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-  VOL. XXXIII.                                                No. 1.

-

-                                THE

-

-                       AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

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-               “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.”

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-                          JANUARY, 1879.

-

-

-

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-                            _CONTENTS_:

-

-

-  EDITORIAL.

-

-    OUR OUTLOOK FOR 1879                                           1

-    OUR APPEAL FOR THE NEW YEAR                                    2

-    THE LORD’S WORK AND THE LORD’S COMING                          3

-    THE LONDON UNION MISSIONARY CONFERENCE                         3

-    POLITICAL PROGRESS OF THE FREEDMEN: Rev. M. E. Strieby         4

-    THESE MY BRETHREN                                              6

-    FIVE TESTS OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION: Prof. C. D.

-      Hartranft, D. D.                                             7

-    RETURN OF REV. FLOYD SNELSON                                  10

-    ITEMS FROM THE CHURCHES                                       10

-    GENERAL NOTES                                                 11

-    OUR QUERY COLUMN                                              14

-

-

-  THE FREEDMEN.

-

-    DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA—Revival in Howard University             14

-    VIRGINIA—A Destitute County                                   14

-    ALABAMA—New Church at Shelby Iron Works—Talladega a

-      Missionary Centre                                           15

-    FLORENCE—Thin End of the Wedge—First Thanksgiving Service     16

-    MISSOURI—Free Schools in the State                            17

-

-

-  AFRICA.

-

-    THE MENDI MISSION—A Church Organized and Dedicated at Avery   18

-

-

-  THE INDIANS.

-

-    THE LATE INDIAN WAR AND CHRISTIANITY: Rev Myron Eells         20

-

-

-  THE CHINESE.

-

-    CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN CHINESE: Rev.

-      W. C. Pond                                                  21

-

-

-  RECEIPTS                                                        24

-

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-  WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, ETC.                                   27

-

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-  PLEASE READ, THINK, COPY AND MAIL                               28

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-                             NEW YORK:

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-         Published by the American Missionary Association,

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-                      ROOMS, 56 READE STREET.

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-                Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance.

-

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-

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-                 American Missionary Association,

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-                      56 READE STREET, N. Y.

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-  PRESIDENT.

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-    HON. E. S. TOBEY, Boston.

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-  VICE-PRESIDENTS.

-

-    Hon. F. D. PARISH, Ohio.

-    Hon. E. D. HOLTON, Wis.

-    Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, Mass.

-    Rev. STEPHEN THURSTON, D. D., Me.

-    Rev. SAMUEL HARRIS, D. D., Ct.

-    WM. C. CHAPIN, Esq., R. I.

-    Rev. W. T. EUSTIS, D. D., Mass.

-    Hon. A. C. BARSTOW, R. I.

-    Rev. THATCHER THAYER, D. D., R. I.

-    Rev. RAY PALMER, D. D., N. Y.

-    Rev. J. M. STURTEVANT, D. D., Ill.

-    Rev. W. W. PATTON, D. D., D. C.

-    Hon. SEYMOUR STRAIGHT, La.

-    HORACE HALLOCK, Esq., Mich.

-    Rev. CYRUS W. WALLACE, D. D., N. H.

-    Rev. EDWARD HAWES, Ct.

-    DOUGLAS PUTNAM, Esq., Ohio.

-    Hon. THADDEUS FAIRBANKS, Vt.

-    SAMUEL D. PORTER, Esq., N. Y.

-    Rev. M. M. G. DANA, D. D., Minn.

-    Rev. H. W. BEECHER, N. Y.

-    Gen. O. O. HOWARD, Oregon.

-    Rev. G. F. MAGOUN, D. D., Iowa.

-    Col. C. G. HAMMOND, Ill.

-    EDWARD SPAULDING, M. D., N. H.

-    DAVID RIPLEY, Esq., N. J.

-    Rev. WM. M. BARBOUR, D. D., Ct.

-    Rev. W. L. GAGE, Ct.

-    A. S. HATCH, Esq., N. Y.

-    Rev. J. H. FAIRCHILD, D. D., Ohio

-    Rev. H. A. STIMSON, Minn.

-    Rev. J. W. STRONG, D. D., Minn.

-    Rev. GEORGE THACHER, LL. D., Iowa.

-    Rev. A. L. STONE, D. D., California.

-    Rev. G. H. ATKINSON, D. D., Oregon.

-    Rev. J. E. RANKIN, D. D., D. C.

-    Rev. A. L. CHAPIN, D. D., Wis.

-    S. D. SMITH, Esq., Mass.

-    PETER SMITH, Esq., Mass.

-    Dea. JOHN C. WHITIN, Mass.

-    Rev. WM. PATTON, D. D., Ct.

-    Hon. J. B. GRINNELL, Iowa.

-    Rev. WM. T. CARR, Ct.

-    Rev. HORACE WINSLOW, Ct.

-    Sir PETER COATS, Scotland.

-    Rev. HENRY ALLON, D. D., London, Eng.

-    WM. E. WHITING, Esq., N. Y.

-    J. M. PINKERTON, Esq., Mass.

-    Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D. D., Ct.

-    DANIEL HAND, Esq., Ct.

-    A. L. WILLISTON, Esq., Mass.

-    Rev. A. F. BEARD, D. D., N. Y.

-    FREDERICK BILLINGS, Esq., Vt.

-    JOSEPH CARPENTER, Esq., R. I.

-

-

-  CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.

-

-    REV. M. E. STRIEBY, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._

-

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-  DISTRICT SECRETARIES.

-

-    REV. C. L. WOODWORTH, _Boston_.

-    REV. G. D. PIKE, _New York_.

-    REV. JAS. POWELL, _Chicago_.

-

-    EDGAR KETCHUM, ESQ., _Treasurer, N. Y._

-    H. W. HUBBARD, ESQ., _Assistant Treasurer, N. Y._

-    REV. M. E. STRIEBY, _Recording Secretary_.

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-  EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

-

-    ALONZO S. BALL,

-    A. S. BARNES,

-    EDWARD BEECHER,

-    GEO. M. BOYNTON,

-    WM. B. BROWN,

-    CLINTON B. FISK,

-    A. P. FOSTER,

-    E. A. GRAVES,

-    S. B. HALLIDAY,

-    SAM’L HOLMES,

-    S. S. JOCELYN,

-    ANDREW LESTER,

-    CHAS. L. MEAD,

-    JOHN H. WASHBURN,

-    G. B. WILLCOX.

-

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-COMMUNICATIONS

-

-relating to the business of the Association may be addressed to

-either of the Secretaries as above; letters for the Editor of the

-“American Missionary” to Rev. Geo. M. Boynton, at the New York

-Office.

-

-

-DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

-

-may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, when

-more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational

-House, Boston, Mass., 112 West Washington Street, Chicago, Ill.

-Drafts or checks sent to Mr. Hubbard should be made payable to his

-order as _Assistant Treasurer_.

-

-A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member.

-

-Correspondents are specially requested to place at the head of each

-letter the name of their Post Office, and the County and State in

-which it is located.

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-                                THE

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-                       AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

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-            VOL. XXXIII.     JANUARY, 1879.     No. 1.

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-

-American Missionary Association.

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-OUR OUTLOOK FOR 1879.

-

-The review of our last year’s work has been so recently and

-so fully given in connection with the annual meeting of the

-Association, that it is scarcely needful for us to ask our readers

-to join us in another survey of what has already been accomplished.

-It is more fitting, as we stand upon the threshold of the new year,

-to ask what are the signs of the times, and what the demands of the

-work before us.

-

-There are still dark clouds in the Southern sky. A mere granting

-of civil and political rights by formal enactment is of small

-importance unless the rights themselves are honestly allowed and

-faithfully accepted. The adjustment of alleged wrongs we must leave

-to politicians if not to statesmen, and to courts of law if not

-of justice. Our work, obscure and remote as it may seem, is more

-fundamental and important than that of either Congresses or courts.

-For by whatever defences the Freedman may or may not be surrounded,

-the only safeguard of his rights must be in his fitness to exercise

-and his ability to maintain them. It is for us, through all the

-changes of the year, to keep steadily to our work. It is not

-checked because the winter is upon us; nor will it be over when the

-summer comes. It is not for this year’s harvesting alone that we

-are working; we are sub-soiling and so laboring for the permanent

-reclamation of these vast fields. We believe that more depends

-upon the moral and intellectual elevation of the Freedmen of our

-land, not only in regard to their welfare, but in regard to the

-great questions of which they are only a factor, than upon anything

-which can be done for them by legislative enactment or military

-power. We purpose, then, to press on with the school and the

-church. Intelligence and virtue are the Jachin and Boaz, the two

-great pillars of the porch of the Temple of American citizenship

-and liberty. While it rests on anything else, it is uncertain and

-unsafe.

-

-Our lesser work at home among the Indians and Chinese will demand

-the same moderate but constant share of our attention as before.

-Our connection with the six Indian Agencies, through the Interior

-Department, is not a matter of expense, but mainly of time and

-care. If we shall be relieved from that, our missionary work will

-still remain and may be enlarged. And though the immigration of

-Chinamen has been checked to some degree, and their interest in

-learning English has been abated by the abuse they have received,

-the work has been, and is yet, too fruitful of good to be given up.

-

-Our African mission has passed through one year under its new

-organization, with apparent prosperity and success. We shall need

-to strengthen its forces before long. We shall want both the men

-and the means.

-

-There is work enough in our outlook and encouragement to do it. We

-would remind our readers as well as ourselves, that the year which

-is most full of sacrifice and service for the Master, is most sure

-of all to be _A Happy New Year_.

-

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-

-

-OUR APPEAL FOR 1879.

-

-Our friends are thoroughly informed of the fact that our debt of

-late has been rapidly diminishing. We are sorry to say that _the

-same thing is true of our income_. That, too, has been growing

-less. We learn that this is true, also, of our sister societies.

-They, also, have noticed a falling off in their revenues. We do

-not like to make much ado over our troubles; but we have been very

-frank in acknowledging our mercies, and we owe it to the work, and

-to those who sustain it, to tell them our perplexities as well.

-

-Our receipts for the last two months have been very inadequate

-for the work we have in hand. What does this mean to us with this

-outlook for 1879? Does it signify withdrawal from fields already

-under cultivation? Already the Executive Committee have had under

-serious advisement two cases, in which it was necessary either

-to stop fruitful work at important points or spend a little more

-money. Retrenchment is easier to talk of than to accomplish. It

-costs as much sometimes to stop as to go on. A temporary suspension

-is sometimes more expensive than continuous work. Our teachers are

-engaged and our buildings are prepared for the year. Shall we stop

-the whole machinery of a great factory to save the price of the gas

-which lights it? That would be ruinous economy indeed.

-

-But we do not seriously believe that the friends of the three most

-needy races on our continent have lost heart, or hope, or means, to

-carry out the generous plans they have devised. These last months

-of 1878 have been trying alike to them and to us. Our plea is only

-this, that, with the new year (if the debt be not by that time

-altogether a thing of the past), there may be a fresh and final

-attack upon that enemy of our peace; and more even than this, that

-there may be a fuller and a steadier flow of the Lord’s money into

-our treasury for the wants of the work of 1879.

-

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-

-We are happy to say that a goodly number of ladies whom we have

-asked to assume the responsibility of raising a share of $25,

-towards the payment of our debt, have replied favorably. The

-following extract from a letter sent us by one who has been

-abundant in her efforts for the Freedmen, indicates the enthusiasm

-and thankfulness with which some of the ladies respond:

-

-Your kind letter of November 26th found me watching in the sick

-room of my brother; but my heart went right up to God in gratitude

-that I was not forgotten by the officers of the A. M. A., and that

-they still think I can do something to help on this great work. I

-have never ceased to be interested in the work in all its length

-and breadth, and to do what little I can for it. The debt has

-occupied much of my thought. I have wanted to do something to help

-pay it beyond the little I could give myself. Now that I can go out

-under your guardianship, I will be one of two hundred to raise one

-share ($25), and as much more as I can. I am sure the debt will

-soon be paid. There should be no lack of funds to carry on this

-work. It is very strange our _nation_ cannot see it and feel it

-too.

-

-An old and faithful friend from Sag Harbor, N. Y., sends us thirty

-dollars to make a life member. At the same time he asks us to star

-the names of his two oldest children, who were among the first of

-the twenty whom he has thus added to our list. They have gone up

-higher. He concludes thus:

-

-  I was much interested in reading the article in December number,

-  page 387, “Students Want to ‘Batch’—Who will Help?” I would like

-  for my $30 to go to assist in building one of those $100 houses.

-  Can’t you get some one to add the other $70, and put up one of

-  those dwellings for those scholars who are so anxious to get an

-  education to teach and to preach?

-

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-THE LORD’S WORK AND THE LORD’S COMING.

-

-One of our friends, (Rev. T. S. Robie, North Carver, Mass.,) who

-was at our annual meeting at Taunton, remembering doubtless that

-the Prophetic Conference was in session during the same days in New

-York City, puts the two things together thus:

-

-  One comes from a meeting like that, through which glimpses are

-  caught of opportunities for work, of openings by the Unseen Hand

-  into spheres of service which stretch out into the future beyond

-  the range of our human vision, with the overwhelming conviction

-  that the Lord isn’t just at present to stop the wheels of this

-  world. It is not _like_ the Lord to give such problems to His

-  people, which are pressing upon this Christian nation today with

-  such power, and which demand time for their solution, and then

-  to cut the Gordian knot by the sword of His “coming,” as if He

-  had met with a tangled question which He himself could not untie.

-  The red, blue and white and black marble, which Divine Providence

-  has brought into this land, tell of a building of God grander

-  than any Persian palace, the foundations of which seem to be just

-  being laid, rather than the completion thereof to be nigh at

-  hand. The vastness of the preparation points to the magnificence

-  of the Lord’s dominion in the hearts and over the lives of men.

-

-  The Book of God’s Providence is as much inspired as the Bible

-  itself. And whoever studies the former as prayerfully as the

-  latter, must labor hard to stifle the feeling that the clock of

-  earth, instead of getting ready to stop, is being wound up to

-  keep good time for a thousand years, as a prelude to that perfect

-  righteousness which shall dwell forever on the new earth and

-  beneath the new heavens.

-

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-THE LONDON UNION MISSIONARY CONFERENCE.

-

-The London Union Missionary Conference was held in November. The

-Congregational churches of America were represented by Dr. Clark

-of the American Board, and Dr. O. H. White of the Freedmen’s Aid

-Society, of London, who also represented the American Missionary

-Association, to which the F. A. Society is auxiliary. The last

-gathering of the kind in England was in 1860, at which one

-hundred and twenty-six delegates assembled. The sessions were

-mainly private, the societies represented were chiefly British,

-and plans were discussed rather than achievements reported. This

-later meeting was somewhat different in its character. Six hundred

-delegates were in attendance from various lands and denominations

-of Christians. It was not so much a conference on methods as a

-comparison of results. The sessions of the week were apportioned

-to the work in the various lands. A great mass of information was

-collected, which will doubtless be more impressive and complete in

-the volume of proceedings to be published, than it could have been

-in the hearing.

-

-The character of the meetings may be inferred from the following

-sketch of the time devoted to the “Dark Continent,” in which we

-are especially interested. We copy from the correspondent of

-the _Christian Union_: “Two sessions on Tuesday were devoted to

-Africa and its many tribes. An Irish peer, the Earl of Cavan,

-presided, and the attendance of delegates and friends was large.

-Dr. Underhill, of the Baptist Missionary Society, discoursed on

-the benefits of emancipation, and showed what an important bearing

-the evangelizing of the negro race must have on the conversion of

-all West Africa. Sir Fowell Buxton, the son of the great advocate

-of emancipation forty years ago, described the three schemes now

-being carried out for planting new missions on the three great

-lakes of Central Africa. Dr. Stewart, of the Free Church Mission

-at Livingstonia, on Lake Nyassa, described the principle and

-the plan of the missionary institution at Lovedale, in the Cape

-Colony, which he has managed for several years. This is a model

-institution, with industrial as well as educational and theological

-departments; and is just the thing which the native tribes of South

-Africa need for their enlightenment. Dr. Lowe, the Secretary of the

-Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society, also read an admirable paper

-on the work, methods and usefulness of medical missions generally.

-Several of the medical missionaries who have recently gone out to

-Africa were Dr. Lowe’s pupils.

-

-“Among the effective speakers on these African missions were

-Dr. Waugemann, of Berlin, who described the work of the Berlin

-Society, especially in the Transvaal; Dr. White, of the Freedmen’s

-Aid Mission; the Rev. E. Schrenck, of Basle, who spoke of work

-in Ashantee; and the Rev. Dr. Moffat, who told the Conference

-about his Bechuanas, and of course with his strong gray hair and

-his eighty-three years of age and sixty-two years of service for

-Christ, received an ovation at its hands. The noble presence and

-the stirring words of the grand old man on the African day were a

-striking feature in the meetings of the Conference.”

-

-Such gatherings must help on the cause of Christian comity in

-missions, as well as broaden the views of all who are engaged

-in working the field under their hands. It is well to look up

-sometimes from our own furrow, even if we have to stop ploughing

-for a little, that we may realize that the field is the world, and

-that the harvest belongs to one Master.

-

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-

-THE POLITICAL PROGRESS OF THE FREEDMEN.

-

-BY REV. M. E. STRIEBY.

-

-Was it wise to give the ballot to the ex-slaves? The answer that

-came in the hour it was given, from the Congress that gave it,

-from the Northern people that sustained it, and from the colored

-people that enjoyed it, was an emphatic and enthusiastic “Yes!”

-The answer that came at that hour from the Southern white man was

-in a suppressed voice, and was an execration hissed out between

-grinding teeth. Since that hour the voice of the Southern white

-man has grown firmer, and, as it came up from misgoverned South

-Carolina and Louisiana, has rounded out into a full-toned “No!”

-Nay, more, it has been re-echoed from the North, and recently with

-special emphasis from the lips of one of the purest Christian

-scholars on the heights of Christian learning in New England. What

-answer do I give? Unhesitatingly, “Yes!” I say nothing about the

-mere party reason given either then or since, for I do not write

-as a partisan. I put the wisdom of the ballot on more substantial

-grounds.

-

-1. It saved the Freedmen from being again reduced to slavery.

-Vagrant laws were passed, which confined them to the plantations

-on which they had engaged to work, the end of which would have been

-a serfdom attaching them to the soil. The ballot saved them from

-this.

-

-2. It gave the Freedmen and the South a free school system—a

-greater boon than Southern legislation ever gave them before—a

-boon without which all else would have been well-nigh in vain.

-That system was modeled after the best patterns at the North, and

-although it has been somewhat modified and enfeebled in practical

-operation, is yet a solid corner-stone in the foundation of the new

-superstructure which the South is rearing.

-

-3. The ballot gave the Freedman a sense of self-respect, and

-commanded for him the respect of others. To him it was an education

-and an inspiration. It gave him the standing of a man among men,

-and prompted him to become worthy of his position. It was a power

-to him in the early days of his freedom, when he needed every help

-to sustain him in that freedom; and to-day, though it is held in

-check and almost useless, yet it is a slumbering giant, and is

-watched with respectful caution by the whites. For who can tell

-what such a slumbering power might do if aroused?

-

-At present the black voter is politically conquered. The “white

-man’s government” is established, and it is the purpose of the

-white man that it shall remain so. This has been easily attained in

-the States where the white majority is undoubted. In the few States

-where the blacks are in the majority, the white man is determined

-to rule, peaceably if he can, forcibly if he must. The Chisholm

-murder and the Hamburg massacre are but samples of the methods

-that will be resorted to if the effort is pushed persistently

-to restore the supremacy of the black man in politics. When we

-remember how that supremacy in those States was abused, how can we

-ask the restoration if the abuse must again follow? The problem

-is difficult. It can be solved only by one formula. The black

-man must be protected in his political rights, and he must be so

-enlightened as to use and not abuse those rights. There will be no

-permanent advantage from a mere partisan triumph of the black man.

-If achieved, as matters now stand, bayonets will again be needed to

-sustain it, and will become once more a source of angry discussion

-at the North and of concentrated bitterness at the South. The

-experiment may again be necessary; but a far better thing should be

-speedily, steadily and efficiently pushed forward—the training of

-the colored voter for an intelligent and responsible manhood and

-citizenship.

-

-If every colored voter could be accompanied to the polls by a file

-of soldiers armed with muskets, his ballot would represent the

-musket and not the man. But if he becomes a property owner, with

-all the interest in the welfare of the community which property

-gives; if he is educated and can take an _intelligent_ interest

-in the welfare of the community; and if he acquires a weight of

-character that challenges respect, he will need no soldiers to

-guard him to the polls, and his vote will represent the man and not

-the musket.

-

-When the black man shall reach such a position he conquers

-caste-prejudice and wipes out the color-line in politics. Color is

-significant only as it represents condition. Change the condition

-and the color is of no consequence. With that change the white and

-black men at the South will divide on politics as white men do at

-the North, from differing views as to the best measures to promote

-public weal.

-

-Look on this picture: An armed and organized mob is breaking up a

-political gathering of the blacks and their friends, and in the

-background are the overawed Freedmen retiring from the polls.

-Look, also, on this picture: A company of United States soldiers

-are keeping guard over a body of legislators, mostly black, who,

-with reckless rascality, are squandering the public funds, to

-the ruin of the State and the disgrace of the nation. Turn not

-from these pictures with indifference, for they are no fancy

-sketches; nay, face them, for the history of at least two States

-of this Union is liable to be a perpetual oscillation between the

-two. But now look on this picture: A colored man is tilling his

-land, adorning his home, and gathering around him the refinements

-of life. Near by is the school-house, where his children, with

-hundreds of others, are receiving the instruction of skilful

-teachers, and not far off is the church edifice where that man and

-his neighbors worship God under the ministration of a well educated

-and pious minister.

-

-Which picture do we choose, not as a matter of artistic preference,

-but as the practical model for patriotic work? The only safety is

-to extend that last picture till it shall cover the whole canvas

-and blot out the other two. In that way only can a life and death

-struggle between two irreconcilable forces be avoided.

-

-       *       *       *       *       *

-

-

-“THESE MY BRETHREN.”

-

-In the Saviour’s great “Inasmuch” there is the power of

-personality. “I was an hungered; I was thirsty; I was naked; I was

-a stranger; I was sick; I was in prison.” It was Christ in the

-person of these suffering and lowly ones; and service done to them

-was done to Him. He might well have stopped there. But the marvel

-of His personal identification with them is in the relationship

-which He claims between Himself and them—“_these my brethren_.”

-Oh, the touching condescension to name them by this title! What

-we do for these humble and desolate ones we are not only doing

-for our Lord, but for the brethren of our Lord. He takes it as a

-special favor to Himself. And this service is graduated to the

-lowest capacity—it is service done to only _one_ of the _least_ of

-these. The standard is not that we should serve the mass of these

-His brethren, but any one of them, according to the measure of our

-ability, even down to a single act done to one of them in the right

-spirit and as a revelation of a character in which we delight. Then

-the obligation runs up to as great a number as our opportunity and

-our ability may reach.

-

-The intervention of organic efficiency greatly multiplies the

-duty and the privilege of the individual. The American Missionary

-Association, as has been potently said, is set for the care of the

-three despised races in our country. Though the Indian and the

-Negro and the Chinaman are the objects of prejudice and violence

-and injustice and hatred on the part of our people, nevertheless

-Christ speaks of them as among “these my brethren;” and the prayers

-and the sympathy, and the service and the giving of substance

-in their behalf He counts as rendered to Him. This organization

-cannot discharge any one’s personal duty, but its instrumentality

-is offered to all who would use it in the discharge of individual

-obligation to Christ and to His brethren. Its opportunities belong

-to all who would use them, and by these a single Christian may

-reach not only “unto one of the least of these,” but unto many.

-

-At the Great Day, when the Master shall surprise you, humble

-Christian, with a benediction for service rendered to His brethren

-among these despised ones, and you deprecatingly answer, _when_

-and _where_, His revealing response may be—_when_ you reached them

-with your prayers and your substance through that Association which

-offered you its means of operation. And surely all its workers

-among these outcast peoples, in the ostracism and opposition

-and hatred which confront them, may even in this life have their

-abundant recompense in this, that they are serving those whom the

-Master owns as “these my brethren.”

-

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-

-

-FIVE TESTS OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION.

-

-Notes of an Address at the Annual Meeting.

-

-BY PROF. C. D. HARTRANFT, D. D. HARTFORD, CONN.

-

-(1.) The Indians, the Negroes and the Chinese I regard as the

-divinely appointed agents by which the principles that underlie

-American civilization are to be finally tested. Every utterance

-on the Fourth of July, from the Declaration of Independence till

-this hour, has made the _right of asylum_ a pre-eminent feature

-of American civilization. So whenever a man has been impelled by

-the dictates of his conscience to leave his native land and seek

-a foreign shore, that he might not be compelled to live in false

-alliance with the Church and worship God in a way he did not elect;

-whenever a man, full of noble impulses, has felt the hopelessness

-of his life, so far as any ambitious scheme was concerned; or the

-education of his children—a man feeling the tyranny of continuous

-labor, without the possibility of accumulation—this man has ever

-been gladly welcomed to America. So the Puritan, so the Huguenot,

-so the Dutchman, so the Lutheran—whatever a man’s religious

-training, America has given him hearty greeting. Even the atheist

-and the infidel have found a refuge under the folds of this flag.

-America has welcomed them to the shadow of her pines and palmettoes

-and to her golden Pacific. But what a niggardly right of asylum

-does she give to the poor Negro, as he is emancipated from his

-bonds; and to the wretched Indian, whom she shuts up in Western

-territories; and, most of all, to the poor Chinaman, as he comes

-from his joss-house, with the instincts of a higher civilization

-impelling him from the stagnation of centuries to the shores of the

-Pacific!

-

-It behooves us to inquire whether this precious right of asylum is

-to be denied to the weaker races; whether we are going to lose this

-peculiar feature of our nation, that throws its broad land open to

-the world. Is it not true now, as in the past, that this is a vast

-sanctuary, and that if a man lays hold of the horns of its altar,

-there shall be nothing to drag him from his possession of freedom?

-He stands on holy ground. In the British islands, the races that

-have appeared in its history have been amalgamated—welded by the

-mace and the battle-axe. In France, the various tribes and races

-that, one after another, possessed that land, were woven together,

-in warp and woof, by fire and blood. In Germany, the Prussians

-have brought together that great mass of people as one, through

-bitter and tremendous wars, the echoes of which have scarce died

-away. America proposes a far different solution. She recognizes the

-nobility of the characteristics developed by the various races. She

-wants the African, the Chinaman, the Teuton—all races—to labor side

-by side; to develop not only her wealth and prosperity, but, most

-of all, the typical American humanity.

-

-American civilization can better endure the savagery of the

-Indian, the ignorance and brutality of the Negro, and the

-semi-civilization of the Chinese, than it can afford to fraternize

-with a civilization that is impregnated with a spirit of

-ecclesiasticism, or endure the philosophies of St. Louis or the

-Internationals. Rather is it for us to overcome these forces that

-are the outcroppings of centuries of Roman development, as well as

-those of Indian or Chinese or Negro semi-civilization.

-

-This right of asylum involves another thing—the right of a man

-to say, “I will leave this land and go to another”—_the right to

-migrate_ if he does not find things subservient to him. We once

-hailed the Irishman to come and build our railroads. We welcome

-the German now, as he comes and terraces our mountains and teaches

-us how to garden. We welcome the Frenchman—we welcome all. But we

-say, “Lo! poor Indian, go West. East of the Appalachian is too good

-for you; we want it. Go West; go West. We will give no rest to the

-soles of your feet.” Do we want the Black Hills? Migrate! We will

-surround you with a cordon of soldiers and a cordon of Government

-agents, who will eat the life out of you. Keep on, poor ignorant,

-keep on!

-

-As to the African, there are not a few Americans, even in this

-day, who think a righteous solution of the African question is to

-ship them all off to the dark continent. So far as the American

-Colonization Society keeps in view education and other Christian

-instrumentalities, I bid them God-speed; but if they desire to send

-the Negro out of the country, I say, No!—a thousand times, No! Let

-us solve the problem right here where God has placed them.

-

-And we say to the Chinese, as he comes upon his ship, “Turn your

-prow back towards the Flowery Kingdom; don’t touch our golden

-West.” Is that the spirit that welcomes the Irishman, the German,

-the Italian, the Frenchman? Why not give as broad an opening to the

-Chinaman as to the Irishman?

-

-(2.) In the next place, God is testing that principle which is

-set forth in the preamble of our Constitution—_the right of a man

-to pursue happiness in such a way as he may elect_, provided he

-does no wrong to his neighbor. And I opine that although happiness

-involves the pursuit of higher aims, it begins on the basis of

-labor. Labor is the essential element of American civilization.

-If I labor, then I have the right of choice to enter into

-whatever labor I please. No matter whether I am an adept or not,

-circumstances will give the verdict. With the right of choice of

-a man’s calling comes the right of competition. Carry it to its

-extreme, if you please. If there are fifty-two thousand clerks,

-I have a right to become the fifty-two thousand and first, and

-starve. Then, after the inherent right of labor follows the right

-to such property as I may accumulate. What I may produce, that

-is mine absolutely, and no man can touch it. Here we are brought

-face to face with this tremendous question between Irish and

-German labor, and the low-priced labor of either the Negro or the

-Chinaman. But, American citizens and Christians, if we respect

-the right of a man to exercise such functions as God has given

-him in such way as his conscience may dictate, and to choose his

-own occupation, shall we not defend this right of labor, and the

-right to pursue happiness as each may elect, and in the face of

-Communism, defend the right of the Chinese to enter the market and

-compete with all labor of whatever nationality?

-

-(3.) There is a _third right_ or principle put to the test—_that

-every man is equal before the law_. Whether he be Jew or Gentile,

-Irishman or German, Negro or Chinaman, he is the equal of all men

-before God. But what justice can a Chinaman get out of a Hoodlum

-court? What justice has the Negro got out of a Southern court? To

-the establishment of that justice we must bend our energies, for

-it is vital to our institutions that a man before the law is equal

-with his neighbor. If you have broken the shackles of the Negro,

-break those of the Indian. If he outrages the law, try him by

-process of the law and make him amenable, but deal with him as a

-citizen. I opine that we shall arrive at this, sooner or later. Of

-course this includes with it the privilege of every one to enter

-public life, provided he proves his capacity.

-

-(4.) But there is another principle being tested, and that is _the

-right of education_. It is a settled point in the development of

-American civilization, that education is essential to the proper

-discipline of the citizen—some degree, at least, of elementary

-education. Now when, according to the census of 1870, in the States

-of Mississippi and Texas, 96 per cent. of the colored people were

-thoroughly ignorant; and when in another State, 95 per cent. were

-completely ignorant; in another, 93 per cent.; in two others, 91

-per cent.; and in a last one, 90 per cent.; 88 per cent. of the

-entire colored people of the South being in perfect ignorance;—does

-it not behoove us to have a law for compulsory education if we

-hope to have true culture and citizenship? Was our late President

-far from right when he brought forward this idea? What salvation

-is there for the Southern States unless universal education shall

-be carried into effect? As the right to enter into competition is

-inherent as much as the right of choice in labor, so we regard

-the right of choice of one’s religion. The whole way should be

-made open for the highest acquisition of intellectual and moral

-knowledge.

-

-(5.) So, too, our Protestant Christianity is under test. And

-here we are encountered at once by the fact that Christians

-still cultivate the caste spirit. If the Jew drew such a subtle

-line between himself and the Gentile, the white Christian draws

-a similar line between himself and the black Christian. If the

-Greek considered himself to be of such high intelligence that he

-classed all others as barbarians, Christians allow their prejudices

-to make the same broad distinctions between different classes

-of humanity, which it was the office of Jesus Christ—blessed be

-His name!—to obliterate and utterly extinguish. That prejudice,

-that caste spirit which Christians cultivate in the North to an

-extent that amounts to social ostracism, must be broken down, if

-we would maintain Protestant Christianity. Further, this question

-connects itself with the true _missionary spirit_. The best way to

-evangelize China is to evangelize the Chinese as they come to the

-Pacific Coast. The best way to evangelize Africa is to evangelize

-the African Negro of the South. Over against Protestant Christians

-in the South and the Chinese on the Pacific is that dark power

-which has involved the world in hopeless contentions. There stands

-the Jesuit with his deep, treacherous features, his characterless

-casuistry, and his sacrifice of all things else to glorify the

-Church of Rome, no matter what may be the result on his country.

-That subtle power which permeates our political institutions

-with such great magnitude and force, stands face to face with

-Protestantism in the South—with the Negro question, the Chinese

-question, and the Indian question. If we are to serve Protestant

-Christianity, we must free ourselves of caste, and learn to love

-the African and the Chinaman at our doors. It is easy to speak well

-of the Chinaman away off in China—to have an overflow of sympathy

-for the poor African away in the dark continent; but it is a very

-different thing to have sympathy for them in this country. The

-spirit of the Gospel of Jesus Christ must actuate us and lead us to

-this.

-

-These, then, are _the five great principles_ that underlie American

-civilization—principles that are being tested by these three races

-or nationalities. Our professions are large. Let us live up to them

-in these five great principles. It is Lord Bacon who says that

-“When hempe is spun, England is done”—meaning that when Henry,

-Elizabeth, Mary, Philip and Edward had passed away, England would

-be done. We may say that _if these five principles_—the right of

-asylum, the right of labor, of political freedom, of education, and

-free play to Protestant Christianity be done—America is done. God

-save the State!

-

-And what is the agency—or one agency—by which that may be

-accomplished? The American Missionary Association, because it

-gives us Christian education. Because it brings together the

-college, the church and the home. And will not your devotion to a

-pure Christianity, free from the spirit of caste, and filled with

-the spirit of genuine love, manifest itself by your support of such

-an Association? May we not gauge your feelings in regard to these

-five principles by the support you give to such a society? May we

-not implore you that as you value the rights of property and free

-government you array yourself solidly against Communism and its

-ally—Romanism; because these are craftily working together.

-

-Would you behold free Protestant Christianity established in this

-country? Then give your support to this Association, that these

-three races may prove us to be a people who love liberty in its

-deepest significance as liberty in Christ.

-

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-

-

-RETURN OF REV. FLOYD SNELSON.

-

-Just after the annual meeting we learned that the health of

-Mrs. Snelson was in such condition as to make her speedy return

-from the Mendi Mission, West Africa, a probable necessity. Her

-husband has arrived with herself, their children, and those of

-Dr. James, whose wife had died abroad. The change of climate and

-of occupation has already proved of great benefit to her. It is

-a great disappointment to us all to lose so soon the earnest and

-discreet service of the head of our Mendi Mission. Whether he will

-be able to return or not is still an unsettled question. But these

-experiences are teaching us some valuable lessons. First of them is

-this,—that we must send no men or women to the West Coast of Africa

-without submitting them to a severe physical examination, such as

-is required for enlistment into the army or as a prerequisite to a

-life insurance policy. For we find that upon those who went from

-this country in thoroughly sound health, with no weakness from

-previous disease or tendency to special complaints, the climate

-has had little or no bad effect; but where there was any such

-predisposition or impairment of physical vigor, the malarial heats

-of the West coast have hastened its rapid development. We send no

-more recruits, then, without medical attestation to their soundness

-of body, in addition to the testimony we have heretofore required

-as to their intellectual and spiritual health.

-

-Mr. Snelson brings much valuable information from the field, which

-we hope to lay before our readers at an early day.

-

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-

-

-NEWS AND ITEMS FROM THE CHURCHES.

-

-MACON, GA.—Rev. Stanley E. Lathrop, who was graduated eight years

-ago from the Chicago Theological Seminary, commenced pastoral work

-at Macon, December 1st. He writes: “I am quite agreeably surprised

-with everything thus far. I shall do the best I can for this

-people, with God’s help.”

-

-MARIETTA, GA.—The school prospers, and, with two other schools, is

-exerting a marked influence on the people. The Sunday-school and

-literary society are both doing good work.

-

-MARION, ALA.—Rev. Geo. E. Hill writes: “Our church has received

-from the Sunday-school at Weymouth, Mass., Colton’s large

-missionary map, and I have had the pleasure of introducing my

-people to a view of the world—the field of missions. They propose

-to contribute monthly to the cause. Our Sunday-school is filling

-up.”

-

-MONTGOMERY, ALA.—Rev. Flavel Bascom, D.D., who commenced work for

-the winter December 1st, writes: “My first impressions are very

-favorable. My heart is drawn out toward the people, and I expect to

-enjoy my work for them very much.”

-

-SELMA, ALA.—Rev. C. B. Curtis has gone from Burlington, Wis., to

-the charge of the church here.

-

-SHELBY, ALA.—A Congregational church was organized October 10th,

-by Rev. G. W. Andrews, of the Theological Department of Talladega

-College, consisting of twenty-one members (twelve men and nine

-women). Rev. J. D. Smith, a graduate of Talladega Theological

-Department, is pastor.

-

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-

-

-GENERAL NOTES.

-

-

-The Freedmen.

-

-—Over 3,000 people attended the Agricultural Fair for colored

-people held at Talladega, Ala., in November, under the auspices of

-the college. Stock, farm products, cookery, needle and fancy work,

-flowers and pictures, were brought in for exhibition. Contests were

-held in athletic sports, and in spelling, declaiming, etc., between

-students of the different schools. Several hundred white people

-attended, and showed their interest by acting as judges on the

-committees with the colored people. The fair was kept entirely free

-from all the objectionable features which so often mar our State

-fairs, and indeed was opened with prayer, and, after the addresses

-and award of premiums, closed with the Doxology.

-

-—Dr. Rust, the Corresponding Secretary of the Freedmen’s Aid

-Society of the M. E. Church, reports that its work during this

-year “has never been exceeded in any year of its history. It has

-erected more school edifices, more commodious and commanding;

-educated more teachers, prepared more ministers, led more souls to

-Christ, and set in operation more streams of elevating influence,

-done more and better work for Christ and humanity, than in any like

-period before.” The financial statement for the year ending July

-1, 1878, gives its total receipts for the year as $63,403, and

-its expenditures, mainly for salaries and board of teachers and

-educational expenses, including $3,000 paid on its debt, at the

-same. The society has aided in the establishment of five chartered

-institutions having full collegiate powers, three theological and

-two medical schools, also chartered, and ten other educational

-institutions.

-

-—Dr. Ruffner, Superintendent of Public Instruction in Virginia,

-claims that $850,000 was collected from the people and set apart

-by law for the support of the common schools, and charges that

-this, with the interest, has been diverted from its proper use and

-applied to the ordinary expenses of the State Government.

-

-—A national colored Baptist educational convention was held last

-summer at Nashville, Tenn. In an address published by them they

-offer heartfelt thanks to Northern Baptists, who alone have

-helped them to what educational facilities they have enjoyed.

-To the Southern white Baptists they are grateful for the “good

-resolutions” they have passed in favor of the black man. They

-urge the colored Baptists to support their own publishing house,

-newspaper, and the educational enterprises of the American Baptist

-Home Mission Society.

-

-—Public sentiment has almost effaced the color line in Virginia;

-given political freedom and safety in North Carolina; and created

-a powerful party of “Independents” in Georgia; and it will bring

-South Carolina to her senses in time. Moral forces require more

-time and patience than physical force.—_Christian Union_.

-

-—Two colored students of Mr. Spurgeon’s Pastor’s College, Rev.

-Messrs. Richardson and Johnson, with their wives, have left England

-as missionaries to Central Africa. They were all freed slaves from

-this country.

-

-—The Rev. Alfred Saher, English Baptist Missionary at the

-Cameroons, West Africa, has translated the Bible into the language

-of the people, and now reports upwards of 2,000 converts.

-

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-

-

-The Indians.

-

-—Mr. Wheeler writes from Keshena Agency, Wisconsin, of the second

-successful Agricultural Fair among the Menomonees. About 200

-entries of corn and potatoes were made, with other vegetables,

-grains and grasses in abundance. The displays of woman’s work and

-of live stock were very fine. A ploughing match was held. About

-$200 was expended in premiums, voted from the tribal funds for

-that purpose. Advantage was taken of the opportunity for giving

-instruction in the arts of agriculture, and for exhorting them to

-keep their children faithfully in the schools. Such gatherings both

-prove and promote progress.

-

-—Brig. Gen. Pope reports that the late outbreak of the Cheyennes

-was caused by starvation. He says of the Indians in general: “If

-they are left with the means to go to war, as is the custom, we

-simply sleep on a volcano. Unless, therefore, ample, and above all,

-regular supplies of food can be guaranteed to the Indians, I am

-compelled, in justice to the Government and the frontier settlers,

-to ask that more troops be sent to the agencies in the Indian

-Territory, and that at least two of the posts in Western Kansas be

-largely reinforced by cavalry. I have also to ask that any Indians

-sent from the North into this department be disarmed and dismounted

-before being sent here, so that they can be placed in the same

-condition as the Indians with whom they are to live.”

-

-—Major Mizener reports more in detail:—The causes which led to the

-leaving of the Northern Cheyennes may be summed up as follows:

-They were disappointed in the country. Their rations were poor

-and entirely insufficient. They were home-sick, despondent and

-disappointed, and were anxious to get back to a country better

-known to them, and where game was to be had, while here they did

-not have enough to eat.

-

-—General Sheridan attributes our Indian wars to two classes of

-causes; the first being the constant encroachment upon the lands

-of the Indians, sacredly guaranteed to them by treaty, and the

-constant removal of the tribes to distant reservations, in which

-they are again troubled by the tide of immigration. He says no

-other nation in the world would have attempted the reduction of

-these wild tribes, and occupation of their country, with less than

-60,000 or 70,000 men.

-

-—Secretary Schurz affirms that the real cause of Indian wars has

-been the breaking of treaties. He recites an exhaustive history of

-Indian wars to show that this has been the case, and that very few

-of the wars have arisen from the maladministration of agents.

-

-—Gen. Sherman, in his annual report, declares that many of the

-Indians prefer death to agricultural toil; that to convert them

-from a nomadic into a pastoral race is the first and fundamental

-problem; that each tribe must be dealt with according to its own

-nature; that whatever department of the Government is charged with

-this work, must be intrusted with large discretion to adapt its

-measures to emergencies. He traces the Indian wars generally to

-broken promises, insufficient rations and impending starvation.

-

-—Of the joint committee to which the transfer of the Indians to

-the War Department is referred, the three members of the Senate

-are from Nebraska, Kentucky and Illinois; of the five members of

-the House, but one comes from as far East as this. The committee,

-therefore, represents communities that favor the army. It is

-understood that the Indians themselves do not desire the change;

-that the army does not want the responsibility; yet that it will

-probably be done, unless the President interferes, because the

-Indian ring desires it, and because the army makes it a point of

-honor.

-

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-

-

-The Chinese.

-

-—The First Church in San Francisco, Dr. Stone’s, has just opened

-a new and well-appointed room in the basement for its mission and

-Chinese Sunday-school. The Petaluma Church has also enlarged its

-lecture-room for the use of its Chinese school.

-

-—As the Chinese children are not permitted to enter the San

-Francisco public schools, those who have embraced Christianity are

-taught in the Union Mission in the old Globe Hotel. The school has

-two sessions, one of which is conducted by an American lady, the

-other by Hung Mung Chung, who is a fine Chinese scholar and a man

-of much dignity and scholarly attainments, said to be a lineal

-descendant of Confucius. During the past year Hung Mung Chung was

-baptized and became a member of the Protestant Church for Chinese.

-He teaches the children the Chinese classics and the maxims and

-precepts of Confucius. Each session of the school is closed by

-singing and repeating the Lord’s Prayer—in the morning in English,

-in the afternoon in Chinese.

-

-—The San Francisco Chinamen contributed $1,200 to the yellow fever

-sufferers of the South. The sand-lot meetings have not yet reported

-the amount of their collections.

-

-—The Chinese Sunday-school in Chicago has been in existence nearly

-six months, with an average attendance of fourteen scholars. It is

-said that the number can be largely increased if teachers can be

-procured.

-

-—Rev. W. P. Paxson, Superintendent of the missionary work of the

-American S. S. Union in their Southwestern Department, says: “One

-striking event in my missionary work has been the organization of a

-Chinese Sunday-school in St. Louis.”

-

-—Mr. Ha Shan Sin was baptized last Sabbath by Rev. E. D. Murphy

-at the Immanuel Presbyterian Chapel of this city. The young man

-is about twenty-two years old, was born in San Francisco, though

-he has spent most of his life in China. This is the sixth of the

-Chinamen that have been received into the churches of this city.

-Three have been enrolled among the members of the Fourth Avenue

-Presbyterian Church, Dr. Howard Crosby’s.

-

-—The first Chinaman was admitted to citizenship in the United

-States by naturalization, last week, and we count the event an

-auspicious one just at this time. The man is Wong Ah Lee; by

-trade he is a cigar-maker, and his wife is an Irish-woman. With

-a view, mainly, to make a case which can be carried up to a

-conclusive decision from the highest court, the Judge here ruled

-that a Chinaman is either white or black, and so must come in.

-California’s ruling has been that a Mongolian is neither white or

-black, and so cannot come in.—_Congregationalist_, December 4.

-

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-

-

-OUR QUERY COLUMN.

-

-  _Query._—South of the Ohio River the work of caring for the

-  sick falls to the colored people. During the past weeks there

-  has been greater demand for skilled nurses than for competent

-  teachers. How can A. M. A. schools prepare their students for

-  this important profession? What is the best method of instructing

-  pupils in a knowledge of the simpler details concerning the

-  proper care of the sick?

-

-                                                         TEACHER.

-

-We shall be glad to have full answers to this important inquiry

-from those who have had experience. It calls attention to a most

-important part of the teacher’s work. Meanwhile, we would suggest

-that the _Hampton Sanitary Tracts_ may be found very useful for

-distribution, or to be read to older pupils and parents. The first

-three can be obtained by addressing the “Hampton Tract Editing

-Committee,” Hampton Institute, Va. The cost is five cents apiece,

-or four dollars a hundred copies. They are entitled: No. 1, “The

-Health Laws of Moses;” No. 2, “Preventable Diseases;” No. 3, “Duty

-of Teachers.” This last seems to be exactly addressed to the case

-in hand.

-

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-

-

-

-

-THE FREEDMEN.

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-

-

-DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

-

-Revival in Howard University.

-

-Rev. Wm. W. Patton, D.D., President.

-

-You will be glad to hear that there is much religious interest in

-our institution at the present time. It has been gradually coming

-on all the autumn, but was greatly aided by the week of prayer

-held by the Young Men’s Christian Association of the University in

-concert with other Associations. Some ten or twelve of the students

-think that they have begun the new life lately, and we look for

-further good results. This is highly encouraging, as showing that

-in addition to the educational advantages which gather around our

-location, spiritual blessings may also be received. We desire the

-prayers of all Christians that the work may be continued with

-power. Our theological students have been deeply interested in the

-meetings for prayer, and have rendered valuable aid.

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-

-VIRGINIA.

-

-A Destitute County.

-

-The following extract from a letter by an esteemed friend in a

-central county in Virginia is suggestive of the many dark places

-throughout the South yet unreached by the school or the church:

-

-The field in this county alone is an ample one. The colored

-population of the county largely exceeds the white, and the yearly

-ratio of increase is in excess of the white. A half generation has

-passed since the era of emancipation, and it is melancholy, indeed,

-to any Christian mind and heart, to contemplate how rapidly this

-portion of the population, in the very heart of one of the oldest

-States in the Union, is crowding the broad road to perdition;

-how, in the entire absence of all organized efforts for elemental

-education and proper religious instruction, they are relapsing into

-semi-heathenism. There is not to-day a single school of any kind

-or character for them within the limits of the county (which may

-be safely estimated to contain five thousand souls of all ages and

-sexes of the colored race), except the Sabbath-school which has

-been taught by the writer.

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-

-

-ALABAMA.

-

-New Church at Shelby Iron Works—Talladega a Missionary Centre.

-

-Rev. G. W. Andrews, Talladega.

-

-A Congregational church of twenty-one members was organized

-Oct. 10th, at Shelby Iron Works, Alabama. This is the fifteenth

-Congregational church planted by the A. M. A. in this State. Eight

-of them are in the vicinity of Talladega College, the most distant

-being forty miles away. They are the out-growth of the mission work

-carried on by the teachers and pupils of the college.

-

-This new church at Shelby begins its existence under most favorable

-circumstances, most of its members being present or former pupils

-of the college. All are colored people; two are preparing for the

-ministry; one has been a student at Oberlin, Ohio; one was for some

-time a resident of Hartford, Ct., and more recently of Columbus,

-Ohio, a graduate of the high school there and a former pupil here;

-one is principal of an academy of ten years’ standing at Shelby and

-a graduate from Talladega. With two or three exceptions, all of

-them have for some years been trained in our Sunday-schools. The

-Shelby Iron Company is in hearty sympathy with the movement; the

-Superintendent, himself a Methodist, coming into the preliminary

-meeting and saying publicly that the Iron Company would look with

-peculiar favor on this church should it be organized, recognizing

-as it did the necessity for more intelligent Christian instruction

-for the colored people.

-

-The sectarian walls, which in the South are built heaven-high,

-have in this particular place been badly shattered. There is no

-outspoken opposition on the part of the colored people, as in every

-other place known to me. The different denominations worship in the

-same building, the lower story being devoted to the school and the

-upper one to the churches. The Iron Company own about two-thirds of

-the building, the original cost being three thousand dollars.

-

-I suppose there are a million of dollars invested by the Shelby

-Iron Company at this place, mostly owned in the North. One owner

-is an honored member of the Centre Church, Hartford, Ct.; another,

-of the Park St. Church, Boston; another is a Massachusetts man

-well known among “iron men” both in this country and abroad. The

-Superintendent is a noble Christian man from Illinois, and was a

-colonel in the recent war. Several of the local managers are from

-the North, some are from the South. Most of the workmen, white

-and colored, who stand all day side by side, are gathered from

-the surrounding region. Here the North and South meet and learn

-to know and love each other. The Iron Company is helping to solve

-the great national problem no less truly than missionary schools

-and churches. It seems to me sometimes that its entire business

-is carried on as a kind of missionary enterprise on the broadest

-basis. Owning thirty thousand acres of land immediately about the

-“Iron Works,” it exercises wholesome restraint over all classes.

-Nothing seems to be overlooked; the church, the school, the home,

-the village morals, the town adornments and the State, are all

-cared for.

-

-Talladega College, a college only in name yet, is the rallying

-point for our missionary work in this State. It is just such a

-college as a missionary college should be, its whole work as a

-school being subordinate to the church. It is a training school,

-patterned after the missionary colleges of the American Board.

-Its grand aim is to raise up a native ministry so as to plant

-churches, and through them carry an intelligent gospel to the

-masses. We are not especially afraid that there will be any lack

-of school-teachers. With our eye fixed steadily on our missionary

-work, enough who cannot attain to the Christian ministry will

-become teachers, and they, catching the spirit of the institution,

-will become missionary teachers. It is surprising to see how this

-spirit has taken possession of our pupils. There is scarcely one

-who goes into the country to teach who does not organize his

-Sabbath-school as promptly as his day-school, and pursue it with

-even more interest. It is the first thing he reports on his return.

-Hundreds are converted by this means; Bibles, tracts, religious

-literature, and light are spread in all directions; thus are

-constantly carried forward many Sabbath-schools, and through them a

-glorious pioneer Christian work. Out of this work have grown eight

-churches, so near to the college as to be its special care, and in

-which a hundred conversions are reported for the summer just ended.

-

-Of the twenty pupils in the Theological department, all have been

-reaping in this missionary field during the summer vacation, about

-one-half as preachers. The home church takes a lively interest in

-them during their absence. Prayer is made to God without ceasing

-in their behalf, and often interested members go out to aid them

-in their revival meetings. Letters are constantly received from

-them to be read at the monthly missionary concert, and public

-thanksgiving is rendered for the good work they report. Thus is

-maintained a lively interest in Christian missions and Christian

-work.

-

-There has been an evident increase of interest in our mission

-churches about the college this summer; all but one report revivals

-of greater or less power; one reports thirty-two additions by

-confession; four report the completion of their houses of worship,

-free of debt—houses hitherto unplastered and otherwise much

-exposed, but now neat and comfortable, and everybody is happy

-over it. One is building a new house of worship unlike any of

-the others; it is built of logs, large and commodious. One poor

-fellow was so intent on pushing forward to completion his house

-of worship, that he expended all his salary for the summer, and

-then pawned his Sunday clothes. On his return to school he reports

-twenty-three conversions, his house of worship completed, but no

-money in his pocket. If ever there was a man worthy of aid, he is.

-He is now in my back-yard sawing wood. You will hear from him some

-day. These young prophets of the Lord are making rapid progress in

-the knowledge of the Bible and the system of theology, and wherever

-they go, are beginning to be recognized by all classes as well

-qualified to break the Bread of Life to their people.

-

-I am glad to report that the white people, seeing the character

-and efficiency of these young men, are coming to understand and

-appreciate our work. I believe they heartily approve what we are

-doing. I have repeatedly experienced their hospitality this summer,

-and had many conversations with them relating to our mission here.

-From the president of a well-known college, down to the poor man

-who did not know his letters, I have found nothing but approval.

-The time is not far distant when this approval will be more

-outspoken and pronounced. When the Christian men of the South and

-your missionary workers from the North understand each other, from

-that day they are one in Christian work. We bless God for this new

-feast of love. Pray that no political excitement may interrupt the

-growing good feeling.

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-

-

-The Thin End of the Wedge—A First Thanksgiving Service.

-

-REV. WILLIAM H. ASH, FLORENCE.

-

-Our work here in Florence is the “thin end of the wedge,” and with

-sufficient facilities, the smiles of the Master, and patience

-in its workers, great good will result. The services are well

-attended, and sometimes the house is disagreeably filled, and we

-are without the proper means of ventilation. The members of the

-church begged me to express for them to the Association their

-sincere and heartfelt gratitude for the _new organ_ sent them; it

-has increased the interest of our services greatly. Last Thursday,

-Nov. 28, the first Thanksgiving service ever held in this place

-among the colored people was observed in our church; therefore it

-has a history in connection with our work here. I made it a union

-service, inviting the Baptists and Methodists to worship with us.

-This congregation of Baptists, Methodists, and Congregationalists

-worshipped as though Christ was the Head of the Church, instead of

-any one of the denominations present. The service was solemn and

-intelligent. It truly seemed that the Lord was in His holy temple.

-After service a gentleman of about sixty or seventy years of age

-said, “I have been here forty years, but I never heard of such a

-thing as a Thanksgiving service among the colored people.” This is

-the “dawn of a new age.” Pray for us.

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-

-

-MISSOURI.

-

-Free Schools in the State.

-

-REV. J. E. ROY, D. D., FIELD SUPERINTENDENT.

-

-This noble Western State, plowed by war and sowed to freedom, is

-now coming on with harvests of temporal and moral prosperity.

-As I have been going over its territory, looking after the five

-school-houses of the Association, I have been delighted with the

-evidences of progress in the free school system. It is a great joy

-to see in these cities and towns the new, large, two-story brick

-school-houses of modern style and furnishing. The system works

-more slowly into the back settlements. But in a Kansas City paper

-I see it stated that in the country places of Jackson County there

-are _one hundred and fifty_ of these schools. At Warrensburg I saw

-the imposing three-story stone edifice of the State Normal School,

-built by that town and its county of Johnson, and now occupied by

-_four hundred_ pupils from every part of the State.

-

-Special provision is made in the law for its enforcement in behalf

-of free schools for the colored children. These are managed by

-the same school board and are supported from the same tax fund.

-These officers are compelled to provide schools wherever there are

-fifteen of such scholars in the district. If they fail to do it,

-it is the duty of the Superintendent to require it to be done. I

-met one case where the out-districts declined to co-operate with

-the Board in this matter, when only a threatened appeal to the

-Superintendent brought them to terms. I have been gratified to

-see the heartiness with which the five boards I have dealt with

-are pushing the free school system in behalf of blacks as well as

-whites. Nor have I been deceived, as some may imagine.

-

-The Lincoln Institute at the Capitol, as a Normal School for

-colored teachers, receives an annual appropriation from the State

-of $5,000. A democratic editor told me that that was considered as

-a matter of honor, and that so there was no danger of its being

-discontinued. This institution of sacred name had also a sacred

-origin. For its founding, the 62d and 65th Regiments of U. S.

-colored infantry, when discharged from service in January, 1866,

-contributed a fund of $6,379. The Freedmen’s Bureau furnished

-$8,000; the Western Sanitary Commission, $2,000; and agents Beal

-and Lane raised $2,000. The building is of brick, 60×70 feet,

-three stories high, a comely structure crowning a hill just out

-of Jefferson City. Its current catalogue enrolls 123 students. It

-is controlled by a local board, of which the Governor and State

-Superintendent are _ex-officio_ members. Revs. R. D. Foster and M.

-Henry Smith have served as principals the most of the time since

-it was opened in 1871.

-

-The Association has its five school houses at Troy, Fulton,

-Westport, Warrensburg and Lebanon. These were procured in part by

-aid from the Freedmen’s Bureau in 1867–9. They were at first run by

-teachers sent from the North, but were gradually taken up by the

-local school boards. I find them all in such use now. Three will

-probably be sold to those boards at their present low valuation.

-Two will be sold to local colored Methodist churches, as the

-schools require larger and better houses, which the authorities

-intend to build. These houses have also been used all the time as

-places of worship by the colored people. The seven or eight colored

-teachers in these schools were educated in Lincoln, Fisk, and

-kindred institutions. I have found them young people of character,

-and of tact in handling their schools. They have to be examined.

-They receive from $35 to $45 a month, about the same as white

-common-school teachers.

-

-The A. M. A. has done the work of initiation. By this tour of

-inspection I am deeply convinced of the wisdom of the A. M. A. in

-putting its strength upon Normal and Collegiate institutions, and

-so doing a wholesale business. Raise up teachers and send them back

-into the country. Raise up the men and women for the professions

-and for the higher walks of social life. That is the work.

-

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-

-

-

-

-AFRICA.

-

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-

-

-A CHURCH ORGANIZED AND DEDICATED AT AVERY

-

-A meeting of Counsel and Advice was convened September 29th at

-Avery Station, by order of Rev. Floyd Snelson, and, on solicitation

-of the minister in charge, Rev. A. E. Jackson, to organize and

-dedicate a church to God. Owing to our inability to reach Avery

-on Saturday in time to hold preliminary exercises, examination

-of candidates for admission, etc., this part of our duty was

-deferred till Sunday morning. This, with our other duties, made our

-programme for the day quite full.

-

-Early Sunday morning the Board met in the church to begin the

-labors of the day. The sun shone brightly, yet we could but feel

-that many round us were groping in darkness, without any clear idea

-of Him in whose image they are made. Brother Snelson was elected

-moderator, and A. P. Miller secretary. Brother Gomer, General Agent

-of Shengay Mission, who favored us with his presence, offered

-prayer. “Guide me, oh! Thou great Jehovah!” was sung.

-

-In absence of letter missive, the minister in charge gave his

-reasons why a church should be established or organized at Avery.

-He spoke of the willingness of the people to receive the story

-of the Cross; said that some came far to hear “God palaver,” and

-express their joy in being permitted so to do. Brother Hallock,

-the interpreter (native), and Brother Wise, were asked several

-questions. Their reasons were clear and very satisfactory. It seems

-evident that the industrial work at this station, which gives

-employment to many, is a means of good both to mission and people.

-It was deemed fit to organize a church at Avery, to be known as the

-Second Congregational Church of the Mendi Mission.

-

-By 11 o’clock, at the ringing of the second bell, the chapel was

-crowded with natives, for the most part in native costume. Brother

-Snelson spoke to them through an interpreter, telling them the

-object of our coming together. The candidates for admission to the

-Church were then called forward. “A charge to keep I have” was

-sung by the congregation. Prayer was offered by Brother Snelson,

-after which the missionary hymn, “From Greenland’s icy mountains,”

-was sung; and as it was being sung, each missionary, as he looked

-upon the sable congregation, could but feel that the “harvest is

-plenteous, but the laborers are few.”

-

-The roll was then called by Brother Jackson; after which the

-candidates were examined, and by vote of the Council eighteen were

-received into full membership. Some of the candidates were not

-received because of not being legally married. They were instructed

-to attend to this matter, and then they might be received into the

-church. They are to remain under watch-care until this obligation

-is met. After examination of candidates, Brother Snelson spoke to

-them about things peculiar to their country—slavery, polygamy, etc.

-The meeting was then dismissed to meet at 7 P. M. Brother Gomer,

-who has for years known our work, expressed his astonishment at

-seeing so large a congregation assembled in the house of God at

-this place, and at the good order kept throughout the exercises.

-Some of those received were old members, while others were new

-converts, among whom were three chiefs, Peah Carle, Carray Phemah,

-and Sei Lōtō. These men exercise a vast influence over their

-people, and their being reached makes the reaching of their people

-easier.

-

-The people assembled at the ringing of the second bell. “Praise

-God from Whom all blessings flow” was sung. Brother Snelson then

-led the congregation in the Lord’s Prayer. A hymn was sung, after

-which the Rev. J. Gomer offered prayer. “Alas! and did my Saviour

-bleed?” was sung. Portions of Scripture were read by A. P. Miller.

-The services of organization and dedication were combined, owing to

-want of time. Brother Snelson spoke through the interpreter, and

-told the candidates what their step meant—turning from death unto

-life. The church, too, he said, we had come together to dedicate to

-God and His service. Brother Snelson preached, choosing Luke xii.

-32, as his text—“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s

-good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” A comparison was made

-between the people to whom these words were spoken and these our

-benighted brethren. The promises of God were dwelt upon. We must

-trust in Him for salvation. The dedicatory prayer was then offered

-by Rev. A. P. Miller. A hymn was sung. The right hand of fellowship

-was given by Bro. A. E. White. The address was delivered by Rev. J.

-Gomer. The Lord’s supper was then celebrated; Brothers Gomer and

-Jackson presided. It was a solemn scene. The Doxology was sung,

-and the benediction pronounced by A. P. Miller. The meeting was

-one long to be remembered. One more stronghold is now erected in

-this land of night to tear down the powers of darkness. We have all

-reason to thank God for His blessings thus far. A better day is

-dawning for these benighted, long-neglected sons of Africa.

-

-Brother Gomer says that more laborers (colored) are wanted in his

-mission. We, too, in a work so vast, can but ask God to prepare

-such as are needed for a work so difficult.

-

-We ask the prayers of all lovers of mankind that the work

-begun here may not only succeed, but that its influence may be

-far-reaching.

-

-                             REV. FLOYD SNELSON, _Moderator_.

-                             REV. A. P. MILLER, _Secretary_.

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-

-

-THE INDIANS.

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-

-

-THE LATE INDIAN WAR AND CHRISTIANITY.

-

-REV. MYRON EELLS, S’KOKOMISH, WASHINGTON TERRITORY.

-

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-

-We have had another Indian war, and, as usual, there has been a

-cry in favor of turning the Indians over to the War Department.

-There are some, however, of us who will persist in seeing something

-favorable to Christianity and the present policy even in this war,

-and we think we have our reasons for it.

-

-I do not propose, at present, to thoroughly discuss the causes

-of the war, for I am not well enough acquainted with them to do

-so intelligently. Some will lay the blame on Government, some

-on a Christian policy, and some on the Indians. Perhaps all may

-have to bear a part. Although I believe that the Government

-has often treated the Indians wrongfully, yet a long course of

-observation has convinced me that the Indians are not all saints,

-and when the Government is often crooked, either intentionally or

-unintentionally, and two crooked sticks come together, there is

-almost always sure to be trouble.

-

-The published statements of General Crook, who is not supposed to

-be very sentimental in his feelings toward the Indians, and who was

-at the Fort Hall Agency at the beginning of the war, implicates the

-Government severely.

-

-A residence of nearly three years in Idaho, 1871–1874, in the

-very region of the war, led me to believe that very little was

-energetically done for Christianizing those Indians. This has

-been true at some Agencies. Their annual reports show that while

-the Government opened wide the doors for Christian work, when

-the present policy was adopted, and said, “We will give you

-opportunity, encouragement and aid, if you will only send the

-Indians missionaries,” yet that Christians have failed to take hold

-of the work as they ought to have done. If this was true of the

-Indians engaged in the late war, Christians may have to bear a part

-of the blame.

-

-Notwithstanding all this, some laurels have been added by the

-late war to the Christian work which has been done among the

-Indians. One “who wishes to be understood” has written a letter

-in which he speaks very harshly against the Christian workers on

-the Yakama Reservation, where Father Wilbur, of the Methodist

-Episcopal Church, has been successfully laboring for sixteen

-years. He says: “The present reservation system is a failure in

-every respect. We, who daily come in contact with the Indians,

-cannot be made to believe that prayer-books, praying generals,

-and Methodist preachers, (or any other preachers,) are a good

-safeguard against the tomahawk and the scalping-knife; and the

-pseudo-philanthropists, the Christian-mongers of the East, who

-are paying thousands to send missionaries among these barbarians,

-would do us a favor if they would keep them away; and if the U.

-S. Government would be less influenced in its conduct toward the

-Indians by the advocates of Christianity, our wives and children

-might be annually spared the sight of murdered husbands and

-fathers. So far we have been loyal, while Indians, with passes

-from Wilbur and other Agents, have been on the war-path. We have

-reliable information that some of the dead Indians found after the

-battles near Pendleton had on their persons passes from Wilbur.”

-

-Now it is probably a fact that some of the Umatilla Indians, and

-perhaps a few of the Yakamas, were engaged in aiding the enemy.

-There are always some renegade Indians connected with each tribe,

-as well as white renegades and tramps. As tribes, however, they did

-not engage in the war, and comparatively few individuals did.

-

-In the Indian war of 1855–6, before Father Wilbur went among these

-same Yakamas, they were the leading spirits, and it was the most

-wide-spread war which has ever devastated this coast. If they and

-the Umatillas had joined in this war, it would have been far more

-terrible than it has been. Inducements were not wanting to lead

-them into it. It is said on good authority that two thousand horses

-were offered them by the hostiles if they would join them, and yet

-they refused. An army officer in command of one of the battles said

-that some of those Indians did nobly in aiding our soldiers to gain

-the victory.

-

-It may be said that they had too much permanent property in homes

-and farms, to allow them to engage in the war; for they knew that

-if they should do so, they would certainly in the end lose it all.

-This is undoubtedly so; and yet when Father Wilbur went among them

-they had none of this kind of property, but only movable property

-which they could carry with them even in war, as the Bannocks have

-done. It is a fact that Christianity gave them this property.

-

-It may again be said that they were thoroughly whipped in 1855–6

-and were afraid to engage in war again. They were thus whipped, and

-the remembrance of it may, even now, do them good. But in 1862–3

-Gen. Crook, the noted Indian fighter, just as thoroughly thrashed

-the Indians in Idaho, in precisely the same region where the late

-war was carried on, and the praise of his effectual work is still

-in the mouths of the old citizens. This was seven years later than

-the Yakama war, and so much fresher in the minds of the Indians.

-No, it was evidently Christianity which prevented their joining in

-the war.

-

-Gen. Howard, too, has added new laurels to his reputation. It must

-be remembered that he is the principal one of our generals who

-has not been in favor of the transfer of the Indians to the War

-Department. This praying general has prosecuted the war with such

-vigor that the strong papers with strong arguments have sustained

-him, and almost invariably those who went with him in his rough

-marches have defended him, such as newspaper correspondents,

-scouts and the like, and the “stay at homes” have been about the

-only ones who have found fault. His recent conference with the

-Umatilla Indians since the war has shown such firmness, justice and

-Christianity as to win for him very many friends among those who

-previously opposed him, thus showing again that Christianity is

-the way of dealing with the Indians. So Christianity has won its

-laurels even in this war.

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-

-

-THE CHINESE.

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-

-

-“CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.”

-

-Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association.

-

-PRESIDENT: Rev. J. K. McLean, D. D. VICE-PRESIDENTS: Rev. A. L.

-Stone, D. D., Thomas C. Wedderspoon, Esq., Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon.

-F. F. Low, Rev. I. E. Dwinell, D. D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S.

-H. Willey, D. D., Edward P. Flint, Esq., Rev. J. W. Hough, D. D.,

-Jacob S. Taber, Esq.

-

-DIRECTORS: Rev. George Mooar, D. D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer, Rev. E. P.

-Baker, James M. Haven, Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, Rev. John Kimball,

-E. P. Sanford, Esq.

-

-SECRETARY: Rev. W. C. Pond. TREASURER: E. Palache, Esq.

-

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-

-

-“THE CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN CHINESE.”

-

-Its Origin and Organization.

-

-REV. WM. C. POND, SAN FRANCISCO.

-

-Soon after our work among the Chinese began to yield results in

-souls apparently converted, I felt the necessity of banding the

-converts together for mutual fellowship, for instruction, and for

-test-work; for it seemed unwise, considering the difficulties

-under which we must labor in determining the genuineness of the

-conversions, to bring them at once to baptism and the church.

-Yet they must not be left quite outside the fold, and I proposed

-to them the organization of _The Chinese Christian Class_, into

-which any Chinese might come who, in the judgment of those already

-members of the class, had begun to believe in Christ. This class

-was to have frequent meetings for prayer and for instruction in the

-Bible; its members were to maintain a fraternal watchfulness over

-each other, and were to be baptized only when, through a probation

-of at least six months, they had proved to be steadfast and true.

-

-This class at first comprised only such Chinese as had been led

-to Christ through the work of the Third Congregational Church in

-this city, of which I was then the pastor. Afterwards it was found

-desirable to receive to membership the Chinese connected with other

-congregations, and to enlarge somewhat the scope or design of the

-class. It was therefore reorganized under its present name, but

-with the same principles and conditions of membership. Some of

-the benefits, in the way of mutual aid and protection, which the

-heathen Chinese seek to secure through their “Six Companies,” our

-Christian Chinese, who have renounced all connection with the “Six

-Companies,” gain through this Association. Its rooms are their

-places of resort; a sort of home. They have made a little beginning

-towards a library of Chinese works, mainly religious, written by

-the missionaries. The regulations of this Association, prepared by

-the Chinese, without assistance or suggestion, so far as I know,

-from any American, have been translated for me into English, and

-will be printed in full in our Annual Report. I quote here the 2d,

-3d, 6th, and 8th Articles:

-

-“2d. Any one who desires to become a member of this Association

-must forsake idolatry and all bad habits, and prove himself to be

-a follower of Christ. He must bring references from one or more

-members. His name must be brought before the Society a week before

-he can be admitted, and he is received upon a vote of two-thirds of

-the members. He must himself sign his name, and pay the sum of two

-dollars as entrance fee, and twenty-five cents every three months,

-this money being used to defray the expenses of the Association. He

-is expected to do all he can to bring in new members, and to lead

-his countrymen to Christ.”

-

-“3d. The members are expected to take part in the meetings for

-worship, giving counsel and encouragement to one another. If any

-member does wrong, he is to be kindly entreated and led back to the

-right.”

-

-“6th. If any member continue in the violation of the regulations

-of the Association, after three successive remonstrances, he must

-be expelled from the Association. If he afterwards repent and

-desire to come back, he is admitted without an entrance fee; his

-admittance depending upon the sincerity of his repentance, as

-judged by the members of the Association.”

-

-“8th. If any member desire to go back to China, he must give notice

-to the Association one month beforehand. He must not go until he

-has paid all his debts here. If he is really obliged to go before

-he can pay his debts, he must find some one who will be security

-for him.”

-

-There are now four Branch Associations, two in San Francisco, one

-in Oakland, and one in Sacramento. Each branch supports itself

-and is governed by its own officers. There are three—President,

-Vice-President, and Secretary who also acts as Treasurer. The

-statistics of these “Branches” are as follows: Oakland, 36 members,

-one expelled, five gone to China, 11 baptized; total contributions,

-$472.20, of which $117.25 was for Bible and missionary work in

-California and China. Sacramento, 14 members; contributions,

-$103.80. San Francisco, 82 members, four expelled, two gone to

-China, 10 baptized; contributions, $351.00, of which $178.00

-were for Bible and missionary work. Bethany (San Francisco), 9

-members, 3 baptized; contributions $244.50, of which $71.00 were

-for Bible and missionary purposes. There are besides these, 23

-members belonging to the Central Association, who on account of

-their places of residence are not yet identified with any “Branch,”

-so that the total membership is 164. Of these 33 were received

-the past year. The total amount contributed for all purposes was

-$1,181.50.

-

-Besides this company of 164, there are 30 or more Chinese who have

-been converted, as we hope, at Santa Barbara, San Leandro, Stockton

-and elsewhere, in connection with our schools; and besides the

-contributions above reported, there has been raised at Petaluma,

-Stockton and elsewhere, certainly not less than $100. When we

-consider the poverty of these young men, the smallness of their

-wages, the drafts made upon them for parents and others dependent

-upon them in China, then this $1,300 which they have contributed

-during the past year for the nurture of their own Christian life,

-or for the salvation of others, grows to its true proportions—in

-our view, a token of real Christian heroism.

-

-I quote the closing sentences of the statement written for me by

-the Secretary of the Association: “No death has occurred during

-the past year. Our Heavenly Father has greatly prospered us, for

-which we return Him hearty thanks. We are grateful that He has

-put into our hearts a desire to have our parents and countrymen

-in China brought to a knowledge of the Christian religion. We are

-endeavoring to open a Chapel in Chuck Hum, China, and if we only

-had means, could open as many as we desire. Most all the letters

-that are sent to China members of the Association contain something

-about the Christian religion, and urging the people at home to

-discard idols and believe in the Saviour.”

-

-

-OUR LAST MONTH’S WORK,

-

-as I reviewed it in the monthly reports, saddened me, and brought

-over me the first big _wave_ of discouragement which I have felt

-since I entered on this service. The enrolment and the attendance

-were both much less than I expected, and some of our smaller

-schools seemed ready to die. I quote from one of these reports as

-an example: “You will see that the average is very low, and I am

-afraid it will be still lower. The boys seem to have lost their

-interest in the school, and I am afraid that I am losing mine. It

-is very discouraging to me, after doing a hard day’s work (for I am

-working very hard just now), to walk three-fourths of a mile and

-then have but one or two come to the school. Thank God there are

-one or two faithful ones.” * * * “Now, Mr. Pond, I have laid the

-case before you, and I ask your prayers in behalf of this little

-school struggling to keep alive, and for the teacher also, that he

-may not weary in well-doing, but that God will help him bear this

-cross and try to save, at least, one soul.” To receive letter after

-letter like that, while it draws out one’s love and prayer for the

-writer, sets one also to asking, “Where is the Lord,” and what will

-become of our work at this rate? But before the reports were all

-in, news came that _six_, at least, during the month, had forsaken

-their idols and appeared to have become disciples of Christ, and we

-“thanked God and took courage.” Brethren, pray for us.

-

-       *       *       *       *       *

-

-

-

-

-RECEIPTS

-

-FOR NOVEMBER, 1878.

-

-       *       *       *       *       *

-

-

-  MAINE, $163.74.

-

-    Belfast. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         $3.00

-    Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of which

-      $25.55 _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._)

-      $51.97.—Second Cong. Sab. Sch. $20, _for

-      Student Aid, Atlanta U._                                71.97

-    Castine. Mrs. Lucy S. Adams. $10. (ad’l) to

-      const. REV. LEWIS J. THOMAS, L. M.—W. H. W.,

-      50c.                                                    10.50

-    Farmington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            19.07

-    Hallowell. Mrs. Flagg, $10; H. K. Baker, $5;

-      _for Printing Press, Talladega, Ala._

-      (Incorrectly ack. in Dec. number.)

-    Searsport. First Cong. Soc.                               25.00

-    Thomaston. “Matt. vi. 3”                                  10.00

-    Wells. B. Maxwell                                         15.00

-    Wilton. Cong. Ch.                                          9.20

-

-

-  NEW HAMPSHIRE, $217.75.

-

-    Amherst. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          9.00

-    Candia Village. Jona. Martin                               5.00

-    Concord. Ladies of North Ch., bbl. of C.

-    Exeter. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.

-      $27.—“Friends” in Second Cong. Ch. $12, _for

-      a Teacher_                                              39.00

-    Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               7.37

-    Keene. Mrs. Wm. W.                                         0.50

-    Kensington. “Friends” _for N. H. Memorial

-      Inst., Wilmington, N. C._                                6.70

-    Milford. Peter and Cynthia S. Burns, $30;

-      First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $23                            53.00

-    New Ipswich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of which $27.

-      _for Wilmington Memorial Inst._) $31.41;

-      Proceeds of 16th Annual Fair, held by

-      Children of Cong. Ch. $12                               43.41

-    Plainfield. Mrs. Hannah Stevens, _for N. H.

-      Memorial Inst., Wilmington, N. C._ and to

-      const. TENNY K. PAGE, L. M.                             30.00

-    Plymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              15.16

-    Thornton’s Ferry. Individuals, by Mrs. H. N.

-      Eaton                                                    4.00

-    Warner. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                 4.61

-

-

-  VERMONT, $244.22

-

-    Burlington. M. C. Torrey                                   5.00

-    Charlotte. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. JOSEPH

-      S. SHAW, L. M.                                          37.60

-    Chelsea. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               17.00

-    Newbury. P. W. Ladd                                        5.00

-    Norwich. Mrs. S. J. Kellogg                                2.00

-    Ripton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                27.00

-    Saint Johnsbury. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Blodgett,

-      to const. REV. WILLIAM P. BENNETT, L. M.                30.00

-    Stowe. Cong. Ch. to const. ALBERT H. CHENEY,

-      L. M.                                                   43.43

-    Tunbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              2.59

-    West Enosburgh. Henry Fassett                              5.00

-    West Fairlee. Cong. Ch. $12; “A Friend” $1                13.00

-    Westford. Cong. Ch. and Society                           10.00

-    West Westminster. Cong. Ch.                               12.45

-    Windham. Cong. Ch. 12.54; Rev. D. N. Goodrich,

-      $2                                                      14.54

-    Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       19.61

-

-

-  MASSACHUSETTS, $4,329.83.

-

-    Andover. Mrs. Jonathan Poor, $15.50.—“A

-      Friend,” $4.00, _for Straight U._                       19.50

-    Berkley. Cong. Ch.                                        25.68

-    Boston. Shawmut Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($25 _of

-      which for Wilmington, N. C._)                          654.51

-    Boston. —— —— $15.00; “A Friend,” 75 c.; S. D.

-      Smith, 2 organs, val. $200                              15.75

-    Boston Highlands. Immanuel Ch. Sab. School                20.11

-    Cambridgeport. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. Pilgrim

-      Cong. Ch., $30.00, to const. Mrs. W. A.

-      WARD, L. M.; Prospect St. Cong. Sab. School,

-      $12.34                                                  42.34

-    Brimfield. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., bbl. of C.

-    Brookline. E. H. C.                                        2.00

-    Danvers Centre. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Straight

-      U._                                                     25.00

-    Dorchester. “A Friend,”                                    1.00

-    Easthampton. Payson Cong. Sab. Sch.                       50.00

-    Enfield. Edward Smith                                    200.00

-    Fitchburgh. Cal. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      158.00

-    Fitchburgh. J. A. Conn, _for Student Aid,

-      Atlanta U._                                             50.00

-    Florence. Florence Ch.                                   110.00

-    Foxborough. Cong. Sab. Sch. $5.40; W. P. P.,

-      50c.                                                     5.90

-    Framingham. Ladies of Plym. Ch., 2 bbls. of C.

-    Georgetown. Sab. Sch. Class in Memorial Ch.               10.00

-    Globe Village. Evan. Ch.                                  34.76

-    Harvard. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $27.75; Carrie S.

-      Dixon, $10, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._               37.75

-    Harwich. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 2 bbls. of C.

-      _for Marion, Ala._

-    Holbrook. Winthrop Cong. Ch.                              48.34

-    Holden. Mrs. J. T.                                         0.50

-    Jamaica Plain. Central Cong. Ch. _in part_               340.48

-    Lawrence. Central Cong. Sab. Sch. _for

-      Straight U._                                            10.00

-    Lee. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                      75.00

-    Leominster. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            23.25

-    Lexington. Hancock Cong. Church                           12.43

-    Littleton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., bbl. of C.

-    Lowell. Kirk St. Cong. Ch. (F. F. Battles)                50.00

-    Lunenburg. “Friend.”                                       5.00

-    Lynnfield Centre. Cong. Ch. (ad’l)                         0.25

-    Malden. W. A. Wilde, $25, _for bell, Atlanta,

-      Ga._; H. R. B. $1                                       26.00

-    Medfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.

-      GEO. F. KERN and MISS AUGUSTA P. ADAMS, L.

-      M.’s                                                    60.00

-    Milford. Con. Sab. Sch. _for Chinese M._                  19.00

-    Millbury. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. half bbl. of

-      bedding, _for Atlanta U._

-    Myricksville Precinct. Cong. Sab. Sch.                    20.00

-    Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         110.85

-    New Bedford. Trin. Cong. Ch.                              49.74

-    Newburyport. No. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       28.27

-    Newton. Eliot Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         140.75

-    Norfolk. “Friends” $20, _for Woodbridge, N.

-      C._; Cong. Sab. Ch. $8; Cong. Ch. and Soc.

-      $6.75                                                   34.75

-    Northampton. “W.”                                        100.00

-    Northbridge. Phebe S. Marsh                                5.00

-    North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                50.00

-    Norwich. Mrs. S. J. Kellogg, pkg. of C.

-    Norwood. Mrs. H. N. Fuller                                 5.00

-    Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          19.50

-    Peabody. South Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Straight

-      U._                                                     25.00

-    Pepperell. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             20.00

-    Phillipston. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. bbl. of C.

-    Rehoboth. Cong. Ch.                                       12.00

-    Rockport. John Parsons                                     3.00

-    Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                5.00

-    Salem. South Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Straight U._            25.00

-    Scotland. James M. Leonard                                 2.00

-    South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         10.00

-    Southampton. Cong. Ch. $14; Benj. N. Norton $3            17.00

-    Southbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           38.55

-    Southfield. “Friends,” $1.10 and pkg. S. S.

-      books                                                    1.10

-    South Hadley. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                    34.00

-    Springfield. Memorial Ch.                                 24.48

-    Tewksbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             41.25

-    Taunton. Winslow Ch. and Soc.                             40.81

-    Truro. Rev. E. W. N.                                       1.00

-    Westborough. Freedmen’s Mission Assn., 3 bbls.

-      of C., _one of which for Atlanta U._

-    Whitinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       1,158.50

-    Winchendon. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.

-      $9.64; Geo. Cummings, $10                               19.64

-    Winchester. Stephen Cutter                                 5.00

-    West Newton. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.                    35.11

-    Worcester. Union Ch., $60.62; Old So. Cong.

-      Ch., $54.36                                            114.98

-

-

-  RHODE ISLAND, $198.95.

-

-    Central Falls. Cong. Ch.                                  73.95

-    Providence. “A Friend,” $100; Josiah Chapin,

-      $25                                                    125.00

-

-

-  CONNECTICUT, $893.73.

-

-    Ansonia. Cong. Ch.                                        32.00

-    Ashford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                6.00

-    Avon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                 120.00

-    Black Rock. Mrs. J. P. Britten                             5.00

-    Colchester. Rev. S. G. Willard _for Straight

-      U._                                                     20.00

-    East Haddam. C. Higgins                                    5.00

-    East Woodstock. H. C.                                      0.25

-    Enfield. First Cong. Ch.                                  14.74

-    Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch.                               28.00

-    Georgetown. Cong. Ch.                                     12.00

-    Glastenbury. Cong. Ch.                                   150.00

-    Groton. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                   15.46

-    Guilford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                        25.00

-    Hartford. Pearl St. Cong. Ch. $86.50; Windsor

-      Ave. Cong. Ch. $27.60.—Mrs. Chas. F. Howard,

-      $25, _for Howard U._                                   139.10

-    Kensington. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                1.00

-    Lebanon. First Ch. and South Soc. $18; Betsy

-      Metcalf, $10                                            28.00

-    Meriden. Julius W. Yale                                    5.00

-    Milford. Rev. Geo. H. Griffin, $5; Albert

-      Baldwin, $5; Lucy B. Miles, $10, _for

-      Printing Press, Talladega, Ala._

-      (incorrectly ack. in Dec. number.)

-    New Canaan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            13.30

-    New Hartford. First Cong. Sab. Sch., John

-      Richard’s Bible Class, $5; Rev. F. H. Adams’

-      Bible Class, $5, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._             10.00

-    New Haven. College St. Ch. and Soc.                       20.00

-    North Granby. First Cong. Ch.                              5.35

-    Norwalk. First Cong. Ch.                                  36.86

-    Plantsville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student

-      Aid, Atlanta U._                                        50.00

-    Stamford. First Cong. Ch.                                 26.52

-    Thomaston. Cong. Ch.                                      20.15

-    West Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            20.00

-    West Meriden. H. C.                                        1.00

-    Wethersfield. Horace Savage                                2.00

-    Winchendon. Coll. by I. A. Bronson                        15.00

-    Woodbury. North Cong. Ch.                                 17.00

-    ——. “A Friend,”                                           50.00

-

-

-  NEW YORK, $877.45.

-

-    Adams Basin. L. D.                                         1.00

-    Brooklyn. J. Davenport                                    50.00

-    Buffalo. W. G. Bancroft                                  200.00

-    Clyde. ESTATE of T. Grimshaw, by A. Traver, Ex.          100.00

-    Crown Point. Second Cong. Ch.                              6.00

-    Derby. Mrs. J. B.                                          1.00

-    Franklin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              27.66

-    Hancock. Cong. Ch.                                         0.25

-    Hopkinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              9.00

-    Ithaca. Mrs. H. Selby and others                           1.50

-    Lockport. H. W. Nichols                                    5.00

-    Madison. G. H. H.                                          0.51

-    Newark Valley. Cong. Ch.                                  26.13

-    New York. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dodge, _for

-      Student Aid, Atlanta U._, $200; E. S., 40c             200.40

-    Norwich. “A Friend,” $20; Mrs. R. A. B. $1                21.00

-    Nunda. Four Ladies of Presb. Ch., bbl. of C.

-      and $1 _for Freight_                                     1.00

-    Oriskany. A. Halsey, Mrs. L. B. Porter, and

-      Rev. S. F. Porter, $5 ea.                               15.00

-    Paris. Val. Pierce $12, Mrs. Pierce $5                    17.00

-    Penn Yan. Chas. C. Sheppard                              150.00

-    Randolph. MRS. DEMARIUS SHELDON, to const.

-      herself L. M.                                           30.00

-    Utica. Bethesda Welsh Cong. Ch.                           10.00

-    ——. “A Friend,”                                            5.00

-

-

-  NEW JERSEY, $71.

-

-    Boonton. Mrs. W. G. L.                                     1.00

-    Montclair. First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,

-      Hampton Inst._                                          70.00

-

-

-  PENNSYLVANIA, $31.00.

-

-    Centre Road. J. A. Scovel                                  5.00

-    Newcastle. Mrs. J. W.                                      1.00

-    Pittsburgh. Third Presb. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for

-      Student Aid, Talladega C._                              25.00

-

-

-  OHIO, $144.80.

-

-    Berea. First Cong. Ch.                                     2.50

-    Brownhelm. Cong. Ch.                                      16.80

-    Cleveland. M. H. B.                                        0.50

-    East Cleveland. Mrs. Mary Walkden                          2.00

-    Edinburg. Cong. Ch.                                       19.00

-    Hudson. Cong. Ch.                                         20.00

-    Lenox. Balance Subscription, _for Tougaloo

-      Inst._, by Nelson French                                 4.50

-    Mechanicstown. S. M.                                       1.00

-    Medina. Cong. Ch. and So., bal. to const. W.

-      F. ECCLESTON and T. E. ROWE, L. M’s.—50 cts.

-      additional for _Tougaloo U._                            15.50

-    Nelson. Dea. Harvey Pike                                   5.00

-    Rochester. Cong. Ch.                                       4.00

-    Twinsburgh. L. W. and R. F. Green                          4.00

-    Wellington. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      50.00

-

-

-  INDIANA, $5.00.

-

-    Kokoma. Cong. Ch.                                          5.00

-

-

-  ILLINOIS, $112.91.

-

-    Chicago. Ladies’ Miss. Soc.                                5.00

-    Delavan. R. Houghton                                       8.00

-    Evanston. Cong. Ch.                                       42.03

-    Galesburg. ESTATE Warren C. Willard, by Prof.

-      T. R. Willard                                           14.00

-    Huntley. Rev. D. C.                                        1.00

-    Kewanee. Mrs. C. E. Chapin, _for Student Aid,

-      Atlanta U._                                              5.00

-    Nora. G. W. Warner                                        10.00

-    Rantoul. Cong. Ch.                                         2.88

-    Rockford. Mrs. Penfield, _for Student Aid,

-      Talladega C._                                           10.00

-    Princeton. Mrs. J. T. Wells                               15.00

-

-

-  MICHIGAN, $497.19.

-

-    Ann Arbor. Dea. Sylvester Morris                           5.00

-    Cross Village. Mrs. A. A. C.                               0.50

-    Detroit. First Cong. Ch.                                 293.56

-    East Riverton. Mrs. J. Barnes                             10.00

-    Hudson. Individuals                                        3.50

-    Hillsdale. J. W. Ford                                      2.00

-    Jackson. Mrs. R. M. Bennett                                1.50

-    Kalamazoo. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $5.19;

-      Friends, $3.30                                           8.49

-    Lodi. Eli Benton                                          40.00

-    Olivet. Wm. J. Hickok, $10 _for Camp Nelson_,

-      $5 _for Emerson Inst._, $5 _for Indian M._

-      and $5 _for Chinese M._                                 25.00

-    Niles. Dr. James Lewis                                     5.00

-    Port Huron. First Cong. Ch.                               34.00

-    Romeo. Cong. Ch.                                          35.42

-    Saint Clair. Cong. Ch.                                    22.22

-    Vienna. Union Cong. Ch.                                   11.00

-

-

-  IOWA, $183.48.

-

-    Anamosa. Cong. Ch.                                        13.83

-    Castalia. W. H. Baker and family, to const.

-      MRS. HANNAH WILLIAMS, L. M.                             35.00

-    Davenport. Capt. A. E. Adams, _for

-      Scholarship, Talladega C._                              50.00

-    Elk River. Cong. Ch.                                       3.00

-    Iowa Falls. Cong. Ch.                                      8.00

-    Maquoketa. Missionary Soc. of Cong. Ch.                   20.04

-    Monona. Cong. Ch.                                          6.00

-    Monticello. Children’s Band                                0.20

-    Riceville. Girls’ Miss. Soc.                              10.90

-    Stacyville. Cong. Ch.                                     14.21

-    Traer. Woman’s Miss. Soc.                                 10.00

-    Waterloo. Ladies’ Miss. Soc.                              12.30

-

-

-  WISCONSIN, $29.68.

-

-    Beloit. First Cong. Ch., bale of C. _for

-      Montgomery, Ala._

-    Geneva Lake. W. H. H.                                      0.50

-    Fort Atkinson. Cong. Ch.                                  15.18

-    Waupun. Cong. Soc.                                        14.00

-

-

-  KANSAS, $3.50.

-

-    Russell. S. H. Falley                                      2.50

-    Solomon City. M. W. E.                                     1.00

-

-

-  MINNESOTA, $90.33.

-

-    Lake City. Sab. Sch. and Friends, _for

-      Straight U._                                            41.00

-    Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch.                                 19.33

-    Hawley. Adna Colburn, Sr., $20; Adna Colburn,

-      Jr., $10                                                30.00

-

-

-  WASHINGTON TERRITORY, $22.96.

-

-    S’kokomish. Cong. Ch. of Christ                           18.10

-    White River. Cong. Ch.                                     4.86

-

-

-  NEBRASKA, $5.00.

-

-    Silver. Melinda Bowen                                      5.00

-

-

-  MISSOURI. $4.00.

-

-    Warrensburg. Rent                                          4.00

-

-

-  MARYLAND, $280.00.

-

-    Baltimore. Rev. Geo. Morris, $200 _for a

-      Teacher_, and $80 _for a Student, Fisk U._             280.00

-

-

-  GEORGIA, $230.66.

-

-    Atlanta. Atlanta University                              113.00

-    Brunswick. School Children, by S. B. Morse,

-      _for Mendi M._                                           1.17

-    Savannah. Beach Inst.                                    115.60

-    Woodville. Pilgrim Ch., _for Mendi M._                     0.89

-

-

-  NORTH CAROLINA, $28.76.

-

-    Newbern. C. E. W.                                          0.50

-    Raleigh. Washington Sch.                                  25.50

-    Wilmington. Cong. Ch.                                      2.76

-

-

-  SOUTH CAROLINA, $262.66.

-

-    Charleston. Avery Inst.                                  262.66

-

-

-  CALIFORNIA, $40.00.

-

-    Oakville. A. A. Bancroft                                  40.00

-

-

-  CANADA, $15.04.

-

-    Toronto. Mrs. J. Thom ($5 _of which for Cal.

-      Chinese M._)                                            15.04

-                                                           ————————

-      Total                                                8,983.64

-    Total from Oct. 1st to Nov. 30th                     $15,835.30

-

-                                                H. W. HUBBARD,

-                                                    _Ass’t Treas._

-

-

-  RECEIVED FOR DEBT.

-

-    Amherst, N. H. L. and L. K. Melendy                     1000.00

-    East Woodstock, Conn. Rev. E. H. Pratt                     1.00

-    New Britain, Conn. Mrs. Norman Hart                       25.00

-    Wilton, Conn. Rev. S. J. M. Merwin                        50.00

-    Wilton, Conn. Miranda B. Merwin                           25.00

-    Andover, Mass. Free Cong. Ch. and Soc.                    13.00

-    Florence, Mass. “A. L. W.”                               500.00

-    Foxborough, Mass. A. L. Payson                             1.00

-    Malden, Mass. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         159.55

-    Lakeville, Mass. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.

-      MRS. CAROLINE L. WARD, L. M.                            34.11

-    Pittsfield, Mass. Second Cong. Sab. Sch.                   5.00

-    Scotland, Mass. “A Friend.”                                2.00

-    West Barnstable, Mass. Rev. B. Paine                       5.00

-    Albany, N. Y. Mrs. M. M. Learned                          25.00

-    Clifton Springs, N. Y. Mrs. Andrew Pierce                 25.00

-    Fairport, N. Y. Mrs. J. E. Howard                         25.00

-    Fairport, N. Y. Mrs. Garry Brooks                         25.00

-    New York, N. Y. ——                                        25.00

-    Penn Yan, N. Y. Mrs. D. B. Prosser                        25.00

-    Rochester, N. Y. Gen. A. W. Riley                         25.00

-    Sacketts Harbor, N. Y. Mrs. Anar H. Barnes                30.00

-    Centre Road, Penn. J. A. Scovel                            5.00

-    Belpre, Ohio. Cong. Ch.                                    5.00

-    Fort Recovery, Ohio. M. W. Diggs                           5.00

-    Paddys Run, Ohio. Sarah Wilkin                             5.00

-    Painsville, Ohio. Mrs. C. C. Beardslee                     4.00

-    Oberlin, Ohio. Pres. J. H. Fairchild                      10.00

-    Michigan City, Ind. Correction. J. C. Haddock,

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-    Buda, Ill. J. B. Stuart                                   10.00

-    Chicago, Ill. Prof. G. N. Boardman                         5.00

-    Geneseo, Ill. P. H. Taylor                                 5.00

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-    Wethersfield, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Kellogg              5.00

-    Alamo, Mich. Julius Hackley                               20.00

-    Broadhead, Wis. Mrs. W. W. Matter                          3.50

-    Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. James Baker                           5.00

-    Patch Grove, Wis. M. A. Garsich                            1.00

-    Whitewater, Wis. Mrs. R. Coburn                            1.00

-    Natal, South Africa. Mrs. Abbie T. Wilder                 10.00

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-      Total                                                2,125.16

-    Previously acknowledged in Oct. receipts               4,659.04

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-      Total                                                6,784.20

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-    Wells, Me. Mrs. B. A. Maxwell                             15.00

-    East Hartford, Conn. H. L. Goodwin                        50.00

-    Hartford, Conn. Mrs. John Olmstead                        50.00

-    Hebron, Conn. B. A. Bissell                                5.00

-    Hebron, Conn. Dea. Jasper Porter                           5.00

-    Sing Sing, N. Y. Mrs. Harriet M. Cole, to

-      const. CORNELIA M. COLE, L. M.                          30.00

-    Syracuse, N. Y. Mrs. Sarah T. Salisbury                   50.00

-    Oberlin, Ohio. Mrs. C. C. Wheat                            5.00

-    Olivet, Mich. Wm. B. Palmer                              200.00

-    ——. Individuals                                            5.00

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-      Total                                                  415.00

-    Previously acknowledged in Oct. receipts                 190.00

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-      Total                                                  605.00

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-    Thetford, Vt. Sarah J. Rugg                                2.00

-    Portland, Conn. First Cong. Ch.                           41.92

-    Andover, Mass. Chapel Ch. and Soc. $64.55 and

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-    Troy, N. Y. “Little Mary and Margaret Cushman

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-    Orwell, N. Y. “A few Friends in Cong. Ch.,” by

-      Rev. F. N. Greeley                                      12.00

-    Orange, N. J. Trinity Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.                 10.00

-    Tabor, Iowa. Cong. Ch.                                     6.40

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-                                                             152.87

-    Previously acknowledged in Oct. receipts                 154.17

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-      Total                                                  307.04

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-2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational

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+*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 53618 ***
+
+  VOL. XXXIII.                                                No. 1.
+
+                                THE
+
+                       AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+                *       *       *       *       *
+
+               “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.”
+
+                *       *       *       *       *
+
+                          JANUARY, 1879.
+
+
+
+
+                            _CONTENTS_:
+
+
+  EDITORIAL.
+
+    OUR OUTLOOK FOR 1879                                           1
+    OUR APPEAL FOR THE NEW YEAR                                    2
+    THE LORD’S WORK AND THE LORD’S COMING                          3
+    THE LONDON UNION MISSIONARY CONFERENCE                         3
+    POLITICAL PROGRESS OF THE FREEDMEN: Rev. M. E. Strieby         4
+    THESE MY BRETHREN                                              6
+    FIVE TESTS OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION: Prof. C. D.
+      Hartranft, D. D.                                             7
+    RETURN OF REV. FLOYD SNELSON                                  10
+    ITEMS FROM THE CHURCHES                                       10
+    GENERAL NOTES                                                 11
+    OUR QUERY COLUMN                                              14
+
+
+  THE FREEDMEN.
+
+    DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA—Revival in Howard University             14
+    VIRGINIA—A Destitute County                                   14
+    ALABAMA—New Church at Shelby Iron Works—Talladega a
+      Missionary Centre                                           15
+    FLORENCE—Thin End of the Wedge—First Thanksgiving Service     16
+    MISSOURI—Free Schools in the State                            17
+
+
+  AFRICA.
+
+    THE MENDI MISSION—A Church Organized and Dedicated at Avery   18
+
+
+  THE INDIANS.
+
+    THE LATE INDIAN WAR AND CHRISTIANITY: Rev Myron Eells         20
+
+
+  THE CHINESE.
+
+    CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN CHINESE: Rev.
+      W. C. Pond                                                  21
+
+
+  RECEIPTS                                                        24
+
+
+  WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, ETC.                                   27
+
+
+  PLEASE READ, THINK, COPY AND MAIL                               28
+
+                 *       *       *       *       *
+
+                             NEW YORK:
+
+         Published by the American Missionary Association,
+
+                      ROOMS, 56 READE STREET.
+
+                 *       *       *       *       *
+
+                Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance.
+
+
+
+
+                 American Missionary Association,
+
+                      56 READE STREET, N. Y.
+
+                 *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+  PRESIDENT.
+
+    HON. E. S. TOBEY, Boston.
+
+
+  VICE-PRESIDENTS.
+
+    Hon. F. D. PARISH, Ohio.
+    Hon. E. D. HOLTON, Wis.
+    Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, Mass.
+    Rev. STEPHEN THURSTON, D. D., Me.
+    Rev. SAMUEL HARRIS, D. D., Ct.
+    WM. C. CHAPIN, Esq., R. I.
+    Rev. W. T. EUSTIS, D. D., Mass.
+    Hon. A. C. BARSTOW, R. I.
+    Rev. THATCHER THAYER, D. D., R. I.
+    Rev. RAY PALMER, D. D., N. Y.
+    Rev. J. M. STURTEVANT, D. D., Ill.
+    Rev. W. W. PATTON, D. D., D. C.
+    Hon. SEYMOUR STRAIGHT, La.
+    HORACE HALLOCK, Esq., Mich.
+    Rev. CYRUS W. WALLACE, D. D., N. H.
+    Rev. EDWARD HAWES, Ct.
+    DOUGLAS PUTNAM, Esq., Ohio.
+    Hon. THADDEUS FAIRBANKS, Vt.
+    SAMUEL D. PORTER, Esq., N. Y.
+    Rev. M. M. G. DANA, D. D., Minn.
+    Rev. H. W. BEECHER, N. Y.
+    Gen. O. O. HOWARD, Oregon.
+    Rev. G. F. MAGOUN, D. D., Iowa.
+    Col. C. G. HAMMOND, Ill.
+    EDWARD SPAULDING, M. D., N. H.
+    DAVID RIPLEY, Esq., N. J.
+    Rev. WM. M. BARBOUR, D. D., Ct.
+    Rev. W. L. GAGE, Ct.
+    A. S. HATCH, Esq., N. Y.
+    Rev. J. H. FAIRCHILD, D. D., Ohio
+    Rev. H. A. STIMSON, Minn.
+    Rev. J. W. STRONG, D. D., Minn.
+    Rev. GEORGE THACHER, LL. D., Iowa.
+    Rev. A. L. STONE, D. D., California.
+    Rev. G. H. ATKINSON, D. D., Oregon.
+    Rev. J. E. RANKIN, D. D., D. C.
+    Rev. A. L. CHAPIN, D. D., Wis.
+    S. D. SMITH, Esq., Mass.
+    PETER SMITH, Esq., Mass.
+    Dea. JOHN C. WHITIN, Mass.
+    Rev. WM. PATTON, D. D., Ct.
+    Hon. J. B. GRINNELL, Iowa.
+    Rev. WM. T. CARR, Ct.
+    Rev. HORACE WINSLOW, Ct.
+    Sir PETER COATS, Scotland.
+    Rev. HENRY ALLON, D. D., London, Eng.
+    WM. E. WHITING, Esq., N. Y.
+    J. M. PINKERTON, Esq., Mass.
+    Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D. D., Ct.
+    DANIEL HAND, Esq., Ct.
+    A. L. WILLISTON, Esq., Mass.
+    Rev. A. F. BEARD, D. D., N. Y.
+    FREDERICK BILLINGS, Esq., Vt.
+    JOSEPH CARPENTER, Esq., R. I.
+
+
+  CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
+
+    REV. M. E. STRIEBY, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._
+
+
+  DISTRICT SECRETARIES.
+
+    REV. C. L. WOODWORTH, _Boston_.
+    REV. G. D. PIKE, _New York_.
+    REV. JAS. POWELL, _Chicago_.
+
+    EDGAR KETCHUM, ESQ., _Treasurer, N. Y._
+    H. W. HUBBARD, ESQ., _Assistant Treasurer, N. Y._
+    REV. M. E. STRIEBY, _Recording Secretary_.
+
+
+  EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
+
+    ALONZO S. BALL,
+    A. S. BARNES,
+    EDWARD BEECHER,
+    GEO. M. BOYNTON,
+    WM. B. BROWN,
+    CLINTON B. FISK,
+    A. P. FOSTER,
+    E. A. GRAVES,
+    S. B. HALLIDAY,
+    SAM’L HOLMES,
+    S. S. JOCELYN,
+    ANDREW LESTER,
+    CHAS. L. MEAD,
+    JOHN H. WASHBURN,
+    G. B. WILLCOX.
+
+
+COMMUNICATIONS
+
+relating to the business of the Association may be addressed to
+either of the Secretaries as above; letters for the Editor of the
+“American Missionary” to Rev. Geo. M. Boynton, at the New York
+Office.
+
+
+DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
+
+may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, when
+more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational
+House, Boston, Mass., 112 West Washington Street, Chicago, Ill.
+Drafts or checks sent to Mr. Hubbard should be made payable to his
+order as _Assistant Treasurer_.
+
+A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member.
+
+Correspondents are specially requested to place at the head of each
+letter the name of their Post Office, and the County and State in
+which it is located.
+
+                 *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+                                THE
+
+                       AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+                 *       *       *       *       *
+
+            VOL. XXXIII.     JANUARY, 1879.     No. 1.
+
+                 *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+American Missionary Association.
+
+      *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+OUR OUTLOOK FOR 1879.
+
+The review of our last year’s work has been so recently and
+so fully given in connection with the annual meeting of the
+Association, that it is scarcely needful for us to ask our readers
+to join us in another survey of what has already been accomplished.
+It is more fitting, as we stand upon the threshold of the new year,
+to ask what are the signs of the times, and what the demands of the
+work before us.
+
+There are still dark clouds in the Southern sky. A mere granting
+of civil and political rights by formal enactment is of small
+importance unless the rights themselves are honestly allowed and
+faithfully accepted. The adjustment of alleged wrongs we must leave
+to politicians if not to statesmen, and to courts of law if not
+of justice. Our work, obscure and remote as it may seem, is more
+fundamental and important than that of either Congresses or courts.
+For by whatever defences the Freedman may or may not be surrounded,
+the only safeguard of his rights must be in his fitness to exercise
+and his ability to maintain them. It is for us, through all the
+changes of the year, to keep steadily to our work. It is not
+checked because the winter is upon us; nor will it be over when the
+summer comes. It is not for this year’s harvesting alone that we
+are working; we are sub-soiling and so laboring for the permanent
+reclamation of these vast fields. We believe that more depends
+upon the moral and intellectual elevation of the Freedmen of our
+land, not only in regard to their welfare, but in regard to the
+great questions of which they are only a factor, than upon anything
+which can be done for them by legislative enactment or military
+power. We purpose, then, to press on with the school and the
+church. Intelligence and virtue are the Jachin and Boaz, the two
+great pillars of the porch of the Temple of American citizenship
+and liberty. While it rests on anything else, it is uncertain and
+unsafe.
+
+Our lesser work at home among the Indians and Chinese will demand
+the same moderate but constant share of our attention as before.
+Our connection with the six Indian Agencies, through the Interior
+Department, is not a matter of expense, but mainly of time and
+care. If we shall be relieved from that, our missionary work will
+still remain and may be enlarged. And though the immigration of
+Chinamen has been checked to some degree, and their interest in
+learning English has been abated by the abuse they have received,
+the work has been, and is yet, too fruitful of good to be given up.
+
+Our African mission has passed through one year under its new
+organization, with apparent prosperity and success. We shall need
+to strengthen its forces before long. We shall want both the men
+and the means.
+
+There is work enough in our outlook and encouragement to do it. We
+would remind our readers as well as ourselves, that the year which
+is most full of sacrifice and service for the Master, is most sure
+of all to be _A Happy New Year_.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+OUR APPEAL FOR 1879.
+
+Our friends are thoroughly informed of the fact that our debt of
+late has been rapidly diminishing. We are sorry to say that _the
+same thing is true of our income_. That, too, has been growing
+less. We learn that this is true, also, of our sister societies.
+They, also, have noticed a falling off in their revenues. We do
+not like to make much ado over our troubles; but we have been very
+frank in acknowledging our mercies, and we owe it to the work, and
+to those who sustain it, to tell them our perplexities as well.
+
+Our receipts for the last two months have been very inadequate
+for the work we have in hand. What does this mean to us with this
+outlook for 1879? Does it signify withdrawal from fields already
+under cultivation? Already the Executive Committee have had under
+serious advisement two cases, in which it was necessary either
+to stop fruitful work at important points or spend a little more
+money. Retrenchment is easier to talk of than to accomplish. It
+costs as much sometimes to stop as to go on. A temporary suspension
+is sometimes more expensive than continuous work. Our teachers are
+engaged and our buildings are prepared for the year. Shall we stop
+the whole machinery of a great factory to save the price of the gas
+which lights it? That would be ruinous economy indeed.
+
+But we do not seriously believe that the friends of the three most
+needy races on our continent have lost heart, or hope, or means, to
+carry out the generous plans they have devised. These last months
+of 1878 have been trying alike to them and to us. Our plea is only
+this, that, with the new year (if the debt be not by that time
+altogether a thing of the past), there may be a fresh and final
+attack upon that enemy of our peace; and more even than this, that
+there may be a fuller and a steadier flow of the Lord’s money into
+our treasury for the wants of the work of 1879.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+We are happy to say that a goodly number of ladies whom we have
+asked to assume the responsibility of raising a share of $25,
+towards the payment of our debt, have replied favorably. The
+following extract from a letter sent us by one who has been
+abundant in her efforts for the Freedmen, indicates the enthusiasm
+and thankfulness with which some of the ladies respond:
+
+Your kind letter of November 26th found me watching in the sick
+room of my brother; but my heart went right up to God in gratitude
+that I was not forgotten by the officers of the A. M. A., and that
+they still think I can do something to help on this great work. I
+have never ceased to be interested in the work in all its length
+and breadth, and to do what little I can for it. The debt has
+occupied much of my thought. I have wanted to do something to help
+pay it beyond the little I could give myself. Now that I can go out
+under your guardianship, I will be one of two hundred to raise one
+share ($25), and as much more as I can. I am sure the debt will
+soon be paid. There should be no lack of funds to carry on this
+work. It is very strange our _nation_ cannot see it and feel it
+too.
+
+An old and faithful friend from Sag Harbor, N. Y., sends us thirty
+dollars to make a life member. At the same time he asks us to star
+the names of his two oldest children, who were among the first of
+the twenty whom he has thus added to our list. They have gone up
+higher. He concludes thus:
+
+  I was much interested in reading the article in December number,
+  page 387, “Students Want to ‘Batch’—Who will Help?” I would like
+  for my $30 to go to assist in building one of those $100 houses.
+  Can’t you get some one to add the other $70, and put up one of
+  those dwellings for those scholars who are so anxious to get an
+  education to teach and to preach?
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+THE LORD’S WORK AND THE LORD’S COMING.
+
+One of our friends, (Rev. T. S. Robie, North Carver, Mass.,) who
+was at our annual meeting at Taunton, remembering doubtless that
+the Prophetic Conference was in session during the same days in New
+York City, puts the two things together thus:
+
+  One comes from a meeting like that, through which glimpses are
+  caught of opportunities for work, of openings by the Unseen Hand
+  into spheres of service which stretch out into the future beyond
+  the range of our human vision, with the overwhelming conviction
+  that the Lord isn’t just at present to stop the wheels of this
+  world. It is not _like_ the Lord to give such problems to His
+  people, which are pressing upon this Christian nation today with
+  such power, and which demand time for their solution, and then
+  to cut the Gordian knot by the sword of His “coming,” as if He
+  had met with a tangled question which He himself could not untie.
+  The red, blue and white and black marble, which Divine Providence
+  has brought into this land, tell of a building of God grander
+  than any Persian palace, the foundations of which seem to be just
+  being laid, rather than the completion thereof to be nigh at
+  hand. The vastness of the preparation points to the magnificence
+  of the Lord’s dominion in the hearts and over the lives of men.
+
+  The Book of God’s Providence is as much inspired as the Bible
+  itself. And whoever studies the former as prayerfully as the
+  latter, must labor hard to stifle the feeling that the clock of
+  earth, instead of getting ready to stop, is being wound up to
+  keep good time for a thousand years, as a prelude to that perfect
+  righteousness which shall dwell forever on the new earth and
+  beneath the new heavens.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+THE LONDON UNION MISSIONARY CONFERENCE.
+
+The London Union Missionary Conference was held in November. The
+Congregational churches of America were represented by Dr. Clark
+of the American Board, and Dr. O. H. White of the Freedmen’s Aid
+Society, of London, who also represented the American Missionary
+Association, to which the F. A. Society is auxiliary. The last
+gathering of the kind in England was in 1860, at which one
+hundred and twenty-six delegates assembled. The sessions were
+mainly private, the societies represented were chiefly British,
+and plans were discussed rather than achievements reported. This
+later meeting was somewhat different in its character. Six hundred
+delegates were in attendance from various lands and denominations
+of Christians. It was not so much a conference on methods as a
+comparison of results. The sessions of the week were apportioned
+to the work in the various lands. A great mass of information was
+collected, which will doubtless be more impressive and complete in
+the volume of proceedings to be published, than it could have been
+in the hearing.
+
+The character of the meetings may be inferred from the following
+sketch of the time devoted to the “Dark Continent,” in which we
+are especially interested. We copy from the correspondent of
+the _Christian Union_: “Two sessions on Tuesday were devoted to
+Africa and its many tribes. An Irish peer, the Earl of Cavan,
+presided, and the attendance of delegates and friends was large.
+Dr. Underhill, of the Baptist Missionary Society, discoursed on
+the benefits of emancipation, and showed what an important bearing
+the evangelizing of the negro race must have on the conversion of
+all West Africa. Sir Fowell Buxton, the son of the great advocate
+of emancipation forty years ago, described the three schemes now
+being carried out for planting new missions on the three great
+lakes of Central Africa. Dr. Stewart, of the Free Church Mission
+at Livingstonia, on Lake Nyassa, described the principle and
+the plan of the missionary institution at Lovedale, in the Cape
+Colony, which he has managed for several years. This is a model
+institution, with industrial as well as educational and theological
+departments; and is just the thing which the native tribes of South
+Africa need for their enlightenment. Dr. Lowe, the Secretary of the
+Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society, also read an admirable paper
+on the work, methods and usefulness of medical missions generally.
+Several of the medical missionaries who have recently gone out to
+Africa were Dr. Lowe’s pupils.
+
+“Among the effective speakers on these African missions were
+Dr. Waugemann, of Berlin, who described the work of the Berlin
+Society, especially in the Transvaal; Dr. White, of the Freedmen’s
+Aid Mission; the Rev. E. Schrenck, of Basle, who spoke of work
+in Ashantee; and the Rev. Dr. Moffat, who told the Conference
+about his Bechuanas, and of course with his strong gray hair and
+his eighty-three years of age and sixty-two years of service for
+Christ, received an ovation at its hands. The noble presence and
+the stirring words of the grand old man on the African day were a
+striking feature in the meetings of the Conference.”
+
+Such gatherings must help on the cause of Christian comity in
+missions, as well as broaden the views of all who are engaged
+in working the field under their hands. It is well to look up
+sometimes from our own furrow, even if we have to stop ploughing
+for a little, that we may realize that the field is the world, and
+that the harvest belongs to one Master.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+THE POLITICAL PROGRESS OF THE FREEDMEN.
+
+BY REV. M. E. STRIEBY.
+
+Was it wise to give the ballot to the ex-slaves? The answer that
+came in the hour it was given, from the Congress that gave it,
+from the Northern people that sustained it, and from the colored
+people that enjoyed it, was an emphatic and enthusiastic “Yes!”
+The answer that came at that hour from the Southern white man was
+in a suppressed voice, and was an execration hissed out between
+grinding teeth. Since that hour the voice of the Southern white
+man has grown firmer, and, as it came up from misgoverned South
+Carolina and Louisiana, has rounded out into a full-toned “No!”
+Nay, more, it has been re-echoed from the North, and recently with
+special emphasis from the lips of one of the purest Christian
+scholars on the heights of Christian learning in New England. What
+answer do I give? Unhesitatingly, “Yes!” I say nothing about the
+mere party reason given either then or since, for I do not write
+as a partisan. I put the wisdom of the ballot on more substantial
+grounds.
+
+1. It saved the Freedmen from being again reduced to slavery.
+Vagrant laws were passed, which confined them to the plantations
+on which they had engaged to work, the end of which would have been
+a serfdom attaching them to the soil. The ballot saved them from
+this.
+
+2. It gave the Freedmen and the South a free school system—a
+greater boon than Southern legislation ever gave them before—a
+boon without which all else would have been well-nigh in vain.
+That system was modeled after the best patterns at the North, and
+although it has been somewhat modified and enfeebled in practical
+operation, is yet a solid corner-stone in the foundation of the new
+superstructure which the South is rearing.
+
+3. The ballot gave the Freedman a sense of self-respect, and
+commanded for him the respect of others. To him it was an education
+and an inspiration. It gave him the standing of a man among men,
+and prompted him to become worthy of his position. It was a power
+to him in the early days of his freedom, when he needed every help
+to sustain him in that freedom; and to-day, though it is held in
+check and almost useless, yet it is a slumbering giant, and is
+watched with respectful caution by the whites. For who can tell
+what such a slumbering power might do if aroused?
+
+At present the black voter is politically conquered. The “white
+man’s government” is established, and it is the purpose of the
+white man that it shall remain so. This has been easily attained in
+the States where the white majority is undoubted. In the few States
+where the blacks are in the majority, the white man is determined
+to rule, peaceably if he can, forcibly if he must. The Chisholm
+murder and the Hamburg massacre are but samples of the methods
+that will be resorted to if the effort is pushed persistently
+to restore the supremacy of the black man in politics. When we
+remember how that supremacy in those States was abused, how can we
+ask the restoration if the abuse must again follow? The problem
+is difficult. It can be solved only by one formula. The black
+man must be protected in his political rights, and he must be so
+enlightened as to use and not abuse those rights. There will be no
+permanent advantage from a mere partisan triumph of the black man.
+If achieved, as matters now stand, bayonets will again be needed to
+sustain it, and will become once more a source of angry discussion
+at the North and of concentrated bitterness at the South. The
+experiment may again be necessary; but a far better thing should be
+speedily, steadily and efficiently pushed forward—the training of
+the colored voter for an intelligent and responsible manhood and
+citizenship.
+
+If every colored voter could be accompanied to the polls by a file
+of soldiers armed with muskets, his ballot would represent the
+musket and not the man. But if he becomes a property owner, with
+all the interest in the welfare of the community which property
+gives; if he is educated and can take an _intelligent_ interest
+in the welfare of the community; and if he acquires a weight of
+character that challenges respect, he will need no soldiers to
+guard him to the polls, and his vote will represent the man and not
+the musket.
+
+When the black man shall reach such a position he conquers
+caste-prejudice and wipes out the color-line in politics. Color is
+significant only as it represents condition. Change the condition
+and the color is of no consequence. With that change the white and
+black men at the South will divide on politics as white men do at
+the North, from differing views as to the best measures to promote
+public weal.
+
+Look on this picture: An armed and organized mob is breaking up a
+political gathering of the blacks and their friends, and in the
+background are the overawed Freedmen retiring from the polls.
+Look, also, on this picture: A company of United States soldiers
+are keeping guard over a body of legislators, mostly black, who,
+with reckless rascality, are squandering the public funds, to
+the ruin of the State and the disgrace of the nation. Turn not
+from these pictures with indifference, for they are no fancy
+sketches; nay, face them, for the history of at least two States
+of this Union is liable to be a perpetual oscillation between the
+two. But now look on this picture: A colored man is tilling his
+land, adorning his home, and gathering around him the refinements
+of life. Near by is the school-house, where his children, with
+hundreds of others, are receiving the instruction of skilful
+teachers, and not far off is the church edifice where that man and
+his neighbors worship God under the ministration of a well educated
+and pious minister.
+
+Which picture do we choose, not as a matter of artistic preference,
+but as the practical model for patriotic work? The only safety is
+to extend that last picture till it shall cover the whole canvas
+and blot out the other two. In that way only can a life and death
+struggle between two irreconcilable forces be avoided.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+“THESE MY BRETHREN.”
+
+In the Saviour’s great “Inasmuch” there is the power of
+personality. “I was an hungered; I was thirsty; I was naked; I was
+a stranger; I was sick; I was in prison.” It was Christ in the
+person of these suffering and lowly ones; and service done to them
+was done to Him. He might well have stopped there. But the marvel
+of His personal identification with them is in the relationship
+which He claims between Himself and them—“_these my brethren_.”
+Oh, the touching condescension to name them by this title! What
+we do for these humble and desolate ones we are not only doing
+for our Lord, but for the brethren of our Lord. He takes it as a
+special favor to Himself. And this service is graduated to the
+lowest capacity—it is service done to only _one_ of the _least_ of
+these. The standard is not that we should serve the mass of these
+His brethren, but any one of them, according to the measure of our
+ability, even down to a single act done to one of them in the right
+spirit and as a revelation of a character in which we delight. Then
+the obligation runs up to as great a number as our opportunity and
+our ability may reach.
+
+The intervention of organic efficiency greatly multiplies the
+duty and the privilege of the individual. The American Missionary
+Association, as has been potently said, is set for the care of the
+three despised races in our country. Though the Indian and the
+Negro and the Chinaman are the objects of prejudice and violence
+and injustice and hatred on the part of our people, nevertheless
+Christ speaks of them as among “these my brethren;” and the prayers
+and the sympathy, and the service and the giving of substance
+in their behalf He counts as rendered to Him. This organization
+cannot discharge any one’s personal duty, but its instrumentality
+is offered to all who would use it in the discharge of individual
+obligation to Christ and to His brethren. Its opportunities belong
+to all who would use them, and by these a single Christian may
+reach not only “unto one of the least of these,” but unto many.
+
+At the Great Day, when the Master shall surprise you, humble
+Christian, with a benediction for service rendered to His brethren
+among these despised ones, and you deprecatingly answer, _when_
+and _where_, His revealing response may be—_when_ you reached them
+with your prayers and your substance through that Association which
+offered you its means of operation. And surely all its workers
+among these outcast peoples, in the ostracism and opposition
+and hatred which confront them, may even in this life have their
+abundant recompense in this, that they are serving those whom the
+Master owns as “these my brethren.”
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+FIVE TESTS OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION.
+
+Notes of an Address at the Annual Meeting.
+
+BY PROF. C. D. HARTRANFT, D. D. HARTFORD, CONN.
+
+(1.) The Indians, the Negroes and the Chinese I regard as the
+divinely appointed agents by which the principles that underlie
+American civilization are to be finally tested. Every utterance
+on the Fourth of July, from the Declaration of Independence till
+this hour, has made the _right of asylum_ a pre-eminent feature
+of American civilization. So whenever a man has been impelled by
+the dictates of his conscience to leave his native land and seek
+a foreign shore, that he might not be compelled to live in false
+alliance with the Church and worship God in a way he did not elect;
+whenever a man, full of noble impulses, has felt the hopelessness
+of his life, so far as any ambitious scheme was concerned; or the
+education of his children—a man feeling the tyranny of continuous
+labor, without the possibility of accumulation—this man has ever
+been gladly welcomed to America. So the Puritan, so the Huguenot,
+so the Dutchman, so the Lutheran—whatever a man’s religious
+training, America has given him hearty greeting. Even the atheist
+and the infidel have found a refuge under the folds of this flag.
+America has welcomed them to the shadow of her pines and palmettoes
+and to her golden Pacific. But what a niggardly right of asylum
+does she give to the poor Negro, as he is emancipated from his
+bonds; and to the wretched Indian, whom she shuts up in Western
+territories; and, most of all, to the poor Chinaman, as he comes
+from his joss-house, with the instincts of a higher civilization
+impelling him from the stagnation of centuries to the shores of the
+Pacific!
+
+It behooves us to inquire whether this precious right of asylum is
+to be denied to the weaker races; whether we are going to lose this
+peculiar feature of our nation, that throws its broad land open to
+the world. Is it not true now, as in the past, that this is a vast
+sanctuary, and that if a man lays hold of the horns of its altar,
+there shall be nothing to drag him from his possession of freedom?
+He stands on holy ground. In the British islands, the races that
+have appeared in its history have been amalgamated—welded by the
+mace and the battle-axe. In France, the various tribes and races
+that, one after another, possessed that land, were woven together,
+in warp and woof, by fire and blood. In Germany, the Prussians
+have brought together that great mass of people as one, through
+bitter and tremendous wars, the echoes of which have scarce died
+away. America proposes a far different solution. She recognizes the
+nobility of the characteristics developed by the various races. She
+wants the African, the Chinaman, the Teuton—all races—to labor side
+by side; to develop not only her wealth and prosperity, but, most
+of all, the typical American humanity.
+
+American civilization can better endure the savagery of the
+Indian, the ignorance and brutality of the Negro, and the
+semi-civilization of the Chinese, than it can afford to fraternize
+with a civilization that is impregnated with a spirit of
+ecclesiasticism, or endure the philosophies of St. Louis or the
+Internationals. Rather is it for us to overcome these forces that
+are the outcroppings of centuries of Roman development, as well as
+those of Indian or Chinese or Negro semi-civilization.
+
+This right of asylum involves another thing—the right of a man
+to say, “I will leave this land and go to another”—_the right to
+migrate_ if he does not find things subservient to him. We once
+hailed the Irishman to come and build our railroads. We welcome
+the German now, as he comes and terraces our mountains and teaches
+us how to garden. We welcome the Frenchman—we welcome all. But we
+say, “Lo! poor Indian, go West. East of the Appalachian is too good
+for you; we want it. Go West; go West. We will give no rest to the
+soles of your feet.” Do we want the Black Hills? Migrate! We will
+surround you with a cordon of soldiers and a cordon of Government
+agents, who will eat the life out of you. Keep on, poor ignorant,
+keep on!
+
+As to the African, there are not a few Americans, even in this
+day, who think a righteous solution of the African question is to
+ship them all off to the dark continent. So far as the American
+Colonization Society keeps in view education and other Christian
+instrumentalities, I bid them God-speed; but if they desire to send
+the Negro out of the country, I say, No!—a thousand times, No! Let
+us solve the problem right here where God has placed them.
+
+And we say to the Chinese, as he comes upon his ship, “Turn your
+prow back towards the Flowery Kingdom; don’t touch our golden
+West.” Is that the spirit that welcomes the Irishman, the German,
+the Italian, the Frenchman? Why not give as broad an opening to the
+Chinaman as to the Irishman?
+
+(2.) In the next place, God is testing that principle which is
+set forth in the preamble of our Constitution—_the right of a man
+to pursue happiness in such a way as he may elect_, provided he
+does no wrong to his neighbor. And I opine that although happiness
+involves the pursuit of higher aims, it begins on the basis of
+labor. Labor is the essential element of American civilization.
+If I labor, then I have the right of choice to enter into
+whatever labor I please. No matter whether I am an adept or not,
+circumstances will give the verdict. With the right of choice of
+a man’s calling comes the right of competition. Carry it to its
+extreme, if you please. If there are fifty-two thousand clerks,
+I have a right to become the fifty-two thousand and first, and
+starve. Then, after the inherent right of labor follows the right
+to such property as I may accumulate. What I may produce, that
+is mine absolutely, and no man can touch it. Here we are brought
+face to face with this tremendous question between Irish and
+German labor, and the low-priced labor of either the Negro or the
+Chinaman. But, American citizens and Christians, if we respect
+the right of a man to exercise such functions as God has given
+him in such way as his conscience may dictate, and to choose his
+own occupation, shall we not defend this right of labor, and the
+right to pursue happiness as each may elect, and in the face of
+Communism, defend the right of the Chinese to enter the market and
+compete with all labor of whatever nationality?
+
+(3.) There is a _third right_ or principle put to the test—_that
+every man is equal before the law_. Whether he be Jew or Gentile,
+Irishman or German, Negro or Chinaman, he is the equal of all men
+before God. But what justice can a Chinaman get out of a Hoodlum
+court? What justice has the Negro got out of a Southern court? To
+the establishment of that justice we must bend our energies, for
+it is vital to our institutions that a man before the law is equal
+with his neighbor. If you have broken the shackles of the Negro,
+break those of the Indian. If he outrages the law, try him by
+process of the law and make him amenable, but deal with him as a
+citizen. I opine that we shall arrive at this, sooner or later. Of
+course this includes with it the privilege of every one to enter
+public life, provided he proves his capacity.
+
+(4.) But there is another principle being tested, and that is _the
+right of education_. It is a settled point in the development of
+American civilization, that education is essential to the proper
+discipline of the citizen—some degree, at least, of elementary
+education. Now when, according to the census of 1870, in the States
+of Mississippi and Texas, 96 per cent. of the colored people were
+thoroughly ignorant; and when in another State, 95 per cent. were
+completely ignorant; in another, 93 per cent.; in two others, 91
+per cent.; and in a last one, 90 per cent.; 88 per cent. of the
+entire colored people of the South being in perfect ignorance;—does
+it not behoove us to have a law for compulsory education if we
+hope to have true culture and citizenship? Was our late President
+far from right when he brought forward this idea? What salvation
+is there for the Southern States unless universal education shall
+be carried into effect? As the right to enter into competition is
+inherent as much as the right of choice in labor, so we regard
+the right of choice of one’s religion. The whole way should be
+made open for the highest acquisition of intellectual and moral
+knowledge.
+
+(5.) So, too, our Protestant Christianity is under test. And
+here we are encountered at once by the fact that Christians
+still cultivate the caste spirit. If the Jew drew such a subtle
+line between himself and the Gentile, the white Christian draws
+a similar line between himself and the black Christian. If the
+Greek considered himself to be of such high intelligence that he
+classed all others as barbarians, Christians allow their prejudices
+to make the same broad distinctions between different classes
+of humanity, which it was the office of Jesus Christ—blessed be
+His name!—to obliterate and utterly extinguish. That prejudice,
+that caste spirit which Christians cultivate in the North to an
+extent that amounts to social ostracism, must be broken down, if
+we would maintain Protestant Christianity. Further, this question
+connects itself with the true _missionary spirit_. The best way to
+evangelize China is to evangelize the Chinese as they come to the
+Pacific Coast. The best way to evangelize Africa is to evangelize
+the African Negro of the South. Over against Protestant Christians
+in the South and the Chinese on the Pacific is that dark power
+which has involved the world in hopeless contentions. There stands
+the Jesuit with his deep, treacherous features, his characterless
+casuistry, and his sacrifice of all things else to glorify the
+Church of Rome, no matter what may be the result on his country.
+That subtle power which permeates our political institutions
+with such great magnitude and force, stands face to face with
+Protestantism in the South—with the Negro question, the Chinese
+question, and the Indian question. If we are to serve Protestant
+Christianity, we must free ourselves of caste, and learn to love
+the African and the Chinaman at our doors. It is easy to speak well
+of the Chinaman away off in China—to have an overflow of sympathy
+for the poor African away in the dark continent; but it is a very
+different thing to have sympathy for them in this country. The
+spirit of the Gospel of Jesus Christ must actuate us and lead us to
+this.
+
+These, then, are _the five great principles_ that underlie American
+civilization—principles that are being tested by these three races
+or nationalities. Our professions are large. Let us live up to them
+in these five great principles. It is Lord Bacon who says that
+“When hempe is spun, England is done”—meaning that when Henry,
+Elizabeth, Mary, Philip and Edward had passed away, England would
+be done. We may say that _if these five principles_—the right of
+asylum, the right of labor, of political freedom, of education, and
+free play to Protestant Christianity be done—America is done. God
+save the State!
+
+And what is the agency—or one agency—by which that may be
+accomplished? The American Missionary Association, because it
+gives us Christian education. Because it brings together the
+college, the church and the home. And will not your devotion to a
+pure Christianity, free from the spirit of caste, and filled with
+the spirit of genuine love, manifest itself by your support of such
+an Association? May we not gauge your feelings in regard to these
+five principles by the support you give to such a society? May we
+not implore you that as you value the rights of property and free
+government you array yourself solidly against Communism and its
+ally—Romanism; because these are craftily working together.
+
+Would you behold free Protestant Christianity established in this
+country? Then give your support to this Association, that these
+three races may prove us to be a people who love liberty in its
+deepest significance as liberty in Christ.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+RETURN OF REV. FLOYD SNELSON.
+
+Just after the annual meeting we learned that the health of
+Mrs. Snelson was in such condition as to make her speedy return
+from the Mendi Mission, West Africa, a probable necessity. Her
+husband has arrived with herself, their children, and those of
+Dr. James, whose wife had died abroad. The change of climate and
+of occupation has already proved of great benefit to her. It is
+a great disappointment to us all to lose so soon the earnest and
+discreet service of the head of our Mendi Mission. Whether he will
+be able to return or not is still an unsettled question. But these
+experiences are teaching us some valuable lessons. First of them is
+this,—that we must send no men or women to the West Coast of Africa
+without submitting them to a severe physical examination, such as
+is required for enlistment into the army or as a prerequisite to a
+life insurance policy. For we find that upon those who went from
+this country in thoroughly sound health, with no weakness from
+previous disease or tendency to special complaints, the climate
+has had little or no bad effect; but where there was any such
+predisposition or impairment of physical vigor, the malarial heats
+of the West coast have hastened its rapid development. We send no
+more recruits, then, without medical attestation to their soundness
+of body, in addition to the testimony we have heretofore required
+as to their intellectual and spiritual health.
+
+Mr. Snelson brings much valuable information from the field, which
+we hope to lay before our readers at an early day.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+NEWS AND ITEMS FROM THE CHURCHES.
+
+MACON, GA.—Rev. Stanley E. Lathrop, who was graduated eight years
+ago from the Chicago Theological Seminary, commenced pastoral work
+at Macon, December 1st. He writes: “I am quite agreeably surprised
+with everything thus far. I shall do the best I can for this
+people, with God’s help.”
+
+MARIETTA, GA.—The school prospers, and, with two other schools, is
+exerting a marked influence on the people. The Sunday-school and
+literary society are both doing good work.
+
+MARION, ALA.—Rev. Geo. E. Hill writes: “Our church has received
+from the Sunday-school at Weymouth, Mass., Colton’s large
+missionary map, and I have had the pleasure of introducing my
+people to a view of the world—the field of missions. They propose
+to contribute monthly to the cause. Our Sunday-school is filling
+up.”
+
+MONTGOMERY, ALA.—Rev. Flavel Bascom, D.D., who commenced work for
+the winter December 1st, writes: “My first impressions are very
+favorable. My heart is drawn out toward the people, and I expect to
+enjoy my work for them very much.”
+
+SELMA, ALA.—Rev. C. B. Curtis has gone from Burlington, Wis., to
+the charge of the church here.
+
+SHELBY, ALA.—A Congregational church was organized October 10th,
+by Rev. G. W. Andrews, of the Theological Department of Talladega
+College, consisting of twenty-one members (twelve men and nine
+women). Rev. J. D. Smith, a graduate of Talladega Theological
+Department, is pastor.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+GENERAL NOTES.
+
+
+The Freedmen.
+
+—Over 3,000 people attended the Agricultural Fair for colored
+people held at Talladega, Ala., in November, under the auspices of
+the college. Stock, farm products, cookery, needle and fancy work,
+flowers and pictures, were brought in for exhibition. Contests were
+held in athletic sports, and in spelling, declaiming, etc., between
+students of the different schools. Several hundred white people
+attended, and showed their interest by acting as judges on the
+committees with the colored people. The fair was kept entirely free
+from all the objectionable features which so often mar our State
+fairs, and indeed was opened with prayer, and, after the addresses
+and award of premiums, closed with the Doxology.
+
+—Dr. Rust, the Corresponding Secretary of the Freedmen’s Aid
+Society of the M. E. Church, reports that its work during this
+year “has never been exceeded in any year of its history. It has
+erected more school edifices, more commodious and commanding;
+educated more teachers, prepared more ministers, led more souls to
+Christ, and set in operation more streams of elevating influence,
+done more and better work for Christ and humanity, than in any like
+period before.” The financial statement for the year ending July
+1, 1878, gives its total receipts for the year as $63,403, and
+its expenditures, mainly for salaries and board of teachers and
+educational expenses, including $3,000 paid on its debt, at the
+same. The society has aided in the establishment of five chartered
+institutions having full collegiate powers, three theological and
+two medical schools, also chartered, and ten other educational
+institutions.
+
+—Dr. Ruffner, Superintendent of Public Instruction in Virginia,
+claims that $850,000 was collected from the people and set apart
+by law for the support of the common schools, and charges that
+this, with the interest, has been diverted from its proper use and
+applied to the ordinary expenses of the State Government.
+
+—A national colored Baptist educational convention was held last
+summer at Nashville, Tenn. In an address published by them they
+offer heartfelt thanks to Northern Baptists, who alone have
+helped them to what educational facilities they have enjoyed.
+To the Southern white Baptists they are grateful for the “good
+resolutions” they have passed in favor of the black man. They
+urge the colored Baptists to support their own publishing house,
+newspaper, and the educational enterprises of the American Baptist
+Home Mission Society.
+
+—Public sentiment has almost effaced the color line in Virginia;
+given political freedom and safety in North Carolina; and created
+a powerful party of “Independents” in Georgia; and it will bring
+South Carolina to her senses in time. Moral forces require more
+time and patience than physical force.—_Christian Union_.
+
+—Two colored students of Mr. Spurgeon’s Pastor’s College, Rev.
+Messrs. Richardson and Johnson, with their wives, have left England
+as missionaries to Central Africa. They were all freed slaves from
+this country.
+
+—The Rev. Alfred Saher, English Baptist Missionary at the
+Cameroons, West Africa, has translated the Bible into the language
+of the people, and now reports upwards of 2,000 converts.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+The Indians.
+
+—Mr. Wheeler writes from Keshena Agency, Wisconsin, of the second
+successful Agricultural Fair among the Menomonees. About 200
+entries of corn and potatoes were made, with other vegetables,
+grains and grasses in abundance. The displays of woman’s work and
+of live stock were very fine. A ploughing match was held. About
+$200 was expended in premiums, voted from the tribal funds for
+that purpose. Advantage was taken of the opportunity for giving
+instruction in the arts of agriculture, and for exhorting them to
+keep their children faithfully in the schools. Such gatherings both
+prove and promote progress.
+
+—Brig. Gen. Pope reports that the late outbreak of the Cheyennes
+was caused by starvation. He says of the Indians in general: “If
+they are left with the means to go to war, as is the custom, we
+simply sleep on a volcano. Unless, therefore, ample, and above all,
+regular supplies of food can be guaranteed to the Indians, I am
+compelled, in justice to the Government and the frontier settlers,
+to ask that more troops be sent to the agencies in the Indian
+Territory, and that at least two of the posts in Western Kansas be
+largely reinforced by cavalry. I have also to ask that any Indians
+sent from the North into this department be disarmed and dismounted
+before being sent here, so that they can be placed in the same
+condition as the Indians with whom they are to live.”
+
+—Major Mizener reports more in detail:—The causes which led to the
+leaving of the Northern Cheyennes may be summed up as follows:
+They were disappointed in the country. Their rations were poor
+and entirely insufficient. They were home-sick, despondent and
+disappointed, and were anxious to get back to a country better
+known to them, and where game was to be had, while here they did
+not have enough to eat.
+
+—General Sheridan attributes our Indian wars to two classes of
+causes; the first being the constant encroachment upon the lands
+of the Indians, sacredly guaranteed to them by treaty, and the
+constant removal of the tribes to distant reservations, in which
+they are again troubled by the tide of immigration. He says no
+other nation in the world would have attempted the reduction of
+these wild tribes, and occupation of their country, with less than
+60,000 or 70,000 men.
+
+—Secretary Schurz affirms that the real cause of Indian wars has
+been the breaking of treaties. He recites an exhaustive history of
+Indian wars to show that this has been the case, and that very few
+of the wars have arisen from the maladministration of agents.
+
+—Gen. Sherman, in his annual report, declares that many of the
+Indians prefer death to agricultural toil; that to convert them
+from a nomadic into a pastoral race is the first and fundamental
+problem; that each tribe must be dealt with according to its own
+nature; that whatever department of the Government is charged with
+this work, must be intrusted with large discretion to adapt its
+measures to emergencies. He traces the Indian wars generally to
+broken promises, insufficient rations and impending starvation.
+
+—Of the joint committee to which the transfer of the Indians to
+the War Department is referred, the three members of the Senate
+are from Nebraska, Kentucky and Illinois; of the five members of
+the House, but one comes from as far East as this. The committee,
+therefore, represents communities that favor the army. It is
+understood that the Indians themselves do not desire the change;
+that the army does not want the responsibility; yet that it will
+probably be done, unless the President interferes, because the
+Indian ring desires it, and because the army makes it a point of
+honor.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+The Chinese.
+
+—The First Church in San Francisco, Dr. Stone’s, has just opened
+a new and well-appointed room in the basement for its mission and
+Chinese Sunday-school. The Petaluma Church has also enlarged its
+lecture-room for the use of its Chinese school.
+
+—As the Chinese children are not permitted to enter the San
+Francisco public schools, those who have embraced Christianity are
+taught in the Union Mission in the old Globe Hotel. The school has
+two sessions, one of which is conducted by an American lady, the
+other by Hung Mung Chung, who is a fine Chinese scholar and a man
+of much dignity and scholarly attainments, said to be a lineal
+descendant of Confucius. During the past year Hung Mung Chung was
+baptized and became a member of the Protestant Church for Chinese.
+He teaches the children the Chinese classics and the maxims and
+precepts of Confucius. Each session of the school is closed by
+singing and repeating the Lord’s Prayer—in the morning in English,
+in the afternoon in Chinese.
+
+—The San Francisco Chinamen contributed $1,200 to the yellow fever
+sufferers of the South. The sand-lot meetings have not yet reported
+the amount of their collections.
+
+—The Chinese Sunday-school in Chicago has been in existence nearly
+six months, with an average attendance of fourteen scholars. It is
+said that the number can be largely increased if teachers can be
+procured.
+
+—Rev. W. P. Paxson, Superintendent of the missionary work of the
+American S. S. Union in their Southwestern Department, says: “One
+striking event in my missionary work has been the organization of a
+Chinese Sunday-school in St. Louis.”
+
+—Mr. Ha Shan Sin was baptized last Sabbath by Rev. E. D. Murphy
+at the Immanuel Presbyterian Chapel of this city. The young man
+is about twenty-two years old, was born in San Francisco, though
+he has spent most of his life in China. This is the sixth of the
+Chinamen that have been received into the churches of this city.
+Three have been enrolled among the members of the Fourth Avenue
+Presbyterian Church, Dr. Howard Crosby’s.
+
+—The first Chinaman was admitted to citizenship in the United
+States by naturalization, last week, and we count the event an
+auspicious one just at this time. The man is Wong Ah Lee; by
+trade he is a cigar-maker, and his wife is an Irish-woman. With
+a view, mainly, to make a case which can be carried up to a
+conclusive decision from the highest court, the Judge here ruled
+that a Chinaman is either white or black, and so must come in.
+California’s ruling has been that a Mongolian is neither white or
+black, and so cannot come in.—_Congregationalist_, December 4.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+OUR QUERY COLUMN.
+
+  _Query._—South of the Ohio River the work of caring for the
+  sick falls to the colored people. During the past weeks there
+  has been greater demand for skilled nurses than for competent
+  teachers. How can A. M. A. schools prepare their students for
+  this important profession? What is the best method of instructing
+  pupils in a knowledge of the simpler details concerning the
+  proper care of the sick?
+
+                                                         TEACHER.
+
+We shall be glad to have full answers to this important inquiry
+from those who have had experience. It calls attention to a most
+important part of the teacher’s work. Meanwhile, we would suggest
+that the _Hampton Sanitary Tracts_ may be found very useful for
+distribution, or to be read to older pupils and parents. The first
+three can be obtained by addressing the “Hampton Tract Editing
+Committee,” Hampton Institute, Va. The cost is five cents apiece,
+or four dollars a hundred copies. They are entitled: No. 1, “The
+Health Laws of Moses;” No. 2, “Preventable Diseases;” No. 3, “Duty
+of Teachers.” This last seems to be exactly addressed to the case
+in hand.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+THE FREEDMEN.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
+
+Revival in Howard University.
+
+Rev. Wm. W. Patton, D.D., President.
+
+You will be glad to hear that there is much religious interest in
+our institution at the present time. It has been gradually coming
+on all the autumn, but was greatly aided by the week of prayer
+held by the Young Men’s Christian Association of the University in
+concert with other Associations. Some ten or twelve of the students
+think that they have begun the new life lately, and we look for
+further good results. This is highly encouraging, as showing that
+in addition to the educational advantages which gather around our
+location, spiritual blessings may also be received. We desire the
+prayers of all Christians that the work may be continued with
+power. Our theological students have been deeply interested in the
+meetings for prayer, and have rendered valuable aid.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+VIRGINIA.
+
+A Destitute County.
+
+The following extract from a letter by an esteemed friend in a
+central county in Virginia is suggestive of the many dark places
+throughout the South yet unreached by the school or the church:
+
+The field in this county alone is an ample one. The colored
+population of the county largely exceeds the white, and the yearly
+ratio of increase is in excess of the white. A half generation has
+passed since the era of emancipation, and it is melancholy, indeed,
+to any Christian mind and heart, to contemplate how rapidly this
+portion of the population, in the very heart of one of the oldest
+States in the Union, is crowding the broad road to perdition;
+how, in the entire absence of all organized efforts for elemental
+education and proper religious instruction, they are relapsing into
+semi-heathenism. There is not to-day a single school of any kind
+or character for them within the limits of the county (which may
+be safely estimated to contain five thousand souls of all ages and
+sexes of the colored race), except the Sabbath-school which has
+been taught by the writer.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+ALABAMA.
+
+New Church at Shelby Iron Works—Talladega a Missionary Centre.
+
+Rev. G. W. Andrews, Talladega.
+
+A Congregational church of twenty-one members was organized
+Oct. 10th, at Shelby Iron Works, Alabama. This is the fifteenth
+Congregational church planted by the A. M. A. in this State. Eight
+of them are in the vicinity of Talladega College, the most distant
+being forty miles away. They are the out-growth of the mission work
+carried on by the teachers and pupils of the college.
+
+This new church at Shelby begins its existence under most favorable
+circumstances, most of its members being present or former pupils
+of the college. All are colored people; two are preparing for the
+ministry; one has been a student at Oberlin, Ohio; one was for some
+time a resident of Hartford, Ct., and more recently of Columbus,
+Ohio, a graduate of the high school there and a former pupil here;
+one is principal of an academy of ten years’ standing at Shelby and
+a graduate from Talladega. With two or three exceptions, all of
+them have for some years been trained in our Sunday-schools. The
+Shelby Iron Company is in hearty sympathy with the movement; the
+Superintendent, himself a Methodist, coming into the preliminary
+meeting and saying publicly that the Iron Company would look with
+peculiar favor on this church should it be organized, recognizing
+as it did the necessity for more intelligent Christian instruction
+for the colored people.
+
+The sectarian walls, which in the South are built heaven-high,
+have in this particular place been badly shattered. There is no
+outspoken opposition on the part of the colored people, as in every
+other place known to me. The different denominations worship in the
+same building, the lower story being devoted to the school and the
+upper one to the churches. The Iron Company own about two-thirds of
+the building, the original cost being three thousand dollars.
+
+I suppose there are a million of dollars invested by the Shelby
+Iron Company at this place, mostly owned in the North. One owner
+is an honored member of the Centre Church, Hartford, Ct.; another,
+of the Park St. Church, Boston; another is a Massachusetts man
+well known among “iron men” both in this country and abroad. The
+Superintendent is a noble Christian man from Illinois, and was a
+colonel in the recent war. Several of the local managers are from
+the North, some are from the South. Most of the workmen, white
+and colored, who stand all day side by side, are gathered from
+the surrounding region. Here the North and South meet and learn
+to know and love each other. The Iron Company is helping to solve
+the great national problem no less truly than missionary schools
+and churches. It seems to me sometimes that its entire business
+is carried on as a kind of missionary enterprise on the broadest
+basis. Owning thirty thousand acres of land immediately about the
+“Iron Works,” it exercises wholesome restraint over all classes.
+Nothing seems to be overlooked; the church, the school, the home,
+the village morals, the town adornments and the State, are all
+cared for.
+
+Talladega College, a college only in name yet, is the rallying
+point for our missionary work in this State. It is just such a
+college as a missionary college should be, its whole work as a
+school being subordinate to the church. It is a training school,
+patterned after the missionary colleges of the American Board.
+Its grand aim is to raise up a native ministry so as to plant
+churches, and through them carry an intelligent gospel to the
+masses. We are not especially afraid that there will be any lack
+of school-teachers. With our eye fixed steadily on our missionary
+work, enough who cannot attain to the Christian ministry will
+become teachers, and they, catching the spirit of the institution,
+will become missionary teachers. It is surprising to see how this
+spirit has taken possession of our pupils. There is scarcely one
+who goes into the country to teach who does not organize his
+Sabbath-school as promptly as his day-school, and pursue it with
+even more interest. It is the first thing he reports on his return.
+Hundreds are converted by this means; Bibles, tracts, religious
+literature, and light are spread in all directions; thus are
+constantly carried forward many Sabbath-schools, and through them a
+glorious pioneer Christian work. Out of this work have grown eight
+churches, so near to the college as to be its special care, and in
+which a hundred conversions are reported for the summer just ended.
+
+Of the twenty pupils in the Theological department, all have been
+reaping in this missionary field during the summer vacation, about
+one-half as preachers. The home church takes a lively interest in
+them during their absence. Prayer is made to God without ceasing
+in their behalf, and often interested members go out to aid them
+in their revival meetings. Letters are constantly received from
+them to be read at the monthly missionary concert, and public
+thanksgiving is rendered for the good work they report. Thus is
+maintained a lively interest in Christian missions and Christian
+work.
+
+There has been an evident increase of interest in our mission
+churches about the college this summer; all but one report revivals
+of greater or less power; one reports thirty-two additions by
+confession; four report the completion of their houses of worship,
+free of debt—houses hitherto unplastered and otherwise much
+exposed, but now neat and comfortable, and everybody is happy
+over it. One is building a new house of worship unlike any of
+the others; it is built of logs, large and commodious. One poor
+fellow was so intent on pushing forward to completion his house
+of worship, that he expended all his salary for the summer, and
+then pawned his Sunday clothes. On his return to school he reports
+twenty-three conversions, his house of worship completed, but no
+money in his pocket. If ever there was a man worthy of aid, he is.
+He is now in my back-yard sawing wood. You will hear from him some
+day. These young prophets of the Lord are making rapid progress in
+the knowledge of the Bible and the system of theology, and wherever
+they go, are beginning to be recognized by all classes as well
+qualified to break the Bread of Life to their people.
+
+I am glad to report that the white people, seeing the character
+and efficiency of these young men, are coming to understand and
+appreciate our work. I believe they heartily approve what we are
+doing. I have repeatedly experienced their hospitality this summer,
+and had many conversations with them relating to our mission here.
+From the president of a well-known college, down to the poor man
+who did not know his letters, I have found nothing but approval.
+The time is not far distant when this approval will be more
+outspoken and pronounced. When the Christian men of the South and
+your missionary workers from the North understand each other, from
+that day they are one in Christian work. We bless God for this new
+feast of love. Pray that no political excitement may interrupt the
+growing good feeling.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+The Thin End of the Wedge—A First Thanksgiving Service.
+
+REV. WILLIAM H. ASH, FLORENCE.
+
+Our work here in Florence is the “thin end of the wedge,” and with
+sufficient facilities, the smiles of the Master, and patience
+in its workers, great good will result. The services are well
+attended, and sometimes the house is disagreeably filled, and we
+are without the proper means of ventilation. The members of the
+church begged me to express for them to the Association their
+sincere and heartfelt gratitude for the _new organ_ sent them; it
+has increased the interest of our services greatly. Last Thursday,
+Nov. 28, the first Thanksgiving service ever held in this place
+among the colored people was observed in our church; therefore it
+has a history in connection with our work here. I made it a union
+service, inviting the Baptists and Methodists to worship with us.
+This congregation of Baptists, Methodists, and Congregationalists
+worshipped as though Christ was the Head of the Church, instead of
+any one of the denominations present. The service was solemn and
+intelligent. It truly seemed that the Lord was in His holy temple.
+After service a gentleman of about sixty or seventy years of age
+said, “I have been here forty years, but I never heard of such a
+thing as a Thanksgiving service among the colored people.” This is
+the “dawn of a new age.” Pray for us.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+MISSOURI.
+
+Free Schools in the State.
+
+REV. J. E. ROY, D. D., FIELD SUPERINTENDENT.
+
+This noble Western State, plowed by war and sowed to freedom, is
+now coming on with harvests of temporal and moral prosperity.
+As I have been going over its territory, looking after the five
+school-houses of the Association, I have been delighted with the
+evidences of progress in the free school system. It is a great joy
+to see in these cities and towns the new, large, two-story brick
+school-houses of modern style and furnishing. The system works
+more slowly into the back settlements. But in a Kansas City paper
+I see it stated that in the country places of Jackson County there
+are _one hundred and fifty_ of these schools. At Warrensburg I saw
+the imposing three-story stone edifice of the State Normal School,
+built by that town and its county of Johnson, and now occupied by
+_four hundred_ pupils from every part of the State.
+
+Special provision is made in the law for its enforcement in behalf
+of free schools for the colored children. These are managed by
+the same school board and are supported from the same tax fund.
+These officers are compelled to provide schools wherever there are
+fifteen of such scholars in the district. If they fail to do it,
+it is the duty of the Superintendent to require it to be done. I
+met one case where the out-districts declined to co-operate with
+the Board in this matter, when only a threatened appeal to the
+Superintendent brought them to terms. I have been gratified to
+see the heartiness with which the five boards I have dealt with
+are pushing the free school system in behalf of blacks as well as
+whites. Nor have I been deceived, as some may imagine.
+
+The Lincoln Institute at the Capitol, as a Normal School for
+colored teachers, receives an annual appropriation from the State
+of $5,000. A democratic editor told me that that was considered as
+a matter of honor, and that so there was no danger of its being
+discontinued. This institution of sacred name had also a sacred
+origin. For its founding, the 62d and 65th Regiments of U. S.
+colored infantry, when discharged from service in January, 1866,
+contributed a fund of $6,379. The Freedmen’s Bureau furnished
+$8,000; the Western Sanitary Commission, $2,000; and agents Beal
+and Lane raised $2,000. The building is of brick, 60×70 feet,
+three stories high, a comely structure crowning a hill just out
+of Jefferson City. Its current catalogue enrolls 123 students. It
+is controlled by a local board, of which the Governor and State
+Superintendent are _ex-officio_ members. Revs. R. D. Foster and M.
+Henry Smith have served as principals the most of the time since
+it was opened in 1871.
+
+The Association has its five school houses at Troy, Fulton,
+Westport, Warrensburg and Lebanon. These were procured in part by
+aid from the Freedmen’s Bureau in 1867–9. They were at first run by
+teachers sent from the North, but were gradually taken up by the
+local school boards. I find them all in such use now. Three will
+probably be sold to those boards at their present low valuation.
+Two will be sold to local colored Methodist churches, as the
+schools require larger and better houses, which the authorities
+intend to build. These houses have also been used all the time as
+places of worship by the colored people. The seven or eight colored
+teachers in these schools were educated in Lincoln, Fisk, and
+kindred institutions. I have found them young people of character,
+and of tact in handling their schools. They have to be examined.
+They receive from $35 to $45 a month, about the same as white
+common-school teachers.
+
+The A. M. A. has done the work of initiation. By this tour of
+inspection I am deeply convinced of the wisdom of the A. M. A. in
+putting its strength upon Normal and Collegiate institutions, and
+so doing a wholesale business. Raise up teachers and send them back
+into the country. Raise up the men and women for the professions
+and for the higher walks of social life. That is the work.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+AFRICA.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+A CHURCH ORGANIZED AND DEDICATED AT AVERY
+
+A meeting of Counsel and Advice was convened September 29th at
+Avery Station, by order of Rev. Floyd Snelson, and, on solicitation
+of the minister in charge, Rev. A. E. Jackson, to organize and
+dedicate a church to God. Owing to our inability to reach Avery
+on Saturday in time to hold preliminary exercises, examination
+of candidates for admission, etc., this part of our duty was
+deferred till Sunday morning. This, with our other duties, made our
+programme for the day quite full.
+
+Early Sunday morning the Board met in the church to begin the
+labors of the day. The sun shone brightly, yet we could but feel
+that many round us were groping in darkness, without any clear idea
+of Him in whose image they are made. Brother Snelson was elected
+moderator, and A. P. Miller secretary. Brother Gomer, General Agent
+of Shengay Mission, who favored us with his presence, offered
+prayer. “Guide me, oh! Thou great Jehovah!” was sung.
+
+In absence of letter missive, the minister in charge gave his
+reasons why a church should be established or organized at Avery.
+He spoke of the willingness of the people to receive the story
+of the Cross; said that some came far to hear “God palaver,” and
+express their joy in being permitted so to do. Brother Hallock,
+the interpreter (native), and Brother Wise, were asked several
+questions. Their reasons were clear and very satisfactory. It seems
+evident that the industrial work at this station, which gives
+employment to many, is a means of good both to mission and people.
+It was deemed fit to organize a church at Avery, to be known as the
+Second Congregational Church of the Mendi Mission.
+
+By 11 o’clock, at the ringing of the second bell, the chapel was
+crowded with natives, for the most part in native costume. Brother
+Snelson spoke to them through an interpreter, telling them the
+object of our coming together. The candidates for admission to the
+Church were then called forward. “A charge to keep I have” was
+sung by the congregation. Prayer was offered by Brother Snelson,
+after which the missionary hymn, “From Greenland’s icy mountains,”
+was sung; and as it was being sung, each missionary, as he looked
+upon the sable congregation, could but feel that the “harvest is
+plenteous, but the laborers are few.”
+
+The roll was then called by Brother Jackson; after which the
+candidates were examined, and by vote of the Council eighteen were
+received into full membership. Some of the candidates were not
+received because of not being legally married. They were instructed
+to attend to this matter, and then they might be received into the
+church. They are to remain under watch-care until this obligation
+is met. After examination of candidates, Brother Snelson spoke to
+them about things peculiar to their country—slavery, polygamy, etc.
+The meeting was then dismissed to meet at 7 P. M. Brother Gomer,
+who has for years known our work, expressed his astonishment at
+seeing so large a congregation assembled in the house of God at
+this place, and at the good order kept throughout the exercises.
+Some of those received were old members, while others were new
+converts, among whom were three chiefs, Peah Carle, Carray Phemah,
+and Sei Lōtō. These men exercise a vast influence over their
+people, and their being reached makes the reaching of their people
+easier.
+
+The people assembled at the ringing of the second bell. “Praise
+God from Whom all blessings flow” was sung. Brother Snelson then
+led the congregation in the Lord’s Prayer. A hymn was sung, after
+which the Rev. J. Gomer offered prayer. “Alas! and did my Saviour
+bleed?” was sung. Portions of Scripture were read by A. P. Miller.
+The services of organization and dedication were combined, owing to
+want of time. Brother Snelson spoke through the interpreter, and
+told the candidates what their step meant—turning from death unto
+life. The church, too, he said, we had come together to dedicate to
+God and His service. Brother Snelson preached, choosing Luke xii.
+32, as his text—“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s
+good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” A comparison was made
+between the people to whom these words were spoken and these our
+benighted brethren. The promises of God were dwelt upon. We must
+trust in Him for salvation. The dedicatory prayer was then offered
+by Rev. A. P. Miller. A hymn was sung. The right hand of fellowship
+was given by Bro. A. E. White. The address was delivered by Rev. J.
+Gomer. The Lord’s supper was then celebrated; Brothers Gomer and
+Jackson presided. It was a solemn scene. The Doxology was sung,
+and the benediction pronounced by A. P. Miller. The meeting was
+one long to be remembered. One more stronghold is now erected in
+this land of night to tear down the powers of darkness. We have all
+reason to thank God for His blessings thus far. A better day is
+dawning for these benighted, long-neglected sons of Africa.
+
+Brother Gomer says that more laborers (colored) are wanted in his
+mission. We, too, in a work so vast, can but ask God to prepare
+such as are needed for a work so difficult.
+
+We ask the prayers of all lovers of mankind that the work
+begun here may not only succeed, but that its influence may be
+far-reaching.
+
+                             REV. FLOYD SNELSON, _Moderator_.
+                             REV. A. P. MILLER, _Secretary_.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+THE INDIANS.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+THE LATE INDIAN WAR AND CHRISTIANITY.
+
+REV. MYRON EELLS, S’KOKOMISH, WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+We have had another Indian war, and, as usual, there has been a
+cry in favor of turning the Indians over to the War Department.
+There are some, however, of us who will persist in seeing something
+favorable to Christianity and the present policy even in this war,
+and we think we have our reasons for it.
+
+I do not propose, at present, to thoroughly discuss the causes
+of the war, for I am not well enough acquainted with them to do
+so intelligently. Some will lay the blame on Government, some
+on a Christian policy, and some on the Indians. Perhaps all may
+have to bear a part. Although I believe that the Government
+has often treated the Indians wrongfully, yet a long course of
+observation has convinced me that the Indians are not all saints,
+and when the Government is often crooked, either intentionally or
+unintentionally, and two crooked sticks come together, there is
+almost always sure to be trouble.
+
+The published statements of General Crook, who is not supposed to
+be very sentimental in his feelings toward the Indians, and who was
+at the Fort Hall Agency at the beginning of the war, implicates the
+Government severely.
+
+A residence of nearly three years in Idaho, 1871–1874, in the
+very region of the war, led me to believe that very little was
+energetically done for Christianizing those Indians. This has
+been true at some Agencies. Their annual reports show that while
+the Government opened wide the doors for Christian work, when
+the present policy was adopted, and said, “We will give you
+opportunity, encouragement and aid, if you will only send the
+Indians missionaries,” yet that Christians have failed to take hold
+of the work as they ought to have done. If this was true of the
+Indians engaged in the late war, Christians may have to bear a part
+of the blame.
+
+Notwithstanding all this, some laurels have been added by the
+late war to the Christian work which has been done among the
+Indians. One “who wishes to be understood” has written a letter
+in which he speaks very harshly against the Christian workers on
+the Yakama Reservation, where Father Wilbur, of the Methodist
+Episcopal Church, has been successfully laboring for sixteen
+years. He says: “The present reservation system is a failure in
+every respect. We, who daily come in contact with the Indians,
+cannot be made to believe that prayer-books, praying generals,
+and Methodist preachers, (or any other preachers,) are a good
+safeguard against the tomahawk and the scalping-knife; and the
+pseudo-philanthropists, the Christian-mongers of the East, who
+are paying thousands to send missionaries among these barbarians,
+would do us a favor if they would keep them away; and if the U.
+S. Government would be less influenced in its conduct toward the
+Indians by the advocates of Christianity, our wives and children
+might be annually spared the sight of murdered husbands and
+fathers. So far we have been loyal, while Indians, with passes
+from Wilbur and other Agents, have been on the war-path. We have
+reliable information that some of the dead Indians found after the
+battles near Pendleton had on their persons passes from Wilbur.”
+
+Now it is probably a fact that some of the Umatilla Indians, and
+perhaps a few of the Yakamas, were engaged in aiding the enemy.
+There are always some renegade Indians connected with each tribe,
+as well as white renegades and tramps. As tribes, however, they did
+not engage in the war, and comparatively few individuals did.
+
+In the Indian war of 1855–6, before Father Wilbur went among these
+same Yakamas, they were the leading spirits, and it was the most
+wide-spread war which has ever devastated this coast. If they and
+the Umatillas had joined in this war, it would have been far more
+terrible than it has been. Inducements were not wanting to lead
+them into it. It is said on good authority that two thousand horses
+were offered them by the hostiles if they would join them, and yet
+they refused. An army officer in command of one of the battles said
+that some of those Indians did nobly in aiding our soldiers to gain
+the victory.
+
+It may be said that they had too much permanent property in homes
+and farms, to allow them to engage in the war; for they knew that
+if they should do so, they would certainly in the end lose it all.
+This is undoubtedly so; and yet when Father Wilbur went among them
+they had none of this kind of property, but only movable property
+which they could carry with them even in war, as the Bannocks have
+done. It is a fact that Christianity gave them this property.
+
+It may again be said that they were thoroughly whipped in 1855–6
+and were afraid to engage in war again. They were thus whipped, and
+the remembrance of it may, even now, do them good. But in 1862–3
+Gen. Crook, the noted Indian fighter, just as thoroughly thrashed
+the Indians in Idaho, in precisely the same region where the late
+war was carried on, and the praise of his effectual work is still
+in the mouths of the old citizens. This was seven years later than
+the Yakama war, and so much fresher in the minds of the Indians.
+No, it was evidently Christianity which prevented their joining in
+the war.
+
+Gen. Howard, too, has added new laurels to his reputation. It must
+be remembered that he is the principal one of our generals who
+has not been in favor of the transfer of the Indians to the War
+Department. This praying general has prosecuted the war with such
+vigor that the strong papers with strong arguments have sustained
+him, and almost invariably those who went with him in his rough
+marches have defended him, such as newspaper correspondents,
+scouts and the like, and the “stay at homes” have been about the
+only ones who have found fault. His recent conference with the
+Umatilla Indians since the war has shown such firmness, justice and
+Christianity as to win for him very many friends among those who
+previously opposed him, thus showing again that Christianity is
+the way of dealing with the Indians. So Christianity has won its
+laurels even in this war.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+THE CHINESE.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+“CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.”
+
+Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association.
+
+PRESIDENT: Rev. J. K. McLean, D. D. VICE-PRESIDENTS: Rev. A. L.
+Stone, D. D., Thomas C. Wedderspoon, Esq., Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon.
+F. F. Low, Rev. I. E. Dwinell, D. D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S.
+H. Willey, D. D., Edward P. Flint, Esq., Rev. J. W. Hough, D. D.,
+Jacob S. Taber, Esq.
+
+DIRECTORS: Rev. George Mooar, D. D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer, Rev. E. P.
+Baker, James M. Haven, Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, Rev. John Kimball,
+E. P. Sanford, Esq.
+
+SECRETARY: Rev. W. C. Pond. TREASURER: E. Palache, Esq.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+“THE CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN CHINESE.”
+
+Its Origin and Organization.
+
+REV. WM. C. POND, SAN FRANCISCO.
+
+Soon after our work among the Chinese began to yield results in
+souls apparently converted, I felt the necessity of banding the
+converts together for mutual fellowship, for instruction, and for
+test-work; for it seemed unwise, considering the difficulties
+under which we must labor in determining the genuineness of the
+conversions, to bring them at once to baptism and the church.
+Yet they must not be left quite outside the fold, and I proposed
+to them the organization of _The Chinese Christian Class_, into
+which any Chinese might come who, in the judgment of those already
+members of the class, had begun to believe in Christ. This class
+was to have frequent meetings for prayer and for instruction in the
+Bible; its members were to maintain a fraternal watchfulness over
+each other, and were to be baptized only when, through a probation
+of at least six months, they had proved to be steadfast and true.
+
+This class at first comprised only such Chinese as had been led
+to Christ through the work of the Third Congregational Church in
+this city, of which I was then the pastor. Afterwards it was found
+desirable to receive to membership the Chinese connected with other
+congregations, and to enlarge somewhat the scope or design of the
+class. It was therefore reorganized under its present name, but
+with the same principles and conditions of membership. Some of
+the benefits, in the way of mutual aid and protection, which the
+heathen Chinese seek to secure through their “Six Companies,” our
+Christian Chinese, who have renounced all connection with the “Six
+Companies,” gain through this Association. Its rooms are their
+places of resort; a sort of home. They have made a little beginning
+towards a library of Chinese works, mainly religious, written by
+the missionaries. The regulations of this Association, prepared by
+the Chinese, without assistance or suggestion, so far as I know,
+from any American, have been translated for me into English, and
+will be printed in full in our Annual Report. I quote here the 2d,
+3d, 6th, and 8th Articles:
+
+“2d. Any one who desires to become a member of this Association
+must forsake idolatry and all bad habits, and prove himself to be
+a follower of Christ. He must bring references from one or more
+members. His name must be brought before the Society a week before
+he can be admitted, and he is received upon a vote of two-thirds of
+the members. He must himself sign his name, and pay the sum of two
+dollars as entrance fee, and twenty-five cents every three months,
+this money being used to defray the expenses of the Association. He
+is expected to do all he can to bring in new members, and to lead
+his countrymen to Christ.”
+
+“3d. The members are expected to take part in the meetings for
+worship, giving counsel and encouragement to one another. If any
+member does wrong, he is to be kindly entreated and led back to the
+right.”
+
+“6th. If any member continue in the violation of the regulations
+of the Association, after three successive remonstrances, he must
+be expelled from the Association. If he afterwards repent and
+desire to come back, he is admitted without an entrance fee; his
+admittance depending upon the sincerity of his repentance, as
+judged by the members of the Association.”
+
+“8th. If any member desire to go back to China, he must give notice
+to the Association one month beforehand. He must not go until he
+has paid all his debts here. If he is really obliged to go before
+he can pay his debts, he must find some one who will be security
+for him.”
+
+There are now four Branch Associations, two in San Francisco, one
+in Oakland, and one in Sacramento. Each branch supports itself
+and is governed by its own officers. There are three—President,
+Vice-President, and Secretary who also acts as Treasurer. The
+statistics of these “Branches” are as follows: Oakland, 36 members,
+one expelled, five gone to China, 11 baptized; total contributions,
+$472.20, of which $117.25 was for Bible and missionary work in
+California and China. Sacramento, 14 members; contributions,
+$103.80. San Francisco, 82 members, four expelled, two gone to
+China, 10 baptized; contributions, $351.00, of which $178.00
+were for Bible and missionary work. Bethany (San Francisco), 9
+members, 3 baptized; contributions $244.50, of which $71.00 were
+for Bible and missionary purposes. There are besides these, 23
+members belonging to the Central Association, who on account of
+their places of residence are not yet identified with any “Branch,”
+so that the total membership is 164. Of these 33 were received
+the past year. The total amount contributed for all purposes was
+$1,181.50.
+
+Besides this company of 164, there are 30 or more Chinese who have
+been converted, as we hope, at Santa Barbara, San Leandro, Stockton
+and elsewhere, in connection with our schools; and besides the
+contributions above reported, there has been raised at Petaluma,
+Stockton and elsewhere, certainly not less than $100. When we
+consider the poverty of these young men, the smallness of their
+wages, the drafts made upon them for parents and others dependent
+upon them in China, then this $1,300 which they have contributed
+during the past year for the nurture of their own Christian life,
+or for the salvation of others, grows to its true proportions—in
+our view, a token of real Christian heroism.
+
+I quote the closing sentences of the statement written for me by
+the Secretary of the Association: “No death has occurred during
+the past year. Our Heavenly Father has greatly prospered us, for
+which we return Him hearty thanks. We are grateful that He has
+put into our hearts a desire to have our parents and countrymen
+in China brought to a knowledge of the Christian religion. We are
+endeavoring to open a Chapel in Chuck Hum, China, and if we only
+had means, could open as many as we desire. Most all the letters
+that are sent to China members of the Association contain something
+about the Christian religion, and urging the people at home to
+discard idols and believe in the Saviour.”
+
+
+OUR LAST MONTH’S WORK,
+
+as I reviewed it in the monthly reports, saddened me, and brought
+over me the first big _wave_ of discouragement which I have felt
+since I entered on this service. The enrolment and the attendance
+were both much less than I expected, and some of our smaller
+schools seemed ready to die. I quote from one of these reports as
+an example: “You will see that the average is very low, and I am
+afraid it will be still lower. The boys seem to have lost their
+interest in the school, and I am afraid that I am losing mine. It
+is very discouraging to me, after doing a hard day’s work (for I am
+working very hard just now), to walk three-fourths of a mile and
+then have but one or two come to the school. Thank God there are
+one or two faithful ones.” * * * “Now, Mr. Pond, I have laid the
+case before you, and I ask your prayers in behalf of this little
+school struggling to keep alive, and for the teacher also, that he
+may not weary in well-doing, but that God will help him bear this
+cross and try to save, at least, one soul.” To receive letter after
+letter like that, while it draws out one’s love and prayer for the
+writer, sets one also to asking, “Where is the Lord,” and what will
+become of our work at this rate? But before the reports were all
+in, news came that _six_, at least, during the month, had forsaken
+their idols and appeared to have become disciples of Christ, and we
+“thanked God and took courage.” Brethren, pray for us.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+RECEIPTS
+
+FOR NOVEMBER, 1878.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+  MAINE, $163.74.
+
+    Belfast. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         $3.00
+    Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of which
+      $25.55 _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._)
+      $51.97.—Second Cong. Sab. Sch. $20, _for
+      Student Aid, Atlanta U._                                71.97
+    Castine. Mrs. Lucy S. Adams. $10. (ad’l) to
+      const. REV. LEWIS J. THOMAS, L. M.—W. H. W.,
+      50c.                                                    10.50
+    Farmington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            19.07
+    Hallowell. Mrs. Flagg, $10; H. K. Baker, $5;
+      _for Printing Press, Talladega, Ala._
+      (Incorrectly ack. in Dec. number.)
+    Searsport. First Cong. Soc.                               25.00
+    Thomaston. “Matt. vi. 3”                                  10.00
+    Wells. B. Maxwell                                         15.00
+    Wilton. Cong. Ch.                                          9.20
+
+
+  NEW HAMPSHIRE, $217.75.
+
+    Amherst. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          9.00
+    Candia Village. Jona. Martin                               5.00
+    Concord. Ladies of North Ch., bbl. of C.
+    Exeter. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.
+      $27.—“Friends” in Second Cong. Ch. $12, _for
+      a Teacher_                                              39.00
+    Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               7.37
+    Keene. Mrs. Wm. W.                                         0.50
+    Kensington. “Friends” _for N. H. Memorial
+      Inst., Wilmington, N. C._                                6.70
+    Milford. Peter and Cynthia S. Burns, $30;
+      First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $23                            53.00
+    New Ipswich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of which $27.
+      _for Wilmington Memorial Inst._) $31.41;
+      Proceeds of 16th Annual Fair, held by
+      Children of Cong. Ch. $12                               43.41
+    Plainfield. Mrs. Hannah Stevens, _for N. H.
+      Memorial Inst., Wilmington, N. C._ and to
+      const. TENNY K. PAGE, L. M.                             30.00
+    Plymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              15.16
+    Thornton’s Ferry. Individuals, by Mrs. H. N.
+      Eaton                                                    4.00
+    Warner. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                 4.61
+
+
+  VERMONT, $244.22
+
+    Burlington. M. C. Torrey                                   5.00
+    Charlotte. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. JOSEPH
+      S. SHAW, L. M.                                          37.60
+    Chelsea. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               17.00
+    Newbury. P. W. Ladd                                        5.00
+    Norwich. Mrs. S. J. Kellogg                                2.00
+    Ripton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                27.00
+    Saint Johnsbury. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Blodgett,
+      to const. REV. WILLIAM P. BENNETT, L. M.                30.00
+    Stowe. Cong. Ch. to const. ALBERT H. CHENEY,
+      L. M.                                                   43.43
+    Tunbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              2.59
+    West Enosburgh. Henry Fassett                              5.00
+    West Fairlee. Cong. Ch. $12; “A Friend” $1                13.00
+    Westford. Cong. Ch. and Society                           10.00
+    West Westminster. Cong. Ch.                               12.45
+    Windham. Cong. Ch. 12.54; Rev. D. N. Goodrich,
+      $2                                                      14.54
+    Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       19.61
+
+
+  MASSACHUSETTS, $4,329.83.
+
+    Andover. Mrs. Jonathan Poor, $15.50.—“A
+      Friend,” $4.00, _for Straight U._                       19.50
+    Berkley. Cong. Ch.                                        25.68
+    Boston. Shawmut Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($25 _of
+      which for Wilmington, N. C._)                          654.51
+    Boston. —— —— $15.00; “A Friend,” 75 c.; S. D.
+      Smith, 2 organs, val. $200                              15.75
+    Boston Highlands. Immanuel Ch. Sab. School                20.11
+    Cambridgeport. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. Pilgrim
+      Cong. Ch., $30.00, to const. Mrs. W. A.
+      WARD, L. M.; Prospect St. Cong. Sab. School,
+      $12.34                                                  42.34
+    Brimfield. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., bbl. of C.
+    Brookline. E. H. C.                                        2.00
+    Danvers Centre. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Straight
+      U._                                                     25.00
+    Dorchester. “A Friend,”                                    1.00
+    Easthampton. Payson Cong. Sab. Sch.                       50.00
+    Enfield. Edward Smith                                    200.00
+    Fitchburgh. Cal. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      158.00
+    Fitchburgh. J. A. Conn, _for Student Aid,
+      Atlanta U._                                             50.00
+    Florence. Florence Ch.                                   110.00
+    Foxborough. Cong. Sab. Sch. $5.40; W. P. P.,
+      50c.                                                     5.90
+    Framingham. Ladies of Plym. Ch., 2 bbls. of C.
+    Georgetown. Sab. Sch. Class in Memorial Ch.               10.00
+    Globe Village. Evan. Ch.                                  34.76
+    Harvard. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $27.75; Carrie S.
+      Dixon, $10, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._               37.75
+    Harwich. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 2 bbls. of C.
+      _for Marion, Ala._
+    Holbrook. Winthrop Cong. Ch.                              48.34
+    Holden. Mrs. J. T.                                         0.50
+    Jamaica Plain. Central Cong. Ch. _in part_               340.48
+    Lawrence. Central Cong. Sab. Sch. _for
+      Straight U._                                            10.00
+    Lee. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                      75.00
+    Leominster. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            23.25
+    Lexington. Hancock Cong. Church                           12.43
+    Littleton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., bbl. of C.
+    Lowell. Kirk St. Cong. Ch. (F. F. Battles)                50.00
+    Lunenburg. “Friend.”                                       5.00
+    Lynnfield Centre. Cong. Ch. (ad’l)                         0.25
+    Malden. W. A. Wilde, $25, _for bell, Atlanta,
+      Ga._; H. R. B. $1                                       26.00
+    Medfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
+      GEO. F. KERN and MISS AUGUSTA P. ADAMS, L.
+      M.’s                                                    60.00
+    Milford. Con. Sab. Sch. _for Chinese M._                  19.00
+    Millbury. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. half bbl. of
+      bedding, _for Atlanta U._
+    Myricksville Precinct. Cong. Sab. Sch.                    20.00
+    Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         110.85
+    New Bedford. Trin. Cong. Ch.                              49.74
+    Newburyport. No. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       28.27
+    Newton. Eliot Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         140.75
+    Norfolk. “Friends” $20, _for Woodbridge, N.
+      C._; Cong. Sab. Ch. $8; Cong. Ch. and Soc.
+      $6.75                                                   34.75
+    Northampton. “W.”                                        100.00
+    Northbridge. Phebe S. Marsh                                5.00
+    North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                50.00
+    Norwich. Mrs. S. J. Kellogg, pkg. of C.
+    Norwood. Mrs. H. N. Fuller                                 5.00
+    Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          19.50
+    Peabody. South Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Straight
+      U._                                                     25.00
+    Pepperell. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             20.00
+    Phillipston. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. bbl. of C.
+    Rehoboth. Cong. Ch.                                       12.00
+    Rockport. John Parsons                                     3.00
+    Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                5.00
+    Salem. South Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Straight U._            25.00
+    Scotland. James M. Leonard                                 2.00
+    South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         10.00
+    Southampton. Cong. Ch. $14; Benj. N. Norton $3            17.00
+    Southbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           38.55
+    Southfield. “Friends,” $1.10 and pkg. S. S.
+      books                                                    1.10
+    South Hadley. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                    34.00
+    Springfield. Memorial Ch.                                 24.48
+    Tewksbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             41.25
+    Taunton. Winslow Ch. and Soc.                             40.81
+    Truro. Rev. E. W. N.                                       1.00
+    Westborough. Freedmen’s Mission Assn., 3 bbls.
+      of C., _one of which for Atlanta U._
+    Whitinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       1,158.50
+    Winchendon. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.
+      $9.64; Geo. Cummings, $10                               19.64
+    Winchester. Stephen Cutter                                 5.00
+    West Newton. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.                    35.11
+    Worcester. Union Ch., $60.62; Old So. Cong.
+      Ch., $54.36                                            114.98
+
+
+  RHODE ISLAND, $198.95.
+
+    Central Falls. Cong. Ch.                                  73.95
+    Providence. “A Friend,” $100; Josiah Chapin,
+      $25                                                    125.00
+
+
+  CONNECTICUT, $893.73.
+
+    Ansonia. Cong. Ch.                                        32.00
+    Ashford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                6.00
+    Avon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                 120.00
+    Black Rock. Mrs. J. P. Britten                             5.00
+    Colchester. Rev. S. G. Willard _for Straight
+      U._                                                     20.00
+    East Haddam. C. Higgins                                    5.00
+    East Woodstock. H. C.                                      0.25
+    Enfield. First Cong. Ch.                                  14.74
+    Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch.                               28.00
+    Georgetown. Cong. Ch.                                     12.00
+    Glastenbury. Cong. Ch.                                   150.00
+    Groton. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                   15.46
+    Guilford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                        25.00
+    Hartford. Pearl St. Cong. Ch. $86.50; Windsor
+      Ave. Cong. Ch. $27.60.—Mrs. Chas. F. Howard,
+      $25, _for Howard U._                                   139.10
+    Kensington. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                1.00
+    Lebanon. First Ch. and South Soc. $18; Betsy
+      Metcalf, $10                                            28.00
+    Meriden. Julius W. Yale                                    5.00
+    Milford. Rev. Geo. H. Griffin, $5; Albert
+      Baldwin, $5; Lucy B. Miles, $10, _for
+      Printing Press, Talladega, Ala._
+      (incorrectly ack. in Dec. number.)
+    New Canaan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            13.30
+    New Hartford. First Cong. Sab. Sch., John
+      Richard’s Bible Class, $5; Rev. F. H. Adams’
+      Bible Class, $5, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._             10.00
+    New Haven. College St. Ch. and Soc.                       20.00
+    North Granby. First Cong. Ch.                              5.35
+    Norwalk. First Cong. Ch.                                  36.86
+    Plantsville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
+      Aid, Atlanta U._                                        50.00
+    Stamford. First Cong. Ch.                                 26.52
+    Thomaston. Cong. Ch.                                      20.15
+    West Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            20.00
+    West Meriden. H. C.                                        1.00
+    Wethersfield. Horace Savage                                2.00
+    Winchendon. Coll. by I. A. Bronson                        15.00
+    Woodbury. North Cong. Ch.                                 17.00
+    ——. “A Friend,”                                           50.00
+
+
+  NEW YORK, $877.45.
+
+    Adams Basin. L. D.                                         1.00
+    Brooklyn. J. Davenport                                    50.00
+    Buffalo. W. G. Bancroft                                  200.00
+    Clyde. ESTATE of T. Grimshaw, by A. Traver, Ex.          100.00
+    Crown Point. Second Cong. Ch.                              6.00
+    Derby. Mrs. J. B.                                          1.00
+    Franklin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              27.66
+    Hancock. Cong. Ch.                                         0.25
+    Hopkinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              9.00
+    Ithaca. Mrs. H. Selby and others                           1.50
+    Lockport. H. W. Nichols                                    5.00
+    Madison. G. H. H.                                          0.51
+    Newark Valley. Cong. Ch.                                  26.13
+    New York. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dodge, _for
+      Student Aid, Atlanta U._, $200; E. S., 40c             200.40
+    Norwich. “A Friend,” $20; Mrs. R. A. B. $1                21.00
+    Nunda. Four Ladies of Presb. Ch., bbl. of C.
+      and $1 _for Freight_                                     1.00
+    Oriskany. A. Halsey, Mrs. L. B. Porter, and
+      Rev. S. F. Porter, $5 ea.                               15.00
+    Paris. Val. Pierce $12, Mrs. Pierce $5                    17.00
+    Penn Yan. Chas. C. Sheppard                              150.00
+    Randolph. MRS. DEMARIUS SHELDON, to const.
+      herself L. M.                                           30.00
+    Utica. Bethesda Welsh Cong. Ch.                           10.00
+    ——. “A Friend,”                                            5.00
+
+
+  NEW JERSEY, $71.
+
+    Boonton. Mrs. W. G. L.                                     1.00
+    Montclair. First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
+      Hampton Inst._                                          70.00
+
+
+  PENNSYLVANIA, $31.00.
+
+    Centre Road. J. A. Scovel                                  5.00
+    Newcastle. Mrs. J. W.                                      1.00
+    Pittsburgh. Third Presb. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
+      Student Aid, Talladega C._                              25.00
+
+
+  OHIO, $144.80.
+
+    Berea. First Cong. Ch.                                     2.50
+    Brownhelm. Cong. Ch.                                      16.80
+    Cleveland. M. H. B.                                        0.50
+    East Cleveland. Mrs. Mary Walkden                          2.00
+    Edinburg. Cong. Ch.                                       19.00
+    Hudson. Cong. Ch.                                         20.00
+    Lenox. Balance Subscription, _for Tougaloo
+      Inst._, by Nelson French                                 4.50
+    Mechanicstown. S. M.                                       1.00
+    Medina. Cong. Ch. and So., bal. to const. W.
+      F. ECCLESTON and T. E. ROWE, L. M’s.—50 cts.
+      additional for _Tougaloo U._                            15.50
+    Nelson. Dea. Harvey Pike                                   5.00
+    Rochester. Cong. Ch.                                       4.00
+    Twinsburgh. L. W. and R. F. Green                          4.00
+    Wellington. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      50.00
+
+
+  INDIANA, $5.00.
+
+    Kokoma. Cong. Ch.                                          5.00
+
+
+  ILLINOIS, $112.91.
+
+    Chicago. Ladies’ Miss. Soc.                                5.00
+    Delavan. R. Houghton                                       8.00
+    Evanston. Cong. Ch.                                       42.03
+    Galesburg. ESTATE Warren C. Willard, by Prof.
+      T. R. Willard                                           14.00
+    Huntley. Rev. D. C.                                        1.00
+    Kewanee. Mrs. C. E. Chapin, _for Student Aid,
+      Atlanta U._                                              5.00
+    Nora. G. W. Warner                                        10.00
+    Rantoul. Cong. Ch.                                         2.88
+    Rockford. Mrs. Penfield, _for Student Aid,
+      Talladega C._                                           10.00
+    Princeton. Mrs. J. T. Wells                               15.00
+
+
+  MICHIGAN, $497.19.
+
+    Ann Arbor. Dea. Sylvester Morris                           5.00
+    Cross Village. Mrs. A. A. C.                               0.50
+    Detroit. First Cong. Ch.                                 293.56
+    East Riverton. Mrs. J. Barnes                             10.00
+    Hudson. Individuals                                        3.50
+    Hillsdale. J. W. Ford                                      2.00
+    Jackson. Mrs. R. M. Bennett                                1.50
+    Kalamazoo. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $5.19;
+      Friends, $3.30                                           8.49
+    Lodi. Eli Benton                                          40.00
+    Olivet. Wm. J. Hickok, $10 _for Camp Nelson_,
+      $5 _for Emerson Inst._, $5 _for Indian M._
+      and $5 _for Chinese M._                                 25.00
+    Niles. Dr. James Lewis                                     5.00
+    Port Huron. First Cong. Ch.                               34.00
+    Romeo. Cong. Ch.                                          35.42
+    Saint Clair. Cong. Ch.                                    22.22
+    Vienna. Union Cong. Ch.                                   11.00
+
+
+  IOWA, $183.48.
+
+    Anamosa. Cong. Ch.                                        13.83
+    Castalia. W. H. Baker and family, to const.
+      MRS. HANNAH WILLIAMS, L. M.                             35.00
+    Davenport. Capt. A. E. Adams, _for
+      Scholarship, Talladega C._                              50.00
+    Elk River. Cong. Ch.                                       3.00
+    Iowa Falls. Cong. Ch.                                      8.00
+    Maquoketa. Missionary Soc. of Cong. Ch.                   20.04
+    Monona. Cong. Ch.                                          6.00
+    Monticello. Children’s Band                                0.20
+    Riceville. Girls’ Miss. Soc.                              10.90
+    Stacyville. Cong. Ch.                                     14.21
+    Traer. Woman’s Miss. Soc.                                 10.00
+    Waterloo. Ladies’ Miss. Soc.                              12.30
+
+
+  WISCONSIN, $29.68.
+
+    Beloit. First Cong. Ch., bale of C. _for
+      Montgomery, Ala._
+    Geneva Lake. W. H. H.                                      0.50
+    Fort Atkinson. Cong. Ch.                                  15.18
+    Waupun. Cong. Soc.                                        14.00
+
+
+  KANSAS, $3.50.
+
+    Russell. S. H. Falley                                      2.50
+    Solomon City. M. W. E.                                     1.00
+
+
+  MINNESOTA, $90.33.
+
+    Lake City. Sab. Sch. and Friends, _for
+      Straight U._                                            41.00
+    Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch.                                 19.33
+    Hawley. Adna Colburn, Sr., $20; Adna Colburn,
+      Jr., $10                                                30.00
+
+
+  WASHINGTON TERRITORY, $22.96.
+
+    S’kokomish. Cong. Ch. of Christ                           18.10
+    White River. Cong. Ch.                                     4.86
+
+
+  NEBRASKA, $5.00.
+
+    Silver. Melinda Bowen                                      5.00
+
+
+  MISSOURI. $4.00.
+
+    Warrensburg. Rent                                          4.00
+
+
+  MARYLAND, $280.00.
+
+    Baltimore. Rev. Geo. Morris, $200 _for a
+      Teacher_, and $80 _for a Student, Fisk U._             280.00
+
+
+  GEORGIA, $230.66.
+
+    Atlanta. Atlanta University                              113.00
+    Brunswick. School Children, by S. B. Morse,
+      _for Mendi M._                                           1.17
+    Savannah. Beach Inst.                                    115.60
+    Woodville. Pilgrim Ch., _for Mendi M._                     0.89
+
+
+  NORTH CAROLINA, $28.76.
+
+    Newbern. C. E. W.                                          0.50
+    Raleigh. Washington Sch.                                  25.50
+    Wilmington. Cong. Ch.                                      2.76
+
+
+  SOUTH CAROLINA, $262.66.
+
+    Charleston. Avery Inst.                                  262.66
+
+
+  CALIFORNIA, $40.00.
+
+    Oakville. A. A. Bancroft                                  40.00
+
+
+  CANADA, $15.04.
+
+    Toronto. Mrs. J. Thom ($5 _of which for Cal.
+      Chinese M._)                                            15.04
+                                                           ————————
+      Total                                                8,983.64
+    Total from Oct. 1st to Nov. 30th                     $15,835.30
+
+                                                H. W. HUBBARD,
+                                                    _Ass’t Treas._
+
+
+  RECEIVED FOR DEBT.
+
+    Amherst, N. H. L. and L. K. Melendy                     1000.00
+    East Woodstock, Conn. Rev. E. H. Pratt                     1.00
+    New Britain, Conn. Mrs. Norman Hart                       25.00
+    Wilton, Conn. Rev. S. J. M. Merwin                        50.00
+    Wilton, Conn. Miranda B. Merwin                           25.00
+    Andover, Mass. Free Cong. Ch. and Soc.                    13.00
+    Florence, Mass. “A. L. W.”                               500.00
+    Foxborough, Mass. A. L. Payson                             1.00
+    Malden, Mass. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         159.55
+    Lakeville, Mass. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
+      MRS. CAROLINE L. WARD, L. M.                            34.11
+    Pittsfield, Mass. Second Cong. Sab. Sch.                   5.00
+    Scotland, Mass. “A Friend.”                                2.00
+    West Barnstable, Mass. Rev. B. Paine                       5.00
+    Albany, N. Y. Mrs. M. M. Learned                          25.00
+    Clifton Springs, N. Y. Mrs. Andrew Pierce                 25.00
+    Fairport, N. Y. Mrs. J. E. Howard                         25.00
+    Fairport, N. Y. Mrs. Garry Brooks                         25.00
+    New York, N. Y. ——                                        25.00
+    Penn Yan, N. Y. Mrs. D. B. Prosser                        25.00
+    Rochester, N. Y. Gen. A. W. Riley                         25.00
+    Sacketts Harbor, N. Y. Mrs. Anar H. Barnes                30.00
+    Centre Road, Penn. J. A. Scovel                            5.00
+    Belpre, Ohio. Cong. Ch.                                    5.00
+    Fort Recovery, Ohio. M. W. Diggs                           5.00
+    Paddys Run, Ohio. Sarah Wilkin                             5.00
+    Painsville, Ohio. Mrs. C. C. Beardslee                     4.00
+    Oberlin, Ohio. Pres. J. H. Fairchild                      10.00
+    Michigan City, Ind. Correction. J. C. Haddock,
+      $5. (Nov. number) should read Mrs. Clara W.
+      Peck, $5.
+    Buda, Ill. J. B. Stuart                                   10.00
+    Chicago, Ill. Prof. G. N. Boardman                         5.00
+    Geneseo, Ill. P. H. Taylor                                 5.00
+    Providence, Ill. Correction. Mrs. H. B.
+      Gulliver, $6. (Nov. number) should read “A
+      few Friends,” $6.
+    Wethersfield, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Kellogg              5.00
+    Alamo, Mich. Julius Hackley                               20.00
+    Broadhead, Wis. Mrs. W. W. Matter                          3.50
+    Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. James Baker                           5.00
+    Patch Grove, Wis. M. A. Garsich                            1.00
+    Whitewater, Wis. Mrs. R. Coburn                            1.00
+    Natal, South Africa. Mrs. Abbie T. Wilder                 10.00
+                                                           ————————
+      Total                                                2,125.16
+    Previously acknowledged in Oct. receipts               4,659.04
+                                                           ————————
+      Total                                                6,784.20
+
+
+  FOR TILLOTSON NORMAL AND COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.
+
+    Wells, Me. Mrs. B. A. Maxwell                             15.00
+    East Hartford, Conn. H. L. Goodwin                        50.00
+    Hartford, Conn. Mrs. John Olmstead                        50.00
+    Hebron, Conn. B. A. Bissell                                5.00
+    Hebron, Conn. Dea. Jasper Porter                           5.00
+    Sing Sing, N. Y. Mrs. Harriet M. Cole, to
+      const. CORNELIA M. COLE, L. M.                          30.00
+    Syracuse, N. Y. Mrs. Sarah T. Salisbury                   50.00
+    Oberlin, Ohio. Mrs. C. C. Wheat                            5.00
+    Olivet, Mich. Wm. B. Palmer                              200.00
+    ——. Individuals                                            5.00
+                                                             ——————
+      Total                                                  415.00
+    Previously acknowledged in Oct. receipts                 190.00
+                                                             ——————
+      Total                                                  605.00
+
+
+  FOR YELLOW FEVER FUND.
+
+    Thetford, Vt. Sarah J. Rugg                                2.00
+    Portland, Conn. First Cong. Ch.                           41.92
+    Andover, Mass. Chapel Ch. and Soc. $64.55 and
+      Sab. Sch. $15                                           79.55
+    Troy, N. Y. “Little Mary and Margaret Cushman
+      and Mamma.”                                              1.00
+    Orwell, N. Y. “A few Friends in Cong. Ch.,” by
+      Rev. F. N. Greeley                                      12.00
+    Orange, N. J. Trinity Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.                 10.00
+    Tabor, Iowa. Cong. Ch.                                     6.40
+                                                             ——————
+                                                             152.87
+    Previously acknowledged in Oct. receipts                 154.17
+                                                             ——————
+      Total                                                  307.04
+
+
+  ENDOWMENT FUND.
+
+    Norwood, Mass. ESTATE of Samuel Morrill, by
+      Edward H. Morrill, Ex.                                 500.00
+
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+
+
+The American Missionary Association.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+AIM AND WORK.
+
+To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with
+the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted its
+main efforts to preparing the FREEDMEN for their duties as citizens
+and Christians in America and as missionaries in Africa. As closely
+related to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted CHINESE
+in America, and to co-operate with the Government in its humane
+and Christian policy towards the INDIANS. It has also a mission in
+AFRICA.
+
+
+STATISTICS.
+
+CHURCHES: _In the South_—In Va. 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2;
+Ga., 12; Ky., 7; Tenn., 4; Ala., 13; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2;
+Texas, 5. _Africa_, 1. _Among the Indians_, 1. Total 66.
+
+INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE
+SOUTH.—_Chartered_: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega Ala.;
+Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.;
+and Austin, Texas, 8. _Graded or Normal Schools_: at Wilmington,
+Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Macon, Atlanta, Ga.;
+Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn., 11. _Other
+Schools_, 18. Total 37.
+
+TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.—Among the Freedmen,
+231; among the Chinese, 17; among the Indians, 17; in Africa, 14.
+Total, 279. STUDENTS—In Theology, 88; Law, 17; in College
+Course, 106; in other studies, 7,018. Total, 7,229. Scholars,
+taught by former pupils of our schools, estimated at 100,000.
+INDIANS under the care of the Association, 13,000.
+
+
+WANTS.
+
+1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with
+the growing work in the South. This increase can only be reached by
+_regular_ and _larger_ contributions from the churches—the feeble
+as well as the strong.
+
+2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational
+institutions, to accommodate the increasing numbers of students;
+MEETING HOUSES, for the new churches we are organizing;
+MORE MINISTERS, cultured and pious, for these churches.
+
+3. HELP FOR YOUNG MEN, to be educated as ministers here
+and missionaries to Africa—a pressing want.
+
+Before sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A.
+office, as below.
+
+  NEW YORK      H. W. Hubbard, Esq., 56 Reade Street.
+  BOSTON        Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Room 21, Congregational House.
+  CHICAGO       Rev. Jas. Powell, 112 West Washington Street.
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+
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+_The “American Missionary” is printed and circulated for the
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+
+                      THE THIRTY-THIRD VOLUME
+
+                              OF THE
+
+                       AMERICAN MISSIONARY,
+
+                               1879.
+
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+Transcriber’s Notes:
+
+
+Ditto marks in tables were replaced with the text they represent in
+order to facilitate alignment.
+
+The page number in the Table of Contents entry for RETURN OF REV.
+FLOYD SNELSON was corrected.
+
+Punctuation and spelling were changed only where the error appears
+to be a printing error. Inconsistent hyphenation was retained
+as there are numerous authors. The punctuation changes are too
+numerous to list; the others are as follows:
+
+“Protestanism” changed to “Protestantism” on page 9. (Protestantism
+in the South)
+
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-<h1><span class="small">THE</span><br />AMERICAN MISSIONARY.</h1>

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-<div class="wrap"><p class="centerline">“To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.”</p></div>

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-<div class="wrap"><p class="centerline xlarge">JANUARY, 1879.</p></div>

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-<div class="wrap"><h2><i>CONTENTS</i>:</h2>

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-    <td class="conthead" colspan="2">EDITORIAL.</td>

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-    <td class="chapline">Our Outlook for 1879</td>

-    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_1">1</a></td>

-  </tr>

-  <tr>

-    <td class="chapline">Our Appeal for the New Year</td>

-    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_2">2</a></td>

-  </tr>

-  <tr>

-    <td class="chapline">The Lord’s Work and the Lord’s Coming</td>

-    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td>

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-  <tr>

-    <td class="chapline">The London Union Missionary Conference</td>

-    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td>

-  </tr>

-  <tr>

-    <td class="chapline">Political Progress of the Freedmen:

-      <span class="chaplinen">Rev. M. E. Strieby</span></td>

-    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_4">4</a></td>

-  </tr>

-  <tr>

-    <td class="chapline">These My Brethren</td>

-    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_6">6</a></td>

-  </tr>

-  <tr>

-    <td class="chapline">Five Tests of American Civilization:

-      <span class="chaplinen">Prof. C. D. Hartranft, D. D.</span></td>

-    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_7"> 7</a></td>

-  </tr>

-  <tr>

-    <td class="chapline">Return of Rev. Floyd Snelson</td>

-    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td>

-  </tr>

-  <tr>

-    <td class="chapline">Items From The Churches</td>

-    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td>

-  </tr>

-  <tr>

-    <td class="chapline">General Notes</td>

-    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_11">11</a></td>

-  </tr>

-  <tr>

-    <td class="chapline">Our Query Column</td>

-    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td>

-  </tr>

-  <tr>

-    <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE FREEDMEN.</td>

-  </tr>

-  <tr>

-    <td class="chapline">District of Columbia—

-      <span class="chaplinen">Revival in Howard University</span></td>

-    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td>

-  </tr>

-  <tr>

-    <td class="chapline">Virginia—

-      <span class="chaplinen">A Destitute County</span></td>

-    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td>

-  </tr>

-  <tr>

-    <td class="chapline">Alabama—

-      <span class="chaplinen">New Church at Shelby Iron Works—Talladega a Missionary Centre</span></td>

-    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td>

-  </tr>

-  <tr>

-    <td class="chapline">Florence—

-      <span class="chaplinen">Thin End of the Wedge—First Thanksgiving Service</span></td>

-    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td>

-  </tr>

-  <tr>

-    <td class="chapline">Missouri—

-      <span class="chaplinen">Free Schools in the State</span></td>

-    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td>

-  </tr>

-  <tr>

-    <td class="conthead" colspan="2">AFRICA.</td>

-  </tr>

-  <tr>

-    <td class="chapline">The Mendi Mission—

-      <span class="chaplinen">A Church Organized and Dedicated at Avery</span></td>

-    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td>

-  </tr>

-  <tr>

-    <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE INDIANS.</td>

-  </tr>

-  <tr>

-    <td class="chapline">The Late Indian War and Christianity:

-      <span class="chaplinen">Rev Myron Eells</span></td>

-    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td>

-  </tr>

-  <tr>

-    <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE CHINESE.</td>

-  </tr>

-  <tr>

-    <td class="chapline">Congregational Association of Christian Chinese:

-      <span class="chaplinen">Rev. W. C. Pond</span></td>

-    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td>

-  </tr>

-  <tr>

-    <td class="toc-chapter pp2">RECEIPTS</td>

-    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_24">24</a></td>

-  </tr>

-  <tr>

-    <td class="toc-chapter">WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, ETC.</td>

-    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td>

-  </tr>

-  <tr>

-    <td class="toc-chapter">PLEASE READ, THINK, COPY AND MAIL</td>

-    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_28">28</a></td>

-  </tr>

-</table>

-</div>

-</div>

-

-<hr class="quarter" />

-

-<div class="center">

-NEW YORK:<br />

-Published by the American Missionary Association,<br />

-<span class="smcap">Rooms, 56 Reade Street</span>.

-

-<hr class="quarter" />

-

-<p class="center">Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance.</p>

-</div>

-

-<hr class="full" />

-

-<div class="article">

-<h2>American Missionary Association,</h2>

-

-<p class="center">56 READE STREET, N. Y.</p>

-

-<hr class="quarter" />

-

-<p class="center p1 small">PRESIDENT.</p>

-<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Hon. E. S. TOBEY</span>, Boston.</p>

-

-<div>

-<p class="position">VICE-PRESIDENTS.</p>

-

-<table><tr><td class="tdpr">

-Hon. <span class="smcap">F. D. Parish</span>, Ohio.<br />

-Hon. <span class="smcap">E. D. Holton</span>, Wis.<br />

-Hon. <span class="smcap">William Claflin</span>, Mass.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">Stephen Thurston</span>, D. D., Me.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">Samuel Harris</span>, D. D., Ct.<br />

-<span class="smcap">Wm. C. Chapin</span>, Esq., R. I.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">W. T. Eustis</span>, D. D., Mass.<br />

-Hon. <span class="smcap">A. C. Barstow</span>, R. I.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">Thatcher Thayer</span>, D. D., R. I.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">Ray Palmer</span>, D. D., N. Y.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">J. M. Sturtevant</span>, D. D., Ill.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">W. W. Patton</span>, D. D., D. C.<br />

-Hon. <span class="smcap">Seymour Straight</span>, La.<br />

-<span class="smcap">Horace Hallock</span>, Esq., Mich.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">Cyrus W. Wallace</span>, D. D., N. H.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">Edward Hawes</span>, Ct.<br />

-<span class="smcap">Douglas Putnam</span>, Esq., Ohio.<br />

-Hon. <span class="smcap">Thaddeus Fairbanks</span>, Vt.<br />

-<span class="smcap">Samuel D. Porter</span>, Esq., N. Y.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">M. M. G. Dana</span>, D. D., Minn.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">H. W. Beecher</span>, N. Y.<br />

-Gen. <span class="smcap">O. O. Howard</span>, Oregon.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">G. F. Magoun</span>, D. D., Iowa.<br />

-Col. <span class="smcap">C. G. Hammond</span>, Ill.<br />

-<span class="smcap">Edward Spaulding</span>, M. D., N. H.<br />

-<span class="smcap">David Ripley</span>, Esq., N. J.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">Wm. M. Barbour</span>, D. D., Ct.

-</td>

-

-<td>

-Rev. <span class="smcap">W. L. Gage</span>, Ct.<br />

-<span class="smcap">A. S. Hatch</span>, Esq., N. Y.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">J. H. Fairchild</span>, D. D., Ohio<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">H. A. Stimson</span>, Minn.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">J. W. Strong</span>, D. D., Minn.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">George Thacher</span>, LL. D., Iowa.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">A. L. Stone</span>, D. D., California.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">G. H. Atkinson</span>, D. D., Oregon.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">J. E. Rankin</span>, D. D., D. C.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">A. L. Chapin</span>, D. D., Wis.<br />

-<span class="smcap">S. D. Smith</span>, Esq., Mass.<br />

-<span class="smcap">Peter Smith</span>, Esq., Mass.<br />

-Dea. <span class="smcap">John C. Whitin</span>, Mass.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">Wm. Patton</span>, D. D., Ct.<br />

-Hon. <span class="smcap">J. B. Grinnell</span>, Iowa.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">Wm. T. Carr</span>, Ct.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">Horace Winslow</span>, Ct.<br />

-Sir <span class="smcap">Peter Coats</span>, Scotland.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">Henry Allon</span>, D. D., London, Eng.<br />

-<span class="smcap">Wm. E. Whiting</span>, Esq., N. Y.<br />

-<span class="smcap">J. M. Pinkerton</span>, Esq., Mass.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">F. A. Noble</span>, D. D., Ct.<br />

-<span class="smcap">Daniel Hand</span>, Esq., Ct.<br />

-<span class="smcap">A. L. Williston</span>, Esq., Mass.<br />

-Rev. <span class="smcap">A. F. Beard</span>, D. D., N. Y.<br />

-<span class="smcap">Frederick Billings</span>, Esq., Vt.<br />

-<span class="smcap">Joseph Carpenter</span>, Esq., R. I.

-</td></tr>

-</table>

-</div>

-

-<p class="position">CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.</p>

-

-<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Rev. M. E. STRIEBY</span>, D. D., <i>56 Reade Street, N. Y.</i></p>

-

-<p class="position">DISTRICT SECRETARIES.</p>

-

-<div class="center">

-  <span class="smcap">Rev.</span> C. L. WOODWORTH, <i>Boston</i>.<br />

-  <span class="smcap">Rev.</span> G. D. PIKE, <i>New York</i>.<br />

-  <span class="smcap">Rev.</span> JAS. POWELL, <i>Chicago</i>.<br />

-<br />

-  EDGAR KETCHUM, <span class="smcap">Esq.</span>, <i>Treasurer, N. Y.</i><br />

-  H. W. HUBBARD, <span class="smcap">Esq.</span>, <i>Assistant Treasurer, N. Y.</i><br />

-  <span class="smcap">Rev.</span> M. E. STRIEBY, <i>Recording Secretary</i>.<br />

-</div>

-

-<p class="position">EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.</p>

-

-<table><tr>

-<td class="tdpr">

-  <span class="smcap">Alonzo S. Ball</span>,<br />

-  <span class="smcap">A. S. Barnes</span>,<br />

-  <span class="smcap">Edward Beecher</span>,<br />

-  <span class="smcap">Geo. M. Boynton</span>,<br />

-  <span class="smcap">Wm. B. Brown</span>,

-</td>

-<td class="tdpr">

-  <span class="smcap">Clinton B. Fisk</span>,<br />

-  <span class="smcap">A. P. Foster</span>,<br />

-  <span class="smcap">E. A. Graves</span>,<br />

-  <span class="smcap">S. B. Halliday</span>,<br />

-  <span class="smcap">Sam’l Holmes</span>,

-</td>

-<td class="tdpr">

-  <span class="smcap">S. S. Jocelyn</span>,<br />

-  <span class="smcap">Andrew Lester</span>,<br />

-  <span class="smcap">Chas. L. Mead</span>,<br />

-  <span class="smcap">John H. Washburn</span>,<br />

-  <span class="smcap">G. B. Willcox</span>.

-</td></tr>

-</table>

-

-<p class="center p1 small">COMMUNICATIONS</p>

-

-<p class="center">relating to the business of the Association may be addressed to

-either of the Secretaries as above; letters for the Editor of the

-“American Missionary” to Rev. Geo. M. Boynton, at the New York

-Office.</p>

-

-<p class="center p1 small">DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS</p>

-

-<p>may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, when

-more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational

-House, Boston, Mass., 112 West Washington Street, Chicago, Ill.

-Drafts or checks sent to Mr. Hubbard should be made payable to his

-order as <i>Assistant Treasurer</i>.</p>

-

-<p>A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member.</p>

-

-<p>Correspondents are specially requested to place at the head of each

-letter the name of their Post Office, and the County and State in

-which it is located.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[1]</a></p>

-<hr class="full" />

-</div>

-

-<div class="article">

-<p class="center">THE</p>

-

-<p class="center xxlarge">AMERICAN MISSIONARY.</p>

-

-<hr class="full top" />

-

-<div>

-<div class="third" style="padding-left: 2%"><span class="smcap">Vol. XXXIII.</span></div>

-<div class="third center">JANUARY, 1879.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </div>

-<div class="third right">No. 1.</div>

-</div>

-

-<hr class="full bottom" />

-

-<p class="center xlarge"><b>American Missionary Association.</b></p>

-

-<hr class="chap" />

-

-<h3>OUR OUTLOOK FOR 1879.</h3>

-

-<p>The review of our last year’s work has been so recently and

-so fully given in connection with the annual meeting of the

-Association, that it is scarcely needful for us to ask our readers

-to join us in another survey of what has already been accomplished.

-It is more fitting, as we stand upon the threshold of the new year,

-to ask what are the signs of the times, and what the demands of the

-work before us.</p>

-

-<p>There are still dark clouds in the Southern sky. A mere granting

-of civil and political rights by formal enactment is of small

-importance unless the rights themselves are honestly allowed and

-faithfully accepted. The adjustment of alleged wrongs we must leave

-to politicians if not to statesmen, and to courts of law if not

-of justice. Our work, obscure and remote as it may seem, is more

-fundamental and important than that of either Congresses or courts.

-For by whatever defences the Freedman may or may not be surrounded,

-the only safeguard of his rights must be in his fitness to exercise

-and his ability to maintain them. It is for us, through all the

-changes of the year, to keep steadily to our work. It is not

-checked because the winter is upon us; nor will it be over when the

-summer comes. It is not for this year’s harvesting alone that we

-are working; we are sub-soiling and so laboring for the permanent

-reclamation of these vast fields. We believe that more depends

-upon the moral and intellectual elevation of the Freedmen of our

-land, not only in regard to their welfare, but in regard to the

-great questions of which they are only a factor, than upon anything

-which can be done for them by legislative enactment or military

-power. We purpose, then, to press on with the school and the

-church. Intelligence and virtue are the Jachin and Boaz, the two

-great pillars of the porch of the Temple of American citizenship

-and liberty. While it rests on anything else, it is uncertain and

-unsafe.</p>

-

-<p>Our lesser work at home among the Indians and Chinese will demand

-the same moderate but constant share of our attention as before.

-Our connection with the six Indian Agencies, through the Interior

-Department, is not a matter of expense, but mainly of time and

-care. If we shall be relieved from that, our missionary work will

-still remain and may be enlarged. And though the immigration of

-Chinamen has been checked to some degree, and their interest in

-learning English has been abated by the abuse they have received,

-the work has been, and is yet, too fruitful of good to be given up.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[2]</a></p>

-

-<p>Our African mission has passed through one year under its new

-organization, with apparent prosperity and success. We shall need

-to strengthen its forces before long. We shall want both the men

-and the means.</p>

-

-<p>There is work enough in our outlook and encouragement to do it. We

-would remind our readers as well as ourselves, that the year which

-is most full of sacrifice and service for the Master, is most sure

-of all to be <em>A Happy New Year</em>.</p>

-

-<hr class="chap" />

-

-

-<h3>OUR APPEAL FOR 1879.</h3>

-

-<p>Our friends are thoroughly informed of the fact that our debt of

-late has been rapidly diminishing. We are sorry to say that <em>the

-same thing is true of our income</em>. That, too, has been growing

-less. We learn that this is true, also, of our sister societies.

-They, also, have noticed a falling off in their revenues. We do

-not like to make much ado over our troubles; but we have been very

-frank in acknowledging our mercies, and we owe it to the work, and

-to those who sustain it, to tell them our perplexities as well.</p>

-

-<p>Our receipts for the last two months have been very inadequate

-for the work we have in hand. What does this mean to us with this

-outlook for 1879? Does it signify withdrawal from fields already

-under cultivation? Already the Executive Committee have had under

-serious advisement two cases, in which it was necessary either

-to stop fruitful work at important points or spend a little more

-money. Retrenchment is easier to talk of than to accomplish. It

-costs as much sometimes to stop as to go on. A temporary suspension

-is sometimes more expensive than continuous work. Our teachers are

-engaged and our buildings are prepared for the year. Shall we stop

-the whole machinery of a great factory to save the price of the gas

-which lights it? That would be ruinous economy indeed.</p>

-

-<p>But we do not seriously believe that the friends of the three most

-needy races on our continent have lost heart, or hope, or means, to

-carry out the generous plans they have devised. These last months

-of 1878 have been trying alike to them and to us. Our plea is only

-this, that, with the new year (if the debt be not by that time

-altogether a thing of the past), there may be a fresh and final

-attack upon that enemy of our peace; and more even than this, that

-there may be a fuller and a steadier flow of the Lord’s money into

-our treasury for the wants of the work of 1879.</p>

-

-<hr class="tb" />

-

-<p class="intro">We are happy to say that a goodly number of ladies whom we have

-asked to assume the responsibility of raising a share of $25,

-towards the payment of our debt, have replied favorably. The

-following extract from a letter sent us by one who has been

-abundant in her efforts for the Freedmen, indicates the enthusiasm

-and thankfulness with which some of the ladies respond:</p>

-

-<p>Your kind letter of November 26th found me watching in the sick

-room of my brother; but my heart went right up to God in gratitude

-that I was not forgotten by the officers of the A. M. A., and that

-they still think I can do something to help on this great work. I

-have never ceased to be interested in the work in all its length

-and breadth, and to do what little I can for it. The debt has

-occupied much of my thought. I have wanted to do something to help

-pay it beyond the little I could give myself. Now that I can go out

-under your guardianship, I will be one of two hundred to raise one

-share ($25), and as much more as I can. I am sure the debt will

-soon be paid. There should be no lack of funds to carry on this

-work. It is very strange our <em>nation</em> cannot see it and feel it

-too.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[3]</a></p>

-

-<p class="intro">An old and faithful friend from Sag Harbor, N. Y., sends us thirty

-dollars to make a life member. At the same time he asks us to star

-the names of his two oldest children, who were among the first of

-the twenty whom he has thus added to our list. They have gone up

-higher. He concludes thus:</p>

-

-<p>I was much interested in reading the article in December number,

-page 387, “Students Want to ‘Batch’—Who will Help?” I would like

-for my $30 to go to assist in building one of those $100 houses.

-Can’t you get some one to add the other $70, and put up one of

-those dwellings for those scholars who are so anxious to get an

-education to teach and to preach?</p>

-

-<hr class="chap" />

-

-

-<h3>THE LORD’S WORK AND THE LORD’S COMING.</h3>

-

-<p class="intro">One of our friends, (Rev. T. S. Robie, North Carver, Mass.,) who

-was at our annual meeting at Taunton, remembering doubtless that

-the Prophetic Conference was in session during the same days in New

-York City, puts the two things together thus:</p>

-

-<p>One comes from a meeting like that, through which glimpses are

-caught of opportunities for work, of openings by the Unseen Hand

-into spheres of service which stretch out into the future beyond

-the range of our human vision, with the overwhelming conviction

-that the Lord isn’t just at present to stop the wheels of this

-world. It is not <em>like</em> the Lord to give such problems to His

-people, which are pressing upon this Christian nation today with

-such power, and which demand time for their solution, and then

-to cut the Gordian knot by the sword of His “coming,” as if He

-had met with a tangled question which He himself could not untie.

-The red, blue and white and black marble, which Divine Providence

-has brought into this land, tell of a building of God grander

-than any Persian palace, the foundations of which seem to be just

-being laid, rather than the completion thereof to be nigh at

-hand. The vastness of the preparation points to the magnificence

-of the Lord’s dominion in the hearts and over the lives of men.</p>

-

-<p>The Book of God’s Providence is as much inspired as the Bible

-itself. And whoever studies the former as prayerfully as the

-latter, must labor hard to stifle the feeling that the clock of

-earth, instead of getting ready to stop, is being wound up to

-keep good time for a thousand years, as a prelude to that perfect

-righteousness which shall dwell forever on the new earth and

-beneath the new heavens.</p>

-

-<hr class="chap" />

-

-

-<h3>THE LONDON UNION MISSIONARY CONFERENCE.</h3>

-

-<p>The London Union Missionary Conference was held in November. The

-Congregational churches of America were represented by Dr. Clark

-of the American Board, and Dr. O. H. White of the Freedmen’s Aid

-Society, of London, who also represented the American Missionary

-Association, to which the F. A. Society is auxiliary. The last

-gathering of the kind in England was in 1860, at which one

-hundred and twenty-six delegates assembled. The sessions were

-mainly private, the societies represented were chiefly British,

-and plans were discussed rather than achievements reported. This

-later meeting was somewhat different in its character. Six hundred

-delegates were in attendance from various lands and denominations

-of Christians. It was not so much a conference on methods as a

-comparison of results. The sessions of the week were apportioned

-to the work in the various lands. A great mass of information was

-collected, which will doubtless be more impressive and complete in

-the volume of proceedings to be published, than it could have been

-in the hearing.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[4]</a></p>

-

-<p>The character of the meetings may be inferred from the following

-sketch of the time devoted to the “Dark Continent,” in which we

-are especially interested. We copy from the correspondent of

-the <cite>Christian Union</cite>: “Two sessions on Tuesday were devoted to

-Africa and its many tribes. An Irish peer, the Earl of Cavan,

-presided, and the attendance of delegates and friends was large.

-Dr. Underhill, of the Baptist Missionary Society, discoursed on

-the benefits of emancipation, and showed what an important bearing

-the evangelizing of the negro race must have on the conversion of

-all West Africa. Sir Fowell Buxton, the son of the great advocate

-of emancipation forty years ago, described the three schemes now

-being carried out for planting new missions on the three great

-lakes of Central Africa. Dr. Stewart, of the Free Church Mission

-at Livingstonia, on Lake Nyassa, described the principle and

-the plan of the missionary institution at Lovedale, in the Cape

-Colony, which he has managed for several years. This is a model

-institution, with industrial as well as educational and theological

-departments; and is just the thing which the native tribes of South

-Africa need for their enlightenment. Dr. Lowe, the Secretary of the

-Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society, also read an admirable paper

-on the work, methods and usefulness of medical missions generally.

-Several of the medical missionaries who have recently gone out to

-Africa were Dr. Lowe’s pupils.</p>

-

-<p>“Among the effective speakers on these African missions were

-Dr. Waugemann, of Berlin, who described the work of the Berlin

-Society, especially in the Transvaal; Dr. White, of the Freedmen’s

-Aid Mission; the Rev. E. Schrenck, of Basle, who spoke of work

-in Ashantee; and the Rev. Dr. Moffat, who told the Conference

-about his Bechuanas, and of course with his strong gray hair and

-his eighty-three years of age and sixty-two years of service for

-Christ, received an ovation at its hands. The noble presence and

-the stirring words of the grand old man on the African day were a

-striking feature in the meetings of the Conference.”</p>

-

-<p>Such gatherings must help on the cause of Christian comity in

-missions, as well as broaden the views of all who are engaged

-in working the field under their hands. It is well to look up

-sometimes from our own furrow, even if we have to stop ploughing

-for a little, that we may realize that the field is the world, and

-that the harvest belongs to one Master.</p>

-

-<hr class="chap" />

-

-

-<h3>THE POLITICAL PROGRESS OF THE FREEDMEN.</h3>

-

-<p class="secauth">BY REV. M. E. STRIEBY.</p>

-

-<p>Was it wise to give the ballot to the ex-slaves? The answer that

-came in the hour it was given, from the Congress that gave it,

-from the Northern people that sustained it, and from the colored

-people that enjoyed it, was an emphatic and enthusiastic “Yes!”

-The answer that came at that hour from the Southern white man was

-in a suppressed voice, and was an execration hissed out between

-grinding teeth. Since that hour the voice of the Southern white

-man has grown firmer, and, as it came up from misgoverned South

-Carolina and Louisiana, has rounded out into a full-toned “No!”

-Nay, more, it has been re-echoed from the North, and recently with

-special emphasis from the lips of one of the purest Christian

-scholars on the heights of Christian learning in New England. What

-answer do I give? Unhesitatingly, “Yes!” I say nothing about the

-mere party reason given either then or since, for I do not write

-as a partisan. I put the wisdom of the ballot on more substantial

-grounds.</p>

-

-<p>1. It saved the Freedmen from being again reduced to slavery.

-Vagrant laws<a class="pagenum" name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</a> were passed, which confined them to the plantations

-on which they had engaged to work, the end of which would have been

-a serfdom attaching them to the soil. The ballot saved them from

-this.</p>

-

-<p>2. It gave the Freedmen and the South a free school system—a

-greater boon than Southern legislation ever gave them before—a

-boon without which all else would have been well-nigh in vain.

-That system was modeled after the best patterns at the North, and

-although it has been somewhat modified and enfeebled in practical

-operation, is yet a solid corner-stone in the foundation of the new

-superstructure which the South is rearing.</p>

-

-<p>3. The ballot gave the Freedman a sense of self-respect, and

-commanded for him the respect of others. To him it was an education

-and an inspiration. It gave him the standing of a man among men,

-and prompted him to become worthy of his position. It was a power

-to him in the early days of his freedom, when he needed every help

-to sustain him in that freedom; and to-day, though it is held in

-check and almost useless, yet it is a slumbering giant, and is

-watched with respectful caution by the whites. For who can tell

-what such a slumbering power might do if aroused?</p>

-

-<p>At present the black voter is politically conquered. The “white

-man’s government” is established, and it is the purpose of the

-white man that it shall remain so. This has been easily attained in

-the States where the white majority is undoubted. In the few States

-where the blacks are in the majority, the white man is determined

-to rule, peaceably if he can, forcibly if he must. The Chisholm

-murder and the Hamburg massacre are but samples of the methods

-that will be resorted to if the effort is pushed persistently

-to restore the supremacy of the black man in politics. When we

-remember how that supremacy in those States was abused, how can we

-ask the restoration if the abuse must again follow? The problem

-is difficult. It can be solved only by one formula. The black

-man must be protected in his political rights, and he must be so

-enlightened as to use and not abuse those rights. There will be no

-permanent advantage from a mere partisan triumph of the black man.

-If achieved, as matters now stand, bayonets will again be needed to

-sustain it, and will become once more a source of angry discussion

-at the North and of concentrated bitterness at the South. The

-experiment may again be necessary; but a far better thing should be

-speedily, steadily and efficiently pushed forward—the training of

-the colored voter for an intelligent and responsible manhood and

-citizenship.</p>

-

-<p>If every colored voter could be accompanied to the polls by a file

-of soldiers armed with muskets, his ballot would represent the

-musket and not the man. But if he becomes a property owner, with

-all the interest in the welfare of the community which property

-gives; if he is educated and can take an <em>intelligent</em> interest

-in the welfare of the community; and if he acquires a weight of

-character that challenges respect, he will need no soldiers to

-guard him to the polls, and his vote will represent the man and not

-the musket.</p>

-

-<p>When the black man shall reach such a position he conquers

-caste-prejudice and wipes out the color-line in politics. Color is

-significant only as it represents condition. Change the condition

-and the color is of no consequence. With that change the white and

-black men at the South will divide on politics as white men do at

-the North, from differing views as to the best measures to promote

-public weal.</p>

-

-<p>Look on this picture: An armed and organized mob is breaking up a

-political gathering of the blacks and their friends, and in the

-background are the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a> overawed Freedmen retiring from the polls.

-Look, also, on this picture: A company of United States soldiers

-are keeping guard over a body of legislators, mostly black, who,

-with reckless rascality, are squandering the public funds, to

-the ruin of the State and the disgrace of the nation. Turn not

-from these pictures with indifference, for they are no fancy

-sketches; nay, face them, for the history of at least two States

-of this Union is liable to be a perpetual oscillation between the

-two. But now look on this picture: A colored man is tilling his

-land, adorning his home, and gathering around him the refinements

-of life. Near by is the school-house, where his children, with

-hundreds of others, are receiving the instruction of skilful

-teachers, and not far off is the church edifice where that man and

-his neighbors worship God under the ministration of a well educated

-and pious minister.</p>

-

-<p>Which picture do we choose, not as a matter of artistic preference,

-but as the practical model for patriotic work? The only safety is

-to extend that last picture till it shall cover the whole canvas

-and blot out the other two. In that way only can a life and death

-struggle between two irreconcilable forces be avoided.</p>

-

-<hr class="chap" />

-

-

-<h3>“THESE MY BRETHREN.”</h3>

-

-<p>In the Saviour’s great “Inasmuch” there is the power of

-personality. “I was an hungered; I was thirsty; I was naked; I was

-a stranger; I was sick; I was in prison.” It was Christ in the

-person of these suffering and lowly ones; and service done to them

-was done to Him. He might well have stopped there. But the marvel

-of His personal identification with them is in the relationship

-which He claims between Himself and them—“<em>these my brethren</em>.”

-Oh, the touching condescension to name them by this title! What

-we do for these humble and desolate ones we are not only doing

-for our Lord, but for the brethren of our Lord. He takes it as a

-special favor to Himself. And this service is graduated to the

-lowest capacity—it is service done to only <em>one</em> of the <em>least</em> of

-these. The standard is not that we should serve the mass of these

-His brethren, but any one of them, according to the measure of our

-ability, even down to a single act done to one of them in the right

-spirit and as a revelation of a character in which we delight. Then

-the obligation runs up to as great a number as our opportunity and

-our ability may reach.</p>

-

-<p>The intervention of organic efficiency greatly multiplies the

-duty and the privilege of the individual. The American Missionary

-Association, as has been potently said, is set for the care of the

-three despised races in our country. Though the Indian and the

-Negro and the Chinaman are the objects of prejudice and violence

-and injustice and hatred on the part of our people, nevertheless

-Christ speaks of them as among “these my brethren;” and the prayers

-and the sympathy, and the service and the giving of substance

-in their behalf He counts as rendered to Him. This organization

-cannot discharge any one’s personal duty, but its instrumentality

-is offered to all who would use it in the discharge of individual

-obligation to Christ and to His brethren. Its opportunities belong

-to all who would use them, and by these a single Christian may

-reach not only “unto one of the least of these,” but unto many.</p>

-

-<p>At the Great Day, when the Master shall surprise you, humble

-Christian, with a benediction for service rendered to His brethren

-among these despised ones, and you deprecatingly answer, <em>when</em>

-and <em>where</em>, His revealing response may be—<em>when</em> you reached them

-with your prayers and your substance through that Association which

-offered you its means of operation. And surely all its workers

-among<a class="pagenum" name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a> these outcast peoples, in the ostracism and opposition

-and hatred which confront them, may even in this life have their

-abundant recompense in this, that they are serving those whom the

-Master owns as “these my brethren.”</p>

-

-<hr class="chap" />

-

-

-<h3>FIVE TESTS OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION.</h3>

-

-<h4>Notes of an Address at the Annual Meeting.</h4>

-

-<p class="secauth">BY PROF. C. D. HARTRANFT, D. D. HARTFORD, CONN.</p>

-

-<p>(1.) The Indians, the Negroes and the Chinese I regard as the

-divinely appointed agents by which the principles that underlie

-American civilization are to be finally tested. Every utterance

-on the Fourth of July, from the Declaration of Independence till

-this hour, has made the <em>right of asylum</em> a pre-eminent feature

-of American civilization. So whenever a man has been impelled by

-the dictates of his conscience to leave his native land and seek

-a foreign shore, that he might not be compelled to live in false

-alliance with the Church and worship God in a way he did not elect;

-whenever a man, full of noble impulses, has felt the hopelessness

-of his life, so far as any ambitious scheme was concerned; or the

-education of his children—a man feeling the tyranny of continuous

-labor, without the possibility of accumulation—this man has ever

-been gladly welcomed to America. So the Puritan, so the Huguenot,

-so the Dutchman, so the Lutheran—whatever a man’s religious

-training, America has given him hearty greeting. Even the atheist

-and the infidel have found a refuge under the folds of this flag.

-America has welcomed them to the shadow of her pines and palmettoes

-and to her golden Pacific. But what a niggardly right of asylum

-does she give to the poor Negro, as he is emancipated from his

-bonds; and to the wretched Indian, whom she shuts up in Western

-territories; and, most of all, to the poor Chinaman, as he comes

-from his joss-house, with the instincts of a higher civilization

-impelling him from the stagnation of centuries to the shores of the

-Pacific!</p>

-

-<p>It behooves us to inquire whether this precious right of asylum is

-to be denied to the weaker races; whether we are going to lose this

-peculiar feature of our nation, that throws its broad land open to

-the world. Is it not true now, as in the past, that this is a vast

-sanctuary, and that if a man lays hold of the horns of its altar,

-there shall be nothing to drag him from his possession of freedom?

-He stands on holy ground. In the British islands, the races that

-have appeared in its history have been amalgamated—welded by the

-mace and the battle-axe. In France, the various tribes and races

-that, one after another, possessed that land, were woven together,

-in warp and woof, by fire and blood. In Germany, the Prussians

-have brought together that great mass of people as one, through

-bitter and tremendous wars, the echoes of which have scarce died

-away. America proposes a far different solution. She recognizes the

-nobility of the characteristics developed by the various races. She

-wants the African, the Chinaman, the Teuton—all races—to labor side

-by side; to develop not only her wealth and prosperity, but, most

-of all, the typical American humanity.</p>

-

-<p>American civilization can better endure the savagery of the Indian,

-the ignorance and brutality of the Negro, and the semi-civilization

-of the Chinese, than it can afford to fraternize with a

-civilization that is impregnated with a spirit of ecclesiasticism,

-or endure the philosophies of St. Louis or the Internationals.

-Rather is it for us to overcome these forces that are the

-outcroppings of centuries of Roman development, as well as those of

-Indian or Chinese or Negro semi-civilization.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></p>

-

-<p>This right of asylum involves another thing—the right of a man

-to say, “I will leave this land and go to another”—<em>the right to

-migrate</em> if he does not find things subservient to him. We once

-hailed the Irishman to come and build our railroads. We welcome

-the German now, as he comes and terraces our mountains and teaches

-us how to garden. We welcome the Frenchman—we welcome all. But we

-say, “Lo! poor Indian, go West. East of the Appalachian is too good

-for you; we want it. Go West; go West. We will give no rest to the

-soles of your feet.” Do we want the Black Hills? Migrate! We will

-surround you with a cordon of soldiers and a cordon of Government

-agents, who will eat the life out of you. Keep on, poor ignorant,

-keep on!</p>

-

-<p>As to the African, there are not a few Americans, even in this

-day, who think a righteous solution of the African question is to

-ship them all off to the dark continent. So far as the American

-Colonization Society keeps in view education and other Christian

-instrumentalities, I bid them God-speed; but if they desire to send

-the Negro out of the country, I say, No!—a thousand times, No! Let

-us solve the problem right here where God has placed them.</p>

-

-<p>And we say to the Chinese, as he comes upon his ship, “Turn your

-prow back towards the Flowery Kingdom; don’t touch our golden

-West.” Is that the spirit that welcomes the Irishman, the German,

-the Italian, the Frenchman? Why not give as broad an opening to the

-Chinaman as to the Irishman?</p>

-

-<p>(2.) In the next place, God is testing that principle which is

-set forth in the preamble of our Constitution—<em>the right of a man

-to pursue happiness in such a way as he may elect</em>, provided he

-does no wrong to his neighbor. And I opine that although happiness

-involves the pursuit of higher aims, it begins on the basis of

-labor. Labor is the essential element of American civilization.

-If I labor, then I have the right of choice to enter into

-whatever labor I please. No matter whether I am an adept or not,

-circumstances will give the verdict. With the right of choice of

-a man’s calling comes the right of competition. Carry it to its

-extreme, if you please. If there are fifty-two thousand clerks,

-I have a right to become the fifty-two thousand and first, and

-starve. Then, after the inherent right of labor follows the right

-to such property as I may accumulate. What I may produce, that

-is mine absolutely, and no man can touch it. Here we are brought

-face to face with this tremendous question between Irish and

-German labor, and the low-priced labor of either the Negro or the

-Chinaman. But, American citizens and Christians, if we respect

-the right of a man to exercise such functions as God has given

-him in such way as his conscience may dictate, and to choose his

-own occupation, shall we not defend this right of labor, and the

-right to pursue happiness as each may elect, and in the face of

-Communism, defend the right of the Chinese to enter the market and

-compete with all labor of whatever nationality?</p>

-

-<p>(3.) There is a <em>third right</em> or principle put to the test—<em>that

-every man is equal before the law</em>. Whether he be Jew or Gentile,

-Irishman or German, Negro or Chinaman, he is the equal of all men

-before God. But what justice can a Chinaman get out of a Hoodlum

-court? What justice has the Negro got out of a Southern court? To

-the establishment of that justice we must bend our energies, for

-it is vital to our institutions that a man before the law is equal

-with his neighbor. If you have broken the shackles of the Negro,

-break those of the Indian. If he outrages the law, try him by

-process of the law and make him amenable, but deal with him as a

-citizen. I opine that we shall arrive at this, sooner or later. Of

-course this includes with it the privilege of every one to enter

-public life, provided he proves his capacity.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></p>

-

-<p>(4.) But there is another principle being tested, and that is <em>the

-right of education</em>. It is a settled point in the development of

-American civilization, that education is essential to the proper

-discipline of the citizen—some degree, at least, of elementary

-education. Now when, according to the census of 1870, in the States

-of Mississippi and Texas, 96 per cent. of the colored people were

-thoroughly ignorant; and when in another State, 95 per cent. were

-completely ignorant; in another, 93 per cent.; in two others, 91

-per cent.; and in a last one, 90 per cent.; 88 per cent. of the

-entire colored people of the South being in perfect ignorance;—does

-it not behoove us to have a law for compulsory education if we

-hope to have true culture and citizenship? Was our late President

-far from right when he brought forward this idea? What salvation

-is there for the Southern States unless universal education shall

-be carried into effect? As the right to enter into competition is

-inherent as much as the right of choice in labor, so we regard

-the right of choice of one’s religion. The whole way should be

-made open for the highest acquisition of intellectual and moral

-knowledge.</p>

-

-<p>(5.) So, too, our Protestant Christianity is under test. And

-here we are encountered at once by the fact that Christians

-still cultivate the caste spirit. If the Jew drew such a subtle

-line between himself and the Gentile, the white Christian draws

-a similar line between himself and the black Christian. If the

-Greek considered himself to be of such high intelligence that he

-classed all others as barbarians, Christians allow their prejudices

-to make the same broad distinctions between different classes

-of humanity, which it was the office of Jesus Christ—blessed be

-His name!—to obliterate and utterly extinguish. That prejudice,

-that caste spirit which Christians cultivate in the North to an

-extent that amounts to social ostracism, must be broken down, if

-we would maintain Protestant Christianity. Further, this question

-connects itself with the true <em>missionary spirit</em>. The best way to

-evangelize China is to evangelize the Chinese as they come to the

-Pacific Coast. The best way to evangelize Africa is to evangelize

-the African Negro of the South. Over against Protestant Christians

-in the South and the Chinese on the Pacific is that dark power

-which has involved the world in hopeless contentions. There stands

-the Jesuit with his deep, treacherous features, his characterless

-casuistry, and his sacrifice of all things else to glorify the

-Church of Rome, no matter what may be the result on his country.

-That subtle power which permeates our political institutions

-with such great magnitude and force, stands face to face with

-<a name="Err_1" id="Err_1"></a>Protestantism in the South—with the Negro question, the Chinese

-question, and the Indian question. If we are to serve Protestant

-Christianity, we must free ourselves of caste, and learn to love

-the African and the Chinaman at our doors. It is easy to speak well

-of the Chinaman away off in China—to have an overflow of sympathy

-for the poor African away in the dark continent; but it is a very

-different thing to have sympathy for them in this country. The

-spirit of the Gospel of Jesus Christ must actuate us and lead us to

-this.</p>

-

-<p>These, then, are <em>the five great principles</em> that underlie American

-civilization—principles that are being tested by these three races

-or nationalities. Our professions are large. Let us live up to them

-in these five great principles. It is Lord Bacon who says that

-“When hempe is spun, England is done”—meaning that when Henry,

-Elizabeth, Mary, Philip and Edward had passed away, England would

-be done. We may say that <em>if these five principles</em>—the right of

-asylum, the right of labor, of political freedom, of education, and

-free play to Protestant Christianity be done—America is done. God

-save the State!</p>

-

-<p>And what is the agency—or one agency—by which that may be

-accomplished?<a class="pagenum" name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a> The American Missionary Association, because it

-gives us Christian education. Because it brings together the

-college, the church and the home. And will not your devotion to a

-pure Christianity, free from the spirit of caste, and filled with

-the spirit of genuine love, manifest itself by your support of such

-an Association? May we not gauge your feelings in regard to these

-five principles by the support you give to such a society? May we

-not implore you that as you value the rights of property and free

-government you array yourself solidly against Communism and its

-ally—Romanism; because these are craftily working together.</p>

-

-<p>Would you behold free Protestant Christianity established in this

-country? Then give your support to this Association, that these

-three races may prove us to be a people who love liberty in its

-deepest significance as liberty in Christ.</p>

-

-<hr class="chap" />

-

-

-<h3>RETURN OF REV. FLOYD SNELSON.</h3>

-

-<p>Just after the annual meeting we learned that the health of

-Mrs. Snelson was in such condition as to make her speedy return

-from the Mendi Mission, West Africa, a probable necessity. Her

-husband has arrived with herself, their children, and those of

-Dr. James, whose wife had died abroad. The change of climate and

-of occupation has already proved of great benefit to her. It is

-a great disappointment to us all to lose so soon the earnest and

-discreet service of the head of our Mendi Mission. Whether he will

-be able to return or not is still an unsettled question. But these

-experiences are teaching us some valuable lessons. First of them is

-this,—that we must send no men or women to the West Coast of Africa

-without submitting them to a severe physical examination, such as

-is required for enlistment into the army or as a prerequisite to a

-life insurance policy. For we find that upon those who went from

-this country in thoroughly sound health, with no weakness from

-previous disease or tendency to special complaints, the climate

-has had little or no bad effect; but where there was any such

-predisposition or impairment of physical vigor, the malarial heats

-of the West coast have hastened its rapid development. We send no

-more recruits, then, without medical attestation to their soundness

-of body, in addition to the testimony we have heretofore required

-as to their intellectual and spiritual health.</p>

-

-<p>Mr. Snelson brings much valuable information from the field, which

-we hope to lay before our readers at an early day.</p>

-

-<hr class="chap" />

-

-

-<h3>NEWS AND ITEMS FROM THE CHURCHES.</h3>

-

-<p><span class="smcap">Macon, Ga.</span>—Rev. Stanley E. Lathrop, who was graduated

-eight years ago from the Chicago Theological Seminary, commenced

-pastoral work at Macon, December 1st. He writes: “I am quite

-agreeably surprised with everything thus far. I shall do the best I

-can for this people, with God’s help.”</p>

-

-<p><span class="smcap">Marietta, Ga.</span>—The school prospers, and, with two other

-schools, is exerting a marked influence on the people. The

-Sunday-school and literary society are both doing good work.</p>

-

-<p><span class="smcap">Marion, Ala.</span>—Rev. Geo. E. Hill writes: “Our church has

-received from the Sunday-school at Weymouth, Mass., Colton’s large

-missionary map, and I have had the pleasure of introducing my

-people to a view of the world—the field of missions. They propose

-to contribute monthly to the cause. Our Sunday-school is filling

-up.”</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></p>

-

-<p><span class="smcap">Montgomery, Ala.</span>—Rev. Flavel Bascom, D.D., who commenced

-work for the winter December 1st, writes: “My first impressions

-are very favorable. My heart is drawn out toward the people, and I

-expect to enjoy my work for them very much.”</p>

-

-<p><span class="smcap">Selma, Ala.</span>—Rev. C. B. Curtis has gone from Burlington,

-Wis., to the charge of the church here.</p>

-

-<p><span class="smcap">Shelby, Ala.</span>—A Congregational church was organized October

-10th, by Rev. G. W. Andrews, of the Theological Department of

-Talladega College, consisting of twenty-one members (twelve men and

-nine women). Rev. J. D. Smith, a graduate of Talladega Theological

-Department, is pastor.</p>

-

-<hr class="chap" />

-

-

-<h3>GENERAL NOTES.</h3>

-

-

-<h4>The Freedmen.</h4>

-

-<p>—Over 3,000 people attended the Agricultural Fair for colored

-people held at Talladega, Ala., in November, under the auspices of

-the college. Stock, farm products, cookery, needle and fancy work,

-flowers and pictures, were brought in for exhibition. Contests were

-held in athletic sports, and in spelling, declaiming, etc., between

-students of the different schools. Several hundred white people

-attended, and showed their interest by acting as judges on the

-committees with the colored people. The fair was kept entirely free

-from all the objectionable features which so often mar our State

-fairs, and indeed was opened with prayer, and, after the addresses

-and award of premiums, closed with the Doxology.</p>

-

-<p>—Dr. Rust, the Corresponding Secretary of the Freedmen’s Aid

-Society of the M. E. Church, reports that its work during this

-year “has never been exceeded in any year of its history. It has

-erected more school edifices, more commodious and commanding;

-educated more teachers, prepared more ministers, led more souls to

-Christ, and set in operation more streams of elevating influence,

-done more and better work for Christ and humanity, than in any like

-period before.” The financial statement for the year ending July

-1, 1878, gives its total receipts for the year as $63,403, and

-its expenditures, mainly for salaries and board of teachers and

-educational expenses, including $3,000 paid on its debt, at the

-same. The society has aided in the establishment of five chartered

-institutions having full collegiate powers, three theological and

-two medical schools, also chartered, and ten other educational

-institutions.</p>

-

-<p>—Dr. Ruffner, Superintendent of Public Instruction in Virginia,

-claims that $850,000 was collected from the people and set apart

-by law for the support of the common schools, and charges that

-this, with the interest, has been diverted from its proper use and

-applied to the ordinary expenses of the State Government.</p>

-

-<p>—A national colored Baptist educational convention was held last

-summer at Nashville, Tenn. In an address published by them they

-offer heartfelt thanks to Northern Baptists, who alone have

-helped them to what educational facilities they have enjoyed.

-To the Southern white Baptists they are grateful for the “good

-resolutions” they have passed in favor of the black man. They

-urge the colored Baptists to support their own publishing house,

-newspaper, and the educational enterprises of the American Baptist

-Home Mission Society.</p>

-

-<p>—Public sentiment has almost effaced the color line in Virginia;

-given political freedom and safety in North Carolina; and created

-a powerful party of<a class="pagenum" name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a> “Independents” in Georgia; and it will bring

-South Carolina to her senses in time. Moral forces require more

-time and patience than physical force.—<cite>Christian Union</cite>.</p>

-

-<p>—Two colored students of Mr. Spurgeon’s Pastor’s College, Rev.

-Messrs. Richardson and Johnson, with their wives, have left England

-as missionaries to Central Africa. They were all freed slaves from

-this country.</p>

-

-<p>—The Rev. Alfred Saher, English Baptist Missionary at the

-Cameroons, West Africa, has translated the Bible into the language

-of the people, and now reports upwards of 2,000 converts.</p>

-

-<hr class="tb" />

-

-

-<h4>The Indians.</h4>

-

-<p>—Mr. Wheeler writes from Keshena Agency, Wisconsin, of the second

-successful Agricultural Fair among the Menomonees. About 200

-entries of corn and potatoes were made, with other vegetables,

-grains and grasses in abundance. The displays of woman’s work and

-of live stock were very fine. A ploughing match was held. About

-$200 was expended in premiums, voted from the tribal funds for

-that purpose. Advantage was taken of the opportunity for giving

-instruction in the arts of agriculture, and for exhorting them to

-keep their children faithfully in the schools. Such gatherings both

-prove and promote progress.</p>

-

-<p>—Brig. Gen. Pope reports that the late outbreak of the Cheyennes

-was caused by starvation. He says of the Indians in general: “If

-they are left with the means to go to war, as is the custom, we

-simply sleep on a volcano. Unless, therefore, ample, and above all,

-regular supplies of food can be guaranteed to the Indians, I am

-compelled, in justice to the Government and the frontier settlers,

-to ask that more troops be sent to the agencies in the Indian

-Territory, and that at least two of the posts in Western Kansas be

-largely reinforced by cavalry. I have also to ask that any Indians

-sent from the North into this department be disarmed and dismounted

-before being sent here, so that they can be placed in the same

-condition as the Indians with whom they are to live.”</p>

-

-<p>—Major Mizener reports more in detail:—The causes which led to the

-leaving of the Northern Cheyennes may be summed up as follows:

-They were disappointed in the country. Their rations were poor

-and entirely insufficient. They were home-sick, despondent and

-disappointed, and were anxious to get back to a country better

-known to them, and where game was to be had, while here they did

-not have enough to eat.</p>

-

-<p>—General Sheridan attributes our Indian wars to two classes of

-causes; the first being the constant encroachment upon the lands

-of the Indians, sacredly guaranteed to them by treaty, and the

-constant removal of the tribes to distant reservations, in which

-they are again troubled by the tide of immigration. He says no

-other nation in the world would have attempted the reduction of

-these wild tribes, and occupation of their country, with less than

-60,000 or 70,000 men.</p>

-

-<p>—Secretary Schurz affirms that the real cause of Indian wars has

-been the breaking of treaties. He recites an exhaustive history of

-Indian wars to show that this has been the case, and that very few

-of the wars have arisen from the maladministration of agents.</p>

-

-<p>—Gen. Sherman, in his annual report, declares that many of the

-Indians prefer death to agricultural toil; that to convert them

-from a nomadic into a pastoral race is the first and fundamental

-problem; that each tribe must be dealt with according<a class="pagenum" name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a> to its own

-nature; that whatever department of the Government is charged with

-this work, must be intrusted with large discretion to adapt its

-measures to emergencies. He traces the Indian wars generally to

-broken promises, insufficient rations and impending starvation.</p>

-

-<p>—Of the joint committee to which the transfer of the Indians to

-the War Department is referred, the three members of the Senate

-are from Nebraska, Kentucky and Illinois; of the five members of

-the House, but one comes from as far East as this. The committee,

-therefore, represents communities that favor the army. It is

-understood that the Indians themselves do not desire the change;

-that the army does not want the responsibility; yet that it will

-probably be done, unless the President interferes, because the

-Indian ring desires it, and because the army makes it a point of

-honor.</p>

-

-<hr class="tb" />

-

-

-<h4>The Chinese.</h4>

-

-<p>—The First Church in San Francisco, Dr. Stone’s, has just opened

-a new and well-appointed room in the basement for its mission and

-Chinese Sunday-school. The Petaluma Church has also enlarged its

-lecture-room for the use of its Chinese school.</p>

-

-<p>—As the Chinese children are not permitted to enter the San

-Francisco public schools, those who have embraced Christianity are

-taught in the Union Mission in the old Globe Hotel. The school has

-two sessions, one of which is conducted by an American lady, the

-other by Hung Mung Chung, who is a fine Chinese scholar and a man

-of much dignity and scholarly attainments, said to be a lineal

-descendant of Confucius. During the past year Hung Mung Chung was

-baptized and became a member of the Protestant Church for Chinese.

-He teaches the children the Chinese classics and the maxims and

-precepts of Confucius. Each session of the school is closed by

-singing and repeating the Lord’s Prayer—in the morning in English,

-in the afternoon in Chinese.</p>

-

-<p>—The San Francisco Chinamen contributed $1,200 to the yellow fever

-sufferers of the South. The sand-lot meetings have not yet reported

-the amount of their collections.</p>

-

-<p>—The Chinese Sunday-school in Chicago has been in existence nearly

-six months, with an average attendance of fourteen scholars. It is

-said that the number can be largely increased if teachers can be

-procured.</p>

-

-<p>—Rev. W. P. Paxson, Superintendent of the missionary work of the

-American S. S. Union in their Southwestern Department, says: “One

-striking event in my missionary work has been the organization of a

-Chinese Sunday-school in St. Louis.”</p>

-

-<p>—Mr. Ha Shan Sin was baptized last Sabbath by Rev. E. D. Murphy

-at the Immanuel Presbyterian Chapel of this city. The young man

-is about twenty-two years old, was born in San Francisco, though

-he has spent most of his life in China. This is the sixth of the

-Chinamen that have been received into the churches of this city.

-Three have been enrolled among the members of the Fourth Avenue

-Presbyterian Church, Dr. Howard Crosby’s.</p>

-

-<p>—The first Chinaman was admitted to citizenship in the United

-States by naturalization, last week, and we count the event an

-auspicious one just at this time. The man is Wong Ah Lee; by

-trade he is a cigar-maker, and his wife is an Irish-woman. With

-a view, mainly, to make a case which can be carried up to a

-conclusive<a class="pagenum" name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a> decision from the highest court, the Judge here ruled

-that a Chinaman is either white or black, and so must come in.

-California’s ruling has been that a Mongolian is neither white or

-black, and so cannot come in.—<cite>Congregationalist</cite>, December 4.</p>

-

-<hr class="chap" />

-

-<h3>OUR QUERY COLUMN.</h3>

-

-<p class="intro"><i>Query.</i>—South of the Ohio River the work of caring for the

-sick falls to the colored people. During the past weeks there

-has been greater demand for skilled nurses than for competent

-teachers. How can A. M. A. schools prepare their students for

-this important profession? What is the best method of instructing

-pupils in a knowledge of the simpler details concerning the

-proper care of the sick?</p>

-

-<p class="right nomargin smcap">Teacher.</p>

-

-<p class="p1">We shall be glad to have full answers to this important inquiry

-from those who have had experience. It calls attention to a most

-important part of the teacher’s work. Meanwhile, we would suggest

-that the <cite>Hampton Sanitary Tracts</cite> may be found very useful for

-distribution, or to be read to older pupils and parents. The first

-three can be obtained by addressing the “Hampton Tract Editing

-Committee,” Hampton Institute, Va. The cost is five cents apiece,

-or four dollars a hundred copies. They are entitled: No. 1, “The

-Health Laws of Moses;” No. 2, “Preventable Diseases;” No. 3, “Duty

-of Teachers.” This last seems to be exactly addressed to the case

-in hand.</p>

-

-

-<hr class="full" />

-<h2>THE FREEDMEN.</h2>

-<hr class="chap" />

-

-<h3>DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.</h3>

-

-<h4>Revival in Howard University.</h4>

-

-<p class="secauth">Rev. Wm. W. Patton, D.D., President.</p>

-

-<p>You will be glad to hear that there is much religious interest in

-our institution at the present time. It has been gradually coming

-on all the autumn, but was greatly aided by the week of prayer

-held by the Young Men’s Christian Association of the University in

-concert with other Associations. Some ten or twelve of the students

-think that they have begun the new life lately, and we look for

-further good results. This is highly encouraging, as showing that

-in addition to the educational advantages which gather around our

-location, spiritual blessings may also be received. We desire the

-prayers of all Christians that the work may be continued with

-power. Our theological students have been deeply interested in the

-meetings for prayer, and have rendered valuable aid.</p>

-

-<hr class="chap" />

-

-<h3>VIRGINIA.</h3>

-

-<h4>A Destitute County.</h4>

-

-<p>The following extract from a letter by an esteemed friend in a

-central county in Virginia is suggestive of the many dark places

-throughout the South yet unreached by the school or the church:</p>

-

-<p>The field in this county alone is an ample one. The colored

-population of the county largely exceeds the white, and the yearly

-ratio of increase is in excess of the white. A half generation has

-passed since the era of emancipation, and it is melancholy, indeed,

-to any Christian mind and heart, to contemplate how rapidly this

-portion of the population, in the very heart of one of the oldest

-States in the Union, is crowding the broad road to perdition;

-how, in the entire absence of all organized efforts for elemental

-education and proper religious instruction, they are relapsing into

-semi-heathenism. There is not to-day a single school of any kind

-or character for<a class="pagenum" name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a> them within the limits of the county (which may

-be safely estimated to contain five thousand souls of all ages and

-sexes of the colored race), except the Sabbath-school which has

-been taught by the writer.</p>

-

-<hr class="chap" />

-

-

-<h3>ALABAMA.</h3>

-

-<h4>New Church at Shelby Iron Works—Talladega a Missionary Centre.</h4>

-

-<p class="secauth">Rev. G. W. Andrews, Talladega.</p>

-

-<p>A Congregational church of twenty-one members was organized

-Oct. 10th, at Shelby Iron Works, Alabama. This is the fifteenth

-Congregational church planted by the A. M. A. in this State. Eight

-of them are in the vicinity of Talladega College, the most distant

-being forty miles away. They are the out-growth of the mission work

-carried on by the teachers and pupils of the college.</p>

-

-<p>This new church at Shelby begins its existence under most favorable

-circumstances, most of its members being present or former pupils

-of the college. All are colored people; two are preparing for the

-ministry; one has been a student at Oberlin, Ohio; one was for some

-time a resident of Hartford, Ct., and more recently of Columbus,

-Ohio, a graduate of the high school there and a former pupil here;

-one is principal of an academy of ten years’ standing at Shelby and

-a graduate from Talladega. With two or three exceptions, all of

-them have for some years been trained in our Sunday-schools. The

-Shelby Iron Company is in hearty sympathy with the movement; the

-Superintendent, himself a Methodist, coming into the preliminary

-meeting and saying publicly that the Iron Company would look with

-peculiar favor on this church should it be organized, recognizing

-as it did the necessity for more intelligent Christian instruction

-for the colored people.</p>

-

-<p>The sectarian walls, which in the South are built heaven-high,

-have in this particular place been badly shattered. There is no

-outspoken opposition on the part of the colored people, as in every

-other place known to me. The different denominations worship in the

-same building, the lower story being devoted to the school and the

-upper one to the churches. The Iron Company own about two-thirds of

-the building, the original cost being three thousand dollars.</p>

-

-<p>I suppose there are a million of dollars invested by the Shelby

-Iron Company at this place, mostly owned in the North. One owner

-is an honored member of the Centre Church, Hartford, Ct.; another,

-of the Park St. Church, Boston; another is a Massachusetts man

-well known among “iron men” both in this country and abroad. The

-Superintendent is a noble Christian man from Illinois, and was a

-colonel in the recent war. Several of the local managers are from

-the North, some are from the South. Most of the workmen, white

-and colored, who stand all day side by side, are gathered from

-the surrounding region. Here the North and South meet and learn

-to know and love each other. The Iron Company is helping to solve

-the great national problem no less truly than missionary schools

-and churches. It seems to me sometimes that its entire business

-is carried on as a kind of missionary enterprise on the broadest

-basis. Owning thirty thousand acres of land immediately about the

-“Iron Works,” it exercises wholesome restraint over all classes.

-Nothing seems to be overlooked; the church, the school, the home,

-the village morals, the town adornments and the State, are all

-cared for.</p>

-

-<p>Talladega College, a college only in name yet, is the rallying

-point for our missionary work in this State. It is just such a

-college as a missionary college should be, its whole work as a

-school being subordinate to the church. It is a training school,

-patterned after the missionary colleges of the American Board.

-Its grand aim is to raise up a native ministry so as to plant

-churches, and through them carry an intelligent<a class="pagenum" name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a> gospel to the

-masses. We are not especially afraid that there will be any lack

-of school-teachers. With our eye fixed steadily on our missionary

-work, enough who cannot attain to the Christian ministry will

-become teachers, and they, catching the spirit of the institution,

-will become missionary teachers. It is surprising to see how this

-spirit has taken possession of our pupils. There is scarcely one

-who goes into the country to teach who does not organize his

-Sabbath-school as promptly as his day-school, and pursue it with

-even more interest. It is the first thing he reports on his return.

-Hundreds are converted by this means; Bibles, tracts, religious

-literature, and light are spread in all directions; thus are

-constantly carried forward many Sabbath-schools, and through them a

-glorious pioneer Christian work. Out of this work have grown eight

-churches, so near to the college as to be its special care, and in

-which a hundred conversions are reported for the summer just ended.</p>

-

-<p>Of the twenty pupils in the Theological department, all have been

-reaping in this missionary field during the summer vacation, about

-one-half as preachers. The home church takes a lively interest in

-them during their absence. Prayer is made to God without ceasing

-in their behalf, and often interested members go out to aid them

-in their revival meetings. Letters are constantly received from

-them to be read at the monthly missionary concert, and public

-thanksgiving is rendered for the good work they report. Thus is

-maintained a lively interest in Christian missions and Christian

-work.</p>

-

-<p>There has been an evident increase of interest in our mission

-churches about the college this summer; all but one report revivals

-of greater or less power; one reports thirty-two additions by

-confession; four report the completion of their houses of worship,

-free of debt—houses hitherto unplastered and otherwise much

-exposed, but now neat and comfortable, and everybody is happy

-over it. One is building a new house of worship unlike any of

-the others; it is built of logs, large and commodious. One poor

-fellow was so intent on pushing forward to completion his house

-of worship, that he expended all his salary for the summer, and

-then pawned his Sunday clothes. On his return to school he reports

-twenty-three conversions, his house of worship completed, but no

-money in his pocket. If ever there was a man worthy of aid, he is.

-He is now in my back-yard sawing wood. You will hear from him some

-day. These young prophets of the Lord are making rapid progress in

-the knowledge of the Bible and the system of theology, and wherever

-they go, are beginning to be recognized by all classes as well

-qualified to break the Bread of Life to their people.</p>

-

-<p>I am glad to report that the white people, seeing the character

-and efficiency of these young men, are coming to understand and

-appreciate our work. I believe they heartily approve what we are

-doing. I have repeatedly experienced their hospitality this summer,

-and had many conversations with them relating to our mission here.

-From the president of a well-known college, down to the poor man

-who did not know his letters, I have found nothing but approval.

-The time is not far distant when this approval will be more

-outspoken and pronounced. When the Christian men of the South and

-your missionary workers from the North understand each other, from

-that day they are one in Christian work. We bless God for this new

-feast of love. Pray that no political excitement may interrupt the

-growing good feeling.</p>

-

-<hr class="tb" />

-

-<h4>The Thin End of the Wedge—A First Thanksgiving Service.</h4>

-

-<p class="secauth">REV. WILLIAM H. ASH, FLORENCE.</p>

-

-<p>Our work here in Florence is the “thin end of the wedge,” and with

-sufficient facilities, the smiles of the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a> Master, and patience

-in its workers, great good will result. The services are well

-attended, and sometimes the house is disagreeably filled, and we

-are without the proper means of ventilation. The members of the

-church begged me to express for them to the Association their

-sincere and heartfelt gratitude for the <em>new organ</em> sent them; it

-has increased the interest of our services greatly. Last Thursday,

-Nov. 28, the first Thanksgiving service ever held in this place

-among the colored people was observed in our church; therefore it

-has a history in connection with our work here. I made it a union

-service, inviting the Baptists and Methodists to worship with us.

-This congregation of Baptists, Methodists, and Congregationalists

-worshipped as though Christ was the Head of the Church, instead of

-any one of the denominations present. The service was solemn and

-intelligent. It truly seemed that the Lord was in His holy temple.

-After service a gentleman of about sixty or seventy years of age

-said, “I have been here forty years, but I never heard of such a

-thing as a Thanksgiving service among the colored people.” This is

-the “dawn of a new age.” Pray for us.</p>

-

-<hr class="chap" />

-

-<h3>MISSOURI.</h3>

-

-<h4>Free Schools in the State.</h4>

-

-<p class="secauth"><span class="smcap">REV. J. E. Roy, D. D., Field Superintendent.</span></p>

-

-<p>This noble Western State, plowed by war and sowed to freedom, is

-now coming on with harvests of temporal and moral prosperity.

-As I have been going over its territory, looking after the five

-school-houses of the Association, I have been delighted with the

-evidences of progress in the free school system. It is a great joy

-to see in these cities and towns the new, large, two-story brick

-school-houses of modern style and furnishing. The system works

-more slowly into the back settlements. But in a Kansas City paper

-I see it stated that in the country places of Jackson County there

-are <em>one hundred and fifty</em> of these schools. At Warrensburg I saw

-the imposing three-story stone edifice of the State Normal School,

-built by that town and its county of Johnson, and now occupied by

-<em>four hundred</em> pupils from every part of the State.</p>

-

-<p>Special provision is made in the law for its enforcement in behalf

-of free schools for the colored children. These are managed by

-the same school board and are supported from the same tax fund.

-These officers are compelled to provide schools wherever there are

-fifteen of such scholars in the district. If they fail to do it,

-it is the duty of the Superintendent to require it to be done. I

-met one case where the out-districts declined to co-operate with

-the Board in this matter, when only a threatened appeal to the

-Superintendent brought them to terms. I have been gratified to

-see the heartiness with which the five boards I have dealt with

-are pushing the free school system in behalf of blacks as well as

-whites. Nor have I been deceived, as some may imagine.</p>

-

-<p>The Lincoln Institute at the Capitol, as a Normal School for

-colored teachers, receives an annual appropriation from the State

-of $5,000. A democratic editor told me that that was considered as

-a matter of honor, and that so there was no danger of its being

-discontinued. This institution of sacred name had also a sacred

-origin. For its founding, the 62d and 65th Regiments of U. S.

-colored infantry, when discharged from service in January, 1866,

-contributed a fund of $6,379. The Freedmen’s Bureau furnished

-$8,000; the Western Sanitary Commission, $2,000; and agents Beal

-and Lane raised $2,000. The building is of brick, 60×70 feet,

-three stories high, a comely structure crowning a hill just out

-of Jefferson City. Its current catalogue enrolls 123 students. It

-is controlled by a local board, of which the Governor and State

-Superintendent are <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">ex-officio</i> members. Revs. R. D. Foster and M.

-Henry Smith have served<a class="pagenum" name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a> as principals the most of the time since

-it was opened in 1871.</p>

-

-<p>The Association has its five school houses at Troy, Fulton,

-Westport, Warrensburg and Lebanon. These were procured in part by

-aid from the Freedmen’s Bureau in 1867–9. They were at first run by

-teachers sent from the North, but were gradually taken up by the

-local school boards. I find them all in such use now. Three will

-probably be sold to those boards at their present low valuation.

-Two will be sold to local colored Methodist churches, as the

-schools require larger and better houses, which the authorities

-intend to build. These houses have also been used all the time as

-places of worship by the colored people. The seven or eight colored

-teachers in these schools were educated in Lincoln, Fisk, and

-kindred institutions. I have found them young people of character,

-and of tact in handling their schools. They have to be examined.

-They receive from $35 to $45 a month, about the same as white

-common-school teachers.</p>

-

-<p>The A. M. A. has done the work of initiation. By this tour of

-inspection I am deeply convinced of the wisdom of the A. M. A. in

-putting its strength upon Normal and Collegiate institutions, and

-so doing a wholesale business. Raise up teachers and send them back

-into the country. Raise up the men and women for the professions

-and for the higher walks of social life. That is the work.</p>

-

-<hr class="full" />

-<h2>AFRICA.</h2>

-

-<hr class="chap" />

-

-<h3>A CHURCH ORGANIZED AND DEDICATED AT AVERY</h3>

-

-<p>A meeting of Counsel and Advice was convened September 29th at

-Avery Station, by order of Rev. Floyd Snelson, and, on solicitation

-of the minister in charge, Rev. A. E. Jackson, to organize and

-dedicate a church to God. Owing to our inability to reach Avery

-on Saturday in time to hold preliminary exercises, examination

-of candidates for admission, etc., this part of our duty was

-deferred till Sunday morning. This, with our other duties, made our

-programme for the day quite full.</p>

-

-<p>Early Sunday morning the Board met in the church to begin the

-labors of the day. The sun shone brightly, yet we could but feel

-that many round us were groping in darkness, without any clear idea

-of Him in whose image they are made. Brother Snelson was elected

-moderator, and A. P. Miller secretary. Brother Gomer, General Agent

-of Shengay Mission, who favored us with his presence, offered

-prayer. “Guide me, oh! Thou great Jehovah!” was sung.</p>

-

-<p>In absence of letter missive, the minister in charge gave his

-reasons why a church should be established or organized at Avery.

-He spoke of the willingness of the people to receive the story

-of the Cross; said that some came far to hear “God palaver,” and

-express their joy in being permitted so to do. Brother Hallock,

-the interpreter (native), and Brother Wise, were asked several

-questions. Their reasons were clear and very satisfactory. It seems

-evident that the industrial work at this station, which gives

-employment to many, is a means of good both to mission and people.

-It was deemed fit to organize a church at Avery, to be known as the

-Second Congregational Church of the Mendi Mission.</p>

-

-<p>By 11 o’clock, at the ringing of the second bell, the chapel was

-crowded with natives, for the most part in native costume. Brother

-Snelson spoke to them through an interpreter, telling them the

-object of our coming together. The candidates for admission to the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a>

-Church were then called forward. “A charge to keep I have” was

-sung by the congregation. Prayer was offered by Brother Snelson,

-after which the missionary hymn, “From Greenland’s icy mountains,”

-was sung; and as it was being sung, each missionary, as he looked

-upon the sable congregation, could but feel that the “harvest is

-plenteous, but the laborers are few.”</p>

-

-<p>The roll was then called by Brother Jackson; after which the

-candidates were examined, and by vote of the Council eighteen were

-received into full membership. Some of the candidates were not

-received because of not being legally married. They were instructed

-to attend to this matter, and then they might be received into the

-church. They are to remain under watch-care until this obligation

-is met. After examination of candidates, Brother Snelson spoke to

-them about things peculiar to their country—slavery, polygamy, etc.

-The meeting was then dismissed to meet at 7 <span class="medium">P. M.</span> Brother

-Gomer, who has for years known our work, expressed his astonishment

-at seeing so large a congregation assembled in the house of God at

-this place, and at the good order kept throughout the exercises.

-Some of those received were old members, while others were new

-converts, among whom were three chiefs, Peah Carle, Carray Phemah,

-and Sei Lōtō. These men exercise a vast influence over their

-people, and their being reached makes the reaching of their people

-easier.</p>

-

-<p>The people assembled at the ringing of the second bell. “Praise

-God from Whom all blessings flow” was sung. Brother Snelson then

-led the congregation in the Lord’s Prayer. A hymn was sung, after

-which the Rev. J. Gomer offered prayer. “Alas! and did my Saviour

-bleed?” was sung. Portions of Scripture were read by A. P. Miller.

-The services of organization and dedication were combined, owing to

-want of time. Brother Snelson spoke through the interpreter, and

-told the candidates what their step meant—turning from death unto

-life. The church, too, he said, we had come together to dedicate to

-God and His service. Brother Snelson preached, choosing Luke xii.

-32, as his text—“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s

-good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” A comparison was made

-between the people to whom these words were spoken and these our

-benighted brethren. The promises of God were dwelt upon. We must

-trust in Him for salvation. The dedicatory prayer was then offered

-by Rev. A. P. Miller. A hymn was sung. The right hand of fellowship

-was given by Bro. A. E. White. The address was delivered by Rev. J.

-Gomer. The Lord’s supper was then celebrated; Brothers Gomer and

-Jackson presided. It was a solemn scene. The Doxology was sung,

-and the benediction pronounced by A. P. Miller. The meeting was

-one long to be remembered. One more stronghold is now erected in

-this land of night to tear down the powers of darkness. We have all

-reason to thank God for His blessings thus far. A better day is

-dawning for these benighted, long-neglected sons of Africa.</p>

-

-<p>Brother Gomer says that more laborers (colored) are wanted in his

-mission. We, too, in a work so vast, can but ask God to prepare

-such as are needed for a work so difficult.</p>

-

-<p>We ask the prayers of all lovers of mankind that the work

-begun here may not only succeed, but that its influence may be

-far-reaching.</p>

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-<div class="float-left">&nbsp;</div>

-<div class="float-left">

-  <span class="smcap">Rev. Floyd Snelson</span>, <i>Moderator</i>.<br />

-  <span class="smcap">Rev. A. P. Miller</span>, <i>Secretary</i>.

-</div>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></p>

-

-<hr class="full" />

-<h2>THE INDIANS.</h2>

-

-<hr class="chap" />

-

-<h3>THE LATE INDIAN WAR AND CHRISTIANITY.</h3>

-

-<p class="secauth">REV. MYRON EELLS, S’KOKOMISH, WASHINGTON TERRITORY.</p>

-

-<hr class="tb" />

-

-<p>We have had another Indian war, and, as usual, there has been a

-cry in favor of turning the Indians over to the War Department.

-There are some, however, of us who will persist in seeing something

-favorable to Christianity and the present policy even in this war,

-and we think we have our reasons for it.</p>

-

-<p>I do not propose, at present, to thoroughly discuss the causes

-of the war, for I am not well enough acquainted with them to do

-so intelligently. Some will lay the blame on Government, some

-on a Christian policy, and some on the Indians. Perhaps all may

-have to bear a part. Although I believe that the Government

-has often treated the Indians wrongfully, yet a long course of

-observation has convinced me that the Indians are not all saints,

-and when the Government is often crooked, either intentionally or

-unintentionally, and two crooked sticks come together, there is

-almost always sure to be trouble.</p>

-

-<p>The published statements of General Crook, who is not supposed to

-be very sentimental in his feelings toward the Indians, and who was

-at the Fort Hall Agency at the beginning of the war, implicates the

-Government severely.</p>

-

-<p>A residence of nearly three years in Idaho, 1871–1874, in the

-very region of the war, led me to believe that very little was

-energetically done for Christianizing those Indians. This has

-been true at some Agencies. Their annual reports show that while

-the Government opened wide the doors for Christian work, when

-the present policy was adopted, and said, “We will give you

-opportunity, encouragement and aid, if you will only send the

-Indians missionaries,” yet that Christians have failed to take hold

-of the work as they ought to have done. If this was true of the

-Indians engaged in the late war, Christians may have to bear a part

-of the blame.</p>

-

-<p>Notwithstanding all this, some laurels have been added by the

-late war to the Christian work which has been done among the

-Indians. One “who wishes to be understood” has written a letter

-in which he speaks very harshly against the Christian workers on

-the Yakama Reservation, where Father Wilbur, of the Methodist

-Episcopal Church, has been successfully laboring for sixteen

-years. He says: “The present reservation system is a failure in

-every respect. We, who daily come in contact with the Indians,

-cannot be made to believe that prayer-books, praying generals,

-and Methodist preachers, (or any other preachers,) are a good

-safeguard against the tomahawk and the scalping-knife; and the

-pseudo-philanthropists, the Christian-mongers of the East, who

-are paying thousands to send missionaries among these barbarians,

-would do us a favor if they would keep them away; and if the U.

-S. Government would be less influenced in its conduct toward the

-Indians by the advocates of Christianity, our wives and children

-might be annually spared the sight of murdered husbands and

-fathers. So far we have been loyal, while Indians, with passes

-from Wilbur and other Agents, have been on the war-path. We have

-reliable information that some of the dead Indians found after the

-battles near Pendleton had on their persons passes from Wilbur.”</p>

-

-<p>Now it is probably a fact that some of the Umatilla Indians, and

-perhaps a few of the Yakamas, were engaged in aiding the enemy.

-There are always some renegade Indians connected with each tribe,

-as well as white renegades and tramps. As tribes, however, they did

-not engage in the war, and comparatively few individuals did.</p>

-

-<p>In the Indian war of 1855–6, before<a class="pagenum" name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a> Father Wilbur went among these

-same Yakamas, they were the leading spirits, and it was the most

-wide-spread war which has ever devastated this coast. If they and

-the Umatillas had joined in this war, it would have been far more

-terrible than it has been. Inducements were not wanting to lead

-them into it. It is said on good authority that two thousand horses

-were offered them by the hostiles if they would join them, and yet

-they refused. An army officer in command of one of the battles said

-that some of those Indians did nobly in aiding our soldiers to gain

-the victory.</p>

-

-<p>It may be said that they had too much permanent property in homes

-and farms, to allow them to engage in the war; for they knew that

-if they should do so, they would certainly in the end lose it all.

-This is undoubtedly so; and yet when Father Wilbur went among them

-they had none of this kind of property, but only movable property

-which they could carry with them even in war, as the Bannocks have

-done. It is a fact that Christianity gave them this property.</p>

-

-<p>It may again be said that they were thoroughly whipped in 1855–6

-and were afraid to engage in war again. They were thus whipped, and

-the remembrance of it may, even now, do them good. But in 1862–3

-Gen. Crook, the noted Indian fighter, just as thoroughly thrashed

-the Indians in Idaho, in precisely the same region where the late

-war was carried on, and the praise of his effectual work is still

-in the mouths of the old citizens. This was seven years later than

-the Yakama war, and so much fresher in the minds of the Indians.

-No, it was evidently Christianity which prevented their joining in

-the war.</p>

-

-<p>Gen. Howard, too, has added new laurels to his reputation. It must

-be remembered that he is the principal one of our generals who

-has not been in favor of the transfer of the Indians to the War

-Department. This praying general has prosecuted the war with such

-vigor that the strong papers with strong arguments have sustained

-him, and almost invariably those who went with him in his rough

-marches have defended him, such as newspaper correspondents,

-scouts and the like, and the “stay at homes” have been about the

-only ones who have found fault. His recent conference with the

-Umatilla Indians since the war has shown such firmness, justice and

-Christianity as to win for him very many friends among those who

-previously opposed him, thus showing again that Christianity is

-the way of dealing with the Indians. So Christianity has won its

-laurels even in this war.</p>

-

-<hr class="full" />

-

-<h2>THE CHINESE.</h2>

-

-<hr class="chap" />

-

-<h3>“CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.”</h3>

-

-<h4>Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association.</h4>

-

-<p class="medium"><span class="smcap">President</span>: Rev. J. K. McLean, D. D.

-<span class="smcap">Vice-Presidents</span>: Rev. A. L. Stone, D. D., Thomas C.

-Wedderspoon, Esq., Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon. F. F. Low, Rev. I. E.

-Dwinell, D. D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S. H. Willey, D. D.,

-Edward P. Flint, Esq., Rev. J. W. Hough, D. D., Jacob S. Taber,

-Esq.</p>

-

-<p class="medium"><span class="smcap">Directors</span>: Rev. George Mooar, D. D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer,

-Rev. E. P. Baker, James M. Haven, Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, Rev.

-John Kimball, E. P. Sanford, Esq.</p>

-

-<p class="medium"><span class="smcap">Secretary</span>: Rev. W. C. Pond. <span class="smcap">Treasurer</span>: E.

-Palache, Esq.</p></div>

-

-<hr class="chap" />

-

-<div class="article">

-<h3>“THE CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN CHINESE.”</h3>

-

-<h4>Its Origin and Organization.</h4>

-

-<p class="secauth">REV. WM. C. POND, SAN FRANCISCO.</p>

-

-<p>Soon after our work among the Chinese began to yield results in

-souls apparently converted, I felt the necessity of banding the

-converts together for mutual fellowship, for instruction, and for

-test-work; for it seemed unwise, considering the difficulties

-under which we must labor in determining the genuineness of the

-conversions, to bring them at once to baptism and the church.<a class="pagenum" name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a>

-Yet they must not be left quite outside the fold, and I proposed

-to them the organization of <i>The Chinese Christian Class</i>, into

-which any Chinese might come who, in the judgment of those already

-members of the class, had begun to believe in Christ. This class

-was to have frequent meetings for prayer and for instruction in the

-Bible; its members were to maintain a fraternal watchfulness over

-each other, and were to be baptized only when, through a probation

-of at least six months, they had proved to be steadfast and true.</p>

-

-<p>This class at first comprised only such Chinese as had been led

-to Christ through the work of the Third Congregational Church in

-this city, of which I was then the pastor. Afterwards it was found

-desirable to receive to membership the Chinese connected with other

-congregations, and to enlarge somewhat the scope or design of the

-class. It was therefore reorganized under its present name, but

-with the same principles and conditions of membership. Some of

-the benefits, in the way of mutual aid and protection, which the

-heathen Chinese seek to secure through their “Six Companies,” our

-Christian Chinese, who have renounced all connection with the “Six

-Companies,” gain through this Association. Its rooms are their

-places of resort; a sort of home. They have made a little beginning

-towards a library of Chinese works, mainly religious, written by

-the missionaries. The regulations of this Association, prepared by

-the Chinese, without assistance or suggestion, so far as I know,

-from any American, have been translated for me into English, and

-will be printed in full in our Annual Report. I quote here the 2d,

-3d, 6th, and 8th Articles:</p>

-

-<p>“2d. Any one who desires to become a member of this Association

-must forsake idolatry and all bad habits, and prove himself to be

-a follower of Christ. He must bring references from one or more

-members. His name must be brought before the Society a week before

-he can be admitted, and he is received upon a vote of two-thirds of

-the members. He must himself sign his name, and pay the sum of two

-dollars as entrance fee, and twenty-five cents every three months,

-this money being used to defray the expenses of the Association. He

-is expected to do all he can to bring in new members, and to lead

-his countrymen to Christ.”</p>

-

-<p>“3d. The members are expected to take part in the meetings for

-worship, giving counsel and encouragement to one another. If any

-member does wrong, he is to be kindly entreated and led back to the

-right.”</p>

-

-<p>“6th. If any member continue in the violation of the regulations

-of the Association, after three successive remonstrances, he must

-be expelled from the Association. If he afterwards repent and

-desire to come back, he is admitted without an entrance fee; his

-admittance depending upon the sincerity of his repentance, as

-judged by the members of the Association.”</p>

-

-<p>“8th. If any member desire to go back to China, he must give notice

-to the Association one month beforehand. He must not go until he

-has paid all his debts here. If he is really obliged to go before

-he can pay his debts, he must find some one who will be security

-for him.”</p>

-

-<p>There are now four Branch Associations, two in San Francisco, one

-in Oakland, and one in Sacramento. Each branch supports itself

-and is governed by its own officers. There are three—President,

-Vice-President, and Secretary who also acts as Treasurer. The

-statistics of these “Branches” are as follows: Oakland, 36 members,

-one expelled, five gone to China, 11 baptized; total contributions,

-$472.20, of which $117.25 was for Bible and missionary work in

-California and China. Sacramento, 14 members; contributions,

-$103.80. San Francisco, 82 members, four expelled,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a> two gone to

-China, 10 baptized; contributions, $351.00, of which $178.00

-were for Bible and missionary work. Bethany (San Francisco), 9

-members, 3 baptized; contributions $244.50, of which $71.00 were

-for Bible and missionary purposes. There are besides these, 23

-members belonging to the Central Association, who on account of

-their places of residence are not yet identified with any “Branch,”

-so that the total membership is 164. Of these 33 were received

-the past year. The total amount contributed for all purposes was

-$1,181.50.</p>

-

-<p>Besides this company of 164, there are 30 or more Chinese who have

-been converted, as we hope, at Santa Barbara, San Leandro, Stockton

-and elsewhere, in connection with our schools; and besides the

-contributions above reported, there has been raised at Petaluma,

-Stockton and elsewhere, certainly not less than $100. When we

-consider the poverty of these young men, the smallness of their

-wages, the drafts made upon them for parents and others dependent

-upon them in China, then this $1,300 which they have contributed

-during the past year for the nurture of their own Christian life,

-or for the salvation of others, grows to its true proportions—in

-our view, a token of real Christian heroism.</p>

-

-<p>I quote the closing sentences of the statement written for me by

-the Secretary of the Association: “No death has occurred during

-the past year. Our Heavenly Father has greatly prospered us, for

-which we return Him hearty thanks. We are grateful that He has

-put into our hearts a desire to have our parents and countrymen

-in China brought to a knowledge of the Christian religion. We are

-endeavoring to open a Chapel in Chuck Hum, China, and if we only

-had means, could open as many as we desire. Most all the letters

-that are sent to China members of the Association contain something

-about the Christian religion, and urging the people at home to

-discard idols and believe in the Saviour.”</p>

-

-<p class="center medium">OUR LAST MONTH’S WORK,</p>

-

-<p>as I reviewed it in the monthly reports, saddened me, and brought

-over me the first big <em>wave</em> of discouragement which I have felt

-since I entered on this service. The enrolment and the attendance

-were both much less than I expected, and some of our smaller

-schools seemed ready to die. I quote from one of these reports as

-an example: “You will see that the average is very low, and I am

-afraid it will be still lower. The boys seem to have lost their

-interest in the school, and I am afraid that I am losing mine. It

-is very discouraging to me, after doing a hard day’s work (for I am

-working very hard just now), to walk three-fourths of a mile and

-then have but one or two come to the school. Thank God there are

-one or two faithful ones.” * * * “Now, Mr. Pond, I have laid the

-case before you, and I ask your prayers in behalf of this little

-school struggling to keep alive, and for the teacher also, that he

-may not weary in well-doing, but that God will help him bear this

-cross and try to save, at least, one soul.” To receive letter after

-letter like that, while it draws out one’s love and prayer for the

-writer, sets one also to asking, “Where is the Lord,” and what will

-become of our work at this rate? But before the reports were all

-in, news came that <em>six</em>, at least, during the month, had forsaken

-their idols and appeared to have become disciples of Christ, and we

-“thanked God and took courage.” Brethren, pray for us.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></p>

-

-<hr class="full" />

-</div>

-

-<div class="article">

-<h2>RECEIPTS</h2>

-

-<p class="section">FOR NOVEMBER, 1878.</p>

-

-<hr class="chap" />

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MAINE, $163.74.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Belfast. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">$3.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of

-which $25.55 <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i>)

-$51.97.—Second Cong. Sab. Sch. $20, <i>for

-Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">71.97</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Castine. Mrs. Lucy S. Adams. $10. (ad’l) to

-const. <span class="smcap">Rev. Lewis J. Thomas</span>, L. M.—W. H. W.,

-50c.</td>

-<td class="ramt">10.50</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Farmington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">19.07</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Hallowell. Mrs. Flagg, $10; H. K. Baker,

-$5; <i>for Printing Press, Talladega, Ala.</i>

-(Incorrectly ack. in Dec. number.)

-</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Searsport. First Cong. Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">25.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Thomaston. “Matt. vi. 3”</td>

-<td class="ramt">10.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Wells. B. Maxwell</td>

-<td class="ramt">15.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Wilton. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">9.20</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW HAMPSHIRE, $217.75.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Amherst. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">9.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Candia Village. Jona. Martin</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Concord. Ladies of North Ch., bbl. of C.</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Exeter. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $27.—“Friends”

-in Second Cong. Ch. $12, <i>for

-a Teacher</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">39.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">7.37</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Keene. Mrs. Wm. W.</td>

-<td class="ramt">0.50</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Kensington. “Friends” <i>for N. H. Memorial

-Inst., Wilmington, N. C.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">6.70</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Milford. Peter and Cynthia S. Burns, $30;

-First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $23</td>

-<td class="ramt">53.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">New Ipswich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of which

-$27. <i>for Wilmington Memorial Inst.</i>) $31.41;

-Proceeds of 16th Annual Fair, held by

-Children of Cong. Ch. $12</td>

-<td class="ramt">43.41</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Plainfield. Mrs. Hannah Stevens, <i>for N. H.

-Memorial Inst., Wilmington, N. C.</i> and to

-const. <span class="smcap">Tenny K. Page</span>, L. M.</td>

-<td class="ramt">30.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Plymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">15.16</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Thornton’s Ferry. Individuals, by Mrs. H.

-N. Eaton</td>

-<td class="ramt">4.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Warner. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">4.61</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">VERMONT, $244.22</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Burlington. M. C. Torrey</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Charlotte. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const.

-<span class="smcap">Joseph S. Shaw</span>, L. M.</td>

-<td class="ramt">37.60</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Chelsea. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">17.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Newbury. P. W. Ladd</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Norwich. Mrs. S. J. Kellogg</td>

-<td class="ramt">2.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Ripton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">27.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Saint Johnsbury. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Blodgett,

-to const. <span class="smcap">Rev. William P. Bennett</span>,

-L. M.</td>

-<td class="ramt">30.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Stowe. Cong. Ch. to const. <span class="smcap">Albert H.

-Cheney</span>, L. M.</td>

-<td class="ramt">43.43</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Tunbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">2.59</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">West Enosburgh. Henry Fassett</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">West Fairlee. Cong. Ch. $12; “A Friend”

-$1</td>

-<td class="ramt">13.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Westford. Cong. Ch. and Society</td>

-<td class="ramt">10.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">West Westminster. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">12.45</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Windham. Cong. Ch. 12.54; Rev. D. N.

-Goodrich, $2</td>

-<td class="ramt">14.54</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">19.61</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MASSACHUSETTS, $4,329.83.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Andover. Mrs. Jonathan Poor, $15.50.—“A

-Friend,” $4.00, <i>for Straight U.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">19.50</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Berkley. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">25.68</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Boston. Shawmut Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($25

-<i>of which for Wilmington, N. C.</i>)</td>

-<td class="ramt">654.51</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Boston. —— —— $15.00; “A Friend,”

-75 c.; S. D. Smith, 2 organs, val. $200</td>

-<td class="ramt">15.75</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Boston Highlands. Immanuel Ch. Sab. School</td>

-<td class="ramt">20.11</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Cambridgeport. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. Pilgrim

-Cong. Ch., $30.00, to const. Mrs. <span class="smcap">W. A.

-Ward</span>, L. M.; Prospect St. Cong. Sab.

-School, $12.34</td>

-<td class="ramt">42.34</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Brimfield. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., bbl. of C.</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Brookline. E. H. C.</td>

-<td class="ramt">2.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Danvers Centre. Cong. Sab. Sch. <i>for Straight U.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">25.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Dorchester. “A Friend,”</td>

-<td class="ramt">1.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Easthampton. Payson Cong. Sab. Sch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">50.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Enfield. Edward Smith</td>

-<td class="ramt">200.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Fitchburgh. Cal. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">158.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Fitchburgh. J. A. Conn, <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta

-U.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">50.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Florence. Florence Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">110.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Foxborough. Cong. Sab. Sch. $5.40; W. P.

-P., 50c.</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.90</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Framingham. Ladies of Plym. Ch., 2 bbls.

-of C.</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Georgetown. Sab. Sch. Class in Memorial

-Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">10.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Globe Village. Evan. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">34.76</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Harvard. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $27.75; Carrie

-S. Dixon, $10, <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">37.75</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Harwich. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 2 bbls. of C.

-<i>for Marion, Ala.</i></td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Holbrook. Winthrop Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">48.34</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Holden. Mrs. J. T.</td>

-<td class="ramt">0.50</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Jamaica Plain. Central Cong. Ch. <i>in part</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">340.48</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Lawrence. Central Cong. Sab. Sch. <i>for

-Straight U.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">10.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Lee. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">75.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Leominster. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">23.25</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Lexington. Hancock Cong. Church</td>

-<td class="ramt">12.43</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Littleton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., bbl. of C.</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Lowell. Kirk St. Cong. Ch. (F. F. Battles)</td>

-<td class="ramt">50.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Lunenburg. “Friend.”</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Lynnfield Centre. Cong. Ch. (ad’l)</td>

-<td class="ramt">0.25</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Malden. W. A. Wilde, $25, <i>for bell, Atlanta,

-Ga.</i>; H. R. B. $1</td>

-<td class="ramt">26.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Medfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., to

-const. <span class="smcap">Geo. F. Kern</span> and <span class="smcap">Miss Augusta P.

-Adams</span>, L. M.’s</td>

-<td class="ramt">60.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Milford. Con. Sab. Sch. <i>for Chinese M.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">19.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Millbury. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. half bbl. of

-bedding, <i>for Atlanta U.</i></td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Myricksville Precinct. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">20.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">110.85</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">New Bedford. Trin. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">49.74</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Newburyport. No. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">28.27</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Newton. Eliot Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">140.75</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Norfolk. “Friends” $20, <i>for Woodbridge,

-N. C.</i>; Cong. Sab. Ch. $8; Cong. Ch. and

-Soc. $6.75</td>

-<td class="ramt">34.75</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Northampton. “W.”</td>

-<td class="ramt">100.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Northbridge. Phebe S. Marsh</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">50.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Norwich. Mrs. S. J. Kellogg, pkg. of C.</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Norwood. Mrs. H. N. Fuller</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">19.50</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Peabody. South Cong. Sab. Sch. <i>for Straight

-U.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">25.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Pepperell. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">20.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Phillipston. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. bbl. of C.</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Rehoboth. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">12.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Rockport. John Parsons</td>

-<td class="ramt">3.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Salem. South Cong. Sab. Sch. <i>for Straight

-U.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">25.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Scotland. James M. Leonard</td>

-<td class="ramt">2.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">10.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Southampton. Cong. Ch. $14; Benj. N.

-Norton $3</td>

-<td class="ramt">17.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Southbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">38.55</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Southfield. “Friends,” $1.10 and pkg. S. S.

-books</td>

-<td class="ramt">1.10</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">South Hadley. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">34.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Springfield. Memorial Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">24.48</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Tewksbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">41.25<a class="pagenum" name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Taunton. Winslow Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">40.81</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Truro. Rev. E. W. N.</td>

-<td class="ramt">1.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Westborough. Freedmen’s Mission Assn.,

-3 bbls. of C., <i>one of which for Atlanta U.</i></td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Whitinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">1,158.50</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Winchendon. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.

-$9.64; Geo. Cummings, $10</td>

-<td class="ramt">19.64</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Winchester. Stephen Cutter</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">West Newton. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">35.11</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Worcester. Union Ch., $60.62; Old So.

-Cong. Ch., $54.36</td>

-<td class="ramt">114.98</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">RHODE ISLAND, $198.95.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Central Falls. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">73.95</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Providence. “A Friend,” $100; Josiah

-Chapin, $25</td>

-<td class="ramt">125.00</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CONNECTICUT, $893.73.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Ansonia. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">32.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Ashford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">6.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Avon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">120.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Black Rock. Mrs. J. P. Britten</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Colchester. Rev. S. G. Willard <i>for Straight U.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">20.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">East Haddam. C. Higgins</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">East Woodstock. H. C.</td>

-<td class="ramt">0.25</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Enfield. First Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">14.74</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">28.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Georgetown. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">12.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Glastenbury. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">150.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Groton. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">15.46</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Guilford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">25.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Hartford. Pearl St. Cong. Ch. $86.50; Windsor

-Ave. Cong. Ch. $27.60.—Mrs. Chas. F.

-Howard, $25, <i>for Howard U.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">139.10</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Kensington. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">1.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Lebanon. First Ch. and South Soc. $18;

-Betsy Metcalf, $10</td>

-<td class="ramt">28.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Meriden. Julius W. Yale</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Milford. Rev. Geo. H. Griffin, $5; Albert

-Baldwin, $5; Lucy B. Miles, $10, <i>for Printing

-Press, Talladega, Ala.</i> (incorrectly ack.

-in Dec. number.)</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">New Canaan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">13.30</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">New Hartford. First Cong. Sab. Sch., John

-Richard’s Bible Class, $5; Rev. F. H.

-Adams’ Bible Class, $5, <i>for Student Aid,

-Fisk U.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">10.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">New Haven. College St. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">20.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">North Granby. First Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.35</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Norwalk. First Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">36.86</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Plantsville. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student

-Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">50.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Stamford. First Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">26.52</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Thomaston. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">20.15</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">West Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">20.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">West Meriden. H. C.</td>

-<td class="ramt">1.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Wethersfield. Horace Savage</td>

-<td class="ramt">2.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Winchendon. Coll. by I. A. Bronson</td>

-<td class="ramt">15.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Woodbury. North Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">17.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">——. “A Friend,”</td>

-<td class="ramt">50.00</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW YORK, $877.45.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Adams Basin. L. D.</td>

-<td class="ramt">1.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Brooklyn. J. Davenport</td>

-<td class="ramt">50.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Buffalo. W. G. Bancroft</td>

-<td class="ramt">200.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Clyde. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of T. Grimshaw, by A.

-Traver, Ex.</td>

-<td class="ramt">100.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Crown Point. Second Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">6.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Derby. Mrs. J. B.</td>

-<td class="ramt">1.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Franklin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">27.66</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Hancock. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">0.25</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Hopkinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">9.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Ithaca. Mrs. H. Selby and others</td>

-<td class="ramt">1.50</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Lockport. H. W. Nichols</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Madison. G. H. H.</td>

-<td class="ramt">0.51</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Newark Valley. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">26.13</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">New York. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dodge, <i>for

-Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i>, $200; E. S., 40c</td>

-<td class="ramt">200.40</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Norwich. “A Friend,” $20; Mrs. R. A. B.

-$1</td>

-<td class="ramt">21.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Nunda. Four Ladies of Presb. Ch., bbl. of C.

-and $1 <i>for Freight</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">1.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Oriskany. A. Halsey, Mrs. L. B. Porter, and

-Rev. S. F. Porter, $5 ea.</td>

-<td class="ramt">15.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Paris. Val. Pierce $12, Mrs. Pierce $5</td>

-<td class="ramt">17.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Penn Yan. Chas. C. Sheppard</td>

-<td class="ramt">150.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Randolph. <span class="smcap">Mrs. Demarius Sheldon</span>, to

-const. herself L. M.</td>

-<td class="ramt">30.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Utica. Bethesda Welsh Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">10.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">——. “A Friend,”</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW JERSEY, $71.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Boonton. Mrs. W. G. L.</td>

-<td class="ramt">1.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Montclair. First Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid,

-Hampton Inst.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">70.00</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">PENNSYLVANIA, $31.00.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Centre Road. J. A. Scovel</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Newcastle. Mrs. J. W.</td>

-<td class="ramt">1.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Pittsburgh. Third Presb. Ch. Sab. Sch., <i>for

-Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">25.00</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">OHIO, $144.80.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Berea. First Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">2.50</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Brownhelm. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">16.80</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Cleveland. M. H. B.</td>

-<td class="ramt">0.50</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">East Cleveland. Mrs. Mary Walkden</td>

-<td class="ramt">2.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Edinburg. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">19.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Hudson. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">20.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Lenox. Balance Subscription, <i>for Tougaloo

-Inst.</i>, by Nelson French</td>

-<td class="ramt">4.50</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Mechanicstown. S. M.</td>

-<td class="ramt">1.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Medina. Cong. Ch. and So., bal. to const.

-<span class="smcap">W. F. Eccleston</span> and <span class="smcap">T. E. Rowe</span>, L. M’s.—50 cts.

-additional for <i>Tougaloo U.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">15.50</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Nelson. Dea. Harvey Pike</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Rochester. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">4.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Twinsburgh. L. W. and R. F. Green</td>

-<td class="ramt">4.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Wellington. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">50.00</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">INDIANA, $5.00.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Kokoma. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">ILLINOIS, $112.91.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Chicago. Ladies’ Miss. Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Delavan. R. Houghton</td>

-<td class="ramt">8.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Evanston. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">42.03</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Galesburg. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> Warren C. Willard, by

-Prof. T. R. Willard</td>

-<td class="ramt">14.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Huntley. Rev. D. C.</td>

-<td class="ramt">1.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Kewanee. Mrs. C. E. Chapin, <i>for Student

-Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Nora. G. W. Warner</td>

-<td class="ramt">10.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Rantoul. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">2.88</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Rockford. Mrs. Penfield, <i>for Student Aid,

-Talladega C.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">10.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Princeton. Mrs. J. T. Wells</td>

-<td class="ramt">15.00</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MICHIGAN, $497.19.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Ann Arbor. Dea. Sylvester Morris</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Cross Village. Mrs. A. A. C.</td>

-<td class="ramt">0.50</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Detroit. First Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">293.56</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">East Riverton. Mrs. J. Barnes</td>

-<td class="ramt">10.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Hudson. Individuals</td>

-<td class="ramt">3.50</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Hillsdale. J. W. Ford</td>

-<td class="ramt">2.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Jackson. Mrs. R. M. Bennett</td>

-<td class="ramt">1.50</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Kalamazoo. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $5.19;

-Friends, $3.30</td>

-<td class="ramt">8.49</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Lodi. Eli Benton</td>

-<td class="ramt">40.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Olivet. Wm. J. Hickok, $10 <i>for Camp Nelson</i>,

-$5 <i>for Emerson Inst.</i>, $5 <i>for Indian M.</i>

-and $5 <i>for Chinese M.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">25.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Niles. Dr. James Lewis</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Port Huron. First Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">34.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Romeo. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">35.42</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Saint Clair. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">22.22</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Vienna. Union Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">11.00</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">IOWA, $183.48.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Anamosa. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">13.83</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Castalia. W. H. Baker and family, to const.

-<span class="smcap">Mrs. Hannah Williams</span>, L. M.</td>

-<td class="ramt">35.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Davenport. Capt. A. E. Adams, <i>for Scholarship,

-Talladega C.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">50.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Elk River. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">3.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Iowa Falls. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">8.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Maquoketa. Missionary Soc. of Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">20.04<a class="pagenum" name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></td>

-</tr>

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Monona. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">6.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Monticello. Children’s Band</td>

-<td class="ramt">0.20</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Riceville. Girls’ Miss. Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">10.90</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Stacyville. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">14.21</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Traer. Woman’s Miss. Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">10.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Waterloo. Ladies’ Miss. Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">12.30</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">WISCONSIN, $29.68.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Beloit. First Cong. Ch., bale of C. <i>for Montgomery,

-Ala.</i></td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Geneva Lake. W. H. H.</td>

-<td class="ramt">0.50</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Fort Atkinson. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">15.18</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Waupun. Cong. Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">14.00</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">KANSAS, $3.50.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Russell. S. H. Falley</td>

-<td class="ramt">2.50</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Solomon City. M. W. E.</td>

-<td class="ramt">1.00</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MINNESOTA, $90.33.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Lake City. Sab. Sch. and Friends, <i>for

-Straight U.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">41.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">19.33</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Hawley. Adna Colburn, Sr., $20; Adna

-Colburn, Jr., $10</td>

-<td class="ramt">30.00</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">WASHINGTON TERRITORY, $22.96.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">S’kokomish. Cong. Ch. of Christ</td>

-<td class="ramt">18.10</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">White River. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">4.86</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEBRASKA, $5.00.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Silver. Melinda Bowen</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MISSOURI. $4.00.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Warrensburg. Rent</td>

-<td class="ramt">4.00</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MARYLAND, $280.00.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Baltimore. Rev. Geo. Morris, $200 <i>for a

-Teacher</i>, and $80 <i>for a Student, Fisk U.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">280.00</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">GEORGIA, $230.66.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Atlanta. Atlanta University</td>

-<td class="ramt">113.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Brunswick. School Children, by S. B.

-Morse, <i>for Mendi M.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">1.17</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Savannah. Beach Inst.</td>

-<td class="ramt">115.60</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Woodville. Pilgrim Ch., <i>for Mendi M.</i></td>

-<td class="ramt">0.89</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NORTH CAROLINA, $28.76.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Newbern. C. E. W.</td>

-<td class="ramt">0.50</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Raleigh. Washington Sch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">25.50</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Wilmington. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">2.76</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">SOUTH CAROLINA, $262.66.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Charleston. Avery Inst.</td>

-<td class="ramt">262.66</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CALIFORNIA, $40.00.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Oakville. A. A. Bancroft</td>

-<td class="ramt">40.00</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CANADA, $15.04.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Toronto. Mrs. J. Thom ($5 <i>of which for

-Cal. Chinese M.</i>)</td>

-<td class="ramt">15.04</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="ramt" colspan="2">——————</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">  Total</td>

-<td class="ramt">8,983.64</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Total from Oct. 1st to Nov. 30th</td>

-<td class="ramt">$15,835.30</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<p class="right" style="margin-bottom: 0%; padding-right: 15%;">H. W. HUBBARD,</p>

-<p class="right" style="margin-top: 0%; padding-right: 10%;"><i>Ass’t Treas.</i></p>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">RECEIVED FOR DEBT.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Amherst, N. H. L. and L. K. Melendy</td>

-<td class="ramt">1000.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">East Woodstock, Conn. Rev. E. H. Pratt</td>

-<td class="ramt">1.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">New Britain, Conn. Mrs. Norman Hart</td>

-<td class="ramt">25.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Wilton, Conn. Rev. S. J. M. Merwin</td>

-<td class="ramt">50.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Wilton, Conn. Miranda B. Merwin</td>

-<td class="ramt">25.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Andover, Mass. Free Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">13.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Florence, Mass. “A. L. W.”</td>

-<td class="ramt">500.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Foxborough, Mass. A. L. Payson</td>

-<td class="ramt">1.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Malden, Mass. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>

-<td class="ramt">159.55</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Lakeville, Mass. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to

-const. <span class="smcap">Mrs. Caroline L. Ward</span>, L. M.</td>

-<td class="ramt">34.11</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Pittsfield, Mass. Second Cong. Sab. Sch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Scotland, Mass. “A Friend.”</td>

-<td class="ramt">2.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">West Barnstable, Mass. Rev. B. Paine</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Albany, N. Y. Mrs. M. M. Learned</td>

-<td class="ramt">25.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Clifton Springs, N. Y. Mrs. Andrew Pierce</td>

-<td class="ramt">25.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Fairport, N. Y. Mrs. J. E. Howard</td>

-<td class="ramt">25.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Fairport, N. Y. Mrs. Garry Brooks</td>

-<td class="ramt">25.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">New York, N. Y. ——</td>

-<td class="ramt">25.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Penn Yan, N. Y. Mrs. D. B. Prosser</td>

-<td class="ramt">25.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Rochester, N. Y. Gen. A. W. Riley</td>

-<td class="ramt">25.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Sacketts Harbor, N. Y. Mrs. Anar H. Barnes</td>

-<td class="ramt">30.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Centre Road, Penn. J. A. Scovel</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Belpre, Ohio. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Fort Recovery, Ohio. M. W. Diggs</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Paddys Run, Ohio. Sarah Wilkin</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Painsville, Ohio. Mrs. C. C. Beardslee</td>

-<td class="ramt">4.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Oberlin, Ohio. Pres. J. H. Fairchild</td>

-<td class="ramt">10.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Michigan City, Ind. Correction. J. C. Haddock,

-$5. (Nov. number) should read Mrs.

-Clara W. Peck, $5.</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Buda, Ill. J. B. Stuart</td>

-<td class="ramt">10.00

-</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Chicago, Ill. Prof. G. N. Boardman</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Geneseo, Ill. P. H. Taylor</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Providence, Ill. Correction. Mrs. H. B.

-Gulliver, $6. (Nov. number) should read

-“A few Friends,” $6.</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Wethersfield, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Kellogg</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Alamo, Mich. Julius Hackley</td>

-<td class="ramt">20.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Broadhead, Wis. Mrs. W. W. Matter</td>

-<td class="ramt">3.50</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. James Baker</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Patch Grove, Wis. M. A. Garsich</td>

-<td class="ramt">1.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Whitewater, Wis. Mrs. R. Coburn</td>

-<td class="ramt">1.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Natal, South Africa. Mrs. Abbie T. Wilder</td>

-<td class="ramt">10.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="ramt" colspan="2">——————</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="total">Total</td>

-<td class="ramt">2,125.16</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Previously acknowledged in Oct. receipts</td>

-<td class="ramt">4,659.04</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="ramt" colspan="2">——————</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="total">Total</td>

-<td class="ramt">6,784.20</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">FOR TILLOTSON NORMAL AND COLLEGIATE

-INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Wells, Me. Mrs. B. A. Maxwell</td>

-<td class="ramt">15.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">East Hartford, Conn. H. L. Goodwin</td>

-<td class="ramt">50.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Hartford, Conn. Mrs. John Olmstead</td>

-<td class="ramt">50.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Hebron, Conn. B. A. Bissell</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Hebron, Conn. Dea. Jasper Porter</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Sing Sing, N. Y. Mrs. Harriet M. Cole, to

-const. <span class="smcap">Cornelia M. Cole</span>, L. M.</td>

-<td class="ramt">30.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Syracuse, N. Y. Mrs. Sarah T. Salisbury</td>

-<td class="ramt">50.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Oberlin, Ohio. Mrs. C. C. Wheat</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Olivet, Mich. Wm. B. Palmer</td>

-<td class="ramt">200.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">——. Individuals</td>

-<td class="ramt">5.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="ramt" colspan="2">——————</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="total">Total</td>

-<td class="ramt">415.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Previously acknowledged in Oct. receipts</td>

-<td class="ramt">190.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="ramt" colspan="2">——————</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="total">Total</td>

-<td class="ramt">605.00</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">FOR YELLOW FEVER FUND.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Thetford, Vt. Sarah J. Rugg</td>

-<td class="ramt">2.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Portland, Conn. First Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">41.92</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Andover, Mass. Chapel Ch. and Soc. $64.55

-and Sab. Sch. $15</td>

-<td class="ramt">79.55</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Troy, N. Y. “Little Mary and Margaret

-Cushman and Mamma.”</td>

-<td class="ramt">1.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Orwell, N. Y. “A few Friends in Cong.

-Ch.,” by Rev. F. N. Greeley</td>

-<td class="ramt">12.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Orange, N. J. Trinity Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">10.00</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Tabor, Iowa. Cong. Ch.</td>

-<td class="ramt">6.40</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="ramt" colspan="2">152.87</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Previously acknowledged in Oct. receipts</td>

-<td class="ramt">154.17</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="ramt" colspan="2">——————</td>

-</tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="total">Total</td>

-<td class="ramt">307.04</td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<table class="receipts">

-<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">ENDOWMENT FUND.</td></tr>

-

-<tr>

-<td class="sub1">Norwood, Mass. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Samuel Morrill,

-by Edward H. Morrill, Ex.</td>

-<td class="ramt">500.00<a class="pagenum" name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></td>

-</tr>

-</table>

-

-<hr class="full" />

-</div>

-<div class="article">

-

-<h2>The American Missionary Association.</h2>

-

-<hr class="chap" />

-

-

-<h3>AIM AND WORK.</h3>

-

-<p>To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with

-the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted

-its main efforts to preparing the <span class="smcap">Freedmen</span> for their

-duties as citizens and Christians in America and as missionaries

-in Africa. As closely related to this, it seeks to benefit the

-caste-persecuted <span class="smcap">Chinese</span> in America, and to co-operate

-with the Government in its humane and Christian policy towards the

-<span class="smcap">Indians</span>. It has also a mission in <span class="smcap">Africa</span>.</p>

-

-

-<h3>STATISTICS.</h3>

-

-<p><span class="smcap">Churches</span>: <i>In the South</i>—In Va. 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2;

-Ga., 12; Ky., 7; Tenn., 4; Ala., 13; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2;

-Texas, 5. <i>Africa</i>, 1. <i>Among the Indians</i>, 1. Total 66.</p>

-

-<p><span class="smcap">Institutions Founded, Fostered or Sustained in the

-South.</span>—<i>Chartered</i>: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega Ala.;

-Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.;

-and Austin, Texas, 8. <i>Graded or Normal Schools</i>: at Wilmington,

-Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Macon, Atlanta, Ga.;

-Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn., 11. <i>Other

-Schools</i>, 18. Total 37.</p>

-

-<p><span class="smcap">Teachers, Missionaries and Assistants.</span>—Among the Freedmen,

-231; among the Chinese, 17; among the Indians, 17; in Africa, 14.

-Total, 279. <span class="smcap">Students</span>—In Theology, 88; Law, 17; in College

-Course, 106; in other studies, 7,018. Total, 7,229. Scholars,

-taught by former pupils of our schools, estimated at 100,000.

-<span class="smcap">Indians</span> under the care of the Association, 13,000.</p>

-

-

-<h3>WANTS.</h3>

-

-<p>1. A steady <span class="medium">INCREASE</span> of regular income to keep pace with

-the growing work in the South. This increase can only be reached by

-<em>regular</em> and <em>larger</em> contributions from the churches—the feeble

-as well as the strong.</p>

-

-<p>2. <span class="smcap">Additional Buildings</span> for our higher educational

-institutions, to accommodate the increasing numbers of students;

-<span class="smcap">Meeting Houses</span>, for the new churches we are organizing;

-<span class="smcap">More Ministers</span>, cultured and pious, for these churches.</p>

-

-<p>3. <span class="smcap">Help for Young Men</span>, to be educated as ministers here

-and missionaries to Africa—a pressing want.</p>

-

-<p>Before sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A.

-office, as below.</p>

-

-<table>

-  <tr><td class="smcap" style="padding-right: 20px;">New York</td><td>H. W. Hubbard, Esq., 56 Reade Street.</td></tr>

-  <tr><td class="smcap">Boston</td><td>Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Room 21, Congregational House.</td></tr>

-  <tr><td class="smcap">Chicago</td><td>Rev. Jas. Powell, 112 West Washington Street.</td></tr>

-</table>

-

-<h3>MAGAZINE.</h3>

-

-<p>This Magazine will be sent, gratuitously, if desired, to the

-Missionaries of the Association; to Life Members; to all clergymen

-who take up collections for the Association; to Superintendents of

-Sabbath Schools; to College Libraries; to Theological Seminaries;

-to Societies of Inquiry on Missions; and to every donor who does

-not prefer to take it as a subscriber, and contributes in a year

-not less than five dollars.</p>

-

-<p>Those who wish to remember the <span class="smcap">American Missionary

-Association</span> in their last Will and Testament, are earnestly

-requested to use the following</p>

-

-

-<h3>FORM OF A BEQUEST.</h3>

-

-<p>“<span class="smcap">I bequeath</span> to my executor (or executors) the sum of ——

-dollars in trust, to pay the same in —— days after my decease to

-the person who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer

-of the ‘American Missionary Association’ of New York City, to be

-applied, under the direction of the Executive Committee of the

-Association, to its charitable uses and purposes.”</p>

-

-<p>The Will should be attested by three witnesses [in some States

-three are required—in other States only two], who should write

-against their names, their places of residence [if in cities,

-their street and number]. The following form of attestation will

-answer for every State in the Union: “Signed, sealed, published

-and declared by the said [A. B.] as his last Will and Testament,

-in presence of us, who, at the request of the said A. B., and in

-his presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto

-subscribed our names as witnesses.” In some States it is required

-that the Will should be made at least two months before the death

-of the testator.</p>

-

-<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></p>

-

-<hr class="full" />

-</div>

-<div class="article">

-<p class="center large">PLEASE READ THIS AND THINK ABOUT IT.</p>

-

-<p><i>The “American Missionary” is printed and circulated for the

-information of its constituency, and to keep alive their practical

-interest in the work of the Association.</i></p>

-

-<p><i>It costs money to prepare and send to its readers so large an

-edition as we find necessary.</i></p>

-

-<p class="center">THE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE IS ONLY FIFTY CENTS A YEAR.</p>

-

-<p><i>A large number of its readers come within the classes who are

-entitled to it free.</i></p>

-

-<p><i>If others who desire to read it will send 50 cents to pay for

-their Magazine, beside their gifts for the missionary work, it will

-not only cease to be in any sense an expense to the treasury, but a

-source of revenue.</i></p>

-

-<p><i>Is the request below, then, too great a favor to ask?</i></p>

-

-<hr class="full" />

-</div>

-

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-<p class="center large">PLEASE COPY THIS FORM AND MAIL IT.</p>

-

-<p class="right"><i>January 1st, 1879.</i></p>

-

-<p><i><span class="smcap">H. W. Hubbard</span>, Esq., Ass’t Treasurer</i>,</p>

-<p style="padding-left: 20%;"><i>56 Reade Street, New York.</i></p>

-

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-

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+<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 53618 ***</div>
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+<p class="float-left smcap">Vol. XXXIII.</p>
+<p class="float-right">No. 1.</p>
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+
+<h1><span class="small">THE</span><br />AMERICAN MISSIONARY.</h1>
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+<hr class="chap" />
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+<div class="wrap"><p class="centerline">“To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.”</p></div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
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+<div class="wrap"><p class="centerline xlarge">JANUARY, 1879.</p></div>
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+<div class="wrap"><h2><i>CONTENTS</i>:</h2>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="toc" summary="Table of Contents">
+  <tr>
+    <td class="conthead" colspan="2">EDITORIAL.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">Our Outlook for 1879</td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_1">1</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">Our Appeal for the New Year</td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_2">2</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">The Lord’s Work and the Lord’s Coming</td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">The London Union Missionary Conference</td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">Political Progress of the Freedmen:
+      <span class="chaplinen">Rev. M. E. Strieby</span></td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_4">4</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">These My Brethren</td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_6">6</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">Five Tests of American Civilization:
+      <span class="chaplinen">Prof. C. D. Hartranft, D. D.</span></td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_7"> 7</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">Return of Rev. Floyd Snelson</td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">Items From The Churches</td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">General Notes</td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_11">11</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">Our Query Column</td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE FREEDMEN.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">District of Columbia—
+      <span class="chaplinen">Revival in Howard University</span></td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">Virginia—
+      <span class="chaplinen">A Destitute County</span></td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">Alabama—
+      <span class="chaplinen">New Church at Shelby Iron Works—Talladega a Missionary Centre</span></td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">Florence—
+      <span class="chaplinen">Thin End of the Wedge—First Thanksgiving Service</span></td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">Missouri—
+      <span class="chaplinen">Free Schools in the State</span></td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="conthead" colspan="2">AFRICA.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">The Mendi Mission—
+      <span class="chaplinen">A Church Organized and Dedicated at Avery</span></td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE INDIANS.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">The Late Indian War and Christianity:
+      <span class="chaplinen">Rev Myron Eells</span></td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE CHINESE.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">Congregational Association of Christian Chinese:
+      <span class="chaplinen">Rev. W. C. Pond</span></td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="toc-chapter pp2">RECEIPTS</td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_24">24</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="toc-chapter">WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, ETC.</td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="toc-chapter">PLEASE READ, THINK, COPY AND MAIL</td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_28">28</a></td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<div class="center">
+NEW YORK:<br />
+Published by the American Missionary Association,<br />
+<span class="smcap">Rooms, 56 Reade Street</span>.
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<p class="center">Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance.</p>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="full" />
+
+<div class="article">
+<h2>American Missionary Association,</h2>
+
+<p class="center">56 READE STREET, N. Y.</p>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<p class="center p1 small">PRESIDENT.</p>
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Hon. E. S. TOBEY</span>, Boston.</p>
+
+<div>
+<p class="position">VICE-PRESIDENTS.</p>
+
+<table><tr><td class="tdpr">
+Hon. <span class="smcap">F. D. Parish</span>, Ohio.<br />
+Hon. <span class="smcap">E. D. Holton</span>, Wis.<br />
+Hon. <span class="smcap">William Claflin</span>, Mass.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">Stephen Thurston</span>, D. D., Me.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">Samuel Harris</span>, D. D., Ct.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Wm. C. Chapin</span>, Esq., R. I.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">W. T. Eustis</span>, D. D., Mass.<br />
+Hon. <span class="smcap">A. C. Barstow</span>, R. I.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">Thatcher Thayer</span>, D. D., R. I.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">Ray Palmer</span>, D. D., N. Y.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">J. M. Sturtevant</span>, D. D., Ill.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">W. W. Patton</span>, D. D., D. C.<br />
+Hon. <span class="smcap">Seymour Straight</span>, La.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Horace Hallock</span>, Esq., Mich.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">Cyrus W. Wallace</span>, D. D., N. H.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">Edward Hawes</span>, Ct.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Douglas Putnam</span>, Esq., Ohio.<br />
+Hon. <span class="smcap">Thaddeus Fairbanks</span>, Vt.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Samuel D. Porter</span>, Esq., N. Y.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">M. M. G. Dana</span>, D. D., Minn.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">H. W. Beecher</span>, N. Y.<br />
+Gen. <span class="smcap">O. O. Howard</span>, Oregon.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">G. F. Magoun</span>, D. D., Iowa.<br />
+Col. <span class="smcap">C. G. Hammond</span>, Ill.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Edward Spaulding</span>, M. D., N. H.<br />
+<span class="smcap">David Ripley</span>, Esq., N. J.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">Wm. M. Barbour</span>, D. D., Ct.
+</td>
+
+<td>
+Rev. <span class="smcap">W. L. Gage</span>, Ct.<br />
+<span class="smcap">A. S. Hatch</span>, Esq., N. Y.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">J. H. Fairchild</span>, D. D., Ohio<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">H. A. Stimson</span>, Minn.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">J. W. Strong</span>, D. D., Minn.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">George Thacher</span>, LL. D., Iowa.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">A. L. Stone</span>, D. D., California.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">G. H. Atkinson</span>, D. D., Oregon.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">J. E. Rankin</span>, D. D., D. C.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">A. L. Chapin</span>, D. D., Wis.<br />
+<span class="smcap">S. D. Smith</span>, Esq., Mass.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Peter Smith</span>, Esq., Mass.<br />
+Dea. <span class="smcap">John C. Whitin</span>, Mass.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">Wm. Patton</span>, D. D., Ct.<br />
+Hon. <span class="smcap">J. B. Grinnell</span>, Iowa.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">Wm. T. Carr</span>, Ct.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">Horace Winslow</span>, Ct.<br />
+Sir <span class="smcap">Peter Coats</span>, Scotland.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">Henry Allon</span>, D. D., London, Eng.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Wm. E. Whiting</span>, Esq., N. Y.<br />
+<span class="smcap">J. M. Pinkerton</span>, Esq., Mass.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">F. A. Noble</span>, D. D., Ct.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Daniel Hand</span>, Esq., Ct.<br />
+<span class="smcap">A. L. Williston</span>, Esq., Mass.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">A. F. Beard</span>, D. D., N. Y.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Frederick Billings</span>, Esq., Vt.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Joseph Carpenter</span>, Esq., R. I.
+</td></tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<p class="position">CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.</p>
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Rev. M. E. STRIEBY</span>, D. D., <i>56 Reade Street, N. Y.</i></p>
+
+<p class="position">DISTRICT SECRETARIES.</p>
+
+<div class="center">
+  <span class="smcap">Rev.</span> C. L. WOODWORTH, <i>Boston</i>.<br />
+  <span class="smcap">Rev.</span> G. D. PIKE, <i>New York</i>.<br />
+  <span class="smcap">Rev.</span> JAS. POWELL, <i>Chicago</i>.<br />
+<br />
+  EDGAR KETCHUM, <span class="smcap">Esq.</span>, <i>Treasurer, N. Y.</i><br />
+  H. W. HUBBARD, <span class="smcap">Esq.</span>, <i>Assistant Treasurer, N. Y.</i><br />
+  <span class="smcap">Rev.</span> M. E. STRIEBY, <i>Recording Secretary</i>.<br />
+</div>
+
+<p class="position">EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.</p>
+
+<table><tr>
+<td class="tdpr">
+  <span class="smcap">Alonzo S. Ball</span>,<br />
+  <span class="smcap">A. S. Barnes</span>,<br />
+  <span class="smcap">Edward Beecher</span>,<br />
+  <span class="smcap">Geo. M. Boynton</span>,<br />
+  <span class="smcap">Wm. B. Brown</span>,
+</td>
+<td class="tdpr">
+  <span class="smcap">Clinton B. Fisk</span>,<br />
+  <span class="smcap">A. P. Foster</span>,<br />
+  <span class="smcap">E. A. Graves</span>,<br />
+  <span class="smcap">S. B. Halliday</span>,<br />
+  <span class="smcap">Sam’l Holmes</span>,
+</td>
+<td class="tdpr">
+  <span class="smcap">S. S. Jocelyn</span>,<br />
+  <span class="smcap">Andrew Lester</span>,<br />
+  <span class="smcap">Chas. L. Mead</span>,<br />
+  <span class="smcap">John H. Washburn</span>,<br />
+  <span class="smcap">G. B. Willcox</span>.
+</td></tr>
+</table>
+
+<p class="center p1 small">COMMUNICATIONS</p>
+
+<p class="center">relating to the business of the Association may be addressed to
+either of the Secretaries as above; letters for the Editor of the
+“American Missionary” to Rev. Geo. M. Boynton, at the New York
+Office.</p>
+
+<p class="center p1 small">DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS</p>
+
+<p>may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, when
+more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational
+House, Boston, Mass., 112 West Washington Street, Chicago, Ill.
+Drafts or checks sent to Mr. Hubbard should be made payable to his
+order as <i>Assistant Treasurer</i>.</p>
+
+<p>A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member.</p>
+
+<p>Correspondents are specially requested to place at the head of each
+letter the name of their Post Office, and the County and State in
+which it is located.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[1]</a></p>
+<hr class="full" />
+</div>
+
+<div class="article">
+<p class="center">THE</p>
+
+<p class="center xxlarge">AMERICAN MISSIONARY.</p>
+
+<hr class="full top" />
+
+<div>
+<div class="third" style="padding-left: 2%"><span class="smcap">Vol. XXXIII.</span></div>
+<div class="third center">JANUARY, 1879.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </div>
+<div class="third right">No. 1.</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="full bottom" />
+
+<p class="center xlarge"><b>American Missionary Association.</b></p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<h3>OUR OUTLOOK FOR 1879.</h3>
+
+<p>The review of our last year’s work has been so recently and
+so fully given in connection with the annual meeting of the
+Association, that it is scarcely needful for us to ask our readers
+to join us in another survey of what has already been accomplished.
+It is more fitting, as we stand upon the threshold of the new year,
+to ask what are the signs of the times, and what the demands of the
+work before us.</p>
+
+<p>There are still dark clouds in the Southern sky. A mere granting
+of civil and political rights by formal enactment is of small
+importance unless the rights themselves are honestly allowed and
+faithfully accepted. The adjustment of alleged wrongs we must leave
+to politicians if not to statesmen, and to courts of law if not
+of justice. Our work, obscure and remote as it may seem, is more
+fundamental and important than that of either Congresses or courts.
+For by whatever defences the Freedman may or may not be surrounded,
+the only safeguard of his rights must be in his fitness to exercise
+and his ability to maintain them. It is for us, through all the
+changes of the year, to keep steadily to our work. It is not
+checked because the winter is upon us; nor will it be over when the
+summer comes. It is not for this year’s harvesting alone that we
+are working; we are sub-soiling and so laboring for the permanent
+reclamation of these vast fields. We believe that more depends
+upon the moral and intellectual elevation of the Freedmen of our
+land, not only in regard to their welfare, but in regard to the
+great questions of which they are only a factor, than upon anything
+which can be done for them by legislative enactment or military
+power. We purpose, then, to press on with the school and the
+church. Intelligence and virtue are the Jachin and Boaz, the two
+great pillars of the porch of the Temple of American citizenship
+and liberty. While it rests on anything else, it is uncertain and
+unsafe.</p>
+
+<p>Our lesser work at home among the Indians and Chinese will demand
+the same moderate but constant share of our attention as before.
+Our connection with the six Indian Agencies, through the Interior
+Department, is not a matter of expense, but mainly of time and
+care. If we shall be relieved from that, our missionary work will
+still remain and may be enlarged. And though the immigration of
+Chinamen has been checked to some degree, and their interest in
+learning English has been abated by the abuse they have received,
+the work has been, and is yet, too fruitful of good to be given up.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[2]</a></p>
+
+<p>Our African mission has passed through one year under its new
+organization, with apparent prosperity and success. We shall need
+to strengthen its forces before long. We shall want both the men
+and the means.</p>
+
+<p>There is work enough in our outlook and encouragement to do it. We
+would remind our readers as well as ourselves, that the year which
+is most full of sacrifice and service for the Master, is most sure
+of all to be <em>A Happy New Year</em>.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<h3>OUR APPEAL FOR 1879.</h3>
+
+<p>Our friends are thoroughly informed of the fact that our debt of
+late has been rapidly diminishing. We are sorry to say that <em>the
+same thing is true of our income</em>. That, too, has been growing
+less. We learn that this is true, also, of our sister societies.
+They, also, have noticed a falling off in their revenues. We do
+not like to make much ado over our troubles; but we have been very
+frank in acknowledging our mercies, and we owe it to the work, and
+to those who sustain it, to tell them our perplexities as well.</p>
+
+<p>Our receipts for the last two months have been very inadequate
+for the work we have in hand. What does this mean to us with this
+outlook for 1879? Does it signify withdrawal from fields already
+under cultivation? Already the Executive Committee have had under
+serious advisement two cases, in which it was necessary either
+to stop fruitful work at important points or spend a little more
+money. Retrenchment is easier to talk of than to accomplish. It
+costs as much sometimes to stop as to go on. A temporary suspension
+is sometimes more expensive than continuous work. Our teachers are
+engaged and our buildings are prepared for the year. Shall we stop
+the whole machinery of a great factory to save the price of the gas
+which lights it? That would be ruinous economy indeed.</p>
+
+<p>But we do not seriously believe that the friends of the three most
+needy races on our continent have lost heart, or hope, or means, to
+carry out the generous plans they have devised. These last months
+of 1878 have been trying alike to them and to us. Our plea is only
+this, that, with the new year (if the debt be not by that time
+altogether a thing of the past), there may be a fresh and final
+attack upon that enemy of our peace; and more even than this, that
+there may be a fuller and a steadier flow of the Lord’s money into
+our treasury for the wants of the work of 1879.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p class="intro">We are happy to say that a goodly number of ladies whom we have
+asked to assume the responsibility of raising a share of $25,
+towards the payment of our debt, have replied favorably. The
+following extract from a letter sent us by one who has been
+abundant in her efforts for the Freedmen, indicates the enthusiasm
+and thankfulness with which some of the ladies respond:</p>
+
+<p>Your kind letter of November 26th found me watching in the sick
+room of my brother; but my heart went right up to God in gratitude
+that I was not forgotten by the officers of the A. M. A., and that
+they still think I can do something to help on this great work. I
+have never ceased to be interested in the work in all its length
+and breadth, and to do what little I can for it. The debt has
+occupied much of my thought. I have wanted to do something to help
+pay it beyond the little I could give myself. Now that I can go out
+under your guardianship, I will be one of two hundred to raise one
+share ($25), and as much more as I can. I am sure the debt will
+soon be paid. There should be no lack of funds to carry on this
+work. It is very strange our <em>nation</em> cannot see it and feel it
+too.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[3]</a></p>
+
+<p class="intro">An old and faithful friend from Sag Harbor, N. Y., sends us thirty
+dollars to make a life member. At the same time he asks us to star
+the names of his two oldest children, who were among the first of
+the twenty whom he has thus added to our list. They have gone up
+higher. He concludes thus:</p>
+
+<p>I was much interested in reading the article in December number,
+page 387, “Students Want to ‘Batch’—Who will Help?” I would like
+for my $30 to go to assist in building one of those $100 houses.
+Can’t you get some one to add the other $70, and put up one of
+those dwellings for those scholars who are so anxious to get an
+education to teach and to preach?</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<h3>THE LORD’S WORK AND THE LORD’S COMING.</h3>
+
+<p class="intro">One of our friends, (Rev. T. S. Robie, North Carver, Mass.,) who
+was at our annual meeting at Taunton, remembering doubtless that
+the Prophetic Conference was in session during the same days in New
+York City, puts the two things together thus:</p>
+
+<p>One comes from a meeting like that, through which glimpses are
+caught of opportunities for work, of openings by the Unseen Hand
+into spheres of service which stretch out into the future beyond
+the range of our human vision, with the overwhelming conviction
+that the Lord isn’t just at present to stop the wheels of this
+world. It is not <em>like</em> the Lord to give such problems to His
+people, which are pressing upon this Christian nation today with
+such power, and which demand time for their solution, and then
+to cut the Gordian knot by the sword of His “coming,” as if He
+had met with a tangled question which He himself could not untie.
+The red, blue and white and black marble, which Divine Providence
+has brought into this land, tell of a building of God grander
+than any Persian palace, the foundations of which seem to be just
+being laid, rather than the completion thereof to be nigh at
+hand. The vastness of the preparation points to the magnificence
+of the Lord’s dominion in the hearts and over the lives of men.</p>
+
+<p>The Book of God’s Providence is as much inspired as the Bible
+itself. And whoever studies the former as prayerfully as the
+latter, must labor hard to stifle the feeling that the clock of
+earth, instead of getting ready to stop, is being wound up to
+keep good time for a thousand years, as a prelude to that perfect
+righteousness which shall dwell forever on the new earth and
+beneath the new heavens.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<h3>THE LONDON UNION MISSIONARY CONFERENCE.</h3>
+
+<p>The London Union Missionary Conference was held in November. The
+Congregational churches of America were represented by Dr. Clark
+of the American Board, and Dr. O. H. White of the Freedmen’s Aid
+Society, of London, who also represented the American Missionary
+Association, to which the F. A. Society is auxiliary. The last
+gathering of the kind in England was in 1860, at which one
+hundred and twenty-six delegates assembled. The sessions were
+mainly private, the societies represented were chiefly British,
+and plans were discussed rather than achievements reported. This
+later meeting was somewhat different in its character. Six hundred
+delegates were in attendance from various lands and denominations
+of Christians. It was not so much a conference on methods as a
+comparison of results. The sessions of the week were apportioned
+to the work in the various lands. A great mass of information was
+collected, which will doubtless be more impressive and complete in
+the volume of proceedings to be published, than it could have been
+in the hearing.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[4]</a></p>
+
+<p>The character of the meetings may be inferred from the following
+sketch of the time devoted to the “Dark Continent,” in which we
+are especially interested. We copy from the correspondent of
+the <cite>Christian Union</cite>: “Two sessions on Tuesday were devoted to
+Africa and its many tribes. An Irish peer, the Earl of Cavan,
+presided, and the attendance of delegates and friends was large.
+Dr. Underhill, of the Baptist Missionary Society, discoursed on
+the benefits of emancipation, and showed what an important bearing
+the evangelizing of the negro race must have on the conversion of
+all West Africa. Sir Fowell Buxton, the son of the great advocate
+of emancipation forty years ago, described the three schemes now
+being carried out for planting new missions on the three great
+lakes of Central Africa. Dr. Stewart, of the Free Church Mission
+at Livingstonia, on Lake Nyassa, described the principle and
+the plan of the missionary institution at Lovedale, in the Cape
+Colony, which he has managed for several years. This is a model
+institution, with industrial as well as educational and theological
+departments; and is just the thing which the native tribes of South
+Africa need for their enlightenment. Dr. Lowe, the Secretary of the
+Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society, also read an admirable paper
+on the work, methods and usefulness of medical missions generally.
+Several of the medical missionaries who have recently gone out to
+Africa were Dr. Lowe’s pupils.</p>
+
+<p>“Among the effective speakers on these African missions were
+Dr. Waugemann, of Berlin, who described the work of the Berlin
+Society, especially in the Transvaal; Dr. White, of the Freedmen’s
+Aid Mission; the Rev. E. Schrenck, of Basle, who spoke of work
+in Ashantee; and the Rev. Dr. Moffat, who told the Conference
+about his Bechuanas, and of course with his strong gray hair and
+his eighty-three years of age and sixty-two years of service for
+Christ, received an ovation at its hands. The noble presence and
+the stirring words of the grand old man on the African day were a
+striking feature in the meetings of the Conference.”</p>
+
+<p>Such gatherings must help on the cause of Christian comity in
+missions, as well as broaden the views of all who are engaged
+in working the field under their hands. It is well to look up
+sometimes from our own furrow, even if we have to stop ploughing
+for a little, that we may realize that the field is the world, and
+that the harvest belongs to one Master.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<h3>THE POLITICAL PROGRESS OF THE FREEDMEN.</h3>
+
+<p class="secauth">BY REV. M. E. STRIEBY.</p>
+
+<p>Was it wise to give the ballot to the ex-slaves? The answer that
+came in the hour it was given, from the Congress that gave it,
+from the Northern people that sustained it, and from the colored
+people that enjoyed it, was an emphatic and enthusiastic “Yes!”
+The answer that came at that hour from the Southern white man was
+in a suppressed voice, and was an execration hissed out between
+grinding teeth. Since that hour the voice of the Southern white
+man has grown firmer, and, as it came up from misgoverned South
+Carolina and Louisiana, has rounded out into a full-toned “No!”
+Nay, more, it has been re-echoed from the North, and recently with
+special emphasis from the lips of one of the purest Christian
+scholars on the heights of Christian learning in New England. What
+answer do I give? Unhesitatingly, “Yes!” I say nothing about the
+mere party reason given either then or since, for I do not write
+as a partisan. I put the wisdom of the ballot on more substantial
+grounds.</p>
+
+<p>1. It saved the Freedmen from being again reduced to slavery.
+Vagrant laws<a class="pagenum" name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</a> were passed, which confined them to the plantations
+on which they had engaged to work, the end of which would have been
+a serfdom attaching them to the soil. The ballot saved them from
+this.</p>
+
+<p>2. It gave the Freedmen and the South a free school system—a
+greater boon than Southern legislation ever gave them before—a
+boon without which all else would have been well-nigh in vain.
+That system was modeled after the best patterns at the North, and
+although it has been somewhat modified and enfeebled in practical
+operation, is yet a solid corner-stone in the foundation of the new
+superstructure which the South is rearing.</p>
+
+<p>3. The ballot gave the Freedman a sense of self-respect, and
+commanded for him the respect of others. To him it was an education
+and an inspiration. It gave him the standing of a man among men,
+and prompted him to become worthy of his position. It was a power
+to him in the early days of his freedom, when he needed every help
+to sustain him in that freedom; and to-day, though it is held in
+check and almost useless, yet it is a slumbering giant, and is
+watched with respectful caution by the whites. For who can tell
+what such a slumbering power might do if aroused?</p>
+
+<p>At present the black voter is politically conquered. The “white
+man’s government” is established, and it is the purpose of the
+white man that it shall remain so. This has been easily attained in
+the States where the white majority is undoubted. In the few States
+where the blacks are in the majority, the white man is determined
+to rule, peaceably if he can, forcibly if he must. The Chisholm
+murder and the Hamburg massacre are but samples of the methods
+that will be resorted to if the effort is pushed persistently
+to restore the supremacy of the black man in politics. When we
+remember how that supremacy in those States was abused, how can we
+ask the restoration if the abuse must again follow? The problem
+is difficult. It can be solved only by one formula. The black
+man must be protected in his political rights, and he must be so
+enlightened as to use and not abuse those rights. There will be no
+permanent advantage from a mere partisan triumph of the black man.
+If achieved, as matters now stand, bayonets will again be needed to
+sustain it, and will become once more a source of angry discussion
+at the North and of concentrated bitterness at the South. The
+experiment may again be necessary; but a far better thing should be
+speedily, steadily and efficiently pushed forward—the training of
+the colored voter for an intelligent and responsible manhood and
+citizenship.</p>
+
+<p>If every colored voter could be accompanied to the polls by a file
+of soldiers armed with muskets, his ballot would represent the
+musket and not the man. But if he becomes a property owner, with
+all the interest in the welfare of the community which property
+gives; if he is educated and can take an <em>intelligent</em> interest
+in the welfare of the community; and if he acquires a weight of
+character that challenges respect, he will need no soldiers to
+guard him to the polls, and his vote will represent the man and not
+the musket.</p>
+
+<p>When the black man shall reach such a position he conquers
+caste-prejudice and wipes out the color-line in politics. Color is
+significant only as it represents condition. Change the condition
+and the color is of no consequence. With that change the white and
+black men at the South will divide on politics as white men do at
+the North, from differing views as to the best measures to promote
+public weal.</p>
+
+<p>Look on this picture: An armed and organized mob is breaking up a
+political gathering of the blacks and their friends, and in the
+background are the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a> overawed Freedmen retiring from the polls.
+Look, also, on this picture: A company of United States soldiers
+are keeping guard over a body of legislators, mostly black, who,
+with reckless rascality, are squandering the public funds, to
+the ruin of the State and the disgrace of the nation. Turn not
+from these pictures with indifference, for they are no fancy
+sketches; nay, face them, for the history of at least two States
+of this Union is liable to be a perpetual oscillation between the
+two. But now look on this picture: A colored man is tilling his
+land, adorning his home, and gathering around him the refinements
+of life. Near by is the school-house, where his children, with
+hundreds of others, are receiving the instruction of skilful
+teachers, and not far off is the church edifice where that man and
+his neighbors worship God under the ministration of a well educated
+and pious minister.</p>
+
+<p>Which picture do we choose, not as a matter of artistic preference,
+but as the practical model for patriotic work? The only safety is
+to extend that last picture till it shall cover the whole canvas
+and blot out the other two. In that way only can a life and death
+struggle between two irreconcilable forces be avoided.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<h3>“THESE MY BRETHREN.”</h3>
+
+<p>In the Saviour’s great “Inasmuch” there is the power of
+personality. “I was an hungered; I was thirsty; I was naked; I was
+a stranger; I was sick; I was in prison.” It was Christ in the
+person of these suffering and lowly ones; and service done to them
+was done to Him. He might well have stopped there. But the marvel
+of His personal identification with them is in the relationship
+which He claims between Himself and them—“<em>these my brethren</em>.”
+Oh, the touching condescension to name them by this title! What
+we do for these humble and desolate ones we are not only doing
+for our Lord, but for the brethren of our Lord. He takes it as a
+special favor to Himself. And this service is graduated to the
+lowest capacity—it is service done to only <em>one</em> of the <em>least</em> of
+these. The standard is not that we should serve the mass of these
+His brethren, but any one of them, according to the measure of our
+ability, even down to a single act done to one of them in the right
+spirit and as a revelation of a character in which we delight. Then
+the obligation runs up to as great a number as our opportunity and
+our ability may reach.</p>
+
+<p>The intervention of organic efficiency greatly multiplies the
+duty and the privilege of the individual. The American Missionary
+Association, as has been potently said, is set for the care of the
+three despised races in our country. Though the Indian and the
+Negro and the Chinaman are the objects of prejudice and violence
+and injustice and hatred on the part of our people, nevertheless
+Christ speaks of them as among “these my brethren;” and the prayers
+and the sympathy, and the service and the giving of substance
+in their behalf He counts as rendered to Him. This organization
+cannot discharge any one’s personal duty, but its instrumentality
+is offered to all who would use it in the discharge of individual
+obligation to Christ and to His brethren. Its opportunities belong
+to all who would use them, and by these a single Christian may
+reach not only “unto one of the least of these,” but unto many.</p>
+
+<p>At the Great Day, when the Master shall surprise you, humble
+Christian, with a benediction for service rendered to His brethren
+among these despised ones, and you deprecatingly answer, <em>when</em>
+and <em>where</em>, His revealing response may be—<em>when</em> you reached them
+with your prayers and your substance through that Association which
+offered you its means of operation. And surely all its workers
+among<a class="pagenum" name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a> these outcast peoples, in the ostracism and opposition
+and hatred which confront them, may even in this life have their
+abundant recompense in this, that they are serving those whom the
+Master owns as “these my brethren.”</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<h3>FIVE TESTS OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION.</h3>
+
+<h4>Notes of an Address at the Annual Meeting.</h4>
+
+<p class="secauth">BY PROF. C. D. HARTRANFT, D. D. HARTFORD, CONN.</p>
+
+<p>(1.) The Indians, the Negroes and the Chinese I regard as the
+divinely appointed agents by which the principles that underlie
+American civilization are to be finally tested. Every utterance
+on the Fourth of July, from the Declaration of Independence till
+this hour, has made the <em>right of asylum</em> a pre-eminent feature
+of American civilization. So whenever a man has been impelled by
+the dictates of his conscience to leave his native land and seek
+a foreign shore, that he might not be compelled to live in false
+alliance with the Church and worship God in a way he did not elect;
+whenever a man, full of noble impulses, has felt the hopelessness
+of his life, so far as any ambitious scheme was concerned; or the
+education of his children—a man feeling the tyranny of continuous
+labor, without the possibility of accumulation—this man has ever
+been gladly welcomed to America. So the Puritan, so the Huguenot,
+so the Dutchman, so the Lutheran—whatever a man’s religious
+training, America has given him hearty greeting. Even the atheist
+and the infidel have found a refuge under the folds of this flag.
+America has welcomed them to the shadow of her pines and palmettoes
+and to her golden Pacific. But what a niggardly right of asylum
+does she give to the poor Negro, as he is emancipated from his
+bonds; and to the wretched Indian, whom she shuts up in Western
+territories; and, most of all, to the poor Chinaman, as he comes
+from his joss-house, with the instincts of a higher civilization
+impelling him from the stagnation of centuries to the shores of the
+Pacific!</p>
+
+<p>It behooves us to inquire whether this precious right of asylum is
+to be denied to the weaker races; whether we are going to lose this
+peculiar feature of our nation, that throws its broad land open to
+the world. Is it not true now, as in the past, that this is a vast
+sanctuary, and that if a man lays hold of the horns of its altar,
+there shall be nothing to drag him from his possession of freedom?
+He stands on holy ground. In the British islands, the races that
+have appeared in its history have been amalgamated—welded by the
+mace and the battle-axe. In France, the various tribes and races
+that, one after another, possessed that land, were woven together,
+in warp and woof, by fire and blood. In Germany, the Prussians
+have brought together that great mass of people as one, through
+bitter and tremendous wars, the echoes of which have scarce died
+away. America proposes a far different solution. She recognizes the
+nobility of the characteristics developed by the various races. She
+wants the African, the Chinaman, the Teuton—all races—to labor side
+by side; to develop not only her wealth and prosperity, but, most
+of all, the typical American humanity.</p>
+
+<p>American civilization can better endure the savagery of the Indian,
+the ignorance and brutality of the Negro, and the semi-civilization
+of the Chinese, than it can afford to fraternize with a
+civilization that is impregnated with a spirit of ecclesiasticism,
+or endure the philosophies of St. Louis or the Internationals.
+Rather is it for us to overcome these forces that are the
+outcroppings of centuries of Roman development, as well as those of
+Indian or Chinese or Negro semi-civilization.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></p>
+
+<p>This right of asylum involves another thing—the right of a man
+to say, “I will leave this land and go to another”—<em>the right to
+migrate</em> if he does not find things subservient to him. We once
+hailed the Irishman to come and build our railroads. We welcome
+the German now, as he comes and terraces our mountains and teaches
+us how to garden. We welcome the Frenchman—we welcome all. But we
+say, “Lo! poor Indian, go West. East of the Appalachian is too good
+for you; we want it. Go West; go West. We will give no rest to the
+soles of your feet.” Do we want the Black Hills? Migrate! We will
+surround you with a cordon of soldiers and a cordon of Government
+agents, who will eat the life out of you. Keep on, poor ignorant,
+keep on!</p>
+
+<p>As to the African, there are not a few Americans, even in this
+day, who think a righteous solution of the African question is to
+ship them all off to the dark continent. So far as the American
+Colonization Society keeps in view education and other Christian
+instrumentalities, I bid them God-speed; but if they desire to send
+the Negro out of the country, I say, No!—a thousand times, No! Let
+us solve the problem right here where God has placed them.</p>
+
+<p>And we say to the Chinese, as he comes upon his ship, “Turn your
+prow back towards the Flowery Kingdom; don’t touch our golden
+West.” Is that the spirit that welcomes the Irishman, the German,
+the Italian, the Frenchman? Why not give as broad an opening to the
+Chinaman as to the Irishman?</p>
+
+<p>(2.) In the next place, God is testing that principle which is
+set forth in the preamble of our Constitution—<em>the right of a man
+to pursue happiness in such a way as he may elect</em>, provided he
+does no wrong to his neighbor. And I opine that although happiness
+involves the pursuit of higher aims, it begins on the basis of
+labor. Labor is the essential element of American civilization.
+If I labor, then I have the right of choice to enter into
+whatever labor I please. No matter whether I am an adept or not,
+circumstances will give the verdict. With the right of choice of
+a man’s calling comes the right of competition. Carry it to its
+extreme, if you please. If there are fifty-two thousand clerks,
+I have a right to become the fifty-two thousand and first, and
+starve. Then, after the inherent right of labor follows the right
+to such property as I may accumulate. What I may produce, that
+is mine absolutely, and no man can touch it. Here we are brought
+face to face with this tremendous question between Irish and
+German labor, and the low-priced labor of either the Negro or the
+Chinaman. But, American citizens and Christians, if we respect
+the right of a man to exercise such functions as God has given
+him in such way as his conscience may dictate, and to choose his
+own occupation, shall we not defend this right of labor, and the
+right to pursue happiness as each may elect, and in the face of
+Communism, defend the right of the Chinese to enter the market and
+compete with all labor of whatever nationality?</p>
+
+<p>(3.) There is a <em>third right</em> or principle put to the test—<em>that
+every man is equal before the law</em>. Whether he be Jew or Gentile,
+Irishman or German, Negro or Chinaman, he is the equal of all men
+before God. But what justice can a Chinaman get out of a Hoodlum
+court? What justice has the Negro got out of a Southern court? To
+the establishment of that justice we must bend our energies, for
+it is vital to our institutions that a man before the law is equal
+with his neighbor. If you have broken the shackles of the Negro,
+break those of the Indian. If he outrages the law, try him by
+process of the law and make him amenable, but deal with him as a
+citizen. I opine that we shall arrive at this, sooner or later. Of
+course this includes with it the privilege of every one to enter
+public life, provided he proves his capacity.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></p>
+
+<p>(4.) But there is another principle being tested, and that is <em>the
+right of education</em>. It is a settled point in the development of
+American civilization, that education is essential to the proper
+discipline of the citizen—some degree, at least, of elementary
+education. Now when, according to the census of 1870, in the States
+of Mississippi and Texas, 96 per cent. of the colored people were
+thoroughly ignorant; and when in another State, 95 per cent. were
+completely ignorant; in another, 93 per cent.; in two others, 91
+per cent.; and in a last one, 90 per cent.; 88 per cent. of the
+entire colored people of the South being in perfect ignorance;—does
+it not behoove us to have a law for compulsory education if we
+hope to have true culture and citizenship? Was our late President
+far from right when he brought forward this idea? What salvation
+is there for the Southern States unless universal education shall
+be carried into effect? As the right to enter into competition is
+inherent as much as the right of choice in labor, so we regard
+the right of choice of one’s religion. The whole way should be
+made open for the highest acquisition of intellectual and moral
+knowledge.</p>
+
+<p>(5.) So, too, our Protestant Christianity is under test. And
+here we are encountered at once by the fact that Christians
+still cultivate the caste spirit. If the Jew drew such a subtle
+line between himself and the Gentile, the white Christian draws
+a similar line between himself and the black Christian. If the
+Greek considered himself to be of such high intelligence that he
+classed all others as barbarians, Christians allow their prejudices
+to make the same broad distinctions between different classes
+of humanity, which it was the office of Jesus Christ—blessed be
+His name!—to obliterate and utterly extinguish. That prejudice,
+that caste spirit which Christians cultivate in the North to an
+extent that amounts to social ostracism, must be broken down, if
+we would maintain Protestant Christianity. Further, this question
+connects itself with the true <em>missionary spirit</em>. The best way to
+evangelize China is to evangelize the Chinese as they come to the
+Pacific Coast. The best way to evangelize Africa is to evangelize
+the African Negro of the South. Over against Protestant Christians
+in the South and the Chinese on the Pacific is that dark power
+which has involved the world in hopeless contentions. There stands
+the Jesuit with his deep, treacherous features, his characterless
+casuistry, and his sacrifice of all things else to glorify the
+Church of Rome, no matter what may be the result on his country.
+That subtle power which permeates our political institutions
+with such great magnitude and force, stands face to face with
+<a name="Err_1" id="Err_1"></a>Protestantism in the South—with the Negro question, the Chinese
+question, and the Indian question. If we are to serve Protestant
+Christianity, we must free ourselves of caste, and learn to love
+the African and the Chinaman at our doors. It is easy to speak well
+of the Chinaman away off in China—to have an overflow of sympathy
+for the poor African away in the dark continent; but it is a very
+different thing to have sympathy for them in this country. The
+spirit of the Gospel of Jesus Christ must actuate us and lead us to
+this.</p>
+
+<p>These, then, are <em>the five great principles</em> that underlie American
+civilization—principles that are being tested by these three races
+or nationalities. Our professions are large. Let us live up to them
+in these five great principles. It is Lord Bacon who says that
+“When hempe is spun, England is done”—meaning that when Henry,
+Elizabeth, Mary, Philip and Edward had passed away, England would
+be done. We may say that <em>if these five principles</em>—the right of
+asylum, the right of labor, of political freedom, of education, and
+free play to Protestant Christianity be done—America is done. God
+save the State!</p>
+
+<p>And what is the agency—or one agency—by which that may be
+accomplished?<a class="pagenum" name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a> The American Missionary Association, because it
+gives us Christian education. Because it brings together the
+college, the church and the home. And will not your devotion to a
+pure Christianity, free from the spirit of caste, and filled with
+the spirit of genuine love, manifest itself by your support of such
+an Association? May we not gauge your feelings in regard to these
+five principles by the support you give to such a society? May we
+not implore you that as you value the rights of property and free
+government you array yourself solidly against Communism and its
+ally—Romanism; because these are craftily working together.</p>
+
+<p>Would you behold free Protestant Christianity established in this
+country? Then give your support to this Association, that these
+three races may prove us to be a people who love liberty in its
+deepest significance as liberty in Christ.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<h3>RETURN OF REV. FLOYD SNELSON.</h3>
+
+<p>Just after the annual meeting we learned that the health of
+Mrs. Snelson was in such condition as to make her speedy return
+from the Mendi Mission, West Africa, a probable necessity. Her
+husband has arrived with herself, their children, and those of
+Dr. James, whose wife had died abroad. The change of climate and
+of occupation has already proved of great benefit to her. It is
+a great disappointment to us all to lose so soon the earnest and
+discreet service of the head of our Mendi Mission. Whether he will
+be able to return or not is still an unsettled question. But these
+experiences are teaching us some valuable lessons. First of them is
+this,—that we must send no men or women to the West Coast of Africa
+without submitting them to a severe physical examination, such as
+is required for enlistment into the army or as a prerequisite to a
+life insurance policy. For we find that upon those who went from
+this country in thoroughly sound health, with no weakness from
+previous disease or tendency to special complaints, the climate
+has had little or no bad effect; but where there was any such
+predisposition or impairment of physical vigor, the malarial heats
+of the West coast have hastened its rapid development. We send no
+more recruits, then, without medical attestation to their soundness
+of body, in addition to the testimony we have heretofore required
+as to their intellectual and spiritual health.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Snelson brings much valuable information from the field, which
+we hope to lay before our readers at an early day.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<h3>NEWS AND ITEMS FROM THE CHURCHES.</h3>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Macon, Ga.</span>—Rev. Stanley E. Lathrop, who was graduated
+eight years ago from the Chicago Theological Seminary, commenced
+pastoral work at Macon, December 1st. He writes: “I am quite
+agreeably surprised with everything thus far. I shall do the best I
+can for this people, with God’s help.”</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Marietta, Ga.</span>—The school prospers, and, with two other
+schools, is exerting a marked influence on the people. The
+Sunday-school and literary society are both doing good work.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Marion, Ala.</span>—Rev. Geo. E. Hill writes: “Our church has
+received from the Sunday-school at Weymouth, Mass., Colton’s large
+missionary map, and I have had the pleasure of introducing my
+people to a view of the world—the field of missions. They propose
+to contribute monthly to the cause. Our Sunday-school is filling
+up.”</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Montgomery, Ala.</span>—Rev. Flavel Bascom, D.D., who commenced
+work for the winter December 1st, writes: “My first impressions
+are very favorable. My heart is drawn out toward the people, and I
+expect to enjoy my work for them very much.”</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Selma, Ala.</span>—Rev. C. B. Curtis has gone from Burlington,
+Wis., to the charge of the church here.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Shelby, Ala.</span>—A Congregational church was organized October
+10th, by Rev. G. W. Andrews, of the Theological Department of
+Talladega College, consisting of twenty-one members (twelve men and
+nine women). Rev. J. D. Smith, a graduate of Talladega Theological
+Department, is pastor.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<h3>GENERAL NOTES.</h3>
+
+
+<h4>The Freedmen.</h4>
+
+<p>—Over 3,000 people attended the Agricultural Fair for colored
+people held at Talladega, Ala., in November, under the auspices of
+the college. Stock, farm products, cookery, needle and fancy work,
+flowers and pictures, were brought in for exhibition. Contests were
+held in athletic sports, and in spelling, declaiming, etc., between
+students of the different schools. Several hundred white people
+attended, and showed their interest by acting as judges on the
+committees with the colored people. The fair was kept entirely free
+from all the objectionable features which so often mar our State
+fairs, and indeed was opened with prayer, and, after the addresses
+and award of premiums, closed with the Doxology.</p>
+
+<p>—Dr. Rust, the Corresponding Secretary of the Freedmen’s Aid
+Society of the M. E. Church, reports that its work during this
+year “has never been exceeded in any year of its history. It has
+erected more school edifices, more commodious and commanding;
+educated more teachers, prepared more ministers, led more souls to
+Christ, and set in operation more streams of elevating influence,
+done more and better work for Christ and humanity, than in any like
+period before.” The financial statement for the year ending July
+1, 1878, gives its total receipts for the year as $63,403, and
+its expenditures, mainly for salaries and board of teachers and
+educational expenses, including $3,000 paid on its debt, at the
+same. The society has aided in the establishment of five chartered
+institutions having full collegiate powers, three theological and
+two medical schools, also chartered, and ten other educational
+institutions.</p>
+
+<p>—Dr. Ruffner, Superintendent of Public Instruction in Virginia,
+claims that $850,000 was collected from the people and set apart
+by law for the support of the common schools, and charges that
+this, with the interest, has been diverted from its proper use and
+applied to the ordinary expenses of the State Government.</p>
+
+<p>—A national colored Baptist educational convention was held last
+summer at Nashville, Tenn. In an address published by them they
+offer heartfelt thanks to Northern Baptists, who alone have
+helped them to what educational facilities they have enjoyed.
+To the Southern white Baptists they are grateful for the “good
+resolutions” they have passed in favor of the black man. They
+urge the colored Baptists to support their own publishing house,
+newspaper, and the educational enterprises of the American Baptist
+Home Mission Society.</p>
+
+<p>—Public sentiment has almost effaced the color line in Virginia;
+given political freedom and safety in North Carolina; and created
+a powerful party of<a class="pagenum" name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a> “Independents” in Georgia; and it will bring
+South Carolina to her senses in time. Moral forces require more
+time and patience than physical force.—<cite>Christian Union</cite>.</p>
+
+<p>—Two colored students of Mr. Spurgeon’s Pastor’s College, Rev.
+Messrs. Richardson and Johnson, with their wives, have left England
+as missionaries to Central Africa. They were all freed slaves from
+this country.</p>
+
+<p>—The Rev. Alfred Saher, English Baptist Missionary at the
+Cameroons, West Africa, has translated the Bible into the language
+of the people, and now reports upwards of 2,000 converts.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+
+<h4>The Indians.</h4>
+
+<p>—Mr. Wheeler writes from Keshena Agency, Wisconsin, of the second
+successful Agricultural Fair among the Menomonees. About 200
+entries of corn and potatoes were made, with other vegetables,
+grains and grasses in abundance. The displays of woman’s work and
+of live stock were very fine. A ploughing match was held. About
+$200 was expended in premiums, voted from the tribal funds for
+that purpose. Advantage was taken of the opportunity for giving
+instruction in the arts of agriculture, and for exhorting them to
+keep their children faithfully in the schools. Such gatherings both
+prove and promote progress.</p>
+
+<p>—Brig. Gen. Pope reports that the late outbreak of the Cheyennes
+was caused by starvation. He says of the Indians in general: “If
+they are left with the means to go to war, as is the custom, we
+simply sleep on a volcano. Unless, therefore, ample, and above all,
+regular supplies of food can be guaranteed to the Indians, I am
+compelled, in justice to the Government and the frontier settlers,
+to ask that more troops be sent to the agencies in the Indian
+Territory, and that at least two of the posts in Western Kansas be
+largely reinforced by cavalry. I have also to ask that any Indians
+sent from the North into this department be disarmed and dismounted
+before being sent here, so that they can be placed in the same
+condition as the Indians with whom they are to live.”</p>
+
+<p>—Major Mizener reports more in detail:—The causes which led to the
+leaving of the Northern Cheyennes may be summed up as follows:
+They were disappointed in the country. Their rations were poor
+and entirely insufficient. They were home-sick, despondent and
+disappointed, and were anxious to get back to a country better
+known to them, and where game was to be had, while here they did
+not have enough to eat.</p>
+
+<p>—General Sheridan attributes our Indian wars to two classes of
+causes; the first being the constant encroachment upon the lands
+of the Indians, sacredly guaranteed to them by treaty, and the
+constant removal of the tribes to distant reservations, in which
+they are again troubled by the tide of immigration. He says no
+other nation in the world would have attempted the reduction of
+these wild tribes, and occupation of their country, with less than
+60,000 or 70,000 men.</p>
+
+<p>—Secretary Schurz affirms that the real cause of Indian wars has
+been the breaking of treaties. He recites an exhaustive history of
+Indian wars to show that this has been the case, and that very few
+of the wars have arisen from the maladministration of agents.</p>
+
+<p>—Gen. Sherman, in his annual report, declares that many of the
+Indians prefer death to agricultural toil; that to convert them
+from a nomadic into a pastoral race is the first and fundamental
+problem; that each tribe must be dealt with according<a class="pagenum" name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a> to its own
+nature; that whatever department of the Government is charged with
+this work, must be intrusted with large discretion to adapt its
+measures to emergencies. He traces the Indian wars generally to
+broken promises, insufficient rations and impending starvation.</p>
+
+<p>—Of the joint committee to which the transfer of the Indians to
+the War Department is referred, the three members of the Senate
+are from Nebraska, Kentucky and Illinois; of the five members of
+the House, but one comes from as far East as this. The committee,
+therefore, represents communities that favor the army. It is
+understood that the Indians themselves do not desire the change;
+that the army does not want the responsibility; yet that it will
+probably be done, unless the President interferes, because the
+Indian ring desires it, and because the army makes it a point of
+honor.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+
+<h4>The Chinese.</h4>
+
+<p>—The First Church in San Francisco, Dr. Stone’s, has just opened
+a new and well-appointed room in the basement for its mission and
+Chinese Sunday-school. The Petaluma Church has also enlarged its
+lecture-room for the use of its Chinese school.</p>
+
+<p>—As the Chinese children are not permitted to enter the San
+Francisco public schools, those who have embraced Christianity are
+taught in the Union Mission in the old Globe Hotel. The school has
+two sessions, one of which is conducted by an American lady, the
+other by Hung Mung Chung, who is a fine Chinese scholar and a man
+of much dignity and scholarly attainments, said to be a lineal
+descendant of Confucius. During the past year Hung Mung Chung was
+baptized and became a member of the Protestant Church for Chinese.
+He teaches the children the Chinese classics and the maxims and
+precepts of Confucius. Each session of the school is closed by
+singing and repeating the Lord’s Prayer—in the morning in English,
+in the afternoon in Chinese.</p>
+
+<p>—The San Francisco Chinamen contributed $1,200 to the yellow fever
+sufferers of the South. The sand-lot meetings have not yet reported
+the amount of their collections.</p>
+
+<p>—The Chinese Sunday-school in Chicago has been in existence nearly
+six months, with an average attendance of fourteen scholars. It is
+said that the number can be largely increased if teachers can be
+procured.</p>
+
+<p>—Rev. W. P. Paxson, Superintendent of the missionary work of the
+American S. S. Union in their Southwestern Department, says: “One
+striking event in my missionary work has been the organization of a
+Chinese Sunday-school in St. Louis.”</p>
+
+<p>—Mr. Ha Shan Sin was baptized last Sabbath by Rev. E. D. Murphy
+at the Immanuel Presbyterian Chapel of this city. The young man
+is about twenty-two years old, was born in San Francisco, though
+he has spent most of his life in China. This is the sixth of the
+Chinamen that have been received into the churches of this city.
+Three have been enrolled among the members of the Fourth Avenue
+Presbyterian Church, Dr. Howard Crosby’s.</p>
+
+<p>—The first Chinaman was admitted to citizenship in the United
+States by naturalization, last week, and we count the event an
+auspicious one just at this time. The man is Wong Ah Lee; by
+trade he is a cigar-maker, and his wife is an Irish-woman. With
+a view, mainly, to make a case which can be carried up to a
+conclusive<a class="pagenum" name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a> decision from the highest court, the Judge here ruled
+that a Chinaman is either white or black, and so must come in.
+California’s ruling has been that a Mongolian is neither white or
+black, and so cannot come in.—<cite>Congregationalist</cite>, December 4.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<h3>OUR QUERY COLUMN.</h3>
+
+<p class="intro"><i>Query.</i>—South of the Ohio River the work of caring for the
+sick falls to the colored people. During the past weeks there
+has been greater demand for skilled nurses than for competent
+teachers. How can A. M. A. schools prepare their students for
+this important profession? What is the best method of instructing
+pupils in a knowledge of the simpler details concerning the
+proper care of the sick?</p>
+
+<p class="right nomargin smcap">Teacher.</p>
+
+<p class="p1">We shall be glad to have full answers to this important inquiry
+from those who have had experience. It calls attention to a most
+important part of the teacher’s work. Meanwhile, we would suggest
+that the <cite>Hampton Sanitary Tracts</cite> may be found very useful for
+distribution, or to be read to older pupils and parents. The first
+three can be obtained by addressing the “Hampton Tract Editing
+Committee,” Hampton Institute, Va. The cost is five cents apiece,
+or four dollars a hundred copies. They are entitled: No. 1, “The
+Health Laws of Moses;” No. 2, “Preventable Diseases;” No. 3, “Duty
+of Teachers.” This last seems to be exactly addressed to the case
+in hand.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="full" />
+<h2>THE FREEDMEN.</h2>
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<h3>DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.</h3>
+
+<h4>Revival in Howard University.</h4>
+
+<p class="secauth">Rev. Wm. W. Patton, D.D., President.</p>
+
+<p>You will be glad to hear that there is much religious interest in
+our institution at the present time. It has been gradually coming
+on all the autumn, but was greatly aided by the week of prayer
+held by the Young Men’s Christian Association of the University in
+concert with other Associations. Some ten or twelve of the students
+think that they have begun the new life lately, and we look for
+further good results. This is highly encouraging, as showing that
+in addition to the educational advantages which gather around our
+location, spiritual blessings may also be received. We desire the
+prayers of all Christians that the work may be continued with
+power. Our theological students have been deeply interested in the
+meetings for prayer, and have rendered valuable aid.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<h3>VIRGINIA.</h3>
+
+<h4>A Destitute County.</h4>
+
+<p>The following extract from a letter by an esteemed friend in a
+central county in Virginia is suggestive of the many dark places
+throughout the South yet unreached by the school or the church:</p>
+
+<p>The field in this county alone is an ample one. The colored
+population of the county largely exceeds the white, and the yearly
+ratio of increase is in excess of the white. A half generation has
+passed since the era of emancipation, and it is melancholy, indeed,
+to any Christian mind and heart, to contemplate how rapidly this
+portion of the population, in the very heart of one of the oldest
+States in the Union, is crowding the broad road to perdition;
+how, in the entire absence of all organized efforts for elemental
+education and proper religious instruction, they are relapsing into
+semi-heathenism. There is not to-day a single school of any kind
+or character for<a class="pagenum" name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a> them within the limits of the county (which may
+be safely estimated to contain five thousand souls of all ages and
+sexes of the colored race), except the Sabbath-school which has
+been taught by the writer.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<h3>ALABAMA.</h3>
+
+<h4>New Church at Shelby Iron Works—Talladega a Missionary Centre.</h4>
+
+<p class="secauth">Rev. G. W. Andrews, Talladega.</p>
+
+<p>A Congregational church of twenty-one members was organized
+Oct. 10th, at Shelby Iron Works, Alabama. This is the fifteenth
+Congregational church planted by the A. M. A. in this State. Eight
+of them are in the vicinity of Talladega College, the most distant
+being forty miles away. They are the out-growth of the mission work
+carried on by the teachers and pupils of the college.</p>
+
+<p>This new church at Shelby begins its existence under most favorable
+circumstances, most of its members being present or former pupils
+of the college. All are colored people; two are preparing for the
+ministry; one has been a student at Oberlin, Ohio; one was for some
+time a resident of Hartford, Ct., and more recently of Columbus,
+Ohio, a graduate of the high school there and a former pupil here;
+one is principal of an academy of ten years’ standing at Shelby and
+a graduate from Talladega. With two or three exceptions, all of
+them have for some years been trained in our Sunday-schools. The
+Shelby Iron Company is in hearty sympathy with the movement; the
+Superintendent, himself a Methodist, coming into the preliminary
+meeting and saying publicly that the Iron Company would look with
+peculiar favor on this church should it be organized, recognizing
+as it did the necessity for more intelligent Christian instruction
+for the colored people.</p>
+
+<p>The sectarian walls, which in the South are built heaven-high,
+have in this particular place been badly shattered. There is no
+outspoken opposition on the part of the colored people, as in every
+other place known to me. The different denominations worship in the
+same building, the lower story being devoted to the school and the
+upper one to the churches. The Iron Company own about two-thirds of
+the building, the original cost being three thousand dollars.</p>
+
+<p>I suppose there are a million of dollars invested by the Shelby
+Iron Company at this place, mostly owned in the North. One owner
+is an honored member of the Centre Church, Hartford, Ct.; another,
+of the Park St. Church, Boston; another is a Massachusetts man
+well known among “iron men” both in this country and abroad. The
+Superintendent is a noble Christian man from Illinois, and was a
+colonel in the recent war. Several of the local managers are from
+the North, some are from the South. Most of the workmen, white
+and colored, who stand all day side by side, are gathered from
+the surrounding region. Here the North and South meet and learn
+to know and love each other. The Iron Company is helping to solve
+the great national problem no less truly than missionary schools
+and churches. It seems to me sometimes that its entire business
+is carried on as a kind of missionary enterprise on the broadest
+basis. Owning thirty thousand acres of land immediately about the
+“Iron Works,” it exercises wholesome restraint over all classes.
+Nothing seems to be overlooked; the church, the school, the home,
+the village morals, the town adornments and the State, are all
+cared for.</p>
+
+<p>Talladega College, a college only in name yet, is the rallying
+point for our missionary work in this State. It is just such a
+college as a missionary college should be, its whole work as a
+school being subordinate to the church. It is a training school,
+patterned after the missionary colleges of the American Board.
+Its grand aim is to raise up a native ministry so as to plant
+churches, and through them carry an intelligent<a class="pagenum" name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a> gospel to the
+masses. We are not especially afraid that there will be any lack
+of school-teachers. With our eye fixed steadily on our missionary
+work, enough who cannot attain to the Christian ministry will
+become teachers, and they, catching the spirit of the institution,
+will become missionary teachers. It is surprising to see how this
+spirit has taken possession of our pupils. There is scarcely one
+who goes into the country to teach who does not organize his
+Sabbath-school as promptly as his day-school, and pursue it with
+even more interest. It is the first thing he reports on his return.
+Hundreds are converted by this means; Bibles, tracts, religious
+literature, and light are spread in all directions; thus are
+constantly carried forward many Sabbath-schools, and through them a
+glorious pioneer Christian work. Out of this work have grown eight
+churches, so near to the college as to be its special care, and in
+which a hundred conversions are reported for the summer just ended.</p>
+
+<p>Of the twenty pupils in the Theological department, all have been
+reaping in this missionary field during the summer vacation, about
+one-half as preachers. The home church takes a lively interest in
+them during their absence. Prayer is made to God without ceasing
+in their behalf, and often interested members go out to aid them
+in their revival meetings. Letters are constantly received from
+them to be read at the monthly missionary concert, and public
+thanksgiving is rendered for the good work they report. Thus is
+maintained a lively interest in Christian missions and Christian
+work.</p>
+
+<p>There has been an evident increase of interest in our mission
+churches about the college this summer; all but one report revivals
+of greater or less power; one reports thirty-two additions by
+confession; four report the completion of their houses of worship,
+free of debt—houses hitherto unplastered and otherwise much
+exposed, but now neat and comfortable, and everybody is happy
+over it. One is building a new house of worship unlike any of
+the others; it is built of logs, large and commodious. One poor
+fellow was so intent on pushing forward to completion his house
+of worship, that he expended all his salary for the summer, and
+then pawned his Sunday clothes. On his return to school he reports
+twenty-three conversions, his house of worship completed, but no
+money in his pocket. If ever there was a man worthy of aid, he is.
+He is now in my back-yard sawing wood. You will hear from him some
+day. These young prophets of the Lord are making rapid progress in
+the knowledge of the Bible and the system of theology, and wherever
+they go, are beginning to be recognized by all classes as well
+qualified to break the Bread of Life to their people.</p>
+
+<p>I am glad to report that the white people, seeing the character
+and efficiency of these young men, are coming to understand and
+appreciate our work. I believe they heartily approve what we are
+doing. I have repeatedly experienced their hospitality this summer,
+and had many conversations with them relating to our mission here.
+From the president of a well-known college, down to the poor man
+who did not know his letters, I have found nothing but approval.
+The time is not far distant when this approval will be more
+outspoken and pronounced. When the Christian men of the South and
+your missionary workers from the North understand each other, from
+that day they are one in Christian work. We bless God for this new
+feast of love. Pray that no political excitement may interrupt the
+growing good feeling.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<h4>The Thin End of the Wedge—A First Thanksgiving Service.</h4>
+
+<p class="secauth">REV. WILLIAM H. ASH, FLORENCE.</p>
+
+<p>Our work here in Florence is the “thin end of the wedge,” and with
+sufficient facilities, the smiles of the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a> Master, and patience
+in its workers, great good will result. The services are well
+attended, and sometimes the house is disagreeably filled, and we
+are without the proper means of ventilation. The members of the
+church begged me to express for them to the Association their
+sincere and heartfelt gratitude for the <em>new organ</em> sent them; it
+has increased the interest of our services greatly. Last Thursday,
+Nov. 28, the first Thanksgiving service ever held in this place
+among the colored people was observed in our church; therefore it
+has a history in connection with our work here. I made it a union
+service, inviting the Baptists and Methodists to worship with us.
+This congregation of Baptists, Methodists, and Congregationalists
+worshipped as though Christ was the Head of the Church, instead of
+any one of the denominations present. The service was solemn and
+intelligent. It truly seemed that the Lord was in His holy temple.
+After service a gentleman of about sixty or seventy years of age
+said, “I have been here forty years, but I never heard of such a
+thing as a Thanksgiving service among the colored people.” This is
+the “dawn of a new age.” Pray for us.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<h3>MISSOURI.</h3>
+
+<h4>Free Schools in the State.</h4>
+
+<p class="secauth"><span class="smcap">REV. J. E. Roy, D. D., Field Superintendent.</span></p>
+
+<p>This noble Western State, plowed by war and sowed to freedom, is
+now coming on with harvests of temporal and moral prosperity.
+As I have been going over its territory, looking after the five
+school-houses of the Association, I have been delighted with the
+evidences of progress in the free school system. It is a great joy
+to see in these cities and towns the new, large, two-story brick
+school-houses of modern style and furnishing. The system works
+more slowly into the back settlements. But in a Kansas City paper
+I see it stated that in the country places of Jackson County there
+are <em>one hundred and fifty</em> of these schools. At Warrensburg I saw
+the imposing three-story stone edifice of the State Normal School,
+built by that town and its county of Johnson, and now occupied by
+<em>four hundred</em> pupils from every part of the State.</p>
+
+<p>Special provision is made in the law for its enforcement in behalf
+of free schools for the colored children. These are managed by
+the same school board and are supported from the same tax fund.
+These officers are compelled to provide schools wherever there are
+fifteen of such scholars in the district. If they fail to do it,
+it is the duty of the Superintendent to require it to be done. I
+met one case where the out-districts declined to co-operate with
+the Board in this matter, when only a threatened appeal to the
+Superintendent brought them to terms. I have been gratified to
+see the heartiness with which the five boards I have dealt with
+are pushing the free school system in behalf of blacks as well as
+whites. Nor have I been deceived, as some may imagine.</p>
+
+<p>The Lincoln Institute at the Capitol, as a Normal School for
+colored teachers, receives an annual appropriation from the State
+of $5,000. A democratic editor told me that that was considered as
+a matter of honor, and that so there was no danger of its being
+discontinued. This institution of sacred name had also a sacred
+origin. For its founding, the 62d and 65th Regiments of U. S.
+colored infantry, when discharged from service in January, 1866,
+contributed a fund of $6,379. The Freedmen’s Bureau furnished
+$8,000; the Western Sanitary Commission, $2,000; and agents Beal
+and Lane raised $2,000. The building is of brick, 60×70 feet,
+three stories high, a comely structure crowning a hill just out
+of Jefferson City. Its current catalogue enrolls 123 students. It
+is controlled by a local board, of which the Governor and State
+Superintendent are <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">ex-officio</i> members. Revs. R. D. Foster and M.
+Henry Smith have served<a class="pagenum" name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a> as principals the most of the time since
+it was opened in 1871.</p>
+
+<p>The Association has its five school houses at Troy, Fulton,
+Westport, Warrensburg and Lebanon. These were procured in part by
+aid from the Freedmen’s Bureau in 1867–9. They were at first run by
+teachers sent from the North, but were gradually taken up by the
+local school boards. I find them all in such use now. Three will
+probably be sold to those boards at their present low valuation.
+Two will be sold to local colored Methodist churches, as the
+schools require larger and better houses, which the authorities
+intend to build. These houses have also been used all the time as
+places of worship by the colored people. The seven or eight colored
+teachers in these schools were educated in Lincoln, Fisk, and
+kindred institutions. I have found them young people of character,
+and of tact in handling their schools. They have to be examined.
+They receive from $35 to $45 a month, about the same as white
+common-school teachers.</p>
+
+<p>The A. M. A. has done the work of initiation. By this tour of
+inspection I am deeply convinced of the wisdom of the A. M. A. in
+putting its strength upon Normal and Collegiate institutions, and
+so doing a wholesale business. Raise up teachers and send them back
+into the country. Raise up the men and women for the professions
+and for the higher walks of social life. That is the work.</p>
+
+<hr class="full" />
+<h2>AFRICA.</h2>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<h3>A CHURCH ORGANIZED AND DEDICATED AT AVERY</h3>
+
+<p>A meeting of Counsel and Advice was convened September 29th at
+Avery Station, by order of Rev. Floyd Snelson, and, on solicitation
+of the minister in charge, Rev. A. E. Jackson, to organize and
+dedicate a church to God. Owing to our inability to reach Avery
+on Saturday in time to hold preliminary exercises, examination
+of candidates for admission, etc., this part of our duty was
+deferred till Sunday morning. This, with our other duties, made our
+programme for the day quite full.</p>
+
+<p>Early Sunday morning the Board met in the church to begin the
+labors of the day. The sun shone brightly, yet we could but feel
+that many round us were groping in darkness, without any clear idea
+of Him in whose image they are made. Brother Snelson was elected
+moderator, and A. P. Miller secretary. Brother Gomer, General Agent
+of Shengay Mission, who favored us with his presence, offered
+prayer. “Guide me, oh! Thou great Jehovah!” was sung.</p>
+
+<p>In absence of letter missive, the minister in charge gave his
+reasons why a church should be established or organized at Avery.
+He spoke of the willingness of the people to receive the story
+of the Cross; said that some came far to hear “God palaver,” and
+express their joy in being permitted so to do. Brother Hallock,
+the interpreter (native), and Brother Wise, were asked several
+questions. Their reasons were clear and very satisfactory. It seems
+evident that the industrial work at this station, which gives
+employment to many, is a means of good both to mission and people.
+It was deemed fit to organize a church at Avery, to be known as the
+Second Congregational Church of the Mendi Mission.</p>
+
+<p>By 11 o’clock, at the ringing of the second bell, the chapel was
+crowded with natives, for the most part in native costume. Brother
+Snelson spoke to them through an interpreter, telling them the
+object of our coming together. The candidates for admission to the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a>
+Church were then called forward. “A charge to keep I have” was
+sung by the congregation. Prayer was offered by Brother Snelson,
+after which the missionary hymn, “From Greenland’s icy mountains,”
+was sung; and as it was being sung, each missionary, as he looked
+upon the sable congregation, could but feel that the “harvest is
+plenteous, but the laborers are few.”</p>
+
+<p>The roll was then called by Brother Jackson; after which the
+candidates were examined, and by vote of the Council eighteen were
+received into full membership. Some of the candidates were not
+received because of not being legally married. They were instructed
+to attend to this matter, and then they might be received into the
+church. They are to remain under watch-care until this obligation
+is met. After examination of candidates, Brother Snelson spoke to
+them about things peculiar to their country—slavery, polygamy, etc.
+The meeting was then dismissed to meet at 7 <span class="medium">P. M.</span> Brother
+Gomer, who has for years known our work, expressed his astonishment
+at seeing so large a congregation assembled in the house of God at
+this place, and at the good order kept throughout the exercises.
+Some of those received were old members, while others were new
+converts, among whom were three chiefs, Peah Carle, Carray Phemah,
+and Sei Lōtō. These men exercise a vast influence over their
+people, and their being reached makes the reaching of their people
+easier.</p>
+
+<p>The people assembled at the ringing of the second bell. “Praise
+God from Whom all blessings flow” was sung. Brother Snelson then
+led the congregation in the Lord’s Prayer. A hymn was sung, after
+which the Rev. J. Gomer offered prayer. “Alas! and did my Saviour
+bleed?” was sung. Portions of Scripture were read by A. P. Miller.
+The services of organization and dedication were combined, owing to
+want of time. Brother Snelson spoke through the interpreter, and
+told the candidates what their step meant—turning from death unto
+life. The church, too, he said, we had come together to dedicate to
+God and His service. Brother Snelson preached, choosing Luke xii.
+32, as his text—“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s
+good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” A comparison was made
+between the people to whom these words were spoken and these our
+benighted brethren. The promises of God were dwelt upon. We must
+trust in Him for salvation. The dedicatory prayer was then offered
+by Rev. A. P. Miller. A hymn was sung. The right hand of fellowship
+was given by Bro. A. E. White. The address was delivered by Rev. J.
+Gomer. The Lord’s supper was then celebrated; Brothers Gomer and
+Jackson presided. It was a solemn scene. The Doxology was sung,
+and the benediction pronounced by A. P. Miller. The meeting was
+one long to be remembered. One more stronghold is now erected in
+this land of night to tear down the powers of darkness. We have all
+reason to thank God for His blessings thus far. A better day is
+dawning for these benighted, long-neglected sons of Africa.</p>
+
+<p>Brother Gomer says that more laborers (colored) are wanted in his
+mission. We, too, in a work so vast, can but ask God to prepare
+such as are needed for a work so difficult.</p>
+
+<p>We ask the prayers of all lovers of mankind that the work
+begun here may not only succeed, but that its influence may be
+far-reaching.</p>
+
+<div class="float-left">&nbsp;</div>
+<div class="float-left">
+  <span class="smcap">Rev. Floyd Snelson</span>, <i>Moderator</i>.<br />
+  <span class="smcap">Rev. A. P. Miller</span>, <i>Secretary</i>.
+</div>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></p>
+
+<hr class="full" />
+<h2>THE INDIANS.</h2>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<h3>THE LATE INDIAN WAR AND CHRISTIANITY.</h3>
+
+<p class="secauth">REV. MYRON EELLS, S’KOKOMISH, WASHINGTON TERRITORY.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p>We have had another Indian war, and, as usual, there has been a
+cry in favor of turning the Indians over to the War Department.
+There are some, however, of us who will persist in seeing something
+favorable to Christianity and the present policy even in this war,
+and we think we have our reasons for it.</p>
+
+<p>I do not propose, at present, to thoroughly discuss the causes
+of the war, for I am not well enough acquainted with them to do
+so intelligently. Some will lay the blame on Government, some
+on a Christian policy, and some on the Indians. Perhaps all may
+have to bear a part. Although I believe that the Government
+has often treated the Indians wrongfully, yet a long course of
+observation has convinced me that the Indians are not all saints,
+and when the Government is often crooked, either intentionally or
+unintentionally, and two crooked sticks come together, there is
+almost always sure to be trouble.</p>
+
+<p>The published statements of General Crook, who is not supposed to
+be very sentimental in his feelings toward the Indians, and who was
+at the Fort Hall Agency at the beginning of the war, implicates the
+Government severely.</p>
+
+<p>A residence of nearly three years in Idaho, 1871–1874, in the
+very region of the war, led me to believe that very little was
+energetically done for Christianizing those Indians. This has
+been true at some Agencies. Their annual reports show that while
+the Government opened wide the doors for Christian work, when
+the present policy was adopted, and said, “We will give you
+opportunity, encouragement and aid, if you will only send the
+Indians missionaries,” yet that Christians have failed to take hold
+of the work as they ought to have done. If this was true of the
+Indians engaged in the late war, Christians may have to bear a part
+of the blame.</p>
+
+<p>Notwithstanding all this, some laurels have been added by the
+late war to the Christian work which has been done among the
+Indians. One “who wishes to be understood” has written a letter
+in which he speaks very harshly against the Christian workers on
+the Yakama Reservation, where Father Wilbur, of the Methodist
+Episcopal Church, has been successfully laboring for sixteen
+years. He says: “The present reservation system is a failure in
+every respect. We, who daily come in contact with the Indians,
+cannot be made to believe that prayer-books, praying generals,
+and Methodist preachers, (or any other preachers,) are a good
+safeguard against the tomahawk and the scalping-knife; and the
+pseudo-philanthropists, the Christian-mongers of the East, who
+are paying thousands to send missionaries among these barbarians,
+would do us a favor if they would keep them away; and if the U.
+S. Government would be less influenced in its conduct toward the
+Indians by the advocates of Christianity, our wives and children
+might be annually spared the sight of murdered husbands and
+fathers. So far we have been loyal, while Indians, with passes
+from Wilbur and other Agents, have been on the war-path. We have
+reliable information that some of the dead Indians found after the
+battles near Pendleton had on their persons passes from Wilbur.”</p>
+
+<p>Now it is probably a fact that some of the Umatilla Indians, and
+perhaps a few of the Yakamas, were engaged in aiding the enemy.
+There are always some renegade Indians connected with each tribe,
+as well as white renegades and tramps. As tribes, however, they did
+not engage in the war, and comparatively few individuals did.</p>
+
+<p>In the Indian war of 1855–6, before<a class="pagenum" name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a> Father Wilbur went among these
+same Yakamas, they were the leading spirits, and it was the most
+wide-spread war which has ever devastated this coast. If they and
+the Umatillas had joined in this war, it would have been far more
+terrible than it has been. Inducements were not wanting to lead
+them into it. It is said on good authority that two thousand horses
+were offered them by the hostiles if they would join them, and yet
+they refused. An army officer in command of one of the battles said
+that some of those Indians did nobly in aiding our soldiers to gain
+the victory.</p>
+
+<p>It may be said that they had too much permanent property in homes
+and farms, to allow them to engage in the war; for they knew that
+if they should do so, they would certainly in the end lose it all.
+This is undoubtedly so; and yet when Father Wilbur went among them
+they had none of this kind of property, but only movable property
+which they could carry with them even in war, as the Bannocks have
+done. It is a fact that Christianity gave them this property.</p>
+
+<p>It may again be said that they were thoroughly whipped in 1855–6
+and were afraid to engage in war again. They were thus whipped, and
+the remembrance of it may, even now, do them good. But in 1862–3
+Gen. Crook, the noted Indian fighter, just as thoroughly thrashed
+the Indians in Idaho, in precisely the same region where the late
+war was carried on, and the praise of his effectual work is still
+in the mouths of the old citizens. This was seven years later than
+the Yakama war, and so much fresher in the minds of the Indians.
+No, it was evidently Christianity which prevented their joining in
+the war.</p>
+
+<p>Gen. Howard, too, has added new laurels to his reputation. It must
+be remembered that he is the principal one of our generals who
+has not been in favor of the transfer of the Indians to the War
+Department. This praying general has prosecuted the war with such
+vigor that the strong papers with strong arguments have sustained
+him, and almost invariably those who went with him in his rough
+marches have defended him, such as newspaper correspondents,
+scouts and the like, and the “stay at homes” have been about the
+only ones who have found fault. His recent conference with the
+Umatilla Indians since the war has shown such firmness, justice and
+Christianity as to win for him very many friends among those who
+previously opposed him, thus showing again that Christianity is
+the way of dealing with the Indians. So Christianity has won its
+laurels even in this war.</p>
+
+<hr class="full" />
+
+<h2>THE CHINESE.</h2>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<h3>“CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.”</h3>
+
+<h4>Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association.</h4>
+
+<p class="medium"><span class="smcap">President</span>: Rev. J. K. McLean, D. D.
+<span class="smcap">Vice-Presidents</span>: Rev. A. L. Stone, D. D., Thomas C.
+Wedderspoon, Esq., Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon. F. F. Low, Rev. I. E.
+Dwinell, D. D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S. H. Willey, D. D.,
+Edward P. Flint, Esq., Rev. J. W. Hough, D. D., Jacob S. Taber,
+Esq.</p>
+
+<p class="medium"><span class="smcap">Directors</span>: Rev. George Mooar, D. D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer,
+Rev. E. P. Baker, James M. Haven, Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, Rev.
+John Kimball, E. P. Sanford, Esq.</p>
+
+<p class="medium"><span class="smcap">Secretary</span>: Rev. W. C. Pond. <span class="smcap">Treasurer</span>: E.
+Palache, Esq.</p></div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<div class="article">
+<h3>“THE CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN CHINESE.”</h3>
+
+<h4>Its Origin and Organization.</h4>
+
+<p class="secauth">REV. WM. C. POND, SAN FRANCISCO.</p>
+
+<p>Soon after our work among the Chinese began to yield results in
+souls apparently converted, I felt the necessity of banding the
+converts together for mutual fellowship, for instruction, and for
+test-work; for it seemed unwise, considering the difficulties
+under which we must labor in determining the genuineness of the
+conversions, to bring them at once to baptism and the church.<a class="pagenum" name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a>
+Yet they must not be left quite outside the fold, and I proposed
+to them the organization of <i>The Chinese Christian Class</i>, into
+which any Chinese might come who, in the judgment of those already
+members of the class, had begun to believe in Christ. This class
+was to have frequent meetings for prayer and for instruction in the
+Bible; its members were to maintain a fraternal watchfulness over
+each other, and were to be baptized only when, through a probation
+of at least six months, they had proved to be steadfast and true.</p>
+
+<p>This class at first comprised only such Chinese as had been led
+to Christ through the work of the Third Congregational Church in
+this city, of which I was then the pastor. Afterwards it was found
+desirable to receive to membership the Chinese connected with other
+congregations, and to enlarge somewhat the scope or design of the
+class. It was therefore reorganized under its present name, but
+with the same principles and conditions of membership. Some of
+the benefits, in the way of mutual aid and protection, which the
+heathen Chinese seek to secure through their “Six Companies,” our
+Christian Chinese, who have renounced all connection with the “Six
+Companies,” gain through this Association. Its rooms are their
+places of resort; a sort of home. They have made a little beginning
+towards a library of Chinese works, mainly religious, written by
+the missionaries. The regulations of this Association, prepared by
+the Chinese, without assistance or suggestion, so far as I know,
+from any American, have been translated for me into English, and
+will be printed in full in our Annual Report. I quote here the 2d,
+3d, 6th, and 8th Articles:</p>
+
+<p>“2d. Any one who desires to become a member of this Association
+must forsake idolatry and all bad habits, and prove himself to be
+a follower of Christ. He must bring references from one or more
+members. His name must be brought before the Society a week before
+he can be admitted, and he is received upon a vote of two-thirds of
+the members. He must himself sign his name, and pay the sum of two
+dollars as entrance fee, and twenty-five cents every three months,
+this money being used to defray the expenses of the Association. He
+is expected to do all he can to bring in new members, and to lead
+his countrymen to Christ.”</p>
+
+<p>“3d. The members are expected to take part in the meetings for
+worship, giving counsel and encouragement to one another. If any
+member does wrong, he is to be kindly entreated and led back to the
+right.”</p>
+
+<p>“6th. If any member continue in the violation of the regulations
+of the Association, after three successive remonstrances, he must
+be expelled from the Association. If he afterwards repent and
+desire to come back, he is admitted without an entrance fee; his
+admittance depending upon the sincerity of his repentance, as
+judged by the members of the Association.”</p>
+
+<p>“8th. If any member desire to go back to China, he must give notice
+to the Association one month beforehand. He must not go until he
+has paid all his debts here. If he is really obliged to go before
+he can pay his debts, he must find some one who will be security
+for him.”</p>
+
+<p>There are now four Branch Associations, two in San Francisco, one
+in Oakland, and one in Sacramento. Each branch supports itself
+and is governed by its own officers. There are three—President,
+Vice-President, and Secretary who also acts as Treasurer. The
+statistics of these “Branches” are as follows: Oakland, 36 members,
+one expelled, five gone to China, 11 baptized; total contributions,
+$472.20, of which $117.25 was for Bible and missionary work in
+California and China. Sacramento, 14 members; contributions,
+$103.80. San Francisco, 82 members, four expelled,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a> two gone to
+China, 10 baptized; contributions, $351.00, of which $178.00
+were for Bible and missionary work. Bethany (San Francisco), 9
+members, 3 baptized; contributions $244.50, of which $71.00 were
+for Bible and missionary purposes. There are besides these, 23
+members belonging to the Central Association, who on account of
+their places of residence are not yet identified with any “Branch,”
+so that the total membership is 164. Of these 33 were received
+the past year. The total amount contributed for all purposes was
+$1,181.50.</p>
+
+<p>Besides this company of 164, there are 30 or more Chinese who have
+been converted, as we hope, at Santa Barbara, San Leandro, Stockton
+and elsewhere, in connection with our schools; and besides the
+contributions above reported, there has been raised at Petaluma,
+Stockton and elsewhere, certainly not less than $100. When we
+consider the poverty of these young men, the smallness of their
+wages, the drafts made upon them for parents and others dependent
+upon them in China, then this $1,300 which they have contributed
+during the past year for the nurture of their own Christian life,
+or for the salvation of others, grows to its true proportions—in
+our view, a token of real Christian heroism.</p>
+
+<p>I quote the closing sentences of the statement written for me by
+the Secretary of the Association: “No death has occurred during
+the past year. Our Heavenly Father has greatly prospered us, for
+which we return Him hearty thanks. We are grateful that He has
+put into our hearts a desire to have our parents and countrymen
+in China brought to a knowledge of the Christian religion. We are
+endeavoring to open a Chapel in Chuck Hum, China, and if we only
+had means, could open as many as we desire. Most all the letters
+that are sent to China members of the Association contain something
+about the Christian religion, and urging the people at home to
+discard idols and believe in the Saviour.”</p>
+
+<p class="center medium">OUR LAST MONTH’S WORK,</p>
+
+<p>as I reviewed it in the monthly reports, saddened me, and brought
+over me the first big <em>wave</em> of discouragement which I have felt
+since I entered on this service. The enrolment and the attendance
+were both much less than I expected, and some of our smaller
+schools seemed ready to die. I quote from one of these reports as
+an example: “You will see that the average is very low, and I am
+afraid it will be still lower. The boys seem to have lost their
+interest in the school, and I am afraid that I am losing mine. It
+is very discouraging to me, after doing a hard day’s work (for I am
+working very hard just now), to walk three-fourths of a mile and
+then have but one or two come to the school. Thank God there are
+one or two faithful ones.” * * * “Now, Mr. Pond, I have laid the
+case before you, and I ask your prayers in behalf of this little
+school struggling to keep alive, and for the teacher also, that he
+may not weary in well-doing, but that God will help him bear this
+cross and try to save, at least, one soul.” To receive letter after
+letter like that, while it draws out one’s love and prayer for the
+writer, sets one also to asking, “Where is the Lord,” and what will
+become of our work at this rate? But before the reports were all
+in, news came that <em>six</em>, at least, during the month, had forsaken
+their idols and appeared to have become disciples of Christ, and we
+“thanked God and took courage.” Brethren, pray for us.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></p>
+
+<hr class="full" />
+</div>
+
+<div class="article">
+<h2>RECEIPTS</h2>
+
+<p class="section">FOR NOVEMBER, 1878.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MAINE, $163.74.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Belfast. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">$3.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of
+which $25.55 <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i>)
+$51.97.—Second Cong. Sab. Sch. $20, <i>for
+Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">71.97</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Castine. Mrs. Lucy S. Adams. $10. (ad’l) to
+const. <span class="smcap">Rev. Lewis J. Thomas</span>, L. M.—W. H. W.,
+50c.</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Farmington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">19.07</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Hallowell. Mrs. Flagg, $10; H. K. Baker,
+$5; <i>for Printing Press, Talladega, Ala.</i>
+(Incorrectly ack. in Dec. number.)
+</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Searsport. First Cong. Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Thomaston. “Matt. vi. 3”</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Wells. B. Maxwell</td>
+<td class="ramt">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Wilton. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">9.20</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW HAMPSHIRE, $217.75.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Amherst. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">9.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Candia Village. Jona. Martin</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Concord. Ladies of North Ch., bbl. of C.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Exeter. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $27.—“Friends”
+in Second Cong. Ch. $12, <i>for
+a Teacher</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">39.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">7.37</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Keene. Mrs. Wm. W.</td>
+<td class="ramt">0.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Kensington. “Friends” <i>for N. H. Memorial
+Inst., Wilmington, N. C.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">6.70</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Milford. Peter and Cynthia S. Burns, $30;
+First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $23</td>
+<td class="ramt">53.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">New Ipswich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of which
+$27. <i>for Wilmington Memorial Inst.</i>) $31.41;
+Proceeds of 16th Annual Fair, held by
+Children of Cong. Ch. $12</td>
+<td class="ramt">43.41</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Plainfield. Mrs. Hannah Stevens, <i>for N. H.
+Memorial Inst., Wilmington, N. C.</i> and to
+const. <span class="smcap">Tenny K. Page</span>, L. M.</td>
+<td class="ramt">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Plymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">15.16</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Thornton’s Ferry. Individuals, by Mrs. H.
+N. Eaton</td>
+<td class="ramt">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Warner. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">4.61</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">VERMONT, $244.22</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Burlington. M. C. Torrey</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Charlotte. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const.
+<span class="smcap">Joseph S. Shaw</span>, L. M.</td>
+<td class="ramt">37.60</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Chelsea. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">17.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Newbury. P. W. Ladd</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Norwich. Mrs. S. J. Kellogg</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Ripton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">27.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Saint Johnsbury. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Blodgett,
+to const. <span class="smcap">Rev. William P. Bennett</span>,
+L. M.</td>
+<td class="ramt">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Stowe. Cong. Ch. to const. <span class="smcap">Albert H.
+Cheney</span>, L. M.</td>
+<td class="ramt">43.43</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Tunbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.59</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">West Enosburgh. Henry Fassett</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">West Fairlee. Cong. Ch. $12; “A Friend”
+$1</td>
+<td class="ramt">13.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Westford. Cong. Ch. and Society</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">West Westminster. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">12.45</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Windham. Cong. Ch. 12.54; Rev. D. N.
+Goodrich, $2</td>
+<td class="ramt">14.54</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">19.61</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MASSACHUSETTS, $4,329.83.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Andover. Mrs. Jonathan Poor, $15.50.—“A
+Friend,” $4.00, <i>for Straight U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">19.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Berkley. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.68</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Boston. Shawmut Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($25
+<i>of which for Wilmington, N. C.</i>)</td>
+<td class="ramt">654.51</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Boston. —— —— $15.00; “A Friend,”
+75 c.; S. D. Smith, 2 organs, val. $200</td>
+<td class="ramt">15.75</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Boston Highlands. Immanuel Ch. Sab. School</td>
+<td class="ramt">20.11</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Cambridgeport. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. Pilgrim
+Cong. Ch., $30.00, to const. Mrs. <span class="smcap">W. A.
+Ward</span>, L. M.; Prospect St. Cong. Sab.
+School, $12.34</td>
+<td class="ramt">42.34</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Brimfield. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., bbl. of C.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Brookline. E. H. C.</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Danvers Centre. Cong. Sab. Sch. <i>for Straight U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Dorchester. “A Friend,”</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Easthampton. Payson Cong. Sab. Sch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Enfield. Edward Smith</td>
+<td class="ramt">200.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Fitchburgh. Cal. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">158.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Fitchburgh. J. A. Conn, <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta
+U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Florence. Florence Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">110.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Foxborough. Cong. Sab. Sch. $5.40; W. P.
+P., 50c.</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.90</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Framingham. Ladies of Plym. Ch., 2 bbls.
+of C.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Georgetown. Sab. Sch. Class in Memorial
+Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Globe Village. Evan. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">34.76</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Harvard. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $27.75; Carrie
+S. Dixon, $10, <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">37.75</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Harwich. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 2 bbls. of C.
+<i>for Marion, Ala.</i></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Holbrook. Winthrop Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">48.34</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Holden. Mrs. J. T.</td>
+<td class="ramt">0.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Jamaica Plain. Central Cong. Ch. <i>in part</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">340.48</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Lawrence. Central Cong. Sab. Sch. <i>for
+Straight U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Lee. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">75.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Leominster. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">23.25</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Lexington. Hancock Cong. Church</td>
+<td class="ramt">12.43</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Littleton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., bbl. of C.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Lowell. Kirk St. Cong. Ch. (F. F. Battles)</td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Lunenburg. “Friend.”</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Lynnfield Centre. Cong. Ch. (ad’l)</td>
+<td class="ramt">0.25</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Malden. W. A. Wilde, $25, <i>for bell, Atlanta,
+Ga.</i>; H. R. B. $1</td>
+<td class="ramt">26.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Medfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., to
+const. <span class="smcap">Geo. F. Kern</span> and <span class="smcap">Miss Augusta P.
+Adams</span>, L. M.’s</td>
+<td class="ramt">60.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Milford. Con. Sab. Sch. <i>for Chinese M.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">19.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Millbury. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. half bbl. of
+bedding, <i>for Atlanta U.</i></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Myricksville Precinct. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">110.85</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">New Bedford. Trin. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">49.74</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Newburyport. No. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">28.27</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Newton. Eliot Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">140.75</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Norfolk. “Friends” $20, <i>for Woodbridge,
+N. C.</i>; Cong. Sab. Ch. $8; Cong. Ch. and
+Soc. $6.75</td>
+<td class="ramt">34.75</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Northampton. “W.”</td>
+<td class="ramt">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Northbridge. Phebe S. Marsh</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Norwich. Mrs. S. J. Kellogg, pkg. of C.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Norwood. Mrs. H. N. Fuller</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">19.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Peabody. South Cong. Sab. Sch. <i>for Straight
+U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Pepperell. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Phillipston. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. bbl. of C.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Rehoboth. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">12.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Rockport. John Parsons</td>
+<td class="ramt">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Salem. South Cong. Sab. Sch. <i>for Straight
+U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Scotland. James M. Leonard</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Southampton. Cong. Ch. $14; Benj. N.
+Norton $3</td>
+<td class="ramt">17.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Southbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">38.55</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Southfield. “Friends,” $1.10 and pkg. S. S.
+books</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.10</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">South Hadley. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">34.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Springfield. Memorial Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">24.48</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Tewksbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">41.25<a class="pagenum" name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Taunton. Winslow Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">40.81</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Truro. Rev. E. W. N.</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Westborough. Freedmen’s Mission Assn.,
+3 bbls. of C., <i>one of which for Atlanta U.</i></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Whitinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">1,158.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Winchendon. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.
+$9.64; Geo. Cummings, $10</td>
+<td class="ramt">19.64</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Winchester. Stephen Cutter</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">West Newton. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">35.11</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Worcester. Union Ch., $60.62; Old So.
+Cong. Ch., $54.36</td>
+<td class="ramt">114.98</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">RHODE ISLAND, $198.95.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Central Falls. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">73.95</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Providence. “A Friend,” $100; Josiah
+Chapin, $25</td>
+<td class="ramt">125.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CONNECTICUT, $893.73.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Ansonia. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">32.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Ashford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">6.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Avon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">120.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Black Rock. Mrs. J. P. Britten</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Colchester. Rev. S. G. Willard <i>for Straight U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">East Haddam. C. Higgins</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">East Woodstock. H. C.</td>
+<td class="ramt">0.25</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Enfield. First Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">14.74</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">28.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Georgetown. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">12.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Glastenbury. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">150.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Groton. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">15.46</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Guilford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Hartford. Pearl St. Cong. Ch. $86.50; Windsor
+Ave. Cong. Ch. $27.60.—Mrs. Chas. F.
+Howard, $25, <i>for Howard U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">139.10</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Kensington. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Lebanon. First Ch. and South Soc. $18;
+Betsy Metcalf, $10</td>
+<td class="ramt">28.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Meriden. Julius W. Yale</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Milford. Rev. Geo. H. Griffin, $5; Albert
+Baldwin, $5; Lucy B. Miles, $10, <i>for Printing
+Press, Talladega, Ala.</i> (incorrectly ack.
+in Dec. number.)</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">New Canaan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">13.30</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">New Hartford. First Cong. Sab. Sch., John
+Richard’s Bible Class, $5; Rev. F. H.
+Adams’ Bible Class, $5, <i>for Student Aid,
+Fisk U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">New Haven. College St. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">North Granby. First Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.35</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Norwalk. First Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">36.86</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Plantsville. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student
+Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Stamford. First Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">26.52</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Thomaston. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">20.15</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">West Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">West Meriden. H. C.</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Wethersfield. Horace Savage</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Winchendon. Coll. by I. A. Bronson</td>
+<td class="ramt">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Woodbury. North Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">17.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">——. “A Friend,”</td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW YORK, $877.45.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Adams Basin. L. D.</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Brooklyn. J. Davenport</td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Buffalo. W. G. Bancroft</td>
+<td class="ramt">200.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Clyde. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of T. Grimshaw, by A.
+Traver, Ex.</td>
+<td class="ramt">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Crown Point. Second Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">6.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Derby. Mrs. J. B.</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Franklin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">27.66</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Hancock. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">0.25</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Hopkinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">9.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Ithaca. Mrs. H. Selby and others</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Lockport. H. W. Nichols</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Madison. G. H. H.</td>
+<td class="ramt">0.51</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Newark Valley. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">26.13</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">New York. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dodge, <i>for
+Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i>, $200; E. S., 40c</td>
+<td class="ramt">200.40</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Norwich. “A Friend,” $20; Mrs. R. A. B.
+$1</td>
+<td class="ramt">21.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Nunda. Four Ladies of Presb. Ch., bbl. of C.
+and $1 <i>for Freight</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Oriskany. A. Halsey, Mrs. L. B. Porter, and
+Rev. S. F. Porter, $5 ea.</td>
+<td class="ramt">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Paris. Val. Pierce $12, Mrs. Pierce $5</td>
+<td class="ramt">17.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Penn Yan. Chas. C. Sheppard</td>
+<td class="ramt">150.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Randolph. <span class="smcap">Mrs. Demarius Sheldon</span>, to
+const. herself L. M.</td>
+<td class="ramt">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Utica. Bethesda Welsh Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">——. “A Friend,”</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW JERSEY, $71.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Boonton. Mrs. W. G. L.</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Montclair. First Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid,
+Hampton Inst.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">70.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">PENNSYLVANIA, $31.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Centre Road. J. A. Scovel</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Newcastle. Mrs. J. W.</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Pittsburgh. Third Presb. Ch. Sab. Sch., <i>for
+Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">OHIO, $144.80.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Berea. First Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Brownhelm. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">16.80</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Cleveland. M. H. B.</td>
+<td class="ramt">0.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">East Cleveland. Mrs. Mary Walkden</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Edinburg. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">19.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Hudson. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Lenox. Balance Subscription, <i>for Tougaloo
+Inst.</i>, by Nelson French</td>
+<td class="ramt">4.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Mechanicstown. S. M.</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Medina. Cong. Ch. and So., bal. to const.
+<span class="smcap">W. F. Eccleston</span> and <span class="smcap">T. E. Rowe</span>, L. M’s.—50 cts.
+additional for <i>Tougaloo U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">15.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Nelson. Dea. Harvey Pike</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Rochester. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Twinsburgh. L. W. and R. F. Green</td>
+<td class="ramt">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Wellington. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">INDIANA, $5.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Kokoma. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">ILLINOIS, $112.91.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Chicago. Ladies’ Miss. Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Delavan. R. Houghton</td>
+<td class="ramt">8.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Evanston. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">42.03</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Galesburg. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> Warren C. Willard, by
+Prof. T. R. Willard</td>
+<td class="ramt">14.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Huntley. Rev. D. C.</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Kewanee. Mrs. C. E. Chapin, <i>for Student
+Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Nora. G. W. Warner</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Rantoul. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.88</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Rockford. Mrs. Penfield, <i>for Student Aid,
+Talladega C.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Princeton. Mrs. J. T. Wells</td>
+<td class="ramt">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MICHIGAN, $497.19.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Ann Arbor. Dea. Sylvester Morris</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Cross Village. Mrs. A. A. C.</td>
+<td class="ramt">0.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Detroit. First Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">293.56</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">East Riverton. Mrs. J. Barnes</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Hudson. Individuals</td>
+<td class="ramt">3.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Hillsdale. J. W. Ford</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Jackson. Mrs. R. M. Bennett</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Kalamazoo. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $5.19;
+Friends, $3.30</td>
+<td class="ramt">8.49</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Lodi. Eli Benton</td>
+<td class="ramt">40.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Olivet. Wm. J. Hickok, $10 <i>for Camp Nelson</i>,
+$5 <i>for Emerson Inst.</i>, $5 <i>for Indian M.</i>
+and $5 <i>for Chinese M.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Niles. Dr. James Lewis</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Port Huron. First Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">34.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Romeo. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">35.42</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Saint Clair. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">22.22</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Vienna. Union Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">11.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">IOWA, $183.48.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Anamosa. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">13.83</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Castalia. W. H. Baker and family, to const.
+<span class="smcap">Mrs. Hannah Williams</span>, L. M.</td>
+<td class="ramt">35.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Davenport. Capt. A. E. Adams, <i>for Scholarship,
+Talladega C.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Elk River. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Iowa Falls. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">8.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Maquoketa. Missionary Soc. of Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">20.04<a class="pagenum" name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Monona. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">6.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Monticello. Children’s Band</td>
+<td class="ramt">0.20</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Riceville. Girls’ Miss. Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.90</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Stacyville. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">14.21</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Traer. Woman’s Miss. Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Waterloo. Ladies’ Miss. Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">12.30</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">WISCONSIN, $29.68.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Beloit. First Cong. Ch., bale of C. <i>for Montgomery,
+Ala.</i></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Geneva Lake. W. H. H.</td>
+<td class="ramt">0.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Fort Atkinson. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">15.18</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Waupun. Cong. Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">14.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">KANSAS, $3.50.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Russell. S. H. Falley</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Solomon City. M. W. E.</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MINNESOTA, $90.33.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Lake City. Sab. Sch. and Friends, <i>for
+Straight U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">41.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">19.33</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Hawley. Adna Colburn, Sr., $20; Adna
+Colburn, Jr., $10</td>
+<td class="ramt">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">WASHINGTON TERRITORY, $22.96.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">S’kokomish. Cong. Ch. of Christ</td>
+<td class="ramt">18.10</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">White River. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">4.86</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEBRASKA, $5.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Silver. Melinda Bowen</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MISSOURI. $4.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Warrensburg. Rent</td>
+<td class="ramt">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MARYLAND, $280.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Baltimore. Rev. Geo. Morris, $200 <i>for a
+Teacher</i>, and $80 <i>for a Student, Fisk U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">280.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">GEORGIA, $230.66.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Atlanta. Atlanta University</td>
+<td class="ramt">113.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Brunswick. School Children, by S. B.
+Morse, <i>for Mendi M.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">1.17</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Savannah. Beach Inst.</td>
+<td class="ramt">115.60</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Woodville. Pilgrim Ch., <i>for Mendi M.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">0.89</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NORTH CAROLINA, $28.76.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Newbern. C. E. W.</td>
+<td class="ramt">0.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Raleigh. Washington Sch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Wilmington. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.76</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">SOUTH CAROLINA, $262.66.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Charleston. Avery Inst.</td>
+<td class="ramt">262.66</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CALIFORNIA, $40.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Oakville. A. A. Bancroft</td>
+<td class="ramt">40.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CANADA, $15.04.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Toronto. Mrs. J. Thom ($5 <i>of which for
+Cal. Chinese M.</i>)</td>
+<td class="ramt">15.04</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="ramt" colspan="2">——————</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">  Total</td>
+<td class="ramt">8,983.64</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Total from Oct. 1st to Nov. 30th</td>
+<td class="ramt">$15,835.30</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<p class="right" style="margin-bottom: 0%; padding-right: 15%;">H. W. HUBBARD,</p>
+<p class="right" style="margin-top: 0%; padding-right: 10%;"><i>Ass’t Treas.</i></p>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">RECEIVED FOR DEBT.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Amherst, N. H. L. and L. K. Melendy</td>
+<td class="ramt">1000.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">East Woodstock, Conn. Rev. E. H. Pratt</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">New Britain, Conn. Mrs. Norman Hart</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Wilton, Conn. Rev. S. J. M. Merwin</td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Wilton, Conn. Miranda B. Merwin</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Andover, Mass. Free Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">13.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Florence, Mass. “A. L. W.”</td>
+<td class="ramt">500.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Foxborough, Mass. A. L. Payson</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Malden, Mass. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">159.55</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Lakeville, Mass. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to
+const. <span class="smcap">Mrs. Caroline L. Ward</span>, L. M.</td>
+<td class="ramt">34.11</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Pittsfield, Mass. Second Cong. Sab. Sch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Scotland, Mass. “A Friend.”</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">West Barnstable, Mass. Rev. B. Paine</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Albany, N. Y. Mrs. M. M. Learned</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Clifton Springs, N. Y. Mrs. Andrew Pierce</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Fairport, N. Y. Mrs. J. E. Howard</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Fairport, N. Y. Mrs. Garry Brooks</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">New York, N. Y. ——</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Penn Yan, N. Y. Mrs. D. B. Prosser</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Rochester, N. Y. Gen. A. W. Riley</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Sacketts Harbor, N. Y. Mrs. Anar H. Barnes</td>
+<td class="ramt">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Centre Road, Penn. J. A. Scovel</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Belpre, Ohio. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Fort Recovery, Ohio. M. W. Diggs</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Paddys Run, Ohio. Sarah Wilkin</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Painsville, Ohio. Mrs. C. C. Beardslee</td>
+<td class="ramt">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Oberlin, Ohio. Pres. J. H. Fairchild</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Michigan City, Ind. Correction. J. C. Haddock,
+$5. (Nov. number) should read Mrs.
+Clara W. Peck, $5.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Buda, Ill. J. B. Stuart</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00
+</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Chicago, Ill. Prof. G. N. Boardman</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Geneseo, Ill. P. H. Taylor</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Providence, Ill. Correction. Mrs. H. B.
+Gulliver, $6. (Nov. number) should read
+“A few Friends,” $6.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Wethersfield, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Kellogg</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Alamo, Mich. Julius Hackley</td>
+<td class="ramt">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Broadhead, Wis. Mrs. W. W. Matter</td>
+<td class="ramt">3.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. James Baker</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Patch Grove, Wis. M. A. Garsich</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Whitewater, Wis. Mrs. R. Coburn</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Natal, South Africa. Mrs. Abbie T. Wilder</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="ramt" colspan="2">——————</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="total">Total</td>
+<td class="ramt">2,125.16</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Previously acknowledged in Oct. receipts</td>
+<td class="ramt">4,659.04</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="ramt" colspan="2">——————</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="total">Total</td>
+<td class="ramt">6,784.20</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">FOR TILLOTSON NORMAL AND COLLEGIATE
+INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Wells, Me. Mrs. B. A. Maxwell</td>
+<td class="ramt">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">East Hartford, Conn. H. L. Goodwin</td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Hartford, Conn. Mrs. John Olmstead</td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Hebron, Conn. B. A. Bissell</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Hebron, Conn. Dea. Jasper Porter</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Sing Sing, N. Y. Mrs. Harriet M. Cole, to
+const. <span class="smcap">Cornelia M. Cole</span>, L. M.</td>
+<td class="ramt">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Syracuse, N. Y. Mrs. Sarah T. Salisbury</td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Oberlin, Ohio. Mrs. C. C. Wheat</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Olivet, Mich. Wm. B. Palmer</td>
+<td class="ramt">200.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">——. Individuals</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="ramt" colspan="2">——————</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="total">Total</td>
+<td class="ramt">415.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Previously acknowledged in Oct. receipts</td>
+<td class="ramt">190.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="ramt" colspan="2">——————</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="total">Total</td>
+<td class="ramt">605.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">FOR YELLOW FEVER FUND.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Thetford, Vt. Sarah J. Rugg</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Portland, Conn. First Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">41.92</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Andover, Mass. Chapel Ch. and Soc. $64.55
+and Sab. Sch. $15</td>
+<td class="ramt">79.55</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Troy, N. Y. “Little Mary and Margaret
+Cushman and Mamma.”</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Orwell, N. Y. “A few Friends in Cong.
+Ch.,” by Rev. F. N. Greeley</td>
+<td class="ramt">12.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Orange, N. J. Trinity Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Tabor, Iowa. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">6.40</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="ramt" colspan="2">152.87</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Previously acknowledged in Oct. receipts</td>
+<td class="ramt">154.17</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="ramt" colspan="2">——————</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="total">Total</td>
+<td class="ramt">307.04</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">ENDOWMENT FUND.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Norwood, Mass. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Samuel Morrill,
+by Edward H. Morrill, Ex.</td>
+<td class="ramt">500.00<a class="pagenum" name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<hr class="full" />
+</div>
+<div class="article">
+
+<h2>The American Missionary Association.</h2>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<h3>AIM AND WORK.</h3>
+
+<p>To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with
+the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted
+its main efforts to preparing the <span class="smcap">Freedmen</span> for their
+duties as citizens and Christians in America and as missionaries
+in Africa. As closely related to this, it seeks to benefit the
+caste-persecuted <span class="smcap">Chinese</span> in America, and to co-operate
+with the Government in its humane and Christian policy towards the
+<span class="smcap">Indians</span>. It has also a mission in <span class="smcap">Africa</span>.</p>
+
+
+<h3>STATISTICS.</h3>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Churches</span>: <i>In the South</i>—In Va. 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2;
+Ga., 12; Ky., 7; Tenn., 4; Ala., 13; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2;
+Texas, 5. <i>Africa</i>, 1. <i>Among the Indians</i>, 1. Total 66.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Institutions Founded, Fostered or Sustained in the
+South.</span>—<i>Chartered</i>: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega Ala.;
+Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.;
+and Austin, Texas, 8. <i>Graded or Normal Schools</i>: at Wilmington,
+Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Macon, Atlanta, Ga.;
+Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn., 11. <i>Other
+Schools</i>, 18. Total 37.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Teachers, Missionaries and Assistants.</span>—Among the Freedmen,
+231; among the Chinese, 17; among the Indians, 17; in Africa, 14.
+Total, 279. <span class="smcap">Students</span>—In Theology, 88; Law, 17; in College
+Course, 106; in other studies, 7,018. Total, 7,229. Scholars,
+taught by former pupils of our schools, estimated at 100,000.
+<span class="smcap">Indians</span> under the care of the Association, 13,000.</p>
+
+
+<h3>WANTS.</h3>
+
+<p>1. A steady <span class="medium">INCREASE</span> of regular income to keep pace with
+the growing work in the South. This increase can only be reached by
+<em>regular</em> and <em>larger</em> contributions from the churches—the feeble
+as well as the strong.</p>
+
+<p>2. <span class="smcap">Additional Buildings</span> for our higher educational
+institutions, to accommodate the increasing numbers of students;
+<span class="smcap">Meeting Houses</span>, for the new churches we are organizing;
+<span class="smcap">More Ministers</span>, cultured and pious, for these churches.</p>
+
+<p>3. <span class="smcap">Help for Young Men</span>, to be educated as ministers here
+and missionaries to Africa—a pressing want.</p>
+
+<p>Before sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A.
+office, as below.</p>
+
+<table>
+  <tr><td class="smcap" style="padding-right: 20px;">New York</td><td>H. W. Hubbard, Esq., 56 Reade Street.</td></tr>
+  <tr><td class="smcap">Boston</td><td>Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Room 21, Congregational House.</td></tr>
+  <tr><td class="smcap">Chicago</td><td>Rev. Jas. Powell, 112 West Washington Street.</td></tr>
+</table>
+
+<h3>MAGAZINE.</h3>
+
+<p>This Magazine will be sent, gratuitously, if desired, to the
+Missionaries of the Association; to Life Members; to all clergymen
+who take up collections for the Association; to Superintendents of
+Sabbath Schools; to College Libraries; to Theological Seminaries;
+to Societies of Inquiry on Missions; and to every donor who does
+not prefer to take it as a subscriber, and contributes in a year
+not less than five dollars.</p>
+
+<p>Those who wish to remember the <span class="smcap">American Missionary
+Association</span> in their last Will and Testament, are earnestly
+requested to use the following</p>
+
+
+<h3>FORM OF A BEQUEST.</h3>
+
+<p>“<span class="smcap">I bequeath</span> to my executor (or executors) the sum of ——
+dollars in trust, to pay the same in —— days after my decease to
+the person who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer
+of the ‘American Missionary Association’ of New York City, to be
+applied, under the direction of the Executive Committee of the
+Association, to its charitable uses and purposes.”</p>
+
+<p>The Will should be attested by three witnesses [in some States
+three are required—in other States only two], who should write
+against their names, their places of residence [if in cities,
+their street and number]. The following form of attestation will
+answer for every State in the Union: “Signed, sealed, published
+and declared by the said [A. B.] as his last Will and Testament,
+in presence of us, who, at the request of the said A. B., and in
+his presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto
+subscribed our names as witnesses.” In some States it is required
+that the Will should be made at least two months before the death
+of the testator.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></p>
+
+<hr class="full" />
+</div>
+<div class="article">
+<p class="center large">PLEASE READ THIS AND THINK ABOUT IT.</p>
+
+<p><i>The “American Missionary” is printed and circulated for the
+information of its constituency, and to keep alive their practical
+interest in the work of the Association.</i></p>
+
+<p><i>It costs money to prepare and send to its readers so large an
+edition as we find necessary.</i></p>
+
+<p class="center">THE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE IS ONLY FIFTY CENTS A YEAR.</p>
+
+<p><i>A large number of its readers come within the classes who are
+entitled to it free.</i></p>
+
+<p><i>If others who desire to read it will send 50 cents to pay for
+their Magazine, beside their gifts for the missionary work, it will
+not only cease to be in any sense an expense to the treasury, but a
+source of revenue.</i></p>
+
+<p><i>Is the request below, then, too great a favor to ask?</i></p>
+
+<hr class="full" />
+</div>
+
+<div class="article">
+<p class="center large">PLEASE COPY THIS FORM AND MAIL IT.</p>
+
+<p class="right"><i>January 1st, 1879.</i></p>
+
+<p><i><span class="smcap">H. W. Hubbard</span>, Esq., Ass’t Treasurer</i>,</p>
+<p style="padding-left: 20%;"><i>56 Reade Street, New York.</i></p>
+
+<p class="p1"><i>Enclosed, please find Fifty Cents, subscription for</i> <span class="smcap">The
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+
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+
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+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></p>
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+<p class="center medium"><i>AMONG ITS CONTRIBUTORS ARE:</i></p>
+
+<table style="font-size: 90%; border-collapse: collapse;">
+<tr>
+  <td>SAMUEL T. SPEAR, D.D.,</td>
+  <td class="bleft">Pres. J. F. HURST, D.D.,</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Pres. T. D. WOOLSEY, D.D., LL.D.,</td>
+  <td class="bleft">ROSE TERRY COOKE,</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>Pres. NOAH PORTER, D.D., LL.D.,</td>
+  <td class="bleft">Prof. TIMOTHY DWIGHT, D.D.,</td>
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+  <td>JOS. P. THOMPSON, D.D., LL.D.,</td>
+  <td class="bleft">RAY PALMER, D.D.,</td>
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+  <td class="bleft">J. T. TROWBRIDGE,</td>
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+  <td>REV. JOSEPH COOK,</td>
+  <td class="bleft">Rev. HENRY C. TRUMBULL,</td>
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+  <td>STEPHEN H. TYNG, JR., D.D.,</td>
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+<tr>
+  <td>Rev. WM. M. BAKER,</td>
+  <td class="bleft">Prof. SIMON NEWCOMB, LL.D.,</td>
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+<tr>
+  <td>PHILIP SCHAFF, D.D.,</td>
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+
+<p class="center"><b>COOK’S LECTURES.</b></p>
+
+<p class="medium">These famous Lectures, delivered in Boston every Monday, by the
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+  VOL. XXXIII.                                                No. 1.
+
+                                THE
+
+                       AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+                *       *       *       *       *
+
+               “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.”
+
+                *       *       *       *       *
+
+                          JANUARY, 1879.
+
+
+
+
+                            _CONTENTS_:
+
+
+  EDITORIAL.
+
+    OUR OUTLOOK FOR 1879                                           1
+    OUR APPEAL FOR THE NEW YEAR                                    2
+    THE LORD’S WORK AND THE LORD’S COMING                          3
+    THE LONDON UNION MISSIONARY CONFERENCE                         3
+    POLITICAL PROGRESS OF THE FREEDMEN: Rev. M. E. Strieby         4
+    THESE MY BRETHREN                                              6
+    FIVE TESTS OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION: Prof. C. D.
+      Hartranft, D. D.                                             7
+    RETURN OF REV. FLOYD SNELSON                                  10
+    ITEMS FROM THE CHURCHES                                       10
+    GENERAL NOTES                                                 11
+    OUR QUERY COLUMN                                              14
+
+
+  THE FREEDMEN.
+
+    DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA—Revival in Howard University             14
+    VIRGINIA—A Destitute County                                   14
+    ALABAMA—New Church at Shelby Iron Works—Talladega a
+      Missionary Centre                                           15
+    FLORENCE—Thin End of the Wedge—First Thanksgiving Service     16
+    MISSOURI—Free Schools in the State                            17
+
+
+  AFRICA.
+
+    THE MENDI MISSION—A Church Organized and Dedicated at Avery   18
+
+
+  THE INDIANS.
+
+    THE LATE INDIAN WAR AND CHRISTIANITY: Rev Myron Eells         20
+
+
+  THE CHINESE.
+
+    CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN CHINESE: Rev.
+      W. C. Pond                                                  21
+
+
+  RECEIPTS                                                        24
+
+
+  WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, ETC.                                   27
+
+
+  PLEASE READ, THINK, COPY AND MAIL                               28
+
+                 *       *       *       *       *
+
+                             NEW YORK:
+
+         Published by the American Missionary Association,
+
+                      ROOMS, 56 READE STREET.
+
+                 *       *       *       *       *
+
+                Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance.
+
+
+
+
+                 American Missionary Association,
+
+                      56 READE STREET, N. Y.
+
+                 *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+  PRESIDENT.
+
+    HON. E. S. TOBEY, Boston.
+
+
+  VICE-PRESIDENTS.
+
+    Hon. F. D. PARISH, Ohio.
+    Hon. E. D. HOLTON, Wis.
+    Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, Mass.
+    Rev. STEPHEN THURSTON, D. D., Me.
+    Rev. SAMUEL HARRIS, D. D., Ct.
+    WM. C. CHAPIN, Esq., R. I.
+    Rev. W. T. EUSTIS, D. D., Mass.
+    Hon. A. C. BARSTOW, R. I.
+    Rev. THATCHER THAYER, D. D., R. I.
+    Rev. RAY PALMER, D. D., N. Y.
+    Rev. J. M. STURTEVANT, D. D., Ill.
+    Rev. W. W. PATTON, D. D., D. C.
+    Hon. SEYMOUR STRAIGHT, La.
+    HORACE HALLOCK, Esq., Mich.
+    Rev. CYRUS W. WALLACE, D. D., N. H.
+    Rev. EDWARD HAWES, Ct.
+    DOUGLAS PUTNAM, Esq., Ohio.
+    Hon. THADDEUS FAIRBANKS, Vt.
+    SAMUEL D. PORTER, Esq., N. Y.
+    Rev. M. M. G. DANA, D. D., Minn.
+    Rev. H. W. BEECHER, N. Y.
+    Gen. O. O. HOWARD, Oregon.
+    Rev. G. F. MAGOUN, D. D., Iowa.
+    Col. C. G. HAMMOND, Ill.
+    EDWARD SPAULDING, M. D., N. H.
+    DAVID RIPLEY, Esq., N. J.
+    Rev. WM. M. BARBOUR, D. D., Ct.
+    Rev. W. L. GAGE, Ct.
+    A. S. HATCH, Esq., N. Y.
+    Rev. J. H. FAIRCHILD, D. D., Ohio
+    Rev. H. A. STIMSON, Minn.
+    Rev. J. W. STRONG, D. D., Minn.
+    Rev. GEORGE THACHER, LL. D., Iowa.
+    Rev. A. L. STONE, D. D., California.
+    Rev. G. H. ATKINSON, D. D., Oregon.
+    Rev. J. E. RANKIN, D. D., D. C.
+    Rev. A. L. CHAPIN, D. D., Wis.
+    S. D. SMITH, Esq., Mass.
+    PETER SMITH, Esq., Mass.
+    Dea. JOHN C. WHITIN, Mass.
+    Rev. WM. PATTON, D. D., Ct.
+    Hon. J. B. GRINNELL, Iowa.
+    Rev. WM. T. CARR, Ct.
+    Rev. HORACE WINSLOW, Ct.
+    Sir PETER COATS, Scotland.
+    Rev. HENRY ALLON, D. D., London, Eng.
+    WM. E. WHITING, Esq., N. Y.
+    J. M. PINKERTON, Esq., Mass.
+    Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D. D., Ct.
+    DANIEL HAND, Esq., Ct.
+    A. L. WILLISTON, Esq., Mass.
+    Rev. A. F. BEARD, D. D., N. Y.
+    FREDERICK BILLINGS, Esq., Vt.
+    JOSEPH CARPENTER, Esq., R. I.
+
+
+  CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
+
+    REV. M. E. STRIEBY, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._
+
+
+  DISTRICT SECRETARIES.
+
+    REV. C. L. WOODWORTH, _Boston_.
+    REV. G. D. PIKE, _New York_.
+    REV. JAS. POWELL, _Chicago_.
+
+    EDGAR KETCHUM, ESQ., _Treasurer, N. Y._
+    H. W. HUBBARD, ESQ., _Assistant Treasurer, N. Y._
+    REV. M. E. STRIEBY, _Recording Secretary_.
+
+
+  EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
+
+    ALONZO S. BALL,
+    A. S. BARNES,
+    EDWARD BEECHER,
+    GEO. M. BOYNTON,
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+    E. A. GRAVES,
+    S. B. HALLIDAY,
+    SAM’L HOLMES,
+    S. S. JOCELYN,
+    ANDREW LESTER,
+    CHAS. L. MEAD,
+    JOHN H. WASHBURN,
+    G. B. WILLCOX.
+
+
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+
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+
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+
+                 *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+                                THE
+
+                       AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+                 *       *       *       *       *
+
+            VOL. XXXIII.     JANUARY, 1879.     No. 1.
+
+                 *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+American Missionary Association.
+
+      *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+OUR OUTLOOK FOR 1879.
+
+The review of our last year’s work has been so recently and
+so fully given in connection with the annual meeting of the
+Association, that it is scarcely needful for us to ask our readers
+to join us in another survey of what has already been accomplished.
+It is more fitting, as we stand upon the threshold of the new year,
+to ask what are the signs of the times, and what the demands of the
+work before us.
+
+There are still dark clouds in the Southern sky. A mere granting
+of civil and political rights by formal enactment is of small
+importance unless the rights themselves are honestly allowed and
+faithfully accepted. The adjustment of alleged wrongs we must leave
+to politicians if not to statesmen, and to courts of law if not
+of justice. Our work, obscure and remote as it may seem, is more
+fundamental and important than that of either Congresses or courts.
+For by whatever defences the Freedman may or may not be surrounded,
+the only safeguard of his rights must be in his fitness to exercise
+and his ability to maintain them. It is for us, through all the
+changes of the year, to keep steadily to our work. It is not
+checked because the winter is upon us; nor will it be over when the
+summer comes. It is not for this year’s harvesting alone that we
+are working; we are sub-soiling and so laboring for the permanent
+reclamation of these vast fields. We believe that more depends
+upon the moral and intellectual elevation of the Freedmen of our
+land, not only in regard to their welfare, but in regard to the
+great questions of which they are only a factor, than upon anything
+which can be done for them by legislative enactment or military
+power. We purpose, then, to press on with the school and the
+church. Intelligence and virtue are the Jachin and Boaz, the two
+great pillars of the porch of the Temple of American citizenship
+and liberty. While it rests on anything else, it is uncertain and
+unsafe.
+
+Our lesser work at home among the Indians and Chinese will demand
+the same moderate but constant share of our attention as before.
+Our connection with the six Indian Agencies, through the Interior
+Department, is not a matter of expense, but mainly of time and
+care. If we shall be relieved from that, our missionary work will
+still remain and may be enlarged. And though the immigration of
+Chinamen has been checked to some degree, and their interest in
+learning English has been abated by the abuse they have received,
+the work has been, and is yet, too fruitful of good to be given up.
+
+Our African mission has passed through one year under its new
+organization, with apparent prosperity and success. We shall need
+to strengthen its forces before long. We shall want both the men
+and the means.
+
+There is work enough in our outlook and encouragement to do it. We
+would remind our readers as well as ourselves, that the year which
+is most full of sacrifice and service for the Master, is most sure
+of all to be _A Happy New Year_.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+OUR APPEAL FOR 1879.
+
+Our friends are thoroughly informed of the fact that our debt of
+late has been rapidly diminishing. We are sorry to say that _the
+same thing is true of our income_. That, too, has been growing
+less. We learn that this is true, also, of our sister societies.
+They, also, have noticed a falling off in their revenues. We do
+not like to make much ado over our troubles; but we have been very
+frank in acknowledging our mercies, and we owe it to the work, and
+to those who sustain it, to tell them our perplexities as well.
+
+Our receipts for the last two months have been very inadequate
+for the work we have in hand. What does this mean to us with this
+outlook for 1879? Does it signify withdrawal from fields already
+under cultivation? Already the Executive Committee have had under
+serious advisement two cases, in which it was necessary either
+to stop fruitful work at important points or spend a little more
+money. Retrenchment is easier to talk of than to accomplish. It
+costs as much sometimes to stop as to go on. A temporary suspension
+is sometimes more expensive than continuous work. Our teachers are
+engaged and our buildings are prepared for the year. Shall we stop
+the whole machinery of a great factory to save the price of the gas
+which lights it? That would be ruinous economy indeed.
+
+But we do not seriously believe that the friends of the three most
+needy races on our continent have lost heart, or hope, or means, to
+carry out the generous plans they have devised. These last months
+of 1878 have been trying alike to them and to us. Our plea is only
+this, that, with the new year (if the debt be not by that time
+altogether a thing of the past), there may be a fresh and final
+attack upon that enemy of our peace; and more even than this, that
+there may be a fuller and a steadier flow of the Lord’s money into
+our treasury for the wants of the work of 1879.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+We are happy to say that a goodly number of ladies whom we have
+asked to assume the responsibility of raising a share of $25,
+towards the payment of our debt, have replied favorably. The
+following extract from a letter sent us by one who has been
+abundant in her efforts for the Freedmen, indicates the enthusiasm
+and thankfulness with which some of the ladies respond:
+
+Your kind letter of November 26th found me watching in the sick
+room of my brother; but my heart went right up to God in gratitude
+that I was not forgotten by the officers of the A. M. A., and that
+they still think I can do something to help on this great work. I
+have never ceased to be interested in the work in all its length
+and breadth, and to do what little I can for it. The debt has
+occupied much of my thought. I have wanted to do something to help
+pay it beyond the little I could give myself. Now that I can go out
+under your guardianship, I will be one of two hundred to raise one
+share ($25), and as much more as I can. I am sure the debt will
+soon be paid. There should be no lack of funds to carry on this
+work. It is very strange our _nation_ cannot see it and feel it
+too.
+
+An old and faithful friend from Sag Harbor, N. Y., sends us thirty
+dollars to make a life member. At the same time he asks us to star
+the names of his two oldest children, who were among the first of
+the twenty whom he has thus added to our list. They have gone up
+higher. He concludes thus:
+
+  I was much interested in reading the article in December number,
+  page 387, “Students Want to ‘Batch’—Who will Help?” I would like
+  for my $30 to go to assist in building one of those $100 houses.
+  Can’t you get some one to add the other $70, and put up one of
+  those dwellings for those scholars who are so anxious to get an
+  education to teach and to preach?
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+THE LORD’S WORK AND THE LORD’S COMING.
+
+One of our friends, (Rev. T. S. Robie, North Carver, Mass.,) who
+was at our annual meeting at Taunton, remembering doubtless that
+the Prophetic Conference was in session during the same days in New
+York City, puts the two things together thus:
+
+  One comes from a meeting like that, through which glimpses are
+  caught of opportunities for work, of openings by the Unseen Hand
+  into spheres of service which stretch out into the future beyond
+  the range of our human vision, with the overwhelming conviction
+  that the Lord isn’t just at present to stop the wheels of this
+  world. It is not _like_ the Lord to give such problems to His
+  people, which are pressing upon this Christian nation today with
+  such power, and which demand time for their solution, and then
+  to cut the Gordian knot by the sword of His “coming,” as if He
+  had met with a tangled question which He himself could not untie.
+  The red, blue and white and black marble, which Divine Providence
+  has brought into this land, tell of a building of God grander
+  than any Persian palace, the foundations of which seem to be just
+  being laid, rather than the completion thereof to be nigh at
+  hand. The vastness of the preparation points to the magnificence
+  of the Lord’s dominion in the hearts and over the lives of men.
+
+  The Book of God’s Providence is as much inspired as the Bible
+  itself. And whoever studies the former as prayerfully as the
+  latter, must labor hard to stifle the feeling that the clock of
+  earth, instead of getting ready to stop, is being wound up to
+  keep good time for a thousand years, as a prelude to that perfect
+  righteousness which shall dwell forever on the new earth and
+  beneath the new heavens.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+THE LONDON UNION MISSIONARY CONFERENCE.
+
+The London Union Missionary Conference was held in November. The
+Congregational churches of America were represented by Dr. Clark
+of the American Board, and Dr. O. H. White of the Freedmen’s Aid
+Society, of London, who also represented the American Missionary
+Association, to which the F. A. Society is auxiliary. The last
+gathering of the kind in England was in 1860, at which one
+hundred and twenty-six delegates assembled. The sessions were
+mainly private, the societies represented were chiefly British,
+and plans were discussed rather than achievements reported. This
+later meeting was somewhat different in its character. Six hundred
+delegates were in attendance from various lands and denominations
+of Christians. It was not so much a conference on methods as a
+comparison of results. The sessions of the week were apportioned
+to the work in the various lands. A great mass of information was
+collected, which will doubtless be more impressive and complete in
+the volume of proceedings to be published, than it could have been
+in the hearing.
+
+The character of the meetings may be inferred from the following
+sketch of the time devoted to the “Dark Continent,” in which we
+are especially interested. We copy from the correspondent of
+the _Christian Union_: “Two sessions on Tuesday were devoted to
+Africa and its many tribes. An Irish peer, the Earl of Cavan,
+presided, and the attendance of delegates and friends was large.
+Dr. Underhill, of the Baptist Missionary Society, discoursed on
+the benefits of emancipation, and showed what an important bearing
+the evangelizing of the negro race must have on the conversion of
+all West Africa. Sir Fowell Buxton, the son of the great advocate
+of emancipation forty years ago, described the three schemes now
+being carried out for planting new missions on the three great
+lakes of Central Africa. Dr. Stewart, of the Free Church Mission
+at Livingstonia, on Lake Nyassa, described the principle and
+the plan of the missionary institution at Lovedale, in the Cape
+Colony, which he has managed for several years. This is a model
+institution, with industrial as well as educational and theological
+departments; and is just the thing which the native tribes of South
+Africa need for their enlightenment. Dr. Lowe, the Secretary of the
+Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society, also read an admirable paper
+on the work, methods and usefulness of medical missions generally.
+Several of the medical missionaries who have recently gone out to
+Africa were Dr. Lowe’s pupils.
+
+“Among the effective speakers on these African missions were
+Dr. Waugemann, of Berlin, who described the work of the Berlin
+Society, especially in the Transvaal; Dr. White, of the Freedmen’s
+Aid Mission; the Rev. E. Schrenck, of Basle, who spoke of work
+in Ashantee; and the Rev. Dr. Moffat, who told the Conference
+about his Bechuanas, and of course with his strong gray hair and
+his eighty-three years of age and sixty-two years of service for
+Christ, received an ovation at its hands. The noble presence and
+the stirring words of the grand old man on the African day were a
+striking feature in the meetings of the Conference.”
+
+Such gatherings must help on the cause of Christian comity in
+missions, as well as broaden the views of all who are engaged
+in working the field under their hands. It is well to look up
+sometimes from our own furrow, even if we have to stop ploughing
+for a little, that we may realize that the field is the world, and
+that the harvest belongs to one Master.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+THE POLITICAL PROGRESS OF THE FREEDMEN.
+
+BY REV. M. E. STRIEBY.
+
+Was it wise to give the ballot to the ex-slaves? The answer that
+came in the hour it was given, from the Congress that gave it,
+from the Northern people that sustained it, and from the colored
+people that enjoyed it, was an emphatic and enthusiastic “Yes!”
+The answer that came at that hour from the Southern white man was
+in a suppressed voice, and was an execration hissed out between
+grinding teeth. Since that hour the voice of the Southern white
+man has grown firmer, and, as it came up from misgoverned South
+Carolina and Louisiana, has rounded out into a full-toned “No!”
+Nay, more, it has been re-echoed from the North, and recently with
+special emphasis from the lips of one of the purest Christian
+scholars on the heights of Christian learning in New England. What
+answer do I give? Unhesitatingly, “Yes!” I say nothing about the
+mere party reason given either then or since, for I do not write
+as a partisan. I put the wisdom of the ballot on more substantial
+grounds.
+
+1. It saved the Freedmen from being again reduced to slavery.
+Vagrant laws were passed, which confined them to the plantations
+on which they had engaged to work, the end of which would have been
+a serfdom attaching them to the soil. The ballot saved them from
+this.
+
+2. It gave the Freedmen and the South a free school system—a
+greater boon than Southern legislation ever gave them before—a
+boon without which all else would have been well-nigh in vain.
+That system was modeled after the best patterns at the North, and
+although it has been somewhat modified and enfeebled in practical
+operation, is yet a solid corner-stone in the foundation of the new
+superstructure which the South is rearing.
+
+3. The ballot gave the Freedman a sense of self-respect, and
+commanded for him the respect of others. To him it was an education
+and an inspiration. It gave him the standing of a man among men,
+and prompted him to become worthy of his position. It was a power
+to him in the early days of his freedom, when he needed every help
+to sustain him in that freedom; and to-day, though it is held in
+check and almost useless, yet it is a slumbering giant, and is
+watched with respectful caution by the whites. For who can tell
+what such a slumbering power might do if aroused?
+
+At present the black voter is politically conquered. The “white
+man’s government” is established, and it is the purpose of the
+white man that it shall remain so. This has been easily attained in
+the States where the white majority is undoubted. In the few States
+where the blacks are in the majority, the white man is determined
+to rule, peaceably if he can, forcibly if he must. The Chisholm
+murder and the Hamburg massacre are but samples of the methods
+that will be resorted to if the effort is pushed persistently
+to restore the supremacy of the black man in politics. When we
+remember how that supremacy in those States was abused, how can we
+ask the restoration if the abuse must again follow? The problem
+is difficult. It can be solved only by one formula. The black
+man must be protected in his political rights, and he must be so
+enlightened as to use and not abuse those rights. There will be no
+permanent advantage from a mere partisan triumph of the black man.
+If achieved, as matters now stand, bayonets will again be needed to
+sustain it, and will become once more a source of angry discussion
+at the North and of concentrated bitterness at the South. The
+experiment may again be necessary; but a far better thing should be
+speedily, steadily and efficiently pushed forward—the training of
+the colored voter for an intelligent and responsible manhood and
+citizenship.
+
+If every colored voter could be accompanied to the polls by a file
+of soldiers armed with muskets, his ballot would represent the
+musket and not the man. But if he becomes a property owner, with
+all the interest in the welfare of the community which property
+gives; if he is educated and can take an _intelligent_ interest
+in the welfare of the community; and if he acquires a weight of
+character that challenges respect, he will need no soldiers to
+guard him to the polls, and his vote will represent the man and not
+the musket.
+
+When the black man shall reach such a position he conquers
+caste-prejudice and wipes out the color-line in politics. Color is
+significant only as it represents condition. Change the condition
+and the color is of no consequence. With that change the white and
+black men at the South will divide on politics as white men do at
+the North, from differing views as to the best measures to promote
+public weal.
+
+Look on this picture: An armed and organized mob is breaking up a
+political gathering of the blacks and their friends, and in the
+background are the overawed Freedmen retiring from the polls.
+Look, also, on this picture: A company of United States soldiers
+are keeping guard over a body of legislators, mostly black, who,
+with reckless rascality, are squandering the public funds, to
+the ruin of the State and the disgrace of the nation. Turn not
+from these pictures with indifference, for they are no fancy
+sketches; nay, face them, for the history of at least two States
+of this Union is liable to be a perpetual oscillation between the
+two. But now look on this picture: A colored man is tilling his
+land, adorning his home, and gathering around him the refinements
+of life. Near by is the school-house, where his children, with
+hundreds of others, are receiving the instruction of skilful
+teachers, and not far off is the church edifice where that man and
+his neighbors worship God under the ministration of a well educated
+and pious minister.
+
+Which picture do we choose, not as a matter of artistic preference,
+but as the practical model for patriotic work? The only safety is
+to extend that last picture till it shall cover the whole canvas
+and blot out the other two. In that way only can a life and death
+struggle between two irreconcilable forces be avoided.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+“THESE MY BRETHREN.”
+
+In the Saviour’s great “Inasmuch” there is the power of
+personality. “I was an hungered; I was thirsty; I was naked; I was
+a stranger; I was sick; I was in prison.” It was Christ in the
+person of these suffering and lowly ones; and service done to them
+was done to Him. He might well have stopped there. But the marvel
+of His personal identification with them is in the relationship
+which He claims between Himself and them—“_these my brethren_.”
+Oh, the touching condescension to name them by this title! What
+we do for these humble and desolate ones we are not only doing
+for our Lord, but for the brethren of our Lord. He takes it as a
+special favor to Himself. And this service is graduated to the
+lowest capacity—it is service done to only _one_ of the _least_ of
+these. The standard is not that we should serve the mass of these
+His brethren, but any one of them, according to the measure of our
+ability, even down to a single act done to one of them in the right
+spirit and as a revelation of a character in which we delight. Then
+the obligation runs up to as great a number as our opportunity and
+our ability may reach.
+
+The intervention of organic efficiency greatly multiplies the
+duty and the privilege of the individual. The American Missionary
+Association, as has been potently said, is set for the care of the
+three despised races in our country. Though the Indian and the
+Negro and the Chinaman are the objects of prejudice and violence
+and injustice and hatred on the part of our people, nevertheless
+Christ speaks of them as among “these my brethren;” and the prayers
+and the sympathy, and the service and the giving of substance
+in their behalf He counts as rendered to Him. This organization
+cannot discharge any one’s personal duty, but its instrumentality
+is offered to all who would use it in the discharge of individual
+obligation to Christ and to His brethren. Its opportunities belong
+to all who would use them, and by these a single Christian may
+reach not only “unto one of the least of these,” but unto many.
+
+At the Great Day, when the Master shall surprise you, humble
+Christian, with a benediction for service rendered to His brethren
+among these despised ones, and you deprecatingly answer, _when_
+and _where_, His revealing response may be—_when_ you reached them
+with your prayers and your substance through that Association which
+offered you its means of operation. And surely all its workers
+among these outcast peoples, in the ostracism and opposition
+and hatred which confront them, may even in this life have their
+abundant recompense in this, that they are serving those whom the
+Master owns as “these my brethren.”
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+FIVE TESTS OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION.
+
+Notes of an Address at the Annual Meeting.
+
+BY PROF. C. D. HARTRANFT, D. D. HARTFORD, CONN.
+
+(1.) The Indians, the Negroes and the Chinese I regard as the
+divinely appointed agents by which the principles that underlie
+American civilization are to be finally tested. Every utterance
+on the Fourth of July, from the Declaration of Independence till
+this hour, has made the _right of asylum_ a pre-eminent feature
+of American civilization. So whenever a man has been impelled by
+the dictates of his conscience to leave his native land and seek
+a foreign shore, that he might not be compelled to live in false
+alliance with the Church and worship God in a way he did not elect;
+whenever a man, full of noble impulses, has felt the hopelessness
+of his life, so far as any ambitious scheme was concerned; or the
+education of his children—a man feeling the tyranny of continuous
+labor, without the possibility of accumulation—this man has ever
+been gladly welcomed to America. So the Puritan, so the Huguenot,
+so the Dutchman, so the Lutheran—whatever a man’s religious
+training, America has given him hearty greeting. Even the atheist
+and the infidel have found a refuge under the folds of this flag.
+America has welcomed them to the shadow of her pines and palmettoes
+and to her golden Pacific. But what a niggardly right of asylum
+does she give to the poor Negro, as he is emancipated from his
+bonds; and to the wretched Indian, whom she shuts up in Western
+territories; and, most of all, to the poor Chinaman, as he comes
+from his joss-house, with the instincts of a higher civilization
+impelling him from the stagnation of centuries to the shores of the
+Pacific!
+
+It behooves us to inquire whether this precious right of asylum is
+to be denied to the weaker races; whether we are going to lose this
+peculiar feature of our nation, that throws its broad land open to
+the world. Is it not true now, as in the past, that this is a vast
+sanctuary, and that if a man lays hold of the horns of its altar,
+there shall be nothing to drag him from his possession of freedom?
+He stands on holy ground. In the British islands, the races that
+have appeared in its history have been amalgamated—welded by the
+mace and the battle-axe. In France, the various tribes and races
+that, one after another, possessed that land, were woven together,
+in warp and woof, by fire and blood. In Germany, the Prussians
+have brought together that great mass of people as one, through
+bitter and tremendous wars, the echoes of which have scarce died
+away. America proposes a far different solution. She recognizes the
+nobility of the characteristics developed by the various races. She
+wants the African, the Chinaman, the Teuton—all races—to labor side
+by side; to develop not only her wealth and prosperity, but, most
+of all, the typical American humanity.
+
+American civilization can better endure the savagery of the
+Indian, the ignorance and brutality of the Negro, and the
+semi-civilization of the Chinese, than it can afford to fraternize
+with a civilization that is impregnated with a spirit of
+ecclesiasticism, or endure the philosophies of St. Louis or the
+Internationals. Rather is it for us to overcome these forces that
+are the outcroppings of centuries of Roman development, as well as
+those of Indian or Chinese or Negro semi-civilization.
+
+This right of asylum involves another thing—the right of a man
+to say, “I will leave this land and go to another”—_the right to
+migrate_ if he does not find things subservient to him. We once
+hailed the Irishman to come and build our railroads. We welcome
+the German now, as he comes and terraces our mountains and teaches
+us how to garden. We welcome the Frenchman—we welcome all. But we
+say, “Lo! poor Indian, go West. East of the Appalachian is too good
+for you; we want it. Go West; go West. We will give no rest to the
+soles of your feet.” Do we want the Black Hills? Migrate! We will
+surround you with a cordon of soldiers and a cordon of Government
+agents, who will eat the life out of you. Keep on, poor ignorant,
+keep on!
+
+As to the African, there are not a few Americans, even in this
+day, who think a righteous solution of the African question is to
+ship them all off to the dark continent. So far as the American
+Colonization Society keeps in view education and other Christian
+instrumentalities, I bid them God-speed; but if they desire to send
+the Negro out of the country, I say, No!—a thousand times, No! Let
+us solve the problem right here where God has placed them.
+
+And we say to the Chinese, as he comes upon his ship, “Turn your
+prow back towards the Flowery Kingdom; don’t touch our golden
+West.” Is that the spirit that welcomes the Irishman, the German,
+the Italian, the Frenchman? Why not give as broad an opening to the
+Chinaman as to the Irishman?
+
+(2.) In the next place, God is testing that principle which is
+set forth in the preamble of our Constitution—_the right of a man
+to pursue happiness in such a way as he may elect_, provided he
+does no wrong to his neighbor. And I opine that although happiness
+involves the pursuit of higher aims, it begins on the basis of
+labor. Labor is the essential element of American civilization.
+If I labor, then I have the right of choice to enter into
+whatever labor I please. No matter whether I am an adept or not,
+circumstances will give the verdict. With the right of choice of
+a man’s calling comes the right of competition. Carry it to its
+extreme, if you please. If there are fifty-two thousand clerks,
+I have a right to become the fifty-two thousand and first, and
+starve. Then, after the inherent right of labor follows the right
+to such property as I may accumulate. What I may produce, that
+is mine absolutely, and no man can touch it. Here we are brought
+face to face with this tremendous question between Irish and
+German labor, and the low-priced labor of either the Negro or the
+Chinaman. But, American citizens and Christians, if we respect
+the right of a man to exercise such functions as God has given
+him in such way as his conscience may dictate, and to choose his
+own occupation, shall we not defend this right of labor, and the
+right to pursue happiness as each may elect, and in the face of
+Communism, defend the right of the Chinese to enter the market and
+compete with all labor of whatever nationality?
+
+(3.) There is a _third right_ or principle put to the test—_that
+every man is equal before the law_. Whether he be Jew or Gentile,
+Irishman or German, Negro or Chinaman, he is the equal of all men
+before God. But what justice can a Chinaman get out of a Hoodlum
+court? What justice has the Negro got out of a Southern court? To
+the establishment of that justice we must bend our energies, for
+it is vital to our institutions that a man before the law is equal
+with his neighbor. If you have broken the shackles of the Negro,
+break those of the Indian. If he outrages the law, try him by
+process of the law and make him amenable, but deal with him as a
+citizen. I opine that we shall arrive at this, sooner or later. Of
+course this includes with it the privilege of every one to enter
+public life, provided he proves his capacity.
+
+(4.) But there is another principle being tested, and that is _the
+right of education_. It is a settled point in the development of
+American civilization, that education is essential to the proper
+discipline of the citizen—some degree, at least, of elementary
+education. Now when, according to the census of 1870, in the States
+of Mississippi and Texas, 96 per cent. of the colored people were
+thoroughly ignorant; and when in another State, 95 per cent. were
+completely ignorant; in another, 93 per cent.; in two others, 91
+per cent.; and in a last one, 90 per cent.; 88 per cent. of the
+entire colored people of the South being in perfect ignorance;—does
+it not behoove us to have a law for compulsory education if we
+hope to have true culture and citizenship? Was our late President
+far from right when he brought forward this idea? What salvation
+is there for the Southern States unless universal education shall
+be carried into effect? As the right to enter into competition is
+inherent as much as the right of choice in labor, so we regard
+the right of choice of one’s religion. The whole way should be
+made open for the highest acquisition of intellectual and moral
+knowledge.
+
+(5.) So, too, our Protestant Christianity is under test. And
+here we are encountered at once by the fact that Christians
+still cultivate the caste spirit. If the Jew drew such a subtle
+line between himself and the Gentile, the white Christian draws
+a similar line between himself and the black Christian. If the
+Greek considered himself to be of such high intelligence that he
+classed all others as barbarians, Christians allow their prejudices
+to make the same broad distinctions between different classes
+of humanity, which it was the office of Jesus Christ—blessed be
+His name!—to obliterate and utterly extinguish. That prejudice,
+that caste spirit which Christians cultivate in the North to an
+extent that amounts to social ostracism, must be broken down, if
+we would maintain Protestant Christianity. Further, this question
+connects itself with the true _missionary spirit_. The best way to
+evangelize China is to evangelize the Chinese as they come to the
+Pacific Coast. The best way to evangelize Africa is to evangelize
+the African Negro of the South. Over against Protestant Christians
+in the South and the Chinese on the Pacific is that dark power
+which has involved the world in hopeless contentions. There stands
+the Jesuit with his deep, treacherous features, his characterless
+casuistry, and his sacrifice of all things else to glorify the
+Church of Rome, no matter what may be the result on his country.
+That subtle power which permeates our political institutions
+with such great magnitude and force, stands face to face with
+Protestantism in the South—with the Negro question, the Chinese
+question, and the Indian question. If we are to serve Protestant
+Christianity, we must free ourselves of caste, and learn to love
+the African and the Chinaman at our doors. It is easy to speak well
+of the Chinaman away off in China—to have an overflow of sympathy
+for the poor African away in the dark continent; but it is a very
+different thing to have sympathy for them in this country. The
+spirit of the Gospel of Jesus Christ must actuate us and lead us to
+this.
+
+These, then, are _the five great principles_ that underlie American
+civilization—principles that are being tested by these three races
+or nationalities. Our professions are large. Let us live up to them
+in these five great principles. It is Lord Bacon who says that
+“When hempe is spun, England is done”—meaning that when Henry,
+Elizabeth, Mary, Philip and Edward had passed away, England would
+be done. We may say that _if these five principles_—the right of
+asylum, the right of labor, of political freedom, of education, and
+free play to Protestant Christianity be done—America is done. God
+save the State!
+
+And what is the agency—or one agency—by which that may be
+accomplished? The American Missionary Association, because it
+gives us Christian education. Because it brings together the
+college, the church and the home. And will not your devotion to a
+pure Christianity, free from the spirit of caste, and filled with
+the spirit of genuine love, manifest itself by your support of such
+an Association? May we not gauge your feelings in regard to these
+five principles by the support you give to such a society? May we
+not implore you that as you value the rights of property and free
+government you array yourself solidly against Communism and its
+ally—Romanism; because these are craftily working together.
+
+Would you behold free Protestant Christianity established in this
+country? Then give your support to this Association, that these
+three races may prove us to be a people who love liberty in its
+deepest significance as liberty in Christ.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+RETURN OF REV. FLOYD SNELSON.
+
+Just after the annual meeting we learned that the health of
+Mrs. Snelson was in such condition as to make her speedy return
+from the Mendi Mission, West Africa, a probable necessity. Her
+husband has arrived with herself, their children, and those of
+Dr. James, whose wife had died abroad. The change of climate and
+of occupation has already proved of great benefit to her. It is
+a great disappointment to us all to lose so soon the earnest and
+discreet service of the head of our Mendi Mission. Whether he will
+be able to return or not is still an unsettled question. But these
+experiences are teaching us some valuable lessons. First of them is
+this,—that we must send no men or women to the West Coast of Africa
+without submitting them to a severe physical examination, such as
+is required for enlistment into the army or as a prerequisite to a
+life insurance policy. For we find that upon those who went from
+this country in thoroughly sound health, with no weakness from
+previous disease or tendency to special complaints, the climate
+has had little or no bad effect; but where there was any such
+predisposition or impairment of physical vigor, the malarial heats
+of the West coast have hastened its rapid development. We send no
+more recruits, then, without medical attestation to their soundness
+of body, in addition to the testimony we have heretofore required
+as to their intellectual and spiritual health.
+
+Mr. Snelson brings much valuable information from the field, which
+we hope to lay before our readers at an early day.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+NEWS AND ITEMS FROM THE CHURCHES.
+
+MACON, GA.—Rev. Stanley E. Lathrop, who was graduated eight years
+ago from the Chicago Theological Seminary, commenced pastoral work
+at Macon, December 1st. He writes: “I am quite agreeably surprised
+with everything thus far. I shall do the best I can for this
+people, with God’s help.”
+
+MARIETTA, GA.—The school prospers, and, with two other schools, is
+exerting a marked influence on the people. The Sunday-school and
+literary society are both doing good work.
+
+MARION, ALA.—Rev. Geo. E. Hill writes: “Our church has received
+from the Sunday-school at Weymouth, Mass., Colton’s large
+missionary map, and I have had the pleasure of introducing my
+people to a view of the world—the field of missions. They propose
+to contribute monthly to the cause. Our Sunday-school is filling
+up.”
+
+MONTGOMERY, ALA.—Rev. Flavel Bascom, D.D., who commenced work for
+the winter December 1st, writes: “My first impressions are very
+favorable. My heart is drawn out toward the people, and I expect to
+enjoy my work for them very much.”
+
+SELMA, ALA.—Rev. C. B. Curtis has gone from Burlington, Wis., to
+the charge of the church here.
+
+SHELBY, ALA.—A Congregational church was organized October 10th,
+by Rev. G. W. Andrews, of the Theological Department of Talladega
+College, consisting of twenty-one members (twelve men and nine
+women). Rev. J. D. Smith, a graduate of Talladega Theological
+Department, is pastor.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+GENERAL NOTES.
+
+
+The Freedmen.
+
+—Over 3,000 people attended the Agricultural Fair for colored
+people held at Talladega, Ala., in November, under the auspices of
+the college. Stock, farm products, cookery, needle and fancy work,
+flowers and pictures, were brought in for exhibition. Contests were
+held in athletic sports, and in spelling, declaiming, etc., between
+students of the different schools. Several hundred white people
+attended, and showed their interest by acting as judges on the
+committees with the colored people. The fair was kept entirely free
+from all the objectionable features which so often mar our State
+fairs, and indeed was opened with prayer, and, after the addresses
+and award of premiums, closed with the Doxology.
+
+—Dr. Rust, the Corresponding Secretary of the Freedmen’s Aid
+Society of the M. E. Church, reports that its work during this
+year “has never been exceeded in any year of its history. It has
+erected more school edifices, more commodious and commanding;
+educated more teachers, prepared more ministers, led more souls to
+Christ, and set in operation more streams of elevating influence,
+done more and better work for Christ and humanity, than in any like
+period before.” The financial statement for the year ending July
+1, 1878, gives its total receipts for the year as $63,403, and
+its expenditures, mainly for salaries and board of teachers and
+educational expenses, including $3,000 paid on its debt, at the
+same. The society has aided in the establishment of five chartered
+institutions having full collegiate powers, three theological and
+two medical schools, also chartered, and ten other educational
+institutions.
+
+—Dr. Ruffner, Superintendent of Public Instruction in Virginia,
+claims that $850,000 was collected from the people and set apart
+by law for the support of the common schools, and charges that
+this, with the interest, has been diverted from its proper use and
+applied to the ordinary expenses of the State Government.
+
+—A national colored Baptist educational convention was held last
+summer at Nashville, Tenn. In an address published by them they
+offer heartfelt thanks to Northern Baptists, who alone have
+helped them to what educational facilities they have enjoyed.
+To the Southern white Baptists they are grateful for the “good
+resolutions” they have passed in favor of the black man. They
+urge the colored Baptists to support their own publishing house,
+newspaper, and the educational enterprises of the American Baptist
+Home Mission Society.
+
+—Public sentiment has almost effaced the color line in Virginia;
+given political freedom and safety in North Carolina; and created
+a powerful party of “Independents” in Georgia; and it will bring
+South Carolina to her senses in time. Moral forces require more
+time and patience than physical force.—_Christian Union_.
+
+—Two colored students of Mr. Spurgeon’s Pastor’s College, Rev.
+Messrs. Richardson and Johnson, with their wives, have left England
+as missionaries to Central Africa. They were all freed slaves from
+this country.
+
+—The Rev. Alfred Saher, English Baptist Missionary at the
+Cameroons, West Africa, has translated the Bible into the language
+of the people, and now reports upwards of 2,000 converts.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+The Indians.
+
+—Mr. Wheeler writes from Keshena Agency, Wisconsin, of the second
+successful Agricultural Fair among the Menomonees. About 200
+entries of corn and potatoes were made, with other vegetables,
+grains and grasses in abundance. The displays of woman’s work and
+of live stock were very fine. A ploughing match was held. About
+$200 was expended in premiums, voted from the tribal funds for
+that purpose. Advantage was taken of the opportunity for giving
+instruction in the arts of agriculture, and for exhorting them to
+keep their children faithfully in the schools. Such gatherings both
+prove and promote progress.
+
+—Brig. Gen. Pope reports that the late outbreak of the Cheyennes
+was caused by starvation. He says of the Indians in general: “If
+they are left with the means to go to war, as is the custom, we
+simply sleep on a volcano. Unless, therefore, ample, and above all,
+regular supplies of food can be guaranteed to the Indians, I am
+compelled, in justice to the Government and the frontier settlers,
+to ask that more troops be sent to the agencies in the Indian
+Territory, and that at least two of the posts in Western Kansas be
+largely reinforced by cavalry. I have also to ask that any Indians
+sent from the North into this department be disarmed and dismounted
+before being sent here, so that they can be placed in the same
+condition as the Indians with whom they are to live.”
+
+—Major Mizener reports more in detail:—The causes which led to the
+leaving of the Northern Cheyennes may be summed up as follows:
+They were disappointed in the country. Their rations were poor
+and entirely insufficient. They were home-sick, despondent and
+disappointed, and were anxious to get back to a country better
+known to them, and where game was to be had, while here they did
+not have enough to eat.
+
+—General Sheridan attributes our Indian wars to two classes of
+causes; the first being the constant encroachment upon the lands
+of the Indians, sacredly guaranteed to them by treaty, and the
+constant removal of the tribes to distant reservations, in which
+they are again troubled by the tide of immigration. He says no
+other nation in the world would have attempted the reduction of
+these wild tribes, and occupation of their country, with less than
+60,000 or 70,000 men.
+
+—Secretary Schurz affirms that the real cause of Indian wars has
+been the breaking of treaties. He recites an exhaustive history of
+Indian wars to show that this has been the case, and that very few
+of the wars have arisen from the maladministration of agents.
+
+—Gen. Sherman, in his annual report, declares that many of the
+Indians prefer death to agricultural toil; that to convert them
+from a nomadic into a pastoral race is the first and fundamental
+problem; that each tribe must be dealt with according to its own
+nature; that whatever department of the Government is charged with
+this work, must be intrusted with large discretion to adapt its
+measures to emergencies. He traces the Indian wars generally to
+broken promises, insufficient rations and impending starvation.
+
+—Of the joint committee to which the transfer of the Indians to
+the War Department is referred, the three members of the Senate
+are from Nebraska, Kentucky and Illinois; of the five members of
+the House, but one comes from as far East as this. The committee,
+therefore, represents communities that favor the army. It is
+understood that the Indians themselves do not desire the change;
+that the army does not want the responsibility; yet that it will
+probably be done, unless the President interferes, because the
+Indian ring desires it, and because the army makes it a point of
+honor.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+The Chinese.
+
+—The First Church in San Francisco, Dr. Stone’s, has just opened
+a new and well-appointed room in the basement for its mission and
+Chinese Sunday-school. The Petaluma Church has also enlarged its
+lecture-room for the use of its Chinese school.
+
+—As the Chinese children are not permitted to enter the San
+Francisco public schools, those who have embraced Christianity are
+taught in the Union Mission in the old Globe Hotel. The school has
+two sessions, one of which is conducted by an American lady, the
+other by Hung Mung Chung, who is a fine Chinese scholar and a man
+of much dignity and scholarly attainments, said to be a lineal
+descendant of Confucius. During the past year Hung Mung Chung was
+baptized and became a member of the Protestant Church for Chinese.
+He teaches the children the Chinese classics and the maxims and
+precepts of Confucius. Each session of the school is closed by
+singing and repeating the Lord’s Prayer—in the morning in English,
+in the afternoon in Chinese.
+
+—The San Francisco Chinamen contributed $1,200 to the yellow fever
+sufferers of the South. The sand-lot meetings have not yet reported
+the amount of their collections.
+
+—The Chinese Sunday-school in Chicago has been in existence nearly
+six months, with an average attendance of fourteen scholars. It is
+said that the number can be largely increased if teachers can be
+procured.
+
+—Rev. W. P. Paxson, Superintendent of the missionary work of the
+American S. S. Union in their Southwestern Department, says: “One
+striking event in my missionary work has been the organization of a
+Chinese Sunday-school in St. Louis.”
+
+—Mr. Ha Shan Sin was baptized last Sabbath by Rev. E. D. Murphy
+at the Immanuel Presbyterian Chapel of this city. The young man
+is about twenty-two years old, was born in San Francisco, though
+he has spent most of his life in China. This is the sixth of the
+Chinamen that have been received into the churches of this city.
+Three have been enrolled among the members of the Fourth Avenue
+Presbyterian Church, Dr. Howard Crosby’s.
+
+—The first Chinaman was admitted to citizenship in the United
+States by naturalization, last week, and we count the event an
+auspicious one just at this time. The man is Wong Ah Lee; by
+trade he is a cigar-maker, and his wife is an Irish-woman. With
+a view, mainly, to make a case which can be carried up to a
+conclusive decision from the highest court, the Judge here ruled
+that a Chinaman is either white or black, and so must come in.
+California’s ruling has been that a Mongolian is neither white or
+black, and so cannot come in.—_Congregationalist_, December 4.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+OUR QUERY COLUMN.
+
+  _Query._—South of the Ohio River the work of caring for the
+  sick falls to the colored people. During the past weeks there
+  has been greater demand for skilled nurses than for competent
+  teachers. How can A. M. A. schools prepare their students for
+  this important profession? What is the best method of instructing
+  pupils in a knowledge of the simpler details concerning the
+  proper care of the sick?
+
+                                                         TEACHER.
+
+We shall be glad to have full answers to this important inquiry
+from those who have had experience. It calls attention to a most
+important part of the teacher’s work. Meanwhile, we would suggest
+that the _Hampton Sanitary Tracts_ may be found very useful for
+distribution, or to be read to older pupils and parents. The first
+three can be obtained by addressing the “Hampton Tract Editing
+Committee,” Hampton Institute, Va. The cost is five cents apiece,
+or four dollars a hundred copies. They are entitled: No. 1, “The
+Health Laws of Moses;” No. 2, “Preventable Diseases;” No. 3, “Duty
+of Teachers.” This last seems to be exactly addressed to the case
+in hand.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+THE FREEDMEN.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
+
+Revival in Howard University.
+
+Rev. Wm. W. Patton, D.D., President.
+
+You will be glad to hear that there is much religious interest in
+our institution at the present time. It has been gradually coming
+on all the autumn, but was greatly aided by the week of prayer
+held by the Young Men’s Christian Association of the University in
+concert with other Associations. Some ten or twelve of the students
+think that they have begun the new life lately, and we look for
+further good results. This is highly encouraging, as showing that
+in addition to the educational advantages which gather around our
+location, spiritual blessings may also be received. We desire the
+prayers of all Christians that the work may be continued with
+power. Our theological students have been deeply interested in the
+meetings for prayer, and have rendered valuable aid.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+VIRGINIA.
+
+A Destitute County.
+
+The following extract from a letter by an esteemed friend in a
+central county in Virginia is suggestive of the many dark places
+throughout the South yet unreached by the school or the church:
+
+The field in this county alone is an ample one. The colored
+population of the county largely exceeds the white, and the yearly
+ratio of increase is in excess of the white. A half generation has
+passed since the era of emancipation, and it is melancholy, indeed,
+to any Christian mind and heart, to contemplate how rapidly this
+portion of the population, in the very heart of one of the oldest
+States in the Union, is crowding the broad road to perdition;
+how, in the entire absence of all organized efforts for elemental
+education and proper religious instruction, they are relapsing into
+semi-heathenism. There is not to-day a single school of any kind
+or character for them within the limits of the county (which may
+be safely estimated to contain five thousand souls of all ages and
+sexes of the colored race), except the Sabbath-school which has
+been taught by the writer.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+ALABAMA.
+
+New Church at Shelby Iron Works—Talladega a Missionary Centre.
+
+Rev. G. W. Andrews, Talladega.
+
+A Congregational church of twenty-one members was organized
+Oct. 10th, at Shelby Iron Works, Alabama. This is the fifteenth
+Congregational church planted by the A. M. A. in this State. Eight
+of them are in the vicinity of Talladega College, the most distant
+being forty miles away. They are the out-growth of the mission work
+carried on by the teachers and pupils of the college.
+
+This new church at Shelby begins its existence under most favorable
+circumstances, most of its members being present or former pupils
+of the college. All are colored people; two are preparing for the
+ministry; one has been a student at Oberlin, Ohio; one was for some
+time a resident of Hartford, Ct., and more recently of Columbus,
+Ohio, a graduate of the high school there and a former pupil here;
+one is principal of an academy of ten years’ standing at Shelby and
+a graduate from Talladega. With two or three exceptions, all of
+them have for some years been trained in our Sunday-schools. The
+Shelby Iron Company is in hearty sympathy with the movement; the
+Superintendent, himself a Methodist, coming into the preliminary
+meeting and saying publicly that the Iron Company would look with
+peculiar favor on this church should it be organized, recognizing
+as it did the necessity for more intelligent Christian instruction
+for the colored people.
+
+The sectarian walls, which in the South are built heaven-high,
+have in this particular place been badly shattered. There is no
+outspoken opposition on the part of the colored people, as in every
+other place known to me. The different denominations worship in the
+same building, the lower story being devoted to the school and the
+upper one to the churches. The Iron Company own about two-thirds of
+the building, the original cost being three thousand dollars.
+
+I suppose there are a million of dollars invested by the Shelby
+Iron Company at this place, mostly owned in the North. One owner
+is an honored member of the Centre Church, Hartford, Ct.; another,
+of the Park St. Church, Boston; another is a Massachusetts man
+well known among “iron men” both in this country and abroad. The
+Superintendent is a noble Christian man from Illinois, and was a
+colonel in the recent war. Several of the local managers are from
+the North, some are from the South. Most of the workmen, white
+and colored, who stand all day side by side, are gathered from
+the surrounding region. Here the North and South meet and learn
+to know and love each other. The Iron Company is helping to solve
+the great national problem no less truly than missionary schools
+and churches. It seems to me sometimes that its entire business
+is carried on as a kind of missionary enterprise on the broadest
+basis. Owning thirty thousand acres of land immediately about the
+“Iron Works,” it exercises wholesome restraint over all classes.
+Nothing seems to be overlooked; the church, the school, the home,
+the village morals, the town adornments and the State, are all
+cared for.
+
+Talladega College, a college only in name yet, is the rallying
+point for our missionary work in this State. It is just such a
+college as a missionary college should be, its whole work as a
+school being subordinate to the church. It is a training school,
+patterned after the missionary colleges of the American Board.
+Its grand aim is to raise up a native ministry so as to plant
+churches, and through them carry an intelligent gospel to the
+masses. We are not especially afraid that there will be any lack
+of school-teachers. With our eye fixed steadily on our missionary
+work, enough who cannot attain to the Christian ministry will
+become teachers, and they, catching the spirit of the institution,
+will become missionary teachers. It is surprising to see how this
+spirit has taken possession of our pupils. There is scarcely one
+who goes into the country to teach who does not organize his
+Sabbath-school as promptly as his day-school, and pursue it with
+even more interest. It is the first thing he reports on his return.
+Hundreds are converted by this means; Bibles, tracts, religious
+literature, and light are spread in all directions; thus are
+constantly carried forward many Sabbath-schools, and through them a
+glorious pioneer Christian work. Out of this work have grown eight
+churches, so near to the college as to be its special care, and in
+which a hundred conversions are reported for the summer just ended.
+
+Of the twenty pupils in the Theological department, all have been
+reaping in this missionary field during the summer vacation, about
+one-half as preachers. The home church takes a lively interest in
+them during their absence. Prayer is made to God without ceasing
+in their behalf, and often interested members go out to aid them
+in their revival meetings. Letters are constantly received from
+them to be read at the monthly missionary concert, and public
+thanksgiving is rendered for the good work they report. Thus is
+maintained a lively interest in Christian missions and Christian
+work.
+
+There has been an evident increase of interest in our mission
+churches about the college this summer; all but one report revivals
+of greater or less power; one reports thirty-two additions by
+confession; four report the completion of their houses of worship,
+free of debt—houses hitherto unplastered and otherwise much
+exposed, but now neat and comfortable, and everybody is happy
+over it. One is building a new house of worship unlike any of
+the others; it is built of logs, large and commodious. One poor
+fellow was so intent on pushing forward to completion his house
+of worship, that he expended all his salary for the summer, and
+then pawned his Sunday clothes. On his return to school he reports
+twenty-three conversions, his house of worship completed, but no
+money in his pocket. If ever there was a man worthy of aid, he is.
+He is now in my back-yard sawing wood. You will hear from him some
+day. These young prophets of the Lord are making rapid progress in
+the knowledge of the Bible and the system of theology, and wherever
+they go, are beginning to be recognized by all classes as well
+qualified to break the Bread of Life to their people.
+
+I am glad to report that the white people, seeing the character
+and efficiency of these young men, are coming to understand and
+appreciate our work. I believe they heartily approve what we are
+doing. I have repeatedly experienced their hospitality this summer,
+and had many conversations with them relating to our mission here.
+From the president of a well-known college, down to the poor man
+who did not know his letters, I have found nothing but approval.
+The time is not far distant when this approval will be more
+outspoken and pronounced. When the Christian men of the South and
+your missionary workers from the North understand each other, from
+that day they are one in Christian work. We bless God for this new
+feast of love. Pray that no political excitement may interrupt the
+growing good feeling.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+The Thin End of the Wedge—A First Thanksgiving Service.
+
+REV. WILLIAM H. ASH, FLORENCE.
+
+Our work here in Florence is the “thin end of the wedge,” and with
+sufficient facilities, the smiles of the Master, and patience
+in its workers, great good will result. The services are well
+attended, and sometimes the house is disagreeably filled, and we
+are without the proper means of ventilation. The members of the
+church begged me to express for them to the Association their
+sincere and heartfelt gratitude for the _new organ_ sent them; it
+has increased the interest of our services greatly. Last Thursday,
+Nov. 28, the first Thanksgiving service ever held in this place
+among the colored people was observed in our church; therefore it
+has a history in connection with our work here. I made it a union
+service, inviting the Baptists and Methodists to worship with us.
+This congregation of Baptists, Methodists, and Congregationalists
+worshipped as though Christ was the Head of the Church, instead of
+any one of the denominations present. The service was solemn and
+intelligent. It truly seemed that the Lord was in His holy temple.
+After service a gentleman of about sixty or seventy years of age
+said, “I have been here forty years, but I never heard of such a
+thing as a Thanksgiving service among the colored people.” This is
+the “dawn of a new age.” Pray for us.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+MISSOURI.
+
+Free Schools in the State.
+
+REV. J. E. ROY, D. D., FIELD SUPERINTENDENT.
+
+This noble Western State, plowed by war and sowed to freedom, is
+now coming on with harvests of temporal and moral prosperity.
+As I have been going over its territory, looking after the five
+school-houses of the Association, I have been delighted with the
+evidences of progress in the free school system. It is a great joy
+to see in these cities and towns the new, large, two-story brick
+school-houses of modern style and furnishing. The system works
+more slowly into the back settlements. But in a Kansas City paper
+I see it stated that in the country places of Jackson County there
+are _one hundred and fifty_ of these schools. At Warrensburg I saw
+the imposing three-story stone edifice of the State Normal School,
+built by that town and its county of Johnson, and now occupied by
+_four hundred_ pupils from every part of the State.
+
+Special provision is made in the law for its enforcement in behalf
+of free schools for the colored children. These are managed by
+the same school board and are supported from the same tax fund.
+These officers are compelled to provide schools wherever there are
+fifteen of such scholars in the district. If they fail to do it,
+it is the duty of the Superintendent to require it to be done. I
+met one case where the out-districts declined to co-operate with
+the Board in this matter, when only a threatened appeal to the
+Superintendent brought them to terms. I have been gratified to
+see the heartiness with which the five boards I have dealt with
+are pushing the free school system in behalf of blacks as well as
+whites. Nor have I been deceived, as some may imagine.
+
+The Lincoln Institute at the Capitol, as a Normal School for
+colored teachers, receives an annual appropriation from the State
+of $5,000. A democratic editor told me that that was considered as
+a matter of honor, and that so there was no danger of its being
+discontinued. This institution of sacred name had also a sacred
+origin. For its founding, the 62d and 65th Regiments of U. S.
+colored infantry, when discharged from service in January, 1866,
+contributed a fund of $6,379. The Freedmen’s Bureau furnished
+$8,000; the Western Sanitary Commission, $2,000; and agents Beal
+and Lane raised $2,000. The building is of brick, 60×70 feet,
+three stories high, a comely structure crowning a hill just out
+of Jefferson City. Its current catalogue enrolls 123 students. It
+is controlled by a local board, of which the Governor and State
+Superintendent are _ex-officio_ members. Revs. R. D. Foster and M.
+Henry Smith have served as principals the most of the time since
+it was opened in 1871.
+
+The Association has its five school houses at Troy, Fulton,
+Westport, Warrensburg and Lebanon. These were procured in part by
+aid from the Freedmen’s Bureau in 1867–9. They were at first run by
+teachers sent from the North, but were gradually taken up by the
+local school boards. I find them all in such use now. Three will
+probably be sold to those boards at their present low valuation.
+Two will be sold to local colored Methodist churches, as the
+schools require larger and better houses, which the authorities
+intend to build. These houses have also been used all the time as
+places of worship by the colored people. The seven or eight colored
+teachers in these schools were educated in Lincoln, Fisk, and
+kindred institutions. I have found them young people of character,
+and of tact in handling their schools. They have to be examined.
+They receive from $35 to $45 a month, about the same as white
+common-school teachers.
+
+The A. M. A. has done the work of initiation. By this tour of
+inspection I am deeply convinced of the wisdom of the A. M. A. in
+putting its strength upon Normal and Collegiate institutions, and
+so doing a wholesale business. Raise up teachers and send them back
+into the country. Raise up the men and women for the professions
+and for the higher walks of social life. That is the work.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+AFRICA.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+A CHURCH ORGANIZED AND DEDICATED AT AVERY
+
+A meeting of Counsel and Advice was convened September 29th at
+Avery Station, by order of Rev. Floyd Snelson, and, on solicitation
+of the minister in charge, Rev. A. E. Jackson, to organize and
+dedicate a church to God. Owing to our inability to reach Avery
+on Saturday in time to hold preliminary exercises, examination
+of candidates for admission, etc., this part of our duty was
+deferred till Sunday morning. This, with our other duties, made our
+programme for the day quite full.
+
+Early Sunday morning the Board met in the church to begin the
+labors of the day. The sun shone brightly, yet we could but feel
+that many round us were groping in darkness, without any clear idea
+of Him in whose image they are made. Brother Snelson was elected
+moderator, and A. P. Miller secretary. Brother Gomer, General Agent
+of Shengay Mission, who favored us with his presence, offered
+prayer. “Guide me, oh! Thou great Jehovah!” was sung.
+
+In absence of letter missive, the minister in charge gave his
+reasons why a church should be established or organized at Avery.
+He spoke of the willingness of the people to receive the story
+of the Cross; said that some came far to hear “God palaver,” and
+express their joy in being permitted so to do. Brother Hallock,
+the interpreter (native), and Brother Wise, were asked several
+questions. Their reasons were clear and very satisfactory. It seems
+evident that the industrial work at this station, which gives
+employment to many, is a means of good both to mission and people.
+It was deemed fit to organize a church at Avery, to be known as the
+Second Congregational Church of the Mendi Mission.
+
+By 11 o’clock, at the ringing of the second bell, the chapel was
+crowded with natives, for the most part in native costume. Brother
+Snelson spoke to them through an interpreter, telling them the
+object of our coming together. The candidates for admission to the
+Church were then called forward. “A charge to keep I have” was
+sung by the congregation. Prayer was offered by Brother Snelson,
+after which the missionary hymn, “From Greenland’s icy mountains,”
+was sung; and as it was being sung, each missionary, as he looked
+upon the sable congregation, could but feel that the “harvest is
+plenteous, but the laborers are few.”
+
+The roll was then called by Brother Jackson; after which the
+candidates were examined, and by vote of the Council eighteen were
+received into full membership. Some of the candidates were not
+received because of not being legally married. They were instructed
+to attend to this matter, and then they might be received into the
+church. They are to remain under watch-care until this obligation
+is met. After examination of candidates, Brother Snelson spoke to
+them about things peculiar to their country—slavery, polygamy, etc.
+The meeting was then dismissed to meet at 7 P. M. Brother Gomer,
+who has for years known our work, expressed his astonishment at
+seeing so large a congregation assembled in the house of God at
+this place, and at the good order kept throughout the exercises.
+Some of those received were old members, while others were new
+converts, among whom were three chiefs, Peah Carle, Carray Phemah,
+and Sei Lōtō. These men exercise a vast influence over their
+people, and their being reached makes the reaching of their people
+easier.
+
+The people assembled at the ringing of the second bell. “Praise
+God from Whom all blessings flow” was sung. Brother Snelson then
+led the congregation in the Lord’s Prayer. A hymn was sung, after
+which the Rev. J. Gomer offered prayer. “Alas! and did my Saviour
+bleed?” was sung. Portions of Scripture were read by A. P. Miller.
+The services of organization and dedication were combined, owing to
+want of time. Brother Snelson spoke through the interpreter, and
+told the candidates what their step meant—turning from death unto
+life. The church, too, he said, we had come together to dedicate to
+God and His service. Brother Snelson preached, choosing Luke xii.
+32, as his text—“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s
+good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” A comparison was made
+between the people to whom these words were spoken and these our
+benighted brethren. The promises of God were dwelt upon. We must
+trust in Him for salvation. The dedicatory prayer was then offered
+by Rev. A. P. Miller. A hymn was sung. The right hand of fellowship
+was given by Bro. A. E. White. The address was delivered by Rev. J.
+Gomer. The Lord’s supper was then celebrated; Brothers Gomer and
+Jackson presided. It was a solemn scene. The Doxology was sung,
+and the benediction pronounced by A. P. Miller. The meeting was
+one long to be remembered. One more stronghold is now erected in
+this land of night to tear down the powers of darkness. We have all
+reason to thank God for His blessings thus far. A better day is
+dawning for these benighted, long-neglected sons of Africa.
+
+Brother Gomer says that more laborers (colored) are wanted in his
+mission. We, too, in a work so vast, can but ask God to prepare
+such as are needed for a work so difficult.
+
+We ask the prayers of all lovers of mankind that the work
+begun here may not only succeed, but that its influence may be
+far-reaching.
+
+                             REV. FLOYD SNELSON, _Moderator_.
+                             REV. A. P. MILLER, _Secretary_.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+THE INDIANS.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+THE LATE INDIAN WAR AND CHRISTIANITY.
+
+REV. MYRON EELLS, S’KOKOMISH, WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+We have had another Indian war, and, as usual, there has been a
+cry in favor of turning the Indians over to the War Department.
+There are some, however, of us who will persist in seeing something
+favorable to Christianity and the present policy even in this war,
+and we think we have our reasons for it.
+
+I do not propose, at present, to thoroughly discuss the causes
+of the war, for I am not well enough acquainted with them to do
+so intelligently. Some will lay the blame on Government, some
+on a Christian policy, and some on the Indians. Perhaps all may
+have to bear a part. Although I believe that the Government
+has often treated the Indians wrongfully, yet a long course of
+observation has convinced me that the Indians are not all saints,
+and when the Government is often crooked, either intentionally or
+unintentionally, and two crooked sticks come together, there is
+almost always sure to be trouble.
+
+The published statements of General Crook, who is not supposed to
+be very sentimental in his feelings toward the Indians, and who was
+at the Fort Hall Agency at the beginning of the war, implicates the
+Government severely.
+
+A residence of nearly three years in Idaho, 1871–1874, in the
+very region of the war, led me to believe that very little was
+energetically done for Christianizing those Indians. This has
+been true at some Agencies. Their annual reports show that while
+the Government opened wide the doors for Christian work, when
+the present policy was adopted, and said, “We will give you
+opportunity, encouragement and aid, if you will only send the
+Indians missionaries,” yet that Christians have failed to take hold
+of the work as they ought to have done. If this was true of the
+Indians engaged in the late war, Christians may have to bear a part
+of the blame.
+
+Notwithstanding all this, some laurels have been added by the
+late war to the Christian work which has been done among the
+Indians. One “who wishes to be understood” has written a letter
+in which he speaks very harshly against the Christian workers on
+the Yakama Reservation, where Father Wilbur, of the Methodist
+Episcopal Church, has been successfully laboring for sixteen
+years. He says: “The present reservation system is a failure in
+every respect. We, who daily come in contact with the Indians,
+cannot be made to believe that prayer-books, praying generals,
+and Methodist preachers, (or any other preachers,) are a good
+safeguard against the tomahawk and the scalping-knife; and the
+pseudo-philanthropists, the Christian-mongers of the East, who
+are paying thousands to send missionaries among these barbarians,
+would do us a favor if they would keep them away; and if the U.
+S. Government would be less influenced in its conduct toward the
+Indians by the advocates of Christianity, our wives and children
+might be annually spared the sight of murdered husbands and
+fathers. So far we have been loyal, while Indians, with passes
+from Wilbur and other Agents, have been on the war-path. We have
+reliable information that some of the dead Indians found after the
+battles near Pendleton had on their persons passes from Wilbur.”
+
+Now it is probably a fact that some of the Umatilla Indians, and
+perhaps a few of the Yakamas, were engaged in aiding the enemy.
+There are always some renegade Indians connected with each tribe,
+as well as white renegades and tramps. As tribes, however, they did
+not engage in the war, and comparatively few individuals did.
+
+In the Indian war of 1855–6, before Father Wilbur went among these
+same Yakamas, they were the leading spirits, and it was the most
+wide-spread war which has ever devastated this coast. If they and
+the Umatillas had joined in this war, it would have been far more
+terrible than it has been. Inducements were not wanting to lead
+them into it. It is said on good authority that two thousand horses
+were offered them by the hostiles if they would join them, and yet
+they refused. An army officer in command of one of the battles said
+that some of those Indians did nobly in aiding our soldiers to gain
+the victory.
+
+It may be said that they had too much permanent property in homes
+and farms, to allow them to engage in the war; for they knew that
+if they should do so, they would certainly in the end lose it all.
+This is undoubtedly so; and yet when Father Wilbur went among them
+they had none of this kind of property, but only movable property
+which they could carry with them even in war, as the Bannocks have
+done. It is a fact that Christianity gave them this property.
+
+It may again be said that they were thoroughly whipped in 1855–6
+and were afraid to engage in war again. They were thus whipped, and
+the remembrance of it may, even now, do them good. But in 1862–3
+Gen. Crook, the noted Indian fighter, just as thoroughly thrashed
+the Indians in Idaho, in precisely the same region where the late
+war was carried on, and the praise of his effectual work is still
+in the mouths of the old citizens. This was seven years later than
+the Yakama war, and so much fresher in the minds of the Indians.
+No, it was evidently Christianity which prevented their joining in
+the war.
+
+Gen. Howard, too, has added new laurels to his reputation. It must
+be remembered that he is the principal one of our generals who
+has not been in favor of the transfer of the Indians to the War
+Department. This praying general has prosecuted the war with such
+vigor that the strong papers with strong arguments have sustained
+him, and almost invariably those who went with him in his rough
+marches have defended him, such as newspaper correspondents,
+scouts and the like, and the “stay at homes” have been about the
+only ones who have found fault. His recent conference with the
+Umatilla Indians since the war has shown such firmness, justice and
+Christianity as to win for him very many friends among those who
+previously opposed him, thus showing again that Christianity is
+the way of dealing with the Indians. So Christianity has won its
+laurels even in this war.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+THE CHINESE.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+“CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.”
+
+Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association.
+
+PRESIDENT: Rev. J. K. McLean, D. D. VICE-PRESIDENTS: Rev. A. L.
+Stone, D. D., Thomas C. Wedderspoon, Esq., Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon.
+F. F. Low, Rev. I. E. Dwinell, D. D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S.
+H. Willey, D. D., Edward P. Flint, Esq., Rev. J. W. Hough, D. D.,
+Jacob S. Taber, Esq.
+
+DIRECTORS: Rev. George Mooar, D. D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer, Rev. E. P.
+Baker, James M. Haven, Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, Rev. John Kimball,
+E. P. Sanford, Esq.
+
+SECRETARY: Rev. W. C. Pond. TREASURER: E. Palache, Esq.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+“THE CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN CHINESE.”
+
+Its Origin and Organization.
+
+REV. WM. C. POND, SAN FRANCISCO.
+
+Soon after our work among the Chinese began to yield results in
+souls apparently converted, I felt the necessity of banding the
+converts together for mutual fellowship, for instruction, and for
+test-work; for it seemed unwise, considering the difficulties
+under which we must labor in determining the genuineness of the
+conversions, to bring them at once to baptism and the church.
+Yet they must not be left quite outside the fold, and I proposed
+to them the organization of _The Chinese Christian Class_, into
+which any Chinese might come who, in the judgment of those already
+members of the class, had begun to believe in Christ. This class
+was to have frequent meetings for prayer and for instruction in the
+Bible; its members were to maintain a fraternal watchfulness over
+each other, and were to be baptized only when, through a probation
+of at least six months, they had proved to be steadfast and true.
+
+This class at first comprised only such Chinese as had been led
+to Christ through the work of the Third Congregational Church in
+this city, of which I was then the pastor. Afterwards it was found
+desirable to receive to membership the Chinese connected with other
+congregations, and to enlarge somewhat the scope or design of the
+class. It was therefore reorganized under its present name, but
+with the same principles and conditions of membership. Some of
+the benefits, in the way of mutual aid and protection, which the
+heathen Chinese seek to secure through their “Six Companies,” our
+Christian Chinese, who have renounced all connection with the “Six
+Companies,” gain through this Association. Its rooms are their
+places of resort; a sort of home. They have made a little beginning
+towards a library of Chinese works, mainly religious, written by
+the missionaries. The regulations of this Association, prepared by
+the Chinese, without assistance or suggestion, so far as I know,
+from any American, have been translated for me into English, and
+will be printed in full in our Annual Report. I quote here the 2d,
+3d, 6th, and 8th Articles:
+
+“2d. Any one who desires to become a member of this Association
+must forsake idolatry and all bad habits, and prove himself to be
+a follower of Christ. He must bring references from one or more
+members. His name must be brought before the Society a week before
+he can be admitted, and he is received upon a vote of two-thirds of
+the members. He must himself sign his name, and pay the sum of two
+dollars as entrance fee, and twenty-five cents every three months,
+this money being used to defray the expenses of the Association. He
+is expected to do all he can to bring in new members, and to lead
+his countrymen to Christ.”
+
+“3d. The members are expected to take part in the meetings for
+worship, giving counsel and encouragement to one another. If any
+member does wrong, he is to be kindly entreated and led back to the
+right.”
+
+“6th. If any member continue in the violation of the regulations
+of the Association, after three successive remonstrances, he must
+be expelled from the Association. If he afterwards repent and
+desire to come back, he is admitted without an entrance fee; his
+admittance depending upon the sincerity of his repentance, as
+judged by the members of the Association.”
+
+“8th. If any member desire to go back to China, he must give notice
+to the Association one month beforehand. He must not go until he
+has paid all his debts here. If he is really obliged to go before
+he can pay his debts, he must find some one who will be security
+for him.”
+
+There are now four Branch Associations, two in San Francisco, one
+in Oakland, and one in Sacramento. Each branch supports itself
+and is governed by its own officers. There are three—President,
+Vice-President, and Secretary who also acts as Treasurer. The
+statistics of these “Branches” are as follows: Oakland, 36 members,
+one expelled, five gone to China, 11 baptized; total contributions,
+$472.20, of which $117.25 was for Bible and missionary work in
+California and China. Sacramento, 14 members; contributions,
+$103.80. San Francisco, 82 members, four expelled, two gone to
+China, 10 baptized; contributions, $351.00, of which $178.00
+were for Bible and missionary work. Bethany (San Francisco), 9
+members, 3 baptized; contributions $244.50, of which $71.00 were
+for Bible and missionary purposes. There are besides these, 23
+members belonging to the Central Association, who on account of
+their places of residence are not yet identified with any “Branch,”
+so that the total membership is 164. Of these 33 were received
+the past year. The total amount contributed for all purposes was
+$1,181.50.
+
+Besides this company of 164, there are 30 or more Chinese who have
+been converted, as we hope, at Santa Barbara, San Leandro, Stockton
+and elsewhere, in connection with our schools; and besides the
+contributions above reported, there has been raised at Petaluma,
+Stockton and elsewhere, certainly not less than $100. When we
+consider the poverty of these young men, the smallness of their
+wages, the drafts made upon them for parents and others dependent
+upon them in China, then this $1,300 which they have contributed
+during the past year for the nurture of their own Christian life,
+or for the salvation of others, grows to its true proportions—in
+our view, a token of real Christian heroism.
+
+I quote the closing sentences of the statement written for me by
+the Secretary of the Association: “No death has occurred during
+the past year. Our Heavenly Father has greatly prospered us, for
+which we return Him hearty thanks. We are grateful that He has
+put into our hearts a desire to have our parents and countrymen
+in China brought to a knowledge of the Christian religion. We are
+endeavoring to open a Chapel in Chuck Hum, China, and if we only
+had means, could open as many as we desire. Most all the letters
+that are sent to China members of the Association contain something
+about the Christian religion, and urging the people at home to
+discard idols and believe in the Saviour.”
+
+
+OUR LAST MONTH’S WORK,
+
+as I reviewed it in the monthly reports, saddened me, and brought
+over me the first big _wave_ of discouragement which I have felt
+since I entered on this service. The enrolment and the attendance
+were both much less than I expected, and some of our smaller
+schools seemed ready to die. I quote from one of these reports as
+an example: “You will see that the average is very low, and I am
+afraid it will be still lower. The boys seem to have lost their
+interest in the school, and I am afraid that I am losing mine. It
+is very discouraging to me, after doing a hard day’s work (for I am
+working very hard just now), to walk three-fourths of a mile and
+then have but one or two come to the school. Thank God there are
+one or two faithful ones.” * * * “Now, Mr. Pond, I have laid the
+case before you, and I ask your prayers in behalf of this little
+school struggling to keep alive, and for the teacher also, that he
+may not weary in well-doing, but that God will help him bear this
+cross and try to save, at least, one soul.” To receive letter after
+letter like that, while it draws out one’s love and prayer for the
+writer, sets one also to asking, “Where is the Lord,” and what will
+become of our work at this rate? But before the reports were all
+in, news came that _six_, at least, during the month, had forsaken
+their idols and appeared to have become disciples of Christ, and we
+“thanked God and took courage.” Brethren, pray for us.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+RECEIPTS
+
+FOR NOVEMBER, 1878.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+  MAINE, $163.74.
+
+    Belfast. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         $3.00
+    Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of which
+      $25.55 _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._)
+      $51.97.—Second Cong. Sab. Sch. $20, _for
+      Student Aid, Atlanta U._                                71.97
+    Castine. Mrs. Lucy S. Adams. $10. (ad’l) to
+      const. REV. LEWIS J. THOMAS, L. M.—W. H. W.,
+      50c.                                                    10.50
+    Farmington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            19.07
+    Hallowell. Mrs. Flagg, $10; H. K. Baker, $5;
+      _for Printing Press, Talladega, Ala._
+      (Incorrectly ack. in Dec. number.)
+    Searsport. First Cong. Soc.                               25.00
+    Thomaston. “Matt. vi. 3”                                  10.00
+    Wells. B. Maxwell                                         15.00
+    Wilton. Cong. Ch.                                          9.20
+
+
+  NEW HAMPSHIRE, $217.75.
+
+    Amherst. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          9.00
+    Candia Village. Jona. Martin                               5.00
+    Concord. Ladies of North Ch., bbl. of C.
+    Exeter. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.
+      $27.—“Friends” in Second Cong. Ch. $12, _for
+      a Teacher_                                              39.00
+    Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               7.37
+    Keene. Mrs. Wm. W.                                         0.50
+    Kensington. “Friends” _for N. H. Memorial
+      Inst., Wilmington, N. C._                                6.70
+    Milford. Peter and Cynthia S. Burns, $30;
+      First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $23                            53.00
+    New Ipswich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of which $27.
+      _for Wilmington Memorial Inst._) $31.41;
+      Proceeds of 16th Annual Fair, held by
+      Children of Cong. Ch. $12                               43.41
+    Plainfield. Mrs. Hannah Stevens, _for N. H.
+      Memorial Inst., Wilmington, N. C._ and to
+      const. TENNY K. PAGE, L. M.                             30.00
+    Plymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              15.16
+    Thornton’s Ferry. Individuals, by Mrs. H. N.
+      Eaton                                                    4.00
+    Warner. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                 4.61
+
+
+  VERMONT, $244.22
+
+    Burlington. M. C. Torrey                                   5.00
+    Charlotte. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. JOSEPH
+      S. SHAW, L. M.                                          37.60
+    Chelsea. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                               17.00
+    Newbury. P. W. Ladd                                        5.00
+    Norwich. Mrs. S. J. Kellogg                                2.00
+    Ripton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                27.00
+    Saint Johnsbury. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Blodgett,
+      to const. REV. WILLIAM P. BENNETT, L. M.                30.00
+    Stowe. Cong. Ch. to const. ALBERT H. CHENEY,
+      L. M.                                                   43.43
+    Tunbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              2.59
+    West Enosburgh. Henry Fassett                              5.00
+    West Fairlee. Cong. Ch. $12; “A Friend” $1                13.00
+    Westford. Cong. Ch. and Society                           10.00
+    West Westminster. Cong. Ch.                               12.45
+    Windham. Cong. Ch. 12.54; Rev. D. N. Goodrich,
+      $2                                                      14.54
+    Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       19.61
+
+
+  MASSACHUSETTS, $4,329.83.
+
+    Andover. Mrs. Jonathan Poor, $15.50.—“A
+      Friend,” $4.00, _for Straight U._                       19.50
+    Berkley. Cong. Ch.                                        25.68
+    Boston. Shawmut Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($25 _of
+      which for Wilmington, N. C._)                          654.51
+    Boston. —— —— $15.00; “A Friend,” 75 c.; S. D.
+      Smith, 2 organs, val. $200                              15.75
+    Boston Highlands. Immanuel Ch. Sab. School                20.11
+    Cambridgeport. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. Pilgrim
+      Cong. Ch., $30.00, to const. Mrs. W. A.
+      WARD, L. M.; Prospect St. Cong. Sab. School,
+      $12.34                                                  42.34
+    Brimfield. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., bbl. of C.
+    Brookline. E. H. C.                                        2.00
+    Danvers Centre. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Straight
+      U._                                                     25.00
+    Dorchester. “A Friend,”                                    1.00
+    Easthampton. Payson Cong. Sab. Sch.                       50.00
+    Enfield. Edward Smith                                    200.00
+    Fitchburgh. Cal. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      158.00
+    Fitchburgh. J. A. Conn, _for Student Aid,
+      Atlanta U._                                             50.00
+    Florence. Florence Ch.                                   110.00
+    Foxborough. Cong. Sab. Sch. $5.40; W. P. P.,
+      50c.                                                     5.90
+    Framingham. Ladies of Plym. Ch., 2 bbls. of C.
+    Georgetown. Sab. Sch. Class in Memorial Ch.               10.00
+    Globe Village. Evan. Ch.                                  34.76
+    Harvard. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $27.75; Carrie S.
+      Dixon, $10, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._               37.75
+    Harwich. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 2 bbls. of C.
+      _for Marion, Ala._
+    Holbrook. Winthrop Cong. Ch.                              48.34
+    Holden. Mrs. J. T.                                         0.50
+    Jamaica Plain. Central Cong. Ch. _in part_               340.48
+    Lawrence. Central Cong. Sab. Sch. _for
+      Straight U._                                            10.00
+    Lee. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                      75.00
+    Leominster. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            23.25
+    Lexington. Hancock Cong. Church                           12.43
+    Littleton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., bbl. of C.
+    Lowell. Kirk St. Cong. Ch. (F. F. Battles)                50.00
+    Lunenburg. “Friend.”                                       5.00
+    Lynnfield Centre. Cong. Ch. (ad’l)                         0.25
+    Malden. W. A. Wilde, $25, _for bell, Atlanta,
+      Ga._; H. R. B. $1                                       26.00
+    Medfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
+      GEO. F. KERN and MISS AUGUSTA P. ADAMS, L.
+      M.’s                                                    60.00
+    Milford. Con. Sab. Sch. _for Chinese M._                  19.00
+    Millbury. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. half bbl. of
+      bedding, _for Atlanta U._
+    Myricksville Precinct. Cong. Sab. Sch.                    20.00
+    Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         110.85
+    New Bedford. Trin. Cong. Ch.                              49.74
+    Newburyport. No. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       28.27
+    Newton. Eliot Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         140.75
+    Norfolk. “Friends” $20, _for Woodbridge, N.
+      C._; Cong. Sab. Ch. $8; Cong. Ch. and Soc.
+      $6.75                                                   34.75
+    Northampton. “W.”                                        100.00
+    Northbridge. Phebe S. Marsh                                5.00
+    North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                50.00
+    Norwich. Mrs. S. J. Kellogg, pkg. of C.
+    Norwood. Mrs. H. N. Fuller                                 5.00
+    Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                          19.50
+    Peabody. South Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Straight
+      U._                                                     25.00
+    Pepperell. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             20.00
+    Phillipston. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. bbl. of C.
+    Rehoboth. Cong. Ch.                                       12.00
+    Rockport. John Parsons                                     3.00
+    Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                5.00
+    Salem. South Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Straight U._            25.00
+    Scotland. James M. Leonard                                 2.00
+    South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         10.00
+    Southampton. Cong. Ch. $14; Benj. N. Norton $3            17.00
+    Southbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                           38.55
+    Southfield. “Friends,” $1.10 and pkg. S. S.
+      books                                                    1.10
+    South Hadley. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                    34.00
+    Springfield. Memorial Ch.                                 24.48
+    Tewksbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                             41.25
+    Taunton. Winslow Ch. and Soc.                             40.81
+    Truro. Rev. E. W. N.                                       1.00
+    Westborough. Freedmen’s Mission Assn., 3 bbls.
+      of C., _one of which for Atlanta U._
+    Whitinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                       1,158.50
+    Winchendon. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.
+      $9.64; Geo. Cummings, $10                               19.64
+    Winchester. Stephen Cutter                                 5.00
+    West Newton. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.                    35.11
+    Worcester. Union Ch., $60.62; Old So. Cong.
+      Ch., $54.36                                            114.98
+
+
+  RHODE ISLAND, $198.95.
+
+    Central Falls. Cong. Ch.                                  73.95
+    Providence. “A Friend,” $100; Josiah Chapin,
+      $25                                                    125.00
+
+
+  CONNECTICUT, $893.73.
+
+    Ansonia. Cong. Ch.                                        32.00
+    Ashford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                6.00
+    Avon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                                 120.00
+    Black Rock. Mrs. J. P. Britten                             5.00
+    Colchester. Rev. S. G. Willard _for Straight
+      U._                                                     20.00
+    East Haddam. C. Higgins                                    5.00
+    East Woodstock. H. C.                                      0.25
+    Enfield. First Cong. Ch.                                  14.74
+    Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch.                               28.00
+    Georgetown. Cong. Ch.                                     12.00
+    Glastenbury. Cong. Ch.                                   150.00
+    Groton. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                   15.46
+    Guilford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                        25.00
+    Hartford. Pearl St. Cong. Ch. $86.50; Windsor
+      Ave. Cong. Ch. $27.60.—Mrs. Chas. F. Howard,
+      $25, _for Howard U._                                   139.10
+    Kensington. Cong. Sab. Sch.                                1.00
+    Lebanon. First Ch. and South Soc. $18; Betsy
+      Metcalf, $10                                            28.00
+    Meriden. Julius W. Yale                                    5.00
+    Milford. Rev. Geo. H. Griffin, $5; Albert
+      Baldwin, $5; Lucy B. Miles, $10, _for
+      Printing Press, Talladega, Ala._
+      (incorrectly ack. in Dec. number.)
+    New Canaan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            13.30
+    New Hartford. First Cong. Sab. Sch., John
+      Richard’s Bible Class, $5; Rev. F. H. Adams’
+      Bible Class, $5, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._             10.00
+    New Haven. College St. Ch. and Soc.                       20.00
+    North Granby. First Cong. Ch.                              5.35
+    Norwalk. First Cong. Ch.                                  36.86
+    Plantsville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
+      Aid, Atlanta U._                                        50.00
+    Stamford. First Cong. Ch.                                 26.52
+    Thomaston. Cong. Ch.                                      20.15
+    West Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                            20.00
+    West Meriden. H. C.                                        1.00
+    Wethersfield. Horace Savage                                2.00
+    Winchendon. Coll. by I. A. Bronson                        15.00
+    Woodbury. North Cong. Ch.                                 17.00
+    ——. “A Friend,”                                           50.00
+
+
+  NEW YORK, $877.45.
+
+    Adams Basin. L. D.                                         1.00
+    Brooklyn. J. Davenport                                    50.00
+    Buffalo. W. G. Bancroft                                  200.00
+    Clyde. ESTATE of T. Grimshaw, by A. Traver, Ex.          100.00
+    Crown Point. Second Cong. Ch.                              6.00
+    Derby. Mrs. J. B.                                          1.00
+    Franklin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              27.66
+    Hancock. Cong. Ch.                                         0.25
+    Hopkinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                              9.00
+    Ithaca. Mrs. H. Selby and others                           1.50
+    Lockport. H. W. Nichols                                    5.00
+    Madison. G. H. H.                                          0.51
+    Newark Valley. Cong. Ch.                                  26.13
+    New York. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dodge, _for
+      Student Aid, Atlanta U._, $200; E. S., 40c             200.40
+    Norwich. “A Friend,” $20; Mrs. R. A. B. $1                21.00
+    Nunda. Four Ladies of Presb. Ch., bbl. of C.
+      and $1 _for Freight_                                     1.00
+    Oriskany. A. Halsey, Mrs. L. B. Porter, and
+      Rev. S. F. Porter, $5 ea.                               15.00
+    Paris. Val. Pierce $12, Mrs. Pierce $5                    17.00
+    Penn Yan. Chas. C. Sheppard                              150.00
+    Randolph. MRS. DEMARIUS SHELDON, to const.
+      herself L. M.                                           30.00
+    Utica. Bethesda Welsh Cong. Ch.                           10.00
+    ——. “A Friend,”                                            5.00
+
+
+  NEW JERSEY, $71.
+
+    Boonton. Mrs. W. G. L.                                     1.00
+    Montclair. First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
+      Hampton Inst._                                          70.00
+
+
+  PENNSYLVANIA, $31.00.
+
+    Centre Road. J. A. Scovel                                  5.00
+    Newcastle. Mrs. J. W.                                      1.00
+    Pittsburgh. Third Presb. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
+      Student Aid, Talladega C._                              25.00
+
+
+  OHIO, $144.80.
+
+    Berea. First Cong. Ch.                                     2.50
+    Brownhelm. Cong. Ch.                                      16.80
+    Cleveland. M. H. B.                                        0.50
+    East Cleveland. Mrs. Mary Walkden                          2.00
+    Edinburg. Cong. Ch.                                       19.00
+    Hudson. Cong. Ch.                                         20.00
+    Lenox. Balance Subscription, _for Tougaloo
+      Inst._, by Nelson French                                 4.50
+    Mechanicstown. S. M.                                       1.00
+    Medina. Cong. Ch. and So., bal. to const. W.
+      F. ECCLESTON and T. E. ROWE, L. M’s.—50 cts.
+      additional for _Tougaloo U._                            15.50
+    Nelson. Dea. Harvey Pike                                   5.00
+    Rochester. Cong. Ch.                                       4.00
+    Twinsburgh. L. W. and R. F. Green                          4.00
+    Wellington. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.                      50.00
+
+
+  INDIANA, $5.00.
+
+    Kokoma. Cong. Ch.                                          5.00
+
+
+  ILLINOIS, $112.91.
+
+    Chicago. Ladies’ Miss. Soc.                                5.00
+    Delavan. R. Houghton                                       8.00
+    Evanston. Cong. Ch.                                       42.03
+    Galesburg. ESTATE Warren C. Willard, by Prof.
+      T. R. Willard                                           14.00
+    Huntley. Rev. D. C.                                        1.00
+    Kewanee. Mrs. C. E. Chapin, _for Student Aid,
+      Atlanta U._                                              5.00
+    Nora. G. W. Warner                                        10.00
+    Rantoul. Cong. Ch.                                         2.88
+    Rockford. Mrs. Penfield, _for Student Aid,
+      Talladega C._                                           10.00
+    Princeton. Mrs. J. T. Wells                               15.00
+
+
+  MICHIGAN, $497.19.
+
+    Ann Arbor. Dea. Sylvester Morris                           5.00
+    Cross Village. Mrs. A. A. C.                               0.50
+    Detroit. First Cong. Ch.                                 293.56
+    East Riverton. Mrs. J. Barnes                             10.00
+    Hudson. Individuals                                        3.50
+    Hillsdale. J. W. Ford                                      2.00
+    Jackson. Mrs. R. M. Bennett                                1.50
+    Kalamazoo. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $5.19;
+      Friends, $3.30                                           8.49
+    Lodi. Eli Benton                                          40.00
+    Olivet. Wm. J. Hickok, $10 _for Camp Nelson_,
+      $5 _for Emerson Inst._, $5 _for Indian M._
+      and $5 _for Chinese M._                                 25.00
+    Niles. Dr. James Lewis                                     5.00
+    Port Huron. First Cong. Ch.                               34.00
+    Romeo. Cong. Ch.                                          35.42
+    Saint Clair. Cong. Ch.                                    22.22
+    Vienna. Union Cong. Ch.                                   11.00
+
+
+  IOWA, $183.48.
+
+    Anamosa. Cong. Ch.                                        13.83
+    Castalia. W. H. Baker and family, to const.
+      MRS. HANNAH WILLIAMS, L. M.                             35.00
+    Davenport. Capt. A. E. Adams, _for
+      Scholarship, Talladega C._                              50.00
+    Elk River. Cong. Ch.                                       3.00
+    Iowa Falls. Cong. Ch.                                      8.00
+    Maquoketa. Missionary Soc. of Cong. Ch.                   20.04
+    Monona. Cong. Ch.                                          6.00
+    Monticello. Children’s Band                                0.20
+    Riceville. Girls’ Miss. Soc.                              10.90
+    Stacyville. Cong. Ch.                                     14.21
+    Traer. Woman’s Miss. Soc.                                 10.00
+    Waterloo. Ladies’ Miss. Soc.                              12.30
+
+
+  WISCONSIN, $29.68.
+
+    Beloit. First Cong. Ch., bale of C. _for
+      Montgomery, Ala._
+    Geneva Lake. W. H. H.                                      0.50
+    Fort Atkinson. Cong. Ch.                                  15.18
+    Waupun. Cong. Soc.                                        14.00
+
+
+  KANSAS, $3.50.
+
+    Russell. S. H. Falley                                      2.50
+    Solomon City. M. W. E.                                     1.00
+
+
+  MINNESOTA, $90.33.
+
+    Lake City. Sab. Sch. and Friends, _for
+      Straight U._                                            41.00
+    Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch.                                 19.33
+    Hawley. Adna Colburn, Sr., $20; Adna Colburn,
+      Jr., $10                                                30.00
+
+
+  WASHINGTON TERRITORY, $22.96.
+
+    S’kokomish. Cong. Ch. of Christ                           18.10
+    White River. Cong. Ch.                                     4.86
+
+
+  NEBRASKA, $5.00.
+
+    Silver. Melinda Bowen                                      5.00
+
+
+  MISSOURI. $4.00.
+
+    Warrensburg. Rent                                          4.00
+
+
+  MARYLAND, $280.00.
+
+    Baltimore. Rev. Geo. Morris, $200 _for a
+      Teacher_, and $80 _for a Student, Fisk U._             280.00
+
+
+  GEORGIA, $230.66.
+
+    Atlanta. Atlanta University                              113.00
+    Brunswick. School Children, by S. B. Morse,
+      _for Mendi M._                                           1.17
+    Savannah. Beach Inst.                                    115.60
+    Woodville. Pilgrim Ch., _for Mendi M._                     0.89
+
+
+  NORTH CAROLINA, $28.76.
+
+    Newbern. C. E. W.                                          0.50
+    Raleigh. Washington Sch.                                  25.50
+    Wilmington. Cong. Ch.                                      2.76
+
+
+  SOUTH CAROLINA, $262.66.
+
+    Charleston. Avery Inst.                                  262.66
+
+
+  CALIFORNIA, $40.00.
+
+    Oakville. A. A. Bancroft                                  40.00
+
+
+  CANADA, $15.04.
+
+    Toronto. Mrs. J. Thom ($5 _of which for Cal.
+      Chinese M._)                                            15.04
+                                                           ————————
+      Total                                                8,983.64
+    Total from Oct. 1st to Nov. 30th                     $15,835.30
+
+                                                H. W. HUBBARD,
+                                                    _Ass’t Treas._
+
+
+  RECEIVED FOR DEBT.
+
+    Amherst, N. H. L. and L. K. Melendy                     1000.00
+    East Woodstock, Conn. Rev. E. H. Pratt                     1.00
+    New Britain, Conn. Mrs. Norman Hart                       25.00
+    Wilton, Conn. Rev. S. J. M. Merwin                        50.00
+    Wilton, Conn. Miranda B. Merwin                           25.00
+    Andover, Mass. Free Cong. Ch. and Soc.                    13.00
+    Florence, Mass. “A. L. W.”                               500.00
+    Foxborough, Mass. A. L. Payson                             1.00
+    Malden, Mass. Cong. Ch. and Soc.                         159.55
+    Lakeville, Mass. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
+      MRS. CAROLINE L. WARD, L. M.                            34.11
+    Pittsfield, Mass. Second Cong. Sab. Sch.                   5.00
+    Scotland, Mass. “A Friend.”                                2.00
+    West Barnstable, Mass. Rev. B. Paine                       5.00
+    Albany, N. Y. Mrs. M. M. Learned                          25.00
+    Clifton Springs, N. Y. Mrs. Andrew Pierce                 25.00
+    Fairport, N. Y. Mrs. J. E. Howard                         25.00
+    Fairport, N. Y. Mrs. Garry Brooks                         25.00
+    New York, N. Y. ——                                        25.00
+    Penn Yan, N. Y. Mrs. D. B. Prosser                        25.00
+    Rochester, N. Y. Gen. A. W. Riley                         25.00
+    Sacketts Harbor, N. Y. Mrs. Anar H. Barnes                30.00
+    Centre Road, Penn. J. A. Scovel                            5.00
+    Belpre, Ohio. Cong. Ch.                                    5.00
+    Fort Recovery, Ohio. M. W. Diggs                           5.00
+    Paddys Run, Ohio. Sarah Wilkin                             5.00
+    Painsville, Ohio. Mrs. C. C. Beardslee                     4.00
+    Oberlin, Ohio. Pres. J. H. Fairchild                      10.00
+    Michigan City, Ind. Correction. J. C. Haddock,
+      $5. (Nov. number) should read Mrs. Clara W.
+      Peck, $5.
+    Buda, Ill. J. B. Stuart                                   10.00
+    Chicago, Ill. Prof. G. N. Boardman                         5.00
+    Geneseo, Ill. P. H. Taylor                                 5.00
+    Providence, Ill. Correction. Mrs. H. B.
+      Gulliver, $6. (Nov. number) should read “A
+      few Friends,” $6.
+    Wethersfield, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Kellogg              5.00
+    Alamo, Mich. Julius Hackley                               20.00
+    Broadhead, Wis. Mrs. W. W. Matter                          3.50
+    Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. James Baker                           5.00
+    Patch Grove, Wis. M. A. Garsich                            1.00
+    Whitewater, Wis. Mrs. R. Coburn                            1.00
+    Natal, South Africa. Mrs. Abbie T. Wilder                 10.00
+                                                           ————————
+      Total                                                2,125.16
+    Previously acknowledged in Oct. receipts               4,659.04
+                                                           ————————
+      Total                                                6,784.20
+
+
+  FOR TILLOTSON NORMAL AND COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.
+
+    Wells, Me. Mrs. B. A. Maxwell                             15.00
+    East Hartford, Conn. H. L. Goodwin                        50.00
+    Hartford, Conn. Mrs. John Olmstead                        50.00
+    Hebron, Conn. B. A. Bissell                                5.00
+    Hebron, Conn. Dea. Jasper Porter                           5.00
+    Sing Sing, N. Y. Mrs. Harriet M. Cole, to
+      const. CORNELIA M. COLE, L. M.                          30.00
+    Syracuse, N. Y. Mrs. Sarah T. Salisbury                   50.00
+    Oberlin, Ohio. Mrs. C. C. Wheat                            5.00
+    Olivet, Mich. Wm. B. Palmer                              200.00
+    ——. Individuals                                            5.00
+                                                             ——————
+      Total                                                  415.00
+    Previously acknowledged in Oct. receipts                 190.00
+                                                             ——————
+      Total                                                  605.00
+
+
+  FOR YELLOW FEVER FUND.
+
+    Thetford, Vt. Sarah J. Rugg                                2.00
+    Portland, Conn. First Cong. Ch.                           41.92
+    Andover, Mass. Chapel Ch. and Soc. $64.55 and
+      Sab. Sch. $15                                           79.55
+    Troy, N. Y. “Little Mary and Margaret Cushman
+      and Mamma.”                                              1.00
+    Orwell, N. Y. “A few Friends in Cong. Ch.,” by
+      Rev. F. N. Greeley                                      12.00
+    Orange, N. J. Trinity Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.                 10.00
+    Tabor, Iowa. Cong. Ch.                                     6.40
+                                                             ——————
+                                                             152.87
+    Previously acknowledged in Oct. receipts                 154.17
+                                                             ——————
+      Total                                                  307.04
+
+
+  ENDOWMENT FUND.
+
+    Norwood, Mass. ESTATE of Samuel Morrill, by
+      Edward H. Morrill, Ex.                                 500.00
+
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+
+The American Missionary Association.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+AIM AND WORK.
+
+To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with
+the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted its
+main efforts to preparing the FREEDMEN for their duties as citizens
+and Christians in America and as missionaries in Africa. As closely
+related to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted CHINESE
+in America, and to co-operate with the Government in its humane
+and Christian policy towards the INDIANS. It has also a mission in
+AFRICA.
+
+
+STATISTICS.
+
+CHURCHES: _In the South_—In Va. 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2;
+Ga., 12; Ky., 7; Tenn., 4; Ala., 13; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2;
+Texas, 5. _Africa_, 1. _Among the Indians_, 1. Total 66.
+
+INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE
+SOUTH.—_Chartered_: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega Ala.;
+Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.;
+and Austin, Texas, 8. _Graded or Normal Schools_: at Wilmington,
+Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Macon, Atlanta, Ga.;
+Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn., 11. _Other
+Schools_, 18. Total 37.
+
+TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.—Among the Freedmen,
+231; among the Chinese, 17; among the Indians, 17; in Africa, 14.
+Total, 279. STUDENTS—In Theology, 88; Law, 17; in College
+Course, 106; in other studies, 7,018. Total, 7,229. Scholars,
+taught by former pupils of our schools, estimated at 100,000.
+INDIANS under the care of the Association, 13,000.
+
+
+WANTS.
+
+1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with
+the growing work in the South. This increase can only be reached by
+_regular_ and _larger_ contributions from the churches—the feeble
+as well as the strong.
+
+2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational
+institutions, to accommodate the increasing numbers of students;
+MEETING HOUSES, for the new churches we are organizing;
+MORE MINISTERS, cultured and pious, for these churches.
+
+3. HELP FOR YOUNG MEN, to be educated as ministers here
+and missionaries to Africa—a pressing want.
+
+Before sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A.
+office, as below.
+
+  NEW YORK      H. W. Hubbard, Esq., 56 Reade Street.
+  BOSTON        Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Room 21, Congregational House.
+  CHICAGO       Rev. Jas. Powell, 112 West Washington Street.
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+_The “American Missionary” is printed and circulated for the
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+Ditto marks in tables were replaced with the text they represent in
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+<div>
+<p class="float-left smcap">Vol. XXXIII.</p>
+<p class="float-right">No. 1.</p>
+</div>
+
+<h1><span class="small">THE</span><br />AMERICAN MISSIONARY.</h1>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<div class="wrap"><p class="centerline">“To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.”</p></div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<div class="wrap"><p class="centerline xlarge">JANUARY, 1879.</p></div>
+
+<div class="wrap"><h2><i>CONTENTS</i>:</h2>
+
+<div class="center">
+<table class="toc" summary="Table of Contents">
+  <tr>
+    <td class="conthead" colspan="2">EDITORIAL.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">Our Outlook for 1879</td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_1">1</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">Our Appeal for the New Year</td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_2">2</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">The Lord’s Work and the Lord’s Coming</td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">The London Union Missionary Conference</td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">Political Progress of the Freedmen:
+      <span class="chaplinen">Rev. M. E. Strieby</span></td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_4">4</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">These My Brethren</td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_6">6</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">Five Tests of American Civilization:
+      <span class="chaplinen">Prof. C. D. Hartranft, D. D.</span></td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_7"> 7</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">Return of Rev. Floyd Snelson</td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">Items From The Churches</td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">General Notes</td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_11">11</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">Our Query Column</td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE FREEDMEN.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">District of Columbia—
+      <span class="chaplinen">Revival in Howard University</span></td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">Virginia—
+      <span class="chaplinen">A Destitute County</span></td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">Alabama—
+      <span class="chaplinen">New Church at Shelby Iron Works—Talladega a Missionary Centre</span></td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">Florence—
+      <span class="chaplinen">Thin End of the Wedge—First Thanksgiving Service</span></td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">Missouri—
+      <span class="chaplinen">Free Schools in the State</span></td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="conthead" colspan="2">AFRICA.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">The Mendi Mission—
+      <span class="chaplinen">A Church Organized and Dedicated at Avery</span></td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE INDIANS.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">The Late Indian War and Christianity:
+      <span class="chaplinen">Rev Myron Eells</span></td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="conthead" colspan="2">THE CHINESE.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="chapline">Congregational Association of Christian Chinese:
+      <span class="chaplinen">Rev. W. C. Pond</span></td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="toc-chapter pp2">RECEIPTS</td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_24">24</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="toc-chapter">WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, ETC.</td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td class="toc-chapter">PLEASE READ, THINK, COPY AND MAIL</td>
+    <td class="linenum"><a href="#Page_28">28</a></td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<div class="center">
+NEW YORK:<br />
+Published by the American Missionary Association,<br />
+<span class="smcap">Rooms, 56 Reade Street</span>.
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<p class="center">Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance.</p>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="full" />
+
+<div class="article">
+<h2>American Missionary Association,</h2>
+
+<p class="center">56 READE STREET, N. Y.</p>
+
+<hr class="quarter" />
+
+<p class="center p1 small">PRESIDENT.</p>
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Hon. E. S. TOBEY</span>, Boston.</p>
+
+<div>
+<p class="position">VICE-PRESIDENTS.</p>
+
+<table><tr><td class="tdpr">
+Hon. <span class="smcap">F. D. Parish</span>, Ohio.<br />
+Hon. <span class="smcap">E. D. Holton</span>, Wis.<br />
+Hon. <span class="smcap">William Claflin</span>, Mass.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">Stephen Thurston</span>, D. D., Me.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">Samuel Harris</span>, D. D., Ct.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Wm. C. Chapin</span>, Esq., R. I.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">W. T. Eustis</span>, D. D., Mass.<br />
+Hon. <span class="smcap">A. C. Barstow</span>, R. I.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">Thatcher Thayer</span>, D. D., R. I.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">Ray Palmer</span>, D. D., N. Y.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">J. M. Sturtevant</span>, D. D., Ill.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">W. W. Patton</span>, D. D., D. C.<br />
+Hon. <span class="smcap">Seymour Straight</span>, La.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Horace Hallock</span>, Esq., Mich.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">Cyrus W. Wallace</span>, D. D., N. H.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">Edward Hawes</span>, Ct.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Douglas Putnam</span>, Esq., Ohio.<br />
+Hon. <span class="smcap">Thaddeus Fairbanks</span>, Vt.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Samuel D. Porter</span>, Esq., N. Y.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">M. M. G. Dana</span>, D. D., Minn.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">H. W. Beecher</span>, N. Y.<br />
+Gen. <span class="smcap">O. O. Howard</span>, Oregon.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">G. F. Magoun</span>, D. D., Iowa.<br />
+Col. <span class="smcap">C. G. Hammond</span>, Ill.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Edward Spaulding</span>, M. D., N. H.<br />
+<span class="smcap">David Ripley</span>, Esq., N. J.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">Wm. M. Barbour</span>, D. D., Ct.
+</td>
+
+<td>
+Rev. <span class="smcap">W. L. Gage</span>, Ct.<br />
+<span class="smcap">A. S. Hatch</span>, Esq., N. Y.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">J. H. Fairchild</span>, D. D., Ohio<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">H. A. Stimson</span>, Minn.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">J. W. Strong</span>, D. D., Minn.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">George Thacher</span>, LL. D., Iowa.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">A. L. Stone</span>, D. D., California.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">G. H. Atkinson</span>, D. D., Oregon.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">J. E. Rankin</span>, D. D., D. C.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">A. L. Chapin</span>, D. D., Wis.<br />
+<span class="smcap">S. D. Smith</span>, Esq., Mass.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Peter Smith</span>, Esq., Mass.<br />
+Dea. <span class="smcap">John C. Whitin</span>, Mass.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">Wm. Patton</span>, D. D., Ct.<br />
+Hon. <span class="smcap">J. B. Grinnell</span>, Iowa.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">Wm. T. Carr</span>, Ct.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">Horace Winslow</span>, Ct.<br />
+Sir <span class="smcap">Peter Coats</span>, Scotland.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">Henry Allon</span>, D. D., London, Eng.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Wm. E. Whiting</span>, Esq., N. Y.<br />
+<span class="smcap">J. M. Pinkerton</span>, Esq., Mass.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">F. A. Noble</span>, D. D., Ct.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Daniel Hand</span>, Esq., Ct.<br />
+<span class="smcap">A. L. Williston</span>, Esq., Mass.<br />
+Rev. <span class="smcap">A. F. Beard</span>, D. D., N. Y.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Frederick Billings</span>, Esq., Vt.<br />
+<span class="smcap">Joseph Carpenter</span>, Esq., R. I.
+</td></tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<p class="position">CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.</p>
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Rev. M. E. STRIEBY</span>, D. D., <i>56 Reade Street, N. Y.</i></p>
+
+<p class="position">DISTRICT SECRETARIES.</p>
+
+<div class="center">
+  <span class="smcap">Rev.</span> C. L. WOODWORTH, <i>Boston</i>.<br />
+  <span class="smcap">Rev.</span> G. D. PIKE, <i>New York</i>.<br />
+  <span class="smcap">Rev.</span> JAS. POWELL, <i>Chicago</i>.<br />
+<br />
+  EDGAR KETCHUM, <span class="smcap">Esq.</span>, <i>Treasurer, N. Y.</i><br />
+  H. W. HUBBARD, <span class="smcap">Esq.</span>, <i>Assistant Treasurer, N. Y.</i><br />
+  <span class="smcap">Rev.</span> M. E. STRIEBY, <i>Recording Secretary</i>.<br />
+</div>
+
+<p class="position">EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.</p>
+
+<table><tr>
+<td class="tdpr">
+  <span class="smcap">Alonzo S. Ball</span>,<br />
+  <span class="smcap">A. S. Barnes</span>,<br />
+  <span class="smcap">Edward Beecher</span>,<br />
+  <span class="smcap">Geo. M. Boynton</span>,<br />
+  <span class="smcap">Wm. B. Brown</span>,
+</td>
+<td class="tdpr">
+  <span class="smcap">Clinton B. Fisk</span>,<br />
+  <span class="smcap">A. P. Foster</span>,<br />
+  <span class="smcap">E. A. Graves</span>,<br />
+  <span class="smcap">S. B. Halliday</span>,<br />
+  <span class="smcap">Sam’l Holmes</span>,
+</td>
+<td class="tdpr">
+  <span class="smcap">S. S. Jocelyn</span>,<br />
+  <span class="smcap">Andrew Lester</span>,<br />
+  <span class="smcap">Chas. L. Mead</span>,<br />
+  <span class="smcap">John H. Washburn</span>,<br />
+  <span class="smcap">G. B. Willcox</span>.
+</td></tr>
+</table>
+
+<p class="center p1 small">COMMUNICATIONS</p>
+
+<p class="center">relating to the business of the Association may be addressed to
+either of the Secretaries as above; letters for the Editor of the
+“American Missionary” to Rev. Geo. M. Boynton, at the New York
+Office.</p>
+
+<p class="center p1 small">DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS</p>
+
+<p>may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, when
+more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational
+House, Boston, Mass., 112 West Washington Street, Chicago, Ill.
+Drafts or checks sent to Mr. Hubbard should be made payable to his
+order as <i>Assistant Treasurer</i>.</p>
+
+<p>A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member.</p>
+
+<p>Correspondents are specially requested to place at the head of each
+letter the name of their Post Office, and the County and State in
+which it is located.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[1]</a></p>
+<hr class="full" />
+</div>
+
+<div class="article">
+<p class="center">THE</p>
+
+<p class="center xxlarge">AMERICAN MISSIONARY.</p>
+
+<hr class="full top" />
+
+<div>
+<div class="third" style="padding-left: 2%"><span class="smcap">Vol. XXXIII.</span></div>
+<div class="third center">JANUARY, 1879.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </div>
+<div class="third right">No. 1.</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="full bottom" />
+
+<p class="center xlarge"><b>American Missionary Association.</b></p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<h3>OUR OUTLOOK FOR 1879.</h3>
+
+<p>The review of our last year’s work has been so recently and
+so fully given in connection with the annual meeting of the
+Association, that it is scarcely needful for us to ask our readers
+to join us in another survey of what has already been accomplished.
+It is more fitting, as we stand upon the threshold of the new year,
+to ask what are the signs of the times, and what the demands of the
+work before us.</p>
+
+<p>There are still dark clouds in the Southern sky. A mere granting
+of civil and political rights by formal enactment is of small
+importance unless the rights themselves are honestly allowed and
+faithfully accepted. The adjustment of alleged wrongs we must leave
+to politicians if not to statesmen, and to courts of law if not
+of justice. Our work, obscure and remote as it may seem, is more
+fundamental and important than that of either Congresses or courts.
+For by whatever defences the Freedman may or may not be surrounded,
+the only safeguard of his rights must be in his fitness to exercise
+and his ability to maintain them. It is for us, through all the
+changes of the year, to keep steadily to our work. It is not
+checked because the winter is upon us; nor will it be over when the
+summer comes. It is not for this year’s harvesting alone that we
+are working; we are sub-soiling and so laboring for the permanent
+reclamation of these vast fields. We believe that more depends
+upon the moral and intellectual elevation of the Freedmen of our
+land, not only in regard to their welfare, but in regard to the
+great questions of which they are only a factor, than upon anything
+which can be done for them by legislative enactment or military
+power. We purpose, then, to press on with the school and the
+church. Intelligence and virtue are the Jachin and Boaz, the two
+great pillars of the porch of the Temple of American citizenship
+and liberty. While it rests on anything else, it is uncertain and
+unsafe.</p>
+
+<p>Our lesser work at home among the Indians and Chinese will demand
+the same moderate but constant share of our attention as before.
+Our connection with the six Indian Agencies, through the Interior
+Department, is not a matter of expense, but mainly of time and
+care. If we shall be relieved from that, our missionary work will
+still remain and may be enlarged. And though the immigration of
+Chinamen has been checked to some degree, and their interest in
+learning English has been abated by the abuse they have received,
+the work has been, and is yet, too fruitful of good to be given up.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[2]</a></p>
+
+<p>Our African mission has passed through one year under its new
+organization, with apparent prosperity and success. We shall need
+to strengthen its forces before long. We shall want both the men
+and the means.</p>
+
+<p>There is work enough in our outlook and encouragement to do it. We
+would remind our readers as well as ourselves, that the year which
+is most full of sacrifice and service for the Master, is most sure
+of all to be <em>A Happy New Year</em>.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<h3>OUR APPEAL FOR 1879.</h3>
+
+<p>Our friends are thoroughly informed of the fact that our debt of
+late has been rapidly diminishing. We are sorry to say that <em>the
+same thing is true of our income</em>. That, too, has been growing
+less. We learn that this is true, also, of our sister societies.
+They, also, have noticed a falling off in their revenues. We do
+not like to make much ado over our troubles; but we have been very
+frank in acknowledging our mercies, and we owe it to the work, and
+to those who sustain it, to tell them our perplexities as well.</p>
+
+<p>Our receipts for the last two months have been very inadequate
+for the work we have in hand. What does this mean to us with this
+outlook for 1879? Does it signify withdrawal from fields already
+under cultivation? Already the Executive Committee have had under
+serious advisement two cases, in which it was necessary either
+to stop fruitful work at important points or spend a little more
+money. Retrenchment is easier to talk of than to accomplish. It
+costs as much sometimes to stop as to go on. A temporary suspension
+is sometimes more expensive than continuous work. Our teachers are
+engaged and our buildings are prepared for the year. Shall we stop
+the whole machinery of a great factory to save the price of the gas
+which lights it? That would be ruinous economy indeed.</p>
+
+<p>But we do not seriously believe that the friends of the three most
+needy races on our continent have lost heart, or hope, or means, to
+carry out the generous plans they have devised. These last months
+of 1878 have been trying alike to them and to us. Our plea is only
+this, that, with the new year (if the debt be not by that time
+altogether a thing of the past), there may be a fresh and final
+attack upon that enemy of our peace; and more even than this, that
+there may be a fuller and a steadier flow of the Lord’s money into
+our treasury for the wants of the work of 1879.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p class="intro">We are happy to say that a goodly number of ladies whom we have
+asked to assume the responsibility of raising a share of $25,
+towards the payment of our debt, have replied favorably. The
+following extract from a letter sent us by one who has been
+abundant in her efforts for the Freedmen, indicates the enthusiasm
+and thankfulness with which some of the ladies respond:</p>
+
+<p>Your kind letter of November 26th found me watching in the sick
+room of my brother; but my heart went right up to God in gratitude
+that I was not forgotten by the officers of the A. M. A., and that
+they still think I can do something to help on this great work. I
+have never ceased to be interested in the work in all its length
+and breadth, and to do what little I can for it. The debt has
+occupied much of my thought. I have wanted to do something to help
+pay it beyond the little I could give myself. Now that I can go out
+under your guardianship, I will be one of two hundred to raise one
+share ($25), and as much more as I can. I am sure the debt will
+soon be paid. There should be no lack of funds to carry on this
+work. It is very strange our <em>nation</em> cannot see it and feel it
+too.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[3]</a></p>
+
+<p class="intro">An old and faithful friend from Sag Harbor, N. Y., sends us thirty
+dollars to make a life member. At the same time he asks us to star
+the names of his two oldest children, who were among the first of
+the twenty whom he has thus added to our list. They have gone up
+higher. He concludes thus:</p>
+
+<p>I was much interested in reading the article in December number,
+page 387, “Students Want to ‘Batch’—Who will Help?” I would like
+for my $30 to go to assist in building one of those $100 houses.
+Can’t you get some one to add the other $70, and put up one of
+those dwellings for those scholars who are so anxious to get an
+education to teach and to preach?</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<h3>THE LORD’S WORK AND THE LORD’S COMING.</h3>
+
+<p class="intro">One of our friends, (Rev. T. S. Robie, North Carver, Mass.,) who
+was at our annual meeting at Taunton, remembering doubtless that
+the Prophetic Conference was in session during the same days in New
+York City, puts the two things together thus:</p>
+
+<p>One comes from a meeting like that, through which glimpses are
+caught of opportunities for work, of openings by the Unseen Hand
+into spheres of service which stretch out into the future beyond
+the range of our human vision, with the overwhelming conviction
+that the Lord isn’t just at present to stop the wheels of this
+world. It is not <em>like</em> the Lord to give such problems to His
+people, which are pressing upon this Christian nation today with
+such power, and which demand time for their solution, and then
+to cut the Gordian knot by the sword of His “coming,” as if He
+had met with a tangled question which He himself could not untie.
+The red, blue and white and black marble, which Divine Providence
+has brought into this land, tell of a building of God grander
+than any Persian palace, the foundations of which seem to be just
+being laid, rather than the completion thereof to be nigh at
+hand. The vastness of the preparation points to the magnificence
+of the Lord’s dominion in the hearts and over the lives of men.</p>
+
+<p>The Book of God’s Providence is as much inspired as the Bible
+itself. And whoever studies the former as prayerfully as the
+latter, must labor hard to stifle the feeling that the clock of
+earth, instead of getting ready to stop, is being wound up to
+keep good time for a thousand years, as a prelude to that perfect
+righteousness which shall dwell forever on the new earth and
+beneath the new heavens.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<h3>THE LONDON UNION MISSIONARY CONFERENCE.</h3>
+
+<p>The London Union Missionary Conference was held in November. The
+Congregational churches of America were represented by Dr. Clark
+of the American Board, and Dr. O. H. White of the Freedmen’s Aid
+Society, of London, who also represented the American Missionary
+Association, to which the F. A. Society is auxiliary. The last
+gathering of the kind in England was in 1860, at which one
+hundred and twenty-six delegates assembled. The sessions were
+mainly private, the societies represented were chiefly British,
+and plans were discussed rather than achievements reported. This
+later meeting was somewhat different in its character. Six hundred
+delegates were in attendance from various lands and denominations
+of Christians. It was not so much a conference on methods as a
+comparison of results. The sessions of the week were apportioned
+to the work in the various lands. A great mass of information was
+collected, which will doubtless be more impressive and complete in
+the volume of proceedings to be published, than it could have been
+in the hearing.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[4]</a></p>
+
+<p>The character of the meetings may be inferred from the following
+sketch of the time devoted to the “Dark Continent,” in which we
+are especially interested. We copy from the correspondent of
+the <cite>Christian Union</cite>: “Two sessions on Tuesday were devoted to
+Africa and its many tribes. An Irish peer, the Earl of Cavan,
+presided, and the attendance of delegates and friends was large.
+Dr. Underhill, of the Baptist Missionary Society, discoursed on
+the benefits of emancipation, and showed what an important bearing
+the evangelizing of the negro race must have on the conversion of
+all West Africa. Sir Fowell Buxton, the son of the great advocate
+of emancipation forty years ago, described the three schemes now
+being carried out for planting new missions on the three great
+lakes of Central Africa. Dr. Stewart, of the Free Church Mission
+at Livingstonia, on Lake Nyassa, described the principle and
+the plan of the missionary institution at Lovedale, in the Cape
+Colony, which he has managed for several years. This is a model
+institution, with industrial as well as educational and theological
+departments; and is just the thing which the native tribes of South
+Africa need for their enlightenment. Dr. Lowe, the Secretary of the
+Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society, also read an admirable paper
+on the work, methods and usefulness of medical missions generally.
+Several of the medical missionaries who have recently gone out to
+Africa were Dr. Lowe’s pupils.</p>
+
+<p>“Among the effective speakers on these African missions were
+Dr. Waugemann, of Berlin, who described the work of the Berlin
+Society, especially in the Transvaal; Dr. White, of the Freedmen’s
+Aid Mission; the Rev. E. Schrenck, of Basle, who spoke of work
+in Ashantee; and the Rev. Dr. Moffat, who told the Conference
+about his Bechuanas, and of course with his strong gray hair and
+his eighty-three years of age and sixty-two years of service for
+Christ, received an ovation at its hands. The noble presence and
+the stirring words of the grand old man on the African day were a
+striking feature in the meetings of the Conference.”</p>
+
+<p>Such gatherings must help on the cause of Christian comity in
+missions, as well as broaden the views of all who are engaged
+in working the field under their hands. It is well to look up
+sometimes from our own furrow, even if we have to stop ploughing
+for a little, that we may realize that the field is the world, and
+that the harvest belongs to one Master.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<h3>THE POLITICAL PROGRESS OF THE FREEDMEN.</h3>
+
+<p class="secauth">BY REV. M. E. STRIEBY.</p>
+
+<p>Was it wise to give the ballot to the ex-slaves? The answer that
+came in the hour it was given, from the Congress that gave it,
+from the Northern people that sustained it, and from the colored
+people that enjoyed it, was an emphatic and enthusiastic “Yes!”
+The answer that came at that hour from the Southern white man was
+in a suppressed voice, and was an execration hissed out between
+grinding teeth. Since that hour the voice of the Southern white
+man has grown firmer, and, as it came up from misgoverned South
+Carolina and Louisiana, has rounded out into a full-toned “No!”
+Nay, more, it has been re-echoed from the North, and recently with
+special emphasis from the lips of one of the purest Christian
+scholars on the heights of Christian learning in New England. What
+answer do I give? Unhesitatingly, “Yes!” I say nothing about the
+mere party reason given either then or since, for I do not write
+as a partisan. I put the wisdom of the ballot on more substantial
+grounds.</p>
+
+<p>1. It saved the Freedmen from being again reduced to slavery.
+Vagrant laws<a class="pagenum" name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</a> were passed, which confined them to the plantations
+on which they had engaged to work, the end of which would have been
+a serfdom attaching them to the soil. The ballot saved them from
+this.</p>
+
+<p>2. It gave the Freedmen and the South a free school system—a
+greater boon than Southern legislation ever gave them before—a
+boon without which all else would have been well-nigh in vain.
+That system was modeled after the best patterns at the North, and
+although it has been somewhat modified and enfeebled in practical
+operation, is yet a solid corner-stone in the foundation of the new
+superstructure which the South is rearing.</p>
+
+<p>3. The ballot gave the Freedman a sense of self-respect, and
+commanded for him the respect of others. To him it was an education
+and an inspiration. It gave him the standing of a man among men,
+and prompted him to become worthy of his position. It was a power
+to him in the early days of his freedom, when he needed every help
+to sustain him in that freedom; and to-day, though it is held in
+check and almost useless, yet it is a slumbering giant, and is
+watched with respectful caution by the whites. For who can tell
+what such a slumbering power might do if aroused?</p>
+
+<p>At present the black voter is politically conquered. The “white
+man’s government” is established, and it is the purpose of the
+white man that it shall remain so. This has been easily attained in
+the States where the white majority is undoubted. In the few States
+where the blacks are in the majority, the white man is determined
+to rule, peaceably if he can, forcibly if he must. The Chisholm
+murder and the Hamburg massacre are but samples of the methods
+that will be resorted to if the effort is pushed persistently
+to restore the supremacy of the black man in politics. When we
+remember how that supremacy in those States was abused, how can we
+ask the restoration if the abuse must again follow? The problem
+is difficult. It can be solved only by one formula. The black
+man must be protected in his political rights, and he must be so
+enlightened as to use and not abuse those rights. There will be no
+permanent advantage from a mere partisan triumph of the black man.
+If achieved, as matters now stand, bayonets will again be needed to
+sustain it, and will become once more a source of angry discussion
+at the North and of concentrated bitterness at the South. The
+experiment may again be necessary; but a far better thing should be
+speedily, steadily and efficiently pushed forward—the training of
+the colored voter for an intelligent and responsible manhood and
+citizenship.</p>
+
+<p>If every colored voter could be accompanied to the polls by a file
+of soldiers armed with muskets, his ballot would represent the
+musket and not the man. But if he becomes a property owner, with
+all the interest in the welfare of the community which property
+gives; if he is educated and can take an <em>intelligent</em> interest
+in the welfare of the community; and if he acquires a weight of
+character that challenges respect, he will need no soldiers to
+guard him to the polls, and his vote will represent the man and not
+the musket.</p>
+
+<p>When the black man shall reach such a position he conquers
+caste-prejudice and wipes out the color-line in politics. Color is
+significant only as it represents condition. Change the condition
+and the color is of no consequence. With that change the white and
+black men at the South will divide on politics as white men do at
+the North, from differing views as to the best measures to promote
+public weal.</p>
+
+<p>Look on this picture: An armed and organized mob is breaking up a
+political gathering of the blacks and their friends, and in the
+background are the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a> overawed Freedmen retiring from the polls.
+Look, also, on this picture: A company of United States soldiers
+are keeping guard over a body of legislators, mostly black, who,
+with reckless rascality, are squandering the public funds, to
+the ruin of the State and the disgrace of the nation. Turn not
+from these pictures with indifference, for they are no fancy
+sketches; nay, face them, for the history of at least two States
+of this Union is liable to be a perpetual oscillation between the
+two. But now look on this picture: A colored man is tilling his
+land, adorning his home, and gathering around him the refinements
+of life. Near by is the school-house, where his children, with
+hundreds of others, are receiving the instruction of skilful
+teachers, and not far off is the church edifice where that man and
+his neighbors worship God under the ministration of a well educated
+and pious minister.</p>
+
+<p>Which picture do we choose, not as a matter of artistic preference,
+but as the practical model for patriotic work? The only safety is
+to extend that last picture till it shall cover the whole canvas
+and blot out the other two. In that way only can a life and death
+struggle between two irreconcilable forces be avoided.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<h3>“THESE MY BRETHREN.”</h3>
+
+<p>In the Saviour’s great “Inasmuch” there is the power of
+personality. “I was an hungered; I was thirsty; I was naked; I was
+a stranger; I was sick; I was in prison.” It was Christ in the
+person of these suffering and lowly ones; and service done to them
+was done to Him. He might well have stopped there. But the marvel
+of His personal identification with them is in the relationship
+which He claims between Himself and them—“<em>these my brethren</em>.”
+Oh, the touching condescension to name them by this title! What
+we do for these humble and desolate ones we are not only doing
+for our Lord, but for the brethren of our Lord. He takes it as a
+special favor to Himself. And this service is graduated to the
+lowest capacity—it is service done to only <em>one</em> of the <em>least</em> of
+these. The standard is not that we should serve the mass of these
+His brethren, but any one of them, according to the measure of our
+ability, even down to a single act done to one of them in the right
+spirit and as a revelation of a character in which we delight. Then
+the obligation runs up to as great a number as our opportunity and
+our ability may reach.</p>
+
+<p>The intervention of organic efficiency greatly multiplies the
+duty and the privilege of the individual. The American Missionary
+Association, as has been potently said, is set for the care of the
+three despised races in our country. Though the Indian and the
+Negro and the Chinaman are the objects of prejudice and violence
+and injustice and hatred on the part of our people, nevertheless
+Christ speaks of them as among “these my brethren;” and the prayers
+and the sympathy, and the service and the giving of substance
+in their behalf He counts as rendered to Him. This organization
+cannot discharge any one’s personal duty, but its instrumentality
+is offered to all who would use it in the discharge of individual
+obligation to Christ and to His brethren. Its opportunities belong
+to all who would use them, and by these a single Christian may
+reach not only “unto one of the least of these,” but unto many.</p>
+
+<p>At the Great Day, when the Master shall surprise you, humble
+Christian, with a benediction for service rendered to His brethren
+among these despised ones, and you deprecatingly answer, <em>when</em>
+and <em>where</em>, His revealing response may be—<em>when</em> you reached them
+with your prayers and your substance through that Association which
+offered you its means of operation. And surely all its workers
+among<a class="pagenum" name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a> these outcast peoples, in the ostracism and opposition
+and hatred which confront them, may even in this life have their
+abundant recompense in this, that they are serving those whom the
+Master owns as “these my brethren.”</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<h3>FIVE TESTS OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION.</h3>
+
+<h4>Notes of an Address at the Annual Meeting.</h4>
+
+<p class="secauth">BY PROF. C. D. HARTRANFT, D. D. HARTFORD, CONN.</p>
+
+<p>(1.) The Indians, the Negroes and the Chinese I regard as the
+divinely appointed agents by which the principles that underlie
+American civilization are to be finally tested. Every utterance
+on the Fourth of July, from the Declaration of Independence till
+this hour, has made the <em>right of asylum</em> a pre-eminent feature
+of American civilization. So whenever a man has been impelled by
+the dictates of his conscience to leave his native land and seek
+a foreign shore, that he might not be compelled to live in false
+alliance with the Church and worship God in a way he did not elect;
+whenever a man, full of noble impulses, has felt the hopelessness
+of his life, so far as any ambitious scheme was concerned; or the
+education of his children—a man feeling the tyranny of continuous
+labor, without the possibility of accumulation—this man has ever
+been gladly welcomed to America. So the Puritan, so the Huguenot,
+so the Dutchman, so the Lutheran—whatever a man’s religious
+training, America has given him hearty greeting. Even the atheist
+and the infidel have found a refuge under the folds of this flag.
+America has welcomed them to the shadow of her pines and palmettoes
+and to her golden Pacific. But what a niggardly right of asylum
+does she give to the poor Negro, as he is emancipated from his
+bonds; and to the wretched Indian, whom she shuts up in Western
+territories; and, most of all, to the poor Chinaman, as he comes
+from his joss-house, with the instincts of a higher civilization
+impelling him from the stagnation of centuries to the shores of the
+Pacific!</p>
+
+<p>It behooves us to inquire whether this precious right of asylum is
+to be denied to the weaker races; whether we are going to lose this
+peculiar feature of our nation, that throws its broad land open to
+the world. Is it not true now, as in the past, that this is a vast
+sanctuary, and that if a man lays hold of the horns of its altar,
+there shall be nothing to drag him from his possession of freedom?
+He stands on holy ground. In the British islands, the races that
+have appeared in its history have been amalgamated—welded by the
+mace and the battle-axe. In France, the various tribes and races
+that, one after another, possessed that land, were woven together,
+in warp and woof, by fire and blood. In Germany, the Prussians
+have brought together that great mass of people as one, through
+bitter and tremendous wars, the echoes of which have scarce died
+away. America proposes a far different solution. She recognizes the
+nobility of the characteristics developed by the various races. She
+wants the African, the Chinaman, the Teuton—all races—to labor side
+by side; to develop not only her wealth and prosperity, but, most
+of all, the typical American humanity.</p>
+
+<p>American civilization can better endure the savagery of the Indian,
+the ignorance and brutality of the Negro, and the semi-civilization
+of the Chinese, than it can afford to fraternize with a
+civilization that is impregnated with a spirit of ecclesiasticism,
+or endure the philosophies of St. Louis or the Internationals.
+Rather is it for us to overcome these forces that are the
+outcroppings of centuries of Roman development, as well as those of
+Indian or Chinese or Negro semi-civilization.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></p>
+
+<p>This right of asylum involves another thing—the right of a man
+to say, “I will leave this land and go to another”—<em>the right to
+migrate</em> if he does not find things subservient to him. We once
+hailed the Irishman to come and build our railroads. We welcome
+the German now, as he comes and terraces our mountains and teaches
+us how to garden. We welcome the Frenchman—we welcome all. But we
+say, “Lo! poor Indian, go West. East of the Appalachian is too good
+for you; we want it. Go West; go West. We will give no rest to the
+soles of your feet.” Do we want the Black Hills? Migrate! We will
+surround you with a cordon of soldiers and a cordon of Government
+agents, who will eat the life out of you. Keep on, poor ignorant,
+keep on!</p>
+
+<p>As to the African, there are not a few Americans, even in this
+day, who think a righteous solution of the African question is to
+ship them all off to the dark continent. So far as the American
+Colonization Society keeps in view education and other Christian
+instrumentalities, I bid them God-speed; but if they desire to send
+the Negro out of the country, I say, No!—a thousand times, No! Let
+us solve the problem right here where God has placed them.</p>
+
+<p>And we say to the Chinese, as he comes upon his ship, “Turn your
+prow back towards the Flowery Kingdom; don’t touch our golden
+West.” Is that the spirit that welcomes the Irishman, the German,
+the Italian, the Frenchman? Why not give as broad an opening to the
+Chinaman as to the Irishman?</p>
+
+<p>(2.) In the next place, God is testing that principle which is
+set forth in the preamble of our Constitution—<em>the right of a man
+to pursue happiness in such a way as he may elect</em>, provided he
+does no wrong to his neighbor. And I opine that although happiness
+involves the pursuit of higher aims, it begins on the basis of
+labor. Labor is the essential element of American civilization.
+If I labor, then I have the right of choice to enter into
+whatever labor I please. No matter whether I am an adept or not,
+circumstances will give the verdict. With the right of choice of
+a man’s calling comes the right of competition. Carry it to its
+extreme, if you please. If there are fifty-two thousand clerks,
+I have a right to become the fifty-two thousand and first, and
+starve. Then, after the inherent right of labor follows the right
+to such property as I may accumulate. What I may produce, that
+is mine absolutely, and no man can touch it. Here we are brought
+face to face with this tremendous question between Irish and
+German labor, and the low-priced labor of either the Negro or the
+Chinaman. But, American citizens and Christians, if we respect
+the right of a man to exercise such functions as God has given
+him in such way as his conscience may dictate, and to choose his
+own occupation, shall we not defend this right of labor, and the
+right to pursue happiness as each may elect, and in the face of
+Communism, defend the right of the Chinese to enter the market and
+compete with all labor of whatever nationality?</p>
+
+<p>(3.) There is a <em>third right</em> or principle put to the test—<em>that
+every man is equal before the law</em>. Whether he be Jew or Gentile,
+Irishman or German, Negro or Chinaman, he is the equal of all men
+before God. But what justice can a Chinaman get out of a Hoodlum
+court? What justice has the Negro got out of a Southern court? To
+the establishment of that justice we must bend our energies, for
+it is vital to our institutions that a man before the law is equal
+with his neighbor. If you have broken the shackles of the Negro,
+break those of the Indian. If he outrages the law, try him by
+process of the law and make him amenable, but deal with him as a
+citizen. I opine that we shall arrive at this, sooner or later. Of
+course this includes with it the privilege of every one to enter
+public life, provided he proves his capacity.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></p>
+
+<p>(4.) But there is another principle being tested, and that is <em>the
+right of education</em>. It is a settled point in the development of
+American civilization, that education is essential to the proper
+discipline of the citizen—some degree, at least, of elementary
+education. Now when, according to the census of 1870, in the States
+of Mississippi and Texas, 96 per cent. of the colored people were
+thoroughly ignorant; and when in another State, 95 per cent. were
+completely ignorant; in another, 93 per cent.; in two others, 91
+per cent.; and in a last one, 90 per cent.; 88 per cent. of the
+entire colored people of the South being in perfect ignorance;—does
+it not behoove us to have a law for compulsory education if we
+hope to have true culture and citizenship? Was our late President
+far from right when he brought forward this idea? What salvation
+is there for the Southern States unless universal education shall
+be carried into effect? As the right to enter into competition is
+inherent as much as the right of choice in labor, so we regard
+the right of choice of one’s religion. The whole way should be
+made open for the highest acquisition of intellectual and moral
+knowledge.</p>
+
+<p>(5.) So, too, our Protestant Christianity is under test. And
+here we are encountered at once by the fact that Christians
+still cultivate the caste spirit. If the Jew drew such a subtle
+line between himself and the Gentile, the white Christian draws
+a similar line between himself and the black Christian. If the
+Greek considered himself to be of such high intelligence that he
+classed all others as barbarians, Christians allow their prejudices
+to make the same broad distinctions between different classes
+of humanity, which it was the office of Jesus Christ—blessed be
+His name!—to obliterate and utterly extinguish. That prejudice,
+that caste spirit which Christians cultivate in the North to an
+extent that amounts to social ostracism, must be broken down, if
+we would maintain Protestant Christianity. Further, this question
+connects itself with the true <em>missionary spirit</em>. The best way to
+evangelize China is to evangelize the Chinese as they come to the
+Pacific Coast. The best way to evangelize Africa is to evangelize
+the African Negro of the South. Over against Protestant Christians
+in the South and the Chinese on the Pacific is that dark power
+which has involved the world in hopeless contentions. There stands
+the Jesuit with his deep, treacherous features, his characterless
+casuistry, and his sacrifice of all things else to glorify the
+Church of Rome, no matter what may be the result on his country.
+That subtle power which permeates our political institutions
+with such great magnitude and force, stands face to face with
+<a name="Err_1" id="Err_1"></a>Protestantism in the South—with the Negro question, the Chinese
+question, and the Indian question. If we are to serve Protestant
+Christianity, we must free ourselves of caste, and learn to love
+the African and the Chinaman at our doors. It is easy to speak well
+of the Chinaman away off in China—to have an overflow of sympathy
+for the poor African away in the dark continent; but it is a very
+different thing to have sympathy for them in this country. The
+spirit of the Gospel of Jesus Christ must actuate us and lead us to
+this.</p>
+
+<p>These, then, are <em>the five great principles</em> that underlie American
+civilization—principles that are being tested by these three races
+or nationalities. Our professions are large. Let us live up to them
+in these five great principles. It is Lord Bacon who says that
+“When hempe is spun, England is done”—meaning that when Henry,
+Elizabeth, Mary, Philip and Edward had passed away, England would
+be done. We may say that <em>if these five principles</em>—the right of
+asylum, the right of labor, of political freedom, of education, and
+free play to Protestant Christianity be done—America is done. God
+save the State!</p>
+
+<p>And what is the agency—or one agency—by which that may be
+accomplished?<a class="pagenum" name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a> The American Missionary Association, because it
+gives us Christian education. Because it brings together the
+college, the church and the home. And will not your devotion to a
+pure Christianity, free from the spirit of caste, and filled with
+the spirit of genuine love, manifest itself by your support of such
+an Association? May we not gauge your feelings in regard to these
+five principles by the support you give to such a society? May we
+not implore you that as you value the rights of property and free
+government you array yourself solidly against Communism and its
+ally—Romanism; because these are craftily working together.</p>
+
+<p>Would you behold free Protestant Christianity established in this
+country? Then give your support to this Association, that these
+three races may prove us to be a people who love liberty in its
+deepest significance as liberty in Christ.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<h3>RETURN OF REV. FLOYD SNELSON.</h3>
+
+<p>Just after the annual meeting we learned that the health of
+Mrs. Snelson was in such condition as to make her speedy return
+from the Mendi Mission, West Africa, a probable necessity. Her
+husband has arrived with herself, their children, and those of
+Dr. James, whose wife had died abroad. The change of climate and
+of occupation has already proved of great benefit to her. It is
+a great disappointment to us all to lose so soon the earnest and
+discreet service of the head of our Mendi Mission. Whether he will
+be able to return or not is still an unsettled question. But these
+experiences are teaching us some valuable lessons. First of them is
+this,—that we must send no men or women to the West Coast of Africa
+without submitting them to a severe physical examination, such as
+is required for enlistment into the army or as a prerequisite to a
+life insurance policy. For we find that upon those who went from
+this country in thoroughly sound health, with no weakness from
+previous disease or tendency to special complaints, the climate
+has had little or no bad effect; but where there was any such
+predisposition or impairment of physical vigor, the malarial heats
+of the West coast have hastened its rapid development. We send no
+more recruits, then, without medical attestation to their soundness
+of body, in addition to the testimony we have heretofore required
+as to their intellectual and spiritual health.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Snelson brings much valuable information from the field, which
+we hope to lay before our readers at an early day.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<h3>NEWS AND ITEMS FROM THE CHURCHES.</h3>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Macon, Ga.</span>—Rev. Stanley E. Lathrop, who was graduated
+eight years ago from the Chicago Theological Seminary, commenced
+pastoral work at Macon, December 1st. He writes: “I am quite
+agreeably surprised with everything thus far. I shall do the best I
+can for this people, with God’s help.”</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Marietta, Ga.</span>—The school prospers, and, with two other
+schools, is exerting a marked influence on the people. The
+Sunday-school and literary society are both doing good work.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Marion, Ala.</span>—Rev. Geo. E. Hill writes: “Our church has
+received from the Sunday-school at Weymouth, Mass., Colton’s large
+missionary map, and I have had the pleasure of introducing my
+people to a view of the world—the field of missions. They propose
+to contribute monthly to the cause. Our Sunday-school is filling
+up.”</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Montgomery, Ala.</span>—Rev. Flavel Bascom, D.D., who commenced
+work for the winter December 1st, writes: “My first impressions
+are very favorable. My heart is drawn out toward the people, and I
+expect to enjoy my work for them very much.”</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Selma, Ala.</span>—Rev. C. B. Curtis has gone from Burlington,
+Wis., to the charge of the church here.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Shelby, Ala.</span>—A Congregational church was organized October
+10th, by Rev. G. W. Andrews, of the Theological Department of
+Talladega College, consisting of twenty-one members (twelve men and
+nine women). Rev. J. D. Smith, a graduate of Talladega Theological
+Department, is pastor.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<h3>GENERAL NOTES.</h3>
+
+
+<h4>The Freedmen.</h4>
+
+<p>—Over 3,000 people attended the Agricultural Fair for colored
+people held at Talladega, Ala., in November, under the auspices of
+the college. Stock, farm products, cookery, needle and fancy work,
+flowers and pictures, were brought in for exhibition. Contests were
+held in athletic sports, and in spelling, declaiming, etc., between
+students of the different schools. Several hundred white people
+attended, and showed their interest by acting as judges on the
+committees with the colored people. The fair was kept entirely free
+from all the objectionable features which so often mar our State
+fairs, and indeed was opened with prayer, and, after the addresses
+and award of premiums, closed with the Doxology.</p>
+
+<p>—Dr. Rust, the Corresponding Secretary of the Freedmen’s Aid
+Society of the M. E. Church, reports that its work during this
+year “has never been exceeded in any year of its history. It has
+erected more school edifices, more commodious and commanding;
+educated more teachers, prepared more ministers, led more souls to
+Christ, and set in operation more streams of elevating influence,
+done more and better work for Christ and humanity, than in any like
+period before.” The financial statement for the year ending July
+1, 1878, gives its total receipts for the year as $63,403, and
+its expenditures, mainly for salaries and board of teachers and
+educational expenses, including $3,000 paid on its debt, at the
+same. The society has aided in the establishment of five chartered
+institutions having full collegiate powers, three theological and
+two medical schools, also chartered, and ten other educational
+institutions.</p>
+
+<p>—Dr. Ruffner, Superintendent of Public Instruction in Virginia,
+claims that $850,000 was collected from the people and set apart
+by law for the support of the common schools, and charges that
+this, with the interest, has been diverted from its proper use and
+applied to the ordinary expenses of the State Government.</p>
+
+<p>—A national colored Baptist educational convention was held last
+summer at Nashville, Tenn. In an address published by them they
+offer heartfelt thanks to Northern Baptists, who alone have
+helped them to what educational facilities they have enjoyed.
+To the Southern white Baptists they are grateful for the “good
+resolutions” they have passed in favor of the black man. They
+urge the colored Baptists to support their own publishing house,
+newspaper, and the educational enterprises of the American Baptist
+Home Mission Society.</p>
+
+<p>—Public sentiment has almost effaced the color line in Virginia;
+given political freedom and safety in North Carolina; and created
+a powerful party of<a class="pagenum" name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a> “Independents” in Georgia; and it will bring
+South Carolina to her senses in time. Moral forces require more
+time and patience than physical force.—<cite>Christian Union</cite>.</p>
+
+<p>—Two colored students of Mr. Spurgeon’s Pastor’s College, Rev.
+Messrs. Richardson and Johnson, with their wives, have left England
+as missionaries to Central Africa. They were all freed slaves from
+this country.</p>
+
+<p>—The Rev. Alfred Saher, English Baptist Missionary at the
+Cameroons, West Africa, has translated the Bible into the language
+of the people, and now reports upwards of 2,000 converts.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+
+<h4>The Indians.</h4>
+
+<p>—Mr. Wheeler writes from Keshena Agency, Wisconsin, of the second
+successful Agricultural Fair among the Menomonees. About 200
+entries of corn and potatoes were made, with other vegetables,
+grains and grasses in abundance. The displays of woman’s work and
+of live stock were very fine. A ploughing match was held. About
+$200 was expended in premiums, voted from the tribal funds for
+that purpose. Advantage was taken of the opportunity for giving
+instruction in the arts of agriculture, and for exhorting them to
+keep their children faithfully in the schools. Such gatherings both
+prove and promote progress.</p>
+
+<p>—Brig. Gen. Pope reports that the late outbreak of the Cheyennes
+was caused by starvation. He says of the Indians in general: “If
+they are left with the means to go to war, as is the custom, we
+simply sleep on a volcano. Unless, therefore, ample, and above all,
+regular supplies of food can be guaranteed to the Indians, I am
+compelled, in justice to the Government and the frontier settlers,
+to ask that more troops be sent to the agencies in the Indian
+Territory, and that at least two of the posts in Western Kansas be
+largely reinforced by cavalry. I have also to ask that any Indians
+sent from the North into this department be disarmed and dismounted
+before being sent here, so that they can be placed in the same
+condition as the Indians with whom they are to live.”</p>
+
+<p>—Major Mizener reports more in detail:—The causes which led to the
+leaving of the Northern Cheyennes may be summed up as follows:
+They were disappointed in the country. Their rations were poor
+and entirely insufficient. They were home-sick, despondent and
+disappointed, and were anxious to get back to a country better
+known to them, and where game was to be had, while here they did
+not have enough to eat.</p>
+
+<p>—General Sheridan attributes our Indian wars to two classes of
+causes; the first being the constant encroachment upon the lands
+of the Indians, sacredly guaranteed to them by treaty, and the
+constant removal of the tribes to distant reservations, in which
+they are again troubled by the tide of immigration. He says no
+other nation in the world would have attempted the reduction of
+these wild tribes, and occupation of their country, with less than
+60,000 or 70,000 men.</p>
+
+<p>—Secretary Schurz affirms that the real cause of Indian wars has
+been the breaking of treaties. He recites an exhaustive history of
+Indian wars to show that this has been the case, and that very few
+of the wars have arisen from the maladministration of agents.</p>
+
+<p>—Gen. Sherman, in his annual report, declares that many of the
+Indians prefer death to agricultural toil; that to convert them
+from a nomadic into a pastoral race is the first and fundamental
+problem; that each tribe must be dealt with according<a class="pagenum" name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a> to its own
+nature; that whatever department of the Government is charged with
+this work, must be intrusted with large discretion to adapt its
+measures to emergencies. He traces the Indian wars generally to
+broken promises, insufficient rations and impending starvation.</p>
+
+<p>—Of the joint committee to which the transfer of the Indians to
+the War Department is referred, the three members of the Senate
+are from Nebraska, Kentucky and Illinois; of the five members of
+the House, but one comes from as far East as this. The committee,
+therefore, represents communities that favor the army. It is
+understood that the Indians themselves do not desire the change;
+that the army does not want the responsibility; yet that it will
+probably be done, unless the President interferes, because the
+Indian ring desires it, and because the army makes it a point of
+honor.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+
+<h4>The Chinese.</h4>
+
+<p>—The First Church in San Francisco, Dr. Stone’s, has just opened
+a new and well-appointed room in the basement for its mission and
+Chinese Sunday-school. The Petaluma Church has also enlarged its
+lecture-room for the use of its Chinese school.</p>
+
+<p>—As the Chinese children are not permitted to enter the San
+Francisco public schools, those who have embraced Christianity are
+taught in the Union Mission in the old Globe Hotel. The school has
+two sessions, one of which is conducted by an American lady, the
+other by Hung Mung Chung, who is a fine Chinese scholar and a man
+of much dignity and scholarly attainments, said to be a lineal
+descendant of Confucius. During the past year Hung Mung Chung was
+baptized and became a member of the Protestant Church for Chinese.
+He teaches the children the Chinese classics and the maxims and
+precepts of Confucius. Each session of the school is closed by
+singing and repeating the Lord’s Prayer—in the morning in English,
+in the afternoon in Chinese.</p>
+
+<p>—The San Francisco Chinamen contributed $1,200 to the yellow fever
+sufferers of the South. The sand-lot meetings have not yet reported
+the amount of their collections.</p>
+
+<p>—The Chinese Sunday-school in Chicago has been in existence nearly
+six months, with an average attendance of fourteen scholars. It is
+said that the number can be largely increased if teachers can be
+procured.</p>
+
+<p>—Rev. W. P. Paxson, Superintendent of the missionary work of the
+American S. S. Union in their Southwestern Department, says: “One
+striking event in my missionary work has been the organization of a
+Chinese Sunday-school in St. Louis.”</p>
+
+<p>—Mr. Ha Shan Sin was baptized last Sabbath by Rev. E. D. Murphy
+at the Immanuel Presbyterian Chapel of this city. The young man
+is about twenty-two years old, was born in San Francisco, though
+he has spent most of his life in China. This is the sixth of the
+Chinamen that have been received into the churches of this city.
+Three have been enrolled among the members of the Fourth Avenue
+Presbyterian Church, Dr. Howard Crosby’s.</p>
+
+<p>—The first Chinaman was admitted to citizenship in the United
+States by naturalization, last week, and we count the event an
+auspicious one just at this time. The man is Wong Ah Lee; by
+trade he is a cigar-maker, and his wife is an Irish-woman. With
+a view, mainly, to make a case which can be carried up to a
+conclusive<a class="pagenum" name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a> decision from the highest court, the Judge here ruled
+that a Chinaman is either white or black, and so must come in.
+California’s ruling has been that a Mongolian is neither white or
+black, and so cannot come in.—<cite>Congregationalist</cite>, December 4.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<h3>OUR QUERY COLUMN.</h3>
+
+<p class="intro"><i>Query.</i>—South of the Ohio River the work of caring for the
+sick falls to the colored people. During the past weeks there
+has been greater demand for skilled nurses than for competent
+teachers. How can A. M. A. schools prepare their students for
+this important profession? What is the best method of instructing
+pupils in a knowledge of the simpler details concerning the
+proper care of the sick?</p>
+
+<p class="right nomargin smcap">Teacher.</p>
+
+<p class="p1">We shall be glad to have full answers to this important inquiry
+from those who have had experience. It calls attention to a most
+important part of the teacher’s work. Meanwhile, we would suggest
+that the <cite>Hampton Sanitary Tracts</cite> may be found very useful for
+distribution, or to be read to older pupils and parents. The first
+three can be obtained by addressing the “Hampton Tract Editing
+Committee,” Hampton Institute, Va. The cost is five cents apiece,
+or four dollars a hundred copies. They are entitled: No. 1, “The
+Health Laws of Moses;” No. 2, “Preventable Diseases;” No. 3, “Duty
+of Teachers.” This last seems to be exactly addressed to the case
+in hand.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="full" />
+<h2>THE FREEDMEN.</h2>
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<h3>DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.</h3>
+
+<h4>Revival in Howard University.</h4>
+
+<p class="secauth">Rev. Wm. W. Patton, D.D., President.</p>
+
+<p>You will be glad to hear that there is much religious interest in
+our institution at the present time. It has been gradually coming
+on all the autumn, but was greatly aided by the week of prayer
+held by the Young Men’s Christian Association of the University in
+concert with other Associations. Some ten or twelve of the students
+think that they have begun the new life lately, and we look for
+further good results. This is highly encouraging, as showing that
+in addition to the educational advantages which gather around our
+location, spiritual blessings may also be received. We desire the
+prayers of all Christians that the work may be continued with
+power. Our theological students have been deeply interested in the
+meetings for prayer, and have rendered valuable aid.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<h3>VIRGINIA.</h3>
+
+<h4>A Destitute County.</h4>
+
+<p>The following extract from a letter by an esteemed friend in a
+central county in Virginia is suggestive of the many dark places
+throughout the South yet unreached by the school or the church:</p>
+
+<p>The field in this county alone is an ample one. The colored
+population of the county largely exceeds the white, and the yearly
+ratio of increase is in excess of the white. A half generation has
+passed since the era of emancipation, and it is melancholy, indeed,
+to any Christian mind and heart, to contemplate how rapidly this
+portion of the population, in the very heart of one of the oldest
+States in the Union, is crowding the broad road to perdition;
+how, in the entire absence of all organized efforts for elemental
+education and proper religious instruction, they are relapsing into
+semi-heathenism. There is not to-day a single school of any kind
+or character for<a class="pagenum" name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a> them within the limits of the county (which may
+be safely estimated to contain five thousand souls of all ages and
+sexes of the colored race), except the Sabbath-school which has
+been taught by the writer.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<h3>ALABAMA.</h3>
+
+<h4>New Church at Shelby Iron Works—Talladega a Missionary Centre.</h4>
+
+<p class="secauth">Rev. G. W. Andrews, Talladega.</p>
+
+<p>A Congregational church of twenty-one members was organized
+Oct. 10th, at Shelby Iron Works, Alabama. This is the fifteenth
+Congregational church planted by the A. M. A. in this State. Eight
+of them are in the vicinity of Talladega College, the most distant
+being forty miles away. They are the out-growth of the mission work
+carried on by the teachers and pupils of the college.</p>
+
+<p>This new church at Shelby begins its existence under most favorable
+circumstances, most of its members being present or former pupils
+of the college. All are colored people; two are preparing for the
+ministry; one has been a student at Oberlin, Ohio; one was for some
+time a resident of Hartford, Ct., and more recently of Columbus,
+Ohio, a graduate of the high school there and a former pupil here;
+one is principal of an academy of ten years’ standing at Shelby and
+a graduate from Talladega. With two or three exceptions, all of
+them have for some years been trained in our Sunday-schools. The
+Shelby Iron Company is in hearty sympathy with the movement; the
+Superintendent, himself a Methodist, coming into the preliminary
+meeting and saying publicly that the Iron Company would look with
+peculiar favor on this church should it be organized, recognizing
+as it did the necessity for more intelligent Christian instruction
+for the colored people.</p>
+
+<p>The sectarian walls, which in the South are built heaven-high,
+have in this particular place been badly shattered. There is no
+outspoken opposition on the part of the colored people, as in every
+other place known to me. The different denominations worship in the
+same building, the lower story being devoted to the school and the
+upper one to the churches. The Iron Company own about two-thirds of
+the building, the original cost being three thousand dollars.</p>
+
+<p>I suppose there are a million of dollars invested by the Shelby
+Iron Company at this place, mostly owned in the North. One owner
+is an honored member of the Centre Church, Hartford, Ct.; another,
+of the Park St. Church, Boston; another is a Massachusetts man
+well known among “iron men” both in this country and abroad. The
+Superintendent is a noble Christian man from Illinois, and was a
+colonel in the recent war. Several of the local managers are from
+the North, some are from the South. Most of the workmen, white
+and colored, who stand all day side by side, are gathered from
+the surrounding region. Here the North and South meet and learn
+to know and love each other. The Iron Company is helping to solve
+the great national problem no less truly than missionary schools
+and churches. It seems to me sometimes that its entire business
+is carried on as a kind of missionary enterprise on the broadest
+basis. Owning thirty thousand acres of land immediately about the
+“Iron Works,” it exercises wholesome restraint over all classes.
+Nothing seems to be overlooked; the church, the school, the home,
+the village morals, the town adornments and the State, are all
+cared for.</p>
+
+<p>Talladega College, a college only in name yet, is the rallying
+point for our missionary work in this State. It is just such a
+college as a missionary college should be, its whole work as a
+school being subordinate to the church. It is a training school,
+patterned after the missionary colleges of the American Board.
+Its grand aim is to raise up a native ministry so as to plant
+churches, and through them carry an intelligent<a class="pagenum" name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a> gospel to the
+masses. We are not especially afraid that there will be any lack
+of school-teachers. With our eye fixed steadily on our missionary
+work, enough who cannot attain to the Christian ministry will
+become teachers, and they, catching the spirit of the institution,
+will become missionary teachers. It is surprising to see how this
+spirit has taken possession of our pupils. There is scarcely one
+who goes into the country to teach who does not organize his
+Sabbath-school as promptly as his day-school, and pursue it with
+even more interest. It is the first thing he reports on his return.
+Hundreds are converted by this means; Bibles, tracts, religious
+literature, and light are spread in all directions; thus are
+constantly carried forward many Sabbath-schools, and through them a
+glorious pioneer Christian work. Out of this work have grown eight
+churches, so near to the college as to be its special care, and in
+which a hundred conversions are reported for the summer just ended.</p>
+
+<p>Of the twenty pupils in the Theological department, all have been
+reaping in this missionary field during the summer vacation, about
+one-half as preachers. The home church takes a lively interest in
+them during their absence. Prayer is made to God without ceasing
+in their behalf, and often interested members go out to aid them
+in their revival meetings. Letters are constantly received from
+them to be read at the monthly missionary concert, and public
+thanksgiving is rendered for the good work they report. Thus is
+maintained a lively interest in Christian missions and Christian
+work.</p>
+
+<p>There has been an evident increase of interest in our mission
+churches about the college this summer; all but one report revivals
+of greater or less power; one reports thirty-two additions by
+confession; four report the completion of their houses of worship,
+free of debt—houses hitherto unplastered and otherwise much
+exposed, but now neat and comfortable, and everybody is happy
+over it. One is building a new house of worship unlike any of
+the others; it is built of logs, large and commodious. One poor
+fellow was so intent on pushing forward to completion his house
+of worship, that he expended all his salary for the summer, and
+then pawned his Sunday clothes. On his return to school he reports
+twenty-three conversions, his house of worship completed, but no
+money in his pocket. If ever there was a man worthy of aid, he is.
+He is now in my back-yard sawing wood. You will hear from him some
+day. These young prophets of the Lord are making rapid progress in
+the knowledge of the Bible and the system of theology, and wherever
+they go, are beginning to be recognized by all classes as well
+qualified to break the Bread of Life to their people.</p>
+
+<p>I am glad to report that the white people, seeing the character
+and efficiency of these young men, are coming to understand and
+appreciate our work. I believe they heartily approve what we are
+doing. I have repeatedly experienced their hospitality this summer,
+and had many conversations with them relating to our mission here.
+From the president of a well-known college, down to the poor man
+who did not know his letters, I have found nothing but approval.
+The time is not far distant when this approval will be more
+outspoken and pronounced. When the Christian men of the South and
+your missionary workers from the North understand each other, from
+that day they are one in Christian work. We bless God for this new
+feast of love. Pray that no political excitement may interrupt the
+growing good feeling.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<h4>The Thin End of the Wedge—A First Thanksgiving Service.</h4>
+
+<p class="secauth">REV. WILLIAM H. ASH, FLORENCE.</p>
+
+<p>Our work here in Florence is the “thin end of the wedge,” and with
+sufficient facilities, the smiles of the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a> Master, and patience
+in its workers, great good will result. The services are well
+attended, and sometimes the house is disagreeably filled, and we
+are without the proper means of ventilation. The members of the
+church begged me to express for them to the Association their
+sincere and heartfelt gratitude for the <em>new organ</em> sent them; it
+has increased the interest of our services greatly. Last Thursday,
+Nov. 28, the first Thanksgiving service ever held in this place
+among the colored people was observed in our church; therefore it
+has a history in connection with our work here. I made it a union
+service, inviting the Baptists and Methodists to worship with us.
+This congregation of Baptists, Methodists, and Congregationalists
+worshipped as though Christ was the Head of the Church, instead of
+any one of the denominations present. The service was solemn and
+intelligent. It truly seemed that the Lord was in His holy temple.
+After service a gentleman of about sixty or seventy years of age
+said, “I have been here forty years, but I never heard of such a
+thing as a Thanksgiving service among the colored people.” This is
+the “dawn of a new age.” Pray for us.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<h3>MISSOURI.</h3>
+
+<h4>Free Schools in the State.</h4>
+
+<p class="secauth"><span class="smcap">REV. J. E. Roy, D. D., Field Superintendent.</span></p>
+
+<p>This noble Western State, plowed by war and sowed to freedom, is
+now coming on with harvests of temporal and moral prosperity.
+As I have been going over its territory, looking after the five
+school-houses of the Association, I have been delighted with the
+evidences of progress in the free school system. It is a great joy
+to see in these cities and towns the new, large, two-story brick
+school-houses of modern style and furnishing. The system works
+more slowly into the back settlements. But in a Kansas City paper
+I see it stated that in the country places of Jackson County there
+are <em>one hundred and fifty</em> of these schools. At Warrensburg I saw
+the imposing three-story stone edifice of the State Normal School,
+built by that town and its county of Johnson, and now occupied by
+<em>four hundred</em> pupils from every part of the State.</p>
+
+<p>Special provision is made in the law for its enforcement in behalf
+of free schools for the colored children. These are managed by
+the same school board and are supported from the same tax fund.
+These officers are compelled to provide schools wherever there are
+fifteen of such scholars in the district. If they fail to do it,
+it is the duty of the Superintendent to require it to be done. I
+met one case where the out-districts declined to co-operate with
+the Board in this matter, when only a threatened appeal to the
+Superintendent brought them to terms. I have been gratified to
+see the heartiness with which the five boards I have dealt with
+are pushing the free school system in behalf of blacks as well as
+whites. Nor have I been deceived, as some may imagine.</p>
+
+<p>The Lincoln Institute at the Capitol, as a Normal School for
+colored teachers, receives an annual appropriation from the State
+of $5,000. A democratic editor told me that that was considered as
+a matter of honor, and that so there was no danger of its being
+discontinued. This institution of sacred name had also a sacred
+origin. For its founding, the 62d and 65th Regiments of U. S.
+colored infantry, when discharged from service in January, 1866,
+contributed a fund of $6,379. The Freedmen’s Bureau furnished
+$8,000; the Western Sanitary Commission, $2,000; and agents Beal
+and Lane raised $2,000. The building is of brick, 60×70 feet,
+three stories high, a comely structure crowning a hill just out
+of Jefferson City. Its current catalogue enrolls 123 students. It
+is controlled by a local board, of which the Governor and State
+Superintendent are <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">ex-officio</i> members. Revs. R. D. Foster and M.
+Henry Smith have served<a class="pagenum" name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a> as principals the most of the time since
+it was opened in 1871.</p>
+
+<p>The Association has its five school houses at Troy, Fulton,
+Westport, Warrensburg and Lebanon. These were procured in part by
+aid from the Freedmen’s Bureau in 1867–9. They were at first run by
+teachers sent from the North, but were gradually taken up by the
+local school boards. I find them all in such use now. Three will
+probably be sold to those boards at their present low valuation.
+Two will be sold to local colored Methodist churches, as the
+schools require larger and better houses, which the authorities
+intend to build. These houses have also been used all the time as
+places of worship by the colored people. The seven or eight colored
+teachers in these schools were educated in Lincoln, Fisk, and
+kindred institutions. I have found them young people of character,
+and of tact in handling their schools. They have to be examined.
+They receive from $35 to $45 a month, about the same as white
+common-school teachers.</p>
+
+<p>The A. M. A. has done the work of initiation. By this tour of
+inspection I am deeply convinced of the wisdom of the A. M. A. in
+putting its strength upon Normal and Collegiate institutions, and
+so doing a wholesale business. Raise up teachers and send them back
+into the country. Raise up the men and women for the professions
+and for the higher walks of social life. That is the work.</p>
+
+<hr class="full" />
+<h2>AFRICA.</h2>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<h3>A CHURCH ORGANIZED AND DEDICATED AT AVERY</h3>
+
+<p>A meeting of Counsel and Advice was convened September 29th at
+Avery Station, by order of Rev. Floyd Snelson, and, on solicitation
+of the minister in charge, Rev. A. E. Jackson, to organize and
+dedicate a church to God. Owing to our inability to reach Avery
+on Saturday in time to hold preliminary exercises, examination
+of candidates for admission, etc., this part of our duty was
+deferred till Sunday morning. This, with our other duties, made our
+programme for the day quite full.</p>
+
+<p>Early Sunday morning the Board met in the church to begin the
+labors of the day. The sun shone brightly, yet we could but feel
+that many round us were groping in darkness, without any clear idea
+of Him in whose image they are made. Brother Snelson was elected
+moderator, and A. P. Miller secretary. Brother Gomer, General Agent
+of Shengay Mission, who favored us with his presence, offered
+prayer. “Guide me, oh! Thou great Jehovah!” was sung.</p>
+
+<p>In absence of letter missive, the minister in charge gave his
+reasons why a church should be established or organized at Avery.
+He spoke of the willingness of the people to receive the story
+of the Cross; said that some came far to hear “God palaver,” and
+express their joy in being permitted so to do. Brother Hallock,
+the interpreter (native), and Brother Wise, were asked several
+questions. Their reasons were clear and very satisfactory. It seems
+evident that the industrial work at this station, which gives
+employment to many, is a means of good both to mission and people.
+It was deemed fit to organize a church at Avery, to be known as the
+Second Congregational Church of the Mendi Mission.</p>
+
+<p>By 11 o’clock, at the ringing of the second bell, the chapel was
+crowded with natives, for the most part in native costume. Brother
+Snelson spoke to them through an interpreter, telling them the
+object of our coming together. The candidates for admission to the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a>
+Church were then called forward. “A charge to keep I have” was
+sung by the congregation. Prayer was offered by Brother Snelson,
+after which the missionary hymn, “From Greenland’s icy mountains,”
+was sung; and as it was being sung, each missionary, as he looked
+upon the sable congregation, could but feel that the “harvest is
+plenteous, but the laborers are few.”</p>
+
+<p>The roll was then called by Brother Jackson; after which the
+candidates were examined, and by vote of the Council eighteen were
+received into full membership. Some of the candidates were not
+received because of not being legally married. They were instructed
+to attend to this matter, and then they might be received into the
+church. They are to remain under watch-care until this obligation
+is met. After examination of candidates, Brother Snelson spoke to
+them about things peculiar to their country—slavery, polygamy, etc.
+The meeting was then dismissed to meet at 7 <span class="medium">P. M.</span> Brother
+Gomer, who has for years known our work, expressed his astonishment
+at seeing so large a congregation assembled in the house of God at
+this place, and at the good order kept throughout the exercises.
+Some of those received were old members, while others were new
+converts, among whom were three chiefs, Peah Carle, Carray Phemah,
+and Sei Lōtō. These men exercise a vast influence over their
+people, and their being reached makes the reaching of their people
+easier.</p>
+
+<p>The people assembled at the ringing of the second bell. “Praise
+God from Whom all blessings flow” was sung. Brother Snelson then
+led the congregation in the Lord’s Prayer. A hymn was sung, after
+which the Rev. J. Gomer offered prayer. “Alas! and did my Saviour
+bleed?” was sung. Portions of Scripture were read by A. P. Miller.
+The services of organization and dedication were combined, owing to
+want of time. Brother Snelson spoke through the interpreter, and
+told the candidates what their step meant—turning from death unto
+life. The church, too, he said, we had come together to dedicate to
+God and His service. Brother Snelson preached, choosing Luke xii.
+32, as his text—“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s
+good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” A comparison was made
+between the people to whom these words were spoken and these our
+benighted brethren. The promises of God were dwelt upon. We must
+trust in Him for salvation. The dedicatory prayer was then offered
+by Rev. A. P. Miller. A hymn was sung. The right hand of fellowship
+was given by Bro. A. E. White. The address was delivered by Rev. J.
+Gomer. The Lord’s supper was then celebrated; Brothers Gomer and
+Jackson presided. It was a solemn scene. The Doxology was sung,
+and the benediction pronounced by A. P. Miller. The meeting was
+one long to be remembered. One more stronghold is now erected in
+this land of night to tear down the powers of darkness. We have all
+reason to thank God for His blessings thus far. A better day is
+dawning for these benighted, long-neglected sons of Africa.</p>
+
+<p>Brother Gomer says that more laborers (colored) are wanted in his
+mission. We, too, in a work so vast, can but ask God to prepare
+such as are needed for a work so difficult.</p>
+
+<p>We ask the prayers of all lovers of mankind that the work
+begun here may not only succeed, but that its influence may be
+far-reaching.</p>
+
+<div class="float-left">&nbsp;</div>
+<div class="float-left">
+  <span class="smcap">Rev. Floyd Snelson</span>, <i>Moderator</i>.<br />
+  <span class="smcap">Rev. A. P. Miller</span>, <i>Secretary</i>.
+</div>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></p>
+
+<hr class="full" />
+<h2>THE INDIANS.</h2>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<h3>THE LATE INDIAN WAR AND CHRISTIANITY.</h3>
+
+<p class="secauth">REV. MYRON EELLS, S’KOKOMISH, WASHINGTON TERRITORY.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p>We have had another Indian war, and, as usual, there has been a
+cry in favor of turning the Indians over to the War Department.
+There are some, however, of us who will persist in seeing something
+favorable to Christianity and the present policy even in this war,
+and we think we have our reasons for it.</p>
+
+<p>I do not propose, at present, to thoroughly discuss the causes
+of the war, for I am not well enough acquainted with them to do
+so intelligently. Some will lay the blame on Government, some
+on a Christian policy, and some on the Indians. Perhaps all may
+have to bear a part. Although I believe that the Government
+has often treated the Indians wrongfully, yet a long course of
+observation has convinced me that the Indians are not all saints,
+and when the Government is often crooked, either intentionally or
+unintentionally, and two crooked sticks come together, there is
+almost always sure to be trouble.</p>
+
+<p>The published statements of General Crook, who is not supposed to
+be very sentimental in his feelings toward the Indians, and who was
+at the Fort Hall Agency at the beginning of the war, implicates the
+Government severely.</p>
+
+<p>A residence of nearly three years in Idaho, 1871–1874, in the
+very region of the war, led me to believe that very little was
+energetically done for Christianizing those Indians. This has
+been true at some Agencies. Their annual reports show that while
+the Government opened wide the doors for Christian work, when
+the present policy was adopted, and said, “We will give you
+opportunity, encouragement and aid, if you will only send the
+Indians missionaries,” yet that Christians have failed to take hold
+of the work as they ought to have done. If this was true of the
+Indians engaged in the late war, Christians may have to bear a part
+of the blame.</p>
+
+<p>Notwithstanding all this, some laurels have been added by the
+late war to the Christian work which has been done among the
+Indians. One “who wishes to be understood” has written a letter
+in which he speaks very harshly against the Christian workers on
+the Yakama Reservation, where Father Wilbur, of the Methodist
+Episcopal Church, has been successfully laboring for sixteen
+years. He says: “The present reservation system is a failure in
+every respect. We, who daily come in contact with the Indians,
+cannot be made to believe that prayer-books, praying generals,
+and Methodist preachers, (or any other preachers,) are a good
+safeguard against the tomahawk and the scalping-knife; and the
+pseudo-philanthropists, the Christian-mongers of the East, who
+are paying thousands to send missionaries among these barbarians,
+would do us a favor if they would keep them away; and if the U.
+S. Government would be less influenced in its conduct toward the
+Indians by the advocates of Christianity, our wives and children
+might be annually spared the sight of murdered husbands and
+fathers. So far we have been loyal, while Indians, with passes
+from Wilbur and other Agents, have been on the war-path. We have
+reliable information that some of the dead Indians found after the
+battles near Pendleton had on their persons passes from Wilbur.”</p>
+
+<p>Now it is probably a fact that some of the Umatilla Indians, and
+perhaps a few of the Yakamas, were engaged in aiding the enemy.
+There are always some renegade Indians connected with each tribe,
+as well as white renegades and tramps. As tribes, however, they did
+not engage in the war, and comparatively few individuals did.</p>
+
+<p>In the Indian war of 1855–6, before<a class="pagenum" name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a> Father Wilbur went among these
+same Yakamas, they were the leading spirits, and it was the most
+wide-spread war which has ever devastated this coast. If they and
+the Umatillas had joined in this war, it would have been far more
+terrible than it has been. Inducements were not wanting to lead
+them into it. It is said on good authority that two thousand horses
+were offered them by the hostiles if they would join them, and yet
+they refused. An army officer in command of one of the battles said
+that some of those Indians did nobly in aiding our soldiers to gain
+the victory.</p>
+
+<p>It may be said that they had too much permanent property in homes
+and farms, to allow them to engage in the war; for they knew that
+if they should do so, they would certainly in the end lose it all.
+This is undoubtedly so; and yet when Father Wilbur went among them
+they had none of this kind of property, but only movable property
+which they could carry with them even in war, as the Bannocks have
+done. It is a fact that Christianity gave them this property.</p>
+
+<p>It may again be said that they were thoroughly whipped in 1855–6
+and were afraid to engage in war again. They were thus whipped, and
+the remembrance of it may, even now, do them good. But in 1862–3
+Gen. Crook, the noted Indian fighter, just as thoroughly thrashed
+the Indians in Idaho, in precisely the same region where the late
+war was carried on, and the praise of his effectual work is still
+in the mouths of the old citizens. This was seven years later than
+the Yakama war, and so much fresher in the minds of the Indians.
+No, it was evidently Christianity which prevented their joining in
+the war.</p>
+
+<p>Gen. Howard, too, has added new laurels to his reputation. It must
+be remembered that he is the principal one of our generals who
+has not been in favor of the transfer of the Indians to the War
+Department. This praying general has prosecuted the war with such
+vigor that the strong papers with strong arguments have sustained
+him, and almost invariably those who went with him in his rough
+marches have defended him, such as newspaper correspondents,
+scouts and the like, and the “stay at homes” have been about the
+only ones who have found fault. His recent conference with the
+Umatilla Indians since the war has shown such firmness, justice and
+Christianity as to win for him very many friends among those who
+previously opposed him, thus showing again that Christianity is
+the way of dealing with the Indians. So Christianity has won its
+laurels even in this war.</p>
+
+<hr class="full" />
+
+<h2>THE CHINESE.</h2>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<h3>“CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.”</h3>
+
+<h4>Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association.</h4>
+
+<p class="medium"><span class="smcap">President</span>: Rev. J. K. McLean, D. D.
+<span class="smcap">Vice-Presidents</span>: Rev. A. L. Stone, D. D., Thomas C.
+Wedderspoon, Esq., Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon. F. F. Low, Rev. I. E.
+Dwinell, D. D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S. H. Willey, D. D.,
+Edward P. Flint, Esq., Rev. J. W. Hough, D. D., Jacob S. Taber,
+Esq.</p>
+
+<p class="medium"><span class="smcap">Directors</span>: Rev. George Mooar, D. D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer,
+Rev. E. P. Baker, James M. Haven, Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, Rev.
+John Kimball, E. P. Sanford, Esq.</p>
+
+<p class="medium"><span class="smcap">Secretary</span>: Rev. W. C. Pond. <span class="smcap">Treasurer</span>: E.
+Palache, Esq.</p></div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<div class="article">
+<h3>“THE CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN CHINESE.”</h3>
+
+<h4>Its Origin and Organization.</h4>
+
+<p class="secauth">REV. WM. C. POND, SAN FRANCISCO.</p>
+
+<p>Soon after our work among the Chinese began to yield results in
+souls apparently converted, I felt the necessity of banding the
+converts together for mutual fellowship, for instruction, and for
+test-work; for it seemed unwise, considering the difficulties
+under which we must labor in determining the genuineness of the
+conversions, to bring them at once to baptism and the church.<a class="pagenum" name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a>
+Yet they must not be left quite outside the fold, and I proposed
+to them the organization of <i>The Chinese Christian Class</i>, into
+which any Chinese might come who, in the judgment of those already
+members of the class, had begun to believe in Christ. This class
+was to have frequent meetings for prayer and for instruction in the
+Bible; its members were to maintain a fraternal watchfulness over
+each other, and were to be baptized only when, through a probation
+of at least six months, they had proved to be steadfast and true.</p>
+
+<p>This class at first comprised only such Chinese as had been led
+to Christ through the work of the Third Congregational Church in
+this city, of which I was then the pastor. Afterwards it was found
+desirable to receive to membership the Chinese connected with other
+congregations, and to enlarge somewhat the scope or design of the
+class. It was therefore reorganized under its present name, but
+with the same principles and conditions of membership. Some of
+the benefits, in the way of mutual aid and protection, which the
+heathen Chinese seek to secure through their “Six Companies,” our
+Christian Chinese, who have renounced all connection with the “Six
+Companies,” gain through this Association. Its rooms are their
+places of resort; a sort of home. They have made a little beginning
+towards a library of Chinese works, mainly religious, written by
+the missionaries. The regulations of this Association, prepared by
+the Chinese, without assistance or suggestion, so far as I know,
+from any American, have been translated for me into English, and
+will be printed in full in our Annual Report. I quote here the 2d,
+3d, 6th, and 8th Articles:</p>
+
+<p>“2d. Any one who desires to become a member of this Association
+must forsake idolatry and all bad habits, and prove himself to be
+a follower of Christ. He must bring references from one or more
+members. His name must be brought before the Society a week before
+he can be admitted, and he is received upon a vote of two-thirds of
+the members. He must himself sign his name, and pay the sum of two
+dollars as entrance fee, and twenty-five cents every three months,
+this money being used to defray the expenses of the Association. He
+is expected to do all he can to bring in new members, and to lead
+his countrymen to Christ.”</p>
+
+<p>“3d. The members are expected to take part in the meetings for
+worship, giving counsel and encouragement to one another. If any
+member does wrong, he is to be kindly entreated and led back to the
+right.”</p>
+
+<p>“6th. If any member continue in the violation of the regulations
+of the Association, after three successive remonstrances, he must
+be expelled from the Association. If he afterwards repent and
+desire to come back, he is admitted without an entrance fee; his
+admittance depending upon the sincerity of his repentance, as
+judged by the members of the Association.”</p>
+
+<p>“8th. If any member desire to go back to China, he must give notice
+to the Association one month beforehand. He must not go until he
+has paid all his debts here. If he is really obliged to go before
+he can pay his debts, he must find some one who will be security
+for him.”</p>
+
+<p>There are now four Branch Associations, two in San Francisco, one
+in Oakland, and one in Sacramento. Each branch supports itself
+and is governed by its own officers. There are three—President,
+Vice-President, and Secretary who also acts as Treasurer. The
+statistics of these “Branches” are as follows: Oakland, 36 members,
+one expelled, five gone to China, 11 baptized; total contributions,
+$472.20, of which $117.25 was for Bible and missionary work in
+California and China. Sacramento, 14 members; contributions,
+$103.80. San Francisco, 82 members, four expelled,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a> two gone to
+China, 10 baptized; contributions, $351.00, of which $178.00
+were for Bible and missionary work. Bethany (San Francisco), 9
+members, 3 baptized; contributions $244.50, of which $71.00 were
+for Bible and missionary purposes. There are besides these, 23
+members belonging to the Central Association, who on account of
+their places of residence are not yet identified with any “Branch,”
+so that the total membership is 164. Of these 33 were received
+the past year. The total amount contributed for all purposes was
+$1,181.50.</p>
+
+<p>Besides this company of 164, there are 30 or more Chinese who have
+been converted, as we hope, at Santa Barbara, San Leandro, Stockton
+and elsewhere, in connection with our schools; and besides the
+contributions above reported, there has been raised at Petaluma,
+Stockton and elsewhere, certainly not less than $100. When we
+consider the poverty of these young men, the smallness of their
+wages, the drafts made upon them for parents and others dependent
+upon them in China, then this $1,300 which they have contributed
+during the past year for the nurture of their own Christian life,
+or for the salvation of others, grows to its true proportions—in
+our view, a token of real Christian heroism.</p>
+
+<p>I quote the closing sentences of the statement written for me by
+the Secretary of the Association: “No death has occurred during
+the past year. Our Heavenly Father has greatly prospered us, for
+which we return Him hearty thanks. We are grateful that He has
+put into our hearts a desire to have our parents and countrymen
+in China brought to a knowledge of the Christian religion. We are
+endeavoring to open a Chapel in Chuck Hum, China, and if we only
+had means, could open as many as we desire. Most all the letters
+that are sent to China members of the Association contain something
+about the Christian religion, and urging the people at home to
+discard idols and believe in the Saviour.”</p>
+
+<p class="center medium">OUR LAST MONTH’S WORK,</p>
+
+<p>as I reviewed it in the monthly reports, saddened me, and brought
+over me the first big <em>wave</em> of discouragement which I have felt
+since I entered on this service. The enrolment and the attendance
+were both much less than I expected, and some of our smaller
+schools seemed ready to die. I quote from one of these reports as
+an example: “You will see that the average is very low, and I am
+afraid it will be still lower. The boys seem to have lost their
+interest in the school, and I am afraid that I am losing mine. It
+is very discouraging to me, after doing a hard day’s work (for I am
+working very hard just now), to walk three-fourths of a mile and
+then have but one or two come to the school. Thank God there are
+one or two faithful ones.” * * * “Now, Mr. Pond, I have laid the
+case before you, and I ask your prayers in behalf of this little
+school struggling to keep alive, and for the teacher also, that he
+may not weary in well-doing, but that God will help him bear this
+cross and try to save, at least, one soul.” To receive letter after
+letter like that, while it draws out one’s love and prayer for the
+writer, sets one also to asking, “Where is the Lord,” and what will
+become of our work at this rate? But before the reports were all
+in, news came that <em>six</em>, at least, during the month, had forsaken
+their idols and appeared to have become disciples of Christ, and we
+“thanked God and took courage.” Brethren, pray for us.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></p>
+
+<hr class="full" />
+</div>
+
+<div class="article">
+<h2>RECEIPTS</h2>
+
+<p class="section">FOR NOVEMBER, 1878.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MAINE, $163.74.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Belfast. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">$3.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of
+which $25.55 <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i>)
+$51.97.—Second Cong. Sab. Sch. $20, <i>for
+Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">71.97</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Castine. Mrs. Lucy S. Adams. $10. (ad’l) to
+const. <span class="smcap">Rev. Lewis J. Thomas</span>, L. M.—W. H. W.,
+50c.</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Farmington. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">19.07</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Hallowell. Mrs. Flagg, $10; H. K. Baker,
+$5; <i>for Printing Press, Talladega, Ala.</i>
+(Incorrectly ack. in Dec. number.)
+</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Searsport. First Cong. Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Thomaston. “Matt. vi. 3”</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Wells. B. Maxwell</td>
+<td class="ramt">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Wilton. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">9.20</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW HAMPSHIRE, $217.75.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Amherst. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">9.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Candia Village. Jona. Martin</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Concord. Ladies of North Ch., bbl. of C.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Exeter. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $27.—“Friends”
+in Second Cong. Ch. $12, <i>for
+a Teacher</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">39.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">7.37</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Keene. Mrs. Wm. W.</td>
+<td class="ramt">0.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Kensington. “Friends” <i>for N. H. Memorial
+Inst., Wilmington, N. C.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">6.70</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Milford. Peter and Cynthia S. Burns, $30;
+First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $23</td>
+<td class="ramt">53.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">New Ipswich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of which
+$27. <i>for Wilmington Memorial Inst.</i>) $31.41;
+Proceeds of 16th Annual Fair, held by
+Children of Cong. Ch. $12</td>
+<td class="ramt">43.41</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Plainfield. Mrs. Hannah Stevens, <i>for N. H.
+Memorial Inst., Wilmington, N. C.</i> and to
+const. <span class="smcap">Tenny K. Page</span>, L. M.</td>
+<td class="ramt">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Plymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">15.16</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Thornton’s Ferry. Individuals, by Mrs. H.
+N. Eaton</td>
+<td class="ramt">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Warner. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">4.61</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">VERMONT, $244.22</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Burlington. M. C. Torrey</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Charlotte. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const.
+<span class="smcap">Joseph S. Shaw</span>, L. M.</td>
+<td class="ramt">37.60</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Chelsea. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">17.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Newbury. P. W. Ladd</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Norwich. Mrs. S. J. Kellogg</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Ripton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">27.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Saint Johnsbury. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Blodgett,
+to const. <span class="smcap">Rev. William P. Bennett</span>,
+L. M.</td>
+<td class="ramt">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Stowe. Cong. Ch. to const. <span class="smcap">Albert H.
+Cheney</span>, L. M.</td>
+<td class="ramt">43.43</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Tunbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.59</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">West Enosburgh. Henry Fassett</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">West Fairlee. Cong. Ch. $12; “A Friend”
+$1</td>
+<td class="ramt">13.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Westford. Cong. Ch. and Society</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">West Westminster. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">12.45</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Windham. Cong. Ch. 12.54; Rev. D. N.
+Goodrich, $2</td>
+<td class="ramt">14.54</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">19.61</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MASSACHUSETTS, $4,329.83.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Andover. Mrs. Jonathan Poor, $15.50.—“A
+Friend,” $4.00, <i>for Straight U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">19.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Berkley. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.68</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Boston. Shawmut Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($25
+<i>of which for Wilmington, N. C.</i>)</td>
+<td class="ramt">654.51</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Boston. —— —— $15.00; “A Friend,”
+75 c.; S. D. Smith, 2 organs, val. $200</td>
+<td class="ramt">15.75</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Boston Highlands. Immanuel Ch. Sab. School</td>
+<td class="ramt">20.11</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Cambridgeport. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. Pilgrim
+Cong. Ch., $30.00, to const. Mrs. <span class="smcap">W. A.
+Ward</span>, L. M.; Prospect St. Cong. Sab.
+School, $12.34</td>
+<td class="ramt">42.34</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Brimfield. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., bbl. of C.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Brookline. E. H. C.</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Danvers Centre. Cong. Sab. Sch. <i>for Straight U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Dorchester. “A Friend,”</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Easthampton. Payson Cong. Sab. Sch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Enfield. Edward Smith</td>
+<td class="ramt">200.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Fitchburgh. Cal. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">158.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Fitchburgh. J. A. Conn, <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta
+U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Florence. Florence Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">110.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Foxborough. Cong. Sab. Sch. $5.40; W. P.
+P., 50c.</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.90</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Framingham. Ladies of Plym. Ch., 2 bbls.
+of C.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Georgetown. Sab. Sch. Class in Memorial
+Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Globe Village. Evan. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">34.76</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Harvard. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $27.75; Carrie
+S. Dixon, $10, <i>for Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">37.75</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Harwich. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 2 bbls. of C.
+<i>for Marion, Ala.</i></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Holbrook. Winthrop Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">48.34</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Holden. Mrs. J. T.</td>
+<td class="ramt">0.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Jamaica Plain. Central Cong. Ch. <i>in part</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">340.48</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Lawrence. Central Cong. Sab. Sch. <i>for
+Straight U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Lee. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">75.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Leominster. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">23.25</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Lexington. Hancock Cong. Church</td>
+<td class="ramt">12.43</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Littleton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., bbl. of C.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Lowell. Kirk St. Cong. Ch. (F. F. Battles)</td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Lunenburg. “Friend.”</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Lynnfield Centre. Cong. Ch. (ad’l)</td>
+<td class="ramt">0.25</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Malden. W. A. Wilde, $25, <i>for bell, Atlanta,
+Ga.</i>; H. R. B. $1</td>
+<td class="ramt">26.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Medfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., to
+const. <span class="smcap">Geo. F. Kern</span> and <span class="smcap">Miss Augusta P.
+Adams</span>, L. M.’s</td>
+<td class="ramt">60.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Milford. Con. Sab. Sch. <i>for Chinese M.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">19.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Millbury. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. half bbl. of
+bedding, <i>for Atlanta U.</i></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Myricksville Precinct. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">110.85</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">New Bedford. Trin. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">49.74</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Newburyport. No. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">28.27</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Newton. Eliot Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">140.75</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Norfolk. “Friends” $20, <i>for Woodbridge,
+N. C.</i>; Cong. Sab. Ch. $8; Cong. Ch. and
+Soc. $6.75</td>
+<td class="ramt">34.75</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Northampton. “W.”</td>
+<td class="ramt">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Northbridge. Phebe S. Marsh</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Norwich. Mrs. S. J. Kellogg, pkg. of C.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Norwood. Mrs. H. N. Fuller</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">19.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Peabody. South Cong. Sab. Sch. <i>for Straight
+U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Pepperell. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Phillipston. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. bbl. of C.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Rehoboth. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">12.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Rockport. John Parsons</td>
+<td class="ramt">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Salem. South Cong. Sab. Sch. <i>for Straight
+U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Scotland. James M. Leonard</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Southampton. Cong. Ch. $14; Benj. N.
+Norton $3</td>
+<td class="ramt">17.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Southbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">38.55</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Southfield. “Friends,” $1.10 and pkg. S. S.
+books</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.10</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">South Hadley. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">34.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Springfield. Memorial Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">24.48</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Tewksbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">41.25<a class="pagenum" name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Taunton. Winslow Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">40.81</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Truro. Rev. E. W. N.</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Westborough. Freedmen’s Mission Assn.,
+3 bbls. of C., <i>one of which for Atlanta U.</i></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Whitinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">1,158.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Winchendon. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.
+$9.64; Geo. Cummings, $10</td>
+<td class="ramt">19.64</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Winchester. Stephen Cutter</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">West Newton. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">35.11</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Worcester. Union Ch., $60.62; Old So.
+Cong. Ch., $54.36</td>
+<td class="ramt">114.98</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">RHODE ISLAND, $198.95.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Central Falls. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">73.95</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Providence. “A Friend,” $100; Josiah
+Chapin, $25</td>
+<td class="ramt">125.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CONNECTICUT, $893.73.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Ansonia. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">32.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Ashford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">6.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Avon. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">120.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Black Rock. Mrs. J. P. Britten</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Colchester. Rev. S. G. Willard <i>for Straight U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">East Haddam. C. Higgins</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">East Woodstock. H. C.</td>
+<td class="ramt">0.25</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Enfield. First Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">14.74</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">28.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Georgetown. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">12.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Glastenbury. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">150.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Groton. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">15.46</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Guilford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Hartford. Pearl St. Cong. Ch. $86.50; Windsor
+Ave. Cong. Ch. $27.60.—Mrs. Chas. F.
+Howard, $25, <i>for Howard U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">139.10</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Kensington. Cong. Sab. Sch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Lebanon. First Ch. and South Soc. $18;
+Betsy Metcalf, $10</td>
+<td class="ramt">28.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Meriden. Julius W. Yale</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Milford. Rev. Geo. H. Griffin, $5; Albert
+Baldwin, $5; Lucy B. Miles, $10, <i>for Printing
+Press, Talladega, Ala.</i> (incorrectly ack.
+in Dec. number.)</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">New Canaan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">13.30</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">New Hartford. First Cong. Sab. Sch., John
+Richard’s Bible Class, $5; Rev. F. H.
+Adams’ Bible Class, $5, <i>for Student Aid,
+Fisk U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">New Haven. College St. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">North Granby. First Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.35</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Norwalk. First Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">36.86</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Plantsville. Cong. Sab. Sch., <i>for Student
+Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Stamford. First Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">26.52</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Thomaston. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">20.15</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">West Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">West Meriden. H. C.</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Wethersfield. Horace Savage</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Winchendon. Coll. by I. A. Bronson</td>
+<td class="ramt">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Woodbury. North Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">17.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">——. “A Friend,”</td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW YORK, $877.45.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Adams Basin. L. D.</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Brooklyn. J. Davenport</td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Buffalo. W. G. Bancroft</td>
+<td class="ramt">200.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Clyde. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of T. Grimshaw, by A.
+Traver, Ex.</td>
+<td class="ramt">100.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Crown Point. Second Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">6.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Derby. Mrs. J. B.</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Franklin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">27.66</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Hancock. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">0.25</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Hopkinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">9.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Ithaca. Mrs. H. Selby and others</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Lockport. H. W. Nichols</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Madison. G. H. H.</td>
+<td class="ramt">0.51</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Newark Valley. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">26.13</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">New York. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dodge, <i>for
+Student Aid, Atlanta U.</i>, $200; E. S., 40c</td>
+<td class="ramt">200.40</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Norwich. “A Friend,” $20; Mrs. R. A. B.
+$1</td>
+<td class="ramt">21.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Nunda. Four Ladies of Presb. Ch., bbl. of C.
+and $1 <i>for Freight</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Oriskany. A. Halsey, Mrs. L. B. Porter, and
+Rev. S. F. Porter, $5 ea.</td>
+<td class="ramt">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Paris. Val. Pierce $12, Mrs. Pierce $5</td>
+<td class="ramt">17.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Penn Yan. Chas. C. Sheppard</td>
+<td class="ramt">150.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Randolph. <span class="smcap">Mrs. Demarius Sheldon</span>, to
+const. herself L. M.</td>
+<td class="ramt">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Utica. Bethesda Welsh Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">——. “A Friend,”</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEW JERSEY, $71.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Boonton. Mrs. W. G. L.</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Montclair. First Cong. Ch., <i>for Student Aid,
+Hampton Inst.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">70.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">PENNSYLVANIA, $31.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Centre Road. J. A. Scovel</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Newcastle. Mrs. J. W.</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Pittsburgh. Third Presb. Ch. Sab. Sch., <i>for
+Student Aid, Talladega C.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">OHIO, $144.80.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Berea. First Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Brownhelm. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">16.80</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Cleveland. M. H. B.</td>
+<td class="ramt">0.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">East Cleveland. Mrs. Mary Walkden</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Edinburg. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">19.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Hudson. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Lenox. Balance Subscription, <i>for Tougaloo
+Inst.</i>, by Nelson French</td>
+<td class="ramt">4.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Mechanicstown. S. M.</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Medina. Cong. Ch. and So., bal. to const.
+<span class="smcap">W. F. Eccleston</span> and <span class="smcap">T. E. Rowe</span>, L. M’s.—50 cts.
+additional for <i>Tougaloo U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">15.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Nelson. Dea. Harvey Pike</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Rochester. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Twinsburgh. L. W. and R. F. Green</td>
+<td class="ramt">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Wellington. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">INDIANA, $5.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Kokoma. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">ILLINOIS, $112.91.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Chicago. Ladies’ Miss. Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Delavan. R. Houghton</td>
+<td class="ramt">8.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Evanston. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">42.03</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Galesburg. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> Warren C. Willard, by
+Prof. T. R. Willard</td>
+<td class="ramt">14.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Huntley. Rev. D. C.</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Kewanee. Mrs. C. E. Chapin, <i>for Student
+Aid, Atlanta U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Nora. G. W. Warner</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Rantoul. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.88</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Rockford. Mrs. Penfield, <i>for Student Aid,
+Talladega C.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Princeton. Mrs. J. T. Wells</td>
+<td class="ramt">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MICHIGAN, $497.19.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Ann Arbor. Dea. Sylvester Morris</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Cross Village. Mrs. A. A. C.</td>
+<td class="ramt">0.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Detroit. First Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">293.56</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">East Riverton. Mrs. J. Barnes</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Hudson. Individuals</td>
+<td class="ramt">3.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Hillsdale. J. W. Ford</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Jackson. Mrs. R. M. Bennett</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Kalamazoo. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $5.19;
+Friends, $3.30</td>
+<td class="ramt">8.49</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Lodi. Eli Benton</td>
+<td class="ramt">40.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Olivet. Wm. J. Hickok, $10 <i>for Camp Nelson</i>,
+$5 <i>for Emerson Inst.</i>, $5 <i>for Indian M.</i>
+and $5 <i>for Chinese M.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Niles. Dr. James Lewis</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Port Huron. First Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">34.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Romeo. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">35.42</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Saint Clair. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">22.22</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Vienna. Union Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">11.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">IOWA, $183.48.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Anamosa. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">13.83</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Castalia. W. H. Baker and family, to const.
+<span class="smcap">Mrs. Hannah Williams</span>, L. M.</td>
+<td class="ramt">35.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Davenport. Capt. A. E. Adams, <i>for Scholarship,
+Talladega C.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Elk River. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">3.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Iowa Falls. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">8.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Maquoketa. Missionary Soc. of Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">20.04<a class="pagenum" name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Monona. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">6.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Monticello. Children’s Band</td>
+<td class="ramt">0.20</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Riceville. Girls’ Miss. Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.90</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Stacyville. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">14.21</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Traer. Woman’s Miss. Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Waterloo. Ladies’ Miss. Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">12.30</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">WISCONSIN, $29.68.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Beloit. First Cong. Ch., bale of C. <i>for Montgomery,
+Ala.</i></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Geneva Lake. W. H. H.</td>
+<td class="ramt">0.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Fort Atkinson. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">15.18</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Waupun. Cong. Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">14.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">KANSAS, $3.50.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Russell. S. H. Falley</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Solomon City. M. W. E.</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MINNESOTA, $90.33.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Lake City. Sab. Sch. and Friends, <i>for
+Straight U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">41.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">19.33</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Hawley. Adna Colburn, Sr., $20; Adna
+Colburn, Jr., $10</td>
+<td class="ramt">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">WASHINGTON TERRITORY, $22.96.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">S’kokomish. Cong. Ch. of Christ</td>
+<td class="ramt">18.10</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">White River. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">4.86</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NEBRASKA, $5.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Silver. Melinda Bowen</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MISSOURI. $4.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Warrensburg. Rent</td>
+<td class="ramt">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">MARYLAND, $280.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Baltimore. Rev. Geo. Morris, $200 <i>for a
+Teacher</i>, and $80 <i>for a Student, Fisk U.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">280.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">GEORGIA, $230.66.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Atlanta. Atlanta University</td>
+<td class="ramt">113.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Brunswick. School Children, by S. B.
+Morse, <i>for Mendi M.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">1.17</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Savannah. Beach Inst.</td>
+<td class="ramt">115.60</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Woodville. Pilgrim Ch., <i>for Mendi M.</i></td>
+<td class="ramt">0.89</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">NORTH CAROLINA, $28.76.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Newbern. C. E. W.</td>
+<td class="ramt">0.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Raleigh. Washington Sch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Wilmington. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.76</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">SOUTH CAROLINA, $262.66.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Charleston. Avery Inst.</td>
+<td class="ramt">262.66</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CALIFORNIA, $40.00.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Oakville. A. A. Bancroft</td>
+<td class="ramt">40.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">CANADA, $15.04.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Toronto. Mrs. J. Thom ($5 <i>of which for
+Cal. Chinese M.</i>)</td>
+<td class="ramt">15.04</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="ramt" colspan="2">——————</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">  Total</td>
+<td class="ramt">8,983.64</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Total from Oct. 1st to Nov. 30th</td>
+<td class="ramt">$15,835.30</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<p class="right" style="margin-bottom: 0%; padding-right: 15%;">H. W. HUBBARD,</p>
+<p class="right" style="margin-top: 0%; padding-right: 10%;"><i>Ass’t Treas.</i></p>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">RECEIVED FOR DEBT.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Amherst, N. H. L. and L. K. Melendy</td>
+<td class="ramt">1000.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">East Woodstock, Conn. Rev. E. H. Pratt</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">New Britain, Conn. Mrs. Norman Hart</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Wilton, Conn. Rev. S. J. M. Merwin</td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Wilton, Conn. Miranda B. Merwin</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Andover, Mass. Free Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">13.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Florence, Mass. “A. L. W.”</td>
+<td class="ramt">500.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Foxborough, Mass. A. L. Payson</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Malden, Mass. Cong. Ch. and Soc.</td>
+<td class="ramt">159.55</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Lakeville, Mass. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to
+const. <span class="smcap">Mrs. Caroline L. Ward</span>, L. M.</td>
+<td class="ramt">34.11</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Pittsfield, Mass. Second Cong. Sab. Sch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Scotland, Mass. “A Friend.”</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">West Barnstable, Mass. Rev. B. Paine</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Albany, N. Y. Mrs. M. M. Learned</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Clifton Springs, N. Y. Mrs. Andrew Pierce</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Fairport, N. Y. Mrs. J. E. Howard</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Fairport, N. Y. Mrs. Garry Brooks</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">New York, N. Y. ——</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Penn Yan, N. Y. Mrs. D. B. Prosser</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Rochester, N. Y. Gen. A. W. Riley</td>
+<td class="ramt">25.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Sacketts Harbor, N. Y. Mrs. Anar H. Barnes</td>
+<td class="ramt">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Centre Road, Penn. J. A. Scovel</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Belpre, Ohio. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Fort Recovery, Ohio. M. W. Diggs</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Paddys Run, Ohio. Sarah Wilkin</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Painsville, Ohio. Mrs. C. C. Beardslee</td>
+<td class="ramt">4.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Oberlin, Ohio. Pres. J. H. Fairchild</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Michigan City, Ind. Correction. J. C. Haddock,
+$5. (Nov. number) should read Mrs.
+Clara W. Peck, $5.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Buda, Ill. J. B. Stuart</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00
+</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Chicago, Ill. Prof. G. N. Boardman</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Geneseo, Ill. P. H. Taylor</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Providence, Ill. Correction. Mrs. H. B.
+Gulliver, $6. (Nov. number) should read
+“A few Friends,” $6.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Wethersfield, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Kellogg</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Alamo, Mich. Julius Hackley</td>
+<td class="ramt">20.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Broadhead, Wis. Mrs. W. W. Matter</td>
+<td class="ramt">3.50</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. James Baker</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Patch Grove, Wis. M. A. Garsich</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Whitewater, Wis. Mrs. R. Coburn</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Natal, South Africa. Mrs. Abbie T. Wilder</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="ramt" colspan="2">——————</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="total">Total</td>
+<td class="ramt">2,125.16</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Previously acknowledged in Oct. receipts</td>
+<td class="ramt">4,659.04</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="ramt" colspan="2">——————</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="total">Total</td>
+<td class="ramt">6,784.20</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">FOR TILLOTSON NORMAL AND COLLEGIATE
+INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Wells, Me. Mrs. B. A. Maxwell</td>
+<td class="ramt">15.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">East Hartford, Conn. H. L. Goodwin</td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Hartford, Conn. Mrs. John Olmstead</td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Hebron, Conn. B. A. Bissell</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Hebron, Conn. Dea. Jasper Porter</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Sing Sing, N. Y. Mrs. Harriet M. Cole, to
+const. <span class="smcap">Cornelia M. Cole</span>, L. M.</td>
+<td class="ramt">30.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Syracuse, N. Y. Mrs. Sarah T. Salisbury</td>
+<td class="ramt">50.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Oberlin, Ohio. Mrs. C. C. Wheat</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Olivet, Mich. Wm. B. Palmer</td>
+<td class="ramt">200.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">——. Individuals</td>
+<td class="ramt">5.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="ramt" colspan="2">——————</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="total">Total</td>
+<td class="ramt">415.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Previously acknowledged in Oct. receipts</td>
+<td class="ramt">190.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="ramt" colspan="2">——————</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="total">Total</td>
+<td class="ramt">605.00</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">FOR YELLOW FEVER FUND.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Thetford, Vt. Sarah J. Rugg</td>
+<td class="ramt">2.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Portland, Conn. First Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">41.92</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Andover, Mass. Chapel Ch. and Soc. $64.55
+and Sab. Sch. $15</td>
+<td class="ramt">79.55</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Troy, N. Y. “Little Mary and Margaret
+Cushman and Mamma.”</td>
+<td class="ramt">1.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Orwell, N. Y. “A few Friends in Cong.
+Ch.,” by Rev. F. N. Greeley</td>
+<td class="ramt">12.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Orange, N. J. Trinity Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">10.00</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Tabor, Iowa. Cong. Ch.</td>
+<td class="ramt">6.40</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="ramt" colspan="2">152.87</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Previously acknowledged in Oct. receipts</td>
+<td class="ramt">154.17</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="ramt" colspan="2">——————</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="total">Total</td>
+<td class="ramt">307.04</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table class="receipts">
+<tr><td class="statehead" colspan="2">ENDOWMENT FUND.</td></tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td class="sub1">Norwood, Mass. <span class="smcap">Estate</span> of Samuel Morrill,
+by Edward H. Morrill, Ex.</td>
+<td class="ramt">500.00<a class="pagenum" name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<hr class="full" />
+</div>
+<div class="article">
+
+<h2>The American Missionary Association.</h2>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<h3>AIM AND WORK.</h3>
+
+<p>To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with
+the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted
+its main efforts to preparing the <span class="smcap">Freedmen</span> for their
+duties as citizens and Christians in America and as missionaries
+in Africa. As closely related to this, it seeks to benefit the
+caste-persecuted <span class="smcap">Chinese</span> in America, and to co-operate
+with the Government in its humane and Christian policy towards the
+<span class="smcap">Indians</span>. It has also a mission in <span class="smcap">Africa</span>.</p>
+
+
+<h3>STATISTICS.</h3>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Churches</span>: <i>In the South</i>—In Va. 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2;
+Ga., 12; Ky., 7; Tenn., 4; Ala., 13; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2;
+Texas, 5. <i>Africa</i>, 1. <i>Among the Indians</i>, 1. Total 66.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Institutions Founded, Fostered or Sustained in the
+South.</span>—<i>Chartered</i>: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega Ala.;
+Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.;
+and Austin, Texas, 8. <i>Graded or Normal Schools</i>: at Wilmington,
+Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Macon, Atlanta, Ga.;
+Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn., 11. <i>Other
+Schools</i>, 18. Total 37.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Teachers, Missionaries and Assistants.</span>—Among the Freedmen,
+231; among the Chinese, 17; among the Indians, 17; in Africa, 14.
+Total, 279. <span class="smcap">Students</span>—In Theology, 88; Law, 17; in College
+Course, 106; in other studies, 7,018. Total, 7,229. Scholars,
+taught by former pupils of our schools, estimated at 100,000.
+<span class="smcap">Indians</span> under the care of the Association, 13,000.</p>
+
+
+<h3>WANTS.</h3>
+
+<p>1. A steady <span class="medium">INCREASE</span> of regular income to keep pace with
+the growing work in the South. This increase can only be reached by
+<em>regular</em> and <em>larger</em> contributions from the churches—the feeble
+as well as the strong.</p>
+
+<p>2. <span class="smcap">Additional Buildings</span> for our higher educational
+institutions, to accommodate the increasing numbers of students;
+<span class="smcap">Meeting Houses</span>, for the new churches we are organizing;
+<span class="smcap">More Ministers</span>, cultured and pious, for these churches.</p>
+
+<p>3. <span class="smcap">Help for Young Men</span>, to be educated as ministers here
+and missionaries to Africa—a pressing want.</p>
+
+<p>Before sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A.
+office, as below.</p>
+
+<table>
+  <tr><td class="smcap" style="padding-right: 20px;">New York</td><td>H. W. Hubbard, Esq., 56 Reade Street.</td></tr>
+  <tr><td class="smcap">Boston</td><td>Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Room 21, Congregational House.</td></tr>
+  <tr><td class="smcap">Chicago</td><td>Rev. Jas. Powell, 112 West Washington Street.</td></tr>
+</table>
+
+<h3>MAGAZINE.</h3>
+
+<p>This Magazine will be sent, gratuitously, if desired, to the
+Missionaries of the Association; to Life Members; to all clergymen
+who take up collections for the Association; to Superintendents of
+Sabbath Schools; to College Libraries; to Theological Seminaries;
+to Societies of Inquiry on Missions; and to every donor who does
+not prefer to take it as a subscriber, and contributes in a year
+not less than five dollars.</p>
+
+<p>Those who wish to remember the <span class="smcap">American Missionary
+Association</span> in their last Will and Testament, are earnestly
+requested to use the following</p>
+
+
+<h3>FORM OF A BEQUEST.</h3>
+
+<p>“<span class="smcap">I bequeath</span> to my executor (or executors) the sum of ——
+dollars in trust, to pay the same in —— days after my decease to
+the person who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer
+of the ‘American Missionary Association’ of New York City, to be
+applied, under the direction of the Executive Committee of the
+Association, to its charitable uses and purposes.”</p>
+
+<p>The Will should be attested by three witnesses [in some States
+three are required—in other States only two], who should write
+against their names, their places of residence [if in cities,
+their street and number]. The following form of attestation will
+answer for every State in the Union: “Signed, sealed, published
+and declared by the said [A. B.] as his last Will and Testament,
+in presence of us, who, at the request of the said A. B., and in
+his presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto
+subscribed our names as witnesses.” In some States it is required
+that the Will should be made at least two months before the death
+of the testator.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></p>
+
+<hr class="full" />
+</div>
+<div class="article">
+<p class="center large">PLEASE READ THIS AND THINK ABOUT IT.</p>
+
+<p><i>The “American Missionary” is printed and circulated for the
+information of its constituency, and to keep alive their practical
+interest in the work of the Association.</i></p>
+
+<p><i>It costs money to prepare and send to its readers so large an
+edition as we find necessary.</i></p>
+
+<p class="center">THE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE IS ONLY FIFTY CENTS A YEAR.</p>
+
+<p><i>A large number of its readers come within the classes who are
+entitled to it free.</i></p>
+
+<p><i>If others who desire to read it will send 50 cents to pay for
+their Magazine, beside their gifts for the missionary work, it will
+not only cease to be in any sense an expense to the treasury, but a
+source of revenue.</i></p>
+
+<p><i>Is the request below, then, too great a favor to ask?</i></p>
+
+<hr class="full" />
+</div>
+
+<div class="article">
+<p class="center large">PLEASE COPY THIS FORM AND MAIL IT.</p>
+
+<p class="right"><i>January 1st, 1879.</i></p>
+
+<p><i><span class="smcap">H. W. Hubbard</span>, Esq., Ass’t Treasurer</i>,</p>
+<p style="padding-left: 20%;"><i>56 Reade Street, New York.</i></p>
+
+<p class="p1"><i>Enclosed, please find Fifty Cents, subscription for</i> <span class="smcap">The
+American Missionary</span>, <i>for the year 1879</i>.</p>
+
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+
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+      <div class="figcenter" style="width: 153px;">
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+      </div>
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+    </div>
+    <p class="larger center"><em>For Sale by all Regular Dealers.</em><a class="pagenum" name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></p>
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+<tr>
+  <td>SAMUEL T. SPEAR, D.D.,</td>
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+<tr>
+  <td>REV. JOSEPH COOK,</td>
+  <td class="bleft">Rev. HENRY C. TRUMBULL,</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>LOUISA M. ALCOTT,</td>
+  <td class="bleft">MARY CLEMMER,</td>
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+<tr>
+  <td>Pres. S. C. BARTLETT, D.D., LL.D.,</td>
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+<tr>
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+  <td class="bleft">Prof. C. M. MEAD,</td>
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+<tr>
+  <td>Rev. WASHINGTON GLADDEN,</td>
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+<tr>
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+<tr>
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+<div class="box"  style="padding: 2%;">
+
+<p class="center large">THE THIRTY-THIRD VOLUME</p>
+
+<p class="center medium">OF THE</p>
+
+<p class="center xxxlarge"><span class="smcap">American Missionary</span>,</p>
+
+<p class="center xlarge">1879.</p>
+
+<p class="medium">We have been gratified with the constant tokens of the increasing
+appreciation of the <span class="smcap">Missionary</span> during the year now past,
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+Magazine and aid in the enlargement of our work.</p>
+
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+communications from careful observers and thinkers elsewhere, the
+“<span class="smcap">American Missionary</span>” furnishes a vivid and reliable
+picture of the work going forward among the Indians, the Chinamen
+on the Pacific Coast, and the Freedmen as Citizens in the South and
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+
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+<h2>Transcriber’s Notes:</h2>
+
+<p>Ditto marks in tables were replaced with the text they represent in
+order to facilitate alignment.</p>
+
+<p>The page number in the Table of Contents entry for <span class="smcap">Return of Rev.
+Floyd Snelson</span> was corrected.</p>
+
+<p>Punctuation and spelling were changed only where the error appears
+to be a printing error. Inconsistent hyphenation was retained
+as there are numerous authors. The punctuation changes are too
+numerous to list; the others are as follows:</p>
+
+<p>“Protestanism” changed to “Protestantism” on page 9.
+(<a href="#Err_1">Protestantism in the South</a>)</p>
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