to rise again, and on June 31 the total\nimmigration was figured at 284,547.\n\n\u2014The figures of the Custom House in San Francisco have been\ncollated to show that, out of a total of $6,692,000 paid for duties\non imports of foreign goods introduced during the past year, the\nChinese merchants paid $1,756,505, or over twenty-five per cent.\nDuring the same time the Chinese paid for rent and water privileges\n$223,000; for fire insurance, $96,000, and for marine insurance,\n$86,000; they also paid $100,000 in taxes into the city treasury.\n\n\u2014In 1875, of 7,643 arrests for drunkenness, not one was a Chinaman;\nof 3,263 paupers admitted to the almshouse, only six were Chinamen;\nof 83 murderers hanged during the last year in the United States\nonly one was a Chinaman.\n\n\u2014Our antipathy is balanced to some extent by the appetite of Peru,\nwhich has 60,000 Chinamen now within its borders, and so eagerly\ndesires more that an agent of the Peruvian Government is visiting\nSan Francisco with inducements to divert Chinese immigration to\nthat country.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nNO ROOM IN THE INN.\n\nREV. A. K. SPENCE, FISK UNIVERSITY.\n\nThe occasion of the accompanying lines was this: While President\nHayes\u2019 Peace Policy was being applauded through the land, a young\ncolored student, on his way to Fisk University, was detained\novernight at a station, as the trains did not make connection. A\nhotel was near by, but he could not gain admission. He asked the\nprivilege of remaining in the depot, but that was not granted; so\nhe spent the whole night in the open air, pacing up and down to\nkeep warm and pass the time away.\n\nOught there not to be in every hotel some comfortable place where a\ncolored man can get food and shelter?\n\n    The weary stars went slowly westward to their rest,\n    And others from the east climbed up the zenith\u2019s crest,\n    And chill winds smote him, shivering in the gloomy night.\n    Turning his wistful gaze to catch the morning light,\n    There, wrapped in sleep, on couches soft and warm,\n    The slumberers dream sweet dreams, nor think of fear or harm.\n    What has he done, with guilty hand and soul of sin,\n    That thus he stalks about, nor seeks the cheerful inn?\n\n    His brow is dark, and dark the night, and dark his soul\u2014\n    A tripple sea of gloom, whose waters o\u2019er him roll!\n    And faith in man and God is low within his breast;\n    With many a bitter thought his heart is sore oppressed.\n    Like outlawed villain, stealing from the sight of men,\n    He crouches down, as if to sleep, nor slumbers then!\n    Athwart the darkness to his darker soul within,\n    The tantalizing light comes from the inn!\n\n    But yesterday, huzzas came from a million throats,\n    \u2019Mid cannon\u2019s boom and beat of drum and bugle\u2019s notes,\n    And banners waved, and flowers were scattered by the fair,\n    And songs of peace and joy were in the quivering air;\n    And brothers, long estranged, clasped brothers once again,\n    And swore eternal peace and equal rights to men\u2014\n    For him, though wrapped in clean attire, but sable skin,\n    No hospitable room is offered at the inn!\n\n    Oh, brothers of this mighty land, from South to North,\n    Grasp hands of greeting, pour your p\u00e6ans forth!\n    And ne\u2019er by brother\u2019s hand may brother\u2019s blood be shed,\n    With burning towns and trampled fields and mangled dead!\n    Forget the past, nor let it rankle in your breast;\n    Rejoice together of one glorious land possessed!\n    But, oh! forget not him who, not for any sin,\n    But for the thing God made him, is debarred the inn!\n\n    Oh, peaceful President of this great land, to thee\n    All thanks for thy good words for old fraternity!\n    Thy name shall be inscribed in gold on history\u2019s page,\n    And read by countless multitudes from age to age,\n    If thou shalt teach a people, long in strife and feud,\n    To dwell in unity and seek each other\u2019s good;\n    From prejudice of section, creed and race shalt win,\n    So all of every name and hue shall share the inn!\n\n    Oh, brother of the sable brow, my brother, mine,\n    The night is dark and long, and yet the sun shall shine;\n    Patience be thine, and God-like charity and love,\n    And eye of faith and hope that looks to One above.\n    For scorn give benediction, and for insult prayer;\n    And go to Bethlehem\u2019s manger, and remember there\n    Another was like thee, who, sinless, bore our sin!\n    And there shall yet be room for Christ, and thee, within the inn!\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nTHE FREEDMEN.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nGEORGIA.\n\n\nAtlanta University.\n\n\nITS ORGANIZATION.\n\nREV. E. A. WARE, PRESIDENT.\n\nThe first term of Atlanta University began, under its charter\ngranted in 1867, in Oct., 1869. The highest class, at that time,\nwas the junior preparatory. By a natural and steady growth, there\nhas come to be a regular college department, from which two\nclasses, (nine students), have been graduated, and in which there\nare now twenty-four students; a scientific department, with four;\na preparatory, with 37; a higher normal, from which have graduated\nfive classes, (twenty-four students), and which numbers at present\n68; and a lower normal, with 62 students. The higher normal begins\nwith the usual high-school studies, and continues four years. The\nlower normal includes the grammar-school studies, and the first\ntwo years of the higher normal course. Instruction in theology was\ngiven, until the State aid was granted to the school; it has since\nbeen discontinued. The home and family feature of the school is\nmade prominent. A lady has charge of the young men\u2019s building, and,\nso far as possible, takes the place of mother, making the house a\n_home_, instead of a college barrack. The refining, elevating, and\nrestraining influence of this family life is incalculable.\n\nEvery effort is put forth to make the Sabbath a power. The usual\nchurch service is held in the morning, Sunday-school in the\nafternoon, and prayer-meeting at night. The monthly missionary\nconcert is observed. The contributions at this meeting, for\nthe nine school months, amount to about fifty dollars. The\nchurch prayer-meeting is held on Wednesday evening; the school\nprayer-meeting for all the students on Friday afternoon. At this\nmeeting, the school makes weekly offerings, by the envelope\nplan, toward the payment of the debt of the American Missionary\nAssociation.\n\nThe workers this year, including Pastor, Treasurer, Steward,\nHousekeeper and Matron, number twelve. Among them are\nrepresentatives of Yale, Harvard, Amherst and Oberlin.\n\nThe institution owns sixty acres of land, about one mile from the\ncentre of the city. That part of it occupied by the buildings,\ncommands an extended view in all directions. The buildings are\ntwo plain, four-storied, brick dormitories, one for boys, the\nother for girls. These also afford rooms for teachers, and the\nbasement and first floor of the boys\u2019 building give space for\nchapel, schoolrooms, library and reading-room. Many of these\nrooms are entirely unfit for these uses, and are much needed for\nsleeping rooms. By an hour\u2019s work each day, the students care for\nthe buildings, cultivate the grounds, cut the wood, and do the\nhouse-work, except the cooking.\n\nThe Graves Library contains about four thousand volumes, and\nhas an endowment of five thousand dollars. The library and\nreading-room are thoroughly used. Excepting for the library, the\nschool has no endowment, but depends for support on the American\nMissionary Association, and the State of Georgia, which latter has\nappropriated to it $8,000 annually.\n\nThe name \u201cUniversity,\u201d when adopted in 1867, signified nothing,\nsave as a prophecy. As such it was adopted. It foretold the\ncapacity of those, for whom the school was especially founded, to\nadvance in education, till they should need the advantages of a\nfull university course. It foretold the willingness of the friends\nof humanity to furnish these advantages. There is no longer any\ndoubt of the complete fulfillment of the first prophecy, provided\nthe second can be speedily accomplished.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nITS WORK.\n\nREV. C. W. FRANCIS.\n\nTo prepare teachers for the education of the children of more than\nhalf a million of poor and illiterate people is, and must remain,\nthe chief work of the school. The ability to read and write is the\nsmallest of the needs of the people, old and young, among whom\nsuch teachers are called to labor. They must teach the elements of\nmorals and religion, of social and domestic life, must supply the\nforces which are to shape and guide the people from serfdom up to\nan intelligent, Christian citizenship. The course pursued in this\nschool consists essentially in separating the pupils by means of a\nfamily school from all old associations and habits, and subjecting\nthem for months and years to a strong and watchful discipline, in\nsurrounding them with the most earnest and aggressive religious\ninfluences, in giving them the best mental training and furnishing\nwhich the time and facilities will allow, thus to stamp upon them\nnew characteristics, and mould them so that they will represent and\nteach the best Christian culture and civilization. That they may\nresist the strong influences pulling them down on every hand, they\nneed to be thoroughly fixed and set in character before leaving\nschool. Such a complete transformation of character and life as\nis aimed at here, requires time and the constant exercise of the\nhighest skill and patience. It is no ordinary education which is\nsought, but a special and peculiar training for a high and holy\nmissionary work.\n\nThe demand for teachers from this school is continually greater\nthan the supply. In the last catalogue were the names of 214\npupils, and of these, more than 150 are known to have engaged in\nteaching during the year. In the previous year, out of 240, more\nthan 175 were at work in the same way. And this number includes\nnearly every person in school whose age and attainments gave him\neven the smallest fitness for the work. The school term lasts nine\nmonths, and there is but one vacation, including the three summer\nmonths. It is the practice of the pupils to pass directly from\nschool to their work in teaching, and many have done so for a\nnumber of years, without going home or having a rest. They have in\nday-schools an average attendance of thirty-five or forty; and as\nmost have night-schools, and nearly all organize Sabbath-schools\nand temperance societies, it is not unreasonable to estimate that\nmore than 10,000 people are every season reached and instructed by\nthe present pupils of this school, while a still larger number are\nunder the instruction of former pupils. They, for the most part,\nfind their own places, collect the pupils, secure a building\u2014either\na church, shed or cabin, or, in lack of these, build a log-house or\nbush-arbor; and so, all through the hot months, the work goes on\nfrom year to year. The seed is widely scattered, but it is not lost.\n\nThis school bears a very close relation to the special church work\nof the Association as well as to the general religious welfare of\nthe whole people. A large majority of the pupils become Christians\nbefore leaving school, and only one or two have been graduated\nwithout giving evidence of Christian character. There has been\nspecial religious interest every year in the history of the school.\nOne missionary to Africa and several ministers in active service,\ncaught their inspiration here.\n\n\nITS INFLUENCE.\n\nREV. HORACE BUMSTEAD.\n\nThe varied and powerful influence of Atlanta University is seldom\nadequately estimated by the casual reader. Situated almost exactly\nmidway between the Ohio and Mississippi rivers on the one hand, and\nthe Atlantic and Gulf coast on the other, it has an unsurpassed\nopportunity for reaching the colored people of the South. Over most\nof this large territory there is no other institution of so high a\ngrade, the nearest neighbors doing a similar work being Fisk and\nStraight Universities at Nashville and New Orleans respectively. It\nis especially fortunate in having no sectarian rivals to disturb\nthe harmony with which it is now doing a broad Christian work for\nall denominations.\n\nThe first and most direct influence of the institution is, of\ncourse, upon its students. An observing visitor, listening to\na recitation, or attending any gathering of the students, can,\nwithout much difficulty, distinguish the recent comers from the\nolder pupils. In modes of thought and expression, and in the\ngeneral bearing, the contrast is usually quite marked. These,\nhowever, are only superficial indications of the deeper change that\nis commonly wrought in the entire character. Frivolity is toned\ndown, carelessness corrected, punctuality secured, a respect for\nthe rugged virtues as well as the amenities of life stimulated,\nand, in many cases, a sober and abiding religious earnestness\ndeveloped.\n\nThe influence of the institution thus imparted to its students, is\nnext felt by the thousands of younger scholars whom the students\ngather into their schools. So, too, the Sunday-schools and Churches\nwith which they are connected, and the entire communities in which\nthey move, receive a quickening impulse from their presence. \u201cThere\nare three of us in that Sunday-school, _all with the University\nideas_,\u201d was the significant remark of a graduate now teaching in a\nlarge Southern city.\n\nFinally, the influence of Atlanta University upon the Southern\nwhite people themselves has been a marked one. They have repeatedly\nand handsomely acknowledged that the success of its instruction has\nconvinced them that the colored race can receive a high degree of\nculture. The demonstration of this fact has an important bearing\nupon the whole subject of public education. Not only the colored\npeople, but the white people of all classes, especially the poorer\nclasses, will receive great benefit from the quickening of public\nsentiment, produced by the success of this institution. The last\nofficial report on Atlanta University, by the Board of Visitors\nappointed by the Governor, contains an emphatic recognition of its\nvery great influence, present and prospective. These are some of\nthe sentences from that report: \u201cThe Board are constrained to say\nthat the mental training was very satisfactory.\u201d \u201cNo school in\nGeorgia ever had such a field, and its social as well as political\npower may become immense.\u201d \u201cThe pupils of that school will be\nthe moulders of their race in the State,\u201d etc., etc. These are the\nstatements of influential white men in Georgia. Do the people of\nthe North realize how true they are?\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nDevotion to Study\u2014Conversions to Christ.\n\nREV. M. O. HARRINGTON, MACON.\n\nMany cases of interest come to notice in connection with our\nschool, showing the eager thirst for knowledge which these colored\npeople have. One incident to-day illustrates this. A young man,\ntwenty-two years of age, who has been connected with the school for\na few weeks, was obliged to go home a few days since, to attend to\nmatters of business. So anxious was he not to lose his position in\nhis class, that he started at 2.15 in the morning and walked about\nforty miles, reaching Macon at 5 P.M. and this in the severest N.\nE. rain-storm of the season. It makes our hearts sad to know of\nmany who would gladly come to our school, but cannot find boarding\nplaces in town.\n\nThe young man mentioned above has since found Christ to be his\nSaviour. Rejoice with us! God is visiting us with His Spirit. The\nChurch is quickened to newness of life, and sinners are converted.\nWe observed the Week of Prayer; have continued the meetings every\nnight this week. Some of our strongest and best young men were the\nfirst to start in the new life. All is quiet, but deep and earnest.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nALABAMA.\n\nBreaking Ground for the New Emerson Institute Building.\n\nPROF. T. N. CHASE.\n\nOn the 26th of December, ground was broken for the new Emerson\nInstitute building at Mobile, with appropriate services. A portion\nof Scripture was read, and brief addresses were made by Rev. Mr.\nAsh, pastor of the Congregational Church; Rev. Mr. Owens, Baptist;\nRev. Mr. Taylor, Methodist; Mr. Koons, principal of the school; and\nProf. Chase, of Atlanta University. Led by Miss Stevenson, Miss\nLord, a former teacher, and Miss Sawyer, of Talladega College,\nthe pupils of the school sang \u201cHold the Fort,\u201d \u201cThank God for our\nCountry,\u201d \u201cLabor On,\u201d etc., and Rev. Mr. Davis led in prayer.\n\nIn the remarks, Mr. Ash spoke of education in its relation to the\nindividual, to society, to government, and to the Church. Mr.\nOwens said that ignorance was our greatest enemy, and that the\nbuilding which was to be erected might be regarded as a fort, from\nwhich guns were to be aimed at this inveterate foe, and exhorted\nthe people to sustain the teachers who were leading them in their\nintellectual and moral warfare. Mr. Koons made a few statements\nconcerning the school, saying that its aim was not to advance\nthe interests of any political party or religious sect, but to\ndevelop character and cultivate the minds and hearts of the people.\nMr. Taylor said he had been taught that the negro could not be\neducated\u2014that his brains lay in his heels, etc.; but he was glad to\nsee proof to the contrary in the speeches that had just been made\nby Mr. Ash and Mr. Owens. Mr. Chase alluded to the burning of the\nold Institute, the causes of delay in rebuilding, the fact that the\nschool was needed now, and the probability that it always would be.\n\nAt the conclusion of these addresses, the old men, headed by Mr.\nTaylor, claimed the privilege of removing the first earth; others\nfollowed, without regard to age, color, sex or sect.\n\nThe new lot is more accessible to the colored population than the\nold one. It is known as Holley\u2019s Garden, and has been a favorite\nresort for picnic parties. On account of the great depreciation\nin real-estate, the property, containing over two acres, and\nhaving on it a house that will serve as a home for the teachers\nand accommodate a few girls as boarders, and covered with nearly a\nhundred large shade trees, mostly live-oak, has been purchased for\nthe small sum of $2,800.\n\nThe new building is to be sixty-four feet long and fifty-four\nin greatest width, and will accommodate 250 pupils, under five\nteachers. Many of the bricks from the old building can be used,\nsince they were not injured by an excess of water at the time of\nthe fire.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nTENNESSEE.\n\nA Debt Extinguisher\u2014The Happiest Girl in the Land.\n\nREV. TEMPLE CUTLER, CHATTANOOGA.\n\nOn my return from the campaign in New England, I found the church\nin a much better condition than I feared it might be. Except in the\nfalling off in the weekly offering, I could see no change. They had\nbeen ministered to regularly on Sunday evenings, during my absence,\nby Rev. J. C. Irwin, the pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church.\n\nI was glad to find that a good degree of enthusiasm had been\nawakened among them to assist in paying the debt of the A. M.\nA. The Church had held a fair during my absence, at which they\nrealized about $20, which they had forwarded to you. The Band\nof Hope had sent about the same amount. Then the band decided\nto celebrate the anniversary of their freedom on the first of\nJanuary\u2014Emancipation-Day\u2014with a festival, the proceeds of which\nshould be appropriated to the debt. All the colored people, without\nregard to church connection, were invited to be present and\ncontribute to this object. It was quite a success. The exercises\nconsisted of speaking, essays and songs, and were very creditable\nto the performers. The singing was from the Hampton Cabin Songs,\nsome of which were new to this section. Among the speeches was one\non the emancipation of the blacks, another on the work of the A.\nM. A. in the South, which were well delivered. One essay was on a\ncontrast between the slave and the freeman. Dr. Lawrence and wife,\nwho were here on a lecturing tour on temperance, were present. The\ndoctor made a short address, full of wit and good counsel. The\nevening closed with a social entertainment. The proceeds, I think,\nwere about $30, which you have probably received ere this.\n\nThe hearty interest manifested by all the colored people in the\npayment of your debt is encouraging. If the wealthier people would\ndo as much in proportion as these poor people do, your debt would\nnot long be a burden. The Sabbath-school has caught the fever, and,\nlast Sunday, the proposition was made to send you all the money in\nthe treasury (about $15); but, on further consideration, it was\nthought best to wait until we see how we shall pay for our lesson\npapers. You will probably get the $15, however. I hear from other\nChurches that a similar effort is being made among them.\n\nIn addition to this, I am happy to say that the Week of Prayer\nwas observed, the meetings well attended, and the spirit of the\nmeetings excellent. Prayers were made for husbands and children\nthat are already answered, in a conviction on the part of those\nprayed for that they must give attention to the things they hear.\n\nOne of our most promising girls, who went to Tougaloo, Miss., a\nfew weeks ago, writes me that she has found the Saviour, and is so\nhappy. Let me mention another fact that has interested us here in\nour home exceedingly. One of our girls has been very anxious to\nget an education. Just before I went North, she asked me to see if\nI could not find somebody who would help her. One friend gave me\n$5, and that was all. Her heart was very sad when I told her that\nI did not succeed in getting enough, but I encouraged her with\nthe assurance that if it was the Lord\u2019s will that she should go,\nHe would open the way yet. In a few days I received a letter from\nan old friend, whom I had not heard from for years, but who had\naccidentally seen my name as connected with this work, in which was\na post-office order for $20. I put this with my $5, and told Jennie\nshe had better start; we would take this as an earnest of the whole\namount ($60) needed to finish the year. We are curious to know the\nresult of this venture. One thing we know, and that is, where to\nfind the happiest girl in the land.\n\n\n\n\nTHE INDIANS.\n\n[_From the New York Tribune._]\n\nTHE INDIAN COMMISSIONERS.\n\nAnnual Meeting\u2014Missionary Co-operation\u2014Interview with the President.\n\n\nThe Board of Indian Commissioners met in this city January 10th,\nto receive the annual reports of the several religious bodies\nto which, under the policy adopted by President Grant some\nyears ago, the selection of agents and other field employ\u00e9s of\nthe Indian service has been confided, and to make up their own\nannual report. Representatives from the Presbyterian Foreign and\nDomestic Missionary Boards, the Baptist Home Mission Society,\nthe several Yearly Meetings of Friends, the American Board, the\nAmerican Missionary Association, and the Unitarian Association,\nwere present. A report was received from the Episcopal Board. The\nMethodist and Roman Catholic Boards sent no reports, and several of\nthe smaller denominations having agents also failed to present a\nstatement of their work.\n\nThese annual conferences of the Board of Commissioners and\nthe representatives of the different religious denominations,\nunofficial as they are, have been of great benefit to the\nofficial administration of Indian affairs, and, at some critical\nperiods, have helped to save the peace policy from disaster. The\nConference this year has been unusually interesting, in view\nof the disposition lately manifested to transfer the control\nof Indian affairs to the War Department, and of a new class of\nquestions respecting the Indians themselves, which assume practical\nimportance in view of their rapid progress toward civilization.\n\nIt appears that the religious sentiment of the country, as\nrepresented by those who control and direct its efforts to civilize\nand Christianize the Indians, is unanimously opposed to a change\nin the present general policy toward the Indian, in the mode of\nits administration; and many weighty facts and reasons are brought\nto the support of this opposition. The new questions brought into\nview, affecting the Indians themselves, are specified in the\nfollowing address to the Board of Indian Commissioners, adopted by\nthe representatives of the religious societies, and presented this\nmorning:\n\n  \u201cThis Convention would respectfully express its deep interest\n  in certain recommendations, in relation to the welfare of the\n  Indians, which received the approval of similar conventions held\n  in former years, but which have not yet gained their rightful\n  place in the action of the Government. Among these are:\n\n  \u201c_First_\u2014The extension of law over all the Indians, so as to\n  provide for the safety of property and of human life.\n\n  \u201c_Second_\u2014Legal provision for the common-school education of\n  Indian children by the General Government, until such education\n  shall be provided by the several States in which they reside.\n\n  \u201c_Third_\u2014Definite regulations to secure to Indians the possession\n  of land in fee and in severalty in all practicable cases by\n  titles properly guarded.\n\n  \u201cThe Convention regards these three things as of the greatest\n  importance, indeed, as essential to the civilization of the\n  Indians, and as calling for the action of Congress without longer\n  delay. Further, the Convention would express grave doubts as to\n  the wisdom of removing Indian tribes to the Indian Territory,\n  or to larger reservations, in cases in which the Indians are in\n  a good measure prepared to abandon their tribal relationship,\n  and to enter on civilized life. They should, at the least, have\n  the option of remaining where they are subject to the conditions\n  of citizenship, before they are compelled to remove to distant\n  places, at the great hardship and suffering, and loss of health\n  and life, which such enforced removal always involves. At\n  the same time, this Convention is deeply impressed with the\n  importance of all wise measures that look to early self-support\n  of the Indians as citizens of our common country.\n\n  \u201cThe Convention would close this address with thanks to Almighty\n  God for the progress that has been made under the humane policy\n  of the last few years, and for the evident advance of many of\n  the Indians in civilization and the knowledge of the Christian\n  religion.\u201d\n\nIt is understood that the Board of Commissioners will appoint a\ncommittee to carry out these views as far as possible, by securing\nnecessary legislation by Congress.\n\nThe following day the Convention, accompanied by the Board of\nCommissioners, called on President Hayes by appointment. They were\npresented to the President by General Clinton B. Fisk; and the Rev.\nDrs. Lowrie, Clark, Strieby and Cutting, and Mr. Tatham, presented\ntheir views briefly. Dr. Clark submitted a paper showing the\nprogress made under the present policy since 1868, claiming that it\nwas greater than that made in the fifteen years that preceded its\nadoption. The President responded briefly, expressing his hearty\nsympathy with all efforts to civilize and Christianize the Indians,\nand his gratification at the progress that has been made, and\nindicated practical methods to secure the additional legislation\ndesired. He did not seem to share the apprehensions of his visitors\nrespecting the early transfer of the management of Indian affairs\nto the War Department. Mrs. Hayes, General Cox, former Secretary\nof the Interior under President Grant when the Peace Policy was\nadopted, and the Hon. Henry S. Lane, of Indiana, a member of the\nBoard of Indian Commissioners when it was first constituted, were\nattentive and interested listeners, and took an active part in the\npleasant informal conversation that ensued. Following are some of\nthe items of Dr. Clark\u2019s statement:\n\n                                           1868.      1877.\n  Houses occupied by Indians               7,476      22,199\n  Number of Indian schools                   111         330\n  Number of teachers                         134         437\n  Scholars                                 4,713      11,515\n  Acres of land cultivated by Indians     54,207     292,550\n  Bushels wheat raised                   126,117     688,278\n  Bushels corn raised                    467,363   4,656,952\n  Bushels oats and barley raised          43,976     349,247\n  Bushels vegetables raised              236,926     556,975\n  Tons of hay                             16,216     148,473\n  Horses and mules owned by Indians       43,960     216,286\n  Cattle owned by Indians                 42,874     217,883\n  Swine owned by Indians                  29,890     121,358\n  Sheep owned by Indians                   2,683     587,444\n\nIn addition to these comparisons are the following figures:\n\n  Number of Indians in U. S. about       278,000\n  Wear citizens\u2019 dress                   112,903\n  Houses built last year                   1,103\n  Money expended for education          $337,379\n  Indians who can read                    40,397\n  Learned to read last year                1,206\n  Church buildings on reservations           207\n  Indians, Church members, about          28,000\n  Male Indians engaged in labor           34,632\n\n(Five tribes in the Indian Territory are not included in these\nfigures.)\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nTHE CHINESE.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\u201cCALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.\u201d\n\nAuxiliary to the American Missionary Association.\n\nPRESIDENT: Rev. J. K. McLean, D. D. VICE-PRESIDENTS: Rev. A. L.\nStone, D. D., Thomas C. Wedderspoon, Esq., Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon.\nF. F. Low, Rev. I. E. Dwinell, D. D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S.\nH. Willey, D. D., Edward P. Flint, Esq., Rev. J. W. Hough, D. D.,\nJacob S. Taber, Esq.\n\nDIRECTORS: Rev. George Moor, D. D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer, Rev. W. E.\nIjams, James M. Haven, Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, E. P. Sanford,\nEsq., H. W. Severance, Esq.\n\nSECRETARY: Rev. W. C. Pond. TREASURER: E. Palache, Esq.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nADDRESS BY FUNG AFFOO.\n\nThe following address was delivered at the last Annual Meeting\nof the California Chinese Mission by Mr. Fung Affoo, one of our\nmissionary helpers. It was listened to with much interest, and\nat my request, Affoo has furnished it for publication in the\nMISSIONARY.\n\n                                                    W. C. POND.\n\n\u201cCHRISTIAN FRIENDS: I was asked to make an address here this\nevening, but I have not much to say. I do not know your language\nwell enough. I have only a few words to say about the Chinese Young\nMen\u2019s Christian Association, of which I have been a member about\nthree years. This Association was organized not quite four years\nago. There are other Chinese Christian Societies besides this one,\nin San Francisco and elsewhere in this State. This Association\nhas now a membership of 131; about three-fourths of the members\nwere gathered in during the last two years. It has given us great\nencouragement, seeing that the work of this Association has been\nthus far so successful through the help of God. But I am afraid\nthat some people would say that, while so much has been done for\nthe cause of Christianizing Chinese, only so little of the work\nhas been accomplished in return. But if they really knew the\ndifficulties and temptations in the way of our people becoming\nChristians, they would say otherwise.\n\n\u201cBy being a member of the Association for three years, I have\nknown what their difficulties are. I will tell you a little of\nit; perhaps it will illustrate to you some of their principal\ndifficulties. As the rule of our Association requires that \u2018any one\nwho desires to become a member of this Association must forsake\nidolatry and all bad habits, and prove himself to be a follower\nof Christ,\u2019 so, when he is a member, he must do accordingly; and\nwhen he does that, his friends and relations will turn their\nbacks on him, and will have nothing to do with him. That makes\nit very unpleasant, and he feels the loss of their friendship\nvery much; because it is a general thing among our people in this\ncountry that, when a Chinaman first comes here from China, he is a\ndependent on his friends and relatives, who provide him food and\nshelter, and then find him employment until he has earned some\nmoney; then he pays them back what seems to him right. He feels\nit is his duty to respect and follow their advice, because of\ntheir kindness to him when he was a stranger. So, when he becomes\na Christian, he not only feels he has lost those friends, but,\nperhaps, sometimes gets a good whipping from his relatives also.\nThat not only prevents some from becoming Christians, but four or\nfive of our members have turned back under these circumstances.\n\n\u201cBut we make it one of our principal duties to make each one feel\nthat he has found some better friends in the Association than those\nhe has lost by becoming a Christian. Not long ago a young man\nbecame a Christian, and his friends, not satisfied with abusing\nand jeering at him, wrote a false report to his parents in China,\ntelling them that their son in California not only had forsaken his\nold religion and the worshipping of his ancestors, but also had\ncut off his long queue and dressed in foreigner\u2019s clothes. When\nthey received this news, they wept and made many inquiries, and\nworshipped all the gods they knew of, praying them to use their\nspiritual power to turn their son back to be a Chinaman again, so\nthat, when they die, they will have some one to take care of their\nbones and feed their ghosts. When the young man heard of this, he\nwrote home to them, telling them it was true that he had become a\nChristian, but it was not true that he had cut his queue and wore\nthe foreigner\u2019s clothing, and said that he was a Chinaman still; he\nwould honor them just the same, and perhaps more. And he has not\nheard from them speaking on this subject ever since. Now, friends,\nsuch things as I have said often occur, but most of our members are\nfirm. When once they have become Christians, they will stick to it,\nthough they have so many hardships to bear.\n\n\u201cThey often encounter some hard questions about Christianity from\ntheir heathen friends, such questions as, \u2018If Jesus was the Son\nof God and a good man, why did the people kill him on the cross?\nPeople would never kill a good man that way.\u2019 \u2018You say, being\nbaptized with a little water pour on your head, and your sins are\nno more. I can take the water and pour on my head, or wash me all\nover fifty times a day!\u2019 \u2018You say God created heaven and earth and\nman, and has power over everything; why He lets the devil live and\nlead the people to go astray, and, when the people die, He will\ncondemn their souls and send them to hell?\u2019 etc., etc. If they\ncannot answer these questions, they will ask their teachers or\nsearch the Scriptures to see what answer they can get from them\u2014not\nonly that those questions may be answered but in hopes that their\nheathen friends may be led to become Christians, also.\n\n\u201cWe feel we are weak and few in number, but we trust God, and lean\non His strong arm, that He will carry us through. We know that He\nhas been very good to us, and has given so many kind friends to\nhelp us along; and we hope, through His goodness, that all our\npeople will soon know that Jesus is the only Saviour of the world.\u201d\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nAFRICA.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nTHE MENDI MISSION.\n\n\nThe Church and the Sunday-School.\n\nREV. FLOYD SNELSON, GOOD HOPE STATION.\n\nWe had our First Communion yesterday. It was a great day in the\nchurch. All were in high spirits. We received one new convert, and\nothers are seeking the way of life. We observed the Week of Prayer\nwith the Church Mission Society, holding our meetings with each\nother alternately through the week, beginning with us to-night. We\nhave a splendid Sabbath-school, and are doing all that we can to\nmake it better.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nThe Day-School\u2014The Christmas Entertainment\u2014Knives and Forks.\n\nBENJAMIN JAMES, M. D.\n\nWe have about sixty or more scholars, and, I tell you, to instruct\nthem in the way they teach schools in America is difficult; indeed,\nmore so than you have any idea of. With every attempt you make\nto teach them in that way, you become more and more discouraged.\nOur Sabbath-school is too large for the number of teachers at\npresent engaged, but we hope to remedy this soon. We gave them,\nThursday night, a Christmas entertainment. Mrs. Snelson cooked the\nfood, which was partly furnished by the members of the church,\nand the remainder by ourselves. I was appointed to decorate the\nchapel, and, I must say, to these people\u2019s credit, that I never\nhad so many hands under my control in my life; and, as evergreen\nafter evergreen was placed in position, the laborers increased.\nWe not only had fruits, but poultry, vegetables, cakes, pies,\ncandies, raisins, and music. There were many strangers, such as\nthe Commander of the Port (a white man, with more decorations of\nhonor on his chest than in the ephod of a Jewish high-priest), the\nCollector of the Port (white), the Catechist of the Established\nChurch (colored), seven merchants (two white and five colored),\nthe Postmaster (colored), Custom House officers in abundance (all\ncolored), military officials of all grades, from a captain to\na corporal. The church people, boatmen, and servants, were all\npresent. Several tables were set; but, I am sorry to say, that when\nthe laborers\u2019 (such as carpenters and field hands) time came to sit\nand to sup, the best had been consumed.\n\nI sat opposite a boat\u2019s crew, and they began to laugh; as they\nwould use the knife, then the spoon (large), after that the fork,\nsuch laughing after the use of each of these pieces of cutlery I\nhave never witnessed before. I began to inquire of the waiter, an\ninterpreter, what they were so much amused at, and he informed\nme that they were laughing at their use of the knives, forks\nand spoons. The spoons did not hold enough, they said; the food\nrolled off the knife in their unsteady hands, and the fork was\nlike putting water in a fish-net instead of a calabash. Every day\nsince that, when they eat dinner, they laugh about those pieces of\ncutlery.\n\nDuring Christmas-Day, services were had in the chapel; they were\nbegun at 5 o\u2019clock, and continued until daylight. At 10 o\u2019clock,\nthere was preaching to the prisoners through an interpreter. On\nThursday, at the banquet, we had singing and addresses to the day\nand Sabbath-schools, for they both were invited. The girls were\nmarched from the chapel two by two, as were also the boys. This\nwas another new feature, and they were well pleased with it.\n\nI have had an extensive medical practice here and at Avery, and\nhave so much to do in this way, that I am compelled to ask you to\ngive me written instructions whom to attend, and how to proceed.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nCOMMUNICATIONS.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nEDUCATION OF THE COLORED PEOPLE.\n\nREV. J. E. RANKIN. D. D.\n\n  The following paragraphs are from the paper read by Dr. Rankin at\n  the anniversary at Syracuse. It was intended that it should be\n  printed with the proceedings, but, by accident, it was not left\n  in the hands of the committee. We hope to publish it in full in a\n  series of documents which we have in preparation.\n\n  After valuable historical statements, and a vivid picture of the\n  needs, and of the progress already made, among other good things,\n  the Doctor says:\n\nThe southern portions of this country cannot always remain blind\nto the truth that their _material prosperity_ depends upon the\nemployment of _educated labor_. Sociologists claim that an educated\nlaborer will produce twenty-five per cent. more than an uneducated\none. If a colored man is worth $100 a year without an education,\nhe is worth twenty-five per cent. more with one. The thrift of New\nEngland has been largely dependent upon the common-school houses\nthere. Give a man education enough to transact ordinary business,\nto enable him to keep his accounts in writing, to improve his mind\ndaily by reading, to understand the institutions of his country, to\nhave an insight into the laws which shall govern him in relation\nto his neighbors and his God, to know his rights and his duties,\nand he is twenty-five per cent. better as a _producer_ than he\nwas before. The necessity of keeping the colored man ignorant, of\nkeeping out discussions relating to human rights, involved the\nother necessity of keeping a population unintelligent, unthinking\nand, so far forth, unproductive, as appeared in the very implements\nemployed for tilling the soil.\n\nThe southern portions of this country cannot long remain oblivious\nof the fact that the _illiterate_ class are largely the _criminal_\nclass; that ignorance fosters crime. In New England only seven\nper cent. of the population\u2014and these almost entirely of foreign\nbirth\u2014are illiterate. Eighty per cent. of all the crime committed,\nis by these illiterate persons. It really comes to this: \u201cWhich\nis the wisest outlay of public money\u2014that put into schools and\nschool-houses, or that put into almshouses and jails?\u201d\n\nIt is not merely intelligence which prevents crime. It is the\nearly formation of habits of industry. It is the pre-occupation\nof the mind, so that it does not become the devil\u2019s workshop. And\nwhen one considers a late slave population, free but without the\ntraining which freedom especially requires, inheriting all the evil\ntendencies which slavery engenders; and then, on the other hand, a\nwhite population, largely dependent for support upon the labor of\nothers, indolent from habit or from pride, and largely inheriting\nanalogous tendencies\u2014it is easy to see that here is a state of\nthings especially favorable to crime.\n\nI know that these are _material_ considerations, that they are upon\na low plane of working, and very unlike those which actuated our\nNew England fathers, with whom the school-house was collateral to\nthe Church, and the spelling-book to the Bible. This of our fathers\nis the higher plane of effort occupied by the American Missionary\nAssociation. Political economists and statesmen can perceive the\nmaterial bearings of this subject, and, little by little, as light\nspreads, the Southern States will be compelled for those reasons\nto see that their people have facilities for education, will\ncomprehend the truth that school-houses and school-teachers add\nto the value of acres\u2014as the President lately said at Nashville.\nMeanwhile, this Association, through its Normal Schools and\nUniversities, is training up colored teachers and preachers to\nlabor, as leaders, among their own people, as school systems shall\nbe founded and maintained by law.\n\nIt is not enough that the different States of the South adopt a\nliberal system of public schools. Where, among colored people,\nshall suitable teachers be found? This race, like every other,\nmust work out its own salvation. Favored ones must mount high, and\nreach down a helping hand to those below them. It cannot depend\nwholly upon white teachers. Oh, if there could rise up from among\nthem gifted men and women, who were willing to devote themselves\nto _their own race_, to different classes of their own race, just\nfor the sake of lifting them up from degradation! This is the aim\nof these institutions of the American Missionary Association\u2014to\ntrain up the better, the choicer minds among colored youth, for the\nwork of teaching and preaching; so that they may be eager to devote\nthemselves to the mental and moral uplifting of their own race!\nIf this \u201cland that was desolate is yet to become like the garden\nof Eden\u201d; if the thrift and industry of the more favored portions\nof this land are yet to be seen in all portions, I believe that\nno one agency will have been more instrumental in this, than the\ninstitutions of learning early established for the colored people!\n\nAt this time, the American Missionary Association limits its sphere\nto schools of the higher class. If it can train the _teachers_;\nif it can mould the minds and kindle the hearts of those who are\nsoon to mould the minds and kindle the hearts of the thousands of\ncolored children and youth, who are to be the colored men and women\nof the future, it could not have a higher mission; it could not do\nbetter, whether for the country or for the human race.\n\nBrethren, this is no longer a _Southern_ question\u2014a question which\nthe South must be left to solve for themselves. We must help them,\nas involved in the destiny which they work out for us, as well as\nfor themselves. For, if this millstone of ignorance be not taken\nfrom their necks, we go down with them into the depths of the sea!\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nFROM A LIFE MEMBER.\n\nI am glad you have returned to the old form of Magazine. Although\na Life Member, and thus entitled to receive it without pay, yet I\nam glad to inclose fifty cents for it, and most earnestly hope each\nand every one who receives the Magazine will do the same promptly,\nand _thus increase the income of the A. M. A. twelve thousand and\nfive hundred dollars_.\n\n    Yours sincerely,\n                                                      A LIFE MEMBER.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n(_From the N. Y. Herald._)\n\nSLAVE AND FREE LABOR COTTON.\n\nTwelve crops of cotton have been raised by free labor, and the\ncomparison of the returns with an equal number of crops before the\nwar shows some interesting results. The period of free labor may\nproperly be divided into two portions\u2014the first, including four\nyears, during which the crops of 1865 to 1868, both inclusive,\nwere made, and in which the labor system was greatly disorganized;\nthe second, including eight years\u20141869 to 1877\u2014when free labor was\nfairly well organized. If we divide the twelve crops preceding the\nwar in the same manner, we shall get the following results:\n\n      FIRST PERIOD\u2014FOUR YEARS.\n\n                                                  _Bales._\n  Crops of 1849\u2013\u201950 to 1852\u2013\u201953, inclusive      10,729,874\n  Add consumption of the South, not then\n    included in the commercial crop\n    statement                                      500,810\n                                                ----------\n    Total (slave)                               11,230,684\n  Crops of 1865\u2013\u201966 to 1868\u2013\u201969, inclusive\n    (free)                                       9,246,793\n                                                ----------\n    Excess of slave crop over free               1,983,891\n\n\n      SECOND PERIOD\u2014EIGHT YEARS.\n\n  Crops of 1869\u2013\u201970 to 1876\u2013\u201977, inclusive,\n    being eight years of organized free\n    labor                                       31,570,212\n  Crops of 1853\u2013\u201954 to 1860\u2013\u201961, inclusive,\n    being eight years of slave labor\n    immediately preceding the war               27,535,949\n  Add Southern consumption then\n    excluded from commercial crop\n    statement, but included since\n    the war                           1,261,892\u201328,797,841\n                                                ----------\n    Excess of free labor                         2,772,371\n\nIn the last eight years free labor has, therefore, overtaken the\npalmiest days of slavery, and has produced two and three-quarter\nmillion bales more cotton. This crop is now more free from the\nencumbrance of debt than ever before, and with it has been raised\na supply of food far greater than slavery ever compassed.\n\nWithout entering into minute statistics, it is safe to say that the\nmoney value of the thirty-one and a half million bales of cotton\nproduced in the last eight years has been over two thousand million\ndollars in gold, and that over two-thirds of this value has been\nexported.\n\nTexas, which seems to be the true land of the cotton farmer, has\nmade the greatest relative progress, now producing double the crop\nof cotton that she made before the war. During the last cotton\nyear, on less than half of one per cent. of her area, or on less\nthan half an acre in a hundred, she produced a quantity of cotton\nequal to one-half the entire consumption of the United States.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nTHE CHILDREN\u2019S PAGE.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n(_From the Southern Sentinel, Talladega College._)\n\nA YOUNG TEACHER\u2019S STORY.\n\nI fully realized last April, for the first time, that I had begun\na missionary life, when I was helped into a covered wagon, where\nthere was not room enough to sit up straight for the supplies. I\nhad a dizzy headache before I had gone three miles; the smell of\nbacon, cheese, tobacco, and whiskey was enough to make _any one_\nsick. I was wishing that the driver would take some of the things\nout of the wagon so I could sit more comfortably, when he stopped\nand took in four sacks of guano\u2014my condition can be imagined better\nthan described. I thought the Lord called some one else, and I had\nanswered. When I got out, the man asked me which was the best\u2014a\nproud walk or poor ride. I only thanked him for his kindness, and\nsaid nothing about which was best.\n\nSome say, time flies; it seemed to me that time had lost its wings.\nAt last the much-wished-for Tuesday appeared, beautiful and bright.\nJust as I sat down to breakfast, I heard some one ask if the\nschool-mistress was in. As I had no appetite whatever, I excused\nmyself from the table, and went to the door to see what was wanted.\nThere were boys and girls of all sizes, with their buckets, books,\nand slates, all ready for school. We were soon on our way to the\nschool-house; the walk was very pleasant through the piny woods.\nThe school-house was in a very pretty place; a few steps from the\ndoor was a nice spring of water, and a large cave. We sang \u201cWhat\nshall the harvest be,\u201d then prayed. It was quite difficult to get\ntheir names. I asked one little girl her name; she said \u201cMaggie.\u201d I\nasked her \u201cMaggie what;\u201d she said \u201cMaggie nothing.\u201d There was one\nlittle girl in school that I thought never would get acquainted\nwith me. I asked her one day why she didn\u2019t study her lesson; she\nsaid she was wondering what kind of a woman I was. I asked her\nwhat kind of a woman did she think I was; she said I looked like a\nwhite woman to her. [_The writer is a dark person._] I told her she\nmight lay aside her books for ten minutes and take a good look at\nme, so that she might be thoroughly convinced as to what kind of\na woman I was. I then asked her what she thought; but she thought\njust the same. The weather was so warm, and the days so long, that\nthe children could scarcely keep awake. I would let them go to the\nspring and bathe their faces, so they might keep awake longer.\n\nIn the evening, four or five little children came and offered to\ncarry my books and bucket home, for the school-house had neither\ndoor nor window, hence it was not safe to leave them there. I gave\neach one something to carry, but they became quite troublesome.\nLucy would say, Mary had carried them twice, and she only once; so\nI thought that it would be best to provide myself with a desk. This\nI did by moving a plank from the floor and putting them all under\nthe house. That was no trouble whatever, for sometimes, while\nwalking the floor, the next thing I would know I would be under it.\n\nWhenever I went under, I expected to be snake-bitten before I could\nget out. One day, one of the scholars let her pencil fall through\nthe crack of the floor, and asked me to let her get it. As I had\ncautioned them about looking for snakes before putting their hands\nunder, I said nothing to her about it. Just as she reached down to\nget the pencil, she fell back and screamed. I had not the power to\nmove for a few minutes, I was so sure she was snake-bitten.\n\nI looked under the floor, and there was the _largest rattlesnake I\never saw_. We all got sticks and poles ready for a battle. I was\ncaptain, so you may be sure which side whipped. The snake appeared\nto be very angry; he made one strike, and I threw down my pole and\nran, and told the children to kill it if they could,\u2014but they all\nfollowed me. I was real glad whenever any of the children had to be\nkept in, for I did not like to stay in the room alone.\n\nI walked two miles and a half every Sabbath, and sometimes through\nthe rain. If it rained hard while we were there, we would have\nto get in one corner of the room to keep dry. We should be real\nearnest if we would accomplish much good. I did everything that\nwas in my power, and felt that the Lord was with me and blessed my\nefforts.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nRECEIPTS\n\nFOR JANUARY, 1878.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n  MAINE, $692.38.\n\n    Bangor. Central Cong. Ch. $70; T. U. C. $1                71.00\n    Bath. Winter St. Ch. and Soc.                             39.72\n    Brownsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           18.41\n    Castine. Rev. Alfred E. Ives                               2.00\n    Garland. Cong. Ch.                                         7.50\n    Machias. Centre St. Sab. Sch. $25; Ladies\u2019\n      Prayer-Meeting $5.75, to const. MRS. WM. C.\n      HOLWAY, L. M.; \u201cA Friend\u201d $3                            33.75\n    Monson. R. W. Emerson                                     21.00\n    North Yarmouth. Samuel H. Sweetser, to const.\n      MISS LUCRETIA H. SWEETSER, L. M.                        30.00\n    Orono. \u201cA Friend\u201d                                          5.00\n    Otisfield. Mrs. Susan Lovell $5; S. M. $1                  6.00\n    Oxford. Mary A. Ellis                                      2.00\n    Portland. BEQUEST of Mrs. Samuel Tyler, by\n      Sarah A. Breslin                                       400.00\n    Portland. Edward Gould                                    12.00\n    Searsport. S. Thurston                                    10.00\n    Sheepscot Bridge. Amos Flye                               20.00\n    South Freeport. Horatio Ilsley                             2.00\n    Winthrop. I. N. M.                                         1.00\n    York. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                  11.00\n\n\n  NEW HAMPSHIRE, $424.27.\n\n    Amherst. Miss C. M. Boylston                               2.00\n    Antrim. \u201cA Friend\u201d                                       100.00\n    Chester. C.S.G.                                            0.25\n    Colebrook. H. A.                                           1.00\n    Concord. W. H. Pitman $2, _for Cal. Chinese\n      M._\u2014Mrs. C. L. Gerould $2; Mrs. Cooper\n      Clark, bbl. of C.                                        4.00\n    Cornish. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.                          12.10\n    Dover. Cong. Ch. (ad\u2019l) $7; E. J. L. $1.00                 8.00\n    Farmington. First Cong. Ch.                               14.50\n    Fisherville. \u201cMrs. M. C. A.\u201d                              10.00\n    Fitzwilliam. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hill                      5.00\n    Hancock. E. W.                                             1.00\n    Harrisville. Darius Farwell                                2.00\n    Keene. Dea. E. Rand and Mrs. M. Townes $5 ea.;\n      Second Cong. Ch. (ad\u2019l) $1.40; Mrs. I. H.\n      Gates $5; Miss S. E. H. 50c.                            16.90\n    Lyme. S. W. Balch                                          5.00\n    Meriden. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                9.83\n    Mount Vernon. Mrs. C. W. Smith $5; J. A.\n      Stowell $5                                              10.00\n    Nashua. Individuals                                        1.10\n    New Ipswich. N. F. D. $1; J. W. C. 50c.                    1.50\n    Newport. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               15.60\n    North Hampton. E. Gove                                    10.00\n    Orford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $23.50; Mrs. M. B.\n      Pratt $10                                               33.50\n    Orfordville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           12.00\n    Pembroke. \u201cA Friend\u201d                                      20.00\n    Plainfield. Mrs. Hannah Stevens, to const.\n      REV. E. H. RICHARDSON, D. D., L. M.                     32.00\n    Rindge. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                   10.20\n    Short Falls. Rev. I. W. C.                                 0.50\n    Thornton\u2019s Ferry. Ladies, by Mrs. Harriet N.\n      Eaton                                                    2.25\n    Temple. Mrs. W. K. $1; J. K. 50c.                          1.50\n    Walpole. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               21.04\n    Wilton. A. B. C.                                           0.50\n    Wolfboro. Mrs. Anne S. Banfield, to const.\n      RICHARD BANFIELD and ANNE FISKE BANFIELD, L.\n      M.\u2019s                                                    61.00\n\n\n  VERMONT, $466.90.\n\n    Bennington. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($30 of\n      which to const. MRS. F. C. WHITE, L. M.)                77.25\n    Burlington. ESTATE of Mrs. R. S. Nichols, by\n      B. S. Nichols                                          100.00\n    Burlington. \u201cA Friend\u201d $30, to const. MISS\n      ANNA E. CODEY, L. M.; N. S. H. $1; J. P. 50c.           31.50\n    Castleton. Individuals                                     1.00\n    Chester. G. H. C.                                          0.50\n    East Hardwick. Ladies\u2019 Soc., bbl. of C. and\n      $3, by Mrs. H. W. Stevens, Sec.; Mrs. L. W.\n      J. and Mrs. S. H. P. $1                                  4.00\n    Fayetteville. Cong. Sab. Sch. $7; Asa Kidder $5           12.00\n    Manchester. L. D. C.                                       0.50\n    Newbury. ESTATE of Mrs. Mary A. Abbott, by\n      George Leslie                                          100.00\n    Plainfield. C. S.                                          0.26\n    Pomfret. Seth Conant                                       2.00\n    Pittsford. Cong. Soc.                                     50.00\n    Saint Albans. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $33.34;\n      J. H. B. 50c.                                           33.84\n    Waitsfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $23.38; \u201cMiss\n      A. T.\u201d $5                                               28.38\n    West Brattleborough. Cong. Ch.                            12.42\n    West Glover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad\u2019l)                     2.50\n    West Newbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           5.00\n    Williamstown. R. D. N.                                     0.50\n    Winchester. \u201cA Friend of Missions\u201d                         2.25\n    Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad\u2019l)                       3.00\n\n\n  MASSACHUSETTS, $5,460.55.\n\n    Amherst. L. S. Nash $2\u2014Ladies\u2019 Benev. Soc. $2\n      and bbl. of C., _for Wilmington, N. C._                  4.00\n    Andover. Peter Smith                                     500.00\n    Andover. Free Ch. $55.35 and bbl. of\n      dry-goods, _for Ind. Sch., Talladega C._\u2014\u201cA\n      Friend\u201d $4; H. C. $1; Miss S. E. J. 50c.; E.\n      J. P. 25c.                                              61.10\n    Auburn. \u201cA Friend,\u201d to const. JOHN DAVIS, L. M.           30.00\n    Auburndale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $133.45;\n      \u201cFriend\u201d $20                                           153.45\n    Beverly. Dane St. Ch. and Soc.                            46.00\n    Billerica. Dea. H. B. S.                                   0.50\n    Boston. Walnut Ave. Cong. Ch. and Soc.\n      $128.28; Mrs. Emily P. Eayrs $30, to const.\n      MISS EVELINE HOLCOMB. L. M.; C. G. Currier\n      of Old South Ch. $25; Phillips Ch., \u201cA. F.\n      P.\u201d $20; Central Ch. $10; Rev. Chas. Nichols\n      $5; Mrs. B. P. 50c.                                    218.78\n    Boston Highlands. E. E. B.                                 0.50\n    Boxford. Mrs. Elizabeth Sayward, _for Ind.\n      Sch. Talladega C._                                      10.00\n    Brockton. Joseph Hewitt $5.\u2014Mrs. B. Sanford,\n      $2, _for a Student, Fisk U._                             7.00\n    Brookline. Harvard Ch. and Soc.                           79.19\n    Campello. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                 30.17\n    Cambridgeport. Geo. F. Kendall $5; G. B. C.\n      50c.; A. A. P. 50c.                                      6.00\n    Charlestown. Winthrop Ch. and Soc.                        74.21\n    Chelsea. Friends 2 bbls. of C; Mrs. P. N. P.\n      50c.                                                     0.50\n    Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           6.00\n    Chicopee. Third Ch. $39.20; Second Ch. 15c.               39.35\n    Dalton. Mrs. Z. M. Crane                                 100.00\n    Danvers. C. W. L.                                          0.50\n    East Braintree. Miss R. A. F.                              0.50\n    East Hampton. Payson Sab. Sch. $100; First Ch.\n      and Sab. Sch. by W. H. Wright, $37.50                  137.50\n    East Somerville. E. Stone $200; Franklin St.\n      Ch. and Soc. $75.15                                    275.15\n    East Weymouth. Cong. Sab. Sch.                            10.00\n    Framingham. Plymouth Ch. and Soc. (ad\u2019l)\n      $26.54; Young People\u2019s Miss. Circle $20.05\n      and 2 bbls of C.; Mrs. S. N. Briggs $10;\n      Mrs. Maria Fay $5                                       61.59\n    Freetown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $13.45; \u201cA\n      Friend\u201d $10                                             23.45\n    Gardner. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (_of which $8 for\n      Female Missionary, Chattanooga, Tenn._)                 76.72\n    Granby. Mrs. John Church\u2019s S. S. Class $18,\n      and Mrs. R. H. Davis\u2019 Class $12, _for Cal.\n      Chinese M._, and to const. REV. R. HENRY\n      DAVIS, L. M.\u2014Cong. Sab. Sch. $10.43                     40.43\n    Great Barrington. Mrs. L. M. Chapin                        5.00\n    Greenfield. Mrs. R. C. H.                                  0.50\n    Gilbertville. Cong. Sab. Sch.                             26.80\n    Gloucester. Evan. Ch. and Soc.                           102.25\n    Grafton. A. W.                                             0.25\n    Grantville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            91.26\n    Greenwich. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                12.00\n    Groton. Elizabeth Farnsworth $20; Union Ch.\n      and Soc. $8.13                                          28.13\n    Hadley. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of which $1\n      _for C. M. Building in Cal._)                           11.70\n    Hanover Centre. Mary A. Smith                              4.00\n    Haverhill. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. $123.65;\n      Mrs. S. C. 50c.; C. C. 50c.                            124.65\n    Hingham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                5.50\n    Holbrook. Mrs. C. S. Holbrook and daughter,\n      bbl. of C.\n    Hollister. A. W. F. M.                                     1.00\n    Holyoke. Second Ch.                                       15.00\n    Hopkinton. D. S.                                           0.27\n    Hubbardston. Sarah M. Ware                                10.00\n    Hyde Park. Mrs. C. L. Foote and Charles P.\n      Foote $5 ea.                                            10.00\n    Ipswich. South Ch. and Soc. $26; Ladies\u2019\n      Prayer Meeting $5; Linebrook Ch. and Soc. $5            36.00\n    Lancaster. Dea. L. R.                                      0.50\n    Littleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             19.50\n    Loudville. Mrs. W. S. R.                                   1.00\n    Lowell. Eliot Ch. and Soc. $47.10; E. M. Buss\n      $5; High St. Ch. and Soc. 3.83\u2014Friends, bbl.\n      of C., _for Wilmington, N. C._                          55.93\n    Lynn. Josiah Richardson                                    3.00\n    Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          69.75\n    Medfield. Mrs. F. D. E.                                    1.50\n    Methuen. W. M. $1; A. P. C. 50c.                           1.50\n    Milford. Mrs. B. Haywood                                   1.75\n    Millbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                        61.51\n    Monson. \u201cLadies\u201d $8;\u2014Miss E. A. W. $1, _for\n      Midway Ch., Ga._                                         9.00\n    Montville. Sylvester Jones                                 2.00\n    Newbury. First Ch. and Soc. $8.50; E. G. P.\n      50c.                                                     9.00\n    Newburyport. Mrs. J. P. Cleaveland, a hhd. of\n      C., _for Ind. Sch., Talladega C._\u2014S. N. B.\n      50c.                                                     0.50\n    Newton. Freedman\u2019s Aid Sew. Cir., by Ellen D.\n      Jackson, $70. _for Student Aid, Talladega\n      C._\u2014E. D. J. 50c.                                       70.50\n    North Adams. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           32.15\n    North Amherst. H. S. $1; W. L. R. 50c.                     1.50\n    North Cambridge. _For Postage_                             0.10\n    Northborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $23.09; Mrs.\n      A. E. D. F. 50c.                                        23.59\n    North Hadley. Mrs. E. B.                                   1.00\n    North Leominster. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      13.16\n    North Woburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          15.64\n    Norton. Mrs. E. B. Wheaton                                 5.00\n    Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $35; and Sab.\n      Sch. $15.67                                             50.67\n    Peabody. T. S.                                             0.50\n    Phillipston. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           19.10\n    Pittsfield. Asaph D. Foot                                 20.00\n    Reading. Amos Temple                                     100.00\n    Rochdale. S. P. $1; Mrs. R. W. 25c.                        1.25\n    Salem. J. H. T.                                            0.60\n    Sandwich. Mrs. E. W. Wells $5; H. H. Nye $2                7.00\n    Scotland. Rev. Isaac Dunham                               10.00\n    Southampton. Mrs. J. B. L.                                 0.50\n    South Abington. Freedman\u2019s Aid Soc. 2 bbls. of\n      C., _for Tougaloo U._\u2014N. N. 50c.                         0.50\n    South Attleborough. Mrs. Harriet L. Draper,\n      bbl. of C.\n    South Boston. Phillip\u2019s Ch.                               77.36\n    South Weymouth. Second Ch. and Soc.                       48.00\n    South Wilbraham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                        5.00\n    Springfield. Memorial Ch. $74.29; First Ch.\n      $62.56; Mrs. J. D. L. $1                               137.85\n    Sterling. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                        40.00\n    Stoneham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $19.50; Mrs. A.\n      H. $1                                                   20.50\n    Stoughton. Mrs. B. E. Capen                                2.00\n    Sutton. J. W. M.                                           0.50\n    Taunton. R. Luscombe                                       2.00\n    Topsfield. Mrs. R. C. Towne and Friends, bbl.\n      of C.\n    Uxbridge. Willard Judson                                   2.00\n    West Andover. Sab. Sch.                                   20.00\n    Westborough. Rev. J. W. B.                                 0.50\n    West Boylston. C. T. W.                                    0.50\n    Westfield. Mrs. C. A. J.                                   1.00\n    West Foxborough. J. M. P.                                  0.50\n    West Medford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $15; \u201cA\n      Friend\u201d $2                                              17.00\n    West Medway. Cong. Sab. Sch.                              23.96\n    West Newbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $6.85; J. C.\n      Carr $2                                                  8.85\n    West Newton. ESTATE of Hadassah Stevens ($200\n      _of which for Trinity Sch., Athens, Ala._)             800.00\n    West Stockbridge Village. Cong. Ch. and Soc.              11.38\n    Weymouth. ESTATE of Abby C. Pratt                        582.30\n    Whateley. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               2.66\n    Whitinsville. Executors, ESTATE E. W. Fletcher           200.00\n    Whitinsville. Cong. Sab. Sch. $37; Cong. Ch.\n      (ad\u2019l) $5; Rev. J. R. Thurston $30; S. A. D.\n      50c.                                                    72.50\n    Williamstown. Miss Emily Beckwith                         10.00\n    Winchendon. First Cong. Sab. Sch. $12.09; \u201cA\n      Friend\u201d $10                                             22.09\n    Woburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               138.50\n    Worcester. Union Sab. Sch. $100; Plymouth Ch.,\n      S. A. Pratt $25; M. W. 50c; Ladies\u2019 Benev.\n      Soc. of Plymouth Ch., by Mrs. C. M. Draper,\n      Sec., 2 bbls. of C.                                    125.50\n    Worthington. Mrs. M. S. Randall                            2.00\n\n\n  RHODE ISLAND, $79.82.\n\n    Bristol. Mrs. R. R.                                        1.00\n    Newport. D. B. F.                                          0.50\n    Peace Dale. Cong. Ch.                                     20.00\n    Providence. Beneficent Cong. Ch. $49.82;\n      Elmwood Cong. Ch. and Soc. $7.50; M. E. L.\n      50c; L. M. W. 50c                                       58.32\n\n\n  CONNECTICUT, $3,332.95.\n\n    Ansonia. \u201cM. R. B.\u201d                                        1.00\n    Cheshire. \u201cA Friend\u201d                                      39.00\n    Colchester. Mrs. M. J. G.                                  0.50\n    Collinsville. \u201cFriends\u201d $100, _for Ag. Dept.,\n      Talladega C._; Mrs. N. A. Bently $5, _for\n      Ind. Sch., Talladega C._;                              105.00\n    Cornwall. Miss H. D. C.                                    0.60\n    Cornwall Bridge. Geo. H. Swift                            10.00\n    Bantam Falls. Eliada Kilbourn                              5.00\n    Bethlehem. H. B.                                           1.00\n    Black Rock. Cong. Ch.                                      9.85\n    Bloomfield. Cong. Ch.                                     18.00\n    Bridgeport. Second Cong. Ch. $76.70; J. G. D.\n      $1; V. C. and J. B. $1                                  78.70\n    Bristol. Cong. Ch. $169.77, to const. FRANCIS\n      O. LEWIS, ELLEN S. COOK, MRS N. L. BREWSTER,\n      MRS. S. P. NEWELL and MRS. FRANK ATWOOD, L.\n      M\u2019S.\u2014Ladies\u2019 Home Miss. Ass\u2019n $75, for _Ind.\n      Sch., Talladega C._                                    244.77\n    Burnside. Miss E. S.                                       1.00\n    Danbury. E. B.                                             0.50\n    Eastford. Cong. Ch.                                        7.64\n    East Hartford. Cong. Ch.                                  60.00\n    East Hampton. \u201cYoung People\u201d $100, _for Ag.\n      Dept., Talladega C._; Talladega Miss. Soc.\n      $12, _for Ind. Sch., Talladega C._                     112.00\n    Farmington. Cong. Ch.                                    158.43\n    Glastonbury. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.\n      $200; G. M. J. 60c                                     200.60\n    Greenwich. Geo. A. Palmer $30; Israel Peck\n      $5.50                                                   35.50\n    Greton. Cong. Ch.                                          7.20\n    Hartford. Pearl St. Cong. Ch. $153.56; Mrs.\n      Mary C. Bemis $30.\u2014Mrs. F. P. H. Wood and\n      Mrs. Geo. C. Perkins $20, _for Ind. Sch.,\n      Talladega C._; Miss L. A. Bigelow $3, _for\n      Ind. Sch. Talladega C._ (_freight_).\u2014Mrs.\n      John Olmsted $2.50; Mrs J. O. $1                       210.06\n    Hebron. L. W. R.                                           0.50\n    Litchfield. \u201cL. M.\u201d                                        3.00\n    Madison. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                3.25\n    Middletown. A. Doolittle $5; H. E. S. $1                   6.00\n    Milton. Mrs. Nelson T. Gorhan                              2.50\n    Millington. Cong. Ch.                                      2.25\n    Mt. Carmel. \u201cA Friend\u201d                                    30.00\n    Montville. First Cong. Ch.                                 4.00\n    New Britain. Fred. G. Mead $70; _for Theo.\n      Scholarship, Straight U._\u2014South Cong. Ch.\n      $44.43; Mrs. Wm H. Smith $30, to const. MISS\n      JULIA ANN KELSEY, L. M.\u2014Mrs. Horace Wells\n      $20, and Levi S. Wells $10, _for\n      Scholarships, Straight U._\u2014\u201cMember South\n      Cong. Ch.\u201d $10; Mrs. A. A. 51c                         184.94\n    New Haven. Mrs. Julia A. Dickerman $101;\n      College St. Ch. $40; Taylor Ch. $6; Henry\n      Johnson $5; S. S. T. and Mrs. E $1; C. A. S.\n      $1; J. M. 50c; A. L. 51c                               155.01\n    New London. Second Cong. Ch. $566.80; M. G. B.\n      50c.; \u201cMartha and Mary,\u201d box of books                  567.30\n    North Greenwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       15.31\n    North Lyme. H. M.                                          0.50\n    Norwalk. Ladies\u2019 Benev. Ass\u2019n of First Cong.\n      Ch. $25; Mrs. Wm. B. St. John $3                        28.00\n    Norwich. Buckingham Sab. Sch.                             25.00\n    Old Lyme. \u201cThree Friends\u201d                                 13.00\n    Stanwich. William Brush                                  100.50\n    Stonington. R. Town                                        2.00\n    South Killingly. Cong. Ch.                                 5.00\n    Rocky Hill. Rev. Geo. Tillotson, _for Ind.\n      Sch. Talladega C._                                      13.50\n    Roxbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               24.60\n    Terryville. Dea. R. D. H. Allen $100; Cong.\n      Ch. Sab. Sch. $70, _for Ag. Dept., Talladega\n      C._                                                    170.00\n    Thompsonville. D. P.                                       1.00\n    Unionville. Cong. Ch. $30; Rev. J. A. Smith\n      $25; Dr. C. L. Beach $10; _for Ag. Dept.\n      Talladega C._\u2014Edward Lyman $5                           70.00\n    Wapping. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                           32.00\n    Washington. \u201cA few Friends\u201d $9, by H. S.\n      Nettleton; F. A. F. $1                                  10.00\n    Waterbury. First Cong. Ch. $150; \u201cA Friend\u201d\n      $100                                                   250.00\n    Watertown. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. CHARLES\n      A. BALDWIN and ARTHUR E. FREEMAN, L. M.\u2019s               60.00\n    Weatoque. T. J. W.                                         1.00\n    West Haven. Cong. Ch. $19.13; Mrs. E. C.\n      Kimball $5                                              24.13\n    West Meriden. E. K. Breckenbridge                         10.00\n    West Winsted. Second Cong. S. S., R. E.\n      Holmes\u2019 Class                                            4.81\n    Winsted. Second Cong. Sab. Sch. $100; C. J.\n      Camp $50; J. T. Rockwell $20; Henry Gray\n      $20., _for Ag. Dept. Talladega C._                     190.00\n    Woodbury. First Cong. Ch. $11.50; C. I. Miner\n      $5                                                      16.50\n    Yalesville. M. E. B.                                       1.00\n\n\n  NEW YORK, $794.92.\n\n    Albany. First Cong. Ch.                                   75.00\n    Batavia. Mrs. Anna V. S. Fisher                           20.00\n    Berkshire. BEQUEST of Mary H. Allen, to const.\n      LUCY E. ALLEN, L. M, by James Allen                     30.00\n    Binghamton. Mrs. Harriet Halbert                           5.00\n    Black Creek. J. S. and M. T. $1 ea                         2.00\n    Brooklyn. Miss M. E. Horton $3; Mrs. Rev.\n      George Hollis $2                                         5.00\n    Canastota. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Childs                       5.00\n    Chestertown. R. C. C.                                      1.00\n    Cohoes. Mrs. I. Terry                                      5.00\n    Coxsackie. Rev. M. Lusk.                                   3.00\n    Deansville. \u201cL.\u201d                                           5.00\n    Dryden. S. O. C.                                           0.50\n    Dutchess Co. \u201cA Friend,\u201d _for Mobile, Ala._               75.00\n    East Otto. Mrs. D. T.                                      0.35\n    Fulton. J. C. Galispie, Almon Bristol and T.\n      W. Chesebro $5 ea.; Dea. S. 50c                         15.50\n    Gouverneur. B. R. S. and E. R. B.                          1.00\n    Greenport. O. H.                                           0.50\n    Homer. B. W. Payne and wife, to const. DEA.\n      EBENEZER RANNEY, L. M.                                  30.00\n    Hudson. Mrs. D. A. Jones $10; A. S. P. 50c                10.50\n    Kiantone. Mrs. E. C. Hall\u2019s Young Ladies\u2019\n      Bible Class                                              8.00\n    Kinderhook. W. I.                                          0.75\n    Lebanon. Thomas Hitchcock, Marvin Day and\n      Alfred Seymour $5 ea.; J. H. W. $1                      16.00\n    Lockport. Cong. Ch. $32.57; Cong. Sab. Sch.\n      $30, to const. MISS FANNIE HAMILTON, L. M.              62.57\n    Moira. Mrs. A. Dickinson.                                  1.25\n    Morrisville. A. B. DeForest                               50.00\n    Mount Sinai. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           10.67\n    Newark Valley. Cong. Ch.                                  19.09\n    New York. Mrs. Hannah Ireland $15\u2014\u201cA Friend\u201d\n      $10.50.\u2014Wm. H. Ferrier $5, _for Ind. Sch.,\n      Talladega C._\u2014L. W. S. 35c                              30.85\n    North Walton. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. $8.09;\n      Missionary Soc. $19.42                                  27.51\n    Orient. Miss K. M. W.                                      0.75\n    Penn Yan. W. W. Taylor $5; W. T. $1                        6.00\n    Perry Centre. Ladies\u2019 Benev. Soc., by Belle J.\n      Sheldon, Sec.                                           15.50\n    Perrysburgh. Rev. Wm. Hall                                18.00\n    Pharsalia. \u201cA few Friends,\u201d by Rev. J. Clements            2.00\n    Ph\u0153nix. Rev. H. P. Bake and family                         5.00\n    Rochester. Mrs. A. E. Albright $5; A. H. 55c               5.55\n    Sag Harbor. Mrs. A. E. W.                                  0.50\n    Sidney Plains. Rev. S. Johnson, bal. to const.\n      HON. O. C. WYMAN, L. M.                                  2.00\n    Smyrna. Sab. Sch. Missionary Soc. of Cong. Ch.            20.00\n    Sodus. D. T.                                               1.00\n    Spencerport. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.                    18.25\n    Syracuse. Rev. J. C. H.                                    0.50\n    Tarrytown. \u201cA Friend\u201d                                     70.00\n    Tompkinsville. Mrs. M. S.                                  1.00\n    Troy. M. and M. F. C.                                      0.50\n    Volney. First Cong. Ch. $1.60, and Sab. Sch.\n      $6.18                                                    7.78\n    Walton. First Cong. Ch. $62.05.\u2014Chas. S. Fitch\n      $5, _for Mendi M._                                      67.05\n    Warsaw. Cong. Ch.                                         20.70\n    West Bloomfield. Cong. Ch.                                 5.00\n    West Camden. Mrs. A. L. C.                                 1.00\n    West Farms. J. A.                                          0.50\n    Westford. Mrs. G. R.                                       1.00\n    West Greece. S. B. B.                                      0.50\n    Westmoreland. First Cong. Sab. Sch.                        3.30\n    Whitestown. James Symonds                                  5.00\n\n\n  NEW JERSEY, $52.25.\n\n    Bound Brook. Ladies\u2019 Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for\n      freight_                                                 2.75\n    Irvington. Mrs. W. H. C.                                   1.00\n    Morristown. Individuals                                    1.00\n    Newark. Belleville Ave. Cong. Ch. (100\n      subscribers _for Mag._) $30; Robert D. Weeks\n      $6; David Owen $1, and bundle Song Rolls                37.00\n    Newfield. Rev. C. Willey                                  10.00\n    Paterson. Mrs. W. F.                                       0.50\n    Raritan. Miss S. Provost, package of Papers.\n\n\n  PENNSYLVANIA, $668.75.\n\n    Centre Road Station. J. A. Scovil                          5.00\n    Cherry Ridge. M. D.                                        1.00\n    New Athens. A. B. McC.                                     1.00\n    Philadelphia. Benjamin Coates                            500.00\n    Philadelphia. Rev. Geo. Morris $100, _for a\n      Teacher_.\u2014W. P. F., $1.00; Miss M. E. M.\n      50c.; Rev. H. L. P. 50c.                               102.00\n    Pittsburgh. Third Presb. Ch. _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                           15.00\n    Pittston. Meth. Prot. Ch.                                  3.65\n    Riceville. Cong. Ch.                                       2.85\n    Washington. Dr. F. Julius Le Moyne, _for Le\n      Moyne Sch._                                             38.25\n\n\n  OHIO, $427.06.\n\n    Alliance. Welsh Cong. Ch.                                  3.55\n    Andover. O. B. Case                                        6.00\n    Ashland. John Thompson                                     2.28\n    Brighton. Mrs. L. A. Strong                                2.00\n    Cleveland. Miss M. J. Weaver                               5.00\n    Cuyahoga Falls. Cong. Ch.                                  2.50\n    Delta. Mrs. M. B. Tanner                                   2.00\n    Dover. Second Cong. Ch.                                   15.00\n    Freedom. Cong. Ch.                                         6.65\n    Four Corners. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           6.30\n    Hudson. D. Trowbridge                                      3.00\n    Germano. J. P.                                             0.50\n    Granville. G. P. Bancroft                                  2.00\n    Kingsville. Myron Whiting $12.50; Rev. Mr.\n      Cummings $10; Mrs. Sarah Cummings $2.50,\n      _for Ag. Dept., Talladega C._                           25.00\n    Lenox. A. J. Holman                                        5.00\n    Marietta. Mrs. E. W. Burgess                               5.00\n    Medina. Ladies\u2019 Benev. Soc., _for Ind. Sch.,\n      Talladega C._                                           10.00\n    Morgan. L. C.                                              0.50\n    Moss Run. M. B. F.                                         0.50\n    Nelson. Mrs. M. A. Fuller                                  3.00\n    North Bloomfield. \u201cFriends,\u201d _for Ag. Dept.,\n      Talladega C._                                           62.37\n    Norwalk. A. N.                                             1.00\n    Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch. $25.45.\u2014Mrs. Jane\n      Miller $10.00, _for Ag. Dept., Talladega\n      C._\u2014Mrs. J. S. B. 25c.                                  35.70\n    Painesville. Cong. Ch. $36.43 ($2 of which\n      from Mrs. Morley, _for Straight U._).\u2014R. and\n      R. C. Marshall $15; E. Ames $5.\u2014D. E. Gove\n      $1.50, _for Talladega C._                               57.93\n    Peru. \u201cFriends,\u201d _for Ag. Dept., Talladega C._            46.50\n    Radnor. Edward D. Jones                                    5.00\n    Ravenna. Ira B. Cutts $5; S. H. $1                         6.00\n    Ripley. Mrs. Mary Tweed                                    2.50\n    Ruggles. Mrs. S. T.                                        0.25\n    St. Clairsville. Wm. Lee, Sr.                              5.00\n    Salem. A. W. A.                                            1.00\n    Sandusky. H. C.                                            1.00\n    Savannah. W. K.                                            1.00\n    Saybrook. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              13.00\n    Springfield. Children\u2019s Mission Circle $17,\n      _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._\u2014First Cong.\n      Ch. and Soc. $11.28 ($5 of which _for Mendi\n      M._)                                                    28.28\n    Steubenville. \u201cFriends\u201d                                   35.00\n    Sullivan. Cong. Ch.                                       10.00\n    Toledo. Mrs. P. G. H.                                      0.50\n    Twinsburgh. Cong. Sab. Sch. $4.75; J. R.\n      Parmele $2                                               6.75\n    West Andover. Mrs. M. S. B.                                1.00\n    Wellington. N. D. B. 50c.; C. F. 50c                       1.00\n    Xenia. W. S. S.                                            0.50\n\n\n  INDIANA, $6.50.\n\n    Dublin. H. M.                                              0.50\n    Madison. G. W. Southwick                                   5.00\n    Newville. A. D.                                            1.00\n\n\n  ILLINOIS, $1,004.91.\n\n    Chicago. New Eng. Ch. Sab. Sch. $69.36, _for a\n      Student, Fisk U._\u2014N. E. Ch. M. C. Coll.\n      $11.72; Union Park Cong. Ch. $31.49; Mrs.\n      Wm. Balthir $1.50; W. S. 50c.                          114.57\n    Collinsville. J. F. Wadsworth and wife                    10.00\n    Crete. Sab. Sch., _for freight_                            2.10\n    Elgin. First Cong. Ch. $14.20; Mrs. G. B. $1              15.20\n    Galesburg. First Ch. of Christ                            58.50\n    Galena. Miss Anna Bran                                     2.00\n    Geneseo. Mr. and Mrs. C. Perry                            20.00\n    Greenview. H. W. W.                                        0.50\n    Hamlet. L. C.                                              1.00\n    Kewanee. Cong. Ch. $51; Mrs. I. A. T. 60c.; C.\n      L. C. 50c.                                              52.10\n    Macomb. Rev. G. H. S.                                      1.00\n    Millington. Mrs. D. W. Jackson $1.50; Mrs. C.\n      I. O. V. $1                                              2.50\n    New Windsor. Cong. Ch.                                    15.00\n    Oak Park. Cong. Ch.                                       16.70\n    Onargo. Mrs. L. C. Foster                                100.00\n    Payson. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for a Student_                  20.00\n    Quincy. First Union Cong. Ch.                             37.45\n    Rochelle. Mrs. A. C. F.                                    1.00\n    Rockford. First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,\n      Talladega C._                                           25.00\n    Saint Charles. W. B. Lloyd                                 5.00\n    Seward. First Cong. Ch.                                   24.02\n    Tonica. V. G. Lutz $5; W. B. 50c.                          5.50\n    Waukegan. First Cong. Ch.                                  2.37\n    Wheaton. \u201cFriends\u201d                                        23.40\n    \u2014\u2014 \u201cFriends\u201d                                             450.00\n\n\n  MICHIGAN, $135.38.\n\n    Adair. Henry Topping                                       5.00\n    Alamo. J. H.                                               1.00\n    Benzonia. \u201cA Friend\u201d                                       5.00\n    Birmingham. Rev. J. McC.                                   0.50\n    Columbus. Cong. Ch.                                       10.00\n    Detroit. \u201cF. M. S.\u201d 60c.; S. Z. 50c.; Mrs. H.\n      A. 50c.                                                  1.60\n    East Saginaw. Mrs. Mary W. Wilder                          4.00\n    Grand Blanc. Cong. Ch. (with $13 ack. in Dec.\n      receipts), _for Student Aid, Fisk U._                   20.00\n    Grand Rapids. Rev. Geo. A. Pollard                         2.00\n    Grass Lake. Joseph Swift $15.50; W. G. R. 25c.            15.75\n    Hersey. Cong. Ch.                                          7.57\n    Lansing. R. B.                                             0.50\n    Newaygo. Rev. J. N. Hicks                                  5.00\n    Oakwood. Cong. Ch.                                         6.05\n    Olivet. Y. M. C. A. of Cong. Ch. $12.41; P. A.\n      Stone $5                                                17.41\n    Port Huron. Individuals                                    1.00\n    St. Johns. A. J. B.                                        0.50\n    St. Joseph. J. S.                                          0.50\n    Richmond. Cong. Ch.                                        5.00\n    Romeo. Miss T. L. C.                                       0.50\n    Union City. Andrew Lucas and family                        5.00\n    Vermontville. Mrs. C. M. S.                                1.00\n    White Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Garner $20;\n      Mrs. W. G. 50c.                                         20.50\n\n\n  WISCONSIN, $201.37.\n\n    Beloit. Second Cong. Ch. $28.35.\u2014Second Cong.\n      Sab. Sch. $12.01, _for a Student, Fisk\n      U._\u2014W. P. 50c.                                          40.86\n    Fort Atkinson. Mrs. Caroline Smith                         5.00\n    Geneva Lake. Presb. Ch.                                   20.00\n    Oshkosh. H. S. M.                                          0.50\n    Madison. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for a Student_                 25.00\n    Menasha. \u201cA Friend\u201d $15; Cong. Ch. $12.31                 27.31\n    Milton. Cong. Ch.                                          7.67\n    Milwaukee. Plymouth Ch.                                   28.03\n    Raymond. T. Sands $5; C. S. Davis $1                       6.00\n    Ripon. Rev. H. W. C.                                       0.50\n    Sheboygan. Mrs. L. H. Chase                               10.50\n    Union Grove. Dr. A.                                        1.00\n    Waukesha. Cong. Ch. $24; V. Tichenor $5.                  29.00\n\n\n  IOWA, $67.81.\n\n    Burlington. Mrs. Hannah Everall                            5.00\n    Carroll. Rev. G. W. P.                                     0.50\n    Chester. Ladies\u2019 Missionary Soc., bbl of C.\n      and $2, _for freight_                                    2.00\n    Clay. Cong. Ch.                                            5.50\n    Cresco. Cong. Ch.                                          6.40\n    Eldora. \u201cBusy Bees\u201d Cong. Sab. Sch. $10;\n      Woman\u2019s Cent. Soc. $4.85                                14.85\n    Kellogg. Cong. Ch.                                         7.00\n    Lyons. \u201cE. L. H.\u201d                                          2.00\n    Muscatine. E. W.                                           0.50\n    Monroe. Cong. Ch.                                          3.56\n    Seneca. Rev. O. Littlefield and wife.                      7.00\n    Sherrills\u2019 Mount. Rev. J. R.                               0.50\n    Sioux City. Wm. K. Smith.                                  3.00\n    Waltham. Wm. Mason                                        10.00\n\n\n  KANSAS, $47.38.\n\n    Albany. C. B. S.                                           0.50\n    Atchison. Cong. Ch.                                       18.00\n    Burlingame. M. S. L.                                       0.25\n    Manhattan. Cong. Ch. $16.43; Cong. Sab. Sch.\n      (Missionary Gardens) $7.88; Rev. Roswell\n      Parker $2.00                                            26.31\n    Reno Centre. Cong. Ch.                                     2.32\n\n\n  MINNESOTA, $113.46.\n\n    Austin. Cong. Ch. $16.08.\u2014Cong. Sab. Sch.\n      $8.55, _for a Student_                                  24.63\n    Faribault. Cong. Ch.                                      19.60\n    Hamilton. Cong. Ch.                                       10.00\n    Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch.                                 28.33\n    Northfield. Cong. Sab. Sch. $10, _for Student\n      Aid, Talladega C._\u2014First Cong. Ch. $8.90                18.90\n    Spring Valley. Cong. Ch.                                  12.00\n\n\n  NEBRASKA, $8.50.\n\n    Fontanelle. By Rev. R. Gaylord                             5.00\n    Wayland. Miss S. P. Locke                                  3.50\n\n\n  CALIFORNIA, $25.\n\n    San Francisco. Mrs. N. Gray                               25.00\n\n\n  OREGON, $17.10.\n\n    Forest Grove. Cong. Ch.                                    7.50\n    The Dalles. Cong. Ch.                                      9.60\n\n\n  MARYLAND, $20.50.\n\n    Baltimore. W. K. Karson $10; R. K. H. 50c.                10.50\n    Federalsburgh. Sarah A. Beals                             10.00\n\n\n  TENNESSEE, $412.50.\n\n    Chattanooga. Rent $112; Cong. Ch. $29                    141.00\n    Memphis. Le Moyne Sch.                                   101.85\n    Nashville. Fisk University                               169.65\n\n\n  NORTH CAROLINA, $212.14.\n\n    Raleigh. Public Fund $76.18; Washington Sch.\n      $20.38; Cong. Ch. $2.50                                 99.06\n    Wilmington. Normal Sch. $106.75; Cong. Ch.\n      $6.33                                                  113.08\n\n\n  SOUTH CAROLINA, $186.50.\n\n    Charleston. Avery Inst.                                  186.50\n\n\n  ALABAMA, $305.05.\n\n    Athens. Trinity Sch.                                      68.50\n    Huntsville. Mr. J. H. C.                                   0.50\n    Mobile. Emerson Inst.                                    155.50\n    Selma. Cong. Ch. $7.75; First Cong. Ch. $6                13.75\n    Talladega. Talladega College                              66.80\n\n\n  GEORGIA, $107.37.\n\n    Macon. Lewis High Sch.                                    23.50\n    Savannah. Beach Inst.                                     83.87\n\n\n  LOUISIANA, $107.25.\n\n    New Orleans. Straight University                         107.25\n\n\n  MISSISSIPPI, $1,067.00.\n\n    Tougaloo. Public Fund                                    988.00\n    Tougaloo. Tougaloo University                             79.00\n\n\n  MISSOURI, $5.00.\n\n    Saint Louis. Mrs. P. Chapman                               5.00\n\n\n  INCOME FUND, $197.32.\n\n    Graves Library, Atlanta University                       150.00\n    Avery Fund, _for Mendi Mission_                           47.32\n\n\n  SCOTLAND, $100.00.\n\n    Kilmarnock. John Stewart, _for a Teacher_                100.00\n\n\n  CANADA, $4.04.\n\n    Paris. Mrs. N. Hamilton                                    4.04\n                                                         \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n        Total                                            $16,751.93\n\n\n    Total to Dec. 31st, 1877                   $42,305.54\n    Of which for Debt                            1,693.02\n                                               \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n\n    Total, excluding amount for Debt                      40,612.52\n                                                         \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n    Total from Oct. 1st to Jan. 31st.                    $57,364.45\n\n                                          H. W. HUBBARD,\n                                                    _Ass\u2019t Treas._\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n  RECEIVED FOR DEBT.\n\n    Wentworth, N. H. Ephraim Cook                              5.00\n    Andover, Mass. John Smith                                500.00\n    Springfield, Mass. \u201cH. M.\u201d                               500.00\n    \u2014\u2014 Mass. \u201cA Worshipper at Indian Orchard\u201d                500.00\n    Oxford, Mass. \u201cS. C. P.\u201d                                 100.00\n    Newburyport, Mass. \u201cA Friend\u201d                              5.00\n    Hartford, Conn. Erastus Collins                          200.00\n    Stanwich, Conn. Wm. Brush                                100.00\n    Guilford, Conn. Mrs. Mary G. Chittenden                   20.00\n    Chattanooga, Tenn. Band of Hope, No. 1.                   30.00\n    Nashville, Tenn. Teachers, Workers and\n      Students of Fisk University (ad\u2019l)                       8.00\n    Charleston, S. C. Avery Inst., Proceeds of\n      Concert                                                 38.60\n    Orangeburg S. C. Ladies\u2019 Miss. Assn\u2019n of Cong.\n      Ch.                                                      1.00\n    Florence, Ala. Cong. Ch.                                   5.00\n    Savannah, Ga. First Cong. Ch.                             10.31\n    Louisville, Ga. First Cong. Ch.                            0.40\n                                                         \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n                                                          $2,023.31\n    Previously acknowledged, Oct. 1st to Dec. 31st         1,693.02\n                                                         \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n        Total to Jan\u2019y 31st                               $3,716.33\n\n\n  FOR TILLOTSON C. AND N. INST., AUSTIN, TEXAS.\n\n    Exeter, N. H. Mrs. F. F. Olden                          $100.00\n    East Hampton, Mass. Mrs. Emily G. Williston              100.00\n    Middletown, Conn. Mrs. Anna H. Phillips.                  22.00\n                                                         \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n        Total                                               $222.00\n\n\n  BUILDING FUND.\n\n    Kewanee, Ill. \u201cA Friend,\u201d _for Emerson Inst.,\n      Mobile, Ala._                                          108.00\n    Talladega, Ala. Rev. E. P. Lord                           10.00\n                                                         \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n        Total                                               $118.00\n\n\n  GREAT BRITAIN.\n\n    London, Eng. Freedmen\u2019s Missions Aid Soc. \u00a3290        $1,422.45\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\n_The American Missionary Association._\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\nAIM AND WORK.\n\nTo preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy\nwith the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has\ndevoted its main efforts to preparing the =FREEDMEN= for their\nduties as citizens and Christians in America and as missionaries\nin Africa. As closely related to this, it seeks to benefit the\ncaste-persecuted =CHINESE= in America, and to co-operate with\nthe Government in its humane and Christian policy towards the\n=INDIANS=. It has also a mission in =AFRICA=.\n\n\nSTATISTICS.\n\n=CHURCHES=: _In the South_\u2014In Va., 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2; Ga., 11;\nKy., 5; Tenn., 4; Ala., 12; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2; Texas, 4.\n_Africa_, 1. _Among the Indians_, 2. Total, 62.\n\n=INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE SOUTH.=\n_Chartered_: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala.; Atlanta,\nGa.; Nashville, Tenn., Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.; and\nAustin, Texas, 8; _Graded or Normal Schools_: at Wilmington,\nRaleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Macon, Atlanta, Ga.;\nMontgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala; Memphis, Tenn.; 11; _Other\nSchools_, 7. Total, 26.\n\n=TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS=\u2014Among the Freedmen, 209;\namong the Chinese, 17; among the Indians, 16; in foreign lands, 10.\nTotal, 252. =STUDENTS=\u2014In Theology, 74; Law, 8; in College Course,\n79; in other studies, 5,243. Total, 5,404. Scholars taught by\nformer pupils of our schools, estimated at 100,000. =INDIANS= under\nthe care of the Association, 13,000.\n\n\nWANTS.\n\n1. A steady =INCREASE= of regular income to keep pace with the\ngrowing work in the South. This increase can only be reached by\n_regular_ and _larger_ contributions from the churches\u2014the feeble\nas well as the strong.\n\n2. =ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS= for our higher educational institutions,\nto accomodate the increasing numbers of students; =MEETING HOUSES=,\nfor the new churches we are organizing; =MORE MINISTERS=, cultured\nand pious, for these churches.\n\n3. =HELP FOR YOUNG MEN=, to be educated as ministers here and\nmissionaries to Africa\u2014a pressing want.\n\nBefore sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A.\noffice, as below.\n\n  NEW YORK   H. W. Hubbard, Esq., 56 Reade Street.\n  BOSTON     Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Room 21, Congregational House\n  CHICAGO    Rev. Jas. 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WEMPLE,\n              _Vice-President_.\n\n      J. L. HALSEY,\n              _Secretary_.\n\n      S. N. STEBBINS,\n              _Actuary_.\n\n      H. Y. WEMPLE,\n      H. B. STOKES,\n              _Assistant-Secretaries_.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                                THE\n\n                          MUTUAL BENEFIT\n\n                        LIFE INSURANCE CO.\n\n                           NEWARK, N. J.\n\n                 Incorporated 1845. Purely Mutual.\n\n                     ASSETS, JANUARY 1, 1877.\n\n                          $32,260,324.75.\n\n                    LEWIS C. GROVER, PRESIDENT.\n\n            JAS. B. PEARSON, _Vice-President_.\n\n                          EDWARD A. STRONG, _Secretary_.\n\n            BENJ. C. MILLER, _Treasurer_.\n\n                                B. J. MILLER, _Actuary_.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                       FULLER, WARREN & CO.\n\n                         MANUFACTURERS OF\n\n                          STOVES, RANGES,\n\n                 Furnaces, Fire-Place Heaters, &c.\n\n         THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT AND VARIETY IN THE MARKET.\n\n                        EXCLUSIVE MAKERS OF\n\n                 _P. P. Stewart\u2019s Famous Stoves_.\n\nWe continue to make a discount of twenty-five per cent. from our\nprices on these well-known Cooking and Parlor Stoves, to Clergymen\nand College Professors. Orders and letters in response to this\nnotice, addressed to our New York house, will receive prompt\nattention. \u261e Special terms to _=Clergymen=_ on all our Goods. \u261c\n\nSend for Catalogues and Circulars to\n\n                                        FULLER, WARREN & CO.\n                                            236 Water St., New York.\n\n    TROY.                  CHICAGO.                       CLEVELAND.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                           COOPERS\u2019 BEST\n\n                      STATIONARY AND PORTABLE\n\n                           Steam Engines\n\n                    Circular Saw Mills,\n\n                         French Burr Grist Mills,\n\n                          Mill Machinery\n\n                           AND SUPPLIES,\n\n                   Millwrights and Contractors.\n\n                          CIRCULARS FREE.\n\n                         Cooper M\u2019f\u2019g Co.\n\n            State what is\n                Wanted.                 Mt. Vernon, Ohio.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                        Morton\u2019s Gold Pens.\n\n                       ALSO EVERY VARIETY OF\n\n                  _GOLD, SILVER, CELLULOID, PEARL\n                       AND IVORY PENCILS AND\n                            PEN CASES_.\n\nThese Goods have stood the test of nearly thirty years, and no\npains or expense is spared to maintain their character as the best\nGoods in the market.\n\n                THE TRADE SUPPLIED AT LOWEST TERMS.\n\n\u261e Where these Goods are not found on sale, they can be ordered\ndirectly from MORTON by mail.\n\n                     No. 25 Maiden Lane, N. Y.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n[Illustration:\n\n  MARVIN\u2019S\n  FIRE & BURGLAR\n  SAFES\n  COUNTER PLATFORM WAGON & TRACK\n  SCALES\n  _MARVIN SAFE & SCALE CO.\n  265 BROADWAY, N. Y.\n  627 CHESTNUT ST. PHILA._]\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                    THE THIRTY-SECOND VOLUME OF\n\n                                THE\n\n                       American Missionary,\n\n                      ENLARGED AND IMPROVED.\n\n\n                     SUBSCRIPTION DEPARTMENT.\n\nBesides giving news from the Institutions and Churches aided by the\nAssociation among the Freedmen in the South, the Indian tribes, the\nChinese on the Pacific Coast, and the Negroes in Western Africa,\nit will be the vehicle of important views on all matters affecting\nthe races among which it labors, and will give a monthly summary of\ncurrent events relating to their welfare and progress.\n\nWe publish =25,000= copies per month, and shall be glad to increase\nthe number indefinitely, knowing from experience that to be\ninformed of our work is to sympathize with, and desire to aid it.\n\nThe Subscription Price will be, as formerly, =Fifty Cents a Year,\nin Advance=. 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Our readers are of the\nbest and most enterprising in the country, having an established\ncharacter for integrity and thrift that constitute them valued\ncustomers in all departments of business.\n\nTo Advertisers using display type and Cuts, who are accustomed\nto the \u201cRULES\u201d of the best Newspapers, requiring \u201cDOUBLE RATES\u201d\nfor these \u201cLUXURIES,\u201d our wide pages, fine paper, and superior\nprinting, with =no extra charge for cuts=, are advantages readily\nappreciated, and which add greatly to the appearance and effect of\nbusiness announcements.\n\nWe are, thus far, gratified with the success of this department,\nand solicit orders from all who have unexceptionable wares to\nadvertise.\n\nAdvertisements must be received by the TENTH of the month, in order\nto secure insertion in the following number. All communications in\nrelation to advertising should be addressed to\n\n                                  J. H. DENISON, 56 Reade St., N. Y.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                            LESTER SAW.\n\n  The New Lester Saw is Made of Iron, with all the working parts\n    of Steel, and Contains all known Improvements to this Date.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nIt is handsomely painted red and green, with red stripes, and\npresents a beautiful appearance. Those parts which are not painted\nare either polished or japanned. We warrant the Saw to be just as\nherein stated, and we know it will give entire satisfaction, being\na more expensive machine than those which we formerly sold for $25.\n\nIt consists of\u2014\n\nFIRST.\u2014A =SCROLL-SAW=, with Tilting-Table for inlaid work; arms 18\ninches in the clear; clamps which will hold saws of any length or\nwidth, and face them in four different directions; cutting lumber\nfrom one-sixteenth to one inch in thickness; speed, 1,000 strokes\nper minute.\n\nSECOND.\u2014A =CIRCULAR-SAW=, two and one-half inches in diameter,\nwhich will cut lumber one-half inch and less; with an iron table,\nfour by five inches.\n\nTHIRD.\u2014A =DRILLING ATTACHMENT=, with six Stubbs\u2019s Steel Drills, of\nvarious sizes, for wood or iron work.\n\nFOURTH.\u2014An =EMERY WHEEL=, with wide and narrow rim.\n\nFIFTH.\u2014A =TURNING-LATHE=, with iron ways and rest, steel centres,\nand three best steel turning tools; length of ways, 15 inches;\ndistance between centres, 9 inches; swing, 3 inches; length of\nslide-rest, 4\u00bd inches; number of revolutions per minute, 7,000.\n\nAlso, with each machine, six Saw-Blades, a Wrench, Screw-Driver,\nextra Belt, and two sheets of Designs, with a nice box for the\nsmall tools, and a box for the whole machine. It is taken apart\nwhen shipped, and packed in a box, but the working parts are all\nleft in place, and the frame is put together again by a single bolt.\n\n\n              PRICE FOR EVERYTHING ABOVE NAMED $8.00.\n\n       The Same, without the Lathe and Circular-Saw, $6.00.\n\nWhen desired, we furnish with the Lathe a very nice Drill-Chuck,\nfor working metal, and a Tail-Stock, with a screw centre, for $2\nextra.\n\nNo Saw will be sent C. O. D. The machine alone weighs 47 lbs., and,\nwith the box, 70 lbs. The express charges on one machine are about\n$2 for 1,000 miles, and about half as much by fast freight. Two\nmachines by freight go at about the same price as one. Money may be\nsent by mail, by Post-Office Order, registered letter, or draft on\nNew York. For sale by dealers at same price, with the addition of a\nreasonable amount for freight.\n\n_We also keep a full stock of Tools and Supplies in the\nBracket-Sawing line._\n\n          MILLER\u2019S FALLS CO., 74 Chambers St., New York.\n\n\n                 *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n\n\nTranscriber\u2019s Notes:\n\n\n\u201cbreath\u201d changed to \u201cbreadth\u201d on page 70. (its length and breadth)\n\n\u201cputing\u201d changed to \u201cputting\u201d on page 87. (before putting their\nhands under)\n\nMissing zeros added to the amount column in the Sidney Plains entry\non page 89.\n\n\u201cTaladega\u201d changed to \u201cTalladega\u201d in the Pittsburgh entry on page\n90.\n\n\u201cfreinds\u201d changed to \u201cfriends\u201d on page 94. (the attention of their\nfriends)","title":"The American Missionary \u2014 Volume 32, No. 03, March, 1878","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":23533}