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NO. 5.\n\n THE\n\n AMERICAN MISSIONARY.\n\n * * * * *\n\n \u201cTo the Poor the Gospel is Preached.\u201d\n\n * * * * *\n\n MAY, 1879.\n\n\n\n\n _CONTENTS_:\n\n\n EDITORIAL.\n\n PARAGRAPHS 129\n THE LAND\u2014ITS WEALTH AND ITS WANT 130\n WAR OR MISSIONS 132\n THE NEGRO HEGIRA 133\n WOMAN\u2019S WORK FOR WOMAN\u2014CONGREGATIONALISM IN THE SOUTH 135\n ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 137\n GENERAL NOTES 138\n\n THE FREEDMEN.\n\n TOUR INTO THE SOUTHWEST: Rev. J. E. Roy, D. D. 140\n GEORGIA, ATLANTA\u2014Lady Missionary Needed 143\n ALABAMA, MONTGOMERY\u2014Tenantry, Promising Field, &c.: Rev.\n F. Bascom, D. D. 143\n ALABAMA, MOBILE\u2014Emerson Institute: Rev. D. L. Hickok 145\n MARION\u2014Revival of Education; Rev. Geo. E. Hill 146\n LOUISIANA\u2014Straight University: Prof. J. K. Cole 147\n TEXAS\u2014CORPUS CHRISTI\u2014Revival 148\n TENNESSEE\u2014Yellow Fever Fund 149\n\n AFRICA.\n\n NATIVE PREACHERS\u2014ADVANCE CALLED, &c. 150\n\n THE CHINESE.\n\n SOME POINTS ON THE CHINESE QUESTION: Rev. W. C. Pond 151\n\n RECEIPTS 153\n\n CONSTITUTION 157\n\n WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS &c. 158\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\n\n\n American Missionary Association,\n\n 56 READE STREET, N. Y.\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 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 WM. C. CHAPIN, Esq., R. I.\n Rev. W. T. EUSTIS, D. D., 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 Hon. W. W. PATTON, D. D., D. C.\n Hon. SEYMOUR STRAIGHT, La.\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., Minn.\n Rev. H. W. BEECHER, N. Y.\n Gen. O. O. HOWARD, Oregon.\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 THACHER, 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 PETER SMITH, Esq., Mass.\n Dea. JOHN C. WHITIN, 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 Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D. D., Ct.\n DANIEL HAND, Esq., Ct.\n A. L. WILLISTON, Esq., Mass.\n Rev. A. F. BEARD, D. D., N. Y.\n FREDERICK BILLINGS, Esq., Vt.\n JOSEPH CARPENTER, Esq., R. I.\n\n\n CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.\n\n REV. M. E. Strieby, D. D., _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_.\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 ADDISON P. FOSTER,\n E. A. GRAVES,\n S. B. HALLIDAY,\n SAM\u2019L HOLMES,\n S. S. JOCELYN,\n ANDREW LUSTER,\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 above; letters for the Editor of the\n\u201cAmerican Missionary\u201d to Rev. Geo. M. Boynton, at the New York\nOffice.\n\n\nDONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS\n\nshould be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Ass\u2019t Treasurer, No. 56 Reade\nStreet, New York, or when more convenient, to either of the Branch\nOffices, 21 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 112 West\nWashington Street, Chicago, Ill.\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. XXXIII. MAY, 1879. No. 5.\n\n * * * * *\n\n\nAmerican Missionary Association.\n\n * * * * *\n\nWe wish to remind our readers that the offer of Mr. Arthington,\nas it has come under our consideration by the report of the\nForeign Committee, and as it has been put before them by its\npublication in the MISSIONARY for April, is still commended to\ntheir consideration, and open to acceptance or declinature, as they\nmay decide. We are well aware that such great things are not to be\nlightly or suddenly decided. It is a subject which demands careful\nweighing, and all the light which may be gained from earthly\nas well as from heavenly sources. The first offer was not made\nsuddenly or unadvisedly. Dr. O. H. White, of the Freedmen\u2019s Aid\nSociety of England, writes us that he conversed with Mr. Arthington\nabout it more than a year ago, who said then, \u201c_I will think of it,\nand you pray earnestly that Robert Arthington may be led to a right\ndecision._\u201d We can say nothing better now. Do you, friends, think\nabout it, and we will pray earnestly that you may be led to a right\ndecision.\n\n * * * * *\n\nWe have just received from the estate of the late Charles Avery, of\nPittsburgh, Pa., $12,000 as an endowment, the interest to be used\nin the work of African evangelization. As the money has just come\nto hand as we are going to press, there has been no opportunity for\naction on the part of the Executive Committee as to its specific\nappropriation. It may be deemed advisable to use it in furtherance\nof the mission proposed to us by Mr. Arthington, of Leeds, England.\n\nIn behalf of Africa and her descendants on two continents, we\ncannot forbear another tribute to the memory of Mr. Avery, and to\nhis executors who have so faithfully carried out his benevolent\nwishes.\n\n * * * * *\n\nRev. W. H. Willcox, of Reading, Mass., and his brother, Rev. G.\nB. Willcox, D.D., of Stamford, Conn., have returned from a tour\namong our institutions of the South, in which they have been\naccompanied by District Secretary Pike. It is with no small degree\nof pleasure that we record their great satisfaction in what they\nsaw and their hearty approval of the work, and the proof they have\ngiven of their sincerity in it. It is well known that Mr. Willcox\nhas been acting in behalf of Mrs. Daniel P. Stone, of Malden,\nMass., in the distribution of a large fund among the educational\ninstitutions of our land. As a result of his observation of the\nwork done at Atlanta and Fisk Universities, he has appropriated\none hundred thousand dollars to be divided equally between these\ntwo institutions. This affords aid, which is greatly needed, for\nthe enlargement of the work at these most important places. It\nwill go into buildings and other permanent equipment. We devoutly\nwish that men and women who have money to give would go and do\nlikewise,\u2014visit our institutions for the education of the Freedmen,\nsee the work which is being done, and the work which needs to\nbe done, and then act in the light they have gained from actual\nobservation.\n\n * * * * *\n\nRev. B. C. Church, of Goliad, Texas, who has been long and\nfaithfully occupied in our service, needs a _buggy_, not for\npleasure-driving, we assure our readers, but that he may be able\nto visit not only his immediate field, but the new station at\nFlatonia, as often as may be needed for the supervision of that\nnew and promising work. He says \u201cthe running part will do, and a\nsecond-hand one at that.\u201d Surely that is a modest request. Is there\nnot some one of our readers who has such a vehicle to spare for the\nLord\u2019s work, _top and all_?\n\n * * * * *\n\nTwo months ago, among our _Items from the Field_ was a plea,\ncondensed into less than two lines, for an organ for the church at\nOrangeburg, S. C. A few days after, Mr. S. T. Gordon generously\noffered to give us the needed instrument, and it is now helping\n\u201cthe service of song in the house of the Lord\u201d in that place.\nThe pastor writes: \u201cWe have received that invaluable gift, the\ncabinet organ donated by Mr. S. T. Gordon in aid of the day and\nSunday-school and church work in this field. For this goodness\nthe children, the congregation and ourselves unite in sending\nMr. Gordon and the A. M. A. ten thousand grateful thanks. And we\nbeseech the Lord to abundantly reward this labor of love. It will\nafford us very great aid indeed.\u201d It is encouraging to receive such\nprompt responses to wants thus simply made known. We are emboldened\nto call attention to a similar petition for an organ, in the letter\nfrom Corpus Christi, Texas. What other generous and prompt friend\nwill be moved to answer, \u201c_Here it is?_\u201d\n\n * * * * *\n\n\nTHE LAND\u2014ITS WEALTH AND ITS WANT.\n\nAmong the explorers of the eastern part of Equatorial Africa no\nother has given us so full descriptions of the land, its wants and\nwoes, and its brilliant possibilities, as Sir Samuel Baker. And he,\ntoo, in his \u201cIsmailia,\u201d traverses largely the territory suggested\nfor our occupation by Mr. Arthington. The following paragraphs are\nfrom his description of the natural scenery, and of the beauty and\nfertility of the land on the east side of the Nile above and below\nFatiko. Is this not a pleasing picture of a portion of our proposed\nfield?\n\n\u201cI reveled in this lovely country. The fine park-like trees were\nclumped in dark-green masses here and there. The tall dolape-palms\n(Borassus Ethiopicus) were scattered about the plain, sometimes\nsingly, at others growing in considerable numbers. High and bold\nrocks, near and distant mountains, the richest plain imaginable in\nthe foreground, with the clear Un-y-Am\u00e9 flowing now in a shallow\nstream between its lofty banks, and the grand old Nile upon our\nright, all combined to form a landscape that produced a paradise.\nThe air was delightful. There was an elasticity of spirit, the\nresult of a pure atmosphere, that made one feel happy in spite of\nmany anxieties. My legs felt like steel as we strode along before\nthe horses, with rifle on shoulder, into the magnificent valley,\nin which the mountains we had descended seemed to have taken\nroot. The country was full of game. Antelopes in great numbers,\nand in some variety, started from their repose in this beautiful\nwilderness, and having for a few moments regarded the strange\nsights of horses, and soldiers in scarlet uniform, they first\ntrotted and then cantered far away. The graceful leucotis stood in\nherds upon the river\u2019s bank, and was the last to retreat. * * * * *\nMagnificent trees (acacias), whose thick, dark foliage drooped near\nthe ground, were grouped in clumps, springing from the crevices\nbetween huge blocks of granite. Brooks of the purest water rippled\nover the time-worn channels, cut through granite plateaux, and as\nwe halted to drink at the tempting stream, the water tasted as cold\nas though from a European spring. The entire country on our left\nwas a succession of the most beautiful rocky undulations and deep,\nverdant glades, at the bottom of which flowed perennial streams.\nThe banks of these rivulets were richly clothed with ornamental\ntimber, the rich foliage contrasting strongly with the dark gray\nblocks of granite, resembling the ruins of ancient towers.\u201d\n\nBut this land, so rich and beautiful, is all going to waste. Its\ngame and cattle are doomed to as swift destruction as the countless\nherds of buffalo and antelope which only fifteen years ago thronged\nthe prairies of Dakota. We copy from the same source this picture\nof the waste which is the sure precursor of want.\n\n\u201cBy the Nile traders\u2019 arrangements the companies of Abou Saood\nreceive as their perquisite one-third of all the cattle that may be\nstolen in successful razzias. The consumption of cattle by these\nbrigands is enormous. All flour is purchased in exchange for flesh,\nwhile flesh is also necessary for food: thus the cow is being eaten\nat both ends. The frightful drain upon the country may be imagined\nby the following calculation, which is certainly below the truth:\n\n\u201cIf 1,000 loads of ivory must be carried to Ismailia,\n\n 2,000 cows are required as payment of carriers;\n 1,000 belong to the brigands as their perquisite;\n 300 are necessary to feed the native carriers and soldiers during\n the journey;\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n 3,300 cows are required to deliver 1,000 loads of ivory a distance\n of 165 miles from Fatiko to Ismailia (Gondokoro).\n\n A station of 35 men consumes daily 700 lbs.\n In addition they require to exchange for flour 350 lbs.\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n Daily consumption of flesh 1,050 lbs.\n\n The oxen of the country do not average more than 170 lbs.\n cleaned.\n\n 2,255 beasts are thus required annually.\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n 5,555 oxen are necessary to feed and pay for the transport from a\n station only 350 strong, according to the customs of White\n Nile brigandage.\n\n\u201cIt must be remembered that at least a thousand, and sometimes\ndouble that number of slaves, are prisoners in each station. All\nthese must be fed. The same principle is adopted in the exchange\nof flesh for flour; thus the expenditure of cattle is frightful.\nNot only oxen, but all the breeding cows and young calves are\nkilled without the slightest reflection. No country can support\nsuch wilful waste; thus, after many years of ravage, this beautiful\ncountry has become almost barren of cattle. The central districts,\noccupied by the slave-traders, having been denuded of cattle, it\nhas become necessary to make journeys to distant countries.\u201d\n\nBut this is not the worst aspect of affairs. For by how much a man\nis better than a beast, by so much his life is more sacred, and\nto be guarded with more jealous care. Read this story of a slave\nraid, its treachery, its brutality, its capture not only of slaves,\nbut its slaughter of many times the number led away to sale. But\nthis is not all; for in the pages of \u201cIsmailia\u201d follows the record\nof a dreadful retribution in which the whole 103 of Abou Saood\u2019s\nmen are put to death and 150 of their allies. This is but one of\nmany like scenes which have helped to make the slave regions of\nAfrica as degraded as they are found to-day.\n\n\u201cA man named Ali Hussein was a well known employ\u00e9 of Abou Saood.\nThis ruffian was an Arab. He was a tall, wiry fellow, with a\ndetermined but brutal cast of countenance, who was celebrated\nas a scoundrel among scoundrels. Even his fellows dreaded his\nbrutality. There was no crime that he had not committed, and as\nhis only virtue was extreme daring, his reputation was terrible\namong the native population. He had arranged to make a descent\nupon the Umiro tribe, about six days\u2019 march to the southeast. He\naccordingly sent natives as spies with specious messages to the\nUmiro, announcing his intention of visiting them to purchase ivory.\nWith a party increased by volunteers from other stations to a force\nof about 300 men, he arrived at Umiro. The simple natives received\nhim gladly and showed extreme hospitality. The country was thickly\npopulated and abounded with vast herds of the finest cattle. After\na week\u2019s sojourn among the Umiro, during which he had received\nlarge presents of elephants\u2019 tusks and seventy head of oxen from\nthe confiding natives, the treacherous ruffian gave an order to\nhis brigands at sunset. They were to be under arms an hour before\ndaybreak on the following morning, to set fire to the adjacent\nvillages of their generous hosts and to capture their large herds\nof cattle, together with their women and children.\n\n\u201cAt the time appointed, while every Umiro slept, unconscious of\napproaching danger, several villages were surrounded, and volleys\nof musketry were poured upon the sleeping inmates. The straw huts\nwere ignited, and the flames rapidly spread, while a massacre\ncommenced similar to the butcheries to which the slave-hunters were\nso well accustomed. The Umiro, thus taken by surprise, and appalled\nby so dastardly a treachery, were easily defeated. Their children\nand wives were captured, together with large herds of cattle, which\nare celebrated for their size. All these were driven in triumph to\nFatiko.\u201d\n\nWe only ask, in conclusion, is not this a field for Christian\nmen to occupy\u2014this fair land, with such means of supporting life,\nand with horrors like these enacted year by year, against which\nthe presence of even a few white Christian men would be a most\neffectual check?\n\n * * * * *\n\n\nWAR OR MISSIONS?\n\nChristian England is at war with the Zulus, not altogether\nsuccessfully, we fear not altogether justly. It seems to be about\nthe same question which is at issue perpetually between the United\nStates Government and the Indians\u2014a disputed strip of territory\nlying between Transvaal and Zululand is, by arbitration mutually\nagreed upon, decided to belong of right to the Zulus. But the Dutch\nBoers who had settled therein decline to give up their claims. The\nEnglish Government, to whom that territory had been transferred,\ndefend them in maintaining their resistance to what had been\ndeclared to be the rightful owner, and because King Cetywayo is a\nsmall sovereign, the Queen on whose dominions the sun never sets\nproposes to compel him. This is about the story as it comes to us.\nSo Christian England and America\u2014not the Christianity in England\nand America\u2014treat their poor neighbors.\n\nNow, in the prosecution of this Zulu war thousands of men are\nsent out to do battle\u2014generals, captains, common soldiers. Money\nis freely spent, millions of dollars, to keep a rude race from\nacknowledged rights. Blood is spilt and lives are sacrificed, not\nby the one or two, but by the hundred. But there is another battle\nto be fought in Africa, in the interests of the Christianity that\nis in England and America; a battle against superstition, and all\nthe ignorance and violence included in it, against the slave trade\nand its demoralizing influences. It, too, will cost men and money.\nIn its accomplishment, lives will be laid down. Already in the new\nfields opening, one and another have fallen, until six, perhaps,\nhave thus far given up their lives in this cause. The advance\nguard, the scouts, have not all escaped the perils of such service.\nIt costs money, too; but it will not cost half as much to convert a\nsavage African as it will to kill him. Missions are cheap compared\nwith war.\n\nAnd then, look at the end of it all. Money and blood to extend\nterritory, to defend a flag! Where is the treasury, and where the\nlives ready to be laid down that the banner of the Prince of Peace\nmay be set up in Equatorial Africa, and its inhabitants be made\nsubjects of Him whose dominion hath no end?\n\nRead these emphatic words of _David Livingstone_, so well\nillustrated by his own quietly heroic life:\n\n\u201cWe talk of \u2018sacrifices\u2019 until we fear the word is nauseous to\nGod. We have no English female missionary biography worth reading,\nbecause it is all polluted by the black man\u2019s idea of sacrifice. It\nought not so to be. Jesus became a missionary and gave His life for\nus. Hundreds of young men annually leave our shores as cadets. When\nany dangerous expedition is planned by Government, more volunteers\napply than are necessary to man it. On the proposal to send a band\nof brave men in search of Sir John Franklin, a full complement\nfor the ships could have been procured of officers alone, without\nany common sailors. And what thousands rushed to California from\ndifferent parts of America on the discovery of gold! How many\nhusbands left their wives and families! How many Christian men tore\nthemselves away from all home endearments to suffer and toil and\nperish by cold and starvation on the overland route! How many sank\nfrom fever and exhaustion on the banks of the Sacramento! Yet no\nword of sacrifices there! Our talk of sacrifices is ungenerous and\nheathenish.\u201d\n\n * * * * *\n\n\nTHE NEGRO HEGIRA.\n\nIt is not many months since we had to record the Liberian exodus\nfever. The movement which excited so great hopes among the deluded\nblacks has passed out of sight, and the holders of ten-dollar\nshares in the barque Azor are no nearer the tropical shores of\nAfrica than they were a year ago. From those who went out in so\nill-advised a manner, for a long time almost nothing came back to\nus but their wail of suffering as they reached their journey\u2019s end.\n\nAnd now another impulse has seized upon thousands apparently of the\nnegro population of Mississippi and Louisiana, to leave the places\nwhere they were born and reared and seek new homes. As early as\nthe middle of March probably fifteen hundred had found their way\nto St. Louis under the impression, it is said, that they would be\nsupported in that city and provided with free transportation to\nKansas, where, on arrival, they would receive from the Government,\nlands, mules, money and agricultural implements. A small proportion\nof them appeared to be in comfortable circumstances, and proceeded\nby steamer or rail to Kansas City or Topeka. Others were entirely\ndestitute and dependent from the first on charitable aid.\nThousands more were reported as only deterred from coming by lack\nof means to pay their way up the river. The mayor and citizens\nof St. Louis were in quite a panic over their visitors. What\nshould they do with them, or how keep them away? But the feeling\nof kinship led the colored people of the city to give them such\nwelcome as they might. The basements of three colored churches were\nopened to them, and food and shelter were generously given by their\nbrethren according to the flesh, and they were helped toward their\ndestination as far as might be.\n\nThus another is added to the many strange, sad stories in the\nhistory of this dark-skinned race. This sudden impulse moving upon\nthis great mass of men and women may not have been reasonable,\nand yet it must have had a reason. Kansas seems to be to them a\nmagical name, synonymous with freedom, friends and happiness, in\ntheir crude thought. It was sought to turn some of them to Iowa,\nwhere work and pay were offered; but no, Kansas was the goal from\nwhich they could not be turned away. There seems to be no possible\ninterpretation of this so general migration, other than that they\nhave given up in despair the thought of peace or prosperity in\ntheir old homes. For of all the inhabitants of our soil they are\nthe least migratory in their nature; they cling to the old State\nand the old homestead on which they were reared. But repeated\nwrongs have worked at last on their slow minds the conviction\nthat better things can only be in store for them far away. Not\npolitical deprivations, for they seem easily to have given up that\ncontest, and they \u201cdon\u2019t vote much;\u201d but the wrongs of a hard\ntenantry system, by which they have been compelled to rent land\nat $10 an acre for the year\u2014land worth not much more than that at\nsale\u2014with various other extortionate charges by the way, bringing\nthe laborer out at the year\u2019s end no better, but rather the worse\noff for all his toil, and with no liberty even of complaint; these\nare the things which have at length wrought out their natural and\ninevitable result.\n\nThe consequences of this movement, if it be suffered to go on\u2014and\nwho can stop it?\u2014are manifold and of most serious import. The\nplanters are already alarmed at the lack of laborers for the year\nwhich is just opening upon them. A desertion of \u201chands\u201d is a most\ndire calamity in an agricultural community. Political changes\nmay follow those of population, and if this hegira goes on, the\nproportion of representation may be seriously changed between\nLouisiana and Kansas.\n\nThere can be no question but that the negro can, if he be well\ntreated, do better in the Gulf States than in the cold climate of\nKansas\u2014at raising cotton and the sugar-cane than wheat and stock.\nIs there no serious warning in this movement to the people of those\nStates?\u2014a lesson not political so much as industrial; an intimation\nthat fair treatment even of the lowest, poorest and most ignorant\nclasses, especially if they are held by no artificial bond like\nownership, is essential to a rendering of the service for which\nthey were valued once as slaves, and for which they are no less\nindispensable as freemen. There is policy as well as right in\njustice, and the law of gravitation is as real and as irresistible\nin masses of men as in the realm of material things. The South\nneeds the negro quite as much as the negro needs the South; and\nunless its leaders of thought and action help its people to\nrecognize their mutual dependence, and teach them to conciliate and\nnot to abuse the arm that is ready to sow and gather their crops,\nthey will have to do without it. The present hegira is but a hint\nof what may be. Is it not a hint, also, as to how so great a loss\nmay be avoided? For, after all, dislike the truth who may, the\nnegro is \u201ca man and a brother.\u201d\n\n * * * * *\n\n\nWOMAN\u2019S WORK FOR WOMAN.\n\nEvery once in a while a feeling prevalent in the churches gets\nvoice in the question: \u201cCannot women find some recognized method of\ndoing more for the elevation of the freed women of the South than\nthey are doing now?\u201d There has been an unwillingness on the part of\nmany to agitate this question lest there might be in it a seeming\nantagonism to the work of the Woman\u2019s Board; a work that in origin\nand development is so clearly providential. Still the want has\nbeen keenly felt. Some attention has been given it, and in a few\ninstances the thought has developed into action.\n\nNearly two years ago Mrs. Zachary Eddy, of Detroit, interested a\nnumber of ladies in Eastern Michigan in the matter, and the result\nwas that these ladies became responsible for the support of a lady\nmissionary, to be appointed by the American Missionary Association,\nto work exclusively among the freed women; and the work then begun\nhas been steadily sustained ever since by Miss Hattie Milton, at\nMemphis, Tenn. It is no longer an experiment, it is now a success.\nMiss Milton, in a letter, not long since, says: \u201cThis has been the\nhappiest year of my life; for this work has its own reward, both to\nthe missionary and those who send her, which is more valuable than\nsilver or gold. I sometimes think the angels might almost envy us\nin this work.\u201d\n\nWithin a few months the ladies connected with the First and Second\nChurches of Oberlin have united to support a lady missionary\namong the freed women. The money is already provided for, and the\nmissionary will soon start on her mission of love. And now I learn\nthat the young ladies connected with the Congregational church\nin Waukegan, this State, have organized a society for the same\npurpose, the aim being to work chiefly through the Sunday-school.\nMonthly meetings, called \u201cmission parties,\u201d are held. A profitable\nprogramme is prepared, consisting of an essay, information from\nsome mission station, brief addresses and singing. To these\nmeetings invitations are issued by card, with the understanding\nthat everybody invited will come. Thus far two meetings have been\nheld, and they give promise of great popularity.\n\nMay there not be in the organization of this young ladies\u2019 society,\ndesigning to work through the Sunday-school, a suggestion that the\nladies might take up everywhere? Why not, after first defining the\nword young to have reference to feeling rather than years, organize\nyoung ladies\u2019 missionary societies in all our churches, to work\nthrough the Sunday-schools for the support of lady missionaries\namong the freed women?\u2014SCROOBY, in _The Congregationalist_.\n\n * * * * *\n\n\nCONGREGATIONALISM IN THE SOUTH.\n\n\n2. Since the War.\n\nDIST. SEC. C. L. WOODWORTH, BOSTON.\n\nThe denomination which took possession of this country in the\nname of Christ, which brought in the cabin of the Mayflower the\nmodel of a democratic state, as well as of a democratic church,\nwas, practically, ruled out of the South for two hundred and fifty\nyears. Only since 1865 has it been possible for her to enter the\nSouth in all the largeness of her freedom and of her faith. If it\nnow be asked, What has she to show for these thirteen years of\nopportunity among the poorest of the poor, we answer, \u201cSomething of\nwhich she need not be ashamed.\u201d\n\nWithin five months from the time when the first gun of\nthe rebellion sent its shot at the heart of the Union,\nCongregationalism, through the American Missionary Association,\nwas at Fortress Monroe with bread and clothing, with books and\nBibles, with teachers and preachers. Nor was this the only channel\nof its charity to the needy. It maintained a vast work of physical\nrelief _during and after the war_, through the New England and\nNational Freedmen\u2019s Aid Societies, and through agencies of more\nprivate bounty. And not alone in the way of physical relief, but\na large number of teachers were sent out by these same agencies,\nand kept in the field for years and years. They have passed away,\nindeed, but the amount expended by them was very large, how large\nwe will not try to estimate even approximately.\n\nThe Society first in the field alone remains to do the work for the\nCongregational churches. No sooner had General Butler established\nhimself at Fortress Monroe than the Association pushed in its\nworkers among the unhoused, half-clothed, half-starved thousands of\ncontrabands that had flocked inside his lines. From that beginning,\nin 1861, the work has spread into every Southern State, and though\nits income and its working force are scarcely half what they were\nin 1870, yet it is among the great societies which our churches\ncherish and love. It has just completed seventeen full years of\nlabor on the Southern field, and the number of laborers sent out\nyear by year are tabulated below:\n\n Teachers, 1862 15 Teachers, 1872 346\n \u201c 1863 83 \u201c 1873 323\n \u201c 1864 250 \u201c 1874 273\n \u201c 1865 300 \u201c 1875 260\n \u201c 1866 353 \u201c 1876 206\n \u201c 1867 528 \u201c 1877 203\n \u201c 1868 532 \u201c 1878 209\n \u201c 1869 532 \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n \u201c 1870 533 Total No. of Teachers 5,267\n \u201c 1871 321\n\nThe tangible results of this work, as they appear in permanent\nChristian institutions, and their natural outcome in the South,\nwill be seen in the statement below:\n\n\nDETAILS OF SCHOOL WORK AT THE SOUTH.\n\n_Chartered Institutions_, 8.\u2014Hampton N. and A. Institute, Hampton,\nVa.: Number of pupils, 332; boarding accommodations for 180. Berea\nCollege, Berea, Ky.: Number of pupils, 273; boarding accommodations\nfor 180. Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.: Number of pupils, 338;\nboarding accommodations for 150. Atlanta University, Atlanta,\nGa.: Number of pupils, 244; boarding accommodations for 150.\nTalladega College, Talladega, Ala.: Number of pupils, 272; boarding\naccommodations for 100. Tougaloo University, Tougaloo, Miss.:\nNumber of pupils, 193; boarding accommodations for 90. Straight\nUniversity, New Orleans, La.: Number of pupils, 287; no boarding\naccommodations. Normal Institute, Austin, Texas: Number of pupils,\n146.\n\n_Other Institutions_, 11.\u2014Normal School, Wilmington, N. C.:\nNumber of pupils, 126; Washington School, Raleigh, N. C., 435;\nAvery Institute, Charleston, S. C., 294; Brewer Normal School,\nGreenwood, S. C., 58; Storrs\u2019 School, Atlanta, Ga., 701; Lewis High\nSchool, Macon, Ga., 93; Trinity School, Athens, Ala., 158; Emerson\nInstitute, Mobile, Ala., 117; Swayne School, Montgomery, Ala., 436;\nBurrell School, Selma, Ala., 421; Le Moyne School, Memphis, Tenn.,\n184; Common Schools, 18;\u2014total, 37.\n\nWhole number of pupils, 7,229. Scholars in the South, taught by our\nformer pupils, estimated at 100,000.\n\nWhole number of churches in the South, 64.\u2014Virginia, 1; North\nCarolina, 5; South Carolina, 2; Georgia, 12; Kentucky, 7;\nTennessee, 4; Alabama, 13; Louisiana, 12; Mississippi, 1; Kansas,\n2; Texas, 5.\n\nWhole number of church members, 4,189.\n\nFrom this exhibit it will be seen that eight of the schools are\nchartered, and contain nearly two thousand students. Four of them\nare of college grade, and are doing regular college work. The\nother schools are of Normal grade, and designed to bring forward,\nas rapidly as possible, the teachers for the untaught millions.\nThey are all children of the Association, and in them are gathered\nup the fruits of Congregational liberality and labor in behalf of\nthe colored race. These schools are an enduring investment for\nthis work, and hold property in buildings, lands, apparatus and\nendowments, to the value, probably, of eight hundred thousand\ndollars. It should be said, however, that many of the buildings\nwere put up by aid from the Freedmen\u2019s Bureau; but this aid was\nset apart as the proportion of the public moneys which should\nappropriately flow through Congregational channels. The churches\nestablished in the South are a result of the same effort. Their\nchapels and houses of worship represent a money value of fifty\nthousand dollars more. What Congregationalism has to show is in\nthese permanent institutions for the mental and moral training\nof the colored people. It is not all that is needed, but it is\nan investment of inestimable value, and one which will compare\nfavorably with the work of any other denomination, for thorough\neducational and religious work among the enfranchised race.\n\n * * * * *\n\n\nITEMS FROM THE FIELD.\n\nDUDLEY, N. C.\u2014\u201cWe have quite a class of teachers in the school,\nand I have spent a part of each day with them. I induced one of\nthe young men I found in Woodbridge to come here for the present.\nHe has had but little schooling, but is far ahead of all the young\npeople here and has taught several terms. He is now commencing\nLatin and Algebra. He desires to fully fit himself for work among\nhis people, and his present idea is to devote himself to teaching.\nHe has a splendid voice and has never had any drill. One great\nobject in bringing him here was to train his voice and give him\ninstrumental lessons, and he is doing finely. Another was to secure\nhim, if possible, to us, and find a chance for him in one of the A.\nM. A. Colleges. Is there any way of getting help for such a young\nman?\u201d\n\nMCINTOSH, Liberty Co., Ga.\u2014\u201cNineteen persons united with the church\nlast Sunday on confession of faith.\u201d\n\nWOODVILLE, Ga.\u2014The annual examination of the school was held March\n28th. From 400 to 500 persons were present. One conversion from the\nSunday-school during the month.\n\nThe St. Philip\u2019s Society, Sengstacke\u2019s Band of Hope, and Sons and\nDaughters of Jerusalem, celebrated emancipation, Jan. 1st, in the\nCongregational church. Rev. Mr. Markham, of Savannah, addressed\nthem on the results of freedom and the work of the A. M. A. A\nthank-offering was sent in the form of a contribution to the\nAssociation.\n\nTALLADEGA, Ala.\u2014Nine young men, students at Talladega, after\nexamination, were approved to preach by the Alabama Conference.\n\nMONTGOMERY, Ala.\u2014A deep religious interest has been manifested\nduring the last month. Some of our pupils are trusting in a\nnewly-found Saviour. A Sabbath afternoon Bible-reading at the\nschool-house has been blessed.\n\nMARION, Ala.\u2014There are thirty subscribers to the New York _Witness_\namong the colored people in this place\u2014a fact which speaks well for\ntheir general intelligence.\n\nMOBILE, Ala.\u2014\u201cGod is pouring out His Spirit on our school. Several\nhave expressed a hope in Christ and many more are inquiring.\nThe interest is among the older scholars. We have a daily\nfifteen-minute prayer-meeting just before school, and a half-hour\nprayer-meeting after school on Friday. Pray for us.\u201d\n\nANNISTON, Ala.\u2014Sabbath-school very interesting, especially to the\nolder people. One conversion.\n\nCORPUS CHRISTI, Texas.\u2014The church has been revived. Six members\nthus far have been received on profession.\n\nFLATONIA, Fayette Co., Texas.\u2014This young church has twenty-five\nmembers, and several are waiting an opportunity to unite. It is\nnegotiating for a church building.\n\nCHATTANOOGA, Tenn.\u2014\u201cThe Sabbath-school is well attended. We had\na concert last Sabbath evening; the house was crowded and the\nexercises went off quite well, after which a collection for the A.\nM. A. was taken.\u201d\n\nINDIAN AGENCY, KESHENA, Wis.\u2014From the report of the school at the\nGreen Bay Agency we extract the following: \u201cOur school closed on\nthe 20th, and we are happy to report that this has been the most\nfavorable term since the opening of the boarding-school. We have\nhad very little sickness and very few changes, nearly all who came\nat the beginning of the term remaining till its close. In this\nrespect, of steady, persevering work, we notice great improvement.\nIt is so contrary to the habits of the Indian that we note it with\npleasure. The progress, too, in studies is very satisfactory.\u201d\n\n * * * * *\n\n\nGENERAL NOTES.\n\n\nThe Freedmen.\n\n\u2014In commenting on the Windom Emigration Scheme, the _Atlanta\nConstitution_ says: \u201cIn Georgia the colored people are doing as\nwell as could be expected. If they are to remain citizens they\nought to be educated, and they ought to have constantly before\nthem the example of the whites. They are beginning to appreciate\nthe responsibilities of citizenship; they are thrifty enough to\naccumulate property, and they are anxious to take advantage of\nthe educational opportunities afforded them.\u201d The colored man is\nvaluable to the South. The white people know it. The above is\nimportant testimony to his worth and increasing usefulness.\n\n\u2014The Bainbridge _Democrat_ gives, unwittingly, testimony to the\nindustry and thrift of the colored laborer: \u201cThe ambition of every\nnegro man is to have a home of his own; and it is no mean ambition;\nyet, if something is not done, this generation will live to see\nthe day when this class of labor cannot be obtained at any price;\nand if we cannot supply it with labor just as good, there will be\nno other alternative for the white man but to \u2018go.\u2019 People have no\nuse for lands when there is nobody to cultivate them; and as the\ncolored people set up in their little cabins upon their poor and\nsickly lands, just in proportion will our finest and best acres\ndepreciate in value. This is a question big with interest to our\npeople, beside which others sink into nothingness.\u201d Application:\nThe colored laborer is becoming a settled, independent property\nholder, and his own master. When he can work, buy and sell for\nhimself, and own his cabin, he is emancipated from domineering\ndictation. Whoever owns his own labor must control the market.\n\n\u2014After all, there is an inclination to block this aspiration of\nthe colored man. The _Atlanta Constitution_ holds that it is an\nopen question whether this effort should be encouraged. It holds\nthat there are two solutions of the labor problem which is now\nvexing the farmers. Either the negro must be made comfortable as a\ntenant, or he must be encouraged to provide himself a home. Either\nsomething like the English tenant system must be adopted or the\nsystem of small farms will prevail. There is something peculiarly\nattractive in this English system. Whether it could be made to fit\nthe peculiar needs of the present and the contingencies of the\nfuture, is a question that the editor is not just now prepared to\ndiscuss.\n\n\u2014The colored man being an American citizen, it is improbable\nthat the English tenant system can be made to fit his case. The\nrights of citizenship will secure to him the rights of labor.\nThe homestead delivers him from serfdom, and secures to him the\nindependent ballot.\n\n\u2014Many influential colored men are advocating colonization as a\nremedy for the evils that afflict their race. One says, \u201cWe cannot\nget equal rights in the South before the law. A white man will\npay ten dollars for the same offence that a negro will go to that\nsecond death, the chain-gang, for.\u201d He also says, \u201cThere are some\ncounties in Georgia, and in every one of the Southern states, where\na white man will whip a negro just the same as formerly.\u201d Again, a\ncertain lawyer defending a white man the other day, at Jefferson,\nin Georgia, said, \u201cGod made the negro inferior, and the white man\nwas justified in killing the negro for insulting him.\u201d The jury\nacquitted the white man (Atlanta _Rep._, March 1). The darkness\nstill lingers.\n\n\u2014The _Marietta Journal_, Cobb County, Ga., reports that a young\ncolored man, now a school-teacher, but who has been studying law\nfor the last three years, will soon apply for admission to the bar,\nand says that he is so thoroughly prepared that his application\ncannot be denied.\n\n\u2014A National Emigration Aid Society has been organized at\nWashington, with Senator Windom at its head, its object being to\nassist and regulate emigration from the South to the West. Rev. Dr.\nJ. E. Rankin is one of its Executive Committee, as are also Senator\nHamlin, Representative Garfield and other leading men.\n\n\u2014At the recent anniversary of the City Bible Society in Atlanta,\nGa., it was reported that the colporteur, who had just commenced\nthe canvass of the community, had found that of the first one\nhundred and fifty-eight white families visited in the first ward,\n_twenty-six_ were destitute of the Word of God; and that of the\nfirst one hundred and seventy-two colored families visited in the\nsame ward, _forty-eight_ of them have no Bibles. Rev. Dr. Haygood,\nwho stated the fact, said that it had surprised and gratified\nhim to find that so large a proportion of the colored families\nhad supplied themselves with the Scriptures. It gave him great\nencouragement for the welfare of the country. Of one hundred and\nseventy-two colored families, one hundred and twenty-four had the\nBible. This people hunger for the Word. Here is a wide field for\nthe American Bible Society.\n\n\nAfrica.\n\n\u2014The Church Missionary Society has ordained missionaries at nine\nstations on the River Niger, under the charge of the native Bishop\nCrowther. At some of these stations the idols have already been\ngiven up. At others there has been long and severe persecution,\nwhich, however, appears to have largely broken down. On the whole,\nthese missions have been a great success.\n\n\u2014The \u201c_Cardiff Livingstone Mission_\u201d (Welsh) was originated about\nthree years ago, and has two stations on the Congo River.\n\n\u2014Dr. Laws and Mr. Stewart, of the Scottish Missionary Society on\nLake Nyassa, are examining the country on the west coast of the\nLake to find a permanent location better adapted to the wants of\nthe mission than Livingstonia. They have visited several of the\ntribes, being received with some suspicion, and finding it hard\nto make it understood that they are neither there to fight nor to\ntrade. At last advices (Oct. 30th) they were still investigating.\n\n\u2014Gordon Pacha, Governor-General of Southern Egypt, reports that\nthe capture of all the slave depots is considered certain. The\nEgyptians, he says, killed ten chiefs and 2,000 men while following\nup a victory they had gained over the slave-traders.\n\n\u2014The steamer Kangaroo, with part of the cable to be laid between\nNatal and Aden, last month left the Thames for Natal via the Suez\nCanal. The Natal and Zanzibar section will be open for business in\nJuly. This will place South Africa within a week\u2019s communication of\nLondon. The remainder of the line will be completed before the end\nof the present year.\n\n\u2014Mr. Henry M. Stanley is reported to be now on his way to Zanzibar\nwith a commission from the King of the Belgians to re-organize the\nhitherto unsuccessful Belgian expedition.\n\n\u2014The Khedive has dismissed his English and French Ministers, and\nappointed a Cabinet composed exclusively of his own subjects. He\nhas also prepared a financial scheme on his own account, and set\naside that of the English financier. This revolutionary conduct\nwill re-awaken anxiety in both England and France, for the future\nof Egypt and for the safety of European capital invested in that\ncountry.\n\n * * * * *\n\n\n\n\nTHE FREEDMEN.\n\nREV. JOS. E. ROY, D. D.,\n\nFIELD SUPERINTENDENT, ATLANTA, GA.\n\n * * * * *\n\n\nA TOUR INTO THE SOUTHWEST.\n\nThrough Alabama, Mississippi and Texas.\n\nIt took seven weeks. It started off with a week in the revival\nmeeting at Talladega College, where some score and a half of souls\nwere hopefully led to Christ.\n\nI tarried for a day at Montgomery to contract for the repairing and\nre-painting of the Swayne School building, and for the re-renting\nof the same. Erected by the Freedmen\u2019s Bureau, it had been put\ninto the hands of a local Board of Trust, and by that Board it had\nbeen leased for ten years to the American Missionary Association,\nwhich, after running it for several years, sub-rented it to the\nCity Board of Education\u2014the A. M. A. giving the rent, keeping\nthe house in repair and appointing the teachers, the city paying\nthe salaries. This arrangement was renewed for another five years\nby the appropriate legal papers. The teachers and the pastor\u2019s\nfamily\u2014that of Rev. Dr. Flavel Bascom, for the winter\u2014are domiciled\nin the \u201cHome.\u201d A quiet, persuasive spiritual work was at that time\nmanifest in the school. The pastor was found to be happy in his\nwork, and to have made many friends in the city, being a regular\nmember of the weekly ministers\u2019 meeting.\n\nOn the tour a week was given to New Orleans for the inspection\nof the church and educational work in that vicinity, and for\nattendance upon the first meeting of the Sunday-school Association\nof Louisiana. This cause got a grand send-off. The Northern helpers\nwere greatly useful. The Freedmen\u2019s interest was well represented in\nthe Association, as reported last month. The Straight University,\nwith its edifice rebuilt upon a much better location, was found\nin a healthy working condition, with 200 pupils in the academic\ndepartment; twenty-five in the law department, one-half of them\nwhite; and ten in the theological. The Central Church\u2014Pres.\nAlexander, pastor\u2014had been having a revival that had brought in\na score of members. The three or four other churches were found\nin a hopeful condition under their native pastors. Great was the\nsatisfaction in preaching for some of these congregations. Straight\nis now in great need of dormitory buildings for boarding students.\n\nA couple of days was given to Terrebonne parish in preaching for\nRev. Daniel Clay, and in visiting the other pastors and churches\nunder his fatherly eye. Mr. Clay, a son of the great \u201cCommoner,\u201d is\ndoing much in bringing the Gospel among the common people of his\nrace.\n\nThe tour led us by another cluster of Louisiana churches, the one\ncentering at New Iberia, on the Bayou Teche, in the region of the\nancient settlement of \u201cEvangeline\u2019s\u201d story. Two parish seats and\nthree settlements belong to this cluster. All but one have plain\nhouses of worship. All are under colored preachers. At New Iberia,\nbesides fair public schools for the Freedmen, there is a fine\nselect school in Grant Hall, built by the colored people. Three\nsermons sought to confirm these churches in the Gospel way.\n\nThence across the Gulf to Texas. The Barnes Institute, at\nGalveston, built by the Bureau, and run for a time by the American\nMissionary Association, is now used for a Freedmen\u2019s public school,\nwith four teachers and over three hundred scholars. At Houston the\n\u201cGregory Institute\u201d duplicates the history of \u201cThe Barnes,\u201d and is\ndoing remarkably well. Such is also the story of the Institute at\nWaco. The American Missionary Association may count in with its\nbest work the founding of these Institutes, which being well set up\nhave flowed into the public school system. The impetus given and\nthe standard put up yet abide in large measure.\n\nThe tour finds its western limit at San Antonio, that ancient seat\nof Spanish Romanism, with its antique mission fortifications yet\nstanding in their frowning strength. That early pre-emption secures\ntwo-thirds of the present population, 21,000, to the Romanists, who\nhave three massive stone cathedrals\u2014one for the Spanish, one for\nthe German and one for the English speaking people, and who have\ntheir extensive Nunnery and Jesuit College, which are patronized\nnot a little by American families. This city is the metropolis for\nSouthwestern Texas, which is as large as the whole of New England.\nIt has also an immense wholesale trade with cities in Mexico. San\nAntonio becomes also a strategic point for Protestantism. The M.\nE. Church North is just now establishing itself here at large\nexpense. The colored people are well supplied with churches and\nschools. The second best Protestant church edifice is that of\nthe African M. E. Church, just completed, at a cost of $8,000,\nand nearly all paid for. Superintendent West was there the same\nSabbath, reconnoitering. He was urged by the M. E. South people to\nremain and hold a protracted meeting; but a campaign just at hand\nin Massachusetts prevented. Western Texas was suffering dreadfully\nfrom an eight months\u2019 drought. The plain of San Antonio was an\nexception, being irrigated by the waters of the mighty springs just\nabove the city, which, forming the San Antonio River, furnish the\nhydrant supply for that great population, and send babbling streams\nthrough all the streets and over all the surrounding gardens and\nfarms. So may that sainted city be a fountain of moral refreshing\nin all that region!\n\nThe Tillotson Normal Institute of Texas, under the excellent Mrs.\nGarland, has already sent out twenty teachers. Its beautiful site,\noverlooking the city, is this summer to be crowned with its comely\nedifice, which, beyond the outer shell, is to await the incoming\nof funds for its completion. This trip has resulted with me in a\nprofound impression as to the need of this institution and as to\nthe grand sweep of its future usefulness. Nothing better can be\ndone for the Freedmen of Texas. This empire, stretching a thousand\nmiles on the Rio Grande and eight hundred miles eastward to the\nSabine, calls mightily for such an institute to train those who\nshall be the teachers of her sable children. These immense areas of\ncheap, rich, southern lands, that were never cursed by the filth of\nslavery, are calling in the Freedmen to take to themselves homes\nand farms and the respectability that comes from ownership of the\nsoil. Such people, most of all, hunger for good schools. Texas\nis liberal toward her colored school children. To furnish them\nteachers, skilled in the art and trained so that they shall exert a\nwholesome social and spiritual influence, is the great desideratum.\n\nThe cluster of churches made up of Corpus Christi, Goliad, Helena,\nSchulenburg and Flatonia, are organized into the Congregational\nAssociation of Southwestern Texas. The only two without houses of\nworship are now moving to purchase \u201cchurch houses.\u201d Rev. B. C.\nChurch is a very patriarch among them. Rev. S. M. Coles, pastor\nand teacher at \u201cCorpus,\u201d is a colored graduate of Yale. Brothers\nThompson and Turner, native pastors, are sound, pure and able men.\nIt was a treat to minister the Word to each of these hungering\ncongregations.\n\nAt Flatonia, when the local authorities went back upon their\npromise of the public school-room for a service which had been\nadvertised in the town newspaper, because the white citizens would\nnot allow that place to be used by \u201cniggers,\u201d we resorted to the\nplatform of the R. R. Station, in the center of the village, and\nhad a rousing open-air meeting that attracted many of the white\ncitizens, who were cordially welcomed to our place of worship, for\nour God is no respecter of persons. At Corpus Christi a two days\u2019\nmeeting followed upon some special interest, under the preaching of\nMr. Thompson, which had greatly confirmed the church, and had added\na half dozen to the company of the believers.\n\nOne day by the mail-schooner from \u201cCorpus\u201d to Indianola, another\nday by steamer to Galveston, and a third day by Morgan\u2019s line,\ncarried the tour back to New Orleans. A day there for supplementary\nreconnoissance, a Sabbath with the thriving church of Rev. D. L.\nHickok, and the Emerson Institute at Mobile, and then a long run\nup to Atlanta finished this tour of many hundred miles among our\nschools and churches of the Southwest.\n\n * * * * *\n\n\nGEORGIA.\n\nA Lady Missionary Needed.\n\nREV. S. S. ASHLEY, ATLANTA, GA.\n\nI desire to call your attention to the need of a missionary for\nthis city. This has been a pressing necessity in all the past of\nthe work here, but at present is more urgent than ever. This city\nis rapidly increasing in population. The increase of the colored\npopulation keeps pace with the white in numbers, and far outstrips\nthe white in ignorance and poverty. The number of vagabond black\nchildren here would astonish you. On the Sabbath, the vacant lots\nand outskirts of the city are thronged with them. They are without\nparental restraint, and never attend meeting or Sabbath-school.\nThey are ripening in vice and crime. There is a chain-gang in the\ncity, composed, as I learn, of boys ranging from ten to fifteen\nyears of age. There are many children among the county convicts.\nThus they are drifting to the penitentiary and to ruin. Once in the\npenitentiary, they are lost, for the convict prison system of this\nState is bad.\n\nThis city is full of devil-traps. These strangers who are moving\nin will largely become victims. Now, we should have some agency by\nwhich as many as possible of these families can be reached. Their\ndomestic condition is deplorable. In fact, this may be said of the\ncolored families generally of the South. They need influences and\ninstruction that can best, and, as I believe, only be carried to\nthem by a woman missionary. The women, the mothers, the homemakers\nof this people, must be instructed and led to better things in\ntheir homes. They must be seen in their houses. With such homes\nas are common among them, it is well nigh impossible for them to\nbe Christians. Large families living in one room\u2014you know how it\nis\u2014comfort, cleanliness, modesty and religious devotion are almost\nimpossible. Illiterate, the Bible must be read to them; ignorant\nof their moral duties as parents, they must be taught. Strangers\nto domestic comforts and necessities, they must be made acquainted\nwith them. Superstitious and fanatical, they must be introduced\nto places and modes of a scriptural, instructive and reasonable\nworship\u2014a thousand matters of great importance must be brought\nto their attention and kept before their minds, until the proper\nimpression is produced. This can only be done by a missionary\nmoving about among them _at their homes_. This person should be a\nwoman, because women are principally to be reached. Now, can you\nnot commission Miss Stevenson for this work? In connection with\nher school, she now does a great deal in this direction, but not a\ntithe of what needs to be done. She is thoroughly acquainted with\nall these people, has had ten years\u2019 experience among them, and\nis admirably adapted to the work. She has a heart for it. Please\nconsider this.\n\nAnother matter: The young men connected with this church and\ncongregation have organized a Library Association. A Library has\nbeen started\u2014number of volumes at present very small. I have\nthought that perhaps you had in or about your office some spare\nbooks that you could send to us. We want to build up a Parish\nLibrary. I should like, especially, some works on Africa.\n\n * * * * *\n\n\nALABAMA.\n\nTenantry\u2014A Promising Field\u2014Politics.\n\nREV. FLAVEL BASCOM, D.D., MONTGOMERY.\n\nI gave you some first impressions on entering the service of the A.\nM. A. last autumn, and you now ask for my impressions after three\nmonths\u2019 experience and observation.\n\nSo brief a residence in a single Southern city does not qualify\none to speak with authority on the various questions pertaining to\nyour work among the Freedmen; but it does enable him to test your\nmethods and to examine the results achieved. He can thus judge\nof the adaptation of means employed to the ends desired, and can\nforecast the future with more confidence.\n\nThere are some things of which I am fully persuaded, by my short\nresidence at the South; one of these is, that the colored people in\nthis country are not dying out. I occasionally hear it said that\nthey are. Possibly the wish is father to the thought. But they are\nnot only here to stay, but they are here to multiply and increase\nas did the Jews in Egypt; and they are already so large a factor\nin our population that their character and condition are to affect\nthe character and welfare of our country far more than is generally\nrealized.\n\nI have been happily disappointed in witnessing the industry and\nthrift of the Freedmen as mechanics and common laborers; the\ncolored men seem to do very nearly all the work which is done, and\nwith the aid of the women, who are equally industrious, they secure\nan honest and, what is to them, a comfortable living.\n\nThe most dependent and least progressive class of the Freedmen are\nthose who work the plantations on shares. The planter dictates his\nown terms to the tenant\u2014furnishes him team and tools at his own\nprice\u2014sells him provisions on credit at rates far above the cash\nmarket price, and then charges interest, fixing the per cent. to\nsuit himself. When the crop is gathered, if the renter does not\nfind himself in debt to his landlord, he is more fortunate than\nmany. He rarely finds himself richer for his summer\u2019s work. The\nsimple rules of arithmetic, thoroughly understood by the tenant,\nwill remedy all this; and when I hear the colored children at\nschool reciting the multiplication table so enthusiastically, I am\nsure it is a prophecy of a \u201cgood time coming\u201d to them.\n\nMy observation convinces me that the colored people are very\ndesirous for the education of their children, and that their\nchildren acquire learning with as much facility as any other class.\nLet all the colored children and youth of the Southern States have\naccess to schools conducted by competent teachers, and in a very\nfew years they will solve the political and social problems that\nare just now so embarrassing. They will not only take care of\nthemselves, but they will be very valuable auxiliaries in taking\ncare of the nation.\n\nI find in the colored churches of different denominations specimens\nof very estimable Christian character. I find, also, just those\ninfirmities which I should expect if God made the Caucasian and the\nAfrican of the same blood.\n\nI have found the colored congregations very decorous and eagerly\nattentive to the preaching of the Gospel. I find them quite\naccessible for religious conversation, and apparently thankful for\nthe interest manifested in their behalf. They furnish, therefore,\na field for Christian effort that is full of promise. If there\nis another missionary field more inviting, or promising richer\nharvests to faithful culture, I know not where it is found.\n\nI am profoundly impressed with the importance of the schools,\nand especially of the higher institutions established by the\nAmerican Missionary Association, and by the Mission Boards of\nother Christian denominations. These institutions must train\nmultitudes of competent teachers, who will educate the masses. In\nthese institutions must also be educated a native ministry to meet\nthe wants of their people at home, and to carry the Gospel to the\ndark continent from which their fathers came. It is difficult to\nconceive of a work more important, or promising more beneficent\nresults, than that which is being done by the higher educational\ninstitutions for the Freedmen. The importance of enlarging their\ncapacity for receiving pupils, and enabling them to aid indigent\npupils in defraying the expenses of their education, cannot be\nover-estimated.\n\nThe relation of the Freedmen to politics raises questions that are\nvery perplexing and threatening. The Southern States have, for the\npresent, virtually disfranchised the colored men; and they seem\nunited and firm in the purpose to exclude them from all influence\nin politics, unless they will vote for the party that so recently\nsought to perpetuate their bondage by a dissolution of the Union.\nWhat, then, should the colored men do, and what should their\nfriends do for them? Many of them are intelligent and patriotic,\nand worthy to have a share in the government of the State and\nthe nation. But many of them are as utterly unfit, at present,\nfor such responsibility as are the most ignorant classes in our\nNorthern cities; but they are improving. Every year adds to their\nintelligence, and if the helping hand of Christian philanthropy is\nnot withheld, they will, by education, by temperance, by morality\nand more intelligent piety, by industry and the accumulation of\nproperty, win for themselves a position of respectability. They\nwill not then need soldiers to protect them at the polls. They\nwill take care of themselves. Their ballots will be received and\ncounted. Not only so, among the whites there will be two parties,\nas of old, that will vie with each other in soliciting the colored\nvote, by out-bidding each other in the promise of favors in return.\nIs it not wisdom, then, for the colored man patiently to bide his\ntime, meanwhile striving more earnestly for the qualifications than\nfor the rights of a voter? And is it not wiser for the friends\nof the Freedmen to furnish him every facility for acquiring the\nqualifications of a voter, than to wrangle forever about his rights?\n\n * * * * *\n\n\nEmerson Institute\u2014Early Discouragements, Later Encouragements.\n\nREV. D. L. HICKOK, MOBILE.\n\nFor various reasons, among them the sickness of yellow fever, our\nwork here commenced under very unfavorable circumstances. Our\nschool opened the 20th of November, almost two months after the\nregular time, with only 17 scholars the first week, and with but\nlittle prospect of any considerable increase. The teachers were all\nnew except Miss Stephenson, and hence they did not know what to\nexpect, and therefore not enough about the work to be discouraged.\nIgnorance, sometimes at least, is bliss. If it did not give us\nfaith, it saved us from being faithless. There are some things that\nare food in a negative way by preventing the usual waste in the\nsystem. Knowledge is power. Ignorance is somewhere along there when\nit saves us from the need of power. We accepted what we found as\nbeing all that we had any right in our simplicity to expect, and\ncarefully hid it as leaven in the meal. The leaven, however, seemed\nwonderfully \u201clittle,\u201d and the meal a great deal more than three\nmeasures; but God has blessed our work beyond our expectation and\nfaith. The measure, \u201caccording to our faith,\u201d was pressed down and\nrunning over. Our numbers rapidly increased so that by Christmas\nwe had about 75 scholars, and after the holidays our numbers came\nup to more than 150. We still have accessions every week, and the\nprospect is that before the close of the year we shall have more\nscholars than we have room for. Already the primary room is filled\nbeyond its seating capacity.\n\nThe school has at present four departments: the primary, which\nnumbers about 60; the intermediate, which numbers between 40 and\n50; the normal, which numbers about the same, and the higher\nnormal, which at present is only a small class studying Latin,\ngeometry and natural philosophy. The \u201cA\u201d class of the normal, which\nis quite large, will soon be in this department.\n\nWe feel that we are having the confidence and co-operation of the\ncolored people. The last few weeks has encouraged us very much.\nWe recently had a literary, musical and social entertainment for\nthe pupils and patrons of the school. It was held in the normal\nroom of our building, which we also use as an assembly room, where\nwe provided extra seats somewhat beyond rather than according to\nour faith; but not only was every seat filled, many went away\nbecause they could not even find standing room. At the close of the\nliterary exercises the pupils brought forward their parents and\nfriends and introduced them to the teachers, when sociability and\n\u201cthe shaking of the hands\u201d became the order for the remainder of\nthe evening.\n\nThe history of our school work for the past few months is repeated\nin our Sabbath-school and church work. We began with scarcely more\nthan five loaves and two fishes. At the first religious meeting\nwhich I attended there were just seven present\u2014five colored and two\nwhite people. What were they among so many? But God has graciously\ngiven us the increase here also. Our Sabbath-school now numbers\n60, with 10 teachers, and is increasing every Sabbath. It is yet\na small school, indeed, but it is in good working order. The\nmachinery is complete in all its parts. Its lack is inward rather\nthan outward. It needs only the animating power of the Holy Spirit\nto make it a living body. We have got the dust together and have\nformed it, and we are praying that God would breathe into its\nnostrils that it may become a living soul. To this end the teachers\nhave just resolved to hold a half-hour prayer-meeting at the close\nof the school each Sabbath.\n\nOur church is quite small. Congregationalism makes but little show\nin this typical Southern city. It will be a good many years before\nwe have New England on the Gulf; yet I believe the leaven is here\nthat is to leaven the lump. Our church contains a few earnest,\nfaithful workers. There are those who have watched with Christ in\nthe dark hour. Their days of vigilance will soon be over, when they\nmay sleep in Jesus and take their rest. May God bless them!\n\n * * * * *\n\n\nA Revival of Education\u2014A Useful Church.\n\nREV. GEORGE E. HILL, MARION.\n\nI cannot say that we are enjoying a revival of religion, but we\nare in the midst of a revival of education, which is here at the\nSouth, emphatically, the handmaid of the Gospel. The Lincoln Normal\nInstitute, for colored pupils of both sexes, was founded in 1869 by\nthe A. M. A. Six years ago it passed into the hands of the State,\nwhich makes an annual appropriation of $4,000 for the teachers\u2019\nsalaries.\n\nThis year the school has taken a fresh start, having enrolled\n217 pupils, and a new building is about to be erected for their\naccommodation. In the Normal Department for the training of\nteachers, there are classes in Latin, Greek and French, as well as\nthe higher English branches. The order and discipline are equal to\nthe average of our high schools at the North. Its pupils sustain\na literary society, for weekly essays and discussions, and also\npublish a monthly paper. One young man walks ten miles every day to\nattend the school.\n\nThe influence of such an institution is felt in the very\natmosphere. The fever for learning is contagious. Men who work hard\nall day in the field or at their trade are so eager for knowledge\nthat, to meet the demand, classes have just been organized for a\nnight school.\n\nMeanwhile our little church is keeping on the even tenor of its\nway. There have been several hopeful conversions, and four are\nabout to unite by profession. No falling off in attendance on\nSabbath or evening meetings. Four of our young people are this year\nat Talladega College, and two promising young men have the ministry\nin view. Nineteen were present at our teachers\u2019 meeting last week.\n\nAt the \u201cHome\u201d we have three meetings Sunday evenings: one for\nwomen, one for boys, and a girls\u2019 class prayer meeting, with a\nkindergarten for the little ones during the week.\n\nOne of the pleasant incidents in our winter\u2019s work has been the\ndistribution of five barrels of clothing from kind friends at the\nNorth. The people are poor, but not penurious. A girls\u2019 sewing\nclass has sent $21, the avails of their handiwork, for the Mendi\nMission, and the church appropriates the \u201cweekly offering\u201d once a\nmonth towards the pastor\u2019s salary.\n\nIt is truly delightful to see the readiness of this people for\nreligious instruction, and to witness the fruits of our labor in\ntheir marked elevation. They are quick, industrious, pleasing,\nand unobtrusive in their manners, with a decided distaste for\n\u201cloudness\u201d of every sort; showing, too, as much decorum at church,\nand as proper a regard for the Sabbath, as I have ever seen in any\ncommunity.\n\nFrom all which, it may be inferred that here, at least, the\nuplifting process has already passed the stage of incipiency.\n\n * * * * *\n\n\nLOUISIANA.\n\nConcert\u2014Last Year\u2019s Graduates\u2014Gifts Acknowledged.\n\nPROF. J. K. COLE, STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY.\n\nWe have reached another mile-stone in our school work. Many of our\nolder pupils, especially the senior class, would have been glad to\nkeep in harness, but circumstances were favorable for a two days\u2019\nbreak in school routine, and we have it.\n\nLast evening the singing class, under the direction of Prof.\nMcPherron, gave a concert at Central Church. The house was filled\nwith as fine an audience as could be gathered in any city. There\nwas a generous sprinkling of \u201cwhite folks,\u201d including several of\nthe local board of trustees and other appreciative friends. The\nproceeds will help some of our needy students to books; while a\ngreater and more lasting good will result from the influence of the\nmusic sung\u2014not upon those only who took part in the singing, but\nupon the large audience who listened so attentively, and who were\ncheered and encouraged by what the young people of their race are\ndoing.\n\nNew scholars come in almost every week, and though some drop out\nour number is kept well up to 200.\n\nWe hear interesting and encouraging reports from our last year\u2019s\ngraduates, who are all teaching. Dr. J. E. Roy has lately seen two\nof them, and reports that they are doing well. One has an evening\nschool for the parents and older ones, and both are doing good work\nin Sabbath-school.\n\nIn a letter just received from one of them she says that she has\nto humor the parents in their whims, or they keep their children\nout of school. She writes: \u201cBefore school began my ability to\nteach was doubted by a father. He wanted to get a book for his\nson, who had never been to school; he intended to buy a Webster\u2019s\nspeller. I told him what book he needed, but he would not get it\nuntil many of the patrons of the school reasoned him into it. I\nhave a Sabbath-school, which is almost beyond my ability to teach.\nI am superintendent, treasurer, secretary, and everything. I find\nit difficult to interest the children. Last Sabbath there was an\nattendance of twenty-seven.\u201d Of her day-school she writes: \u201cIt is\nvery difficult to make the children think that they do not know\neverything. Many of them have been studying books that they cannot\neven read understandingly. I am trying to govern by kindness as\nmuch as possible, and punish only when I see that I cannot possibly\nhelp it. I think the children are progressing as rapidly as they\ncould anywhere under like circumstances.\u201d\n\nThus the influence of our school and our teaching is extended,\nand in this way are the masses to be reached. Christian people of\nthe North, let the means be liberally provided to educate these\n_teachers_ who are to carry light and knowledge to their people.\n\nOur work is not all overspread with cloudless skies. We are under\nmany disadvantages, and experience some sore disappointments.\nNot all whom we look upon with great hopes and earnest desires\nthat their future may be marked by Christian usefulness, meet our\nexpectations. We find careless and idle and heedless pupils; some,\nthough they are very eager to learn, and work hard, make very\nslow progress; but, to the credit of this people be it said, a\nstubborn or wilfully disobedient pupil is rare. On the whole, the\nencouraging cases are largely in the majority, and the opposite\nkind lead us to exercise more care, perseverance, patience and\nprayerfulness.\n\nOur thanks are due to the ladies of the Congregational Church at\nColchester, Conn., and to the ladies of the Free Church, Andover,\nMass., for a barrel of bedding each, for the Mission Home. The\ncontents were especially acceptable at the time received, for the\nSunny South had on, just then, a decidedly winterish aspect, with\nthe mercury at 18 degrees. Now we are in the midst of spring, with\na profusion of orange blossoms, roses and green leaves.\n\n * * * * *\n\n\nTEXAS.\n\nRevival\u2014Ministerial Carpentry\u2014Organ and Papers Needed.\n\nREV. S. M. COLES, CORPUS CHRISTI.\n\n\u201cSurely the Lord is in this place and I knew it not.\u201d I have been\nled to feel the force of these words with somewhat of the surprise\nof their author, within the last two or three weeks. My work among\nthis people has been, I confess, a little discouraging; but now the\nLord has smiled upon us, aye, He has showered upon us blessings\nfrom heaven. Brother Thompson, from Helena, has been with us the\nlast four weeks. We have worked together, and God has crowned our\nfeeble efforts with success. In our conference we decided to hold\na series of religious meetings, intending thereby to stir up, if\npossible, the members of the church to greater activity. These\nmeetings were commenced, and, as they continued, the interest\ndeepened, both Christians and sinners being impressed. Many rose\nand asked the church to pray for them. To our great surprise\nand joy, sinners have come flocking home, backsliders have been\nreclaimed, the church has been made alive, and many out of Christ\nare inquiring. The manifest result of our season of revival thus\nfar is, that six have been added to the church. Four young ladies,\nall under twenty-three years of age, joined by the profession of\ntheir faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. One who had backslidden came\nand acknowledged her sins, professing her belief that God had\nforgiven the same, asked pardon of the church, and was received\nback again into the fold. Another came, by letter, from the Baptist\nchurch. He was formerly a member of this church, and, as he said,\nhe \u201conly came back again.\u201d And let me say, that these meetings\nwere not characterized by excitement; not the least \u201cshouting\u201d was\nmanifest during their continuance, but there was a deep seriousness\nshown upon each countenance. The colored people here are so wild\nand physical in their religious meetings, while our church is so\nquiet, that they speak skeptically about our Christianity. An A. M.\nE. minister asked one of our young converts to-day, when she was\nconverted. They are still looking through Elijah\u2019s wind, earthquake\nand fire for the appearance of God, and but few wish to receive Him\nthrough the \u201cstill small voice.\u201d\n\nOur financial condition is not what we could wish, but in the\ncircumstances I do not think it could be much better. The members\nfailed this year to meet their pledges; they are fifty dollars\nshort. But this was caused by having to meet unforeseen expenses.\nWe enclosed our church lot just before Christmas. I advised them to\ndo this, as the edifice was so much exposed. The carpenter\u2019s work\nI did myself, and charged them nothing for it. My Sabbath-school\nis quite prosperous, but it is not so large now as it has been.\nChildren need something to draw their attention. I find that they\nare wonderfully attracted by music. We need an organ; but we are\ntoo poor to buy one. Will some kind friend send us an organ for our\nSabbath-school? I am sure that great good could be done with an\norgan in attracting the attention of children and drawing them in\nfrom the streets. There are numbers of children strolling around on\nthe Sabbath. Children here are allowed to go where they wish. If\nthey want to come to my school, they come; if not, they stay away;\nand parents have but little influence over them in this respect. I\nwould like to capture such, and I think I should be able to do this\nwith music and papers.\n\nCannot some of the friends of the missionary cause send us their\nold Sabbath-school papers when they are done with them, remembering\nthat God will bless their beneficence?\n\n * * * * *\n\n\nTENNESSEE.\n\nMaterial and Spiritual Value of the Yellow Fever Fund.\n\nMISS HATTIE A. MILTON.\n\nVarious sums were sent to our treasury for the relief of the\nyellow fever sufferers. This little fund has been distributed in\nNew Orleans, Memphis and Mobile. The accompanying letter from Miss\nMilton shows the manner of its distribution in Memphis:\n\n\u201cMost of those whom I found worthy of relief were people who were\nsuffering from the effects of the fever, and could only make money\nenough to pay the rent. To such, a few barrels of coal or some\nprovision and shoes gave a start, so that they could get on very\nwell alone. We have had an unusually cold winter, and people have\nconsequently needed more fuel, the sickly ones often having to\nremain in bed to keep warm. A pastor of one of the colored churches\nhas been a great help in this work, by reporting needy cases in\nhis part of the city. One poor woman, whom he reported, when\nvisited, said, \u2018Sure the Lord must have sent you, for I have tried\never since I had the fever to get help, but being blind could not\nsucceed.\u2019 She was furnished with fuel and provision. She then said,\n\u2018You see how good the Lord is to me because I trust Him.\u2019\n\n\u201cAnother man had always done very well until he had the fever, from\nwhich he partially recovered, but had a relapse which laid him on\nhis bed for months. His wife also was sick, and the family were\nin great distress when I visited them, and sent relief, which so\nencouraged them that the man was soon able to be at work again, and\nis doing well now. I had never gained access to this neighborhood\nbefore, but by relieving this family I gained the confidence of\nthe people, and they invited me to hold a weekly prayer-meeting\nthere, which is well attended. Several families which have been\nrelieved now send their children to our Sunday-school. Although\nseveral thousand dollars were sent here to relieve yellow fever\nsufferers, many of the colored people received but little, some\nnothing. It is very sad to hear of those who were so feeble that\nthey could not stand in the ranks to await their turn at the relief\noffice, but sat on the ground till night came, and then receiving\nno attention, went home to die! One man, who had always been a good\nprovider, sent his family to the country during the fever, but fell\na victim to it himself, and died, leaving his wife a nice house\nand lot, but with several debts unpaid, and not a dollar for her\nsupport. Within a week after his death a beautiful baby opened its\nwondering eyes for the first time in this world of trouble. The\npoor heart-broken mother, instead of welcoming the tiny, helpless\ncreature, only looked at it with tearful eyes and an aching heart,\nas she had nothing for it, most of their clothing being burned\nwhen her husband died, to prevent the spread of the disease. When\nI found her, the baby was three months\u2019 old, and had never had but\ntwo garments, and the mother could not leave the three little ones,\nall under four years of age, to get work. She was relieved, and now\nthe cold is nearly over, and as she has rented her house and taken\nsmall rooms herself, she saves a little money, which, with the work\nshe can get, will, she hopes, keep the wolf from the door, and she\nis very thankful for the relief that came just when she most needed\nit.\n\n\u201cI will only add that this relief fund has at least doubled my\nfield of work, besides doing much to call the attention of the\npeople to our school. May God\u2019s blessing rest on those interested\nin this good work.\u201d\n\n * * * * *\n\n\n\n\nAFRICA.\n\n * * * * *\n\n\nNATIVE PREACHERS\u2014AN ADVANCE CALLED\u2014TEN NEW\nCOMMUNICANTS\u2014SUNDAY-SCHOOL NEEDS\u2014THE FARM AND MILL.\n\nREV. A. E. JACKSON, AVERY STATION.\n\nWe are all enjoying a moderate degree of health, which, of course,\nis quite encouraging to one laboring in this country, and helps\nhim to enter upon the year\u2019s work with renewed vigor. Finding\nthat I was unable to reach a very great number of country men who\nlive too far from my station to attend services, I have in such\nlocalities established preaching stations conducted by the hands\nemployed in the Mission. They meet me each Saturday afternoon, so\nthat I may explain to them the passages of Scripture that they\nare to use on Sunday at their respective stations. Great good is\nthus being accomplished. One station, in a very beautiful little\ntown of about twelve hundred inhabitants, is conducted by my\ninterpreter. The meetings are full of interest, and doubtless great\ngood will be accomplished by its thus being established. The chief\nhimself is learning to take a very great interest in the meetings,\nand, of course, if he expresses an interest in the meetings, the\nsubjects will always attend very largely. I hope to see the chief\nconverted before a very great while. Another station is maintained\nin a smaller village, where I trust to see greater interest soon\nmanifested.\n\nAvery is the most interior station held by the American Missionary\nAssociation in Africa. This one step has been taken, and a\nsufficient time has elapsed since to teach us that it is all\nimportant to push our work farther into the country. There lies on\neither side of us a vast territory, densely populated by an anxious\nand thirsty people who are dying for want of the truths of the\nGospel.\n\nIn regard to the work at Avery, the new year has opened up quite\nfavorably to us in all our departments. The church I am glad to\nsay, is progressing far beyond all expectation. Sunday, Feb. 9, was\nour communion day, and it did seem as if the presence of the Lord\nwas with each one in spirit and in power. There were added to the\nchurch ten souls, who were that day with us permitted to partake\nof the Lord\u2019s Supper. Another feature connected with the church\nwork is full of interest, and that is the prayer meetings. They\nare, as a general thing, largely attended by the country men, and\ngreat interest is manifested among them. We hope that many will be\nbrought to the Lord during this year; but this will depend very\ngreatly upon earnest prayer on the part of the Christians at home.\n\nOne thing is discouraging, and that is the condition of the\nSabbath-school. We have no papers, no Bibles, and scarcely any\nsinging-books, with which to carry it on. All who know anything\nof Sunday-school work are perfectly aware that much depends upon\nthe interest that one is enabled to keep up among the children and\nadults by such means; it is so with you in civilized countries,\nmuch more so in a heathen country, where one is required to teach\nthem everything. Now I am sure that some Sunday-school or some\nlover of the Christian cause will respond to this, my most humble\nappeal in the name of Christ, and send such books, papers, etc., to\nAvery Station as he can afford.\n\nThe agricultural department is progressing nicely. Our coffee farm\nis in a flourishing condition. Many of the trees are in bloom, and\nsome have on them many berries of coffee. I think by another year\na greater part of the trees will be bearing well. Our mill is now\nundergoing repair, and we hope to have it in perfect running order\nby April 1st.\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 Mooar, D. D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer, Rev. E. P.\nBaker, James M. Haven, Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, Rev. John Kimball,\nE. P. Sanford, Esq.\n\nSECRETARY: Rev. W. C. Pond. TREASURER: E. Palache, Esq.\n\n * * * * *\n\n\nSOME POINTS ON THE CHINESE QUESTION.\n\nRev. WM. C. POND, SAN FRANCISCO.\n\n1. There are two sides to the question. Many Christians, both\nlaymen and ministers, are earnestly opposed to Chinese immigration,\nfor reasons which seem to them ample and even imperative. As\nagainst such reasons, vituperation and contempt fall powerless. But\nit should be observed that these reasons do not\u2014with, at most, two\nexceptions\u2014apply to Chinese immigration alone. The Irish laborer\nunderbid the native American, and crowded him out of the field. In\nsome cases great suffering temporarily ensued. But the American\nat length found other and better fields to which, indeed, the\nIrishman\u2019s toil prepared his way. It would be so again. The Irish,\nFrench and German immigrants have brought with them principles\nand practices sadly at variance with those which gave us free\ninstitutions, our Christian Sabbaths, and our happy homes; and\nthoughtful Christians viewed this influx of an alien element with\ngreat alarm for many years. For the same reasons, and some others,\nthey cannot but view with anxiety an influx from the heathen\nnations over our Western sea. But what did we do about it in the\nformer case? Did we lock the door? Did we attempt to dyke back the\nincoming tide? No; but we said, We will meet these people with the\nGospel; we will bring their children into our public schools; we\nwill make the very air they breathe redolent with the principles of\na genuine Christian liberty, and thus we will make them no longer\nIrish, or French, or Germans, but, in the second generation, if not\nthe first, Americans all. And this process is saving the nation\u2019s\nlife. Why not try it again with the new immigration from the old\nOrient?\n\n2. But there are two _special_ reasons for opposing this Chinese\nimmigration; one is, that it consists of unmarried men, homeless\nand vagrant, and our country needs homes; the other is, that they\nare exceptionally clannish, refuse to associate and assimilate with\nus, and remain, after thirty years, as much an alien race as when\nthey first arrived. I feel the force of these facts, but is there\nnot a cause? They are, it is true, a very conservative race; slow\nto change, and ardently attached to their native land; but if it\nwere otherwise, I submit whether the courtesies they have received\nare of the sort which would specially incline them to fall in love\nwith our country or ourselves. The Chinese _can be Americanized_;\nand in response to treatment such as European immigrants receive,\nwould long ago have begun to make homes and to identify themselves\nwith us. And, by the grace of God and the power of the Gospel,\nthey might have been, and may yet be, educated into intelligent,\npatriotic and useful citizens. He who doubts this ought no longer\nto profess and call himself a Christian.\n\n3. There is no occasion to be frightened lest we be overwhelmed by\na rush of Chinese immigrants. The lapse of thirty years finds about\n100,000 in the United States, and to-day they are going faster than\nthey come; going, not because they are frightened, but for the very\nsensible reason that they can do better elsewhere. The supply has\nexceeded the demand. The wealthier Chinese find their impoverished\ncountrymen thrown upon their charities, and they use every\ninfluence they can bring to bear to restrain others from coming.\nWhat if there are 400,000,000 of them just across the sea; they may\nas well stay there and starve, as to come 10,000 miles and do the\nsame. If the recent bill had become a law, and had been executed,\nno others in all the land would have profited by it so much as the\nChinese in California.\n\n4. The anti-Chinese mania seems to neutralize, even in otherwise\nhonorable men, all scruple about ascertaining the truth of\nstatements before they make them, or even about repeating\nstatements proven to be false. I brand it as a falsehood that the\nChinese in this country are in any sense coolies. They are freemen.\nIf they have borrowed money to come here, it has not been of the\nSix Companies; nor are the terms on which such loans are made in\nany wise different from those on which a New Englander might borrow\nin order to \u201cgo west.\u201d I brand it as a falsehood that there is\namong them any _imperium in imperio_, defying our laws, and meting\nout to its victims punishment even unto death. The Six Companies\nare voluntary societies for mutual aid. Sometimes, instead of\ngoing to law, our Chinese agree to refer matters in dispute to\nthe presidents of these companies as a board of arbitrators; but\nsuch arbitration is in principle and practice exactly that which\nAmerican business men often resort to; exactly that which between\nChristians ought to be always a sufficient substitute for suits at\nlaw. Some years ago Chinese merchants were able to arrange with\nthe steamship companies to sell no tickets to Chinamen unless they\ncould show what has been incorrectly called a permit from one or\nthe other of these companies. The object was to prevent men from\nleaving with their debts unpaid. In order to obtain one of these\npasses, a man must announce at the office of the company to which\nhe belongs his intention of returning to China, and thus give his\ncreditors, if he have any, an opportunity to protest. The result\nis, I suppose, that the glorious Anglo-Saxon liberty of running\naway from unpaid bills is, for them, somewhat curtailed. But our\nCongregational Association of Christian Chinese has the same\nauthority to issue passes that the Six Companies have, and its\npasses are equally respected. And for years no Christian Chinaman\nhas recognized any obligation to either of these companies in any\nway. I go into detail on this point, because much has been made of\nit, as an out-cropping of that _imperium in imperio_ of which so\nmuch has been said. It goes the length that I have stated, and no\nfurther.\n\nFinally, I brand as falsehoods the representations constantly made\nas to the success of missionary labor among the Chinese here. I\nam sure that Mr. Blaine would not wilfully belittle such a work.\nHe is a follower of Christ, and a friend to his fellow-men, but\nhe has listened to those who were neither of these, or he would\nnever have said that \u201cnot one in a thousand have even nominally\nprofessed a change from heathenism, and of this small number\nnearly one-half had been taught in missionary schools in China.\u201d\nThe known and counted results are more than five times as large\nas the \u201cmissionary,\u201d (?) whom he quotes, represents, and of them,\nI venture to say, that not one in a hundred ever entered the door\nof a mission-school in China; while their conversion has not\nbeen merely nominal and negative, \u201c_from_ heathenism,\u201d but real\nand positive, to a faithful, prayerful, earnest Christian life.\nMeanwhile, there are grand results that cannot be measured, but\nwhich will tell mightily on the future, in the starting of thought,\nthe loosening of the bonds of superstition, the _preparation_ of\nthe way of the Lord.\n\n * * * * *\n\n\n\n\nRECEIPTS\n\nFOR MARCH, 1879.\n\n\n MAINE, $38.80.\n\n Andover. S. W. Pearson, _for Student Aid_ $5.00\n Lyman. Cong. Soc. 7.05\n Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. 26.75\n\n\n NEW HAMPSHIRE, $397.51.\n\n Bennington. Miss Emily Whittemore, _for\n Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 75.00\n Concord. C. T. P. 0.50\n Exeter. \u201cA Friend,\u201d $10; Second Cong. Ch. Sab.\n Sch., class of boys, $2.82, _for Chapel,\n Wilmington, N. C._ 12.82\n Farmington. First Cong. Ch. 14.92\n Fisherville. J. C. Martin 10.00\n Francestown. R. G. Cochran 2.00\n Hanover. Dartmouth College Ch. $70 (of which\n $50 for the debt. See debt receipts) 20.00\n Hollis. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.75\n Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. AMOS BAILEY\n L. M. 35.00\n Lyndeborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.38\n Manchester. Jasper P. George 5.00\n Marlborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of which $5\n for a pupil Taladega C.) 25.10\n Nashua. Olive St. Ch. and Soc., $20.78; Miss\n H. M. Swallow, $10 30.78\n New Ipswich. G. W. T. $1; A. N. T., $1\u2014Ladies,\n 75c _for Freight_; Miss A. W., 50c 3.25\n North Hampton. E. Gove 10.00\n Northwood Centre. J. M. M. 1.00\n Piermont. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $6.51; Mrs.\n Marden, $3.50 10.01\n Portsmouth. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., Infant Class\n of Mrs. E. P. Kimball, _for Chapel,\n Wilmington, N. C._ 7.50\n Troy. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00\n West Concord. Cong. Ch. 8.50\n \u2014\u2014 \u201cA Friend in N. B.\u201d 100.00\n\n\n VERMONT, $240.92.\n\n Bradford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.71\n Burlington. (Winooski) Cong. Ch. 68.50\n Burlington. Third Cong. Ch. $13.47; N. S. H.,\n $1 14.47\n Corinth. Cong. Ch. 7.63\n Dummerston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.38\n East Berkshire. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.75\n Newbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.00\n North Craftsbury. Ladies\u2019 Miss. Soc., bbl. of\n Bedding and $3, _for Atlanta, Ga._;\u2014Mrs. M.\n C. P., $1; Others, $1 5.00\n Randolph Centre. First Cong. Ch. 7.00\n South Londonderry. Mrs. Betsey Gibson 10.00\n Stafford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00\n West Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. 11.14\n West Randolph. M. A. and S. E. Albin, $6; S.\n I. W., $1 7.00\n West Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.34\n\n\n MASSACHUSETTS, $1,970.60.\n\n Amherst. Second Cong. Ch. $9.25; Mass. Ag.\n Col. \u201cCollege Christian Union,\u201d $3.25 12.50\n Andover. Free Ch. (of which $100 from Francis\n H. Johnson) $184.58; South Cong. Ch. and\n Soc. $41.31; Calvin, E. Goodale, $25 250.89\n Arlington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.50\n Athol. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. REV. HENRY\n A. BLAKE L. M. 51.80\n Blandford. Cong. Ch. 5.00\n Boston Highlands. Immanuel Cong. Ch. and Soc.,\n $100; H. W. T., 50c. 100.50\n Brocton. I. P. 0.50\n Brookline. S. A., E. H. C. 10.00\n Byfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.38\n Cambridgeport. Cash, $10; G. B. C., 50c 10.50\n Charlton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $10; Cong. Sab.\n Sch. $5.69 15.69\n Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.,\n $66.96;\u2014Mrs. R. G. P., $1, _for the aid of\n Pupils, Talladega, Ala._ 67.96\n Chestertown. S. C. A. 0.50\n Clinton. First Evan. Ch. and Soc.\n $75.23;\u2014Ladies\u2019 Missionary Soc., bbl. of C.,\n _for Fisk U. and City Mission Work_, and $3\n _for Freight_ 78.23\n Enfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $50; Ira D.\n Haskell, $5 55.00\n Fair Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00\n Foxborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 52.00\n Framingham. \u201cA Friend,\u201d $30, to const. MISS\n MARY BILLINGS L. M.;\u2014Ladies of Plymouth Ch.\n _for Freight_, $2 32.00\n Gardner. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00\n Grantville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 75.94\n Great Barrington. L. M. Chapin 5.00\n Groton. Union Orthodox Ch. 20.82\n Groveland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00\n Haverhill. Joseph Flanders 5.00\n Holbrook. Sarah J. Holbrook, _for Student Aid,\n Fisk U._ 25.00\n Holden. \u201cHolden Benev. Soc.,\u201d by J. Calvin,\n _for Aid of Pupils, Atlanta U._ 10.00\n Holliston. Coll. No. 4 Sat. Evening Prayer\n Meeting, by John Batchelder 25.00\n Littleton. Ladies\u2019 Mission Circle 10.00\n Lowell. Ladies\u2019 Benev. Soc. of First Cong.\n Ch. bbl. of C., _for Wilmington, N. C._\n Lynn. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.50\n Manchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.25\n Mansfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00\n Melrose. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. (in part) 42.05\n Millbury. M. D. Garfield 5.00\n Newbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.65\n North Abington. Freedmen\u2019s Aid Soc., bbl. of\n C. _for Fisk U. and City Mission Work_, \u201cM.\n A.,\u201d $2 _for Freight_ 2.00\n Northampton. Sab. Sch. of First Parish 46.00\n Northborough. Mrs. A. E. D. F. 1.00\n Northfield. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.62\n North Hadley. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.45\n Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 38.45\n Norton. Wheaton Sem., _for Aid of Pupils,\n Atlanta U._ 17.00\n Peabody. So. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.39\n Peru. G. Wells 1.51\n Phillipston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.17\n Plainfield. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dyer 10.00\n Quincy. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.00\n Rockland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 123.82\n Rockport. \u201cA Friend.\u201d 5.00\n Sandwich. Mrs. E. W. Wells, $5; Mrs. Robert\n Tobey, $5 10.00\n Shelburne. Ladies of Cong. Ch. $2 and bbl. of\n C. _for Montgomery, Ala._ 2.00\n Somerville. Broadway Cong. Ch. 14.50\n South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00\n South Byfield. Mrs. E. H. Evans 2.00\n South Framingham. G. M. Amsden 5.00\n South Royalston. Individuals, by Rev. C. L.\n Tomblen 1.00\n South Weymouth. Union Cong. Ch. $60, to const.\n MRS. HANNAH C. CUSHING and MRS. GEO. W.\n CONANT L. M.\u2019s; Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.\n $41, to const. MRS. ALMATIA HEALD L. M. 101.00\n Springfield. First Ch., $57.25; Hope Ch.,\n $15.14; Mrs. Ira Merrill, $2 74.90\n Taunton. Ladies\u2019 Sewing Circle of Winslow Ch.,\n $25 _for a Student, Talladega C._; also, box\n of C. _for Talladega_, and $2 _for Freight_ 27.00\n Topsfield. Ladies\u2019 Benev. Soc. box of C., _for\n Wilmington, N. C._\n Waverly. Cong. Ch. and Soc. _for a Student,\n Atlanta U._ 30.00\n Wellesley. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $5; L. B. H.,\n 50c 5.50\n Westborough. Cong. Sab. Sch., $48.84; Evan.\n Cong. Ch. M. C. Coll., $14.84 63.68\n West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00\n West Stockbridge Village. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.94\n Wilmington. Mrs. E. M. G. Noyes, _for aid of\n Pupils, Talladega, Ala._ 30.00\n Woburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 150.00\n Worcester. T. W. T. 0.51\n\n\n RHODE ISLAND, $30.\n\n Oak Lawn. Rev. Marcus Ames 10.00\n Providence. Mrs. Lucius Lyon, $10, _for\n Student Aid, Fisk U._; E. Weston, $5 15.00\n Tiverton Four Corners. Cong. Ch. 5.00\n\n\n CONNECTICUT, $1,199.82.\n\n Bridgeport. First Cong. Ch. 83.96\n Brookfield. \u201cA Friend\u201d 5.00\n Canton Centre. Mrs. S. B. H. 1.02\n Chester. Cong. Ch. 36.80\n Collinsville. Mrs. Chidsey, _for Girl\u2019s Ind.\n Sch., Talladega, Ala._ 5.00\n Danbury. E. B. 1.00\n Danielsonville. J. D. Bigelow 4.00\n East Hampton. Talladega Soc. _for Aid of\n Pupils, Talladega, Ala._ 22.00\n East Hartford. First Cong. Ch. 20.00\n East Windsor Hill. Bbl. of C. _for City\n Mission Work_, and $1 _for Freight_; Mrs.\n C., $5 6.00\n Fairfield. First Cong. Ch. 57.09\n Fair Haven. Second Cong. Ch. to const. HORACE\n H. STRONG L. M. 40.00\n Franklin. Cong. Ch. 11.00\n Greenwich. Second Cong. Ch., $60; E. M., 50c. 60.50\n Guilford. Ladies of Third Cong. Ch. bbl. of\n C., val. $25, and $5 _for Freight_ 5.00\n Hanover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.87\n Hartford. Windsor Av. Cong. Ch. $25.01;\n Collected by Mrs. G. W. Root, $11.00 36.01\n Lakeville. Mrs. M. H. W. 1.00\n Ledyard. Cong. Ch. 14.38\n Lyme. J. A. R. 0.50\n Mansfield Centre. First Cong. Ch. 6.00\n New Britain. Mrs. N. H. 0.50\n New Hartford. Bible Class, by Rev. F. H.\n Adams, _for Theo. Student, Fisk U._ 8.00\n New Haven. Ch. of the Redeemer, $130; Amos\n Townsend, $35; East Cong. Ch., $12; 177.00\n New London. First Cong. Ch. $38.23; \u201cA Thank\n Offering,\u201d $3 41.23\n New Preston. Rev. H. Upson 5.00\n Old Lyme. Cong. Ch. 14.10\n Plantsville. Individuals, by Rev. L. F. Berry 10.00\n Plymouth. Cong. Ch. 16.00\n Ridgefield. First Cong. Ch. 16.11\n Simsbury. First Cong. Ch. 19.00\n South Britain. \u201cA Friend\u201d 1.00\n Tolland. Cong. Ch. 4.54\n Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 423.81\n Woodbury. Benj. Fabrique 20.00\n West Meriden. Mrs. M. P. B. 1.00\n Wethersfield. Mrs. Mary D. McLean, box of\n Books and $1.40, _for Talladega, Ala._ 1.40\n\n\n NEW YORK, $740.00.\n\n Batavia. \u201cA. V. S. F.\u201d 20.00\n Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., E. R.\n Kennedy, Supt., $100, _for a Teacher_;\u2014Miss\n M. E. S., 50c.; Mrs. G. H., 50c. 101.00\n Chenango Forks. Cong. Ch. 1.00\n Churchville. Union Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Aid\n of Pupils, Atlanta U._ 25.00\n Cincinnatus. \u201cCincinnatus\u201d 10.00\n Copenhagen. E. G. 0.50\n Crown Point. First Cong. Ch., Mrs. Triphena\n Walker 2.00\n Dryden. Mrs. L. M. K. 1.00\n Floyd. Welsh Cong. Ch. 4.00\n Flushing. First Cong. Ch. 13.00\n Fredonia. Presb. Sab. Sch., $15; \u201cMcK.,\u201d $15,\n to const. CHRISTINE GILBERT L. M. 30.00\n Gilbertsville. Rev. A. Wood 15.00\n Honeoye. Cong. Ch., $33, and Sab. Sch., $17 50.00\n Kiantone. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.25\n Livonia. G. W. Jackman, $10; M. A. Jackman,\n $5; Mrs. Wm. Calvert (_$5 of which for\n Chinese M. in Cal._) $10 25.00\n Lockport. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. Mrs. J.\n E. MERRITT L. M. 30.00\n Malone. Mrs. H. R. Wilson 5.00\n Martinsburgh. Horatio Hough, $5; Mrs. Almira\n Arthur, $3 8.00\n Middlesex. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Adams 10.00\n Millville. Cong. Ch. 10.34\n Morrisville. Cong. Ch. 27.61\n New Hamburgh. S. H. S. 0.50\n Newark Valley. LEGACY of a deceased Sister, by\n Mrs. A. B. Smith 34.00\n New York. \u201cX. Y. Z.,\u201d _for Hampton Inst._,\n $100;\u2014Mrs. James Stokes, $10, _for Ch. Work,\n Ogeechee, Ga._;\u2014S. T. Richards, $6; Mrs.\n Elizabeth Merritt, $5, Mrs. L. B. B., 50c.;\n S. T. G., 50c.; American Tract Soc., Grant\n of S. S. Papers, val. $30 122.00\n Oneida. S. H. Goodwin, $10; Edward Loomis, $2 12.00\n Oneonta. L. J. S. 0.50\n Orient. H. M. W. 1.00\n Parma. Mrs. Harriet Clark 5.00\n Peon Yan. F. O. Hamlin 20.00\n Poughkeepsie. Mrs. M. J. M. 1.00\n Pulaski. S. C. 1.00\n Seneca Falls. \u201cA Friend\u201d 50.00\n Sherburne. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 55.45\n Spencerport. S. V. and M. D., $1 each, _for\n Freight_; Mary Dyer, $5, _for Student Aid,\n Tougaloo U._ 7.00\n Spencertown. Rev. H. P. Bake 5.00\n Taberg. Aaron Stedman, $2; Dewey Hopkins, $2;\n A. W., $1 5.00\n Turin. Mrs. Martha Woodworth 2.00\n Troy. Mrs. E. C. S. 1.00\n Union Valley. Dr. J. Angel 10.00\n Volney. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 6.94\n\n\n NEW JERSEY, $230.56.\n\n Morristown. Mrs. Ella M. Graves, _for Aid of\n Pupils, Atlanta U._ 100.00\n Newark. C. S. Haines 40.00\n Orange Valley. Cong. Ch. 64.01\n Stanley. Hillside Missionary Sab. Sch. of\n Cong. Ch., _for a Lady Missionary_ 25.00\n Vineland. Cong. Ch. of the Pilgrims 1.55\n\n\n PENNSYLVANIA, $14.\n\n East Springfield. Mrs. C. J. Cowles 2.00\n Farmer\u2019s Valley. Mrs. E. C. O. 1.00\n Hermitage. W. F. Stewart, $4; E. P., $1 5.00\n Jeanesville. Welsh Cong. Ch. 5.00\n North East. C. A. T. 1.00\n\n\n OHIO, $463.68.\n\n Chatham Centre. Cong. Ch. 28.00\n Cincinnati. Vine St. Cong. Ch. $41.65; Rev. B.\n P. Aydelott, D.D., $10 51.65\n Claridon. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Atlanta, Ga._ 7.00\n Clarksfield. Rev. J. M. and Mrs. H. B. Fraser 10.00\n Fostoria. C. M. 0.50\n Granville. Thomas D. Williams 5.00\n Harmar. Cong. Ch. 35.32\n Hartford. A. N., $1; J. M. J., $1; Miss H. J.,\n $1; S. C. B., $1; Others, $1 5.00\n Huntington. Edward West 25.00\n Kingsville. J. L. Gage 10.00\n Lyme. Cong. Ch. 22.58\n Mechanicsburgh. Mrs. M. K. H. 1.00\n New Richland. Elizabeth Johnston 2.00\n Oberlin. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $50, _for Ag\u2019l\n Dept., Talladega, Ala._;\u2014First Cong. Ch.\n $38.74; Second Cong. Ch., $10.39 99.13\n Ravenna. Ira B. Cutts 5.00\n Richfield. Mrs. Uri Oviatt, $5; Mrs. Sylvester\n Townsend, $2.50 7.50\n Steubenville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for\n Improvements, Tougaloo U._ 24.00\n Strongsville. Free Cong. Ch., $6, _for\n Tougaloo U._;\u2014\u201cA Friend,\u201d $3, _for Student\n Aid, Fisk U._ 9.00\n Wakeman. Franklin Hale 100.00\n Wellington. C. F. 1.00\n Willoughby. Miss Mary P. Hastings, $10;\n Florence A. Page, $5 15.00\n\n\n INDIANA, $5.50.\n\n Sparta. J. H. 0.50\n Winchester. Mrs. John Commons 5.00\n\n\n ILLINOIS, $748.\n\n Avon. Mrs. Celinda Woods 5.00\n Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. 4.00\n Chicago. Woman\u2019s Miss. Soc. of Lincoln Park\n Ch., _for Lady Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._ 17.00\n Dundee. Cong. Ch., $8; Mrs. Wm. D., $1 9.00\n Galesburg. ESTATE of Warren C. Willard, by\n Prof. T. R. Willard 21.00\n Galesburg. Mrs. E. T. Parker, to const. DEA.\n GEO. T. HOLYOKE L. M. 30.00\n Griggsville. Cong. Ch. 37.16\n Lyonsville. Ladies of Cong. Ch., box of\n household goods, _for Montgomery, Ala._\n Naperville. A. A. Smith 5.00\n Odell. Mrs. H. E. Dana 10.00\n Peoria. Chas. Fisher, _for Student Aid, Fisk\n U._ 12.00\n Plymouth. N. F. Burton 5.00\n Port Byron. A. F. Hollister 5.00\n Princeton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., $14.50,\n _for Student Aid, Fisk U._;\u2014Mrs. P. B.\n Corse, $10 24.50\n Rockford. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for aid of\n Pupils, Talladega, Ala._ 15.00\n Sycamore. A. S. 1.00\n Tonica. \u201cV. G. S.,\u201d $5; F. A. Wood, $2.50; \u201cA\n Friend,\u201d $2.50 10.00\n Tolona. Mrs. L. Haskell 7.00\n Waukegan. Young Ladies\u2019 Missionary Soc., $15;\n Cong. Ch., $6.34 21.34\n Waukegan. \u201cFriends,\u201d, _for Freight_ 1.00\n Wheaton. First Cong. Ch. 8.00\n \u2014\u2014. \u201cA Friend,\u201d 500.00\n\n\n MICHIGAN, $567.75.\n\n Calumet. Cong. Ch., $238.25, to const. BERTHA\n CALISTA CURTIS and HAROLD MORSE WRIGHT L.\n M.\u2019s.; Robert Dobbie, $20.50 258.75\n Churches Corners. Cong. Sab. Sch., $11.25;\n H.C. 50c. 11.75\n Claire. A. H. Norris 5.00\n Detroit. Fort St. Cong. Sab. Sch., $50; Mrs.\n Z. Eddy, $25; Miss Grout, $10; Cong. Sab.\n Sch., $2; Miss L., $1; Miss H., $1; Mrs. C.,\n $1, _for Lady Missionary, Memphis.\n Tenn._;\u2014Mrs. D. P., $1; Mrs. A. D. G., $1;\n Others, $2.50, by Mrs. J. A. Nutting 94.50\n Greenville. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. _for Student\n Aid, Fisk U._ 25.91\n Hancock. First Cong. Ch., $30; Sab. Sch.\n Scholars, $1 31.00\n Imlay City. Cong. Sab. Sch., box of Books,\n _for Montgomery, Ala._\n Leland. Cong. Ch. 7.00\n Milford. E. G. 1.00\n Pontiac. Cong. Sab. Sch., $1.40; Mrs. S. J.\n C., $1; Dea. J. P. W., $1; Juv. Miss. Soc.,\n $1, 4.40\n South Haven. Clark Pierce 5.00\n Unadilla. Mrs. Agnes D. Bird, $4; Mrs. M. M.,\n $1 5.00\n Union City. Mrs. I. W. Clark and Miss Sarah B.\n Clark, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00\n Vernon. BEQUEST of Sarah Holley, by D. C.\n Holley 100.00\n Vienna Union Cong. Ch. 8.44\n\n\n WISCONSIN, $127.96.\n\n Arena. Cong. Ch. 5.00\n Centre. Cong. Ch. 2.53\n Elk Grove. Cong. Ch. 8.00\n Milwaukee. Plymouth Ch. 36.70\n Oshkosh. Cong. Ch., $54.73; H. S. M., 50c. 55.23\n Shopiere. Cong. Ch. 15.00\n Shullsburg. Cong. Ch. 3.50\n Whitewater. Ladies of Cong. Ch., bbl. of C.,\n and house furnishing goods, val. $50 Mrs.\n Coburn, $2, _for Montgomery, Ala._ 2.00\n\n\n IOWA, $1,175.15.\n\n Ashland. Ladies\u2019 Miss. Soc., _for Tougaloo U._ 2.00\n Big Rock. Cong. Ch. 20.00\n Burlington. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for\n Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00\n Des Moines. Woman\u2019s Miss. Soc. of Plymouth\n Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00\n Grinnell. ESTATE of Charles F. Dike, by Mrs.\n C. F. Dike, Executrix, 1,000.00\n Grinnell. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. and Friends,\n $50, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._;\u2014Cong. Ch.,\n $27.25 77.25\n Keokuk. Will Collier. Smith Hamill, and M.\n Messer, $5 ea.; X. X. C., 50c., _for\n Tougaloo U._ 15.50\n Nevinville. Cong. Ch. 2.40\n Traer. Mrs. C. H. Bissel, _for Student Aid,\n Fisk U._ 5.00\n Waterloo. Rev. M. K. Cross 8.00\n\n\n KANSAS, $16.50.\n\n Bavaria. A. M. 0.50\n Brookville. Rev. S. G. Wright 15.00\n Eudora. Mrs. L. R. 1.00\n\n\n MINNESOTA, $53.89.\n\n Clear Water. Cong. Ch. 3.01\n Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 9.68\n Plainview. Woman\u2019s Cent. Soc. 7.10\n Saint Paul. Plymouth Ch. 20.30\n Zumbrota. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.80\n\n\n NEBRASKA, $6.50.\n\n Hastings. Mrs. N. C. B. 1.00\n Fontanelle. \u201cA Friend,\u201d 5.50\n\n\n MISSOURI, 50c.\n\n Saint Louis. C. M. J. 0.50\n\n\n CALIFORNIA, $299.65.\n\n Los Angeles. Francis Wilson 15.00\n San Francisco. Receipts of the California\n Chinese Mission 284.65\n\n\n OREGON, $1.55.\n\n Astoria. First Cong. Ch. 1.55\n\n\n KENTUCKY, $5.05.\n\n Berea. Cong. Ch. 4.55\n Germantown. H. N. 0.50\n\n\n TENNESSEE, $153.15.\n\n Memphis. Le Moyne Sch. 153.15\n\n\n NORTH CAROLINA, $133.24.\n\n Raleigh. Washington Sch. 35.80\n Wilmington. Normal Sch., $93.70; First Cong.\n Ch., $3.74 97.44\n\n\n SOUTH CAROLINA, $271.75\n\n Charleston. Avery Inst. 271.75\n\n\n GEORGIA, $581.71.\n\n Atlanta. Storrs Sch., $259.30; Atlanta\n University, $87 346.30\n Macon. Lewis High Sch. 50.90\n Savannah. Beach Inst. 184.51\n\n\n ALABAMA, $921.81.\n\n Athens. Pub. Sch. Fund, $270; Trinity Sch.,\n $49.40 319.40\n Blount Springs. J. Q. A. E. 0.50\n Marion. Cong. Ch. 29.48\n Mobile. Emerson Inst. 204.50\n Montgomery. Swayne Sch. 175.00\n Selma. Cong. Ch. 5.10\n Talladega. Talladega College $174.28;\u2014Governor\n Parsons, _for Aid of Pupils, Talladega,\n Ala._, $13.55 187.33\n\n\n LOUISIANA, $138.75.\n\n New Orleans. Straight University 138.75\n\n\n MISSISSIPPI, $35.55.\n\n Tougaloo. Tougaloo University 35.55\n\n\n TEXAS, $3.\n\n Brenham. Individuals, by Mrs. I. Howells, $2;\n D. C., $1 3.00\n\n\n NOVA SCOTIA, $10.\n\n Yarmouth. Yarmouth Tabernacle Missionary\n Asso., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00\n\n\n SANDWICH ISLANDS, $1,000.\n\n \u201cA Friend\u201d 1.000.00\n\n\n TURKEY, $10.\n\n Van. Dr. G. C. Reynolds and Wife 10.00\n\n\n INCOME FUND, $311.74.\n\n General Fund 311.74\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n Total 11,904.68\n Total from Oct. 1st to March 31st $77,638.09\n\n H. W. HUBBARD,\n _Ass\u2019t Treas._\n\n\n RECEIVED FOR DEBT.\n\n Hanover, N. H. Dartmouth College Ch. $50.00\n Cromwell, Ct. M. G. Savage 13.00\n New Haven, Ct. Centre Ch. 25.00\n West Hartford, Ct. Charles Boswell 250.00\n Crown Point, N. Y. Mrs. George Page 25.00\n Madison, Ohio. Mrs. J. G. Fraser 3.00\n Northville, Mich. D. Pomeroy 5.00\n Saint Louis, Mo. Miss C. M. Janes 5.00\n Woodville, Ga. St. Phillip\u2019s Soc., $2; Band of\n Hope, $2.25 4.25\n Tougaloo, Miss. Tougaloo University 50.00\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n Total 430.25\n Previously acknowledged in Feb. receipts 24,488.97\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n Total $24,919.22\n\n * * * * *\n\n RECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.\n\n E. PALACHE, Treasurer.\n\n _From Dec. 20th, 1878, to March 20th, 1879._\n\n 1. From auxiliaries:\n Petaluma Chinese Mission\u2014(for room) $65.00\n Sacramento Chinese Mission\u2014(12 Annual\n Memberships) 24.00\n Santa Barbara Chinese Mission\u2014(4 Annual\n Memberships: Rev. J. W. Hough, D. D., $2; N.\n W. Winton, $2; Mrs. C. E. Huse, $2; Wong Ah\n Yon, $2) 8.00\n \u2014\u2014 2.00\n Collection Annual Meeting 2.50\n Chinese Pupils 18.00\n Stockton Chinese Mission\u2014Mrs. M. C. Brown 4.00\n Brown 4.00\n Chinese Pupils 2.50\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n Total 126.00\n 2. From churches:\n Oakland\u2014First Cong. Ch. 36.15\n Sacramento\u2014First Cong. Ch. 7.00\n San Francisco\u2014First Cong. Ch. 49.50\n San Francisco\u2014Bethany Ch., I. C. H. 2.00\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n Total 94.65\n 3. From individuals:\n Pescadero\u2014Rev. W. C. Merritt 2.00\n San Francisco\u2014Rev. J. Rowell 20.00\n Sonoma\u2014\u201cA Thank Offering\u201d 10.00\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n Total 32.00\n 4. From Eastern Friends:\n Bangor, Me.\u2014Unknown, by Rev. G. W. Field, D.\n D., _for Barnes\u2019 Mission House_ 12.00\n Auburn, Mass.\u2014Cong. Sab. Sch., by Horace\n Hobbs, _for Barnes\u2019 Mission House_ 20.00\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n Total 32.00\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n Grand Total $284.65\n\n * * * * *\n\n FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.\n\n Cambridge, Vt. Madison Safford $25.00\n Groton, Mass. Mrs. Elizabeth Farnsworth 20.00\n Haverhill, Mass. Gyles Merrill and Wife 50.00\n Westfield, Mass. Miss E. B. Dickinson 100.00\n Hartford, Conn. D. H. WELLS, to const. himself\n L. M. 50.00\n Oriskany Falls, N. Y. Joseph C. Griggs 24.00\n Union Springs, N. Y. Mrs. Mary H. Thomas 10.00\n West Farms, N. Y. Daniel Mapes 100.00\n Painesville, Ohio. Mrs. Reuben Hitchcock 100.00\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n Total 479.00\n Previously acknowledged in Feb. receipts 1,627.17\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\n Total $2,106.17\n\n * * * * *\n\n\n\n\nConstitution of the American Missionary Association.\n\nINCORPORATED JANUARY 30, 1849.\n\n * * * * *\n\n\nART. I. This Society shall be called \u201cTHE AMERICAN MISSIONARY\nASSOCIATION.\u201d\n\nART. II. The object of this Association shall be to conduct\nChristian missionary and educational operations, and to diffuse a\nknowledge of the Holy Scriptures in our own and other countries\nwhich are destitute of them, or which present open and urgent\nfields of effort.\n\nART. III. Any person of evangelical sentiments,[A] who professes\nfaith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is not a slaveholder, or in the\npractice of other immoralities, and who contributes to the funds,\nmay become a member of the Society; and by the payment of thirty\ndollars, a life member; provided that children and others who have\nnot professed their faith may by constituted life members without\nthe privilege of voting.\n\nART. IV. This Society shall meet annually, in the month of\nSeptember, October or November, for the election of officers and\nthe transaction of other business, at such time and place as shall\nbe designated by the Executive Committee.\n\nART. V. The annual meeting shall be constituted of the regular\nofficers and members of the Society at the time of such meeting,\nand of delegates from churches, local missionary societies,\nand other co-operating bodies, each body being entitled to one\nrepresentative.\n\nART. VI. The officers of the Society shall be a President,\nVice-Presidents, a Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretaries,\nTreasurer, two Auditors, and an Executive Committee of not less\nthan twelve, of which the Corresponding Secretaries shall be\nadvisory, and the Treasurer ex-officio, members.\n\nART. VII. To the Executive Committee shall belong the collecting\nand disbursing of funds; the appointing, counselling, sustaining\nand dismissing (for just and sufficient reasons) missionaries and\nagents; the selection of missionary fields; and, in general, the\ntransaction of all such business as usually appertains to the\nexecutive committees of missionary and other benevolent societies;\nthe Committee to exercise no ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the\nmissionaries; and its doings to be subject always to the revision\nof the annual meeting, which shall, by a reference mutually\nchosen, always entertain the complaints of any aggrieved agent or\nmissionary; and the decision of such reference shall be final.\n\nThe Executive Committee shall have authority to fill all vacancies\noccurring among the officers between the regular annual meetings;\nto apply, if they see fit, to any State Legislature for acts of\nincorporation; to fix the compensation, where any is given, of all\nofficers, agents, missionaries, or others in the employment of the\nSociety; to make provision, if any, for disabled missionaries, and\nfor the widows and children of such as are deceased; and to call,\nin all parts of the country, at their discretion, special and\ngeneral conventions of the friends of missions, with a view to the\ndiffusion of the missionary spirit, and the general and vigorous\npromotion of the missionary work.\n\nFive members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for\ntransacting business.\n\nART. VIII. This society, in collecting funds, in appointing\nofficers, agents and missionaries, and in selecting fields\nof labor, and conducting the missionary work, will endeavor\nparticularly to discountenance slavery, by refusing to receive the\nknown fruits of unrequited labor, or to welcome to its employment\nthose who hold their fellow-beings as slaves.\n\nART. IX. Missionary bodies, churches or individuals agreeing to\nthe principles of this Society, and wishing to appoint and sustain\nmissionaries of their own, shall be entitled to do so through the\nagency of the Executive Committee, on terms mutually agreed upon.\n\nART. X. No amendment shall be made in this Constitution without\nthe concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at a regular\nannual meeting: nor unless the proposed amendment has been\nsubmitted to a previous meeting, or to the Executive Committee in\nseason to be published by them (as it shall be their duty to do, if\nso submitted) in the regular official notifications of the meeting.\n\nFOOTNOTE:\n\n[A] By evangelical sentiments, we understand, among others, a\nbelief in the guilty and lost condition of all men without a\nSaviour; the Supreme Deity, Incarnation and Atoning Sacrifice\nof Jesus Christ, the only Saviour of the world; the necessity\nof regeneration by the Holy Spirit, repentance, faith and holy\nobedience in order to salvation; the immortality of the soul; and\nthe retributions of the judgment in the eternal punishment of the\nwicked, and salvation of the righteous.\n\n * * * * *\n\n\n\n\nThe American Missionary Association.\n\n * * * * *\n\n\nAIM AND WORK.\n\nTo preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with\nthe almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted its\nmain efforts to preparing the FREEDMEN for their duties as citizens\nand Christians in America, and as missionaries in Africa. As\nclosely related to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted\nCHINESE in America, and to co-operate with the Government in its\nhumane and Christian policy towards the INDIANS. It has also a\nmission in AFRICA.\n\n\nSTATISTICS.\n\nCHURCHES: _In the South_\u2014In Va. 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2; Ga., 12;\nKy., 7; Tenn., 4; Ala., 13; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2; Texas, 5.\n_Africa_, 1. _Among the Indians_, 1. Total 66.\n\nINSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE\nSOUTH.\u2014_Chartered_: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala.;\nAtlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.;\nand Austin, 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_, 18. Total 37.\n\nTEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.\u2014Among the Freedmen, 231;\namong the Chinese, 17; among the Indians, 17; in Africa, 14. Total,\n279. STUDENTS\u2014In Theology, 88; Law, 17; in College Course, 106;\nin other studies, 7,018. Total, 7,229. Scholars, taught by former\npupils of our schools, estimated at 100,000. INDIANS under the care\nof 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, to\naccommodate the increasing numbers of students; MEETING HOUSES, for\nthe new churches we are organizing; MORE MINISTERS, cultured and\npious, 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. Powell, 112 West Washington Street.\n\n\nMAGAZINE.\n\nThis Magazine will be sent, gratuitously, if desired, to the\nMissionaries of the Association; to Life Members; to all clergymen\nwho take up collections for the Association; to Superintendents of\nSabbath Schools; to College Libraries; to Theological Seminaries;\nto Societies of Inquiry on Missions; and to every donor who does\nnot prefer to take it as a subscriber, and contributes in a year\nnot less than five dollars.\n\nThose who wish to remember the AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION in\ntheir last Will and Testament, are earnestly requested to use the\nfollowing\n\n\nFORM OF A BEQUEST.\n\n\u201cI BEQUEATH to my executor (or executors) the sum of \u2014\u2014 dollars in\ntrust, to pay the same in \u2014\u2014 days after my decease to the person\nwho, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the\n\u2018American Missionary Association\u2019 of New York City, to be applied,\nunder the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association,\nto its charitable uses and purposes.\u201d\n\nThe Will should be attested by three witnesses [in some States\nthree are required\u2014in other States only two], who should write\nagainst their names, their places of residence [if in cities,\ntheir street and number]. The following form of attestation will\nanswer for every State in the Union: \u201cSigned, sealed, published\nand declared by the said [A. B.] as his last Will and Testament,\nin presence of us, who, at the request of the said A. 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DENISON, Adv\u2019g Agent,\n 56 Reade Street, New York.\n\n * * * * *\n\n\u261e Our friends who are interested in the Advertising Department of\nthe \u201cAmerican Missionary\u201d can aid us in this respect by mentioning,\nwhen ordering goods, that they saw them advertised in our Magazine.\n\n\n * * * * *\n\n\nDAVID H. GILDERSLEEVE, Printer, 101 Chambers Street, New York.\n\n\n\n\nTranscriber\u2019s Notes:\n\n\nObvious punctuation errors corrected.\n\n\u201ctilth\u201d corrected to \u201cfilth\u201d on page 142. (the filth of slavery)\n\nReplaced missing \u201cU\u201d on page 155. (Unadilla under Michigan)","title":"The American Missionary \u2014 Volume 33, No. 05, May, 1879","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":22095}